European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 04, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Poge 22 the stars and stripes wednesday october 4, 1967 red sox Una wed by Odds continued from Page 18 Young club. These boys will be Here a Long Long time. I Don t know How Long i la be Here but they will be Here for after the first two games i Boston wednesday and thurs Day there will be an off Day for travel before the teams resume saturday in St. Louis for the next three games in the 7 series. Boston a probable line ups for wednesday s first world series game at Fenway Park St. Loue. Bosto Brock if Adair 2b flood of Jones 3bmaris of Yastrzemski if Cepeda in Harrelson a Mccarver c Scott id Shannon 3b Petrocelli a Javier 2b Smth of maxvill is Gibson Gibson p Santiago p Boston up the office of baseball commissioner William d. Eckert has named Veteran american league Umpire John Stevens to work behind the plate in wednesday s Fenway Park world series opener Between the Boston red sox and St. Louis cardinals. Also named were Al Barlic of the National league at first base Frank Umont of the american league at second base Augie Donatelli of the National league at third base and de Runge of the american league and Paul Pryor of the National league to the Outfield foul line assignments. Boston up the National broadcasting company monday named a four Man team to handle its telecast of the 1967 world series opening wednesday in Boston s Fenway Park. Carl Lindemann Abc Vic president of sports said Curt Gowdy pee wee Reese Ken Coleman and Harry Caray will work the series. Gowdy and Reese Are regular members of Abc s sports staff. Coleman handles broadcasts Fred sox games and Caray airs St. Louis Cardinal games. Sandy Koufax will handle there game program. Series dates by the associated press Here s the schedule Lor the 1967 world series Between the Boston red sox angst. Louis cardinals All games 1 p.m., local time wednesday oct. 4 at Boston. Thursday oct 6 at , oct. 6 travel. Saturday oct. 7 at St. , oct. 8 at St. Louis. Monday oct. 9 at St Louis if Neces sary. Tuesday oct. 10 , oct. 11 at Boston it Nee. Thursday oct. 12 at Boston if Neces sary. Comparison of records Boston a Here is a compar Sorof the individual season records of the Boston red sox and St. Louis cardinals who will meet in the world series Start ing wednesday these Are probable players in the ser ies. The official list of world series Eligi Bles has not been determined Infiel Boston Scot Andrews Petrocelli. Jones Adair Foy Cepeda Javier maxvill Shannon Bressoud Gagliano Spiezio Yastrzemski Harrelson Tartabul Siebern r. Smith Thomas Broc flood mar Stolan a. Johnson Ryan Gibson b. Howard Mccarve Ricketts Santiag Lonborg Bell Stan Elyle Osinsky Morehead Stephenson Waslewski Wyatt Gibson Hughes Carlton Belles Lamabe Hoerner a. Jackson Aster Washburn Willis Woodeshick or rib avg.19 82 .303 8 40 .26366 .269 25 .29035 .2721733 St. Louis Outfield Boston St. Louis catchers Boston St. Louis 6 48 .263 25 111 .32514 64 .280 1 41 .22712 77 .245 1 1 .1342 21 .221 3 10 .210 44 121 .32612 54 .254 0 10 .2237 .205 56 .244 6 .213 014 1 21 59 6 76 .299 50 .33555 .261 32 .2531 12 .229 pitchers Boston 21 4 14 1 27 .199 15 .203 28 .178 69 .295 14 .273 g we Era 50 12-4 3.72 39 22-9 2.28 38 13-13 3.31 St. Louis 35 27 34 10 8 12 60 8-10 2.77 1-2 2.283-1 2.54 5-4 4.34 3-1 3.86 2-2 3.21 10-7 2.60 27 13-7 2.98 40 16-6 2.67 30 49 39 56 41 35 14-9 3.07 14-5 2.493-7 3.29 4-4 2.74 9-4 3.95 9-7 3.03 27 10-7 3.62 64 6-5 2.6036 2-1 5.10 team batting or rib avg. Boston 158 665 .255 St. Louis 115 656 .263 Simmons Skowron freed by Angels Anaheim Calif. Up the California Angels announced monday that they were giving Pitcher Curt Simmons and first baseman Bill Skowron their unconditional releases in order to protect two Young players on their 40-Man roster. Simmons a Veteran of 20major league seasons joined the Angels aug. 6 on waiver from the Chicago cubs and had a 2-1 record. Skowron came to California from the Chicago White sox in Trade for minor league infielder Cotton Nash and decision has been reached by the Angels yet on