Lansing State Journal from Lansing, Michigan • Page 29

SECTION THE STATE JOURNAL. Saturday, July 26, 1975 Detroit Tops Indians, 4-3 St tin I ey Trigg eri Tiger Win Belts Big TWo-Run Triple first appearance since July 17 when he strained knee ligaments in a game at Chicago. The battle of the cellar resumes this afternoon, with the Tigers trying to protect a one-game edge over the Indians, built exclusively of Friday's narrow victory. lit i 11 tJJ I -J I tl 'il I -r" td I 1 i 1 h' -V; itf "I ikJDfif lit! Hfii lit iMilffirilMiT' If m. George Hendrick and had fanned Rico Carty before being injured.

Bob Reynolds relieved Hiller with a 3-2 count on Spikes, walked him, then fanned John Lowenstein and Bill Su-dakis to end the game and gain his second save. HILLER HAD saved Ave of the last seven games. He has now gone 18 2-3 innings without having given up a run. It was the third consecutive loss for the who are in a battle with Detroit for fifth place in the American League East. The Tigers are now a game ahead of Cleveland.

Detroit had a mild rally going in the seventh on a leadoff walk to Oglivie, a sacrifice bunt by Leon Roberts and intentional pass to Horton before Freehan hit into a doubleplay. STANLEY OPENED the Tiger eighth with a single to become the only Detroit hitter this year to go 4-for-4. Ron LeFlore had 4-for-5 and a 4-for-6 games while. John Wockenfuss had a 4for-5 night this season for the Tigers. LeFlore started in center field, his DETROIT (AP) Mickey Stanley hit reliever Jackie Brown's first pitch for a tworun triple to key a four-run sixth inning and lead the Detroit Tigers to a 4-3 victory over the Cleveland Indians Friday night Detroit trailed 1-0 going into the sixth.

Then Ben Oglivie doubled and Willie Horton singled to tie the score. After a single by Bill Freehan, Brown replaced Don Hood, 3-6, and Stanley lashed his third hit of the game off the left field wall. Gene Michael then add a runscoring single. RAY BARE, 6-5, won his fourth straight start but needed relief help from John Hiller in the seventh after Alan Ashby hit a two-run. homer.

Cleveland got a run in the first inning on singles by Buddy Bell and Rick Manning and a sacrifice fly by Boog Powell. Hiller was headed for what would have been his 15th save until he ap-. peared to hurt his arm in the ninth on a pitch to Charlie Spikes. He had struck out five straight batters after replacing Bare, then had given up a single to 1 Minneapolis Star Golden Gophers Namath ponders pro grid future Jets Just Aren't Playing Namath Kind of Game CLEVELAND ab bi BBell3b 4 110 Brohamr 2b 4 0 0 0 manning cf 4 0 2 0 Powell lb 0 11 Hendrick rf 4 0 10 Gamble dh 3 0 0 0 Carty dh 10 0 0 Spikes If 3 110 Ashbyc 3 12 2 Lownstin ph 1 0 0 0 Duffy ss 3 0 0 0 Sudakis ph 10 0 0 Hood 0 0 0 0 JBrown 0 0 0 0 DETROIT ab bi 4 0 0 0 3 110 LeFlore ct Ogilvte If Roberts rf Horton dh Freehan 3 0 10 3 111 4 110 MStanley lb 4 1 4 2 ARodrgei3b 3 0 0 0 Veryrer ss 3 0 0 0 Michael 2b Bare Hiller Reynolds 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 34 3 1 Total 31 4 10 4 Cleveland 100 000 200-3 Detroit 000 004 OOx 4 DP-Cleveland 1. LOB-Cleeland 6.

Detroit 8. 28 Ogitvie. 3B MStanley. R-As hb 3 S-L. Roberts, A-Rodriouei.

SF Powell. IP Hood(L3-) 5 1-3 7 ER BB SO 3 3 0 3 JBrown 2 2-3 3 1 1 3 2 3are (W.6-5) 6 1-3 7 3 3 0 3 Hiller 2 1-0016. Reynlds 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 Finds 'Guilty' from Bill Musselman, basketball coach since 1971, and extra money from Mackay. He said he got $200 from Mackay when he came to Minnesota on a recruiting trip, and was sent $75 a month afterwards through an arrangement with Mackay. YOUNG'S ALLEGATIONS included receiving money from Mackay to fly to his Columbus, Ohio, home for summer vacation and selling tickets for more than they were worth.

