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The Sedalia Democrat, Wednesday, June 2,1971 Otis Keys Attack Red KC Wins Another BOSTON (APt Amos Otis, a former Boston farmhand who came back to wreck Red Sox pitching thi.s wwk, sure want to play regularly in chummy little Fenway Park might get conscious of that wall if I played here all the the hard-hitting outfielder said Tuesday after his third home run in two days led the Kansas Pity Royals to a 4-2 victory and a sweep of their three game series year I kept seeing the wall all the time and I got three hits here all he said were ail singles. and if you stretched all three out they reached the centerfield wall Yesterday and today I just tned to meet the ball and see what What happened was that Otis slugged a homer in each game and drove in eight runs as the surprising Royals swept a Memorial Day doubleheader on Monday and made it three in a row Tuesday. Otis originally was signed by the Red Sox but was lost in the draft to the York Mets He was traded to Kaasas Pity last year in a deal which also involved another former Red Sox player, Joe Foy With the Royals, Otis blossomed into a star in his first full big league season last summer, playing spectacularly in centerfield, hitting a solid .284 and ranking among the American best in every offensive category except homers Even his 11 home ruas bad for a first year, especially considering the spa- cious Kaasas Pity ball park in which he played half of his games This year despite that park and a relatively slender 160- pound build, Otis has found the home run range too He has 10 so far. tied for fourth in the league I didn set any goals for home ruas this Otis siiid only individual goal I IS to try to hit .300 I figure If 1 do that, the doubles and triples and homers will come Otis is right around his target at the moment with a 295 mark, and his hitting fujs the expansion Royals off to a strong early showing which has them in second place in the American League West This is a goiKl young bunch of guys who think they can win every game and what It Manager Bob Lemon the spring we were hoping to pick up 16 games over last year and reach the 500 mark, but the way things are going so far setting our higher than that There to be any reason not to after the sweep of the Ited Sox, who are still clinging to first place in the American League East despite fuiving now lost four straight games and six out of nine on a disastrous home stand we won the doubleheader Monday 1 said ju.st try to do half as well Lemon joked, what we If KANSA.S Oti.s Kirkpatrk Kojas 2b Itiiliver Ih Ki'ough rf JMay i Total BOSTON (inffin 2b liSmith rf Y4rm.ski If 3b lb IKVmglro rf Apanrio I.onborj? Bohn Lihoud Lyle Total Kansas Boston 1. AB HBI 5 1 1 4 4 .3 4 .3 4 3 3 .33 AB RI ph Pity 4 .3 4 4 4 4 3 .3 2 0 1 0 32 Pnffin Boston sas Pity 6.

Boston 4 Hoja.s. HH (lOi. SF Siott (7i Ma IHM) 02(1 (MKI 000 002 Kaasas LOB Kan- 2B Otis Hedlund Amos Otis Is Red Hot lay IP If KR RR litKllund 9 7 2 2 1 .3 Lonborg 7 2-3 7 4 4 1 5 Bohn 1-3 10 0 0 0 Lyle 1 0 0 0 0 .3 by Lonborg (R Oil- veri 2 08 A 9,186 Longborg 1 1 Ashe, Froehling Set In Tourney (AP) Arthur Ashe meets Frank Froehling today in an all-American quarter-final in the F'rench Open Tennis Tournament. Stan Smith, of Pasadena, the only other American left in the final 8, meets Hie Nastase of Romania. Smith is seeded No.

6 Nastase, generally rated one of the top three in the world on clay courts, is seeded No .3 Ashe, of Gum Springs, admits that playing here for the prestige, rather than the money. The top prize in the Frem Open is $10,000. But Ashe says he could stay in New York and make more money than playing here in a two- week tournament Dorvild Dell, a former U.S. Davis Cup captain and lawyer who handles the business affairs of a half dozen top American players, said made $241,000 la.st year. Within two years he will have made one million dollars.

