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SERIES STARTS SATIRO AY SAVE SOME OF THE STADIVM Pandemonium broke loose as the New York Mets swept to the National League pennant in a three game sweep of the New York Mets Wave after wave of humans descended upon Shea's ground floor for the post game ceremonies. The Series opens in Baltimore on Saturday afternoon. One Of Golfs Greatest, Walter Hagen Succumbs TRAVERSE CITY, Mich, Charles Walter Hagen, a roost colorfal character and one the greatest in the history golf, will be buried Thursday. He died oi cancer at the ag-e oi 76 late Sunday night. Stories oi his feats cxi and the course are legion about the man who fond to smell the along the way." as he was known reverently, also picked up five Proiessicml Golf four British Open and two U.S.

Open champiooships from 1914 to 1929. He also clobbered the fabled Bobby Jones 12-up in a 72-hole match. Burial viill be in the family in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery at Southfield, following funeral services at 11 a.m. in a funeral chapel at ham, Mich. First stricken in 1964, a removed, Hagen two other operations, the last in January of 1967.

He died in his trim, stone and frame, split-level home on a 20-acre estate, to he movedfrom the Detroit Club in 1958. Hagen's introduction to golf came as a in his native Rochester, N.Y, He quit competitive golf about 1940, saving: just couldn't bear to shoot another avocations hoisting drinks and squiring lovely ladies. It unusual for to stop for a quick-ooe after the 18th hole in a 36-hole cJmmpionship match he rarely lost. To Hagen, nips were Inasmuch as we are told to keep one eye oa the tall," he wTote in his life story, "I always had the other eye peeled for my feminine A son, Walter survives him. Considered the father oi modern proiessioiial goif, Hagen the first man in the to more than a million dollars, and out oi the $7,800 purse he got for winning his match wth Jones he bought Jones a $1.000 watch, Jcxies said in Atlanta, that "all golfers wlU mourn his passing.

Walter and I played a lot of fine golf together. I en- pyedour association. He v.as a great personalitv- and made a big conti-ibutioii to the game." Pall bearers include Arnold Palmer, a later day goifing great idolized Hagen. NY Met Fans Celebrate, Refuse To Leave Shea NEW YORK Even after they stole home plate they wouldn't go home. They- the long-suffering, still somewhat incredulous, absolutely amazing fans oi the New York baseball team thatbordersonthe supernatural meandered up and dora the turf ci Shea Stadium so recently hallowed by their heroes for an hour after the last putout in the National League champicmship game.

Ike JVs Roll With Dave VanOrd running for one touchdown and passing to John Olsen for another. Eisenhower's jayvees defeated Brocton 19-6 Monday afternoon. Van Ord plunged over from the one in the first quarter, hit Olsen on a 72-yard scoring pass in the second quarter, and fed runner Dave Brown on a seven- yard plunge in the third quarter Olsen added the PAT for the final Kmghis' points, while Brocton managed a five- yard plunge by Al Ostrander in the fourth for its lone points. They scooped out enough divots to make up a lifetime supply for Arnold Palmer, and took them home. Big chunks oi infield and outfield were to bear earth.

Of the bases, home plate the last to go. Some fellow stole third base before the throw on the final putout reached first. Second and first went next, followed by the pitchers rubber. They their names all over the outfield and capped it vilth the slogan; power." "I still don't believe cce fan said to another, as he wandered around the area viitere second base used to be. never thought I'd live to see it." cares about the World Series?" asked another.

is the greatest day in the history oi the world," worry about the Series," insisted another. team is so iq) it could beat the 1927 Yankees." The fact that they were in the playoff at all is miraculous, let alone victorious. This is a team that so bad itsfirstyear, 1962, that it set a losing record that never be challenged. Forest Trips Spartansburg, 10-1 Jim Gatesman had a double, a single and a winning pitching stint Monday as East Forest clobbered Spartansburg. 10-1.

in an Upper Allegheny Valley League game at Spartansburg. Rick Moritz had three singles for the Bears and Jerry Thornton and Ed Renton collected two hits apiece, with one of Thornton's being a double. Sparta's Cross was the losing hurler. though he, Burkey and Northrop had singles for Sparta. Clarion is at East Forest on Thursday and Tidioute is at West Forest.

