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Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Tuesday, May 18,1971 -9 Roadrunner' wins it for Atlanta By KEN RAPTOPORT Associated Press Sports Writer The Roadrunner was standing the corner, watching the baseball go bye, bye. "Yep, I just watched the ball from the batter's box after 1 hit it," said Atlanta's Ralph Garr, who carries the "Roadrunner" tag for his blinding speed. "1 knew it was out of the park- but 1 was afraid it might go foul." The reason for the freeze, Garr said, was that he wanted to conserve his energy--in case the ball was foul "and 1 would need all my strength to run on the next ball." Turns out, his fears were foundless. The ball clattered into the left-field seats in fair territory and gave the Braves a 4-3 victory over the New York Mets in the llth inning Monday night. "I'll never forget that," said Atlanta's prize new left-fielder The Blade' gives Angels close shave I SAID SAFE--First base umpire David Davidson re-emphasizes his call to pleading New York Mets first sacker Ed Kranepool on a fifth inning call during game with Pirates in Pittsburgh Sunday.

Davidson called Pirates left fielder Vic DaviliUo safe after he hit a chopper to Kranepool who threw to second forcing Pirate Dave Cash. The close throw back from second was not in time to catch DaviliUo who, later in the same inning, became the Pirates first run. The Pirates won it 4-2. (AP Winpholo) Stanley Cup down to the 'nitty-gritty' final tilt By JOE MOOSHIL Associated Press Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) We're down to the nitty-gritty," Chicago Coach Billy Reay said. "We've got to play our best to win here," Montreal Coach Al MacNeil said.

What it all comes down to tonight is one game. Whoever wins it i the coveted Stanley Cup, symbol of supremacy in the National Hockey League. The visiting Canadiens have the edge in tradition. But that hasn't helped them here. The Black Hawks have won all three of their championship- round games at home.

Montreal has done the same. The Canadiens, led by the Mahovlich brothers-Frank and Pete-forced this seventh game when they came from behind Sunday with a pair of third period goals to edge the Hawks 43 and tie the series at three games. "It's now a one-game series," Reay said. It will be nationally televised by CBS starting at 8:30 p.m., EDT, and will bring to a close the longest season in NHL history. Naturally, both clubs will go all out.

That probably means extended duty for the top players of each team. The Hawks have seen plenty of the Mahovlich boys who have accounted for nine of the Canadiens' 17 goals in the series. Yvan Cournoyer has contributed heavily to the Montreal offense and Ken Dryden has been virtually unbelievable in the Cana- diens' net. American wins first VANCOUVER, B.C. (AP) Bobby Fischer of Los Angeles won the first game of his 10- game match with Marck Taimanov of the Soviet Union Monday when the Russian chess expert resigned without more play.

Their match was adjourned Sunday night after the 40th move. Fischer leads 1-0 in the quarter-finals of the World Chess Championships to decide a challenger to present world champion, Boris Spasky of Russia. In other quarter-final matches, Bent Larsen of Denmark and Wolfgang Ulhmann of East Germany, tied 1-1, adjourned after the 41st move of their third game at Las Palmas, Canary Islands. Russians Victor Korchnoi and Yefim Geller played to a draw on the 35th move of their third game in Moscow. It was the second draw, with Korchnoi the winner of the other contest.

At Seville, Spain, Russia's Tigran Petrosyan and Robert Huebner of West Germany tied for the fourth time in as many games. The Hawks again will count heavily upon Bobby Hull who takes his regular turns on the line, kills penalties and skates the power play. "He's strong and thrives on work," said Reay, who was forced to use defenseman Pat Stapleton almost 39 minutes Sunday. The plucky Stapleton and his sidekick, Bill White, could see as much duty in the finale. The Canadiens will be shoot- The final series means $3,000 to each winner and $1,500 to each loser.

Because the Hawks finished first in the West Division and the Canadiens third in the East, each team's total play-off money varies. If the Hawks are victorious they'll net $10,000 a man. If they lose it'll be cut to $8,500. It the Canadiens win, they'll total $8,250 a man and $6,750 each if they lose. Also at stake is the Conn ing for their 15th Cup since the Smythe Trophy for the Most NHL took over the series in 1926.

