European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 2, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tindoy april 2, 1963 the stars and stripes Page 21 Mexico cops big Lead in Pentathlon it. Sam Houston tax. Spe Cial Mexico s Blue to com took n 1.092-Pomt Edge Over the . Blu team in the race for the eighth International Pentathlon trophy sunday. The mexican team placed four men in Tho top 10 fencers As the epee Competition finished. Mexico leads 6.165 to 5,073 a edits Caplain Anton o alms in combined ld30 Points in horseback Riding and 1.1.10 in fencing to give him a 2,160 total and first place in the Overall standings. Bob Beck of the ., the individual Winner lost year placed second to Almada in fencing to Jove into second place. He had100 Overall Points followed by Tea Matte Dick Stoll with 2,040. Saturday s individual Leader Tom Curry of the ., collected Alex Oakley of Ontario by also will compete i Brazil odder time was 1 3836."" first for finishers All were the course record  Senate asks Ioc Back . Site Washington a a Rao lotion to invite the International or Tuple committee to hold th3k8 Winter olympics at Lak mated. , was introduced in the Manafe by sen. Kenneth b. Keat 1u.rjj.i.s Keating said the american olym l to committee last fall a elected. Like Placid a the single us. Con. To rfcs for the Winter games. V. The Only question to be settled Zug la whether the game win be Ham la the United states hic Beans at Lake placed or in am Olter country Keating said. However manager Bill a Limey declares if we did t Deal Awa Kuys ilk upon Wagner. Lee Thom As Ken Mcbride and Dnn Oslo ski these Are the Al it of 10pair, of Dan Alrhea on the 1m3 Prospect a of the american and National league clubs. Tomor Row the Minnesota twins and the los Aurelea dodgers. Then we were guilty of  those four men figure largely in plans to prove the Rise of Rogney smurf is from right h to third place was t a Fluke. A finished n Little ahead of schedule lost  Rignry buys. New our problem in to do swell As last season. And we know Tinl the other clubs really will belaying for  the Outfield and pitching Are regarded As the club s Strong  Rogney would like to acquire another left handed hurler. Back in Lef Leld will be Wagner by  h. Peterson Tampa Fla up the can Sinnott reds Are loaded or 1963, a cording to manager Freddie us Chanson who maintains that our chances of winning the pen in Are As Good a anyone s.1 he feels and does t get too much argument on the subject hat he will have the beat Overall itching depth in the league and hat the club will have More Power Speed and Fielding finesse his coming  reds after winning in 1961, a based by Only 3u games last sea son despite the fact they lost their Ard Holt Long third baseman Gene Reese for most of the year with broken right ankle. Thus far this Spring he tins looked like the Freese of old and he reds also have come up with Rookie Tommy Harper who Lulu make a big difference. Though originally a third base Man with Freese Back in shape Harper has been shifted to the Outfield where he has done so Well t looks As if he will win a Start in berth. Pitching emphasised Hutch non in old Pitcher him self keeps emphasizing pitching  just Don t win without it he claims. If you have Fine pitch no you Don t need too much Power but we also have the Power to go along with that  has three outstanding Start Era in right handers Bob Purkey,23-5 and Joey Jay 21-14 and Southpaw Jim Otoole 16-13. Be Hind them Are two of the better Relief hurlers in the league right Lander Jim Brosnan 4-4 on Lethander Bill Henry 4-2. By tween them they had 24 saves Las season. Right now Jim Maloney 9-7 Veteran Joe Nuxhall 5-0 and Jim Owens 2-4 with the Philli Esan fighting it out for the othe starting Bertha. Owens seems t have taken on a new Outlook since joining the reds and Hutch Nso predicts he is going to help us a lot then there Are John Tel tour plus Al world Langton who won an other major league trial by win Ning 13 and is games respective for san Diego and Indianapolis last season. And that still leaves Dave Elsler 4-3 Outfield fixtures Are two of the Best Frank Robinson and Vada Ith 39 Home runs and 136 a unfitted in. Pinson .292 with 23 Hom s and an even 100 Bis. If har per a Speed Demon who hit .333 t san Diego last season with 26roundtrlppera and 84 Bis should win the other Outfield Post it would Leavo veterans Jerry Lynch Wally Post who has been hitting ipe Dally Well this Spring and Darty Keough for Reserve duty. A for the infield it will be Sordy Coleman at Flat Don Blas name or Eddie Kasko at second Leo Cardenas at Short and Freese  hit 342 lost season Freddie Lutc Unaka Good Evan cd who clubbed 37 Home runs last year and drop c in 107 nose runner while hot Tler a potent .288 the an cries other crash or is first baseman outfielder Lee Thomas who hit .290. Or Ltd 26 homers and knocked in 104 runs. The rest of the Outfield has diminutive Amble Pearson in Cen Ter and pm Hunt or George Thomas in right Hunt represent some of the right handed Power that Rogney wants to offset left him Ltd pitching Tomt he expects the team will be facing because of Southpaw swingers Wanner and Lee  led the Angels with 25 homers and 84 Dis during the1961 season but appeared in Only 13 games late last year after Dos Lix it third. Coleman dropped off to i .277 batting average lost season a still hit 28 Home runs and knocked in 88. Blasongame batted .281, Kasko .278. A year ago at this time Hutch non was t sure that Cardenas who weighs Only 151, could go full season at shortstop. But he proved he could by playing in 153games and hitting .294 with 10 Komors and 60  Bright who hit 16 Hom n and batted in 67 runs for Washington last season will be cent to Back up Coleman at first right also can catch if Necsary. Edwards shows Fromm but it does t look As if the reds win need him behind the plate for in Johnny Edwards they Nave one of the most promising receivers in the league. He improved tremendously lost year both defensively and Offen sively Ruth Hanson said. He can miss becoming a Star and i think he will hit  year Edwards batted Only .254 with eight hrs and 50 Bis hut he became one of the top defensive  of him is the Veteran Hank Folles who batted .z75 wit the rods after they obtained him from Baltimore. Another catching possibility is Jesse Gonder who hit .342 at san Diego with 21 hrs and 116 Bis. Gonder also is being tried in the Outfield despite All the Garden Talent the reds have. If the reds Are hurting in an department it in t apparent. It May not pay to sell Hutchinson s prediction Short former european ring King Richardson plans to retire London  has signed a Bill which authorizes ill More Days of Flat racing to new York state. It extends the end of the season fro nov. 30 to dec. 7. We staff slates meet in Houston f Kansas atty Duren who was 2-0, mainly in it Lef has been sold to Philadelphia in addition to let Thomas at first base the rest of the infield appears to be set with Billy Moran at second and Jim Fregoso at Short Stop. At third it could be Felix Torres a right handed  hit or or Tom Spartano. Brr Orlean games Koran now 29. Batted j82 Las Cor and finally arrived As a Bige Oguer while playing 58 consecutive errorless games dating Backoo late in the 1961 season. Fregoso is hailed around the Camp As future great among american league  Haa solid Utility help in Joe Koppe who can play second Short or  the plate is Bob Rodgers Ralph Houk Type. Who caught 150 games last season and place second in the balloting for the american league Rookie of the year. Backing him la de Sadowsky a capable Veteran. But a big ques Tion is whether switch hitting Rod Gers can carry such a Load again. And even bigger la whether thenagels can handle a league that my have taken hem too lightly last year. No scoring for writers new York up snorts editor Max Masc said that baseball writers of the new York journal american have been asked not to act it official scorers