Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • 51

T-'r, WIN THIRD Tribum Sport Editor STRA GHT ir Lee Susman Thouqht Murphy Hurls TTIln Spttnim TTIlnnimg ttn HD 6-3 Victory Over Padres I FOOTBALL I tiA SCRIMMAGE -QUARTERBACKS A CT ATCAL I 3UARD3 VERY WEAK-ENDS yS SATURDAY ONLY FAIR -TACKLES A QUESTJON 7 I MARK- (jREEN- SMALL-NO J4ZJl2 rz PEPTH ETC. etc- etc- j. fosjj IN MJDSEASONy oaks KlfroEY'RE tefiainr Usually a man is given a testimonial dinner after he has accomplished something out of the ordinary. Chuck Dressen will be given such a dinner while he is in the process of trying to return the Oaks to the proud position they held in 1948 and again in 1950. Those were pennant years.

The sjtag party for the Oaks' manager will be sponsored by the Knights and Knaves, a local men's club devoted to sports, and held Monday night, June 14, at Louie Simons' restaurant on Jack London Square. The public is invited but a limit of 200 has been put on reservations. The dinner, certain to be sold out, actually is a "welcome home" gesture to the fiery little pilot who quit tht major leagues to feturn to the state he loves, California. And to the city whose team he headed in 1949 and 1950, Oakland. Although many members of the Knights and Kitaves ara working on party plans, the general committee in charge consists of Andy Fontes, club president; Abe Rose and Eddie (Bozo) Miller.

The dinner will have an informal note typical of the club directing it. Talks -will be short, introductions few. Fun will be fast, good fellowship unlimited. Naturally Chuck will be given a present. Something that will give him and his wifa, Ruth, pleasure and at the same time represent the affection this community feels for one of the most popular men ever to manage the Oaks.

Nope, not an automobile. The sponsors can't afford anything so expensive. Anyway, Chuck still drives the Lincoln the Boosters gave him several years ago. Athletic glories of the old Acme Club will be relived for several hours Sunday, when the 33rd annual club reunion is held at the Bohemian Restaurant on lower Broadway. Attendance at the reunions grows less each year, but the enthu Ufty O'Doul Tossed Out of Game After Violent Protest By EMMONS BTR.VE Leading thrtvt fimei to one, trie Oaks will continue their lightly explosive aeries with the Cin Diego Padres tonight In Emeryvill- It the annual benefit game the Children's Hospital of the East Bay, and a full house anticipated A ladies night crowd sf 5,155 at In on Uat eTeninr'i proceedings which uw the Acorns hamble the Pads 6-1, for their third straight victory.

While rr.ot cf the scoring was NORTH COAST SECTION I I HQW'P THAT gg HIGH SCHOOL TRACK MEET POLE VAULTER jET 1 Jk to the first inning, the reworks occurred in the eighth when Lefty O'Doul and company Correlation Prealcness 8-5 Choice siasm of its remaining alumni never diminishes. The reunions, it can be believed, will eontinue so long as two ex-members are available. Organized in 1883, the Acme Club once had a membership of close to 900. The present alumni living in this area number about 40. Most of them will be at the Sunday party, starting at noon.

Nicholas Hurls Tonight Harry Nicholas (3-2) will go pst for the Oaks tonight in Emeryville in the annual benefit game fr the Children Hpital of the East Bay. Pitching for San Diego will be Bill Thomason (4-3). OiMMMiMII lodged a violent protest over a plate decision by Umpire Chris Vaf.ti Whether or nt V'alenti would have been limb from limb without the timely intervention Al Somers. veteran PCL arbiter, is a question that now will never be answered. The husky Smeri did, however, restore crder.

He also squelched an erer-en th a DM tie fu who bounced the field. Even today the Padres maintain they had a gr-d beef, and maybe they did. But as things turned out, the game was won BALTIMORE, May 21. "Saturday doubtful" said the forecaster about the weather and it applied very well to tomorrow's Preakness in which 11 young horses will whirl around old Pimlico for gobs of greenbacks and glory. Although the supposedly well informed Jean heavily toward either Robert S.

