European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday january 27, 1969 the stars and stripes Page 17llurorhtr Ink Al tear As tubs Pilot Chicago up Leo Dur chef signed a new two year contract As manager of the Chicago cubs saturday in a warm Pat on the Back meeting with club vice president John Holland who said Leo knows lie is manager of the cubs As Long As he wishes to  the contract extends through the 1970 season and was Leo Durocher. Long As he wishes believed to include a raise inlay Over the estimated $65,000 Durocher earned last season. It was Durocher s third contract with the cubs a team which Rose under his leadership from a lowly second division club to two third place finishes the team s Best showing since winning the Pennant in 1945. Holland beaming As he picked up the pen from Irish freshman coaches named South Bend ind. A Mike Stock assistant football coach at the . Naval facade my last season was named freshman coach saturday at no tre Dame by head coach Ara  Murphy a graduate assistant for the Irish last year was named assistant freshman coach. Stock won three football let ters at Northwestern from 1958 through 1960 As a fullback when Parseghian coached Northwestern. Hoosier coach resigns Bloomington ind. Up Jim Lavery has announced that he will resign As Indiana univer sity s track coach at the end of the 1969 season to accept a academic Post at Ohio univer sity. Durocher said the signing was Only an obligatory matter of form. Baseball Law requires that manager have a signed con tract Holland said. However it is merely a formality As far As we Are concerned. Leo lauds organization Philip k. Wrigley or cubs owner and president has had a handshake agreement with Leo since he came Here. Leo knows he is manager of the cubs As Long As he wishes to remain Sholian said. Durocher tanned from Many a Acapulco afternoons aria Smil ing As broadly As his vice president said the cubs were the Best organization i have Ever worked for. At 4 no time since my association with the cubs began have either or. Wrigley or or. Holland disagreed with my decisions on the Field. And let me Tell you Durocher said that s anew experience for  Frist class corporation As Long As i have been i baseball i have never before had the privilege of working with an organization like this one that treats its manager coaches and players so  cooperation of the front office from top to Bottom has been first  Durocher,-.82, came to the distraught cubs to Start the 1966 season. The cubs wound up in the second division but the improvement in 1967 was Discerni ble to a hard Core of Long suffering fans and became positively unbelievable in 1968 pact through 70he penned a three year contract to carry him through the 1968 Campaign but in August of 1967, Wrigley an Holland Tore it up and handed Durocher a new agreement to cover 1968-69. Durocher s new contract expires at the end of the 1970 season if it is not torn up before then for another one. Durocher previously manage the dodgers and the giants when their respective Home were in Brooklyn and new York. He also was a coach for manager Walt Alston on the los Angeles dodgers from 1961through 1964. Penguins recall Speer and add Young Center Pittsburgh up the Pittsburgh penguins of the National hockey league re called defens Eman Bill Speer and Center Gary Swain fro their Amarillo farm club in the Central hockey league Friday. Speer played 18 games earlier this season with Pittsburgh. Swain a first year pro player had 12 goals and 9 assists with Amarillo. Johnson Lead Crosby coif after 36 if Pebble Beach Calif up Long George Archer shot a four under Par 68,at fog shrouded Cypress Point and Howie Johnson and Dale Dou Glass bagged 69s saturday to tie for the second round Lead in the weather a lacked $150.000 Bine Crosby National pro am with36-Hole totals of four under Par 140. Weather once again played a big part in the Day s shooting Archer who won More than $150,00 on the tour last Yea but has been having his troubles this year went out among the Early Birds and fog was about All he had to contend , playing at Pebble Beach fought High winds Andrain to get his three under Par 69, while Douglass As did Al the others who played at construction started on controversial Home for Dallas cowboys Irving Tex. Up a shovel full of dirt saturday started construction of the new 65,000-seat, $20 million Texas stadium and at the same time buried numerous attempts to keep the future Home of the Dallas cowboys from being built. Cowboy owner Clint Murchi son president Tex Schramm and quarterback Don Meredith were present for the ground breaking ceremonies. The stadium will have partial roof that covers the spectators and a giant piece of retractable plastic will cover the playing Field if the weather turns bad. Construction should be Complete for the 1970 season. The first shovel full of Earth marked the end of a year of controversy Over whether the stadium would be built at All. That question was answered last week when a vote by Irving residents gave More than a two to one approval to the Sale of Texas stadium Bonds. It was the second time the Bonds had been approved. A similar Bond Issue passed Las year but a suit was filed by businessman Howard w. Cur rens to temporarily Block construction. Currens filed the suit on grounds the final stadium product would not match