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VOL. 2, No. 21 TEN CENTS SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 1971

Fueled By Blasingame’s 4th Win, Astros Blast Off into First Place

HOUSTON — The Astros are in unchartedterritory. And that’s saying something for ateam that plays in the Eighth Wonder of theWorld.

With Wade Blasingame improving to 4 -0,the Astros topped the Expos 6 -2 in the Astro-dome on Saturday and took over first place inthe National League West.

It marks the latest in the season — 18 gamesto be exact — that Houston, a franchise estab-lished in 1962, has been atop of the standings:

* In 1962, the then -Colt .45s led the leaguethe first three games of their inaugural season.

* In 1964, The Colt .45s were in first placeafter their season opener.

* In 1967 the renamed Astros led the league

after four games. * In 1968, the Astros led after seven games. Blasingame lasted just six innings in his

shortest outing of the season, holding Montrealto two runs on six hits. George Culver hurledthree shutout frames to earn his first save.

The Astros scored twice in the first inning,once in the third, and knocked Montreal starterSteve Renko (0 -3) out of the box with a three -run rally in the fourth to lead 6 -0.

Houston leadoff man Roger Metzger hadtwo hits and scored twice.

Pirates 3, Giants 2 PITTSBURGH — The Pirates rallied for

three runs in the bottom of the ninth, scoringthe winning run on an error by left fielder KenHenderson as they stunned the Giants.

Pittsburgh starter Bob Johnson matched ze-roes for eight innings with Ron Bryant and twoGiants relievers. Henderson’s solo home run

broke the deadlock in the top of the ninth. HalLanier’s double gave the Giants a 2 -0 lead.

The Bucs loaded the bases with nobody outin the bottom of the frame. One run scored onRoberto Clemente’s ground out. Two batterslater, Bob Robertson singled to left. The hitscored Dave Cash with the tying run. GeneClines scampered home with the winner whenthe ball glanced off Henderson’s glove.

Johnson (1 -1) went the distance to win hisfirst game since being acquired by the Piratesin an offseason trade.

Braves 6, Padres 4 ATLANTA — Hank Aaron swatted his

598th career home run as the Braves downedthe Padres.

Aaron’s blast gave the Braves a 2 -0 lead inthe first inning. Ralph Garr had a career -highfive hits for Atlanta, and Sonny Jackson ex-tended his hit streak to 11 games.

Winner Pat Jarvis (2 -0) allowed three runs ineight innings. The Friars’ Tom Phoebus surren-dered five runs in four innings and fell to 0 -4.

Cardinals 8, Phillies 6 ST. LOUIS — Jerry McNertney hit two hom-

ers and had five RBI as the Cardinals outscoredthe Phillies.

Jerry Reuss (1 -3) earned the win despite al-lowing five runs in seven innings. Frank Linzyearned his third save for the Redbirds

Larry Bowa had four hits for the Phils. Cubs 4, Mets 2

CHICAGO — Billy Williams broke a 2 -2 tiewith an RBI fielder’s choice in the bottom of theeighth inning as the Cubs trimmed the Mets.

Milt Pappas (3 -1) won for Chicago, holding

New York to two runs in eight innings. Mets reliever Ron Taylor (0 -1) allowed two

unearned runs in one inning of work and wassaddled with the loss.

Reds 4, Dodgers 1 CINCINNATI — Wayne Simpson, in his first

start of the season, allowed one run in eight in-nings as the Reds eased past the Dodgers.

One of Woody Woodward’s three doubles broke a 1 -1 tie in the seventh, igniting a three -runrally.

Dodgers starter Don Sutton fanned nine in sixinnings and left with the game tied. Reliever PeteMikkelsen (0 -1) gave up three runs and took theloss.

A.L. EAST W L PCT. GB N.L. EAST W L PCT. GB

New York 12 3 .800 --- New York 8 5 .615 ---

Baltimore 9 5 .643 2½ Pittsburgh 10 7 .588 ---

Cleveland 9 5 .643 2½ Chicago 10 7 .588 ---

Boston 9 6 .600 3 Philadelphia 8 6 .571 ½

Washington 5 11 .313 7½ Montreal 3 8 .273 4

Detroit 4 11 .267 8 St. Louis 6 12 .333 4½

A.L. WEST W L PCT. GB N.L. WEST W L PCT. GB

Oakland 16 3 .842 --- Houston 11 7 .611 ---

Milwaukee 7 8 .467 7 Cincinnati 8 6 .571 1

Minnesota 7 9 .438 7½ San Francisco 10 8 .556 1

California 7 10 .412 8 Los Angeles 9 9 .500 2

Chicago 5 12 .294 10 Atlanta 7 8 .467 2½

Kansas City 5 12 .294 10 San Diego 4 11 .267 5½

Major League Standings

Today’s Probable Starting Pitchers Today’s Probable Starting Pitchers All times local

