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FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1 9 6 6 PAGE THIRTY THE GREENVILLE NEWS. GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA REDS 15UMP CU1SS Greenwood Leaders Play For Lead Tonight Cepeda-Led Cards Phillies Rip Mets, 11-2 Trip Braves, 7-5 13 G-Mets in order before Dave Smith got Greenville's first hit in the fifth inning. Penn, however, got plenty of help as the Phillie came up with an 18-hit "SPARTANBURG Spartan-, the Mets en route to an 11-2 burg jumped into a tie with victory. Greenville for the Western Car- The two teams will meetFri-jiiinas League lead here Thurs-day night in Meadowbrook park Hay night as John Penn and! at 7:30 p.m. Ace Nolan Ryan 3he Phillies effectively stopped of the G-Mets will face right- MorningLJ ITOPofthc JIM ANDERSON attack.

Spartanburg struck first in the second inning, scoring on a solo homer by Larry Bowa. The Phils added two more in the third before exploding for six runs in the fourth. The Phillies sent 10 men to bat in the fourth, and employed a six-hit attack in getting the six runs. Bowa paced the Spartanburg attack with four hits in five trips as he drove in three of the 11 runs. GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG an rm ao roi Martln.lt 3 0 0 0 Bowa.ss 5 3 4 2 4 3 3 2 Helse.2b Brown.cf Campbell, rf Mitchell, lb Smith, sj EzelU Alspach.p Reahm.p Diaz.p 3 12 0 4 0 0 0 York.rf 4 112 Roberts, cf 4 0 0 0 Allen, lb 4 0 2 0 Torres, If 4 0 10 Martln.c 3 0 0 0 Silicato.3b 1 0 0 0 Penn.p 10 0 0 10 0 0 4 0 12 5 12 2 3 0 12 4 110 5 13 0 5 2 2 1 5 0 10 Totals 32 2 6 2 Totals 40 11 18 11 Greenville 000 00O 002- 2 Spartanburg 012 601 10x-ll Smith 2.

DP-Greenvllle 2. LOB Greenville 5) Spartanburg 11. 3B Roberts, Allen. HR-Bowa, Campbell. Seise.

SF Allen. IP ER BB SO Alspach (L.ll-6) 3 1-3 9 7 5 1 3 Reahm 3 8 4 2 1 3 Diaz 12-3 1 0 0 1 2 Penn (W, 12-4) 9 6 2 2 1 8 HBP By Reahm, Dovle. WP-Reahm. -Richardson, Messlno. 2:35.

Three members of the Greenwood American Legion baseball team who paced the club into the semifinal playoffs against Greer are, left to right, pitcher-outfielder Eddie Bolton, outfielder Robin Cary and third baseman Larry Le-Croy. (News-Piedmont sports photo by Leon Carncs) INCREDIBLE DID HAPPEN rANE OF THE BABE RUTH stories that Jim Coker of Brandon has often told, which seemed too incredible to be true, has been substantiated in Arthur Daley's jbook, "Inside Baseball." Coker was a textile pitcher of note in his playing days, you will remember. He first told us the story at a jBouthern Textile Basketball Tournament. Few would Relieve it really could have happened. It was that Babe Ruth once hit a ball between a pitcher's legs and the ball went over the head of the center fielder.

Now doesn't that sound impossible? But Daley explains that it did. And Jim passes along a copy of the book. 1 Hod Lisenbee, who had come out of Tennessee and was having a rookie year with the Washington Senators, 3vas the pitcher. The center fielder was aging Tris Speaker, who had left a long and illustrious career at Cleveland. 2 Just before Lisenbee delivered the pitch to Ruth, center fielder Speaker began to sneak in toward second an attempt to trap a runner of the bag, according to 3Daley.

"The ball came back with such velocity that it went Screaming through the pitcher's legs," writes Daley, 2'and went sailing serenely over the head" of Speaker. Only Ruth could be involved in such a story. Greenwood Evens Legion Series, 7-3 Greer closed the gap with a run in the third. Mike Autry CHIEF NOC-A-HOMA NAMED CITY HAS A winner in naming the Brave who appears from the teepee at Atlanta Stadium for a Var dance whenever an Atlantan hits a homer. Mrs.

3lary Truesdale, wife of News-Piedmont advertising phief Jack Truesdale, was one of three persons having same idea for the winning name. Chief Noc-A-Homa Ztoas Mrs. Truesdale's winning entry. So it's Chief Noc-A-Homa whenever the Braves knock a homer. It isn't the Braves that are drawing it's the opportunity for Southerners to see other major league Braves and their eighth in nine games, dropped them into ninth place in the National League standings, one half game behind the idle New York Mets.

