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RECORD-EAGLE, TRAVERSE CITY, MICH. 49684 FRIDAY, OCTOBER. 13, 1972 Page 27 Loss To A's Big Letdown For Tigers teams that begin the 1972 World Series Saturday. The Cincinnati Reds were last DETROIT (UPI)--Tony Taylor, a 36-year-old second baseman who has never made it to the World Series in 15 years of major league baseball, sat before his locker looking at the floor. Taylor was the last man to bat for the Detroit Tigers in their 2-1 pennant-deciding loss to the Oakland A's Thursday.

When he flied out to centerfield, what could be his last opportunity to realize his dream faded away. "I'm very, very upset because all year I believed I was gonna play in the World Series," the native of Cuba said in slow, broken English. "Once. I had the chance--in To hear the managers and. 1964," he said, recalling his players of the Reds and A's, it A's Hold Workout In Reds' Stadium U-M, OSU Headed For Showdown? By UPI CHICAGO (UPI)--Ohio State and Michigan, perhaps headed lor their third season-ending showdown in four years, are CINCINNATI (UPI)-It has I heavy favorites to remain been a long drought for the two unbeaten Saturday as the Big Ten gets to the serious part of its race.

The Buckeyes and the Wolve- days with the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League. "We had 10 games to play and we lost nine. "But this year I Sparky Anderson says of his thought I was going to make: Reds. "We have everything a it." Nineteen-year veteran Al Kaline, whose end-of-the-year in a World Series two years! rines were the only teams in ago, but they have not managed the league to' win all their conference games, earning No. 4 and No.

6 national rankings, respectively. But the ratings won't mean much as they begin the conference schedule leading to their nationally-televised finale Nov. 25 at Columbus, and the odds are one or the other will go into the game undefeated for the fourth year in a row. Michigan, a two-touchdown favorite over Michigan State for their game Saturday at Ann Arbor, has a chance this year to become the first Big Ten team to make a second straight to win one since 1940. It goes back even further than that for the Oakland A's, who played in Philadelphia until 1968.

The A's have not been in a World Series since 1931. They lost it that year. is clear both are convinced this will'be their year. "This team is the greatest." great team must have--power, speed, good defense and tough performance helped put Detroit in the playoffs, also had high hopes for what may turn out be his last shot at baseball's big prize. Cancellation of the anticipated trip to Cincinnati was--to say the least--a letdown for the star rightfielder.

"You've been up for so many days," he said. "You feel like there's no reason to get out of pitching." Ready to Try "We're ready to try the Mesick, Brethren Game Highlights League Slate Mesick faces a tough hurdle those three games but it may tonight in its quest of a North-1 get a stiff test from the Breth- west Conference football cham-1 ren defensive II tonight. pionship when it hosts' once- beaten Brethren in a key league encounter. In the other two conference games tonight Buttons Bay travels to Elk Rapids and Frankfort hosts Glen.Lake, All three games will start at 7:30. Tomorrow's lone contest finds Kingsley at Onekema for a 2 p.m.

game. Mesick, winners of its first three games, is locked in a first place tie with Onekama entering the fourth week of conference action. Frankfort trails those two teams by one game. After nipping the Traverse City junior varsity to open the season, Mesick shutout two league opponents- before giving up a TD to Glen Lake last Friday. The powerful Bulldog offense has rolled up 108 points in Buckley Harriers Beat Mancelona Buckley posted its ninth cross country win of the season trip to the Rose Bowl, since the i Thursday, beating Mancelona non-repeat rule has been lifted, i 25 33 ln a meet at Mancelona.

The Ironmen took two of the Last year, Ohio State was not i National League." was Dick a conference contender but in Williams' rejoinder as he both 1969 and 1970 the Buckeyes bed tomorrow." Jim Northrup, the hero of Wednesday's playoff-tying tiger victory, said he plans to take it easy "till the Monday night Game of the Week (Detroit against Green Bay). The Red Wings are coming up too, aren't they?" he asked. Norm Cash, Bill Freehan and a few teammates, did their mourning behind the closed doors of the trainer's room while impatient writers waited out- brought his club into Cincinnati Thursday night after a grinding five-game playoff series at Detroit. The Reds' Anderson said he considers Oakland "an outstanding club" "far and away the best club in that League." Pete Rose, Reds' star leftfiel- der, said Oakland's wealth of righthanded pitchers should and Wolverines settled matters on the final weekend. Michigan won, 24-12, in 1969, costing Ohio State the national championship, and in 1970 the Buckeyes won a battle of unbeatens.

20-9. Ohio State, which had a mild scare before beating California last week, is a three-touchdown favorite over winless Illinois. The Illini, on a murderous work to Cincinnati's advantage, schedule, were beaten by "We do well against righthan- Southern California, Washington ders," he said. and. Penn State the last three The Reds planned to work weeks and play Michigan after today at 10 a.m.

(EOT) with i Ohio State, the A's taking over at 1:30 p.m. In other games to familiarize themselves with Wisconsin is at Indiana, Iowa side. Cash was distressed umpire's call in the Riverfront Stadium. Williams said he planned to start Ken Holtzman in the first game of the Series and then go with Jim "Catfish" Hunter on i at Northwestern and Purdue at fourth inning he and others felt was the crowning blow to Detroit's American League title hopes. The veteran first baseman was oulled off the bag by a Dick John by a Sunday.

Anderson was expected to announce today his starting pitchers, with Saturday a tossup between Gary Nolan and Jack Billingham. One Bright Spot One bright spot in the Minnesota. Indiana, Northwestern and Purdue are the favorites. The Indiana-Wisconsin game probably will be the best of the day, and could produce a longshot challenger to Michigan and Ohio State. Wisconsin's Rufus Ferguson is the nation's fifth-leading rusher with 144.5 yards a game first three spots with Dan Brunett finishing first in 18 minutes, 16 seconds.

