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6 Ludlngton Dally News, Friday, May 21, 1976 Fluke Hits, Bad Luck Taking Toll Wrong With Miller? The Answer By RICHARD L. SHOOK UPI Sports Writer DETROIT (UPI) John Hiller has rejoined humanity after three relatively flaw-free seasons and is finding it difficult to live with his new teammate failure. "I can't cope with this," Hiller said one night earlier this week, still fully clothed in his Detroit uniform after every other Tiger player had dressed and gone. "If I had bad stuff this wouldn't be so hard to take. But this is getting to me." What is getting to Hiller is just about everything.

Nub hits, bad throws, nights when his only mistake winds up colliding with a weather get the idea. The 33-year-old left- hander is not getting bad he's just getting beat. Hiller had a 1-3 record, but more importantly, a 3.47 earned run average through his first 13 unlucky appearances of the season. Relief pitchers with high earned run averages are scarce except in the minor leagues. "If my stuff wasn't good, I'd be 'worried' worried," Hiller said.

"But my stuff is good. My fastball is as good as it's been the last two or three years. "The last three years," the Scarborough, native said, "everything has gone right for me. Maybe it's just catching up with me. Now when I make a mistake, it seems like I have to pay my dues." The highest Hiller's ERA has been since his 1971 heart attack was 2.64 in 1974.

It was 1.44 for 65 games the season before that and 2.15 for his half-season last year. A pulled muscle under his left armpit sidelined Hiller on July 25 of last season. "As far as I'm concerned," General Manager Jim Campbell of the Tigers says, "he's still coming back from that. Remember, he didn't pick up or throw a baseball for nearly half a season." "He'll be right back where he was," Detroit Manager Ralph Houk said. "Mark my words, at the end of the season he'll be 'Tm The Man On The Spot.

I Can Make A John Hiller there. "Everybody seems to think Hiller is pitching bad," the manager said. "He isn't. It's the bloop hits that are hurting him. There's nothing wrong with John Hiller." Carl Yastrzemski, one of Hiller's favorite victims over the years, reached him for a home run last Wednesday and confessed surprise at it.

"He couldn't get his breaking ball over," Yastrzemski said. I hit a high changeup. Those are mistakes and he just doesn't make those mistakes. no dlfference velocity wise, in his fastball," Yaz said. "It's just that he's making mistakes and it's hurting him, "I'm the man on the spot every time I go out there," Hiller said, stripping off his pants and getting ready for a late shower.

"I can't make a mistake. "A starting pitcher can go out two or three times and be bad and doesn't matter that much. Me, I'm on the spot every WMD Roundup statement reflects a fundamental difference In the John Hiller of today and the John Hiller that bounced back from his heart attack. That John Hiller didn't care whether he succeeded or failed. He had just fought and won two bigger battles first for his life and then for his livelihood and nothing he could do on the pitcher's mound came even close to that.

But success has chipped away at the insulation the left- hander had built up against the world of human frailty and now success or failure does matter, purely as a matter of personal pride if nothing else. Hiller has resumed smoking cigarettes after quitting while recuperating from his heart attack. "Itaiow I should stop that, too," he said. "I know I shouldn't let thmgs'get to me, too, but it isn't that easy. "After a while you go out there and you start wondering what going to happen next.

You start looking for things," Hiller said, "And that's bad. "It's not that I've lost my self-confidence," he said "I haven't. It's just that all these flukey things keep happening What I need is three or four good outings in a row." "Why don't you let me do the 1 worrying," Houk said. "I keep bringing you in, don't "Maybe you shouldn't," Hiller said a laugh. Then he followed his manager into the shower.

MCE, Bear Lake Post Wins ItyKlCllAliDL.DANCX Daily News Sports Writer WALKERVILLE-Whenever (he Bear Lake Lakers get in trouble or need those big runs in seems like Jim Miller is always around. The Lakers' rightfielder rapped out three hits in three (rips Thursday, one of them to lead off an inning and the other following two walks to drive in tho run which proved to be the difference Thursday. Miller's Lakers edged defending champion Walkerville (1-4 to stay a half-game behind Mason County Eastern in the Western Michigan L) League baseball race. "They're (Bear Lake) a class team just like Custen iEasterni," Walkerville Coach Woody Millspaugh said after he saw his squad drop to 3-6. "1 don't know how they'll do in the tournaments but both teams are the class of the league." Bear Lake used Miller's timely bat they only had eight hits off loser Tony Tanner plus 13 walks by the Wildcats' righthander.

