Thursday, August 10, 1972
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Page Eleven'
Thursday, August 10, 1972 THE MICHiGAN DAILY Page Eleven,
Tigers,
From Wire Service Reports Wo
NEW YORK - Proving that acq
with every silver lining there his
is a great deal of dark cloud, sca:
the stumbling Detroit Tigers gai
tightened the race in the
American League East by man-
aging a split with the re-charg- Feo
ed New York Yankees in yes- M
terday's doubleheader. mo
Unbeaten Rob Gardner and fou
relief ace Sparky Lyle combined ho
to stymie the Bengals in the sev
nightcap 2-1, while the Tiger inn
bats boomed in trouncing the the
Yanks 6-0 in the opener. day
T
Magic Number: 51 Det
What's happening here? Didn't Ne
all the experts say that the ane
Tiger infield was the best in the the
business and their hitting su- Am
perior? Sources close to Jack Bal
Anderson have revealed to the tor
Daily that Billy Martin will be ces
replaced at the end of the week M
by Don Wert. thr
him
In the decisive second game, wit
the Tigers, with victory in sight, son
allowed poor pitching to wreck Par
their dreams of a sweep. Roy H
White singled and Ron Blom- outi
berg smacked a ground-rule fort
double. Billy Martin, feeling dou
the pinch of the pennant race
despite protestations to the
contrary to the New York press, Ind
lifted starter Tom Timmerman. B
The move looked, quite suc- Sox
cessful when Fred Scherman of fi
retired pinch hitter Felipe Aou lrd
on a foul behind the plate. But Intlc
Celerino Sanchez slapped a
two-run single foiling the head ing
work of the happy-go-lucky Ti- B
ger skipper. run
The first game was written fie
with a happier scenario in mind RB
for the men of Motor City. T
the
IErvin bill ( o
end reserve fn
Gril
provisions tE
add~
usual House subcommittee ap- .
pearance, Sen. Sam J. Ervin
announced yesterday he will in-
troduce legislation to exempt
professional athletes from "slav-
ery" through antitrust exemp-
tions and the reserve clause.
"I hope you will all join with
me in trying to pass this legis-
lation to help vindicate the cou-
rageous sacrifice of Curt Flood
so that those athletes that come
after can say truthfully and
proudly that 'I am not a piece of
property,' " the North Carolina
Democrat said.
Declaring it "is easy to become
very emotional about the plight
of American professional ath-
letes," Ervin said "even though
their numbers are small, they
are slaves. Even though many
of them are well paid, they are
well-paid slaves,
"In this land of the free and
the home of the brave, we have
a group of citizens who cannot
sell their talents in the free en-
terprise system," he said.
Ervin said his bill would per-
mit an athlete upon expiration
of his contract to enter into a
contract with any other person.
Appearing before a House judi-
ciary subcommittee, Ervin said
athletes are held in bondage by
club owners through such de-
vices as the reserve clause, op-
tion clause, league rules and
court decisions exempting base-
ball from antitrust laws.
HE ALSO SPOKE against o
bill before the subcommittee to
permit the merger of the Na-
tional Basketball Association and
American Basketball Association.
"The basketball owners are
asking Congress to give them the
same type of monopolistic pow-
ers over their players and I
think it is atrocious that this He
servitude is going on in 20th lie
century America and any sports fo
legislation that passes Congress sta
should abolish it," Ervin said. far
Yanks, 0's, Bosox win
ody Fryman, the Tiger's new
uisition, proved effective in
first American League start,
ttering only six safeties in
ting the decision.
'ling their O's
MILWAUKEE 6P) - Balti-
re's Dave McNally hurled a
r-hitter, belted a two-run
mer and rode the Orioles
en-run explosion in the sixth
ing to a 10-0 victory over
Milwaukee Brewers yester-
night.
'he triumph, coupled with
roit's doubleheader split in
w York. left the Orioles just
-half game behind the Ti-
s and 2%2 games ahead of
Yankees in baseball's tight
erican League East. It was
timore's fourth straight vic-
y and Milwaukee's fifth suc-
sive defeat.
McNally, 11-10, who had lost
ee straight games, gave
self the only runs he needed
h his first homer of the sea-
in the third inning off Bill
sons, 9-10.
3e triggered the sixth-inning
burst with a single, Don Bu-
d doubled and Bobby Grich
bled them both home.
ians dumped
OSTON-The Boston Red
moved to within four games
irst place by defeating Gay-
* Perry and the Cleveland
inns yesterday, 5,-2. The lass
sonly Perry's tenth in 28 out-
s.
oston touched Perry for two
s in the second on a sacri-
fly and Bob Montgomery's
I single.
he Indians tied the score in
fifth on John Lowenstein's
ble and singles by Ray Fosse
Perry. Perry, however, could
survive the bottom of the
h. The eighteen game winner
ked Boston hurler Sonny
ert I10-7) and hit Doug
ffin. After a wild pitch and
sAparicio's two-run single,
an manager Ken Aspromon-
anked Perry. Rico Petrocelli
ed a home run in the eighth
Ed Farmer.
IN A PROVOCATIVE POSE, Tiger catcher Bill Freehan shows the well-turned calf that won him
the admiration of many Michigan co-eds. Throwing an admiring coup d'oeil is Ron Blomberg of
the NY tankees as he slides over home plate, scoring the second run which enable the Yanks to
beat the Tigers 2-1 in their second game yesterday.
