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Ia THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Thursday July 13 1961 I OLD-TIMERS BASEBALL GAME 1 Lt I t1 l''---Nr-p4L--N lot I oko 'fot -411404441 Ex-Stars Return Here Tonight A SI 111 I z---mpoltay rvtt bl "'1-Ntk 7 11 t- '104'04 C' 1 7 4 II -1 A F-' A 4 A 1 i At 1 0- 64 1 1161 1111 740 I 1 1 bill tter 1 A 1 II I' 1 1 )1) too -i A1 A ts 4 IL- 0 A 41- 1V 1 tr tt I ti( L41 4 3 t1 0 it 1 I 0 14 4 4- I ko ii' 1 A dtv1 410 '''kei0 autd I 4 -44 t' 4- 3- 3 0 I 41 442wt IAA tAPitPi4414V 401104 14J Z2 '46 -4 4 Famous big leaguers and many minor league heroes from this area will participate in an OldTimers baseball game at Griffith Park tonight Wes Ferrell Ben Paschal Frank Packard and Alvin Crowder are some of the outstanding stars of the past who will see action for a Charlotte club against a stellar collection of ex-greats representing Gastonia Jake Early Buddy Lewis Johnny Grice and Crash Nils are among the standouts on the Gastonia team Van Lingle Mungo great National League pitcher in the '30s will manage the Charlotte club while Lewis who made the American League AllStar team several years while playing for the Washington Senators will skipper Gastonia The Old-Timers will play a three-inning game beginning at 7:45 A Sally League battle between the Hornets and league-leading Asheville will serve as the night of the doubleheader Jack Taylor (10-7) ace of the Charlotte staff and a unanimous choice for the Sally League All-Star squad will pitch for the Hornets Ken Wood who starred as an outfielder for three American League teams Paul Campbell former Boston first baseman Al Evans Washington catcher and Mike Garbark New York Yankee baskstop are among the other big leaguers vt be ill see duty for Charlotte The Charlotte lineup will be as follows: Campbell first base Nig Lipscomb second base Sammy Bell short stop Frank Packard third base Ken Wood left field George Ferrell centerfield Ben Paschal rightfield Al Evans and Garbark catchers Milt Bolick Boney Wood and Lou Bell utility Ferrell Crowder Mace Brown of Pittsburgh and Bill Harris of the New York Giants will comprise the pitching staff Jake Early Washington catcher Crash Davis infielder of the Philadelphia Athletics and Russ Bergman ex-New York Yankee are among the big leaguers who will play for Gastonia The Gastonia lineup will have Benny Cunningham first base Crash Davis second base Mack Myers shortstop Harry Jenkins third base Bob Hallman Johnny Grice and Buddy Lewis outfield Jake Early catcher Spec Padgett and Motion Leeper pitchers Hal Van Pelt Russ Bergman and Ed Maxwell utility Sam Smith president of the Sally League will serve as plate umpire Phil Howser of the Hornets will work first base Chief of Police John Hord will make the calls at second and Big Bill Ward will umpire at third 5 3 I 1 i i 1 1 1 I MACE BROWN PAUL CANIPBELL ''''en 171 4 4 4k: SETS PACE Jodhpur Boot takes an early lead with Herbert Hinojosa aboard at Monmouth Park Wednesday but UFO (2nd from left) ridden by Steve Brooks beat him to the win to win the first race (AP Photo) CMS tt At Races 9 Sought By rnmunimortalmmonsmcmort intinormrinErnrsinimm772r mew 1 1 DICK 1 1 :::3 i IERCE 1 I e4e i ''''-4' '''V 4 I Observer Sports Writer mrtnrtnrtrt 1 --------r- 7 OP' 1 1 't I 1 1 1 444000 1 I 1 11 4 ce0011 i 1 Itt I -Ah i l'igow IllOr 0 44 4' I ttet yA 4 4 gtTr4 rrt4stalv tatosavt Adwzia boattootelardi galized in North Carolina" buy or otherwise acquire capital stocks of existing corporations" buy hold and sell real estate timberland and mineral rights" Other organizers of the company which will incorporate when $300000 worth of stock has been subscribed are Seymour Somberg of Durham Dave Bullard Jr of Charlotte and George Mason of Roanoke Va A prominent figure in national aviation may join the group in a couple of weeks Despite the seriousnesc of the organizers over the pan muluel Idea most practical reason for formation of company appears to be point two "to buy or otherwise acquire capital stocks of existing corporations" That would appear to mean specifically Charlotte Motor Speedway Queried whether it was specifically directed at CMS Turner's only comment was: "No comment" The speedway with liens totaling almost $500000 against it still is seeking permanent financing which would absorb numerous short term loans which carry exorbitant interest rates Speedway general manager Duke Ellington said recently a loan of $350000 was needed within 60 days in order to survive MUSCLE TONING Cincinnati first baseman Gordie Coleman works