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VOL. 2, No. 4 TEN CENTS THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1971

A’s Jackson Back in the Swing,

Homer Fuels Sweep of Chicago

OAKLAND — For Reggie Jackson, 1970

was a lost year. The A’s slugging right fielder

may have found himself Wednesday.

Jackson, whose bitter contract dispute last

spring with A’s owner Charlie Finley presaged

a profoundly disappointing season, slammed a

game-winning home run in Game 1 and the A’s

went on to record a home-opening double-

header sweep of the White Sox, 7-5 and 7-0.

Jackson’s 101st career homer came in the

11th inning of the opener. Having already lined

game-tying singles in the fifth and ninth in-

nings, Jackson walloped a 2-2 pitch from Sox

reliever Vicente Romo over the right field wall,

scoring Felipe Alou ahead of him.

Reggie’s climactic blow made a winner ofBob Locker (1-0), the last of three Oakland

relievers. Romo (0-1) took the loss.

The A’s can only hope Jackson’s big game

heralds a return to his 1969 form. That year,

Jackson belted 47 long balls and had 118 RBI

and 123 runs. He was fifth in the MVP voting.

Jackson saw visions of dollar signs as the

1970 season approached. According to reports,

he asked Finley for $60,000 — approximately

three times what he had earned in 1969. Finley

countered with $45,000.

After a six-week holdout the prodigal slug-

ger signed on March 26 — for $45,000. His

resentment came to a head late in the season

when, after belting a grand slam in Oakland, he

made an obscene gesture to the owner’s box ashe stepped on home plate.

His 1970 numbers were roughly half his

1969 production: 23 homers, 66 RBI, 57 runs.

Though Jackson went hitless in Wednes-

day’s nightcap, he is batting .333 with four RBI

in his first three games.

Rollie Fingers (1-1), who worked one inning

in relief in the first game, threw a three-hitter

for his second major league shutout and tied a

career high with nine strikeouts in the nightcap.

Sox starter Bart Johnson, who allowed six runs

in 1 2/3 innings, took the Game 2 loss.

Senators 7, Orioles 0

BALTIMORE — Casey Cox spun a four -hitter

for his first career shutout as the Senators spoiled

the world champion Orioles’ home opener.

Cox (1-0) scattered four singles and struck out

three. Frank Howard, who finished with four

RBI, and Elliott Maddox homered for the Sens.

Dave McNally (0-1) yielded four runs in eight

frames for the O’s, who committed three errors.

Brewers 9, Twins 5

BLOOMINGTON, Minn.— Shortstop Rob-

erto Pena went 5-for -5 to lead an 18-hit attack as

the Brewers eased past the Twins.

Lew Krausse (1-0) earned the win despite al-

lowing five runs in 7 1/3 innings. He also hit intothe first triple play in franchise history, lining a

first-inning shot that was caught by Twins starter

Bert Blyleven (0-1), who threw to third to double

off Pena. Harmon Killebrew’s throw to first tri-

pled off Ted Kubiak.

Royals 3, Angels 1

ANAHEIM — Wally Bunker (1-0) threw six

strong innings and Amos Otis had two hits and

scored twice as the Royals tripped the Angels.

Angels starter and loser Tom Murphy (0-1)

allowed two runs, one earned, in seven innings.

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

Washington 2 0 1.000 --- Chicago 2 0 1.000 ---

Detroit 1 0 1.000 ½ Philadelphia 1 0 1.000 ½

Boston 1 0 1.000 ½ New York 1 0 1.000 ½

New York 0 1 .000 1½ Montreal 0 1 .000 1½

Cleveland 0 1 .000 1½ Pittsburgh 0 1 .000 1½

Baltimore 0 1 .000 1½ St. Louis 0 2 .000 2

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

Oakland 2 1 .667 --- San Francisco 2 0 1.000 ---

California 1 1 .500 ½ Houston 2 1 .667 ½

Minnesota 1 1 .500 ½ Atlanta 1 1 .500 1

Milwaukee 1 1 .500 ½ Cincinnati 1 1 .500 1

Kansas City 1 1 .500 ½ Los Angeles 1 2 .333 1½

Chicago 0 2 .000 1½ San Diego 0 2 .000 2

Major League Standings

Today’s Probable Starting Pitchers

Today’s Probable Starting Pitchers

All times local

Boston (Siebert 15-8) at Cleveland (McDowell 20-

12), 2 p.m.

