The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 22 April 1968 — Page 3

Monday. April 22, 1968

The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Indiana

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Oriole team innoculated,* crush Angels, 11-4 '

By MARTIN LADER UPI Sports Writer When all else fails, and it already has, perhaps Eddie Stanky can try a mumps vaccine on his sagging players. Members of the Baltimore Orioles were treated to the vaccine prior to their game with California Sunday and they erupted for seven runs in the ninth inning to crush the Angels 11-4. The inoculations were made necessary when outfielder Frank Robinson came down with mumps during the weekend. Meanwhile, the physically healthy Chicago White Sox displayed their typical powerpuff attack and dropped a doubleheader to the Detroit Tigers, 4-1 and 4-2. Chicago, billed as an American League pennant threat by manager Stanky, has failed to win in nine games this season and already stands 8V2 games behind the front-running Tigers. Second, place Minnesota snapped a two-game losing streak by beating the New York Yankees 5-2, but still fell a game and a half behind Detroit. Elsewhere, the Cleveland Indians whitewashed the Boston Red Sox 7-0 and the Washington Senators tripped the Oakland Athletics 2-0.

Phillies Top Houston In the National League, the Los Angeles Dodgers won a doubleheader from the New York Mets 7-6 and 3-2, Philadelphia beat Houston 8-0, Atlanta defeated Cincinnati 5-2, Pittsburgh routed San Francisco 10-0 and St. Louis turned back the Chicago Cubs 9-2. Robinson, the American League’s Most Valuble Player in 1966, will be confined to St. Joseph’s hospital in California for five to seven days. As a

precautionary measure, 18 members of the Baltimore traveling contingent, including manager Hank Bauer, received shots of a new mumps live virus vaccine. The players then overcame a 4-0 deficit to overwhelm the Angels behind the effective relief pitching of Gene Brabender, Moe Drabowsky and Eddie Watt, who allowed only one hit among them over the final five innings after Baltimore starter Dave Leonhard was touched for all four A’s runs.

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IT’S GRANDPA WHO PAYS And with a smile, too. Tim Durant (right), 68-year-old grandfather of Beverly Hills, Calif., presents a 500-pound check to former jockey Fred Winter (left) at Sandown, England, money he won on a bet that he could complete the Grand National Steeplechase, held recently. Durant rode Highlandie from start to finish. Money goes to aid injured jockeys. Celtics bomb Lakers

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BOSTON (UPI)—The Celtics called it “mind over matter” but the Lakers said it was the long layoff. Either way, Boston *is leading Los Angeles by one game in the National Basketball A s s o c i ation’s championship playoffs. Boston, bruised and weary from a rugged seven-game set with the heavily favored Philadelphia 76ers, rallied in the fourth quarter at Boston Garden Sunday for a 107-101 victory. Los Angeles, idled for more than a week since eliminating San Francisco in the Western Division finals, led by as much as 15 points in the first half

before player-coach Bill Russell rallied the Celtics. “Our defense in the first half wasn’t what it should have been,” Russell said. “And I told the guys during halftime—and not in friendly terms. “I was dissatisfied with the way I played ... the trouble was mind over matter,” he added. The Celtics, who upset the 76ers on Friday night at Philadelphia were forced into an immediate opening of the finals by the television schedule. The Lakers got 24 points from Elgin Baylor and 25 more from West. *

