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Even Me Williams Haters Are Rooting for Him 4- By ARTHUR DALEY Special from th Ntw York Timet NEW YORK Unless cruel fate per-versely hammers him down again, Theodore Samuel Williams, a spry old codger of 41, will soon pass Mel Ott in the home run standings and move into the exalted No. 3 place on the lists. 'Still ahead and slightly out of reach will be Jimmy Foxx with 534. Still further ahead and totally out of reach will be Babe gentleman has done marvelously well this season. He is as buoyant as a teen-ager and is hitting with the awesome authority of old.

Many Williams fans say his double tour of duty in the marines ruined his record potential. It's a most valid contention. Williams enlisted as an aviator after a four-year batting average of .360 and a homer average of 34. He was at his peak. He was still close to that peak in 1952 when he was yanked back into service for the Korean war to serve as an object lesson for other aged retreads.

At a conservative estimate he lost' 150 home runs during his five years of flying. He should be up over the 650 total by now, far beyond Ottie and far beyond Double-X. But he'd still be behind the Babe, just as he should be. What the five years did to his batting average is past conjecture. Five hot years' might have lifted him from his present .346 to well over .350.

Foxx and Williams, eh? Mention of them together has to ring a bell. It rings one all the way back to 1938 when Double-X was the muscular slugging star of the Red Sox. In fact, he hammered 50 homers that year. Into training camp came a string-bean 19-year-old named Williams, the cockiest and freshest rookie that manager Joe Cronin ever had encountered. Ted thought he was all ready to move into the varsity line-up, nudging out Ben Chapman, Doc Cramer or Joe Vosmik he didn't care which.

He was good and he knew it He said so, too. Often. No one in camp could belt a ball farther. "Listen, kid," said a caustic old-timer, "just wait until you see Foxx hit" "Just wait until Foxx sees me hit," said the unabashed Williams. He was too much for Cronin, who sent him to Minneapolis where he was to "learn to be a big-leaguer." The old guard jeered him on his way.

"So long, busher," said Cramer. "I'll be back, wise guys," snarled Ted, "and someday Ml make more dough than the three of you com- 1 bined." He waved at the outfield trio of Chapman, 1 Cramer, and Vosmik. He came back as promised. And he earned more than the three of them twice as much. A year later, the Splendid Splinter was booming 'em for the Red Sox.

As a freshman he hit a Ruth with 714. But Otrs 511 is only a short grab away and the revivified Williams, with 506 circuit blasts, is eagerly straining to whip right past it. He started this season with the ambition to touch 500, an ambition tinged with pessimism since the injury Foxx modest .327 with 31 homers. Then he took off to capture six batting championships and to win acclaim as the finest natural hitter since Shoeless Joe Jackson. He has been a controversial figure over the decades, arousing deep loyalties and intense dislike.

But even the Williams haters won't begrudge him the overhauling of Ottie, the best loved baseball man of his generation. It will be the least that Ted deserves. BABE RUTH Mono in front jinx hamstrung him so grievously last year that he hit only 10. However, the old Trn urn ill mac He 'Wait'U Fox sees me hlf Ott i Old Warhorse-Enos Slaughter Phils Beat Braves lie Homers. on Conley Homer I i I itiinnrapolitf I morning (Tribune Section in the ninth on an infield hit by B.

G. Smith with the bases loaded. 10-4 Millers Win By TOM BRIERE i Minneapolis Tribun Sport Writer Mickey Mantle, Frank Howard, look to your laurels. By actual measurement, Don Gile of Minneapolis hit the ball 472 feet over the left-center screen in a 10 4 romp over Houston at Metropolitan stadium Wednesday night. Gile, 6-6, 225-pound right-handed slugger, collected homers No.

8 and No. 9 and drove in five runs last 16 MILWAUKEE, Wis. WP Gene Conley, a towering 6-8 pitcher cracked a three-run homer in the 10th inning to boost Philadelphia to an 8-5 victory over Milwaukee Wednesday night after the Braves had. earlier put down an uprising with the National league's first triple play since 1958. Conley.

the off season pro basketball star who was traded away by the Braves, leaned into a pitch by Don McMahon and sent his game-winning drive far into the left field bleachers. The blast. Conley's first homer of the year, came with two out. Joe Morgan led off the inning with a double and remained at second as thf next two batters were easy outs. Cal Neeman then was given an intentional walk and Conley promptly crossed up the Milwaukee strategy by bating McMahon's first delivery.

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A 1 4,713. frail fy-' 'S, ii EARL TO BOSOX; NATS EYE TRADE Boston Wednesday called up pitcher Earl Wilson from Minneapolis. Wilson's tenure with the Bosox may, however, be brief. Fireball -ing Earl is being sought by Washington. If Wilson fails at Boston, he'll be traded to the Senators.

