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Colorful Golf Game A TOKYO Anyone interested la foil balls that trail smoke when bit eft a tee? They're supposed to improve your An enterprising Japanese has invented golf balls that emit red, blue yellow smoke when struck to enable player to keep an eye on his -drive or out-of-bounds shot The balls resemble regular golf balls except for a tiny hole in the centers A spark sets qff the smoke. They seO for SI cents each. come in three colors but are good for one shot only. lie Bay, Four Tilts Table tennis and pool players do it Even bowlers. But softball players? That's something else.

The subject is a multitude of games in one day. That's what will happen Saturday at L. Vamer Stadium when the Orlando Rebels meet the Raybestos Brakettes for not one, not two, not three but four softball tilts. It's all due to Friday's rain. (Continued On Page 2-C, Col.

7) Saturday, July 6, 1968 1 Hurtubise: 191.938 MPH DAYTONA BEACH Jim Hurtubise set a world closed course speed record 191.938 m.p.h. Friday at Daytona International Speedway. His record-setting run around the 2.5 mile tri-oval came on the heels of Thursday's Firecracker 400, the fastest long distance race of all time. Winner Cale a ough, Timmonsville, S.C., drove a '68 Mercury Cyclone at an average speed of 162.247. MOVING AWAY from the trend toward rear engines, Hurtubise, the experienced driver from North Tonawanda, N.Y., drove a front engine Indianapolis type roadster.

The a i Hurtubise built himself, is the same one he drove in this year's Indy 500. Hurtubise broke the record set by Yarborough last February. Cale then qualified for the Daytona 500 with a 1S9.22 m.p.h. clocking. Hurtubise, who was severely burned in a crash two years ago, drove a '68 Mercury in the 400 to 10th place, collecting $1,050 for his 152 laps.

Hurtubise said he had hoped for 200 m.p.h. itfllllllllinillllllllllllllinilllllllllHIIIIIIIIIII I lllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltllllllllllllllUIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIMIIIIIIUIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIINIIIIIHIII 32 Wilt Chamberlain $7 01 3 Traded To Lakeri fee' mer residence at Ocean City, N.J., said that it "appeared unlikely that PHILADELPHIA iff) Wilt Chamberlain, the Philadelphia 76-ers' record-cracking giant, has been dealt to the Los Angeles Lakers for three players Darrall Imhoff, Archie Clark and Jerry Chambers and an undisclosed amount of cash, The Associated Press learned Friday. It also was learned that the National Basketball Association 7fi-ers named Jack Ramsay, the general manager for three years, as its new coach. Ramsay succeeds Alex who resigned one year after leading the 76ers to their only NBA title. I I VICTOR: Lavcr, above VICTIM: Roche, right RAMSAY, REACHED at his sum- WILT II UIKFKL II Hot Rod Cranks Wimbledon Win jfiontI American Pet.

GB we will sipn him" for the 19fi7-fi8 season. "If you're looking for odds, I'd have to say they were not in favor of us signing him," Ramsay said. "And if we didn't sign him we'd have to find another solution." Asked if Chamberlain was traded and if Ramsay was named the new coach, the general manager replied: "WE HAVE made no statement and we have no comment to make on that," he said. The trade, however, has been confirmed for The Associated Press by an unimpeachable source. In Los Angeles, the Lakers continued a policy of "no comment" on the report.

LAKER OWNER Jack Kent Cooke and General Manager Fred Schaus were reported out of the city by a club spokesman. However, informed sources noted that the Chamberlain deal has been a persistent rumor for weeks and the Lakers have never issued a strong denial, only "no comment." Cooke, a millionaire noted for his flair for publicity, would obviously await his own time and place to make an announcement of such magnitude if it were true. CHAMBERLAIN, 32, considered basketball's greatest offensive player, will team with Los Angeles' great duo of guard Jerry West and forward Elgin Baylor. The 7-foot-l Chamberlain, in nine years in the NBA, is the only player to score more than 25,000 points. He has been on nine all-star and all-league teams.

