Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 76, No. 65, Ed. 1 Monday, May 3, 1965 Page: 23 of 34
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Cityans Drop to Second Place
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Ward Hurls for89ers Tonight
7:45
contest. Single games
are
the Indians came back for
a
victory behind
urday, Sunday and Monday
, the ninth to stop the Travel-
tered the day’s action with
9-4 records.
dumped Oklahoma City, 6-5
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from Seattle, 15-3, while Ta-
and Denver 11-6.
Dwight Siebler (1-0) will game’
pitch for Denver and a victo-
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a home run. double and sin-
ry would give the Bears
a
runs in the second inning for
with
Three unearned runs also
series.
game home stand against tallies coming in the ninth.
Giants’ McCovey
Not Standing Still
MARK I
Hadley’s Top Sergeant C.
tinent Kennel Club Show in
opposite sex at Tulsa.
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SPORTS
of the
George Banks' two-run ho-
mer and Jose Vidal's bases-
encounter, the Indians win-
ning it with all the "bonus"
Andy Kosco’s single in the
ninth brought in Denver’s
winning run after the 89ers
each drove in three runs and
George Williams, a former
89er, hit a solo homer. But
OUT-COOLS 'EM ALL!
INCLUDING FACTORY AIR
By Associated Press
Jim Ward, unbeaten in two
decisions, tries to put Okla-
mer in the 10th. Rookie left-
hander Rich Allen went all
the way for the victory.
Dallas Titles To City Horse
Crob9 Griffin
Join 89ers
Tomorrow
homa City back on the win-also set with the Bees for
Wednesday and Thursday
less than two months and
seven shows.
Sergeant also was third in
come split a twin bill with
Spokane. The second Seattle-
Portland game was rained
out.
Portland erupted for 11
ed a three-run homer in the
fourth.
FACTORY
SECONDS
FOR: FALCONS, CHIVY II,
PLYMOUTHS, CAOS, CONT-
NENTALS, BUICKS, ETC.
BY POPULAR DEMAND
NEW STYLE WRAP-AROUND
TREADS—LOW PROFILE
Famous Dual 90 And
Jet Air Nygens
OPIN 7:00 A.M. TIL 7:00 P.M.
Leesport, Pa., feature race Sunday. Carl collided with
Bob Welcomer (left). Neither driver was injured al-
though Carl's car overturned as ti came off the wall.
yan Dick Hadley, walked off
with top honors at two area
dog shows over the weekend.
Sergeant was named best
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FINDING THE GOING rough is Lea Carl of Lancaster,
Pa., whose micro midget race car climbs the wall
after the steering gear broke in a collision during the
nine-day stand at the top of
the Pacific Coast League’s
Eastern Division.
Indianapolis, idle Monday,
The nightcap was a
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Salt Lake City Tuesday in a
By Associated Press
Willie McCovey isn’t standing still. He
can’t. His feet hurt when he does.
McCovey, whose throbbing size 13-D
tootsies feel comfortable only when he’s
on the move, got out of the batter’s box
quickly Sunday, hammering Bob Miller's
first pitch in the 10th inning for a homer
that powered the San Francisco Giants to
a 4-2 victory over Los Angeles
McCovey’s homer, his second of the
game and fifth of the season, was the
first off Miller in 76 games and 143 in-
nings dating back to last April and put
the finishing touches on a lost weekend
for the problem-plagued Dodgers.
The Dodgers got the complete diag-
noses on outfielder Tommy Davis Sunday
and learned that the 1962 and 1963 Nation-
al League batting champion would be lost
for at least three months with a broken
right ankle. Davis suffered the injury
sliding into second base in Saturday
night's game.
McCovey, meanwhile, gives every indi-
ning track Monday night as
By Jim Bell
Because of dwindling participa-
tion, the State Men's Bowling Associ-
ation is undecided as to whether it
will stage a fourth Masters tourna-
ment in 1966.
Rocky Hansen won the third annu-
al classic Sunday, worth $150 and a
trophy. Hansen beat out fellow city-
an Bruce Turner in a sudden-death,
two-game set that climaxed a double
elimination finals round at Holiday
Lanes.
This year's third Masters drew
only 109 entrants. The 1964 competi-
Tvmr
The 89ers open a seven-
4-ply Mylou
Limited quantitios
ALL
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(ma hr Mg art)
now only
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Made in
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sell for (an
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cation that a pair of specially designed
shoes are solving his problem. With his
feet aching last season he hit only .220
with 18 homers and 54 runs batted in, a
big drop from his 1963 production of 44
homers and 102 RBI with a .280 average.
The 25-year-old slugger still is uncom-
fortable when he's standing around but
there's nothing wrong when he's moving.
And that's what he’s been doing with a
.362 average, those five homers and 13
RBI.
Elsewhere, Philadelphia took both ends
of a doubleheader from Milwaukee, 6-0
and 10-7, St. Louis defeated Pittsburgh
twice 9-5 and 5-4, Cincinnati swept the
New York Mets 9-4 and 10-8 and the Chi-
cago Cubs ended Houston's 10-game win-
ning streak, 6-3.
