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Wednesday .June 4 ,1969 BROWNWOOD BULLETIN 9
700 ESTABLISHED AND MORE COMING
Flourishing Business
■
By B1LL STOVALL
m4
, Bin Kolmer,
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I
JOHNNY UNITAS has some tips for youngsters at his All-America Sports Camp, one of nation • largest.
fewer than seven members of
A
visit.
f
LANDS OPEN SPOT
"Maybe a trade' is the best
dry just said there wouldn't be
a place for me on the team this thing for me.” he said. "I cer-
By WILL GRIMSLEY
near
scotched reports today that he
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Brady High School, has asked school board members Park Saturday
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72 Youghiogheny Country Club
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EEVOUS.)
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Atlanta
Today's Games
Los Angeles 28 20
take a first round lead in the
Cincinnati
Texas State Amateur Golf Tour Chuck Brownfeia. Stamtord
: Owners May Help
Solve O. J.’s Case
2-31. N
day workout, merely galloped
procedures that will be involved
Bosox Reliving ‘Those Days’
In the National League, the
five season. He also followed
leal
OUT?
Fenway Park by winning the place Baltimore in the East Di- Diego nipped Philadelphia 6-5
1967 American League pennant vision of the Amen ran league
Yastrzemski, who fell far be- dent that required knee surgery nings with his 17th in the
3
Baltimore ..36 15
playing like the best shortstop
in the league.
Those were the days . . and
them.
(
I
Hof Arnie Denies
Retirement Talk
Dike Is Best
Belmont Bet
Ault Pitches
Texas ‘9’ to
Juco Crown
Rains Wash Out
Baseball Games
massive that about 40 players
failed to complete their rounds
said "The whole thing took only game quite well He's taking the
about four minutes. Coach Lan- • whole thing in stride
dab in a bit of everything, ex-
receiver Raymond Berry has
plied “I realty haven't thought
about quitting I think if I won
another big one I wouldn’t be
ning the Wood Memorial, had
worked a fast seven furlongs in
1:233-5 and galloped out 1%
Richards Stimeta, Houston
' Mike Bowrsock, San Antonig
Dvid MeCauley Lubbock
Robert McKinnev, Lubbock
Mike Haipern San Antonio
him. will be able to talk trade
with all 25 other teams in pro
25 20
25 23
ARNOLD PALMER
. . . leads qualifier*
34 16
24 23
25 24
23 26
18 27
11 34
.617
583
556
.121
462
424
players-
ey. Dan
New York (Stottiemyre (-3) at beaten Majestic Prince in a
Minnesota i Woodson 3-1 or Hall 1:51 4-5 for 1% miles in a Sun-
' is considering early retirement
“What about the rumor that
you're going to quit after you've
won one more big one’" Palmer
was asked after he shot rounds 1
of 70-68—138 to lead sectional
trials for next week's Open at
should quality—it's the rule-
and who am I as an individual
to say otherwise’ Palmer said
tainly don't feel at all de-
pressed. After all, this is an
itinerant business anyway.”
to relieve him of his coaching duties. He will remain in
the system as a teacher. Fields is a former grid star at
Brady and Hardin-Simmons University. . . .
San Fran.
Houston
San Diego
min)
valli
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo
(API - Pitcher Doug Ault of
junior college national baseball
champion Panola. Tex , was
named Tuesday night as the
most valuable player of the
Boston ...
Detroit ...
Waahh.
New York
Cleveland
Chicago
New York
Pittsburgh
St Louis
Phila ‘phia
Montreal
Gent Playing Waiting Game
• Poke Flanker Eyes Trade Offer •
31 17
25 21
26 28
24 27
13 31
ey
CULP
Now=
West Division
29 it .
1%
3
4%
712
9
in inter-league trading in 1970—
which could help solve the O.J.
Simpson cases of the future
nese.
pr-cX
fed
PETE GENT
. . . waiting
IN SAN FRANCISCO, Warrior narrowed his camp s scope con-
players Jeff Mullins and Jun siderably.
5
IX K
MOCK
nous
RTe
5eP
U HE
5 OF
aAee
5UNjD
ERE!
Arts and Letters won't win the
Belmont, either, in the opinion
OF Belmont who has come to
er said ‘Tv* been playing pro
golf 15 years I get nervous
every’ time I tee up the ball
When I don't, I will quit."