Lytle's Correlation or Hasty House Farm's Hasty Road as the likely winner, this is a year so far in which it's a wide open race for the best 3- ye-ar-old. Reunion preparations are being directed by Benny Brad-shaw, George Simpson and Otto Rittler. Simpson is the brother of the late Tommy Simpson, famed boxing promoter. Rittler, chairman of the Sunday committee and a resident of Alameda, 'is the youngest of the Acme lumni. He was accepted as a member when he was only 17, a tribute to his all-around athletic ability.

Among the old-timers gathering to toast the famed Acme Club will be Jack Kitchen, professional boxer who met among others Jim Corbett, heavyweight champion of the world. Kitchen was boxing instruotor for the club, whose activities were directed to boxing, wrestling, gymnastics and bicycle racing principally. Disbanded soon after the turn of the century for lack of desirable headquarters, the memory of the famed club was revived by a first reunion in 1921. If Norbert Kreisch hadn't been an amateur boxer in Germany several years ago he might not have become a circus star. Tricks of breathing learned as an amateur fighter have aided the role he plays in the Shrine Circus at the local Auditorium.

Part of his ring training was controlled breathing getting the most effort from the least amount of air sucked into his lungs. His serio-comic portrayal of a gorilla, in which he wears a heavy costume of rubber and hair, makes normal breathing impossible. Kreisch is 24 years old and wiry. He roams the Auditorium in his act and a fine physical edge is essential. A tight fitting mask Continued Page 52, Col.

3 It began when such highly touted prospects as Turn To and EMswn Passes Porterhouse were put out of action with injuries early. Then Determine came along to win the May 1 Kentucky Derby, first of the triple crown classics which bear heavily on selection of the and lost in the opening round when the Padres made three runs in the top of the frame and then i the Oaks came back to score four. uau carr.t oacx iu srorf lour. OAKLAND TRIBUNE 3-year-old champ. ft What built up the eighth in- Tfm If ring hassle was the fact that lfj I II I CI lb jIUU fcarl Rapp rr.Ls.ed at home with Determine's owner, Andy Crevolin, has left the door open now by keeping him out of the Preakness, saying he didn't Pirates, 17-4 want "to press his luck VOL CLX MAY 21, 1954 49 NO.

141 So tomorrow's winner of the 78th Preakness will be a strong what would have been the tying run. He had cpened with a crisp double to left, and was called out cn Bob Elliott's single to right. Rapp apparently slid across the plate tn front of Pete Milne's throw to catcher Lou Landing although the Latter claimed he hid the plate blocked. claimant to the year's honor INDIANAPOLIS, May 21. W) The glitter of a quarter-million-dollar purse and a record-cracking pace in last weekend's trials will shoot a double stimu PCL, MAJORS FLAG RACES By United Pre There's a seven-team first division in the National League today with everybody but the Pirates at or bet- until the Belmont, last leg of the triple crown on June 12.

In that one, there probably will be some PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE fresh faces, including Porter At any rate, the r.stant Valenti ter and Eddie Stanky, the man- house who is back in business lant into about 40 drivers tomor-j row and Sunday in final 10-milei time trials for the 500-mile auto I race May 31. but too late for the Preakness. with nf trie pace-setting Cardi- he WaSlnal- thinlrc it maw atav that S'V indicated his decision upraised right hand Illustrating how quickly things charged by what appeared to be It could be dangerous on a change and supplying food for Retail Storaj I. 14th St. and 29rh A vent AN fovr 1-9300 BUY YOUR BOATING AND FISHING NEEDS AT WARDS W.

L. Pet. GB Hollywood 25 19 .568 Sacramento 25 20 .556 OAKLAND 24 22 .522 1 San Diego 23 22 .511 24' Seattle 22 .489 Si Los Angeles 22 24 4 Portland 20 24 .455 5 San Francisco 19 26 .422 S's right up until the stretch month of September. But his St. Louis sluggers were in a position today to make him a prophet by taking charge of the race right now with a game and a half lead over the of the pack.