The past two years, NBA players named him the league's Most Valuable Player. The 7fiers unloaded Chamberlain after a contract impasse over his salary. Already reportedly the highest-salaried athlete in the world at plus, Chamberlain is said to have demanded a three-year, million-dollar pact from the 76ers. Florida State WESTERN DIVISION Pet. GB Orlando 43 33 .566 Tampa 40 33 .548 l2 St.

Petersburg 35 41 .461 8 .630 .519 .513 .519 .512 82 9 9 9'i St. Louis Pittsburgh Atlanta Cincinnati San Francisco Philadelphia Los Angeles New York Chicago Houston 51 30 40 37 41 39 41 38 42 40 37 38 40 43 37 42 33 45 34 46 Pet. GB Detroit 53 27 .663 Cleveland 46 37 .554 8'2 Baltimore 41 36 .539 102 Boston 39 38 .506 l22 Minnesota 39 39 .500 13 Oakland 38 41 .481 14'2 California 37 42 .468 13'2 New York 35 41 .461 16 Chicago 33 43 .434 18 Washington 29 46 .387 21'2 Lakeland .453 8'2 34 41 27 50 Leesburg .331 16'2 .493 10', .482 12 .468 12i2 .438 13 .425 16 EASTERN DIVISION Miami 39 29 .574 Daytona Beach 40 34 .541 2 Fort Laudardale 33 32 .508 42 Cocoa 35 34 .307 42 West Palm Beach 34 33 .507 42 WIMBLEDON, England Iff) Rod Laver made inevitable tennis history Friday by winning Wimbledon's first open singles title and laid the firmest of grips on the proud title of best player in the world. He did It with a cut-and-thrust 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 victory over Tony Roche like Laver an Australian, a professional and a lefthander in a match that lasted exactly one hour and kept the crowd of 17,000 packing the sun-lit center court absorbed from start to finish. THEY WERE intrigued by the opening two sets as both men probed for the openings, then by Laver's sheer brilliance and venom as he swung into top gear in the third.

Laver, who is guaranteed $90,000 a year as a professional, won the first prize of $4,800. Roche picked up the runner-up prize of $3,120. Mrs. Billie Jean King of Long Beach, a new professional, gets a chance to solidify her position as the world's No. 1 woman player Saturday when she plays Judy Tegart, 30-year-old Australian amateur, in the ladies' final.

Miss Tegart crushed Nancy Richey of San Angelo, in the semifinals. FIRST PRIZE in the women's division is worth $1,800. Mrs. King is favored. She won the last Wimbledon titles as an amateur and now is bidding to become the first player since Maureen "Little Mo" Connally in 1952-54 to win three in a row.

Laver won Wimbledon as an amateur back in 1961-62, then turned professional. Roche, who had never before appeared in a Wimbledon final, turned pro only last year, but in the first tentative stages of the match it was Roche at 22 the younger man by seven years who looked the most impressive. But it was Laver who, with the mark of the true champion, was able to raise his game at the crucial moments and who had the genius to turn defense into attack in a flash. It was this ability to pounce that got him the first two sets with service breaks at exactly the right time on the eighth game in the first set and on the seventh game in the second. Roche had his opportunities to break, too.

He was within a point of snatching Laver's service (Continued On Page 2-C, Col. 7) Friday's Results Pittsburgh 4, Chicago 0 Philadelphia 3, New York 1 St. Louis 4, San Francisco 3, 12 innings. Houston 13, Atlanta 9 Cincinnati 2, Los Angeles 0, 12 innings Saturday's Games Pittsburgh (Sisk 4-2 and Walker 0-0) at Chicago (Jenkins 7-9 and Holtz-man 5-5), 2, 1:30 p.m. New York (Jackson 1-3) at Philadelphia (Fryman 10-8), 1:33 p.m.

