The Charlotte Observer from Charlotte, North Carolina • 18

4B THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Thuridoy Aug 31 191 STAFFORD TAMES TWINS Mi As ankees Mantle Swats 47thHR i-iLiHL I Win9 Kaat to hit into a fielder's 8 r-r iTTr in I -'ir---ni)ni- i A I off reliever Ray Moore in the ninth inning Kaat was the more out-dtandlng of the tun hurlers through the first five Innings (triklnff out xeven batters But Stafford was the more effective holding the Twins hltles until Earl Bat- MINNEAPOLIS ST PAUL Minn Mickey Mantle slashed his 47th home run of the season Wednesday night ns the New York Yankees and Bill Stafford defeated the Min-ncsota Twins 4-0 before a rec-'ord crowd of 41337 Mantle's blast one a 2 2 pitch to lead off the seventh inning just cleared the left-field fence The poke put the Yankees' slugger one game ahead of Babe Ruth's record 60-homer pace in 1927 Homer twin Roger Maris who has 51 and is seven games ahead of Ruih stroked a run-scoring single in three official trips Stafford and Iefty i Kaat were lurked in a brilliant pitchers duel until the Yankee scored a run In the fourth Inning With one out Maris drew a walk Mantle hit a grounder to shortstop Zoilo Versalles who threw to second baseman Billy Martin for the force on Maris Martin's relay to first then went into (he Twin's dug out and Mantle scored on a wild pitch and Elston Howard's single Maris' single scored Stafford who also slashed a double in the third for the Yanks' first hit and gave the left handed swinger a league leading RBI total of 121 Maris had posted only one hit in 20 appearances before the single Howard capped the Yankee scoring with his 14th home run choice The victory brought Stafford's season record to 12-7 while Kaat suffered his 13th setback in 20 decisions wr ivt 111 1 1 Vf v- i which won the state championship this year All tram members signed the Governor's gift (Observer photo by Feter McKnighti REVERSE ROLE Governor Terry Sanford who ic more used to writing autographs accepts an autographed baseball from Jim Lowe of the Charlotte Dilworth Rotary Little League team Roberts Nabs Pole Position 'Evcvv College Coach Is Tom Between Standards Variables' Dl'RHAM The attack on the mound of barbecue and side order of turnip greens was timed at a leisurely but steady pace It was at the iced tea breaks that Duke's Bill Murray still a few days away from the autumn cyclone of college football talked easily and calmly about many things This was a relaxed Murray and the eyes above the nose that lakes a right-left detour halfway down were onlv beginning to glint with seasonal caution 7 I At 129 MP 1 4J By WILTOX GARRISON Observer tportt editor DARLINGTON "I guess that proves something" said a jubilant Fireball Roberts as he climbed out of his Pontiac after winning Monday's "Southern 500" pole position here with a record-breaking 129141 miles per hour "I was thinking about just one 1 4 MICKEY MANTLE One Ahead Of Ruth wjw '1iwrwrwW'yyw'yTffi 1 ICK IERCE Obttrvtr Sports Writsr us to Billy al "Wies To the fellow behind the country style steak It was a mild surprise So he listened "Every coach is torn between two horns" began the coach who owns the sixth best won-lost record in the nation "doing what he does best and the variables of football "Last year we put in one variable passes to a swing end and we made it one of the things we knew we could do by working working working practicing it so long and so hard that we knew it would work "It gave us a means of dividing the opposition But football is still a game of violence manpower and you've got to have that or your variables aren't successful Every team that plays Duke knows that it must stop our sweeps a thing we do well Xow it must stop our swing pass which we also do well Therefore the swing pass is no longer a variable the other team can be positive we'll use it We won't play but one or two sophomores this season but I'll tell you one thing if I had some of those sophomores Earle Edwards has over at State I'd play them" of the champion team approval as the governor catch Observer photo by McKnight) FLAYING CATCH is Terry Sanford governor of North Carolina if you don't know already Sanford was presented the baseball he tosses up here by the state champion Charlotte Little League Life Hinges On 600 Grossed $398042 tey'i one-out single in the 1 fifth and gave up only four hits In the game Only time the Twins threat- ened was in the fifth when Bill Tuttle lined a single to left after Battey's one baser Stafford then got Versalles on a fly to left and forced Ntw York iMINNISOTA a bi Di Rich'ten 4 1 I iron cf 0 Kubtk It 4 I 1 1 Martin 4 0 0 0 Maris rl Ittl Manila 4 111 Howard 4 111 Skowron lb 4 111 Carv If 1 