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By ERNEST BARCELLA
Washington - (UPD - Presi
dent Kennedy, who brought a
New Frontier to Washington
; last January, opened another
today-in baseball. 1
This he did by throwing out
; ceremonial first ball lnaug
v urating the 1961 major league
baseball eeason. '
; ; With that historic and tra
''..'. dltlonal toss, a new Washing-
. ton baseball club made its de
but. So did ; the expanded
American league, which has
nushed its own; frontier to
Minneapolis and Los Angeles
' And so did Kennedy, whose
athletic specialty Is catching
softball and touch football.
He made his bow as opening
day presidential pitcher,
YounoMt To Perform
- At 43, the rookie rjght-
hander became the youngest
and ninth-chief executive to
perform the honorary chore.
A Republican, William How
ard Taft, set' the fashion in
1912'. Every White. House oc
cupant since has followed
tutt. :. Vi.:. .' - -
Kennedy did his pitching
from the Griffith stadiu.m
presidential box behind the
first base line a few minutes
before the new Washington
Senators and essentially the
same old Chicago, White Sox
. met in the gun-jumping open
er before a sell-OUt crowd of
27,600.,,: :-.--.,v
. Then the President relin:
1 quished the pitching to two
veteran - and professional
-righthanders: 41-year-old Ear
ly Wynn (13-12, the former
Washington pitcher who has
been the star of the White
Sox, ' and 33-year-old Dick
Donovan (0-1), the former
White Sox hurler who has be
come the standout - of the
Washington pitching ataff.
Fascinating Era Anticipated
By Big League Commissioner
By FORD C. FRICK
, Commissioner of Baiaball
- (Written for UPI)
' New York -MB- Within the
next five years baseball will
SF Giants
Tussle Bucs
San Francisco-(UPD-The San
Francisco Giants were home
from the exhibition wars to
day - and Tuesday they start
the battle for the National
league 'pennant by meeting
Pittsburgh. .
-, Manager Alvin Dark's team
closed out Its spring train
ing Sunday by defeating
Cleveland of the American
league, 4-1, before 6,342 fans
at Salt Lake City's Derks
field.
The Giants won 15 games
and lost 11 during Grapefruit
league play, but they Improv
ed steadily as the regular sea
son drew closer.- .
Superior . pitching played
the key role in both of the
Salt Lake City games with
Cleveland - but Sunday sharp
fielding replaced the heavy
hitting that gave San Fran
cisco a 13-0 victory Saturday.
The Indians, who were shut
out Saturday, got only five
hits Sunday. Jack Sanford al
lowed one hit in four Innings,
and Mike McCormick held
them scoreless until he was
relieved by Juan Marichal In
the ninth.
Centerfieldcr Willie Mays
got all the runs the Giants
needed in the first inning
when : he rapped a two-run
homer over , the left field
fence. It was his fifth homer
and 17th RBI of the training
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experience the most fascinat
ing era in its history.
For approximately 50 years,
baseball stood still while the
nation was growing and ex
panding around it.
Then in 1982 came the first
franchise shift to Milwaukee
and we suddenly "discovered"
that baseball had a few new
horizons.
This season, the American
league has expanded to 10
clubs and, needless to say, it
should prove an Interesting
year. Next year the National
league will do the same.
What I am particularly In
terested in, however, are the
next five years. , ,
We are enjoying progress
which eventually will result
in, not two 10 club leagues,
but expansion in some form
to 24 teams by 1965. And with
it must come the realignment
of the minor leagues to ope
rate in much closer, relation
ship with the majors. ;
... What I feel is most impor
tant at the present time is
that we start thinking about
the future, that we start pre
paring for the future right
now. '
Nwd Orderly Expansion
It's time many of us in base
ball stopped crying about
what used to be and get ready
to do all the things necessary
for an orderly expansion to
inose corners oi me map
which want and can support
major league baseball.
I am often asked, "Where
will we get the players to
man these new major league
clubs?" I'll admit it does take
time. But with the . increased
population- of the nation, we
now have more youngsters by
far playing baseball that ever
before in our history..
