Thursday, July 10, 19.69 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Pave Five Thursday, July 10, 1969 THE MICHIGAN DAILY 1PV VG1F1i7c ip Seaver one-hits Cubs as Mets rumble on, 4-0 By PHIL HERTZ Special To The Daily W FLUSHING, N.Y.-If you were told any of the over 59,000 fans that crowded Shea Stadium last night that the Mets wouldwin 4-0 and leave the ball park dis- appointed, they would have said you were crazy. However, exactly that happened. 4 The Mets 'stunned the Chicago Cubs for the second straight night, but New York's ace right hander Tom Seaver stole the show when he flirted with immortality by retiring the , first 25 Cub batters. Seaver's bid for a perfect game was spoiled when Cub rookie cen- ter fielder Jim Qualls lined the first ball pitched to him into left for a single. Qualls has not been a regular this season, and was playing pri- marily because Leo Durocher was upset with the fielding of regular Don Young. Qualls was batting only .234 when he broke up Seav- er's pitch for perfection. Qualls was the only batter in the Chicago order to come close to a hit off Seaver. Several Cubs managed to sock long fly balls but the Met outfielders had plenty of time to get under them, Seaver was in command all thej way, striking out ten and display- ing pin point control. Not one Cub batter was able to work the count to three balls off Seaver. The Met crowd, the largest ever to watch a baseball game in Shea Stadium, gave Seaver standing ovations_ at the end of the seventh and eighth. innings, when Seaver came to bat in the eighth and after Quall's base hit. The Mets scored all the runs they needed .when Tommy Agee lined the first pitch from Ken Holtzman In the first inning for a " triple and scored two pitches later daily sports NIGHT EDITOR, LEE KIRK when Bobby Pfeil lined a double . to left. The Mets added two more runs in the second when Jerry Grote and Al Weis reached base on errors by the erratic Cub infield. Grote scored on a single by Seaver and Weis came home when Agee doubled. The Mets scored their final run in the seventh inning when Cleon Jones lined his tenth homer into the Chicago bullpen. The win was Seaver's 14th of the season against only three loss- es. He is tied with .Atlanta's Phil Niekro for pitching wins in the majors this year. Holtzman is now ten and five.,. The win was the Mets' seventh in a row and moved theme to within three games of the Cubs in the National League's Eastern Di-, vision. New York only trails the Cubs, who have lost five in a row,' by one game in the all important loss column. Cheering Met fans, who smelled victory from the start of the game, were chanting "We're number> one," as the 'cpntest drew to con- clusion. 'f'e fans, who have filled Shea Stadium for the last two days, are expected to do so again today when the Cubs and Mets conclude their three game series. Gary Gentry, 8-6, of the Mets will face the Cubs' Bill Hands, 9-7, this afternoon. * * * * * * Erring Tigers edge Red Sox Tom Seauer: Almost but not quite BUT SAUER RETURNS 0i i amath remains -1n refirement By The Associated Press BOSTON-Tom Matchick drove in the game's first three runs with a sacrifice fly and a bases loaded single yesterday and the Detroit Tigers outlasted the Boston Red Sox 6-5 in a sloppily played con- test marred by five throwing errors. A walk to Jim Northrup, a sin- gle by Bill Freehan and Matchick's fly to center gave the Tigers a 1-0 lead in the second inning. Then two walks sandwiched around a single by Norm Cash loaded the bases in the third and Matchick lined a single to right to make it 3-0. The Tigers picked up another run in the fourth on Dick McAu- liff e's double and Mickey Stan- ley's single, then both teams start- ed throwing the ball around like little leaguers. With the bases loaded and one out in the Boston fourth, Tom Satriano hit into a force play at the plate, but catcher Freehan's return throw to first trying for the double play glanced off Sa- triano, allowing one run to score. 