Page Fight THE MICHIGAN. DAILY Wednesday, November 24, 197 T Page Eight THE MICHIGAN. DAILY Wednesday, November 24, 1971 U INTERESTED PARTIES WHO NEED ROSE BOWL TICKETS'? CONTACT: SPORTS TOURS CALL: (415) 382-1582 2225 El Camino Palo-Alto, Cal. 94306 Hertz Thanksgiving Weekend Special.A 7.4 - and 12c a mile .Prutes "7mrAr.rtagh qui ts; Vio PITTSBURGH (/P) - D a n n y Murtaugh, the tobacco - chew- ing manager of the world cham- pion Pittsburgh Pirates, resigned yesterday for health reasons. Coach Bill Virdon immediately was named to succeed him. Murtaugh made his announce- ment at a morning news confer- ence at Three Rivers Stadium. The 54 - year - old Murtaugh guided the 1960 Pirates to the world championship over the New York Yankees. After resigning at the end of the 1964 season when his heart began giving him problems, he became a scout for the club, came back as an interim manager in 1967, then returned in 1970, re- placing Larry Shepard. The Pirates won the division title last year and he was named Manager of the Year. This year his club was expect- ed to take the division, and the Pirates did, then went into the World Series against the power- ful Baltimore Orioles as under- dogs. Down 2-0 in the series, Mur- taugh maintained his usual calm, saying nobody had seen the real Pirates yet. The Pirates returned home, swept three straight from the Orioles, then returned to Balti- more for the rest of the series. Instead of using Steve Blass on just three-days rest in the sixthl game, he saved him for the sev- enth game. Critics suggested Murtaugh had made a big mistake. But Blass won the decisive sev- enth game on a brilliant four- hitter and the Pirates became World Champions. The season obviously took its toll on Murtaugh's health. He missed 16 games - from May 20 to June 6 - when his heart be- gan bothering him, and he was hospitalized for tests. Virdon, who Brown said this year was Murtaugh's heir appar- ent, took over the club during that span. Murtaugh said he made up his mind 10 days ago "after some Cleveland's Chambliss glad Drivers Nats named Texas Rangers; Indians drop Gomer Hodge to be AL Rookie-of-Year ENCINITAS, Calif. (P) - "It's The 6-foot-2, 195-pounder, whoj the greatest thing in my life," ' turns 23 next month, has been Chris Chambliss said after being visiting his brother here since named American League Rookie the season ended, "just doing a of the Year Monday by the Base- little running and weight lifting ball Writers Association of Amer- to keep in shape, he-said. ica. He'll fly to Wichita, Kan., Dec. This is my greatest honor- 4 for a National Guard meeting, then, next year the pennant." then visit his father, a Navy To win the pennant, the Cleve- chaplain in Florida, and start land Indians would have to rise | thinking about neyt season. about as fast as their strapping As an indication of the Indians,' first baseman has since he entered recent fortunes, Chambliss is their pro baseball in 1970. first rookie of the year since Chambliss played high school1 and junior college baseball in Oceanside, up the coast from this San Diego County community. Af- ter playing his senior year at UCLA he was picked by the In- dians on the first round of the free agent draft. Starting at Wichita of the class AAA American Association, a high berth for a first - year player, Chambliss won the batting title with a .342 average and was, named the league's top rookie. He wasn't on the Indians ros- ter at the start of the 1971 sea- son, but with starting first base- man Ken Harrelson talking about retirement, Cleveland c a 11 e d Chambliss up from the minors May 14. Fifteen days later he was in the starting lineup, and three weeks after that. Harrelson, a former American League Most Valuable Player. had left baseball to give professional golf a whirl. Chambliss hit a solid .275 in 11r games, with nine home runs and 48 runs batted in. What Sport? WASHINGTON (P -.- Ian Bain's third period goal lifted Howard University to a 1-0 vic-a tory over West Virginia and into the regional finals, of the NCAA Eastern division playoffs. Herb Score won the honor in 1955, the year after their latest pennant. But the young first baseman was hopeful. "I'd like to see us take the whole thing," he said. E He received 11 votes in the, balloting to five for MilwaukeeE pitcher Bill Parsons, four for Oakland outfielder Angel Mang-' ual, three for Boston second base-« man Doup Griffin, and one for' Kansas City pitcher Paul Split- torff. fight acid, sewage HARROGATE, England (IP) - A Swedish - Finnish battle loom- ed today as Europe's toughest auto rally entered the final leg. The main battleground was the mountains of Wales, with 18 rug- ged special stages which will de- cide the winner of the five-day, 2,500 mile grind which has been hit by some of the worst weather in a decade. But bqfore competitors got to Wales this morning they had to tackle one of the most exciting stages of the rally, a high-speed dash through a giant sewage farm near Bradford. Here special precautions have been taken to safeguard drivers who might slide off the road at the many bends. At one point the route skirts a giant acid tank and frogmen will be standing by along the banks of filter plant near