0Friday, August 4, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Eleven Tigers, Orioles lose-- who's going to win? by ELLIOT LEGOW and Wire Service Reports American League East base- ball continued on its unpredict- able path last night with the Y Tigers again being bombed by the 'insipid Milwaukee Brewers 6-3, the unimpressive Orioles losing again to Cleveland, 4-3, and Boston stopping a New York hot streak 7-2. The Tigers who were on a hot streak before Milwaukee's non- hitting, non-pitching contingent came to Briggs Stadium found losing to the Brewers very easy, taking lacings of 9-0, and 13-1 before yesterday's comparatively close game. Once again a young Tiger pitcher got bombed out AP Photo quickly, this time Fred Holds- THE NEW BROOKS Robinson, a.k.a. Aurelio Rodriguez mimics worth, the springtime flash and his mentor by diving into second base from the wrong side in an summer failure, getting blasted attempt to fool Milwaukee second sacker Ron Theobald. But out in less than three frames. Detroit's supposed-to-be-fear- Ron is no Jake Wood and Aurelio barely escaped with his life. ed offense failed to produce suf- THIRSK, ALLIN StainBuyeadPGA ficiently once again but that has been the tale of the Tigers all year long. The tale of the whole Eastern Division for that matter. Every- one knew at start of this season that Baltimore and Detroit had the most feared lineups in the division. And those attacks, naturally, relied primarily on the bats of the teams' hard- hitting outfielders. Magie Number: 124 Even without Frank Robinson the Oriole picketmen included deadly hitters in Paul Blair, Merv Rettenmund, Don Baylor Don Buford, and Terry Crowley. And the Tigers had Al Kaline, Mickey Stanley, Jim Northrup, Gates Brown, and Willie Horton. Who would possibly have be- lieved before the strike that none of ' those ten would be having a good year, that none would have 15 home runs by August 1? Well, none have and that's why the punch went out of those two lineups. There has been a correspond- ing improvement in pitching all over but neither Detroit nor Baltimore's pitching shows the dominance needed for a run- away champion, or even a good team., PALMER, Cuellar, Dobson, and McNally all are having good seasons for the Birds, but not good enough. Last night, for example, Cuellar was bested by Cleveland's 30 year-old rookie southpaw Tom Hilgendorf after the Indians had already beaten Dave McNally twice in the past week. Detroit's pitching is still only sure of one man-the Mick- "and past him there are at times three or two, but right now no, pitchers who can be depended on. Apparently nobody deserves to win, but unfortunately some- body must. There are also the Red Sox and the Yankees but although both have been able to keep close to the low-flying Orioles and Tigers, neither has been able to mount enough of a streak to catch up. Yesterday it was the Sox' turn to win with rookie sensation Carlton Fisk blasting out his 17th homer and giving rookie pitcher Lynn McGlothen his fifth victory. With McGlothen and another rookie, John Curtis, the Red Sox may have enough pitching to team with their superior hitting to make first, yet. Maybe. New York almost looks like the best team in the division right now with a good four man pitching staff, all are ten game winners, and surprisingly one of the best hitting outfields. If they could just omit all those games played with Rich Mc- Kinney at third base back in April and May the New Yorkers would probably be in first right now. Detroit is still the favorite for the pennant even though pitch- ers like Jim Colburn, last night, can stymie their hitting. They have a good one-man bullpen in Fred Scherman, but he's not quite a Sparky Lyle, good de- fense and enough variety in de- cent pitchers and hitters that someone should always be hot. But just as was the case in April, the key to Detroit's pen- nant chances is a continued Oriole flop. Last night they man- aged three runs, and even a home run .by Brooks Robinson off the veteran-rookie Hilgen- dorf but Cuellar was touched by run-producing hits by Roy Foster and Graig Nettles to give Cleve- land its win. Cleveland and Milwaukee, in this year of no powerhouse teams, occasionally can make their presence felt, and especial- ly the Indians, every fourth day at least, when Gaylord Perry pitches. Cleveland is significant- ly stronger than last season when. the