The Atlanta Journal from Atlanta, Georgia • 14

Wbe Atlanta Journal Sports PAGE 14 tn lay plans for minor league realignment for 1962 'S I I I Wednesday July 19 1961 Bv JOHN LOGIE The preliminary minor league realignment meeting in Louisville Kv broke up Tuesday night with Jacksonville la emerging as the No I competitor with Atlanta for the first available franchise in the Class AAA International League A Journal source at the meeting who asked not to be identified confirmed that President Tommy Richardson of the International League was determined to more the Jeisey City franchise at the end of the 1961 season club is going to lose around $50000 this season in Jersey City and he's got to move said the Journal source Enterprises had a representative here in Louisrille who promised that if the Jersey franchise wore to be moved to Jacksonville there would be $50000 de posited in the account immediately And the city is willing to furnish its stadium facilities for a minimum rent" Richardson met Tuesday with presidents of the Southern 'V 1 Jacksonville Atlanta Court IL to the willingness of Atlanta fans to accept Negro said the Journal source expressed feelings that the first club and the first league to bring Negro players to Atlanta might a beating at the The Los Angeles Dodgers current operators of the Atlanta franchise in the Southern Association have of course an nounced intentions of placing Atlanta in an AAA league tor 1962 or pulling out of the city ss thing that was brought up in the said the 4 source that the Dodgers have a firm lease for next year on the ball park in Omaha Jt would not seem likely tlial 1 they intend to move that American Association franchise to The Dodgers have all along expressed a preference for an IL franchise for Atlanta is a slight chance that sportsman Bill MacDonald may give up on his Charleston franchise after the end of this filternational League said our source "However South Atlantic and Texas leagues and the American Association A' AS vs XH fX Jim MINTER President Richardson voiced some doubt as Turn to Page 17 (Spurts Editor urntan Bisher is on vacation) on a who a man MINTER way 4 off in a two nin homer by Hank Line 'with a liver ball was won by and Dr Stew Hank Aaron won the National: ceremony and at Royston Turn to Page 13 Once you try you'll always buy IT A HIT WITH EVERYONE! kx DELUXE cZ through some things but 1 Brandt Al Kahne and Colavito hit home runs for 101 in 403 in rille and shot nicely as you times throwing out a firt from his outfield Dothan devoted by his copy of through pital which he endowed 1 Cobb built the family tn several years ago after the deaths i A purse of more than $40000 has been an nounced for the 4w mile NASCAR sanctioned Grand National Championship race at Atlanta International Raceway Sept 17 Nelson Weaver AIR president Tuesday an nounced the race which will be 100 miles longer than the Dixie 300 won by Glenn (irebalh Rob erts on the mile track last uctober Weaver added that ticket prices will remain the same the path to December Perhaps GriHith had EQUIPMENT COMPANY 71 WALTON ST despite the increase in distance Prize money is being boosted to well over $40 000 with at least S8WW going to the winner Qualifying and lap money plus accessory prizes will increase that figure considerably The race will be held two weeks after the Darlington Southern 5M and cars ill open prac tice at the Atlanta track on Tuesday and Wednes day preceding the race I were vacationing in Carabelle lorida after much prompting "It was Sunday wile a great collector of stones and such to take a walk along the beach with her ning home run of the season The Mick now has crashed six home runs in seven games since List All Star game break Maris was hit onlv two in that time Both lost one when Mon day night's game at Baltimore AIR UPS DISTANCE MONEY OR SEPT 17 NASCAR RACE his coaching pal Jim Whatley to tell about come look at it took about 20 minutes getting to the car and when I led her around the the trunk I look into the 1 opened it because I wanted to watch her face when All Sales Cash and inal Alterations Extra suggested Whatley to Towns who already made lhe visit since he had been Jr Jim IN HIS age 43 he batted 323 ith a com paratively dead ball The Ameri can League batting championship MANTLE MARIS NECK 'N' NECK evasive bass with some sound business advice your Rollaid he whis pered is oft the stuff Johnny Griffith not far away from his great moment of truth as the Uni versity of new head football coacn sat across the room in John Turner McAllister's cabin scarcely clad nr a damp pair of shorts sippin buttermilk spiked with He looked a stomach ache if be last year of action at All dacronwool suits reduced from $5695 to $4499 $6250 to $4999 and $6950 to $5500 Docroncotton suits cut from $4250 to $3299 ond $4500 to $3499 concoction of pepper sauce know met one In this rugged country just above the Gulf of Mexico Griffith appeared relaxed enough as it he were still recruiting stars and coaching fresh men for the Bulldogs while Wallace Butts did the major worrying about Alabama Georgia Tech Auburn and other formidable opponents barring Projector Rentals Recorders Scr ene Projectors ilm Rental Sales Service or Additional information CALL JA COLONIAL ILM Associated Press Wirephoto MANTLE