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Freepbrt (III.) Journal-Standard, Saturday, August 14, 1971 Page 9 CTIAJI mJUUai I I i Ippoliti Ne NIU Grid Coach FREEPORT JOURNAL-STANDARD Frank Robinson 11th OhAII-TimeHR List CHICAGO (AP) "it was just a matterof time," said Frank Robinson Friday night when asked how he felt in passing Lou Gehrig on the all-time home run list. And it appears just a matter of time when the Baltimore Orioles will clinch the American League East title in preparation to defend their world championship. Especially now that Dave McNally is back. McNally, making his first appearance since July 6, went six innings and gave up only three hits, as the Orioles bombed the Chicago White Sox 121 Friday night. It boosted the left- hander's record to 14-4 as his team- t.

mates backed him with a 17-hit attack. "Paul Blair and Brooks Robinson each knocked in three-runs and Frank Robinson clubbed his 19th homer of season and the 494th of his career with two mates aboard in the eighth inning The homer pushed Frank past Gehrig and into llth place on the all-time list. "Goals? How can I have any goals in homers when guys like Hank Aaron and Willie Mays are over 600," said Robinson. "Sure, I'm aiming for 500 and I'll get there." Someone shouted "Hear you're going to quit and manage after you hit 500, Frank" in reference to reports that Robinson is in line for the managerial. job at Cleveland.

"Quit? That might take a year or two," responded Robinson. McNally, admitting that his tender elbow hurt on "four or five pitches" was satisfied with his performance. "I would have been happy with five innings," said the veteran southpaw who has won 20 or more games the past three seasons. "I don't know if I can win 20 this year," said McNally, "I'll let you know tomorrow when I find out how the arm feels." Earl Weaver, Baltimore's exuberant manager, predicted that if McNally's arm is okay he'll have four 20 game winners. Pat Dobson is 15-5, Mike Cuellar 14-5 and Jim Palmer 14-6.

"They'll all have 10 or 11 more starts," said Weaver "and nobody needs more than six wins to reach 20. That means they'll just have to pitch a little better than .500 ball and they're all better than .500 pitchers." Weaver, who celebrates his 41st birthday today, thinks his club has a chance of winning 110 games. That means the Orioles will have to capture 39 of their last 49 games. "Why not?" says Weaver. "We won our last 11 straight last year and then took three in the playoffs and three in the World Series before losing one.

It can be done." Weaver then cut short his enthusiasm claiming "Detroit is playing good ball and could be a problem and Boston isn't out of it yet. But things are going somewhat like la.st year. When they got close to us', we just shot out from everyone." The Washington Senators scored three runs in the first inning for Denny McLain. Imagine his surprise. "I got those runs and in the beginning I forgot how to pitch with a lead," said McLain, who has been complaining all along that his teammates don't score enough for him.

McLain remembered how to pitch in time though, and fired blanks at the California Angels enroute to a 4-0 triumph Friday first-shutout since April 27 and only his sevenlh victory of the year. It's been a lortg time between triumphs for the former Cy Young Award winner. "After I lost nine in a row," said McLain, who has dropped 16 games this year, "I began to pitch deten. sively. Tonight, I just went after them.

"In order for me to be effective, I have to challenge the hitters all the time when I pitch. I got away from that so much, I'm ashamed or it." In the other American League games, the Milwaukee Brewers ripped the Cleveland Indians 9-1; the Minnesota Twins tripped the Detroit Tigers 4-3; The Oakland A's topped the New York Yankees 5-2 and the Kansas City Royals bumped the skidding Boston Red Sox 5-1. McLain is finding things a lot different at Washington than at Detroit, where he once won 31 games. "I always gave up a lot of home runs, 30 to 35 a year, for Detroit, but that's a different ball club offensively," said McLain. "I've pitched so.

little with leads here can you re member when I had three runs at the beginning of a ballgame? I can't. Johnny Briggs keyed two rallies with a homer run and a single, leading Milwaukee to a rout of Cleveland that stopped the Indians' four-game winning streak. Briggs hit his 13th homer, a two-run shot, to highlight a three-run first inning and ignited a five-run third with a single to help Jim Slaton notch his eighth triumph. Harmon Killebrew's bases-loaded single in the bottom of the ninth inning drove in two runs and lifted Minnesota to a comeback triumph over Detroit, which fell nine games behind Baltimore in the American League East. The Tigers had taken a 3-2 lead in the top of the ninth on Mickey Stanley's run-scoring double with two out.

