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ENEEGETIC WHEN Blair general manager and coach of Minnesota North Stars frankly admits that his club and the five other National liockey League expansion teams will take at least five seasons to catch up with the established six entries Here the former Boston organization executlio TWren Blair stresses the point in his office at North Stars Kingston train ing camp Noting that he dc sircs hardskating club Blair said want us to be the Canadlens of our division 5Réalisiic Otinosth Stars Future Canadian Press Spbrta Editor Bruce Lescit is vlatc ing training camps of the six new National Hockey Rogue teem Today he writes lttlanesotl North Stan ay aaucn Lavers Cutdin Press Sports Editor Wren Blair is man who llku to ate stride ahead of the opposl onthate why he wears his wristwatch in min utes fast its the only way can stay on time And time the stumpy head man of the Minnesota North Stars feels is on the side of the new division in the National Hockey League Blair general manager and coach or the North Store has an approach to hockey that comcs close to religious fcr varbut he isnt expecting miracles The old dlvislon teams protected lt players each when the new division came along so we wont be compct ltive in year But well have some good games with them And dont forget there are two more backup drafts to cometho old division will dip in strength and well come up Tenacious White Sox DropJrom ALRqua By DICK COUCII Associated Press Sports Writer Eddie Stankys tenacious Chi cago White Sox dropped out of the American league pennant struggle Friday night snc cumbing meekly to Washington Senators 10 on Phil Ortegas fourhitter Now its up to Minnesota or Boston pick tin the pieces lint All three were holding cold hand and watching the weather today The Tigers who have dropped two of their last three starts were irozen out of scheduled twinight doublehead er against California Friday nght and now must beat the Angels four times in two days to assure themselves at first place tic It Detroit wins all four die Twins one game its front despite two setbacks in their last three games need to sweep their twogame set at Boston today and Sunday tonail share of the top spot NEED MYTH GAMES And the lted Sax shocked twice by Cleveland Indians ear lier in the week need nothing less than two victories over the Twins plus at least one Detroit loss to grab piece of the path slant pie New York Yankees beat Kaos sas City Athletics twice and 10 in Fridays only other AL action St Louis ardinals trimmed Atlanta Braves 31 in 11 innings Philadelphia Phillies blasted San Francisco Giants or Detroit to Sit Pittsburgh Pirates ioppcd lfonston Astros dl Chicago Cubs beat Cincinnati tteds iii and New York Mets whipped Lus Angeles Dodgers 51 in National League games The White Sox demise they needed litter game sweep over the Senators to stay alive erased the possibility of threcway playuii Tigers Twins er Tigers lied Sox deadlock should it develop would force bestotthrec playoff beginning Monday weather permitting The World Series is set to start Wednesday it no playoit is necessary or two days alter the completion of the playoff dont want any flotvers when Im in the mortuary Stanky said after his White Sex handed the Sonators an unearned run in the first inning and then went out with their hats at half mast All year long the elephants feared the irdce Well they can have it all to themselves with sigh of relief Were out ot it But wish we would have lost that one on home run or clean hit hate to lose onan error BOBBLED AWAY Fred Valentines single deliv ered the run that finished the Sox in the first inning after errors by Tom McCraw and Don Buford opened the gate Ortegaa shutout pitching drove in the coftin nails already set in place by the last place Ath letiu who swept twlnightcr from the Sort Wednesday Eddie Stanky Shows Embtion CA APiI dont want any flowers when Pat in the mortuary said manager Eddie Stanky after his Chicago White Sox bowed out of the American League pennant race with 10 loss to Washington Senators Friday night could chase all of you newspaper men out or here and be instilled continued Stanky who then proceeded to pour his heart out beforcwaLlring away with tears in his eyes Were out of it now and maybe Detroit and Minnedota and Boston can fcelrellevcd The laughing stock of the American League is no longer contender its true said Stankyibnt for more than 150 games those guys madea joke out of ii and enjoyed every minute or it DIDNT BELONG to is innuendoes were aimed at rival players mana gers and newspaper men who kept uiaisting all season long that the hitless wonders didnt belong in