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VOL. 2, No. 179 SUNDAY, OCTOBER, 10, 1971 TEN CENTS

Maligned Giants ‘Bulldog’ Tames A.L. EAST

Final 1971 Major League Standings
W L PCT. GB N.L. EAST W L PCT. GB

Orioles in 5-4 Triumph in Game 2 Baltimore

New York
99
99
58
61
.631
.619
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1½
Pittsburgh
New York
92
92
69
69
.571
.571
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Detroit 77 84 .478 24 Chicago 86 74 .538 5½
BALTIMORE, MD. — Once upon a World San Francisco greybeards Don McMahon (42) Boston 77 84 .478 24 Philadelphia 84 77 .522 8
Series, an unlikely pitcher was assigned to start and Steve Hamilton (36) polished off the seventh Washington 71 86 .452 28 St. Louis 74 87 .460 18
Game 1 of the Fall Classic. inning without allowing a run. Cleveland 64 97 .398 37 Montreal 57 102 .358 34
The decision by Philadelphia A’s owner The game remained 1-1 through the eighth
A.L. WEST W L PCT. GB N.L. WEST W L PCT. GB
Connie Mack was panned. No less than Damon inning, but Orioles’ relievers, air tight against the
Oakland 96 64 .600 --- San Francisco 98 62 .613 ---
Runyon characterized Howard Giants in Game 1, weren’t up to snuff in Game 2.
Chicago 85 75 .531 11 Los Angeles 91 69 .569 7
Ehmke as a “long-legged, knock- Tom Dukes, the hero in the opener, served up California 82 78 .512 14 Houston 83 77 .519 15
kneed, loose–jointed supplicant.” a single to Gallagher, his third hit of the game. Minnesota 71 87 .449 24 Cincinnati 81 80 .503 17½
Guess what? The supplicant Pinch hitter Fran Healy then singled, putting two Kansas City 70 90 .438 26 San Diego 65 94 .409 32½
fanned 13, a Series record, firing men on. Milwaukee 66 93 .415 29½ Atlanta 59 102 .366 39½
a 1-0 victory over the Cubs. Then the wily Fox signaled reliever Jerry
Monday’s American League Results Monday’s National League Results
Cumberland Now meet Giants pitcher John Johnson to drop a sacrifice bunt. The reliever had
Baltimore 5, San Francisco 4 San Francisco 4, Baltimore 2
Cumberland who was dispatched to start Game just one such successful gambit this season.
(Only games scheduled) (Only games scheduled)
2 of the 1971 World Series. It worked.
He is no Ehmke, but like Gallagher and Healy moved to third and sec-
Ehmke, he surprised the nay- ond, but they didn’t stay long. Bobby Bonds, who
sayers. had only one RBI in four postseason games,
In his fourth big league knocked in a pair of runs. He followed up with a
campaign, Cumberland, a left stolen base, and scampered home on a single by 1971 World Series Facts & Figures Today’s Probable Starting Pitchers
-hander, took wing on July 3, Tito Fuentes for a 5-3 San Francisco lead. Participants – American League champion Balti- (All times local)

more Orioles vs. National League champion, San

proceeding to compile a 12-2 Ehmke
record and a 2.18 ERA the rest of the season.
And yet, in the midst of his stretch run
breakout, a poison pen wag from The Sporting
News lowered the boom on Cumberland
“Cumberland is perhaps the most unartistic-
Orioles manager Earl Weaver then switched Thursday, Oct. 12, Gm. 3
Francisco Giants
pitchers, installing Eddie Watt, who held the Gi- Baltimore (Cuellar 1-0) at San Francisco,
Site – San Francisco’s Candlestick Park (Marichal (1-0), 1:30 p.m.
ants scoreless for the duration.
But there was the bottom the ninth to consider. Capacity – 42,562 Friday, Oct. 13, Gm. 4
Johnson served up a leadoff double to Merv Starting times 1 p.m. EDT, Saturday, weekdays; Baltimore (Dobson (0-0) at San Francisco, (Perry 1-
Rettenmund, then balked. Brooks Robinson then 5:30. PDT. 1), 5:30 p.m.

