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Tom Seaver:'Athletes Must Have The Love of a Little Boy
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I Ira Berkow
a NEA Sports Editor
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NEW YORK—(NEA)—Sports has become such big busi
ness in recent years that it is easy to consider a ballplayer
a sliding, slugging corporate entity; someone as likely to
be in the field daydreaming about stock options as about
batting averages.
Roy Campanella, however, shed a different light on the
subject in his acceptance speech recently at baseball’s Hall
of Fame:
“I have always believed any professional athlete, to be
good, has to have a lot of little boy in him. When you see
Willie Mays and Ted Williams jumping and hopping around
the bases after hitting a home run, and the kissing and
hugging that goes on at home plate, you realize they have
to be little boys.”
Tom Seaver, the New York Mets’ 24-year-old, college
educated all-star pitcher, read this with interest. He sat in
a little room with leather chairs next to the clubhouse in
Shea Stadium. His hair is combed straight and neat as in
Wall Street, but his face is apple-round as in a school yard.
“Well,” he said, thoughtfully, “I think the good profes
sional athlete must have the love of a little boy. And the
good players feel the kind of love for the game that they
did when they were Little Leaguers.
“I know I get excited as a little boy when one of our guys,
like Jerry Koosman or Cal Koonce, is pitching a good
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■l4-year career, pitching in the
■ 1968 All-Star game in Houston
disabled list. Pitcher Jim Nash,
on the list with a sore shoulder, ;
was taken off and will rejoin
the winners.
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What in life isn’t a game?
Drysdale
Retires
LOS ANGELES (UPD—The
last of the old Brooklyn
Dodgers is gone into retire
ment.
Don Drysdale, a hot-tempered
kid when he started with the
club, sidelined himself per
manently at the age of 33
because of a bad throwing arm.
At an emotional news confer
ence Monday, “Big D" said the
arm that made him just about
a surething for the Hall of
Fame had lost its elasticity.
“I deeply regret having to
retire from baseball. But as
they say there are things that
are inevitable like death and
taxes and retiring from profes
sional sports.”
Drysdale, the 6-foot-6 right-
Carlos May Loses
Thumb To Mortar
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif.
(UPD—Outfielder Carlos May
of the Chicago White Sox is
listed in “satisfactory” condi
tion at the base hospital here.
But it is “satisfactory”, only
in a medical sense.
The 21-year-old rookie lost the
first joint of the thumb on his
tnrowing hand in an accident
while cleaning a mortar Mon
day and an extremely bright
baseball future is in jeopardy.
Up until the accident, May
was a leading candidate for
rookie of the year in the
American League, hitting .281,
with 18 home runs and 61 runs
batted in.
The 5-foot-11, 200-pound fresh
man was also one of the few
bright spots in an otherwise
dismal season for the White
Sox, who dropped a 5-2 decision
to Boston Monday night,
pushing them further in the
league's Western Division cel
lar.
"Oh, my God!” was all White
Sox Manager Don Gutteridge
could say when told of the
accident during the game in
Chicago.
May, who arrived for two
weeks of summer camp Satur-
hander who sometimes looked
to batters like he was throwing
from third base with his
crossfire delivery, had a 5-4
record this year. Last season
he had a record string of 56 2-3
scoreless innings. He won 14
and lost 12. His 14-year major
league career record is 209
won, 166 lost.
He was the last of the
Dodgers active with the club
since it moved here from
Brooklyn In 1958. His best year
from a games won standpoint
was 1962 when he had 25
victories and only 9 losses. He
got the Cy Young Award that
year as outstanding pitcher in
the majors.
day with his Chicago Marine
reserve unit, was cleaning a
mortar tube which still con
tained a round of ammunition
when his swab stick jammed
the round against the firing pin,
causing it to fire.
The round did not explode,
but it badly injured the right
thumb as it left the muzzle.
May lost the joint while
undergoing surgery. A hospital
spokesman said May also
suffered lacerations of the left
thumb and minor powder burns
on his face.
