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The Miami Herald from Miami, Florida • 46

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The Miami Heraldi
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Miami, Florida
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46
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"nryrr 4-D THE MIAMI HERALD Fri May 21 1971 By Cavaliers all but one of its first six draft picks Lockett an Indiana native also was drafted by Florida of the American Basketball Association He averaged 248 points and 17 rebounds per game for Arkansas Lockett Signed CLEVELAND (UPI) The Cleveland Cavaliers have signed their third round draft choice Gerald (Helicopter) Lockett a 6 foot 8 inch forward from Arkansas Cleveland now has signed Triple-A Baseball Today No Better Than Class A of Yesteryear Bauer TOJCX TE3 AK3 S2VKX mas iX dOTOOOMILt GUARANTEE John Milner Ted Martinez and Chico Diaz goal is simple reason I came down to the minor leagues" he says to prove to some big league general managers that I can still ItZTjj SKID BALAKCSIG By DAVE LEWIS WrittM for Associated Press NORFOLK Va Hank Bauer wonders what hap- pened to the minor league baseball he left some 23 I years ago not the same" he said like when I Bauer is manager of the Tidewater Tides a Triple-A farm club of the New York Mets in the International League THE LAST time the former at home going to the mailbox on the first and 15th of each month to collect checks from Finley on the second year of his Oakland contract NOW HE has a Tidewater team that got off to a slow start and as of Monday found itself in fourth place with a 14-15 record Bauer has seen enough of the International League to judge for himself now Triple-A baseball now is like a good Class A league when I played he said New York Yankee outfielder was in the minors was in 1948 at Kansas City then in the American Association From there it was 12 golden years with the Yankees a couple more with Kansas City and then managerial jobs for Charles Finley at Kansas City and Oakland with a world championship at Baltimore in between Why the comedown to the minors? nobody else offered me a job" said Bauer He spent the 1970 season old baseball school He likes his pitchers to throw long and hard A good fastball pitcher lights up eyes like a Christmas tree So far his Tidewater pitchers have been doing very little of anything They have a combined 460 earned run average at last look The bullpen is weary and only Jim Bibby and Jon Mat-lack have pitched complete games care who you are you win without says Bauer whose trademark is his gravel voice and bulldog face The former Marine has some promising hitters down on the Met farm Leroy Stanton Mike Jorgensen i 1 at DINNER HEY AUDITORIUM TONIGHT 8:30 PM JAN MARSH VS AL CAPONE Mischievous Williams Chosen No 1 Athlete big leagues? Only Bauer says the reason for the decline in quality is expansion I played there were 16 big league teams -Now there are 24 200 players who have no business in the big BAUER can use his playing credentials as a guideline In 1947 for Kansas City he batted 313- with 16 home runs and 79 runs batted in even get invited the next spring to the Yankee he says know what they told me? Go back and do it So Bauer did and a bit more In 1948 he was batting 305 with 23 homers and 100 runs batted in when the Yankees called him up in September first game was in Yankee Stadium and they had 64000 that day" he recalls was hitting third in the lineup and there was a runner on second base who was stealing third I stuck my bat out to protect the runner and lined a single into right field how I broke into the big leagues I got two more hits that day Three straight hits and I said to myself this is finished the month hitting BAUER COMES from the THE THE BUTCHER VS GOLDEN GLADIATOR TAG-MATCH from competitive fame is SPEEDY GONZALEZ DIRTY DICK ADAMS Vfe EAGLE CONIL VS DR MIKE GORDON GIRLS GIRLS CARMEN MONGE Iff DONNA RAY THE MAD MEXICAN iff MIGUEL SERRANO PUERTO RICAN CHAMP NOTHING seemed fo deter him A cracked rib a bone chip in his ankle a painful hip injury and finally food poisoning all befell him during a 10-week football season Nothing could keep him out of uniform maybe because his a doctor and his mother a registered nurse But probably because Williams marked himself as an unyielding competitor an athlete he dedicates himself in the truest sense of the Jupin said is respected for his sincerity admired for his appreciation of accomplishments and is known for the consideration he gives to the opinion of Ringside $4oo res $3oo gen $200 KIDS UNDER 12 BRING THIS AD SAVE $100 ON ADULT TICKETS The past two seasons broad-shouldered Johnny had a string of 48 consecutive wrestling triumphs His Wrestler of the Year status became a foregone conclusion really says Doug Scott a Southwest defensive back never seen a guy so modest He gets embarrassed every time he gets an award" THE NEPHEW of former Navy running back Pete Williams Johnny accepted a full athletic scholarship to the University of Miami It means forsaking wrestling for his truest Jove football was an ideal captain not only because of his wrestling ability" said Coach Jim Husk even more important his leadership qualities Johnny was most always the first on the mat and the last to leave normally because he was teaching younger Teachers note his modesty and genuine friendliness is certainly a leader among his said his government teacher James Talbott communicates well with all students John will go out of his way to speak to students who are less recognized or popular than His psychology teacher John Sheridan is succinct is very simply a fine young man cooperative pleasant and sensitive to the feelings of others When someone praises him he shines making you forget his day we'll give you a Memorial Day weekend to remember It printed Irani lit Thunday edition By BOB KEARNEY Herald Prop Writer With a stature and a countenance teeming I with mischief little wonder Johnny Williams gets into the doghouse Innocent prankster and The 1971 Athlete of the Year Williams fool with any sanctimonious super-hero role Nor is he a wise guy Yet friends of his recently awoke to find an eight-foot 220-pound shark draped across their car Actually Johnny wanted to plop the fish in another swim-l mingpool 2 And then the time in the freezing showers 'of the Southwest High varsity dressing room that Williams accidently smacked Coach Gene Jupin with a soggy towel Or the day Williams missed a class fish a truck out of a Coach Tom Mitchell read the excuse (really legitimate) with an unbelieving shrug BUT JOHNNY Williams whose deep-set eyes always have a competitive glint I pulled other practical jokes Linebackers and tackles I despaired at his ability to elude their grasp a run- ning back with astonishing I balance it looks like his knees are on the ground only begun to tackle appraised Coral Gables Coach Nick Kotys I Williams wriggled his five- foot eight-inch frame for a city-leading 854 yards rush- ing including a 10-yard 4 touchdown burst on his I 136th and final carry OTHER pranks? 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