'Ryan express still humming
l ANAHEIM (AP) Nolan
IJyan, at age 30, still fires the
baseball with his awesome
> velocity and says of his latest
' effort, “I’d say it was a good a
' game as I’ve thrown the last
two, maybe even three
years.”
L ; Ryan struck out 19 Toronto
batters in 10 innings even
though he wasn’t around
When his California Angels
eventually won Wednesday,
night, 2-1, in the 13th inning.
' 'Ryan struck out 18 during'
% the regulation nine innings,
' missing by one the major
lpague record which he
shares. He was two shy of the
i extra inning record when
Norm Sherry took
him out and reliever Dave
Laßoche finished up.
J Ryan’s fast ball was
clocked at 100.9 miles per
I ,
Storey writes his best tally
; MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) A one-time song
and dance man in a Las Vegas strip hotel,
Tom Storey, ripped out a seven-under-par 65
'•/and established a two-stroke lead yesterday
I in the first round of the $200,000 Danny
Thomas-Memphis Golf Classic.
J Storey, 35, who was one of the longest of the
longshots in this event hit by an unusual
k number of withdrawals, has been on the pro
tour only about a year and has won $10,106. Of
that, $9,000 came with his victory in the
Oklahoma City Open a few weeks ago.
/A gallery of five people watched the best
i.Li
Baseball enters new era without old reserve clause
By DON HOPEY
Assistant Sports Editor
; (This is the first in v a four-part series
on major league baseball’s new player
.reserve system and its effect on the
-i-jgame, owners and players.)
' ■ Gone from the summer game are
horsehide and flannels and Brooklyn
and, for the most part, real grass.
-This year, along with the ‘rabbit’
baseball and astro-turf, double-knits and
designated hitters, baseball took another
step, albeit a reluctant one, away from
tradition when it began its season
without the reserve clause.
; Opinion on whether the new, limited
( •.reserve system will be good for the game
pof baseball is divided, as might be ex
pected, along player-management lines.
To the players, the new system is the
hour in 1974 and he has four
no-hitters to his credit.
He gave up his first hit
against Toronto in the sixth
inning and commented
Thursday, “I really didn’t
think about a no-hitter.
Maybe if I had gotten to the
seventh, I might have thought
about it.
“The last two innings I
didn’t have as good velocity
as earlier, so I didn’t think I
had much of a chance at a
record.”
Ryan threw 171 pitches
against Toronto, put his
season strikeout total to a
major league leading 143 in
1212-3 innings and lowered his
earned run average to 2.44.
His won-loss record remained
at 8-5.
He hooked up in a pitching
duel with virtual unknown
effort of Storey’s career, composed in hot,
sunny weather on the 7,193 yard Colonial
Country Club course.
“When it’s your day, it’s your day,” he
said. “And this was my day.”
Gary Player, complaining of jet lag from
the long trip from his South African home,
holed one bunker shot, dropped a 50-foot putt
and put together a 67 that left him alone in
second.
Mike Hill, whose brother Dave has won this
tournament four times, was next at 68.
goose that’s laying golden eggs; the
owners characterize it as an albatross
that will destroy the game by wrecking
“competitive balance” and driving
already high costs skyward.
Whatever may happen in the future
because of the new and revolutionary
player reserve system, one thing is
certain: no one can remember baseball
without the reserve system that was
almost as old as the game itself.
Only eight years after the Cincinnati
Red Stockings were established as the
first professional baseball team in 1869,
the reserve clause was introduced into
player contracts when club owners
agreed the constant raiding of clubs and
movement of players made some sort of
control necessary.
Collegian sports
the
daily
Jesse Jefferson of the visitors
who didn’t give up a hit until
Rusty Torres and Bobby
Grich singled consecutively in
the sixth.
Ryan gave up the first run
in the eighth. He issued his
first walk to Alan Ashby,
marking only the third time in
his major league career that
he had gone more than seven
innings without giving up a
pass.
Doug Ault singled and Dave
McKay laid down a sacrifice.
Ryan fielded the ball and
threw toward shortstop
Grich, covering third. The
throw went wild and the run
scored. “I wasn’t anticipating
going to third on that bunt,”
Ryan said. “So when they
yelled ‘third, third’ I rushed
the throw and Grich was on
the move trying to get it.”
Baseball management has historically
viewed the clause as giving owners the
exclusive rights to a player’s services
for life unless they decide to trade,
release or sell him. This management
view didn’t go unchallenged, but until
last year it had stood the tests of time
and law.
Tough Wilson new Pen pilot
PITTSBURGH (AP) The Pittsburgh Penguins,
long on talent and short on playoff results, ap
parently have hired John Wilson to help solve the
problem.
