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|e THE OSHAWA TIMES, Seturday, August 26, 1961 SPORT OUTDOORS -- By Jack Sords By JOE REICHLER and BEN OLAN NEW YORK (AP) -- Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle have the advantage of friendlier parks in their assault on Babe Ruth's home run record, but they are hitting against pitchers as formidable as those in the Babe's record breaking season of 1927. : Ruth slammed a majority of his 60 home runs off mediocre pitchers. The outstanding Ameri- can League hurlers of 1927, such as Lefty Grove, Ted Lyons, Bump Hadley and Willis Hud- lin, were stingy with him. Mantle and Maris also have been fattening on second rate pitchers. Such stalwarts as Frank Lary, Jim Bunning and Don Mossi of Detroit; Don Sch- wall of Boston; Chuck Estrada, Skinny Brown and Milt Pappas of Baltimore; Jim Grant and Barry Latman of Cleveland, and Camilo Pascual and Jack Kra- SPORT OUTDOORS With Tranquilizer Darts By BEN WARD Canadian Press Staff Writer OTTAWA polar bears can be a risky busi- ness under the best of condi- tions. But hunting polar bears with drug-tipped darts is a real ad- venture--especially if the darts don't work. That was the predicament biologist C. R. Harrington of Ottawa found himself in last spring, when he went into the Arctic to study the behavior of female polar bears with new- born cubs. Mr. Harrington took along a rifle which fires a dart loaded with a stunning dose of tran- quilizer. But in the bitter cold of Cornwallis Island, 500 miles inside the Arctic Circle, the rifle wouldn't fire. Undaunted, he mounted: the| darts on long spears and set out to probe the snow for hidden dens. FAST FOOTWORK Twice he located denned-up mother bears. Twice the darts broke off against the thick fur. And twice biologist Harrington had to hot-foot for camp when angry bears came snarling out of their hideaways. Undiscouraged, he plans an- other try next year. But by then he hopes to have available a dart-firing pistol which can be kept warm inside his jacket. Mr. Harrington's experience is just one of many being logged by the 40 biologists roaming Canada this year on research for the Canadian Wildlife Ser- | vice. Not all of them pack the thrills of the polar bear assign- ment. One crew is out on the Prairies testing an explosive de- vice to scare hungry ducks away from grainfields. Another is roaming the Margaree Val- ley of Nova Scotia trying to de- termine how seriously the pre-| dations of the merganser duck affect young salmon. (CP) -- Hunting Charles Bartlett is studying black ducks on Prince Edward Island and John Kelsall roams Fundy National Park in New Brunswick charting the causes of overpopulation among moose. And yp near Fort Smith, N.W.T., resident biologist Nick Novakowski works on a buf- falo project with eyes contin- ually alert for the return of the rare and beautiful whooping cranes to their northern nesting grounds, All these projects--and many others--are linked to a master plan to chart Canadian wildlife resources and determine the best ways to preserve them. From such scientific studies {come the open seasons, bag {limits and conservation meas- {ures that help control hunting land fishing in federal areas. {POLAR BEAR STUDIES | The polar bear study is one of the newest fields in which the Canadian Wildlife Service is working. As of now, nobody knows how many polar bears live in Canada's Arctic. At- tempts are being made to count the bears in controlled areas and learn more about their life history. There has been recurring pressure from outfitters to open polar bears to organized hunt- ing by white men. Only Eskimo and Indian hunters may shoot them now, and they may not shoot cubs or females with cubs. There have been discussions about an . international agree- ment on polar bears, which in- habit the Arctic icecap in Can- ada, Alaska, the Soviet Union and the Scandinavian nations. Some hunting is allowed in other nations but there is a sug- gestion that widespread hunting might wipe out the species. | Dr. Ward Stevens, acting chief mammologist in the Cana- dian Wildlife Service, says much more study is needed be- COVER WIDE FIELD A unit headed by Dr. J. S. Tener has just completed an intensive aerial survey of big game in the Northwest Terri- tories, particularly the caribou. {fore Canada can come to any| {decision on polar bear. But he {agrees that an international ipact may be needed to set work- able controls on this king of the Arctic. SPORT FROM BRITAIN Color Bar Threatens Principles Of Cricket By PAUL WESTBROOK Canadian Press Staff Writer LONDON (CP) -- Racial dis- crimination has strayed like an alien and uninvited guest into the clubhouses of international cricket. The threat to the principles of tolerance and fair play that are synonymous with the game| Now, however embarrassing, has developed because South Africa, excluded from the Im- perial Cricket Conference when she withdrew from the Com- monwealth, wants to continue playing Test matches. To allow this the ICC, ruling body of Test match cricket, would have to change its con- stitution and open the confer- ence to non - Commonwealth countries. Members have been given 12 months to decide on this. The conference was formed in 1909 and membership was res- tricted to the British family of nations. Since nobody else seemed interested in cricket, the ICC's position has never been challenged. APARTHEID ISSUE The main obstacle to South Africa's rejoining the confer- ence is the apartheid policy which segregates sport. Non- white cricket clubs cannot