VOL. 2, No. 35 TEN CENTS SUNDAY, MAY 9, 1971

Comeback Continues: May’s HR Lifts ChiSox to Win Over Yanks

CHICAGO — Carlos May was Sporting

News Rookie of the Year in 1969. He was the

Chicago Baseball Writers Comeback Player of

the Year in 1970.

MVP in ’71? After what he’s been through,

only a fool would bet against him.

May, the White Sox slugger, almost single-

handedly lifted his team past the Yankees 6-4

on Saturday, stroking a game-tying two-run

single in the fifth in-

ning, and belting a

game-winning three-

run homer in the bot-

tom of the ninth.

The 22-year-old May

is batting .272. His

team-high 20 runs rank

fifth in the American League. He is second on

the Sox in RBI (17) and home runs (5).

Those would be good numbers for any major

leaguer. They border on phenomenal for May,

who on Aug. 11, 1969 lost most of his right

thumb when a mortar misfired during a week-

end detail with the U.S. Marines Reserves in

Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Hospitalized for six months, May worked

with a hand specialist. With a modified batting

grip and a special batting glove, May, incredi-

bly, was in the lineup on opening day in 1970.

Comiskey Park fans welcomed him back

with a standing ovation that reduced the Bir-

mingham, Ala., native to tears. If anything, he’s

a better hitter now than before the accident.

A two-run single by New York catcher Thur-

man Munson broke a scoreless tie in the third

inning Saturday. May’s two-run single in the

fifth tied the score, and Rich McKinney fol-

lowed with an RBI single to give Chicago a 3-2

advantage.

The Yanks, who have the best record in the

majors, came back to take a 4-3 lead. May

came to the plate against reliever Jack Aker

with two on and the Sox down to their last out.

He pulverized Aker’s first pitch over the right

field wall for the win.

Chicago reliever Joe Horlen (1-0) earned the

win with a scoreless inning of work. Bill Bur-

bach (0-2), the second of three New York hurl-

ers, took the loss.

Senators 6, Twins 3

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Tom McCraw

broke a 3-3 tie with a three-run home run in the

top of the 10th inning as the Senators topped the

Twins.

McCraw’s blast made a winner of Washing-

ton reliever Denny Riddleberger (3-1). Twins

fireman Sal Campisi (0-1) took the loss.

McCraw has 10 RBI in his past two games.

Red Sox 6, Brewers 2

MILWAUKEE — Sonny Siebert fired a sev-

en-hitter with seven strikeouts and Reggie Smith

slugged his league high-tying ninth home run as

the Red Sox trimmed the Brewers.

Siebert (4-1) hurled his fourth complete game,

outpitching the Brewers’ Lew Krausse (1-4),

who allowed five runs in eight frames.

Smith has 24 RBI, tied for second in the A.L.

Indians 11, Angels 1

CLEVELAND — Supported by Ray Fosse

and Graig Nettles, who teamed for seven RBI,

Ray Lamb improved to 4-0 as the Indians routed

the Angels.

Lamb scattered 11 hits in nine innings, lower-

ing his ERA to 2.25. Halos starter Rudy May (2-

3) allowed three runs in four innings.

Tigers 3, Royals 1

MILWAUKEE — Joe Coleman fanned a ca-

reer-high 14 as the Tigers beat the Royals in a

battle of American League cellar-dwellars.

Bill Zepp got the final two outs for Detroit to

earn the save. K.C. starter Wally Bunker (2-1)

allowed three runs in seven innings.