Dick Radatz, '9-4 right hander with Raleigh of the Carolina league will join the Millers replacing Wilson. Miller manager Eddie Popowski placed pitcher Bill Dial on the active list last night. Second-Base Pirates Rip Cincy 5-2 Combo Moves Millers Up GENERAL MANAGER GEORGE BROPHY SAID, "Charley Schilling and Jim Mahoney have jelled injo a fine double play combination and the Millers are moving." The tight support and the timely double plays have given the pitchers confidence. "Up to last night," said George, "we had won 17 of ouf last 25 games and our infield gave us 22 double Ford Hurls Yankees Over Baltimore 5-2 BALTIMORE, Md Yankees gained revenge on New York's league-leading Baltimore Wednesday night, plays in that stretch." Nothing pares with a double play for taking the pain out of a base on balls; and CULLUM'S COLUMN (fcSa DICK CULIUM whipping the Orioles 5-2 behind the pitching of veteran southpaw Whitey Ford. The 31-year-old left hander, who had pitched 16 innines July 7, 1960 BRAVES PULL TRIPLE PLAY MILWAUKEE, Wis.

(UPI) Rookie second baseman Chuck Cottier of the Milwaukee Braves started a controversial triple play Wednesday night against Philadelphia that wound op with Philly manager Gene Mauch being thrown out of the game. Cottier, with the bases loaded, caught Bobby Gene Smith's shoetop liner and threw to first, doubling Tony Taylor. Pitcher Dick Farrell had raced to the plate on the play and Milwaukee catcher Del Cran-dall threw the ball to third baseman Eddie Mathews for the third out on the play. The Phils swarmed rookie umpire Ed Vargo, claiming Cottier trapped the ball after it hit the ground. Mauch led the tongue lashers against Vargo, who wheeled and gave the manager the thumb only after having three times walked away from him.

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Ab.ia.ia af Winniaaa. Minot at Grand rorlct. night. He weakened to 380 1 a 1 feet on the second four- bagger, however, in the fifth inning with two aboard. In the third inning, Gile walloped a pitch out of the park at the 380-feet marker in left center.

Groundskeeper Joe Mooney measured to where the ball landed, an additional 92 feet. GILE, who admitted this was one of the best balls he ever hit, was hopeful his two homers would end a prolonged slump. "When you're hitting, no pitch gives you trouble." Don said. "When you're not hitting, they all give you trouble. The Millers taeeed rieht handed Ben Johnson with his first loss after three straight triumphs since rejoining the Buffs from Chicago.

They totaled 15 hits and moved to within three games of fourth-place Houston in the Ameri can Association. Right hander Schwall of Minneapolis fast-balled a five hitter to raise his record to 7-6. SHEP FRAZIER larruDed his sixth homer 380 feet over the right-field fence in the fourth. And Dave Mann be came the first Miller to reach the 100-hit mark this season, bagging three for 101. Carl Yastrzemski has.

98 and Charlie Schilling 97. Doubles by Yastrzemski and Bob Tillman scored one run for the Millers in the second. They chased Johnson in the five-run fifth with Mann, Schilling, Lu Clinton, Tillman and Schwall adding singles to Gile's three-run homer. Wayne Connally singled off Schwall in the first and third, driving home an unearned run in the third after Mann dropped Billy Davidson's fly ball for a two-base error. Schawll held the rest of the buffs hitless until Joe Macko beat out anjnfield tap in the ninth.

Two more hits and three unearned runs followed Schilling's error. DUGOUT DOPE: Galpn Cisco (2-4) and Hal Kolstad (b-4) will pitch the 6:30 twin bill for the Millers tnnieht against Houston's U-D) and AI Lary (8-5) Johnson tucked one in Yas. jtrzemski's ribs after Gile's homer in the fifth. Menacing mantes were exenanged Then big Ben low-bridged Frazier in the fifth following his fourth-inning homer rmwtion, AI I Connolly, II 1 4 1 4 3 0 0 0 I 1 1 0 I 0 0 0 I it Johnton, cf William. chlt, lb ooo.

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Ak.nt 0 i 0 CINCINNATI. Ohio UPI Bob Skinner hit an inside-' the-park grand slam home run in the short confines nf Crosley field Wednesday night that gave Pittsburgh a 5-2 victory over Cincinnati. i ne Pirates erupted for five runs in the eiehth after Bob Purkey had held them io two nits through the first seven innings. Purkey, suddenly 1 i control, walked home the tying run and skinner then hir his homer off reliever Rill Henry. It was nothing more than a line drive smash to left field but Wally Post missed while trvine to make a shoe string catch.

The balProlled up on the terrace at the left field wall and Vada Pinson had to rnme all the way from center field to retrieve it. Until that eiehlh. the Pirates had been undpr Pur- key's complete subjection. Meanwhile, the Reds hadn't done much more against Pirate starter Tom Cheney. They held a one-run lead, however, on Gus Bell's third-inning home run.

