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Cincy’s Pennant Hopes
Riding With ‘Bench’
Training Camp Roundup
By FRED DOWN
UPI Sports Writer
Don Pavletich had the distinc
tion on March 1 of being the
only man in the Cincinnati
Reds’ spring training camp who
doubted that Johnny Bench
would be the team’s regular
catcher this year.
Now Pavletich has the distinc
tion of being the msst effective
slugger on the team which Ibads
the exhibition standings with a
7-1 record.
Bench, one of the most
glamorous rookies of recent
springs, was virtually given the
first-string job during the
winter when the Reds traded
John Edwards to the St. Louis
Cardinals and forecast part
time duty for Pavletich. Some
experts even went so far as to
say that Bench was the key to
the Reds’ National League
pennant hopes.
It may still turn out that way
but the 29-year old Pavletich,
who batted only .238 with six
homers and 38 runs driven In
last season, is making Manager
Dave Bristol wonder. Pavletich
has hit three homers this
spring, including one Sunday
when the Reds beat the
Baltimore Orioles 7-5 and ran
their winning streak to six
games.
Two-Run Homer
Pavletich hit a two-run homer
off Moe Drabowsky in the
second inning and drove in a
third run with a single In the
fourth. Milt Pappas allowed
four runs and eight hits In four
innings against his former
teammates but received credit
for the victory.
Mike Epstein, the "glamour
rookie" of last spring who never
got going after being traded by
the Orioles, delivered a three
run first-inning homer Sunday
as the Washington Senators
defeated the Atlanta Braves 9-3
for their sixth victory in nine
games. Rookie second baseman
Frank Coggins also starred for
the Senators by starting four
double plays.
The Boston Red Sox scored
their fourth win in 10 games
when they nipped the St. Louis
Cardinals 3-2 on two nlnth-
Innlng runs produced by Tony
Conlgllaro’s double, Reggie
Smith’s triple and Rico Pe
trocelll’s sacrifice fly. Bob
Gibson allowed one run In three
innings and Steve Carlton shut
out the Red Sox for three
innings. They now have turned
In three consecutive strong
outings each.
Bucs Victory
Tommie Sisk pitched three-hit
ball for five Innings as the
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yours.
In 1968 we’ll invest about a half-million dollars
each working day to build Georgia’s future.
Georgia is growing fast, and we’re keeping
pace. During this year we’ll spend $140,410,000
on new generating plants, transmission lines
and enlargement of existing facilities.
The state’s market for electricity is bullish.
By 1970 the electric needs of hofnes, farms,
businesses and industries will increase almost
eight billion kilowatt-hours. And we shall be
serving about one million customers.
Since 1958 Georgia Power has invested more
than $755 million in construction. And it has
helped us reduce the average price per residen
tial kilowatt-hour of electricity from 2.05 to
1.69 cents. That is a record low.
Our record high 1968 construction budget is
designed to meet the growing demand for more
and better electric service. So that every citizen
we serve shares in Georgia’s bright future.
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Pittsburgh Pirates topped the
Philadelphia Phillies 5-0. Rock
ies Lynn Fitzer and Roger
Hayward and Dave Wickersham
completed the four-hit shutout
behind a 13-hit attack which
Included doubles by Matty Alou,
Roberto Clemente and Donn
Clendenon.
Ron Herbel’s one-hit pitching
for the first four innings paved
the way for the San Francisco
Giants to beat the Chicago Cubs
for the fourth straight time 4-1.
Jim Ray Hart scored the first
San Francisco run on a
sacrifice fly and knocked in the
second with a single.
Rookie shortstop Dave Nelson
tripled and scored in the eighth
Sikes Grabs
Citrus Money
ORLANDO, Ha. (UPD—At
torney Dan Sikes has no
intention of practicing law on a
full-time basis as long as he can
keep on winning all that money
on the golf course.
The 37-year-old Sikes, who has
set his sights on a second
straight SIOO,OOO - plus year,
picked up $23,000 of that Sunday
when he shot a 6-under-par 66 in
the final round to win the
Florida Citrus Open by a single
stroke over young Tom Weis
kopf. Sikes had a 14-under-par
274 for the four rounds.
"Someday, I plan to settle
down to a law practice,” Sikes
said. "But not until the day
comes when I can no longer
make it on the golf tour.
