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Summer Session Kansan
Friday, June 15, 1962
By Steve Clark
Roger Maris, the New York Yankee slugger, is continuing to get himself into controversy despite the fact that he is "just minding his own business."
At least that was his excuse Tuesday night when he started walking toward the pitcher's mound to see Baltimore moundsman Robin Roberts.
The teams were cleared from the premises, but the managers remained and Lawrence product Ralph Houk of the Yankees and Baltimore manager Billy Hitchcock squared off.
MARIS, APPARENTLY never finished his stroll, as both the Yankee and Oriole teams charged onto the field in what amounted to a real major league free-for-all.
Orteia Coach George Staller tried to go to Hitchcock's rescue but his progress was impeded by Maris' headlock.
FINALLY, THREE New York policemen broke up the melee and Houk and Hitchcock were ejected although umpire Charlie Berry says he isn't going to fine anyone.
Houk's and Hitchcock's stories are quite interesting in their own respect.
Hitchcock's goes like this: "I was mad when Powell (John) got hit. Daley (Bud, N. Y. pitcher) is supposed to be a control pitcher but he hit my man in the head. I never accused him of hitting Powell intentionally.
"WHEN THE trouble started, I was in the clubhouse, doing what I could to help Powell, who was waiting to be taken to the hospital. As soon as I got out on the field, I went over to Charlie Berry and asked him what had happened.
"With that, Houk went beserk. He was trying to get at me. I couldn't do anything. One of the Yankee players was holding me."
Houk's is equally as good. "Hitchecock accused our pitchers of throwing at his players. That's what got me so mad. If he denies making that statement, he isn't telling the truth. That's a helluva accusation. Supposing a guy dies.
"NOW THEIR manager comes out and says we're the instigators. If they want to play rough, we can play just as rough."
My foremost comment concerning the whole incident (grown men fighting and making wild accusations about each other) is "horse-feathers."
There are more and more melees occurring in major league baseball today. This could be attributed to the fact that attendance is declining and a good fight brings the fans to the ball park.
HOW GROWN men can act so childish, we cannot understand. Our only explanation could be that this is done to add excitement and color to the game.
If this is the reason, it is adding the wrong kind of excitement and color. Personally we feel much excitement in watching a well-executed double-play or hit and run than watching grown men fight.
A good example can be made of Walter (The Big Train) Johnson, perhaps the greatest pitcher in the history of baseball. Johnson never once disputed the call of a pitch or was ejected from a game.
This goes to prove that great players don't have to cry about the breaks of the game. They are good enough to make their own breaks.
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KANSAS TRACK Coach Bill Easton is returning to Malaya this summer as guest of the State Department. He will coach the Malayan national team which will participate in the Asian Games later this summer. Easton will leave next week.
The track office will be manned by Assistant Coach Bob Lawson and a new, attractive, single secretary that has been added to the office staff.
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TWO FORMER KU trackmen will join the other side of the fence next year. Bob Covey, quarter-miler, will be an assistant coach at Oregon State University. Gordon Davis, another quarter-miler, who was captain of the 1961 team, is pondering over several offers.
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KU'S FOOTBALL goodwill ambassadors have completed one week of their summer tour. Ken Coleman, junior fullback and a good bet for all-Big Eight and All America honors, and Tony Leiker, the junior speedster halfback, are appearing before civic groups and quarterback clubs this summer in an effort to promote the university and its football program.
Dapper Dandy 'Bo' In Trouble Again
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.—(UPI)—Bo (No Hit) Belinsky, the Los Angeles Angels' merry-making moundsman who cruises the streets of Hollywood in his red Cadillac convertible, is gaining himself as big a reputation for his pre-dawn dallying as for his pitching prowess.
The 25-year-old rookie hurler wowed the sports world earlier in the season with a no-hit game against the Baltimore Orioles, and since then has made quite a name for himself with his extracurricular escapades that include dating movieland starlets Ann-Margret and Connie Stevens.
HIS LATEST ante-meridian antic exploded Wednesday when he and fellow Angel Rookie Dean Chance got involved in a yelling feud with their two female companions as they returned from a farewell party for Eddie Fisher.
The caper, which cost both an estimated $250 fine by the Angel bigwigs, was reported by a Beverly Hills police officer who said he came upon Belinsky pulling a woman into the seat of the flashy convertible at 5:15 a.m.
Officer B. E. Gruenzel said he approached the car and the woman, later identified as Gloria Eves, 33, yelled, "He beat me up." She pointed to a cut on her head that later required stitches to close.
WHEN TEMPERS subsided it was explained that Belinsky and Chance were returning with the women, the other identified as Brigett Whitaker, also 33, to the Ambassador Hotel, where the party started after Fisher's Cocoanut Grove appearance.
Belinsky, who fancies himself a true dapper dandy in the old Tinseltown tradition, explained that they got into an argument and he stopped his car and told Miss Eves to get out and take a cab.
He said, and she later concurred, that she was cut accidentally when a minor scuffle ensued in the car.
THERE WAS NO legal consequence of the incident as no arrests were made and no complaints filed, but both Belinsky and Chance drew more than raised eyebrows from the Angel management who slapped them with fines, but declined to make public the amount.
Angel Manager Bill Rigney, who had just recently reprimanded Belinsky for his off-the-mound activities that include a part in the television series "77 Sunset Strip" had a special word for Chance.
"You don't know how close you came to pitching for Dallas," said the Los Angeles skipper, referring to the possibility of the young pitcher being sent down to the Dallas-Ft. Worth farm team.
CHANCE TOOK the first step in redeeming himself with the Angel powers Wednesday night as he pitched one-run ball for seven innings in taking his regular turn against the Minnesota Twins.
Belinsky, currently sporting a nifty 6-2 won-lost record, has become quite chummy with several of the Hollywood set during his brief tenure with the Angels.
He has been seen several times
with Ann-Margret, currently starring in the film "State Fair," and also has made the night club round with Miss Stevens, of the "Hawaiian Eye" television series.
Bob Blank, Photographer
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EVEN FISHER has taken a liking to the loquacious southpaw who prides himself on his mastery of pool playing and the "Twist."
Paul Taylor, Fort Smith, Ark., and Glenn Martin, Orlando, Fla., collected individual blue ribbons for Kansas' Big Eight freshman telegraphic Outdoor track and field champions. Taylor won the 880 in 1:52.3; Martin the Broad Jump on 23-6. Overall Jayhawker yearlings scored 107 1/6 points to outdistance a bunched field, which showed Oklahoma at 81 5/6; Colorado 80 2/3, and Missouri 89 1/6.
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