A.L. EAST W L PCT. GB N.L. EAST W L PCT. GB

New York 19 7 .731 --- New York 17 8 .680 ---

Cleveland 19 8 .704 ½ Pittsburgh 16 12 .571 2½

Baltimore 15 10 .600 3½ Chicago 16 12 .571 2½

Boston 13 13 .500 6 Philadelphia 14 11 .560 3

Washington 14 14 .500 6 Montreal 8 12 .400 6½

Detroit 7 19 .269 12 St. Louis 10 19 .345 9

A.L. WEST W L PCT. GB N.L. WEST W L PCT. GB

Oakland 21 9 .700 --- San Francisco 16 13 .552 ---

California 14 16 .467 7 Cincinnati 14 13 .519 1

Milwaukee 12 14 .462 7 Atlanta 14 14 .500 1½

Minnesota 11 18 .379 9½ Los Angeles 15 16 .484 2

Chicago 10 17 .370 9½ Houston 13 15 .464 2½

Kansas City 9 19 .321 11 San Diego 10 18 .357 5½

Major League Standings

Today’s Probable Starting Pitchers Today’s Probable Starting Pitchers

All times local

California (Murphy 1-4) at Cleveland (Foster 2-1),

1:30 p.m.

Oakland (Hunter 3-1 and Blue 4-0) at Baltimore

(Cuellar 2-3 and Palmer 3-1), 2, 2 p.m.

Washington (McLain 1-4) at Minnesota (Perry 2-4),

1:15 p.m.

New York (Bahnsen 3-1) at Chicago (Wood 2-1),

1:15 p.m.

Boston (Nagy 1-2) at Milwaukee (Parsons 2-0), 1:30

p.m.

Kansas City (Wright 0-1) at Detroit (Niekro 1-2),

2:30 p.m.

All times local

Houston (Billingham 2-2) at Philadelphia (Lersch 0-

2), 1:30 p.m.

St. Louis (Carlton 2-2) at New York (Koosman 2-1),

2 p.m.

Chicago (Pappas 3-2) at Montreal (Stoneman 4-0),

2:15 p.m.

Atlanta (Jarvis 3-0 and Niekro 2-2) at San Francis-

co (Stone 2-2 and Robertson 2-1), 2, noon

Cincinnati (McGlothlin 3-2) at San Diego (Kirby 2-

2), 1 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Blass 3-1) at Los Angeles (Vance 1-2 or

O’Brien 0-0), 1 p.m.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Center fielder Bobby

Tolan, a main cog in Cincinnati’s National

League pennant drive in 1970, will undergo

surgery again on an Achilles tendon, the Reds

announced Saturday.

The Reds did not estimate how much more of

the season Tolan would miss, but the fleet-

footed outfielder said Friday that “if surgery is

necessary I’ll be out for the year.”

Tolan, who led the National League with 57

stolen bases last year, will be operated on in

two to three weeks.

Tolan re-injured the tendon while running

before Cincinnati’s game Thursday against Los

Angeles.

Tolan originally ruptured the tendon in an

exhibition basketball game last January and

underwent surgery shortly afterwards.

CLEVELAND — Buddy Bradford on Satur-

day was sent to the Cincinnati Reds on waivers

by the Cleveland Indians.

Bradford, who joined the Indians last June

after being traded by the Chicago White Sox,

appeared in 14 games this season with a .200

average.

Saturday’s American League Results Saturday’s National League Results

Detroit 3, Kansas City 1

Cleveland 11, California 1

Chicago 6, New York 4

Washington 6, Minnesota 3 (10 innings)

