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FOVA BRENTAM BANNER PRESS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1968
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Yastrzemski Freehan Head A.L. All-Star Team
NEW YORK (UPI) - Carl Commissioner wilam D. *************************** • m
ECR-r" gadimst: Little League Action :
Jerry Grote, New York, C; P
Willie McCovey, San Francis- Fred Otto Gaskamp’s two-
co. 1B; Tommy Helms, Cin- run single with two out and
cinnati; 2B; Ron Santo, Chi- the bases loaded in the fourth
cage, 3B; Don Kessinger Ch- inning proved to be the key
icago, SS; Hank Aaron, Atlan- blow as the Colts upset the
ta, OF; Curt Flood, St. Lou- previously undefeated Card-
is, OF; Pete Rose, Cincinnati, inals, 4-3, Tuesday in the
OF. . first game of a Senior Divi-
American sion twinbill. The Tigers st- Braves vs Burton Cubs, 6:30
ayed in a second place tie Yankees vs Indians, 8 p.m.
with the Colts--each are 7-4
on the year--by defeating the FARM CLUB DIVISION
Eagles, 5-1, in the second Braves vs Red Sox, 6 p.m.
game. The Cardinals are on Colts vs Indians, 8. p.m.
top of the race, sporting a -=
10-1-1 mark. . ,
The Colts jumped out to a Bullets To Play
4-1 lead after four, but had , u
to survive a 2-run last inning El Campo Here
spurt by the C ards to get their
exciting win. Charles Schlott- Friday
mann went all the way to pick 8
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NEW YORK (UPI) - Carl
Yastrzemski, who led Bos-
ton’s miracle RedFox to a pen-
nant last season, and Bill
Freehan, a leader in the
assault to end a 23-year pen-
nant drought in Detroit this
Bar-B-0
Grille
year, head the American Lea-
gue All-Star team announced
today by Baseball Commis-
sioner William D. Eckert
Yastrzemski, the Boston
left fielder who won the Am-
erican League’s Most Val-
uable Player award last
season. after winning the
Triple Crown, received 246
of a possible 252 votes and
Freehan, the Tiger catcher,
polled 248 of 251 possible vo-
tes to lead in the balloting of
AL players, managers and
coaches. ().
Three holdovers from last
year’s starting team join Yas-
trzemski and Freehan on the
* 1968 squad which will attempt
to snap a record five-year
National League winning str-
eak when the teams meet July
9 at the Houston Astrodome.
Harmon Killebrew of Min-
nesota, who nipped Balti-
more’s Boog Powell by 10 vot-
es in the closest balloting for
any position, will be at first
base again while teammate
Rod Carew, rookie of the year
last season, repeats as second
baseman.
Baltimore’s Brooks Robin-
son, having one of his worst
seasons at the plate, still man-
aged to outpoll Cleveland’s
Max Alvis to repeat as third
baseman.
Jim Fregosi of California,
who played the last 11 innings
of last year’s 15-inning, 2-1
-I National League’s victory,
was an easy victor over Chi-
ond game, as Ronnie Wellbr-
ock was the winning hurler
and Nelson Seilheimer was the
loser.
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cago’s Luis Aparicio to com-
plete the infield. -
Frank Howard of Washing-
ton and Detroit’s Willie Mor-
ton, the league’s two leading
home run producers with 24
and 18, join Yastrzemski in
the outfield. Ironically, all
are left fielders but were able
to be chosen since all outfield-
ers are grouped together in the
voting.
The starting National and
American League All-Stars
as announced by Baseball
Bill Freehan, Detroit, C;
Harmon Killebrew, Minne-
sota, 1B; Rod Carew, Minne-
sota, 2B; Brooks Robinson,
Baltimore, 3B; Jim Fregosi,
California, SS; Carl Yastrze-
mski, Boston, OF; Willie Hor-
ton, Detroit, OF; Frank Ho-
ward, Washington, OF.
Majorleague
Results
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Tuesday’s Results
Atlanta 6 Philadelphia 1, night
New York 4 Cincinnati 0, night
Houston 4 Chicago 2, night
Pittsburgh 3 St. Louis 2, night
San Fran 9 Los Ang 0, night
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Tuesday’s Results
Minnesota at Chi, ppd., rain
Detroit 8 New York 5, night
Baltimore 6 Boston 0, night
Cleveland 6 Wash 1, night
California 7 Oakland 6, night
SOFTBALL
Western Auto stepped up the
hitting power in each inning
last night on the Bob Schroe-
der Field to trounce the slow-
pitch league leaders, Kelm’s
Cornbreaders, to the tune of
18-4.
