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HERE'S MUD IN YOUR EYE Charleston tackle Maurice Hultz wipes his muddied face with a towel. Daily Mail Photo by Chet Haives. ST. LOUIS (AP) Paul Richards and Lum Harris, a couple of old sidekicks with an everlasting friendship, were set to start anew as co workers today in a joint effort, to rebuild the sagging basehall fortunes ol the Atlanta Braves. Richards, vice, president and general manager of the Braves, rescued the 52 ycar old Harris from the minor leagues naay in naming his old crony Atlanta manager.

Harris, who managed Rich Leagup pennant this season, was given a one year contract afier Richards rejected the job. "I considered taking the job myself until 1 looked shortstop and center field and the double plays wc didn't make," Yomiuri Giants Champs In Japan TOKYO (API The defend ing champion Tnkyo Yomiuri Giants won uieir Etna tenirai League baseball championship. The Giants clinched the 19B7 pennant when the second place; Ch'unichi Dragons lost to the fifth place Sankei Atoms 9 S. Royals' Dierking Has Sprained Knee CINCINNATI (API Connie Dierking, who sprained his. knee in an exhibition game Wednesday night, will be out of action for seven to Hi days, the uincin nati Royals announced Friday, Dierking injured1 his left' knee early in the first quarter of a National Basketball Association exhibition game with the Seattle Supersonics al Yakima, Wash.

Walt Wesley was expected lo take Dierking's place In the mint lew exhibition games. on key plays that kille drives. East Bank inuvptf lo Charles ton's 34, 40 and 17 yard lines in tile first half before being sioppeu. Punls Averaat 3 I7J FuniblEA LoM 0 0 2 2 Punaltlei Yardanc 10 72 4 30 INDIVIDUAL FROM SCRIMMAGE EAST BANK Try dir. Loll Nil Bill LanrJiir CHARLISTOM Sieve Ellis Melvin Ringing Curl Green njmble (run railed! CH5 33 CHS Wflllpte 13 tr Richards cracked.

I 12 12 4O0O pass trnrn. Ellis lr. Harris, Richards Co Workers Aqa in Then he quicklv noted that shortstop Denis jurcd most of the season and the team had other problems eluding an elbow ailment which: forced Felipe Alou to undergc surgery. Slugger Jno Torre handicapped by a foot injury, is scheduled for an operation Man day. Atlanta board chairman Bill Bartholomay "Of course we talked about Paul manae uul uini suidi da gnt.

I think the Braves are stron ger witn Paul Richards respon sible for the total baseball pic ture and, most importantly, development of the minorj league organization," Bartholo may said. Harris, a lormer maw: league pitcher with a 35 63 record, played, coached or man aged under Richards in Atlanta. Buffalo, Chicago, Baltimore and Houston. Harris was fired as manager of the Astros in Hous at the end of the 1965 sea MOUNTAIN LIONS CAKED WITH MUD Rick Kutzeff (out with broken arm), Melvin Riggins, Vaughn Stanley, Jack Jlennett Highlanders Learn West Can Run, Too HUNTINGTON In St. Albans offensive attack, the halfbacks catch passes, the fullback bulls up the middle and the quarterback throws.

But that didn't happen here Friday night. One halfback sat on the sidelines, the other hobbled around, the fullback limped and the quarterback ran in a 24 12 victory over Huntington tiast. EAST proliahly knew halfback Jackie Robinson was hurt and wouldn play. II also knew fullback Malcolm Calhoun was limping. Bui Ihe Highlanders probably didn't expect quarterback Kim West to tun.

West's passing was deadly as usual. He completed eight of 17 attempts (or 172 yards and Iwo touchdowns. But he caught the Highlander Lewis, Nesbit Tie CHEVY CHASE, Md. (AP) Jack Lewis, Florence, S.C., and Mike Nestor, of Eclhesda, tied for the first round lead Friday in the Middle Atlantic Ama golf tourney. Each shot par 70s.

rushind Yards.pAs&fng Panes had Int. defense flat footed in the second counted lor 29 yards, more yardage than he gained in all four previous it. Albans ga Until then, he had gained only 20 yards in eight carries. West's two rims came in a 41 yard touchdown drive set on an interception by Jim Meiers, the other limping halfback. First, he around right end for IS yards and then around left end for yards and a touchdown that gave the Red Dragons a 13 7 lead.

Actually, the game was much closer than the Uvo lonchdown spread. St. Albans didn't add the second touchdown until oidy 14 seconds remained in the game. West scored this TD on a run, taking a lateral from Vickers and scouting four yards. THE "walking wounded," and Vickers, scored the 13 other touchdowns on passes frum West, who raised his season total of TD passes to' eight.

