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Stan The Man' Musial, 42, in last year of baseball By Lao Sorok UPI Staff Wrltar ST. LOUIS, Mo. (UPI I This Is the final season for Stan (Tlie Man) MusiaL Musial, one of the greatest hit ters in baseball history, an- nounced Monday night he will re tire as an active player at the end of the current season. The 42-year-old Musial, who spent a quarter of a century in the Cardinal organization as a player, will continue to work for the Red Birds in an executive capacity. When the Cardinals retire the familiar No. 6 this fall it will complete the longest playing ca reer of any major leaguer with one team. The lithe, slightly stooped slug ger, with the unique "corkscrew" batting stance, will bow out with complete or partial ownership of 58 major league, National League and All-Star records. The surprise announcement at a Cardinal picnic at tlie plalatial home of club owner August A. Busch Jr. came only a week after Musial said he would not make a statement concerning his retirement u til the end of the current season. "Baseball has been my life," Stan told the gathering of play ers, their wives and children, arid a few newsmen. "I love baseball. I like nothing better to do than play tvxball. "Nothing beats playing in the big leagues and putting on that big league uniform. "I came in with a winner in my first full year with the Card inals in 1942 and I'd like to go out the same way. I've dreamed for a long time of playing one more World Series. I think we still have a chance to do it." General manager Bing Devine called Musial's decision "a great loss to the playing end of the game but a gain to the executive side." "It's a sad thing for baseball, for St. Louis, for Stan's many friends, for Stan's wife and fam ily but a happy one for the Cardinals who need someone like Stan to step into our midst," Devine said. Indication that Musial's retire ment was imminent came when his batting average continued to tumble this season. Musial went for a week at a time without being in the lineup, then when he was put In he would be lifted often for a pinch cuimer or de fensive replacement. Asked if anything particular made him decide to quit, Musial said: "I just think Ive had enough, regardless of what kind of year I've had. I'll be 43 next winter, and by next baseball seas on I'll be heading for 44." Musial's wife, Lit, who said she never wanted Stan to quit, and two of his daughters, Gerry, 18, and Janet, 13, broke into tears when the announcement was made. Mrs, Musial said she had not known about Stan's decision until "just a day or so ago." Musial, smoking a cigar, tried to relieve the tension. "If I had known this would cause such a commotion, I would have announced it in New York City and it would have been over in two minutes." he cracked. The Bulletin, Tuesday, August 13, 1963 A LOOK AT ypiWvu'.V-.''-W".'1. v SPORTS Tiny grid booklets lend 'helping hand' By Web Ruble Bulletin Sports Editor Every year in August, college Oklahoma, with the exception football information books begin of a few recently developed arch crossing the desks of sports writ- rivals, has played mostly within ers. the confines of the Big Eight Con- They are nifty little booklets ference. It heretofore has encom- tliat tell you nearly every grid passed (with spotty exceptions of statistic Immaginable, plus sea- Missouri ana coioraaoi sucn not so-dynamic sisters as Kansas, Kansas State, Nebraska, Oklaho ma Slate, and Iowa State. People were arguing a few years ago that if Oklahoma played in a tougher league, they wouldn't go through a season with such win loss records. It was true about Oklahoma. The Sooners stayed son records of years past and comments about the team's grid chances for the approaching year. They often include "sketches" about individual players and the coaches. Newspapers get them from all of the local large colleges plus other certain large colleges from across the nation. Many of the rieht in their own neighborhood. smaller institutions send them out, However, Wilkinson's grid teams too. won their Share of bowl games Not only do they shock the against top-ranked national pow- sports hack out of his summer ors. letharev with a stark reminder Lately tlie Oklahomans have that the mid season is iust around not heen in the national spotlight the corner, but they are handy Big 10 and Pacific Northwest grid for various tid-bits of information, nowors like Minnesota, Wiscon- At first its just a trickle, and sin, Washington and Terry Ba fhen tlie sports scribe is hit with kcr's Oregon State moved in. So a deluge. By mid-September he s did Southern Cahtorraa. got a drawer full, plus some on Actually, in the meantime, Wil- top of his desk, spewing over onto kinson put together some good someone else's. He seemingly gets teams, though not so dynamic as them coming out of his ears. the earlier ones. He had some They are just now beginning to good seasons, and