The Atlanta Journal du lieu suivant : Atlanta, Georgia • 46

WWW 'M Thursday ebruary 25 1965 PAGE 46 WK UPI Telephoto jt HOPKINS: EXPANSION CLOSE 1 home runs HAL MILLION DRAG STRIP RIDAY ee 26th 2 SLATED OR AIR IN 1966 ROBINSON said Permanently Creased TWO TROUSER SUITS rw a Trade Mark WRESTLING City Auditorium on Alabama will have the in side track at quarterback with Joe Campbell backing him up Holdout Alex Bowden 6 3 who threw an 80 yard TD pass last spring is a passing prospect as are sophs Loran Carter of Dal ton Ga and Jimmy Carter and Bucky Ayers of Cedartown Ga Sts all time great shortstops and one of the great catchers ham it up for the camera as the Athletics open spring drills with a full squad on hand for the workouts Lindsey Hopkins Mr Journal Constitution Want Ads Pay Off i 1 Vl and pit areas will be constructed with the most modern materials available Weaver said the dragway will be modeled to a large de gree after the new Bristol (Tenn) Interna tional Speedway strip which debuts in June (1 6) for the Spring Nationals Bristol impresa rio Hal Hamrick said he expects 110000 fans 1 for the five days of competition have plowed all of our profits right back into Atlanta International Weaver explained we are getting into a favorable financial situation where we can be gin to do the things wanted to do in bringing the very best in racing to Atlanta The new dragstrip will be another step in that di The strip in accommodations to fans will use of course much of the existing parking space available THERE IS a very good pos sibility that Ayers could wind up as both a quarterback and the starting safetyman on de fense He has a knack for pass defense and is a sure tackler Jimmy Carter will either play QB offensive halfback or de See GROSS Page 48 BRADENTON The Kansas City can boast two base ball Hall of ame members as coaches this season Luke Ap pling (left) arid Charles Leo (Gabby) Hartnett one of the mTT 1 1 1 1 frrf ri it I'aa i nnn rrrre a eiTrtvTri i ii i ei ran 1 1 1 1 a i at rii rm i aVa aWrrrrri Atlanta International Raceway will con struct a half million dollar dragstrip either this year or during 1966 The Journal learned riday will be the most modem and safest strip that we can said Nelson Weaver AIR president will bring to Atlanta the' very best drivers in the The drag strip will be a little more than one mile in length constructed of the available to insure the Atlanta track of competitive national and world records would have liked to have begun con this said we are already into our racing season and by the time final engineering plans and others cancome off the drawing boards it will probably be 1966 before we can start The strip will be built on land which has been reserved for a small airport landing strip in projected plans Lights seats MAIN EVENT 1 By BILL ROBINSON is no power play on our part and there is no ani mosity Nelson Weaver Atlanta International Race way president explained to The Journal riday are simply asking that Bill rance consider letting the Chrysler products run me Atlanta Weaver said the purpose of the so called ultimatum is to speed up the chances of the Plymouth and possibly the Dodge running in the April 4 $80000 Atlanta 500 Weaver is asking that NASCAR czar rance relent in his rule that outlaws the Chrys ler hemi head engine can easily do Weaver declared it will take is one decisions like Bill rance is used to Weaver was caught up in a tempest after releasing a state ment declaring that AIR is in stock car between NASCAR led by rance and the Chrysler Corporation has always been a warm and helping By BILL ROBINSON Basing his new campaign on the belief that an individ ual owner of a professional football team would be best for Atlanta this Lindsey Hopkins is seeking an Ameri can or National ootball League team individual Hopkins told The Journal Thursday in my opin ion have many advantages over corpora tion ownership in dealing with a league or representing fans The sport would really miss the color of the the one owner tvpe of should a corpora tion bring a team Hopkins has lined up four formidable men of wealth all nationally and interna tionally known sportsmen to back his bid They are Charles Bradshaw Orlando la citrus empire owner Tony Hulman BUDDY MARIO ULLER vstiALENT0 on television will afford Atlanta fans a chance to view their fu ture National League heroes at least 24 contests McHale who spoke to one of the largest gatherings in the history of the Atlanta Athletic Club Wednesday told the as sembly: The games you will see here those April exhibitions will be the real thing We plan to use our starting lineup I have talked to the Detroit Tigers and they plan to do the same McHale who was introduced by Governor Carl Sanders after appropriate opening remarks by Mayor Ivan Allen Jr said it was fitting that the Braves were moving south since much of its coaching staff built a founda tion right here in Atlanta Whitlow Wyatt? 