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BEATING THE GUN
BY BILL BROWER
NEW YORK CITY rANP) How
many times has it been said that
Willie May* can beat you with hia
sat. his glove, his running, his mere
presence*
Miraculous Willie didn't quite
beat the American League All-
Star* here at Shea Stadium, a
little more than a stone's throw
from the World'* Fair, In the
.15th midsummer competition
between the two major league*.
But the National Leaguers a
greed almost to player that the
San Francisco outfield—and
dean of the participating play
er* in the claaale—was the man
who gave his team the psycho
logical lift that carried it to a
I-to-4 victory.
Os course. Johnny Callison'*
three -run blast into the right field
seat* with two out in the ninth
tas the blow that did it But if it
hadn't been for Mays' theatrics on
the bases earlier in the same inning,
the Philadelphia outfielder never
would have come to bat.
In the end, Dick Radatz, the
righthanded relief ace of the Bos
ton Rod Sox, off whom Callison
tagged the homer, said:
"Willie killed me.”
This Is what he meant
Aa the lead-off batter in the last
half of the ninth, with the AL'ers
ahead. ♦ to I, Willie strode to the
plate.
“I mad* up my mind I wasn't
going to swing at a had ball," Mays
said tn the clubhouse after the
game.
He worked the count to three
and-two. Than Radatz cam# in with
one of his awlft deliveries—it was
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McQuire of Tenn. State, follow in close succession to Ut place
winner Wyomia Tyus of Tenn. State (R), at the finish tape in the
1 OOmofer event of finale of AAU ladie* track and field champion-
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high and wide and Willie trotted to
first base. Almost all of the 50,850
paid spectators could sense what
was going to happen.
On the pitcher’s sec end pitch
to Orlando Cepeda, another
Giant, Mays took ass toward
swung snd missed. Then Cepe
ds hit s pitch off the end of his
bat snd It fell into short right
Held, eluding rlghtflelder Rocky
Colavlto, of the Kansas City
Athletics, second baseman Bob
by Richardson, of the New York
Yankees, snd Yankee first base
man Joe Pepitone. It fell safely
near the line.
Now here's how Mays' mere pres
ence can cause damage to the op
position. He had held up near sec
ond to see whether the ball would
drop and when it did, he raced to
third, falling down as he rounded
the bag In the meantime. Pepitone
had made a throw to the plate. It
evidently hit something and bound
ed high over the head of catcher
Elston Howard, another Yankae.
When the boll went ell the way
to stands. Mays scampered home
with the tying taly and Jogged to
the dugout to get the backstop* and
slaps on the seat of his pants from
his joyous teammates. Thus, Willie
bed eet the stage for on# of the
moat thrilling finishes of the all
star game history.
Opeda had made It to second
base snd Curt Flood, eentor
fielder of the 8L Louie Cardi
nal* went In to run for the big
flrot baseman. Two men. In
cluding pinch bitter Hank
Aaron, a strikeout victim, were
retired snd one given an Inten
tional paas before Callison
stroked his home run to give
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referee’s decision, moving toward another shot at the world heavyweight crown. (UPI PHOTO).
Boxer Von Clay Slashed In Face While
Demonstrating “Finer Points” On Street
tin XL'eri their 17ih ricterr.
Thla tied the eerie* after ill
year* that »*w the At’er* take
a commanding lead. One game
ha* ended In a tie.
The ML’ers began to eloee the gap
on their rival* when tan plsyera—
Jackie Robinson. Roy CampanaUa,
May*, etc —began to taka a domin
ant role in the major.. And, in ra
cent year*. Willie he* don# more
than any other player to keep hi*
league on top
PHILADELPHIA fANP)—Boxer
Vo. n«v • nne-time leading chal
lenger for the light heavyweight
title. lo*t unique bout here last
week, when he was slashed on the
face while demonstrating the finer
polnta of flaticuffs on a Philadel
phia street.
Police arreated one youth Cubus
Martin, 16. He was charged with
aaaault and battery.
Juvenile Aid Division Officer
Frank Dußree said Clay. Martin
and another youth were discussing
boxing
Dußree eaid Clay was shew
ing Martin how to throw cer
tain punches and when he
stepped back he wu slashed
on the face with a knife er
razor.
Martin denied slashing Clay.
He will be given s hearing hi
Juvenile Court
Clay wa* once prominently men
tioned as a potential light-hesvy
weight champion. He Is 24 and lives
in West Philadelphia
fVestc€Hist Sportslifjh tn
ST I*. L “BROCK” BSOCKBJfBUBY
LOS ANGELES (AMP)—I have
net been on the subject recently
but I might as well get started on
It again, because the status of
Negro personnel in the front of
fices in pro sports is still status
quo.
With one or two exceptions, there
are no Negroes holding responsi
ble positions locally. . . Botaman
Brad Pye has been a member of
the L. A. Angels public relations
staff for more than three years.
The other local clubs have no one
to point to in a similar capacity.
While deploring this situa
tion, we might as well Include
the leek of referee* and um
pires In the various sports. Ad
mittedly Negroes have received
a pretty fair shuffle In baseball
playing jobs, and these In
power are to be eengrxtalated
on this score. But the (set re
mains we can do ether thing*
besides run. Imp, skip. jump,
bat and carry the halL The fact
remains also that pro sport
leaders have not given mack
thought to front office Job* far
Negress.
Don’t think that there haven't
been applicants for such job*, either.
There have been, hut, like they
say, those in commend aren't ready
yet for Integration. Maybe the new
Civil Rights Law will give them
courage to make this move.
All Boseman Brad Py# Jr., Loa
Angeles Sentinel Sports editor, got
was publicity as he and his Sports
Writing teammates went down to
defeat to Nat King Cole’s Holly
wood Movie Stars 8-3 at Dodgers
Stadium last week.
Publicity la what the game is
played far and Brad reeetved
hia share. Pye played third
base and fat his only time at
hat ha struck eat with the
baaee leaded, Pye goofed up bis
chances to be a Mg bora against
Colee* Stan, he made a key
catch for the Sports Writer* In
their 3-8 win ever the Sports
casten In an earlier eonteet.
Pye is the first and only Negro
sporta writer ever to play in this
preliminary game.
The Sporting News made quite a
thing nut of Willie Mays play m
the All-Star game last week. The
tabloid pointed out that Willie is
currently the leading hitter of All-
Star action, with a batting average
of .147 in 14 games . . Mays shares
top role with Jackie Robinson in
in my article, "Greatest Negro
Athletes of the Century.” written
fer Bronze America.
Some old-time ball players say
he rsn't make the all-time Negro
outfield. Moet of them put Oscar
Charleston in centerfield, ahead of
Mays.
Oscar was a good ball player, but
he had-not been tried by major
league standards, while Maya is
considered by white end Negro
baseball expert* alike as the great
est outfielder of all time. You
Naptown Clowns Draw Oveir
15,000 Fans; Win Over Star?
CHICAGO (ANP)—The fun-mak
ing Indianapolis Clowns baseball
team drew a total of 19,787 fan* into
Comiskey Park here for their re
cent game with the Brooklyn Stars,
the Clowns front office announced.
The Clowns, mixing baseball.
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figure it out.
So what can I say except he is
the greatest I ever have seen. . . .
WOULD YOU say a half hour 11
a reasonable average of the tim<
it takes a woman to get out afte:
she has announced to her hosiest
that she must leave?
playing with buffoonery, de
feated the Stars, their barn
storming opponents, 6-3 in the
game.
The antics were provided by th«
Clowns first baseman-clown Nature
boy Williams and 4'5" midget third
baseman Billy Vaughn