Welskopf, leading money win
ner on this year’s tour with
$66,345 after earning $13,800
Sunday, overshot the green the
previous week at Doral and lost
by a stroke to Gardner
Tournament favorite Jack
Nicklaus, who held or shared
the lead through the first three
rounds, had a closing 68 Sunday
—good enough for only third
place at 276.
Nicklaus was tied with Sikes
and Welskopf with only five
holes left to play. But he went
into the water on the 14th hole
and took a bogey while the
other two were both getting
birdies.
Miller Barber shot a 69
Sunday to tie for fourth place at
277 with young Englishman Tony
Jacklin who had a 68.
Finishing at 10-under-par 278
were Bob Charles, the lefthan
der from New Zealand, Austra
lian Bruce Crampton and Rod
inning to give the Cleveland
Indians a 3-2 decision over the
California Angels; Jim North
rup drove in four runs with a
triple and a homer and Ray
Oyler sparked a six-run rally
with a two-run single as the
Detroit Tigers whipped the
Chicago White Sox 8-4; the
Houston Astros beat the Minne
sota Twins 7-6; Bill Monbou
quette, Dooley Womack and
Steve Hamilton combined in a
four-hitter to give the New York
Yankees a 3-1 triumph over the
Los Angeles Dodgers and John
Donaldson’s two-run single in
the seventh inning gave the
Oakland Athletics a 3-2 squea
ker over the New York Mets.
Funseth. Art Wall, Lee Trevino
and Tom Nieporte all had 2795.
Devlin had 75—283.
Defending champion Julius
Boros skied to a 77-286 Sunday
and barely finished in the
money with winnings of $57.50.
Rayborn Rides
Cycle To
Daytona Victory
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.
(UPD—San Diego’s Calvin Ray
born averaged 101.290 miles an
hour to set a new record in win
ning the rich Daytona 200 mo
torcycle race at Daytona Speed
way Sunday.
Rayborn grabbed the lead on
the third lap of the 53-lap race,
Daytona’s longest cycle event,
and was never behind again.
The old record of 98.227 m.p.h
was held by Gary Nixon.
About 18,500 fans watched the
cyclists whip around the 3.81-
mile track.
Rayborn, riding a Harley, col
lected $4,475 for the win. Yvon
Duhamel of Montreal, aboard a
Yamaha, came in second; and
Art Bauman of San Francisco,
also on a Yamaha, finished
third.
Taylor, Doerun
Win State Titles
ATLANTA (UPI) — Warner
Robins Northside High School
girls basketball team, which
has gone through 34 games un
defeated, is the 1968 Class AA
Georgia champion.
The Eaglettes won the title
here Saturday night with a
56-40 win over the Dodge Coun
ty Squaws in the annual
tournament. It was the second
straight title for the Eaglettes.
Meanwhile at Macon, Taylor
County won the state Class B
girls title by defeating Harris
County 41-24 and Doerun won
the Class C crown with a 58-51
victory over Duluth.
In the Class AA tourney,
Franklin County staged a come
back to put down Coffee County
45-39 for third place in the
standings.
There was never any doubt
about Northside’s victory. The
Eaglettes jumped to a 3-0 lead
early in the ball game and
Dodge never even tied the
score.
Pam McAnally scored 24
points for the winners while
Jacque Revel paced the losers
with 20 points.
ISRAELI ROUT
TEL AVIV (UP)—lsrael
practically assured Itself of a
spot in the 16-natlon Olympic
soccer competition by routing
Ceylon 7-0 Sunday in a first leg
match.
The two countries meet again
Thursday, but with a seven goal
advantage in the aggregate
system, Israel is almost certain
to gain a spot in the
competition.
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FACES OF SPRlNG—Spring training brings out the many moods of baseball players.
Willie Mays (upper left) demonstrates disappointment as he misses a pitch; Rookie
Dodger pitcher Larry Staab (center left) grimaces as he uncorks a curve; Frank
Robinson smiles slyly while eating a sandwich and ruminating on the $115,000 contract
he recently signed. And John Roseboro (right), Minnesota Twin catcher, appears dog
tired after a workout.
Bo Strikes Out With Astros
Because Os Playmate’s Curves
COCOA, Fla. (UPD—It looks
like Bo Belinsky has struck out
with the Houston Astros this
spring because of a playmate’s
curves.
