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Mets Edge Cubs 3-2 In 11th Inning On Grotes Hit Phillies Nip Cardinals 3-2 St. Louis Scores 2 In 8th Inning By HERSCHEL NISSENSON Associated Press Sports Writer Was it a balk or it? Well yes and no. Would you believe almost? How about maybe? The Chicago Cubs still believe it. They feel the balk that cost them in ball- game Monday night, in New York and let the Mets make off with a 3-2 victory on Tommie pinch single with two out in the 11th inning. in the only other major' league action, the Philadelphia Phillies edged the St.

Louis Cardinals by an identical 3-2 score. That was the situation when the argument started at Shea Stadium Monday nighit. Score tied 2-all. top of the ninth, bases loaded and Ron Santo, who had driven in a run with a sacrifice fly in the first inning, at bat, Reliever Tug McGraw starts his windup, then steps back off the mound. yells third base umpire Stan Landes, and Ken Holtzman, the runner at third, trots happily plateward.

overrules plate umpire Mel Steiner, explaining that he had signaled for time before McGraw started his move. As you might expect, here comes Leo Durocher, the Chicago manager. could you call time after he called a Durocher wants to know. listen to me, explain it to cajoles Steiner. signaled for time before the End of argument.

What could Durocher say. The Lip was speechless and he remained so afterwards. happens 15 or 20 itimes a said Steiner. was scratching around in the dirt with his spikes trying to get set and I held up my hand for time. I let McGraw quick-pitch him, can got 'to protect the hitter.

complained that he was in the box. I told him I have to protect him when out of the box, do Santo then watched a third strike and Johnny Callison tapped to first for the third out. The Mets won it when Jerry Grote, who doubled home their first run in the fourth inning, lashed a two-out double in the 11th, his fourth hit, off loser Holtzman, 0-4. After an intentional pass to Tim Foli, Agee, who start because of bruised ribs, batted for McGraw, 3-1, and punched a 3-2 pitch to right field. saw Steiner put his hand McGraw said.

why 1 stopped my windup. In fact, glad it was called the way it was. I think it was a balk at all. I thought I stepped off the mound properly. Now I McGraw picked up the triumph and also singled in his only at-bat, giving him two hits in three trips.

Grote singled in the seventh, took third on double and scored on Bud sacrifice fly to put the Mets ahead 2-1. The Cubs tied it in the eighth when Billy Williams drilled his sixth home run of the season. In the only other game, the Phillies stopped the Cardinals 3-2 as Larry Bowa knocked in two runs with a bases-loaded single in the eighth inning. single, his fourth hit of the game, came off reliever Don Shaw and chased home Tim McCarver and Larry Hisle. Earlier, rookie right fielder Roger Freed shot down a St.

Louis rally in the third inning by throwing ut speedy Lou Brock at home. picture toss followed a bases-loaded single by Ted Simmons scoring Dal Maxvill and nailed Brock, who was trying to make it from second base. was (the Cardinal only run in a 1-1 tie that existed until tie-breaking Ut in the eighth. throw saved Philadelphia starter Barry Lersch, who held on to pick up his second victory of the season. Tim McCarver opened the eighth with a single and took second on sacrifice.

After Don Money was intentionally walked and Larry Hisle rolled into a force out, pinch-hitter Ron Stone walked to set the stage for Bowa, who made the score 3-1. The Cardinals made it close with a run in the ninth on Jim sacrifice fly before reliever Joe Hoerner killed the rally. Canadians, Black Hawks Start NHL Stanley Cup Playoff Finals Tonight By JOE MOOSHIL Associated Press Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) Brimming with confidence, the Chicago Black Hawks take on the Montreal Canadiens tonight to open the final round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Three times these two teams have met in final round and all three times the Canadiens have won the coveted Cup, the last being in 1965 in a series which went the full distance of Griffith Posts Decision Over Lopez In 10-Rounder By BOB MYERS Nevada Ice Palace, home of Associated Press Sports Writer I the Las Vegas Gamblers hock LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) The betting was 5-to-2 that Emile Griffith would win and, as the fight went on, (the betting was 8-to-l against the ring going the distance.

