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Tuesday, April 1$, 1972

THE MICHIGAN DAILY

Page Eleven

Tuesday, April 18, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Eleven

Against
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4 Impressons .. .
By.. * pening Day
By CHUCK BLOOM
SOMEHOW IT wasn't the same. All the frills were there. The
Detroit Firefighters Association had its traditional floral
hrseshoe out at the pitcher's mound. Fat Bob Taylor, the sing-
ing plumber, sang the National Anthem with all the gusto of an
operatic baritone. Red, white and blue banners hung from the
rafters at old Tiger Stadium. Governor Milliken and Mayor
Gribbs were there to throw out the first pitch.
But opening day, 1972 for the Detroit Tigers was lacking
something. The honor guard delegated to take out the flag
to the flagpole in centerfield dropped the sacred cloth in the mud
of the warning track. No big fanfare was used for the cere-
monies that had been expected. In fact, the ceremonies seemed
longer than the game itself.
But the one thing essential to opening day was missing; a
full house. Only 31,500 loyal Tiger rooters showed to greet their
Bengals. This was far below the expected 54,000 that should
have shown up..
The lack of people affected the entire league. In St.
Louis, a crowd of 7,808, the third smallest crowd in Busch
Stadium history, was present to watch the Cardinals. Oak-
land had only 9,912 people as compared to the 45,061 that
came a year ago. Total attendance for both leagues was
down over 192,000, a figure which doesn't include the Balti-
more rainout but what could have been expected from a
city that can"t even sellout for the World Series.
Many alibis can be used for the poor attendance on Sat-
urday. In several cities, New York, Chicago and Detroit, the
weather was poor and possibly prevented many people from
coming out to the ballpark. Also Tuesday is a business day and
Saturday is not. Many businessmen use events such as opening
day to ' entertain customers whereas Saturday is not a con-
venient day to do so. Still, somehow these arguments do not
hold much credence.
It is obvious that the fans are now on strike. Those whoj
pay to watch America's pasttime are fed up with the hassles
between the players and the owners. Tiger fans made their
feelings known by booing the Tigers' player representative,
Tom Haller. If John Fetzer, owner of the Tigers, had come, they
probably would have thrown eggs at him. In Baltimore, the fans
booed severely their hero Brooks Robinson solely on the fact
that he was the Birds' player rep. In Cincinnati, the fans threw
oranges at the players.
'~ What the fans do not realize was that it was the owners,
not the players that prolonged the strike. If the owners had
made the $500,000 compromise offer on the pension earlier,
the season would have started on April 11. But the owners
were out to discredit the players' union and their leader,
Marvin Miller. They controlled the strike, not Miller. They
wanted Miller to look bad in the eyes of the players so
they wouldn't trust him next year when negotiations on the
players' general contract begin.
In fact, the last three days of the strike concerned making
up the lost games, not the pension issue. American League
owners did not want the games to be made up and the National
League did. So squabbles among the owners themselves kept
the strike going and they were the big losers in the strike since
they lost the revenue.
Now, empty stadiums are the fans' angry reaction. The sta-
diums will probably be empty for only a short time then they
will fill up as the summer goes on and people get the urge
to watch baseball once more.
It's ,inevitable that some fans will get on us for strik-
" ing," said Terry Harmon, shortstop and Phillies' player
rep, "but a lot have been through it themselves and prob-
ably will understand."
Commissioner Bowie Kuhn said that the players took
the brunt of the fans' distaste over the strike and should
really be the "good guys" of the public. He was booed to no
end when he threw out the first ball in the New York
Mets' opener.
While leaving Tiger Stadium after the Tigers 3-2 win over
Boston, the once-silent, sullen fans could be heard to utter
statements reminiscent of 1968.- "Boy, did that Lolich pitch
some game," or "Just like the Tigers of old," or even an oc-
pasional humming of the Tigers fight song.
Until the time as full houses are seen again, the owners will

continue to lose money from a source they always thought
supported them: the paying customers.

INDIANS WIN FIRST:

Orioles

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Yankees

By The Associated Press
BALTIMORE - Brooks Robinson
and winning pitcher Dave McNally
rapped run-scoring doubles in the
seventh inning as the Baltimore
Orioles blanked the New York
Yankees 4-0 last night.
McNally, a 20-game winner in
each of the past four seasons,
rode home on a single by Don
Buford as the three-run rally snap-
ped a scoreless tie. The left-hander
finished with a four-hitter.
For a sports feature on
lefty pitcher Peter Helt,
turn to page 9.
Paul Blair opened the inning
with a single, the first hit off loser
Fritz Peterson since the second,
and scored on the double by Rob-
inson.
After Robinson was cut down
trying for third on an infield
grounder, McNally's double scored
Mark Belanger and Buford follow-
ed with the fourth hit of the in-
ning.

