Iowa City Press-Citizen from Iowa City, Iowa • 9

OP I I t. Mostly About Football Today among the reserves are Bill Ringer, Flint, Mich, 195-pound 1 senior right guard; and Jerry Williams, Tacoma, 190-pound junior. Williams has track Tues Aug. 16, 1960 Iowa CMy Press-Citizen 9 speed he was a Big Ten meet (Editor1 Note: Thit it the third in a series of pre tea-eon ttoriet on 1ova football proepectt.) The gays who get little credit from fans the guards and centers deserve a close look from the people in the stands-when the JLIniversity of Iowa plays its 1960 football So much happened on thQ sports front while I was vacationing that I hardly know where to start as I pick up my trusty typewriter and find that my fingers are still on vacation. There was the sensational show1 of golfing by John Liechty, the suspension of from this fall's Big Ten football race, all sorts of world records Jn track; the trading of major league managers and the hurdles place winner but he missed all of spring drill.

PhmyRedsWiri- The guard contingent Is rounded out by Jan Lindeman, 205, Aurora, Allan Fischer, Kid Pitchers Knock Off Freehold, N. Alex Kor- Aii-btar, football game, among other things. I guess 111 start with a look at what the Indiana games. seniewski, 197, Hamtramck, and Kenneth Neubert, 180, Chicago, ni. All are sophomores and their value Is yet to suspension might mean lit the Big Ten race, particularly aa it For there-- is genuine pertains to lows; No one can be certain, but Indiana's dismissal from the Pirates, Braves in NL By ED WILKS AP Sports Writer -A couple of kichpitchers, Art Mahaf ey of Philadel iooidbjj race mignt act slightly in Iowa's favor.

The Hawk talent present among the 14 veterans and" youngsters who are listed as Hawkeye candi-. eyes play only six conference games and, until Indiana was be proven. Of the four centers. Bill Van Buren, Lorain, Ohio, 235-po under, finished spring drill No. 1 Van Buren was a letterman back la 1955, has been In service and now Is dates for those positions.

Four of them are lettermen with considerable experience: Bher- Banned, were one of only two teams playing six games. Michigan State had the same number and all others played seven. I It is generally believed that, hi a championship race la i which competition is fairly even and upsets frequent, the team playing the more games has the better chance of win-j nlng the title. This la because history Indicates an unbeaten phia and Jim Maloney of Cincinnati, picked a pip of a wyn Thorsqn, and Mark Men time ror their rirst major league victories right in the midst of the National league pennant scrap. ders, guards; and Bill Van SHERWYN THORSON BILL VAN BUREN running mate for Thorson Buren and Lloyd Humphreys, working hard to "get the feel of it after his absence.

He Is a strong offensive center and a good defensive diagnostician. Big Ten football campaign Is unlikely and every team usually winds up with at least one black mark. centers. -r Mahaffey, 22, a right-hander who missed dedslong in his first two starts, gave up nine hits, but came out Manders is consistent and For example, let line Coach steady and his experience makes -r a winner as the Phils knocked! Thus, if you play only six games and lose one, chances are someone's going to be up there ahead of you with Just one loss but one more triumph. This is pure theory, of course, Bob Flora 'tell about Sherwyn tear Into practice sessions as If he were In a championship game.

I rate htm as Iowa's best candidate for a 1960 ail-American The Ft Dodge man, 215 Lloyd Humphreys, Chicago, off first-place Pittsburgh, 4-3, Thorson of Ft Dodge, a junior him au the more valuable. Another veteran, Bill DiCin- HL, senior, won two letters as Monday night. ana lowa, aa a matter of fact, won Big Ten titles in both 1956 lert guard: an alternate or a reserve. He dio, 210 pounds from Dunmore, Maloney, 20, a right-hander and 1958 while playing only six game schedules and losing "Thorson is our best lineman 2nd Straight Valley Title pounds, showed his great com who had lost three, -also al was not out for spring drill so Dayton Perry, 215-pound sopho one game eacn tune. played better last spring than he did in 1959.

