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Cleon Jones
Belts Braves
By FRED DOWN
UPI Sports Writer
Cleon Jones of the New York
Mets lost the National League
batting lead to Rich Hebner of
the Pittsburgh Pirates'Wednes
day night but won new
recognition as one of baseball’s
unsung winning-type players.
A .297-hitter last season,
Cleon went into Wednesday
night’s game with a league
leading .397 average which
topped Hebner’s average by
five points. Jones finished the
game with a .392 mark and
Hebner with a .398 figure but it
was Cleon who was the happier
player.
The reason was up on the
scoreboards in New York and
Pittsburgh. The Mets beat the
Atlanta Braves, 9-3, with the
aid of Jones’ first major league
grand-slam homer while the
Pirates lost to the San
Francisco Giants, 3-0, despite
two hits in four at bats by
Hebner.
Jones’ homer was the climac
tic blow of a club-record-tying
eight-run eighth-inning rally by
the Mets after they had been
held hitless by Phil Niekro for
six innings. The rally enabled
Tom Seaver to raise his record
to 5-2 with ninth-inning relief
help from Ron Taylor.
Has No-Hitter
Niekro, now 6-2, had a no
hitter until Ken Boswell led off
the seventh w’ith a triple and
scored on an infield out by
Jones to cut the Braves' lead to
3-1. Then came the eight-run
rally—with Tommie Agee dou
bling with the bases filled to tie
the score and Jones delivering
the big blast.
Hebner, a leading early
candidate for National League
rookie of the year honors, had a
single and a double but Juan
Marichal of the Giants had no
trouble rolling to his fifth
victory of the season. Marichal
aided his own cause by driving
in the Giants’ first run with a
single in the fifth inning. Jim
Bunning allowed two runs and
five hits in eight innings but
suffered his fourth loss against
two victories.
The Chicago Cubs shaded the
San Diego Padres, 3-2, the
Cincinnati Reds defeated the
Philadelphia Phillies, 4-2, the
St. Louis Cardinals nipped the
Los Angeles Dodgers, 2-1, and
the Houston Astros topped the
Montreal Expos, 3-1, in other
National League games.
In the American League,
Chicago defeated Detroit, 6-0,
Cleveland beat Kansas City, 3-2,
in 11 Innings, Baltimore out
slugged Minnesota, 9-8, Boston
nipped Oakland, 2-1, California
shut out Washington, 1-0 and
New York topped Seattle, 5-4.
Rally In Ninth
The Cubs rallied in the ninth
Inning to beat the Padres when
Ernie Banks tied the score with
his fifth homer of the season,
Nate Oliver doubled and pinch
hitter Willie Smith singled to
complete the two-run burst.
Don Nottebart, who shut out
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the Padres In the ninth,
received credit for the victory
while Johnny Podres suffered
the loss.
Alex Johnson’s tie-breaking
homer in the third inning and
Lee May’s homer in the eighth
were the big blows for the Reds
as Jim Merritt won his third
game with ninth-inning relief
help from George Culver.
Deron Johnson drove in both
Philadelphia runs with a double
in the first inning.
Joe Torre drove in one run
with a single and Vada Pinson,
back in the lineup for the first
time since suffering a hairline
fracture in his right leg on May
2, hit a sacrifice fly in the
fourth inning to provide the
Cardinals with their victory
over the Dodgers. Nelson Briles
won his second game of the
season although he needed the
shutout relief help of Joe
Hoerner over the final 2 2-3
innings.
Jesus Alou homered with one
on and two out in the eighth
inning to give the Astros their
victory over the Expos. Denny
Lemaster pitched a five-hitter
and struck out seven in winning
his first game after five losses
while Jim grant suffered his
fourth loss against one victory.
John Bateman homered for the
Expos and Jim Wynn connected
for the Astros.
Little League
Fathers Play
Here Saturday
Little Leaguers will rest
Saturday while their fathers
have their day on the diamond.
