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SPORTS- SPORTS mm WANT ADS 7-3333 JACKSON; TENNESSEE, FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1954 PAGE EIGHT Dm Spite If Key Injuries Alston Mas Dodgers IKIear Top if (Loop Roberts' (Pitching, Dndians' Rally Highlight Full 'Slate In Majors The Phillies maintained their half game, first-place lead over the Brooklyn Dodgers, who beat St. Louis 10-3. Milwaukee defeated Pittsburgh 4-2 and New York whiped Chicago 6-3 in other National League action. In the American League, New York edged Detroit 5-3 in 10 innings on Yogi Bera's two-run homer; Boston beat Baltimore 9-1; Philadelphia defeated Chicago 3-2; and Cleveland shaded Washington 8-7 In 11 innings. If the Cardinals could figure out a way to miss Brooklyn on their Eastern swing they undoubtedly would be much hapier.

They lost In Ebbets Field for the 12th straight time in two seasons, this time to southpaw Johnny Podres, run barage that left the Cubs staggering in the Polo Grounds. They hit five, including two by Monte Irvin. Home runs by New York's American League representatives ruined the evening for baseball's largest crowd of the season 50,916 at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. Trailing 3-1, the Yankees caught up in the eighth on 1rv Noren's two-run homer and then won in the 10th when Berra parked one into the upper rignt-field scats with one aboard. Inspired by a practice home run by Ted Williams, the Red Sox broke out of their hitting slump and slammed Baltimore pitching for 11 They bunched five of them, along with two Oriole errors, for six runs in the third.

lineup changes as he went, brought the team home on top. Even this doesn't surprise him. Nor do the five trees cn the block his apartment is on. Brooklyn, you see, is not supposed to have trees. "This whole league is tough this time," he observed.

"We saw some good power in Cincinnati, St. Louis and Chicago and ran into some hot pitching in Philadelphia. We rate Milwaukee tough. The Giants? They look extra tough to me," the big manager said. "The baseball isn't any different.

I didn't expect it to be. The whole thing is to know your club. The longer you have 'em the better you know them and that's important. "Now, you take a game in Philadelphia we had. First two men got on base and the.

batter we had up isn't a good bunter. The situation sure called for the bunt, but I had him hit Well, he bangs into a double play. But I know that man and if I had it to do over again, he'd still be swinging. He just can't bunt. "They tell me the papers wrote a lot about the way I had that Kluszewski walked in Cincinati when the bases were empty and he KITTY LEAGUE Won Lost Pet.

Behind Union City 9 1 Mayfield 7 3 Owensboro .5 3 Hopkins ville 4 4 Paducah 4 5 Fulton 4 6 Madisonville .3 5 JACKSON 0 9 .900 .700 .625 .500 .444 .400 .375 .000 2 3 4 5 8tt Tonight's Games Union City at Mayfield Fulton at Paducah Hopkinsville at Madisonville Owensboro at JACKSON (Postponed Doubleheader Saturday night) Thursday's Results Fulton 9. Paducah 1 Union City 10, Mayfield 4 Madisonville at Hopkinsville, postponed, rain Jackson at Owensboro, postponed, rain AMERICAN LEAGUE Won Lost Pet. Behind By BEX PHLEGAR AP. Sports Writer Will a present-day pitcher -ever pitch a perfect game? This fine old baseball debate was revived again today after the latest feat of near-perfection by Robin Roberts, the right-handed half of the Philadelphia Phillies" Gold Dust Twins." Roberts gave up a home run to Bobby Adams. leading of for Cincinnati last night, and then retired 27 men without another one reaching first base.

lie won 8-1. Except that it was a home run instead of a single, Roberts game was virtually a carbon copy of one tossed a year ago this wek by bis buddy, lefty Curt Simmons. Simmons mowed down the Milwaukee Braves in order through nine complete innings after Billy Bruton had singled as the leadoff batter. Neither Roberts nor Simons was born when Charles Robertson of the Chicago White Sox beat Detroit in April 1922 in the majors last perfect game no runs, no hits, no base runners. Only three others ever have been recorded in the modern majors, none of them in the National League.