contention and were battled to see the Sax hang on Theres only one thing really wanted outside of with lung it said Stanky want ed to hang on untfl the final day Make every one of them sweat until the last minute told those boys how proud was of them said Stanky told them they could go back to their home towns proud and with their heads high Weve had some tough losses this last week But told them that there was only one man responsible for more games than all of them and that was me the manager handle the most decisionsn Most of you know lm not rah rah manager Im not Knute Rockne My guys made helluva run for it and lm lied Are there any questions gentlemen before he walked to the dugout ramp with to streaming down his silleeks Blssaallyasooaa By THE CANADIAN PRESS American League PctGBL Bl 69 569 BD 69 5fi3 90 7t 563 BB 71 553 82 75 522 75 as are 16 74 as 455 son 74 BS 495 16 Nelv York 70 ED 435 21 Kansas City new soo lalz Ffldayfs Garner New York tt Kansas City 30 ashington tChlcngofl aliioraia at Detroltdi ppd Minnesota Detroit Boston Chicago California Cleveland Baltimore Washington National Leagiip PciGBL xSt Louis 89 iii 623 San Fran 88 553 it Chicago B8 541 13 Cincinnati 88 it 13 Philadelphia 82 Pitkburgh ill Atlanta 77 Lou Aageles 12 Houston dd 92 New York 60100 375 39V Xcllnched pennant Fridaya Games Pittaburghui Houston Chicago Cincinnati St Louis Atlantat New York Los Angeies Ehiladelphia it San Francisco Dont ask me who think is going to win it now said Stun ky tears beginningto run down his checks dont care Bill sixth inning homer gave reliever Fred lnlA hot and the Yankees their nlghlean victory over Kansas City after Mickey Mantles sac rifice ily in the eighth inning of fluek opener broke dead DC litlania Braves llxe Manager ATLANTAAP Billy Hitchcock was fired Friday as manager by Atlanta Braves who gave him the same silent treatment they gave Eddie Mathews their veteran slugger vhen traded last winter No successor to Hitchcock was named Two hours after the public discharge was madeat news conference the erstwhile mana ger had notheen told officially or his removal Lost winter Lise National League Braves traded Mathews their home run hit ting infielder to Houston but failed to tell him The Braves later apologized Paul Richards vice presi dent of the Braves announced Hitchcocks removal While no ONLY REGRETS The only regrets have Hitchcock added are that didnt do better iob as mans ger and that the people work for didnt have the doom ey to interns me that had been fired This came as relief1 said Hitchcock who was not expect ing to be retained because the Braves are winding up their worst season in 15 years was told about it by newspaper man three hours betore the announcement but the Bravm still havent told me about it Coach Ken Silvestri will man age the Braves in their last home stand against st Louis National League pennant win liElSy Illookie Bob in the National League Li ycurold Ferguson Jenkins of Chalham Ont became the first Canadian in recent years to win 20 games in the major leagues in Chicagos rout of Cincinnati lie was helped by Billy Williams two solo homers and limited the Rolls to just six hits The Cards pushed over two runs in the lllh one on hliku Shannons single and the second on Curt Floods double to sunccze past the Braves John Briggs two run homer capped sixrnn second inning burst that helped th raw Chris Shorts the Giants Pirates past ilouston whileBob it oh another rookie in the Pittsdurgh attack Third inning singles by Wills Manny Mata Roberto Clemente Willie Stargall keyed dec three run flurry The Barrie Examiner anvu knowingly publishes halt advertising All Bd verttseirlrats are accepted for publication on tho premise that the product the service or the offer is properly and honestly de scribed and is not ward ed or designed to mislead the readers in myrrh epoch Advertising accepted for publication must not ooaw tain false or exaggerated dairna an exaggerated comparative prices and if any reader encounters anything less than faithful compliance with condi tions as described in any advertisement we would appreciate knowing or It Just write or caliBarria Examiner or the Chamber of Commerce of which this newspaper lean ee the member Advertisers who deliber ately violate these stand ard will not be permitted to use our advertising pages SALESMAN if you are aalesmlnded we would like to talk to you WE WANT Honest intelligent neat aggressive yonhg rncn wltho ain ceie desire to male well above average laconic WE OFFER The best product to doll in manner you can be proud at Thorough training top remuneration plus excellent em ployee benefits and new car for your business and nice