Page Twelve THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wednesday, May 22, 19-,i Pag Tele TE ICIGA DIL0Wene fa, -May 22, 19-' Detroit drops fourth straight A basketball tournament . .. and sundry occurences John Kahler THE FIRST Annual Ann Arbor basketball tournament is history. and it would have to be said that the whole affair was a success, both athletically and cilturally. As one who sat through the entire affair pretending to he a reporter, it was an enjoyable way to waste a weekend. As is customary in such events, there were winners and losers. The Grand Rnoids team pulled a major upset in the Open Division when they defeated the Ypsilanti Jock Shop team, 112- 107 in the finals held an Saturday. Ynsi had taken the precaution to bring in a pair of nrofessional fellows, George Gervin and Charlie Edge, to beef an their squad, but Grand Rapids appeared not to be impressed. Sunday marked the High School phase of the tournament. A strong Fort Wayne team spoiled Campy Russell's coaching debut with the Unstst- Michigan team to the tune of 109-98, but the Metro Detroit bse avented the state's honor by taking he title from Fort Wayne 128-114. But after these anres are forgotten, certain impressions will linger in the memory. tndi-i',als shone more clearly than teams at this event, and sertnin insivid'rals more than others. The proper disnotv rase for Geore Gervin is in some metro- politan art musem, where he can be compared to other pieces of artistry. The man a, to nt ;t mildly, unreal. George would be a dream player for a team that is streling at the gate, because he has the knack of f-kine out a crowd. Gervin snent his time at the Concordia gym doing things like stuffing the ball from a takeoff at the foul line, tossing in jump shots as though the ball were a wad of paper, and rifling im- possible passes to teammates waiting dowcourt. In a move that surprised no one, he was selected as the tournament's Most Valuable Player. Ben Kelso wasn't gelcted fur any awards. Playing for a good Mt. Pleasant team, the Piston guard seemed to put forth the minimum amost of effort necessary, apparently counting on his reputation as an NBA nlayer to awe the opposition. In the semi- finals, Grand Rtanids was not awed. For every Gervin, Edge, or Kelso on the court, there were twenty other players who never made it to the top. Ernie Johnson wandered into the building on Thursday night, asked around to see if any team needed a nnyer, and finally ended up on the roster of the Ann Arbor Thomnson's Pizza team. As you may recall. Ernie snent two years of his life starting for Johnny Orr. This year, 0' Ern has been drifting around, play ing semipro ball and ocasionally showing up to watch practices at Crisler Arena. The years he snent playing for Michigan were the high point of his life, and all else may be downhill from there. On the court for Thompson's Pizza, Ernie proved again what Michigan basketball fans have known for some time; that while he gives his all every time he plays, he doesn't have enough talent to give. As such, Ernie will be spending the rest of his playing days on teams like Thompson's Pizza, and will be denied the ultimate fix of a basketball junkie-the Big Time. Sunday was the day for the future Gervins and Johnsons to show their stuff. Coaches Dutcher and Frieder were there to watch the play of their star prospect, guard Dave Baxter. That normally talkative pair was notably subdued after seeing Baxter play. Baxter is built like Joe Johnson, has a large bushy afro, and can drill the ball from 25 feet out. He scored eleven points while playing less than half the game for Metro Detroit. But he appears to know nothing about defense, and will have to spend time on the varsity reserves learning that art before he can help ,he -- varsity. The real college prosiact i attendance was a lad named Walter Jordan, who played for the Fort Wayne team. Jordan, a 6-7 forward, had the Michigan . , coaches gnashing their tech as they watched him perform. It seems he was Michigan's for the signing, but somehow they m blew it. Jordan instead signed with Purdue, along w i t h ,'s ene Parker, a guard who won the high school One-on-One cham- pionship held Saturday. Asif the Boilers needed them. Then there was the Six Mil- lion Dollar Man, Campy Rus- sell. Big Camp would have coached his team past Fort Wayne except for the fact that they had better players :han he did. Joe Johnson came over to help him in the second hAlf, and the two of them lid an un- conscious parody of t e Orr- Dutcher team for the -est of the' game. Campy was not too con- cerned about the fate of his team after the game. "That's the way it goes," he grinned. Plans are being made for an- other tournament to.be held w later this summer. I, for one intend to be there. After all, FOLLOWING 28 STRAIGHT 5U with Bill Ayler as posterboy, no throwtoI second baseman Dave event can possibly go badly, last night as Philadelphia triump 18 Bosox hits inundate Yankees MILWAUKEE - A double steal and John Brigga' run- scoring triple produced two runs in the seventh inning that rallied the Milwaukee Brewers for a S - 5 victory over the Detroit Tigers last night. Tim Johnson opened the sev- enth with a single to chase De- troit starter Lerrin LaGrow. Don Money then bunted and relief pitcher John Hiller fired wildly, putting runners on first and sec- ond. Johnson moved to third on Dave May's fly to right and scored after successfully execut- ing a double steal. Briggs tripled home Money with the winning run. The Tigers had pulled to a 5-4 lead with three runs in the top of the seventh on a solo homer by Bill Freehan, a single by Aurelio Rodriguez, a triple by Ed Brinkman and Mickey Stan- ley's single. Yanks yanked BOSTON-Rico Petrocelli trig- gered an early 10-run explosion with a long home run leading off the second inning and the Boston Red Sox rolled to a 14-6 victory over New York last Michigan Daily Sports night, extending their Fenway Park hex over the Yankees. The Red Sox, posting their f o u r t h consecutive triumph, jumped on New York starter Dick Tidrow, 3-4, for four runs Stormin' Norman was storm- in' a little too much for AL League officials in Milwaukee Monday. His punishment is de- tailed on Page 11. 888BiRR'e% sBeRR t in the second inning and nailed down the decision with six more in the third against Dave Pagan and Sam McDowell. Bill Lee, 5-4, defeated the Yankees for the seventh time in as many career decisions but needed relief from Diego Segui Major League Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE w L Pct. Ga East Milwaukee 19 16 .543 - noston 20 19 .513 1 Baltimore 18 18 .500 1% Cleveland 19 19 .1so 1 Deroit 18 18 .486 2 New York 20 22 .476 23, West Oakland 22 18 .550 - Chicago 18 16 .529 i Kansas City 19 19 .500 2 Texas 19 19 .500 2 Minnesota 16 19 .457 3'> Caitornia i 22 .450 4 Last night's results Boston 14, New York 6 Baltimore 7, Cleveland 1 Kansas City 4, California 2 Oakland 8, MinnesotaI Milwaukee 6, Detroit 5 Texas at Chicago, ppd., rain Today's Games Cleveland (J. Perry 3-3) at Balti- more (Grimsley 4-4), night. New York (Medich 6-2) at noston (Tiant 3-5), night. California (Singer 5-3) at Kansas City (Fitzmorris 3-1), nitsht. Oakland (Blne 2-5) at Minnesota (Goltz 1-0) night. Detroit (Lolirh 3-5) at Milwaukee (Kobel 2-1), 8:30, WWJ-TV, WJR. Texas (Bibby 5-5) at Chicago (Kaat 4-3), night. NATIONAL LEAGUE East EW L Pet. Ga Phildelphia 22 17 .564 - Montreal 17 15 .531 1 % St. Louis 20 10 .526 1Y:4 New York 18 22 .450 412 Chicago 14 21 .400 6 Pittsburgh 13s23 .361 71. West Los Angeles 29 11 .725 - Cincinnati 20 16 .556 7 San Francisco 22 20 .524 0 Atlanta 21 20 .512 I nouston 21 23 .477 10 San Diego 17 28 .370 14'. Lasi night's results New York 10, Chicago 5 Pittsburgh 8, Montreal 4 Atlanta 4, San Francisco 1, Ist, Atlanta at San Francis o 2nd, inc. Philadelphtia 4, St. Louis 2 Houston 5, San Diego 4 Cincinnati at Los Angeles, inc. Today's Games Atlanta (Niekro 4-3) at San Fran- cisco (Barr 1-1). Pittsburgh (Kison 2-1) at Mon- treal (Rogers 6-2), night. Chicago (S. Stone 1-0) at New York (Seaver 2-4), night, Philadelphia (Srhueler2-3) at St. Louis (Foster 1-3), night. San Diego (Arlin 1-4) at Hous- ton (Osteen 4-4), night. Cincinnati (Norman 3-3) at Los Angeles (Downing 1-2), night. in the eighth to clinch the Red Sox' 16th victory in the last 17 home games with New York since August 1972. Orioles coast BALTIMORE - Paul Blair slugged a grand-slam home run and Mike Cuellar tossed a seven-hitter last night, leading Baltimore to 0 7-1 victory over the Cleveland Indians which snapped a three-game Orioles losing streak. After a walk to Earl Williams and Boog Powell's single in the second inning, Cleveland starter Steve Kline, 3-6, hit Bobby Grich with a pitch, filling the bases. Then Brooks Robinson walked on four pitches, forcing in one run, and Blair tagged his fourth homer of the baseball season and third grand slam of his career. Phillies fly ST. LOUIS - Bill Robinson's three-run homer climaxed a four-run first inning and the Philadelphia Phillies held on to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-2 last night. Detroit Tiger c a s t o f f Ed Farmer, 2-0, making only his second National League start, held the Cardinals to four hits before he left in the seventh inning. The Cards scored their first run in the third on Brock's sin- gle, his 28th consecutive stolen base, a passed ball and a sacri- fice fly by Simmons. Brock's stolen base skein end- ed at 28, eight short of the major league record, when he was caught by catcher Bob Boone in the fifth inning. Twins tilted BLOOMINGTON-Home runs by Gene Tenace and Reggie Jackson highlighted a six-run outburst in the seventh inning that powered the Oakland A's to an 8-1 rout of the Minnosota Twins last night. ccessful steals this season, Cardinal Lou Brock was thrown out on Phillie catcher Bob Boone's Cash. Ed Farmer, who gained popularity among AL hitters while with the Tigers, got the victory lhed.