The annual Little League Fa
thers Game will begin at 7:30
at City Park. The game pits the
National League fathers against
American League fathers.
| Sports Briefs ||
SIGNS WITH ESKIMOS
EDMONTON, Alta (UPD—
Terry Swam, a Colorado State
University wide receiver signed
Wednesday to play for the
Edmonton Eskimos in the
Canadian Football League.
Swarn caught 38 passes for 563
yards and five touchdowns with
CSU last season.
ACQUIRE HILLMAN
PHILADELPHIA (UPD—De
fenseman Wayne Hilman was
acquired by the Philadelphia
Flyers of the National Hockey
League Wednesday in a trade
with the Minnesota North Stars.
The Flyers gave up defense
man John Miszuk for the 30-
year-old Hillman a seven-year
veteran of the NHL.
★ ★★★★★★★★ ★★ ★ ★ ★ ★
SPORTS
Tech’s Prospects Like
Geometrical Hypothesis
By DAVID MOFFIT
UPI Sports Writer
ATLANTA (UPD — Georgia
Tech’s gridiron prospects for
next fall, based on the recently
completed spring drills, are like
a geometrical hypothesis.
A, if, as Coach Bud Carson
continually insists, the Yellow
Jackets hopes for ’69 rest large
ly on sophomores;
And, B, those sophomores are
no better than last week’s final
scrimmage indicated;
Then, C, Georgia Tech ap
pears in danger of posting its
third straight losing season for
the first time since 1932.
Carson paired his rising soph
omores, whom he said were
better as a group than the up
perclassmen, against his veter
ans. The veterans won 32-7.
But Carson feels the hypothe
sis is false. For while the
sophomores may not be able to
stand alone, he is convinced
that they can blend with the
upperclassmen into a winner.
Will Be Tested
The theory will be sorely test
ed. Once-mighty Georgia Tech
has had a pair of 4-6 seasons
since Carson succeeded Bobby
Dodd and must, as Carson says
it has, improve to avoid a simi
lar fate next fall.
On the record, one must as
sume Georgia Tech probably
will lose to Tennessee, Auburn,
Southern California, Notre
Dame and Georgia. This means
the Yellow Jackets must win all
of its other five games—SMU,
Baylor, Clemson, Duke and Tu
lane—to break even.
Carson continues his enthusi
asm for his ’69 team. But, he
has had some disappointments
and realizes that chances for
next fall contain a lot of ifs.
Majestic Prince
Preakness Pick
BALTIMORE, Md. (UPD—
Majestic Prince went through
some final shakedowns today
before launching his bid for
Saturday’s Preakness stakes at
Pimlico, middle Jewel in
Thoroughbred racing’s Triple
Crown.
Trainer Johnny Longden has
been taking personal charge of
the Kentucky Derby winner,
honing a fine edge for the son
of Raise A Native by personally
galloping the three-year-old
undefeated colt.
Majestic Prince is given a
excellent chance of becoming
the first Triple Crown cham
pion since Citation. With the
Kentucky Derby under his
saddle, he now must nail down
the Preakness and then the
Belmont Stakes to complete the
triple.
Elliott Burch, trainer of Arts
Linescores |
By United Press International
National League
San Diego 001 000 100— 2 6 0
Chicago 000 100 002— 3 7 0
Sisk, Podres (7), Reberger
(9) and Cannizzaro; Hands,
Abernathy (7), Regan (8),
Nottebart (9) and Hundley. WP-
Nottebart (1-0). LP-Podres (3-
3). HRs-Cannizzaro (2nd), Santo
(7th), Banks (sth).
Atlanta 000 002 100— 311 1
N.Y. 000 000 18x— 9 5 1
Niekro, Stone (8) and Didier;
Seaver, Taylor (9) and Martin.
WP-Seaver (5-2). LP-Niekro (6-
2). HR-Alou Ord), Jones (6th).
