Page Twelve THE SUMMER DALLY Thursday, June 7, 1973 MICHAEL PULLS HIDDEN BALL TRICK nks sneak by Texas a Sports of The ally, I Twins sweep; gain tie for first Staroba dealt WASHINGTON - The Washington Redskins have acquired wide receiver Paul Staroba from the Cleveland Browns for an undisclosed draft choice, George Allen, Redskins head coach and general manager, annasmced yesterday. Staroba, two years out of Michigan, was originally drafted by Cleveland in the third round 1971 National Football League col- lege draft. He spent most of the 1971 season on the Browns' taxi squad and last year he caught the game-winning 19-yard touchdown pass in the Browns' victory over Denver. Potpourri The Detroit Red Wings don't have trouble signing every- body. Left winger Nick Libett signed a three-year contract yes- terday for an undisclosed sum . . . Bobby Hull, who else?, was named the WHA's Most Valuable Player . .. In a baseball trade of dubious importance, the Texas Rangers acquired pitcher Jim Bibby from the Cardinals for catcher-outfielder John Wocken- fuss and hurler Mike Nagy. Some stats In some baseball' notes on a slow day, Bobby Bonds of the Giants leads the major leagues in runs by 19 over his closest competitor, 56-37 . . . Slugging John Mayberry paces the Ameri- can League in runs with 37, runs batted in with 53, is tied for the top spot in homers with 13, and ranks second in the AL in hits behind teammate Amos Otis. I Byh!etAssjcied Press ARLINGTON -- Steve Kline, riaking his first start since May 20 her- utse of stiffness in his pitching elbon-, scattered nine hits in pitching the New York Yankees to a 5-2 victory over the Texas Bangers last night. Kline was aided by Sparky Lyle's strong relief pitching and short- stop Gene Michael's hidden ball trick. Kline, 4-5, pitched into the eighth inning as the Yankees won their f o u r t h consecutive game. Lyle came on in the eighth to snuff out a Texas rally and tost his 11th save of the season. Jim Merritt, 0-1, was the loser. Michael ambushed Vic Harris with the hidden ball trick for the third out in the fifth inning, cutting short a rally that pro- duiced the Rangers' first run. Harns was on second base fol- lowing Harrah's sacrifice fly when Michael pretended to throw the ball to Kline. Harris stepped off the bag and Michael tagged him. It was the fifth time Michael had pulled the trick since com- ing to the Yankees in 1968. The Yanks also announced the trade of Mike Kekich and his 9.20 ERA to the Atlanta Braves in exchange for former 20-game SununerDail winner Pat Dobson. Tribe. thrashed CLEVELAND - Jim Holt slug- ged two home runs and Steve Braun added one in a 16-hit attack that carried the Minnesota Twins to a 13-9 victory over the Cleveland Indians and a sweep of a doubleheader. A double error by shortstop Frank Duffy enabled Larry Hisle to score the tie-breaking run in the 15th inning as the Twins de- feated the Tribe 7-3 in the first g a m e. The defeats extended Cleveland's losing streak to seven games. Braun's three-run homer high- lighted a six-run first inning in the second game for Minnesota. Holt hit a solo homer in the first inning and a three-run shot in the eighth, when the Twins scored four times. It turned out that the Twins needed most of their runs be- cause the Indians hit three homers-one Oscar Gamble's sec- ond of the game-in the bottom of the ninth, when they scored four runs. Braves howl MONTREAL - Darrell Evans and Dave Johnson each hit two- run homers and Phil Niekro and Danny Frisella combined on a four-hitter to lead the Atlanta Braves to a 5-3 victory over the Montreal Expos last night. Johnson's two-run blast in the eighth snapped a 3-3 tie for ioe winning runs. Chisox creamed BALTIMORE-Brooks Robinson and Earl Williams each homered and Robinson and Al Bumbry combined to drive in seven runs as Baltimore's revived long-ball attack powered the Orioles to a 14-4 victory over the slumping Chicago White Sox last night. The loss was the fifth straight for the White Sox, whose lead in the American League West