Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 226, Decatur, Adams County, 24 September 1964 — Page 7

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, IM4

Massacre Over At Lake Erie; May Be Starting At Philly

Shraluka’s Slants By Bob Shraluka

Wha’ Happened? How things have changed! A week ago, the American League was proudly pointing to its threeteam dogfight, while the National circuit was becoming resigned to the fact that the Phils had their first' perinant since 1950 wrapped up. But all of a sudden, the situation is reversed. Redleg fans are coming to life, such as the boss of the Court street coffee house and the Pollock clan, while the Irish barber west of City Hall and the W brothers oft* the confectionery business, have quieted down about their white stockings. Recent occurences in the two leagues remind one of two former pennant races. The Phillies of ’SO had the flag wrapped up, apparently, at the same time that year as in this season. With 11 games remaining, they held a 7 1 /? game bulge, and, believe it or not, nearly blew it! The Whiz Kids downed Brooklyn in extra innings of the final game of the season to nip the Bums at the wire. The big item to keep in mind for the season’s N. L. race is that the Phillies, just three games ahead of the Reds in the lost column after last night, still have two games left to play with the Reds (on the final two days), and three with the Cardinals, who can’t be counted out either. This one is far from over! The American race (or used to be) looks much like the one back in ’55. With 18 games to go that year, Cleveland led the Yanks by a half game, the White Sox by a game and a half, and the Red Sox by three. With 12 days to go, the Tribe had a two-game lead over the Yanks, but the New Yorkers started an eight-game winning streak. When the smoke had cleared, the Yankees had beaten the Indians by three games, as they won 17 and lost just six in the month of September. The story has been much the same this year. After last riight’s twin victories, the Yankees had compiled an 18-5 record in September to break a close race wide open. The ‘magic number’ with Baltimore was 12 before Tuesday’s games. Today it is just six — and the same figure will oust the Sox. Admitting to a bit of prejudice, we would like to look back on a little incident involving a musical instrument that occurred on Tuesday, August 20 and say that it may have been the turning point in the race. The Bronz lads dropped their two contests following the much-publicized harmonica incident on August 20. Since the second game of a twi-night doubleheader at Boston, on August 22, which the Yanks began six games off the pace, they have won 24 games and lost just seven, an unbelievable .793 pace. Here are the records of the three clubs since ‘Harmonica Day:’ Yanks, 24-9; Orioles, 16-17; Sox, 15-17. Incidents like that sometimes snap a team out of lethargy, which it apparently did for the Yanks. Sure hope Phil can remember that tune for the Series! ,

Hazelwood In Ft. Wayne Game On Saturday Local football fans will have an opportunity Saturday to see a former Decatur high school grid star in action at Fort Wayne. Steve Hazelwood, the big Yellow Jacket tackle from last season,. will be in the defensive line when his Manchester College eleven takes on a good Taylor team at Northrop Field, at North Side high school. The afternoon contest is slated to begin at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon. Tickets will be on sale at the gate that afternoon. Hazelwood, who received allNEIC first team and all-state honorable mention as a Yellow Jacket last fall, played the entire game in the middle of the Manchester line at Alma, Mich., last Saturday, as his club suffered a 10-2 loss. Though only a freshman, Hazelwood is the biggest player in the Manchester defensive lineup, and

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was reported to be a bulwark in the line last week when the only Alma touchdown came on an intercepted pass. STEVE HAZELWOOD (Going Great)

