The Independent-News, Volume 93, Number 3, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 15 June 1967 — Page 2

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- f OOKS LIKE IT could L mini banner year in major • l.< faseball. With the season ovct nl-third gone. not too much .< <eri settled other than thret • i *m teams in each league have ” id’sho! it things after this mu< a qf the season has been >\ -d. ' often in very adverse Asi tier. If present play concmii " 4,1 should be another ban- » । .■• ar attendance and playing W is* . I'HK TWO LEAGUES HAVE uly be* n dominated by two D-.m > early in the season but r alii ’ than any one team startg o, make a run-a-way of thm«s. .the pies* nt trend is for quit a tightening up in both »*•■,•.*•.'. Rather unexpected but- -by a couple of teams in ea<'h league has added to the I ri. A Sat.. June 16-17 'lor guns more girls, more gn-*' action an 1 more grand firn than “The Silencers"! M lUlelai < titdoe- Matt Helm in di- ten all-out adventure! ,lh*aii Martin ** as Matt Helm Ann Margret Kiirl Malden Technicolor Murderers’ Row Sunday, .lune IX 25c .Nite! With Warren Bealtx Susannah Y ork <b — \ \ming Xmerdari defie, tin- i i tlx Mr. Dim nOu to savi kmti London ingenue! Kaleidoscope

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tightness of things and has caused a lot of interest in .some cities that haven’t been dominate in the American La^ut' its in the league the la St’ 'few years. Heading the list of these teams is CinHnatti and Chicago in the National league and Boston with some real fine play by Kansas City and shows of p< wer by Kansas Cit y and Washington. Getting some of these teams fired up a little has to have good effects on the entire league. LOOKING OVER THE TWO leagues, after weekend action, the Chicago White Sox had again grabbed first place in the American League. They and Detroit have traded places at the top of the heap a couple of times, and both look to be serious contenders the rest of the way. The two teams are just as different as night and day. Chicago is a team that features very sound pitching, great team speed and better than average defense. Detroit on the other "hand. scores a lot of runs (until this pa^t ^eek end i and doesn't beat' Vvu ■so much with pitching as ort*y do with the bat. They have three of the top hitters in the league in Al Kahne. Jim Northrup ’(who' has been sidelined fob a* while with a case of the mumps) and Bill Fre* han. Their pitching has four starters who can give you that good game or can give you that very bad game. Their pitching will have to be more consistent. THE SOX DEPEND ON THE walk, the short hit, stolen oases extra has- and th' mistake the other t* am makes. With starters lik* Gary Peters. Tommy John. Joel Horhn, Jim O’Toob and Bi ne*- Howard, th* \ are going to have a lot of low-scoring gam* s. They don't have a bonified power hitter, with Tommy Age* probably the most b an'll I atti-i m th* ir line-up.

BALTIMORE HAS BEEN coming on stronger of late. They have tremendous power in the Robinsons. Frank and Brooks, Boog Powell. Curt Blefery and others, but have been victims? of very inconsistent pitching. Getting a starting rotation has beeh quite a job for manager Hank Bauer. Minnesota has come to life, but even at that. Sam Mele was given his walking papers last week as manager. He has had a good record the last few years, but now it is up to Carl Ermer. Harmon Killebrew, Rod Carew and Bob Allison are pacing the hitters with Dean Chance being the most consistent of the hurlers. BOSTON HAS TIME AND time again this year blasted any pitcher all over the place but need more pitching on a first line basis. The Beantown boys have really made the bats do their talking and are an interesting ball club. Cleveland needs more consistency all through but they are able to beat any team on a given day. Joe Adcock has to get the club in the right frame of mind first, something they haven't had in the Wigwam for quite some time. KANSAS CITY HAS BEEN a real pleasant surprise. With their young pitchers and crafty Al Drak in the driver s seat, they could really move up if the young ball players, jell together. Washington has been riding the big bat of Frank Howard and lately it has been hot. Gil Hodges team isn't strong enough to be a serious penant contender', bu) they are definately no pushover for anyone. California got off to a very bad start as they had some very anemic batting averages, but with ex-Twins Don Mincher and Jimmy Hall h ading the way, they have been doing better the past couple of weeks. The Yankees, who finished last in 1966, won't be last this year, but won't be first either. The Yanks are starting a rebuilding with veterans like Micky Mantle and Elston Howard slowly nearing the end of their line. Tresh and Pepitone are about the only other survivors of former pennant years. THE NATIONAL LEAGUE has been tying to catch Cincinatti so far this year as some real solid pitching and unexpected hitting has been pacing the Reds who were making a specialty of winning one-run ballgames. The Reds will have to be contended with for a long time, but Pittsburgh has a real high-scoring club that loves to hit and score runs. With not outstanding pitching, they are involved in a lot of high scoring games, but are a solid contender. San Francisco didn’t have a "June Swoon" this year as they often have in the past, but instead are making a real charge in the last few weeks, quite contrary to recent years. With Mays, M< - Covey, Hart, Haller and Company pounding the ball all over the country and the best single pitcher in the Marichal, they have to be considered. ATLANTIC HAS ALSO shown some signs of life lately as the Biaves are capable of playing very good ball. With Hank Aaron Felipe Alou an J Ji**' Torre pacing the hitters they are g* ing to be strong in the runs department. Philadelphia was considered by many as a solid flag contender, but injuries have really hurt th** Phillies early in the ycai and it b«*ks like Gene Mauch's crew won't live for one of those do or die finishes this year. THE CHICAGO CUBS HAVE been on*- of tile most exciting teams m baseball this year. They have a very powerful line-up that can kniK-k the ball over the place. However, often their pitching staff has the same trouble, balls all over Hie pku e. The current lofty standing of the Cubs is s*. far whead of last year it can’t even be accurately compared. The Cubs, under Leo Durocher, will be a fun team all war regardl >- of where they finish the season St Lotii i anothei inter-

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esting ball club. So far Lou Brock has been the spark and it seems that somewhere along the line, they haw acquired a "want to win” attitude. This can mean a lot to a club that position foi position doesn’t compare with many clubs, but as a unit are good. THE LOS ANGELES TEAM, pennant winners last year, don't have what it takes as the Sandy Koufaxless team just isn't the same. The lack of Koufax seems to have had a great, pyscological effect on th* team and without this great stopper, they just don’t have it. New York and Houston seem likely to have the last two spots again this year as the Mets haven't been doing well at all, and Houston, who for the past few years haw depended on good pitching for their wins, aren't getting that consistency this yea r. BASEBALL IS AGAIN GOING to claim the title of "America's Favorite Pastime.” Baseball is different than many sports, being played in the good weathei of summer and very often under the lights where the working man can spend some relaxing hours. The long season did have a rough start with a very bad spring, but with the coming of £«lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll£f = REG! LAR MEETING NIGHTS Os The = Orville Easterday = | Legion Post 189 | S 2nd and List Thursday E E of Each .Mon*h “ | Auxiliary Unit 1881 = Ist Thursday Os Each E E Month GlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllC

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