Kansas City (Hedlund 2-3) at California

(Messersmith 11-10), 8 p.m.

(Only games scheduled)

All times local

Montreal (Renko 13-11) at New York (Gentry 9-9),

2:05 p.m.

Philadephia (Fryman 8-4) at Pittsburgh (Walker 15-

6), 8:05 p.m.

Chicago (Holtzman 17-11) at Houston (Billingham

13-9), 7:30 p.m.

San Francisco (Stone 0-0) at San Diego (Arlin 1-0),

7:30 p.m.


Bonds’ Second Career Slam Worth the Wait as Giants Top Pads Giants starter Gaylord Perry couldn’t hold

the lead. Colbert scored the tying run after a

leadoff double in the seventh. Pads’ left fielderLarry Stahl tripled home the tie- breaking run in

the eighth, later scoring an insurance marker.

With the Giants down 4-2, McCovey tripled

to lead off the ninth, and scored on Hender-

son’s second RBI single of the game. Two

walks loaded the bases. Bonds unloaded them.

Perry (1-0), who fanned seven, got the win.

Reliever Jerry Johnson retired the Padres in

order in the ninth to notch his first save.

San Diego starter Clay Kirby, who held the

Giants to two runs in eight innings while strik-

ing eight, got no decision. Reliever Dick Kel-

ley (0-1) took the loss.

Cubs 8, Cardinals 7

CHICAGO — Down to his team’s last

strike, Hector Torres singled home the tying

run and Don Kessinger followed with the

game-winning single as the Cubs edged the

Cardinals.

St. Louis took a 7-4 lead by virtue of a six-

run rally in the top of the seventh inning, but

the Cubs fought back with single runs in the

seventh and eighth, and two runs in the ninth.

Earl Stephenson (1-0) earned the win with

one scoreless inning of relief. Cards’ reliever

Frank Linzy (0-1) allowed two runs in one

inning and took the loss.

Astros 3, Dodgers 2

HOUSTON — Jesus Alou singled home the

tying run and scored the go-

ahead run in theeighth inning as the Astros rallied to top the

Dodgers.

Dodgers starter and loser Don Sutton (0-1)

singled home the first two runs of the game in

the top of the seventh. Roger Metzger’s RBI

single cut the L.A. lead to 2-1 entering the

decisive eighth inning.

Houston starter Wade Blasingame (1-0) got

the win, allowing two runs in eight innings.

Sutton allowed three runs in eight frames.

Reds 12, Braves 3

CINCINNATI — Jim McGlothlin scattered

11 hits in a complete-game effort, hit his sec-

ond major league home run and had three RBI

to lead the Reds past the Braves.

Cincinnati raced to an 8-0 lead after five

innings, driving Braves starter Ron Reed (0-1)

to cover after two frames. Bernie Carbo had

four hits and scored three runs.

Atlanta’s Hank Aaron hit his second homer

in two games and the 594th of his career.

By Milton Richman

NEW YORK (UPI) – As a pair, they’re nev-

er going to rank up there with the Siamese

Twins or even Damon and Pythias for that mat-

ter. But at least they’re back together again.

Who? Martin and Lewis? No. Martin and

Boswell.

The reunion took place Wednesday in Detroit

where Dave Boswell was signed by the Tigers

and manager Billy Martin said he was happy to

have him aboard.

At this point Billy Martin would be happy to

have any pitcher aboard. He manages the Ti-

gers and they have a perfect record, 1-0, but if

you ask him who his starting pitchers are he

says Mickey Lolich and Joe Niekro. When you

ask him who else, he says, “That’s it.”

Martin and Boswell made headlines two

years ago when they were in a fight, albeit a

brief one. Martin was the Minnesota manager.

Boswell was one of his pitchers, and what Mar-

tin really was trying to do was break up a fight

between Boswell and Bob Allison, one of his

outfielders.

