Ukiah Daily Journal from Ukiah, California • Page 2

-sr PAGE TWO UKIAH DAILY JOURNAL, UKIAH, CALIFORNIA THURSDAY, APRIL 11,1968 By GLENN ERICKSON Ukiah girls and boys from six to 17 years' of age, inclusive, hopefully will hit the training waters of the Swim Center at 4:30 p.in., Monday April 15 to begin practice sessions for the upcoming Dolphins Swim Club competitive' swim 'season. Signups for those Dolphins who have not yet signed Up for this and for all prospec- tive new Dolphins who would like to take part in the long swim activities cf the Club, will be held at 4 p.m. Monday at Ukiah Swim Center. Mrs. Bob (Jane) Rinehart, president of the Ukiah Dolphins' Parents Chab, and her staff will the signups, the tryouts of newcomers who want to join the Dolphins, and supervise the early, conditioning programs of the swimmers, whose first goal will be getting into top-flight condition, and then time trials on May 11th a month from today.

All boys and girls who arc newcomers to Dolphins must pass the qualifying test of being' able to any fashion or stroke 25 yards or the length of the recently installed training and racing pcol, whioh was added to the Ukiah Municipal Park facility to form the heart of the Ukiah Swim Center. A ably, steady "dog and intestinal fortitude will get most youngsters through that modest test and the Dolphins will take it from tihere, developing reasonably sound and eventually top form and conditioning in all from 'the age of 6 through 17, in the four basic (crawl), backstroke, butterfly and breast stroke. the. season's end all' Dolphins will be accomplished' and- conditioned competitive swim-' ,.25 to 50 yards and including being able to swim the challenging medley, composed of various laps cf breastroke, backstroke, butter-fly and crawl. Youngsters are reminded that before they can compete they must register and' pay their $5 annual of which goes for full insurance coverage; $L50 for AAU membership and the balance toward the support of the Dolphins Swim Club program, awards, etc.

Where there are more than three youngsters in the family the maximum dues are $15. The $5 is a modest price pro-rated over nearly six. months Of swimming time besides paying for insurance, AAU membership, helping support the many worthwhile Ukiah Dolphin Swim Club activities, competitive trips, etc. The Dolphins will be competing in an enlarged, nine-team Redwood Empire Division II dual meet and championship swimming league this, season, composed of the Dolphins, Wiki- up Swim Club, coached by former Dolphins Coach Steve Casperson; Oak Park, Napa, Sevastopol, Santa Rosa MaVettes, the "up and coming Petaluma Swim Club, Hamilton Air Force Base, and newcomer Novate. The Dolphins are planning their Fourth of July Barbecue" in Ukiah Municipal Park, and" making the Fourth of July Invitational meet a Sor- opMmist Club awards meet and opeti to any Division II Redwood Empire Swimi'Club.

Ukiah also will, be the host, City and the Dolphins the host team for the gigantic Redwood Empire Swim League Championship meet late in July and AAU officials have advised the" Dolphins Parents Club to motel and restaurant or other food arrangements handle an expected influx of 3,000 swimmers and then; families for the biggest meet of the season here. The Dolphins also are planning on an entry an the Ukiah Fiesta '68 Parade and will host upwards of four dual meets, and travel to about the same number of' out of, town meets, or more, in the 1968 season; which bids fair to being one of the busiest and most rewarding an recent years. Arty area boy or girl from 6 to 17 years of age is welcdme to join the Ukiah Dolphins Swim Club and to take part in its, activities as a swimmer member. They may sign up at the Ukiah Swim Center Monday afternoon at 4 p.m. About 100 youngsters already have indicated they want to join in the competition and fun of the Dolphins this season, and with some 70 events on the usual competitive swim meet program, ando two to four or more competitors needed in each race there's plenty of heed for more girls and boys to share the load and the fun.

