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Lansing State Journal from Lansing, Michigan • Page 26

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-v a THE STATE JOURNAL C-2 lrAul25, 1967 Lansing Gridders Open Sept. 2 Kletke Keeps All Stars Solid Champs Continue Push In State Meet 'Coaches' Open Up Sept 20 The first meeting of the Down enough to use as a farm system. Some of the released Detroit Lions are playing with' some of the teams in the loop. The AH Stars have had a successful tenure, including a championship in 1961 have improved every year," Kletke added, "but now we are at the point we need help financially." The An Star coach is dedicated to the sport of football and has spent 20 years playing this same kind of football hi'' the Independent and Midwest-leagues. This year, he" win nave two men.

assisting him with the coaching duties. Willie Bailey wul help with the linemen, while. Howard Neeley will work with the offensive backs. town Coaches Club will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 20, at Spartan Stadium on Michigan State University campus.

Last year, 300 attended the kickoff meeting at Spartan Sta ball club, so that he might better promote it' The club has managed to break even in its operations, but there is no reserve capital to allow the All Stars to pay players. Currently, all All Star players are under a $1 a year contract to make their contracts "Last year, we had a few extra dollars left over after taking out money for new equipment and paying the other bills," Kletke said. "So we took the money and divided it among the players, though' it wouldn't even buy most of them a tank of gasoline for their Car." Kletke hopes that the Midwest League improves its caliber to the point where the National Football League sees that it is good Lansing All Stars are the only charter member of the Midwest Football League to remain in one city since the league's inception in 1962. The 'man responsible for jthe feat is Emil Kletke, owner and coach of the All Stars. He has put the club on its feet, and it now provides Lansing area football fans with an exciting brand of football.

The team opens its 1967 season at River Rouge Sept. 2. -v Filled with the wide-open offense of professional football, but at the same time having errors resulting from lack of practice, the action is thrilling. Kletke hopes that he can get some financial backing for the dium. O.

E. Hartley has been named I president of the club, succeeding Steve Kras. Jim Reutter is first vice-president, Russ Maples sec ond vice-president, and Carl I. By ERNIE BOONE State Journal Sports Writer The big push is on for Emil's Bar in the Michigan Amateur Baseball Association state tournament in Battle Creek; The city baseball champions were scheduled to take on Pontiac M.G. Collision today at 4 pin.

at Bailey Field No. Today's contest starts a possible three days of intensive action in the double-elimination tournament. Emil's, in the winners bracket after "a 6-3 decision over Jackson Brown Barn -Wednesday night, can assure itself of a spot in the quarterfinals with a victory today. A victory over Pontiac today would send the local champions against the winner of today's Kalamazoo-Dearborn contest Saturday at 12 noon. Kalamazoo and Dearborn are considered the teams to beat in the tournament.

Dennis Springer, 7-i for the season, will hurl today for Lansing. The former St. Johns High School standout pitched and batted Emil's to a 13-3 victory over Flint Sunday in the district tournament. He had a home run and a double to drive in six runs, Other learns in the week-long tournament are Barton City, Wyandotte, Battle Creek and Jackson. All four suffered first round losses and face elimination with any further defeat.

Mertz secretary-treasurer. Roy F. Dudley and John T. Clark are directors at-large. Other members on the board of mtmiiiiaa iiuMiiimiiiiimbmiiiiibm Intrepid to Defend America's Cup Ricliie Allen directors are: Gary Marshall, Leon P.

Clark; Robert L. Phillips Lyle 0. Wellman, Jim Adams. John Demmer. T.

Mike Sidelined this year but never had alyachts in the last race was 3 chance against Intrepid. The I minutes, SI seconds, A distance difference between the twolof about half a mue. ing Sept. 12 in a best-of-seven series of races on the 24.3-mile course off Newport. Doyle, Archie Fuller, Herman NEWPORT, R.I.

(AP) Bus Mosbacher, skipper of the Intrepid, has a chance to make it two-for-two against Australian Rest of Year HenfceL Clyde uun, uaroia Philip, Reutter, Stephen Scofes The triumph over Columbia PHILADELPHIA (UPI) AU-! and George voornis. yachts in the America's Cup gave Intrepid 19 victories in 20 trial races, the ship's only loss coming when it rounded a mark star third baseman Richie Allen wiU be lost to the Philadalphiaj Best Battery Prices In Town! races. Minutes after beating the PhiUies for the rest of the the wrong direction in a race against American Eagle. season following a freak ac Columbia Thursday, Mosbacher cident. Columbia, successful defender Stanky Blasts Critics Allen was pushing his staUed.

was informed that the Intrepid would defend the cup against Australia's Dame Pattie start of the cup in 1958, had been extensively rebuilt for the trials 13-year-old automobile to get it started Thursday night when his Harmon Killebrew's 34th Concluded from Page C-l hand went through one of the Quality Batteries Frca $6" Batttry Rapair Scrvict, Too Free Installation for Most Cars headhshts. resulting in severe games out in front. They've got homer broke a tie in the eighth inning and the Twins scored the White Sox won't lose. We are down as a lucky club and the dullest club but just you wait." Charley Smith, the man who cuts of the right hand and wrist. tlie best infield.