the original plans. He said a lot of persons who first voted for the Bonds would vote against them nets coach ailing new York a coach Max Zaslofsky of the reeling new York nets has been or dered Home to rest for a few Days after suffering fainting spells in Denver wednesday night the american basketball association club said thursday. Student takes Marathon Las vegas Nev. Up Bob Deines a math major from Occidental College in Losangeles won the world masters Marathon race  covered a Rainy course of 26 Miles 385 Yards in 2 hours,22.4 minutes. The course chosen by the Amateur athletic Union wound through the streets of this gambling resort where streets were wet due to rain for the past two Days and some intersections  one Point in the race a fire engine Crew stretched ladder Over a flooded area so the athletes could get  Akcay of Turkey finished one minute behind the Winner in 2 23.4 and Don Daws of Minneapolis was third with a time of 2 26.37. Pat Mcmahon of Ireland had a time of 2 27.19 for fourth place and 1967 Champion Morris Skarbo of Edmonton Canada was fifth in 2 27.24. The second time but agreed to drop the suit in favor of a second referendum. The stadium will be locate just inside the Irving City limits about 10 Miles Northwest of downtown Dallas. Wyoming Pilot spurns Job at Pittsburgh Laramie Wyo. Up Lloyd Eaton head football coach at the University of Wyoming since 1962, announced saturday he had decided not to accept the head football coaching position at the University of Pittsburgh. Eaton who has been a Wyoming since 1956 when he was an assistant to then head coach Bob Devaney announced his decision late saturday afternoon following a closed door meeting with University officials Here and with his assistant coaches. The announcement came after week Long speculation following a visit to the Pennsylvania school Campus by Eaton and two of his assistants. It s the Type of thing that every coach likes Eaton said however after being offered the Pitt Job. The panthers once an Eastern Gridiron Power h a v had three straight 1-9 seasons. Difficult it was a most difficult decision but we As a staff have decided to stay in Wyoming Eaton said. It was a tremendous Challenge but we feel we still have work we want to  Eaton s Wyoming teams have compiled a 50-20-2 record including a 10-0 Mark in 1967when the cowboys went to the sugar bowl. T h r e e times his teams have won the Western athletic conference Champion  became the fourth coach to be offered the Panther Job since Dave Hart resigned under pressure nov. 21the first was Jack Wiley an continued on Page t Ujj Spyglass Hill had Little More than the natural difficulty of that course to contend with Fortis 69. Pebble Beach and Cypress Point Are primarily Ocean courses with most of the Hole son the exposed Side of Monterey 1 Peninsula where the rain and wind played havoc with a lot of scores. Spyglass Hill is a More sheltered course where 13 of the18 holes Are sheltered by Jack Pines and Sand  opening the first round of the Crosby scheduled for thursday was wiped out by rain and on Friday the 168 pros and 168 amateurs had All they could do to get the round in. Saturday s Early shooters played under overcast and occasional periods of Sunshine but the late starter battled rain winds of 25 to 30 Miles per hour blowing in of the Pacific plus darkness. The last three foursomes a Cypress Point were unable to Complete their round and the will finish it on sunday morning before shifting Over to Spyglass Hill for the third round. In the Crosby every Man plays one round at the three courses before the Cut is  Pott the defending Crosby Champion shot the Day Best round a five under Par 67 and As might be expected on such a Day he turned in his Fine round at Spyglass  bogey Pott bagged five Birds and did t have a single bogey on his round and said the course played easier than he expected. Archer agreed about his , with Winter rules in effect especially because of the Adverse conditions Here that came As no Surprise. Most tee blocks were moved Forward and players were allowed to move the Ball around whenever they ran into water on the fairways and greens and there was plenty of that on Pebble Beachland Cypress Point. Pott had an opening round 75and with his 67 he moved into a four Way tie for second wit Jerry Mcgee who had a second round 72, Bob Dickson 69 an masters Champion Bob Goalby 72 with two under Par totals of142. Leaders Tumble Terry Wilcox of Bronxville. N.y., and Jim Colbert of Kansas City kan., the first round co leaders with 68s, Fallback in the pack after the second round. Wilcox shot a 77at Spyglass and Colbert had a 78 at Cypress  Palmer and Billy Casper were in a big group tie Dat 146. Palmer improved from a first round 74 to an even Par 72while Casper went the other Way. Billy who led the tour Las year with earnings of $205,000, went from an opening round 70to a 76. Also falling Back was .open Champ Lee Trevino who shot a 77 at Cypress Point after an opening 72 at Pebble. The year s other tour Winner besides Barber had mixed Luck. Dick Lotz who won the Alameda open had a 79 at Spyglass after an opening 76 a Cypress and will have All he can do to make the Cut  Lunn who took the Southern California open to launch a $5 million year on the pea tour had a 76 saturday after an opening 72 for a 148  Sifford who won the of Page ii j