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Wednesday, April 9, 1969
Sports Briefs
OACH OF YEAR
NEW YORK (UPD—Gene
Shue, who guided the Baltimore
Bullets from last place In the
Eastern Division of the National
Basketball Association to the
division title in one year, has
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been named 1968-69 Coach of
the Year by a panel of sports
writers. Shue received 24 votes
from the 39-man committee.
Jack Ramsay of Philadelphia
got 11, Red Holzman of New
York three and Larry Costello
8
of Milwaukee one.
The Bullets, after winning
eastern laurels, were eliminated
from the NBA playoffs in four
straight by the N.Y. Knicks.
TOP PRu
PALM BEACH GARDENS,
Fla. (UPD—Gene Littler’s sud
den-death victory in the Greater
Greensboro Open tournament
has boosted him to the top in
the pro golf money race at
$86,817. Miller Barber is in
second place, $22,000 behind
Littler.
CLAPP RELEASED
COLUMBUS, Ohio (UPD—
John C. Clapp, 38, who took
over as general manager of the
Columbus Jets of the Interna
tional Baseball League in
January, has been released.
There was disagreement be
tween Clapp and file club
management about how the
team should be run.
Millan's Grand Slam
Buries Giants, 10-2
By RABUN MATTHEWS
ATLANTA (UPD—Felix Mil-
lan, decked in the first inning by
a Gaylord Perry pitch that hit
him in the face, picked himself
up out of the dirt Monday night
for one of the finest perform
ances of his career.
The little second baseman,
with a large discolored lump be
neath his left eye, stayed in the
game to collect three hits, in
cluding his first grand slam
homer, score three runs, drive
in four and steal a base in At
lanta’s 10-2 victory over San
Francisco.
The Braves and Giants wind
up their three game series with
Atlanta going for a sweep to
night. Milt Pappas and Bob Bo
lin are scheduled to be the op
posing pitchers.
Perry, who has not beaten At
lanta since 1967, was staked
a 1-0 lead in the first when Wil
lie Mays singled, stole his 300th
base (making him the first
player in major league history
to have as many as 300 stolen
bases and 300 home runs) and
scored on a Ron Hunt double.
McLain, Al Kaline
Up To Old Tricks
By AL DALY
UPI Sports Writer
This might be a new baseball
season for some, but as far as
Detroit is concerned, it’s a
replay of 1968: Denny McLain Is
still winning and making
controversial observations, and
Al Kaline is still hitting in the
Emmett-Irene’s
Win Bowling
Championship
Emmett-Irene’s Ceramics is
the new team champions in the
Doc Craddock Bowling League.
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mes Tuesday and Emmett-Ir
ene’s Ceramics finished in first
place.
Willis Quick Tire finished se
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fourth, Fisher Hardware fifth,
WGRI sixth, Forrer Apartments
and E and W Restaurant, tied
for seventh, Atlanta Gas ninth
and Ed’s TV Repair 10th.
Paul Phillips finished with the
highest average and highest sc
ratch series. His series was 664.
James Hollingsworth had the
highest handicap series, a 664.
Wayne Harrison's 266 was the
highest scratch game and
Gene Brown’s 270 was the high
est handicap game.
The Doc Craddock singles clas
sic is scheduled Tuesday at 8:15
p.m. All league bowlers are ur
ged to participate.
Betty Parkerson
Rolls 532 Series
Betty Parkerson rolled a 208
game and a 532 series Tuesday
in the Dundee League. Annette
Taylor rolled a 186 game and a
501 series.
Other top bowlers were:
Peggy Scott 203, Carolyn Gar
many 190, Barbara Smilley 160,
(ferlie Donehoo 163, Mary Blan
ton 163, Terry Butler 164, Ca
thy Brown 155, Dot Hoover 152,
Yogi Cottrell 151, Martha Bray
151.
Team Three is in first place.
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But Felipe Alou led off the
Atlanta first with the first of
his two doubles and then a Per
ry pitch that Millan had slipped,
struck the little second base
man a glancing blow on the
shoulder and crashed Into his
cheek, knocking him to the
ground. Braves manager Luman
Harris and a trainer rushed to
the fallen player, but Millan
was up in moments and stayed
in the game.
