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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 3, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse                              We Lunday april 3, 1963 the stars and stripes dodgers seek to avenge Page. 11 i devastating 62 season. Hurt Pride pocketbooks by Jack Ham Vero Beach. Fla. A six months ago the los Angeles Dodg ers blew a Pennant that wan in the bag. In the Henvy gloom of a close clubhouse bitter accusations were made. Harsh words were spoken. Leo Durocher s Job dangled for weeks because of reports he openly criticized the technique of Man Ager Walter Alston. Now it is Spring again. Time has healed Many of the wounds. The players have spent a Long  a j fcb a ,. F i. Blk " Jepma " off " fog she Bow fat ii mems a or � Woji Kli sjbnbav"7 of psf a Jpn Hsc if pm bv-?8k r thai " a. I a Ramb offs i wow a Ltd Libaw v j 1 a Lyliss Bari inv a Rva 1 Bijj by. Muk Al Aib Bweni Tiati iatf1 bb9jbbbeaaw9l Arajj bpm Al Chi we twi by Bee Lahb by ibb Raj Psi Biff Abba a by Raj Subh   Fikri a so Shah Walter Luton. Ice Oil eel it cold Winter explaining Haw we blew it and thinking of what thy could have bought with the $10,000 they missed. Do the dodgers still Bear scars from 1962? will the memory of those haunted week when they lost 10 of their ust 12 and Stag tired through a 35-1 nning string of scoreless innings haunt them through h 196.1 ? damage to pocket Book on the surface at least. The answer in  who can Tell whats indent Cut Halston dots not think and serious damage was done except to the pocket Book. Wall fee it.  said Alston. We Haven t forgotten it it in t something you forget right away. But you ask if i see any cars and i have to answer no. No the Way they have worked this Spring. It might even help us be a better club. Sometimes when you win you at fat you Are we Neil and dined All Winter and get the idea you Are better than you really re. Sometimes it hurts a club Mare to win than to lose. Not that we like to lose. I really Don l think what happened last septum tier wih Hurt our  the collapse of last fall the dodgers have made two important trades. Anxious to acquire right Jet fact bin Aldo matched new York tap Wayne Bethea the new York hoax Welgh who recently handed Italy s fran Fako de pm Coll his first pro de tart will meet Italy s Galullo Rin Ali in Rume april 5. Handed butting Power they gave up Pitcher Stan Williams to the4ew York Yankees to get mugger Bill Skouron for first base. To fill to Gap in the starting brigade Eft by Williams the dodgem Andrt a a nor of Young infielders. Larry Burright and Tim a Kirkness to the new York mets for Robmiller. Otherwise this is about the club hot led the nation no league for111 Days and then folded. If Sandy Koufax had not been victimized by that mysterious circulatory a lament that derailed him in August the dodgers probably would have breezed Home. Koufax 14-7 and the earned run loader at154 it Back again throwing the fait Boll with the old zip. In on Spring gome he struck out 13 Chi still you must speak guardedly of Koufax. Everything is line so far. Koufax Bijj if Koufax of course. Is the big if of the dodgers. To Date you would have to say he shows no Stagni of n recurrence of his 1962 troubles. Second base and third Bane Ore the other problems plus More pitching. Nate Oliver a highly touted Rookie from the form system has b the 1 us Rookie Burright. Oliver has been in King All the plays and hitting Well Over .300, Maury wills ready for it not her Good year if not another 104 stolen bases is the shortstop and Skow ran will play first. Third base still is unsolved. Alston tried Tommy Pion and dodger left Lilder at third. Lie made Many throwing errors and developed a sore  went Back to left Field no though Alston insists he will try him m third Nunin. Junior old reliable Gill Lam or Don Elm mar probably will wind up it  Rookie Ken Mcmulin Sud Denly a lubes fire. Allan still Hope fun Willie Davis in Conier Jed and Frank Howard in right Are set. If Tommy Davis plays left outfielder first baseman Ron fairly will be on the Bench a situation that Al Ston docs not want. That is Why he still Hopes Tommy will make it a third. Willy Moon is available to take up Slack but Veteran Duke Snider ban been sold to the mets. John Roseboro Doug came ill and Handyman Lee Wulls will do the  Drysdale. 