PALMER TOSSES THREE-HITTER Orioles rally by Chicago, 5-3 By The Associated Press BALTIMORE - RIch Dauer's two-run single keyed a three-run Baltimore rally in the second in- ning and the Orioles went on to defeat the Chicago White Sox 5-3 in an American League opener yester- day behindthe three-hit pitching of Jim Palmer. It was the 1,000th major league baseball victory for Baltimore Manager Earl Weaver, the 31st in history to reach that plateau, and ruined the managerial debut of Chicago's Don Kessinger. DAUER GROUNDED his single on a 1-2 pitch from Jack Kravec after the Orioles had loaded the bases on an error by first baseman Lamar Johnson and two walks. With the wind gusting more than 40 mph in chilly Memorial Stadium, Rick Dempsey's short fly ball to right fell safely for a single, reloading the bases. Af- ter Al Bumbry hit into a force play at home plate, the third run scored on Mark Belanger's sacrifice fly. Another wind-blown single by Eddie Murray, just beyond the infield, preceded an RBI force play by Doug DeCinces in the fifth and Murray singled home another Baltimore run in the seventh. PALMER, A 20-game winner in eight of the last nine seasons, allowed two Chicago hits in the second when the White Sox scored on a sacrifice fly by Ralph Garr and a single by Eric Soderholm. The White Sox scored their final run in the ninth on Alan Bannister's sacrifice fly. Montreal 3, Pittsburgh 2 PITTSBURGH - Tenth-inning errors by Willie Stargell and Dale Berra resulted in an unearned run that gave the Montreal Expos a 3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates yesterday in the baseball opener for both teams. The Pirates, who emphasized defensive im- provement in spring training after leading the National League with 167 errors last season, commit- ted a total of five, errors as the temperature dropped into the low 30s on the wind-swept field. With the score tied 2-2 in the 9th, Andre Dawson was hit by a pitch from reliever Kent Tekulve. DAWSON TOOK second when Tekulve's pickoff throw got by Stargell at first base. He advanced to third on a ground out and scored when Ellis Valen- tine's bouncer was muffed by third baseman Berra. Elias Sosa pitched the final two innings for Mon- treal and got the victory. The Pirates trailed 2-1 into the eighth inning before Omar Moreno beat out an infield single with two outs to drive in Phil Garner, who had opened the inning with a double and took third on a ground out by pinch- hitter Mike Easler. MONTREAL scored its first two runs in the fifth inning off Pirates starter Bert Blyleven, who allowed five hits and two walks in his seven-inning stint. Gary Carter opened the Expos' fifth with a homer over the left field wall. Larry Parrish then singled to right, took second on* a ground out, and scored on Dawson's single to left. The Pirates' first run came in the bottom of the fif- th on a home run by catcher Ed Ott. Mother Nature gives baseball low priority The wrath of Mother Nature is upon the baseball world. In an unprecedented tantrum, the old matriarch of meteorology has hurled snow, sleet, hail and high winds in a concerted effort to prevent the start of this year's baseball season. Informed sources at the National Weather Service believe that the inclement weather might be due in part either to Mother Nature's avowed support of the baseball um- pires' strike, or her public decree that the Tigers can't start their season until they come to terms with Rusty Staub. Whatever the reason, the foul weather has postponed Opening Day at Tiger Stadium twice now and promises to send a chill through Bengal faithfuls today when the Tigers try it again at 2:15. The only apparent changes caused by the delay is the insertion of Dave Rozena for Milt Wilcox as the Tigers' Opening Day pitcher, and a switch from Steve Comer to Ferguson Jenkins by the Rangers. Opening Day tickets will be good for today's game at Tiger Stadium, while those holding original Saturday game tickets will be allowed to use them as rain checks for another day. The Michigan baseball team has been plagued by weather woes, too, as their first three dates, all doubleheaders, have been washed out. With only seven days until their Big Ten opener against Wisconsin, the Wolverine batsmen have one more reason to shiver. AGEO AINN7 r6 L-. -BA ---L . The Michigan Daily-Saturday, April 7, 1979-Page 9 Temporary In-Sahn-ity By Billy Sohn Weather delays openers ..., .@,0 changes needed IT'S SPRINGTIME, and that means baseball. Well, that's what I always was told. Yet, I have serious doubts due to occurrences in recent days. Unseasonable weather in the past few days has caused Tiger Opening Day to be postponed twice. Thursday's opener was hampered by snow, and yesterday's opener was put off due to cold temperatures and strong winds. Hence the elements have played havoc with the annual rites of spring, not to mention Tiger fans' plans. Two days in a row, the trip to Tiger Stadium was planned, and two days in a row it was altered. But what can mortals do? Neither Tiger president and general manager Jim Campbell nor Tiger manager Les Moss can do a thing. And opening day opponent manager Pat Corrales of the Rangers is helpless too, although I'm sure he'd rather be in Texas far away from this arctic weather. So the fans and the leaders of the ball clubs cannot be very thrilled. And the players, well, they've got to be itching to get out on the field. Why the Tigers were so frustrated yesterday, that they picked up and hauled them- selves to none other than Ann Arbor, to loosen up in Michigan's Track and Tennis Building. This sort of activity is not fair to the fans or the players and their organization. Some games have been played, but with many teams in this region and climate, is it right to start the season so early in April? If major league officials and owners insist on beginning the baseball season this