Tanner walked six in a row in the third inning to force in three runs, then two walks ahead of Miller's hit in the fourth made it and a trio of walks and an error in the seventh finished it up. Bear Lake also scored in the first on consecutive singles by Miller, winning pitcher Randy Meister and Stolcenberg. WalkervilJe got three in the fourth jon a double by Denny Conkle. and singles by Randall Flanery and Pride Kirwin, then Yuki Nakamura's single and Conkle's double brought in another in the seventh. CAKDS STILL FIRST BALDWIN-A one-out single by Baldwin's Dave Braginton in the third inning spoiled both a no-hit and a shutout bid by Bob Kapcia but the Mason County Eastern Cardinals had little trouble with the Panthers, romping 'to a five-inning 11-1 AUCTION SALE Saturday, May 29 Sale Starts At 10:00 A.M.

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The Cardinals, now 6-2, hopped on loser Henderson for eight hits with three of them in the first inning to chase home enough to win it. "They guys want to keep the pressure Coach Ted Schoenherr said. "They hit the ball real well except for Jimmy (Riffle). He just got hit." Riffle got plunked twice by Henderson, both times the episode leading to runs. But by that time, Eastern had things pretty much in hand.

Mark Bigelow's double after Skip Riffle and John Treml had singled in the opening frame did the job, then Eastern used Jimmy R's ribs, a triple by David Calkin and Jim Jansen's double for two more in the second. Calkin and Jansen both singled in the fourth after Jeff Riffle doubled to highlight a five-run rally. Kapcia struck out eight and walked two to pick up the win. PIRATKSSTAY CLOSE PENTWATER-Don't count the Free Soil Pirates out of the WMD pennant chase. One game back with two to go anything can happen.

The Pirates "hit like Free Soil always hits," according to Pentwater Coach Gary Harless, and they stomped the Falcons 11-4 Thursday. Now 5-3 and only a half-game out of second behind Bear Lake and trailing leading Eastern by a full game, the Pirates put together a three-run first and a four-run sixth inning to keep the Falcons (2-7) in last place. "I guess we just weren't ready." Harless said after his team committed five errors. "Makin" mistakes we haven't made some for awhile like we did today." The Pirates' bats took care of most of the scoring though, the Rybicki boys, Mike and Gary, getting singles and scoring on Scott Heath's double in the first, then Benjamin Knizacky's two- run single and a single by Lester Thomas highlighting the sixth against loser Dale Kompik. Heath, Thomas and Fabian Knizacky singled in the three- run seventh to give winner John Shereda all the working room he needed.

Shereda allowed five hits, one a triple by Scott Lites who scored on John Modena's single, and a double by Orson Smith in the first. Freshman Tony Malburg, who lost a four-hitter against White Cloud two days earlier, had two hits in four at bats for Pentwater. KRKK SOIL WINS 1)11 Free Soil Pirates moved closer to their third straight WMD Softball title with a doubleheader slaughter of Penwater on Thursday. The Pirates, now 7-1 and holding a half game lead on Eastern, routed the Falcons 24-5 in the first of two five-inning romps, then came back with a 20-1 win to drop Pentwater to 3-4 on the year. Helen Shereda went the distance in both games to improve her record to 9-1 and she struck out nine in 10 innings of work.

Gena Marquardt had the big bat for Free Soil, slamming three for four in the first game and getting two for four in the second including a double. Michelle Willoughby walloped a grand slam homerun in the first inning during a seven-run explosion to start the first rout, with Earlene Edwards and Helen both getting three hits off loser Sallie Graham and Connie Van Boxel. Ann Shereda had two hits and Cathy Morang a double for the winners in the second contest, and Graham had a double for the Falcons. "We played a comedy of errors," Coach Marsha Barter added. The Falcons had 30 miscues, 20 of them in the first game.

CARDINALS IN ROUT was a day for pounding on the other person. Mason County Eastern got into the act too. The Cardinals, who have two losses to trail Free Soil in the girls Softball standings, ran off 44 runs Thursday to pound Baldwin 44-3. "It was a long game," Coach Ken VanSickle said. Eastern scored 10 runs in the first, added 13 in the second and finally finished the Panthers off in five innings.

