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Kansas City Knocks Orioles Tigers Retake Lead sweep by the last-place Texas Rangers over the weekend Incredibly the Orioles still are only one game behind the front-running Detroit Tigers who gained that edge by beating Texas 8-3 Norm Cash hit his 15th and 16th home runs of the season to drive in three runs way I can do something to stop it The league has to come to a decision If they turn down the protest Im done If they dont do anything about it all the pitchers will start throwing them Rico Petrocelli who had struck out twice and hit into a double play earlier in the game stroked a two-run homer in the eighth inning to give Boston its winning margin over the As Rookie Lynn McGlothen with ninth-inning relief from Luis Tiant picked up his second victory in three decisions Bobby Darwins first major league grand slam homer lifted Jim Perry and the Twins to victory over Milwaukee and Clyde Wright pitched an eight-hitter for his first victory since June 24 as California beat the Yankees inning and Mike Cuellar carried a 2-1 advantage into the ninth when Richie Scheinblum singled with two out and Piniella followed with his eighth homer Norm Cash hit two home runs and Jim Northrup one as the Tigers jumped off to a 7-0 lead over Texas after three Innings Joe Coleman with ninth-inning relief from John Hiller gained his 11th triumph Perry tossed a four-hitter and rookie Ron Lolich belted his first major league home run for the Indians White Sox Manager Chuck Tanner protested the game complaining that Perry was throwing an illegal pitch I know Perry throws an illegal pitch and theres no question in my mind about it Tanner explained This is the only Earl Weaver after Lou Piniella hit a two-run homer with two out in the ninth inning to give the Royals their fourth success in six meetings with Baltimore We work extra every day taking early batting practice but I think were past that stage What else is there to say? Im all talked out I dont know if this is going to last all year or if the guys can do something different" Elsewhere Gaylord Perry earned his 14th victory of the year as the Cleveland Indians tripped the Chicago White Sox 2-1 the Boston Red Sox beat the Oakland A's 4-2 the Minnesota Twins routed the Milwaukee Brewers 8-1 and the California Angels beat the New York Yankees 4-3 Baltimore scored two runs in the fifth By MARTIN LADER UPI Sports Writer 0 Nothing more than the law of gravity and some capable pitching appears to be keeping the Baltimore Orioles alive in the American League East The Orioles won the American League pennant the last three years with the help of an awesome hitting attack but they carried a weak 222 team average into Monday nights game against Kansas City and today they are dragging along with their second five-game losing streak of the season With Mondays 3-2 loss to the Royals Baltimore now has dropped 14 of its last 18 games at home including a four-game fourth home run of the season as Detroit made rookie Don Stanhouses first major league decision a loss Northrup hit his homer with a man on in the third and Cash Mowed with his first of the night after Bill Freehan walked in the same inning Cash added his second of the game with none on leading off the eighth So while the Orioles arent doing anything too positive about helping their own cause they are still in the pennant race only because the relative weakness of the East Division is holding the other clubs down to their leveL The Tigers are the only other team in the division playing better than 500 ball I dont know what else to do and what else I can say said Oriole Manager oundun Joe Coleman went the first eight innings for Detroit but after giving up a hit and a walk to start the ninth he was relieved by John Hiller The victory went to Coleman his 11th against seven defeats Jim Northrup also banged out his Butkus spins four-hitter Royals Gain Split With Triple Theft night before returning home Thursday to do battle with Covington RBI 5 2 3 1 1 1 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 1 3 7 7 3 3 (FIRST GAME) WYTHEVILLE Coggms if Albert Hammond rf Michaiec 3b Workman Fitzgerald 1b Pressley ct DeBurhl 3b Miller Bmg Totals AB 31 5 3 5 5 5 3 3 2 2 14 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 IS 13 AB ft RBI 2 0 0 0 KINGSPORT Rockwell 3b Bradford ss Zdeb If Rahe 1b Harris 3b Ray rf Cash cf Buchanan Sepulveda Bailey Kapper Totals Score by innings Wytheville Kingsport Michaiec Rockwell Harris Cash Bailey 3 OP DeBurhl Albert and Fitzgerald Rockwell and Rahe LOB Wytheville 4 Kingsport 9 3B Hammond Zdeb HR Ham mond SB Pressley Zdeb ip er bb 400 0-14 ioo o- i 4 3 3 4 1 