Tulsa World from Tulsa, Oklahoma • 58

TULSA DAILY WORLD THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 25 1969 IT'S OICIAL THOSE METS ARE KINGS Braves' Jarvis Hurls 3 Hitfer go see the Amaz won their 33 2 8 2 lb cf ODDS TO WIN IN EAST 30 2 4 2 0 1967 Im Chicago I $6497 W' 7997 I PETERS VICTOR 7 SHOTGUN SHELLS TIRES DICK BLANCHARD The man to wear No 90 rt i 5 0 the public introduced 3 2 5 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 10 0 0 3 0 10 4 0 10 3 0 0 0 3 0 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 0 BRIAR MALL 9126 East 31st 2 2 0 0 2 2 3 1 5 Clendenon Hits Pair as Genfry Rips Cards 6 0 be traced he thinks with people and 1 had a basic interest most of place and games on ab bi 4 0 10 4 110 3 0 0 03 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 11 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 tVI ffiii ab bi 4 0 0 0 4 12 1 4 0 3 0 4 0 10 0 0 0 0 3 10 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 11 3 0 10 4 0 0 0 12 20 410 GA Ventilated Rib Plain Barrel Ventilated Rib not in 12 GA 3 1 5 6 8 16 GA 2'i L6 8 9 20 GA 2'4 7 5 8 9 ph 2 Section 32 3 8 1 0 11 1 0 0 3 After a 45 minute analysis position by position Met by Met along with a few hundred words about the front office caller wanted to know if he'll go back for the playoff games and possibly the World Series the club has been very good to me paid me a nice salary all these four years and without even a contract mind he began I believe I might get invited back But I know if I'll be able to get a seat has got so back there people wont the big bullpen stopper after failing twice before to stick as a starter Losing was still the name of the game when Seaver joined the club in 1967 "There was an aura of he said 32 6 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 LOB MOSSBERG Pump Shotgun 12 16 20 410 GA Plain Barrell Arcia 2b RPena 3b OBrown rf errara If Gaston cf Colbert lb Murrell cf Cannizzro Dean ss Santorini Dukes ab bi 4 111 4 0 10 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 10 2 0 0 0 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 29iTl Associated Press WIREPHOl'O The Original Met Casey Stengel joins in celebration other remarkable 1969 feat first stroll on the moon But the Mets win with mirrors Like so many champions be fore them their secrets of suc cess were talent togetherness and a little bit of luck BALL CLUB HAS talent for the first said Cleon Jones the 26 year old outfielder zeroing in on the NL baiting title mean real talent all the way through not just one or two nothing mystical about it unless you call having confidence in your ability to win mystical" said outfielder Ron Swoboda 25 who came off the bench when Jones was hurt during the August September stretch run and spanked win ning hits in several key games lot of our young guys had good years And guys kept pick ing each other up all the been as good a team effort as anybody ever showed said Hodges who brought the Mels home on top in his second year at the helm and the first go round with two six team divisions THE METS WHO TOPPED the two million mark in home attendance on the way to the flag had been first in the hearts of the Shea Stadium faithful and last or next to last in the standings since their birth as a 1962 ex pansion club It took them two full seasons at the outset to match the 91 4 nia campus started dentistry but now coming back a business course he thinks you SAN DIEGO ab bi 4 12 0 NEW YORK ab bl 3 10 0 4 0 0 0 3 2 2 4 3 10 0 4 12 2 4 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 victories they reached this year on Sept 13 And they finished GO1: 48 40 and 47 games be hind the NL pennant winners in their first four campaigns In 1966 three shortstop Bud Harrelson catch er Jerry Grote and Jones joined the club in what amount ed to the first stage in transi tion The following year the Mets slipped from ninth place to last again with a record 54 half of them pitchers New York pinstripes at one time or another our of the pitchers who stuck with the club however proved to be valuable assets in run for the money 'Tom Seav er then 22 captured Rookie of the Year honors and was to be come the first 20 game winner ever as well as their inspirational leader two years later THE VETERANS Don Cardwell Cal Koonce and Ron made major con tributions this season while complementing the finest young arms in the majors Southpaw Jerry Koosman 25 arrived last year from the mi nors along with right handers Nolan Ryan 22 and Jim Mc Andrew 25 and won 19 games as a rookie Koosman has topped the 15 victory mark this year despite spring arm trou ble Gary Gentry a 22 year old right hander is the 1969 rookie prize while left Tug McGraw 24 who first came up four years ago has developed into uiiibwiiHi ab bl 1 0 0 0 Agee cf cjones it Clndenon lb Swoboda rf Charles 3b Grote Weis 2b Gentry Mets because they get got from the Southern Califor in the ballpark The original manager of the original ones has strong feeling about the pitching "They got six pitchers and if one gets a sore arm they still