COKER SLAMS CINCINNATI (AP) Jim Coker smashed a grand 6lam homer in the first inning, propelling the Cincinnati Reds to a 7-5 victory over the Chicago Cubs Thursday night, Deron Johnson added a two-run homer for the Reds, who have won five of their last six games, including three straight from the last place Cubs. Chicago pitchers now have allowed 15 home runs in the last seven games. Tommy Harper led off the first inning with a single. Two outs later, he stole second and raced home on Tony Perez' single. Tommy Helms followed with a single and Johnson walked before Coker hit a Curt Simmons pitch over the scoreboard for his third season homer and second career grand slam.

CHICAGO CINCINNATI ab bi ab bi Phillies cf 5 0.1 0 Harper rf 4 110 4 0 10 4 0 0 0 4 111 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 2 2 12 3 114 3 0 0 1 3 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Beckert 2b BWIIiams rf Santo 3b Banks lb Hundley Browne If 5 0 0 0 Pinson cf 4 2 10 Rose 2b 4 13 1 Perez lb 5 2 2 2 Ruiz If 4 0 11 Helms 3b 2 0 10 DJohnson If Altman If 0 0 0 0 Coker Kessinaer ss 3 0 1 1 Cardenas ss Simmons 1 0 0 0 Nuxhall Amlfitano ph 1 0 0 0 Queen Koonce 0 0 0 0 Nottebart Boccbella ph 1 0 1 0 DLee 0 0 0 0 LThomas ph 10 0 0 end lev 0 0 0 0 Total 36 5 11 5 Total 30 7 7 7 Chicago 001 000 0 2 2-5 Cincinnati 502 000 Ml- i DP-Clnclnnatl 1. LOB-Chlcaoo 10. 3B Phillip, B. Williams, Santo, Banks. HR-Coker (3), D.Johnson (12), Banks (5).

SQ-Hamer. IP Simmons (L, 3-3) 4 7 Koonce 2 0 D.Lee 1 0 Hendley 1 0 Nuxhall (W, 4-2) 7 1-3 10 Queen 0 0 ER BB SO 7 7 11 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 3 2 5 0 0 2 0 Nortebarr 12 3 1 2 1 1 HBP By Nuxhall (Hundley). A- 6,041. SAT. NITE Twin-Car-Vsi MOTORCrCLf I I 111:1 FOUR 20 LAP MOTORCYCLE RACES PLUS 40 LAP STOCK CAR RACE ALSO 20 LAP LATE MODEL HOBBY RACE ADMISSION ADULTS $3.00 CHILDREN Under 12 With Parents FREE GREENVILLE-PICKENS it SPEEDWAY it HWY.

121 GREENVILLE, I. C. Church and Irvine Friday, August 5th. mi ATLANTA (AP) Orlando Cepeda triggered a five-run burst in the second inning with his 17th homer and scored the deciding run in the eighth as the St. Louis Cardinals downed Atlanta 7-5 Thursday night for their fourth straight victory and 10th in the last 11 games.

The Cardinals withstood a three-run Atlanta rally in the eighth after successive doubles by Cepeda and Mike Shannon gave them a 6-2 bulge in the top of the inning. Two-run triples by Dal Max-viil and Lou Brock completed the second inning assault against loser Don Schwall after Cepeda led off the inning with his shot into the left field stands. Bob Gibson, who retired in the eighth with a sore pitching elbow after yielding five hits, registered his 13th victory against nine losses. Joe Torre led off the eighth with a single and Gibson gave way to Don Dennis, who was clipped for successive singles by Rico Carty and Frank Boiling for one run. Mike De La Hoz' sacrifice fly and Denis Menke's two-run double off Joe Hoerner completed the Braves' rally.

The loss, third in a row for the ST. LOUIS ATLANTA ab bl ab bl Flood cf 5 12 0 FAlou lb 5 2 2 1 Brock If 5 0 3 3 MJones cf 3 0 10 MCarver 5 0 0 0 Aaron rf 4 0 0 0 Cepeda lb 5 2 2 1 Torre 4 110 Shannon rf 4 0 1 '1 Carty If 2 111 Smith 3b 3 110 Bolllnfl 2b 4 110 Javier 2b 4 110 Mathews 3b 3 0 0 0 Maxvlll si 4 13 2 delaHoz 3b 0 0 0 1 Gibson 2 10 0 Menke ss 4 0 2 2 Dennis 0 0 0 0 Schwall 0 0 0 0 Hoerner 1 0 0 0 Carroll 1 0 0 0 Gonver on i Ritchie 0 0 0 0 enne pn Kellev 0 0 0 0 Woodwrd ph 10 0 0 Abernthy 0 0 0 0 Total 3s7737 Total Sill St. Louis 050 000 011-7 Atlanta 100 000 110-5 DP-Atlanta 1. LOB-St. Louis Atlanta 8.

