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Barrie Examiner, 24 Jan 1962, p. 15

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Feller And Robinson Elected To Shrine BOSTON lAPl Jackie Rob lnson first Negro to play in the major leagues is the first of his race elected to baseballs highest honor its Hall of Fame at Cooperstown NY The IOIIIIEK Brooklyn Dodger Infielder was enshrined nlesdsy along with pitcher Bob Feller quiet farm boy from lows who blazed fastball through the American League for nearly years with Cleveland Indians Eolh won election to lhe hall the first time they were eligible five ycsr retirement from baseball being mandatory It was the first time the Baseball Writers Association of America bad named anyone on their first eligible shot since the original five Ty Cobb Babe Ruth Waiter Johnson Honus Wagner and Christy Mathewson were tapped in the first election in 1936 Candidates needed 75 per cent of the 160 votes cast by associ ation members Fcllcr now 43 year old insurance execu tive in Cleveland received lSO votes Robinson 42 vicepres Ident of restaurant and coffee company got 124 votes our more than the minimum needed ROBINS TIIRILLED lls ace in the life time thril said Robinson at his home ln Stamford Conn its hard to describe my ecl Ings fully at this time am pleased and honored my fam lly is so excited no one wants to eat Feller typically was less cmotionai but just as thrilled Naturally Im happy about II he said But now its al most as if had nothing to look forward to cxcept going to Cooperstown this summer thought might have to wait Harvey Feels Rangers Plays Winning Game By THE CANADIAN PRESS Doug Harvey the defence man had great half season in the National Hockey League But these must be sad days for Harvey the coach His New York Rangers after getting off to fine start are in prolonged slump So much so that theyre in peril of fad lng out of contention for play off berth Harvey whose one consuming ambition is to win hockey games appears to be taking Rangers losing ways in stride Theres got to be something wrong he says But figure weve been playing well enough to win The Rangers have lost seven straight games and nine of their lost 10 dropping into tie for fourth place with Detroit Red Wings Their only win of the new year was over last place Boston Bnlins Harvey never on losing team in 13 previous seasons with Montreal Canadians prob ably will pull all stops in on ef fort to halt the backslide when the Blueshirts are host to the Red Wings tonight longer Joe DiMaggio had to go around couple of times Maybe the e0mpetltioa was rougher then Fellers entry is timed limost exactly with his story in the Sn turday Evening Post in which be criticizes selection proce dure Hal claim it grits against modern ay er specially pitchers lhcre seems in he grow ing belief that modern ball plsy crs should be judged by more severe standards than the old timers in order not to chespen the Hall of Fame Feller says in his story There new are 38 men In the hall including former players and officials BREAKS COLOR LINE Robinson broke the games color line in 1917 Branch Ric key then general manager of the Dodgers had startled the baseball world the year before when he signed Jackie to Brooklyn farm contract Robinson was with Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro American League at the time He spent one year of seasoning with Montreal Royals leading the international League in bet ting and fielding and then joined Brooklyn as second baseman Quiet hard working and al ways an offensive and defen sive throat Robinson flirted with the 300 mark his first two seasons and bolted lusty 342 in 1949 to lead the National League His fielding and base running were joys to behold In one sea son he committed only seven er rors major league record participated in 137 double plays that same season 1951 setting National League mark Jackie was the most feared In another game tonight Tor onto Maple Leafs will be at tempting to close in on front running Canadians when they take on the Black Hawks at Cili cago The Maple Leafs cur1 rently trail Canadicns by three points Bob Bedard Calls It Quitting Time mews cmBob Bedard lhose racket boomed him to in vincihility in Canadian lawn tennis eompetiton is calling it while hes still on top fUnheaten by any Canadian since 1954 he announced his re tirement Tuesday night from Canadas Davis Cupsquad In enable him to concentrate on his teaching career and spend more time with his family think have attained my best pass is standard of play he in an interview explaining his decision From now on the best could do prob ably would be inferior The soyearold net star from sherbrooke Qua whosa retire ment