Griffith, the former world welterweight and middleweight champion, did indeed wijj a decision over Ernie Lopez in 10 rounds and much to the relief of all concerned, the ring managed to last, too, after the ropes twice collapsed. New Griffith weighed 154 and Los Lopez 152. The match was staged at the GEORGE STONE of Utah grimaces as Jim Ligon snatches away a rebound from him in second quarter of Monday game. Utah beat Colonels 136-117 in first game of American Basketball championship playoff. Stone, 6-8 forward, scored 20 points in second quarter and 26 over-all to lead Stars to victory in playoff opener.

Darrell Carrier led Colonels with 36 points. (AP Wlrephoto) Cincy's Tolan Working Out, To Be Used As Pinch Hitter Fight Results Fights By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LAS VEGAS, Griffith, 154, New York, pointed Ernie Lo- Dez, 152, Los Angeles, 10. MELBOURNE, Arnold Taylor, South Africa, outpointed Willie Cordova, Philippines, 10, featherweights. MONCTON, N.B.-A1 Ford, Edmonton. stopped Leo Noel, Moncton, 8, lightweights.

Opsinksy, 168, Scranton, outpointed LOS ANGELES (AP Cin- on the sidelines. age, 80 runs batted in and 112 Bob Simmons, 171, Phila- cinnati outfielder Bobby Tolan. running seems to be get- runs scored, but he ruptured delphia, 10. who burned up the base paths ting better Anderson an Achilles tendon last Jan -i ---in 1970, is bringing back a said about the injured player as uary in an exhibition basketball gleam to Manager Sparky An- the Reds prepared to open a game. Hart, Philadelphia, eyes with his running series against Los Angles to knew right then we were knocked out Stanley night.

in lamented Ander- Hayward, 1, middleweights; Anderson said that he expects son. Bennie Briscoe, Philadelphia, Tolan to be ready for pinch- Without Tolan, the Reds hitting roles in about two weefcs. in fifth place in the West nmdad- middleweights. still play in the sion, 8 1-2 games behind first Kana field but he can pinch place San Francisco. Last year, yy Anderson continued.

the Reds held first place every p. Tolan led the National League day except for one in winning cfaIoh Kocoe tlio nn Ia ILa 1 Tribe Still Considering Offer By A's last year with 57 stolen bases the division title en route to the CLEVELAND (AP) Talk and added a .316 batting aver- pennant, of a trade between the Cleveland Indians and the Oakland 05-04-71 03.08 Athletics involving Tribe south- mj flOn IflkS paw Sam McDowell, who has a 1-4 record, still is being heard, but the trade appears to be tiVei 7 I Lit more of a possibility than a a probability The offer of pitcher Chuck Dobson and five other TORONTO (AP) The players from a list of 12 for Philadelphia Eagles of the Na- McDowell was sloughed off by Committee over the the weekend. Jim Stouffer, son of owner tional Football League had we had Bobby all year, GETg NEW POSITION we might have been in first; MILWAUKEE (AP) John place right Anderson Erickson, a former basketball said. could have been the COach who lost a campaign for ditference for fhe jj Senate last year, was be happy if we can keep hired Monday as vice president things bunched up until of an architectural firm, ready. really missed him.

After nine years as Univer- If we can keep within five sjty 0f Wisconsin coach, Erick- games of the lead at the All- son became general manager Star break be all 0f National Bas- ey team, which was converted for the first time into a boxing arena. There was nothing wrong with the arena except that too few people came perhaps the craftsmanship erecting the ring left much to be desired. The fight itself was hardly spectacular although both boys tried hard. But there were untimely interruptions. The first came in the sixth when they were mixing it up pretty good and suddenly the top strand of the ring rope collapsed which halted the action in the ring.

In the eighth round, Griffith scored with a long left hook to Indian jaw and Indian Red went lurching backwards. Whether he was stung or caught off balance was debatable because at that moment the collapsed a second time. The fighters gave the ropes a good workout in the final two rounds as first one and then the other with bull-like rushes forced the other back. The ropes withstood the test. There was a sigh of relief when the fight ended.

It was the initial promotion for a dedicated boxing fan named Harry Bloomfield, a one-time ticket broker in New York and Hollywood who has lived here several years and was intent on staging a fight card. Mr. Bloomfield, a nice, elderly gentlemman, saw trouble coming earlier in the day. It appeared he would come up short with the $12,000 guaranteed Griffith and the $8,000 promised Indian Red, not to count other expenses including the preliminary fighters. In a sense, the preliminary (kids solved some of his problem.

