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Ptfe 2 TE CUERO RECORD Monday, July 15, 1968
Don Wilson Whifs 18
tros Win Double
By FRED DOWN
17FI Sports Writer
Don Wilson of the Houston"
Astros tied two major league
strikeout records Sunday while) tio:
Hank Aaron . of the Atlanta
Braves reached a milestone
along the road to the greatest
slugging record of ’em all.
The 28-year-olti Wilson tied
one record when he struck out
eight straight batters and
equalled another with a game
total of 18 strikeouts in pitching
the Astras to a 6-1 victory over
the Cincinnati Reds. Wilson’s
first feat tied the record pre-
viously shared by Max Surkont,
Johnny Podres and Jim Malo-
ney and his second equalled
the mark previously shared by
Bob Feller and Sandy Koufax.
The 34-year-old Aaron be-
came the eighth player in ma-
jor league history to hit 500 ho-
mers when he connected for a
three-run homer that paced the
Braves to a 4-2 triumph over
the San Francisco Giants. Babe
Ruth, who had a career total
af 714 homers, and Jimmy
Fame, who hit 534, are the only
other sluggers who reached the
800-plateau at the age of 34.
Ruth had 516 and Foxx had 519.
Ckrds Top Dodgers
The Astros defeated the Reds
Phillies swept the New
Mets 5-3 and 9-2 and the Chi-
£go Cubs whipped the Pitts-
gh Pirates 6-2 in other Na-
League games.
In Ihe American League, the
California Angels downed the
Detroit Tigers, 7-3, the Balti-
more Orioles topped the New'
York Yankees 6-4, the Boston
Red Sox beat the Oakland Ath-
letics 5-3, the Cleveland In-
dians defeated the Minnesota
'Twins 6-3 and the Chicago
White Sox swept the Washing-
ton Senators 7-2 and 6-5.
Wilson, who struck out eight
in a row while fanning nine of
the first 10 batters he faced,
whiffed the side in four innings
and climaxed his brilliant per-
formance by getting John
Bench on a called third strike.
The Astros backed him with a
nine-hit attack that included a
homer by Dick Simpson.
Ron Brand’s lOtli-inning dou-
ble drove in the winning run in
the ope. er as rookie Steve Shea
gained his first major league
victory.
R*e4,Galns Win
Aaron hit ras 19th homer of
the season off Mike McCormick
after Felipe Alou and Felix
York for six runs and eight hils in 6
2-3 innings, suffered his eighth
loss as the Cubs stretched the
Pirates’ losing streak to nine
games.
Baseball
Standings
By United Press International
NATIONAL LEAGUE
NFL Players, Owners
Reach Agreement
W
L
Pet.
St. Louis
57
31
.648
Atlanta
47
40
.540
Phailadelphia
44
40
.321
San Francisco
45
53
.511
Cincinnati
42
44
.488
Chicago
42
47
.472
New York
41
47
.166
Pittsburgh
40
46
.465
Los Angeles
41
48
.401
Houston
38
51
.427
j Millan singled with two out
doubleheader, the St. Louis the third inning. The blow also
Cardinals beat the Los Angeles
54 in the first game of their j
was the 2,700th major league
hit for Aaron. Don Reed went
8 2-3 innings to raise his record
to 9-4.
Larry Jaster beat the Dodg-
ers for the eighth time in nine
career decisions although he
needed relief help from Joe
Hoemer when Los Angeles ral-
lied for its run with two out In
the ninth. Mike Shannon hit
his 12th homer and Curt Flood
Dodgers 5-1, toe Philadelphia
Sox Win
For Lopez
By AL DALY
UPI Sports Writer
If nice guys finish last, as Leo
Dumber once said, then some-
one should clue in toe Chicago
White Sox. «
A1 Lopez, one of the all-time
alee guys in baseball, taking
over the managerial reins of toe
White Sox following toe iron
rule of Eddie Stanley, made his
debut Sunday with a double-
header sweep over the Washing-
ton Senators, 7-2 and 6-5 in 10
Innings. It’s is Lopez, second
tour as White Sox manager.
'1 know the players are pres-
sing,’' Lopez said following a
brief team meeting just be-
fore the first game. "So I told
them to take it easy. But I
didn’t tell them to relax, I don’t
want them to take it too easy.