had been rumored since roe Main announced his res ignation as captain of the Da vis Cup team Jan earlier made public his own resignav tlnn at sports awards dinner here Main last player to turn the tables on Bedard Tuesday night described him as plateau above any other player in Can ads His departure would make fiancois Godbnut of Waterlno Que the new topranker and move John Swsnn of Toronto to ond spot ssAY snr assesss rihree times winner of the Car nadian open mens singles ten crown he said all the time energy and money be spent nowadays on junior development should utually see results feel there will be new cycle of players appearing on the tennis scene In another four five years we should see wbatch of top competitors oweyer he indicated he may continue to play ianuo bec tournaments The dinner attended by more than 600 local sports fans high lighted speeches by Archie Monre world lightheavyweight boxing champion Birdie Teh betts manager of the National League baseball club Milwau kee Braves and Wing Cmdr Tony Golnb former Ottawa Rough Rider football star Theoutstanding local athletes award for 1961 went to Dave Barman 19 0f Smiths Falls Ont for his track and field per formances at McMaster Univer sity Hamilton Moore Bells Eddie Quinn OTTAWA toriPartial world lightheavyweight champion Ar chie Moore sounded off Tues day night againstlliontreal box ing promoter Eddie Quinn guest at sports awards dinner Moore accused Quinn of running out on the fighters when scheduled boutbetween him and Canadian heavyweight boxing dumpth Bob Cleroux at Montreal Dec was can celled at almost the last min ute The fight was culledoff by the promoters on the grounds the advance receipts on ticket sales were not good enough Its the first time Ive ever heard ofn promoter running out on fight said Moore He also accused the people who head the boxing world as plilitical 15 of ees who made their own set of rules to suit themselves jump nubthere little more more games His high come In 1940 when he notched fl tri umphs He set the modern mark of 18 strikeouts in nine inning game against Detroit Tigers 0112 1938 though Sanlb Kouiax of Los Angeles Dodgers since has tied the rec ord Fellers 848 nrikmdts In JACKIE ROBINSON base runner around from the late 1940s to the late 18505 Once he stole home in world so ries game USES BULLSEYE Feller was 17 year old youngster who had sharpened his eye by throwing at bulls eye painted on born when he arrived In the majors in 1936 He was what the game needed hurler pitcher who packed in the crowds Twenty years laterwith four years out for navy service dur ing the Second World War in his pitching primeFeller hsd complied 266 victories IIe suf fered 162 defeats Among the wins were three nohitters and 12 onehitters Only two other pitchers in his tory have spun as many as three nohit games None ever tossed 12 onehitters Six times Feller won 20 or Actually the Rangers havent been losing by top heavy scores of their last five losses two were by one goal and the other three by two goals That could be the problem Harvey adds Were not getting the big goals We need little more push to get that one more goal Hervey figures the teams main problem is lack of strength down centre He switched Andv Hatllnate the leagues top point getter to centre from right wing on his top forward line and thats not turned out too badly because Andy has been in on nine of the teams last 11 goals LINES SPUTTER But the clubs second and third lines have been sputtering Even Camille Henry tried at centre between Andy Hebenlon and Johnny Wilson hasnt been able to score since getting his 20th goal of the season Dec 21 An Inexpensivs ymlcnivn doling plied him meal and panellist Actually ml hold strapping to wall and plevlnts on serving lm Ix pcnuvl pen Muisiun our ndnurless lusts many yum Dont mi lxps repairs to our nnsllod walls Protect new with rite Mniytwc Bnr Pcr su $150 no um Annlhu 1946 stands as major league mark Feller Enjoying Sandlot Coaching CIEVWND AmBob Fel ler named to baseballs Hall of Ferns st 43 says he gets more fun out of coaching sandlnt youngsters than he ever did in his playing days with Cleveland lodlons its wonderful lellor said in an interview Tuesday after learning be had been elected to the Hall of Fame Feller was asked whether the youngsters treat him with awe No theyre used to me And try bring them out of them selves Ive always wondered what might have been if hadnthad to go into the navy he said But theres no use sawing saw dust Still might have come close to the victory totals of Walter Johnson 16 and Christy Mathewson 373 if had approached their marks Id stayed in the game as long as possible in the hope of sur passing them Jackie Thankful For