25-9, is the Bell cow of the pitching stuff. Koufax and Johnny Podres 15-13. No the sure starters with the other Job probably going to Miller. 1-12 wit the mets or Relief Man Larry Sherry. 7-3. Pete Ilchert. 5-4. Just Bock from the army my worht Way into n starting role. Joe Moeller. G-5, and Phil Ortega 0-2 Are the other possibilities. De Roebuck. 10-2, Ron Perm no ski. It a and Ken Rowe. 9-9 at Spokane. Will be in the bullpen Bonn Pitcher Dick Camtu 8-4 at Kokomo. Musi stay. A. A by a a in. My w Jim is or . My club Fly everything goes right  Milton Riiman n fact with Fellows like Harmon j another  Bill Peel Orlando Fin. Tupi funny. Killiebrew Bob Allison. Vic Power i2-5also in bidding for a spot. How jul rely a Bill club can get Rich Rollins Berle Allen and n tired or finishing in second Pine. J returning Jim Lemon. The ambitious Minnesota twins defensively the twins even have done it Only once in their history last year and no whey re talking about finishing first. In a any they can t by blamed. Spern Tang in Minnesota for the  time in 1961 after switching topped the yanks last year but the pitching was another Story. Like Griffith says the club need another right hander on a per with pascul who won 20 games and Mph Bess heir franc hire from Washington. Pm a the twins count up in seventh a Bhavo by it once. They suddenly skyrocket a he Hbl i .0 second lust season finishing he i Imit five games behind the new with a break or two we could have even won it argues club president Calvin Griffith. Give us Nolor right handed Pitcher to go with in mlle Pascual and i know we can beat the Yankees 1 Bess ass ass bsh a is fuss is or sub ass % pm Deal Falb through we. Al of Fate a a that my sound like pure wish rfcs in 1jr\ a of Lul thinking but Griffith did do Fern. To my my my something about it by trying to b9ft Al t. A a a a hand Jim sunning from detroit., no a the Deal never materialized. Golf 1 a Yvra j-,3 it vow with has t Given up though. He s still hopeful he can work some Hong out with the Cleveland indians. Manager Sam Mele who we stalled even by his own ballplayers Tor the Fine Job he did last  t kidding himself or anyone else about the task he faces this  you ask him whether the twins can Bent the Yankees this time he Doean t answer right , he mulls Over the question carefully and finally replies this Way All of us know the Yankees Are no Pushover. They have a Fine Ball club and it s no Accident that they keep winning. I happen to think we have a dam Good club too. I answer to the question yes i of Hank we can win this year. But everything will have to go right for us to do  and that is As Good an appraisal of the twins chances a you can get. The twins have plenty of Power almost is much of the Yankees. A a-4wv la sir. I. � " Bif Ham trip ,. Yank no Pii Horri lost 11 last season. After Pascu Althe Minnesota staff in practically All left  Dick Silgman 12-5. Jim Kaat Lfi-14 and Jack Kralick 12-11 All figure As starters. And two other . Jerry Arr grand Garry Roggenburk throw left handed  Mele keeps hoping that one of two right handers Joe Bonikowski who was 5-7 lost year or Lee Stange who was-3 might show enough to warrant a regular starting turn. If not they la be inthe bullpen along with Veteran Rny Moore 8-3 and Frank sul Livan 4-1. . Wins in shooting swim but Mexico leads Pentathlon san Antonio Tex. A Mexico Clung to an b22-Polnt Lead monday night after four events in the eighth annual International Pentathlon a mexican. Jose Perez finished third in the swimming to gain enough Points to take Over the meet h individual Lead. Only tuesday s event Cross country running remained on the schedule. But the team and incl philippines9 Kalingo whips Medina in 10 Honolulu Farj Rocky Kab Lingo of the Philippines von an easy unanimous decision Over Benny the inn Dot Medina. In Tyno calif., in n id round bout at Hono Lulu civic auditorium. There were no knockdowns but in Lingo. 145 pounds  me Dina. 144. In the second round with n right of the head. Medina of was Cut Over the left Eye in the second round. 