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2 0 1 9 6 8 THE GREENVILLE NEWS, GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA SATURDAY, APRIL PAGE I II Wilt Stopped For Half Celtics Regain East Title G-Sox Beat Salisbury Greenville got four-hit pitching from Glenn Lohfink and Mike Skane pltfS homers by Tim Coulon and Harry Greenfield to break a two game losing streak and hand Salisbury's Senators a 7-2 Western Carolinas Leape defeat Thursdy night in for the Celtics, hit the I added three free throws to put! before falling behind 73-69 at the with 4:41 remaining in the game away. end of three quarters. PHILADELPHU Oi The points Boston Celtics regained the Na-i basket WESTERN CAROLINAS GB tional Basketball Association's! the final period to send Boston Chamberlain, the NBA Most ine score was tied live times Pet. 0 1.000 Mrs. Dye Is N-S Champion PINEHURST.

N. C. (LTD Veteran Mrs. Paul Dye Indianapolis, overcame nine years of frustration Friday to win the 66th annual North and South Women's Amateur Golf crown 1-up over Connie Day of Cleveland, Tenn. Mrs.

Dye, who beat back a rally by her younger opponent on the last nine holes, had only gotten as far as the semi finals in nine previous tries at the title. Valuable Player, wound up with in the final period before Havli Eastern Division championship 'ahead to stay. Fridav nieht with a 100-96 victo- Havlicek's field goal made points. cek's basket put Boston ahead to stay. 5 4 3 1 1 1 Gastonia Spartanburg G-SOX Greenwood Rock Hill fy over the Philadelphia 76ers, 89-88 and the Celtics, on baskets I Sam Jones topped a balanced Meadowbrook Park.

1 2 4 4 4 .800 .600 .200 .200 .200 The Celts and Los Angeles Lakers will open their best-of-7 by Bailey Howell and Havlicek Boston scoring attack with 23 again, boosted their lead to five 'points, while Howell had 17 and Bob Jones with a double and eventually scored on a sacrifice fly by David Little. series for the National Basket Larry Siegfried 18. Salisbury points with 3:45 to go. RESULTS FRIDAY ball Association championship in Boston Sunday afternoon, the whose Wilt Chamberlain scored only two points and took one shot in the second half. In winning the seventh and deciding game of the Eastern final, the Celtics became the first team in NBA history to come back from a 3-1 nlavoff deficit Skane was never in serious Boston led 26-21 at the end of the first period and 46-40 at the half.

The 76ers shot a woeful 29 Der cent from the field in the Philadelphia's last chance to save the title it won last year evaporated when Chet Walker missed a driving layup with 47 seconds to go and the Celtics ahead 97-95. Boston got the rebound and trouble in the final four innings and received credit for the win while Del Marcus, Salisbury starter, was charged with the G-SOX 7, Salisbury 2 Greenwood 7. Spartanburg 4 Gastonia 9, Rock Hill 4 GAMES SATURDAY GREENVILLE at Rock Hill Spartanburg at Salisbury Gastonia at Greenwood first half. They came back, however, to tie the score in the third period and win. I John Havlicek, who scored 21 defeat.

NBA announced Friday night. The rest of the playoff schedule is as follows (all night games): April 24, at Boston. April 26, at Los Angeles. April 28, at Los Angeles. April 30, at Boston, if necessary.

May 2, at Los Angeles, if necessary. May 4, at Boston, if neces Open Season On Batters At Fenway AMERICAN LEAGUE Pet. GB Phils Beat Astros 2-1 Minnesota 6 Detroit 6 Boston 5 sary. .837 .857 .623 .571 .500 ..429 .429 .375 .286 .000 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 5 6 I'i 2 2'a 3 3 3'i 4 52 4 3 3 3 3 2 xOakland xBaltimore New York xWashington Cleveland California BOSTON PHILADELPHIA Embry 0 0-3 0 Chbln 4 4-15 Havcek 7 7-7 21 Green 1 2-4 4 Howell I 1-3 17 Greer I 4-6 22 S. Jones 9 4-4 22 Guokas 2 0-0 4 Nelson 5 0-0 10 Jkson 7 1-1 15 Russell 4 4-10 12 W.Jones I 2-218 Sgfrd 7 4-4 18 Melni 0 0-0 0 Thker 0 0-0 0 Walker 8 3-t 19 Totals 40 20-31 100 Totals 18 20-34 96 hit hit 2-1, PHILADELPHIA (AP) Rich Allen and Bobby Wine their first runs of the season behind Chris Short's three -pitching and the Philadelphia Phillies defeated Houston, The Red Sox are on the road Saturday at Rock Hill but return home to face Greenwood Sunday afternoon at 2:10.

