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Yankees captain was

* Ohio on Thureda:

killed in plane crash

NEW ‘YORK (AP) —
: ‘Federal Aeronautics Ad-
: Minlstration officials in New
‘York said New York
‘Yankees catcher and team
: captala Thurman: Munson
was killed in a plane crash at
Canton-Akron Airport in
y afternoon.
FAA duty officer William
. Nantz saldMu ron, %, a
native of Akron, Ohio, who
had lived in Canton, was with
a-flight instructor in a
CUSNA Citation.

Officlals
there were three people
aboard ue plane arid that
They said one waa in fair
condition with burns and the
condition of the third person
‘was not known, -

Mickey Morabito,
apokesman for the Yankees,
said. when asked about
Munson’s death, “We've
heard about it and have a
couple of people tracking it
down. We are in a state of

right now.”

Munson carried on the
tradition of fine Yankee
catchers established by Bill
Dickey, Yogi Berra and

Elston Howard in his nine’

full seasons in New York, He
batted over .300 five times,
driving in over 100 runs from
1-77.

The FAA spokesman in the
Chicago office, which covers
the Canton-Akron area, said
the twin-engine jet had
“been engagea in some
touch and go practice,
takeoffs and landinga” when

Prisoner returns to >

In Akron said:

the crash cecurred.

- The spokesman, Neal.

Callahan, said a fire ensued

and “a number of persons
_ wera removed by local of-
ficials to. a- hospital.’

additonal victims. ~..

One ‘of the injured was.

identified by a -spokesman
for Canton Timken Mercy
Hospital as Canton resident
Jerry Anderson, 91, a close
friend of the 11-year Yankees
veteran, Anderson was in
fair condition: with burns on
his atace, Heck inne oerne
é¢ other person
was Identified as flight In-
structor David Hall, 32, who
waa in falr. condition at
Children’s Hospital in Akron
with burns on his hands. .
He said the cause of the
crash was not known and
would be investigated by the
National Transportation
Safety. Board, but “weather
dees not appear to be a
factor" in the accident,
The plane was coming in
for a landing and crashed
1,000 feet short of runway 19,
Nantes = sald.
- The crash occurred at 3:02
pm., EDT, he sald, The
plane, with the number 16NY.
— Muson’s Yankee number
— was purchased recently
‘by Munson, Nantz aaid.
, Munson was the runaway
winner of the American
League's most valuable
player award in 1976. He was
also named captain. ‘of
Yankees that year — the
firat player selected captain

of the team since Lou

In the final chapter of
Thurman

‘love to make

me this year (1978). <Alr-

Planes. .

“T studied for my pilot’s li-
cence and recelved it during
the winter. Now... it’s
posalble for me to ‘fly from
New York to Canton and I

frequently. go home even

during home stands.”

* Marty Appel of the major
_ baseball = com-
migsioner’s office, who
collaborated with Munson on
the book, recalled this
passage Thursday ie
wake of Munson’s death in
the crash ofa light alrplane
the Yankee star was flying at
Canton, Ohio. The Yankees

were not scheduled to play Jem

Thuraday.
“Everyone who was close

to Thurman knew what a.

loving and caring man he
-wad,” sald Appel, who once
‘was publicity tor of the
‘Yankees. “I knew no finer
family man nor anyone as
well liked by his fellow
Players." Oo
Yankees owner George
Steinbrenner sal: 2x 9
statement: ''There ia very
little that I can say to
adequately express my
feeling at this moment. I’ve
lost a dear friend, a pal and
one of the greatest - com-
-petitors syerknown,

the ball field action

PHILADELPHIA (AP) —
After nine months in prison,
-Orlando Cepeda is again
swinging his 44-ounce bat,
teaching Philadelphia
Phillies’ minor league
Players how to hit, —
Dubbed the Baby Bull for

- his strength and exuberance,
-Cepeda enjoyed the

adulation of fans, ‘par-
ticularly hig. fellow Puerto

. Dew
Phillies’ farm team. batting
appeal: But artes It
: happe peopie erto
’ Rico treated me like dirt.”
What happened Dec. 12,
1975, was that Cepeda and a
irtend were arrested by
federal agents and charged
with trying to smuggle 160
pounds of Folombian
marijuana out ‘o UAN
International Airport.

Boxing fans will

eat steak at $100

CHICAGO (AP) —. More
than 1,000 Customers are
expected to pay $100 to eat
filet mignon, drink all they
want from open bars and
watch champion Ernesto

leader “Johnny

street-gang

Lira in a World Boxing
Association lightweight tite
- ight Saturday,

ner
a at about 3:35 p.m.
EDT, will be in the ballroom
of a hotel. .

