Tucson Daily Citizen from Tucson, Arizona • Page 64

OFF THE Some Fond Sports Memories By Lou Pavlovich So we're finally going straight. Our fulltime duties as promotion director of the Citi- i ren begin shortly, so this is a wonderful time to sit back and take stock of the world that has swooshed past us so quickly during the past several years. ONE OF OUR favorite stories deals with Bill the Tucson constable who just the other day won an i election that was tantamount to victory in the November! general election. I Sartori, several years ago, was called to Fort Grant, the school for wayward youngsters. He was asked to set up a recreation program and to help clean up a messy situation after things got slightly out of hand.

Sartori, once a world-ranked fighter under the name of Bill Santos, took over. He did a remarkable job and in no time had the youngsters busy with all especially boxing. One day a youngster reported to Fort Grant for the first time. He immediately reported to Bill and asked to be put on the boxing team. "You're Bill, aren't you?" the youngster asked.

Sartori was surprised. His curiosity aroused, Bill questioned the boy further and finally learned that his brother actually was the one who got into trouble. "But shucks, Bill, I wanted to box so bad and I learned you were such a good instructor that I took the blame for my brother so I could get sent here. When do I start boxing?" TO GET BACK to a current topic, we were fascinated by the enthusiasm of Salpointe High School students and backers last Friday night. The Lancers, as you know, dedicated their new football stadium against Catalina.

The football team displayed tremendous spirit. But that was more than matched by the enthusiasm of Bill Mehle, one of the Lancer coaches. Mehle was in the hospital with a painful case of kidney stones the day of the game. In fact, he was worked on that very same morning by doctors. But he somehow squeezed out of the hospital in time to watch the entire game then silently stole back to the hospital, a happy man after watching his Lancers upset Catalina.

ONE OF THE MOST colorful gents we have met on the sports beat is Bill Vale, who specializes in and sometimes amounts of money at the dog tracks. Vale once told us a rib-tickler about the legendary Titanic Thomas, one of the most fabulous gamblers of all time. It seemed that Thomas had come in contact with a bus boy by the name of "Goofy" whose mental capacity was equivalent to his nickname. Titanic coached this tongue-tied, anemic-brained, stuttering fellow carefully for six long weeks. Finally Goofy could spell "hippopotamus" and "rhinoceros" expertly and quickly.

"One day Goofy was late in getting a round of drinks and one fellow called him an ignorant unmentionable," Vale said. 'Oh, he's not so Titanic egged the man on. he is smarter than you think. In fact, I bet he can spell 'For how the other man asked quickly, sensing a kill. The bet eventually got pretty steep, $25,000, If I remember.

"Well, they trotted Goofy out and asked him to spell hippopotamus. "For $25,000 he guessed (Eitucn Luck PORTS Add Force WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPT. 21, I960 PAGE 29 Need Every To Drives Break To Nip Improved fundamentals and added speed lead Coach Jim LaRue's hopes for a University of Arizona football! victory over Utah Saturday night. "We'll have to play perfect football and get every break to win," LaRue said as he planned his last two big practices today and to-j morrow. i Later, in a talk before the Hughes Management Club, LaRue was asked how Arizona would do against Utah, a team which defeated the Cats 54-6 last year.

"THEY BEAT the socks off us last vear," he answered. "I don't think they'll beat us that bad Saturday night." Along with improved fundamentals and added speed, LaRue said another asset was the experience his players had in his system as compared to last year, LaRue's first at Arizona. TO OFFSET these assets, however, LaRue said he believed lack of game experience this year was his biggest problem. "Utah already has played a game (Utah defeated Hawaii, 33-6). They know how their players will react in situations.

We don't. We'll just have to wait and see." LaRue was pleased with yesterday's lengthy drill. One reason for his satisfaction was the passing of Eddie Wilson who moved back into full- scale contact work for the first time in several days. Eddie has been hampered by a sore throwing shoulder. BASEBALL SCOREBOARD AMERICAN LEAGUE Pet C.B.

