Shoulder Elbows Hamper Orioles This Year
The Baltimore Orioles face potential 1967 season setbacks from joint injuries to key pitchers. Jim Palmer shoulders a sore right arm while Walley Bunker and Steve Barber work through elbow issues. Bunker shows the most spring optimism as Palmer and Barber hope to be ready by opening day.
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Murray Chass
Associated Press
Miami, Fla
Baltimore Orioles
Jim Palmer
Wally Bunker
Steve Barber
Orioles
Barber
Bunker
Palmer
Barker
Harry Dalton
Dave McNally
Tom Phoebus
Frank Bertaina
John Miller
Gene Brabender
Budd y Baker hunts first superspeedway win
Buddy Baker, aiming for his first superspeedway victory, fought fuel and tire woes in Atlanta after a near-win at Darlington. The driver finished second to Cale Yarborough, with Ray Fox lamenting the pit stop miscue that cost a lap and the race. Mario Andretti and A J Foyt also ran double duty weekend shows at Sebring and Atlanta 500, trading laps and endurance.
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Buddy
Darel Dieringer
Baker
Atlanta
Darel
Darlington
Richard Petty
Cale Yarborough
Ray Fox
Fox
Mario Andretti
A. J. Foyte
Andretti
Bruce McLaren
Sebring
Foyt
Ford
Lloyd Ruby
Banjo Mathews
Fred Lorenzen
Lorenzen
Hildebrand Named Coach at Mississippi State
Former Wake Forest head football coach Bill Hildebrand is hired as defensive line coach by Mississippi State. Announcement came from Charlie Shira, new athletic director and head coach, noting Hildebrand is a 1947 MSU graduate and previously CFL line coach for the British Columbia Lions.
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Starkville
Miss
Wake Forest
Bill Hildebrand
Mississippi State
Charlie Shira
Bulldogs
Hildebrand
British Columbia Lions
Cronin Sees Soccer as Minor Threat to Baseball
American League President Joe Cronin says professional soccer rivals are not a threat to baseball in the United States. He notes fans stay loyal to their sport, baseball schedules won't clash with soccer, and owners may use ballparks for exhibitions. Cronin also backs the Orioles as likely AL champions.
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Dave O’hara
Associated Press
Boston
Joe Cronin
United States
Cronin
Baltimore Orioles
Orioles
Panthers Rough Open, Drop Pair To High Point
In two games HPC Panthers lost to High Point and The opener saw High Point spark four runs in the first inning. Don Cooke Nick Perlozzo and Arnie Kellner led HPC with four hits apiece in the twin bill.
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Page
Myers
Arnie Kellner
Gene Teal
Steve Annon
High Point
Don Cooke
Nick Perlozzo
Perlozzo
Cooke
HPC
Panthers
Bobby Robertson
Russ Nanfelt
Steve Hollingsworth
Robertson
Newberry
Tommy Dignan
Gary Holland
Steve Burns
Holland
Annon
Jack Whitesides
Indians
Whitesides
Benny Phillips Race Sparks Lively USAC Debate
Moody, a former race driver, ordered Andretti out of the car and had it pushed behind the wall. Andretti holds respect on the USAC circuit, suggesting he should stay there to race in his own backyard.
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Moody
Andretti
Yankees Caribbean trip a rough one ends with injuries
The New York Yankees won one of three games in the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Lou Clinton fractured a thumb and Charley Smith shoulder separated, sidelining both for up to three weeks. John Kennedy was acquired via trade with Los Angeles.
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Ron Rapoport
Associated Press
New York Yankees
Yanks
Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Yankees
Lou Clinton
Charley Smith
Islands
Clinton
Smith
John Kennedy
Los Los Angeles
Jack Cullien
John Miller
Dodgers
Roy White
Spokane
Washington
Jim Bouton
Dick Howser
Willie Stargell
Pirates
Kansas City
Bob Veale
Juan Marichal
Bill Sorrell
San Francisco
Cleveland
Steve Bailey
Giants
Jack Hamilton
Bill Denehy
Chicago White Sox
New York Mets
Mets
Cleon Jones
Johnny Lewis
Rico Carty
Atlanta
Philadelphia
Deron J
Cincinnati
Detroit
Orlando Cepeda
Mike Shannon
St. Louis
Minnesota
Harmon Killebrew
Twins
Ted Savage
Cardinals
Lee Bales
Los Angeles
Houston
Wills told to switch to legal baseball shoes
Maury Wills, star base thief, must change to conventional baseball shoes by April 11 after NL president Warren Giles ruled his new style with blunt tracklike spikes illegal. Wills argues the spikes are harmless while citing past speed and similar footwear used by Ron Fairly.
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Fort Myers
Fla
Maury Wills
Warren Giles
National League
Wills
Giles
Pittsburgh Pirate
Los Angeles Dodgers
Ron Fairly
Los Angeles
Joe L. Brown
Pittsburgh
Maury
Brown
Last Night's Bowling Results Crazy Queens League
High individual game Rheumell Prangley 188 and high set 505. Kings Choice leads team game 489 and team set 2464. Ray Cross Sr. high individual 224 and 617 set. A and B Furniture leads team game, Sealtest 2464 high team set. Heirloom Furn leads senior league with 25 41. National Uph is second 74 42. Howard Hunt and Doc Beard share high individual game and set. Sartin's and Patricians feature in team results with Sartin's second. Patricians lead seniors.
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Rheumell Prangley
Kings Choice
Howard Hunt
Doc Beard
Sartin
Patricians
Sartin’s
Indians Rolling In SC
William and Mary baseball coach Les Hooker’s Indians rose to first in the Southern Conference with a 3-0 mark as pitcher Jay Newton earned all three wins. Newton, 4-1 on the season, beat VMI March 24, helped beat Furman twice, and led a 12-8 win with a late finish.
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Associated Press
William and Mary
Jay Newton
Indians
Les Hooker
Newton
W&m
VMI
Furman
Sam Cheatham
Jim Rama
Bill
Davidson
West Virginia
West Liberty
George Washington
Georgetown
W&m-Furman
SC Iteams
Palmer Scribes Faltering, Iron Man Bag Switch At Masters
Palmer arrived in Augusta for practice before the Greater Greensboro Open. Reynolds, longtime caddie for Billy Maxwell and others, unexpectedly secured Palmer’s bag as Iron Man was in New York. The arrangement may last through the Masters as the players decide.
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Arnold Palmer
Augusta National Golf Course
Palmer
Augusta
Greater Greensboro
Iron Man
Reynolds
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