THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday, April , 197-217 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday, April 2, 1 97'* ... . . A.L. WEST PREVIEW: THETA XI come see The Famous COED Frat! 1345 Washtenow 761-6133 i Israel Now! Je Asg By MARC FELDMAN The brawling Oakland A's, seek- ing to become the first team other than the New York Yankees to win three straight World Champion- ships, are overwhelming favorites to capture their fourth straight AL West crown in 1974. Boasting the most talented if not the happiest group of ballplayers in the League, an old Finley re- tread, Alvin Dark will attempt to fill the shoes of former A's men- tor, Dick Williams, and steer the Oaklanders to another title. Daily Consensus AL WEST 1. Oakland 2. Kansas City 3. California 4. Chicago 5. Minnesota 6. Texas THE A'S HAVE that rare com- bination of power, speed, defense, and superlative pitching that make them difficult to pick against. Led by a triumverate of 20-game win- ners in Jim "Catfish" Hunter, Ken' Holtzman, and Vida Blue, no one in the Western Division can come close to matching the A's on the hill. Most of the other clubs are strong in one department or two, but all have glaring weaknesses to match. The Kansas City Royals appear to be the strongest challenger, fol- lowed by the Chicago White Sox, California Angels, Minnesota Twins, and the Texas Rangers. Last year, the Royals scored' just three less runs than Oakland; but the team's earned run average' of 4.19 was better than only Cleve- land's and Texas', a feeble ac- complishment at best. IN ORDER TO bolster their, mound fortunes, the Royals ac- quired sore-armed Nelson Briles, greybeard Lindy McDaniel, and, mediocre Marty Pattin in exchangey for equally mediocre Dick Drago. Unless oneor more of these vet- erans comes through, the Royals will do no better than second. The White Sox were frightfully thin on the mound last year so they did the logical thing - trade a pitcher for another hitter. In a, rare intra-city trade, the Hose sent' Steve Stone to the Cubs for time- worn Ron Santo. Stone didn't exactly strike terror into American League batters last year with a 6-11 record and a 4.29 ERA, but he was a body on a staff that desperately needs bodies. Manager Chuck Tanner may pam- per Dick Allen but he works his two more reliable flingers, Wilbur; Wood and Stan Bahnsen, to the bone. In 1973, this pair combined for 641 innings, 42 wins and 41 defeats while the Sox struggled to a fifth place finish. This year, Tanner hopes ancient Jim Kaat and Rich Gossage can' fill out some sort of rotation and allow Terry Forster and Cy Acosta, PITCHING WILL again be Man- ager Bobby Winkles' trump suit. Flame throwing Nolan Ryan and greasy Bill Singer combined for a league record total of 624 strike- outs and each won 20 games. How- ever, the staff heads rapidly down- hill from there especially with Clyde Wright also dispatched to the Brewers. Twin Manager Frank Quilici will tell you how his Twins led the American League in batting last year but he won't tell you how the. Minnesotans also led in a more dubious category, left on base. A healthy Harmon Killebrew may have turned things around for the Twins last year but "Killer" is still a question mark physically for this season. Bert Blyleven was second to Jim Palmer in American League ERA but the staff is filled with unproven youngsters and will doom the Twins to a second divi- sion finish. The Rangers should be improved this year, especially in the pitch- ing department. The Rangers hit well last year, led by such stal- warts as Jeff Burroughs (30 HR), Alex Johnson, and Dave Nelson but the hurling was woefully thin. Billy Martin will have Jim "No- hit" Bibby for the whole year, five-time 20-game winner Ferguson Jenkins, and a collection of child prodogies like David Clyde, Steve t Daily nod presents .. MR. SIMCHA DINITZ the Israeli Ambassador to the United States and Israel's popular and well renowned singers- H EDVA & DAVID 7:oo-Information about programs in Israel: f AP Photo CARL YASTRZEMSKI slides in hard as he beats the throw to awaiting Royal third-sacker Kurt Be- vacqua. Major