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WEST ^AfcM-BEACHrgUt f ! (AP) — Gil Hodges, manager of baseball's New York Mets, died Sunday in a hospital here after collapsing in his motel
He hit more'home mis,S70,
IN THE SPRING OF »6*-GI! H e d g e s h s h e w % tTPl fge photo before start al 1999 Trtto a staffed rabbit wWcb a fan kad sent l a k i n as a goad Inc* piece. Tbe New Ynrk
Met* aiider Badges* leadership, stonned toe hasebill warid that year by winning the Wertt
irr day at the age ef 47.
maritan HospiUl said Hodges, '47, died of a heart attach He 'had been stricken with a mild heart attack ki 1968 but recovered and came back to manage the Mets to the World Series
! championship one year later.; ! An official at the Ramada Inn said Hodges collapsed while walking to his room. It was believed that he was returning from playing golf on the motel's golf course. . ; . -
He was lake© to the hospital about 5 p.m., EST/ -
His death came just one day after the start of major league baseball's first general strike and four days before the scheduled start of the 1972 season?
Hodges, a one-time All-Star first biseman with the old
{Brooklyn Dodgers, began his ! managing career with the [Washington Senators in the middle of the 1963 season. :
—He remained with 4he Sena* jtors four more seasons before returning to his hometown to manageJthe the 1968 season. - v ; r ,
i .Hodges was stricken with a miid heart attack on Sept 24, 1968, when the dub was in Atlanta for a game. He sat out the rest of the season and came back to lead New York to its first World Championship in 1969. ^ c •. -.;. ;_ * -"...&• t ^ . . ,• •••• -f^.- .:-.r::l%->
He was hailed by some as a genius for his manipulation of players. His two-put toou system was cited as one of the mala rawons for the filets' 1969 World Series victory over Balti-
distinguished career aa a play- who said tf J^mm^kml er. ^ . ^ ^^-^^ - \han*: "Witt. ttos,-tori - ifttat's
happened to Campy and a lot of the other guys we played with, it scares you, I've been somewhat shocked by it an. I have tremendous feelings fof Gil's family and kids." -v . > i ^ ' i :
Hodges Is survived by ids widow, Joan, and three daughters and a son. -^•',-^^^v*-:?,
aPresiaigpiiMica" y * <&
than any mother right handed batting first baseman in Na
* *. ~ r /. ~ i •«" l U o n a l League history; collected A spokesmm at Good Sa- t 5till-standing record of 14 c*
reer grand slam homers; had seven successive seasons of 190 or more runs batted in, and was one of only six players to hit four home runs in one game. He accomplished the latter feat Aug. U, i960 Sgainst the old Boston Braves at Brooklyn's Ebbet* Field, -^f I
A companion front that old Brooklyn team, catcher Roy CampaneUa* currently lies critically til tf a Valhalla, N.Y.
fhospitaL v..A---:» i'.-v-'> ,*' >V A n o t k e x .teimnwte' i t
Brooklyn was Jackie Robinson,
NEW YJQRK |AP) ^ The Montreal Canadiens struck for four first-period goals, two of them while sfcorthanded, th&i held off a furious New York raHy to defeat the Bangers 64 Sunday to toeir National Hockey League regular season ft-jnale. ..-•• -,,*** :i ,i"- • --.. -*£&& ••*
t f i e I n t i m i t y Wevisisd g S B t t T f ^ ^ Pete Mahovlich ^anvned in a rewound, then toe Canadiens made it t-0 25 seconds later as Jacques Lemaire scored.' .^ .
Waft T^cauk-cut the « o i t treal k « d in fatif at fee 9:99 mark tat with lefts tha* tfx mdmites to go in the period, the
Willi ju«Jt«M seconds gone ia ]Canadiens. one—tea*—short .
Roberts -and -MahovHch-Ws second of the game arai 99th ol the ;season—in .* »-second
Campy t^niaiiis seriously ill
*^Tfe Bangers trimmed the margin to 4 4 midway in the aecood period as V k HadfieM, en route to becoming <mly the sixUi utaifrt tn NHL ftWwy U>
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^VALHALLA, N. Y. iAP) ~ Basebafl Hall ef famer Ray Caayanella remained tn
said the former catcher far the feeoklym Dodgers spent
cwdtti— Sunday at Gratstaadt H a ^ t a i wfare he kas been cenfteed sinee
ed hfs tf mpifcta4affl T pplaa.
onds apart. '••:v;:--*;\^i-:"^-- T > ^ But goals fcy Marc tardif and
Larry Pieau wrapped up the Montreal victpry in period fafdre Brad P i « TOT Handfield dosed the scoring fof
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m o r e , '•_ ...:.>,.-* •;• ••..;.; <.\ /:_;-'-.,:.-;..,. Tbe satisfaction for Hodges
was two-fWd, since he was a member-of die original Mela when they were a weak expansion t e i m hi 1962.
