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DAILY NEWS. Thursday Morning June 13. 1968 Montreal Loses Goalie In NHL Player Draft MONTREAL (AP) Jacues Plante, one of the. best goaltenders in NatiOHal Hockey League history, was the top name selected Wednesday in the circuit's annual intraleague draft. Plante said he will make a comeback.

Plante, retired for three seasons, was drafted by the St. Louis Blues from the New York Rangers' reserve list. Plante, who starred for 11 years in the NFL--nine with Montreal and two with New York--before retiring in 1965, worked out briefly with Oakland last year but scrapped comback plans at that time. Now 39, Plante returns with a career 2.41 goals against average and 63 shutouts. He won the Vezina Trophy as the league's top goalie six times, including a record five straight.

The Rangers, in a postdraft trade, reacquired left winger- Dave Balon from Minnesota. Balon had been involved in the deal that sent Plante to the Rangers in 1963. In exchange, the North Stars received dpfpnsoman Wayne Hillman and two rookies, Joe. Johnson and Dan Sequin. To complete another transaction, the Philadelphia Flyers acquired forward Gerry Melnyk and defenseman Daryl Edestrand from St.

Louis. Oakland made the first selection of the draft session, picking defenseman Carol Vadnais from Montreal. The Seals then exposed Larry Cahan, another de- fenseman, and the Cana'diens exercised their option to draft him. Toronto and Minnesota were the two most active clubs. The Maple Leafs acquired Larry Mickey from New York, Bill Sutherland from Minnesota and Gary Marsh from North Stars had picked up Sutherland from Philadelphia and when they lost him to the Leafs, they claimed Toronto defense- man Duane Rupp.

Minnesota also obtained Larry Hillman, Wayne's brother, from Tronto and Goalie Fern Rivard from Philadelphia. The Rangers claimed Bill Plager, one of three hockey playing brothers, from Minnesota. Detroit picked up forward Brian Conacher from Toronto and Pitsburgh acquired forward Charlie Burns from Oakland. The Seals then took George Knnik from the Penguins. In addition to Plante, St.

Louis chose Myron Stankiewicz from Los Angeles. The Blues had drafted Stankiewicz from Hershey of the American League on Tuesday, then traded him to LA for Terry Gray and reclaimed him from the Kings Wednesday. Philadelphia picked Ron Buchanan from Boston and exposed defenseman Jean Gauthier, who was drafted by the Bruins. Philadelphia also selected Larry Hale from Minnesota. The North Stars then picked Sutherland and passed him along to the Maple Leafs for Rupp.

"Blue Moon' Paces A's Past Falling Indians first three innings. Odom, Reggie Jackson and Dave Duncan all homered off reliever Bill Rohr. Odorn, 6-4, struck out five and walked only one in his first appearance since he pitched 2-3 hitless innings against Baltimore Friday before a broken- bat blooper ruined his no-hit bid. The A's scored, three runs in the opening inning on Floyd Robinson's sacrifice fly and Ramon Webster's two-run double. nFNVER (API Georee Oakland added a run in the McSrth? seT up third on singles by John Donald- pari-mutuel racing in Colorado son, Rick Monday and another CLEVELAND (AP) John "Blue Moon" Odom hurled a seven-hitter and smacked his first major league home run as the Oakland Athletics crushed Cleveland 7-0 Wednesday night.

The A's shelled Cleveland starter Steve Hargan, 4-6, for four runs and five hits in the Deoth Comes To G. F. McCarthy and operated one of the nation's most successful dog racing tracks, died Tuesday after a long illness. He was 76. At the time of his death he was chairman of the board of Denver's Mile High Kennel Club, had been instrumental in building the club and was active in its affairs until slowed down last year by a heart attack.

For more than 20 years, McCarthy waged a one-man campaign to have pari-mutuel racing legalized in Colorado, meeting with success in 1948 when voters approved a measure legalizing betting. Survivors include his wife, Margaret, two sons, George Jr. of Pueblo, and Thomas, who is general manager of the Multnomah Kennel Club, Portland, and four sisters. Funeral services are scheduled Thursday. sacrifice fly by Robinson.

AMERICAN Oakland 301 201 000--7 8 1 Cleveland 000 000 000--0 7 0 Odom and Duncan; Hargan, Rohr (4), Fisher (7) and Azcue; Odom, 6-4. Hargan, 4-6. HRs Oakland, Jackson (7), Odorn (1). Duncan (1). Yarbrough Wins Pole Slot For $76,000 Carolina 500 ROCKINGHAM, N.C.

