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Independent from Long Beach, California • 19

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IP T1 r111 A m. 's "'y'' BANiWiSomB-APtatta tP- CAPE TOWN, South Africa CP) The Soviet Union, which played a large part in having South Africa excluded heartier this year from the Mexico City Olympics, la pressing hard to have that country ousted from other world sport vv; Hsny Getz, president of the South African Amateur Swimming Unlon, said Friday the agenda tor the next hH ternatioaal Swimming i Federation (FINA) Congress in-, chides a Soviet motion to expel South Africa. Getz said he. learned this when he received an ad-vance copy of the agenda as a member of tip FINA execu-' five committee. The Congress will be held in Mexico Oty doling the Olympics In October.

Russia baa a motion seeking South Africas expulsion rounds -by Carlds Duran, the; European because ofltsTace policies also on the agenda for the Iik ichampioiif V'o temational Lawn Tennis Federation meeting In Monte-'' Cologpeprosecutof Paul Kleinopened helped Elze last the full 15 rounds Of pun- doping scandal only recently when profes Carlo In yv 1 1 preliminary investigation into possible Ishment by Duran, anArgentine-bom. Ital-: sional cyclist Wolfshohl drew 'a Getz sald the Russian move was not unexpected after negligent homicide immediately after had been circulated. y-' months suspension for allegedly -using the part Russia "played In the recent International OIym- hearing the from 'TTof The. rumors'; became public during Herzig is W'olfshohls handler, pife Committee discussions to exclude South 4 Guenther Dotzauer. director of the Co- Elzes dying hours when Thursdays Loering demanded, He predicted similar motions will appear on the agen- logne lnstitute of Legal Medidne, that a tion of the natiohally-circulated Bild-Zei- public announcement of the doping test of other international sports federetlons.

dopingsubsUiice wasf ound in aurine tung headUped, Was Elze Doped?" performed on Elze, He said this would bari- v- ish any suspicion, but the. tests confirmed the The men in Elzes corner June i.2 could immediately, be. reached for comment after Dotzaueria statement. Prosecutor: Klein.1 said bis: preliminary investigation will determine if grounds for a full-dress legal Inquiry de-. cide if negligent homicide was involved.

f'. Ujidisr suspiciori would be the person, or persons who may have given Elze the ppssibly the: ring Klein V- far as Hettasch; is the inquiry have to establish wheth-. er he had grounds to suspect doping while lettingthe fight go pm. v. v.

SET U.S;: STEEPLECHASE RECORD "i Saturday; "SECTION the meet record by two-, tenths. Teammate John Carlos mistakenly with the same yriifle Ronnie- Ray Smith was in 20.4: Im going to run in the trials next Smith said, but dont knpwi: about the Olympics. I dont know what factor will decide it for me. We are. still having meetings about the boycott Hto boycott turned in a 'Sparkler; meter, spring in 45.0, equal No.l In the i Other outstanding effmts induced the jayehn.

fiingbyErankCovelli of the CCandTracy Smiths 28:47.0 in the 10,000. The crtwvd jot 18,625 failed to activate the adren-alini of two former greats, high jump record holder jDhnThomas Was unableto qualify, for the blymp ic trials, and Mly Mills, hero at Tokyo, dropped out of tiir 10,000 after 24 miles; The Southern. California i Stridereretained thbir team Don Long Bch, student, won the S.OOOmeter wa in well, waBt Leading from' Starters gun to. finish tape, he was dodted ln 1237.9, bettering the meetrecord by 15 seconds. He missed his Ameri- can by only three eh: route Only two seconds off the 85 year old American record' tqr ort mile, Ron; Laird of the New York.

AC war second in Larry Walker of San Pedro third in Its a good bet these three will blaze the U.S. colors at CiW Rem I of the Cemtinued Pg. C-4, Col. 4) By JOHN DIXON SUff Writer .7 A CR A N.T Geoie Young may not be the -greatest runner the bias ever known, but i -ftp one evier put together a bettfr' Rurihing indoors: and out-- and 107 decree desert; gallbping f- two. 5,000 meters, three the steeple; chase; Young is Untied, untes ted in 1 968.

He hopes to retire with a' perfect reeprd after Mexico City Olympiad. in the- National K. A A djampionslups at Skcraihento, Young turned steeplechase into. two. races Young, and the re? V'V maindw of the entries, Althwigli he had no.

chat i lenge; Young annihilated the American record, His tiitte was 8I3Q.5, wdL under Pat -Traynors old standard of 832.4, and; ii hardy hn- provemeht. on his own ca ttJIS LOSES RACE TO BASE Chicago White $ox roadrunner Luis Aparacio found damp infield at Chicago to his undoing. Friday night when dampness kept hifii from stealing second base. Aparicio was tagged, nut by Boston shortstop Rico Petrt of rain-delayed doubleheader. june 22,1968 PAGE c-l the eightiti Ron Swoboda, batting tofj Art Shamsky, in the last two agah Jim Brewer.

