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IP SECTION C-PAGE ONE FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM TUESDAy MORNING JUNE 6 1972 SPORTS-MARKETS-OIL CROSSWORD-OBITUARIES oNomMO ealignment of Major Leagues Gainin Acceptance Everyone who talks of realignment takes inter-league play for granted "Traditional rivalry" no longer is a protection against low attendance in baseball By LEONARD KOPPETT 1972 New York Times News Service Realignment of baseball's major leagues advocated by critics and some insiders for years is closer to acceptance because of two recent events: The move of Willie Mays from San Francisco to New York and a Giant-Dodger game that drew 9885 paid admissions in San Francisco last Thursday Baseball's leadership which has always displayed amazing inertia is often influenced out of proportion by a dramatic or symbolic incident The process behind it may have been going on for a long time but stubbornly ignored but once it displays itself in something that catches everyone's attertic: long-resisted thoughts begin to receive consideration The connection between this habit pattern and the two recent happenings (both involving the Giants only incidentally) runs this way: Realignment means breaking up the existing composition of the four divisions that comprise the two leagues and regrouping the teams in a way to increase attractive pairings It is not automatically tied to inter-league play but everyone who talks of realignment also takes this for granted The resistance to this process has come from those who are unwilling to give up what they consider "traditional" profitable rivalries For instance when the National League expanded from 10 to 12 teams for the 1969 season to match dli eApcutsion already voted by the American the Mets were among those who staunchly opposed breaking the league into two divisions Their avowed reason was that they "couldn't afford" to have only six home games a rx with the Giants and six with the Dodgers instep of the nine they had in the old 10-team schedule Eventually there was a compromise: The American League which had already voted to cut its schedule A) 156 games (meaning three fewer home games fJr each team each year) agreed to go back to 1611 if the National would accept two divisions Furthermore in deference to the Mets the National League ignored geography and put St Louis and Chicago in the Eastern Division with the Mets But time goes on and things change rapidly as the a tried to point out in 1968 Not a single former Brooklyn Dodger is still playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers and the switch of Mays from the Giants to the Mets eliminated the last nos- Turn to Reshaping on Page 3 1M I ErS der Jaikt Elli 4 tW if '1Vom1 4 ry A SELLOUTS IN THE BIG-8 AND OTHER SHORT CHANGE In one mob scene and out the other Texas Tech coaches are up to their clip boards in young football players this month More RT57rl than 700 kids are enrolled in Jim Crien's annual football camp for young Donny Andersons By HAROLD AlcKINNEY Star-Telegram Sports Writer The Texas Rangers return to friendly Arlington Stadium Tuesday night to open a nine-game home stand and try to shake out of their recent overall mark of 18-26 four percentage points ahead of Kansas City in the West 1112 games behind Oakland New York which is in fifth place 612 games behind East leader Detroit hasn't been playing much better The Yankees are 18-24 after dropping a doubleheader to the Chicago White Sox Sunday Thursday night will be Little League and Junior Baseball Night with all youngsters who play in any organized baseball league being admitted free to the general admission section on the basis of one youngster per paid admission Both Wednesday and Thursday games will have a 7:30 pm starting time Jim Shellenback (1-2) and Peter Broberg (3-4) will be