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THE COURIER-JOURNAL, LOUISVILLE, KY. WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 1, 1967 5 UL Faces Unpredictable St. Louis In ere Hostile Atmosph Tonight By DATE KINDRED yj Moore is an extraordinary jumper, but Brehmer has been driven to exasperation by the boy. Moore fouls out of a lot of games. Against Louisville, for instance, when Brehmer thought everyone else played well, Moore made two points, got three rebounds, and fouled out in 22 minutes.

"He's been playing a lot better recently," Brehmer said. Will St. Louis try anything different this time? (In the loss, Brehmer used a cinnati, by 14 points. But Saturday night, at Kiel, St. Louis reversed the decision, 6340.

In that victory, St Louis showed signs of being an improved team. Cincinnati owns 5647 home court victory over Louisville. Coach Buddy Brehmer praised his offense for its performance against Cincinnati's zone defense. He thought his pressing defense worked wonderfully. And he had a kind word for 6-foot-7.

Eugene Moore. collapsing zone defense around Unseld. put his 7-foot center Rich Niemann at midcourt and ran in substitutes after St Louis free throws to slow down UL.) Brehmer wasn't talking about such things, but he did seem to be well pleased with the press. It would be no surprise to see it used against UL tonight. SOLD OUT There are no more tickets available for the Louisville-Cincinnati game Saturday night in Freedom Hall.

1 if if Reds9 Dave Bristol is confident his team will rebound. Bristol Sees Bucs, Giants As Teams to Beat in '67 Manual Star Hackett Signs With Kentucky By BILLY REED Courtt r-Jovnul an TlntM Staff Wrltar Wilbur Hackett Louisville Manual High's All-State fullback, has signed a football letter-of-intent with the University of Kentucky. Hackett, 5-foot-9 and 185 pounds, was signed by UK assistant coaches Phil (Duke) Owen and Jimmy Poynter at 1:15 a.m. yesterday at his home, 1472 Olive Street. Owen made the announcement last night in Lexington.

"By signing Hackett, we feel that our recruiting has equaled last year, if not surpassed it" Owen said. "He is definitely one of the top prospects in the state." Kentucky Showed Most Interest The signing, took place after Hackett returned from a visit to Indiana University, one of some 20 major colleges trying to recruit him. Hackett said he had narrowed the field to Kentucky and Michigan State. "I thought about it a long time," he said last night at his home, "and I finally picked Kentucky because they had shown the most interest, and they seemed to have what I wanted." Hackett will major either in business or pre-denistry at UK. He is a student at Manual.

A son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Hackett he led Manual to the state Class AAA championship and became honorary captain of The Courier-Journal's All-State team by polling more votes than any other player. Offensively, his speed and power paid off in 13 touchdowns as a junior and 1 1 i WILBUR HACKETT Will Play at Kentucky 11 last season. Defensively, he stood out as a middle linebacker.

"He's the best all-around player in Louisville and perhaps in Kentucky," said his coach, Charlie Bentley, a former UK assistant coach. Hackett doesn't know what position he will play at UK, but he feels it won't be fullback. "In your freshman year, they play you both ways and see where you do the best," Hackett said. Hackett is the fourth Negro to sign with Kentucky. Nat Nortnington of Thomas Jefferson and Greg Page of Middlesboro were on last season's freshman team.

Houston Hogg of Daviess County is the only other Negro signed this season. Sullivan Eyes 12th Straight Sullivan Business College's basketball team seeks its 12th straight win tonight, as it plays host to Mountain State College of Parkersburg, W. Va. in Ahrens High School gym at k.s.-i&.i.v--'-jy Coleman is content to pinch hit and fill against certain types of pitching," Bristol went-on. "Coleman has the best pinch-hitting average in the league over the past six years." Bristol doesn't believe the Dodgers will fold because of the retirement of pitcher Sandy Koufax and the trades involving shortstop Maury Wills and outfielder Tommy Davis.

