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INSPIRED,’RELAY COMETSSTAR -NEWSJose’sSPORTS1^PAGE —PASADENA, CAUKNNIA, MONDAY, JULY 25, 1*669 for 17Tony lt;md B«tty Ltmci ore ihown toasting recent victory.Golf World StunnedPlane CrashKills LemaLANSING, III. (AP) — The death of Tony Lema, the delightful Champagne Kid whose quick wit and flashing smile had charmed the golfing millions of two continents, brought stunned, Incredulous response from his fellow pros.“Oh, my God! What a terrible, terrihle thing,”‘said .lack Nicklaus, (he Masters and British Open champion.“I can hardly speak,” said Ken Venturi. He was like a brother to me.” .Lema, 32, hia wife Bctly, and two others were killed Sunday night when their light plane plunged into the manicured turf of golf course straddling I ho Indlana-Illinois border, a course where Lema was to have played n enc-day tournament today.The other victims were Mrs. Doris Mullen of Johnl. 111., the pilot, and Dr. George Bard of Kankakee, 111., the co-pilot.Thc plane was on route to Joliet from Akron, Ohio, where Lema had played in the Professional Golfers Association Championship .Sunday. Itcrashed and hurst into flames on the Lansing Sportsman's Club course.SfitcUt *t theWASHINGTON-The California Angels arrived here in a bitter mood for their scries witu the Senators, hut BUI Rigney'x men had two pleasant thoughts: Jose Cardenal got nine hits in Yl times at bat in the New York Yankee series despite Sunday’s double header loss, 9-1 and 4-1. And the Angels haven't, lost much ground in their fight for second place which is Just Vfa games away.Dean Chance was bitter over his defeat in the nightcap Sunday. He was leading 1-fl in the sixth.with a one-hitter. I shook off signs for a fast ball twice.” said Chance. “T finally threw one on the third call. It ccst me the game.” Tresh homered. Earlier in the fbrjt game, Treshhad a grand slammer.Tresh's bases-loaded homer jn the opener came off Lew Burdette after Mickey Mantle hit his 20th homer of the season in the first inning. It was Mantle's 493rd career homer, tying him with Lou Gehrig for sixth on the all-time homer list.Joe Pepltone added his 23rd round-tripper in the sixth inning as Mel Stottlemyrc.NQTl, held! the Angels In check.Mantle's homer was the 403rd of his career, boosting him into a tie with Ixm Gehrig for sixth on the all tjjne home run list And by starting both games. Mantle passed Babe Ruth in number of games played as a Yankee, 2,087 to 2,085. Only Yogi Berra 2,116 and G e h r t g 2,164 have been in more games. They arc starting to talk about another year in 1967 for Mickey.Tresh came off the bench inFrey’sKickoffLaudedfty DWA1N ESfEfcRecording reby runner* Bob Prey, Lo. frqn», Tommie Smith, Th.ron Uwta r.joki at 2:59.6 clocking.ers Spring New‘Luck Pills’ onPhilsi* .*It took n four-man team, and a one-man gang Rom Foothill, but’ for once -this season, Jim .. Ryun failed to grab the head* . J lines. JA. U.S. National quartet ex-., ploded a track and field barrier ., by ripping through the 1600- . meter relay in 2;59.6, while.. ,t muscleman Russ Hodge crushed •• the official world decathlon rec- • -ord with 8230 points lo climax / the second day of the Interna- LV. tional Games before 34,150 ecv-X static spectators Sunday at the Coliseum.For the first time in history . four quartcr-milers combined., for a sub-three minute perform-;:.' ance as veterans of the sport shook their heads collectively . and wondered if there are any .