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THE MICHIGAN DAILY

Thursday, May 20, 1976

Page Twelve THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, May 20, 1976
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Double
Whammy
THREE Wolverine baseballers
watch the action, yesterday,
as the Eastern Michigan Hu-
rons swept both ends of a
twinbill from Michigan, 7-6
in eight innings, and 5-0. The
wins were the third and fourth
for the Hurons over the Wol-
verines this year. The MAC
champions, Eastern Michigan
knocked Michigan out of the
NCAA tourney last year. If
the Wolverines win the Big
Ten title, they will enter the
Mid - East regional of this
year's NCAA tournament, in
Ypsilanti, along with the Hu-
rons, Southern Illinois and
Illinois State. Thom Boutin's
eighth inning home run was
the winning blow in the first
game. (See story on Page 11.)


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iy The Associ ted Press
Furlow gains Olympic tryout
NEW YORK- The United States Olympic basketball selection
committee has added six players for the week-long tryouts for the
lAmerican teatm. The tryouts begin at Raleigh, N.C. May 30.
The new players are ('huck Jura, formerly with the University
of Nebraska, Derek Jackson of Georgetown, D.C., George Johnson
of St. John's, N.Y., Ed Jordan of Rutgers, Wally Walker of Vir-
ginia and 'erry Ft urlow of Michigan State.
Five players previously invited to the tryouts turned
down the bids. They were Ron Lee of Oregon, Cedric Max-
well of North Carolina-Charlotte, Johnny McGill of Alcorn
State and Robert Parish of Centenary.
Inctoded among the players already invited to the tryouts,
are Wolverines Rickey Green, Steve Grote and Phil Hubbard. Also
attending the tryouts will be Mike Davis of Mercer Junior College.
A 6-10 center, Davis is being recruited by Michigan. He will be
making a visit to the campus this weekend.
Melendez swapped
ST. LOUIS-Outfielder Luis Melendez, a veteran of six major
league seasons, was traded yesterday by the St. Louis Cardinals
to the San Diego Padres in exchange for right-handed pitcher Bill
Greif.
Melendez, 26, began the season with a .251 lifetime batting
average but was hitting only .125 with three hits in 24 times at
tat in 20 games this year.
Grief, also 26, recorded nine saves while pitching mostly in
relief last year for San Diego and had a 3.89 earned run average
to go with a 4-6 record.
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Kiicking Bronco
DENVER-Jim Kiick, a former running back for the Miami
Dolphins who jumped to the World Football League in 1975, has
signed a series of one-year contracts with the Denver Broncos,
officials of the National Football League team announced yester-
day.
Before leaving for the WFL, the 5-foot-11, 215-pound Kiick had
amassed 3,664 yards rushing in 97 carries and had scored 28
touchdowns.
Terms of the contract were not announced.
,oors over ice
SAN FRANCISCO-Arrangements are near completion for the
sale of the California Seals of the National Hockey League to
Denver interests, the San Francisco Examiner reported yesterday.
Purchasers of the team would be Bill Coors, a member of the
Coors brewing family, and sportscaster Bud Palmer, a resident
of Vail, Colo., the newspaper said.

THREE HOMERS
Ya z wall/ops
D E T R O I T - C a r 1 Ca
Yastrzemski, who entered the
game batting .198, drove in four C L E V E t1 A N D - Sandy
runs with three homers, and Alomar threw out Duane Kui-
Jim Rice had a three-run blast per at the plate on an at-
to power the Boston Red Sox to tempted double steal to end the
a 9-2 victory over the Detroit game and preserve the New
Tigers last night. York Yankees' 3-2 victory over
Ferguson Jenkins, touched the Cleveland Indians last
for two runs in the first inning, night.
settled down to win his third Rudy May, 3-1, continued his
game against five losses. Tiger mastery over the Indians, run-
starter Dave Roberts, 3-2, took ning his career record to 13-4
the loss. but it wasn't easy.
Loken announces
gmnast recruitS

Tigers
May entered the .ninth lead-
ing 3-0 while limiting the In-
dians to three hits. But Larvell
Blanks stroked a leadoff home
run, his first homer of the sea-
son.
MAY was then replaced by
Dick Tidrow, who gave up a
walk to Buddy Bell and Rico
Carty's RBI double, making it
3-2. George Hendrick grounded
out, as the potential tying run
moved to third.
Tippy Martinez replaced
Tidrow, and up stepped Cleve-
land Manager Frank Robinson,
who had batted four times be-
fore this season. Robinson
walked but Ron Pruitt struck
out for the second out of the
inning.
With Ray Fosse at the plate,
the Indians' attempted a double
steal but the move backfired
steal but the move backfired
when catcher Rick Dempsey
fired to Sandy Alomar, whose
relav back to Dempsey nailed
pinch - runner Kuiper at the
plate.

