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THf 106AM NEWS Pose 6 August 11 I WO Bouton Sets Retirement; Plans To Write 2nd Book By JOHN HOTARD Associated Press Sports Writer HOUSTON Pitcher Jim Bouton. author of the controversial book, ha.s called his own third strike He said he just didn't have it anymore and announced his retirement Monday from baseball Bouton said he didn't want to spend the next couple of years in ihe minor leagues trying to get his once-famed knueklebali boi k. He made the announcement at a news conference at the apartment complex where he lives. Bouton had pitched and lost two games for Oklahoma City, lie re the Houston Astros sent him July 31. been having trouble with the knueklebali this year and it looks like it might take me another two or three years bouncing around in the minor leagues to perfect he said TD have two kids in school this fall and three next year.

The minors are a very rough life for a family He said he'd rather make the break now instead of next spring because of job opportunities which might not be available then Meanwhile, the 31-year-old tcher plans to see if he can make it in the semipros. indicating he will play for the Ridge- od Paramus Barons near his heme in Wyckoff. N.J. they'll let me play if I ran come up with a he laughed He eligible to play for the Barons until next year. He also will write a sequel to his best-seller.

Bouton said he decided to quit ntaot Saturday and General M. Richardson Sundav night The right-hander to Houston from Oklahoma late night and told the club Monday morning he wanted to be put on the voluntary retirement list. He is technically under suspension until the retirement is official, Houston Manager Harry Walker said when the book came out this year that Ronton's pitching might suffer because he ould be having interviews while on the road. Bouton acknowledged Monday that it had He has drawn no fines from the Astros, although some sider iht book critical of Richardson and Walker. He was o.

ed in for a conference with Raseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn Bouton, who entered the maims with the New York Yankees idtv' and slaved with them until 1968. has been severely critics ed by Ins peers for the book, which includes his diary on lOi ker room conversations and opinions of his Yankee teammates and other ball players. Bouton was sent to Oklahoma City after all other major league clubs passed up a chance to pick him up on waivers for SCO (XX). He had a 4-6 Houston record and a 5.42 ERA. His major league career record stands at 59-60.

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McGlothlin was released Monday from Daniel Freeman Hospital in Los Angeles after undergoing treatment and examination for a hairline fracture of the temporal bone over the right eye. He was to be re-examined today. He received the injury Sunday in the third inning of the second game of doubleheader with the Dodgers when Bill Grabarkewitz hit him with a line drive. The Reds said that the injury was not believed to be serious and that McGlothlin would probably not miss too many games. However, they could not pinpoint exactly how long he will be out.

just pretty McGlothlin said via telephone. just black, blue and yellow, and wearing this big bandage. I look like I just came back from the Carroll was spiked on the right foot Friday night against the Dodgers. Simpson is suffering from a shoulder injury, and Maloney severed an Achilles tendon early in the year but is due to return to action soon. ft's America's largest selling brand of cigars.

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Pat Meadows socked a double and two singles, while Jill Brown, Charlene Smith and Judy Kornmiller each rapped three one-baggers. Landmark had only seven hits, topped by Sharon Thompson with a double and single and Jan Smith with two singles. game will pit Parkview Beauty Salon (3-7) against Gulf (3-8) at 7 p.m. on the Hilltop diamond. Vic Sette Fires Hole-ln One At Hocking Hills CC Vic Sette of 713 Warner Ave.

joined elite Saturday, turning in a hole-in-one at Hocking Hills Country Club. Wielding a No. 4 wood, Sette blasted the ace on the second hole. A superintendent at the Logan Carborundum plant, Sette was playing in a foursome rounded out by Earl Valiquette, plant manager; Pnil Chase and Dave managers of labor relations and manufacturing, respectively, at Niagara Falls, N.Y., plant. $3 to show.

The 5-4 daily double of Cattle Ed Jones and Adios Flyer paid $33.60. The quinella, 8-9, was worth $125.40. Attendance handle $204.009. CHASKA, Minn. (AP) Gene Sarazen, one of four men who have won the Big Four titles in golf, finds it difficult to compare game with that of 30 and 40 years ago.

overusing water on golf Sarazen said in an interview. keep watering the courses just to make them green. not aware that nature can come in and knock them out. why so many of our courses turn into swamps when it rains. almost impossible to compare golf today with that of Sarazen said in a break during his visit to the Twin Cities and Hazeltine National Golf Club, site of the 1970 U.S.

Open in June. they say they have a course 7,000 yards long, lying. more like 8,500 yards. Because when you overwater a course, losing 30 to 40 yards a Sarazen, 68, figures that professionals are better players. doubt about he said.

are great players. Terrific power players. Jack Nicklaus is the most powerful hitter in the history of golf. the first guy seen win the British Open without putting well. He need to worry about his two-putts.

