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THE EVENING SUl TJ PAGE 1 BALTIMORE, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1970 Out For the Rest of 1970 It'll Happen To Me, Says Colts' O'Brien SPORTS EDITOR New McLain Penalty Seems Keyed To Insubordination could get out of the office back in Detroit sat in on yesterday's confab, including farm director Hoot Evers, who has sat in on all Campbell-McLain talks the last month, and Dr. Clarence Livingood, a team physician who just recently examined A rookie comes to training camp with a dream, but he knows that if it comes true it'll only produce a nightmare for somebody else. Jim O'Brien knew this when he reported to the Colts this summer. He wanted to make the team as a place kicker and he believed he was good enough to do it. At the University of Cincinnati he kicked field goals from as far out as the 48-yard line.

In the North-South game he kicked three. And he jcould do something else catch passes, and well enough that the combination of points scored kicking and receiving made him the nation's leading scorer in 1968. But there ahead of him, long entrenched as the place kicker for the Colts, was tough, menacing Lou Michaels, who was playing in the National Football League before O'Brien entered high school. A 12-year pro, Michaels had seen other kickers try to take his job from him, but he had a different feeling about this one. "I get the idea they really want to keep this kid," Lou said, "but I know I've got at least three years left in me." McLain.

all about, specifically toward general manager Jim Campbell and field manager Mayo Smith. Denny blasted Campbell the night he was suspended for the water caper and has since said he will not retract his statements. And his general attitude toward Smith, long his biggest booster, has been downright ghastly lately. Been On Probation One little show of insubordination in Chicago ended up costing Denny $500. Mayo told his pitcher to go up and take a couple of pitches and there was Cjnny pitchers, for reasons known only to pitchers.

With just a moment's thought, it's a snap to come up with five other chuckers who have been known to be with revolver, including one gent who actually had one of those two-shot jobs in his back pocket while working a game in Mexico one night. Chicago Costly Stop Tiger players, to a man, have expressed amazement with the gun disclosure and this, along with the dousing of two sports-writers, looks to be a smokescreen. "McLain's conduct with respect to the Detroit management" is more likely what it's Denny's original suspension ended July 1, but he has been on probation since. Just who gave the commissioner of a game the right to say anyone is on probation isn't clear and it may come to pass that baseball will have i to answer this question in court Lord1 Baltimore yesterday honoring the Colts, the players were scattered through the lobby. Jim O'Brien, wearing a mod brown suit, brown shirt, and colorfully striped tie, was sitting quietly in a chair, alone thinking.

"Congratulations," I said to him. "How do you feel?" "I don't feel too good," Obie said self-consciously. The realization was just sinking in that he had sent Lou Michaels packing. Gutsy Move By McCafferty Michaels was popular with the fans and with his teammates and a lot of people hate to see him go, but that's football. "ItH happen to me someday," O'Brien said.

Cutting Michaels and going with a rookie was a gusty decision by coach Don McCafferty, but a good one. It's the kind of thing that has to be done occasionally to keep a football team from getting old. Michaels had some good years here but he was losing his touch. Last year, for the first time in his career, he was under .500. He made only 14 of his 31 field goal attempts, and he made none from beyond the 40-yard line.

Lou could no longer kick the long ones and O'Brien can, and that is very likely to spell the difference between victory and defeat in a Colt game or two this autumn. That's the tough thing about the spot O'Brien is in. He has won the pressure spot on the team. He knows that there will be times when Earl Morrall will place the ball down and the whole game, maybe the whole season, would be squarely up to him: 23-year-old Jim O'Brien, the hippie. And because Jimmy Orr and Ray Perkins have a history of injury and can hardly be counted on to play 14 games, O'Brien may come in handy as a receiver.

Michaels could no longer do anything but kick. 1 Lou Michaels is gone. Long live Jim O'Brien. someday. swinging from the heels and telH I 1- 1 i.