Lohfink hurled the first five Innings, giving up both Senator runs while walking one and striking out seven batters. He gave way to lefthander Skane in the top of the sixth, and the southpaw handcuffed the visitors the remaining four innings, allowing only one hit and three bases on balls. Greenfield's homer, a three-run inside-the-park blast, came in the eighth, to clinch the game for the Red Sox, who had dropped two straight to Spartanburg. Tony Murphy led off the eighth with a single and Bob Rice drew a walk. Greenfield followed with a long drive over the center fielder's head on the first offering made by Senator reliever by George HubaL Coulon had erased a 2-1 Salisbury margin in the sixth when he hit the first homer of the season at the Red Sox home park, a drive over the leftfield waU.

Both teams threatened in the first inning as the Senators loaded the bases on two errors toy Lohfink and a walk. But Lohfink worked out of the jam as he struck out Ret Lowe. Kris Krebs got the Red Sox off right as he singled in the bottom of the first. Murphy Chicago 0 Boston 24 20 27 27100 Philadelphia 21 19 29 27 96 before leaving for a pinch hitter Personal fouls Boston, 28. Philadel- phia, 23.

Jones, Howell. pouiea our in the eighth. Short struck out nine, walked one and hit one batter. Attendance 15,202. x-Late games not included.

RESULTS FRIDAY Boston 9, Cleveland 2 Washington at Oakland, late Baltimore at California, late Detroit at Chicago, ppd. Only games scheduled Hart Homer rap Friday night. With Short and Dave Giusti hooked up in a scoreless duel, Allen lined a 3-2 pitch into the upper left field deck leading off the sixth. Wine made it 2-0 leading off the seventh. Short, 2-1, had a no-hitter until Bob Aspromonte and Doug Rad-er led off the fifth with singles.

John Bateman flied to center and Short got Hector Torres to bounce into a double play. Short lost his bid for his third straight shutout over the Astros when Bateman homered in the eighth. Giusti, 1-1, allowed seven hits GB Is Giant Win Key PITTSBURGH (AP) Willie Mays' run-scoring single and a NATIONAL LEAGUE Pet. St. Louis 6 3 Houston 5 3 .625 San Francisco 5 3 Pittsburgh 4 i3 .571 Atlanta 5 4 .556 Cincinnati 4 4 .500 Los Angeles ..4 4 .500 New York 3 5 .375 Philadelphia ..3 6 .333 Chicago 2 6 .250 '2 1 1 l'i 1'2 2'a 3 3' two-run homer by Jim Hart HOUSTON PHILADELPHIA broke an eighth-inning deadlock ab bl ab bl 3 0 10 3 0 0 0 TTaylor 3b 1 0 0 0 Roias 2b and carried the San Francisco Giants past the Pittsburgh Pi Davis cf Murrell If Menke 2b Wvnn If reached base on an error and 4 0 0 0 Callison rf If 3 0 0 0 RAIIen rates 5-2 Friday night.

4 0 10 4 0 0 0 4 111 3 0 10 4 0 10 3 0 0 0 2 12 1 3 0 0 0 RESULTS YESTERDAY Atlanta 3, Cincinnati 0 Los Angeles 3, New York 2 San Francisco 5, Pittsburgh 2 Philadelphia 2, Houston 1 St. Louis 9, Chicago 2 sr. (V- t.rV if at-. wmmmw' i J- mm. li li.

i. ii Staub rf 2 0 0 0 Gonzalez cf Asprmnte 3b 3 0 1 0 White lb Rader lb 3 0 10 Dalrmple Coombs 0 0 0 0 Wine ss Bateman 3 111 CShort Torres ss 3 0 0 0 Giusti 2 0 0 0 Gotay 10 0 0 Juan Marichal of the Giants and Jim Bunning of the Pirates were locked in a 2-2 duel when Ron Hunt opened the eighth Rice had an infield hit. But a force out, a strikeout and a fly tball left the bases loaded and no runs on the scoreboard for Greenville. Both Senator runs came in the fourth when Lowe knocked in GREENVILLE SALISBURY abrhbt abrhbl Krebs ss SOlOPaynecf 3 0 0 0 Murphy 2b 5 11 OBechtel 2b 4 0 0 0 Rieerf 1 1 9 Oknulk lh A AO ft with a single. He took second on Jim Davenport's sacrifice bunt and Mays singled him home.

