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-p Fiir.es sit No Mistakes CARDINALS (11) AH RRIPO A 4 1 0 0 6 0 ports 0 2 0 2 Alou 1h Sizemore If Cruz cf Torre 3h Simmons Hague rf Kubiak 2b Maxvfll Gibson Totals 1 0 1 10 3 3 2 1 1 3 3 0 6 3 3 3 4 1 3 0 4 0 SOB Editor SUNDAY, AUGUST 13. 1971 PAGES 1 8B 42 It 16 11 27 6 riTTSBI RGH PO A A.H It 1 1 RBI 0 0 Typically, Gibson helped himself at bat as he raised his season record to 11-10 and the Cardinals beat the Pirates for the third straight night. Gibby drove in three runs, one with a sacrifice fly and two with a single. The Cardinals gave Gibson a chance to concentrate early on his no-hitter by piling up five runs off starter Bob Johnson before Gibby even made one pitch. Matty Alou began the five-run first with a walk, Jose Cruz singled and so did Joe Torre, who picked up his ninety-fifth run batted in a 4-for-6 night that boosted his season mark to .359.

Ted Simmons, who had a four-hit night, too, singled home another run and then Joe Hague unloaded a three-run homer, his first four-bagger since July 11. That blast was No. 11 this 6eason for Hague and the blow finished Johnson. Torre touched off a three-run fifth with a single. Simmons had a double in that inning and Ted Kubiak also doubled, driving in two runs.

The Redbirds added Insult to injury with three runs off Bob Veale in the eighth. But nobody talked about the hitting in the two clubhouses. The talk was all Gibson from the moment he left a 30,678 crowd cheering his feat. Catcher Simmons said, "That was the greatest thrill of my life, catching a no-hitter. Man, he was throwing fire." Said Manager Red Schoendienst, "That last pitch to Stargell exploded." Simmons, who sped to the mound and embraced TURN TO PAGE 6, COL.

3 'I had a no-hitter going for six innings in college (at Creighton) but then the manager took me out," he said. "I don't know why. He just took me out and put me in center field." A reporter cracked, "For defensive reasons, right?" Gibson was asked the inevitable question: "When did you first think you had a good chance at a no-hitter?" Perspiring Bob was as ready for that one as he was for the Bucs. "I realized it all along," he said. "You keep looking up at that big scoreboard and see they don't have any hits.

Starting in the seventh, I was really concentrating, but I kept figuring that something would happen pretty soon. "In the last two innings, 1 was bearing down extra hard. I was trying not to make bad pitches. Even when I was getting behind in the count, I was being careful not to groove the ball. I was throwing sliders and curves with the count 3 and 2." Gibby struck out May in the second, Stargell, May and Robertson in the fourth, Hernandez and pinch-hitter Charlie Sands in the fifth, Stargell again in the seventh, pinch-hitter Gene Clines in the eighth and Stargell for the finisher in the ninth.

Gibson's no-hitter was only the sixth by a Cardinal and only the second In 30 years. George Washington Bradley hurled the first, in 1876, the year the Cardinals were born. Jesse Haines pitched a no-hitter for the Redbirds in 1924, Paul Dean in 1934, Lon Warneke in 1941, and Ray Washburn in 1968. By Neal Russo Of the Post-Dispatch Staff PITTSBURGH, Aug. 14 Bob Gibson, who said many times he felt he never would pitch a no-hit game, proved to be a better pitcher than a prophet Saturday night here.

Gibson pitched a no-hitter as the baseball Cardinals routed Pittsburgh, 11-0, cutting the leading Pirates' lead over them to five games. The 35-year-old great ended the game by throwing a called third strike past Willie Stargell, the major leagues' most powerful hitter this season. And Stargell himself put it best when he said after the game, "All those people who said that Gibson was washed up should have had to bat against him tonight." In gaining his forty-eighth shutout, Gibson struck out 10, including Stargell three times. He walked three. There was a fourth Pirate baserunner, Milton May.

He struck out in the second inning but reached first base because the third strike was a wild pitch. No Pirate got past first base. Jack Hernandez led off the third with a walk, Stargell drew a pass with one out in the fourth and Bob Robertson walked with two out in the seventh. Gibson, mixing his fastballs and sliders well and even throwing in a few changeups, made things easy for his fielders most of the game. "I hung just a couple of pitches," Gibson said.