some not so come in. Two have arrived. One good. Oklahoma didn't do well in might expect that the more foot- i960 and 1961, and the Sooners ball - minded schools would do slipped almost out of the grid pic the best Job, or get them out first, lure. Last year, however, saw a Sometimes this la true, but by- tremendous upsurge in Okla pow-nd-large, whether or not a school er. The Sooners annihilated their is a grid power appears to have Big Eight foes in pre-1960 fashion, fttte to do with it. losing only to Texas and Notre Which college was first to hit Dame In "extra" games. The the desk this year? It was a cer- Sooners then went to tlie Orange tain institution which cruised tlie Bowl, but took a 17-0 shellacking high road In the grid world during at the hands of Alabama's Crim the last decade, but slumped son Tide, some during the last three or four Yet, it was quite a season. Ac years. Some may guess quite eas- cording to the way that Wilkin ily. . .and then maybe they son has been talking, Oklahoma wouldn't. could be developing again. The Oklahoma was the 1963 first. It truth of the matter is, the Big came in a whole week before Eight Conference is no longer the Stanford's which popped up in the patsy it used to be. OU's booklet mail today. Oklahoma, a grid offers "The Big Eight, bristling school which coes all out for the with coaching and playing talent, game, ranks football as the num- will never again be the romp it ber one sport. One can tell this once was. Last year, two Big Denies game rigging $10 million suit Wallace Butts sobs at trial ATLANTA (UPI) Wallace Butts, former Georgia athletic director, broke down in tears Monday and again denied a Sat urday Evening Post story that said he conspired to rig the 162 Georgia-Alabama football game. Sobbing audibly and his body shaking, Butts was led from the witness stand, and a five-minute recess was declared in the trial of his $10 million libel suit against the Post. Butts buried his head in his arms on a table and sobbed un controllably. His wife and three daughters, sitting nearby, also were crying, and his attorney had difficulty controlling his emotions. Testimony from the onetime coach camo as the second week of the trial got under way and as direct testimony drew near an end in the case. The trial was scheduled to re sume at 10 a.m., EST today, and Is expected to be concluded Wednesday at the latest. John Carmichael, Atlanta real estate and insurance man, was scheduled to resume testimony. William Schroder, attorney for Butts, said Carmichael may be his last witness. Carmichael is the b o s s of George Burnett, the Atlanta man who said he was accidentally cut into a long distance call between Butts and coach Paul (Bear) Bry ant of Alabama last September. Burnett's notes were the basis of the Post story of last March which said Bryant and Butts con spired to rig the game. Bryant has a separate $10 mil lion libel suit pending against the magazine. Butts broke down on the stand when his attorney read a Post editorial which said Butts and Bryant "fixed" the game. He asked Butts if the editorial, or any part of it, were true. "No sir," Butts replied. "And I'd like to explain. It is not true." Then Butts began sobbing. Post attorney Welborn Cody concluded his cross-examination of Butts with questions about his financial condition. He produced a financial statement Butts signed July 17, 1961, which listed the coach's assets as $205,988. The attorney asked Butts to explain the financial statement in the light of trial testimony in which he said he had been unem ployed and "financially insolvent" since the Post story came out. Butts replied that there had been a "big change" in his fi nances since the time of the statement. He said some stock he owned had gone down in value, that he had sold other stock, and borrowed all he could on $80,000 in life Insurance poli cies. Cody questioned Butts closely in his cross-examination on such Butts enterprises as real estate, orange groves, fruit juices, scotch whisky, loan companies, restaur ants and coffee vending machines. much as he leafs through the booklet. Oklahoma plays basket ball, runs track and does a dozen different sports, but football is still king. A few years ago just after Bud Wilkinson took the helm, Oklaho ma put together perennially the winningest team in modern his tory. Why has OU then so slipped from grid glory? Football followers would argue. When Wilkinson's elevens were having thoso seasons with unde feated skeins, fans woro saying, ". . .well, look who they are playing." Eight teams won bowl games: Missouri ovor Georgia Tech in the Blucbonnet and Nebraska over Miami in the Gotham. Two other Big Eight teams also finished like Ganghiistcrs, Kansas tying Mis- souri 3-3 and Colorado capsizing Air Force 34-10. All four will have the momen tum from these final 1962 achieve ments. There Is no question about It. Oklahoma will have to bo better than ever to tnko the Big Eight. If tlie Sooners do, they will better deserve resulting national acclaim. I paiwii rr-yjp-p- 'jrT???