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VOL. 2, No. 75 FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1971 TEN CENTS

Orioles Take Round 1 in Matchup A.L. EAST W L

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

Between A.L. East Heavyweights New York

Baltimore
44
38
19
21
.698
.644
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4
New York
Pittsburgh
37
38
22
26
.627
.594
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1
Cleveland 29 32 .475 14 Philadelphia 35 26 .574 3
BALTIMORE Is it too early to declare a May (3-4) fanned at least one batter in every
Detroit 29 34 .460 15 St. Louis 32 34 .485 8
pennant race? inning he pitched. He allowed one run, Cookie
Boston 27 34 .443 16 Chicago 30 35 .462 10
For three of baseballs four divisions, proba- Rojas solo homer in the fifth, and held K.C. to Washington 22 37 .373 20 Montreal 22 35 .385 14
bly. But the American League East is unique. four hits.
Two of its clubs, the Yankees and Orioles, have California opened the scoring in the second A.L. WEST W L PCT. GB N.L. WEST W L PCT. GB
won eight of the past 11 A.L. pennants. frame when Jim Spencers sacrifice fly scored Oakland 39 23 .629 --- San Francisco 40 26 .606 ---
For most of this season, New York has led California 32 33 .492 8 Houston 34 30 .531 5
Alex Johnson. Alomars decisive single was his
Minnesota 31 33 .484 9 Los Angeles 32 32 .500 7
the division with the best record in baseball, third hit of the game.
Milwaukee 25 32 .439 11 Cincinnati 31 33 .484 8
with the Orioles rarely more Lloyd Allen hurled the final two innings for
Chicago 25 33 .431 12 Atlanta 28 39 .418 12
than a few paces behind. the Halos, notching his seventh save in as many Kansas City 24 34 .414 13 San Diego 22 43 .338 17
Thursday night the two ti- tries. Royals reliever Jim York allowed one run
tans opened a four-game series Thursdays American League Results Thursdays National League Results
in two innings and fell to 3-1.
that could conceivably leave Baltimore 5, New York 4 St. Louis 2, Chicago 1
Twins 5, White Sox 2
Cleveland 3, Detroit 2 Cincinnati 12, Atlanta 4
them one game apart. That of BLOOMINGTON, Minn. Rookie Ray California 2, Kansas City 1 (Only games scheduled)
course, would require a Balti- Corbin fired a complete game with nine Minnesota 5, Chicago 2
Pat Dobson more sweep. strikeouts in his first career start as the Twins (Only games scheduled)
Pat Dobson did his part in getting the Birds whipped the White Sox. Todays Probable Starting Pitchers Todays Probable Starting Pitchers
off on the right claw, recording his fourth con- Corbin (3-2), who has appeared in 20 games All times local All times local
secutive win as Baltimore topped the Yankees, as a reliever, was staked to a 4-0 lead on Leo Boston (Siebert 6-5) at Washington (Bosman 1-7), St. Louis (Reuss 6-7) at Chicago (Regan 0-2 or Pap-
5-4. Cardenas RBI single in the first inning, Harmon
7:30 p.m. pas 4-5), 1:30 p.m.
Dobson, who came within one out of a com- Detroit (Coleman 9-3) at Cleveland (Hand 0-5), Philadelphia (Reynolds 4-1) at New York (Gentry 7-
Killebrews two-run single in the second and 7:45 p.m. 3), 8:05 p.m.
plete game, wobbled early, allowing solo home George Mitterwalds solo homer in the fifth. New York (Peterson 7-0) at Baltimore (Cuellar 6-5), Montreal (Renko 2-6) at Pittsburgh (Walker 7-3),
runs to Bobby Murcer in the first inning and Chicagos Mike Andrews and Rick Reichardt 8 p.m. 8:05 p.m.
Danny Cater in the second. touched Corbin for solo homers late in the game. California (Messersmith 5-5) at Kansas City Atlanta (Jarvis 5-2) at Cincinnati (Nolan 7-7), 8:05
Frank Robinsons two-run shot in the third (Splittorff 2-0), 7:30 p.m. p.m.
ChiSox catcher Tom Egan singled to extend his
put the Orioles up 3-2. Dobson took a 5-2 lead Chicago (Bradley 5-8) at Minnesota (Perry 5-8), 8 San Diego (Phoebus 3-10 and Arlin 6-5) at San
hit streak to 10 games.
into the ninth, where he ran into trouble. Re- p.m. Francisco (Marichal 7-7 and Reberger 4-3), 2, 5:30
Tommy John (four runs, 12 hits allowed in Oakland (Hunter 8-3) at Milwaukee (Lockwood 7- p.m.