Chicago (Wood 1 -0) at Boston (Peters 1 -2), 2 p.m. Minnesota (Kaat 2 -1) at New York (Peterson 2 -0), 2

p.m. Milwaukee (Lockwood 2 -0) at Washington

(Bosman 0 -3), 2 p.m. Cleveland (Hargan 2 -1) at Kansas City (Bunker 2 -

0), 1:30 p.m. Detroit (Lolich 2 -1) at Oakland (Fingers 4 -1), 1:30

p.m. Baltimore (Palmer 2 -0) at California (Maloney 0 -0

or May 1 -2), 2 p.m.

All times local

Los Angeles (Singer 3 -2 and Downing 1 -1) at Cin-cinnati (Gullett 0 -0 and Wilcox 1 -1), 2, 1:15 p.m.

San Francisco (Marichal 2 -2) at Pittsburgh (Briles 0 -0), 1:35 p.m.

San Diego (Kirby 1 -1 and Roberts 0 -2 or Santorini 0-0) at Atlanta (Stone 0 -0 and Niekro 1 -2), 2, 1:35 p.m.

Philadelphia (Short 1 -2) at St. Louis (Cleveland 1 -2), 1:15 p.m.

New York (McAndrew 1 -0) at Chicago (Jenkins 4 -0), 1:15 p.m.

Montreal (Stoneman 1 -0) at Houston (Billingham 2 -1), 2 p.m.

Bahnsen, Yanks Trip Twins, Wake Up The Echoes

run stood between him and a shutout. Hall (1 -3) allowed six runs in 3 1/3 innings.

Red Sox 3, White Sox 2

BOSTON — Rico Petrocelli belted a two -runhome run and six Boston hurlers combined onan eight -hitter as the Red Sox edged the WhiteSox.

Winner Ken Brett (1 -0) earned the win with1 1/3 shutout innings in relief of Mike Nagy,who was forced to leave after 2 2/3 frameswhen his arm stiffened during a rain delay.Sparky Lyle earned his second save for Boston.

Chicago leadoff hitter Jay Johnstone went 2 -

for -5 and leads the league with a .391 average.White Sox starter Bart Johnson (0 -4) went the

distance, allowing 12 hits. Senators 5, Brewers 4

WASHINGTON D.C. — Bernie Allen drewa bases -loaded walk in the bottom of the 10thinning as the Senators nipped the Brewers.

The walk forced in Frank Howard, who had

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Indians sold vet-eran shortstop Larry Brown to Oakland on Sat-urday for an undisclosed amount of money.

Brown, 31, spent parts of nine seasons withthe Tribe, compiling a .238 average with 45

home runs. A’s shortstop Ron Clark was sold to Oak-

land’s Iowa farm club to make room on the 25 -man roster for Brown. First baseman RamonWebster, playing with Iowa, was sold to the SanDiego Padres in another move.

ANAHEIM — “I would have terminated hiscontract on the spot,” California Angel generalmanager Dick Walsh said angrily Saturday.

Walsh was reacting to Baltimore Oriolecoach Billy Hunter’s foray into the Angels club-house Thursday night before a California -Oakland game. The veteran coach was back-handed by Angel pitcher Andy Messersmith forallegedly bothering him and other players.

Hunter, whose team had arrived in Anaheimto meet the Angels on Friday, said he just want-ed to talk to Messersmith and other Angels.

He said he was contrite over the affair.“Everyone knows,” he said, “I’m always tryingto act like a fool.”

Saturday’s American League Results Saturday’s National League Results

Boston 3, Chicago 2 New York 8, Minnesota 1 Washington 5, Milwaukee 4 (10 innings) Oakland 4, Detroit 3

Cleveland 6, Kansas City 1 Baltimore 7, California 4

Pittsburgh 3, San Francisco 2 St. Louis 8, Philadelphia 6 Chicago 4, New York 2 Atlanta 6, San Diego 4

Houston 6, Montreal 2 Cincinnati 4, Los Angeles 1

NEW YORK — Stan Bahnsen and the Yan-kees have something in common. The 26 -year -old right -hander is trying to recapture the gloryof his Rookie of the Year season of 1968. Theteam is trying to recapture the glory of the 44years from 1921 to 1964, during which it won 29American League pennants.

So far, so good on both counts. Bahnsen scat-tered nine hits Saturday in hurling the Yankees toan 8 -1 win over the Twins. And the Yankeesimproved to 12 -3, their best 15 -game start since1949.

