Saturday, May 27, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Elewn Saturday, May 27, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page EIev~en Genis meets Cusie Special To The Daily The ying and yang of the box- ing world go at it together in a scheduled twelve rounder in New Britain, Conn., today. The match should provide boxing fans every- ere with more data to judge the boxer-slugger controversy. Both fighters seemed tense, yet alert at the weight-in. Sandra Genis was a petite 104 and Wee Whamin' Cusamano was a ro- tund 212, his usual drinking weight. Genis, the ying, will attempt to discover whether or not crisp jabs and light feet can determine the course of the match. Genis feels that the key to her success will be her abiilty to control the tempo, to feint and dance yet powder when necessary. "If the Sot gives us the famous right cross, we can be in grave SPORTS EDITOR John Papanek (left) comforts Bill Cusamano danger. His speed is overwhelm- before the traumatic events of the day. Papanek rushed to Cusa- Genis was obviously referring mano's bedside in an effort to keep this paper running. (See yes- to the time that Wee Willie terday's Daily for details)- Cusamano closed down the Busch TRIBE DOWNED: Bengals rap Yankees today Botanical Gardens in . Tampa, Fla., in an attempt to find the Missing Link. In the course of his effort, Cusamano managed to bowl over the Elks Club of Waskeda, Md., and three girl scouts selling Australian charm bracelets. Cusamano was penalized fif- teen yards and a can opener. The girl scouts were hospitalized and given an all-expenses paid trip to Waskeda. Genis views the upcoming m a t c h with some hesitation, "Marriage is okay, but the Rat . . . well, you've read The Idiot haven't you . . . Cusamano, for his part, looks for the quick openers. Genis has the ability for off-tackle work, that slow steady jabs that can break into big gains. Cusamano has been mulling over his game plan for eighteen months now and feels supremely confident. "Ain't no tender foot gonna git me." The affair will be a quiet, but serene affair. Only the best, most refined elements will be present. "We decided to combine the flashiness of Goodbye Columbus with the subltety of the Feast of Lupercal," e x p o u n d e d groundskeeper Charles Manson. Attendance is expected to .be in the thousands and the small stadium in New Britain has al- ready informed the Daily that all standing room tickets were gone by late Friday night. President Nixon, avid sports fan that he is, has cabled his regrets to both players from Moscow. "If only it wasn't col- lect," moaned Genis. Joe Frazer, reached in Omaha, said that his fight with Muhamed Ali would depend upon the out- come of the matchup between Genis and Cusamano All of New England has been blacked out for the match, but the Daily has managed to get the rights to exclusive interviews with the participants after the big match. Astros nip Dodgers By The Associated Press HOUSTON - Doug Rader cashed a run-scoring single in the seventh inning to break a tie and give Houston a 5-3 vic- tory over the Los Angeles Fri- day night in a tensely-fought game that had both managers ejected. Jimmy Wynn made the win- ning run possible by hitting a single and stealing second. Ra- der then came through with his single to left, giving Hous- ton a 4-3 lead. The Astros then scored an- other run in the eighth as Jack Hiatt doubled,,moved to third on a sacrifice and came in on Roger Metzger's squeeze bunt. The victory gave the Astros a 3/-game lead over the Dodg- ers in their race in the National League West. Los Angeles Manager Walt Alston was thrown out of the contest in the sixth inning after disputing a walk to Hiatt that loaded the bases for the Astros. Pitcher Dave Roberts then sin- gled to score one run and Met- zger hit a sacrifice fly to score another and give Houston a 3-1 lead. The Dodgers came back to tie the game with a two-run seventh on a run-scoring sin- gle by Frank Robinson and a bases loaded walk to Chris Can- nizzaro. Houston Manager H ar r y Walker was thrown out while disputing an outfield play in the seventh. Braves bust ATLANTA - The Atlanta Braves battered San Francisco ace Juan Marichal for eight runs on as many hits in fom innings, including Hank Aar- on's 646th career homer, and walloped the Giants 9-4 Friday night with Marichal suffering his eighth defeat. Reds romp CINCINNATI - Cincinnati's Gary Nolan turned the tables on San Diego shutout artist Fred Norman and blanked the Padres 4-0 on five hits Friday night as the Reds snapped a three-game losing streak, By The Associated Press NEW YORK - Tom Timmer- man and Fred Scherman com- bined for a six-hitter last night and Al Kaline delivered a clutch two-run single as the Detroit Tigers trimmed the New York Yankees 8-2. Scherman bailed Timmerman out of a sixth-inning jam, pitch- ing two-hit ball the rest of the way and allowing just one un- earned run in the ninth, singled home by Horace Clarke. Kaline ripped a bases-loaded, two-out single for a pair of runs in-the seventh to give the Tigers some breathing room. Magic Number: 126 The Tigers, celebrating the nuptials knocked two games off the magic number. Con- grats from the Bengals to the joyful couple.. Detroit had nicked Kekich for a run in the first on rookie Paul Jata's RBI single and added another in the third when Tim- merman struck out but reached first on a third-strike wild pitch and came around on hits by Tony Taylor and Aurelio Rodriguez. The Yankees got one back in the fifth on hits by Rich Mc- Kinney and Clarke, sandwiched around a sacrifice. When Tim- merman walked two batters with one out in the sixth, Scherman relieved. With two out in the seventh, Taylor walked and raced to third on Rodriguez' hit and run single. A walk to Jata loaded the bases and Kaline tagged the next pitch for his two-run single. The Tigers jumped on Lindy McDaniel for four unearned runs in the ninth inning, with the Professional Lec American League East WLPt B W L Pit, GB Cleveland 18 13 .581 -P Detroit 18 14 .563 Blimsre 07 15 .531 lip, New York 14 57 .451 4 Boston 12 18 .400 5'P Milwaukee 10 19 .345 7 S Chicago 21 10 .677 - Minnesota 20 11 .645 1 1 Oakland 19 40 .t3 1%C Texas 15, 10 .429 85 Kansas City 13 19 .406 8,S California 12 22 .353 101/ Renuts Baltimore 2, Cleveland 0 Detroit 8, New York 2p Baston 5, Miliwaukee 4A Minesota I, ee as Chicago at Oakland (night). Kansas City at Caifornia (night) C Yankees committing two errors and Tom Haller stroking a two- run single. Tribe trounced BALTIMORE - P a u 1 Blair drove in one run with a sacrifice fly and scored another after hit- ting a triple as the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Cleveland Indians 2-0 last night behind Mike Cuellar's four-hit pitching. Blair's three-bagger, one of just three Baltimore hits, opened the second inning. He scored on Boog-Powells' sacrif i ce fly, which left fielder Alex Johnson misplayed for a two-base error. Loser Milt Wilcox, 4-4, issued walks to Bobby Grich and Terry Crowley in the third, with Grich moving around to score on fly balls by Don Baylor and Blair. The victory for Cuellar, a 20- game winner in each of his past three seasons, was his first since April 29 and raised his record to 2-3. It was the first start since May 16 for the left-hander, who missed his last start because of a back injury, Brewers soused BOSTON - Carlton Fisk drove in the winning run with a double in the eighth inning, lifting the Boston Red Sox to a 5-4 triumph over the Milwau- kee Brewers Friday night. Fisk's hit chased home pinch- runner John Kennedy from sec- ond base. Kennedy was on sec- ond for Rico Petrocelli, who had singled and moved up on a sacrifice. Milwaukee wiped out an ear- ly four-run Boston lead, finally tying the score 4-4 on Dave May's run-scoring single in the seventh inning. ague Standings National League EaIst New York .6 10 .71 Pittsburgh 21 13 .618 4 Chicago 08 10 .529 7 Montrel 16 0 .444 ,10 Philadelphia 15 20 .429 10 St. Louis 14 23 .378 12 / West Houston 24 12 .667 - Los Angeles 21 16 .568 3'/ ncinnati 19 17 .528 5 Atlanta 15 '0 .420 8',! San Diego 15 23 .395 10 San Francisco 13 27 .325 13 Results Chicago 5, Montrealt3 Pittsburgh 6, Philadelphia 4 Atlanta 9, San Francisco 4 ionston 5, Los Angeies 3 St. Louis 6, New