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Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • 60

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Jones to Meet 58 Oakland Tribune, Thursday, May 6, 1954 By Rouson I LITTLE SPORT Figgeroa in-Richmond Bout Senators Beat White Sox, 1-0; New York Wins Continued from First Sports Page uwner lanes Imbros Out of Meadows Race but the hurler dug his own grave with the walks. It was his second i By GEORGE SCHEBCK JAYCEE ROUNDUP RAY MEADOWS RACE Longer Quarter TRACK. San Mateo, May 6 two-hit defeat of the campaign. It marked the first time this season that the slump-stuck Yankees I Army Athletic Cal Nine Plays Troy, Stanford California's baseball team, currently in the cellar of the CIBA baseball race, will play an important part in the title scrambl this weekend. The Bears, losers of their last six league games, will host USC, currently the top team in the circuit, in a 3:15 p.m.

game at Edwards Field tomorrow, and then meet second place Stanford Saturday at Palo Alto. Although the Bears are out of all title contention, their performance against the Trojans and Indians will be important. A U.C. win in either game would just about eliminate the loser from the CIBA race. Coach Clint Evans, who winds up his colorful Career as U.C.

coach on May 15, is still juggling his lineup in a vain attempt to compensate for the loss of shortstop Dick Ament. Since Ament's injury the Bears have dropped every league game and have also fielded a new lineup every -Imbros, who was ilated to pack 134 oourds for the Children's Had beaten a right hander. Handicap here Satur Horse Races Sei Bob Porterfield, who pitched Vikings to Play Hartnell For Coast Loop Crown Hearing Starts -day, has been declared out 1 the race. nine shutouts last season to lead Four six-rounders, with Hayward welterweight Danny Fig-geroa and Eddie Jones of Merced holding down the top spot, feature nextlTuesday night's weekly boxing show at the Richmond Auditoriim. The second bout on matchmaker Mason Griffin's talent show 'finds Oakland featherweight Stan Sequiera boxing Cleo Lane.

The third match pits Benny Walker against Junius Washington. Walker is starting a comeback after a long layoff. Washington started his pro career in Oakland several years ago and was rate5 one of the top welterweight prospects in the state at that time. The fourth six brings together welterweights Charles Courtney of Oakland and Al Barbero of San Francisco. A pair of fours will round out the crd.

Althouzh trainer Willie Molter Twas willing to let him go in thej WASHINGTON, May 6. closing day feature, his entry was The Army claimed today it has t-iH hv owner Andrw J. By GORDON STIRLING eviaence xo aispei -j always a bridesmaid, At the same time. Crevolin said House subcommittee's suspicions a bride" East Contra Costa he would not bring Determine that it "coddled" 10 big-name GI! Junior College baseball team "the recer.t Kentucky Derby win-J athletes, 'makes another try for the Coast rr here Saturday for a pa-' Brig. Gen.

Herbert B. Powell, Conference baseball crown Satur- in frcnt of the crowd. official Army spokesman at the day. A big reception has been subcommittee's hearings, told In four years of conference planned'lcr Determine at Holly- reporter he thinks the facts will. competition the Hugo Boschetti--wcod Park the same day.

refute most contentions that the 'coached Vikings have finished Beau Busher. a two-year-old ball players and boxers got fa-'second in the standings four chestnut colt with a future, won vored treatment from camp com- times. the majors, chalked up his first of the 1954 campaign against Keegan, holding Chicago to four hits. Roberts, who stood out in the bases-on-balls parade because he walked only one batter, yielded homers to Rip Repulski and rookie Joe Fraz-ier, but the Phils pounded out 13 hits including four by Earl Torgeson and three each by Richie Ashburn and Del Ennis to give him an easy third win. Cincinnati also collected 13 hits, including homers by Gus Bell and Ted Kluskewski in the triumph over Maglie, while Bob Lemon picked up his fourth victory without much trouble against the Athletics when Cleve-j land piled up a 4-0 lead in the first threi innings.

third straight race here yes- manders anxious to hang up' Now, with second place again terday capturing the $10,000 good sports records. securely nailed down, the team SAN MATEO, May 6. "Long" races for quarter horses will be featured during the 31 -day California Horse Racing Association meeting opening Tuesday at Bay Meadows. First condition books for the combined harness and quarter horses season reveal that there will be at least one race for the short liners each day at 500 yards. This distance will be run on a straightaway with the horses starting from the quarter mile chute at the head of the stretch and winding up at a temporary finish line 60 yards past the regular wire.