New York tore into Minnesota starter TomHall, with Roy White and Danny Cater produc-ing back -to- back RBI hits in both the first and

third innings. White, who finished with five hits,ripped a two -run homer in the fourth. Cater ex-tended his hit streak to 15 games, longest in themajors this year.

Bahnsen, 17 -12 with a 2.05 ERA as a rookie,improved to 1 -1. Only Rich Reese’s solo home

three hits. Tommy McCraw had four hits forWashington. Bill Gogolewski (1 -1), the last offive Senators pitchers in the contest, earned thewin with one scoreless inning of work.

Bill Voss lined a go -ahead two -run doublein the seventh for the Brewers, and tagged asolo homer in the ninth to force extra innings.John Briggs homered for the second time intwo games since joining Milwaukee in a tradefrom Philadelphia.

A’s 4, Tigers 3 OAKLAND — Rick Monday launched his

league -leading seventh home run and CatfishHunter (2 -1) tossed an eight -hitter as the A’shanded the Tigers their ninth straight road loss.

Detroit starter Joe Coleman, in his first ap- pearance since being hit in the head by a linedrive in spring training, allowed four runs inseven innings and took the loss.

At 16 -3, the A’s are off to the best 19 -game

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Major League Leaders

AMERICAN G AB R H AVG. NATIONAL G AB AVG.R H

Johnstone, Chi. 17 64 7 25 .391 Beckert, Chi. 17 75 .41313 31

Cater, N.Y. 15 59 4 23 .390 Woodward, Cin. 14 52 .3856 20

Murcer, N.Y. 15 55 13 21 .382 Pepitone, Chi. 17 75 .37311 28

Munson, N.Y. 12 42 10 16 .381 Day, Mon. 11 38 .3684 14

Howard, Was. 16 66 7 25 .379 Williams, Chi. 17 72 .36115 26

Mincher, Oak. 19 64 15 24 .375 Millan, Atl. 15 61 .3616 22

Harper, Mil. 15 70 13 25 .357 Jones, N.Y. 13 50 .3605 18

Carew, Min. 15 52 8 18 .346 Aaron, Atl. 15 53 .35811 19

Fosse, Cle. 14 55 7 19 .345 Stargell, Pit. 17 56 .35716 20

Jackson, Oak. 19 74 19 25 .338 Garr, Atl. 15 62 .35510 22

HR: Monday (Oak.) 7; Powell (Bal.) 6; Jack-son, (Oak.) 5; four tied with 4.

RBI: Bando (Oak.) 20; Monday (Oak.) 20;Jackson (Oak.) 15; Kosco (Mil.) 14; Powell(Bal.) 14.

Wins: Fingers (Oak.) 4-1; Blue (Oak.) 3-0;Stottlemyre (N.Y.) 3-0; Segui (Oak.) 3-0;McDowell (Cle.) 3-1.

Strikeouts: Blue (Oak.) 45; Fingers (Oak.) 31;Hunter (Oak.) 31; Lolich (Det.) 31; 2 tied with

30.

ERA: Sanders (Mil) 0.00; Messersmith (Cal.)0.84; Fingers (Oak.) 0.96; Stottlemyre (N.Y.)1.08; McDowell (Cle.) 1.13.

HR: Stargell (Pit.) 9; Mays (S.F.) 6; Aaron(Atl.) 6; Torre (St.L) 5; three tied with 4.

RBI: Stargell (Pit.) 19; Williams (Chi.) 15;Menke (Hou.) 15; four tied with 14.

Wins: Jenkins (Chi.) 4-0; Blasingame (Hou.)4-0; Arlin (S.D.) 3-0; Blass (Pit.) 3-0; Wilson(Hou.) 3-0.

Strikeouts: Seaver (N.Y.) 39; Holtzman (Chi.)30; Sutton (L.A.) 30; Jenkins (Chi.) 29; Gibson(St.L) 27.

ERA: Sadecki (N.Y.) 0.00; McAnally (Mon.)0.00; Wilson (Hou.) 1.06; Sutton (L.A.) 1.16;Merritt (Cin) 1.20.

MAYS, Page 2

Mays, Soon to be 40, Isn’t Acting His Age

By Roy McHugh Pittsburgh Press Sports Editor

PITTSBURGH — Next week Willie Mayswill be 40. That is what the calendar says. For-ty. Four times 10. On May 6. But Willie Maysrefuses to act his age.

He is having a giddy spring, batting in thethree -hundreds, rocketing home runs out of the

park. He is playing doubleheaders, playing daygames after night games. When WillieMcCovey was a temporary invalid, the Giantsneeded help. They got it from Willie Mays,who handled first base while McCovey recu-

perated. “The guy’s a tiger at first base,” a reporter

with the Giants was saying Friday night atThree Rivers Stadium.