He has the and if he continues to Improve TT 1 1 at ms present rate he will rank lowed nine hits while winning the first game of the Reds' 5-8 more from East St. Louis, Still, I have the feeling that Iowa tends to benefit slightly from Indiana's suspension from the race. Indiana will be no size and "is' regarded a de petitive spirit he placed second in the 'National Collegiate heavyweight wrestling, although he had competed in only! with Iowa's post great linemen, took over as No. 2 man. Perry pendable reserve for Thorson, and 4-0 twi-night sweep over Right now he is one of the best, For Oakdale is big and quick and his work Best of the sophomores is Earl third-place Milwaukee.

as as upcoming junior, we have Despite the defeat, the was sometimes Impressive last spring. His drive and desire help patsy this fall, but not many were picking the Hoosiera as first division candidates and the strong contenders for the title, say Illinois and Michigan State, would probably have whipped them. Now, here's a game they can't win, or at least can't count in the standings if they do, and it's a game Iowa tnree dual meets and had been third the Big Ten heavy- seen in several years." McQuiston, 227 pounder from Coaches say he has fine potential. In fact, they Oakdale climaxed a Ions- win Piratea retained a six-game bulge over the St Louis Cardi him to overcome a lack of ex weignt class. perience.

At right guard is letterman nlng streak Monday night on its home grounds when it blank- don't want him to play second. nals, who dropped their fourth Fourth center is Donald Zinn, string so if the guard situation in a row, 5-3 to San Francisco, "lie has great desire, size, speed, toughness and quickness and I dont know what other qualities go to make a fine lineman. Thorson Is always on the move and he Mark Manders, a senior from Dea Manders, 200 Los Angeles and the Chicago goes according to plan he might be shifted to tackle. 195-pound senior from Battle Creek, 'who possesses pounds, has improved steadily ed North Liberty, 4-0, to clinch its second straight Iowa Valley league Softball title and third In the last four seasons. and coaches rate him as a fine The only upper classmen very, little game experience.

While the triumph assured. Oakdale of the title, the loss Twenties Vas Cubs were Idle. The Phils, escaping the cellar again, beat Pirate relief ace Elroy Face (0-0) with a ninth-Inning run on a pinch single by Clay Dal-rymple and a double by Tony Gonzales, who was batting for Mahaffey. Chris Short then saved it with a perfect mop-tip in the ninth. The Jteds managed only four shoved North Liberty, now 10- 0, into third place in the league behind idle Hills U2-0).

man't nave a cnance to When the Big Ten season Is ever, there will no doubt be much Joggling of facts and figures to show how the race would have finished had Indiana been a Yet, I dont think this will be quite fair. Their conference opponents probably win not take them as seriously aa games which will count In the title chase and the Boosters may very weU have some added incentive which wouldn't have been there In a normal season. 1 -1 -i' It's Interesting to note that most fans, in discussing Indiana's ban and its effect on the race, still comment more on which team will go to the Rose Bowl, not which team win win the. title. They teem to forget that, at tJle moment, there it no indi-eat ion at all that the Big Ten champ will even be invited to th KOM BOWl.

The number of children among the families of the Iowa football coaching staff was increased by two during the last Top Decade in Oadkale has a 15-3 record and can not now be caught by any other team. Each team is lova Football supposed to play 20 games and -Oakdale has games remaining hits off Juan Pizarro (6-5) in with Hills (at Oakdale August Two- Big Ten championships ay ana wttn Norm Liberty (at North Liberty August 81). the opener, but Wally Post drove in four runs, three with a double and the other with a home run, to make it easy for and victory in 62 per cent of the games In the last eight seasons naturally would lead to the Impression that the decade week. Olen Treadway, newest member of the Hawkeye staff1 Maloney, The rookie, giving up a home run by. We Covington, walked four and struck out Oakdale, the league champion in 1957 as well as ht 1959, started slowly this year and won only half of its first slx.

