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VOL. 2, No. 5

FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1971

New Year, Same Old Clendenon;

His Single Wins Game For Mets
NEW YORK The Mets disappointing
finish in 1970 can be attributed to a number of
factors: the spoils of the teams miraculous
success in 1969; the difficulty of re-capturing
lightning in a bottle; and the off-seasons of stalwarts such as Tom Seaver, Ed Kranepool, Cleon Jones, Jerry Koosman and Tug McGaw.
No fingers were pointed at first baseman
Donn Clendenon, MVP of the 1969 World Series. Clendenon, who provided those Miracle
Mets with a spark after being acquired from
Montreal in a midseason trade, continued
sparking in 1970.
He belted 22 home runs, had a team record
97 RBI, batted .288 (11 points above his career
average), and earned the first MVP votes of his
career, finishing 13th just behind Roberto
Clemente and just ahead of Gaylord Perry.
Clendenon, mentored at Morehouse College
by Martin Luther King, Jr., is picking up where
he left off last year. Thursday he went 4-for-4
and singled home the game-winning run in the
bottom of the ninth inning in New Yorks 7-6
win over Montreal.
In two games, Clendenon is batting .556.
Both Thursdays starters, the Mets Gary
Gentry and the Expos Steve Renko, departed
after allowing five runs in six innings.
Kranepools tie-breaking single gave the
Mets a 6-5 lead heading to the ninth. But John
Boccabellas pinch double off eventual winner
McGraw (1-0) tied the game.
Bud Harrelson ignited the winning rally with
a bunt single to lead off the bottom of the ninth.
Jones singled Harrelson to second, and both
runners advanced on Art Shamskys ground
out. Clendenon followed with the gamewinning hit off Mike Marshall.
The Mets are 2-0 for the first time in team
history.
Pirates 8, Phillies 4
PITTSBURGH Willie Stargell and Bob
Robertson homered to back up Luke Walkers

solid pitching as Pirates knocked off the Phillies.

Walker (1-0) allowed four runs, just two
earned, in 8 1/3 innings. He also drew a basesloaded walk in the Bucs four-run uprising in the
second inning.
Stargells two-run blast gave Pittsburgh a 6-1
lead in the third. Robertsons solo shot made it 83 Pirates in the seventh.
Phils starter Woody Fryman (0-1) was chased
in the third inning after yielding six runs.
Cubs 3, Astros 1
HOUSTON Ken Holtzman scattered eight
hits and fanned 10 as the Cubs edged the Astros.
Holtzman (1-0) had just three 1-2-3 innings.
But he pitched out of trouble time and again,
stranding 11 Astros runners.
Jack Billingham (0-1), who held the Cubs to
three hits and an unearned run in seven innings,
took the loss.
Padres 5, Giants 4
SAN DIEGO Ollie Browns two-run single
highlighted a four-run seventh-inning rally that
carried the Padres to victory over the Giants.
Pads starter Steve Arlin (1-0) got the win despite allowing four runs on 12 hits in 7 1/3 innings. Giants reliever Jerry Johnson (0-1) allowed two runs in 1 2/3 frames and took the loss.

Phillies Set to Unwrap

$45 Million Palace
(Titles Not Included)

Mack Stadium, a downtrodden, 62-year-old

structure in a neighborhood of older houses.
Giles, who as promotion director of the Houston Astros once was rebuked by the baseball
commissioners office for some of the messages
displayed on the Astrodome scoreboard, has a
spectacular show ready for Phillies fans.
When a Phillies player hits a home run they
occasionally do here is what happens in rightcenter field:
Philadelphia Phil, a 20-foot figure, appears
between the scoreboards and hits a baseball. The
ball travels to the electronic message board and
strikes a Liberty Bell. The bell glows and the
crack lights up. The ball continues and hits little
Philadelphia Phyllis. As she falls, she will pull a
lanyard on a cannon and the cannon will explode.
After the smoke and sound effects, a colonial
American flag that is rolled up, will drop down.
Then, a color water fountain shoots water to the
tune of Stars and Stripes Forever.
Giles has said he has had nightmares that the
thing wont work the first time the button is
pushed in the computer control room on the

BY RALPH BERNSTEIN
PHILADELPHIA (AP) Gals in hot pants,
an animated scoreboard, $15,250 super boxes,
4 elevators, 15 miles of ramps, parking for
18,500 cars, private restaurant club Philadelphias new $45 million stadium offers everything to fans but a baseball or football championship.
The Philadelphia Phillies play the first game
Saturday in the eight-sided Veterans Stadium
built on a 74-acre site adjacent to the citys
indoor arena, the Spectrum, and the 100,000seat John F. Kennedy Stadium, home of the
Army-Navy football game. The new stadium
seats 56,371 for baseball and 65,132 for football.
Bill Giles, vice president of the Phillies, says
of the facility, Its like comparing a Cadillac
with a Model-T Ford. He is comparing, of
course, with the Phillies old park, Connie

Including final
results of all ball
games
TEN CENTS

Major League Standings

A.L. EAST
Boston
Washington
Detroit
New York
Baltimore
Cleveland

W
2
2
1
0
0
0

L
0
0
0
1
1
2

PCT.
1.000
1.000
1.000
.000
.000
.000

GB
----
1
1
2

N.L. EAST
Chicago
New York
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Montreal
St. Louis