B e t e e being selected in the expanskm draft from the Dodger organization, Hodges had ft
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I ^ W YC«K (AP> S^SWCtog major league TasebaH players continued to scatter to their homes Sunday while representatives of both sides discussed the pension dispute that threat-ened to delay the 1971 season opening, scheduled for Wednesday. *,-,. ^.u&i^^i-:'-"-^- -^-
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tory Owner BiB Barthdomay of
the Atlanta Braves said "every eftort"Wffl be nSae^toTfWH a team on opening day. even If It means using minor leaguers, ,
NegoHatortt lor .both sides
GIL HODGES
met Sunday for the second straight day and reported no progress in their 90-minute talks. John Gaherin, representing the owners, said he and Marvin Miller, executive direc
tor bf the striking Players Association, had agreed to talk again Mwiday^ w o ^ r > " - " .
•The situation remains the same," said Gaherin foBowing Sundays talks. "There is no progress towaxdi a rseWe-m e n t . * ;\\-•&*&&•-*%&*•• '-^^^
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speed in the meetings Saturday *o& Sunday hid been Uttd W "repfearing and reviewing po-sitions. Reafiy it's been rather fruitlesa." - ^ i j ^ - ^ ^ - ^ . y . -
meeting w<wrid probably be en-large from the one-on-w• altn-ation he has been in witb Gane-rin. "He's taBdng about a trite committee tomorrow and XH probably have one too," MiHer
isaid. .. ...'.-..- --•;.-,-;•• •-* ^.^•v.-;-" Miller said that independent
actuaries were looking at the pian to determine the feasibility of the increased payments demanded by the players: ; ^
•There is a yave # ^ e r that, the strike could affect the opening of the season/' Gaherin said after Saturday's meeting.
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iment tttl< ^v^-^^heGtat< ^%;.^tege basket -B^5^hki briffiac > ^ - performanc v. -^S^ptos 'the 1 ^'v-^fValuable I •^•-f%;Dest Offens -^'^^.JLacey wa
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^BUFFALO, ^N.Y. | A P ) P-Gerry Meehan Mapped borne a 90-foot shot with just four seconds k i t in the game to give
the final [the Buffalo Sabres a 3-2 victory over the Uritedetphl* flyers in the Na«6te l tto&k? Le&gli
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Stanley Cap playoffs, finished in the East Division,
point ahead of MM Oana-
loss, xonpled with Pitts-' Vi«fl!y 6Wir S t
[Louis on 1be final night of the NliL's regular season, knocked l i e Flyers out of the Stanley
Palmer f aderaCtei^isalbwiijB 16th ..... '•fe'U^.V. ^ ^ ^ | .
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5 GEJEENSBORO^NC (AP) ~ : George Ardier defeated Tom-
my Aaron on the second bote Of «xkte» death—set op by an Ar-4»kl Palmer <»napse—for fte
of494K9 first prize Sunday to the
.tournament. The *4»t4 Archer
second titie of Ae year wli» he { scored a routine par three on gKrlfth ~BSB£-*A&*^^ iPalmer
Ms Awnf aB—as Jhe Aaron took fewr
afrokea, indndteg a j>enalty,
Arcber tapped In for Ids par.
Archer had a Oim-unrier«par 91 ia tie last of Sandals two rounds and Aaron had a 97 to tie at the end of the regulation 72 boles at TTL ^^.^y.^^^^%
Palmer had a two-s<r^e lead
a Aort pntt]rDond but hooked Ida tee shot into a sfeaBow creek, elected to play out, dumped his third MK* in a trap and finished with a
i triple bogey six that dropped him one stroke beMnd the lead-
• era* ,.,v^.^- .^^ .v:- -*»•-"•#% j The disappctoted Palmer ftar ished wtth a 79 and 279
j He was tied at that figsre, V under par on the wet Country Cttb oovie, w*ti Dave Stockton, j»d JC.
adked a lady in the tent bow long we tad for lunchI and the said 94 inimHes: 96 fwas kt a kurry to get/back io ffae faoteL
*'Wbm I got there, I said to niy wjfc>^l thipk I forgot to
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B e lmmedlatery started back to the course and encountered general chairman John Fartis
t f The New York Nets had lost
one of their key players and were playfisg without the home-court advantage. They really needed something big to beat Ihe Kentucky Oolonets. j ^ : ^
•cored 59 points. ,-^ *Tve Jbeeai long
said Barry after pouring in ID points In the s*smd half to lead
s to a lffi-196
,eraging only five potots a game
Wumph over the Colonels Saturday in their American Bas-kefbaB JUsodation *playolf aeries.- ;??U" ••„-„..,, y^ *..';. , :y •., ^-.
.The victopy,1*e flrst for New York in Louisvffle this season and* fashioued wlllwui Uijmed gUUd BIB? M^HKHIIll, WVe L ^ -rt fl~ Tiiitian pftHic Kair-fiSTNets a 1-9 lead In the best- H^md. rnK«mm f«r the first Nets a 14 lead In the best-
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Virginia lhattiniered the Ftor-idians 125-199 and took a *9 lead in the other East semifinal series. Denver upset Indiana
W^tm-m to tie their West J>ivi-> ^ ^ ^ i a l o n set at M and Uah took a
^ ^ | & ^ ^ # I 4 leadin the other West semi ^ ^ ^ ^ l ^ a i t a f t i by beating Dallas 19641 .. r ^ ^ l S 2 ^ ^ ' ^ ; c T h e ABA; piayoft continue
Monday nigWt with Dafiaa vis-Uing Utah.—-/, . •>' - / . .
