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usually goes fishing on Mondays
a receding hairline and despite
Only games scheduled
* Day scored 17.8 points a game
at home and look at the paper rectors.
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To Land Indy 500 Berth
National League
East Division
$90,000 PEAK
Flood’s Average
Salary: $32,000
Sunday. Brabham didn't get on
। the Speedway until Wednesday
$5,000
$5,000
$2,000
$3,500
wore pegged pants with buckled process of bringing along the,
beits on their backs and comb- new faces before phasing out
ham said "I expect we should
be able to run 166 or 167 with'
ease The car surprised me with
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EIGHTEEN BASEBALL sea-
sons have come and 17 have
gone since Walter Alston was in-
Greene won the Los Lagartos Baltimore
Open, in Colombia. not a regu- New York
lar PGA event, earlier this year, Detroit
beating South American favorite Boston
troduced to the world as the
new manager of the Dodgers
at a press conference in Brook
lyn. and although his hair is;
whiter and much thinner and
afford the I
hear-hitless
Grant to a new five-year con-
, tract as head coach of the
Minnesota Vikings, 1969 Nation-
al Football League champions
I Huff, after a brief absence
from football for an unsuccess-
' ful fling in politics. rejoins the
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He told me that after I beat Cleveland
Roberto down there, if I don't
has said that the issue of
Flood's salary is irrelevant
“There is." Miller has pointed
out, "principle involved To as-
sume that everything is okay if
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of six spots still available in the
33-car Memorial Day lineup
han of Bluffton and forward,
I Kenneth Day of Tipton The 6-
and is in his fourth year on the
pro tour. He's a slim blond with
dianpolis Motor Speedway.
Brabham, a three-time world;
driving champion, reached 165
miles an hour in practice and
became a prime favorite for one
I last year and got his first big •
national exposure when he lost
by a shot to Frank Beard in the
wealthy Westchester Open He
got still more exposure—again
, in a losing effort—a couple of
■ weeks ago in the Houston Inter-
national
The drawling, talkative play-
er held a lead going into the
final two holes, but pumped his
wild pitch roiled a few feet from
home plate and Alou stopped at
second The next one bounded
all the way to the backstop and
then high in the air as the Pi-
rate runner scooted home
Tom Seaver was beaten by
Montreal for the second time in
19 days and again on a three-hit
shutout. This ume. Carl Morton
did the job on the Mets, match-
try- Club course Other top con-
tenders included Frank Beard,
defending champion Bert Yan-
cey. British Open champ Tony
Jacklin and Homero Blancas,
winner of last weeks Colonial
National Invitation
Billy Casper and Lee Trevino
are taking the week off.
same man who smiled politely
at newsmen that day when they
asked him. "Where in hell did
you come from?"
town favorites today in the first
round of the $125,999 Atlanta
Golf Classic.
And Greene, a non-winner on
the PGA tour but generally con-
sidered one of the most prom
ising young stars, must be
rated more than a casual threat
By BLOYS BRITT
AP Auto Racing Writer
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind (API -
"It is the finest driving race car
I've ever had." Australian. Jack
Brabham beamed Wednesday
after putting his new racing
creation through tests at the In-
Bugs Go Wild in Pittsburgh
• Pirates Nip Phils on Stray Pitches •
Walter Alston will tell you
that himself—Tm the same as
I was 99 years ago"
One enters the office of Wal-
ter Alston two hours before a
game at Shea Stadium and
Wednesday's Results
Milwaukee 8. Oakland 7
Detroit 4. Baltimore 0
Cleveland 7. Boston 2
Washington 2. New York 0
Chicago 3. California 2
Minnesota 10, Kansas City 5
Today's Games
salary progression of one of
baseball's legitimate stars with-
in the framework of the contro-
versial system.
Here » a table, put together
from testimony, that shows che
years Flood was with the Cardi-
nals. his batting average for
each year, his salary for that
year and the raise he received
going into that year for his pre-
vious seasons s efforts:
ping the Braves' three-gn
winning streak Relief pitcher
Jim Britton took the loss as
Ray Bare picked up his firs’
win of the year
F
Year
1958
1959
I960
1961
anymore
ces such
“Well be ready to qualify Sat- morning
" ~ Aside from Brabham's long-'
Montreal (Renko 1-3), N
St. Louis 'Carlton 2-5) at Phil-
adelphia I Jackson 1-5). N
Cincinnati < McGlothlin 4p3) at
Houston i Lemaster 3-41. N
Atlanta (Niekro 45) at Los
Angeles 'Osteen 44),
Only games scheduled
~ foot-3 Houlehan averaged 23.5 his slight build is one of the and Tuesdays, his program this
9 points per game The 6-foot-5 "
“ ‘I think you've still gotl, . . A . I .
