The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 29 June 1967 — Page 7
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Old slugger puts on show as Giants slaughter Cards Even Lou Brock must have! The case for Brock could be 1 Maybe his fellow players think wondered Wednesday night why his age (27), his .304 batting 36 years is too old for a player, his peers left Willie Mays off average and the fact that he Maybe they are expecting too the National League All-Star led the league in stolen bases much. After all, W illie is only
team for the first time in 14 last year and may repeat this
years and named him to his. season.
first All-Star berth instead. 1 But why not Willie Mays?
HIGH STANDARDS - -
By Alan Mover m
& League# STANDINGS
NATIONAL LEAGUE | Philadelphia 6, New York
WL Pet. GB " * ' "
St. Louis 43 26 .618 Chicago 41 29 .586 2^ Cincinnati 42 32 .568 S 1 ^ San Francisco 38 34 .528 Atlanta 37 35 .514 7% Pittsburgh 35 34 .507 8 Philadelphia _.33 36 .478 10 Los Angeles 32 39 .458 12 New York 25 42 .373 17 Houston 27 46 .370 18 Wednesday’s Results Chicago 4-3, Pittsburgh 2-1
Under Construction
Houston 4, Atlanta 2
San Francisco 9, St. Louis 1 Los Angeles 7, Cincinnati 5
Today's Games
Pittsburgh (Veale 9-2) at Chicago (Hands 3-3). Los Angeles (Drysdale 7-7)
batting .293 and for the “Say
Hey Kid” that’s low.
Willie couldn’t have made a j better case for himself than Wednesday night when he banged out two singles and two home runs In the San Francisco Giants’ 9-1 victory over the league-leading St.
Louis Cardinals.
It was a Willie Mays’ show, one of his many, and as Brock, a Cardinal outfielder, stood and watched Willie race around the bases he may have wondered,
“Why me, not Willie.”
The St. Louis defeat coupled with the Chicago sweep of a doubleheader from the Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-2 and 3-1, cut
at Cincinnati (Pappas 7-6)
Philadelphia (Bunning 7-8) at Cards’ league lead to 2Vi
games.
New York (Fisher 5-8)
Houston (Cuellar 8-3) at At-
lanta (Lemaster 7-2)
San Francisco (Marichal 106) at St. Louis (Gibson 9-5)
Friday’s Games
St Louis at New York, night San Francisco at Philadelphia,
(2), twi-night
Cincinnati at Chicago Atlanta at Pittsburgh, night Los Angeles at Houston, night
Willie Mays missing from All-Stars lineup this year
NEW YORK UPI — Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants, who has made the AllStar game his personal showcase many times in the past, was missing from the National League's starting lineup for the first time in 14 years today.
Mays, who finished fourth in swinger given him by voting, the outfield balloting with 771 Each team must be reprevotes, took the news philosophi- sented by at least one player, cally: “The players who pick The NL holds a 19-17-1 edge in this team know what they’re the series which began in 1933. doing. Time marches on. You For the American League, just can t stop it. ’ starters chosen earlier this In 13 straieht vears as an week * wiU be catche r Bill Free-
Catcher Joe Torre of Atlanta ^ ^ ^ ^ e ^ r _ old M han of Detroit; first baseman and outfielders Roberto Cle- ... . z 7 , Harmon Killebrew of Minne-
mente of Pittsburgh and Hank
holds or shares six All-Star rec-
Harmon
sota; second baseman Rod
AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pet. GB Chicago 42 26 .618 — Detroit 37 32 .538 5 Us Boston 36 34 .514 7 Minnesota 36 34 .514 7 Cleveland 35 35 .500 8 California 37 38 .493 8% New York 33 37 .471 10 Baltimore 32 37 .464 10 Via Kansas City _. 34 40 .459 11 Washington 32 41 .438 12 Va Wednesday’s Results Chicago 3, Baltimore 2 Detroit 7, Cleveland 4 Minnesota 3, Boston 2 Kansas City 2, New York 0 California 4, Washington 2 Today’s Games Chicago (O’Toole 4-1) at Baltimore (Phoebus 6-3) Cleveland (Tiant 6-2) at Detroit (McLain 8-8) Only games scheduled Friday’s Games New York at California, night Boston at Kansas City, night Cleveland at Baltimore (2) twinight
Elsewhere in the National League, Houston snapped an eight-game losing streak by whipping the Atlanta Braves 42; the Philadelphia Phillies edged the New York Mets 6-5 and the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied for a 7-5 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. In the American League, the Chicago White Sox edged the Baltimore Orioles 3-2; Minnesota conquered Boston 8-2; Detroit defeated Cleveland 7-4; Kansas City blanked New York 2-0 and California beat Wash-
ington 4-2.
