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Bob Bruce’s Sure
He Can Win Again
By DAVID M. MOFFIT
ATLANTA (UPI) —“lf (At
lanta manager) Billy Hitchcock
really wanted to discipline a
problem player, all he'd have
to do is force him to keep up
with Bob Bruce.”
That, said the speaker, would
be quite a chore since no one
works harder on a day-to-day
basis than the big righthanded
pitcher the Braves got last win
ter from the Astros in trade for
Eddie Mathews.
Bruce, who was 34 years old
Tuesday, is fiercely determined
to be a winner in the major
leagues again. He’s convinced
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that his 3-13 season last year
was due entirely to an eye ail
ment — and he’s out to prove
it.
The Braves are already con
vinced. He’s 2-1 at present with
18 strikeouts in 26 innings and
a 3.12 earned run average. He’s
also their starter tonight against
the Mets.
“If everyone would work as
hard as Bob, we’d have a heck
of a hustling club,” Hitchcock
said.
Bruce, a 6-foot-3, 208 - pound
nine-year major league veteran,
was used sparingly in relief un
til Tony Cloninger’s illness gave
him his first •start for the Braves
on April 30.
He picked up his first win as
a Brave that day, beating the
Phillies 6-3. He lost his next
start, to the league-leading Cin
cinnati Reds, : 'though allowing
only three runs in seven in
nings. Then he sparkled last Fri
day against the Pirates when he
went the route wih a three
hitter to beat them 9-2.
“I konw that if the Braves
would work me regularly, I
could help,” Bruce said. “I’m at
my best when I get into a
steady rotation. Being out of ac
tion for an ylength of time real
ly hurts.”
Bruce was sidelined for seven
weeks last season and wound up
with his poorest record. He was
on heavy doses of antibiotics and
it showed in his work.
“I’m completely recovered
now,” Bruce said. “I feel real
strong again.”
Bruce, a native of Detroit,
broke into professional baseball
in 1953 with Wausau, Wis., and
had an impressive debut. Only
19 at the start of that season,
he had an 18-8 record and struck
out 181 batters in 191 innings.
He made it to the majors
with Detroit in 1959 but worked
only 177 innings in two and a
fraction seasons an dhis Ameri
can League mark of 5-10 was
far from impressive.
He joined the Astros in 1962
and in 1964 had his best year
when he posted a 15-9 mark
and a 2.76 ERA.
“Bob’s record (49-69) is real
ly misleading,” Hitchcock said.
“He’s always had a good
strikeout-walk ratio (729-335)
and good stuff on the ball.”
Cloninger, figured to be the
Braves’ top righthander this
season, was sidelined first by
a flu-like illness and then an
eye ailment, and was put on
the disabled list Tuesday.
Braves Sign
Stan Bell
The Braves announce today
| the signing of their second round
■ draft choice, pitcher Stanley Bell
I of Atlanta. Bell is 19 years old.
He weighs 195 lbs. and is a right
hander.
He attended Headland High
School in Bast Point and Mana
tee Junior College. He had a 30-9
record in four years at Headland
and a 19-1 record in two years
at Manatee.
His parents are Mr. and Mrs.
Bradus Bell of 2567 Colonial Dr.,
College Park, Georgia.
Bell is the first native Atlan
tan signed by the Braves since
I their move to Atlanta.
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Baseball Begins
Saturday At 2
The Fairmont Community Cen
ter will begin its summer youth
baseball program Saturday with
five three inning games begin
ning at 2:00 p.m. The games are
scheduled so that each team en
tered in the two Leagues can
play on opening day.
Henry Sims, athletic supervi
sor, said that a great deal of in
terest has been shown this year,
and that he expects a good sea
son.
There are six teams in the
Midget League for boys 9, 10, 11
and 12 and four teams in the Ju
nior League for boys 13, 14 and
15-years-old. The midgets will
play on Monday and Wednesday
afternoons at 4 p.m. and 5:30 p.
m. The Juniors will play on
Tuesday and Thursday after
noons at 4 p.m.
