THE MICHIGAN DAILY
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THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine
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Bob Gibson is
immortal'
In front of Busch Memorial Stadium stands a large statue of
Stan Musial at bat. It really doesn't look much like Musial, but
the face is a study in determination..
Bob Gibson must spend his free time trying to stare down
that. statue.
Gibson is not a mortal. That fact was proven once and for all
yesterday before a nationwide television audience as he made the
powerful Detroit Tiger bats seem as effective as banjos in striking out
17 men while pitching a shutout.
The 17 strikeouts are not only significant in that they broke
Sandy Koufax's old record of 15 set in 1963, but also because they
came within one of tying the regular season mark for a nine inning
game set by Koufax and Bob Feller.
And once again you have to remember that this was against
Detroit's American League champions, not the New York Mets
or Washingtdn Senators.
Gibson's concentration on baseball is so complete, he did not even
know he was setting t'he record until he saw the sign on the spore-
board after already breaking it.
The next thing you know, they'll t 'alling him the greatest
of all time.
Bob Gibson has been around for quite a while. In the glory days
of Koufax he was rated lower than the Dodger southpaw and also
behind Don Drysdale, Juan Maricahal, Whitey Ford, and sometimes
even Larry, Jackson, Jim Maloney, and Jim. Bunning.
Gilbson was extremely good, but not a superstar. For instance, in
the final game of the 1964 World Series against the Yankees, he won
the ;game 7-5, but not before giving up ninth inning homeruns to
sluggers "Clete" Boyer and Bobby Richardson.
Last year Gibson was off to another fine start, but was in-
jured midway in the season, and only came back in time to stop
Boston in the World Series.
This year has been something else. His earned run average of 1.12'
was far below anyone in baseball, and one of the lowest of all time.,
It was, incidently, far superior to anything Koufax had ever done.
Against someone as indominable as Gibson was yesterday
even Denny McLain, doesn't have much of a chance unless he
pitches a shutout. And even a shutout would only have gotten
him a tie.
Unfortunately for the, Tigers, the first game of the World Series
was one of McLain's worst of the season. This was not because the
Cardinals were hitting him. He allowed only three hits in five irlnings,
one less than Gibson gave up over the same span. This also was not
because St. Louis was stealing him ,blind. Although there were three
stolen bases, none figured in the scoring.
Metain's problem was that. he was wild. He was in trouble
because he couldn't keep the ball down. He was getting behind
on many of the hitters, and when he walked two men while
getting only one out in the fourth,,he had to come across with
pitches to Mike Shannon and Julian Javier. The result was two .
line drive singles, three runs, and the ball game.
From the St. Louis point of view, you could say the Cardinals
played like Detroit had all year; they made maximum use of their
heads. In addition to the three runs in the fourth based on only two
hits, the only other run was on a homer by Lou Brock. Altogether,
St. Louis collected just six hits, one more than the Tigers, but they
made far better use of their allotment.
From the Detroit point of view, this gamewas much more im-
portant to St. Louis than it was to the Tigers. if the Cardinals had
lost the first game in their home ballpark behind their best pitcher, it
could have been almost a mortal blow. Actually, Detroit would be
quite happy with a split in Busch Satdium, as they look fo'ward up
three games at home. And the Tigers wouldn't be dead even if the
0 Cardinals did sweep the first two games.
After all, McLain vs. Gibson in Detroit could be a far dif-
ferent story.
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and had the Tigers batting from
a hole the whole time.
St. Louis walked out to the field
as if they were going on a Sunday
morning walk. Gibson threw the
ball so fast the Tigers seemed to
finish their swings about the time
the catcher's throw was halfway
back to the mound.
Detroit did manage to 'sand-
wich a single in between two
strikeouts in the first inning.
Mickey Stanley was the hero,
In the second, Gibson walked
to the mound and struck out three
Tigers with eleven pitches.
Tim McCarver was'the first St.
