Lincoln Journal Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • Page 9

Baseball Maverick McLain Nowin Corral Cincinnati UP) Denny McLain, controversial pitcher, gun-carrier, water-thrower, was back in good graces and in Ted iron grasp. TTie two-time Cy Young Award winner climbed back into official fold when he was minstated Friday by Commissioner Bowie Kuhn after a satisfactory explanation of his gun-carrying episode and a psychiatric examination that determined he not He wound up in corral when a major eight-player trade between Washington and Detroit, contingent on clean bill of baseball and mental health, placed the 26- year-old right-hander in the grip of the tough manager. Williams, who will now have to deal with most prominent bad boy, was not at the major press conference announcing the trade on the eve of the World Series opener. But owner Bob Short left no doubt about his ability to keep McLain in line. likes MbLain and feels he can manage said Short.

anyone Ted handle and that includes Pointedly asked again if he have any concern, Short added succinctly: have none. Ted told me it was my deal. Naturally, I consulted with him before making the trade. I was aware we were giving away the best part of our infield, but I wanted McLain. That was their The price for McLain was the left side of infield third baseman Aurelio Rodriguez and shortstop Ed Brinkman plus pitchers Joe Coleman and Jim Hannan.

Packaged off to Washington with McLain were third baseman Don Wert, infielder-outfielder Elliott Maddox and pitcher Norma McRae. It was the second time in five days that one of problem players had changed uniforms, St. Louis.trading slugger Richie Allen to Los Angeles Monday for second baseman Ted Sizemore and catcher Bob Stinson. But the announcement of reinstatement dwarfed that trade. And it contained several interesting revelations the admission by McLain that he had carried a gun, that he had undertaken psychiatric examination and that he still will be on probation when he goes to work for Williams.

In Tampa, McLain called the deal chance to start over. I enjoyed playing for Detroit. Now going to play against them. I know LINCOLN, OCT. 10, 1970 PAGE 9 Bob Short and, although only met Williams once, always admired him.

am happy and ready to start all McLain went on after a round of golf. feel good physically and have been keeping in shape playing golf. looking forward to playing in said hte had purchased the gun for use by his wife at home when he was on road said Kuhn. said he had taken the gun on the road trip on the pretense of showing it to a teammate. admitted he carried it in his luggage and also admitted showing it in a restaurant.

This is the kind of flamboyance that has characterized him in the explanation for carrying the gun on a Detroit road trip Aug. 6-19 had been one of the missing parts in the puzzle that had e.xisted since Sept. 9 when Kuhn suspended him for that indiscretion, and following a water- throwing incident in which he had doused two Detroit writers. McLain earlier had been suspended for associating with gamblers. McLain told his version of the gun incident to Kuhn Thursday at Newark, N.J., Airport after flying up from his Lakeland, home.

That satisfied Kuhn about the key issue still hanging over head. Kuhn also said that one of the conditions of instatement was that he undergo psychiatric tests and that condition also had been fulfilled. threie days McLain underwent tests from three eminent Kuhn revealed. one of the psychiatrists wrote to me that do not see any reason that McLain should undertake psychiatric tests. He is not ill.

There is no need for such At the same time, the psychiatrists also wrote that was subject to emotional stress from his various Kuhn said Short had undertaken talks with Detroit on a McLain trade at the beginning of the season, had continued them at the All-Star game and had concluded the deal during the American League playoffs at Baltimore. To get McLain, Short gave up two slick fielders in Rodriguez and Brinkman. Rodriguez, a 22-year-old right-handed batter, is considered one of the most promosing young infielders in the American League and hit .249 with 19 home runs this past season. Brinkman, 29, hit i262. Coleman, 23, had an 8-12 record with a .3.58 earned run average and Hannan, 30, was 9-11 with a 4.01 ERA.

