The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, August 11, 1966, Image 8

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    THE BATTALION
Page 8 College Station, Texas Thursday, August 11, 1966
Houston To Play
At Home Monday
The Houston Astros open a 13-
game home stand on Monday that
will bring the Atlanta Braves,
Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Card
inals and Chicago Cubs into the
Astrodome for their final 1966
appearance.
The long home stand will be
highlighted by many extra at
tractions.
The Braves meet the Astros in
three night games Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday. Monday
night will feature a home run
hitting contest among Hank
Aaron, Joe Torre and Felipe
Alou, three of the leaders in home
runs this season, and John Bate
man, Dave Nicholson and Chuck
Harrison.
Tuesday will be family night
★ ★ ★
Astros Feature
’40’s Stars
A pitching staff of Howie Pol-
let, Harry Gumbert, Red Munger,
Red Murff and John Berly will
pitch to the Mancuso brothers,
Gus and Frank, and Hal Smith
for the Houston Oldtimers in the
second annual Oldtimers game
Aug. 20 in the Astrodome.
The former American and Na
tional league stars now living in
Houston will play the Stars of
the Forties in a game of “re
member when” prior to the game
at 7:30 between the Houston As
tros and the Cincinnati Reds.
There are plenty of good seats
available for this game.
Pollet, now a successful insur
ance man, was one of the all-
time great lefthanders on the St.
Louis Cardinals. He also played
for the Pittsburgh Pirates and
Chicago Cubs during his major
league career from 1941-56 and
posted a 131-116 major league
career record. He helped the
Cardinals to win the 1946 pen
nant and World Series, winning
21 games, and posted an earned
run average of 2.10, both top
marks for the league that year.
Pollet pitched for the Houston
Buffs in 1939, 1940 and 1941,
winning 12 straight games in
1940, and a no-hitter in 1941.
Gumbert pitched for the New
York Giants, St. Louis Cardinals,
Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh
Pirates in a 15-year major league
career. He had a 143-113 career
record and pitched in 507 games,
2,156 innings. Gumbert led
the National League in games
pitched in 1948, with 61, and he
pitched in six W o r 1 d Series
games, with the New York
Giants in 1936 and 1937, and
with the St. Louis Cardinals in
1942.
Munger, who is a native Hous
tonian, played professional base
ball from 1937 through 1951, in
cluding the last eight years with
the St. Louis Cardinals. He
missed all of 1945 and 1946 sea
sons due to military service. He
had a 74-48 major league record.
Murff, now a scout for the
New York Mets, pitched six
years of minor league ball, 1950
through 1955, including three
years with Dallas in the Texas
League. He was with the Mil
waukee Braves for the 1956 and
1957 seasons in a total of 26
games before retiring.
Berly, a successful insurance
man in Houston, pitched in the
majors in 1924 with the St. Louis
Cardinals, then again in 1931
with the New York Giants and
finished his major league career
in 1932 and 1933 with the Phila
delphia Phillies, appearing in 65
big league games with a 10-13
career record.
Gus Mancuso had 18 seasons
in the majors, catching 1,460
games with the St. Louis Cardi
nals, New York Giants, Chicago
Cubs, Brooklyn Dodgers and the
Philadelphia Phils. He had a
lifetime batting average of .265,
and caught many of the game’s
great pitchers. He batted .298
or better in four seasons, includ
ing .366 in 76 games in 1930 and
.348 in 52 games in 1938.
Frank Mancuso, a Houston city
councilman, played four seasons
in the majors with the St. Louis
Browns and the Washington Sen
ators, batting .241 in 337 games.
Hal Smith, who had nine sea
sons in the majors, was consid
ered one of the best defensive
catchers in baseball in his years
with the Baltimore Orioles, Kan
sas City Athletics, Pittsburgh
Pirates and Houston Colt 45s.
