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By FRANCIS STANN
This Is No Second Golden Age
Whatever became of that new Golden Age In spate? You know,
the one that waa to have followed World War II? The one that waa
to match the Golden Age that came after W. W. I?
We were aupposed to have another Dempsey and a second
Francis Itann.
runney. And a Mickey Walker and a Marry uren
and a Benny Leonard. There was to be a second
Man O’ War and some more Ruths, Paddocks,
Joneses, Willses, Tildens, Sarasens and Hagens
That was what the soothsayers prophesied.
So what do we have today, three years after
the end of the war. A horse, Citation. Up to
now he's been a reasonable facsimile of Man O’
War. But the humans have let us down.
Joe Louis has retired. The best fighter in the
game probably is Tony Zale, past 34 years of age.
There isn’t a solid ball club lp either major
league. There merely are 16 teams, each with
weaknesses.
There are some fine individual ball players,
like Ted Williams, Stan Musial, Lou Boudreau,
Ralph Klner, but there’s no second Ruin.
Amateur Tennis Lacks a Standout
The pro golfers today are slugging a hopped-up ball with
hopped-up clubs and scoring lower than Jones, Sarazen, Hagen,
Barnes, Ouimet and the greats of a generation ago. But the modern
golfers won’t bear close inspection. They are men in their late 30s
and 40s—Hogan, Demaret, Locke, Mangrum, Nelson, Little et al.
At least these are the golfers who seem to win most of the prize money.
In amateur tennis there is nobody to compare with Tilden and
Wills. A year'ago Jake Kramer was rated with the greats, but Kramer
since has turned professional, leaving in his wake a string of mediocre
Among the women there isn’t a tennis player who figures to have
lasted more than two sets with the Miss Wills of the Golden Age.
Surprisingly, perhaps, track and field seems to be holding up.
A skinny speedster named Mel Patton has been clocked in faster
time than Charley Paddock. Jamaica’s Herb McKenley may be
one of the best 440 men of all time. Harrison Dillard apparently can
hurdle with any of the greats.
But this doesn't add up to any second Golden Age. More like
a Leaden Age.
Wolff Is Sold on Television Fans
Bob Wolff, your Dumont reporter at Griffith Stadium when the
Nats are at home, throws some light on what he calls the potency of
video appeal. Wolff, who also conducts a radio sports show, has been
plugging a free handbook published by the Ford Motor Co. to promote
their American Legion baseball program.
“Once, during the course of each ball game, I d hold up the
book, called ’Play Ball, Son,’ for the television audience to see,’’
Wolff reports. "I’d state that it could be had for the asking by
dropping a card to me.
“Over the course of two weeks, during which the offer was made
six times, more than 2,000 requests came in from the televiewers. An
amazing part of this response is the fact that Washington at present
has only 12,000 television receivers, so over the course of two weeks
one out of every six set owners took advantage of the offer.
"Meanwhile, I ran the same offer on the radio with a potential
audience many times that of television, yet the radio response was
only one-third the television draw."
Br'er Wolff hasn't quite decided what conclusions to draw, but
he's all hopped up over television. He feels the televiewers are less
Indifferent than radio listeners and possibly not so careless. To prove
the latter point, Wolff discloses that 98 per cent of television fans
correctly identified the book while only 60 per cent of the radio
listeners knew the title. ^_
Olympic Ringmen Face Period
Of Polishing at West Point
By the Associated Press
BOSTON, June 30—The eight
members of the 1948 United States
Olympic boxing team—the cream of
thousands of fistic-minded young-j
iters screened all over the world—j
and their alternates headed for the
United States Military Academy,
today for two weeks of final polish
ing before sailing for England.
The octet to survive through all
of the final Olympic tryouts, which
ended last night at the Boston Gar
den, was dominated by Mid-West
erners.
Half of the regulars came from
that section, two from Pennsylvania
and one each from Florida and
Utah.
Two were members of he United
States Navy team, which was select
ed from 17.500 candidates, and the1
Army, which selected eight out of
world-wide tryouts that involved
50,000 troops, also gained two berths, j
Last night's successful finalists j
were; Flyweight Frank Sodona, 17
year-old Philadelphia National AAU
tltllst: Bantamweight Bill Bossio,
20, of Pittsburgh and the United
States Navy; Featherweight Edward
Johnson, 20. of Kansas City and the
United States Army; Lightweight
Wallace Smith, 19, of Cincinnati;
Leaaue Leaders
By tha Associated Prass
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Batting—Williams. Boston. .412:
Boudreau Cleveland ..'174.
