The Independent-News, Volume 92, Number 45, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 6 April 1967 — Page 2

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THE INDEPEXDENT-NEWS — APRIL 6. 1967

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IT ALL BEGINS NT :T 'k The American nd x itional leagues will start in L'G? baseball was n in (pie-' of ’ W<>i Id Sei ies tit h Balt . , t , i the defending « hamp th L is Angeles the Nat >nal League winner However uch i <n happen in a year or Wo s ume. This has been very < I vious . ■ the past few years. IN THE AMERICAN 9 ague the Yankees have <> minded this for so long wi one super stat after anoth- jt s ems almost impossibl that hey could have dropped uni a string of pennant wim. rs the •ast two pennants, it ts the first time since the Work War II Jays. 1916 to be exact. * .at the \ ankess have lost m< than me pennant in a row. T is year doesn't appear to be air they will threaten again as the Yankees are finally f ling the .•inch of hot .always ha ng tjr.it 'onicthing extra comb _ up for hem. Also, they haM n been ibl. to trade for nann i ets in cent years like the; n t u past. THE YANKEES DIDN’T EN- (• r the building for a lot of play's with the big bom > dollars in past years. They Dusted their name” to get play. rs to sign with them and wha’ they didn’t g t this way. the; traded for with other clubs. To sign a player of an; name now it takes the old btkks to d. the job. This s < vidi-nt as you h ir of the big bonus battles from time to tin * get the out stand ng prospects IN THE NATIONAL • eague the Dodgei might be m •or a real big f || also. The; ijave been the <ost dominate i'am in the lea u«- snx. 1959 wen though ue nmg back - tobaik {amnants ii the senior < n . UI! is a hard tr. k to do. How- '. el the 11. ,df, ... I ) Us ~r ( 11 Vi dpended mostl; < n pitching

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spe< d tnd defense having w- akm hitting chibs but coming through <>n their fine pitching staffs Then fim pitching staff lost its heart this past winter when Sandv Koufax tetind fr< m the gaim be< ause of his arthritic condition in his strong left arm. Just where the Dodgers are going to pick up the wins and the leadership they staff received from Koufax remains to be seen. BOTH LEAGUES ARE RIPE for a different club to dominate them foi a while. However, both le igucs have enough balance that possibly this won't happen m the near future. It could just be that balanced races will be the thing to come here from both the American and National leagues, adding that mu< h more interest to the game. TAKING A CLOSER LOOK it tin- two hagues, m the National. Pittsburgh is the team most Ls l will win it this year. Last Mar the Pirates put on quite a display of team hitting and with some h.-lp for their pitching staff they should be able to be a most seiicU' contender. San Fiamisco has the one pitcher now who stands above the rest with Jann Maiehal. Even though ie wa> a holdout until just last •veek. this big right hander is outstanding and with Koufax gone, h<' should easil; rise to the top Tin ; also have Willie Mavs who still is a tremendous player, di awing <aid and leader to the Giants They have power t«. spare on this < lub. but need a litth more pitching help if they Ue to do the job. PH ILA DELPHI.A HAS TO i ite as a contender Last year they had trouble for a Whib but Gene Mauch has done a go<«j job with this ball < lub and lost out simpl; because they ran out of gas <>n a couple of ocrassioiM Cmcindti has a sound ball chib

even though they suffered a moral i olapse last season when Frank Robinson was peddled to Baltimore and continued to grab headlines all yai This should be about forgotten and the Reds should be a detinate challenge! this year Atlanta is anuthei team that sh'iuld enter the fight in proper fashion. The Braves haw some very strong hitting as wa ll and by this time should be past the Spahn image in their pitching staff witl; .sonic fine hurlers to pave the way. They got off to a bad stait last year but any team with Hank Aaron and Joe Torr<- leading the wav will have to be considered with in the pennant tun. THE DOJMhKS SEEM TO BE a team Hint must drop quitt a ways. Unless they can come up with some surprises to pick up tin- slack, tin ; could almost be lost in the shuffle St. Louis could enter th< batth again, but the Cards just don t seem to have the overall strength needed Tile Cubs have to be improving as Leo Durocher has gone to many young players, but they don't app* ar to be ready to make a serious threat of things. Houston and the Mets have improved tremendousi; The Astros need more hifing but are still a team to batth- you every game. The Mets finally moved out of last pl.uv last year as tla ; have been that t-an serious threat with younger players alb i grabbing about every has been that was around when they first organized. You also don't movt into Shea stadium now for a series and plan n vanning all the games • asilv. W.-. West i urn has done a good j<-b h le but has a lot more to do. IN 'HE AMERICAN league it appears again that Baltimore is the team to beat The success of Baltimore last year was based n the performances of threi r four main players with stead; performances from the rest of t .e team. Their pitching was a Imo l unbelievable with the way sona of the young

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hurlers picked up for the lack of the more established ones. However. it seems hard to believe that Baltimore will get this much out of the key players again this year. Frank Robinson's knee operation could curtail his performances considerably. DETROIT IS FIGURED To be the team most likely to take over if the Orioles fail Detroit has long been high in run scoring. but their pitching usually leaves something to be desired. It is generally felt that with Johnny Sain doing the chores as pitching coach, things will get better for the Tiger staff If they can find a conshstant fourth starter and some g<x>d long relief men, they could be the team to go all the way. MINNESOTA. WHO SNUCK in the final day of the season last year to grab second pl.ice, h s a changed look this year that will make them a different kind of ball cluli. Don Mincher and Jim Hall are gone, taking a lot of punch out of the line-up They went along with severa' othei play<-rs including Pascal. Alien and some lesser players to basically add two pitchei to then CHICAGO AGAIN HAS THE staff. If their pitching improves that much, they will score a lot less runs and also hold their opponents to a lot less runs, pitching, speed and adequate defense. but “No Neck'' Williams isn't going t>> add that much pun< hto this club Tie n hitting is not winning caliber and it forces an extra strain <m the pitching st iff Cleveland will be quite a different < lub also Then personnel is about the same but a change of managers has almost promised a change of attitude, something the Indians have apparently needed The California Angels also should be more powerful picking up additional hitting to add to theh club that has been coming well since their start into the major leagues.

THE YANKEES COULD BE a real surprise one way or another. It s'-ems as if the Yankee image is gone, but they still are the Yankees and this means something. Despite their last place finish last season, no onu can see them finishing that low two years in a row. They aren't the club they used to be with Richardson, Boyer and Kubek missing from the infield and Maris also gone. Mantle’s future is almost day-to-day with his knee problems. Pepitone is plann<-d on filling the outfield spot to give Mantle infield duty, but don’t look for this to last unless Mantle proves he can move quick enough to field the sharp shots in the infield. The powei is much less than it used to bw and their staff contains several that will have to make a good comeback should ’.heir finish lain the first division . WASHINGTON HAS AN IN-ten-sting team under the direction of Hodges. He has made remarkable strides with this team picking up about every castoft the Dodgers have had in the past few years. They seem to be rising and certainly a rent a sure win for any club Boston again will score a lot of rains and yield more They have sonu hitting <>n this club that any team would be glad to have, but they have s<>me they would be glad for any other team to have. Kanses City is another club on the rise. Al Dark has done a fim- job with this club and the success of his v«-ry youthful pitching staff last year should bear out the fact they an- a team to be reckoned with. The; won't rip the fences down with the bat. but are a team that is improving in u tighter game of baseball THINGS SHOULD BE EXCITing in both leagues It will at least draw millions of people to the ball parks and many millions more on TV as the 20 teams battle for the number on*» spot in baseball the World’s Championship, to be derided next Octobei.