Fitchburg Sentinel from Fitchburg, Massachusetts • Page 12

A Long Evening It was a long evening for players and fans alike during a recent American League doubleneader between the Minnesota Twins and the Chicago White Sox. At left, Chicago's Pete Ward builds a sand castle In the dirt in front of the White Sox dugout. At right, Sister Mary Emerentla of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, appears worried over the Twins fate. (AP Wlrepnoto) SporHolio Leominster LL Team jiHas Impressive Sfafs v. By GORDON NEWELL Sperli Writer In the five playoff games they have played to fdate, the Leominster National League team which is rheaded for the sectional playoff against South at Clapp Field in West Pittsfield tonight, has their opponents 49 to 2.

In their first play- 3 0ff tilt, the Comb City Nats blanked Fitchburg's fEaster League, 4 to 0 as righhander Rick Comeau 'hurled a one-hitter and struck out 14 in the process. next victim was Bordertown representing Town- 'send, Ashby and New Ipswich, N.H. by a 7 to 2 count. JJprdertown to date is the only team to score against "the Leominster Paul Gamache slammed a liomer for the winners. Their next triumph was an 8 to 0 job over the iFitcljburg Western League.

Comeau again was the pitcher, this'time yielding but two safeties whiffing 15 enemy batters. Jim Cavaioli cracked fo two-run homer and Mike Pignata a grand slam to more punch than actually was needed for the -The next team that had misfortune to meet the jtfatjpjiisls was Qakmpnt.for the District championship, raiusa jpignata faltered oh the mound after IVs in- Cayaioli-caftie-lrl to shut out Oakmont without tglving' Up' a hit. This time the needed Rffense cahi'e'frow Grreg Carchedi who smashed a pases loaded double and a single and Comeau who Collected a pair of singles to lead team to a 13 0 romp. But all of this action seems to have been just sampling of what the Leominster nine did to Worcester's Gehrig League the past Sunday. First off, Comeau picked up his third straight playoff shutout and upped his strikeout total to 38 in 17 innings of fork.

Cavaioli exploded for three home runs, in- luding a grand slam, giving him four for the series hile Pignata collected his second grand slam in lampionship play while collecting three other safeties. a team the Leominster lads banged out 18 base its against what was considered to be a tough op- onent, the Gehrig nine. If this pace is maintained by the Comb City team, ms can expect to travel to Brighton at the end of this 'eek for the State Finals after that--who nows? The Cotton Nash controversy to ave come to -end! This week's 'of The porting News reports that the former University of All-American cage star has been aquired the Denver Bears, the Minnesota Twins affiliate I the Triple A American Association from Columbus, le Pittsburgh. Pirates' AAA farm team of the Inter- ational League. Nash had been traded to Columbus irly this spring from The 'Chicago White Sox Tuscori lam of the Triple A Pacific Coast League.

I As things turned out, Ed Hobaugh, a relief pitcher for whom Tuscon dealt Nash to Columbus, decided 9ot to play for Tuscon and when Nash, a first baseman- utfielder, balked at returning to Arizona, was shipped Denver in what The Sporting News Called a "round- bout" manner. When lie joined the. Denver team, otton automatically became the squad's top home In slugger, having smashed 13 for Columbus already "i season, Before Nash joined the punchless Denver cbn- flngent, Jim Holt led the team in homers with eight. Ihe Bears are hopeful that Cotton can help them elude place in the six-team loop of which they are mrrently in the cellar with a 30-59 record. Tom Saveri, older brother of Athol High School Basketball and football star, Wayne, and a better than qjerage athlete in his own right while attending AHS hf fore graduation in 1965, will join the coaching staff Regional High in Baldwinville this fall he will also teach.

Saven graduated from the University of Massachusetts the past June and did jftactice teach at 'Gansett. He will help out with the rjpwly formed Warrior football team as well as b.ifM- mil and baseball. (fowling Tonight Pin, SHub Coupl. Fi.ir GRAND VIEW C. fiWlchusftt Lcominsler Green ftn Holidays 537-M14 S34-MU AUTO INSURANCE All Rl.ki- Of (ill TIMt PAYMENTS! ONE-DAY SERVICE! Accept PEYSER, INS, 732 F'ilchbnrj? Dill DI 2-ttt! Opei ind Siturdiy Monomonock Race Results RINDGE, N.H.

Races of the Lake Monomonock Sailing Association were held with fair winds. Commodore Charles Phillips, Glen Ridge, N.J., won the handicap event in an Aqua Cat. David Tower, Rindge, with Robert LaFortune, Gardner, as crew, was second to a Sunray. Brian Marks, ton, was third in a Sailfish and Stanford Hartshorn, fourth in a Sunfish. Class races were also held.

