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KO AX A 4-rv rtf'' rff S. I uxV' 4b7 U-W' BREAKS THE BAD NEWS Sandy Kouf ax, the side as he announces his decision to retire from base-Dodgers' brilliant pitcher, flashes a happy and sad ball at a press conference at Beverly Wilshire Hotel. Times photos by Larry Sharkey Trojans, Bruins Count -v Showdown Subs 4 STRAIN OBVIOUS photo of Sandy in qtfion on the mound clearly shows the. great strain the. Dodger star, put on his arthritic elbow.

Sandy's Fear of Permanent Injury Told BY CHARLES MAHER Times Staff Writer Sandy Kouf ax, who always was the retiring type, announced Friday he is quitting baseball On the face of it, this may appear to put the Dodgers in terrible trouble. But it is actually a little worse than that. Until now, it was debatable whether the Dodgers could win another National League pennant next year. Now the uncertainty has passed. They must be given a solid shot at the second division.

Kouf ax, not a bad pitcher for a guy with no minor league experience, said he is retiring at the age of 30 because of the traumatic arthritis in his left elbow. He doesn't know what he's going to do for a living. These are some of the things he said in response to questions at a news conference he called in Beverly Hills: "I've had a few too many shots and taken a few too many pills "1 don't want to take the chance of completely disabling myself "The decision was based partly on medical advice and partly on my own feeling "It got to the point where I was told I could do permanent damage. I had a couple of doctors talk to me about it Condition Gets Worse "My health is something that means too much to me. I decided I had a lot of years left after baseball, and I want to live them with the full use of my body "I had to take a shot every ball game.

That's more than I wanted to do. I had stomach aches from the pain pills. I'd be high half the time in ball games from the pills. I don't want that a "The pain had become more continual. 1 think I had one ball game last season when the arm didn't hurt me "It (the arthritis) is going to get worse as I get older.

I hope this will slow it down. The thing that caused it is the irritation, and the irritation is growing. 1 have to hope that by not irritating it further I will help slow it down." Although the occasion was the re-tirement of the greatest pitcher in baseball and ther greatest star in Dodger history no one from the Dodger front office attended the news conference. General mnnager Buzzie Bavasi explained why. "Sandy called me Wednesday," Bavasi said.

"He said, 'I've made up my mind; I think it's' best that I "I said, 'Whatever you do is perfectly agreeable to "He said, 'Will you call a press conference for Changes Plans "I said, 'No, I think we owe Walter O'Malley (the club president) the courtesy of waiting till he and the team return from "Then we decided we would announce it next Wednesday. "But Thursday night Sandy called me and said he'd made up his mind to announce it right away. He said he was definitely going through with it Friday. "Then I said I could have no part of it. wished him luck." Asked at his news conference why he didn't put off the announcement until O'Malley returned, Please.

Turn to Page 4, Col. 2 JBimts BUSINESS FINANCE CC PART II SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1966 Early Break Could Settle ND-Spartan Battle for No. 1 Spot BY PAUL ZIMMERMAN Timti Sportt Editor EAST LANSING, Mich. Now that the public has sandbagged the NCAA into putting today's Notre Dame-Michigan State football game on national TV instead of regionally, it may not care for the end result. Coach Ara Parseghian of the Irish says frankly that he looks for this afternoon's Poll Bowl contest between the nation's No.

1 and 2 teams to turn into a defensive battle. "When you get two teams this close, that's the way it could go. Maybe, if it comes out that way, the spectators might consider it a dull game. "There are the emotional elements like the vengeance motive Notre Dame lost last year; it's Michigan mmtim i mwmhw mmn.m "''W 'it-. It' Jiff -j i St Ji-' 'f on in BY JOHN Tlmti Staff A pair1 of super subs will try to fill the super gaps today as USC and UCLA stage their 36th annual train wreck at the Coliseum.

