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thicago Qfrftune SECTION SPORTS BUSINESS THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1967 IP nn 1J o) UW 2 Wily Old Pros Come to Town DfDIViLL TAKES REINS AS SPORTSMAN'S PRESIDEMT W1IITEY MIIIES BIG STRIDE lil COlBACit Oil 7-IIITTER Johnston Shifts TERRTS STICK, MIKITA'S LEG Stanky Makes 'Example' of Tom McCraw to Chairman of Board 1 KILLED HAWKS John Is Victim; O'Toole Goes 2 Innings BY RICHARD DOZER Whitey Ford came back to Comiskey park yesterday to find something he had misplaced here late in 1965: A shutout. The 38 -year -old New York BY THOMAS RIVERA BY TED DAMATA Illinois horse racing yester National Hockey league cham pions of other years, besides the current Black Hawks, also day received its second major reshuffling in two days when William H. Johnston president of the National Jockey have failed to complete the double in the Stanley cup play ciuD, owners and operators of Sportsman's Park since 1947. offs. In the last 32 seasons, 15 league champions were knocked The sequence of pictures in yesterday's Tribune, which showed Tom McCraw of the White Sox sending Reggie Smith of Boston sprawling at second base Tuesday, met with extreme favor from Manager Eddie Stanky.

The While Sox pilot had the pictures taped to a bulletin, board, figuring that it was a fine example of how to break up a double play. Scrawled above it were these words: "This is what the fans pay to. see a good effort at all times!" was elected to the newly cre out of the post -season tourna ated position of chairman of ment, and Chicago teams were the board and Charles Stormy. BidwiU replaced him as presi the spoilers three times. Yankee left hander hadn't pitched one since Aug.

5 of that season right here on Chicago's south side. But yesterday he bagged the 45th of his 16-year major league career, whipping the White Sox, 3 to 0. Whitey found the setting pretty much as it was on that date cent. These were Hawks who were not good enough to win the On Tuesday, William S. Mil league title, but are remem ler resigned as chairman of the Illinois racing board because bered as heroes and world champions of professional hock of ill health following a 17-year ey because they scrambled suc- cessfuUy in the playoffs and more than a year and eight months earlier.

Yes, it was a lot colder this time, and yesterday's announced crowd was only 3,040. brought the Stanley cup home, Trim Wings in 34 Toronto won the league title 'r John Again Is Victim But Whitey's mound opponent in 1933-34, but the Hawks, who finished third, beat Detroit for was Tommy John, the same I- the cup in the finals. It was a iiaiiipii iHliiiiilllill great Chicago team that many fellow who was victim of that last shutout. And maybe it was more than mere happenstance, too, that last year's 10th placers thought should have won the N. H.

L. crown. 1 Boston was league champion by Boston's BiU Rohr and 2 a shutout winner in his first two starts, caUed yesterday's victory his most thrilling game since he beat the Cleveland Indians in the tie clincher at the end of the 1964 season. Reduced to an in-and-outer due to circulatory blockage in his left arm last year, Ford was made a free agent during the winter, and then signed for a reported $65,000 when the Yankees solved some roster problems. They had an "agreement" much like the White Sox had with Smoky Burgess.

He Passes Test Yesterday's effort was regarded as a severe test for Ford's comeback because of climbed alone into first with this triumph, dropping the White in 1937-38, but lost in the first cup round to Toronto. The Hawks, a sixth-place finisher in Sox a half game off the early pace. TRIBUNE Staff PhotosI Chicago fans saw Yankee's new first baseman in action for first time yesterday. It's none other than 35-year-old Mickey Mantle, shifted from outfield this season. Ford, who now has been 1 As.

the then eight -team league, pulled one of the biggest upsets victim of a one-hit performance I 1 1 in sports history; they won the cup by beating the Maple Leafs the finals. Adolfo Even Singin' in Shower The nucleus of the current iff'- iffffif fc i nir imai inn' iiiiiiinij Hawk squad finished third in the 1960-61 season and came up mm Major Leagues Height of Fashion Early Star Picks with the Stanley cup a four-team reversal of form. The CHARLES B1DWILL takes the reins term. Francis E. Crosby, di Hawks eliminated the first- 6.B.

rector of the Illinois bureau of place Montreal Canadiens, and the fourth -place Detroit Red Wings shoved the second-place Whitey looked like the Ford of old yesterday as the 38-year-old southpaw pitched the Yankees to a 3 to 0 triumph over the Sox in Comiskey park. 4, AMERICAN LEAGUE w. I Pet. New York 4 2 Ml Cleveland 3 2 CHICAGO 4 3 .571 Baltimore 4 3 .571 Detroit 4 3 -571 Kansas City 3 3 .500 California 3 4 .420 Washington 2 3 .400 Boston 2 4 .333 Minnesota 2 4 .333 Vi Maple Leafs out of the picture. 1 l'J Vi Then the Hawks took four of six games from the Red Wings in the finals.