out muscle kinks and strengthens his 'wheels' by strapping a small barbell to his foot Looking on are Pete Whisenant left and Wally Post The Reds National League leaders return to action against Chicago tonight (AP Photo) World's Best Job What About The Major League Ball Player? THE OLD MAN was assassinating a plate full of stew beef potatoes and assorted accessories but the little guy who is nudging eight picked daintily at hearty summer supper The little'un wore in addition to spots of grime that had escaped a sousing in the sink a look of heavy thought It's a look that always precedes a Arestion and It finally tumbled out: "Tell me something" he said ''What's the best job there is?" "Major league baseball player" answered the Old Man stoking another mouthful Then realizing that such rapid answers to eight-yearolds can imprint brain cells for life a quick qualification followed "Lots of good jobs buddy and what one fellow would consider the best another fellow might detest The deepest logic available was applied to the remainder of the explanation until the little'un broke In again: "What makes a major league baseball player's job so good?" It was a question when examined beyond the scope of eight-year-olds that made that first answer close to being correct I3eing a major league baseball player today is one of the best deals a young man assuming he didn't inherit the family factory or a medium-sized vault in the First National can get into For instance: PLAYER FALTERS Nagle Sets Pace In British Open BIRKDALE Nagle of Australia defending his British Open golf title shot a 68 Wednesday and set a pace that was two strokes better than that of Arnold Palmer--tbe man he fears most Nagle pudgy Dal Res of 1 4 OW 0 0 0 0 1 Baseball Execs To Drop Extra AllStar Game? LOS ANGELES UPI Baseball executives have tentatively agreed to return to one All-Star game annually Herald-Express said Wednesday The action was taken at San Francisco scene of Tuesday's All-Star game baseball writer John Old reported The gist of his story: Formal action will be taken at Boston July 31 when representatives of the 18 clubs and both major leagues meet for this year's second All-Star game There have been such games in recent years to raise money for player benefits Insurance company actuaries Say sufficient money can be raised from one game to give players the annuity benefits they and to include team managers ftoftm04noPPft0'0'0 -i' l' i-1-1 (I -7''? (mo 11111 1 1 1444 A 74'1- 'i 141( Af" 'N A 1i' '4 ''Q 1:: A :5 '-0! li! 5' i1 ap 11 4) r- -4 Iv 41 4: i'3AO1i0 'r '3 4F 4 1)f11)i' 41'' or Or lir I A 4- ivt 14 7 Zoi hj ttt oic A AdrA li By GEORGE CUNNINGHAM Observer Sports Writer WINSTON-SALEM Hidden inside an announcement here Wednesday of a revolutionary idea in auto racing were plans whereby Curtis Turner apparently hopes to regain unwritten control of Charlotte Motor Speedway At a noon luncheon the recently ousted president of CMS revealed formation of a company Turner Investors which plans to organize parimutuel betting on stock car races The company has a threefold purpose: organize parimutuel betting on automobile raring In those states where park mutuel betting is legal and to make its best efforts to have parimutuel betting IN Nagle Rees and Henning Palmer and Player still are the favorites for the title that will be decided by another 18- hole tour of the 6844-y a Birkdale Course set in the natural sand dunes near the Bay of Liverpool today and two rounds on Friday Player went out in a brilliant 2-under-par 34 and then ran into trouble on the back nine where he took a double bogey on the short 13th finished with a homeward 39 and a 73 Palmer started in hurricane fashion with an eagle 3 on the first hole He drove into the rough then cracked a wood within six feet of the pin and rolled in the putt All the way round he attacked the pin with raking iron shots but failed to knock in putts that be would ordinarily be expected to get amateur Dal Rees Wales 3236-41 Harold Melling Africa 13-33-61 Kel Nagle Australia 34-34-61 Norman Johnson England 3732-62 David Miller Scotland 3336-69 Jean Garaialde Franca 3336-62 Arnold Palmer Latrobe Pa 3431-70 Sam King England 33-35-70 John MacDonald Scotland 3436-70 Allan Brookes England 33-33-70 Lionel Platts England 3634-70 Neil Colas England 3335-70 a-Ronnie White England 35-36-71 Raymon Sot Spain 35-36-71 Sebastian Miguel Spain 38-33-71 8-Martin Christmas England 34-35-71 Christy O'Connor Ireland 33-36-71 Dave Thomas England 3231-71 John Jacobs England 36-35-71 Tony Coop England 3334--71 Ken