* limits to man’s physical •• achievements. “Hodge’s effort fell four points -short of the 8234 total registered by Bill Tocmey of the Striders I! in winning the National AAU.... meet July 2-3 at Salina, Kan.By BILL MILLERAvoided CrowdANGELS: See Rage 18 *A witness, Louks Campagna, said the low-flying plane swerved to avoid a group of people slandlng near the club house, the engines died, then started and died again, and the plane plunged tn the ground, digging up a furrow near the seventh green before bursting info flames,CALIFORNIA1*** YORKQbrhW . °b r,nbiCu.^cno'ct , «}««“»Chris Short (11-6) had better come prepared tonight at Dodger Stadium, or he’s going to wind up on the short end.The Los Angeles Dodgers will be loaded for the Philadelphia lefthander when the two clubs open a three - game serins at Dodger Stadium at 8.Backing up pitcher Don Sul ton (9-7) will be a hatful of superstition gimmicks — namely colored baseballs.Wes Covington palnlrd one blue for infield drills Sunday as the Dodgers bagged n double-header from the New York Mels, 5-0 and 6-0. before 33,304er?league game since August, 1964, in the nightcap.Who’s your favorite pitch-*’ Moeller asked his 4-year-nld son, Gary. “You, Daddy,” the youngster replied.Moeller said his control Is the biggest improvement. But he added he can't believe this himself, because he hasn’t pitched too much this year.But the control was there,” he said. -Usually, you need a lot of work lo get good control.''It was the first time in Walt Alston's major league managerial career he has won a double-header on shutouts.Baseball StundinmThe twin win put the defending world champions 2ft games behind the National League leading Pitlsburgh Pirates.Moeller needed help from Phil Regan, who pitched the eighth and ninth Innings after Moeller told Alston he was tiring.Moeller received some big help from his batters after be and Gerry Arrigo experienced a scoreless pitching duel for the first four innings.NATIONAL LEAGU! W G Pet.Pitlsburgh ... 58 38 .604 San Francisco 58 40 .592 DODGERS .. 55 40 .579 Philadelphia . 32 45 .536 St. Louis .... 49 47 .510GBmtten- lo 'te Mr* lt;« « .900 M12flffirr1 6 1 0 Tr«h II,»* HR SSI:* ise 4 0.1 0. Slollmvrc o lt;« Salrlono 3b lt;000it was me answer LO inr iYjr.a . . . .. mgood luck charm, a dirty base- n 'H L 455 ^4'ball lliey used while — ;;; « £ ;g }*seven straight games n- 31 «fi .320 27^Covington reportedly has an b ^other baseball colored red.. SUNDAY'S RESULTSSchool 3b?b 3 0 ? 0 Ofdptt* o.. o 0 0 jj0 0 0no juaoKllkolrck lb 3 6 flhe pilot war; n hero.” he“The plane swerved lo the loft—If it didn't a lot of pcoplc’pjgft^ (23)iTolal 4 mla fort33 ! ? J6 034 M J » A— 1tavaJJrsft tonGRAEBNER PINS LOSS/ \ JVT CMTTUwould have been hurt.”Lema, a slender, handsome man with an impish grin, flushing blue eyes and thinning hair, was one of the world's leading professionals. His death brought shocked reactions and tributes from Ihrotighoiil the golfing world.| “He was one of the greatest [golfers I've ever seen.” said hisRurrfflte ..... *RMd .... ...• • ■«• 3 Stotlmvr* IW. Mi» 9BrunoJ^IL. lb-31K RER BP 30which is hidden in his locker wilh Ihe label secret on it. He’s going tn spring it in batting'or inrield practice to bring the Dodgers more good luck.Seven Come ElevenI ,os Angeles 5-fi, New York 0-0. San Francisco 4. Philadelphia 1.Pittsburgh 11, Houslon 6. Chicago 10-4, St. Louis 7.7*. second game 10 Innings. Cincinnati 4-4, Allanla 3-5;Chicago .... New York .. Kansas City WashingtonAMERICAN LEAGUE Wills Scores Torl.orgW I. rH. OB Young .letr Tcrborg. who had Baltimore ... fi6 .11 -WIT .... three hils Jn tow hips.Detroit ...... 