New York 57 Baltimore 42 .575 4 Chicago 83 42 .572 fh Washington 72 73 .497 Htt Cleveland 72 73 .497 15Vj Detroit 47 79 .459 21 Boston 43 .434 24V4 Kansas City 52 92 .361 35 Yesterday's Results Baltimore 4, Boston 3 New York 2, Washington 1 Detroit Cleveland 1 Only games scheduled Today's Pitchers Kansas City (B. Daley 15-14) at Chicago (Wynn 15-10 er Score 4-10), night Washington (Ramos 11-15) at New York (Ford 10-9) Boston (Sullivan 6-16) at Baltimore (Barber 10-6), night (Only games scheduled). TomorroWi Schedule No games scheduled. NATIONAL LEAGUE Pet. GB Pittsburgh 90 55 .621 St.

Louis 83 60 .580 Milwaukee 82 43 Los Angeles 77 48 .531 13 San Francisco ....74 73 .503 17 Cincinnati 64 SO .452 24'A Chicago 55 .385 34 Philadelphia 53 93 .363 37Vi Yesterday's Results Ian Francisco 5, Chicago 2 Pittsburgh 7-3, Philadelphia St. Louis 3, Los Angeles 2 Cincinnati 9, Milwaukee 0 Today's Cincinnati (OToole 12-11) at Milwau- (Spahn 20-9) nisht. Los Angeles (Drysdale U-13) at St. teuls (Jackson 17-12) nloht. Only games scheduled.

Tomorrow's Schedule Oilcaga at Pittsburgh, 2 Only games scheduled. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Final Playoff Rochester 1 (Toronto leads 1-1 AMERICAN ASSN. Final Playoff Denver Louisville 3 (Denver leads SOUTHERN ASSN. Final Playoff Little Rock Birmingham A (10 innings, series tied 2-2) PAN-AMERICAN SERIES Tulsi (TL) 11, Mexico City Tigers (ML) I (Tulsa leads 2-0) Chamberlain Is Back COMMACK, L.I. UPI Wilt Chamberlain, who smashed practically all National Basketball Association scoring records last season, leads the Philadelphia Warriors against the New York Knickerbockers in an exhibition game at the Long Island Arena, Oct.

7. 2 Schools Vague About New League EUGENE, The future plans of both the University of Oregon and Oregon State College regarding membership in an athletic conference are indefinite, spokesmen for the two schools said yesterday. Each will send representatives to meetings at Salt Lake City Oct. 3-4 on a proposed new Great Western college conference, but each also agreed its merits would be carefully studied before any decision could come. The new conference would include Washington State, Utah, Brigham Young, New Mexico, Arizona, Arizona State at Tempe and the two Oregon schools as proposed.

However, spokesmen for both Oregon schools declined comment on a meeting of the Athletic Association of Western Universities or Big Five Monday at Stanford. An AAWU spokesman said it was interested in enlarged membership, but he said membership could come only through an application to the conference. Neither Oregon school has applied. Dean William C. Jones, acting president of Oregon, said: "We are receptive to the idea of a new conference, but we don't want to enter into any new conference with a spur of the moment decision." Kusli Tough Game From Buffs TEMPE Coach Frank Kush of Arizona State University says his squad can't afford to underrate West Texas State next weekend.

Looking over movies of West Texas' 38-14 loss to Texas Tech last Saturday, Kush commented: "You see two things in a hurry. One, that Texas Tech gets stronger every year and, two, that West Texas State played them a close one throughout the game." Player Fair After Neck Injury John Walls was slightly improved, but still in fair condition, this morning after rushed to St. Mary's Hospital yesterday afternoon with a cracked vertebra in his neck. A junior varsity halfback at Tucson High, Walls suffered the injury when he slammed into the line during scrimmage. When the 15-year-old sophomore failed to get up, he was taken to the THS training room.

His mother was summoned to transport him to a doctor's office, from where he was rushed to the hospital. He was not paralyzed. "The trainer on the field saw there was a bad situation out there," said THS Principal Andy Tolson. "But it is our policy to contact the parents before taking any action in a case like this." By United Press International As if the Yankees and I'irates weren't rtTl! enough in their race to the World Scries, along come and Labine. i The renowned "Yankee Luck" popped up at an oppor-1 tune time last night when catcher Earl Battey of the Wash-! ington Senators dropped an easy throw to the plate in the eighth inning and permitted a run which gave New York a 2-1 victory.

