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Dressen And The Judge
This is a little something about Chuck Dressen, the De
troit manager, who suffered a heart attack the other day
and flew home to California from the Lakeland camp. He
may be laid up for a few weeks.
Dressen was sort of a youngish manager back there, be
fore he made a name for himself handling the Cincinnati
Reds, Dodgers, Braves and Tigers.
A former thirdbaseman for the Reds, he took over Nash
ville’s fortunes in the Southern League and after a couple
of good seasons was called up by his old team, Cincinnati,
to manage.
Atlanta had considerable of a pitcher then named Harry
Kelly, a short, sturdy right-hander who had fine control
and a baffling curve. Kelly pitched for Memphis, Birming
ham and Atlanta in the Southern League. Finally, he got to
the majors, with Washington and later the Athletics, and had
a very satisfying career with them even though he was no
youth anymore.
Anyway, Dressen as Nashville’s manager, saw a lot of
Kelly, then with the Crackers, and when he was appointed
Reds’ pilot, he thought maybe he’d take Kelly along with
him to the big top. He Inquired of Jimmy Jones, then base
ball writer for The Constitution, and yours affectionately,
on The Journal, what we thought of Kelly’s big league possi
bilities. After all these years in the minors did we think
he could win up there? Os course, Dressen’s estimate pro
bably was better than ours but he knew we’d seen Kelly
pitch in more games. We said we thought Harry was major
league material.
Well, when the drafting season came along Indianapolis of
the American Association put in a bid for Kelly at $3,500.
It so happened Indianapolis was a farm club of Cincinnati. It
would have cost Cincinnati $6,500 to draft Kelly but less for
Indianapolis to do it.
All right, Kelly reported to the farm club and was pretty
quickly shifted over to the Redleg camp at Tampa.
Earl Mann, president of the Crackers, screamed to the
high heavens and filed a protest with then Baseball Com
missioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis.
Next thing Jones and I knew we received a telegram apiece
from Judge Landis in Chicago, asking that we be present
on a certain date to appear as witnesses in a baseball case.
Os course, Mann got the same kind of summons.
So we three showed up in Chicago, waited some little time
for the august Judge to show up. Chuck Dressen was stashed
somewhere around, so after Landis took our depositions he
called in Dressen.
The facts were hashed and rehashed among the four of us
and it may be said for Little Chuck he made a clean breast
of it all; said, yes, he wanted Kelly with the Cincinnati club
when he had their farm draft him.
The upshot was that Kelly was ordered back to Atlanta
for another season of play and then Dressen didn’t get him
after all. He was sold to Washington.
New Jekyll Marina
Seeking Fish Drops
JEKYLL ISLAND--Some of
the finest deep sea fishing Is
available off the Georgia
coast, yet the sport is only
now assuming major pro
portions.
Faster boats, more know-how
and a federal research program
are stirring fishermen after
the prize.
With an assist from man, the
fishing grounds could soon come
within easier range. Capt.
George Klecak, newly arrived in
residence here after years in
sport and commercial fishing
farther north, was lured bv
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such prospects.
Klecak, (pronounced Klee
sack), 56, has been working
out of Beaufort, S.C., since
1956. Before that he manned
a New York harbor entrance
patrol and between shifts car
ried pleasure fishermen and
fished commercially about Long
Island.
Just named manager of the
Jekyll Island Marina, Klecak
hopes to see close-in fish drops
established with quarry stone
or concrete pipe. Car bodies
and the like, tried in the past,
rusted away too quickly.
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BABE AGE " Remember , only four more Saturday’s left to register. This is
the deadline, April 10. We are there every Saturday morning from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. So come
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Dads, Register Your Sons
Now for Summer Ball
The reward is in the self-satisfaction and enjoyment derived
from the knowledge that you have contributed to the healthy
recreation and fun of a group of youngsters. Over 500 boys
will register to play ball this summer, and some teams may
be eliminated if no support is forthcoming.
Dads, won’t you help? Bring your boys to register and meet
the officers of the Forest Park Athletic Association, who
will explain our recreational program to you, which inci
dentally, is second to none in Georgia and ranks high nation
ally.
Be a Booster Join your sons In registering at the Re
creation Center any day through April 10. The fee, including
Little League Insurance, is $5 per boy with the maximum of
sls per family.
Girls Softball registration fees and dates are the same.
Mrs. Betty Peel is president, and for girl’s softball informa
tion she can be contacted at 366-3904.
Tarpon, bonito, Spanish mac
kerel, bluefish, virtually every
specimen prized by sportmen,
are hauled almost at will from
the Gulf Stream 65 miles off
the Georgia coast. Increased
boat speeds have reduced the
distance factor, and prospects
are for still more speed.