Bosox burned
BOSTON-Tom McCraw greeted
reliever Bill Lee with a three-run
homer in the eighth inning yester-
day and Cleveland's Milt Wilcox
checked Boston on two hits as the
Indians spoiled the Red Sox' home
baseball opener with a 4-0 victory
for the Tribes' first win of the
year.
The Indians, checked on three
hits through seven innings by Bos-
ton starter Ray Culp, scored after
two out in the eighth. Alex John-
son singled up the middle and
Craig Nettles lined a single to
right.
Lee then was brought in to pitch
to McCraw, who replaced Chris
Chambliss in the sixth inning after
Chambliss p u 11 e d a hamstring
muscle. McCraw hit a 1-2 pitch
that hugged the right field line and
just stayed fair inside the 302-
foot mark. The Indians added an
insurance run in the ninth.

dell
Sports,
NIGHT EDITOR:
CHUCK BLOOM

vill's fly.
Phillies' starter Woodie?
homered in the third inl

Fryman
his own

and a triple and sparked the Hous-
ton Astros to a 7-2 victory over
the San Francisco Giants last
night.
Braves scalped
ATLANTA-Willie Davis belted a
two-run homer and had a run-
producing infield single last night
as the Los Angeles Dodgers trim-
ed Atlanta 8-2 in the Braves' home
opener.
Davis' towering blast, his first
of the year, came off reliever Gary
Neibauer in the eighth and sailed
into the right field seats, scoring
Manny Mota who had singled.,

behalf.
4stros fly
HOUSTON-Doug Rader drove inI
four runs with a two-run homerI

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-Associated Press
BOSTON'S TOMMY HARPER (4) slides back to first to avoid
being picked off in yesterday's loss to the Cleveland Indians 4-0.
The Tribe's Chris Chambliss is ready to put on the tag.
AT KEPLER TOURNEY

Linkers limp in eighth

* * * W L
Baltimore 2 0
Phillies foiled Detroit 1 0
Milwaukee 1 0
PHILADELPHIA-Ted Simmons Cleveland 1 1
doubled home the tie-breaking run Ne York002
in the ninth inning and scored the Bostonwst
eventual winner on Dal Maxvill's Kansas City 3 a
sacrifice fly as the St. Louis Cardi- California 1 1
nals beat the Philadelphia Phillies Minnesota 1 1
5-4 last night for their first vic- Texasnd 1 1
tory of the season. Chicago 0 3
Ed Crosby, who replaced the in- Yesterday's Results
jured Joe Torre in the third inning, Cleveland 4, Boston 0
greeted reliever and loser Joe 'Baltimore 4, New York 0
greeed elieer nd lserJoeToday's Games
Hoerner with a leadoff single in Texas at Chicago, night
the ninth and raced home on Sim- Kansas City at Oakland, night
mons' double. Simmons took third Minnesota at California, night
on an infield hit by Jose Cruz and Miwa at Bal Neor, night
was in position to score on Max- Cleveland at Boston

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By THERESA SWEDO
"I didn't see any improvement.1
The upperclassmen are playing
good, steady golf and have theT
ability to hit the ball, but not to
score."
Faltering on the second day oft
play, Bill Newcomb's MichiganG
golfers limped in holding eightht
place in the Kempler Invitationals
at Columbus, Ohio this past week
end. After finishing the first day's'
play in the fifth spot tied with
Purdue and Miami of Ohio, Mich-
igan's men faltered, turning in
only one score in the seventies,
Craig Ghio's 77. Ghio finished
the day with the Wolverine's best
second round score of 115.
As Ohio State and Ball State
sped on their ways to first and
second place, Wolverines Gary
Balliet, Gary Hunter and Neil
Spitalny shot tallies in the eigh-
ties. In the first round, all three
scored 114's. The following day's
poorer performance left Balliet
and Hunter with 117's and Spital-
ny with 119.
Ohio State dominated their in-
vitational by fielding the' meda-
list, Steve Groves, who shot 105

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and 116 in two days
play and captured
championship with- a

of 27 hole
the team
1131 total.

Michigan turned in a 1177 total.
Although Newcomb was dis-
appointed in Michigan's second
day performance he was encour-
aged by the exhibitions of his
upper-classmen.
"Perhaps we did poorly on the
second day because of bad condi-

tioning, or because of the shape
the course was in. All the team
scores were higher on the second
day, so I think that might indi-
cate a general trend."
Newcomb is .plagued with the
problem of finding the right com-
bination. "I was encouraged by
the performances of Gary Balliet,
Gary Hunter and Neil Spitalny.
But we're still searching."

San Francisco 2 1 .6
San Diego 2 1 .61
Los Angeles 2 1 .6
Cincinnati 1 1 .5
Atlanta 1 3 .2
Houston 1 2 .32
Yesterday's Results
St. Louis 5, Philadelphia 4
Los Angeles 8, Atlanta 2
Houston 7, San Francisco 2
Today's Games
New York at Montreal
San Francisco at San Diego, night
Houston at Cincinnati, night
St. Louis at Philadelphia, night
Chicago at Pittsburgh, night
Los Angeles at Atlanta, night

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