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TITT? rVFiMTTVP CTTTVpt TD OR i 't Section 17- BALTIMORE, TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1971 'PAGE 10 Four Hours, Much Effort, No Decision i 1 1 ni This 13 dy Unlucky as 91 AVI J- but he didn't, say for whom, file By Phil Jackman against the Birds for eight innings. "Tough," is the way Earl Weaver, until he consulted his rulebook. ball ending up over the left field H(a. Umj; will pitch," countered Martin. "This is horrible.

We should play it over. Here we have a guy fence for a tie ball garnet a Weaver put it. "And all that did is mess me up," he groaned. Earl cited rule If NBC had any class, it wofild (Mickey Lolich, who went all Two run blasts by Bin rree-han in the third and. Al Kaline in the days of Vince Lombardi and Marshall Goldberg.

B. Robby Homers If a is like kissing your sister, good old Sis is Sophia Lor-en with a good bit of Jacqueline Bisset thrown in. on -the side. Lolich was as Lolich always is point out when the final decision will be rendered? Plenty. As ties go this has to rank right up there with the 21-21 job Navy played with Army back in '46 and the back-to-back-to-back zero jobs Ford-ham played with Pitt back in up tonight 'for the simple reason he'll be lucky if he is able to make it out of bed this noon.

Despite the moaning, the groaning and the advice, the mail will go through, however the question is: what can you say about a tie game other than 4.10 (e): the way for the Tigers) going have flashed this messje across TV screens BroSks "If a game is called before it good and they don have any circled the bases: "In case aiv the fifth meant the score was 4-0 when Curt Motton drew a lea-doff walk standing in for Tom has become a regulation game, body." iHUVC UVC1, UClUi. 6J For nearly four hours at the Stadium last night, 17,034 fans Janii a national television audience watched the Orioles and Tigers in hand-to-hand combat. What they ended up seeing heft, fore calling it a night was a big npoJhing, a 13-inning 4-4 tie, or what baseball refers to as a suspended game. A Massive Mix-Up the umpire shall declare it 'no Lolich, of course, can pick it of you fans missed last ye's World Series, what you hve Dukes. Aftpr Mark Belaneer areued a just seen is a three-second cap- "Now read the exception called third strike, Paul Blair sule wrap-up." 4.12 (b)," he said.

rang a two-bagger, into the left The Tigers, like the O's, are 'Baltimore Not Bush, Just Old'-Martin 0-0 in suspended games, but Among other things it decreed, if a game is halted by weather, and subsequent corner and Merv Kettenmuna walked to load the bases. they have had they leas: with the tie. folks Frank Robinson, swinging light failure or an intervening end at 10.58 about the seventh game that rule did," Martin "Are there a bunch of puritans here? on the tube weren't Pff seated with the wrong win- ncr as happened in football a from his 26th birthday, then dispatched a mighty fly ball but inning, when we re always curfew or time limit prevents its resumption, it shall not be charged. ahead." "Someone ought to tell them. By Jack Chevalier Billy Martin didn't stick around to hear the announcement.

He thought the 4-4 tie was a wipeout, a slice of finality to called a suspended game." Martin aeain watched the years ago when the network nave one penaing wnn wetland, the result, of a power failure 10 days ago. The Detroit-Cleveland where-do-we-go-from-here will te played September 27 while Bps-ton is in Baltimore to play the Orioles the last two games of The outspoken Bengal boss watched reporters scribbling down his hot phrases. "Maybe scribblers and said, "Now don't this is 1971. That curfew rule is as old as the city. It's as old as Wanna bet? Richert For Birds the direction was tauuy ana ended up as a sacrifice fly in center field: 4-1.

Brooks Robinson got what he considered a bum call from be made up completely at a lat say I was tearing my hair out and throwing things. And I didn't say Baltimore was this'll. bring the fans out," he said. "Nothing else seems to those ships down in the harbor and just as stagnant." er date. plate umpire Bill Kunkel for work in this graveyard." me seoauu.

The Tiger manager claimed lGH1 awav or a Heidl sPeclal the" eventual victor losing last minute. suspended game," Detroit 4'bgisinager Billy Martin said incredulously. "What does that fi and when was the rule nt3anged?" Martin was under the impres -just old." r. "Wow." Weaver Then word reached the Tiger clubhouse that Inning No. 14 Martin's main contention was Then the Tieers trooped back strike one, swished at a second Lolich served and fouled the the visiting team "doesn't get a that Mickey Lolich deserved an downtown to enjoy themselves League regulations, a series of commandments harder to come by than two-dollar bills in New York, call this a suspended game and the boys will be out proving it this evening come 7 o'clock.