Boston 6, Milwaukee 2

Oakland at Baltimore, ppd., rain

Chicago 2, Montreal 0

San Francisco 13, Atlanta 5

Pittsburgh 9, Los Angeles 1

San Diego 6, Cincinnati 1, Gm. 1

Cincinnati 4, San Diego 1, Gm. 2

St. Louis at New York, ppd., rain

Houston at Philadelphia, ppd., rain

Around Baseball

Reds’ Stalwart Tolan Faces Another Surgery

Major League Leaders

AMERICAN G AB R H AVG. NATIONAL G AB AVG. R H

Murcer, N.Y. 26 97 23 40 .412 Pepitone, Chi. 28 117 .393 19 46

Johnstone, Chi. 26 90 12 36 .400 Aaron, Atl. 26 87 .391 21 34

Howard, Was. 28 106 14 40 .377 Day, Mon. 18 58 .379 7 22

Carew, Min. 24 93 18 35 .376 Jones, N.Y. 24 98 .357 9 35

Tovar, Min. 29 121 23 43 .355 Perez, Cin. 26 101 .356 12 36

Cater, N.Y. 26 105 8 36 .343 Garr, Atl. 28 120 .350 18 42

Epstein, Oak. 26 87 12 29 .333 Doyle, Phi. 22 80 .350 14 28

McMullen, Cal. 29 100 21 33 .330 Beckert, Chi. 28 126 .349 17 44

Otis, K.C. 28 98 17 32 .327 Stargell, Pit. 28 92 .348 31 32

Mincher, Was. 28 99 18 32 .323 Henderson, S.F. 26 84 .345 22 29

HR: Monday (Oak.) 9; Smith (Bos.) 9; Melton

(Chi.) 8; Powell (Bal.) 7; Nettles (Cle.) 7.

RBI: Monday (Oak.) 26; Bando (Oak.) 24;

Smith (Bos.) 24; Killebrew (Min.) 22; McCraw

(Was.) 22.

Wins: Fingers (Oak.) 5-2; Lockwood (Mil.) 4-

0; Blue (Oak.) 4-0; Peterson (N.Y.) 4-0; Lamb

(Cle.) 4-0.

Strikeouts: Blue (Oak.) 77; Lolich (Det.) 61;

Hall (Min.) 47; McDowell (Cle.) 43: Fingers

(Oak.) 42.

ERA: Fingers (Oak.) 1.21; Blue (Oak.) 1.43;

Dunning (Cle.) 1.76; Foster (Cle.) 2.08; Wright

(Cal.) 2.17.

HR: Stargell (Pit.) 16; Aaron (Atl.) 11;

Robertson (Pit.) 9; Torre (St.L) 8; Santo (Chi.) 8.

RBI: Stargell (Pit.) 29; Aaron (Atl.) 27; Bench

(Cin.) 24; 3 tied with 22.

Wins: Wilson (Hou.) 5-0; Holtzman (Chi.) 5-0;

Walker (Pit.) 5-1; Jenkins (Chi.) 5-2; Stoneman

(Mon.) 4-0.

Strikeouts: Seaver (N.Y.) 67; Jenkins (Chi.)

46; Sutton (L.A.) 42; Holtzman (Chi.) 41; Nolan

(Cin.) 40.

ERA: Billingham (Hou.) 1.15; Sutton (L.A.)

1.42; Holtzman (Chi.) 1.53; Ellis (Pit.) 1.54; Briles

(Pit.) 1.55.

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CHICAGO (AP) — The bubbling optimism

and smooth temperament of Chuck Tanner are

as refreshing as his Chicago White Sox’s new

image.

The freshman manager, from New Castle,

Pa., former Chicago Cubs and Milwaukee

Braves outfielder, survived an

emotional experience before

the season was 10 games old.

The Sox started the 1971

campaign losing a double-

header in Oakland and then

won their home opener before

a record opening day crowd at

Comiskey Park. But they

wound up 4-7 for the home stand.

This week they returned from a 3-7 road trip,

ready to make amends before the home fans.

Tanner more or less laughed it off. The only

thing that made him mad was any reference to a

panic button.

After all, he had been lifted from Hawaii of

the Pacific Coast League to become manager of

a club that was dispirited, split all the way to

the front office and accustomed to losing.

Upbeat Pilot Tanner Isn’t About to Panic

TANNER, Page 2

Holtzman Zeroes in on Montreal in 2-0 Cubs Victory Giants 13, Braves 5

SAN FRANCISCO — Rookie Chris Speier

went 4-for-4 and light-hitting second baseman

Tito Fuentes had five RBI as the Giants broke

out their hitting doldrums by routing the Braves.