Roger Schroeder was the
winning pitcher, while Leroy
- (Tex) Thielemann was char-
ged with the loss.
Wayne Seilheimer, Western
Auto’s star center fielder,
collected a pair of home runs
to lead in the hitting depart-
ment
Tonight on the Bob Schroe-
der Field the regular league
will be back in action as Shel-
by-Hyatt’s take on the Cit-
izen’s Drug, beginning at 8:15.
up the pitching win, and Brian Brenham’s league-leading
Tharp went all the way to ab- Blue Bell Bullets will play El
sorb his first loss of the year. Campo here Friday in an 8
Each hurler gave up seven . p.m. Connie Mack League
hits. Fred Gaskamp and Randy game. The contest was origin-
Klussmann each had two hits ally set for last Monday but
for the winners, while Doyle was rained out.
Gaskamp led the Cards with The Bullets are currently
two for three. 4-0 on the year, while the de-
Gerald Fuchs allowed six fending champs. El Campo,
hits in picking up the Tigers’ are 2-1.
win, while Paul La Roche gave -
up only four hits in a losing -----------------------------
effort for the E agles. % SPORT v
In Regular Division play Tu- FALSTAFF) FACTS
esday, the Giants scored three - BY
runs in the fifth to pull out a T E. FINNEY CLAY
6-3 win over Burton’s Cubs, Willie Davis regarded as the
with John Hasskarl getting the fastest runner in baseball has
win and Ronnie Eckert the never won a stolen base cha-
loss. Ronnie Gajeske and Gary mpionship.
Weiss led the Giant hitting at- FALSTAFF DI STBIBG. co.
tack with a double and single * BRENHAM
each.
Robert Michalak kept up his
hot hitting streak for the Red
Sox in the second game as The
hit a home run and single to
pace the Sox to a 4-1 win over
the Y ankees. Neil Nutt was the
winning hurler and Mark Ku-
ecker drew the loss. Craig
Blum and Mark Zimmermann
each had two singles for the
Yanks.
In Pee Wee action Tuesday
the Red Sox nipped the Bra-
ves, 10-9, with Lloyd Sch-
warze getting the win and
hard-hitting Jeff. Hohlt draw-,
ing the loss. The Giants nud-.
ged the Cubs, 3-1, in the sec-
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Nolan Ryan To Hurl Friday--
Astros Play Host To Mets In 4 Tilts
The surprising New York starting Thursday night
Mets, bolstered by a sensa- Houston and New York will
tional young pitching staff, tangle in 7:30 p.m. games on
series with a 2 p.m. “Family
Day" game on Sunday.
_ _. _ Young and talented throw-
will be playing a four-game Thursday, Friday and Satur- • ers have gotten the Mets off
visit to Houston’s Astrodome day, then will conclude the to a great start and into first-
division contention this sea-
son. The New York pitching
staff has a glittering 2.19 ear-
ned run aver age.
In Thursday night’s opener.
Astro manager Harry Walker •
will go with lefthander Denny
Lemaster (7-6), while Met
skipper Gil Hodges probably
will start righthander Dan Fr-
isella (1-3). .
The Friday game shapes up
as a duel of strong young right-
hander s--Houston‘s Larry
Dierker and New York’s Nolan
Ryan. Both are 21 and tagged
as National League standouts
for quite a few years. Ryan is
a native of Alvin, Texas and
one of the surprises of the 1968
season.
is fitting that these two
“tesiage hurlers will be go-
ing on “Teen Age” N ight when
all kids, 13 to 19 years of age,
will be able to buy a $2.50
upper reserved seat for just
one dollar.
- Lefthanders will take over
Saturday night as veteran As-
tro Mike Cueller duels Jerry
Koosman, another of the Mets .
youngsters who has already
won 11 and is a sure bet for the
All-Star team.
The Sunday afternoon ser-
les finale (with youngsters 16°
and under receiving a $1 redu-
ction when accompanied by a
parent) will pit Houston’s Dave
Giusti against New. York’s.
Tom Seaver in a game match-
ing hard-luck righthanders
whose 1968 pitching has been
better than their records.
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