But Klecak cites what artl
fical reefs can do to bring
the fish close to shore. A sun
ken tanker only 16 miles off
Cumberland Island, just south
of here, swarms with sport
fish and, in summer, with
EVELYN TOOLE, PUBLICITY
FP ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
spear-fishing skin divers. The
tanker was a World War II
torpedo victim.
Some areas have many such
fish drops, either war relics
or purposely placed, but Geor
gia Is only now beginning to
make a major effort in this
direction.
“I’ve made a pretty exten
sive study of drops,” Klecak
says. “It takes research to find
the ideal place, a bottom where
tides are not too strong, and a
surface with little wave action.
Scuba divers must check it
first, and a chemical food as
sist may have to be provided.”
If conditions support tiny sea
life, this In turn attracts large
fish. The drop has to be marked
so it can be located on re
turn. The flat Georgia coast
offers few land sightings to
pinpoint a drop, Klecak notes.
Baseball, Golf, Auto
Racing Make This
Spring Sports Mecca
The solid smack of a home
run, the rumble of a racing
motor and the distinctive clunk
of a golf ball falling into the cup
— these are sounds of Spring
that will make this city a Mecca
■ for hordes of sports fans in
■ April.
The new Atlanta Stadium,
which seats 51,424 baseball fans
(or 57,000 football fans) will
I open April 9, when the Na
tional League Braves — now
. of Milwaukee but moving here
; in 1966 — meet the Detroit
Tigers in a three-game exhi
bition series.
This city in planning a gala
. celebration to welcome the
| Braves to their 1966 home with
i two night games and a Sunday
| afternoon game scheduled dur
ing the three day series with
the Tigers.
Atlanta’s $lB million stadium
is located at the largest inter
state highway Interchange in
1 the South and is only 15 minu
tes from the Atlanta Municipal
Airport.
The stadium will be the scene
of more baseball action when
the AAA International League
Atlanta Crackers open their
1965 season there with a ser
ies here against Syracuse on
April 20.
Braves thirdbaseman Eddie
Mathews and pitchers, Bob Sa
sowski and Bob Tiefenauer
came up from the Cracker
team, which Is now owned and
operated bv the Braves.
Golfdom’s dignified and ex
clusive classic, the Augusta
National Golf Club’s Masters
Tournament, with its highly
coveted title, will be contest
ed April 8-11.
Tag Team
Feature
At Center
I
1 An exciting card is promls
; ed wrestling fans Saturday night
I at 8:30 at the Recreation Cen
ter in Forest Park. The main
; event for the state tag team
i championship will feature the
Medics versus Buddy Fuller
| and Red Roberts.
The Harris brothers, other
i wise known as Cry Baby and
i Baby Blimp, with a combined
’ weight of 690 pounds, will
wrestle Gregg Peterson and
Tom Bradley in a tag team
match. The finale will be an
i all star match.
The public Is Invited to this
show sponsored by the Forest
Park Athletic Association. Ge
neral admission Is $1.25, chlld
j ren under 12 755, and reser
| ved seats are $2. For reser
| vations call the Center, 366-
j 4721.
Jonesboro AA
! Registers Boys
Jonesboro Area Athletic As
sociation will hold registration
for Little League - Babe Ruth
League baseball March 26 -
27, from 1 to 5 p.m. at the
Dickson Appliance Store, Main
St. For further information call
! J. D. Roberts -478-6 COB, Hoyt
1 Doris - 478-9681, orGeneGod
-1 win - 478-8391.
Thousands of fans will make
their annual pilgrimage to Au
gusta to watch last year’s
winner, Arnold Palmer, try for
his fifth Masters’ title and S2O,
000.
And there will be more golf
in Atlanta the next week when
Druid Hills Country Club stages
the annual Dogwood Tourna
ment, April 12-17.
Qualifying rounds for the Dog
wood are expected to draw some
140 U.S. and Canadian ama
teur golfers. A trophy and sil
ver platter will go to the win
ner of the tournament, which
started in 1941.
The green flag will signify
the start of the sixth annual
“Atlanta 500” stock car race
on April 4. An $86,000 purse
will go to the winner. The
“500” is an international in
vitational championship race
sanctioned by NASCAR and FIA.
More than 75,000 persons are
expected to attend the 1965
race at Atlanta International
Raceway, 20 miles south of
the city.
Freddie Lorenzen of Elm
hurst, 111., the only driver to
have a grand slam in super
sportway races, is one of the
top drivers expected to com
pete in this year’s “500”.
Lorenzen won the Atlanta race
three consecutive time (1962-
64), the “Daytona 500” in
February, 1965, the “Charlotte
600” and the “Darlington 500”.
Bobby Johns of Miami also is
expected to race in Atlanta
in ApriL Johns won the first
“Atlanta 500” in 1960.
THE FOREST PARK NEWS, THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1965
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