Red Bragc now 4 return io' action next Saturday afternoon in a norm game against DuPont. St. A Childers Si pass Iran Wait illetfl I St. i run, la'tral tram Vidters Americas Tourney Begins In Mexico GUADALAJARA Mexico (AP) from the United Canada and Mexico teed off today in the first round of the Americas Cup amateur gntf match. U.S.

team which includes Robert Dickson, MeAIester, Marvin Giles, Lynchburg, Bill Campbell, Huntington, W.Va., and Downing Gray, Pen sacola, is favored in the competition which ends Sunday. Good. "Walker has the edge because of his experience, of course, but Harris is a real worker." Harris has another problem, loo. "There's something wrong with his hip, flood said. ''We don't know exactly what it is a pulled muscle, calcium deposit or what but it causes him to favor his right leg.

He says he's all right after he gels warmed up, though." It look the 5 3, 147 pound junior little lime Id warm up against the Wildcats. He scored the third time Dunbar ran a play. Then in the third quarter, he caught the ID pass from quar terback Chuck Johnson. "Mike ran right through two boys on that play. Good said thought he was going to get cioooerea out, son ot a gun ran right between them." Harris was one of the Wilson, Dunbar, Leewood Victors In Key Conf.

Play Woodrow Wilson rolled to its fourth straight victory in a 19 0 over Thomas Jefferson Junior High Friday as Roose velt and Horace Mann won other City League games. The Lincoln Catholic Junior game was postponed. Leewood boosted its record to I in the Upper Kanawha League with a 1M victory over Marmet and Dundar took the Lower Kanawha edge witn a rousing 32 6 game over Elkview Both were unbeaten in LK action when the game started. Stuart Jackson 7 7 11 Jasse 35 piss from iacksoit 73 run '(Cecil Tom Sword jiekson TS kldtotf IJonsO rony Adkim Kmit 9 0 nt Green i run (Orient Smith run L. Smith I run Marvin Smitrt Charlw Mi Defensive Jim RUj Willis, Cavld Short, Daraay Craig, Larry Stater.

EllnKir 1 I 0 4 OunMr HI 7 7 ni'fh como'alKl. touctiriswr, oasses to Tony Harris 21 David Simmoni yards. Roger Caudill 24 PARKERSBURG ROMPS NEW CITY FOE, 59 0 Grizzlies, Hurricane, Logan Win Pai kersburg Big Tied blew Parkerstiurg South off the field Friday niglit 59 0, in game which saw the state Class AAA powerhouse force mistakes by the first year schuul and llien capitalise on Ihosc mistakes. Class AA leader va experienced little difficulty in knocking off Chesapeake ol Ohio S4 6 And Wirl, high ranking Class A team: played with the big boys of Belpre, Ohio, and came out ahead 14 0. Upset minded Morgantown couldn't get untracked in its muddv Held.

Friday and fell be fore Weirton, 21 7. The rushes of Fernandez and TomJ Curlis, fullback Charles Jennings punched (he necessary yardage. beat Mount. Hope 31 12, without liie services of half back Edward Lee, who didn't dress because of flu. Class AA power Monungah, sparked by quarterback Nick Saban and end Tom Hulder man, rouled Shinnston 7.

Merry Marbury ran for an 83 yard touchdown. Wheeling Central of the triple A ranks got a surprisingly lough battle from Oak Glen before the New Cumberland team bowed 18 13. Webster Spriifgs quarterback Carl Williams completed iourj touchdown passes in the Classl AA team's 33 6 victory over Class A Sutton. Williams has completed IS touchdown passes. Ccrcdo Kenova's senior halfback Mike Murphy scored is points In a poinl second quarter against Chesapeake, Ohio.

The Wonders swamped Chesapeake 34 lj. Pete Wood, Bluefield's star! halfback, scored three times in Bluefield's 33 0 victory over Welch. RAMON'S REDSKIN TOE Hurricane won its fifth game of the season because Dod Hamon's tue was on the mark last night. Each team scored three touchdowns, but Hurricane beat Guyan Valley, 21 19, because Hamon kicked all ihree extra points. GRIZZLIES GROWL GAULEY BRIDGE Nicho las County high of Summers ville had little trouble making its record with a 3B 0 romp liaulcy Bridge which stands 0 6, Groves run (lu, v.

SS Irorn Blsn kenship tailed) b'jm i 9 pass Iron ma Hen iId Jck tailed) Young to run (klilt failed) Groves 3 run CBcb Groves klckl PT. PLEASANT WINS POINT PLEASANT Poca felt the wrath of Point Pleas 16 games without victory the Big Blacks won, 25 0. Ftey had one tie in the 16 game (Seles run) Shorts: Joe Learns Facts Front AP DISPATCHES PHILADELPHIA Joe Frazier's "family" has had a change of heart aboul the elimination tournamenL to determine a new heavyweight champion. When promoter Mike Malitz first proposed Ihe tournament, Frazier's backers, the 200 plUK Cleverlay Corp. said in effect "not us.

