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aBertellt HR Chialieekcrtt my fimroaw 41445 47mm MAI£5 675 71 554 MPH 4M FIFO7f 700 0V9 70 Aiflf Hill14151571157 By MIKE RECIIT Associated Press Sports Writer The fashionable Kansas City Athletics have countered the miniskirt rebellion with new Oster of their own and it was enough to touch off another Charles Finley colorful con troversy The American League door mata of the past have forsaken their former drab eidstence and stepped into first place Tuesday night wearing white shocsthnt cleft Cleveland Indians kicking The A5 opened their 1967 season by beating the Indians on Fred Whitfieids error with the bases loaded in the seventh inning in Kansas City anrl Joined Baltimore Orioles California Angels and New York Yankees in first place The Orioles world champions last season clubbed Minnesota Twins 63 and the Angels dropped Detroit Tigers to grab their diare The Yarurees beat Washington Senators so Monday COLD HALTS GAME The only other AL game Chl eagoVWhite Sox at Boston was postponed because of cold wea ther In the National League Pitts burgh Pirates stopped New York Mets Chicago Cubs overcame Philadelphia Phillies Houston Astros belted At lanta Braves s1 and St Louis Cardinals blanked San Fran cisco Giants $01 Cincinnati Reds beat Los Angeles Dodgers 61 Monday and the teams were not scheduled Tuesday Joe Adcock making his delt but as Cleveland manager Claimed the white shoes worn by Kansas City pitcher Jim Nash distracted his hitters and in run ASSOCIATED mass National League Icl GEL Ci innati 01000 Chicago 01000 Pittsburgh 01000 Houston 01000 fit Louis 01000 Allanta noo San Francisco 000 Philadelphia 000 New York 000 Los Angeles 000 Probable Pitchers Today Philadelphia Jackson 1515 at Chicago Housman 11s1 Atlanta Johnson 100 at Houston Dierker 100 Only games scheduled American League New York Ealtimore 011000 Kansas City 01000 California 01000 Chicago 000 112 Boston 000 V2 Detroit 1000 Cleveland 000 Minnesota 1000 Washingtoo ft 000 Probable Pitchers Today Detroit Lolich llllt at Caia wrnla Lopez 71tt Cleveland Tiant 1211 at Kansas City Krause list Twi light Chicago Huzhardt 641 at Boston Lonborg Illlot New York Peterson 1211 at Washington Coleman 10 Only games scheduled By THE CANADIAN PRESS National League Pittsburgh 001 002 001 New York 100 200 000 Venle 01 Mikkelsen and Gender Cardvell t10 Show and Grate HR NYK Grote 020 000 000 000 012 OIX Running 01 Gomez and Dalryrnplo Jenkins IN and Atlanta ooo 000100 s2 17 M71 11517 MV 161 me MIA4 511 1er my 147 7150 M1676 in wt 657 MawV ffcMo 74 MW m7 rfltflfdlfiflilfifi Aim 17417 BASEBALL Broom P514117 71 61M FIAJQPV Colorful Athletics iLShare AL Leadership protested the game after the first pitch However American League presidentJoe Cronin and Cal Huhbard supervisor of unpires already had given the Athletics permission to start the season with their classy and colorful footwear NOT WATCHING FEET thite shoes arent going to bother hitter said Kansas City manager Alvin Dark pitcher has both feet on the ground when he releases the ball hitter is going to he IDI owing the ball not the shoes Ry RON RAPOPORT Associated Press Sports Writer in his many years with Boston Milwaukee Atlanta Braves Eddie Mathews used to special lie in great openingday per formances But it is his debut in Houston uniform that the slugging third baseman may re member the longest miyity triple against the centreiield wall in the seventh inning Tuesday night gave lita thews new club 11 tie against his old one and soon afterwards the Astros had fr opening day victory over the Braves Are you lridding Mathews said later when asked if hed particularly eruoyed playing decisive part in beating his ex4 teammates Im playing the team was with for is years Lornasler Kelley Carroll Hernandez 71 and Torre Cuellar and Bath man HRsAtlBoyer San Fran 0000000000 00 St Louie 000 010 20K 6100 Manichal 1H McDaniel and Haller Gibson 10 and Mocarver Hits St LErock t1 Gagliauo Amerlcan League Minnesota 000 030 000 92 Baltimore I00 002 001 70 KaatitIl Perry Kline t6 Worthington and Rate tey MCNally Drabciwsld Hi 51 Miller St and Etehebar ieni HR Bal Robinson Cleveland 010 002000 51 Kansas City 012 000 Mix4102 McDowell Hargan 01 Allen ti and Sims Nash 10 Aker to and Roof Suarez to Detroit 000 000 002 California 100 300 001 100 Mdisin 01 Giladding Penn and Freehan Brunet 10 and Rodgers HR Det Browniil CalifMine Police Check Sault Fans SAULT STEt MARIE Ont CWCity police were called to Memorial Gardens Tuesday to restore order when several fights broke out as fans lined up for hockey tickets About 200 fans had jammed the front hall of the arena to buy tickets for todays deciding game in the Eastern Canada Memorial Cup quarterfinal sc rics between Sault Ste Marie Greyhounds arid Cornwall Royals The befibfsevcn series is tied 031 No charges were laid by no lice capacity crowd of 5000 is Bouston 900 000 60 It Mathews Clubs Brave ExMates CANADAS PERGIE WINS Visits CHICAGO APlTelra trick led them the dismal indulge eyes of woman seated near Chicago ths dugout at the NI tioual League season opener to Wrigley Field Tiresday They were shed by the mother of 01b pitcher Ferguson Jenkins Jr who overcame shaky start to quell Philadelphia Phils with spunky slxhit perform sure It was the first time Mr and Mrs Ferguson Jenkins Sr of Chatham ooL had attended major league game pitched by their son acquired by the Cuba as rookie from the Phils early last season hIothcr has about four per cent vision in one eye and six per cent in the other said young Jenkins