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70,000 To See All-Star
Tilt In Cleveland Today
Robin Roberts
To Hurl For
American Loop
By JOE REICHLER
CLEVELAND UP)—Willie (The
Wallop) Mays and Theodore (The
Thumper) Williams, two of base
ball’s top glamor guys, were not
in the starting lineups but both
were expected to see plenty of
action in today’s annual All-Star
Game at Cleveland’s vast Muni
cipal Stadium.
This was in the nature of prom
ises (or threats) made by National
League Manager Walter Alston
and his American League counter
part, Casey Stengel, as the rival
All-Star pilots discussed the line
ups and personnel of their squads
on the eve of the 21st midsummer
classic.
The Nationals, winners of the
last four interleague clashes, ruled
a decided 8-5 favorite over the re
vamped and injury-riddled Ameri
cans. But Stengel, in unerstand
ably high spirits over his New
York Yankees’ recent rash of vic
tories, brimmed with confidence
that he would win his first All-
Star game after four successive
failures.
Game time is 1:30 p.m , EDT.
"The other fellows are supposed
to have all the home run hitters,”
he said wolfishly. ‘‘What do you
think I’ve got? A bunch of powder
puffers?
“I’ve got a fellow named Wil
liams. Know him? They tell me
he’s hit a few home runs in his
day. . . He’ll be in there as soon
as the rules permit.”
“Mays will be in there at the
first opportunity,” promised Al
aton. “I know the fans would like
to see him and, for that matter,
so would I. It will be nice to have
him on my side for a change.”
Mays, the New York Giants’
sensational outfielder, has banged
9 of his 31 horns runs against Al
ston’s Brooklyn Dodgers, including
four during the Giants’ recent
three-game sweep in Brooklyn.
Both Mays and Williams finished
second in the nationwide fan poll
but there is no doubt they’re the
“people’s choice” among the rec
ord 70,000 fans who were expected
to watch the All-Star spectacle.
Mays was secoond to Brooklyn’s
Duke Snider for the starting center
field post in the National League.
Williams, Boston Red Sox slugger,
was runner-up to Chicago’s Minnie
Minoso for the left field berth in
the American League
“My present plans call for Mays
to go to center field in the fourth
inning,” Alston said. “I believe
I’ll shift Snider to right field and
Stan Musial to left. Jackie Rob
inson, who will start in left, ag
gravated a knee injury in Sunday’s
double-header against Philadelphia
and should be rested.
“Shifting Snider for Mays does
not mean that I regard Willie the
better center fielder. It’s just that
I think Duke can play right field
better. He has played there while
Willie hasn’t. For that matter I
may even keep Snider in center
and play Mays in left. I won’t
make up my mind until the last
minute.”
Stengel, confident that his pitch
ers will stop “those other guys
from hittin’ homers,” explained
why he selected Eddie Ford, his
own southpaw, over a varied as
sortment of star right-handers.
“I was thinking of starting Mike
Garcia of Cleveland,” said the
grizzled New York Yankee mana
ger. “But at 2 o’clock Sunday I
was told he couldn’t pitch because
of an injured finger. My guy, Allie
Reynolds, also couldn’t pitch be
cause of an injury. Most of the
others worked Sunday and my guy
(Ford) pitched only three innings
Saturday. And he looked very good
by the way.
“I don’t see why I couldn’t I
pitch Ford especially with those 1
guys using three left-handers (Sni-j
der, Musial, Ted Kluszewski) in'
the lineup. He’s not afraid of ’em.
He’s pitched in a couple of World
Series, you know. And he won’t be
tired.”
Stengel declined to disclose any
more of his pitching plans but he
indicated he would use Bob Por
terfield, Washington’s ace right
hander, in the middle innings and
either right-hander Sandy Consue- j
gra of the White Sox or Dean
Stone, rookie Washington south
paw, in the final three.
Alston said his pitching and re
placement plans depended upon
the actions of the American
League. He already had named
Robin Roberts to start. It was the
fourth starting assignment for the
Philadelphia Phillies’ ace right
hander in the last five All-Star
games.
