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Monday, April 3, 1967 Griffin Daily News
Dodgers’ Powder Puff
Attack Potent Enough
By FRED McMANE
EPI Sports Writer
Things have been very trying
for the Los Angeles Dodgers
this spring, but they still
haven’t lost that knack of
squeezing water from a stone.
The defending National
League champions, whose “pow
der puff’’ attack had produced
only two runs in 35 innings
through last Saturday, managed
only five hits in 17 innings
Sunday but showed mid-season
form by downing the Houston
Astros 4-3 when they scored the
Winning run on a wild pitch.
Although it was the Dodgers
first victory in nine games
against National League teams
this spring, it was the kind of
triumph the team has been used
to the past four seasons and
Indicated the Dodgers may not
be as dead as most of the
critics are predicting.
Sound On Mound
After losing Sandy Koufax
through retirement and Maury
Wills and Tommy Davis in
trades, the Dodgers haven’t
even resembled a first division
team this spring. Yet the strong
pitching turned in by Don
Drysdale, Phil Regan, Bill
Singer, Bruce Brubaker and
Dick Egan Sunday shows the
Dodgers are still very wound on
the mound.
Perhaps the soundest of all
the pitchers at this stage of the
exhibition season is Bob Gibson
of the St. Louis Cardinals. The
strong righthander allowed only
one hit in six innings and
stroked a two-run homer while
Gay Brewer--Man On Mission
E&- DAVID M. MOFFLT
UPI Sports Writer
AUGUSTA, Ga. (UPD — Gay
Brewei is a man on a mission.
The wavy-haired Texan, only
too mindful of his near miss a
year ago, is determined to do
eveiy thing in his power to win
this year's Masters golf tourna
ment, which begins here Thurs
day.
Os course, everyone in the 84-
man field would like to be a
winner. After all, there's $20,000
and prestige worth 10 times that
much at stake.
But the 35-year-old Brewer has
an added incentive. For it was
here a year ago that he came
up to the final hole needing
only a routine par to wrap up
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leading the Cardinals to a 2-0
victory over the Kansas City
Athletics.
Gibson struck out 10 and
walked only two in limiting the
A’s to a bloop single. Joe
Hoerner pitched the final three
innings for the Redbirds,
surrendering two hits.
Al Kaline went three-for-five
and stroked a key two-run triple
to lead the Detroit Tigers to a
7-5 triumph over the Chicago
White Sox. Kaline connected off
southpaw Gary Peters for his
triple to highlight a four-run
seventh inning and help Joe
Sparma to the victory.
Mick’s First Clout
Donn Clendenon stroked two
home runs and Gene Alley hit
another as the Pittsburgh
Pirates belted the New York
Yankees 9-3. Clendenon and
Alley each got four hits in the
contest and accounted for eight
Pirate runs. Mickey Mantle had
a two-run homer for the
Yankees, his first of the spring.
The Minnesota Twins belted
old teammate Camilo Pascual
for seven hits and six runs in
six innings while turning back
the Washington Senators 9-6.
Andy Kosco homered for the
Twins while Ed Brinkman hit a
homer for the Senator.
George Scott and rookie
Reggie Smith hit homers and
drove in five runs between them
to power the Boston Red Sox to
an 8-2 victory over the New
York Mets. The Red Sox tagged
Jack Fisher for seven hits and
four runs in seven innings and
added four runs off Chuck
the Masters title — and missed
a comparatively short putt that
would have given it to him.
That miss left him in a three
way tie with Jack Nicklaus and
Tommy Jacobs. The next day,
in a playoff, Brewer ran out of
steam. He soared to a six-over
par 78 — eight strokes behind
Nicklaus who became the first
man ever to win two Masters
back - to - back and six behind
Jacobs.
“A lot of people had a lot to
say about that missed putt and
my poor showing the next day,”
Brewer said. “The putt (a seven
footer) should have gone in but
I failed to allow quite enough
break.
“I gave it all I had in the
3
Estrada in the final two frames.
The Mets did get some good
news, however, when righthan
der Ralph Terry was signed
following his fine performance
against the Philadelphia Phillies
last Saturday. Terry had been
with the club as a free agent
and has compiled a nice 1.93
earned run average in 14
innings this spring.
Orioles Fly High
The Baltimore Orioles erupted
for their second seven-run
inning in the last three games
to defeat the Atlanta Braves 8-
1. Jim Palmer, who had pitched
only two and two-thirds innings
all spring because of a shoulder
ailment, went the first five
innings for the Orioles and
allowed only three hits and one
run.
Curt Simmons and Bob
Hendley combined for a four
hitter as the Chicago Cubs
edged the California Angels 3-2.
The 37 - year -old Simmons
worked four and two-thirds
innings before allowing a hit
and took a shutout into the
seventh before losing it on a
triple by Jim Fregosi and a
single by Jose Cardenal.
