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Lum Harris Optimistic:
I Think We Can Win
By RABUN MATTHEWS
ATLANTA (UPI) — Atlanta
manager Luman Harris saw
his team drop its fourth consec
utive game, then optimistically
declared “I think we can win.”
‘‘One thing’s for sure, we’re
going to have to do an about
face if we’re going to stay in
this thing.”
That’s for certain. Before the
start of the present home stand,
the Braves had surged to five
straight wins and were only a
half-game behind the leaders in
the National League Western
Division. They now are fourth
in the six-team division and fad
ing fast.
Monday, Pittsburgh pitcher
Bob Moose gave up only an un
earned run while his teammates
combed three Atlanta pitchers
for 10 hits in a 7-1 victory.
Moose, who has not lost since
May 13, ran his record to 10-2,
and got plenty of offensive sup
port. Atlanta starter and loser
Jim Britton got neither offen
sive nor defensive help from
his teammates or himself.
Pittsburgh jumped on top in
the first when Matty Alou led
off with a line drive over sec
ond which he legged into a dou
ble. With one out Willie Stargell
walked and with two away Al
Oliver blooped a pop fly to short
left field. Shortstop Sonny Jack
son ran back for the ball but
turned the wrong way and it
fell for a hit, scoring Alou.
Another single by Richie Heb
ner score Stargell. Then Heb
ner broke to steal second and
when catcher Bob Didier fired
toward second, Britton reached
up and blocked the throw which
rolled behind the mound. Oliver
scored with what was ruled a
stolen base.
In the third, Gene Allen and
Stargell slammed back-to-back
homers for two more runs and
in the eighth, Stargell doubled
and scored the last of his three
runs.
Moose struck out four and
walked none while giving up
seven hits. He was never in se
rious trouble.
The teams take a day off to
day before playing the final
game In their series Wednesday
night. Ron Reed is scheduled to
pitch for Atlanta agaifist Dock
Ellis.
Dundee Bowlers
Meet Tonight
The Dundee Bowling League
will hold its organizational meet
ing tonight at 7:30 at Griffin La
nes.
Bowlers will elect a vice presi
dent and set up rules for the
coming season.
Notre Dame hasn’t enjoyed
a perfect season in footbait since
1949.
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Tuesday, Sept. 2, 1969
SPORTS
Standings
By United Press International
National League
East
W. L. Pct. GB
Chicago 82 52 .612 ...
New York 76 55 .580 4%
Pittsburgh 71 60 .542 9>/ 2
St. Louis 72 62 .537 10
Philadelphia 52 79 .3«7 28'/z
ontreal 41 94 .304 41 y 2
West
W. L. Pct. GB
San Francisco 75 59 . 560
Cincinnati 72 57 .558 y 2
Los Angeles 73 58 .557 y 2
Atlanta 73 63 .537 3
Houston 69 64 .519 5y 2
San Diego 40 93 .301 34>/ 2
Monday’s Results
Pittsburgh 7 Atlanta 1
Los Ang 10 New York 6
San Fran 12 Montreal 2
Chicago at Cinci, ppd, rain
St. Louis 6 Houston 2
San Diego 5 Phila 2
Today’s Probable Pitchers
(All Times EDT)
Chicago (Jenkins 18-11 and
Hands 16-11) at Cincinnati
(Cloninger 9-14 and Arrigo 2-5),
8 p.m. (Regular and suspended
game)
St. Louis (Taylor 6-2 at
Houston (Griffin 9-6) 8:30 p.m.
Philadelphia (Champion 4-7)
at San Diego (Kelley 4-8 or Sisk
0-9), 11 p.m.
New York (Gentry 9-11) at
Los Angeles (Sutton 15)12, 11
p.m.
(Only games scheduled)
Wednesday’s Games
Montreal at San Franc
Phila at San Diego, night
New York at Los Ang, night
(Only games scheduled)
Around SEC
Casanova May Be LSU’s
Best Since Billy Cannon
By DAVID MOFFIT
DPI Sports Writer
BATON ROUGE, La. (UPD—
Tommy Casanova, a tall, hand
some sophomore, hasn’t played
a down of varsity football yet,
but he’s already got Louisiana
State coach Charles McClendon
convinced he may be the hottest
Bengal property since Billy
Cannon.
