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. /urne 1 I] 'ic i .uins 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 f Pct. 611 .573 .329 .526 .403 .331 .567 .561 .548 .526 .506 .316 GB 6 13 1:34 32 44 3 31 39 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. .690 .555 .542 .516 .484 .400 .606 .535 .448 .419 .413 .390 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 GB 21 23 27 32 45 24r r 29 30 33L GUILD HOUSE 802 Monroe FRIDAY, SEPT. 26 Noon Luncheon-25c JAMES BASS, formerly with Institute de Technilogico de Monterrey "Students and Discontent in Mexico" Another bombshell has been dropped on our grid picking for- tunes! Senator Henry Jackson, chief supporter of ABM, and junior sen- ator from Washington, has been esteemed with the honor (rite?) of being the Daily's prosaic prognosticator this week. Our weak defense has enlightened him to foreshadow our ulti- mate doom. So, pizza freaks, have your picks in to the Daily office by mid- night Friday. It might be worth your while just to stop by and gape at all the Met addicts (our ultimate weapon)! Let Cottage Inn pro- vide you with a meal. It may be your last. 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 Jo i I The .Dail Sports Staff ARRO INSUANCE FOR EVERYONE 100 LABEL Name, Address and Zip on qual- ity gummed paper, 3 or 4 lines. Use on letters, books, records. 1. PRESTIGE STATIONERY: 50 sheets and 25 envelopes per- sonalized with name, address, zip. $1.98. 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