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State Legion Play
Begins Tomorrow
Five American Legion Base
ball teams which won crowns in
their region will compete in the
state tournament which opens in
Griffin tomorrow. The tourna
ment will run through Saturday
at Babe Ruth Field in the Mun
icipal Park.
The teams to be in the double
elimination competition are:
Post 50 of College Park, Post
160 of Smyrna, Post 30 of Athens,
Post 135 of Savannah, Post 30 of
Pro Scouts
To Be Here
Nine major league scouts as
well as some from colleges are
expected to be on hand for the
State American Legion tourna
ment here during the week.
The major league scouts will
be looking for prospective pro
players and the college repre
sentatives will be here to talk
with any who might be interest
ed in scholarships.
One of the prime prospects
sought after by many major lea
gue clubs is Smyrna's ace pit
cher, Raymond Hill. His over
all 8-0 record with five saves Is
the key to Smyrna’s success
this season.
Joe Stubbs who will play for
Griffin’s entry in the tournament
says Hill has a style and ability
which remind him of Grady Pi
erce, former Griffin High ace.
Is The Sports World Being Strangled By Pro Football?
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By IRA
BERKOW,
MEA Sports
Editor
NEW YORK—(NEA)—The
first kickoff in the first pro
football game will be like
somebody giving the boot to
a hanging man’s stool. Some
folks in the land have simply
had it up to here with the
incessant, insistent, interm
inable football season.
The thing is, it never really
ends. The Jets’ upset victory
in the Super Bowl was a
fitting, climactic end to the
1968 season. Or was it the
1968-69 season, since the
game was played in January?
Actually, the game was not
3
Tuesday, August 5, 1969
By LEE
MUELLER,
NEA Sports
Writer
NEW YORK—(NEA)—The
legs of Pete Rose, wrapped
tight in his gray Cincinnati
Reds uniform, rock back and
forth in the batting cage, his
spikes pawing the earth, rak
ing it, plowing it, cultivating
it.
“Getitover!” he snaps,
smashing one of batting
practice pitcher Joe Nux
hall’s wide throws into the
gray dirt in front of him. He
pounds home plate with his
bat. Smash. “Getitover!”
Albany and Post 15 of Griffin,
the host teams.
The tournament will open wit!
a banquet at the Communitj
Center tomorrow at noon. A
number of local and state offic
ials will be on hand for the af
fair. Dr. O. R. Butler of Griffin
will be master of ceremonies
The speaker will be the Rev
Jimmy Waters of Macon.
Prior to the first game at 5:31
p.m. Griffin Post’s Color Guard
will present the colors to open
pre-game ceremonies.
The opening game will be Sa
vannah matched against College
Park. Albany and Athens will
battle at 8 p.m.
Griffin and Smyrna drew fir
st round byes.
Thursday Smyrna will play the
winner of the second game at
VFW Golf
Griffin VFW Post 5448 will
sponsor a one-day golf tourna
ment Sunday, Aug. 17, at t h e
Deer Trail course in Jackson.
The l&'-hold affair will be me
dal plav with the Callaway hand
icap system. Only VFW mem
bers will be eligible. Entrance
fee is $7.50 which includes green
fees, a light lunch and refresh
ments.
Players may pry their entran
ce fees to the committee before
the Aug. 10 deadline.
the end. Still to be played
was the AFL All-Star and
Pro Bowl games. The sea
son staggered on like a be
wildered prize-fighter.
“All good things,” said
some forgotten prophet,
“must come to an end.” If
they don’t, they become dis
tasteful. Even the poor
French would have got sick
and satiated had they taken
Marie Antoinette’s advice
and consumed nothing but
cake.
Physical combat continued
on into the summer with
NFL football highlight tele
vision films coming in the
height and heat of the base
ball. golf, tennis, swimming,
outdoor track, surfing, horse
racing, auto racing and
bocce seasons.
And those films don’t just
come onto the screen with
diversionary intent. The
drama of the narrator’s
voice, the thump of back
ground music and the his-
Smash. “Getitover!”
Physically, Rose has been
compared to several inanim
ate objects: Fireplugs, tree
stumps and a stack of bowl
ing balls with a crew cut.
Nothing about Rose, how
ever, is inorganic. At 5-foot
-10, 190 pounds, he is all
muscle, all motion, all de
sire. Waiting his turn in
batting practice, he paces
behind the cage, holding his
bat, looking at it, gripping
it, re-gripping it.