be affiliated to the South African national association. Thus a col- ored cricketer never gets a chance to make the national team. Although Test matches are played on a seasonal schedule between En gland, Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, India and the West Indies, the color lick of Minnesota have more than held their own with the; New York sluggers. THREE OFF BURNSIDE Maris has had most success against Washington's Pete Burn- side who allowed him three homers. Pitchers giving him two include Los Angeles' Eli Grba, Boston's Gene Conley, and Chi- cago's Russ Kemmerer and Cal McLish. Mantle has hit three off Grba and pairs of fMinnesota's Pedro Ramos and Carl Mathias. Ruth hit four homers off Milt Gaston of St. Louis and Rube Walberg of Philadelphia. Lary has been stung only once by the Yankees' slugging duo, a four-bagger by Maris. Roger also has the only homer off Mossi. Mantle has the only one off Grant and Pappas. Estrada and Pascual have been tagged once each by Mantle and Maris. Neither Mickey nor Roger has been able to hit any off Sch- wall, Brown, Bunning, Latman or Kralick. Ruth's home runs had to go Ed Vereb Is Glad Try Hunting Polar Bears He's A Lion Again VANCOUVER (CP) -- Half- back Ed Vereb, who became disenchanted with the National Football League and especially with Washington Redskins after one season in the U.S. pro league, is back with British Col- umbia Lions and says it's a pleasure to be here. "I just can't tell you in words how happy I am to be back here, among friends," said the 28-year-old former University of Maryland star. "You have no idea how it feels to be wanted again." Vereb was outstanding with Lions for three seasons, 1957-58- 59, then won his release so he could join Washington for the 1960 season. His desire to return to college to complete dental training in Maryland was one reason given for his release from Lions. "The real reason was simply the challenge of the NFL," said Vereb. "I felt I had to give it a try. I made the decision and it turned out to be the biggest mis- take I ever made." PLAYED FIVE GAMES Vereb said things looked bright with Washington at the| start of the season. He played every exhibition game and] everyone seemed pleased with | him. A mild concussion kept| him out of the league opener| and he started only five games the rest of the season. "Let's just say that I was, well, very unhappy with the whole situation. The Redskins, with Mr. Marshall (owner George Preston Marshall) at| every practice and riding the coach's back, are, well, a funny organization." Vereb phoned Lions coach Wayne Robinson right after the 1560 season, said he'd made a mistake and wanted to return if he could get his release and be waived out of the NFL. "I called again in December but found I couldnt get away from Washington. As this point I was so bitter about football I decided to give it up and I told coach Robinson in a letter that 1 was quitting. "Then 1 started adding up| again. I had one youngster, al-| most two, and I was building a| home nearby in Bel Air, Md. I figured I'd better try again with) the Redskins. I went to camp] again but it was the same old| feeling. "Then they did a wonderful] thing. They released me. Ij phoned coach Robinson. He said 'Do you still want to play foot-| SPORTS BRIEFS bar has never been a serious {problem before. | South Africa simply didn't {play against the Asian and West {Indian teams. Since no gentle- {man pries into another's pri- {vate affairs. The ICC politely irefrained from discussing the | matter. the question can no longer be |ignored. MAY COMPROMISE The general feeling is that colored members won't be too harsh with South Africa. They will probably ask the republic to compromise by granting af- filiation to non-European clubs. Many South Africans dismiss this as a minor issue because none of their non-whites are good enough for Test cricket. However, visiting experts report that some colored players could win a place on the national team if they were given the ex- perience of playing against Eu- ropeans. In the 12 - month waiting period South Africa's Test series against New Zealand will go ahead on an unofficial basis. It is hoped that by the time England tours South Africa in 1964 a permanent solution will have been found. BUCS GET OUTFIELDER PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Pitts- burgh Pirates announced Fri- day they have acquired out fielder Johnny Powers from their Columbus, Ohio, farm club. He will report to Pittsburgh at the end of the International League season. rently is hitting .236 with Jets.' BILL PROGRESSES WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate anti-trust and monopoly | subcommittee Friday withheld any recommendations on a bill] proposing to create in the pust-! ice department a new post of} federal boxing commissioner. | The bill now goes to the full] Senate judiciary committee for further consideration. The subcommittee said in a statement that the justice de- partment has declared itself "in agreement with the basic aims and purposes of the proposed legislation." | The bill, designed to provide, new machinery to drive racket-| eers and hoodlums out of pro-| fessional boxing, would desig- nate the attorney-general to ap- point the boxing commissioner. The commissioner would have power to license and revoke the licences of boxers, managers and fight promoters to match- makers. AUSSIES ENTER NEW YOR K(AP)--The U.S.