Dodgers Rid Of Weaknesses Gemini-Titan By HENRY BURKE 11 has re-:day night, another 105 on Fri-'des (day); Beverly Hills vs. club is deeper Ilian we wer I'.alfbacks Mickey Cureton to the El Rancho Santa Press-Herald Sports Editor turned to earth after a sue-day and 24 more on Satur-itjwndale at Leuzinger; al this stage last season. 1(5.8, 1751 and Leonard Ran-jAna Valley titanic on Friday cessful three davs in orbit. day. Morningside at Aviation; and "Steve Pultorak 240l 'dle (5-6. 1401 and fullback 1 night at the Santa Ana Bowl. Some baseball fans act in disbelief at the ability!* ! the countdown is just Starting off the hometown /F7"Se'Zndo .... . , r> j . -KM n 'getting under wav for the non-conference see-saw next ! ' " Neff at Beli­ of the Los Angeles Dodgers to win ball games Pen-|fauncm. ng ()f , he prep (oot. lf>iday are (;lendale B vs. North flower ! coach Woods Loyola introduces Terry featuring teams expected to nants are customarily won by great hitting teams. but|ball season Thp 1966 cam-'at Torrancv High; Torrance 1 Defending CIF "AAAA"; Centennial! runner-up- to Mackprang to the tailbackjbe rated highly during the the current trend of the slugging ball clubs is to win^'S" wi» i°1( "ff the P<>(l ,at Redondo: lx>ng Mater Dci Ust fall, opens!?!*" handled so ably by Paul season: Hawthorne 00 " Beach Jor- ^"'"P'""' "ff",.?6' "/ ,fna," , vs. Pasa- i ...;»u 100.32 games«_».~- ticketed«:_|.«»»^ next__..«:^ dann ~ at_. SouthL-.-...I. Rolling» n ll;«_ Hillsu;il.. at'"n i tfl ^Anana '12-0-ltllz-U-ll willWill waitW81I untillinil n by hos(jng per.illorgan Steve C.rady. Mike dona at the Rose Bowl. - 10-4 one day and get beat 3-2 the next. It looks eood San in!weekend in the CIF Southern West Mira Costa at Bishop:Saturday night to visit al- ennja|, p0mtlpower-house ..__ Loyola.lBergdahl_, and Phil Jebbia in ta Monica at Long Beach Wi­ the batting averages but not in the standings. Section. (Montgomery: Leuzinger at in- 1 ways-potent Redlands. l at Ramsaur Stadium. Thcl''"'* " The countdown has reached islewood. yea Tle '^u »* sliu json SI \ nahi»inv In my opinion, the best way to evaluate a pennant Santa Monica at Coach Bob Woods of Mater, Apaches' e n t i r e offensive "<" from the single-wing ] Barbara. Chaffey at Anahejm. less than six days 'til blast- Lone Roach Woodrow Wil-|Dei Rparh contender is examine closely the weaknesses (he replaces Dick CouryJbackfield returns intact; QR "Game of the Week lion- and Long of each Palos Ver-i now at USC) reports his 1966! Wayne Simpson (6-2. 20S1, ors for HIP first weekend RolWcslminstpr team. It is alsn nice to know the good and bad habits1 of the manager The Dodgers do not have a glaring weakness right now and Skipper Walt Alston is having his best year as manager, so the Dodgers' bid for an­ other pennant should not be too surprising. Not since the Dodgers came to Los Angeles froip Brooklyn has a better job been do:>e of handling the pitching staff. It reminds us of the better days of the New York Yankees. The Dodgers like to carry 10 pitchers throughout the year Most teams carry nine pitchers and there arc occasions when some managers go through the entire, staff to salvage one game. No wonder everybody is out SPORTS of commission to start the next game. It has been great for the Dodgers that Sandy Kou- B-4 SEPT. II, 1966 fax and Don Drysdale have not been used in late inn ing relief as has been the case in prior years. Obviously, with Phil Regan. Ron Perranoski ami Bob Miller in the bull pen. there is no need to take the b Quarry Tosses four starters out of rotation for rrlicf When these three "firemen" cannot make it through a ball came. Alston is satificd. "You can't win 'em all!" When the Dodgers came to Los Angeles in 1958 Three TD Passes «v si-n newspaper accounts were rampant with feature stories ! In the showdown between about all the great ballplayers in town. The team had tudy to I Trailing 18-13. Phoenix at 'Papa Bear and Son of Papa not been lower than third in the National League going Carey] tempted an onside kick that!Bear, father time took a lick- back to 1944. Most reknowned among the squad were ide his failed, but an interception | jng as the Los Angeles Rams World Series heroes Duke Snider. Carl Furillo Carl College got them as far as the El Ca-| swallowed the Chicagoans. mino 27 late in the Erskine. John Podres, Gil Hodges and rowing El Camino's game. i rnii«.