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*But maybe it was just a hot choice and scoring on Orlando game,” ihe added, getting Jito Cepeda’s double. Cepeda scored the spirit of things. on Boyer’s homer, his seventh ofthe season.ATLANTA, Ga. (AP) - Chief Noc-A-Homa was homeless today, victim of an Atlanta Brave home rune that sent his teenee up in smoke. *“Sabotage,” charged the chief an Otta^a-Chippewa Indian named Levi Walker who is the Braves’ $10-a-game mascot.“Wild,” said Clete Boyer, who touched off the fire by slamming I a two-run homer that swept tne Braves to a 3-0 conquest of the St. Louis Cardinals Mondaynight.“That was the only thing funny about the gariie?” said Joe Torre, former Brave now playing for St. Louis who was booed roundly by Atlanta fans.The- fire broke out in the teepee in the sixth inning wnen Chief Noc-A-Homa lit a smoke bomb to celebrate Boyer’s homer, which is what the Charlevoix, Mich., Indian is paid to do.After dancing around the teepee, just back of the left field fence, the chief went inside hut came charging out minutes later when flames shot out of the too, two feet in the air.The chief batted at the flakes with his shield, then threw it down and grabbed.a broom he keeps inside the teepee and j pounded at the blaze.The game went on, but theplayers kept an eye cocked at the fire and the crowd went wild. The chief finally beat out the flames but after the game he had to take down what was left of the canvas cover. Only•fie: 'skeleton of'fiier-teepee fc-♦“Somebody sabotaged me,” the chief said. “They fooled withEast DivisionW.L.Pet. G.B.Chicago2915.6594—Pittsburgh .2220.5246St. Louis2022.4768New YorkIS22.4509Phila’phia _1721.4479Montreal ..... k1127.28915West DivisionAtlanta ____2713.675MlLos Angeles 2317.5754San Fran.2319.5485Cincinnati __2019.5136%Houston ____2124.4678%San Diego1729.37013Monlay’s Result Atlanta 3, St. Louis 0 Only game scheduled“Even the Braves’ teepee is hot,” said a disgruntled Cardinal, recalling that St. Louis beat the Braves 13 out of 13 games last year.All of the fireworks occurred in the sixth, with Felix MilknAmerican LeagueEast DivisionW. L. Pet. G.B.Baltimore ... 32 13 .711 —Boston _____ 26 14 .650 3%Detroit ----- 21 17 .553 7%New York . 20 24 .455 11%Wash’n. ____ 20 26 .422 12%Cleveland — 10 26 .278 171West DivisionMinnesota . 24 16 .600 —Oakland 21 17 .553 2Kansas City 20 21 .488 4%Chicago ---- 17 18 .486 4%Seattle _____' 19 21 .475 5California .. 11 28 .282 12%Monday’s ResultMinnesota 7, Washington 1 Only game scheduledThat was all Phil Niekro needed to boost his pitching record to 7-3. He held the Cardinals to lt;*nly five hits. Nelson Briles, 2-4, was the loser.Cepeda, former St. Louis slugger acquired by Atlanta in a trade for Torre, came out even in the first head-to-head meeting between the two first basemen. Both had doubles in the game.“I felt .strange the first time up but then it was all over! with,” said Cepeda. “I had been thinking about our first game with the Cardinals since the season started.”Torre, said he never heard *:he boos by Atlanta fans. But he said that the crowd of 17,527 “was as many as Atlanta has ever had on Monday night, so the folks here must remember me.“If they all come out again Tuesday night, I’m going to ask the Braves for a piece of the action.”Almost overlooked in the excitement was Hank Aaron’s 500th double, which made him only the third baseball player ever to hit 500 home runs and 500 doubles. He has 519 homers, i The game was played in an hour and 38 minutes, quickest ever in Atlanta Stadium.my smoke bombs.getting on base on a fielder sNational League
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Tue, May 27, 1969
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