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VOL. 2, No. 64 MONDAY, JUNE 7, 1971 TEN CENTS

Aaron Puts the Hurt on Cubs: A.L. EAST W L

Major League Standings
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2 Homers in 10-9 Braves Win New York

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Cleveland
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33
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25
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Philadelphia
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ATLANTA When it comes to pain, Hen- highs of seven runs and 13 hits. Pittsburgh, the
Boston 24 29 .453 15 St. Louis 27 28 .491 8
ry Aaron has apparently decided it is better to N.L. East leader, lost two of three to Houston,
Detroit 23 30 .434 16 Chicago 24 31 .436 11
give than receive. allowing 23 runs. Washington 21 31 .404 17 Montreal 20 28 .417 12
Aaron returned to the Braves lineup Sunday Giants 6-0, Phillies 0-6
after starting the teams three previous games SAN FRANCISCO Rookie Steve Stone A.L. WEST W L PCT. GB N.L. WEST W L PCT. GB
on the bench in deference to his puffy right tossed a shutout in the opener and Barry Lersch Oakland 35 20 .636 --- San Francisco 34 23 .596 ---
knee. returned the favor in the nightcap as the Giants California 26 29 .473 9 Los Angeles 29 26 .527 4
Minnesota 25 29 .463 9 Houston 28 27 .509 5
Fluid buildup has necessitated that the knee and Phillies split a doubleheader.
Milwaukee 21 28 .429 11 Cincinnati 26 29 .473 7
be drained on the order of once a week. Its a Stone (5-3) recorded his second shutout, hold-
Chicago 20 28 .417 11 Atlanta 23 33 .411 10
pain. So Sunday, Aaron shared it with the Chi- ing the Phillies to six hits. He was backed by
Kansas City 18 31 .367 14 San Diego 19 37 .339 14
cago Cubs. two-run homers from Ken Henderson and Dick
Aaron, running better than Dietz who added a third RBI on a run-scoring Sundays American League Results Sundays National League Results
I have in a month, belted two groundout. Boston 6, California 2 Houston 13, Pittsburgh 2
New York 6, Kansas City 3 San Francisco 6, Philadelphia 0, Gm. 1
home runs Nos. 19 and 20 Rick Wise (3-4) lost his third consecutive
Oakland 4, Washington 2 Philadelphia 6, San Francisco 0, Gm. 2
for the year; 611 and 612 ca- start, allowing five runs in six frames. Detroit 3, Chicago 0, Gm. 1 New York 8, Los Angeles 7 (10 innings)
reer as Atlanta outslugged Lersch (4-4) fired a three-hitter for his first Detroit at Chicago, Gm. 2, ppd., rain Atlanta 10, Chicago 9
and outlasted the Cubs, 10-9. career shutout, pitching to only two batters over Cleveland 7, Minnesota 5 Cincinnati 6, St. Louis 4
Henry Aaron Aarons first homer, with a the minimum. Larry Bowa had two RBI for the Baltimore 11, Milwaukee 1 San Diego 5, Montreal 2, Gm. 1
man aboard, broke a 1-1 tie in the bottom of the Phils. Giants starter Frank Reberger allowed five Montreal 4, San Diego 2, Gm. 2
first inning. His second, another two-run shot, runs in three innings and fell to 4-2. Todays Probable Starting Pitchers Todays Probable Starting Pitchers
gave the Braves an 8-4 lead. He added a single Mets 8, Dodgers 7 All times local All times local
(No games scheduled) Pittsburgh (Briles 2-0) at Chicago (Pappas 4-4),
to boost his average to a major-league LOS ANGELES Donn Clendenons RBI
2:30 p.m.
high .385. His four RBI made him the first in double broke a 6-6 tie in the top of the 10th in-
St. Louis (Torrez 0-4) at Atlanta (Reed 2-7), 8:05
the majors to reach 50 this season. ning, and the Mets held on to beat the Dodgers. p.m.