Youngsters compete various within their own age 9-10, 11-12, 13-14 arid 15 to 17. There are both girls and boys divisions. By and large it is the most healthful and active competitive activity offered Ukiah youngsters, with not only home 'competition and home club activities but competition and fun away from, home as well. -So what are you waiting for, boys and girls? Let's swim for the Dolphins! Cardinals Shade Braves; Giant Rally Kips Mets By United Press International I ninth. In case anyone was wonder- San Francisco trailed the ing, the St.

Louis Cardinals Mets, and Tpm Seaver 4-2 going started off their 1968 season into the ninth, but the Mets Wednesday night by' showing have, never won an opener in GARY PLAYER'S GOLF CLASS: YOUR MCKSWIWG IS QUITE GOOD. IAIN. AND i YOUR WRISTS ARE NICELY COCKED FOR The double wrist-cock why they're the 'odds -on favorite to repeat as National League champions. The Cards proved they can win even when they get off to a shaky they can win with their bench, the one question mark on this strong, solid team. Even though they were held hitless for the first five innihgs and eyen though ace Bob Gibson didn't go the route, the Cardinals still picked up a 2-1 victory over the Atjanta Braves to kick off the new season in fine style.

The Cards weren't looking like World Series, champions for the first seven innings. The club didn't get a hit "off Pat Jarvis until Gibson led off the sixth inning with a they were trailing 1-0 because Lou Brock dropped a. fly ball in the second inning to let in a run. But in the eighth, a 'Single by Curt Flood and Orlando Cepeda's double tied.it 1-i and Dal Maxvili then knocked out Jarvis with a one-out double in the ninth. Ken Johnspn replaced Jarvis, Dick Simpson Went in to" run for Maxvili and Dave Ricketts was Sent up to pinch-hit for Ray Washburn, who pitched the eifthth and ninth innings after Gibson was lifted in the seventh for a pinch-hitter.

Gibson pitched thre-hit ball foi seven innings Ricketts promptly singled in Simpson' to end the game and give the Cardinals their first victory. The win went to Washburn while Jarvis was charged with the loss. In the' other National League -openers, San Francisco edged New York 5-4, Houston nipped, Pittshurgh 5-4, Philadelphia blanked Lcs Angeles 2-0 and Cincinnati drubbed Chicago 9-4 It was a day of ninth inning victories in the senior circuit as San Francisco and Houston their history and they kept the record Jim Ray Hart singled in one run tc make it 4-3 and knock out Seaver. Danny Frisella came in and gave up a single to Nate Oliver and a two- run double to Jay Alou that decided it. Ren Swoboda singled in one run and hit a three-run homer off Juan Marichal to account for the Met scoring.

Maury Wills singled in two runs for Pittsburgh in the top of the ninth to snap a 2-2 tie but Bob Aspromonte's two-out triple capped a three-run rally in the bottom of the inning that gave Houston its over the Pirates. Jim Bunning had the 42 lead in his' first start as a Pirate but was, lifted after Joe Morgan singled and Hal King walked. After Juan Pizarro retired two batters, Ivan Murrell singled and then. SQ Aspromonte stroked his game-1 winning blow off Ron Kline. Vada Pinson's bases-loaded double and Tony Perez' three- run homer sparked, a five-run fifth inning which carried Cincinnati past Chicago.

The Red Sox Victors; A's Scare Orioles By United Press International Boston Red Sox opened the 1968 American League season the same way they closed the 1967 campaign cheers ringing put for slugger Carl Yastrzemski and Manager Dick Williams saying, I told The setting was in Detroit instead of Boston but Yaz and the Red Sox looked' jusi as impressive in polishing off the Tigers 7-3 Wednesday as they Blues Outlast Flyers, 3-2 five-run splurge 'came at- the di in beating the Minnesota expense of starter Joe Niekro shortly after rain halted play for 43 minutes. Tommy Helms hit a rwo-run homer in the eighth to pad the marnrin. George Culver stopped the Cubs over the final 3 2-3 innings to preserve the win for Milt Pappas. Rookie shortstop Don Money, appearing in his first maior league came, drove4n both runs as the Phils beat the Chris Short pitched a four- hitter, struck out 10 and didn't walk a batter to get the victory. Claude Osteen topk the loss.