By FRED DOWN UPI Sports Wdßer The massacre of Lake Erie is over and the American League pennant race has gone up in the smoke of New York Yankee firepower , It’s all over except for the popping of the champagne corks in the Yankee clubhouse because the defending champions have rocketed into a four-game lead over both the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox. The Yankees have 10 games to play but their magic pen-nant-clinching number is down to six — meaning that any combination of Yankee victories and losses by either opponent totaling six will end the race. Phrased more simply in view of the Yankees* current nineBaseball Will Move To South: Perini, Jr. MIAMI BEACH (UPI) — Land developer Lou Perini Jr., son of a prominent stockholder and former owner of the Milwaukee Braves, said Wednesday that major league baseball would come to the South next year. Perini, in a talk before the Florida Citrus Commission, did not name any clubs or locations, but told an associate iater he was referring to the Braves, rumored moving to Atlanta after this season. Perini left for San Francisco and was not available for further comment on his remarks. Lou Perini Sr., said, however, he did not believe his son made the statements attributed to him. “I don’t believe my son said anything of the kind,” the elder Perini told Lou Chapman of the Milwaukee Sentinel in a telephone conversation from New York. “He never talks about baseball. He’s not even a baseball fan,” said the elder Perini. “It’s a case of who’s putting whose words in whose mouth. He not only couldn’t say it, he doesn’t even know what’s going on.” Asked about the rumored move, Perini, who owns 10 per cent of the Braves’ stock, said “all I know is what I read in the papers." In Atlanta, Arthur L. Montgomery, chairman of the sports commission building a new stadium in the Georgia capital, refused to confirm or deny that the Braves planned to move into the stadium. Montgomery said the city has a “working agreement” with a major league club, but that any announcement would have to come from the club involved. Canada Favored To Gain A Net Berth YOKOHAMA, Japan (UPI)— Canada is a heavy favorite to gain one of the four berths available for the Olympic basketball competition when the qualifying round-robin tournament gets underway today. The nations will take part in the qualifying round, from which four teams will emerge to join the 16-counjry. field for the Olympic Games. Canada faces Australia, whose 6-foot-8 center is the tallest player in the tournament, in one opening round game. The other pairings find Indonesia meeting Thailand; Malaysia vs. Taiwan (Nationalist China); Cuba vs. Sou’h Korea; and Mexico vs. Philippines. Ordinarily only two places are at stake in the qualifying round but when Czechoslovakia and the United Arab Republic withdrew, four berths became available. All the action will take place in the Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium built three years ago. International rules will be used and there will be no playoffs. Reelect Boulmetis ' NEW YORK (UPI) — The Joc k e y’s Guild announced Wednesday that Sam Boulmetis was reelected president for a second straight term. Boulmetis became head of the riders’ organization in 1962 when he succeeded Eddie Arcaro.

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game whirlwind streak, the Yankees will win the pennant merely by winning six of their remaining 10 games. Sweep Doubleheader The Yankees moved to the threshold of their fifth straight flag and first under Yogi Berra when they swept a twi-night doubleheader from the Cleveland Indians 4-3 in 11 innings t and 6-4 Wednesday night. Their second straight doubleheader sweep enabled the Yankees to pick up a game and a half on the Orioles, who lost to the Detroit Tigers 10-3 and a half half game on the White Sox, who scored a 2-1 win over the Los Angeles Angels. The Yankees completed their mission of whipping the Indians four in a row in Cleveland with Elston Howard’s 11thinning homer breaking up the opener and a tattoo of four singles sparking a decisive three-run fifth-inning rally in the second game. Ex-Cleveland righthander Pedro Ramos finished both games, working a total of 2 2-3 scoreless innings, although Pete Mikkelsen received credit for his sixth win in the first game -and Roland Sheldon was credited with his fifth victory in the nightcap. Bobby Richardson had four hits for the Yankees during the doubleheader and John Romano homered for the Indians in each game. Rookie Gets Win Bill Freehan drove in four runs with three hits and Jerry Lumpe, Al Kaline and Norm Cash had two hits each in the Tigers’ 11-hit assault on Steve Barber and five relievers. Rookie Johnny Seale, recently recalled from Syracuse in the International League, allowed one run in four innings of middleinning relief to pick up his first big league win. The White Sox pulled out their victory over the Angels when they, scored an unearned _ run in the ninth inning against 19-game winner De a n Chance, appearing in a rare relief role. The White Sox had tied the score against Chance in the eighth when Don Buford doubled home Floyd Robinson, who had walked. Hoyt Wilhelm received credit for his 11th triumph. Twa other rookies joined Seale in scoring their first victories as the Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Athletics 2-1 and the Washington Senators defeated the Boston Red Sox 4-0 in other AL action. Wins Second Game Dave Boswell, 19-year old righthander, went eight innings to win in his second appearance for the Twins, who scored the winning run in the fourth on Earl Battey’s sacrifice fly. Dick Green homered for the Athletics. Don Loun, 23-year old lefthander, pitched a five-hitter and walked none in his debut for the Senators. Washington’s run came in the second inning when Chuck Hinton and Joe Cunningham singled and Hinton scored as Ken Retzer hit into a double play. Johnny Wyatt and Dick Radatz relieved for the Athletics and Red Sox, respectively, setting a new major league record of 75 pitching appearances in a season. The old mark of 74 was set by Jim Konstanty of the Philadelphia Phillies in 1950. Phils Faltering Are the Philadelphia Phillies faltering or fainting? That’s the big question in the suddenly revived National League race today with the

