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VOL. 2, No. 157 WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 8, 1971 TEN CENTS

Alou at Heart of Yankees’ Win; A.L. EAST W L

Major League Standings
PCT. GB N.L. EAST W L PCT. GB

They Beat BoSox, Gain on O’s Baltimore

New York
Detroit
88
87
72
49
55
69
.642
.613
.511
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3½
18
New York
Pittsburgh
Chicago
84
79
77
56
64
64
.600
.552
.546
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6½
7½
NEW YORK — The forecast for the Yan- (382 in 1965), Rube Waddell (349 in 1904), and Boston 63 79 .444 27½ Philadelphia 72 71 .503 13½
kees was grim Tuesday night. Bob Feller (348 in 1946). Washington 61 79 .436 28½ St. Louis 66 77 .462 19½
They were confronted with two spirited ri- Angels starting pitcher Clyde Wright allowed Cleveland 60 83 .420 31 Montreal 50 89 .360 33½
vals — the visiting, edgy Boston Red Sox; and four runs in five innings. His record evened at 13
the cool, confident American League-leading -13. A.L. WEST W L PCT. GB N.L. WEST W L PCT. GB
Oakland 84 57 .596 --- San Francisco 86 56 .606 ---
Baltimore Orioles. Indians 3, Orioles 2
California 74 67 .525 10 Los Angeles 78 64 .549 8
Worse yet, the Pinstripers were without their BALTIMORE — Lou Camilli’s sacrifice fly
Chicago 73 68 .518 11 Houston 76 67 .531 10½
beating heart, Bobby Murcer, missing his sec- in the top of 12th inning broke a 2-2 tie, allow-
Kansas City 62 79 .440 22 Cincinnati 74 70 .514 13
ond game with a kidney ail- ing the Indians to squeak past the Orioles. Minnesota 61 78 .439 22 San Diego 57 85 .401 29
ment. The starting pitchers were sharp. The Indians’ Milwaukee 59 81 .421 24½ Atlanta 54 90 .375 32
The Yankees-Red Sox tilt Sam McDowell allowed one run on three hits in
remained scoreless until the eight innings. He fanned 10 on the heels of his Tuesday's American League Results Tuesday’s National League Results
bottom of the fourth inning. 13-strikeout effort in his last start. Baltimore’s Cleveland 3, Baltimore 2 (12) New York 7, Montreal 2
The first score was as uplifting Dave McNally allowed two runs in eight frames. New York 7, Boston 6 Philadelphia 2, St. Louis 1 (10)
Detroit 5, Washington 2 San Francisco 8, Los Angeles 7
as it could get. The Tribe had a chance to win in regulation,
Oakland 7, California 0 Houston 6, Atlanta 1
Felipe Alou, replacing but the Birds’ Boog Powell singled home the Kansas City 3, Milwaukee 2 San Diego 3, Cincinnati 2
Felipe Alou
Murcer in center field and in tying run in the bottom of the ninth. Chicago 6, Minnesota 2 (Only games scheduled)
the third spot in the lineup, clubbed a two-run Cleveland’s Steve Hargan (4-8) got the win
Today’s Probable Starting Pitchers Today’s Probable Starting Pitchers
home run off Boston’s Sonny Siebert. with Steve Dunning notching the save. O’s fire-
The Yanks didn’t let up. John Ellis whacked man Eddie Watt (0-3) absorbed the loss. All times local All times local

