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IKionWarriors inHMPTjugasHogstcGiflcm Pachei Warmi Lamp*: Hjrtm Mu i:in Ttfali MM! Ocealure V5, Ccron# — Rol*Ground ► ira Ani-WeitmProcraR'catoSulcsThomi;AnisiaFor the first time in two land the press by working the years, the South San Francisco;ball as long as needed for a High School basketball team is (good shot. As it turned out, thePen-1.GA sen*ILT5IATIONCN GB902 -750 5'-'2 m 71 iS7 22'^ 250 35’^Ct. lt;rBMO -443 10593 13 320 13 30 13not at- the top of the North insuia League standings.Westmoor High School, at the start o£ the season rated as one of the weakest teams in the league, won the battle and took a long step towards winning the war yesterday when the Rams knocked over the Warrior five, 49-46. in a reverse strategv game.Warriors slowed the ball game down while the Rams brought the battle right to the defending .NPL champs.Everyone took a hero’s role for the Rams. Gary Soules, the 6-0 pivotman, took over the league’s scoring leadership as he pumped through 18 points while holding South City’s high-scoring forward Ron BeallSouth San Francisco, which to a mere two points.UEOF GA142 100 1*8 101 107 11519 96125 158 104 143eOF GA158 118 123 HI 123 136 115 123 154 132 151 166118 151has not lost a game to league opponent in the past 20 starts, coaid never break; through the zone defense of the determined crew, of Tony Giantmona.The Rams, now 4-0, were expected to slow down the deadly Warrior threat of the fast breakNarvis Thompson, the jump-ing-jack guard, stoie the ball'A free throw bv the Warriors’ Alex Smith closed the gap to one at 47-46, but it was to be the last time the Warriors would score. Attempting to take the ball away on the press, South City’s Ron Mazzoncini fouled Joe Anible who sank one of his two tries. .South. City had the ball with ;13 left on the clock, but a forced jumper by Beall wentshort and when he tried to rebound, he fouled John Roeea-forte who sank the final point with just four seconds left.“The boys really wanted to win this after we did so badTfltillWenS5FJefferj Call 03 Delay Schroc Furtch Mattel Kirby Tot*!* Jeff* El CXxxtwice from Jrustratcd; War-1 against.South City in the NPLtournament,” Giammotia said,nors m the -final two-minutes and one of the steals led to Grady Proctor’s winning fade-away baseline jumper which gave the Rams a 47-45 lead with just 1*:32 remaining.MANY FACTORSWhat Really Costi, Call-uver*v.Dleao. r pdi^-SF GAm 123HI 135 160 156 (52 14? 157 194r F GA176 121 '32 123 62 144 19 226IF GA49 122 53 120 53 121 33 V41 32 162 n 155lo At-losr#UVn,, 140,Rich-raliah a) d.11*9,inncs 965059By JACK HANLEYTimes Sports Writer* . I • . .THIS MAY surprise some critics who attributed last season’s unsuccessful Giant pennant bid to a failure to make the double play. The-pennant-winning Dodgers trailed all National League clubs in DPs. last year. The Dodgers made 128, the Giants 131. The Pirates led' the league with 215 but still finished third. •What does; this., prove?Well, for one thin.’g. it prove d that- ,'.the. • Dodgers * and Giants ;htd,rihe' ifaest pitching in - the league' and the Pirates , a weak mound, staff that received spectae-;-1 ular support. When a Juari Mariehal or Sandv Koiifax is at work there aren’t many base runners for DP opportunities.Nevertheless, there is considerable merit in the ; . HAL LANIER contention that the Giants' would-have won the pennant provided .they had a sharper DP aptitude, particularly in two games at .Atlanta at the end of July. Oh, July 29 Lihdy McDaniel relieved Ron Herbel in the third- inning and Lindy protected a 5-3 Giant lead until the seventh inning when he became the victim of a missed DP that started a three-run Brave rally.WITH ONE AWAY in the seventh Hank Aaron singled. Joe Torre next sent a double play grounder to Tito Fuentes. The rookie shortstop flipped the ball to Hal Lanier at second. Lanier dropped it. and both Aaron and Torre were safe, scoring a moment later when Rico Carty hit a homer. The missed double play was Lanier’s fault. Still Carty hit the homer off McDaniel. • ! .. . . , u ,,The following day on July 30 it was a 3-5 hall game!^. in the eleventh. There was one out and Carty aboard on|, , .,h fha walk. Woody Woodward sent a grounder to Lanier, !“|u* ^ 1 Is 1,ed wllh tneanother DP ball. Lanier booted it. A few minutes later Denis Menke singled home Carty with the winning run.In retrospect those two ball games became important losses instead of victories because the Dodgers finished just Vk .games in front of the second place Giants.Lanier never made another, error for the remainder ofthe season hut he never will forget his costly ones of July 29-30.grinning. “They all played agood game and I’m proud of them all.”“Well, finally the pressure is off us for a little: while,” was all disappointed'Warrior Coach Bill Purcell could say. “We’ve been on top a long time so let the other teams shoot for the Rams for a while.”The Warriors tried just about everything to -get'an. offense going. They even tried a spread formation of three men across the midcourt line to force Wes t:moor out o£ its tight, zone .defense. This variation, however, lost the Warriors six points at the start of the second half and after that, they lost their momentum;Meanwhile, cross-town rival £{ Camino High School was dropping its fourth straight NPL contest, and its seventh by four points or less, when the Colts were edged by Jefferson High School, 54-53.“My ulcers have ulcers,” bemoaned losing Coach Warren Hagberg. “Pass the milk. These; kids play hard all season and (they, don’t-have much to show for lb Things hive got to start evening up.” -The Colts actually led, §1-50, with 40:seeonds left in the game, but a shot by guard Steve Jones fell into Jeff’s-hands after which guard -Jerry Delay put the Indians ahead for good on a 20-foot set. shot. ’.‘Delay added two freerihrows a few .seconds later, but\the.; Colts- could • close to -only .within'-.one bn- Bill God-kin’s jumper. • -“Mike Furtch at 'center played a real solid game for us.” Mike Orlich of the Indians said. “He has come along with each game and this was by far his best effort of the season,”Oceana pulled itself to a sec-iond place tie when the SharksThigreat gets The row, gametheir the Wash The west of big illinoi It i ever Lew .len. •makemakethreeties.The bit of it wa Lynn squad forwa Bruin them when from on p' serapf might play r In , night, team Califoi best c1SFor one half the Cougars again managed to stay real close to the Sharks, a feat they h3ve been, able to do all season long, but the second half was afailure for them. Oceatm uuts-cored them, 34-12, after intermission and Chuck Short’s ca-★ ★ ★HOWEVER, those lost games in Atlanta were notthe only reason the Giants missed the 1966 pennant.TDr -»/•%! Tn v-i /V\ «*» 1 Tn+ ** rffsvn n rf/* 4- r*igers dropped to an fl-4 record.Hftniivre HvnnSA’Sail IupholUnitebarriireachshipCafe:His toVatrepreior tMacterda’■secde today In Burlir dent j gest i when Modes VasqnangeDecen Steve 18-yea in the
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San Mateo Times
San Mateo, California, US
Thu, Jan 26, 1967
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