Boswell didn’t appreciate the effort and before

the discussion got much further along, Martin popped his pitcher a good one on the chips and

that ended everything right then and there.

The knockout punch didn’t hurt Boswell’s sea-

son much. He won 20 for the Twins that year.

Last year was another story. Bothered by arm

and back problems, Boswell won only three.

So it didn’t come as any great shock last week

when the Twins handed him his unconditional

release. The first thing Boswell did was get on

the phone and who do you think was the first

person he called?

“Billy,” he said, “this is Dave Boswell. The

Twins have just released me and I think I can

still pitch. I’d rather pitch for you than anybody.

Will you take a look at me?”

“I’ll get back to you,” the Tigers’ manager told

the pitcher.

A half hour later the phone rang, Boswell

picked up the receiver and Martin was at the oth-

er end.

NEW YORK (AP) – The U.S Circuit Court

of Appeals affirmed Wednesday the dismissal

of outfielder Curt Flood’s challenge of profes-

sional baseball’s reserve clause.

The three- judge court upheld District Judge

Irving Ben Cooper’s dismissal of the antitrust

claims filed by Flood.

Flood, a major leaguer for 12 seasons, re-

fused to report to the Phillies after being traded

by the Cardinals in 1969. He sat out the 1970

season, but reported to the Senators this season

after being dealt by Philadelphia.

CLEVELAND – Indians president Gabe Paul

anticipates a boom in the club’s attendance and

made the forecast Wednesday before the Cleve-

land Advertising Club’s 42nd welcoming

luncheon for the Tribe.

Paul expects “a dramatic increase in attend-

ance” over the million mark at the stadium this

summer, and repeated another prediction that

Cleveland will finish ahead of Detroit.

Wednesday’s American League Results

Wednesday’s National League Results

Washington 7, Baltimore 0

Oakland 7, Chicago 5 (11 innings), 1st game

Oakland 7, Chicago 0, 2nd game

Kansas City 3, California 1

Milwaukee 9, Minnesota 5


Chicago 8, St. Louis 7

Houston 3, Los Angeles 2

Cincinnati 12, Atlanta 3

San Francisco 7, San Diego 4

Montreal at New York, ppd., rain


SAN DIEGO — Bobby Bonds made modern

major league history when he tagged a grand

slam in his first major league game in 1968. Ittook him 397 games to hit another, but the Giants

aren’t about to quibble over his timing.

Bonds, with his team trailing 4-3 and down to

its final out, pounded a bases-loaded homer off

reliever Al Severinsen on Wednesday night, giv-

ing the Giants a 7-4 triumph over the Padres.

The Giants scored first on Willie McCovey’s

RBI double in the top of the first inning. Nate

Colbert’s solo shot in the fourth tied the game.

Ken Henderson’s tie- breaking single made it 2-1

Giants in the sixth.

Around Baseball

Court Rejects Flood’s Suit Against Baseball

Sport Parade

Shocking Punch Line:

Billy, Boswell Reunite

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“C’mon down,” he said. “We’ve got a

day off tomorrow and I’ll watch you

throw.”

That was last Friday in Lakeland, Fla.,

where Martin, Art Fowler, his pitching

coach, and Charlie Silvera, one of the oth-

er coaches, watched a perspiring Boswell

throw for 25 minutes. Boswell wasn’t

overpowering, but some of the balls he

threw had good velocity on them.

It was hard to judge in what shape his

arm was actually because it looked as if he

hadn’t pitched a lot lately, but every once

in a while there was that good fastball

Martin was looking for.

Martin didn’t commit himself but prom-

ised Boswell he’d hear from him shortly.

The signing occurred Wednesday.

No mention of their two-year -old battle

Boswell

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was made by either of the gladiators dur-

ing their get-together or since — “it’s all

forgotten” according to Martin — but

before agreeing to terms on Wednesday

Dave Boswell did have one request. It

was a bit unusual and it had to do with

Billy Martin.

Could you put it in the contract,” Dave

Boswell asked Jim Campbell, “that if he

leaves the ball club, can I go with him,

too?”

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