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Warriors Stun
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St. Louis Hawks
By MIKE HUDSON
UPI Sports Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (UPD—In
as stunning an upset as the
National Basketball Association
has seen in many a moon, the
San Francisco Warriors today
found themselves In the Wes
tern Division playoff finals with
Los Angeles.
San Francisco made it a 4-2
series victory over shocked St.
Louis Tuesday night by edging
the Hawks 111-106 before a
packed house of almost 13,000.
The first-place Hawks had
.beaten the Warriors 7-1 in the
regular season and the Warriors
had never even given them a
game after center Nate Thur-
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Wednesday, April 3, 1968
mond was sidelined for the
campaign with a knee injury.
, In the playoffs, however, the
i Warriors got exceptional play
! from a couple of unsung
. backcourt performers.
Jeff Mullins hit for 20 points
■ Tuesday night to wind Up the
winners’ scoring leader with 162
markers. Bobby Warlick played
less than half the time, but he
came off the bench to add 84
points in the series.
Warlick, former Pepperdine
ace, cut off the squad on two
occasions, meshed 7 of 15 from
the floor and scored seven of
his 20 points in a 3% minute
stretch in the final period
Tuesday to doom the Hawks’
hopes.
Other standouts for the
Warriors were Rudy Larusso,
Ceil McLaurin
Advances To
Second Round
CALLAWAY GARDENS, Ga.
(UPI) — Eight women golfers
took to the tees today in the
second round of match play to
determine the Georgia women’s
amateur golf champion.
Medalist Ceil MacLaurin of
Savannah, who has won the
tournament three times in past
years, zipped past Dee Kegley
of Warner Robins Tuesday 2
and 1, while Billie Wickliffe of
Athens beat Susan Hugle 6 and
5, Madge McDonald of Atlanta
downed Sue Hayes 7 and 6, and
Sally Malloy of Columbus beat
out Dodie Brown of Atlanta 6
and 5.
Ethel Dußose of Waycross ad
vanced to the second round af
ter defeating Faye Cox 5 and
3, as did Hollis Stacey of Sa
vannah, who beat Gladys Den
son, 3 and 2. Other winners
were Bobby Joe Gabrielson of
the University of Georgia, and
Betty Powell of Chamblee.
who tallied 30, and Clyde Lee,
who hit 16 and battled the tough
Hawks to a standstill on the
boards.
St. Louis got a great two man
effort from Lou Hudson with 35,
and Lennie Wilkens with 29, but
they didn’t get much help.
The Hawks were down by 12
going into the final period but
closed to 98-96 on Wilkins’
jumper. Then Warlick took over
with two follow shots to push
the Warriors to 102-96 with 2:57
to go.
Three free throws by Warlick
and a bank shot by Mullins
made it 107-101 with 1:07 to go.
Hudson hit three points and it
was 109-106 with 20 seconds left
before Lee hit a layup at the
buzzer.
Warrior pilot Bill Sharman,
who went with an imaginative
three-guard offense in the final
game, called the win “a great
team effort. But he admitted
that Warlick was a key and said
he “played like a superstar
throughout the series.”
The Los Angeles-San Francis
co winner must battle the
winner of the Eastern Division
titanic Boston- Philadelphia
struggle.
Braves 7 Prospects
By United Press International
The Atlanta Braves finished
seventh in the National League
last year, with a record of 77-85
and an average of .475.
What they will do this year
is still to be decided, but the
Braves are not considered pen
nant contenders.
Here are some indications of
their prospects:
Pitching: Extremely shallow
despite presence of Phil Niekro,
NL ERA leader in 1967. Man
ager Luman Harris expects im
provement from Ken Johnson
and Pat Jarvis and comeback
by Dick Kelley. Kelley, 2-9 in
1967, has been spring sensation.
Catching: Joe Torre ack
knowledged star and likely
.300-hitter with 25 homers and
90-to-100 runs batted in.
Infield: Three newcomers—
Devon Johnson at first, peren-
Computers Take Over
Golf Goes Mod
By DAVID M. MOFFIT
ATLANTA (UPI) — The an
cient and staid game of golf,
which has long maintained its
dignity in the carnival setting
of professional sports, has gone
mod.
Computers have taken up the
game.