some work to do,' he told me " Kurland Added
and Gary Player ranked as the Chicago
men to beat in the test on the Milwakee
and the best man always gets to
play This is not so in politics,"
Huff said Wednesday ’
"In football, your opponents
are right across the scrimmage
line where you can see them.''
continued Huff, who played 13
want me to say Maybe we re
just lucky in that respect
' "Personally, I haven't done
bit. I told you before—I'm the
same as I was 99 3 ears ago." |
ale and a sacrifice fly. Gary
Lavelle absorbed the loss.
It was a happy 39th birthday
, for Arkansas manager Ken Boy
, tr. who guided me Travelers to
victory over Shreveport. Men-
»
second shot into the water on the
17th, took a double bogey and
was out of it, finishing third
“Id been working with Arnold
Palmer on just that.” he said
"We were working on what you
have to do to be dead certain
you lat it straight.
“The first person I ran into
here was Palmer, out in the
parking lot.
“He Mid he had watched on
television, saw me hit the shot
and said 'he's done it again ’
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HTTIERS
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
American League
Batting 190 at bats'—Carew,
Minnesota 432. F. Robinson,
Baltimore .381.
Runs— Tovar, Minnesota 38:
F REGPSO, California 32: White
New York 32.
Runs batted in—Oliva, Min-
nesota 34: J. Powell. Baltimore
Greene, who rarely takes a
'week off the grinding tour.
kings still have their future
ahead of them "
That probably means Grant is
just itching to win a Super Bowl
championship His team was fa-
vored in the 1979 pro title game
at New Orleans but the Kansas
City Chiefs emerged as 23-7 vic-
tors.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Memphis the Texas League s
Eastern Divison leader can ill
charged Offy this year inanef- _
fort to be more competitive the price is right 5 a system I
Because of a series of delays don't buy.
in delivery of the car, and hav-
ing to assemble it after its ar-
WALTER ALSTON
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
American League
East Division
By HAL BOCK edged Houston 3-2, Atlanta
Associated Press Sports Writer whipped San Francisco 6-1 in 11
if you needed a word for innings and San Diego defeated
Pittsburgh's victory over Philo- Los Angeles KM Cincinnati and
delphia Wednesday night, ft Chicago had the dav off
would be wild, simply wild. In the American League, it
That's what Dick Selma was was Minnesota 19 Kansas City
to the 14th inning and that s why 5; Chicago 3, California 2: De
the Pirates nipped the Phillies trod 4. Baltimore 9: Cleveland
32. Two wild pitches by Selma 7, Boston 2; Washington 2. New
permitted Matty Alou to circle , York 9: and Milwaukee 8. Oak
.the bases with the winning run land 7.
white cotton shirt, open at the
’ neck and revealing graying
hairs on his chest, filling out
a lineup card with a concession
to the tunes—a nylon-tipped
pen.
Behind him, hanging neatly
in his cubicle, are the gmy-and-
. 1 skins and the signing of Bud body gets an equal opportunity
" as manager of the Brooklyn
Dodgers on Nov. 24. 1953, the
surprise successor to Charlie
Dressen, the stars of his team
were Don Newcombe. Roy
Campanella. Duke Snider and
Gil Hodges Eighteen-year-old
: Sandy Koufax was playing
basketball at the University of
Cincinnati that, day and five-
year-old Von Joshua was play-
expected out here.
"But I'll win one yet."
Greene, a native of Gray.
Ga now playing out of Sun Riv-
I er, Ore was one of the home-
come back there might be a rev- West Division
olution, so I guess I d better Minnesota
go" California
Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus Oakland
. „ a rare opportunity to look at the 1962
Washington (Cox 3-3 or Han- . _______'_____________
nan Mi at New York (Stottle-
tired out after that His first
By BOB GREEN
Associated Press Golf Writer
ATLANTA (APi—“I blew one
tournament this year," Bert
Greene said “but that s to be
“I think there are more im-
portant things in this world than
money.” ,
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Brownwood Bulletin
PORTS
AND SO. Walter Alston, 59
years old and a grandfather,
slips out of his gray tweed
slacks and into his Dodger flan,
nels as unceremoniously as a
man rolls out of bed Nearby,
his players are sitting on wood-
en stools in front of their lock-
ers. talking quietly among them-
selves ar businessmen do on
elevators.
