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American ‘Stars’
snap losing streak
By JOHN G. GRIFFIN
UPI Sports Editor
DETROIT (UPl)—Home run
muscle turned back the hands
of the clock today and put the
long-suffering American League
on top of the baseball world.
With a 6-4 triumph over the
National League Tuesday night
added to the Baltimore Orioles’
world championship last fall,
the AL has ended the National
League’s eight-year rule in the
diamond’s “glamor game”—
and, just as in the “good old
days,” home run power did it.
“As far as I’m concerned,
I’ve got 28 most valuable
players on this squad,” de
clared delighted winning mana
ger Earl Weaver after Tues
day’s triumph.
Frank Robinson of Weaver’s
Orioles, whose two-run homer
put the AL ahead to stay, was
officially voted the “MVP” of
the game. But there was little
to choose between him and the
other two men who hit two-run
homers for the AL—Reggie
Jackson and Harmon Killebrew.
As a matter of fact, the
American Leaguers themselves
did most of their post-game
cheering about Jackson’s homer
—a tremendous blast that
nearly went out of the ball
park.
“You Can go your whole life
and never see five balls hit that
hard,” declared slugger Frank
Howard.
“He really crushed it,” added
6-foot-7 Howard, who has
crushed a few himself and did
indeed hit one out of Tiger
Stadium once upon a time.
Despite the MVP award to
Robinson, it was Jackson’s
blast that turned the game
around.
Until then it was all NL, just
as it had been since 1962. The
“senior circuit” team had teed
off on the fastballs of young
Vida Blue for two homers, a
two-run blast by Johnny Bench
in the second inning and a
bases-empty homer by Hank
Aaron in the third, and NL
starter Dock Ellis was protect
mg a 3-0 lead going into the last
of the third.
Luis Aparicio started the AL
comeback with a single and
then Weaver sent Jackson—
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ironically on the squad only as
a substitute for injured Tony
Oliva—up to pinch-hit for Blue.
Jackson slammed a high
slider by Ellis so far to right
field that it would have gone
completely out of the stadium if
it had not struck a light tower
atop the 80-foot stands.
“I wish it hadn’t hit that
tower,” sighed Al Kaline of
Detroit. “I would like to see
how far it would have gone.”
“That was some shot,” said
catcher Bench. “Reggie and I
Il STANDINGS II
By United Press International
American League
East
W. L. Pct. GB
Baltimore 55 32 .632 ...
Boston 49 37 .570 5%
Detroit 47 39 .547 7%
New York 41 47 .466 14%
Cleveland 38 51 .427 18
Washington 34 53 .395 20%
West
W. L. Pct. GB
Oakland 56 31 .644 ...
Kansas City 43 41 .512 11%
Minnesota 41 46 .471 15
California 42 50 .457 16%
Chicago 38 47 .447 17
Milwaukee 37 48 .435 18
Tuesday’s Results
All Star game at Detroit
A.L. 6 N.L. 4
National League
East
W. L. Pct. GB
Pittsburgh 57 31 .648 ...
New York 46 40 .535 10
Chicago 47 41 .534 10
St. Louis 46 42 .523 11
Philadelphia 39 50 .438 18%
Montreal 34 54 .386 23
West
W. L. Pct. GB
San Francisco 55 35 .611 ...
Los Angeles 49 41 .544 6
Houston 43 44 .494 10%
Atlanta 44 48 .478 12
Cincinnati 41 51 .446 15
San Diego 33 57 .367 22
Tuesday’s Results
All Star game at Detroit
A.L. 6 N.L. 4
both just stood there at home
plate and watched it for a while
before he started to run. We
must have looked silly.”
The NL was to look sillier,
because that blast turned the
whole tide. Moments later in
the same inning Rod Carew
walked and Frank Robinson
lined his two-run homer to right
and the AL was out front, 4-3.
Killebrew’s blast off reliever
Ferguson Jenkins in the sixth
after Kaline had singled made
it 6-3 and actually proved to be
the winning margin when
Roberto Clemente hit a last
gasp homer for the NL in the
eighth to cut the margin to 6-4.
Hie six homers tied the All-
Star record, which was set in
the same park in 1951 and tied
in Cleveland in 1954.
“I knew we were going to see
some long balls hit,” said losing
manager Sparky Anderson,
“but this was the greatest
exhibition I ever saw in one
game.”
There was speculation on how
much part the wind, which
gusted from 17 to 31 mph
during the game, blowing
straight toward right field,
played in the homer barrage.
Four of the homers were by
righthanded batters to right
field.
Actually, the AL had good
pitching, too. Blue, Jim Pal
mer, Mike Cuellar, and Mickey
Lolich held the NL to just five
hits. The AL made seven off
Ellis and three other pitchers.
The loss was a tough one for
Anderson. Everything has been
downhill for the Reds* pilot
since his “Big Red Machine”
’won the National League
pennant last year. First, the
Orioles crushed them in the
series, then the Reds staggered
this year, and now this.
“Now I have lost the world
series and I have lost the All-
Star game,” said Anderson. “I
really am beginning to feel
depressed.”
State Loan,
Cole’s will
State Loan nipped Jim and
Joe’s 13-12 and Cole’s Drug
Store stopped Wildlife Club 13-8
yesterday in the quarter-finals
of the tournament for nine-year
old baseball players.
Tom Barrett hit three singles
for State Loan. Rob Weeks
tripled. Tony Powell hit a
double and single for Jim and
Joe’s. Keith Head hit two
singles.
Kriss Callahan hit a double
and single for Cole’s. Victor
Perdue hit a double and two
singles. Dana Williams hit a
triple and single for Wildlife
Club and Chris Armistead
tripled.
Archer’s,
VFW win
Archer’s Food Store beat
Griffin Tech 11-5 and VFW
Tigers and the McDonough
Comets tied 18-18 yesterday in
the Commercial Softball Lea
gue.
Pete Baldwin hit a double and
two singles for Archer’s. Benny
Powers hit three singles. San
ford Finley hit a home run and
double for Griffin Tech. Max
Neel homered.
David Campbell hit a triple
and three singles for VFW.
Willie Ison hit a home run and
double. Henry Miller hit a home
run for the Comets and Ellis
Mayo hit two triples and a
single.
Wildwood
blanks
Christian
Wildwood shutout First Chris
tian 22-0 and New Hope beat
Hanleiter 13-9 yesterday in the
Church Softball League.
Mike Daniel hit two homers
for Wildwood and Harold Betsill
hit two doubles and two singles.
Jim Hedderman and Hugh'
Henderson singled for First
Christian.
Mike Campton hit a home run,
double and single for New Hope.
Randy Cook hit a home run and
single. Carlton Fowler hit three
singles for Hanleiter and Eddie
Duke hit a double and single.
WHIE
defeats
WHIE defeated Goldstein’s
25-13 yesterday in the Women’s
Softball League.
Evelyn Gaston hit two homers
and three singles for WHIE.
Sandra Thomas hit a triple
and single for Goldstein’s and
Lucy Stewart hit a home run.
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