On Oct. 13, East is at Tidioute. TABBY FOOTBALL IN ACTION Mets and Orioles In Fall Qassic NEW YORK (AP) The incredible New York Mets, Imse- ball's rag tag clowns for seven long years, made it all the way to the top Monday by tiie National peiMmnt with a third straight playoff victory 7-4 over the stunned Atlanta Braves. Garrett, an Atlanta farmhand drafted by the Metsfor $25,000 last December, delivered the killing blow, a two-run homer in the fiftti Inning that put the Mets ahead for keeps. Garrett had hit onlj- one homer all vear and batted but .218.

Nolan Ryan, the fireballing E2-year-old right-hander who commuted between the Mets and a Texas array camp all summer, bailed out starter Gary Gentry with a brilliant effort in the last seven innings. A roaring standing room crowd oi 53,193 at Shea Stadium chanted in the Mets' eighth and counted down each out in the ninth as Ryan closed strong. When Garrett threw to Ed Kranepod to retire Tony Gonzalez for the final clinching out, thousands of youngsters swarmed onto the field, fire crackers thundered in the stands and the quickly disappeared. Instant banners proclaiming Champs" grouted out nowhere. Several hundred youngsters clustered in front oit the Met dugout shouting No.

1" and gesturing v.ith their fists in the air, A special corps of policemen kept the frantic fans out the dugout as torn paper spewed down from the stands anda mini Pop Festival" set in Ml the infield. The club that never had finished better than ninth and then only reached tiiat pinnacle twice in seven previous years, had WOT it all in the Naticml League after making up games on the Chicago Cubs to win the East Division and then routing the Western champion Braves in three straight. Manager Gil amazing Mets now go on into the World Series starting Saturday afternoon in the home park oi the American League ctaimpions. But even a World Series victory will have a hard time this celebration. Some thought it TOs even wilder than the night they clinched the East title cm Sept.

24. Victory sweetfor the fans who were deprived their two Naticml League franchises when the Dodgers and Giants moved West to California in 1958. It took eight long years but the bubbling champagne was worth the effort. The Mets, derided as Punch and Judy hitters who had to get by cai their fine pitching, wound up with a .327 club battiliig average and scored 27 runs on 37 hits in the three games. Cto the other hand their three starting pitchers, Tom Seaver, Jerry Koosman and Gary Gentry all were roughed up, while the Braves scored 15 runs.

Gentry, trying to top his 23rd birthcfey celebration with a pennant, gave way to in the third inning Hodges removed Gentry after GoiuEalez singled, Hank Aaron doubled and Rico Cart)- had slammed a foul to left Aaron's two-run homer in the first had given Atlanta its 2-0 bulge, Hodges made the big move, calling for Rv-an w-ho took over Mth a 1-2 count on Carty and struck him out. After walking Orlando Cepeda Intentionally to load the bases, Ryan struck out Clete Boyer and got Bob Didier on a fly ball. Ryan, warming to the task, allowed three hits in his seven-inning winning stint, struck out seven and walked only two. Cepeda's two-run homer, following a walk to in the fifth, momentarily gave the Braves a lead but the slugging Mets w'ere not to be denied. When the day was done they had 14 hits, including fcnir doubles and homers by Tommie and Ken Boswell, each of whom had three hits, and the winning blast by Garrett.

Mets deserved to win" said Manager Luman Harris oi the Braves. hope they go on to win the World Series." After homer in the first, his third oi the series, the Mets got a run back when Agee hit his clout over the center field wall in the third, Boswell's homer into the bullpen in right following Art Sham seventh single oi the series, put the Mets on top 3-2. But it was Garrett's blow, following the two-run homer by Cepeda, that really did in the Braves in the fifth. Ryan a .103 hitter, opened the fifth with a single off starter Pat Jarvis. With one out, Garrett hit Jarvis' first pitch down the right field line, just to the right oi the auxiliary scoreboard.