Hart then poled his fourth Total 28 1 3 1 Total 30 2 7 2 Houston 000 000 01 01 Philadelphia ...000001 1 0 2 Rader. DP Houston 1, Philadelphia 2. LOB Houston 2, Philadelphia 7. HR R.Allen (1), Wine (1), Bateman (1). IP ER BB SO Giusti 7 7 2 2 3 4 Coombs 1 0 0 0 0 0 CShort (W.2-1) 3 1119 (Wynn).

A 4,671. inning later, Siebert rubs his ankle after being hit by Gary Waslewski. Both players continued in the game, held early on Patriot's Day, a Massachusetts holiday. (See story on Page 9) (AP Wirephoto) BOSTON Red Sox center fielder Reggie Smith (left) is shown with umpire Bill Haller after Smith was hit by Cleveland Indians' pitcher Sonny Siebert in the first inning Friday at Fenway Park. At right, one home run of the season over the left field scoreboard.

Greenfield if ill jstelmaszez 4 0 4 111 Jones If cou an li 3 1 no 2 3 10 Lowe rf I verso 3b 3 1 Walsh ef 30 10Taylor3b 2 0 10 1000 2 00 1 10 10 2 Dahlgren lb 3 0 11 Lucas ph Lohfink 10 0 OLittle ss Wfenbrger oh 1 0 1 OStack Ph With two out in the fourth, Willie McCovey put the Giants ahead 1-0 with a two-out solo homer into the lower right field deck. Hart followed with a triple to right center and scored on Je Skane 2 0 0 1Marcusp 2 0 0 0 Reds Are Victims sus Alou single. Braves Rookie Has Shutout Pittsburgh evened it in its half of the inning on successive singles by Gene Alley, Roberto Cle-mente and Willie Stargell and a 7 nompson Michael Ph 10 0 0 Hubal 0 0 0 0 Totals 15 7 Hi Totals 35 7 11 4 Salisbury 000 200 000 -2 reenvllle 000 102 13x 7 Lohfink 2, Taylor, Jones. Murphy. DP Greenville.

LOB-Salisbury 7, Green- vllle 4. 2B Rice, Lowe. Dahlgren, Wolfen-baroer. 3B-Stack. HR-Coulon.

SB-Lowe, Murphy. SF Little. IP MR ER BB SO Marcus 0-1 5 13 8 3 3 1 4 Thompson 2 13 2 3 3 5 4 Hubal 13 1 1 6 0 Lohfink 5 3 2 4 1 7 Skane 1-0 4 1 0 0 3 1 HBPPayne (by Lohfink), Lowe (bv Skane). WP Lohfink 2, Marcus, 2. U-Kannup, Emerson.

2:35. A-452. NATIONAL LEAGUE Atlanta (Jarvls 0-2) at Cincinnati (Ar-rigo 0-0) San Francisco (Sadeckl 10) at Pittsburgh (Veale 01) Chicago (Jenkins 1-0) at St. Louis (Gibson 0-0) Los Angeles (Singer (1-1) at New York (Seaver 0-0) Houston (Wilson 1-0) at Philadelphia (Jackson 2-0) AMERICAN LEAGUE CIeveland(l-l) at Boston (Stephenson (EBaltlrnore (Phoebus 1-1) at California Detroit (Wilson 1-1) at Chicago (Horlen Ne.w Stottlemvrt 1-1) at Minnesota (Perry 1-0) Woore at Oakland (Odom 1-0) runs with two out in the third CINCINNATI (AP) Rookie the Atlanta Braves to a 3-0 vic-i caped jams in the first and third run-scoring ground out by Donn Jim Bntton scattered seven hits tory over the Cincinnati Reds innings and coasted to his first and home runs by Hank Aaron Friday night. major league victory.

