Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • 6

ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS Abilene Texas Poga 6-A Saturday Morning July 25 1K4 Ieds Hurler Into HJfttle Pby By RITTER COLLETT their boys'1 Jay said boy As for the kids who do well i land" he recalled had a Spurts Editor seen a few mnihers scold a boy and draw applause and get their! good team that went all the way Dayton Journal Herald lor striking uul or making an names in the paper I don't1 wnrM Snri William DAYTON Ohio Joey emir But even those who don't think that's good lor them Jay first Little League grndu- Interfere find difficult to con- rt- Pa andtour had ate to reach the major leagues ceal their disappointment when j()oy bad ony one vear 1s picture in Life magazine 1 a thnit tflfj kna knJ nswiA 1 i 11 t'Tkat kx Itnel lw( Ills (iKil their kid has bad had lost his he- boy ability BS wel1 88 hls inlcrest in base says he intends to discourage a game his son from participating in it think they can acct im losing but can't ad a bad performance from their program came to New Eng- Little" Leaguer in 1948 when accept the wa 12 years old The big Cincinnati Reds pitch- team losing but can't adjust to -That was the first year the kui er feels the Little League pro- 38! ty school I am sure there must be SPORTS MIAMI Cassius Map cellus Clay known to be extremely fond of the image of his mirror says In but not with himself The heavyweight boxing champion Identified the object of hls affection Thursday by only her first name Recnima said she is 17 a Muslim from Sudan beautiful just like said Clay who also goes by the Muslim moniker of Mu-hammed All wears this wrap-around dress and has a gem in her Clay aald considering marriage but added: lot of things have to be worked out and decided I've got to decide if it will be easy for her to adjust to this way of life You know It's different in America When we went out she always had her brothers along on dates Trainer Angelo Dundee has been invited to be Cassius' best man but rushing to get his tuxedo out of moth balls a great many more like him 1 convinced the people who! t'lgot the most nut of Little! League are the parents That's why 1 say 1 think this program helps baseball "A lot of kids must get fed up with it before they are 16 years old They've simply had too 'much organization when they -s rVshould be out playing on their own" I Fellow pitcher Bob Purkey not only seconds views but adds an opinion or two of hls I own I got a son In Little Purkey volunteered I "and fed up with it It makes no sense to me to attempt to make a professional Homer Second gram now firmly established on' a franchise basis across the (' country is too ambitious with 'i far too much parental activity and supervision Joey is willing to lend his voice to those child psycholog- ists who contend Little League activity creates pressure and tensions harmful to participate ing youngsters Moreover Jay yrt DARE DtITU'c contends the Little League nro- PAPE KU I gram is not developing players or even future baseball fans because of an overexposure to the game and the organized atmosphere that characterizes little leagues "I was amazed to find a couple of months ago they have what they call a Little League farm group in which my 7-year-l old son Stephan could Killebrew's Ratio By JOE RFinilER YORK AP NO MORE RAIN The final skylight rectangle is now in place to complete the roofing of Domed Stadium Th air conditioned covered ball field will be the home of the Houston Colt 45s the Houston Oilers of professional football and the University of Houston The Stadium is 70 per cent complete and will be ready for use in April of 1965 (AP Wirephoto) Just In third place is Kiner caliber athlete out of a 10-year-N Many averaged a homer every Hl 1 think it's good Jay said been on a team home ruMaHarmon1 Kill I and from what I have been able lifetime total 257 bS Wllhams 18 the only how well-intentioned he happens EtiE! iXfckS ttem at wUb hrer undcr Si age him from going on with clip That is far too young for organ- is' The for the roof to me that it ids is the fact that the (Grid Cards iyimd ized is By TOM PENDERGAST icent stockholder in the football foot- club and president of the Fal-ball their'staff Brewing Corp sponsor of decid-! televised Cardinal games got tal th act At wJal thy with the Little League prC andlie at bat Only four SK play theS gram the wa it has developed Mathews own nearly twice as players have ever gone sometimes without the Perhaps it was not intended to many home runs but nrme has through a season with a humeri lh th be this way but it is not serving hit them with as much fre(luen ratio of one under 10 times at JJJ1 Sf undorms ad oroS ing1to 8tayin S1- u8-a T7 -0blandcy 88 Minnesota ll am3e 5 UttleH811 Press learned Frlday' I don think it is helping base- gtrongboy I t7l Bill BidwilL Cardinal vk ST LOUIS The Cardinals have ended ni Ta flirtation with Atlanta by Si" i6 lay ta St Iruig TV A Fniiowti ii of thou who tiavr League