Rutland Daily Herald from Rutland, Vermont • 7

TwinsOvertakeSox Fisks HR Wasted Standings a 1 1 StOpS Agosto After Six East Pet GB SAYS By CHABLIE SPENCER Windsor Comity Sports Editor out in the fourth inning Ed Spiezio's leadoff single in the eighth was Chicago's only other hit Second Game Chicago 000 000 000-0 2 0 Baltimore 000 200 10x-3 6 0 Lemonds Kealey (4) Romo (6) Regan (8) and Egan Alexander and Etchebarren Alexander 4-5 Lemonds 1-3 HR Baltimore Grich (7) Detroit 44 35 557 Baltimore 43 36 544 NEW YQRK (AP) Floyd Boston 37 38 493 5 Patterson battered Pedro' New York 37 39 487 5 Agosto jit will and stopped him Cleveland 33 45 423 10 after six rounds of a scheduled Milwaukee 31' 45 408 ll 10-round -heavyweight fight Fri- West day night at the open-air Singer Oakland 50 30 625 Bowl Chicago 45 36 556 5 The victory cleared the way Minnesota 41 37 526 8 for the former two-tiire heavy- Kansas City 41 39 513 9 weight champion to meet Mu- California 36 45 444 14 hammad Ali Aug 28 at Madi- Texas 34 47 420 16 son Square Garden A loss to Agosto would have knocked Fridays Results MINNEAPOLIS Minn (AP) Harmon Killebrew walked with the bases loaded to force in the winning run as the Minnesota Twins struck for three runs in the ninth inning 1 6 beat the Boston Red Sox 7-6 Friday night Pudgy Fisks Figures (Through Fridays Game) AB 2B 3B HR RBI AVG 208 42 64 IS 8 13 28 308 Cesar Tovar had doubled in the cesar lovar had doubled in the Patterson out of the Ali fight Ali still must fight A1 Blue Lewis next Wednesday in Dublin Ireland A crowd of about 5000 watched Patterson 37 score his 55th victory against seven losses and a draw in the first fight at Singer Bowl since the 1964 Olympic Trials when Buster Mathias beat current heavyweight champion Joe Frazier Agosto is now 24-4 like a six-second kiss the Mt A layout leaves a lot to be desired Note to gals on proof desk please make certain that doesnt come out sex-second kiss how tough Drury is and Clarence Pelkie compares the North Adams eleven to a large-school version of MSJ when it comes to football thats some compliment the Bay Staters a I a compliment the Bay Staters 7 Rnvnlo Trin But the golfers admitted couldnt be any tougher on the first run and Danny Thompson ClOyalS lnp llgerS pro vr Mmnuillinii tl there were compensations had driven in the Hoo-eee Wouldnt say were a-scared of H2-0 but we wouldnt dast get onto a water bed without a pair of oars and water wings Yeah weve been all wet so often our middle name one of the fewjrintable ones weve been called is H2-0 Think that stands for water doesnt it? At least weve heard gals ask for C-C and branch H2-0 at bars every now and then The coaches- corner You" Oakland 9-1 New York 3-0 Baltimore 7-3 Chicago 4-0 Milwaukee 7 California 3 Minnesota 7 Boston 6 Cleveland 2 Texas 0 Kansas City 1 Detroit 0 tying run with a single before Killebrew walked reliever Don Newhauser for the game-winning walk The Red Sox had taken a 6-4 lead into the ninth by virtue of a galore The hospitality of the hosting Mt Anthony gang headed by Jay Jerome The views the scenery mountainous valleyous and feminine gridiron than Scott Griffin was on the golf course Thursday Names in the headlines Pudge Fisk Good thing Kasko rested him Thursday night The Patriots Open-Training Camp ARftjROT Mass (AP) on a del for quarterback Mike The New England Patriots Taliaferro Opened their National Football Taliaferro lost his job to Hagu camp Friday rookie Jim Plunkett last year with Coach John Mazur on and didnt get to handle the hand greeting some 100 candi- ball for even one play Bell said way Pudge was going he might three-" rally the sixth inning have wound up on the cover of an an "earned run in the seventh Eras was are ssre wjresLrjiS en Liporto at Bennington when catch on a if then he shouldtodup in