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SPORTS TODAY WITH JIMMY CANNON Old-Timers Day To Last Full Season For Mets, Colts By JIMMY CANNON NEW YORK The Mets and Colts are populated by familiar strangers. The players on these new teams were sold as -big leaguers. It is similar to calling a special policeman a financier just because he works as a bank guard. This yearthey're promoting an Old-Timer's Day that will last' a full season. In baseball the shepherds aren't on the side of the lambs.

wheeler. But he is alone responsible for keeping the gifted kids moving -up through the system There has been a tendency also to withhold credit from Dan Topping, the working partner of the Yankee firm. He gave Weiss total independence in the operation of the corporation. There was never a wage-paid executive in baseball with as much freedom of decision. Of Weiss immediately certified this exceptional trust in him.

But I've always been impressed by Topping's unobtrusiveness. It is a big talent in an owner. next season. They are both custodians of squads of utility players whom they are already attempting to exchange. Some of the guys they picked in the meanly restricted lottery will improve other clubs who need odd-jobs men.

In my time in baseball only Branch Rickey could be classed as Weiss' peer. He is one of the sport's great builders, and the present Yankees commemorate his ability. His suspiciously brusque personality fleeced him out of much of the praise he deserved. Jealousy incited slander in men who denounced who Invites you to his house for dinner. But the other owners are outraged because their guests don't boost the food.

What it took the Phillies 10 years of planning, George Weiss, the president of the Mets, and Paul Richards, who runs the Colts, accomplished in less than a day. They became immediate challengers for last place as fast as their teams were put together by the gaffed raffle held in Cincinnati. The contest between Weiss and Richards should be as interesting as the tournament for the pennant him for private reasons. It is their contention that Weiss came to the Yankees after Ed Barrow had established their tradition. But they enviously neglect to mention it was Weiss' astute husbandry that caused the farm system to flourish.

He is the guy who raised the players that eventually found their way to the Stadium to dominate the Sport. They insist Weiss was a fortunate man who worked for a wealthy outfit and he always had a surplus of players to trade. That, they say, exaggerates his importance as a They're like a butcher who stocks the family larder with horse meat. The players they made available are the ones they didn't want. The athletes they unloaded have the same relationship to' their teams as ashes to fire.

I suppose you can sell ict to an Eskimo if you put a pistol to his head. This was a heist. The Mets and Colts had to submit to the holdup. Even the cop on the beat, Warren Giles, president of the National League, was a lookout for the robbers. It is a little like being handed an exorbitant check by a relative They run with the wolves.

But the owners of the other eight National League companies pretend they are the unselfish guardians of the flock. The Houston people com plained about the stiffs the National League handed un Defense Key To Gators Chances Against LSU til Giles buttoned them up. But Weiss retreated into si- ence and never mentioned the blackmail. He is a guy who pushed a tough bargain TEDDY BRENNER SAYS: during his lucrative years with the Yankees. Now he is patient victim, reserved and quiet with a hushed Heavyweights To Shape Up Both Teams Hurting GAINESVILLE Defense He reminds me of a guy who is informed he has been By BILL McCORMICK legs can win the heavyweight title.

trimmed in a crooked poker NEW YORK (NEA) The big chances thinks, the way things are today, practically anybody under 50 with the normal number of arms and The man is Madison tf fH man who cave Flovd Patter game. He took his losses and, now waits until the next hand is dealt. He understands' the cards were marked and Square Garden matchmaker Teddy Brenner. Patterson son and Tom McNeeley their IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN and McNeeley are a couple may be the key to Florida's of heavyweight nonentities chances against seventh he was clipped. Weiss intends to bring his own deck who are scheduled for a ridi ranked Louisiana State when the next time he sits in.

the two Southeastern Con culous 15-round championship bout in Toronto Dec. 4. The respectability of the ference football teams meet here Saturday. Orioles justified Richards'' Patterson is a well-known nonentity because he holds appointment in Houston. At the start of the season, DICK MARLOWE Evening Star Sports Editor When he doubled as the gen-; Florida's defense was its or perhaps clutches is a better word the title.

weak point. But it has im "Sooner or later, Patter eral manager, the old catch-( er assembled the cadre of the team that now repre-i proved steadily and last week held Vanderbilt scoreless. mum son is going to have to fight someone who hasn't been sents Baltimore in the Amer-1 JKNU' mm- There never was any ques Gators Team Up For Big Gains handpicked because of com ican League. The other peo- tion about LSU's defense. plete destructibihty Bren slur him as a hustler It's among the best.

