Tuesday, April 6, 1971 Rick Cornfeld LA signs for a pennant.. .. incy cries for a doctor T HE BIG STORY in the National League West this year has been Richie Allen, the slugger the Los Angeles Dodgers stole from the St. Louis Cardinals last fall. "Every time I look at him," Wes Parker said recently, "I see pennants." If the Dodgers are going to win a pennant this year, however it won't be on Allen's booming bat. It will be on the rejuvenated arm of Bill Singer. It's been five years since the Dodgers have won the pennant. The last time they suffered such a long drought was the early 1940s, but the addition of Allen, the expected return of Singer to top form and a bright group of kids has given the Dodgers * hopes of returning to their accustomed position at the top of the National League. A 20 game winner two years ago, last season Singer sat out the first two months with hepatitis, came back to win eight games, including a no-hitter, then broke his finger with six weeks to go. This spring, Singer has been fearsome again, and his return to a starting staff with Claude Osteen and Don Sutton gives Los Angeles pitching that's capable, if not quite up to the standards of the Sandy Koufax-Don Drysdale years. The team's biggest weakness is its bullpen, but, unlike Dodger teams of the recent past, it will score runs at a healthy rate. Parker, who looks like he's learned that baseball is played with a bat, not just the magic glove he uses at first base, Willie Davis, who has developed into a star the past few years, and Billy Grabarke- witz, the kid with the unspell- able name who has been moved to second base, will all provide adequate support for Allen. But perhaps the biggest fac- tor in Los Angeles' favor is the New Look Cincinnati Reds- new look because of all the Bill Singer substitutes for hobbled stars. Last year the Reds crippled National League opponents. This year they are crippled. The Reds' disabled list has as much talent as some complete teams. The Reds opened the season yesterday without speedster Bobby Tolan, who hit .316 last year, but tore his Achilles tendon in January, slugger Lee May, who clouted 34 home runs, then strained a knee ligament last week, pitchers Jim Merritt and Wayne Simpson, big winners last year but with arm trouble now, and shortstop Dave Concepcion, another victim of arm trouble. The Big Red Machine may never rev up again, but with two-time batting king Pete Rose, Johnny Bench, whom many call the greatest catcher who ever lived, Tony Perez, and Rookie- of-the-Year Bernie Carbo, don't be too sure. Cincinnati's most pressing problem is its pitching, but' Gary Nolan and Jim McGlothlin are capable starters, and veteran Tony Cloninger and Don Gullett may be able to fill in until Merritt and Simpson return. The bullpen, with Clay Carroll and Wayne Granger, will see a lot of use and should be effective. If any team in the National League West should be a sur- prise, it will be Houston. The Astros have two rookie hot shots who could tear up the league in left fielder Cesar Cedeno and shortstop Roger Metzger. Metzger has bumped perennial All-, Star Denis Menke to first base and Cedeno last year bumped Jim Wynn out of center field, giving the Toy Cannon an identity crisis. Manager Harry Walker has moved a happier Wynn back to center, and with Larry Dierker showing his 1969 form this spring, the Astros should improve from last year. A top -de- fensive infield will help, but Houston will need a recovery from arm trouble by pitchers Don Wilson and Tom Griffin. The Atlanta Braves have already had a recovery from two pitchers out with injuries last year, and they should be stronger for it. And besides the return of Ron Reed and Cecil Upshaw, Phil Niekro, whose knuckle balls last year lost what ever magic it is that knucklers have, has been hurling tremendously this spring. The trouble is that Rico Carty, perhaps baseball's greatest hitter and probably its unluckiest, has suffered another injury, a badly broken leg, and he will be out until mid-season. Still, Atlanta has Henry Aaron and Orlando Cepeda, who clubbed 72 homers and drive in 229 runs between them last year. The San Francisco Giants could be a team to be reckoned with, if