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At The Masters
Is Casper For Real This Time?
By JOHN G. GRIFFIN
DPI Sports Editor
AUGUSTA, Ga. (UPD—Is
Billy Casper for real this time,
or will he blow me lead in the
second round of the Masters
golf championship today the
same way he blew It last year?
After an opening-round six
round six-under-par 86, Casper,
the man with the neat swing,
the positive brain, and the
unusual diet, stands exactly
where he stood one year ago—
out front in the Masters by a
single stroke with the chance to
take command in a tournament
which has defied his many
talent*.
Right on his heels this time
were Bruce Devlin, the Austra
lian ex-plumber, and George
Archer, the 6-foot-6 skyscraper
of the touring golf pros, at 67,
and tournament favorite Jack
Nicklaus at 68.
But, if the first round is
Indication any slipping could be
fatal for Billy’s chances. What
the stars did to the lush
Augusta National Course was a
caution—2l3 birdies and two
eagles.
Nlcklaus got one of those
eagles—on the par-five 15th
where he hit a 315-yard drive,
plunked a four-iron on the green
22 feet from the cup, and then
rammed home the 22-footer.
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favorite is tinkering slightly
with his game, adjusting his
hitting somewhat, and says he
still has made complete "men
tal and physical” adjustment to
the change.
Devlin, like Casper, has a
second-round memory to banish.
He would have won last year’s
Masters if he had parred the
par-four 11th hole on the second
round. Instead he took a
horrendous eight. And he
admits he’ll be thinking about
that when No. 11 heaves into
sight again.
“I'll always remember that,”
he says.
Archer was frankly surprised
to find himself with a 7
because “I hit a few good shots,
but I didn’t think I was playing
that well.”
Tied with Bruce Fleisher, the
20-year-old National Amateur
champion from Hialeah, Fla., at
69 were Gene Littler, the top
Big 0 Named
To 10th
All-Star Team
NEW YORK (UPD—Oscar
Robertson was named for the
10th time to the National
Basketball Association All-Star
team announced Thursday by
Commissioner Walter Kennedy.
The Big O has been a
constant repeater, and nothing
the Cincinnati ace did in the
1968-69 campaign could keep
him off this time.
Baltimore’s Westley Unseld
and Earl Monroe, Billy Cunning
ham of Philadelphia, and Elgin
Baylor of Los Angeles, joined
Robertson to force veterans
Wilt Chamberlain of the Lakers,
Bill Russell of Boston and Jerry
Lucas of Cincinnati off the first
or second teams for the first
time in their NBA careers.
Willis Reed and Dave Deßuss
chere of New York, John
Havlicek of Boston, Hal Greer
of Philadelphia and Jerry West
of Los Angeles were the second
team designates.
pro money winner this year,
Dan Sikes, Bruce Crampton,
Mason Rudolph, Bert Yancey,
and Lionel Hebert. In the 70
knot with Bob Goalby were Art
Wall, George Knudson, and Bob
Charles. And with Tommie
Aaron at 71 were Herman
Keiser, Miller Barber, Tom
Welskopf, Bob Murphy, Al
Gelberger, Dave Stockton, and
Japan’s Takaaki Kono.
The field will be cut to the
low 42 and ties after today’s
round, except that any others
within 10 strokes of the leader
also will linger.
Can Casper hold ’em off?
The 37-year-old Bonita, Calif.,
Standings
By United Press International
National League
East
W. L. Pct. GB
Chicago 3 0 1.000 ...
Pittsburgh 3 0 1.000 ...
New York 2 1 .667 1
Montreal 1 2 .333 2
St. Louis 0 3 .000 3
Philadelphia 0 3 .000 3
West
W. L. Pct. GB
Atlanta 3 0 1.000 ...
San Diego 3 0 1.000 ...