2 1 1 3 4 Miller 3 1 0 Bmg IW3 1) 5 3 2 Sepulveda (L 1 31 3 0 7 Bailey 1 3 3 7 7 Knapper 3 13 3 faced five batters third faced two batters third WP Miller Bing T-3 10 By BILL LANE Times-News Sports Editor Kingsports Royals got a bad game out of their system with a 14-2 loss to Wythe ville in the opener then bounced back to win the other end of a doubleheader 4-3 by getting the deciding run on a rare triple steal at Fred Johnson Stadium Monday night The Royals to put it mildly got shellacked in the lidlifter as Wytheville warped three pitchers with a 15-hit attack which included a 330-foot homer by Chuck Hammond in the first inning that started the fireworks Kingsport managed just four hits in the opener as the Royals seemingly appeared to be stalked by two Braves pitchers starter Ken Miller who left early because of wildness and reliever Larry Bing Despite the 15 hits by the Braves Kingsport tossed in five errors kicking the ball around as if it were a football Royals manager Jay Hankins said it was probably a good thing his team got it all out of their system at one time The Royals down by a 3-0 margin in the second game until the fourth inning seemed headed for a complete collapse But a rumbling extra-base hit attack rang out in the fourth and fifth innings In the fourth Karl Jacobson Juan Quesada and Kevin Bova stroked back-to-back doubles to cut the Wytheville deficit to 3-2 In the fifth the Royals chased starting pitchers Len Chiapetta as Gary Harris walked and Buddy Kay smacked a double off the centerfield fence Reliever John Travis then walked Jacobson and Quesada forcing Harris in with the tying run With the bases-loaded Kingsport pulled off an unlikely feat a triple steal And only in the Appalachian League where the action is fast furious and sometimes frantic could such a thing happen Travis let go with a pitch which momentarily got away from catcher Juan deValla who recovered it in time to stop Ray from reaching home Or did he? Ray retreated to third base and the other baserun-ners Jacobson and Quesada were clogged up at second deValla rifled a throw to second and Ray galloped to the plate with the winning run with Jacobson taking third when shortstop Rick Albert returned the ball to the plate and Quesada pilling up at second It was the first triple steal in Kingsport Royal history and woke up some 860 fans who had been put to sleep by the opening-game 12-run loss Stan Butkus a college pitcher from Alabama whos a cousin of National Football League star Dick Butkus pitched the second-game victory for the Royals his first outing Butkus tagged for four hits and three runs in the first two innings settled down to pitch an outstanding game He didn't allow a hit after the second inning and at one stretch retired nine Braves in succession before a walk broke the string The victory by Kingsport combined with Bluefields 15-7 romp over Bristol threw a monkeywrench into the Appy league race Neither team can claim a solid hold on first place Bluefield is in first with two less losses than Kingsport and Bristol but the latter two have won one more game than the Orioles Kingsport hits the road toward Pulaski today for a game tonight and Wednesday (SECONOGAME) LOOK MA NO EYES! ROYAL CATCHER BUCKY BUCHANAN MIGHT BE SAYING as he tries to shovel up low throw while Wythevilles Ken Coggins barrels home Phillies Dodgers Split Twinbill WYTHEVILLE AB RBI Coggins If cf 3 111 Albert ss Hammond rf Michaiec 3b Fitzgerald 1b Pressley cf Omzey If DeBurhl 3b deValla Chiappettap Travis Srmth ph Totals KINGSPORT Cassibry 3b Bradford ss Zdeb If Harris 3b Raycf Jacobson Quesada lb Bova rf Butkus Totals Score by innings Wytheville 13 OOO 0-1 Kingsport OOO 220 4 Coggins Albert Jacobson Quesada DP Butkus Bradford and Quesada LOB Wytheville 3 Kingsport 9 2B Ray Jacobson Quesada Bova SF Coggms Sac Chiapetta SB DeBurhl Zdeb Ray Jacobson Quesada ip mr bb so ChiapettalL 0 3) 4230 4 424 Travis 113 1 0 3 2 Butkus (W 10) 7 4 3 2 2 7 HBP By Butkus (Omzey) WP Butkus Travis Attendance BOO 2 00 Francisco a win over the faltering New York Mets Pinch-hitter Jim Howarth and Bobby Bonds singled to open the eighth and advanced on Gary Maddox sacrifice before Speier's game-winning hit Jim Faireys sixth inning pinch-hit single drove home Bob Bailey with what proved to be the winning run as Montreal defeated San Diego Bailey singled off losing pitcher Steve Arlin who gave up only five hits in the contest as he dropped his ninth game in 16 decisions Tim Foli drew a walk and Faireys hit went to shallow center field to break a 3-3 tie It was much easier sitting up there in the executive box Owens observed after his first day on the job In other National League