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Friday, Sept. 20, 1968 Griffin Daily News
McLain Serves Mantle
Perfect Home Run Ball
By RICHARD L. SHOOK I
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DETROIT (UPD—Denny Mc-
Lain went into the show the j (
supporting actor but almost ■'
emerged the star. (
McLain, who stood In the i,
spotlight last week by winning
his 30th game of the season,
picked up his 31st win
Thursday, 6-2, over the New 1
York Yankees.
But the Detroit Tigers’ (
righthander gave up his spot at
center stage to Yankee slugger •
Mickey Mantle, making perhaps '
his last appearance in Detroit.
Mantle did what the 9,063 fans (
hoped he would in his last time (
at bat —stroked his 535th home ,
run to break a tie with Jimmy '
Foxx for third place on the all
time list behind Babe Ruth and ,
Willie Mays.
“It doesn’t mean much
really,” the last of the old-time
New York sluggers said after
ward. "Next year Henry Aaron
Is going to pass me. But for this
year, anyway, it’s quite a
thrill.”
McLain, who gets to more
(starts before facing the Cardin
als, allowed eight hits but
walked three and struck out
seven while pitching on four
days’ rest. He walked in the
first Yankee run in the sixth.
When Mantle sauntered into
the batters box for what might
be the last time in Tiger
Stadium, he received a spon
taneous standing ovation from
CARD OF THANKS
I want to thank all of my
friends for the calls, cards,
telegrams, flowers, food, and
other kindnesses during the
recent illness and death of
my husband, Raymond Can
ady. May God Bless each of
you richly. It will be long re
membered and never forgot
ten.
Sincerely,
LIZORA CANADY.
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the sparse crowd on the make
up day game.
McLain then called catcher
Jim Price to the mound. "He
wanted to give the crowd more
time to cheer Mickey,” Price
said.
Mantle motioned with his
hand about where he wanted the
pitch but when he got it the
New York first baseman popped
it up, which put the Detroit
dugout into a fit of laughter.
Mantle then motioned for
McLain to get the ball out a
little farther and the Tiger
mound star, who has a penchant
for serving up home runs balls
anyway, obliged so well Mantle
slammed it into the upper deck
in right for the historic homer.
"Everybody in the park knew
what was going on,” Mantle
said. But the exciting veteran
didn’t say he still had to hit the
ball, even if McLain brought it
up and held it on his hand.
As “the Mick” circled the
bases to the roar of the fans, he
nodded twice at McLain as he
got past third. “He just
grinned,” Mantle said.
McLain, like the great per
former he is, played his role for
all it was worth—plenty. He
BELLAMY SIGNS
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (UPD
—Walt Bellamy, 6-11 center of
the New York Knickerbockers,
signed his eighth pro contract
Thursday.
Bellamy and Cazzie Russell
were the only Knicks to play in
all 82 regular season games as
well as six playoff contests.
NO MAKEUP
CLEVELAND (UPD — Rain
washed out the final meeting of
the year between the Washing
ton Senators and the Cleveland
Indians Thursday.
Indian officials said the game
would not be made up,
regardless of the Tribe’s
chances to advance in the
American League standings.
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refused to acknowledge ne
"grooved” the ball for Mantle.
BETWEEN YOU’N’ME
NEW YORK—(NEA)—There has been much wagging of
heads and tongues during this The Year of the Paper Batter.
Criticisms have been hurled at baseball for its imbalance of
fine pitching and fusty hitting.
The Tigers’ Denny McLain, however, is not one of those
critics. “Look at the records,” he said recently. “Only a few
pitchers are having really extraordinary seasons.” McLain
is one of those pitchers. The most extraordinary, in fact, ac
cording to his peers voting in the special annual poll con
ducted by Newspaper Enterprise Association to choose the
All-Player All-Star baseball team.
The analysis by McLain stands up when the ballots are
perused. Only five other pitchers were even mentioned in the
category “Starting pitcher.” Two, Bob Gibson of St. Louis
and Juan Marichal of San Francisco, pressed McLain in the
voting, with Gibson getting the edge for second. Jerry Koos
man of the Mets, Luis Tiant of Cleveland and Don Drysdale
of Los Angeles received a slim scattering of votes.
Bill Freehan, McLain’s batterymate, was selected as base
ball’s top receiver. Giant first baseman Willie McCovey, who
may lead the league in both homers and runs-batted-in, was
the top vote-getter. The rest of the honor team has Tommy
Helms of Cincinnati at second base, Brooks Robinson of Balti
more at third, Jim Fregosi of the Angels at shortstop, Pete
Rose of Cincinnati, Curt Flood of St. Louis and Ken Harrel
son of Boston in the outfield, and Phil Regan of the Cubs as
relief pitcher.