W
3
2
1
1
0
0

L
0
0
1
1
2
2

PCT.
1.000
1.000
.500
.500
.000
.000

GB
--
1
1
2
2

A.L. WEST
Oakland
Kansas City
Minnesota
Milwaukee
California
Chicago

W
2
2
1
1
1
0

L
1
1
1
1
2
2

PCT.
.667
.667
.500
.500
.333
.000

GB
----

1
1

N.L. WEST
San Francisco
Houston
Atlanta
Cincinnati
Los Angeles
San Diego

W
2
2
1
1
1
1

L
1
2
1
1
2
2

PCT.
.667
.500
.500
.500
.333
.333

GB
--

1
1

Thursdays American League Results

Boston 3, Cleveland 0
Kansas City 2, California 0
(Only games scheduled)

Todays Probable Starting Pitchers

Thursdays National League Results

Pittsburgh 8, Philadelphia 4
New York 7, Montreal 6
Chicago 3, Houston 1
San Diego 5, San Francisco 4
(Only games scheduled)

Todays Probable Starting Pitchers

All times local

All times local

Minnesota (Hall 0-0) at Chicago (Bradley 0-0), 1:15

p.m.
New York (Peterson 0-0) at Washington (McLain 00), 7:30 p.m.
Detroit (Niekro 0-0) at Baltimore (Dobson 0-0), 8
p.m.
Kansas City (Rooker 0-0) at Oakland (Blue 1-0), 8
p.m.
(Only games scheduled)

Pittsburgh (Moose 0-0) at Atlanta (Jarvis 0-0), 7:30

p.m.
Chicago (Pappas 0-0) at Houston (Griffin 0-0), 8:05
p.m.
San Diego (Coombs 0-0) at Los Angeles (Singer 10), 8 p.m.
(Only games scheduled)

Bostons Siebert Continues to Torment Tribe, Outduels McDowell

CLEVELAND Sonny Siebert knew some
high times during his five-plus seasons with the
Indians. Compiling 61 wins (one a no-hitter)
with a 2.76 ERA, he was so solid that he earned
the respect and deference of teammate Sam
McDowell.
Sonny is the No. 1 pitcher on the team,
McDowell once said. He is the hardest working
and most conscientious guy on the team. I wish I
were more like him.
As good as he was with the Tribe, hes been
even better against them. On Thursday he
outdueled McDowell, firing a four-hit shutout
against the team that traded him in 1969 and

leading the Red Sox to a 3-0 victory.

Siebert, 34, is now 6-1 with a 1.53 ERA
against his former mates.
Billy Conigliaro gave Siebert an early cushion with a solo home run in the top of the second inning. Shortstop Luis Aparicio added a
two-run shot in the eighth.
Those were the only two mistakes made by
McDowell (0-1), who fanned seven in eight
innings. Siebert (1-0) allowed just four singles,
striking out six.
The Red Sox improved to 2-0, tied with
Washington for the A.L. East lead. Cleveland
fell into the cellar at 0-2.

Royals 2, Angels 0
ANAHEIM Mike Hedlund tossed a fivehitter for his first career shutout as the Royals
took the rubber game in their season-opening
series against the Angels.
Hedlund (1-0) was 5-9 in parts of four seasons coming into 1971. He struck one and
walked one, and got defensive support from
left fielder Lou Piniella, who threw out Angels
pitcher Andy Messesemith trying to score in
the third.
Messersmith (0-1) pitched well, allowing
one run and striking out five batters in eight
innings.

Around Baseball

Pepitone Ordered to
Boost Support to Wife

The Phillies on Saturday will play their first game

in Veterans Stadium, their new $45 million home.

press box level of the stadium. It takes four

people, plus director Larry Shenk, to operate
the involved electronic equipment.
Giles plans plenty of hijinks on his electronic
play toy, now that after almost two decades of
debate, court fights, voter referendums, work
stoppages, etc., the Phillies and Eagles have a
new stadium.
The multi-purpose edifice is 840 feet in diameter, 135 feet above street level with the
playing surface 25 feet below grade.

HACKENSACK, N.J. (UPI) Chicago Cub

outfielder Joe Pepitone, although pleading he
was in debt, was ordered Thursday to pay his
estranged wife, Diane, increased weekly support.
Superior Court Judge Stephen Troth ordered the 30-year-old ball player to pay his
wife $175 a week, $75 more than he had been
paying, to support her and their 3-year-old
daughter, Lisa.
The two live in the luxury Mediterranean
Towers Apartment in Fort Lee.
Pepitone did not appear in court, but his
attorney, Benedict Lucci, told the judge he is
deeply in debt and has liens against property
he owns. Lucci says Pepitone earns $62,500
annually but has heavy expenses, including
$400 a month for clothing and $150 a month
for hairpieces. He also claimed, in a courtordered accounting, he pays out $600 monthly
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The attorney also said
Pepitone owes a previous
wife $18,000.
PITTSBURGH John
Lamb, Pittsburgh Pirates
pitcher, underwent an operation Thursday for the removal of a blood clot on his
brain.
A team spokesman said
Lamb, who suffered a skull
fracture in February during
spring training, was doing
fine following the operation at Presbyterian University Hospital. A hospital
spokesman said Lambs
condition was satisfactory.
The 24-year-old righthander was struck below the
right ear in batting practice

at Bradenton, Fla., on Feb.

26, but resumed working out
three weeks later. He was
placed on the 21-day disabled list before the season
started.
NEW YORK The major
leagues set an opening day
attendance record of 430,688
this year despite a chilling
rain that cut the New York
Mets attendance in half,
commissioner Bowie Kuhn
announced Thursday.
The total for 12 games
over three days was an average of 35,890 and broke the
mark of 401,310 set in 1969.