European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 30, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday september 30, 1967 the stars and stripes Page 19 four card 69s, share opening Lead in Atlanta classic Atlanta up Miller bar Ber and Randy Glover battling cold and the wind in a race against darkness shot three under Par 69s late thursday Totie pea Champion Don january and Charles Sifford for the first round Lead in the $115,000 Atlanta Golf and Sifford who became the first negro Ever Towin a major Golf tournament when he took the Hartford opencast month finished nearly five hours ahead of Barber an Glover and in View of the weather it appeared until the final moments that their Earl Lead would hold up. But Barber Sank a pair of 10-foot putts on the last two holes to join the leaders and Glover Winner of the Azalea open last Spring came in minutes Lateran the other Side of the course with the same went into the final Hole with a Golden Chance to take the Lead alone but missed the Green in the approaching darkness and had to Settle for a bogey five that dropped him into the four Way tie. Barber said the weather was the Rawest the touring pro shave had to contend with since last january in California. But Glover insisted the cold did t bother him once the round started. Only 19 in the starting Field of139 pros and five amateurs were Able to Best Par Over the lengthy 7,049 Yards Atlanta country club course. The two year old course with its rough Green and numerous water hazards would have been trial enough but the morning Long rain wind and cold made it a real monster. The leaders held a one stroke margin Over five other pros including Wayne Yates of Atlanta former Steelworker Walt Zembriski Labron Harris Ray Floyd and Mason Rudolph. Another stroke Back at 71 an the Only other men to break Par in the open round were Pau Bondeson Ted Makalena Dave Marr Don Massengale Bill Maxwell Hugh Royer Dan Sikes . Sikes Bert Weaver and Dewitt Weaver. The classic already missing seven of this year s top ten Money winners suffered Aneth reds Nab pair take Over third Cincinnati up Sammy Ellis backed by a 16-hit attack pitched the Cincinnati reds to a9-1 Victory Over Atlanta in the second game of a doubleheader thursday night after Jim Maloney blanked the braves 8-0on four hits in the first game. The twin Victory moved the reds into third place a half game ahead of the rain Idle Chicago cubs. Lee May banged out four hit sin the second game to Lead the reds assault on three atlant pitchers As Ellis notched his eighth Victory against 11 losses. Rose Homer the reds scored two runs in the first inning one on Pete Rose s 12th Homer of the season and added single runs inthe third and fourth innings off Pat Jarvis who was tagged with his 10th loss against 15 added two More runs in the sixth inning and two in the seventh off de Rakow and pushed Home a final Marker inthe eighth. Felix Millan collected four of continued on Page 22j orioles rehire Bauer for 1968, fire coaches Woodling Brecheen Lollar Baltimore a the Baltimore orioles announced thursday that Hank Bauer will continue As manager next sea son ending a guessing Gam Over whether he would be fired for the downfall of the 1966baseball champions. Bauer was signed after Las season for a contract through 1968 at $50,000 a orioles presently Are in seventh place 16 & games out of first place. The orioles startled the base Ball world last year by winning the american league Pennant by nine games and sweeping four straight from the los an Geles dodgers in the world be retaining Bauer the Oriole management discharge three of the four Man coaching staff. Let go were Gene Wood Ling Harry Brecheen and Sherm Lollar. Billy Hunter will return. We have discussed the 1967season thoroughly for the past month said Harry Dalton director of player personnel. There is no Way that a Tea can drop from first to sixth and be Happy. We cannot hold Bre Cheen Woodling and Lollar responsible for the present plight of the Are Fine gentlemen Are Good baseball men and have made some positive contributions. However we feel that we can help the performance of Heball club by making these changes at this in our organization wishes All three every Success Brecheen had been with the club since the St. Louis Brown franchise moved to Baltimore in 1954.the other three were brought to the club by Bauer when he became manager in 1964. Bauer was named manager of the year in 1964 when the Ori Oles finished third and again when they won the Pennant in 1966. The orioles also finished third in 1965. Good friends the three of them were real Good friends of mine and i Trinkall three of them did a Good Job said Bauer after the an or prestige blow thursday when Frank Beard who has won three tournaments and More than $100,000 this year was disqualified Tor failing to sign his scorecard after posting a 78. That left Only Dan Sikes an Doug Sanders from among the top ten and the colourful Sanders decked out thursday in flashing red was in danger of missing Friday s Cut after shooting a four Over Par 76.the top two men of pro Golf Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus skipped this tournament to make a film in Japan and masters Champion Gay Brewer withdrew several Day Sago because of a bad Back. Temperature drop the late starters thursday did t have to contend with rain but the temperature dropped about 15 degrees while they were on the course and the final threesomes barely finished before dark. January who played in the same threesome with Sifford complained about the wind and his inability to judge