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Title Foxes, Twins Open Playoff Thursday Night Appleton Club Seeks Third ML Championship in 4 Years; Friday Tilt Set for 'Goodland' If wl talents to the mound and has led Post -Crescent! the league in a number of categories much of the season. BY JOHN L. PAUSTIAN Pott-Crasctnt tporli Editor The Appleton Foxes, buoyed by strong pitching and a winning playoff tradition, Thursday night begin quest of their third Midwest League championship in four years. Two of the Foxes' big hitlers Aug. 30, 1967 Page Dl from' the '66 title playoff "Deacon" Jones and George Hunter are back.

Hunter Appleton, champion of racked up five hits in 10 trips, while Jones was 5-for-13. Jones, second half of the ML's split season, opens the best-of-3 playoff at 8 p.m. Thursday at Witter Dillon Lauds Spirit Of One-Letferman last year's ML batting champion, again has his average well Field, home of the first-round over .300 but has not appeared in enough games to be eligible for the bat title. The ML pennant is sure to stay in Wisconsin for another champion Wisconsin Rapids Twins. Friday night, the teams move to Appleton's Goodland Field for the second test.

If a third game year. The Foxes and the Twins is neeaea, it will De played at, will decide in the npvt twn nr Goodland Field Saturday night. I three days, in exactly what city Terror Grid Team AHS-W Opens Season Sept. 9 Against Green Bay Southwest A Number of Foxes won awards at "Player Anpre- Holtz, Chuck Brinkman. Club President Bob Rahn, Wisconsin Rapids will be seek the pennant will fly.

elation Night Tuesday at Goodland Field. ing its first ML pennant. Last Manager Alex Cosmidis, Joe Monty, Jose Ortiz, Al Fitzmorris and Orville Ilollrah. (Post-Crescent Photo) from left, are "Deacon" Jones, Business Manager Ed year, the Foxes thwarted the aim of Cedar. Rapids to capture its first over-all title.

Take AL Lead With Split, as Twins Fall Foxes, Angels To Play Pair The Foxes dropped the 1906 established, then Xavier and now Appleton East. playoff opener, 7-3, to Cedar Rapids, but came back fero Dillon has only one lettered returnee from the 1966 Terror osox Lose 20-lnnina Tilt ciously to score and 4-2 wins BY JOHN L. PAUSTIAN i PoitCrejctnt Sports Editor Though his silver anniversary football team in Appleton is the greenest he has ever coached, West High School's Ade Dillon is not about to sing the blues. The Terror mentor has only one letterman Dennis Wiesner in the Cardinals' park. team which won all major defensive honors in the FRVC and was in the title race until the final week.

Four other Beat Clinton The Foxes' other ML pennant Brinkman Picked As Most Valuable Player for 1967 By DICK COUCH came in 1964 when they defeated Clinton in a 1-game playoff. Associated Press Sports Writer Ghost Offensive Unit Must be Rebuilt nn his snnari hut hp fppls that The Boston Red Sox were get An on-again, off-again day of: the team's spirit might eo a loneAppleton West Slate ting drowsy trying to hit Jim showers an thunderstorms Alex Cosmidis, in his first year at the Foxes' helm, guided the team to a close second in the first-half race, to the second- Bouton. Then Darrell Brandon 4 Kaukauna Regulars Back way toward compensating ior the inexperience. "If attitude can win anything, we'll win some games," empha Stpt. Graen Bay Southwait.

Stpt. IS At Oshkosh. Sept. 21 Green Bay East. Sept.

30 At Appleton East. Oct. 7 Bye. Oct. 14 Sheboyqan South.

Oct. 11 At Sheboygan North. Oct. 27 Fond du Lac. Nov.

1 At Green Bay Preble. hit Bouton without trying and Horace Clarke sent every body home to bed. As a result, Bouton's mara round pennant and to the best season-long record in the league. turned on again shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday night to wash out the scheduled game between the Appleton Foxes and Quad Cities Angels at Goodland Field.

