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Satand Sun., April 6-7, 1968 Griffin Daily News
Baseball Openers Postponed
Blue Moon
Beats Reds
By United Press International
• America’s national pastime,
which proceeded on schedule
through two World Wars and
several smaller ones, will alter
• its traditional course for the
first time this week to mourn
the death of Dr. Martin Luther
King.
• Since President Taft started
the tradition of ‘‘Presidential”
openers in 1910, baseball
officials have never postponed
• the gala event in Washington
except when it rained.
But in mourning for the slain
civil rights leader, Washington
« club officials Friday decided to
postpone the traditional opener
which was scheduled for Mon
day. The officials first an
nounced it would be played
• Tuesday, but since the funeral
for Dr. King now is set for
Tuesday, it most likely will be
postponed again until Wednes-
• day.
Dramatic Changes
The postponement was the
most dramatic of the several
• changes made in the scheduling
of various sports beoause of Dr.
King’s death.
The other traditional opening
4 day game in Cincinnati, with
the Chicago Cubs this year, was
also postponed. It will be played
Wednesday and the game
scheduled Wednesday night in
• Cincinnati will be shifted to
Thursday afternoon.
The Houston Astros, who got
permission this year to play on
• the same day as Washington
and Cincinnati, were planning to
go ahead with their Monday
night game against the Pit-
• tsburgh Pirates. Unless the
Astros relent, they will host the
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first game of the 1968 season.
The Astros, however, did
cancel an exhibition game
against the Minnesota Twins on
Sunday, set aside as a national
day of mourning for Dr. King.
The Detroit-St. Louis exhibition
game scheduled on Sunday was
also canceled.
Cronin Statement
Joe Cronin, the president of
the American League, issued
the following statement in
Boston on the postponement in
Washington:
“The American League re
grets most sincerely the events
of recent days and, out of
deference to the memory of Dr.
King, concurs most wholly in
the postponement of the game
in Washington.”
Bill Giles, Astro vice pres
ident and director of public
relations who is also the son of
National League president War
ren Giles, said, ‘‘Our fans are
counting on it,” when asked to
MVP Vote For
Tovar Justified?
By United Press International
Cesar Tovar was the unwit
ting fall guy in a winter
rhubarb when he received a
lone vote for the most valuable
player award in the American
League, preventing Carl Yas
trzemski from winning the
accolade unanimously.
But some of the Twins claim
the vote by the Minnesota
writer was justified. And Tovar
showed how handy he can be
with an inside-the-park homer
in the Astrodome with two out
in the ninth inning as the Twins
stopped Houston 3-2.
Tovar's slicing hit, which
eluded the grasp of rightfielder
Norman Miller, also scored
Frank Quilici, who had walked,
and wiped out a 2-1 deficit.
There were only five other
games played Friday since two
contests, the Baltimore at
Atlanta game and the Chicago
Cubs-Chicago White Sox con
test at Evansville, Ind., were
both rained out.
Two games scheduled Sunday,
Detroit vs. St. Louis and
Houston vs. Minnesota, were
canceled because of the death
of Dr. Martin Luther King.
The regular season was
scheduled to open Monday with
three games but the Washing
ton-Minnesota and Cincinnati-
Chicago games were both
postponed. The Houston Astros,
however, said they still planned
to go ahead with their scheduled
Monday night contest against
Sally Molloy
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PINE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (UPD
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explain why the Astros decided
not to postpone.
The National Basketball Asso
elation also decided to postpone
Sunday’s second playoff game
between the Philadelphia 76ers
and the Boston Celtics, which
was to be nationally televised.
It will be played Wednesday
night with the third game set
for Thursday night and the
fourth game on Easter Sunday.
There was no Immediate
decision on the fate of Sunday
night’s San Francisco-Los An
geles game.
More than 50 per cent of the
players in the NBA are Negro
and all five starters on the
champion 76ers team are
Negro.
The National Hockey League
has a playoff game scheduled in
New York Sunday between the
Rangers and Chicago which is
to be nationally televised.
Officials of the league, said they
wouldn’t decide until today
whether or not to go ahead with
the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Unlss the Astros relent, that
will now be the first game of
the 1968 season.
Oakland Wins
Jim Gosger’s two-out homer
in the 10th inning carried the
Oakland A’s to a 7-6 victory
over the Cincinnati Reds
Friday. The A’s took a 5-0 lead
into the eighth inning behind the
five-hit pitching of John Odom
and went on to win.
