Page Twelve THE MICHIGAN DAILY Friday, July 1 8, 197 5 Tigers split*with Chisox uvau nto ov E tvcNr~v~ FORMER MICHIGAN great Dennis Franklin, a sixth-round draft pick of the NFL Detroit Lions, signed a contract with them yesterday. Although a quarterback for Wolverine coach Bo Schembechler, he will be tried at wide receiver. 'Dennis Franklin inks Wift Detroit Lions DETROIT-The Detroit Lions completed the signing of their 1975 draft choices yesterday with the acquisionof Dennis Franklin, former All-American quarterback at the University of Michigan.f Franklin, who led the Wolverinese to a 10-1 record in the Big Ten last year, was the Lions' sixth-round pick last January. "I'm very pleased with my contract and I'm looking -for- wrd to playing professional football with the Lions," Frank- lin said. "As far as what position I play, I'll play anywhere the coaches want me and where they feel I can help the team." The Lions' draft choices, free agents, and a few veterans will report Sunday to training camp at Oakland University. Coach Rick Forzano said he plans to try the 6-foot-1, 180-pound Franklin at wide receiver during training camp. A native of Masillon, Ohio, Franklin rushed more times -352-than he threw passes-294-during his college career CHICAGO (A') - Aurelio Rod- rigues drove in four runs with a bases-loaded single and a two- run double to lead the Detroit Tigers to a 9-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox for a split of their twi-night double-header last night. Wilbur Wood limited Detroit to two hits and Chicago reached Mickey Lolich for four unearned runs in the third inning for a 4-0 victory in the first game. The Tigers took a 3-0 lead in the first inning of the nightcap on an RBI double by Leon Roberts; a sacrifice fly by Wil- lie Horton and John Wocken- fuss' run-scoring single. Rodriguez then singled home a pair of runs in the third inning and doubled home two more in the sixth to help Lerrin La- Grow notch his seventh victory against eight losses. Wood, 8-13, hurled his second successive shutout while beat- ing Tiger ace Lolich, 10-7, in the first game. He gave up a single to Ron LeFlore in the second inning and a base hit to Jack Pierce in the eighth. Bill Stein opened the Chi- cago third with a single and Brian Downing reached on an error by shortstop Tom Very- zer. Pat Kelly then hit into a force play and Bucky Dent struck out. But Ken Henderson followed with a run-scoring single and after Deron Johnson walked, Bill Melton drilled a two-run single to left. Carlos May also singled home a run. Lolich was almost as tough as Wood except for the third in- ning. The only other hit he al- lowed was a two-out single to Johnson in the fifth inning. Sox super! BOSTON P()-Designated hit- ter Cecil Cooper ripped a home run, triple and double and drove in four rcns, leading Boston to an 8-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals last night for the Red Sox' eighth straight victory. Cooper blasted his fifth ho- mer of the year into the center field bleachers in the bottom of the second inning to open a 1-0 lead for the red-hot Red Sox. After hitting a double in the fourth, Cooper smacked a triple off the center fieldbwall in the fifth with the bases loaded. Winner Luis Tiant, 13-8, han- dled Kansas City easily through six innings, allowing one hit, until John Mayberry whacked his 18th homer of the baseball season into the right field cor- ner. Tiant allowed five hits. Reds halted MONTREAL (P) - Pepe Man- gual and Pete Mackanin hit home runs Thursday night and the Montreal Expos snapped Cincinnati's 10-game winning scores again isigning draftees LOUISVILLE, Ky. (A') - The nounced. Kentucky Colonels, champions The. Colonels also announced of the American Basketball As- that 28 games would be played sociation, announced the sign- next season in Louisville's Free- ings of three top draft picks last dom Hall while 14 home games night, including their No. 1 se- will be played in the new River- lection. Jimmy Baker of the front'Coliseum in Cincinnati. University of Hawaii. Baker had been picked in the third round of the National Basketball As- sociation draft by the Philadel-T phia 76ers. ALLEN MURPHY, a 6-foot-3 guard who helped lead the Uni- versity of Louisville to the fv r c NCAA finals, also signed with OCEANPORT N.J. (M - the Colonels, as did Jimmy Dan Monmouth P a r k announced Conner of the University of yesterday the invitation of 15 3- Kentucky. year-olds to the Aug. 2, $100,000 Both Conner and Murphy had Monmouth Handicap, including been chosen in the second round Kentucky Derby winner Foolish of the NBA's draft by the Pleasure, Preakness champion Phoenix