Smith probably is best remem
bered for his dramatic home run
for the Pirates in the 1960 World
Series to put the Pirates in the
9-7 eighth inning lead in the
game in which Bill Mazeroski hit
the series-winning homer.
as all kids, 14 or under and ac
companied by a parent will re
ceive a $1.50 reduction on box and
reserved seats. Wednesday will
be ladies night with all ladies
receiving a dollar reduction on
all tickets.
The red-hot Reds move in
Thursday night games Aug. 18,
19 and 20, and a 1:30 game on
Aug. 21. Each youngster who at
tends the Thursday night game
will receive an individual auto
graph picture of each Astro play
er.
On Aug. 20 one of the top fea
tures will be the “Stars of the
Forties” meeting the “Houston
Oldtimers” in the second annual
Oldtimers Game at 6:30 p.m.
prior to the regular Astro-Reds
Game. Dizzy Dean, Bob Feller,
Joe Medwick, Terry Moore, John
ny Mize and many other greats
of the past will participate in the
game.
The Cards then move in for
night games Aug. 22, Aug. 23
and Aug. 24. Family night will
be on Aug. 22 and Aug. 24 will
be ladies night.
Leo Durocher will bring his
lip, sneakers and Cubs into the
Dome for night games Aug. 26,
and Aug. 27 and a 1:30 game on
Aug. 28.
The final weekend of the home
stand will be “Out-of-Town Ap
preciation Weekend” as the As
tros pay special tribute to all of
the out-of-town fans. All out of
Houston fans who attend, the
Aug. 27 and Aug. 28 game will
receive a 64-page full color sou
venir book of the Astrodome plus
valuable prizes to be given to
some fortunate fans.
Aug. 26 will be “Back to School
Night” with all school children
receiving a $1.50 reduction on
box and reserved seats.
The Aug. 26-28 weekend will
also feature the finals in the
“Miss Astro” contest.
Plenty of seats are still avail
able for all these games at the
Astrodome, the Foley’s Stores
in Houston, at most Trans-Texas
Airways ticket counters through
out the southwest and by mail
ing check or money order to
Tickets, Houston Astros, Box
1691, Houston. Box seats are
$3.50 and reserved seats $2.50.
HOME STAND
AT A GLANCE
Monday, Aug. 15 — Atlanta —
Home Run Hitting Contest
Tuesday, Aug. 16 — Atlanta —•
Family Night
Wednesday, Aug. 17 — Atlanta
— Ladies Night
Thursday, Aug. 18 — Cincin
nati — Autograph Photo Night
Friday, Aug. 19 — Cincinnati
Saturday, Aug. 20 — Cincin
nati — Second annual Oldtimers
Game at 6:30
Sunday, Aug. 21 — Cincinnati
at 1:30
Monday, Aug. 22 — St. Louis
— Family Night
Tuesday, Aug. 23 — St. Louis
Wednesday, Aug. 24—St. Louis
— Ladies Night
Thursday, Aug. 25 — off day
Friday, Aug. 26 — Chicago —
School Kids Night
Saturday, Aug. 27 — Chicago
— Out - of - Town Appreciation
Night
Sunday, Aug. 28 — Chicago at
1:30 — 1 Aut-of-Town Apprecia
tion
A&OTs Camilli
Selected To
Baseball Team
Lou Camilli, 19-year-old El
Paso junior at Texas A&M, has
been selected to play on the All-
American baseball team.
The elite diamond unit will
face the combination Hawaiian-
Japanese All-Stars Aug. 19-27
in Honolulu, Hawaii.
The Aggie third baseman was
elected to the 1966 All-Southwest
Conference baseball team and
was a draft choice of the Wash
ington Senators of the American
League, but has not signed a
contract yet.
“Lou will return to A&M in
September to begin his junior
year,” A&M baseball coach Tom
Chandler said.
Chandler, at the same time,
announced the signing of Richard
Backest of Paris Junior College.
Backest was an All-American
Junior College infielder and led
his team to the Junior College
World Series this past season,
Chandler said.
Backest, a graduate of Denison
High School, will major in biolo
gy at A&M.
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