Sharon Stickney got the win, pitching a two-hitter and Rose Eastern 6 2 Bear Lake 5 2 Free Soil 5 3 Baldwin 3 4 Walkerville 3 6 Pentwater 2 7 VVMI) SOFTBALL (Through May 20) t'onf. Free Soil 7 i Eastern 8 2 Walkerville 6 4 Pentwater 3 4 Bear Lake 1 6 Baldwin 8 7 5 8 5 5 3 5 7 -4 7 3 13 Season' 9 2 10 3 8 5 5 5 1 6 0 8 Wham, Yaz Hits 2 More By BILL MADDEN L'lM Sports Writer It's a good bet George Steinbrenner is a lot madder today at what Carl Yastrzemski did to his New York Yankees than all that fighting might have done to his new grass. Yastrzemski continued his torrid hitting Thursday night by belting a pair of two-run him a record- tying five in his last two games the Boston Red Sox drubbed the Yankees, 8-2. Prior to Yastrzemski's homers, the hostilities between the longtime American League rivals came to the surface with a bang in the fifth inning when a home-plate collision between New York's Lou Piniella and Boston's Carlton Fisk touched off a 20-minute bench clearing PATIO BLOCK SALE Red Yellow Charcoal Green Grey 5 for $1.00 THE MONTH OF MAY LUDINGTON CONCRETE PRODUCTS PHONE 845-5196 SAVE McCULLOCH'S "WEEKEND WOODCUTTER'S KIT" ONLY ($183.15 VALUE) Mini Mac 35 Chain Saw. Sturdy Carrying Case.

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U.S. 31 SOUTH, HART 873-4387 brawl. Steinbrenner, it will be recalled, successfully vetoed a heavyweight fight between Joe Frazier and George Foreman at the stadium for fear it would ruin the newly planted grass at the refurbished old ballyard. The Yankees' Graig Nettles and Boston's Bill Lee were ejected from the game. Lee, it was learned later, suffered a serious shoulder injury which may sideline him for the season.

Meanwhile, the fight must have fired up the Sox, especially Yastrzemski, who broke a 2-2 tie with his first homer in the eighth, then capped a four-run burst in the ninth with his second. "Everybody gets into these streaks," Yastrzemski said. "It's a funny game. I wish I could play 80 games here. I guess this shows I'm not over the hill.

I'm going to be around, for a while." Elsewhere in the American League, Kansas City scored an 8-4 victory over Oakland, California turned back Texas, 6-3, and Chicago shaded Min- nesota, 3-2. In the National League, it was Philadelphia 5 New York St. Louis 4 Pittsburgh Montreal 3 Chicago Houston 5 San Diego San Francisco 6 Cincinnati and Los Angeles 3 Atlanta 2. BURLINGTON, N.C. (UPI) Sonny Snipman was forced to quit driving drag racers last fall when he ran out of money.

But he said he's found a satisfying career "on the other side" of the sport. Shipman, a 31-year-old Burlington native, eight months ago became the first black drag racing official for the International Hot Rod Association. He still competes as a driver occasionally but knows his future is in his current position. "I want to make it as a career," he said. "I was just out to have fun when I started And.now look where I'm at.

I'm really proud of that." ro sorrier Baseball Standings By unitMl New York Montreal St. LouU Cincinnati San Dlogo Houston Atlanta OB OB iv, 5 tut W. L. Pet. ji Pittsburgh 13 JO 16 Mi 13 17 .433 19 15 Jl L.

Pet. 33 13 14 17 17 .500 1B .474 tj 44 ,333 San Francisco is 34 ,333 Thuriday'i Rttuiti SI. Louis 4 Pittsburgh 1 Philadelphia 5 New York 3 Houston 5 san Diego 4 San Cincinnati Montreal 3 Chicago 0 Los Angeles 3 Atlanta 3 Today's pitchers (All Timei EOT) Cincinnati (Nolan 3.J) at San Diego (Jones 7-2), 10 pm SI, Louis (Falcone 2.J) a Philadelphia (Carlton 3-1), p.m. Atlanta (Messersmlth U) at San Francisco (Dressier 0-0), 11:05 p.m. New York (Mallack 4-0) at Montreal (Rogers 3.4 B'OS p.m.

Houston (Richard 5-3), at Los AngeleS (Hooton 3-2), io 30 p.m. Chicago (Trailing M) at Pittsburgh (Reuss 4-3), 6:05 p.m. Saturday's Oames Chicago at Pittsburgh Atlanta at San Francisco St. Louis at Phlla, night 4V, 7 New York Montreal, rilghl Cincinnati at San night Houston al LOJ AngelM, night Amtrktn Bait W. L.

Pet. OB New York 19 .433 Baltimore 14 .533 3 Boston 14 14 Detroit 13 15 ,464 5 Milwaukee 11 14 .440 Cleveland 13 17 .433 4 West W. L. Ptl. OB Kansas City 30 to .447 19 13 .413 Minnesota 14 IS .514 Oakland 15 19 .441 Chicago 14 ,439 California 14 .378 Retulti Boston 9 New York i Kansas city Oakland 4 California 4 Tex.as 3 Chicago 3 Minnesota 3 (Only games scheduled) Today's Probable Pitchers (AM Times EOT) Boston (Tlant 5-3) at New York (Ellis 4.1), Bp.m.

