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Spokes inAy Urns Mem Hvh oimg By EMMONS BYRNE PHILADELPHIA Willie Mays is not only one of the greatest, if not the greatest, ball player of the times but is also one of the luckiest. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been playing center field this afternoon when the Giants squared off against the Phillies in a Memorial Day double header in Connie Mack Stadium. This was revealed today by trainer Doc Bowman, who said that Willie missed having an Achilles tendon severed or seriously damaged by the narrowest of margins Sunday's free for all with the New York Mets at Candlestick Park. Because of the chill, Mays was wearing two suits of heavy ankle length underwear. In the melee at second base after Willie had thrown Elio Chacon to the ground somebody with razor sharp spikes sliced through both thicknesses of underwear.

"The material was cut clean through," Bowman said, "but there was only a tiny nick on Wilile's ankle. He wasn't hurt at all but it was awfully close. "Fortune was riding with Willie, that's all." Bbwman has no idea of who almost spiked Mays. All he knows is that one of from the year one until they fled to San Francisco in 1958. Billy O'Dell was scheduled to start the second game against the Phils this afternoon but, because of a blister on his pitching hand, he may be held out of action for several days.

So managerAlvin Dark isn't sure, at this time, about tomorrow night's starter. It might be Jack Sanford, who won rookie of the year honors with the Phils in 1957, or it might be Mike McCormick. Whichever one doesn't work tomorrow will probably draw one of the starting assignments in Saturday's double header in New York. the great careers in baseball was almost ended. The Giants' pitching plans for the next five days, in which they play three games with the Phils and four with the Mets in New York, won't be decided until the final out is made this afternoon.

Juan Marichal opened the proceedings today and is scheduled to pitch again Sunday in New York. And Billy Pierce, the American. League veteran who has yet to lose a decision in the National League, will be seeking his eighth victory Friday when the Giants return to the Polo Grounds, their home Somewhere along the line Jim Duffalo figures to get a starting call. Both the Giants and the Phils opened hostilities this afternoon with five game streaks, only the Giants have been winning while the Phillies have been losing. The last game the Phils won was from the Giants in Candlestick Park last Wednesday.

Pitching is a problem for the Phillies, who have lost 15 of their last 18 games. At Candlestick they score 21 runs on 33 hits in losing two out of three decisions. Marichal, bothered by a twisted knee, lasted less than four Innings against them, although the Giants rallied to gain a 7-4 verdict. But the point is the way the Phils swung their bats they didn't look like a lower division club. Philadelphia traded some pitching to build up the club.

"It's less difficult to assemble a pitching staff than it is to field a presentable club," explained a Phillie spokesman. "It's taken a long time to assemble the team and I hope it doesn't take as long to build a pitching staff to match." The Phillies' troubles seem to stem from shortstop Ruben Amaros' return to the Army three weeks ago. At that time they were over .500 and in the first division. The club Is more than a little embarrassed at being in eighth place behind the Houston Colts, a team that was assembled from castoffs in the expansion draft last winter. Connie Mack Stadium was the Giants' favorite play pen last year.

They lost only two out of 11 games there but it may be a different story this season if the Phils get any' kind of pitching. Whatever happens, the Giants can't exceed their 1961 record of nine wins. In the expanded 10-club schedule that's the sum total of games they play here this year. Raid Chart ers Full verhau CONDITION OF NEVADA BOXER UNCHANGED HENDERSONNev. (LTD Shift of Riley Morris To Defensive End Follows Moyie Study Las Vegas fighter Freddie By SCOTTY STIRLING There will be many for out- changes about the Oakland open.