A testimonial and review of the team will be presented by
Sandy Koufax in his pregame show preceding the nationally
televised Game of the Week on the NBC network Saturday,
Sept 28, 2 p.m. EST. NEA executive editor Murray Olderman
will participate.
In voting for NEA and (name your paper), the players
crossed league boundaries to select the 10 finest men in the
game, with the single stipulation that they could not vote
for men on their own teams.
The team is split between five National Leaguers and five
American Leaguers. Two teams, the Tigers and Reds, placed
two players each.
Only one player repeated, Fregosi. Interestingly, neither
McCovey, Helms, Harrelson, McLain nor Regan received a
single vote last year. Carl Yastrzemski of Boston and Orlando
Cepeda of St. Louis, who polled over 300 votes apiece last
year, received only a handful between them in 1968.
Cincinnati catcher John Bench made the best showing of
any rookie. He finished second to Freehan.
If this year's balloting is any indication, there seems to be
an evolution in baseball. Stars like Henry Aaron of Atlanta,
Roberto Clemente of Pittsburgh and Bill Mazeroski of Pitts
burgh, all on last year’s inaugural star team, received a
minimum of votes. As did Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays.
‘New” faces in this The Year of the Paper Batter have
risen to dominance. And 24-year-old Dennis Dale McLain
stands above them all.
Gordon Athlete Dies
After Fall In Gym
A Gordon Military College ath
lete, who was knocked uncons
cious Wednesday when he fell
SPORTS
All-Player All-Star
Baseball Team of '6B
By MURRAY OLDERMAN
NEA Sports Editor
during a basketball exercise,
died Thursday enroute from the
Griffin-Spalding Hospital to De-
Kalb Memorial in Decatur.
The accident victim was Mike
Long of Sylvester, Ga., who play
ed two years with the Gordon
High School basketball team
before entering the college divis
ion.
•'Mike was going through a
routine backing up exercise
when he fell, striking his head
on the gym floor.
“He regained consciousness
and walked off the floor.
“However, in a situation like
this, it's normal procedure for
the victim to enter the hospital
for observation.
“Mike was carried to the Grif
fin-Spalding Hospital and ap
peared to be recovering.
"He had laughed and joked
with the doctor and nurses as
late as Thursday morning.
“He lost consciousness, and
was rushed to DeKalb Memorial
for treatment,” the spokesman
said.
Mike was accompanied by a
nurse on the trip to Decatur.
He died enroute. The nurse
gave him mouth to mouth resus
ciation. Emergency oxygen was
used. Efforts to revive his fail
ed.
Packers’ Magic Number Is 1
By VITO STELLINO j
UPI Sports Writer
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Green Bay Packers is down to :
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DUMP THE UMP—That seems to be the intention of Al Kaline, who brandishes the
bat. Detroit star outfielder Kaline was miffed over a call by umpire Jerry Neudecker.
Tiger teammate Willie Horton embraces Kaline to restrain him, while manager Mavo
Smith (10) also lends a calming hand.
Miami Ready To Launch
First Big Grid Week
By JACK WILKINSON
UPI Sports Writer
The vengeful Miami Hurri
canes hope to blow up a storm
tonight against Northwestern,
one of the three teams to beat
them last season—and the
"mad stork” will again lead the
way.
The two teams kick off the
first full college football week
end of the year and their
Orange Bowl battle is expected
to bring new dimension to the
already outstanding career of
Ted “Stork” Hendricks, an All-
America defensive end last year
who plans to go both ways this
time.
Hendricks, a fcfoot-8, 222-
pound marvel, dig a massive
job on defense for Miami last
year, taking part in 134 tackles,
blocking a punt, intercepting a
pass and recovering five
fumbles. Now, the 20-year-old
physics major will see action as
a pass-catcher, too.
Miami rates a 13-point
favorite—partly because of Hen
dricks and partly because it
expects a lot from a sllmmed
down David Olivo, who seems to
have finally nailed down the
quarterback slot.
Northwestern has a big,
veteran team. But the Wildcats
are not tabbed for great things,
whereas Charlie Tate's Hurri
canes could be a national
power. They have a rough
schedule, meeting Southern
California in two weeks—and a
big win over Northwestern
could provide the impetus.