San Francisco, shut out in its previous two

games, amassed a 15-hit attack, scoring in each

inning from the second to the seventh. Catcher

Dick Dietz added three RBI.

Ron Bryant (2-1) got the win, allowing four

runs in 7 2/3 innings. Atlanta starter Ron Reed

(2-5) lasted just three frames, yielding six runs.

Braves slugger Hank Aaron belted a two-run

home run, his 11th of the season and the 603rd

of his career.

Pirates 9, Dodgers 1

LOS ANGELES — Bob Robertson pounded

two of Pittsburgh’s four home runs and Nelson

Briles went the distance in just his second start

of the season as the Pirates downed the Dodg-

MONTREAL — The first time he faced the

Expos this season, Ken Holtzman allowed four

runs on nine hits — both season highs.

Holtzman was far more miserly Saturday in

Montreal, tossing a four-hit 2-0 shutout to im-

prove his record to 5-0. Revenge? More like a

the continuation of a hot streak that weathered

the long, cold winter. Since last year’s All-Star

Game the Cubs’ stylish southpaw is 13-4.

Holtzman, who walked five and hit one,

stranded 10 Expos baserunners in dropping his

ERA to 1.53, third in the National League. His

only 1-2-3 innings were in the fourth and ninth.

Johnny Callison’s RBI single gave Chicago a

1-0 lead in the fourth inning. A solo homer by

Joe Pepitone, the league’s top hitter at .393,

completed the scoring in the sixth.

Ernie McAnally (1-2) took the loss for Mon-

treal, allowing two runs in seven innings. Both

his losses have come to Holtzman and the Cubs.

Carlos May

ers.

Robertson homered in the second inning,

had an RBI single in the fifth, and tagged a

two-run shot in the ninth. He is third in the

N.L. with nine round-trippers.

Briles (2-0), who has pitched mainly in re-

lief so far in 1971, fired a six-hitter. Dodgers

starter Al Downing (2-4) took the loss, allow-

ing five runs in five innings.

Red-hot Willie Stargell launched his 16th

home run, putting him an astonishing 20

games ahead of Roger Maris’ 1961 pace.

Padres 6-1, Reds 1-4

SAN DIEGO — Steve Arlin hurled a six-

hitter with nine strikeouts in the first game,

and Gary Nolan responded with a six-hitter of

his own in the second as the Padres and Reds

split a twi-night doubleheader.

San Diego staked Arlin to a 5-0 lead after

Chuck Tanner

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Tanner From Page 1

Never A Dull Moment

“We’ve got speed,” he said.

“We’ll run and gamble, and

sometimes make mistakes but

we’ll not be dull — that I will

guarantee,” said Tanner.

There was no outward

change in Tanner’s tempera-

ment when the White Sox

flopped at home behind a pa-

thetic rash of errors.

Tanner didn’t ask players to

give what they don’t possess.

“I’m always for a player if

he gives me 100 percent —

that’s all I ask of him,” he

said. “There are .264 hitters

who never make it because

they try to be .284 hitters. If

you’re going to be a .264 hit-

ter, hit .264 but do everything

else to make yourself the

best .264 hitter in the league.

“Break up the double play,

hit the cutoff man, back up the

throw, take the extra base.”

Tanner is a stickler for the

theory that the most important

thing is handling the person-

nel.

“In any business, when

things are going bad, your

men need a pat on the back,”

said the 42-year-old skipper.

“Then when things are going

good again, a man can take

criticism, whether he’s a

salesman or a ball player.”

Firm But Fair

“I feel that I am a firm but

fair manager but a lot of times

the manager must have only

one eye and one ear.

“The players who have the

perfect attitude for baseball

are Henry Aaron and Ernie

Banks. I played with them.

Everyone talks about their

ability, but temperament has

something to do with that abil-

ity.

