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13 National League Sluggers Are Pace MUNCIE STAR, TUESDAY, OCTOBER II, 1955 by Willie Mays Softball Loop Percentage Champs olis, while 235 attended at Baltimore, 1,000 at Washington, 417 at St. Louis, 500 at Boston, and 600 at Cleveland. The show also went on at Cincinnati. Top Tennis Amateurs to new team around such youngsters as Sam Giannalva, Barry McKay and Ronald Homberg. ENGLISH STAR TURNS TRO London L7) Tony Mottram, Irish Pleased Over Closed TV Profit Hits for 382 Total Bases; Snider 2nd By BEX OLAN New York Willie Mays of the New York Giants captured the National League slugging title for the second year in a row in 1955, besting Brooklyn's Duke Snider in a close battle between the hardhitting "centerfielders.

Mays put together 382 total bases in 580 times at bat for a slugging average of .659, figures i CJiJ ii'-' d-k rr compiled by the Associated Press Britain's No. 1 tennis star, and his wife, former- Wightman Cup player Joy Gannon, announced Monday have turned professional. Former Coach at Hartford City Is Dead Hartford City, Ind. James Blaine Good, 63, former Hartford City basketball coach and later high school principal, died Sun day morning at the Hancock County Hospital at Greenfield. He was stricken ill last Thursday but his condition did not become serious until Saturday evening, when he was removed from his home to the hospital.

However, Mr. Good had not been in good health for the past few years following a stroke but was able to enjoy farming at his home near Greenfield. His death was unexpected. The body was taken to the Pasco funeral home at Greenfield, where funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday with Dr.

H. M. Cobb, of the First EUB Church, this city, andRev. Joseph Roush, of the Otterbein EUB Church, officiating. Burial will be in the Philadelphia Cemetery, west Greenfield.

Mr.l Good taught in the Hart ford City High Schol and also: served as coach and principal during the years of 1930 through 1943, coming here from Mt. Comfort. After leaving here he went to Charlottesville and Fortville, serving as principal at the latter school. He retired sometime ago. Suriving are his widow.

Beryl; a daughter, Mrs. Harold Chaney, Chicago; one son, Gail, at home; a grandson; three brothers, Amos, Marion; Joseph, South Bend, and Allen, Long Beach, and three sisters Mrs. Lavina Bailey, Evanston, Mrs. Lydia Sharon and Mrs. Ida Wirick, both of St.

Petersburg, Fla. Leal Sullivan, father of Sox pitcher Frank Sullivan, former semi-pro player. Red ft is a I ft The Muncie Star The Yellow Cab softball team, shown above, won the percentage championship of the Public Service League. eated, left to right Toby Art rip, Bill Wells, Ed Teal, Bob Brees; standing-Marion Gibson, Bob Okley, Butch McKenzie, Bob Kuhns. Not present when the picture was taken were Buddy Bryant, Denver Wooten, Ivan Hudson, Laverne Herron, and Jim Longfellow.

Free! Sell Half Interest in Cleveland Browns Cleveland CT) Saul Silberman, board chairman of the Cleveland Browns, announced Monday that he and two associates had sold their half interest in the professional football team to other stockholders. The stock was sold for a reported $375,000. Silberman said he is negotiating for investment in "another big league club." All three sellers Silberma Ralph De Chiaro and A. Herman Siskind are residents of Baltimore, leaving the Browns' ownership now completely local. revealed Monday.

Snider, who won the crown in 1953, finished se.cond with a .623 mark on 333 total in 538 trips. Mantle's Total 313 Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees was the American League's champion with .611. The speedy outfielder collected 316 total bases before he was sidelined with a pulled leg muscle in mid-September. Included in Mickey's extra-base output were 25 doubles, 11 triples and 37 homers. His home run total also was tops in the junior circuit.

