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Washington, D. C., Tuesday, July 13, 1948—A—15 **K
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By FRANCIS STANN
AH, Jamaica, Where People Run Fast!
If this were to be an everyday travelogue script about Jamaica
it njight open, as all travelogues seem to do, with the old familiar
routine:
‘•Jamaica is situated in the Caribbean Sea, $0 miles south of
Francis Stann.
Cub*, and is the largest and most valuable oi the
British West Indies. It has an area of 4,450 square
miles and the population (estimated, 1943) Is
1,237,603 (about 15.000 whites).
"The principal products are sugar cane, log
wood, coffee, bananas, rum, coconuts, ginger, cocoa,
pimento, oranges and cigars, etc., etc."
Normally this might pass as a reasonably ac
curate start, but this is an Olympic Games year.
Tomorrow the S. S. America, chartered by the
United States Olympic Committee, sails for Lon
don with our guys and gals aboard, plus one
Herbert G. Macdonald, O. B. E.
Mr. Macdonald is a guest, not a spy, although
he was long-time president of the Jamaica Am
ateur Athletic Association and the Jamaica Olym
pic Association before he came to Washington more than five years
ago as chief liaison officer for the "British West Indies Central Labour
Organisation representing the governments of Barbados and Jamaica."
"I am Indebted to Mr. Avery Brundage, president of the United
States Olympic Association, for my accommouatlons aboard the S. S.
America," said Mr. Macdonald the other day in well clipped English,
"but I must take pride in our Jamaicans—Herb McKenley, Arthur
Wint, Lloyd La Beach and a young girl sprinter named Cynthia
Thompson.
La Beach of Panama Never Has Run There
"I think it a very creditable thing that an island so small as
Jamaica, possessing approximately 1,250,000 people, should produce
such outstanding track stars. It ranks, to my mind, with Finland in
the long distance events, although Finland is a very much larger
country and has a greater population than Jamaica.
"Herb McKenley's deeds are so well known that I need not elab
orate. Suffice to say, he's the best middle distance runner in the
world.
"Arthur Wint, who remained in London after joining the RAF
during the war, will be running for Jamaica in the 800 meters and I
understand he recently has come within a few tenths of a world
record. He Is a towering chap about 6 feet 3 inches and has a terrific
stride. To my mind he will win the 800 at London.
" "Lloyd La Beach, although he is running for Panama, has in
fact spent most of his life in Jamaica and learned to run there. He is
one of the lew persons who enjoys dual citizenship, having been born
in Panama of British parents. He could have run for Jamaica with a
stroke of the pen, but unfortunately he elected to run for Panama.
Otherwise we would have had three very outstanding male runners
at London.
“In addition to these boys we also are sending Cynthia Thomp
$on, who recently equaled the women’s world record for the 100 meters
and we are expecting great things of her in London. In passing, a
point in connection with La Beach to substantiate the fact that he
Is more Jamaican than anything else is that I do not believe he ever
In his life has run in Panama.
We Hit Jackpot Every Year, He Says
“It might well be asked how it is that such a small island can
produce such outstanding track stars,” he continued. "I think part
of the answer can be found in the fact that, as a general rule,
Britishers do not concentrate on one sport alone, but are more con
tent in being mediocre in many sports. But in the case of these
three boys, they have concentrated on track athletics and that might
account for our success.”
If Mr. Macdonald sounds a trifle smug, don't let it throw you.
He's Just elated, and Jamaicafis well may be elated. They’re buck
ing big countries. The United States and possessions embrace upward
of 150.000.000 people. You almost could lose all Jamaicans in New
York City on a Friday afternoon. Jamaica Is sending one of the
Strongest little teams of all times to the Olympics.
Mr. Macdonald isn’t really smug about it. Not at all. "We were
just lucky to hit the jackpot,” he summarized. "The jackpot during
an Olympic year. You Americans hit the jackpot every year with
your Paddocks, Owenses, Cunninghams, Venzkes, Meadowses, Dillard*.