league action commences this week, with the Cincinnati Reds playing host to Bad Henry Aaron and the Atlanta Braves on Thursday. The Michigan Daily sports staff consensus has picked last year's champs in all four divisions to repeat. The top vote getter was the Cincinnati Reds, who received over two-thirds of the possible first place votes, leaving the Los Angeles Dodgers a dis- tant second. In case you were asleep during last season or might have forgotten, the other division winners were: the Orioles, the world champ Oakland A's and the miraculous N.Y. Mets. ,U 0 KIBBUTZ * SHERUT LA'AM " UNIVERSITY 0 TRAVEL . TOURING two of the best young relievers in Dunning, and Pete Broberg, who baseball, to remain in the bullpen. could make Texas more competi- tive. A 8:00-Our distinguished speaker, Mr.Dinitz I Our guests for the second time this year, Hedva & David THURS., APRIL 4th Virgin Vault Breaks Loose! Beer and Boogie in STOCKWELL'S CAFE FRIDAY, April 5, 1974 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Stockwell girls free. others-$1.00 LIVE BAND!!! BUT WHERE THE Pale Hose shine is at the plate. Sporting a lineup with the most power this side of Atlanta, the South Siders will score a lot of runs. Injuries sidelined Ken Henderson and Allen for much of last year but they will be backhto team with Carlos May, Bill Melton, Santo, and Pat Kelly to give the White Sox power and speed. The Angels traditionally suffer from a lack of power, poor catch- ing, and lousy defense. The' Cherubs did acquire a catcher in Ellie Rodriguez from the Brewers, but the other problems remain. Defense still seems to be the Californians' problem especially at' short. A variety of Angel short-' stops committed a total of 46 er- rors last year and regular SS Rudy; Meoli tied for the major league' crown with 30 miscues. beats Thompson: AP's UCLA's Walton for award player of year; Michigan Union Ballroom NEW YORK (A') - David Thompson, whose gorgeous "al- ley-oop" shots brought 'a national ba s k etbrallchampionship to North Carolina State, was named The Associated Press Col- lege Player of the Year today. The Wolfpack's golden forward took the play away from UCLA's Bill Walton, who had won the award two years running. THOMPSON, a 6 - foot - 4 player who leaps like a seven- footer, collected 128 votes to 85 for Walton from the nation's sports writers and broadcasters. They were the only players in the race. Nine others got one vote each. Thompson's special talents drew raves from hometown and hostile fans alike all season. He averaged more than 26 points a game, many of them on his unique ability to float high over the basket and drop in a field goal after taking a lob pass. The "alley-oop" shot became standard fare for the basket-ball- crazy crowds that watched North Carolina State win the Atlantic Coast Conference championship, and the NCAA title. THE JUNIOR FORWARD scored 28 points to lead the Wolfpack over UCLA in the NC- AA's semifinal playoffs despite a 15-stitch gash in his scalp suf- fered when he crashed to the floor in the first half of the East Regional final against Pitt. Then Thompson took North Carolina State to the champion- ship with 21 points as the Wolf- pack beat Marquette 76-64 in the finals. Walton, a 6-11 center who dom- inated college basketball the last two years, was also the heart of UCLA this year. His Bruins, though, weren't as perfect in the 1973-74 season as in the past two years, when they went un- defeated with a pair of 30-0 re- cords. T H E UNCONVENTIONAL senior scored over 19 points a game and averaged about 15 re- bounds against the toughest competition in the land. His ability to trigger the fast break was one of the reasons the Bruins found themselves in the NCAA's championship round. The other players who receiv- ed Player of the Year votes in- clude Alvan Adams of Oklahoma, John Lucas of Maryland, James "Fly" Williams of Austin Peay, Leonard Grey of Long Beach S t a t e, Monte Towe of North Carolina State, Larry Fogle of Canisius, Keith Wilkes of UCLA, Mike Sojourner of Utah and Campy Russell of Michigan. U. of M. 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