'Right-fielder Northrup picked up the ball and threw wildly for an- other error, letting the second run in. Detroit got those two runs back in the top of the fifth on a single, two walks, a sacrifice fly by Don Wert and Reggie Smith's second throwing error of the day. Smith doubled for the Red Sox to lead off the sixth inning, stretching his hitting streak to 16 games, and Rico Petrocelli sin-, gled him to third. Detroit first baseman Norm Cash then threw wild on Joe Lahoud's grounder and Smith scored. Satriano's sacrifice fly scored Petrocelli to make it 6-4, and Carl. Yastrzemski hit his 24th homer= in the seventh inning to cut the margin to one run. * * * Yanks yanked BALTIMORE - Boog Powell scored all the way from first when Bobby Murcer booted Frank Rob- inson's double and the Baltimore Orioles defeated the New York Yankees 6-5 in 10 innings last night. Powell singled with one out in the 10th and then circled the bases on Robinson's hit and Mur- cer's misplay. The Yanks had tied the game at 5-5 in the sixth when Gene i i Michael doubled and rode home the skidding Oakland Athletic on a single by Bobby Cox. last night. The Orioles had pulled ahead The A's, who lost for the sixth 5-4 in the fifth on a two-run time in the last seven games, hi homer by Robinson and a solo Just scored three times in the to] shot by Powell. of the eighth for a 3-2 lead. Bu Ed rr,*%rratr0 nto ni+1-1 Baltimore's rally chased New York starter Stan Bahnsen and took unbeaten Dave McNally offi the hook for the seventh time' this season. The Baltimore lefty, 12-0 this year, ,was seeking his 15th consecutive victory.' Powell, who has 81 runs battedl ,in, singled home a run in the third and Paul Blair drove in an- other in the opening inning. New York scored three ,runs, one unearned following a Robin- son error, in the third. Murcer singled one across, another scored on the error and one on a force play. A single by Cox and a double by Ron Woods gave the Yanks a 4-2 lead in the fourth. Cards, Phils split PHILADELPHIA - Lou Brock slammed a two-run homer in the ninth inning last night, giving St. Louis a 5-3 victory over Philadel-, phia and a split of their twi-night doubleheader. The Phillies took the opener 7-1 behind Woodie Fryman. Johnny Briggs, who smashed a' two-run homer in the first game, doubled home two runs in the second inning of the night-cap as the Phils scored three times. Rookie Lowell Palmer carried the 3-2 lead into the ninth, yield- ing bases-empty homers to Joe, Toire and Vada Pinson. With one out in the ninth, pinch hitter Dave Ricketts singled and then Brock connected. It was his 10th home run of the season. The Cards added snother run on an error and singlis by Pinson and Tim McCarver. Fryman scattered seven hits in the first game and got a quick, lead on Briggs' first inning, homer, The Phillie victory in the opener halted a four-game Cardinals' winning string. * * * 1- Sox surge CHICAGO - Pinch hitter Pete Ward slammed reliever George Lauzerique's first pitch for a three-run homer in the eighth inning that powered the Chicago White Sox to a 5-3 victory over Ha tierrman drew a one-out walk from Paul Lindblad and Buddy Bradford singled off the glove o third baseman Sal Bando. , I Lauzerique came on and Ward belted his first pitch into the right field seats for his fifth home run of the season. Oakland broke through against Billy Wynne and two relievers in the top of the eighth. Danny Cater doubled and Reggie Jackson singled him home, cutting Chi-. cago's lead to 2-1. Jackson took second as right fielder Bradford bobbled his hit and scored the tying run when Bando greeted re- liever Dan Osinski with a single. Wilbur Wood replaced Osinski and struck out Rick Monday be- fore singles by Dick Green and Phil Roof put, the A's in front temporarily. Housto humbled San Francisco rallied for four runs in the seventh inning and then Bob Burda cracked a bases- loaded homer in the eighth, lift- ing the Giants to a 10-3 victory over the Houston Astros yesteF- day. Left-hander Denny Lemaster, 7-9, was working on a one-hitter and retired 18 of 19 batters when the Giants exploded in the seventh. Ron Hunt, who tripled for San Francisco's only previous hit, was struck by- a pitch opening the in- ning. Bobby Bonds' walk and Wil- lie Mays' single produced the first run and Jim Davenport's bunt single loaded the bases. Ken Hen- derson cracked a two-run double, chasing Lemaster. Dave Marshall then connected for a pinch single off John Bil- lingham for a 4-3 lead. 