Los Ang 000 001 000— 1 5 0
St. Louis 000 200 OOx— 2 2 0
Singer, Brewer (7) and
Haller; Briles, Hoerner (7) and
Torre. WP-Briles (2-3). LP-
Slnger (5-3).
Houston 001 000 020— 3 7 0
Montreal 010 000 000— 1 5 2
Lemaster (1-5) and Edwards;
Grant (1-4) and Bateman. HRs-
Bateman (4th), Wynn (Bth),
Alou (Ist).
San Fran 000 010 Oil— 3 7 0
Pitts 000 000 000— 0 4 0
Marlchal (5-2) and Dietz;
Bunning, Ramos (9) and
Sanguillen. LP-Bunning (2-4).
CONTRACT RENEWED
PHILADELPHIA (UPD—The
Philadelphia Eagles Wednesday
renewed the contract of offen
sive line Coach Dick Stanfel for
the 1969 National Football
League season.
Stanfel joins head Coach
Jerry Williams as the only
members of the Eagles’ strate
gy board signed to date by new
General Manager Pete Retzlaff.
The biggest single disappoint
ment has to be the failure of
heralded quarterback Charles
Dudish of suburban Atlanta to
live up to expectations. Dudish,
one of those promising rising
sophomores, has shown flashes
of excellence but a slow-mend
ing shoulder injury and added
weight have hampered his prog
ress.
A new 4-4-3 defense, installed
after Georgia Tech gave up
more points (263) last season
than ever before, leans heavily
on linebackers and injury to a
full half dozen men slated for
that position forces Carson to
wait until fall to evaluate Tech’s
strength there.
The Top Sophs
It now appears that Tech’s
top sophomores next fall will be
speddy Brent Cunningham, a
5-foot-10, 170-pound flanker;
Brad Bourne, a 228-pound de
fensive end; and West Point
transfer Rick Lewis, a 180-
pound safetyman.
In addition, Carson appears
to have made a find by switch
ing 6-foot-2, 225-pound junior
Steve Foster from defense to
tight end.
Tech coaches raved about
Bourne and Foster during
spring drills. They consider
Bourne, whose uncle and father
both played for Tech, the best
sophomore lineman to appear
on the Tech scene in the past
four to five years; and assist
ant coach Dick Bestwick com
pares Foster with former Notre
Dame great Leon Hart.
However, it’s still a four
month wait before Carson
learns how much his newcom
ers will really help in his bat
tle to avoid that third straight
losing season.
And Letters, watched the
Kentucky Derby runnerup go
through his warmup Wednesday
and was pleased at the colt’s
performance, even if “it was
faster than I wanted.”
Arts And Letters covered six
furlongs in 1:11, was clocked in
1:24 4-5 for seven furlongs and
1:41 for the mile.
An eight-horse field Is set for
Preakness day. Also on tap for
the 94th running of the classic
are Top Knight, a fifth-place
finisher at Churchill Downs: Al
Hattab, Glad’s Flame, Jay Ray,
Captain Action and Greengrass
Greene.
If all eight start, the
Preakness will be worth
$182,000, with $129,500 going to
the winner. The weight is at 126
pounds for all entries going in
the mile and three-sixteenths
event.
Cincinnati 111 000 010— 4 11 0
Phila 200 000 000— 2 6 0
Merritt, Culver (9) and
Corrales; Jackson, J. Johnson
(8) and Ryan. WP-Merritt (3-2).
LP-Jackson (3-4). HR-A. John
son (7th), May (7th).
American League
Washngtn 000 000 000— 0 8 1
Calif 000 001 OOx— 1 3 2
Hannan, Cox (6), Bertaina
(7) and Casanova; McGlothlin,
Wilhelm (7) and Egan. WP-
McGlothlin (3-2). LP-Hannan
(2-3).
(11 Innings)
Cle 101 000 000 01— 3 8 1
K.C. 000 000 020 00— 2 8 2
McDowell, Williams (8), Pina
(10) Hamilton (11) and Fosse;
Drago, Pizarro (11), Drabowsky
(11) and Rodriguez. WP-Pina
(1-0). LP-Drabowsky (3-3).