Bill Fisher, Fitchburg, won the Sailfish Sunfish class. Brian Marks was second; Kenneth French, Weston, third; and Bill Mandravelis, Nashua, fourth. Dana Fisher with Richard Healey as crew, both of Fitchburg, won the Sunray race. Second was William Fisher with Edward Healey, as crew, both of Fitchburg, Mass. Tower with his wife, Linda, as crew, Rindge, was third.

"Chip" Hastings with his father, Dana Hastings, Natick, was fourth. In the Open Class handicap race, Phillips placed first in an Aqua Cat. Dave Cleverdon, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., in a Snipe, was second. Robert Slavin, Winchendon, in a. Skylark was third and Douglas Eglinton.

Somers, in a U.S. Finn, was fourth. FHS Band Set Summer Rehearsals Carlton R. Thorne, director of music education hi the Fitchburg public schools, announced today the schedule of summer rehearsals for the Fitchburg High School Band. Beginning Saturday, the band will meet once a week from 9:45 a.m.

to noon to prepare for the coming fall season. Mr. Thorne refers to the summer rehearsal schedule as "a headstart hi working toward a proficient performing unit for the beginning of the new school year. With an early schedule of football games, the summer rehearsals provide an opportunity for the students to become acquainted with the new marching band literature and marching techniques. Assisting Mr, Thorne will be the following band officers: Randell Kapitan, president and' assistant Conductor; Richard; Langelier, vice president; Bet-, sy Marshall, Secretary treasurer; and Martha Kazanjian, historian.

Pop Registi Warner ration TOWNSEND Registration for Townsend Pop Warner football will be held at the North Middlesex Regional High School Athletic Field on Friday, at 6 p.m. Candidates may pick up forms at tills time. Other registrations will be held Saturday and Sunday at the same.site and time. A registration fee of five dollars is required to cover the boys' Insurance and mouthpiece. Three dollars of this is for insurance and two dollars is for his mouthpiece.

If the boy, drops out before Sept. 7 he will be refunded the cost of Insurance. All boys who reside in Ashby, Pepperell and Townsend, and who were born in 3956 105" nnd 1958, and weigh frnr ids to 113 pounds ei. r- tlcipate. Aaron Finally Wins One MONTREAL (AP) Tommy Aaron has joined golf's establishment.

He's finally shed the-stigma ol the perennial also-ran by winning a tournament. The tall, 32-year-old from Callaway Gardens, made it to the winner's circle Monday aft. er a nine-year wait, capturing the Canadan Open Championship by two strokes to an 18- hole playoff round with veteran Sam Snead--25 years his senior. "I guess you won't talk about the fact I've never won one now," Aaron gently newsmen. "You'll probably quit writing about me because there's nothing unique about me now.

I've become one of the guys. I've won one." Aaron shot a two-under-par 70 over the Pinegrove Golf Club layout while Snead had to settle for a par 72. His victory was a big one financially as well as psychologically. He won $25,000 to Snead's $14,300 and added $4,500 as his share of the gate. Snead, of White Sulphur Springs, W.

also picked up additional money from gate receipts of $18,000 from the estimated gallery. Fifty per cent of playoff gates are assigned to the golfers in. volved, with the Royal Canadian Golf Association and the host club equally splitting the other 50 per cent. The pah- had finished the reg ulation 72-hole route Sunday with identical 13-under-par 275 scores, with Aaron setting a course record with a eight-tinder 64 in the fourth round to catch Snead. The veteran had held a six- stroke lead over Aaron entering Sunday's round.

Aaron had registered eight second-place finishes since turning pro to 1960, but had never been able to better those performances. However, he did his first victory up in style. Leading by one stroke going into the 18th, Aaron guided in a 25-foot putt for an eagle 3, while Snead had his eagle attempt from 40 feet miss by less than an inch and slide four feet beyond the cup. Snead blrdied the hole, but only after the excitement caused by Aaron's efforts had died down. Snead, who previously, won the Canadian title in 1938, 1940 and 1941, got off to a poor start Monday when he went one-over for a on the par-5 400-yard first: hole.

Aaron parred that one, but the second saw the situation reversed. They traded birdies on the third arid the veteran moved one stroke up on the fourth, only tor have Aaron pull his 75-foot birdie putt on the fifth and then get another on the ninth to lead by one stroke at the halfway point. was out in a two-under 34 and Snead 35. However, the tide changed as Aaron was one-over-par on the next three holes and Snead went par-par and then one-over, to take a one-stroke lead. Aaron evened it up on 14 and then went one up on the next hole when he blrdied the short, par-3 15th.