The opening day schedule has
the Bears and Phillies playing at
2:00 p.m. A Junior League game
between the Tigers and Twins
and the third game between the
Braves and Giants. Another
game in the Junior League will
be between the Mets and Red
Sox and the final game of the
day will be between the Hawks
and Midgets.
Jones Pitches
2nd No-Hitter
Darrell Jones pitched his se
cond no-hitter of the young Lit
tle League season Tuesday night
as First National shutout the
Jaycees 3-0 in a well played
game.
Earlier in the afternoon Ex
change rapped out 15 hits to beat
Kiwanis, 12-6.
Jones and Jaycee hurler, Geor
ge Peurifoy, locked up in a tight
pitching duel.
Jones struckout 13 and walked
two. Peurifoy fanned 13 and
walked one. He gave up only
three hits.
Jones had two of First Nation
als’ hits. One was a first inning
home run. Keith Tate doubled.
Hits were plentiful in the fir
st game. Exchange banged out
15 and Kiwanis had seven.
Exchange rallied for eight runs
Dean Chance Pitches
Shutout At Chisox
By JOE GERGEN
DPI Sports Writer
Dean Chance, rolling strikes
at a record pace, found the
Chicago White Sox right down
his alley.
An avid and accomplished
bowler, Chance knocked the
pins out from under Chicago’s
10-game winning streak Tues
day night, pitching his second
consecutive shutout in beating
the White Sox 1-0 on a five
hitter.
The victory was the sixth in a
row for Chance, tops among
American League pitchers, and
his six strikeouts pushed him
into the league lead with 53 for
the season.
The 25-year-old Chance, who
never has led any professional
league in strikeouts, is well on
his way to a personal high. The
husky right-hander fanned 207
in 1964, the year he won the Cy
Young award As the best
pitcher in baseball, but is far
ahead of that pace.
Six Straight Wins
“I felt I had better stuff this
year,” Chance said. “This was
the happiest win of the year for
me, six straight now.”
Although beaten, the White
Sox retained their game
lead over Detroit, which lost 5-4
to Washington. Kansas City
blanked California 4-0, Balti
more blasted Boston 8-5 and
New York edged Cleveland 4-3
in 11 innings in other AL
games.
Cincinnati stretched Its Na
tional League lead to four
games by stopping Pittsburgh 6-
3, St. Louis nipped Philadelphia
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Forgotten Reliefer,
Jay Ritchie, Halts
N. Y. Mets, 6-3
By DAVID M. MOFFIT
UPI Sports Writer
ATLANTA (UPI) — Jay Rit
kie, virtually the forgotten man
in the Atlanta bullpen, made
the Braves sit up and take no
tice Tuesday night.
It all started innocently
enough. The 30-year-old right
handed reliefer, who had ap
peared in only eight innings in
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in the fourth after trailing 4-1
going into the frame.
Those eight plus three more
in the fifth sent Exchange coast
ing to its first victory.
Darrell Chapman was the win
ning pitcher. He whiffed 10 and
walked two.
Wendell Lindsey was the lo
ser. He and Jabo Griffin, who
took over in the fifth, struckout
two and walked three.
Bruce Jones, Walter Jones and
Chapman had three hits each
for Exchange. Tommy Howie
had two and Dana Canterbury.
David Imes, Keith Prewitt, and
Doug Evans had one.
John Flynn hit a home run and
single for Kiwanis. Jim Hedder
man, Clint Smith, Bill Varnadoe,
Jabo Griffin and Mark Gatlin
had one hit.
4-3' San Francisco beat Chicago
3-1, Atlanta whipped New York
0-3 and Los Angeles lashed
Houston 6-1.
Consecutive doubles by Bob
Allison and Zoilo Versalles
produced the only run in the
second inning and spoiled a fine
performance by Chicago’s John
Buzhardt, who limited the
Twins to five hits in seven
innings.