The ner a i optimistically, Tigers shut out both Georgia Little Jerry Tech and South Carolina. who was always looking for( an angle. They accused him: of being unethical with an obvious stealth. i "When that time comes, he is a goner. If he continues to run away and hide at the Statistics don't win games but they often are an indica The trio will be heavily counted on for more of the same this Saturday at Gainesville against Louisiana State.

Travis and Entzminger have been turning In fine performances of late at their guard positions. It was Larry Travis (left) and Wade Entzminger (right) who opened up a lot of the holes that fullback Don Goodman (center) piled through in racking up more than 100-yards rushing against Vanderbilt last Saturday at Nashville. mere mention of a good op There was a time when he tion of strength and LSU ponent, he'll either be They called him Little Jerry in 1953 when he graduated from Edgewater High School and there was good reason for it. Jerry Harrison weighed only 80 pounds when he was a senior at the North Orlando school. He isn't much bigger now.

He's a little man even among the horse jockeys he associates with. But it doesn't laughed out of business or might have been suspended for his unprincipled deals if his owners had convinced his title will be taken away. Ford Frick, the Commission-; bother him any mop- in fact, he's real happy about "We want to be ready for either eventuality also try to pump life back' into er of Baseball, that his absence would raze the future' the whole situation. "The Fly" is the nickname given the four-foot, nine the division he has practi of their team which had cally knocked out. So we're nine inch 90-pounder by his cohorts and they kid him about his ability to stay on a horse.

But it's all in fun Orr Makes Changes In Wildcat Lineup come as a traveling slum, from St. Louis. going to bear down heavy on because Jerry is one of the most popular of the horse' heavyweights from now on. The proof of Richards') pilot clan around Toronto's Woodbine track. And he's I believe opportunity tap judgment of players Is the' one of the best.

ping for heavyweights. We are going to open the door," One day this summer Fly went out and set the world record aboard Fair Juror for 6 furlongs. He won it by gradual improvement of thej club he made a contender.) He is intelligent enough to change his tactics. I'm sure! Winter Park Coach Bill Jackson, back for this week's The campaign to lessen 10 lengths and when he returned to the group of jocks, the kidding went on. battle with Cocoa.

Orr, with a one-week layoff in the offing, began yester national apathy toward the beefy boys starts Nov. 4 with "I just asked them how it felt to be bit by a Fly," Ocoee will have injured day a weeding-out process tackle J. W. Davidson ready to go against Mount Dora a 10-round bout between Argentina's Alejandro Lavor he knows now there are noi shortcuts in his game. Experience gives Weiss the edge.

The bookmakers will not guarantee my opinion. But, because Weiss is which will see his charges getting plenty of contact work. said Harrison. "So they asked me, 'Fly. When gonna break the sound Despite the fact that Jerry is an apprentice jockey riding in his first year as a regular, he is the top winner for the year at Woodbine.

At the latest count he had 23 victories in 26 days of racing. ranks third in the conference on defense, yielding an average 171.8 yards in five games. Florida is fifth with an average yield of 196. Something will have to give if Florida's hard-running backs are to keep up their 200-yard a game rushing average. Fullback Don Goodman, quarterback Larry Libertore and halfback Lindy Infante are fourth and fifth respectively among SEC runners.

0 0 0 LSU Coach Paul Dietzel recognized their ability and proved he isn't taking the Gators lightly when he said "Florida has a very fine football team, with exceptional strength at quarterback, fullback and halfback. Libertore is one of the finest quarterbacks in the country. There is hardly a fullback anywhere better than Goodman. Bob Hoover and Infante give them good strength at halfback." Hoover does rate with the others in ability but he won't be able to play this week. Injuries from a motorcycle accident last week laid him ante and Billy Hunter of De this week, putting the Car dinals at full strength phys troit, from Los Angeles.