1 1 1 Bovtr Stafford 4 110 Killtbrtw lb 3 1 Allison rf 4 0 Ltmon If Salter rutll a3b Vr'li (i Kaat Becquar Woor Tola 4 1 I 1 110 9 0 lit! 1 9 9 9 9 9 19 4 Totals 33 4 7 4 CroundKf out for Kaaf In Hh Naw Vark one loo dot 00 Mlnnatota Martin PO-A-Nw York 27-11 Mlnnatota 17-1 Nw York 5 Minna-tta Stafford MR -Manila Now- tola JB-SUIford HR-Mantla Howard ie Stafford (W 12-7) Kaat (L Ml) I Moor I Eft Bl SO 9 0 2 5 I I 1 1 I WfKaat Moon U-Umont Stawirt! Barry Llntalata Ml 41357 Tigers Lose To Pizarro And Cliisox i DETROIT -I4V- Juan Pizarro' cooled off the Detroit Tigers on five hits Wednesday night and dropped them two and one-half games out of first place in a 7-4 victory for the Chicago White I The New York Yankees who' entertain the second place Tigers in a three-game series starting i Friday beat Minnesota 4-0 and now lead the American League by 20 percentage points Floyd Robinson supported Tizarro's 10-strikeout pitching i with two singles and a double driving in three runs A crowd 374M watched the Tigers who has won 10 of 12 games commit three errors for the second straight game and give Chicago two unearned runs Billy Bruton smashed his 15th homer off Pizarro in the fifth a drive that hit the facing of the third deck in right Reno Bertoia homered for Detroit in the ninth The Tigers played without first baseman Norm Cash the! league's leading hitter with a 366 average Cash complained of blured vision and dizziness and the club physician said he probably had the flu CHICAGO DITROIT ah bi an mii Robinion rf soil Fox lb 4 110 Landlt cf 10 0 0 Wood lb 110 0 Bruton llil Kallna rf 4 0 111 Colavilo If 10 10 Otborna lb 4 0 0 1 Bertoia lb 4 1111 Farn'dat tl 4 0 0 0 Roarka 4 0 0 0 lOnnino 10 0 0 aMorton 10 0 0 Siavan lb ill! 0 0 0 0 4 0 11 4 0 0 0 10 0 0 3 110 (Martin lb Minoio If 5milh 3b Caray lb Apurloo it Lollar Pnarro 4 111 1111 Stalty 0 0 0 0 Aouirra 0 0 0 0 I Foil 0 0 0 0 I BAIUSik 10 0 0 Tolali 31 7 Total! 31 4 4 Struck out tor Bunmni In 7tni Called out on ttrikei tor Fok in fthl Chicago Detroit 111 000 100 010 I Smith Colavilo Roarka Aoulrre I Chlcaao 17-! Oelroit 17-11 Wood Fernanda! and Otborna Chi- caoo 0 Detroit 1 lS-Sieveri Robinion! Mlnoio 1 Kalmc IB-Lollar Bruton 1 Bertoia Robinion Minoio Aparicio i Fox I IP Pliarr (W 11-S) Bunnlna IL 15101 7 10 Staley 0 1 BB SO 4 1 10 Aauirre Fox 1 1 13 0 Faced 1 men In Ith 1 By Pliarro (Bruton) By Bun-: nlna (Pizarro) Chylak Smith Soar McKlnley 3:03 one RBI One hit in bat solo RBI MANTLI PACE 47 if- 0 0 I 'It All Evens UPS Said Dodd OFFICIATING? Sure I boil when they make mistakes out there but never the next day Why one season here at Duke (1953) we lost two ball games and tied one and we could have gone unbeaten except for officials' mistakes "Navy tied us nothing-nothing when a fourth down was taken away from us We were down around the 10-11 and I sent in my field goal kicker on fourth down Suddenly he came running back and stunned me with 'Coach they've got the ball' "I ran to the man on the chain screaming 'Where's thing" added Roberts "and that was beating the Ford" The ford was Fred Lorenzen who had earlier chalked up 12R437 to break the old qualifying record of 12614ft "I almost had it flat on the first two laps but I had to cut it down some on the last twoj because the third turn cot slick I and there was rain on my wind- shield" said Roberts Roberts waited out one shower which suspend'd action then let a bunch of tars practice and dry out the track before he took No out again And then he turned it on "I sure thank somebody for drying it out" he said and smiled when somebody sugger ltd that some of them had been Pontiacs Fireball hit 129141 on the! first lap for a new record His times for the four laps were 3833 seconds 3847 3844 and 3859 "I was surprised my second lap wasn't faster than the first" said the Daytona Beach Vet "It seemed so to me" Lorenzen the sensational young Illinois star who had been burning up the track for several days In practice runs had times of 3863 3855 3844 and 3851 seconds in his four laps for his 12843? times He broke a record on the first lap with a time of 128138 "I knew I had to hit four home runs to beat him" said Roberts not calling Lorenzen by name "I used to have the tec-! ord over Ford at four track11 1 then I lost it at two Now I have it back at Daytona Atlanta and Darlinpton and all 1 need is Charlotte" Lorenzen still holds the track's qualifying record of 1286'A set in time trials for the Rebel 300 last spring Roberts said he would rot be surprised to see somebody hit 130 in competition Monday The audit by Town-send and A Starling of Charlotte covers the period Nov 1 I960 to May 31 1961 Only one race the 1961 World 600 was held during that period And the