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Col's Colts Has Array Of Pro Talent
THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1961
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By OTTO BEATTY JR.'
Minor league football has come
to Columbus tn the form of the Columbus Colts. The Colts are a part
of the new United Football league,
which is the same as AAA baseball or one step below the NFL.
Last years Columbus Colts became
the Ohio Colts. This year's outfit
Is almost an entirely different
hall cub. There are two separate
teams tn Ut* city now.
The Columbus Colts sports an
aggregation of players that were
sent down from the pro ranks to
get a little more seasoning In the
ways of pro football. It ts not an
amateur team and has some of
. the best young players In the midwest. The Colts arc a professional
team with professional talent and
will play in a professional league
with game tn Jets stadium.
THE NAME "Coif Is not representative of the size of the ball
carriers and certainly not the
massive lino that the team has
assembled- Coach Gene Fckete has
an array of backfie'd talent to
pick from, both local and imported. The starting left halfback was
a tnssup between Chuck Comer,
the former East High snd Bow-ling
Green star, who was with the
Buffalo Bisons, or I«e*-e Williams
who playd his hall at Ohio State.
To contain the passing attack of
the team* in the league. Fekete
has teamed up Williams with Tec-
';   Hansley,  another Ohio Stater, I
to play the deep safety men on
defense. But Williams is the swiftest afoot and will see plenty of offensive action, along with tils punt
returning duties.
At the fullback position will be
Hal Ward, who played at Columbus
South and wenl to California to
play his college ball. He was with
Boston at the start of the season.
Also playing fullback with Ward
will be Dean Porter, the much
talked about Miami star, if Porter plays full time defense then
the offensive job goes to Ward or
Jack  Armstrong.
Right half back duties will be
shared by Geno Setts], the Iowa
flash who was injured^in his last
season and former East High
star. Al Jordan. Speaking of East
High School stars. Earl Murray Is
In the back-field, and Aaron {Tufty)  Smith  ln  on  the  line.
THK OFFENSIVE line looks as
though it should open enough
holes for a wide open running
game to complement tbe pas-ing
arm   ot  Frank   Krembtas.
From tackle it looks like this:
Ernie Spychalski, **«5; Don Young.
_*".* James Nemec, 315: Alvaro
Martin, 318, and Al Crawford, 380.
Alvaro is from Canton and played
with Colorado.
The passing game rides on
Krembtas. because on this team
he has excellent receivers in the
bactrfieid with Comer, Set-si, Purler, Ward, W*Qliarns and Haosle*.,
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SPORTS CLEANINGS
By BILL BELL • Sport. Editor
CHICK COMES . . . halfbsek
HAL WOOD . . . fullback
and a glue-fingered crew at ends.
The Colts obtained Michigan
State's Tom Vernon, who last year.
In a Franklin Miners* uniform,
gave the Colt's defenders a night
mare of an eventng.
At tbe o'her end is Jay Anset
trom-   Miami    university,    which
0 IT APPEARS that we baseball tans and sftortswriters, who had
written nff the National League pennant rac* as a two-team fight between the Cincinnati Reds and the Los Angeles Dodgers, had better
revise our thinking. The San Francisco Giants have come on with a
rush, winning 13 of their last 14 games. They have done It the hard
way, sweeping a series from the Dodgers, and Tuesday night, th*
Giants humiliated tlie league-leading Red* by taking a doubleheader,
13-3 and 15-3, on the Reds' home field.
Thc double win put th* Giants five games off first place and within 2'i games ot the fading second-place Dodgers.
St. Louis kicked the Dodgers, 8-4, lo give the West Coasters an
eight-game losing streak, their longest since 1848.
0 OVER IN the American league, the Detroit Tigers refuse to
concede the flag to the mighty N. York Yankees, despite the fact that
the Yankees have the super stars of the league. The Tigers are stilt
sticking ln there, only two games behind the Yanks.
The Tigers have had the pitching for several years, but they were
weak fn the other departments, which forms that straight line through
the pitcher's box. In two years, they picked up three sepia player*
f which plugged three of the holes In the dike.
Their first acquisition was Chlco Fernander. from th* Philadelphia Phillies, to fill the gap at shortstop. They had one of the league'*
top second basemen In Frank Boiling, but while they had three good
outfielders, none of them were good centertielder*.
0 THE MILWAUKEE Braves needed a top second baseman and
were willing tb sacrifice a centertielder, becsuse they felt that they
could shift Hank Aaron from right lo the centerfield print.
1: The Tigers' scouts told tlie fiont office that they had a young ten
lad In the minors, who could fill Boiling's place at short. Tha Tiger*
decided to take the gamble and traded Bulling for Bill Bruton, They
brought Jake Wood Up from the minors. These moves •trengthened
them from a second division team to a pennant contender.
It did not hurt them too much offensively. Although Bruton ha*
not hit American League pitching with the stmt consistency that h*
hammered National League hurlers, he has 12 homers, 40 runs batted
in and a .2**. hatting average.
Wood and Fernandez are each hitting .361. Wood has nine homers
and 48 RBIs. Chico has three homers and SS RBIs. Another lad who
has contributed a lot to the Tigers' cause Is rookie o*_L***'dcr Bubtia
Morton. Bubba has hit timely and well. Mg*"-- Bob Scheffing has a
high opinion of his ability to hit under pressure. Scheffing paid him
the supreme compliment Saturday night in a game with the Red Sox.
Morton was sent In to pinch hit wilh only one strike left.
Dick McAuliffe, the third baseman, had fouled off the first two
strikes, trying to bunt Bubba was sent In to hit for Dick. He responded with a single, which won the game, 8-2.
0 ELSTON HOWARD of the Yankees regained the batting lead
last week, with a .853 average.   Lenny Green and Earl Battey, two of
the Minneapolis Twins' Big Guns, raised their mark* above .80Q.  They
are both hitting .303.
Floyd Robinson, the rookie White Sox outfielder, is .SOS,
The veteran American League stars are having a hard time at th*
plate this season.   Minnie Minoso and Al Smith, who were the Whit*
Sox siege guns in past seasons, are .375, which is around 38 points below their lifetime averages.
Vic Power of the Cleveland Indians (s having the worst season he
has had since he came up with the Philadelphia Athletics.   He 1* .887.
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0 THE PITTSBt-KGH Pirates may have slumped, but Roberto
Clemento has not. The steel-armed right-fielder continues to lead tie*
senior circuit with a lusty .387.
Two of the reasons why ttt* Cincinnati Reds are still leading the
-league are'Vada Pinson and Frank Robinson.   Vad* is second in "_"*•»
ting, with .336. and has 93 RBIs,   Robinson leads ln homers and i ■
with Orlando Cepeda in RBIs, and is third in hitting.  He is 84. 184 and
333. respectively.
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0THF. JET* return to th* stadium Tuesday night for a series with
Richmond. The from ofiice announced that thi* wiU be a special first-
nighter 9*03* and all fans will h* admitted to any seat in the stands,
with the exception of the box •eats, for 3L
. .-J?,""*.** "''I" * th* *** lMi«* N1«ht ** *h* *ea«on and It will be
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