“Sometimes guys have a

hot streak and they change

completely — they can’t han-

dle good going,” Tanner con-

tinued. “They change their

thoughts, their talk, then they

start going bad and they can’t

handle that, either.

“You’ve got to think this is

a 162-game season. It isn’t

like having a week between

games like football. In a year a

player and a team will have

ups and downs just like the

stock market.

“A manager should ride

with it. Panic buttons, hell.”

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Senators Manager Williams Endorses Deal With Athletics

BLOOMINGTON, Minn.

(AP) — Ted Williams said

Saturday he approved 100

percent of Washington owner

Bob Short’s trade Friday night

of first baseman Mike Epstein

and reliever Darold Knowles

to Oakland.

The Senators, in return,

received reliever Paul Lind-

blad, catcher Frank Fernan-

dez, first baseman Don

Mincher, and an undisclosed

amount of cash.

“We gave a pretty good left

-handed reliever for a pretty

good left-handed reliever,”

said Williams after the Sena-

tors beat Minnesota, 6-3, and

won their seventh game in

nine outings.

“We gave up a good hitting

first baseman for a good-

hitting first baseman,” said

Williams. “Plus, we got an-

other player and some money,

which is pretty important to

the club right now.”

Williams’ endorsement of

the trade came on the heels of

a scene Friday night in the

Washington clubhouse that

saw the Senators manager and

Short face-to-face talking

loudly. Williams ended the

conversation by walking out

the dressing room.

That raised speculation that

Williams may have been un-

happy about the trade since he

publicly expressed the opinion

last fall that Short had given

up too much to obtain pitcher

Denny McLain from Detroit.

The Tigers got third base-

man Aurelio Rodriguez, short-

stop Ed Brinkman and pitch-

ers Joe Coleman and Jim Han-

nan for McLain and infielders

Don Wert and Elliott Maddox.

“It’s a great opportunity for

Mike and Darold to play on a

winning club,” Williams said.

“The trade will enable us to

maneuver more and not get

caught short.”

That, however, was hard to

understand since the trade

involved a swap of left-

handed hitting first basemen

and a swap of left-handed

pitchers. The only plusses for

the Senators seemed to be an

additional catcher and the

cash — which may have more

significance than on the sur-

face.

Short has publicly stated

the Senators are having diffi-

culty financially and said after

the trade cash would be used

to buy players.

In Baltimore, A’s manager

Dick Williams said he feels

the trade “strengthened our

club. Knowles is a stopper,

who is one of the best left-

handed relievers in the league.

We wanted him quite badly.

Our left-handed relievers have

been having some trouble

getting left-handed hitters out.

“I’m thrilled with the deal.

And we expect them both to

join us right away. When you

go to a club in first place, you

usually arrive there in a hur-

ry.”

Knowles, 29, is 0-1 this

year with no saves. Last sea-

son he had a 2-14 record, but

a brilliant 2.04 ERA.

Epstein, 28, has been the

subject of trade rumors all

spring. He hit 20 home runs

last season but had just two

while batting .333 this year.

Mincher, 32, cracked 27

homers for the A’s in 1970

and was batting .323 with two

homers this season. Lindblad,

8-2 last season, is 1-0 in 1971.

Fernandez, 28, was hitless in

four at-bats this year.

N.L. From Page 1

three innings, with Nate Col-

bert and Dave Campbell swat-

ting two-run homers. Arlin (4-

2) turned in his third complete

game of the season.

Cincy starter Don Gullett (0

-3) was chased after 1 2/3

innings, allowing five runs.

He has allowed 10 runs in 4

1/3 innings in his past two

starts.

Nolan’s win in the nightcap

was his fourth in his past five

starts. Johnny Bench provided

all of Cincinnati’s offense

with a three-run home run in

the first inning and a solo shot

in the second. He moved into

third place in the N.L. with 24

RBI.

Tom Phoebus (1-5) took the

loss for the Friars. Colbert

belted his second home run of

the twin bill.