Page Twelve THE MICHIGAN DAILY FridayAugust 9, 1974 Indian errors boost Tigers Sports of The 9aily Rudi powers A's past Texas By The Associated Press DETROIT - Jim Nettles F Hoosier banned BLOOMINGTON (P, - Maurice Osborne, a senil end from Louisville, Ky., was suspended yesterday f diana University football team, Coach Lee Corso anni Corso said the suspension was for one year, but si is a senior the decision ends his playing career. Osborne is charged with delivery of a controlled cocaine, and possession of other drugs and stolen pro to be arraigned in Monroe Circuit Court on- Aug. 14 two charges. He pleaded innocent last week to the cocL Corso also announced that quarterback Willie Jon phis, Tenn., senior, was reinstated to the squad af against him were dropped earlier this week. Jones w with visiting a common nuisance - he was in Osbo ment when the drugs and stolen property were found He added, "This in no way implies that he is criminal action. That is to be left to the judiciary to Corso said Osborne was to have been a No. 2 de Jones is headed into the season at third-string. Wheels to be soald? DETROIT - A Charlotte, N.C. group will buy Wheels of the World Football League for $2 million and move the franchise there, a Detroit sportscaster said last evening. Al Ackerman of WXYZ-TV said he learned from reliable sources that the Wheels were ina contact with the North Carolina; group because of continuing fi- nancial troubles. Ackerman said "terms are the North Carolina group will pay $500,000 in cash and the rest in equal installments over the next five years." "At a meeting at the Wheels' office July 28, 22 of the 33 shareholders were told the club had $280,000 in bills and the corporation was practically out of cash," Ackerman said. "They also were told it would be impossible to attain an aver- age of 15,000 fans to Rynearson Stadium at Ypsilanti for the games because of the distance some 35 miles west from De- troit. "The only way to solve the crisis was to sell the club." Ackerman said the move would be made before the sea- son ends. Amaya wins INDIANAPOLIS - Fifth-seed- ed Terry Hlolladay was a vic- tim in one of the few upsets yesterday, but most top players breezed through matches in the - U.S. Clay Court Tennis Cham- pionships here.k Michigan star netter Victor Amaya was one of the surprises as he upset the tourney's ninth seed, J u r g e n Fassbender of West Germany, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3. BOSOXI or defensive rom the In- ounced. nce Osborne sub-stance, perty. He is on the last sine charge. es, a Mem- ter charges Nas charged rne's apart- guilty of a decide." fensive end. the Detroit singled home one run and two more runs scored on con- secutive errors by Cleveland first baseman Tom McCraw as the Detroit Tigerstrallied in the ninth inning to beat the Cleveland Indians 4-3 last night. Trailing 3-1 going into the ninth, the Tigers loaded the bases on a double by Gary Sutherland, a walk to Ben Og- livie and an infield single by Bill Freehan. Nettles beat out an infield hit to_ drive in Sutherland and when McCraw threw wildly to pitcher Tom Buskey covering first, the second run scored. Au- relio Rodriguez then bounced to Ed Crosby at third, but Mc- Craw dropped his throw, allow- ing the winning run to score. Rangers bombed Michigan Daily S~ports double and a home run for five runs batted .in last night to power the Oakland A's to a 10- 2 rout of the Texas Rangers. Jesus Alou opened the game with a first-pitch home run and added two singles, driving in two other runs for Oakland. The homer was Alou's first of the season. Catfish Hunter breezed to his 16th victory against nine losses, scattering nine hits. TL.Af L «4 «a.' . . l tack in the four innings the young lefty lasted. Clyde is now 3-8. Rudi crashed a solo homer in the third inning, added two sin- gles, then capped his evening with a bases-loaded double that cleared the bases in the sixth inning. The A's scored in the first six innings as they combed four Ranger pitchers for 14 hits in those frames. 1 A R L I N G T o N, Tex. - The As bombarded young Da- Joe Rudi slashed two singles, a vid Clyde with an eight-hit at- Pirates edge P I T T S B URG H-Rich- ie Zisk blasted a one-out home run off Jon Matlack in the ninth inning last night, giving the Pittsburgh Pirates a 4-3 vic- tory over the New York Mets. Zisk's blast, Pittsburgh's 12th hit in the game off Matlack, 10- 9, broke up a duel with Pitts- burgh starter Jerry Reuss, 11-9. The homer was the 12th of the season for Zisk. Phillies ! 