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Play Mets Tonight
Braves Return Home
After Phils
By DAVID M. MOFFIT
UPI Sports Writer
ATLANTA (UPI) — The
’ lanta Braves, who have played
only two games In their new
home since the season began 10
days ago, returned today and
all signs point toward a real
baseball weekend.
The Braves, who appeared to
regain their batting eyes in
Philadelphia after a sluggish
t start, expected warm tempera
tures, clear skies and good
turnouts for their four-games
in-three-days series with the
New York Mets.
, Opening the series tonight will
be Tony Cloninger, the Braves’
ace righthander, against Jack
Hamilton, the man the Braves
accused of throwing spitballs
when they beat them 3 - 1 in
New York with a five-hitter.
Cloninger, who won 24 games
last season, is 0 • 1 so far this
year but that’s deceiving. It
took a two - run homer by Wil-
> Standings
By United Press International
National League
W. L. Pet. GB
Pittsburgh CO 1 .889 ...
San Francisco —3 1 .815 y a
Los Angeles O 3 .667 2
Philadelphia 4* 4 .500 3%
Atlanta 4 4 .500 3%
St Louis n 4 .429 4
New York N 3 .400 4
Houston W 6 .333 5
Cincinnati H 6 .143 6
Chicago H 7 .125 6%
Thursday’s Results
San Francisco 5 Chicago 2
St. Louis 5 New York 4
Pittsburgh 2 Cincinnati 1
(night)
Atlanta 5 Philadelphia 4 (night)
(Only games scheduled)
Friday's Probable Pitcher*
Los Angeles at Chicago—
Koufax (1-0) vs. Ellsworth (0
0 ).
New York at Atlanta (night)
—Hamilton (1-0) vs. Cloninger
(0-1).
Philadelphia at Cincinnati
(night)—Boozer (0-0) vs. Nux
hall (0-1).
Pittsburgh at St. Louis
(night)—Sisk (1-0) vs. Wash
burn (0-1).
San Francisco at Houston
(night)—Shaw (1-0) vs. Dierker
( 0 - 0 ).
Saturday’s Games
Los Angeles at Chicago
Pittsburgh at St. Louis
San Francisco at Houston
New York at Atlanta (2)
Philadelphia at Cincinnati (2)
American League
W. L. Pet. GB
Cleveland 6 0 .1000 ...
Baltimore 6 1 .857 Vi
Chicago 5 2 .714 \Vx
Detroit 6 3 .667 \Vi
California 4 3 .571 2*4
Minnesota 3 3 .500 3
Boston 2 6 .250 5
Washington 1 5 .167 5
Kansas City 1 5 .167 5
New York 1 7 .125 «
Thursday’s Results
Chicago 8 Calif. 6 (night)
(Only game scheduled)
Friday’s Probable Pitcher*
Minnesota at California
(night)—Grant (1-1) vs. San
ford (1-0).
Chicago at Kansas City
(0-0) _ Hunter .
night)—Peters vs.
(0-1).
Detroit at Washington (night)
—Lolich (1-0) vs. McCormick (0
0).
(Only games scheduled)
Saturday’s Gaines
Minn, at Calif, (morning)
Detroit at Washington
Baltimore at New York
Cleveland at Boston
Chicago at Kansas City (twl
lite)
Line Scores
By United Press International
National League
San Fran. 202 000 100— 5 10 2
Chicago 001 000 001— 2 6 1
t Marichal (3-0) and Haller;
Hands, Hoeft (8) and Hundley.
LP—Hands (1-1). HRs—Mays
(4th), Hart (2nd), Browne
(2nd).
St. Louis 100 020 002— 6 9 1
New York 100 030 000— 4 4 0
Gibson (2-0) and McCarver ’
ardson (6) and Coleman. LP—
Richardson (0-1). HR—Flood
(1st).
Atlanta 002 001 020 — 5 5 1
Phila. 120 010 000— 4 8 0
Lemaster Olivo (2), Carroll
(3), Niekro (7) and Torre;
Short (1-1) and Uecker. WP—
Niekro 1-0).
Cinci. 100 000 000- 1 8 0
Pitts. 001 001 OOx— 2 7 3
■ Pappas, Nottebart (7), Me
Cool (8) and Edwards, Coker
(7); Veale (1-0) and Gonder.
lie StargeU in the 13th for the
Pirates to beat him 3 - 2
the opener and he gave up only
six hits and two runs In five
no • decision innings against the
Mets. Hamilton’s only start was
his win over the Braves.