AND CLEM LABINE, who earlier this season appeared to be drifting out of the major leagues, contributed a throe- inning hitless relief job in the nightcap of a doubleheadcr to help Pittsburgh complete a 7-1, 3-2 sweep against the Philadelphia Phils. The Pirates' double triumph widened their National League lead to six games and reduced their pennant-winning "magic number" to five. The Yankees maintained their four-game bulge in the American League and reduced their clinching figure to six. IN OTHER A.L. GAMES, the Baltimore Orioles took over second place when a fluke eighth-inning single by Brooks Robinson gave them a 4-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers drubbed' the Cleveland Indians, 9-1.

Chicago and Kansas City were idle. The St. Louis Cardinals gained a game in their quest for second place in the N.L. by edging the Los Angeles Dodgers, 3-2; Jay Hook of the Cincinnati Reds pitched a two-hitter to beat the Milwaukee Braves, 9-0, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Chicago Cubs, 5-2, in the only afternoon game. IN THE YANKEES-SENATORS game, Mickey Mantle's 36th homer was nullified when reliever Jim Coates wild- pitched home a Washington run in the ninth.

Coates had come to the relief of rookie Bill Stafford, who yielded only four hits until he loaded the bases in the ninth. Bill Skowron then led off the llth with a single off reliev-, er Don Lee. A sacrifice, an intentional walk to Yogi Berra and another pass to Gil McDougald loaded the bases. Tony Kubek then hit a routine grounder to third baseman Harmon Killebrew, who threw home for what looked like an easy force out and possibly a double play. But Battey dropped the ball, permitting pinch-runner Joe DeMaestri to race home with the winning run.

Eli Grba was the winner in relief and Lee the loser. NEW YORK'S CASEY STENGEL Is he in or out? Readies For Race NEW V. Lark recent winner of the United Nations Handicap, has started final preparations for Saturday's $100,000 Woodward Stakes at Aqueduct. The nation's top 3-year-old arrived at the Big A from Atlantic City Tuesday. Bond Approved By Casa Grande CASA City Council has voted to proceed with a proposed $110,000 bond issue as Casa Grande's part of financing a training camp for the San Francisco Giants' farm clubs.

If the bond issue is approved by the voters, the proceeds will be used to pay for part of the land and to build a stadium at the camp site near Casa Grande. The Giants are expected to spend another $1.5 million or more for additional land, player housing, practice fields and other facilities. ANOTHER LANE SURPRISE Dykes Rehired; Needs Slugger Dykes will manage the Cleveland Indians in 1961, and, he says, if General Manager Frank Lane gets him a long-ball hitter, "The outlook for next season is bright." "I'm not one to go overboard," said the 63-year-old night in praising Most NY Writers Believe Casey Will Quit This Year the fourth-place Indians after inking a one-year contract to yond the present season. Whether Dykes got a raise in continue the managing job he: pay was not disclosed. took over on Aug.

3. "I think if we lack anything at all, it's a long ball hitter," Dykes said. "Knowing Frank Lone, as I do, I think we'll at Tucson next Ski Instructors Named GILFORD, N.H. UPI Olympians Penny Pitou of the United States and Egon Zimmerman of Austria will serve as skiing instructors at the Belnap mountain recreation area this winter, it was announced Tuesday. have one spring." Since Gary Bell developed arm trouble, pitching has been a problem for the Indians, but Dykes said "I like what I've seen" of the youthful hurling staff.

i IT WAS DYKES' handling i Alter of Barry Latman, who has won six straight, and Bobby Locke that helped decide Frank Lane to retain the vet- Although the Indians have lost 27 and won only 22 since Dykes took over, Lane said he feels "Jimmy has done a most creditable job." Injuries to infielders Woodie Held and Johnny Temple, Bell and outfielder Harvey Kuenn were factors in the Indians fadeout since the All-Star game intermission. eran manager, Lane said. That and restoration of club discipline. Both Dykes and Lane made it clear that when Jimmy came here from Detroit and Joe Gordon left to take Dykes' job managing the Tigers, no commitment was made be- Field Tries Again OSTERVILLE, Mass. MP) trimmed-down field will try the third time get in the qualifying round of the Sixth Annual U.S.