Sonny Jackson walked against Reds' starter John Tsitouris and Aaron smashed his third home Clendenon. A Mays' two-out triple in the and Sandy Valdespino carried! Britbon, a right-hander, es- The Braves scored all their run of the season. first inning was the ex tra base hit of his career and Then Valdespino, acquired moved him to sixth on the all time list. He had been tied with from Minnesota during the winter, followed with his first Na tional League home run. Ted Williams and Jimmy Foxx.

BOSTON Ambrose J. Bur-foot of Groton, crosses finish line with both feet in air to win 72nd annual Boston Marathon today. Burfoot, Wes-leyan University senior cov-. ered the 26 miles and 385 yards in 2:22:17. (AP Cards Take Lead After Britton gave up hits to the first two batters he faced but was rescued by a double play Tris Speaker is fifth with 1,132.

Marichal is 2-0 while Bunning dropped to 1-1. the first of four turned in by At SAN FRANCISCO PITTSBURGH ab bi ab bi lanta. The four DPs tied a Hunt 2b 5 110 Wills 3b 4 0 0 0 Davenprt 3b 3 0 0 Alley ss Braves' club record. i 9-2 Win ST. LOUIS (AP) Orlando 4 12 0 4 12 0 4 12 1 Clemente rf Mays cf ATLANTA CINCINNATI Cubs Are Determined To Prove Great '67 Season Wasn't Fluke By EARL GAULT News Sports Writer Manager Leo Durocher's Chicago Cubs squad is out to prove its 1967 third-place finish in the National League was no fluke.

The young and hungry Cubs rose from obscurity and the lower depths of the league's second division to challenge for the pennant last year, mainly on the effort of its young pitchers. To prosper this season, Ken Holtzman, Ferguson Jenkins, Joe Niekro and Rich Nye must rise to occasion on the mound. ab bi ab bl 4 0 11 4 0 11 Greenwood 4 0 2 0 4 0 2 0 McCovey lb Hart If JAlou rf Oliver ss Barton Marichal Tom Bridges Dies At 61 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -Tommy Bridges, former star pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, died in Park View Hospital Friday at the age of 61. Bridges starred in the 19,35 World Series and won 66 games for the Tigers during a three-year period in the mid-1930s.

Bridges one of the greatest curve ball pitchers of his time, won 194 games in 16 seasons with Detroit. He had a 4-1 Series record, and had pitched the Tigers to four pennants. 4 0 0 0 4 111 Stargell If 3 2 2 2 Clndenon lb 4 0 2 1 Mazroskl Jb 4 0 0 0 MAlou cf 4 0 0 0 JMay 4 0 0 0 Hiller ph Bunning Moose FAlou cf 4 0 0 0 Rose rf RJackson ss 4 1 0 0 AJohnson If HAaron rf 3 112 Pinson cf Vldespino If 2 111 Perez 3b Boyer 3b 4 0 10 LMay lb 4 0 0 0 3 0 10 2 0 0 0 10 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 Wins First 3 0 0 0 DJohnson lb 4 0 1 0 Bench Cepeda and Dick Simpson each belted two-run homers as the St. Louis Cardinals swept past the Chicago Cubs 9-2 Friday night. Cepeda doubled to open the second inning and Simpson fol- 3 0 0 0 3 0 10 SPARTANBURG (UPI)-Jim Tillman AAillan 2b Oritton 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 35 5 9 5 Total 33 2 7 2 SanFranclsco ..000 200 0305 Pittsburgh 000 200 0002 3 0 0 0 Helms 2b 4 0 0 0 Cardenas ss 4 0 2 0 Tsitouris McCool Ruiz ph Kelso MJones ph Davidson Brezeale batted in six runs to pace Greenwood to a 7-4 victory over Spartanburg here Friday night.

10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 lowed with a homer to right off loser Rich Nye, 0-1. The Cardi-; nals added two more runs when LOB San Francisco 5, Pittsburgh 6. 3B Mays, Hart, Clemente. HR McCovey (2), Hart (4). Davenport.