Mays wasn’t the only clouting Giant. His teammates collected : 19 hits off four Card pitchers! The Department of Natural and Ray Sadecki hurled a seven Resources reports better than
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Aaron of Atlanta were the only ^17 ^AU^Star games Carew of Minnesota; shortstop
repeaters from last year's starters named Thursday by baseball commissioner William D. Eckert. The 38th annual classic is scheduled for July 11
at Anaheim. Calif.
Completing the team chosen
I Rico
Clemente picked up 248 Carl votes, only 10 votes short of un- third animous, Aaron had 219 and Brock 116. There were a total of 283 ballots, with no one allowed to vote for players on
Petrocelli and outfielder Yastrzemski, of Boston, baseman Brooks Robin-
son and outfielder Frank Robinson of Baltimore and Tony Oliva of Minnesota, substituting for the injured Tiger out-
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by managers, coaches and play- their own team. The amount of fielder A1 Kaline. ers were the Pittsburgh double- votes per team varied accordplay combination of shortstop i n g to those with at least 30
Gene Alley, who polled the days eligibility.
most votes with 250 out of a possible 258. and second baseman Bill Mazeroski; first base-
There were no close races. Torre beat out Tim McCarver of the Cardinals for catcher,
man Orlando Cepeda of St. 187 . 62; Cepeda drew 219 votes
to Atlanta's Felipe Alou's 46;
Louis, third baseman Richie Allen of Philadelphia and outfielder Lou Brock of St Louis.
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hitter for his first victory against his old teammates since they traded him last year. The Cubs rolled to their ninth victory in the last 10 games. Adolfo Phillips drove in three runs for the Cubs with a disputed homer in the first game. Phillips’ 13th homer, off Pirates reliever Pete Mikkelsen, carried over the left field wall close to the foul pole. Third base umpire John Kibler called it a fair ball and before the argument was over. Pirate manager Harry Walker was ejected
from the game.
ordinary catches with largemouth bass around Raccoon Lake this week. For good angling read the following report: Central Indiana: Better than ordinary catches of largemouth bass, biting on mid-depth artificials, are coming from Raccoon Lake, and limits of crappies are being taken using minnows and jigs. Creel checks at Geist Reservoir show catches of crappies using jigs and minnows. Bluegills are biting on
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PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Eastern Division W L Pet. GB San Diego 42 31 .575 Oklahoma City 40 35 .533 3 Indianapolis 36 33 .522 4 Phoenix 38 36 .514 4% Denver 35 36 .493 6 Tulsa 32 41 .438 10 Western Division W L Pet. GB Spokane 38 34 .528 Seattle 37 35 .514 1 Tacoma 38 38 .500 2 Vancouver 35 37 .486 3 Hawaii 34 39 .466 4^ Portland 32 42 .432 7 Wednesday's Results Denver 10-1, SanDiego 6-3 Indianapolis 4-7, Portland 3-4 Tulsa 7, Spokane 5 12 innings Tacoma 7, Seattle 4 Vancouver 5, Oklahoma City 0 Phoenix 8, Hawaii 0 Thursday’s Games San Diego at Denver Indianapolis at Portland Tulsa at Spokane Seattle at Tacoma Oklahoma City at Vancouver Phoenix at Hawaii
worms, poppers and flies. Ring
_ .... i perch are taking worms; carp Ray Culp hurled a three-hitter H
biting on dough and catfish on
craws and liver.
At Prairie Creek and Kokomo Reservoirs, the water is normal and clear and fishing is gen-
for the Cubs'
nightcap.
The Dodgers are getting so good lately they can spot a team five runs and win. That
was the case Wednesday night!
against the Reds as Los Angeles made it five victories in a. row. Jim Wynn raced home from third with the deciding run for'
Houston when Phil Niekro un-1 The experts who ve said corked a wild knuckler in the there were a thousand reasons ninth imung. w hy the Chicago White Sox Richie Allen celebrated his couldn’t win the American being named the All-Star third j League pennant now must be baseman by smashing a three-1 wondering if there aren’t a
erally good. Crappies are biting on minnows and several limits of bluegills have been caught using beemoths and poppers. Some largemouth bass and channel catfish also are being caught. Many small bass continue to be taken at Lake Monroe, with some nice keepers being caught Many small bass continue to be taken at Lake Monroe, with some nice keepers being caught using deeper-running artificials. Bluegills are taking worms in deeper water and channel catfish are biting on night crawlers. Anglers fishing out "of the West Fork of White River are getting limjts of channel catfish using worms, craws and liver. Bluegills are biting on worms, channel catfish on night crawlers and crappies on minnows at Cataract Lake.
Chisox lead impressive
run homer in the Phillies success over the Mets.
