Tuesday, April 1$, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Eleven Tuesday, April 18, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Eleven Against 'he W/iI 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 blank 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 :{r,.}}'"'."X'":v::'::"'i' C:v: :r: "i:"::.}ii:.-:}:: <::'::"} : ": S:"f:"v."is4tii:"ii:M.. :...}":.::.v.;"";";"}t'"; ,.-.YY{iJ:"" "e ;{4d+i. r}: ;;. :. Professional Leaguc AMERICAN LEAGUE East - e Standings -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 Pct GB Montrea 1.000 - Chicago 1.000 2 New Yc 1.000 2 Pittsbur .500 1 Philadel- .000 2S Loui .000 2 Il or] g lpt NATIONAL LEAGUE East W L 2 0 1 1 k 2 1I ;h 1 1 hia 1 2 1 2 West 1.000 - .500 1% .500 1Y2 .500 1Y2 .500 1 /2 .000 3 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 Pct GB 1.000 - .500 1 .500 1 .500 1 .333 1% .333 1% 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 67 - 67 -- 667 -- 00 % 50 1'/z 333 1 I U - we glu stuent o break A SOLID GOLD.. WEEK OF ROCK 'N ROLL Tuesday (Today) - Leaves of Grass Wednesday-Carnal Kitchen Thursday- Kodai Road Friday-New Heavenly Blue EVERYDAY PEOPLE'S PLAZA, 12-1 MCAT- DAT-GRE LSAT-ATGSB NAT'L. BDS. 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