Saturday is Family Day at
Atlanta Stadium. Women and
children will be admitted at a
$1 reduction in price. Sunday,
the Braves play their first
doubleheader of the season.
The arrival of the Braves was
In sharp contrast with the re
ception they got for the open
er. That time, more than 150,
000 turned out for a parade
through downtown and 50,671,
largest Southern crowd ever to
see a baseball game, were on
hand for the contest that
brought major league ball to
Dixie for the first time.
“The chance of rain is very
slim,” the weatherman report
ed. “The cold front has moved
off into the lake regions and
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CATCHING-UP—Railbirds at the ballpark have to be on the watch for catchers like
Andy Etchebarren, top, of the Orioles the and Bob Uecker, bottom, of the Phillies. They
may wind up sharing a seat in front row boxes.
Leo Stops Talking,
Starts
By ED SAINSBURY
VPI Sports Writer
CHICAGO (UPI) —Manager
Leo Durocher gave up aging
pitching to bolster his Chicago
^ drive toward the
National League’s first division
with a youthful outfielder.
He gave the Philadelphia
Phillies 34-year-old Larry Jack
son, boasting an earned run
average of 13.50 in three games
this season, and 37-year-old Bob
Buhl, with an ERA of 17.14 this
year, in return for centerfielder
Adolfo Phillips, 23, pitcher
Ferguson Jenkins, 22, and first
baseman-outfielder John Her
rnstein, 28.
“It gives me a set outfield,”
Durocher said, “one I can leave
out there regardless of pitch
ing. I’ll put Phillips in center
and move (Byron) Browne to
left and still have (Billy)
Williams in right."
Durocher said he had not
seen Phillips, a .230 hitter for
the Phils in 41 games last year,
but that according to reorts, “I
know he can throw as good as
anybody, and he's a good
defensive outfielder."
Browne, a 23-year-old rookie,
started the last two games for
the Cubs in centerfield, and hit
home runs in both games. He
- Durocher’s
LP—Pappas (0-1). HR—Gonder
(1st).
(Only games scheduled)
American League
Chicago 104 101 010— 8 10 2
Calif. 020 000 301—6 8 1
Pizarro, Howard (5), Lamabe
(7) Fisher (9), Martin (9) and
Romano; Newman, Egan (3),
Rubio (6), Burdette (8) and
Rodgers. WP—Howard (1-0).
LP—Newman (0-1). HR-Agee
(2nd).
(Only game scheduled)
we have every reason to ex
pect baseball weather for the
weekend.”
Braves general manager John
McHale said it isn’t possible to
accurately forecast the size of
the crowds for this weekend be
cause “we haven’t any Dattern
yet.
“It’s a new territory. We
have new people handling our
ticket sales and there just isn’t
anyway of telling how many
people might turnout tonight,
Saturday or Sunday.”
McHale feels that Wednesday
night’s game, televised through
out the Southeast, should have
been a big boost for ticket
sales. That’s the game in which
the Braves beat the Phillies 8-1
and Hank Aaron hit two home
runs — the 399th and 400th of
his career.
“People like to see the long
ball.” said McHale. “Now that
we’re starting to clear the
fences, Interest should pick up.”
opinion, for speed, hitting and
throwing and the manager
believed he needed experience
only.
Durocher also was high on
Jenkins, a 6-foot-5 Canadian
whom he said might break into
the starting rotation.
Hermstein, he said, he had
seen frequently while he was a
coach with the Los Angeles
Dodgers, and he ranked the
former Michigan fullback as his
|| Sports Briefs ||
MET DISABLED
NEW YORK (UPI) —Dick
Stuart, the New York Mets’
first baseman, was placed on
the club’s disabled list Thurs
day with a rib injury.
A new rule requires a
disabled player to stay out of
action for at least 15 days,
rather than the old 30 days.
*
FEATHER FIGHT
TOKYO (UPI) —The World
Boxing Association’s sixth
ranked featherweight, Johnny
Jamito of the Philippines, took
a unanimous 10-round decision
Thursday night over Japan’s
Rokuro Ishlyama.
The Filipino scored the only
knockdown of the fight when he
floored Ishiyama in the eighth
with a right to the jaw as the
bell rang.