"The only thing we talk about
around here," Alston said as a •
parting shot, “is how to w i n
baseball games. Nothing else."
ches, in various stages of un-
dress. end he is wearing a
Baltimore I McNally 7-1 and
Hardin l-l 1 at Detroit (Wilson
2-2 and Cain 1-2), 2, twi-night j
Boston i Culp 3-4 > at Cleve-
Avg. Salary
,261 $5,000
255 $10,000
237 $10 500
322 $12,500
.296 $16,000
By BEN THOMAS
Associated Press Spirts Writer
Sam Huff has returned to pro
football, a game which the for-
mer All Pro linebacker says
isn’t as tough as politics.
guys are making and it just ma State star. was enshrined in Chicago ... 18 16
kills me.” the hall in 1961. i New York
But Greene is going to be Joining him as new directors St. Louis
away next week. are Eddie Gottlieb. former own- Pittsburgh
'comers that it shocks you”
All of Brabham s formula I
cars and the ones he has used in
three starts at Indianapolis
have been powered by normal-
ly-aspirated engines of his own
design He went to the turbo-
assumed that Walter Alston
does hr managing with at lea”
one of his blue eyes searching
for signs of a generation gap
"Let me tell you this,” he
was saying. “We got good kids
on this team They're hard-
working kids with good attitu-
des. Kids like Joshua and Grab-
by and Sizemore They're no
trouble at all, if that s what you
how easily it handles "
The low-slung machine, heavi-
er and wider than most of this
year's new cars. was designed
| by Ron Touranac at Brabham's
shops near London Brabham
has fitted a turbocharged Offy
into the chassis — the first
"blown” engine ever to power
one of the grand prix cham-
pion's machines.
"I will need some time to get
used to the turbocharger.”
Brabham commented "The en-
i gine has so much power, so
much surge off the Speedway s
_ back and an end Morgan. »
Grant had two years left on wide receiver, was a 14th round
his old contract Max Winter, selection.
weekend of qualifying His
practice speed with a full load
of fuel in his Scorpion turbo-
charged Ford was in the 166
bracket
McCluskey predicted the av-
erage . race speed would be
around 166 mph.
change in the young players. SINCE THIS Dodger team
especially, coming into baseball is the youngest Alston has ever
and whether he has adjusted handled, and since it is sprinkl-
his handling of them according- ed, too, with veterans like
ly Is it the same as it was in Maum. wine ana wun. navi-
, 1955, say. when 19-year-old rook- Willsand Wilie Davis
les talked of blue suede shoes. and Wes Parker., he is in the
blue Dodger rood uniforms
which haven't changed in de-
sign in all of the 17 years he A
has worn No. 24 in the air I
flows small talk about hunting N
and fishing and whether or not
Ray Sadecki will be the start-
ing pitcher on this night for the
New York Mets
ALTHOUGH THE Mets were
not a twinkle vet in the eyes of
New Yorkers when Alston made
his debut as Dodger manager, T
he has survived their emergence - I
world champions with the same
president of the Minnesota
team, ripped it up, however,
and gave Grant a pact which
runs through the 1974 season.
Elsewhere Wednesday in pro
football: _
— The uucago bears
nounced the signings of two
rookies — Roas Brupbacher of
Texas AIM and Jim Morgan of
Henderson. Ark . State Brup-
bacher. a fourth round draft
pick, was selected by the Bears
as a linebacker but he not only,
played that position at Texan
A&M, he was also a running
By MIKE RATHET
Associated Press Sports Writer
NEW YORK iAPI - In his
12-year career with the St Louis
Cardinals Curt Flood was paid
$387 000 in salary—an average
of more than 832 <»O a year-
while reaching a peak of $90 000
his last season before bringing
suit against baseball
Those financial figures are
part of the trial record in
Flood's suit against baseball in
which he is challenging the
sport’s reserve system on the
basis that it is restrictive and,
therefore, in restraint of trade I
Flood, and his attorneys, are
asking for relief from the sys-
tem, which prohibits a player
from selling his services to the
highest bidder; and which
makes him negotiate only with
the dub for which he is playing
The first day's testimony in
the trial which resumed today |
after a one-day recess provided
Lombardi Big 9am was a play-
er-coach last season for Lom-
bardi
He campaigned for the Demo-
cratic nomination for Congress
from his native West Virginia
duriAg the spring losing by a 2
1 margin last week to. the in-
cum bent
"Sports is competitive Every-
hardest hitters on the pro circuit. week
Greene, 26. made over $76,909 “You can't play every day," liest electees to the Naismith
--he said. "So I try to take a Basketball Hall of Fame, is one
couple of days off' I don't like I of eight new members named
to take a week off, though. I sit I today to the halls board of di-
to break up the extra inning Alou reached base in the 14th
game , . on a two-out single through the
“I don't think." said Selma middle—his fourth hit of the
later "it's such a bad way to game and, if you ask Selma, the
lose a ball game." It was not. root of all the trouble
however, a very good way to "Typical Pittsburgh nit on a ____________
lose one. [hard infield." moaned the re-1 ing the three-hitter than Dan
- Elsewhere to the National liever. “I would have gotten McGinn threw to beat Seaver in
League Wednesday. Montreal that boll in our park and most New York last week. Morton
- shut ou New York 2-0, St Louis utter parks." I struck out 10.
