European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 9, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Tuesday april the stars and stripes Page 17 dodgers inherit opener but visitors May not play by the associated pres the los Angeles dodgers inherited baseball s 1068 season opener by default sunday. But they might find themselves without either an opponent or a manager tuesday night if club owner Walter o Malley Sticks to his  Chicago White sox and St. Louis Cardinal joined seven other major league teams Sun Day in rescheduling their Home openers for wednesday so As not to conflict with funeral serv ices tuesday for or. Martin Luther  left one game still set for tuesday night the Philadelphia los Angeles opener at dodger stadium. The dodgers have re fused to Call off the game. The Phillies say they won t play it at the risk of forfeit and Fine. National league presiden Warren Giles left the decision whether to go on with the Gamin o Malley s hands. Ski champions Nancy Greene and Jean Claude Killy loft their world ski cups at South Lake Tahoe Calif., after having sewed up of honors in the Winter sport. A photo mourning for or. King sports near standstill until wednesday tilts by the associated press the sports world joined in a National Day of mourning by cancelling or postponing All but a few events sunday and monday but a feud erupted in baseball Over one possible postponement. Presi Dent Johnson had declared sunday a Day of mourning for slain civil rights Leader or. Martin Luther King who will be buried tuesday. The postponements include major league baseball s season openers monday pro basketball and hockey playoff games and pro soccer contests sunday an monday and the greater greens final Shi cup event Sabich top finisher in California slalom South Lake Tai Ioe Calif. A France Canada Austria and the United states swept top honors during the weekend in the final world cup ski meet Ami last big race of the season at heavenly Valley. Vladimir spider Sabich 23,of the ., who has broken his leg seven times Drew cheer from thousands of spectators when he came from behind Towin sunday s two run men s Sla Lom ahead of the world s great Esu Kiers. That included Frenchman Joan Claude Killy triple olym Pic Champion who was making his last race before retiring from Hie International circuit. Killy who placed seventh was reported to be Bone weary after months of racing and  sunday s race under a Brilliant sky a thousand fee above Lake Tahoe Killy re cd ipod his final ski racing  Canadian Champion Nancy or conc at his Side the two we represented world cups for accumulating the greatest number of Points in All events during 19 races this season the second Nancy richly Tennis titles san Juan puerto Rico a r Mark Cox of great Britain a at Allan Fox of los Angeles acc hour struggle sunday 111 tic final of the Caribe Hilton International Tennis tournament 6-2, 6-1, 4-8, 2-8, 8-2. Nancy richly of Sun Angelo in won the women s singles if Kathy Hurter sealcalif., 8-3, 8-4. Consecutive cup for  Killy Nancy also is re tiring from racing. The French Man will go Home to Val disere for 10 Days then search f o things to do which will he said afford him some  Nancy is going Back to notre Dame University in British Columbi and Hel out in Canada s Junior racing  pressure was on in Sun Day s men s slalom. Seventy five racers started in the first run but Sabich Chaffee disqualifications assorted Acci dents on course and missed gales took their toll so that Only 20men finished the two part race. Second after Sabich whose combined time was 105.93 seconds was Herbert Huber of aus Tria with 106.32. Third place went to Rick Chaffee of the  106.77. Huber with his Victory in the american Trotter wins Naples. Italy a an american imported five year old Mare Eileen Eden sunday won the 19th Anuno lottery trotting race beating out the favored Roqu Epino of France by a 10thof a second. Men s giant slalom saturday won the governor s cup the same Day his teammate Gertru Gabl won the women s slalom. On Friday Gertrud also won inthe women s giant slalom to take another governor s cup. But sunday was the Day forthe american men. Sabich and Chaffee were the Only  Tea members to place in the top three of any contest All  marvelled at the huge crowd that Hung on the Steep slopes crowded the finish line and murmured  it waste French Ace the fans walked a Quarter mile up the Steep slope to see perform the first time. After the race the craggy faced Frenchman sat wearily Down on a Rock and was in mediately ringed by hundreds of fans who asked for his Auto graph. For about 20 minutes he gave interviews in