A fi 1 ing xne manager auoui it laier. Just about everybody who By PHIL JACKMAN From the start, this entire Denny McLain caper has been like a meal in a Chinese restaurant. You know the bit, eat and eat and eat and a half-hour later you're hungry again. Commissioner Bowie Kuhn calls a big meeting with the supposed wayward one and when someone asks what happened everybody clams up. Why publicize the meeting in the first place? Many Under Arms Yesterday, after the meeting in New York, Tiger officials were requested by Kuhn to refrain from commenting on Mc-Lain's.

latest suspension. McLain's lawyer instructed Denny to say nothing and, just to make sure, the boy righthander was shooed out the back door an hour before anyone knew he was gone. This latest suspension, to cover the remainder 'of the season is for "certain new ('allegations regarding McLain's conduct with respect to the Detroit management and information that on occasions McLain has carried a gun." The gun bit is comical. Of course toting a six-shooter is serious, but it is hardly new among ballplayers, especially The deeper you go into this thing, the hungrier you get and farther and farther apart lie the answers. The next course won't be served until after the season ends we have been assured.

Mike Forgets Boston Game Meanwhile, Denny is doing everything he can to get lost. He's not doing a very good jch of it because, ight now, he's in the Los "Angeles Southern California has never been known as a place to practice Takes Michaels9 Job From Him And so it went through training camp and through five exhibition games Michaels, the grizzled veteran, trying to hang on to the job he had held with the Colts for six years, and O'Brien, the mod, new breed rookie, trying just as hard to take it away from him. "How does Lou treat you personally?" I asked O'Brien one day. The kid wanted to think that one over. He adjusted his granny glasses.

Then he brushed his long, shaggy hair away from his face. "He's civil," he said. Then yesterday it happened. Michaels was cut, and suddenly the Colts had a new field goal and extra point kicker. The job was Jim O'Brien's.

Before the Advertising Club luncheon at the By Phil Jackman "And as we go to the home half of the first inning," the man The first five Yankees to face Mike Cuellar last night hit the ball hard. Hard hard. Two were singles, but two were flies and the other was a line smash in the vicinity of third base. Forget it. in the booth said, "the score is New York nothing, Baltimore coming to bat." Shades Of Beantown ajor Five batters, five well-hit balls, first inning, Mike Cuellar pitching, hmmmmmm, sounds Races familiar.

Like Boston last week, "Never think about the last game," Cuellar said when asked Colt Receivers Now 'Best' following his 1-0 victory over AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W. L. Pet. G.B. ORIOLES 91 51 .641 New York, No.

22 on the season. "Tough enough concentrating on what you should be doing in By Larry Harris 10 17 17 24V 24 'j coach Don McCafferty admits New York 81 61 .570 Detroit 74 68 .521 Boston 74 68 .521 Cleveland 67 76 .469 Washington ..66 75 .468 West Division Minnesota 84 56 .600 nobody has a job locked up. In Cuellar Hits 22 stead, the coach chooses to think Saturday night's final exhibition game in RFK Stadium against the Washington Redskins may go a long way in deciding who will be the starting wide receivers for the Colts when the regular season begins. any of the four may be classi va NEW fied "first string." YORK BALTIMORE 63 66 .553 .535 ao di ao Clarke 2b 4 0 0 0 Buford if 4 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 Blair cf 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 JPowell lb 4 0 0 0 Oakland 78 California 76 Kansas 54 Milwaukee 53 Chicago 51 Receivers On Parallel Yesterday was "Banquet Munson White If Cater 3b 30 31 4 0 2 0 FRoblnsn rf 4 12 0 86 .386 87 .379 92 .357 4 0 2 0 BRobinsn 3b 3 0 1 1 Willi U1C 1UOICI at -re, oi er quarterback Jim Ward was cut and picked up yesterday by the Buffalo Bills, the Colts are 0 0 0 0 Hendrcks 3 0 0 0 3 0 10 Elchebrn 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 DJohnson 2b 3 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 Salmon ss 3 0 0 0 Day" for the Colts, with the club sandwiching a workout between two public appearances for local Results Yesterday'i JEUis lb Kenncy pr Muroer cf Woods rf Michael ES Kline Hansen Dh ORIOLES, New York, O. 2 0 0 0 Be under es 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Cuellar 3 0 0 0 Kmkwskl civic groups.