“I’ll use my men according to
the situation,” he said. “And as
for the pitchers, it all depends up
on how they feel After all. five
of the seven pitched on Sunday. I
have to find out just w*ho can
come back with so short a rest I
yaj use only three pitchers. Then
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THE KEY WEST CITIZEN
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Lastres Gains 2nd
Professional Win
Key West’s George Lastres has won his second professional pitch
ing victory for the Danville, Illinois, Dans, it has been learned.
The win brings his record up to two victories against a single
defeat. He is a former Key West High School star who inked a pro
contract with the. New York Giant farm system.
He picked up his latest win by virtue of a six-hit effort over the
Paris, Ind., club, fanning nine batters.
Gained Strength
Harold Judy, sports editor of the Danville Commercial News,
had this to say about Lastres in his coverage of the game:
“Fastballer George Lastres ‘shut the door’ on the potent Lakers
by allowing them only six hits and although bothered by a blister
oA'iite' left foot which caused him to limp in the late innings, he
seemed just as strong at the finish as he did in the early innings.
“Lastres came through with nine strikeouts, including two in
key spots ,and he walked only four. Two of Paris’ three runs were
unearned.
“Lastres, getting stronger, stayed out of danger all the way and
he climaxed his fine game by striking out Ken Payne for the final
out.”
£*% Sports
Roundup
By Gayle Talbot
NEW YORK OP —The most im-j
portant heavyweight bout to be ;
fought the remainder of this year
might well be the number sched
uled here tomorrow night between
Hurricane Jackson, a spectacular
22-year-old Negro from Long Is
land, and Nino Valdes, the Cuban
speedster who has been yelling for
a title shot ever since he defeated
Ezzard Charles in a major upset
last summer.
' The bout, which will be televised
nationally.’assumes added stature
because of the growing conviction
that Charles will not fight Rocky
Marciano again this year, if at
all. There are men close to the j
game who are convinced that Ez
zard, despite his protestations to J
the contrary, got more than enough j
of Rocky at Yankee Stadium last'
month.
Regardless of whether Charles is 1
permitted to risk his life again,
either this vear or next, it is a
fairly safe bet that the winner of
tomorrow night's scran will even- j
tually find himself in the ring with
the Rock. Valdes currently is rated
the No. 2 contender, while the un
inhibited Jackson is listed no bet
ter than No 5. but the later fig
ure is misleading if we are per-
I mitted to deal in potentials,
j Up to a night in April, when he
|ran afoul of a cutie named Jimmy
: Slade and caught a surprise lick
ing, Jackson was considered the hot
| test thing in boxing trunks Some
thought he was anew Joe Louis,
destined to win the chamnionship
in short order possibly without ev
er meeting defeat. Slade, the clev
er veteran, put an artistic crimp
in these plans for the Hurricane,
but the young Negro remain, as
remarkable a physical specimen
again, I may have to use all sev
! en."
The game will be beamed to the
nation on radio (Mutual) and tele
' vision (NBC and Mutual).
Tuesday, July 13, 1954
as he ever was and it could be a
grave mistake to count him out j
for good.
Jackson blamed his first setback
on his mother, Mrs. Georgia Jack
son, claiming she interfered with
his training by keeping him home
nights. Since then he has done his
training at regular camps, like
other fighters. He began his
“comeback” by scoring a fast
technical knockout over Charlie
Norkus at the Garden late in May.
Valdes’ chief claim to fame—
until he sneaked up on a lethargic
Charles down in Florida, was as
the reigning cham
pion of Cuba* He since has cut
a swath through Europe while
waiting for officials of the Inter
national Boxing Club to say hello
to him.
Pistol Match
Winners Named
Winners of the annual military
.45 caliber pistol match, held Sat
urday. at the Stock Island gun club,
were announced today.
In the team events. SURASDEV
DET took first with a score of
1395; second was Squadron VX-1
; with 1317; and third was the USS
Gilmore with 1302.