"The Dodgers have a fine organization and a tremendous manager in Walt Alston," he said. "Somehow they always manage to find players to fill the void. They've made some good trades in getting Ron Hunt (Infielder from the Mete), Bob Bailey (infielder from the Pirates) and Bob Lee (pitcher from the Angels). "Pittsburgh and San Francisco should the teams to beat," Bristol said. Other members of the Cincinnati organization attending the press conference were assistant general manager Phi).

Seghi; traveling secretary Paul Campbell, former president of the Louisville Colonels; publicist Hank Zureick, coach Ray Shore and broadcaster Claude Sullivan. In 101-81 Triumph Fairview Center SMtial tt TNt Cwriw-Journal ASHLAND, Ky. Jimmy Day of Fair-view High scored 60 points last night as Fairview downed Wurtland 101-81 in a high school basketball game here. The total is the highest this season for Kentucky high school player, eclipsing the 52 scored by Allen County's Jim McDaniels against Hart Memorial on Dec. 13.

Day, a 6-foot-7 senior, hit on 23 of shots from the field and 14 of 16 from the line. He also grabbed 27 rebounds. Both figures were far above at an he 18 Cawlar Jaanwl aa Ttmtt Mi ST. LOUIS The Missouri Valley Conference has been called both the nation's finest college basketball league and the Valley of Death. Tonight, the University of Louisville, rated third in the nation and running first in the league, finds out why.

plays St Louis in Kiel Auditorium at 9:30. According to the standings, the game seems to be a mismatch. In seventh place, winner just twice in six games, is St. Louis. At the top is Louisville with a 5-1 won-lost record.

What's more, Louisville is 16-2 overall, The UL-St. Louis game tonight will be televised at 9:30 o'clock Louisville by Channel 32. St Louis is 9-7, and Louisville beat St. Louis 7548 in December in Freedom Hall. But that was then, and this is now, and Kiel Auditorium will be jammed with 10,000 people tonight Not many of them are the silent type.

Bands will play, cowbells will ring, cymbals will crash. Kiel is not a nice place to visit. Ask Cincinnati. Cincinnati, too, beat St Louis at Cin Houston to Get Clay's Appeal? Unit Prtu intKMtlMMl World heavyweight champion Cassius Clay was understood last night to be taking his draft deferment case to a Selective Service appeal board in Houston, Tex. Clay, scheduled to fight Ernie Terrell Houston's Astrodome next Monday night, has already applied to his Louisville draft board for a transfer of records, according to the Selective Service chief, Lt Gen.

Lewis B. Hershey. Hershey said Clay has a right to take appeal to Houston if that is his "place of employment." The Selective Service director said was not predicting the result of Clay's new move, but said he thought the matter would be settled promptly in a matter of weeks. Hits 60 Points his season average of, 33.4 points and rebounds a game Picked as the third best player in the 16th Region in a pre-season poll, Day had never played basketball until his junior year, in which he averaged 19 points. He also was chosen on the All-District and AU-Region teams and received honorable mention All-State honors.

To date, Day has received numerous offers from colleges, including Army, Florida State, North Carolina and Day is a straight-A student Editor mentioned above, suggested that we "trap a few hermits." We saw two. Oddly, if I may say so, both were former newspapermen. Wizard Called Oz The first, Rob Roy Ozmer, occupies a tiny shack balanced precariously at the water's edge of a small key near Gomez Point. A tall, thin man, his white beard trimmed neatly, this wizard, called "Oz" for short, was cordial. "I love visitors," he said, "especially those bearing books." We nad no books.

A newspaper wrapped around our lunch drew his interest. "I used to own and edit a little weekly back in my home state of Georgia," he said. Asked why he had isolated himself from the world, he said with a smile, like an actor repeating a line for the millionth time, "Nathan Bedford Forest once said, 'If you can't beat 'em, join Well, I found out about 1948 that I couldn't beat 'em, or join 'em, so I left them." Dog for Company Why did Colonel Taylor make his Bourbon in a castle? 16 in Bahamas, But In Reality, Cup Race Out HIALEAH, Fla. (UPD Bold Hour and Great White Way, highly regarded 3-year-olds who disappointed recently in the Hibiscus Stakes, head a field of 16 classic prospects running today in the Bahamas Stakes at Hialcah Park. Missing are In Reality, the Hibiscus winner, who is simply passing the race, and Cup Race, a half-brother to Grau-stark who bucked his shins in a workout and will be out of action for about three weeks.