(AP) -Lee Roy Yarbrough and three other drivers smashed the North Carolina Motor Speedway speed records Wednesday as qualifying began for Sunday's $76,000 Carolina 500 stock car race, Yarbrough, driving a brand new Ford Torino prepared by veteran driver--mechanic Junior Johnson, posted a lap mark of 118.643 miles per hour for the one-mile banked track to win the inside pole position. David Pearson, another Ford driver who had the pole for this race when it was rained out in March, won the other front row spot with a clocking of 118.121 m.p.h. Richard Hetty, driving a Plymouth, and veteran Paul Goldsmith In a Dodge Coronet, were the other drivers who bested the track's old qualifying record of 11.5 m.p.h. Petty's speed was 118.121 and Goldsmith posted 117.681. Eight positions in the 44-car field were up for grabs Wednesday.

The other four went to Cale Yarborough in a Mercury 117.134; Charley Glotzbach in a Dodge Charger, 116.959; Donnie Allison, 116.716 in a Ford; and Bobby Isaac, 116.504 in a Dodge Charger. Red Sox Now 9V? Back Boston Still Team To Beat By JACK HAND Associated Press Sports Writer NEW YORK The view from way down there deep in the second division still is encouraging to Eddie Stanky of the Chicago White Sox. "It's still too early to count anybody out," said Stanky whose Sox got left at the post and lost their first 10 starts this season. "I said in Florida and I'll say it again that Boston is the team to beat," said Stanky. "After all, they are the champions although I understand Jim Lonborg's shoulder is stiff." "The big surprise this year has been the hitting, or rather lack of hitting by the entire league.

I thought it might be weaker but not this week. "The only answer is the pitching. They are getting better every year. In years to come you are going to see more and more no hitters and low hit games." Stanky still has his incentive program by which a player is rewarded for an outstanding pitching or hitting job. He has not had to hand out many so far this season.

"Tommy John got a new suit of clothes when he broke our losing streak," said Stanky, whose club rose from last to eighth place with a 9-5 win Tuesday night over New York. "We also have assessments," he said. "We've always had the year when I was in St. Louis we'd have a big party from that fund. It used to cost me $400 out of my own pocket.

I make it a point to give it all back to the players in some form." Most managers call assess- Gallopin Ghost' Reaches 65 Today them on my clubs. At the end of ments by another name--fines. JACK BEAHAM Winter Baven News-Chief WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (AP) Harold "Red" Grange's number comes up Thursday--his Social Security number, that is. The Galloping Ghost of Illinois football immortality will be 65 years old.

"I knew it was coming," Grange said; "but I was sort of putting it off. I was hoping the whole thing would go away." Actually, the one-time scourge of the gridiron has been retired for a couple of years, except for a bit of promotional work for a brewing company. He has been transformed, by easy stages, into, the squire of Indian Lake Estates in central Florida. His spacious, airy home, wide open to the breezes tha drift across flat cattle country, has a screen-enclosed swimming pool, planters bright with tropical flowers and plenty of chaises into which Old 77 can plop down and relax when the urge hits him. Grange mows his own lawn and contents himself with gravitating between the golf course a half-mile away, his two boats docked in a channel leading to a lake and Ms television set where he watches football and baseball games.

He isn't an avid golfer most of his neighbors. "I play for fun and exercise he said, "but the game 1 like lacks something. It would be better if once in a while someone came up from behind and tackled you just as you were hitting the ball." Forty-four years after he electrified the sports world by running 92, 70. 57 and 42 yards for touchdowns in the first quarter of a Big Ten championship game with Michigan, Grange still is in great shape. He is close to his old playing weight of 170 pounds and his hair is still red except around the edges.

He looks 10 years younger than hts age In 13 years of high school, college and professional football, Grange carried the ball 4.013 times for an average of 8.1 yards and 531 REMtiBELim INI NEW CONSTRUCTION Painting and Repairs CwistrwtiM Free Estimates No Obligation YEAR GUARANTEE ON ALL WORK PH. 242-3085 NOTICE! ROCKINGHAM, N.C. AP) -Charlie Glotzbach set the fastest time of 119.804 miles per hour in practice Tuesday for Sunday's Carolina 500 stock car race. fraternal Order of Police Dance Postponed until June 27th. Please bring your Bahama Tour stubs to Okaloosa Island Amusement Park on or before that date Philadelphia's Allen Finds Right Altitude Four Val-P Teams Have Good Week Four teams went through this past week of Little League action in Valparaiso undefeated with three winning two games.

Val-p Hardware won a pair of games by downing Parkway Drive-In 7-3 and American Oil 5-1. Cleaners romped past Jones IGA 17-0 and later in the week defeated Val-P State Bank 5-0. Coin-Op Laundry slipped by Okaloosa National Bank 6-4 and Okaloosa Gas District 8-4. Jr. Stores won a squeaker from Skinners Fashions 13-12.

Skinners came back by trouncing Chiids Drugs 151. Braves Finally Cards, 6-4 Top ATLANTA (AP) The Atlanta Braves, battered St. Louis pitching for 13 hits Wednesday night and beat the Cardinals for the first time in 11 games 7-1 behind Pat Jarvis' three-hitter. The Cards had won all six meetings with the Braves this season and the last four of 1967. Jarvis, 6-4, knocked in two runs with a pair of singles, Tito Francona had a homer and two singles, Marty Martinez clubbed two doubles and' a triple and Hank Aaron walloped his llth homer to pace the Braves' attack on Nelson Briles, Pete i 1 and Hal Gclson.