James Dewey was third with a time of 18.39. Phil Cooper was Buckley's best runner, covering the three- mile layout in 18:19. Other top 11 finishers for the Bears were freshman Randy Weber, Ron Hartzell, Jim Bates, Ralph Liddle, Tim Boardway and Keith Sweetman. Mancelona also placed David Counsil and Ken Taulbee among the 11. The first five runners in the meet broke the course record despite the extreme cold and a 30 mile-per-hour wind.

The five were Brunett, Cooper, Dewey, Weber and Hartzell. Buckley, now 9-2 for the year, will participate in the Leelanau School Invitational tomorrow before hosting Mesick and Benzie Central Monday. Oakland picture was the return' and only undefeated LSU, of ousted shortstop Bert Cam-; among the Badgers' first four throw from shortstop McAuliffe and umpire Rice flashed the "safe" signal paneris, who was suspended opponents, has contained him. BS Oakland's George Hendrick from the playoffs after throw-j Indiana, like Wisconsin, has a whizzed by. Hendrick later ing a bat at a Detroit pitcher in 3-1 record but two of the victories were narrow escapes scored what proved to be the the second game.

winning run. When queried about his reminiscent Cash contended his foot was eligibility, American League on the bag. And even if i President Joe Cronin said wasn't, he how often do; Thursday: "I don't see why umpires turn their heads in a not." situation such as that when the. After the weekend games throw has the runner beat. here, the teams will travel to "It was a routine play." Cash Oakland Monday and of the Hoosiers Girls Grade School V-Ball Loop Formed For the first time, a grade school athletic program for girls will be instituted in the local system, a volley ball tournament slated to begin next week.

A total of 10 schools will take part in an all-city playoff be- The Bobcats have given up an average of one TD a game while compiling a 1-1-1 league mark. The offense, which is lead by Ted Fairbanks, has sputtered, however, scoring just five touchdowns in the three games. Fairbanks has tallied four of the scores. Frankfort will be attempting to protect its lofty standing against a Glen Lake team that has been up and down, Frankfort opened its league season by shutting out Buttons Bay before losing to Onekama in similar fashion. Its offense is keyed around John Nunez and Jim Kibby, The Lakers, 1-2' in the conference, early showed against some strength Mesick before fading later in the game.

Glen Lake has also had some trouble scoring points, getting just 28 in three games. Both of the Laker losses have come at the hands of the two league powers, Onekama and Mesick. Elk Rapids is coming off its first league win this season and will be after its third win overall when it tangles with Buttons Bay. Coach Don Glowicki finally found some scoring punch in last Friday's 48-0 win over Kingsley. In its two previous games the Elks managed just six points in losing to Mesick and tying Brethren.

Buttons Bay, meanwhile, enjoyed its best scoring night of the season in losing to Onekama. Prior to that game the Norsemen had managed just one TD but the 13 points earned against Onekama helped the team's morale. The Kingsley, Onekama game will be a battle of teams at different ends of the league standings. Onekama has rolled over all three of its opponents in the conference while Kingsley has yet to win in that league. The Portagers have a potent running attack paced by Richard Berryhill and Steve Ward, the loop's top scorers.

a step and a half. "Fourteen years said, gritting his teeth between', games there Tuesday. Wednes- sentences. "We had the guy by; day and if necessary, Thursday. Friday will be a traveling day.

I've been If "needed, the sixth and playing this game and that's seventh games would be played the first time that's happened in Cincinnati Saturday, Oct. 21, to me it was a bad call and and Sunday, Oct. 22. everybody knows it was a bad i call. I hate to lose on a "Cardiac Kids" who shared the ginning Tuesday and early re- 1967 Big Ten title and went to ports show much interest in the project.

Coaches assigned at the various schools are as follows: Central, Rita Henschell: Cherry Knoll, Dorothy Baker and Jennifer Gunderson; East Bay, Ginny Jefferson; Glenn Loomis, Jan Holt; Old Mission, Jean Cole; Norris, Connie Kent and Alicia Sanford; Sabin, Nancy McKinny and Charlotte Shea; Traverse Heights, Marilyn Gal- the Rose Bowl. Elementary play Football Results FIRST ROUND Long Lake 26, Eastern 0 Sabin 19. Norris 15 Oak Park 29, Bertha Vos 0 Glenn Loomis 42, Interlochen 8 a technical call that happens once in 15 years." Frank Howard, first baseman-turned-first base coach, was tossed out of the game for protesting the call in what was officially referred to as a "prolonged continuation of the argument." "His arguments with his wife last longer than the argument I had with him." the towering Howard said of his difference of opinion with the umpire. Husky Harriers Win 7th From Chips Ber.zie Central harriers won their seventh match in eight starts this fall with an easy 15-43 win over Manistee High School with Husky, Blair Moss, the individual winner in a record-breaking 16:11 time. The Blazers copped the first five places, with Rod Moore.

Dan Kochis, Steve Allen and Wally Armstrong trailing Moss. Manistee scoring came on a 6-7-9-10-11 order of finish, with Pearce, Cielinski, Cowen, Buenger and Miller running for the Chips. Benzie Central will compete in a triangular with Cadillac and unbeaten Reed City next Thursday with the North Central crown at stake. Wayne State University's Matthaei Health and Physical Education Building was completed in 1965. Cherry Knoll 22, Heights 18 East Bay 26, Central 0 Second Round Games Tuesday Long Lake vs.

Sabin Oak Park vs. Glenn Loomis Cherrv Knoll vs. Willow Hill Dow Jones Closing Avges. Oct. 12, 1372 Vol.

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