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\Hodge To Breathe New Vititaly Into Senators

It was just one of those ;has to be easier than managing By OSCAR FRALEY things like walking down nigW-j the Senators. P O M P A N 0 BEACH, Fla. .They have, afte, .all, (DPI) When you're a guy mare aey in a dream, where| in the cellar or lied named Gil Hodges you've long you can't run except in slow place in each of the last wee since been used to heartaches, j motion, hilling the Irish SweepThere was a World Series stakes and not being able to years. The dream, in *th League, is of upsetwhen you went to bat 21 times, find the ticket or, even worse, American ting the Yankees and, come Ocand never, riot once, came up being the manager o.( the tober, prancing into the World Friday with a base hit. It wasn't that Washington Senators. Scries, there is no such vision you were a lousy ballplayer be_, , . . The Senators have, for too March I, 19M the sun-splashed camp of cause you were one of the best many y CHrSi had one purpose in the comic-book Senators. , and someday you'll be en- in life. Tiny helped fill out the Page 14 American 'League. The rules In the season past they pershrined in the Hall of once called for eight teams and formed exactly as expected. they were eighth. Then Ihev They were last in club fieldinj, expanded Ihe league, put in a last' in club pitching, last in new Washington team because club balling andwhere else? Ihe original Senators were -last in the league standings. smart enough to flee the city Hodges, a genial and gentltj on the Potomac, and the new- man, didn't pilot the Senators coiners have willingly accepted for the whole year. He took the bequeathed role of hand- over from Mickey Vernoiv in cuffed Christians thrown to a May. That means they were 49 Eames off the pad. Hodges .ran HALLANDALE, Fla. (UPI)- The payoff came about this;tor, thus, collected the entire LOS ANGELES (UPI) -For- horde of hungry lions. them through their final 122 pooM84,114.20. You wonder why a EU.Y like games winning 42 while losAn unidentified bettor Thursday mer world flyweight champion Track officials said the lucky won the largest payoff in Amer- First, the 70 to 1 shot Scalier- bettor didn't pick the ninth race Hh'oyuki Ebihara began work- Gil Hodges would accept this ing 80. ican horseracing history$84,- good '.von the fifth race to pay winner correctly, but didn't ing out today for his United sacrificial task. How can a fel- "My main hope," he said, 114.20 at Gulfstream Park race $142.60 in the win pool. States debut March 19 against low be so desperate for money, "is to instill a better attitude In the sixth race, Col. F,ng?l have to. track. Officials could not identify Ihe Fabian Esquivel of Juarez, you wonder, or is it because a in the team. That should lead Mexico at the Olympic Audilo- m7n "can't' get' baseball" out of to more desire and 1 ksnw his blood? If the latter is the we're as good as some of Ihe they noted that it costs rium. second to Joseph Mariano, a bartender and up to sit in the Gulf- Matchmaker George Parnas- case, then it's impossible to I others in the league. We have eighth and ninth races. from Waterbury, Conn., at New stream clubhouse and $2 to gain us said no major Japanese box- give up smoking, because it I to start believing in ourselves." York's R o o s e v e l t Raceway In the eighth. Initadas won at ctuiiiiLi.mit.-c er of Ebihara's caliber has apadmittance to in the <"- grandstand. fti"ww"-' . .. $115.40 for a $2 win bet when Nov. 6, 1963. the first horse across the finish This year the track added an I peared in this country. He said This week1* BIG Safety buy at your The big twin double jackpot line was disqualified for inter- annex and charges only $1 ad-1 if sufficient intercsl was shown in the appearance of outstandhere evolved in a set of circum- ference. mission. stances in which the winner And only one ticket holder And the $1 section was where ing Japanese boxers, he might only had to pick three of the!held a twin double ticket with|the holder of the winning tick- bring others over to meet top men in their divisions. Initadas' number on it. The bel-1 ets was silting. four winners to do it. {or proper contact Add bnte flmd, tat mOm o Bcpukirart

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CHAMPION'SPictuivrt above are members of Mr. John's ;.lm Shop bowling team which placet! first in its league and was the final grand champion of the fall leagues competition at Bolerama Jardin in Matamuvos. Left to right in the photo are Dr. Eicardo Diaz, Lie. Rogeho Garza, Hutro Ilinojosa, Elias Tapia, James John and Manuel Tapia.