games, bat came on with a of the fifties might be the four. He needed Jim Brosnan's finest in University of Iowa football history. rush to hang up a 12 game two-out relief In the ninth after being shaken up when he But' the fact is that among is tne rauier or a daughter, Laura Ann, born last Wednesday, while the Jerry Burns' had their fourth child, and third daughter. Kathleen Lola, Saturday night. Buzi Graham, Iowa athletic ticket manager, gays single game football ticket sales are moving along quite says that single game purchases, in many cases, are running ahead of last -year." making up somewhat for the decline in winning streak, including Monday night's, triumph.

crashed to the groundjtrying to the seven decades of Hawkeye stab Lee Maye's liner. Oakdale's batterymates were football, the period, from 1950 through 1959 ranks only in a tie Four doubleplays and Frank the big stars in the win over Liberty. Bob Seemuth, Robinson's bat made Boh Pur- for third with .583, 49. wins, 36 kejrtl2-7f a winner in the losses and seven ties. the pitcher, allowed only thfee season ticnet sales.

nightcap as he blanked the The champion of the' 10- scattered singles, struck out The Homecoming game with Purdue leads the rest in sales Braves on 11 hits; Robinson, who nine and walked only one while for home games, followed by Wisconsin and Ohio State. Mm- year periods is that of 1920 through 1939. Hawkeye got into a first-game scrap with Eld Mathews after sliding nesota, as usual, is the best seller' among the road frames, foV getting excellent defensive support. Carroll Wooldrlk, the lowed by Northwestern and Notre Dame. Tickets atill teams compiled a percentage of 62-22-8.

A- ler into tne Milwaukee third base catcner, banged out three hits -available for all games, both home and away. man, doubled and scored, a in. lour txlpa ana drove ta three title and a share la -Big Tea. honors was included. slxth-lnnlng run on Ed Bailey's of the four runs.

single, then hit a two-runj John CahlU led off Oakdale's- Bankintr second is 1900 homer In the seventh. Carl Wil- first inning with a triple and ley (5-7 was the loser WORKING ON RELIEF The Baltimore Orioles, fighting to hold a share of first place, called en the magic of Hoyt Wilhelm's magic flutterbail in relief Monday night as they faced the New York Yankees. VVilhelm is shown at work here atrhe faced BUI Skowron, muscular Yankee first baseman. VVilhelm did well giving only three bits la-five innings, but one was a two-run homer by Mickey Mantle, his second of the nighty which won the game scored on Jim Jensen's double. through 1909.

Figures on that decade Include 51 wins, 29 defeats and two ties for .634. The Homa run power and Johnny Wooldrlk then singled to score. A new phone system has been Installed at the athletic office in the fleldbouse and all members of the, staff now have their own extension numbers, rntil the new phone directory youll.be. advised of the number of the "party yon want when you dial the old number, z. Antonelli's neat relief pitching Jensen.

Wooldrik drove in the record was boosted by years in idia it for. tne Giants against for tne Yanks. sam two men with a seventh which. Iowa teams won nine, Ernie Broglio (14-6), the Card eight and seven (twice) games inning triple after Cahill had been hit by a pitch and Jensen ace who bad won four in a row. and the greatest number oi de Writers who attended the All-Star football festivities in Willie Mays drove in- three had reached on an error.

feats was four. runs with his 23rd and 24th The line score: Mickey Mantle Redeems Self The period from 1910 through Chicago last week say that Paul Brechler, who took over as commissioner 6t the Skyline conference Monday, apparently will not be out of a lob if that conference breaks up as homers, and Willie Kirkland Score bf inninys: N. Liberty 000 0000 -0 Ill 3 1 7 1 ....000 socked his 13th in an 11-hlt at- Oakdale ......200 000 30i 4 -t 1919 tied 1950-59 for third, with equal percentage of .583. Those teams won 42 games, lost 30 and tied none; the only ones tack. Antonelli saved it for rumored.