run-scoring single before Carlton the centerfold of Cosmopolitan Fisk "loaded his 13th home run you hear that two assistant college coaches were among the was on a gridiron permit us to out GB -577 3 7 7 14 21 DETROIT (AP) John Mayberry knocked in the games only run with a two-out single in the fourth inning leading the Kansas City Royals past the Detroit Tigers 1-0 behind the combined shutout pitching ot three pitchers Friday night The Royals -scored the winning run as Amos Otis who doubled for the first hit off Tiger starter Joe Coleman rode home on Mayberrys hit Dal Canton 5-3 had a no-hitter for 5 2-3 innings then gave rin-up thrqe singles before getting relief help in the eighth Tom HouSton Burgmeier and Clyde Wright both came on in the that inning to put down a mild Detroit threat Dal Canton had pitched out of an earlier jam in the seventh rfl 0 when he gave up two hits be- fore retiring pinch-hitter Gates 2 Brown on a bouncer Cincinnati 6 St Louis 3 Coleman 11-8 allowed just f80 late ro hit ii Montreal at LA late Pet 620 532 524 436 350 613 578 525 451 424 375 three hits 'in his he expects to complete a rade within a few days There also was speculation about veteran fullback Jim Nance who has been plagued by injuries in recent years Nance 29 checked in at a re ported 242 pounds about 17 over his assigned playing weight and his job could be in jeopardy 2 7 13 15 19 of the year as the Red Sox rally wiped out a 4-2 Minnesota lead in the sixth Boston scored in the seventh as pitcher Sonny Siebert came home from third base on an infield error The Red Sox had taken a 2-C lead in the first inning on Rico Petrocellis two-run single Minnesota tied the game on a double by Rod Carew and Killebrews homer No 13 in the third Minnesota took a 4-2 lead in the fifth as Carew and Charlie Bobby Fischer a grandmaster? More of a grand-stander in our book He is acting like a spoiled brat playing like a kid against a man Boris Spassky Hes representing US chess prestige to Russians like Tiny Tim would represent music prestige after the Russians had heard Van Cliburn Like Bus Lashua Frank Dubanevich and so many other Spflders we lost a long-time friend when Lucien Courchesne died suddenly Thursday As Bus will tell Playing without Lucien Our sympathy goes to his family relatives and friends 11 you fishing trips card etc wont be the same dozen-plus applicants for Clarence Pelkies job but Mt Anthony authorities picked Liporto They picked a peach The UVM hoop job? Tim Ryan told us on our recent having-more-than-one-outing to Boston that when he found out the salary $12500 from what we hear he didnt even apply for the post Can tell you one thing about Tims "job in the Nutmeg State The one thing not free in Norwich Free Academy is Mr Ryan NFA authorities will concede concession that Congratulations go to Scott Griffin on his big win at Mt Anthony and to the other top finishers too They may not have conquered the course but the course didnt conquer them either and thats more than a gang of the entrants could say point that perhaps Scott Griffin would have made one helluva defensive corner back the way he caught John Thursday Still we shouldnt have been as surprised as we were As Ted Ryan pointed out Thursdays trio of Wilkinson-Griffin and Jerry Daley left the tourney leader in the position of playing what amounted practically match play something thats never been Johns forte And we were impressed with the personality the ability and the Lee Trevinoism of the Whitlocks the Bemises the Allens etc who gave the galleries something to listen to something to laugh at and enjoy along with the scenery And we also were impressed with ihe way veterans like came through with RBI seven innings dobles of work before giving way to a' at an Fran- late dates Mazur dined with the players at a