Cup Race, who won his only two starts in fine style for Darby Dan Farm, also will miss the Flamingo on closing day. Although Bold Hour, a son of Bold Ruler owned by George D. Widener, was eighth in the Hibiscus, he is expected to be favored. This time the track is expected to be fast rather than muddy. Great White Way, one of several 3-year-old being prepped for the March 3 running of the Flamingo by trainer Eddie Ncloy, finished 13th in the Hibiscus.

This son of Court Martial carries the silks of Ogden Phipps. Reason to Hail, Native Guile and Cool Reception, who was Canada's best 2-year-old last year, also will contest the seven-furlong race. They finished 2-3-4 in the Hibiscus. Trainer Hirsch Jacobs entered Reason to Hail, owned by his daughter, Patrice, and Reflected Glory, owned by his wife, Ethel. Hirsch's brother, Eugene Jacobs, entered Herbert Allen's Native Guile, who will have Braulio Baeza in the irons.

Under the allowance conditions, Bold Hour, with Johnny Rotz scheduled to ride, carries high weight of 122 pounds; The dark bay colt won the Flash, Hopeful and Belmont Futurity last year. KtKON WHISKEY TAYLOR DISTILLERY FRANKFORT lOUISVIUE. KY. SS s'-- i In 1887, Col. E.

H. Taylor, found a limestone spring near Frankfort, 'Don't hermit says 'most visitors just rattle' i By RON COONS Courlw-jwmar in Timet staff WrHtr Cincinnati manager. Dave who wears his baseball uniform as if it were a badge of honor, got a taste of the major leagues for the first time last year. He liked M. In fact, the 33-year-old Bristol expects to be around Cincinnati for a long time.

If that's so, then the Reds will have to show a vast improvement over last year's seventh-place finish. Bristol, speaking at the Reds' annual Caravan at the Sheraton Hotel here, indicated he has forgotten about 1966 and is looking forward to 1967. "We have the nucleus of a sound ball club," Bristol said. "Pete Rose (a second baseman) will probably- open in left field. Pete came to me and said 'You know, Deron Johnson did a pretty good job for us at third base in 1965, so why not put him back there and move Tommy Helms (third baseman) over to second.

And I'll play left field. McCool to be Starter "I don't think Rose will have any problems adjusting to the outfield," Bristol continued. "He's got good speed, has a strong arm and is aggressive. He likes to win and wants to do what's best for the club." Bristol, who replaced Don Heffner as Reds manager last July 13, admits that pitching is Cincinnati's biggest problem. At present, he's counting on reliefer Billy McCool as a starter behind Jim Ma-loney, Sammy Ellis and Milt Pappas.

''And I'm anxious to get another look at Mel Queen," he said. "In the Nicaragu-an Winter League, Queen had a 7-2 record, including four shutouts. His two losses were both by 1-0." Queen, normally an outfielder, converted to pitching in mid-season last year but saw limited action. Cincinnati can't farm him out without exposing him to waivers. Bristol expects Lee May, a rookie up from Buffalo, and Tony.

Perez to battle it out for the first base job. "Gordy By EARL NAPLES, Fla. Some natives call this pretty West Coast town "Little Louisville," because it was founded by Walter N. Haldeman, former owner and publisher of The Courier-Journal. Also, because Marse Henry Watterson, once editor of the paper, made this his summer Others, like Floyd McCauley of Versailles, Julian Walden of Midway and Doug Parrish of Paris, call it "Bluegrass Bay," because Kentuckians from the Blue-grass helped Haldeman form his "Naples Improvement Company" about the turn of the century.

