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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, April 12, 1961
University Daily Kansan SPORTS Pirates, Angels Take Openers
By United Press International
The Champion Pittsburgh Pirates still have that old late-inning lightning, but it wasn't any more devastating than that opening bolt by the Los Angeles Angels.
It was like 1960 all over again when Bill Virdon hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning yesterday to give the Pirates a come-from-behind 8-7 victory over the San Francisco Giants. And who received credit for the pitching victory? Elroy Face, of course.
THE MOST EXPLOSIVE home run display of the first full day of the 1961 season was supplied by the Angels, however, in their initial Major League game, Ted Kluszewski hit a pair of homers and Bob Cerv one in a 7-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles.
Even more surprising than that Los Angeles power was the classy 6-hit pitching job by Eli Grba, the Yankee castoff. The Angels are tabbed a power-rich, pitching-poor ballclub.
There were other surprises, too, as both league races got underway Tuesday:
- Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves lost a home or a season opener for the first time in seven tries when Daryl Spencer hit a 10-thinning home run that gave the St. Louis Cardinals a 2-1 triumph.
- The New, York Yankees made a dismal home debut under new Manager Ralph Houk, Pedro Ramos held them to three hits in pitching the Minnesota Twins to a 6-0 victory in their first game in Minneapolis-St. Paul uniforms.
- And something must have gone wrong with "Head Coach" Vedie Himsel's IBM machine as his Chicago Cubs were bopped by the Cincinnati Reds, 7-1.
On the more-to-be-expected side; the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Philadelphia Phils, 6-2, in the only night game played before a crowd of 50,665; the Kansas City Athletics took advantage of four errors to beat the Boston Red Sox, 5-2; and the Cleveland Indians defeated the Detroit Tigers, 9-5.
Swim Meet Set for IMs
The annual intramural swimming meet will be held this year April 25-26. Preliminaries in all events except diving and the relays will be held the 25th. The finals, plus the diving will be held the following afternoon in Robinson Gym Pool.
ALL PRELIMINARY EVENTS will be based on time. The eight best times in each event, except the relays and diving, will score one qualifying point. The swimmers with the four best times in each event will swim in the finals.
Each organized house will be limited to one freestyle relay and one medley relay team. There is no limit as to the number of swimmers which may be entered by an organized house for each event, but individual swimmers are limited to two events. Diving and relays are considered events.
MEN WHO HOPE to compete in the meet must get a minimum of six hours of practice in the pool. Swimmers who fail to get at least six hours of water work will not be permitted to compete.
The pool will be available for practice sessions every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. On Saturdays the pool is available from 2 to 4 p.m.
The deadline for swimming entries is April 21.
PITTSBURGH'S NINTH-INNING explosion was reminiscent of the many rallies the Bucs pulled in winning the pennant last year. The Giants opened a 6-3 lead in the fifth on back-to-back homers by Willie McCovey and Orlando Cepeda, and still led 7-5 going into the ninth.
Then Dick Schofield hit a pinch double off reliever Stu Miller and pinch-hitter Dick Stuart walked with two out. Lefty Mike McCormick was summoned to get the final out, but instead Virdon hit his first pitch over the right field fence for a three-run homer.
Face, who gave up an unearned run during his two-inning stint, received credit for the victory although Clem Labine retired the Giants in the ninth.
KU Tennis Team Divides Four Vacation Meets
KU's tennis team won two matches and lost two matches on its southern road trip during spring vacation.
Oklahoma University and Oklahoma Baptist fell to Jayhawker netmen, 6-1 and 7-0 respectively.
KU lost to arch rival Wichita University, 4-3, and perennial conference power, Oklahoma State, 5-2.
Coach Denzel Gibbens said, "Wit a little bit of luck, we could have won both of the matches we lost."
Both Mel Karrle and Pete Woodward, top two men on the squad, lost at Oklahoma State.
KU has a chance to even the score with Oklahoma State, last year's Big Eight champ, in a match on the Hawker's home courts April 21.
KU plays Iowa U., Kansas State, and Southern Illinois U. this Friday and Saturday in Kansas City.
Kansas City Parlays Eight Sox Errors, Walks Into Win
Coach Gibbens said, "They play pretty good tennis, but I think we have a good chance to win."
The highest total for an individual player in the Big Eight tourney was made by Wilt Chamberlain when he scored 45 points in 1956.
BOSTON—(UPI)—The Kansas City Athletics enjoy an unusual phenomenon today—they are lumped with four other teams atop the American League baseball standings.
The A's tied for the top spot by beating the Boston Red Sox 5-2 here yesterday in the season-opener for the two clubs. The two teams finished deep in the second division last year, Boston being 32 games out of first place and Kansas City finishing 39 games in back of champion New York.
They meet again tomorrow,with both teams idle today.
THE ATHLETICS parlayed four Boston errors, eight walks, and eight hits into their victory.
Kansas City scored twice in the second inning on a two-out single by winning pitcher Ray Herbert, added another pair in the sixth inning, and pushed across its final tally in the ninth.
Boston managed only one run and six hits off Herbert during the six innings he worked. But the 31-year old righthander tired and was lifted at the start of the seventh inning with a 4-1 lead.
DON LARSEN of perfect-game fame, who was 1-10 with the A's last season, shut the door in the Red Sox' face in the seventh inning, but soft-chunkin' Bud Daley had to come to the rescue in the eighth and ninth innings.
Bill Tuttle, with a pair of singles, was the only Kansas City player with more than one hit. Defending American League batting champion Pete Runnels led Boston's 10-hit attack with three hits in four appearances.
Billy Monbouquette, who was a 14-game winner for the Red Sox last year and who owned a 6-2 lifetime record against the A's took the loss.
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The KU golf team began its season with wins over Wichita and Missouri last week.
On April 7th, Wichita was defeated $16\frac{1}{2}-17\%$. KU's number one man, Rodney Horn was low medalist with a three over bar 75.
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IN TEAM PLAY, Horn and Brian Boggess defeated Monty Kaser and Jack McClure $2\frac{1}{2} - \frac{1}{2}$; John Ward Jr. and Dick Haitbrink defeated Dick Honeyman and Jerry Probst 3 —0.
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On April 10, KU downed Missouri, $ 1 0 \frac{1}{2} -4 \frac{1}{2} $ over the soggy Lawrence Country Club course. Only the five single matches were counted in the final point totals.
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Horn and Haitbrink were comedalists with four over par 76's. It marked the first time in three years that KU has defeated Missouri in competition prior to the conference meet.
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KANSAS WILL MEET the Big Eight champions, Oklahoma State this Friday at Lawrence Country Club in their third match.
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The results of the two meets:
Kansas Wichita
Rodney Horn (76) defeated Monty Kaser (81) 3-0
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Jon Benogess (82) defeated Jack Mc-
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Clure (84) 2-1 John Ward Jr. (78) defeated Dick
Dick Hailbinkrink (81) defeated Jerry
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Boggess (79) defeated Rich Ferguson (84) 3-0
Eistun (84) was defeated by Dick Land-
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Haitbrink (76) defeated Topper Glass (83) 3-0
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