Individual winners were D. H.
Forsythe. AOC from AUW, with
379: C. L. Alexander, ADI from
, VX-1, second with 366: and Chief
i Redburn, AOC from FAWTU, third
with 365.
The Sixth Naval District r egional
matches will be July 29 in Jack
sonville. Six men from the Naval
Station and five men from the
Naval Air Station will represent
Key West.
From 1950 to 1954, about three
j million new homes were built in
' the United States.
Baseball Results
By The Aisoeieted Prei
SOUTH ATLANTIC
Won Lott Pet. Behlad
Jacksonville JSI 36 .366
Macon 51 37 .580 H
Savannah _..48 39 .552 3
Columbia ..47 39 .547 avi
Montgomery 44 42 .512 6Va
Columbus 38 48 .442 12Vk
Charlotte 35 52 .402 16
Augusta 33 54 .349 l|
MONDAYS RESULTS
Macon 8, Augusta 6
Columbia 7-15, Charlotte 6-5
Columbus 7, Montgomery 3
Savannah 5, Jacksonville 3
TUESDAY’S SCHEDULE
Augusta at Macon (2)
Charlotte at Columbia
Montgomery at Columbua
Savannah at Jacksonville
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION
Won Lost Pet. Behind
Atlanta ...55 37 .396 -
New Orleans ....56 39 .389 Vi
Birmingham 52 42 .531 4
Chattanooga .51 43 .543 5
Memphis .42 50 .457 13
Mobile [phone]
Nashville -37 52 .416 16V4
Little Rock 39 55 .415 17
MONDAY’S RESULTS
Atlanta 9-5, Mobile 2-2
New Orleans 12-5, Birmingham 1-1
Chattanooga 8, Little Rock 7
Nashville 11, Memphis 6
TUESDAY’S SCHEDULE
Mobile at Atlanta (2)
New Orleans at Birmingham
Little Rock at Chattanooga
Memphis at Nashville
MONDAY'S BASEBALL RESULTS
NATIONAL
No games scheduled
AMERICAN
No games scheduled
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
Toronto 8, Havana 3
Richmond 1, Rochester 0 (13 Innings)
Buffalo 4, Syracuse 3
Only games scheduled
ALABAMA-FLORID A
Gracevllle 19, Fort Walton Beach 11
Dothan 4, Crestvlew 2
Andalusta-Opp 6, Panama City S
TUESDAY'S BASEBALL SCHEDULE
MAJOR LEAGUES
National vs. American All-Star*
At Cleveland
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
Louisville at Charleston
Columbus at Toledo
St. Paul at Kansas City
Indianapolis at Minneapolis
TEXAS
Dallas at Oklahoma City (3)
Tulsa at Fort Worth
Houston at San Antonio
Shreveport at Beaumont
MONDAY’S BASEBALL RESULTS
NATIONAL
No games scheduled
AMERICAN
No games scheduled
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
Toronto 8, Havana 3
Richmond 1, Rochester 0 (3 Innings)
Buffalo 4, Syracuse 3
Only games scheduled
ALABAMA-FLORID A
Gracevllle 19, Fort Walton Beach 11
Dothan 4, Crestview 2
Andalusta-Opp 6, Panama City 3
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION P
St. Paul 10, Kansas City 6
Indianapolis 7, Minneapolis 0
Only games scheduled
TEXAS
Oklahoma City 5, Dallas 4
San Antonio 8, Houston 6
Beaumont 3, Shreveport 2
Tulsa 4, Fort Worth 1
PACIFIC COABT
Hollywood 9, Portland 2
San Diego 6, Los Angeles 2
Only games scheduled
TUESDAY'S BASEBALL SCHEDULE
MAJOR LEAGUES
National vs. American All-Stars
At Cleveland
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
Louisville at Charleston
Columbus at Toledo
St. Paul at Kansas City *
Indianapolis at Minneapolis
TEXAS
Dallas at Oklahoma City (2)
Tulsa at Fort Worth
Houston at San Antonio
Shreveport at Beaumont
INTERNATIONAL
Ottawa at Montreal
Rochester at Richmond
Toronto at Havana
Only games scheduled
ALABAMA-FLORID A
Dothaft at Fort Walton Beach
Crestview at Andalusia-Opp
BASEBALL STANDINGS
INTERNATIONAL
Won Lost Pet.
