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.1 A (', I f-'-T- -K iIJi: -Tiy-'A' "if- C. i 1 fe; ii 77 i- 4 -t J.J--, I 1'; A-vy 3'-' 1 IP I v': V' Si; -A 1 i-J. tr t--4 j's 1 wv r. k- rELEGRAM-S-3 A -w- -i i i 1 I L'l I r-J I By GORDON VERRELL: Staff Writer -jusj-v. -i hard.

as. he Iwd. he tnt-pitch to -VI a greafin- hit--1' Thats really impor- everyone is just ted has helped me so much and so has Mike Epstein at first base as well as of the season. Im sure that work as wont happen this time. Im docs; has been.

ready now. mentally and High- then slapped three sharp, line, drives in a row-and Williams was beaming- He his.1 a chance to be some kind of hitter. Youre, going to hear plenty from iliams; surrounded by news- Ill guafthtee you men, stopped talking, youngster, stepped into the batting cage and Ted Wil- with my hitting. ha's, been tant. only thing I worked with; Frank-How-- Wg-club so he caii last was get-' wprk "out as much 'as he ting ii good pitch to hit Id cariJV Vyilliams say.

good pitch to hit i-d made: a miich working' with Burroughs. CU 'If 'Epstein; Jeff already; has' that mhape, too. so Hes only 19. TIng play Jeftas much an wed-, got It all ahead of sv -y 1 2-' i 1 i wT9iii VLg club through O' sprtng but will be sent to .4 1 draft chbice last 'June; received the largest fever 'the, minor league 'next Week. i Says Ted William smiled and said That-Ud is-Jeff roughs and lemme tell you, has everything it takes to be one of the fin-; est righthanded.

hitters: in the game in another three -or four years. Jeffrey Alan Burroughs, 19.and less than a year out of Ung Beach's Wilson YBRO BEACH, Fla. 'Some folks undoubtedly snicker- when Willie Davis 'says he might hit .400 thisw season. '-1 here. is greatest experience of iny -games.

r. weighed nu merous college offers before deciding on baseball and toe-big swag from the -Senators. everything togeth-. er and decided on baseball, Burroughs pointed want to go to col-: lege, though. put in mester at Long Bfedbh Ci(y" College over; toe winter You get to talk to' the guys He has two wonderful 1 and toey really.

try to help, qualities ai a hitter. the Frank Howard -arrived in' manager went on. One, camp just a day or so agoV' he hits th balL. He makes already, just seeing contactr 1 like that. And life.

Burroughs smiled after leaving the cage. "This is my first spring here and Yes, it was a pretty good Jeff agreed, but -really got tired at toe end JEFF BURROUGHS ''Everything. It Takes' i -v One doesnt laugh at toe possibility is Ted --sU'-illiams the manager (d the Senator 5f-- 11 IATKSTPLANs aed I'Hr-keep plugging- awajr until I get and the last man to hit the ateuii I seen Willie much. Ted remarked be fore the- Senators clipped the Dodgers. 8-2, Saturday? -hut I know he can 4 Tve always said there dj another hitter Jeff singled and drove'in a -run Saturday in Wash -v ingtons 8-2 vie- tory over the.

Dodgers. Ies now 2-for-8 In the haven't fel at all '-right. he said. Ive been working a. lot in.

toe bat- ting cages; and trying' to veet mv swine Ted MlUVUKKi; (.11 Owners of the Seattle Pilots and a group of Milwaukee' businessmen have, reached a purchase agreement- to transfer, the Pilots to Wisconsin, the Oakland une reported Saturday, The finanrially-plagurd And toe-guy have tar be someone who can run. and someone who gets toe; bat onr the. balL Hell have'-1 in hi nri slljwimH hiffair: hardest.thing for Anybody who fights' is getiin up every mornin and run-nin and then eoih to the evm and boxin Scrap Iron. Most guys dont last 'cause a kliler. Bht my styles.

mosHy like his. I dont fear nobody. I dont ruh from rr i It; wasj. tor Bwr- roughs to hit again. He excused himself, and stepped back into toe cage.

hit 88 and couldnt riin.a Fifteenjnore hiti and its .400. But the Way WiHie runs' he might. bunt vy4H0, i Tighter since I was about 8 years old, My. brother' use4 to jump oh me all. the time, break' my-arm and toingsHe shore was a bully.

