Thursday, May 6, 1971
TH.E MICHIGAN DAILY
Page Eleven
Thursday, May 6, 1971 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Eleven
Ace Vida males
From Wire Service Reports
DETROIT-Sensational rook-
ie Vida Blue did it again. Oak-
land's southpaw, who has been
called the greatest rookie pitch=-
er since Johnny Vander Meer
hurled two consecutive no-hit-
ters over 30 years ago, shut out
the Tigers on four hits last
night.
Oakland got a run in the
fourth and exploded for four in
the fifth, to win, 5-0.
The 21-year-old southpaw has
not lost since the Presidential
opener in Washington and his
seven victories and 69 strike-
outs are tops in the American
League.
Only once this year has he
failed to strike out at least nine
batters. A g a i n s t Detroit, he
struck out 11 in recording his
seventh consecutive complete
game victory.
Blue's exploits were equalled
by another Bay Area hurler,
Juan Marichal. Marichal beat
Pittsburgh, 2-1, allowing only
three hits.
He also struck out three, leav-
ing him four shy of 2000 for his
career.
The loss kept Pittsburgh a
game behind the Mets in the
National League East. The Mets
bowed to Chicago, as Ron Santo
and Danny Breeden delivered
Willie stars
in1 40th bash
SAN FRANCISCO (A') - Wil-
lie Mays gots another day off
yesterday, the eve of his 40th
birthday when a big party will
be staged here in his honor.
The Giants center fielder and
captain has been out'of action
with a sore right shoulder since
Sunday's game in Cincinnati. He
is expected back in the lineup
Friday night in a game here
against Atlanta.
Baseball Commissioner Bowie
Kuhn, National League Presi-
dent Charles S. Feeney, Hall of
Famer Joe DiMaggio and t h e
Atlanta Braves Henry Aaron
wil be among the baseball peo-
ple honoring Mays Thursday.
In other baseball news, the
Kansas City Royals placed left
fielder Lou Piniella on the 21-
day disabled list.
Piniella suffered a fractured
right thumb Tuesday night
when he was hit with a pitch
by Steve Hargan of the Cleve-
land Indians in a game at Cleve-
land.
Tigers
two-run singles in the fifth in-
ning.
Elsewhere, Denny McLain lost
his fourth game for the Sena-
tors, stretching the Washington
losing streak to six. A two-run
single by disputed pinch-hitter
Andy Kosco won it for Milwau-
kee, 4-3.
Brewer manager Dave Bristol
had tried to substitute John
Briggs for Kosco, but the um-
pires would not let him, and in
the ensuing 15-minute flare-up,
Bristol was ejected.
In other American League ac-
tion, Leo Cardenas, batting .227
before last night, drove in five
runs with a homer and two sin-
gles to lead the Minnesota Twins
past New York, 5-3.
After stunning Steve Dunning
for four runs in six innings,
Kansas City held on to win 4-2
over the Cleveland Indians.
Home runs by Lou Brock and
Jose Cardenal in the eighth
blue
keyed a four run St. Louis rally
that beat ex-Redbird Joe Hoer-
ner and the Phillies, 5-1.
In the first game of a dou-'
bleheader, young Al Severinson
was brought in by San Diego
manager Preston Gomez in a
situation so frightening he prob-
ably wished he was facing a fir-
ing squad.
The bases were loaded with
one out in the eighth and the
batter was Atlanta's Henry
Aa r o n, but Severinson got
Aaron, the game's greatest hit-
ter, to ground into a double-play.
Montreal's Ron Hunt led the
game off with a home run, and
the Expos scored four more runs
in the first three innings off
three Houston pitchers, to win
5-1. Bill Stoneman hurled a six-
hitter.
In late games, Atlanta was
leading San Diego 3-1 after six
innings and Cincinnati led Los
Angeles, 7-3 after seven.
Professional League Standings
VIDA BLUE, fire-balling southpaw who has become one of the -
most heralded rookies in years, hurls a pitch in last night's shut
out against the Detroit Tigers. It was Blue's seventh straight
complete game win and seventh game striking out at least nine
batters,
OTT, WARE EXCEL:
Netters outshoot Spartans
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East
W L Pct. GO
Boston 15 8 .652 -
Baltimore 14 9 .609 1
washington 12 14 .462 4'/
Detroit 11 13 .458 4Y
New York 10 13 .435 5
Cleveland 8 17 .320 8
west
Oakland 19 11 .633 -
Kansas City 14 12 .538 3
Calfornia 14 12 .538 3
Minnesota 12 14 .462 5
Milwaukee 11 13 .458 5
Chicago 10 14 .417 6
Yesterday's Results
Boston at Chicago postponed
Minnesota 5, New York 3
Milwaukee 4, Washington 3
California at Baltimore postponed
Kansas City 4, Clevetand Z
Oakland 5, Detroit 0
Today's Games
Califoraia atB altimore, 2, night
Daly games scheduled.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East
W L Pet. GB
New York 15 59.625_-
Montreal 10 7 .588 1
Pittsburgh 15 11 .577 1
St. Louis 16 12 .571 1
Chicago 11 15 .423 5
Philadelphia 8 16 .333 7
West
San Francisco 1 7 .741 -
Los Angeles 14 13 .519 6
Atlanta 12 13 .480 7
Hlouston 12 14 .462 7j
Cincinnati 9 14 .391 9
San Diego 7 18 .280 12
Yesterday's Results
Chicago 5, New York 4
San Francisco 2, Pittsburgh 1
St. Louis 5, Philadelphia 1
San Diego 5, Atlanta 1, 1st, second
game inc.
Cincinnati at Los Angeles, inc.