Bousfield England 3536-71 Rag Knight England 35-36-71 Alex Fox Scotland 33-34-71 Eric item' England 3437-71 x-Dick Chapman Sr WC 1436-72 Jack Isaacs Langley APB 3135-73 Prank Stranahan Toledo Ohio 3737-75 Paul Runyan Calif 39-34-73 Joe liar Fla 4043-13 Former Players Invited To Came I 1111ii C(i i 0 a anie All former professional base- ball players living in the Char lotte area are invited In attend tonight's oityriniers game at Gr iffith Pat The ex-pros will be admitted free of charge by identifying themselves at the Pass a a They will ait In a special re- served se the ction of randstand All guests of Hornet president Ilia Howler Prospects appear to be excellent however that the speedway will obtain the loan The two ways Turner's group could gain control of CMS are: I In event the speedway goes bankrupt it could be bought at public sale 2 Buy up or trade for enough existing stock to control the next stockholders' meeting Turner said that after incorporation or when 300000 shares at $1 par value a sold a public sale would be conducted of an additional 700- 00o shares at $1 par value At this stage of the game parimutuel betting on auto races in North Carolina is at the most a dream Turner acknowledged I But he said wheels already are turning on the project in West Virginia and Maryland where it is legal It's also legal he said in Kentucky Louisiana and Florida When told of the tremendous lobbying power of the horse and dog track operators in those states Turner said "we don't feel it i impossible to overcome "I can only say that already we have made considerable progress on this matter in two states and may hold our first experimental race somewhere in the South within a month" The experhnent mould not be a race sanctioned by NASCAR governing body of Mock car racing In the South Turner said Bill France NASCAR president was per tonally not against the Idea France could not be reached for comment NASCAR races have been run at tracks where "open pool" betting took place executive director Pat Purcell reported "It was at a little track about 30 miles from MontrEal last year" Purcell said over Turn to Page 913 Col 2 the second when Chuck Coles walked moved to second on an infield out to third on a short single by flay Mendoza a scored on a double by Joe Nossek That was all the scoring except Saban' home run In the seventh a well-placed blow over the left field fence Asheville 102 212 000-110 1 Portsmouth 100 111 113 Hardison Les (I) and McFarlane Sanders Tuonar (7) Wyatt (9) and Bernhardt Puller (9) Charleston 000 000 000-0 2 1 Columbia 104 001 02x-11 12 1 I Hoerner Sarrett (3) Winton (a) and McNertnay Pertarin and Mime (FIRST 0011) Orvonville 122 000 a 2 Jacktonvido 110 010 0-3 a mcGavoca and Cotton) Pats Narania (3) and Witt (SECOND GAME) Groonvilia 001 000 011-3 4 1 1 Jachsonyt Ito 000 000 000-0 4 1 and Hall Litton ON Mutt) I and Marto WW1 Clearing House 'Annapolis Nigh School Would lika to fill an open dale Soot 22 on its MI football schedule lit al 'wilt would like to van a Navas contract tio a honwandhoma hay Contort Coach Id Intnision 20o North Sall AVO NC Telealione Wrbster 3 MI Social Recognition Immediate THERE ARE four items of immediate importance (1) Any suitably constructed youngster with signs of baseball ability can pick off a bonus up to $175000 to start with (2) this bonus can be pro-rated over a number of years for tax purposes and does not include salary over the period of the bonus Plus (3) the expansion of the big leagues already has created 50 new jobs with 50 more to follow next year and (4) a shortage of properly prepared talent which can only get worse is making a big league job easier to get and easier to hold With those facts as the base for more examination consider this: While 500 jobs spread among a population of 180 million cl more if you consider the Latin kik American countries which have )7' poured players into the majors the 1 past decade is a small 01111k Ap centage what other job can lift a 20-year-old from total obscurity to 00 a national figure in literally a few days- 14 Ci I OM It VI I NERVE PILLS Pitt Athletic Director Frank Carver (left) jokingly pours some aspirins for football coach John Michelosen after announcing the 1062 grid schedule It includes such teams as Army Navy UCLA Syracuse and Notre Wirephoto Pro-Amateur Set At Gaston Club WINS OWN GAME proamateur tournament today opens six days jammed with golf competition at Gaston Country Club Wales and handsome Harold Henning of South Africa all carded 68's during first round of the 1961 tournament that opened and