a two-run double in the sixth inning, and Roy
White drove in two runs with a triple in the
eighth.
Heading to the ninth, New York led 7-2. But
Boston’s Carl Yastrzemski lined an off-field
two-run double, sending Yanks starting pitcher
Fritz Peterson to the showers. Two batters later,
Rico Petrocelli walloped a two-run homer to
make it a one-run game.
New York’s Lindy McDaniel eventually re-
tired the side, collecting his fourth save. Peter-
son upped his record to 15-4.
The 7-6 triumph, along with the Orioles’ 12-
inning loss at Cleveland, sliced the Yankees’
deficit to 3½.
Seibert (10-13) took the loss. But he hit his
eighth homer of the year, one short of the rec-
ord for homers hit by a pitcher in one season.
A’s 7, Angels 0
OAKLAND — Vida Blue fired a two-hitter
and climbed ever higher on the single-season
strikeout parade as the A’s blanked the Angels,
spoiling California’s seven-game win streak.
Blue (21-5) allowed a double to Ken Berry in
the first inning, and a single to pinch-hitter Syd
O’Brien in the sixth. He issued three walks.
Oakland scored twice in each of the first two
innings. Sal Bando blew the game open with a
three-run home run in the seventh inning. It was
his 24th round-tripper of the season.
The only drama after Bando’s blow was how
many whiffs Blue would accumulate. The final
total was 11, giving him 330 strikeouts, fourth-
best for a single season behind Sandy Koufax
White Sox 6, Twins 2
CHICAGO — Steve Huntz’s two-run double
in the bottom of the seventh inning gave the
White Sox the lead for good, and Twins pitcher
Jim Perry was saddled with an undesirable dis-
tinction as the White Sox tripped the Twins.
Starting pitchers Perry and Tommy John
pitched to a 1-1 draw through six innings. Har-
A.L., Page 2
Bonds Batters Dodgers, Perry Puts Them Away, 8-7
LOS ANGELES — During the 1971 season,
Gaylord Perry has filled several key roles for the
Giants.
He has established himself as the team’s win-
ningest starting pitcher with 17 triumphs.
He has tagged two homers. One beat the
Dodgers 1-0 in May. The second, a two-run shot,
put the Giants ahead to stay against the Pirates in
July.
Tuesday night, Perry, with the Giants clinging
to a one-run lead over the Dodgers and the San
Francisco bullpen full of weary arms, worked a
scoreless inning to close out Los Angeles, 8-7,
and nail down his first save in three years.
The game was the second of a three-game se-
ries. The Dodgers won the first, 8-3, cutting the
Giants’ division lead to seven games.
Tuesday, Giants manager Charlie Fox had to
cast his faith to a patchwork pitching corps.
While Fox was attempting to match and mix his
pitchers, Bobby Bonds belted two home runs,
Boston (Moret 1-1) at New York (Stottlemyre 15-7),
2 p.m.
Detroit (Niekro 7-8) at Washington (Broberg 5-5),
7:30 p.m.
Milwaukee (Slaton 5-10) at Kansas City (Fitzmorris
6-11), 7:30 p.m.
Minnesota (Kaat 16-9) at Chicago (Wood 16-9), 8
p.m.
California (May 8-8) at Oakland (Hunter 19-8), 8
p.m.
(Only games scheduled)
scored four times and drove in three runs.
Perry, summoned to dispatch the Dodgers in
bottom the ninth, retired them in 1-2-3 fashion.
San Francisco’s Steve Stone (7-6) was the
winner, retiring the only batter he faced.
Dodgers fireman Hoyt Wilhelm, 49, allowed
one run in two innings and took the loss.
Padres 3, Reds 2
SAN DIEGO — Steve Arlin hurled a stout
eight innings and became the first Padres pitcher
to win 15 games in a season, as the Friars
snapped the Reds’ eight-game win streak.
Arlin (15-11) limited the Reds to two runs
(both unearned) and four hits.
The game was 2-2 in the eighth when the Pa-
dres’ Nate Colbert singled home the tie-
breaking run.
Al Severinsen set down the Reds without in-
cident in the ninth to collect his seventh save.
Cincinnati’s Gary Nolan (16-12) went the dis-
tance, allowing three runs on eight hits.
New York (Sadecki 13-3) at Montreal (Strohmayer
8-9 or Morton 9-13), 8:05 p.m.
Chicago (Pappas 13-9) at Pittsburgh (Blass 19-6),
8:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (Gullet 8-8) at San Diego (Kirby 8-10),
7:30 p.m.
San Francisco (Marichal 14-11) at Los Angeles
(Singer 13-9), 8 p.m.
(Only games scheduled)
Phillies 2, Cardinals 1
PHILADELPHIA — Ron Stone slugged a
game-winning homer in the bottom of the 10th
inning to lift the Phillies past the Cardinals.
The game was scoreless through six innings.
A wild pitch by Phillies starter Ken Reynolds
put the Cardinals on the board in the top of the
seventh. A Cardinals error allowed the Phils to
knot the score in the eighth.
St. Louis starting pitcher Reggie Cleveland
tied his season high with 11 strikeouts, but got
no decision. The Cards’ Joe Torre established a
career high with five hits.
Stone’s third home run made a loser of Moe
Drabowsky (5-4) and a winner of Darrell Bran-
don (9-5)
Mets 7, Expos 2
MONTREAL — Ed Kranepool homered and
drove in two runs, and Gary Gentry snapped a
personal four-game losing streak as the Mets
N.L., Page 2