We have six big long term deals and my problem now is to limit his commitments so thiit he has time to play Wadlcins, Bonallack Near Tourney Finals CARNOUSTIE, Scotland (AP) The talk already is about a final between Lanny Wadkins of America and defending champion Michael nallack of England in the British Amateur golf championship which will be decided over 36 holes on Saturday. Wadkins, U.S. amateur king from Richmond, entranced the wi.se Scottish observers Tuesday with his 6-5 victory over another American even though he was suffering with a bad cold. Bonallack, at 36, winner of thi.s title five times, coasted Into the third round with two rather mediocre performances, he survived a I9th hole problem and then put up a 2 and 1 victory in his second round. Pickoff Attempt Reggie Smith (right) of the Boston Red Sox, gets bock to Tuesday afternoon's game in Boston, where the Royals first safely, beating a pickoff attempt from Kansas City swept a three-game series from the Bosox, behind the catcher Jerry May, who fired the ball to first baseman pitching of Mike Hedlund, 4-2.

Bob Oliver (left). The action came in the sixth inning of (UPl) Bucs End Cards' Streak; Dock Ellis Posts By KEN RAPPOPORT Associated Press Sports Writer swashbuckling pitchers have been leaving their mark on National League hitters the Mark of Zero. quite a boasted Pittsburgh interim Manager Bill Virdon, referring to three straight shutouts and 30 consecutive scoreless innings by the new-found strong- arm staff. It is quite a Pittsburgh. Before Dock Ellis silenced St.

Louis 9-0 on three hits Tuesday night, the last time the Pirates put three shutouts together was in 1958 with Ron Kline, Vernon Law and Bob Friend. Before Ellis pitched his beauty, Bob Moose and Steve Blass spun coasecutive shutouts over Chicago. The victory was the fifth straight for Ellis, who is the of becoming one of the best pitchers in the majors, according to Virdon. American Chess Player In Lead VANCOUVER, (AP) The sixth game in the series to select a challenger for the World Chess Championship adjourned here Tuesday with U.S. Grandmaster Bobby Fischer holding a strong lead.

At adjournment on the 43rd move, Fischer was two pawns ahead of Soviet Grandmaster Mark Taimanov and it appeared only the formality of resignation was needed Wednesday. The victory would give Fischer a 6-0 sweep in the best-of-ten-game match. Winner of the quarter-final elimination match will meet Danish Grandmaster Bent Larsen in a semi-final game of the playoff. The winner of the challenger series will meet world champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union for the title. The Houston Astros nipped the Atlanta Braves 7-6, the Montreal Expos downed the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-2 and the New York Mets beat the San Francisco Giants 5-4 in the National other games Tuesday.

Ellis overpower the hot Cardinals as he halted their seven-game winning streak, but nevertheless had them under control. have to strike out anybody to win in this said Ellis, who struck out four as he won his seven game in 10 decisions. used to think I was a fast ball pitcher. No more. My ball is a moving ball.

relying more on the slider and starting to use a sinker even The sinker and the curve were right where they were supposed to be Tuesday night- low. And why the Birds kept battering the ball into the ground and why the Pirates came up with two double plays to make it easy for Ellis. Actually, it was all over in the first inning when Pittsburgh shelled the Chris Zachary from the hill with a five-run binge capped by two-run single. Cesar Cedeno and Jesus Alou each got four hits and knocked in three runs apiece to pace Houston over struggling Atlanta, which lost its 11th in 13 games. Cedeno blasted his third homer of the year over the center field fence in the third with Wade aboard.

Cedeno, hitting .196, doubled home Joe Morgan from first in the seventh and boosted his average 20 points to .216 with the three-hit night. Alou sent the Astros in front 3-2 in the third with a single and knocked in two more with a double in the fifth. performance was his second hot game in a row. He was 3-for-4 against Cincinnati Monday, after struggling at .180 for most of the year. A throwing error by third Maddox Sparks Senators By HAL Associated Press Sports Writer The lights started going out in RFK Stadium at just about the time Elliot Maddox started coming on.