Notable among them were Gen. John Williams of Mt. Sterling and Thomas Stuart of Winchester. Williams was the first to build a home along the sparkling sands of the gulf, and Haldeman was the first to live in it. Rose Cleveland, a sister of Grover Cleveland, then president of the United States, built the second house, and Watterson rented it from her on his first trip down.

Watterson wrote, "Grover ought to come down here and try his luck. I promise to receive him with deputation and to never utter a word about tariff. "Naples isn't a resort," he wrote, "but to the fisher and hunter it is virgin. "Imagine a place where people are condemned to live on young tender venison, bronzed wild turkey, pompano, and sure-enough oysters-" $49,500 Buy When storms drove almost everybody else homeward, Haldeman remained. When his friends sought to dissolve his Naples Company, he called a stockholders meeting in Louisville and bought i out all of his partners for a sum total of $49,500.

1 For his $49,500, Haldeman obtained all of the assets, which included the Naples Hotel, the city's only dock, a sloop known as "Edith," a steamer (used to carry tourists down from Ft Myers) called "Fearless," many other smaller boats, and 8,600 acres of land. He and his sons, Bruce and W. operated the company and virtually ran the city until 1914. The area no longer is virgin, but is more beautiful than ever. It lures sportsmen from as far as Northern Canada.

Fishermen explore the mysteries of tht Ten Thousand Islands extending Rubys Report in be a 34 of IP -4 i A jj ft. v- I at- A Everything's old fashioned about Old Taylor except the people who drink it. Ky. The spring was so perfect he knew he would never want to make Bourbon anywhere else. So, next to his spring, he built his distillery.

And since he was there to stay, he built it to last. Built it in the form of a castle made of the same limestone that was to give his water its intriguing flavor. Does the Colonel's castle make a better Bourbon? Buy a bottle of Old Taylor taste for yourself. STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY, 64 PROOF, THE OLD MliOi 1 RUBY, Courier-Journal Sports southeastward from Gordon Pass at Naples. Many fishermen venture all the way down past Marco Island, past Horse Key, Gomez Point, to Indian Key Pass, which leads inland to "Everglades City, about 30 road miles down the Tamiami Trail from Naples.

Hermits' Heaven Hideaways These clustered islands once were inhabited by Indians, who had a nasty habit of capturing slaves fleeing Alabama and Georgia plantations, and re-enslaving them. The islands also provided hideouts for numerous pirate bands, who caused the disappearance numerous American merchant ships. The islands thus led to America's purchase of Florida from Spain, and the use of troops to kill off the Seminoles and warships to scuttle the pirates. Now quiet and serene, the islands serve as a heavenly haven for an assortment of odd characters who like to fancy themselves hermits. The tradition seems to have been established a century and a half ago by legend of "The Hermit of Black Island." This man, said to have been seldom seen by early settlers, lived on an island off Ft.

Myers. He had a long black beard, was called Black Augustus, and, was said to have been the last of a Portuguese pirate crew. The day being a bit windy and the waters of the area too choppy for enjoyable fishing, Floyd C. McCauley, i Henri-, Watterson at leisure Dismal Island We moved northward, deeper into the islands until we came upon Dismal Key. Around a point of the key we found a crooked little boat dockland a handmade flat boat.

Almost before we had beached our boat, a small black dog pranced down a lane between jungle-like mangroves, barking furiously. Jim Stewart, Louisville's big-game hunter, tossed out a small piece of meat to test the mongrel, before he offered him a chance at a leg. A voice boomed from the mangroves: "Don't worry he's the friendliest watchdog in existence. "Welcome to Gilligan's Island. All the comforts of the city.

Behold my tri-level abode it's been leveled three times by tornadoes, but I manage to patch it up. I like visitors. Come anytime. Don't bother to knock. Most of my visitors just rattle." "You mean you have rattlesnakes here?" Stewart asked, looking back toward the boat.

"Oh, my, yes. Maybe that's why they Continued en Pag Cel. 1 A1 1 KENTUCKY.