Insharp contrast to. the pleasantriM reeled off by Hodges, Wtiter Alston found many faults leading to the Dodgers ninth1 Ipse in their last 12 outings. Jim Lef ebvre, making his third, start last 54 games, was singled out for two major boo-boos. After, Linz single in. the third, inning, and with; the.

game still' scoreless, Fairiy threw a strike to Lefebvre at second ahd caiight relson twosteps awayfrom the bag: But Lefebvre was two steps on the other side and the Dodgem missed the thirii dufc idont lojow why. Le-febyre wasnt bn the base, said Alston. In the seventh. Fairies first, homer the. third game; Of the season, also agaiiist the Mets made It a 2-1 contest to start the in-; ning.

T. ef ehvre followed with a drive to the alley in left-center, but Was. thrown (Continued Pg. C-4, Col. 1) il V.

V' A- WVmHH reer; cum laude perform ance in Olym-'. piad, 834.2. Bob Price was second in 8353,4 Conrad. Nightingale ftirdin 838-4. "I was aiming tour under Young said, a disappointed, fbut Ibotched up on the water jump three iid more, to the times than, ever before, I think I-m in condt tion how to beat- Roelantj record holdet at Kudinsky, (of any- star, bui he was the bright-; est this 80th 'axy timt saw meet reccids-; knifed in; idmoSt every Tommie Smith was ter-.

rific, as usuaL Well back iji the.200. dash ait the halfway poih Smith accelerated as though the law were after him by ayard end. 6ne-half in 20.3, bettering -i-' -'i. -AMERICAN LEAGUE WvL Pct GB Detroit 43 24 342 Balt. 34 30 .531 7 qeve.v 36 32 329 7.

Minn. 34 32 .515 8 32 33, .492 10 Boston 3132A92 10 Angels 3134 377 IL New York 30 35 462 12 Chicago 29 35 .453 12 Wash. 25 35 397 Fridays Results' Boston 6-4, Chic. 3-14. Cleve.

4, Detroit 3. New York ll.Minn. 6 -Wash. 7, Oauand 3. Balt.

4, Angels X' TODAY, Rillimart (HmHn M). al Ntw.YoiS iSOiMM jWInntMta at new has been the Mets most rhythmic hitter for a month. He has a nine-game streak with 15 hits hi 28 chances for a 336 pace. With two; hits hh: broke into the leagues top 10 with a 303. average ana against lefthanded etching he lias been a terror all sea-sohat .464.

It hhis. against losing left-hander Claude Osteen 6-9) that Chariesdnoveini the Mats first two: runs With a double in the tiiird innbg. Bud Harrdson and had singled ahead of Jn eighth imting, afr ter Ron Fairlys homer had brought the Dodgers to 2-1, Charles salted away the; seventh win in eight tied'-: sions for Erick Selma with a single against reliever John error, by third base-man Bob Bailey, after, two were, out, made the three. New York runs unearned in released at the end pf the season. The Mets were looking for.

youtiv but none could do the Charles was invited to sprmjftraining for another Hodge's liked isriiat he saw: We were fortunate' to be able to Sign him again, DODGER OF DAt RON FAIRLY honored for only run as. Dodgers lost 'to Mets, 5-1. toid "Both Charles and (Phil) Lina went throgh the draft and could; have been picked up by anyone. Charles has done a great job fdr us and Fm glad for him. Its always pleasant to -see-kn oldef fellow do a good job.

Charles, whb writes poe-. try as a hobby and has had some of his work published. BUC BOUNCED 'a Umpire John Kibler ejects Pirate coach Water Sding Greater South Bay Championships, Marine a.mr Southern foimia junior ch amp ion- ships, LA- Tehnis, Club; 8 Legion Baseball Flyers vs. Lakewood, 1130 a.m.; Wilmington vs. Alam-itos Bay, 2 both Blair.

Field; Peterson vs. San Pe- dro. Harbor College, 130 p.m.; Shua vs. Sam Thomas, Houghton Park, 30 pun. CCBL Batoball-San Fer nando vs.

Salta. Pontiac, Long Beach City College, Horse Radng Holly-wood Park, 1:15 p.m. Connie Mack Baseball John tons Sawdust vs. San. Pedro, 6 p.m.; Hawaiian pardens Vs.

