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2G June 30, 1969 si LOUIS POST'DISPATCH St. Philip Keeps Its Jr. Title Was Wrigiey Wipeout Cardinals' Last Stand? By Bob Broeg Post-Dispatch Sports Editor Back in 1876, charter season of the National League, St. Louis and Chicago could have been playing ball that late June day, which came up warm, windy and bloody historic. Ninety-three years ago at the Little Big Horn River in the Montana territory, George Armstrong Custer and 226 troopers of the Seventh United States Cavalry Regiment were wiped out by s-o-o-o many Sioux.

CI For years, a Currier and Ives print of pOiTS Custer's Last Stand, distributed by Anheuser-t Busch, adorned saloons, men's clubs and rfQrnrTi6nT other male sanctuaries. At this moment, with more pressing prob- llmC that IS nn Mnnit thaf tVitt kramamr plans to distribute photographs of have been over the weekend the last stand for Red Schoendienst and his Redbirds at Chicago's Wrigiey Field. Although the Cardinals probably are dead, but just don't know it, the week's play that begins at home tonight against New York and ends Sunday against Chicago could wipe out the defending champions as thoroughly as Crazy Horse and associates annihilated Custer's command. When manager Schoendienst Until, that is, he recognized that Bob Gibson was having perhaps the finest season any eyes this side of Custer's ever have seen, and, besides, everyone else's attack in the celebrated Year of the Pitcher was blunted, too. Now, as a result of a lowered mound, smaller strike zone, expansion pitching, reduced distances to fences in some parks and most recently an effort to cut down illegal doctoring of the ball, run-scoring is up everywhereexcept here.

At the current tortoise pace of the cardboard Cards, the run-shy Redbirds will score 50 fewer runs than they did in 1968. And at the rate things are going now, there will be no mystery in October as to why they'd done so well. This could be the worst season offensively the Cardinals have had since 1918 when they finished ninth in an eight-club league, or so it seemed, anyway. The war-time season was only 140 games, and the Redbirds had to be the happiest to see it end. They were so poor that they trained that year at Washington University and when an important visitor was scheduled to appear at general manager Branch Rickey's threadbare office, B.R.

slyly slipped home and, because Mrs. Rickey was away, sneaked out with his wife's best rug. Now, a half-century later, with the most comforts and highest payroll in baseball history, the Cardinals still or again are having trouble finding home plate. This is progress? The Tigers' Good Try If there's any sympathy for anyone in a year in which the Cardinals needed a split season rather than a division playoff, it will go to the other team not likely to retain its title the world champion Detroit Tigers. If the Tigers were playing in the Cardinals' division, they'd be only a few games out, no problem with more than half a season left.

Detroit, after all, has a respectable, if not robust, edge over .500, In the American League, however, Baltimore is playing as if every day were payday, building up the kind of lead the Cardinals enjoyed a year ago. Even though Jim Palmer went on the disabled list yesterday, St. Louisan Earl Weaver, the little scrapper who manages the Orioles, looks now as if his only problem is Oakland or Minnesota in the playoffs. Just one more word about Detroit: The Tigers, despite an array of impressive bats in the lineup, aren't hitting, either, but they give lie to the suggestion that outside interests and heavy winter activities necessarily must hurt a ball player. Denny McLain, though obviously not geared to that improbable 30-game pace, has pitched well, and Mickey Lolich, who also had numerous commitments after his three victories made him the World Series hero, has a 10-1 record.

Going into July, the interesting hookups are the Oakland-Minnesota duel in that otherwise dull and uninspiring Western Division of the American League, and the bright race in Which actually five of the six Western teams in the National League have a chance to win. The Cubs, you see, for all their derring-do, would be only a few games up if they were in the West. The amazing Mets, for that matter, would be right in the thick of it in the other division. New York's momentum was stalled the other day when the Mets blew a four-run lead and lost to Philadelphia, reversing their wheels into a four-game skid that was halted yesterday. Strangely, except for the Cardinals, this has been a season of spurts and slumps, meaning of winning streaks and losing skeins.