Pattons and dozens and dozens of others, not to mention swimmers
and other types of athletes. Were Just a small island of not very
many people, but we re proud of what we have this year.”
They should be. McKenley figures to win. So'floft* Wint. The
sprints should be among La Beach, Mel Patton and Barney Ewell.
If the Thompson girl can equal the world record for 100 meters she'll
figure.
As so, if this is to close in travelogue style, we take reluctant
leava of Jamaica, whose principal products are fast runners, sugar
oane. logwood, coffee, etc., etc.
Medalist's 73
Near Record
iy th« Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 13.—The
1948 Southern women's golf tour
nament moved into match play to
5ay, with Miss Margaret Gunther
if. Memphis apparently the girl to
seat.
The four-time Tennessee State
•hampion yesterday blazed a trail
icross Belle Meade's 6.603-yard, par
(8 course in 73 strokes—just one
'rom setting a new feminine record
or the hazardous layout—to become
hedalist in the undefended meet.
Unless something unexpected hap
pened, young Miss Gunther w-as ex
pected to best her first opponent—
Ftlaina Morris of Nashville—in the
•hampionship flight.
Polly Riley of Fort Worth. Tex.,
•ave the medalist quite a run. taking
.dcond honors w!ith a 74. She was
paired today with Mrs. Robert
pfoneted of New Orleans, who was
veil back in the qualifying field
vitH * WV
Florida's golfing girl champ. Bopie
fc'hftaker of Winter Haven, w’hizzed
i round the course in 75, one better
h*n the pre-tourney favorite, Mrs. 1
rueile Lawson Page of Chapel
am, n. c.
Other State champions to come
hrough as expected were Mary
'.ena Faulk, who has three Georgia
•rowns to her credit: Betty Mimms
IVhite of Dallas, the Lone Star State
a:list, and pretty Betty McKinnon
»f Mount Pleasant. Tex., who
•ecently captured the Arkansas
vomen's award.
All-Star Game
Facts, Figures
Contestants—American League
All-Stars vs. National League
All-Stars.
Place—Sportsman* Park. St,
Louis.
Time—Today, 1:30 p.m. (EST).
In case of rain, game will be
played tomorrow, 11 a. m.(EST).
Managers—Leo Durocher, Na
tional League, and Stanley Har
ris, American League.
Previous results — American
League, 10 victories; National
League, four victories.
Proceeds—To players pension
fund.
Broadcast — Mutual network,
1:15 p.m. iEST>.
Probable starting pitchers—
American League, Vic Rascht,
New York (10-31 or Joe Page.
New York >3-4) vs. National
League, Ralph Branca, Brooklyn
UO-6).
Phillies' Farm Clubs
Sign Two Schoolboys
»y tho Associated Pres*
PHILADELPHIA, July 13.—Two
former Philadelphia schoolboy base
ball players were signed yesterday
by farm clubs of the Philadelphia
Phillies.
The youngsters, who will report
to Dover, the Phils' Eastern Shore
League farm team, are Carl Skill
man, 19-year-old southpaw hurler,
and 18-year-old Alfred Schindler, a
second baseman.
Baseball Standings and Schedules
TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1948.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Results Yesterday.
None scheduled.
Games Today.
Kone scheduled.
Games Tomorrow.
Cone scheduled.
I
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Results Yesterday.
fone scheduled.
Games Today,
done scheduled.
Games Tomorrow.
kmi scheduled.
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Players Demand All-Stars Quit Dodging Game
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Every Ace Hereafter
To Report for Tilt,
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Chandler Says
By Burton Hawkins
Star Staff CorrasponcJant
ST. LOUIS, July 13.—Pears that
baseball's annual All-Star game
would become a "memory" instead
of a "dream" were dispeiled some
what today.
There appeared little chance that
the game would be canceled in
future years after players’ repre
sentative Dixie Walker said the
players themselves were going to
take action against any one pur
posely evading All-Star participa
tion and Commissioner A. B. Chan
dler declared that "In the future
the player selected to the All-Star
teams will be there.”
