Evening star. [volume], April 11, 1955, Page ** A-19, Image 19

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GW Nine Opens
Conference Play
With Twin Bill
George Washington's baseball
team expected to have its hands
full today as it opened its South
ern Conference campaign with a
double-header against West Vir
ginia on the West Ellipse. This
also was the conference opener
for the Mountaineers.
GW carried a 1-3 record into
today's game and West Virginia
4-0. What’s more, GW pitchers
have been nicked tor all sorts of
hits and numerous runs in prac •
tically every game so far, while
the Mountaineers have worked
up a healthy team batting aver
age of .357.
Such fellows as Jack Rabbits,
.750. and Charley McKown, .692,
are in the West Virginia lineup.
Rabbits, incidentally, has hit
more homers than he has singles.
The big game here later this
week has Georgetown at Mary
land Friday. This far in advance
it promises to be a tight game
between two teams that have
done fair enough thus far, GU
with a 4-2 record and Mary
land 3-3.
Georgetown is host to Lafay
ette today and Syracuse to
morrow before going to Mary
land, while the Terps also have
two Atlantic Coast Conference
games this week.
The Terps, who split a pair
at South Carolina last week end,
will be at Clemson tomorrow and
will entertain Virginia Saturday.
Maryland is 2-3 in its league,
Clemson 3-1 and Virginia 0-5.
This week’s schedule:
TODAY
Lafayette at Georgetown.
West Viiwinia at George Washington
(2) iWest Ellipse).
Maryland at Cietn&on.
Nichols JC at Montgomery JC (Mont
gomery Blair held).
TOMORROW
Syracuse at. Georgetown.
Maryland at clemson.
Lafayette a* Navy
York -1C at Montgomery JC <2) (Mont
gomery Blair field).
WEDNESDAY
American U at Johns Hopkins
Wilson Teachers at Norfolk NTS.
THURSDAY
Temple at Navy.
Howard at Bainbridge.
Wilson Teachers at Norfolk NTS.
FRIDAY
Georgetown at Maryland.
Virginia Military at George Washing
ton 'West Ellipse).
Fayetteville at Howard.
Wilson Teachers at Newport New«.
SATURDAY
Virginia at Maryland.
Catholic U. at Mount 8t alary’i.
American U. at Loyola (2).
Wilson at Newport News.
Brown at Navy.
Gonzaga Plays
St. John's in
League Bows
St. John’s and Gonzaga begin
their Catholic League baseball
schedules against each other to
day at Taft Playground. Game
time is 2:30 p.m.
Gonzaga has the edge in ex
perienced players with seven let
termen returning from 1954. The
Johnnies, mostly green, have one
game under their belts, however.
They beat tough Anacostia, 2-1,
last week, while Gonzaga’s sched
uled opener with Priory was
rained out.
Three of Gonzaga’s veterans
are pitchers—Dave Poole, Bill
Baines and Bill Burton—and the
other four—Bob Nicholson, Ron
nie Bennett, Whitey Murray and
Bill Sheehan—form the Infield
St. John’s mainstay appears to
be Catcher Bubba Healy.
Carroll, which is favored to re
peat as Catholic champion this
spring, opens its league season
tomorrow against Mackin.
Other games tomorrow:
St. John's vs. Calvert Hall at Prep
2:30
Priory at St. Albans. 3:30.
Woodward Prep at St. Stephen’s. 3:15.
Bethesda-Chevy Chase at Landon. 3.
g George Washington at Falls Church.
Wakefield at George Mason. 3:30.
Oar-Field at Nokesville. 2:30.
Osbourn at Culpeper. 3:30.
Old Dominion Opens
Race Season Saturday
A better lighting system heads
a list of improvements made to
the Old Dominion Speedway at
Manassas, Va.. which opens its
1955 season Saturday night with
five events.
Between 50 and 75 members
of the Old Dominion Stock Car
Racing Association, plus several
“outside" drivers, are expected
to compete in the three 10-lap
qualifying heats, a 10-lap con
solation race and the 25-lap
feature.
MINOR LEAGUES
Br tn< Auoctated Prex
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
W. L W L.
Sacramento 5 2 Los Andes 3 4
San Dleso 5 :i Oakland 3 4
Seattle 4 a San Francisco a 5
Portland 4 a Hollywood 2 »
San Dleso, 2-7: San Francisco. 0-6
(second same It innings).
Seattle. H-2; Oakland 3-5 (second
game 7 innings).
Sacramento. 2-1: Hollywood. 1-2
(second same 7 Innings).
Portland. 4-3; Los Angeles, 2-0
(second game 7 Innings).
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION
W L. W. L.
Memphis 2 o Birmingham 11
New Orleans 1 0 Chattanooga 1 2
Nashville 2 1 Mobile 0 l
Atlanta 11 Little Rock 0 2
Nashville. A; Chattanooga. 3 (first
game), 'second game postponed, wet
grounds).
Atlants at Birmingham (2). (post
poned rsln).
Memphis at Little Rock (2), (post,
noned rain)
Mobile at New Orleans (2), (post
poned rain >
TEXAS LEAGUE
Houston ♦ 0 Fort Worth 1 i
Dallas 3 0 Oklahoma City 1 4
San Antonio a 1 Tulsa 0 3
Beaumont 11 Shreveport 0 3
San Antonio. 8: Tulsa. 4.
