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SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 1, 1967 3 Twins' Ermer Is a Parallel to Who-He Guy Walt Alston By ARTHUR DALEY New York Timet Newt Service BOSTON A lot of people could not be blamed for wondering out loud who in the world is Cal Ermer. But he's the manager of the Minnesota Twins. The average fan wasn't even aware of Ermer's existence when he was hauled from obscurity on June 9 to succeed Sam Mele as the manager of a floundering ball club. With quiet efficiency, though, he straightened them out and he was still something of a stranger as he arrived here yesterday for the two-game showdown with the Red Sox. Not long ago the deposed Mele was asked if he had observed any difference in the Twins since his departure.

"Yes," Sad Sam with a sly grin, "they've been winning." There is a peculiar parallel to Walter Alston, another who-he guy, in the undistinguished career of Calvin Coolidge Ermer. In the fashion of the Dodger skipper he may yet achieve with his brain what he failed to achieve with his brawn. "Alston has long been my idol," says Cal, a big and prematurely gray man of 43. "Like him, my total major league experience as a player was one game. Like him, I was an organization man, managing in the minors and hoping to get the call some day to the big team.

"When it came, it was totally unexpected, the climax to a long, nerve- wracking day. I was returning to Denver from Indianapolis. The plane put down in Chicago and almost turned over. We ran through the fringe of a tornado approaching Denver. I was paged at the airport and feared the worst because my family was due to join me there for the summer after the end of the school term.

"But the message was not about them. It was ordering me to go to the ballpark where I was told I was to return immediately to the airport and fly to the Twin Cities to take over the big club. I just made it in time to get a rude indoctrination. Baltimore, my home town, beat us 11-2." Three things happened soon thereafter. Jim Kaat regained his mysterious ly missing touch as a pitcher.

The injured Tony Oliva began hitting again and the dissension that had torn the club apart was smoothed over until it was eliminated. Although the general impression is that this was Ermer's debut as a big league manager, that doesn't coincide with the facts in a left-handed sort of way. "Once I was a big league manager for just one pitch," said Cal with a smile. "In 1962 I was the third base coach for the Baltimore Orioles under Billy Hitchcock. Remember that big rhubarb we had with the Yankees that year? "Bud Daley skulled Boog Powell with a pitch and in the next inning Robin Roberts, our pitcher, threw a ball about eight feet over the head of Roger Maris.

It looked like retaliation and Maris moved toward the mound. Both benches emptied for what looked like a free-for-all. Hitchcock and (Yankee manager) Ralph Houk came at each other. Both were thumbed out. 'Who's in said Harry Schwartz, the umpire, to me.

'Harry Brecheen will make any pitching I said, 'and I'll handle everything said Harry, doing his own nominating, 'that makes you the "Our first hitter, oddly enough, was Dick Williams, the same fellow who in now managing the Red Sox. He bunted the first pitch and the ball hit him. Charlie Berry called him out. I rushed in to protest and Charlie gave me the heave. "So you can see that my total big league managing experience until this year was not even one game.

It was only one pitch." But Ermer has done handsomely. The Twins were playing .500 ball when he arrived and they've been playing close to .600 ball ever since. He's been so fair and firm that his ballplayers hold him in high esteem. THE COURIERJOURNAL TIMES, LOUISVILLE, KY. Silent, Shocked UK Players Remember Mate Greg Page chapter for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

UK president John W. Oswald also will participate. Funeral arrangements in Middlesboro are incomplete, but arrangements have been made to transport the 27 other sophomore football players to the service. They will be his bearers. hours before game time, to return to Middlesboro.

The crowd at Stoll Field paused in prayer before the opening kickoff, and the university has planned a memorial service at the field this afternoon. Among the speakers will be fullback Donnie Britton, president of the local Staff Photo LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) It was a solemn University of Kentucky football team that trooped into the dressing room yesterday afternoon. The players had just lost a game to Mississippi. They had also lost a teammate.

