European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 9, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              May april 9. 1968 the stars and stripes Page 19  is name of came Era forecast scramble r the american league is become a rat race. Manag-1 talk of five six or sevens fitting for the Pennant has always been this Way to National league Here s a Sample of american managerial comment Williams. Boston red e the race will be Jug Light Down to the. And there will be As Many As six teams in the fight i also believe we have As Good a Chance As anyone to win it Weare not a one Man team and our pitching is better than people think just As it was last  Mayo Smith Detroit tigers four or five and maybe six tempt if Are in the running. Zelask the stopper in the bullpen. Out starting rotation is set with Earl Wilson Dennis Mclain Joe Sparma and Mickey lol  cat Ermer Minnesota twins it looks like another Sta Trace another Ding Dong Battle i think we should be a contender if we can get Jim Kaat in there we should be in the thick of it 1jim Lemon Washington Sena tors am delighted at what have seen in Spring training particularly the pitching staff. The Progress of Dei Unser Frank logging and Mike Epstein has been satisfactory. Think we have Good pitching a Good defensive infield and the Speed in Center will give us a better defensive  dark Cleveland indians we have she establish pitchers Speed in the Outfield and a better defense our Bull pen is unsettled and it remains to be seen How Many runs we will be Able to score we Havethe strongest catching staff in the american  Houk new York Yan Kees we re better off than Attis time last year with a better Bench with Andy Kosco. Bil Robinson is coming through. Twice delayed Greensboro tourney delays masters workouts for 77 Pete Richert. New Relief role Greensboro n. C. A the twice interrupted $137,500 greater Greensboro open Golf tournament was to wind up with36 holes starting at 6 45 . Monday less than Aii hour after Sunrise Billy Casper s 10 under Par 36-Hole score of 132 put him two strokes ahead of runner up Bob by Nichols when second round play finished saturday. The double round finish Setfor sunday after rain washed out the second round Friday was postponed because of the National Day of mourning for the slain or. Martin Luther King. Guard duty Calls orioles Richert j Baltimore a Pitcher the Richert of the Baltimore brides has been called to duty Idle a National guard unit fed realized to help control violence ,. Washington  hurler left the orioles saturday in Atlanta and joined is unit in  Pete is reporting for duty ind nobody knows for Howong manager Hank Bauer said in Baltimore  Back to the bullpen after several years As a starter Richert was the busiest of the Baltimore relievers in Spring training. The Lethander allowed eight hits and two runs in 20 innings and struck out 13.the orioles returned Home after their final exhibition game scheduled in Atlanta Sun Day was cancelled. Monday s 36-Hole schedule scrambled the timetable for Hose of the 77 remaining play ers who must travel some 250miles to Augusta ga., where the master s championship be gins thursday. They missed the Lanned monday practice round Here due to the Greensboro Lay  7,034-Yard Sedgefield country club course promised Tot e in its Best condition of the tournament for the closing  Bright Sunshine sunday re moved the last traces of three Days of rain last week. The course was closed while the maintenance staff Cut the fair ways where heavy growth As result of the rain prompted pea officials to permit players to improve fail Way lies saturday. Casper who has won $746,000in official Money since turning professional in 1954, ranks a modern Golf s second highest Money Winner. He has playe remarkably Well Here after a Layoff of several weeks durin which he visited . Arme forces overseas. He s missed Only three greens in two rounds the Best record in the Tournai  s 65-67 Start was Only one stroke Over the go record for 36 holes set last year b Winner George Archer whose 72 Hole total of 267 also was record. Nichols who followed a opening 69 with 65 saturday the Day s Best score has t won Mourna Mehtra since the 1966 Minnesota  All 33 players were under Par for 36 holes and 16 were even. Top Money is $27,500 with Sec Ond place Worth $16,500 and third $10,317. Steve Whitaker looks ready Tobe a major leaguer All the Way. We have added infield  Downing is a problem but our pitching should be  Stanky. Chicago White sox i think it will be Tough again with the same clubs plus Cleveland and Baltimore. We had a Good club last year but Well be better. The experience of being in the Pennant race 1967 will  Bill Rigney California Angels i think we can do it. It de pends on the pitching of  for the Catcher Bob Rodgers being Hurt and Jim Mie Hall reporting late i think the squad is in better shape than it Ever has  Hank Bauer Baltimore or Ioles we be got to have a Good year from Boog Powell i we expect to win. Our main problem is health Wise in the pitching department especially. If we can go through the season without injuries to key person Nel i d say Baltimore has Good Chance to win. Bob Kennedy Oakland a a this is not a last place club. These youngsters will make some physical mistakes. It s my duty to try to eliminate mental mistakes. I want to get them to play fundamentally sound base  Andrusyshyn Aims for Canada berth los Angeles up Zenon Andrusyshyn Urcla s Star soph Omore athlete who was dismissed from the school s track Tea thursday said sunday he hoped to make the Canadian olympic squad. Andrusyshyn also a place kicking specialist on the Bruins football team was dismissed by track coach Jim Bush because he could n9t follow the Rule Sand regulations set by the coaching  the Way it came out i looked like i had been fooling around or something but that n i � ,. Wish j 1 \ m Jcj u h Lon j Mot Leou Martin of Philadelphia i Onwu  out i route to a seventh round knockout o German � Kan Mildenberger in a heavyweight right. Nou Lille bout at Frankfurt Friday Tel in t what happened at All the Oakville Ontario athlete said. Coach Bush was so per Turbed after the loss 102-42 to Kansas he called a meeting of the team monday Andrusyshyn continued. I never hear about the meeting. Nobody could reach me. It rained that mornings i decided to work out at the Beach where i had been running four or five Miles a Day to keep in  the Urcla student who waste Canadian Junior javelin Champion with a top distance of242 feet 4 1-2 inches said his dismissal was because he missed the meeting. I talked with Bush and he told me there was no Way in the world i could get Back on the team he said. It makes me feel like a sort of a Stooge for the Kansas  he insisted track is still my first  Andrusyshyn has not competed since an informal meet Altos Angeles state March 9. He threw 217 feet even that Day but aggravated an old Elbow injury. He was the no. 1 punter in the nation last fall and ranked third in scoring with 64 Points. Tigers Cut roster to 25-Ilfon limit i Lakeland Fla. L i the i Detroit tigers Cut Relief Pitcher Mike Marshall and three rookies saturday when they trimmed their roster to the 25 i Man limit. Marshall infielder Dav Campbell outfielder Wayne Coiner and Pitcher Jim Hooke were returned to Tiger town for re assignment. Also Cut were non roster players Lenny , Tom Timmerman Bill Heath and Arlo Brunsberg. The move left Detroit with three Rookie pitchers on the squad Les Cain Jon Warden and Daryl Patterson