cigarettes he has smoked. Wal-
ter Alston, basically, is the
32
Hits—A. Johnson. California
57: F Alou. Oakland 53
Doubles—F Alou, Oakland
13: Harper. Milwaukee 12.
Triples—Tovar. Minnesota 5;
9 tied with 3.
Home runs—F Howard,
Washington 12: Killebrew, Min-
nesota 12.
Stolen bases—Harper. Mil-
waukee 17; P. Kellv, Kansas
, City 16
Pitching 15 decisions'— Tant,
Minnesota 5-0. limn 3 21; Me-
, Nally, Baltimore 7-1, 875, 3.61.
Strikeouts — McDowell,
; Cleveland 89; Lolich, Detroit 76.
as Wednesday night s M shut-
_ out by San Antonio if the Blues,
expect to stay on their lofty
Memphis is only one-half
game ahead of San Antonio and
rkansas Shreveport lurks in
the cellar just two and one half'
games back.
" r Other action Wednesday night
saw Western Division leader
,. Albuquerque rip Dallas-Fort'
Worth 7-3, El Paso nick Ama-
rillo 63, and Arkansas trip
Shreveport 3-1.
* Albuquerque holds a two-
■■ game lead over El Paso in the
west
Memphis got a first inning
double and a ninth inning sin-
gle off winning Mission pitcher
Gilberto Rivera—and that was
« it. Meanwhile, Adrian Garrett
'lammed his sixth and seventh
homers of the season. The loser
was Bill Denehy.
El Paso's Andy Hassler
pitched fine six-hit ball as the
Sun Kings rallied from a two-
run deficit to best Amarillo
Shortstop Billy Parker knocked
-. in two crucial runs with a sin- ,
rival in a shipping crate
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579 5%
568 6
.475 9%
450 10*
429 U's
In addition it should be point-
ed old that Flood also received
a $2,000 bonus in 1959 and 1960
for signing his contract and col-
lected an additional $24,015.71
for playing in three World Se-
ries.
The Phillies who acquired the
rights to flood in the trade that
provoked the suit, offered a con-
tract for the 1979 season, ac-
cording to Flood, for “a little
more than $90,000" in salary
plus approximately $8 000 in
spring training expenses—a
package in the neighborhood of
$100,090
One of the chief proponents of
Flood's cause in instituting suit.
Marvin Miller of the Major
League Players' Association.
Not so. argued Alou "Right i
now.” said Matty, “this is the unruffled demeanor that
slowest infield in the league be- a bled him to survive, among
cause the grass is so high." other things, annual rumors
Selma, who was working his wing up during Dodger losing ed their slicked down hair into the old one? As his team gets
fifth inning, claimed he just streaks that his job was in ducktails?
jeopardy Fnally!Walter Ais- -No rm not concerned with,
ton. for the record, has managed any changes," he said "Kids
through the administrations of are stiu here for the same rea-
three presidents and is now son they always were’to plav
working on his fourth. baseball for the Los Angeles
St II one wonders whether Dodgers."
Walter Alston has noticed any
awaited appearance on the
Speedway. Wednesday was the
final day for the contingent of
rookie drivers to complete their
tests Four did. bringing the
number of first-year eligibles
to 16
Wednesday's top practice
speed was posted by the veteran
Roger McCluskey who earned a
second row berth in the first
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W. L. Pct. G.B.