early in spring, then perhaps they should consider a couple of proposals. First, a nation-wide movement to make baseball an indoor sport might work. On the surface, this may sound ridiculous. But think of the possibilities. Why, baseball could start in March even. A ball player would never Dlave to worry about losing the ball in the sun, and pitchers would never have to worry abyout rain delays again. As for owners, the problem of rain checks would no longer plague club operators. Another proposal deals with the warm weather of Florida and the Southwest. Why not start the season down south, and then after two weeks or so, bring the teams up to their respective cities. Surely by late April or early May, winter will have called it quits. However, there is a problem with this suggestion. Starting the season in the South would surely mean dollars lost. Publicity, television coverage, and number of spectator seats available would definitely suffer. That's why the first suggestion is so appetizing for an owner. Domed stadiums mean the possibility of a longer season, thus more seats to fill arid more bucks to take in. With baseball being the booming business it is, owners might look twice. Perhaps the owners and league officials should reevaluate the 162-game schedule. The season has grown over the years. Too much growth is not always good, especially in this case. Although the schedule has held constant for the past few years (with the exception of the strike a few years back), those 162 games have been spread out over a longer time period. Doubleheaders are a dying breed in the world of baseball. Owners don't rave about them because they're selling one seat for two games instead of two seats for two games. And players and coaches look distastefully at them because they mean greater wear and tear on players' bodies, especially the bull pen staff, where rest is vital to most relievers' arms. In order to deal with the weather then, which is the principal concern of Bengal fans right now, a shorter schedule with a later starting date may be the answer to Mother Nature's fury. It's evident that she doesn't like the early start. Neither do the fans. OUTDOOR SEASON STAR TS TODA Y: I Bad practices slow tracksters By STAN BRADBURY "Lousy," is the word used by Michigan track coach Jack Harvey to describe how practices for the begin- ning of outdoor season have been going. "We're going to be behind for sure," he said. The Wolverines will officially begin the outdoor track season today at Champaign in a five-way meet with Illinois, Northwestern, the Chicago Track Club, and Western Illinois. But with little outdoor preparation, Harvey said he doesn't expect much from his thinclads. "IT'S JUST pretty loose competition for us," said Harvey. "We're just gonna put some people out there on the track and see how they can do." The Wolverines have been limited to "three or four good workouts out- doors," he added. "I think you'll see better performan- ces from our half-milers and longer distance people. The distance people are really having some good workouts. They're not hurt as much by the weather because they basically train SPORTS OF THE DAILY Tiger GM cries foul outdoors all year round." HARVEY SAID that Steve Elliott, Bill Weidenbach, Dave Lewis, Doug Sweazey and Dan Heikkinen have been running the distances well thus far. The bad weather has hurt the sprin- ters and hurdlers who have been forced to work out in the Track and Tennis Building. The hurdlers have only been able to run high hurdles outdoors once for time, said Harvey. Top short distance runners at this time are Darold Gholston, Arnett Chisholm and Ron Steele. Trinidad freshman top indoor sprinter Andrew Bruce is currently the only Michigan athlete sidelined with an injury. TWO OTHER short-distance runners, Butch Woolfolk and Marshall Parks, are missing practice because of spring football. Both Parks (hurdler) and Woolfolk (sprints) will miss the first two meets of the outdoor season before they return to track April 16. The first home meet for Michigan is also the first meet in which a team score will be kept. The Big Ten indoor champions Indiana will square off with Michigan in a dual meet on May 5. ummer Instiltutes COMPOSITION WORKSHOP Topic:"Pedagogy and Practice" Dates: July 2-July 26 Times: 1-5 p.m., five days per week Instructors: Ms. Wilma Garcia, Learning Skills Ms. Joan Rosen, English Credit: English 500, 4 graduate credits or audit T ~" 1957 d4 1 DETROIT (AP) - General Manager Jim Campbell of the Detroit Tigers is asking baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn to look into "tampering" charges concerning Rusty Staub. Staub, who drove in 121 runs last season as Detroit's designated hitter, is in a contract dispute with Campbell and has not reported. He is on the "disqualified" list and not carried on the 25-man roster. Staub, in Detroit to attend teammate Jason Thompson's wedding yesterday, was quoted in The Detroit Free Press as saying several prominent officials from other clubs have contacted him concerning his baseball future. He would not identify them. "The only objection I have to the story is the part about clubs contacting him," Campbell said, at an indoor Tigers' workout at the Michigan Track and Tennis Building. Kuhn "asked me to send him the clip- ping immediately, which I did," Cam- pbell said. "There is a very strong edict on tampering." Judgment Day Monday will be an important day for Coach Scott Ponto and the Michigan women's gymnastics program. That's when Ponto and his assistant, Ginger Robey, will decide whether to accept a new contract offer from Women's Athletic Director Phyllis Ocker. Ponto and Robey want both an in- crease in salary and an expansion of practice space for the upcoming season. Ocker's offer has thus far fallen short of their demands, however. 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