★
HEAVY SUB
MANCHESTER, England
(UPI) —Thad Spencer, a
Portland Oregon, heavyweight,
will substitute for Argentinian
Eduardo Corletti in a 20 round
bout with Briton Brian London
on May 2, matchmaker Mickey
Duff announced Thursday.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
SPORTS
★ ★ ★ ★
Randy Johnson
To Speak At
Athlete Banquet
Randy Johnson, a top draft
choice of the Atlanta Falcons
and star of two All-Star games,
will be the guest speaker Mon
day night when the First Bap
tist Brotherhood honors Griffin
High athletes,
The banquet for varsity athle
tes will begin at 7 p.m.
A highlight of the program will
^ the presentation of the Chrls
tlan Athlete Award.
The player, who will receive
the high honor, was selected by
his teammates.
According to Tom Brake, pre
sident, the varsity teams and
their coaches will be accompan
ied to the banquet by George W.
Patrick, Jr., superintendent of
Grlffin-Spalding schools.
The guest speaker was one of
the top college quarterbacks in
the nation last year. He proved
it by starring in the Blue-Qray
Game and the Senior Bowl.
Although he was selected Lit
tle All-American, Randy had not
forced major competition until
the All-Star games. He showed
he was a great quarterback by
completing 20 or 33 passes in
each contest.
McLean’s .393
Highest Average
Dan McLean, who was three
for-three against Russell Wed
nesday, has taken over the
batting leadership at Griffin
High.
The three hits raised McLeaD’s
average to .393. He has hit saf
ely 11 times in 28 trips to the
plate.
Ronnie Pitts has the second
highest average and leads the
Eagles in RBI’s and home
runs.
Pitts’ .810 average includes
four homers. He has driven in
14 runs.
Ken Strickland is the leading
pitcher with a 4-0 record. Ran
dy Waller is 3-1.
Strickland has hurled 29 inn
ings, allowing 22 hits, struckout
46 and walked 12. His earned
run-average is 1.21.
Waller has pitched 26 innings.
He has allowed 21 hits, struck
out 44 and walked 18. He has a
3.00 ERA.
Fred Hill
Named
Fayette Coach
Fred Hill has been named coa
C h at Fayette County High. He
succeeds Larry Nash, who re
signed to become principal of
Tyrone School.
Coach Hill comes to Fayette
from Cuthbert where he coach
ed Randolph County High to ah
8-2 record last year,
Coach Hill’s team won the Re
gion 2-C title by defeating Sav
annah Day 18-6 then lost the
South Georgia title to Warren
County, 27-7.
The ruling by Milwaukee
County Circuit Judge Elmer
Roller that the Braves must re
turn to Milwaukee by May 18
unless the National League
grants that city another fran
chise isn’t expected to have any
affect on the weekend activl
ties.
It's not that people here
aren’t aware of the ruling; it’s
just that they don’t think that
any direct action will take place
anytime soon.
The ruling was aired again
this week when alderman Ed
Gilliam loudly complained that
the city will have to pay the
Braves’ legal costs in connec
tion with the anti-trust suit that
brought Roller’s ruling.
Atlanta stadium Authority
Chairman Arthur Montgomery
conceded that this is the case
but he and Mayor Ivan Allen
insisted that this is neither a
new development nor anything
unusual.
No. 1 utility man, as a pinch
hitter, first baseman or “he
may go into the outfield."
Philadelphia Manager Gene
Mauch said Jackson and Buhl
could win 30 games between
them for the Phillies.
“These two complement our
ball club,” Mauch said. “The
only doubt about our team
before this was in our pitching
department. And these two
guys rectify that."
Lanier Defeats
Spalding, 4-1
The Lanier Junior High Poets
jumped on Spalding for four rims
in the first and went on to de
feat the Redskins 4-1 here Thurs
day.
A three-run homer in the first
did the damage.
With two on, Lanier’s winning
pitcher rocketted a Butch Bell
pitch out of Babe Ruth field for
the three runs.
Spalding scored in the seven
th.
Bobby Horton, Bell, Larry
^fiet Sr™ art.
r aid) vV * *7 gals t • *
shop the
Chambers and Lee Sprayberry
had Spalding’s hits.
Lanier and Spalding are even
after two games. The Redskins
defeated the Poets 1-0 earlier
this week.
Spalding will play a doublehea
der here Monday against Will
ingham. The eighth grade plays
at 3 p.m. and the ninth grade
plays at 4:45 p.m. Both games
will be played at Babe Ruth
Field.
