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Show Sunday, June 11, B MURRAY OLDERMAN - ' Prologue: Martin Stone, chairman of the board of Monogram Industries, Inc., is a millionaire. He is 43 years old and in good shape. He would like nothing more than to be a big league baseball player. Unlike the rest of us with Mittyish fantasies, he has been able to do something about it. It started with the Braves, see. I was supposed to be one of the owners but I was away on a bicycle trip when the deal closed and no one could find me. But they knew I was a baseball nut, so one of them said, "Why don't you come down to spring training at West Palm Beach?" Well I got a locker next to Joe Torre. Great! Then Paul Richards, he's the general manager, gets us all aside. "You guys may be the owners of this ball club, but you listen to me. Don't let me catch you on a major league t mi t J j inere s a if eia over ojamona. there in the cornstalks. Run around and hit balls to each other there. I didn't want that and was standing around looking grim, Clint Courtney, the catching coach, was getting ready to A $i' He said, "Well, the guys tell me you throw pretty good. And we need batting practice pitchers." So I pitched all that ! MLS! 1 catch batting practice, "Marty, what're you doing?" he asks me. "Not a thing." "Whattayamean?" "Richards won't let me work out. I throw the ball pretty good. Why don't you warm me up for kicks? So I started warming up and Clint said, "Hey, you throw the ball pretty good." I stand behind the screen watchi M and aU of a sudden ran out of pitchers Beginning of spring practice, they got to be careful. Henry Aaron still wants to hit. Couple of other guys. They looked around for coaches to throw. They couldn't find Harrv Dorish. So Courtney yelled back, "Hey, Stoney, you're on." I said, "No! Richards will skin me alive." He said, "Get the hell out there. Those guys want to hit." First ball I ever threw was to Henry Aaron. I looked in and I saw No. 44. "God," I thought, "what if I hit him?" The first ball landed three In Pitch, Hit, Throw Contest went to Luman Harris, the manager, and asked, "What's the story?" He said, "Don't you wanna throw?" I said, "I sure do." O LOS ANGELES ( NEA ) I would like you to hear out Marty Stone: the list, with the pitchers." Well, right under Tony Cloninger is me. I had to sign out with all the ball players. I feet in front of the plate. "Cut that crap out," Courtney yelled. "Throw the next one right." I threw the next one in and Aaron hit it over the trees behind the center field wall. I turned around, watching it go out, and yelled, "Foul ball!" With that, I relaxed and stayed out there 45 minutes. Next day I showed up and Joe Torre said, "Hey, Marty, you made the ball club." "What're you talking about, Joe?" "Your name's up there on spring. The next year, I got to know Walter Alston and he invited me to come down to Vero Beach with the Dodgers. He also said, "You can pitch in Dodger Stadium during the season. That way you can pitch all year long." The last four years I've been pitching once or twice a week in Dodger Stadium. Up until this season. Even during the strike, the Dodgers called me up and said, "We're working out at Mar Vista playground and need somebody to throw. Could you come out?" So I said sure and went out a couple of days until Frank Robinson hit me in the arm with a line drive. Bullet. Almost got me in the head. Then Peter and Walter O'Malley said, "The Dodgers sell entertainment. They don't want anybody using the for Dodgers political purposes." I agreed. The stories had gotten around that I was going to run for governor. Epilogue: Martin Stone asked Gene Mauch, the Montreal manager, if he could pitch with the Expos this past spring. Gene agreed. They had been high school baseball foes in Los Angeles. "Montreal," said Marty Stone, political aspirant and would-b- e pitcher, "that's out of the country." - leading hitters in the American .257 and 23 homers the previous League, and one of the leading season. That wasn't so bad in itself, but in the first half of the home run hitters. He continues to be a pleasant '65 season it appeared he was surprise, as he has for most of through: his batting average was around .200 and he had only his career. Twice he has been named seven homers. He wound up that Comeback Player of the Year, season at .266 and 30 homers. In 1971, the moon-face- d