Both hit par on 16 and 17 to set the scene for Aaron's eagle finish. Snead said it wasn't pleasant being beaten, but if he had to lose he was glad it was to a good golfer like Aaron. He had predicted early in the going that Aaron was'the golfer to watch. No Quitting Time on Service think of thf jot- of servlc- our clients a round-thc- proposition After all, Icmes don't limn themselves to an 8-hour workday. If you suffer a in your home, auto accident, business you want help right away.

You'll get just that if you place your protection program in our hands. Paul J. Wcodcome INSURANCE AGENCY 476 MAIN ST. 343-7407 Leominster LL Nationals Play Pittsfield Tonight JOHN CONNELLY, Sports Editor 12 Fitchburg Sentinel, Tuesclay, July 29, 1969 Pro Grid Teams Making Big Cuts By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS It has been a long, hot day on the practice Held and now the pro football player is relaxing in the solitude of his room. Suddenly, there is an ominous knock on the door.

The voice that follows the knock has a simple message but it's even more ominous. 'The coach wants Urcsee you," it says and you the athlete knows right away that he can start packing his bags. He's finished in this camp. Plenty of pro players heard that unwanted knock Monday as pro football camps began the countdown for this weekend's first round of exhibition games. Most of the players trimmed were free agents but there were some veterans and other familiar names chopped too.

The cworld champion New York Jets shipped offensive lineman Jeff Richardson to Cincinnati in exchange for a 1970 draft choice. Ironically, Richardson was squeezed out of the New York picture by Pete Perreault, who had been cut by the Bengals earlier and impressed in a tryout with the Jets. The Jets also dropped Roger Finney, a tight end from Fieri- draft choice, tight end Jerry Za- wadzkas, a taxi squader last year, and running back George Martin of San Francisco State. The New Orleans Saints traded veteran tackle Jim Boeke to the Detroit Lions for a draft choice. Boeke is starting in his 10th National Football season.

The Baltimore Colts dropped three, inluding lineman Bill For tier, a sixth-round draft choice from Louisiana State and quarterback Larry Good, picked in the ninth round from Georgia Tech. The Pittsburgh Steelers askei waivers on four players, run ning back Rob Young from Ida ho, center Jim Nock from Mi ami, linebacker Ernie Clark from Michigan State and end Tom Whittier from Texas Southern. 1 Bill Briggs, a three-year veteran defensive end was one of four players dropped by Washington and jgreen Bay cut three including tackle DoUg Gosnell, an eighth-round draft choice from Utah State. Denver did the most slicing, dropped 12 cplayers including running back Jay Calabrese of Duke. Jerry Richardson, an original Falcon, was one of three players cut by Atlanta.

The veteran defensive back was trying to make a comeback after sitting out last season. Light scrimmages occupied most clubs Monday with work The Leominster National Lille League team will leave the Comb City at 1:30 p.m. today tor Pittsfield where they will square off against Pittsfleld South at Clapp Park starting at in a sectional playoff tilt. The winner of tonight's battle will gain the right to take part in the state fitils at Brighton on -Friday and Saturday of iris week. The Leominster contingent won the bi-district championship the past Saturday when they thumped the Gehrig All- Stars of Worcester by a lopsided 17 score.

Manager Roger Gamache has tabbed Jim Cavaioli, one of the big hitting stars in Saturday's rout, to start on the mound against the Berkshire team. Starting at third base and leading off for the Leominster nine will be Ernie Rooney, at shortstop and batting second is Paul Gamache, Steve Jackson will hit third and handle second base, Mike Pignata will be in left field and bat ciein-un, ures Carchedi la the team's first baseman and swings fifth, Dave Kielty covers right field and will be the sixth batter, Cavaioli will hit seventh, Rick Comeau is in center field and bats eighth and Jeff Richard is behind the plate and bats ninth. Buses for fans and players alike will leave from the field in the rear of Northwest School at 1:30 p.m. today. Fans who are planning to drive to Pittsfleld on the Massachusetts Turnpike should get off at Exit 2 In Lee and then take Route 20 to the center of Pittsfield, turning left at the first traffic light to Clapp Park.

If the trip Is, to 'be made via Route 2, take Route 7 in WIN liamstown to Pittsfleld, turning right onto Route 20 to the park. The entrance to the Pittsfield West Little League field, where the contest is to be played, is on Holliston Street, adjacent to Clapp Park. Kennedy Popularify High In Sfafe da AtM who was their 14th expected to pick up today in preparation for the opening exhibitions. The preseason schedule gets under way Friday night when the Jets face the College All- Stars hi the annual game at Chicago. 5 BOSTON (AP) The events of the last 10 days left the popularity of Sen.

Edward M. Kenne viewers talked with 517 Massa, chusetts residents 18 years of age or older, between 3 p.m. ty OI ocii. dy undiminished in Massachu- Saturday and 8 p.m. Sunday, estts, the Boston Globe reported! ou ghly half the sampled today in a copyright story.