But for all those heroics, plus home runs by N.L., Page 2 (Only games scheduled)
Earl Williams, Sonny Jackson and starting
pitcher Jim Nash, Atlanta nearly blew a 10-4
lead in the ninth inning.
Coleman, Keeping a Promise, Hurls Tigers Past White Sox
The first three Cubs singled, chasing Nash. DETROIT A little less than two weeks Dick Drago allowed six runs in 6 2/3 innings
Chicago scored four runs before Tom Kelley ago, after hurling the Tigers past the streaking for K.C. and fell to 4-5.
got the final out with runners on the corners. Yankees, pitcher Joe Coleman made a pledge to As 4, Senators 2
Nash (1-6) was charged with seven runs in his teams fans. WASHINGTON D.C. Vida Blue struck
eight-plus innings. Cubs starter Bill Hands (2- This year is going to be one hell of a year, out 10 in a four-hitter as the As completed a
10) allowed eight runs in 3 1/3 innings. he said. I promise you that. three-game sweep of the Senators.
As for the prognosis on Aarons knee: Detroit was 10 games below .500 and in last Blue (8-3), coming off back-to-back losses,
After four or five more games, I know Ill place at the time. Was Coleman swept up in the hit double digit strikeouts for the 10th time in
have to take a break, he said. Ill probably excitement of the moment? Was he suffering Joe Coleman suffered a fractured skull late in spring 15 starts. He allowed two runs in the fourth
training when felled by a ball hit by Ted Simmons.
have to have the knee drained again when the after-effects from the fractured skull he suffered inning, then retired 15 of the final 16 Senators
water builds back up. in spring training? three runs in six innings. He is 0-3 in his past he faced erasing on a double play the one
National League pitchers have been warned. Maybe he saw something no one else did. On four starts. batter he allowed to reach base.
Astros 13, Pirates 2 Sunday, Coleman shut out the White Sox, 3-0, in Yankees 6, Royals 3 Oakland shortstop Campy Campaneris had a
PITTSBURGH Cesar Cedeno had two what was supposed to be the first game of a dou- NEW YORK Bobby Murcers go-ahead two-run single in the As three-run rally in the
singles, scored twice and drove in two runs bleheader. (The second game was rained out.) two-run single highlighted a five-run uprising top of the second. He also singled, stole second
during a nine-run seventh-inning rally as the The win was his sixth in a row. Since starting in the bottom of the seventh inning as the Yan- and scored an insurance run in the ninth.
Astros ripped the Pirates. the season 0-2, Coleman is 8-0 with a 1.95 ERA. kees came back to beat the Royals. Washington starter Denny McLain allowed
Houston was nursing a 4-2 lead after six in- Similarly, the Tigers have rallied after a slow All five New York runs in the decisive rally three runs in seven innings and fell to 1-9.
nings. Cedenos leadoff single in the seventh start, going 16-7 after starting the year 7-23. came with two out: on an RBI single by Horace Orioles 11, Brewers 1
ignited the uprising, which was capped by Bob Norm Cash gave the Tigers a 1-0 lead on sec- Clarke, Murcers single, and a two-run triple by MILWAUKEE Dave McNally tossed a
Watsons three-run homer. ond inning homer. Dick McAuliffes two-run Roy White. Murcer accounted for his teams five-hitter for his seventh consecutive victory
Astros starter Wade Blasingame (5-1) went shot made it 3-0 in the third. first run with a solo homer in the first inning. and added two hits as the Orioles routed the
the distance on a seven-hitter. He struck out In salvaging the last game of a three-game set, Yankees starter Stan Bahnsen (5-2) allowed Brewers.
nine, including major league home run leader Coleman limited the Sox to three singles while three runs in seven frames. He received relief Baltimore amassed 18 hits, with seven bat-
Willie Stargell four times. striking out nine. He has 92 whiffs in 87 innings. help from Jim Hardin, who notched his second ters producing two or more. Birds leadoff batter
The Bucs Dock Ellis (8-3) allowed season Chicago starter Tom Bradley (3-8) allowed save. A.L., Page 3

Around Baseball Major League Leaders Its Another Hit For

Indians Harrelson May AMERICAN G AB R H AVG. NATIONAL G AB R H AVG.
