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Phil’s Knuckler
Handcuffs Cubs
By DAVID MOFFIT
UPI Sports Writer
ATLANTA (UPl)—lt’s been a
long and sometimes discourag
ing road, but knuckleballer Phil
Niekro has finally established
himself as one of the top pltch
:rs in baseball today.
"He’s turned into quite a
pitcher, quite a pitcher,’’
Braves manager Luman Har
ris, a former pitcher himself,
said glees u 11 y after Niekro
turned In a two-hltter Wednes
day night while hurling Atlanta
to a 5-1 victory over the Chica
go Cubs.
Niekro missed a perfect game
by just two pitches en route to
his 10th victory in 14 decisions.
Retiring 27 of 29 batters, he had
that perfect game until the
sixth inning when he let up on
a knuckleball and Randy Hun
dley homered.
"I didn’t throw it as hard as
I should have and I didn’t get
it down,” Niekro mused. "As
soon as I heard the crack of
the bat, it took my breath
away.
Bit of Shock
“After having gone that far
with no one getting on, it was
a bit of a shock. But, I pulled
myself together by the time
Hundley crossed the plate and
went back to work.”
The only other Cub to reach
base was Ernie Banks who sin
gled on another "let-up knuck
ler” to lead off the eighth.
"It’s a wonderful feeling to
have 10 already when I never
won more than 14 before in a
whole season,” Niekro said.
The 30-year-old Niekro, who
came up to the Braves in 1964
but didn’t become a regular un-
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*il 1967, has always shown
promise — especially since he
turned to the knuckle ball as
his primary pitch.
His 1.87 earned run average
was the majors’ best in 1967.
But although he came into this
season with a 2.56 career ERA,
his won-lost record, 31-27, was
barely over .500.
"The big difference between
Niekro this year and the Niekro
of the past is that he has finally
gained control, throws a lot
more knuckle balls and got rid
of that darn slider,” said Har
ris.
First Over Cubs
The victory was the first this
season for the Braves in five
meetings with the Cubs.
The two division leaders close
out their current series tonight
with the Braves gambling on
Garry Hill, a rookie just up
from the minors, because nor
mal starter Pat Jarvis has been
having his troubles of late. The
Cugs pitcher will be Dick Selma
(5-3).
The Braves exploded for four
runs before their second out in
the first Inning Wednesday
night to ease Nikro’s task.
Hank Aaron added another
with his 16th home run of the
season. That gives Aaron 526—
eight shy of Jimmy Foxx, the
No. 4 man on the all-time list,
and 10 shy of third - ranking
Mickey Mantle.
“Yes, I’m picking up ground
on those two pretty fast now,”
Aaron said with a grin. "I
guess it won’t be long now.”
Open Oddities
HOUSTON (UPI) —Things
you probably never knew until
now about the 69-ycar-old U.S.
Open golf championship :
The smallest player ever to
win the U.S. Open was 108-
pound Fred McLeod in 1908.
The oldest man was Ted Ray,
one of only three foreigners
ever to win it. Ray was 43
years, 4 months and 16 days old
when he won in 1920, 26 days
older than Julius Boros when
Boros won his second title in
1963. (Boros, n nw 49, is
competing in the 69th Open.)
The first-day leader has gone
on to win the title only 12 times
in 68 opens; the 36-hole leader
19 times, and the 54-hole leader
29 times.
The youngest winner was
John J. McDermott—l9 years,
10 months and 14 days, when he
won in 1911.
Only three champions have
led all the way—Walter Hagen
in 1914, Jim Barnes in 1921 and
Ben Hogan in 1953.
There has not been a hole-in
one in the Open since Bill
Kuntz in 1956. There have been
only five in all.
HARRIS INJURED
KANSAS CITY, Mo. UPD—
Infielder Billy Harris was
examined by team physician
Dr. Paul Meyer Monday for an
ankle Injury and was placed on
the 21-day disabled list by the
Kansas City Royals. Harris was
injured crossing first base in
the final play of Sunday’s game
in Boston.
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Jackson’s Homers
Wreck Senators, 6-4
By FRED DOWN
UPI Sports Writer
When evaluating Reggie Jack
son of the Oakland Athletics it
all depends on whether you
view him as a .250-hltter or a
,665-slugger.