It was "Defensive 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 Gibbs ph Day" on the field, but Mc Total 33 0 7 0 Total 31 1 6 1 Cafferty was willing to talk New Turk 000 00 00 0-0 Baltimore li MD1 Mi-1 about his receivers. Buffalo Fan Sues NFL Michael. DP Baltimore 1. LOB "All four of them are just like New York 0. Baltimore 6.

2B that," said the head coach stick IP ER BB SO Kline (L.4-4) 7 5 110 4 Klimknwskl 1 1 0 0 ing his hand out with all four fingers on a parallel plane. "I Cuellar (W.22-7) .8 7 0 0 3 5 2:14. A 11,577. know this is a strong statement to make, but these fellows lust might be as a group the finest this here game," he continued, receivers Baltimore has ever pointing for emphasis. had." But how could anybody put Boston, Detroit, 1.

Washington, Cleveland, 0. Minnesota, Oakland, 1 (second game, rain). Milwaukee at Kansas City, rain. Chicago, 11-3; California, 4-1 (second game called eight innings, rain). Today's Games ORIOLES (McNally, 21-8) vs.

New York (Bahnsen, 13-10), Stadium, P.M. Milwaukee (Morris, 2-1, and Lock-wood, 2-10) at Kansas City (Butler, 3-11, and Drago, 7-14) two, 7 P.M. Oakland (Odom, 8-5, and Hunter, 16-12) at Minnesota (Kaat, 11-10, and Hall, 7-6) two, 6.35 P.M. Boston (Culp, 14-13) at Detroit (Kilkenny, 7-3), 9 P.M. Washington (Hannan, 9-8) at Cleveland (Paul, 1-5) 7.45 P.M.

Only games scheduled. Tomorrow's Games ORIOLES vs. Boston, stadium. 8 P.M. Milwaukee at California, Oakland at Kansas City, night.

Chicago at Minnesota, night. Washington at Detroit, night. New York at Cleveland, night. NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division 75 67 .528 New 75 67 .528 Chicago 74 68 .521 1 St. 68 75 .476 66 77 .462 9'a Berry, Moore Recalled That takes in a lot of territory Boston, last Friday night, out of their mind? Three singles, a grand slam home run, then an when the likes of Raymond Ber ry and Lenny Moore are consia other single and the hook.

ered, but in those days there was little reserve strength be "What, Boston? It never happened. Sometimes you catch it. No good to remember. Pitching Buffalo Philadelphia attorney David Berger yesterday filed a suit seeking to bar National Football League teams from requiring season ticket-holders to buy tickets for exhibition games as part of a package deal. Berger filed In behalf of Angelo F.

Coniglio, 34, of suburban Amherst, who maintains that since 1968 the Buffalo Bills have required fans to purchase pre-season tickets if they wanted season tickets. The Bills, the NFL, and commissioner Pete Rozelle are listed as defendants. The suit alleges the practice Is a misuse of a monopoly, a violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Law and unreasonable restraint of interstate commerce, Coniglio admitted he has never missed a preseason game, even when the purchase of tickets was voluntary. But he insisted, "the practice of making me buy exhibition game tickets in order to obtain season tickets to the regular games is blackmail." Coniglio is no stranger to pro football. He waged a successful campaign to have the American Football League emblem placed on the helmets of the Kansas City Chiefs in the last Super Bowl and is still campaigning for the old American League to retain a separate identity, rather than go along with the merger of the two loops.

hind those two stars. Now it appears a whole quartet can get is today, not last year." the iob done. Has Cuellar always had this MONTREAL SHORTSTOP Bobby Wine does flip over Cubs' Johnny Callison and ump Lee Weyer says he doesn't get runner Graybeard Orr started off approach, even back in his slowly, and many thought per haps Peanuts was being phased youth? "All the time," he answered. "The only time his concentra out of the program. But in recent games li'l Jim has looked Montreal 61 80 .433 13Va better and better as he becomes West Division Off the Scrap Heap Sadecki Moves Met To Lead Cincinnati 92 53 .634 accustomed to the bump-and-run style of play.