Ex-Pitcher Bouton
Trade in Bat For Clubs Carew, Min. 48 182 38 70 .385 Aaron, Atl. 52 174 44 67 .385
By WILLIAM GILDEA
Cater, N.Y. 51 189 19 69 .365 Sanguillen, Pit. 49 195 27 68 .349
ST. PAUL-MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (AP) The Washington Post
Ken Harrelson, Cleveland Indians first baseman Epstein, Oak. 50 157 28 57 .363 Alou, St.L 53 224 35 78 .348 WASHINGTON Jim Bouton has done it
turned outfielder, says this may be his last sea- Johnstone, Chi. 42 139 22 50 .360 Perez, Cin. 54 208 23 71 .341 again. He has written the sequel to Ball Four
son in baseball. He wants to try the pro golf Murcer, N.Y. 53 205 39 72 .351 Stargell, Pit. 49 159 52 54 .340 in which he relates the reaction to the best-
tour. selling sports book ever written.
Rettenmund, Bal. 40 137 22 48 .350 Jones, N.Y. 48 183 21 62 .339
Harrelson, the one-time Kansas City Athlet- Appropriately, he has dedicated
ics bad boy who made it big with the Boston McMullen, Cal. 54 201 37 70 .348 Beckert, Chi. 54 226 28 76 .336 his new effort to baseball com-
Red Sox and has had his troubles with the Blair, Bal. 44 183 30 61 .333 Garr, Atl. 56 238 36 79 .332 missioner Bowie Kuhn and Dick
Tribe, said Saturday he will decide at the end of Howard, Was. 52 203 27 66 .325 Oliver, Pit. 51 184 23 61 .332 Young, the New York column-
the season whether to continue with baseball. ist, for their overreaction to
Tovar, Min. 54 223 33 72 .323 Torre, St.L 55 202 40 66 .327
Right now, Id have to say this will be my Ball Four, which helped make it
HR: Smith (Bos.) 15; Nettles (Cle.) 15; Petro- HR: Stargell (Pit.) 23; Aaron (Atl.) 20;
last year in baseball, he said. such a handsome success.
celli (Bos.) 15; Powell (Bal.) 13; Cash (Det.) 13. Johnson (Phi.) 13; Robertson (Pit.) 13; May
There are some considerations that might Young wrote in his column that Bouton was
RBI: Petrocelli (Bos.) 47; Smith (Bos.) 43; (Cin.) 13.
make me change my mind, he added. Lets a social leper because he revealed the things
McMullen (Cal.) 42; White (N.Y.) 42; 3 tied RBI: Aaron (Atl.) 50; Stargell (Pit.) 48; Torre he did. The next day, Bouton re-
say Im traded to a club that might win the next
with 40. (St.L) 39; Davis (L.A.) 39; Bench (Cin.) 38. calls, he saw Young at Shea Sta-
four years then I might reconsider.
ATLANTA Henry Aaron received a dia- Wins: Stottlemyre (N.Y.) 8-1; Kline (N.Y.) 8-1; Wins: Blass (Pit.) 9-1; Holtzman (Chi.) 9-2; dium and they exchanged greet-
Hunter (Oak.) 8-2; Coleman (Det.) 8-2; Blue Sutton (L.A.) 8-2; Ellis (Pit.) 8-3; Walker (Pit.) 7- ings. Then Bouton said, I did-
mond ring Sunday from the Atlanta Braves
(Oak.) 8-3. 2). nt know you were talking to
with small diamonds, one for each hundred
homers he has hit. There was a seventh in the Strikeouts: Blue (Oak.) 140; Lolich (Det.) Strikeouts: Seaver (N.Y.) 111; Jenkins (Chi.) social lepers these days.
center to represent the homers he needs to reach 105; Coleman (Det.) 92; Blyleven (Min.) 76; 94; Sutton (L.A.) 81; Stoneman (Mon.) 80; 2 Young replied, Im glad you
Hunter (Oak.) 75. tied with 78. didnt take it personally.
