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McLain’s fame
leaving him
By JOE CARNICELLI
UPI Sports Writer
Fame is fleeting and if you
don’t think so, just ask Denny
McLain.
Four years ago McLain was
the toast of baseball and the
topic of every fan’s conversa
tion as be followed his quest to
become the first pitcher in 34
years to win more than 30
games. He succeeded with a 31-
6 record before hard times fell
upon him.
Following a couple of suspen
aons for various charges
ranging from carrying a pistol
to bookmaking, McLain last
year was dealt from Detroit to
Washington, where owner Bob
Short welcomed him with a six
figure contract.
Short’s investment seems to
have gone sour, however, as
McLain currently ranks as the
“losingest” pitcher in the
major leagues. He went down
to his sixth straight loss and
11th of the season in 15
decisions Friday night when the
California Angels rallied to beat
the Senators 4-2.
McLain, who sat out most of
last season and ended with a 3-
5 record, lasted only six innings
in absorbing his ninth loss in
his last 10 decisions. He allowed
nine hits, walked three and
struck out four and left with his
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GARDEN CITY, Mich.—Ken Sharp, 15, lost his left arm in a hunting accident last November but it
didn’t stop him from baseball competition in just five months. He recently completed his first
junior varsity baseball season at Garden City East High School as a pitcher and outfielder,
yielding only one earned run in eight Innings on the mound and he hit and fielded well enough to
start in eight of the team’s 13 games. Sharp demonstrates how, after catching the ball, he flips it in
the air, discards his glove, then grabs the ball again for the throw to the infield. (UPI)
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dub trailing 4-1.
Ken McMullen’s ninth homer
of the season highlighted a
three-run fifth that proved to be
McLain’s undoing. Frank How
ard hit his eighth homer in the
third to give the Senators a 1-0
lead but California tied the
game in the fourth on winning
pitcher Clyde Wright’s double
and went ahead in the fifth on
Tony Gonzalez’ sacrifice fly,
McMullen’s homer and Ken
Berry’s RBI single.
Elsewhere in the American
League, Kansas City downed
Boston 6-3, Baltimore beat
Chicago 8-5, Detroit topped
Minnesota 4-1, New York
surged past Oakland 6-4 and
Cleveland edged Milwaukee 2-1.
In National League play, San
Francisco nipped New York 3-2
in 10 innings, Cincinnati shaded
Chicago 4-3, San Diego
squeezed past Philadelphia 2-1,
Los Angeles clubbed Montreal
12-1, Houston edged Atlanta 5-4
and Pittsburgh routed St. Louis
114.
Cookie Rojas’ bases loaded
triple highlighted a four-run
first inning as torrid Kansas
City stunned Boston. The
victory was the third in a row
for the Royals and ninth in
their last 10 games.
Luis Tiant, back in the
majors after a stay in the
International League, walked
the bases full and Rojas
delivered all three runners. He
scored on Chuck Harrison’s
sacrifice fly. George Scott had
a two-run homer for the Red
Sox.
Don Buford, Ellie Hendricks
and Boog Powell hit home runs
as Baltimore made the White
Sox its ninth straight victim.
Buford had three runs batted in
to help Dave McNally gain his
ninth victory of the season.
Willie Horton drove in two
runs with his 12th homer and a
double as the Tigers dumped
Minnesota. Horton hit a 400-foot
homer to tie the score at 1-1 in
the second and doubled home
Dalton Jones in a two-run third.
Mike Kilkenny, who didn’t
learn he was to pitch until he
reached the ball park, pitched a
ax-hitter for his first victory of
the season.
Thurman Munson singled in
two runs to spark a four-run
eighth inning that carried the
Yankees past Oakland. Gene
Michael also had a sacrifice fly
in the inning. Reggie Jackson
and Dave Duncan had solo
homers for the A’s.
Rookie Chris Chambliss hit a
two-run homer in the seventh
inning to lift Cleveland past the
Brewers. Chambliss hit his
second major league homer
after Vada Pinson singled.
II Standings |
By United Press International
National League
East
W. L. Pct. GB
Pittsburgh 36 23 .610 ...
New York 32 22 .593 1%
St. Louis 35 25 .583 1%
Chicago 28 30 .483 7%
Montreal 24 28 .462 8%
Philadelphia 22 34 .393 12%
West
W. L. Pct. GB
San Francisco 39 22 .639 ...