The rage to hit that boils
out of Pete Rose has become
a flaming plague in Cincin
nati. In the Queen City,
everybody has it. “This team
thinks hitting,” says reserve
shortstop Darrel Chaney.
“Some football teams pride
themselves on being a de
fensive team. We pride our
selves on being a hitting
team.
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lt 5:30 p.m. and Griffin will meet
the winner of the first game in
an 8 p.m. contest.
Four games will be played
Friday. They will begin at 10 a
11 m., 1 p.m., 5:30 p.m. and 8 p.m.
General admission tickets wiU
e be $1 for adults and 50 cents for
children.
•- The tournament finals will be
l- gin at 2 p.m. Saturday and 8 p.
i- m. Saturday.
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n
i- The richest Belmont Futurity
was that of 1929 when
i- Wichone’s victory at the New
e York track was worth $105,730.
trionic and monumental
script makes a linebacker’s
blitz sound like he is single
handedly invading the Nor
mandy beachhead; a flanker
leaps high for a pass and
you’d think he is taking off
for the Sea of Tranquility;
and a quarterback has more
on his mind than a mother
of ten preparing for a p-cnic.
There is something
vaguely insulting about those
films. But maybe they
mirror the whole perspective
of pro foo t b a 11, which is
growing as if possessed of an
overactive pituitary gland.
An incident involving the
alleged retirement of one
man whose greatest
attributes are a strong arm
and soft heart captured the
curiosity of a nation. It
went so far as to pique the
interest of a Harris Poll, and
much to nobody’s surprise,
people under 30 thought Joe
Namath was justified in “do
ing his own thing”—some of
At last observation, the
Cincinnati Reds were leading
the major leagues in hitting
around .285, had hit over 100
home runs to lead the
National League and were
losing games by scores of
10-8 and 12-8.
Not since 1956 when Ted
Kluszewski, Wally Post,
Frank Robinson, Gus Bell,
et al, were clouting a record
tying 221 homers have Cin
cinnati fans seen anything
like it. Those were the days
when the Reds were beating
St. Louis 19-15,
“This team is not as strong
as our 1956 bunch,” says Nux
hall, who pitched for it, “be
cause we had a great bench
—Smokey Burgess, Bob
Thurman, Jerry Lynch. The
starting lineups just about
match up, though.”
At the moment, no less
than six starting Reds are
|| Linescores
By United Press International
National League
San Fran at Phila, ppd., rain
Chicago 103 201 020— 9 16 0
Houston 000 010 200— 3 4 2
Jenkins (15-9) and Hundley;
Griffin, Womack (4), Blasin
game (7), Guinn (9) and
Edwards. LP—Griffin (7-5). HR
—Rader (Bth).
New York 000 000 000— 0 2 0
Cinci 001 000 OOx— 1 6 1
Koosman, McGraw (8) and
Grote; Maloney, Granger (9)
and Bench. WP—Maloney (5-2).
LP—Koosman (8-7).
Atlanta 000 000 001— 1 8 1
Montreal 202 101 lOx— 7 14 0
Stone, Neibauer (8) and
Tillman; Robertson (3-9) and
Brand. LP—Stone (9-7). HRs —
Staub (18th), Cepeda (16th).
Los Ang 001 000 000— 17 1
St. Louis 000 000 101— 2 6 1
Singer, Brewer (8) and
•Haller; Briles (11-9) and
MeCarver. LP—Brewer (3-5).
HRs—MeCarver (6th), Javier
(9th),
(Only games scheduled)
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them actually use such
p h r it s es, still — and the
majority of over-30 gaffers
felt that Pete Rozelle, if not
exactly hubba-hubba, was
hitting better than .300. Left
fielder Alex Johnson and
third baseman Tony Perez
have been among league
leaders all year. Rose, last
year’s batting champion, is
climbing while catcher
Johnny Bench, first baseman
Lee May and center fielder
Bob Tolan are well over the
figure that supposedly divides
the fair from the good.
Utility outfielder Ted Sav
age probably best defined
Cincinnati’s attitude toward
hitting recently when, after
a game-winning blow, he
backed away from reporters.
“Hell, I ain’t no hero,” he
said, putting his hands up.
“On this club, you’re em
barrassed if you don’t hit.”
According to Rose, Cin
cinnati’s success at bat has
evolved from natural, latent
talent. “We’ve just matured
this year,” he said, adding
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Braves Drop
Fifth Straight
MONTREAL (UPI) — The At
lanta Braves solidified their
hold on third place in National
League West Monday night by
dropping their fifth straight
game.
