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News—Review July 15, 1971
THE
NEWS-REVIEW
SPORTS
Freeman
SIX OF EIGHT
In the Major League Annual All-Star game Tuesday night, eight
pitchers went forth on the mound to thwart the batting power of
the opponents. However, using eight pitchers was not uncommon.
What was uncommon, though, was the fact that of the eight
pitchers used, six were black.
Sparky Anderson, the National League All-Stars manager sent
four hurlers to the mound in an effort to continue the hex over
the American League. And for the first time in All-Star game
history, every pitcher for the Senior Circuit was black - Ellis,
Marichal, Jenkins and Wilson.
Earl Weaver hoping to break the hex, which he did, used four
pitchers, two of them black, Vida Blue and Mile Cuellar. Blue
though touched for two home runs, was credited with the win,
the first for the Junior Circuit in eight years.
THE BIG PICK
When Joe Williams, the head basketball coach at Furman
University, landed prize cage star Fessor Leonard from Carver
High School of Columbus, Georgia, he apparently made it a
package deal for the Greenville, South Carolina institution. Not
only did he get the much-sought-after seven foot youngster for
his basketball-conscious Southern Conference school, he brought
along Leonard’s high school coach and the coach’s spouse. She’ll
continue her college education while her hubby performs the
duties of assistant basketball coach.
With his high school coach at his side, Leonard can be consoled
when that item is the order of the day; and consolation will be
needed during the youngster’s period of adjustment from high
school to college, such being the case with all freshmen students.
In addition, the ex-Carver High coach can continue to work with
his star; serve as a close link between him (Leonard) and Head
Coach Williams and help him, with a degree of maturity, in
confronting the problems that are certain to face him.
Joe Williams knows he has a good thing going, and he didn’t
dare foul it up by leaving behind Carver High School’s coach, a
very important person in the life of one Mr. Fessor Leonard.
GREAT BLACK ATHLETES
Roy Campanella
Born in Philadelphia, Pa., 1921, Brooklyn Dodgers Roly-poly
type athlete, had no peer on defense, great arm, top handler of
pitchers. Set major league mark for catchers in most home runs
season (41) most runs batted in (142) most put-outs season (807)
Was MVP- 1951- ’53- ’55. Amassed plaudits of entire sport world
when named to Baseball Hall of Fame. An invalid due to auto
crash and is now doing juvenile delinquency work. »
Elston Howard
Born in St. Louis, Mo., 1929. N.Y. Yankees.
Was the initial player of black race selected by the Yankees in
their effort to create a more favorable image. Tutored by Yogi
Berra and Bill Dickey, he became a top flight back stop, good
hitter and expert handler of pitchers. He had one of the best arms
in the league-certain death on foul balls. Traded by Yankees to
Red Sox in 1957, returned as coach in 1958.
Monford “Monty” Irvin
Born 1919, Columbia, Ala. New York Giants.
A natural right-handed slugger since his high school days - tall
drink of water who almost left his amazing batting ability at
Jersey City in International League where he hit .385. An instant
star with the Giants, played a great defensive game, was a
flychaser who never appeared quite capable of pulling off a tough
“must” play-yet made it look easy. A fractured leg curtailed his
career. Now working in the Commissioner’s Office.
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The Official Report from
Georgia's Big League Team
ATLANTA (PRN) - Bob
Aspromonte spent only a
short time as a player for the
Braves, and his contributions
to the team as a player would
probably be considered minor
by most baseball fans. But
Aspro’s presence on the
Braves’ roster may pay
dividends for years to come
since he is credited by Mike
Lum as the man who turned
Lum into a top Major League
hitter.
“ Aspro used to sit by me on
the bench last season and
discuss hitting with me,” Lum
said about the current New
York Met. “We’d discuss
pitchers and methods of
hitting. But most important,
he studied my hitting style
real close when I got to play.
“Aspro told me that I
wasn’t being selective enough
in picking the pitches to swing
at,” Lum continued. “And he
said I was giving myself up too
much and not covering the
entire plate. I’ve tried to
correct the things he talked
about. I pick my pitches
better now and hang right in
there. I study who’s throwing
and what he’s throwing; and it
all seems to be working.”
Lum, at age 25, has proven
to be the answer to the Braves’
need for a good centerfielder
this season. Since becoming a
regular in the lineup over a
month ago, he has raised his
batting average over a hundred
points and is now approaching
the .300 mark.
“With luck I think I can be
a .300 hitter,” Lum added. “It
would mean I’d have to be
safe on some close plays, beat
out some infield hits and the
ball would have to take a few
bad bounces now and then.
But I think I’m capable of
being a .300 hitter.
“But I don’t think 1 can
keep up what I’ve been doing
the last three weeks,” he said
about the streak when he was
hitting nearly .500 for a
three-week period. “I had
three three-hit games in five
days; nobody can keep going
like that. I’m going to try to
keep my streak going and get a
hit each game. If I can stay
close to that, I should have a
pretty good year. But you
never know in this game; I
may hit .200 next month.”
Mike is currently the only
Hawaiian-born player in the
big leagues, and that status has
made him somewhat of a folk
hero in his native state.
