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10 Alston Protests Then Says 'Okay' Bragan Talks'Braves THE REGISTER-NEWS MT. VERNON, ILLINOIS THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1965 To Split With Dodgers MORE DETERMINED EVERY CAME Success Hasn't Spoiled Speedster Maury Wills By JOE RBICHLER I As8nrin (ed Press Sirarts Writer NEW YORK (AP) Success hasn't spoiled Maury Wills. Nor has It made him less contemplative. Ho sits in front of his locket- before a game and you can almost sense tlie mental determination building up. "I plan and scheme what I'm to do," explained the Los Angeles Dodgers' brained captain who has been stealing bases this season at a pace almost impossible to comprehend.

"Sometimes I plan to steal every time I get on base. Or biint four times in one game. I've done both. I'm not a power hitter so I've got to U-y to ii-ri- tate the pitcher the best way I can. "When they start throwing at me or make countless efforts to pick me off, that's when I know I've succeeded." From a vantage point in the dugout, Wills studies the pitch- every move.

before I get on base," he said, "I've decided whether I'm going to steal. "In the dug- and on deck, I watch every move the pitcher makes and remember every one. You steal on the pitcher, not the catcher. catalog every pitcher. I'm constantly on the lookout for a give-away sign.

A dip ol the head, a twist ol the shoulder, a turn of the body, all these things mean something to me. of the things a pitcher Spes on the mound, he does unconsciously. That's why I can rely on him to do those things all the time. My job is to find 0 (Jt what they are." This constant battle of wits takes a lot out of the slightly built speedster, who doesn't rely on brute strength and flashing spikes the way Ty Cobb did. Cobb weighed over 200.

Wills weighs 170. "I start the season about 174 or 176 but I can't hold it," said Maury. "I purposely add the weight for my own protection. Sometimes it's necessary to barrel into a baseman." Wills stands today as the only player of modem times to pass the 100 mark in stealing bases. Cobb set the modem major league record of 96 with the Detroit Tigers in 1315.

Then along came Wills to steal 104 in a 162; game season in 1962. His 72 stol- By DICK COUCH Associated Press Sports Writer National League W. L. Pet. Los Angeles 63 4S .758 Cincinnati 60 47 .561 2 Milwaukee 58 46 .5.58 2Vs San Fran 57 46 .553 3 Phila ffi 50 .524 6 Pittsburgh 56 53 .514 7 St.

Louis 54 53 .505 8 Chicago 51 59 .464 Houston 45 60 .429 16 New York 34 73 ,318 28 Wednesday's Results Milwaukee 4-2, Los Angeles -3 San Fi'ancisoo 4, Cincinnati 3, 10 innings Philadelphia 7, Chicago 2 Pittsburgh 3, New York 0 St. Louis 9, Houston 4 Friday's Games Chicago at New York, Pittsburgh at Pliiladelphia, Houston at Milwaukee, Los Angeles at Cincinnati, San Francisco at St. Louis, American League Minnesota Baltimore Cleveland Detroit Chicago W. L. Pet.

G.B. 68 39 .636 62 43 .500 60 44 .577 58 46 .558 57 47 .548 53 36 .486 16 48 58 .453 19Vi 64 62 .426 40 64 .385 26ii 67 .337 SI 5 New York Los Angeles Washington Boston Kansas City 34 Wednesday's Results Minnesota 4, Washington 3 Boston 5, Kansas City 1 Cleveland 4, Detroit 1 New York 4, Chicago 3, IS innings Baltimore 6-S, Los Angeles 5-0 Friday's Games Cleveland at Chicago Boston at Minnesota, New York at Detroit, Baltimore at Kansas City, Washington at Los Angeles, en bases through games of Sunday, Aug. 1 have put him well ahead of the 1962 pace. Off IMA '65 BUICK We're Short Of USED CARS And Will Give You An Extra Good Trade-In On A New BUICK The persuasive powers of Bobby Bi-agan, the Mihvaukee manager, paid off a 4-3 victory Wednesday niglit in the opening game of a double header against Los Angeles and Walt Alston didn't stop seething until his Dodgers had salvaged the nightcap, 3-2, and protected their firet-place foothold. The Los Angeles pilot lodged a protest later withdrawn after Bragan and the umpires conb'lbuted to a zany play during Milwaukee's decisive thiee- run second-inning rally in tlie first game.

Gene Oliver's homer bad tied the score 2-2 and the Braves had runners on first and third with one out when pitcher Hank Fischer bounced to second baseman Jim Lefebvre. Lefebvre swiped at Woody Woodward as the Braves runner passed him on the basepath, then thi'ew wildly to first as Frank Boiling scored tlie go- ahead run. Both first base umpire Ken Bui'khart and second base umpire Lee Weyer appeared to have signaled Woodward out on the play. Bragan rushed onto the field to dispute the call and, after a huddle with all four umpires. Woodward was declared safe at second and awarded third base on the overthrow.