But he could recall only one, a hanging slider that Dave Cash bounced to third baseman Joe Cash Pavilallo Oliver rf Stargell If Mav Robertson lb Mazeroskl 2h Hernandez ss Johnson Moose Sands ph Veale Clines ph Brlles ft 0 0 Totals 28 0 0 0 27 8 ARDINALS BOO 030 OHO 11 PITTSBl 000 000 000 0 Mazeroskl, Moose. DP Pittsburgh 1. Left Cardinals 12, Pitts- 2B slmmons, Kubiak. HR-Hague Torre in the eighth "I was throwing hard most of the way," Gibson said. "I think I threw harder in that one-hitter in San Diego last year, but I had better control of my breaking pitches this time." Ivan Murrell broke up that no-hit bid against the Padres with a two-out line single in the eighth inning.

Gibson had one other one-hitter in the majors. That was against the Philadelphia Phillies in 1965. Johnny Callison was the culprit in that game. "I didn't think I'd ever throw a no-hitter because I'm a high-ball pitcher and high-ball pitchers don't usually throw no-hitters," Gibby said. Gibson recalled coming within one out of a no-hitter when he pitched for the Cardinals' Rochester farm club.

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2:22. A 30,678, Stuttering Big Red Rally To Dump Oilers, 16-14 By Bill Beck and Lynn Dickey, the tuck-fooied rookie from Kansas Hollway's Benefit (ARDIWI.S 0 in 6 Ifi HOlSTON 0 7 714 HOU Pawklns 1 run i LHirkee kick CARDS Wilson 6 blocked punt triukken kick I CARDS FG 3S Jakowenko CARDS FG 15 Bakken CARPS-FG 25 Bakken HOUSTON Richardson 35 run (Dur- kee kick STATISTICS Quarterback Jim Hart threw state, three touchdown passes just off j0hns0n, who worKed the first the playing field last night but half and led the 0iiers on an 80. the Big Red jammed enough yard drive for tne g0-ahead action between the stripes to second-quarter touchdown, corn-make the coach Bob Hollway's pieted j0 0f 15 throws for 128 debut successful. yards. Dickey got only seven of The football Cards beat the 22.

Both were constantly har-Houston Oilers, 16-14, even rassed by a strong Big Red though the only touchdown they pass rush, could manage came when Lar- Norm Thompson, the Card- Houston rards 17 13 punter to his sorrow. The first time, a bad snap from center enabled lineback Larry Stalling to land on him 16 yards behind the line of scrimmage at the Oiler 37. Hart, hoping to catch the Oilers a bit jumpy, went for the bomb on first down but corner back Benny Johnson cut in front of Gilliam in the end zone to make a tumbling interception. Houston had done little offensively to this point but the break proved inspirational. The Oilers spent the remaining four minutes of the first quarter and the first two minutes of the second in an 80-yard drive for a touchdown.

Johnson's passes accounted for most of this yardage al Flrst downs Rushing yardage Passing yardase Return yardage Passes Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized 17 234 100 16-31-1 4-42 1 56 9S 15 S7 17-37-0 8-37 0 80 inals No. 1 draft choice from Utah, saw some action as a replacement fo slick fielding Miller Farr at left cornerback. He was virtually untested on ry Wilson, captain and safety, blocked a punt, scooped up the ball and raced into the end zone. The Big Red also got three field goals, two by veteran Jim pass defense but was embarras- caught up with a Hart bomb in the fourth quarter. Ron Yankowski, former Kansas State standout making a bid at defensive end, showed promise, particularly as a Bakken and one, a 38-yard se(j somewhat bv Richardson boomer, by Syracuse rookie on the 35-vard.

fourth quarter pass-rusher. though he had help. Farr In all, hart completed five c-aA fo Ko passes out-of-bounds, two of the othprwisp haup hppn touchdown run. The 195- former Mustang ran through Thompson first at the corner but he was no respector of persons. He also eluded Wilson, the last man who had a shot at him.

Missouri's two rookies on the Big Red roster linebacker Rocky Wallace and wide-receiver Mel Gray both saw action. Wallace played on the punting specialty team and was resoundingly clipped twice. Gray turned in kickoff returns of 41 and 2'5 yards and almost imjammyy v-u mi 1 im. mm namp ill v'S; t. rv I 1 fill a- VJ ,..4 4 i 4' "Km'M sideliners going to wide receiver John Gilliam in the first period.