games San Francisco edged New York 5-4 and Montreal defeated San Diego 6-3 in the only games scheduled In the American League Kansas City nipped Baltimore 3-2 Detroit defeated Texas 8-3 Minnesota whipped Milwaukee 8-1 Cleveland edged Chicago 2-1 Boston downed Oakland 4-2 and California beat New York 4-3 Chris Speiers single to center field in the eighth inning drove in two runs to give San the National League since the late Branch Rickey Owens who last managed in the California League back in 1959 is inheriting a ball club that had won only 13 of its last 55 games under Lucchesis direction The Phillies new skipper blames tHfe clubs poor showing this season on a lack of fundamentals Owens promises the team a dose of spring training in July Were going to have to work more with some hitting pitching and some enthusiasm we can have some fun Willie Montanez drove in five runs with a single triple and homer to lead Philadelphia to their first victory under Owens after the Dodgers scored twice in the top of the 11th to win the opener A towering sacrifice fly to center by Wes Parker brought in Willie Davis with the winning run in the first game and pinchhitter Bill Buckner delivered an insurance run with a single But Woody Fryman earned a split for Philadelphia in the second game yith a six-hit effort losing his bid for a shutout in the eighth on Manny Motas fifth home run The victory was only the third for Fryman against nine losses By NEIL HERSHBERG UPI Sports Writer After a 13-year absence from the field Paul Owens has discovered that baseball is still a game made up of victory and defeat Owens named to replace Frank Lucchesi as manager of the Philadelphia Phillies Monday saw his club drop the pener of a twi-night doubleheader 6-4 in 11 innings to the Los Angeles Dodgers The Phillies came back to win the nightcap 9-1 Owens also the clubs general manager became the First double duty executive in Football Chess Match starts today with Fischer favored Johnson retires Beasley hurt as pro camps open -f ft I FRANK LUCCHESI Philly fall guy "'SS- i -i wr vtTr By United Press International If anyone had their doubts that a new football season could possibly be near they can just wipe the sweat off their brow and prepare for the inevitable Weve already had our first game our first injury and our first retirement The game was the Coaches All-America at Lubbock Tex almost two weeks ago and the professionals begin preparations for the long season ahead with the opening of training camps this week The Cleveland Browns got off to an early jump as 50 rookies and veterans reported to the team camp at Hiram Ohio Monday with the first workout scheduled for this morning But even before that first session could be held the Browns were faced with the unexpected retirement of offensive tackle Mitch Johnson Browns owner Art Modell said he felt Johnsons retirement announcement at this time was unfair treatment to the Browns But you foam something new every day Cleveland also will have to get along without defensive tackle Joe Rlghetti who failed to pass a physical examination The remainder of the veterans are Scheduled to report next Sunday with full-team drills beginning on Monday Head Coach Nick Skorich said he expected a stronger more consistent offense this year Were going to put greater emphasis on developing the running game The early injury belongs to wide receiver Terry Beasley the No 1 draft choice of the San Francisco Forty Niners Beasley pulled a hamstring muscle during the first day of workouts for the College All-Star football game San Francisco coach Dick Nolan said Beasley would join the rest of the Forty Niners at their Santa Barbara Calif training camp but will not be able to work out for two weeks In other football news the New England Patriots announced the signings of wide receivers Reggie Rucker and Eric Crabtree kicking specialist Charlie Gogolak tackle 'Mike Montler and tight end Roland Moss and the New York Jets signed All-America linebacker Mike Taylor of Michigan their No 2 pick in the college draft The Jets also announced that former Patriot Coach Mike Holovak will serve them as a talent scout in a five-state area consisting of Michigan Ohio Indiana Kentucky and Tennessee (Tlrntt-Ntwi Photot Charlm Dun) REYKJAVIK Iceland UPI American challenger Bobby Fischer was the favorite of the experts in the chess match of the century today but Icelands thousands of chess fans gave their almost undiluted backing to the Soviet Unions Boris Spassky Fischer stayed in seclusion but Fred Gramer vice president of the US Chess Federation and one of Fischers assistants said Bobby is go go go Fischer expressed dissatisfaction Monday with