"We have had some straight talk,”
said the baseball commissioner.
"Hereafter only incapacitated play
ers will be allowed to withdraw from
ihc All-Star game.
Chandler's statement came after
Walker had made public a letter
written to him by Bucky Walters,
player representative of the Cin
cinnati Reds, who said the entire
Cincinnati team had come on record
deploring the sad situation which
resulted from certain players re
fusing to appear in tha game.
Selection Regarded "Demand.”
“A player’s selection from the
All-Star team is a demand that we
appear and play if at all possible,”
the letter read. "A penalty, ir. some
form, against a player who refuses
to participate has been suggested.”
Fred Hutchinson, American League
representative, said he had received
similar sentiments from members
of the Washington Nationals, St.
Louis Browns, New York Yankees,
Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers.
A suggestion that offending players
be fined "three days pay”—the
equivalent of the All-Star break in
the schedule—was discussed, but
no definite action was decided on.
Meanwhile, President Bill Veeck
of the Cleveland Indians was mak
ing no apologies for recommending
that his highest paid employe, Bob
Feller, withdraw from today’s All
Star game. Feller pulled out of the
game at Veeck’s request, Veeck in
sists, In order to strengthen ’ the
Indians in their fight for the Amer
ican League pennant.
"The solution ’ is to take one
pitcher from each club,” said Veeck.
"That way no one club will be
damaged if it is battling for the
pennant. I want it made plain that
Feller withdrew from the All-Star
game because I asked him to. I
think I'm right in asking it of him.
Harris "Smart," Veeck Says.
“In the first place, it strikes me
as peculiar that Allle Reynolds, who
had won 10 games and last 3, wasn’t
named to the All-Star squad by
Bucky Harris, who happens to man
age the team that Reynolds works
for—the New York Yankees,” con
tinued Veeck.
"I'll grant that Feller has been a
great pitcher—but not this year. If
we’re going to select pitchers on
past performances, why not get Cy
Young in here to pitch the All-Star
game? Feller hasn’t been a top
flight pitcher this year and he didn’t
deserve to be picked.
"Don’t get me wrong. I’m willing
to contribute Cleveland’s top pitcher
every year for the All-Star game,
but I don't want to have two
pitchers chosen from my club when
we're battling for* the pennant. I
think it’s to the interest of my club
and the Cleveland fans that Feller
get a little rest.
) "Harris is a great fellow, but he’s
human. I'd say it's a strange co-1
incidence that Bucky selected our1
top two pitchers, Feller and Bob
Lemon. He's trying to win the
pennant—so are we. If he didn't
do everything in his power to win
i the pennant for the Yankess he
wouldn't be much of a manager, so
if he could select two of our pitch
ers and leave Reynolds out I’d say
he'd be smart. On the other hand,
I don’t think we d be smart in let
ting him be that smart.”
Choice of Lemon Okayed.
"Lemon has been our best pitcher
this year,” Veeck continued. "He's
the only pitcher who should have
been selected from our- club. When
Feller was selected, I’d say it was a
strange coincidence and I'm not a
fellow who has faith in strange co
incidences.
"Two years ago, for instance, Spud
Chandler of the Yankees couldn't
pitch in the All-Star game. Sore
arm, he said. Well, the next night
Chandler pitched against Cleve
land. That was a remarkable re
covery or a strange coincidence.
Pardon me if I seem to be a bit
skeptical.
"I'll take all the blame for Feller's
withdrawal. It was my idea because
I feel I owe .it to Cleveland fans to
win the pennant if possible. Harris
owes it to New#ork fans to win the
pennant. I thought he was out
smarting me and I don't like to be
outsmarted like that. The solution
is to take the top pitcher from each
team, thereby handicapping no team
more than the other.”
—
Charlottesville Netman
Nearly Upsets Gonzales
By the Associated Press
CHICAGO. July 13—Three of the
top-seeded players won their first
round matches before rain washed
out early play In the national clay
courts tennis tournament yesterday.
