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Savannah Wins State
American Legion Title
Post 135 of Savannah took ths
hard route to win the 1969 Geor
gia State American Legion Base
ball Tournament at City Park. 1
Savannah defeated Athens, 7-5, J
yesterday afternoon.
The Savannah nine defeated
Griffin, 9-3, Saturday afternoon
in the semi-finals. Savannah al
so defeated Athens Saturday ni
ght, 3-1.
The loss eliminated Griffin
from play in the double elimina
tion tournament.
Savannah suffered an opening
round loss to College Park and
had to defeat Athens twice to
capture the crown.
Athens had defeated Savan
nah to win the crown in 1968.
Tied at t>-& going into the eigh
th inning, Joe Herb of Savannah
hit a homer over the center field
fence, driving home Eddie Thig
pin before him. Thigpin had
walked.
Savannah reeled off four con
secutive victories to win the
tourney. Athens had bumped off
three opponents, scoring more
than 10 runs against each.
However, they were unable to
maintain the pace against Sav
annah and lost the first encoun
ter, 3-1, and the final Sunday, 7-
5.
Danny Manor, Savannah’s ace
pitcher started on the mound
and got himself into a quick
jam. He gave up singles to Mike
Epps and Benji Folk. Manor
picked off Epps. Jimmy Wilkes
became the second out on a rol
ler to first. He struck out Jerry
Peele to retire the side.
With one down in the bottom
of the first inning, Miek Armuzl
lost the strike zone and issued
four straight walks, giving Sa- .
vannah a 1-0 lead. John Hankey
missed a shoe-string catch and
two runs scored, upping the lead
to 4-0.
The lead was increased to 4-0
when Lin Brunsed doubled ag
ainst the right field fence and
was driven home by Mark Ma
malakos.
Athens tallied their first run
in the top of the third inning.
Jimmy Wilkes singled and scor- ■
ed on two consecutive infield er- '
rors.
Savannah increased their lead ;
to 4-1 in the sixth inning. Calvin ;
Weeks was safe at first on a fiel
tier’s choice and scored on con
secutive hits by Manny Cromar- '
tie end Eddie Thigping.
Athens scored four runs in
their half of the seventh to tie -
the score. Andy Johnson led off
with a home run ov»r the center .
field fence. Jerry Peele singled, <
Daniel Traylor walked and ,
and Charlie Strong drove them }
horn: with a single to the 1e f t ,
field fence. Benji Folk scored (
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Strong with a double. Herman Spohn, State Director
Herb wrote the story of the of American Legion Baseball,
tournament in the bottom of the awarded the winner trophy and
eighth inning with his two-run the Ford Foundation placue to
that over the wall. Savannah and the runner-up
HAMPTON, Ga - As his son.
L/V, Butch, rests his weary head,
M ‘ ’ I I I . *•«’«• Roy Yarbrough stands in
the
time lifer winning the Dixie
S,ul ’ k Car Race with an
.Mirage .peen ot 133. Ill) mile.,
_ pci hour.
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JOINS BROADCASTERS
SAN FRANCISCO (UPI)—
Former San Francisco Manager
Bill Rigney will rejoin the
Giants Aug. 17 as a member of
the team’s broadcasting crew,
it was announced Thursday.
Rigney, who was dropped by
the Giants in 1960 after four
years as the club’s mentor, was
fired as manager of the
California Angels two months,
ago.
WINS PRO-AM
SPRINGFIfiLD, Ohio (UPI)
—Kathy Whitworth of Dallas,
Tex. won the pro-amateur team
championship here Thursday in
preparation for the $20,000
Stroh’s Open. Miss Whitworth
and partner Ray Lange beat a
team headed by Mary Mils of
Ocean Springs, Miss., and col
lected $1,500.
ANNOUNCES MEETING
NEW YORK (UPl)—Baseball
Commissioner Bowie Kuhn
announced Thursday that the 24
major league baseball clubs
will be In Seattle Tuesday and
Wednesday for their annual
summer meeting. On the
agenda are Kuhn’s contract, his
“interim commissioner” desig
nation, the 1970 schdeule and
league championship details.
Lee Roy Wins
Dixie 500
By RABUN MATTHEWS
HAMPTON, Ga. (UPI) —lt
took nearly two weeks, but Lee
Roy Yarbrough finally found
the cure or his intestinal virus.
And what a cure it was. .
The Columbia, S. C., racer
kept ahead of five close compet
itors Sunday to take his second
consecutive Dixie 500 stock car
race.
He did it despite a nagging
virus that had him nauseated
before the race, and the win
was worth $18,620.