2 2 Little Man Runs Very Carload of Records Today's Hawks set 12 records Long Way in Big Hurry if bringing Chicago its first in the numbing temperatures wrhich never got out of the 40s as he methodicaUy prevented the White Sox from advancing anyone beyond second base. "I had confidence all last year that I could pitch," he said afterward. "Now aU that remains is for me to prove it to myself." He made big strides in that direction yesterday as he walked only two, struck out two, and was never chaUenged once the Yankees scored two unearned runs in the third inning to take the 3 to 0 lead that stood aU afternoon in the cold. Changes His Mind Ford said he had intended to carry a handwarmer in his back pocket on the mound, but went out without it in the first inning, hoping that Eddie Stanky, Sox would see him reaching continuaUy for something that wasn't there. league crown.

It was a fabulous Boston, April 19 071 Dave Up Cub Slack for Sanfo BY EDWARD PRELL Chicago Tribune Press Service New York, April 19 The surprising Cubs have created havoc in the first eight days of the National league season without much help from the usual booming bat of Ron Santo. The rugged 27-year-old third baseman has made only three hits in the Cubs' 4-2 record against Pennsylvania's finest the Pirates and Phillies. His .130 average in 23 times up makes Ron absolutely last among the Cub regulars. Hold Brief Workout Meanwhile, there was nothing season the best goaUes, the best defense, the greatest attack in N. H.

L. history, speed. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS New York, CHICAGO, 0. Minnesota, Baltimore, 2. Cleveland, Kansas City, 1.

Washington at Boston 2, postponed, rain. Only tames scheduled. GAMES TODAY. PITCHERS CHICAGO at Washington, 7:05 p. a.

Buihardt 0-1 vs. Moore 10-01. Baltimore at Minnesota, 1:15 p. m. Phot-bos 0-0 vs.

Chance 0-1. Kansas City at Cleveland, p. m. Hunter 1-01 vs. Hanan 0-1.

California at Detroit, 7 p. m. Brenef 1-0 vs. Sparma (041. Only tames scheduled.

NATIONAL LEAGUE i. 1 -1 I rhythm, unity, and four, five, McKenzie, a pint-sized ironman from New Zealand, ended Japanese domination of the Boston marathon in decisive fashion today, charging thru the cold rain for a record clocking of 2 hours 15 minutes and 45 seconds in the 71st annual Patriot's day classic. maybe six AU-Star berths. Nothing finer in the league. But Tuesday in Toronto, the Maple Leafs dealt this great aggregation the Stanley cud Ypiiif L.

Pet. 6.B. 0 1.000 race track police, was appointed to replace him by Gov. Kerner. Johnston's decision to move up to chairman of the board also was prompted by ill health.

The 65-year-old Chica-goan, who started with Sportsman's as a mutuel clerk when the track opened in 1932, was the victim of a second stroke last year and still is recuperating. BidwiU, 33, who with his brother, Bill, 35, is a co-owner of the St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football league, thus will take over active leadership of the track. His brother remains treasurer with Jim Patton as vice president and William Johnston Jr. as secretary.

Brother on Scene The reorganization was "just something we all sat down and agreed to at a regular directors' meeting," BidwiU said. "We thought it would be a good idea to take some of the load off Mr. Johnston's shoulders because of his illness." Stormy emphasized that no operational or policy changes were imminent. He foresaw no problems in handling both the Cardinals and the race track. "Bill his brother lives in St.

Louis now, you know," he said. "Altho I am president of the McKenzie, 24, crushed the UPI Telephoto Tony Pierce, Kansas City pitcher, laces on A's white shoes, sartorial touch other clubs don't appreciate. knockout blow. The "whys" and the "hows" undoubtedly will 2 .667 four-man Japanese contingent on the hiUs about 5-miles from hover in a dark brown cloud until "next year." w. St.

