“12 QUTDOOR SUPPLEMENT — MAY, 1971 BY JOHN CUNNINGHAM pare Ruth’s record with anything Hank Aaron has hit his 600th | since that time because the home run but as usually seems to | structure of baseball has changed be -the case the feat was | so much. : acknowledged with little fanfare. “We play a game in Atlanta one To begin with, Willie Mays — | day then fly to the coast to play appropriately enough. — was | Los Angeles. This has to take there to steal some of Aaron's | something. out. of a baseball thunder. player's career.” Aaron's Atlanta Braves lost to It would be pretty hard to San Francisco Giants 6-5, on | evaluate the two records. Willie May's 10th inning single. Nevertheless Aaron. even now. “I was looking forward to | deserves. more plaudits than hitting it in a winning game.” baseball fans seem prepared to § said Aaron. give him. But nevertheless Aaron~ joins the select club of 600 home run hitters. His. mark is exceeded only by. Babe Ruth, with 714, and May's himself with 633. But: Aaron continues. to be perhaps, one of the most. un- derrated players in the majors. As one sports writer puts it: ‘If Hammerin’: Hank had:played in -New York rather than Atlanta his name would be splashed with great. regularity’ in . headlines across the country.’’ .. Yet, consider these facts: Sandy Koufax calls him the best “hitter ~ in-~ baseball; | Red Schoendienst hails Hank as the | chairman of the rugby tour. best right-handed hitter he’s:ever Budge said a typical example seen and Boby. Bragan calls } of that strength is Ron Kadziel, a Aaron not only the best hitter but | jinebacker on the Rose Bowl- the best player in baseball. winning Stanford football team. So where does Aaron go from “He stands 6°4” and weighs 220” Dace 7 : . here? pounds,” said Budge. “It © is Hank is 36 and with a little luck, . rumored that he will-be signin _he could Spend another four years: -prafessional.foothall.. ent Be “in the major leagues. ; : 7 “Could he ever _ get . the with Dallas Cowboys of the NFL remaining 114 homers to tie Babe following the tour.’ : Ruth’s record? : The Californians are “well He started the 1970 season with coached, too. Mentor of the team 554 homers, ‘and he then needed: | is Pat Vincent, former captain of -an average of a little better than.| the 1956 New. Zealand. All-Blacks.. 40 a season for the next four years |. California's first. game is May ‘to go over. the top. But his 1970 | 23 at 1:30. p.m. against the No. 7300 e Anodized spool. All-purpose spinning reel Lifetime, hard chrome plated line roller. Spring. loaded drag. Gear ratio 3.4 to 1. “Line capacity 250 yds., 10 !b. test. Weighs only. 12'0z. . The California State rugby team will make its first ever tour May. 21-30 as. part of the second annual British Columbia Festival of Sports. California, noted as an_ out- standing rugby state, will field an outstanding. team for its. first international tour anywhere. - “They’re very. big. and. very strong,”’ said Grahame Budge, CORPORATION CALIF. “REVIEW EDITOR H. v. GREENi is not - adverse to a little gentle exercise on two wheels: (Photo by George: Bike byt Dane) _ “No. 7500 “In the Cedar. ee —Jl “In: an area including many low- output was only 38. Vancouver Mainland Reps at Ho ® Swedish steel. bail with “Perma-last” _sington area of East Vancouver, i:come and immigrant families, © "Aad: Hank admits: “There are | Brockton Oval. 2 - Jifetime line guide. men ‘the Pied Pipers propose to set UP .| some things I used to do that I “They travel to Duncan May 26 © Spring loaded drag. Bpend he summer leading | children to: new horizons of -ex-' perience and learning. = : They. are. 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