It was inevitable. After all,
golf is largely a statistical
sport and what better way is
there to keep tabs on rapidly
changing masses of numbers?
The invader is IBM. The big
company took the plunge this
year by assigning a complete
crew, armed with small com
puters and a huge van topped
by a gigantic scoreboard, to fol
low the professional golfers on
their tour.
The golf-programmed comput
ers made their appearance in
the West Coast tournaments,
were on hand for three of the
four Florida tournaments, and
will be at the Greensbor
(N.C.) Open this week.
The fans love it. It’s given
golf-watching a whole new di
mension. The constantly chang
ing board keeps them up to
date on the leaders, the play of
the golfers coming into the
green and where their favorites
stand at any given moment.
The computers also cranked
out the average length of drives
on certain holes, the average
number of putts by each golfer
and how many times drives are
in the fairway and approach
shots on the green.
“IBM is doing this strictly as
an experiment,” explained John
Scheftel, information man for
the crew. “There’s no price tag
on it and I don’t suppose any
tournament could actually af
ford to pay for this service it
self.
“But we were anxious to see
what computers could do to help
golf tournaments and we’ve been
well pleased with the results.”
Golf has made some striking
changes in recent years, Men
like Arnold Palmer and Doug
Banders have added color to a
sport that once was played in
relative seclusion by knicker
clad golfers who would seldom
be recognized off the links.
Television was largely re
sponsible for that change. Golf
ers became national sports he
roes once the cameras transport
ed them into the homes of mil
lions.
It got so the fans at home
were being better Informed than
those at the tournaments. The
scoreboards, operated by hand,
were slow and carried only the
results of the top few.
Scheffel said the computers
East - West
Shrine Game
Dec. 28
SAN FRANCISCO (UPD—The
44th annual Shrine East-West
football game will be played
Dec. 28 at Candlestick Park
with Duffy Daugherty, the
popular Michigan State coacn,
on hand again to direct the
East.
General Manager Theodore H.
Balliet, who made the an
nouncement Tuesday, also said
that Daugherty would be
assisted by Coaches John Pont
of Indiana and Tom Cahill of
Illinois.
Daugherty returns for the
fourth time as head coach of
the East. He has posted a
record of two wins and one loss
in previous Shrine games.
It will be the first East-West
game for Pont and Cahill.
BOYS TRAIN
CALLAWAY GARDENS, Ga.
(UPD—A group of 25 boys from
around the nation will be
selected for instruction by all
star pro athletes this summer
under plans announced Tuesday.
Winners of the scholarships to
the Healthdisc All-star Sports
camp here will be named in late
spring according to Bruce
Randall, Healthdisc sports
director, who said the scholar
ship drawings will be made on a
regional basis. The camp will
be held July 7-14 with all-pro
performers giving Instruction in
basketball, football, and other
sports.
nial rookie Felix Millan at sec
ond and Sonny Jackson at short
stop-playing key roles. Clete
Boyer had corker of a season
in 1967 and is established at
third. Braves hope Johnson re
turns to hitting form of 1964
and Jackson comes back from
so-so 1967 season to be one of
league’s defensive stars.
Outfield: Loss of Rico Carty
because of tuberculosis hurts.
Hank Aaron shows no signs of
slowing down and Felipe Alou
is established. Johnson can play
outfield with Torre switching to
first base but then catching can
be trouble spot. Besides, Torre
hates to platoon.
Newcomers: Jackson is the
most important on defense, fol
lowed by Millan. Johnson can
add plenty of punch to already
explosive attack.
won’t be at all the tournaments
this year because IBM didn’t
feel its people could stand the
grind.
“It’s tough work. Most of our
people are cooped up in the van
for long hours every day. If we
tried to be at ever tournament,
they’d go stir crazy.”
The computers won’t be at
the Masters next week.
“We probably could have ar
ranged to be there,” Scheffel
said. “But they have their own
ways of doing things at the
Masters and it would have in
volved some changes on or
part.
"Anyway, like I said, we need
the rest.”
It’s the Masters’ loss.
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Cal Ermer Adds Stride
To Minnesota’s Gait
By JOE GERGEN
UPI Sports Writer
ORLANDO, Fla. (UPD—Cal
vin Coolidge Ermer, unlike his
famous namesake, chooses to
run.
