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Show Page 8-Te “. Utah, Tuesday Snider Snubbed OPEN DAILY 9-10; SUNDAY 16-7 WED., THURS., FRI,SAT. Ir, Fame Voting "I had knee surgery when ! DA‘TOSA SEACH Fla was 3? years old and ! wasn't the (OPE t3e.-7ee brough’ 4itouch sume player afier that,” he ot ~oyalty to Br soklya. Ke muled centerfield with a admits) “I guess the sports style and grace, his swing was writers forget this. I know i majestic and Bedford Avenue wouid have had between 500 and was hss private domain. Edwin 600 bomes runs had 1 not had Donald Smc.> was his sien knee surgery. But that's part of name but fron: the time he sas a smal hoy he was calied “Duke” the game. ! got hurt and I couldn't play and I couldn't hit and the name int i perfectly He During huis prime years, he was compared favorabiv with Mickey a, few oe athe game r. In one Mantle and Willie Mays for his beiter stretch, hes 1953-57, the “Dook" all-round skills and many a nose was bloodied in ihe aftermath of averaged 41 homers and 117 RBls per year while posting betting average of 8. Hestil! Mantle is now in the Hall of hoids the National League record Fame and whoretired ofhitting 40 or more homers for five consecutive years His play in Worid Series join him But somehow, Duke pee: Snider. the aiitime siugging competition was €c Series leader of the Dodgers, has been tacuiar. In 36 Worid forpotten by the writers whovace games, Snider hit 286 with an Ni. record #] homers ard 26 RBIs. penned praises of hini. He is the only man ever to hit four home runs in a World Series I'ma getting few voles in the Hal! of Fameballoting,” says Snider, who now serves ina twice. Duke feels those statistics speakplainly enough. “I fee! that 1 should get in it KMM200BLACKWALLS dual capacity as batting instructor and TV commentator (Hall of Fame),"’ Snider says. ““! for the Montreal Expos. “i den’t might sound strange and a little think it’s a popularity contest. At cocky in saying that bul if] could be compared prior toniysurgery least, 1 hope it isn’t “f pever sent out any with guys who are gonna makeit binchures on myself to a!! the oo the first ballot — and still have guys who vote, which I've heard the kind of career I had —1 think Is done quitea If 1 can't I merit getting in it some day.” R nt But being compared to Mantie and Mavi in New York eshould count for Snider who ranks eighth in career homers with 4C7 and 10th in runs batted in with 1,333, believes that part of the lack of recognition for his feats is due to his prime years being cut short by knee surgery, TWO FIBERGLASS BELTS PLUS TWO POLYESTER CORD PLIES Our Reg. 26.77—C78x13 are also deserving of election to the basbail shrine but who keep failing short in the Voiang. “Lem (Bob Lemon) deserves to be in, Rebin Roberts and Pee Wee (Reese},’” says Snider. “I think Pee Wee (a former Dodger teammate) should be in not oniy for what he did on the field but because of what he did off the field as well. He was the captain Our Reg. 19.88—A78x13 SIZES 783 ! | Sider thinks there are others who KM78 BLACKWALLS 4-PLY POLYESTER CORD 47s 878=12 a C78xi4 | E7Ox14 F78x1¢ G78x14 H78x15 G78x15 Plus F.E.T. 2.02 Each WHITEWALLS 2.44 MORE EACH Plus F.E.T, 1.76 Each WHITEWALLS 2.44 MORE EACH ofthe team and he helped ewe: off the field. He did so : keep us: it and these things.1 +, also go into making a great layer.” Snider, now 48, still feels nostalgic ahout those oid days in Brooklyn when he was one of the original “‘Boys of Summer.” “People say don’t you wish you were playing now and makingall that big money but ! wouldn’t trade those golden years in Brooklyn for anything, “T still have quite a few friends tere and mywife and J, when we the ts. retor. and carbu Sat dwell Oa:2.3. Time engine. sis, C1. 4. Diagnostic engine analy Air-Conditioned Cars, $2 More MOST e us. 8Cylinder cars, $2 More get to New York, always have a The 16-year-old high schoo! student hopes to become America's answer to Russia’s Olga Korbut, Outside of the gymnast world few people have heardof Kathy In only three years ehas won.a fare on 1. Install new K mart®puints, fotor, condenser and robrand plugs (in Special time with our friends in Brooklyn. We muss them very much and we miss the great fans we had there.” Duke believes there are fewer outstanding 9 ia the yarne today but he doesn't attribute it f baseball expansion, “T find that there being more Sports for the top athlete to go into has lessened the tzlent somewhat, along with the general expansion in the major id Canes. team, with outstanding performances in this country, Bulgaria and South Africa Kathy, 5-foot-3!2, 107 pounds,is a rising star among US. gymnasts Her coaches wouid tather not compare her with the iyear-old Russian champion. leagues,” he says. ‘There aren't as Many great playe:’s but the Olga otaey has too much CARS* “Excludeshigh-performance engines| 6-CYLINDER ENGINE TUNE-UP 4 viscount Sale Reduce gas consumption. nee INSTALLATION ~ =: AVES ‘rows theirnames.” Her coachesjoke that Kathy's Skill is due to “being naive" and ‘good cna 7 into their chosen field and were very successful. That's oneofthe thingsthat has hurt hasehali and robxiy major leagues. Bui they went of origin, inveice. If the datective “a ‘I think expansion 1s startin to catch up to the point where some of the expansion clubs are aPé major. ste wanted me to get into it.” she recalls. “My parentsfoundthis place (the HiLo Twisters Club coached by Mrs. Welti, an elementary school teacher, and Jessie Amal.) startinglo geta bit stronger. we have much better -ompetition now. We see it on our team with the youngerplayers coming up. You wonderif they shouldn ¢ wait for another five or seven Kathystarted gymna with the same a years before again.” Snider, they expand YOU OWN YOUR CAR who fh S HEAVY-DUTY MUFFLER SALE Our Reg. 16.88 FOUR-WHEEL BRAKE SPECIAL Discount Sale— 96Days4 H.D. GREASE GUN 29° t_ ars Alumi- Work by trained mechanies Ics. Foi most U.S. cars oe OurReg. 5.96 sin) ee k ooo | 1 ' . 4 withher legs stretched straight magnets The red busy for school activities and almost for school itself She missed 50 schooldays this semester and 21 last semester. 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