All first round matches and sec
ond round play are scheduled for
completion today.
Top-seeded Tom Brown, jr., of
San Francisco, recent finalist at
Wimbledon, downed A1 Hetzeck of
Detroit, 6—3, 6—2. Jack Tuero of
New Orleans, No. 2, defeated Tony
Trabert of Cincinnati, 6—4, 6—4.
Most surprising match yesterday
was the Pancho Gonaales-Harold
Burrows duel. Gonzales, fifth seeded
star from Las Angeles, had trouble
defeating the Charlottesville, Va.,
ace 6—4, 4—6, 6—3 after being
ranked a heavy pre-match favorite.
Fights Last Night
PHILADELPHIA —Ike Williams, 134,
Trenton. N. J , stopped Beau Jack, i:i4,
Augusta, Ga. 4«>. Lightweight title
defense.
NEW YORK—Tony Jamro. 153,
Youngstown. Ohio, outpointed Chet
Vinci, J£«. Rome. N. Y. »8).
-.v-vi^ ——
SWISH—AND SOCK!—Beau Jack (left) missed by plenty with a swinging left
as Ike Williams pulled back in the second round of their lightweight title fight
at Philadelphia last night. In the third-round shot at right, however, the
challenger's head is smashed backward under power of a left thrown by the
champion. Blows like these retained the crown for Williams, who scored a
technical knockout in the sixth round. —AP Wirephotos.
Williams Able Fighter
Against Rusher, Win
Over Jack Shows
By th« Asiociated Pr*ss
PHILADELPHIA, July 13— Ike
Williams finally found an opponent
who didn't know what it meant to
backtrack and the string-bean kid
from Trenton, N. J., used him as a
medium to prove he's a great light
weight champion.
Williams caved in Beau Jack,
windmill-swinging former shoeshine
boy who sought to make boxing his
tory by becoming the first fighter
ever to win the same title three
times.
Cool and collected, Williams
weathered an early flurry of blows
by the perpetual motion Jack and
then went to work. It took him
only S3 seconds of the sixth round
to flatten the Augusta tGa.) chal
lenger.
A disappointing crowd of 12.952
paid $83,787 to see Williams suc
cessfully defend his 135-pound
crown and extend his winning
streak to lfi straight.
The Shibe Park gathering sensed
from the opening bell that this
scheduled 15-rounder never would
go the route. The ever-advancing
Jack swarmed all over the cham
pion. But Williams, jabbing And
counter-punching, simply waited
patiently for an opening. ‘
In the sixth Williams caught
Jack with a left hook and, batter*
lng him with countless rights and
lefts, pinned the former champion
against the ropes. Ike looked to
Referee. Charley Daggert to stop
it. But'he said no.
"Keep' fighting. Ike,” shouted
Daggert above the tumult of the
crowd.
Jack wanted to fall, but he
couldn't and finally Daggert stepped
in and called a halt. Williams had
a technical knockout victory.
The battle had been fairly even
to that point. Daggert had scored
it two rounds for each and one
even; Judge Frank Knarsborough
carded three rounds for Williams
and two for Jack, while Judge Harry
Lasky saw Jack win three rounds
and Williams two.
Sitting on his dressing room table
surrounded by well wishers, Wil
liams said Jack never had hurt him.
"I knew it was only a matter of
time after the third round.” said
Ike. ‘‘Once I landed that left hook,
I knew it was over.”
The experts had been saying Ike
heVd his title only because he never
fought an aggressive challenger. He
proved them wrong in this fight.
Williams said he planned to con
tinue fighting as a lightweight,
discounting rumors he would cam
paign for Ray Robinson’s welter
weight diadem.
A beaten and dejected Jack had
no excuse for his defeat—the second
time he had been knocked out in 82
fights—and said only, “I forgot to
duck that left hook.”
He quickly added he was anxious
for another crack at Williams and
that “of course I'll keep on fighting.
Fighting is my liffe.”
Both weighed 134 pounds.