Four boxers will meet to decide new champion
thousand reasons why they can’t lose it. The weak hitting White Sox really weren’t taken seriously when they bolted to the front of the race earlier this season since they don’t have a single hitter of all-star caliber and their pitching staff—while very effective—doesn’t have a stopper of the Sandy Koufax class.
League. Detroit topped Cleveland 7-4. Minnesota topped Boston 3-2. Kansas City blanked Ned York 2-0 and California turned back Washington 4-2. (Continued on Page 9)
HOT SPRINGS. Va. UPI — The 15th annual Women’s Open golf tournament, pitting 94 of the nation’s outstanding women Linksters against the rolling ! Cascades course, was to get un- ! der way at this mountain re-1
sort today.
The elite field, including more than 50 professionals, began practice rounds Monday for the $25,000 event, richest tournament on the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) tour. The list of favorites included four-time winner Mickey Wright of Dallas; leading money winner Kathy Whitworth; Carol Mann, who is second to Miss Whitworth in 1967 earnings; defending champion Sandra Spuzich, and Sandra Haynie, last year's top money winner. The winner of the first women’s open in 1946. Patty Berg, also will be on hand for another shot at the title. Miss Berg has won 83 tournaments in her 27-year career. The nation’s youngest pro, 10-year-old Beverly Sue Klass of Thousand Oaks. Calif., was also listed among the contestants. Though an amateur has never won the open, this year’s contingent is regarded as the best bet ever to break the pros hold t on the prestigious title. (Continued on Page 9)
Mazeroski outpolled Julian Javier of the Cards, 218-25; Allen topped Cincinnati's Tony Perez, 148-75 and Alley romped over the Reds’ Leo Cardenas; who had 25 votes. Trailing Mays among the outfielders were Pete Rose of the Reds (66) and Jimmy Wynn of Houston (55). Aaron was named to his 13th All-Star squad and Clemente to his eighth. It was the seventh time for Cepeda and Mazeroski, the fifth for Torre, the third for Allen and the first for both Alley and Brock. Not a single rookie was among the 50 players who received at least one
vote.
Manager Walt Alston Is expected to select the runnersup —including Mays—in the voting to round out his 25-man squad. The pitchers will be selected Friday and the rest of the team next Thursday. He is expected to go for some lefthanded hitting punch since Brock is the only southpaw
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HOUSTON UPI —Four of seeming compulsion for switchthe world’s top-ranked heavy- players around and moving weights, including Ernie Ter- most of the players to more rell and Thad Spencer, will than one position in every game meet in a doubleheader Aug. 5 didn t seem to add much stabilat the Astrodome in an elimina- ity to the club, either, tion tournament to pick the B ut with the defending successor to former champion champion Baltimore Oriole, on
Cassius Clay. ^ verge of The announcement was made second
today by Fred Hofheinz, presi-
dent of Astrodome Champion-
collapse and the
place Detroit Tigers
missing injured A1 Kaline, the White Sox’ 5% game lead is
ship Enterprises. Inc., ACE, will suddenly starting to look rather
promote the fight. impressive.
Terrell, ranked fourth, will, „
meet fifth-ranked Spencer, and * ' hite Sox virtually Jimmy Ellis of Louisville, rank- k ™;ked Baltimore out of coned eighth, will meet Leotis ^ te ” tl ° n ^ ednesda y m g ht wlth Martin of Philadelphia, ranked *^" 2 ^ ctory that 1)00816(1 the ninth. Each fight will be 15 Sox r ® cord against the rounds. The losers will be elimi- 0no1 ” 6 ’° thls season and nated from contention. j C0 ” pleted a three - game 8W66 P' The fights will be televised f n ° W heads tato De ; ; „ ... .. TT troit for a three-game set and
nationally, with the Houston .. _ .
if Detroit doesn t slow the
area blacked out Each fighter ,
, White Sox down, the race could
will receive about $50,000 plus , , .... „ . . . .. . be over by the all-star break,
other rights contingent on the T . . . ,
. l" 0 It was a typical one-run vie- i g, I!; . „ , , tory for the White Sox. TrailThe fights will be two of four 2-0, they got . three-nm . to determine the successor of . „ . .. . . . . . _ . ...... homer in the eighth from
Clav, who was stripped of his „
.... . . , . Wayne Causey, who was play-! title because he refused to be . . . , , .. . , . a j * ^ ,, . mg second m place of the ininducted into the Army. ^ A , Weig> and ^ decided
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, Kicking ace Don Chandler,; Baltimore managed to load now with the Green Bay Pack- the bases with one out in the ers, is the New York Giant s ninth but Hoyt Wilhelm got; all-time single season scoring : Dave Johnson to pop out and | champion. Chandler scored 106 Boog Powell to ground out and points as a member of the thta ended the game. 1963 Giants NFL club. j Elsewhere in the American i
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