There’s little or no in between
for the 23-year old outfielder
who freely admits he swings for
the horizon. He's made only 41
hits in 164 official at bats this
season but 31 of them, including
19 homers which tie him for the
major league lead, have been
for extra bases.
Jackson did his thing again
Wednesday night before a
crowd which included President
Nixon at Robert F. Kennedy
Stadium in Washington, D.C.,
when he hit two homers in a 6-
4, 13-lnning victory over the
Senators.
Red Sox Bomb Twins
The Boston Red Sox bombed
the Minnesota Twins, 13-5, the
California Angels beat the
Baltimore Orioles, 7-5, in 14
innings, the Detroit Tigers
shaded the Seattle Pilots 4-3, in
10 innings, the Chicago White
Sox nipped the Cleveland
Indians, 4-3, and the New York
Yankees defeated the Kansas
City Royals, 5-4, in 11 innings.
In the National League, San
Francisco downed New York, 7-
2, Atlanta topped Chicago, 5-1,
St. Louis whipped Cincinnati 10-
5, Philadelphia blanked Los
Angeles, 3-0, Pittsburgh clubbed
Houston, 13-8, and San Diego
edged Montreal, 6-5, in 10 inn
ings.
Joe I.aHoud, who started the
game with a .083 batting
average, hit three homers and
drove in our runs in the Red
Sox’ romp. Dick Schofield hit
three doubles and Reggie Smith
and George Scott each had
three singles as the Red Sox
combed seven Minnesota pitch
ers for 16 hits. Soy Siebert,
who shut out the Twins so rthe
last five innings, was the
winner.
Tom Satirano’s two-run single
with two out in the 14th inning
gave the Angels their victory.
The Angels had gone ahead in
the 11th when Jim Spencer
doubled home Aurelio Rodrl
guez but the Orioles tied the
score in their half when Paul
Blair singled home Curt Mot
ton. Ken Hicks hit three-run
homer the Angels.
Lifts Tigers To Win
Jim Price greeted reliever
Diego Segui with a run-scoring
double climaxing a two-run 10th
inning rally which lifted the
Tigers to their win. Singles by
Al Kaline, Norm Cash and Jim
Northrup tied the score for the
Tigers after Joh Kennedy’s
homer gave the Pilots a 3-2
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lead in the top of the 10th.
Errors by Vern Fuller and
Tony Horton, singles by Bobby
Knoop and Budd Bradford and
a sacrifice fly by Duane
Josephson enabled the White
Sox to score three runs in the
seveth inning and had Luis
Tiat his eighth loss. Gail
Hopkins homered for the other
White Sox’ run as Dan Osinski
won his second game although
he retired only one batter.
Pinch-hitters Bobby Cox dou
bled home Jake Gibbs with the
winning run with two out in the
11th inning to give Jack Aker
his first victory as a Yankee.
Lou Piiella had four hits and
drove in three runs for the
Royals but missed a diving
catch on the game-winning hit.
Mary Turner
Bowls 193
Mary Turner bowled a 193
game and a 532 series yesterday
in the Summer Bowling League.
Other top bowlers were Doris
Brown 169, Mildred Boggs 166,
Montine Akins 165, Shirley Kin
ard 164, Libby Newton 164, Hel
en Kolousek 161, and Hattie Wal
drop 152.
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NEA Sports Editor
brmsr/ Players' Czar
ft h^ A^^ lS E°-^^ For the first Ume since 1935
(the year before Mrs. Robinson even knew there was a Joe
»W* S , tates OP« n championship is an
occasion of esthetic relaxation for Joe Dey Jr
Almost. J
ul 5 Joe Dey Jr. was the man who
ran the U.S. Open, first as the executive secretary then
«A! X WA^ < WV[ the United States Golf Associa
tion. He WAS the Estanlishment in amateur golf
Distinguished gray courses back from his temples It
We U He\ e fi a i l T e for . contemplative enjoyment of the good
hfe. He s 61 years old and can still walk a brisk 18 holes
He proved it over hill and dale of the Olympic Club as the
World oVgoU m the grand finale ° f the SheU Wonde rful
“And I loved every minute of it,” he said. “The chance
golHojun" 6 ”** 111 tbe players on a course is the essence of
P ’: an t 0 miss Even at she immi-
; ’ D h ? 11 be chasing around as a member of the
important Rules Committee.