Most of the nation’s attention,
however, will be focused on
some unusually tough openers
on Saturday. For example,
Oklahoma is at Notre Dame,
Southern California is at Minne
sota and Texas hosts Houston in
a trio of big ones.
Notre Dame, expected to
bounce back into prominence, is
eight points over Oklahoma, last
Sports Briefs
By United Press International
American League
W. L. Pct. GB
x-Detroit 99 54 .647 ...
Baltimroe 87 68 .565 12*4
Boston 81 72 .529 18
Cleveland 81 73 .526 18*4
New York 80 73 .523 19
Oakland 77 76 .503 22
Minnesota 73 80 .477 26
California 66 88 .429 33*4
Chicago 63 90 .412 36
Washington 59 93 .388 39*4
x-Clinched pennant
Thursday's Results
Detroit 6 New York 2
Wash at Cleve, cncld, rain
(Only games scheduled)
Today’s Probable Pitchers
(All Times EDT)
Boston (Lonborg 5-8> at New
York (Peterson 12-9), 8 p.m.
Baltimore (Hardin 18-11) at
Chicago (Nyman 2-1), 9 p.m.
Detroit (Lolich 15-9) at
Washington (Hannan 10-5), 8:05
p.m.
Oakland (Hunter 12-13) at
Minnesota (Kaat 13-12), 2:30
p.m.
(Only games scheduled)
Saturday’s Gaines
Oakland at Minnesota
Baltimore at Chicago
California at Cleveland
Detroit at Washington
Boston at New York
Football League split into four,
four team divisions last season,
can take over sole possession of
first place in the Central
Division Sunday and become
overwhelming favorites to re
peat.
year's No. 3 team, while
defending national champion
Southern Cal is six over
Minnesota. Texas is a slim
three-point choice over Houston,
which opened its season last
week with a 54-7 rout of Tulane.
Other teams given a good
shot at the No. 1 ranking—
Purdue, Florida and Alabama —
should have things easier.
Purdue is a 22-point choice over
Virginia. Florida is favored by
21 over Air Force and Alabama
enjoys the same point spread
over Virginia Tech.
Joe Barr Bowls
632 Series
Three Griffin bowlers bettered
“600” series Thursday in the
Commercial League.
Joe Barr bowled a 235, 205 and
192 for a 632 series.
Robert Rawls had a 214, 237
and 174 for a 625 and Kerry
Smith bowled a 212, 213 and 179
for a 604.
In team competition. Moose
beat Dunn’s Tree Service 4-0,
Ben Franklin defeated Nix’ Gar
age 3-1, VFW beat Drug and Sur
gical Shop 4-0, Commercial Bank
beat Robert’s Package Store 4-0,
Smith Welding and Machine
Shop beat Collins’ Squire Shop
3-1, and Smith and Keene beat
Smith’s Sand and Gravel 4-0.
In addition to the three bowl
ers, who bettered “600”, high
games were rolled by Herman
Bannister 202, Lance Brabham
20, Wilson Bevil 204 and 201, Ju
lian Cook 200, J. W. Bevil, Jr.
217, Ron Shivers 201, Ray Jack
son 203, Charles Bevil 229, Jul
ian Folds 210 and 207, rank Nix
200, D. W. Wilson 201, Jim Sk
rine 223, Paul Phillips 210, Geor
ge Sprayberry 206, and Bob Ri
chardson 212.
National League
W. L. Pct. GB
X-St. Louis 94 60 .610 ...
San Francisco 83 71 .539 11
Cincinnati 79 73 .520 14
Chicago 79 75 .513 15
Atlanta 78 76 .506 16
Pittsburgh 75 77 .493 18
Philadelphia 72 81 .471 21*4
Los Angeles 71 83 .461 23
New York 68 85 .444 25*4
Houston 68 86 .442 26
x-Clinched pennant
Thursday’s Results
San Fran 11 St. Louis 5
Atlanta 4 Houston 1, night
Los Ang 3 Cincinnati 1. night
(Only games scheduled'
Today’s Probable Pitchers
(All Times EDT)
New York (Seaver 14-11 and
Cardwell 7-13) at Philadelphia
(O. Jackson 1-6 and L. Jackson
, 13-17), 7:35 p.m.
St. Louis (Carlton 13-11) at
Los Angeles (Singer 12-15), 11
p.m.
Cincinnati (Nolan 9-2) at
■ Houston (Dlerker 12-14), 8:30
p.m.
Atlanta (Stone 7-3) at San
I Francisco (Marichal 25-8), 11
p.m.
