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BOSTON - The Detroit Tigers
rallied for four runs in both the
first and third innings and beat
the Boston Red Sox 10-3 last night
to reduce the Red Sox' lead over
the Tigers in the American League
East pennant race to less than
one percentage point.
Boston,. with a record of 78-65,
has a .5454 percentage while De-
troit, with 79-66, is at .5448, six-10- a
thousandths of a point behind.
The Tigers jumped on Red Sox o
rookie starter Mike Garman, 0-1,
in the first, scoring on a walk, ad
single by Bill Freehan, an infielda
forceout, Willie Horton's RBI-sin- g
gle and Norm Cash's RBI-double.
John Curtis relieved for BostonC
and gave up two more runs, one ont
Aurelio Rodriguez' single and the
other on catcher CarltonaFisk'ss
throwing error to second after af
man was tagged out at home. Q
blast
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Wolverines battle MSU
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NIGHT EDITOR:
CHUCK BLOOM
against the eventual West cham-
pion in the National League play-
offs, which start Oct. 7.
Eyeing a champagne celebration
denied them Wednesday night by
a N\ew York victory, the Pirates
quickly went to work in the first
inning off Met right-hander Gary
Gentry, 7-10, scoring a run without
the aid of a hit.
I Gentry was driven to an early
shower in the midst of Pittsburgh's
five-run flurry in the third. Sin-
gles by Vic Davalillo, Rennie Sten-
nett and Roberto Clemente pro-
duced the first run of the inning,
knocking out the Met pitcher.
Reliever Ray Sadecki loaded the
bases with a walk to Al Oliver and
gave up a two-run single to Richie
Hebner and run-scoring base hits
to Milt May and Bob Robertson.
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Yanks skid ,
earned run in the seventh.
Bell was chased in the eighth
when the Yanks scored two rains
with two out. An infield single by
pinch hitter Felipe Alou and sin-
gles by Horace Clarke and White
produced one run, and another
scored on Bobby Murcer's single
off reliever Ken Sanders. Bernie
Allen hit a one-out homer in the
ninth for New York's final- run.
* * . *
Phils fly
* * *
ST. LOUIS-First baseman Ted
Simmons committed a three-base
error in the eighth inning enabling
the Philadelphia Phillies to score
two runs and beat the St. Louis
Cardinals 3-1 last night in National
League action.
Phils' Larry Bowa and Tommy
Hutton had reached base on a
single and a walk with one out in
the inning when former Cardinal
Willie Montanez hit a hard ground
ball at Simmons that bounced off
his leg and skipped toward the
bullpen.
Right-hander Jim Bibby, 1-1, who
yielded a two-out homerun to
Phils' rookie Bob Boone in the
seventh, took the loss.
I
By FRANK LONGO ,amount of game competition the offensive-wise, Brown does foresed
as been said before, but the freshmen are exposed to these a solid Blue defense.
it thing going for the new days. Michigan State's Eddie Ruthers
gan varsity-reserve football "When I was a freshman," he ford brings only 17 tendered fresh-
is enthusiasm; recalls, "we didn't have any games men in his 48-man group, so the
"junior varsity squad" plays at all. Now these freshmen have mini-Spartans probably have cont
st of six games today against six games to look forward to." siderably more upperclassmen with
gan State in the Stadium at That gives them the chance to be- probably more experience than th(
., and everyone from coach come the winningest freshman- Wolverines.
s Brownhto the last freshman varsity reserve-junior varsity team Michigan will"definitely start its
n who hopes to play before j in Michigan history. best 22 men, Brown has decided
eople sme ay, is Brown is ably assisted in the but he very much wants to giv
teusiasm.new at Michigancoaching department by three of as many players as possible a
teamut istnewatwMicganhis former teammates at Michigan. chance to get into the game. Also;
rt osfr themnewtNCA Mike Hankwitz, Garvie Craw and he'd like to operate part of the
:at allows freshmen to com- Werner Hall each also played un- game with an entirely freshma
in varsity sors
e up of both tendered and der Schembechler, so they are not group.
ed pofbthtedthedasdtywithout knowledge of his "system." The rest of the schedule includes
es were not able to releas Tke two other members o the another game with State, two with
rplete roster of the squad staff are Bill Whitler, who played Notre Dame, and one each with
latet yesterday, too late for at football at Miami of Ohio, (one PurdueandToledo.
