European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 23, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 the stars and stripes saturday september 23, 1967 twins red sox win still tied atop Al 3-run sixth helps botox Edge indians Cleveland a Dalton Jones lined a two run single in Boston s three run sixth inning and the red sox went on to de feat Cleveland 6-5 thursday night to hang onto a share of the Lead on the torrid american league race. The red sox remained tie with Minnesota which beat Kansas City one game ahead of Chicago and 1% games in front of Detroit both of which were Idle. The red sox nursed a 1-0 Lead into the sixth off Cleveland starter Steve Hargan. Walks Tomike Andrews and Carl Yas the stars and stripes i. I Ara already crying Over no. 1 tag As Irish prep for opener against Cal Jones Bell Krzemski George Scott s Sacri fice and an intentional pass to Reggie Smith filled the  single scored Andrews and Yastrzemski and Smith made it Home for the third run on a wild  indians got Back one run in the sixth when Rich Schein Blum walked. Chuck Hinton singled with two out the second hit off Boston starter Gary Bell and Tony Horton followed with a single to right Center. The red sox boosted their margin with two More runs in the seventh when Bell aided disown cause with a double. Jose Tartabull tripled scoring Bell and a single by Andrews his third hit brought Tartabul racing Home. The indians came Back wit three runs in the seventh. Jim Kins hit a Pinch single and Lemaye another Pinch hitter Fol Lowed with a ground Rule Dou ble. Both scored when Vic a Palillo s grounder got past bos ton first baseman George Scott. Dava Lillo later scored on sacrifice Fly by Hinton. Cleveland added one More inthe eighth on singles by Leon Waener Larrv Brown and Fred Whitfield. Rain started to fall and delayed the game 61 minute sin the ninth inning. In the Cleveland ninth Bosto reliever John Wyatt got Schien Blum to Fly out struck out Hin ton and got Horton on a ground or to Jones ending the  indians had four Pinch hits in the game tying a american league record. Box score on Page 22 by United press International Ara Parseghian will look you straight in the Eye and Tell you he s amazed notre Dame is being listed As the top team inthe nation. Our running is Only adequate he avows surpassing is no better than last year and our defense can possibly be As  Ara Parseghian is a con Man Extraordinaire. It s the kind of performance Only a . Barnum could appreciate. And this saturday Parseghian will unveil a three ring circus in South Bend ind.,that even the great Barnum himself could never have matched As the Irish open their National title defense against California. Parseghian is Quick to remind about the loss of 10 players who received National honors in 1966,including defensive stars Pete Duranko Alan Page and thereat Jim Lynch but fails to mention that the defensive line Ara Parseghian. Con Man Extraordinaire challenging Cal s Fine Quarter Back Barry Bronk is composed of four Young men weighing uneven 1000 pounds. And when Parseghian says our passing is no better he really Means quarterbacks Terry Hanratty Coley o Brien and receiver Jim Seymour Are Backoo make the Irish Aerial game As excellent As it was last  s True that the Irish circa 1967, will be hard pressed to match the outside running of Nick Eddy and the Bull like thrusts of Larry con Jar but Only one Man in Cal s defensive front Wall weighs More than 230 pounds. It is doubtful that halfback Bob Bleier and full Back Ron Dushney can be stopped. Second half heroes the Golden bears played magnificent football in the second half last saturday sparked by a stubborn defense and the passing of Bronk who Merritt fires two hitter to Stop a a 4-0 Minneapolis St. Paul up Back to Back homers by Harmon Killebrew and Tony Oliva and the two hit pitching of Jim Merritt paced Minnesota Toa 4-0 Triumph Over the Kansas City athletics thursday Ena bling the twins to remain locked in a first place tie wit the Boston red sox. The red sox Defeated Cleve land 6-5 thursday night. The co leaders moved one full Gam ahead of the Chicago White sox and 1 1-2 games ahead of the Detroit tigers both Idle. Merritt faced Only 28 Athle Killebrew Merritt sum s Levias selected by Apas Back of week by the associated press Jerry Levias who showed How he earned his nickname of big play by scoring the winning touchdown in Southern methodist s 20-17 Victory last saturday was named wednesday As the associated press first 1967 col lege football Back of the week. There was just four second left in the game against Texas am at College station when the Junior flanker Back made a twisting leaping catch of Inez Perez six Yard pass for the Mustangs opening  Texas am had taken a 17-13 Lead when Edd har Gett hit Bob Long on a 29-Yard touchdown pass with just 43 seconds remaining. Then big play Jerry went to work. He returned the ensuing Kickoff 24 Yards and caught a29-Yard pass to  sum on the aggie 29. Perez then moved sum to the six and As a National television audience watched threw the clincher to Quarry to face Floyd in la los Angeles a the Jerry Quarry Floyd Patterson heavy weight bout in the championship elimination boxing tournament will be held at the olympic auditorium in los