The Redbirds haven't been able to put much together at any one time, though, to be fair about it, they haven't suffered too many successive setbacks, either, unless the most ill-fated expedition since Custer's is going to make them sit down after what might have been their last stand. Misdirected Kick? Karl Minor (9) of the Baltimore Bays appears to be kicking the Stars' Tom Ferguson (15), but actually both are attempting to turn and follow the ball. In the background are Larry Hausmann of the Stars and Mike Maliszewski of the Bays. The Stars won, 4-2. (Post-Dispatch Photograph by Fred Sweets) Stars Blitz Baltimore With Their Best Rally the stumbling Cardinals would be in first place when they left Chicago in late June, he neglected to say in what year.

Red might have meant June, 1967 or '68. Funny thing, for all his flaming foliage, Red is not nearly so colorful or as reckless or as overconfident as Custer, a brigadier general at 23 and a dead man at 37 because he overestimated his own strength and underestimated the Indians. Custer must have thought the Sioux couldn't hit any harder than the current Cardinals. Schoendienst must have thought the Redbirds would keep doing it with promissory notes. Fewest Redbird Runs Since "18 A year ago when the Redbirds scored 112 fewer runs than they had in 1967 and yet won the pennant even more handily than the previous season, a guy used to wonder how the heck they did it.

what could XTTl Broeg suggested bravely in April that George A. Custer Athletes similar to one quoted to the students from poet Robert Frost by Miami civic leader Mitchell Wolfson- "Never tear a ff.nce down until you know why it was put up there in the first place." That was in one of the brief talks Saturday night by 44 "cap-tains of achievement" at the Academy's Banquet of the Golden Plate, where the youths got their first look at astronaut Frank a and former baseball star Mickey Mantle, both late arrivals. 'Do Their Thing By a Special Correspondent of tha Post-Dispatch BALTIMORE, June 30 St. Philip Neri's crack soccer team gained its second straight United States Junior Cup championship yesterday by playing a tie game with Tom's Produce of Baltimore and then kicking a penalty shot after head-to-head competition had ceased. The game was a battle be- tween the "two best junior' teams that ever met in a national final," said Missouri commissioner Joe Carenza and other United States Soccer Football Association officials.

USSFA rules specify that 20 minutes of overtime be played. After that, the teams take turns at penalty kicks, with the first one missing declared the loser. Pat Leahy made good on the first a 1 1 for St. Philip. James Novak, taking Baltimore's turn, seemed to stub his toe just before hitting the ball and kicked wide of the net.

The result goes in the books as a 4-3 St. Philip victory. Novak had given the home team a 1-0 lead at the 7-minute mark, but Joe Hamm, Denny Hadican and Mike Seerey shot St. Philip into a 3-2 lead that lasted until the last five seconds of regulation time. Hamm tied the score at 1-1 with an angle shot on a neat play up the middle.

Hadican then picked the ball out of a scramble to give the St. Louis-ans a 2-1 halftime edge. Baltimore tied in the first minute of the second half on a penalty shot by Gerald Schmidt, awarded because t. Philip's Denny Driscoll caught the ball in his hand as a shot was headed goalward. Ten minutes before the end of the half, Hamm, kicking over his head, sent a backward pass directly to the toe of Seerey, who nudged the ball over the line for the go-ahead goal.

I Baltimore's last-second desperation scrambling, Mick Commodari crossed to Tom Perrella for the tying shot. No time remained for a center face-off. Both teams had opportunities in the overtime, but goalies Ray Remstedt of St. Philip and Ron Rossi of Tom's repulsed all attacks. Carenza paid tribute to St.

Philip's play before 1800 noisy partisan fans. "Joe Kelley's team never lost its poise, even with all the hostile Carenza said. St. i 1 i 's victory was its twenty-fifth in a season in which only one game was lost and one tied in Catholic Youth Council district play. ST.

PHILIP KI1I (4)t goal Kay Itetustedt backs Denny Driscoll, Steve Dale Harmon. Mike Knyser, Pat I.eahy: forwards Marty Stellar, Hamm. Mike Seerey, Denny Hadican. Dan i'onnce. HALTIMORF; (3): goal Ron Kossi; barks Charles Smith.

Gerald Schniidl. Don Oninn, George Blsrhnff, Koplnos; forwards Mirk Commodari. Toot Giordano. James Novak, Turn Perrella. William F.ydelloth.