Greg Page, the sophomore defensive end from Middlesboro, who had been paralyzed for 38 days since suffering a spinal injury in pre -season practice, died late Friday night at the University of Kentucky Medical Center. 'Boys Bradshaw Says "The boys were crushed," coach Charlie Bradshaw said of his team's response to the early-morning announcement. "They felt very deeply for Greg." The coach described the 19-year-old physical education major the second Negro ever to receive a UK athletic scholarshipas "very outgoing, very personable." "He was a fine young man," said Bradshaw. "We miss him very much." "He has a fine momma and daddy too," Bradshaw added. Mr.

and Mrs. Robert Page had spent each day since the accident with their son at the medical center where he had been placed in the intensive care ward. The mishap to Page occurred while he and other defensive linemen were undertaking an "explode and pursuit" drill. Clad in shorts and shoulder pads, no contact was to take place, but there was a pile-up and the 6-foot-2, 200-pound Page remained on the ground. Father Visits UK Practice Shortly after the accident, his father attended a practice session and told Greg's teammates, "You all know that Greg is hurt, but don't let that slow you down one bit." Robert Page already had bought tickets for today's game, but he and Mrs.

Page left Lexington at noon, two UK's Dicky Lyons jumps straight up after handing off to Don Britton against Ole Miss. Atlantic Coast South Carolina Shades Duke Southwest Texas Tech From AP and UPI Dispatches John Scovell led a ground attack that riddled Texas almost ait will last night as Texas Tech scored a stunning 19-13 upset over the pre-season Southwest Conference favorites at Austin. It was the first time Tech had beaten Texas in the eight years the Red Raiders have been in the Southwest Conference. Scovell, a 6-foot-2, 185-pound senior, struck suddenly in the second period, scoring one touchdown himself and passing to end Larry Gilbert for another. Texas Tech finished with 310 yards rushing.

Scovell ran the ball 25 times himself for 175 yards, breaking the Tech one-game rushing record of 164 yards set by Donny Anderson in 1964. The Tech quarterback also completed 5 of 19 passes for 74 yards, including the 21-yard touchdown pass to Larry Gilbert in the second period. In other games, Rice, a member of the Southwest Conference, beat Navy 21-7 at Houston while Texas Christian, another Southwest team, lost to Georgia Tech 24-7. Rice used the passing of Robert Hailey and running of L. V.

Benningfield to Upsets Texas break loose for two fourth-period touchdowns. With the score tied 7-7, Rice struck quickly in the last period. Hailey threw a 33-yard touchdown strike to Dickie Phillips, and minutes later, Benningfield, who had fumbled three times earlier in the game, broke through the middle of the Navy line and raced 60 yards for the clincher. Hailey's passing and running accounted for 61 yards in an 81-yard scoring drive that gave Rice a 7-0 lead two minutes before halftime. The scoring came on a 24-yard pass to Benningfield.

John Sias was the hero in Georgia Tech's victory over Texas Christian. TEXAS TECH 3 1J 3 It i TEXAS 4 7 0 013 Tex. Comer, 34, pass from Bradley (kick failed). Tech. FG, Vinyard, 37.

Tech Scovell, 1, run (kick failed). Tech L. Gilbert, 21, pass from Scovell (Vinyard kick). Tex. C.

Gilbert, 80, run (Layne kick). Tech. FG, Vinyard, 54. Attendance (46,000. TCU 0 0 0 77 GEORGIA TECH 0 10 7 724 Tech FG, Carmichael, 32; Tech Slas, 80, pass from King (Carmichael kick); Tech Snow, run (Carmichael kick); Tech Good, 15, run (Carmichael kick); TCU Montgomery, 1, run (Marek kick).

Attendance 55,299. NAVY 0 0 7 0 7 RICE 0 7 0 142! Rice Benningfield 24, pass from Hailey (Kenney kick). Navy Balsly, 7, run (Church kick). Rice Phil-- lips, 33, pass from Hailey (Pustka kick). Rice Ben--ningfield, 60, run (Pustka kick).