Two weeks ago Roberts pitched his first one-hitter, against Milwaukee. That time he walked three men. Detroit 12 7 .632 Chicago 16 10 .625 Cleveland ...14 10 .583 New York ...14 10 .583 i Philadelphia 10 13 .435 4 Baltimore ...8 13 .381 5 Washington ...8 14 .364 5i Boston .6 11 .353 5 Games behind figured from best Another Work Day Slated At College Park Saturday was the winning run. There was nothing new about that. I did that in the minors a long time ago." Have the pressures of running a big league winner suchas the Dodgers bothered Alston? "You have the same things in the minor leagues newspapermen, fans, all that only here you have more of it," he said.

"As far. as that Sandy Amoros talk went, Amoros was to either stay or' be sent to the minors on the basis of what he showed on the field. He hit several balls well that were caught. With a little luck he would have bad a high average." Alston's answer was given with school teacher authtority. The pressures on him, you could see, were completely subject to his authority.

While his first taste of National League baseball, from a manager's viewooint has been strictly old stuff to Alston, his mail the daily letters which pour in from Flatbush Faithful has baffled him a bit. "I got one note here that a guy wrote on beer letterhead paper, probably from some saloon offering me a deal. The guy says he guanantees a pennant if I'll let him sit on the bench and make the decisions with me." lot. Blend has pointed out that a great amount of labor will be necessary if the backstop is to be completed but added that he is confident the Jaycees and teen-agers of Jackson will not let down now that the job Is so nearly completed. Bannister Prepares To Head For Home After Futile Trip NEW YORK, May 14 UrV-Roger Banister who made a round-trip from London to New York to give out some Interviews, prepared to head back to his Oxford University medical studies today.

The great 3:59.4 miler arrived here Wednesday morning to appear on television but wound up making only some tape recordings before taking a plane for borne. The first human to run the mile in less than four minutes came at the request of the British Foreign Office. It was to be a good wil gesture. But the Foreign Office forgot television was commercially sponsored in this country and amateurs would jeopardize their standings by appearing on such programs. So the idea was vetoed.

Bannister Television Ban Confusing To Average Fan percentage Friday's Schedule Washington at Cleveland (night) Boston at Baltimore (night) Philadelphia at Chicago (night) New York at Detroit Thursday's Results Philadelphia 3. Chicago 2 Cleveland 8, Washington 7 (11 innings Boston 9, Baltimore 1 New York 5. Detroit 3 (10 innings) NATIONAL LEAGUE Won Lost Pet. Behind Philadelphia 14 Brooklyn 4 New York ...14 Milwaukee ..12 St. Louis 14 Cincinnati ...14 Chicago 9 Pittsburgh 7 9 .609 10 .583 i 11 .560 1 11 .522 2 13 .520 2 13 .519 2 12 .429 4 19 .269 84 NEW YORK, May 14 (NEA) The apartment where Walter Alston stays, -when he isn't on the road with the Dodgers, is two blocks from Flatbush Avenue, the Broadway tof Brooklyn.

You would expect that Alston, the country guy from little Darr-town, would be a little strange in this setting. Almost as strange as managing in the big leagues must seem to this" soft-spoken man who has spent all his baseball life in such places as Portsmouth, Trenton, St. Paul and Montreal. But it hasn't been this way for the- Brooklyn manager. Alston, dressed in a gray pajama shirt and slacks, was sitting in an easy chair in his living room and saying that, no, his first whirl around the National League had been just about whathe had expected.

His first month as manager of the defending National League champions had been a rough one, with key injuries making the big bumps, but Alston's team had come through in fine style. When he had taken over the club, he was told that Pee Wee Reese, Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanula were the heart of the Dodgers. All three were out during the club's first western trip, Alston, making Hurlers Try For 5th Time At Tilt Tonite By THE ASOCIATED PRESS Jim Bunning of Little Rock and Gerry Lane of Chattanooga, who when billed as opposing pitchers automatically bring rain, will try for the fifth time tonight to test each other in a oouthern Association baseball game. The righthanders were scheduled as starters three times two weeks ago at Little Rock and each game was washed out. Last night they were named again and again the rains came this time at Chat-tanoga.

Rain also stymied Memphis and Nashvile for the second evening in succession and for the sixth time in seven scheduled meetings between the Tennessee rivals. It was a bit dryer along the Gulf Coast. Birmingham walloped Mobile 11-9 for the seventh time in seven meetings this year, and Atlanta's Leo Cristante posted his sixth victory against one defeat by blanking New Orleans on four hits, 8-0. Birmingham rookie Ernie Nichols pitched a five-hitter in 6 2-3 innings of relief and whacked a double to start a two-run Baron rally in the sixth at Mobile. The league leaders scored three more in the seventh to sew it up.

