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University Daily Kansan Tuesday. April 12. 1968
Pirates Picked to Win Four Team N.L. Race
By Gabby Wilson
Today is probably the last day in which the Philadelphia Phillies will be in the National League pennant race. The Phils are about the only team with this distinction.
The remaining seven teams should battle it down to the July 4 mid-season mark with the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals and the Cincinnati Redlegs then going up in smoke as they burn out.
The Big Four, (San Francisco Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, Los Angeles Dodgers and Milwaukee Braves) should battle right down to the wire with not more than six games separating them.
Big Four
Everyone seems to be making a large mistake by steering clear of the Pirates, even though they haven't won a pennant in 33 years. Pirates are ripe for a pennant and probably would have won it last year if Bob Friend, the ace of the pitching staff, would have won more than eight ball games.
With Friend, Vern Law and Harvey Haddix having the starting spots nailed down and ElRoy Face in the bullpen the pitching should be strong, Dick Stuart, Dick Groat, Bill Virdon, Ralph Skinner and Don Hoak should supply the needed power to carry the Pirate to a pennant.
The only weakness I can see is at first base. And if Stuart can finish the season with all of his teeth he will have had a fine year with the glove.
The Giants should finish second just barely off the pace of the Pirates.
The Giants have the strong hitting and pitching to win the pennant but for years have been unable to win the big game.
Sam Jones, John Antonelli and Billy O'Dell should carry the pitching end. Willie Mays, Willie McCovy, Willie Kirkland and Orlando Cepada have the needed power for a pennant but again they also let down in the clutch.
The World-Champion Dodgers appear to be headed for third place mainly because they used up more luck last year than any team normally has in five seasons. This year they are bound to get a few bad breaks and if they do third place is their spot.
The Braves should finish fourth in a cloud of dust, that is if the Braves are able to hustle enough to stir up any dust.
Aaron's Boys
Warren Spahn will probably win 20 games again this year and Eddie Mathews will bomb the stands with home runs. Red Schoendienst will be back at second base and other than this the Braves have very little to go with Hank Aaron.
The second division could be an interesting spectacle. But then I have always found a good comedy amusing.
The Cubs will probably get off to their flying start, and will probably piece together a fast finish. But as usual the middle 80 games should get the Cubs down.
The Redlegs should make their home in sixth place this season, that
Whitey Lockman Put On Active Player List
All along Whitey Lockman has been saying he was far from washed up as a player—and the Cincinnati Reds took him at his word today by placing the North Carolina blond back on the active player list.
The 33-year-old Lockman, an accomplished first baseman and outfielder, was taken off the coaching staff in an apparent admission that the Gordon Coleman project has been a flop.
Coleman Lacking
Coleman, the first baseman who came to the Reds from Cleveland in the Billy Martin deal, has been found wanting and the restoration of Lockman to the active list more than likely means that any day now Whitey will be inserted into the regular Cincinnati lineup according to United Press International.
Then, too, Robinson on numerous occasions has expressed his displeasure over playing first, it seems he doesn't like making errors. And the one thing the Reds don't want is an unhappy Robinson, the club's no. 1 bitter.
The Reds, darkhorse candidates for the National League pennant, so dark that the first five teams will have to be wiped out, will open the 1960 season today with Frank Robinson on first. This is a move manager Fred Hutchinson has been lukewarm about all spring long, Hutchinson and the Cincinnati front office would rather have Robinson in left field where with Vada Pinson and Gus Bell the Reds have one of the best outfields in the major leagues.
Lockman, unlike many coaches, has been taking his regular swings in batting practice during the spring and has spent considerable time running to keep his legs in shape, when he wasn't busy tutoring Coleman.
Last Minute
Most of the other national league clubs made some last-minute cuts to get down to the opening day limit of 28 players.
Probably the most significant cut was made by the World Champion Los Angeles Dodgers when they sent big Frank Howard, their "phenom" first baseman to the Spokane farm club in the Pacific Coast League.
Howard, who is expected to succeed Gil Hodges at first base any
"I'm sure I can still play major league ball." Whitey says, "and I'm ready any time they say so."
year now, is the six-foot-seven, 250-
pound former Ohio State bonus star who still hasn't quite gotten the hang of fielding in major league style. In fact his glove is about as useles as a raincoat in the dessert.
"He hits the ball a ton," Coach Bobby Bragon admitted, "but he may be a year or two away from the majors. It won't hurt him to spend another year in the minors, because he just can't miss being a star one day."
In other moves, the Dodgers cut outfielder Ron Fairly, a regular last year who has been hampered by injuries this spring, and fancy fielding outfielder Carl Warwick and added rookies Bobby Aspromonte, a shortstop, and outfielder Tommy Davis, Sandy Amoros, a former Dodger, and rookie pitcher Ed Rakow. Also being retained are catcher Norm Sherry and infielder Bob Lillis.
In the American League, which doesn't start its season until next week, the Baltimore Orioles optioned catcher Chuck Staniland to Seattle and the Boston Red Sox got down to the limit by selling outfielder Jerry Mallett to their Minneapolis farm club and optioning catcher Don Gile to the same club.
The hustling Cardinals could overtake the Redlegs and possibly the Cubs if they are able to keep too many men off the same base.
is if they can find a pitcher who can keep the ball inside the park.
To make room for Lockman the Reds sent pitcher Orlando Pena to Havana and pitcher Dave Stenhouse to Seattle, while the San Francisco Giants sent outfielders Matty Alou and Sal Taormina to Tacoma, and the Philadelphia Phillies assigned catcher Valmy Thomas to Indianapolis and pitcher Ed Keegan to Buffalo, sold second baseman Sparky Anderson to Toronto, optioned infielder Ruben Amaro to Indianapolis and added rookie outfielder Tom Curry in other N. L. changes.
Make Room
The top scorers in the women's table tennis intramurals are Alpha Omicron Pi, 65; Gertrude Sellards Pearson upperclass, 43; and GSP freshmen, 21. The individual winner is Dianne Rinker, WaKeeney sophomore, Alpha Omicron Pi.
A rather poor facsimile of the national pastime will be played in Philadelphia this summer by the Philadelphia Dying Swans.
cating their new $15-million Candle-stick Park, first completely new big league stadium in seven years, while the Dodgers will raise the first World Championship baseball flag in west coast history.
A few staunch Phillie fans keep saying that their team is a dark horse, but just how dark can it get.
IM Tennis Results
God made the Vine, Was it a sim That Man made Wine to drown Trouble in?—Oliver Herford
Probable pitchers;
United Press International
Two west coast cities which waited a half month for the chance, are stealing the show today when the major league baseball season opens in four National League cities.
West Coast Clubs Steal Show
United Press International
An estimated 175,000 fans are expected to turn out in good weather but the spotlight definitely will be turned on San Francisco and Los Angeles, where the transplanted Giants and Dodgers celebrate historic occasions. The Giants are deli-
St. Louis (Jackson) vs. San Francisco (Jones)
Chicago (Anderson) vs. Los Angeles (Drysdale)
Pittsburgh (Friend) vs. Milwaukee (Spahm)
Philadelphia (Roberts) vs. Cincinnati (Brosnan)
Exhibition Results
Baltimore 4, Kansas City 2.
Cleveland 5, Detroit 3 (11 innings)
Washington 7, Chicago (A) 3.
Boston 3, New York 1.
Miami (Int.) 4, Baltimore “B” 3.
No Increase
ROME, Italy—(UPI)—There will be no increase in prices for the 1960 Olympic games. Seats range from 48 cents to $9.60, the same as they did for the 1952 games at Helsinki, Finland.
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