25 11 694 -
20 18 526 8
16 17 485 7%
16 18 .471 8
16 20 . 444 9
12 29 375 11
East Texas Inks
, Indiana Cagers
’ COMMERCE, Tex., (AP) -
2 East Texas State University has
' signed two Indiana high school
= basketball prospects
They are guard Dan Houle-
302 $17,500 $1,500
311 $23,000 $5,500
.310 $35 000 $12 000
267 $45,090 $10,000
335 $50,000 $5,000
301 $72,500 $22,500
285" $90 000 $17,500
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Teenage Membership
| Drive Kicks Off Monday
M The annual Brownwood Teenage Baseball Assn.
= membership drive gets underway Monday with mem- “I've got to go to Brazil for a er of the Philadelphia Warriors: Montreal
: bers seeking funds by donations to an organization tournament, the Brazilian In- college coaches Steve Blko of Phila’phia
2 providing a summer program for some 180 youngsters ternational I think it is,” he said Oregon, Fred Taylor of Ohio
in Brownwood and Brown County "I really didn’t want to go, but State and Joe Vancisin of Yale. . '"1son
W. V. Ray has been appointed membership chair- my. business manager had com- andbusinessmenaPaui Si L Angeles 22 16
man and he and his crew will be calling on residents mitted me.., . ' Atlanta 21 16
for donations, i 1 wanted to get out, but he Hiyard , no. . Houston 19 21
City Parks and Recreation Director W A. (Toodle) ’ ___________ membershsporothe Sof XL San Fran 18 22
Middleton says it takes some 88,000 to operate the according to the announcement san D1e8° 18 2
Politics Too Tough for Sam
for the $25,909 top prize
"I'm playing pretty good," he
said, "but my putting is just aw-
ful But that comes and goes
Maybe, just maybe, I can get it
going this week.”
Greene, winner of more than
$25,909 this year, is the son of
a retired golf pro, Herb Greene, t
years in the NFL, eight with the
New York Giants and five with
Washington
"in politics, your opponents
are everywhere it is like fight-
ing shadows. ” a
Grant, in accepting his new
contract said he feels the Vi-
National League
Batting 99 at bats'—Carty.
Atlanta .422 Grabarkewitz, Los
Angeles 396
Runs—Bonds. San Francisco
39: H Aaron, Atlanta 35
Runs batted in—H Aaron. At-
lanta 49. Perez. Cincinnati 39.
Hito—Carty, Atlanta 57; Per-
et. Cincinnati 56
Doubles—W Parker, Los An-
geles 15. Wynn. Houston 14.
Triples—Clemente. Pitts-
burgh 6. Morgan, Houston 6.
Home runs—H Aaron, Atlan-
ta 16: 3 tied with 13.
Stolen bases—Bonds. San
Francisco 18; Wills. Los Ange-
les 15 •
Pitching (5 decisions'—Nash,
Atlanta 5-1, 833. 3 39: Simp,
son, Cincinnati 5-1, 833. 2.11.
Strikeouts—S e a v e r New
York 98. Stoneman, Montreal
63, Gibsod, St. Louis 63, •
• 1
and see all the money the other Kurland, the former Oklaho-
$ -5,
MARIO ANDRETTI, after donning helmet (left), prepares to squeeze into
fireproof clothing and wraparound his racing ear (right), a tight fit.
Highlighting Wednesday's
happenings on the pro football
front were the announcement
that Huff will become a fulltime
coach with the Washington Red-
program each summer. The city furnishes the parks. C:~ L+ Dec.l+e Wednesday by Executive Direc ■ Wednesday's Results
lights and upkeep of the parks at no charge Expenses ''9 n Tes-5 tor Lee Williams. Montreal 2. New York n
include concession operators, announcers, scorekeep- By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - Pittsburgh 3, Philadelphia 2.
ers, umpires, game balls and tournaments. - 14 innings . ,, _
— Thore residents not contacted on m i, ni- LAS VEGA. Neb -Polo Coro- ' Don Maynard of the New York St. Louis 3, Houston 2
E Thosesresi dentsnotsontacted can mail.in their 1M Los Angeles, outpointed Jets will start the 1969 Ameri- Atlanta 6. San Francisco 1. 11
E donations to Brownwood Teenage Baseball, 1110 Mag- Ronne Wilson, 166, San Diego, can Football League season innings
■ nona St - 110. 1 with 499 pass catches. San Diego 19, Los Angeles 4
I—- .. . . , , , „ . --------------- only games scheduled
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