Page Twelve THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, July 1, 1976 PaeTev H ICIA AL hrsaJl ,17 Maloney TORONTO (/P i- A county court jury, last night, acquitted the Detroit Red Wings' Dan Maloney of an assault charge, which stemmed from a fight during a National Hockey Lea ue game earlier this year. But, with the verdict, the jury issued a statement asking for the end of violence on the ice. The jury of eight women and four men deliberated nine hours and 25 minutes at the end of a six-day trial before freeing Maloney of the charge of assault caus- ing bodily harm against Toronto Maple Leafs defense- man Brian Glennie in a game in Toronto last Nov. 5. After issuing the verdict, jury foreman Raymond Bower got permission from Judge Patrick LeSage to issue the extraordinafry statement saying the jury was unanimous in stating that "these actions are in no way condoned by us." HE SAID the jury asked that measures be taken to see that similar incidents to the Maloney-Glennie clash do not occur in future. However, the statement emphasized the jury's view that on the evidence and on the law Maloney was not guilty of breaching the Criminal Code. The charge against Maloney was placed the day after he had knocked down Glennie from behind and, accord- ing to his own evidence, tried to lift him from the ice to get him to fight. Doctors testified Glennie apparently suffered a mild concussion. acquitted by court After discharging the Detroit player, Judge LeSage told the jury that he considered their verdict a proper one on the evidence and he described the jury's com- ment on hockey violence as "very proper." MALONEY was charged Nov. 6, a week after On- tario Attorney-General Roy McCurtry had proclaimed that the Ontario government would not tolerate? vio- lence in hockey games. Maloney testified he was angry and frustrated be- cause Detroit was trailing Toronto 2-4 and he also felt Glennie's check had been illegal. The Detroit player was given a five-minute penalty following the incident. Glennie told the jury the incident had left him with no hard feelings toward his opponent. Following the incident, the Toronto player was kept in hospital over- night for observation and return to the lineup in a few days. Before the case was given to the jury yesterday, the Crown moved unsuccessfully that a mistrial be de- clared on the contention that the chances of a con- viction had been lessened by the fact that the CBC in its national TV news Tuesday night referred to the maximum penalty for Maloney should he be convicted -five years' imprisonment. THE JURORS had not been isolated until they re- GARLAND'S FIRST LOSS tired to consider thetir verdict and might have heard the broadcast, Crown counsel Robert McGee said, Judge LeSage denied the motion but in his charge to the jury emphasized that its members were to pay no attention to anything seen or heard outside court and also that the consequences of heir verdict were of no concern to them. Three hours after being locked up, they returned to the court to ask the judge to instruct them-which he had done before-on the legal definition of an assault and on the meaning of "implicit consent" as it might relate to hockey players being willing to accept rought play as part of the game. JUDGE LeSAGE gave them the Criminal Code defi nition of assault and told them that obviously, when person engages in a hockey game, he accepts a degree of roughness inherent in the game but which might be regarded as criminal assault in other circumstances. "If I put on hockey skates and go into an arena," he said, "it would seem that I am consenting to certain degrees of violence." But the criminal law extended to hockey arenas, and unbridled violence was not allowed. And there were legal limitations to consent, either expressed or implicit. For instance, if the jurors were satisfied that Ma- loney intended to inflict harm or injury they should find him guilty. But the Crown had the job of proving this. Lynn, Rice, clobber Orioles, 6-4 By The Associated Press B O S T O N - Fred Lynn collected four straight hits and went into hiding, so Jim Rice held court for a while yester- day