West, 32, batted .218, and Maddox, 21, hit .248 in his rookie year. McRae, 23, was 6-11 in 44 games at Toledo and was 0-0 with a 3.19 ERA in 19 relief appearances with Detroit. McLain posted only three victories against five losses with a 4.65 ERA. He appeared in only 14 games between suspensions and his entire playing sea.son actually consisted of only 58 paying and playing days. The latest suspension was estimated by Kuhn as costing McLain $11,000 in salary.

think that is adequate Kuhn said, noting that McLain still was on probation under the same condition he was at Detroit. expect the same high level of personal and professional conduct which was demanded all Spartans Frosh Win on 23A4 Views of Sport 6D1 Beatrice lllVeStlllClllS By Red Smith After the Reds swept the Pirates for the National League pennant, a man in Cincinnati said to Sparky Anderson; seasons are getting longer and longer. How about wrapping the World Series up in four straight so we can get on about our The angular face grew grave. see anylxKiy beating Baltimore four in a he said. he said, the Orioles No.

1 in the majors in defense, No. 1 in starting pitchers, with the strongest Friday night. Statistics BMfrica Rushing 220 Passing 127 186 Passes 11-20 7.12 Int. by 3 1 Penalized 3-22V2 1-5 Fumbles lost 1 2 1st downs 11 14 Beatrice Lincoln East picked off two Beatrice passes late in the final quarter to preserve a 20-7 victory here Statistics Freshmen NU 20 177 184 39 First Downs Rushing yardage Passing yardage Return yardage Passes Punts Fumbles lost 3 Yards penalized 35 Mo. 7 167 8 176 2-19-2 3 41 bench.

They make third or fourth in offense. I see anybody beating four you conceive of anybody beating your club four he was asked, and for a fragment of a moment he appeared to hesitate. he then, think It seemed to one of his listeners that when Anderson hesitated, the dates appeared as though branded on his forehead. That was when somebody did beat the Reds four games in a row, and it take the Baltimore Orioles to do it. Cincinnati dropped three to the San Diego Padres and the fourth to Houston.

Baltimore in Five That was, however, the longest losing in Sparky single big league season, and it happened only once. It is highly improbable that it will happen again this season, especially considering that this would demand 18 consecutive victories by the Orioles, who won their last 11 on the regular schedule and three more from Minnesota. Perhaps the most impressive feature of their finish is the fact that five of those last 11 went extra innings and two others were won by one-run margins. The Orioles had the championship of the American League East wrapped up before the string started: with nothing goading them to special effort, they were simply winning on class. So if wo agree that going to walk off with the boodle in four games this time, what is going to happen? Would you believe Baltimore in five? If the Cincinnati appraisal is accepted for purposes of comparison, the Reds have an edge only at bat.

They would have to be one of the two or three clubs ranked ahead of Baltimore on offense. Actually, team batting average of .257 was topped by Boston and Minnesota in the American League and by no fewer than eight teams in the National. However, only the Cubs and Giants scored more runs than the Orioles. Baltimore outscored Cincinnati, 792 to 775. Filehiiig Suspect It is interesting that spies regard the Baltimore defense as highly as they do.

The Orioles have no catcher to compare with Johnny Bench, and is Boog Powell no Nijinsky. I mean Nijinsky, the horse. As always, it comes down to pitching, and thats where Anderson has to feel the pinch. When he had all those people named Merritt and Simpson and McGlothlin and Nolan and Cloninger early in the season, the winning percentage was over .700. Then the arms went bad, and the team did well to stay above .500 the rest of the way.

To be sure, cunny-thumbed rabble held the Pirates to four runs in 28 innings when it meant the pennant, and there was sparkling support from two captivating kids, 19-year-old Don Gullett and Milt Wilcox. They outpitched Danny agents, none of whom is named Mike Cuellar, Dave McNally, or Jim Palmer. It has not escaped memory that Baltimore had these same pitchers going into last World Series. That time, though, they were going up against Tom Seaver, Jerry Koosman, and their accomplices. still Baltimore in five.