making him the only man to won the Comeback have received such a dubious, award again. Nineteen seventy double honor. Honor, in that he refused to be was so lackluster (.259 and 15 washed up. Dubious in that he homers) that Cash fretted all had to fall to a level in which up that winter. He was 35 years old, and wondered if there was was so high. He won the first Comeback anything left in his bat. He award in 1965, after having hit returned last season to finish ar first-basem- rm I x Little Leagues coach, country-and-weste- 9-- 1.000 1.000 .333 .333 .333 .000 Last Week's Rasults Cleaners r Val Neuenswander, Frovo; runner up, Kevin Martin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Craig E Martin, Provo; age 12, winner Kendall Roseman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Roseman, Lehi; runner-uJames Burgess, son of Mr. and Mrs. Reid C. Burgess, American Fork. A total of 161 THIS CTCLBT, Paul Kolan, took a spUl while coming out of turn number three at a race at Suntana Friday night. Three riders following were registered for the event and the day's turnout was 87. Local competition is now completed. District competition will be held Saturday, June 17, at 1 p.m. at Dirk's Field at Salt Lake City. The motorcycle races were Flat track 200 cc and under Burgess, Ted Cooley. held Friday night at the Suntana 250 cc Novice Randy Terry Fisher. Raceway near Springville. The Montgomery, Patric Mayfield, Flat track A Main Sam Hall, races are held on a regular Mike Mathews. Preston Gerber. basis. 250 cc Expert Preston Flat track B Main David The winners of Friday night's Gerber, Kerry Fowler. Berg, Jerry Slrom. races were as follows: 5 Evan Doug Lloyd, Open Novice hp 100 cc Novice Ron An- Mike Munultz, Steve Ingram. Frank Peay, 0 Iinnett; 8 hp derson, David Brown, Ken Bob Kodat. Junior Open Expert Larry Buthp Rawson. Novice Bart Zufelt. cher, David Blaylock. 100 cc Expert Don Butler, - Tri-ca- rt . Norm Parcel. 125 cc Novice m Colt League Team Ore Dodgers A4Y Builders Provo Fire Fighters Jeff Allied, Randy Haskell. 125 cc Experts Zack White. 200 cc Novice Randy Amw L man, Allen Jensen. 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 200 Orem Yankees Orem Tigers 1 1 0 2 Results Dodgers 3, Yankees 1 A&Y 15, Tigers 1 6, Fire Fighters 1 1 .500 Daily Herald 1 1 .500 Kirby's 1 0 2 2 .333 Milletts THRILLS! SPILLS! Steve Utah County's Most Exciting Sport Show Yankees 8, A&Y Fire Fighters Dodgers 4, from Nancy Marrott won the first leg match of the year in the Cascade Ladies Golf Association May tournament. Allie Crawford won second place. STOCK CARS on 7:00 FRIDAYS 1 10, Tigers 9 3 Auto-Graphi- x SAT. Ml Time Trials Races At 7:00 8:00 Suntana Raceways paw U "i lit tf . m I I Canvas, leorher and woven belts. Sox.r trunks, shorts, briefs with (ackets. 1.35 Irom -i Jacket 3.50 front 10.00 Hat Cardigan. ruilov,r 3.C0 from 'rom 24.00 5.00 lor thdt ventilqted Irom cotton. 2.00 special Gift Ties in Solids, Prints MM Robe 'rom After-shav- 5.00 lotion, e from 4.00 Jean Style or Dress Style Stretch Slacks wfi& mm. WfeWNX... vTvi :fto-r--sw'- "' 1 New York Life 12, Daily Herald 2 Kirby 16, Milletts 2 New York Life 11, Kirby 5 Daily Herald 6, Sertoma 5 New York Life 12, Milletts Sertoma 10, Kirby 5 1 ShortSleej We've been in the automotive Parts Pictured (left) Ferre business since 1918". (right) Sam Ferre. Star to Cosmos NEW YORK (UPI)-Ciane-s- F.G. hino, a Brazilian soccer star who has played in Italy for the past couple of seasons, has signed to play for the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer league. Ph. 373-294- 4 i . . ICJI'JI-IL I'V hhWUwnai : USE YOUR FAVORITE BANK CARD or F.G. M V from , J Irom A 5.00 j 114SNorth 500W.,Provo FERRE'S EASY TERMS 116 West Center Provo A STORE lid h" Cwis). 5 H fill WfSM list Mway. (dirtct-llk (! Spilth Ftrk G.H 7.00 Will .15 U. tf fr Here's to that best man Dad. And here is where you'll find that "just right" gift. Selection is super and in price ranges to tit all budgets. .000 p.m. 5.00 in Call Stanley Peters, Mgr. Utah livestock PCA SIX. (801! Norm Cash ! Auto-Graphi- x Years Sertorha - MOTORCYCLES ... 