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Floridlans Lead Palm Bench Open SNOTS PARABE By OSCAR FBALEY Basilio Early Favorite to Retain Welter Crown; The Rich Get Richer NEW YORK (UP)- Carmen Basilio is an open PALM BEACH, Fla. (UP) Some of the nation top amateur women golfers, including three former win ing 9 to 5 favorite to defend his middleweight ners, faced more cold, hand-freez i i title against Sugar rtay I 5 I ing weather today in the first round of the Palm Beach Women's golf Robinson in their rematch at Chicago Stadium on March 25. but the fight experts contend mat Robinson will be i championships. Two Florida contenders. Barbara MclntJre of Lake Park and Grace the choice at ring time.

The reasoning is mat Basilio will DeMoss of St. Augustine, each shot 39-37-76's Tuesday for medalist be more confident this time plus the fact that each passing month takes so honors in the qualifying round. Saturday were these Eunice Bobcat girls with coach Mrs. George John. The Eunice girls were defending champions and were just edged by Washington la the last few seconds of play.

(Daily World much more out of those 37-year old But temperatures ranging in the low 30s and brisk wintry winds Robinson legs. But Sugar Ray is only raoio oy Jenkins) New York Yankee front office staff for 16 years, was a newspaperman before that. During mat earlier era, one of his jobs once was to ghost write for Dizzy Dean. "It was okay," Jackie grins, "except that he couldn't read and I couldn't write. Bobby Fischer.

Brooklyn's 14-year-old triple crown chess champion, is learning to ski under the tutelage of Olympic competitorTonl Kastner-and in return is teaching Kastner to play chess. Many chess not cheese champs have been good athletes. Cuba's Jose Capablanca was a top tennis star ancl Russia's Boris Spassky clears six feet In the slowed down such favored performers as Barbara Romack Porter of three pounds over the 160-pound middleweight limit as he goes into raining and his new-found sharp- rss is expected to sway the price. Sacramento, Polly Riley of Fort Worth. and Anne Casey Johnstone of Mason City, all former win Bill Talbert, America's Davis ners.

Mrs. Porter and Miss Riley both Davis Cup captain, is highly optimis shot 82s while Miss Johnstone had tic over the chances of regaining the big silver mug the next time and believes that the United States could 79. In some of today's top pairings. high jump. Miss Mclntire faced Dinah Gartner have won it mis time If Dick Savitt, Budge Patty and Ham Richardson had Many of the tall men In baseket- of Emporium.

who qualified with an 80. and Miss DeMoss went been on the team. ball are rugged enough to play foot BOSTON (UP) Baseball immortality will have to wait at least another year for some of the game's greatest 'All four singles matches were against Dale Fleming of Tulsa. Okla. who shot an 8L decided by one break In the fifth he asserted.

"With steadv cam stars. ball, too, but Georgia Tech's Bobby. Dodd explains why they don't make the parlay. "They have to make a choice." he says, "because after the regular football season Is over the The nation's baseball writers an paigners such as Savin. Patty or Richardson the breaks might have nounced Tuesday that no former Austrian Ski Chomp gone the other way." diamond luminary had polled enough basketball squad is too far ahead for him to ever catch up.

becond highest vote-getter out-filder Ed Roush, who played with the Cincinnati Redlegs and New York Giants in the 20s. Roush received 112 votes. Other greats who missed out included former New York Yan votes to join die 83 players already Wins World Crown, Back In November. Willie Shoe maker had to choose between Ralph Werner Is Fifth Red Auerbach, coach of the Bos enshrined at Cooperstown, Y. It was the fourth time In the of Fame's 23-year history that no one had polled the necessary three- Lowe a Gallant Man and Wheatley kees pitcher Charlie "Red" Ruffing ton Celtics, remembers losing only one oratorical debate to a referee.

Stables Bold Ruler In the Trenton BAD CASTE IN. Austria (UP) 99 votes and the late Lewis "Hack' Handicap. It was assumed he chose Ton! Sailer, the Olympic and de fourths vote and the first such oc That was once in a game at Sheboy Wilson of the Chicago Cubs 94 votes. currence since 1950. gan when a spectatoftook a poke at fending champion from Austria, If some of the former stars were Lowe Gallant Man because of a sense of obligation due to the "pull Red.

The referee, fearful of a full roared down the Graugokel slopes Closest to baseball greatest disappointed. Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick wasn't. Frick Co a runaway victory today in me up ride he gave the horse In the Kentucky Derby. -scale riot ordered Red of the bench. honor was former Pittsburgh Pirate and Brooklyn Dodger Max Carey, men slalom of the world ski cham said he was "rather pleased" mat no one received enough votes to the Now there is another obvious rea "Why me?" Red ranted.

"Why pionships. one of die game a most amazing Sailer's time for the 1 12-mile don't you get a cop and lock up the base-runners and base stealers. But hall. son. Willie Just hit oil with his first well-whlch he received from joker who took a shot at me?" course was 1 minute, 48.8 seconds.

"I mink this will give more pres so the rich get richer. well in front of the 1:52.6 posted said the referee ominously, 'am a cop-and if you don't get off tige to those already in the hall, he said. by ruxmerup Josl Rieder of Au Jackie aire 11. a member of the stria. Rieder finished first and Sail the bench I'll toss you in the pokey." Only 33 players received 25 or er second in the slalom race which more votes, limited to those who Carey, now 68, only polled 136 votes, 63 shy of the I9 needed mis year.

