Page Six
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Thursday, September 25, 1969
AMAZING METS CLINCH PENNANT
A funny thing
ha ppened
on
t{e
way to
the cellar
NEW YORK uP---The incredible, implausable New York
Mets clinched the National League's East Division champion-
ship last night, riding two homers by Donn Clendenon and
the four-hit pitching of Gary Gentry to a 6-0 victory over the
St. Louis Cardinals.
Clendenon and Ed Charles walloped home runs in a five-
run Met explosion in the first inning' and Clendenon con-
nected again in the fifth as Gentry, a rookie right-hander,
coasted to his 12th victory of the season.
The victory climaxed an impossible dream for the Mets,
baseball's Cinderella team. They had never finished higher
Major League Standings.
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New YorI
Chicago
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Philadelp
Montreal
N ATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
WI L I
k 96 61
90 67
Sh 82 73
8' 74
hia 62 92
52 105
than ninth in seven previous
seasons and avoided a cellar
finish last year by just one
game.
The Mets spent most of the
season in second place and trailed
Chicago by 92 games on Aug. 13.
Suddenly, New York caught fire,
and the Cubs began losing.
New York overtook Chicago on
Sept. 10, moving into first place
for the first time and also marked
the first time all season that the
Cubs had fallen out of the lead.
Until then, Chicago had spent 155
consecutive days in first place.
New York kept the pressure on,
winning 11 of the next 15 games
while the Cubs continued to stum-
ble. The Mets clinched a tie for
Happy days are here again
HUSKIES ARE HUSKY:
Behemoths invading 'J' lair
sr-ports
NIGHT EDITOR:
LEE KIRK
the pennant Tuesday night and
came to the ballpark yesterday
knowing that a Cubs' loss to Mon-
treal would wrap up the title.
But while the players were tak-
ing batting practice, Chicago's 6-3
victory over the Expos was posted
on the scoreboard. That meant,
to clinch the title the Mets would
haye to beat the Cards. Theyll
woastedno time doing just that
before an uproarious crowd of
54,928.
Steve Carlton, who set a major
league record by striking out 19
batters in his last start against"
the Mets, struck out only one last
night. It was the only out he got.
Bud Harrelson led off the first
inning with a looping single and
Tommie Agee walked. Cleon Jones,
back in the line-up after missing
14 games with a rib injury, re-
ceived a standing ovation from the
capacity Shea Stadium crowd. But
Carlton struck him out.
Clendenon jumped on the first
pitch and sent it far over the
right center field wall for three,
runs. It was the veteran first
West Division
Atlanta 89 68
xSan Francisco 87 68
Cincinnati 85 70
.os Angele, 8? 71
Houston 78 76
xSan Die,( 49 106
x-Late Gaiuie not included
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Pct.
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.331
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.561
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.506
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Baltimore
Detroit
Boston
Washingt
New Yor
Cleveland
:Minnesota
Oakland
California
Chicago
Kansas C
Seattle
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
w 1. 1
e 107 48
86 69
84 71
oll 80 75
k 75 80
S62 93
West Division
a 94 61
83 72
a 69 85
65 90
ity 64 91
60 94
Pct.
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.555
.542
.516
.484
.400
.606
.535
.448
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Yesterday's Results
Chicago 6, Montreal 3
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, ppd.
New York 6, St. Louis 0
Atlanta 2, Houston I
Cincinnati 7, Los Anges 2
San Francisco at San Diego, inc.
Toda 's Games
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh. 2, twi-
night.
Houston at Cincinunati, night
baseman's 14th honer of the year
and 10th since coming to the Mets
in a mid-June trade.
Gentry, 12-12, mowed down the;
first nine Cardinals in order be-
fore Lou Brock opened the fourth
with the first St. Louis hit, a sin-
gle to right.
The 22-year-old fireballer fan-
ned Vada Pinson for his fifth
strikeout and then got Joe Torre
to bounce into a game-ending dou-
ble play, touching off a wild cele-
bration on the field as hundreds
of fans poured out of the stands
and engulfed the jubilant Met
players.
Yesterday's Results
Baltimore 4, Cleveland 3, 11 inn.
Boston 1, New York 0, 14 inn.
Washington 8, Detroit 4, Ist
Washington 7, Detroit 4, 2nd.
Chicago 2, Oakland 1
:Minnesota ?, Kansas City 1, 10 inn.
Seattle at California, inc.
'oday's Gaines
California at Oakland, night.
:Minnesota at Seattle, night
Kansas City at Chicago, night
Baltimore at Cleveland, night
New York at Boston
Washington at Detroit
1. WASHINGTON at Michigan
(pick score)
2. SMU at MICHIGAN ST.
3. Texas Christian at OHIO
STATE
4. Purdue at NOTRE DAME
5. California at INDIANA
6. Northwestern at SOUTHERN
CAL.
7. Illinois at MISSOURI
8. UCLA at Wisconsin
9. Ohio U. at MINNESOTA
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
WASHINGTON ST. at Iowa
Florida State at MIAMI (Fla.
SYRACUSE at Kansas
Princeton at RUTGERS
Auburn at TENNESSEE
Kansas St. at ARIZONA
Texas A&M at NEBRASKA
Vanderbilt at ARMY
Air Force at WYOMING
Baylor at GEORGIA TECH
DICKINSON at Lebanon
Valley
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"Students and Discontent in Mexico"
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Senator Henry Jackson, chief supporter of ABM, and junior sen-
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being the Daily's prosaic prognosticator this week.