liever Dick Hall put out the fire, earning his
seven innings) fell to 4-5 with his third consecu- 2), 8 p.m. Houston (Wilson 7-2) at Los Angeles (Osteen 7-6),
fourth save in five opportunities.
tive losing decision. 8 p.m.
Dobson improved to 8-3, tying Dave McNal-
ly for the team lead in wins. Yankees starter
Mel Stottlemyre (9-3), who allowed five runs in Reds Rip Braves, McGlothlin (7-2) scattered 10 hits in a com-
plete game effort. Atlanta starter Ron Reed (3-
Clubhouse in Chaos:
seven innings, lost consecutive decisions for the
first time this season. Win 4th in a Row 8) allowed eight runs in 4 2/3 innings.
Atlanta left fielder Ralph Garr singled to
Simmering Angels
Indians 3, Tigers 2 CINCINNATI Finally answering the alarm extend his hit streak to 21 games, longest in the Pack Knives, Guns
CLEVELAND Sam McDowell hurled bell or teasing their fans? majors this year.
By JOHN HALL
seven strong innings and Graig Nettles rolled a Time will tell about the Reds, who bombed Cardinals 2, Cubs 1
The Los Angeles Times
go-ahead two-run single in the bottom of the the Braves on Thursday night, 12-4, to achieve CHICAGO Joe Torre stroked two tie-
(Second of a two-part series)
seventh inning as the Indians edged the Tigers. their first four-game win streak of the season. breaking singles, the second in the top of the
In Part 1: Alex Johnson is not the only prob-
McDowell (8-7) allowed two runs (one But before you order the cake and party hats: eighth inning, as the Cardinals edged the Cubs.
lem that ails the Angels. Manager Lefty Phillips
earned) on seven hits with six strikeouts and Last season at this time the Reds had compiled a St. Louis center fielder Matty Alou scored on
sees such enmity in the clubhouse he fears
five walks. He was lifted for a pinch hitter one trio of four-game win streaks (the first coming in both Torres hits, giving the Birds a 1-0 lead in
somebody is going to hit somebody else over
batter before Nettles decisive hit off loser Les the teams first four games), plus two win skeins the first inning and a 2-1 lead in the eighth.
the head with a stool or worse. And GM
Cain (3-2) that scored Gomer Hodge with the of five and another of eight. Alou had three hits, raising his average
Dick Walsh is so unpopular among players that
tying run and Jack Heidemann with what Those Reds: 45-18 and in first place by 10 to .348, second in the National League. Torre
some Angels, seeing him standing down the left
proved to be the winner. games on this date. These Reds: 30-33, fourth has 50 RBI, third in the circuit.
field foul line during batting practice recently,
Cain allowed three runs in 6 2/3 innings, place, 8 games off the pace. Chris Zachary (4-3), hurled 2 2/3 innings in
began deliberately aiming their line drives at
striking out nine. In seven starts, he has fanned Hey, youve got to start somewhere. relief of starter Steve Carlton to gain the win.
his back.
54 batters in 49 innings. On Thursday, Cincy started with George Fos- Ron Tompkins (0-1) took the loss.
Phillips quickly caught on and angrily can-
Angels 2, Royals 1 ter, whose two-run triple in the bottom of the The game marked the major league debut of
celled the entire batting prac-
KANSAS CITY Rudy May struck out 10 second handed Jim McGlothlin an early lead. Burt Hooton, selected No. 2 in the June 9 draft.
in seven innings, and Sandy Alomar broke a 1-1 tice, sending the players into
Foster singled home a run in a five-run rally in The University of Texas star allowed one
tie with an RBI single in the top of the eighth the fifth, and knocked in two more in the sixth. the clubhouse.
(unearned) run while fanning seven in seven
inning as the Angels edged the Royals. He finished with a career-high five RBI. innings. He received no decision. Then theres the Tony Co-
nigliaro case. The dream boy
Around Baseball Major League Leaders from Boston hasnt turned out

Mets Jones, Cincys AMERICAN G AB R H AVG. NATIONAL G AB R H AVG.

to be the dream the Angels
expected. Right or wrong,
Dick Walsh

Rose in Hot Water Carew, Min.