The Latrobe, Pa . millionaire
winner of the Open in 1960 and
four time* a runnerup since, los-
ing in three playoffs refused to
be bitter over being forced to
qualify.
agent Gent did not play foot-
ball in college but was an All-
American in basketball at Mich-
igan State
And despite his current situ-
By MICHAEL A. LUTZ
Associated Press Writer
DALLAS, Tex ( AP) - Dal-
las Cowboys flanker Pete Gent
has proved his efficiency in both
football and basketball, but the
game he’s playing now may be
the toughest of all—it's called
the waiting game
Gent has been waiting since
Cowboys head coach Tom Lan-
dry notified him last week he
was being placed on waivers in
release.
For Gent. a five-year Nation-
al Football League veteran who
started at flanker for the Cow-
boys in 1966 it was something
like being blindsided by a de-
fensive halfback.
"It happened so fast I hardly
knew what was going on.” Gent
* •
r 'r
tournament
Ault pitched Panola to an 8-6
victory over Mesa. Ariz , in the
championship game Tuesday
night, his third win of the tour-
nament He pitched 24 innings
in the doubleelimination tour-
ney and ran his season record
to 12-1.
Ault had problems Tuesday
night, however, as he walked it
Mesa batters Relief came in
the form of 1! hits by his team f
members. ,
The game was tied 1-all un-
til the bottom of the fourth
when Panola tallied six runs.
Three came in on a double by
Steve Harrell and two on a ho-
mer by Phil Bounds. The sixth
was scored when the Mesa
catcher was called with inter-
ference while the bases were
loaded
nament Tuesday with a four-
under-par 67 over the soggy
River Plantation Country velub
Course
Brownfield, playing the back
side first. birdied seven consec-
Aurelio Rodri
tie to the fouri
.244 2O'i Cleveland 3. Seattle 1
i California 4. Detroit 2
.. 24 28
23 30
71
n
n
7
72
n
7
>4
74
74
14
75
n,
n
n
n
bogey in 36 holes.
Arnie was inspired by mem- |
bers of Amie's Army. 4500
strong, who poured out to the
Western Pennsylvania hills to
cheer their man in one of the
Oakland i Hunter 3-51, N Johnny Longden, trainer of
Detroit (Sparma 3-1) at Cali- Majestic Prince, grinned when
forma < Brunet 14), N he heard of Belmonte's remark
Cleveland (McDowell 4-61 at about Dike
Seattle (Marshall 3-6), N "Well, he‘s been beat before,"
Washington i Coleman 2-51 at Longden said
Kansas City i Drage 3-5), N Longden. who rode the un-
American League
East Division
W. L Pct. G.B.
Tuesday's Results
Boston 8, Chicago 2
Kansas City 5. Washington 3
Minnesota 4, New York 0
Baltimore 3, Oakland 1
— Houston
"I don't know where that ru-
by Frank Robinson and Boog disappointing fourth last season merit kept him out for about a
Powell drilled his 13th homer with two month early this year
who finished third in the Ken- course twice with only a single
tucky Derby to Majestic Prince '
and Arts and Letters after win
Cleveland homers in the fifth with No 17. like the ballplayers they were in
one les* than his most produc- 1966 when Baltimore won the
Yaz‘ triple in the sixth with one
Rain washed out a full slate
of youth baseball games sched-
uled for Brownwood parks Tues-
day night
The games will be made up ation, Gent says he's glad he
Saturday night at their usual chose football
6-4
aU'et
e>PP
(Siebert 3-41
Thursday's Game*
No game* scheduled
washed-up has-been Tuesday as l
he whipped over the hilly, par *
night when Yastrzemski rapped. tagton 5-3 and
a single, triple and homer. Pe- trimmed Seattle 3-1.
trocelli added another homer I" —1 '
super" National Football League
■y* like John Mack-
Simpson of course to th* The owners must reach a de-
Heisman Trophy winning run- cision on whether to permit in-
ning back who has been drafted ter league trading for the entire
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jointly today, tackling rules and pute with a player of Simpson’s
procedures that will be involved caliber who wished to trade
Buba Smith Chris Hanburger
and Earl Morrail - as a full-
time staff to conduct one-week
sessions in Baltimore, Atlanta,
New Orleans aid Greensboro,
SC
RICK BARRY will handle the
basketball division of Unitas
corporation which, he says, will
extend into places like Miami.
Dallas. Detroit. San Francisco
and Los Angeles next year
One of Johnny U.‘s former
Jockey Says - 895 started. ” Patmer -
By MIKE RECHT
Associated Press Sports Writer
TTiose were the days, my
| friend ...
