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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, April 11, 1962
Kansas City Wins On Cimoli's Homer
By Steve Clark
Predictions that the Kansas City Athletics are a team with a solid infield, improved pitching, but lacking scoring punch appear to be true.
Yesterday was opening day at Kansas City's Municipal Stadium and the A's planted their best foot forward with a 4-2 win over the Minnesota Twins.
A SPARSE OPENING day aggregation of 21,012 fans withstood 50-degree temperatures and drizzling rains to see the Athletics fall behind one run in the opening inning $ ^{ \textcircled{9}} $ground ball, hurried his throw and then rally in the fourth.
Gino Cimoli and Ed Rakow were Kansas City's heroes yesterday. Cimoli, acquired during the winter season from the Milwaukee organization and playing in his first American League game, clouted a three-run homer in his second trip to the plate.
Rakow, who after a disappointing 2-8 season last year became the A's hottest pitcher in spring training, pitched seven-hit ball and was in trouble only three times.
RAKOW'S worst inning was the first when he was tagged for singles by Pumpsipe Green and Vic Power. Green moved to third base on Power's single and scored when Herman Killebrew hit into a double play.
The Athletics went down in order for the first three innings. In the fourth inning centerfielder Bobby Del Greco lined a single to left field. Jerry Lumpe followed and hit a hard grounder to deep shortstop. Zoilo Versalles fired to second putting out Del Greco but Bernie Allen couldn't throw out Lumpe.
Norm Siebern singled to center field to move Lumpe to third. Leo Posada followed with a looping fly ball to right field which landed safely for a hit driving Lumpe across the plate for the A's first run.
WITH SIEBERN on third and Posada on first the stage was set for Cimoli. On a 3-2 pitch, he orbited a high fly ball over the 364-feet left field fence to account for the last of the A's scoring.
It looked as if the Twins were going to rally in the sixth inning, when Early Battey connected on a double with two out and Allen hit a triple. Versalles, the next batter, grounded out to the pitcher to end the Twins scoring for the afternoon.
Jack Kralick, who pitched for the Twins, turned in a stellar performance for six innings with the exception of the fourth. He retired the first 10 men that faced him and put the side down in order in the fifth and sixth. He was removed in the seventh for a pinch-hitter.
THE A'S DEFENSE was sharp. The infield handled 20 chances without error and made one double play. The Twins played errorless until the eighth inning when Versalles, handling what appeared to be a routine
ground ball, hurried his throw and fired the ball several feet over the head of first baseman Power.
GAME SHORTS: "How Long?" is the question that was most asked after the opening day pre-game ceremonies. This question referred to the appear-to-be-reconciliation between A's owner Charles Finley and Kansas City Star sports editor Ernest Mehl.
Finley and Mehl have been at odds-and-ends for over a year now. Mehl, who was instrumental in bringing the A's to Kansas City, has accused Finley of trying to move the ball club to greener pastures. Finley denies Mehl's accusations.
THE TWO paired up for a game of pitch-and-catch in the pre-game ceremonies. In doing this Mehl became the first sports editor to ever throw out the first ball at a major league game. Finley was his catcher.
The A's meet the Twins again tonight at 8 p.m. The Athletics' games are being aired this year by KCMO with Bruce Rice and Monte Moore, former KU Sports Network director, handling play-bv-play.
MINNESOTA AB R H
Green, cf 3 1 1
Power, lb 4 0 1
Killebren, if 4 0 1
Allison, rf 3 0 0
Battley, c 4 1 1
Altena, 2b 4 0 1
Versalles, 4 0 1
Rollins, 3b 3 0 2
Kralick, p 2 0 0
aMincher 1 0 0
Moore, p 0 0 0
Totals 12 2 7
Totals ... 32 ... 2 ... 7
KANAS S CITY AB R H
Howser, ss 4 0 1
Del Greco, cf-lf 4 0 1
Lumpe, 2b 4 1 0
Jabern, b1 3 1 1
Posoda, lf 3 1 1
Tartabul, cf 0 0 0
Cimolr, fb 3 1 1
causey, tf 3 1 0
Sallivan, c 3 0 0
Rakow, p 3 0 0
Total - - - -
Totals ...30 4 5
n-Grounded out for Kralik in 7th
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KANSAS CITY        000 400 400 000-
E- Versalens. DP- Howser-Lumpe-Siebern. Left-Minnesota 5, Kansas City 2 B-Battey. 3B-A11en. HR-Cimoli WP Rakow (1-0) LP Kralk (0-1)
Friday is the deadline for entries in the men's intramural spring sports program, Walter J. Mikols, intramural director, announces. Team competition will be held in badminton, handball, horseshoes, tennis and softball. Entry fee is $2.00 per softball team and $1.00 for the other sports.
