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rfrrr m' "P-rTryv iH V' 9 -V Hie lnl By DON MERRY Staff Writer Tigers, designated wild man during a wild scenario which erupted in the fourth inning of the first game of a doubleheader against the Angels. The Angels won die first game, 14-7, trailed in when piay the second was suspended after eight of the innings 'because American Leagues 1 a.m. DETROIT Willie Horton, advertised as the strongest man in baseball, emphatically proved his point Wednesday night Horton, Detroits -design nated hitter who is constructed along the lines of Mr. America, became the HANK Bob IIOLLING curfew. (detailsZm other-story).

TheyD finish it before tonight's regularly scheduled game. Enraged by a 2-2 pitch from Frank Tanana which sailed inside but did not strike him, Horton charged the mound, touching off a frantic 29-minute melee emptied both benches. Nineteen of foe 20 minutes were spent- trying to- restrain Horton, often in futility. The only words I can remember, coming out id his mouth were, "Im going to kill going to kOl you, umpire Larry Barnett said. Barnett also said Hortons vivid threats were not directed at anyone in particular.

1 He was challenging everybody in sight, observed Angel pitcher BUI Singer, who had the presence of mind to throw a body block on the berserk WORTH Bailey: the original Expo Motowns version of basebrawl One has to blink his.eyes, pinch himself and shake his head swiftly a few hundred times to make certain he'saliye and kicking when he encounters Robert Sher-wpod Bailey. Wasnt it only yesterday that the Wilson High all-CD1 baseball and football star was the most sought-after prep athlete in file nation? He had more football scholarship offers than a centipede has fogs. Major league baseball scouts swarmed like locusts at the home of his father, Ruck. BUs far Ms baseball services soared' to astronomical figures. The Pittsburgh Pirates finally won out, handing Bob Bailey a contract with a bonus considerably in excess of But even though it seems like yesterday, the young Bob Bailey epic began way back in 1961.

14 Detroits Leon Roberts (44) gets fistful of teammate Willie Hortons shirt to slow advance on Angel Bill Singer Wednesday. Enraged Horton charged starting Angel pitcher Frank Tanana I (not shown) after brushback pitch, starting bench-clearing brawl -in fourth inning of Wednesdays first game in Detroit. rs continue major league seasons later, 32 and the senior citizen of foe holdover from the Expos very appeared to have -calmed down, but after, his initial run at Tanana the irate Horton generated three more bringing both Angels and Tigers Continued JOHN DIXON Sports Editor June 12. 1975 Section Page C-l 1 Aftermath of gnnrwihsintiforWhen-BiA-fo-reminded also 'that since he is the last of the original Expos, he is foe clubs career leader in virtually all batting categories. lie face quickly turns sober, though, when the.

fore he injured his left side, and has lost three in conversation turns to Bobs off an excellent 1974 season belted 20 homers, Bailey roRBI. homers and only two 1 now Worse, maybe, is foe fact that he has played in only of the Expos first 45 games and most of those times was merely a pinch hitter. One venders, in the face of the Enos sweeping youth movement, how the onetime bonus babe is react- Maybe Im old by baseball standards, but I dont Horton as foe Tiger player rtof was in the act of pursuing Tanana into the Angel About the challenges, Singer mused, There were no takers." -Several times' during the disturbance, Horton Angel had bat DETROIT This was foe night. when both the Angels and Willie Horton exploded. As of foe moment, it looks like an even split.

Horton was ejected in foe fourth inning of the first game of a twi-night doubleheader for taking four enraged charges at pitcher Frank Tanana. Perhaps inspired by this outburst, the Angds went on to -help themselves to five and six-run innings to wax the Tigers, 14-7. The second game, in which Horton returned as his teams designated hitter, was halted after eight innings because of the 1 a.m. curfew rule and will be completed prior to foe start of tonight's single game. The Tigers, with Horton contributing two and an RBI singles ahead, 5-3.

What really set Willie off was a guy coming out of the Angel dugout with a bat in his hand, Detroit manager Ralph Houk, who was also involved in the pushing and shoving, explained. Thats a bunch of crap and I was (bleeped) off, too. I respect Tanana for trying to keep me off the plate but I dont like it when he jeopardizes my career, -Horton said, claiming foe inside pitch (Continued C-2, Col. 2) Robert Sherwood is a rige Montreal Expos the i beginning in 1969. current situation.

when he batted .280 is hitting .196, with no 5, Col. 1) AMERICAN LEAGUE East LPet GB Boston 29 22 589 NewYork 30 25 545 1 Milwaukee 25 28 .472 5 Detroit 23 27 .460 5ft Baltimore 23 30 .434 7 Cleveland 23 31 526 7ft Wrtt LPet GB Oakland 34 22 507 Kansas City 33 25 589 2 Minnesota 26 26 500 6 Texas 2828 500 6 Angels 28 29 591 9ft Cncago 23 32 51810ft Wednesdays Results Angels 1447Detroit7-5. New YorkS, Minnesota 1. Kansas (My 7. Cleveland 1.