Runs batted in—William*. Boston.
60: Dt Macaio. New York. 65
Runs—Williams. Boston, ftp; Di
Maag’O. Boston, 4P. _
Hits—Williams. Boston. PI: Bou
dreau. Cleveland. 86.
Home runs--D1 Maggio. New York.
18 Keltner. Cleveland. 17
Stolen base*—Coan. Washington
17: Diliinger. St. Louis. 8.
Strikeouts—Feller. Cleveland. 60:
I^mor Cleveland. 68
Pitching—Raschi. New York. 0-1.
.POO: Scheib. Philadelohta. 7-2. «.8.
national league.
Batting—Muslal. St. Louis. .402;
Holmes. Boston. .34P. _
Runs batted in—Sauer. Cincinnati.
BP: Kiner. Pittsburgh. 52.
Runs—Musial, St. Louis. 55: Kiner.
Pittsburgh. 51. _ .
Hits—Musial. St. Louis. P8: Ash
burn. Philadelphia. 87.
Home runs—Sauer. Cincinnati. 2^,
Kiner. Pittsburgh. IP. ,
Stolen bases—Ashburn. Philadelphia.
21: Torgeson. Boston. 14.
Strikeouts—Branca, Brooklyn. <1.
Schmitz. Chicago. 65. _ „,
Pitching—Poat.. New York. 7-18,5:
Brecheen. St. Louis, and Riddle. Pitts
burgh. 8-3. .727.
Welterweight Horace Herring, 24, or
St. Petersburg, Fla., and the United
States Navy; Middleweight Wash
ington Jones, 22, of Lovejoy, 111., and
the United States Army: Light
Heavyweight Charles Speizer, 18, of
Dertoit and Heavyweight Jay Lam
bert, 22, of West Jordan, Utah.
Named as alternates after being
defeated in the final round were
Flvweight Henry Gault, 19, of Spar
tansburg, S. C.; Bantamweight
James Mitchell, 29. of Richmond,
Calif.: Featherweight Douglas Ell
wood, 23, of Port Allen, La.: Light
weight Charles Davey, 23, of Detroit:
Welterweight Ross Virgo, 18, of
Rochester. N. Y„ and the United
States Army; Middleweight Frank
Daniels, 20, of Bakersfield. Calif.;
Light Heavyweight Grant Butcher,
19, of San Francisco: Heavyweight
Norvel Lee, 23, of Washington. D. C.,
Howard University freshman.
The starting field of 80, which
represented the best of the amateur
battlers in the Army, Navy, Na
tional Collegiate AA ranks and
seven regional AAU districts, in
cluded five National AAU titlists
who were crowded here last April.
Sodano, however, was the only
titlist to prevail from start to finish.
Bantamweight Champion Bill Mor
gan of Newark, N. J., bowed to
Bossio in a second-round bout:
Johnny Gonsalves of Oakland,
Calif., the 1947-8 lightweight
champ, was Smith’s semifinal vic
tim: Heavyweight Titlist Coley
Wallace of New York was bested
by Lee in their semifinal, and the
two-time winner. Butcher Boy
Speizer. a rugged truck driver, in
a final bout.
When Monday’s 43 bouts reduced
the field to ite semifinals quota of
32. it was so well balanced that
there was only one knockout scored
during the last 24 semifinal and
final engagements.
Jones, who qualified as a repre
sentative of the New England AAU
district, provided the last-night
crowd of 4.138 with its greatest
thrill by flattening Daniels in 53
seconds of the second round in their
middleweight windup.
While at West Point the regular
and alternate members of the box
ing team will work out daily under
Coaches John J. Walsh of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin and Jack
Mendonca of San Francisco.
Baseball Standings and Schedules
WEDNESDAY. JUNE 30, 1948.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Results Yesterday.
Washington, 5; Phila., 3.
New York, 7; Boston, 0.
Cleveland, 6: Detroit, 2.
Chicago, 4; St. Louis, 1.