Around Baseball Major League Leaders Halos G.M. Accused

Murcer on the Mend, AMERICAN G AB R H AVG. NATIONAL G AB R H AVG.
Of Misleading Probe
Could Return Soon Murcer, N.Y. 139 508 109 188 .370 Pepitone, Chi. 117 427 456 165 .362
1

Tovar, Min. 139 578 92 192 .322 2

Clemente, Pit. 122 473 72 166 .351 CHICAGO (AP) — The general manager
NEW YORK — Bobby Murcer, the New 3
and vice president of the California Angels has
York Yankees’ leading batter is expected to be Cater, N.Y. 120 430 44 142 .330 Beckert, Chi. 133 571 83 200 .350
told a panel deciding the Alex Johnson case he
released from a Gotham hospital within a day Oliva, Min. 121 471 73 154 .327 4
Jones, N.Y. 129 491 73 171 .348 knowingly falsified information that a gun had
or so following treatment for a kidney ailment. Rettenmund, Bal. 121 436 74 142 326 5
Brock, St.L 140 579 103 198 .342 been pulled on Johnson in the
A spokesman said the slugging center fielder 6 team clubhouse, the Chicago
F.Robinson, Bal. 116 427 80 135 .316 Garr, Atl. 142 582 91 199 .342
is not afflicted with a kidney stone, but has Sun-Times said Tuesday.
“gravel,” which is less serious. Theobald, Mil. 124 391 54 122 .312 7
Williams, Chi. 138 571 102 192 .336 An article by sportswriter
CHICAGO — The Chicago White Sox on Kaline, Det. 118 390 62 121 .310 8
Torre, St.L 143 551 65 185 .336 Jerome Holtzman said a secret
Tuesday announced they have extended manag- Cash, Det. 124 427 78 132 ,309 9
Sanguillen, Pit. 129 497 65 166 .334 transcript of the Johnson hear-
er Chuck Tanner’s contract. 1 ing reveals Dick Walsh know-
Powell, Bal. 111 376 73 116 .309 0 Stargell, Pit. 135 460 126 153 .333 Dick Walsh
Tanner was originally signed to a two-year ingly falsified the truth of
HR: Cash (Det.) 38; Smith (Bos.) 37; Nettles HR: Stargell (Pit.) 56; Aaron (Atl.) 46; May
contract for the 1971-72 seasons and in effect, Johnson’s charge, that teammate Chico Ruiz
(Cle.) 33; Melton (Chi.) 32; Jackson (Oak.) 31. (Cin.) 43; Bonds (S.F.) 33; 2 tied with 30.
has had two more years added to his contract. pulled a gun on Johnson on June 13 when the
The new contract includes “a substantial raise” RBI: Murcer (N.Y.) 107; Smith (Bos.)105; Ban- RBI: Aaron (Atl.) 126; Stargell (Pit.) 118; Wil-
two players were alone together in the Angels
do (Oak.) 98; Cash (Det.) 97; 2 tied with 97. liams (Chi.) 105; May (Cin.) 104; Torre (St.L)
said team general manager Stu Holcomb. clubhouse.
Wins: Blue (Oak.) 21-5; Dobson (Bal.) 19-7; 98.
KANSAS CITY — Jerry May, the Kansas The article said Walsh made the admission
City Royals No. 1 catcher, was lost to the team Hunter (Oak.) 19-8; Coleman (Det.) 17-8; Wins: Jenkins (Chi.) 22-11; Blass (Pit.) 19-6; Aug. 29 during the first day of the Johnson
“probably for the rest of the season” when he Cuellar (Bal.) 17-8. Perry (S.F.) 17-8; Sutton (L.A.) 17-9; Seaver grievance which is being heard by a three-man
suffered two broken fingers on his right hand in Strikeouts: Blue (Oak.) 319; Lolich (Det.) (N.Y.) 16-8.
arbitration panel.
a game Sunday, a Royals spokesman an- 255; Coleman (Det.) 224; Blyleven (Min.) 207; Strikeouts: Seaver (N.Y.) 245; Jenkins (Chi.) Johnson was suspended without pay June 26.
nounced. Wood (Chi.) 183. 213; Stoneman (Mon.) 210; Kirby (S.D.) 190; The Major League Players Association, on his
It was the fourth time this season May went ERA: Blue (Oak.) 1.99; Wood (Chi.) 2.20; Sutton (L.A.) 190. behalf is charging that the American League’s
out of the lineup. He suffered one bout with Splittorff (K.C.) 2.52; Messersmith (Cal.) 2.72; ERA: Grimsley (Cin.) 1.83; Seaver (N.Y.) 1970 batting champ is being wrongfully denied
near-pneumonia, the spokesman said, and hand Kekich (N.Y.) 2.77. 2.12; Wilson (Hou.) 2.43; Ellis (Pit.) 2.77; Nolan his full salary.
injuries on two other occasions. (Cin.) 2.85. It said the paper learned that the following
May was batting .214 in 248 times at bat. JOHNSON, Page 2