The 31-year-old playboy pitch
er was suspended by the Astros
Sunday night when he left his
teammates in favor of courting
brunette whose nude photo
made her Playboy magazine’s
1966 “Playmate of the Year.”
. Miss Collins, whose 39-24-38
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JAN-ERIK OUT
STOCKHOLM (UPI) — Jan-
Erik Lundquist, Sweden’s top
tennis player and one of the
best ever produced by that
country said Sunday he will not
participate in this year's Davis
Cup competition for the first
time in 10 years.
Lindquist explained that, “It’s
time for the younger boys to
take over in announcing that he
will not be a member of the
team that meets Rhodesia in
the first round in Stockholm
May 3-5.
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MASTERS GOLF
AUGUSTA, Ga. (UPl)—Gary
Player of South Africa leads a
contingent of 20 foreign golfers
who will play in this year’s
Masters golf tournament to be
held here next month, it was
learned Sunday.
Player, the 1961 Masters
champion, will be joined by a
group of outstanding foreign
golfers which includes, Bob
Charles of New Zealand,
Roberto de Vicenzo of Argenti
na, Bruce Devlin of Australia,
Harold Henning of South Africa,
Tony Jacklin of England,
George Knudson of Canada and
Kel Nagle of Australia.
figure also has earned her the
title of “The Sun Goddess of
Cocoa Beach,” and the hand
some Belinsky have been
constant companions this
spring. 80, who once courted
movie queen Mamie Van Doren,
met Miss Collins in Hawaii
during the winter.
A romantic crisis developed
Saturday when Belinsky was
denied permission by Astro
General Manager Spec Richard-
Villanova Runs
Away With
Track Crown
DETROIT (UPl)—Jim “Jum
bo” Elliott didn’t make any pre
meet predictions, he let his
Villanova runners’ feet do his
talking. They turned out to be
the most vociferous in the four
year history of the NCAA in
door track and field champion
ships.
Favorite Southern California
ran up 25 points, only one less
than the total which won he
the title last season, but 10 1-3
less than was churned up by
the flying Villanova runners
this year.
“We thought we could win it
when we came here,” Elliott
said when the meet was draw
ing to a close. “We knew we
had the people to do it, it was
just a matter of them coming
through.”
“We didn’t do that bad," said
Vern Wolfe, Southern California
track coach. "Villanova just did
better."
Wolfe had predicted victory
before the meet if his boys
lived up to his expectations.
He couldn’t count on Earl
McCullouch, who has a share of
all the NCAA indoor hurdles
marks, getting nipped by Ten
nessee’s Richmond Flowers in a
photo finish. Flowers came
home in 7 seconds, to tie the
speedy McCullouch’s indoor
NCAA mark.
“I have had difficulty running
on the boards because I’ve been
running on the faster (all
weather) tracks,” McCullouch
said. "We locked arms between
the third and fourth hurdles,
and I hit the fourth one.”
Lienhard To
Try For
Olympic Team
ATHENS, Ga. (UPI) — The
sophomore center on the most
successful University of Geor
gia basketball team in 28 years
plans to try out for the U.S.
Olympic team March 25-April
8, university officials have an
nounced.
The university officials said
that big Bob Lienhard, who was
all - Southeastern Conference
center, will join other NCCA
major college players reporting
to Indianapolis on March 25.
son to stay out on a date with
Miss Collins until 3 a.m. Miss
Collins checked out of her
Cocoa Beach motel early
Sunday and Bo breezed out of
the Astros’ dormitory at Astro,
town a few hours later without
leaving a forwarding address.
In suspending Belinsky, Rich
ardson pointed out that there
were no exceptions to the
midnight curfew imposed on the
Astros at Astrotown.
Central State
Wins NAIA
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (UPI)—
Head Coach Joe Retton of
Fairmont State (W. Va.)
summed it up pretty well.
“Every time we made a
mistake, they scored,” Retton
said following his team’s 54-48
defeat at the hands of Central
State of Ohio for the champion
ship of the National Association
of Intercollgiate Athletics bas
ketball tournament Saturday
night.
Retton’s Falcons became the
Cinderella team of the tour
nament as they methodically
marched into the finals. But
Central had just too much
defense and too much height in
the clutch.