California racing laws allow quarter horse racing up to, but not including, 550 yards. At the current Los Alamitos meeting, where there is a long straightaway, races have been held at 549 yards and they have proved extremely popular with Southern (California fans. Entries for Tuesday's inaugural program will be taken Monday morning, racing secretary Wesley Meyers announced added Bav Meadows Beau Powell, who yesterday prom- meets undefeated Hartnell at Brur.rr.el Stakes with Johnny "appropriate action against Concord Saturday in a double-commanders found guilty of fa-header. voritism to sports figures, saidi Hartnell, boasting the best Longden up. The Mr.

Busher-Late Date offspring came with a rush round- he had seen nothing so far toi pitching In the loop, comes to ir.e the stretch turn and was warrant action against com- a half on top at the wire for a manders involved in the 10 cases (iJBik TREMENDOUS SELECTION II fj miff I 100 Wool GABARDINES 1 ttStUlj 22. The first four finishers in each event Saturday qualify for state competition. Larry Hall's Comet tennis team, far down in conference standings with a 1-4 record, will be represented in the Big Seven matches tomorrow and Saturday by four men. Making the trip to San Francisco will be John Gardner, Jim Danley, Dick and Jack Demarest. The four will play singles and doubles.

Latest figures released by WCC show Ken Puckett, Comet shortstop, topping the team in conference batting with a hefty .393 average. The fleet infielder has 11 hits in 28 trips. Trailing Puckett "are Don Meitoza, Willie Calvin, .334, and Steve Siml, .333. Ray Luce leads the pitchers with a 4-1 mark. The Comet nine travels to San Francisco for a game with the Marines tomorrow.

Rudy Hansen's Comet golfers also see action tomorrow, playing host to City College of San Francisco in a Big Seven match. Coast Conference and the Big Seven baseball standings: COAST CONFERENCE Concord with six wins and no losses. The Vikes' record is five victories and one defeat. The Concord team must take S3 00 rr.utuel by the sub- selected for review committee. Jovie with Willie Harmatz second.

Condemna- "There may have been someoth games to the crown n.j CHECKS CASHED TYE'S 9TH AND BROADWAY for the five furlme i was minor mistakes made," Powell Boschetti will pitch Bob Borgh- 75 a-d Ve triumph "AL5 our (2-0) in the first game and worth $6625 to the Sunnyside tio" of caf stiJ.Max Neal (2-1) in the nightcap. Stab'es Grimes is the under way. But so far I haven tj Borghesani, who plays the out-tra-rei- fseen evidence to warrant action field when he isn't pitching, Tve Vi.i.Dh was Longden's against the commanders." 'leads the Vikes at the plate with 100 Wool FLANNELS ill 100 Wool SHARKSKINS CUSTOM TAILORED DETAILS Compare Elsewhere Values to 14.95 third He also scored with Lassa-I iou a average. toy (J6 30. and Radiant Lady subcommittee for a belated start who paid $3 60.

on the "case histories" at an! While Boschetti's charges are Lcngdcn" now is second in meeting of the subcommit-jbattling for the baseball crown race jockey honors but Wil-tee set for today. His testimony Saturday, Gay Bryan will lead Harmatz. who was blanked, was interrupted before the first his newly crowned Coast Conferral such a lead he should wind, name was mentioned yesterday ence track champions from the up the of the hooters here, when the subcommittee went into East Campus to Santa Rosa for The 42nd day of the meeting closed session. the Northern California Junior 'msm OUjt PRISE 2 5 'FIRST IN SLACKS drew 11,953 fans who wagered1 protests of chair-j College meet. L.

Pet. Dindlem $346,233 on the eight-race card, man vuliam E. Hess the a record for weekday play here group voted not to "disclose" of-at the meeting. ificiallv names and records of the "110 athletes despite the fact L. C.