'S p it k if By The Associated Press Joe Namath said yesterday he' MAJO CR LEAGUE, STANDINGSn ¢' .y }. r} + lM lY'"e.". r,' rpmr t {r1" Ysrr~t r ."ft{,r AMERICAN LEAGUE Eastern Division Baltimore Detroit Boston WashingtoT New York Cleveland W .59 45 47 46 40 33 L 25 35 38 43 47 51 Pct., .702 .563 .553 .517 .460. .393 Western Division Minnesota 48 35 .578 Oakland .43 37, .538 xseattle 38 45 .458 Chicago 37 46 .446 Kansas City 36 48 .429 Calitoria 30 52U 6 .6 z-late' gme not included GB 12 1214 15x6 20%~ 26 3% 10 11 12/ 17% NATIONAL LEAGUE w Eastern Division W L Pct. G3 Chicago 52 33 .612 - New York 47 34 .580 3 Pittsburgh L.41 43 .488 10% . "St. Louis 42 45 .483 I1 Philadelphia 37 45 .451 13% Montreal 26 58 .310 25% -. Western Division Los Angeles'49 D3f .590 Atlanta 49 37 .570 1% kCincinnati 43 35 .551 3% San Francisco 47 39 .547 3% Houston 1 43 44 .494 xSan Diego 29, 58 .333 22 a--late game not included Yesterday's Resuflts New York 4, Chicago 0s Pittsburgh 4, Montreal 3, 1st, 10 innings Pittsburgh 3, Montreal 2, 2nd Philadelphia 7, St. Louis 1, 1st, St. Louis 5, Philadelphia 3, 2nd Los Angeles 3, Atlanta 1 .Cincinnati at San. Diego, ine. San Francisco 10{ Houston3 Today's Games Chicago at New York St. Louis at'Philadelphia San Francisco at Los Angeles, night Montreal at Pittsburgh, night Cincinnati at Houston, night Atlanta at San Diego has no plans to report to the New York Jets' football training camp which opens this weekend on Long Island. "I made my ,decision and I'm sticking with it," he told the Asso- ciated Press. "As for Rozelle, I don't know what's on his mind." Commissioner' Pet Rozelle of the National Football League has asked Namath .to rid himself of his jinterest in the Bachelors III bar because known gamblers were frequenting the establishment. Namath refused and announced: he was retiring from football. The star quarterback, who led the¢ Jets to the Super Bowl title, was asked if he had any change of heart about his resolve not to sell his interest. , "I would change my mind if' someone would say where I was wrong," he 'answered. "That's all I want-show me what's wrong. If I have been wrong, I won't want any part of the restaurant." Namath said: his attorney had coneferred with Rozelle last week but the meeting had brought no break in the situation. Still, Broadway Joe indicated he wants to return to football. "If I was him, I would want to see a break in the situation," Namath said. "But I'm not him, so I don't know what he's going to do. When it was suggested Rozelle might not want to back down be- cause of saving face, Namath re- marked, ."Then that would put more hypocrisy on the whole situ- atioh, The. charge was thatI had consorted with undesireables and I say I didn't. Nobody yet has proven to me that I did anything wrong." When Rozelle said gamblers' were frequenting Bachelors III, he stressed his feeling that Namath personally knew nothing of this. Namath said he would regret not reporting for the training camp and -that he wanted to play for the Jets more than anything. As to his future, he said it could "work out any of three ways" but he wouldn't explain the alterna- "I'm not going to talk about my reasons," Sauer said. "I'm here to play. That'd all." Sauer, tight end Pete Lammons and defensive back Jim Hudson said at the time Namath an- nounced his retirement they would not play if Namath didn't. There has been no word from either Lammons or Hudson on their intentions, and Namath still is retired. The Jets' veterans officially are due in camp Sunday and will be- gin workouts Monday. The club, meanwhile, announced the signing of fours players, in- cluding rookie quarterback Al Woodall, who has 13layed one year in the minors, was the Jets' No. 2 draft choice. Also signing were No. 9 choice Frank Peters, a center-tackle from Ohio University; No. 13 choice Steve O'Neal, a punter from Texas A&M, and veteran defensive back Mike D'Amato. MEN: try o new hoirstyle designed to your personlity.. OPEN 3 NIGHTS Mon.-Thurs.-Fr. 10 to 9 Tues.-Wed.