This is McLendon’s eighth
season at the Bengal helm and
no one has heard him so excit
ed about any other sophomore
during that time.
The ‘‘Skywriters,” a band of
sportswriters on an annual tour
of Southeastern Conference foot
ball camps, flew here late Mon
day to size up LSU prospects
and it seemed that no matter
what direction McClendon start
ed, he kept getting back to the
188-pound Crowley, La., whiz.
“I’d have to say that he is
further along now than Jerry
Stovall was as a sophomore,’*
McClendon said. “He was pri
marily a defensive man in the
spring and carried the ball on
Pepitone Takes Case
To His Teammates
NEW iORK (UPD—Way
ward Joe Pepitone takes his
case to his teammates tonight
after a public apology which
ended his three-day suspension
for running out on the New
American League
East
W. L. Pct. GB
Baltimore 92 43 .682 ...
Detroit 78 55 .586 13
Boston 71 61 .511 23
Washington 66 66 .511 23
New York 66 67 .496 25
Cleveland 54 80 .403 37»/ 2
West
W. L. Pct. GB
Minnesota 80 52 .606 ...
Oakland 74 57 .565 s‘/ 2
California 56 74 .431 23
Kansas City 53 79 .402 27
Chicago 52 79 .397 27'/ 2
Seattle 50 82 .379 30
Monday’s Results
Minnesota 7 Cleveland 5
Boston 6 Oakland 2
Balt 8 Chi 0, at Milw
Wash 4 Calif 0, Ist
Calif 8 Wash, 7, 2nd
New York 6 Seattle 1, Ist
Seattle 5 N.Y. 1, 2nd, 13 inns
Detroit 5 Kan City 4, 10 inns
Kan City 3 Detroit 2, 2nd
Tuesday’s Probable Pitchers
(AU Times EDT)
Detroit (Lolich 7-7) at Kanass
City (Nelson 6-13), 8:30 p.m.
Cleveland (Tiant 8-17) at
Minnesota (Hall 7-4) 8 p.m.
Baltimore (McNally 17-5) at
Chicago (Peters 8-13) 8:30 p.m.
California (Messersmith 13-8
and McGlothlin 7-1) at Washing
ton (Hannan 4-5 and Carlos 4-
3), 2, 5 p.m.
Seattle (Barber 2-4 at) New
York (Downing 5-4) 8 p.m.
Oakland (Barber 2-4) at New
York (Downing 5-4) 8 p.m.
Oakland (Talbot 5-8) at
Boston (Lonborg 7-8), 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
Det at Kan City, twilight
Cleveland at Minnesota
Oakland at Boston
(Only games scheduled)
offense only 20 times.
Good Both Ways
“But every time he did carry
the ball, our defensive coaches
pulled out their hair in fear
they’d lost him to the offensive
unit.
“Actually, Casanova would
rather play defense," McClen
don added. “That’s what he
likes. He’ll really stab you. But,
it’s more likely that he'll be the
one boy that we play both ways.
“Normally, I don’t like to sin
gle out sophomores this early,”
McClendon said. “But this one
kid I’m not afraid to make any
comment on; he’ll do whatever
we ask of him.”
Casanova pointed out that
while he played both ways in
high school and as a freshman,
he feels “kind of lost on of
fense.”
“I worked all spring on de
fense and haven’t really, in the
few days we’ve been back this
fall, had a chance to adapt to
offense,” Casanova said. “But
I’m ready to play anywhere
they want me.”
York Yankees.
The 27-year-old first base
man, who was reinstated
Monday after explaining to club
President Michael Burke and
Manager Ralph Houk that he
had become depressed because
of stories about his alleged
financial plight, said he will
apologize to his teammates in a
clubhouse meeting before to
night’s game with the Seattle
Plots.
“I know a lot of the players
must be looking down on me,”
he said. ‘‘That’s why I want to
explain my actions and apoll
gize to them just as I am
apologizing to the newspaper
men and the public now,” said
Pepitone at Monday’s press
conference. The conference
followed a 40-minute meeting of
Pepitone with Burke and Houk
in the Yankee clubhouse.