activity distort the ap- Bill Bidwill Cardinal vice mentions of federal anti-trust actions and Long approved his stand The Cardinals oldest team in the NFL came to St Louis from Chicago in 1960 Officials in Atlanta indicated they may try next for a team from the American Football League A BkM 10(7 Jr AAA BATTERY SERVICE "CHAMPION IATTHIIS" 1101 PINE OR S-4341 Pm Campbn BaHtry Strvic BIO DISCOUNTS taataL la-Chwsw Rcan)(w4ia "Fiw Dalnwry" times with the Bidwill brothers In efforts to arrange ticket sale has for the' president said announcement of guarantees a decision would be made this City officials took another weekend While saying no deci- look at the St Louis sports sales tax and civic leaders made new offers about stadium leases and "are often "bet- have been some devel- rent has in high opments within the past few Even two US Senators tnoki jdays which have caused us to 'part in the drive to keep the in sympa-reconsider our original position Cardinals i in St touis iilthy if they began the program move to Sens Stuart Symington and JJ-j'at 12 instead of earlier Onei The Journal quoted Bidwell Edward Long Missouri sion had been made he tod the can play inAdana Journal: Democrats put on the Joey said Kiliebrew in hls 11th season SSft hoin' ond'r predation a Jay contends that parental in- jn the majors sixth as a full lh tam fiame volvement the very thing many time player has whacked his 2 Harmoo Kiiiebm: mj jih is kids little league supporters pro-257 home runs in 3182 official 2 5SCvKfl5h 2m clam as the outstanding virtue tjmcs at bat a ratio of a IJS of the program is the biggest homp run every j24 times at f- Kru-k? stumbling block jbat This is not very far behind SSBS S3? think even the most all-time top figure of a minded parents put pressure on homer every 118 times at bat chrii wi boy islthe Little League than those he im school i2i would be more under which a boy RUSSEU HOWERTON GRANT JONES CPCU ABTEX INSURANCE InwnHMk SOS Ckdw StrMl Dial OR 4-1i far yrtftuiwMil Inwranc cMMcliitg PHOTOGRAPHIC HEADQUARTERS 174 more they say it helps later in the dav however as pressure Bidwclls Symington sent a sharply worded letter to the owner8 tha contoined ominous II Iht-k Stuart IK) ml 14 Hank ft Mr 2M 47N 15 Krnic Banka Stt 0M It Frank Rndtnttfl 171 4CK 17 Duka Snldtr 407 710 II Hnjr CimMnclla 242 4205 19 Gua Zrrmal IX 3990 20 Hi-nry Aaron SSS UM 21 Johnny Mize ISO S47S 22 Melvin CHt 311 MM 23 Ortandn CePeda 200 3W2 24 Jne DlMafiio XI fttL 25 Gil Hurl yea 370 7VK Hark Wilaol 244 4700 27 Jue Adrwk HALLMARK CARDS 241 CYPRES OR 4-5764 RIVER OAKS CAMERA SHOP324331 IJ combat juvenile delinquency jj-ji of your delinquency las' shows up at a later age I am convinced the Little League is well told the Journal of for adults and that makes it a the stadium people here are in a ikanlk nf 6 99 LmwJiww mS InmammuiI saying The Associated Press story was pure It is entirely Bid- of time" incorrect CALEB REED presents UNDERSHORTS THAT panic and handing out information For instance a quote attributed to me Thursday about everything being fine is inaccurate 1 was talking about the lunch we had just had for informing someone in Atlanta that we move that is untrue the Journal quoted Bidwell talked to anyone in Atlanta in almost a week and I don't think Stormy has either" Charles (Stormy) Bidwill brother and Cardinals president was with the team at its Lake Forest Hi training camp nnd could not be reached immediately However the AP learned tha the Bidwill have told Atlanta officials: "St Louis has given us everything we wanted" They apparently referred to concessions by city and civic leaders over lease and rental terms at St new sports stadium now under construction and over the fiv per cent admissions tax on professional sports events The move left Atlanta mistress of the South In the mood of a maiden scorned "The Cardinals have sold us said one official used us as a whipping boy to get what they wanted" Both cities have new sports stadiums under construction 57000-seat structure will be ready next year and the 55 000-seat downtown sports stadium in St Louis Is sched uled for completion in 1966 The Cardinals' Atlanta romance started over lease terms at the new St Louis stadium They had been asked for a 30-year lease agreement and a rental equivalent to 12 per cent iof the gate on home games The icity's five per cent sales tax on professional sports events also was irksome to the Big Red and they had averaged only 22 000 fans a game Atlanta countered with promises of greater sports patronage a softer lease agreement and only 10 per cent of the gate as rent No Atlanta professional sports sales tax exists However spurred by newspa-Ipers and civic leaders influen jtial St Izouisans set out to keep the Cardinals Joseph Griescdieck a 10 per linens fitipi provldn vital masculine support bracis-iip tirid back muscles Non-roll waist band comfortably takes off up to from waist SLYMLON Miracle Fabric! 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