Francona's homer of the season in the second inning began the scoring off Briles, 7-5. The Braves scored four in the third when Martinez tripled, Jarvis singled, Felix Millan doubled and Aaron slugged a two-run homer. Martinez doubled and Jarvis singled him across in the fourth, knocking out Briles. By RALPH BERNSTEIN Associated Press Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) --The embattled Rich Allen may not have the right attitude but he has the right altitude. Allen, who has been charged with malingering in an effort to get himself traded, was back in the starting line-up of the Philadelphia Phillies Tuesday night for the first time since May 29.

His first time at bat, as the usual boos echoed through Connie Mack Stadium, Allen smacked a A-'l pitch over the right field wall for his eighth home run. It was his only hit and the Phillies' only run as they lost to the Houston Astros 5-1. Allen was in left field as the result of a Monday conference with Phillies' owner Bob Carpenter. The owner said Allen's differences with Manager Gene Mauch had been resolved. That wasn't the picture paint ed Monday night by all the parties involved.

The day of reckoning merely was postponed Carpenter virtually admittec this it a pre-game press party when he said "in essence we are buying time to try and work this thing out." Carpenter refused to divulge the conversation he had with Allen, saying it was confidential. He did say he talked to the outfielder-third baseman like a father to a son and tried to explain the errors of his ways. Allen said he talked with Carpenter about the booing and other things. "I told him the writers had something wrong. I didn't hurt myself on a horse.

I've had the injury (groin injury) since spring training." Allen said he didn't play on the recent seven-day road trip because his name wasn't on the line-up card." "I've played before when I was hurt. This time I wasn't on the card." Muthews Oh Disabled List DETROIT (AP) The Detroit Tigers placed veteran infielder Eddie Mathews on the disabled list Wednesday. A team spokesman said Mathews has been undergoing treatment in a Detroit Hospital for a herniated disc in his lower back and has not been responding to treatment. This is the first time in the 37-year-old Mathews' 18-year major league career that he has been on the disabled list. German Boxing Champion Critical COLOGNE, Germany (AP) -Jupp Elze, West German middleweight boxing champion, was in a criticial condition early Thursday after being stopped by Italian champion Carlos Duran in their European title bout Wednesday night.

A doctor at Cologne University Hospital, where the 29-year- old German was rushed unconscious after losing his title bid, said: "He is In a very serious condition. His life is in danger." Duran retained his title when Elze collapsed early in the 15th and last round and had to be given oxygen. McAulifffe Keeps Tigers On Top DETROIT (AP) Dick McAuliffe's tie-breaking homer in the eighth inning and Mickey olich's five-hit pitching gave the torrid Detroit Tigers a 2-1 victory over Minnesota's skidding Twins Wednesday night. The victory was the third straight for the American League leaders and the eighth in their last nine games. The Twins dropped five in a row.

With one out in the eighth, McAuliffe drilled a home run into the lower right field Seats, snapping a 1-1 deadlock. His eighth homer of the season was the Tigers' third hit off southpaw Jim Kaat--and their first since the second inning. The Tigers took a 1-0 first inning lead after McAuliffe led off with a single and Kaat, 3-3, walked Mickey Stanley and Jim Northrup. McAuliffe scored on Willie Horton's sacrifice fly. Cesar Tovar drew a walk in the Twins' third, took second on a ground out and scored the tying run on Tony Oliva's single to right.

AFL Camps Set To Go NEW YORK (AP) Coach Paul Brown will bring about 120 players to the camp of his new Cincinnati Bengals, the American Football League's 10th team, when camp opens July 5 at Wilmington, Ohio College. The San Diego Chargers also will open camp the same day at Escondido, Calif. Houston, Kansas City, Oakland and the New York Jets will report July 10, Boston and Denver July 15, Buffalo July 20 and Miami July 22. In most cases the rookies will report first and the veterans will follow from three to 11 days later. Buffalo, however, will bring rookies and veterans to camp on the same day at Bias- dell, N.Y.

Cincinnati, as the new expansion club, will be holding its first camp. The only club to shift training sites is New York. The Jets are moving from Peekskill, N.Y., to Hempstaead, N.Y., where they will work on the Hofstra University campus. Tennis Matches Are Rained Out BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) -The start of the $32,000 U.S.

pro tennis championships was washed out Wednesday as a heavy downpour flooded Longwood's grass courts. The first four matches were postponed until Thursday, and the windup of the tournament rescheduled from Sunday to Monday. Scheduled for play In the opening four matches of the round are Tony Roche of Australia vs. Alex Olmedo of Peru; Dennis Ralston, the No. 3 seed from Bakersfield, vs.

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