European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse Page it the stars and stripes saturday february 15, 1969 splendid splinter7 to Pilot senators Washington a Tern pest Ous Ted Williams the controversial slugger who once said you could t pay me enough to manage a major league base Ball team has been named manager of the hapless Washington senators the associated press Learned thursday night. The appointment of the for Mer Boston bad boy known by Many As the splendid splinter matched the recent coup by the Washington redskins of the National football league in grab Bing the fabulously successful Vince Lombard As their coach. The 50-year-old Williams on of baseball s greatest batsmen and last of the .400 hitters accepted what he called the most fantastic offer i be Ever received from the senators new owner. Bob of the contract were not disclosed but a source closet Williams said he signed a Long term pact. The source said it was a Price Williams just could t turn club with a Chance to get Williams would be out of it mind not to get him said Short. I cannot immediately deliver a new team but it is possible to get a storybook Williams replaces Jim Lem on who was dismissed by Short after one season on the owner first full Day in charge of the last place american league club two weeks ago. Only six years ago Williams Ted Williams. Fantastic offer was quoted As saying i held no managerial ambitions a a player and i have none said he had turned Down two offers to manage both presumably from the Boston red sox for whom he spent his entire major league career As an outfielder. Williams was believed to be in Fayetteville n.c., but was not immediately available for com ment. Williams came up to the red far slaughtered seven share top in Phoenix open Phoenix a Terry Wil Cox fired a Hole in one and Billy Maxwell and Lee elder shot eagles yet they Only shared honors with four others As the first round of the $100,000 Phoe Nix open Golf tournament wound up in a seven Way traffic Jam for the Lead at six under Par 65. The Pace setting Bunch included Miller Barber already a win Ner this year 58-year-old dutch Harrison who turned pro in 1930 23-year-old John Jacobs in his first full year of Golf touring and Larry Ziegler playing Thebes Golf of his career. The pros shattered Par with regularity on the 6,389 Yard Par 36-36-71 Arizona country club course. Wilcox from Bronxville huddle president Nixon swaps sports stories at the White House with a Trio of the Best from left Bart Starr of the Green Bay pack ers golfer Arnold Palmer and Detroit outfielder Al Kaline. The athletes were in town thursday to speak at the National press club. A ., hit a no. 5 Iron tee shot on the 154-Yard 15th Hole and patched it Bounce into the Hole for his Ace As he carded 32-33. The Veteran Maxwell of Indi Anapolis Sank a 120-Yard wedge shot on the 477-Yard third Hole for his Eagle and 32-33. Elder from Washington also collected a two under Par three on the same Hole with a 50-Footputt after hitting the Green with a no. 4 Wood shot. He carded31-34. Harrison the Arkansas trav Eler now calling St. Louis Home shot 33-32, sinking Birdi putts of 20 and 35 feet on the Lith and 12th holes As the highlights of his round. Young Jacobs a 215-Pounderfrom san Diego celebrated his brother Tommy s 34th birthday with the lowest single round of his Brief pro career. He we tout in 30 and then became conservative and shot 35 on tieback nine. If i had been Arnold Palmeri probably would have shot a 60," Jacobs said. I just got Over cautious. Twas the. First time i had shot Way under for nine holes and i did t want to lose owns corps Tommy Jacobs a Veteran of the pro tour shot an even par71. Barber who owns a course a Sherman tex., won the rain abbreviated Kaiser International open at Napa Calif., last month. His first Phoenix round came to Ziegler 29, of Bonne Terre,mo., who led the san Diego Ope i after two rounds and eventually finished fifth birdied the first three holes the first two with putts of 18 and eight feet and went on for a 91-34.barber and Charlie Sifford Are the Only two 1969 Winner competing As Jack Nicklaus Billy Casper and George Archer on Page Sot Louisville tips Tulsa John s stops Murphy