The competition jobs should give us an standing set of Perkins, 23, remained in a coma today after collapsing Saturday night during a sparring session. Perkins had been scheduled to fight for the state middleweight title last night against Roxwell Mosley in Las Vegas. A Rose De Lima Hospital spokesman said Perkins condition was unchanged, although the fighter has opened Raider football team this fall, but none may be more sig The shift of Morris to de fensive end is expected to nificant than the switch of Riley Morris from linebacker to defensive end. make life tough for opponent passers. New defensive coach Walt Defensive end was one of Michaels, after looking at his eyes on occasion but was unable to recognize anyone.

movies of the Raiders on defense last year, suggested to head coach Marty Feldman that Morris be tried at the flanker post. Riley is a shade small for defensive end at 225 pounds, but with his speed and great POUNDING HOOFS, SPINNING WHEELS Roaring around the Bay Meadows clubhouse turn, Miss Cash Key leads the field in the fifth race in the 15-day season opener yesterday. Miss Cash Key, driven by Wally Owens, dropped to third going down the backstretch but came on again to score a length and a quarter victory. The winner of the feature race paid $10.40. (Story on Page 37.) the Raiders' weak spots last year.

The club lacked speed at the position, and opposing quarterbacks were allowed too much time to spot targets. Morris, despite weighing 225, is as fast as most backs in the league, and has great agility to go with that quickness. "I can see Morris putting tremendous pressure on quarterbacks, forcing them to leave their protective pocket and hurry their throws," Feldman said. strength he could overcome the lack of weight," Michaels expnoned. San Jose's Pcrex Stops Vegas Foe LAS VEGAS, Nev.

UP) -Ray Perez, San Jose, one of the world's shortest fighters, gained a technical knockout last night over Ray Pacheco of Las Vegas after the 12th round in a flyweight match-Referee Harry a stopped the fight when Dr. Donald Romeo, Nevada State Athletic Commission physician, said a cut over Pache-co's left eye was too severe for him to continue. The Raider coaching staff has several other experiments in mind, but won't offer any hints until training camp opens. TOM FLORES SICK, MEDICS MYSTIFIED Banks Has 3 Homers, Cubs Lose 'We've completed our en tire offensive and defensive mere is no better pass Continued Page 36, Col. 3 was still troubled with the systems, and the club Is going to have to learn everything Oakland Raider quarterback Tom Flores is in Eden Hospital fighting a respira cough and fever.

"I had x-rays last Friday from scratch," Feldman said. and they decided to hospital WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1962 33 Michaels and Red Konk- ize me. I've had several other tests since then and we're right, defensive line aide, waiting on a report." By Associated Press Cancel those get-well cards for Ernie Banks, who returned to action only four days at the or at home it's the shoe you'll never want to have installed a new, simplified defensive system de Club officials were told by signed to correct several Flores' physician that the ailment possibly is a type of basic deficiencies and take advantage of certain strong pneumonia. Flores has con tory ailment which has so far defied diagnosis. Flores was hospitalized last Friday after suffering with a cough and high fever for two weeks.

He has undergone x-ray and other tests in an effort to determine what it is. Flores, reached by telephone, says that he has lost considerable weight. "At first they thought it was viral pneumonia," Flores said, "but after a couple of weeks of taking penicillin I tinued to take antibiotic drugs after a pitch plunked him in the head, and fired a home run salvo that shot him right up among the leaders in the National League home run GEORGE ROSS Greased Pollster points. during the testing period. Offensively, the Raiders take off! The quarterback said he doesn't know how long he'll hope to take advantage of increased speed at the receiving positions and at the tight derby.

Fortified with aspirin to re be in the hospital. "I guess we'll know that as soon as we find out what the problem halfback spot. lieve his aching head, the 31- "It looks now like receiving year-old Chicago Cubs slugger returned to action yester is, he said. will be our strongest position," said Feldman, "and day, doubled in his first appearance, then followed with we'll go into training camp with every position wide three consecutive homers in an 11-9 loss to Milwaukee. Banks drilled a double in his Next Target for Tigers A.L.