Jackson Decisions West
In Baltimore Boxing
Special Dispatch *o The Star
BALTIMORE, July 13—A re
match Is predicted between Stone
wall Jackson, and Sonny boy West,
Washington, D. C„ lightweights,
after Jackson scored a hairline up
set victory in a 10-round fight last
night.
It was a good, fast fight most of
the way. The referee and one
iudge voted for Jackson and the
other judge voted for West. In pre
lims, Charley Bennett, Washing
ton, decisioned Ray Klingmeyer,
and Sonny Bunn. Washington,
earned the nod over Young Beau
Jack,
Basket Caps Sign Star
From Wolfpack Champs
Leo Katkavek, 6-fodt-2 star of
North Carolina State’s Southern
Conference basket ball champions,
will try for a berth with the Wash
ington Capitols professional team
this fall.
His signed contract was returned
yesterday. Katkavek was the Cape’
No. 2 choice in the Basket Ball As
sociation of America's player draft.
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j Verban and Baker Have Yet to Hit a Home Run
By th« Associated Pr»»*
NEW YORK, July 13—The
thrill of belting a homer, a feat
performed by countless major
league ball players, has yet to
be experienced by such veteran
big time athletes as Emil Verban
j and Floyd Baker.
1 Verban, the flashy second sack
er of the Philadelphia Phillies,
has taken part in 650 games
since he entered the National
League with the St. Louis Card
inals in 1944. He has been at bat
officially 2,278 times, but he still
is looking for his first homer.
The Phil star has been at bat
three times in two All-Star
games and 17 times in a World
Series without connecting for a
boundary belt. During his nine
seasons in the minor leagues,
Verban whacked 11 circuit blows,
with his best output coming in
1937 when he collected four for
Tiffin of the Ohio League
Baker, Chicago White Sox in
fielder, has seen action in 310
games and been at bat 886 times,
but homer No. 1 has yet to roll
off his bat.
While Verban and Baker are
seeking their first round-trippers,
some of the games foremost ex
ponents of the art are striving for
higher feats.
Joe Gordon of the Cleveland
Indians and Bill Nicholson of the
Chicago Cubs are on the thresh
hold of entering the ‘ 200'’ club.
Gordon, who has hit 17 homers
this year, needs only one more to
reach the 200 mark. Gordon
started the season with 182 to his
credit. Nicholson is three homers
shy of the 200 mark. The Cub
slugger has hit 11 this year. He
opened the season with 186.
Ted Williams of the Boston
Red Sox joined the 200 club
early in the season. The Bos
ton strong boy began the cam
paign with 197 four-baggers. He
made it 200 on April 29 when he
hit his third homer of the sea
son off Philadelphia’s Bill Mc
Cahan at Philadelphia.
Joe Di Maggio of the New
York Yankees has replaced Rudy
York of the Philadelphia Ath
letics as the active player with
the most home runs to his credit
in the major leagues.
The Yankee Clipper started
the year with 264. He has
whacked 19 to increase his total
to 283. York, former Detroit
Tiger, Red Sox and White Sox
slugger, is next with 277.
Stan Musial and Enos Slaugh
ter of the St. Louis Cardinals
and Arky Vaughan of the
Brooklyn Dodgers are nearing
the 10O mark in four-ply pro
duction. Slaughter has 98;
Vaughan, 96, and Musial, 91.
Cranford Again Seeks
Boxing Peak; Roach
Oufscores Perry
By George Huber
Don't Rive up on Jackie Cran
ford, says Jackie Cranford. The
Washington heavyweight boxing
hopeful says he’s going to get to the
top:«f the heap yet, although he
muffed his first big chance earlier
this year when he looked pretty ter
rible in a Madison Square Garden
fight against Glno Buonvino.
Jackie has won three fights since,
and although they were against guys
you never heard of, every little bit
helps, says Jackie. His latest victim
is Leo Stoll, Baltimore 399-pounder
flattened with a solid right last
night in the fourth round of a
scheduled 10 at Griffith Stadium.