The Globe said it commissioned Becker Research Corp. to undertake a telephone poll over the weekend, after Kennedy's TV appearance Friday night. The survey report said 84 per cent of a representative sample of the Massachusetts public approve of the way Kennedy handling himself in his job as a United States Senator. Eleven per cent expressed no opinion and five per cent disapproved, the report said. The same survey group was 18 per cent in favor of Kennedy remaining in his Senate seat.

Two out of three of those expressing opinions said they would like to see Kennedy the Democratic nominee for President someftime in the future. The Globe said trained inter- moths! group were women. Politically those polled were 46 per cent Democratic, 17 per cent Republican and 37 per cent unenrolled. Kennedy appeared more ular in Boston than in suburbs or other parts of the state, the poll showed. Fully 70 per cent of the Boston sample favored Kennedy for a Presidential nomination.

WHERE THERE'S SMOKE! EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND (AP) Firemen here had red faces when they were called out after a man reported smoke pouring from a building. Wearing breathing masks, the firemen smashed their way into a warehouse only to find it empty. It was being fumigated for Can Mets Go All The Way? --Koosman Et Al Think So NEW YORK (AP) If Gil Hodges can help it. there'll never be another Shea Stadium Laugh-In at the New York Mots' expense. After seven tragi-comic years in never-never land, the Mets nally have begun taking themselves seriously.

And the rest oi the National League is in no po sition to put down Hodges grown-up expansion babes ei ther. The Mets, who lost 120 games and finished 60V4 lengths up the track in thefr first NL go-round, trailed Chicago's East Division leaders by five games today as the current race turned toward the dog days of August and September. I think we can go all the way," said Jerry Koosman, the 25-year-old southpaw who teams with 15-game Tom Seav-. er to give the Mets one of baseball's finest lefty-righty pitching tandems. "We have the morale and the momentum." In past seasons, the words morale and momentum were unheard of- in the Met clubhouse.

The magnificent misfits of Casey Stengel's 1962-65 regime were too busy laughing at ea'ch other and feeling sorry for themselves. And the charisma of futility carried over to later, younger, Met teams. "We used to sit around and mumble, are we gonna losa recalled left fielder Cleon Jones, who has blossomed Into of the league's premier hitters three years after his arrival in New York. "Now everybody's saying 'I'm gonna get the winning base hit "We never feel overmatched against anyone anymore." Beating themselves, consistently, kept the Mets mired in the NL cellar until 1966, when Manager Wes Westrum brought them in ninth, But they slipped back to the last spot the following year, prompting Westrum'i exit and the hiring of Hodges, USq is for someone you know, a long way from home. U10 10 government funds.

fiens entirely on your gifts in r-f t. Fund, Community dSO campaign. Our iirvici men give more. an original Met who had piloted Washington to a surprising (tie for sixth) finish in the American League. Hodges rejoined the Mets a year after Johnny Murphy was named general manager of the struggling tailenders.

The pair immediately committed them- sleves to fielding a young, aggressive club. "In the last couple of years we have reversed our thinking," said Murphy, who has been responsible for the signing of many youngsters in his earlier capacity of chief scout. "We realized the fans didn't want to go on Thatching old has- beens, so we decided to go for youth. Right from the Beginning, Girl wanted a young team, not an old one. The Met players, however, didn't start thinking like win- marks about the Mets ners until the second month of the 1969 season, when, in Hodges' words: "They got a taste of winning." Beginning on May 28, the club reeled off 11 consecutive victories, vaulting from fourth place in the East to second.

"That was the turning point," said Murphy. "We'd lost three in a row at Houston and another one at home to San Diego. Then we turned around and showed everybody we could It created an esprit de corps. The players started believing maybe they weren't as bad as they'd always been pictured." "This, might be my last season, but I'm really enjoying it," said inflelder, Ed Charles, at'36 the Mets' senior "It's been beautiful. "The first year I was here I went with a couple of other next 10 years.

players to a local club and a comedian was making those ro- Mets are so bad that blah, blah, that kind of: stuff. I wanted to walk out. I couldn't tatts it. But the other guys told ma I'd have to get used to it. "Well, I never did.

I hated tha image--period. Are the Mets really thinking pennant "We can't go on without thinking about it," said Seaver, 24- year-old ace of one of the ma-: jors- youngest pitching staffs. "It's the only way. I've playi in three All-Star games and can tell you none of them would compare with playing in a world series. "And if we can win this year, the age of our ball club is going to make us a contender for the 10 venre" ,1 GtlESSWHATSIHiA- OUTS DEAIEB.C/W (3IVEUSAGR6AT MONEY-SAVING DEAL VOU DONTSAV, HAKRY.

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