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BASEBALL: Looks like there might be a 30-game winner this
year if Detroit's Denny McLain can keep up the good work. He's
18-3 already . . .it's been 34 years since a pitcher reached that figure.
Dizzy Dean made it for the Cardinals in 1934 . . .Lefty Grove was
the last American Leaguer to tum the trick. That was in 1931.
Detroit's AL lead has shrunk considerably in the past few weeks.
Baltimore and Cleveland are both about five games behind the league
leaders . . .look for the Cardinals to lengthen their lead before the
season is over . . .the AL could turn into a real dog-fight in the end.
The AL is still without a..300 hitter. Oakland's Rick Monday
leads with a .297 average . . .this would only be good enough for
tenth place in the National where Pittsburgh's Matty Alou leads with
.336.
It's hard to believe that Hoyt Wilhelm has pitched more games
than any other player in the history of major league baseball. The
veteran knuckleballer has topped Cy Young, the winningist hurler in
the game . . .Wilhelm is also the only pitcher to win the E.R.A.
crown in both leagues. He won the NL title back with the old New
York Giants and later in the AL with the White Sox.
GOLF: My "Bigger Three" of pro golf, Bill Casper, Tom
Weiskopf and Lee Trevino, didn't show up so good in last week's
PGA. Casper played consistently and placed fifth; Trevino choked in
the final round with a 76 and wound up tied for 23rd; Weiskopf
didn't even make the cut . . .of course, the "Big Three," Arnold
Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player, weren't all that hot either.
Palmer held up their honor by placing second, but Nicklaus failed to
make the final rounds and Player was absent.
The touring pros are making noise again about starting up their
own circuit. They are unhappy that so many club pros took part in
the PGA . . .strange, I thought the club pros were considered
professionals, too . . . The touring pros are asking for guaranteed
incomes ... It was my impression that this is what the American
POOR are after.
FOOTBALL: Got another All-Star game coming up shortly. The
first of the season was on June 28th . . .that means the football
season (considering only games, not practice) lasts from the end of
June until the beginning of February . . .and I thought this was an
autumn sport.
Lou (The Toe) Groza is back with the Cleveland Browns for
another year at the age of 44. He kicked his first extra-point before I
was born . . .what ever became of the drop-kick? Every kid always
tries it but no one ever seems to do it right . . .course it is sort of
difficult make a pointed ball bounce straight every time.
TRACK AND FIELD: The Olympic boycott, will it occur? My
prediction is it won't . . .at least not totally. A few blacks such as
Tommie Smith and Lee Evans may absent themselves, but the
majority won't . . .competing in the Olympics is just too great an
accomplishment in an athlete's life to default on.
Look for Jim Ryun to capture the 800 and 1500-meter Olympic
medals . . . Charlie Greene should top Jim Hines for the 100-meter
crown. . . Bob Seagren will edge his old rival Paul Wilson for the
pole vault title . . . Dick Fosbury should back flip over the bar for a
medal in the high jump.
That's all the Good sports for this week.
The honorary title of "1968
Collegiate Baseball Player of the
Year" has been recently
bestowed on the star Tar Heel
pitcher, David Lemonds.
Lemonds, a rising junior from
Charlotte, was so honored in the
July 27 edition of "The Sporting
News," a weekly baseball
publication. The award was
based on a poll of major league
scouting directors.
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THURSDAY, JULY 25
The New York Jazz Trio will
give a concert on the GM Lawn
today at 3:00 p.m.
FRIDAY, JULY 26
Graham Memorial offers free
billiards for couples as well as a
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'SATURDAY, JULY 27
Graham Memorial: free
billiards for couples and a free
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MONDAY, JULY 29
Duplicate Bridge at GM at
7:30.
. The Film Society will present
The Golem at Carroll Hall at
9:00 p.m.
TUESDAY, JULY 30
William Moore will give a
recital at Hill Rehearsal Hall at
8:000 p.m.
The Presbyterian Student
Center will show Through a
Glass Darkly at 7:30 and 9:30
p.m.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 31
"Lemonds edged Rich
McKinney of Ohio University
and Thurman Munson of Kent'
State for player-of-the-year
honors and was a runaway
choice as lefthanded pitcher of
the season.
"This is really unbelievable. I
had no idea I was even being
considered for the selection. I
feel really honored that 'The
Sporting News' would pick me
as their college player of the
year," Lemonds said.
As a 6-2, 180-pound
sophomore, David piled up
numerous awards last season. He
had a 6-1 record and 1.49 earned
run average in 72 innings. He
was named Atlantic Coast
Conference baseball player of
the year, elected to the
Associated Press Ail-American
team, and chosen as the top
draftee in the secondary phase
of the major league draft.
In June, Lemonds signed a
$75,000 contract with the
Chicago Cubs and was sent to
the Cubs' Class AA farm team in
San Antonio. So far, he has a
3.00 ERA and a 2-4 record with
the Texas team.
While pitching for the Tar
Heels, he threw a fastball and a
curve ball, striking out 96 in 72
innings.
Lemonds and Steve Garvey of
Michigan State were the only
two sophomores elected to the
team. He will probably stay with
San Antonio the rest of the
season, then return to his home
in Charlotte where he was a
former Garinger star.
Southern California swept
most of the honors as Rod
Dedeaux was named Coach of
the Year. USC's Trojans
captured the 1968 College World
Series, winning the NCAA
championship in five straight.
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