Wilson, a hard disciplinarian, coached the
Colorado Rockies last season and apparently
earned the respect of his players. He also was coach
of Team Canada, which included Penguin stars
Pierre Larouche and Jean Pronovost.
As a player with Detroit in the National Hockey
League, Wilson proved himself to be durable,
playing in 580 consecutive games.
Tenniswomen bow at At A W nationals
By JOYCE TOMANA
Collegian Sports Editor
Penn State’s women’s tennis team
was eliminated in the early rounds of
the first annual AIAW national tennis
tournament this week, but coach Joan
Nessler felt the four Lady Lions did
well enough against what she con
sidered to be “the best collegiate
competitors in the world.”
“When you talk about national
tennis, it’s another world,” Nessler
said upon her return last night. “They
were the most beautiful tennis
players in the world. The competition
is so tough, it’s hard not to get
discouraged.
“Most of the players had gone to
Baseball roundup
Niekro foils Phils;
ATLANTA (AP)
Knuckleballer Phil Niekro
hurled a four-hitter and Rod
Gilbreath drilled a three-run
homer, sparking the Atlanta
Braves to a 3-0 victory over
the Philadelphia Phillies last
night.
Niekro, 4-8, fanned a
career-high 13 batters, in
cluding five in a row during
one stretch, and walked only
one. All four Philadelphia hits
were singles.
Atlanta scored its runs off
Jim Kaat, 1-4, in the fifth
inning. Gary Matthews
opened with a walk and
reached second when third
baseman Mike Schmidt’s
throw was too late for a
forceout on a grounder by Vic
Correll.
Junior Moore then forced
Correll at second with Mat
thews taking third, and
Gilbreath followed with his
second homer of the season, a
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East
W I, Pci. GB
Chicago 33 19 .635
Pittsburgh 29 21 .580 3
Saint Louis 31 23 .575 3
Philadelphia 29 24 .547 4' j
Montreal 23 28 .451 9' 2
New York 22 31 .415 11 'j
Los Angeles 37 19 661
Cincinnati 26 26 500 9
San Francisco 25 31 446 12
San Diego 26 33 .441 12'j
Houston 22 33 .400 14'-
Atlanta 21 36 .368 16'j
Yesterday's Games
Chicago 1, San Francisco 0,11 innings
Cincinnati at New York, ppd., rain
Atlanta 3, Philadelphia 0
St. Louis 6, Los Angeles 3
Only games scheduled
Wednesday's Results
Los Angeles 4, Chicago 2
Montreal 6, Atlanta 0
Philadelphia 3, Houston 2
San Francisco 3, Pittsburgh 2
Cincinnati 5, New York 0
St. Louis 3, San Diego 0
Today's Games
San Francisco (Knepper 0 0) at Chi
cago (R. Reuschel 7-2)
Philadelphia (Lerch 5-2) at Atlanta
(Leon 1-2), n
Montreal (Bahnsen 1-0) at Cincinnati
(Norman 5-2), n
San Diego (Shirley 4-6) at Pittsburgh
(Jones 2-1 ),n
New York (Matlack 3-6) at Houston
<Andujar6-3),n
Los Angeles (Rau 6-1) at St. Louis
(Falcone 2-5), n
Saturday’s Games
San Diego at Pittsburgh
San Francisco at Chicago
Montreal at Cincinnati, twi
New York at Houston, 2, t-n
Philadelphia at Atlanta, n
Los Angeles at St. Louis, n
The reserve clause, then and up until
this year, had as its major points the
uniformity of player contracts; the
confinement of the player to the club
that had him under contract; the
assignability of the player’s contract
and the ability of the club to annually
renew the contract unilaterally, subject
to a stated salary minimum.
Only two years after its adoption, the
New York Base Ball Club invoked the
line drive into the left-field
seats.
CHICAGO (AP) Pinch
hitter Jose Cardenal’s bases
ioaded bunt in the 11th inning
scored pinch-runner Mick
Kelleher yesterday to give the
Chicago Cubs a 1-0 victory
over the San Francisco
Giants.
George Mitterwald led off
the 11th with a double off
Randy Moffitt. Charlie
Williams relieved and Greg
Gross sacrificed Kelleher to
third. The Giants then filled
the bases by intentionally
walking Ivan DeJesus and
Larry Bittner before Car
denal provided his game
winning bunt.
Relief pitcher Bruce Sutter,
1-1, who has 16 saves, picked
up the victory. Moffitt, 1-3,
was the loser.
