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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, July 11, 1968

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 11, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              The stars and stripes Page 17 no hurlers shame Junior Loop 1-0 continued Row Zafft Vin the lowest number of hits Ever recorded by an All Star the first All started the game to no Uio Ossic Ever played indoors and of St which ended by a 1-0 score was almost Over before i began. Mays singled to Lead off the first inning and romped Home on an error by first baseman Harmon Killebrew wild pitch by Luis Tiant and a double play grounder off the Bat Don Drysdale. Picks up win Willie Mays. Most valuable1 of Willie Mccovey. In that one inning alone May tied one All Star record for most official at Bals which hews later to break and extended two others he already held most lifetime hits and most lifetime runs scored. Hews selected the game s most valuable player although that single was his Only hit in four appearances. But in a baseball season almost completely dominated by pitchers the hurlers once again reigned supreme before 48,321 in the dazzling indoor sport Palace. The eight hits collected by both teams tied a record for futility. Drysdale tying a record held by lefty Gomez of the new York Yankees and Robin Roberts of the Philadelphia Phillies by making his fifth All Star Start surrendered a Lead off double to Jim Fregosi of the California Angels and the crowd buzzed in anticipation Ofa rarity a hitters game. But it was not meant to  raw boned right hander of the los Angeles dodgers who earlier this season set major league records for most Consec Scline Dienst hits deck flying Bat gives manager his most anxious moment Houston a a Happy red schoendienst manager of the National league team said his worst moment in tuesday night s 1-0 Victory Over the american league came when a Bat flew into the dugout narrowly missing his head. Schoendienst of the St. Louis cardinals said i hit the deck and stayed Down. I got a Straw Berry on my knee the first i since my playing  Bat slipped from the hand of Tony Oliva of Minnesota. I struck Felipe Alou of Atlanta in the Back. Alou was t  credited second baseman Tommy Helms with helluva Job. He made Soine j great plays. Some of the plays he made really gave the pitch ers a  was some great pitch i ing out there on both sides said schoendienst. Everybody j was throwing the Ball. I did think the game was Boring. We won did t we schoendienst said he did t pitch his Cardinal fire Baller to Brubson because he had a stiff farm. Willie Mays who scored the by fun said Luis Tiant s pick if Latch glanced off his  played a Heck of a boo Mays said. We did to Wactler kill them 1-0, 1 was just Lucky enough to cow the winning run. I had nor a one run wow  0 n Rysdale of the loan Lle dodgers who picked up iry,8aid, have won six in that it make us any better the ?half 8aid be Reed most toe fast Ball and the Slider.1 try to give it my 1i for the seems Lut mite is speaker was Juan Marichal Ofsan Francisco. Schoendienst who had predicted the contest would be a Low scoring Pitcher s Battle prob ably summed it up Best when he said what can you say about a 1-0 game we just happened Mohave the  i m Lucky that i am Able to red schoendienst happened to have the 1 do this Mays said luckily i of in and played nine innings. T was just one of those things Pete Rose s injury which put Mays in the starting lineup Helms starting his first All Star game was the Fielding sensation going into Short right Field for Carl Yastrzemski s grounder in the fourth an charging in behind the Mound for Willie Horton s slow tap inthe fifth. Helms who also broke up a attempted sixth inning double play with a hard slide into Rod Carew was playing compliments of corps. He the . Marines currently in summer Camp at Camp Pendle ton calif., but received a 36 hour leave in order to play. He said he arrived at Cam Pendleton Early monday and got Only 30 minutes sleep sunday night. He was scheduled to report Back on wednesday. On the grounder to my right Don Kessmer hollered to me to take it Helms said. I got real Good Breaks on both of them. They came right up  winning Pitcher Drysdale said he did not have real Good stuff and he reiterated that he do snot like the Astrodome Mound although he now has pitched 12consecutive scoreless innings Here. Utile shutouts 6 and score less innings 58retired the next nine batters in order an was credited with his second All Star win Only the fourth Pitcher in the annals of the mid summer classic to do  of the san Francisco giants also one of the four was next and two Tiant threw a Slider on Pickoff Houston up Luis Tiant the losing Pitcher in tuesday night s All Star game said his bad throw to first base which set up the Only run was Slider like a Ball that moved  first baseman Harmon Kille brew who later was carried from the Field with a severely pulled hamstring muscle was charged with the error. But everyone in the american league dressing room