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aw Hiiris klaii6il (Tribune Or BucTBacK OAL Drive Gets Praise From Vada TT -d -F -Xiy i ly.T!L?tff ECTIVE THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, mm rtsB Cyhars JjdL iP) KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY run 86 PROOF BOTTLED AT DISTILLERY IN KENTUCKY! REAL FLAVOR AND OAL with his donation to" the' Buck Back Fan Club to Giants' Cookie Lava-getto (left) and Len Gabrielson. KICKING IN Former McClymonds High star Vada Pinson of the Cincinnati Reds joins the drive to save the One of the Best! Yet Costs You Less! -9- LONGS SALE PRICE tacWSTUrtHT OOMOet WWiKff CASE For 49ers Saturday Although Mira is the starter, Chris said there is a possibility that John Brodie and Bill Kil fM rrrnfflrt 100 PROOF BOTTLED IN BOND KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY BOTTLED AT THE DISTILLERY IN KENTUCKY CHARCOAL FILTERED MILD AND MELLOW By BILL DUNBAR Two men who look like they're moving into the starting defensive lineup, plus quarterback George Mira, will start for the 49ers against the Atlanta FSlcons'at Columbia, S.C: Saturday night. Jim Norton is taking Over Karl Rubke's spot at left, end and Bob Harrison has been installed at the right linebacker position These were the only changes on defense, although coach Jack Christiansen said rookie Alvm Raridolph will start for the second straight week in Kermit Alexander's place at the right corner on defense. On offense, Jim Wilson will replace the slightly injured John Thomas at left guard and i a takes bis turn in the quarterback rotation. mer can also be expected to see some action against cons thecal- Otherwise, it will be the same offensive and defensive" units that have been the regulars through the first three pre-sea-son games with the club still looking for its first win.

"At the present time, it looks like Harrison will be one of our linebackers, and we want to give him some playing time," Chris explained. This could mean that Harrison may have moved ahead of Mike Dowdle and Matt Hazel-tineT although the latter" lias been cleared by the team physician for his first activity of the season. Rubke is suffering from a REAL BUY! LONGS SALE PRICE CASE OF slight muscle pull and the coach said that Norton is fitting into the position well after a week's work. Chris said he was happy with Norton's activity against Pittsburgh last Saturday against the running game and in rushing the Chris said there will not be any experimenting with personnel in this game. That is over with, and now he is trying to get the club ready for the league season which starts in two weeks.

"I've been disappointed with some things' that haye happened in the games jbut I'm not disappointed with the overall picture," Chris explained. "I hope I am right in my thinking that the three losses have been caused by upsetting factors that have happened in cam people reporting late and contract battles. This has been too upsetting to produce winning football." Chris said he thought the club made more mistakes this season than it had generally made in the past. Also, it has not been the rookies that have made most of the-mistakes. "There has been a lack of en-thusiasm.

You can see it on the films. There should be more zip than we have had. There has been a mental laxity on the part of the players." Into First By the Associated Press Vernon Law's-Jirst romg. back was five years in thenab ing. Turnabout No.

2 required only 24 hours and gave the Pittsburgh Pirates instant relief. Law came out of the bullpen for the first time this season Wednesday night shackled Philadelphia for six innings as the nrates trimmed the Phillies -4 and inched back into first lacemnne National League race. They lead San Francisco, KflltOn Ktf PlnnlMnni! A VwUvn -j viuvtltliau 0 1 HI ail afternoon game, by onr percent age point. Law turned the tables on the Phils 24 hours after they had shelled him from the mound in 'the first inning. He did not retire a batter Tuesday night, yielding three runs and failing to last for the 15th time in 21 starts.

In 1960 Law won 20 games for the world champion Pirates and captured the Cy Young Award as that year's top pitcher. Last season, after a. five-year bout Boxes on Page 42 with arm troubles, he put it all together again, posting a 17-9 record and a.16 earned run average to earn Comeback of the Year honors. This year has been no picnic for the 36-year-old right-hander. After his brief stint Tuesday night he "showed an 8-5 won-lost record and a fat ERA of 4.46.