Howard Tallies
Frank Howard doubled home
Jim King with the tie-breaking
run in the third inning and
scored the deciding tally on
Bernie Allen’s sacrifice fly as
Washington snapped a five
game losing streak. Darold
Knowles shut off a Detroit threat
in the seventh inning and
preserved the win for starter
Camilo Pascual, victim of Al
Kaline’s three-run homer in the
first frame.
Jim Hunter’s three-hit pitch
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rookie Rick Monday in the fifth
inning paced the A’s to their
fifth successive win. Hunter,
raising his record to 4-3, struck
out seven while Monday doubled
home a pair of runs in the fifth
and scored the final run on
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the Braves’ first 28 games, took
over for starter Wade Blasin
game in the fourth inning with
two on, two out and the Braves
and Mets tied 3-3.
Ritchie struck out Ed Charles
to end that threat, then went on
to pitch 5 1-3 innings of perfect
relief as the Braves beat the
Mets 6-3.
Ritchie faced 16 men and re
tired same. He struck out four
and only four balls were hit out
of the infield.
For Ritchie, acquired from
the Boston Red Sox prior to
last season, it was his first Na
tional League victory. His per
formance also lowered his
sparkling earned run average
to 0.65 and drew a promise of
a lot more work in the future
from manager Billy Hitchcock.
“When a fellow pitches the
way Jay did against the Mets,
you have to figure that he’ll be
pitching a lot more regularly,”
Hitchcock said.
“My rhythm is a lot better
when I'm working,” Ritchie
said. “I really hadn’t had a
chance to get into it until this
game.
“But (Phil) Niekro and
(Clay) Carroll have been doing
a good job in relief. I’ve just
been trying to keep myself
ready. You can’t sit around
without doing any work on your
own.”
There’s no doubt he was
ready Tuesday night.
Clete Boyer, another former
American Leaguer (Yankees),
furnished the power that jetted
the Braves and Ritchie to vic
tory. He broke that 3-3 tie with
a two-run double in the fifth in
ning and then hit his fourth
home run of the season to lead
off the eighth.
“That Boyer hasn’trbeen hit
ting much for averag'#, but he’s
sure been coming through in
the clutch,” said Hitchcock.
“He seems to concentrate more
with men in scoring position.”
The Braves and Mets go at
it again tonight. Bob Bruce
(2-1), who celebrated his 34th
birthday Tuesday and his son’s
fourth today, will pitch for At
lanta. Tom Seaver (3-1), the
Ramon Webster’s two-base hit.
Paul Blair’s first homer, a
three-run pinch blow in the
eighth inning, lifted Baltimore
past the Red Sox. Blair’s blast
off reliever John Wyatt wiped
out a 5-4 Boston lead achieved
on Carl Yastrzemski’s solo blow
in the seventh. Frank Robinson
also hit a two-run homer for the
Orioles.
Mickey Mantle, honored in
pre-game ceremonies for his
500th home run last Sunday, hit
a bases-loaded single in the 11th
to present Thad Tillotson with
his first major league triumph.
Tillotson started the winning
rally with his first major league
hit, a single, and came around
to score the decisive run.
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The Braves had a dozen hits
Tuesday night. Rico Carty and
Hank Aaron both went 3-for-4
and raised their averages to
.313 and .306 respectively. Feli
pe Alou was only l-for-3 but
that kept him at .328.
Gene Oliver, starting catcher
for the Braves Tuesday night
because Joe Torre has an in
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the game in the fourth inning
by umpire John Kibler for dis
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fiercely.
That brought in Torre who is
tied with Aaron for the major
league home run lead at eight
each and a complaint from a
New York writer who said:
“That call hurt us more than
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Torre had trouble throwing
because of his finger but with
Ritchie mowing down the Mets,
he never had a man on base to
worry about.
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. (UPI) —
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International League announced
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cause of his failure to report to
the club after being sent down
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CLONINGER DISABLED
ATLANTA (UPI) —Righthan
der Tony Cloninger of the
Atlanta Braves was put on the
disabled list Tuesday for some
needed rest after a severe case
of the flu. Cloninger was
hospitalized after complaining
of fuzzy vision.