whether Simmons and Skowron will be invited to train with the club a free agents next Spring. Skow Ron was on the injured list for several weeks after joining the Angels with a badly Cut hand. Schoendienst selects Gibson Hughes Briles series starters continued from Page 18 straight games and is 14-5 Ontic season gave up four hits sunday in a Warmup at had a 10-2 record As a starter after appearing in 35 game sin Relief Early in the season. Gibson the series Veteran who bounced Back from a Bro Ken leg at mid season pitched Friday night in Atlanta allow ing eight hits in nine innings. He has a 13-7 season s record. Hughes is the team s to Winner 16-6. Gibson Briles and Hughes Are right handers. As for the red sox Schoen Dienst said they be got Good hitting and he note the american league champions have Only three left Handerson their pitching staff but said Ben Emiti fought with broken rib Bologna Italy oct. 2 a doctors announced monday that Defeated middleweight world boxing Champion Nino Benvenuti went into his title defense fight against Emile Griffith with a broken announcement was made after the 29-y e a a old sex Champion under went a series of a rays at Bologna s Sant Orsola a rays were examine Dat the Rizzoli orthopaedic clinic. The break Only showed Upin two of the negatives the doctors Type of fracture is very difficult to spot because it dislocated on the 12th left Forward rib declared professor Lucian Boccanera one of the doctors who examined fracture occurred before the title match because the Bon callus which has formed is too advanced to have been formed since Friday Boccanera added. He said he had ordered com plete rest for Benvenuti for the next 30 Days with a rigid plaster cast around the lower part of his body. New York oct. 3. A the doctor who examined italian Boxer Nino Benvenuti be fore his fight Friday said Mon Day we found no evidence Ofa or. Harry Kleiman a Newyork boxing commission physician was queried after state ments from doctors in Bologna said that Benvenuti went into the fight with a fractured rib. Benvenuti he did t feel that would be to important in a Short series. The cardinals faced More than their share of left handers during the regular Cepeda. Who led the National league in runs batted with 111, will take a .325 Bat Ting average into the bidding much of the sea son for the league batting championship Cepeda slumped Dur ing september and lost the Tea batting title to Center fielder Curt flood who ended the regu Lar season with a .335 Mark. The last time Boston was in series in 1946 the opponent also was St. Louis. Schoendienst Wasa second baseman on the 46 redbirds and the team s new general manager Stan Musial played first base. 6a great honor9 when the series returns to on saturday a crowd in excess of 50,000 will Jam Busch stadium on the riverfront for the first series game in the Newark. St. Louis a the St. Louis cardinals announced monday Reserve Catcher John Romano will be ineligible forthe world series. Romano obtained during the Winter saw limited service with the cardinals. He batted .184 in58 at bats. The Cut was made necessary by the acquisition of Relief Pitcher Jack Lamabe from the new York mets when Pitcher Bob Gibson was sidelined with broken leg in july. Santiago ready for biggest test Boston a Jose Santiago a laughing boy who be comes serious on the Mound Abandons the bullpen once again for the biggest test of his career opening the world series for the Boston red , an unheralded member of the Boston pitching staff most of the season beamed proudly monday after he was named to Start against the St. Louis cardinals wednes Day at Fenway Park. This is a great Honor the27-year-old right hander from puerto Rico said. It s the big Gest thing that Ever has happened to from the Kansas City farm system for $50,000 at the end of the 1965 season Santiago was a pleasant Surprise in Post ing a 12-13 record for the ninth place red sox last ailment he got off to a slow Start this year having to overcome a minor ailment in his pitching Arm and then was shipped to the bullpen As a Long Relief specialist. He has started just 