National League Boxscores
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Who’s Hot - Rose, Cin.: batting .411 in 20 games since Aug. 18
Who’s Not - Montanez, Phi.: hitting .141 in 17 games since Aug. 23
Pitching Swell - Wilson, Hou.: 4-0, 0.39 ERA in 7 outings since Aug. 13
Not So Well - Osteen, L.A.: 1-2, 6.59 ERA in 5 starts since Aug. 17
N.L.
From Page 1
bounced the Expos.
Kranepool singled a run
home and scored a run in the
first inning. He doubled in the
seventh and hit his 10th home
run in the ninth inning.
Gentry (12-10) tossed a
complete game and earned his
first win since July 30.
Steve Renko (6-13) took the
loss for the Expos, who fell to
25-41 at home, the worst such
mark in the majors.
Astros 6, Braves 1
ATLANTA — Sizzling Don
Wilson fired a six-hit complete
game and aided his own cause
with three hits as the Astros
subdued the Braves.
The Astros offense was built
Sc000 000 000reboard
around two three-run home
runs — by Bob Watson in
the first inning, and by Cesar
Geronimo in the seventh in-
ning.
Wilson is now 4-0 with a
0.39 ERA in his latest seven
outings since Aug. 13.
Braves starter Ron Reed
served up both Houston home
runs. He fell to 8-16. Braves
rookie catcher Earl Williams
blasted his 20th homer.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 8, 1971
American League Boxscores
————————
Who’s Hot - Bando, Oak.: .389 avg., 12 RBI in 11 games since Aug. 28
Who’s Not - Roof, Min.: batting .143 in 15 games since Aug. 18
Pitching Swell - Blue, Oak.: 5-0, 1.31 ERA, 2 shutouts, in 6 starts since Aug. 15
Not So Well - Perry, Min.: 1-7, 6.70 ERA in 8 starts since Aug. 6
A.L.
From Page 1
mon Killebrew worked a bases
-loaded walk in the seventh to
give the Twins a 2-1 lead.
But Huntz soon put the
White Sox ahead to stay.
John (13-13) was the win-
ner. Perry, voted the American
League Cy Young award last
season, fell to 7-20.
His season is the poorest
showing from a previous Cy
Young winner. The Dodgers’
Don Drysdale (who won the
award in 1962 and lost 17 in
1963), and Dean Chance (who
won the award with the Angels
in 1964 and lost 17 in 1966)
had shared that ignominy.
Tigers 5, Senators 2
WASHINGTON — Norm
Cash, the A.L. home run lead-
er, bashed a two-run long ball
— his 38th of the season —
that touched off a four-run rally
in the top of the third inning
and the Tigers eased to a 5-2
victory over the Senators.
Bernie Allen gave Wash-
ington its first (and last) lead
with a go-ahead two-run dou-
ble in the bottom of the first.
Former Senators pitcher
Joe Coleman hurled eight
strong innings, allowing two
runs and striking out seven.
Tigers reliever Fred Scher-
man picked up his 12th save,
tied for the A.L. lead.
Washington starter Mike
Thompson was yanked after 3
2/3 innings. He fell to 1-6.
Royals 3, Brewers 2
KANSAS CITY— Bobby
Knoop’s RBI single in the
bottom of the ninth chased
pinch-runner Lance Clemons
home with the winning run
as the Royals nipped the
Brewers.
Both starting hurlers
pitched well, with Milwau-
kee’s Marty Pattin and Kan-
sas City’s Dick Drago going
eight innings while limiting
the opposition to two runs.
The Royals scratched out
single runs in the bottom of
the eighth and ninth to pull
out the win.