Bert Campaneris sparked three rallies as Oakland came from behind to beat New York and keep its runaway lead at 14 games in the American League West. Campaneris doubled and scored a run in the sixth, and drove in runs in the seventh and ninth with singles. Pan-Am Games End; 218 Medals For U.S. CALI, Colombia (AP) Colombian? fluttered white, teardrenched handkerchiefs by the tens of thousands. "Adios, amigos," shouted the crowd.

The VI Pan American Games, a hemispherical athletic carnival that some predicted would never come off, were coming to a glorious end in a burst of fireworks. The Olympic flame was extinguished at 7:07 Friday night and a massive electronic Scoreboard flashed "Chile "We invite the youth of all nations to unite once again in Santiago, Chile," said Silvio de Magalhaes Padilha, president of the Pan American Sports Organization. from each not in strict national rank, among their counterparts, as an overflow crowd of 62,000 cheered in Pascual Guerrero Stadium. Swimmer Frank Heckl of Cerrilos, winner of a record six gold medals, marched at the head of the United States contingent. Canada trotted away with the final gold medal in a team equestrian event, the Prix des Nations, which was colorfully executed prior to the clothing ceremonies.

The it was in Mexico City in 1955, in Chicago in 1951), in Sao Paulo in 11)03 and in Winnipeg in easily the major medal winner. The Yanks look 105 golds, 73 and 40 bronze for a total of 21H. Cuba, the new driving force in North-South FRANK HECKL American athletics, claimed 30 golds, 50 silvers and 25 bronze for a runnerup total of 105. Canada, No. 2 nation in the Winnipeg Games, fell to third with a count of 1020-4 for 80.

Twenty of the 30 participating countries won at least one medal, from the United States' cache of 21H to Guyana's single bronze, A solo trumpeter blew taps to silence the stadium before the Olympic torch was doused after 14 days of sports competition. lphlns Iooks for runnln room game in Miami against the San Francisco 49ers. Linebacker Skip Vanderbrundt (52) of San Francisco tries to eet Bob Greise looks on at right. The Dolphins and 49m pCd to a1747tfe AP Johnson Faces Ex-Mates In NFL Exhibition Tilt By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Charley Johnson, the quarterback St. Louis swapped away in 1970 after nine years of record-setting service, returns to Busch Stadium when the Houston Oilers battle the Cardinals in one of nine preseason National Football League contests slated for Saturday.

Owner of most St. Louis passing marks, Johnson was sidelined with an injury during Houston's 44-0 defeat by St. Louis last November, but completed seven straight tosses last weekend as the Oilers crushed the New York Giants 35-6. "This is going to be my best season ever," Johnson says. Other Saturday games pair the New York Jets at Oakland, Chicago at Baltimore, Cincinnati at Detroit, Atlanta at Kansas City, Pittsburgh at Green Bay, New Orleans at Dallas, Washington at Denver and Minnesota at San Diego.

Kenny Stabler replaces injured Daryl Lamonica and Al Woodall fills in the Jets-Raiders game that New York Coach Weeb Ewbank regards as a tuneup for next weekend's clash with the Giants. Night Owls Top Dundee In Softball DUNDEE The Newell Night Owls survived a pair of two-run homers to edge Dundee 5-4 in state softball tournament action here Friday night. Bill Darnell got Dundee off on the right foot with a two-run homer in the opening inning, but Newell got one run back on John Anderson's solo shot in the bottom of the first. In the third inning, Newell got back on even terms as Dwaine Mellentine singled, and came home on Anderson's triple. The Night Owls went ahead to stay in the fourth frame on run-scoring singles by Gene Reed and Chuck Roux which ran the score to 4-2.