It Orr plans several changes ically. will be telecast, coast-to coast. in an effort to shake off the the Orange County prep gridiron scene as many coaches took time to heal some of their wounded. 0 0 0 One exception was Colonial, which got in an extensive defensive scrimmage against Gainesville plays. Tackles Gary Hallauer and Gus Beckstrom drew special mention from Coach Red Kite.

Evans spent a good deal of time on its offense but with little scrimmaging. The Trojans likely will get one of their ailing fullbacks, Leo Another Shoe doing their business, I believe the Mets will finish eighth in '62, ahead of the Phillies and the Colts. Lavorante is a 25-year-old, Parkers' 16-game winless streak. He has moved Mike lanky (six feet, three) box Born to the backfield from er puncher who has been end John Prevatt from back described as resembling an The little fellow can put his foot into a size No. 2 shoe.

But it isn't for this reason alone that his peers also gave him the nickname, "The Shoe." Other riders at the track concede that Harrison bears great similarity to Willie Shoemaker. Alf Bavington, a top rider on the Ontario ostrich awkward but with to end and Randy Hall from be ready to go against Vero a tremendous kick. He cata switches thus far. pulted to national attention ast May by dropping high- Scrimmaging was lacking otherwise on ranking Zora Folley with a 4 i i right to the jaw in the seventh round of an untelevised bout in Los Angeles. They didn't even bother to count Texas Over Rice; LSU Over Florida over honey who naa been beaten only by Sonny Liston Page 1 and Eddie Machen.

He could up. Ron Stoner, a sophomore not have got up if they'd star with the Air Force two played the National Anthem.) By HAROLD CLAASSEN NEW YORK There's years ago, moves into the Lavorante, who has been first team lineup. beaten only by Roy Harris to Cloyd Webb will prevail in a squeaker. Louisiana State over Florida: The Bengals keep building for that climatic struggle next week with We are more bruised uo JERRY HARRISON The littlest jockey WILLIE SHOEMAKER Jerry's double than at any time this year," Dietzel said. Texas Bids For Rebels' Top Spot By DICK DUNKEL 0 0 0 Edgewater did only about 10 minutes full-scale scrimmaging with ace halfback Jerry Tilley observing from the sidelines.

Tilley has a bruised ankle but likely will be ro)ady to go against Vero Beach Friday. Oak Ridge spent most of its day on defense throwing in some offensive work at the end with freshman quarterback Gerald LaStarza throwing frequently. Bishop Moore shied away from major contact work, as per Coach Carl Genito's season-long between games policy, while working on defenses for Bishop Kenny's multiple offense. 0 0 0 Apopka also worked primarily on defense, getting ready for its big Orange Belt Conference duel with DeLand Friday. Boone scrimmaged for over an hour defensively against Ocala plays.

Linebacker George MacNamara reinjured his shoulder against Evans Saturday and will be out at least three weeks, maybe for the rest of the year. Lakeview Coach Paul Adams continued to search for the key to a successful offense, prepping for this week's battle with New Smyrna Beach. in an early fight, has won five since then and been promoted to No. 4 in the National Boxing rat circuit for years says, "Jerry sits a horse just like Shoe nothing like money in the bank unless it is in your pocket. And a $1 bet on each of the 57 games a week ago would have netted you $31 on the basis of 44 correct picks and 13 losses.

maker. He uses that lone rein and just flicks the whip under the horse's nose just to let him know he's aboard and ings. 0 0 0 Florida Coach Ray Graves Notre Dame over North is the master." 1 western: The Irish feel they should have beaten Michigan has the same problem, only worse. He didn't take the With no assurance that To be compared with the great Shoemaker at the age of 23 is a great compliment to any rider particularly The suspicion exists that State last week and will take it out on Northwestern. Texas now is the chief challenger for Mississippi's top college football ranking, according to the Dunkel Rat-' Alejandro may be a notch or a first-year man.