seemed to agree it was a bad throw behind the runner that set up the unearned run in the first inning. The toss a Pickoff throw by Tiant that grazed runner Willie Mays on the Back got by Killebrew and Mays went to second. He moved up on a wild pitch and scored on a double  said the came when he wild pitch fooled his Catcher Bill Freehan of Detroit. He called for a curve and threw a High fast Ball Tiant said of the throw which sailed above the Catcher s head and rolled to the grandstand. Williams benevolent american manager Dick Wil Liams refused to put too much blame on Tiant for the wild pitch. It can happen a lot of time when you Are working with a strange Catcher the red sox skipper said. Killebrew who Hurt his left leg in the third inning stretching for a throw from shortstop Jim Fregosi May be lost to the Minnesota twins for up to month. Full extent of the injury will not be determined until further examination. Ken Harrelson and manage Williams both of Boston agreed that his Long Fly Ball inthe third inning would have cleared the left Field Wall if the continued of Page is perfect innings. Carlton the  cardinals Southpaw pitched one perfect stanza audit was t until Tony Oliva of the Minnesota twins slashed double to left Center with one out in the seventh off Seave that the Al had its second baserunner of the game. In All,20 Al hitters were retired in order. Although Seaver also yielded the Al s third hit a double by Don Wert into the rightie Lacorner in the eighth it was the kid Pitcher of the new Yor Kmets who really added insult to injury by striking out five including three in succession Over the seventh and eight innings. The americans now Down 21-17-1 in this series and smarting from remarks about their ability went Down in the ninth in typical fashion As Reed the Atlanta braves right hander who used to play pro basketball for a living retired Bert Campaneria on a grounder an struck out Dave Johnson of the orioles. Koosman the mets Rookie Southpaw came on to fan Carl Yastrzemski of the Boston red sox for the final  no was t much better at the plate against the six Al Box score other All stargaze stories on Page 22. Pitchers who struck out nine including Willie Mccovey of san Francisco three times. The game was Only the fourth shutout in All Star history an the third by no pitchers. The Astrodome is a Beautiful place commented losing Man Ager Dick Williams of the Redfox. I Don t know what effect it had on the hitters but the pitchers  the americans even got a extra out in the game As they went Down to their fourth consecutive one run defeat. Boog Powell of the orioles bounced to second in the eighth but was Given a second life when the play was ruled dead because of a Loose Ball in the Outfield. Powell then proceeded to strike out. Killebrew who injured hamstring muscle in the left leg in the third while stretching fora throw and had to be borne off the Field on a Stretcher Sai Tiant s Pickoff throw on Mays which opened the Gates for the winning run was behind the  Tiant said later the Ball took off like a  it dribbled away from Killebrew As Mays took off for second. Tiant then wild pitched Over Catcher Bil Freehan s head on a 3-2 count to second Batter Curt flood and Willie raced to third. Mccovey then bounced into a double play and Mays trotted Home with the Only  was the 20th run scored by Mays the most in All Star his tory. Nil faces $20 million to loss if 68 season off new York a if the National football league is forced to Call off its 1968 sched ule As a result of the threatened player strike As some owners hint is possible More than $20 million in television receipts will go Down the Drain. We re just sitting tight an waiting to see what happens William Macphail vice presi Dent in charge of sports for the Columbia broadcasting system Aid tuesday. If they Don t play any games we can t carry through with our to program and so they Don t get paid it s As Sim ple As that. We would just be compelled to fill the vacant spots with other shows gliding Golf or maybe  Remote possibility of abandonment of nil operation for the season was suggested by Art Ronney owner of the Pitts Burgh Steeles who said in Chi Cago if we Don t play the nation Al football league fans will have to Root for their favorit american football league  has the contract for All nil games alternating wit the National broadcasting com Pany the outlet for Al games on the super bowl. The two year contract signed before the 1966 season and with options for renewal called for payment of $18.8 million a year by lbs for league  contract was renewed and adjusted with the admission of a 16th team the new or leans saints and was pushed into the 120 million  addition the contract Calls for $2 million to be paid by cd for the nil championship play off and $2.5 million for the super bowl. Since lbs had the last superbowl game Abc would be scheduled to get it in january of1969, also paying $2.5 million. The players Are threatening to strike Over demands for pension payments  
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