Los 77 64 .546 13 There is still no better pair of hands in football, and quarter San Francisco 74 68 .521 16'a Atlanta 71 73 .493 Houston 68 74 .479 22a back John Unitas still considers him one of his all-time favorite New York UBIt is September, who once won 20 games for St. "i understand my position He pitcned every nun day in with this club, said Sadecki, an manager Gil Hodges rotation catchers. Jefferson Coming Louis, the same Ray Sadecki who started the opening game of the 1964 World Series for the elderly arm on a staff of strong, and did well. San 54 89 .378 37 Yesterday's Results Montreal, Chicago, 2. Philadelphia, 3-1; New York, 2-3.

St. Louis, Pittsburgh, 4. Cincinnati, Los Angeles, 0. San Francisco, Houston, 5. Atlanta.

6-4: San Diego. 3-7 (first carrying four outside catchers, plus placekicker Jim O'Brien, who can also grab the ball. At present, Ed Hinton is starting on the left side and Ray tion is 'broken," Andy Etchebar-ren said, "is when he gets mad at himself, which really isn't that often." Good thing for Cuellar's sake, because he had very little room to spare last night. McNally Tonight After the rocky first, he gave a hit and walked two New Yorkers in the fourth, but there was a double play ground ball in the middle of all the activity. Then, in the ninth, good grief! The first two men singled and, after an out, a walk loaded the sacks with one out.

Gene Michael, who rapped a big hit in Gun City last week while the Yanks were beating McNallv. Jefferson, a strictly mod man and as the games dwindle down to a precious few, pennant contenders take their heroes anywhere they can find them, even if it's from baseball's scrap young ones. Cardinals. who has been seen at practice sessions clad in a leopard-skin Sudden Health "Then suddenly everyone got healthy and I was the No. 6 starter," said Sadecki, "I His position is to be ready.

He is a spot starter, "a spot reliever, and the man who's liable to game 11 Innings). Perkins on the right. The two have held those jobs ever since vest and World War II German heap. Todays Games Philadelphia (Bunning. 10-13) at pitch any old time.

New York (Koosman, 10-6), 2.05 P.M. That's where Ray Sadecki was helmet, just may be the most talented of them all. He has the opening exhibition game last winter when the New York against Oakland when both were Montreal (iruonognue, u-i) at Chicago (Pappas, 11-7), 2.30 P.M. St. Louis (Briles, 5-5) at Pitts So the journeyman stayed And it's the same Ray Sadecki who once was traded even-up for Orlando Cepeda and the same Ray Sadecki who had not started a game since August 13 and had not pitched a complete game since June 28.

Must Be Ready The Mets had dropped the Mets picked him up for a couple of minor leaguers. It was Sa- impressive ana Dotn were promoted to the first-string lineup. fantastic moves off the line of scrimmage, and it seems to be just a matter of timing before ready, waiting for the call. It burgh (Walker, 11-6), 8.05 P.M. Cincinnati (McGlothlin, 12-8) at Los Angeles (Moeller, 7-6), 11 P.M.

came last, night and he respond decki's four-hitter that beat But in recent games neither ed with one of the best pitching "My next start? I don't know when it will be," said Sadecki. 'It depends on whether I have to work in relief before the next couple of double-headers roll around." Sadecki was a vital member of the pitching staff when the strong, young arms came up he and the Colt quarterbacks, Unitas and Earl Morrall, get Philadelphia, 3-1 in a second game for a split of last night's has set the world on fire, while the men behind them, Jimmy things perfected. jobs the Mets have had in weeks. He struck out 12 Phillies and was in complete command. Orr on the left and Roy Jeffer twi-night double-header and moved the Mets into a tie for sliced a drive to right not deep enough to score the equalling run from third.

Pinch-hitter Jake Gibbs then first game of last night's twi-nighter, 3-2 with Barry Lersch Atlanta (Keed, 6-8) at San Diego (Roberts, 5-13), 10.30 P.M. Houston (Blasingame, 3-1) at San Francisco (Perry, 19-13), 4 PJVI. Tomorrow's Games Philadelphia at Montreal, night. St. Louis at New York, night.

Atlanta at Houston, night. Cincinnati at San Diego, night. Los Angeles at San Francisco, night. (Only games scheduled) son on the right, have made "I've learned one thing working with Unitas," said Jefferson, who has been spending extra "The big problem is to stay in hurling a strong six-hitter for the Phillies. That's when they the National League's East Division lead with Pittsburgh.

