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- Griffin Daily News Friday, July 1, 1972
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ATLANTA—Chicago’s first baseman Jim Hickman (28) returns the bat to Atlanta’s Ralph Garr
after Garr threw it past first swinging at his first pitch in first inning action here last night
Watching is Atlanta’s first base coach Eddie Mathews. Atlanta beat Chicago 4-3. (UPI)
Braves 9 pitching
becomes respectable
By DAVID MOFFIT
UPI Sports Writer
ATI ANTA (UPI)—It looks
like the long-maligned Atlanta
Braves pitching is taking a turn
for the better.
It’s still far from champion
ship form: but, at least, it has
become respectable.
latest testimonial to the
Braves improved pitching was
the just-completed series with
the Cubs which the Braves won,
three games to one, and in
which Braves starters lasted 40
of 43 innings while allowing
only nine earned runs.
lefthander George Stone
came within three outs of
providing the Braves with their
third route-going performance
in three days Thursday night
when he beat the Cubs, 4-3,
with a six-hitter.
Ron Reed had a seven-hitter
in a 5-1 win Tuesday and Phil
Niekro had a six-hitter in a 3-2
win on Wednesday.
“It’s what I’ve been trying to
tell people for the past month,”
said Braves Manager Luman
Harris. “Sure, our earned run
average is still over the 4.00
mark but when you consider
where it was around the first of
June you realize that we’ve
been getting a lot of good
pitching of late.
"We’re 10 games off the lead
(in the National League West),
but it’s been our failure to hit
in the clutch, not our pitching,
that has us there. We’ve simply
left too many people on the
bases.”
With the third doubleheader
in four nights coming up
tonight, Harris lias been
especially pleased at the way
people like Stone who haven’t
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been in the regular starting
rotation have come through.
Tonight, against the hard
hitting Pittsburgh Pirates, he’s
going with regular starter Tom
Kelley (5-5) and Jim Hardin (1-
0) who has pitched mainly in
relief.
Saturday, it will be Reed (7-
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fires 71
in tourney
ATHENS, Ga. (UPI) - Curt
Wagner, a commercial airline
pilot from Atlanta, and fellow
Atlantan John Bodin shot four
under-par 68s Thursday to share
the opening round lead in the
Georgia State Golf Association
Championship.
Wagner, who lost out in a
sudden death playoff for the
title a year ago, birdied four of
the first six holes on the back
nine to finish with a 32 after his
par-36 on the front nine.
Bodin, a 20 - year -old from
Georgia State University, had a
33 on the first nine and came
in with 35 for his 68.
Just one stroke back at 69
was Bobby Warr of Augusta
who matched Bodin going out
with a 33 but then dropped
back to 36 for the last nine
holes.
Seven players were bunched
at 71. They included Smokey
Keeney of Cordele, Robin
Wheaton of Griffin, Bill Burgess
of Albany, James Mason of
Duluth, Bill Huggins of Athens,
David Everett of Macon and
Lynn Lott of Douglas.
8) again and Sunday he is
giving the nod to Denny McLain
(0-0) who surprised a lot of
people by going all the way in a
3-3 tie Tuesday night that was
called because of rain in the
eighth inning.
Stone, who got only his
second win in eight decisions
and needed ninth-inning relief
help from Cecil Upshaw, his
third cousin, was delighted with
his Thursday night showing.
“I needed a game like that to
regain my confidence,” said
Stone who had a 37-33 career
mark coming into this season,
coming into this season.
“I made some good pitches
and I got away with some bad
ones,” Stone continued. “You
have to be lucky sometimes. In
most of my other games this
season I wasn’t getting away
with my bad pitches.”
Stone won his first six
decisions in 1969 (his first full
year in the majors) and wound
up 13-10. The next year he
started out 6-1 and finished at
11-11. Last year, he lost his last
four for a 6-8 mark.
“I have never been able to
put two good halves together,”
Stone said. “I’ve always had a
good start and then finished
poorly. My main hope at the
moment is that I’ve turned it
around this year.
“This time I got off to the
bad start. I’d like to believe
that pitching like I did against
the Cubs is a sign that my good
half lies immediately ahead.”
Stone had a one-hit shutout
going the first five innings but
was tagged for three hits and a
run in the sixth. He went into
the ninth with a 4-1 lead
and a five hitter but Harris
pulled him after he walked
leadoff batter Jim Hickman
and Ron Santo followed with his
10th homer of the season.