Montreal dealt the erstwhile
Western Division leaders their
eighth loss in their last 12
games 7-1, and the Braves
slumped into third place — one
full game behind Cincinnati and
a half-game behind San Fran
cisco. Prior to the contest, At
lanta had been in a virtual
deadlock with the Reds and Gi
ants for first place.
Cincinnati beat New York 1-0
Maloney May Be Key
To Cincinnati Bid
- Bv FRED DOWN
UPI Sports Writer
The Cincinnati Reds may
have found the pitcher they
need to carry them to the
National league’s Western
Division championship.
Jim Maloney has been with
die Reds all season, of course,
but until Monday night his
contribution consisted of a 4-2
record and three complete
games. But he was the
I- overpowering flreballer of his
best seasons as he allowed two
hits in 8 2-3 innings to give the
Reds a 1-0 victory over the New
York Met.s.
The win enabled the Reds to
go a half-game ahead of the
idle San Francisco Giants and
one gam? ahead of the Atlanta
Braves, who lost, 7-1, to the
Montreal Expos. Os more
importance, however, is the
’ knowledge that a physically
able Maloney could be just the
' pitcher the Reds need in the
“ stretch run.
Shoulder Stiffens
Maloney, who struck out
three and walked three, said his
1 shoulder stiffened somewhat in
J the sixth ninning and Manager
> Dave Bristol cautiously re
■ moved him in favor of Wayne
Granger after Cleon Jones
walked with two out in the
1 ninth. Granger retired Ed
0 Kranepool on a routine gronn
-1 der to end the game and
d receive ere lit for his 15th save
- in his 57th relief appearance.
Jerrv Poherteon pitched an
eight-hitter and Rusty Staub hit
1 his 18th homer of the season for
1 the Expos, who dealt the
j Braves their fifth straight loss,
j Staub hit his two-run homer in
the first inning and Mack Jones
p doubled home two in the third
to make it easy for Robertson
to win his third game. Orlando
Cepeda hit the 300t.h homer of
his career in tlie ninth for the
acting responsibly in order
ing the Jet quarterback to
give up either his restaurant
or pro football.
The Namath thing dragged
that “with six guys battin’
over .300, it’s got to be good
for spirit. Nob o d y’s com
plainin’. They’re just hittin’."
Hitting has become so
much the vogue in Cincin
nati that even Reds Manager
Dave Bristol marvels at it.
“It’s gotten so that when
guys are not hitting, I don’t
have to say a word to them.
They're in the cage early on
their own.”
Ted Kluszewski—the Reds’
former barearmed slugger
—acts as batting coach when
the team is home, but these
days he’s rarely needed.
“We've got the best hitting
coach in baseball—nobody,”
says Bristol. “We just throw
the bats and balls on the
field and they hit a lot.”
/Newspaper Enterprise Assn.)
while San Francisco’s game
with Philadelphia was rained
out.
Jerry Robertson, who had
won only two games in 10 tries,
stopped the Braves on eight
hits and only Orlando Cepeda’s
home run in the ninth inning
averted a shutout for Atlanta.
The Expos bombed George
Stone for 12 hits, including Rus
ty Staub’s 18th homer of the
season.
Jim Britton (5-1) and Pat
Jarvis (9-7) get the mound nod
for Atlanta in a doubleheader
with the Expos tonight.
Braves.
The Chicago Cubs defeated
the Houston Astros, 9-3, and the
St. Louis Cardinals edged the
Los Angeles Dodgers, 2-1, in the
only other National League
games.
The Cleveland Indians beat
the Baltimore Orioles, 2-0, and
the Minnesota Twins downed
the Detroit Tigers, 7-1, in
American League games.
Randy Hundley drove in three
runs with a double in the third
inning and a fourth with a
sacrifice fly in the eighth to
helr> Ferguson Jenkins to his
15th victory for the Cubs.
Jenkins pitched a four-hitter,
walked one and struck out 12 as
the Cubs hand-’d Houston’s Tom
Griffin his fifth setback.
Hits Ninth Homer
Julian Javier hit his ninth
homer of the season with two
out in the ninth giving the
Cardinals their victory over the
Dodgers. Nelson Briles pitched
a seven-hitter, raising his
record to 11-9, while reliever
Jim Brewer suffered the loss.
Maury Wills tripled and scored
the Dodgers’ run in the third
inning and Tim MeCarver
homered in the seventh for the
Cardinals’ first run.
Steve Hargan allowed four
hits and struck out six to win
his fourth game against eight
losses for the Indians. Rookie
Frank Baker hit his first major
league homer and Ken Harrel
son hit his 21st of the season
for the Indians, who dealt Il
game winner Tommy Phoebus
his fourth defeat. Boog Powell
had two of the Orioles’ four
hits.