Baltimore 050 130 000— 9 12 1
Minnesota 000 210 050— 8 13 3
Phoebus, Richert (8), Hall
(8) Lopez (9), Watt (9) and
Hendricks; Woodson, Walters
(4), Miller (5), Grzenda (6) and
Roseboro. WP-Phoebus (4-0).
LP-Woodson (1-1). HRs-Blalr 2
(7th and Sth) Oliva (6th).
Boston 100 000 010— 2 7 0
Oakland 000 010 000— 1 6 0
Culp (6-2) and Gibson;
Dobson (3-4) and Roof.
Chicago 000 104 100— 6 10 0
Detroit 000 000 000— 0 6 1
Peters (3-4) and Josephson;
Hiller, Lasher (6), McMahon
(7) Radatz (8) and Freehan.
LP-Hiller (1-1). HR-May (9th).
New York 000 000 320— 512 0
Seattle 200 000 002— 4 6 0
Burbach, McDaniel (7), Bahn
sen (9) and Fernandez; Mar
shall, O’Donoghue (7) Bouton
(9) and McNertney. WP-
Burbach (2-3). LP-Marshall (2-
4). HRs-Tresh (Ist), Whitaker
(Ist). I
I Leaders 1
By United Press International
National League
G. AB R. H. Pct.
Hebnr, Pit 23 83 18 33 .398
Jones, NY 32 120 27 47 .392
H.Aaron, Atl 31 108 21 41 .380
Jones, Mtl 30110 16 41 .373
Mays, SF 27 100 15 35 .350
Alou, Pit 32 136 18 47 .346
Spnglr, Chi 25 80 13 27 .338
Laboy, Mtl 30 111 10 37 .333
Mnke, Hou 36 121 16 40 .331
Alou, Atl 29 122 22 40 .328
American League
G. AB R. H. Pct.
Carw, Min 24 103 20 41 .398
Ptrceli, Bos 31 106 21 38 .358
F.Rbnsn, Bal 35131 30 44 .336
Oliva, Min 29 118 19 38 .322
Murer, NY 34 137 23 44 .321
Blair, Bal 34 145 33 46 .317
Cater, Oak 31 124 18 39 .315
Crdns, Min 29110 12 34 .309
Ulhndr, Min 28107 23 33 .308
Cnglro, Bos 29115 16 35 .304
Home Runs
National League: McCovey,
SF, Perez, Cin, Cepeda, Atl and
Wynn, Hou 8; Jones, Mtl, Agee,
NY, Santo, Chi, May and
Johnson, Cin 7.
American League: Howard,
Wash 13; F. Robinson, Balt and
Jackson, Oak 11; Petrocelli,
Bos and Murcer, NY 10.
Runs Batted In
National League: Banks and
Santo, Chi and Tolan, Cin, 27;
Jones, Mtl and Cepeda, Atl 26.
American League: Murcer,
NY 36; Howard, Wash 30; F.
Robinson, Balt 28; Killebrew,
Minn, Monday, Oak and Conigli
aro, Bos 24.
Pitching
National League: Niekro, Atl
6-2; Regan, Chi 5-0; Holtzman,
Chi 5-1; Marichal, SF, and
Jenkins, Chi 5-2; Perry, SF,
Dierker, Hou and Singer, LA 5-
3.
American League: Odom,
Oak and Culp, Bos 6-1;
McNally, Balt 5-0; Pattin, Cal
5-1; Stottlemyre, NY and
McLain, Det 5-3.
Kolousek Rolls
Highest Series
Helen Kolousek bowled a 182
game and a 501 series yester
day in the Koffee Klub League.
Betty imes’ 196 was the highest
game.