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iotk 104t ftrit. At. OPEN EVENINGS RENT TOBACCO ROAD' Injuries Put Slaughter on Houston Bench Enos Slaughter of Houston manages from the dug out amid a stream of tobacco juice. "I'm not through as a player," said the 44-year-old Slaughter, "but I've been bothered by injuries all season. "First I cracked a rib in a collision at home plate with Charleston catcher Steve Korcheck.

Lately, I've been troubled with water behind the ear drum. "My ear hurts when I run. I played the other night in Denver because we didn't have any healthy outfielders." He's batting .310 in 29 trips to the plate. Slaughter claims he's enjoying his first year of managing after 20 years as a major league outfielder. 'Treat your ballplayers and the umpires as human beings," said Slaughter, a Akins Loses to Rodriguez LOUISVILLE, Ky.

Unbeaten Luis Rodriguez protected his perfect record Wednesday night by winning a unanimous decision over former welterweight champion Virgil Akins. Rodriguez, the top challenger for the title, was in trouble only once. During the third round he stopped a hard right, grabbed his 32-year-old St. Louis opponent around the waist and hung on. After that round Akins apparently lost his taste for fighting.

He spent the other seven rounds backing away from the 23-year-old Cuban. Each weighed 147 pounds. Referee Paul Matchuny scored it for Rodriguez 48-43 while judges Henry Sadlo and Harlow Edwards had it 48-42. of shut out baseball against season, gave up seven hits, in evening his record at 5-5. It was a far cry from the three-game sweep Baltimore registered over New York here little more than a month ago as Roger Maris and Cle-tus Boyer homered and Mick- Mantle hit a booming triple just short of the barrier.

Brooks Robinson's bases-empty homer in the ninth was too little and too late for Baltimore. The home run in the third was No. 27 for Marris, who leads the league, and he boosted his RBI total which is also the league's best to 69 with the homer and an eighth-inning single. The ground-ball single brought Mantle home after his triple, which scored Hector Lopez. Yard (SI loltimar.

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Baltimore twice earlier in the walked two and struck out six Sievers Paces Chisox Win CLEVELAND, Ohio A two-run homer by Roy Sievers in the ninth inning gave the Chicago White Sox a 7-5 victory over Cleveland Wednesday night. The loss snapped a five-game winning streak for the Indians. The winner was Gerry Sta-ley, who pitched four scoreless innings in relief to nain his ninth victory against mree aeteats. Chicot a 7I ob rbi Cltlond 5I ab I tbi aancia, 3 1 IKWII. 7h 1 Pat.

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All Important singles matches were put off until today. at no time does a pitcher need help so much as when he has just put a runner on base with four balls. i-The Schilling-Mahoney pair has administered this therapy more than once in the Millers' current rise from the now remote last place where they sat a while ago. THEY LEARNED FROM MIKE TT IS PLAIN TO SEE THAT THE Pittsburgh Pirates 1 are doing all right in the National league race. Nevertheless, Milwaukee manager Charley Dressen says, "The Giants are the team to beat;" and manager Tom Sheehan of the San Francisco Giants says, "Milwaukee is the team to beat." If that is so then we have two of Mike Kelley's proteges fighting it out for the National league pennant.

Dressen has often said he "owes it all" to Mike's teaching; and Sheehan's only previous experience as a manager came in two stretches under Mike in Minneapolis. Sheehan at first protested that he did not seek or want the managership of the Giants but he has now declared himself a candidate for the same office in 1961. He said, "I've heard that Eddie Stanky. Paul Richards, and some others are in the running. Maybe they are; but if I do well this year I would have to be the leading candidate for the job next year." CRIPPLES RETURN SHEEHAN STILL LIKES HIS TEAM'S chances, assuming that Pittsburgh will sag some.

"I've got six good pitchers," he told an interviewer in Philadelphia. "Jim Davenport is back at third base and Don Blasingame is back at second. It hurt us having those two out. Willie McCovey has always been a late starter and he is coming around now at first." Without digging through the whole record it seems likely that Sheehan, at 66, may be the oldest man ever to make his first start as a major league manager. HEADED FOR TITLE IT APPEARED AT THE OUTSET that Virgil Akins was in top fighting condition last night; and he did get away to a fair start against Luis Rodriguez.

was a fight for a little while, but there is nobody sight capable of holding Rodriguez for long. His high-speed attack is his best defense. He rarely bothers to block punches. Instead, he slips them while keeping both hands free for punching. Whenever he needs a rest, he can hide behind that beautiful left jab and automatically continue to pick up points while taking it easy.

He is the best thing we have had from Cuba since Kid Gavilan..