Rick Renick doubled in two
runs and Tom Tischinski hit a
two-run single as the Twins
bombed Detroit’s Mike Kilken
ny for five runs in the first
inning. Harmon Killebrew also
on for weeks.
What the Harris Poll did
not seek out was, “How
many people arc just fagged
out from wondering whether
Pete Rose
|| STANDINGS ||
By United Press Inatnational
National League
East
W. L. Pct. GB
Chicago 68 41 .624 ...
New York 58 45 .563 7
St. Louis 58 50 .537 9>/ 2
Pittsburgh 54 52 .509 12li
Philadelphia 43 62 .410 23
Montreal 35 73 .324 32>/ a
West
W. L. Pct. GB
, Cincinnati 56 44 .560 ...
[ San Fran 59 48 .551 !i
Atlanta 60 50 .545 1
[ Los Angeles 57 49 .538 2
Houston 57 51 .528 3
• San Diego 34 74 .315 26
Monday’s Results
• St. Louis 2 Los Ang 1
Cincinnati 1 New York 0
Montreal 7 Atlanta 1
. Chicago 9 Houston 3
San Fran at Phila, ppd., rain
(Only games scheduled)
Today s Probable Pitchers
(All Times EDT)
Atlanta (Britton 5-1 and
Jarvis 9-7) at Montreal (Was
lewskl 2-4 and Jaster 1-5), 2, 6
. p.m.
San Francisco (McCormick 7-
5 and Bolin 5-7) at Philadelphia
(Fryman 8-7 and Boozer 1-0), 2,
6:05 p.m.
New York (Ryan 3-1 and
Seaver 15-6) at Cincinnati
(Arrigo 2-1 and Nolan 1-3), 2
5:30 p.m.
Chicago (Hands 12-8) at
1 Houston (Lemaster 8-10), 8:30
' P-m-
St. Louis (Gibson 13-8) at San
B Diego (Kelley 4-6), 11 p.m.
e Pittsburgh (Blass 10-7) at Los
Angels (Drysdale (5-4) 11 p.m.
*• American League
East
W. L. Pct. GB
1 Baltimore 73 34 .682 ...
Detroit 58 47 .552 14
' Boston 58 49 .542 15
1 Washington 56 55 .505 19
1 New York 52 56 .481 2P/ 2
’ Cleveland 45 64 .413 29
3 West
W. L. Pct. GB
• Minnesota 67 41 .620 ...
5 Oakland 61 42 .592 3>/ 2
1 Kansas City 44 62 .415 22
Seattle 43 62 .410 22>/ 2
California 41 63 .394 24
1 Chicago 42 65 .393 24‘/ 2
Monday’s Results
' Minn 7 Detroit 1
Cleveland 2 Baltimore 0
(Only games scheduled)
Today’s Probable Pitchers
(All Times EDT)
' Washington (Bosman 7-6) at
Chicago (Wynne 3-2), 8:30 p.m.
Minnesota (Chance 3-1) at
Detroit (McClain 16-6), 9 p.m.
' Oakland (Odom 14-5 and
Dobson 12-7) at Cleveland
(McDowell 11-10 and Ellsworth
1 6-5), 2, 6 p.m.
' Kansas City (Nelson 6-9) at
' Baltimore (Hardin 5-4), 8 p.m.
Seattle (Barbender 8-6) at
Boston (Culp 14-6), 7:30 p.m.
' California (May 4-0) at New
York (Stottlemyre 15-8), 7:30
p.m.
singled home a run for the
Twins, raising his season RBI
total to 101. Bob Miller went 7
; 1-3 innings for his fourth win
with Ron Perranoski picking up
his 21st save for 1 2-3 innings of
hitless relief.
Pete Rozelle is ruining pro
football by his imperious
ness.”
And was there a day in the
buJding of spring and the
blooming of summer when a
newspaper in America did
not tell how Vince Lombardi
was going to lead the Red
skins into the land of milk
and honey? Or whether O.J.
Simpson was asking only
$630,000 instead of a million
dollars to wallow in the turf
in Buffalo? Or whether Don
Meredith, Don Perkins, Earl
Morrall or George Plimpton
were really going to hang up
their cleats and deflate their
pigskins?
That first kick in the first
pro football game of this sea-,
son (or is it the last pro
game of last season?) wiii
leave some sports fans
dangling, strangled by the
noose of pro football.
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