Maddox, on the bench at the start of the game when all the electricity was going full blast, came in as a pinch hitter in the sixth inning, delivered a single Beam Is Named Coach of Year HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) F'ormer Hastings College track coach Jerry Beam has been named NAIA District 11 Coach of the Year by the District 11 coaches. Beam last season coached his team to championships in the Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and NAIA District 11. Beam resigned last week to become head track coach at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green. and remained in the lineup Then, after the game had been delayed 32 minutes by a power failure, Maddox produced some of his own with a three-run homer in the bottom of the seventh that provided 6-5 victory over Elsewhere in the American League Tue.sday.

Vida Blue won his 11th game, beating New York 5-2, Kansas City downed Boston 4-2, Minnesota trimmed Detroit 3-1 and Milwaukee defeated ('leveland 5-3. Baltimore and had the day off. Maddox, one of the bodies involved in the Denny McLain trade last winter, was on the bench strictly on merit. He had just a dozen liits all year before Tuesday night. The homer was his first of the year, increased his RBI total to eight and lifted his batting average to .177.

The Senators were leading 3-2 when half of the stadium lights went out while California was batting in the top of the seventh. The game was delayed 32 minutes because of the failure in the high voltage circuit breaker. homer increased lead to 6-2, giving the Senators enough of a cushion to withstand three-run rally in the eighth. Blue retired 17 consecutive New York batters and mowed down the Yankees to run his record to 11-2. After the Yanks nicked him for a run in the first, he allow another base rtmner until the seventh.

In between, Reggie Jackson ripped a two-run homer and the A took control of the game. Blue struck out six, increasing his total to 108 for 112 1-3 innings. All of his victories have been complete games. Bases-loaded walks to Harmon Killebrew and Leo Cardenas in the eighth inning forced home the tie-breaking runs as Minnesota topped Detroit. Winner Jim Perry started the decisive rally with a single.

only the fourth hit of Les Cain. An error and a walk to Rod Carew, loaded the bases and set the stage for the game- breaking walks to Killebrew and Cardenas. Johnny Briggs drove in three of them on a sixth inrung homer that tied the lead Milwaukee past Cleveland. Marty Pattin won his sixth, game, surviving a rocky start. Burkholders And Teamsters Win In Little League majors activity at Centennial Park Tuesday night, Burkholders grabbed a 9-3 victory over Orscheln and Teamsters edged Third National Bank, 9-8.

Bob Stockwood was the winning pitcher for Burkholders; Scott Miller was the winner for Teamsters. Billy Goodwin was the losing hurler for Orscheln; Mike Hunnell was tagged with the loss for Third National Bank. Win baseman Bobby Valentine permitted Montreal to score two unearned runs in a three-run second inning and the EIxpos made them stand up for their victory over Los Angeles that a six-game spin. Coke, Midwest Tree Service Gain Wins Coca-Cola posted a 3-2 victory over Moose and Midwest Tree Service blanked Pepsi-Cola, 130, in Little League majors action Tuesday night at Liberty Park. Kim Gooch notched the victory for Coke, while Rodney Gooch was tagged with the loss.

Roger Wright got credit for the shutout over Pepsi-Cola; Dave Gibson was the loser. Ditzfeld Wins 12-4 Ditzfeld Transfer won a 12-4 non-league softball game over Syracuse Baptist Church, 'Tuesday night at Housel Park. Gerald Abney was credited with the victory, while Ed Taylor saw relief duty. Ditzfeld wiU host Cole Camp in a doubleheader at Housel Park tonight; the first contest is ilated for 7:30 p.m. BJ Play To Open Tonight The season opens tonight for Sedalia Ban Johnson coach Salty Schumaker and his team as they play host to Manhall in a first-round game of the Central Missouri Ban Johnson Pre-Season Tournament at Liberty Park Terry Hudson, an ex-Sedalia Smith-Cotton pitcher and who earned a slot on the Central Missouri State College baseball team this past season, will get the starting call for the Sedalia squad.

mound opponent will probably be either Alfred Leinikuehler, Jerry Kelly or Mark Dykema. Manager Schumaker has four players who will handle the bulk of the mound duty this season. In addition to Hudson, other pitchers listed on the roster include Bob Pledge, Mike Kraxberger and Larry Newbill. Kraxbeiger was with the squad two seasons ago, but missed the 1970 campaign due to an Army obligation. Catcher Larry Neville returns to the squad this season; he brings with him one of the top batting averages in the league last season at .381.