“Santo hit a fast ball that
stayed up higher than I had
intended,” said Stone. “That
was one of the few bad pitches
I didn’t get away with.”
The Braves scored all of their
runs and got four on their five
hits in the third inning. Ralph
Garr singled home the first
run, Dusty Bako* followed with
a two-run homo- and Darrell
Evans completed the Atlanta
scoring by doubling home Hank
Aaron.
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II STANDINGS ||
By United Press International
National League
East
w. I. pct. g.b.
Pittsburgh 45 26 .634 —
New York 43 29 .597 2%
St. Louis 38 34 .528 7Ms
Chicago 38 35 .521 8
Montreal 31 41 .431 14%
Philadelphia 25 47 .347 20%
West
w. 1. pct. g.b.
Cincinnati 44 28 .611 —
Houston 44 31 .587 1%
Los Angeles 38 35 . 521 6%
Atlanta 35 39 .473 10
San Francisco 32 47 .405 15%
San Diego 26 47 .356 18%
Thursday’s Results
San Fran 6 Philadelphia 4
Los Ang 11 Montreal 3
San Diego 1 N.Y., 14 inns
Atlanta 4 Chicago 3
Pitts 7 Houston 3, 17 inns
(only games scheduled)
Today’s Probable Pitchers
(All Times EDT)
San Francisco (McDowellß-5)
at Montreal (Stoneman 7-5),
8:05 p.m.
Los Angeles (Sutton 9-4) at
New York (Matlack 8-4), 8:05
p.m.
Chicago (Hooton 6-7) at
Cincinnati (Simpson 4-2), 8:05
p.m.
Houston (Roberts 7-3) at St.
Louis (Gibson 7-5), 9 p.m.
American League
East
w. 1. pct. g.b.
Baltimore 40 30 .571 —
Detroit 38 32 .543 2
Boston 33 34 .493 5%
New York 33 35 .485 6
Cleveland 30 39 .435 9%
Milwaukee 28 41 .406 11%
West
w. 1. pct. g.b.
Oakland 46 26 .639 -
Chicago 41 31 .569 5
Minnesota 36 34 .514 9
Kansas City 35 36 .493 10%
California 33 41 .446 14
Texas 29 43 .403 17
Thursday’s Results
Baltimore 2 Chicago 1
Detroit 7 Kan City 0
Cleve 4 Texas 3, Ist
Cleve 6 Tex 5, 2nd, 12 inns
New York 6 Oakland 2
Milw 6 California 5
(Only games scheduled)
Today’s Probable Pitchers
(All Times EDT)
Milwaukee (Ryerson 1-0) at
Oakland (Hunter 9-4), 11 p.m.
Boston (Curtis 5-3) at Califor
nia (May 2-6), 11 p.m.
New York (Kekich 7-6) at
Minnesota (Kaat 10-2), 8:30
p.m.
Detroit (Timmerman 6-7) at
Chicago (Bradley 10-4), 9 p.m.
Birchmore
draws 2nd
ranking
ATLANTA (UPI) - Georgia’s
Danny Birchmore drew second
ranking in the domestic men’s
division of the U. S. National
Amateur Clay Court Tourna
ment scheduled to begin Mon
day.
Raz Reid of Greenville, S.C.,
took the No. 1 seed. Sue Stap
of Deerfield, 111., was top seed
in the women’s division and
Ross Waler of England was No.
1 seed among foreign entries.
Following Birchmore in the
domestic men’s division were
Chico Hagey of LaJolla, Calif.,
Freddie McNair of Chevy
Chase, Md., and John Fort of
Santa Monica, Calif., in the top
five.
Jeanne Evert, 15-year-old sis
ter of tennis star Chris Evert,
is ranked No. 2 among the wo
men with others including Jan
ice Metcalf of Claremont, Calif.,
Kate Latham of Palo Alto,
Calif., and Jane Startton of Salt
Lake City, Utah.
Following Waler is the for
eign entries were Jorge An
drew, Venezuela, Sashi Menon,
India, Luis Baraldi, Mexico and
Josef Sole, Chile.
Simmons case:
cause
without
a rebel
By IRA BERKOW
NEA Sports Editor
NEW YORK - (NEA) -
“It’s kinda weird,” said Ted
Simmons. “I mean, I think
I know how the guy felt who
was the first to climb Mount
Everest.”