Games Today.
Wash, at Phila. (n.) 8:30.
Boston at New York.
Cleveland at Detroit (n.).
Chicago at St. Louis <n.).
Games Tomorrow.
Wash, at Phila. (n.).
Boston at New York.
Chicago at St. Louis (n.).
Cleveland at Detroit.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Results Yesterday.
New York, 11: Boston, 3.
Chicago, 3; St. Louis. 1.
Phila., 2, Brooklyn. 1.
Cinci., 6; Pitts., 5 (14 in.).
Games Today.
New York at Boston (n.>.
St. Louis at Chicago
Philadelphia at Brooklyn.
Only games.
Games Tomorrow.
New York at Boston.
Philadelphia at Brooklyn.
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati
St. Louis at Chicago.
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Stranahan Blows Up, Shoots 77 in British Open
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Belgian, Two Britons
Tie for Lead With
One-Over-Par 69s
ly th» Associated Frass
MUIRFIELD, Scotland, June 30.
—Frank Stranahan of Toledo, Ohio,
who recently won the British ama
teur golf championship, shot a 77
today in the opening round of the
British Open, which may have
ruined his chance for a slam of ma
jor British titles.
Flory Van Donck of Belgium and
Sam King and Charley Ward of
Great Britain, all pros, fired 1-over
par 69s to share the opening-round
lead.
Roberto De Vicenzo of Argentina,
who shot a sensational eagle on the
513-yard 17th hole, was a stroke be
hind the pacers.
Stranahan’s card:
Out __644 364 346—38
In _ 444 346 465—89—7 <
King's card:
Out _ 334 245 346—33
In _ 544 344 354—36—69
Van Donck's card:
Out .. 435 255 344-34
In _ 644 334 353-35—69
King, who never had won a major
tournament, could have taken the
lead but he 3-putted the 17th,
forcing himself into the three-way
tie
Ward holed a 20-foot putt on the
last green for his 69.
After driving more than 300 yards,
De Vicenzo holed his three-iron ap
proach on the 17th.
As he neared the green, people in
the gallery began to point their
fingers down, indicating he had
holed out. They clapped. De
Vicenzo bowed.
Seven One-Putt Greens.
De Vicenzo was chipping beauti
fully and had seven one-putt greens.
He finished with a 70.
De Vicenzo’s card:
Out _ 644 354 345-37
In _ 454 344 324-33—70
Lawson Little, one of nine Ameri
cans to survive early qualifying
rounds, came home in 72 to set an
early target that De Vicenzo soon
surpassed
Little, who won the British
amateur twice 10 years ago, might
just as well have carded a pheno
menal 62. Ten times—four on the
first nine and six coming home
putts ranging from 10 to 60 feet
failed to drop by narrow margins.
Once Little three-putted, missing
a 15-incher on the third green. On
the ninth he dropped a six-footer
Jor a birdie and on the 12th he
holed out from 12 feet to get an
other birdie.
Little's card:
lout __445 345 353—36
In _543 354 345—36—72
Frank Jowle, a British pro who
played with De Vicenzo, also shot
a 70 to rate well up in the field.
Henry Cotton, who played the two
qualifying rounds with a pair of 69s,
was home in 71. So was Norm Van
Nida, the Australian who is favored
by the bookmaker’s odds of 7 to 1.
Defending Champion Fred Daly of
Ulster shot a 37-35—72 to tie with
Little.
Charles Rotar, Canton, Ohio, pro
who now is a sergeant in the United
States Army in Germany, got a 75.
Arthur Clark, rangy pro from
Huntington, W. Va„ compiled a 74,
missing a 4-foot putt on the last
hole.
Clark's card:
Out ..._ 444 444 445—37
In _ 444 344 456—37—74
Thomson Shoots a 74.
Jimmy Thomson, Scots - born
American pro who was low qualifier
for the American contingent, equaled
Clark's 74 score in the first round of
actual medal play. Thomson, wild
through most of the first nine,
putted to exact par figures for the
last 10 holes.
Thomson’s card:
Out _ _ _ H54 355 354—40
In - 444 344 344-34—74
Claude Harmon of Mamaroneck,
N. Y., the Augusta (Ga.) masters
champ, was another stroke back at
75. He disgustedly summed up his
first day round when he said., "I
couldn’t putt and if you can’t putt
you can’t score."
