Page Twelve

THE SUMMER DAILY


Tuesday, June 12, 1973
Bra ves ride
Hank's HR,
Gibson sets
K' record

AP Photo
Luis Melendez, St. Louis Cardinal center fielder, slides under Cincinnati Red Joe Morgan in a futile
effort to break up a double play. The Cards skunked the Reds 12-4 last night and Redbird hurler Bob
Gibson became the second leading strike-out artist behind the Big Train; Walter Johnson.
SMa jor League FACE-OFF, PADDING:
Standings -L
AMERICAN LEAGUE alters six

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NewYork
Detroit
Milwaukee
Boston
Baltimne
Cleveland

W L Pet.
30 26 .536
29 26 .527
27 27 .500
26 26 .500
25 25 .500
21 35 .375

GB
2
2

Chicago 31 21 .596 -
Minnesota 30 22 .5771
Kansas City 31 28 .525 3)4
California 27 26 .509 4'.
Oakland 29 28 .509 41i
Texas 18 34 .346 13
Yesterday's Results
Milwaukee at Minnesota (night)
Tonight's Games
Texas (Broberg 2-5) at Cleveland
(Witcos 3-3)
Kansas City (Busby 3-7) at Balti-
more (Palmer 6-4)
Chicago (Wood 14-5) at Detroit
(Lolich 6-5)
Milwaukee (Slaton 3-5) at Min-
nesota (Blyleven 7-6 or Decker 1-0)
New York (Kline 4-5) at Oakland
Blue 4-3)
Boston (Tiant 6-6) at Califoruia
(Ryan 7-6)
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East

MONTREAL (A) - The joint
rules committee of the National
Hockey League yesterday came
up with six rule changes for next
season.
Scotty Morrison, NHL referee-
in-chief, announced that the eight-
foot margin lines that separate
players facing off has been re-
duced to six feet.
It is hoped the move will cut
down on the number of delays
caused by overenthusiastic cen-
ters stepping over the margin
lines and being waved off the
face-off by the referee.
Morrison said the new six-foot
distance between the "T" lines
marked on the ice will allow all
players a fair opportunity to face-
off correctly.
He said that with the wider
eight-foot distance separating the
center, a shorter man had been
at a distadvantage and forced to
step across the line and closer to
his opponent to win the draw.
The committee added a rule
which calls for a minor penalty
plus a 10-minute misconduct to
be imposed on any player who


refuses to surrender his stick for
measurement by the referee.
Morrison said this penalty will
prevent the previous practice un-
dertaken by some players who
either broke their sticks or threw
them into the bench or exit area
when challenged by officials.
He said if the latter action
was taken by a player it "shall
also be presumed that the sticks
is illegal and the player shall be
fined an additional $200, the
penalty for the use of an illegal
stick."
The committee agreed that
goaltender pads will be measured
before the start of the season
and again before the play-offs to
determine that they do not ex-
ceed the maximum 10 inches in
width.
In addition to the current rule
that governs coincidental major
penalties w h e n substitution is
allowed for the penalized play-
ers, the committee went one step
further.
It agreed that substitution will.
be. allowed when major penalties
are asseessed under the follow-
ing conditions:
Two players from team A re-
ceived five-minute majors and
one player from team B receives
two five-minute penalties.
.The committee also amended
the existing rule governing the
awarding of a penalty shot.
The change is that if a player,
in possession of the puck and
having no other opponent to pass
than the goalkeeper, is tripped
after he has crossed the center


By The Associated Press
ATLANTA-Hank Aaron hit a
three-run homer, the 689th of his
career, to highlight a six-run
fourth inning and lead the At-
lanta Braves to a 9-7 victory
over the Pittsburgh Pirates last
night.
Aaron's blast, his 16th this
year, moved him 25 behind Babe
Ruth's record 714.
The Braves got to Pittsburgh
starter Steve Blass, 3-4, for six
hits in the first two innings,
scoring two runs on four hits in
the second.
Atlanta wrapped it up for Carl
Morton, 6-4, in the sixth. Dave
Johnson hit a two-run homer and
Johnny Oates singled in the third
run of the inning before Aaron
unloaded
A sacrifice fly by Darrell Evans
in the sixth accounted for the
Braves' other run.
Morton had a two-hit shutout
rules
red line, a penalty shot will be
awarded.
Previously, the puck carrier
had to be across the opposition's
blue line when the infraction
occurred to be allowed a penalty
shot.
There will be a 20-minute
warm-up before games next sea-
son instead of the one-minute
skate allowed in previous sea-
sons
Howe
bids Red
Wings
adieu
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (P) -
Hockey great Gordie Howe re-
signed as vice president of the
Detroit Red W i n g s yesterday
amid indications that he will
sign with the Houston Aeros of
the World Hockey Association
for a season as an active player.
Howe announced his decision
at a banquet following his invi-
tational golf meet at Plum Hol-
low Golf Club in Southfield.
Howe said he had telephoned
Red Wing owner Bruce Norris
earlier in the day to announce
his decision.
"I told him not to take this
personally," Howe said. "I'm
not against Bruce. It's the
others. I'd be kind of foolish to
keep on this way. They don't
care what I say anyway, so
there's no usejust hanging on.
If a reported $1 million con-
tract and suitable options are
approved, Houston General Man-
ager Jim Smith said, Howe will
play with the team for a year,
then take over as assistant man-
ager or a public relations repre-
sentative.