Epstein, Oak.
58
56
227
174
42
31
86
64
.379
.368
Aaron, Atl.
Alou, St.L
63
63
225
267
52
42
80
93
.356
.348
many of the slugging outfielders teammates
have little sympathy for his nagging string of
NEW YORK (AP) Two disorderly con- Cater, N.Y. 60 221 25 80 .362 Jones, N.Y. 53 193 22 67 .347 injuries, considering him instead to be a malin-
duct charges against Mets outfielder Cleon gering misfit.
Murcer, N.Y. 63 245 47 86 .351 Oliver, Pit. 59 215 29 74 .344
Jones were continued and four other charges Item: Before his latest trip to the hospital,
dismissed in Queens criminal court Thursday. Johnstone, Chi. 51 166 26 57 .343 Beckert, Chi, 64 263 35 90 .342
Conigliaro entered the clubhouse to find a spe-
Judge Phillip Chetta continued the two McMullen, Cal. 64 241 40 79 .328 Johnson, Phi. 60 217 38 74 .341 cially prepared award awaiting him at his
charges on the condition that Jones stay out of White, N.Y. 62 233 49 76 .326 Brock, St.L 63 265 43 90 .340 locker.
trouble for one year and dismissed two charges It was his empty uniform No. 4 laid out on a
Howard, Was. 59 230 28 74 .322 Garr, Atl. 66 275 42 93 .338
of Jones failure to stop his car at a signal light stretcher, plus a pair of crutches tied together as
Blair, Bal. 51 209 33 67 .321 Sanguillen, Pit. 58 233 32 78 .335
and two counts of failure to signal a turn. a coat of arms plus a few other unmentionable
Jones was arrested after his car was stopped F.Robinson, Bal. 47 175 36 56 .320 Stargell, Pit. 58 196 58 65 .332
trimmings all of it splashed with catsup for
on a Queens street before dawn May 22 by po- HR: Cash (Det.) 18; Petrocelli (Bos.) 18; Net- HR: Stargell (Pit.) 27; Aaron (Atl.) 24; blood. Tony got the message. It was the squads
lice who said he refused to show his drivers tles (Cle.) 16; Smith (Bos.) 16; Powell (Bal.) 14. May (Cin.) 17; Robertson (Pit.) 16; Johnson declaration that he is a pussycat.
license and automobile registration. RBI: Petrocelli (Bos.) 55; Murcer (N.Y.) 50; (Phi.) 16. Then theres the Ken Berry case.
He pleaded guilty to the disorderly conduct White (N.Y.) 49; Nettles (Cle.) 48; Bando RBI: Aaron (Atl.) 60; Stargell (Pit.) 58; Torre Item: Just before the end of the last road trip,
charges and could be sentenced to 15 days in (Oak.) 47. (St.L) 50; May (Cin.) 45; Davis (L.A.) 45. the usually happy-go-lucky center fielder, driv-
jail and fined $200 on each count if found Wins: Blue (Oak.) 10-3; Kline (N.Y.) 9-2; Stot- Wins: Holtzman (Chi.) 9-3; Blass (Pit.) 9-3; en past the breaking point by a typical flow of
guilty of another offense within the year. tlemyre (N.Y.) 9-3; Coleman (Det.) 9-3; Wright Seaver (N.Y.) 9-4; Ellis (Pit.) 9-4; Jenkins (Chi.) 9 Alex Johnson insults, had to be restrained by
CINCINNATI The Reds announced (Cal.) 9-5. -7. other teammates when he charged Johnson,
Thursday night that right fielder Pete Rose has Strikeouts: Blue (Oak.) 159; Lolich (Det.) Strikeouts: Seaver (N.Y.) 138; Jenkins (Chi.) fists flying, knowing full well he is no physical
been fined $100 by the National League office 120; Coleman (Det.) 106; Blyleven (Min.) 96; 105; Stoneman (Mon.) 103; Kirby (S.D.) 93; match for the American League batting champi-
for profanity and profuse arguing in connec- McDowell (Cle.) 96. Holtzman (Chi.) 90. on.
tion with his ejection from Tuesday nights ERA: Fingers (Oak.) 1.52; Wood (Chi.) 2.06; ERA: Seaver (N.Y.) 1.61; Wilson (Hou.) 2.03; Johnson, one of the strongest men in base-
game in St. Louis. Blue (Oak.) 2.18; Dobson (Bal.) 2.42; Kline Ellis (Pit.) 2.43; Holtzman (Chi.) 2.44; Billingham ball, has never employed actual physical vio-
Rose argued with umpire John Kibler over a (N.Y.) 2.48. (Hou.) 2.51. lence on anybody, but his habit of taunting and
called third strike. ANGELS, Page 2
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National League Boxscores