Texas' pitchers and they'll face Steve Kline (3-1) and Mel Stott lemyre (5-6) O'''''e 1- 4''1''k'43 ''iN4 15' 4 i': ''t'- A l'il'' 7s: I Se' 1 'S e'484 i 'tS' ON444 0 I 1 1 'Y''' 1 i I -6' 4 Al 0' --t 4:::::4 ::4 'e 1 i I :::1) 1 l'''''7' fP 4 -i -1' ilisikma140 I 4i You've heard about the hot race ex- pected for the Big Eight next fall? They've heard in Nebraska and Colorado too All the home games for the Huskers and Buffs 4 are sold out 1 1: iielik Sugar Bowl brass agreed to a night CHARLES game for TV next holiday and the French FINLEY Quarter bistro and restaurant owners rebelled The bowl people then asked ABC-TV for a 6 pm kickoff so the fans could hit Bourbon Street reasonably early ABC instead ordered an 8 pm liftoff Couldn't knock out the high-rated FBI show at 7 pm 0 SEVERAL promotions are scheduled during the current home stand starting with Cap Night Wednesday night All youngsters 13 years of age and under will receive a replica of the Rangers' red and blue field cap MAKE HASH OF PRO GAME PATERNO SAYS Joe Namath's lawyer is negotiating with the Jets and reportedly asking for a $250000 annual or double the annual paycheck of the NFL's highest paid quarterbacks John Unitas Fran Tarkenton and Sonny Jurgenson Ranger Records New York defending American League champ Baltimore and Milwaukee will visit for three games each starting with Tuesday's 7:30 pm contest Right-hander Dick Bosman will be out to improve on his 3-5 record against the Yankees and Fritz Peterson (3-7) in the series opener Texas which was off Monday showed signs of cracking a two-week slump by blasting five Milwaukee pitchers for 14 hits in a 10-0 victory over the Brewers Sunday afternoon TIIAT WIN the third for the Rangers in their last 14 games snapped a three-game losing streak that had dropped the Rangers into the West Division cellar New York Baltimore and Milwaukee all will be making their first appearances at Arlington Stadium where the Rangers have compiled an 11-1 record Texas has played only at a 7-15 pace on the road for an SUNDAY when the Rangers close their three-game series against Baltimore will be Bat Day and Rangers officials are expecting their biggest crowd of the season All youngsters 13 and under will receive a free little league bat suitable for use in league play Other promotions include Sweetheart and Date Night Family and Senior Citizens Night and Hot Pants Review Night next Tuesday against Milwaukee All girls 14 and older wearing hot pants will be admitted to the stadium free and following the game they will be invited onto the track to compete for prizes and Rangers tickets HITTING Player ab 2b 3b hr rbi ave Nelson )44 23 42 4 2 1 I0 292 Billinns 107 12 26 0 0 2 15 262 Harrah 132 14 32 7 1 0 20 242 Grieve 25160 0 01240 Blittner 65 5 15 2 0 4 231 Maddox 137 20 31 5 1 0 4 266 Howard )05 8 22 3 2 11 210 Suarez 20 1 4 0 0 3 200 Randle 153 13 30 9 1 12 196 Lovitto 85 10 15 2 0 1 176 Burroughs 56 3 9 1 1 2 161 King 66 8 10 3 2 5 152 Mincher 103 14 15 5 4 18 146 Jones 11 1 1 0 0 1 1)91 Kubiak 34010 110029 PITCHING sv-1 ip er bb so era Lindblad 22 29 26 5 4 13 17 124 Pine 0-1 26 18 5 5 10 24 173 Paul 0-2 25 23 9 6 12 14 216 Broberg 34 67 47 26 22 30 47 296 Hand 2-3 33 25 13 11 17 17 291 shellenback 1-2 41 32 16 14 13 21 307 Stanhouse 0-0 16 12 6 6 9 13 338 Cox 1-0 11 16 7 5 4 6 409 Bosman 3-5 58 67 34 28 14 31 434 Gociolowski 3-8 43 44 29 29 17 32 607 Panther 3-1 30 27 16 15 16 14 435 Saves: Pine 8 Lindblad 3 Paul I Cox 1 Guess what Sam Snead did on his 60th birthday recently? Yep went out and shot his Greenbriar course in 63 One of college football's dedicated disciples Penn State's Joe Paterno says "If the colleges get smart and move in the hash marks like the pros did with the option play we'll make pro football look like it's back in the stone age" CHARLEY FINLEY'S promotion wheels have been working overtime