Detroit' (Bare 3-3) at Bal- Hmore (Palmer 5-4), 7:30 p.m California (Klrkwood L3) at Texas (Brlles 3-1), 8:35 p.m Milwaukee (Slaton 5-1) at Cleveland (Dobion 3-4), 7.30 p.m. Oakland (Blue 3 4) al Chicago (Forster 1.1),9 p.m. Kansas city (Leonard VI) at Minnesota (Hughes 0-3), 9 p.m Saturday's Games Oakland al Chicago Kansas City at Minnesota Milwaukee al Cleveland Boston at New York, night California at Texas, night Detroit at Baltimore, night Baseball's Leaders Pawlak came on in relief. Pawlak also hammered a homerun, along with Barb Olson, off loser Georgia Scott and Olson and Sue Bonser each had four hits. Scott and D.

Hilts had the only hits for Baldwin, now 0-6 on the year. The Panthers were hit with a couple of suspensions prior to the game. WILDCATS WIN FINALE 'WALKERVILLE Eva Kirwin rammed a home run and collected a single, Amy Thommen slapped a pair of hits and the Walkerville Wildcats closed out their Softball season with a 12-2 whipping of Bear Lake Thursday. The 'Cats, behind the pitching of Karen Warmuskerken and Dixie Payne, won handily and pushed their final mark to 6-4, good for third place. VVMI) KASEKALL (Through May 20) I'onf.

Season By United Press International Leading Batters (based on 50 at bats) National League G. AB R. H. Pet. Mllner.NY 19 45 13 27.415 Rose, Cln 35 143 32 55 385 Torre, NY 28 79 12 29 .347 McBrlde, St.L 24 94 14 35 .345 Robinson, Pit 20 58 7 21 .342 Rader, SD 27 97 15 34 351 Crawtrd, St.L 29 9B 14 34 .347 Monday, Chi 35 130 33 44 .338 Cardenal, Chi 33 141 19 47 333 Griffey, Cln 31 124 24 42 .333 American League G.

AB R. H. Pet. Carty, Cle 30 112 20 44 .393 LeFlore, Det 23 97 18 38 .392 Brett, KC 30 120 20 .43 .358 Bonds, Cal 28 105 20 37 .352 Lynn, Bos 22 80 14 28 .350 Bostock, Mln 24 94 11 33.344 Miller, Bos 15 50 7 17 .340 Staub, Det 28 98 14 33 .337 Patek, KC 29 95 14 32 .337 Yount, Mil 25 91 14 30 .330 Home Runs National League: Klngman, NY and Schmidt, Phil 15; Monday, Chi and Cey, LA Cedeno, Hou 7. American League: Yastrzem- ski, Bos, Hendrlck, Clev, Horton, Det and Otis, KC Flsk, Bos, Bonds, Cal, Ford, Minn and Burroughs, Tex 4.

Runs Batted In National League: Klngman, NY 35; Schmidt, Phil 31; Monday, Chi 29; Griffey, Cln 27; Perez, Cin and Cey, LA 24. American League: Rudl, Oak 31; Burroughs, Tex 28; Horton, Det 25; Chambllss and Munson, NY 24. Stolen Bases National League: Morgan, Cin 14; Cedeno, Hou 11; Griffey, Cin 10; Cabell, Hou, Buckner, LA and Mangual, Mil American League: North, 17; Patek, KC 14; Minn, Rivers, NY and Baylor, Oak 14. Pitching Most Victories National League: Jones, SD 7-2; Lonborg, Phil 4-0; Rooker, Pill 5-1; Fryman, Mil 5.2; Richard, Hou 5-3. American League: Fltzmor- ris, KC 50; Slaton, Mil and Campbell, Minn 5-1; Tianl, Bos 5-2; Palmer, Ball 5-4.

