European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 08, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Page in the stars and stripes sunday october 8, 1967 Tep award in minors to Millan Columbus Ohio up Felix Millan a Good Fielding and timely hitting second baseman for Richmond s inter National league Pennant win ners was named Friday player of the year for baseball s minor leagues. The 24-year-old puerto Rica also was one of the 20 players selected on the 1967 triple Aall Star teams in a poll conducted by the National association o f professional baseball leagues and Topp chewing gum co. Millan will receive the j. Spink award and Cash for his player of the Yea selection and the George m. Trautman memorial plaque for being named the International league s player of the hit .310, striking out Only 19 times in 106 games an was the main cog in Rich mond s teams named the triple a All stars we replaced in an Eastern bracket consisting o f International league players and a Western group which was Pacific coast league players. Third baseman Ricardo Joseph of san Diego was picked As the pc s player of the following players were named to the All Star teams East triple a All stars in Jim Beauchamp richmond2bfelix Millan Richmond 3bjohn Ryan Toro toss Tom Matchick Toledo of Curt Motton Rochester of Elvio Jimenez Columbus of Wayne Comer Toledo John Bench Buffalo a Frank Mcgraw Jacksonville Dave Leonhard Rochester West triple a All Star Sib Doug Schwartz Vancouver 2bfrank Coggins hawaii3brichardo Joseph san Diego is Cleo James Spokane of Charles Nash Indianapolis of Ivan Murrell Oklahoma City of Jim Fairey Spokane Don Bryant Phoenix a Roberto Rodrigues Van Couver a Jeff Lynn san Diego Leafs sign Conacher Peterborough Canada a left Winger Brian con Acher of the Toronto Maple Leafs has signed a two year contract with the National hockey league club. Friendlier setting St. Louis Cardina manager red schoendienst left discusses the situation with his Boss general manager Sta Musial As the team worked out at Busch stadium in St. Louis Friday. The cardinals willbe in their Home Park for the next three world series games against the red sox after the teams split the openers at Boston. A work headaches abound As Busch prepares to resume world series St. Louis a Busy i getting ready for a world series. Headache is what often goes with that kind of Busy. Groundskeeper Concession Aires and ticket office personnel in Busch stadium hotel opera tors policemen and a Long list of others Are Busy. Some of them Are suffering some degree of the Well known pain in the head. Stadium Busy coaxing a instant grass ground renew stand of out of turf scarred by football and soccer games a few Days ago. Other workmen Are putting the finish ing touches on the stadium to ready it for saturday s Capac Ity plus crowd. Grounds supervisor Barne Rodgers said Friday about half the mixture of and Blue grass sown in Bare spots earlier in the week has come up and he expects Hopes the remainder would be up saturday. The cardinals and the Boston red sox worked out on Rodgers manicured turf Friday but the supervisor shrugged off the pain fatalistic ally. The stars and stripes Banks wins Lou Gehrig memorial new York a Erni Ebanks of the Chicago cubs was named Friday As the 1967winner of the Lou Gehrig memo Ial award presented annually by Phi Delta Theta fraternity. The award goes annually tothe major league player who is adjudged to have Best exemplified in playing ability and per Sonal character the attributes of the late new York Yankee first was described by the selection committee As a player who never lost his competitive drive or infectious enthuse Nangle takes publicity Post Dekalb Iii. A Owen. Bud n a n g 1 a executive sports editor of the Toledo Bla Deand former sports editor of the Dekalb chronicle has Bee named manager of sports publicity at Northern Illinois University. Ernie Banks ,. Indomitable spirit asm for baseball while his club anguished in second division for 13 of his 14 full Ernie Banks Glove Bat an indomitable spirit deserve a goodly measure of credit for the cubs Rise from last place in 1966 to first division in 1967, forthe first time in 21 years said chads o. Skinner of new York chairman of the selection com Mittee. A. Golfer 56, Dies after shooting Ace Aliquippa a. A Boyd 56, a veterinarian scored his first Hole in on Over the weekend at the Aliquippa Golf was accepting the congratulations of the club pro for mastering the 127-Yard third Hole when he collapsed. He was pronounced dead of a heart at tack at a Hospital. They re going to take their toll he said but if these Guys did t mess up my Field i would t have anything to John Kelly of Missouri sport service inc., is Busy laying in six tons of hot dogs and 5,000pounds of hamburger 120,000 buns 500 half barrels and 6,000 St. Louis up what world series unmindful of the St. Louis baseball cardinals working out no More than 50 feet away football cardinals went through a Skull session behind closed doors at Busch stadium Friday in preparation for Sun Day s nil contest with the Minnesota football cardinals went Over their game books with coaches while outside sluggers like Orlando Cepeda Lou Brockland Roger Maris were taking their swings in preparation forthe third game of the e world series against the Boston red sox saturday. Cases of Beer and buckets of Mustard Catsup and other con Mients to feed baseball re not going to run out of anything he of ticket manager Rob Ert Terrell s work was finished Days ago when the last seat in the stadium was sold. There is Aline outside his office for stand ing room tickets to be sold the Day of each game. But this is a minor task for his , Ferrell still has his headaches. One cropped up thursday. Angry fans who were unable to get tickets be Gan telephoning demanding to know Why a downtown store was offering tickets openly. A Quick Check revealed Astore was advertising joke tickets and doing a brisk Busi Ness. We Are getting enough phone Calls without a downtown store advertising joke tickets on their windows he complained. Braves tap Harris for Pilot s Job St. Louis a Luma Harris was named manager of the Atlanta braves baseball team Friday succeeding the fired Billy Hitchcock. The announcement was mad eat a news conference called by Paul Richards vice president of the braves for whom Harris had played coached an managed for was fired without and Vance notice sept. 29 with the Atlanta team mired in seventh place in the National league Harris standings. Harris 52, who pitched for seven years with the former Philadelphia athletics and Washington senators this year Man aged the braves Richmond club to the International league pen Nant. He had played coached an managed under Richards in Atlanta Buffalo Chicago Balti More and Houston. He coached for the chicag White sox in 1951-54 and for the Baltimore orioles in 1955-61. Hews coach at Houston from 1962 through 1964 and managed the astros in 1965. Harris served As coach under Richards when the latter was named manager of the Balti More orioles in 1961 and be came interim manager when Richards quit. To Houston in 62. He followed Richards to hous ton in 1962 As coach and hitch cock took Over As Baltimore manager. During his playing career Harris had a 35-63 record with the Philadelphia athletics. Heals played briefly with the Washington senators in 1947.the new Atlanta Pilot played for the old Atlanta crackers of the Southern association from 1937 to 1940, winning 47 and los ing 29. At Baltimore Harris had a 17-10 record As a manager and in his two season with Houston his teams were 70-105. Hitchcock took Over a braves manager aug. 9, 1966, and led the team to a 33-18record the rest of the season. Finished seventh but the braves never reached their potential this year and floundered far from the top of the National league throughout the season. They finished seventh 24 games out. Richards said he considered taking the Job himself until i looked at the shortstop and Cen Ter Field and All the double plays ave did t course we talked about Paul managing said Bill Bartholomay chairman of the braves Board but i think the braves Are stronger with Paul Richards responsible for the total baseball picture and most importantly the development of the minor league organization. Luman did a terrific Job bangers Giacomin signs Kitchener Canada aped Giacomin the National hockey league s All Star goalie last season has signed his 1967 68 contract with the new Yor rangers. Giacomin paced the Cir Cuit with nine shutouts and had a2.61 goals against average in 1966 67