So 1 just madfe up my; mind to start fightin. But when I got grown he never. -'did try to fight me and th realized he was heipin me for my own -good keepin' me frohi goin The newspaper 'reported that Milwaukee Brewers would pay 89.5.millfoii for tie club and put million' for workiriglcapi-. tal. things corSe'inlo If 1 IAa' Illew 4Uw' A nia being'made likeJhe Astrorfvrf Ever heaf of lighter named George Johnson? Hmm, George Johnson, George John-son no, guess not- Writ, how about Scrap Iron Johnson? Oh, sure, -or Scrap jfvn, eveiybody Williams', who.

wls talk-. ing'; to soiie writer? again. sw a. iu-1 transfers uivb had ntnAkj' knows My uhde a iody shop and.T and getUn into trouble: Butl didnt I worked for him When Was.7br 8yeafs emte it, at the lor mm wnen was or years and thea went back 3 Navy il as -a icrril wiL Is a. flnrf hail ffiw crhnfror.

mflffiMB Piiir tn and few smoker- matches, fjui to Iron. Johnson George Er," pieces off toe Wars and things like that the Ipdswould see me goin dbwn tofc i keep from doin' work, you, know. But never thought I was gonna turn pro. Butr when. came 'out jobs were to get and jiis loved to fight' to 1 went on back to fightinV Then 'after my mother passed- couldnt see.

it ho more in Oklahoma, so one guy Who -I knew out here said thnfightin game was pretty good in Los Angeles. Johnsons first L-A. bout was jtoe key- track. The girls started callin'' me if another big bow quick a giiyY is. the more; he waif on tjie jiitch.

-TKats Davis; bag. 1 Ile collected two ntor Uilf-. Saturday, lies hit safely in ali eight til the Dudiren' eahteWl of the Dodgers games and note of his career. Substituting for Cleveland Williams, who' had been shot by a policeman, he -was -knocked out by Lincoln. But he won toe hearts 'of LA.

fight fans, they' have any, and remains one of toe more popular locals on his ness, if not hi success. Im just Scrap Iron, he says, You see me on the street, I dont care who it is. Im still me. Moneys ndt onna 1 change me. There appears tobe danger of that Scrap When I started playin! football the guys started callin me Scrap Iron.

Its an unhappy of Johnsons career that he is'distinguished more for his nickname than his achievements, 'lie fought most pf the big names among toe heavyweights. Lost to 'em, too Frazier, Sonny Liston, Eddie Machen; Thad Spencer, Henry Clark, Amos (Big Train) Lincoln another big nickname and Jerry Quarry. Just bum hick. Hes fought two cham- By DOS MERRY Staff Writer had forgotten ho'-throwso- if took ipe a full year El Paso to find out? jie related, It was like, startin' all over agai'n. I- had to learn not to baby the arm but just to get out Ihere.aod to i Last year May finished a 10-13 record Angels and posted a 4-9 record while intermittently flashing raw signs of brilliance.

In 1966 May pitched only 35 hiiiingsrat places like. Seattle and El Paso his left arm was dead and and sore. In 1967 there, was tokeq improvement. May. profess to any goals or objectives.

151 be satisfied, if I can win enough games -to help this -club win toe pennant Tm gettln in shape slow-, ly. takin my time mind you, but tak-in my time. Theres- no pressure on me this time. I know Ill be in there every four days. pressure on PALM SPRINGS The F-27 lurched toward die 'landing, strip, -at Palm' Springs' and it shook and if -and it rolled and it -reminded, you more oT a thrill rideat Disneyland than an airline.

Rudv May sat paralyzed plus, Fteler Mm to A. tlUe ud et, Gmtj. to lU Liston long afterhe lost it, and three olh- J0- er euvs who later got UtlTshots. work for, Jeff you know, Jeffer- 'Iato'tlot ifaSake ss High School, he says. Im sumpin Georgev Cause kmjw when Vfout a 8ecurity guard or what- Eddie Macfeen theygave aged 84 innings -of work i.

his horrible start, iind his and a 7-2 record "in a Clgss. ERA was a respectable A league. But in 1968 Jft.all toe 'came back'' and so; did joined the jtudy May. I guess, he Frazier or sumpin his average is .481 (13 lor It was season Willip D. put together, his celebrated 31-game hitting streak, toe longest in.

National League histoir. When Williams1 hit. .406 pu -1941 he had a 23-game hit-fi ting streak. The' main thing that" seasun. he recalled, I never had a slump longest hitless streak I had season, tliink.

was (h a row. called my "wife Williams, the American antlshe told me if I didnt Leagues manager of toe win. the next one not to in 1969, said the pgri" bother to come She -formance of his fourth-place- said 1 could a motel -Senators wasnt exactly a-room and she would see Surprise to him- that my clothes It was you guys, toe Uvered. I. think she-shook who were sur- prised he said, smiling.

could I be sur didnt' know, the w. team or the league' ot ap- thing wvfiehT started. This; we tiiuik a little better. We 4- were only, fomr games, piit of. second place but Baltb more; which1 ton byY9 games, is toe club Yf have, to be afterj': PWHSSf The Nats woa bed-bounce single oil Ti glove wtble Itie ottier wont to on, who bo hitHng Alt in IM siring Tm MunMy allowod Maasarsmltb and .21 innings run to tne.i 'look the Springs-.