'our pitching coach and Dixie Walk er our hitting instructor man aged for Earl Mann in Atlan said McHale just want you to know I consider these two gentlemen the top instruc tors in their field in the major Bill rance Nrluon Weaver Weaver saidi certainly have no intention of disturbing that friendship In fact I had mailed to him air mail and special delivery a copy of the statement so that it would See AIR Page 48 BISHER case you haven't been year old thoroughbred stakes suffered at the box office when Sadair came down with a bad leg Now the lamingo favorite appears to be Sparkling Johnny out of Lou stable and bred for staying power Everybody who thinks of it as a calling of exaltation would be appalled at the small size of the fee drawn by a World Series baseball announcer If you believe it ask Mel Allen buoJar jair gives double wear' The new Duo Wear permanently creased two trouser suits for Spring and Summer are now here for your selection With a Duo Wear 2 trouser suit' you can always be sure of a fresh pair when needed And so often a pair of trousers wears out and the coat is perfectly good That's why we say Pair Gives Double 55 Dacron and 45 wool in the new Spring shades) Down town and Lenox Square 1 1 I Jimmy Orr Lou Wolfson Pedro Ramos rank Broyles Alabama is naming a football dormitory after Coach Paul Bryant but Ralph Jordan of Auburn is still a step ahead of him got a river named after him Rich mond lowers Jr of Montgomery hottest high school athletic prospect in his state has one burning ambition to make the US Olympic team in His best chance is as a hurdler 'Old' Ebba St Claire rank picture appeared on the cover of The Arion sas Baptist Magazine recently with this explanatory note In all fairness to fact we did not put rank on the cover without our own private investigation of his worthiness On our Church of Christ member found him lacking in views of baptism the Baptist found him a little short of perfection but the Presbyterian without a hesitation declared the venerable coach was predestined to fill our most conspicuous spot in this issue of our Mail Call: whatever became of Ebba St Claire the catcher? I feel younger than ever and have five children with No 6 circling the bases and due in May In 1961 I became district manager for Equitable Life in Rutland Vermont and in March 1964 Security Mu tual of New York offered me an agency here in Whitehall my hometown and here I am covering four counties in New York and Vermont Give all my friends in terrific Atlanta best Ebba St Claire Cracker catcher To II Duke Powder Springs Ga There is no means by which Milwaukee can detain the Braves after the 1965 season Gary Tinkle sounds like a melodious' basketball name but for the most appropriately named football player of all time I nominate Tom Wham who was a urman University Old Bear Macon Ga The Minnesota Vikings will play to bigger crowds than ever next season An addition of 12000 seats have been added to Metropolitan Stadium a double decked arrangement built in the left field area Denny McLain the Detroit rookie must have thought professional baseball was a cinch He pitched a no hit game in his first start at Harlan Ky Rhodesjgjsays Leo Durocher'was one of the screwiest looking ballplayers Lever sawut I loved Selah Hopkins says: possibility of buying an existing team is remote and our has been directed towards asking both the NL and AL to consider expansion Both See HOPKINS Page 47 Santa Claus Isn't Dead or what worth: Although you heard much out of the Columbia Broadcasting System lately about its athlet ic program it plans to go ahead with the Santa Claus Bowl project in Atlanta The NCAA takes it up in a committee ses sion in April but no decision is possible until next January It may be said in passing that the NCAA treated CBS very gently in this case a pretty strong core of SEC basketball coaches who feel that Claude Tanksley of Nashville is the answer to the officiating prob jeuis aim wnaiever oecame or uacK (big un) McKinney? Olc Miss is looking for a basketball coach Eddie Craw ford wasn't the answer at least not under the restricted conditions that prevail in basketball at Oxford Almost everybody looking for a col lege basketball coach in the South is inspecting Lefty Driesell at Davidson In a heavy academic atmosphere with 12 scholarships and a cookie jar budget his achieve ments have been fantastic This may have been on last visit to Atlanta for a time Rising union demands and the limited number of seats in Municipal 4 Auditorium are about to make it a losing deal Gorgeous Paul Jones says he has never had such an advance ticket sale as getting for the muscular communion of a i Galento and Buddy uller riday night at the Auditorium rather put out with each other in tuned in lately All the big three Southern Tjq Teem The Medics ir 1 2 Lenox Square Store Open Nights 9:30 Monday Thursday and riday i Trouble in Round Robin's Nest Some serious obstructions appear likely to snarl up the round robin schedule? at the meeting in Birmingham Thursday While it is idealistic in principle at least three member schools are known to have serious objections mainly preferring to have scheduling latitude than roundrobin