| Lawn Tennis Association Friday | received the entries of Wimble-| don champion Rod Laver and his fellow-Australian Roy Emer- son for the national singles championship starting at Forest| Hills Sept. 1. Laver was a final-| ist in the nationals last year, | losing to Neale Fraser, also of | Australia. AIDS BALL PLAYERS GOSHEN, Ind. (AP)--A trust fund of about $100,000 for base- ball players needing financial| help was established Friday by| the will of Louis R. Batchelor, former Goshen sports promoter who died Sunday at 64. Batche- lor, who had no immediate. rela- tives, placed the fund in the Powers cur- hands of the Old Timers Basg- | ball Association of Chicago. ball?' and I said I sure did.| 'Okay,' he said, 'Then come on up.' I was in Vancouver that same night." farther. American League sta-| diums in 1927 were larger than| today. Yankee Stadium's right field home run sector was re- duced by 30 feet in 1936. Ruth was left - handed, like Maris. Mantle is a switch-hitter. Washington's Griffith Stadium now is 25 feet closer, Boston has a 45-foot shorter range, Chicago 25 feet, Cleveland 60, Detroit 25. Maris has hit 40 of his homers off right-handed pitchers; Man- tle all but nine of his 46 against right-handers. Ruth was more successful a gain st southpaw pitching, perhaps because he faced more. He hit 19 of his homers against left-handers. FAVORITE CLUB Ruth's favorite club was Bos- ton. He hit 11 against the Red Sox. His lowest homer output was six against Chicago. White Sox pitchers, on the other hand, have been Maris' best friends. He has rapped them for 13 four-baggers. He has only one against Baltimore. Washington pitchers have yielded 10 homers to Mantle. The switcher has found Cleveland toughest, get- ting only two homers there. Ruth Hit 32 homers on the road and 28 at home. Mantle has hit 27 on enemy soil and where he's hit five. Maris' friendliest playgrounds, other than Yankee Stadium, have been in Chicago and Cleveland. He's hit five in each park. Maris has yet to be credited with a home run in Baltimore. He hit one in the Orioles' ball park but he lost it when the game was rained out. Mantle also lost one in the same game. Mickey has had four others in Baltimore. Ruth walked 138 and struck out 89 times in 1927. Maris has 75 walks and 52 strikeouts this season while Mantle has walked 103 times and fanned 87. Figures are complete through Wednes- day night's games. Ruth hit his homers off 33 dif- ferent pitchers. Maris and Man- tle have each tagged 37 pitchers. Maris has been hit by a pitch five times, Mantle none. Ruth was not hit in 1927. Here is a breakdown of the parks in which the three slug- gers hit their homers: Park Ruth Maris Mantle Baltimore 4 Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City 19 at Yankee Stadium. Maris also has 27 away and 23 at| home. Ruth's favorite away field was| Boston's Fenwak Park where he put eight over the fence. Mantle's favorite also is Boston [I PNY WNW AD 4 2 2 3 2 2 2 9 » [3 Phila. St. Louis EA It pong 9H Ball Yards Smaller But Pitchers Just As Tough Soccer's Golden Era But Fans Lukewarm By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London, England, Correspondent to : The Oshawa Times LONDON -- It is not advis- able to judge soccer football teams on the results of their first game or two, but the pat- tern of things to come in this new 'golden era" for football- ers is beginning to emerge. One thing that is surprising is that the public has not responded to the idea of the '"'golden era". The bigger crowds anticipated have not materialized. In fact, on the opening Saturday of the English League season, the ag- gregate number of spectators was more than 100,000 down as compared with the opening day of the 1960-61 season. One thing noticeable in the early performances is the im- pact of the new Scottish play- ers transferred to English clubs on the results of their team's games. Alex Young of Everton, formerly of Hearts: scored his side's two goals in a victory over Aston Villa. Tottenham's three Scottish internationals, Dave Mackay, Bill Brown and John White, had a big share in their team's 2-1 win at Black- pool. Bobby Kennedy, just transferred from Kilmarnock to Manchester City, scored his/ team's first goal of the season] and helped in a 3-1 win over| Leicester City. A feature of Leeds United 1-0 win over Washington Totals NR Sb 5 6 Charlton was a stellar per-| formance by Eric Smith, re- cently transferred from Glas- gow Celtic. And Johnny Mac- leod, formerly of Hibs, laid on one of Arsenal's two goals in a 22 draw with Burnley. Judging from the initial re- sults, there is not going to be a runaway race for Tottenham of any other team in the English League. The Spurs had quite a struggle to win 2-1 over lowly Blatkpool, who just escaped relegation last year. Burnley, regarded as one of the strongest contenders found the going rough in drawing 2-2 with Ar- senal in London, where the talented head of Mel Charles nodded home his side's two goals. Eveton, however, lived up to advance notices with a good win over Aston Villa, and look- ed like a very good side. Wolves, however, fell badly at Sheffield: losing to the United by 2-1. This was Sheffield United's first game since promotion to the first division. Manchester Unit- the higher bracket to which rr Ea Se orquay respectively. 's Rangers shape up oe ne Brentford, 3-0. igHbons, Halfway through the Scottish League Cup qualifying rounds, there are still five teams with full points, these having won their first three games. The happy five are Rangers, St. Mir- ren, Stirling Albion, East Fife and Albion Rovers. 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