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Evans Downs VFW For
Little League Victory
Kiwanis Beats
Shriners In
Bayview Park
The Kiwanis two aces, Roy Val
dez and George Mira, teamed up
to limit the Shriners to two hits
and take a 5-2 win in the first
game of a Little League double
header at Bayview Park last night.
Buddy Mora, Shriner right hand
er, limited the Kiwanis to two hits
both doubles by Roy Valdez,
but bad support by his teammates
cost him the game.
The Kiwanis scored two unearn
ed runs in the first on two errors
and a fielders choice. They added
another in the second on a walk
and two more errors. Valdez first
double and an error gave the Ki
wanis another run in the third.
Valdez second double, a wild pitch,
and an out, produced Ki
wanis final tally in the fifth.
Valdes got credit for his second
win, but had to have help from
Mira in the fifth when the Shriners
got their two runs on a single by
BUI Vaughn, an error, and a couple
§1 walks.
Score:
Shriners 000 020 2 2 0
Kiwanis 211 01X S 2 0
Mora and Crusoe
Valdez, Mira (5) and Esquinaldo.
In the nightcap, Evans won their
yln> straight game with a 7-S vic
tory over the VFW. Joe Santana
went all the way for Evans for
his fourth straight win.
Evans took the lead in the see*
end when they pushed across three
runs on two walks, an error, and
Santana’s homer.
The VFW came back with two
runs on a single by Pete Esquinal*
do. two walks, and an error.
Evans sewed up the game In
the fifth with a four run rally. A
walk, an error, a double by Rich
ard Curry, and Danny Garcia’s
triple featured the rally.
Eddie Diaz was the game's hit
. ting star with two singles in three
official trips to the plate.
Score;
Evans 030 040 7 4 2
VFW 020 000 24 2
Santana and R. Garcia
Estenoz, Hernandez (5) and Es
quinaldo.
- American Little League
Team W L Pet.
Kiwanis 1 2 .778
Elks 4 3 .556
Jaycees 2 3 .400
Shriners 3 6 .333
Nation?l Little League
Team W L Pet.
Evans 0 0 1.000
VFW 2 5 .375
Lions 1 3 .250
Rotary 1 • .143
USS Gilmore Wins
By Forfeit Friday
The USS Gilmore won their sche
duled Island City Baseball League
game by forfeit last night when
the Cuban Club failed to field a
team by game-time.
Sunday, the Naval Air Station
Will meet the Cuban Club in a
game set for 2 p. m. in the Wick
ers Field Stadium. And at 8 p. m.
Sunday, action will resume with a
tilt pitting the HS-1 baseballers and
the Mike’s Plumbers nine.
Other games this week:
Wednesday, 8 p. ro., Cuban Club
vs. Mike’s Plumbers.
Friday, • p. m., Cuban Club vs.
HS-1.
Manuel Varela, Jr.
R. I. P.
(Eds. Note: Manuel Varela, Jr.
well known among local sports
enthusiasts passed away last
week. Pedro Aguilar, dean of
local sports writers, has writ*
ten the following eulogy.)
“Little Manuel” as I called him
In his playing days, has been
‘‘Called out” by the Great Umpire.
He pitched for the Young Sluggers
and although he was not consid
ered a star, he never missed a ball
game.
He was the son of the late Man
uel Varela, who was a city coun
cilman when the city gave the
baseball players of Key West per
mission to use the dump to con
struct a ball field. It was at the
site where the Wickers Field Sta
dium stands today. He was also
president of the stadium committee
that started the ball rolling to
build the present stadium. His bro
ther Pete has been a top-notch
tennis player here for many years.
I take this means of expressing
my heartfelt sorrow in the name
of all the ball players of this city
to hit family.
Pedre fg- iU -
Baseball Results
AMMICAH LEAGUE
Wn Lm4 Pei. Behind
Cleveland _—\ M IS .639 -
Chicago _— 30 18 .852 -
New York _ AS IS .808 2
Detroit 22 19 .537 SV4
Washington 19 25 .432 10
Philadelphia 17 2S .175 1244
Boeton 14 24 .288 11
Baltimore, 15 29 .341 14
Saterday'a Schedule A Probable PMebera
Chicago at Waahington. 7:30 p.m.-Sima
<O-1) va. Schmitz (1-3).
