Page Tenr THE MICHIGAN DAILY 1 U: -_ . _ - - - U of M JUDO CLUB will sta rt Classes' in the Baseball ends; two skippers fired it Wrestling Room of the lM Building By The Associated Press r-rack and director of scouting Ray OAKLAND -Bob Kennedy was Swallow quit and joined the fired Sunday as manager of the Seattle expansion team. A vice Oakland A's shortly after the president, Bill Cutler, was fired. team concluded its best American - - League baseball season since 1955.! MINNEAPOLIS - ST. PAUL - He was replaced by Hank Bauer. Calvin Coolidge Ermer was fired B er,' fired earlier this season yesterday as manager of the as manager of the Baltimore Minnesota Twins baseball team, Orioles, was signed in a two-year and Twins president Calvin Grif- contract by owner Charles Finley. fith said he probably won't an- Finley, who showed up at the nounce a successor until after the Oakland Coliseum for the first World Series. time in more than a month, called "I'll make my mind up before Kennedy, who had already signed we go to, the baseball expansion a two-year contract, into his office meeting Oct. 15," Griffith said as after the game. he became the second American Then i nley issued a statement League administrator to fire his nn Then-Fnley ss R uedataentmanager in two days. since they moved here in 1961. be beneficial to the club.' Ermer took over for Sam Mele in Former Twins Coach Billy Mar- June, 1967 and guided the Twins tin has been mentioned prori- to within one game of the Ameri- nently as the next Twins man- can League pennant. ager. Griffith said, "I haven't "It's become quite apparent to talked to Martin but I have asged me that Ermer has lacked a firm him to come in here after the control over the ball club," said World Series." Griffith, "therefore, I've decided Martin managed the Twins' that a change in leadership would Denver entry this season in the Pacific Coast League. r* * * Major League Battimg champs Standings By The Associated Press' Pete Rose of Cincinnati edged Tuesday, October 1, 1968 Sports Beat S. orts Beat Sports Beat By Da id.IWei I The rebirth of sport: A spiritual history It was another one of those drowsy, sun-drenched days at the baseball stadium. The crowd was spotty. One typically-inebriated airplane was growling irrespon- sibly' across the sky above the stands. Throughout the land, millions of dead-eyed TV viewers dozed lazily in their armchairs, waking only occasionally to acknowledge a strike or a walk or a ground out. The pace of the contest started slowly and gradually deteriorated as the end of the first inning approached. Never had a game dragged like this one - it was clearly the epitome of modern-day baseball. It was a scoreless deadlock; a hopeless blank on the television screen, the scoreboard, and the field. Somehow, though, the game managed to drag on. The sixth frame came and went. Still there were no runs. And even less excitement. Time plodded along t. at 7:30 P.M. Thur s, Oct.3 Newcomers and experienced players are welcome. saying Kennedy, 4u, nha peen re- lieved of his duties after an 82-80 Ermer's firing came one day record in his first and only season after the Twins finished in sev- as manager.i enth place, 24 games behind the s aem a ipennant-winningaDetroit Tigers. The s aement also saidKen- It is the Twins' worst finish nedy. had been offered "a position I steTiswrtfns with the organization." -. Finley bought the Athletics in the fall of 1960 and has since had * 3 six managers, including Bauer, who took over for Joe Gordon late in 1961 and served al of:,: ;: 1962. Kennedy t h u s became the The Advisory Committee on fourth Athletics' official to leave Recreation, Intramurals, and this year. Farm director Bill Par- Club Sports will hold an open I' E ENGINEERS MASS MEEIG FOR ENGINEERI NG COUN CI THURSDAY, OCT. 3rd, 7 P.M. Michigan Union Rms. K,L,M,N, 3rd Floor SPONSORED BY U.M.E.C. meeting tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Student Government Coun- cil Chambers on the third floor of the S.A.B. All students, fa- culty, and any other interested