52 41 .547 12 things rolling in ^he hflh whenCleveland ...SI « .531 13^ DODGERS: See Page 12ANGELS ....52 46 .531 13*Minnesota ... 49 49 .500 16^46 51 .474 19NEW YORK LO»Boston ....... 42 58 .420 24Vi Fitter0®ra.CALIFORNIAf ?S 6113 02 1 1 1 7SECOND GAMEMEW YORKo Clarke lt;0^90 Plrkrdsn 3 lt;1*1The Dodgers batted out r h ejfirst game JO innings, second Jas Vegas theme song Sunday, game 10 innings.Frcootl U 4 12! MOUlle ClRelChqrdl II 2 0 0 0 Barker IDMolione 2b 3 0 0 0 PeoMone lb lt;10 0School 3b 0 0 0 0 ^OflS rl ? 0 1 D1 0 1 0 B6v«r° inOClance - . - - - .. • .Slcbcrn Dli 0 0 0 0 T'tsb nb Hmondci or 3 o b 0 Womack d“Seven Come Eleven” was the tune as Don Drysdale colleeled his seventh win of Ihe year and the Dodgers scored 11 runs while sweeping the double bill.Drysdale, who has 11 losses this year, owes a silver dollar or two tn Jimmy Lefcbvre for bis victory. Thc second sacker ?$S£camfi un willi the play of thei o 1 c10 3 130M 3 0 0 0 J \ I 0 0 0■inTODAY'S PITCHERSPhiladelphia (Short 1L6) at Angeles (Sutton 9-7), 8 p.m.. Dodger Stadium.Minnesota vs. St. Louis at Cooperstown, exhibition.New York (Ribant 5-4) at Houston (Farrell 4-6) (N). • Pitlsburgh (Fryman 8-4) atSUNDAY’S RESULTS New York 9-4. California 1-1. Cleveland 3*1, Detroit 0-2: second game 10 innings.Washington 6-7. Kansas City 2-4,Chicago 4, Baltimore 0. Minnesota 4, Boston 2.c I o o 2 0 0 0Mur oh v ch I 0 JO OrvsOoll o Green d o o a o3 1 i SM }mConsiderable DoubtHowever, there Is considerable doubt that Toomey’s record will be accepted due to ex- • cessive wind which allegedly . helped competitors throughout . the ten events. .The 1600-melcr relty stw Bob ; Frey of UCLA open the assnnlt In '*46.3 seconds. This effort seemed In inspire other members of the quarter. U.S. na* . tional coach Stan Wright voiced the group’s senlmcnt when he said “When Frey ran that fast off the blocks, I thought we had a real good chance,”.Lee Evans of San Jose City College then peeled off a 44.5 . effort. I was Inspired when t heard Frry's time,” he ex- ■; plained. That crowd helped a lot. When you hear that roar it ; makes you lake off.’’.Tommie Smith of S a n Jose , State grabbed the baton and unraveled a 43.8 clocking, believed-to be the fastest relay leg ever recorded.•5 CTolal U#w VftrtLai Ana lit* „- ,.E—fAJier, VBlrlv,os Anaefe*1 0 * *32 0 S C Tataj 0 If... C.N.inirnp /MbyIoKdI 1S.41TODAY'S PITCHERSCleveland- (Siebert 9-5) at Washington {McCormick 7-8)(N).Minnesota vs. St. Louis at Cooperstown, exhibition. y 5 9 5DO j IIIL.M01 .— 6 J f ? j jWP-Dr/sdale. T—?:*7-S ECONO BAMF.V.O? ANGELESrihi ab r n bli a \ o wpMh c» lt;J o oNEW YORKHunt ?B . Sulherlond p 0 0,6oflO IISwobaflo ofism11pr-re’ nsAYMHln H HOReeon o _ 9 2 2.,K«nn«dV 3b lt;® ? J NOIIvtr ?b 2 10 0T,’ftrr0 Dc 1 1 0 ?1 6 t 10^0 NOIIverC o Moeiier d n Falrlv r*Renllj’ Fours It On“I rcallv poured it on in the. back stretch,” Smith revealed.-“I ran a much different race than I usually do, and that’* why I didn't finish ss fasl.”Theron Lewis of Southern University then anchored the team In 45.0 to claim thc record. I didn't feci any pressure,” the T-bird maintained. 'Tve boon anchoring relay teams for four years now. I think T ran my normal race, with just some*, thing extra.”Perhaps the Australian national quartet which cried to of-fer some kind of resistance would disagree with Lewis. It-to A lb Ait.I.V.fiil Uor.nl nod, i in rORJ*
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