He isn’t particularly interest
ed in attaining political prom
inence, even in a presidential
election year, but in generating
a new offensive weapon for his
ball club, the Minnesota Twins.
Thus, in his first full season
as manager of the Twins,
Ermer added to his coaching
staff one of baseball’s great
base-stealers, George Case, in
the hope he can transmit his
unique talent to Minnesota’s
cautious members, who stole
only 55 bases in the entire 1967
season.
The Twins fell only one step
short in the great race last
season and Ermer is deter
mined to add a stride to his
team’s gait in any way he can.
Calvin Griffith, the club pres
ident who also acts in the
capacity of general manager,
already has done his share as a
result of a major trade with the
Los Angeles Dodgers.
On last Nov. 28, the Twins
obtained catcher John Roseboro
and relief pitchers Ron Perra
noski and Bob Miller from the
Dodgers in exchange for short
stop Zoilo Versalles and pitcher
Jim “Mudcat” Grant. It ap
parently shored up Minnesota’s
two weakest sectors while
possibly exposing another posi
tion.
"We feel we strengthened two
positions,” said Ermer, pausing
to squirt some tobacco juice on
the dugout floor, “and perhaps
opened up one. Shortstop Is very
much open at the minute but we
think we’ll have someone to
play It competently.”
Had Few Worries
That someone will be either
Jackie Hernandez, a major
league fielder with a minor
league reputation as a hitter, or
Mr. Versatility, otherwise
known as Cesar Tovar.
Injuries wiped out another
potential candidate In Rich
Renick, who was attempting to
make the jump from the Class
A Carolina League. Rod Carew,
the club’s second baseman, did
just that last season and
became the American League’s
Rookie of the Year in the
process. Renick, a young power
hitter, may be back before the
season is over.
"Hernandez has been playing
well in the field and getting
some timely hits,” said Ermer.
“I know one of them can do the
job. I just don’t know which.”
Tovar, the little Venezuelan
who did so well at six different
positions last year he even got a
controversial first-place vote as
the league’s Most Valuable
Player, will start at third if
Hernandez proves he can handle
shortstop.
If Ermer, however, is forced
to play his “safety valve”
shortstop, the third base posi
tion will be thrown into a state
of confusion with no fewer than
three players—Rich Rollins,
Ron Clark and rookie Gralg
Nettles—in competition. Rollins
is recovering from cartilage
surgery on his right knee and
Clark is trying to shake off the
effects of an elbow operation.
Other than where to play
Tovar, a problem many mana
gers would like to have, Ermer
had little cause for worry when
he arrived in camp this spring.
Now he has a king-sized
headache. Jim Kaat (16-13)
reinjured his elbow in an early
intra-squad game and may be
placed on the disabled list.
Ermer still has a formidable
starting rotation in Dean
Chance (20-12), Jim Merritt (13-
7), Dave Boswell (14-12) and
Jim Perry (8-7), but the loss of
Kaat, a strong-armed veteran,
for any substantial length of
time will be felt.
Looks To Future
Perranoski and Miller, esta
blished veterans both, will give
long-needed assistance to 39-
year-old workhorse Al Worthing
ton in the bullpen. Jim Boland,
a southpaw, and Moe Ogier, a
23-year-old righthander, will
probably be used in long relief.
Roseboro will assume the
regular duties behind the plate
with either of two veterans,
Russ Nixon or Larry Zimmer
man, to reserve along with
young Bruce Look, drafted from
the Dodgers’ organization.
“Roseboro brings vast exper
ience in catching,” said Ermer,
“and especially for catching
winning teams. He’ll help our
pitchers, who are still relatively
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The Twins aren’t especially in
need of offensive help. Not with
such regular operations as first
baseman Harmon Killebrew (44
homers, 113 RBl’s), second
baseman Carew (.292), right
fielder Tony Oliva (.285) and
left fielder Bob Allison (.258
with 75 RBl’s). Center fielder
Ted Uhlaender also hit .258 last
year and Ermer thinks he can
do better.
Ermer appears to be long on
everything this season. Every
thing, that is, except memory.
“I don’t look back on last
year,” he said, trying hard to
forget the spectre of losing the
pennant on the last day of the
season. “That’s history. We’re
looking to today and tomir
row.”
Ermer is looking up and so
are the Twins.