Even that was not enough for Manager Harris who still left Jarvis in the box until Cleon Jones followed with a double, the Mets' 10th hit in 4 1-3 innings. Jarvis, of course, was the loser. The Mets added a third run in the fifth on single off lefty George Stone scoring; Jones. The final run came in the sixth when Jerry Grote doubled, moved to third on Bud sacrifice and scored on Agee's infield single. Harris relieved Stone after Harrelson's bunt with pitcher Ryan at bat.

Cecil Upshaw came on and fielded the single to Agee but the run was charged to Stone. Thus the Mets, who won 40 and lost 120 games in 1962- theirfirst seas(Hi-and finished 60V2 games back of the Giants, climbed to the top of the hill in the National League. They were tenth in 1962,1963.1964,1965 and 1967 and ninth in 1966 and 1968. Casey Stengel, the gnarled old proiessor who was their first manager, was on hand to delight in the wild clubhouse cele- bratlon. The victory meant the Mets are asaired oi at least $10,000 each and possibly $15,000 depending on how they make out intheWorldSeries.

Each Brave was paranteed $5,000 in this playoff series, the first in the history of baseball. MINNEAPOLIS-vST. PAUL Blair and Don Bufford cracked nine hits between them and the rampaging Baltimore Orioles into the World Series Moixiay. completing a three-game American League playoff sweep with an 11-2 romp over tlie Minnesota Twins. The Orioles will open the series at home Saturday, facing the New York Mets.

ho also swept their National League playoff against the Braves. Monday's clincher was a complete opposite from the first two games of the pitcher's duels which stretched into extra innings. The Orioles rattled 18 hits around Metropolitan Stadium, eight of them for extra bases. Blair, who had five hits, drove in five runs, two of them on a 407-foot home run in the eighth inning and Ellie Hendricks drove in three runs with a pair of doubles. Seven Minnesota pitchers took the pounding while Baltimore's Jim Palmer rode the heavy hitting to an easy victory.

He scattered 10 of them run- scoring singles by Rich Reese. The game started out as if the Twins might reverse winning trend. Buford and Blair opened with infield singles but Bob Miller, the Twins' starter, escaped without surrendering a run. Reese drove in a Minnesota run in the bottom of the first, the Orioles struck back in the second. Brooks Robinson doubled for his seventh hit of the series and moved to third when right fielder Tony Oliva slipped and dropped Dave easy fly for an error.

Hendricks followed with a two-run double and then came home on bAO-out single. Two innings later, the Orioles upped their lead to 5-1. Mark Belanger opened with a triple and Buford walked w'ith one out. Then both runners scored on Blair's double. Reese drove in Minnesota's second run in the fifth, the Orioles scored again in the sixth with Buford doubling, moving to third on Blair's hit and scoring on Frank single.

In the eighth, it was Buford and Blair again. This time Buford fourth hit of the Blair followed with a towering home run into the lower deck in left center field. An inning later, Dave Johnson singled and Hendricks poked his second double of the game to right field, scoring Johnson, Oliva threw' badly, Hendricks also came in. Then Belanger singled and Blair capped his big day, dropping a run- scoring single in front of Oliva in right field. Braves Are Wondering, MetsKnowWhat Happened The action at Beaty Field these weeknights is fast and furious as the School District's Tabby Football puts six teams in action and draw's parents and friends by the hundreds to watch the grade school youngsters.

Here, with flags flying and tongue aiding his effort, South kicker boots the ball as his mates get set to charge downfield. (Photo by Ted Dorrion) YORK (AP) Manager Luman Harris Atlanta was still woQdering Monday what to the staff that carried the Braves to the National Leape West cham- pioiship. wish I knew," Harris said after the New York Mets had completed a three-game sweep in the Nati(xial League playoffs by scoring 27 runs and 37 hits, Including six home runs, was buUt up as pitching said Hank Aaron, who homered in each game. "But it was just mostly by the Mets." Aaron said that the Mets did was every time hit a tall down the line or in the hole. hope they go on and beat Baltimore and I think they are going to beat them," Aaron said.