Sammy Ellis and young Gary
Nolan of the Cincinnati Reds
combined to shut out the
Philadelphia Phillies 2-0. Nolan,
18, also socked a double off
lefty Grant Jackson to touch off
a two-run eighth inning that
helped the Reds to their 14th
exhibition victory against eight
losses.
playoff, but it just wasn't
enough. I thought I still had a
chance until I went into the wa
ter on No. 12 (a par three hole)
and took a double bogey. I knew
it was all over then.”
On the very next tour stop, the
Tournament of Champions
Brewer went into a playoff
agau.st Arnold Palmer and
failed again. It was said that he
was snakebit.
Brewer, who had four victor
ies in a siix-month period before
the Masters, didn’t win again
last year although he earned
nearly $76,000.
Fourth on this year’s money
list, Brewer really came to life
in the Pensacola Open 11 days
ago. Setting records at the 36
SPORTS
First Baptist
Brotherhood To
Honor Athletes
The Brotherhood of the First
Baptist Church will honor Grif
fin High athletes tonight and
present its anual Christian Ath
lete Award.
Craig Baynham, wingback for
the Georgia Tech Yellow Jac
kets, will be the principal speak
er.
Each year the Brotherhood
honors the athletes and presents
a Christian Athlete award to a
deserving boy or girl.
The winner will be selected
by the Griffin High athletes.
CHS Golfers
Winners In
Forsyth Tourney
Members of the Griffin High
golf team participated in the
Forsyth Invitational Sunday and
three of them came home win
ners.
Robin Wheaton, a sophomore,
won the “B” division of the
championship flight with a 40-36-
40 — 116 over the 27 holes.
John Shapard won the second
flight with a 43-41,37 — 121 and
Tommy Greer was second in
the first flight with a 40-43,40—
123.
and 54 hole marks, he wound up
26 under par to win by six
strckes, biggest margin this
year.
That's when he made up his
mind he would erase the stigma
of last year’s Masters finish.
“I was going so well at that
point, I figured it must be time
to make a serious try,” Brewer
said
He skipped the $125,000 Great
er Greensboro Open, won Sun
day by towering George Archer,
who earned $25,000 and a bid to
the Masters, and came here
early to get in plenty of
practice over the demanding
Augusta National course.
He hasn't been fooling around
either. Sunday was a beautiful
day here for golf and Brewer
took advantage of it to get in
two practice rounds.
‘‘lf 1 don’t win here this time,
it certainly won’t be because I
haven't tried to get ready,”
Brewer said. “Actually, I am
pleased how these practice ses
sions have been going. I just
hope my game is sharp for the
four rounds that count.
Brewer is not the favorite
here. That role is shared by de
fending champion Nicklaus and
four-time champion Palmer, who
have won seven of the last nine
Masters between them.
Also high on the contenders’
list is the always colorful Doug
Sanders. Sanders, who along
with Palmer, was only two
strokes off the pace last year,
took second at Greensboro, a
stroke ahead of Palmer and ap
pears to be in one of his sub
par streaks.
“I realize there’s some mighty
tough competition,” Brewer said.
“I’m going to play my own
game and hope that this time
it’s good enough to make me a
winner.”
If desire leads to victory, then
Brewer is on the right track.
Cale Yarborough
Wins Atlanta 500
ATLANTA <UPI) —Husky
Cale Yarborough didn’t set any
record in winning the Atlanta
500 stock car race Sunday. He
didn’t have to.
The Timmonsville/ S.C., racer
throttled his 1967 Ford Fairlane
around the Atlanta International
Raceway at an average speed
of 131.078 miles per hour, about
5 m.p.h. under the Atlanta 500
record. But he crossed the
finish line two laps ahead of his
closest challenger —Dick Hutch
erson of Camden, S.C.
Yarborough, 27, led 302 laps
of the 334-lap race and won
$20,385 in prize money. Hutcher
son, also in a Fairlane, won
$8,500.
Buddy Baker of Charlotte,
N.C., in a 1967 Dodge Charger,
was third and rookie Charles
Glotzbach, Georgetown, Ind.,
pushed his 1965 Dodge into
fourth place.
Mario Andretti, who rushed
here after winning the Sebring
12-hour race Saturday night,
ran a good early race, but his
car was damaged by two brush
es with the wall and he had to
withdraw.
Veterans A. J. Foyt, two-time
winner of the Indianapolis 500,
and Fred Lorenzen, a three
time Atlanta 500 champion, re-
UPI Writer Picks Pirates,
Detroit In Pennant Races
By MILTON RICHMAN
UPI Sports Writer
TAMPA, Fla. (UPI) —The
nice thing about baseball
managers is that they always
give you clear-cut definite
answers.
That’s why there’s never any
confusion regardless of what
question they’re asked.
Herman Franks of San
Francisco, Gene Mauch of
Philadelphia, Dave Bristol of
Cincinnati and Billy Hitchcock
of Atlanta all say their clubs
will be “right there” on Oct. 1,
which happens to be the day the
National League season ends
this year.
Over in the American League,
Minnesota’s Sam Mele says the
same thing, and Hank Bauer
says “why not?” when they ask
him whether he thinks Balti
more can repeat.
Own Conclusions
All these nice clear cut
answers lead to one obvious
conclusion: There’s gonna
be six clubs fit the world series
this year.