got he advised are strikes and the batters have to hit at it And the ball has now got a little' jump on it and a jump ing ball to hit at is some times a Casey has always been high on the leading pitcher Tom Seaver whom New York Charles (3) if 1 342 3 2 NEW YORK The incredi ble implausible New York Mets clinched the National East Division championship Wednesday night riding two homers by Donn Clendenon and the four hit pitching of Gary Gen try to a 6 0 victory over the St Louis Cardinals Clendenon and Ed Charles wal loped home runs in a five run Met explosion in the first in ning and Clendenon connected again in the fifth as Gentry a rookie righthander coasted to his 12th victory The victory climaxed an im possible dream for the Mets Cinderella team They had never finished higher than ninth in seven previous seasons and avoided a cellar finish last year by just one game THE METS SPENT the season in second trailed Chicago by 9la Aug 13 Suddenly New York caught fire and the Cubs began losing Wednesday night's victory gave the Mets a 34 10 record since that date New York overtook Chicago on Sept 10 moving into first place for the first time in history It also marked the first time all season that the Cubs had fallen out of the lead Until then' Chi cago had spent 155 consecutive days in first place New York kept the pressure on winning 11 of the next 15 games while the Cubs continued to stum ble The Mets clinched a tie for the pennant Tuesday night and came to the ballpark Wednesday knowing that a Cubs' loss to Mon treal would rap up the title BUT WHILE THE PLAYERS were taking batting practice Chicago's 6 3 victory over the Expos was posted on the score board That meant to clinch the title the Mots would have to beat the Cards They wasted no time doing just that before an up roarious crowd of 54928 Steve Carlton who set a major league record by striking out 19 batters in his last start against the Mots struck out only one Wednesday night It was the only out he got Bud Harrelson led off the first inning with a looping single and Tommie Agee walked Cleon Jones back in the line up after missing 14 games with a rib in juiy received a standing ovation Jrom the capacity Shea Stadium crowd But Carlton struck him out ST LOUIS Brock If lood cf Davallllo Pinson rf Torre lb MCarver Shannon 3b Javier 2b Maxvill ss White ph DaVanon ss Carlton Giusti Hague ph Camolsl Simmons ph Grant Total SI Louis New York DaVanon New York SI Louis 4 New York 6 2B Grote HR vienaenon i inj Carlton (L 17 11) Giusti Campisl Grant Gentrv (W12 12) 2:02 54928 RERBBSO 5 1 0 0 0 fs Raining Corks or Reigning Mets NEW YORK (LTD After the New York Meets clinched the National League Eastern Di vision title Monday night the following messages appeared on the US Weather Bureau tele type wire: Bureau radar locat ed showers of champagne over Shea Stadium in New York They decreased very ER BB SO 3 0 NEW YORK New Eve came unexpectedly early in New York on a Wednesday night Sept 24 There was confetti streamers 'firecrackers horns and 56587 bursting people They were cele brating not in Times Square but in Shea Stadium where the New York Mets had just first championship rom the moment address announcer first place New York to the double play that gave the Mets a 6 0 victory over St Louis that clinched the National East Division title there was bedlam out to study I understand to USC into which shows make money them said Casey who must have felt the same way since his initial ambition years ago wasto be a tooth pulling dentist concluded Ca sey to lose at homeand win on the road Now they win on the road and win at home Hart 4 2 3 1 (Hunt) ER BB SO 1 I 4 2 2 3 0 0 1 HOUSTON Morgan 2b JAIou If Wynn cf NMiller rf Menke ss Blefary 1b Rader 3b Edwards Griffin Lampard Gladding Total 010 000 0 1 100 000 Houston 2 Didier (12) 3 0 6 2 hv Santorini (McCovey) Santorini Tops Astros 2 1 HOUSTON (41 Tony Gon solo homer in the eighth inning snapped a 1 1 tie and Pat Jarvis hurled a three hitter as rampaging Atlanta turned back Houston 2 1 Wednesday night It was the sixth straight vic tory for the Braves who increased their National League West lead games over San rancisco as the Giants lost to San Diego 3 2 Gonzalez 12th home run set tled a solid pitching duel be tween Jarvis 12 11 and Tom Griffin The Astros scored in the first1 inning on Joe Morgan's 15th ho mer But the Braves tied it in the second on a walk to Orlando Cepeda and Bob double to the opposite field in left The count ran to 1 and on Gonzalez before he unloaded a drive that reached the bleachers in center field The Braves have won 13 of their last 16 and are 7 3 on their cur rent road trip ATLANTA Millan 2b Gonzalez cf HAaron rf Carty If Lum If Cepeda 1b CBoyer 3b Didier Garrido ss Jarvis Remington BLUE ROCK TARGETS $1 79 Limit 1 Per Customer i last Boring Linebacker coach Dave Brazil confessed 1 11 JL Ua mne Aim hitfripcr THE IRST TIME VINCE CARILLOT SAW LINEBACKER Dick Blanchard wearing No 90 the Tulsa football coach gasped as if he had seen a ghost A lovely ghost Jersev No 90 is to Carillot