IP ER BB SO Marichal ..9 7 2 2 1 7 Bunning (L.l-l) 7 2-3 9 5 5 1 4 Moose 1 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 WP-AAarichal. 2:22. A 24,224. It was Greenwood's first Total Atlanta 32 3 a 3 Total 30 0 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 03 000 000 000-0 Brock tripled after two Cincinnati "We have a young pitching staff but with DPAtlanta 4, Cincinnati 1. LOB throwing errors put men on see ond and third.

Atlanta 8. Cincinnati 4. HR H.Aaron (3), Valdespino (1). Bn ER BB SO LEO DUROCHER No Slice for a Loaf I Curt Flood extended his hit- Western Carolinas League victory of the season against four losses. Brezeale hit his first home run of the year in the fourth inning with two men on, then followed with the second in the ninth inning with one man on.

Britton (W.1-0) 1 7 0 0 1 0 Tsitouris (L.0-2) i 5 3 3 3 3 McCool 1 0 0 0 1 1 kkn 3 1 0 0 1 2 Captain's Gig Wins last season's experience and maturity, they should be better than ever," commented Durocher Tuesday night, prior to a 5-3 setback at the hands of the Atlanta Braves. "They had a good spring but we haven't played enough games to really tell how we will do this year. ting streak to nine games with a leadoff single in the third and Cepeda then lofted his second Davidson I 0 0 0 0 0 Big In Forerunner homer of the year. HBP Kelso (Valdespino). 2:13.

A 4.662. Torre Suffers Nick Vanlue had his second ST. LOUIS CHICAGO ahrhtal abrhbl Kesslnger as 0 1 0 0 Brock If 50 12 home run for the season for Spartanburg in the seventh with Elia ss 2 0 10 Javier 2b 5 111 Brlrrf i 5 A 0 Flood Cf 5 2 2 1 LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -Cain Hoy Stable's Captain's Gig. impressive in a wire to the bases empty.

"Nye has looked good and so has Niekro. Jenkins has pitched pretty good, winning one and losing one," continued Durocher. "Holtzman hasn't pitched much because he has been tied np with reserve meetings and canos Moreno was tne win wire victory, scored by 3 BWillams If 5 0 0 0 Cepeda lb 4 2 2 2 Santo 3b 5 0 11 Simpson rf 4 12 3 Banks lb 4 0 2 0 MCarver 4 0 10 LJohnson rf 4 0 0 0 Shannon 3b 2 110 Boccbella 3 0 10 Gaglieno 3b 10 10 Phillips cf 3 12 1 Maxvill ss 3 10 0 Nye 1 0 0 0 Torrez 3 110 Stoneman 0 0 0 0 Gilson 10 0 0 ning pitcher. SPARTANBURG GRE'ENWOOD AB Bl AB Bl after a disappointing stand at Santa Anita, where the son of T.V. Lark went blank at the winner's circle in three tries.

Master Bold was making his first start since his 23-length defeat in the Florida Derby. Earlier, however, he had shown Small Fracture ATLANTA, Ga. (AP) The Atlanta Braves said today that catcher Joe Torre suffered a small fracture of the nose when GAULT duty. Padron 2b 5 0 1 OPaz 2b 5 0 0 0 4 110 5 i I oauzman 3b 5 0 4 IKino cf 5 1 3 20rtiz cf 4 0 0 OBrezeale If 3 1 3 OBreden lb Spangler ph 1 0 0 0 Tiefenr 0 0 0 0 Savage ph 10 10 Hartnstn 0 0 0 0 Plummer ph 1 0 0 0 Htrnandz 0 0 0 0 he was hit in the face by a 2 0 0 Oviurphy rf 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 3 6 4 0 10 4 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 promise the Everglades and pitched ball Thursday night. Torre was taken to a hospital Huebnr rf Jacques cf Van Lue lb Rodriguez Wissel If VuKovick 3b Urrlta ss Lanehardt Giresi Wagnason Herbst Beattle Nelpon Pl 4 0 0 OVenz ss Pearson Sets Track Record NORTH WILKESBORO, N.

C. (AP) David Pearson set a new one-lap record at the North Wilkesboro Speedway Friday in winning the pole position for Sunday's 250-mile Wilkes .400 NASCAR event. The Spartanburg, S.C.,. driver rounded the oval at 104.993 miles Eer hour on his second trip in is ,1968 Ford after hitting a guard rail on his first lap. No damage was done in the collision.