Wednesday night, he came on for starter Tommie Sisk in the fourth inning, worked his way out of a none-out jam and allowed only one hit the" rest of the way in nailing down victory No. 9. 'That's the best I've seen him all year," Pirates' Manager Harry Walker said. While the Pirates moved past San Francisco again, the Los Angeles Dodgers nipped Atlanta 2-1 in 11 innings and moved within two games of the top. Houston whipped St.

Louis 7-2 and Chicago edged New York 6-5 in other NL games. The Pirates broke a 4-4 tie on Bill Mazeroski's RBI single in the fifth inning and added an insurance run in the sixth on Matty Alou's run-scoring hit. The Phils had tied it 4-4 in the fourth, Clay Dalrymple's single delivering the run and knocking out Sisk. i Mazeroski and Bob Bailey each drove in two runs as the Pirates clipped three Philadelphia pitchers for 13 singles. Maury Wills' single scored Jim Gilliam with an unearned run in the 11th, giving the Dodgers their fourth straight victory including three one-run decisions over Atlanta.

'J-Phil Regan, who wild-pitched the tying run home in the ninth, blanked the Braves thereafter and gained his 12th victory against a single loss. The Astros broke a 24-inning scoring famine on Bob Aspro-morite's'run-producing single in the fifth, aided lmr more-runs in the inning and sewed it up with four more runs in the sixth two on another single by As-promonte. Mike Cuellar checked the Cardinals on five hits for 'his ninth victory in 15 decisions. Randy Hundley's bases-loaded squeeze bunt pushed over the Cubs' winning run," Giants Averages BATTING lb IB 3b hr tvg. McCovey Hrt Sadaekl Fucntn Alou Peterjon Dveoport Miriehal Lnlr Mailer Brown Burda Virgil Prlddy Gibbon Gabrielson Perry Lkizy Bolln Mason McDaniel Oletr Herbel Henry .386 66 116 19 .435 71 12 23 .454 77 1 16 4 7 1 3M SO 101 .247 25 63 10 4 27 73 2 32 S3 2 71 1 2 5 3 3 19 0 0 14 1 2 19 1 9 2 0 0 11 2 2 32 .301 .294 .287 .280 .260 .255 .253 .247 .231 .236 .735 .227 .727 .222 .174 13 5 .255 .14 6 .364 ..317 65 ,.300 71 ...22 3 I ,..14 0 .14 1 ..210 26 63 4 20 5 S6 13 17 4 5 2 1 24 56 1 6 25 0 1 7 I 0 0 0 1 4 16 .714 .214 .210 .200 .188 .154 .125 .059 .043 .029 .000 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 PITCHINO ip Mir .227 1-3 27 155 55 19 I 13 5 .15 20 46 26 193 76 157 60 93 25 74 31 tn w-l Ml ll-S 2.34 1-1 2.75 5 2.10 20-3 3.00 1-4 Marlchal Henry Limy Perry McDnW Bolin Gibbon PridoV loO 2-3 51 99 59 3.31 ...75 16 76 2-3 23 40 33 a 35 3.91 3.95 4.31 5.12 .117 2-3 32 1-3 33 S3 56 48 53 tadecH BOWLING SHIRTS 1 MEN'S LADIES" COMPLETELY LETTERED i FAST SERVICE! 1 Vada Pinson hit two doubles and a grand slam homer to help beat the San Francisco Giants 9-4, yesterday, then swung a few licks for the Oakland Athletic League.

"I felt real bad when I read about them dropping athletics," he said. "Gee, if it wasn't for the OAL and the coaching I got from George Powles at McCly-monds, I'd never be here. "That's where I was first no-ticed," he Frank-Robin. son had been the big hero out of school ahead of me and I think his success dragged me along too. got me fired up to play ball.