The teams will meet tonight in 9 HnilhlfltlpaHor hnnmninrr sized Dillon. I he team has a cosmidis will try to direct the wonderful attitude best I've thon mark is intact and the RediFoxes to the ML's first encore Cowboys' Landry Convinced championship in seven years. No ever seen, rney re not nara-nosed yet, but they want to ML team has repeated as to wind up the reguar play." all champion since Waterloo season play in the Midwest Sox are tossing in their sleep. Clarke's run-scoring single in the 20th inning gave the New York Yankees a 4-3 victory over Boston Tuesday night after the Red Sox had seized the Ameri The Terrors first assignment accomplished the feat in 1958, Packer Defense Lauded As 'Best in Football1 League. '59 and '60.

lettermen from that squad Terry Calder, Craig Rusch, Steve Shepard and Bill Stroess will play for the new AHS-E team. Lost, via graduation, were such top performers as Paul Ziemer, Keith Mossholder, Gary The Twins posted a 7-6 lead in BY TIM PETERMANN Post-Crticent Staff Writer "Even though we have lost a lot, teams that have played us will know they have been in a ball game. We won't be a pushover." Those were the words of Kaukauna head football coach Harry Wilson as he summarized the outlook for his Galloping Ghosts' 1967 season which opens a week from Saturday with a non-conference tilt against De Pere Abbott Pen-nings at home. Kaukauna lost its entire back-field and much of its offensive in the newly-enlarged (11 teams) Fox River Valley Conference will be against Green Bay Southwest Sept. 9.

AHS-W will play all the league schools this the regular-season series. can League lead by winning the Appleton's potent pitching con doubleheadcr opener 2-1. The Foxes will send righthanders Neil Weber (0-1) and Tom Rowe (2-2) against another pair of righties, Ed Sennctte (5-3) and Rick Well (7-5). Rowe and Well started Tuesday rainout. Quad Cities had jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first, but the Jim Kloes, Wayne Lutz, enjoyed Tuesday off except for The split left the Sox a scant nlaver mpptine- ihalf game ahead of both the season except Manitowoc tingent includes first-game starter Al Fitzmorris, second-game starter Orville Hollrah, Green Bay West- pat uarvey, Jim Micnauewicz, Bob Simon Grent Gibson, Gary Drills resumed today as the Minnesota Twins, who lost to Baltimore 4-3, and Detroit Ti Durant Cooper, Ken Murphy, Days Are Gone In 1943, when Dillon first defending champions prepared Vivoda, Steve Eggert and Pete Olson.

Steve Kokok and Ken Frailing. gers, who swept a twin bill at GREEN BAY (AP) Green Bay coach Vince Lombardi and Dallas coach Tom Landry agreed on one point Tuesday, the Packer defense played a key role in Green Bay's 30-3 National Football League exhibition victory over the Cowboys Monday night at Dallas. The top relievers are Willie California 4-2 and 2-1. In view of the split of AHS into Hooker and Pedro Rivera. became AHS football boss and for more than a decade thereafter, he had his pick of all the to carry their perfect 4-0 preseason record against Cleveland Saturday night.

Moved Into Position Hooker, last year, appeared in Clarke's one-out hit in the 20th two units, Dillon is satisfied with the number of candidates 47 on the varsity and about 33 more all three playoff games, allowing knocked in John Kennedy, who The status of starting quarter prep football players in Apple-ton. Those days are gone forever. total of only one run and two "I'm real proud of our de had singled and moved into Foxes had the tying run on third base with one out and Karl Simon at the plate when the deluge closed in. The Foxes, tonight, will announce the winner of a 1958 auto for which fans have registered during August. A Turn to Page 2, Col.

3 hits in six innings. on the JV squad. The current varsity includes 17 seniors, 27 scoring position when Boston The slices in the Appleton) back Bart Starr was still in doubt as far as the game at Cleveland is concerned. Fitzmorris was a regular out reliever Brandon hit Yankee juniors and three sophomores. athletic talent pie have become fense," said Lombardi.