Only two showed up and boxed eight more than they were scheduled. And Mr. Bloomfield faced some sort oi reprimand from the Nevada Athletic Commission. secretary, Jim Deskin, said Nevada law requires a minimum of 26 rounds of fighting. The 18 seven games.

and hope for a better This time the Hawks, cham- The Hawks have brought up pions of the Western Division of McCloud as back up goalie the National Hockey League, for Esposito but he 11 not see feel confident despite a gruell- action unless an emergency oc- ing seven-game series with the New York Rangers which ended Sunday night with a 4-2 vie tory. Montreal, having finished third in the Eastern Division, upset Boston in the first round and then defeated Minnesota in a six-game series which ended Thursday. For all practical purposes the Hawks should be somewhat weary while the Canadiens should hit the ice well rested. be a little said Bobby Hull, could be a problem. But wait and see.

Montreal is coming off a team which is not quite the team we Goalie Tony Esposito, who has played every minute of the nlayoffs and should see fuil time duty the rest of the way, admitted the New York series was tough with its three overtime games but insisted the Hawks will be up to the job. Regardless of how rapidly the Hawks recover, Coach Billy Reay admitted Monday he would have welcomed an extra day of rest. The Hawks lost to Montreal in the Stanley Cup finals in 1931, 1944 and 1965. the latter series that Reay remembers. were playing Detroit in the semifinals and we supposed to said Reay.

all they were the champions. But we won it in six games, went back to the hotel and the next day we were on our way to Montreal. our reaction came against Detroit and we have much left. This year better prepared mentally curs. Center Pit Martin, however, is on the doubtful list with a knee injury.

Martin suffered the injury a week ago Sunday in New York and aggravated it early in last game. now said Reay. you can never tell. He might play if the swelling goes If Martin is not available, Reay could use Lou Angofcti between Chico Maki and Bobby Hull or he could shift Maki to center and put Eric Nesterenko at right wing. The second game of the best- of-seven series will be played Thursday night in Chicago.

two teams then go to Montreal for games Sunday afternoon and Tuesday night 10 THE SALEM NEWS Tuesday, May 4,1971 i SOME HOUSES need improvements If you want to improve add a room see vs far HOME IMPROVEMENT LOAN. NATIONAL BANK STATf lV theatre WL a BRING THE FAMILY OUT TO SEE A MOVIE! ENDS TONITE "FOR PETE'S SAKE" STARTS WED. at 7:00 9:00 Reg. Adm. Prices The hit-pickin' GHAMPJmirHIMP WALT DISNEY productions' BAREFOOT TECHNICOLOR' counted on Greg Barton becoming their No.

1 quarterback. What they count on was Vernon Stouffer and a member t4le persuasiveness of the Toof the committee, said Monday Argonauts. Dlavine that thp committee get to- To Barton from Detroit, mi an i thn hi gether some time this week and he had spent three years Although lolan is on the dis- Manager Alvin Dark will give bench, the Eagles gave Tolan, not being boastful, commented as he sat in the press box of a recent game, never realize how much you mean to a team until you ketball Association team prior to last venture into politics. us his thoughts, but the players the are offering, well, every organization has a lot of their The general sentiment among committe members, who in- elude Dark, is that the A'S pro-, career consis(s of one m. TTLrE ln; complete pass, failed to show quality and qua i is last week to sign with Phila- what the Indians need now.

0n however In Oakland, As Manager fog fiew Toronto from Hawaii abled list, he has been suiting up and working out with the team before games. He made the Lions their No. 2 pick in last draft and next, second and third-round1 road trip here also, selections. Then they traded After Tolan injured the leg. their top quarterback, Norm he quickly got back on his feet Snead, to Minnesota.

discounted statements that Bui Barton, whose entire pro be would not be able to return one in- to any kbid action with the team until June 1 at the very earliest told him that I thought be limping even next year Dick Williams said, signed a four-year contract but he said, Anderson a genuine offer. They can make with the Argonauts of the Cana- said. any rate, he should some selections, but they dian Football League. have his speed back by then haven't come back to the second United States even if he Dark told newsmen: quarterback to sign with thei C114pes May 4 tell Williams give him 12 Argos Earlier they got Heis-1 plaVers for Vida man Trophy winner Joe Theis- The Oakland Tribune said thejmann of Notre Dame, who sqp- five-man executive posedly had a verbal agree- committee, which includes ment to sign with Miami of the Dark, has been given a list of I NFL. 12 players offered for the big Also on Monday, the Mon- lefthander.

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