SPUTTERINGS

By Waiter L. Johns, Central Press Sports Editor

ITEMS OF SPORTS INFO picked up here and there and strung along the typewriter . . . They say that Jim Lonborg, the Red Sox pitcher, will be ready to twirl sometime after the middle of May ... A new kind of football shoe will be needed by the pro gridders when they play on the Astroturf in the Astrodome in Houston this year . . . Speaking of track surface, the Olympic Stadium track in Mexico City will be surfaced with a synthetic material manufactured by a St. Paul company and good in any kind of weather . . . Mark McCormack, the Cleveland attorney who manages the affairs of the top golf stars, has authored a 480-page book on ‘‘The World of Professional Golf,” summarizing the events of 1967 ... If that woman who picked nine out of nine winners at Narragansett Park had parlayed the works that day she would have wound up with over $37,000,000, starting with a $2 ticket . . . Two players of the Dallas Tornado team of the North American Soccer League took English girls as brides in a double wedding ceremony in Dallas recently . . . The two soccer stars, John Stewart and Bobby Roach, played in Liverpool, England, last year . . . Bob Goalby’s win in the Masters now gives him a shot at the sweet $50,000 prize in the World Series of Golf at Akron Firestone September 7 ... Jim Odom of Oakland and Vern Fuller of the Indians are the only A.L. players who wear No. "IS” on their uniforms . . . Lou "The Toe" Groza of the Browns has a 525-point career scoring edge over his nearest active rival. Sam Baker of the Eagles . . . Winners of the Wood Memorial in New York have gone on to win the Kentucky Derby six times. * * * A NEW YORK professor of finance and a baseball author, Lawrence W. Ritter, who compared the salaries of Babe Ruth in his day with that of Willie Mays of today and showed how Ruth was so much better off. also reveals that if Willie was to earn as much purchasing power in the year 2,000 (when he’d be 69 years old) as Ruth earned in 1931. Willie would have to get a salary of $956,300 compared to Ruth’s $80,000 of 1931 . . . Gulfstream Park closed its racing season with an all-time record handle . . . The AllStar baseball game in Houston’s Astrodome this year is scheduled for 7:15 p.m. (CDT» . . . Astro coach Buddy Hancken describes that recent 24-inning game with the Mets as a "three packages of chewing tobacco game.” . . ABC plans to televise two night college football games this fall, Alabama-Miami and USC-UCLA . . . Turf history was made at Ascot Park, Akron, Ohio, recently when jockey Pete Dalgo started a race on one horse and finished on another. It came about when horses jammed at a turn and his mount unseated rider on horse next to him ... As Dalgo’s horse started to fall he leaned over and got on back of the jockeyless horse running next to him . . . Mario Andretti, the race driver, now is a car owner, too . . . The Westchester Golf event August 15-18 has a $250,000 pot of gold for the pro golfers. Aaron brothers spark NL play with slug fest

An updated version of an old act called The Brothers is creating almost as much excitement— and noise— in Atlanta as the Mamas and the Papas. The Brothers, Aaron by name, have made periodic appearances together in the course of the past seven years without causing much of a stir but the younger partner, Tommie, finally appears to have gained enough experience to work in harmony with Hank.

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The Dunreith story... fast action in an emergency

Remember the catastrophe that hit tiny Dunreith. Indiana, last January? Following the derailment of two freight trains, tank cars carrying chemicals exploded and spread fires to homes and a canning factory nearby. H. C. Spencer. Indiana Gas Company's New Castle division manager, reports that within minutes, district superintendent Bill Earnest, 15 miles away in Rushville. was alerted and on his way to Dunreith where he shut off gas service lines to the burning canning plant and nearby homes. Joined by Paul Wilson, district foreman from Mays and George Bowman, division superintendent, the three completed the gas shut-off in the threatened area before the second major explosion—felt 13 miles away. Thanks to the.fast, on-scene action by Indiana Gas personnel, natural gas was not a problem in the accident area. And because the gas distribution system was buried

safely underground, service remained available throughout the emergency. Next day, a team of specialists carefully inspected the Dunreith gas distribution system with leak-detection equipment. No damage was found. Seldom are Indiana Gas servicemen faced with an emergency as serious as Dunreith. But it's reassuring to know, that with their training and experience, they're always ready—and able. It’s a mighty important part of providing safe, dependable gas service.

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Hank, who has worked almost exclusively as a single since reaching the major leagues in 1954, collected three hits and drove in two runs Sunday while Tommie, six years his junior, hit safely two times and drove in three runs. Together, they accounted for every one of the Braves’ runs in a 5-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. The 34.year.old elder brother smacked his fourth home run oi the season and 485th in a career that is expected to carry him into the Hall of Fame. Yet it was Tommie, 28-year.old utility player, who made the most vivid impression. It was his second starting appearance of the season, both in the last two games, and he has collected four hits in seven at bats as a regular after going 0-for-2 as a pinch hitter. Dodgers Win Two Elsewhere in the National League Philadelphia hammered Houston 8-0, St. Louis drubbed Chicago 9-2, Pittsburgh whipped San Francisco 10-0 and Los Angeles swept a doubleheader from New York 7-6 and 3-2. Detroit strengthened its hold on first place in the American League ripping Chicago twice, 4-1 and 4-2, while Minnesota beat New York 5-2, Cleveland clipped Boston 7-0, Washington blanked Oakland 2-0 and Baltimore bombed California 11-4.