SHOWS NEW YORK SOLONS TRICKS Rep Dooley Sen McCarthy Pick Tips Georgia Peach Interred At Royston only fallen under the tranquilizing spell ot fresh peas hushpuppies hot biscuit etc prepared icmarkable host Mr McAllister But there was a the Dothan Eagle which somehow had found its typiess and sand to Owl Creek Mickey Slams 34th 35th to Move Yanks Back Into irst Place in AL pallhearers at the iu They include Harrison Cliff Kiinzey UNDtO 60 ONAIN NtUTAl SPIRITS THI AMtIICAN OtSTIlHNS COMPftN INC tlflN IIUNOIS i Jackie Rockv Detroit Hoyt Wilhelm 7 4 was the winner in relief i Nellie ox who had just onehit in six games was 2 for 3 against the A's and put the White 'Sox in the lead with a two run triple in the seventh inning Thathung the loss on reliever Jerry I Walker (3 6) Juan Pizarro 1 6 31 was the winner although giving up in hits Clothing Cupboard 798 Peachtree St NI TY COBB (R) WITH RIEND MICKEY COCHRANE A Reunion lor Pal at Old Timer's Game Coach in Repose OWL CREEK la July Mercifully a sudden summer thunderstorm peppered the deep dark waters of Owl Creek cooled the burnintr breezes and sent half a dozen fishermen scurrying frantically for cover While lightning Hashed and thunder roared Athens insurance man Bubba Scruggs spiced the brief respite from mean yellow flics stubborn bream and pair beat first De 1 is called oil because of rain in the tiitli inning Mantle and Maris now are 17 games ahead of record GO pace with the 1927 Yankees They aie also two games ahead of Hank pace in 1933 when he hit 58 lor Detroit And for the i ecord one home run be hind slate of 1921 when he belted 59 and Jimmy pace of 1932 when he hit 53 for the old Philadelphia A's This pair gave Mamie at least one in all 10 At mik flits sen I Json It also was his sixth twu Lomcr game of the ycai Boston belted Cleveland 9 2 the Chicago White Sox beat Kansas' City 4 3 and the Los Angeles Angels defeated Minnesota 4 1 in the other AL games MANTLE BAITED in three runs with his two homers both off loser Joe McClain (7 9 1 and edged within one of league leading total of 84 RBI Yank re lief ace Lius Arroyo 3' was the winner allowing only one hit in his Three innings The little lefty now has a string of 20 2 3 shutout innings home run him a Ec with Mantle with 83 RBD came on a 3 2 pitch by losing i 'j hover Bill ischer 2 2' after the slugging first base man had been called out on a tap 1 by the plate He got his extra 4 swing when third base umpire sjjohn laherty reversed plate um pire Bill call and I i tiled the tap a foul ball 1 sj I 'I he Orioles had come from be I hind with six runs the seventh i i inning They chased Tiger ace i rank Lary in the rally which in cluded oiles and a three mu homer by i active neral Gailey my reeman and Rex Tee xlink all ot Cornelia art Brown and Bob Greer both of Royston and Dr Prentiss Miller and Clark both of Atlanta Honorary pallbearers will in Ty Cobb Told Goodbye But Records Are Undying in the Cobb mausoleum a 1 J'fumdafion an oroania I OV uuu luuiiuvu uy me uwrjiiu reacn i So at Cornelia during the fu neral where the internment was to be membcrs of the Cobb Edu maue inc lodu mausoleum a small cortege of persons united 'by an indescribable sense of loss and staff 01 Cobb jios' i nlnr'crhv txntrl irinnfn tn Iman who for 23 years played ev ery one of 3033 major league 1 games ith a frenzy of effort that zmlzl vtt 6 Ia zx UvUlu llUl VAIluLlOl vlaI I wZdi ip ergy Cobb's close friends will be WASHINGTON July 19 (ypj The New York Yankees are back on top in the American League pen nant race thanks to that three way bomber battle of home runs between Mickey Mantle and Roger and Babe Ruth 1 Mantle unchallenged ps theeighth It was his 11th game win i aiiKi vs piesem uay num until Mans joined the club last season tied Maris for the major league lead with 35 by walloping a Tuesday night as New York Washington 5 3 and regained place by a half game over tiuit' The Tigers slipped to second on Jim Gentile's home run that gave Baltimore an 3 7 victory in 10 innings at De tioit Mantle caught Maris' who was! for 4 with a two run homer in the first inning and a solo shot that cracked a 3 3 tie in the A Man Not Unduly Worried On his southward iournev Griffith had stopped for a visit with friends and lhe local sports editor had a column to him 7 ho piece quite referred to the upcoming battle with Bear Bryant's Crimson Tide and it quoted Grifiilh as'cx pressmg sensible concern over the legion of experienced troops Brjant is sure to field against the Bulldogs the sports editor concluded appears to be a young man not unduly And he didn't He has survived the turmoil of realigning a coaching staff the rigors of the banquet circuit and the test ot spring training That much behind him he can still relax in the old time way at an old time fishing spot with old time friends The head coaclmig mantle however is never completely left behind I he trip to Owl Creek lor him included a business stop in Columbus to further solidify Bulldog ranks and line up the network for an autumn television show While the Owl Creek adventure suggests that Griffith has retained the ability to briefly get away from it all or at least part of it' it did not indicate that his luck will run as smoothly as that enjoyed by Bobby Dodd a noted rival in Atlanta At least not luck Stumped