persons are invited. The Michigan Ice Rink (the Colesium) is now open. Pub-i lic skating is scheduled f o r Monday - Thursday, 1-3 p.m.; and Monday - Saturday, 8-9:45, p.m. Rates are 50 cents for Mich- igan students and high school and grade school children, 75 cents for university faculty and staff, and $1 for the general public. Skates can also be rent- ed for 50 cents. MISTER( ) FAMILY RESTAURANT " HAMBURGERS TREASURE CHEST CHICKEN CU1CMN CONEYISLANDS I"JUMBOYSSMLN SPEEDY jSERVICE CARRY-OUT SPECIALISTS NO WAITING-PLENTY of PARKING INSIDE SEATING, OR t EAT IN YOUR CAR OPEN 11 AM DAILY 662-0022 3325 WASHTENAW RD. ANN ARBOR 2 BLKS.W. of ARBORLAND FINAL STANDINGS AMERICAN LEAGUE /W L Pct. GAl Detroit 103 59 .636 - Baltimore 91 71 .562 12 Cleveland 86 75 .534 16f, Boston 86 76 .531 17 New York 83 79 .512 20 Oakland 82 80 .506 21 Minnesota 79 83 .488 24 California 67 95 .414 36 Chicago 67 95 .414 36 Washington 65 96 .404 371, SATURDAY'S RESULTS New York 4, Boston 3 Washington 2, Detroit 1r Oakland 7, Minnesota 1 California 1, Chicago 0 Only games scheduled. SUNDAY'S RESULTS Regular Season Ends New York 4, Boston 3 Washington 3, Detroit 2 Chicago 7, California 6 Minnesota 4, Oakland 3 Only games'scheduled. NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct. GB St. Louis 97 -65 .599 - San Francisco. 88 74 .543 9 Chicago 84 78 .519 13 Cincinnati 83 79 .512 14 Atlahta 81 81 .500 16 Pittsburgh 80 82 A494 17 Los Angeles . 76 86.469 21 Philadelphia 76 86 .469 21 New York 73 89 .451 24 Houston 72 90 .444, 25 SATURDAY'S RESULTS New York 3, Philadelphia 1 Houston 3, St. Louis 2 San Francisco 10, Cincinniati 4 Chicago 4, Pittsburgh3 Los Angeles 4, Atlanta 2 SUNDAY'S RESULTS Regular Season Ends Philadelphia 10, New York 3 St. Louis 11, Houston 1 Cincinnati 3, San Francisco 0 Chicago 5, Pittsburgh 4 Atlanta 2, Los Angeles 1 honor for the first t i m e since 1938. Around the first of September, Rose was -sitting on a somewhat comfortable cushion for the title - around 10 points over Alou. But he went into a slump, getting 14 hits for 64 at bats in one span, and held only a fraction of a point lead over Alou entering Sat- urday's game. Rose connected for five hits in five at bats, and Alou went 4-4. Carl Yastrzemski of Boston was in no danger of losing his Ameri- can Leagud batting lead, but he almost became the first player to win a batting crown with an aver- age of less than .300. Yastrzemski went 0-5 in Bos- ton's loss to the New York Yank- ees and finished with an unoffi- cial winning mark of .301, the low- est winning mark ever. The prev- ious low was .306 by Elmer Flick of Cleveland in 1905. All the figures are unofficial until confirmed by the leagues. out Pittsburgh's Matty Alou and claimed t h e unofficial National. League b a t t i n g championship Sunday, while Carl Yastrzemski! took the unofficial American Lea-, gue title with the lowest winning ~average in history --.301. "Rose crackeda double in three at bats in Cincinnati's 3-0 victory over San Francisco Sunday as he shook a late slump and edged Alou in a furious finish for the title. He ended up with a "335 mark una gv 1,uex, 'unA . + u hoio 4 * ii VOICE MEETING, Tuesday, October 1. Union Assembly Hall 7:30.P.M. We will discuss Voice programs' and organizationj "Jugs"backpeddles into history so slowly, as lengthening shadows extended their cool- ness over the stadium confines. Then, in the top of the (lucky)' seventh, something happened. "Jugs" Doodles, the shortstop with the name everybody had long-since ceased to comment\ on, dropped back under a lofty pop-up. Backstepping at a rather smart pace, Doodles be- came entangled in his cleets and tumbled nose-over-toe to the turf. Popping back up immediately, and pausing ,to doff his cap to an' appreciative and newly-awakened, clientele, "Jugs" snapped off the projectile in its down- ward arc and smacked his tightly-clenched fist into his empty mitt. The ball, it seemed, had become lodged in Doodles' rather prominent left ear. Baseball, it might be noted, was never again quite the same. E' -- all,_ __ _ 4 - ' - I