Those near missse, plus a series of four major penalties in a sequence of seven plays, kept the Big Red from really threatening in the first quarter. Houston's Dan a i i didn't get in as a quarterback but he did appear twice as a position to break up completions. Pastorini's second punting assignment turned out more unfortunate than his first. With the line of scrimmage at his own 24, he took the snap at the eight and booted the ball into Wilson's lean stomach. Larry TURN TO PAGE 3, COL.

2 George Jkowenko. The Oilers bounced out In front on a one-yard burst by running bacg Joe Dawkins in the second quarter and then made the 40,992 fans sweat on a 35-yard breakaway touchdown run by Mike Richardson In the final period. The Big Red defense seemed to have the Oilers well in hand most of the evening but the offense generated nothing in the way of a running game against Houston's big line. The Oilers looked more like the team that lost 17-6 to the Los Angeles Rams than the one that hammered the New York Jets, 35-6, in earlier exhibition games. The Big Red, meanwhile, looked like what they were a team playing its first game of the season.

They busted signals and incurred penalties like there would be plenty of tomorrows which, for them, there will be. Holloway started an all-veteran team, aside from injured tight end Jackie Smith, and kept it intact for three quarters. Even when he let the reserves, well-laced with rookies, seep into the game in the fourth quarter, he kept Hart on the field. Jim had a good night, completing 16 of 31 haves for 251 Giants Drop Mets On Dropped Fly Ball SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 14 for Rosario's game-winning fly (UPI) Jim Rosario's dropped to center which Don Hahn fly ball with one out and the dropped for an error, bases loaded in the bottom of The run likely would have the tenth inning Saturday scored after the catch even if scored Al Gallagher from third Hahn had held on.

with the winning run as the San The victory went to Don Francisco Giants defeated the McMahon, now 10-4. He pitched New York Mets, 6-5. in the tenth and walked a man Pinch-hitter Dick Dietz of the and retired one in relief of York ahead, but the Giants tied it again in their half. Willie Mays walked, stole second and went to third when Mets catcher Duffy Dyer threw the ball into center. Mays scored when Kingman was bounced out, pitcher to first.

Tommy Agee, who had his right knee drained earlier in the day, walked with one out in the fifth and scored from first base on a double by Cleon Jones to give the Mets a 5-4 lead that held up until Dietz homered in the ninth. Giants lined his thirteenth homer leading off the ninth to tie the score at 5-5 and send the onmp intn Avtra inninnc Tho Steve Hamilton. The loss was charged to McGraw, who his fourth defeat in 12 decisions. The Mets jumped San Francisco starter Don Carrithers for three runs in the second, two of which were driven in by Wayne yaras. tven it ms loucnaown Gjants chased New York reliev- throws were grabbed out of McGraw jn bounds two by Dave Williams when Dave Kj and GaHa.

and one by t.ght end Jim Mc- her gI back.t0.back sin. Farland it was Hart's pass- es Garrett with a single. The rati er man anv sipnmranr i n. mnt YORK ABHH Harlson ss 4 0 1 Garrett 3o 3 0 2 Sham? rt 2 0 0 A. nee rf 2 10 Jones If ,) 1 Roswell 2h 3 2 1 Knepool lb 2 I 0 Cldenon lb 0 0 0 SA.N FRANCISCO AB Hderson If 4 0 2 Juentes 2b 5 0 0 Mays cf 2 10 Bonds rf 5 0 0 Kingmn lb 0 2 Galaher 3b 5 2 1 Speier ss.

4 12 Healy 4 11 Dyer 4 10 ilcCovey ph 1 0 0 2 0 0 Carithers 0 0 0 Harm cf Aa t- vnarne wiiiiams repiacea uiants got tne tnree back in running hat set up the field McGraw and walked Chris their half of the inning on a goals that meant victory. Speier t0 i the bases- wmie bases.loaded double by Ken Of their 17 first downs Hpll- McCovey forced Kingman at Henderson. ways heroes made only two home whJle pinchhitting for Ke Boswelrs bases-empty rusn.ng. They netted only 8 Fran Healy, setting the stage homer in the third moved New yards on the ground. Ed Hughes, like Hollway, be- ginning his first season, used A I I 1 I I two quarterbacks former Big 11 I I I I 3 fYl KISCTC Red thrower Charley Johnson VV 111101110 UIQ Koosman 3 0 1 Cmerland 2 0 0 1 0 0 Hart ph 0 0 0 Williams 0 0 0 Johnson 0 0 0 PUNT STUNT: Larry Wilson (8) of the Cardinals flies through the air to block a second-quarter punt by Dan Pastorini of the Houston Oilers.

