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BUt, an-d bn parent. Ur. and Uri. Herbert Aaron td MoUlt. Ala neer knew iht fould hug an tight, Aaron a a id of hit mother Herbert Aarna, a nurtd ihlpyard worker, had thrown out Iht ceremonial firal hall almoat an hour earlier, lit dumped out of tht hoi to yuia bit a maul mm on the Held during the 11 minute interruption.

A mtiaiet firework diipliy ii lg. ailed, rending brightly colored aparkt high into tht rtin chilled air amid ras mm like npioaMNu. Aaron returned to the field after the brief meeting with hi family, bolding bigh the bomt run ball that had been caught and preaented to him by tram-mate Tommy Houit, relief pitcher. Then fame iht only boot of tb celebration. Mont Ira in, in aide to Kuhn and a member of baaeball'i Hall of Fame, laid into a field microphone, "Tht Com-mlaiioner'a He got no further.

Atron united, aeyug Uter, 1 wat imiling became td tht boo Tht fans were Irked over th com mlaaioneri order that Aaron had to play in Sunday' aenea finale at Cincinnati Team offidali and Aaron took th pouuon that Ctndnnat fam had aeen the record tying 714th off righthander Jack Billtnghim la at Thuradiy and that the aluggcr'a hometown fana dcaerved No 715, Tht commlailoner wt attending a dinner in Cleveland when he expreaaed pride at Aaron's accomplishment, but laid he had "no aecond thoughti" about the order that Aaron play Sunday or Manager Eddie Mathews face "aerioui conaequencei. Irun. who missed a special 30-minute pre game program in tribute to Aaron because of trite! problems, still carried out his mission. He presented from Kbhn to Aaron a $3,000 diamond studded wristwatch upon which wai imprinted in gold the figure 713. 1 played in Cincinnati the two out of three garnet I was supposed to play.

Aaron said. He went hitlesi in three trips, fanning twice, in Sunday's game. Aaron opened hit post-game news conference by criticizing some wniers he refused to name for questioning his performance in Cincinnati. I have never went out on a ball field and not given my level best, he Hd tixK, i(r iitl U. Aafo laid th tir la Clarita a4 Wthal ta a tMiuoL Ha iWi la pcreaiui la fU up hi 14 start-' Lurwji 1 tit Na 714 I CUsriaat-11, sag a ml ttal Ba.fi kat glia me It fcurttiy ad Wot p-ayieg IKt gamt tui if nujiady k4 ShaBfW heal lltil'l wife, ly hi aide durteg Ik iMa toitirste, wal tlr4 if at agr4 Ot kuftdrtd pr teat." ate fpL4 Aaro asked tf USungTit be m'ght ha cwuidotNl th graateit haw bad player who er lit4 tk.il may be tat td the beat." bt a4 "But Jot Diktilgto waa eat tf Iht grt alert, iftd aa were C4 May a4 a i -a ftokiaai but 1 k1 think lurry Aaro it fourth Ha may be t4 a thud would bt there aoma plan The ed badd alar.

riig IKt w. ram almost at tf loibaui a script, laid bt fell he would hft a borne run, 'Probably U-morrow marking I'll wake up and rtabre what kapfweed." he said Right bow It's yui another bomt run The matt impewunt thing wt on the game Many td Aaroe's mileUoor in base hail bait brea loured by lot ar hit 3 hit at CTncinnu la iro and tht jam ei ta which ht smacked bomt run Not fco, IjO and 714. Bate ball la know tar II abundant records, feat tbt einiemeot td the borne run mark wai another surpassed Bab Ruth record something railed lira bases oa long hit. Ruth stood at ixxi bates, karoo now has 2721. That particular record la based oa total bates, eilmtnsUng oat for reaching first A player with homers would he ere dued with 0 bases oa loag tuu, for sample.

The Hammer also act a National league record in 4ht second inning when ht wai walked on fivt pitches, taking a called strike, and scoring from first on Duity Baker's doubla and an error. Th run was the 2flrd of hi I career, moving him oat ahead of Willie Mays and (railing only American Leaguers Ty Cobb (2344) and Ruth (2174) oa tht all-time list. Atked If he had any major goals remaining, Aaron said, I would like to break Stan Mualal'i record and become (he alltime National League leader in hiu." Aaron currently Hands in fourth place wfth 31U. Muaial had 3630 during a sparkling career with the St. Lzniis Cobb'a ill tima mark td 4101 is out of reach, but Aaron soon will move into third place all time ahead of Trts Speaker, who had 3515.