after the Boston Red Sox completed a three-game series sweep with a 6-4 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. Lynn, who had a freak triple, three singles, a stolen base and two assists on perfect throws to the plate and second base, dod- ged post - game interviews in Boston's otherwise happy club- house. The se.'ond-year centerfielder apparently is disturbed by boos and comments from some fans critical of his status as one of Boston's three unsigned play- ers., After Lynn storted the deci- sive sixth inning with his triple, Rice comnleted the three-run rally with a tie- breaking homer. "The home run was on a fastball inside," Rice said as many players clorned, throw- ing water and ice and spray- ing shaving cream in the club- house. "That's where everyone has been pitching me lately and it has been the reason for some of my problems," Rice said. "I switched to a lighter bat today for the first time. It lets me whip the inside pitches." "I certainly hope this will start to turn things around for us," said Boston captain Carl Yastrzemski, who drove in Lynn with the tying run and then scored on Rice's homer. The Red Sox completed the series sweet) while handing Bal- timore's Wayne Garland his first defeat. Garland, who had won eight in a row, carried an American League leading earned run av- erage of 1.82 into the game, but was shelled in a decisive sixth inning started by Lynn's freak triple. Lynn, the 1975 Most Valuable Player and Rookie of the Year, got the gift triple when his grounder took a tricky bounce away from first baseman Lee Maty and rolled into foul terri- tory down the right field line. Pittsburgh starter Bruce Ki- son was touched for nine hits, the last Rick Monday's RBI double in the ninth, before PITTSBURGH - Richie needing relief help from Bob Zisk's two-run triple featured Moose. Moose gave up two Chi- a four-run sixth inning and the cago runs on an RBI grounder Pittsburgh Pirates held on to by Joe Wallis and a sacrifice defeatthe Chicago Cubs 75 fly by Jerry Morales before last night. saving the game for Kison. Giants gun SAN FRANCISCO - Garv Thomasson drove in three runs with a double and a single, and Ed Halicki fired a seven-hit- ter, leading the San Francisco Giants to a 10-2 victory of the Houston Astros yesterday. Major League Standings ANIERICAN LEAGUE NATIONAL LEAGUE East East w L Pct. GI i W L Pet. GB New York 43 26 .623 -- Philadelphia 50 20 .714 - Cleveland 36 33 .522 7 Pittsburgh 41 29 .586 9 Boston 34 35 .493 9 New York 39 37 .513 14 Detroit 34 35 .493 9 St. Louis 31 41 .431 20 Baltimore 34 37 .479 10 Chicago 30 43 .411 21t, Milwaukee 25 41 .379 lI', Montreal 24 43 .358 241 West west Kansas City 44 27 .620 - Cincinnati 46 28 .622 -- Texas 39 30 .565 4 Los Angeles 42 33 .560 41, Oakland 36 37 ,493 9 San Diego 38 36 .514 8 Chicago 33 37 .471 10' Houston 34 41 .453 12 Minnesota 33 39 .458 11 Atlanta 33 41 .446 13 California 31 45 .408 15' San Francisco 31 47 .397 17 Late game not included Late games not included wednesday's Games Boston 6. Baltimore 4 wednesday's Games New York at Detroit, ppd., rain San Francisco 10, Houston 2 California 2, Chicago 1, 10 innings Pittsburgh 7, Chicago 5 Kansas City 4, Minnesota a St. Louis at New York, ppd., rain Oakland at Texas, n Philadelphia at Montreal, ppd., r Only games scheduled rain Today's Games Cincinnati at San Diego, n Detroit (Ruhle 5-3) at Baltimore Atlanta at Los Angeles, n (May 5-4), 7:30 p.m. New York (Figueroa 9-4) at Today's Gamaes Cleveland (Dobson 9-5), 7:30 p.m. St. Louis (Forsch 2-2) at New Boston (Jenkins 6-8) at Mil- York (Koosman 7-6), 2:05 p.M. wankee (Slaton 8-6), 8:30 p.m. Philadelphia (Underwood 4-1) at Oakland (Mitchell 3-5) at Kan- Montreal (Carrithers 3-6), 8:05 p.m. sas City (Bird 8-1), 8:30 p.o. Los Angeles (Fau 6-5) at San California (Ryan 6-8) at Chi- Diego (Strom 7-7), 10 p.. eago (Brett 3-2), 9 pum. Only gamers scheduled PITTSBURGH Pirate second baseman Rennie Stennet hurdles Manny Trillo (19) of the Cbicao Cubs, as he completes a double play in action, yesterday. Pirate shortstop Frank Taveras (10) watches the play. Richie Zisk's two-run triple led the Bucs to a 7-S win.