Earned Run Average (based on 27 Innings pitched) National League: Lavelle, SF 0.95; Metzger, SD 1.00; Zachry, Cln 1.50; Forsch, Hou 1.80; Lonborg, Phil 2.21, American League: Lyle, NY 1.47; Wood, Chi and Lindblad, Oak 2.25; Travers, Mil 2.38; Holtzman, Ball 2.44. Strikeouts National League: Seaver, NY 43; Nlekro, All 49; Monlefusco, SF 44; Lollch, NY 45; Richard, Hou 42. American League: Ryan, Cal 79; Tanana, Cal 43; Blyleven, Minn 54; Gossage, Chi 45; Jenkins, Bos and Hunter, NY WHA By United Press International ol Seven) Winlpeg leads Houston 1-0 May 20-Winlpeg 4 Houston 3 May 23-at Houston May 25-at vyinnlpeg May 27-at Winnipeg x-May 28-al Houston x-May 30-at Winnipeg x.Juno.l-al Houston x-if necessary Tiger Averages By United Press International Batting LeFlore Staub Horton Wockenfuss Thompson Stanley Freehan Johnson Rodriguez Veryzer Meyer Kimm Sutherland Ogllvle Manuel Scrivener X-Team Pitching Fldrych Grilli Laxton Crawford Ruhle Roberts-. Hiller Bare Coleman Team Avg ERA AB HR RBI .392 97 38 0 9 .337 98 33 3 18 .324 102 33 7 24 .292 24 7 0 .280 75 21 1 .278 IB 5 0 .273 33 9 1 .248 105 24 1 .238 105 25 2 .200 95 19 0 .189 37 7 .188 14 3 .174 74 .140 25 .143 14 2 .000 2 0 0 .247945252 14 112 IPER 0 10.0 0 1 15.2 4 1 23.2 7 0 0 13 0 4 1 0 0.90 1 2.30 1 2.44 0 3.12 02 8.2 3 3.23 3 0 39.0 14 3.27 3 2 44.0 14 3.117 1 3 23.1 9 3.53 2 3 43.1 17 4.47 2 3 44.1 22 3.32 13 15 252.0 93 player on disabled list Winnepeg Goes In WHA Finals HOUSTON (UPI) The Winnipeg Jets took a big first step toward their first World Hockey Association championship and in the process almost made a liar out of Houston Aeros Coach Bill Dineen. "1 didn't want there to be any reason for anyone to call foul about the way the games were handled here in our building," he said.

"But I'm wavering about having a talk with a few people now." Dineen, slumped over the desk in the Aeros locker room, was not serious. But his thinking did point out the irony of the Jets' 4-3 victory in the opening game of the best-of- seven Avco Cup championship series Thursday. A Houston resident, Joe Chiswell, was the goal judge behind the Jets' net when Frank Hughes' desperation shot trickled behind goalie Joe Daley and spun unimpeded onto not completely red goal line. When no red light went on to signal a goal, Aeros fans littered the ice with paper debris and howled during the final 82 seconds. "It stopped there," Chiswell said of the "And it stayed there for what must have been three seconds, until the whistle blew." Rigid URETHANE Foam ROOFING AND INSULATION Commercial SAVE ENERGY AND DOLLARS Seamless, Durable, Unaffected by Heat and cold Ideal for Mobile Cold Storage, Vans and Pontoons Sound Seals and Insulates Cut Heat Loss up to 20 per cent, Save enough in 5 years to pay for the roof.

Urethane is the Only Roof That Can Pay For Itself. Save Also Since the Cost of Roofing with Urethane is Comparable to Standard Built-up WALKER SALES SERVICE 301 S. Main St. Scottville "No, you're wrong," Hughes! told Chiswell as he caught thel goal judge in the hallway of thel Summit Sports Arena. "Asl Daley was reaching down put his glove on the puck, Howe got his stick on it andl pushed it inches over the line.I There wasn't any question.

went in. Ask Daley." In the visitors quarters, winning goalie was found. was still wearing his "The puck went behind alright, but it never went in," he said. "After an agonizing! long time, I got my glove down on it and the whistle blew. We I were lucky out there tonight." Jets Coach Bobby Kromm I was especially pleased that the win came in Houston.

"We're one up. We have I three at home left. And we have a great psychological advantage going for us he said. "I'd say we're in pretty good shape." The smooth-skating Jets kept the pressure on the Aeros, who, as two-time defending WHA champions, hadn't lost a game in the championship series the past two years. Hughes' goal midway into the first period staked the Aeros to their only lead Thursday night.

But Anders Hedberg scored easily on a 3-on-l breakaway 1 and Lyle Moffat slipped behind the Houston defense for a goal to boost the Jets to a 2-1 lead. Mark Howe tied it 2-2 before the period buzzer and he tied the game at 3-3 in the third period after Hedberg scored his second goal. "We outskated them," Hughes said. "We beat them at their game but just couldn't get the puck past Daley." 'Have A Good Day WORSHIP IS 111 -111 and Amber Ituart ID in 7 in A.M. l.ivt- Oxer KM uiti.n.