2B-Brock (2), Cepeda, Shannon, Menke, Flood. 3B-Maxvlll, Brock. HR-Ceped (17), F.Alou (23). S- Gibson, SF-i-ariy, oe la moz IP ER BB SO Gibson (W, 139) Dennis Hoerner Schwall (L, -44) Carroll Ritchie Kelley Abernathy WP-Carroll, 11,343. 7 0 2 123 2 13 3 1 1 Kelley.

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It was Pat 3Cnow" saying that Wes Ferrell's nine homers in the 1931 Reason was the record for pitchers. Reese wondered how jnany Don Newcombe had. Big Don shares the National i.eague record for homer-hitting pitchers with Don Both hit seven in a season. Best hitting "jpitcher was Red Ruffing. He hit over .300 for eight hander Lowell Palmer.

Palmer has a 6-1 record. Penn, in gaining his fourth win of the season off Green ville, gave up six hits, three of them in the ninth as the G-Mets scored their only two runs. Penn was bidding for his third shutout against Greenville, but this was ruined by Joe Campbell home run. Bob Heise singled, and Campbell followed with his blast over the leftfield fence. The homer was Campbell's 18th of the season, and his fifth against the Phillies.

Penn walked the first man he faced, then retired the next WESTERN CAROLINAS Pet. GB G-METS Spartanburg Gastonia 26 9 .743 2B 9 .743 23 11 .676 3 20 15 .571 7 Thomasville Salisbury Statesville 14 21 .400 13 13 22 .371 14 9 26 .257 17 8 27 .229 18 Rock Hill Lexington RESULTS YESTERDAY Spartanburg 11, G-METS 2 Rock Hill 7, Gastonia 2 Thomasville 3, Statesville 1 Salisbury 3, Lexington 2 GAMES TODAY Spartanburg at GREENVILLE Rock Hill at Gastonia Salisbury at Lexington Statesville at Thomasville NATIONAL LEAGUE Pet. GB Pittsburgh 59 40 .596 San Francisco 60 41 .594 Los Angeles 58 40 .592 .525 .520 St. Louis 52 47 52 48 48 51 7 Philadelphia Houston (it .485 11 Cincinnati 47 52 .475 12 45 54 .455 14 New York Atlanta 45 55 450 Wi 310 28'i Chicago 31 69 RESULTS YESTERDAY Cincinnati 7, Chicago 5 St. Louis 7, Atlanta 5 Only games scheduled.

AMERICAN LEAGUE Pet. GB Baltimore 67 34 .663 Detroit 53 45 .541 Cleveland 53 46 .535 13 California 52 48 .520 14Vi Chicago 48 52 .480 18 New York 46 52 .469 Wk Kansas City 43 55 .439 22 Washington ..45 59 .433 23 Boston 43 59 .422 24a RESULTS YESTERDAY Chicago 2, Detroit 1 Kansas City at Boston, ppd. Only games scheduled. NATIONAL LEAGUE San Francisco (Herbel 4-3) at Atlanta (Clomnqer 9-7), night. Houston (Bruce 2-7) at Cincinnati (Ma lonpv 10-4).

niaht. Chicado (Hoftzman 4-10) at New York IF shpr 7-10). ant Philadelphia (Short 11-5) at Pittsburgh (Fryman 8-5). night. Los Angeles (Drysdale 7-11) at St Louis (Jaster 5-5), night.

AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland (Siebert 10-5) at California (Brunet 10-7), night. Detroit (Podres 2-1) at Kansa City (Krausse 6-5), night. Baltimore (Palmer 11-4) at Minnesota (Merritt 2-8), night. Boston (Brandon 3-4 and Sheldon 5-11) at Washington (Richer! 9-9 and Ortega 7.01. 1.

twl-nioht New York (Downing 6-6) at Chicago (Howard 5-1), night. Semifinal Tilts At Williamston WILL1AMSTON Piedmont No. 1 defeated Torrington, 9-8, and Duke Power downed Wei- born's, 9-7, in the Pelzer-Wil-liamston softball tournament Thursday night. In a Tuesday night game, Martin Mfg. defeated Piedmont No.