"I have a secret about fighting
now—1 11 tell you what it is some
time—and it’s a good way of win
ning. I had it for 10 or 12 fights
and everybody was saying I looked
pretty good. I was so anxious to
beat Buonvino that I forgot all
about my secret then, but I’m re
membering it now.
"I'm only 25, will be 26 In No
vember. When I think of those old
guys up there, I feel just like a
kid. Plenty of time for me and I
don’t want you to give up on me.”
Lavern Roach, Texas middle
weight, won the feature event when
he outpointed Washington’s Aaron
Perry in a fast 10-rounder. Perry
put up a good argument and staged
a nice comeback after a groggy first
round. Perry was hurt early and
often by Walking into Roach’s left
and in the fifth Roach spattered
blood from the Washingtonian's
nose with a straight right. Perry
was in there trying most, of the way,
though, didn’t become flustered and
was no soft touch when hurt,, as in
the old days.
Perry was fighting Just for the
exercise last night, though. His
purse of around $1,500 was attached
by Internal Revenue agents to be
applied on back income taxes.
In other scheduled 10-heaters.
Jimmy Cooper, local feather, took a
TKO over Joe Kay of England In
the eighth to reverse an earlier de
cision and Randy Brown of New
York repeated with a win over Ken
Stribling, Washington middle. It
was a split duke. An opening four
went to Kid Cement, Connecticut
heavy, over Ben Harrison, local. A
crowd of 3,997 paid a gross gate of
$12,145.52 and a net of $9,184.80.
Hippenstiel Net Victor
In Air Force Play Start
Capt. Robin Hippenstiel. a mem
ber of the Army’s Leech Cup tennis
team last year and winner last
week of the District tennis cham
pionship, is a candidate for the Air
Force Leech Cup squad this year.
He was among first-round winners
yesterday as the Air Force Eastern
singles championship tournament
opened at O’Dell Courts in Arlington:
He defeated Col. George Holcumb,
6—1, 6—1. .
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Bovard, Third
In Preakness,
Dies in Stall
By the Associated Presl
HAVRE DE GRACE. Md., July
13.—Bovard, Sylvester W. Labrot's
3-year-old thoroughbred who won
the Louisiana Derby last winter,
died in his stall here yesterday.
The dark bay son of Bahram
also won the Survivor Stakes at
Pimlico this year and placed thirc,
in the Preakness. Death was
ascribed to forage poisoning, a
disease resembling miningitis.
Clair, Former Redskin,
Named Buffalo Coach
By th* Associated Frass
BUFFALO. N. Y, July 13 — Ap
pointment of Frank Clair, Purdue
University end coach, as head foot
ball coach at the University of Buf
falo, was announced today.
Clair, former Ohio State star who
played professional football with the
Washington Redskins, will succeed
Jim Peelle, who continues as di
rector of athletics.
Clair, who is 31, entered Ohio
State in 1936 after his graduation
from Hamilton (Ohio) High School.
He starred at end for three years
before joining the Redskins in 1941.
He was inducted into the Army in
1942, and while at Fort Bragg, N. C.,
was chosen to play on the Eastern
Army All-stars.
After returning from overseas
service in 1945, Clair joined the
University of Miami coaching staff.
While at Miami, he completed his
studies for a bachelor of science de
gree and was graduated in June,
1947, before leaving for Purdue.
Babe Ruth Due to Attend
Baltimore Game Tonight
■ y thi A HOC io ltd Prut
BALTIMORE. July 13.—Babe
Ruth Is expected to attend the an
nual "Interfaith” baseball game
here tonight, sponsored jointly by
the Knights of Columbus, B’nai
B'rith and the local Shrine Temple.
The home run king has been in
a New York hospital since June 25,
for rest and for treatment of an
ailment that has bothered him dur
ing the past two years. However,
his attending physician said yes
terday the Babe was "doing very
nicely and counting on the Balti
more trip.