York 2 Cincinnati 4, San Diego 0 Duane Josephson gave Bos- ton a 1-0 lead in the first inn- ing, driving home Tommy Har- per from first base with a two - out, bloop single to right. The Red Sox then scored three runs in the second with- out benefit of a base hit. Two errors, including a misjudged fly ball hit by Luis Aparacio with the bases loaded that al- lowed' all three runners to score, helped the Boston cause. Milwaukee cut the lead with a run in the third as Ellie Rod- riguez. came home from third on a wild pitch. The Brewers then scored two more runs in the fifth on run-scoring doubles by May and Billy Conigliaro. Cardinals, Wise halt rising Mets By The Associated Press ST. LOUIS - St Louis capitalized on Tom Seaver's first-inning wildness for three runs, two on a single by Luis Melendez, and Joe Torre and Ted Simmons homered off the New York ace as the Cardinals downed the Mets 6-2 Friday night. The usually accurate Seaver, 7-2 walked three batters in the first and two came around to score as the Cards beat him for the first time since 1970. St. Louis, beaten four times by Seaver in 1971, added to a 3-2 margin with Torre's fourth home run in the fifth inning and scored its final two runs on Ted Simmons' two-run homer in the seventh following a double by Torre. Seaver walked Ted Sizemore with one out in the first. Matty Alou's single chased Sizemore to third and Torre drove in the first run on a force- out. Seaver then walked Simmons and Bernie Carbo and Melendez, batting .188, singled Torre and Simmons home. Rick Wise, 4-4, scattered eight hits for -the Cards. He was touched for a first-inning run on singles by Bud Harrelson and Rusty Staub around two infield outs. The Mets scored again in the fourth on singles by Staub and Cleon Jones and an error by first baseman Alou. Pirates pound PITTSBURGH-Gene Alley's tie-breaking single in the seventh inning helped the Pittsburgh Pirates hand the slumping Philadelphia Phillies their 10th straight loss, 6-4, last night. Jose Pagan, who led off the seventh inning rally with a single and moved to second on a walk to Bob Robertson, came home on Alley's decisive hit to left-center, The Pirates then added an insurance run in the eighth as Dave Cash tripled, extending his hitting streak to 19 games, and rode home on Roberto Clemente's single. The Phillies had tied the game at 4-4 in their half of the seventh with a pair of runs, one un- earned. Larry Bowa led off with a single and scored when Denny Doyle singled and Pittsburgh center fielder Al Oliver threw the ball into the Phillies' dugout for an error. Doyle later scored the second run on a sacrifice fly. The Pirates had earlier fashioned a 4-2 lead by scoring a pair of runs in both the first aj;l fourth innings, with the help of four Philadelphia errors. Each team committed four errors in the slop- pily-played contest. Cubs clobber CHICAGO-Carmen Fanzone drove in three runs while- Glenn Beckert and Billy Williams each scored twice Friday, leading the Chicago Cubs to a 5-3 victory over the Montreal Expos. The victory was 'the fourth in the last five games for the Cubs who went ahead 2-0 in the first inning despite a disputed play in which Don Kessinger was called out at second base. Kessinger broke for second with a 3-1 count on Beckert. Although the call was ball four, catcher John Boccabella threw to second baseman Ron Hunt and umpire Billy Williams called Kes- singer out. Kessinger then left the' base and waj tagged by Hunt. The Cubs argued Kessinger would not have left the base if Williams hadn't called him out and announced they were playing the game under protest. The Cubs' Billy Williams then singled and Rick Monday followed with a run-scoring single. The second run of the inning scored as Fanzone grounded out. The Cubs wrapped it sip in the fifth with three runs on Fanzone's bases-loaded single and a throwing error by Boccabella. Starter Juan Pizarro, 3-1, yielded a run-scoring single to Boccabella in the second, gave up an- other run in the seventh on a double by Mike Jorgensen and a single by Hunt, and was re- lieved by Jack Aker in the eighth after Clyde Mashore led off with a home run.