Angeles on oct. 28.mrs. Aileen Eaton the promoter also announced the Abc telecast would be blacked out within a 150-mile radius but that the bout would be shown on closed circuit television at the los Angeles sports  Light a return match is slated to Start at 1 30 p.m., Pacific time. Earlier this year Quarry of Bellflower Calif., and sex Cham Patterson from new York battled to a 10-round draw. Quarry floored Patterson twice and went Down once. In previous tournament bouts Jimmy Ellis beat Leotis Martin Thad Spencer out pointed Ernie Terrell and Oscar Bonavena upset Karl Mildenberger. , the first negro to receive an athletic scholarship inthe Southwest conference did t wait until the waning seconds to make his presence Felt. He returned an earlier Kickoff 46yards and got sum moving to Ward a first period Field  also caught a 12-yarder, ran for five and caught another Pas for 20 to set up a second Quarter  the Day he caught seven passes for 80 Yards and re turned three kickoffs for 87 More. Last season when he nailed Down six of sum s eight victories he handled the bal Only 66 times but accounted for 1,167 Yards running returning kicks and punts and throwing and catching passes. He aver aged 17.6 Yards every time he touched the Ball scored in needs and passed for one. Levias just edged out senior Gary Beban Urcla s Star quarterback for the Honor. Beban scored both Bruin touchdowns the second one coming on a 27-Yard Roll out wit about four minutes left and ten Nessee leading 16-13, As a Clabert the volunteers 20-16. Also in the running for Backof the week were three other quarterbacks sum s 5-foot-5perez, Colorado s Bob Ander son a Sophomore and 6-7 Sopho More Frank Patrick of Nebraska. Perez took Over when Mike Livingston was Hurt in the Sec Ond Quarter and completed 10 of12 passes for 107 Yards and the big  scored ads on runs of seven five and two Yards an pitched out for a fourth in leading Colorado past Baylor 27-7.  keeps pointing to Cal s Victory and his own troubles but he in t finding Many suckers the Irish Are devastating 32 Point favourites. The Point spread is narrower about 28 Points closer for the clash Between Texas and us saturday night. Coach Darrel Royal discovers then if the longhorn defensive unit is ironclad because the trojans will not wait very Long before giving the Ball to . Simpson a halfback who runs the 100 Yard dash in 9.4 seconds an scores touchdowns lots of them. 54 ads in 2 years Simpson tallied 54 to during his two seasons in Junior College and another in us s 49-0blitz of Washington state last  Texas can  together some pretty Good offensive Jinx itself behind the smooth All around play of quarterback Bill Bradley who runs kicks and passes with stunning proficiency. Now that Kenny Snake Stabler is reinstated and set to go at quarterback Alabama is ready to renew its endless search for the National  Bryant s Crimson tide sporting the deceptively Light murderously Quick defense that is its trademark Are three touchdown favourites to make Florida state its 18th victim Ina Row. Bigger tougher things Houston which ripped Florida state 33-13 last weekend move son to bigger and tougher things saturday when the cougars go after Michigan state. Mus missing names like Clint Jones Bubba Smith George Webster and Gene Washington Are seven Point favourites but Houston led by halfback Warren Mcvea who gained 100 Yards in a half hour against Florida state might just be continued on Page w tics one Ever the minimum Ashe twins gained their fourth Victory in a Row. They and there sox have Only eight remaining games Killebrew s two run blast his40th round tripper of the Campaign came after Cesar Tovar opened the sixth by drawing a walk off Kansas Cit starter and loser Chuck Dobson. The soaring 430-foot drive Over the left Field Wall gave Killebrew his first 40-Homerseason in three years but the fifth of his career. Oliva followed with his 17thhomer of the season a 370-foot smash to nearly the same spots Killebrew s. Minnesota closed out the scoring in the seventh. Zoilo Versalles reached second on an error and score when first baseman Joe Rudi dropped a throw after Oliva grounder. Merritt struck out six an walked none. After allowing a Lead off single to Bert Campaneria in the first and a Lead off single to John Donaldson in the fourth the Southpaw retired the final 17batters he faced in scoring his 13th Victory in 19 decisions Box score on Page Pennant race at a glance by the associated press american league Minnesota Boston 88 Chicago 87 to won lo8t . Behind play. 88 66 .571 8 66 .571 867 .565 1 8 Detroit 6 67 .562 1% 9minnesotaat Home 6new York 3, sept. 22, 23, 24 California 3, sept. 25, 28.27. Away 2boston 2, sept. 30, oct. 1. Boston at Home 4cleveland 2, sept.26 27 Minnesota 2, sept. 30, oct. 1. Away 4baltimore 4. Sept. 22 223, 24.chicagoat Home 3washington 3, sept. 29, 30, oct. 1. Away 5cleveland3, sept. 22, 23, 24 Kansas City 2, sept. 26, 27.detroitat Home. 4california 4, sept. 28, 2d, 30, oct. 1. Away 5washington 3, sept. 22, 23,24. New York 2, sept. 25, 2 3. Beulah cancels til Northridge Calif. Up Hurricane Beulah has washed out saturday night s football game Between san Fernando Valley state and Texas a i at Kingsville tex., a spokesman for the Valley matadors announced Friday