The ball deflected off Wilson's stomach and squirted off to the side. Houston was ahead, 7-0, when the play occurred. (Post-Dispatch Photo by Wayne Crosslin) iscs zcarea i-'ieit pn 111 Totals 33 6 Hamilton 0 0 0 McMahon 0 0 0 Eosarlo ph 0 0 0 Totals 3S 6 9 run scored. RBi XT 2- Jon. Boswell, Hahn, Henderson 3, Kingman.

Dietz, Rosarlo. Garrett Dyer Hahn. DP San Francisco 1. LOB -New York 8. San Francisco 11.

ZB Jones, Speier. Kinsman, HR Boswell (5), Dleti (13). SB Harrelson, Mays. Kinsman. Kranepool.

SF Hahn, Rosarlo. IP KR BR SO Koosman 6 5 4 0 2 3 3 4 2 2 3 i Williams 'j 0 0 0 1 Carrithers 1 1 3 3 Cumberland 5'j 4 2 2 1 3 Johnson 2 1 0 0 2 2 Hamilton 3j 0 0 0 0 0 McMahon (W. 10-4) 4 0 0 0 1 0 HBP By Carrithers (Dyer). 3:14. A 19.060.

Cubs Past Reds CINCINNATI, Aug. 14 (UPI) Billy Williams' two-run homer, his twenty-second of the season and his fourth in a six-game span, carried Milt Pappas and the Chicago Cubs to a 3-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds Saturday night. Williams' homer came in ibson In 8th PITTSBURGH, Aug. 14 To Bob Gibson, the moment he came closest to losing his no-hitter came in the eighth inning. Brock Davis singled home Ron Santo in the second inning to tie the score at 1-1.

the third inning after a one-out single by Glenn Beckert broke a 1-1 tie. Jim McGlothlin, who gave up the homer, suffered his ninth loss against six victories. Pappas, going the route for the twelfth time, scattered eight hits while notching his teenth victory against 10 losses. The veteran Cub righthander lost his bid for a third consecutive shutout when the Reds How They Stand Nati onal League American League "Dave Cash was the batter, and (third baseman) Joe Torre was playing in close, looking for a possible bunt," Gibson recalled. "Cash hit a high chopper, a really high one, and Joe had to leap high to get it.

He did, though, and made a fine play. That was the only EASTERN DIVISION knnrhsH cinoloe Uol Pittsburgh muxM, CARDINALS I. pet. OB 7t 49 .592 66 54 .550 5 64 53 .547 5S 59 .495 11 Chicago New York Lee May and tony Perez in the first innig for their score. EASTERN DIVISION Pet.

Baltimore 71 43 .623 Detroit 64 54 .542 Boston 64 55 .538 New York 6ft 60 .500 Washineton 49 69 .415 Cleveland 48 71 .403 WESTER DIVISION Pet. Oakland 77 42 .647 Kansas City 62 55 .539 Chlcaao 56 63 .471 California 55 66 .455 Minnesota 53 64 .453 Milwaukee so R7 117 GB '9' 14 25 25 GB 14' 21 23 23 22 Skidoo rmianeipnift D.t DO 1 Montreal 47 71 .398 23 WESTERN DIVISION Pi t. GB San Francisco 71 51 Los Angeles 65 55 .542 5 Atlanta b4 59 .520 7 'A Houston 59 60 .496 10i2 Cincinnati 56 65 14 'I San Diego 44 77 .364 26V4 SATI'RDAVs KKSILTS Cardinals 11, Pittsburgh 0 San Francisco 6, New York 5 (10 Innings) Atlanta Houston 0 Chicago 3, Cincinnati 1 Montreal 3, Los nngeies 0. Only game scheduled. 26 ball I hit tonight was hit harder than that one." "This thrilled me, it really did, Gibson said.

