The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, July 15, 1981-Page 11
1968 - Year of the Tiger
It doesn't matter if you side with the players or the owners in the
current baseball strike, there is one thing that everyone agrees on-it is
an unfortunate situation. So in order'to partially relieve the misery of
any baseball junkies going through withdrawal, throughout the
duration of the strike the Daily is providing a look back to a more
pleasant time-1968. There was no free agent compensation, no
NLRB, no court injunctions-and no strike. And for those of you
who don't remember, in 1968 the Tigers were winners, World Series
winners, in fact. Each day the Daily relates the results of the previous
evening's Tiger game-minus 13 years.
July 14-Angels 7, Tigers 3
JACK NICKLAUS and Tom Watson (right), who both have won the British
Open three times each, practice for the tournament which begins tomorrow
in Sandwich, England.
Golfers express mixed
eourse evaluations
SANDWICH, England (AP) - It will
take a long hitter to win the 110th.
British Open Golf Championship, says
Lee Trevino.
"The condition of the course makes it
a long-hitters' golf tournament,"
Trevino said after a practice round
yesterday over the 6,829-yard, par-70
Royal St. George's Golf Club links.
"IT'S DEFINITELY a long-hitters'
course," Trevino said.
"I like Ray Floyd. I'll tell you my
picks: Jack Nicklaus; Tom Watson;
Ray Floyd; Seve Ballesteros; Greg
Norman. Those are my top five."
And what about Lee Trevino?
"I don't like my chances," he said.
"The only way I could win the tour-
nament would be to putt extremely well
and get a break in the fairways."
THE CONDITION of the course,
which is being used as a British Open
site for the first time since 1949, has.
been a subject of mild controversy.
Both Trevino and Watson, the defen-
ding titleholder, used the same ex-
pression: "It's been Americanized."
A watering system has been installed
on the ancient course. The fairways
are, for a British Open course, excep-
tionally lush and soft. Greens are soft
and holding, much different than the
rock-hard conditions usually encoun-
tered on the seaside links used for this
old event.
"IT'S NOT what I expected," Trevino
said. "I'm not a long hitter, but I get
long when I come here 'cause I play
that low, hard shot and I get a lot of run
in the fairway. This time it's not gonna
5 happen.
"They've got those hills and humps in
the fairways. On No. 7, the longest hit-
ter can get over the crest of the hill and
roll down to the bottom. I'm not long
enough to carry the hill.
"And this course is the only links
course I've seen that has bunkers in
front of the greens. That takes away my
low, hard run-up shot. '
"I'VE NEVER seen a course in this
condition. It's gorgeous. Fantastic. It's
conditioned like an American course
with the architecture of a links course.
"But," he added, "it's not what I ex-
pected. And it definitely favors the long
hitter." Watson was considerably more
critical.
"I'm disappointed," he said.
"I DIDN'T come here to play
American golf. I came here to play
British golf."
He has not been unsuccessful in
American golf, however. He took the
Masters title this year, won two other
events, has collected four consecutive
Player of the Year awards and, for the
fifth consecutive season, leads the
American PGA Tour's money winning
list.
Over the past 41 seasons, he has
been, by far, the outstanding player in
the game. And he fully expects to win
here.
"I'm driving well, hitting my irons
very well, putting OK," he said. "The
important thing is my attitude. I have a
very good attitude. I'm relaxed. I feel
good about it. And when I feel good, I
usually play good."
Nicklaus, winner of a record 17 major
professional titles, had much the same
estimate of his game.
"I'm playing well enough to win," he
said. "I'm playing very much like I did
last year (when he won the U.S. Open
and the PGA). It's just a matter of get-
ting some shots in the hole. And, I'm
about due to have a good putting tour-
nameit.
ANAHEIM (AP) - Earl Wilson
thinks there might be something
broken in his right hand and that
could mean the American League
might have a close pennant race af-
ter all.
Wilson, who won 22 games for
Detroit in 1967, was woefully ineffec-
tive here Sunday as the California
Angels handed the league-leading
Tigers their third loss in their last
four starts, 7-3.]
THE TIGERS still have a comfor-
table lead over second-place
Baltimore, but they could be in
trouble if the injury Wilson suffered
July 6 is more serious than first
believed.
"They took x-rays, but I think they
must have missed something," he
said Sunday after the Angels bom-
bed him for seven hits and six runs
in less than four innings.
"The wrist was so sore and stiff I
couldn't get anything on the ball,"
said Wilson, who absorbed his
seventh loss against six victories.
"I'dike to see another doctor."
THE LOSS of Wilson for any ex-
tended time would be a severe jolt to
the Tigers. Denny McLain, their
ace, has captured 17 of his first 19
decisions. But the other three star-
ters - Wilson, Joe Sparma, 7-8, and
Mickey Lolich, 7-4, - have a com-
bined record of only 20-19.