Our weak defense has enlightened him to foreshadow our ulti-
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By ERIC SIEGEL son, at 6-6 and 250 pounds, is the
huskiness is a quality that is only sophomore in the last ten
often attributed to prize plow-. years at Washington to o p e n
horses, female weightlifters, and,
euphemistically, your roommate's
6-3, 229 pound sister.
And (not infrequently) to col-
lege football players.
And (especially) to college foot-
ball players at the University of
Washington.
To Michigan head football
coach Bo Schembechler, however,
the Washington Husky football
team isn't "husky" at all. Not by
a long shot.
To Schembechler, who doesn't
know much about plowhorses or
female weightlifters and seldom
uses many euphemisms, the Husk-
ies are "the biggest team I ever
saw."
INDEED, the Washington team
is big even for a herd of heifers,
let alone a football team. With
an offensive front line that aver-
ages 245 pounds a man, and a
defensive wall whose four mem-
bers collectively weigh about a
half a ton, the Huskies running
on Michigan'r Tartan Turf could
give the impression 'of a steam-
roller moving across your living
room carpet.
Washington head football coach
Jim Owens sees the size of hisj
line-especially his offensive line
--as a definite plus for his team.
"It's the largest line we've ever
had," said Owens, who is now
entering his thirteenth season as
head grid mentor at Washington.
"Our size will definitely be help-
ful to us," Owens continued. "In
the past our lines have always
been smaller than our oppon-
ent's, so this will equalize the sit-
uation a little."1
THE LARGEST of the Huskyt
behemoths is Rick Keely, a 6-5,l
265 pound sophomore who devel-
oped his muscle on a high school
crew team. Although he lacks ex-
perience, the word on the burly
offensive right guard is that he;
has good speed and good mobility.,
At left guard is another sopho-
more with a boyish face and aj
orilla-like physique. Tom Net-I
Billboar
The University of Michigan I
Volleyball Club is holding itsi
organizational meeting for the
1969-70 season today at 7:001
p.m. in Room 3-D of the Mich-
ig an Union.
spring drills on the first team and
never lose his position.
The rest of the Husky offensive
line is slightly smaller, but a bit
more experienced. Center Ken
Ballenger, a 6-0, 224 pound con-
verted guard, and right tackle
Augie Rios, a 6-1, 238 pound form-
er defensive lineman and heavy-j
weight wrestler, are both double
letter winners, while Ernie Janet,
the 6-4, 230 pound left tackle, won
his first letter as a sophomore last
year.
Anchoring th2 defensive line,
which Washington fans say can
it's a boy!
The Daily Sports Staff offers
its congratulations to Mr. and
Mrs. Glenn Schembechler, whoj
announced yesterday the birth
of a 7 pound, 14 ounce boy.
move anything up to the size of
the Queen Mary, is senior defen-
sive end Lee Brock. Brock, w h o
stands 6-2 and weighs in at 252,
is the largest man on the Huskies'
front four, but the other three sen-
ior starters are not exactly small,
tilting the scales at an average of
235.
HOWEVER, not withstanding the
old adage that football games are
won or lost on the line, it takes
more than just a line for two) to
win a football game. And in the
areas behind the lines, the Husk-
ies are not quite as imposing.
Coach Owens will be without his
tole two starting halfbacks. Harvey
Blanks, an All-American candi-
date, who, according to Schem-
bechler, "got a long run every
game he played," broke his ankle
in spring practice and will not play
until mid-season.
And Luther Sligh, a sophomore
speedster who Schembechler said
was "very impressive" in Washing-
ton's 27-11 loss to MSU'last Sat-
urday, bruised his shoulder and
will not make the trip to Ann
Arbor.
Commenting on the loss of Sligh
and Blanks, Owen said, "Whenever
you lose men you had planned on
playing, it's bound to hurt you."
However, Owens expressed con-
fidence that Buddy Kennamer, the
Huskies' replacement halfback,
will be able to carry the ball. Andj
Cal Allen, at the other half, should
be good for a few yards.
OWENS also expressed con-
fidence in the ability of quarter-
back Gene Willis. Despite Willis'
errant pass which' led to an inter-
ception and a decisive MSU touch-'
down last weekend, Owens said
Willis is "a fine quarterback. I ex-
pect him to play better this Satur-
day."
Willis has a pair of junior re-
ceivers, tightend Ace Bugler and
split receiver Ralph Bayard. who,
although they lack experience,
have good speed and good moves.'
To balance the Husky attack,
Willis has fullback Bo Cornell, aj
solid if unspectacular ruimer,
lining up at the top of the Texas
On defense, the linebacking
corps 'is also solid, with middle
linebacker Clyde Werner, who in-
tercepted a pair of Bill Triplett's
passes in the Huskies' opener last'
weekend, the best of the lot.
The defensive backfield, how-
ever, is suspect. The Huskies' press.
guide rates the depth and experi-
ence of the halfbacks as "poor,"
and, overall, the defensive second-
ary has only one starter returning
from last year's squad.
IM Results
Phi Kappa Alpha 18, Sigma Pi 0
Alpha Phi Alpha 12, Phi Kappa Tau 0
Alpha Delta Phi 16, Trigon 0
'Zeta Psi 6, Phi Sigma 0)
Chi Phi 16, Pi Lambda Pi 0
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