special evening meal at the University of Massachusetts and then conducted an orientation meeting He said that Saturday would be devoted to giving the play-ersphysical exams A session is scheduled for Sunday but the coach hopes to squeeze in a light drill Two-a-day workouts are due to begin Monday After trading veteran wide receiver Ron Sellers to the Dal-las Cowboys for a high 1973 draft chlice General Manager Upton Bell continued to work Brewers Rip Ryan MILWAUKEE (AP) Johnny Briggs drove in six runs with a pair of homers including the first grand slam of his major league career to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 7-3 victory over Nolan Ryan and the California Angels Friday night Ryan 11-6 issued a one-out walk to Rick Auerbach in the third inning yielded a bloop single to Joe Lahoud then walked George Scott to fill the bases before Briggs unleadbed his homer Calif 002 000 001-2 6 I Milwau 004 001 02x 7 0 Ryan and Kusnyer Lonborg Linzy (5) Sanders (9) and Felske Linzy 2-1 Ryan 11-6 HRs California Oliver (11) Milwaukee Briggs 2 (13) Clark (2) Chuck Seelbach Kansas City 000 100 0001 3 0 Detroit 000 000 0000 4 0 Dal Canton Burgmeir (8) Wright (8) and May Coleman Seelbach (8) and Haller Dal Canton 5-3 Coleman 11-8 As Sweep Yanks NEW YORK- (AP) John Odom and Darold Knowles scattered nine hits and Angel Mangual drove in the only run they needed with a first-inning double leading the Oakland A to a 1-0 victory over the New York Yankees and a sweep of their American League twinight doubleheader Friday The As held hitless for six Field and scream Windsor Bert Racicot would like to know the flies Chan Chandler uses so successfully at the Knapp ponds We know the rig other Spiders flickfy Tn 7oun8sters have n'usinguccessfuHt Daley W0An Ech Dave Davis spoons and the course or a bad round to worms and crawlers get them down They came to play not com-play-n been getting some rainbows off What a gang of the entrants did say we even in our hoo-eee and the next time then sections couldn Drint 3ntS not hlLP oLunu until innings of the opening game shore at Stoughton Another exploded for four runs in the big one that got away? TJrik to venth on homers by Reggie Charlie Miles Spfld police Jackson and Mike Epstein and officer who lost the walleye or went on to a 9-3 triumph to Stub Reney retired Spfld Bert Campaneris led off the police officer who will verify it first inning of the nightcap for Stubs walleye secret? Bouncing Oakland with a double down the bottom with lead-core line the right field line and Mangual and a flatfish And if you followed with his double to think youre a Jonah when it right that just eluded the lung-comes to angling talk to ing grasp of Felipe Alou Ludlows Tom Perrino about a That was enough to send Spfld school teacher named John Yankee starter Mike Kekich Paige Guess John could put the down to his eighth loss in 16 de Lets see now is the Mt Anthony C-C really as bad as they say a Dantes inferno complete with heat plus par and greens that have the golfers turning the air blue around em? Well leave us put it this way Listening to patio patter we got the idea that most of the golfers at the 72 state-AM figured Spflds Ken Lewis was right when he called it Mt Agony Our impression was that the Moe Dichards figured the course like hoopsters figure the stage at Windsor like baseballers figure' the backstop at Springfield like griddmfigure the field at -Thursday afternoon Should Rutland High In other words have told Ken that no matter And like death taxes marriage and maalox guess medal play is in again like marriage for better or for worse And Moe Diehard is hoping hes around for the medal play state-AM at Burlington next summer He could be one of the men to beat too Moe is anything but one of the three stooges when it comes to golf Ask