Los Angeles 11 .500 1%
Cincinnati 11 .500 iy a
Houston 0 3 .000 3
San Fran 0 3 .000 3
Thursday’s Results
Pittsburgh 3 S. Louis 2
Chicago 6 Philadelphia 2
New York 4 Montreal 2
San Diego 2 Houston 0
(Only games scheduled)
Today's Probable Pitchers
..(All Times EST)
St. Louis (Carlton 13-11) at
New York (Koosman 19-12), 2
pm
Philadelphia (Johnson) at
Pittsburgh (Moose 8-12), 2:15
pm
Montreal (Morton 0-0) at
Chicago (Nye 7-12 or Niekro 14-
10), 2:30 pm
Cincinnati (Merritt 12-16) at
Atlanta (Reed 11-10), 8:05 pm
Los Angeles (Osteen 12-18) at
Houston (Lemaster 10-15), 8:30
pm
San Francisco (Sadecki 12-18)
at San Diego (Kirby 0-0), 11 pm
Saturday’s Games
St. Louis at New Yrok
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh
Montreal at Chicago
Cincinnati at Atlanta
San Francisco at San Diego
Los Angeles at Houston, night
Aaron Calls ’69 Braves Better
Than Pennant Winners Os ’sos
By RABUN MATTHEWS
ATLANTA (UPD—Other than
its pitching staff, how does this
year’s Atlanta team stack up
against the Braves of the late
1900 s that brought pennants to
Milwaukee?
The man who ought to know,
Henry Aaron, says position by
position, this year’s fast-start,
ing team is better.
Perched atop the Western Di
vision of the National League
after sweeping a three-game
set with San Francisco, Atlanta
begins a four-game series Fri
day night at home against Cin
cinnati—a team rated with the
Giants as the teams to beat in
the west.
Aaron says the infield of Or
lando Cepeda, Felix Millan,
Sonny Jackson and Clete Boyer
putting whiz who has won ’em
all, including two U. S. Open
championships, but never has
finished better in the Masters
in 12 tries than his fourth place
in 1960, thinks he can.
"I have always thought I can
win here,” Casper said quietly
as he contemplated the task be
fore him.
"I regarded my chances pret
ty much of a question mark on
Wednesday,” said Casper. “Af
ter that 66, my game is no
longer r. question mark. It’s
here to stay and I hope it lasts
for three more days. If I can
keep it going, I can win here.”
American League
East
W. L. Pct. GB
Detroit 2 0 1.000 ...
Washington 2 1 .667 '/ a
Boston 11 .500 1
Baltimore 11 .500 1
New York 1 2 .333 V/ a
Cleveland 0 2 .000 2
West
W. L. Pct. GB
Kansas City 2 0 1.000 ...
Seattle 11 .500 1
Oakland 11 .500 1
Chicago 11 .500 1
California 11 .500 1
Minnesota 0 2 .000 2
Thursday’s Results
Baltimore 2 Boston 1
Detroit 12 Cleveland 3
Washington 9 New York 6
(Only games scheduled)
Today’s Probable Pitchers
(AU Times EST)
Kansas City (Morehead 1-4)
at Oakland (Dobson 12-14),
10:30 p.m.
Minnesota (Chance 16-16) at
California (Brunet 13-17), 11 pm
Chicago (Horlen 12-14) at
Seattle (Bell 11-11), 5 pm
New York Burbach 0-0) at
Detroit (Wilson 13-12), 1:30 pm
Boston (Ellsworth 6-7) at
Cleveland (Siebert 12-10), 1:30
pm
Washington (Moore 4-6) at
Baltimore (Hardin 18-13), 8 pm
Saturday’s Games
Kansas City at Oakland
New York at Detroit
Boston at Cleveland
Washington at Baltimore
Minn at Calif, night
Chicago at Seattle, night
is as good or better than the
1957-58 versions, even if Boyer
gives away something with the
bat to former Braves slugger
Eddie Mathews. “He’s the best
fielder at that position I know,"
Aaron says.
Aaron shied away from rating
the outfield, but Boyer says
Aaron in left (with seven hits
in 11 at bats thus far—five of
them doubles—and three RBIs)
is as good as the Aaron of a
dozen seasons ago, and he and
Felipe Alou in center are the
best going.
Furthermore, Boyer says the
Braves’ pitching, certainly no
Red Trenton
Rolls 674 Series
Red Trenton bowled a 234-
188-252 — 674 Thursday night in
the Commercial League. It was
one of the highest series turned
in this season.
Dave Brabham rolled a 634
series that included a 235 game.