'Sour Grapes' Says Oklahoma U. Prexy Of NCAA Probe NORMAN. May 14 Ufc The President of the University of Oklahoma Board of Regents suggested today sour grapes may have prompted the NCAA investigation of Sooner athletic practices. The probe, disclosed yesterday by the regents, was launched of ficially a month ago. George Short, head of the t's, commented, "Maybe we've been winning too many football games." Oklahoma, 7-0 upset victor over top-ranked Maryland in the Orange Bowl New Year's Day, is the only school in the nation to finish for six straight years in the top ten in The Associated Press fotball poll.

Short would point the finger at no one but said more than one institution could have Instigated the investigation Into the methods of landing high school athletic stars, athletic subsidies, outside contributions and how they are administered. DAY With work at a complete standstill this week because of the rains, the Jackson Jaycees have scheduled another work day Saturday in hopes of catching up to schedule on construction of College Park, Jackson's amateur baseball area. Several key projjects are on tap Saturday with nailing of wire on the backstop poles, painting of the facilities and completion of wiring for the lights as the main items. General Jaycee Chairman John Blend has issued the call for unskilled as well as skilled labor, pointing out that the work is some 75 per cent complete, but that only two weeks remain before the May 31 opening day for the Babe Ruth League. Lighting Chairman Joe Exum said that the linemen and electricians have been anxious to complete their wiring job for the past three days but that rain has prevented their work.

You can rest assured that the field lights will be ready as soon as the weather will permit, the men to work on them, Exum added. Painters of Local Union No. 985 have been waiting until construction was virtually complete to make their second appearance on the scene but they will report Saturday to complete their painting work. Chief labor projects -scheduled Saturday is construction of. the backstop and work on the parking who won his fourth in a row.

A six-run uprising against Gerry Staley in the sixth inning finished off the Cards' chances. Chet Nichols, who was supposed to take up the slack left in the Milwaukee pitching staff upon the departure of Johnny Antonelli and Max Surkont, won his second game after three losses in beating Pittsburgh. He gave up eight hits, all singles. Milwaukee moved ahead of both Cincinnati and St. Louis into the first division.

The Giants laid down a home- was to have transmitted the Bannister show thinks he has a clue "Since Bannister ran his 3:59.4 mile." he said, "he has been extended official invitations to compete in at least three track meets in this country. He turned them all down, saying that his medical studies made it impossible. Then all of a sudden he turns up here, not to run. but to apear on a TV show. I don't imagine that pleased our officials very The man's dark suspicions possibly are not justified, but at least no one has yet come up with a better explanation.

In justice to the AAU, that body insists it merely was being helpful. Nancy Reed Advances In Southern Golf BIRMINGHAM, May 14 The 39th Women's Southern Golf Tournament has boiled down to a question of "Can anyone here beat Polly." And the answer most often heard is. "I don't think so." Subject of the speculation is Poly Riley of Fort Worth, who won her fourth Southern crown last year and wants this one to give her an unprecedented five. Miss Riley met Mary Ann Downey of Baltimore in a semifinals match today: Polly and her putter beat Mary Ann Villegas 4 and 3 in yesterday's quarterfinals while Miss Downey's steady play ousted Frances Rich of Bainbridge, The other semifinal match paired Nancy Reed of Nashville against Marjorie Burns of Greensboro, N.C. two slender, bespec tacled girls who got a break by being in the less dangerous lower bracket.

Miss Reed, former Tenessee titlist who made the championship fight only after a three-way playoff for the last two berths, ousted Birmingham's Jo Ann Prentice 2 and 1 in a mild upset. Miss Reed's ability to sink important putts under pressure helped the Nashville girl to victory. Nancy took a 1-up lead at the 15th with a four-foot putt and caned a six-footer on the next hole for the winning margin. Being televised on the baseball field is no novelty for Floyd Baker of the Boston Red Sox. During the off-season he works as a TV Central Is Track Meet Favorite COOKEVILLE, May 14 Memphis Central will enter the annual Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association track and.

field meet here Saturday on the Tennes see Tch. track as the favorite. The Memphis team ran five events in faster times than any of their competitors in last Saturday's regional meet in Memphis; these times ar- also faster man tnose run in the East Tennessee, and Middle Tennessee regional meets. Jerry Read ran the mile In 4:39.5 and the 880 yard run in 2:04.4. Stan Flowers took the 440 yard run in 52.2 and the 100 yard dash in :10.2.