Denny Holsinger scored what proved to be the winning run in the bottom of the sixth, combining an error, stolen base and a sacrifice fly off the bat of Bill Jacobs. Dundee rallied for two runs in the top of the seventh on a two-run homer by John Wendt, but it was too little, too late. Winning pitcher Bob Westberg tossed a three-hitter, struck out seven and walked two. Newell will carry a record into its next tournament tilt Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. in Dundee.

Newell (5) Dundee (-1) ah ub Melk-iitiiu' 4 1 1 Storm 300 llolsingcr 1 0 Swunson It 0 0 Anderson If 1 2 Trcbes 2 1 0 Slimko 300 Darnell 3 1 1 Jacobs 2 0 0 Hell 3 1 1 West berg 3 0 0 Wendt 3 1 1 Miller 2 1 1 Gade 300 Reed 3 1 1 Upton 300 Roux Roesslen Totals: 2(i 5 Totals. 25 4 3 Score by Innings: 1 'I 3 -I 5 7 II Dundee 200000 2-4 3 1 Newell 1 0 2 0 1 x-f) (i 0 HHI's: Darnell 2, Wemlt 2, Anderson 2, Jacobs, Reed, Roux. Jlonu! runs: Anderson, Darnell, Wendt. 3-base lilts: Anderson. Bases on balls, off Roesslen I), Westberg 2.

Struck out by Roesslen 4, 7. Sacrifices: Jacobs, Miller. Woodall assumed the No. 1 quarterback spot last season when Namath broke his wrist and continues to shoulder the responsibility after the Jets' ace quarterback injured his knee against Detroit last week. Lamonica, Oakland's star signal caller, jerked a knee muscle before Monday's loss to Philadelphia and joins running back Hewitt Dixon on the injured list.

Stabler, who rifled three scoring passes against Philadelphia, will replace Lamonica and Dixon will be replaced by Clarence Davis, a fleet- footed rookie from Southern California. In one of two preseason games Friday evening, 49er quarterback Steve Spurrier unloaded a touchdown pass in the closing minutes of action, as San Francisco pulled out a 17-17 tie against the Miami Dolphins. Miami, paced'by the pinpoint tosses of Bob Griese and the scampering of running backs Jim Kiick and Larry Csonka, rolled to a 14-3 lead in the second quarter. The Los Angeles Rams whipped the Cleveland Browns 17-5 as rookie safetyman Dave Elmendorf from Texas recovered a fumble and intercepted a pass to set up the Rams' first two scores. Elmendorf's recovery of a punt fumbled by Larry Zelina set up Lester Josephson's oneyard touchdown plunge four plays later and his interception led to David Ray's 10-yard field goal.

Detroit will send quarterbacks Greg Landry and Bill Munson against Cincinnati, which will be led by rookie Ken Anderson. John Hadl, who fired two touchdown passes to lead San Diego over Washington 17-10 last weekend, will have to unload the pigskin quickly against the onslaught of the ferocious Minnesota defensive front four. The Vikings like to bowl over opposing quarterbacks, which they did 59 times last season en route to a 12-2 record. Archie Manning, the heralded rookie from Ole Miss, gets his first real baptism under fire when he guides New Orleans against the Dallas Cowboys. Manning appeared only briefly last weekend when the Saints lost to Buffalo 17-10.

The Cowboys are undecided on a No. 1 quarterback and will give Craig Morton and Roger Staubach a chance against the Saints. With Bart Starr recovering from surgery, 39-year-old Zeke Bratkowski will start at quarterback for Green Bay. The Steelers, making their exhibition debut, will have Terry Hanratty and Terry Bradshaw vying for the starting quarterback assignment. The New York Giants face the New England Patriots Sunday and the slate of weekend preseason games ends Monday with Buffalo at Philadelphia.

'Doc' Urich Hired By NFL Bills DE KALB, 111. (AP) Jerry Ippoliti has been named Northern Illinois University's head football coach replacing Richard W. "Doc" Urich. Urich, 42, resigned Friday as head coach to take an assistant coaching position with the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League. Robert J.