Under Stanley the White Sox
eould never be accused of taking
it easy. Some of the changes
Lopez has initiated are: play-
er* may have two or three beers
after a game instead at Just on -;
If a man would like soda he's »•
longer limited to diet soda and;
restrictions on clothing the
ballplayers may wear have been
Niddaus, Casper
In S. A. For Opes
SAN ANTONIO, Tex. (LTD
Cofavorites Jack Nicklaus and
Billy Casper, thwarted in the
cold British Open by Gary
Player, flew to warm and winuy
Texas today to start practice
for the 50th PGA championship
opening Thursday.
Nicklaus, who finished two
strokes back at Player in his
second place tie with New
Zealander Bob Charles at Car-
noustie. and Casper, who faded
to fourth place when his put-
ter turned sour, may arrive in
Luis Aparicio’s sefJtime to try out Pecan Valley
«ingi* drove in Gerry McNert* Country Cub’s toughened 35-35-
ney with the winning run. 170 layout.
Angels Top Tigers
In other action, Cleveland
topped Minnesota 6-3, California
■topped the first place Detroit
Tigers 7-3, Boston beat Oakland
W and Baltimore took a 64
decision tram New York.
Tammy Davis drove in four
runs to pact Chicago's 11-hit
attack in the openei and in ti»
and Tim McCarver had key
doubles to lead St. Louis' se-
ven-hit attack.
Philly Richie Allot homered
in both games and Johnny
Briggs drove in three runs with
two homers in the second game
New York’s Shea Stadium
for the Phillies before 57,011 at
the largest major league crowd
of toe season. Rick Wise pitch-
ed a seven-hitter for his sixth
victory in toe first game and
Grant Jackson pitched a six-
hitter and strode out 13 for his
first win toe second game.
Billy Williams’ grand slam
homer snapped a 1-1 tie in the
seventh Snnnig and paved the
way for Joe Niekro to win his
eighth game for toe Cubs with
a six-hitter. A1 McBean, tagged
Sunday’s Results
Philadelphia 5, New York 3,
1st.
Philadelphia 9, New York 2,
2nd.
Houston 5, Cincinnati 4, 1st
Houston 6, Cincinnati 1, 2nd.
Chicago 6, Pittsburgh 2.
Atlanta 4, San Francisco 2.
St. Louis 5, Los Angeles 1.
Today’s Probable Pitchers
Philadelphia L .Jackson 8-10
at New York Ryan 6-7, 8 p.m.
Chicago Jenkins 8-10 at Pitts-
burgh Moose 3-6 or Veale 7-9,
8 p.m.
Houston Dierker 9-10 at Cin-
cinnati Maloney 8-5, 8 p.m.
San Francisco Perry 8-6 at
Atlanta Johnson 5-5, 8:05 p.m
Los Angeles Osteen 7-12 at
St. Louis Washburn 6-3, 9 p.m.
Tuesday’s Games
Chicago at Philadelphia, night
New York at Pittsburgh,
night.
Los Angeles at CSncennall,
night.
Atlanta at Houston, night.
San Francisco at St. Louis,
night.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Pet
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•3H)
-544
.536
.462
.477
.477
.470
.434
.366
By MARTIN LASER
UPI Sports Writer
NEW YORK (UPI) - National
Football League players, arm
rd with the sports' "greatest
contract" and the assurance
that most will have a job this
winter, begin discarding their
business suits for sweatshirts
today in preparation for the
1968 season.
The drawn-out labor war be-
tween players and owners
which already had closed down
training camps to veterans,
came to a peaceful end Sunday
when the two groups reached
agreement on a $3 million pen-
sion plan. This was the final
stumbling block among toe 21
points that had come up in ne-
gotiations during the last few
months.
Until Arthur Modell, president
of toe NFL, and John Gordy,
president of the players asso-
ciation, appeared sidc-by-side
in a New York hotel Sunday,
following a final four hours and
23 minutes of discussion, there
were veiled threats that the
The New Braunfels American
legion nine defeated Cuero 4-1
in a baseball game at Cuero
entire season would be called
off or that rookie players and
free agents would fulfill the
schedule.