K.C.’s Ted Abernathy (5-
3) got the win. Milwaukee’s
Jerry Bell allowed Knoop’s
clutch hit. His mark fell to (1-
1).
Dad Was a Pirate; 1-Armed Son
‘Darndest Kid You’ve Ever Seen’
PITTSBURGH
(AP) – Little
Leaguer Anthony
Bartirome grew up in
a baseball family.
His father played in
the majors and now
is a trainer for the
Pittsburgh Pirates.
But playing the
game has been hard-
er for Anthony than Anthony Bartirome, whose father played for
the Pirates, displays how he fields a batted ball.
for most kids. He
was born with only one arm. It
hasn’t stopped him, though.
“He’s the darndest kid
you’ve ever seen,” said his
Little League manager Joe
Woleslagel. “His concentra-
tion at the plate is really
something.”
Anthony began playing
baseball last year in the Police
Athletic League in suburban
North Huntingdon Township.
An advance from the reserve
team at the beginning of this
season, has bumped the man-
ager’s son from the second
baseman’s position and re-
cently was named to the
league’s all-star team.
With the help of his father,
Tony Bartirome, who played
first base for the Pirates back
in the early ’50s, he developed
a technique for batting and
catching.
Anthony plays second base
using a regulation glove. He
has become extremely adept
at catching the ball and quick-
ly slipping the glove beneath
Johnson
From Page 1
exchange occurred between
Walsh and the panel.
Q. – “Isn’t it a fact that you
announced you conducted an
investigation of the gun inci-
dent and then issued a state-
ment you found no gun?
A. – “Yes.”
Q. – “But you knew there
was a such a gun?”
Q. – “Didn’t you realize that
by issuing such a statement
that you left the public with
only two things to believe: 1.
That Alex Johnson was a liar
or No. 2, that he had delusions
– whereas neither was true?
A. – “I did it in the best in-
terest of the club.”
Page 2
his stunted left arm, while
throwing the ball with his
freed right.
“At the plate, he’s no Willie
Stargell,” said Woleslagel.
“His right side isn’t that strong
yet, but he gets wood on the
ball and in this league if you
hit the ball, chances are pretty
good of getting on base.”
Anthony holds the bat with
his right arm and guides it with
his stub.
Woleslagel emphasizes that
Anthony made the team on his
own ability, nothing else.
“To tell you the truth, I
started my son there (second
base) the first game and he
goofed up so badly I had to
take him out and put Tony
(Anthony) there. He’s been
there ever since, playing the
entire game … ”
Anthony admits to one
weakness and says some of the
pitchers in the league have
discovered it. “I have trouble
hitting a low pitch on the out-
side corner of the plate.”
Walsh, asked to comment
on the Sun-Times report, is-
sued this statement:
“There is no evidence to
indicate that the Johnson-
Ruiz gun as alleged by Alex
Johnson. That has been my
position from the first and it
remains unchanged.”
Asked of the testimony in
the Chicago story was inaccu-
rate, Walsh said:
“I do not choose to amplify
my statement. This was a
closed hearing and I feel it
improper to discuss the testi-
mony.
Angels owner Gene Autry
said he did not attend the
hearing and could not com-
ment on the story’s accuracy.