the rolling Georgia course. It s Flat out where i come from and when the wind blows this hard Wedon t play the lean texan let january do most of the talking during their interview but did say he was putting As Well As heeler had. January noting that Sifford Sank four putts that were longer than 15 feet said you d better believe the leaders Hank Bauer. New $50,000 pact Finley officially tells City manager athletics not Long for Kansas City thought there was a Kansas City to. Up Kansas City athletics owner Charles o. Finley in a letter Rocity manager Carleton Sharpe said thursday he has decide to take the Steps necessary to move the franchise to Finley in the letter Date sept. 26 and received thursday said he had Given a great Deal of consideration to the question of what actions should be taken in respect to the a s situation in Kansas City. I sincerely believe consideration has been Given to All significant aspects of the experiences of the athletics in Kansas City he said. Base Don that consideration and advice i have decided to take the Steps necessary to move the franchise to another letter did not say whether Finley would seek american league approval to move to either Seattle or said he had recently obtained sound and expert advice in reaching his Deci Sion a decision he said would serve the Best interests of the american league As Well As the interests of the mayor Ilus Davis who said hews not surprised by Finley s decision added that the City Scase was that it deserved major league stressed the importance of a continued uninterrupted american league franchise in Kansas City and said the Cit would vigorously resist any Effort to leave it without major league baseball even for a single a a who were transferred Here from Philadelphia by the late Arnold Johnson in 1955, played their final Home Kansas City a the cellar dwelling Kansas City athletics finished their Home sea son with a total attendance of 658,740.this was 115,189 less than 1966, but much better than the 1965season when the Home games attracted Only 528,284 during the first two sea sons Here 1955 and 1956, Havethe a s brought out More than a million a season. They always have finished last or close to last in the standings except for their first year Here when they finished in sixth place. Games of the season wednesday night sweeping a doubleheader from Chicago 5-2 and 4-0. Finley had notified the Cit sept. 15 that he did hot intend to renew his four year lease on municipal stadium but has until oct. 15 to make an . The lease expires at the endow the current season. Under the circumstances it would be unfair to meet with you for the purpose of discussing possible terms an considerations of the new lease Finley said in the letter to Sharpe. Finley who purchased the franchise from the Johnson estate in 1960, has requested a american league meeting Fol lowing the world series presumably to seek approval to move the team. Oakland Calif. Up Robert Nahas president of the change necessary so we made it. We be been talking about number of people As replace ments but he said he was not ready to say from what club or said he hoped that All three of the coaches would Fin jobs with other clubs and he said he thinks they will workout Well with other we feel that by making this move and opening up posts for some new men we can accomplish what we Hope to do in 1968 get the club Back on Bauer previously had Man aged at Kansas City l/2 sea sons. Decline of champs Oakland Alameda coliseum Complex thursday said Oak land although Only a few water Miles away from the Well entrenched san Francisco giants is ready and waiting for Charles o. Finley s Kansas Cit athletics. We sincerely Hope will consider us Favora Bly and bring his team to the decline of the Oriole from the Pinnacle this season was attributed mainly to an Epi Demic of sore arms on the pitch ing staff and inactivity for on month of slugger Frank Robin son with a head injury. Bre Cheen was the pitching coach. Three hurlers of shutouts inthe world series 21-year-old Jim Palmer 22-year-old Wally Bunker and 25-year-old Dave Mcnally All had Arm miseries this season. Steve Barber a 10 game Winner last year was shipped off to the new York Yankees after Arm season. Palmer and Mcnally won 28 games betwee them. Oakland after the Nahas said shortly s owner notified Kansas City officials he intended to move in 1968. I talked to him tuesday and we discussed lease terms and physical facilities of Pur new stadium which i think is one of the finest he said. I thin Oakland has offered him a Fine Oakland stadium which houses the Oakland raiders of the american football league Herrick beats Tusca on Loroi incl derision Portland. Maine up Gene Herrick 148, of Saco Maine took a unanimous Deci Sion from Johnny Tusca 150, of Miami in a blood spattered 10-round feature bout thursday built a commanding Lead in Early rounds and washable to keep the Edge despite a blazing finish by Tusca that left can seat 50,000 for baseball. I both fighters bloodied. Miller Barbe Randy Glover Don Januar Charles Sifford Ray Floy Labron Harris or. Mason Rudolph Wayne Yates Walt Zembriski Paul Bondeson Ted Makalena Dave Marr Don Massengale Billy Maxwell Hugh Roy Erdan Sikes . Sik Eabert Weaver Dewitt weave Joe Campbell Bob Charl Scharles Coody Howie Johnson Jack Lumpkin Fred Mart Steve Reid Bert Yance Tommy Bolt Dick Crawfor Coble Legrange Bob Lunn Rives Mcbee Jerry Magee Bob Rosburg Don what Dudley Wysong Tommy Aaro Frank Boynton Dave Douglas Jerry Edwards Billy emm Nabill Garrett Bob Goetz . 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