Oakland 5MdwautoeL Baltimore 9, Texas 8. Boston 9, Chicago 7. MiaacioU (Gotts at New York OekUiid (Blue 4 at HOwiikoo awdsadick M) at Kaoua NSnl(Fat CMeaso (Kaw' Palmer M) it Tout (BWySS, aifkt. they can save some money by having us pay our own Jennings, at odds with foe AAU for a number of years, said, I feel kind, of strange supporting boycott sponsored by the just another example of the AAUs non- to go By GORDON VERRELL Staff Writer Its getting to sound like a broken record. The Dodgers had one scoring' opportunity Wednesday night, made the worst of it and wound up losing, 2-1, to the New York Mets before 40,095 at Dodger Stadium.

It's the same problem, said the manager, Walter Alston. We just cant score any runs. Alston would like to shake up his lineup tonight But he cant He hasnt got anything to shake it with. Several erf his front-liners' are hurting Bill Russell, Bill Buckner and Steve Yeager and those that arent hurting arent hitting. The worst thing I can do is panic," Alston confided.

We went through one of these periods last ar and bounced out of it just hope we can do it this time. Doug Rau buried his best game in a month but still couldnt win. He nursed a 1-0 foid into the eighth. But he served up a run-scoring double to Jesus Afou Afouo seventh hit in 11 atrhats as a pinch hitter that tied the score and then Mike Map shaU took over. Marshall absorbed the loss, his second in as many nights, when New York punched across the winning run in the top of the ninth on a walk, wild pitch and ground-baD single by Mike Phillips, the onetime San Francisco Giant The loss, the Dodgers aes, arop- third in four games, ped them lft games behind Cincinnati in the National League West Less than three weeks ago the Dodgers led by Oft.

Th Dodgers had chances, several of them, but managed the grand sum of one sacrifice fly against rookie Randy Tate. That came in the second inning when the Dodgers loaded the bases with no one out on singles by Steve Garvey and Willie Crawford and a walk to Ron Cey. Joe Ferguson got Garvey home with a long fly ball, but then Rick Auer-bach grounded into a double (day. End of rally, end id Dodgers. Tate' continued to frustrate the Dodgers for, seven innings before Bob Apodaca, the 1 former Cerritos College star and the Mets newest bullpen sensation, took over.

He got all six Dodgers he faced, striking out Gar-, vey and Crawford to end it, and earned his first victory of the year. But Apodaca has saved" ievenothei i other games anhis earned run average for 16 appearances is a micro- scopic 120. Even ao, Im always nervous when I face foe Dodgers, he said, not explaining why. Hell easily succeed Marshall as the N.L Fireman of the Year at that startling pace. Marshall.

ves and with only two saves two wins, hasnt -won a game since April 18, be- (SFC C3 CA HORSE RACING Thoroughbreds, Hollywood Park, first post 2 p.m.; quarter horses, Los Aumflos, first post 8 p.m. BASEBALL Dodgers vs. New York Meta, Dodger Stadium, 8 p.m. ROXINGf-Oiympic Auditorium, 8p.m. GYMNASTICS Long Beach Scats vs.

New Zealand Long Beach State cam- RACING Speedway bikes, liwindale Raceway, 8 p.m. GRUNION RUN South- -land beaches, 11:38 a.m. ri R-AJ3IO ANDTV 5 RADIO Baseball Angels vs. De- troitj KMPC, 5 p.m.; Dodgera vs. New York Mets, 7:30 p.m.

TELEVISION No events scheduled. I lEMIIKMU SCOTCH' WiSET smm TO THE BNBI HBUUi Angel manager -Dick Williams still must restrain his pitcher Frank Tanana (40) while the Tigers Willie Horton is held back by teammate Jack Pierce after 20-minute free-for-all at Tiger Stadium Wednesday night. trow. Asked about the appai eut troubles with his cop tool, in which he walked Rusty Staub to lead off foe payoff ninth, then advanced him with a wild MarahaU replied, It isnt just me, its the dim. We make one whole mistake and it costs us a game.