Mays, who led the National League In slugging with a year ago, had 1S5 hits in '55. Among them were 18 doubles, 13' triples and a pace-setting 51 homers. Snider, the top man in home runs early in the season, wound up with 42 four-baggers, 34 doubles and six triples. The Duke had 166 safeties in all. Mathews Hits 300 Total Eddie Mathews of Milwaukee finished third, compiling an even 300 total bases in 499 at bats for a .601 mark.

He had 144 hits, including 23 doubles, five triples and 41 home runs. Ernie Banks, who shattered a major league home run record for shortstops by hitting 44, was fourth in slugging with .592. The Chicago Cubs' stalwart also had 27 doubles and nine triples among 176 hits. Ted Kluszewski of Cincinnati was fifth with .585. He was lowed by Roy Campanella of the Dodgers with .583, Wally Post of the Redlegs with .572, and Stan Sewer and Drain Cleaning GUT R.

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(IIP) Notre Dame's experiment with closed c'jeuit television of its football game with Miami Friday night was "extremely successful," Athletic Director Ed (Moose) Krause said Monday. The game was displayed on screens 15 by 20 feet, in hotels in 11 cities, and drew a total atten-ance of 12,400 at $4 per ticket. The university, which sponsored the show itself, madt a profit on the first showing with estimated expenses of $36,000 against a return of about $49,600. "We are pleasantly surprised," Krause said, "because we didn't figure on such excellent response. feel that the next two games, with Navy and Iowa, should do pretty well too, now.

And we may pick up other cities." Krause indicated that the success of the program might result in the addition of the Southern California game, Nov. 26 to the schedule. Navy plays at Notre Dame Oct 28 and Iowa on Nov. 19. The closed circuit TV show was sold out in Chicago, Detroit, New York, Philadelphia and Indianap 6 vays 1.

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Louis Cardinals, said Monday he doesn't believe Leo Durocher's retirement from baseball is permanent. Stanky, recently named manager of Minneapolis of the American Association, expressed his view in an interview. Durocher quit as manager of the New York Giants to accept a job with National Broadcasting Co. FOR DELIVERY OF BEER, LIQUORS, WINE AND FOOD Phone 2-8781 COZY LODGE TAVERN Jackson at Ohio I LIST PRICE $3.25 PER GALLON PER QUART Turn Pro By WILL GRIMSLEY New York (J) Tony Trabert, U.S. and Wimbledon tennis champion, will sign a professional con tract this week to set off the big gest raid on amateur net ranks in history.

Trabert's switch to the money- making game will be followed by that of Australia's top Davis Cup aces, Lewis Hoad and Ken Rose- wall, whose signatures must await their return home from a Far Eastern exhibition swing. Cup Play Wide Open The trio, rated the three best amateurs in the world in any order you may choose, will sell their talents to promoter Jack Kramer and make the tour with Big Jake," once king of the amateurs himself, as a participant. The Davis Cup competition, long confined to a two-team bat tle between the U.S. and Austra ha, thus will be thrown into a wide open affair, with Italy, Den mark and Sweden all given good chances of wresting the big trophy back to Europe. A leading official of the U.S.

Lawn Tennis who has been in constant touch with Trabert in hopes of dissuading him from making the pro move, commented dourly Monday: "I think it's hopeless. Tony has made up his mind to turn pro. I am sure the action will be taken within the next few days." Gets $50,000 Guarantee the Pacific Coast are that Kramer is offering Trabert a $50,000 flat guarantee, plus a percentage of the gate receipts which might bring him as much again. Hoad and Rosewell, three-year Davis Cup veterans at 20, are said to have been offered $50,000 each. In Sydney, the Sun reported that both Rosewall and Hoad had agreed to Kramer's terms and official acceptance was only a matter of time.

