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J.KijjflV:-J; If 'MS: uur-'MS frecs, may s. issi PACE TWENTY.ONS SPRING SPORT RESULTS Pender Quitting For Second Time Cards Jyimra veir 3 00 imping on Taylor BOSTON (UPI) Paul Pender faded into boxing's shadows today and the Massachusetts Box al good positions' that have been offered to him. Two of the three members of the Massachusetts Boxing Commission, caught by surprise by Pender's announcement, indicated that it would be only a matter of days before Tiger was recognized as world middleweight champ. mim. mum ing Commission prepared to join the rest of the world in recognizing Nigeria's Dick Tiger as mid in tne 100-yard dash and Fred Gorin fourth in the low hurdles.

TENNIS BURRIS 6, SOUTH 1 Pendleton's Mike Hanna, a Burris stopped South's Rebels dleweight champion. The former Brookune, Mass. strong contestant for state honors, set a relays record of 6-1 Tuesday to register its second win of the season over the fireman announced in New York 13-feet, 7-inches to capture the kar mrzm r-m Tuesday that he was calling it pole vault. new Muncie high school. Only South winner was Ray Saylor, who won his singles match in three sets.

It has been a long, hard battle, but Ball State's baseball Cardinals have jumped above .500 in the won-lost column for the first time since their season's opener. They did it with a sparkling 10-2 decision over non-loop foe Taylor here Tuesday and jubilant Coach Ray Louthen played everyone but the bat boy. It was their eighth win in 15 games. After scoring all their runs in the first three innings two in the first, seven in the second and An In thA thifH TYMllhpn start ROYERTON 67, COWAN 42 INDEX CARDS Royerton closed its regular CARDS RESET MATCH Ball State's tennis match with track season with a 67-42 victory over Cowan in a prep track meet at the Redbirds' field Tuesdav. Earlham at Richmond Tuesday quits as a boxer for the second time in his career only this time it was for keeps.

Pender, a slender, dark-haired man whose craggy nose gives the only hint of his profession, first retired from boxing some 12 years ago when brittle hands seemingly cut short his career almost before it had begun. But surgery was postponed and rescheduled Redbirds Mike Collins and Ted for May 14. The Card netters Dixon were double winners. Col play at Purdue Friday and at lins won the 100 and 220-yard Valparaiso in a three-way meet dashes and Dixon the shot put and high jump. corrected his hands and he went Cowan's Bruce Stanley also was Saturday.

GOLF BEARCAT MATCH DELAYED on to win 40 ot 48 professional II S21 m. Main Ph. AT S-442T I a double winner taking the high bouts, which included two draws. and low hurdles. ANOTHER REEDY The scheduled golf match be McKDVLEY 69'2, FRANKLIN 29ft tween Central and Anderson on the Anderson Grandview Course SEVERAL GOOD JOBS OFFERED TO PENDER The 32-year-old Pender said McKmley swept to an easy 69ft ed his platooning and when nine innings were completed 23 players had seen action.

Lefty Jack Merritt was the winning hurler and he was first of six Cardinal moundsmen to see action. HOMER IS SIXTH FOR MERV RETTENMUND Catcher-outfielder Merv Retten-mund, a sophomore enjoying a big season, got the home team 29ft freshman track victory Tuesday was postponed until Fri day. the Middletown team this past season. Dick, also a star at Middletown, was a varsityman on the Cardinal squad the past year. over Franklin Tuesday at Bear Ball State cage coach Jim Hinga (left) chats with the Reedy brothers, Dick (center) and Larry, after the latter had announced he would enter the local college next fall.

He was a standout on Bearcat Coach Ernie Sutton said cat Field. Pacing the winners that the inability of promoters to secure television for the proposed June 1 Boston Garden bout with Joey Giardello and the apparent the course was too crowded for was Barnes, who won the 100 yard dash and shot put. a prep meet to be held. impossibility of luring Tiger into II II a match for the undisputed world off and flying with a hefty home title led him to quit. His trainer, Al Lacy, said Pen UNSER HITS WALL run sock in the opening inning.

Veteran outfielder Dan Thurston powered one out of the park in the second. der was in "wonderful physical Rosewall Defeats Laver Before 500 Tennis Fans Here condition and able to beat Joey Giardello or Dick Tiger unquestionably." But Pender said that this time Archie Falls From Boxing Elite Ranks NEW YORK (UPI) Former Rettenmund now has six home runs, high for the Cards this season and iafielder Jim Wells Ken Rosewall defeated Rod for 70c Famed (Family Croups Actfive on Autfo traces his retirement was "definite." continued his bid for the team's Pender, married and the father highest batting average. Laver, 6-2, 6-4 and then they teamed to beat Andres Gimeno and Earl Buchholz 8-5 in a "pro of three, will have no financial Wells pounded out three hits In four trips to the plate one a worries, according to his friends, for he had handled his money light heavyweight champion Archie Moore, 47 going on 50, was dropped completely out of the set" in the tennis event at Ball Gym Tuesday. double and now has cornered 10 hits in his last 16 at-bats and owns a .417 mark for the cam wisely. After a vacation trip to were ready to start racing and "No Unser has ever gotten rich Vermont he will consider sever Ring Magazine's top 10 rankings paign.