Rochester 54 34 .614
Toronto 49 31 .613
Montreal 46 37 .554
Havana - 48 42 .533
Syracuse ——.4 44 .468
Buffalo - 33 46 .418
Richmond 34 48 .415
Ottawa 32 56 .364
ALABAMA-FLORID A
Won Lost Pet.
Dothan 49 37 .570
Fort Walton Beach 49 39 .557
Andalusla-Opp 46 39 .541
Crestview - 42 46 .477
Gracevllle 41 46 .471
Panama City 33 53 .384
TEXAS
Won Lost Pet.
Shreveport 5B 46 .558
San Antonio -54 46 .540
Oklahoma City - 32 49 .515
Houston 52 51 .505
Tulsa - - 49 50 .495
Fort Worth 50 53 .485
Beaumont - - 49 56 .467
Dallas 43 56 .434
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
Won Lost Pet.
Indianapolis - 59 31 .636
St. Paul 49 36 .563
Louisville 48 41 .539
Kansas City 43 45 .489
Columbus 42 45 .483
Minneapolis -41 4* *471
Toledo ——4 O .435
Charleston 33 57 .367
PACIFIC COAST
Won Lost Pet.
Hollywood * 62 39 ..614
San Diego - 59 41 .590
Oakland 53 46 .535
San Francisco 51 50
Seattle —43 53 -44*
Sacramento *5 56 .446
Portland ... —42 55 .433
Los Angeles 42 57 .424
CLEVELAND (API- Batting orders and
averages for today’s All-Star game at Mu
nicipal Stadium.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Gran Hamner Philadelphia. 2b (.323)
A1 Dark. New York, ss (.293)
Duke Snider, Brooklyn, cf (.367)
Stan Musial, St. Louis, rf (.331*
Ted Kluszewski, Cincinnati, lb (.313)
Ray Jablonski. St. Louis. 3b <344)
Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn, If • -321
Rov Campanella. Brooklyn, c (.215)
Robin Roberts. Philadelphia, p (11-8)
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Minnie Minoso, Chicago, If (.313)
Bobby Avila, Cleveland. 2b < 341>
Mickey Mantle. New York, cf (.316)
Yogi Berra. New York, e (.291)
A! Rosen, Cleveland, lb (.313)
Ray Boone, Detroit, 3b (.303)
MONDAY NIGHT’S FIGHT*
NEW YORK-Floyd Patterson. 16444.
New York, stopped Jacques Royer, 166,
France, 8.
BROOKLYN-Willie Troy, 161. Washing
ton, D. C., stopped Tony Anthony, 157 Vi,
New York, 4.
BOSTON-Tony DeMarco, 141 Vi, Boston,
stopped George Araujo, 136, Providence,
R. 1., 5.
SALT LAKE CITY-Re* Layne. 21.
Lewiston, Utah, stopped Eddie Kobb. 235.
: Chicago, 2.
LOS ANGELES-Ramon Fuentes, lu,
Los Angeles, outpointed Carmine Flore,
147, Brooklyn, L
VFW, Jaycees
Tied For Civic
Bowling Lead
In Civic Bowling League action
last week, the VTW dumped the
Elks for three points, the Knights
of Columbus dumped the Ameri
can Legion for three points and
the JayCees won three points by
forfeit from the Lions to make
the standings up to now of: Jay-
Cees and VFW tied for first place
with an 11-4 record; Knights of
Columbus in third place with a
10-5 record, American Legion in
fourth with 8-7 record, Lions in
fifth with 4-11, and the Elks hold
ing down the cellar with a 1-14
record.