Open Training Camps
But with the settlement,
which Gordy termed "the finest
contract ever reached in pro-
fessional football,” at least five
camps — those of Atlanta, San Gohmert was on the mound for
Francisco, New Orleans, De-
troit and Green Bay — were
New Braunfels Legion
Team Beats Cuero 4-1
and Roy Cusack singled to ae-.the game going three for four
count for Cuero’s only other' for the evening.
hits.
Municipal Park Saturday night. , First sacker Katt of New
Weidnor went the route and war j Braunfels was heavy fritter in
credited with the win. Mike
scheduled to open today. All
teams will be in serious train-
ing by next Sunday.
Under terms of the agree-
ment, a 10-year man in the Na-
tional League will receive a
$1,600 monthly pension at the
age of 65, and toe plan is re-
troactive to 1959. This means
that a player who started his
NFL career in 1959 already has
nine years to his credit.
Previously, a 10-year man
was eligible for only $775 a
month at the age of 65. An
AFL player in a similar situa-
tion will get $1,100, according
to Gordy, and that plan is not
retroactive before 1968.
Sporkfymi
Sports Comments, [Etc]
Detroit
W
56
L
31
Baltimore
47
37
Cleveland
49
41
Boston
45
39
Minnesota
41
44
Oakland
41
45
California
41
45
New York
39
44
Chicago
36
47
Washington
30
52
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■"■day's Remits
Cleveland 6, Minnesota 3.
California 7, Detroit 3.
Boston 5, Oakland 3.
Baltimore 6, New York 4, twi-
light.
Chicago 7, Washington 2, L<.
Chicago 6, Washington, 10 ln>
Olflgs.
Tedsy’s Probable PRcbers
Boston Ellsworth 7-5 at Oak-
land Nash 64, 4:30 p.m.
Detroit t.olich 74 at Califor-
nia Brunr: 84, 11 p.m.
Cleveland Siebert 94 at M.v
nesota Perry 6-5, 2:30 p.m.
Washington Bertaina 4-5 at
Chicago Carlos 384, 2:15 p.m.
New York Peterson 64 at
Baltimore McNally 94. 8 p.m.
Tuesday's Games
Detroit at Oakland, night.
Cleveland at California, night
Boston at Minnesota, night.
Baltimore at Chicago, n*ght
Washington at New York, 2
twi-night.
TEXAS LEAGUE
garters Division
W L
Arkansas 49 42
Shreveport 49 42
Memphis 41 49
Dallas-FW 35 54
Western Division
W L
El Paso 50 35
Albuquerque 48 40
Amarillo 46 43
San Antonio 35 49
Sunday's Basalts
Albuquerque 4, Memphis 3.
Amarillo 7. Dallas-FW 5.
El Psso 10, Arkansas 8,
Shreveport 5, San Antonio l
By CLAIRE HOWERTON
We have been a little short-
handed upstairs and downstairs
for about a week due to several
tilings and it has been a little
rough on those of us that stayed
behind. Appears that it will be
my fate to always be one of
those that stay behind.....
being more or less a member
of the family I feel sort of an
obligation although 1 some-
times wonder why.
Saturday afternoons when I
have the ’’duty" there always
seems to be ample time to
write toe Monday column but
there also always seems to be
a dearth of ideas. The town is
rather unlively of a Saturday
afternoon with banks, city,
state and federal offices closed.
Then comes Monday and time
is short and the material pours
In — not for this space but for
use elsewhere in the Quack.
Oh, well, nobody ever told me
life was a bed of roses.
age but once between now and
then. It Is anybody’s guess
Cuero and took the loss.
The visitors scored one run in
the bottom of toe third after go-
ing down in order In the first
two frames. First man up for
New Braunfels in the third
reached fir t on an error and
crossed the plate after a single
by pitcher Weidnor and a field-
ers choice by the shortstop.
New Braunfels scored one in
the fifth, one in the sixth and a
final one in the seventh. In the
errors. The sixth inning tally
was the result of a hit, an error
and a hase on balls. The final
score resulted from three hits.
Cuero’s lone score came in
their half of the sixth and was
unearned.
