European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 14, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse March 14, 1968 the stars and stripes Page 19 ski War resumes in Aspen Colo. A thei Nten Franco austrian ski War in in is by a big rhubarb in lasts s olympics at Grenoble Isles Liis weekend on the citral slopes of the Colorado Rockies where the world s pre skiers vie for the Roch cd triple Gold medal Winner Jean Claude Killy France s super skier and sex Symbol faces another Challenge from aus Tria s Karl Schranz still fuming from a ruling that he claims deprived him of the special slalom medal in the olympics. Second grand slam that gave the 24-year-old Killy a sweep of the Alpine events Matching austrian Toni Sailer s grand slam in 1956. They Arete Only two in olympic history to accomplish that can say i m not Happy Schranz said on his arrival i Colorado to prepare for the Down Hill race Friday and slalom sat urday on Aspen Mountain coated with More than four feet of Snow after a wet Winter. Those two events count to Ward the International ski federation s world cup along with deciding the Winner of the Roch cup named for a Swiss who helped Pioneer the Aspen resort. The Competition also will serve As a comeback Opportunity for the . Ski team that failed to win a medal in the olympics. West Germany Switz Erland and Italy also have sent contestants. Race Sunda the skiers also will race Sun Day in a giant slalom that car Ries no particular Reward and does not count in Fis , since this meet is the first confrontation for Killyan Schranz since the big Flap in Grenoble they Are sure to strive to win All three events. Killy wants to prove his olym Pic sweep was no Fluke. Schranz a 29-year-old Veteran of the ski slopes is just As eager to substantiate his charge hews disqualified unjustly. In the special slalom at the olympics Schranz was granted a second run in the second heat after he charged that a police Man walking across the course caused him to fall on the first trip Down the Mountain. On the second ride Schranz turned in the fastest time of the Day put Ting him ahead of Killy. But officials ruled after receiving re ports from gatekeepers that Sci Mhz missed two Gates be fore the fall on the first run and was not entitled to the second trip. Other events after the Aspen races the phils Short Deal cards 1st Citrus setback Clearwater Fla. Up the Philadelphia Phillies handed the world Champion St. Louis cardinals their first defeat of the Grapefruit league season tuesday banging two rookies for 10 hits and a 9-0 win in game halted in the top of the sixth inning by rain. Southpaw Chris Short pitched four scoreless innings against the redbirds allowing jus three scattered singles while walking one and hitting lock was the hitting Star with two singles and a three Runin three trips to the balanced stance the outcome of the game hangs in the balance As Chicago cub Pitcher Ferguson Jenkins throws a Ball that appears to be perched atop the Bat of Ron Hunt of the Sanfrancisco giants during exhibition game at Scottsdale spitball Rule changed less Teeth in it now go to the International ats in Valley Idaho March 22-24, to the Dumaurier invitational it Rossland b.c., Canada March 29-31 and the governor scup at heavenly Valley calif., april 5-7. On his arrival in Colorado wily told reporters after the heavenly Valley meet i m quit til. 1 am at the top and have no further to said he has received offers to act in the movies race cursor become a pro skier but has not made up his mind. I so swimmers repeat Seattle up1 the univer sity of Southern California exits monopoly on Pacific swimming championships a winning Ita eighth title in a Many years. Fort Lauderdale Fla. J a the commissioner and two major league president stepped in tuesday and took some of the Teeth out of base Ball s confusing and controversial spitball Pitcher no longer will be subject to ejection from the game after two violations. He will be charged instead with a illegal pitch similar to a balk. Commissioner , making the announce ment said the revised Rule would be in effect until the rules committee is Able to re study the problem probably be fore the season opening april 8. Less sever Eckert said the decision for an interim Rule less severe than that adopted at the Winter meetings in Mexico City was made with the agreement Warren Giles the National league president and Joe Cro Nin president of the american spitter has been illegal for years but nobody did any thing about it. Violations be came so flagrant last year that the rules committee decided to get Tough. At Mexico City it was decided that a Pitcher would not be Al Lowed to bring his pitching hand in Contact with his Mouth or lips nor be permitted to spit on the Ball his pitching hand or penalty was drastic. For the first violation the Umpire warned the Pitcher. For the Sec Ond the Umpire was suppose to thumb the Pitcher out of the game. Confusion arose when Ameri can league umpires enforced the Rule and the National league umpires did not. Under the temporary Rule announced tuesday a Pitcher is Iven one warning As before on his first offence. If he repeats the offence he is charged Withan illegal pitch. With men on base this Wouldhave the same effect As a balk. The runner or runners woul Advance. With nobody on base the illegal pitch would be called a Ball. The Batter is not to be penalized. If he gets a hit on the Ille Gal pitch the hit counts. If he hits the Ball and is out the pitch is called a Ball. If it s the fourth Ball he walks. Giles said the revision was necessary because of the confusion caused in Spring training american and National league umpires had different versions he said. In Intra league games it did t inter league games it posed quite a at Palm Springs calif., Las sunday Emmett Ashford an Al Umpire threw out two Chi Cago cub pitchers Frank re Berger