The victory was a record fifth
this year on a super speedway
and pushed his earnings for the
season over the $140,000 mark.
Cale Yarborough held the old
records of four major speedway
victories and $136,000 in earn
ings.
Sweating, his face and white
racing suit covered with grime,
Yarbrough managed a weak
smile as he inhaled through an
oxygen mask. A nurse and phy
sician stood by.
Better When Leading
“I was kind of nauseated all
morning so I went to the hos
pital and got a shot,” said the
curly haired driver. “I still felt
bad the first part of the race,
but started feeling better at
about the halfway point.”
That would have gone without
trophv to Athens.
Savannah will fly to West
P’lm Beach. Fla., to represent
|Tjaorgia in the Southeastern
Tournament.
saying. At exactly the halfway
lap—the 167th—Yarbrough took
the lead and held it for all but
23 of the remaining laps around
the 1.5-mile Atlanta Internation
al Raceway track. His average
speed was 133.001 miles per
hour.
David Pearson finished sec
ond, Richard Petty third, Char
lie Glatzbach fourth and Donnie
Allison fifth for a clean sweep
by Ford of the top spits Dodge
backers had predicted the short
er, tighter track here would put
a premium on handling and
would give their cars an edge
over the faster Fords.
Ford products have not lost
on the super tracks since they
came out with their big new 429
cubic inch engines in March.
Difficult Race
Yarbrough said the race was
"probably as tough as we have
ever run.”
At one point, just beore Yar
brough surged into the lead,
only 1.5 seconds separated the
top six cars.
“It looked like a train out
there for a while, the way ev
erybody was all strung out
there."
Yarbrough laid back in the
pack until about the halfway
point, then made his move,
overtaking Pearson on the first
turn as the sparse crowd of
27,000 roared its approval.
Troy Smith,
Dan Smith
Win Tourney
Troy Smith, Jr. and Dan Smi
th, both of Griffin, won the
Deertrail Golf Tournament Sun
day at the Deertrail Golf Cour
se at Jackson.
They shot 36-32-31 for the 27
holes in the four ball tourna
ment. Their score was nine
under par.
Shutout star
NEW YORK fUPI) -
Grover Cleveland Alexander,
who pitched for the Phillies,
Cubs and Cardinals during his
illustrious career, had 90 shut
outs.
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Faltering Braves
Are Near Despair
By DAVID MOFFIT
UPI Sports Writer
ATLANTA (UPl)—The falter
ing Atlanta Braves are near
despair.
Long a leader in the National
League’s Western Division,
they’re now struggling to even
remain in contention.
Saddened manager Luman
Harris, admitting be has do
ready answers, summed things
up after Sunday’s 3-0 loss to the
New York Mets:
| STANDINGS ||
By United Press International
National League
East
W. L. Vet. GB
Chicago 71 43 .623 ...
New York 62 484 .564 7
St. Louis 63 51 .553 8
Pittsburgh 58 54 .518 12
Philadelphia 44 67 396 25%
Montreal 35 79 .307 36
West
W. L. Pct. GB
Cincinnati 61 45 .575 ...
Atlanta 65 53 .547 2 1 /a
Los Angeles 61 51 /”» 3%
San Francisco 61 52 .540 3%
Houston 60 53 .531 44%
San Diego 35 79 .307 30
Sunday’s Results
New York 3 Atlanta 0
Cincinnati 10 Phila 0
Houston 3 Montreal 1
St. Louis 7 San Fran 4
Los Angeles 4 Chicago 2
Pitts 7 San Diego 5, Ist
Pitts 8 San Diego 6, 2nd
Today’s Probable Pitchers
(All Times EDT)
Philadelphia (Wise 9-9) at
Cincinnati (Merritt 11-5), 8 p.m.
New York (McAndrew 3-4) at
Houston (Griffin 7-5), 8:30 p.m.
St. Louis (Carlton 13-6) at
Los Angeles (Osteen 15-9), 8
p.m.
(Only games scheduled)
Tuesday’s Games
Cinci at Montreal, 2, twi-night
Phkla at Atlanta, night
New York at Houston, night
Chicago at San Diego, night
St. Louis at Los Aug, night
Pittsburgh at San Fran
American League
WL.Pc4.GB
Baltimore 79 34 4.699 ...
Detroit 64 48 .571 14%
Boston 60 53 .531 19
Washington 59 57 .509 21%
New York 57 57 .500 22%
Cleveland 48 68 .414 32%
West
W. L. Pct. GB
Minnesota 68 46 .596 ...