what No 9 (Ted Williams) is to Boston Red Sox' owner Tom Yawkey The ultimate At Michigan State where Carillot was defensive coach No 90 was worn by George Webster the Spartans' nonpareil linebacker and al ready a professional superstar with the Houston Oilers Carillot put Webster on a pedestal greatest player I ever coached and one of the greatest I've ever Carillot says of the tall cat quick Webster Michigan State retired No 90 after senior season in 1966 Carillot was resigned to never seeing No 90 again except in a Hall of ame showcase or in a Houston Oiler game The unexpected sight of Blanchard wearing No 90 startled Carillot But if any Tulsa player should wear No 90 Blanchard quali fies The lanky redshirt sophomore not only plays Webster's position but also has the same intellectual and attitude qualities as Webster And while there may never be another Webster anywhere Blanchard has indicated he will make a name for himself Something to Build Around He is a key figure in hope for the future He is one of the players around whom Tulsa will build In liis college debut last week at Colorado Blanchard was best performer He threw the key block on Davis Moss 76 yard punt return and also made numerous other winning As the monster linebacker in 4 4 3 defense Blanchard was pitted against a big experienced sharp blocking Colorado offensive line The Buffs repeatedly blocked other TU linebackers on their backs But Blanchard consistently stayed on his feet and fought his way to the ball That Blanchard would play so well in his first game did surprise his coaches His pre season practice performances dicated as much But this kind of performance would have surprised them 1 i 1 1 lArrAA A I inZinn'LPr IrfVK 111 flLll LUlllVUUVU think much of Blanchard in the beginning He was our biggest surprise in spring Recruited as a split end out of Matteson Ill Blanchard was moved to linebacker after two freshman games and red shirted last year When new staff began spring practice Blanchard was tried at center then tight end then defensive end SPORTS (DORIO BY BILL CO NNORS Sports Editor WWW 4 0 2 0 Harrelson ss 3 I 10 i 3 0 10 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 10 3 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 4 0 Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 500 010 Blanchard who says he probably never played more than three downs of defense during his high school career found much about his play to criticize when he viewed the Colorado film think we all fell the score 14 35 was not an indication cf how we Blanchard said But we aie young and we made a lot of mistakes know 1 made a lot of bad plays that could have been avoided if I had just been a step quicker what 1 am working on this week Arkansas sends a lot of people at you when they run am going to needLooking ahead Blanchard said whole team thinks are going to pull off a lot of surprises before this year isver for A lot of If so one of the reasons will be No JO "But the biggest change was in my quickness When I came ugh! NEED UM TIRES? 7231 622 1 330 DI IV 15h LU 5 1557 47th Rl 7 8067 Admiral PI ot Harvard I WE 9 4464 8rak shocki Alignment His older brother Bill was a tackle at Southern Illinois when the Salukis sprang their 16 13 upset of Tulsa two years ago At Matteson which is 30 miles south of Chicago Blanchard con sidered football his favorite sport but won more honors as an MVP basketball center was really just a hobby he said and ben only 6 3 I knew I play in college I tied to play a little freshman basketball here and it didn't take me long learn it was a lot different than in high school So was the football Blanchard learned He was too slow to play split end and too light (190) to be a lineman He gamed 20 well distributed pounds as a redshirt and the improve! quickness came in Edge conditioning I class Whatever he is Blanchard figures he owes to being red shirted Redshirt Got Bigger Quicker coach (Glenn) Dobbs called me in last year to say he was going to redshirt me" Blanchard recalled he told me both of his sons were red shirted and he felt it would be best week before we went to Colorado I went by his office and told him I thought red shirting was the best thing that ever liannened to me I worked with weights and built up mv Ws which were always skinny and gut stronger jiere I was timed in the 40 in 52 or 53 Now 1 do Blanchard who says he probably never played more Total Atlanta Houston Atlanta 8 Houston 3 Morgan (15) Gonzalez IP Jarvis (W 12 9 Griffin (LJ1 9) ft Gladding 1 2:61 A 10055 Padres Push Giants V2 Back on 3 2 Jolt SAN DIEGO Reliever Tom Dukes choked off a San rancisco rally in the eighth inning Wednes day night as San Diego's National League West spoilers scored their second straight victory over the Giants 3 2 The loss coupled with 2 1 victory over Houston dropped the Giants '1 games back of the Braves in the West chase A dropped fly ball by left field er Jim Ray Hart gave the Padres two unearned runs in a three run first inning as rookie righthander Al Santorini 8 13 best San ran cisco ace Juan