Lead first at-bat since a pitch by MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS Cincinnati's Moe Drabowskv sent him to the hospital last Friday night, hit a two-run homer in the third and wound By Associated Press NATIONAL LEAGUE up Ms one-man show with themselves after an erratic bases-empty homers in the Pet. GB start. They were In ninth early this month after a string of fifth and seventh. S.F. Giants 33 14 .702 The first three-homer per Los Angeles 31 15 .674 five losses and 13 days ago were in seventh, games Cincinnati 25 16 .610 5 off the pace.

Pittsburgh 24 18 .571 6Vj St. Louis 24 19 .558 7 formance of the season pulled Banks, No. 1 homer hitting shortstop in major league history, into a tie for second place in the NL homer race with San Francisco's Orlando Milwaukee 20 25 .444 12 Since then they've won nine of 11 in a climb that's taken them to fourth place, two games behind first place urn Houston 17 27 .386 14 It took them a while to find the range, but Detroit's surging Tigers have finally zeroed in. And the next target in their rapid-fire rise is the big one the American League lead. Don Mossi's seven-hit pitching backed by an offensive barrage that included four homers carried the Tigers over Baltimore 12-4 yesterday and put them a mite closer to the top.

The Tigers, stiffest opposition for the New York Yankees last year and expected to make another challenge this season, have steadied 16 26 .381 14V2 Cleveland. Cepeda. Each has 14. Willie Mays of the Giants leads with Chicago 15 30 .333 17 The DREXEL In other AL games, Karsas New York 12 27 .308 17 16. YESTERDAYS RESULTS City shaded New York 2-1, dropping the Yankees out of a A total of nine homers was hit by the Cubs and Braves Milwaukee 11, Chicago Pittsburgh 1.

St. louit 4 (night). by Wright Arch Preservers In black or brown 280 Only games scheduled. tie for the lead, as John Wyatt and Bill Fischer combined for one shy of the National League TODAY'S PROBABLE PITCHERS S. F.

Giants (Marichal 7-3 and O'Dell a seven-hitter; Boston beat record. Billy Williams, Bob Continued Page 34, Col. 4 at Philadelphia (McClith 4-1 and Hamilton 3-4), (5). Los Angeles (Koufax t-t and Podres J-J) at New York (Miller t-1 and Hook 1-4), (2). Continued Page 34, Col.

1 I belong to a thing called, Editors' Poll, a panel of 85 sports editors scattered around the country, few of us brave enough to stick out individual necks, but collectively brave as heck. They set this thing up because it makes a little more not much more but anything helps sense than most of the sports polls because it isn't geographically weighted. I mean, take even-Steven football player Joe Knolp who goes to college at Chico State where the population of sports writers is like 3, and football player Joe Plonk who plays for UCLA and isn't a lick better, just seen by more sportswriters. So who's Everybody's all-Everything? Did you ever hear of Ernie Ladd on the 1960 All-Wonderboy lists at the end of a smashing career at Grambling? Would you have heard of a 290-pound, 6 foot 9, schoolboy tackle if he'd gone to Penn Staia- or USC or Syracuse? I make a point. The pro scout that found Ladd wasn't even looking.

He was casing a publicized halfback from Georgia Tech, an All-Conference type who was cut in the first weeks of pro training. Back to Editors' Poll, which is out with its first report after a nationwide panel-polling. The task this time was to pick 1. The Top Ten All-Time American League baseball players and, 2. The Top Ten All-Time National League baseball players.

It's a pastime to avoid in the neighborhood pub, where there's an emotion-charged expert on every stool and a memory expert behind the bar. Here, with the voting percentage for each, are the results: Top Ten All-Time American Leaguers 1. Ty Cobb 94 6. Ted Williams 38 2. Babe Ruth 92 7.

Lou Gehrig 347o 3. Joe DiMaggio 57 8. George Sisler 25 4. -Walter Johnson 49 9 Lefty Grove 20 5. Tris Speaker 47 10.

Cy Young 19 Top Ten All-Time National Leaguers 1. Rogers Hornsby 79 6. Willie Mays 32 2. -IIonus Wagner 71 Spahn 30 3. -Stan Musial 68 Hubbell 26 4.