Other top bowlers were:
Melvin Whidby 214, Wilson Be
vil 211, Ernest Jones 214, Bob
Richardson 200, Jim Skrrne 204,
D. W. Wilson 203, Winford Tay
lor 201, Frank McElroy 214, Joe
Barr 222, David Hightower 203,
Ray Jackson 203, Chuck Rogers
202, Julian Folds 205, Robert
Rawls 202 and Horace Phillips
209.
Collins Squire Shop beat Nix
Garage 3-1, Smith and Keene de
feated Drug and Surgical Shop
3-1, VFW stopped Smith’s Sand
and Gravel 3-1, Dunn’s Tree Ser
vice and Smith’s Welding tied
2-2, Moose beat Robert’s Pack
age 3-1, and Commercial Bank
defeated Ben Franklin’s 3-1.
IS ALCOHOLISM A PROBLEM FOR
YOU OR A MEMBER OF YOUR
FAMILY?
If so, you are invited to attend an open meeting of
Alcoholics Anonymous at 8:00 P. M., Friday night,
at the St. George Episcopal Church, 132 North 10th
Street.
Fourth Ward
Track Meet
The Griffin Recreation Depart
ment held a track meet Thurs
day at Fourth Ward School.
Results of the meet are as
follows:
BOYS
(10 and under)
50 yard dash — Keith Sharp,
Ricky Tumicseed, Ray Bishoc
and John Gysm.
Broad jump — Billy Green,
Keith Sharp and David Watts.
High jump — Ralph McCullou
gh, and Kim Mangham.
Softball throw — Keith And
rews, Jimmy Jackson and Ral
ph McCullough.
(11-year-olds)
75 yard dash — Ricky Will
iams, Steve Chappell, Tim Mas
sey and Tyrone Banks.
Broad jump — Ken Harwell,
Eddie Jones and Cary Fogarty.
High jumc — Wakey Ball and
Tim Massey (tie) and Tyrone
Banks.
Softball throw — Barry Mc-
Carty and Anthony Daniel (tie)
and Kenneth Parks.
(12-y ear-olds)
75 yard dash — Johnny Greene
Charlie Foster, Curtis Slater and
Tim Shephard.
Broad jump — Danny Pelt,
Terry Matthews, and Steve But
ler.
High Jump — Danny Pelt, Ter
ry Matthews and Tony Ison.
Softball throw — Jeff G add y,
David Wiggs and David Gordy.
GIRLS
(10 and under)
50 yard dash — Barbara Ann
Colquitt, Billie Sue Leverette,
Vickie Keadel and Bonnie Br
own.
Broad jump — Vickie Tiller,
Ginger Stansell and Bonnie Br
own.
High Jump — Rhonda Pursley
and Cindy Reynolds (tie).
Softball throw — Barbara Col
quitt, Karen McCullough and
Vickie Keadel.
(11-year-olds)
75 yard dash — Anita Alexan
dra, Debra Caln, Julie Moss and
Beth McGhee.
Broad Jump — Sherry Wright,
Barbara Williams and Sharon
Smith.
High jump — Julie Moss, Bar
bara Williams and Brenda Moon
(tie).
Softball throw — Debra Caln,
Joyce Mathews and Hattie Jes
ter.
(12-y ear-olds)
75 yard dash — Carol Evans,
Donna Pitts, Claire Trice and
Melody Goodrum.
Broad jump — Sheila Tiller,
Debbie Ogletree and Bess Step
hen.
High Jump — Sherry Wright.
Softball throw — Cathy Will
iams, Carol Evans annd Brenda
Goens.
match for the Milwaukee pitch
ing staffs headed by Warren
Spahn and Lew Burdette, “is
good and steady.”
"Jabbo (Pat Jarvis) and
(Phil) Niekro are going to get
their wins and Milt Pappas is
pitching good. The rest of them
will be okay."
What, then, is the reason for
the sudden surge of the 1969
Braves—essentially the same
team that finished a distant
fifth last year?
“I think It’s pride,” Boyer
said.
"Sonny Jackson and I had
bad years last year, and a cou
ple of us aren’t getting any
younger. We worked hard this
spring to get ready.”
As a team, the Braves are
hitting .350 and the pitchers
have given up but seven runs.
Boyer and Jackson, brilliant
in the field, have been better
than expected at bat, combining
with Aaron, Alou, Cepeda and
Millan to make the Braves a
Coleman
Undergoes
Surgery
415 g7 2 zzb coleman 4-11 ts
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (UPD-
Southeastem Conference Com
missioner A. M. “Tonto” Cole
man was to undergo surgery
this morning for correction of
an obstructed colon.