- CTffi wyg?T?sy I a wf o f;! r - i - ' ? ( ; $ 1 Xi ii!! Y" Z v. 4 ' - l - ' ' ' 1 Registration open now for Bend Rotary Olympics GO MAN, GO This little calf it heading for safer ground at the Crooked River Roundup Sunday at Prineville, but he has little to worry about. The roper has missed his first throw. Rules allow the roper a second chance but few attempt it. It's lime for (ho Bend Itotary Olympics. City Recreation Director Vinoc Genua announced today that reg istration for the all-comers track and field regalia is now oHn. All entrants must register. An annual affair, the track fest will have events for boys and girls in school grades one through Camas wins in AABC tourney PORTLAND (UPI) Camas. W'ash.. defeated Springfield 3-5 and Cascade blanked Gordon's Fireplare 3-0 )n 10 innings Moo day night in the state American Amateur Baseball Congress tour nament here. Wayne Swango best ed Dennis Straub In the latter game, as each pitcher struck out 11. RIDES FOUR WINNERS SARATOGA SPRLGS. N. Y. (UPI) Bob Ussery. the lead ing jockey at the current moot ing just as he was at Aqueduct, booted home four more winners at Saratoga Monday. I'ssery scored with Restless Native ($3 60) In the second race. Pertinax ($25.40) fn the fifth, Lous Hildy , $7.20) in the sixth and Gtiyna i Ring ($11.40) in the ninth. J nine. Each child will compete in his ago group or school grade. It is slated for Friday, August 2.1 at new Bruin Field. Prelimi naries nro slated for the morn ing. Finals will run in the after noon. There will bo events limit ed to tlie youngster's physical ability. He or she will not be al lowed to participate in any more events than is proscribed by phy sical education teachers and doc tors. Coaching clinics will be held thus year, but Uiey will be modi fied considerably. The program is intended to have tlie look of the genuine Olympics. It is one of sev eral Rotary youth programs de signed to give youngsters a chance to develop character, sportsmanship, participation, and physical fitness. Registration may he accom plished at the city swim pool or in the city recreation office. Every participant will get a rib bon. Awards also will be made for those youngsters placing one through six in each event The participants will be divided into teams. Prineville Fair changes noted PRINEVILLE Local cowboys and horse fans will be interested to learn that changes have been made this year in the increasing ly popular horse show and events at tlie Crook County Fair, August 23-25. For adults, a cow-penning contest will be hold in addition to cow cutting, and the Quarter horse, saddle horse and pony express races. For youngsters. Instead of tlie cowhorse contest, there will be a "Figure Eight" stake race, plus two other events for juniors. Ivan Chappell, fair manager, al so states that Raymond Guthrie. 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City Recreation Schedule TUESDAY 9:00 a.m. 4:30 p.m. Playground activities at Harmon and Allen. 1:00 - 9:00 p.m. Bend Municipal Pool is open to the public. 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. Adult swim lessons at Bend Municipal Pool. WEDNESDAY 9:00 - 4:30 p.m. Playground activities at Harmon and Allen. 1:00-9:00 p!m. Bend Municipal Pool is open to the public. 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. Adult swim lessons at Bend Municipal Pool. 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Physical fitness for boys 9th through 12th grade at Senior High Gym. 8:00 p.m. Recreation and Park Board Meeting at City Hall. Riders take bruising from Roundup bucking stock Special to The Bulletin PRINEVILLE A number of unscheduled events during the fi nal show of the Crooked River Roundup Sunday gave spectators unexpected moments of taut ex citement, or concern. During the show, the city am bulance was called twice to the side of the arena. Evan Osborne, Klamath Falls, was taken to Pio neer Memorial Hospital and treat ed for a dislocated right elbow after a hard fall from a bucking horse. Judy McSmith, Bend, was treated at the hospital and released after she collapsed with heat exhaustion. At the start of the show, a number of Indians were bucked from horses in the grand entry. Later in the program an unidenti fied cowboy was dragged, but not injured, when his hand caught in the bucking strap on a Brahma bull. A hard fall was taken by Bobby Christiansen when his horse slipped and fell while work ing in the arena as a pickup man. PICK TOURNEY SITE NEW YORK (UPI) The Gor don Trophy tennis matches, an annual championship for senior players representing the United States and Canada, will be staged at the Seigniory Club, Montebello, Quebec. Aug. 16-17. The U. S. currently holds the team trophy. FREE ADULT BOWLING LESSONS Beginners 1 fo 2 P.M. Intermediate 2 to 3 P.M. 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