The critical mistake was. when-Joe Ferguson, the catcher, failed to block Marshalls pitch, enabling Staub to advance1 into scoring position. This was just after Marshall had Tanned Dave fireventing him from mov-ng. Staub along with a hunt. I know it was in the dirt, Alston said id foe wild pitch, but it have been Mocked.

Worst' than that, though, la the Were just not getting anything together. -Alston will try to bolster the offense tonight, but he has precious little to work with. Lee Lacy, hitting but with only three hits Ms last 20 at-bats, will likely start In leftfiehl against the Mets lefthander Jon Matiack. T11 probably start (Continued on C-2, Col. 6) TASTE TELLS WHY IS THE 9TH LARGEST SELLING SCOTCH THE U.S.A.

NUE NSTUO INI ROW STINIWS TT (Continued league X- East LPet GB ft 29 527 IK 29 28 527 1ft St Louis 26 26 500 Montreal 18 30 5759 West" LPet GB Cincinnati 3524 591 34 26 517 1ft Fran. 27 518 4ft 6 Atlanta .25 32.439 9 22 40 55514ft Wednesday's Results York 2, Dagger 1-San Fran. 8. Phila. 3.

Chicago at Atlanta, rain. Cincinnati 3, St Louis 1. Houston 5, Pittsburgh 1. San Diego 3, Montreal 1. Gmm Ttakht New York lUitbSTfl at Mfm (gutfoa 1M).

PkSaddbMa (CenSa t-S at Su AUnteCNiekreHind Mortoat-' (EUs SOI at Howtos iflteed M) at Ciaeisatti TOm Jennings, coach of ng Beach. Pacific the Long Coast Club, has joined hands with foe Southern Pacific Association of the Amateur Athletic Union in boycotting the AAU Track Championships next week in Eugene, Ore: i Eugene, Ore: -The decision was made after learning that the national body of the AAU bad allocated only $1,000 for file transportation of athletes to foe mwt The national AAU has a travel budget of $20,000 and local chairman Hal Harknest said he estimated that 35 per cent of this countrys top athletes resided in the Southern California area. Its inconceivable that foe AAU would do this sort of thing, said Jennings. In 1972, they allotted 009 for travel expenses to foe same meet Now they want us to take $1,000. We tpld them it was unacceptable.

guess the AAU fig-, pies we have some money left over (in a slush fund) a foe Sunkist and LA. meets 'and that war arent going to be able to doit Harkness, an assistant coach at UCLA, said he felt his association was being shortchanged by the national body and, in a near unanimous vote, the (Continued on C-2, Col. 8) joins AAU boycott allow us to compete in European meets this summer. The people I feel sorry for are the smaller track clubs. They have athletes who want to compete for our U.S.

national teams. Now, because of lack of funds from the AAU, they proud support of its own athletes. Jennings said that many of our Pacific. Coast Club athletes could not care less about. the AAU meet and foe one against the Russians.

All we want to do is get our AAU cards which will (UPD Steve Prefontaine Prefontaine would have been INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. died prematurely. Had he lived, Pre probably would have gone out and posted another American distance running record in celebration of Wednesdays announce- Dr. Leroy Walker, chairman of the AAUs track and field committee and coach of next years Olympic team, conducted a telephone poll Wednesday among the 15 committo members ana they were unanimous in the decision to suspend that moratorium. Dr.

Walker, assistant to the Chancellor at North Carolina Central' University in Durham, said: We concerned witb-the total welfare of our ath- 3 recognize the- points made by many athletes to select ti their wishes to select their competition as they about find ti best suited to their careers and their aspirations; ment by the Amateur Athletic Union that it has suspended its controversial moratorium rule for the remainder of the year. Prefontaine, Americas premier distance runner who was killed in an automobile accident in: the early hours of May 30 after running in a meet at Eugene, led the fight to have the moratorium suspended, or 'wiped entirely from the books. 1 Part id Prefontaine! wish was granted Wednesday when the AAU, by an unanimous vote, agreed to suspend foe moratorium for the remainder of the reason. The controversial rule prohibited athletes competing anywhere 10 days before the national championships and five days prior to an international meet At the same time we hope our athletes will recognize and share our desire to make our -national, cham-' pkmship foe most significant track meet in our country and that foe, teams selected to represent foe United States in international competition be composed of foe bpst athletes our country has. ri, I I.