Detroit Beats An^ on Kimm's First Home
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Daily News-Miner, Fairbanks, Alaska, Wednesday, August 18,1976-A-17 Detroit beats An^ _ _ _ on Kimm's first home run By The Associated Press Kimm then walloped a Tanana fasl ball The Detroit Tigers' rookie bounded into the upper deck two innings later around the bases with his arms raised Royals 4, Indians 3 jumping for joy all the way. Brett stole home with two out in the Daily Mews - Miner* Mark "The Bird" Fidrvch, righl? bottom of the 10th. He singled with one Wrong! oul, slote second and continued lo third "I'm always exciled when 1 do on a wild throw by catcher Rick Cerone something great and 1 don't do Wilh Dave Nelson at bat, Brett broke something great very often," said a for the plate and was Iwo-thirds of the bubbling catcher Bruce Kimm, who way home before reliever Dave helped fellow rookie Fidrych to his 14th LaRoehe noticed him and he slid safely victory in 18 decisions wiih an eighth- under the pilch. inning home run off Frank Tanana—his It was the fourth straight victory for single by Her! Camp.incris. first in the majors—that gave Ihe the Royals. Yankces2, Rangers 1 three-run homer in (he lirsl inning off Tigers a 3-2 triumph over the California A's 5, Brewers 4 Craig Nellies slammetl his 13th home Tom Johnson, who was making his first Angels. The A's stole four more bases to run cf (he season on rookie Tommy • big league star. It was Kimm's night. .and Fidrych make 260 thefts, the most by a major Hoggs' first pitch in Ihe bottom of the White Sox 2-7, Red Sox 1-11 knew it. "H—, yeah, I'm happy," said league team since 1913. They're taking ninlh inning. Oscar Gamble homered Boston's (lob Montgomery drove in the young pitching sensation, "but not aim at the record of 347 by (he 1911 New for New York's first run while Doyle five runs wilh a three-rim homer and a as happy as Bruce Kimm is." York Giants. Alexaner pitched a five-hitter and two-run double in (he nighlcap while Elsewhere in Ihe American League Trailing 4-3, Phil Garner walked with blanked Texas unlil (heninth. Hick Burleson had seven hits in 10 at- Kansas City edged Cleveland 4-3 on one oul in Ihe seventh, stole second and bats during (he twin bill. However, George Brett's steal of home in the 10th scored on Bill North's single. North Orioles 10, Twins 3 Chicago won the opener as Pal Kelly Inning, Oakland nipped Milwaukee 5-4, took second on the throw to the plate Lee May drove in live runs wilh a singled dome one run and (hen doubled the New Yor|{ Yankees shaded Texas 2- and came home with the winning on a homer, triple and single as Baltimore in the ninlh and scored on a single bv 1, Baltimore, trounced Minnesota 10-3 won its fourth in a row. May cracked a UillSlcin. and Boston split a doubleheader with the Chicago White Sox, losing Ihe opener 2-1 and winning the nightcap 11- Fidrych fell behind 2-0 as Ron SLIDING HOME—Shortstop Chris Bando National Baseball Congress National Jackson homered for California in the of the Anchorage Glacier Pilots was safe in Tournament. The tournament continues fifth, but the Tigers tied il in the sixth this play at the plate Tuesday in the Pilots' today in Wichita, Kan. <AP wircphoM on a walk to Kimm, Ron LcFlore's game against Clarinda, Iowa at the triple and Alex Johnson's sacrifice fly. Goldpanners to challenge Pilots WICHITAWIOHITA , Kan.-ThIf nn TLien AnchoragA „„!,„„„.,e„ I__ ... _ T-.-I , „ , . ~ In the Pilots win, Bob Pate smacked a Terre Haute takes on Clarinda ... Glacier Pilots scored nine runs in the three-run homer in the first and Greg third, scoring five run on a single by first inning here Tuesday and went on loser's bracket action today and Rapid John Rode, two walks, two errors arid a Cypret hit a solo shot in the second. City, S.D. plays Boulder, Colo, in the to beat Clarinda, Iowa 12-1 in National balk. Rohde also slammed a home run Clarlnda's only run came in the top of winners bracket. Baseball Congress- National Tour- the fifth on a single by Danny Cans. in the sixth and Charles Cary bit a nament action. John Penn pitched a one-hitter for homer in the seventh. The Pilots' win sets up a Goldpanner- The Goldpanners didn't play Terr Haute. The Indianansscored three Rocky Thompson blasted homers in the first and fourth innings to lead Pilots game Thursday at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, but there were three other runsin the second inning, with Bill Fairbanks time. Both teams are un- games. Liebler's single