Money's groundcu't in he second and double in the eighth drove in the game's two runs. Crowds were 35,774 at San Francisco; 34,740 at St. Louis: 28.138 at Los Angeles: 28.111 at Cincinnati and, 21,320 at Houston for a total of 148.083—up matched St. Louis' feat by slightly rom 140,112 for last winning in the last half of the year's NL openers. Basketball Survival Battle By United Press International The question is not who's going to win the playoff between the Philadelphia 76ers and Boston who's going to "survive, it.

The heated rivals resumed their Eastern Division finals series in Boston Wednesday night and the game resembled a backyard brawl. There near fight on the three technical fobtlsy a shattered backboard and an official knocked' groggy. And when it was all over, the 76ers had a 115-106 triumph that Knotted the best-of-seven series at 1-1. The third game will be played tonight in Philadelphia. In the Western Division finals, Iktai? laUg 0 Journal B.

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LARRY MULVANEY Adv. Mgr. Published dally except Saturday, Sunday and certain holidays by the Ukiali Daily Journal, at 104' East Standley Ukiah, Mendocino County, California 95482 Entered as Second Class Matter April 23, at the Post Office at Ukiah, California under the of March 3, 1879 Court Decree No. 9267 Business Office 462-2991 Circulation Dept. Subscription Rates Mall and Carrier 11.30 iter Month 8 Months per fl Months iwr Year I 10c ber Copy Mall and Afotor Routes Payable 3 Months lir Advance I ,7 Los Angeles topped San Francisco 115-112 to 2-0 lead in their best-of-seven series.

The game will be played tonight in San Francisco. After the hectic victory in Boston, Philadelphia Coach Alex Hannum was disturbed about several things. "I like the. rivalry between- the two clubs but I don't like to see things like we had tonight. A lot of funny things happened out there like the timer awarding the home team an extra free things like that bother me," said Hannum.

He added, "I got hit with an egg and Wilt got hit on the ear by something that appeared to be a coin. We didn't have that in Philadelphia a couple of nights ago." The free throw he was talking about came in the final two minutes of the first half when Larry Siegfried first given a second free throw but then had it taken away after Hannum protested that the 76ers hadn't had a second personal in the final two minutes of the second period. Siegfried and Hal Greer nearly came to blows at One point and Chamberlain had shoving sessions with both Bill Russell and Wayne Embry! Referee Mendy Rudolph was knocked semi-conscious in the second period when he was accidentally hit by Boston's Sam Jones. Reserve official Manny Sokol filled in until Rudolph could return in the second half. Wa'lly Jones led the balanced 76er attack with 24 points while Hannum also lauded the play of Matt Guokas who scored 11 and "was just fantastic, he came up with all the loose balls." Twins for the pennant last Oct 1.

There was even a bonus as Dick Ellsworth, acquired from the Philadelphia Phillies during the winter, went the distance for the victory in his AL debut. Yastrzemski, the AL's Triple Crown winner and Most Valuable Player when, he batted .326 with 44 homers and 121 runs batted in last season, hit two homers after.Rico Petrocelli's two- run double and run-scoring single paced the Red Sox tc an early 5-1 lead. Yastrzemski, who went in, the Red Sox' pennant clincher last year, had only one base hit a bloop double spring training and it was no coincidence that the Red Sox lest 18 of 27 exhibition I'games. Nor that the Red Spx were virtually overlooked by experts and odds-makers picking the winner of the 1968 AL race. "The writers are getting better on their selections," said Williams, a handy fellow with a needle and quip.

"They're picking us about second or lower this year and last year they had us ninth." The Twins' defeated the Washington Senators 2-0, the Cleveland Indians romped' over Baltimore Orioles shaded the Oakland Athletics 3-1 and the New York Yankees nipped the California Angels 1-0 in other American League openers. Boog Powell drove in one run with a sacrifice fly and scored another on? Dave Johnson's double in the Orioi.es' victory. Brooks Robinson accounted for the Orioles' third run wi'h a homer as Tom Phoebus, got the victory with late-inning relief nelp from Jon O' Donoghue, Moe Drabowsky and Eddie Watt. Petrocelli's double scored Reggie Smith and Joe Lahoud in the. second inning' and he singled with the bases filled to drive in another run in the sixth.