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YAT BACK— -Y. A. Tittle, fresh out of the hospital and still battered and bone-weary from the pounding he took at the hands of the Pittsburgh Steelers last Sunday, goes through the motions of a workout with the Giants Wednesday. The peerless passer promised to play against the Washington Redskins this weekend. If he doesn’t, which seems to be the case, Gary Wood, the QB rookie from Cornell, will try to get the Giants on.the winning road.

Cincinnati Reds back within striking range of first place but with the Phillies still enjoying a 3V4 .game lead. The question is not whether the Reds can keep winning but whether the Phillies can start •winning again. The Reds bounced smartly back into long-shot contention Wednesday night when their 64 victory completed a three-game sweep of the Phillies and dealt them their fifth loss in their last six games. The Reds, meanwhile, have won four straight and seven out of nine. Hopes Are Brightening Supporting the Reds’ hopes is the fact that they play five of their last 10 games with the last-place New York Mets and also have two face-to-face meetings with the Phillies. Against this reasonably optimistic outlook is the simple mathematical fact that five Philadelphia victories in their final nine games would mean the Reds would have to win nine out of 10 to tie for the flag and create a playoff. But pennants are wot on the playing field, not in accounting department, and the gallant Reds certaily played the part of the “hot club” in hammering out their Wednesday night victory. Vada Pinson hit two homers—one breaking a 1-1 tie in the sixth and the other snapping a 3-3 tie and boosting the Reds into a 6-3 lead in the seventh. The Phillies staged their big counter threat in the seventh when Sammy Ellis walked three batters, but Ellis then struck out clutch-hitter Johnny Callison and Tony Taylor to end the inning. Dennis Bennett, tagged for eight hits and four runs in six innings, suffered hi s 13th loss while Bill McCool picked up his sixth win for the Reds. Other NL Action Elsewhere in the NL, the Mets shaded the ’St. Louis Cardinals 2-1, the San Francisco Giants downed the Houston Colts with Juan Marichal notching his 20th win 4-1, the Chicago Cubs belted the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-6, and the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Milwaukee Braves 74. Doubles by Bobby Klaus and Ed Kranepool and pitcher Roger Craig's throwing error enabled the Mets to come from behind with two runs in the seventh inning. The victory was the Mets’ 51st of the season—the most they’ve scored in their three seasons of existence. Bill White homered for the Cardinals. Marichal Notches 20th Marichal. a 25-game winner last season, raised his 1964 mark to 20-7 with a five-hitter in which he walked five but struck out nine. Triples by .Harvey Kuenn and Matty Alou and a double by Alou were the big blows in the Giants’ eight-hit attack against Don Larsen and three successors. Larry Jackson yielded six runs over the last three innings but staggered the distance to his 22nd victory for the Cubs. The Cubs piled up a 9-0 lead in six innings with Billy Cowan and Len Gabrielsen hitting homers and Ernie Banks collecting three hits and driving in two runs. Willie Stargell’s three-run in-side-the-park homer climaxed a six-run second-inning rally that paved the way for Joe Gibbon to score his 10th victory for the Pirates. Joe Torre homered for the Braves but it wasn’t enough to save Tony Cloninger from suffering his 14th loss.