gross income from that race the speedway says was $39804253 They say this represents a 36' 4 per cent increase over admissions for the first World 600 in 1960 The report continues that paid attendance for the 196 1 600 mile race was 46396 But again the speedway letter cautions: '400' the speedway that the financial history of the company over the past ll2 years is bad with resulting lack of confidence needed before they will lend us large sums of money 'About two months ago Curtis Turner and Brutort Smith were replaced by Allen Nance and Duke Ellington as the speedway's top two officials) "The company is now obligated in pay and is now in default on a $20000 first mortgage payment (due) on Aug 20 1961 Mortgages and liens totalling $706814 will be litigated and brought to Judgment the last week of August in Cabarrus County 'Judgment was handed down Wednesday in Cabarrus Superior Court ordering the speedway to pay However the speedway reported that lawyers for companies holding mortgages and liens have agreed to hold off until after the October race) "It is my duty to inform you the current audit also disclosed several accounting discrepancies which cannot be explained by the present management "These matters are being inquired into and will be reported to you as soon as they are finalized and such report feasible in view of the pres-i ent financial status of the com- pany" Holding of the 4no-miie race October is a certainty speedway officials say our fourth down? and he said 'Coach there was a penalty' I was back to the bench before my head cleared and I realized that it was because of the penalty that we were due a fourth down "Then Army beat us 14-13 We had the ball on the five-inch line with fourth down On the play this official stomped his foot two inches two tiny inches outside the goal line Jg if 12 i a i "Even though the last race was unusually successful let me caution you (stockholders) not to gel the impression that the company is in a sound financial condition "Due to excessive expenses from several causes mostly due In undcr-capitalization of the plant construction the company is in serious trouble and can gain financial stability only through the arrangement of long-term financing immediately "'Prospective) lenders tell third highest ever offered harness racing in Arthur brought Harlan Dean from fourth at the end of the pole to third In the stretch during the blistering first heal As Duke Rodney the Yonk-ers Futurity winner and highly favored in the Hamhletonian broke stride while leading in the middle of the stretch Har-bm Dean and Matastar whizzed by and dueled to the finish with Harlan Dean winning by a head In the second heat Harlan Dean beat the unofficial 4-5 favorite Caleb by 24 lengths while Spectator was third and Claire Sampson fourth all a head apart Duke Rodney again broke in the second heat near the quarter pole Caleb owned by Mrs Charlotte De Van of Han-over Pa and piloted by John Simpson took second money $32235 with his 3-2 finishes Matastar was third to earn in a 2-7 effort and Spectator SS417 with fi-3 First heat of 1:38 1 stopped the 1-3S3-5 record or 3-year-old trotters set by Klaine Rodney in the Kentucky Futurity in Lexington last fall and matched by Calch in the recent review futuntv at Springfield 111 lWBlll Hl-U Ml 'f-f team Members smile their plays a little Peter is in Harlan Dean Nabs Trotting Classic DU QUOIN Harlan Dean who had won only once in eight starts this year and did not race at all until July 21 Wednesday trotted successive mile heats of 1:58 2-5 and 15!) to capture the Hamblclonian with a world record performance "This track is always In better shape for the Rebel 300 does not have a new surface on it then and has )nf of rubber on it" Roberts said Py Monday this new surface! will nae ruhnrr on it too and ionr 0ut Lorenzen described the i turn as slick" after his whirl See ROBERTS Paffe nl1 Bv GEORGE (TWIN Gil AM Obarvr Snort Writor Charlotte Motor Speedway has called for a stockholders meeting on Sept 8 in a stronR- ly-worded letter which reveals an audit attendance figures for the 1961 World 600 and admission that an October race must be successful Mailed to 2270 stocKholders Wednesday afternoon the letter urges attendance at the meeting where 1 A report will be made on the financial condition of the speedway 2 A review will be made of the various loan contacts currently working 3 An announcement will be made of a promotional plan which enlists each stockholders' support to insure a complete sellout of tickets for the National 400 stock car race on Oct 15 Leaving little room fur imagination as to the financial status of CMS the letter leads off: "Every stockholder who is interested in saving his