One of his misses was a 12-inch
putt on the 11th.
Harmon’s card:
Out ... 454 864 345—37
In ... _ 645 344 454—38—75
Three other Americans aside from
Stranahan, Little, Rotar, Clark,
Thomson and Harmon were to tee
off later in the day. They are:
Capt. Ed Kingsley, Utah player serv
ing with the United States Army of
Occupation in Germany; Johnny
Bulla of Phoenix, Ariz., and Bobby
Cruickshank of Richmond, Va.
---
ON THE DOTTED LINE—Leonard Shane, manager pf Jimmy Bivins, heavyweight contender,
signs in behalf of his fighter for the 10-round match against Ezzard Charles at Griffith Stad
ium August 2. Seated (left to right) are Jake Mintz, manager of Charles; Mrs. Florence Turner,
promotor for Turner’s Arena; Charley Walker, chairman of the Variety Club Boxing Committee,
which is sponsoring the show, and Shane. Looking on (left to right) are Charley Ford, Variety
Club vice chairman; Heinie Miller, District Boxing Commission chairman, and Gabe Menendez,
matchmaker. __ _
Bivins-Charles Fight to Open
Eliminations for Heavy Title
Ezzard Charles’ fight with Jimmy
Bivins at Griffith Stadium on Au
gust 2 is the first of the elimination
series to find a successor to the re
tired Joe Louis as world heavy
wieght boxing champion. An
nouncement of the fight, to be held
under sponsorship of the Variety
Club, came at the same time that
Abe Greene, president of the Na
tional Boxing Association, an
nounced that hereafter fights be
tween leading heavyweights would
be considered as part of this elim
ination series.
Charles more than Bivins is con
sidered a real possibility as next
wearer of the heavyweight crown,
although Bivins is listed among the
heavyweight leaders. Charles also
is logical contender for the light
heavyweight title now held by Gus
Lesnevich, who also is top rated by
those picking out a possible future
heavyweight king. In fact most
boxing experts think that the heavy
title eventually will be decided in a
bout between Charles and Lesne
vich. \
Announcement of the Charles
Bivins fight was made yesterday by
Charley Walker, chairman of the
Variety Club’s Boxing Committee.
The August 2 date originally be
longed to Promoter Mrs. Florence
Turner, but she has assigned her
interest in it to the club. Charles
i also was lined up by Gabe Menendez,
| the Turner matchmaker, for a fight
i that date, but efforts to obtain a
suitable opponent for him were
fruitless. The fight finally was made
: under Variety Club auspices. Profits
! from the bout will go to the club’s
i Welfare Fund.
: An early line on the bout would
make Charles, a fast, slashing com
bination boxer-slugger, the favorite.
Some of the luster on Bivins’ reputa
tion was rubbed off Monday when
he lost a clos£ fight to Archie Moore,
a contender for the light heavy
weight title, in Baltimore. It was a
split decision, and Leonard Shane,
Bivins’ manager, who was in Wash
ington yesterday, characterized it as
a “hometown decision.”
Charles and Bivins have fought
three times before. Charles won the
last outing with a fourth-round
knockout in March, last year, and
previously each won a decision.
Charles never has fought in
Washington, but Bivins has ap
peared here several times. He de
cisioned Johnny Flynn in January,
last year, ajid previously won over
Yancy Henry and knocked out
Buddy Scott, Georige Parks and
Herbert Marshall.
Poillon, Redskins'Top
Scorer, Signs for '48
Dick Poillon. blond Redskin half
back who led the National Football
League’s Eastern division in scoring
last season with 85 points, has
signed for the 1948 season, club offi
cials announced today.
This will be the onetime Canisius
College star’s fourth campaign with
the Tribe, and Coach Turk Edwards
expects it to be one of his best.
Poillon made his debut with the
1942 world championship Redskin
eleven and entered military service
immediately after the team’s 14-6
victory over the Chicago Bears in
the title game. He served 3H years
as a lieutenant with an antitank
outfit and saw action in the Euro
pean theater.