Substitutions: St. Philip Bob John Meyer. Jerrv Dollen; Baltimore Steve -Myers, Denny Wit, James Allrich, By periods: 1 2 0T PK St. Philip 2 I 1 Baltimore I 2 0 0 3 St. Philip scoring: Hamm :15: Hadican Seerey (from Hamm) penalty kick after overtime Leahy.

Baltimore scoring: Novjfk :07: Schmidt :41 (penalty kick) Perrella, (from Commodari) Shots on goal St. Philip 28. Baltimore 24: corner kicks St. Philip 6, Baltimore 10. Roma Wins Cup FOGGIA, Italy, June 30 AP) Roma won the Cup of Italy soccer tournament yesterday, deteating toggia, 3-1.

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WORKERS BINDERY WORKERS INSPECTORS GEN. FACTORY HELP 1001 OLIVE FHK 42I-57AA ILLINOIS CALL EX. 7-3673 ft4', Of 111 Red Schoendienst Scholar By Bob Posen A theme that 200 recent high school graduates, including St. i 's top scholar-athletes, heard repeatedly for three days in Dallas last week was: go ahead and do your thing, but do it within the system, not outside it." Leaders in the sciences, professions, industry, the arts and public service urged the young leaders at the American Academy of Achievement to use their ideas for changing society. But most of the adults added a note Urged to "This is the first banquet I've been to in four or five years," said Mantle.

"I found out that if you don't finish first, you don't get invited." Borman, Mantle, actress-industrialist Polly Bergen and humorist Alan King drew most of the youthful autograph-seekers, while San Francisco leader Cyril Magnin got something else: a telegram of congratulations from former President Lyndon B. Johnson. Borman and Negro judge Edith S. a received standing ovations when as they were introduced. All were recipients of the Academy's Golden Plate award, was Post-Dispatch contributing editor Marquis Childs, who said he accepted "as a representative of the Washington press corps the finest in the world, and one that is struggling with the difficult job of telling the truth." Indianapolis high school principal Richard E.

Emery, one of the favorities of the St. Louis delegation, said the present generation was "the finest the world has ever seen." butted you in the a knocking the wind out of you. And what did you say about that? "That's a goalie's life." De Lima could have been excused for talking to himself and not his teammates at halftime yesterday. The Bays led, 2-0, and the Stars gave no indication of improving on their disorganized play. But something happened in the second half and the Stars went on to a 4-2 victory.

"I i 't go over anything special at halftime," said coach Bob Kehoe. "I just brought out the fact that we needed the victory. I asked them to do their best. And they responded magnificently. I wish people could realize how difficult it was to play on that field." The temperature rose to 94 degrees and Pat McBride said the conditions "were the hottest I've ever played in." Undoubtedly the temperature, the thun-dershowers Saturday night, the Cardinal-Cub game on KSD-TV and the Stars' dismal loss to Atlanta helped keep the crowd to 1296 at Francis Field.

The faithtul who did show up were treated to the finest comeback in the Stars' three-year history. They blitzed Baltimore with three goals in the first seven minutes of the second half and went on to boost their rev cord to 2-1-1. The Bays are 0-fi-l. Casey Frankiewicz, who scored twice against Baltimore in a 3-2 victory over the Bays June 8, connected for two more goals yesterday, i the Stars' first with only three minutes gone in the half and putting in the go-ahead goal with seven minutes gone. Tom Ferguson also scored twice, duplicating his two-goal game against Dallas two weeks ago.

Casey put the Stars on the scoreboard when he stole the ball from fullback John Boro-diak and tapped it by goalie Orestes Banach, who had come out of the net and had tried to pull Frankiewicz down. His second goal came from a sharp angle about two yards from the end line. Fergy scored the tying goal off a corner kick by Larry Hausmann. Ferguson, standing in front of Banach, chipped the ball into the net when the goalie dropped Hausmann's cross. "In practice Thursday we talked about a man covering the goalie," Tom said.

"Just before the game, Bob told me I was the one to do it." Johnny Mueller set up Ferguson's second goal when he broke down the sideline with the ball and fed Tom with a cross that Fergy one-touched into the net. By Jeff Meyers At least, Miguel, you knew what to expect. Remember 1967, when the soccer Stars made you into what former coach Rudi Guten-dorf called "a nervous wreck?" The opposition fired so many shots at you you needed an R-and-R leave. And most of the time you and your defensemen weren't on speaking terms. Then last week you had the foresight to sit out a week before making your first start in goal.