closed with heavy rains Palmer from Latrobe Pa scored 34-36-70 He was three strokes ahead of Gary Player 25year-o 1 South African who won the 1961 Masters Despite the showing of Tryout Camp At Griffith Starts Today Former Charlotte Hornets Al 4 i 6 I) Smith Patton 41' Saban Slaps Honter To Nip Knoxville's Smokies 2-1 Today's event offers pro en tries a share of a $600-plus-entry-fees purse Qualifying rounds will be played Friday for the Carolinas Amateur a match play event which continues through Tues day over the 6860-yard par 36 35-71 Gaston course When entries closed at 8 in Wednesday for the annual mma teur event the Feld had grown to 192 Including local favorites Dave and Charlie Sm Ith and Southern Amateur champion Dilly Joe Patton of Morganton Sixtyfour of these will tee off Saturday morning in the champ ionship flight and 64 others will make up four flights of 16 each Social acceptance is imme- diate No other professional athlete enjoys the recognition so in- a lb st a ntly given the big league base FITCH ball player He becomes a hometown hero an honored and eagerly sought guest A significant feat puts him in banner headlines in hundreds of newspapers millions see him on TV and anything he says is news 1 0 The Gravyirmn let VI i IIVJ I 1 III 14( a tio 141a KNOXVILLE Bob Saban the Sally veteran is likely to be the opening All St a moundsman Monday night blasted a solo home run Wednesday night to give Char lotte a 2-1 victory over Knox vine Saban who has shifted back and forth from Charlotte Chat tanooga and Washington tight in the clutches as he bested Bob Humphreys a Boss Grimsley in a mound duel Saban MIS touched for len 11118 but to douhleplays came to his resuee The Bor net could get hut five hits off the Smoky duo Although losing the Smokies look the series two games to one The Bees return home to open a series with Asheville tonight The first of the Hornet donbleplaya gave Saban a big as mist in the first frame when the Smnkies got their rt Croup Smith singled hut was promptly (Awed on the win killing as Art Clemsural hit a sharp grounder to Babe Das kalakis Bill Roman doubled and came across on a single by Jess Queen That concluded the Knox ville scoring for the night They had at least one run ner aboard in all but I a Innings and left the bases loaded in the fifth Charlotte's first run came in ClArldte Allen 4000 DAVAA A 4000 41818 is 2000 Means WH4000 Coles el 2100 Adorns 8 4018 Mer08 A 4028 Nom 3011 Send 4111 Celle If 2000 Knoxville six bi 2b 4 0 1 0 Clee'ras rf 1 0 1 0 Roman lb 4120 Queen CI 4011 Moore 4000 Pettit If 4010 Buena 3b 4000 Jima ss 4 0 1 0 Hum'evs 1 0 1 0 aWSmilh 1000 Grunge) 0 0 0 0 Koko 1 0 0 0 lows 34 1 10 11 To Istit 12 7 I 2 into force play for Humnnrava in lth into force for Grin's lav in lith CHAALOTTA 010 000 100-3 KNOXVILLI 100 000 000-1 PO A Challott 7161 Knoxville 2110 Valet quiff to Daskalakiet Allen Veleigual to Claskelakis Knot ville Nossek 1111 14 9 le 7 4 I 1 II IN In I I I I I 47 0 I 11 Saban tW) Humphreys (L) rims ley WHILE those esthetic awards are a tremendous at traction there's another even The major leaguer draws a minimum salary of $7 500 and only the raw rookies get that little The utility player who may not see service over 40 games a sea son will collect $10000 for his oncall services And any established regular including six or seven of a team's 10 pitchers is usually good for S15000420000 But salary good as it is still is not the hole story of the financial gravytrain for the big leaguer There's still a meaty melon eallod the "Pla)ers1 Pension Fund" This is a pot derived from i lice of the radio and TV money brought In from the All-Star games and the World Series It now guarantees a 10year major leaguer $175 per month for life beginning at age 50 This however goes up to $250 per month on August (Continued On Page DB ('ol 4) Championship play is sched- and Gene Verb le open tiled tor two rounds Saturday and today baseball tryout school again Sunday with semifinals sponsored hv the Nlinne sola 1londay and 36hole finals Tues Twins at Charlotte's Grillith day I Park today 1 The tryout camp beginning at a and lasting through Smoky Near 300 'Friday is Open to all players of any age Smolq Burgess of the Pirates started in oganized ball as a' Players should bring their catcher-outfielder with Lockport own gloves and thirties Oiticr in the Pony League Bei equipment will he furnished began the MI SPasOn with a Any player aigned to a none 297 career average for Loss Na I Nola contract will by refundrd Ilona! 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