after his opening day start in five pro baseball seasons THRILL 0F CROWD know she couldnt see be yond the thirdbase coach but Just the atmosphere of the crowd thrilled her There was more In it than that explained Ernie Miller sports editor of the London 0nt Free Press who brought Fergusons parents to Chicago Nash stopped the indians on live hits and three runs for seven innings before leaving for pinchhitter The Orioles jumped on is game winner Jim Kant of the Twins for four firstinning runs it was the some old story of 1066 as Frank Robinson singled home one run and Brooks Rub Insome homered for two more George Brunet turned back Detroit with threehitter in Anaheim as the California An gels opened with victory Don Mincher and Rick Reich hardt supplied the punch for the Angels When the Braves traded Mav Ihews Dec 31 1966 the thin that rankled him most was that the club told the press before it told him lil remember this opener Mathews said We had some good opening days hit cou ple of home runs two or three times in the past in the opener but Ill settle for this one in other National League games Tuesday all season open ers Pittsburgh Pirates beat New York Mela Chicago Cubs took Philadelphia Phillies 42 and St Loiiis Cardinals blanked San Francisco Giants 50 Cincinnati Reds and Les An geles Dodgers had an open date In American League opening games Baltimore Orioles bounced Minnesota Twins 63 Kansas City Athletics edged Cleveland Indians and Cali fornia Angels beat Detroit Ti gers 42 Chicago White Sox at Boston Red So was postponed because of cold weather New Senators were not scheduled The big blow in the Astros sierra inning was Aaron Point ers tworun double Before the inning Denny Lemaster was pitching onehitter but when he left after tiring the roof of the Astrodome fell in on the Braves Maury Wills showed the change from Los Angeles to Pittsburgh uniform hadnt a1 iected his style as he singled twice and stole base against the Meta The Meta appeared not to have changed much either committing five errors in cold Shea Stadium double steal and pop sin gle by Lee Thomas accounted for two runs in the sixth inning that gave Chicago its triumph Ferguson Jenkins of Chatliam Ont went the distance forthe Cubs giving up six hits while Jim Banning took the loss for Philadelphia Bob Gibson struck out the first five men he faced tying National league record and fanned 13 Giants overall Lou Brooks threerun homer was belligblafitnrlhe Qarde who pounded Juan Marichal for II hits the most he has given up in one game Thetiord Ousts Halifax in Habs THETFORD MINES Que CF Thetford Mines Cana diens moved into the Memorial Oup Eastern Canada semifinal round Tuesday night bytwhip ping Halifax Canadlens 01 to take their beddeoven quarter final playoff series four games to two Marclardir lest the Quebec ers firing in three goals while JeanvLuc Duquettc scored two and Rejean Houle Onlle Boutfn York Yonkers and Washington and Bill Murray added one expected for the game Gardens manager Tom Corbett said apiece Fraser Rice counted the lone llalifax goal Marts Easily NearlyBlind Mother Wrigley Field We drove down in Fergies car and brought lot of his clothes but we didnt know if we would see him pitch said Miller when we got to the ball park we found out Fergie was pitching Mn Jenkins sat quietly when Philadelphia got 20 lead on three straight sin gles in the second inning not after he weathered leadoff double and walk start Ing the third then striking out Dick Great and Richie Itllen Fergies moihcr turned on her little radio Inning after inning as the BALL STARS By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS batting Lou Brock St Louis Cardinals hit threeamn home run of Juan ittarlchal In the second inning and started the Cardinals to 60 victory over San Francisco Pitching Bob Gibson St Louis Cardinals allowed only five hits and struck out 13 in cluding the first five hitters he faced tying major league rec ord as he shut out San Fran cisco Giants 60 87 PRUNING SHEARS 134 Sales Price Ideal to doctorup trees shrubs etc Pressed steel lock catch hand grips crowd cheered Fergies shutout pitching lean flowed from his mothers eyes For the Canadian pitcher it also was special day SIIODK UPFERGIE was shook up when man ager Leo Durccher told me Sun day would pitch opening day said Jenkins Boy sat up Matching TV Monday night until to keep my mind oil The Orbs trailed until the sixth when double steal Ind Lee Thomas pop single nicked the Phils Jim Running for two runs and leadi flight then not thinking if somebody thinks lm stoning pitcher better start proving it said Jenkins who scattered three hits over the last seven innings His mother and dad Chata ham motel chef and Iormcr semlspro outfielder both agreed it was memorable occasion We wont see many days like this one said Mrs Jenkins EATING FOR JOY Swamp growing pitcher plants celebrate spring by catching and eating newborn bugs Top Flin Flon PORT ARTHUR CPlPort Arthur Msrrs constructed commanding 10 lead In their best of seven Memorial Cup uestem semifinal seriu Tues day with decisive 51 triumph over Flin Flon Bombers before 1500 fans blurs are champiotu ot the Thunder Bay Junior Hockey fugue The series now moves to Flin Flon with the third game sched uled for Saturday 11m hicCorrnlck and Ron Busnluk each scored twice for the winners while defencemln Km Rodgus added single llin ilon champions of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League got on the scoreboard with power play goal by 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