Henry Aaron, starting strong,
followed with the first of his
three hits, a ringing double,
scoring Alou. Millan and Aaron
were chased home by an Or
lando Cepeda single, giving the
Braves a 3-1 lead with none
out.
But Perry settled down and
dueled knuckleballing Phil Nie
kro as the Giants closed to 3-2
on Willie McCovey’s first hom
er of the season in the third.
But in the sixth, rookies Bob
Didier and Ralph Garr singled
with one out and moved to sec
ond and third when Niekro
clutch.
The Tigers stopped Cleveland
6- Tuesday as McLain allowed
the Indians just three hits and
Kaline lined a tie-breaking two
run homer to pace Detroit’s
attack.
In referring to the homer,
Kaline said, ‘‘l think it was
more a case of pride than
anything else. I want to play
everyday.”
In other action Boston nipped
Baltimore in 12 innings, 5-4,
Kansas City edged Minnesota 4-
3, also in 12 innings, Oakland
topped the White Sox 5-2 and
Seattle beat California 4-3.
In the National League,
Montreal outslugged New York
11-10, Chicago beat Philadelphia
7- in 11 innings, Pittsburgh
went 14 innings to beat St. Louis
6-2, Atlanta clubbed San Fran
cisco 10-2 and San Diego nipped
Houston 2-1
Larry Brown homered off
McLain in the first inning and
Zoilo Versalles hit a sacrifice
fly to put the Indians ahead
briefly.
Norm Cash gave the record
opening-day hometown crowd
something to cheer about in the
third with a two-run double.
Kaline slugged his homer in the
fifth, and in the seventh scored
the last Tiger run by getting the
first of three straight Detroit
singles, tallying when Don Wert
drew a bases-loaded walk.
Dalton Jones’ one-out sacri
fice fly in the 12th inning scored
Tony Conigliaro with the
winning run as the Red Sox
disappointed 36,100 opening day
fans in Baltimore. «
A bases-loaded pinchhit single
by Joe Keough made Kansas
City’s return to the big leagues
triumphant after a year’s
absence.
The Royals, losing 3-1, tied
the score in the sixth with two
unearned runs which were set
up by a throwing error by
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bounced out Manager Clyde
King chose to have Alou, who
had two doubles, passed to fill
the bases and bring on Millan
who had hit only three homers
in his major league career.
He belted the first pitch over
the left field fence for a7- 2
advantage.
“I was just trying to get a
hit,” Millan said in his halting
English. “It sure went good.”
The fast Braves got three
more in the eighth on hits by
Millan, Aaron, Clete Boyer and
Sonny Jackson. All but Boyer
also stole a base in that inn
ing, giving the Braves four for
the game.
Niekro, who praised Didier for
his handling of the tricky
knuckleball, said he threw the
floating pitch about 80 per cent
of the time.
All the Brave starters hit
safely as the team rang up 16
hits—five of them for extra
bases. Niekro scattered eight
hits, walked one and struck out
seven in going the distance.
remained deadlocked until the
12th when reliever Joe Grzenda
yielded a singled a single to Joe
Foy and walked Chuck Harrison
and Bob Oliver intentionally.
The walks came after a passed
ball and a wild pitch had
advanced the runners.
Dick Green’s homer was all
the support John Odom needed
as the Oakland hurler retired 13
of the last 14 Chicago hitters he
faced.
The home run by Green, in
the fifth Inning, put the A’s
ahead 3-2. Two limings later,
Danny Cater, Green and Rick
Monday each singled and tallied
a run when Chicago pitcher
Gary Peters threw wild to first
on Monday’s hit. Dave Duncan
scored the final Oakland run
with a sacrifice fly.
Mike Hegan’s two-run homer
was the key hit in a four-run
first inning as Seattle made a
successful debut in the Ameri
can League. Hagen’s homer
scored Tommy Harper who had
led off with a double. All the
runs in the inning were charged
to Angels starter Jim McGloth
lin.
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