1, 15-4, Earl Woodson was the winning pitcher for Piedmont Thursday and Bill Garraux the top bat ter. Dusty Rhodes won for Duke behind the hitting of Curt Reyiv olds. Friday night's semifinal pair ings are Duke vs. Iva Mfg. at 7 o'clock and Piedmont No.

1 vs, Martin Mfg at 8:30. 3 Teams Take Softball Wins PELZER Twenty seven teams are entered in the Pelzer slow-nitch softball tournament which got underway here Thurs day night with tnree games. Dino's blasted George's, 22-2, Sam-Lowell dumDed Pickens. 16-12. and the Laurens Locals edged Liberty, 13-12.

In Friday night games, Beattie Plant will meet Honea Path at 6 o'clock. Townville faces the Hercules Rockcls at 7 and Stone Manufacturing meets Calhoun Falls at 8 o'clock. Cryovac Takes Playoff Victory Cryovac of Duncan defeated the Greenville Jaycees 10-3 In the Closed League softball championship game last night. vStan Stankus was the winning pitcher. the third and two runs in the ninth.

Greenwood jumped off to an early lead with two runs in the first, and added five more in the seventh. In the first, Robin cary jlammed a bases-loaded single to drive in both runs. Tony Smith had gained life on an error, Tharpe singled and Larry LeCroy walked to fill the bases. Chisox Take 2-1 Victory Over Tigers CHICAGO (AP) Don Bu- ford's double scored Ken Berry with the winning run Thursday night as the Chicago White Sox edged the Detroit Tigers 2-1. Berry opened the sixth inning with a single to center and after Wayne Causey sacrificed, Bu-ford delivered the tie-breaking run with his double.

DETROIT CHICAGO ibrhbl 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 10 4 0 2 1 3 0 2 0 4 0 10 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 10 0 2 0 0 0 ab bl 3 110 2 110 0 0 0 0 3 0 11 Wert 3b Trcewskl 2b Brown ph Sherry Northrup rf Kaline ct Cash lb WHorton If Freehan Oyler ss McLain Lumpe 2b Berrv rf Causey 2b Weis 2b Buford 3b Ward If FRobinsn rf McCraw lb Agee cf Adair ss Martin Lamabe Locker 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 3 0 10 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 10 0 0 0 0 Total 34 1 9 1 Total 23 2 5 2 Detroit 000 01 0 00 0-1 Chicago 000 101 00 x- 2 Rufnrri riP Chlrxan 1 LOB Detroit 8, Chicago 4. 2B-Buford. S- Butord, Wert, Causey, Weis. IP McLain (L, 13-8) ..6 5 Sherry 2 0 Lamabe (W, 5-6) ..7 2-3 9 Locker 11-3 0 WP-McLain, Lamabe. 12,895.

CP Ward ER BB SO 2 2 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 2: 1 1. 1 1 1 2 0 1 A- LADIES DAY "He also named a race horse after me. Does that give me any claim to it?" 1 John Stewart of Greer, Drysdale deserves a losing -est pitcher ever to have a was on by a fielder's choice as he forced Rocky Pittmann at second, and Wayne McKinney then drew a walk. Catcher Mike Watts singled to score Autry. Greenwood's big seventh inning was the decider, and the five runs were scored on three hits, three errors and three walks.

All runs scored after two outs, and Bolton's two-run dou ble was the big hit. Ten men batted in the inning. Greer scored the two runs in the ninth on an error. With two outs, three walks loaded the bases. Watts then hit what appeared to be a routine fly ball to Cary in right, but the ball was dropped and two men raced home.

Bolton fanned David Mason to end the game and tie the series at 2-2. GREER brhrbl 4 2 10 McKinney, si 2 0 0 0 Coleman.rf 0 0 0 0 GREENWOOD ao roi Loftls.ss 4 110 5 10 0 4 10 0 2 2 10 0 0 0 0 3 10 0 4 12 3 4 0 12 3 9 10 2 0 0 0 Rush ton, 2b T.Smith.c Tharpe. rf A. Smith, cf LeCrov.3b Cary.lf.rt Bolton, Faulkner.lb warts.c 3 0 11 Mason, 3b Coan.lt Shelotn.cf Gaul.lb Pittmann, 3 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 10 0 4 0 2 0 Totals 30 3 6 1 Total 31 7 6 5 Creer 001 000 002-J Greenwood 200 000 Mx-7 McKinney, Lottls, Mason, Gaul, Autry, Cary DP Greer 1. LOB -Greer 10; Greenwood 8.

2B Coan, Bolton, Gaul, Faulkner, Coleman. IP ER BB SO Pittmann (L, 2-2) 8 6 7 0 6 5 Bolton (W, 8 3) .9 6 3 1 6 7 HBP Loftin (by Pittmann). U-Bowie, Birch, Drummond, and Coggins. Did you know that J. Harold Hudson IS good for Life? A good person to see for life insurance, that is.