"I figure to use (Pete) Richert," Weaver said. "I honestly don't know who lefty's third pitch into the you imagine what it's going to be like around here it it's close?" other opportunity to fight the fair shake" under the suspended game rule that states no inning would begin tonight at 7. Martin responded with a torrid blast at stands. Orioles to a decison for the remaining legal hours. Perhaps on The- Block, where no-inning can begin after 1.59 the Crabtown curfew.

shall begin after 11.59 P.M. "Maybe we'll come up with a Martin has vowed it's going to be close while Joe Crania's still Pending Suspension Mickey's next -pitch was a good one, according to Martin, "Why is Baltimore different lA.M. But any inning already sion that game would be played in its entirety the next time the "'Bengals visit B'more. So was "Why should we suffer? We didn't make a joke out of the city rule in Detroit," Billy said sarcastically. "The game, will started than any other city?" he asked.

Lolich Weaver Says 'sni airi rrrr, Ba Threw A Dirty SPORTS EDITOR -rib. By Phil Jackman the hand slippery' and nSin is You can have Miller without having to go to the hat, the belt or the Hugginses, your John McGraws "It was worth it to check," used to dry it up. "Eyery time got the ball," Oriole starter Dave McNally said, "there were fingerprints Freed Ali Plans Four More Fights Weaver said. Kunkel's investi -sow -on snid-ft gation was! fruitless. Unless you all over it." want to stretcn a point ana say and your Connie Macks.

When it comes to two managers sitting in opposite dugouts in a big series, how about Billy Martin and Earl Weaver? v-. The last time the tigers were in town, Martin. made a federal the check of Lolich in the filth "What got me, Weaver-said, "is every time Kunkel was bothered him so. much he sur asked to check the ball, he spit rendered four tying runs four in, his hand to clean it.Jf there innings later. case out of the fact the Orioles.

aren't spots on the ball why's he spitting and rubbing? I waTvery irrinressed with "i have cut a patch out of the ma- "I don't know if you noticed it," former Tiger said, "but Mickey didn't go to tenal covering the center field You pine tar manufacturers can get in touch with Mickey fence so their catcher can watch the rosin bag once in 13 innings the game while he's warming up care of the Tigers, Tiger va dium, Trumbull and Michigan on a night when he must have lost a dozen pounds Perspiration, of course, makes a pitcher. Tch-Tch, Johnny Avenues, Detroit 4821b. Last night, Weaver retaliated in kind, asking plate umpire Bill Kunkel. to check Tiger chucker Mickev Lolich. for pine tar.

It was the fifth Lolich had retired, a dozen bat Ali's Not Bitter; About Title Loss ters succession, after Merv Rettenmund had drummed the only hit off him to. that point, a single in the first. "Georee Staller noticed it. 1 Sunpapers photo-Carl D. Harrk BROOKS ROBINSON blasts late three-run homer that gave Orioles 4-4 tie.

with Tigers. Chicago WMuhammad Ali, me and shouted so happy upheld by the Supreme Court in for you're free, 4 you're I just, heard oh the the Bird; manager said. "The ball was dirty all the 'L Newcombe Downs Dibley his conscientious objection to the draft, says he; is not bitter toward the men who stripped him of his world heavyweight Pat Dobsonj sitting in the dug out, told the story of how Johnny he was the pitcnmg boxing title. coach Irf Detroit, had some of To Gain Semi-Finals the boys cut holes their gloves so they could apply this, that or the other thing off their hand Mental Hazard Ali admitted the. legal wrangling was a mental hazard for four years but he said he didn't regret his decision.