-Murphy alleged that he received more than $200 from Mackay for a deposit on an apartment All instances are violations of NCAA rules on financial assistance an athlete is permitted. NEITHER MACKAY nor Musselman was available for comment. kof To cago Bears of the National Football League. Behrman signed with Buffalo and starred at center. His pro career was THE LAST two years he played with the Flint Sabres of the MFL.

He ob- tained a release and joined the Capitals and will see action at center tonight against the Colts. "Dave's a big man in our plans," F4 Speedster i I XL i A DAN MEYER, rookie outfielder, was placed on the 15-day disabled list Friday by the Detroit Tigers, retroactive to July 20. Meyer had a foot injury re-examined and doctors predicted it will take another 1 0 days to two weeks of rest to heal the hairline fracture of a bone in his left foot. The Tigers recalled rookie Art James from their Evansville, farm club. Sports on TV TODAY (Ch.

3, 4, 5, 6, 9C) Baseball. Cleveland at Detroit (Ch. 8, 10) Baseball. Los Angeles at Cincinnati. 5-6 (Ch.

3, 4, 5, 6, 9C) Golf. Canadian Open. (Ch. 7, 12, 41) Boxing. North American Championships.

SUNDAY 1-5 (Ch. 23) Softball. Lansing Laurels vs. Celina Suns. (Ch.

2, 6, 9C) CBS Tennis. Borg vs. Drysdale. (Ch. 2, 3, 6, 9C, 25) Golf.

Canadian Open. MONDAY (Ch. 4, 5, 8, 10) Baseball. Game to be announced. i Kelly said of the 6-foot-4, 280-pound ex-Spartan.

In other MFL opening games today the Oakland Arrows entertain the Flint c. n. Indians in Detroit THE CAPITALS are members of the Lakes Division along with Oakland and Michigan, while Flint Cleveland and Dayton comprise the Central Division, DeWitt High field is located on Herbi- son Road, off North U.S. 27. Larry Rodgers 1 "A I By WILL GRIMSLEY NEW YORK (AP) Quarterback Joe Namath will quit football rather than sign for the present figure offered by the New York Jets, attorney Jimmy Walsh said Friday.

Phil Iselin, president of the Jets, said in New York Thursday: "We have made our top offer you can squeeze only so much juice out of an orange, and there is no orange left." WALSH FLEW back to New York Friday after spending a week with Namath in Tuscaloosa, Ala. He said the time was spent going over business matters and the Jets contract was never discussed. "Ther is a substantial gap in what the Jets are offering and what Joe will play for," the attorney said. "Joe wants to play football but emotionally he is girding himself if the contract isn't right to find something else to do." Walsh, as did Iselin, declined to disclose the contract figures being bandied about but speculation was that there was about a $200,000 difference. Namath supposedly wants $1 million for two years and the Jets are offering $800,000.

-I WONT say," Walsh said, "but those figures aren't too far off." In Tuscaloosa, Namath, who earlier this year spurned a $4 million offer from the World Football League, said he would not play in an exhibition game without two Mackay, president of Mackay Envelope Minneapolis, former president of the university's Club and long-time recruiter for university athletes. The players are Greg Olson, who played basketball in 1972-73, then left Minnesota for Miami University; Ron Behagen, at the university in 1971-73 and now with the New Orleans Jazz of the National Basketball Association; Keith Young, at the university in 1970-71 and 1972-73 who then left to play for the University of Pacific, and Bob Murphy, who wound up his Go- phers career in ACCORDING TO interviews with the Star: Olson said he twice sold a pair of $3.50 game tickets for $50 to Mackay. Behagen said he received rent money at DeWitt HS a I i Rodgers, who was a 190-pound speedster at Grand Valley State and Daukss, a bruising type runner who was a junior College Ail-American at Grand Rapids JC, and went on to gain considerable recognition at the University of Vermont are expected to put some teeth in the Lansing Capitals' rushing game. The two will be in the starting back-field with University of Michigan graduate and quarterback, Kevin Casey at 7:30 p.m. today when the Capitals take on the Dayton (Ohio) Colts in a season-opening game at DeWitt High's field.