Seniors Golf Tourney. Heavy rain yesterday, postponed, for the second straight day, the qualifying round over the oyster harbors course. By MILTON RICHMAN NEW Stengel will retire shortly after the World Series and Ralph Houk will succeed him as manager of the New York Yankees, United Press International has learned on the best possible authority. Stengel made up his inind to quit at the end of this season, even before it started, and has spoken about it to this writer, offhandedly now and then during the past six weeks. Casey's retirement has always been a sore point with he has faced up to the fact that it is far better to leave ns a winner rather than a loser.

"I don't blame them for asking me all those questions about my leaving," he said to this writer before last night's game with Washington. "They've got a right to ask," he went on. "But I still feel it's my own business and I told 'em all I'd give 'cm my answer in October, That's soon enough, isn't it?" The Associated Press has learned, however, that a majority of the New York reporters who have travelled with the Yankees believe Casey will retire. Joe Trimble, of the News, thinks Stengel will retire. He goes a step further and believes Casey will be succeeded by Al Lopez, currently the manager of the Chicago White Sox.

"All of us hope Casey manages the Yan- keeis the rest of his life," said Trimble, "bufl think he's become a bit tired of the grind. His advanced age and his ailing health is a factor, too." Gus Steiger, of the Mirror, believes Casey will be back. "Stengel will never quit," he said en)- phatically. "Baseball is his life." Dan Daniel of the World Telegram arid Sun, agrees that Stengel will not quit but he believes Casey will be fired if the Yankees fail to win the pennant. "If he loses, he's through," declared Daniel.

"If the Yankees win, I don't see how they can fire him." Leonard Shecter of the Post is another who thinks Stengel might possibly be fired. "Stengel won't leave unless he's fired," said Shecter. "He may be fired, win or lose." Jack Lang of the Long Island Press believes Stengel will retire only if the Yankees win the pennant. "If the Yankees should lose this pennant, and I don't sec how they can," said Lang, "Casey will be back next year. He wants to win one more championship and he'll stay until he does.

No, he won't be fired." Lou Effrat of the Times is of the opinion Stengel will quit because "he'll have that. pennant he's been after. There's also the age factor. 1 think for the first time Casey is a little tired of it all. He's independently wealthy, you know, and he doesn't need this." Said Til Fcrdenzi of the Journal-American: "He will retire at end of the year, undoubtedly he will win the pennant and that will be the climax of his great career, winning 10 pennants, the same as John McGraw.

Then he will have had everything." SPORTS CLIPPINGS From Wire Services Don Whitt, Borrego Springs, has taken the individual scoring lead in the Portland Open Pro-Am. He carded a 66 yesterday Jerry West of West Virginia has signed a contract to play basketball with the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Assn. The Toronto Maple Leafs, losers of four straight exhibition hockey games, whipped the Boston Bruins, 4-1 last night in Los Angeles The Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League have claimed Mike Falls, 240-pound guard, from the Green Bay Packers The Houston Oilers, one of the strongest ground-gaining teams in football, today held the team lead in the American Football League. The Oilers have averaged 404 yards on the ground while winning their first two games The Denver Bears defeated Louisville, 6-3, last night to begin their fight to become the first American Association team champion since 1956 to win the league's playoff. Golden Pin Aims For Oct.

15 Opening With its opening date less than a month away, Golden Pin Lanes is making its presence known on the Casa Grande Highway. Construction of the building is nearly complete after its pre-fabricated concrete parts were trucked down from Phoenix. Key to the rapid assembly was a set of 130-foot concrete T-beams, claimed to be the largest ever manufactured in the United States. They form the building's ceiling and, according to contractor Jim Kesicki, will make it easy to expand the plant in the future. The beams are shown being aligned on their supports (left) and after being trucked into Tucson (above).

These photographic International photos were taken by Tommy Carroll. The 32-lane house is scheduled to open Oct. and will bring the total number of bowling lanes in the city to 152. It is being built by Kesicki, Gus Holish and George Joch, with Mike Bradnan serving as technical advisor. Lyle (Doc) Summey, former manager at Keglers' Lanes, has been hired as assistant manager, but no full-time manager has been named as yet.

Billed as the most modern bowling house in the. city, the Golden Pin will addition to Brunswick automatic cocktail lounge, nursery, sports shop, conference room, restaurant and" coin-operated laundry. Leagues are now being formed for the new house..