English an French. Only one incident really marred the meet. Olga and Liesl pall the austrian skiing Sisters were struck by a car and hospitalized with broken left legs continued on pages Boro open. Golf tournament sunday. Aqueduct race track in Newyork was to be closed tuesday arid Yonkers raceway in Newyork was not to open monday night. Hollywood Park set backs opening from tuesday to wednesday. The National Tennis league first tournament was set Back from this weekend at Ingle Wood Calif., to june 7-9, and officials of the american Bowlin Congress tournament in Cincin Nati said appropriate memorial services would be held for or. King before Competition sunday and monday. All but one of the final exhibition baseball games was can celled sunday Only the los meanwhile dodgers manager Walter Alston set to Start his 15th season As Dean of major league Skippers checked into an Inglewood Calif., Hospital for treatment of a kidney Stone. A club physician said the Stone might pass by monday but there was a possibility Alsto would be hospitalized for sever Al  world Champion Cardi nals set Back their Home opener against the Atlanta braves from tuesday night to wednesday night. The White sox moved Back their scheduled tuesday afternoon inaugural against the Cleveland indians to wednesday afternoon. John Quinn the Phillies Gen eral manager announced Satur Day night his club would no take the Field at los Angeles tuesday night because of the King funeral. The dodgers however called Quinn s announcement Prema Ture and said they did not planto postpone their Home opener with the phils. The cardinals and White sox also were pre pared to go ahead with their tuesday openers. Not going to play we be decided that we re not going to play tuesday along with other National league clubs Quinn said saturday night. We be informed Warren Giles the no president an the  it is unfortunate that a pre mature announcement has been made said dodgers Genera manager e. J. Buzzie Bavasi because As far As the dodgers Are concerned the game is still on following a conference Sun Chicago a the two Raveling units of the Harlem globetrotters cancelled scheduled appearances in six mid West cities in the next two Day sin tribute to the memory of the slain or. Martin Luther King. Angeles dodgers and Clevelan indians chose to play at san Diego  dodgers also Are involved in the squabble that arose Over their scheduled opening game against the Philadelphia Philli Esat dodger stadium tuesday night. The dodgers say they a play the Phillies say they won  s traditional openers at Washington ., in the american league and Cincin Nati in the National league Al ready were set Back to wednes continued on pan 38 . Topples indians on parker9 homers san Diego Calif. A Wes Parker belted two Home runs sunday leading the Losangeles dodgers to a 5-1 Victory Over Cleveland in the exhibition Windup for both clubs. It was the Only game played  connected off Luis tint and again in the ninth in Ning off Rookie de  Sims Home run in the fourth inning was the Only run for the indians against Don Drysdale who went the first six  Victory gave the dodgers a 14-13 exhibition Mark while Cleveland ended up 12-17. Day night. Dodgers officials said they would make a final  Sion monday  said the dodgers  Sion came after he talked with enter fielder Willie Davis and coach Jim Gilliam both negroes. They said they Felt that As Long As the game  be played before or. King s interment there was no sense i cancelling it he said. Davis and Gilliam told me they would do their mourning in Church sunday and  starting Pitcher the scheduled starting pitch ers at los Angeles Are left Han Ders Chris Short of the Phillies and Claude Osteen of the Dodg ers who Hope to Bounce Back to Pennant Contention after dipping from first place in 1966 to eighth last , Quinn confirmed that the dodgers have the right to go on with the game. Under the rules the game can be forfeited and we could be fined he  we have made our final decision. We will not  Cincinnati Giles said it is strictly up to los Angeles Asto whether the game is  the no president said the Phil lies would risk forfeiture and a penalty if they refused to play a scheduled  said he would have nothing further to say on the matter unless Philadelphia does not present its team for the Start of the  traditional american league opener in Washington , is again set on the Al first Clay with e Chuago Cleveland postponement. The game Between Washington and Minnesota was pushed Bac from monday to wednesday. Boston is at Detroit califor Nia at new York and the new Oakland a s at Baltimore in other Al wednesday openers