Chicago (Jenkins 18-14), at
Pittsburgh (Blass 16-5), 8:05
p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Chicago at Pittsburgh
New York at Philadelphia
Cincinnati at Houston
St. Louis at Los Angeles
Atlanta at San Francisco
And it’ll just be the second
game of the season.
When the Western Conference
was split up a year ago into the
Coastal and Central Divisions,
Baltimore and Los Angeles
were thrown together in the
Alou's Trouble
Beats Astros
HOUSTON (UPI )—Felipe Alou
picked an opportune time to get
his 200th hit of the season
Thursday night. It was a two
run triple that gave the Atlanta
Braves a 4-1 victory over the
Houston Astros.
The Braves move over to San
Francisco tonight to meet the
Giants in a three-game series.
Rookie George Stone (7-3) will
oppose Giant ace Juan Marlch
(25-8).
The victory gave Atlanta
some breathing room In fifth
place in the National League
standings, boosting their margin
over sixth place Pittsburgh to
two games.
Alou's hit, the 1,500th of his
career, came in the second in
ning and drove in Mike Lum
and Marty Martinez to give
Milt Pappas his 12th victory
against 12 losses. Pappas left
the game in the sixth with a
Charley horse and reliefer Cecil
Upshaw finished by striking out
six of the 10 Astros he faced.
Atlanta's other runs came on
Joe Torre s double with Hank
Aaron aboard in the first, and
Lum's sacrifice fly that brought
in Torre, who had tripled, in
the third.
Cowboys,
Saints Win
Junior Games
The Cowboys beat the Eagles
and the Saints whipped the Wolf
pack Thursday In opening gam
es in the Junior Football Lea
gue.
The Cowboys stopped the Eag
les 27-6 and the Saints beat the
Wolfpack, 20-14.
Stan Treadway scored three
touchdowns for the Cowboys and
passed to Cleve Griffin for an
other score. Mark Terrell scor
ed three extra points.
Wayne Appling scored for the
Eagles.
Mike Hooks scored two TD’s
for the Saints and Tony Coker
passed to Cedric Fuller for the
third score. Chuck Mann and
Coker made the extra points.
Robbie Scott and Rusty Ston
ica made touchdowms for the
Wolfpack. Mark Pilcher and St
onica scored the extra points.
NOTICE TO ALL
CONCERNED
In accordance with Chapter 34A-9 of the Georgia
Municipal Election Code, each candidate desiring to
have his name placed on the ballot in the November
5, 1968 Municipal General Election for the office of
City Commissioner, City of Griffin, Georgia, shall file
notice of his candidacy in the office of the City Man
ager between Friday, September 20, 1968 and 12
noon, Monday, October 21, 1968.
CITY OF GRIFFIN
OFFICE OF CITY MANAGER
Coastal Division. Meanwhile,
Green Bay was tossed in with
three weaker teams —Minneso-
ta, Chicago and Detroit.
Detroit, Chicago Weak
While Green Bay made coach
Phil Bengtson’s inaugural a
success last week by blasting
Philadelphia. Detroit and Chica
go were both beaten and didn't
look like any more of a threat
to the Packers than they were a
year ago.
But Minnesota, which has
been rebuilding with several key
draft choices, blasted Atlanta
47-7 as Joe Kapp passed for 191
yards and three touchdowns
while Clint Jones rushed for 101
yards in 17 carries.
That gave the Vikings ideas
about giving the Packers a
struggle and they’ll get their
opportunity to test out those
ideas Sunday when they invade
County Stadium in Milwaukee to
meet the Packers.
The Vikings are eight point
underdogs and unless they
spring an upset, Green Bay
probably won’t have much more
to do this year but wait for
Baltimore and Los Angeles to
fight it out in the Coastal
Division.
Full Schedule
There’s a full eight games on
Sunday’s schedule for the
second week of NFL action.
In the other seven games,
Cleveland is at Dallas, Balti
more is at Atlanta, New York
goes to Philadelphia, Washing
ton at New York, Chicago at
Detroit, Pittsburgh at Los
Angeles and St. Louis at San
Francisco.
In the other game attracting
a lot of interest Sunday,
Cleveland goes back to the
Cotton Bowl in hopes of
avenging the 52-14 pasting they
took at the hands of Dallas in
the Eastern Conference title
game last year. Dallas clubbed
Detroit 59-13 last week, while
the Browns had to go down to
the final two minutes before
turning back the New Orleans
Saints 24-10.
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