Baltimore at New York (2). 12:30 p.m.-
Turley (4-5) and PUette (3-5) va. Byrd
(2-3) and McDonald (2-1).
Cleveland at Philadelphia, 1:05 p.m.-
Garcia (5-4) va. Kellner (2-5).
Detroit at Boeton (2), 1 p.m. and 7:30 I
p.m.-Zuverlnk (1-0) and Marlowe (2-2) I
va Henry (3-2) and Kiely (0-2).
PBIDAY’S BESULTS
New York 5. Cleveland 3
Chicago 7. Boeton 3
Philadelphia 7. Baltimore S
Detroit 2, Waahington 2
NATIONAL LEAGUE
. Wen Loot Pet Behnd
Brooklyn 25 It .591 -
New York AS 19 .588 1
Milwaukee 33 19 .548 2
St. Louie A4 32 .522 3
Cincinnati 21 23 .477 5
Chicago 2 23 .455 5V4
Pittsburgh IS 33 .313 13
Saturday's Schedule A Probable Pitchers
Philadelphia at St. Louis. 5 p.m.-Dick
son (5-3) vs. Rase hi (5-0).
Brooklyn at Chicago (3). 1:2 p.m. -
Podros (5-1) and Newcombe (3-3) vs.
Kllppstein (2-4) and Hacker (2-3).
New York at Cincinnati. 2 p.m. - AntoneUi
(8-2) vs Perkowskl (1-3).
Pittsburgh at Milwaukee. 3:30 p.m.-
O’Donne 11 (2-4) vs. Spahn (5-4).
FRIDAY'S BESULTS
Brooklyn 2, Chicago 1
New York 10 Cincinnati 6
St. Louis 5 Philadelphia 2
Pittsburgh 4 Milwaukee X
■OUTREBN ASSOCIATION
Wen Lest Pet Behind
Atlanta Jl 20 .90S -
Birmingham .32 21 .804
Chattanooga 28 23 .54* 3
New Orleans - 28 27 .491 S
Little Rock A3 2S .489 7
Memphis .. A2 29 .440 SM
Nashville 20 25 .435 5V4
Mobile [phone] IX
FBIDAtV BESULTS
Chattanooga 7. Atlanta 8 (10 Innings)
Little Rock 2. Now Orleans 1
Mobile 6. Memphis 2
Birmingham 10. Nashville 7
SATURDAY’S SCHEDULE
Atlanta at Nashville
Birmingham at Chattanooga (2)
Mobile at Little Rock
New Orleans at Memphis
SOUTH ATLANTIC
_ Won Lost Pet Behind
Macon 31 19 .620 -
Jacksonville A2 20 .615 -
Savannah 28 21 .571 214
Montgomery 28 23 .549 344
Augusta 22 29 .431 944
Columbia -—2 139 .429 944
Charlotte 19 30 .388 1144
Columbus 19 20 .308 1144
pridatV results
Augusta 9. Columbus 4
Savannah 9. Charlotte 7
Jacksonville 2. Columbia 1
Montgomery 9, Macon 5
SATURDAY’S SCHEDULE
Augusta at Columbus
Savannah at Charlotte
Jacksonville at Columbia
Macon at Montgomery
SATUBDAT’e baseball eehednle
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
Kaaeae City at Charleston
India as polls at Columbus
St. Paul at Toledo
(Only gettee echuedled)
TEXAS
Oklahoma City at Beaumont
Dallas at Houston
Fort Worth at San Antonio
INTEBNATIONAL
Syracuse at Toronto
Buifalo at Rochester
Montreal at Richmond
Ottawa at Havana
ALABAMA-FLOBIL A
Graceville at Andalusis-Opp
Fort Walton Beach at Crestview
Panama City at Dothan
FRIDAY'S BASEBALL RESULTS
AMEKICAN ASSOCIATION
Kansas City 1L Charleston S
Indianapolis at Columbus (ppd. rain)
Louisville 5. Minneapolis 2
St. Paul 9. Toledo 3
ALABAMA-FLORID A
Panama City 3-4, Dothan 1-5
Andalusla-Opp 13. Grace ville 1
PL Walton Bench 7. Crestview 4
TEXAS
Ft Worth 3-7, Houston 4-9
Tulsa 9-4. Beaumont 3-5
Dallas 1-5. San Antonio 3-7
Shreveport 14. Oklahoma City 8
PACIFIC COAST
San Francsco 7, Portland 5 (1 Innings)
Oakland 9. San Diego 5
Seattle 3-9. Los Angeles 0-8 (2nd game
11 Innings)
Hollywood S. Sacramento 2
BASEBALL STANDINGS
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
Wen Lost Pet.
