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'Greaseball' charge made
CINCINNATI (UPI)
Houston manager Harry Walker
accused Cincinnati pitcher Jim
Maloney of throwing a
"greaseball" to accomplish his
10-0 no-hitter over the Astros
Wednesday night.
"It was that greaseball," said Walker after the game. "If he throws that thing as well as he did tonight, he'll throw another no-hitter before the season is out."
KSU center to Phoenix
PHOENIX (UPI) - The Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association have signed Gene Williams of Kansas State in the hope he can provide rebound power.
Williams, the Suns' second draft choice, played center for K-State but will be used at forward. Contract terms for the 6-6. 226-pounder were not disclosed.
The Suns outbid Louisville of the American Basketball League for Williams' services.
Shoemaker out of Derby
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (UPI) — Bill Shoemaker's future as a jockey appears in doubt after his second major injury in less than 16 months knocked him out of Saturday's Kentucky Derby.
The 37-year-old famed rider, who returned to racing in February after a 13-month layoff because of a broken leg, suffered a fractured pelvis and injuries to his bladder Wednesday in a freak paddock accident at Hollywood Park.
Shoemaker will be sidelined at least six months, according to track physician Dr. T. H. Haller, and there was speculation that the 20-year veteran had ridden his last race.
Bingo with San Diego
TULSA (UPI) — Basketball ace Bobby 'Bingo' Smith has signed a contract with the San Diego Rockets and will leave the University of Tulsa June 1 to join the team.
May 2
1969 KANSAN 7
Johnny Bench 'shook' during Maloney's gem
CINCINNATI (UPI)—Johnny Bench's fingers were shaking so much Jim Maloney had trouble picking up the sign.
"I just figured Johnny was nervous," Maloney said. "So I didn't bother to call time to ask him what was the matter."
"Look at Maloney," said Reds' pitching coach Harvey Haddix. "He probably was the most relaxed player out there on the field."
No-hitters are getting to be old hat for the 28-year-old righthander. He pitched the second one of his career Wednesday night by blanking the Houston Astros, 10-0, at Crosley Field.
Mob scene
It looked like the beginning of a wild free-for-all as teammates mobbed Maloney after he struck out Astro third baseman Doug Rader for the final out of the game.
"I ducked when I saw Bench was going to jump right into my arms," Maloney said. "There was no way I was going to catch him, not with all that catcher's equipment on him."
"You should have seen Maloney's wife sitting there behind the backstop," said the Reds' Fred Whitfield. "Fron the seventh inning on, you would have thought Carolyn was riding a horse, the way she was rocking back and forth in her seat."
Since the Reds had just returned from San Francisco it was 3:30 Wednesday morning before Maloney got to bed.
"I'm not superstitious though," said Maloney. "You can bet I won't go to bed at 3 o'clock in the morning before I make my next start."
Painful finish
Maloney had experienced pain in his groin area with every pitch in the ninth inning.
"He pulled a muscle scoring from second after he doubled in the ninth," explained Red trainer Bill Cooper.
Third base coach Vern Benson had given Maloney the "holdup" sign. "I didn't want him sliding into the catch and getting hurt," he said.
"I saw Benson's signal," Maloney said, "but I just threw it into overdrive and kept running. That's when I felt something grab me."
Catcher John Edwards' looping fly to left field, which rookie shortstop Darrel Chaney plucked out of the air, was the closest the Astros came to a base hit. Chaney grabbed the fly in a spectacular, somersaulting, catch.
"It was the first no hitter I've ever seen," said a still-trembling Chaney after the game.
"Maloney was a complete pitcher tonight," said Haddix.
Coach's praise
"He mixed his pitches well and that sidearm stuff he dealt them really was effective."
JOHNNY BENCH
Cincinnati Catcher
Only two fly balls were hit to the outfield as Maloney notched his third straight victory, striking out 13 and walking five.
The Reds backed up his no-hit pitching with a nine-hit attack paced by Bob Tolan, whose triple and two singles drove home four runs.
Tolan's triple came with the bases loaded during a seven-run fourth inning. Chaney delivered the other big blow—a two-run bases-loaded single.
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