Other Braves jcaned in support of the Mets in the World Series. wanted us to do it but since we I hope they go all the way," said Pat Jarvis, who was tagged for three homers Monday as the Mets wraiq)ed it up 7-4. Harris said New York reliever Nolan Ryan's relief work wcM the game for New York. came in and struck out one of the best hitters (Rico Harris said. the first time seen Ryan pitch this year and I wish the hell I seen him NEW YORK (AP)-The New York young to a cocky bunch before, but now there's no living with them.

the greatest team in the world right gushed Cleon Jones after the marvelous Mets had captured their first pennant Moiday with a 7-4 victory over Atlanta for a three- game sweep of their best-of-5 series. can stop Atlanta, Baltimore, nobody. gonna win it all," we start hitting like that (27 runs and 37 hits the three games) no way anyone is going to beat us," said Jerry Koosman during the second locker room champagne shower in 10 days. Thought NEW YORK (AP) The members of the winning team in the World Series will get a-minimum of $15,000 each while the losers will collect a minimum of $10,000 each. The members of the two teams eliminated in playoff series will get a minimum of $5,000 each.

In addition, the teams that finished second and third in each of the four in the American League and two in the get a share of the World Series receipts just as the first division finishers received in the past when both leagues operated without divisions. Under the agreement announced by the two leagues last April a minimum guarantee of $484,000 was set for the winning team in the Series and $320,000 for the losers. On the basis of 32 full shares, each Series winner would get a mini- of $15,000 each and loser $10,000. I can bunt and 1 can move up the Blair said his 5-for-6 (Hitbuist was the first time he had liad five hits in one game in professional baseball. Blair, who slugged 26 ho-ne runs during the regular season, said he also has batted in the third, fifth, seventh and eighth positions, but prefers to bat behind leadoff batter Buforc can help the club a lot mor? in the second slot," Looking ahead to World Series opener the National League champiot New York Mets, Buford said le expected to see tougher pitcling.

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IP ER BB so 9 2 2 2 4 1 2-3 Palmer (W, 10). Miller 1) Woodson T.Hail Worthington Grzenda D.Chance Perranoski 1 2 3 2 3 1 1 3 2 3 2 1 WP-Palmer, "I predicted score 13 runs Ken Boswell certainly did his I pi driving in three runs with J. 2 of three by the Mets in another unusual laden attack by the normally powder-puff Mets. "They kept trying, trying to getupthe Boswell said, our homers just tore it down for Even after another frcmt line pitcher, Gary (Sentry, failed to last three innings, the Mets came up with the answer in Nolan Ryan. Ryan came in to pitch out of a second and ttiird, none out situation in the third inning and went (XI to slop the Braves on three hits, striking out seven.

The normally subdued Manager Gil Hodges admitted this victory had him excited. meant more to me than the division title because this is the pennant, iui iuiiflg poLnt was when Ryan came in and stci 5 )ed them witiicsit a run. I thought if it came down to hitting, be the It seemed like the Orioles might never be retired in the ninth but Blair over-ran second base on his double, got caught in a rundown and was thrown out for the third out of the inning. The Orioles, who struggled 11 innings before getting a run to win second game for Dave McNally, gave Palmer all the offensive support he needed. They were retired in order only twice and even their outs were well hit with center fielder Cesar Tovar drifting deep to take several long drives.

The pennant is the second for the Orioles since major league baseball returned to Baltimore in 1954. They won the American League flag in 1966 and then swept the World Series in four straight games from the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Orioles took the American League's East Division race by a wide margin, winning 109 games during the regular season. Baltimore's No. 1 and 2 hitters, Don Buford and Paul Blair, emerged from batting slumps Monday and provided the 1-2 punch which was more than enough to sink the Minnesota Twins in the American League championship playoff.