Yastrzemski's first homer went into the upper right "field stands of Tiger Stadium and his second was inside-the-park. Ellsworth allowed nine hits and struck out five as the Red Sox beat former teammate Earl Wilson, a 22-game winner in 1967, for the first time in six meetings. Homers by Harmon Killebrew and Bob Allison gave Dean Chance all the runs he needed to outpitch Camilo Pascual before a crowd that included Vice President Hubert Humphrey in Washington, D.C. Chance, a 20-game winner last season, struck cut eight, walked none and faced only 31 batters. Sonny Siebert pitched a two- hitter behind a Cleveland barrage of nine extra base hits which included two homers by Duke Sims and cne by Max Alvis.

Vjern Fuller and Jose Cardenal each had a double and a Vic Davalillo added a double and -Tony Horton hit a triple in the Indians' 13 hit attack- which routed 19-game winner Joe Horlen after seven By United Press International The St. Louis Blues and Philadelphia Flyers, two expansion teams in the National Hockey League, apparently are trying to make up for lost time. St. Liouis showed more The triumph gave the Blues a 2-1 edge over the Flyers in their best-cf-seven Stanley Cup series with the fourth game scheduled tonight in St. Louis.

Dicke Moore, a long-time veteran of Stanley Cup play- endurance Wednesday hight and i wlth Montreal, set up the gained a 3-2 victory in its winning goal when he took the Western Division' semi-final from Ron Schock in the St. playoff wheri tarry Keenan Louis end of the ice and carried scored 4iio bfc second 11 'down left, boards. He then overtime period. Parent was outstanding for Keenan, whose" low shot eluded Philadelphia ai he stopped 54 Philadelphia goalie Bernie shots. Glenn Hall made 33 saves Parent.

for the'Blues, whdqutshpt the! got there in time for Flyers in the first Moore's-pass," Keenan said: "I overtime. Detroit, Giants Draw Most Fans By United Press International The loyal Detroit Tiger fans just don't give up. Even though, the club hasn't won a pennant since 1945 and lost the flag by one game last year on the final day of the season, the largest opening day crowd in the major leagues showed up at Tiger Stadium Wednesday afternoon to watch the Tigers start their' campaign with a 7-3 loss to the Boston Red Sox. A crowd of 41,429 fans watched the game in Detroit, easily surpassing the crowd of 35,774 in San Francisco which watched the Giants edge the Mets 5-4. The openers, which were delayed until Wednesday because of the death of Dr.

Martin Luther King were on about a par with last season when 271,059 fans attended the 10 openers. This year a total of 267,125 watched the The National League attendance was up to after drawing 140,112 last season. But the American Legue dipped from 130,947 last year to 119,042. Most of the dip was caused by Washington, which dropped read the play I from 44,382 to 32,063 this Moore said he didn't consider! season. The drop was caused shooting the puck because of.the disturbances in hit it on the You could had openings to pass: I the city.

sent a cross-goal pass to Christiansen Joins Stanford Gridiron Staff STANFORD (UPI) Jack Christiansen joined the Stanford University staff today as an assistant football coach. Christiansen was an assistant and then head coach of the San Francisco Forty Niners for nine seasons. He was fired at the end of the 1967 season. He had a number of job offers but turned of them down because of his desire to live in Palo Alto where his family has established roots. John Ralston, Stanford head coach, is a longtime friend.

When Jim Mora left the Stanford staff to take a job at the University of, Colorado, Ralston asked Christiansen if he would like to coach the Indians. said he would and Wednesday Athletic Director Chuck Taylor made it official by announcing the appointment, along wi'h that of former Indian quarterback Jim, Troppman. Troppman will head the freshman coaching staff, replacing Terry DeSylvia; who moved up to the varsity staff in still shift. and Fairlane Hardtops. ui Priced for savings.

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