We have Ihe hottest property in the heavyweight field. Go fry your fish." Suddenly, Frazier dropped from No. 1 (o 9 in the World Boxing Assn. ratings. Another invitation to join the elimination tourney has been tendered and Frazier's 'family' appear ready lo jump al the opportunity.

But first, Frailer has an Oct. 17 fight in Phlladclphin with Tony Doyle, SUIT OAKLAND, Calif. A $300,000 damage suit against Thad! Spencer, world heavyweight taming championship contender, la on tile in Alameda County Superior Court. The suit, filed Thursday by Willie" E. Krazier, a bartender, alleges Spencer beat Frazier Aug.

31 at an Oakland bar. Frazier asks $200,000 general and SJlTO.OOO punitive damages. I. R. S.

AFTER RAMS WASHINGTON The Internal Revenue' Service is trying to collect $419,936 from the Los Angeles Rams'football team for back income taxes for the years 1965 and 1966, papers on file at the JJ. S. Tax Court showed Friday. WOMEN'S GOLF NORTHFIELD, N. Mrs.

Marge Mason of Englewood, N. won the sixth annual U. S. Sailor Womtn'a Golf Championship at Atlantic City Country Club Friday, pasting a 236 total that broke the tournament record of 239. 7 It 11 JI 0 6 0 was Coach Dick Ware's first viclony here.

Point Pleasanl led in yardage, to 156, as Bill Flowers and Roger Putney scored twice each. Putnam ripped 95 yards with a for the game's highlight. 7 II a 0 15 1 run TFIowers run) PP FlonB run Iran tailed! 95 with punt return (run Putnev '1 pass from McDermltl LINEBACKER STRONG Sharp defensive play inenackers rtobert Thomi Joe Young and Bucky Mc( helped Ansted score an 18 0 victory over Fayttteville Friday Saturday, oct. 7, 196? Crjarleaton Pailg Cgail RIGGINS. HARRIS ROMP FOR C.H.S., DUNBAR Mount Hope Next For Charleston; Riggins Gains 140 "We're No.

No Brag, Just Fscl," said. the big sign strelchcd across (be Laidlcy Field rente in front of the Charleston High School cheering section. Although Coach Prank Vincent look no part in painting the sign, his mood agrees with its matters fact outlook on the unseated Mountain Lions' season. "If Ihey are ratings," lie said after a 27 6 win over East Bank nn Friday night "it is better to be No. 1 than No.

50." Charleston went into the game as (he slate's leading team with a rating of 14.0 points. The Mountain Lions ill! 'i Mkil Writer picked up 15 prints lor beating East Bank and another point when a defeated opponent Betrfeley, won. So their rating total wilt be higher next week "It is a rough row to hoe, being No. and having everyone point to yon," said Vincent, adding, "Bui everyone always (Minis toward Charleston." Charleston hosts Mount Hope next Friday and then hits the oad to piny at undefeated Par kersburg and once beaten SI Albans "We're in the mid die ol a dog fight," commented Vincent. When in dog fight it pays to have more bite than bark, and CHS has ihe bite in a strong defense and an efficient offense.

East Hank could not score on the Mountain Lions' defense in the mud of I.aidley Field, get ting a touchdown when Greg graoDea a l.h.s. tum ble and raced 70 yards. offense got the ball nine times and threatened seven. They marched, lo four touchdowns three by ail state halfback Melvin Riggins who rushed for 141) yards and had drives stopped at East Bank's 28 7 (fumble) and 8 (end of game). "We're very pleased with the progress of the offense said Vincent, noting that only three regulars returned from last season.

"They are improving and you have to be happy when you're undefcat FielcJ position helped the Lions iii the second half. They' got the ball at East Bank's 20, 48, 35 and 47 yard lines. Vincent felt the mud hurt his team's speed, but praised the blocking ol the line and the secondary's defense against passing (three interceptions). "We came up with the big play when we had to," he said. MAST BANK lakes its record to Logan next Friday lo play another undefeated team.

"We made some costly mistakes," said East Bank coach loe Butta. "We had penalties fl Sophomore Sub Gets Dunbar's TDs For Second Game In Row Mike Harris is sure makin' it hard on Ron Walker. Harris is the Dunbar substitute wingback who was one of the heroes in. last week's stunning, 12 7 victory over St. Albans, scoring both touchdowns.