A solid 197-pounder whose looks
are deceiving, Poillon’s hard-hitting
and willingness to mix it with the
opposition almost landed him in the
regular fullback slot last season. It
will be no surprise to Skin fans If
he winds up in that position this
season.
Rookie Fleitas
Joining Nats
■y the Associated Press
CHATTANOOGA, Ten., June 30.
—Angel Fleitas, Cuban shortstop for
the Chattanooga Lookouts of the
Southern Association, has left to
join the Washington Senators,
Lookout President Joe Engel said.
Fleitas was batting .354 for Chat
tanooga, farm club of the Senators,
when he was called up for major
league duty.
Ryan Seeks Mat Title
In Bout With Sexton
Frank Sexton, recognized wrest
ling champion, puts his crown on
the lflle against Philadelphia’s Rosy
Red Ryan tonight at Turners
Arena.
The star supporting card features
a two-man team tussle between the
Marvin Mercer-Benit? Gardini fac
tion and George Bruckman and
Farro Rinaldo, while Joe Kamaroff
faces Hans Kampfer and Irish
George Flynn takes on George
Macricostas. •
Nats Climb to Fifth
As Christman Goes
On Batting Splurge
By Burton Hawkins
Star Staff Corrmipondent
PHILADELPHIA, June 30—Mark
Christman, who at the mildewing
baseball age of 34 has been depicted
as a doddering, creaky specimen
ready for a wheel chair, is showing
there still is life in his trim frame.
The Nats’ steady shortstop person
ally hoisted Washington into fifth
place here last night with his big
gest batting spree in years.
Christman, who Is known to the
trade as a “glove man”—a designa
tion inflicted upon fine fielders and
weak hitters—contributed 50 per
cent of the Nats’ six hits as they
defeated the Philadelphia Athletics,
5-3, Mark blasted his first home
run of the season and also injected
a triple and single to bat across
four runs.
Mark’s behavior, coupled with
neat relief pitching by Earl Harrist
and Tom Ferrick, elevated the Nats
to within three games of the first
division and bumped the A’s into
third place.
Mark Runs Amuck.
That batting Christman un
leashed bordered on the miraculous.
In 1946 he thumped two triples and
one home run, duplicating thsl
meager output last year. In his last
three games Mark has slammed two
triples and a home run, all of which
should make him a candidate for a
saliva test.
Washington’s grip on* fifth place
is by the grace of an .001 pull in
percentages, but the Nats hope to
improve their position tonight when
Walter Masterson takes the mound
against Philadelphia’s Joe Cole
man. »
Christman accounted for all
Washington- runs in dealing Phil
Marchildon a sixth defeat. The A’s
pounded Early Wynn for a 2-0 lead
as Eddie Joost rammed a home run
in the first inning and Elmer Valo
singled in the second inning, went
to third on errors by Wynn and
Jake Early and scored on Pete Su
der’s single.
Christman then moved into ac
tion. He slammed a home run to
open the Nats’ third inning. In the
fourth Inning, after Mickey Vernon
had nicked»Marchildon for an in
field hit and Carden Qillenwater
walked, Mark whacked a triple to
center and scored after Early filed
to Valo.
With two out in the eighth, and
(See NATS on Page A-20.)
Harris Sticks Neck Out, Says Yanks Will Win Flag
By the Associated Press
Manager Bucky Harris of the
New York Yankees put his neck
in a noose today by predicting
flatly his world champions would
win the American League flag
again.
This sudden burst of frankness
by the Yankee skipper might
have been prompted by last
night’s 7-0 victory over the
formidable Boston Red Sox.
It wasn’t so much the victory,
as the facts the triumph came on
the anniversary of the start of
their epochal 19-game winping
streak of last year.
A year ago yesterday the
Yankees defeated Washington,
3-1, and went on to capture their
next 18 games to make a sham
bles of the American League
pennant race.
A season record Yankee Sta
dium crowd of 70,491 saw Ed
Lopat handcuff the Sox with
three sinigles. Ted Williams got
one of them to extend his con
secutive hitting streak to 15
games. But his average dropped
three points to .412.
The victory, enabled the Yan
kees to move into second place,
6 percentage points ahead of
the Philadelphia Athletics and
only one game behind the front
running Cleveland Indians.