"I don't think it bothered me a lot, but you have to-live with it," he said. "If you do something bad, rob, beat somebody up unjustly, it's different. But if it's something you believe in, with your whole conscience, you got to believe then there ain't no punishment. It's honorable jvhen you're standing up for your, own For the first time in four years the most color-jsiifui man in sports knows that he can go on pursuing career. Muhammad Ali, formerly Cassius Clay and for-ni the heavyweight boxing champion of the 'idorld, has had to add five words to any statement "Vmade concerning his future plans.

fM The words: "If I'm not in jail." mjt yesterday Ali, in Chicago training for his fight mi Jimmy Ellis in Houston next month, was on a Prning drive through the South Side when he 's'pped for a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice. j'; He left the fruit store with an orange in his only to have the proprietor, a little black man, fash out to him excitedly. "I just heard on the radio," the man said. "The Supreme Court said you're free, an 8-0 vote." i In such a manner was Ali inf ormedloi the most important verdict of his career. He has been in-volved this year in the two biggest decisions of his Ilif, both unanimous.

3 lJ In March in New York he lost a unanimous decision to Joe Frazier, the only defeat in Ali's 32-bout Jcareer. i Yesterday, in an even bigger decision, Ali was Sthe winner by an 8-0 verdict in the Supreme Court in a reversal of his earlier conviction and five-year Sentence by a Houston jury for refusing Army induction. Vublic Divided Over Decision The court ruled that the Justice Department been wrong in informing Selective Service authorities that Ali was not sincere in his claim that ihe was a conscientious objector based on the reli-Jgious beliefs of his Muslim faith. Ali, incidentally, is no longer a minister of that Elijah Muhammad, the leader of the Nation jof Islam, recently told Ali that he had to "get box-jing out of your blood" before being reinstated as a minister. The emotional nature of the Ali case and yes-Iterday's decision by the highest court in the land were quickly evidenced by the calls that poured into this office.

The first caller complained bitterly that "the system is very beatable if you're black like Clay." Others felt that the Supreme Court had opened the way for anyone who wishes to claim religious i objections to the war in Vietnam and thus beat the draft. i "You'd better be prepared to have a volunteer Jarmy now," one man told me. "That's going to be all you'll have volunteers. Everybody will refuse the draft now with the sanction of the Supreme Court." But for every caller who resented Ali's new freedom, there was at least one who rejoiced over it. Onc More Year For Ali I "I'm for everybody getting off," one man told Jme.

"I'm for anything that might hasten the end I of this senseless war." Wimbledon, England UP) Defending champion John Newcombe, of Australia, blasted his way into the men's singles semi-finals of the All-England Lawn Tennis Championships today with a 6-1, 6-2, 6-3 victory over fellow countryman Colin Dibley. Ali, 29, formerly known as Cassius Clay, was deprived of the title when he refused to take that one step 'forward to military induction in 1967. He was later convicted of draft evasion. But the Supreme Court overturned the conviction yesterday, because of his Muslim religious beliefs. 1 "No Bitterness" ORIOLE was the man who advised I Ralston on Rod's possible weak Wimbledon, England UP)-Rod him how to do it.

nesses Laver. once the unbeatable king "Dennis is one of the best stu of tennis, is out of Wimbledon, dents of other players in the thanks to the American firm of ITEMS world today," Gorman said belief." "I can't be mad because they Gorman and Ralston, Inc. did what they thought was right," he said of the loss of his "He and I decided that if there was a way to beat Laver we Tom Gorman of Seattle, Memo to Bowie Kuhn: got a crown. I got to asic tnem to Said A Prayer He said, "I already did" my celebrating. I said a pray to Allah." Ali said he plans twoinpre was the man who would plan the right tactics for Ralston and Ed Turville, of St.

Petersburg, Fla non-playing captain of the U.S. team, were happy men today. They had two of their men-Gorman and Stan Smith of Pasadena, Calif safely in" the semifinals and a third Cliff Ri-chey of Sarasota, Australia's Ken Rosewall today for a semifinals place. Before facing Laver, Gorman had a 30-minute conference with great idea for something you it. And it worked.

drummed Laver out of the big respect the rights to my beliefs. But if I'm going to ask that, can' sell to television Tues Gorman, who won the first tournament yesterday with a 9- rEl day nieht at the ballpark, pick fights after the meeting witrri then I got to respect the rights to their beliefs. 7, 8-6, 6-3 victory in the quarter point or two in almost every service game, claimed this was lis before a hoped-for rematch ing up all the Monday night sus finals. the secret of his victory. "There wasn't no bitterness," he told newsmen after hearing Dennis Ralston, the U.S.