Slate Cage Tourney Pits Big-City Schools Tonight Koufax Insists He'll Improve;

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AUSTIN Tex (UPI) -Big- by Graham in a tight contest !te 71-52 as the winners took the cily schools swing into action'that saw the lead change eight I lead and neld it. today in the Texas High School'times. Graham went ahead to, The championship games SalBasketball Tournament. Dallas stay with .1:44 left and won b y j u r d ay will run from 9 a.m.. one unsigned player 21-game Causey was the A's leading hitBy TIM MORIARTY I spacious training camp. Ad'amnn plays San Antonio Lccja 47-42 margin. :\vith the Class B finale, to 8:25 winner Jim Boulon, who is ter last, year (.280) and also UPI Sports Writer j Rmiff Signs and Halltim Vity (Knrt Worth)! C|oar ^.^ hm^ z Gii-GO'a.m. when Class A's lop teams the club in doubles (32). meets Houston's Stephen I".iriumph from Kilgorc in llic lip-off. Finals in AA follow (hcj There's bad news today for! Hal Rcni/f. the New York seeking a 100 per cent raise to topped John Tsilouris, the Cincinnati $18.000. Yankees' best right-handed joiner AAA match. Jimmy D a l o j, -B game, i League u~iui. imiii-i ; i.i.i I M O I ^ I I . ........... - o - while !hc AAAA game '4 INdUUJlcti iwLrtMn; hitlers. mnv,!.-,. .. re.. NaUona Austin. Reds' last holdout, capitulated. The Kansas Cily Athletics reOther games in Class B, for:Lenox led the victors with 30 is 2:30 p.m. and the AA a l j San(,y Km|fax insists he,lief pitcher last season, final y duced their holdout list to three So did Floyd Robinson of the IP. smallest schools, matched points. ^ P-m (should'be able to improve on !signed his contract for an cstithe Chicago White Sox, leaving Scoring llfete !his m record, when he wonjmaled 15M raise which put Rocky Colavito. George Alu- pitchers Juan Pizairn and Joe McAdoo vs. Frankston ami; Easy To Finals I him in the SlB,000-a-year brack sik and Moe Drabowskywhen Haivley vs. Hulto's Hippos. j Canyon and Lancaster easily Graham's Mike Lochncr and 125 of 30 decisions. iet. The Yankees now have only Wayne Causey came to terms. liorlcn outside the fold. Triple-A teams got going won their way to Saturday's South San Antonio's Philip Dug-] "There's room for improvein other Thursday night with a strong;finals in Class AA gcr both scored 26 points in the ment until you win every Canyon game between those teams.! game." the Los Angeles DodgSmith San Antonio team upset:games yesterday. breezed past Sour Lake 5S-42 j f, ra h arn pulled ahead to stay.iers' ace southpaw explained in while Lancaster subdued Sa"i bul t h e score was tied 32-all go- an alarming matter-of-fact Diego, 69-53. The losers P'ay ing into lhe fourtn period before fashion after his initial workout i tor third place. jGarhara pu]ie(i ahead to slay. Thursday at Vero Beach. Fla. Class A contests yesterday j Lancaster's Gregg Bcaslcy "I feel I can improve in my number of victories and on my saw Talcn defeat Sanforrt- !