1975_05 The Daily Collegian May 1975

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Bulldoggers prepare for
season's final rodeo
Cteftehetnr
Ttot   te tto enotelon that  maay of the tea**, la the AmericM
After rashly ctooekasj the Yinto*a to «
E* of tto Yanks' scejMMtl« of Jim •Catfish* Hunter from the
time worM champlM Oakland A'a. and tea trade wtocfc bought
Bonds tor Bobby tourer. before It', loo tote, I'm gMng to go
How I paeeed over the Baltimore Oriole* 1. beyond mo.
For om thing, tto Ortoto* are like tto Ysntoea of old, they tara .
winning trademark They've raptured the division title Am time* in
tto test Ms year..
AIM ttoy dtob't .aactly do too bad 1.tto winter, obtelMac MaCtenal
League Maaatoute U* May (fro*. Houatoa) and Km f
Tto Mgsjeat thtag Baltimore tea going tor Itesif right now is ttot
their ace of oM, Jim Palmer, looks Mb*the pitcher to was from 1868
to 1872 again, instead of tto sore-armed pitcher that was 7-12 tost
season with s 2.87 ERA.
Tto veteran rtgiattonder Is bow 2-1, with a low 8.70 ERA.
Today palmer gee* against the Yankee. asM Hunter (1-2) te New
York.
Msy, meanwhile, to. led tto Ortoto*. hitting attack with tour home
rues sad 14 runs tatted In, leading the Asaerican League la both categories sfter the flrat two weeks of tto Maine.
e, m far I. tto .arly going. Palmer and May have contributed
May'. anraHdaMa tat has acetate*, tor two of Baltimore's win*
already tMa Ma a on In om gam* to blasted a pair M three-nan
homer, aad a Mcrlflce fly te a com shook 8*7 whs ewer tto Botton
Bad Baa, the teem ttoy sre currently tied with tor tterd place. Both
teems have a 7-2 mark, and am throe gaiuM toMnd leegue-leading
Detroit (10-5).
Of eouroo. May'a credantlala wore ImproaaiM before moving to
I has averaged more than 80 homer, aad hteter tto. 85
The Steajtoto. trade, oomtec I. s nnWplaiar deal wMeh m« 17-
gsme winner Dave McNally go to MontrMl. Is a big factor ta tto
Ortoto'. penauMM hope.. Bo fsr to hasn't been a arater coMrlbator, bet
Ms record (.878-74-2) wtrh tto Espaa tool rat* ■ ttot to ahouM help
la tto loag ran.
0*a Mtctors Mike CtoUar (82-10 1a 888 tunings in 1874), Roe.
Griroatoy (12-12 aad 888). aad Mike Torres (om M tto players In
tto Espo-Oiiote trade, who wm 15-9 la lMlatong. IsM year) abootd
give Baltimore all tto fire-power they eaad.
Add -old rwhabtea' Brooks Robinson, PmI Blair, Bobby Grlch,
sad Co., aad It daae sound Mho aa
And Tommy Dovte was tho beet <
each of tto last two uiteu. He Mt .888 and tad 24 r
home raao la 1874.
Of couree, offense Is aaoto.. without Maody toraM,oiasu..a from tto
pltrhinc rotation - aad teat's why Palmer's conntacfc is peobobly
the meat Impnrtant Magto factor la the yeaag 1875 *enson.
Any time you trade sway s proven major leaguer ttto McNally
y« are taking s faaibli. And there ws* no doubt teat tto big oneetlou
mark tor rite Oriole* tM* season will te their pitching-
Right now, however, it looks as though Palmer is returning to Ms
1878 Cy Young term. Aad that probably meaas that yea'll protaMy to
seeing the **ro* oM cast again mm fall 1. the playoff, aad mayto in
tto WorM Series tM. time, too.
It boa been a nip-and-tuck tattle all Ma aos, hat It looks m if
the CSUF rodeo teas, to gecker-
M the aaaaoa M Pierce Calias*
Dudtoy Ltttte, toot year's an-
ttoaal aU-around chamatea cowboy, took Aral la tto San Lais
Obispo eweM aad i. tto aaMoaal
point tender te the overall stand
team.
Atoo piaciac first far Fraaaso
uea Clay Meyers la tto ball rtd-
tag. •Everyeae placed ta their
sMtton BSM tor the team  •Par s
all-roan teem we sre easy well
enters two or more events aed
ttot give* m s totter chance to
M CM P*je and Pjoaee I
wea tto pnM tying, to pea. Ska
imiii to a Mcaad place flMM
BULL RIDER -
captured flrat pine, ta late
Ootopo* tooyers and
asdtoruuj meenssuk
'.and 17).
om of CSur * aMMuasftag oousteys, Tto CSfJP radae tees.
•hand's redM M CM Poly, San Luis M lavttettM to tto aad
ste* outeetatsd the Mustaruj* by 40 Bocemaa, MoateM with
r their final rodeo M Pare* College ftret or escoad ptoce I
WEEKEND
SPORTS
IRIUAY
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dan rial., aooa (DM)
Baseball team hosts San Jose
Press***, tosetall Mesa tries to
get m tto wtssdag track again
this weekend, boating the second-
plac Sea Jose State Spartsas ta
a throe-game Pod Ac Coest A thistle AMMiorlM eeatoraan m-
rlM at Beasan FieM.
Sa. JoM'adlamondroenare7-5
in league actloa MM ar. 80-17
crver.ll. Tto BblaSag" sr.3-101.
id   81 sad 88
limited their PC AA fippoaiatstoa
mesaly .191 betting average Asa
IN. their EftA 1a 0.98.
ProaM's Bo. 1 PCAA totter is
Randy Robert., who backs up test
ya.rs all-PCAA second base-
roan Bob Felts. Roberts is hitting
over .880 te the contorence.
BMtott'screw is hitting around
.110 M a
once, aad .880 overall.
Starling aad CvsuJrea still re-
mate m the only ataiteng sorters
pltehlnc over tto .800 mark
After tMs week's three-game
sertes with San JoM. tea team
travels to Sacramento on Tbm-
day aad than clones their *
oM tto following eushata M San
Spartan coach Gene Msnge.
will probably etlllte Ms stsrtleg
rotation of Jeff Gingrich (8-1 sad
o.41 ERA). Stems ForbM(3-Saad
1 89) sad Steve Frier (0-8 sad
OS) (Editor's note: All figures
rtvM.re PCAA ststts'
CMCh Bab B*M*fi will prob-
go with pitchers Gary Star-
Una. Brad Kelley and MtkoMor-
. Storllng is -t overall. K*l-
t. 3-7, sad Murphy Is 8-S. Al
(8-4) coaM alao get a
nod, If Bennett decsoes
-emova his ac« reliefer froro
Sea Joto'a toot Mfter. are
wally Tairhur (.888), Devo JoM
328), *QdTomHi*al8g*l*(HO)
Moot of tho spartaaa' suaceaa
ttoir Mtttssj.
The  Baa Jcaa  barters hasp
(The meanest drink in town)