They've got one again in the ninth on Ted Uh- pitcher who has won 17 games --and another who has won 14. came when Roger Maris went He underwent a three-hour operation at Temple University Hospital early today It was announced following the surgery laender's run-scoring single to cement the victory and sole pos "Minnesota! Killebrew! Thir- session of third place, naif a vty-four home runs. And they've to St. Louis, blasted two two-run homers for the Yankees and the White Sox just couldn't do a thing off the -Yankee righthand that his hand would be in a cast game behind Chicago and Bos Oliva and they've got Vietnam Veterans -leWantYou to own new Dodge try us on a new or used deal. Philp Dodge.

Inc. 3011 E. SAGINAW 372-4600 Battery Exchange for at least six weeks, ton. The Tigers are in fourtn, cnance. preventing him from playing games out er who reduced Stanky to mut Chuck Hinton hit a homer in Now everybody's talking -s about Boston.

The Red Sox for the last five years have had the the fourth inning for the deci tering, Monbouquette, i Elston Howard hit his first again this year. The surgeons said that with a normal recovery, AUen's grip on the bat should not be sive Cleveland run and Sam Mc HOURS: Monday thru Friday AM. to 5:30 PJM. Saturday 1:00 AM. la Closing 7011 S.

Codar Phono iH4f11 Vi Mil South of Codar-Porm. Intortoction best young players in baseball It's about time they came to Dowell protected it, giving up just six hits to the Angels homer in a Boston uniform, a three-run shot in the seventh affected and there may be no effect on his grip on a baseball. striking out nine. inning that led the Sox to within a point of the league lead. Chicago's percentage is .561 to Bos ton's .560.

life. Where have they been? "Get your flowers out and put them in the lake. There will be now flowers for this club. Even we go 0-for-five or 5-for-5 against the city of culture (Boston) we will beat mem in th long run. "Four clubs are going to spend $2,000 printing World Series tickets.

Stanky continued. Jerry Adair and Jim Landis also homered for the Red Sox who won 10 out of 12 in their current home stand. The Sena tors scored three times in the ninth before John Wyatt came "And they won't use them. But1 in to get the final out. MAJOR LEAGUE sive answer National League American League Deci.

to fod GB GB Pet .624 561 Louis 69 54 70 55 Cincinnati .532 ny3 .560 .557 .557 69 55 Chicago San Francisco Atlanta .527 12 .520 13 .516 13y4 69 57 .548 ly, Chicago Boston Minnesota TIGERS California Washington Cleveland Baltimore W. 78 67 68 65 63 63 61 57 53 49 L. 47 59 61 60 59 59 64 66 74 75 em .516 13 Philadelphia ays proDi 64 62 .508 6 60 66 .476 10 60 67 .471 11 57 68 .456 13 55 70 .440 15 Pittsburgh .488 17 .463 20 .417 26 Los Angeles Houston New York 1 i New York .395 28 Kansas City 53 72 .424 17 Thursday' Result! Minnesota Detroit 2 Boston 7, Washington 5 New York 5, Chicago 0 Cleveland 2, California 1 Only games, scheduled. Thursday's Results St. Louis 2, San Francisco 0 Houston 5, Atlanta 4, 10 innings Los Angeles 4, Cincinnati 3, 10 innings Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, rain Only games scheduled.

-Today's Games Chicago (Jenkins 14-101 at New York ito insurance 01 Today's Gamas Detroit (Hiller 2-0) at Kansas D(Km fS-7 or Pierce 2-1). niaht City (Frisella 1-1). night I Boston (Stange 8-8 and Lonborg 16-) at pinsDurgn iBiass 4-5 ana sisk io-ioj at pni aoe pnia tsnon ana bunnino 13- cnicago irerers i ana urios o-uj, "twi-niant 10). 2, tw-inight Minnesota (Chance 64 and Grant 5-6) Louis (jackson i- and jaster 7-) at (Williams 3-2 and Hargan at Los Angeles (Singer 8-4 and Brewer 5-3). 2, twi-night 13-10), 2, twMiignt New York (Stottlemvre 12-10 and Ver Atlanta (Niekro a-7) at sen Francisco (Mancnai i4-).

nignt 3-2) at Washington (Bertaina 3-3 cancellatioa Moore 7-10). 2. Iwi-night Cincinnati Queen n-6) at' Houston (Wilson y-s), nignt California (McGlothlin 10-5 and Simmons 1-1) at Baltimore (Phoebus 11-t and Saturday's Games Chicago at New York Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, night St. Louis at Los Angeles, night Atlanta at San Francisco, 2 Cincinnati at Houston, 2, day-night Sunday's Ganws Chicago at New York, 2 -Pittsburgh at Philadelphia -St. Louis at Los Angeles Atlanta at San Francisco, 2 Cincinnati at Houston Bunker 3-5), iwi-nigni -C Saturday's Games Detroit at Kansas City, twilight V.

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