Niagara Jamaica A ninth ranked St. John s univer sity humiliated Niagara 97-60,thursday night and in the proc Ess held Calvin Murphy the nations no. 2 scorer in College basketball to 29 Victory was the 17th against three losses for the red men. The purple eagles now 7-11,did not score a Basket until 5 31, when Murphy hit from a Short jumper from the Middle of the foul Lou Carnesecca used three men to guard Murphy who has a 33.4 average. In the opening half Murphy Only went four-for-13 from the floor and the losers trailed 43 23. It was the lowest halftime to Tal of the season for Niagara. John Warren led the red men s attack with 25 Points. St. John i cult Tel Warren Cpru Orlu Abraham fault Smyth g i Ike Jackson unit la Niagara Oft 2 0-0 4 murphy6 7-8 26sctia or 7 2-4 10 samuel2 2-2 Al cd cowl 4 0-7 14 brown6 1-1 11 add nos 5 0-0 lumalfu2fiu old oft10 0-8 20 0 1-3 1 0-1 8 4 3-4 11 Walsh 0 2-21 0-0 1 1-3 1 140 1-2 3-3 0-0 0-1 0-0 8 total 37 23-31 91 total 22 Lft-30 00 Niagara 83 �70 6u John 41 61? total foul8-nlg�r� in out none. Leu stole by. A Louisville stayed alive in the tight Missouri Valley Confer ence basketball race thursday night sneaking past league Leader Tulsa 83-81 on Jerry King s two foul shots with seven seconds left in overtime. It was Tulsa s first toss in the conference after 10. Victories and the Hurricane despite a outstanding performance by Bob Smith trailed for most of the regulation play. Louisville is 9-2 in the pumped in Points to become the second by guest scorer in Tui a s history. He hit a 15-foot jumper As the Buzzer sounded to tie it 77-77 and Force tie game in the extra Frame As the Hurricane moved ahead by three but King who led Louisville with 2$Points, came Back to even the score. Tim 0 p Smith 18 4-4waabrntu o 5-7 1 00 3 140 8-5 owl1 i i oui vat 30 King it Flolly 2 qroiiso7 Leuken 10 boanl8 a Inonu 0 que 8 a o f tb-7 38 �103 m 17 .,.,., sox to 1939 to begin a storm career that lasted through i960 but was interrupted twice for Al most five years As it Marine i finished his career with a 450-foot Home run his 521st, on his last time at Bat a lifetime batting average of .344, 1,839runs batted in and six american league batting first retired after tic 1954 Campaign but changed his mind a month into the 1955 Sou son and hit a Home run in his first game Back. He quit for Good after 1960 to devote most of his time to his fishing enterprises while serv ing As an occasional batting instructor for the red sox. Williams a member of base Ball s Hall of Fame told the Washington daily news he had met twice with Short a Minne Apolis said this Man is one of the most exciting individuals be Ever met. The Ball club baseball Washington . He really poured himself into it. It pleased me that he thought could actually do something for Washington the nation s 5 negro cagers rejoin Irish get apology South bind id. A the University of notre Dame s five negro varsity basketball players rejoined the team thursday afternoon after accepting an apology for being booed during tuesday night s71-59 defeat by Michigan state. The negroes earlier sent a let Ter to the Campus newspaper saying we demand a Public apology from the student body of the University of notre darn for their booing when there were five Black players in the game against Michigan they said they would t prac Tice or play until they got the apology and you can e v e throw us out of body president Jay Richard Rossi of Clarks Dale miss., president of the Stu Dent body apologized to the five negroes. The student body Ross isaid does not condone this action by students or other spectators. As the representative of the students i wish to Convoy the apology of the majority of the students for the booing four of the five negroes Austin Carr Sid Catlett coins Jones and Ito Wetmore Are from Washington and the gift ii. Dwight Murphy is from Kansas Kim. " Ruu soc champs to play 2 Calif. Tilts san Francisco up Dynamo Kiev three time rus Sian soccer champions and the1968 european cup Winner will play two exhibition game against the California clippers the California soccer association ced thursday. The first appear an soccer team s. Be played so s Kezar Stu m the second is or March a at the Roseura n
