Tuesday, June 27, 1972 Three near gems.,s poiled THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Eleven From Wire Service Reports DETROIT-Detroit's Bill Slay- back, Boston's Ray Culp, and Milwaukee's Skip Lockwood all flirted with no-hitters last night, but none of them wound up com- pleting their games and only two were winners. Slayback, making his first major league pitching perform- ance for the Tigers had a no- hitter for seven innings before Johnny Callison singled. He was Magic Number: 94 Down and down she goes, where she stops nobody knows! relieved in the ninth but got credit for the Tigers' 4-3 win over New York. Culp's no-hitter lasted for 5'j innings but the evening then ended rather quickly for the Boston hurler. Culp could only manage to retire one more Cleveland batter as the Indians rallied for six runs in the sixth, knocking out Culp and gaining a 7-3 victory. Lockwood allowed his first hit earlier than either of the others, in the fourth, but yielded no others as he combined with Ken Sanders to shut out the Balti- more Orioles 3-0. Slayback allowed another hit in the eighth after Callison's single and then two more and two runs in the ninth before Fred Scherman and Chuck Seelbach came on to get the last two outs and save the victory. Slayback struck out five and seemed to handle himself cooly under the pressure of trying to b e c o m e the only American Leaguer ever to pitch a no-hitter in his debut. The Indians trailed 1-0 enter- ing the sixth but hurler Ray Lamb walked to start the inning. Jack Brohamer doubled Lamb to third with one out for Cleve- Colt owner said to have bought Rams NEW YORK {)-A Los An- geles radio sportscaster said last night that Carroll Rosenblum, owner of the National Football League's Baltimore Colts, had bought the Los Angeles Rams- but NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle denied any deal had been made. Jim Healy of radio station KLAC said he had learned from "unimpeachable sources" that Rosenblum, also the Colts' chair- man of the board, had completed the purchase last Saturday for $17 million, that Rosenblum was taking over as president of the Rams and that Don Klostterman, general manager of the Colts, would replace Jack Teele as the Rams' general manager. land's first hit and Vince Col- bert was inserted as a pinch run- ner for Lamb. Graig Nettles doubled for two runs, moving the Indians in V E front. Walks to Tom McCraw and Ray Fosse loaded the bases and rookie Ron Lolich singled for two more runs. Then Fr ak Duffy's single produced two more runs for a 6-1 Cleveland lead. Lockwood, 4-8, retired the first 10 Baltimore batters he faced oe-- fore Bobby Grich singled up the middle with one out in theE fourth. Seven more Orioles then went down before Don Bsfetel walked in the sixth.' The Milwaukee right-handerH issued two walks opening tie ninth, and Sanders came :)ut o t the bullnen to preserve the vie- tory. Joe Lahoud, whose insg(iarti into the Milwaukee line-up helped trigger the jumping from the ssociaeed Pres s Brewers of Billy Conigliar, TIGER BILL FREEHAN is defended by rookie umpire Hank homered off loser Pat Dobsons Morgenweek as the New York Yankees led by catcher Thurman (8-7) in the sixth and scored 1! ii son and pitcher Mike Kekieh (18) disagree with a call by another run in the first. the ump. Morgenweek ruled Freehan sate at the plate. BREWER, NATEI LEAD WAY rw N A& AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. ')-The United States will pin its basketball hopes at the Olym- pics in Munich this summer on a dozen tall, speedy college and AAU players chosen after several weeks of workouts under former Oklahoma State coach Henry Iba. Iba singled out Jim Brewer, a 6-foot-9 center-forward from the University of Minnesota as his top prospect, but added that all 12 men are excellent shooters and quick defensively. "If things develop as we hope, the board power should be ex- ceptionally strong on the defeon- sive end of the court," said Iba. He added, however, that