11 cities have applied for 968 olympic games Lausanne. Switzerland a Bavon cities have applied to Stag eur 1968 olympic summer an Winter games the International Alyi Jmc committee announced Here monday night the deadline for applications expired monday Mexico City. De troit b u e n o a Aires and Lyon France have applied for the sum Mer games. Cities applying for the Winter games Are Lake Placid . Oslo Lathi. Finland Grenoble Franca Sapporo. Japan Calgary. Canada and Slon Salt Iceland. Ioc Chancellor Otto Mayer Wannot available for comment. He told newsmen rec  that Lyon Anil Detroit seemed 10 in pc the bests ances of receiving the summer games. The Ioc will take Ita decision on the summer game site at a meeting in Nairobi Kenya. Next october. The Winter games Are to be awarded in february. Viduna lend. Could still Chanc hands. The top four american finishers will represent the United states in the Pun american games late this month. Mexico s three Man no. 1 team Bud 11.530 Points to 10,708 for the . Bob Beck of san Diego finished 10th among the 21 contestants in the swimming for second Pluck in the Over All stand Ings. Tom Curry of cd Limo Winner of the first Day s Riding event won the 300-meter freestyle swimming with a time of 3 minutes Aba seconds Antonio Almaden of Mexico won second. Dale Griffith  wash., was fourth ant it avid Kirkwood of los Angele Suhs fifth. The . Team of Kirkwood. Jim Moore of Krie. Pm. And Paul Pithy of Huntingdon. Pa., won the pistols pooling Carder in the Lay Bui asking of san Antonio son of a former army firearms author Ity won the pistol shooting with n19 1 that earned him 1.020 Points. He now in eighth in Over nil Points pistol shooting with a 195 Tor 1.000point. Pomathy a third with a 192 for 940. Pen thy a not recover co from bad spill but inlay during the horseback Riding and went to a Hospital after the shooting forbore a rays. Doctors thought he might have suffered a minor con Cussion. The first line infield h n Strong one with Power at first base Al ten at second. Zailo versa lies at shortstop and Rollins it third. Rol Lins and Allen were largely re Apon Noble for the club s spectacular climb in 1962. Kinebrew Lenny Green and Al Lison should comprise the regular Outfield with Lemon Bill Tutti killer pts mis one of inc Ameri can league Strong boys last year with 12g runs batted in and 48 Homen. His .343 batting average was More or less overlooked. Olla could push someone out of the Outfield. Only 22, the  cuban batted .349 at Charlotte n.c., of the South at .13 runs and hit 17 homers. Replayed nine games with the twins and batted .444. Lemon ready again Lemon sidelined most of last sea son because of injuries says he s Back in shape again. He could make an Ideal right handed Pinch Pinch sticker Don muncher. In addition to another top  Pitcher the twins would t mind an extra infielder Hay like Phil Linz of the Yankees. Whom they have Little Chance of getting. Their present extra infielders Apageorge Banks John Goryl and or Ian do Martinez none of whom have really proven themselves with the Bat capable Earl Battey will be the regular Catcher again unless heroes in a Deal and Young Jerry Zimmerman will be the no. 2 Man. Not a bad club All around but not quite in the same class Ashe Yankees. It s conceivable the twins could win if Llie Mele says everything goes right that raise the natural  but what if every Hiing goes a Ghifor the Yankees too Bantam King has problem Tokyo a world Bantam weight Champion Eder Jofre a having a difficult time with his weight a source close to the Bra Zilian Boxer said Here. The situation is so serious that he was expected to have to forego Entong entirely for the last couple of Days before his thursday title defense Ngi inst Japan s  to make the 118-Pound limit said Leo Leavitt. One of Jofre f handlers. He has never been to a climates cold in his life. Explained Leav let. Since he s a vegetarian it is difficult for him to take much off. If he note meat we could Cut that out. But what can you do when you Only eat vegetables and Fruitt i i via Unold Jofre v wought is a a lowly held secret but added it is the first time in the find he has and so much difficulty. We want to be honest we admit it and we Blinne it on the  president plans to sett senators opening the Washington aptly Whit Houm mid monday part isl Fri Mkennedy plan o attend the ont nag tramp of the Bane cd Camin Here rat monday. The Washington senators will meet the Baltimore orioles in Tut opening  pref Ridenh traditionally throw oat one or mow base ballot in the opening game Cere Mon Lett  
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