Louis CHICAGO 4 Philadelphia 4 Cincinnati 5 Atlanta 5 Houston 3 Pittsburgh 2 New York 2 Los Anteles 2 San Francisco 1 .447 .425 .425 J75 J33 .333 .333 .111 Coach BUly Reay, General the finish and streaked to an easy victory. Manager Tom Ivan, and every 1967 and he's become the manager's favorite conversa Tom Laris, former 2-mile Ivy one else connected with the eague champion from Dart for them to do today except take a brief workout in Shea stadium, where tomorrow afternoon they wiU close out their first trip of the year against the Mets, the team team is disappointed in the tion piece. Leo delights in giving credit to two coaches, Pete Reiser and Joe Amalfi- mouth college, also picked up Stanley cup showing, of course, and Reay, Ivan, and everyone else is proud of the team's tano, for reshaping the Panamanian's dour personality so that he now even sings Spanish which beat them out for ninth place by seven and a half tremendous season. "We won the big one over 70 games," LAST NIGHT'S RESULTS Atlanta, Houston, 1. St.

Louis, San Francisco, 5. Los Anteles, Cincinnati, 2, 10 innintsl. Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, postponed, rain. Only tames scheduled. GAMES TODAY, PITCHERS CHICAGO at New York, I p.

m. Simmons 1-0 vs. Seaver (0-01. St. Louis at San Franckse, 3 p.

m. Jackson 1-0 vs. Bolin 0-11. Cincinnati at Los Anteles, 10 p. m.

Nolan 1-0 vs. Miller (0-1). Only tames scheduled. games last season. The Mets ditties in the shower.

"I wanted him to protest to the umpire," Ford said with a twinkle. "Then I figured when they couldn't find anything, it would be safe for me to use it after that. But he didn't, and it was warm enough in the sun, so I just kept the handwarmer in my jacket to use between innings." Elston Howard said Ford "looked the same to me as the Ford of three and four years ago," a statement which should be good news to backers of the Yankee revival. It wasn't good news of an immediate nature to Continued on page coL 2 reiterates Reay. "We don't UPI TelephotaJ Dave McKenzie sports a smile and victory wreath after winning Boston marathon.

yards, but the effort was too much and he was passed by Laris in the closing stages of the long grind. Aoki settled for third place in 2:17.17. Unheralded Lou Cas-tagnola, a Washington federal government worker, was fourth in 2:17.48, while the Italian won 10 of 18 from the Cubs. have to prove anything." lost ground on the hills and came thru with a blistering kick to capture second place in 2:16:48. Gets Close, Then Fades Yutaka Aoki made a strong bid for a third successive Japanese triumph in the 26-mile, 385-yard run from Hop-kinton to Boston, but faded after trying to catch McKenzie Adolfo Phillips, after his But the Hawks were eliminat one-man show in last night's 8 to 4 smashing of the Phillies in ed, four games to two.

Why? hjuries? Both clubs came up frigid Connie Mack- stadium, More importantly, Phillips appears to have conquered his main basebaU ailment, strike-outitis. Last season he whiffed 133 times and set a league record by striking out nine consecutive times. He has Continued on page, 2, col. 3 Guts? Both the Leafs has been, the leader in the and Hawks are spangled with Fight Decisions team's early drive. purple mementos of some of on Heartbreak hiU in Newton.

Phillips was Leo Durocher's LAST NIGHT SENDAI, Japan Katsuyoshi Takayama beat Kim Chans 10, flvweishts. chief reclamation project for Continued on page 4, col. 4 i Continued on page 5, col. 4 Aoki closed to within about 30 i Continued on page 4, col. 5 Qvl Hisl OdafuL Hvl TlnwA.

zw. Chicaoo Tribune Press Service CHAMPAIGN, April 19 The curtain finally fell, last night, on a great and turbulent era in the athletic history of the University of Illinois. Now, with the echoes of last night's applause stiU resounding, Illini fans look optimistically ahead to continued successes under the leadership of a new athletic director, new head throw rocks at Marlon Brando and John Wayne after meeting the blond god, Pete Elliott. Pete followed the procedure of the other coaches in introducing his family and in-laws. Mother Elliott, from Blooming-ton, received as much applause as erupted when Dr.

Henry's name was mentioned. In concluding, Elliott said he had no apologies to make for the slush fund, because: "I'd rather be wrong helping people than right hurting people." Most of the slush fund money went to athletes in dire financial need. There was one great purpose for the evening, as emphasized by a speaker who said: "We are here for a simple reason. Thru the years, aU of us have kept a list of the great Illini who made the Illini great in sports. The outstanding names on that list have been: Huff Bob Zuppke Burt Ingwersen Ray Eliot.