the squad's weaknesses are its lack of experience in playing under Olympic rules and its need for better defensive play in the middle. Swen Nater, the 6-11 backup center to UCLA's Bill Walton last season, led the 12 in scofng during 28 practice games played this past week by the five dozen prospects w h o attended the camp, averaging 21 points and 8.6 rebounds per game. Brewer had a 15 points-per- Duran prevails NEW YORK (Mt-Roberto Du- ran of Panama won the world lightweight boxing champion- ship last night flooring Ken Buchanan. game and 9.4 rebound average. Others named ot the team The tallest man on the team were Doug Collins of' Illinois is North Carolina State's 7-4 State; Ed Ratleff of Long Beach center, Tom Burleson. He ave - State; Mike Bantom of St. Jo- aged just over 14 points a game seph's, Pa.; John Brown of the in the workouts. Universty of Missouri; Kenny Another week of workouts had Davis of the Marathon Oil AAU been originally scheduled, but team; Tom Henderson, San ia- Iba cancelled it because his play cinto Junior College, Tex.; Bob ers were tiring more easily in Jones, North Carolina; Dwight the thin air of Colorado's higher Jones, Houston, and Kevin Joyce, elevations. South Carolina. Hu expected to slgn wit h WHA Jetstoa ST. PAUL (s)-The World a WHA offer as player-coach Hockey Association is expected from the Philadelphia Blazers. to deal out $2.5 million today to "My owner has sent in his sign National Hockey League share of the $2.5 million Bobby superstar Bobby Hull as it gears will receive on a five-year con- for its first session of open war- tract, so I can't see anything fare with the older league, that will stop Bobby's signing," Hull is scheduled to arrive in added McKenzie. St. Paul for a 10:30 a.m. EDT McKenzie, who said he de- news conference and accept a cided to jump to the WHA when $1 million check from WHA the Bruins failed to protect him President Gary L. Davidson. in the recent expansion draft, Then, he will fly to Winnipeg, also hinted that the Blazers where he will get a second were negotiating with "a couple check-this one for $1.5 million of outstanding members of the -from the Winnipeg Jets to Chicago Black Hawks." serve as player and coach. Other established NHL play- The Black Hawks apparently ers who have signed with WHA think the WHA offer is for real. teams include goalie Bernie "I think he'll probably sign Parent center Eddie Joyal, with the other league," Silliam winger Wayne Connally and W. Wirtz, president of the Black McKenzie. Hawks was quoted as saying in Monday's Chicago Tribune. "We've made our offer. If the other league doesn't produceA the money, our offer stands." Hull became entangled ia ~ dispute with the Black Hawks JVo ing O L S four years ago when he signed a reported $150,000 contract, which expired this year. NEW YORK (.4)-The closet hull has scored 604 career battle in balloting for starting goals in regular season play, berths on the National League second only to Gordie Howe's All-Star game is between econd 786. The 33-year-old native of baseman Glenn Beckert of Chi- Point Hull, Ont., has scored 50 cago and Joe Morgan of Cin- or more goals in five of his 15 cinnati, according to vote totals NHL seasons. released yesterday. Another NHL performer who Beckert had 168,913 votes after has jumped to the fledgling three weeks of voting by baseball league not only is certain that fans, while Morgan had 150,277. Hull, the Chicago Black Haks' Dave Cash of Pittsburgh was great left wing, will sign, but third with 127,960, he figures Hull's move will open the way for many more Other position leaders were NHL players to jump. first baseman Lee May of Hous- "Once Winnipeg signs Bobby ton, shortstop Bud Harrelson of Hull of the Black Hawks there New York and outfielders Bank will be other players jumping," Aaron of Atlanta, Roberto Cle- said John McKenzie, the Bos- mente of Pittsburgh and Willie ton Bruin veteran who accepted Mays of New York. Connors pulls off net upset WIMBLEDON (P)-Young Jim Connors of Belleville, Ill., calm- ed by volatile Pancho Gonzales, F scored the first major upset of the Wimbledon tennis champion- ships yesterday, beating seventh- seeded Bob Hewitt in a mistake- filled match on the center court. "Pancho just talked to me about the center court and its problems," Connors said af.r beating the South African 6-3, 9- 7, 7-5. "By the time I went out there, my nerves had all van- ished." Gonzales also was calm on the court. The 44-year-old veteran from Las Vegas, Nev., disquali- fied from the London Grass Courts Championships last week for arguing about line ctals, beat Antonio Munoz of Spai C-2, 7-5, 6-1. r Advancing with Connors and Gonzales were Army Cpl. Stan Smith of Pasadena, Calif., the men's No. 1 seed; Clark Graeb- ner of New York, who had been critical of officials for not seed- tug him, and Mike Estep of Dal- las, making his Wimbledon de but. Smith, the reigning U.S. Open chamipon and beaten Wimbledon finalist last year, eliminated Hans Joachim Ploetz of West Germany 6-1, 6-1, 6-3. Graebner struggtled past Jaidip Mukteriea of India 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, while Estep overcame nerves and beat Jean Claude Barclay of France 6-3, 7-5, 6-8. 6-4. Connors, a 19-year-old left- hander who won the tournament in which Gonzales had been disqualified in the semi-finals, made several mistakes, but hit enough good shots to beat the jittery Hewitt, who double-fault- ed 15 times - and lost many vital points on volleying errors. "I went out there determined that when I hit a good shot it was fine and when I missed one it didn't matter," said Connors. "I was just so relaxed I almost surprised myself." Gonzales lite-ally ran Mtnoz out of the tournament, making the Spaniard chase after and stretch for an assortment of drops shots, lobs and cross-court placements. Taylor heats tragedy, eops MVP award From Wi,e Service Reports Ex-Michigan tailback Billy Taylor, putting aside the tragic death of his aunt and uncle, put together one of his patented rushing flourishes and garnered the Most Valuable Player Award in the Coaches All-America Game in Lubbock, Texas, Satur- day night. Running like he used to do for the Maize and Blue, Taylor gathered 92 yards on 17 carries aindcrossed the goal line twice as he hlped ls East teammates even the series with the West All Stars at 7-7 with a 42-20 rout. Taylor, who was stymied in the tail-end of the season when opponents began keying on him, ran with an abandon that he possessed early in last football season. Taylor claimed he was helped by the pregame publicity centering around quarterbacks Jack Mildren and Jerry Tagge of the West squad. "I don't feel I'm 'second fiddle to anyone," he said. "And people talking that way just gave our whole team more incentive to play. The tragedy was the second of a personal nature to befall Taylor before a postseason classic. Just after the Rose Bowl game, the rugged tail- back's mother died. Professional League Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE NATIONAI LEAGUE East East W' L Pet. y W L Pct. GB Detroit 34 26 .567 - Pittsburgh 39 22 .639 - Baltimore 33 27 .550 1 New York 38 25 .603 2 Cleveland 27 31 .466 6 Chicago 35 26 .574 4 New York 26 32 .448 7 St. Louis 30 32 .484 9' Boston 25 33 .431 8 Montreal 27 35 .435 121f Milwaukee 22 37 .373 11 , Philadelphia 22 39 361 17 West West Oakland 41 20 .672 - Cincinnati 38 25 .603 - Chicago 36 25 .590 5 Houston 38 26 .594 f Minnesota 33 26 .559 7 Los Angeles 35 28 .556 3 Kansas City 28 32 .467 12% Atlanta 29 33 .4A68 8 California 29 35 .453 13 San Francisco 25 45 .357 16% Texas 26 36 .419 15 SanD iego 21 41 .339 161 Yesterday's Results Yesterday's Results Milwaukee 3, Baltimore 0 Chicago 11, Philadelphia 1 Cleveland 7, Boston 3 San Francisco 3, Atlanta 0 Minnesota 7, California 4 New York 4, Pittsburgh 2 Kansas City 4, Chicago 1 St. Louis 4, Montreal 3 Oakland 3, Texas 0 - Houston at San*Diego, Inc. Detroit 4, New York 3 Cincinnati at Los Angeles, inc.