St. Louis (Gibson 10-3) at San Francisco (Marichal 15-3), 4 p.m. Cincinnati (Maloney 8-4) at Los Angeles (Singer 6-7), 11 p.m. Houston (Giusti 5-8 and Lemaster (8-7) at Atlanta (Niekro 6-6 and Jarvis 8-6), 2, 2:15 and 8:05 p.m. Friday's Results Detroit 8, Oakland 5 Cleveland 5, California I Chicago 4, Washington 2 New York 2, Baltimore 1 Boston 4, Minnesota 2 Saturday's Games Oakland (Dobson 5-8) at Detroit (Wilson 6-5), 2:13 p.m.

California (Brunet 6-9) at Cleveland (McDowell 7-7), 2:15 p.m. Chicago (John 7-3) at Washington (Coleman 4-9), 1:30 p.m. Baltimore (Leonhard 3-3) at New York (Barber 1-2), 2 p.m. Minnesota (Kaat 6-4) at Boston (Bell 6-3), 4:15 p.m. Friday's Results Orlando 4, Miami 1 Daytona Beach at Ft.

Lauderdale. rain Tampa at West Palm Beach, ppd. rain Leesburg at Cocoa, ppd. rain St. Petersburg at Lakeland, ppd.

rain Saturday's Games Orlando at Miami Daytona Beach at Fort Lauderdale, 2 Leesburg at Cocoa, 2 St. Petersburg at Lakeland, 2 Tampa at West Palm Beach, 2 He also is believed to have demanded a say in the naming of the team's coach. (Continued On Page 2-C, Col. 2) Magic Numbers: Tigers 75, Cards 76 NEW YORK iff) When the St. Louis Cardinals and Detroit Tigers sped past the traditional July 4 milestone with 8'2-game leads, maybe it was time for the major leagues to think about going to that division system.

Like, right away. On the morning of July 5, the magic number for the Cards was 76 and for the Tigers 75. Unless somebody trips the front runners soon, the commissioner might as well call in the two clubs and set the World Series dates. The American League, of course, has decided to split into two six-club divisions in 1969 when it adds Seattle and Kansas City. The National League voted to add San Diego and Montreal but decided to go along with one big 12-club league.

UNDER THE urging of the executive council, Commissioner William Eckert has called the two leagues to meet in Houston next Wednesday, (Tie day after the All-Star game. The National is under NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST Pet. GB Atlanta 41 38 .519 Cincinnati 40 38 a Pittsburgh 38 37 .507 1 Philadelphia 31 38 .481 21, New York 37 41 .474 3'2 Montreal WEST St. Louts 50 30 .125 San Francisco 42 31 .319 8'2 Los Angeles 40 42 .488 11 Chicago 33 44 .443 14, Houston 33 46 .418 ll'2 San Diego AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST Pet GB Detroit $2 27 .158 Cleveland 45' 37 .549 8'4 Baltimore 41 35 .531 1 Boston 38 33 .500 12V, New York 34 41 .453 II Washington 21 45 .312 20li WEST Minnesota 31 38 .501 Oakland 38 40 .487 1 California 37 41 .474 2ft Chicago 32 43 .427 I Kansas Chy Seattle pressure to follow the American's lead and split into two divisions. Just for the sake or argument, let's suppose the National League decides to go for an East-West split along geographical grounds.

This is a most unlikely possibility but it could happen. Lumping the Eastern teams into one group, the National would have Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, New York, Atlanta, Cincinnati and the new Montreal entry. The Western loop would include San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, St. Louis and, of course, San Diego. THE AMERICAN League's realignment, already announced, will find Boston, Baltimore, New York, Washington, Detroit and Cleveland in the East and Minnesota, Chicago, California, Oakland and the new teams at Seattle and Kansas City in the West.

Supposing the leagues were playing in divisions this year. Here is how the standings would have looked at the end of the July 4 firing. ttiwiKfflimiiiiiiiffltiuin (3.