Clyde Wright, Quean. Pauf Deyte and Daaais Renaetf a. a inw wiif DOPSCR ard' scheduled Jo bitch tor lh horn fighting but they don't wahta pay you nothin'. I think anytime a man got ability -and got a name mid people will come to fight, I think he oughta make a little money, too. Im not mad at nobody, but havent been gettin no action.

EXHIBITION BASEBALL sfaTi YiMAlL of ttiair Jatariiioa fudltncbl gntjand DiflflO GEORGE, WHO SAYS he's 29 to avoid admitting lies 30, meets Quarry again Thursday -night qt toe Olympic Auditorium. Four ago Quany knocked him but in two rounds or so the bok says. L. the words toey say: You Haraan, Mllkr Klrbir, Robert Kirby. Jran.

RodriwiMi Baknicn, yarbanic 10) Munaon. Wfa batinn. L1 RooMf- Ot MlaAia Pla. Atlanea Na IN na-1 ent. as 2 0 0 -w a 1 1 -Hgh tbulbs.

His 1 et -a. -d 1 utched the window curtain and the index fore-fingers of his right hand Yk ere, crossed- It Friday, the 13th, and Rudy May; a superstj- ONIKTHING ABOUT Scrap Iron.Tsrs always 'ready -to fight. Conditioniisnita factor because hegnever. given it serious Haraan. "lf Arlt 1 CMMo IN) () (j) and tllRSni Me-'.

WaliyT-tontmlttMHI- By arry -for-lba KS5 Of 1hlr WWon 0odljc.l.a to Stall It Nttrri wtrt aunttl a liittan a tha Htktar. nalhwlnq iMt two tattle One wet iilM Ve Sealtla Vaughn, Hagan, miton. CMIcaaa omm, Taiiv Atlanta vt. SaltMnora at West Pehn -Hall. Botch Cincinnati y.

New YorM at Tapiaa I J-f Houston- vi. MhHwceta at Orlando 12 I Oediers v. Washlaglen-at Pompano DwIL Uuv'-rifffd- aMflntrM1 Vork' Wt San Frentco, Bond. Andan Kifag Ity' tious was ouL. I was just called OuL What happened he -caught.

me with. a left hook, hit me right on the nerve. At toe time Tm mybair close and -so for a 'minute I paused, right there in the. jniddle of toe ring, and a 5-1 then I stumbled-all toe way hack across 1 the-ring bnd fell into the ropes; I was ar uttle dazed, hut when I got back up I was all right. i.

We started back throWif punches. He Everybody trains toe way jhey feel he says, ducking, under the-jab, you know stoat I mean? George also -doesnt make many predictions, although' he does say of Thurs 'days Im gonna wla it I dont know hokr. Im gonna win it; bat Im gonna winlt. See, I dqnt doYno braggin, cause, everybody know, me- and Pm; pot that type of guy. But I think it's my time, tost to Quarry on thtLlatters Watching liis life flash by In kaleidoscope fashion.

The F-27 was sucked downdraft and Rudy May closed his (oult' vi. CMcato A at StPoien-- sw i Ci'tv at Mexico Shiceoo n. it rone Isca gt. Phoe- Shu oton, 'B urban 4. Befvwy Jackson Mi savin iwnrrl be omatoyiM iirry thair, sixth genv MatmiMM and Web Clio- vidcry over was torewiu lots of puncbes and 1 was Mockin'.

em you know, rollin, and nff.lt looked like be was get-, and then -toby stopped the ieckln andit looked like he was tin tired ItlMm wtii2' llwi r. ltmv-qaiasUubCalaak cuma Ji a halt BHliiggil, Jba Oodaare.acp rigiilhandor, kook ttNuloH, (he rtxid to as many-slsrts Mm gssHMrs, tormsn Dodgar, drwg Mma lvva Hart Davts and- he meets again optoe enouglkboid sorge is somewhat resentful aint ro way I needAhiSv dowii. George Exhibition Today at Blair Field toe way and he made-all that iMUfiXo teen a vkfflj jwt him (U Hrrml; irpp tern i rum as did bail Iwo'of Ruck MoWteMtllng it ytn -Johnson lasted 10 rounds 'unto Frgzier, which may be his greatest claim to fame in a career speckled by nine ioss and three hr31 fights. It yru just smother shrugs sHir'a is HuSvCain 4 'Edoy fcjjyman b. Wood start me on MY jj aint too late.

v.y 's-ff IMD Padra Rimaa. tha vttariaif IMS Mi canw aii a took-aap--Mlcalad would tala. la. Srtatorg about bria Tha T1M Jf JLsa PMlliar Saturday was Ike went gt too mO oarlnB. A' cold wind Maw all.afttriieww' riguot, WlUiamo lavt Rooobarw will kelp.