Pepitone, who was suspended
and fined SSOO for jumping the
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Tech Readies
Young Defense
For SMU Game
ATLANTA (UPI) — Georgia
Tech head football coach Bud
Carson is going to spend a lot
of time getting his young defen
sive squad ready to play South
ern Methodist University on
Sept. 20.
“SMU has one of the best if
not the best quarterback in the
country,” Carson told newsmen
Monday, after Tech’s last prac
tice without pads. Carson was
referring to Chuck Hixon. Car
son said he doesn’t have any
seniors on the first string defen
sive team and it will take hard
work to get ready for Hixon.
Carson said his charges came
back to school in “great spirits
and are anxious for some real
football.”
“We’ve had some great work
outs in shorts since Fridwy, but
we’re looking forward to work
ing in pads,” he said.
Balance needed.
He looks like just the man
LSU needs to take the pressure
off passing quarterback Mike
Hillman and put some balance
in the LSU attack.
“But defense must come first,
we’re convinced of that,” Mc-
Clendon told the “Skywriters.”
"Although our fans like wide
open football, I think they’d
rather see us win 10-7 than lose
27-24.”
McClendon says he and his
staff gave long, serious consid
eration to adjustments that
would have to be made after
most of LSU’s leading ’6B run
ners were graduated. "We real
ized that we would have to go
back to putting emphasis on de
fense.”
“That’s our theme for this
fall,” McClendon continued.
“Get field position and don’t
make mistakes. After all, that’s
what this game is all about.”
There is only one thing about
Casanova that bothers him, just
a little:
“I’m afraid maybe I’ve
scared him by bragging on him
so much.”
club last Friday, said the
newspaper stories about his
financial troubles and possible
involvement with Mafia loan
sharks were not true.
“Those stories and some
other things had been building
up Inside me,” he said. “But I
want to emphasize that I have
not had financial problems and
never have been involved with
loan sharks or the Mafia. Right
now I am S4BOO in debt—and
that’s not much.”
The New York Yankees won
their last pennant in 1964.
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Peterson Calls
Cappelman ‘Best*
By DAVID MOFFIT
UPI Sports Writer
ATLANTA (UPl)—Last year,'
Florida State Coach Bill Peter
son didn’t get around to making
Bill Cappieman his No. 1
quarterback until the third
game of the season.
After all, the 6-foot-3, 210-
pound Dunedin, Fla., native had
appeared only briefly in two
games as a sophomore and was
playing behind Gary Pajclc who
had been great two years
before even if he had been
injured in ’67.
But, when it became ap
parent that Pajclc still wasn’t
back to ’66 form, Peterson gave
Cappieman the nod—and the
rest is in the record book.
Despite getting a chance to
complete a total of six passes
for a miserly 73 yards and no
touchdowns in the first two
games of ’6B, Cappieman wound
up with seven Florida State
records as he passed for 2,410
yards and 25 touchdowns.
True, he’s lost his favorite
receiver, the incomparable Ron
“Jingle Joints” Sellers who
gained more yards (3,979)
catching passes than any other
college receiver ever.
But Peterson doesn’t think
that is going to stop him. He
says Cappieman is “the top
college quarterback in America
and the best I’ve had at Florida
State.” (Remember, this is the
man who coaches Steve Tens!
and Kim Hammond who is
talking.)
The way Peterson sees it:
Since there’s no likelihood of
replacing Sellers, who caught 86
passes for 1,496 yards and a
dozen touchdowns last season to
lead the nation in all three
categories, with any one man,
he’ll try to do it with volume.
Don Pederson and Mike
Gray, a couple of juniors left in
the shadows during last year’s
8-2 campaign: redshirts Rhett
Dawson and Kent Gaydos;
transfer George Davis and
sophomore Eddie Davis are all
rated as wide receivers with
talent. Jim Tyson will be the
tight end.