Jim Clarke, playing second
base for the Cuero Legion nine,
got the only extra base blow In
the game hitting a double in
the third frame. Mike Fischer Cuero
THE BOX St KIRK
New Braunfels
AR
R
H
Blaschke, ss
4
1
1
Reiningor. c
4
0
0
Reinarz, cf
4
0
1
Katt, 7b
4
1
3
Acker, 3b
4
0
0
Ross, 2b
2
0
0
, Baenziger, If
3
1
0
Barttles, rf
3
1
1
Weidnor, p
3
0
1
Totals
31
4
7
Cuero
AR
K
H
J. Clarke, 2b
2
0
1
Fischer, If
3
1
1
P. Clarke, 3b
2
0
0
M. Clarke, lb
3
0
0
Murray, ss
3
0
0
S. Cusack, c
2
0
1)
Montgomery, rf
3
0
0
R. Cusack, cf
3
0
1
Gohmert, p
2
0
0
Totals
23
1
3
New Braunfels
001 Oil 1-
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Cuero
000 001 0-
-1
Cuero’s American Legion nine
is scheduled to entertain the
Pleasanton American Legion
team tonight at Cuero Municipal
Park with gametime set for 8
o'clock.
Tuesday night, the Pony
I-eaguers take over the diamond
at the park with the Reds slat-
ed lo meet the Greens. Thursday
night it will be the Greens vs.
the Blues in Pony League play.
Gametime Is 8 p.m. for both coo-
tests.
Gary Player Hopes
For Second Golf Slam
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland (UPI).can who is one of only four
- Gary Player has taken the; men in history to win Die U S.
whether or not his plan will first step toward a second slam Open, the British Open, the
work. My own plans are to re- '
lax and enjoy the gathering
whether or not the yard is ma-
nicured.
Staubach Looks
Goo:* In Workout
SANTA BARBARA. Calif. (UPD
j - Roger Staubach, the 1963 Hel*-
man Trophy winner from Navy,
i passed for three touchdowns
Sunday as the Dallas Cowboys’
rookie offense was matched
against the San Francisco 49er»’
rookie defense.
He had scoring aerials of 5»
yards to Ben Olison, the Cow-
l»ys’ 10th round draft choice *
from Kansas; 42 to Wilbert
Shaw, a free agent from Kan-
sas State, and 17 to Robert'
Odom, a free agent from Idaho
State.
Staubach is In the Navy and
won't tie available to the Na-
tional Football League club
until his discharge next sum-
mer.
of the world's major profes- i PGA and the Masters, began a
sional golf titles but he's in no new cycle Saturday when he
ORGANIZATIONS
hurry to take the next one
Player, the little South Afri-
Green Boy To
Honor Lombardi
A family gathering of sorts
is in the offing for Mortgage
Hill on the weekend and MFP
Is mapping a battle plan so as
W’ord out of Green Bay Wis-
consin comes that August 7 has
been designated Vince Lom-
baidi's day. They are calling
the celebration "A Green Bay
salute to Vince Lombard).''
Lombardi recently stepped GREEN BAY, Wis. (UPD
down as coach of the famous General Manager and former
Green Bay Packer pro football Coach Vince Lombardi, who
team. During his long tenure j coached the Green Bay Packers
he coached toe team to three j to three consecutive National
consecutive National Football! Football 1-ensue titles and two
League championships and two straight world championships,
straight world championships. 1 will be honored. Aug. 7, in da.v-
- ! long ceremonies in his adopted
pro football J city. The event, being sponsored
by the downtown businessmen’s
association, is called "A Green
Bay salute to Vince Lombardi,"
not to have to mow to* acre- the nation.
Good news for
fans is that the players ami
owners in the NFL have at
king last come to an agree-
ment and the players will be
reporting to the various train-
ing camps instead of having to
set up their own in order to
stay in shape. The AFL was
not in the hassle and have been
working out for a week all over
Shreveport, Arkansas
Tied For League Lead
captured the British Open lot
the second time with a 72-hol<
total of 289, two strokes ahead
of Jack Nicklaus and Boh
Charles.
"The putts dropped here,"
Player said, "and now that
Fve won the British Open
again I liope I can repent the
slam. Certainly I am playing
tiie best golf of my life."