Bill Bonham of the Cubs
and Ed Halicki of the Giants
pitched brilliantly before
Major league
standings
VV I, Pet. GB
New York 32 24 .571
Boston 30 24 . 556 1
Baltimore 29 25 537 2
Milwaukee 27 30 .474 s'-
Cleveland 23 26 .469 5' ■
Detroit 22 29 .431 7'-
Toronto 21 31 .404 9
West
Minnesota 33 22 600
Chicago 29 23 .558 2'-.
Texas 26 24 .520 4'j
Oakland 26 27 491 6
California 26 26 .500 s'j
Kansas City 26 27 .491 6
Seattle 23 35 .397 11'j
Yesterday's Games
New York 10, Milwaukee 1
Boston 7, Baltimore 3
Kansas City 7, Minnesota 2
__ Chicago at Texas, n
~ Detroit at Seattle, n
Only games scheduled
Wednesday's Results
Oakland 3, Cleveland 2
Boston 14, Baltimore 5
Texas 6, Chicago 1
Minnesota 9, Kansas City 8,10 innings
New York 9, Milwaukee 2
Seattle 3, Detroit 2
California 2, Toronto 1,13 innings
Chicago (Stone 6-4) at Baltimore
(Flanagan 1-5), n
Texas (Marshallo-0) at Boston (Cleve
land 4-3), n
Minnesota (Zahn 6-3) at New York
(Guidry 3 j 2), n
Kansas'City (Bird 2-1) at Milwaukee
(Slaton 3-6 ),n
Cleveland (Garland 2-5) at California
(Tanana9-2),n
Toronto (Lemanczyk 3-5) at Seattle
(Montague 5-3 ),n
Saturday's Games
Chicago at Baltimore
Minnesota at New York
Texas at Boston
Kansas City at Milwaukee
Detroit at Oakland
Toronto at Seattle, n
Cleveland at Seattle, n
clause against George Bill “Buck”
Ewing (lifetime batting-. 303 Hall of
Fame-1936), a catcher-first baseman.
Ewing didn’t like the idea of being
confined to one team, especially when he
had a better offer to play elsewhere, so
the club took him to court to restrain his
proposed breach of contract. The New
York court sided with the club and the
reserve clause was legitimized.
That ruling was upheld by thei
Supreme Court in 1922, in Federal Base
Ball Club v. National League, and again
in 1951, in Toolson v. New York Yankees,
Inc. In Toolson, the Court held that
Congress had no intention of including
baseball within the scope of the federal
anti-trust laws designed to- prohibit
monopolistic combinations and ensure
competition.
The Penguins, who finished third in their division
last season, lost to Toronto in the first round of the
Stanley Cup playoffs.
Shortly after the season ended, Coach .Ken
Schinkel resigned and took a scouting job with the
team.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported yesterday
that Wilson had signed a contract during league
meetings in Montreal.
Penguin Owner A 1 Savill is scheduled to appear
Monday at the Pittsburgh Press Club at a
newsmaker affair. The official announcement about
more tournaments' in one year than
we’ve been to in our lives. I’m pleased
that we were chosen and had the
chance to go,” she said.
Four Lady Lions, Wendy Gavett,
Gail Ramsay, Micki Larkin, and Joan
Backenstose made the trip. Joy
McManus, who played number one
singles this season, was unable to go
due to a commitment to a summer
job.
Micki Larkin, the only Lady Lion to
pick up a singles victory, won her
opening match against Francine
Kaufman of Portland State 5-7,7-5,7-
5. She then fell to number 10 seed
Jean Nochand, a Federation Cup
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East
Today's Games
player from the University of
California at Irvine, in straight sets.
Larkin also lost in the consolation
round to Lisa Beritzhoff of Brigham
Young in straight sets.
She paired with Gail Ramsay to
take the only win for Penn State in
doubles. They defeated Cindy Brinker
and Cheri O’Donnell of Virginia, 3-6,
7-5,6-4. An unlucky draw put them up
against the fourth seeded pair in the
next round. They fell to the Miami
pair of Jodi Applebaum and Terry
Salganik6-2,6-1.
Despite the losses, Nessler saw the
national exposure as an eye-opener
for the Lady Lions. Most of the
toughest competitors came from the
Cubs squeeze
departing from the scoreless
contest. Both had no-hitters
going into the sixth inning.
Bonham departed with one
out in the 10th and Halicki in
the ninth.
ST. LOUIS (AP) Pitcher
Bob Forsch slammed two hits
and scored two runs and
checked the Los Angeles
Dodgers on seven hits through
6 1-3 innings, leading the St.