Dr. Jack W. Alexander, per
sonal physician to the commis
sioner, said the operation would
be performed by Dr. John M.
Slaughter, chief of surgery at
Lloyd Nolan Hospital.
Coleman entered the hospital
Monday complaining of stomach
pain.
Friday, April 11, 1969 Griffin Daily News
Knicks’ Pride
Floors Celts
By MARTIN LADER
UPI Sports Writer
NEW YORK (UPD—Profes
sional pride scored the winning
point for the New York
Knickerbockers in their first
playoff victory over Boston.
New York not only had been
humiliated on the court in losing
to the Celtics Wednesday night,
but the fans in Boston had
laughed at the Knicks’ ineptness
as they missed 30 of their first
33 field goal attempts.
But the Knicks bounced back
with an impressive 101-91
victoiy Thursday night that still
left them trailing Boston two
games to one in their Eastern
Division final of the National
Basketball Association playoffs
"We had to get motivated,”
said Walt Frazier, who led the
way with 26 points in New
York's comeback. "We were
embarrassed last night in
Boston and if a guy has any
pride at all he’d be up for this
Magnolia
Tournament
Opens Today
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (UPI)
— The opening round of play
was to get under way this
morning in the $35,000 Magno
lia State golf classic with a
field of 155 pros and seven ama
teurs competing.
The start of the 72-hole tour
nament was postponed Thurs
day because of heavy rains. A
similar delay developed in the
tournament a year ago and of
ficials held a 36-hole finale on
Sunday to determine the win
ner.
Favorites include veteran Chi
Chi Rodriguez and Bunky Hen
ry, winner of the National Air
lines Open two weeks ago.
Henry fired a four-under-par
66 in the pro-am Wednesday to
tie pros Mike Hadlock and Lar
ry Mowry for top individual
honors.
Low amateurs were Barry
Gore of Southern Mississippi
with a 67 and Bob Travis of
Jackson with a 78.
The tournament is being
played at the 6,800-yard Hatties
burg Country Club course. The
field will be cut to the low 50
plus ties following the second
round. The winner will receive
top money of $5,000.
feared hitting team, although
only Milland Boyer have home
runs so far.
The key to how far the
Braves go, says Boyer, could
be Jackson.
"He can make us go,” the
slick-fielding third baseman
says of the swift shortstop who
—like Boyer—was out about
half the 1968 season with an in
jury.
CONTRACTS SIGNED
DENVER (UPD—Errol Ka
houn of Miami of Ohio, the 15th
round draft choice of the
Denver Broncos, has signed a
contract with the American
Football League team and will
be tried at offensive guard.
The Broncos also signed a
pair of free agents from the
Hartford Knights of the Atlantic
Coast League. They are Gene
Jackson, a defensive end and
linebacker, and Tom Rowland, a
defensive back.
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The fourth game of the series
will be layed at Boston Sunday
afternoon in a nationally
televised contest. The Western
Division final series between the
Los Angeles Lakers and Atlanta
Hawks gets under way tonight
on the West Coast.
The Knicks, responding to the
impassioned cheers of a sellout
19,500 crowd in Madison Square
Garden, took the initiative from
the start and controlled the
game once they moved ’n front
for good late in the first
quarter.
For a while it seemed the
Knicks would do unto Boston
what Boston did to them the
previous night. New York raced
away to a 49-34 lead with two
minutes and 25 seconds remain
ing in the half, but at this point
the Celtics reversed the trend
and narrowed their deficit to 10
points, 51-41, at intermission.
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ABA Standings
By United Press International
East
Series A
W. L. Pct.
Kentucky 2 1 .557
Indiana 1 2 -333
Series B
W. L. Pct.
Minnesota 2 1 .667
Miami 1 2 .333
.. Series C
W. L. Pct.
Oakland 2 2 .500
Denver 2 2 .500
Series D
W. L. Pct.
New Orleans 2 1 .667
Dallas 1 2 .333
Thursday’s Results
Kentuckv 130 Indiana 11
Dallas 130 New Orleans 106
Minnesota 109 Miami 93
Denver 109 Oakland 108
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