He scored the deciding run a moment later on FeUpe Alou's infield out. Woodward explained between games that Weyer had given the out sign at second because he assumed Burkhart ahready had made the same call. "Then they decided to have a conference and descovered neither one had called me out." Alston, convinced at the time that Woodward had been called out and had left the field, protested the game on the premise that Bragan's intervention had caused the umpires to reverse their decision. However, after the Dodgers took the nightcap, breaking a 22 tie in the eighth on Lou Joim- son's run-scoring triple. Alston said he was satisfied with the umpires' explanation of the disputed play and would not file a protest.

Second-iplace ancinnati dropped a 4-3, lO-inning verdict to San Francisco and fell two games behind the Dodgers while Pittsburgh blanked New York 30, St. Louis rocked Houston 9-4 and Philadelphia drubbed Chicago 7-2 in other NL games. Jim Hart doubled in the 10th and scored on Hal Lanier's single, lifting the Giants past Cincinnati and enabling Juan Marichal to gain his 17th victory. Marichal gave up 12 hits, including a two-run double by Fete Rose and Gordy Coleman's run-scoring single in the third. Andre Rodgers drove in two runs with a homer and squeeze bunt as the Pirates shut out the Mets for the second straight day.

Bob Veale pitched eight Innings, striking out 12 and allowing five hits, before giving way to Don Schwall in the ninth. Ted Savage broke a 2-2 tie with a fourth-inning double and singled home another run in St. Louis' fiver-un eighth, powering the Cardinals and southpaw Curt Simmons past Houston. The Phillies trimmed the Cubs behind Chris Short's eight- hit pitching and the hittmg of Dick Stuart, who drove in lour runs with his 19th homer, a do- THE SPOTLIGHT Cards Show Power, Whip Houston 9-4 ST. LOUIS (AP) The St.

Louif Cardinals had power to spare Wednesday night as they defeated the Houston Astros Lou Brock singled in the seventh. Hole second and kept running all the way home as the Houston infield tMsed the ball away a couple of times. That was one of three unearned runs the Astros gave the Cardinals. Ted Savage, hitting only .083 when the game started, put the Cardinals ahead in the fourth inning with a run-scoring double. St.

Louis scored three runs that inning to overhaul a 2-0 Astro lead. Savage singled again in the eighth when the Cardinals went wild and scored five runs. Bob Gibson (m) starts tonight for the Redbirds against Bob Bruce (7-13). AMERICAN LEAGUERS 00 FOR TITLE Tigers, Yankees Play Little League Final Roger Staubach Wins QB Spot Browns Picked To Beat All-Stars By Points "Never Looked Better" Jim Brown Regaining Lost Time uble and a sacrifice fly. New Cage Coach At Lincoln High MANITOWOC, Wis.

(AP) Edgar Fleener, 30, of Wheaton, 111., has been named head basketball coach at Lincohi High School, replacing James Dietrich, who resigned. Fleener, a 1957 graduate of Beloit College, was sophomore basketball coach at Glenbard West High School in Glen EUyn, last season. Previously he was sophomore basketball cbach at Rock Island, High School and basketball coach at Kirkwood, High School. Dietrich's resig nation as coach was said to have resulted from harassing telephone calls and letters. By JACK HAND Associated Press Sports Writer HIRAM, Ohio (AP) Jim Brown, working on the second year of a three-year conti-act at $50,000 plus a yeai-, still expects to call it a career after 1966.

"That will be 10 yeai-s, a nice length of time," said the fullback of the reigning National Football League champions, the Cleveland Browns. "The older you get the importance of individual records diminishes," said Brown. "At the start you want to impress people. The important thing is to be a member of the team. No one man ever does the job all by himself.

"Winning the championship was the high spot of my career. We had a group of guys who on it the hard way by scrambling. My immediate objective is to try to help win it again." Brown, i-ecently found innocent in a messy court case involving a teen-age girl, said he had made up his mind not to become involved in football until his name had been cleared. Because of the trial. Brown reported late at the Browns' camp on the campus of Hiram College.

He went to work the first day and took part in a scrimmage on his second day. Those who watched Brown ramble with a screen pass from Frank Ryan in the second scrimmage session were convinced he will be ready when the bell rings. "Jim seems to be coming along real well," said Cbach Blanton Collier. "I think he is ready to play right now." Brown came to camp light but quickly picked up poundage and now scales about 222, about six below his regular season weight. "I'm having no problems at all," said Brown.