Juan Marichal recovers from his dismal 1970, when he sunk to 12-10 after coming down with the flu in Japan. The Giants also have Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Bobby Bonds and Gaylord Perry, but, alas, there is not too much else. The Padres have even less. Nate Colbert, Clarence Gaston f THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven Senators, Poae Seven Braves By The Associated Press WASHINGTON - Dick Bosman pitched a six-hit shutout as the Washington Senators crushed Oak- land 8-0 and won the ceremonial American League baseball opener yesterday for the first time since 1962. President Nixon missed the rare Senator's opening game victory as M. Sgt. Daniel L. Pitzer, a former Vietnam prisoner of war, was chos- en by the White House to throw out the first ball. Six walks, a pair of crucial er- rors, and a hit batter helped the Senators to all their runs in the first five innings. They scored twice in the second without a hit and twice again in the fourth on just one hit, a bunt single. Frank Howard and Mike Epstein each drove in two Senator runs while Howard saved Bosman's shutout with a leaping catch at the left field fence that robbed Felipe Alou of a homer in the third inning. Howard and Epstein lofted deep sacrifice flies to drive in the two runs in the fourth. Alou doubled in the eighth and went to third on a wild pitch, but Bosman struck out Reggie Jack- son to keep the A's in check. The aced Press ace righthander, who led the ~ted American League in earned run Senators averages two years ago, struck out nd Ath- two and walked two. season Epstein and Paul Casanova each A's 8-0. rapped run-scoring single off loser ' Vida Blue in the first inning. Blue walked Epstein on four pitches to force in another run with the bases loaded in the second, and relief hurler Jim Panther promptly un- corked a wild pitch to let in an- other. Curt Flood, the former St. Louis San Fran- star who sat out last season while suing baseball over the reserve [res' Tom clause, marked his return by fig- trade with uring in each of the Senators' first . three scoring outbursts, walking hook up at twice and adding the bunt single.; n going for Nixon, in a message read by Ferguson Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, New York, called Pitzer a reminder of the r the Mets 1,600 missing Americans and pris- the Expos, oners of war "who have not seen Year last a ball game in a long time, much less seen their homes or families." captur Nixon said Pitzer stood "as a' symbol of our deep and continu- I ing national concern for the plight1 of these young men-and of our national determination to hasten the day when they too can come home." Braves scalp CINCINNATI - Felix Millian opened the eighth inning with a triple and scored the tie-breaking run on Woody Woodward's throw- ing error as the Atlanta Braves tripped the Cincinnati Reds 74 yes- terday in the 1971 National League [ baseball opener. A chilled Riverfront Stadium crowd of 51,701-largest in Cin- cinnati history-saw the Braves capitalize on six errors, including three by third baseman Woodward. The Reds battled back from a daily sports NIGHT EDITOR: JOHN PAPANEK 4-0 deficit to tie the game in the sixth with the help of Tony Perez' two-run homer. But their defense failed in the eighth when Millan tripled to deep left off reliever Wayne Granger and scored as Woodrow threw the ball away after fielding Clete Boyer's bouncer. Ninth inning singles by Orlando Cepeda and Boyer delivered a pair of insurance runs for the Braves. Cecil Upshaw, who relieved' knuckleballer Phil Niekro in the sixth and blanked the Reds over tht final three innings, picked up the victory. Reds' starter Gary Nolan was rocked for four runs in the second on Hal King's double, singles by e openers Millan and Marty Perez, a walk, a the bases on two wal two-base error by left fielder Ber- batsmen with none ou nie Carbo and a single by Sonny and Houston picked Jackson. in the inning without The Reds nicked Niekro for a hit. Cedeno started tJ run in the fourth on Perez' single, a walk, one of fou two walks and an infield out. . Singer. Ground outs k * * * son and Menke drovc ks and a hit ut in the first up two runs benefit