That's the widet margin any team has en- the entire San Dien team. Almost lost in the crowd of gray c'ad visitor, he was extricated only inr tr. timely invasion of Somers from second bae O'Doul and second bajeman Al Tederoff were banished. Rapp track that has killed 44 people, doubt, Correlation probably will Ed Elisian of Oakland was the be made the 8-5 betting favorite only newcomer to pass the 0f the expected crowd of 35,000. drivers' tests yesterday for aj This is despite his disappoint-qualification attempt this week- ing sixth in the Derby in the end.

Elisian and four drivers who same role. Hasty Road was see-previously passed the 125-mile-! ond in the Derby. But since then, an-hour test compose the small- Correlation headed off Hasty est group of rookies in the last i Road in the Preakness prep Mon-five years. (day to shift sentiment and Sixteen drivers qualified lastjpocketbook support. must have been considered the j0ved thus far in the mad party in the debate.

After; scramble in the where it was he who had oeen called vpr-body is trving to live on weekend at an average speed of. Expectations also are likely to LAST SIGHT'S BfMLTS OAKLAND a Dirg Hllfwa Sarramrnt 1. Atiftln S. Seattle S. frnflf it.

Pnlnd HOW THE EfRirS STAND OAKLAND a. San Dirt I. ftarraraeal t. Bttjw4 1. Ui AnHe S.

Seattl San FranrUf H. Partlawd 1 TONIGHTS PROBABLE PITCHERS cut So, eren though he kicked dirt and shrieked to high heaTen, he wu allowed to stay REG. $151 5-HJP. SEA KING i -1 138.3C9 miles an hour, almost two miles faster than last year's field. Only 17 starting spots remain for the 47 unqualified cars in be messed up if the rain of yesterday should be repeated Saturday.

No one speaking for the 11 entries expressed concern over a slow track, but several ad- NATIONAL LEAGUE the same percentage point. The Cardinals, slugging away mercilessly, pounded out 17 hits. good for a 17-4 victory over Pittsburgh last night, the only team which Stanky eliminates in the mad pennant scramble. That boosted their edge over the slumping Dodgers and the Phil- GB L. the speedway garages.

134. After the 33-rar linpnn is i mitted they weren sure how l'i l' ftan Dirt. BUI Thoma.on (4-3) at Oakland. Harrr N'lrbalaa 3-Z. Laaii BllTwa.

Grarft Manr'f (4-1) at i Philadelphia Sarrament. Al Clratt 54. i Rraaklyn Seattle. Hill tfini l-l) al Las Aa- I Uwaekee tele. Itlll Meiaan New York Saa Fraariaee.

Tear Panre at jnrianall Panlaatf. Jeae Flares (l-li. Chirac" filled, a driver still can squeeze their charges would react to one. 19 IS 1t IS li It II .515 S'4 Eddie Naloy, trainer of Maine Continued Page 50, Col. 1 in by qualifying faster than the slowest car in the field, which then is eliminated.

Such "bump Pitt, earth YESTERDAY'S I aai as i isai in. 1 I St. Laals 11. PilUborfb 4. New Verk at Philadelphia (rain.) Only rame scheduled.

in the game. After quiet, comparatively speaking, was restored and the athletes were returned to the bench, another eruption occurred Bats and toweis suddenly began flying out of the San Diego dugout onto the field. This railed fr further warn-irzf. with gestures. But nothing came of it until -o batters later when the Padres' Milt Smith, coming to the plate full of conversation.

summarily ejected by the shaken Valenti. The Oaks then went on to sew cp the ball game for Stanford Bob Murphy with two runs in Contfnaed Page 51, Col. 2 PITCHERS TODAY Chance Farm's Jet Action, In fact "hoped the rain would keep up, I know we can run in it." Jet Action won the only two races he started this year in the slop. Trainer Woody Stephens of Woodvale Farm's Goyamo also Continued Page 51, Col. I PUtibarfh at Braeklyn ini(ht) Law Sea King, standard 5-hp outboard motor is powerful, easy to operate.