"After it was over, I felt like we'd won the seventh game of the World Series." Gibson's no-hitter was the third in the major leagues this year, all in the National League and all in relatively new ballparks. Both of the previous no-hitters by the Chicago Cubs' Ken Holtzman and the Philadelphia Phillies' Rick Wise came against the Cincinnati Reds in Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium. The no-hitter by Gibson is only the second ever pitched in Pittsburgh. The first came in 1907 when the Pirates' Nicholas Maddox defeated Brooklyn Dodgers, 2-1, at old Exposition Park, a field which was on the current site of Three Rivers Stadium. In the 61 years the Pirates used Forbes Field as a home, there was never a no-hit game.

The closest thing to a no-hit- TURN TO PAGE 6, COL. 4 SATIKIIAVS UBil'ITS CINCINNATI AB Rose rf 4 0 1 McRae If 4 12 May lb 4 0 1 Perez 3b 4 0 2 Bench 4 0 0 Foster cf 4 0 0 CHICAC.O AB Kessln(trs 4 0 1 Beckert 2b 3 1 1 Williams If 4 11 Pepitone lb 4 0 1 Santo 3b 3 10 Callison rf 3 0 Davis cf 4 0 1 Helms 2b 4 0 2 Concpcn ss 2 0 0 Marline 3 0 1 Pappaj 2 0 0 Stewart ph 1 0 0 oodwa ss play that reaiiy scareu mc. But what about Jose' Cruz's one-handed running catch off Milt May's long drive to center field an inning earlier? "It was a high fly ball, and I knew if it came down Cruz would catch it," Gibson said. "If it didn't come down, It was going out of the park. Somehow I always felt it was going to come down, though, and it didn't worry me as much as Cash's ball did." May, batting with one out, Brove a ball 390 feet from the plate but Cruz running full speed, losing his hat made a fine running catch on the warning track.

Said May: "When I hit it, I thought it was going out. I've only got one left field homer in this park, and I thought the Totals 30 3 6 McGlthln 2 0 0 Carbo ph 1 0 0 Cardinals (Cleveland 10-10) at PitU- burch (Klson 3-31 0 0 0 Merrltt at Atlanta Houston (Forsch 7-3) Minnesota 9. Detroit 4 Oakland 1, New York 0 Kansas City 6. Boston 1 V'ashlngton 2. California 0 Chicago 2.

Baltimore 0 Milwaukee 5, Cleveland 3 SUNDAY'S GAMES Detroit (Niekro 5-5) at Minnesota 1 Perry 12-13) Cleveland (McDowell 11-10) at Milwaukee (Parsons 9-4) Baltimore (Dobson 15-5) at Chicago (Wood 14-8i California 1 Fisher 9-4 or Clark 2-1) Washington (Bosnian 9-12) Oakland iBlue 21-4) at New York (Bahnsen 10-9) Kansas City (Hedlund 9-6) at Boston (Culp 13-10) MONDAY'S GAMES California at Boston, night Baltimore at Milwaukee, night Cleveland at Minnesota, night Only games scheduled Totals 34 1 8 CHICAGO Ol'j 000 000 CINCINNATI 100 000 000 I RBI Williams 2, Davis, Perez. Mav. DP Chicago 1, Cincinnati 3. LOB Chicago 4, Cincinnati 6. 2B Helma.

Rose. HR Williams (22). Beckert. IP RERBB SO Pappas 1 14-10) 9 8 110 3 McGlothlin 1 6-9) 5 3 3 3 3 Merrltt 2 1 0 0 0 1 1:55. A 32,678.

1 Stone 5-4) Chicago (Plzarro 4-1) at Cincinnati (Grimsley 6-5) Montreal (Renko 11-12) at Los Angeles (Singer 7-13) Philadelphia (Fryman 8-4 and Lersch 4-10) at San Diego (KJrby 10-10 and Roberts 10-12). New York iMcAndrew 0-3) at San Francisco (Marlchal II-81 MONDAY'S GAMES Cardinals at Cincinnati, 7:05 p.m. Houston at Pittsburgh, night Chicago at Atlanta, night New York at Los Angeles, night Only games scheduled IN PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. At left, Wilson chases after the ball as it bounds toward the Cardinals' goal line. At right, after scooping it up, he puts his head down and bolts toward the end zone with the Big Red's first touchdown of the exhibition season.

(Post-Dispatch Photos by Paul Sequeira).