this week's choices will be as profitable. Gators on the practice field Monday because of the many bumps and bruises. And Li two above the mediocre, as Georgia Tech over Tu- Sports Editor Hal Walker of the Toronto Telegram eked this story out of another jokey who for obvious Patterson refuses to even acknowledge his existence. lane: As last week, you gotta stick with Stan Gann. reasons preferred to remain anonymous.

bertore, Goodman and center Bruce Culpepper are beine Last summer George Parn "I didn't think Jerry had the strength to control a 0 0 0 Colorado over Oklahoma: held out of all contact horse," the nameless rider said. "I came along-side him assus, the Los Angeles promoter, came to New York to offer Fearless Floyd a half- and his horse was trying to bear out on him. He just throughout the week to let them heal. The Buffaloes get their third victory over the Sooners in held that animal in line and I knew he was stronger than LSU, riding a four-game million guarantee to fight I thought he was and a damn sight better rider than Michigan State over Indiana: It is the Spartans homecoming game and that should be enough to keep top-ranked Michigan State alert even though the Hoosiers will be at full strength for the first time in a month with the return of Nate Ramsey. Mississippi over Vanderbilt: Old Miss has permitted only 13 points in five games while piling up 157.

16 years of trying. Penn State over California: Lavorante. Pannassus could I thought he was." winning streak, is favored by one or two touchdowns. not get anybody in Patter Jerry studied mechanical drawing in high school, but .117.1 Wake Foresf .115.2 Bowl's Green Kansas St. Virginia ,106.

Rutgers Holy Cross .104.1 W. Texas Sf. .103.4 S. Carolina 102.2 Ohio U. .102.2 Dartmouth .101.4 N.

Mexico St. ..91.1 Air Force ..99.3 Boston U. Richmond ..98.4 Columbia Yale ..98.2 Miami, 0 ..7. N. Mexico ..97.4 Montana 97.1 Xavier, 0 ..97.1 Va.

Tech ..94.7 N. Texas St. ..96.1 Waih. state 95 Citadel Colgate ,.95.3 Cincinnati fiC 1 Eti.lHM About the only thing Flor son's entourage even to talk The Golden Bears from the West Coast do more traveling for fewer touchdowns always had the desire to be a jockey. His father, Lee 80t .80 2 .797 .70 -71.

.77 4 .77 .760 -75 5 .750 ..74.5, .74 4 ..73, 1 .731 .731 ,.73.2 .770 ..71.1 ,.70 8 .70 7 70 3 .69 3 .679 7I 67.7 .47.0 ida has in its favor is the to him. Harrison of 2121 W. Jackson, bought Jerry a horse while home field and homecom ings. MAJORS Mississippi Texas Mien. Stale Uhio Alaoam L.i.U Minnesota Noir Dame Iowa Georgia Tech Michigan No'wesiern Missouri Penn Stat Washington Tennessee Arkansas Utah Mate Purdue So.

California Naw Kentucky Memphu St. Colorado Baylor nniami. Fla. U.C.L.A. Army Kansas Rice lexas Tech Cieinson Syracuse Texas Florida Calilornla Wyoming T.C.U The Heavyweight Uplift than any extant.

he was still in high school. Movement will continue from Missouri over Nebraska: In his spare time he rode quarterhorses out at Charlie ing. 0 0 0 "I feel the home field will the Garden Nov. 18 when Brown's Central Florida Farm. On graduation he went up With or without Ron Taylor, the ailing Missouri quarter Tony Alongi, Rocky Marci The proportion shouldn't to Ocala and found a job as a yearling breaker.

It wasn't long, however, until his abilities with a horse were rec back. ano's bright hope, engages George Logan of Boise in oe a big factor," Graves said. "LSU doesn't like to play over here and I'm glad 4.J Brig'm Yoimj" ognized and he was given a chance to ride in Miami. San Jose Sf. the most promising of three "93,7 Dayton Now he's under contract to Jack Stafford Farms, but takes other mounts when Stafford doesn't have a horse 10-round co-features.