Fire bailer Bobby Feller gave a
display of his oldtime form,
pitching the Cleveland Indians
to a 6-2 triumph over the Tigers
in Detroit. Feller fanned eight
and scattered eight hits in beat
ing his old rival, Southpaw Hal
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seven hits and five runs.
Washington snapped the Ath
letics’ seven - game winning
streak, defeating Philadelphia,
5-3, in a night game in Phila
delphia.
The Chicago White Sox moved
within two and a half games of
the seventh-place St. Louis
Browns by defeating the Brown
ies, 4-1, in another night game in
St. Louis.
The first three teams in the
National League had a bad day
as Boston, St. Louis and Pitts
burgh all went down to defeat.
As a result the fourth-place New
York Giants closed the gap be
tween themselves and the top to
three games.
The Giants poled five home
runs out of Braves Field to swamp
Warren Spahn and the Braves,
11-3, in a night game in Boston.
Sid Gordon paced the Giants’ 17
hit attack with two home runs,
one with the bases loaded. It was
his third grand slam homer of
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record.
The Braves retained their first- 1
place lead of half a game over
the St. Louis Cardinals as the
Redbirds were whipped by the
Cubs in Chicago, 3-1.
A pinch single by Howie Schultz
in the 14th inning scored Ted
Kluszewski from third with the
run that gave the Reds a 6-5
victory over the Pirates in Cin
cinnati in the longest National
League night game of the year.
A two-base muff of a fly ball
by Centerfielder Carl Furillo
paved the way for two Philadel
phia runs which gave the Phils
a 2-1 victory over the Dodgers in
a night game in Brooklyn.
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Bromwich Reaches
Final at Wimbledon
In Marathon Battle
By Hi* Associated Press
LONDON, June 30.—John Brom
wich of Australia reached the men’s
singles finals of the Wimbledon
tennis championships today when
he turned back Josef Asboth of
Hungary, 6—3, 14—12, 6—2,
His opponent in the final battle
for the title will be either Bob
Falkenburg of Hollywood or Gard
nar Mulloy of Miami, Fla., who were
to meet on the center court in the
other semifinal later today.
It took Bromwich 2 hours and 10
minutes to defeat the Hungarian
in a match that saw both players
weak in service. There were eight
consecutive service breaks in the
long second set.
Doris Hart of Miami, Fla., and
Mrs. Pat Todd of La Jolla, Calif.,
defending champions in women’s
doubles, breezed into the semi
finals by outclassing the Irish pair,
Mrs. J. J. Fltzglbbon and Miss E.
F. Lombard, 6—1, 6—1.
Shirley Fry of Akron, Ohio, who
sprained an ankle in a singles
match yesterday, was forced to -de
fault in women’s doubles, where she
was paired with Mrs. Mary Arnold
Prentiss of Los Angeles against
Gem Hoahing and Mrs. L. J. Os
borne of Britain.
Miss Fry, who hobbled around
the Wimbledon grounds today, also
forfeited in mixed doubles. She
and Philippe Washer of Belgium
were to have met Mrs. Prentiss and
John Wilkinson of Washington
D. C., who moved into the fifth
round on the default.
—
Kentucky Five
Opposes Oilers
ly the Associated Press
TULSA, Okla., June 30. —The
Phillips Oilers and the University
of Kentucky Wildcats, America’s
mightiest amateur basket ball teams,
meet here tonight in the first ol
a three-game pre-Olympic exhibi
tion sfcries.
The second game will be played
at Kansas City Friday night, and
the third will have a Lexington,
Ky., setting July 9.
Tonight’s clash, expected to draw
a capacity 7,000 crowd to the fair
grounds pavilion, will be the second
meeting between the Oilers, AAU
champions for several years, and
the college team rated by many as
the greatest in years.
Phillips edged the Kentuckians,
53-49, in the final game of the
Olympic trials last March in Madi
son Square Garden.
The older,- more seasoned AAU
team did the trick mainly on the
basket shooting of Bob Kurland, the
seven-foot former Oklahoma A. &
M. ace who counted 21 points in a
scoring duel with Kentucky’s speedy
Ralph Beard, who racked up 23.
Two From Trojan Nine
Plucked by Yankees
•y tha Aiiociotad Pros*
NEW YORK, Jane 30.—Two mem
bers of the University of Southeri
California baseball squad which re
cently won the national collegiati
championship have been signed bj
the New York Yankees for theii
Newark farm in the Internationa
League.