«m Clem Labine passes second non-l 31'17. before a Coliseum But only Podres did much in L.A. It may have been ige for conference outing will be at | crowd of 58.916 Friday night, the sudden departure from Ebbetts Field in Brooklyp ice vic- home next Saturday against Only a touchdown sepa- and the invasion of an unpopular Coliseum with its was p.ayed Pierce. ; rated the National Football makeshift "Chinese Screen," but whatever it was. some Cerritos. which opened its League Western Division of the guys never did anything right. The Warriors scored touch­ season with a 21-7 win over rjvals until tne (inai two min- downs in the third and fourth Orange Coast Friday night,] u(es when Lamar Lundy in One of the newcomers who got a lot of raves was quarters to gain the decision. takes on Phoenix next weck- ;tercepted a Rudy Bukjcn pass second baseman Charlie Neat. Charlie was one of the Phoenix led at half time, 7-6.1 cml- . .. land raced 33 yards for the few Dodgers who belonged in the Coliseum because Quarry's first TD followed Santa Monica, opened its, ,; ,, ,. the recovery season with a 6-6 tie against he hit a home run over the left field feme of a Phoenix It was the first once in <• fumble on the 23-yard-line defending Junior Hose Bowl meeting be­ while. Neal drives a bus today because he couldn't make three champion Fullerton. tween the two clubs since minutes into the game. last it in a big park. On the winter when George Al­ subsequent offensive ien abandoned thrust Bob threw El Camino, 18-13 Papa Georgp Labine was supposed to be the great relief pitcher to Dave Halas to become headmaster Courtnev who gathered in in those days, but it Rot to the point when he came the of the Rams. Alien's depar­ SCRAPPY hall at the 1-yard-line. Cumiiio TD^Courtney C!3 pn« in to pitch al the HAI.r'BACK . . Cliriv Kar»npBuzzie Bavasi latched El Camino moved ahead in OUm>: Bishop 2 (11 anof 1 ran I. the winning coach Alien. onto Wally for Camino. HAT-Braden 3 (klckn). Oranjo Moon for the 1959 season, Maury Wills the third period when Quar­ They threw Coast TD Georrlno (18 pasa from Defeat on the football field came of age, Quarterback Mlk.'ls. PAT Harper (klckl. and Roger Craig flourished on the mound, ry connected to his former George Mattingly for losses has always been a bitter pill the Dodgers North High schoolmate Dave for Halas. In this outing won the pennant and beat the White Sox for the World! amounting to 50 yeards, but his Hubert for a 49-yeard score. it was Mattingly who con­ Santa Monica, 6-6 Bears blew a 10-0 first quar- Series. It was almost a miracle! ! The lead went to 18-7 in S-mla Monica: TD Hall (8i8 pa.«ftff ter lead and had two drives nected to Kron for his second FuMcrton ...... 0 0 0 6 « Craig moved on to the Mets to become a 20-gamej the fourth quarter when an TD for 22 yeards in the final Santa Monica: TD-Ha41 (180 MM"~* thwarted at the 19-yard-line 'other ex-North High back from Krdhau«i Fullerton TD loser and Moon later got lost period. 'Tnni (43 p»." finrn Mill, r I. in the late goings at spacious Dodger stadium. Dave MavGiilivray Since the early 60's the Dodger gathered organization has There was no scoring in the annual North Hig!i;i" " Quarry pass from 9 dwelled on youth. Great things were promised from m|ra d B |ue.and.WIiite game Friday night. About varrts °u Tommy and Willie Davis, Ron Fairly and Wes Parker, j non students gathered at North Stadium for the "pro- MacCiillivrav was also used There are more fiustratcd Dodger fans who expect vjew.. ,ave(| undpr gamc conditions p |-i . them to hit mure home runs now they have matured. rn3rh EH I.rvv turned the show over to his as- VFrCCllS \TlVC But one thing these stars don't have a glaring weak-

come to the rescue somewhat. Dick Schoficlri, tained from the Yankees, may help make of the pennant. The Dodgers gave up unpredictable Fi ard for Claude Osteon, and this year landed Phil Reg: for John Podres. Dan Hansen suffered a simi- Stadium. South displayed a semblance lar bruise around of offcnse for the first tims Ostcen has won more games in two years the right - - than tho. km* and sat out three quart Secjan Circuit in three years. To top It oft, number of home runs Howard might have hit. Regan the Spartans came up with is the most popular guy at Dodger Stadium today. ', Hansen was replaced on the a placekicker who went 2-for- ^ '2 on the point after touch­ It doesn't 1'iok like CaUher John Roseboro will ever Blue Squad by Senior Terry I O Skcen. down. wear out and the Dodgers don't talk much Except for poor team! about get timine on offense Skeen was; Riverside The offcnse will be led by ting another catcher. .lblc („ mcve th(, mue Quarterback Snapper Douglas There are so many Don Suttuns, Joe Mocllers, Billiattack The Trans-American who directed the winning Sedan teamiroiii Friday.., night. Tailback Singers. Nick Wilhites, .Jim Brewers and other voting!. Roth«Sl<.cl'll .an'1 "ct.e,ra.n y.u H!r^.'