Brigham, Northern's athletic director, immediately named Ippoliti to succeed Urich. Ippoliti, 35, had been offensive backfield coach at Northern. Urich became head football coach at Northern in 1969 and in two seasons I'ad identical 3-7 records. Prior to his job at Northern, Urich coached at the Iniversity of Buffalo and was an assistant to Ara Parseghian at Miami of Ohio, Northwestern and Notre Dame. Brigham said he was aware that Urich was being considered for a position with Buffalo.

"He asked my permission to talk with the Buffalo people during All-Star week and, of course, it was granted." Urich said "My final decision, realizing it would be difficult at this late date to choose a replacement, was influenced by the fact that I was confident our staff contained competent leadership and head-coaching ability among my assistants." Ippoliti will be taking his first university head-coaching position. He entered the collegiate ranks in 1966 when Urich hired him as offensive backfield coach at the University of Buffalo. He handled the Northern team last fall when Urich was hospitalized and the Huskies dropped a 24-22 decision to West Texas State. Ippoliti was graduated from Miami of Ohio in 1958 where he was an outstanding offensive end and defensive halfback for teams coached by Parseghian. DOC URICH Pony League Baseball Crawford's Drugs wound up the 1971 Pony League baseball season on a winning note, defeating Kelly-Springfield 51 at Read Park Friday.

It was the seventh win in 13 starts for Crawford's, giving them a share of second place in the National Division with the Journal-Standard. Kelly-Springfield finished with a 3-10 mark. Entry Blank 4th Annual City County SWIM MEET Aug. A.M. Read Park Pool Deadline: Entry Blanks Must Be Turned In At Read Park Pavilion With Entry Fee By Aug.

15th. Name: Age. Address: $ex Individual Events: Each Swimmer Limited To 4 Individual Events Being Scored Towards Individual Titles. BACKSTROKE BUTTERFLY BREASTSTROKE FREESTYLE INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY (9 And Over Only) Relay Events: Not Scored Towards Ind. Title MEDLEY RELAY: Names: FREESTYLE RELAY: Names: Parent's or Guardian's Consent Winning pitcher Kevin Keith tossed a two-hitter, striking out nine and walking four.

A first-inning double by Steve Ruckman and seventh-inning single by Todd Holtkamp were the only hits for the losers. Tom Short was the losing hurler, with Ruckman working in relief. Keith and Bill Schmelzle had two hits each for Crawford's. Crawford's (5) Kelly-Spring. (1) ab ab Determan 421 Short 3 1 0 O'Connor 200 Ruckman 201 Schmelzle 402 Vrtol 200 Pitterle 3 1 0 Veasley 300 Miller 1 1 0 Holbert 300 Thruman 000 Werntz 300 Keith 402 Holtkamp 201 Pontius 2 1 0 Rundall 200 Gillespie 300 Koning 1 0 0 Kutzke Martin 2JH) Totals: 26 5 6 Totals: 23 1 2 Score by innings: 1234567 RUE Kelly-Springfield 1000000-1 2 3 Crawford's 2 1 1 0 1 0 x-5 6 2 2-basehits: Ruckman.

Bases on balls, off Keith Short Ruckman Struck out by Keith Short Ruckman Sacrifice: Ruckman. FINAL STANDINGS American Division Pet. GBL Sandy's 9 4 .692 Downtown Business 7 6 .538 2 Micro Switch 7 6 .538 2 N. 111. Insurance 5 8 .385 4 Deputy Sheriff's 4 9 .308 5 National Division Pet.

GBL Burgess 13 1.000 Crawford's 7 6 .538 Journal-Standard 7 6 .538 6 Kelly-Springfield 3 10 .231 10 LMI' Builders 3 10 .231 10 Yesterday's Stars PITCHING Don Gullett, Heds, allowed Chicago only one hit Cleo James' bloop double in eight innings as Cincinnati trounced the Cubs 8-2 HITTING Willie Giants, rapped a single, double and triple In three at-bats scored twice and drove in one run, leading San Francisco to a 7-3 victory over the New York Mets..