European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 10, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 18 the stars and stripes Kennedy Case May Cost Eckert s Job by Milton Richman new York up the As Sassin s Bullet which took the life of sen. Robert f. Kenned could also spell the end of a three Star general is William d. Eckert who holds the Job of baseball commissioner but May not hold it Long in the face of mounting dissatisfaction Over the Way he handled baseball Observance of sen. Kennedy s irony of it All is that Eckert s trouble with the major league owners came about William d. Eckert. Could t please everybody because he tried to satisfy All 20of them an absolute Imossi was in a quandary As to what course to pursue following Kennedy s assassination in los Angeles earlier in the week. He contacted the various owners seeking their opinions after Kennedy s funeral officially was set for saturday. He received number of opinions All differ , he announced that no game on saturday would Start before Kennedy s burial but the funeral was late endgames in Boston Baltimore Detroit and Cincinnati All began before the cortege arrived at Arlington National also announced that it would be up to the various bal clubs to decide whether they wished to play or not on sunday which had previously been declared a National Day of mourning. The first rumblings of dissatisfaction came from Horace Stoneham owner of the Sanfrancisco giants. Then there was More trouble with players among the Cincin Nati reds who first voted not to play a game with St. Louis saturday night and then wit players of the Houston astros who insisted they would no play the Pittsburgh pirates sunday no matter sought the trouble in t Over unresolved is an angry claim by Stoneham for indemnification from the mets Over the refusal of their players to engage his giants in a scheduled game at san Francis co saturday. The giants had scheduled Abat Day in which bats were to be Given to All youngsters an they had an Advance Sale of nearly 40,000 for the giants estimate they lost $80,000 by the postponement an expect the mets to pay them that giants were so incensed by the mets refusal to play the game that they took their Case to Warren c. Giles president of the National league ruled that he would consider the game forfeited bythe mets if they did not play it which they did not and that themes front office would have to pay a penalty of $5,000. Giles also Felt the mets players should be docked a Day s salary for refusing to play. Chub Feeney vice president of the giants is credited with influencing Giles to soften the ruling. It would give baseball Ablack Eye Feeney argued. It does t look Good. It would note to the Best interests of baseball. We d win the game but we would t want it that , the game was not forfeited to the giants but the still want that $80,000 from the crisis took place in Cincinnati saturday night where the reds players initially voted not to play their game with the cardinals. Manager Dave Bristol of the reds managed to get nine of his players who said they would play after which All the reds agreed to suit up and the about face by the reds players Pitcher Mit Pappas said he was resigning As player representative effective at the All Star game in Houston july 9.dave Giusti Houston Pitcher and player representative insisted the astros would not go through with their game against Pittsburgh at Houston sunday even though the Ball club has continued on Page 22 astros t loss see keeps title Mark set by Puleo in lifting York a. A Joe Puleo of the York Barbell club hoisted a record 1,025 pounds an successfully defended his Light heavyweight title in the 1968national aau seniors weight lifting championships saturday night. The 25-year-old Puleo also be came the first Man in the Light heavyweight event to clean an Jerk 400 pounds breaking a senior Standard he set. In 1965 of386 pounds. He was also the first Light heavyweight to go Over 1,000 total pounds in the seniors beat ing a record set by Gary Cle Veland of St. Louis who had985 pounds in 1965. Rick Holbrook of Duncan Mca Chicago also set a Light heavyweight Mark finishing Unnerud to Puleo with a 970 total. Holbrook lifted 311v4 inthe snatch to better a Mark of 300 set in 1961 by Louis Riecke new Orleans. Puleo was one of four Cham pions crowned in the Early part of the two Day championship being held Here. Walter Imahara of the new Orleans athletic club successfully defended his Feather weight title with an aggregate 795 Baez of puerto Rico took the bantamweight Crow with a 740-Pound total. Mansour Triumph sin other divisions Steve Man sour of the Astro weightlifting club Detroit won the Light weight championship with 820pounds. Jack Hill jr., of los Angeles Mca who was second with 815 pounds broke two smashed one 30-year Mark lifting 321 pounds in the clean and Jerk. The old Mark was 320 set by Tony Terlazzo of the York. Barbell club in 1938. Hill also set a new Mark inthe snatch lifting 251 pounds. Another National senior rec Ord was set by Baez with a press of 266 pounds and featherweight Henry Hernandez of Norton air Force base calif.,pressed 261 pounds eclipsing the old record of 260 by Isaa Berger Brooklyn n. Y., in 1964. Competition sunday include the middleweight championships the 242-Pound divisions and the heavyweights. . World cup coach Atlanta up Phil woos Nam the energetic welshman who came to this country two years ago to help introduce pro soccer has