Phil Gagliano’s triple and Bob
Tolan’s single snapped a 2-2 tie
in the ninth inning and gave the
St. Louis Cardinals a 3-2 victory
over the Detroit Tigers.
The Pittsburgh Pirates ex
ploded for four runs in the first
inning and coasted to a 6-2
victory over the New York
Yankees.
Tom Seaver and Don Card
well teamed on a six-hitter as
the New York Mets beat the
California Angels 4-2 and the
Cleveland Indians scored all
their runs in the fifth inning to
edge the San Francisco Giants
5-4.
CORLETTI WINS
GOTEBORG, Sweden (UPD—
Eduardo Corletti of Italy rallied
in the final rounds Friday night
to score an unpopular 10-round
decision over New York’s Bob
Stalling in a 10-round hea
vyweight bout at Froelundaborg
Hall.
Harold Richardson of New
York, 157, earned a 10-round
decision over Sweden’s Bo
Hoegberg, 159, in a 10-round
middleweight preliminary.
captured her first Women’s
State Amateur Golf Champion
ship after defeating Bobby Joe
Gabrielsen 2 and 1.
Mrs. Molloy, former State
Medal Play Champion, kept
steady pressure on the Univers
ity of Georgia junior during Fri
day’s downpour, taking the 39th
annual competition at the 36th
hole.
Mrs. Molloy was one up at the
end of the morning 18 holes.
She had a 76, two-over par, for
the 18.
The competition was played
at Callaway Gardens Scenic
Mountain View Course.
the contest on the national day
of mourning.
Boston Rips
76ers, 127-118
By United Press International
John Havlicek, the man who
has everything in the way of
shot assortment, was chief
gunner for the Celtics again
Friday night as he scored 35
points in Boston’s 127-118
victory over Philadelphia.
Boston, having waited a year
for a chance to avenge the 1967
playoff ouster by Philadelphia,
led by 15 points during the
fourth quarter of its opening
Eastern Division final round
encounter.
The second game of the series
was to have been played in
Boston Sunday, but a day of
mourning for the late Dr.
Martin Luther King set the
game back to Wednesday.
Lakers Win
On the West Coast, Los
Angeles beat San Francisco 133-
105 in the opener of a best-of
seven Western division final.
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SPORTS
Elgin Baylor led the Lakers
with 29 points, a total matched
by Jeff Mullins of the losing
Warriors.
Havlicek was deadly from the
floor with 12 field goals and
near perfect from the foul line
with 11 of 12 free throws.
Boston took a 34-31 first
period lead, extended it to 65-56
at halftime and made It 10
points, 97-87, going‘into the final
quarter. Philadelphia pulled up
with three minutes left in the
third period when the 76ers
trailed by only 87-83.
Supporting Cast
Sam Jones, with 28 points,
and Bailey Howell, 24, provided
Boston’s supporting cast. Cham
berlain was high for Philadel
phia with 33 points, but was
matched in rebounds by Rus
sell. Chet Walker netted 31
points for the 76ers and Hal
Greer added 27.
Sports Briefs
EXHIBITION GAME
NEW YORK (UPD—National
Basketball Association player
representatives Friday agreed
unanimously to play an exhibi
tion all star game in New
York’s Singer Bowl Aug. 15 as a
tribute to the late Dr. Martin
iuther King, Jr.
Larry Fleisher, an attorney
for the league who made the
announcement, said the game
will be a benefit for the
Southern Christian Leadership
Conference.
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MILDENBERGER KO’D
FRANKFURT (UPD—Leotis
Martin of Philadelphia decked
Kar Mildenberger three times
In the seventh round, the last
time for good, Friday to win
their scheduled 10-round hea
vyweight fight.
Martin, who took the ini
tiative from the opening bell,
finished the European champion
with a furious left-right flurry.
Mildenberger sagged to the
ropes and was counted out after
the bell sounded. Martin
weighed 193, eight pounds
lighter than Mildenberger.
Exhibition
Results
By United Press International
St. Louis 3 Detroit 2
Baltimore at Atlanta, cancelled,
wet grounds
Pittsburgh 6 New York (A) 2
Chicago (A) vs. Chicago (N> at
Evansville, 2nd., cancelled, wet
grounds
Oakland 7 Cincinnati 6 (10
innings)
Minnesota 3 Houston 2
New York (N) 4 California 2
Cleveland 5 San Francisco 4
(Only games scheduled)