Buford had three singles, a double and a walk in six appearances and Blair knocked in five runs with two singles, two doubles and a two-run homer, as the Orioles walloped the Twins 11-2 to sweet the three-game playoffs. Buford went O-for-9 in the first two games, while Blair's lone safety in nine appearances was a bunt which won the first game. moved away from the plate and tried to concentrate more on swinging the bat level." Buford said of his 4-for-5 performance, Blair's slump dated back to the last several weeks of the regular season with his average sliding from well over ,300 to ,285. wanted to hit .300 more than anything else," said Blair, Blair said he also made an adjustment in his hitting stance which may have helped, "I shortened up my stride today. I was just trying to meet the ball, even if I hit I felt I'd help the club in the outfield, -------Arthur METS LAND ON MOO? NEW YORK The Mets beat the Braves ag.i today.

And what else is new? Thus did the Amazing Ones their stratospheric ascent from ground zero after a seasi tlat alraost defies belief. By winning the National League peiat at Shea Stadium today they now are entitled to go moon alkng ir the World Series, They have been gathering such monntili that not even the most distant goals seem beyond their reac. They maltreated the Braves as cruelly at Sheas had on the two previous days in AUanta for a sweep of th three-of- five divisional playoff. Even though they twice the conviction was overwhelming that not to be balked. Nor were they.

When Wayne Garrett, a cool kid of 21, lashed awqun homer over the scoreboard near the right field foul poh fifth to return the Mets into a lead they never again was obvious that a kindly providence was definitely on thdr i. The last home run the rookie hit was smitten fvepnths ago to the day. Assuredly, the Braves had to know aftei trtthat their number was up. An inning earlier Ken Boswell had his second homer in two days. Prior to that he had nojruck one since July 15, like Umpriaggo, everyone was the act.

They even have a psychic manager in Gil Hodgel foul ball that Rico Carty ripped terrifyingly into the left cof against Gary Gentry in the third sent the Hodges antenna flufng.Since he was tuned in for messages from the he immediately yanked Gentry, In came Nolan Ryan with runners on second none out and a glorious chance for a big Braves inning have put the game beyond recouping. At that precise might have seemed that the Mets had left their bag of behind them in Atlanta, But strategic move had to llccult in character, at least a minor miracle. Ryan retired the It was the coup of the day. Henry Aaron had linejtwo-run homer off the flagpole in dead center in the first. It a 2-0 lead for the Braves and folks were beginning to wofr if that same kindly providence that had been guiding the in the first two games was aware of the fact that the at Shea had been advanced three hours from the prev first pitch.

Tony Gonzalez singled in the third and Aarfioubled, someone must have alerted the right people upstairs. came Hodges with his pitching change and all was well. A day or so ago Joe Garagiola introduced a WajlNewton song, Lord is in New It has nothing with baseball. But the quick-witted reformed big league ca in a snapper. He must be playing for the said Jo( he meant no disrespect although some letter writers him for being sacriligeous.

Yet sirch are the Mets, version of the Fantasticks that ordinary rules just How far have the dear, old Metsies come from they originally were? In the two games in Atlaata the; runs. In their first season of it took them the before they put together a total of 20 runs. pitching is wasted against the said Toikubek, Uie old Yankee. recognize Maybe Uie Braves have good pitching in thislies. It would seem so if measured against the totals.

In three the Amazings slammed out 37 hits, including eight and six home runs. The sad thing was that Gentry fare better. his 23rd birthday. The Braves blew out the candles on But Ryan was so superb in the fireballing performance in relief that Gary had a happy birthday anyway. It was not quite the tumultuous celebration afterwar the explosive demonstration the night the divisional title Fans poured jubilantly from the stands and milled afa feeble show of hoopla.

Like the clubhouse antics, led as the Tom Seaver, it have the eletying spontaneity of the original gala. Has siKcess spoiled the Mets? bet on it. 4 p.m. tossed turally lemned seball y- sacks red 20 month was ake. was won.

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