There are 7V4 million young
men between the ages of 8
and 21 who are playing on or
ganized teams, properly
coached, outfitted with prop
er uniforms and equipment,
And playing organized sched
ules. . .- ,
That Is more than the total
number of youngsters who
lived in the United States in
1900. And that is the answer
to that tired old cry that we
can't get enough players and
that there is a waning inter
est in baseball.
As for the minor leagues,
within the next five years I
should like to see the majors
underwrite them as feeder
leagues for talent. I think we
will see the abandonment of
the A-B-C-D classifications
and their replacement with
senior, intermediate and jun
ior classifications, based pn
population of franchise cities.
. With 24 major league clubs,
It would be necessary for each
to have at 'least one senior mi
nor league affiliate. The sen
ior- leagues could be divided
into groups of eight or six
and play Interlocking sched
ules.
Senatp r s. Cubs Top
Exhibition Circuits
By NORMAN MILLER
United Press International
The new Washington Sen
ators won the Grapefruit
league championship and the
Chicago Cubs wound up, with
the -best percentage in the
Cactus league, which proyes
just one thing: Don't put too
much stock in spring exhibi
tion games.
And if you need any more
proof,, the New York Yank
ees, favored to win the Amer
ican League pennant, had the
next-to-worst won-lost record
of the 18 major league clubs
as the exhibition barnstorm
ing ended. The Yankees won
9 and lost 19. Only the Los
Angeles Angels 4-9 had a poor
er mark. . -.-
Pittsburgh's world champ
ion Pirates actually finished
with . the best record for a
club that played a full slate
of games against major leag
ue competition. The Pirates
won 18 and lost - for a .621
percentage. The: Senatotrs,
who played only 12 major
league opponents, won 8 and
lost 4 for .667.
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5-Team National
Predicted
By WARREN C. GILES
President, National League
Wxittan for UPI
Clncirinatl-OJPD - The 1961
season very likely will be the
last one In which our 86-year-
old league will operate with
eight clubs at least for some
years to come. It seems almost
a certainty that .these eight
teams will! make up an ex
tremely well-balanced league
and any one of five teams ap
pear to have a ' reasonable
chance to win the pennant.
In recent years'-1 have de
rived a great pleasure from
giving my pre-season observa
tions through these UPI fa
cilities because I have felt no
qualms about "going out on
the limb." My predictions for
'an Interesting and exciting
season' have been made to
look good by the perform
ances of our clubs in staging
hard-fought pennant ' races
which the fans find so- enter
taining. Devotees of National league
Detroit Drops
Ray Narleski
Sarasota, Fla. - (UPD - Ray
Narleski, who only a few
years ago ranked as the Amor
lean league's top relief pitch
er, has been handed his walk
ing papers by the Detroit Tig
ers. . '''( . '
However, manager Bob
Scheffing left the door open
for a comeback by offering
Narleski a chance to pitch for
the Tigers' Denver farm club.
The 32-year-old righthander
said he would consider the
offer.
Narleski, who was attempt
ing a comeback this serine
after missing the entire 1960
season with a lame back, re
turned to his Haddonfield,
N.J., home Inst week when
the Tigers refused to tell him
whether he'd pitched well
enough to regain his job. -
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baseball flocked to the parks
in record numbers last year,
neiplng the NL to set an all-
time season attendance record
of 10,684,963 paid admissions.
and exciting race ue evaiv
Prospects for an' interesting
and exciting race are every
bit as good as we eagerly
await tne start of the 1961
season. I saw all eight of our
clubs in action during the
spring training season, and
never have I seen more en
thusiasm and genuine opti
mism than was evidenced by
our clubs this spring.
The champion1 Pirates are
confident they can repeat and
nave u rjgni 10 mat conn
dence. They, won the pennant
and the World Series like
champions last year, always
rising to the occasion to win
the "big game."
Nevertheless, the Pirates
have their work cut out . in
defending their . title in a
tough, well-balanced leaeue
And they Know it! The Braves,
uarainais ana Dodgers are
just as confident they can
win and, although not a great
deal of "pennant talk" was
heard around the Giant camp,
It's no secret that the Giants
feel they can go "all the
way." A number of neutral
observers share that opinion.