On the outside chance that
some of these managers are
wrong and there will only be
two, I’m picking Pittsburgh and
Detroit.
I like the Pirates because how
can you help but, and also
because Harry Walker didn’t
try to dazzle me with any of
those definite answers.
Walker says one or two key
injuries on any club could turn
the race upside down. He's
right. But since there’s no way
of knowing about injuries in
advance, Walker at least is
assured his club has enougli
talent to overcome them and
looks to be the best balanced all
around.
The Tigers are more or less
of a hunch. I have a hunch
hitters like Al Kaline, Willie
Horton, Norm Cash and Don
Wert all could have good years.
I also have a hunch Johnny Sain
can do something with that
pitching staff. Mayo Smith, the
new manager, is still another
hunch.
Working as a scout for the
Yankees last year, Smith picked
Detroit to win. I think he was
right, only one year too early.
Milt’s Picks
From what you can tell in six
weeks of looking, comparing
and listening to some of those
clear cut answers, here’s the
way both races shape up:
... National American
1. Pittsburgh Detroit
2. St. Louis Baltimore
3. San Francisco Minnesota
4. Cincinnati Chicago
5. Philadelphia Cleveland
6. Los Angeles California
7. Atlanta New York
8. Houston Boston
9. New York Washington
10. Chicago Kansas City
The Cardinals could turn out
NBA Playoff
Standings
By United Press International
Division Finals
Best-of-seven
Eastern Division
W. L. Pct.
Phil 2 0 1.000
Boston 0 2 .000
Western Division
W. L. Pct
San Fran. 2 0 1.000
St. Louis 0 2 .000
Sunday’s Resußs
Philadelphia 107 Boston 102
(Only game Bheduled)
tired after a collision in which
neither was injured.
Bobby Allison, Hueytown,
Ala., in a 1967 Mercury, was
fifth. Other finishers were John
Sears, Ellerbe, N. C., 1966 Ford,
6; Bobby Isaac, Catawba, N.C.,
1967 Dodge Charger, 7; James
Hylton, Inman, S. C., 1966
Dodge, 8; Friday Hassler, Chat
tanooga, Tenn., 1966 Chevrolet,
9; and J. T. Putney, Arden,
N. C., 1967 Chevrolet, 10.
GOLF CHAMP
TAIPEI (UPI) Hsieh Yung Yo
of Taiwan birdied the first hole
of a sudden death playoff
Sunday to win the third China
Open Golf Championship over
defending titlist Lu Liang Huan.
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to be the biggest sleeper with a
straightened-out pitching staff
and a straightened-out Roger
Maris, but the Giants will keep
on having trouble until Franks
can straighten out his infield.
Cincy lacks that one good
reliever; the Phils a first
baseman and the Dodgers
anyone even faintly resembling
Sandy Koufax.
Atlanta has plenty of bats but
not enough arms and Houston is
somewhat short of both. Wes
Westrum says the sky is the
limit for the Mets, and you
know what they mean by a low
sky, which also pretty much
covers the Cubs.
Scans Field
Spring training ordinarily
Griffin Tennis Team
Beats Tucker High
The Griffin High boys beat the
Tucker tennis team 5-2 here
Saturday.
The varsity girls split with
Tucker 3-3, and the junior high
boys and girls won their match
es.
Morgan Harvill beat Rod Yo
ung *lO-3 in the number one sin
gles.
Other winners in the singles
were: Billy Tonkin over John
Prater, 10-7, and Barry Cole
over Joe Nawrocki, 10-5.
Cole and Harvill beat Nawroc
ki and Young 6-1, 4-6 and 6-3 in
the number one doubles.
Tonkin and Wayne Hooper lost
in the doubles 6-10. John Hemp
hill and Paul Callaway won their
match 10-4 and Gordon Dixon
and Bob Giles were beaten, 8-10.
Mary Tippin won the number
one singles for the Griffin girls,
8-3. Martha Dawn was beaten
4-8, and Ann Mitchell dropped
her match 2-8.
Darlene Cook and Robin King
were beaten 7-9 in the doubles
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prove one thing over In the
American League, namely that
Baltimore’s pitching isn’t as
good as the Dodgers made It
look last fall.
Minnesota confuses me. I
can’t tell where the Twins will
finish until •, the Angels quit
calling Dean Chance all those
names.
Eddie Stanky’s Chicago White
Sox fall into the category of
good pitch, no hit, and
Cleveland and California both
have enough problems to keep
them battling for fifth place all
summer.
The Yankees hardly look any
better than last year but could
but Judy Jones and Ann Hullins
won their match 8-6.
The junior high boys won
three of four matches.
Al Jolly won the number one
singles, 8-0 over Ronnie Mills.
Bill Butler beat Jim Smith 8-5,
and Jolly and Butler teamed to
stop Doug Cleveland and Jeff
Young 8-6 in the doubles.
Jimmy Mankin and Charles
Murphy lost 2-8 to David Clough
and Jim Smith.
The junior high girls won all
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Lenny Newton beat Jan Van
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