Despite hi* desire for another j
slam. Player will be b-wk on
his farm outside Johannesburg ‘
Thursday when the Majority of
the world’s top players tee off
in (lie PGA championship at j
San Antonio. It will be the first
week of a 10-week vacation he
promised himself if lie won the 1
title. - j
Player, who firs) won the;
British title in 1959 and then
went on to triumph in the 1961
Masters and 1962 PGA before
capturing the U. S. Ojxm
title, shot final round onc-ovvr-
FORT WORTH (I’M) - Don Inr on the rugged 7,?;>2-yard
McCune of Munlster. Ind., won ■ Carnoustie sea-ide course to
overtake a fading Billy Casper
Meets 2nd A
4th Thursday,
7:30 p.m.
N.Y.A. Bldg,
aty Park
A W. Schaffner, Commander
Wilfred Leist. Quartermaseer
Visiting Members Welcome
Indiana Bowler
Wins FI. Worlli Open
Meets 2nd A
4th Tuesday
each month |
pm. Amrri-
can Legion
Civic Onter.
Utis Carpenter: Commander
Calvin (Pete) Webb, Adjutant
Pet.
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By United Press International
Shreveport and Arkansas tied
the knot Sunday night in the
Texas League but it Is a love-
less marriage and not likely to
last beyond tonight.
And while it was the Shreve-
port Braves who moved Into the
situation, they are just as anxi-
ous to move out as are the Trav-
elers.
The - two teams are exactly
even in the Eastern Division of
the loop. But 54 Shreveport vic-
tory over San Antonio, and a 10-
6 El Paso drubbing of Arkansas
to make It that way.
For the record, each team has
won 49, lost 42 and has a .538
per cent mark.
In other league action, the AF
guquerque Dodgers dumped toe
Memphis Blues 4-3 and Ama-
rillo downed tiw DaJlas-Fort
Worth Spurs 7-5.
Albuquerque is at Arkansas
and Amarillo is at Shreveport
tonight for the next decision In
the Traveler-Braves uneasy
match. El Paso plays at Mem-
phis and San Antonio travels to
Dallas-Fort Worth.
El Paso at Memphis.
Albuquerque at Arkansas.
Amarillo at Shreveport
San Antonio at Dallas-* 1.
Worth.
BASKETBALL TRADE
NEW YORK (UPD - The New
York francise, formerly the
New Jersey Americans of toe
American Basketball League
obtained Maurice McHartly
from toe Dallas Chapparals in
exchange for a future draft
choice.
Stafford Whs
Cley Pigeon Title
SAN ANTONIO, Tex. (PTO -
Spec. 4 Larry Stafford erf the
Army and Denver, Colo., shot
down 99 out of 100 clay pigeons
Saturday to win the U .S. In-
ternational clay pigeon cham-
pionship and a position on the
U. S. Olympic shooting team.
Stafford scored 293 points out
of a possible 300 and won the
$3,000 first prize Sunday In the
Professional Bowler's Associa-
tion’s Fort Worth Open.
McCune finished with 9,585
points, including 650 bonus pin-,
collected for winning 13 of 16
matches Sunday.
Dale Seavoy of Birmingham,
Mich., was second with 9,173
and Dick Weber of St. Louis
was third with 9.156.
j and Charles, the New Zealand
j southpaw' who won the British
j championship in 1963.
Despite a dramatic eagle
! three on tiw 14th hole which
j virtually clinched the title,
j Player became the first British
J champion In 21 years who faii-
j ed to break pur. which was 288.
| The course was *-> unyielding
i th«t only one golfer, Brian
------- --------------------- j Barnes of England who had a
CINCINNATI <UPD — Don WU-1 71, cracked par during the final
son of the Houston Astros tied j round,
two major league strikeout re-1
cords aginst the Cincinnati \ ~~ *--—-—
Reds by fanning eight tn a row f""nrrr" 111
and 18 in a game. j |
Cuero Lodge Na 408
A. P. A a. M. meets
•very second aad
fourth Thursoay aaah
month at 8:00 p.m.
Visiting orothwn are
always welcome.
Glana Csrffey
fT Ji-
lt. E.
HERMANN 6ON8 LOOM
ro. it
Meets every 1st Tues. af the
month.
For Membership See
President—Bennie B. Prunes
Secretary—Louis Buchhora
The New York team, which Is j championship by a single bird
still looking for a home court,
has scheduled a news confer-
ence for July 15.
ATLANTA (UPD - Hank Aa-
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his 50OUi major league homer.
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