That's why I said earlier
that anyone of five clubs "ap
pear to have a reasonable
chance to win the pennant,"
The Keds, Cubs and Phillies
aren't making any such
claims, but all feel they have
improved and, at this stage
of the game, 1 feel certain
they have. It is my deep-root
ed feeling that from, first
place through .eighth we
could enjoy one of the tightest
pennant races in the NL's 86
year history.
The league . has been
strengthened In recent years
by an influx by 'outstanding
young ball players. All of our
clubs have brought along the
type of "young blood" which
makes for healthy competi
tion both on, and among, Indi
vidual clubs. .
Major league baseball is on
the threshold of a new era
and now enjoys the greatest
popularity in its venerable
history. A total of 19,911,489
paid to watch American and
National league games in
1960. ,
Interest is at an all-time
peak, and the aggrcsiveness
of our front office personnel
and the players on the field,
insures that National league
baseball games will hold a
great appeal for our faithful
fans for a long time to come.
Beavers Nudge
Richmond Nine
Homstead, Fla. (UPB - The
Portland Beavers edged Rich
mond 6-5 and 1-0 in an exhibi
tion baseball doubleheader
here Saturday.
The wins gave Portland a
13-S record for the season.
The Beavers had Sunday off.
SUNDAY LINESCORES:
(Game called end t of 5th, rain)
Detroit,.- 200 00 2 1 1
Kamai City 012 003 S 0
Bruce; Regan (4) and Brown.
Daley, Ban (4) and Sullivan. Win
ner Daley. Loaer Bruce. HR
Colavlto.
Minnesota ......200 101 030 7 10- 2
Baltimore 200 000 000 2 S l
Stobbi, Kralick (41. Moore (7).
Plels (S) and Battey, Naraaon (8).
Estrada, Walker (S) and Trlandoi,
Zupo (7). Winner Kralick. Loier
Estrada. ... ....
(Game called end of 6th, rain) "-
Washington '. .000' 000 0 3 ,2
Boston 000 222 S 6 3
McClaln. Woodeshlck (41 and Ma.
honey. Muffett and Paglaronl. Los
er Woodeshlck. .. . ' . .
San. Fran. ......200 100 0014 8 1
Cleveland 000 100 0001 4 (
Sanford, McCormick (3), Mari
chal (0) and Haller. Schmidt
Locke, Funk (4), Allen (7) and
inomas. winner aanford. Loser
Locke. HR Mays, . ,
Los Ang. (N) 000 000 0202 5 1
San Diego 000 00) 000 1 4 2
iiouiax, uoiaen (0), warren (8)
and N. Sherry. Lines. Harlan n
and Naoler. Winner Golden. Loier
norland, hh snider. ...
Philadelphia ..101 001 001 4 10 0
rutsDurgn ....oui ooo ion 2 6 1
Mahaffev. Lehman. Farrell t1
and Dalrymsle. Witt. Gibbon (4).
Cheney (7). Face (9) and Smith.
winner Mananey. Loser Witt.
nrt uauison.
Dallas-Tt. .Worth (Amn. Assn.)
UUU UUU 3UU 3 7
L.A. (N) "B" 000 031 lOx 5 9
Sorout. Hannah (8) and Rodsers.
vTuiiaiiH, ju. anerry id), iewcomtM
(8) and Camllll. Winner L. Sher-
i-oser oproui.
Aaron, Law
Probable
Stars in NL
By FRED DOWN
New York-fllPD-Hank Aaron
of the Milwaukee Braves and
Vern Law of the Pittsburgh
Pirates were picked Sunday
to be the individual batting
and pitching stars of the 1961
National league season. .
The selections were ma!de
in a survey of 57 baseball ex
perts, all of whom viewed the
big league teams in action this
spring. The UPI's board of ex
perts, was made up of three
writers or broadcasters cover
ing each of the 18 team's in ad
dition to UPI sports editor
Leo-. H. Petersen and UPI
sportswrlters Milton RJchman
and Norman Miller, i '
Off Year ' - ,
The consensus of the ex
perts was that 1960 was just
an "off year", for Aaron but
the culmination of Law's rise
to stardom.