in Oakland The Athletics have scheduled 25 special promo games Farmers Day Moustache Day Camera Day and the slickest of all a day honoring bald fans Press Wirephoto Casta Calif His partner is Los Angeles Lakers guard Gail Goodrich Hank Greenburg and Southern Cal basketball coach Bob Boyd won the meet CHESS KING Fischer chess master who'll meet Boris Spassky of Russia for the world title in July serves in the Dewar's Sports Celebrity tennis tourney in Rancho La INDY PENALTY The Baltimore Colts drafted OU quarterback Jack Mildren as a defensive back but now coach Don McCafferty is having wishbone dreams "Mildren was the best wishbone quarterback in the couhtry" McCafferty says "We may put in six seven wishbone plays that could be disruptive to a defense EVERY DkW 15 LliL DAVII Is g63 DAvatip mterty ivii Panel to Hear Grant Appeal hoses to Grant's car for about six seconds Grant who had finished second was dropped to 12th place in the official standings a difference of about $72000 in prize money Gurney had admitted the 1 infraction but is appealing because he feels the penalty is too severe and there is no set penalty for the infraction in the rule book Brockman said the results of the meeting Tuesday will not be announced until at least Wednesday or Thursday lie said "We do not want to make an announcement on the outcome until we are able to write a full report giving our reasons" Brockman said all interest ed parties including drivers and car owners who finished second through 12th have been invited to appear at the hearing BECAUSE 'ARRY'S PRICES ARE SO IAUCH LOWER THAN SUCAZSTED Rua PRtas THE IAANUFACTURERS WILL NOT PERT4IT US TO INDIVIDUALLY warty THEIR SHOES HOWEVER LARR'rS CARRIES ONLY THE MD'S FINTiT NATIONALLY ADVERTISED FIRST QUALITY SHOES AT GUARANTEED YAM 1SE 'ARRY'S PRICES ARE SO MUCH LOWER THAN SUGGESTED RETAIL THE MANUFACTURERS WILL NOT PERMIT US TO INDIVIDUALLY IT MDR SHOES HOWEVER LARRY'S CARRIES ONLY THE WORLD'S NATIONALLY ADVERTISE) FIRST QUALM' SWF AT GUARANTEED (A INDIANAPOLIS president of the United States Auto Club said Monday a three-man panel will hear the appeal of race driver Jerry Grant Tuesday morning Charlie Brockman said he would reside over the closed hearing but he did not identify the other members of the panel The appeal filed by Dan Gurney owner of Grant's car concerns a penalty assessed Grant for an illegal fueling on the 188th lap of the Indianapolis 500-mile race May 27 Grant pulled into the pits because of a handling problem and Gurney thinking Grant was running out of fuel stopped the car in the pit of teammate Bobby Unser The crew coupled Unser's fueling HARD-HEADED PILOT COMMANDING PADRES Frank Broyle will get one of the hot stick as usual in the annual Coaches Golf Tournament at Bella Vista Ark but wife Barbara won't chase him around the course "I'm going shopping" she says "And if he has a good round I'll tell him what I spent Don Zimmer who replaced Preston Gomez as the San Diego pilot leads the league in skull indentions In 1953 the little hard-head was beaned and urnderwent brain surgery Doctors said he'd never recover enough reflexes to play again So two years later he hit 15 homers for the Dodgers He was hit in the face by a fastball in 1956 and doctors said he was lucky to be alive Two years later he hit 17 homers and played in 127 games for the Dodgers High salaries and players jumping between leagues has spoiled Tom Meschery's appetite for pro basketball The former NBA player recently quit as the ABA Carolina coach and said "The individualism has become ridiculous We've lost the concept of team loyalty and spirit It's just who can run away and get the buck the fastest "I think the game should be de-emphasized Houston's Watson NL Player of May SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Bob Watson of the Houston Astros was named National