Indianapolis ..J9 18 .552
Louisville 3l .553
Minneapolis -23 21 523
Kansas City Y 1 .M 7
Toedlo 29 27 .428
Charleston —lt 20 .385
INTERNATIONAL
Wen Lest Pet.
Toronto
Rochester _....._.25 17 .595
Havana* ■ 22 .542
Montreal -19 99 .487
Richmond It 92 .463
Buffalo 19 21 .442
Syracuse IS 11 .2
Ottawa l* 17 -*l2
TEXAS
Vh Lost Pet.
San Antonio —32 24 271
Oklahoma City 20 3S 245
Fort Worth 31 29 217
Shreveport 21 29 217
Tulsa 26 29 .473
Dallas - —.27 31 .466
Beaumont 3B 33 .459
Houston -38 33 .459
PACIFIC COAST
Wen Lost Fet.
Hollywood 38 22 .833
San Francisco S3 38 .541
Seattle _ -31 29 217
Oakland 32 30 216
San Diego 30 31 .493
Sacramento - 29 32 .475
Lot Angeles - 27 33 .450
Portland 22 37 .373
ALABAMA-FLORID A
Wen Lest Pet.
Dothan
Andalusla-Opp -28 22 .55
Crestvlaw - —...37 24 229
Ft. Walton Beach 28 25 210
Gracevllle <—-22 28 .440
Panama City - 20 31 .392
LASSOED FISH
Springfield, Mo. (Oft) Homer
Ouse went fishing in the re*er
voir that furnishes water for this
Missouri Osarks city.
He caught a channel catfish the
hard way. Never did hook the
scamp just managed to lasso
him around the snout but behind
the barbs.
THE KEY WEST CITIZEN
Page 12
Lastres Leads In
Softball Batting
Determine Seen
A Winner Today
INGLEWOOD, Calif. ÜB—Deter
mine, recent winner of the Ken
tucky Derby and a possible threat
for the SIOO,OOO Californian here
next week, goes back to the racing
wars at Hollywood Park today for
the first time since winning the
big race at Churchill Downs.
He is the top colt in the $25,000
added Debonair Stakes.
The California-owned colt was
viewed as no cinch at a sprint
distance of seven furlongs.
Lined up against the small gray
charger will be the English juven
ile champion of 1953, The Pie King,
in his American debut; a speed
ster named Lucky Martin and
Calumet Farm’s Arrogate.
Rounding out the field of entries
was James Session, Rolyat and
Kings Mutiny, Hobcaw Sage, Fault
Free and First Pole.
Sports Roundup
By GAYLE TALBOT
NEW YORK (—The business of
riding horses over a series of
jumps in the shortest possible
time is one of the fastest growing
sports in the country, on the word
of the American Horse Shows
Assn, here, which supervises the
many events strictly without pay
and with the sole thought of pro
ducing a better breed of jumpers
and riders.
California, which used to spawn
tennis players, now has more
horse shows than any other state.
Over the nation as a whole, 41 new
shows have been granted dates this
spring. Entries in all shows al
ready are up five per cent over
last year and are expected to
climb steadily. Junior riders, up
to 18, show a gain of 18 per cent
over 1953, a fact which is reflected
in many family budgets.