Babe Ruths record of 714.
After receiving the ring before the Braves ERA: Fingers (Oak.) 1.54; Kline (N.Y.) 1.99; ERA: Holtzman (Chi.) 1.64; Seaver (N.Y.) Hence the title, Im Glad You Didnt Take
game with the Cubs, Aaron went out and hit a Wood (Chi.) 2.21; Dobson (Bal.) 2.21; Foster 1.72; Wilson (Hou.) 1.90; Billingham (Hou.) It Personally (William Morrow & Co., $5.95),
pair of home runs his 19th and 20th of 1971, (Cle.) 2.26. 2.06; Stone (Atl.) 2.16. unlike most sequels, is as enjoyable as Ball
and the 611th and 612th of his career. BOUTON, Page 2
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N.L.
From Page 1
The Mets took a 6-4 lead
into the bottom of the ninth
inning, but back-to-back hom-
ers by Willie Davis (off starter
Jerry Koosman) and Richie
Allen (off reliever Tug
McGraw) sent the game into
extras.
After his tie-breaking dou-
ble, Clendenon scored an insur-
ance run. McGraw (2-0) got the
win. Dodgers reliever Joe
Moeller (0-1) was the loser.
Reds 6, Cardinals 4
CINCINNATI Bernie
Carbo lashed a game-tying
double in the bottom of the
eighth inning, then scored the
tie-breaking run as the Reds
clipped the Cardinals.
Trailing 3-0 after six innings,
St. Louis took the lead on Joe
Torres RBI double and Jose
Cardenals three-run homer in
the top of the seventh.
Dave Concepcion and pinch
hitter Jimmy Stewart added
RBIs to the Reds rally in the
eighth.
Jim Merritt (3-4) threw one
shutout inning of relief to
claim the victory. Clay Car-
roll notched his second save.
Birds starter Reggie Cleve-
land (6-5) yielded six runs in
7 1/3 innings
Padres 5-2, Expos 2-4
SAN DIEGO Dave
Roberts tossed a seven-hitter
in the first game, and Bob
Bailey walloped a go-ahead
grand slam in the second as
the Padres and Expos split.
Ivan Murrell clubbed a go-
ahead three-run homer for the
Pads in the opener to buoy
Roberts (4-4).
Montreals Carl Morton (3-
8) went the distance, allowing
five runs (two earned).
San Diego led 2-0 behind
Dick Kelley in the second
game when Bailey launched
his fourth career grand slam
in the top of the eighth.
Baileys blast made a win-
ner of Expos fireman Claude
Raymond (1-1), who hurled
three shutout innings. Kelley
(0-2) absorbed the loss.
Bouton
From Page 1
Four. Although not as thick as
the first, Boutons new book
has new and amusing stories,
anecdotes that offer additional
insight into the goings-on in
baseball.
Bowie Kuhn should be suffi-
ciently enraged when he reads
the excerpt in Look Magazine.
It includes most of the chapter
entitled The King and I,
which the commissioner can
read in its entirely when the
book is published later this
month. Unless, of course, the
commissioner was included on
Boutons list for advance cop-
ies. Considering Boutons
sense of humor, this is quite
possible.
The commissioner does not
come off as an enlightened
leader but a sorry fellow who
realizes too late he should nev-
er have called in Bouton for a
warning. Bouton writes,
This discussion took about 20
minutes. The rest of the 2
hours was spent discussing
what to tell the press, or rather
what not to tell the press.
Bouton relates typical reac-
tion to Ball Four by baseball
personalities.
Joe Cronin, American
League president: Its the
most derogatory thing and the
worst thing for baseball Ive
ever seen.
