Catching problems easily solved
Phillies manager breezes way through season
NEW YORK (UPI) — Frank Lucchesi doesn't know it but he's already manager of the year.
The Phillies' first-year manager made it in a breeze during a game at San Francisco last Saturday. Both his catchers fractured their hands in the same inning.
Tim McCarver will be out six weeks. A Willie Mays' foul broke a bone in his right hand. Mike Ryan won't make it back a whole lot sooner than McCarver. He fractured the ring finger on his glove hand putting the ball on Willie McCovey in a play at home plate.
If ever a situation was fraught with panic for a rookie manager in the majors this was the situation. Frank Lucchesi managed 19 years in the minors but he never saw anything like this.
No matter. Frank Lucchesi didn't panic.
Caught Five Innings He looked down the bench and
his gaze lit upon Jim Hutto. Jim Hutto is the 25th man on the Philadelphia roster. He's a 22-year-old rookie from Pensacola, Fla. He played a lot of first base for Lucchesi last season with Eugene, Ore., of the Pacific Coast League. And also caught five innings when Lucchesi decided he could do that too.
Lucchesi has a pretty good memory. He remembered those
WEIRD GAMES
ANAHEIM, Calif. (UPI)—The Cleveland Indians used four pitchers in a one hit game they lost to the California Angels last year. The Angels won, 3-2, on two walks, a double by Aurelio Rodriguez, another walk, a sacrifice fly by Tom Ega and an error by the catcher, all in the fifth inning.
McNally throws fifth win as Baltimore nips Royals
BALTIMORE (UPI) — Brooks Robinson collected four hits and scored two runs Wednesday night to help Dave McNally to his fifth victory of the season as the Baltimore Orioles beat the Kansas City Royals, 3-1.
Pepper Rodgers, KU football coach, will be in Atlanta, Ga., tonight for induction into the Georgia Tech athletic hall of fame.
Rodgers played quarterback at Georgia Tech in 1951-52-53 and during those three seasons the Yellow Jackets won 31 games, lost only two and tied one.
Yellow Jackets to honor Pepper Rodgers
In his final college game at the 1953 Sugar Bowl game Rodgers was voted the game's outstanding player after leading Georgia Tech to a 42-19 rout of West Virginia. On that occasion he kicked four extra points and one field goal and passed for three touchdowns.
Salb, Knop compete at West Coast
Karl Salb and Doug Knop, Jayhawk weight-throwing aces, will compete in the West Coast Relays at Fresno, Calif., Saturday, KU track coach Bob Timmons announced Wednesday. Salb will throw the shot and Knop will compete in the discus.
The rest of the KU squad will compete in a triangular meet at Ames Saturday with Iowa State and Southern Illinois.
Salb is the nation's top collegiate shot putter with a season best of 66-113 in a dual with Indiana. He is the defending champion in both the NCAA indoor and outdoor.
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Knop pegged the discus 203-10 at the recent Drake Relays to surpass all previous throws by Big Eight athletes. Among the current collegians Knop is topped only by John Van Reenen, the 1969 NCAA champion from Washington State.
The victory was the Orioles' 16th in a row over the Royals over the past two seasons, including five straight this year.
Robinson singled in the second inning and scored on a double by Dave Johnson to give the Orioles a 1-0 lead, and he produced the Orioles' third run when he doubled, moved to third on an infield out and scored on a sacrifice fly in the eighth.
five innings last Saturday.
Baltimore's second run came in the seventh when Don Buford tripled and scored on a single by Mark Belanger.
McNally, now 5-1, pitched hitless ball over the first four innings and carried a four-hit shutout into the ninth when the Royals rallied to chase him.
Jim Hutto didn't embarrass himself. The Phils dropped the ball game to the Giants, 7-1, but the kid catcher clipped Gaylord
"This is just beautiful," he said to Hutto. "You're the 25th man on this ball club because you have some versatility and now you're going to get a chance to show it. You're catching."
Paul Schaal opened the ninth with a pinch-hit single and took second on a one-out single by Bob Oliver. Lou Piniella then doubled home Schaal and McNally was replaced by Pete Richert, who struck out Mike Fiore and retired Luis Alcaraz on a ground out to end the game.
Perry, who's always rough, for a base hit.
Put in Hurry Call
Before the day was over Frank Lucchesi looked like a sheer genius in his own hometown.
Meanwhile, the Phillies put in a hurry call to Eugene for Mike Compton, a 25-year-old receiver who had been with them in the spring.
help. You'll find it's easier here than it is in the minor leagues. You're catching today."
Lucchesi told Compton, "You know those two innings you caught against the Mets? They'll
The Phils swept both ends from the Giants, taking the opener, 8-6, in 13 innings and the night-cap, 13-6, after being down five runs in the first inning.
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