Offensive Line ? ( No, its only a dream fellas) READY FOR ACTlON— Decatur high school’s cheerleaders are ready for the Friday night action with Portland (in football jerseys, no less). The seven yell leaders are, left to right, Linda Kenworthy, Michelle Jones, Sandy Singleton, Barb Conrad, Pam Heffner, Cheri Jacobs, ano Carole Mitch. , — (Photo by Mac Lean)

Booster Club To Honor F ootball Parents F riday

Parents of the Decatur high school football team members will be honored by the Booster Club before the opening kickoff Major Leagues| By I‘nltnl Prraw Intrrnnllonnl Nlltlonnl Leitgwr W. 1,. Pct. GB Philadelphia 9P 83 .588 Cincinnati 88 86 .366 3% St. Louth 84 61 .556 5 San Francisco 85 68 .556 5 Milwaukee 78 73 .517 tl Pittsburgh 77 73 513 11% Lns ~ Angeles 75 77 .493 14«4 Chicago 69 82 .457 20 Houston 64 90 .416 26 54 New York 51 100 .331 58 Wednesday's llesults New York 2 St. Louis 1 Chicago 9 Los Angeles 6 Cincinnati 6 Philadelphia 4, night Pittsburgh 7 Milwaukee 4, night San Francisco 4 Houston 1, night Thursday's Probnble PHehera Los Angeles at Chicago—Singer (0-0) vs. Ellsworth (14-16). Milwaukee at Philadelphia, night — Blasingame (6-5) vs. Bunning (18-5). St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 2, twinlght—Sadeckl (18-10) and Gibson (16-11) v«. Friend (12-18) and Wood (0-0). (Only games scheduled) Frldey’u Games Cincinnati at New fork 2, twlnight • Milwaukee at Phila., night St. Louts at Pittsburgh, night San Francisco at Chicago Los Angeles at Houston, night > American League W. L. Pct. GB New York 93 79 .612 Baltimore 90 64 584 4 Chicago 90 64 .584 4 Detroit 80 73 .523 13% Los Angelos 78 77 .503 16% Cleveland ~K n .467 17«. Minnesota 76 77 .497 17% Boston 69 8.7 4,8 25. Washington 60 94 .390 34 Kansas City 55 97 .362 38 Wednesday's Besnits Detroit 10 Baltimore 3 New York 4 Cleveland 3. let, 11 innings, twl-llght New York 6 Cleveland 4, 2nd, night Chicago 2 Los Angeles 1 n'ght Minnesota 2 Kansas City I, night Washington 1 Boston 0, n'ght Thursday's Gnmes (No games scheduled) Friday's Game* Minnesota at Los Angeles, n:ght Chicago at Kansas City, night Boston at Detroit Baltimore at Cleveland, night New York at Washing! tit, nlrht

of the Decatur - Portland game Friday night. Parents of the players are requested to be at the field no later than 7:15 p.m. Friday, with the ceremonies slated to get underway at 7:30. The parents will be lined up on the field in front of the Decatur stands, to be introduced to the crowd, and each father and mother will be presented with a small gift. Fathers will wear the same City Golf Title Up In Playoff Sunday Bob Helm and Tom Cravens will tee off at 10 a. m. Sunday in the 18-hole playoff for the 1964 City Golf championship, Luke Majorki, owner and pro of the local course, said today. Helm, this year’s match play champion, and runnyr-up in last year’s city tournament, fired a five-over-par 77 Suhday to com? from three strokes behind Cravens and force a deadlock at the end of the regulation 72 holes. Both shot 309 for the tournament. Persons interested in watching the head-to-head battle for the title are to attend.

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number their sons are wearing on the field, and the parents will be lined up in the order of their numbers. To Introduce Lowell J. Smith, veteran public address system announcer for the football games, will handle the introductions of the parents for the Booster Club. Following the annual ceremonies, the parents will be seated in a special reserved bleacher section for the football game, which opens at 8 o'clock. “Parents’ Nights” has been held for many seasons in football by the Booster Club, which also holds similar affairs during the basketball and wrestling seasons in the winter. Club Committee Some of the club members in charge of this year's program are Dick Linn, Fred Isch, Dave Wynn, Jim Cowens, Ray Seitz, Mike Thoele, John Isch, Herb Banning, Jr., and Bob Shraluka. The club will also have memberships on sale during halftime bers of the club may attend the tomorrow night. Memberships are priced at $5 and only members of the club may attend the banquet at the close of the foot-