The Hawks will be seeking their fourth Cup and first since 1961. Unlike football's Super Bowl with $25,000 to each winner and baseball's World Series, with some $18,000 a winner last year, pride and not money is the factor in the Stanley Cup. Final ABA game set in Utah Valuable Player in the series. It carries a bonus of $1,500. American Legion practice tonight A boys i i participating in the American Legion baseball program are requested to attend an open practice tonight.

The under the direction of Milo Griffin, will be held at Growden Memorial Park at 6 p.m. All boys 16-18 are eligible to play in the American Legion program. By DICK COUCH Associated Press Sports Writer Minnesota got three smooth shaves from one Blade and the California Angels were left with nothing but the nubs. Tom "The Blade" Hall came out of the Twins' bullpen in the ninth inning Monday night and struck out three successive pinch-hitters, stranding the tying run on third base and saving a 3-2 Minnesota victory over the Angels. The 155-pound fireballer, working in relief of Bert Blyleven after singles by Ken McMullen and John Stephenson put the Twins in a deep hole with noboby out, fanned Billy Cowan, Ken Berry and Jim Fregosi to end the game.

Elsewhere in the American League, Boston nipped Detroit 3-2, the New York Yankees downed Baltimore 6-3 and Cleveland beat Washington 6-3. At Anaheim, the Twins overcame a 2-0 California lead on George Mitterwald's two-run homer and Jim Nettles' run- scoring single in the fifth inning. Blyleven, nicked for two unearned runs in the second, went on to strike out 12 and stymied the Angels on five hits until the ninth, when McMullen stroked a leadoff single and raced to third on Stephenson's single. Hall, who struck out 184 batters in 155 innings last season, then came on to snuff out the rally. Rod Carew, got the Twins started In the fifth with a bunt single--their first hit off left- hander Rudy Mitter- wald blasted his first homer of the year to tie it 2-2.

Jim Holt followed with a double and Nettles, recalled from the minors over the weekend, stroked the decisive single. Alex Johnson, benched for two games by Angels' Manager Lefty Phillips because of his lacklustre play, returned to the lineup and poked one hit in four trips to the plate. The Red Sox widened their East Division lead over second- place Baltimore to 214 games, coming from behind on George Scott's two-run double in the fifth and then staving of the Tigers with the help of a sensational catch by left fielder Carl Yastrzemski. With one on and two out in the seventh, Yastrcemski raced to the wall in left center and made a leaping stab of Willie Horton's long drive against the Scoreboard, robbing the Detroit slugger of a potential game-tying extra base hit. Horton slammed a two-run homer off Ray Culp, 4-2, in the fourth to give the Tigers a 2-1 edge, but Scott's two-out double in the fifth scored Luis Aparicio and Reggie Smith, sending former Cy Young Award winner Dean Chance down to his sixth loss in as many decisions.

Roy White poled his seventh homer of the season--a two-run shot on a 3-0 pitch in the first i i a Gene Michael slapped two run-producing singles to lead the Yankees past the Orioles. Catcher Elrod Hendricks hit a two-run homer for the Orioles, but his error at the plate in the eighth enabled New York to draw away with two unearned runs. Mel Stottlemyre picked up the victory, his fourth against one setback, with eighth-inning relief help from Jack Aker. New pact for 49er SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Coach Dick Nolan of the San Francisco 49ers will be working under a new five-year contract when he moves his football team into its new stadium next season. The 39-year-old coach, who took the 49ers to their first National Football League division title last fall, got the new contract Monday from Lou Spadia, president of the team.

Terms were not disclosed, but Nolan is believed to be in the range. His old five-year contract, which had two years to go, was torn up. The 49ers were 10-3-1 in 1970, Nolan's third season as coach, and won the Western Division of the National Conference. They missed a trip to the Super Bowl by losing 17-10 to the Dallas Cowboys in the NFC title game. who also had game-tying homer in the 10th and beefed his batting average to a National League-leading .44 with a 3-for- 6 night.