Marichal 20 11 Singles by Jose Arcia and Ro berto Pena set up a run scoring double by Ollie Brown There were Padres at second and third with two out when Hart dropped Ivan long liner for an error letting in two runs sixth of the season SAN OANCIsrn uentes 3b Hunt 2b Mays cf McCovey Bonds rf Hart If Hiatt Mason 3b Wagner ph Davenprt 3b Lanier ss Stephnsn Marichal Marshall ph Bolin I Burda ph I Total San rancisco 0 0 0 0 0 0 san oieao Hart Colbert San rancisco 1 San Diego 1 San rancisco 9 San Dieqo 6 Brown Hart Arcia Buraa icj uoioert Marichal (L 20 11) 6 Santorini (W8 13) 7 Dukes 2 Santorini 2:43 14614 PORTS of TULSA NORTHLAND 579 East 36th St North Casey Says They Can Play GLENDALE Calif In Charles Dillon Stengel a vice president of the Mew York Mets heard the news and re acted in the fashion of well who else but Casey Stengel Asking a Stengel what he thought of the Mets winning the Eastern Division title of the National League is like asking a brook to stop bab bling Not that Casey Stengel babbles can declared most famous base ball and banking figure they can still stay hot they might win the whole Happy Metsomania To All! 'He Got After People' In the winter conditioning class that preceded spring practice Blanchard us he had an excellent attitude and some Brazil said we really become im pressed until he moved to defensive end When we saw the way he got after people we knew he was a player Had Tulsa retained the five man defensive line it used last 1 spring Blanchard would have started at end Brazil said Thinking he would play end is how Blanchard came to pick No 90 said for the ends to pick numbers in the 80s or Blanchard said knew a pass receiver who wore 89 so I just picked the one over that had seen Webster play but I never thought about him when I got the number and coach Carillot never said anything about it But one of our colored players did He looked at me and said In lais present position Blanchard becomes a middle guaid when 'Tulsa on short yardage or goal line situations goes into a five man line This pits the 205 pound Blanchard nose to nose against linemen who out weigh him 25 40 pounds Carillot thinks Blanchard going to be a heckuva player because he not only has the instinct but also the desire Curiously Blanchard never thought of himself as beJomn i heckuva He picked No 90 without thinking of Geoige I Webster A True Student Athlete Blanchard is one of those rarities about whom both the col lege president and coach can proudly toast He is clean cut and articulate and he came to TU foremost to get an education in pre law His grades (Political Science major) are neai the honor roll level He has an easy winning smile and is about as militant (Off the field) as apple pie ormer TU assistant Chuck Boyle discovered anchard the latter suspects while trying to recruit his best friend Bill Barz die Sr of a 7 0 1 team and Notre Dame starting ul I back Bovle wound up offering Blanchard a scholaiship Um then his only offer was from Colorado State first concern was how the school ranked academically Blanchard said after a workout against the Arkansas offense that will be thrown at him Saturday I checked jt out anc found it to be very high That is the reason I came here Blanchard's desire to be a lawyer can the fact 1 always liked to argue have a basic interest in He also in football nie Alrlnr brother Bill was a tackle at AND IT CONTINUED OR hours after the game as some 10000 fans stormed onto the field first shouting No and then in front of the dugout want the Others were sitting on the outfield walls like fat pigeons suffered through 120 losses that first explained Howard Cotlar a Metsomaniae from Brentwood NY we've got a right to be here and celebrate tonight The fans are still the same as they were the first year of the Mets but now we have something to really Even Bozo a television clown showed up on the field to wave a Mets pennant maybe as a re minder of the seven dismal years the Mets had spent asrthe clowns of baseball loved and laughed at by their fans THEY sang during the final innings directed at Leo Durocher man ager of the Chicago Cubs In the stands the signs read the the beat goes and perhaps most appropriately came a long way SURMOUNTED 100 1 Meis' Drought Ends Deliriously By DICK COUCH NEW YORK The New York Mets National Leaguewhipping boys for seven end less summers soared from the ridiculous to the sublime this year in a turnabout no less startling ttian bostons possible Dream In overtaking the Cubs and seizing the East Divi sion at the same 100 1 odds the '67 Red Sox surmoun the new Mets of manager Gil Rodges shed finally and forevermore their unwanted heritage as lovable laughable losers There was magic in the meteoric rise from ninth place a year ago and they turned on a nation already alive with the memory of an Remington model no ii Automatic shotgun 812497 811497 Total 300 000 WW "TV 'To T'T'vrt 4 4 Au fjSh 1 i Ol I' A 4 I XAJ sr 1 4 stSgfe jJ jur 'XgK 1 i White rt Vi I 1 itfi 4J I VW 1 si JS fell TO Ota im si88iw 1 I 1 Ki If i I' Il it 4 Irfi JH I 1 I I O' i.