Other top bowlers were:
Polly Flowers 186, Helen Gill
172, Jerry Gillespie 170, Hattie
Waldrop 170, Martha Bray 164,
Lee Stapel 164, Martha Shear
er 159, Ruby Trammell 159, Ber
nie Zuberer 159, Carol Mann 158,
Bonnie Rounds 157. Mary John
son 151 and Norma Head 150.
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Up Orioles’ Attack
By JOE CARNICELLI
UPI Sports Writer
The Baltimore Orioles con
tinue to hold first place in the
American League’s Eastern
Division and one of the big
reasons could be Paul Blair’s
sudden emergence as a power
hitter.
Last season, Blair, bothered
by a leg injury, batted .211 with
seven home runs and 38 rims
batted in as the Orioles finished
second, 12 games behind
Detroit. Blair smashed his
seventh and eighth homers of
the season Wednesday night to
lead the division-leading Orioles
to a 9-8 victory over the
Minnesota Twins, the Western
Division frontrunners.
Blair also singled in two runs
to give him five RBIs far the
night and 20 for the season, just
18 less than his entire output of
last season. His two home runs
boosted him past his 1968 figure
and he’s batting a highly
respectable .317 to rank sixth in
the league.
Elsewhere in the American
League, Boston nipped Oakland,
2- California edged Washing
ton, 1-0, Chicago blanked
Detroit, 6-0, Cleveland downed
Kansas City, 3-2, in 11 innings
and New York stopped Seattle,
5-4.
In National League action,
New York ripped Atlanta, 9-3,
St. Louis edged Los Angeles, 2-
1, Chicago squeezed past San
Diego, 3-2, Houston beat Mon
treal, 3-1, Cincinnati topped
Philadelphia, 4-2, and San
Francisco blanked Pittsburgh,
3-
Blair homered off the left
field foul pole with a man on to
climax a five-run outburst in
the second inning against rookie
Dick Woodson and hit a solo
homer in the fourth. Blair’s
two-run single in the fifth
capped a three-run burst which
helped Tom Phoebus record his
fourth consecutive victory with
out defeat.
Tony Coniglia.ro singled In
both runs as the Red Sox beat
Oakland to remain a game
behind Baltimore in the East
ern Division.
Ray Culp, the AL leader in
strikeouts, added 11 more
Wednesday night in liming his
sixth game against one loss.
Rookie Carlos May smashed
his ninth homer of the season
to back Gary Peters’ six-hit
pitching and lead the Whte Sox
over Detroit.
May homered with none out
in the fourth off loser John
Hiller for Chicago’s first run
and Duane Josephson doubled
in two more in a four-run sixth
inning.
Peters struck out three
KRAMER TRADED
LOS ANGELES (UPD — Kent
Kramer, a tight end who
missed last season because of a
knee injury, was traded by the
Los Angeles Rams to the
Minnesota Vikings Wednesday
for a future draft choice.
batters to reach the 1,000 mark
in career strikeouts.
Morton Walks
Reliever Casey Cox walked
Bubba Morton with the bases
loaded In the sixth Inning to
force in the game’s only run as
the Angels beat Washington.
Washington starter Jim Han
nan walked Jim Fregosl and
Roger Repoz around Jay
Johnstone’s single to load the
bases. Cox relieved and struck
out Aurelio Rodriguez before
walking Morton on a 3-1 pitch.
Hoyt Wilhelm pitched three
innings of one-hit relief to
preserve the victory for Jim
McGlothlin and record his
seventh save of the season.
Jose Cardenal singled, stole
second and third and scored on
Elll Rodriguez’ error at home
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the Indians over the Royals.
Cardenal was on third when
Tony Horton grounded out to
short. Cardenal broke for the
plate after the putout and
scored the winning run when
Rodriguez dropped first base
man Chuck Harrison’s throw.
Tom Tresh’s two-run homer
in the eighth-inning, his first of
the year, lifted New York over
Seattle and snapped a six-game
Yankee losing streak.
Jimmie Hall opened the
eighth with a triple and Tresh
followed with his home run to
give New York a 5-2 lead. The
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Bahnsen relieved with none out
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