"Las yaar.our catdtan bsttad Tad pobftad. out. "No ouOrtion (Wfl htR our el Idling. And Itiinks jurtw' Twm MtowimLsib imp hik3 i 5 by iho The Dougias Jets1will-. play ELRey Choriza of Los Angeles in-an exhibition baseball grnne today at' at Blair Field.

The Jets won the Nation-aj biviston of toe Southern California' semipro winter baseball league, and tost a 1-0 decision to the Long Beach Rockets in- toe 1 a g.u 's championship-game. f'r I ....2 ondthn 2 1 1 I nd Ifto JLeo Leaves Cu)s Alope for Cactus Win; OUie Aid Pads Combined News -Services instead of Busch Stadium Mayberry, shoved Joe Mna ton beat ttw AngdW twit punch' by signing Mm first. The W.ci J. PlUior GarroN lay today. At Wait Palm I gnd Senators slay 2 1 2 I II) aim neuwi iwows RfitfOH SfHI PsOgafi kv Montreal .400 lOs- Jtnkins.

Orlcn (5 the Chicago CulMdn during which he set dqwn the final 12 men id succession. Last year I' was 1-6 and wife threatened to throw me right out of toe house. I had a tot of excuses for toa-bad start but none of, them were. very convincin and I dont want to make any excuses this year. I 2 I.

i to HBP Comer (by S.OtA Jilt. Murphy). a at Pompano Saadi. Dm Sanaa sum lor ttw Dodgers, JHo Ifi. 1 Monday lo'a dayoff.

add Tuesday thg Dodgers tackle mo Pittsburgh Pirates of ErednUan. Gordon Verrjtll KUHN CROONS SAME TUNE 'k for two St Louis hopefuls, Shortstop Milt Ramirez: and second baseman Steve Hunfz, who twice stood back and let pop flies drop between them in a 5-3 toss to Cincinnati. WASH abrbrbi. DODGERS Pe-. pilohe .4 step nearer toe outfield with a homer, single- and two sacrifice flies forrfivetBT in an ain over Minnesota.

It was the Twins successive toss. Tommy Agees trIe sparked -s toree-nm xrily No'Nem'U News MiiSi 'sjarotoon tM "--7' Mod SqUad, Id keenly aware. of -where the money is to allow him to cantinup-dressing in the rimnnehe ST. inissfoper of baseball Leo Durocher started getting info shape day by staying away from the- ballpark as some of his Chicago Cub subs beat A the Seattle Pitot 8-5, in' Cactus League play at Scottsdale Ariz. -1 1 Jhirottoer: whose- Jjsjlib started sliding hant contention jaCtoastm riPST.

weekend Satur- Beach s' Ollie lashed a twwun Long Brown dxSk hrg innbu-; Boston. i. rookies and tiie San Diego Padres made it stand for a 4-2 win verde veland. EUiott'. fti spring holding, Wherever life goes! he summons newsmen, 'and when they all crowd into, toe ehjoys.

A pennant, baby, thats Where the bread is and Bipwn and Ike Maddox while were 1W questions aje -excellent. III IN released oii by, toe Dodgers, -altowed Cincinnatis 'B team' a1 1-0 Teed oh two wild then shut out the-Reds for the next four, innings as the Phillies won, 3-2. Cub reliefer Phil- Began served successive -lumdrs to. Mike Hegan and Danny, Walton in the seventh alter Jfinmie Halls two-run shot-for toe Cubs in toe Dov Brinkman. PDAs Pmow 27-14: Wash g-lA Bos Otih.

tj. PMO- are i. UOB: i AT ONE SUCfT meeting, a newsman asked. Why did ypu call this, copier- sw io Y. 4 i- 5 i 1 1 et, slaifiT (tovidgflainis on the talre and says, O.K., feuas, whats on 'your, mtodr The newsmen blink, having expected an annbuncemfeht on one of 52 vital Issues threatening the national pastime, then doughtily respond, Mr will "uaivrilayascbaittisntoar4 ThatS a question, Bowie to' a' 5-4 win o'ver toe Chi- wahlTtb beY I Imdw Muri White Sox.

(Tom MuTphyL 'and Andy Kansas third base- (Messersmith. the -Lwo -man. EdY a 'other members of the former Angel, threw wildly starting J. rotations M-. to pu the only run squad) -art really gonna be -on; base as the i Yankees goin thisyear-and lm Wosethirdaro 1-q.

YY 'YY May does not Kuhn, eyes Wt, behind ite you fellas as much asT cah rIt lookS like the busWs Twkie first basiinaii, Jolm iSrt. A. 'f- I-. I- 1 4 i 1 ,1 -1 1 i -1 fk.