Friday, October 1, 1971 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven Frid y, O tob r 1, 1971T H E M IC H G A N AIL Page Seven s, Rick Cornfeld Runaways-races, players, clubs-mark Baseball '71 IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW the truth, you might think the Los An- geles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants were kissing cousins, not the hated baseball rivals they have been over the years on two coasts. The two teams, creeping to a finish in the National League's West Division, provided what pennant race excitement there was in this year of runaway races and runaway players. To say nothing of runaway franchises. The race between the two coast clubs, playing recently as though they didn't want to win, wouldn't have been un- usual even if their predecessors hadn't conducted the same kind of race nine years ago. In 1962 the Giants took advant- age of a Dodger collapse by playing listless ball, backing into a tie for the pennant and then taking a three-game playoff. Actually this year, people probably should have realized that with so many players not even wanting to play, the only pennant contenders in a tight race wouldn't want to win. More than half a dozen players said to hell with it and left baseball at least temporarily. Curt Flood, Alex Johnson, Tony Conigliaro, Hawk Harrelson, Sam McDowell Ted Uhlaen- der, Clete Boyer and now Willie Horton all left their clubs, some with verbal blasts at the management. The surprise, in a year in which even Tiger hurler Mike Kilkeny threatened to follow Harrelson's path to the pro golf tour, is that fdrmer delinquents Richie Allen and Joe Pepi- tone made it through the season. The most significant departure was by Angels' star John- son, eternally the center of controversy, who won a landmark decision that means players with emotional ills have to be given the same consideration as ones .with physical ills. Besides Johnson, Boyer, who refused to apologize for blast- ing Atlanta manager Luman Harris, was given his release and Conigliaro quit because of recurring eye troubles. Sam McDowell, a talented but moody pitcher, and Ted Uh- laender, involved with McDowell in a dispute over voided per- formance bonus clauses in their contracts, later returned to the Indians. That's more than Danish playboy Flood's former team will do for the City of Washington, and if the San Diego Padres move to the nation's capital, how will it sound - "Washington, first in war, first in peace, and last in the NATIONAL League?" And wouldn't it be something to see President Richard M. Nixon throw out the first ball next year in Southern California's, Anaheim Stadium, as has been suggested? In a year in which most baseball news was made off the field, it's fitting that the biggest losers be the fans of Washing- ton, who turned out to see their hopeless team to the tune of 600,000 people, all of whom may have been demented to pay up to six dollars, the highest prices in the nation. Did owner Robert Short realize the gall he had to charge so much to see so little? At least the Senators went out In style. The fans of Washington, who have suffered through 53 losing seasons in this century, haven't seen a pitcher lose as much as Denny McLain in 62 years. Not since 1909, when a pair of Wash- ington youngsters named Bob Groom and Walter Johnson lost 26 and 25 games respectively, has any Washington hurler lost more than McLain's 22. That's a longer interval than it's been since the last time four pitchers on one team won 20 games in a season. In 1920 White Sox, Red Faber and Dickie Ker and Black Sox Eddie Ciotte and Lefty Williams. On a pennant losing Chicago team, set the precedent for Baltimore's amazing foursome, Dave McNally, Jim Palmer, Mike Cuellar and Pat Dobson. Giants catapult, By The Associated Press High-kicking Juan M a r i c h a 1 pitched the San Francisco GiantsI to the National League's elusive West Division title last night with a masterful 5-1 victory over the San Diego Padres in the final game of the season. The victory sent the Giants into the best - of - five playoff series against Pittsburgh, the East cham- pion, for the National League pen- nant. The series starts tomorrow Bil in San Francisco. rifice The Giants, who had frittered gave1 away almost all of an 8%V2-game Housi lead to the pursuing Los Angeles fell o Dodgers with a dreadful September for t slump, had to call on the ace of penna their staff to nail down the divi- Ra sion crown and Marichal was f a superb. hN the 1N feit vi " 0 the S in an jin the Wit ninth daunt O sters field Wolverine coach Bo Schembech- eiszi ler showed his usual boundless ping enthusiasm yesterday when he ad- Aft mitted, "We'll do all right against to thi Navy, even though we're slight pires favorites." Ro ged out at Earlier Schembechler surmised scorii inning of that some of his players were ninth the Giants probably looking forward to Mich- follow h GiJans igan State next week, but added. g of Juan "I'm trying to get through this The Giants one first. We're going to work on this game like any other game. " Injuries are beginning to knock out some Wolverines and Schem- sbechler has had to make some ad- justments. Defensive ends Larry Johnson and Bob Rosema are both t out with knee injuries and fourth urn" teams, string fullback Don Coleman has ves the mid- been moved over to that position. to. daily NIGHT EDITOR: AL SHACKELFORD y Buckner's tie-breaking sac fly -in the seventh innin Los Angeles a 2-1 victory over ton last night but the Dodger: ne game short in their ques the National League Wes ant. Mcous fans rushing onto thi with only one out to gotgave New York Yankees a 9-0 for victory over Washington witl enators ahead 7-5 last nigh unruly farewell to baseba e nation's capital. h two outs in the Yankei . hundreds of rowdy young and adults charged onto the to begin mobbing the play ipping up the bases, and strip the scoreboard. er a public-address warnini he crowd of 14,460, the um called the forfeit. cn Santo broke a tie with a run ng single with two out in th inning and Jim Hickmai wed with a two-rub double a West the Chicago Cubs defeated the Montreal Expos 5-3 last night. Ferguson Jenkins went the dis- tance for the Cubs and won his 24th game. Jenkins, who has lost 13, scattered nine hits. Tom Seaver, striking out 13 bat- ters to raise his own National League record to 289 for a right- hander, won his 20th game last night as he rode Ken Singleton's - two home runs to a 6-1 victory over g the St. Louis Cardinals. r Singleton got the first hit off s Daryl Patterson, 0-1, when he led1 t off the fifth inning with a homer t off the scoreboard in right center field. To he Pittsburgh Pirates used a two-run double by Jackie Hernan- - dez to defeat the Philadelphia h Phillies 4-3 last night. t Manager Danny Murtaugh used - - - - - - -- - - - -- - title five pitchers in a tune-up for the National League playoffs with Bob Moose the second hurler, picking up his 11th victory against seven defeats. Jim Brezeale's f i r s t major major league home run ignited a six-run uprising in the seventh in- ning that powered the Atlanta Braves to a 6-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds last night. The Reds had built a lead on Pete Rose's run-scoring single in the third and Tony Perez' 25th home run of the season in the seventh before the Braves' rally. California edged Minnesota 3-2 and the Chicago White Sox shaded Milwaukee 2-1 in other AL games scheduled. I ;e s_ Se TV & Air Conditioner RENTALS UAC-DAYSTAR presents THE BLUES GREATS B.B. KING HOWLIN WOLF Fri., Oct. 8-Hill Aud. 9:00 P.M. Tickets on Sole Mich. Union-Salvation Records $2.50, $3.50, $4.50 Hi 121 Fi Studio W. Washington NO 8-7942 I I --As: TITO FUENTES of the San Francisco Giants is tag home by San Diego catcher Bob Barton in the first last night's climactic National League West game. I bopped San Diego 5-1 behind the clutch pitching Marichal to ease into the National League West title.7 will now face Pittsburgh in a playoff. Gridde Pickin As the world's foremost authority on Navy's "ret Commander Lloyd Bucher, this week's guest selector, gi shipmen little to look forward to this week as he picks th by 42 points. 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