-Christy Mathewson 62 Ott- 21 5. -Grover Alexander 47 Frisch 21 Don't let me con you this thing is foolproof. If you're a Shoeless Joe Jackson man, you stand up and holler, and if you're red-eyed because Mickey Mantle Continued Tage 3(5, Col. 4 SPORTS BREAKTHROUGH St. Louis (Washburn 1-1) at Pittsburgh (Francis 1-J).

Houston (Stont 1-2) at Chicago (Koonct 1-1). Cincinnati (Drabowskv 1-3 and OToolt 5-3 or Purkey 1-1) at Milwaukee (Piche 2 0 and Curtis 1-1), 12). Cubs Hire First Negro Coach AMERICAN LEAGUE We're not kidding here's a Wright Arch Preserver shoe that is so-o-oo easy and comfortable, you'll have to 'double-check' to be sure vou have feet! Smartly styled In Pet. GB At present, Klein is the head coach. In addition to Tappe, Metro and O'Neil, Freddie of luxurious llama calf (the cashmere leathers).

Kushins always has your size! Cleveland New York Minnesota Detroit Los Angeles Baltimore 24 16 .600 24 17 .585 26 20 .565 22 18 .550 22 20 .524 21 21 .500 Martin also is currently on the parent coaching staff. The 2 3 4 4 6 7 others are scattered in the made the jump from Class baseball to the Cubs this year. "O'Neil will not participate in the rotation for the head coaching position of the Cubs," said Vice President John Holland. "Elvin Tappe, Lou Klein and Charley Metro are the only coaches who will handle this. O'Neil will serve in the ranks just like the other coaches.

He actually will be a coach-scout. "Since he wasn't under contract as a coach, he could not farm system. Chicago 22 22 .500 Kansas City 21 25 .457 Boston 18 24 .429 Jackie Robinson, who became the first Negro player in the majors in 1947, had been MILVS DEPT. Washington 12 29 .293 12'i CHICAGO UP) The Chicago Cubs, who set a baseball milestone last year by abolishing the managerial system, have scored another by hiring the first Negro as coach in the major leagues. John (Buck) O'Neil, 50, was named the Cubs' 11th coach yesterday.

He had served the club as a scout since 1956, and formerly played first base with the Kansas City Mon-archs of the Negro American League and managed them. With the a he helped both Ernie Banks and George Altman get their start with the Cubs. His most recent achievement was signing center fielder Lou Brock, who YESTERDAYS RESULTS Kansas City 1, New York 1. Boston 3, Minnesota J. expected to become the first of his race to be a coach or manager.

But he retired he chose instead to enter busi remain on the bench after ness. "I am very happy to have name started unless he wa Detroit 11, Baltimore 4. Washington 7, Los Angeles i (It Innings). Only games scheduled. TODAY'S PROBABLE PITCHERS Chicago (Buthardt 3-3 and Horlen 4-3) Detroit (Regan 3-1 and Jones 0-0) (2).

Washington (Osteon 0-3 and Cheney 1-1) at Kansas City (Rakow 4-1 and Bass 1-5) (2). Boston (Conley 3-4 and Monbouguette 3-5) at Los Angeles (Chance 2-3 and Bowslield 1-3) (2, twi-night). New York (Stafford J-3 and Sheldon H) at Minnesota (Ronlkowskl J-J and Psscual 7-2) (2 day, OAKLAND 1915 Broadway Open Monday and Thursday nights WALNUT CREEK 1286 Broadway Open Monday, Thursday and Friday nlghN EL CERRITO El Cerrito Plaza Open Monday, Thursday and Friday nights 'tit 9 Pbon tmd mad orders promptly jilhi this opportunity to be a coach," said O'Neil. "I will do given special permission by the opposing clubs. Some teams refused to do this, so we have made him eligible by putting him under contract." everything can to neip instruct the Cubs' young ball players.".