Houston. 3-5: Oklahoma City. 0-0
(second Rame 7 Innings).
Dallas at Beaumont (2). (postponed
r Fort Worth at Shreveport (postponed
rain).
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Red Wings Need Win
Tomorrow for Title
DETROIT. April 11 OP).— I The,
Detroit Red Wings headed back
to Montreal today, intent on
wrapping up the Stanley Cno
championship by cracKins tiie
home ice “jinx” which has dom
inated the post-season playoff.
So lar the series has followed I
a win-at-home pattern, with
Detroit taking three games on
its own ice and Montreal two
The Red Wings pulled ahead
in the best-01-seven last uight
by trouncing the Canadiens, 5-1,
as Gordie Howe scored three
goals to set a playoff record for
total points. Howe has 19 points,
one more than the mark set by
Montreal’s Toe Blake in 1944.
The two teams had arrived
in Detroit at three o’clock yes
terday afternoon. Twelve hours
later at three o’clock this
morning they were headed
back to Montreal Forum, where
the sixth game will be played
tomorrow.
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If the Canadiens continue the
home ice pattern, and win to
morrow, the seventh and decid
ing game will be played in De
troit Thursday.
“We’re not figuring on coming
back for another game r.iurs
: day,” Coach jimmy Skinnei said
in the dressing room. ‘ It’.- not
the ice, it’s the players. This
team can win this thing any
time it wants.”
After a quick start last night,
the Canadiens fell flat. Jean
Beliveau shot Montreal into a
1-0 lead after eight minutes of
play, but that turned out to be
the only goal of the night for
the Canadiens.
Five minutes later Glen Skov
tied the score for Detroit, net
ting on a faceoff deep in Mon
treal territory.
Howe scored the next three
goals to nail the victory— at
18:29 of the first period, and
at 12:29 and 16:20 of the second
period.
Vic Stasiuk closed out the
scoring for Detroit early in the
third period, rapping in a 15-
footer.
Tommy Irwin Snaps
Moraan's Grip in
Marlboro Racing
1 Bill Morgan, who had won two
features in a row at Man boro
Motor Raceway was jutt< another
also-ran in the track's
| third Sunday or. uram
Tommy Irwin of Winchester.
Va., was the winner after coming
from far back with a steady ef
fort in his Dodge-powered Ply
: mouth. Jack Holmes, who had
| led until the 23d lap. finished
I second.
I A crowd of 1,026 witnessed sev
-1 erai minor accidents that forced
! restarting the feature three
times. None of the principals—
Bill Bailey, Bill Cook Bill Dove
Elmo Langley end Bill and Jim
Hanbury—was injured.
LITTLE SPORT the evenino w«?Mngum. p, c.'
Bethesda Tops
Indian Spring
Bethesda Country Club, which
last year won the Maryland State
team championship, apparently
• hasn’t lost any strength among
the better segment of its golfers.
The Bethesdans, because of the
ability of their low-handicap
golfers, were able to spot Indian
'Spring a 21-9 advantage among
; the lesser swingers and still come
lup with a 37-26 victory in an
' interclub match played on both
j courses yesterday.
Bethesda, led by Pro Harry;
l Griesmer and Dave Schedler. a i
youngster with promise, rolled up
a 28-5 advantage in the 11 low
handicap matches played on its
own course. It was more than
enough to offset Indian Spring's
margin among the high-handi
cappers at Indian Spring.
Griesmer scored a two-under -
| par 68 and the 17-year-old
Schedler turned in a 70 to lead
-he way in the 42-man match.
Still it was a good thing for
Bethesda that Griesmer was on.
He and Club Champion Jack
Rountree had their hands full in
scoring a 2V4-to-!£ victory over
Mel Shorey, the Indian Spring
pro, and Lou Harrison, who I
: turned in an eagle-two with a
; wedge shot on the seventh hole.
! Indian Spring won the match
between the two clubs last year.
| Baylor to Play
In Y Tourney
Elgin Baylor, the former
| Spingarn flash who just com
-1 pleted a sensational basketball
season with the College of Idaho,
will be shown to the hometown
1 folks again this week in a double
elimination tournament at the
; Twelfth Street Branch of the
j YMCA.
Baylor returns to the Stone
wall AC lineup against Snug
Harbor in an 8 p.m. game at :
the Branch gym, 1816 Twelfth
street N.W. At 7 pjn. the YMCA j
** A-19
! Big Five meets the Bison AC.
i The tournament will continue at
the same time every night until
j the championship games at 4
p.m. and 7 pm. Saturday.
Other players competing in
clude Ernie Warlick and Ben
Warley for Stonewall, Corky
, Devlin, Bob Reese, Lew Luce
: and Bill Gaskins for Auto City;
I Leßoy Ishm&n, Bob Foster, Dave
Talkoff and Jerry Brogdon for
j Snug Harbor; John Syphax,
Tom Harris and Zip Boddie for
i Bison, and Dick Hite. Ray
j Krouse and Joe Shearer for
I Miller High Life.