Top bowlers of the week were
Barber (VFW) with a 200 mark;
Umble (VFW), 190, and Gilmore
(VFW), and Grenuck (KofC), with
188 each.
High three-game series went to
Umble (VFW) with 553; Gilmore
(VFW), 528, and Grenuck (KofC)
and Ilacqua (JayCees) with 520
each.
Team single game high goes to
VFW with 883 points and high
three-game series to VFW with a
2397 total pinfall.
Still holding down high aver
age in the league is R. N. Gil
more (VFW) with a 177.2 mark
and Stan Grenuck of the Knights
with 169.1.
Competition is getting sharper
all the time. Next week should
see some gold action with the sec
ond round starting. It will be the
VFW vs. American Legion, Jay-
Cees vs. Knights of Columbus,
and the Lions vs. Elks.
Major League
Players Form
Association
CLEVELAND Uh The major
league baseball players have or
ganized formally into an associa
tion with by-laws and a constitu
tion but no dues. J. Norman Lewis,
their lawyer, goes out of his way
to insist this is no union.
Lewis will receive a reported
$38,000 fee for services rendered
in helping the players negotiate a
new pension contract with the
owners. His fee covers work
through October 1954.
“There is no definite arrange
ment for the future after October,”
said Lewis. “We didn’t discuss it.
That is something that probably
will be decided later.”
Lewis’ fee will come out of the
central fund iuto which All-Star
Game gate receipts and All-Star
and World Series radio-tele vision
cash is placed. According to Lewis,
the owners’ committee already has
agreed to (he payment and the
players followed suit yesterday.
Pension payments also are paid
out of the same central fund.
The 16 current player represen
tatives, one from each big league
club, will continue in office until
July 1955, when a general election
will be held. The term of office
will be two years. In the past there
has been no formal term. Two
league player representatives also
will be elected for two years in
1955.
There will be four regular meet
ings of the player representatives,
the first week in April, All-Star
week, World Series week and the
first week in December.
The player representatives have
been functioning, without by-laws
or a positive legal setup, since 1946
after the Mexican League threat
when several players “jumped” to
Mexico and Robert Murphy, Bos
ton lawyer, tried unsuccessfully to
organize a players’ union.
To assist in handling the pension
fund, Allie Reynolds of the New
York Yankees and Ralph Kiner of
the Chicago Cubs were elected to
two-year terms. They will serve
on a four-man committee with
John Galbreath, Pittsburgh owner,
and Hank Greenberg, Cleveland
Anew player pension agreement
by which the pension fund will get
60 per cent and the owners 40 per
cent of the All-Star Game and
World Series TV will be drawn by
Lewis and the lawyers of the two
majors, Ben Fiery of the Ameri
can and Lou Carroll of the Na
tional. The present pension agree
ment expires with the end of the
radio-TV contracts in 1955.
Ring Roundup
NEW YORK (fl—Floyd Patterson
the Olympic middleweight cham
pion, may never win any world
titles, but he said today he now
considers himself a full-fledged
professional.
Young Patterson stopped Jac
ques Royer at St. Nicholas Arena
last night when the former French
middleweight king was refused per
mission to come out for the eighth
round. But he was knocked down
for the first time in his career.
“It was kind of a funny feeling,”
said Patterson. “I wasn’t hurt, but
I sure was surprised. I guess I’m
a real pro now.”
Except for the first round, when
he was down for a six-count, Pat
terson was in complete command.
“Babe Ruth” Baseball League
Gets Underway Here Tonight
Boys 13 To 16
To Compete In
New Circuit
Action will get underway
tonight in the city’s newly
formed Babe Ruth Baseball
league with a doubleheader
in the Wickers Field Stad
ium slated to start at 7 p. m.
The St. Joseph’s School
nine will battle the Key
West Insurance .Cos. basebal
lers in the first game and in
the nightcap, the Strand
Theater will tangle with the
Evans Enterprises combina
tion.