The search is on again for the
country’s four top riders, and, even
more important, the horses with
“built in bounce” which will rep
resent the nation in foreign com
petition. The main targets are the
Pan American games in Mexico
early next year and the equestrian
events of the 1956 Olympics, which
will be held at Stockholm.
Last year’s U. S. team com
prised two men and two women.
One of the women, Mrs. Dana
Durand of Kansas City, Mo., is so
good that she has been on the team
since 1950, when the first civilian
team was organized to replace the
U. S. Cavalry, which suddenly
found itself completely mechan
ized.
The other girl on the ’53 team
was Pat Burke of New York, now
21, who rode as an alternate in
the three-man competition. The
two women were not peririitted. to
ride in the 1952 Olympics, in which
the American team finished third
in a field of 26 entries. Largely as
a result of Mrs. Durand’s fine dis
play of skill and courage in other
events, however, the barrier
Saturday, June 5, IM4
* Danny Lastres, Coca Cola third
baseman, leads the Island City
Softball League in hitting with a
cool .500. The flashy thirdbaseman
collected three hits in five official
trips to the plate during the week
to put him ahead of John Lewis,
Diary Qiiben outfielder.
Lewis, who had been leading the
league for the past three weeks,
dropped to second place by going
two for six for the week to dip
to .429.
Barney Morgan, VX-1 Flyers out
fielder, got 3 hits in 6 trips to the
plate to hold down third spot with
an average of .348. Claude Valdez,
Dairy Queen outfielder, and Frank
Sands, Coca Cola’s leftfielder, are
tied for fourth spot with a .333 per
centage. Mickey Wertz, Sonar
School outfielder, went 0 for three
during the week to drop down to
sixth place with a .318 batting av
erage.
In other offensive departments,
John Lewis has the most hits, 9.
Bobby Santana, Blizzard catcher,
has scored the most runs, 8. Wertz
leads the league in runs-batted-in
with 10 and in homers with 4. Jim
Nelson, Sonar centerfielder, has
belted the most doubles, 3. Danny
Lastres and Kenneth Kerr, Bliz
zards thirdsacker, are tied for the
most stolen bases with 3. Bob Ed
wards, VX-1 firstbaseman, and Bill
Moyer, Sonar thirdbaseman, have
struck out the most times, 9. Moy
er, however, also leads the league
with the most walks, 9.
In the pitching department, the
Diary Queen’s two ace righthand
ers, DeWitt Roberts and Brody
Grooms, have four victories and
no defeats to lead the loop. Grooms
has struck out the most batters,
39, and leads all pitchers with
ERA of 2.34. Joe Lewis, Coca Co
la righthander, has walked the
most batters, 19. Charles Franklin,
Sonar ace righthander, has allow
ed the most hits, 33; the most
runs, 26; and has pitched the most
innings, 45 2-3.
BIG SIX
SOFTBALL HITTERS
Player - Team AB R H Pet.
D. Lastres, C-C 14 4 7 .500
John Lewis, D-Q 21 5 9 .429
Morgan, VX-1 23 5 8 .348
Valdez, D-Q 21 7 7 533
Sands, C-C 18 3 6 .333
Wertz, S-S 22 5 7 .318
C-C Coca Cola
D-Q Dairy Queen
S-S Sonar School
PAINT NAMES
If your child’s playthings have
a habit of getting lost, paint the
youngster’s name on the tricycle or
wagon and then cover it with two
coats of thinned shellac.
against women has been lifted in
future Olympics.
Although our civilians have been
at it a comparatively short time
since they took over from the
Army, last year’s team won higher
honors than any other international
squad in the three big shows at
Harrisburg, Pa., Toronto and in
Madison Square Garden.
Final tests to pick the ’54 team
are scheduled for Chicago next
Sept. 18 and 19, and at the mo
ment trials and training are going
on in most states.
Clarence Henry
Arraigned On
Bribery Charge
By ID CORBICAH
NEW YORK (H-CUreacc Henry,
the one-time No. S coflMScr for
the heavyweight championship,
was arraigned today on a bribery
charge in the most bizarre boxing
“fix” plot that has rocked New
York in decades. • <
Henry was accused of offering
$15,000 to Bobby Jones to throw his
middleweight bout against Joey
Giardello in Madison Square Gar*
den June 11.