Pat Woods, who hit at a .384 clip last season, is also on the roster. Dave Pirtle, who was the starting first baseman for State Fair Community College this past season until a broken shoulder forced him out of the lineup, will play for the squad; he hit .358 last year. Other players on the roster include Steve (Jerlecz, Steve Holmes, Paul Kirby and Scott Schumaker. The winner of Sedalia-Marshall game will play the winner of the Jefferson City- Tipton game in the semifinals of the tourney, Thursday night in Boonville. The first regular season game for Sedalia is slated for June 6 at Marshall.

Other games tonight in the first-annual tournament include Jefferson City at Tipton and Columbia at Cfentralia. Tuesday night, in the first contest of the tourney, New Franklin tripped Boonville, 4-1 to advance to the semifinals. Harmony Baptist Softball Results In Harmony Baptist Association Softball action Tuesday night, Syracuse shutout Hughesville, 7-0; Mancel Williams got credit for the victory. New Salem downed Nazarene, 3-1, while Smithton defeated Open Bible, 8-3 in the other two contests. Larry Cureton was the winner for New Salem; Art Holman was the winner in the Smithton- Open Bible contest.

Baseball Standings By THE ASSOOATED PRESS American League East Division L. Pet.GB Boston 29 19 .604 Baltimore 27 19 .587 1 Detroit 26 23 .5313 Va New York 21 27 438 8 Cleveland 20 27 Wash 19 29 .396 10 West Division Oakland 34 18.654 Kansas City 24 22.5227 Minnesota 2624 .520 7 California 2328 .451 lOVa Milwaukee 2025 .444 lOVa Chicago 18 26.409 12 19 18 24 27 30 24 25 29 29 35 Pet. GB .640 .612 .609 .442 .438 362 2 9V4 10 13Vk .520 .510 .431 .408 .300 10 lOVi 21 Results Kansas City 4, Boston 2 Oakland 5, New York 2 Washinrton 6, California 5 Milwaukee 5, Cleveland 3 Minnesota 3, Detroit 1 Only games scheduled Games Boston (Siebert 9-0) at New York (Bahnsen 2-6) California (Wright 0-4) at Washington (McLain 4-8), night Baltimore (Dobson 2-3) at Chicago (Bradley 5-4), night Cleveland (McDowell 4-5) at Milwaukee (Parsons 5-5), night Detroit (Coleman 4-1) at Minnesota (Hamm 1-0 or Hall 1-4) jht )nly games scheduled National League East Division St. Louis 32 18 Pittsburgh 30 New York 28 Montreal 19 Chicago 21 Philadel 17 West Division Francisco 37 15 .712 Houston 26 Los Angeles 26 Atlanta 22 Cincinnati 20 San Diego 15 Results Pittsburgh 9, St. Louis Houston 7, Atlanta 6 Montreal 5, Los Angeles 2 New York 5, San Francisco 4 Only games scheduled Games New York (McAndrew 0-2) at San Francisco (Marichal 8-2) Chicago (Pappas 6-1 and Decker at (Gullett 5-2 and Wilcos 2-1) 2, twi- night St.

Louis (Cleveland 5-2) at Pittsburgh (Walker night Houston (Wilson 4-2) at Atlanta (Reed 5-3), night Philadelphia (Short 3-7) at San Diego (Arlin 1-7), night Montreal (Morton 4-6) at Los Angeles (Singer 3-9), night Full Stringer Catching fish at the Liberty Park Lagoon has become nearly an everyday occurrence. Above Burl Brown, 14 and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Brown of 1017 South Massachusetts, shows his rewards he caught Memorial Day. The large carp In the center weighed in six pounds.

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