The teams are composed
of boys 13 to 16 years of
age. They have been work
ing out for several weeks in
preparation for the pennant
race. The league is under the
supervision of Bill Cates, the
city’s assistant recreation di
rector.
Tentative plans call for double
headers to be played Tuesday and
Thursday at 7 p.m. Two games
will also be played on Saturday
morning at 10 a.m.
There will be no charge for ad
mission to the games but a dona
tion box will be placed at the en
trance to help defray expenses.
The season will be a split affair
with each team playing nine games
in each half and the winners of
each leg playing in a champion
ship series.
The first half schedule: July 13,
Key West Insurance Cos. vs. St.
Josephs School, Evans Enterprises
vs. Strand Theater; July 15, St.
Josephs vs. Evans, Strand vs. Key
West Ins. Cos.; July 17, Key West
Ins. Cos. ts. Evans, Strand vs. St.
Josephs; July 20, Strand vs. Evans,
St. Josephs vs. Key West Ins. Cos.;
July 22, Key West Ins. Cos. vs.
Strand, Evans vs. St. Josephs;
July 24, St. Josephs vs. Strand,
Evans vs. Key West Ins. Cos.; July
27, Strand vs. St. Josephs, Key
West Ins. Cos. vs. Evans; July 29,
St. Josephs vs. Key West Ins. Cos.,
Evans vs. Strand; July 31, Key
West Ins. Cos. vs. Strand, Evans
vs. St. Josephs.
Embezzlers Owe
Income Tax On
Illgotten Cains
ST. LOUIS (*)—Embezzled funds
are subject to income tax under
terms of a ruling by the U.S. Court
of Appeals.
The court made the ruling yes
terday in upholding the conviction
of Arthur B. Marienfield of St.
Louis, former president of the Mar-
Meat Cos. He was sentenced to 15
months in prison and fined $5,000 in
Federal District Court last year
after being convicted for evading
$23,968 in income taxes for 1946.
In his appeal, Marienfield ex
tended the money which the gov
ernment claimed was income and
was used by him, actually be
longed to the firm.
Appeals Court Judge Harvey M.
Johnsen wrote:
“One who acquires funds by
criminal means and uses them for
his own purposes has no less mea
sure of economic gain, value and
enjoyment from them than the
law-abiding citizen.”
Tuna fish weighing 200 pounds
and Marlin weighing more than 1.-
000 pounds have been caught off
American Samoa says the Na
tional Geographic Society.
Royer couldn’t keep away from
his belts to the head.
At Eastern Parkway Arena, in
the other half of the Monday night
TV war, Willie Troy of Washing
ton, D.C., the seventh-ranking mid
dleweight contender, stopped Tony
Anthony, another New Yorker, in
47 seconds of the fourth round.
This was an unusual one in that
all the officials had Anthony ahead
going into the fourth. The former
national ASU champion didn’t run
into trouble until the end of the
third when he caught a solid right
in the mid-section.
He wobbled to his corner and had
no defense when he came out for
the fourth.
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Crucial Bout
Pits Valdes
And Jackson
The most important non-title
heavyweight fight of the summer
series takes place on the July 14
Blue Ribbon Bout TV program
when Tommy “Hurricane” Jack
son battles Nino Valdes in Madi
son Square Garden, N. Y. Jackson
astounded the fight world with a
meteoric rise from prelim boy to
a ranking heavyweight in two-and
a-half years. Valdes, the Cuban
champion, shared the spotlight
with Ezzard Charles for a crack
at Rocky Marciano’s title but
Charles got the nod. The 10-round
heavyweight brawl will be tele
cast over 101 CBS-TV stations as
the bout of the week starting at
10 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time
with station WTVJ-TV, channel 4,
serving as the local outlet.