The old record was 104.603 m.p.h. set a year ago by Darel Dieringer of Charlotte. Lee Roy Yarbrough of Columbia, S. had the second highest qualifying speed for the race in a 1968 Ford, 104.408 m.p.h. Yarbrough had spun out in his first try when his front left wheel locked.

Each man ran two laps and the better lap was counted. Total 35 2 8 2 Total 37 12 9 Chicago 000 Oil 0 0 0 -2 St. Louis 042 300 0 0 0 1 0 ODidier 1 0 0 OMorirrg 1 0 1 1 Franklin 0 0 0 OCobb lengths Friday in the Forerunner Purse at Keeneland, missing the track record by just 3-5 second. Jockey Manuel Yoaza sent the son of Turn To into the lead leaving the gate, dueling with Master Bold for half a mile, then pulled away from the field that included five other Kentucky Derby nominees. T.V.

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2B Banks (2), Cepeda, Javier, 3B Brock. HR Simpson (2), Totals IS 4 13 4T0talS 34 7 10 7 But a club spokesman said Cepeda 2 Phillips (3 SB Flood. IP ER BB SO Greenwood 0(10 300 022-7 001 till 100-4 Spartanburg later evaluation of the X-ray DP Greenwood 2. Soartanbura 1. LOB Nye (L.0-1) 1 2-3 4 4 2 0 0 Stoneman 1 1-3 2 2 2 1 0 Tiefenauer 2 5 3 3 0 2 Hertenstein 2 1 0 0 1 0 Hernandez 1 0 0 0 0 0 plates disclosed the small fracture of the nose.

Greenwood 7, Spartanburg 9. 2B-Klna 2, Wissel, Magnuson, Breazeale. HR-Breazeale 2, VanLoe. S-ukavlch. IP ER4BB SO Moreno 4 23 9 2 2 2 1 Franklin 1-0 3 13 3 2 2 2 3 Lobb 1 1 0 0 6 1 Torrei (W.l-fl 5 2-3 7 2 2 4 He said the fracture is not Gilson 31-3 1 0 0 1 3 a burst of speed in the final expected to have any effect on PB Boccabella.

A 13,129. Lanehardt 4 23 3 3 3 4 4 the length of time Torre will be Giresi 1 13 2 0 0 0 1 Herbst 0- 1 2 2 2 1 1 three eighths and took place money by 2 lengths over Michael G. Phipps' Master Bold. sidelined by the injury. Beattis 2 3 2 2 0 3 B-woreno.

PB-Dioer. 2:42. The Forerunner, for a com Fountain of Youth stakes. Ycaza sent Captain's Gig an extra furlong after th" Forerunner, clocked for the mile in 1:35. T.V.

Commercial, with Howard Grant in the irons, went out a mile in 1:35 4-5. Grant said after the race he expects T.V. Commercial to fare better in his next start, explaining that he was bumped or bothered four different times during the Forerunner. Ycaza also was high in his praise of Captain's Gig, saying he ran far better than in his first 1968 start, when he won by a neck at six furlongs on opening day here, April 6. "He was doing everything better today," Ycaza said.

"I hit him once and then no more." Grant said his first trouble came just as he left the starting gate. IOC, Mexicans In Big Hassle paratively small pot of $10,000, has become a big Derby prep in Gastonia Defeats its 18 years, producing seven winners of the run for the roses WILD PITCH COSTLY NEW YORK (UPI) -Jack Chesbro of the 1904 New York Yankees won a record 41 games that season but lost the pennant for his team when on the final day of the season he wild pitched home the winning run. LAUSANNE. Switzerland Rock Hill, 9-4 "Our whole team is better than a year ago but so is the entire league," Durocher revealed. "But when you've got guys like (Ron) Santo, (Billy) Williams and (Ernie) Banks along with these kid pitchers, you feel like you will be in the race all the way.