In a unique twist to the storybook series and this crucial showdown for they Jtose Bowl, senior quarterback Norm Dow will direct the explosive Bruin attack in place of injured Gary Beban, while sophomore Jim Lawrence, second-string flanker most of the season, will open at Mike Garrett's old left halfback spot instead of ailing regulars Don McCalL Steve Grady or Wilson Bowie for the Trojans. UCLA's untimely loss of Bejban seems to have made a significant impression on' the oddsmakers. The 7-1 Trojans (4-0 AAWU) are 7V-point favorites over the 8-1 Bruins (2-1 conference) after originally being listed by only one. "But football is not a one-man game," says UCLA headman Tommy Prothro. "And UCLA still has Mel Parr," warns Trojan coach John McKay, and that's what all the noise will be about this afternoon.

Although it will be televised locally (Channel 7) as well as regionally a capacijty crowd of 93,750 is expected for 1:30 kickoff. However, UCLA, the home club this, year.s announced there are still 1,000 tickets available and they will go on sale at 10 a.m. at the Coliseum. Even with Beban, the Bruins HALL Writtr were unable to match the Trojans in conference play downing California (28-15) and Stanford (10-0) while losing to Washington (16-3). Troy toppled Cal (35-9), Stanford (21-7), Oregon State.

(21-0) and Washington (17-14) for a yardstick edge of 33 points, the only USC stumble all season arriving in a 10-7 non-conference loss to Miami in Florida. While Beban suffered a cracked bone above his right ankle as the Bruins were struggling last weekend against Stanford, the Trojans enjoyed the additional advantage of -a It gave McCall and Grady as well as defensive back standout Nate Shaw added time to recuperate from injuries, and all three are ready again to further strengthen Trojan hopes. But all these pre-game hints usually add up to exactly zero when the two clubs tangle. With emotions again exploding all over the place, the classic has all the necessary ingredients. Nationally, the Trojans are No.

7, the Bruins No. 8. UCLA leads the league in offense, USC in defense. The Bruins are fighting to "get the game ball for Gary" and win the right to their second straight trip Please Turn to Page 2, Col. 4 -x 1 'THE AGONY OF IT ALL Koufax's face mirrors pain he suffered every time he pitched.

Torment lingered on long after game was over. .5 -wss mmi State's last game an unbeaten sea-son; the traditional rivalry between the schools; the No. 1 spot and the national championship. Too Fired Up "In the back of everyone's mind is the 1946 titanic struggle between Army and Notre Dame two powerful offensive teams as are the Irish and the Spartans this year. That one ended in a scoreless tie.

"A team can be too fired up for a game," Parseghian continued. "I've been through that." Then he talked about the field condition and the weather factor, but the promise is for a dry turf and the temperature in the cool 40s. In pondering the possibilities posed by Parseghian, coach Duffy Daugherty of Michigan State said: "Both teams have great offensive Please Turn to Page 2, Col. 5 Baylor Back; Lakers Take on Warriors BY DAN HAFNER Time Itoff Wrttor Elgin Baylor returns to action tonight and runs smack into his heir apparent as the best-scoring forward in pro basketball, Rick Barry. Barry; 'apparently en "route to breaking Wilt Chamberlain's seven-year reign as the scoring champion, brings the Western Division leading San Francisco Warriors into; the vSports Arena for.

the first time this; 'Season to face the Lakers. The 6 foot 7 inch Miami, Fla. great who was a pretty fair rookie of the year last season, has catapulted all the way to stardom in his 16 games this season. The Blond Bomber is so far out in front in the scoring race with the season less, than one-fifth, completed Please Tarn to Tags 3, Col. 3 -7 t- I fit! 'OH, MY ACHIN' ELBOW The Celebrated south- what was a regular post-pitching ceremony.

It was paw socks his ailing arm In ice water of ter gamf3 in pain in his arm which forced Kouf ox to quit baseball. IT'S UP TO FARR With Gary Beban sidelined; halfback Mel Farr.will be the chief hope of the Bruins against the favored Trojans today. Tlm photo.