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Show Boo (Shipman World Mat Championship In S, It's Time To L Hang 'Em Up DESERET NEWS, Friday, April 7, 1967 2C .L Ctase IFfag ims a big difference for Chicago. Williams has had a great spring, and Hansen will make" that inifeld. They too have great pitching. BOSTON (UPI) -- The 1967 American League pennant winMinnesota ner? Baltimore Detroit take your Chicago pick. There are some ifs" involved with all of them. And there are some "ifs with a few other teams that could put them right into contention or, at least itiake it very uncomfortable for: the top clubs. Its V ' V i CT- - You t Mickey Mantle . . . Yankee key could help a great deal. The rookie righthander has looked very good In -- JIZ... 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Theres a sadness, but one that feels good, like a tiredness after a satisfying day of skiing or golf. PIPE Clf Geno Kiniski . . world champion Get Springtime Savings Now at Petty Ford! Always, weve honestly tried to present it positively. The credo has been to build instead of tear down. Seemingly it served no purpose to rip the insides out of a coach, a player, a team, an idea, a purpose just for the sake of ripping, which might or might not focus a little more attention our way. The game, we thought, belonged to those who played it. And weve served where opportunity was presented. As a director of the National Basketball Writers, a committeeman to pick their as president of this, vice president of that, commissioner of the junior footballers; arbitrator of a million wagers and disputes, umpire of a little league game. WINTER ' 7-- And places, the Polo Grounds or Dodger Stadium; California, Florida, Arizona for those wonderful spring training junkets; to a hundred haunts, some but once, some many times, for baseball or basketball or football. Laramie, Denver, Phoenix; even Twin Falls, Missoula, Merced, Boyes Springs all have special niches in remembrance. - tow 6-- Big stories or little, eaeh had a part and a meaning in these two decades. Each left some memories over which to cherish or to cringe. Tried To Build Kiniski won the title in 1966 old Thesz. He from the plaved professional football for the Edmonton Eskimos of to Canadian Football League. O'Conner won the title from Dick Hufton in January, 1959 and lost it 30 months later to Rogers in Comiskv Park, Ch'ca-gThe event drew a record crowd of 41,000 and a re"ord gate of $143,000. O'Conner at 235 pounds will give up some 45 pounds to Kiniski. , Osbornp is the number one WAC singles netter, for two years in a row. He will likely have his top conference opposition this year from BYU's Keith Nielson who defeated Bob Lutz, USC. Both BYU and Utah have victories over WAC foe New Mexithe co. The Cougars won However, Utah was Utes, without the services of Osborne in that one. First dual match for the two teams is April 21 at the Salt Lake Tennis Club. other. tut Bosox Make .LCUL Over the years theres much we missed, of course; but we savored what we saw. The world series, the bowl games, the big basketball finales, all with a flavor, a the championship fights color all their own. Or a bunch of little tykes cutting their first football teeth, a prep tournament with its inate exuberance, a kid sleeping with a bat he hoped would one day get him to the big leagues. It's all the same, all sports from top to bottom; and each has been a story, one way or the Corn-prove- d reserved. o. defending Western Athletic Conference champions, along with runner-uUtah, are entered. The Cougars appear to have the necessary depth to win the tour- nament, but Utah has Jim! Osborne back and won't be easi-- 1 ly subdued. BYU defeated Long Beaejh State, Santa Barbara and NCAA champion USC in a recent tour of California. They lost to Savored Action l WIUIITHI rt ; - R will be a big day for pro Promoter Koeny wrestling. Ford Inc. announced that another former champion Lou Thesi ' will meet Hollywood Jack Dona-va- n in a 8 p.m. card with the match set for championship 8:30 p.m. the saraemight. Tickets for the first match are 82 first come first serve basis. Admission for the tiiie match is $3 but ringside will be , collegiate betters. Brigham Young University's ThereH be a zillion memories, fond and otherwise. The thrills and chills, upsets and near misses; the comraderie and the kinship; the crowds and the noises they make; the suspense of a decisive moment; the disappointment of defeat; the jubilation of victory are merely some of the facets that make a life in sports so intriguing. Miss