Batteriaa: L. Cochran and Boariai Seemutb and Wooldrik. By ED WILKS '(the humiliation of his Sunday Billy O'Dell (7-8) by getting They say that Brechler likely will be named as head, of any AP Sports Writer 1 boner and sent the Yankees from behaind against the Orioles. The second shot, overhauling a 3-2 Baltimore lead in Bill White and Curt Flood on which did not record any dead- pop flies with two runs home flf tha 390 hrtxntr Mine new formation or scnoois out that way. urecnier is sam to De working to keep the present conference intact, but some" sort of realignment seemrlikely, with present members Utah," New Cleveland Writers locks.

-----t and the bases loaded in the Placines of other ears: 1890- iviitaey iviciiiue- mi i un Baltimore. eighth. Honor Bob Lemon 1899, fifth with 1930-1939, the eighth came on an 0-2 pitch after Catcher Clint Courtney, fumbling with an over-sized mitt, had dropped afoul pop the New York Yankees, being thumbed to the sixth with and 1940-1849, CLEVELAND UP) Bob Lem now many ao youmem- seventh with .391. Iowa's all for an error that gave Mantle time record shows 293. wins, 241 on, who was a 20-game winner during seven of his 12 seasons Corahille Youth Wins! Boat Race in Illinois showers by Manager Casey Stengel for failing to run out a ground ball Sunday, the Mick twice brought the Yankees defeats and 12T ties for .058.

a second chance. Mantle's one-man show pow Well, forget 'em The 1960 team win kick off Not one of them comes Ronald Shalla of 006 Seventh as a Cleveland Indians pitcher, has been 'voted into the land Baseball Hall of Fame at Cleveland stadium, the local chapter of the Baseball Writers close to watching the two he avenue. Coral ville, won first ered the Yankees a half-game ahead of Baltimore and Chicago. The Whitepox were beaten 4-1 by Detroit and" rookie Bob Bruce, who won his first in the the eighth decade of football when ita starts drilling September 1." Nine games will be played between September 24 crashed 'Monday night a pain of two-run shots that wiped out Mexico and Brigham Toung seemingly headed for a tieup with Arizona, Arizona State, Washington State, Oregon State and Oregon. Connie Hawkins, the ail-American prep basketball eager from Brooklyn, N- who had signed a tender of athletic aid at Iowa, is attending summer school at Colorado and thus is lost to Iowa.

Without criticizing the boy Involved In this since 1 dont know the specific facts, nore and more Big Tea coaches are finding the signing of tenders under the Big Ten's "need" plan to be so much folly. "All a tender is is a hunting license for the boy," one Iowa football coach said recently. "He signs a tender from Big Ten school and then goes' around to other colleges which don't have to abide by Big Ten recruiting rules and 'Look, I got a. tender, from lowatThe other jchoolthrnksJWelL, if Iowa wanted him he must -be pretty goodr'sothey give him an offer of financial aid which we aren't allowed to match and that's how we lose a lotof top association announced Monday. placate division the boat races held Sunday at Rock Island, HI, under sponsorship of the Central States Racing association.

and November la. Iowa Loses Three Subs -On Eligibility majors with a Bos Babe Ruth Leagu9 Mantle Takes The Coralvllle Youth is in his first year a of boat racing, i ton clobbered Washington, U-3, in the only other AL game. Mantle, who hadn't homered ht -10 games and hadn't driven In as many as four runs in one game all season, had the crowd of 24,233 at Yankee stadium on Its feet and cheering with his 28th and 29th Four" first and second team Drama 11. White 60s PailUea Red Sox Satardaj'e Games Tirfifi Cabl 8 81 Sen page 10 for addi Self, Stengel 1 members of the University of tional sports news. Tanks forfeited to Dedgert Iowa's football team have sue a cessfully completed make-up i---- ill I 'Off the Hook' work and will be eligible for home runs of the year Exams tha coming- season.