Asked what be would do if ht had the opportunity to become a manager, Aaron said that if (here had not been a black manager named at that Umt "I would take the job, but I don't want to be a manager. 1 feel I can do more working the farm system in soma respect." The While House phone call came while Aaron was in left field. Asked what Nixon had laid, Aaron replied: "The President just Invited me to the White House and he congratulated me. No, he didn't mention any specific time. It wai, indeed, a day to remember for millions of baseball fana and the new Sultan of Swat Henry Aaron.

Aaron. In the only other National League rrVSrJTJi rK -r Agp rr-p tK kP WrfOhoto With thit tiring Henry Aaron made iportt hiitory Monday nipht during fourth inning of Atlanta Hraret-Lot Angelet Dodgert game al Atlanta. It i rat hit 7l5th career home run ttroke, one more than Baba Ruth. Dodgert catcher it Joe Ferguton. Umpire it David Davidton.

AP Wirspholo A jubilant and relieved Hank Aaron fiohlt aloft ball he hit for hit 715th career home run Monday night in Atlanta Stadium agaimt Lot Angelet Dodgert. Dignitaries Heap Praise on Aaron Dave Anderson serve pitcher said. A former pitcher, rTF' By FRANK BROWN AP Spertt Writer Carla 1 1 Henry Aaron's secretary, will bo very busy (or a long, long time. The odds are significant," Wilson continued. Thirty-seven have become president, but only one Henry Aaron has surpassed Babe Ruth's greatest record." Mrs.

Herbert Aaron stood, weeping openly, in her box seat right behind the Braves dugout. Then her ion made his way over and she gave him a big, motherly embrace. I never knew she could hug so tight, Aaron taid. into the Braves bullpen in left field. As far as baseball is concerned, this is the biggest thing that has happened to me, said House, who was offered $25,000 for the prize package by entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr.

Being a fringe player, just being able to play with Henry is reward enough," the re- Guy Bush, said Los Angeles hurler Al Downing had nothing to be embarrassed about just because he had given up the historic hit. Bush served up the 713th and 714th home run pitches to Babe Ruth 39 years ago and added, Aaron was going to hit it sooner or later, and I'm glad he hit it now. The Sound of 715 And when Aaron broke that record, a number of reactions were obvious. Herbert Aaron, Aarons father jumped onto the held to hug his sons neck. Aaron provided thrills for one and all even teammate Don House, who caught the special baseball as it sailed A Holiday Week-End To Remember Bill JIT, LAMS "He played an exhibition game in Mobile with the New York Yankees and I climbed a pine tree outside the ball park to see him.

He hit a home run that day. They tell the story that the ball went over the fence into a freight car on a train going by. They found the ball in New Orleans. But that was five years bafore Henry was even born. He managed a sandlot team known as Aarons Whippets, composed mostly of adults.

We had grown men, 20, 25 years old," he recalled, but Henry was the youngest player. He was 14 and he was our shortstop. He could hit the ball then but he couldnt run too fast. My father bought all our equipment and uniforms," Herbert Jr. interrupted.

He got Henry started." $300 STILL A LOT OF MONEY I i On Friday, April 12, at about 9 a.m., and it will be a very Good Friday for fishermen and fisher ladies, and the reason. Blue Mt. Lakes are going to stock a solid truck load of big, beautiful Brook, Brown, and Rainbow trout, many of them trophy trout, up to 25 inches, none under 12 inches, and the following Sunday, another truck load of big fighting mad trout. You can use any kind of bait or lures, and you don't need a fishing license.Take your holiday visitors fishing. More people caught the biggest trout In their life at Blue Mt.

Lakes than any other area, and to catch a bigger one, you can do it at-Blue Mt. Lakes, we know we put them in. Blue Mt. Lakes are open every day from 6 a.m., tit hour after dark. There Is plenty of free parking and picnic tables.

If she hadn't had enough to do before the 40-year-old Braves slugger broke Babe Ruth's all-time home run record Monday night, Mis Koplin will now have to deal with the flood of telegrams and letters of congratulations from fans, celebrities, public figures and players all over the country. I thought about calling him," said Harmon Killebrew of the American League Minnesota Twins, but Im sure hes going to be deluged with many, many people trying to call. Ill send him a telegram, said Killebrew, baseballs fifth-leading home run hitter of all time with 546. That telegram will mingle with the others Aaron will receive for his historic fourthinning blast off Los Angeles Dodgers southpaw Al Downing. While Killebrew didnt get through to Aaron, President Nixon did.

