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Show NEW YORK (UPI)—Quitting I've already applied for volunis a peculiar thing. Sometimes tary retirement,” he says. The commissioner’s office it's the easiest thing in the world to do. Sometimesit’s the has received Harrelson’s application and acted upon it and toughest. With Ken Harrelson quitting that means he can not possibly play again before 60 days. That came hard. Making the decision wasn’t would also take him pretty that difficult. Enunciating it close to September and by then it would also take him was something else though. additional time to get into Harrelson has been kicking shape. So you can forget about around the idea of leaving him ever playing again this baseball for golf since last season and from the way he summer and he had spoken talks, Harrelson sounds as if he abort it several times to his doesn’t intend returning any boss, Alvin Dark, the Cleveland season, manager, whomhe feels is one “T really feel terrible about of his best friends. leaving baseball,” says the 29Last Friday Harrelson finaily year-old outfielder first basemade up his mind. He walked man. “Anytime you've had in to tell Dark. moderate success like I've had ‘I'm doing it Monday, you hate to leave it. I feel I Alvin.” haven’t been a liability. I think “Kenneth, what’s been hold- I was an asset.”” ing you back?” In his own way Ken Predict Ken’s Return Harrelson was. “Nothing really.” He had a big year for Boston “Are you iiappy’” “Pm ecstatic in 1968 when he drove in 109 ‘Good luck, runs and hit 35 homers but that And that was it. may have been the least of his Some skeptics remembering contributions. Everybody liked how well Harrelson did selling Ken Harrelson. The fans, his his services to *he Red Sox four teammates and the press. They years ago after the A’s let him got a kick out of the crazy go and then to the Indians after things he did, the crazy way he the Red Sox dealt him to them lived and even the crazy way two years later already are he used to wear his hair. Roy Campanella once Bi crediting the hawk with another coup. They're saying he’ll be “There has to be little boy in back in baseball with another you to play baseball.” Few ever club before the end of the embodied that more than Ken Harrelson. season for a nice bonus. Notthis time. Henever really hurt anybody, except maybe himself, and he May Never Return “T’m not chaning my mind,” always was exciting to watch Harrelson says. “This is an whether he clubbed a hone run or struck out. He did have a irrevocable decision.” few words to say about Mets’ How irrevocable? “Irrevocable enough so that Gil Hodges, for whi knows it. But he has this thing about becoming a golf pro on the circuit and it has bugged him a long time now. “All my friends have said, ‘Kenny, you’re never gonna have any peace of mind until you try it!’ And I think they’re right,” he says. “I feel that all mylife baseball has been my worst geme and golf has been mybest game, so why not try what you're best at?” Games AB RH 5479 47 36 June + World Games at Helsinki, id July =— World Games at Helsinki, Finland. July 2— Travel to Stockholm, Sweden. July 6 — Compete in meet 2t Stockholm. July 8 — Depart for Berlin, Germany July 3.— Compete in meetin Germany (International competition) July 14 — Travel to Graz, Austria (International competition) Harrelson, who was hitting .199 with Cleveland, isn’t going to makethe cutif he doesn’t do better than that in golf, He knows how tough it’ll be but feels he'll do okay. When he balked at reporting to the Indians following his being traded to them by the Red Sox, Bowie Kuhn, the commissioner, said, “We need somebody like Ken Harrelson in baseball.’ Some people laughed “t Kuhn later on for saying that, especially since Harrelson never made anybody in Cleveland forget Napoleon Lajoie or Tris Speaker. Or even Hal Trosky for that matter. They needn’t have laughed at Kuhn for saying what he did. Baseball does need the Ken Harrelsons. Maybe they never make the Hall of Fame, but somewhere along the line they have a way of making it 2 more captivating ame, Angels Return The Salt Lake Angels of the AAA Pacific Coast League return homefor a 15-game home stand beginning July 8 against Spokane. July 15 — Meet in Graz (In- Sweden, third in WAC, wonfour ternational competition) firsts, has best cf 614% at July 16 — Travel to Celje, Weber. Yugoslavia. Steve esou — 880 and July 17 — Meet in Celje (In- mile, a senior from Provo, Utah, ternational competition) set Beehive record with 1-30.3, July 19 — Travel to Germany. has a best of 4:09.1 in mile. July 1922— Competition in Rolf Engels, — shot put, a meets to be announced. | freshman from Mulheim, W. July 23 — Travel to Paris. Germany, has a best of 61-10% July 24 — Departure for home. ae West Moast Relays, 5th in ‘Thefollowing members ofthe BYU track are on the tour in Europe: (Note: Some of those listed on the travel roster are paying their own expenseson the trip.) Coach Willard Hirschi — directing the tour, coaches hurdlers and sprinters, joined the staff in 1962 Coach Sherald James — assistant coach who coaches cross country and Cougar distance runners, Trainer Mary Roberson — An annual visitor, Roberson has been conducting training clinics in Europe for several years. Aaro Alarotu — high jump, a native of Jamijarui, Finland, brother to Altti Alarotu, BYU pole vaulter, season best of 6-9 at WAC meet in Tuesun, a fresh- Salt Lake plays Spokane in a single game July 8, a doubieheader July 9 and single games dalees Arrhenius —shot put, July 10-11. freshman, from Bromma, Eugenewill be at Derks Field for a single game July 12, a doubleheader July 14 and single games July 15-16. The Angels take on Hawaii in single games July 17-18-19-20, All games except the doubleheaders start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $2for boxseats,$1.50 TWO OF THE key menin the general a ion, servicemen National League West pen- on students $1 and under 16 nant chase are the Dodgers” Willie Davis (top) who is Salt Lake will be at home currently batting .356 and the again August 7-20 and thefinal Giants’ Juan Marichal who homestand will be August 29has a 104 record. Sept. 1. Mark Low, — 440-hurdles, sophomorefrom Pomona, Calif. won two meets, has bestof51.4 set at SLC, ran in NCAA meet. Dan Mendenhall - - high jump, junior from Payson, Utah, has gone over 7-0, but best this year is 6-10% at Beehive. Juhani Nummela —javelin, sophomore from Kuprtan, Finland, 3rd in WAC (240-0), had 240-9 throw at NCAA trials. Paul Hackett —800, senior Zdravko Peear — discus, from La Habra,Calif., runs the freshman from Maribor, 440 in 48.1, the half in 1:52.4, also Yugoslavia, 2nd in WAC (185-1), relay team, third in NCAA at Seattle with Dave Hindley, —distances, a junior from Liverpool, England, holds the schoolrecrod in 3-mile Raimo Phil — javelin, freshman from Tuilliage, Sweden, set (13.27.8), 6-mile (27:50.7), second in NCAA 6mile, All- school record (264-1) at Texas Relays, 2nd in WAC (248-1). America two years, Alian Judd, -880, a Dan Redfearn — high hurdles, sophomore from Weiser, Ida., he sophomore from Sacramento, has a best of 1:50.9, was sixth in Calif., has.a 9.7 in 100, 21.7 in 220, and 14.0 in highs, 3rd in WAC. WAC meet. Roger Ketcheson —440, a Richard Reid, —distances, freshman from Cheyenne, Wyo., freshman from Bountiful, set school record in 3mile has a best of 49.3 at Beehive frosh (13:35.7), 6th in NCAA mile Meetin Logan. Legas, — javelin, (1335.4). senior from Ogden, Utah, has a Usala Sotutu —distances, best of 244-11 this year, career freshman Suva, Fiji, champion of WACsteeple (9:06.9) qualified best of 250-0. Mike Louisiana --discus, for NCAA finals with 8:48.0, runs senior from Union City, i many distances, holds school record (195-1) set at Ralph Mann —{ will be running UTEP,first place winner in in manyof the same meets, but NCAAfinals with throw of 354- will be competing for the ‘AAU, 10. not BYU). 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