a vic- ious bend in the road. After battling through Arctic conditions impassable to the aver- age motorist, about half of the 231 starters remained in the rally at the halfway stage. And of the survivors, Swedes and Finns placed 12 men in the top 20, a repeat performance of Scandinavian domination of the British classic since 1960. The man with the edge was Swede Stig Blomqvist whose Saab held a slim 31 second lead over Finnish powerboat and ice rac- ing champion Timo Makinen in a Ford escort. By The Associated Press * ARLINGTON, Tex. - The Dallas - Fort Worth major league baseball club adopted the name Texas Rangers yesterday and an- nounced that Ted Williams would return as manager of the Ameri- can League team. Arlington Mayor Tommy Van- dergriff and club owner Bob Short, who moved his team here from Washington, D.C., made the dual announcement at a luncheon viewed as a "birthday party" of sorts for the former Senators. * * * " WACO, Tex. - Bill Ball will be replaced as Baylor Uni- versity head football coach aft- er the Bears' final game Satur- day with Rice, The Associated Press has' learned but no deci- sion has been made on a new head coach. " CHICAGO - "I guess I can take a hint," said Jim Dooley, coach of the Chicago Bears, after inadvertently being locked inside the manager's office of a theater Monday night. OColumbus. Ohio - Ohio Uni- versity claimed eight of the 22 spots, twice as many as any other school, on the 1971 Mid-Ameri- can Conference academic football squad. A player must earn a mini- -mum grade average of 3.0'on a 4.0 scale and be a letterman to be considered for the conference all- academic team. * MINNEAPOLIS - The Min- nesota Gophers officially closed the books on- the 1971 football season by naming Bob Morgan as their new captain, receiving an eloquent tribute from Coach Mur- ray Warmath and winning some individual honors. Morgan, a junior quarterback who played behind Craig Curry for two seasons, was elected to the 1972 captaincy by his team- mates and honored during the annual convocation. * * * * MONTREAL - The National League Montreal Expos announc- ed the acquisition of the Penin- sula Whips as their AAA Inter- national League affiliate. * * * * DENVER - Quarterback John Stofa was acquired from the Miami Dolphins by' the Den- ver Broncos yesterday to help bol- ster their injury-ridden offense, the National Football League club announced yesterday. Stofa, a 6-foot-3, 210-pounder, suffered a hip injury ina pre-sea- son game against the Washington Redskins. He was later placed on the injured reserve list by the Dolphins, and was acquired by the Broncos after being waived from the list by the Miami club. 0 WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - H. Lester Hooker Jr. will step down from his post as athletic director of the College of William and Mary after eight years of service Hooker will become full time di- rector of the new William and Mary Hall auditorium. * SARATOGA, N.Y. - Sig- mund Sommer's Autobiography responded to severe pressure in the deep stretch to wear down Joe-Mar Stable's Night Patrol and win the Sheilas Reward Purse yesterday at Aqueduct. * * * * CLEVELAND - Negotiations are under way between the Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals for the two National Football League teams.to play an exhibition game next Labor Day weekend at the Ohio State Uni- versity Stadium in Columbus. Browns owner Art Modell said today a few details remain to be ironed out, including the univer- sity obtaining permission from the Big Ten for the' game. It would be the first NFL game ever played at the OSU stadium. which has a seating capacity of 85,000 (Ont.in soul searching and informal dis- cussions with members of my fam- ily." "Anytime you've had the suc- cess I've had, it's difficult to quit," he said. Virdon, who was flown here for today's announcement from Puer- to Rico where he is managing the Pirates' winter baseball team, said he was told he'd be the new man- ager two days ago. "I'm pleased to be here, said the bespectacled Virdon. "I don't know I could take over and do a better job after Danny did what he did. But I think we have a good ball club and I think we'll be a respectable team," he said, Health was the major factor for stepping aside again, Murtaugh ad- mitted, although it wasn't his only reason for returning to a Pirate scouting job. "I had some events last year which led me to believe that I might be in some difficulties next year," Murtaugh said. "But I also knew a decision had to be made sometime to step down and I felt it best be now." Murtaugh said during the World Series he planned to conduct a family pow-wow and discuss his future. "They agreed that I could pos- sibly be making the proper deci- sion," he said. "I'll miss him," said Pirate Gen- eral Manager Joe L. Brown, who calls Murtaugh his best friend as well as "the best manager in the business. But this isn't a sad day," Brown insisted. Rent a new Ford or similar make sedan for the long Thanks- giving weekend . . . Wednesday afternoon to noon Mon- day . .. at this special low holiday rate. Hertz rates include insurance. YOU JUST BUY YOUR OWN GAS! '.4 " 402 S. 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