In the official structure of golf, he happens to be a lot
nnJn I’l'rcr ! t- de j pit .® the fact he no longer controls the
P pe "’ a Vu SG A P roduc . tlon F <>r the last three months, Joe
has been the Commissioner of the PGA Tournament Player
Kuhn 0 "’ the S ° ferS version of Pete Rozelle and Bowie
The question is: why, at his stage of life, did Joe bother’
e. t \ answered animatedly, "is in golf per
wasVfrouble spot.” WaS g °° d Shape ‘ This (the < PGA)
Trouble when a city like Memphis can shell out Sl5O 000
without a Palmer or Nicklaus in sight?
S ivu trouble could stifle Don Rickies. S
or Ke a rmVt n Za°rley ad thi " gS Can y ° U Say about Bert Yancey
,T b . e f a ct is, said Joe Dey Jr., “we now have a mul
vidiniX ° f e . Vent f ’ a thls means basic Problems in pro
viding a continuity of competition. Is it a year-long sport?
A Soifer has got to take a vacation.
But when a tournament puts up big money expecting
big players, and doesn’t get them, it’s like playing Rebecca
of Sunnybrook Farm without Mary Pickford ”
(A guy less straight than Joe might have said “Hair”
without the nude scene.)
The solution, Dey felt, lies in a system of selective tour
naments, ensuring the presence of the important golfers in
?A e m=r? nt ?K OUr^ me , nts ’ leading t 0 a lo e ical standard of
i —the off 4 icial , mone >’-making list is meaningless
when one player enters 35 tournaments and another com
petes in only 20 but still grosses a lot more income because
Be has many avenues of side revenue.
“ aU th , e ° therS Sh ° U,d MhiW '
•hnw'inT d by b .? com P anie s who are interested in
showing off the pro golfers and playing with them.”
Sinclair, Highland
Win In American
Murray - Treadway Sinclair
beat Slginan Buick-Griffin Gar
ment 12-1 and Highland stopped
Moose 10-3 yesterday in the Am
erican League of the Griffin Lit
tle League.
The Sinclair and Buick-Gar
ment game was called after five
innings because of time limit.
Arch Holmes was the winning
pitcher. He allowed only four
hits. He struck out four and
walked one.
Grant Crawford started for
Buick-Garment. Greg Head took
over in the fifth. Crawford and
Head gave up nine hits, struck
out three and walked 11.
Bobby Greene hit a two-r u n
homer and two singles for Sin
clair. Lynn Shockley and Tony
Shockley hit two singles and
Dennis Pugh and Steve Young
hit one.
Larry Martin hit two singles
for Buick - Garment and Mike
Jones and Mike Feltman hit
one.
Noah Chaikley hit two three-1
run homers to lead Highland to
its victory over Moose. Chalk- ]
ley’s first blast came in the fir
st. He hit another three-run ho-:
mer in the fourth.
Mike Alexander hit two sing- :
les and Tim Shepherd and Ed-1
die Jones hit one.
Shepherd was the winning pit- i
cher. He gave up five hits, fan-!
ned six and walked three.
Bill Moore pitched for Moose.
He gave up six hits, struck out
11 and walked 11.
Mcore doubled for Moose and
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FRIDAY — “THREE ON A COUCH”
SATURDAY — “FORT UTAH”
SEATS 15C
Barry Whatley, Curry Butler,
Joel Brady and Frank Gaissert
singled for Moose.
Two make up games will be
played Saturday at Patrick
Park.
Spalding Knitting Mill takes on
Dundee at 5:30 and Jaycees
meet Kiwanis at 7:30.
JOHNSON SOLD
ATLANTA (UPD—Ken John
son, who lost a nine-inning no
hitter to Cincinnati on April 23,
1964, was sold by the Atlanta
B:aves Monday to the New
York Yankees. Johnson, a 35-
year-old righthander, compiled
an 89-102 record with Kansas
City, Cincinnati, Houston and
Atlanta.
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