European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 7, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday april 7, 1968 the stars and stripes Pago 17 baseball openers delayed by assassination by the associated press baseball s Trade Stoart Tauton tial opening game Wastl Nglam and Cincinnati s opener have been postponed from monday to tuesday because of the assassins Tion of civil rights Leader or. Martin Luther King. If the revised schedule Gete break from the weather Man tuesday s 10-game opener pro Gram is expected to attract about �50000 fans. Houston and Pitts Burgh get the jump on the others with a night game monday night. The schedule monday Pittsburgh Houston nigh tuesday National league Chicago Cincinnati Atlanta . Louis night Philadelphia los Angeles new York san Francisc Pittsburgh Houston night american league Minnesota Washingto Cleveland Chicago Boston Detroit Oakland Baltimore California new Horkst Louis is heavily favored in the baseball writers poll but Only co Choice with san Francisco in the Las vegas Odds to repeat its Pennant Victory in the National league. The crippled bos ton red sox who now have lost Tony Conigliaro in addition Tojim Lonborg Are Long shots in the american league. Joe Dimaggio has returned to baseball As a coach with the Oak land a a who have moved West from Kansas City. Six new Man agers a handful of rookies an several traded players add zest to the new new managers Are Alvin dark Cleveland Jim Lemon Washington Bob Kennedy Oakland Larry Shepard Pitts Burgh Luman Harris Atlanta and go Hodges with the Newyork mets. Major trades during the of season have sent Luis Aparicio Back to the Chicago White so after five years in Baltimore and Tommy Davis to the Whiteson from the new York mets. Jim Bunning moved from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh Zoilo ver Salles and Tom Haller to Losangeles and John Roseboro Ron Perranoski and Bob Miller to Minnesota. The original two Day opening . Volleyball team gets coach manager new York a Jamese. Coloman of Downers Grove 111., and John Lowell of Laic Hawaii have been named coach and manager respectively of the . Olympic men s Volley Ball team. Coleman and Lowell held Sim Ilar positions with the winning . Team in the pan american games last summer in Winni Peg. Hoyden said final tryouts forthe team will be conducted in los Angeles Between aug. 24and sept. 2. The squad then will finish training a High Altit Decamp to be opened sept. 14. A after the assassination Friday King the original monday games were to have been Minnesota a Washington in the american and Chicago Cincinnati As Well a Pittsburgh Houston in the a tonal. Camito Pascual adds an unusual touch to the Washington opener. When he pitched the firs game of the season for the old Washington club now Minnesota in 1980, Jim Lemon s Homer helped win the game. Back i Washington after years with the twins Pascual is manager Lem on a Choice to oppose Dea Chance. Center fielder Del Unser an second baseman Frank Coggins Are the Likely new faces in the Washington lineup. The to Jas have been experimenting shorthand third and rate As prime contenders. A crowd of 45,000 i expected. The Oakland a s open on the Road Baltimore before 30,000 with Jim Catfish Hunter expected to oppose the orioles Tom Phoebus. The a s will not become until april 17. Hank Bauer s orioles still Are having trouble with sore armed pitching but count on a big comeback by Boog Powell and top seasons by Brooks Robinson and Frank Rob Inson to keep them in the race. Detroit picked by the baseball writers to win the Pennant win be Home to the defending Champion red sox who will be without the service of Coniglia Roand Lonborg. Earl Wilson Ttoe tigers 22-game Winner will oppose sex Phil Dick Ellsworth be fore 40,000.davis will be the Center of Tention when the Chicago Whiteson meet the Cleveland indians caught stealing Tim Cullen of the Washington senators is tagged out second base As he tries to steal by Baltimore Oriole second baseman Dave Johnson during an exhibition game Miami Fla. Umpire John Rice is get Ting ready to Call the play. Up photo Cominskey Park before 25,000, the outfielder with the .304career average is expected to add new Pep to the sox attack Gar Peter will oppose the indians Sonny Siebert As probable pitchers 4the new York Yankees struggling to regroup after three years in the second division have shortstop and catching prob lems As they open Home against left handed George Bru Nei. A crowd of about 15,000 to 20,000 is expected. Cincinnati shaken by the loss of sore armed Gary Nolan will have its usual sellout crowd of about 30,000 to see the revamped reds take on the confident Chi Cago cubs. Milt Pappas is expected to work for the contest in the other monday game night contest in the Astrodome 30,000 will see Houston Field team averaging 23vfc years against Pittsburgh s solid shortstop Hector Torres and Catcher Hal King probably will be in the lineup when Larry