COLLEGES Rodriguez Raps Gonzales MIAMI BEACH (UPI) Rodriguez gave welterweight champion Bennv Logan lost to McNeeley for him. change too much. Ohio State over Wisconsin: One of these Saturday's Ron Miller, the Badger tosser, is going to get hot and embarrass everyone but doubt it will happen at the expense of the Buckeyes. You can see for yourself on TV. 0 0 0 three times once on a cut Pittsburgh over Navy: The Panthers too good for fifth straight defeat.

Minnesota over Michigan: Sandy Stephens to guide the Gophers to a narrow triumph over the weary Wolverines, who have had two tough ones in a row. mey aon't." Grave plagued by injuries to six of his Florida van sitymen, moved three players up from the team yes terday. eye, once on a home-town de Nothing Stops Him l.e miss soutn'n 91. N. Michigan ..91.1 NW.

Louisiana 90 I Louisville "0 7 F'a. Louisiana 4 Wallace 88 4 Wlttenbert 0 Duluth 17 3 La. Tech 87.2 Micnlgei cision after flooring McNeel Arizona Stanford Iowa State ey twice in his native Boston, (Kid) Paret an eyefull last Jerry's high school sweetheart, Mary Lou who his bride still lives in Orlando with their two Ronnie 6, and Lou Ann, 4. and once because he was night, demolishing Puerto Rican middleweight Jose A a r-resno sr. 'Sa'lW- Chester "Sf." Texas over Rice: Four outroughed.

Graves called on quarterback Ken Russell, halfback Wayne Nails and end Bob Lindsey to give him a lift in the face of injuries hobbling "To us, Alongi is a good Gonzales while Paret looked Indiana Miss. State Ok I a. State Duke Maryland Georgia Oregon Illinoia Utah Illinois N. Carolina reasons for this pick Jerry Cook, Jimmy Saxton, Ray After his world record performance on Fair Juror, Jerry felt like doing something a little special. Never having seen much ice and snow he didn't know how to ice .751 Ml .731 71.1 .71 0 .69 .60 Ml MS .68.2 68 0 .47 .66 1 660 65 454 65 1 44 63 4 631 610 1 67 I 417 41 prospect, undefeated in 27 on.

Rodriguez knocked Gon 84 Massachusetts: 8'lAlhriQht Toledo Hofslra SJ St. I Pitsburah Sf. ii I Delaware It N- Dakota u.i...,. Wr-raton fights. He's a co-feature on a Poage and Tommy Ford.

Alabama over Houston: regular Saturday night pro gram" said Teddy Bren skate. But he wanted to join the fun the other jocks were having on time off. Jerry went down to buy some skates. He wanted a strong pair to support his ankles so Pittsourgn C. State Oklahoma Boston Coll But the Crimson Tide will 116 Buffalo Maryland over South Carolina: The Carolina defense not strong enough to complicate the Maryland offense.

Southern California over Illinois: The Illini possibly the weakest in the Big Ten. Utah State over Idaho: The Utags haven't lost in six starts, Idaho has won only once in five. zales down for the first time in his career and opened cuts on his nose and over his eyes enroute to a sev Lenmh ner. "McNeeley, with four have more trouble than in 51 Howard. A'a." he got himself a nice long pair.

less fights than Alongi last week's 34-3 joust with LiDertore uoodman, center Bruce Culpepper, halfback Bruce Starling, safetyman Paul White, Russ thrown and Hoover. Brown, the latest addition to the injured list, sprained his ankle yesterday. Tennessee. against the same kind of op Jerry's easy-going personality got a real going over that night. He came back with a pair of ladies figure I Arlington Sf.

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Wash'ston Wichita Oregon St. S.M.U position, is considered a title enth round technical knockout before Paret and 3,099 others at Miami Beach skates. But nothing stops the little man and so far contender by whoever culls Iowa over Purdue: The Hawkeyes new passing combine of Matt Szykowny 1 607 i SI 4 Mh nothing has caught him. Patterson's opponents. i M.I II 4 Tsnn.

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