looking left-handed pitcher since Hal
Woodeshick went into retirement,” wrote the
poison pen.
“But by golly, they don’t play the kid to be
rhythmic, and he isn’t. However, the press
corps will not rest easily until he is known as
‘Bulldog.’
“The name may not be euphonious, but it
does describe the man’s technique.”
Cumberland’s technique was spot-on early in
Game 2, retiring the first 13 Orioles batters
without allowing a baserunner.
Birds starter Jim Palmer, on the other hand,
ran smack into trouble in the top of the second
inning.
He walked the Giants’ Ken Henderson and
Dick Dietz. Alan Gallagher then lined an RBI
single for 1-0 lead.
It stayed that way until Davey Johnson
rapped a game-tying RBI single in the bottom
of the sixth.
That was it for Cumberland, who was
hooked by Giants manager Charlie Fox after six
innings (his season high was 7½ innings) al-
lowing one unearned run and two hits.
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singled, driving Rettenmund home and cutting
the Giants lead to 5-4. The dangerous Boog Pow-
ell came off the bench, but grounded to Giants
shortstop Chris Speier to end the game.
Giants Notes
* For his first starting assignment in a World
Series game, Giants left-hander John Cum-
berland seemed perfectly calm while hurling
the Giants to victory in Game 2.
* Cumberland retired the first 13 Orioles bat-
ters before handing off the ball to the San
Francisco relief corps.
* There have been better Series performanc-
es, but not many. The Yankees’ Don Larsen
twirled a perfect game in 1956, and the
Yanks’ Bill Bevens didn’t necessarily flirt
with perfection, but he did come one batter
within a no-hitter in 1947.
* More recently, Boston’s Jim Lonborg re-
tired the first 18 Cardinals in the 1968 Series,
and the Mets’ Jerry Koosman was perfect
through the first six innings in the second
game of 1969.
Final 1971 Major League Leaders
AMERICAN G AB R H AVG.
Television – nationally by NBC.
Length of winner is first team to win four games
in best-of-seven games.
Orioles Notes Old-Time O’s, Yanks
* And on the sixth World Series game, the Throw the High Heat
Orioles rested. ASSOCIATED PRESS — Old Casey Sten-
* That wasn’t the plan for manager Earl
gel snapped, Earl Weaver crackled and ex-
Weaver and his big boppers in Game 2 of Yankee Phil Rizzuto popped in a
the Fall Classic. But Giants’ starter John
World Series feud over baseball dynasties.
Cumberland and three San Francisco reliev-
Up for debate: How does the current Balti-
ers held the Birds at bay in the Giants’ 5-4
more team, winner of more than
victory which tied the World Series at one
100 games for the third year in a
victory each.
row and playing in its third con-
* Coming into the game, the Orioles had
secutive World Series, compare
homered in five consecutive World Series
with the great Yankee machines
games, against three different teams — the
Phil Rizzuto of the past?
Mets in 1969, the Reds in 1970 — and now
Weaver, manager of the Orioles,
the Giants in the first game in this Series.
lit the fuse when he said his present team is the
* The last time a team homered as many as best baseball team he ever saw.
five consecutive World Series games was
Under further prodding he added, “Phil Riz-
the Yankees against Pittsburgh Pirates in
zuto couldn't make this team.”
1960.
This jabbed the sensitive nerves of the for-
mer Yankee shortstop, as well as Stengel, the
grizzled old man from Oakland who led the
Yankees to seven world championships in the
NATIONAL G AB R H AVG. 1940s and 1950s.

in PGA School Event Murcer, N.Y.