Patrons will be sitting at
rows of 15) tables, starting 15.
feet from ringside, and will
be served meals during

Preliminary bouts.

The food will be turned off
for the main event bul, of-
‘ficials said, the open bara
~will continue to operate,

Espana, who built hia
muscles as a young farm
laborer in his native Bolivar,

’ Venezuela, will be making

his first defence of the 135-
pound title alnce winning it
dune 146 by knoe out
Gaude Noel. in 13 rounds at
San Juan, Puerto Rico,
Espana, 26, has won 26 of:
his 28 fights by kmockouts.

Thirteen KOs came in first .

round and three of them in
the second.

His only defeat came in his .

iter avinged {Espana
ter avenged it. a
paver has been imocked off
bis feet. .

“You can tell by the record
that he doesn’t like to go the
distance,” said trainer Nick
Acosta.

“He doesn't want to return.

t the easy ' !
tteaks and good clothes that

. ore all bir now. ‘
/ “And be goes all out in
t. He has a killer

Cepeda pleaded guilty and
‘was sentenced to five years
in Florida’s = minimum-
security Elgin Air Force

Base prison and fined -

$10,000. .
After serving nine months,
Cepeda was paroled in June.

‘He worked for a while In a ,

Philadelphia halfway house
for prisoners and a
Philadelphia. beer
‘distributorship, Then
baseball commissioner
Bowie Kuhn approached
Phillies farm director Dallas

Green, who offered Cepeda a
‘job with the National League

team, ;
“My problem can be a
help, too,” Cepeda said, A
lot of people talk about’
things but they have never
been through them. [ know
the damage you can face.
"T tried not to put negative

good. But you never know
what freedom is until you
loge it,

“IT came out of prison
proud of myself. Fdidn’t lose §

instinct,’ .

Lira carries 50 small lead
pellets in his left knee.
Doctors saved his leg after
he was shot in street-gang
warfare on the Weat Side 11
years ago, .

Lira learned to fight as a
means of protection when he
leda gang. He admits he was
booked for a variety of of-
fences, from arson to

lary.
But a judge paroled him to
the Catholic Youth
Organization and he went
atralght, becoming one of the
country’s top amateur
fighters,
‘He even became boxing
coach at the Union League
Boys Club, a job he had to
relinquish when he turned
pro. .
- Lira has been knocked
down a number of times —
four times in his last two
fights ~- but it seems only to
make him tougher and he
comes back strongly. _

things on my mind, because 1
Imew it wouldn't do anyif

“GI

loth Game $500.00 if won in
number to $100.00,

my cool. never complained,
E tried to do my time and be
as happy asI could be. And 1-

. Came out stronger than ever,

I worked ‘cut-a lot.

“In Puerto Rico, they kept
saying J let them down. But
they had never shown any
appreciation for me as a-

‘ballplayer or a man. I let

myself and my family down,
say that, but I didn't let
Puerto Rico down.
“T spent one year of my life
in shock, F don't know how to
sg myself, but it waa
awiyl, a torture, 235,

and you are supposed to be
accepted,'’ Cepeda said.
“But F know my name will
always come up, Every time
somebody gets pinched, they
will we my name. It’s there
and it won’t change,"’

:- Mungson's"
autoblogrphy,: the : Yankee |
catcher said; “I have anew
| é things’
. Somewhat more pleasant for.

*
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7

The Herald, Friday, August 3, 1979, Page 7

Mr, Mike's will defend itself against batters like this one on the weekend

Strange ailments no—
longer a problem

NEW YORK (AP) — Mare
players are being pizced on

baseball's disabled lists than °

ever before, But that doesn’t

- necessarily mean there are

more injuries. It means
yers are being diagnosed
for injuries today that they
would have played with
beveral years ago, when
medical science was baffled
by those ailments.
That is the.view of Dr,
- James Parkes, team doctor
for New York Mets and
president of the Professional
Baseball Team Physicians
Assoctatlon.
“Our level of knowledge
has spiraled over the past
five years,” sald Parkes, ‘In

. comparison, 10 years ago

was the dark ages and 20
years ago medieval times,
Today, we're recognizing
injuries better, diagnosing

. them. better and stand-
3 ardizing our. treatment. }

~~ -“aeo .swolis se Puk-sleps last year. “I or-
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through July 81 by the
Baseball Commissioner's
office, indicate more players
have been on the disabled list
this season than in any other
year. Through the end of last

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"By ¢ parison durin

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Parkes gave some

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