When Carl Yastrzemski was
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
National League
East Division
W. L. Prt. G.B.
pennant, slammed consecutive
______ homers to open the 11th against
of his own and Yaz later ton- Lew Krausse. It was Robby's
Bruce Ashworth. Humbie
Richard Ellis, Bryan
John Mehaffev, Kerrvile
Gery Frankenfieid, Fort Worth
wayne Fenack Humbie
MEANDERING:
Howard Payne-ex Jim Ewing representing the Cam-
eron Track Chib, took fourth in the three-mile run at
Fridays Meet of Champions in Houston. He toured the
course in 14:23.6. . . they say, when a fellow named
Howard Payne football coach James Cameron had Kutsher decided it was tune
ry West get $1,000 for a one-day ed While most sports camps
i utive holes—Nos 18 through 7-
. .. .. . .. with putts ranging from two
The authorities who run the inches to 10 fee
The 275-player field was so
By MIKE RATHET
Associaied Press Sports Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — The 26
pro football club owners met
Lee Moss Lubbock
Chariey Brownfieid Stamford
George Tucker. San Antonio
Steve Hoimsly, San Antonio ...
W/BiIl Bunte, Conroe
Dean Overturf Houston
Tom Kite Jr. Austin
Mark Mester poo. San Antonio
Blake Middleton San Antonio
Bi Van Davor Wichita Falis
miles in 1:531-5.
i "He went smooth as anything toughest tests he has fated as a
you could ask and finished real
strong." Belmonte enthused He
____.______ repeated "He won't be beat Sat-
Baltimore i Phoebus 5-1) at urday"
pro golfer.
। "Sure. I was nervous." Palm-
Golf Association say
will be Dike. Belmonte said
Tuesday after working out the
Caliborne Farm colt
“He won't be beat Saturday.”
Belmonte said without ifs or
buts after dismouting. Dike,
starting times All leagues take "It really warn t much of a
a break from play tonight with decision," be recalled "Foot-
action resuming Thursday night ball started in July and basket-
ball didn't start until later. I
Tuesday'* Result*
New York 5. Los Angeles 2
Chicago 4. Houston 2
St. Louis 1. Atlanta 2
San Francisco 9, Montreal 3
Cincinnati 1, Pittsburgh 3
San Diego 6, Philadelphia 1
Today's Game*
Los Angeles (Singer 7-4) at
New York (DiLauro 0-0). N
San Francisco (McCormack
2-21 at Montreal (Wegener 1-21,
N
San Diego (Kelley 2-4) at Phil-
adelphia (Wise 54),
Cincinnati (Culver 3-41 or
Cloninger 3-61 at Pittsburgh
(Moose 5-1). N
Houston (Griffin 2-2) at Chi-
cago (Jenkins 7-2)
Atlanta (Reed 53) at St. Lou-
is (Gibson 6-2)
Thursday’s Game*
St Louis at Houston. N
Only game scheduled
-
Former Weatherford, SMU and Dallas Cow boy foot-
baller Ray Schoenke, a native of Hawaii, failed his first Associated Pre** Sports Writer
screen test for a part in the film 'Hawaii'' because of MK EESPORT,Ba.(AP
his flaw les English But the Washington Redskin guard point of having to qualify for the
• learned to speak like an islander and was later awarded U.S. open Golf Tournament,
the part. . .
When Rodger Sweeney mans the mike on the Lion
Stadium public address system this fall it will mark his
20th year to call the shots at Howard Payne and Brown-
wood High football contest. . .
The annual father-son golf tournament, featuring 9
and 18-hole flights, will unfold June 15 at Brownwood
Country Club. . .
Look for Brownwood High linebacker Ricky Stokes
and quarterback Jimmy Carmichael to be among pre-
season Class AAA honor roll slections i n Dave Camp- . NEW YORK (AP) — Take it
bell's popular "Texas Football Magazine" due on the pomEddien»e imonte, Majestie
newstands next month rriple Crown 5 Swnning
Fletcher Fields, head football and track coach at Belmont Stakes at Belmont
. - . cago 1
victories. and the boston Red The victory left the Red Sox Los Angeles 53. Cincinnati ______
Sox were pulling the miracle of I only 34 game* behind first downed Pittsburgh 7-3 and San to be Lonborg, who won 22
Chicago i John 3-3) at Boston the big red colt around the U.S.
dary "Iron Horse.” Lou Gehrig, was an overwhelming
selection at first base. One of Ruth s and Gehrig's suc-
cessors. catcher Yogi Berra, rounded out the Yankee
trio on the 10-man team. . .
Koufax Mound Selection
ROUNDING OUT the dream team were Rogers
Hornsby at second base. Pie Trayner at third base.