Lynwood, 8 p.m. bo th Blair Field. Bicycle Racing Encino Velodrome, 630 pm. Drag Racing Lions Drag Strip, 7 p.m.. Baseball Grioles vs.

Angels, Anaheim Stadium, 8 p.m. Auto Racing Figure stocks, Ascot Park, 8 pm, SoftbaU Oxnard vs. i ehawkf, Park Ave, Field, 8:15 pm. RollerGames Olympic Auditorium, 830 games which featured late bowed out against the. Birds' in the ninth the bases loaded.

1 It looked like another great finish for the Angels in the -ninth. Jim Fregosi singled with, one but -and ANGEL; OF. DAY jACk- HAMILTON, made his first appearance since June 9th when he was sidelined by a rib Injury, ire -corded two scoreless scored on Rick: Reichardts double tb right-center. Bal- timore Starter Dave Me-. Nalljr issued bis first walk of the game, sending Bubba Mortim to first, and theti 1 Alex Grammas during Friday game in Pittsburi against San Francisco.

Grammas disputed tell bill Mazeroskt Was at' bat -V' By GEORGE LEDERER Writer NEW YORK For, the first time since: their inception, the Mets have a pleas ingball club. Gil Hodges, the manager, is pleased because the Mets are only a game under 500 and their 32-32 record is the ever at this of. the The4 farts are pleased because 722312 have turned but for 29 dates at Shea Staium. Fridays crowd was 46,868 and it was another pleasant evening as. the Mets donquered the Dodgers for the fourth time in a tow, 51, Hedges especially happy because Ed Charles was the Mets batting star, driving, in the first three' runs with a double and A single.

Charles is a 35-year-old retread, purchased from Kansas City a year ago, but Hank Bauer told McNally to take a walk to the' shower. In came Moe Drabovjpky, who issued a walk to pinch hitter. Roger Repoz to load the bases. A veT interesting titiiatiom Three men on, oiie 4out, two runs behind. The Orioles, however, quickly removed the interest for Angel fans.

Drabow-sky got Leo Rodriguez to fly to. short right and then Pete Rkhert cgme in from the bull pen to retire Tom. fly left and eiid the game- McNaHy Umited the An-gels fo tix hits while notching seven strikeouts. The Halos had put together sin BOOG BIG BIRD IN ATTACK 4X NATIONAL LEAGUE 'Pct SC Louis 42 25 ,62.7 i rr: -Atlanta 35 31 330 6J4 San Fran. 36 33 322 7 PhBa, 31 30 8 Dodgers 3J 35 300 8 New York 32 33 .492 8 31 33 .484 955.

Chicago 31, 34 -477 10 30 35, -462 11 Houston 26 40 394 15ft Fridays Results gles by. Bobby Xnoop and Vic Davalillo in the third to score a run but they were under McNally spell until the ninth, Powell meanwhile, got Baltimore off the right atari with bis gigantic first-inning homer off George Brunet after Fred Valentine had singled. Brunet retired the Orioles in order in the second through the fourth timings. Baltimore, however, -produced fifthon singles by Paul Blair and Dqn Bufoid: and 'then kay-oed Brviiet the next inning Frank Robinson doubled to. opeii the sixth and came scooting homon Dave By FRED CLAIRE Staff Writer In Baltimore there are signs 1968 as "The Year of the Biid far tis been Detroits year: The.

other clubs have had too many streaks where they ha ye been tor the Kurds, Regardless, it ap-; pears as though it will year bf the big bird in Balti-more John (Boog) The 240-pound Oriole first baseman slugged a 458 foot two-nin. homer in the iretVinning at Anaheim Stadium Friday night as. The )lalos, who had won six of their previous seven V'. 'u. says PowdL "It means tliey cant afford to walk me.

And with Brooks (Riftin' son) batting fifth. it: means they. cant afford 'to walk 4 anybody. PMC -liottmr. ma-isi'.

(Continued Pg, C-4, Cot 2) rnsToire on: jlxtd xy-i Atlanta Braves vs. St. Louis CaidihaivKNBG (4), 11 a.m. Canadian Open, KNXT Grand Prix Five, KTLA (5), 4 pa. The Racers Craig mid Lee Breedloye.KABC (7), 4 p.mi -V.

Hollywodd Park Feature 5 prni, Wide Wortd of Sports, 'RAO (7 Sun; RADIO Baltlmore atAngels, KMPC, 8p.m. Chicag0 3, Cine. 2. San Fran. 3, Pitts.

0. New York 5, Dodgtes I. jf r' Houston 1 vSL Lbiiis 4 Atlanta 3. mmms Tmihawr -v wm 1 veer Corwkfc fHtiiur! Aflanto (Jinrif 7-4) St. mmr t- t-''.

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