He called the dug-out while the man of the hour was in left field during the sixth inning. Although the practice of receiving personal calls during the- game is frowned upon, Braves Manager Eddie Mathews made an exception and let Aaron speak with the chief executive in the bottom of the sixth inning. He just invited me to the White House and he congratulated me, Aaron said. Other dignitaries were Billy Graham, who termed the slugger, a super hero. He and his wife Billye have a tremendous opportunity right now to help lead America not only in sports, but spiritually and morally," Graham said.

New York Governor Malcolm Wilson added, Every American boy has two supreme opportunities: he can grow up to be President, or he can break one of Babe Ruths countless baseball records. ATLANTA In the decades to come, the memory of the scene might blur. But the memory of the sound will remain with everyone who was there. Not the sound of the cheers, or the sound of Henry Aaron saying, Im thankful to God its all over. But the sound of Henry Aarons bat when it hit the baseball Monday night, the sound thats similar to a crack of lightning, the sound of a home run, in this case the sound of the 715th home run.

The sound momentarily silenced the sell-out audience in Atlanta Stadium and then, as the sound faded, the ball soared high over the left centerfield fence into the Atlanta Braves bullpen. On the infield base paths, Henry Aaron was trotting past Babe Ruth now. In his 21st major league season, on his first swing of the game, he had hit his record home run, just as he had hit his record-tying home run on his first swing at Cincinnati in last Thursdays season opener. At home plate, he was surrounded by his team mates, who attempted to lift him onto their shoulders. But he slipped off into the arms of his Herbert and his moster, Es-tella, who had run out of the special box for the Aaron family near the Braves dugout.

I knew, I knew, his mother would say later. I knew Henry wouldnt break the record until he got to Atlanta where I could see it. She had not accompanied her husband and her oldest son, Herbert to Cincinnati for the Braves opening series. But she was there Monday with them and with one of her three daughters, Mrs. Gloria Robinson.

Her youngest son, Tommie, once Henrys teammate on the Braves, was in West Palm Beach, Fla. where he is the manager of the Savannah, Ga. team in the Braves farm system. But the spokesman of -the family, other than the man with 715 'home runs, is Herbert Aaron who threw out the ceremonial first ball for Monday nights game. Small but lively at age 65, hes now retired from a lifetime of toil in Mobile, shipyards and coalyards.

I even saw Babe Ruth play once back around 28 or 29, he was saying. Cost me about $300, which was a lot of money then. Still is a lot of money. But in those years I thought more of Herbert Jr.s hitting than I did Henrys hitting. But then Herbert went into the Army and when he came out, he wasnt as good a hitter.

But when they were both small, I used to have trouble getting them to do work around the house. We had a wood stove then and theyd each out the wood into piles. Henry would wait until nobody was looking, then hed take the wood off Herberts pile and put it on his pile so it would look like he was through. Hed run over to the park to play bail. Carver Park out where we lived.

HENRY REMAINS A NATURAL As a hitter, Henry Aaron lhas remained a natural. He has resisted sophistication. Ive been using the same model bat for about 15 years, he was saying at his locker. I picked up Del Crandalls bat and liked it. It was a 63A model Adirondack and a 899 model Louisville slugger, 34 inches, 34 ounces.

About five years ago I got it made half an inch longer but the same weight. It just felt a little bit better to me with the extra half inch. It just felt I could get more wood on the ball. Earlier in his career he had used a Joe DiMaffio model and then a Sian Musial model. Food, bait, boats available.

Tackle for rent. Our off-shore and along-the-stream camp sites are beautiful. $2.50 per camper or trailer per night no matter how many occupants. The fishing privilege is $2.50 per rod, 2 rods $5.00. Creel limit per rod, 4 trout, 2 rods 8 trout.

You catch 'em and keep 'em, there Is no extra charges at Blue Mt. Lakes. So, load up the lalopy and come fishing, Come early, have breakfast, our delicious coffee is still lOcacup. Even if you don't fish, watch the action from our glass-enclosed Tall Tale lounge while' enjoying your favorite beverage. See you at Blue Mt.

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