Mixed Emotions Greet Departure of McLain The Spartans held the advantage during the final stages of the fourth period when defensive backs Randy Dennis and Tom ProVorse picked off timely Beatrice aerials deep in Spartan territory. The Spartans jumped out to an early 7-0 lead as quarterback Scott Copple engineered a 66- yard drive on the first series of downs. Kent Reckewey scored the first TD on a four-yard scoot and Bryce Carlson kicked his first of two extra points with 4:13 remaining in the opening stanza. Beatrice made it 7-7 late in the second quarter by establishing 55-yard ground dirive before quarterback Scott Robertson tossed a 15-yard strike to Dave Sederberg for the touchdown. Randy Dennis, a senior halfback, took the Beatrice kickofi on the 15-yard line and broke five mid-field tackles then raced down the sidelines for an 85-yard kickoff return to score.

East held a 14-7 halftime lead and scored on a 21-yard pass from Copple to Gene Smith with 11:20 left in the game. Beatrice had a first down and goal situation with 20 seconds remaining, but interception quickly changed the subject. By DON FORSYTHE The merits of several investments by Nebraska football coach-athletic director Bob Devaney were brought into focus at Memorial Stadium Friday afternoon. Most obvious, of course, was the new AstroTurf playing surface. While all other football games in the area were being postponed because of Friday snowstorm AstroTurf was bladed and swept and ready for play by mid-afternoon.

Several other smaller investments proved to be of blue chip quality, too, as the Nebraska freshmen rolled to a 24-13 victory over Missouri. Quarterback David Humm, subject of one of biggest recruiting pushes, gave every indication he has a bright future ahead of him as he connected on 14 of 26 passes for 184 yards and ran for another 26 in eight carries. But it a one-man show. been a tradition that Cornhusker freshman teams have good balance and that was apparent again Friday. If anything, the defense might have been more effective than the offense.

And there it was hard to single out one or two players, although middle guard Chuck Tremain and monster Tom Pate were active in slowing the Missouri attack. was real said coach Jim Ross after the opening victory. defense must have played well and Humm is a nice kid to have he smiled. 7 7 0 7 0 0 0-7 4-pass from I Detroit With few exceptions, Detroit baseball fans reacted calmly and resigned Friday to the announcement that Tiger 31-game winner Denny McLain had been traded to the Washington Senators. Encountered in the streets, parks and restaurants of downtown Detroit, the man-in- the-street for the most part agreed with Tiger fan Douglas Walker, 38, that had to be Walker, a production worker at Ford Motor sat on a bench in downtown Kennedy Square and shook his head; was bad for the image of Detroit man.

He was just too controversial for this town. When the Tigers won the series, I was down here yelling my lungs out like everybody else. It was beautiful. this gambling and packing a gun, a bad image for young people. The commissioner have no choice.

Maybe the next hero we get will win 35 games and be a good example for the kids, N- But long-haired, bell-bottomed Mike Bruss, 18, disagreed; makes me sick. The Tigers disgust me now. All McLain was was an indiivdual- ist. Most of his trouble, if you ask me, can be traced right back to the management. I SE Will Play, I Pius Lincoln football game with Grand I Island at Seacrest Field i I Saturday night will be I played as scheduled, however Pius has had i to postpone for the se- I cond time its game with I Omaha Holy Name.

1 I Pius coach Vince 1 Aldrich reports that the i Holy Name game has i now been tentatively i scheduled for Oct. 20. East Beatrice East Reckewey, Carlson). Beatrice Sederberg, from Robertson (kick, Jones). East Dennis, 85-kickoff return (kick, Carlson).

Bast Smith, 21-pass from Copke (kick failed). Frosh Win Manhattan, Kan. Tailback Isaac Jackson gained 115 yards and scored a touchdown in leading the Kansas State freshman football team to a 23-13 victory over the Kansas frosh Friday. Jackson, 170 pounds, from Macon, carried the bail 30 times. He scored on a six-yard run after K-State took a Kansas fumble on the KU 36.