Da pended games tne major leagues With last night's tie, wonder if sponsors got a rebate. I guess this is fundamental vis Cup coach from Bakersfield, the decision. Ali is in Chicago to any match," Gorman said The ballpark gates open at "but Dennis told me it's particu- training for his Houston fight July 26 with Jimmy Ellis, his arly important against Laver. 5.30 this afternoon for you fans who want to tro'on out and watch former sparring partner. If you go down 0-30 you can see his confidence going way up with Joe Frazier, who defeated Ali in a title bout March.g in New York city, "I think the public wilCvtjant this rematch and I certainly want it because I still thiiiik I whipped Frazier," Ali After the Frazier rematch? "I wind it the 29-year-old ex-champion said.

"I just want to work with especially with all that's going on like dope, theft, gang killingand homosexuality. 1 11 try all'Tcan in holn i1 Pirates Yield Runs, Score Even More "And you have to keep the the hitters complain about the lollipops the' batting practice pitchers throw Al Kaline was one guy who was hoping the He said he was told of the Supreme Court decision by the owner of a grocery store on the South Side where he had stopped to buy an orange. "I was walking to my car ball low. If you hit volleys at Laver the ball just comes back midnight curfew never at you, Gorman continued come He went from -318 to Smith defeated Onny Parun .333 with five hits, and, an and this, fellow ran out to me New Zealand. 8-6.

6-3. 6-4. and By The Associated Press other two hours, might have had will meet Gorman in the semifi with tears in his eyes," Ali said, "He grabbed me and hugged The Pittsburgh Pirates, lead- 1 1 Continued, Page 14, Col. 51 nals Thursday. ers tne iNauonai L.eacue runs in the first inning, three of them on Manny Sanguillen's bases-loaded triple.

That was Sanguillen's only hit and every East Division, have surrendered 35 runs in the last five games, a rather alarming average of sev other Pittsburgh batter except Stargell had at least two with Because of the mounting public pressure against the war a lot of people expected the Supreme Court en per game. It wouli be alarming except for the lively Buc bats which Jose Pagan collecting tnree. Bucs Strike Again After the Cards had chipped siderations. What does it mean to boxing? have produced 50 runs over the same span-10 runs per game. three runs off Pittsburgh's early It means that Ali will be able to go on with his July 26 fight with Ellis in Houston, though that is All Except Willie bulge, the Pirates struck again, The Pirates had their hot bats bunching six more runs in the I hardly what the Supreme Court had in mind yes-! terda v.

working again last night all ex- fourth 'inning with Roberto 1 Ellis is a former Ali sparring partner and their' ceDt the hottest one wnicn De- Clemente and Bob Robertson upcoming fight is little more than a tuneup tor tne each chipping in with two-run longs to Willie Stargcll, the major league leader with 28 homers singles. one fight the boxing world is waiting tor tne in-evitable rematch with Frazier. and 79 runs batted in. Margeu was hitless but the other Bucs Joe Torre had tnree nits in eluding his 11th homer for St Louis, hiking his Nationa! Ali, now 29 years old, lost some of his skills during the ZV years he was in boxing exile and' collected 15 hits and ripped St. Louis, 11-5.

League leading batting average now ne nas a pian 10 regain mem uy Elsewhere in the National After Ellis, there will be two more bouts, tnen to .373. Computer Confirmed he Frazier fieht. nrobablv in Los' Angeles next League, New York trimmed Philadelphia, 3-1 Los Angeles I ycr. Ah says that even if he wins a rematch there The victory kept Pittsburgh four games ahead of New York downed Chicago, 6-4; ian uiego slugged San Francisco, 6-2; Cin would be no third All- razier tignt. in the East Division, ine Meis cinnati swept a doubicncaaer not a third fight," Ali says.

"I'd be too tired. You must realize that training is harder. I whipped Philadelphia, spoiling from Montreal, 4-3 and 5-4; and Rick Wise's first start since last i got another year and that's it. I could fight for Houston took a pair from Atlan- week's no-hitter. ta, 6-5, and 6-4.

VH TelephdtA- eight more years but I be ilatfooted. i start get-i ting bruised up. I'd start getting knocked down more. A University of Pennsylvania The Pirates cot started fast WILLIE STARGELL of Pirates is decked and hurt by n'tch from St. Loufo twirler Jerry Reuss but stayi In" the ''game.

Continued, Page 14, Col. 11 1 against St. Louis, bunching five tiiter ZV years' layoff, it's tiresome.".