( , ed in 29 points and his Fritch 77-fil and Henrietta ] t c a m m a t c Larry Kunz nit 17 ratio of walks this year," addBy SCOTT BAILLIE iwhoomi the home run ball. Be-;"And I'll be glad to gel oul o come from behind in two ovcr-j a insl San meso. The losers ed the major league's outstand- TUCSON, Ariz. (UPI)Slug- j linsky hung a few curves and lhal Chavez Ravine. It's awh [limes to edge East Chambers; lc[11)Y WaUel . Reyna wi|h ing pitcher of 1963. "I may lose trying to field in that place did Ken McBride." :64-63. Finals between Talco a n d < l g an(, Tnmas M n l i n a wjth 17. more games, but if I'm lucky ger Loan Wagner rapped Fred soWagner that the Cleve- The lights are too bright an I feel I can win more, too." Haney, his old boss with the land deal thinte was all for the best. | the ground is all chopped : Los Angeles Angels, as a "sort morrow 3 '^" ^ ^ ""' \ Ciin>'on's Bol)by Evans W3S Fifth In Control "I should hit at least 10 more But I'll miss Rig (Bill Rigncj Koufax allowed an average of of Khrushchev" today and also home runs this year," he said. Ihe Angels manager)." '"inT'palr of Class B same*! MB" man wilh 17' while Wa f ne yesterday, Hullo downed Wall;Weaver had Ihe same number 1.68 walks per nine innings last put Ihe wood to pitchers Dean Wagner added that Rigne; year to rank fifth among the Chance and Bo Belinsky. 8S-G1 and Frank;, urn beat Oelss-'nf points for Sour Lake. went to Gene Autry, the An National League's controlpilch- "Haney operates like he was Syracuse OK's a sort of Khrushchev." Wagner j gels' board chairman, and go ers. In seven of his 211 com- j (him a raise after Haney ha said of the Angels' diminutive Bid To Tourney plete games. Koufax didn't at- [' low a single pass. He issued general manager while suiting NEW YORK (UPI) - Only | turned one down., only 62 walks in 311 innings un in a new Cleveland uniform. two berths remain open in t h c j <-Autry gave me a raise ani "Everything has to be done his National Invitation Basketball then the players said "Hey over the entire season. wav or nothin'. Haney thinks you're in trouble with1 Hane Felipe Alou raised a few eye- that just because ballplayers Tournament. Syracuse Thursday became t, this." And he was sore a brows in his initial drill with made no more than S7.000 a the 10th school to accept a bid| anou Ihe Milwaukee Braves Thurs- year when he was nlaying that to the tournament, which opens r jght. But he got the doug; day at West Palm Beach, Fla. salaries should still be kept Thursday, March 12, and con- back by taking it off a rais that I got the next year." The slugging outfielder, ob- down." cludes with the final, March 21, tained from San Francisco in a Fight Results winter trade, belled hvo balls Wagner, whom Ihe Angels at Madison Square Garden. over the left-center field fence, traded to Cleveland on Dec. 2 i The Orange are one of the Bv United Press International for pitcher Barry Lalman andjholtesl teams in the East, hav40(1 feet from home plate. first baseman .Toe Adcock, had j ing won 10 of their last 12 BELFAST, Northern Irelan Hank Aaron also left Manag- more than his share of troubles j games. They conclude their er Bobby BODDY Bragan iiraRsn chortling cnoimnR with w.,n fi w , season_whicn brin5S regular season tonight ^th a (Ireland, stopped George Bowe glee as he knocked three pi ac-l; Chance and Rpiincirv nn mart against P !,.nnl PS ( Belinsky inln into lh the! contest on thP the road against '118, Wales (7). lice pitches out of the Braves' picture. >_^"_"-. "'-__^^_i Connecticut. WORCESTER, Mass. (UPI).Revolution "They both liked to blame the Other schools in the tourna- Dick French, 148, Providence defense after gelling racked ment are DePaul, St. Bonaven- R.I., stopped Domingo Ortiz rin Slacks-/ up." Wagner said of the tw lure, Army, Pittsburgh, Dusoine. "Chance would go pretty j quesne, NYU, Miami, Fla., St. good for eight innings, then Joseph's, Pa., and Bradley. Sansabelt

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