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The Mercury from Pottstown, Pennsylvania • Page 32

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Pottstown, Pennsylvania
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CONN Rt. 422 Douglassville County line YW Jay Lanes) FOTTSTOWN, PA. 326-7628 DAILY 10,.9. SAT 10 io 5:30 SUN 1 5 Pottstown Friday, April 2, 1971 Durrett Eager For Great Year Trevino Charge Ties For Greensboro Lead PHILADELPHIA (AP) With a five year, $1 million contract virtually tucked under his belt, Ken Durrett, La Salle's 6-7 star forward, said Thursday he is looking forward to a great first year with the Cincinnati Royals. Durrett and Royals management completed negotiations Wednesday, with both sides confirming an agreement was reached.

Durrett reportedly will go to Cincinnati this weekend to sign a contract. Durrett. contacted by phone at his campus apartment, said Banks Will Miss 1st Cub Opener SCOTTSDALE. Ariz. (AP) Ernie Banks, hampered by arthritic knees, was placed on the disabled list Thursday and the 40-year-old Chicago Cub first baseman will miss a season opener next Tuesday for the first time in his 18-season Cub career.

Vice president John Holland said Banks would be sidelined, effective Thursday, for 21 days to further rest his ailing left knee which last season put him on the disabled list for the first time. Despite treatment and workouts. Banks was only able to play in 12 exhibition games this spring, batting .407 with 11 hits in 27 at bats. he would hold a news confer-! ence in Cincinnati sometime; this weekend. The contract.

Durrett said, was "pretty easily agreed by himself and Royals owners. Asked if he thought he would have a great rookie year likej Oscar Robertson or Dave Bing, Durrett answered, hard to say. I'm going to try to have Did he foresee difficulties adjusting to pro ball? kind of hard to tell. You've just got to try to Durrett said of his new contract. "I'm very happy with It includes a no-cut clause for the five years.

Durrett, however, says not worried about making the team. The cut clause "is just for safety he said. The Explorer All American said he wasted little time deciding to sign up with the NBA rather than the rival American Basketball Association. "I gave both the Royals and the Virginia Squires a figure I wanted, but Virginia respond to Asked if eager to play in Cincinnati, Durrett replied. be happy anywhere I play.

He said of his future teammates, don't know the personnel all that Durrett was assisted in negotiations by Philadelphia controller Tom Gola. himself a former La Salle bask- ketball star. Critical Period Over For Hoist The Flag GREENSBORO. N.C. (AP) Lee Trevino charged through late afternoon shadows with a 67 and gained a share of the first- round lead Thursday in the $190,000 Greater Greensboro Open Golf Tournament while Gary dreams of a third consecutive triumph took a severe jolt.

Player, the tough little South African who won the last two tour events and the defending champion here, struggled in with a four-over-par 75 and was; far back in the field. Trevino, one of the last to finish in the gathering dusk, was tied at four-under-par with New Zealand left-hander Bob Charles, and paunchy veteran Miller Barber. Five more were just one stroke off the pace at 68. They are Australian Bruce Crampton, former Masters champ Art Wall. Pete Brown, Dave Eichelberger and tour sophomore Jack Lewis.

National Amateur champion Roberts Juniors Cop Track Win Doug Barlow, Rick Rosen and Kevin Schliehter cach won two events in leading Owen J. Roberts Junior High to a 98-35 victory over Lionville of Downingtown Thursday afternoon at Bucktown. Barlow won the 120 hurdles in 15.3 and the 220 in 25.5, Rosen took the 100 in 11.2 and the pole vault in 8-9 and was first in the shot at 40-2 and the long jump at 16-5. Single-event winners were Steve Nichols in the lOO-pound 75, Handy Leinbach in the 115- pound 75. Terry Woodward in the quarter mile and Dave Burke in the half mile.

Lanny Wadkins headed a big group at 69. U.S. Open champion Tony Jacklin had a chance for a spot among the leaders but took a double bogey seven on the 18th hole and finished at 70, three strokes back. The discouraged Player hit one out of bounds, once found the water and three-putted four times en route to the 75 that tied him with Masters champion Billy Casper, just back from an extended vacation. said Player.

have some good rounds and you have to have some bad rounds. No one ever played the game who have some bad The talkative Trevino hasn't won this year but has been beaten a total of only three strokes the last two weeks as Player took the titles in the Greater Jacksonville and National Airlines Opens. The flamboyant Trevino closed with a rush in the deepening gloom on the 7.034 yard, par 71 Sedgefield Country Club course. He played the back nine first, made the turn in 35 and then cut three strokes off par on his last four holes. Trevino silced a three wood out of the trees on the par five sixth hole, the ball plugging the green only eight feet from the hole.