(Jet) Joyner, top point-maker in the conference meet, will anchor the Viking entrants. The Jetman will compete In the 100, 220 and broad jump. Hartnell El Centra Ct Marin Menlo Monterey BIG SEVEN If you're going to Reno soon and you should Bend today for MARIAN'S IUCKY TOKIN. Absolutely free but of value at Harrah's Club. Harrah's Club, Dept.

22 Reno. they already had been published Ion an unofficial basis without Iconsidering the matter in exec l.OrtO .833 .571 .286 .000 .875 .700 .500 .375 .250 .000 panti factory sportswear Santa Rosa The other qualifiers are Fred I w.t c.ntr cu 7 utive session. PARKING TlCftETSi Harold I f'?" 41ewins, broad jump; English Star Breaks World Mile Record I At the closed meeting members A as rA a A rr i oi ho 1 fi .7 4 3 3 0 1520 AN PABLO AVE. ezt to Kahn' VALIDATED More Jackpots at Harrah'a dub Virginia Street Reno San Mateo i-, 40. Pole vault; Will Soberanes, cases todav, public, but to City College of r.

two-mile; John Cottier, name was to be discussed and to invite him to appear if he de Continued from First Sports Page high and low hurdles, high jump; Bruce Morgan, high hurdles, high jump; Lou Kummerow, half-mile, and Dick Lee, pole vault. The Vikings' championship sired. tance runners. Many have come mile relay team, composed of Joyner, Warren, Kummerow and Within a few seconds of it. 1 Brasher stepped into lead with: Farmer Swimmers the gun and led Bannister to the in first quarter in which Bannister Win, break KeCOrdS was unofficially clocked in 57.2.

The Hayward Farmers won Brasher was still a step ahead eir 10th straight swimming cf Bannister at the 830 where the victory of the season as they de-6 foot Bannister was clocked un- feated the Richmond Oilers, Ron Anderson, also is entered West Contra Costa's tracksters didn't fare as well in loop competition as their East campus counterparts, placing fourth in the Big Seven Conference meet last Saturday at Modesto. Hosting Modesto won the title. However, seven Comet thin- 55-20, at Hayward yesterday. Darrell Heinrich of Hayward iswam the 100 -yard freestyle in 54.1 and the 120-yard individual medley in 1:13.3 for new pool records. Teammate Steve Seter in As the third lap got under way, ChatUway burst Into the lead with Bannister at his heels.

Brasher faded at this point. ChatUway was a yard ahead of Bannister at the three quarters. Rogers' time at the start of the clads did qualify for Saturday's off set a pool record for the 100- IsectionaJ at Santa Rosa vard breaststroke with a time of 1:04.3. Robert Harrison, winner of the high hurdles last week, leads the Comet contingent of Ray Strong, 440; Wilbur Gary, 100; William Cox, 880 and Severn Hayes, shot put. Saturday's meet is the preliminary to the State Juniot College nieet at Santa Monica May Iat lap was 3:00.2.

About 300 yards from the tape Frosh NetterS Win Bannister cut loose a magnificent Bear Stan Hack deeated Cliff sprint ar.d with head back roared Vickerv. 6-0. 6-3. as the Califor- to thefmi h. Chattaway finished nia tenms team downed in 4:0.

2 San Mateo Junior College, 6-0, at The official clockings for Ban- Cal vesterdav r.iter at each quarter mile were In 7 Seconds You can be $UVZ I announced as :57.5, 1:53.2. and 3 :00 5. (J(r0 lwWr3 MEN'S SHOI SHOP i Wes Not Disappointed Mi i Another thoroughbred champion by Standish the STRAPPER Over Bannister Feat LAWRENCE, May 6.T America's top miler. Wes Sar.tee of Kansas said today he was "rot exceptionally disap- rx-int'd" to hear that the first mile had been run by R-ger Bannister of England. "Of the r.iicn capable cf doing it.

Bannister is the one I'd just as on have seen break it," Santee "It was a great performance. Oakland Navy Champ Our of Tourney SAN DIEGO. May 6. Navy heavyweight champion Bob x-herjp-erger frrm Oakland yesterday was from the boxsnt; t- be he'd a. Lackland Air Force Base.

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