Kris Karl added a 24-yard field goal for the Wildcats. Frank Davis scored for K- State with 58 seconds left in the half, but there still was time for Kansas as David Jaynes passed 22 yards to Emmett Edwards for a touchdown with eighth seconds to go. Davis fumbled the ball away at his own 23 on the first play of the second half and Kansas quickly scored again on 16-yard throw to Denny Lantz. Late Friday morning it look much like there would be any football played at Memorial Stadium that afternoon. The snow seemed to be coming down as fast as groundskeeper Bill Shepherd could push it off the new AstroTurf playing surface.

All evenU free unteM foUowtd Iqr aU tinea uatoM bokt- for p.m. Saturday Local Knights v. Kansas City Blues, Pershing Auditorium, Prep Island at Southeast, Seacrest Field, 70lii and A. (KFOR). State College Football Missouri Western at Peru; Midland at Doane; Wayne at Chadron; Concordia at Dana; Northern S.D.

at Hiram Scott; Coffey ville. Kan. at McCook. Horse Racing Atokad, i Regional College Wesleyan at Huron, S.D., But a few hours later the footing was excellent even though the playing surface remained damp. Nebraska tight end Mark Doak (81) tries to escape a pair of Missouri defenders after hauling in a pitch from quarterback Dave Humm.

Ross noted that the Com- husker I-backs all started running effectively in the second half. we got rid of our fumble problems we were he said. Fumbles by staring I-back Don Westbrook twice put the Cornhusker defense in jeopardy deep in Nebraska territory. Missouri recovered at the Nebraska 15 and 24 on the Cornhusker first two possessions, but failed to cash in on field goal attempts. Nebraska waste lt.s first big chance in the second quarter, however, when Greg Guibord covered a Missouri fumble at the Missouri 32.

Westbrook redeemed himself when he took a fourth and seven pitch from Humm in the left flat and streaked between a pair of Missouri defenders for a 29-yard touchdown. Missouri linebacker Scott Pickens evened the count moments later when he picked off a Humm pass and ran 36 yards for a touchdown, but Westbrook plunged in from one yard to cap a 69-yard drive and give Nebraska 12-6 halftime edge. Nebraska got some breathing room early in the fourth quarter when ex-Lincoln High scatback Mike Shea returned a punt 16 yards to the Missouri 49, setting up a nine-play march to the end zone. Two pass interference penalties and a piling on infraction were costly to the visitors in the drive capped by Mike one-yard plunge. pass to fulllwck Maury Damkroger for two points ma(ie it 20-6.

Missouri finally cracked the Nebraska defense midway in the final quarter after recovering a Jerry Davis fumble at the 30. A 22-yard scramble by quarterback Joe Gross sparked the drive which cut the Nebraska lead to 2014. But Nebraska salted it away when it recovered an onside kick attempt at its own 48 and drove 49 yards to set up a 20- yard field goal by Glen Garson with 3:44 left. Bursts of 21 and 12 yards by and a keep by Humm for 17 yards sparked the drive. footing was good, but the turf was really wet and the ball was said Humm.

think everybody was a little he said of the rash of fumbles. Nebraska fumbled six times and Missouri five with each team losing three. big edge in the statistics came in passing where it had a whopping 184-8 advantage. It boosted the winners to a 20-7 edge in first downs and a 361-169 edge in total offense. Ross sends his club against McCook Junior College at McCook next Saturday night, hoping to avenge the only blemish on the 1969 record.

MU 0 6 0 NU 0 12 0 29 pass from Humm (kick blocked) 36 pass Interception (kick failed) 1 run (kick failed) 1 run (Damkroger, pass from Humm) 1 run (Johndrow run) 20 field goal Statistics Page 10 Omaha Preps Hit by Storm Omaha (UP!) The snowstorm here early Friday forced postponement of six of Friday Metropolitan Conference football games. Whether two other games would be played remained in doubt. Re-scheduled for Monday night were the North-Benson, Creighton Prep-Westside, and Rummel-Boys Town games. The Ryan-Burke and Central- Bellevue contests were on tap for Saturday night, if the weather oermit'. 'k.