Los Angeles 31 28 .525 7
Houston 29 30 .492 9
Atlanta 28 33 .450 11
Cincinnati 24 34 .414 13%
San Diego 20 39 .339 18
Friday’s Results
Houston 5 Atlanta 4
Cincinnati 4 Chicago 3
San Diego 2 Philadelphia 1
Los Angeles 12 Montreal 1
Pittsburgh 11 St. Louis 4
San Fran 3 New York 2,10 inns
AGEE ON DISABLED LIST
NEW YORK (UPI) -The
New York Mets Friday night
placed outfielder Tommie Agee
on the 15-day disabled list and
recalled Mike Jorgenson from
their Tidewater Farm Club.
Agee injured his knee breaking
up a double play in Los Angeles
last week.
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You just can't
keep Ken Still
By FRANK MACOMBER
Copley News Service
Pro golf has a new funny
man. He is 36-year-old Ken
Still, of Tacoma, Wash., and he
can match one-liners anytime
with the likes of peppery Lee
Trevino or garrulous Chi Chi
Rodriguez.
Still, who won the Kaiser
Invitational Open last year and
took home $57,510 in 1970 prize
money, proved he can fracture
the galleries during the 19th
annual MONY Tournament of
Champions at La Costa, Calif.
Playing with no-nonsense
Frank Beard, long, lean and
light-hearted Still slouched
along with his hands in his
pockets like a reluctant boy on
the way to school. Yet all the
while he was chatting with
galleryites and ribbing Beard.
“Kentucky turns out more
big-eared people than any state
in the union,” Still remarked to
no one in particular as he ap
proached the fifth tee. While
Beard doesn’t appear to have
especially large ears, his home
is in Louisville, Ky.
“Did I hear someone taking
my name in vain?” he quipped
back.
A few minutes later Still hit a
sand wedge straight at the flag
and got a round of applause
from the crowd.
“11)31 was a sand wedge,” he
announced. “Either a ham and
cheese or a jelly and peanut
butter sand wedge.” It brought
down the gallery.
On one green Beard putted
several feet past the hole. The
ball rolled straight at where
Still was standing.
“I know I’m real skinny,
Frank,” remarked Ken, “but
I’m not the pin.”
Still’s colleagues call him
“Mr. Effervescent.” Last
October, after he beat Trevino
and Bert Yancey in a sudden
death play-off to win the Kaiser
Invitational with a birdie on the
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first extra hole, Ken leaped into
the air, kissed his caddy,
whistled shrilly and sailed his
visor into space.
Sometimes fate has tried to
wipe the grin off Still’s face, but
hasn't made it. After the first
round of the 1970 Andy
Williams-San Diego Open, Ken
slipped in the shower and broke
three ribs. That laid him up for
a few months. When he
returned to competition, Still’s
game was spotty, but he tied
for 10th in the Tournament of
Champions, finished fifth in the
1970 U. S. Open, then won the
Kaiser.
An avid sports fan, Still
thinks any success in pro golf
so far has come “because I
never really give up on myself.
I keep trying. I can’t see giving
up.”
Two of Ken’s heroes are
former Los Angeles Dodger
greats Sandy Koufax and Don
Drysdale. He has played golf
with them so often die Dodgers
finally presented Still with a
complete baseball uniform.
Ken’s father, John, wanted
his son to be a baseball player.
He was a first-string high
school third baseman. But
when he was 16, Ken’s uncle
took him to a golf course to
caddy.
“One visit to the course and
the flight of that ball got me,”
he recalls. “I fell in love with
golf. I never played baseball
again.”
Yet Ken, a bachelor, still
follows baseball avidly and his
fellow pros call him “the
biggest sports nut on the tour.”
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Routine grounder
baffles Braves
By DARRELL MACK
UPI Sports Writer
HOUSTON (UPI) - Shortstop
Zoilo Versalles and second base
man Marv Staehle of the At
lanta Braves play only about
100 feet apart, but they com
municated like one was on the
moon in the ninth inning in the
Astrodome Friday night.
The lack of communication
cost Atlanta the game as the
Houston Astros scored the win
ning run on a routine grounder
to Versalles to beat the Braves
54.
The freak play came with two
out in the last of the ninth, the
score tied 44, Astro runners on
first and third and pinch-hitter
Norm Miller at bat. Jim Wynn
was on third and speedy Caesar
Geronomo was pinch-running at
first.
Miller slashed a low line drive
on one hop to Versalles who
fielded it cleanly, and started to
throw to second to force Geron
imo to end the inning. But
Staehle, who was playing back
on the grass for the left-handed
hitting Miller, wasn’t there.