Smiling, the tiger intimated that first basewas sort of a vacation. He had found it restfulat first base. “You don’t have to run as farwhen the inning is over,” he said.

Man and boy for 21 seasons in the uniformof the Giants, Willie Mays has been runningall the way in from center field when inningsare over, his gait a subdued gallop. But centerfield itself is where Mays does his serious run-

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ning. On a night in Forbes Field

in the late 1950s, center fieldseemed to evaporate under hisfeet until none of it was left.Going after a monster fly ball,Mays had arrived at the dis-tant end in which thegroundskeepers had tuckedthe batting cage. The ball andWillie’s glove reached the

batting cage at the exactly thesame time and in some in-credible way formed a union.

This was to be one of themany catches by Mays de-scribed as his greatest. Anoth-er such catch, followed awhirling pivot and bull’s eyeto the plate, moved disbeliev-ing manager Charley Dressenof the Brooklyn Dodgers toutter the immortal sentence:“I’d like to see him do itagain.”

And probably Mays did,although not recently. In 1967it began to be noticed thatMays had become almosthuman, unable, as one critic

put it, to perform miraclesevery day.

Mays was 36, and forced tostart rationing his miracles.But for one more April, at anyrate, he is young again.

So far this season, Mayshas six home runs, giving him634 all told. Henry Aaron,whose 598th left the premisesin Atlanta on Saturday night,

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believes it is more than con-ceivable that both he andMays will keep on hittinghome runs until Babe Ruth,with 714, is No. 3. Mays justsays, “I hope so. Long way to

go. I don’t even think aboutit.”

His time, presumably, isshorter than Aaron’s, for Aa-ron will not be 40 until Feb-ruary of 1974. At first glancethey are unlikely home runhitters, lacking Ruth’s great

bulk, Ted Williams’ height orthe heavy framework ofMickey Mantle and JimmieFoxx. But their appearance

belies their strength. Among the leading home

run hitters, only Mel Ott wasa smaller man. Ott, as it hap-

pens, managed Charlie Fox,who manages Willie Mays. Inthe Giants’ dugout Fridaynight, Fox demonstrating howOtt, a left -handed batter,cocked his right leg before heswung. “He used his whole

body,” said Fox. So does Mays, in contrast

to the wrist -flicking Aaron.Planting his feet and flexinghis knees, Mays will wait forthe pitch with a coiled inten-sity and then tear into it.

Unchanged and untamed,the swing looks the same asever — even when it doesn’t

make contact, as in Saturdayafternoon’s game, in whichhe struck out three times. Butnext week Willie Mays will

be 40.

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start since the 1955 BrooklynDodgers.

Orioles 7, Angels 4 ANAHEIM — Frank Rob-

inson hit two of his team’sfour home runs as the Orioles

pounded the Angels.

Robinson had four RBI.

Boog Powell and BrooksRobinson also slammed round-trippers.

Winner Mike Cuellar (2 -2)

allowed four runs in eightinnings. The Halos’ TomMurphy (1 -3) allowed sixruns in 5 2/3 innings.

Indians 6, Royals 1

KANSAS CITY — AlanFoster (2 -1) fired a three -

hitter and scored the tie -

breaking run in the fifth in-ning as the Indians tamed the

Royals.

K.C. starter Mike Hedlund,who threw a shutout in hisfirst start, fell to 1 -3.

Seldom Used Twins Catcher Tischinski Just Happy to Call Big Leagues Home

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) –The Minnesota Twins were

being introduced at a presea-son luncheon, and the masterof ceremonies came toThomas Arthur Tischinski.

“Meet Tom Tischinski,

the leading spring hitter witha .500 average,” said the an-nouncer. “Don’t get shook,folks,” Tischinski snapped.“I was only one for two.”

His only hit won an exhi- bition game for the Twins, but Tischinski mostly makeshis living warming up pitch-ers in the bullpen.

.194 Career Hitter The 26 -year -old Kansas

City native appeared in only61 games his first two sea-sons with the Twins. Hewent to bat 93 times and has

posted a meager .194 careeraverage.

“If you have a choice of playing every day in the mi-

nors, or sitting on the benchup here,” said Tischinski,“you sit. I can’t complain.

“There are guys who startgriping and demanding to

play every day. Sure enough,they start playing every day

… in the minors. You have to be patient.”

Tischinski started his firsttwo games last week. Hewent 1 -for -4 on Monday asthe Twins won their secondstraight.

He responded in his secondgame with a single in a 4 -3victory. On his 100th careermajor league at - bat Tish, ashe is called by his teammates,flied out to center field andwas lifted for pinch hitter hisnext time up.

“They say I can’t hit,” said

Tish. “But I really haven’thad a chance. I have to hitwhen I get into the lineup tostay there.”