was shaved to t h r e e percentage points over Minnesota. All-star tilt at Ferry The third annual Midwest Club Lacrosse Association All - Star game will be held this Saturday at -Ferry Field at 8 p.m. The All-Star Game pits the best lacrosse players in the mid- west against each other in a North - South alighnment. Thus far, the South has won the two preceeding contests, 12-6 in 1971 (held on Palmer Field in Ann Arbor) and 13-8 in 1972 (held in Columbus, Ohio). North teams this year are: Mich. Wolverine L.C., Notre Dame, Chicago, Cleveland, Pittsburgh. South teams are: Wayne State, Ilinois, Purdue, Cincinnati, Columbus, Ohio University. Leading the Northern All-Stars are Michigan's own Jim Kilkow- ski, Rick Bays, Dick Dean, Dan Lamble, Don Holman, Dana Friend, Pete Lodwick, and Tim Cotter. Ann Arbor also is the home of the Wolverine Lacrosse Club and Bob DiGiovanni, and Pete Drehmann have been select- ed from that club. The South is led by the strong contingent from the Columbus Lacrosse Club, in- cluding former All-Americans, Tom Lyle and Glenn Rudy. Brian Teeple, Most Valuable Player in the 1971 contest, from Ohio Uni- versity, will also add strength to the South attack. . Wayne State will be represent- ed for the first time this year, sending Mike Odick, Gary Brez- hany and Mike Kalvelage. COOKIE ROJAS of the Kansas City Royals (left) shows the Fenway Park fans and catcher Bob Montgomery the art of sliding, scored here on a sacrifice fly by Kurt Bevacqua but the Bosox prevailed for a sweep of the three game series. Major League Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE NATIONAL LEAGUE East W L Pet. GB East Detroit 28 22 .560 -- W L Pet. GB New York 28 24 .535 1 Chicago 32 21 .596 - Baltimore 24 22 . .519 2 St. Louis 24 25 .494 5 Boston 24 25 .494 3! Pittsburgh 23 24 .493 6 Milwaukee 24 26 .480 4 Montreal 22 24 .481 '6y Cleveland 20 32 .386 9 New York 22 26 .458 7 2 West - Philadelphia 20 32 .386 1190, Chicago a7 25 .525 - West Minnesota 28 21 .571 - San Francisco 38 20 .655 - Kansas City 30 26 .533 1p Los Angeles 32 22 .590 4 California 25 23 .521 2 Cincinnati , 30 23 .566 5!/ Oaktand 26 27 .491 4 Houston 31 26 .541 6/ Tesas 16 32 .333 l l y Atlanta 19 33 .362 16 Yesterday's Results San Diego 19 36 .346 17'% Minnesota 7, Cleveland 3 (1st) Yesterday's Results Minnesota 13, Cleveland 9 (2nd) Chicago 6, Los Angeles 3 Boston 5, Kansas City 4 (10 inn.) Atlanta 5, Montreal 3 Baltimore 14, Chicago 4 St. Louis 6, San Diego 3 New York 5, Texas 2 Houston 4, Philadelphia 3 Milwaukee at Oakland, inc. San Francisco 9, Pittsburgh 7 Detroit at California, inc. Today's Gamnes Today's Games Chicago (Stone 0-1) at Baltimore Los Angeles (Messersmith 5-5) at (Palmer 6-3), night. Chicago (Reuschel 6-3). New York (Peterson 5-6) at Texas ' Atlanta (Morton 4-4) at Mon- Alien 0-2), night. treal (Moore 3-4), night. Detroit (Lolich 5-5) at California San Diego (Caldwell 3-7) at St (Ryan 6-6), 11 p.m., WJR. Louis (Cleveland 5-4), night. Ervin's sluggers edge White House WASHINGTON (R) - In a test of -strength and endurance, Sen. Sam Ervin's assistants have whipped the White House. It was a squeaker though, with the outcome 10-9. It .happened on a softball field, not at the Senate's Watergate in- vestigation, headed by Ervin, a North Carolina Democrat. Sam Ervin's "Sluggers" even accused the White House "AS- SISTANTS" of a possible at- tempted bribe. It seems the White House coach, Richard Erb, invited the Sluggers star pitcher, Joyce Hanula, to . the White House for a tour of the Rose Garden and then lunch at a posh restaurant. "Frankly, with this game com- ing up, we were worried," said Sluggers coach Bill Pursley. "It was all very nice, the tour and the lunch," Mr. Hanula said before taking the mound Tues- day for what would be an event- ual victory. THE ONLY legal question that arose - such as it was - was when Ervin's Sluggers pushed for a beer break and Erb warned that it's "illegal to drink beer in the park." And Pursley replied: "You White House guys are really sharp on law and order.".