11 games while appearing in 50.in the final two weeks Santi ago was used both in Relief Andas a starter As Boston manager Dick Williams ran out of Relia ble hurlers in the run for the american league a crucial Road trip he won two games As a reliever in de troit sept. 18 and 19. Then he came Back As a starter and won10-3 at Baltimore on sept. 22. Jose was belted for three Runson a pair of homers in two innings of Relief against Clevelan last tuesday. I had nothing he i Don t have my stuff or i m tired i Tell the manager. Idon t try to kid Williams showed his Faith i Santiago sending him Back put As a starter in an All or nothing game against Minnesota Satur Day. The hurler settled Dow after a shaky Start and justified Williams Confidence. He allowed Only two runs on seven hits before tiring in the eighth. Gary Bell a regular starter finished preserving Santiago s 12th Victory. I had Good stuff after the first inning Santiago said. Then i got a Little tired and i Odds revised Las vegas Nev. Up Odds maker Jimmy Snyder monday revised the Odds on wednesday s first game of the 1967 world series making these. Louis cardinals 6-5 favor ites Over the Boston red cards had previously been installed As 11-10 favourites in the opener in bos ton s Fenway advised that the cards remained 3-2 favor Testo take the series. Told Trainer buddy told the manager and when i walked the first Batter came out. It was the right thing. Now i want Good stuff forthe big one against the Cardi nals. My parents Are coming from puerto Rico to see me1 pitch in Boston for the firs time. It will be a big asked about the cardinals especially slugger Orlando Cep Eda. Santiago said i know Many of them. Orlan do i be pitched against him i Winter Ball. He s a Good Friend of mine. Maybe i la take him outto dinner. But i la be trying to get him out in the botox climbed from 9th to top under Tough Rookie manager / Tif a Jam to � rat is a in m 4 n i -9 v _. Continued from Page Dering with a 13-16 Mark in mid May. Instead of collapsing bos ton climbed Back to .500.then the front office gave Williams a big boost obtaining Veteran infielder Jerry Adair from the Chicago White sox for reliever Don Mcmahon and Pitcher Gary Bell from Cleve land for outfielder Don Demeter and first baseman Tony the second game of a doubleheader at Detroit just before the All Star game break the red sox snapped a four game losing Streak. Lonborg and John Wyatt combined for a 3-0 Victory hiking the team s record to41-39, Good Only for fifth place six games off the the All Star game the red sox rattled off 10 straight victories closing to within one half game of the first place White sox. That surge turned the Pennant race into a hectic scramble. Williams maintained his discipline All the Way. He benched first baseman George Scott an third baseman Joe Foy for being overweight As the Redfox dropped three straight one run decisions to the Angels i California aug. 11-13. Despite those disheartening defeats the red sox rebounded. In a key game aug. 20 in bos ton they rallied from an 8-0 deficit to beat California 9-8 for their fourth straight Victory. Then they won three More in arow to tie for the league Lead. The winning Streak was tempered aug. 18 when Conigliaro was hit by a fast Ball thrown bythe Angels Jack Hamilton. Conigliaro with 20 homers and67 runs batted in was through for the red sox signed Jim Lan Dis As a replacement. Then after getting one big Homer from Landis they released him sign ing Ken Harrelson a Young slugger let go by Kansas Cit owner Charles o. Finley. Har Relson contributed some key hits. With Yastrzemski heading forthe triple Crown Lonborg pass ing the 20-Victory Mark and oth ers contributing their share the red sox Hung on in the four Way Pennant fight As Williams a neutered like a won six of eight games in Detroit Cleveland and Balti More on its last regular season Road trip. Then the red so came Home one game behind Minnesota to Clinch the Veteran scout Doc Gau Treau of the California Angels called the shot when in Early september he named the Redfox a team of it fits Well with Cinderella sox and cardiac