Whos Hot - Garr, Atl.: Batting .409 during 21-game hit streak
Whos Not - Hague, St.L, .130, 1 extra base hit since May 30
Pitching Swell - Seaver, N.Y.: 8-1, 1.54 ERA, 3 shutouts in past 10 starts
Not So Well - Herbel, Atl.: 3-6, 1 save, 7.65 ERA since May 9

Son of Jackie Robinson Killed in Car Accident

STAMFORD, Conn. (AP)
Jackie Robinson Jr. was
gaining stature as a fighter
against narcotics addiction
when a car accident crushed
the life out of him Thursday at
the age of 24.
The son of the man who
broke the color bar in major
league baseball in 1947, Jack-
ie Jr. had first won a struggle
to overcome his own addiction
to heroin.
Friends of the Robinson
family said he was probably
on his way home from a mon-
ey-raising appointment when
his car crashed into a bridge
abutment at 2:20 a.m. in Nor-
walk, east of this southwestern
Connecticut city. State police
said the car was going too fast
for the 55 mile-an-hour road.
American League Boxscores His neck was broken in the
Whos Hot - F.Robinson, Bal.: .441, 5 HR, 21 RBI in 16 games since May 27 crash and he was dead before
Whos Not - Freehan, Det.: .140 in 11 games since June 6 medical help arrived.
Pitching Swell - Dobson, Bal.: 7-2, 2.19 ERA in past 11 starts
Not So Well - John, Chi.: 2-5, 4.73 ERA, in past 15 starts Young Robinson was a
great contributor to the com-
munity, said Kenneth Wil-
liams, executive director of
Daytop, Inc., the drug rehabil-
itation center in Seymour,
Conn., where he threw off his
Jackie Robinson shares some baseball mementoes with son Jackie Jr.
own drug habit and began
helping others.
Williams said he was not
sure where Robinson had been
during the night he died. He
believed, however, that he was
returning from an interview in
connection with a Daytop ben-
efit jazz show he was coordi-
nating for June 27.
The show was to be held at
the house where he had lived
with his parents for the past
few months in a well-to-do
section of Stamford.
Williams said Jackie Jr. had
the title of assistant regional
director at Daytop but focused
on public relations, thats
where his talents lay.
He had stayed away from
drugs for three years, Wil-
liams said. He changed over
and hes been helping people
and helping himself.
A returning Vietnam veter-
an in 1967 who had received
shrapnel wounds, Robinson
tangled twice with the law and
finally ended up in Daytop
under a state law that permits
treatment for addicts.
His first arrest came in
March 1968 for possession of
heroin. He was back in court
six months later on morals and
gun charges.
His father, now a business
executive, said at the time that
Jackie Jr., had become in-
volved with drugs in Vietnam.
I had a feeling something
was wrong, but I couldnt get
through to him, he said.
Jackie, one of three chil-
dren, and both his mother and
father have worked to lessen
the drug problem in society.
Mrs. Robinson is associate
director of a neighborhood
mental health center in New
Haven, Conn. Jackie Sr. has
included drug-control projects
in his many civic activities.
Jackie Jr. was speaking to
patients at Daytop on the prob-
lem even before he grad-
uated from the institutions
supervision two years ago,
Williams said.
He also did drug counseling
work in Stamford and New
Haven besides traveling out-
side the state on various pro-
jects, he said.