Don Fillion Thats another reason I left to get away from guys like you Ken Liporto laughed as Jim Horvath and yours truly surprised him at Mt Anthony Probable Pitchers American League All times EDT Oakland (Holtzman 11-7) at New York (Peterson 8-10) 2 pm Chicago (Bahnsen 11-9) at Baltimore (Cuellar 7-7) 2:30 pm California (Wright 9-4) at Milwaukee (Stephenson 2-2) 2:30 pm Boston (McGlothen 2-1) at Minnesota (Woodson 5-8) 2:15 pm Cleveland (Tidrow 5-9) at Texas (Gogelewski 3-7) 8:30 pm Kansas City (Drago 7-8) at Detroit (Timmerman 6-7) 2:15 pm National League Atlanta (Niekro 8-8) at Chicago (Hands 7-6) 2:15 pm Houston (Forsch 5-3) at Pittsburgh (Ellis 7-4) 2:15 pm Cincinnati (McGlothlin 3-5) at St Louis (Santorini 4-6) 8 pm New York (Gentry 3-6) at San Diego (Kirby 6-8) 10:30 pm Montreal (Torrez 9-5) at Los Angeles (Downing 5-5) 10 pm Philadelphia (Carlton 12-6) at San Francisco (Stone 4-6) 4 pm Cubs Top Braves CHICAGO (AP) Pinch-hitter Paul Popovichs ninth-inning single scored Glenn Beck-ert Friday and gave the Chicago ubs a 9-8 National League victory over the Atlanta Braves The Cubs tied the game in the bottom of the ninth when Jose Cardenal scored on Beck-erts single after driving in Billy Williams with a double hex on a guy catching fish in barrel Until the next time then remember and just when we had started thinking it had forgotten how to rain Post 31 Plays Springfield Three Pirates Prevail PITTSBURGH (AP) Nelson Briles fired a four-hitter and Gene Alley drove in a pair of runs with a double and a triple to boost the Pittsburgh Pirates' to a 5-2 victory over the Houston Astros Friday night The Pirates took a 4-0 lead after four innings' off loser Larry Dierker 8-5 whe shut out Pittsburgh earlier uus nronth Run-scoring singles by Willie Stargell in thd'iirst inning and Briles in the second produced the first two Pirate runs In the fourth Pittsburg opened with a double by Gene Clines and a single by Bob Robertson Milt May then drove in a ran with a sacrifice fly before Alley provided another with a double Briles 8-4 who allowed only two singles and a walk through five surrendered tyro runs in the sixth on a wall: and Lee Mays 19th home ran of the season a shot to left-center But Pittsburgh responded with a run in its half of the sixth on a single by May and Alleys triple into the rightfield corner off reliever George Culver Houston 000 002 0002 4 1 Pittsburg 110 201 OOx 5 11 0 Dierker Culver (5) York (8) and Edwards Briles and May Briles 8-3 Dierker 8-5 HR Houston May (19) Reds Catch Cards ST LOUIS (AP) Pete Roses two-run single capped a three-run second inning off Rick Wise that carried the Cincinnati Reds to a 6-3 triumph over the St Louis Cardinals Friday night The Reds scored their eventual winning runs off Wise Darrel Chaney stroked scoring single before Rose finished off the Cardinal starter with his two-run base hit Johnny Bench had delivered a run-scoring single in the first inning before the game-winning rally Reds left-hander Ross Grimsley 7-3 took a one-hitter into the fifth when Donn Clendenon and Ed Crosby hit singles Dal Maxvill forced Crosby and pinch-hitter Brant Alyea singled home a Cards run nigui eventual 9-9 as 1 a run- cisions Kekich allowed just four hits in the seven innings he worked before being removed for a pinch hitter Odom 8-2 allowed seven hits through the first six innings He walked pinch-batter Horace Clarke to open the seventh and Clarke took second on Odoms wild pickoff throw then moved to third on a grounder Knowles then came on and got pinch-hitter Ron Swoboda to ground to second with Clarke winding up trapped and tagged out in a rundown between third and home Bobby Murcer then popped out In the opener Steve Kline 8-4 pitched perfect ball through the first six innings for the Yanks But in the seventh his perfect