The Times from Shreveport, Louisiana • Page 20

iBA Playoffs ril 2'). The Siruwronr Time. Derby Trials Carry Hopes Of Top 3-Ycar-Okis Today Dog-Eat-Dog Race, Muscle New Look for Texas Loop Celtics Hope Revival Can Continue Tonight dropped all three one-run deci Churchill Downs track Monday, llhose other three horses and got leach for an easv gallop In loos- scared." By J. P. FRIEND Texas League Statistical! Is the Texas League develop ahead a few times was our run By DAVE O'HARA BOSTON (AP The Host on Celtics, who react to playoff ning, We've got to keep it up," en the muscles.

Dike merely Trainer Johnny Itngden, who strolled around the walking ring i does his own exercising, said he at the barn. iplans to give Majestic Prince a ing team. So far, has been just that. San Antonio, last place finisher In the West, switched to the East with Dallas-Fort Worth this year and has shown quite an improvement. The Cubs fledglings have ing two distinct trends after two sions and were blanked by Rohr but are currently just 'i game away from the Blues.

They could make a tough fight of It at the present gait. Amarillo. bolstered by some weeks of campaigning in the 19 "I took Ton Knicht out workout of half a mile "or Russell said the reason the Celtics blew a 17-point halftime lead in the third period of Sun pressure with a cool confidence, attempt In square their best of- season a dog-eat-dog man scramble for tho championship featuring a well-rounded loop seven series with the Los An trainer Ray Metcalf quipped. "I maybe mile on Thursday or wanted to get him back in the Friday and that's it, He is bnrn before he got look at ready." day's game was "we stopped eight holdovers, appears strong enough to be a contender all the running and stood around. and few weak spots, and in way.

They broke even In four geles Lakers tonight In the fourth Rame for the National Basketball Association Championship. The Celtics, who have lost Just creased homo run activity reminding of the "old By bor coorrn Lonsii.t.r. Ky. (An Kisht year elis are entered in today's Derby Trial -rh hoping to earn credentials tor an invitation to next Saturday' Kentucky Derby summit inootinst between this year' big tour of racinc. Only one o( the eight is likely to be tabbed as a starter in the Jiy.ooo-added Derby, with the barest possibility that none of themor perhaps two might make it to the startins sale tor America' most famous horse rare.

The powerful foursome of Top Knicht. Majestic Frinre, Arts Letters and Dike have one-run outings and have yet to be shut out to date. A year ago the Giants, sponsored by the San At tho moment, there seems to be no oatsies of the past. two of 28 playoff series sinco Bill Russell, now player-roach. Francisco National League Hriniak Back Carty Still in Doubt Dallas-Fort Worth, a really soft touch of 19fifl.

appears to have Joined the club midway through Giants, won 13 while losing 20 by a single tally, They led 15-12 In 1968 Champ Defeated in North, South riNKHURST, N.C. AP) -Mike Nesbit, a 23-year-old air the 1957 season, are favored to taken on new life under the even accounts with the Lakers shutouts. Jim Mallon is off to a Baltimore Oriole banner. The and force the remainder of the scries into a best -of -three affair. Southern Splits ARKADELPHIA, Ark.

Da-vid Kirkpatrick'i second home run of the game in the eighth inning gave Southern Stale a 6-5 win In the of an Arkansas Intercollegiate double-header with Henderson State after they had lost 4-3 in the opener, Kirkpatrick also sent a three-run blast over the fence in the sixth inning and the two shots brought in five of SSC'a six runs. Henderson State had tied the game with two runs in the sixth after going behind due to Kirk-pat rick's shot. After blowing lends and drop ATLANTA. Ga. (AP Walt Hriniak was reslored ping the first two games in Los man stationed at Myrtle Reach, i good start.

The other four clubs, Shreveport, Albuquerque, Arkansas and El Paso, defending champion, are well within range of the pacers but have not been able to show any consistency that marked their 1968 progress. Angeles, the Celtics came close to falling behind 0-3 in the third meeting at Boston Garden Sun shot down defending champion Jack Lewis 2 and I with two closing birdies Monday to set the tone for the upset-dotted day, However, they rallied be hind John Havlicek and Larry Siegfried in the fourth period for first round of the North and Spurs, as an affiliate of Houston, packed little power as indicated by 29 one-run losses and 22 shutouts last year. But it has been a different story this season. They have participated and won all five one-run decisions, In the shutout department they won one whllo being blanked in two. In contrast to last place in the Eastern Division in the current edition is tied for the Western Division lead with Am-arillo with seven wins and six losses, a pickup of five games already in two weeks.