-Sat. 9 to 6 DASCOLA BARBERS at Maple Village--Campus Yesterday's Results Washington 3, Cleveland 0 Detroit 6, Boston 5 Baltimore 6, New York 5, 10 innings Seattle 8, California 9, 1st' California at Seattle, 2nd, inc, Kansas City 4, Minnesota 3 Chicago 5, Oakland 3 Today's Games California at Seattle, night' Boston at Baltimore, night Kansas City at Minnesota Oakland at Chicago A Cleveland at Detroit Only games scheduled 9 Morrall may hang up spikes By The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO -Earl Mor- rall, quarterback for the Balti- more Colts and the National Foot- ball ague's Player of the Year, iri{19', announced a new business venture yesterday and indicated he might retire from football this year. Morrall, who led the Colts ,to the NFL title in 1968, said he would discuss the possible retire- ment with the Colts in Baltimore this weekend, _South Africa fces boyCott MUNICH, Germany '(P) - A South African athletic team sched- uled to participate in a Saturday track meet here has been told it cannot compete because of a threatened Ethiopian boycott, the meet organizer said yesterday. Otto Ortner, chairman of the Saturday event, said he had been told by the manager of a 12-man Ethiopian track team that it would not compete if an eight- person team from the University of Potchefstroom were allowed to start. It marked the second time this week the South African university team has been turned away from a West German track event be- cause of .Ethiopian protests. In Cologne Tuesday, the South Afri- can team -was also told it could' not participate. Earlier this year both Czecho- slovakia and Poland refused to play the -South African tennis team in Davis Cup competition. Both countries were suspended from Cup competition as a result of their action. But in spite of penalties many nations continue to boycott the South Africans in all areas of sport. "My communication with theI will be the deciding factor," he said. "At this point i am right or the middle." Morrall was made a vice presi- dent of Trans National Communi- cations, Inc.. Board Chairman Ellis E. Erd- man said, "I will make no secret of the fact that I would like Ear] Morrall to retire. Our position 'is we want him with us full time. We are now, waiting with baited breath until he talks with the Colts and makes his decision." Jim Walker, public relations director of the Celts, said if Mor- rall did retire "it would be a com- plete£ surprise to us." "Earl told us earlier he was go- ing with Trans National," Walker said, "but during the off-season with some kind of agency in De- tiroit. He said then when he re- tired, he would join them full time." If Morrall were to leave football, it would strip the game of its two outstanding quarterbacks I a s t year. Earlier, Joe Namath of the New York Jets said he would re- tire rather than sell his interest in a New Yprk night club. Also, Don Meredith, quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys, has an- nounced his'retirement. After bouncing around in the NFL for 12 years, Morrall sud- denly became a star last year and led the league in passing and the Colts to the Super Bowl, where they were upset by Namath and the American Football League champion Jets. "Football has been an impor- tant portion of my life," said Mor- rall. "I played it for 13 years. This is something I'll have to talk over 'with Coach. Don Shula, the Colts and my 'family." Morrall was named to head TNC's operations in Detroit. He will also. be president of Earl Mor- rall Associates, a TNC subsidiary. Erdman said that if Morrall were to remain with the Colts, both jobs still would be his. Asked if he might stay with the Colts, Morrall said,. "If they really need me and want me back, I 'think this is the direction I would go. My communication with them will be the deciding factor." ;he Colts' training camp opens Sunday and Morrall, despite his big season last year could find himself in the position having to finht for his job. John Unitas, the Colts' quarterback for many years, was injured much of last season, but Morrall said Unitas has been throwing well this summer. "Every year I've played foot- ball," said Morrallwho once played with the San Francisco 49ers, the Detroit Lions andthe. New York Giants as well as the Colts,' "I've had, to fight for the job. If I go back in the camp the No. 1 job is up for grabs again." Morrall said he was flying to Detroit last night to begin setting up his TNC office and would go to Baltimore to talk with Colts own- er Carroll Rosenblum and Shula. 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