European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 30, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Page 21 belinsky9 Jimenez headline cruets Hoople crop n e w y o r k up Branch Rickey May have been right at that. The High Caliper of the 1962rookie crop indicates the old boy had the right idea when he insisted a few years Back there were plenty of Good Young Ball players around league. They to Stock a third major sneered at expansion to Frei tips Casey sex jewry Houston gets olters from his namesake Casey Stengel i manager of the new Yort jets and Al though there is 70 years difference in their Ages the two cases seem to understand each other Fine United press International photo Leek with singles go for fences id prodding Maris for homers ase s7home no and fold win in effect " quit going Fprd those in those weren t the sex kids but there was no doubt in according informant. Yankees Arent exactly Over il5wlth Rog s slugging figures seven Home runs and seven s in 135 official times at Batteast Rookie Joe peptone in ij54 times at Bat has Jolt five three doubles and two is Jarjis runs batted in total is not Overly impressive,1 either. He s driven in 22 runs trailing Elston How Ard and Rookie shortstop Tom Tresh in that category. With Mickey Mantle the other half a the Homer tandem sidelined with a torn thigh muscle the spot Light is on Marls sharper than Ever. Hamey is convinced that homers bring in the customers and he wants More of them from Maris. This would not be the first time that Hamey whispered a few words of advice to Maris. Just about year ago at a time when Roger was in the throes of & batting bennies release slate lean . Up St Bona venture will play a 2g-game Basket Ball slate and compete in the holi Day festival tourney in Madison Square Garden during the 1962-63 Campaign it was announced Here. The Zonnies will he one of eight teams in the festival dec. 26-28. Slump Hamey and Dan Topping the club president told him they wern t concerned with his batting average. We re paying you to hit Home runs the outfielder was told. Forget about the batting average. You have the Power and the swing. Just concentrate on the the rest is Homer history. Maris at the time was hitting.191. This year he is hitting 100 Points higher and until recently was Well Over .300. Failure to hit in the neighbor Hood of .300 in any of his five seasons in the majors has rankled the criticisms the army Iii the. Well scrambled sir 7th army league race Irish some Day works of their in wednesday a Ingle Holiday games on. Four its before the regular weekend is. S i v winning Streak will no longer in the line in the feature be is the.24th inf div Lions and t corps Jay Bawks in Stuttgart Sibson Barracks but the Lions at to protect the league gained last time put Lier the Holiday slate the support come command invading Rose Barracks tin bad Nach to meet Che 8th in pathfinders the j4thjarmd div ifs at Home. He Furui s Mon Iracks arabist the bad inf ten and the Neighb Pirig and div spearheads and a a radians dangling at ther Gas Era Field in .hanau.,-, i who had their eight be Wiki Streac broken o the 3rdof their ears at him by _ with pc f before filed with Jhuty championship Runly q of tiny i5worjd a a " " any division.,. Contests and guardians for the the guardians now , dropped two out of three to the tankers and share the runner up berth with the 4th Arrond outfit and the Marne men. The spearheads took the first two games against the com Manders but dropped the third and Are alone in the cellar Al though the Jay Hawks swept three from the 8th inf div to drop them out of a tie for second. Now the Jay Hawks pathfinders and commanders Are tied for third in the tight chase.? " three of the four series will change Sites for the saturday an sunday games with Only the Lions arid Jay Hawks remaining at the same Park t .-.,- & the support Comil Styli inf div series the Cpin Manders be come tie Home team for tie last feb games at Woods Field in Kae Fertal the 3rd inf"divr4th army meeting switches from Fuerth to Wiley Barracks in Ulm and these warheads and guardians moved to of Wurt Field for their two closing games1. Va11"-Gaines Are scheduled for 2 Rogers Hornsby and others be cause of his .269 batting average last year. I guess i la have to hit .425 this year to shut that Hornsby up Maris facetiously remarked during Spring training. Hornsby holds the modern major league record of 424. Roger had been pointedly proud of his .300 batting average this year. On several occasions he smilingly referred to it to the writers travelling with the club. These writers pointed out that Maris has either bunted or at tempted to bunt on 12 occasions this season. They Don t recall him Bunting More than half a dozen times last year. Minded Rickey then but a flock of those kids he had in mind actually Are big leagues today not in the proposed third league but in the two old circuits whose ranks we reopened up by the creation of two new teams each. Solid performers the list includes sensations like Pitcher to Belinsky of the Losangeles Angels and outfielder Manny Jimenez of Kansas City As Well As solid performers like to Tresh of the Yankees Julio Gotay of the cardinals and Chuck Hiller of the giants. Surprisingly the american league has the Edge in Rookie Talent though the . Expanded in1961, a year ahead of the National. Belinsky and Jimenez Are run Ning a Dandy race for Rookie honors in the Junior league. The Cooky los Angeles Pitcher included a no hitter As he won six of his first seven and manager Bill Rig insists to is no Flash in the pan. Jimenez hitting at a .392 clip had Boen leading the league con stantly. Twins get assist Minnesota last year s top Flop May have cemented relations with the first division again by Gam bling with a pair of rookies third baseman Rich Rollins and second baseman Mernie Allen. Rollins has been hitting for High average. Al Len better known for his football at Purdue has been hitting Well and turned into a Good run product Yankees came up with four fifties in infielders Tresh Phil Linz and toe Pepitone and Pitcher Jim Bouton. Tresh has been the regular shortstop from the Start in place of the absent Tony Kubek the Chicago White sox Are stumping for outfielder Mike Hershberger for Rookie honors an the orioles Are convinced outfielder John Boog Powell is a great find. The indians have outfielder to Cline and Pitcher Sam Mcdowell and the Angels regard Dean Chance As a hot pitching Prospect if Notas sensational As Belinsky. Dave Stenhouse of the senators has been leading the league in the earned runs pitching department. In the National league Gotay and Hiller have solved infield problems for the cards and giants both at Bat and hapless cubs have a couple of fifties in second baseman Ken Hubbs and outfielder Lou Brock add Larry Burright of the Dodg ers Ted Savage of the Phillies and Jim Hickman of the mets. About you can do is list the top hopefuls. As frequently Hap pens a Guy you never heard Ofin May can wind up on top in the scramble for Rookie of the year honors come october. In service. Linz is a spare whee but delivered at third base when Clete Boyer was was carried As insurance for Oft injured Bill Skowron but really got into the Home run Groove when he took Over Loftfield in an injury emergency and May be a Tough cookie to push out of the lineup. Dowries ailing Robinson bout off for month London up boxing pro Moter Harry Levene announced tuesday that his june 26 bout be tween British middleweight Cham Pion Terry Downes and sugar Ray Robinson has been postponed. Downes has a broken Bone in his left hand and is unable to new Date for the match is to be arranged. It is up to Downes and his doctor Levene said. It could take place around the Middle of july otherwise it will be in Advance Gate Good Levene added i had terrific Advance bookings and it Promise to be my biggest Downes visited Bone specialist sir Reginald Watson who con firmed that he has a compound fracture of a metacarpal Bone in his left hand just above the Little Cockney fighter injured the hand in the fifth round of his winning bout against Don Fullmer of West Jordan Utah at the Empire Pool on May 22. Houston s domed stadium faces $ problems ithe standings a -5 24th in div 8.v.corpt " " -7 " Sredl Nadir. Al 4tfc Arfeld dirt 8th inf div 8, support Abmd 5 Vii Corn " 3rd army old 4 5 ,3, "1 7 i .7 i pet. .583 i 583 .417 .417 .417 .338 go in .,1 3 a ,3 3 Houston