McCovey hit a two-run homer following
Jesus Alou’s single in the seventh inning
and then put the Giants ahead to stay in
the 10th. A walk, a sacrifice and Harvey
Kuenn’s single produced an insurance
run.
^JOEESCOZ
GA 4-3323 N.E. 23rd & KELLEY
Sunday,
swept a
Jay O’Neal, U of Oklahoma grid, aide in charge of
offense, was presented a second child by his wife, Kar-
en, last month. Jay reported the second time around
wasn’t as hectic as the first.
In fact, he said, the night before get-to-the-hospital
time arrived, "She won $5.74 from me at gin rummy.
home stand at 7:45 p.m.
against Salt Lake City Tues-
day, two batterymates will
be on the active list.
They are pitcher Connie
Grob, a veteran of last sea-
son's wars, and young catch-
er John Griffin, who was
purchased from Elmira and
is due to be in Oklahoma
City flannels for the first
time.
Grob has not made an ap-
pearance, having been
placed on the inactive roster
prior to the April 17 opener.
Griffin’s presence will add
some needed insurance, in-
asmuch as Jim Campbell,
originally the No. 2 man be-
hind Jerry Grote, suffered a
split finger in the final game
at San Diego on Thursday.
All three catchers will be
carried and Campbell may
be cast in a utility role with
additional duties as a third i
baseman and pinch hitter.
Prior to Tuesday’s opener
of a three-game series which
precedes four games at All
Sports Stadium with San Di- l
ego, Grote will receive the I
first annual A. G. Meyers I
Trophy in recognition for hit- I
ting the first 89er home run. I
First kids’ night of the I
season is set for Friday.
tion between 32 of the state’s out-
standing bowlers had a field of 157
after the initial Masters in 1963 drew
267.
“We Just don't know right now,"
replied Sonny Flynn, Association of-
ficial, when asked about the future
of the Masters. “I don't know what
has caused the drop off in entries. It
has caused the prize fund to become
smaller.”
There was a large turnout to
watch Hansen and Turner, who has
qualified for all- three Masters, duel
for the title.
Oklahoma City's 89ers got a sure-would-like-to-see-
you-but-not-right-away note from former teammate Jim
Beauchamp recently.
On an announcement of the birth of 7-pound, 4.
ounce Timothy Van Beauchamp, Jim penned a message
informing his friends, "Dave .(Giusti) and I are roomies
(on the road). We miss you all but hope we don't see you
until the end of the season.”
Apparently they won’t because Giusti is off to a blaz-
ing 4-0 pitching start and Beauchamp, although batting
only .238 in 21 trips is a must-be-respected, free-swinging
pinch-hitter. ... R
If it weren’t for the amount of loot they're stuffing in
armored trucks for trips to the bank, Houston Astro offi-
cials might be on the verge of thinking their domed sta-
dium is ill-starred.
First there was the little matter of spending $31.6
million to construct the Astrodome and then discovering
you couldn't see a $1.50 baseball in it when the sun was
shining.
Oops! Network Trouble
Sunday morning the Astrodome was to be featured
on the world-wide telecast produced with the help of the
Early Bird satellite. To be sure there was a Texas-size
crowd in the stands, all children 16 and under were ad-
mitted free.
. The gates and five restaurants were opened at 10
a.m. The $2 million scoreboard was primed to do its
stuff for an estimated 300 million viewers.
And when the big moment arrived, transmission was
garbled and “viewers” mw nothing but black streaks
while hearing the sounds of batting practice and the
scoreboard erupting. . . .
Maybe Sunday's breakdown will help the tourist
business at the Astrodome, however. Guided tours are
conducted thrice daily at $1 per customer.
possession of the Western
division lead,
Dave Roberts was the
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The only other league
game saw Vancouver blank-
ficit between first and sec-
ond to percentage points and
Sellout Worth $250,000
Before the domed stadium opened, Houston front of-
ficers estimated the average ticket price per fan would
be $3.50 (you can pay $1.50 for general admission or $18,-
000 a year for one of the “sky boxes”) and visitors
would spend an average of $1.75 on concessions.
Thus, a jammad-to-the-skylights turnout of 48,000
means $250,000 plus goes into the Astro till. . . .
Add press releases I never finished reading: A list of
things which 16 players and brasshats predicted would
be results of playing in the domed stadium started off,
“The Astros will hit more home runs than any previous
season . . ,
Candidates for the Denver outfield during spring
training included former Colorado U back Leon Mavity.
Three of the four diamonds- at the Minnesota Twins’ mi-
nor league camp in Melbourne, Fla. have heavy-wire
backstops no more than 10 feet behind home plate.
Blazing in from third during an exhibition, Mavity
plowed into a fence head-on. When someone asked him
about his encounter with the fence, Mavity quipped, “It
wasn’t as tough as the Oklahoma line. . . .”