They are Wally Hood, jr., right
handed pitcher whose father is s
former major league player, anc
Hank Workman, hard-hitting out
fielder who bats left-handed and
throws right.
Hood was signed to a Yankee con
tract and optioned immediately tc
Newark. Workman signed a Newark
contract. Both players will join the
Bears in Toronto tomorrow.
Hood’s father, who played the
outfield with the Brooklyn Dodger;
in 1920, 1921 and 1922, and the
Trojan coach, Raoul Dedeaux, ac
companied the collegians to the
Yankee offices for the signing. Bott
players are 22 years old and live lr
Los Angeles.
Kodak Nine Close Victor
Eastman Kodak defeated George
Washington Post, 6-5, in an East
ern Recreation League game yester
day on Catcher Carl Dreschler's
two-run triple in the last inning.
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Batboy Protests
Decision, Gets
Old Heave-Ho
By ttie Associated Press
SALISBURY, June' 30.—Jeepers!
Now they’ve given a batboy the
old heave ho in the fractious
little class D Eastern Shore Base
ball League.
Umpire Marty Vogel did it in
1 a fracas between the Salisbury
! Cardinals and the Dover Phils.
His victim was 13-year-old Paul
Murrell, round-eyed, freckle-faced
rustler of the hickories for the
Cardinals.
“I’m sorry now. I guess.'’ said
Paul after he was sent to the
showers along with Gene Corbett,
1941 International League batting
champion who is managing the
Cardinals.
“But,” said Paul, "I still think
Ted Zaharczyk was safe at home
in the ninth when Mr. Vogel
called him out.
“I was mad, that’s all. And Mr.
Gene really blew a fuse.
“All I said to the ump was: ‘Get
in the game and keep your eyes
open.’
“The next thing I knew I heard
the umpire tell Mr. Gene to get
off the field and take his batboy
with him.”
Riegel Is Early Pacer ■
In Western Amateur
With Under-Par 70
By tho Associated Pross
WICHITA, Kans., June 30.—Rob
ert (Skee) Riegel had the inside
track today on the Western ama
teur golf tournament's qualifying
medal.
Riegel, National amateur cham
pion from Glendale, Calif., shot a
one-under-par 70 yesterday for the
first 18 holes of the qualifying test.
He had little chance, however, of
bettering the tournament record;
He needed a 67 on the last 18 holes
today to tie the 137 record set by
John Lehman of Chicago in 1933
and equaled by Charles Yates of
Atlanta in 1937, and again by Earl
Stewart of Albuquerque in 1939.
Riegel's most serious contenders
| for medalist honors were young
i Lawrence Glosser, Oklahoma City,
and Eugene Zuspann, the sand
green specialist from Goodland,
Kans. Each shot an even par 71
yesterday.
The 6,740-yard Wichita Country
Club course, which got its first day
of sunshine yesterday in about two
weeks, plAyed very long. Only 35
of the 91 starters were able to
shoot 78 or better.
Marvin (Bud) Ward of Spokane,
Wash., the 1947 medalist and cham
pion, was well off the first-day pace
with a 38-38—76. Ward's long irons
failed him and he lagged many of
his shots on the greens.
1 Ward, who is after his fourth
i Western championship, won the
medal with a 141 in 1941 and again
last year. He was co-medalist with
Frank Stranahan and Smiley Quick
at the same figure in 1946.
Wilford Wehrle of Louisville, Ky.,
the 1937 Western amateur titlist,
and George Dawson of Chicago, a
former Illinois champion, started
. the second qualifying round with
t 73s.
Riegel, who won the trans-Mis
’ sissippi tournament at Kansas City
i last Saturday, teed off yesterday an
hour after he got his first glimpse
of the Wichita course. He holed a
15-foot putt on the ninth hole to
make the tur» in 2-under-par 34,
but was a stroke over with 36 com
ing in.
The 64 low shooters are scheduled
to begin match play tomorrow
I morning.
Georgetown Is Winner
Georgetown defeated Marx Jew
elers, 8-3, in a Junior City League
game yesterday, aided by home runs
by Norman Wacker and Jimmy
Hogan.
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