"I'm sure "pleased to hear they're getting something going over there. I won't be able to get to your Sports Night, of course, but I'll be pulling for you. Oakland needs sports now more than it ever did." The fleet Cincinnati Reds cer terfielder, after one of his typical Giants-busting days in San Francisco, joined the "Buck-Back Fan Club," giving his dollar to Giants' outfielder Len Gabrielson and Coach Cookie Lav-agetto, both ex-OAL stars. "I got good teaching along with the coaching at McClymonds." Pinson continued. "Not every kid in school can be a star, but he ought to get a chance to try." The Oakland Junior Chamber of Commerce is immersed in two major fund-raising projects, and several lesser ones, to try J.o keep sports alive In the Oakland-high schools.

One is the Buck-Back Fan Club, where fans are asked to fill out a coupon in The Tribune, send it to the Jaycees. together with a dollar (or morel for which they receive a card worth a dollar off the price of several major sports events in the new Oakland Coliseum and Arena. Taking part are the Oakland Raiders, California Seals, San Francisco Warriors, Athens Club 's AAU Indoor Track Championships, and a Roller Derby inaugural game in the Arena next April 1. Additionally, the Jaycees and the Athens Club are hosting the "OAL Reunion Sports Night" Sept. 14 at the Athens Club, with radio's Van Amberg, an ex-OAL athlete himself, as master of ceremonies.

Lavagetto and Gabrielson will attend, as will the 49ers' John Brodie and Clark Miller, and Raiders Wayne Hawkins, Jim Otto, Art Powell, Clamen Daniels and Ben Davidson. The Warriors will have Joe Ellis and Rict Barry present Reservations for the dinner can be made at the Athens Club, 444-3624, during working nours. 1 dollars to contribute to the Gt PERFECT FIT In tt perfect boot! Exclusive Oro Ruuat Uathar upptrt "Swtat-Proof split leather intole comfort wodge cushion crtpo solo. 27' Oth.r Wine 1C95 prictd lJ More George Ross Continued from 1st Sports Page the end of it in a season or two, but Joe Nuxhall has been and is a good one Til know when the time is," he said. "The day I come into a ball park and I'm not nervous, not anxious about having my good stuff and doing all I can to help the club win, that's the day I'll walk away from it." Super League for Stretch EXCELLENT GHAUTY Hills LOUIS strsieMMi FONTAINE 1 UPiesW) IflV ft TYeartOM FRENCH IMHOT (, 5 PROOF XZZ35m? 5tt MILD! OF 12-5ths M1.88 5th GDW AK0 FLAVOR HIMIMMI Proof (4 5th I Big Willie McCovey smacked him for a two-run homer in the third inning yesterday, putting him into a BUCK-BACK FAN CLUB isp vpwmffl A in.

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Joe had started 10 games and hadn't finished one this season, though his 54 win-loss isn't a disastrous homer hurt "I jammed him with that pitchright in on the I don't see yet how he put it but," Nuxhall said. "He's just too strong. He doesn't belong in this league. They ought to create a super-league for guys like him. "I don't ever give him anything good.

I don't want him to hit a blankety thing back through that box. I've lived this long and figure I got some time left," he continued. "Any guy who could hit that kind of a pitch downtown deserves your respect, that's all." But Perry wasn't having his good day and wasn't getting the inning-killing support he needed. Joe got it from Vada Pinson; who doubled twice" and grand-slammed four runs across in the fifth to make it a laugher. Joe stuck around to finish one.

Dave Bristol, the Reds' young manager, said "Joe pitched like Cy Young today" but Nuxhall passed the glory around the clubhouse. "You haven't had runs like that behind you for a long time, Joe," one of his teammates said in congratulation. "No, it felt good," the old pro said. "There's nothing like a little grand slam to make a winning pitcher out of you." TOPS FOR DRY MARTINIS, COLLINS I GIMLETS BOTTLED AT THE DISTILLERY 7 IFS A REAL VALUE! L0HGS SALE PRICE Case of 12 5ths City. I additionally enclose OAL Fund.

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