sure use Apply to Mr Bill Storey Sales Manager conspic BUICK nu BRADFORD sr gt annals Four years or sofmn now the established stars who will kill us in the begin ning will be gone Then when the backup drafts are fin ished the Junior drait will be in full effect it has taken the NHL so yeass to reach its present stage oi development Liecl bath divisions will be equal in four or five years That means we will have doubled the league and evened up by the 55th yearthats damn good progress 6000 TICKETS SOLD Blair feels his team based in Mluneapolis5t Paul is in particularly good position We have sold more than 6000 tickets and were in wclloricoted hock cy city in addition the base ball Twins And the football Vikings have gone through lean years and the fans have been generous in giving these teams time to reach their own level We feel they will be generous to us too lilatr who labored for years in the Boston chain feels the formula under which the new division of the NHL was established has allowed us to put better clubs on the lee than have ever been seen in these cities Cities in the new division have had ndnor kc beforenow theyll see better Germans Pace Bicycle Race MONTREAL tCFi The two German teams sported ahead to share the lead with Switzer landearly todoras Montreals semiannual sixdny bicycle race approached the baitway mark Gaining lap over the rest of the totem field were the Ger many team of idnllsBugdahl and Clemens Grossimlinghaus and the Gennalry pair of Rolf ltoggendort and Belgian Robert Delooi They shared the leadership with the Swiss team of Fritz Pienrdnger and Leandra Fags gilt an Italian who had held onelap lead until Friday night At midnight three teams were one lap behind the leaders The lter learn of Sergio Beghctto and Belgian Robert Lelongue the Belgium team of Emile Severyns and Patrick Scrcu and the Denmark entry of Freddie Eugen and Patio Lykke Canada brought up the rear with Doiter Reinhold and Michel Mecca 15 laps behind the rest of iheficld Ans cAwA iN Allen on sass hockey than ever and this progress Blair with is players in camp is building two clubs out of thin air ch didnt buy Spring field the way has Angelcs did or Quebec like the Phi lodelphia Flycrs dld Blair was canny with his employers money and he shopped for players on piecemeal basis because this is business WENT FOR SKATERS lie feel be saved several hundred thousand dollars this way The reason he is coach as well as general manager is became he feels the only way to get the feel at the club is donn on the bench did my own drafting have to stick with it to see what got lie hopes to turn what he got into hardskating type of club want to be the Canadiens of our divisio illalr has some impressive talent aboard to help him toward that goal Cesare Marriage of Trail llC who has tended nets in Toronto Montreal and New York in the NHL and half dozen points in between heads the goalie prospCctS Ahead of him are Moose Vssko JeanAGuy Talbot Bob Voytowich Parker Ma Donald Dave tlaion Andre Pronovast and few others who knotv their way around the big league When he feels the time is righlhell turn tho North Stars over to replacement already waiting in the wings conch Johnny Muckler of thcilgmphis South Stars flte Minnesota minTrdtfillEtc lIl hang on as gticrsl manager Blair says The general manager mitch more money than the coach TRY EXAMINER WANT ADS PHONE 73821 REPAIRED Falcon Eastham Is Reprieved LONDON limiters filing lishman Brian Easthsm who played for Tomato Falcons in the unaffiliated National Profasional Soccer League in North America will be allowed to resume pla ing in the Ear iish League Football Asso ciation said Friday Four other players who have returned here Barry ltaao Bill llrown Brian Bedford and Roy Lunntss have been told they may not play for i2 monttls Anothcr player lion Newman who still is in North America has been told by letter he would an be registered for 12 months on returning An exception was madc oi Easthum because of an unfor tunatc but understalvlable error by the FA in which he was registered by mistake The FA said in statement Fndrw it has decided to allow Essthasns contract with Rod dale to stand The statement said if the ambition had appreciated that Easthams last club was club playing in the unalftllatmi American league his registra tion would not have been accepted without commeaL The FA is comelotu ofihe fact that the Rocbdala club entered into the contract with Eastham in all good faith and feels it would be improper to take any action Earlier tth neck lien Mack cr NPSL commssioner said his to guc was considerrng legal action against the Bag ish FA 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