The U.S. has some veteran players such as Art Larsen, Her-bie Flam and Gilbert Shea but probably would try to build up a brand LtfiffiTTrtiT.m.ni.ir mini you're SAFE I I I 1 i nTXJ IME; i Dr. Scholl's Super-Fast NERVE-DEEP Relief about fast action with Dr. Scholl's Zino-pads! Just the pads alone on corns or sore toes block the pain zone almost like magic! Used with the sepa- rata Medications included in every box, Zino-pad3 remove corns one of the quickest ways known tn msirml HMpnrf! Ynu never tried anvthinff PAIN ZONE Chicago Buys Kellert From Brooklyn Chicago (U.P.) The Chicago Cubs announced the purchase of outfielder-first baseman Frank Kellert from the Brooklyn Dodgers. Kellert appeared three times as a pinch-hitter for Brooklyn in the World Series and got one hiL During the 1955 season he appeared in 39 games, mostly as a pinch-hitter, and batted .326 with 26 hits, 10 of them for extra bases.

He had 19 runs batted in. The Cubs also announced the purchase of right-hand pitcher Gene Fodge and infielder Bob Mc-Kee from Des Moines, their Western League affiliate. Both Fodge and McKee were named to the Western League's 1955 All-Star team. McKee, a 23-year-old native of Davenport, Iowa, played 150 games at second base and batted .278. He drove in 77 runs and led the league in sacrifice hits with 22.

Fodge, in his third year as a professional, posted a 16-10 record with Des Moines. His earned run average of 2.28 was second-best in the league. In addition, Fodge pitched 42 consecutive innings from July 7 through July 26 without allowing an earned run. He also tied a league record during that time by pitching 23 consecutive innings without allowing a run at all. Fodge, 25, comes from South Bend, Ind.

Safe Career Uniontown, Pa. (JP) Arthur "Tony" Zawacki learned the importance of mine safety the hard way in an accident back in 1927. After he recovered, he began sketching safety slogans on the sides of mining cars. The mine superintendent spotted them, and suggested that Tony give all his time to promoting mine safety. Today, he's still at it.

Fellow workers call him the "underground artist" because for many years he worked in the mine foreman's office at the shaft bottom. In 1949, he set up shop above ground for the first time. Hi3 latest poster, captioned "A Good Point," shows a hunting dog in point, and bears the slogan "Be Alert Don't Get Hurt." Amateur Basketball The Public Service basketball loop will hold an organization meetine at 7:30 P.m. Tuesday at the Central Indiana Gas Co. of fice.

All interested coaches and managers are urged to attend. By FRANK WATSON Central Press Sports Writer QUESTIONS 1 Where did these pro foot ball rookies play college ball George Shaw, Alan Ameche, Dick Moegle? 2 Who is the new coach of the Los Angeles Rams? 3 What pro quarterback holds the mark for total yards gained on passes? HOOHEE ONE of base. ball's mysteries is why this player, first two-time win-n of International League's Most Valuable Player award can't make the majors in trials with five clubs. He's with Montreal. ANSWERS arenas 9t ttt spitA.

GSO'ZZ on uSneg Awwvs irewino pis ptrs ujajsa.YuruoM 'U033JO--T (uosiaM Xipoy fit; s- Musial of the St. Louis Cards with .566. Kaline Kunnerup Al Kaline of the Detroit Tigers, the American League batting leader, was the runnerup to Man tle in the slugging competition The brilliant sophomore had 321 total bases in 588 at bats for a .513 average. Kaline had 24 doubles, eight triples and 27 homers. Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox, who was declared the Amer ican League slugging champion in 1954 although he batted fewer than 400 times (3S6).

compiled a sparkling .703 mark in '55. However, league headquarters have ruled the veteran outfielder ineligible for the title this time. The thumper played in 98 games and was charged with only 320 official at bats. He had 225 total bases, Including 21 two-baggers, three triples and 28 home runs. Toledo Race Driver Is Killed at Salem Salem, Ind.

UP) Ray Duhigg, 25, Toledo, was killed Sunday when his late model stock car blew a tire, crashed through a guard rail and rolled over a high bank at a race track here. Duhigg, who suffered a broken neck in a stock car race at Darlington, S. in 1953, was in second place at the time of the acci dent. He was just entering the track's first turn on the 20th lap! of the 100-lap feature. His 1955 convertible was demolished.

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