Still, Fairmont fought it right
down to the wire before a field
goal with :23 seconds left and a
free throw with :02 seconds
showing dumped them into the
runner-up spot.
In fact the entire ball game
boiled down to the final 5:21 of
playing time. At that point
Wayne Denham tipped one in
for Fairmont to make the score
at 44-all.
From then on it was the
Marauders who capitalized on
mistakes and the Falcons who
failed to cash in on opportuni
ties.
Oshkosh State (Wis.) had an
easy time of it in the third-place
game, rooplng over Westmin-
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Gary Player
In Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. (UPD—Gary
Player will be among 20 for
eign golfers who will tee off in
this year’s Masters Tournament
April 11-14.
Eighteen professionals and
two amateurs are among those
international stars invited to
play in the event. The field
last year included the same
number of professionals, but
two more amateurs.
Player has several top honors
in addition to bringing in the
Masters’ crown in 1961. He has
also captured the U.S. Open,
the PGA, and the British Open
Tournaments. He has seen ac
tion in the 11 previous Masters.
The others receiving invita
tions and expected to play in
the classic are Al Balding of
Torongo, Canada; Peter J. But
ler of Birmingham, England;
Bob Charles of Christchurch,
New Zealand; Chen Chlng-po of
Tokyo; Cleve A. Clark of York
shire, England; Roberto de Vl
censo of Buenos Aires, Argen
tina; Bruce Devlin of Deakin,
Australia; Malcom E. Gregson
of Herts, England; Harold R.
Henning of Johannesburg,
South Africa; Tommy A. Hor
ton of Kent, England: Tony
Jacklin of Middlesex, England;
George Knudson of Toronto;
Ken Nagle of Sydney, Austra
lia; Christy O’Conner of Dub
lin, Ireland; Ramon Sota of
Santander, Spain; Hldeyo Sugi
moto of Kanagawa-ken, Japan;
and Raul Travieso of Lima,
Peru.
The two amateurs are Gary
Cowan of Kltchner, Ontario,
Belinsky, who pitched a no
hitter for the California Angels,
in 1962 but has won only 28
games in six major league
seasons, was working out with
the Astros this spring although
he is on the roster of the
Oklahoma City team in the
Pacific Coat League. He had
not appeared in a single
exhibition game and was given
little or no chance to make the
Astros’ pitching staff.
ster (Pa.) 102-68. Ron Hayek
pumped in 29 points for Oshkosh
while teaomate Bill Schwartz
added 24.
ALTAMIRA TENNIS
CARACAS, Venuzuela (UPI)
—Marty Riessen, Evanston, 111.,
won the men’s singles title of
the Altamira tennis tournament
Sunday by defeating Cliff
Richey, San Angelo, Tex., 6-1, 8-
6, 6-1.
Britain’s Ann Haydon Jones
won the women’s singles
competition by downing Julie
Heldman of New York 6-4, 11-9
in a 2‘/z hour marathon session.
CONTAINERS
before Disposal
u. s. Department of agriculture
Canada and Joseph B. Carr of
Dublin.
The international stars have
been invited to compete on the
basis of judgement of ability.
Players from the United States
receive invitations by a set of
regulations.
History Student
Wins Top Honor
In Steeple Chase
ATLANTA (UPD — History
Student, a horse from South Ca
rolina can graze proudly today
after taking the top honor in
The Atlanta Hunt Meeting and
Steeple Chase here over the
week-end.
History Student, ridden by
Robert McDonald placed first
in The Atlanta Cup Race before
a crowd of thousands.
Race officials said horse and
jockey covered the mile and
six furlong course with a time
of 3:26:3 minutes.
Spectators were saddened in
th® race when Right Tag,
crossed the finish line in third
place, and fell dead from a
heart seizure.
Right Tag was ridden by J.
L. Aitcheson Jr., the nation’s
Number 1 chase jockey in 1967.
The jockey escaped the incident
without injury.
SECOND WIN
KOKKOLA, Finland (UPD—
Eero Maentyranta of Finland
recorded his second victory of
the Kokkola Ski Games Sunday
when he won the 30-kilometer
cross country race in one
hour 39:36 minutes.
Maentyranta, who had won
the 15-kilometer event Saturday,
beat countryman, Hannu Tai
pale.
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