club set a new team losing record (102 of them) but suffers too from a case of un- productive outfielders. Alex John- son has been a miserable failure and no one but Tom McCraw, on occasion, has been able to pick them up. By BOB HEUER Special To The Daily BIRMINGHAM - Forty-four year old club professional Stan Thirsk fired a two under par 68 to tie fellow unknown Bryan "Buddy" Allin for the first round lead in the 1972 PGA Champion- ship Tournament yesterday, Thirsk, finishing in the day's final threesome, birdied Oakland Hills' tough 202 yard 17th hole with a seven foot putt and be- came only the third player all day to reach the 469 yard par 4 18th in two. Thirsk narrowly cleared, a blinker in front of the 18th green with a three iron and left a 25 foot putt which would have given him sole possession of the lead one foot short Allin, a third year pro from Santa Barbara, Calif., fashioned his 68 around three birdies, two bogeys and five par-saving chip shots which left him with short putts. The co-leaders, who incidently have never heard of each other, broke a five man log-jam at one under, 69, which included Arnold Palmer, former PGA champion Ray Floyd, and Jerry Beard. Sam Snead was another shot back at even par 70; while Jack Nicklaus and Lee Trevino shot 72 and 73 respectively. Allin, a Vietnam veteran who has been awarded both the Bronze Star and the Air Medal,. credited his recent improvement to a session with his old pro (Jim Judd, former pro at the Santa Barbara Municipal course and now a postal worker in Escondido, Calif. '. Thirsk's mood as he entered the press tent was one of apol- ogy, expressing his regret at keeping the sportswriters from meeting their early deadlines. He assured reporters that he would sleep well tonight and when asked if he could hold on to his lead, he replied, "We'll see. Tomorrow is another day." The club professional from Kansas City, Kansas is compet- ing in his seventh PGA, but he rarely plays in any other tour event. He qualified for this year's PGA by virtue of his first place finish in the Midwest Sec- tional Tournament. Birdie putts on numbers six, twelve, fifteen and seventeen more than made up for bogeys on the fourth and eleventh holes to give Thirsk his 68. Elsewhere in the field Larry Gilbert and Jim Jamieson also shot one under par 69's, one stroke off thenpace. Tied with Snead at even par 70 were Johnny Miller, Dan Sikes, Jim Weichers, Rod Funseth, and Rich Crawford. Bunched with five others at 71 were Gary Player, Gay Brewer, and Chi Chi Rodriguez. Nicklaus and Trevino took in stride their disappointing first round play. Trevino in his own words, "didn't hit the ball all that bad," but was foiled by in- correct club selection on four diffrent occasions. The pre-tournament favorite left his toe shot on the par three third hole fiftsen yards short and hit his first chip only about halfway to the green. A mediocre second chip cost Trevino a double bogey five and he saved par on the next hole only by chipping in from eight feet off the green. Trevino col- lected birdies at six and seven to scramble back 'to even par, but took bogeys at 11, 13, and 18 to finish at 73. When questioned as to the na- ture of his repeatedly errant club selection, the light hearted Trevino replied, "I don't know, I'm Mexican I guess. Homer (Homero Blancas) was two un- der on the front side and he played a dumb round, too." Nicklaus bogeyed the first hole when he three putted from thirty feet and never regained even par. The Golden Bear bir- died the par five twelfth hole but bogeys at 11 and 18 placed him four strokes back at 72. "I hit some good irons today, I thought," said Nicklaus, "but I wasn't getting them close to the hole. And I really didn't make a good putt all day." 40 MOVES AND ADJOURN Professional League Standings American League National League East East - W L Pet. G3 W L Pet. GB Detroit 55 43 .561 - iittsburgll 61 37 .622 - N York 53 44 .46 7'/ Bati kr 53 47 .5412 fiara 52 40 .520 10 NOsto 49 40 .510 5 St. Louis 48 48 495 12%/ Cleveland 45 53 .459 10 t 0 a Milwaukee Pesl40 10 .408 Ws 17 ' 2 .374 24l Oakland 4 58 .3 oa Cincinnati 53 38 .604 Chicago 55 43 .561 51 L5os An 5 45 .150 5 Minnesota 49 46 .516 10 is an s 4S 47 .56 0% Kansas City 46 51 .474 14 Sanra 45 54 .400 14 California 44 45 .444a1 455.4005 Texas 40 59 404 21 San Diegos 40 .404 19 V Yetray's kesults SYesterday's Results Philadelphia 