That's the same Ray Sadecki with an alarming series of aches some kind of shape by pitching! punched one deep to right, slow but sure progress. With the regular season opener now just ten days away, handed the baseball to Sadecki. Continued on Page F9, Col. 1 ana pains early in the season. in the bullpen," said Sadecki.

Continued on Page 5, Col. 3 SI For Atlanta Bout Clay, are uarry ed States if he can get a li reports by announcing he would ance in the ring since he boxed two three-round exhibitions in cense. Quarry, but said any fight between himself and Clay "would be another matter." "I know I meet light heavyweight champion Bob Foster for the title No announcement of the Clay-Quarry fight and will promote it in cooperation with Leroy Johnson, a Georgia State senator and Detroit, June 15, 1967. A license has been Clay's vember 18 in Detroit. can beat him." In his last title defense he knocked out Zora Folley at Mad problem ever since he was stripped of his title by the World head of House of Sports, Inc.

ison Square Garden in New New York (-Cassius Clay signed himself back into boxing's heavyweight title picture today, giving fight fans renewed hope for a dream fight against current champion Joe Frazier. Jerry Quarry signed official con-Clay, the former unbeaten champion who hasn't had a regular fight in more than three years during his appeals on a draft evasion conviction, and Jerry Quarry will sign official mntracts to meet in Atlanta Oc- York, March 22, 1967. Terps Get McMen Elmira, N.Y. UP) Tom McMillen, 6-foot-ll basketball star, has changed his mind and will attend the University of Maryland instead of the University of North Carolina, the Elmira (N.Y.) Star-Gazette reported today. McMillen, of Mansfield, was a schoolboy Ail-American who received more than 100 college offers.

He announced earlier this year that he would attend North Carolina, despite his parents' objections. According to the Elmira newspaper, McMillen issued this statement: "For personal and family reasons I have decided to change my original decision to attend the University of North Carolina and instead will be attending the University of Maryland." Contacted by phone at Maryland, athletic director Jim Kehoe said, "I have no comment on that at all at this ta-ment. I have not been in comanieation with Tom McMillen." Terp basketball coach Lefty Driesell was not on campus, but Maryland sports information director Jack Zane said that Lefty had not talked with McMillen since July. Frazier Picks Clay The same men promoted Clay's exhibitions last Wednes Durham Talks To Clay Durham said he talked to Clay this week and Clay told him he had a license. "I told him I didn't believe it, Then, should both fights come off and both Clay, who pretcrs to be called Muhammad Ali, and Frazier emerge with victories, the logical progression would be for them to meet each other.

"I will fight Clay any place in Boxing Association and the New-York Athletic Commission when he refused military induction and was sentenced to five years in prison. Now 28, he has been refused a license in many cities. Licensed In Georgia day. but I wished him luck," Durham said. "I also told him he had a Johnson said he hoped to match Clay against Frazier in the United States, including At shot at the title, and that we the future.

Quarry Top-Ranked Quarry of Bellflower, already has fought for the title and lost, currently is ranked the No. 1 contender by Ring Magazine and No. 3 by the WBA. Robert L. Kassell, chairman of the board of Tennis Unlimited, and Mike Malitz, president of Tennis Unlimited and Sports Action, made the (Frazier) would knock him out.

However, he did manage to "He can get in shape as best Iracts to meet in Atlanta Oc lanta," Frazier assured. Durham Is Doubtful His manager, Yank Durham, expressed doubt that the Clay-Quarry fight would ever happen, get a license in Georgia for an "If Clay got his license in Atlanta, then nothing can stop an eventual Clay-Frazier match," Frazier said. he can. I don know if he can eight-round exhibition against three little-known heavyweights beat Quarry because I haven't tober 26. Frazier Vs.

Foster At the same time, in Washington, Frazier confirmed earlier At the same time, he predict worked up enough belief that in Atlanta last Wednesday night. It was his first public appear' but if it does, "we'll fight him in December any place in the Unit there will be a fight." ed an easy victory for Clay over.