Attendance 31,000. Ohio, rebounded smartly and swamped North Carolina 36-11 at Chapel Hill. Southpaw quarterback Bobby Duhon triggered the rout, passing for two touchdowns and gaining 50 yards on the ground before retiring in the third period with Tulane ahead 30-3. Oklahoma, its polished offense clicking as it did in its glory days of the past, shattered Maryland 35-0 at Norman. The shutout was the second straight for Oklahoma, which tied a school record by running up 28 first downs.

Quarterback Gene Arnette ran for four touchdowns and passed for the other as Virginia overran Buffalo 35-12 at Charlottesville. Virginia halfback Frank Quayle led all ground gainers with 151 yards in 14 carries. North Carolina State broke a 10-10 tie in. the final period and downed Florida State fresh off its tie last week with Alabama 20-10 at Tallahassee. The winning touchdown came on a 55-yard drive after Mike Hilka intercepted a pass.

BUFFALO 8 0 6 6 12 VIRGINIA 7 Jl 0 735 VA Arnette, 21, run (Hill kick). VA Arnette, 15, run (Hill kick). VA Arnette, 2, run (Hill kick). VA Serino, 17, pass from Arnette (Hill kick). Buf Jones, 2, run (pass failed).

Buf Jones, 2, run (pass failed). VA Arnette, 46, run (Hill kick). Attendance 16,000. TULANE 3 13 14 3i NORTH CAROLINA 3 0 011 UNC FG, Hartig, 32. Tul.

FG, Pontis, 28. Tul. Trahan, 15, run (Kick failed). Tul. Jones, 6, pass from Duhon (Pontius kick).

Tul. Guibry, 37, run (Pontius kick). Tul. Loftin, 20, pass from Duhon (Pontius kick). UNC Zeamtis, 1, run (Bomar run).

Tul. Darnley, 18, run (kick failed). Attendance 32,000. SOUTH CAROLINA 7 0 7 721 DUKE 0 10 0 7-17 SC Lucas, recovered fumble In end zone (Poole kick). Duke Calabrese, 1, run (Riesenfeld kick).

Duke FG, Riesenfeld, 37, SC Fair, 8, run (Poole kick). Duke Calabrese, 1, run (Riesenfeld kick). SC Muir, 1, run (Poole kick). Attendance 25,000. MARYLAND 0 0 0 0-0 OKLAHOMA 7 21 7 0-35 Okla Killlngsworth, fumble recovery In end zone (Vachon kick).

Okla Hlnton, 5, run (Vachon kick). Okla Owens, 5, run (Vachon kick). Okla Shotts, 56, run (Vachon kick). Okla Zabel, 19, pass from War-mack (Vachon kick). Attendance 46,500.

NC STATE 0 10 0 10-20 FLORIDA STATE 0 0 10 0-10 NCS Bowers, 49, run (Warren kick). NSC FG, Warren, 24. FSU Sellers, 25, pass from Paicic (Guthrie kick). FSU FG, Guthrie, 23. NCS FG, Warren, 40.

NCS Barchuk, 1, run (Warren kick). Attendance 34,573. The Brats Pact White Sox Give Stanky New Four-Year Contract CHICAGO (AP) The Chicago White Sox yesterday gave manager Eddie Stanky a new four-year contract with a raise in pay. Stanky, who originally signed a three-year pact beginning in 1966 and had it extended one year in 1967, now has a contract running through the 1971 season. General manager Ed Short said the Sox had wanted to extend Stanky's contract earlier in the season but were hoping to so with a pennant-clinching ceremony.

This was not possible, however, because the White Sox were eliminated from the American League pennant race Friday night when they dropped a 1-0 decision to the Washington Senators. "I hope this sets a precedent for other managers in baseball," said Stanky. "There is too much releasing of managers after one year. From AP and UPi Dispatchei South Carolina stormed 47 yards lor a touchdown in the closing seconds, then fought off a Duke rally to capture a 21-17 Atlantic Coast Conference football struggle yesterday at Durham, N.C. Fullback Warren Muir plunged over from the one with 40 seconds left for the touchdown that gave unbeaten South Carolina its third straight win.