"When you hold a team like Dallas without a touchdown, you've gotta be proud of them." Kaukauna Grid Slate Sept. 9 De Pere Pennings Sept. 16 Kimberly Sept. 23 at Two Rivers Sept. 30 Neenah Oct.

6 at New London Oct. 14 Shawano Oct. 20 at Clintonville 28 at Menasha fielder in the 1966 playoff series. He failed to get a hit in 10 trips. reliever Bouton with a pitch Wiesner, a 200-pounder who Turn to Page 4, Col.

3 Hampered with rib and thumb progressively more numerous. First, Fox Valley Lutheran was Bouton, recalled from the mi This year, he fu.s turned his injuries, he was pulled trom the "Green Bay played like Green nors last week, pitched five to nings or three-mt ball to earn Dallas game midway in the first Bay," said Landry, adding that he feels the Packers defense is his first victory of the season. quarter. Starr is not seriously hurt the "best in football." "Maybe it would have been ras mm mm? Lombardi insists, but there's no line throueh' graduation, and Five years ago, Bouton was the winner in a seven-hour, 22-in-ning marathon at Detroit. In Tuesday night's other AL point in irritating his injuries in different if we could have taken the ball in when we had the action the Washington Senators chances in the first quarter," Landry lamented, "But we didn't." 218 North Division Phone 734-9021 a pre-season contest.

Chiefs Release Sandy Stephens "It was that defense of beat Chicago 3-0, dropping the White Sox 2Ms games off the pace, and Cleveland edged Kansas City 9-8 in 10 innings. Steve Whitaker's home run in the 11th after the Red Sox had theirs," he said. Landry' might also have men LIBERTY Mo. (AP) The Kansas City Chiefs cut six men tioned the chance in the fourth quarter. Dallas had four tries from their squad Tuesday, in grabbed a 3-2 lead in the top of the inning, and a spectacular from the five yard line, but the Wilson has only a few regulars back-although his roster lists 11 all of whom are seniors.

Among those missing, via the diploma are Dennis Van Eperen, a Mid-Eastern all-conference first team offensive and defensive tackle; Pat Kavanaugh, an all-conference first team end and second team safety; and Lee Nimmer, an all-conference first team halfback. Others lost are Joe Schouten, center; John Vande Hey, and Scott Bay, linebacker. All were on the all-loop second team. 4 Regulars Back Of his lettermen, only Jim cluding Sandy Stephens, former Minnesota quarterback and Seth Cartwright, defensive tackle out brilliant Packer defense held the Cowboys without the TD stopping them at the one-yard of Prairie View The releases left the Ameri line. MY J05 throw by center fielder Bill Robinson kept the Yankees alive in the extra-inning struggle.

Doubled at Plate Robinson grabbed Reggie Smith's one-out drive in the 17th and doubled Mike Andrews at the plate with an on-the-fly can Football League defending The passing deefnse sparkled, too, as star Dallas quarterback champions with 46 players. Others released were defen K1 ran Don Meredith managed to com' FW I I 11 1 plete only about 38 per cent of sive backs Sam Longmire, rookie Ceaser Belser, Dave Bonds and flanker Warren LJLrl La his passes and had one inter cepted. Fumbled Once strike, Boston outfielders Carl Yastrzemski and Smith had choked off a New York threat two innings earlier with succes Wells. Browns Release Tate And Four Others sive diving catches. The Red Sox took the first game behind right-hander Jim Lonborg, who fired a three-hitter for his 18th victory and HIRAM, Ohio (AP) The Cleveland Browns released five players Tuesday, bringing their drove in the deciding run with a roster down to 50 players, That's one above the National, mfT Pomeroy, Bill Verhagen, Ted Simon and Dick Huss were regulars last season.

Verhagen and Huss were all-conference first team choices as linebacker and offensive guard, respectively, Pomeroy received honorable mention as both an, offensive guard and defensive tackle. Pomeroy, at 220 pounds, will help beef up the offensive line at tackle again. Simon, a 195-pounder, was a defensive end last year but may go at center or at a defensive tackle this season. Verhagen will be used as a linebacker. Huss, the team Turn to Page 5, Col.

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