today for the first time in me racing but all of them have loved it and have been a happy family." take 2 weeks to pay Larger loam with longer terms of repayment ar aviilibla to familiet and to single men ot wo-, men for any worthwhile purpose. Prion or come in today. LOANS $25 TO $500 they did. They competed in modified stock car races, with their father gradually stepping up the mory of modern man. Taylor's only runs came in the fifth off Merritt, who gave up Mustachioed end sometimes- pMROTO 151 By DALE BURGESS INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Auto racing has had almost as many family acts as a European circus.

Some of the more famous- are the Foyts, Hartleys, Marshmans, Russos, Ruttmans, Rathmanns, two of Taylor's four safeties in rra goateed Archie, who had come up power as the boys gained experience. A minimum age rule was JERRY, JR. DIED IN PRACTICE RUN The four boys, surrounded by through the light heavyweight his four-inning stint. The Cards resume Indiana Col Earlier, Gimeno defeated Buchholz 8-6 in a pro set. Rosewall is defending world pro champ and his victory over Laver gave him a 4-3-lost record in the cross-country round-robin "World Series of Tennis" attraction.

Gimeno upped his record to 5-2. Approximately 500 fans turned out to see the matches, which were sponsored by the Ball State adopted a little later and Al rankings to the light heavy title didn't get into the act until he leeiate Conference play at In racing atmosphere, found their pet J2GEST 'aa and then had shifted into the heavy division, did not have far was 18. diana State Saturday where Unsers and Mexico's Rodriguez. burrows pretty slow and pleaded they'll face the Sycamores in a Jerry Jr. was regarded as one ASSOCIATES brothers, Pedro and the late to drop this time.

for an auto. Their father gave them an old Model A Ford on of the country's most promising In the last previous monthly list doubleheader. Box score: Ball 8UU Taylor young racers when he was cata condition that they drive only on of ring rankings, the ancient San Diego (Calif.) swatter had been A abrbkl abrkbl Bobby Unser, who escaped injury Tuesday when his car smacked the Indianapolis Motor Speedway retaining wall during a Blue Key chapter. the mesa and stay off public roads. LOAN COMPANY, INC.

pulted over the Indiana pons Speedway wall in a frightful 16 car pileup on the first lap of the Wells. 2b 4 2 3 Bokn.2b-3b 3010 hanging by his fingernails on the 1 0 0 0 Bingemn.ss 4 10 0 Strarmn.rX 4 110 B.Jcnes.lf 10 0 0 10th notch. Now, because of mac By 1942, when Bobby was 14 and Moore. rf 0 0 0 0 Wamsley.o 3 110 For Any Dralnag FaHur Guy R. Taylor Inc.

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161. His last bout of any importance, Mary (Mamacita) Unser, fully in a practice run crash the next year. rueuo Rico, outpointed Frankia Oil 4 0 0 0 aooo 224 N. Walnut St. Phone 284-6371 FREE CUSTOMER PARKING qualifies as an eighth, non-driving at least, was on Nov.

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4. member of the fraternity. I've picked up a lot of drivers," Jerry Sr. said, "but you "I'm no mechanic," she says, 10 0 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 0 0 3 0 0 0 Baseball Line Scores never think it will happen to your own family." "but I sure know auto parts." She and her husband Jerry, L.Jones. lb 3 10 0 Miller, cf Calvert.lb 0 0 0 0 Krelgh.o Huber.e 3 0 0 0 b-Burlc- c-Dorman 0 0 0 0 holser Drtasky.ct 0 0 0 0 Norqulst.a Thurstn.lf 4 13 1 Porter, lb Englcss 4 110 Weston.lb 3 3 0 0 Winter-Ma.

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year-old Bobby has been practic Pittsburgh 010 000 2014 3 Chicago 011 000 Jlx 5 11 0 ing and taking the rookie driver's Cardwell, Bisk (81 and Burgess. Jackson (3-3 1 and Ranew. Loser test. The car he banged the wall Total 3J 10 I I Totals 32 2 4 3 of England at Stockholm, on April It was a severe shock to Mrs. Unser but she never thought of asking the other boys to quit racing.

That, she says, would only have led to arguments and unpleasantness. She has been considerably more than a spectator. She drove the service car, at night, when Jerry Sr. and Bobby competed in the 1952 Mexican Road Race. And, as she says, she "sure knows auto parts." with Tuesday was not badly dam Cardwell (1-4).