Williams and Santo are still young and are just reaching their prime." Durocher is definitely an advocate of a strong, capable pitching staff. "Pitching is not just 75 per cent of the game as people say but it's 90 per cent. Good pitching will stop good hitting every time and there's no doubt about it," offered Leo. "People say 'Why don't you pick up a veteran pitcher or two to help out the Sure, we could trade for one or two vet pitchers but who wants to give up a Santo or a Williams? Anyone can get one slice of bread for a whole loaf. The only way to get a good pitching staff is to build it in your own organization, from the ground up." ONE NEW The Cubs have only one new player in the starting lineup rightfielder Lou Johnson, who was acquired from the Los Angeles Dodgers during the winter, The former minor league nomad, who has been traded 18 times during his 14-year professional baseball career, is counted on to add the spark which will lift the Bruins to the NL pennant.

"We are hoping Lou will give us the lift we need, but so far he hasn't had a chance. He has been slowed by a bad ankle and still can't go at full speed. Lou's not 100 per cent but he wants to play," related Durocher. "This is basically the same team we had last year. We drafted Jose Arcia (infielder) but he's not a regular," Leo commented.

"We went with the youngsters last year and they produced." The Cubs have also added catcher Bill Plummer, a winter draftee, and purchased Dick Nen from Washington as a back-up man for Banks at first base. Nye, Holtzman and Niekro, none of whom is over 23 years of age, are all farm products, with Jenkins coming from Philadelphia along with centerfielder Adolpho Phillips in a trade. (AP) A big row flared Friday and eight second place finish ers. SOFTBALL First Bapt. IS.

Augusta Rd. 3 Danil 16, City Potice VI CRUSADER LBAOUI W. Gantt 18, Moneahan 4 GASTONIA, N.C. (AP)-Gas- The victory for Captain's Gig, timed in 1:22 1-5 for the seven between the Mexican Organizing Committee and the International Olympic Committee involving South Africa's readmis- tonia scored all its runs in the first three innings, capping the spree with six in the third to furlongs, was his second of 1968 after a winter spent in the Caro sion to the Summer Games in rip Rock Hill 9-4 Friday night for its fifth straight Western linas. Mexico in October.

Pedro Ramirez Vasquez, pres- Carolinas League victory. T.V. Commercial, too, was earning a serious Derby look jonn iamD won tne game in relief, replacing Paul Strauch ident of the Mexican Organizing Committee, told newsmen no invitation had been sent to South when the Gastonia hurler twist ed his ankle sliding into second Africa "because we have not in the second inning. had official word asking us to invite South Africa." Immediately, Col. John Wes all we have is information and every other club has the same thing.

You have to figure out if you want a pitcher, infielder or outfielder or maybe a catcher. Then you're not sure you'll get the boy you want. Someone else might grab him before your turn comes." A farm system is the bloodline of a major league team. Chicago has developed starters Santo, Williams, Banks and Donnie Kessinger in their system while stepping out side to pick up needed strength in certain positions. In last year's free-agent draft, Chicago picked a South Carolina lad with their first selection, shortstop Terry Hughes of Spartanburg.

"I've never seen him play but the scouts say he's growing so fast, might outgrow shortstop," chuckled Leo. "He was about 6-2, 185 when he signed and now he's getting bigger, and he's only about 18 years old. That's the trouble with drafting youngsters. You never know how big they'll wind up." "The Lip" doesn't actually know how his Cubs will wind up either but he has high hopes and expectations. Randy Rodgers' two-run triple, two singles, five walks, a hit batsman, a passed ball and a stolen base produced six runs in the big third.

terhoff, secretary general of the COLLEGE SPORTS Baseball Tech 4, North Carolina Echo Valley Raceway Races Sunday, April 21st (RACE TIME 2:00 P.M.) 4 MIDGETS MINI STOCK FOREIGN CARS 10 IOC, pointed out that he had written a letter to the Mexican Organizing Committee on Feb. 23 requesting Mexico to invite South Africa. Westerhoff said he had written another letter dated April 2 again asking the Mexicans to invite South Africa. Georgia innlnos "I don't know Maryland 3, South Carolina 1 N. C.

A i 14, FayettevMI State 4 Pembroke 5, The Citadel 1 Pfelffer 1, Lenoir Rhyne 0 too much about the minors and the free our own organization has been coming agent draft, hut through in recent years," Durocher said. "In the draft, Tennis 7, Toledo North Carol lfa.