and Dean Burk in game won by the California Aii gels 3-1.there have been half a Dozer instances of ejections this Spring. Pitchers who have been Given the heave to included Dean Chance of Minnesota Camilo Pascual of Washington and Denny Ribant of Detroit. Home plate Bob Tolan had three of the cards five hits and ran his string of consecutive safeties to five with three singles. St. Petersburg f1 a up held to two hits by Jim mudcat Grant Mike Keki Chand Vicente Romo the new York mets capitalized on three los Angeles dodger errors for a 5-4 Victory dodgers scored three in the ninth and had the tying uncut Down at the plate when Bob Stinson missed the Ball on a attempted squeeze and Jim Fairey was tagged out. Grant who hit a Home run off Tom Seaver in the third was tagged for four runs in the same inning two of them unearned. After Jerry Buche walked second baseman Jim Lefebvre missed Bud Harrel son s grounder for a three base error allowing Buchek to the relay from the Outfield shortstop Zoilo Versalles threw into the dodger dugout and Harrelson was waved the inning was Over Al Weis singled Cleon Jones tripled and Ron Swoboda hit a sacrifice mets scored another earned run without Benefit of hit in the fifth on a walk to Weis a two base throwing error by Versalles and a fielder s Choice. West Palm Beach Fla up the Washington senators took advantage of some Loose at Lanta defensive play in a five run fifth inning tuesday and Defeated the braves 7-2. Frank Coggins Sam Bowe Sand de Brinkman had run scoring singles in the big inning and the braves chipped in with an error passed bail and three bases on balls. The senators got Stout pitching performances from Dick bos Man Jan Dukes and Casey Colas braves manager Luman har Ris decided to take a look a some of the Young prospects of the Atlanta of the youngsters third baseman de Pecheco poled the braves first Homer of the Spring in the third inning. Winter Haven Fla. Up the Chicago White sox rapped Boston red sox starter Gary Bell for eight runs in five innings As they whipped the american league champions 10-5, tuesday. The White sox collected 18hits, including six for extra bases. Rocky colavito had Homer Dick Booker and Tom my Davis triples while Pete Ward clubbed a pair of doubles and Luis Aparicio who had three hits one two Bagger. Booker batted in four runs three with a bases Clearing triple in the third when chicag scored six runs to wipe out a 1-3 red sox collected Only seven hits but three of the were homers. George Scott poled two and Gene Oliver Strong wind blowing toward the Outfield helped the is now 3-2 in exhibition Boston 1-4. Tampa fat. Up Rookie shortstop Ted Martinez wild throw on Lee May s grounder enabled Alex Johnson to Romp Home with the winning run As the Cincinnati reds rallied for four 1 us. Lippy humiliated Scottsdale Ariz. Up manager Leo Durocher was thrown out of the game by Umpire Mel Steuler in the fourth inning while the ban Francsco giants were routing the Chicago cubs 12-2 tuesday. Duru her s banishment was the Climax of a simmering feud that began sunday in Puto Springs calif., where Durocher Churgel that Steuler bad been Over exuberant i his warnings to pitchers going to their Mouth in Vio lation of the new Sui Lull issued repeated warnings Lut Silay to Ferguson Jenkins cub Pitcher whom he suspected of spitting in is Glove during a five run fourth inning giant uprising. Jenkins was the los ing Pitcher. The giants had 21 hits in the game including singles by Jim Davenport against three of the five Chicago hurlers. The Only extra base hits by san Francisco were doubles by pal Lanier Aud Ken Henderson Aud a triple by Iton Hunt. The cubs scored their runs i the second inning of double by Bui Plummer a triple by John Stephen Sou and a single by Jose Aciu off Ron Heibel he giants starter Aud Winner. Runs in the ninth inning to beat the Houston astros 8-7, tuesday. Minutes earlier Johnson had knotted the score by delivering a three run double off Carroll Semera Houston right Bander. The reds had bunched four hits off Rookie Wayne Twitchell to score three runs in the eighth inning after the astros had taken an Early 6-1 Lead. Ron Davis third inning Homer the first of four for the astros gave Houston a 1-0 Murrell unloaded a two run Homer off Bill Kelso in the fourth inning after the reds had knotted the score at 1-1 in the Bottom of the astros went ahead 6-1 in the sixth lining scoring three More runs two on a Homer by Hal King off Kelso. It. Lauderdale Fla up Rookie outfielder Pat Kelly brother of the Cleveland Browns Ace running Leroy Kelly drove Home the winning run with a sacrifice Fly in the seventh inning tuesdays the Minnesota twins Defeated the new York Yankees 8-5. Kelly who had no homers in245 at bats in Denver last year hit a Homer off Bill Monbouquette in the second inning. He also walked singled and was Safe on an error. Base Clearing double Kelly s sacrifice Fly came after Ron Clark s bases loaded double drove Home the tying runs off Rick second and losing Yankee Ermer used four Rookie right handers Danny Morris Chuck Murray Curt Sauer and Ron Keller to hand the yank their second straight loss and even the twins record at 2-2. Mel Stottlemyre who was scheduled to Start for the yanks complained of a stiff shoulder before the game. When it did t loosen when he started to warm up he withdrew from the assignment and is expected to be out two or three clays. Miami up doubles by Pinch hitter Jim Pagliaroni and Rick monday give the Oakland athletics an 11-Inniiu 6-5 Victory tuesday Over the Baltimore orioles in a Home run filled contest Bert Campaneria led off the game with a Homer for the a Soff Moo Drabowsky while Danny Cater hit one with a Manou later in the first inning. Sal Bando homered off Eddie att in the , Dun by and Boog Powell belled homers for the orioles. 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