of a ;he rally with r issued by by Bob Wat- Sin therc Astros orbit HOUSTON - L a r r y Dierker scattered 10 hits and Denis Menke drove in three runs, two of them with a triple, leading the Houston Astros to a 5-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in a National League opening game last night. Dodger ace Bill Singer, suffer-' ing from early wildness, loaded e n eIU rul nst. After the Dodgers had cut the lead to 2-1 in-the third on con- secutive doubles by Steve Garvey and Bill Russell, the Astros added a pair in the same inning on Menke's triple, which got by Wil- lie Davis in center field. The Astros added another run in the fourth on singles by John Edwards and Cedeno sandwiched around two groundouts. Professional League Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE Eastern Division W L Pet. Washington 1 0 1.000 Cleveland 0 0 .000 Detroit 0 0 .000 New York 0 0 .000 Boston 0 0 .000 Baltimore 0 0 .000 GB 1/ - % NATIONAL LEAGUE Eastern Division New York 0 0 .000 Montreal 0 0 .000 Philadelphia 0 0 .000 St. Louis 0 0 .000 Pittsburgh 0 0 .000 Chicago 0 0 .000 Western Division Houston 1 0 1.000 Atlanta 1 0 1.000 San Diego 0 0 .000 San Francisco 0 0 .000 Cincinnati, 0 1 .000. Los Angeles 0 1 .000 -AssociE MAMMOTH FRANK HOWARD of the WashingtoncS leaps high into the air to rob Felipe Alou, of the Oaklai letics of a home run in the third inning ofyesterday's opener for both clubs. Washington went on to blank the PITCHING IS THE KEY: More openers tod, Western Division Milwaukee 0 0 .000 - Kansas city 0 0 .000 - Chicago 0 0 .000 - California 0 0 .000 - Minnesota 0 0 .000 - Oakland 0 1 .000 14 Yesterday's Results Washington 8, Oakland 0 Only game scheduled Today's Games New York, Bahnsezi (14-11) at Bos- ton, Culp (17-14) Cleveland, Hargan (11-3) at Detroit, (Lolich (14-19) Milwaukee, Pattin (14-12) at Minne- sota, Perry (24-12) Kansas City, Drago (9-15) at Cali- fornia, Wright (22-12) Only games scheduled. '! 1 Yesterday's Results Atlanta 7, Cincinnati 4 Houston 5, Los Angeles 2 Only game scheduled. Today's Games Philadelphia, Short (9-16) at Pitts- burgh, Ellis (13-10) Montreal, Morton (18-11) at New York, Seaver (18-12) St. Louis, Gibson (23-7) at Chicago, Jenkins (22-16) San Francisco, Marichal (12-10) at San Diego, Phoebus (5-5), night Los Angeles,sOsteen (16-14) at Hous- ton, Wilson (11-6), night Only games scheduled. By The Associated Press, / The major league baseball sea- son moves into high gear today with many teams showing off their newly acquired personnel. The Pittsburgh Pirates and the Minnesota Twins are two teamsn that will be relying heavily on re- vamped pitching staffs. Nelson Briles and Bob Johnson add depth to a holdover quartet of starters for the Piratesrthat lists Dock Ellis, Luke Walker, Steve Blass and Bob Moore. While not one posted as many victories as Minnesota's Jim Perry, the Pir- ates' pitching staff would seem to be in better shape than the Twins'. Both Ellis, who pitched one of four no-hitters in the majors, last year, and Perry, the Cy Young Award winner in the AL, get the statring assignments today. Ellis will go against Philadelphia's Chris Short at Pittsburgh while Perry opposes Milwaukee's Marty Pattin at Minnesota. Boston will send Ray Culp against the Yankees' Stan Bahn- senrand new Detroit Manager Billy Martin will open with Mickey Lo- lich against the Indians' Steve Hargan. The Tigers, who parted with pitcher Denny McLain in a major off-season transaction with Wash- ington, gained the left side of an infield in the deal and will go with Ed Brinkman at shortstop and Aurelio Rodriguez at third base. The Angeles now have Conig- liaro in a hard-hitting outfield that also includes AL batting 3hampion Alex Johnson. They will open in a night game with Clyde Wright go- ing to the mound against Dick Drago of the Royals. The NL has a night opener with New Factory CELEBRATION 20% off on all JENSEN Speakers Hl F STUDIO 121 W. Washington Downtown across from Old German Rest. NO 8-7942 Juan Marichal going for cisco against the Pad Phoebus, acquired in at the Orioles. Two 20-game winners: Chicago with Bob Gibson the Cardinals against Jenkins of the Cubs. 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