Oakland 65 46 .586 1%
Seattle 46 65 .414 20%
Kansas City 45 67 .402 22
California 43 66 .394 22%
Chicago 43 70 .381 24%
Sunday’s Results
Detroit 8 Chicago 2
Cleveland 8 Kan City 1
Baltimore 2 Minnesota 0
Washington 7 Seattle 5
New York 5 Oakland 1
California 9 Boston 1
Today’s Probable Pitchers
(All Times EDT)
Boston (Nagy 6-2) at Chicago
(Carlos 4-3), 8:30 p.m.
California (May 3-8) at
Detroit (Wilson 10-7), 9 p.m.
Seattle (Pattin 7-10) at
Cleveland (Tiant 8-13), 7:45
p.m.
Oakland (Odom 14-5) at
Baltimore (McNally 16-1), 8
p m.
Kansas City (Drago 5-10) at
Washington (Bosman 7-5), 7:30
p.m.
(Only games scheduled)
Tuesday’s Games
Boston at Chicago, night
Calif at Detroit, night
Oakland at Balt, night
Kan City at Wash, night
Minn at New York, night
ftentudkij fried
"READY WHEN YOU ARE"
“It’s the first time everyone
has been in a slump at one
time. When we do get pitching,
we have no hitting: when we
have some hitting, the pitching
falters.”
But Harris isn’t ready to
throw in the towel.
Quick Turn Essential
“We’re still only 2% games
out,” Harris said fiercely. “But.
we’ve got to do an about-face
—and quickly.”
Actually, Harris is being a bit
generous with the Braves’ situ
ation. True, they’re only 2%
games behind in the standings.
But they’re a whopping eight
games behind the division-lead
ing Cincinnati Reds in the all
important loss column.
"If I could think of anything
to say. I’d say it but I’m not
going to criticize any players,”
Harris retorted when an inter
viewer tried to get him to put
his finger on specific problems.
Then he turned around and
made it clear that he figured
the hitters, not the pitchers,
were causing the trouble.
When someone noted that Jim
Britton, who took Sunday’s loss
despite giving up only one run
and three hits in seven innings,
had allowed only one run in his
last 16 innings, Harris snapped:
Need Four More
“If we had four more pitchers
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who gave up only one run in
16 innings, maybe we could
play .500 ba11...”
The Braves had only five hits
Sunday and pitcher Britton got
two of those, including a double
for the Braves’ only extra base
hit. Atlanta stranded nine, only
cnce getting a runner as far as
third.
Hank Aaron, the Braves SIOO,-
000 super star, touched on this
subject a little later, but not in
reference to anything Harris had
said.
“We’re all pros and we’re all
trying as hard as we can,”
Aaron said. “Some of our people
in the stands, and I don’t mean
the fans, seem to think it’s
easy. Every player that goes up
to that plate is trying to get a
hit.
“Some people tend to forget
that the Mets have the best
pitching in the league. That
third pitcher they used today
(Tugboat McGraw) is one of the
best.”
The Braves needed to *w<*ep
their four-game series with th?
Mets to stay ahead of the Reds.
Instead, they lost three of the
four, getting onlv five runs in
the series with two of those un
earned.
The Braves are idle today,
and open a three-game series
with the Phillies Tuesday.
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Monday, August 11, 1969
Weekend
Summary
By United Press International
Saturday
LOCUST VALLEY, N.Y.
(UPl)—Mrs. Margaret Court of
Australia defeated Betty Ann
Grubb of Santa Monica, Calif.,
6-1, 6-3, to win the Piping Rock
women’s grass court tennis
tournament.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y.
(UPl)—Shuvee overtook Pit
Bunny at the head of the
stretch to capture the $50,000-
added Alabama allowance at
Saratoga by four lengths.
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio
(UPI)—Ron Sellers, All-Ameri
ca end from Florida State,
signed a two-year contract with
the Boston Patriots of the
American Football League.
WASHINGTON (UPI)
George Preston Marshall, the
founder and flamboyant owner
of the Washington Redskins,
died at his home after a long
illness. He was 72.
Su n day
CHICAGO (UPI) — Johnny
Sain, Detroit Tigers pitching
coach who had publicly criti
cized Manager Mayo Smith’s
handling of the pitching rota
tion, was fired by the Tigers.
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (UPI)
—Clark Graebner of New York
beat Davis Cup teammate Bob
Lutz of Los Angeles 6-2, 6-2, 6-4
to win the Meadow Club
Invitation grass court tennis
championship.
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (UPI)—
Ken Still fired a final-round 65
and wound up with a 72-hole
total of 11-under-par 277 to win
the SIOO,OOO Greater Milwaukee
Open golf tournament.