MANN MOVES UP
CINCINNATI (UPD—Carol
Mann moved to within $2500 of
pace-setting Kathy Whitworth,
who heads the Ladies’ Profes
sional Golf Association money
winners with a total of $31,991,
by pocketing $2300 for her
second-place finish in the Stroh
Open tourney in Springfield,
Ohio, Sunday.
ATTENDANCE DOWN
CHICAGO (UPD—Statistics
released Monday reveal that
this year’s attendance of 814,307
was down 13,064, but New York
State’s share of pari-mutuel
revenues was $8,823,118.15.
game, and I sit enthralled. And when one of our guys hits
a homer, I’m always one of the first to jump up hollering
and rush to the head of the dugout to be right there to
shake his hand.
“It has always been a joy for me to watch really fine
players play. For example, I love to see W'illie McCovey
bat because he has such power. And I never miss watching
Hank Aaron. I think he has elevated the swinging of a bat
to an art. He’s beautiful. He’s been my idol for years.
“It’s different, though, when I’m pitching. My concen
tration is so intense that when one of our guys gets a big
hit, I’ll just say ‘good going,’ or something like that. Or
when, say, Ron Taylor saves a game for me, I’ll just say
thanks after a game. The next day, when my head is
cleared, I’ll go over to him and tell him how much I appre
ciated it. But on the day I’m pitching, it’s all work.
“But I remember once when I had to laugh, right on the
mound. I threw a change-up to Hank Aaron on the first
pitch. He leaned forward, off balance. He stood there as
the ball went past, then he said, ‘You blankety dog.’ I had
to turn my back to him and laugh.’ ”
Though baseball is his livelihood, Seaver said he still
must never take it too seriously. “It’s a game,” he said.
“And as soon as you start taking it too seriously you tighten
up. And it’s no longer fun. I never want to have a job
that isn’t fun.”
“It’s also true that, often adults, like children, tire of
games. “There are all kinds of games,” said Seaver. "But
baseball is so challenging and complex that the more you
learn the more there is to learn.
“But what in life isn’t a game? Look, when a bank presi
dent puts over a big deal, isn’t that a game of sorts? He
doesn’t jump up and down like a ballplayer who has hit a
homer, but that’s only because of the difference of environ
ments. If he were wearing a jock strap and sweat pants,
he’d be clapping his hands and hopping-oa his desk, too.”
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Standings
By United Press International
National Le a gue
East
W. LF. Pct GB
Chicago 71 43 .623 ...
New York 62 49 .559 iy 2
St. Louis 64 51 .557 7>/ 2
Pittsburgh 58 54 518 12
Philadelphia 44 68 .393 26
Montreal 35 79 .307 36
West
W. L. Pct. GB
Cincinnati 62 45 579 ..
Atlanta 64 53 .547 3
Los Angeles 61 52 . 540 4
San Francisco 61 52 .540 4
Houston 61 53 .535 4>/ 2
Can Diego 35 79 .307 30> 2
Monday’s Results
Cincinnati 4 Phila 3
Houston 3 New York 0
St. Louis 4 Los Ang 2
(Only games scheduled)
Today’s Probable Pitchers
(All Times EDT)
Cincinnati (Arrigo 2-2 and
Cloninger 8-13) at Montreal
(Stoneman 6-14 and Renko 1-4),
2, 5 p.m.
Philadelphia (Jackson 11-11)
at Atlanta (Niekro 16-9), 8 p.m.
New York (Koosman 9-7) at
Houston (Wilson 14-7), 8:30
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Wednesday Games
Cincinnati at Montreal, night
Phila at Atlanta, night
New York at Houston, night *
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East
W. L. Pct. GB
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Detroit 64 49 566 14’ 2>
Boston 61 53 .535 18
Washington 60 57 513 20 V 2
New York 57 57 .500 22
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W. L. Pct GB
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California 3 Detroit 1
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Washington 2 Kan City 1
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