Versalles, the most valuable
player in the league with Min
nesota in 1965, tossed to Staehle
as he raced toward second, but
the sliding Geronimo beat him
to the base as Wynn crossed
with the winning run.
“It was instinct to go to sec
ond, Versalles said. “When I
saw he wasn’t there, I started
to go to first, but it was too
late. I still thought I had a bet
ter chance at second.
“It was my fault,” Versalles
said. “After 10 years you still
make mistakes.”
Staehle, who like Versalles
came to the Braves during
spring training, blamed it on
lack of communication.
“I got to share the blame as
much as Zoilo,” Staehle said.
“He and I haven’t played to
gether much. I tell Earl (Wil
liams at third base) that I’m
deep now, and there is no way
I can get to second on this play
because he is a rookie.”
“Zoilo and I have had great
communication,” Staehle said.
“We’ve talked all the time and
said who is covering what, but
this is the one time we didn’t.
I assumed he knew I was deep,
but I shouldn’t assume.
“I was getting there as fast as
I could and every step I was
yelling ‘first base, first base,”’
Staehle said. “I was playing
deep to have a better chance to
cut down a ball going to the out
field.”
Wynn had singled with one
out in the ninth to start the ral
ly, and went to third on a single
by John Edwards. Geronimo
went in to run for Edwards in
a key move by manager Harry
Walker.
Houston took a 4-1 lead into
the ninth but the Braves tied it
CARDS GET SANTORINI
ST. LOUIS (UPI) -The St.
Louis Cardinals Friday ac
quired pitcher Al Santorini
from the San Diego Padres in
exchange for outfielder Leron
Lee and left-handed pitcher
Fred Norman.
Griffin Daily News
on singles by Orlando Cepeda,
Williams, Gil Garrido, and Ver
salles, sandwiched around a
double by Bob Didier. Versalles
scored the first run in the first
inning on a lead-off single, a
walk and an error by third
Jackson’s HR
nips Ist Nat.
John Jackson hit a three-run
homer in the seventh inning
yesterday to snap a 2-2 tie and
give Kiwanis a 5-3 victory over
First National Bank.
In other Little League games,
Dundee outscored Jaycees 13-
12, Highland beat Moose 10-2
and Buick-Garment pounded
Elks 15-2.
Besides the winning homer,
Jackson also singled. Ken Wood
hit three singles, Timmy
Harrison two, Steve Smith
doubled and Wade Gatlin and
Keith Foster singled.
Mike Morris and Tim Ken
nedy had two hits for First
National and Mark Nordan,
Gene Smith and Richard Ward
had one.
Ken Wood was Kiwanis’
winning pitcher in relief of
Keith Foster. Tommy Fetzer
was First National’s loser. He
relieved Mark Nordan. Gene
Smith finished up.
Jimmy Ward was Dundee’s
winning pitcher. Darrell Buntyn
was Jaycees’ starter and loser.
Hugh Fallin pitched in relief.
Ward, Tim Bennett and Tim
Smith had two hits for Dundee.
Scott Cobb, Mel Zuberer and
Wayne Goolsby had one.
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baseman Denis Menke.
Rogers Metzger led the Hous
i ton attack with a double and a
i triple. He scored both times on
t singles by Jay Alou. Caesar
i Cedeno had two doubles and
I drove in one run.
Rusty Nix hit three doubles
for Jaycees. Chris Matthews hit
three singles, Hugh Fallin hit
two singles and Terry Hicks,
Mike Gray and Keith Morris
singled.
Allen Stubbs was Highland’s
winning pitcher. He allowed
only three hits. Keith Partain
was Moose’s loser. Keith Pirkle
pitched in relief.
Jeff Grant and Bubba An
drews had two hits for
Highland. Mark Washington,
Don Gossett, Allen Stubbs, Tim
Alford and Tim Landers had
one.
Bucky Rea and Bobby
Higgins doubled for Moose and
Partain singled.
Curtis Crawley was Buick-
Garment’s winning pitcher. He
had relief help from Wayne
Dunn. Pearse Barkley was
Elks’ loser.
Dunn hit a home run and
three singles for Buick-
Garment. Crawley had two
doubles, Chuck Releford hit a
triple and single, Gregory Head
hit two singles and Tim Man
sour, Craig Deason and Mark
Hardcastle singled.
Junior Holton hit two singles
for Elks. Pearse Barkley and Al
Harrell had one.