Louis Cardinals to a 6-3
triumph last night.
Forsch protected a shutout
through five innings before
yielding Los Angeles’ first run
in the sixth on Davey Lopes’
single and stolen base, a
groundout and a wild pitch.
An inning later, Dusty
Baker hit a two-run homer
and A 1 Hrabosky came on to
save Forsch’s eighth victory
against two defeats.
BOSTON (AP) Jim Rice
hit two homers and Fred Lynn
and Carlton Fisk had one each
Atlanta Brave Rod Gilbreath (19) gets congratulations from teammates Gary
Mathews (36) and Junior Moore after his three-run homer in the fifth inning of last
night’s game against the Phillies. Braves won 3-0.
The last unsuccessful court test of the
reserve clause came in 1970. Curt Flood,
a veteran of 14 years with the St. Louis
Cardinals, brought an anti-trust suit
against Commissioner Bowie Kuhn and
baseball.
Flood alleged that he had been traded
(to Philadelphia for Richie Allen as part
of a five-player deal) “without his
previous consent or knowledge” and that
his request to be made a free agent had
been denied by the commissioner.
Flood’s complaint charged that the
baseball clubs were in violation of
federal anti-trust laws and civil rights
statutes and that “the reserve clause
imposed a form of peonage and in
voluntary servitude contrary to the
Thirteenth Amendment. ”
Friday, June 10, 1977—9
Wilson is expected to be made at that time.
Meanwhile, the Penguins have reached a one
year contract agreement with left-wing free agent
Bob Kelly, with Pittsburgh since 1973.
The Penguins have also signed free agent Morris
Lukowich who played with Houston of the World
Hockey Association last year in his rookie season.
Pittsburgh also received a minor league
agreement with the Rhode Island Reds of the
American Hockey League. The Reds, located in
Providence, will have the first right of refusal on all
Penguin farmhands.
last night, powering the
Boston Red Sox to a 7-3 vic
tory over Jim Palmer and the
Baltimore Orioles.
Winner Bill Lee, 4-1,
allowed two runs in struggling
through the first five innings
and Bill Campbell checked
the Orioles with only one run
over the final four innings.
BLOOMINGTON, Minn.
(AP) John Wathan keyed a
three-run sixth inning with a
two-run single and Andy
Hassler and Steve Mingori
teamed on a four-hitter as the
Kansas City Royals tripped
the Minnesota Twins 7-2 last
night.
Hassler, recently coming
off the disabled list, hurled
hitless ball until the sixth and
boosted his record to 3-1.
Holding a 4-0 lead, Hassler
yielded, a RBI triple in the
sixth to Rod Carew and then a
run-scoring single by Craig
Kusick. Starting the seventh,
Hassler was replaced by
But the Court’s decision, handed down
on June 19, 1972, held that professional
baseball’s longstanding exemption from
federal anti-trust laws was “an
established aberration” and that it was
entitled to the benefit of stare decisis. -
The Court also relied on a 1952 report
of the Subcommittee on the Study of
Monopoly Power of the House Com
mittee on the Judiciary. The report said,
“The overwhelming preponderance of
the evidence established baseballs need
for some sort of reserve clause.
Experience points to no feasible sub
stitute to protect the integrity of the
game or to guarantee a comparatively
even competitive struggle.”
MONDAY: The new reserve agreement
and the owners’ view.
California and Florida schools. Yale,
the other designated eastern
representative, was also eliminated
in the early rounds.
The tournament, held at Louisiana
. State University in Baton Rouge, La.,
will continue through tomorrow
before individual .and team cham
pionships are determined. Presently,
Penn State is ranked 25th out of 45 in
the team standings.
“Of all the national tournaments I
have seen, this was the toughest in
terms of competition,” Nessler
concluded. “This is the first AIAW
tournament and I am proud that we
were able to be part of it. ”
Giants
Mingori, who allowed only an
eighth-inning single to Larry
Hisle.
. MILWAUKEE (AP) Don
Gullett fired a four-hitter
through seven innings and
Fran Healy’s two-run single
capped a four-run first inning
yesterday, leading the New
York Yankees to a 10-1 rout of
the Milwaukee Brewers.
Reggie Jackson’s two-out
single and stolen base
Chris Chambliss’ single
started the scoring against
Moose Haas, 5-2. After a walk
to Carlos May, another run
scored on a throwing error by
Robin Yount. George Zeber
was intentionally walked to
fill the bases, and Healy
followed with his two-run
single.
The Brewers filled the
bases with nobody out against
Gullett, 5-2, in the bottom of
the first but scored only one
run, that on Sal Bando’s
grounder.
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