Willie Mays: I dont read
them kind of books.
Dick Williams, Oakland
manager: I didnt read it. I
didnt like it.
Jim Gilliam, Dodgers coach:
If most of the players dont
like it, I dont like it.
Then there were surprising
reactions.
Joe Schultz, manager of the
defunct Seattle Pilots: What
the bleep. The more I think
about it, its not so bad.
Mike Burke, Yankees presi-
dent: I, on the other hand, en-
joyed it.
Bouton also recalls some
nonconfrontations with people
who were sharply critical of the
book. With the Cardinals Bob
Gibson, Hi Bob; hi Jim. And
with the Yankees Elston How-
ard: Hi, Ellie; hi.
Not many of the Yankees
would say much more to Bou-
ton when he returned to Yan-
kee Stadium trying for inter-
views, but not really expecting
any, in his new job as a TV
sportscaster. I just cant talk to
you right now, Fritz Peterson
says. Its unbelievable whats
going on inside the clubhouse.
Page 2
Jim Boutons sequel should ap-
peal to fans, if not Bowie Kuhn.
Theres all kinds of pressure.
The sanctity of the club-
house and the tarnishing of
idols, two popular arguments
against Ball Four, are dis-
cussed in Personally, which
succeeds where the second
effort by Instant Replays
Jerry Kramer-Dick Schaap
didnt. Bouton and his collabo-
rator Leonard Schecter, suc-
ceed in shifting from diary
format to a fast-paced, well-
written account.
The clubhouse, rather than a
sanctuary, Bouton reasons, is a
place for men to change their
pants and that the only reason
to keep secret what goes on
there is most of it is silly.
He also asks, Why do our
heroes have to be so perfect
and unflawed? and concludes,
I think its possible that you
can view people as heroes and
at the same time understand
that they are people, too.
And he tells more about the
moody, dark side of Mickey
Mantle and the clubhouse jest-
er, Joe Pepitone.
After the final half season of
his baseball career, ending
with a farewell to Hub Kittle,
thats his name, really, the
manager of Oklahoma City,
Bouton proves his impartiality
when it comes to relating a
good story. He provides locker
-room looks at his new em-
ployer, ABC, as well as the
publisher of Ball Four,
which explain why he has a
new publisher this time. A
$40,000 advance probably was
a factor, too.
Bouton takes his shots at
some of TV-lands favorites.
Joe Garagiola didnt get to be
a star in broadcasting by plant-
ing himself firmly on only one
side of a question. And what
theyre saying at ABC about
Howard Cosell: Hes out
walking his pet rat.
Bouton deserves high marks
through both his books, some
500 pages, until almost the end
of Personally. Then he re-
counts an offensive tale about
Joe Pepitones birthday cake
which he does warn the
reader to consider skipping.
Oh, well, no ones perfect, and
thats what Bouton was saying
all along.
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Birds Cant Draw Flies Despite A.L.
From Page 1
Seasons of Boring Excellence Merv Rettenmund
BALTIMORE (NEA) It
isnt that the denizens of Nick-
el Town, as Baltimore is disaf-
fectionately known, dont ap-
preciate the world champion
Orioles. Its just that they have
never, ever spent much time or
money watching the Orioles
perform in person.
Bill Doyle, for instance, is a
native of the city who will tell
anyone willing to listen that
Boog Powell always hits like
Jane Powell in April and that
Mike Cuellar doesnt pitch
well until summer starts to
sizzle and countless other bits
of lore only an aficionado can
recall.
Although he lives but three
blocks from Memorial Stadi-
um, where the Orioles have
resided since 1954, Doyle esti-
mates that he hasnt been over
to see them play for at least
five years even though the
team has won three pennants
during that span.
Instead, he prefers to read
about the Orioles in the news-
papers and to watch the more
than 40 Orioles games that are
televised annually.