*ew Yor* bad only a $442 lead at ksOftime before Barry opened op from al an^es of the court, to oiMo his 20-point performance to toe SrsTlSY. The Nets rote Banys blazing shooting to a I9M9 lead with 9:94 left ^ ^ I m e , ^ InfSr Barry. > I ,did things wefl at toe start and then just kept going/* ^
iMios Erving MA Adrian fSmfth combiittd for 51 points to lead Virginia over the Florid-ians. Erving sewed a game
qffegh 27 points while Srattfc, av-
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Player had puOed a 54-boJeo© toe way. Fortos kad focal of W, 19^nder p » » d e r a « r d . mad traded leader Bmce Cntnapton that tzaae. , - ^z
*T* && & * e whea he was* J*e returned to toe haired from teeii* off lar the formed Jack !«&&. head of fhial It boie* itoe Tocrnament Pltyers DrH- \ ^
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Ralph Simpson fired to two field goals in the final minute to lead Denver past Indiana.
*TKB a happy man toni^it," said A k x Haanum, the Denver c o a d t v*TWs_ii toe happiest W v e been a l year. Indiana is one of toe best teams in pro basketball, but we match up well again* them." , , ^ « ^ r .
Hanflum, referring to Simp^j aon*s winning basket wHh 11 seconds to go t said: "You go to your power In a Mtuati that Ralph is a great player . . . , 4»r best offensive weapon."
Simpsons y potots led aB scorers as the Roacets"w^H
groonda Coliseum for the first
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Boston 196, Atlanta HI, Boston leads besUrf-7 series M .
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dressing room was off Bmtts to reporters after-toe centeje. -«—r_
Jimmy Jones gunned to 27 points l o l e a d U l a l over DaBasl Jones, who scored 16 of his points M toe second hrf , sparked his team to a I^pdm advantage early to toe fourth quarter and toe defending ABA
games were cance&d—wito the players seeking additional con-trBxitions from . t o e owners aboye toe one-andKM^r Mer of •400,000 tor toe heaHh 9kr¥ seg-mem ft the pension package.
Terry Harmon, .toe Ptala-
sentative, said: *'» m w a g e -ment doesn't come along with a guide settlement, we're prepared to sit tt out as i*ng as it takes.** - > : ; v -• .•*>>• w - " ,,
A major atiroWlag block to settlement of the dispute Js an 991^909 surplus in the pension fund, resulting from increased Interest rates on bans , over-
and overestimating payments foe permanently dis-afeled payers,
,Tbe jAayers contend that the ^ $917.000, t tos joe jnore .than
$11,900 from eadi of the 24 ma Jor league c W » , woold jnake rip ike 1? per cent tocreaae they are seeking.' -'-•^^v ..^:-^ ;• * .'*-
But Michael Burke, president of toe New York Yankees, said that "taking out toe escrow would undermine toe fund, according to our actuaries. Part
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that such a maneuver mlgM in-vulvg radlu-televlslun—rebater and tharsSSwTtidEet hoGlers probably ceold demand iwtonds m& my wLiuri JiiWig majui
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^nar" to - h a w ^wdeapread - s ^ l n o t - s e i lously -awaJdered,^ s a ^ r ^ port among other executives. . 1 Cashen. ^Spec ^Richardson, .general
manager of toe Rouston Astros, said there has been no thought o f fining the roster with minor leaguers. ^^-^.'\ -^• . , ^ c ^ v
^We've got a nujor league todl rfrib," said RichardsoiL
3tilj Cowan, player representative of the CaHtonia Angels, was disturbed by the Barthoio-may suggestion. ^ > ^ ^ - v
"1 donH think it does either side Miay good when statements are made that are snauow tn thought or threatening," said Cowan. . ^ . 1 ^ - -•- , r - ; - ^ l L
"We're charging major league prices and the fans are entitled to see toe b e s t 0 .
;Hie Asfros were scheduled to . ^ , # play Cindnnatf Tn the "ofly ^ O i a i l i p l a i l l l o O p game Wednesday. ^The other f . - V i T
;f | teams were scheduled to begin m e e t s 1 U e S C i a y Tlwraday and fr^^^^^^^-^^^
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Yirgfcda' 12S, >iori&aw 196, fused to comment on Bartooio-Virgtoia lends best-ef=? aeries, mayV suggestion, a^ough he 24 w - - ; v > : jhad JaM earlier that toe Reds
, Weetera Canlerence j ^ such a team/ Deuver 106, Indiana 105, Denh] JPraak Ca&en, eaeecntive vice
w BOW tied to ,ft»*-crf-7 aer» • president of toe Baltimore On-las, M ; - 1 _ ^ i o l e a , » w problems Jf ^ i ^ dUtah 196, -DaBts M, Ttahjieams decided to^topOTt minor
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