ation. Lineups will be avail- of the prerequisites, it seems for And. while it is hard to single
t the gametos wevr, becoming a successful football out individuals to keep your eye
wt the game today, however. coach), and Bob Sutton, who at- on with little, previouscompetition,
awn, who was Bump Elliott'stedEU
.vtends EMU. one name to remember might be
.-caller for the Blue varsity The 1972 team is made up of 30 Phil "Pepper Powers, a highly-
7-68, is in his first year at tendered freshmen, plus 12 "walk- recruited quarterback prospect
d served as a graduate as- ons," but it also includes sopho- from Marcellus, Michigan, who is
it under present headucoach m ores and upperclassmennot mak- expected to start.
nhembechler and last year ing the varsity, and this week is His back-up will be Mike Holmes,
ed the Dartmouth freshmen. rounded out by anyone not on the of Akron, Ohio, and also seeing
mn is looking forward to his 48-man traveling squad to UCtA. I some action calling the plays will
s opener very much, being Although Brown professes to be sophomore Jeff Spahn, who
ularly pleased with the have some fine individual perfor- backed-up Dennis Franklin for last
d t mers, the lack of time that his year's frosh team.
team gets to practice alone could Another name to remember
work against it. would have been running back
Most. of the week the varsity- Gordon Bell, a 5-9%, 180-pound
reserves spend imitating Michigan speedster from Troy, Ohio, but he
opponents to help the varsity squad has been chosen to travel with
better prepare for its games. But the varsity to'the West Coast.
ic they will have had only two 45- Season ticket holders who bring
minute sessions this week to prac- their ticket booklets will be ad-
tice their own Michigan plays. Al- mitted free while all others will be
in and became the game's though unsure of what to expect charged one dollar.
ng ball carrier. gaining 75
Magic Number: 12
Detroit came back for four more
in the third on a run-scoring dou-
ble by Cash and a three-run single
by starting pitcher Joe Coleman,
17-13, who entered the game bat-
ting .096 with two RBI.
Cash hit his third double with
two out in the seventh, then scored
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DETROIT'S NORM CASH is out by a mile at the plate but coach°
despite this the Tigers whipped the Boston Red Sox 10-3 last night Broe
to move into a virtual tie for the American League East Division' team's
lead. Boston's Carlton Fisk applies the tag. partici
on a double by Mickey Stanley.!
The final Tiger run scored in the MILWAUKEEr-ns oih n srgg
ninth when Al Kaline doubled and drove in three runs with a single
Jim Northrup drove him in with a and his 18th home run, leading the
single. The double was Kaline's Milwaukee Brewers to a 6-4 Ameri
900th career extra base hit. can League victory over the sxid-
ding New York Yankees last ight.
Briggs' third inning home run,
B c's reign following Ellie Rodriguez' walk,
drove in the decisive runs as tie
NEW YORK-Steve Blass, back- Yanks dropped their fifth game inj
ed by a five-run third inning, their last six starts. Mike Kekich,
pitched the Pittsburgh Pirates to 10-13, gave up all four runs in,
their third straight National League dropping his fourth straight deci-
East title last night with a seven- sion since his last victory July 29.
hit, 6-2 victory over the New York Brewer starter Jerry Bell, 4-1,
Mets. held New York hitless after Roy
The Pirates, sitting in first place White's first-inning single until'
since June.19, thus earned a berth Johnny Callison singled for an un-
SH UT TLESWORTH, THORNBLADH EXCEL
Bo has nice
problem at fu
By GEORGE HASTINGS
When the preseason predictors
went about sizing up the Mich-
igan offensive backfield for this
season, there seemed to be surety
at only one position. While a
quarterback, a tailback, and a
wingback all were yet to be
picked, at fullback Ed Shuttles-
worth was always listed as a
sure starter and an All-American
candidate.
But now, going into the Wol-
verines' second game of the sea-
son Saturday night at UCLA, the
situation is reversed. Dennis
Franklin, Harry Banks, and Clint
Haslerig began the Northwestern
game at the other three back
positions and will apparently
start there again this week.