Honus Wagner at shortstop, Ty Cobb and Ted Williams
with Ruth in the outfield, righthanded pitcher Walter
Johnson and lefthanded pitcher Sandy Koufax. ...
batting average into Mondays televised game with the LATEST ESTIMATES are
Summer military duty will leave the Houston Astros now exist, with more on the Hiring a staff or area high six - day stay. The school, however. donated the Boston Celtic* are conduct- teammazes, meanwhile, has al-
short in the manpower department during the next three The original concept was sim- school or college coaches and the use of its gymnasium and ing their own individual basket ready shown the serious level
weeks. Packing off for duty will be pitchers Danny some players to help conduct some pityers to help conduct OBVIOU SLY, the camps made dormitory facilities to Bubas and ball camps, while guy* like Jer- which sports camps have reach-
Coombs and Larry Dierker and two regulars Joe Mor- were formulated by jthe camp. money and, inevitably, several fed each of his campers for 99
gan and Norm Miller. . . An established coach or pro And usually bringing in at major universities found it sav- cento a day
The greatest player ever in the eyes of Houston athlete who would give hrs name least one tag name star for one ed revenue for their coaches to Bubas. it is said made about
, . „ “ , ,, P. ”, ..even n me eye o Houston camn which would specia. day to perhaps stage a shooting conduct camps $25,000 extra on the camp each
baseball fans. Most of their votes went to Babe Ruth, tpe in miP exhibition and meet the kids Down in Durham, NC . for in- summer
the all-time homerun king. Ruth is one of three all-time Renting a camp site usually The camps usually consisted stance. Duke University report- Lately. however. professional King decided to start their camp Berry says he operates the
New York Yankee great to be named to positions on the a college gym and dormitory) of two one week sessions, with edly paid its former basketball athletes have been taking over this summer We wanted to lo- only offensive end camp in the
"Greatest Team Ever” by the Houston voters. The legen- where boys could be housed and about 200 boys paying be- coach, Vic Bubas, a modest $16,- the sports camp business. No cate somehwere in Connecti - country
A C-A
dahl
Oakland ... 25 21 543 1%,
706 —
.646 3%
543 9W
481 11%
.47! 12
295 19W
by the Buffalo Bills and been year or to restrict it to a certain
unable to ranch satisfactory period during the year. They ap-
contract terms with the Ameri- pear to be leaning to a plan that
can Football League club would restrict Inter league trad-
The impasse revolves around ing to a certain number of
Simpson s demands for a weeks following the end of each
$650,000 contract and the Bills’ season
680 -
.511 84
.510 8′2
469 104
400 13% !
football
The owners must reach a de
happy until I won still another
1 one.”
This failed to satisfy the post-
match inquisitors
"You're 39." somebody re-
minded the game s all time
leading money winner. "Some
people say the reason you
haven't been putting well is that
you're concerned that you're
nearing 40."
"Yeah," Amie said “I'll putt
miserable until I'm 40 Then I'll
the fore in the past year as a betonerwtheabillnand I" star
leading jockey, gmi . theman whoppersonany has
The winner of the Belmont made more than a million dol-
lars on the tour and helped build
the circuit into a $6 million en-
terprise looked anything but a
Sports Camps a
By LEE MV ELLER
NEA Sports Writer
NEW YORK - It JI began
somewhere in the dew-dipped
Catskills almost 30 years ago
year and I was being placed on
waivers. That s about all I
know."
As a starter in 1966. Gent
caught 27 passes for 474 yards
but in 1967, injuries and the
rise of Lance Rentzel relegated
Gent to the sidelines. giving
Gent his first good taste of the
waiting game
"Of course, training camp ev-
ery year is a matter of wait-
ing." Gent said. "It's waiting
to see what everyone else is
West Division
Minnesota 27 20 574 -
and Lonoorg pitched his first Chicago Cubs topped Houston 4
complete game since last Au- 2. St Louis beet Atlanta 5-2, San . , ___________-____j
getting the key hits and Jim gust as Boston blasted the Chi- Francisco pounded Montreal 9- gled in another run, raising his 13th, boosting his average
Lonborg was pitching the clutch : cago White Sox 8-2 3, the New York Mets whipped runs batted in total to 38 331. and Powell* ninth, ivi
468 5
.465 5
449 5%
348 10%
e.