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Play on Day Off
Sy the Associated Press
NEW YORK, July 13.—The an
nual all-star game usually means
three days of! for players not se
lected for either the National or
American League squads but that
Isn’t the case this year.
Yesterday, the first of the three
idle days for big league clubs, saw
seven major league teams engage In
exhibition games.
With the exception of a game be
tween the St. Louis Browns and the
Philadelphia Phillies at Coopers
town, N. Y„ all of the contests
took place at night.
At Cooperstown, the Browns won
a battle of homers from the Phils,
7-5. The Browns socked five round
trippers, the Phils, two. Andy
Anderson hit two, and Ed Pellagrlni,
Don Lund and Pitcher Bryan
Stephens one apiece for the Browns.
Del Ennis and Gran Hamner hit
one each for the Phils.
The Brooklyn Dodgers were
trounced, 15-8, by their Montreal
International League farmhands
before 17,809 booing fans at Mon
treal. Roy Campanella and Carl
Furillo homered for the Dodgers.
Pans objected when Jackie Robin
son was benched early in the game.
Pittsburgh’s Pirates also were de
feated, 5-1, by their Indianapolis
Farm club of the American Associa
tion at Indianapolis. Former Major
Leaguers Jim Walsh and Jack Hal
lett limited the Pirates to seven
hits.
At Buffalo, N. Y., the New York
Giants, led by Clint Hartung and
Les Layton who hit homers, downed
the Buffalo Bisons of the Interna
tional League, 8-3. Mort Cooper, at
tempting a comeback, and Paul
Erickson held the minor leaguers
to five hits.
The Philadelphia Athletics, be
hind the four-hit. pitching of Bob
Savage, Charley Harris and Les Mc
Crabb, blanked the Wilmington In
terstate League Blue Rocks, 3-0, at
Wilmington, Del.
Cleveland's American League
league-leading Indians trounced
their Dayton class A Central League
farm team, 16-4, at Dayton, Ohio.
Bubby Worsham's 76
Sets Early Golf Pace
In Maryland Open
Marvin (Bubby) Worsham led the
early first-round finishers in the
28th Maryland Open golf champion
ship today at Chevy Chase Club
with a 76, 7 over par, for the long
watered layout.
The 18-year-old brother of Lew
Worsham, 1947 National Open
champion, was off to a poor start
with a 40, but came back in 36 with
seven pars and two bogeys.
Worsham was one stroke ahead
of Raymond Willett, former assist
ant pro at Kenwood, and Jerry
Hart,, co-holder of the Maryland
four-ball championship, who had
77s.
Gilbert Willett, also an ex-assist.
ant pro, shot 78, while the only
other 80 breaker of the early scores
was Charles Easton of White Flint,
who had a 79.
Best of the early nine-hole scores
of the star players was a 2-over-per
37 by Cliff Spencer of Elizabeth
town, N. C, a former champion.
Spencer had even par for seven
holes, but went over on the eighth
and ninth.
The field of 125 was slow starting
and there was considerable doubt
that the last, to tee off this after
noon would be able to finish the full
36 holes.
Other early scores were: Sidney
Kearns, unattached, 80; Robert
Nealis of Prince Georges, 80; Thom
as Burch of Bolling Field, 80: Law
rence Hogan of White Flint. 83;
William Crabb of Rock Creek, 83; H.
A. Hal pin of Prince Georges. 83;
Robert Harmon of Argyle, 84: Ray
mond Bonofiro, unattached, 87, and
R. 8. Triplett of White Flint, 93.
Grid Scribes Want
Dodds in Olympics
By Associated Press
LOS ANGELES, July 13 —Gil
Dodds, ace United States middle
distance runner, will be a mem
ber of the American Olympia
team if the Los Angeles Foot
ball Writers’ Association has
anything to say about it.
The association, in a resolu
tion forwarded yesterday to the
United States Odympic Commit
tee, urged that Dodds be taken
along as an alternate.
The Flying Parson pulled a
tendon, which prevented hi*
competing in the Anal Olympic
tryouts at Evanston, 111, over the
week end.
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