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Drysdale, Koufax Become The Highest Paid Pitchers In History LOS ANGELES UPI — Loy- no official confirmation from The pivotal conference lead-

alty, determination and a flare of gambler’s instinct paid off in a $230,000 salary package for Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale to divide today as the highest paid pitchers in baseball history. Breaking their 32-day hold? out, the brilliant hurlers signed one-year contracts Wednesday to pitch for the Los Angeles Dodgers. It was the second "final offer” submitted by E. J. (Buzzie) Bavasi in two days, but this one added cash to the tune of $120,000 for Koufax and Drysdale $110,000. There was

the Dodgers of the breakdown. Koufax thus becomes the second highest paid player in the game, traihng only Willie Mavs of San Francisco, and he and Drysdale are Nos. 1-2 in the all-time pay derby for pitchers. The previous high was $85,000 for Warren Spahn. Drysdale and Koufax promptly went to work in earnest to prepare for Joining the team in Phoenix, probably Saturday. Koufax was so skeptical about the negotiations, he had not started to work out. "Now I wish I had,” said Sandy.

Los Angeles Fans Are Now On Cloud Nine

From Vero Beach to Brooklyn to Sunset Strip, countless Los Angeles Dodger fans celebrated Wednesday. The world champion Dodgers are on top of the baseball world again. As if it wasn't enough for the Dodger faithful to have Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale back in the fold again, they also savored Clude Osteen’s two-hit shutout of the Cincinnati Reds that should mean he’s ready to back up the K and D combo for the second straight year. It even prompted exuberant Los Angeles Mayor Samuel W. Yorty to send the following telegram to the mayors of major league cities: "Koufax and Drysdale have signed. The October weather in Los Angeles is ideal. I advise you to get your World Series reservations in early.” Mayor Yorty may seem a bit premature but once Koufax and Drysdale signed their 1966 contracts, the Dodgers immediately became 5-2 favorites out on the Las Vegas odds boards to repeat their 1965 miracle. Just before Koufax and Drysdale signed their contract for a package in excess of $230,000 —figured to be $120,000 for Koufax and $110,000 for Drysdale—Osteen nailed down the opening day assignment by blanking the Cincinnati Reds, 4-0. While the Dodgers were getting back to their old ways, the New York Mets continued to act very strangely. The amasin’ Mets, on top of the National League Grapefruit standings with a 10-6 record, snapped the Washington Senators five-game wanning streak, 5-2. The Mets failed to get a hit off Jim Duckworth for six innings but jumped on reliefers Fred Kreutzer for four runs in the seventh to sew up the victory. The Chicago White Sox, the major’s best team this spring with a 16-4 record, returned to their wining ways by snapping a two-game losing string with a 4-2 triumph over Baltimore. John Romano singled in two runs in the sixth inning to give Jack Lamabe the win. The Detroit Tigers boosted their record to 12-5 by clobbering the Atlanta Braves, 117 on a five-run sixth-inning highlighted by Jim Northrup’s bases loaded triple. Sack Radatz, the one-time

"monster” of the Boston Red Sox, served up a two-run homer to Curt Flood in the 10th inning that gave St. Louis a 5-3 win over the Sox. Jim Running became the first Philadelphia pitcher to go nine innings as he stopped the Kansas City Athletics, 4-1 on a four-hitter. Bill White and Rich Allen each hit their fourth homer of the spring for the Phils. Jimmie Hall, who homered In the fourth, raced home from third on Bemie Allen’s high bouncer in front of the plate in the top of the ninth to give the Minnesota Twins a 3-2 victory over the Houston Astros. The San Francisco Giants, tied with St. Louis and Pittsburgh at 11-7 for second place behind the Mets in the National League, blasted the California Angels, 15-3. The Giants battered starter Lew Burdette for 10 runs and 10 hits in the first two innings. The Chicago Cubs rallied for three runs in the top of the ninth inning to hand Cleveland its sixth straight loss, 8-5. Ron Santo hit a two-run homer to cap that three-run rally. The New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates were idle.

ing to the settlement came Wednesday morning when Bavasi conferred with Drysdale. Bavasi had received permission to up the ante from $210,000 when he telephoned owner Walter O’Malley in Vero Beach, Fla. Drysdale then related what happened to Koufax, and the two decided to accept the latest offer. A spokesman for the pitchers, who won 49 games in 1965, said Koufax insisted Drysdale "had to be satisfied or he would not agree to terms. They agreed each had to be satisfied or the other would not sign.”