331, and Powell* ninth, iving offer of $50,000 per year for five While the owners pushed
But the man of the hour had him 39 RBI years Simpson recently asked ahead with joint business there
_____ Reggie Jackson of Oakland to have his righto traded to an- also were some informal talks
games in 1967 before a ski acci- had sent the game into extra in- other team and Buffalo owner between NFL owners still trying
_ . 2 ‘ i -tomphhe — — — ... - - sev- Ralph Wilson said he would con- to seek a solution to their re-
Yes, those were the days .. . after the Orioles outlasted Oak- tow his 1967 Triple Crown per sent him skidding to 6-10 last enth before the Orioles won for sider it. alignment problem after 31%
When Rico Pe trocelli was land 3-1 on lith inning homers formance as Boaton finished a year and then a shoulder ail- the 14th time in 17 games However, both parties are hours of inconclusive debate.
" "—v "--- - o — “" "" . "Tez broke a 1-1 handicappad to any trade ef- The NFL owners failed again
---- , —----------------------- — ,— inning with a fort* by terms of the merger Tuesday to reach accord on
— in other games. California on in the first inning against the "We're pleased, quite pleased homer and Jim Hicks added a agreement between the AFL breaking the 13 team* down into
the Red Sox spent all of 1968 dropped world champion Detroit White Sox Reggie Smith fol- with Lonnie," said a smiling two-run shot in the sixth a* Cali- and National Football League. thneedivniocsforth*l»7**«a-
reminiscing but no more Now 34 games back with a 4-2 victo- towed with his seventh homer Manager Dick Williams after forniabeat the Tigers behind which prohibit* inter-league son and Commissioner Pete Ro-
the Sox are too busy reliving ry ovtr the Tigers. Minnesota Petroceili, who also had an Lonborg raised his rental to 50 Andy Messersmith s six-hitter trading until 1970. That mean* zelle said it was doubtful they
halted th* New York Yankees off-year in 1968 remained tied with a seven-hitter for his first triumph after five Simpson can only be traded would be able to come up with a
That * the way it was Tuesday +0, Kansas City defeated Wash- for the major league lead in, w-b-—----■ p-.,--n, i-M-^g inm lamong the other mine API, drito** tld« wrta
cut. said Mullins, but we start-
ed checking and there must have
been at least 361 camps already
on the east coast Yau lust
wouldn't believe how many bro-
chures and ads we saw ”
Perhaps in* largest and, big
camp is the Johnny Unitas All-
America Sports Camp*. Ine,,
which - says the quarterback
—i* headed for national proper-
tions.
' I nitas and teammate Jimmy
Or have recruited 21 "super-
__an attempt to attract a trade
| offer or give him his outright
K®
pou l q- F
mile oval Tuesday and declared
The Prince "is looking better
I and better every day.”
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1 he Points
After . . .
a great spring raking in schoolboy talent But the big somebody invented the sports
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Texas, has been signed to a letter of intent by Texas A4I. At last report, in fact, th*
Price is a robust 6 6 231-pounder who made the all-state sports camp* of America were
track team and is ticketed to play in the coaches school- i about to replace fire extinguish-
boy all-star classic this summer He had previously verb- ers. hamburgers fried chicken
ally agreed to attend HPC . . and carry -out pasta a. supreme
- N? I um*;. — . off-season money - maker* for
Mark up another honor for Lane Bowen, Brownwood coaches and professional ath -
High's all-state end The TCU-bound youngster, already letes.
in the coaches all-star contest, will also play in the Texas- Only U S. Army Reserve
Oklahoma Oil Bowl game in Wichita Falls this August, . camps are more popular The
Williams Swings Hot Bat bloyandentfcotrvo'ssuhsaamana
BORNWOOD'S WALT WILLIAMS is winging a points as Bridgewater, Va and
hot bat for the Chicago White Sox of the American Covington La.at a rate ' num
League Williams a real hustler who has to be rated boards wodn't believe
among baseball's biggest crowd-pleasers, took a .327
going to do I m just anxious to
see what will happen now.”
Gent was placed on waivers in
1967 for a weekend and it was
more distressing than his cur-
rent situtation because “that
would have tied up a whole sea-
son This, at the most, is just
for 10 days ”
He decided to pass up a prom-
ising career in professional bas-
ketball and signed with the
Cowboys in 1964 as a free
i club*
in 1970, when the ban on in-
ter-league trading is lifted a
team involved in a contract dis-
wasn't doing anything in be-
Stamford's Brownfield Has aey ”1 thougm Id “
1st Round Lead in Amateur decision.thad.goodandbad
DreaKS but I ran t complair
CONROE, Tex <API— Chuck They were scheduled to com- AboyeallGent.appears.to
Brownfield of Stamford made plete the first 18 holes this have iearned to Play the waitins
the birdies sing in the rain to -ssaumasurospscauestuopuccamm
Seattle 22 25
Chicago 20 23
Kansas City 22 27
California 16 30
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