I had a game, though, between Nicklaus and Ben Sarazen said, probably would take Hogan. He hit it as far as Nicklaus, but he always kept the ball in stand a Sarazen said he has played Hazeltine three times and score well because of its Tony Jacklin won the Open June 21 by seven strokes over Dave Hill, who criticized the many doglegs on the course and said all it needed was 80 acres of corn and some cows. The comments resulted in a $150 fine. You Can't Sell Me One ol Those $50.00 Deductibles I RESOLVE this season to get that NEW BROAD FORM poucy from McCray-Pond Palmer Eyes His Chances In PGA Tilt WICHITA FALLS, Tex. (AP) want to win the PGA, no doubt about it, hut I be here if I consider this tournament just as Arnold Palmer had that word Monday for some 450 teen-agers who gathered for a clinic put on by the golfing great who flew from Tulsa, site of the PGA.

the only major tournament Palmer has never won. concerned with the disenchanted youth in our land, and I consider one of the most important things in life is to get kids. on the golf he said. never found a kid on a golf course dipping in a dope Palmer played seven holes with Texans Bobby Harwell and Ben Crenshaw, who tied for the low amateur in the U.S. Open, and Oklahomans Mark Debolt and Bruce Scott.

A crowd followed them over the Weeks Park Memorial Golf Course. To amazement, Harwell eagled the first hole and birdied the second. Palmer jokingly gave him a long stare before teeing off on the next hole and Harwell proceeded to bogey two in a row. kid is great but I had to slow him laughed Palmer, who was even par over the holes played. BASEBALL STANDINGS By TIIE ASSOCIATED PRESS American League East Division W.

L. Pet. G.B. Baltimore 71 42 .628 New York 61 51 .545 9V6 Detroit 60 53 .531 11 Boston 56 54 .509 13J2 Cleveland ..56 58 491 15Mi 51 62 .451 20 West Division Minnesota 69 41 .627 California 64 49 566 6 2 Oakland 64 50 .561 7 Kansas City 42 71 .372 28(2 Milwaukee 42 73 .365 Chicago 42 74 .362 20 Games Cleveland (Chance 7-5) at Oakland (Hunter 15-9), Baltimore (Cuellar 15-7) at California (Messersmith 8-9), Detroit (Kilkenny 6-2) at Milwaukee (Downing 4-8), Minnesota (Perry 17-9) at Washington (Cox 6 8 Chicago (Janeski 8-11) at New York (Stottlemyne), 10-10 Kansas City (Rooker 7-11) at Boston (Peters 10-9), Wednesday's Games Cleveland at Oakland, Baltimore at California, Detroit at Milwaukee, Minnesota at Washington, Chicago at New York, Kansas City at Boston National League East Division W. L.

Pet. G.B. Pittsburgh 64 51 .557 New York 60 52 .536 2 V2 Chicago 58 56 .509 St. Louis 53 60 .469 10 52 60 .464 10Mi Montreal 49 66 .246 15 West Division Cincinnati 77 39 .664 Los Angeles 63 49 .563 12 San Fran. 55 57 .491 20 Atlanta 54 59 .478 21Ms Houston 51 63 .447 25 San Diego 45 69 .395 31 Games San Francisco (Reberger 4-4) at Chicago (Jenkins 13-13) Los Angeles (Osteen 11-10) at Pittsburgh (Dal Canton 7-1), San Diego (Wilson 0-2) at St.

Louis (Briles 4-3), Montreal (Morton 14-7) at Atlanta (Nash 11-4), New York (McAndrew 6-10 or Frisella 5-1) at Cincinnati (Nol- Lancaster Wins Its Opener In Legion Tourney ASHLAND, Ohio (AP) Defending champion Cincinnati, with one loss in the double elimination state American Legion baseball tournament, meets Ottawa in one of three 9 a.m. second-round contests today. Worthington scored a run in the 12th inning Monday to upset Cincinnati, 3-2, and will play Lancaster in one of three 1 p.m. games today. Miamisburg, whose 50-13 record was the best of any team in the tournament, defeated East Liverpool, Monday and will play Sidney at 1 p.m.

In other first-round games Monday, Sandusky trounced Ottawa, 12-3; Lancaster edged Bridgeport, 2-1; Washington Court House downed Leavittsburg, 7-1; Sidney squeezed by Ashley, 2-1, and Kent beat Parma, 4-1. Other 9 a.m. games today pit Bridgeport against East Liverpool and against Parma. Sandusky plays Leavittsburg in the other 1 p.m. game today and Kent meets Washington Court House at 3:30 p.m.

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