Pittsburgh beat Montreal 6-5, Philadelphia turned back Cincinnati 3-2 and Houston beat San Diego 2-0 in the only other National League New York had AL Weis on third base with the potential lead run in the llth inning when Atlanta's Bob Priddy threw one of his pitches over the catcher's head. But the ball ricocheted off a back wall and shot back before Weis had a chance to come home. Garr not only made the timely hits, but timely catches as well. He made two robberies of drives in the outfield, including Bud Harrelson's long belt up the alley in left-center, which the "Roadrunner" simply outran. Orlando Cepeda was another Brave hero, stroking a homer off Seaver to lead off the ninth that tied the game 2-2.

New York's Don Clendenon then ripped his second homer of the game to give the Mets a 3-2 bulge before Garr came through. Roberto Clemente, who unloaded a homer in the eighth, cracked a two-run triple in the ninth to give Pittsburgh a come-back victory over Montreal. The Pirates trailed 5-4 when Gene Alley opened the last of the ninth with a single off Expos' reliever Mike Marshall. Gene Clines sacrificed Alley to second and he held there as Dave Cash beat out an infield hit. Vic Davaliilo filed out, but then Clemente hit the center field wall with his drive to score the tying and winning runs.

Clemente had left five runners stranded prior to his bat- ling splurge, coaxing boos from the 6,431 faithful at Three Rivers Stadium. Mike Ryan's tie-breaking homer in the eighth helped Philadelphia's Jim Bunning break a six-game losing streak. Bunning checked the Reds on five hits for eight innings and drove in the Phillies' first two runs with a sacrifice fly and Darrell Brandon pitched the ninth for Philadelphia, surviving a two-out triple by Bernie Carbo. Don Wilson fired a four-hitter and Jack Hiatt and Jim Wynn delivered run-scoring singles in the Houston cause. The only run Wilson needed to gain his fourth victory in six decisions was an unearned tally in the second inning.

With two out, Doug Rader singled and Jesus Alou was safe on an error. Hiatt then sliced a single to score Rader. Wynn's infield single brought home Joe Morgan from third with Houston's other run in the eighth. Daily Mews SPORTS Tug of war on for Canonero II MAJOR LEAGUE' standings By The Associated Press National League East Division New York Pittsburgh St. Louis Chicago Montreal Phila.

L.Pct. GB 21 12 .63621 14 .600 1 20 15 .571 2 18 17 .514 4 13 14 .481 5 11 22 .33310 West Division San Fran. Atlanta Los Angeles Houston Cincinnati Chicago 27 10 .73018 18 .500 18 19 .486 9 17 19 .472 914 13 22 .37113 10 25 .28616 By JIM CHURCH SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (APS The Utah Stars and Kentucky Colonels, bruised and exhausted after six rowdy pla- off games, will settle the American Basketball Association championship tonight in the seventh and final game. The game, sold out at 13,208 only two hours after Kentucky tied the series at 3-3 Saturday in Louisville, will be televised locally and back to Kentucky. Both teams were runners-up in their divisions, Kentucky losing out to Virginia in the East and Utah placing second to defending ABA champion Indiana in the West.

The Stars took the first two games against Kentucky in the Salt Palace, lost the next two at Louisville, won at the Salt Palace and then lost at Louisville. The games at Louisville were decided in the closing seconds; the ones at Salt Lake, where Kentucky has yet to win in six games--including regular season, were not close. The winning team in tonight's game will split $48,130 and the losing team, $40,130. The coaches, Frank Ramsey of Kentucky and Bill Sharman of Utah, played together for the Boston Celtics and they use the same plays. Both teams live by the fast break.

And Ramsey and Sharman have the same aims going into the final game. "We can't stand around," says Sharman. "We play better when we run." "We've got to avoid turnovers and not slow down in the last quarter," Ramsey says. "That has happened to us in Utah." Monday's Results Pittsburgh 6, Montreal 5 Atlanta 4, New York 3, 12 innings Philadelphia 3, Cincinnati 2 Houston 2, San Diego 0 Only games scheduled. Tuesday's Games Montreal (Stoneman 4-2) at Pittsburgh (Johnson 2-2), night New York (McAndrew 0-1) at Atlanta (McQueen 1-0), night Philadelphia (Lersch 3-2) at Cincinnati (Gullett 3-2), night San Diego (Arlin 2-4) at Houston (Forsch 0-0), night San Francisco (Bryant 3-1) at Chicago (Pappas 4-4).