With NCAA rule changes en-
couraging additional use of all-
around performers in collegiate
gymnastics competition, Michi-
gan coach Newt Loken has an-
nounced the names of 12 high
school gymnasts, including
eight all - arounders, who will
be attending Michigan next fall.
"I think with the additional
emphasis being placed onall-
arounders," L o k e n said,
"it was important for us this
year to find some outstanding
young men who can help us
next year as freshmen. I be-
lieve in this group, we have
exactly that."
The list of all-arounders is
headed by four prep standouts
from Illinois, Doug Zabour from.
Arlington Heights, Fred Ras-
mussen of Elmhurst, Ken Mc-
Neve of Naperville and Scott
Weller of Highland Park.
Pin power
Michigan wrestling coach Bill
Johannesen has announced the
names of five outstanding high
school wrestlers who will en-
roll at Michigan in the fall.
The list includes four young
men who won state champion-
ship titles and another who was
state runnerup.
The state champions from
Michigan are Warren Mott High

School's Dave Cartier (unbeat-
en 119-pound Class A), Hazel
Park's Steve Fraser (unbeaten
185-pound Class A) and Flint
Beecher's Paul Hibbs (the once-
beaten 132-pound Class B).

Major League Standings
NATIONAL LEAGUE AMERICAN LEAGUE
East East
W L Pet. GB wL Pct. GB
Philadelphia 20 8 .714 .- New York 19 10 .655 -
Pittsburgh 20 12 .625 2 naltimore 16 14 .533 314
New York 20 15 .571 3! Detroit 13 15 .464 5.
Chicago 14 18 .438 8 Boston 13 16 4.48 6
Montreal 12 17 .414 8! Milwaukee 11 14 .440 6
St. Louis 14 21 .400 9 Cleveland 13 17 .433 61
West West
Los Angeles, s 13 .61 -. Kansas City 1910 .62 -
Cincinnati 20 13 .so j Texas 19 11 .633 1/
san Diego 17 15 .531 3 Minnesota 16 14 .533 3%
Houston 16 20 .444 6 Oakland 15 181.455 6
Atlanta I122 .353 Ii Chicagoas16 .407 7
san Francisco 11 23 .324 10 California 13 23 .361- 9%
Late games not included
Yesterday's Games - Yesterday's Games
Philadelphia 2, New York 1 Balimore 5, Milwaukee 3
Chicago at Montreal, ppd., rain New York 3, Cleveland 2
Pittsburgh 7, . Louis 6 noston9, Detroit 2
Houston at San Diego, n
Atlanta at Los Angeles, n Kansas City 5, Oakland 2
Cincinnati at San Francisco, a Chicago 4, Minnesota 1
Today's Games Only games scheduled
Pittsburgh Medich (3-3) at St.
Louis Denny (1-2), 1:30 p.m. Today's Garnet
Houston Niekro (1-5) at San Boston Lee (0-3) at New York
Diego wehrmeister (0-3), 4 p.m. Figueroa (3-2), 8 p.m.
Philadelphia Lonborg (5-0) at Oakland MitcellO (1-1) at Kan-
New York Seaver (4-2), 4:05 p.m. sa City Bird (3-1), 830 p.m.
Cincinnati Gulett (3-2) at San Caifornia Ross (0-5) at Texas
Francisco Minton (0-3), 4:05 p.m. Perry (4-2),0:35 p.m.
Chicagoo R. Reuschei (1-3) at
Montreal warthen (1-3),t1:05 pm Minnesota Redfern (1-0) at Chi-
Atlanta Morton (0-4) at Los A(4-cag Gossage (1-3), p.m.
genes Rtau (4-2), 10:30 p.m.. Only games scheduled