Good thinking Miguel De Lima. You sat on the bench and watched the Atlanta Chiefs whistle seven goals by Dave Jokerst. Now let's review your game yesterday: The defense let you down twice, once when Don Range's slow pass to you was intercept- The young St. I a agreed that they had heard too many speakers talk too long ar.d io repetitiously, but they were impressed by the "seeming sincerity" of a few of them. Among those were Emery, King, Judge Sampson, m'vie producer David Wolper, industrialist-architect Charles Luck-in a industrialist-civic leader Leo C.

Beebe and Air Force Col. Robert L. Stepheqs, supersonic test pilot. "I'd say what impressed me most," said Roger Belshe of Granite City, "was the hotel and the people and how well-organized it was." The "fabulous" Fairmont Hotel was cited by several of the youths. As Gary Hagen of Alton rul: it: "When you eet a telephone in the bathroom, you "i nn" better than tV Said Charles Robinson of Ca-hokia, "I don't know how you could have improved it (the Academy Robinson left today for enrollment in the United States Naval Ac a at Annapolis, and Hagen for the Atlanta Braves' minor league baseball team at Twin Falls, Idaho.

Hagen gave up a a 1 1 scholarship to Notre Dame. He said he might attend a junior college in Arizona. Bill Daake of Priory left yesterday for a trip to Europe. He will begin a premedical curriculum next fall at Princeton, where he plans to play on the basketball team. He could be competing in that sport against three tripmates to Dallas, Robinson at Navy and Rob Miklas and Ray Sansouci at Dartmouth.

All plan to play basketball and Sansouci may try track, "depending on how my grades are." Sansouci went to Pattonville High, and Miklas to Lutheran South. M. J. May of Clayton is headed for Stanford, where he will study communications and play on the water polo team. Belshe will attend SIU-Ed-wardsville on a baseball scholarship.

A St. Louisan at the Academy was Nancy Lewis of Kirkwood, state champion high school journalist. Tom Perry-man of WIL was master of NASL Standings BP Ft. CiK OA Atlnnt 1 1 11 H'! 1ft 8 Kansiw City 1 Dallas 2 1 STARS i 1 Baltimore 0 1 i ii as i jo 3 27 1 8 2:1 9 1H 28 6 VI in li SUN'IIAY'K KKSU1.TS Stars 4, Baltimore i FRIDAY'S GAMES Stars at Atlanta, 7:05 p.m. satvrday's games Stars at Baltimore, 3 p.m.

Kansas City at Dallas ed by Baltimore's Jim Malcolm, who flipped the ball over your head. Jerry Mueller tried a hitch kick as you were racing out of the net toward the ball. Jerry got the ball and your right pinkie. Dr. Stan London said the dislocation wasn't serious.

The scoreboard indicated no time was left in the game, but the referee decided to give the Bays a corner kick. Siegfried Stritzel went for the ball and End of Road WASHINGTON (4): coal Untidy rev: backs Pete Navarnllo, Kav inniv. Peli. (atiiiHlneer. Henrv WM- llanm.

Winston Alexix: backs Frank Pete Smith, Krnst Blenrtel, John Mlllr, Mike, stollnleyer. KI'TIS (1): linal Have Kobhen: nneks Klein, Tom Itlch, Steve I 'rank, Chris Werstein, Steve, An-berry: forwards Tihii Bnkerii, fiene (ieinier, Jim Leeker, ICIch richwarzen, foe lacker. Snhstitinns: Washington Frank Fred Tomayo; Hut is Iterelc rnssiey. Bv tierlods: Washington 2 2 litis 1 1 Washington scoring: Biendel (from Stollmeyerl Mlllr (from Biendel) Blenilrl Alejis (from Garcia) :76. Shots on goal Kolls 19, Washington 17; corner kicks Kiltls Washington goalie saves Frey 11, Kohben 6.