Aaron, a two-time NL bat
ting champion, hit only ,292
last season but the experts see
him rebounding to enjoy a
campaign more like the ones
he had in 1956 and 1959 when
he won titles. Hammerin'
Hank hit .328 to win his first
title in 1956 and .355 to win
his second in '59.
Law enjoyed his first -20-
victory season in I960' 'and
was vpted the Cy Young
Award as the outstanding tna-
jor league pitcher of th eyear.
The experts apparently be
lieve that he Will do every bit
as well this year.; ,
Bearcats Snap
Webfoot String
United Press International
Willamette snapped Oregon
State's nine-game winning
streak to highlight college
baseball action in the state
Saturday.
The Bearcats nipped the
Oregon Staters 3-0 in the., first
game of a doubleheader at
Corvallis.. The Beavers took
the nightcap 8-4.
Oregon and LInfield split
a pair at Eugene. The Ducks
won the opener 7-2 and Lin
field the second game 9-6.
In other play, Portland
State walloped Oregon Col
lege of Education 9-4 and 6-1
in opening Oregon Collegiate
Conference : baseball action.
Portland took a pair from Pa
cific 12-3 and 12-10, Hum
boldt State beat Southern
Oregon twice 5-4 and 8-0 and
St. Martin's and Pacific split
twin bill. Pacific triumph
ed 13-2 and St. Martin's won
11-1.
STANDINGS
EXHIBITION BASEBALL '
(Pinal)
American League W. L, Pet.
Washington 8 -4 .867
Boston 14 11 .500
Kansas City 15 12 .556
Minnesota 14 13 .510
Detroit ., 14 14 .500
Chicago .'. 12 14 .462
Cleveland 10 14 .417
Baltimore ..ll 16 .407
New York 9 18 .321
Los Angeles 4 9 JOB
National League - W. L. Pet.
Pittsburgh 18 11 .621
St. Louis ..16 10 .615
San Francisco.....: 15 11 .577
Chicago ...13 10 .565
Philadelphia 14 11 .560
Los Angeles 12 13 .480
Milwaukee 11 14 .440
Cincinnati 12 16 .200
LA Dodgers Await Phils
Lo6 Angeles flJPD - A' rush
of last minute activity mark
ed today's return of the' Los
Angeles Dodgers to the Coll-,
seum on the even of the start
Tuesday night of the 1961
baseball season.
The activity Included specr
ulation that manager Walt Al
ston would name Spokane
outfielder Carl- Warwick to
replace ailing hurler Ed Roe
buck on the roster. .
Dodger -players arrived
here Sunday night after play
ing - split -squad exhibition
games in San Diego and Long
Beach., The Dodgers won the
San Diego encounter against
the San Diego Padres, 2-1,
and beat Dallas-Ft. Worth, 5
3, in nearby Long Beach..
The Philadelphia Phillies;
whom the Dodgers meet Tues
day night in their National
league opener, followed the
local team into the Coliseum
today for final workouts.
Angels Bill Baltimore
the right field Because oi ma
Ballimore-UPD-The Los An
geles Angels today hold their
final workout before starting
their first major league season
Tuesday against the Baltimore
Orioles.
The warm up was to be held
in Municipal - Stadium. The
two teams clash Tuesday in
Baltimore Memorial Stadium.
Manager Bill Rigney's latest
lineup fo rthe opener has for
mer Albie Pearson slated for
familiarity with the stadium's
vast outfield. '
Other tentative starting po
sitions Include' Eddie Yost at
third base, Ken Aspromonte at
second, Ted Kluszewski 1 at
first, Bob Cerv in left field,
Ken Hunt in center field, Fritz
Brickell at shortstop, Del Rice
behind the plate and Eli Grba
pitching. i ' '
RETURN TO MINORS
Daytona Beach, Fla. - (UPD -Three
former major leaguerst
pitchers Dick Hyde and Herb'
Moford and infielder Ron
Samford, today were returned
to Rochester of the Interna
tional' league by the parent
Baltimore Orioles. .' ...
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