HR Clemente, Banks, Burgess. R. H. I. 21, although Ingemar apparently aged.

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BROTHER WAS KILLED IN COLORADO TESTS Mrs. Unser has watched her Blnseman 2. Wamsley. B. Jones, Thomas, Wine.

Johnson Duchart. Kreigh 3, Wells. PO-A Taylor 24-S, Ball Stat 21-13. DP Blngeman-Weston. LOB Taylor 4.

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Louis 000 000 010 1 7 5 family build and drive race cars since 1931. That's when she met Jerry in Colorado Springs, where son. Wells. HR Me. Rettenmund, Thurston.

SB Wells. 8 Merritt. Koufax. Rowe (9) and Roseboro. Ca- mllll 101.

Washburn, Ollvo (31, Fanok Ip ru bb so sauta IS) ana oitver. winner Koufax (3-1). Loser Washburn (S-l). HRs T. Davis.

Burke. she went for hay fever relief after graduation from Lindenwood Col final bell. Philadelphian Ernest Terrell's unexpected victory over Cleveland Williams of Houston, boosted Terrell into the top 10 heavies at Moore's old station, No. 10. Williams dropped from fourth to sixth.

Ralph Dupas of New Orleans was named "Fighter of the Month" for winning the junior middleweight crown from Denny Moyer of Portland, although the Ring Magazine does not recognize the "synthetic" junior middleweight (154-pound) division. Alphonse Halimi of France, former world bantamweight champion, rose to top contender today FICTIOII: New 2-Ply 2nd 1 I Line Are Better Ujr A T5Sfcs Than Retreads! II lft ETC R. H. X. Wlnterholter (L) l'j 6 Wamsley 0 3 3 Merritt (W) 4 2 3 Snodgress 1 0 0 Miller 1 0 0 Hoffman 1 0 0 Troth 1 0 Bchmlta 1 1 0 lege at St.

Charles, Mo. San Francisco 130 100 000 5 6 2 Milwaukee 000 100 0102 4 2 "Most of my courtship was Marlchal (4-2) and Bailey. Burdette. Fischer (6). Funk (8) and Torre.

Loser the right note for your spent sitting a garage and watching Jerry build a car for the Pike's Peak climb," she Burdette (3-3). HRs F. Alou, BaUey, Pagan, H. Aaron. WP Wlnterholter.

wamsiey. NOBLESY1LLE WINS RELAYS R. H. E. Houston 000 100 0303 10 0 Cincinnati 000 020 0002 7 1 NOBLESVILLE Noblesville captured its own relays crown by Jerry's brother Joe had been Nottebart, Kemmerer (81 and Camp bell.

Purkey, Henry (6), Jay (7) and slipping past Anderson iwaaison killed in 1928 testing a front-drive Coleman near Littleton, Colo. An Edwards, winner Nottebart (4-1). Loser Jay (0-0). HR Coleman. Heights, 46ft to 45ft here Tues Wedding Reception other brother, Louis, won the day.

to replace Ismael Laguna of Pan AMERICAN LEAGUE R. H. E. Muncie Southside was last in in our Pike's Peak climb nine times and came to be known as "the Old Boston 100 110 2005 12 0 Baltimore 000 000 1001 3 3 the six-team field with 16 points. ama, who no longer can make the 118-pound limit and will fight in the featherweight (126- Wilson 13-2) and Tillman.

Roberts, Man of the Mountain." Tipton was second with 25, Pen Miller (7), Narum it) and Orsino. Loser Roberts (0-4). HR Clinton. dleton had 24, and Greenfield 19. pound) division, where he is now Jerry entered the Pike's Peak rated fifth.

R. H. T. South was second in the mile New York 000 000 0022 7 0 event 16 times but never was able to win it. Bobby has won it six times, the last five in a row.

and half-mile relays events and Detroit 010 200 12x 0 Stafford. Renlff IS). Bridges (8) and Howard. Mossl 3-1) and Freehan. Loser Stafford (1-2).

HR Freehan, was barely edged in both contests. Rebels' Jesse Howard and Jerry Clark were third and fourth In the depths of the depression, Tresh. STUBY PREMIUM RETREADS Are Guaranteed for a 25,000 Miles! mi the Unsers moved to Albuquerque, R. H. E.

N.M., where Jerry retired recent Pro-Am Tourney Precedes Start Of Texas Playoff FORT WORTH, Tex. (AP)-A Chicago 100 000 1002 10 1 Kansas City 000 000 0101 6 1 Buzhardt, Wllhelm (9i and Martin. ly as operator of a garage specializing in foreign cars. Wlckersharm, Flsctrer () and Bryan. Holiday Room Complete Service for Croups to 200 Private Entrance Free Parking Phone AT 8-1911 S400 S.

Madison Four sons came along in Al winner Buzhardt (2-1). Loser Wickersham (1-2). 11 Innings R. H. E.