Los Angeles (Sutton 1-4) at St. Louis (Cleveland 3-2), night Wednesday's Games New York at Philadelphia, night Montreal at Atlanta, night Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, night San Diego at Houston, night San Francisco at Chicago Los Angeles at St. Louis night American League East Division L.Pct. GB BALTIMORE (AP) Cano- nero II, surprise winner of the Kentucky Derby and Prc- akness, was scheduled to take a "victory" walk in front of the Pimlico stands today as a tug of war appeared to be developing for his services. Meanwhile Canonero, who Possible feud thaw KNOXVILLE, Tenn.

(AP) A pollible thaw in the long standing feud between the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the Amateur Athletic Union was hinted Tuesday by the president of the NCAA. Dr. Earl Ramer indicated in a carefully prepared statement after meeting with AAU President Jack Kelly of Philadelphia, that relations might improve between the two organizations. "While no commitments involving either organization were made, it is my feeling that through improved understanding of our mutual concerns, a greater cooperation may develop." Ramer said. Ramer, faculty chairman of athletics at the University of Tennessee, was joined in the talks with Kelly and other AAU officials by Charles Neinas, assistant NCAA executive director, and Bob Woodruff, Tennessee athletic director and a member of the U.S.

Olympic Committee. In addition to Kelly, the AAU was represented by Secretary Richard Harkins and Ollan Gassell, assistant executive director. Kelly sought the meeting with the NCAA officials in an effort to try to resolve the two groups over administration of amateur athletics in the United States. The NCAA-AAU feud centers on which group shall control track meets and other amateur athletic events. The AAU has been the traditional governing body but the NCAA has prohibited college Department has called a meeting athletes from participating in for all teenage girls interested in AAU meets under threat of playing slow pitch Softball this summer.

The meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the Big Dipper. Interested girls are asked to bring their gloves as their will be a workout in conjunction with the Only games scheduled. Tuesday's Games Milwaukee (Pattin 3-3) at Oakland (Hunter 6-2), night Minnesota (Lockwood 3-3) at California (Allen 2-1), night Chicago (Wood 1-2) at Kansas City (Hedlund 3-2), night Cleveland (McDowell 1-5) at Washington (McLaim 4-5), night Baltimore (Cuellar 3-1) at New York (Peterson 3-2), night Detroit (Zepp 0-1) at Boston (Siebert 6-0), night Wednesday's Games Milwaukee at Oakland, night Minnesota at California, night Chicago at Kansas City, night Detroit at Cleveland, night Baltimore at Washington, night New York at Boston, night Girls teenage softball league The Fairbanks Recreation was to depart for New York Thursday for the June 5 Belmont Stakes, appeared to be facing steadily dwindling opposition for the third leg of the Triple Crown. Pedro Baptista, who races the colt in the name of his son- in-law, Edgar Caibett, said he would lw in Miami Thursday to discuss a million bid from a Florida syndicate for the $1,200 yearling.

And the Venezuelan government, which controls racing in the colt's home country, reportedly was interested in buying the horse to spur interest in breeding in the South American nation. "The government officials have said they would like to keep him at home," a spokesman said Monday, "to spur interest in breeding created by Canonero in the Derby and Preakness. "But 1 doubt if the government match the offer of the people in Miami," he continued. "If the government offers anything less, Mr. Baptista would be a poor businessman to accept it." Baptista, a Caracas businessman, said he would have to retain four shares in any syndication, keep any earnings from the Belmont Stakes, with the horse running under the original ownership in the Belmont.

Canonero II, with a chance to become the first Triple Crown winner since Citation in 1948, has scared off quite a bit of opposition for the final leg. Jim French, runner-up in the Derby and third in the Preakness, appears to be the only certain repeater from the previously beaten fields. Eastern Fleet, runner-up by 114 lengths in the Preakness as Canonero II set a Pimlico track record of 1:54 for 1 3-16 miles, is still a question mark. Other possibilities for the Belmont include Good Behaving, who would be an entry with Jim French for trainer Johnny Campo Bold Reasoning, unbeaten winner of the recent Withers Stakes; Run The Gantlet and On Your Toes. meeting, according to Hez Ray.

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