360 pivot lets you back away from pier. Waterproof magneto. Automatic rewind starter. Regular 6.49 gas can, 5 gallons. Hours without refueling 1.48 i ing' probably will be the main order of business Sunday.

The new 10-mile record of 141.033 m. h. set last Saturday by Jack McGrath of South Pasadena, may be challenged Continued Page 51, Col. 1 il-jtisna i i iaa.Mil' (I-J rs. Pedrea (4-Oi.

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HaddU 5-5). Mllwaakee at Chtcaf Cenler (1-1) TS. Klippatela t-t. AMERICAN LEAGUE L. Pet.

-GB Giardello 3-1 Choice Over Langlois in Bout Tonight 2 I 1 la la .441 .292 10 IK 17 New Tark Detrail rhiraie Baltimere Washintten Philadelphia I a 1 BeMaa fiame hehlnd lesder I NEW YORK, May 21. 'JP (NBC). As usual in New York. Joev Giardello, disappointed be-'the scoring will be done on a -1 1 At- a. 3 I RESl LTs VISriRDAl a rame rhrdolei.

raiKP hp hvnaprf for a sum- wllrl lwo JuaRes ana PITl HI RS TODAY rpfprep rallinir th shnte h'eaf a at Detroit i nifhti Keeian (5-1 tv Haeft (1-2). Baltimare al Cleveland (ni(hl) Pll-lette --Si vs. Winn 4-I. mer shot af Bobo Olson's title, is Despite the odds of 3 to 1 and a solid favorite to end the wave better favorine Giardello. there Philadelphia at Washlnrtan tnlahtt rf French uncct i-tnrioc trini crVit ik.

tt- i Pertaearrere -) rs. Porterield oupu iui wie I eiimiian Bastea al New Tark, niat aamran wnen ne Doxes lerre i-angiois i who has the same awkwardiv ef- when he boxes Pierre Langlois vs. Ferd at Madison Square Garden. Langlois is the third Frenchman in succession to be a decided underdog in a New York bout. Jacques Royer, a 5-1 shot, whipped Tiger Jones last Friday and Hoacine Khalfi, -a short ender at 3-1, deflated feather champ Sandy Saddler Monday fective style that won for the other boys in Jean Bretonnel's stable.

Langlois "outclutched" Rocky Castellani 15 months ago but lost a rematch. He has a career record of 62-15-5, but in his last nine he has a poor 3-5-1 mark. In three fights this year he lost to Gil Turner and Carmen Argyle Soccer Team Meets Local Stars RICHARDS LEAVES HOSPITAL SOON, STILL MAY RIDE SALISBURY. England. May Britain's ace jockey, S.r Gordon Richards, is making good progress in recovering from a race track spill and will leave the hospital "in a few days," his wife said today.

Richards, who is slated to ride the Queen's horse. Landau, in the Derby June 2, sufferer' a concussion Wednesday when his horse Misty Night stumbled and fell during, the Devizes handicap here. Complete quiet has been ordered for the little race track wizard who has ridden more winners than any man in his-t-ry Lady Richards is the only visitor he is allowed at the Salisbury infirmary. "He is getting on fine," she said. "He should be home in few days- As far as tha Derby concerned it is impossible lor him to make any decision for a few days." SPINNING OUTFIT 16.25 Spin the right combination with this Sport King Spinning Rod, Reel and Line.

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local talent in a soccer game at San Francisco's Balboa Park Soccer Stadium Sunday at 2:15 p.m. The game marks the first time in the 50-year history of local soccer that a team from Great Britain will play is San ROUNDS 12 314 516 7 8 910 Total Giardello Ljnqfoii I 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 I 1" I TTiaaae paeta Ed EHskm of Oakland was the only newcomer to pass a test for this mkrad'i crunrlrlcatlcm run for a spot in the S00-cnH race at hxikmapoh on May 31. Elision thus kms Freddie AgnrxxsbJan el Albany In cMernptina to qacKfy for th daswie. Hut ward's Bob ss eikeerdy la. r- iifi a ii a -l air-.

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