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The Daily Telegram from Eau Claire, Wisconsin • Page 25

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19 Pitchers Have Won at Least Seven Games By JACK HAND NEW YORK (AP) The lowered the pitching mound sliced the strike zone an brought in the fences to help th mttefs but an army of potentia 20 fame winners is marching down the pike. With approximately one-thir of the season over, there are 1 pitchers in the majors who al ready have won at least seven games. Six of them will hit No 16 With their next victory. Everybody said it would impossible for Detroit's Denny McLain to win 30 again. It stil looks almost impossible, but Tiger right-hander already is 9 5.

A year ago at this stage he was 9-2. The 20-win club of 1968 num bered seven members. They were McLain, Mel Stottlemyre of the New York Yankees, Dave McNally -of Baltimore and Luis Tiant of Cleveland in the Ameri can League and Fergie Jenkins of the Chicago Cubs, Bob Gibson of St. Louis and Juan Maricha of San Francisco in the Nationa League. Marichal is a little off the pace with 6-2 this year because of Injuries.

Only Tiant, a right-hander who was left at the post and is only-3-7 at this stage is out of the running as a repeater. The Los Angeles Dodger- could wind up with three 20- game winners and none of them would be Don Drysdale, who Still is on the disabled list. Claude Osteen, 8-4, Don Sutton, 8-4, and Bill Singer, 7-5, all have a shot. Baltimore might even make it a quartet if the Orioles keep on rolling. In to McNally 8-0, they have Jim Palmer, 7-2, and Tom Phoebus, 6-1, and Mike Cuellar 6-5, Within striking distance.

McNally had a 14-2 record in the second half of last season after the All-Star game. The high-flying Chicago Cubs could wind up with a pair in Jenkins, already 8-3, and Ken Holtzman, 9-1. Gibson is just barely keeping on a 20-win schedule with 7-3, but Tom Seaver, the strong right arm of the streaking New York Mets, is almost half way home at 9-3 and Phil Niekro, Atlanta's knuckleball artist, is 9-4. Gaylord Perry of the San Francisco Giants is out in front of Marichal, his high-salaried teammate, with an 8-5 mark and Larry Dierker of the Houston Astros is up there with The list of potentials even eludes a relief man, Clay Carroll of Cincinnati at 7-3. Although the New York Yankees are bobbing around the .500 mark, Manager Ralph Houk has two prime candidates for the 20-club in Stottlemyre, 9-4, and Fritz Peterson, 8-6.

"Blue Moon" Odom of the Oakland A's is rolling along a 7-3 and Ken Boswell of the Minnesota Twins must be given a chance at 7-6. Ray Gulp, who closed with a whiz last year and was 12-2 aft er July, already has built up 9-2 record for Boston, where Jim Lonborg, 6-0, appears wel on the way to a comeback. All won and lost figures cover games through Monday night. Cleveland Bids for NHL Berth former member of Canada's national hockey team who also saw limited action with the Toronto Maple Leafs, from Vancouver to Minnesota Another Vancouver property, Bob Barlow, was drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers. He was sold immediately after the draft to Minnesota.

North Stars general manager Oren Blair indicated that Barlow joined his club for $30,000 plus future considerations. Wednesday's i a -league draft will see NHL-owneS players move from one team to another in the big league for 530,000 each. Each team can srotect only 14 players and two joaltenders. However, no team can lose more than three jlayers. MONTREAL (UPI)-Cleveland's application for a Nation al Hockey League franchise the Hockey Hall of Fame's new members, and the annual inter league draft were the highlights of Tuesday's session of the annual NHL meetings here.

The four-day gathering con Jnues today with the intra league draft of NHL players. Nick Mileti, president of the Cleveland Barons of the Ameri can Hockey League a formal bid to NHL president llarence Campbell for admission to the major league. Milet received no answer to his application but was hopeful that lis entry would be approved by he league's expansion commit- ee at their next meeting, possibly before the end of month. "I've got a concrete plan," said Mileti, "I own the team and the arena." Two builders and four players were admitted to the Hockey Hall of Fame. Al Leader, who served as president of the Western Hockey League for more than 20 years, and Detroit led Wings president Bruce Norris were admitted in the non-playing builders category.

Leonaard "Red" Kelly, Sid Abel, Bobby Hextall, and the ate Roy Worters were added in -he players division. Kelly played with both Detroit and he Toronto Maple Leafs and also coached the Los Angeles Hngs. Abel, played, coached md is now general manager of Detroit. Hextall was a star with the New York Rangers, while Sorters played in the late 1920s nd the 1930s with the old tkeftupbu COSMETIC Gillette 9 RI6HT GUARD King-size push button spray deodorant; anti-perspirant. Stops wetness; protects too! Family MWEMIHSn 67 CUtacr, brighter teeth pleasftot -tasting Colgate.

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Jaryl Sly, a Tha Dally fetegrarfl Eau Cialre. Wisconsin Wednesday, June 11, 1969 Moon Fires 72 MADISON (AP) Frank (Moon) Molinary of Madison, 60-year-old golfing veteran, shot a sizzling 72 on his Nakoma lome course Tuesday to finish with a 152 total to win the annual Wisconsin Senior Golf Association tournament championship flight. Milwaukee Tripoli's Bob Brandenberg finished second, one stroke behind Molinary in the wo-day 36-hole event. Defending Frank Blau of Madion Blackhawk finished third with 156. Bently to Scout MONTREAL (AP) Doug Bentley, a former National Hockey League All-Star and a member of hockey's Hall of has been signed as a ull-time scout by the Boston Jruins, the club announced Tuesday.

Convinced NL Owners Sincere MILWAUKEE (AP)-Edmund B. Fitzgerald, vice-president of Milwaukee Brewers said Monday he is convinced the National League baseball owners were sincere in their belief that Montreal and San Diego would be better homes than Milwati kee for new franchises. He said, however, that the brewers, an organisation dedicated to bringing major league baseball back to Milwaukee would "continue to try and con vince the people who made that decision that they're wrong." Fitzgerald made the state ment to Milwaukee Sentinel Sports Writer Lou Chapman. "I think there are major eague franchises which will be moved," Fitzgerald said, "and we've just got to continue selling ourselves until eventually we get another franchise." San Diego and Montreal were awarded the new National league teams for which five cities, including Milwaukee, were competing before this season started. Buffalo and Dallas were the others.

Fitzgerald said he and Allan 3elig, president of the Brewers, alked to each National Ltague )wner individually and were convinced of their sincierity. "However," Fitzgerald said, 'I still think we -had and have he most to offer. We've got the facilities. I still believe we're going to win. The present major league lineup is not going remain that Way for all ime." mittee for the Rockwell Mechanics Award at the Indianapolis 500 auto face.

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