driving in two. Liberal, which broke the game open in the fourth on a homer by Steve defeated and each have won two games Eureka got (our runs in the bottom of in what started out as a 16-team Lubratich, a double by Jack Hudson Terre Haute, Inci. eliminated the tirst inning on doubles by Kalph national tournament. and a single by Gary Agair. Greensboro, N.C. 4-0, Grand Rapids , Gage and Steve Vanderson. A homer by Five teams have lost twice and been Mich, defeated Eureka, Calif., 11-4, and Gusemilla Bonillo homered for 'Phil Westerdort scoredEureka's fourth Tallahassee in the fourth and Carlos eliminated from the double-elimination Liberal, Kan., eliminated Tallahassee, run in the seventh. tournament. Fla. 10-4. Lizcano homered for the Florida in (he Grand Papids went ahead in the sixth Jim Heavyweight star THERE'S THE POSITION of Hollywood moguls that movie stars are the most fragile of God's creatures. That, compared to them a ANOTHER OAKLAND STEAL-Oakland hummingbird is a Percheron. action at Milwaukee. Oakland leads both A's Billy North arrives at third base just leagues with 2«H stolen bases so far this They take out policies insuring thier big blue eyes, their shapely ahead of the throw to Jack Heidemann season. Oakland won the game, 5-4. gams or other curvatures against damage. They forbid them to go Tuesday night during American League motorcycle riding, skin-diving and auto racing, and would prefer they not bathe unattended. They consider them asssets, not human beings. They would faint dead away if they found one in the backfield of the Chicago Bears or on a polo pony or around-the-world sail. Yachts are all right as long Defector wants to leave Canad as they stay tied up at the marina ana the girls' ages are checked a MONTREAL (AP)-Thrcc weeks They didn't even want them running for governor. spokesman said that Nemtsanov had After talking lor 15 minutes, he left YOU CAN IMAGINE, then, the consternation that would have run after his disappearance from (fie announced his decision (o return home Olympic Village and apparenl defec with the officials from the Soviet through old Hollywood at the news that a hot, young property a in a meeting with department officials consulate in Montreal. lion, Russian diver Sergei Nemtsanov Monday. But the youngster had said he rising star, was going to climb into the ring with (he heavyweight has changed his mind and decided to Before reaching his decision, champion of the world. Without a double. Without even a stunt man wanted to "sleep on it" before meeting Nemtsanov is reported to have stayed return to his country after expressing wilh Soviet authorities, the official said. for the longshots. Louie B. Mayer would have collapsed. concern for his grandmother in Ihe for at least a week with Fleming and his To you and me, Kenny Norton is 6 feet 3 inches of heavyweight Soviet Union. family at a summer home in Ihe Ncmlsanov met. again with the im- Muskoka Lakes area north of Toronto. contender, No. 2 in the world, and one of only two men ever to defeat An official at the Soviet consulate migration officials Tuesday afternoon Muhammad Ali. To Hollywood, which is in desperate need of black here said Tuesday Dial Nerntsanov was and confirmed (hat he wanted (o go actors who look good with their shirts off or their pants too tight he in the building but said he was "very home. tired and won't be in a position to make The officials, along with an in UNCLE'S looks like a return to the good old days. ' any comments." Slave movies (Drum, Mandingo) are boffo at the box office this terpreter and Toronto resident John FAMILY PIZZA PARLOR the official would not say when Ihe Fleming-will! whom the youth was season, and Kenny Norton flexing his muscles on the old plantation 17-year-old Oliver would return to Ihc staying while. i;i Canada-then went, to - is the biggest thing to happen to bookings since John Wayne got on a Soviet Union, but the next scheduled Snow Cones • Balloons horse. the coffee shop of a downtown hotel Aeroflot flipsht to Moscow from Mon- with Nemtsanov lo meet with Soviet ACROSS FROM THE DAILY NEWS ftHNfFI KENNY, AT THE moment, can't make up his mind whether he POLISHING UP—Heavyweight contender Ken Norton Ircal is on Thursday. officials. wants to be the new Jack Dempsey or the new Paul Muni His does a bit of car polishing at his training camp in Gilman Although Nemtsanov made no public agents, of course, are sitting up nights gulping pills and turning comments himself, two lawyers who Springs, Calif.