While experts wondered why
Henry would try to fix the 2-1 un
derdog, the former title contender
asserted his innocence.
“This is all a mistake," he said.
"I went to see Bobby because I al
ways see him when we’re in town.
We’re friends. They had to get
somebody and I was the chosen
party.”
He did not say who “they”
were.
Just about everyone involved in
the case was annoyed at someone
with the possible exception of
Jones, a fair fighter, but regarded
as no match for the rugged Giar
dello.
Dist. Atty. Frank Hogan was
irked because the story was broken
before he was ready to move in.
He said he had intended to try to
round up the “whole mob’* just
before the fight.
But the first edition of. yester
day’s New York Journal-American
appeared on the streets with an
eight column headline on page one
announcing:
“$5,000 bribe offered fighter to
throw Garden main bout.”
The story, signed by Bill Corum,
did not mention Henry, but when it
reached the newsstands, Hogan
and his men moved into action.
For his part, Giardello said he
“ought to be insulted.”
Before Henry made the *515,000
offer, Jones had received two other
offers, each for $5,000 from strang
ers—one last Saturday and the
other last Tuesday. .
Jones’ eastern representative,
Bobby Melnick, then took the fight
er to Harry Markson of the Inter
national Boxing dub, who in turn,
sent the pair to State Athletic
Commissioner Bob Christenberry.
Christenberry called Hogan and
the DA’a detectives moved in.
Jones, a 28-ye*r-old Oakland,
Calif., fighter with five children,
was told to continue training as
usual pending developments.
Thursday morning they came, he
received four calls at Gleason’s
Gymnasium from Philadelphia.
One was from Henry.
Here is how it went:
Henry: “Bobby, I’ve got to see
you as soon as possible about e
very important business matter.”
Jones: “I’ll he in my hotel room
at noon.”
Henry: “Fine, hut be sure you’re
alone. I’ll he there.”
Detectives covered Jones''hotel
and Henry appeared on schedule.
Without preliminaries, Henry of
fered Jones $15,000 to throw the
fight. The latter demurred, as'in
structed, commenting that he
didn’t think Henry could raise that
much money.
“I’ll go get a friend of mine and
he will convince you my people
are reliable,” said Henry ahd he
left.
Trailed by detectives, he met a
man about a half block away from
the hotel and engaged in “ani
mated” conversation.
Henry was standing right in
front of a newsstand prominently
displaying the Joumal-American’s
story. It was there Hehry was
nabbed, along with a man who
gave his name as Joseph Hacken,
34, of New York. Hacken was held
in $25,000 bail as a 4 material
witness.
Surkont Says
Braves Were
Lucky In ’53
■y CHRIS KDMONDS
MILWAUKEE (ifi-The Milwau
kee Braves were “a lucky ball club
last year,” a member of that team
said last night.
“Let’s face it,” said Max Sur
kont, who tossed a six-hitter at
his former mates to lead the tail
end Pittsburgh Pirates to a 4-1
win which shoved the Braves into
third place in the National League
pennant race. “We were just lucky
last summer.”
“The boys were getting that base
bit when we needed it and they
aren’t coming through like that
this year. You can call it anything
you want, but in my book we were
lucky.”
Surkont went to the pirates last
winter as part of the deal which
brought infielder Danny O'Connell
to the Braves. He bad an 11-5 rec
ord a year ago, winning a majority
of his games in the owing before
the hot weather set in, and then
cooling off himself.
Surkont said he patched low to
the Braves last night “to keep ’em
hitting into the ground.” Billy
Bruton and Joe Adcock got two
hits apiece and Eddie Mathews
and pinchbitter George Metkovich
the others as the Braves absorbed
their fifth straight loss.
Musial Ahead Of Ruth’s 1927
Homer Pace With 17 Clouts
Willie Mays,
Hank Sauer
Are Even With
Ruth's Mark
By BEN PHLEGAR
AP Sports Writer
Stan Musaal, still denying he’s
aiming for the fences, has taken
over the National League home run
lead and is ahead of the record
1027 pace of the great Babe Ruth.