the first day by high water and hot sunshine Griilith scored handsomely the second only to see his stringer part and his catch sink irrecoverably into the depths The Alligator Played Possum After everyone had absorbed timely advice agreed to sell Roilaid and buy buttermilk and pepper sauce Spec Towns implored his alligator go to the looked as if he had a under his Olympic time in hurdling the sudden fury of the thunderstorm Whatley as any gullible soul is apt to discover at any time is a great practical joker willing to go to any extreme for a laugh However his batting average with alligators is not impres sive wile and Whatley explained afternoon and my had persuaded me looking lor shells soon got bored and started back to lhe motel Right behind lhe motel I saw an alligator sticking his head bushes I had shot deer bull and a lot of other had never shot an alligator I went to the motel operator borrowed a the alligator in the head twice He flipped over as please He must have weighed 2m pounds but I finally wrestled him into the trunk of my car shut the lid drove down the beach and called to my wile I told her 1 had found the prettiest shell 1 had ever seen and for her to she did trunk as she saw that alligator as the lid came up that thing started bellowing and roaring and swatting his tail trying to get out I rememlver how my wife looked but she remembers how I Whatley who stands Mi and weighs 250 fresh off his diet went straight up and did a handstand on the trunk lid trying to keep his reincarnated alligator in captivity At this time Johnny Griffith facing an equally treacherous assignment does not present so desperate a picture But then Johnny doesn't have to lift his lid until Sept 23 By ED MILES 'They 'laid to Imai rest the mortal remains ol Ty Cobb Wednesday at Roys ton Ga but the legend of his life will live so long as baseball is played and his tory books are preserved Baseball's most publicized fig ure was buried in compa ative privacy with only his relatives and closest of friends and a few sports dignitaries looking on but the chances were that at 3 o'clock EST published time of the funer al a great portion of the nation I bowed its heads instinctively reverence or the great American pastime of baseball vvill never know his equal again No other player will dominate the game as did Cobb for 23 years Cobb added 90 rec ords to the books 20 of them still unbroken 33 years alter his re tirement Throe at least likelv vvill never be his lifetime batting George Stcrnwciss of the Yankees average of 307 and the 11 consec ivvith 309 by Lou Boudreau of utive years in which he batted Cleveland with 327 in 1944 and j363 or higher and his 96 stolen erris ain of the Athletics with bases in a single season Second the same mark in 1952 stolen bases were the 74 by red Maiscl ot the New A ork League championship in 1956 with i Ament in I'm I Cobb one of only seven men I in modern baseball to hit 100 lie did it three times with 420 in 1911 110 in 1912 and 401 in in 1922 Only other batter to i break 100 three times was Kog er Hornsby who had 1922 424 in 1924 and 1925 Other modern players breaking 400 were Joe Jackson 408 in George Sister 407 in 1920 and420 in 1922 Harry Heilmann 403 in 1923 Bill Terry 401 in 1930 and Ted Williams 406 in 1941 1 batting records were made with a ball that had no jack rabbit in it He was a place 1 ment hitter but his feat of 20 triples in four different years re mains the American League rec Oord A cyclox dic book could be written of Cobb's baseball achievements such as three times i stealing second third and home i and three runner at position 'W A 'f 1 5 xS A A Jjj i ZJ AA' I 1 wi 1 4 CT a WB I JKBWb" TJ 1 rA lz 1 EaMr i 'V 4 A ill Lo I otia I SERIES STRIKEOUT ACE HORACE ELLER DIES lb Icrpitchin? for Cincinnati captured two victories in the 1919 Series against the Chicago White Sox A native of Muncie Ind Eller died here luesday of cancer announces its mid summer CieaRanCE i Liberal discounts offered in order to clear our stocks of odds and ends discontinued items and to reduce inven i of representative goods Not everything in the store but enough to gladden the heart of any man who prefers quality goods but likes to save money too Count jour savings in dollars on suits coats slacks and shirts SPORT COATS: regular $5950 $49 regular $75 S59 legular $115 $79 SLACKS: regular $2250 $18 regular $32 50 $26 regular S63 50 $49 SLITS: regular $100 $79 regular $6950 $49 regular $245 $199 Mums spout smirrs KMT SHIRTS SHIMMI XK UAIK1M SHORTS ALL AT SIRS I AM ILL RLIH CI lOSS THESE AT IIALE PKICE These include our "last of the things we've had here so long that we're eager to find them a new home now SLITS 107 of them regu larly priced from S65 to $155 now selling al half price SPOUT good se lection of silks and worsteds regularly priced from $4950 to $85 now half that Proa at Peachtree Lenox Square Shop Lenox Sijtiare til 9 rn Jlonznj Thurtilays ridays Save s5 to s15 on Jarrell shoes during our mid summer shoe ClfaRanCE Blacks Bro it' Blacks and White Browns and White Straight Tips Plain Toes Wing TipsMoccasins Cordovans calf gain ay grain leathers inion niesli lightweights and regular av eights Not all our shoes but plenty of choice Brood at Peachtree Lenox Square' Shop lnox Square 'til 9 pjn Mondays Thursdays ridays.