Kutis Loses In Amateur Cup Final By a Special Correspondent of the Post-Dispatch WASHINGTON, June 30 A Jamaican and a German on a dominantly British team wrecked Kutis's hopes for a National Amateur Cup soccer championship here yesterday. Winston Alexis of Jamaica and German-born Ernst Biendel led the a i British Lions to a 4-1 victory over Kutis for the i States Soccer Football Association Cup that the St. Louis team had won six times previously. Kutis outshot the Lions, 19-17, but scored only when Joe Leek-er connected on a penalty kick to provide a 1-1 tie in the first half. "Alexis and Biendel were the outstanding players in the Washington lineup," said Missouri commissioner Joe Caren-za, "but the Lions' goalie, Sandy Frey, really stole the game from Kutis with sensational saves." Biendel hit the first goal, a sizzler from 30 yards out, after taking a pass from Mike Stoll-meyer.

Kutis got back in the game only because Alexis handled the ball in the penalty area and Leeker made good on the resultant penalty shot. John Muir headed in the lead goal, which proved to be the winner, on an accurate throw-in from Biendel four minutes before the end of the first half. V- fill, tW 'tk4-3il' tll iLi Childs, contributing editor of the Post-Dispatch, c'nd John Barriger, president of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Co. (UPI Telephoto) Four Post-Dispatch Scholar-Athletes hold awards received at the American Academy of Achievement in Dallas. From left: Roger Belshe, Charles Robinson, Raymond Sansouci, William Da a Ice and two Golden Plate recipients, Marquis STARS (4) De IJma Range dear Plsanl Pills Kalicanin John Mueller Frnnklewlci MrHrlde Ferguson Hausmann BALTIMORE (2) r.

Banach I.I'B RFB MB (MB RUB OL II. CF III OK Padllla" Borodiaku Strltrel fi Pellinger orauiey Asher Welch Art Welrh Malcolm Mallsrewski Alhrecht Baltimore 2 2 STARS 0 44 Substitutions htars: Mueller, Lay ton: Baltimore: Miller, Minor. Scoring rranklewiei (2), Ferguson Stritzel. Malcolm. Shots on goal Stan IB, Baltimore 2(1.

Corner kicks Stars 6, Baltimore 5. Saves De Lima 9, Banah 4. Hefere Byron. Linesmen Lom-bardo and Legge. Attendance 1399.

McCluskey Wins in Memphis 200 From Post-Dispatch Wire Service MEMPHIS, June 30 A. J. Foyt's bid to overtake Roger McCluskey in the United States Auto Club's stock-car standings jwent flat yesterday and McCluskey overtook Foyt to win the Memphis 200 at Shelby County International Raceway. I Foyt, defending USAC stock-car champ who is only No. 2 this year, naa a comfortable lead over McCluskey with two laps to go yesterday.

Then a tire blew on Foyt's Ford Torino and McCluskey coasted home Auto Racing IEED (2) ACTDRY IELP? McCluskey and Foyt will resume their duel for first place in Friday's Mid-America 200 at Mid-America Raceways, near Wentzville, Mo. Mario Andretti won in the championship class and Bobby Unser maintained his title of King of the Hill witn a victory in the stook-car division of the Pikes Peak Hill Climb at Colorado Springs, Colo. Andretti drove an STP Special up the 12.42-mlle course to the top of the peak in 12 minutes 44.07 seconds. Unser, who gained his eleventh Hill Climb championship, set a stock-car record with a time of 13 minutes 40 seconds In a rear-engine Ford. Unser's time yesterday erased the 1964 stock-car mark of 13:52.2 set by Parnelli Jones.

Unser holds records in the championship class and the defunct sports-car division, also. Ted Foltz was second to Andretti and Bill Daniels was runner-up to Unser. Both runners-up are from Colorado Springs. Gary Bettenhausen drove a Chevrolet-powered sprint car to victory in the Woodman Trophy race at New Bremen, O. Jim Malloy was second and Mike Mosley was third.

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He had an eight-second lead over McCluskey when the tire went flat on the 116th lap. McCluskey completed the circuit in 2 hours 24 minutes 59 seconds for an average speed of 73.08 miles an hour. Foyt's ew got him back in the race in time to salvage second place. McCluskey picked up $2300 in the $20,000 event and Foyt got $1800. The victory gave McCluskey 400 points, at two points i a mile, and boosted his total to 1290 for the season.

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