arrangements in the hall where die match was to be played Cramer said Fischer does not like the lighting the board and the pieces the location of the television cameras and Some other minor details including the thickness of the window drapes The first of 24 games in the $250000 world chess championship match was scheduled to begin at 5 pm 1 pm EDT) after two weeks of uncertainty and controversy An unofficial P9JI among chess experts assembled in Reykjavik showed the 29-year-old Fischer the favorite But most of Icelands 10000 chess-mad citizens were behind Spassky Only a few weeks ago the fans of Iceland were with the unpredictable American but he lost his popularity quickly when he demanded more money and failed to show up in time for the scheduled July 2 start of the match While Fischer was in New York demanding more money Spassky was walking the streets of Reykjavik patting children on the head conversing with local chess players and piling up points in the pre-match popularity contest The prize money was raised from the original $125000 to $250000 through a wealthy British banker named Jim Slater who came up with more cash to save the match Fischer has a higher points rating on the international scale than Spassky The 35-year-old Leningrad resident is defending the world title he won from fellow countryman Tigram Petrosian in Moscow in 1969 Spassky told newsmen in Moscow before leaving for Iceland he would prefer to stay home drinking wine and playing chess with my friends then play for the world title Tee off in Memphis Jimmy Hudson (left) John Cox (center) and Greg Francisco tee off in the 9th Annual Tennessee Junior Golf Association Invitational Tournament today at the Colonial Country Club course in Memphis today The three local qualified for the tournament in sectional play at Ridgefields Country Club last week and played practice rounds Monday Ex-Con Lyle Knocks Out Former Champ Rondon Owens Pulls Twin Duty For Phillies PHILADELPHIA (UPI)-Paul Owens earned every cent he made Monday on his first night doing double duty as general manager and skipper of the Philadelphia Phillies The 48-year-old Owens succeeded Frank Lucchesi as field chief of the Phillies five weeks after being named GM of the failing team Owens promised a dose of spring training in July for a club that has won only 13 of its last 55 outings Some people think that when you put on a major league uniform youre a complete ball player the new manager said But you still have a lot of learning to do Losses are piling up Owens contends because the Phillies are lacking in fundamentals Somebodys got to be the fall guy Bowa said And Frank was it DENVER (UPI)-Ron Lyle an ex-convict who foamed to box in the Colorado State Penitentiary scored the 16th victory of his pro career Monday with a second round knockout of former world light heavyweight champion Vicente Rondon The undefeated Denver heavyweight forced the Venezuelan into a comer early in the second round and began slugging away almost at will with had uppercuts Rondon though refusing to go down was helpless to defend himself and referee Ray Keach stopped the fight with 1:41 gone in the second round Lyle who first took up boxing while serving a prison term for manslaughter had little difficulty in picking up his 14th win by a knockout Lyle is undefeated since turning pro last year The Denver Joxer normally a conservative battler who feels out his opponents in the first round surprised Rondon by coming out vigorously to press the action Rondon landed what appeared to be some hard uppercuts in the first round and a few in the second after being cornered but the blows had no effect on the 28-year-old Lyle It marked the second straight fight in which Rondon failed to go beyond two rounds Oakwood Slips Past Deels Oakwood Markets paced by the hitting of Tommy Stacy and Buford Ferguson slipped past Deels 11-9 in Mens Slow Pitch Softball action Monday night Stacy put the winners ahead in the fifth inning on a grand slam homer then Ferguson ripped a two-run blast in the sixth with the score tied at 9-all to win the game Leonard Van Zane was the winning pitcher Browns Custom Shop defeated Bradley Brothers 11-9 to up its record to 12-1 the best City league mark Lynn Garden Wallops Erwin ERWIN Lynn Gardens Connie Mackers ran their season record to 7-1 here Sunday afternoon with a 23-0 victory over Erwin Bullet Bob McConnell went the distance for the winners? striking out 15 Erwin batsmen along the way McConnell who allowed only one hit struck out the first nine batters he faced Lynn Deskins ripped a triple while McConnell had a double to lead the Lynn Garden 14-hit attack 12 KINGSPORT TIMES Thursday July 11 1972.