He stalked the putt in is characteristic fashion, then made it for an eagle three. He gained a share of the lead on the another par five which he reached in two and two-putted from 15 feet. Barber, second only to Arnold Palmer on the money winning list this season and the record- setting winner of the Phoenix Open, had two-putt birdies on two par five holes, rolled in other putts of 12 and 15 feet and have a bogey. The taciturn Charles, a former British Open champion, made the turn in par, then closed with a rush, taking four consecutive birdies starting on the 14th hole, a par five that he reached in two. Tryouts at Coventry The Coventry Little League will hold tryouts Saturday at the Coventry Little League field.

The 9-vear-olds will try out at 9 the 10-year-olds at 10, the 11-year-olds at 11 and the 12- year-olds at noon. FISHING LICENSES NEW YORK (AP) Hoist the Flag, his swift climb toward the top suddenly ended by a broken leg, underwent successful surgery Thursday but his recovery was not odds-on as were his chances in most races. tell now of his chances for said Dr. William O. Reed, who added that the colt has passed through the most critical period but that many things can happen.

the Flag is standing up and is was first report following a five-hour operation that began Wednesday night at the hospital near Belmont Park. i Fairgrounds The Home of Champions Saturday night i April 3 mm R.S.C.A. MODIFIED am STOCK CARS 8 p.m. Sunday afternoon i April 4 ma R.S.C.A.Championship** um SPRINT CAR RACES First event 2 p.m. v.v.v.v.v.v Reed also said Hoist the breeding potential remains; that it is just a matter of nothing going wrong during the recovery period.

Hoist the Flag, believed to be insured for about $500.000. shattered a pastem and broke a cannon bone in his right hind leg pulling up after a workout Wednesday morning in preparation for Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct. The decision to operate followed a consultation among several equine specialists and the owner. Mrs. Stephen C.

Clark Jr. The first operation for a fracture on a horse was performed in 1957. said Reed. Since then an increasing number of horses have been saved from dcstruc-j tion, which at one time was practically automatic. we are much better equipped to save horses with serious said Reed.

One factor figuring in whether an operation should be per-j formed is economics. For in stance, a $1.500 claimer would most likely be destroyed. A dramatic case of a horse making his mark as a sire after it was thought he would have to be destroyed was that of Your Host. He broke a right front leg in a race in 1951. recovered and sired Kelso, a five-time Horse of the Year.

CONSTIPATED nur Tn i uru nr rnnn FISHING TACKLE I FISHING LURES I I I SPORTING GOODS 411 GROSSTOWN ROAD STOWE OPEN DAILY 9:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. WILL THROW CURVES FOR PHILLIES- Rosemary Sudders, Philadelphia Phillies usher, will be one of the biggest eye catchers on opening day in the new stadium. She At Phils' Home Opener Fillies Will Unveil Hot Pants Patrol is one of the Philadelphia Fillies and their elite corps, The Hot Pants Patrol, who the fans will follow to their seats. (AP Wirephoto) DUE TO LACK OF FOOD BULK IN YOUR DIET BRAN I SKI SHOP SALE CONTINUES SAVE UP TO OFF LAST WEEK-END SALE ENDS APRIL 5 WINDSOR SEEDS SAVE SALE 1.10 1,000 Sq.

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BOYERTOWN PH. 367-2126 PHILADELPHIA (AP) It's not just the pitchers who will be throwing curves opening day. The Philadelphia Fillies will also be throwing a few curves at the fans. The Fillies, the female ushers, of the baseball team, will unveil their elite corps, the Hot Pants Patrol, on opening day. The National League female ushers this season will be frocked in micro skirts or hot shorts.

The girls are looking forward to it. So are the fans. Especially the men. OPENER A SELLOUT The April 10 home opener against Montreal is a sellout, Who's to say whether it's the Phillies, the new Veterans Stadium or the hot pants? Last season the Phillies, expecting to be in new $45 million stadium, outfitted its players in new uniforms. They also outfitted their female ushers in white uniforms with micro skirts and called them the Fillies.

So this year when they finally did get into the new stadium, wanted something new. said Rosemary Sudders, 27. the chief Fillie, and the While Sox Cut Two; Reach Player Limit SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) The Chicago White Sox reduced their roster to the opening day 25-player limit Thursday when outfielder Pat Kelly was optioned to the White Tucson farm club and pitcher John Purdin was sold to Hawaii of the Pacific Coast League. only one of the new Hot Pants Patrol who wears a white jacket.

There will be 145 usheretts, 36 of them in the maroon hot pants suits and calf-high white vinyl boots. The others will wear the white micro skirts. Either way it's fun. The girls, 18 to 30, are paid $9.50 a game get to keep any said Rosemary. Do they get many tips.

Rosemary winked. choose the girls on personality, attractiveness and said Rosemary, a tiny blonde with an infectious smile. Roller Derby April 2-3-4 $6.50 inc. res. seat Bowie Race Track April 3 Lv.

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