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Thursday, April 7, 1977
University Dally Kansan
Toronto Blue Jays make debut
By The Associated Press
Major league baseball debuts in Toronto today and just so the brand new Blue Jays don't feel cheated, Commissioner Bowie Kuhn and American League President Lee MacPhail will make an all-night flight to be on hand for the historic occasion.
Kuhn and MacPhaul were scheduled to be in Seattle for the night opener of the expansion Mariners yesterday and they were to head to Toronto to join an anticipated crowd of 45,000 fans in welcoming Canada's second big league franchise.
Toronto Manager Roy Hartfield is going with veteran Bill Singer as his opening day pitcher against the Chicago White Sox, who will counter with Ken Brett.
THE TORONTO-Chicago game is one of the most competitive games in the American League games, Lakers City were be at Detroit, Texas at Baltimore, Milwaukee at New York, and Cleveland at Atlanta.
In the National League, St. Louis opens at
Pittsburgh, New York is at Chicago and San Francisco at Los Angeles.
The season officially opened yesterday at Cincinnati where the defending world champion Bucks beat the San Diego Padres, and the Panthers' Antonio Domingo's two-run homer before 11.937 fans.
LAST NIGHT, California and Seattle over the American League chase in Seattle.
Singer, 32, is the leader of a veteran Toronto pitching staff. The rest of the Blue Jay lineup is decidedly younger with rookies like catcher Rick Cereno, first pitcher and outfielders Steve Bowling, Gary Woods and John Scott counted on heavily.
The Blue Jays will play in Exhibition Stadium, home of the Canadian Football League Toronto Argonauts. The ball park was refurbished for baseball at a cost of $10 million.
CHICAGO ALSO has a new manager with
Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Lebon in charge
'Hawks go to semi-finals
Jayhawks win 2 at KSU
A three-run third inning carried the Kansas Jayhawks to a 3-1 victory over Kansas Wesleyan yesterday in the first game of Kansas Baseball Tournament in Manhattan.
Spring and softball are supposed to go together, but until yesterday the Jayhawk softball team had seen little evidence of that.
Playing their first games in warm, sunny weather, the Jayhawks won a doubleheader from Kansas State, 2-0 and 8-1, in Manhattan. The team's record is now 6-0.
The Jayhawks continue to get strong pitching from their two starters, Gloria Graves, Topeka junior, and Shelley Sinclair, Tulsa, Okla., sophomore.
In the first game, Graves pitched a no-hitter and struck out 11, as KU got two runs on seven hits. K-State No. 1 pitcher left the ball in the middle of inning after a line drive split her hand.
In other first round action, Emporia Kansas State College defeated Friends University and continues today with the Jayhawks meeting Emporia State at noon, and Marymont playing Washburn at p. 12 in the semi-round games of those games will meet p. 10.
Blue to return; may be traded
of the White Sox this season. The Sox also will have some new faces in their lineup including outfielder Oscar Gamble, acquired from the New York Yankees Tuesday in the deal for shortstop Bucky Dent.
CHICAGO (UPI) - Oakland A's owner Charles O. Firelin said pitcher Vida Blue, who walked on out on the Oakland A's Monday, is scheduled to rejoin the team tomorrow, but will be $2,000 poorer for his unauthorized vacation.
KU STARTED its rally against Kansas wesleyan with two outs in the third inning and scored on a triple by Monson Vowl, who was singled home by Ron MacDonald to give the Jayhawks a 2-4 lead. MacDonald stole second and scored on two passed balls.
Nancy Stout, Newton junior, hit a home run to drive in one of the Jayhawks' two runs and went three for three in the first game.
Finley said yesterday he had been promised Blue would rejoin the team tomorrow by the left-handed pitcher's agent, Chris Daniels.
Meanwhile, Texas owner Brad Corbett said in Arlington, Tex., there was a 50-50 chance of the Rangers getting Blue in a trade. Corbett and club Executive Vice President Eddie Robinson spent much of Tuesday in Chicago talking with Finley.
KU starter Rick Bogdan struck out four in picking up his second win. Bogdan was relieved in the seventh inning by Terry Cunningham, who picked up his first save of the season.
KU returned to its impressive hitting form in the second game by getting eight on 11 hits. Sinclair pitched for KU and allowed only three hits while striking out
Following those talks Corbett indicated he was trying to put together a package that would send $1.3 million and six players to Oakland in exchange for Blue.
Kansas Wesleyan out hit the 'Hawks, 6-3, but could score only one run, that in turn led to a four-point loss.
Donna Sullivan, Kansas City, Kan,
junior, who was hitting .600 going into
yesterday's games, went two for three, and
hit four in five. Donna Sullivan,
Kan, junior, was three for three.
Finley said, "I notified his agent he (Blue) was going to be suspended for 30 days, which would cost him $30,000 in cash. If there were 1000 if he doesn't come back immediately."
"His agent called back two hours later and said Vida would be back Friday. He told me he had traded and then I traded him to the Yankees. His agent said he was going to sue me. I told him to go ahead and sue me. I also told him Blue was being fired $600 for the theft of his phone."
BLUE WAS scheduled to start in the A's season opener against the Minnesota Twins Saturday in Oakland, where Billy Carter was to throw out the first ball. But the former Cy Young award winner left the A's he had been winning for. He was "fed up with the man (Finkel)."
"I'm not going to put up with any neeman吉ans this season," Finley said.
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BOTH TEAMS will have expensive free agents in their lineup with $2.9 million Reggie Babbard patrolling right field for the Rockies and Paul Salbant at binder base for the Brewers.
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