A total of 266 members of the Baseball Writers Assn. of America voted-an unusually high 80 per cent of the eligible, 10-year members. The" results were announced by Hy Huxwjtz of the Boston Globe, head balloting committee. opened the week-long championship played between the years 1927 'Surgeon' Pennon Operates on Sunday. through 1953.

A total of 145 players Wallace Bud Werner of Steamboat received at least one vote. Only 14 Springs. Colo the leading hope of players polled SO or more votes. the US. team, finished fifth in the giant slalom in 1:54.5.

Tom Cor On Pitt Panther Opponents (UP) Based on the slick way he's operating on coran of Westfield. HJm the only other seeded skier from the was 15th in 1:58.9. his opponents this season, little Don Hennon of Pitts-' Turn Cw1 elrfov-a 13m lieu and Roger Staub, tied for third I burgh should develop UltO Yardley Sure to Beat Peffif Record; Sights 2,000 Points (UP) With a little luck, George Yardley of the Detroit Pistons, the National Basketball Association's top scorer, can become the first player to score 2,000 place in 1:53.9. Chlharu Chick Igaya I a respected Surgeon. of Japan, a Dartmouth graduate who The five-foot, eight-inch "mighty now works in New York sixth mite" from Wampum, became in 1:54.9.

the third Pitt basketball player mere are some 4.000 miles of score more than 1,000 points when he led the touring Panthers to an points in a single season. navigable-- waters in Louisiana In easy 77-62 victory over Connecti The balding, former Stanford Uni wmc Mats operate during some cut Tuesday night at Storris, Conn. cuse Nationals, whom they finally season of the year. Hennon tossed in 31 points against downed, 118-113. North Carolina State took over undisputed possession of 4irst place in the Atlantic Coast' Conference by edging Virginia, 61-58, while Duke tied idle North Carolina for second place in the conference by dumping Clemson, 73-57.

Elsewhere, Norte Dame pulled away in the second half to defeat touring Canisius, 71-59; Western Kentucky rolled to a 77-62 victory over De Paul; St. John's tripped Brooklyn College, 91-77; Virginia Tech buried Furman, Texas trounced Houston, 92-74, and Rice breezed to a 102-68 triumph over Texas. In tonight's major games seven the Uconns to raise his career total In other games, the New York to 1,091. Only a junior, Dandy Don Knickerbockers snapped a four- game losing streak in defeating the St. Louis Hawks, 120-116, in now is taking dead aim on Pitt's all-time record of 1,175 points, set by Bob Lazor last season.

the nightcap of a Madison Square (Continued from Page 19) When he was graduated from versity star pumped in 52 points Tuesday night to run his season total to 1,463 in 54 games. If he betters his game average of 27.2 by a little more than two points in the remaining 18 games Yardley can reach the 2,000 point circle. Even if Yardley misses that figure, he is almost certain to top the previous season record of set by Bob Pettit of the St. Louis Hawks in 1955-56. Despite Yardley's peak performance the Pistons had all they could do to stave off the Syra doubleheader before 15,138 fans after the Boton Celtics routed the Cincinnati Royals.

107-87. The Phila girls will meet the Sunset girls in the AIC gumnasium for another dis little Wampum High School three years ago, Hennon received scholarship offers from 68 colleges. He delphia Warriors survived a Min chose Pittsburgh because "I want trict clash to be followed by 2 boys games against the Melville lads starting at 6:30 p.m. neapolis rally to gain a 107-103 win over the Lakers in the preview to be a doctor and I feel Pitt's th-ranked Oklahoma State entertain Tulsa, eighth-ranked Temple hosts Duquesne, and ninth-ranked Bradley visits Arizona. medical school is one of the best to the Pistons-Nationals game at Next Tuesday the AIC girls, win in the country." the Detroit Olympia.

ners of the sub-district title will play Melville, second place win 1 ners in the other sub-district while Sacred Heart of Grand Coteauwlll tangle with parish champion Wash 1: WHATEVER HAPPENED TO Gus Suhr ington. The two winners will pi one game for the district champion ship of 11-B. The summary: 'J 1 kr vwi AIC FG FT PT I I 9 1 191 I VM Boyd Budd 8 Fadaol 2 CastiUe 2 Hunt 2 Andre pont 0 Graves 0 i 0 12 I- 0 4 I' 0 4 1 1 9 9 0 0 0 3 44 2 10 2 12 0 6 0 10 (UP) Gus Suhr, first baseman for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1930 through 1939, was the National League's iron man. though his feat never quite drew the mention it should because Lou (Iron Horse) Gehrig was racking up an even better durability record for the Yankees about the same time. Gus.

however, was in action for 822 straight games and it stood until last summer when Stan Muslal finally overhauled the mark. Gus. a fine fielder, was a timely hitter with a .281 lifetime average, wound up his 11-year-career with two seasons with the Phillies and played a total of 1.435 games. Whatever happened to Gus Suhr? Mow 51. Gus lives in San Francisco and works in the bottling division of a large brewery.

TOTALS 81 PORT BARRE Mistrict 4 Nezat 5 Richard 3 Stafford 5 Herbert 2 TOTALS 19 43 1 SURE SIGNS OF SPRING when Joe Taylor, equipment manager Scores by quarters: of the World Champion Milwaukee Braves packs. the gear it AIC 5 10 21 244 Port Barre 9 12 10 11 143 shipment to Florida and spring training. Battery men will report on Feb. 21. (United Press Facsimile).