Wilson's injury occurred against
Oakland July 6 when he was twice
struck by line drives in the same in-
ning - once on the shoulder and on-
ce on the hand.
Sunday, he gave up a bases-empty
homer to Vic Davalillo and a two-run
homer to Rick Reichardt in the first
inning. The Angels hiked their lead
to 4-0 in the third when Davilillo
doubled -and scored on a single by
Don Mincher.
REICHARDT and Tom Satriano
knocked Wilson from the box when
they opened the fourth inning with
singles. Bobby Knoop greeted
reliever Daryl Patterson with a two-
run single to put the Angels ahead, 6-
0.
That should have made it an easy
victory for Angel starter Sammy
Ellis, 7-6. But it didn't. Ellis gave up
bases-empty homers to Norm Cash
and Don Wert. Willie Horton doubled
home the last Detroit run in the
eighth off reliever Clyde Wright.
Bobby Locke relieved Wright and
went on to nail down the victory.
wert, 3.... 4 1 1 1
Oyler, ss ..............3 0 0 0
Wilsonop........ 1 0 o o
Patterson, p....... 0 0 0 0
Brown, ph ............. 1 0 1 0
warden, p ............. 0 0 0 0
Comer, ph ............. 0 0 0 0
wyatt, p ... 0 0 0 0
Priceph ......... 0 0 0 0
TOTALS ............ 33 3 8 3
Calornia
AB R H RBI
Davalillo, cf ........... 4 2 2 1
Fregosi, ss .......,....2 1 1 0
Micher,Il............. 3 0 1 1
Kirkpatrickrf. 3 1 0 1
ReichardIf....... 4 2 2 -2
Satriano, 3b ........... 3 1 1 0
Knoop, 2b ............. 3 0 2 2
Rodgers, c.............2 0 0 0
Ellis p. ..... 2. 0 0 0
Wright p...... 1 0 1 0
Lockep ................0 0 0 0
TOTALS ............ 27 7 10 7
Detroit ........................000 001 110-3
california ....................301 200 01 x-7
E-Cosh, 2,Northrup. DP-Detroit 4. California
2. LOB-Detroit 0, Califoroia 1. 2B-Stanley.
Davalillo, Horton, Fregosi. HR-Davalillo (3),
Reichardt (10), wert (9). S-Fregosi, Micher,
Kirkpatrick.
IP H R ER BB SO
ilon(L,6-7).........3 7 6 3 1 2
Potteroon . 1...... 1 0 0 0 0
Warden . . . 20 0 0 0 1
wyatt-.................2 2 1 0 0 0
Ellis (w, 7-6) .......... 6% 7 2 2 2 5
wright ............... 1 1 1 1 0 0
Locke ..........12 0 0 0 0 1
HBP-wyatt (Rodgers), wright (Cash).
PB-Freehan. T-2:28.
Tiger Statistics
Batting
AB R H HR RBIpct.
Brown . ..........3535131 3 .312
Horton ... 23 42 7022 s.286
Kaline ... .......... 149 29 40 4 22 .268
Freehan ............... 301 40 79 14 45 .262
Stanley ................302 45 7 0 3s .248
McAuliffe .............311 51 79 10 35 .248
Northrop ........321 42 75 13 34 .234
Wert. .. . 2. 26 02 9 22 .225
Matchick .............99 0 22 1 0 .222
Cash................194 22 41 13 29.211
Tracewski............. 006 110 3 9 .209
Matthews. 30 4 7 3 6 .194
Price . ......74 9 13 1 9 .170
Oyler .................. 182 12 29 1 11 .159
Comer ........... 19 3 2 0 0 .10s
x-Totals...... 2900 36 668 105 341 .230
X-Includes pitchers hatting
Pitching
w
McLain ............... 17
Lasher.... 3
Warden ........ 3
Doson ................ 2
Lolich ........... 7
Hiller .......... 3
Ribant ... 2
Sparma. ... 2
wilson...
Patterson ............. 1
wyatt ................ 1
L
2
1
4
7
2
4
IP ERA
181 1.9
34.2 3.00
10.1 4.30
33.1 1.47
128.2 3.00
43.2 3.07
23.2 2.23
129.1 3.98
113 3.21
20.1 2.00
31 3.19
Detroit
AB
McAuliffe,2b.......... 4
Stanley, cf ............. 4
Northrup, rf ........... 4
Cash,lb.......... 3
Horton, If .............. 4
Freehan, c ............ 4
R
0
0
0
2
0
H
1
2
0
i
RBI
0
0
0
0
Totals ... 6 31 796.1 2.03
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