STUBY PREMIUM RETREADS STUBY PREMIUM buquerquetwins Louis and Jerry Bobby and Al. pro amateur tournament today precedes the opening of the TP fRl? rml: Mr Rubber on Cleveland 100 100 100 047 13 0 000 Colonial National Invitation Cracker Ace Boosts His Mark to .436 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS "I fed the six of us on a $5 a week during the bad depression years," Mrs. Unser remembers. Golf Tournament on Thursday. Nobody turned in a score card, but Jack Nicklaus was one of golf- "Somehow, we managed to scrape up enough money for race car parts, even though we sometimes Washington 000 100 002 003 10 1 McDowell, Nlscwlti li), Latman (0), Allen (10) and Edwards.

Osteen, Kline Coats (10), Quirk 111) and Lep-pert, Retzer (10). Winner Allen H-0). Loser Coats (0-2). HR Alvls. Minnesota 000 000 000 o' 3' 6 Los Angeles 200 000 OOx 2 3 0 Perry 0-1 and Battey.

Turley (1-3) and E. fiadowskl. dom's elite who toured the Colo nial course Tuesday in warm up won $10 or less in race. Atlanta's Jack 1 not rounds. mi only wants to keep his batting av The field was cut to 66 when erage above the .400 mark, but Ed Furgol was sidetracked by den also he is making sure that the STUBY PREMIUM RETREADS Can Be Applied to Your Present Tires or Exchanged! STUBY PREMIUM RETREADS Can Be Purchased for tal surgery and business commit Major League Si'ars Crackers see their share of the ments caused Paul Harney to can top spot in the International cel BATTING Bill Freehan, Tigers, hit a two-run homer, triple and double League's Southern Division stand Defending champion Arnold ings.

EVENING SPECIAL (5:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M.) SMOKED COUNTRY SAUSAGE and FRIED APPLES Palmer showed up for a brief for his ninth hit In last 10 at-bats. In 6-2 victory over New York Yankees. P1TCHINO Bob Turley. Anels.

al Kubiszyn drove in three Atlanta practice session. Nicklaus, Pal lowed only three hits, striking out nine ir mo as Little as $2.25 Per Week! runs with two doubles and two singles Tuesday night to lead the mer and Tony Lema have been and walking none and posted f.rlt. victory of the season, J-0 ove teo over nis urst Mtnne- 'sola. Crackers In a 13-4 drubbing of Co lumbus and take the Southern Di Potatoes and Vegetable Roll and Beverage $1.30 vision lead away from Arkansas. He boosted his batting percentage Be Safe, Be Sure, FREE Salad Bar to .436 in 16 games and strength ened his hold as the league's No.

1 batsman. Green May Co Back to Indians Northern Division leader Buffalo Bmi Quality McCrearti Retreads Try Any or All of Our HOMEMADE SALADS From Oar Famous NEVER-EMPTY BOWLS. used four home runs in walloping Jacksonville, the league defend ing champion 9-4. Indianapolis pus down a late Arkansas rally and played for the Cardinals 1957-1959. whipped The Travelers 4-1.

Toronto edged the Syracuse Chiefs 3-2 The 29-year-old player took a LOS ANGELES (UPI) Outfielder Gene Green of the Indians planned to fly to on the strength of Frank Lejas room In the House of Serfas Hotel, here Monday as the team traveled to Washington for a series with the Senators. Washington today to try to homer and single, and Richmond snapped Rochester's four game winning streak by defeating the ICE CREAM PARFAITS (As Many as You Want) FREE Green, who has been used as Red Wings 8-6. Indianapolis hurlers Taylor Phil "straighten things out" with Manager Birdie Tebbetts who suspended him for Jumping the team. Green, who was disgruntled With Any of Our FOUR Delicious Home Cooked Dinners iids and Glen Rosenbaum com pinch batter four times this season after hitting .280 in 66 games last year with Cleveland, said he wants to be played regularly. when used sparingly by Tebbetts bined their strike-out talents in the seventh to keep Arkansas from breaking a 1-1 tie.

Phillips fanned, Richie Allen with two men on, He said during the weekend se this season, said he talked by telephone with the Cleveland man ager but that he would have to then gave way to Rosenbaum who talk with him in person. truck out Mickey Harrington witn ries with the Los Angeles Angels he "heard the Angels wire trying to get me but Cleveland turned down any deal. Apparently I'm not good enough to play for Cleveland, but too good to be traded." the bases loaded. Phone AT 8-7768 Phone AT 8-5551 Lunches Daily From 11 S. Walnut "If I can't straighten things out, I'm going to go back home," Green said.

His wife and family 2 p.m. AT 2-5939 Indianapolis pulled ahead in the 221 tighth on triple by Jim Napier and a balk. live in St. Louis where Green.

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