2back PHILADELPHIA - Dave Cash's run-scoring single in the seventh inning helped Philadelphia to a 2-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs yester- day and moved the Phillies to within one-half game of first place St. Louis in the National League East. Chicago's Bill Bonham and Philadelphia's R o n Scheuler were locked in a 1-1 pitching battle when Bonham issued a one-out w-lk to Mike Anderson in the seventh. As Jay Johnstone, pinch hit- ting for Sch'eler, struck out, Anderson stole second.. Then, with Cash at bat, Bonham un- corked a wild pitch. Cash then bounced a single into center, scoring Anderson and sending tePlillie.s ahead2-1. The Of oae the bases in the first innig when Rick Mon- day walked. Jose Cardenal sin- gled and Andy Thornton was in- tentionally walked. Schueler Michigan Sports Archives worked out of the jam by get- ting Bill Madlock and Don Kes- Nixon on waivers Ford called up singer on ground balls. FALL - Major League Standings Brewers rap Tiant By The Associated Press pion in the ninth. Tom Murphy took over, Rick MILWAUKEE-Don Money's double highlighted Miller beat out an infield hit to load the bases Milwaukee's four-run third-inning burst against and Bernie Carbo and Dick McAuliffe drew walks 17-game winner Luis TTiant and the Brewers de- for Boston's final two runs. feated the Boston Red Sox 5-3 yesterday afternoon. The Brewers halted a skid of eight defeats- Cards exposed including three to the Red Sox-in their last nine MONTREAL-Hal Breeden's bases-loaded pinch games. They also broke a string of six consecu- single with two outs in the bottom of the 13th tive complete-game victories for Tiant, 17-8, tied inning gave the Montreal Expos a 3-2 victory over with Wilbur Wood of the Chicago White Sox for the St. Louis Cardinals yesterday. the major league lead in victories. Bob Bailey led off the 13th against John Curtis, Milwaukee, scoreless in its last 22 innings, began 7-11, with a. single and took second on a bunt. the third-inning uprising with singles by Robin After Ron Woods was walked intentionally and Yount and Dave May. The double by Money, Ken Singleton struck out, Barry Foote walked singles by John Briggs and George Scott and a and Breeden, batting for winner Don Carrithers, grounder by Darrell Porter knocked in the runs. 1-1, singled to left. Porter provided an insurance run with his St. Louis took a 2-1 lead in the sixth. Ted Size- eighth homer of the season in the seventh inning more singled and Bake McBride followed with off reliever Dick Drago. a grounder to shortstop, but Tim Foli booted The Red Sox, first in the American League the ball and both runners were safe. East, scored in the seventh against winner Billy Ted Simmons' single to right scored Sizemore Champion on a triple by Rick Miller and a and, when first baseman Jorgensen cut off the grounder by Bob Montgomery. throw to the plate and tried to catch Simmons A walk and Dwight Evans' single chased Cham- off the bag at first, McBride also came home. AMERICAN LEAGUE East W L Pct. GB Boston 61 50 .550 - Cleveland 57 52 .523 3 Baltimore 57 54 .514 4 New York 54 56 4491 61 Detroit 54 58 .481 711 Milwaukee 53 59 .463 81/ West Oakland 66 47 .583 - Kansas City 57 a2.53 7 chicago 56 55 .505 9 Texas 57 57 .500 9! Minnesota 53 60 .400 13 Calfoenia 44 65 .389 22 Yesterday's Results Caliornia 6, Chicago 4 Mlwaukee a, aoston 3 Oakland 4, Cleveland 3 Minnesota at Kansas City, nc. Other ceubs aot scheduled. Today's Games Detroit (Larow 7-12) at Texas (Brown 9-8), 9 p.m. Chicago (Bahnsen 9-13) at Cleveland (G. Perry 1s5-6), 7:30 pm. Milwaukee (Kobel 5-8) at Kan- sas City (Busby 16-9), 8:30 p.m. Baltimore (Cuellar 13-8) at Min- nesota (Blyleven 10-13), 8:30 p.m. Boston (Lee 12-10) at Oakland (Abbott 4-2), 11 p.m. New York (Medich 13-9) at Cali- fornia (Lange 3-7) or Tanana 7-14), 11 p.m NATIONAL LEAGUE East W L Pct. GB St. Louis 59 54 .522 - Philadelphia 58 54 .518 . Pittsburgh 55 57 .490 3 Montreal 52 58 .473 52 New York 47 61 .436 9t! Chicago 46 63 .423 11 west Los Angeles 73 39 .631 - Cincinnati 61 45 .02 5 Houston 58 53 .521 14r Atlanta 59 54 .518 15 San Francisco 50 63 .42 231 San Diego 45 61 .398 3281, Yesterday's Results Montreal 3, St. Louis 2, 12 innings Philadelphia 2, Chicago S Pittsburgh 4, New York 3 Atlanta 1, Houstons0 Other clubs not scheduled. Today's Games San Francisco (Barr 9-5) at Chi- cago (Stone 3-3), 2:30 p.m. Atlanta (Morton 11-7) at Phila- delphia (Twitchell 6-3), 7:30 p.m. Cincinnati (Norman 10-10) at New York (Apodaca 3-5), 8:05 p.m. San Diego (Jones 7-15) at Pitts- burgh (Rooker 7-9), 8:05 pm. ..... Los Angeles (Zahn 2-1) at St. Louis (Foster 5-7), 8:30 p.m. Montreal (Blair 7-4) at Houston (wilson 8-8), 0:35 p.m.