Two More Entries AreMes Vaults

Made In Big 500 Field

INDIANAPOLIS UPI — Gordon Van Liew of Houston, Tex., today entered two new Offen-hauser-powered, r e a r-engine cars for Bobby Unser, Albuquerque, N. M., and Chuck Stevenson of NewPort Beach, Calif., to attempt to qualify for the 50th running of the Indianapolis Speedway 500-mlle auto race. Joe Huffaker is building both care on the West Coast with independent liquid suspension chassis. A former national champion, Stevenson retired from competition in 1954, two years after he grabbed the title. He returned

to racing in 1960, however, and this will be the 10th "500” he has appeared for. Unser is a seven-time winner of the Pikes Peak Hill Climb and will be driving one of the new, super-charged "Offy” units. He has qualified cars for the past three Memorial Day classics, but has never gone the dista nee. The latest entries pushed to 34 the total number of cars entered for the May 30 races, with 20 veteran drivers already named, along with four rookies. Ten cars have no drivers listed for them.

14 Feet 2 Inches

SOUTH BEND UPI _ Bob Gordes of South Bend Riley pole vaulted 14 feet 2 inches Wednesday night in the city in-

door track meet.

His mark, set in the Notre Dame fieldhouse, was 1% inches better than the existing state outdoor record. Mike Hanna of Pendleton set the mark of 14

feet % inch in 1963.

Gordes* best effort outdoors last season was 13 feet 7 inches. The meet was won by Adams with 51 points with Central next with 38, followed by Washington 37% and Riley 23%.

BOWLING NEWS COMMERCIAL LEAGUE March 24, 1966 W L Phillips 66 147 85 Sutherlin’s TV 147 85 Seven-Up 139 93 Hopkins-Walton 126 106 Brewster Repair 118 114 Greencastle Office Eq. 109 123 Cochran’s 72 160 Fathers’ Auxiliary 70 162 Hi team aeries: Seven-Up 2807. Hi team game: Seven-Up 1032. Hi Ind. series: M. Brewster 618. Hi Ind. game: B. Alexander 244. 500 series or over: M. Brewster 618; J. Rossok 610; B. Alexander 596; B. Hampton 583; R. Shoemaker 580; K. Kerr 579; D. Cline 576; Murphy 566; K. Stevens 558; F. Brewster 540; R. Crawley 532; D. Duell 532; J. Hockema 529; R. England 516; G. Bryant 511; D. Hendrich 503; T. Swop* 506; R. Jones 502. 200 games: B. Alexander 244; B. Hampton 225; R. Shoemaker 225; M. Brewster 222, 200; Murphy 216; K. Stevens 210; C. Kerr 210; J. Rossok 205, 203, 202; F. Brewster 201; R. Jones 201.

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Indians Lose

SARASOTA, Fla, UPI—Tulsa bunched all its runs into { three innings to spank the Indianapolis Indians Wednesday, 7-4, in an exhibition baseball game. A three-run homer in the sixth inning by Duan* Josephson was the big blow for the Tribe, which lost its third consecutive game and now has a z-4 record.

To Be Speaker SOUTH BEND UPI—Don C. Miller, a member of the famed Four Horsemen, will be principal speaker at the 35th »nmu»i Knute Rockne Memorial Mass and breakfast Sunday at the University of Notre Dame. This year’s mass for the immortal Irish coach in the Stan-ford-Keenan Hall Chapel on the Notre Dame campus by Rev. Paul G. Wendel, CSC. Following the breakfast, the | annual wreath-laying ceremony will be at Rockne’s grave in Highland Cemetery. Rockne, killed in a Kansas plane crash 35 years ago today, once described Miller as "the greatest open field runner I ever had.”

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2 Colleges Are Admitted Wed. CHICAGO UPI—Marion College and Tri-State College of Indiana were admitted to membership as bachelor degreegranting institutions by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools Wednesday. The association also announced accreditation of St. Mary’s of Notre Dame for master’s degree programs and Ball State University for doctoral programs. Pro-Files

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