Louis threat with his triple in the
bottom of the second. McLain
stopped the run by striking out
the following two batters.
Gibson allowed the Tigers their'
second in the next inning, but
added two strikeouts to his total
and stranded the runner, Don
Wert, at first base.
In their half of the third, the
Cardinals managed to threaten
twice without getting a hit. Dale
Maxvill walked and was sacrificed
to second by Gibson. Brock smash-
ed a bouncer to McLain who fired
to second to catch Maxvill be-
tWeen bases. Brock reached first
on the fielder's choice.
Two pitches later, Brock took
off for second. Freehan's throw to
center field allowed the Cardinal
runner to reach third. The batter,
Curt Flood, popped up, however,
to end the threat.
Gibson added his eighth strike-
out by popping Detroit in the
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*
CARDINAL LOU $ROCK slides into second with a stolen base in, the third inning of yesterday's
opening World Series game. Tiger second baseman Dick McAuliffe lunges for catcher Bill Free-
han's throw while shortstop Mickey Stanley lookes on. Freehan was charged with an error on
the play as McAuliffe was unable to stop the throw which enabled Brock to move on to third.
Brocks' steal set the pattern for the rest of the game as St. Louis pilfered three bases in four
attempts.
fourth. St. Louis opened up the
game in the bottom of the in-
ning. McLain managed to stop
Orlando Cepeda with a pop up in
between walks to Roger Maris and
McCarver, both on four pitches.
Mike Shannon clubbed a single
to left allowing Maris to score,
and Horton dropped the ball al-
lowing McCarver to reach third
and Shannon second. Julian Javier
followed with a two run single to
right. Javier then stole second to
liven up matters, but McLain re-
tired the next two batters:
Detroit got its one walk off Gib-
son in the fifth, but ended the in-,
ning striking out. The Cards did
no damage either, although Norm
Cash allowed a slow grounder to
go through his legs for an error.
McLain was lifted in the sixth,
but pinchhitter, Tommy Matchick,
grounded out. A single by Dick
McAuliffe and a double by Al Ka-I
line gave the Tigers their only
threat, but Cash struck out, end-
ing the inning
Pat Dobson took over the De-
troit pitching duties in the sixth,
retiring the first two batters and
then walking Javier. Freehan
caught the Cards runner trying toy
steal second.
With two strikeouts in the sev-
enth, Gibson's total reached
twelve.
Brqck added the Cardinal's final
run in the bottom of the inning
with a long home run ,to right
center field. Flood singled and
stole the Card's third base of the
day. Maris popped up, though,
ending the inning.
The Tigers final pitcher Don
McMahon retired St. Louis in
their half but still allowed a:
single.
Gibson walked to the mound in
the ninth and struck out the heart
of the Tigers lineup to set his
record and end the game.
Statistics
DETR
McAuliffe 2b
Stanley ss
Kaline rf
Cash lb
Horton If
Northrup cf
Freehan c
Wert 3b
Tracewski 3b
bMathews ph
McLain ,p
aiatchick ph
Dobson p
cBrown ph'
MecMahon p
Totals
a-Grounded out
sixth.
b-Struck out for
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ab r h
4 0 2 I
4 0 11
3 0 0I
2 0 0
2 0 1 I
0 0 0I
1 0, 0
1 0 0+
S0 0 0
0 0 0
31 0 5
for McLain
Wert in the
bi o a
0 3 2+
0 2 0+
01
0 2 0 l
0 4 1 1
0 0 1
0 0 0
0 0 2
00 1'
o 0 0:
0 1' a
0 24 7
in the
eighth.
c-Flied out to Brdck for Dobson in
the eighth.
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3. Notre Dame at Iowa
4. Wake Forest at Minnesota
5. Purdue at Northwestern
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Flood 4f
Maris rf
Cepeda lb
McCarver ('
Shannon 3b
Javier 2b
Maxvll ss
Gibson -p
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