9, Edgemont Lions 8 0 1.000 Expert Marrott Wins Cascade Tourney Go 3 3 cc ! Auto-Graph- his Let's talk' 11-1- 2 UNTANA KACEWAY Jerry Anderson, 2 3-- 14-2- Phillips dealer. Provo-Ore- close behind barely managed to avoid hitting him. Suntana Motorcycle Race Results The area manager for Phillip's petroleum Clyde Lee and Troy Mott were the directors of the local competition, along with Joe Adams, local (UPI)-3outh-- your 1 p, Golf and beach holt A? it tead.stock.equipmeni. Cleaners 11 Boshard Flectric 20, Dial Finance 6 Edgemont Lions 22, Gas and - i rn l"Vv..w.. " Dial Finance 12, University i 1 ik 1 4 Sign Contracts since Livestock Loans lor Go 9 Edgemont Baseball NewYorkLife .... Neuen-swande- away, too long ago. 12, Edgemont Lions 11 State Inc., 6, Dial Finance 4 State Inc. 8, University Cleaners 5 Boshard Electric 10, Gas and State Inc. , a Local winners of the Utah County Pitch, Hit and Throw competition were, age 9, Vincent Cramer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Cramer, Orem; runner up, Steven Beus, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Beus; age 0 Michael Bulow, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bulow, Mapleton; runner-u- p Kevin Barnes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dean Barnes, r, Orem; age 11, David son of Mr. and Mrs. college major was physical education. "But I couldn't have liked it," he says. "I couldn't handle the younger generation what with their protests and burning of buildings. And the stuff about the Vietnam War. I was brought up that if your country is at war, you oughta fight in it. But I don't know much about it, maybe there are things I don't understand." Cash is trying to prepare for his future after baseball. He has cut a tape and says that he might have a a singing future despite mediocre voice. "I can sing loud and quick," he says. He is also experimenting with doing television work, and has a sports interview pilot in the works in Detroit. Most important, he has no thoughts of returning to the farm his father still works. Too far Standings of 11 all-st- ar high school The Detroit Tiger first baseman is again one of the Ur'veruity J r ex-ba- Edgemont Baseball Years 2 0 BoshardElec. 3 0 Slate Inc. 1 2 Dial Finance 1 2 Edgemont Lions 1 2 Univ. Cleaners 0 2 Gas and Go t Prizes were also awarded to Nancy Marrott for low gross during the month, to Pam Evans NEW YORK for low net, and to Wanda pitcher Jeffrey Grose and McGinnis for fewest putts. Kenneth shortstop Perry, a pair of selected Ladies Day at the Cascade players second in the league in homers, in last week's free agent draft, Golf Course is every Wednesday with 32, and was picked as the Saturday signed contracts with and play begins at 8 a.m. There starting first baseman on the AL the New York Mets. is still time to join the team. Perry, of Abbeyville, La., was association and those interested Proof of his staying power, the 12th choice of the Mets and may contact Wanda McGinnis at moreover, was a look at the Grose, of Iselin, N.J., was 2254500 or Nancy Marrott at statistics book. For it was a full taken on the 14th round. decade before that Cash had his best season, leading the league with a .361 average, hitting 41 homers and driving in 132 runs. "Looking back now," he says, "I couldn't have picked a Sport Coats happier life. I could hardly have from 29.95 been more successful at doing anything else." He was a football player at Sul Ross State College and had been drafted by the Chicago Bears. "If I had gone into football," he says, "I'd done been gone by solids. Geometries, now or broke up, one." stripes in lots of coiors. Or he could have bfome a Long Way From the Cotton Fields By IRA BERKOW NEA Sports Editor NEW YORK (NEA) -There was once a time when Norman Dalton Cash looked forward to the sun setting. It meant day was done. He worked on his father's farm in Justiceburg, Tex., from the time the sun rose above the cotton fields until dark. Hard work, long hours, little pay. It was profitable, though, in that young Norm Cash built himself a sturdy body, one that would allow him to hit baseballs long distances; that powerful far from talent took him far the cotton farm. Now (at the risk of straining a metaphor) the sun is setting again for Norm Cash. He is 37 years old and knows that each season may be his last. Yet, at an age when most ball players and players are ll are out collecting kindling for the fireplace, he remains at or near the top of his game, a tribute, in part, to the back muscles he developed as a farm boy. Utah-P- age Local Winners Millionaire Pitches Batting Practice To Big League Teams l THE HERALD, Provo. 1972 Of INTEGRITY IN DOWNTOWN PROVO R00 Vl9 7yJ |