RODGERS WILL give us speed to the outside and Daukss power inside," Kelly said, "and with Casey, who is an excellent passer, we feel we can have a balanced attack." However, in Dayton the Capitals go up against probably the best passing attack in the league. Quarterback Mike Schnieder and wide receiver Chuck McElligott the Colts pose a serious threat, and Kelly says the Capitals will have a few surprises for McElligott "Wes Armstrong is our best defensive back and he's played against McElligott That will be his assignment We've got to keep McElligott from breaking loose on a long touchdown KELLY, WHILE a bit' apprehensive about the Colts, says he is more is more concerned about his teams' acceptance by area fans. "We're trying to put together a sound, competitive football team, one fans around here will enjoy watching. "I think we're quite fortunate to be able to play in DeWitt That's got to be one of the finest high school facili-1 ties around. I think fans will enjoy sitting in the stands, and there's plenty of parking." KELLY SAID the club has sold 300 season tickets.

Single game ticket prices are $3 for adults and $1.50 for high school aged children and younger. The Capitals bolstered their offensive line with the addition of two-time Michigan State All-American Dave Behrman, who was the No. 1 draft choice of both the Buffalo Bills of the American Football League and the Chi MINNEAPOLIS (AP) At least four former University of Minnesota basketball players received money from a longtime Gopher booster in violation of NCAA rules, according to an investigation by the Minneapolis Star. The National Collegiate Athletic Association sent the university a letter Tuesday that makes about 100 allegations of recruiting violations. The university has until Oct.

1 to respond to the allegations. THE NEWSPAPER said in Friday's editions that it wasn't known whether, its findings match some of the NCAA's allegations. The newspaper's investigations indii cated that at least four players had been given money by Harvey B. Face Dayton Co i A year ago Lansing's entry in the Midwest Football League showed a dismal running attack. That problem, according to owner Russ Kelly and playing-coach Jack Schinderle, may have been more than solved.

"WE'LL FIND out tonight," Kelly said. "We feel in Larry Rodgers and Karl Daukss we have two of the better running backs in the league." 4fcs Karl Daukss if I weeks practice. The Jets open the exhibition season Aug. 9 in Phoenix against Minnesota. "They know what I'm asking.

I know what they're offering," said the 32-year-old quarterback, who played out his option last year on a reported salary. "We are apart and there are no plans for future meetings." Chiefs Trade OB Story C-5 WHILE BOTH sides insist there is no impregnable impasse, both are waiting for the other to pick up the telephone. "As the employer, I think it is up to the Jets to take the initiative," Walsh said. "Frankly, I am concerned. We both might start getting edgy and disillusioned." Speaking from his New York office, Iselin, who personally negotiates Namath's contract, insisted that he could not raise the ante without jeopardizing the Jets' financial stability and perhaps alienating other players on the team.

"ALL ATHLETES think they are worth more than they are," he said. Walsh, calling attention to the Jets' $1 to $2 hike in ticket prices this year, quipped, "Maybe that's the orange Mr. Iselin is referring to. Mr. Iselin is not an extraordinarily generous man he hopes to get Joe as cheaply as possible 4Rd Oiay wind up not getting him at all." "Foundation.

Time of the game is 2 p.m. On Sunday the Laurels will play Celina (Ohio) with the game being televised by MSU'Sflucation station, WKAR. Game tinjftii 1 p.m. Kent ij5acked by an 11-hit attack in Friday night's opener against ML Clemens. Kay Purves, Kathy Strahan, Mary Nutter and Jamie Smith each collected two hits.

Purves had a triple and a single. KieJjL who threw her first no-hitter of has a 13-6 record. She struck outtwo and walked just the batter in IN THE second game, Becksford matched Kent's" season total of four shutouts, in raising her. record to 15-5. Hitting heroics weren't really necessary, the Laurels getting their 12 runs on just six hits.

One of them was a homer by Carol Hutchins. Sue Lawson went two-for-four. Laurels Sweep Pair, Kent Has No-Hitter Debbie Kent pitched her third career no-hitter Friday night as the Lansing Laurels blanked ML Clemens, 4-0, in the first game of a Michigan-Ohio League women's fast pitch softball doubleheader at Ranney Park. The Laurels won the nightcap, 12-0, behind Gloria Bectsford's two-hitter. THE LAURELS announced that tonight's scheduled games at Ranney against Canton and North Canton of Ohio were canceled.

The Laurels said they were notified that both Ohio teams would forfeit the league games. The doubleheader' sweep Friday plus the two forfeits raises the Laurels. Michigan-Ohio League record to 14-1 and 38-16 for the season. Today's schedule will have the Laurels facing a team of Michigan State athletes in a charity game with all pro- -ceeds going to the Youth For Christ.