Duke then rolled to the South Carolina 17 where an interception ended the threat. Tulane, upset last week by Miami of OLE MISS' FIELD GOAL try is a good rush put on by UK's Al for Keyes. victory over East Tennessee. Tennessean Wallace (not pictured) recovered the ball. WESTERN KENTUCKY'S Mike Phelps dives for a loose ball during action yesterday in a 6-3 RUBY'S REPORT Golden GirVs Team Victor Continued from Page 1 wild "They aren't gonna punt," some fans cried.

Phipps got the ball from center, slipped, almost fell, then picked out end Beirne far downfield and let the ball fly. Beirne snagged it high in the air and was nailed on the three. With the stands fairly shaking with stomping and jumping rooters, Williams plunged over for the touchdown. Then the Boilermakers gave their cohorts another thrill. Instead of the kick formation, they came out for a two-pointer.

Staff Photo Larry Baltzell. The former Eastern High School star picked his way beautifully around tacklers to the goal then kicked the extra point to make it 28-21. Eight minutes left. Hanratty's arm seemed to improve with adversity, and again he began hitting impossible marks. Two misses and he tried an impossible one.

It was fourth and 11 on the 20. He was rushed. The ball fell short of the bomb, and Purdue took over. Three minutes to go. A Purdue punt past midfield.

A desperation pass by Hanratty far down-field intercepted by Keyes. The stands rocked and the clock clicked on One minute to go. Time ran out, the stands ran all ovir the place and tears of joy ran down the cheeks of Purdue's nationally known Golden Girl majorette and her court of pretty cheerleaders. Lakers Wallop Bullets PORTLAND. Ore.

(UPI) Archie Clark, Jerry Chambers and Elgin Baylor paced the Los Angeles Lakers to an easy 143-116 National Basketball Association exhibition victory over the Baltimore Bullets Friday night. Clark and Chambers put in 24 points! each and Baylor 21 to send the Lakers off to an early lead. Top scorer for the Bullets was Jack Marin with 18. Staff Phots good by Jimmy Keyes, despite Phaneuf. Jimmy Wallis holds Phipps passed again right over the line to Beirne in the end zone.

The score was 14-7, and all Lafayette was one big roar. Tied Up The celebration was shortlived. The Irish bounced back immediately. Hanratty passed and picked his way all the way downfield to the one-yard line Then Rocky Bleier threw his body (and ball) over the line for a touchdown. A good boot tied the score 14-14.

And both sides wondered why the Irish hud not gone for two and the lead. Later, they learned it would not have helped. Fateful Fourth Opening the fourth quarter, the Boilermakers faced a fourth-down-and-three situation downfield and again went for broke when fans expected a goal try Leroy Keyes rammed the line for the first down on the Irish 11. Then Phipps passed perfectly to the same Keyes for a touchdown and Baltzell made the extra point that put Purdue ahead by 21-14. Lightning Struck Twice Hanratty's arm and Paul Snow's long reach, plus another straight boot by Azzaro in less time than it takes to tell it tied the game again 21-21 with 11 minutes left.

Helped by a 15-yard penalty when a defender grabbed a Purdue face mask, the Boilermakers boiled downfield again and set the stage for Baltzell's play. When 31 yards out, Phipps flipped to Purdue Surprises No. 1-Ranked Notre Dame 28-21 Continued from Page 1 jured left ankle and remained there as lofted a pass to Jim Beirne that went to down pass, this time to Paul Snow from a helpless spectator. the three. the 27-yard line, ing to the legend of this campus that Two third-d own completions ma- When Williams slammed across on the That, however, was to be Hanratty's sophomore quarterbacks upset Notre neuVered Purdue into position for its next Plav PhiPPS fired a two-point con- last gasp as Phipps hit Baltzell with his Dame.

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