!~*!?)a_U:c.r . l'*5. Parallcl Jeff Arrieta, 1-Bay league NKW BLADES . . Pnrtlaixl winner Tom McVie, left, pitchers waiting for a chance to go to work, its a shame Hew ill. and Goalie Have Kelly lial have been traded to the l.os Aiiifelcs Klades liy the Buckaroos lo waste the talent on one learn. combs" for Willie O'Rce, Rick'c'rcighton "aTidlRiverside'soo"'' will inva"d"e Willie Mays, Mickn;Mickoy Chris Farasopoulos were giv-jRiverside Raceway today j|u ,,s in -preview night." Ire Arenii in llarlmr City tomorrow. Mantle or Henry Aaron in HIP line-up lo win a pen . en plenty of opportunity In for a 4-hour endurance race 1 South will open its season nant. The only Iliing the Dodgers ii"oil is a hij'jjrr jrun with the ball. ,lhal will determine the 1960j al home next Friday against nest of the L. A. Blades Open Drills stadium to take care of the fan?! lint'incn wercjniiinufiicturrrs1 championship!Long Beach Jordan of the |Slcve Sharp. Wall Wlu-ellsifor sedans. jMnorr Leiiuur. Monday at Olympic » Arena losl on Flainan who has scheduled the two-a-day, two- Quarterback To Tell' at West Hi-iEHr^: hour drills at 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. in order to give iwill open its pre-season train- them a late afternoon By JERRY KEYNOLDS 'line and three running backs, vorite target for Swanson's Steve respite. Kciu and mard John Hall Peterson «v« «lmw^ ing camp amid soft semi- Flaman will give more Staff Sports Writer Ten of fie starting eleven tropical breezes than passes Friday. DeWaide, now! Black complete the interior; i.mmi.. _ ,^ i-Ln K., and swaying passing attention to the octet As the quarterback goes, are lettermen only Center recovered from an eye injury palm trees. so goes West High. line. Ends are Dave Boyd and of performers he obtained Skip Hogue doesn't have a sustained last spring in a soc­ Rich Schwanbeck. around for three years. The A total That's the nutshell evalua­ monogram. of 26 aspirants are from the National League's And a triple- cer game, scored both touch- But the key is Swanson. soph completed 4 of 7 passes scheduled to join Los Angeles tion of Coach Fred Peterson's threat backfield gives the downs on 3 and 15-yard Chicago Blackhawks, a team runs. He will make the difference for 65 yards, compared to 2 Blade coach and general man­ the Blades 1966 varsity football squad. Warriors plenty of running Up front, for*6 meet at the Sports the Warriors are between a good team and an and 38 yards for Swan- ager at 8:30 a.m. today at Arena in an exhibition The quarterback. Gary strength, if only moderate led by guard Alan Coward, son. Sat­ Swanson, captained average team, I'eterson says. the Olympic Ice Rink in Har­ urday, October 1. his Brown speed. u two-year letterman who The Warriors bor City squad to a Backing up Swanson is lack depth at to start the three- The eight include Defense- 12-6 victory Fri­ The backs Joel Huns rates a top AII-CIF contender sophomore some positions, week-plus day night in the Coy Hall, who so Injuries practice grind. men Wally Chevrier, Gerry traditional (6-0. 170), (Jury Singleton (5-9, this fall. captained could be a second key Brown and (Sold preview. the losing Gold to the The incongruity of men Brisson, Mel Pearson. Jack 17()i, and Hill DeWalde 15-9, Coward, a senior, is 5-10 team Hall led the Gold team season. But Swansun. a 5-9 senior 181 1 are veterans nf last fall's readying themselves for a Stanfield and nick Meissner. and weighs 2 If) and mows lo its only (icorr with a 30- But if Swanson develops, winter sport in temperatures' I l,lt\V KLAMAN who weigh;: in at lAD, got campaign. Hons. who is the like he's Hendrickson and Johnson He gins Worknuti 25 pounds lighter. vai'ri touchdown pas* lo Jim West wiM he stronK contender more conducive to surfing were plenty of help for a veteran fasle.sl lor West, Mas a fa- Tackles loaned to l.os Angeles Mike Month and Bucklcy. ;for Pioneer League honors. than skating has not been last year.