Blue Equals Green, Thus As

Angels
From Page 1
intimidating others isnt exactly
a secret.
Alex will stomp directly to-
ward a teammate, glare at him
and force him to step aside.
Last year, it was the umpires.
This season, its his teammates,
particularly Chico Ruiz. Its a
shattering relationship.
And then theres the case of
the concealed weapons in the
clubhouse.
Reports of guns in the lock-
ers are not exaggerated. The
Ruiz-Johnson incident of last
Sunday is only a small hint of a
larger sickness.
Item: One of the Latin play-
ers went so far as to seriously
ask one of the broadcasters
what the penalty is in the Unit-
ed States for shooting a man in
self-defense.
Item: At least two players
have been seen carrying guns.
Several others are known to
have knives stashed.
All the private furies, present
since spring training, are now
flowing over the edge and be-
coming public. One more ex-
ploding temper could result in
a genuine tragedy. Frustration,
disappointment and the con-
stant shadow of Alex the
Ogre, imagined or otherwise,
scapegoat or not, have them
all at each others throats.
Through all this tension, the
owners box during this home
stand at Anaheim Stadium has
been much the same as al-
ways. Empty.
Phillips is aware of every-
thing. Lack of leadership has
magnified all the other prob-
lems. It is not Leftys fault.
He could be a good manag-
er. But no manager can man-
age without full control of his
team and the respect of his
men. Dick Walsh simply has-
nt allowed Phillips to gain
that respect. He hasnt given
him the control. This has
grieved Phillips, one of the
general managers oldest and
closest friends, as much as
everything else.
Phillips does not put it into
words, but the heartbreak
shows. And the franchise is in
flames.
Plot Aces Starts With Care
OAKLAND (AP) Vida
Blue represents green box
office dollar bills to the
Oakland Athletics and the rest
of the American League.
The sensational 21-year-old
left-hander has pitched before
357,000 baseball fans in his 17
starts this season. At that rate,
hell appear in front of more
than a million spectators in
1971, not counting possible
appearances in the All-Star
game, playoffs and the World
Series.
And with a 10-3 record,
Blue is pitching at a pace that
would give him a shot at 30
wins.
Oakland manager Dick Wil-
liams changed plans and
pitched Blue here Wednesday
night against Washington,
instead of Friday at Milwau-
kee as originally planned, and
explained bluntly, It was an
economic move
His Turn Friday
Williams explained, If
wed held him off until Friday,
it would be his turn to pitch a
week from Saturday when
were home against Kansas
City.
But that will be Bat Day
which figures to bring in a big
crowed anyway. We want
Vida to pitch against the Roy-
als on Friday night, because
hell put people in the park on
his own.
The As gave less than 24
hours notice that Blue, in-
stead of Jim Hunter, would
pitch here Wednesday night.
Almost 20,000 fans, doubling
the best previous weeknight
turnout of the year at the Oak-
land Coliseum, showed up to
see Blue defeat the lowly Sen-
ators 6-2.
Blue, who owns a 7-0 life-
time record at the Coliseum,
allowed just six hits and low-
ered his ERA to 2.18.
Unfortunately for As owner
Charles O. Finley, Blue has
been a bigger drawing card on
the road than at home.
His Agent
The youngster, who runs to
and from the mound between
innings, has made seven home
starts, attended by 98,000 fans.
Overall, the As have drawn
338,925 for 29 home dates.
Blue has made 10 starts on
the road and attendance has
totaled 259,000 including
45,000 at Washington April 5,
the league opener, which he
cant take credit for.
Blues salary is in the neigh-
borhood of $15,000, although
Finley already has promised a
Cadillac as a bonus.
Hell get the car between
games of the Kansas City-
Oakland doubleheader here
June 27.
I told Vida to keep track of
the attendance when he pitches
and to subtract the average
from that, Williams said re-
cently.
Someone asked if he were
Blues agent.
No, but Id like to be, the
manager replied.
The As, who had Thursday
off, will start Hunter, 8-3,
against the Brewers as they
start an eight-game road trip
Friday night.