Ted Simmons is also a
first. Simmons, the St. Louis
Cardinals’ regular catcher,
is the only playing holdout
in baseball history.
He may also change the
course of baseball history, in
away that Curt Flood could
not.
Simmons wants more
money than the Cardinals
are willing to pay. He is still
trying for it, and continues
negotiations with the front
office when he is not
crouched and waggling his
fingers for the edification of
the pitcher.
“I’m no crusader,” said
Simmons in the Cardinals’
clubhouse recently. “I don’t
even have a lawyer. All I
want is more money.”
If he doesn’t get what he
wants, he may take his case
to court. And Simmons' case
has elements that the Flood
case did not.
Flood challenged the re
serve clause, which states
that a player is bound to a
club for an indefinite period.
The Supreme Court recently
upheld a 1922 ruling which
allowed baseball to remain
outside the anti-trust laws.
So Flood lost.
Simmons’ case, however,
is undeniable proof of the
change in baseball. First,
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Simmons was picked by the
Cardinals in the free-agent
draft. Therefore, could not
sign with any other team
(unless he waited a year and
was drafted by another club
then).
Flood, on the other hand,
had a choice of signing with
any team that would have
him. He signed with Cincin
nati in 1956, before the free
agent draft was instituted.
Simmons is getting $25,000
for this season, having re
ceived a raise of $7,500 from
last season when he hit .304
in what was his first full
year in the major leagues.
But he wanted $30,000 this
spring. Two Cardinals, Jerry
Reuss and Bob Burda, also
were unhappy with their con
tracts and were also playing
holdouts. Both were traded
by Cardinal president Au
gust Busch. And both have
since signed standard player
contracts.
Simmons will be challeng
ing the “renewal clause,” if
he doesn’t receive the $5,000
he has been bargaining for.
If the Cardinals invoke the
renewal clause, then Sim
mons says he will probably
take the case to court. The
Cardinals, in essence, would
be reactivating his 1971 con
tract, forcing Simmons to
play under terms not agree
able to him. They could also
cut his pay as much as 20
per cent.
“I’m not trying to force
the issue, and I’m no trouble
maker,” said Simmons. “But
I am frustrated.”
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He says he is frustrated
because he receives no hope
or satisfaction in his con
tract negotiations. He says
he speaks frequently with
“Mr.” Busch, and “Mr.”
Jim Toomey, and “Mr.”
Richard Meyer and “Mr.”
Bing Devine, all front office
men.
In the end it is Busch who
pays the bills and he has
been an outspoken critic of
the “younger generation.”
(Simmons is 23.) When
Busch heard that the players
were going to strike this
spring, he blustered. “Let
’em strike. I won’t give them
one more damned cent.”
Simmons says he likes St.
Louis and has established
roots there — an apartment,
friends, business associates.
He has lived with a fear of
being traded. But the en
couragement from fellow
players buoys his spirit.
"Like a satisfied paranoia."
he said.
He also is not critical of
the baseball establishment,
as was Flood. “In f a c t,”
said Simmons, “the Cardi
nals have treated me very
well. For example, in 1970
I was released from the
Army and got married the
next day. My wife and I
came through St. Louis on
the way to Tulsa, where I
was going to play that sea
son. Well, the Cards put us
up in a St. Louis hotel for
four days. And picked up all
the bills. That was great. So
with 2 mouths
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was my bonus for signing.”
(He got $50,000.)
However. Simmons says
he is standing firm in his
contract hassle. “It gives me
satisfaction to know that I
haven’t compromised my
principles, and that I haven’t
faltered under the pressure.
“What pressure? From
fans, who write that I should
sign. And the fears of being
traded.”
Simmons said that all his
life he has stood up for what
he believed, and that he has
usually got what he wanted.
He said, “I remember
when 1 was a kid and wanted
a motorcycle. My mother
was afraid of them and didn't
want me to have one. So I
did odd jobs, like some
rough carpenter work, and
saved SBOO in four years.
When I was 16, I bought my
self that motorcylce.
“My mother let me keep
it. And everything turned out
fine. I think she was proud
of the way I earned it. I
never got hurt on it, and I
didn’t turn into a Hell’s
Angel.”
FANLESS
Felix Millan of the Atlanta
Braves was the hardest Na
tional League player to
strike out last season, fan
ning only 22 times in 635
plate appearances. Jesus
Alou of Houston and Matty
Alou of St. Louis ranked sec
ond and third.