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30 ASIUHY PARK EVENING PRESS, Mar. 25, 1965 McGaha Is Bravest of Baseball Brave Sully's Sports By JIM SULLIVAN By OSCAR FRALEY WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -Some guys train lions for a living. Others are sky divers, shoot flaming oil wells with nitro, hobbles along at the Kansas City gait, or even somewhat more swiftly which still leaves vast room for improvement, the brass hats order decapitation of the manager. quet of their play and of sweat-stained baseball lingerie.

Because the A's are strictly and mostly In what is known as the pursuit of the pennant. They have been denizens of the basement division throughout their entire doleful decade as a so-called major league team. They have been last three times including last season and next to last five times and hunt jaguars with spears, or make a bruised buck as a sparring partner for Sonny Liston. last season," he Insisted. '1 think we'll surprise a lot of pec pie." If it works out that way, the most surprised probably will be his players.

A nice man, McGaha. He deserves a better fate. But an actuary probably would tell him that off the Kansas City law of averages he has until September to do the Impossible. Jets Sign Seahawk NEW YORK Wl The New York Jets of the American Football League signed -Paul Perret, outstanding lineman of the unbeaten Wagner College team, yesterday. He had not been drafted in either the AFL or National League.

Landis and Hershberger hit .208 and .220 respectively. The A's also have plotted a bit of hopeful skullduggery. Their outfield was marked off last season with a wire fence. A near record 239 homers were smote in their park but the difficulty was that the opposition knocked 132 of them. This means the A's hit only 107.

"We've moved the fences back to 370 feet in left field and to 421 feet in centerfield," McGaha pointed out. What about right field? "Oh," grinned Mel, "we left that alone. That's where we hit most of our home runs." McGaha turned his eyes to where his athletes were working out and refused to turn pale. "We have speed and with an improved defense I frel sure we can do a great deal better than You have to put Mel McGaha BULLETS JT7V YMCA PLAYOFF ASBURY PARK The Bullets, led by Charlie Smith's 23 points, scored a decisive 72-55 playoff victory over the Celtics Monday night to win the second half championship of the Shore Area YMCA Men's Basketball League. The Bullets, 6-1, are scheduled to meet the first half champion Warriors Monday for the league championship.

Smith, former Albright College star, led all scorers. Al Pollack was high man for the losers with 22. A headline in yesterday's Press incorrectly stated the Celtics had won the playoff game. in this category. be remiss to call his position tenuous.

"Charles 0. Finley owns the team," says this bravest of the A.L. brave, "and if he wants to make a change it's his money." A tall, handsome fellow with bright blue eyes, McGaha hints that he won't even ask for a blindfold or a last, clgaret. Instead he1 is doing the best with the pitiful bit he has and he faces the approaching season unafraid, "I feel we have helped ourselves by obtaining pitcher Fred Talbot and outfielders Jim Lan-dis and Mike Hershberger from the White Sox," he added, ignoring the fact that Talbot had a 4-5 record with Chicago while The only difference is that McGaha would have exceeding ly more difficulty than the oth two rungs from bottom only The fact is overlooked that it requires more than ventriloquism to beat the New York Yankees, et al. Nobody ever beheads the general manager or the scouts or the owner who won't pay sufficient sums to create a contender.

Thus the rheumat'c athletes in 10 years have had seven managers. Take into account that McGaha took over last June, and that his team finished last by five games, and you would not ers in obtaining job insurance. This is due to the fact that he is manager of the Kansas City Athletics. The Athletics are listed as a team in the American League. Beyond that their nickname is substantiated only by the bou twice.

It is a fretful situation which in comparison enshrines the city's stock yards as an arboretum. One of the peculiarities of i baseball is that when a team 1 Schollander Heads Seal Drive We received a letter from swimmer Don Schollander, who won four gold medals in the 1964 Olympic Games, announcing that he has been appointed national sports chairman of the Easter Seal campaign. Schollander, athlete of the year and a pre-medical student at Yale University, is getting behind this worthy charity with the same drive he has always exhibited in swimming. Don pointed out the many virtues of swimming to the rehabilitation of children paralyzed by illness or accident. 01ympian9 at Rutgers Clinic Two former Olympians-Don Bragg and Bill Alley-are scheduled to participate April 2 in the track section of the N.J.

Interscholastic Coaches Association's 14th annual spring clinic at Rutgers University. Also on the 13-sport schedule are clinics In tennis, wrestling, bowling, and lacrosse Organizations wishing to show the spectacular film, "Best Football Plays of 1964" just relesaed by DuPont to the National Collegiate Athletic Association, can do so by writing to the National Collegiate Film Service, 1030 West Chicago Chicago, 60622. The sound film with a running time of 19 minutes can be obtained by schools and organizations on a minimum rental basis. Shown are the 10 outstanding plays of last fall's collegiate season. Wauters Gets Letter Bill Wauters, sophomore from Allenhurst, recently was awarded a varsity letter in swimming by Lawrenceville School.

Bill is a member of Lawrenceville's Major and 011a Pod clubs George Spillane, who coached Neptune High School to its first Shore Conference baseball championship last year, is chair man of the baseball clinic at the bprmg Athletic Lonierence of the N.J. Interscholastic Coaches Association at Rutgers University on April 2-3. Browne Stars for Gamecocks Ken Turp, our Ocean County informant, reports Don Browne former All-Ocean County end from Toms River High School, is AMERICA'S LARGEST FAMILY CLOTHING CHAIN MEM. can always afford to look your best when you Easter-shop at Robert Hall! one of the leading end candidates the spring varsity football practice at the University of South Carolina. Browne, who was an All-State Prep end at Bordentown Military Institute after he graduated from Toms River, was red-shirted last fall and will be considered a sophomore next year as far as eligibility goes.

South Carolina is on the upswing in football as they are loaded with returning lettermen, and the 1964 freshman team which was considered the Gamecocks' best in history. According to Browne, freshman Bob Harris of Point Pleasant has im pressed with his speed. Harris scored three touchdowns for the yearlings last fall on long runs. Harris may handle the kickoff and punt returns to take advantage of his speed. Harris is also the yearlings' top sprinter and 440-yard dash man.

Another Point Pleasant graduate, Dave Meseroll, an All-Ocean County guard, did well as a reserve in football last fall. Sonnenfeld Stars Too Former Toms River High -School sprinter, Ed Sonnenfeld, had a splendid season with the University of South Carolina varsity indoor track team. He ran first for the Gamecocks' best mile-relay team in history. Sonnenfeld, a sophomore, ran the quarter mile in 49.8. Sonnenfeld, a sprinter, and Browne, a javelin thrower, are expected to be standouts in outdoor track for South Carolina this spring.

South Carolina is actively recruiting New Jersey athletes. The Gamecocks have six athletes from the Trenton area, including Skip Harlicka, former Notre Dame High School star, who led the freshman basketball team in scoring. Jeff Patterson, Point Pleasant Beach High School's best all-around athlete, was at South Carolina for a recent visit and may join Harris and Meseroll there next year. Oklahoma Is NCAA Choice boasts a defending NCAA champion and four runners-up of past years. Heading the list is last year's 130-pound titlist Yoshiri Ueteke, an Olympic champion and undefeated for the last two years.

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