1966 Griffin News
Season Opens May 7
Babe Ruth Coaches
Hold Draft
The Griffin Babe Ruth Lea
gue, which opens its 1966 season
on May 7, held its player draft
Thursday night.
Managers of the eight Babe
Ruth teams selected players to
fill out their rosters.
The eight Babe Ruth teams
and their players are:
BOOKER FIRESTONE
Charles Ray Perdue, Henry
Cheatham, Danny Harris, Jeff
McDonald, Randall Clark. Dan
ny Milton Tolen, Butch Bell,
Terry Mann.
David Shirah, Gilliam Chea
tham, Danny Cox, Randy Crane,
Sonny Shockley, Eddy Lee
Brown, Keith Folds, Manager,
Buster Smith.
DUNDEE
Wilson Harris Bevil, Jimmy
Copeland, Danny Keith Good
man, Thomas Jefferson Crit
tenden, Thomas Bruce Allen,
Clarence Copeland Shavers, Mi
chael Timothy Perdue, David
McDonnell.
Jepp Childs, Mike Harris,
Doug White, Kirk Blackmon,
Lee Braddock, Timothy Kimbell,
Keith Jones. Manager, Wilson
Bevil.
EAGLES
Allen Stephen Davis, James
Larry Chambers, Parks Hardy,
John B. Goss, Gary Vincent
Rhodes, Stanley Michael Var
nadoe, Preston Russell Ogletree,
David Billy Tiller, Marvin Ron
ald Johnson, Gary Wesley
Pugh.
Lee Sprayberry, Kenny Mann,
Andrew Widner, Hal Elder, Jef
frey Allen, Manager, Turner Da
vis.
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James Daniel Lester, Terry
Cook, Stacy Lamar Mobley, Ste
phen Harold Pierce, Sammy
Parker, Gregg Vaughn, Dubert
Gary Carter, James Weldon
Gregg, Bill Butler, Calvin E.
Thomas.
Mark Griffin, Ralph Thomp
son, Tommy Albert, Terry Bur
ton, Mike Shackelford. Manager,
Howell Shackelford.
FOODTOWN
Cary Randall Goen, Randy Og
letree, Steve Sampler, Joe Tho
mas Potts, James Ronald Hig
gins, Tommy Ellis Steele, Don
nie R. Robison, Charles LaPra
de, Charles Matthew Anderson,
Thomas Thurston.
Gene Shirey, Frankie Gold
stein, Ricky Dix, Jeff Imes, Ron
nie Tiller. Manager, Charles
Cobb.
KIWANIS
Randolph Charles Daniel, War
ren Watson Huddleston, Jerry
Dunn, Eddie McGee, Richard
Daryl Timmons, David Huddles
ton, Charles Thomas Bushin,
Tommy Owen Harris.
Ricky Harris, David Landrum,
Gary Head, Billy Powell, Skip
Kelley, Eddie Johnson, Charles
Gaddy. Manager, Donald Grlf
fin.
PAT’S FRUIT STAND
Lewis George Sanders, Tom
my Glenn Powell, Bryan Mad
dox, Steven R. Laster, Milton
Bruce Penn, Benny Hall, Ran
dy Wayne Hurley, Ralph Craig
Bozeman, John Sikes.
Randy Jones, John Seay, Wal
ter Emmett, Gary Laster, Mike
Kent, Billy Joe Vaughn. Man
ager Richard Penn.
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Richard Holder, Dan Bran
denburg, Joseph Wright War
ren, Jr., Wesley Michael Hub
bard, Charles Daniel Pursley,
Randy Bannister, Franklin Ken
neth Holder, Daryl Bradley Sea
graves, Kenneth Hand.
Blake Brantley, Tony Pitts,
Ricky Clark, Tommy Banks, Bill
Harris, Dennis Carraway. Man
ager, Harry Worthy.
Hollingsworth
Bowls 252
James Hollingsworth bowled
a 252 game and a 646 series
Thursday night in the Commer
cial League.
He had games of 252, 214 and
180.
Charles Head turned In a 212
game and Dexter Wasson bow
led a 210.
Forest Park
Beats Griffin
The Griffin High track team
finished second In a triangle
meet here Thursday.
Forest Park ran off with first
place with 75 points. Griffin was
second with 28V4 and Lee was
third with 23 1 /i.
Griffin’s only wins came in the
220 and shot. Junior Taylor won
the 220 and Lanier Dunn won the
shot.
Griffin will compete against
Jonesboro and Newnan here next
week.