Cappieman carries a big
burden. After three straight
bowl teams, Florida State goes
into this season minus 31 of last
year’s 59 letter-men. Among the
missing starters are all but one
of the interior offensive line
men, all the linebackers, the
entire defensive backfield—plus
Sellers, of course.
It’s been a long time since
Florida State has been faced
with such an extensive rebuild
ing task,” Peterson said. “But
doing that building with Cappie
man for a foundation makes it
easier.”
Cavender
Winner
At Senoia
Fletcher Cavender won the 100
lap sportsman feature Sunday at
Senoia Raceway.
Charlie Mincey ran second,
Bob Morris was third and Jack
Morris fourth.
Larry Miller won the “A” hob
by race. Mackey Lambert was
second and Bob Moore third.
Jimmy Kee won the “B” hob
by. Lewis Crawley was second.
Joe Spivey finished first in the
cadet race. Gerald McCullough
was second and Charlie William
son third.
Tom Bailey, a 212-pound
junior who led the Seminoles in
rushing while a sophomore with
570 yards and touted sophomore
Art Munroe, red-shirted last
fall, promise to keep the
opposing defenses from concen
trating entirely on Cappieman’s
passes.
No one questions Florida
State’s ability to score a lot of
points. But there is a question
as to whether the Seminole
defense can keep opponents
from keeping pace.
Only two starters return to
the defensive unit—end Ron
Wallace, a 187-pound junior,
and 225-pound senior tackle
Frank Vohun. But there are
some tested reserves moving
up in the forward wall and the
picture there isn’t as bleak as it
appears at first glance.
The defensive backfield is
something else again and those
opponents which have strong
passing attacks may have field
days against the Seminoles.
Inexperience is an understate
ment. John Pell was a part
time starter and Danny Tho
mas lettered. After that come a
lot of sophomores when
Peterson insists will be good in
time—but probably too late for
early games with Miami and
Florida; and maybe not good
enough for the likes of South
Carolina, Virginia Tech, North
Carolina State and Houston.
Cappieman’s just going to
have to try to outscore ’em.
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Lee Roy Wins
Southern 500
By ROBERT GORDON
DARLINGTON, S. C. (UPI) —
“This is getting hard on the
heart, finishing like that,” said
Southern 500 stock car champ
Lee Roy Yarbrough of his final
surge past David Pearson. “I
won’t live to be an old man.” '
Yarbrough, a big grin sepa
rating his long sideburns, joked
that he might retire early “but
when I So, I’ll enjoy the mon
ey.” ,
Yarbrough survived two
brushes with the wall Monday ’
to ram his battered black and
white Ford past Pearson’s
bronze and blue Ford on the
back straight Monday and won
the 20th annual Southern 500 in
the last moments of daylight.
Delayed by Rain
His win, coming in a race de
layed by rain more than four ’
hours and cut 124 laps short by
pending darkness, brought
him $21,800 and boosted his rec
ord winnings for the year to !
$164,955. His speed was 105.612 ,
m.p.h.
Pearson, who had taken the
lead from Yarbrough only a few
laps before, said “the car just
gave out. The longer I ran, the
looser I got in the turns after
the re-start.
“When Le Roy and I were
racing, I was pushing it so hard
I finally hit the fence in No. 3 '
turn,” Pearson said. “That was
when Lee Roy passed me.”
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KELLER SPARKS TEAM
PRAGUE (UPI) — BUI Keller,
a standout guard from Purdue,
scored 27 points Monday and
sparked a touring United States
basketball team to an 85-68
victory over Sparta of Prague.
The victory was the third in a
row for the United States in
Czechoslovagia and enabled the
Americans to remain unbeaten
on their tour of Eastern and
Western Europe, Northern Afri
ca and Turkey.
NHL SCHEDULE
MONTREAL (UPl)—The Na
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exhibition schedule will extend
from Sept. 17 through Oct. 9
and will feature 49 games
between NHL teams, 21 games
matching minor league teams
against NHL teams, and four
NHL intrasauad games.
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Big Exacta at the Meadows
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Princess Strong and Chessie
Wick in the eighth race and
Noble Van and Little Augie in
the ninth (4-1-2-1) made up the
winning combination.
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