been named head coach for the United states world cup team which Hopes to qualify for the International Champion ship. By John Williamson everybody s an expert nowadays. No matter whom you meet he s bound to know All about something. Particularly in the Field of sports. Somebody is always ready to Bend your ear witha Bunch of facts and figures that he has stored up Over a period of years and which he will use to prove that he knows More about some phase of some sport than you do. If you make your living writing about sports you Are More than Ever susceptible to this Type of character. The True sports expert is never Content with the Mere surface answers to questions he asks you about his specific area of interest. He has to prove your ignorance by quoting All the irrelevant fact Sand figures that Only he would know. After All if he thought you knew the answers he would t ask you the be decided to Arm myself with a Little ammunition for these types and i m going to give the rest of you a Chance to join me in acquiring a Little expertise in several of the activities that make up the sports scene. However i m Only going to give you the questions. You re going to have to dig for the answers. At least for now. I la fill in All the Correct trivia at a later idea is to acquire a minutely detailed knowledge of one relatively obscure happening in each sport. Don t forget it the Little things that count. Then when one of the experts approaches you at your favorite watering place All you have to Dois probe deep enough to find his speciality. Then you hit him with All you know about the subject you be boned up on and he right away gets the idea he s run into another expert. The Odds Are 10 to 1 hell switch the conversation to the weather. After All Asan expert Why waste your time talking to another expert first to the Diamond baseball is probably the most statistics Zed sport of Al time. One can spend hours or Days going through the record books on Diamond doings and come up with All sorts of Juicy titbits of information about various aspects of the game to use in informal Bull sessions to win a few Small wagers or merely to become an expert. However there Are few real experts in the Field of baseball to the extent that they know All the records. There Are just too Many records. The True student of the game is Content to build an Ever growing Library of the right books and then main Tain a mental file of which Book to consult to find which record. In these Days of Scarcity of 20-game winners amongst Pitcher sin the big leagues Only five hurlers reached the magic figure last season there is one record that i think is truly unique. Any base Ball fan should know this one i found out about it last summer. Which big league club in which season had four 20-game Winnerson its staff and failed to win the Pennant give yourself credit for getting the right club plus additional credit for the Correct year. If you can name the four pitchers the club that did win the Pennant and by How Many games you be earned Bonus goodies toward your expert s degree. Golf is a relative Johnny come lately to big time Spectator sports. Television has made names such As Jack Nicklaus Arnold Palmer Gary player and Many others household words to Mil Lions of non golfers throughout the . People who have never had the thrill of taking six or seven strokes in a Sand trap cannot quote you facts and figures about the tour to include stroke averages Money winnings longest hitter Best Putter and what have you. Thus the whole country sympathized with Roberto de Vicenz Olast april when he was knocked out of a tie for the masters championship with Bob Goalby after it was discovered he had signed a scorecard which credited him with a 66 for the final round instead of the 65 he had shot. Under the rules of Golf the score to which a player attests must stand if it is higher than the one actually shot. So instead of a playoff with Goalby forthe Crown de Vicenzo had to accept second place Money. This brings me to my question for the Golf experts. Who was the first golfer to be knocked out of a National championship after having apparently won because of verification of an incorrect scorecard answering the who Only qualifies you As one tenth of a Golf expert. To fully qualify you should be Able to name the event the year the scorekeeper who made the incorrect entry the eventual Winner of the tourney and the club that hosted the event. On the track automobile racing that s a sport has More than it share of experts. Some Are strictly Stock car fans some go for continued on Puig a Houston up Bob Monte s two run Douai infield hit by Julio go brought in another in Houston a 3-2 Virton Pittsburgh piss night and ended Castro losing Streak. The loss knocked tieback into the National cellar seven percentage behind Houston. The contest was Schedu be part of a twi doubleheader but the game was postponed r Start of the second delayed 45 minutes be the late hour of sen Kennedy s funeral seek refunds despite the postpone men delay a crowd pirate run in the loss lowered Bun Iii record to 3-7. Back to the cellar Pittsburgh a r i bi5011 4020 of 3011 in wills 3balley is Malou it May c Pagan if Maroski Bunning i patek Aliface p Kolb Ali 4000 4010 4010 4010 2b 13 1 1 0 2010 0100 0000 1000 Abrl i 311 Houston Davis a Menke s3 staub 11 Wynn l Thomas la Sprinte 3b 3 Gotay 2b 39bateman c 31 Mcmaster p 21 Buzali Archt p Clemento. 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