The two sluggers Musial passed
last night when be hit his 16th
and 17th homers Hank Sauer
of Chicago and WilHe Maya of
New York—are even with the
schedule Ruth followed when he
hit his 60 for the New York
Yankees.
This is not to say anyone of the
three will break the Babe's mark.
Long ball hitters have been trying
without success for 26 seasons.
Jimmy Foxx Li 1932 awl Hank
Greenberg in 1936 came the clos
est with 56. Hack Wilson set the
National League record of 56 in
1990.
Hie main reason Ruth’s record
has remained unattainable was
the Babe's tremendous spurt in
September when he hit 17 in 26
games. It took him 47 games to
get his first 17.
Musial reached 17 in 46 games.
Sauer has 16 in 43, which conforms
exactly to Ruth’s pace, and Mays
has 16 in 44.
Musial has said repeatedly he is
not aiming for the home run title,
much less Ruth’s record.
, “I’m just a singles hitter,” the
St. Louis Cardinal outfielder de
clared. “I thought I’d take a
crack at the home run title in
1049.1 was so bent on trying to hit
homers I forgot how to hit singles
and I was under .200 as late as
June.”
This season his homer pace has
done nothing but fatten Stan’s bat
ting average. His .360 leads the
league.
The two homers last night were
the big hits as the Cards beat
Philadelphia 5-2. New York took
over second place with a 10-6
triumph at Cincinnati while Mil
waukee was bowing 4-1 to Pitts
burgh. Brooklyn won its sixth
•traight, 2-1, over Chicago.
In the American League Cleve
land lost its second in a row to
the Yankees, 8-3, and Chicago
climbed within seven percentage
points of the first place Indians
by heating Boston 7-3. Detroit
edged Washington 3-2 and Phila
delphia defeated Baltimore 7-6.
Two pitchers, one in each league,
won their eighth games. Harvey
Ipaddix of the Cardinals pitched
his third straight complete game
and ran his record to 8-3. Bob
Keegan of the White Sox survived
an. 11-hit Boston attack for his
eighth victory hi nine decisions.
A three-run homer by Yogi Berra
in the first inning off Early Wynn
put the Yanks on the victory trail
againat Cleveland. It was Wynn
who ■ couldn’t get anybody out
Wednesday night when the Yanks
scored seven times in the first inn
ing in the first game of the Cleve
land series. However, the Indians
got Wynn off the hook that night,
winning in io innings.
Roy Sievers turned from star to
goat in the. Washington loss. He
drove; in the two Senator tallies
with a homer and two singles, then
misplayed a simple two-out fly ball
long enough for the winning run
to score from first base in the
eighth inning.
Ed McGhee drove in four runs
as the Athletics temporarily won
their battle with Baltimore to stay
out of last place. The Orioles are
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Babe Zaharias Says She Needs
Rest; Tournament Start Slated
By ROBERT MOORE
HOT SPRINGS, Va. (J-l-Mildred
(Babe) Zaharias, the great com
petitor, who won a battle with can
cer and returned to golf, said to
day she’d like to quit the game
“for a little while” until she fully
regains her strength.
Although personally she’d like to
rest, something keeps telling her
no. That something is the Babe’s
heart.
“I’ve said so many times I was
going to pass up a few tourna
ments,” she said. “But the tourna
ment sponsors keep calling me up
and asking me to play. I hate to
turn them down. I feel that if my
presence in a tournament will help
make it a success, then, well, here
I am.”
Th*t’s the reason the Babe is
playing in the $7,500 Triangle
Round Robin Invitation Tourna
ment which today moved into its
third and fourth rounds over the
Homestead’s par 74 Cascades
course.
Patty Berg, veteran professional
from St. Andrews, 111., carried an
eight-point advantage into the third
round of this "plus and minus”
affair with a plus 30 points.
Trailing Miss Berg were Marlene
Stewart, British amateur champion
from Foothill, Ont., Canada, with
a plus 22, and Jackie Pung, the
Hawaiian housewife, with plus 18.