Physical a aw 1 Both came with Hector Lopez II WUIIVkJMU I The university athletic de on base. The first, after Lopez AXEKICAN IEAGVE partment reported BY JOE REICHLER AP Sports Writer naa singled, tied it 2-aII In the Speaking. of. disappointments, Coach John Michelosen of Pittsburgh must have been dismayed last week to find that 10 of his -sophomore-to-be gridders have been ruled; scholas-tlcally 1 night that three other players, wb v.Arr 4.1 fourth -against-': starter -Jerry: none rated, better than third YORKM? glad WhiVthoM.lwaJiornj:unsHe waucer. Tne clincher, after Lffc string, had -failed to make up Chleac 85 575 Whlnft 66 pez walked, was off -reliever 4potnj.grades::oirtng":,the jrecent got oftthe: hoofed -t, If Pitt doesn't have the nation's toughest football schedule this fall, it must come close to Here are the Panthers' UCLA, Michigan 8tate, Miami of Florida, at the three high schools Hoyt Wflhelm (9-7) in Iowa Citv will take physical examinations at 1 P-m.

Wednes R.ti. 4X SI 1BV, Itaa 4at ISM West Virginia. Texas 4 Casey Stengel was talking about; Mickey homers Monday night, each Art Ditmar 12-7) top.Wta-hefn the Yankee staff, won his fifth in a tow 'with a ffve-hlter. day in the basement cafeteria of the central Junior high school summer sessions, "Returning with acceptable 'marks are Charles Lee, first team tackle from Fair Oaks, Calif and three second team -and Penn State. a.

r-. Mandajr'a Rmslts Hew Iferk 4, BiHImore Brnton 11, WMhtiigt- DetroiS 4, CW 1 Onlr ram Kliedaled t- In addition, all boys who will be in ninth grade at Central or Bruce, 0-1 with the Tigers in with man on base, which pro men: SaJImy Harris, aopho- I SoutlL East Junior high smocandLplan: to-ii7muvforjB)otnau-must also have a physical examination at this time. a brief 1959 stay and a loser in his first three decisions this Taevdsr't GUM Count me among" those, who were happy to read the story last week that The Associated: Aewillnolonger base Jts Several local doctors and dentists are donating their time to season, permitted only two Sox vided the New York Yankees' runs In the 4-S triumph over the that moved the Tanks back into first place In the A I give the physical examinations. to reach base while but-dueling Herb Score (3-7), who allowed more halfback from East St. Louis, Earl McQuiston, sophomore guard from Keokuk, and Fullback Eugene Mosley, East SL Louis, 111-, rated the No.

man at his position. BslttinT si New YoA Drtreit a Chinn N) Ksiims City Clrelaad K) Boston Wtlhiiiirtoa WeditMday't Games Kaaus City at Detroit rhirat- at Clewlud N) Wukinsoa at Baltlawre Vr Vtw York at Boitoa N) American league and the Orioles into a tie for second only three hits, but walked nine The Detroit righthander was taged for a fifth- High school football practice will negin mrougnoui me state August 24, but Iowa City high school will not open drills until August 29, since it opens against an Illinois school and that state's preps are not permitted to begin practice before that 1 Resina win be the first local high school to open its football with Chicago. guess -I--canforget all Another athlete. Halfback WiTTnifH. T.ttAomB inning home run by Gene Freese.

The only other hit off Bruce was Roy Sievers' double In the l. rcr. O.B. about- that fine," Stengel Mike McDonald of Port Huron, quipped. Pittsburgh 4S St.

Loaia RS 50 41 1 campaign, playing at Columbus of Waterloo September 9. City high and U-Hlgh will open the following week, the Hawkelts entertaining Rock Island and the Bluehawks traveling to Wapello. completed the requirements for eligibility. He, how seventh. He was referring to Mantle ever, was not listed on the top Score gave up first-Inning walks to Chico Fernandez and Lm 4 JH JH Saa Fraaeisea ..51 .491 1SH nlll'iwns failure to run out a double play grounder in Sunday's second eame of a doubleheader with weekly college football poll on the votes of the nation's sports-writers and broadcasters, but will have a board of experts do the voting Instead.