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"He also is the workhorse of the Dodgers in Series competition. His World iSeries record is 5-1." GREENWOOD Greenwood scored seven unearned runs to back up Eddie Bolton's six-hit pitching for a 7-3 American Le gion victory over Greer here Thursday night. The win was Greenwood's second in the best-of-five series for the Upstate title, and it forced a fifth and final game Friday night. Greer's Tommy Gaul will face righthander Mack Tharpe of Greenwood in the 8 p.m. tilt at Legion Field here.

Bolton, in recording his eghth vctory against three defeats, limited Greer to a single run in Bob Feller Here Today; Clinic Set Bob Feller Night is being observed at Meadowbrook Park tonight as the G-Mets and Spartanburg Phillies battle for first place in the Western Carolinas League. Spectators will have the chance to see the one-time strikeout king of the majors back in action on the mound, as Feller will serve up the pitches for a Home Run Hitting contest prior to the game. Three members of the G-Mets and Phils will participate. For the Mets it will be Joe Campbell, Curt Brown and Mike Mitchell. Spartanburg will use last month's WCL player of the month, Ron Allen, plus two others.

Game time is 7:30. Feller will be at Meadowbrook this afternoon at 3:30 to conduct a free clinic for boys. Softball Entry Deadline Today Today is the deadline for filing entries in the ASA Men'3 District softball tournament which begins Monday at The tourney will decide the two representatives to the tourney. Entries can be made by calling Bill DeLaney. EFFECTIVE MONDAY AUG.

1st PEYTON'S WIN STUNNING if the Georgia city is to have should hope others will con Apperson's "I Bet You Didn't a Dodger fan, writes to say season. "He was the young total professional pitching But Carl found they are too TTHE "WILTON McKINNEY Tennis School" continues 2T to produce fine young tennis players for this city and jind looks like two excellent ones in Peyton Watson (18 "and under) and Richard Hardaway (14 and under). had the top win of his young career in upsetting the nation's No. 3 junior player, Steve Avoyer of San -Diego, in the Western Open Wednesday at Springfield, p. The Greenvillian had to fight from behind, after propping the first set.

Young Hardaway has been having a busy summer, jtao, and drew experience in competing in the national tourney at Chattanooga. The Manker Patton Tenuis Center at Chattanooga, where the tourney was played, offers outstanding facilities to encourage tennis development in Chattanooga. The Center has 10 Rubico pourts, four outdoor hard courts, four indoor hard and two grass court. Quite a contrast to our Jew courts in Cleveland Park. Richard, by the way, teamed with Joe Garcia of Knoxville to reach the finals ij the Georgia Opens boys doubles.

Talking about facilities, this city will be far shy in baseball fields if growth of the sport is the same in the "next 10 years as the last 10. In 1956 when the Greenville fill-star team won the first Dixie World Series at Alexan dria, there were 18 youth teams here. This summer there have been 40. At that rate of growth there could fce over 80 teams In 197G and where would they play? Carl Hust, director of the playground program, wanted to take the players of the 1956 championship team to Alexandria next month when the Dixie World Series is played there again. We will be moved into our new building at Streets, and ready for business.

Attend our Free gifts for everyone. Register this week scattered some in service and some married. Jackie McCall, now at San Jose, is the only player Of that team still in baseball. Colonel Friendly' solace I FURMAN 16T1I-FINE VIEW URMAN OFFERS AN unusual view for the running of a cross country meet, as will be seen when the Southern Conference meet is run around the Furman golf course next November 21. The start and finish is near the 16th green of the golf course, and from there almost the entire running can be seen.

There are many fine views from golf courses of this 4ity, but probably the most picturesque is at Furman's 1 6th green. The panoramic view includes the entire University campus and lake, Paris Mountain, the distant Blue Ridge mountains, and a long look towards the city. The Paladin Club, by the way, is getting a good tnany extra $25 memberships as the result of making it possible for such donors to obtain golfing privileges. Whitle Kendall, the Parker High coach, postcards! j' ill i Jy if If from Burlington, Vermont, that the weather is cool and lie's a "long way from home." Harold Kneccc must fie back on his game. He had a 68 in the pro-am at Xouisville Wednesday to finish second to Jacky Cuplt's The Clemson freshman football team will be the fcnly one the Georgia Tech frosh play in Atlanta other jhan the annual Thanksgiving Day game with the Georgia Bullpups, The Clemson meeting Is November 4.

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