FISCHER FLUSTERS
Spassky ralies to drawi
REYKJAVIK (P)-Bobby Fisch- er angrily asked chief referee But Fischer found the best'
er, vigorously attacked by world Lother Schmid to enforce quiet. moves, and so retained the in-
chess champion Boris Spassky's Spectators were streaming in itiative of the white pieces. But
game, was forced to settle for a and out of the auditorium. Spassky was prepared for this,
draw after the 55th move of the Schmid gestured to the audi- too, and made what Yugoslav
12th title game yesterday. ence in vain. grandmaster Svetozar Gligoric
Each player gained half a. Twenty minutes later, Spassky called an "almost perfect" de-
point, and Fischer kept his two- slammed his one remaining bis- fense.
point lead with the score at 7-5. hop down the kingside, twice giv- "Spassky has found a new
Fischer needs 121/ points in the ing check, and Fischer conceded weapon-patience," said Gligoric,
24-game match to win the title, a draw was inevitable-24 hours as the 35-year-old champion
Spassky can retain it with 12 after grandmasters said so. defty and coolly countered every
points. F i s c h e r appeared flustered, threat. "He's trying to annoy
As heAmeicn calengr, fumbling with his score sheet, him with patience."
As the American challenger, but Spasky was composed as he
playing the advantageous white walked away to tremendous ap- Spassky's c o m e b a c k has
pieces, tried in vain to bring his plause.amazed those who saw the blun-
rook to bear in an attack, Fisch- Spassky's success in the 11th ders in his earlier games and
game clearly had worried Fisch-
er, who might normally have
recognized a draw was inevitable
Tuesday night. But he chose to
adjourn, and analyzed the posi-
tion twice instead of going bowl-
ing.
Spassky piled on the pressure
when play resumed yesterday,
refusing to play for the draw. On
his 50th move, rather than re-
peat a drawish queenside bishop
move, he made his advance
down the kingside.
Fischer, who h a d arrived
punctually for the first time in
the series, thrust back his chair,
stuck his hands into his pockets
and frowned at the board, bow-
ing to the inevitable.
It was the Russian who first
took the initiative Tuesday, guid-
ing Fischer into a variation not
played in championship matches
since the 1920s and new to the
29-year-old challenger-the Mer-
an variation of the queen's gam-
bit.
has generated renewed interest
in the match among Icelanders,
Russian aides confirmed that
the . champion's wife and son
would fly in today for the 13th
game.
No decision
Fischer-white S]assky-black
41. Q-B6 Q-B7
41. n-Ks R-Q7
43. Q-RSchI-KR2
44. BxKt PxB
Elapsed time: Fischer 167 minutes,
Spassky 155 minutes.
45. Q-B83 P-B14
46. P-Kt4 0-K5
47. K-Kt2 K-Kt3
Elapsed time: Fisher 181 minutes,
Spassky 168 minutes.
48. K-QBt B-R56
49. R-QRI B-Et5
50. R-QB1 B-K2
51. PxPch PxP
55. R-K1 RxPch-
53. KxR B-Ruch
54. K-K2 QxQch
55. KxQ BxR
Game drawn.
Elapsed time: Fischer 195 minutes,
Spassky 197 minutes.
Professional League Standings
American League National League
East
w _W .
Detroit 58 47
taltimore 57 47
New York 5449.
1oston 53 50
Cleveland 4857 5
Milwa kee 41 64
West
Oakland 62744
Chicago 59 44 .
< Minnesota 54 48 .
Kansas City 50 54 .
California 47 57 .
Texas 42 64 .
Yestterday'sItestutts
Texas 3, Minnesota s
t i Boston 5, Cleveland 2
Baltimore 10, Milwaukee 0
AP Photo Kansas City 5, Oakland 2
Detroit 6. New York 0, 1st
New York SsDetroit 1, Sod
re in the Chicago at California, inc.
Today's Games
hen they Baltimore at Milwaukee
a grassy Detroit at New York, night
Minnesota at California, night
Chicago at Oakland, nig ht
I
Pet'. s l3East
.552 - W ILBct. GB
548 iPittsburg .625 -
524 3~ New York 56 47 .544 8Y'
515 4 Chicao 55 .51911
.457 t0 St Louis 5152 .495 131/
390 17 ontreal 46 56 .451 18
Philadelphia 40 64 .385 25
585 _- West
573 Cincinnati- 64 39 .621 -
S529 6 Houston 58 48 .547 7
481 11 Los Angeles 53 50 .515 11
452 14 Atlanta 49 58 .458 17
396 20 San Fran iso 48 60 .444 8%
San lDiegr4 3 .408 23
Yesterday's Results
Montreal 8,tChicago 2
Philadelphia 2, Pittsburgh 0
Cincinnati 6, Los Angeles 3
Atlanta0,rHuusteon 8
New York 8, St. tools 3
San Diego 5, San Francisco 2
Today's Games
Montreal at Chicago
Houston at Atlanta, night
Los Angeles at Cincinnati, night
Playing in the street
rb Fitzgerald, left, and Bill Talbot, right, are seen he
ty-third renewal of their dual summer tournament. W
rted playing in New York in 1929 this area was
rmyard, but now it's in the hiirt of Manhattan.