"My legs haven't tired and I never have any trouble with my weight." Chess Strategy SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) Pal Benko, a grandmaster from New York, took the lead Wednesday in the U.S. Open Chess Championship Tournament with a total of eight points. He defeated Bernard Zuckerman, another New Yorker, to take a half-point lead over Zuckerman and William Lombardy, who defeated Duncan Suttles of Vancouver, B.C. Five-County Tennis Meet AtCentralia The annual Five-County Tennis Tournament is expected to draw a record number of entrants this year, according to Don Moore, manager. The toiu-nament will end Labor Day at Centralia's Faii-view Park with champions being named in the men's singles and doubles, junior singles and women's singles and doubles.

Trophies will be awarded to winners and riinners-up with the men's and women's singles champions gaining possession of giant bowls for one year. The bowls were presented by the Evening and Sunday Sentinel. Defending champions are: Men's singles, Steve Champ, Centralia; boys' singles. Ken Abrams, Centralia; men's doubles, Brannon and Spurlin, Vandalia; women's doubles, AJinette and Connie McNish, Centralia; women's singles, Annette McNish, Centralia. First and second round action will be at the sites most convenient to the participants.

The semi-finals and finals will be at Centi'alia. Deadline for enU'ies is Aug, 18. Entries should be mailed to Sports Depar'jnent, Evening and Sunday Sentinel, Centralia, and entry fee is $1.50 per person, per event. TYLERS JEFFERSON MOTORS INC 820 Jordan 'Southern Illinois l.nrqc.i ufonxob'-r Dealer" Pontiac Cadillac Buick GMC Trucks Mf. Vernon Giardello Will Give Dick Tiger Shot At Crown CHERRY HILL, N.J.

(AP) Middleweight c(hampion Joey Giardello was granted a New York State boxing license and the 33-year-old ring veteran promptly said he would defend the title against Dick Tiger, probably at the end of October in Madison Square Garden. "Tiger is definitely it, probably at the end of October," Giardello said Wednesday after getting word that Gen. Melvin Krulewitch, chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission, announced approval of the champion's application. Giardello hasn't, fought in New York smce 1956. His license there expired in liffl.

The champion didn't apply for a license because he was told he wouldn't get one because of his questionable associations. Since then, Giardello bought out his various managers and placed himself in the hands of attorney Michael Delcollo, a friend and adviser. Giardello won the title fi'om Tiger with a L5-round decision Dec. 7, 1963 in Atlantic City. He made no defense, taking a 15- round decision from Rubin (Hurricane) Carter at Patterson, N.J., last Dec.

14. CHICAGO (AP) The weapons that brought Head Coach Otto Graham's All-Stars upset victories over National Football League champions in 1958 and 1963 again are ready in his arsenal for Friday night's clash with the Cleveland Browns. They are: 1. A sci'ambling quarterback. Graliam has named scurrying Roger Staubach, a Navy ensign and 1963 Heisman Tfbphy winner, as his starting quarterback.

2. A breakaway pass-catcher. That would be sprinter Bob Hayes, the world's fastest human, of Florida 3. A consistent placekicker, Yale's Chuck Mercem fits the bill. He set Ivy League records last year by booting 19 of 22 ex- ti-a points and five of nine field goals three in one game, including a pair from 48 to 46 yards.

The collegians have won only three of the last 15 games with tlie NFL champions and trail in the over-all series sponsored by Chicago Tritoune Charities with nine victories to 20 for the pros. Two games were tied. The Browns are a solid, point favorite Friday night. The game, at Soldier Field, is expected to draw 70,000 and will be televised and broadcast by ABC starting at 9 p.m., EST. Along with Staubach in the starting backfield, Graham has named halfback Pat Dcmnelly of Navy, fullback Ken Willard of North Carolina and Hayes, who can run the 100 yards in 9.1.

The starting defensive horde averages near 250 pounds through the line. Included is All- America linebacker Dick Butkus of Illinois, co -captain ot the squad with Staubach. Other All-Star quarterbacks are Notre Dame's John Huarte, the 1964 Heisman Trophy winner, who agam will have his Irish teammate, end Jack Snow, as a potential target, California's Craig Morton and Michigan's Bob Timberlake. Fire To Delay Construction On New Stadium ST. LOUIS (AP) Construction on St.

Louis' new sports stadium wUl be delayed because of a spectacular fire that raced through the downtown area Wednesday. Four warehouses were de- storyed and parts of the stadium were damaged by the leaping fire. Two other buildings were heavily damaged. Mayor A. J.

Cervantes estimated the loss In the millions of dollars, but no concrete damage estimate could made. Firemen said the fire may have been started in a deserted warehouse by a tramp. The area had been for use as parking space for the new stadium, where the 1966 Major League Baseball All-Star game will be held. 0. 0.