“Yeah, it’s something when
I go home,” he said. “They
really know me there. In fact,
a stewardess who lives in the
same apartments that we do in
Atlanta visited Hawaii last
summer. She said she got off
the plane there and got in a
cab, and the first thing the cab
driver asked her when she said
she was from Atlanta was, ‘Do
you know Mike Lum?”
“She answered, ‘I sure do; I
live next door to him.’ ”
BIG BRAVES KIDS
WEEKEND - The biggest
weekend of the year for
youngsters at Atlanta Stadium
is coming up this weekend
when the Braves play the
Dodgers on Saturday at 2:15
and the Giants in a
doubleheader on Sunday at
1:35. Saturday is Gobi Day
when the first 7,500 fans
attending the game on a
reserved seat ticket will receive
a free Gobi. Gobi is a new toy
from Parker Brothers, and
each Gobi carries a message.
The message in each Gobi will
tell the fans at the Staaium
which one of thousands of
free gifts like bats, batting
helmets and Parker Brothers
Games they will be given.
Then, Sunday is the annual
Charlie Brown All-Star Game
at the Stadium. Teams of
youngsters will be selected
from the stands to play in the
all-star affair. Charlie Brown,
Snoopy, Linus, Lucy and all
the other “Peanuts” characters
will be on hand, and as always,
the Charlie Brown Game
should be fun for everyone in
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ATLANTA (PRN) - Fate
has a curious way of making
things tum out totally
unexpected sometimes. Or
maybe some folks are fooled,
while others are not.
I’m thinking of two
different circumstances right
now, neither of which would
readily seem to connect Yet,
now it seetns that there is
indeed a good deal of
connection between the two.
Let’s take the more recent,
first.. .just briefly. As you
know, for the past year or so
there has been what is
described by some as an
“ecology kick.” That is, of
course, a deep concern on the
part of a large number of
persons, including high
officials, writers and citizens,
over the damage to our world
from lack of care in disposing
wastes, and from
overutilization.
This concern, of course, is
good. It was delightfully
accepted by conservationists
because at last, what they had
long talked and fretted about,
was listened to by the public.
Maybe there would be some
headway made in the
protection of our 1
environment.
Now, let’s shift scenes back
about a year or so earlier. It
was during this period that
public concern was so great
regarding the easy availability 1
of firearms, and the
“resulting” crime and murder. 1
So legislation was passed that
was intended to bring a
slowdown on gun sales to '
criminals, and thus crime.
I won’t go into the fact
that this law completely
backfired, and crime was !
increased even more rapidlv ]
BY DEAN WOHLGEMUTH
GEORGIA GAME AND
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than before .. .and while legal
gun sales went down, thefts of
guns (certainly by
criminals . .who else steals?)
increased alarmingly. The fact
remains that the high anti-gun
sentiment still runs high,
among those who don’t
understand guns, hunting and
conservation.
How do you describe
conservation to some people?
How would you suspect that
anti-gun sentiment would
couple with the “ecology
kick,” to make a certain
segment of people feel that
the best way to protect
wildlife is to stop all hunting
and outlaw all guns? How do
you explain that hunting is
absolutely vital to good
conservation, and that
complete “protection” from
hunting is NOT conservation
at all, but rather preservation.
And how do you tell them
that this “preservationism”
doesn’t help wildlife .. .it
hurts it?
How can you make them
understand that true
conservation means wise use,
not non-use? How can you
explain that God intended for
us to use these things He gave
us.. .use them wisely, to be
sure, but use them? And how
can you better use wildlife
than to harvest the surplus
each year?
I wish the anti-hunters
could see a deer, in an
overpopulated and
overbrowsed area starving to
death over a period of days,
weeks, even months. Can they
then honestly say that hunting
is more cruel? Wouldn’t they
see then that proper harvest of
the surplus leaves a healthy,
happy herd, and that instead
of dying and going to waste,
the surplus provides not only
excellent recreation, but
excellent food . .used wisely,
as our Maker would have us
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Lonnie Davis, left, and Larry Roberson are driving stakes for the
State Highway Department this summer. The boys are taking
part in the federal government’s Neighborhood Youth Corps
Summer Job program. Lonnie, Larry, and 28 other high
schoolers are performing various jobs for the highway
department’s fifth (southeast Georgia) division, headquartered
in Jesup. The boys work five 5-hour days or three 8-hour days a
week. The federal government provides their wages, the state
provides transportation and supervision. The program is
designed to provide deserving high school kids with meaningful
work experiences, and with enough money to return to school.
State highway officials are pleased with the program, now in its
4th year in Jesup. A similar program was undertaken in Atlanta
by the Highway Department tliis summer. (PRN)
do? Perhaps not. .perhaps
minds are made up, and are
closed.
Make no mistake about it,
however. If you love wildlife,
if you love hunting, if you
cherish your right to own,
keep and use arms the battle is
not yet over. There will be
more efforts, many more, to
take your guns away from
you. You must ever and
always be on the lookout and
stand ready to fight the best
you can, to protect the right.
You must remember that the
right way to fight this cause is
with words and proper deeds.
Misuse of guns is the best
argument for the other side.
Remember, the future of
wildlife conservation depends
on the right to bear arms.
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