Rettenmund, Bal.
151
142
546
513
113
84
198
169
.363
.329
1

2
Pepitone, Chi.
Clemente, Pit.
123
137
474
526
68
81
171
189
.361
.358
“What does that man know about it?” the
snow-haired octogenarian barked. “He never
PALM BEACH GARDENS (AP) — 3 played in the major leagues.”
Tovar, Min. 161 661 108 217 .328 Beckert, Chi. 133 571 83 200 .350
George Thorpe of Detroit, who was dropped Defending the 1960 team, the last of his 10
from the Professional Golf Association pro Oliva, Min. 133 511 79 166 .325 4
Jones, N.Y. 144 538 79 184 .342 American League winners who lost to the Pitts-
tour in 1968 for poor performance, registered Theobald, Mil. 145 459 63 146 .318 5
Torre, St.L 161 626 97 214 .342 burgh Pirates on a seventh-game home run by
a four-under 68 par Monday to take the first- Kaline, Det. 134 430 74 136 .316
6
Sanguillen, Pit 141 546 69 186 .341 Bill Mazeroski, Stengel said:
round lead in the PGA School Tournament. 7 “Besides we would have won the World Se-
Cash, Det. 140 484 87 151 .312 Brock, St.L 158 659 114 224 .340
Nine of the 75 candidates vying for the ries in 1960, if I had pitched Whitey Ford in the
Howard, Was. 156 586 87 182 .311 8
Garr, Atl. 159 652 102 220 .337 first game instead of Art Ditmar. Ford beat ’em
right to play on the PGA Tour broke par after
the PGA tour broke par after the first round F.Robinson, Bal. 134 486 90 150 .309 9
Williams, Chi. 155 624 110 210 .337 twice and would have beaten ’em three times if
of the 108-hole competition over the 6,908- Otis, K.C. 156 601 83 182 .303
1
0 Aaron, Atl. 150 536 115 176 .328 it hadn't been for my stupid-
yard PGA Golf Club, east court. HR: Cash (Det.) 42; Smith (Bos.) 41; Nettles HR: Stargell (Pit.) 63; Aaron (Atl.) 50; May ity.”
Ken “Hawk” Harrelson, former Cleveland (Cle.) 37; Melton (Chi.) 36; Jackson (Oak.) 35. (Cin.) 48; Bonds (S.F.) 36; Robertson (Pit.) 35. Rizzuto, who played
RBI: Smith (Bos.) 116; Cash (Det.) 113; Mur- RBI: Aaron (Atl.) 143; Stargell (Pit.) 129; Tor- shortstop on Stengel’s earli-
Indians first baseman who left baseball
cer (N.Y.) 110; Killebrew (Min) 110; Melton re (St.L) 118; May (Cin.) 115; Allen (L.A.) 114. er teams, also was stung by
midseason to become a pro golfer, carded a
(Chi.) 108. Wins: Jenkins (Chi.) 24-12; Blass (Pit.) 21-7; Weaver’s remarks and was
par 72 despite a triple bogey on the par four
Wins: Blue (Oak.) 24-6; Dobson (Bal.) 22-8; Perry (S.F.) 20-9; Seaver (N.Y.) 19-9; 2 tied with quoted as responding:
10th hole here where he needed three shots to
Hunter (Oak.) 22-9; Wood (Chi.) 20-9; Peter- 19-11. “What could Weaver have
escape from a sand trap. Casey Stengel
son (N.Y.) 19-4. Strikeouts: Seaver (N.Y.) 276; Jenkins (Chi.) known about me? I played
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) — Oddsmaker in 1941. Weaver was 6 years old at that time.”
Strikeouts: Blue (Oak.) 367; Lolich (Det.) 238; Stoneman (Mon.) 237; Kirby (S.D.) 218;
Jimmie “the Greek” Snyder has made the “That shows you what a smart guy Rizzuto
289; Coleman (Det.) 267; Blyleven (Min.) 229; Sutton (L.A.) 211.
Baltimore Orioles 6-5 favorites to win the is. Weaver quipped. I was 11.”
Wood (Chi.) 210. ERA: Seaver (N.Y.) 2.06; Grimsley (Cin.)
fourth game of the World Series, scheduled “I was sincere when I said that I think this
ERA: Blue (Oak.) 1.91; Wood (Chi.) 1.99; 2.08; Wilson (Hou.) 2.73; Nolan (Cin.) 2.77; Ellis
for tonight. Baltimore team is the best I ever saw. And I
Splittorff (K.C.) 2.35; Wright (Cal.), 2.51; Stottle- (Pit.) 2.80.
Snyder also rates Baltimore as a choice to myre (N.Y.) 2.67. honestly think Mark Belanger is a better short-
win the Series. stop than Rizzuto was.”
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(Cumulative totals through Game 2) (Cumulative totals through Game 2)