Mcftacken, executive vice president of the civil Center Redevelopment said he did not know how long work on the stadium would be delayed. CMC Center is the stadium builder. Three firemen among the hundreds who fought the raging blaze suffered minor injuries. Mayor Cervantes called the blaze St. Louis' worst fire in 88 years.

Playsr Joint FIflId Pros Go For $125,000 In Philly Open PHILADELPHU "I came," said Gary Player, "because the Whltemarsh Country Club is one of my favorite courses in the I think It's super." Thus, the 5-fool-7, 150-pound player from Johannesburg, South Africa, announced why he changed his plans and showed up for the Philadelphia Golf Classic. He had said earlier he would pass it up, spendhig the werfc practicing for the PGA Championship. Player and 143 other starters tee off today in the opening round. Last year. Player finished second here, one stroke behind Jack Nicklaus' winning total of 276.

Nicklaus, the top money winner in PGA tournaments this year, is back to defend his crown. Others include Arnold Palmer, Sam Snead, Ben Hogan, Tony Lema and Billy Casper, who has dieted off 45 poionds and is now playing some of the best golf of his career. Judging from a pro-am tournament played on the par 72 course Wednesday, pro Gardner Dickuison also has a chance. Dickinson fired a six-under- par 66 for the lowest socre among the professionals in the event. Bert Yancey and Nicklaus tied for second at 68.

Palmer came in at par 72, while Player had a 73 and Tony Lema a 76 Wednesday's Fights THE ASSOCIATED VKESA NEW YORK Flash Elorde, 135 xManila, outpointed Frankie Narvaez, 135V4, New York, 10. Jury Awards $175,000 To 'Ruined' Coach SEATTLE, Wash. (AP) John A. Grayson, former head basketball coach at the University of Washington, was awarded $175,000 Wednesday night by a King County Superior Court jury that deliberated nine hours. Grayson, 49, had sought $300,000 in a libel suit against the Curtis Publishing Co.

for a Saturday Svening Post artide which he contended ruined his career. The article, "Basketball Bullies," was published over the byline of Al Ldghmer of Salem, a former referee. In the article, Grayson was accused of inciting home crowds at a game in which Lightner was an official. Special emphasis was directed at Grayson's conduct during a Washington- UCLA game here March 2, 1862. Lightner said he had been struck and received a cut following that contest.

Grayscm, whose contract was allowed to lapse in April, 1963, some three months after the article appeared, denied ever inciting a crowd. Jim Owens, Washington athletic director, denied the article had anything to do with Grayson's losing his job. He said the basketball coadi had been offered another position in the department at a lesser salary but had declined. BATTING Dick Stuart, Philadelphia, drove in four runs, two with his 19th homer, leading the Phillies to a 7-2 victory over the CHiicago Cubs. BV RlOff ARCIfKR Two American Lengue ies in semifinal play last night left two American Lengue teams, the Tigers and the Yankees, to play for 1965 Optimist Little League championbhip tonight at 5:30 p.

m. Tile Brehm-Hanna squcez'd by (he Shrine Senators 10-9 to reHch the Danny Smith look the victoiy in relief ol Mark Bevis. and Ashby paced the seven-hit Senator altack with a single and a double apiece. Loser Lan-y was belted for eight hits. Griffin and Kelley led the Yankees with two hits.

The highly-favored First National Tigers romped tlie Amvete Clardinals 12-4 to gain their finals berth. Jessie Emmons grabbed the Tiger win as he and reliever Jessie Green fanned ten and allowed just seven hits. Larry Cavitt led the Cai-dinals with two singles, while Dude, Sinclair, Moles, Dodson, and Epperson each had one hit. The losing Cardinals, who were the last National League team to be eliminated fi-om the tournament, were knocked for only five hits. Jessie Green led the Tigers witli two hits, while third baseman Patterson belted a homer in the third inning.

Six unearned Tiger runs were deciding factors in the game. Tonight's championship game between the Tigers and the Yankees features the one-two teams in the American League in the regular season. The Tigers are a strong team; however, Larry Mays, an important player in the Tiger team attack, will be unable to play this even- The loss of Mays if last night's game did not show. Whether or not the more powerful Yankees can take advantage of Mays' absenct cannot be predicied. Wednesday's Stan By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HTCHING Sonny Slebert.

Qeveland, pitched a four-hitter for his 12th victory against six defeats as the defeated Detroit 4-1. Back Ta Minors CHICAGO (AP) The Chicago White Sox have optioned outilielder Jim Hicks to their Indianapolis club in the Pacific League. Hicks, recentiy recalled from Indianapolis, made eight hitiess plate appearances, striking, out six times. D. H.

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