Then comes Mrs. Zaharias
of Tampa, Fla., who is playing
Stock Car Racing Roundup
By DAVID NASON
The Stock Car Association and
Racing Members would like to
apologize to racing fans for the
lack of action in the 100 Lap Mem
orial day race, due to the muddy
track which practically slowed
them to a walk in the last half.
They realized that the fans deserv
ed a better show. So, if you were
one of those who witnessed the
race, I can tell you truthfully, the
drivers also felt bad about it
At Tuesday night’s meeting, the
membership agreed rather than
put on a poor show, if it is threat
ening weather at post time, they
would cancel the races for that
date and honor the rain checks.
The cars will all he out again
this Sunday. Drivers will have
their fingers crossed. The scuttle
butt is that Mr. Speed himself, Rip
Ault, will be in town and that
means action aplenty. Rip is one
of the favored drivers in these
parts, and rightly so. I don’t be
lieve I ever witnessed him drive
a dull race. I’m not trying to take
credit away from any of the driv
ers. From time to time they have
now in the cellar by a game and
a half.
Carl Erskiae, Brooklyn’s win
ningest pitcher last season, picked
up bis sixth triumph and the first
of his career in Wrigley Field
when Roy Campanella singled
home Jackie Robinson in the sixth
inning.
A called third strike in the fourth
inning at Cincinnati put the only
black mark on a fine two-day bat
ting performance by A1 Dak of the
Giants. The New York captain got
four for four at St. Louis Thursday
night, and four out of five last
nighit.
Max Surkont tormented his form
er Milwaukee teammates, giving
them only six hits as they lost
their fifth straight game.
this type of golf for the first time,
with a plus 14.
Mrs. Zaharias, who shot a 76,
played yesterday in a foursome
with Beverly Hanson Silvemail of
Indio, Calif., whose 77 left her with
minus 12; Betty Jameson of Sail
Antonio, Tex., who carved a 79
for minus 20, and Fay Crocker of
Montevideo, Uruguay, who posted
an 83 for a minus 36.
Miss Berg clung to her advan
tage at the expense of Betsy Rawls
of Spartanburg, S.C., who made
a 77 and was all even; Betty Dodd
of San Antonio, 77 and minus 2;
and Betty Hicks of Durham, N.C.,
80 and minus 6.
Miss Stewart, who fashioned a
sizzling 71 Thursday, Carried a 78
and was opposed by Alice Bauer
Hagge of Sarasota, Fla., whose 76
left her plus 8; Louise Suggs of
Atlanta, 81 and plus 10; and Betty
Bush of Hammond, Ind., 81 and
minus 34.
Mrs. Pung, who scored a 76, bat
tled Mary Lena Faulk, American
amateur champion from Thom as
ville, Ga., whose 78 made her plus
2; Betty Mackinnon of Dallas, 79
aod plus 6; and Marlene Bauer
of Sarasota, all even with an 90.
In “plus and minus” play, each
player opposes every other player
during the tourney in four-ball
matches. She compares her medal
score each round with that of the
other three in the foursome. The
final round will be played tomor
row.
all come up with a drive that was
tops.
If they can just come up with
a fast track this Sunday 1 feel sure
some of the track records will be
broken, as some of the cars had
been well stepped up for the 100
lap race, and they didn’t have a
chance to let them go.
Major League
Leaders
By The Associated Pres*
AMERICAN LEAGUE
BATTING-Avila. Cleveland, .3*4.
RUNS-Mtnoso, Chicago. 44.
BATTED IN-Roten. Cleveland,
HITS-Avila, Cleveland. W
HOME RUNS-Ream, Cleveland. IS.
PITCHING - Branca, Detroit, Morgan.
Now York and Stone, Washington, *-0,
I.o*o.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
BATTING-Mualal, St. Louis. .***.
RUNS—Mualal. St. Louis. .
BUNS BATTED IN-Mualal, St. Louis, 90.
HITS-Jablonakl, St. Louis, 73.
HOME RUNS-Mualal. St. Lluie. IT.
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