I always maintained that too much sectional prejudice, by midwest writers as well as those elsewhere, entered into the poll and Tm hoping that won't "be true tinder the new system. 1 A University of Iowa graduate, Harold '(Spike) Claassen, long-time football editor of The Associated Press, has Just pat the finishing tenches on a new football record book called the Ronald Encyclopedia of FootbaO. Covering the complete history of the game In high schools, colleges and among the proa, sports historians say the 840-page volume la the best yet for those who like football facts and flgnreaT The Big Ten office in Chicago is making plans now for the seventh annual tour of conference and Notre Dame football camps by the sky writers. For the first time in several' years the writers, will make an overnight stop in Iowa City, flying here September 6 after a morning look at the Minnesota squad. three teams this spring.

Those lost are Louis Wilson, Al Kaline, who pulled a double steal and scored on a wild pitch: Philadelphia ...44 I4H Chicaro fit 1414 Washington which prompted No. 8 left tackle from Grand Rapids, LeRoy Noth- Men's St ere the manager to yank his star The other runs, unearned, came in the ninth on TCallne's home run after right fielder Al center' fielder and the writers nagel, sophomore tackle from 28 8. Clinton to speculate on a possible fine Quincy, IlL; and Maurice Han Smith had dropped his foul fly. for Mantle. son.

Junior end from Water- "You can't very well fine a town, S. D. Moaday'i Kraalta riarlnnatt Milwaakea 1 FhUadolphla 4, Plttobarch Raa Fraaiea 8. Loaia Only rtm arketlnlod Taroday'i Gtmm Philadelphia at Flttabargh twl-Birlit Ksa Fraaeiaea st St. leasts (TO Milwaakoa at Cincinnati N) Las anrelea at CMraro 1VdmdT'( Game FnfTadrlpkla at Ftttabarirh KV Miiwaokeo at Clarinnatl (N) Xoa Aareln at CMraro Saa Fraariica at 8t I.oaU Lou Clinton drove In five runs for the Red Sox with a home run-sacrifice fly and squeeze The status of No.

left fellow after he wins a game for you the way he did to tackle Bob Yauck of Saginaw, bunt Frank Sunlvan (4-12) night" depends on his successful completion of studies by was the winner with 4 innings Mantle, normally impassive of two-hit shutout relief. correspondence, officials added. following an exceptionally good day at the plate, didn't attempt two otners, Keith Kinder- tf Floors InStock Keg. NOW 12 Wash Wear IT mm. t)g 70 Dacron and Wool Suits IP $40 to tmrnrat 15 lop Coats 3 pr.

Continental Slacks $5.85 AU Alterations at Cost BABE RUTH GAMES to conceal his joy and his re man, Junior halfback from Chi cago, and Felton Rogers, soph lief in the clubhouse. Two makeup games have been scheduled this week-end OAKDALE WAVTS GAME "Boy," he grinned happily, "I pmore end from Detroit, were certainly feel a lot better than given Incompletes in their summer studies and have until the I did yesterday." June, 1961, has ibeen named to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Charles Simon-Ian. Simonian, whose 1960 team was runnerup for Big Ten title, is leaving Iowa after receiving a doctor's degree August 10. Dittmer won the-major letter in 1956, 1957 and 1958. In his senior year, he took the conference in epee, Davs DiUmsr Named Iowa Fencing Coach Dave Dittmer, former University ef Iowa fencer and Big Ten epee champion, win coach Hawkeye fencing team in The Quincy, UU graduate student, who will receive a mastar'a degree in Ebysica in at the Iowa varsity baseball diamond which will complete play for the season in the local Babe Ruth league.

The White Sox will meet the Red Sox at first game to remove them. guess I never wanted to have a good day as badly as Rogers is also a star high Oakdale, which clinched its second atraight Iowa Valley league Softball title Monday night, would like to play a game on ita home diamond this Friday. The manager of any team Interested is asked to contact Georgt Rummelhart, Jumper in track. I did tonight Another bad day on top of yesterday' would Iowa, opens ita rune-game 5:30 p.m. Friday and the Cubs will play the Cards at 1:30 really have put me in the season at home September 24 against Oregon State.

pjn. Saturday. dumps." iri -aS JS.