Suns. Master Derby and Avatar, first A spokesman for the Colonels in the Belmont stakes. said that rights to Conner, who i h emn tks sparked Kentucky to a second The others invited were L'- place finish in last season's Enjoleur, the top Canadian 3- NCAA tournament, were ac- year-old: Aunt Jin, the Mon- quired from the ABA's Virginia month Oaks winner and only Squires in exchange for a "high the filly invited: Forceten, win- draft choice and future consid- ner of the Swaps Stakes: erations." Prince Thou Art, the Florida Derbyvusinner; Diabolo, third is TERMS of the contracts of the Kentucky Derby and Pre- the three players were not an- akness. Major League Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE NATIONAL LEAGUE East East W L Pet. GB W L Pet. Gn Boston 51 37 .580 -. Pittsburgh 55 33 .623 - New York 45 42 .517 51, Phsiladelphsia 50 40 .5566 Milwaukee 4t 43 .17 51/2 New York, 44 42 .512 t0 Baltimore 42 44 .488 8 St. Louis 42 44 .488 12 Cleveland 40 47 .460 10 ' Chicago 42 48 .467 14 Detroit 40 48 .455 11 Montreal 36 48 .429 17 West West Oakland 56 32 .636 -. Cincinnati 61 30 .670 - Kansas City 47 --42- .528 91, Los Angeles 49 42 .538 12 Chicago 41 46 '.471 14Y_ San Francisco 41 47 .466 18y> Texas 42 49 .462 15% S an Diego 41 49 .456 19 California 41 51 .446 17 9tlanta 39 50 .438 21 Minnesota 39 40 .443 17 Houston 33 60 .355 29 Yesterday's Games Yesterday's Results California 6, Milwaukee 1 Philadelphia 6, Houston 5, 18 inn. Chicago 4-1, Detroit 0-9 Montreal 3, Cincinnati 0 Baltimore 6, Minnesota 3, 12 inn. New York 4, Atlanta 3 Boston 8, Kansas City 3 Chicago at San Diego, ine. Oakland 6, Cleveland 3 Pittsburgh at Los Angeles, inc. Texas 7, New York 2 St. Louis at San Francisco, Ing. streak by beating the Reds 3-0 last night. The torrid Reds, who have won 19 of their last 22 games and 41 of 51 to turn the Nation- al League West race into a run- away, were checked on five hits through six innings by Steve Rogers, 6-7, who struck out sev- en before leaving the game with a blister on his right forefinger. hsle Murray completed the shutout with three innings of two-hit pitching. Bengals MILWAUKEE (A') - The Bos- ton Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers in the National League sounds improbable but don't count it completely out of the realm of possibility. The Associated Press learned that the subject of such a switch came up more than once dur- ing the owners' meetings which ended yesterday in Milwaukee. The agreement among the 24 major league baseball clubs setting up the National and American circuits, expires next year and apparently some of the folks in the NL would like to do some team swapping. It was learned that at least several NL officials talked about the possibility of. shifting the Red Sox and the Tigers to the National League if a .new align- ment could be worked out next year. "We would like to have the Red Sox and the Tigers in our league," several N a t i o n a 1 League people were said to have said both in the closed meetings and outside in private discus- sions., Among those known to have talked about the matter, accord- ing to knowledgeable baseball s F is a It ourc res Feene dent and the M Th son attr Det tend the Tig Bosoxto NL? es were National League have had very few problems. ident Charles S. "Chub" The major league rules com- ey; Donald S. Grant, pres- mittee would have the first say of the New York Mets; on any re-alignment, and pre- John McHale, president of sumably, like most o t h e r Montreal Expos. changes in the sport, it would lhe source gave various rea- require affirmative votes from s for the National League's at least nine teams in each action with the Boston and league to pass. .roi franchises including at- These particular discussions, dance of the two teams and so it was said, did not mention managements of both the splitting the 24 teams into three ers and the Red Sox, who leagues. The Michigan Daily to San Francisco DALLAS UP) - Bob Hayes, bara, Calif., on Saturday. who once terrorized the Nation- Cowboy officials did not im- al Football League with his mediately comment on the blazing speed, said yesterday trade. he has been traded by the Dal- HAYES, who spent much of las Cowboys to the San Fran- the past two seasons sitting on cisco 49ers. the Cowboy bench, said he had A spokesman for the 49ers no regrets about being traded. said Hayes was obtained for Asked as a new here if he an undisclosed 1976 draft choice. would have done anything dif- The spokesman said Hayes is ferently in his 10 years with the expected to report to the 49ers Cowboys, Hayes, "I'd have been training camp in Santa Bar- out of Dallas a lot sooner."