Week's sports in review
By DAVE GOSSER
Kansan Sports Writer
Willie Mays collected his 3000th big league hit and the Pittsburgh Pirates opened their new Three Rivers Stadium as the Major League Machine returned to action after pausing for the All-Star break. Austrian race car driver Jochene Rindt officially won the British Grand Prix after finishing first, being disqualified, and then reinstated, but baseball dominated the weeks sports scene as the Kansan surveys the sports in review.
Mavs reaches milestone
Willie Mays may be 39 years old, and slowing down as time goes on, but the base hits and awards keep coming as the Sey Hey Kid from Alabama surges on to baseball's immortal Hall of Fame. Saturday, July 18, Willie Mays became the tenth player in
baseball's 101 year history to the elite and compact 3000 club.
The Giants were playing the Montreal Expos in San Francisco's Candlestick Park and a group of more than 28,000 was on hand.
for historic hit number 3.000.
Mays, batting third as usual, had taken the first pitch from Expo hurler Mike Wegener for a strike and then fouled the next one off. Instead of wasting one outside, Wegener put it in reach, and Mays slapped a single through the left side of the infield
Stan Musial, former Cardinal great and a member of the 3,000 hit club himself, rushed out onto the field with National League President Chub Feeney to congratulate Mays and participate in on-the-field festivities. In the clubhouse after the game, stacks of telegrams, including one from Commissioner Bowie Kuhn, greeted Mays.
Three Rivers Opens Everyone is getting a new stadium these days, or so it seems. Less than a month ago, Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium opened, and last Thursday, July 15, Three Rivers Stadium opened in Pittsburgh.
Three Rivers Stadium is so named because of its location on Pittsburgh's Golden Triangle, where the Allegheny and Monongohela Rivers join to form the Ohio. The Stadium has a seating capacity of nearly 51,000 for baseball and almost 53,000 for football.
A crowd of 49,000 were on hand for opening night, with the baseball Pirates playing host to the Cincinnati Reds. Unfortunately for the Pirates, the Reds won 3-2.
Rindt Wins Twice
NFL negotiations continue
Austrian race car driver Jochene Rindt had a hard time at the British Grand Prix, but the English officials made up for it when they let him win twice.
NEW YORK (UPI)—Commissioner Pete Rozelle has stepped formally into the struggle between National Football League owners and players in negotiations for a new contract.
Rozelle has "invited" both sides
Royals' losing streak pushed to 6 by Tigers
KANSAS CITY (UPI) — Don Wert's two run double scored the winning run in a six run eighth inning, giving the Detroit Tigers a 6-4 victory and a sweep of a doubleheader Sunday over the Kansas City Royals.
The Tigers won the first game 2-0 when Joe Niekro and Tom Timmerman combined to pitch a three hitter. The double loss pushed Kansas City's losing streak to six.
Trailing 4-0 the Tigers pushed across six runs in the eighth inning with only two hits. Four straight walks by reliever Ted Abernathy scored one run before Jackie Hernandez booted Willie Horton's ground ball for a two run error. Gates Brown followed
with a single scoring Norm Cash to tie the game.
Ken Wright replaced Abernathy and Wert lined his double to right center, scoring Horton and Brown.
Amos Otis led Kansas City's attack, driving in two runs with a single and double. Lou Piniella and Bob Oliver drove in two runs with a double.
The commissioner has officially stayed on the sidelines during much of the negotiations, claiming it's a matter between the owners and the players. Rozelle is in a touchy position and most of his actions during the negotiations have been behind the scenes.
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to come to the bargaining table Monday but there's no indication whether the "invitation" will be heeded.
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The next definite owners' meeting is set Tuesday, when they will convene here to discuss strategy. That meeting is expected to be lively, because there is a difference of opinion among them on what they should offer the players.
That appears to be why the commissioner "invited" the parties to get together instead of ordering them to the bargaining table and trying to force a settlement.
NEW YORK-While spectacular fires in business or industrial areas cause headlines, fires in residences account for more than 25 per cent of the nation's total fire damage, says the Insurance Information Institute. Of 960,900 building fires reported in 1967, more than two-thirds -665,100 - were in residences.
Some think the committee, headed by Tex Schramm, president of the Dallas Cowboys, has already made too many concessions.
There is also division among the players whether their committee, headed by President John Mackey, is making too many severe demands. But since the owners are "locking out" the players anyway, they couldn't defect if they wanted to.
The situation will reach a critical stage soon, as the College All Star game is set of a week from Friday in Chicago. Except for a
they let him win twice. Rindt, in second place most of the race, made his title move at the last minute and burst by his chief competitor. However, the officials of the 212-mile race ruled Rindt had violated a racing rule because the projections on the rear of his Lotus car enabling the auto to "grab the road" better, were bent instead of straight. Therefore Rindt was disqualified.
one day walkout in sympathy for the veterans, the collegians have been practicing for a week while the Kansas City Chiefs have yet to get together. The Chiefs would need at least a week of workouts at a bare minimum to play in the game.
Royals vs. Orioles
Rindt complained to the officials and executives involved with the race and the officials reversed their ruling, declaring Rindt the winner again. That's like killing two races with one car.
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Merlin Olsen, the star defensive tackle of the Los Angeles Rams, said in Salt Lake that "the all star game is played for charity and if the Chiefs don't play, the fans will blame the players."
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While Olsen admitted the players don't want to antagonize the fans," he added, "we feel we have some pretty important issues at stake and the only way we can make the owners listen is to withhold our services."
The Kansas City Royals open a three game series with the American League's eastern division leading Baltimore Orioles with a 7:15 encounter tonight at Municipal Stadium. Night games are scheduled for tomorrow and Thursday with the same 7:15 p.m. starting time. Plenty of seats are available all nights.
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