Opener r The Utah Spring Tennis Class-L- s is slated to open Saturday in Salt Lake City. The tourney, at Salt Lake Tennis Club, will pit top Utah There Isnt spacp In this paper or any other to list and categorize them all . . . even if we wished Johnson May r , BYU, Utah the best of adversaries. be experimentation. Baltimore was the lone cltib exhibitions. using anything that resembled a set lineup through its training Young players could have a games. The Orioles, with a lot to do with the fortunes oft''"VplfV'',r wealth of talent, are the world the Twins as well. Infielders champions and still the team to Rod Carew, Cesar Tovar and beat. Nonetheless even they Rich Reese might provide just could have problems, especially the right balance with veterans in the pitching department. like Hannon Killebrew, Zoilo Rich Rollins, Bob This might seem like a Versalles, Oliva and Earl Allison, Tony surprising statement considerBattery. the Baltimore pitching ing job PresWASHINGTON (UPI) did In last falls World Series, With newcomers Dean ident Johnson has declined to but it has been a cause for Chance and Ron Kline complesay whether he will attend the concern this spring. Tom menting winner Jim opening game of the baseball Kaat and others, Sam Meles season between the Washington pitching staff could be in fine Senators and the New York shape. Yankees next Monday, Got The Girl? With outfielder Jim Northrup In a ceremonial presentation Wa'ua got th$ Diamond In the lineup all the way and that took place in the Pres with Ray Oyler at short and dent's office Thursday, Johnson And whit Siyltif Dick Mcauliffe season passes for both accepted Detroit should be much im- Cboost from major leagues. Baseball over last year. TheujjQppj. william D .Eckert k'd tht trull Tigers have the pitching and theia delegation of baseball officials mptr uUcUon hitting to stay up all the wayiand players. Joe Cronin, pies-this season. Buy rht But tnd stvi! ident of the American League, No Neck Walter Williams, and Warren Giles, head of the BENNION'S BOYD PARK another bright rookie prospect, National League, issued the .34-364- 7 1M S. Mala . i a sSVCMn-i Tam. and healthy Ron Hansen should passes to the President. j I WnQ Iff imWHI President Johnson explained that a summit meeting with Latin American presidents in Uruguay early next week could keep him from the opening day 'ceremonies in Washington. dont walk, mostly run. Perhaps (he pace Weve met the greatest, as champs or charlatans. Our elbows, of necessity, rubbed with the phonies as well as the f&mons. The assignments brought ns face to face with the best of friends, Rico Petrocelli could make a difference of maybe two or three places in the standing for Boston. The young shortstop is a fine one and the key to the Red Sox Infield. Rookie Reggie Smith cant miss, regardless of where he plays seoend base or jfr Spring Net Meet Draws tells. to do so. ' - iV 1 ing, challenging and tempting, sometimes frustrat-- , Ing and sickening; but alwaya the old sports beat has set a lively tempo. Of course, the big if with the Yankees is Mickey Mantle. He seems to have made the switch from the outfield to first base with ease. If you didnt know he was new to the position, youd think he had been there for years. . ' been nice. For over two decades its been fun and fulfill- have added The Yankees young righthander Stan Bahnsen to a staff that includes such proven pitchers as Whltey Ford, Jim Bouton, A1 Downing, Fritz Peterson and Mel Stottlemyre. Outfielders Bill Robinson and Steve Whitaker, along with lnflelder Horace Clarke could help New York to a good year. m' Actually, this spring provided a much different picture of the teams than any other preseason period. The rule, rather, than the exception, seemed to , make ' Britten Exclusively for I'PI V Salt Lake City will host the wrestling championship April 15 at the Salt Lake Fairgrounds Coliseum. Champion Gene Kiniski of Edmonton, Canada will defend the title against former champion Pat O'Conner, who last the title to Buddy Rogers in Chicago in 1961. world's heavyweight itmiiiiniiiiiiiiiuiiiiiimiiHiniitiuiiiinimumiiniiiininiiiimmiiimi' t of them is going to have it easy. -- As By JOSEPH CRONIN American League President Right now, it appears as If any one of those clubs could take it all. Yet, at the same tune, It doesnt lode as if any liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiinmiiiiiiiitmiiuiiiiiimiitiimiiiiiiip t. A Opel r ft , Convenient Chart ' account! at any DOWNTOWN PARKINS LOT Wall ba happy to vilidata your ticket! PARK FREE ' i I V - f |