However, Michigan coach Bo
Schembechler is still unsure as
to who will start at fullback this
week, and it is evident that play-
ing time at the position this year
is going to be
Shuttlesworth and
Bob Thornbladh.
split between
a fellow junior,
Schembechler feels that both
players will start some games
and that both will "play a great
deal" this season. "They're very,
very even at this point," he says,
adding that the more impressive
of the two in practice during the
week will get the nod each Sat-
urday.
The recent history of Schem-
bechler and his fullbacks has
been a bit curious. Last year, it
was senior Fritz Seyferth who
started all but two or three of
the contests, yet it was Shuttles-
worth who saw by far the most
playing time.
Shuttlesworth, in 1971, carried
the ball a total of 182 times, as
opposed to 56 for Seyferth. And
he made good use of his oppor-
tunities, too, gaining 875 yards
for a 4.8 average, and scoring
six touchdowns.
The accomplishments of the
big 6-2, 227-pounder from Cin-
cinnati were not overlooked,
either, as he made second team
All-Big Ten as well as several
sophomore All-America squads.
Meanwhile, Thornbladh spent
most of last year on the side-
lines, partly because of a knee
injury that kept him out of sev-
eral games. When he did appear
he performed well enough to
establish a 4.1 average and re-
cord four touchdowns, but over
the season he compiled only 125
yards.
But Schembechler came into
this season with an open mind
at fullback, and in practice prior
to the Northwestern game Thorn-
bladh, who like Seyferth is a bet-
ter blocker than Shuttlesworth,
gained a slight edge, and re-
ceived the starting berth for that
contest.
Thornbladh carried four times
in the Wolverines' drive after the
opening kickoff against the Wild-
cats, and ran well, picking up
22 yards. But on the fourth carry
he fumbled, and that was all
the action he saw. Shuttlesworth
iGC1Ull1j uC~ll vuaw av , } ^,
yards in 17 tries.
Shuttlesworth says that the fact
that he has started so few times
in his career here hasn't bother-
ed him, as long as he has gotten
his chance sometime during the
contest. "Sure, I'd rather start,"
he says, "but Blade's playing-
good football, and he's going to
get his playing time, and I'll get
mine."
Meanwhile, Thornbladh was
not discouraged, either, by the
fact that he was yanked so quick-
ly last Saturday. "It was the
fumble - it's that simple," he
says. "Ed's such a great player
that I just can't afford to make
a mistake." But Schembechler
makes it clear that the fumble
has not. put Thornbladh in the
doghouse permanently, and that
the 6-2, 224-pounder from Ply-
mouth, Mich., will see a lot more
action this year.
Butthe man most happy about
the fullback situation is Schem-
bechler himself, who feels lucky
to have two such fine runners as
Shuttlesworth a n d Thornbladh.
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PITTSBURGH'S STEVE BLASS AND DOCK ELLIS partake in a
bit of the bubbly after clinching their third straight division title
last night with a 6-2 win over the Mets. Blass hurled a seven-
hitter and Ellis enthusiastically watched.
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Yesterday's Results
Detroit. 10, Boston 3
Milwaukee 6, New York 4
Kansas City at California, inc.
Other clubs not scheduled
Today's Games
Kansas City (Drago 11-15) at Oak-
land (Blue 6-8)
New York (Kline 16-7) at Cleveland
(Perry 21-16)
Texas (Stanhouse 2-6) at Chicago
(Bahnsen 19-15)
California (Messersmith 7-9) at Min-
nesota (Blyleven 14-16)
Detroit (Zachery 1-0) at Boston
(MeGlothen 7-6)
Only games scheduled.
Yesterday's Results
Pittsburgh 6, New York 2
Philadelphia 3, St. Louis 1
Other clubs not scheduled
Tonight's Games
San Diego (Caldwell 7-8) at Atlanta
(Niekro 14-11)
Philadelphia (Reynolds 2-13) at New
York (McAndrew 11-6)
Montreal (Moore 8-8) at Pittsburgh
(Kison 8-7)
Cincinnati (Grimsley 13-7) at Hous-
ton (Dierker 15-7)
Chicago (Reuschel 8-8) at St. Louis
(Cleveland 14-14)
San Francisco (Willoughby 5-2) at
Los Angeles (Sutton 16-9)
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