Orioles AB R H HR RBI Avg. Orioles A IP H R ER K BB W L S ERA

Blair, OF 4 0 0 0 0 .000 McNally 1 7.0 7 4 4 3 2 1 0 0 5.14
Belanger, SS 4 1 0 0 0 .250 Dukes 2 2.1 4 3 3 3 1 1 1 12.85
Buford, OF 4 0 3 0 1 .750 Palmer 1 8.0 4 1 1 7 4 1.13
Dalrymple, C 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Watt 1 0.67 1 1 0.00
DaVanon, 2B
Etchebarren, C Giants A IP H R ER K BB W L S ERA
Hendricks, C 5 0 1 0 0 .200 Perry 1 8.0 7 5 2 5 3 0 1 0 2.25
Johnson, 2B 7 1 2 1 4 .286 Cum’land 1 6.0 2 1 0 1 1 0.00
McMahon 1 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 0.00
Motton, OF
Hamilton 1 0.0 1 0 0 0 0
Powell, 1B 7 1 1 0 0 .143
Johnson 1 1.2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 5.40
Rettenmund, OF 8 1 1 0 0 .125
F.Robinson, OF 7 1 0 0 0 .000
B.Robinson, 3B 6 1 1 0 4 .167
Shopay, OF

Giants AB R H HR RBI Avg.

Bonds, OF 8 1 1 0 2 .125
Dietz, C 6 0 0 0 1 .000
Duffy, SS 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Fuentes, 2B 8 0 4 0 1 .500
Gallagher, 3B 7 2 5 0 2 .714
Hart, UT 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Healy, C 1 1 1 0 0 1.000
Henderson, OF 4 1 0 0 0 .000
Kingman, OF 4 1 1 0 1 .250
Mays, OF 8 1 2 0 0 .250
McCovey, 1B 7 1 0 0 0 .000
Rosario, OF 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Speier, SS 6 0 0 0 0 .000

Orioles AB R H HR RBI Avg.

Blair, OF 4 0 0 0 0 .000
Belanger, SS 7 2 1 0 0 .143
Buford, OF 5 3 2 0 1 .400
Dalrymple, C 1 0 0 0 0 .000
DaVanon, 2B
Etchebarren, C
Hendricks, C 5 0 1 0 0 .200
Johnson, 2B 7 1 2 1 4 .286
Motton, OF
Powell, 1B 7 1 1 0 0 .143
Rettenmund, OF 8 1 1 0 0 .125
F.Robinson, OF 7 1 0 0 0 .000
B.Robinson, 3B 6 1 1 0 2 .167
Shopay, OF

Giants AB R H HR RBI Avg.

Bonds, OF 8 1 1 2 .125
Dietz, C 6 0 0 2 .000
Fuentes, 2B 8 0 4 0 1 .500
Gallagher, 3B 6 2 4 1 .667
Hart, UT 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Healy, C 1 1 1 0 1.000
Henderson, OF 1 0 0 0 .000
Kingman, OF 4 1 1 1 .250
Mays, OF 8 1 2 .250
McCovey, 1B 7 1 0 .000
Speier, SS 6 0 0 .000