Montreal 5, Houston 1
Today's Games
Chicago at New York
St. Louis at Philadelphia, night
Houston at Montreal, night
Cincinnati at Los Angeles, night
Only games scheduled
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special To The Daily
EAST LANSING-Led by Tim
Ott and Mike Ware and the
doubles team of Joel Ross and
Dick Ravreby, the Wolverine
netters defeated Michigan State
in a dual meet here yesterday,
5-4.
The Wolverines, who remain
in first place, a point ahead of
Indiana, increased their season
mark to 15-4.
"Ott p 1 a y e d outstandingly
well," coach Brian Eisner said,
praising his number two singles
player, who defeated Di Arman-
do Briggs, 6-4, 6-4.
"Briggs had the best record
at number two in the Big Ten,"
Eisner said, "and he was unde-
feated.
"Mike Ware beat Rick Ferman
just terribly bad. This was
somewhat of a home town rival-
40 ry. They're both from Detroit
and had played each other in
high school. Their matches had
always been close, so this was a
great victory for Mike."
Ware routed his number six
opponent, 6-0, 6-1.
Eisner had special praise for
Ross and Ravreby, who won the
n u m b e r one doubles match
against Tom Gray and Briggs,
6-3, 6-3. "They played the best
they had all year in defeating a
great team," Eisner said.
The coach felt Michigaun
should have won the other dou-
bles matches. In the number two
match, Rick Vetter and Mike
Madura beat Ott and Ware, 3-6,
6-1, 6-3.
In the other doubles match,
Jim Symington and Furman de-
feated Ramon Almonte and
Kevin Senich, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4.
"If we had gotten those,"
Eisner said, "the win would
have been more decisive and it
would have helped in total
points going into the Big Ten
tournament next week."
In other singles matches, Ross
lost to Gray in the number one,
6-2, 1-6, 6-0; Ravreby beat Ma-
dura at number three, 6-3, 3-6,
6-4; Almonte lost to Vetter at
number four, 6-4, 7-5, and Sen-
ich beat Symington, 6-3, 6-1.
Ice hero Pappin driven
by love af'fair with golf
CHICAGO () - If one of these
days on the professional golf
tour, Ray Floyd reaches into his
bag to tee up on the first hole and
comes up with a hockey puck in-
stead of a golf ball, don't be sur-
prised.
Jim Pappin, hero of Chicago's
double overtime 2-I victory over
Montreal in the opening game
Agnew golf invitation killed
by North Carolina House
on the Stanley Cup champion-
ship round Tuesday night, is a
man for all sports. And if hockey
is No. 1, then golf is right be-
hind.
Pappin fondled the puck he
put past Montreal goalie Ken
Dryden for the game - winner
and revealed that it won't sit on
a shelf in his trophy room,
"This one's going in Ray
Floyd's golf bag for luck to help
him win a tournament,"
Floyd is a rabid Black Hawk
fan, and is friendly with many
of tho players, including Pap-
pin. He didn't ask for the win-
ning puck but he'll get it any-
way. It's the least Pappin can
do for golf-the thing that
money. Money for golf clubs
drives him during the playoffs.
Golf equipment, you sge, costs
and golf balls and caddies and
such. And winning the Stanley
Cup means money. For Pappin,
it means money to pay for his
golf,'
"If we win the playoffs," said
Pappin Wednesday, as he basked
in the glow of his game-winner,
"I'll be able to spend my sum-
mer playing golf instead of hav-
ing to work."
RALEIGH, NC. W) - A re-
solution inviting Vice President
Spiro Agnew to play golf Thurs-
day in the Pinehurst-Southern
Pines area while visiting North
Carolina was killed yesterday in
the state House,
Speaker Phil Godwin had first
referred the resolution to the
&Committee on Wildlife.
The Senate, meanwhile, passed
a similar resolution and sent it
to the House.
The resolution noted that Ag-
new's "reputation as a golfer
has preceded him, striking fear
and terror into the hearts of
grown men, causing mothers to
clutch sm all1 children to their
bosoms and creating disruptions
in the scheduleds of low fly-
ing aircraft."
It also noted that the Pine-
hurst-Southern Pines area has
14 golf courses "which are in
wide open spaces where little
damage may be done by unguid-
ed projectiles."
The resolution added that if
the vice president accepted the
invitation "appropriate warn-
ings shall be posted throughout
the county and notice shall be
given to all ambulance services,
rascue squads, and hospitals lo-
cated within the county."
-Associated Press
KANSAS CITY ROYALS' first baseman Bob Oliver joins the base-
ball on the ground yesterday after making a vain attempt to
snare a foul pop by Cleveland's Jack Heidemann for the final
out. Oliver got another chance on' the next pitch and caught
Heidemann's pop-up,
LINKSMEN LEAP
Blue and Gold take first
inquadranglar golf meet
Michigan's Blue and Gold Eastern came in third posi-
linksmen fared well at the tion with a total of 412. Flint
quadrangular golf meet in Ann Genessee made fourth at 418,
Arbor, yesterday afternoon. And Orchard Ridge got the
The Blue team managed to booby prize with a total score
shoot the lowest score of the five of 428,
competitors with a total of 396 Michigan's Gary Balliet and
points, Michigan's Gold team Chuck Burnham were notable
came in second with a total for their low scores of 74, the
of 401 swings, best by any golfers in the meet,
Other members of the quad- The linksmen will be meeting
rangular were Eastern Michigan with the Spartans in E a s t
University, Flint Genessee Com- Lansing this Saturday and will
munity College, and Orchard have the opportunity to con-
Ridge Community college. tinue their fine performance.
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