Memphis and San Antnnlq, The Braves said thpy made room for Hriniak on their 25-man roster by working out an agreement with the Oakland Athletics to retain rookie in-fielder Darrell Evans and assign him to Shreveport. in the Class AA Texas league. Evans was acquired from Oakland in the major league draft last winter and the A's had the right to reclaim him If the Braves failed to keep him on their big league roster this season. Evans was limited (o a fpw pinch-hitting roles with the Braves. South Amateur Golf Tourna a 111-105 victory.

Although no team ever has dropped the first two games and ment. Bob Lowry of Huntsville, to active duty with the Atlanta Braves Monday, but outfielder Hico forty's physical condition was still in doubt. Iliiniak. a rookie, was sidelined with a fractured thumb before the end of spring training. Cnrty was not returned to the roster.

Hriniak nnd Carty, who has a dislocated shoulder, were placed on the disabled list at the same time. Carty injured his shoulder during wnrmups before an exhibition game at Columbus. He is trying to make a comeback after sitting nut the 1968 season because of tuberculosis. come back to win the NBA look a surprising 2-up victory over former Walker Cup player championship, no one is count WATER TRAFFIC Sail boats have the right of way over power craft. ing out Boston's old pros in their nr.

Ed Updegraff oi Tucson, Ariz. Another former Cup player, Fid Tutwiler of Indianapolis, was the and 4 victim of Frank Groves of Orchard Lake, Mich. among the 18 also rans along Four-time champion Bill bid for an 11th title in 13 years. "We knew it wouldn't be a cakewalk here." Laker star Jerry West said. "We knew the Celtics wouldn't quit.

They never have and never will. I'm looking forward to another tremendously tough game." Although their starting five average 32 years of age, the Celtics figure to try and run the Lakers into the court. "Running is the key to our game," said Havlicek. "That Davis Champ In Louisiana Coif Tourney Mr. Money COMPARE! Then tee ui for LOANS! From $301 to $5,000 Coll 868-2753 Campbell of Huntington, W.Va., just nipped Jim Dunhan, from Daytona Beach, 1 up.

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have shown signs of strength potential. The Blues, who lost 27 one-run verdicts while winning just IB, may likewise be shedding that soft touch identity. They already have copped three of five such encounters and have been calci-mined just once. The Met-nwned affiliates have won one blank job, the season's first no-hitter by giant Les Rohr over San Antonio. Bluff City fans have been promised a running, excit Joe Davis toured Lakeside Golf GUARDIAN DISCOUNT COMPANY with a 50-foot birdie putt on the final green to finish one under par over the 7,000 yard No.

2 course of the Pinchurst Country Club. Even after 15 holes, Nesbitt took the 16th with a three-foot birdie putt. Course with a 70 and claimed victory in the fourth annual was our best running game of 2705 Vmti Ivmn Li Louisiana Golf Tournament held Shravipnt, lurislni the series by far Sunday. I felt that in the two games at Los Angeles the reason we got here Monday. Woody WuTool took second place with a 72 nnd Frank Bruns won the consolation with a 74.

llerbie Sparks of Marshall, Tex. was the winner of the first EVANS ADDED TO SMI A VES Shreveport's Braves, battling for the first place in the Eastern Division of the Texas League, received a booster shot with an infield replacement Monday as the parent Atlanta Rraves dispatched Darrell Evans to the local club. Evans, drafted from the Oakland Athletics system during last year's winter meetings, had been carried on the A-Braves roster. He is primarily a third baseman and shortstop but Manager Fitzgerald feels he can play any infield position. Evans stands 6-foot-l, weighs 185 pounds and bats left and throws light.

The 21-year-old native of Altade-na, batted .4.1 1 in leading Pasadena City College to the California junior college championship in the spring of 1967. flight, with Charles Smith of Nacogdoches, Tex. the runnerup. Third place was won by James Stranberry of Miami. Fla.

Winner of the second flight was Ed Nelson with T. J. Kennedy taking second nnd Maurice Gibbs coming in third. Ernest Gibons won the third flight and Van Thornton of Dallas, Tex. was runnerup.