game no-hitter and lead were gone He hit leadoff batter Campaneris with a pitch gave up a single to Joe Rudi then Jack-son pounced on his first pitch and lined it into the right field stands for his 16th homer tying the game Epstein rammed Klines next pitch into the Yankee bullpen in right-center for his 15th homer The As added two more runs in the eighth JULY and AUGUST SALE Brattleboro Post 5 in a twin bill Sunday Bruce Bonnette one of the top Eitchers in the south and Jim enison of Brattleboro High fame are expected to twirl for the LaFlammemen who almost upset Ted Ripleys 'Unbeaten league-leaders at Bennington Wednesday evening Bill Holtons BF squad back on the beam and still very much in the running for that third SV tourney berth will try and make sure that Walt McCoys sky-high Post 67 squad doesnt extend its one-game win streak Sunday Pierc e-Lawton and Post 67 meet in twin bill and Holton hopes to have Kevin Keefe and Joey Holton ready while McCoy will probably go with Stu Lackie and Dick Scott the two chuckers who teamed to beat Windsor Wednesday The doubleheaders start at 1 pm the single games at 2 $895 $345 $895 $495 MMttmtt iXItt UCITIMtKT A vv The halfway mark of the regular season in the southern division of the Vermont Legion League comes up this weekend with actioh centering on second and third place the last two tournament spots Bennington has blitzed the league with nine straight wins to take command of the division but the next four teams are within three games of each other in the loss column The top three teams qualify for the tournament although no decision from Commissioner Nash John as to whether three teams will still qualify from the north since Northfield has dropped out leaving only six teams in the division As many as four teams could qualify from the north if host post Burlington doesnt make the top three There has been some rumblings about this in the south where there is eight teams -Springfield and Fair Haven appear to have the toughest tasks in the south this weekend since they play up to Bennington and Rutland the top two teams Springfield is third and Fair Haven fourth Springfield has a weekend senes with Rutland hosting Post 31 on Saturday before the tyro teams meet in Rutland at 1 pmT Sunday at St Peters Field in a twinbill Fair Haven has a twinbill Sunday at Bennington Both teams are idle Saturday Brattleboro bids to move up with a Sunday twinbill at 2-7 Windsor Brattleboro is 5-5 and in fifth place in the south Windsor is at Bennington on Saturday The northern division games are Saturday Barre at Hartford Newport at Montpelier Sunday Burlington at Essex (2) Newport at Barre (2) Rutland will be looking for a much improved defense the second half of the season to go with strong pitching Mike Czachor will get his first start in two weeks along with Stan Markowski and Dave Walker in the weekend series with Springfield Rutland is certain to face a pair of lefthanders in the series Greg Birsky and Greg Stone along with Jon Wbittemore figure to be Springfields pitchers Fair Haven will be looking to regain its early season form but Bennington is a tough place to start John Brough has been effective despite defensive lapses while Ben Benarndo has overcome arm problems to give Coach Bill Egan a fine one-two pitching punch Benningtons belters will be out swinging away in an effort to stretch Post 13s league streak Coach Ted Ripleys belters have lost only two non-league games Windsor returns home to face Ed LaFlammes tourneyconscious and well rested Green Mountain RACETRACK VT CB750K2 $1695 SL350 CB500 $1445 XL250 CB350-Four $1095 SL175 CB350 795 JU-1G3 CT90TraB $425 gnrmvmi mu rrmn i itoti he Parts Service With A SntOe WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! LAKE SEND MARINA Inc OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK Rt 30 Wells Vermont Tel 645-9950 Vt Legion League South moHw mo Mm tr PM ortl WNNT AM Mot WATS JiOOPM First Game Oakland 000 000 423-9 7 0 New York 300 000 000-3 3 0 Hunter and Duncan Kline Gardner (8) McDaniel (9) and 7 Munson Hunter 11-4 2 Kline 8-4 HRs-Oakland Jack-son (16) Epstein (15) Camp- 0 Second Game Oakland 100 000 000-1 6 1 New York 100 000 000-0 9 2 Odom Knowles (7) and Duncan Kekich Lyle (8) and Ellis Odom 8-2 Kekich 8-8' 9 7 5 6 5 3 2 Bennington Rutland Springfield Fair Haven Brattleboro Bellows Falls Windsor Chester rt Mi4))nii 1 10 North Essex Newport Burlington Montpelier Barre 1 Hartford Saturdays Games Rutland at Springfield Windsor at Bennington' fiaree at Hartford Newport at Montpelier Sundays Games Springfield at Rutland (2) Fair Haven at Bennington (2) Brattleboro at Windsor (2) Bellows Falls at Chester (2) Burlington at Essex (2) Newport at Barre (2) Blue Sox Play Pair Of Weekend Twinbills SPRINGFIELD (Special) ringers catcher Mike Area fans will have a four-game McDonald will bring up from the the TintState Hartford Corn areawith him will pitch the other The return of McDonald flight compeUtion this weekend Cincinnati 130 000 0026 12 0 St Louis 000 011 001-3 9 1 Grimsley and Bench Wise ARUNGION (AP) Wield ss ana delivered run-scoring singles in 5 the 14th inning leading Gaylord Perry and the Cleveland Indians past the Texas Rangers 2-0 Friday night Clev 000 000 000 000 022 Texas 000 000 000 000 00-0 Perry Farmer (14) and Foose Paul Pina (12) Panther (13) Lindblad (14) and King Perry 15-7 Panther 4-4 Orioles Win Two BALTIMORE (AP) -Doyle Alexander hurled a two-hitter and Bobby Grich backed him with a two-run homer leading the Baltimore Orioles to a 3-0 victory over the Chicago White Sox Friday for a sweep ot their American League twinight doubleheader The Orioles won the first game 7-4 as Dave Johnson drove in three runs and Dave McNally with relief help posted his 10th victory of the sea- son Alexander 4-5 held the White Sox hitless in the nightcap untiL rookie Tony Muser looped a single over third base with one Saturday Lee Maidrands Springfield VFW-sponsored amateurs will face a classy Keene NH VFW squad in a 1 pm twin bill at BFs Hadley Field 3 Sunday the Twin Staters will return here to Riverside Park to meet an unbeaten Wrecker town team from Bennington in a lpm doubleheader Maidrand said Friday he plans to start Dave Naski of BF and Mike Grabowski of West RuUand at the Falls Saturday as the Sox try and square thinp for two losses one of them the most lopsided lacing of the season tinned on them under the Keene ights by the NH Elm City VFW squad Sunday it 11 be Rick Parker of SHS and Castleton fame firing in one game while Dave Matakowski one of the behind the plate plus the addition of Matakowski a flamethrowing righty who beat Holy Cross and Amnerst this spring and Mark Swain another ringer who is a fine fast glove man at second should help the Blue Sox on the field and at the gate The fact that Larry Oliver a Perkinsville native who pitched for Marlboro and a Big Ten team before moving into the minor leagues is a member of the Keene team along with Conrad Fisk Pudgys youngest brother and Rick Aumand should help attract fans at the Falls The appearance of well known Bennington stars like Scott Racicot Bucky Long Denny Hart etc in "Wrecker uniforms should also help swell the throng here Sunday Silly -fictions By CHARLIE SPENCER By the crackpot who couldnt tell a sideburn from a floor burn Saturday Rutland 7 Springfield 2 Bennington 13 Windsor 1 Barre 5 Hartford 3 Newport 7 Montpelier 4 Sunday Rutland 6 and 8 Springfield 4 and 3 Brattleboro 7 and 6 Windsor 3 and 3 Bellows Falls 6 and 5 Chester 2 and 4 Burlington 5 and 3 Essex 4 and 5 Newport 4 and 5 Barre 5 and 3 Bennington 9 and 10 Fair Haven 4 and 5.