Murphy ‘Loosened Up9
Off to a .300 plus hitting start for Indianapolis is
former 89er outfielder Danny Murphy. Just a so-so per-
former here in 1963, the $125,000 bonus babe won another
shot at triple-A ball by having a good summer at Lynch-
burg, Va. in two-A. i.
Indy skipper George Noga, who managed Lynchburg
last year, said, "Danny finally loosened up. He wants to
be a big leaguer. And we (Chicago White Sox leaders)
want people like that. . .
If a spring trend continues, PCL may soon stand for
the Pacific CLOSE League. Of the first 96 games played,
34 were decided by one run. Tacoma is 5-2 in closies but
Salt Lake City has dropped five and Spokane four. Okie
City, San Diego and Portland have won three apiece.
0/192 ■ . > . "
Turner, who made the finals for
the first time, won the first two-
game set, 421-387, between the two
remaining finalists of eight. It was
Hansen's first loss of the final round.
But Hansen rallied to roll eight
strikes and win the first game of the
deciding two-game set, 232-195, He
breezed to a 459-409 triumph, hand-
ing Turner his second loss and elimi-
nating him.
The Masters is held in conjunction
with the State Men’s tournament
which goes to Tulsa in 1966, proba-
bly at Yale Bowl.
Tulsa. It gives him four best
D.. owned by Oklahoma Cit-Of breed championship. In
winning .,2-0,. Woody
. .. M Huyke s 355-foot, two-run ho-
for the circuit.
Portland and Tacoma en-
. had built leads of 2-0. 4-3 and
is 12-4, Oklahoma City 12-5 5-4.
. Minneapolis, who will
serve the Oklahoma City
team as general manager,
and Harry Sinden, manag-
er of the Minneapolis team
which is being transferred
to Oklahoma City.
Other members of the
league at present are St.
Paul, Omaha, St. Louis,
Memphis and Tulsa, but
Tacoma won its first game from their first road trip of
--------------------------- 1965 to launch their second
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Portland regained sole
of breed at the Southeast Ar- the toy group at Pine Rhiff
kansas Kennel Club Show at
_ , made the difference in the loaded triple doing most of
give the 89ers a split of the first Indianapolis-Salt Lake the damage. Bill Davis add-
ry would give the Bears a gle in four trips, but three
share of second-place with unearned runs in the third
the 89ers. An Oklahoma City undid everything the 89er its lop-sided victory
victory would close its de- veteran could muster.
CITY GETS CENTRAL HOCKEY TEAM
Another Hadley dog. Love
Pine Bluff and the Mid-Con- Charm, was named best of
Bears and suddenly find games from Salt Lake City,
themselves in second place 6-5 and 2-L while Denver
behind Indianapolis after a
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the 89ers wind up a four-
game series at Denver.
The Oklahomans have
dropped two straight to the
but there are reliable indications pointing to the location
of either St. Paul or Omaha in Fort Worth or Dallas be-
fore the 1965-66 season gets under way the last week in
October.
Jim Roederer. president of the All Sports group, pre-
sided at the meeting and announced that a contest would
begin immediately to select an appropriate nickname for
the team. J
Oklahoma City returns to hockey after a 29-year lay-
off. In 1933 and for three years after the Oklahoma City
Warriors skated in the old American Hockey Associa-
tion.
Games here this year will be played in the new Fair-
grounds Arena, which will be completed in tirhe for the
opening of the season but not in time for the team's
training camp which will be conducted at London, Ontar-
L0,.or nearby, for four weeks beginning in mid-Septem-
Roederer said that the move to bring ice hockey to
Oklahoma City was in keeping with a program of the All
Sports Association to give area fans a well-rounded,
year-around sports program, and he had high praise for
city officials whose cooperation has been largely instru- l
mental in bringing ice hockey back to town.
Original negotiations to secure a hockey franchise
for Oklahoma City opened about a year ago. Mst No-
vember, officials of the Boston Bruins visited here to as-
certain the possibility of moving the Minneapolis fran-
chise.
Of that visit, Weston Adams said:
"I left Oklahoma City with stars in my eyes and
dreams in my mind. I felt then that hockey should come
to Oklahoma City where the attitude of the people is •
electrifying. Even an outsider gets that feeling in this
city."
He went on to say he was proud, happy and optimis-
tic about the future, but there was no announcement of
the length of time covered by a contract with officials of
the use of the arena.
"My father pioneered ice hockey by moving the first
National League team to the United States in 1924 and I
can assure you we are not entering into this on any
short-term basis,” Weston Adams said.
Levins added strength to the position when he said
he was selling his house in Minneapolis and would move
his family here as soon as school is out.
While no roster or schedule is yet available, Levins
said the local team would play 35 home games and 35
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morning press conference in the Sheraton-Oklahoma HO-
tel. The announcement came from Weston Adams, presi-
dent of the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey
League. -
The Oklahoma City team will be a member of the
Boston organization but Adams said local officers will
guide the club.
Also at the press conference, conducted under the
auspices of the Oklahoma City All Sports Association,
were Jack Adams of Detroit, president of the Central
League; Bill Levins of
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