4, Nec York 1 Boston 7, New York 2 Montreal 2, Chicago 1, 1st, 13 innings Minsota 9,Texso I Chcago atMontreal 2nd a 4, ltiore 3 Sat tigo ,Atlant 5, 1 innings M.ilwaukee 6, Detroit 3 Pittsubrgh 2, St. Louis 1, 10 innings Chicago 4, California 2 San a 'rncisco at Los Angeles Other clubs not schedul d Other clubs not Ghedue 'oday's (ames Tdy's Gains Texas (Stanhouse 1-2) at Chicago Atlanta (Stone 3-8 and McLain 2-1) (Bahnsen 13-11) at Cincinnati (Grimsley 9-4) 2 Detroit (Lolich 18-6) at Cleveland Chicago Jenkins 14-9 at New York MTdrow 8-9) MAnidrew 0-3 0:05 p.m. Oakland (Odom 9-3) at Minnesota Philadelphia (Reynolds 0-8) at St. (Blyleven 9-14) Louis (Durham 0-3) Baltimore (Dobson 12-10 at Boston San Diego (Caldwell 4-4) at Los (Pattin 8-9) Angeles (John 8-5) « New York (Peterson 11-11) at Mil- iioston (Reuss 7-8) at San Francisco waukee (Stephenson 2-4) (Barr 4-4) California (Ryan 12-9) at Kansas Pittsburgh (Kison 5-3) at Montreal City (Dal Canton 5-4) (Stoneman 9-7) Fischer REYKJAVIK, Iceland (/').- Fischer adjourned the 10th game in his title series against world chess champion Boris Spassky yesterday night and experts said the American challenger was in a winning position. Fischer started the game yes- terday with the white pieces and a slight advantage, moving first. After 40 plays, the American handed in a sealed 41st move and strolled offstage, leaving the game in adjournment. Grandmasters Bent Larsen of Denmark and Svetozar Gligoric of Yugoslavia said Fischer seem- ed certain to jump into a three- point lead, 06,-3, when play re- sumes. But observers noted Spassky did not appear concerned as he walked off the stage following adjournment. Fischer used the Ruy Lopez opening, characterized by deli- cate maneuvering with little ob- vious progress. Then Spassky forced him into a rapid exchange of pieces and a period of thrust and parry. Fischer began his mate at- tack by edging his queen to threaten first Spassky's kingside. bishop pawn and then check. But the champion wormed out of danger by clever play with a bishop. He forced one of Fis- cher's rooks to keep guard over his forward pawns, isolated from the mate strike. Then Fischer grabbed the bis- hop with one rook, and with the threatens again other put Spassky in check. But working toward a win. But he the champion wriggled out again. will have to keep Spassky's The seesaw continued until the pawns constantly under surveil- game adjourned. Fischer w a s lance. left with three pawns and a pair Spassky, as usual, had a short- of rooks, Spassky with four age of time near the end of yes- pawns, a rook and a bishop. terday's play. The Russian used In the last moves, Fischer had 146 of his 150 minutes alloted for forced Spassky to advance his the first 40 moves. Fischer was passed pawns onto black squares. not pressed for time, having There they are protected by the used only 118 minutes. bishop, but to make any pro- Both players were late for the gress they have to press on to start of the game. Fischer kept white squares which Fischer has his custom by coming in and under control. So Spassky ap- making his first move seven peared to be in a dead end. minutes after the appointed Fischer may be able to ma- time. Spassky, though usually neuver his king toward the cen- punctual, didn't show sap until ter and adlvance his own pawns, just after Fischer's move. Be fore the apocalypse L P-K4 P-K4 2. Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3 3. l-Kt5 P-QR3 4. B-R4 Kt-B3 5. O-O B-K2 6. B-Kt3 P-QKt4 7. R-K1 P-Q3 8. P-n3 O-O 9. P-E Kl t-Ktl 10. P-Q4 QKt-Q2 Elapsedtimne: Fischer 14 minutes, Spasky minues. 11. Q0Et-Q2 B-Kt2 12. B-B2 R-K1 13. P-QKt4 B-KB1 14. P-Qk4 Et-Et3 Elapsed time: Fischer 20 minutes, Spassky 37 minutes. 15. P-R5 QKt-Q2 10. i-Kt2 Q-KtO 17. E-K tl P-in 10 KtPxP QPxP 19. PxKP Kt,Q2,xP 20. KtxKt QxKt Elapsed time: Fischer 59 minutes, Spassky 89 minutes. 21. P-QB4 Q-B5 22. BxKt QxB 23. PxP Ki-Ql 24. Q-l 1Q-QB6 Elapsed time: Fischer 69 minutes Spas k y103 inutes. 25. Et-B3 0)x1 26. B-Kt3 PxP 27. Q-KB4 R-Q2 28. Kt-K5 Q-n2 Elapsed time: ischer 82 mitnutes, Spasky12lmnates. 29. R Ktl-Q1 R-K2 30. BxPch RxB 31. KxRch B Q 32. EltxQ BaP Elapsed time: Fischer 102 minutes, Spassky 1 3minutes 3:3. Eon Ex~t 34. R-Q7ch K-3 35. R-Kt7 R-R8ch 36. K-R2 B-Q3ch 37. P-Kt3 P-Kt5 3$. K-Kt2 P-Rt4 30. R-Kt6 E-Q8 40. K-B3 KlB2 Adjourned Elapsed time: Fischer 118 minutes, Spassky 146 minutes.