The 22-year-old, 194-pound Jack
son is from Rockaway Beach,
N. Y., via Georgia. According to
fight experts he does nothing right
except win. He makes up his own
punches during a fight, forgets
self-protection and exercises in his
corner between rounds. Constantly
in training, Tommy wears down
an opponent with a non-stop attack,
throwing gloves in wholesale lots
as he swarms all over his oppon
ent. His headlong style and tire
less fighting ability make up for
his awkwardness as he shakes off
punishment like raindrops. He
scored stunning victories over Rex
Layne, Clarence Henry and Dan
Bucceroni, to become an outstand
ing heavyweight challenger. He
lost a measure of his fistic fame
when “Spoiler” Jimmy Slade, the
No. 3 lightweight, beat him in
April. However, a kayo victory
over Charlie Norkus in May re
stored some of his lost prestige. A
fast starter, Jackson’s haymaker
style of punching may prove to be
too much for the heavier and more
experienced Valdes.
Valdes is a big. 6-foot-3-inch
heavy hitter from Havana, Cuba.
His rise in the heavyweight ranks
was sudden and similar to that of
Jackson. A pro since 1941, Nino
fought most of his early bouts in
his native land. In 1952 he moved
into the United States and in two
years became a rated contender.
A surprise 10-round decision over
Ezzard Charles in 1953 boosted
him into fistic heights. Voted the
fighter who made the most prog
ress last year by Ring Magazine,
the Cuban champion knocked out
Omelio Agramante and Heinz
Neuhaus, of Germany, in upset
victories. Nino currently is rated
as the next possible challenger to
Marciano's crown and must win
this July 14 battle against Jack
son. It is the most important fight
of his career.
Outfielders Top
Major Bat Races
NEW YORK <*—Outfielders hog
ged the spotlight in the major
league batting races today with
Duke Snider of Brooklyn and Irv
Noren of the New York Yankees
others in contention
Snider slumped seven points to
.367 last week with 11 hits in 35
at bats. Meanwhile outfielders Don
Mueller Of the Giants and Gus Bell
of Cincinnati closed in. Mueller
with a three-point increase to .356
and Bell with a four-point gain to
.344.
Wally Moon, St. Louis outfielder,
is fourth at .333 followed by team
mates Red Schoendienst and Stan
Musial with .331.
In the American League. Noren
took over the top spot from Cleve
land’s Bobby AvHa. Irv gained 15
points to .344 while Avila tailed off
nine to .341.
Mickey Mantle of the Yankees
is third with 316, followed by
Nellie Fox of Chicago. .315, and
Minnie Minoso of the White Sox
and A1 Rosen of Cleveland with
.313 apiece.
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where he still resides ...
Bats and throws right ...
Height 6-feet-5, weighs 200
pounds ... In minor leagues
10 years as Giant and Mil
waukee property but didn't
get first real chance until
purchased from Atlanta by
Cincinnati last October . . .
Fowler began organized ball
in 1944, compiling a 13-6 rec
ord with Bristol, Va., in the
Appalachian League . . . La
ter hurled for Danville, Va..
in Carolina League. Jersey
City in International League,
Jacksonville, in Sally League.
Atlanta in Southern Assn, and
Milwaukee in American Assn.
. . . Spent four seasons and
part of a fifth with Atlanta
. . . Led league in innings
pitched with 261 in 1953 when
his record was 18-10 . . . Also
led in earned run record!
with 3.03 per nine innings
. . . Had six shutouts, a big
factor in bis purchase by the
Redlegs . . . Won 140. lost 94
in minors before winning his
first big league game .. .
Married J. . Hobbies, hunting
and fishing ...
Dogs Can Now
Bark Earlier
WATERTOWN, N.Y., (*—A bark
ing dog’s life, the City Council
says, can begin an hour earlier
each morning.
The Council voted last night to
amend a recent ordinance that
stipulated that dogs “are not per
mitted to howl or bark between
’the hours of 11 p.m. and 8 a.m.
so as to disturb the neighbors.”
Yielding slightly to the protest*
of dog owners who had trouble
convincing their pets, the council
men moved the morning curfew
back to 7 a.m. %
,!
FOR COMPLETE FIGHT
NIGHT ENJOYMENT
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PRESENTS
Tommy Jackson
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Monroe Beer Distributors, Inc.