Wins $150,000 golf purse LAS VEGAS, Nev. (UPI>Don January, a lean Texan who went hungry for two days because of an attack of stomach flu, is at least in good financial condition today. Despite the flu and lack of solid food, January, the 1967 national PGA titlist, came through with a final round 69 and beat another veteran, Julius Boros, by one stroke Sunday in the 72-hole, $150,000 Tournament of Champions. First place in this lucrative golf tournament was good for $30,000. That was the 38-year-old January’s biggest winning purse in 13 years as a pro. January was stricken here with his stomach trouble early Saturday morning. At the time, he and Dan Sikes shared the halfway lead in the tournament. Saturday was a bad day for the Texasn—he didn't eat a thing—but he managed to shoot a 69, two under par, for the Stardust Country Club course. Par is 36-35-71. Sunday morning he had a little hot cereal and then went out and shot another 69, giving him a total of 276, eight under par. “I was kind of weak but I felt all right,” January said. Boros, at 48 the oldest pro in the field of 25 champions, fired a five-under-par 66 Sunday in a fine finishing rush. His 277 total was good for $18,000. Randy Glover, 26.year-old Florence, S.C., pro who says he has chronic back trouble, looked good with a 68 and drew $12,000 for his third place total of 279. The new putter that Masters champion Bob Goalby said helped him win at Augusta, Ga., failed him in the final round and he faded to a four-over-par 75. He had a one-stroke lead going into the last round but finished at 231 and a tie for fourth with Gardner Dickinson. All alone in fifth place at 282 on consistent rounds of 71-69-71-71 was lanky George Archer. Next big event on the PGA trail is the Byron Nelson Classic, starting Thursday at Dallas.

TRIPLE THREAT FOR TWINS—The early success of the Minnesota Twins in the American League chase is due to the sock-cess of this trio of clubbers. Bob Allison, Tony Oliva and Harmon Killebrew (left to right 1. Allison has been leading the league with « «uper average

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NEW YORK (UPI)-The National League specializes in these nice, clean antiseptic announcements. The kind that don’t really say anything but don’t hurt anybody. The National League owners met, or rather bickered, for five hours Friday in Chicago when they adjourned they had another one of their antiseptic announcements for the press. They said they had decided to expand to 12 teams in 1969 providing they can agree unanimously on two new cities. Big deal! They knew that before they even got together in Chicago. For that they had to argue back and forth five hours?

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Six months have gone by since the National League officially announced its intention of expanding at the winter baseball meetings in Mexico City and it is no closer to doing so now than it was then. As a matter of fact, the owners are going backwards. San Diego was considered a cinch as one of the new cities six months ago. Now San Diego isn’t the same cinch anymore. Montreal, Buffalo, N.Y., and Dallas-Fort Worth seem to be gaining support. So is Milwaukee; but over in the American League as a possible new home for the Chicago White Sox. At the rate the National League owners are going, the U.S. and Hanoi are going to come up with a neutral site quicker than they will. As usual, the National League held back a good deal of information in its antiseptic announcement to the press Friday. There were any number of things that weren’t mentioned. Like: 1. Walter O’Malley’s “plan” for the inclusion of San Diego. The Dodger owner wants San Diego to be a part of the NL’s expanded framework with one provision. Naturally, it’s a big one. Naturally, too, it’s to the Dodgers’ best interests. STATE FAIRGROUNDS • INDIANAPOLIS

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Hank Aaron touched off the

Major League Standings

Pittsburgh

5 4

.556

Braves scoring with his first-

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Los Angeles

6 5

.545

inning homer and then singled

American League

Atlanta

6 5

.545

in the first run in a three-run

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Houston

5 5

.500

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Detroit

.900

Cincinnati

5 5

.500

1V2

RBI which enabled him to

Minnesota

.778

iVz Philadelphia

5 6

.455

supplant Hall of Famer, Harry

Boston

.600

New York

4 7 .364

Heilman in 13th place on the all-

Washington

.600

Chicago

3 7

.300

3V2

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Baltimore

.556

31/2

Sunday’s Results

New York

.444

41/2

Los A 7 NY 6 (1st)

Knockout

Oakland

.400 5

Los A 3 NY 2 (2nd)

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Cleveland

.400

Philadelphia 8 Houston 0

Oscar Bonavena of Argentina

California

.300

Atlanta 5 Cincinnati 2

knocked out Lee Carr of New

Chicago

.000

Pittsburgh 10 San Fran 0

York in the third round of a

St. Louis 9

Chicago 2

scheduled 10-round heavyweight

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Today’s Probable Pitchers

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(Won-Lost in Parenthesis) Baltimore (McNally 1-0)

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