High Honor STAIlIFORD Conn AP Jackie Robinson first Negro elected to baseballs Hall of Fame says he is happiest be cause of the effect it might hnve on humble people like my self am hoping it will make them realise people can come from humble beginnings and with luck and perseverance can move ahead No one had more humble humble beginnings than did Robisnon 42 said in an inter view at his home here Why at one time was practically juvenile delinquent didnt know where my next meal was coming from And noWto end on is You have to thank God for hav ing mother like have who taught me right from wrong wrongl and for guiding me to my wife Jackie said that as soon as his wife Rachel told him of his election when he arrived home from work he telephoned his mother in Pasadena Calif and Branch Rickey who brought him up to the Dodgers and broke the color line in the ma jot leagues felt they deserved this great honor along with my wife as lauds as didnt want either of them to find out from anyone elsebefore told them run ms Imprnvsmcnl mam livallulal from Buy Resilacrets At Bull Plan 48 Anne St Euy Rllsila Beaver IlllllIl 127 Bradford ing Mill PA 02496 crate At or Co ltd PA 8554 Buy Resilscraie At Eotons Dunlop St Barrie Puy Rosllsdrete At Simycoe District llop 250 Innlsfll Sf PA M551 Buy Resilscrets Now At OATES 02 ounlopse PAINT AND WALLPAPER PA 83270 Royals Thump St Catharines Si CATEIARINIE tCP Guelph Royals moved to within three points of third place in peer 74 Duke Harris who played seasons with the Tcopeu before being traded to Guelph early in the current schedule paced the Royals with goal and four assists Dave McComb scored two goals while singles went to Mike McMahon Billy Taylor Borden Smith and Don Diber ardin Rookie Fred Stanfield ac counted for two of the St Ca tharincs goals while Bill lves ughGeorgs Standing bad on ea C00per Stops Tony Hughes LONDON AP Henry Coo per British heavyweight boxing champion Tuesday night stopped Tony Hughes of Cleve land who retired at the end of the fifth round because of se vere cut in the corner of his right eye Cooper ranking contender for the world championship weighed 190v on and Hughes protege of Rocky Marciano the former heavy weight champ 196 doctor put two stitches in lluflless eye cut after the fight The American had another cut on the cheekbono beneath the left eye Visa Problem Must Be Solved GENEVA Reuters John Bunny Ahenrne president of the international Ice llcckey Federation said nlcsdny speedy solutimmust be found to the visa problem which threatens to keep East Germany out of the 1962 world amateur ice hockey championships Ahearne said he culled the federations executive commit tee ta meeting here today to discuss the United States state departments delay in granting visas to the East Germans The tournament takes place March 318 at Colorado Springs Colo The state department has not yet refused to grant the vi sas but they say they are still processing the up plicotions Ahearne said federation decision taken in Prague in March 1959 permits the world championships to be transferred to Canada or West Germany if any competing team is refused entry into the United States for the 1962 event We do not want to appear as if we are issuing an ultimo tum on what is after all no litlcnl issuefi Ahearne said But for purely practical rea sons some final date must he set after which we shall have to offer the organization of the championships to Canada or then to West Germany Dodgers Ink Few NEW YORK CPiLos Ange ler Dodgers and Detroit Tigers signed players to 1m baseball contacts nlesday but Balti more Orioles received notice that they may have tough time coming to terms with pitching ace Milt Pappss The Dodgers announced they have signed firstvsning catcher JohnHoseboro who it is esti mated will receive salary of $0000 an Increase of about $4000 Roseboro last year Im proved his batting average to 251 from 213 and drove in 50 or JOIIN ROSHOIIO Terriers Get Jack Douglas GALT CPITho Gait Ter riers World Hockey Fund at tempting to raise at least $17 000 to send the Ontario Hockey Association Senior team to the world amateur championhips in Colorado Springs Colo will try to obtain its goal without government assistance the fund chairman said Tuesday Were leaving the door open for ment assistance chairman syl Asadoorian said but we arent going to seek it any further The fund has been seeking aid for many months from the gov ernments new shampoosyear grant for amateur sports Meanwhile the Terriers Tues day acquired dcfeneemnn Jack Douglas of ChuthamMaroons for the monument foulyear veteran of the Maroons Doug lus is to join theTerriers in Squaw Valley Ca1if five 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