And, as a result, he is just
the sort of fellow Frank Cash-
en, the Orioles executive vice
president, is talking about
when he says, Baltimore has
perhaps the greatest passive
baseball fans in the country.
It is an image that likely
will remain unaltered in 1971.
When the Orioles won their
first World Series in 1966,
season ticket sales boomed the
following year. Last autumns
dismantling of the Big Red
Machine, however, produced
a negligible increase in
sales, says Cashen, who
blames the economic squeeze.
In the first month of the
current season, home crowds
in Baltimore averaged about
13,900, roughly 200 under the
pace the Orioles needed in
1970 to stumble into sixth
place in the American League
attendance derby with a sea-
son total of 1,057,069.
Dating back to their 1969
debacle with the New York
Mets, the Orioles have failed
to fill their park for five con-
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for the season and tying him
for the American League lead.
had three
Tony Conigliaro, who re-
turned to Fenway for the first
safeties to extend his hit streak
Orioles Attendance time since being traded to the
to 12 games.
1 Attendance: 1,062,069 Angels last winter, singled in
9 Avg. p/game: 14,549 McNally (7-1) struck out six
6 A.L. Rank: 5th two trips to the plate before
in lowering his ERA to 2.41.
9 being lifted for a pinch hitter.
The Brewers Marty Pattin was
He went 3-for-8 in the series.
1 Attendance: 1,057,069 touched for four runs in five
9 Avg. p/game: 13,909 Indians 7, Twins 5
7 A.L. Rank: 6th
innings and fell to 6-6.
BLOOMINGTON, Minn.
0 Red Sox 6, Angels 2
Graig Nettles tied the
BOSTON Sonny Siebert
1 Attendance: 268,740 game with a two-run triple,
9 Avg. p/game: 14,930
went the distance on a seven-
then scored the tie-breaking
7 A.L. Rank: 3rd hitter and launched his fourth
1 run during a five-run ninth-
home run as the Red Sox aced
inning rally as the Indians
the Angels.
secutive Series games. For all overtook the Twins.
Siebert (6-4), who homered
the sleep he admits to having Minnesota starter Jim Perry
three times against Oakland on
lost over that dubious achieve- was one out away from a
May 28, tying a one-game rec-
ment, Cashen has yet to come complete-game win before the
ord for pitchers, struck out sev-
up with an explanation for it. decisive uprising. He allowed
en and walked none.
Meanwhile, abundant gim- five runs and fell to 4-8.
Halos starter Clyde Wright
mickry (including a blossom-
(three runs, six innings) had his Tribe reliever Vince Col-
ing teenage girl who dusts off
personal six game win streak bert (2-2) threw three shutout
the bases) and the lowest ticket
snapped, falling to 8-4. innings to claim the victory.
prices in the league (bleacher
Rico Petrocelli homered Steve Braun and Tony Oli-
seats go for 85 cents) have
twice for Boston, giving him 15 va homered for the Twins.
failed to lure larger regular-
season crowds.
While the Orioles always
manage to turn a profit, com-
plaints are frequent about traf-
fic, parking and the 53,000-
seat stadium, which has inade-
quate covering, too many poles
and not enough toilet seats.
But Cashen insists that the
heart of the problem is geo-
graphic. All we have to draw
on is a metropolitan area popu-
lation of two million people,
he says. It is the smallest in
the majors and replete with
blue collars to boot.
Just 40 miles to the south is
Washington, with Bob and Ted
and Denny McLain. The Phil-
lies are 100 miles to the north
in Philadelphia. To the west is
Marylands Appalachia, and in
the opposite direction is the
Eastern Shore, which spiritual-
ly is still part of the Confeder-
acy.
But if excellence is boring,
then, the Orioles are guilty.
They won their division by 15
games in 1970 and by 19
games in 1969 and went unde-
feated in the league playoffs
both years.
The one thing weve never
had here is a real pennant
race, says Cashen, Should
one happen this year, as he is
hoping, it would provide what
he calls the real yardstick for
measuring Oriole fans.