restrictions would allow Maurice Moorman the huge tackle who quit Kentucky last September applied penitently for anoth er chance recently He was turned down Kentuckians have the feeling that Adolph Rupp would like to retire as basket ball coach but wants another winner first It is pretty definite this time that the Georgia Alabama football game be played in Atlanta nor will it be televised It is the key home game on schedule next season a year when Sanford Stadium sea son ticket sales should enjoy a boom on the heels of Vince Sun Bowl success never guess what Pedro Ramos the Yankee pitcher is doing in the off season playing first base for an airline softball team in Miami People talk about the lack of action in televised baseball What is duller than television golf espec ially these matches which have been for months? Jimmy Orr got his $5400 NL championship check from Baltimore the other day of which $4000 went into a home loca tion in me new Atlanta Country Club community he I it A in businesses in that state and owner of Indiaaapolis Motor Speedway John Mecon Jr Houston Tex one of the richest oilmen in the world and active in international racing cir cles and Ogden Phipps New York City aiWest Palm Beach la industrialist and yachtsman HOPKINS WHO has sponsored the fastest cars in the history of the Indianapolis 500 seems bent on fast to bring a pro football club here A large corporation with Atlanta holdings just days ago barely misstd obtaining the Denver Broncos of the American ootball League' for the 1965 season Auburn to Open Drills April 12 Spring Practice Will Work Offense Georgians Are Conceded Good Chances By JOHN LOGUE Auburn will start spring football practice April 12 and play the annual A Day intrasquad game May 15 and everytime any body makes a touchdown the entire month it will be an outdoor upset Auburn led the nation in de fense last season for the third time in seven years and returns the line of scrimmage from end to end that did it Throw in all America line backer candidate Bill Cody and you can see it will be difficult to start anything Auburn stop However large vacuums do exist in the defensive sec ondary Offense is a shirt of a differ ent color Gone is all America Tucker rederickson and coun terpart Jimmy Sidle who will be lamented off his great junior season despite tragic injuries last season Junior Tom Bryan who gained over 100 yards rushing Parks Chambers ESTABLISHED 1898 43 Peachtree at ive Pointe urman BISHER Sports Editor TROPHIES OR ALL OCCASIONS COMPLETE LINE BASKETBALL AND BOWLING TROPHIES GOLD OR SILVER WE DO OUR OWN ENGRAVING REEER MiGAUGHEYlffil SPECIALISTS IN StPORTS AT WALTON AND BROAD AIR AVORS LITING BAN Weaver Says Threat Meant In Statement of NASCAR Rule A'S HAVE OWN HALL AME Crackers Acquire Handyman Phillips ormer Detroit and Chicago Player To Get Chance irst With Braves By LEE ALBURN Atlanta Cracker GM Eddie Glennon Thursday announced the acquisition of former Detroit Tiger handyman Bubba Phillips one day after the former Mississippi Southern 35th birth day Last year Phillips appeared in 46 games for the Tigers hit ting 253 with three in 87 times at bat An accom plished 'defen sive man Phil i lips can piay third second and first as well as the out i field Phillips 'willR actually begin spring training With hrt Bubba Phillips Milwauxee Braves and will be given every opportunity to make the major league club It is felt however as well stocked as the Braves are that Phillips will play for the Crack ers in 1965 Phillips bats right and throws tne same: He stands 5 9 and weighs 175 pounds He has been in the major leagues since 1955 when he broke in with De troit He was traded to Chi cago before eventually return ing to Detroit in 1963 His life time average in the major leagues is a respectable 255 NEVER A great power hitter but a devilish guy with the bat Phillips hit 273 with 7 home runs in 1958 The next year he hit 264 for the White Sox as Chicago won the pennant In the World Series he hit 300 were lucky to acauire said Glennon comes to play every day and he has had some gcxxi days in baseball Manager Bill Adair was most anxious that we get Phillips because he can play any In other action the Milwaukee Braves signed ace right handed pitcher Tony Cloninger for a re ported $21500 Cloninger was 19 14 last year Major Games Here Milwaukee Braves president John McHale said Wednesday that Atlanta fans will be pre sented three major league ex hibition games in addition to the trio of contests scheduled here prior Jo 4he start of the 1965 season McHale did not reveal the participants in the games during regular season However the Braves will play the Interna tional League All Stars here this summer' The remaining two games will probably consist of one or more big league teams playing Eddie Atlanta Crackers THUS A total of six games plus 18 games $7950 and $8500 Ma MIC I i pt Journal I'1 1 Match Tony Marino Dickie Steinhorn Scarpa Benet Plu Other All Sjr Matchea Atv Tickets Sports si' A Ok 'y' I 'Sk MM? 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