The Kansas relays will open here April 20 with the first seven-foot high jumper in the event's history participating.
Colin Ridgway, whose Lamar Tech entered the relays yesterday, hit the figure with a 7 ft. $ \frac{1}{2} $ in. leap to win the Border Olympics. He followed by winning the North Texas Games with 6-7 and, Saturday tied for first at the Texas Relays with 6-8 with Gene Johnson of California.
Deadline Is Friday For Intramurals
Others entering yesterday were Texas Tech with 11 men; Tulsa, eight; Colorado State, 17, and two junior colleges, Garden City, Kan., and St. Joseph, Mo.
Ridgway managed 6-10 last year as a freshman. Overall, Lamar Tech filed a five-man entry.
A one-day golf tournament will be held, the date to be announced later.
All intramural managers are asked to meet in Robinson Gymnasium, room 203 at 4 p.m. next Monday.
Relays Land Top Jumper
TODAY'S PROBABLE PITCHERS (1961 won-lost records in parentheses)
National League Philadelphia at Pittsburg (night)—Hamilton (0-0) vs. Veale (0-0). New York at St. Louis (night)—Craig (5-6) vs. Jackson (14-11). Chicago at Houston (night)—Hobbie (7-13) vs. Woodeshick (4-3). Cincinnati at Los Angeles (night)—Drabowsky (0-2) vs. Koufax (18-13). Milwaukee at San Francisco (night). Willow (6-12) vs. O'Dell (7-5).
American League
Cleveland at Boston — Taylor (0-0)
vs. monbuquette (14-14).
Minnesota at Kansas City (night)—
Kaat (9-17) vs. Wyatt (0-0).
Detroit at Washington (night)—
Regan (10-7) vs. McClain (8-18).
(only games scheduled)
The Kansas Jayhawker football team moves into its second session of spring football practice today.
The most important switch in the Jayhawks' spring football blueprint appears not to be personnel as in the past, but tactics.
This alignment will mount the same slot-back and slot-side linenes regardless of whether the formation is right or left. Also, of course, the same back will always be aligned in a standard-T position next to full-back with the linenes in front of him always playing the T-side.
COACH JACK MITCHELL can his new attack a "flip-flop offense." This is not a new offense but merely a revision of last year's sliding-T with a slot-back. This year there is a breakdown into a slot-side and a T-side.
"We want to keep our best blockers in the slot," Mitchell said. "Also we have a very young squad. With this plan they will have only half an offense to learn."
LINED UP for slot duty is only one veteran, Tony Leiker, Hays junior, who was a Jayhawker breakaway threat last year. Behind him will be Willis Brooks, Hutchinson junior, who lettered primarily as a deep defender last year; and two sophomores, Robert Robben and Mike Woolf.
Football Team Works On 'Flip-flop' Offense
To these falls the demanding task of replacing Curtis McClinton as a runner, blocker and pass-catcher. No one candidate can be expected to handle all three as well as the graduated triple all-leaguer.
THEATRE . . . . Joseph VEKEN 3 (BUS)
There'll be even less experience on the T-side with Lee Flachsbarth the lone letterman. Three flying newcomers are grouped behind him, Gale Sayers, sensation of last year's freshman club; freshman Dave Crandall and Lloyd Buzzi, hard-luck Arkansas Cityan, who has been injured the past two seasons.
MOST IMPORTANT personnel change isn't a change at all since it will send Rodger McFarland back to his original station at quarterback from left half. The spirited Fort Worth, Tex., player moved between the two positions through the first half of last season before settling at left half.
In the line Mitchell will experiment with veteran guard Marvin Clothier at end; return Mickie Walker from tackle to guard, and give Phil Reinking, promising Arkansas City freshman, a trial at end after working at halfback last year. Bill Buck, Kansas City, Mo., junior, moves from halfback to guard.
FOLLOWING A pattern inaugrated last year, coming seniors will be excused from the first two weeks. "This," explains Mitchell, "will give us more time to work with the young prospects."
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