investment and who is willing to contribute some time toward this goal is asked to attrnd the stockholders meeting on Sept 8" hitlcss string in the sixth find got three runs Babe Das-kalakis walked and Dick Means singled to right rernie Allen's Charlolta Knoxvilla Clat'a cf Rivtra 2b Jaciuk Roman lb re than Srown If Koiko rf Brienk 3h Smith ab bi 4 111 3 0 11 rl 1110 4 111 110 0 4 1 1 1 10 11 4 0 10 4 0 0 0 1 1 10 4 10 0 Allan lb Val'ai it Mania 3b Ant' no Coin rf otitic cf Daiku lb Mtn It Kaliar Ollva a Clin Law'tkl i b-Gon'Iti Bultara 3 11 4 111 4 111 110 3 111 4 110 10 0 4 CM iooo toot 10 0 0 1000 Totals 31 4 Tolal 31101' Struck out for Ollva In atti 1 Struck out for Uwjnrtowakl in Otn CMARLOTTB Kf-OXVILLE 000 00) JOO OS I 000-1 vnaiquai Anloma CMr-loiia 111: Kniviiii il RivJra Antoina Rnmnn Brown FrH fian Rtvara Clcisw Mnoa- FrerHao Rivra Chartallt Knoxvtiie a ft bb so did IP 4 1-1 I 1 Kair Oliva Lawanrlowski Bulttrj Smith u-eoto and nowo 37 CMS Worl "Now this brings Georgia Tech in Atlanta Teas gets going on the last play of the game He goes all the way 'lKKA1 to beat us 13-10 with the help of three THREE mind you clips Two of my men are set for the tackle and bam they're out down from behind The pictures showed the officials couldn't miss them "I spoke to Bobby Dodd (Tech coachi-about it later and Bobby just laughed and said: it all evens up Bill Coach (Wallace) Wade won one down here couple years ago the same way' 'Ralph Go Tell Your Boss NEVER in my entire coaching career have predicted a win except one time That was over Smith Quells Hornet Rally For 8-6 Smokic Victory 51 Wednesday's Game MARIS One hit in three The brown son of Harlan trained by Del Miller and driven by 42-year-old Jimmy Arthur took a winner's slice of $77364 out of the total purse of $131573 which was I single -scored Daskalakis Nes-ler Velasquez' single scored Means and Ray Mendoza's sacrifice fly sent Allen across Velasquez opened the ninth with a single but was forced at second by Mendoza Antoine doubled for the first run Chuck Coles got an infield hit and Larry Nossck drew a base on balls to load the bases Daskalakis then singled two runners across With the tying runs on base Smith got Means on an easy infield roller and Butters on a strikeout Unitarian Athlrles To lit lmln lriiiuleI VILNNA Austria UP Bulgaria's tup athletes and coaches will undergo political in Russia the Rutcarian Communist party Daily Rnbot-: nichesko Dclo reports It says the step is necessary i "In overcome (he lack of politi- cal conscience among land sports officials" athletes rn mmmmh a piWJl South Carolina in 1957 Warren Giese beat us 7-0 his first season at South Carolina in 1956 It was a fine win for Warren and I said so "But later in the week he made the statement that the key to the win was that he won because of more expert platooning That sort of stuck in our craw here at Duke and that summer I ran into Ralph Floyd one of Warren's assistants and I told Ralph: "Ralph you go back and tell that little crew-cut boss of yours and we're not only gonna beat him this fall we're going to run him right out of the stadium And when we went on the field that night you could feel it that was the full intention of our coaching staff and team "We didn't exactly do it only won by 27-14 but we really meant to" When I beat Frank Howard it's the material lhat did it Rut when Frank beats mc it's the coaching that did it according to Frank I didn't see how he could be as strong last year as the year before but he really thought he was I asked him how he could lose fellows such as Doug Cline and be as strong He said 'Heck Bill I got three bctter'n Cline' "And you want to se a fellow play a good game this fall watch our tackle Art Gregory against Clem-Continued On Tage 6B Col 1 KNOXVILLE Working on a no-hitter for the first five innings Knoxville's Willie Smith had to survive a late Charlotte assault before stashing away an 8-6 decision Wednesday night The Hornets who return home to face pennant winner Asheville tonight at Griffith Park jarred Smith with three-run uprisings in the sixth and ninth innings after being baffled by his serves through the first five innings Bob Saban probably will draw the mound assignment for the Hornets tonight The Smokies gave the fans anxious moments in the ninth when it appeared thev might blow a comfortable lead as they did the night he-fore Smith pitched himself out of the jam by striking out Tom Butlers for the final nut The Hornets broke Smith's I I times at bat Ir MANTLE four times ot home run one MARIS RECORD Homr Gameo Corn AhMd Moris 51 132 7 Mantle 47 132 1 Ruth 51 139 i I )iaj BPllWWMlULLaiUJaiWWJaPWriMwa-W It laHlQl a mOilMlj'LiA Il MUUlUi Ill II I I I I IBM MWnill.