"Tonight, we have assembled to add three more names to the honor roll. The names of Pete Elliott Harry Combes Howie Braun." That's the way it was. Today, Jim Valek directed spring football practice, Harv Schmidt was recruiting basketbaU players, and Vance was somewhere making a speech. The new order had taken over. VANCE was applauded enthusiastically.

The former star of the basketbaU Whiz Kids is immensely popular with Illini everywhere, and aU are aware of the magnitude of the chaUenge he has accepted. The prime microphone time, however, went to the three former coaches. Harry Combes was the leadoff man, and this lean, scholarly gentleman spoke in a soft, but often wavering voice. Of the three, Combes has been most shocked by the harsh treatment given him by the conference. Last night, this native of MonticeUo, recalled that including his time as a student, he has been a resident of the Champaign-Urbana community for 37 years.

Harry looked over the audience of friends and asked: "How lucky can one man be?" Howie Braun, who was Combes' aid in basketbaU, was next. Howie always comes out with the fists high, and he did a fine job of tongue lashing last evening. Hearsay evidence is aU that links Braun with the slush fund scandal, and Howie is not about to let them forget it. FinaUy, Pete Elliott spoke. Pete is a personable young native of Bloomington, who was the AU-American boy.

Today he is admired by aU who use integrity as their yardstick. Young people admire his clean living. Men stand in awe of his athletic abihty; on the golf links Pete shoots rounds that Arnold Palmer would not be ashamed to record. Women faculty representatives who turned "thumbs down" on a mercy appeal made by Dr. David D.

Henry, president of the University of IUinois. Because of a board of trustees meeting, Dr. Henry could not be present at last night's banquet. It didn't matter. Wherever Dr.

Henry's group was gathered, they must have heard the thunderous applause that the banquet audience delivered whenever the president's name was mentioned. Dr. Henry backed the coaches even to the court of last resort, and last night's recognition just at the mere mention of his name makes Dr. Henry the No. 1 candidate to be chosen "standup guy of the year." The speeches were brief, and the headliner was Gene Vance, the popular former alumni secretary who became athletic director as the result of the resignation of Doug Mills.

It was the resignation of MUls that ignited the chain of events leading to the stool pigeon revelation of the slush fund. The "slush fund" is a fancy term for "petty cash," and the IUinois sin was that it was honorable enough to keep records. Incidentally, it is a matter of Big Ten record that at one university, where the department failed to keep records of the slush funds, a coach scrammed with the cigar box fuU of money under his arm. footbaU coach, and new head basket-baU coach. Last night's raUy centered around a banquet in Lincoln square, where several hundred gave standing ovations to the honorees: Pete Elliott, Howie Braun, and Harry Combes.

UntU a dark December day when an unauthorized slush fund was discovered in the athletic department, last evening's honorees guided the destinies of the Illini footbaU and basketbaU forces. Subsequently, under Big Ten pressure, they resigned rather than have the university receive further i Pete Elliott curtain falls. MOON PJULLITJS ANt WE ASKS But last night, they rang down the curtain on a glorious old era. And you may be certain that the three stars of the old era are going to get many curtain calls. HE'S RNE BUT YOUfc 5HOST CAF TO OO 50-50 ON THAT HOW AM- for vot3, but CASTLE'S LOSN5 MONE ANI MPT57 lirC OCTHI MIS censure from the conference.

Elliott, Braun, and Combes could resign their jobs. They cannot quit their posts as leading members of the Champaign-Urbana community. Their roots as outstanding citizens are deep, and of this they were reminded by friends last evening. There was deep emotion, but it was not a somber occasion. Alumni and fans did not turn out to bury thesa Caesars but to praise them.

The feeling was that the three former coaches, as weU as Illinois, are heading into challenging, bright new eras that wiU be marked by continued successes. The feeling was that the slush fund scandal has unified the Illini more than ever before, and that eventually even the deposed coaches will emerge into the sunshine from this dark hour in history. It was not a funeral, but a rally. THE WIVES of the three former coaches were presented diamond studded wrist watches. Television sets were given the coaches, who presently have ample time for viewing tb idiot boxes.

At fcSp last moment, the committed canceled plans to present eacn with a group picture of the Big Ten ANt Pet Peeve Having someone start to contradict you before you've even said anything. Mae Maloo. Ten Years Ago Today Gene Littler took a one stroke lead with a 215 total, in a bid to capture his third consecutive $40,000 Tournament of Champions golf meet..