Elaas HQ Mksi Mrs. Doris Brown won the frightened away most competition for the 1 '4-mile Derby, with onlv an impressive Trial victory to earn a ticket for someone to the run for the roses. Hcadinc the Trial field are Ack Ack and Never Bow. flying the blue and white checkered colors of Cain lloy Stable. Mantis- Veaza, already scheduled to ride Top Knifiht in the Derby, ill be aboard the favored Ack Ack in the Trial.

Challenging the entry will be Mr and Mrs. Vincent Kanows. kv's Fleet Allied. Ruse's Polar Traffic, Brunswick Farm's Jims Gold. C.

Mrs. ttobert E. Harris" Rap Ca-trsbv Clay's Shiek of Bafidad. and Mrs. Charles Chaplin's Indian Emerald.

THal Important "Will, we'd have to win the Trial real big to think about M.irting in the Derby." Lou i.oldfine, trainer of Indian Emerald, said in expressing the teclings of most of his foes in the one-mile race. A entries were being taken for the Trial Monday, trainers of the big four were studying the steelwool pray skies over Churchill Downs ami dodging puddles underfoot. The first rain in several days drenched the track overnight All four want a fast track for the 4: HO p.m. CDT Derby Saturday, but some mud isn't likely to keep any of them away when the Kind strikes up "My Old Kentucky Home" as a prelude to the big race. "I wish I never had to run a top horse on an off track." Elliott Bureh.

trainer of Arts and letters, said. "There's too much chance of their getting hurt out there." Arts and Letters has run on an otf track only once in his dozen races, finishing fourth in a six-furlong maiden race at Aqueduct, last fall in the second outing of his career. However, the little win of Ri-hot seems to handle messy footing well in workouts nnd mud won't keep him out of the Derby starting gate. Both Clairborne Farm's Dike and the Steven B. Wilson estate's Top Knight broke their maidens in the mud and three of the seven victories for the undefeated Majestic Prince came on off tracks.

Majestic Prince. Frank Me-Mahon's S2M1.000 purchase. Arts and Letters and Top Knight made appearances on the Mel Queen Released by Giiiey Reds CINCINNATI 'An The Cincinnati Reds released right-handed pitcher Mel Queen out-neht Monday to their Indianapolis team of "the American Association. At the time they recalled right-hander John Noriega, who was sent to Indianapolis after the Reds' spring training ended. Queen, son of former New York Yankee hurler Mel Queen, started out as an outfielder with the Reds in 14.

By 1966. however, he had been converted intn a nitcher and in 1967 he had DQ oP ladies matches, while Freddie Johnson of Booker T. Washington took the junior boys division. Winner of the 12 year old tee wee flight was EH Dfxon of Ingersoll Elementary. Spring Sports Colleee Babll Centenary $, Ouachita Baptist 1-0 Northwestern 3-4, Nlcholls State 1-9 Louisiana Tech 4-4, Northeast 2-1 SFA Golfers Whip Gents Visiting Stephen F.

Austin College of Nacogdoches. sent Centenary's golf team down to its second defeat of the season Monday by whipping the Gents, 18-9. at Shreveport Country Club. The loss gives Centenary a 5-2-1 record while SFA remained undefeated in four matches. SFA's Wade Cobb was medalist with a 76.

MONDAY'S RESULTS Grumbling 3-3, Arkansas A.M. t-2 Henderson St. 4-J, Southern St. 3-6. Texas Luthern 4, Houston 2 Hotstra 14, Adetphia Monte lair 15, Pace 0 Flassboro West Chester College Tennis St.

Edward's 6. St. Mary's 0 University of Houston 7, Lamar Tech Colin colt Stephen F. Austin U. Centenary Millon Burke (C) del Sparky Car-twnohf Guv HfM (C) dc P(t Fielder 3-0.

Bob Monstod (C) df. Robbie SeMen r'j-'-i. Rirharrt Edwards (SFA) Of. Glpnn Mor 30. Terry Brown (SFA) def.

John Pou 3-0 Wadp Cobb (SFA) dpf. Tommy Deiflle 3-0 CarlwrloW Edwardi (SFA) o(. Burke-Mors? 3-0 Brown-Fielder (SFA) SH Pou-Bent Seldon- FATHER AND SO CHICAGO Ernie Banks' father. Eddie, spent eight years as a catcher for the Dallas Black Giants in the 1920's. cobb (SFA) df.

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