League Player of the Month Monday by a panel of 60 baseball writers and broadcasters Hitting six homers last month Watson compiled a 370 batting average with 37 hits in 100 at-bats Ile hit homers in four consecutive games from May 21-23 and batted in 20 runs WI' Today in Sports York vs Rangers Arlington Stadium 130 pm KRLD WOVEN fir dung Nunn 111 44 fik-e A WI CD1 4 1 i (r Sug Retail $3200 Ima re A FZ1 IE 1 14 4It I VIRRY 13: VWV 3ta fli 2 1 ON i-1 cit 4 kb lc i I 1 1 i 1 WAYS tifitita I (7 MigW8 RAEE4 WOVEN sm Es 1 1 I i 1 tkil II 1 01)'' i ''t i i Sug Retail 0 4 $3200 I i 44 4 ''4'' hi 1 4 4004' 1 4 4 4 tt om Ao $40'41' 1 1 ies 1 ampostacso (- I I 41 1 '11 3 04Ael i 0 0 al 71 I i 4 41 1: tIARRY1 i 1 1 Woman Leads 'Racy' Life toil Mama Arch Support 0 Brown or Black 0 Cool Comfort SIZES OVER 12 SLIGHTLY HIGHER PLEtITY OF FREE PARKMGI 1 0 Arch Support iimtitottt 0 Brown or flack Cool Comfort SIZES OVER 12 SLIGHTLY HIGHER ITT OF FREE PARItINGI eQlliakSCataawm Photos RITA SAYERS Longhorn trophies -1-- I ''1': i :) N4 i tic1 r7N 'y141: i I t-1: A 0 1 A 1 i 16 It Is 1 7 ti I I 4 i l'' ts :1: 'N--4 i 1::::: 1:: 1 '1j1I'''14 i' i ii V' 1- i 19 i- 7r7i 11 tttr: 7 iv''' 3'''Z'''' r'4 1 1 I I Photos 1 RITA SAYERS Longhorn trophies 1 1 1 profession "I'm not a professional in the sense this is not a career with me" the pert Paschal and Texas Wesleyan grad is quick to point out "On the weekends it's fine and lots of fun but I've got other things to do during the week "Usually we race Friday and Saturday nights and sometimes we go out of town to run on Sunday if we can find a race somewhere" Rita said "It gets kind of tiring when you hit a long spell of losing but victory is always sweet enough to keep you going" Luckily for Rita victories have been frequent She' Ll the only female who has ever qualified for the top 16 eliminators at SSIN (she's No 9) she's a former national record holder in the optional automatic with an elapsed time of 1223 and 11250 miles per hour (it was broken just this year) and she raced all over Texas Oklahoma and Louisiana and a little in California "I like the competition the good times" Rita said "But most of all I've met a lot of nice people and made so many new friends" Friends that is until the green light flashes on the track Then brother watch her smoke By JIM REEVES Star-Telegram Sports Writer On weekdays Rita Sayers splits time as a medical technologist and a housewife But come the weekend she swaps her cloak of everyday living for a crash helmet and heads for the nearest raceway And it's paying off for the 27-year-old blonde who began her racing career eight years ago She's been a drag racer the past five years one of the few women drivers in the country "I've always like to race but I never could afford anything super fast" Rita said Monday after a full weekend of driving "I started racing my little work car and it sort of grew from that" Grow it did Over the weekend Rita won super stock competition at Dragway "my home track" she said with a smile At Dallas International Speedway she was one of seven eliminator champions in the Longhorn Nationals Rita drives two drag racers her "little work car" a 1969 factory stock Chevy Nova and a blue and white super stock automatic Chevelle As successful as Rita has been there's been a good bit of prize money coming in to bolster the family income her husband John is the family mechanic but she says racing is a hobby not a At LOCATION tet I lit AI' TION CA fk 4-FORT WORTH 249 WEST 13TH 332-M2 OPEN DAILY 'TM 6 PM THURSDAY FRI NIGHTS 'TM 9 pm ARLINGTON 106M GALLERIA 2652A16 OM DAILY 'TH 7 PM THURS FRI NIGHTS 711:9 PM --FORT WORTH 249 WEST I3TH 332-M2 OKA DAILY 'TIL 6 PM THURSDAY FRI NIGHTS 'TIL 9 PAL ARLINGTON cApitotitlitlyA4 rsatt 7 p141c THEIRS I FRI NIGHTS 711:9 PM 1316 Larry' A I I I 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