And Friday night, with Walker on (he sidelines because of an injury suffered in the St. Albans game, Harris did it again. He ran 64 yards for a touchdown and caught a piss that covered 44 yards for another touchdown in the unbeaten Bulldogs' 14 0 victory over Nitro. "Harris was our starting Piisei Penaltles Yardi 7 65. bright spals for Dunbar, Good said.

"We didn't do much playing on defense or offense," Good said despite the shutout. 'They moved the ball against us and But, Good said, 'This is the first time I've seen Nitro and they did a real good job against us." Nitro's deepest penetration was to the Dunbar 30 in the first quarter. Dunbar returns to action next Friday night al home against George Washington. Nitro, which has been shut out three plays at Sisson outside of a few long runs, wc straight games, didn't move the ball." Harris' rushing slalislics is one example. After his 64 yard run, he gained only nine yards1" nun run isalwr kido in three other carries.

FUMBLES HURT, TOO Eagle Passes Beat Hoover BECKLEY Herbert Hon Himver, now with a dismal 1 ver stopped Beckiey's grouiid'S record, swings back into ac iiitaek hero Friday night, but linn next Friday against South ing Eagles did a ti Charleston, while lleckley, 4 1, iittlurallv. nubsiiis tor Uuigles with Bluefield at Dlue two touchdowns cn route to al field. 27 14 victory. Hoover Coaeli Jim Hamrick: said, "We gol a fine i effort from our kids. They.

2 Row held Beckley to 42 yai'ds rush rm (woods rum ine but we couldn't slop 'cm in the ah Fumbles didn't help us either." IN FACT, one fumble in flic closing minutes of the first half put Beckley back in the game. Hoover held a 14 7 lead when Keckley recovered a fumble on the Huskies' 14. IlDger Wilkes! plunged over a few plays late: Eagles' Soccer Team Vs. Bobcats BUCKHANNON Morris Harvey's soccer learn, winless in ils first two matches this for a 1J 1.I halTlime deatUock. ,1 In the second half, it was all uoieuuina bonier Beckley with the Eagles scoring! on a three yard run bv Tom Coleman and a 16 yard pass from Wilkes to i a Howard.

Hoover jumped off tn an ear lv 7 0 lead when John Shafei blocked a punt and Steve Hayesl recovered on the Beckley 40. From there, the Huskies drove in to score with Mac Myers go ing the final yards. Beckley evented it al 7 i at ter a short Hoover punl and a 15 yard penalty gave it a lirst down on the Huskies' 15.. John) Woolen plunged over from the two. Ernie Carte send II ahead again in the second quarter with a 57 1 down run, but that cntletl Hie Huskies' scorlnK, Beckiey's go ahead 'I'D waSj set up by a SJ yard pass play shorl punt, and a good return to the Hoover 16 set up the final score.

ence champion W. Va. We'steyan tie uiua at lu a. m. Morris Harvey last nn at.

Fairmont, 4 3, as Kd Haus man scured a II Ihe winners' goals. Ed Periera had two goals fnr M. CARDINALS READY FOR HUNGRY FAN: 6 TONS HOT DOGS ST. LOUIS Hi Busy is getting ready', for a World Serici. Headache is often goes' with that kind of busy.

John KeDy ot Missouri Sports Service, is busy laying in six tons of hot dogs and 5,000 pounds of hamburger, 500 half barrels and 6,000 cases of beer and buckets of mus tai'd, catsup and other condiments to feed hungry base ball fans. FOOTBALL SCORES St. Albans Hunlinsun Edil Beckrey 27. Herbert move Id OTHER GAMES Parkersburq iyr parkcrsbL't! Weirton SI, Wornor.Town 7 tVielltW 33. Wslcli 0 Looan 4i.

Mounl f.s Wat Hlnfor. 7 Cli iri w. I BriMepw! 13 WhMhno 3i. Inst. 6 Faltm.

fit 2:. Buct. Mtfjndsvflle 14, Martins Perrv. 3 Ansted It, Fayelttvliir 1. Madison Seen 30.

Seth MHon walunn 13, Sstnccf if, Walton Vjirl Elltdttt 'h U. bt rie li i 16, Osk Point Plcatont 3S. Poca 0 33, Buffalo Shady Sprlno 0, Ttap Hill Lewisbura 19, W.1 tt 1 Hilhtorr, b. firr A vj 3E, Goulay 3rid9C 5 GUESS WHO! The very excited and happy young lady in the picture on page six ia Mrs. Carl Yastrzemski, wife of the Boston Red Sox World Series star.

She is cheering one of the two home nins he hit on Thursday. AP Wire photn. Aiullens 13, Gary 7 Matewan it. Mai I hil. 33, Sutlon 4 v.rto i 12.

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