Dierker meets Bunning making his first appearance As a pirate. The world Champion cards will Lead with their series Ace Bob Gibson and a Veteran lineup against the Atlanta braves Pat Jarvis and their new combo of shortstop Sonny Jackson and Sec Ond baseman Felix Millan. About42,000 Are due Busch stadium. The los Angeles dodgers Hope to Start operation Bounce Back Chavez Ravine with a new lineup featuring Versalles and Haller against the Phillies. Gene Mauc probably will open with two rookies shortstop Don Money and Center fielder Larry Hisle and Chris Short As his Pitcher against Claude Osteen. San Francisco hoping for comeback by Willie Mays and a full season for Juan Marichal will Send Marichal against Young Tom Seaver of the new Yor Kmets in the first game Candle stick Park before 42,000. Bookies favor cards giants and tigers Reno nov. A and san Francisco Are co favourites 11-5odds to win the National league Pennant this year bookies said thursday. In the american league Detroit is the favorite 5-2 in Odds posted the Krno turf club behind Louis and Sanfrancisco Are in order Pittsburgh 4-1, cincinnati4-1, Chicago 7-1, Atlanta 8-1, Philadelphia 12-1, Losangeles 15-1, Houston 50-1, new York 100-1.in the american league Minnesota is 3-1, baltimore7-2, Chicago 4-1, Boston 6-1, California 8-1, cleveland15-1, new York 25-1, Oak land 40-1, Washington 60-1. Or. King slaying Belays Aba tilt no Vav York a the Nan a basketball association announced Friday that will postpone a playoff game Schedu a in Boston sunday in defer to the memory of or. Mar tin Uther King 1 Kamo Between the Boston celtics and Philadelphia ?6ers was slated for National Aba spokesman said the game the second of the Best-of-7 set was rescheduled in Boston wednesday with the third game of the playoff in Philadelphia Friday tigers and cardinals picked by experts new York a if the nation s sports writers and sportscasters Are right still be the . Louis cardinals an the Detroit tigers in the world series next october. The world Champion Cardi nals were picked to repeat by 190 of the 387 voters who Fig ured the Pittsburgh pirates would be the toughest Competition. Detroit Drew 122 votes to in seat the Boston red sox in the american league in a tight race with Minnesota and Chicago. The votes were scattered so widely that every team except Oakland and Houston receive Dat least one first place ballot. Most of the 20 teams Drew votes for each position. Voter award the associated press has decided to award a $100 prize to the voter who comes the closest to the exact order of finish in the majors. If the races run True to form the computer will get a real workout determining the Winner. Incidentally associated press writers Are not year the writers decided that Baltimore and Pittsburg would win the pennants but both were Way Down there in the Sec Ond division when the cardinals met the ked Boston s surprising Victory in 1967, the red so were picked no better than fourth in the voting this season. Although Detroit had 122first-place votes and Minnesota 93, the total Points figured on the basis of 10 for first nine for second and so on brought them probable opening pitchers by the Agio coated Prett records Are 1967 All times Eastern Standard monday s game american league no game league i Tourch Bunning 17-15 Houston a Dick a 6-si. 8 30 30.000. Only game scheduled. Tuesday c game american league Cleveland Siebert 10-12 to Chicago in clerk 16-Lu. S is ., 2s.ooo. Minnesota Chance �-14 War fits too u ascim.1 12-101 30 a.m., 46.000. Boston Klu Worth 67 Detroit Twu on 23-jl�. 1 30 50,000.Oakland Hunter 13-17 Baltimore in Hoe Blu a p.m30.000.caliluitna Brunet 11-19 ule Myric 1515. 3 16.000. National league Alvinta a rvs 15 10 Louis Gib ton 13 71. � ., 40 00. J Sitori 9-11 u � an ele Lusn in 17-171. 11 pm. L 7.000.new York us 13 Sau b ran Cisco u-10. 4 ., 12.000, t Veals 1&-s Houston Wilson 10$ 01 Uius Tou 11-15. Chicago Vleko 10-7 or Nye 13-10 Cincinnati ,.t in 10-13. 2 30 , closer together. The tigers to tales 3,210 Points to the twins 3,127. Chicago s White sox polled 72firsts and 2,951 Points. Boston 40 firsts to Baltimore s 43,out the red sox had stronger support for other High position Sand wound up fourth with 2,852 Points to the orioles 2,752. California Cleveland Newyork Washington and Oakland made up the second 50 per cent of the first place votes in the National went to the cardinals with 190 and 3,522. Next Best was Pitts Burgh s total of 73 and 2,960 also had solid pen Nant support with 55 firsts and2,869 Points. San Francisco was close behind the reds with 2,848points but Only 33 firsts. The Chicago cubs had 20 Pennant picks but wound up fifth in was sixth with los Angeles edging Philadelphia for seventh. Houston was ninth and the new York Meis As usual were last. The results of the poll wit first place votes in parentheses and Points figured on a basis of10-9-8 Etc. American 1. Detroit u-1- 2. Minnesota i. Boston 140 4. Baltimore 43 3.1v1.�ii. 5 of by