until the fifth, when consecutive
singles by Milt May, pinch-hitter
Fernando Gonzalez and Rennie
Stennett loaded the bases with
nobody out. Dave Cash drove in
one run with a fielder's choice
and Al Oliver another with a
sacrifice fly.
Gibson glows
CINCINNATI - Bob Gibson of
the St. Louis Cardinals moved
into second place on the all-time
strikeout list and pitched a four-
hitter enroute to a 12-4 victory
over the Cincinnati Reds last
night.
Gibson, 5-6, passed Jim Bun-
ning when he struck out pitcher
Ed Sprague in the second inning
for his third strikeout of the
game and 2,856th of his career.
He finished with nine strikeouts
for a career total of 2,856. Wal-
ter Johnson is the majors' career
leader with 3,508.
St. Louis took a 2-0 lead off
Don Gullett, 6-4, in the first on a
run-scoring double by Ted Size-
more and RBI single by Luis
Melendez. Cincinnati tied the
score before a man was out in
their half of the first on a lead-
off single by Pete Rose and Joe
Morgan's eighth home run of the
year.
The Cards put the game away
with a five-run second as Ken
Reitz broke the 2-2 tie with his
fourth homer of the year and
St. Louis added four more runs
off Gullett and Sprague. One
scored on Sprague's balk and
another on his wild pitch.
Lou Brock's third home run of
the season gave the Cards two
more insurance runs in the third.
Sutton sews
PHILADELPHIA -Don Sutton
allowed six hits and reliever Pete
Richert nailed down the last out,
leading the Los Angeles Dodgers
to a 5-3 victory over the Phila-
delphia Phillies last night.
Sutton, 8-4, lost a bid for a
no-hitter when Larry Bowa led
off the sixth with a single and
lost his shutout an inning later
when Greg Luzinski blasted his
seventh home run of the season.
Luzinski added a two-run homer
in the ninth, when the Phillies
collected three hits and knocked
the right-hander out of the box.
The Dodgers took advantage of
wildness by loser Dick Ruthven,
1-5, to score four times in the
second and make it easy for
Sutton.
Ron Cey walked to open the
Dodger second and took third
when first baseman Tommy Hut-
ton threw wildly into left on Von
Joshua's grounder. Bill Russell's
sacrifice fly scored Cey and
Joshua crossed on a wild pitch
after Sutton singled.
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Chicago
Montreal
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
New York
Philadelphia

W L1
34 23
25 25
26 29
24 27
23 29
23 33

Pct5 GB
.596; -
500 5!4

.473 7
.471 7
.442 812
.411 10 f


San Francisco 39 23 .629 --
Los Angeles 36 23 .610 1Y2
Houston 33 27 .550 5
Cincinnati 31 26 .544 5%
Atlanta 24 34 .414 13
San Diego 20 ' 39 .339 172!
Yesterday's Results
Los Angeles 5, Philadelphia 3
Atlanta 9, Pittsburgh 7
St. Louis 12, Cincinnati 4
San Francisco 2, New York 1
Other risks not scheduled
Tonight's Games
Los Angeles (Messersmith 6-5) at
Philadelphia (Carlton 6-7)
San Diego (Caldwell 3-7) at Mon-
treal (Turrez, 3-5)
San Francisco (Marichal 6-4) at
New York (Parker 4-0)
Pittsburgh (walker 2-3) at Atlanta
(Nirkro 5-2)
S(, Louis (Cleveland 5-4) at Cin-
cinnati (Grimsley 5-4)
Chicago (Reuschel 6-4) at Houston
(Forsch 6-5)

COLUMBUS, Ohio (UPI) - A
resolution declaring Fred Wil-
kinson Crow Jr. of Syracuse,
Ohio, "Grand Croaker of the
State of Ohio" was unanimously
adopted by the state's House of
Representatives Thursday.
The resolution, citing Wilkin-
son as founder of the "Ohio
Society for the Promotion of
Bull Frogs," was adopted on a
voice croak.


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