The Memphis Central mile relay team also won that event in 3:37.2. Other contenders for the state title probably will be Oak Ridge winner of the East regional, and Nashville East, winners of the Mid-itate meet. Bob Taylor of Johnson City also is likely to keep his school in the running with his running of the hurdles, the 220 yard dash, and his high jumping. Forty-two schools will participate in the meet, according to Tech track coach Calvin "Shorty" Frey, director of the affair. West Tennessee schools include: Memphis South.

Bartlett, Tread- well, Whitehaven, Christian Brothers College, Memphis East, Ripley Union City, Frayser, Humes, Memphis Tech. Germantown, and Central. The Mid-state teams include: Nashville North, Montgomery Bell, Donelson, Isaac Litton, Shelbyville, Clarksvillc. Franklin, Cohn, Du-Pont, Tennessee Industrial School, Nashville Central, Nashville West, Cumberland, Bellevue, Hillsboro, and East. The East Tennessee schools to be represented: Fulton, Bristol, Knoxville Central.

Knoxville West, Kingsport, Young, Karns, Rule, Knoxville East, Bearden, Tennessee School for Deaf, Johnson City, and Oak Ridge. Directo- Frey said these schools would be represented by 180 men. Generals Schedule Twin Bill Hoping to snap a nine-game losing streak, the Jackson Generals will tangle with the Owensboro Oilers in a doubleheader game at Municipal Park here Saturday night. First game starts at 6:30. Tonight'? scheduled game was postponed because of wet grounds, ihe series finale is slated Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

Optimistic hopes for player help from the Chicago Cubs was dampened today with the announcement that the National League team would havi no player help for the Generals before the end of this month. Reported negotiations between Chicago and Jackson officials brought forth a premature announcement that immediate player help was forthcoming. Business Manager Pete Mucci said today that the Cubs will not complete cutting in their system for some two weeks and that Jackson can expect no player help before that time. Meantime, Manager Lou Lucas has released left fielder Coleman Bell and third baseman Frank Martinez and signed infielder Charlie Rodriguez of Iola in the Class Western Association. Lucas also announced that a left and a right handed pitcher are due to report this weekend.

Claiming Race Slated At Churchill Downs Track LOUISVILLE, May 14 WV-Seven claiming races and one for maidens made up today's semi-windup card at Churchill Downs. Yesterday's feature, the $4,000 Covington Purse, was taken by Pick and Play by the margin of a head over the favored Bloom. Task Fleet was third. DS TRADE DAY SATURDAY CAES reyece: Friday's Schedule St. Louis at Brooklyn (night) Chicago at New York (night) Cincinnati at Philadelphia (night) Milwaukee at Pittsburgh (night) Thursday's Results Brooklyn 10.

St. Louis 3 New York 6. Chicago 3 Philadelphia 8. Cincinnati 1 Milwaukee 4, Pittsburgh 2 SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION Won Lost Pet. Behind iWilliams, although dresed, was not in me piaying uneup.

The Athletics used a two-run rally in ne ninth to snap a six-game losing streak at the expense of the White Sox. A single by Gus Zernial and a double by Pete Su-der drove in the winning runs off Virgil Trucks. The Indians beat Washington although they went into the last of the ninth inning trailing by six runs. Al Rosen touched off the late spree with a home run and doubled i in the winning run in the 11th. Little League To Dedicate Bolivar Park BOUVAR.

May 14 Gov. Frank Clement will dedicate the new Little League ball park here on Thursday night. May 20, it was announced this week by the Bolivar Lions Club members who are sponsoring the program. Governor Clement will be a guest of the Bolivar Lions Club at a luncheon prior to the dedication ceremony. The guest speaker will be introduced by Mayor Malcolm Vincent.

McCoy Ross will be master of ceremonies. The Little Leacue ball park, one of the best in West Tennessee, is located on the southwest corner of the high school grounds, one block from Highway 64 West. The field is complete in every way with dugouts for the players, press box and concession stand. John Hoop er, Athletic Director at Central High School, will be the official score keeper and will call the games over the loud speaker from the press box. Around 125 boys from over the county have registered to report for practice and all boys, ages 3 through 12, are eligible to play Little League baseball.

Managers of the teams are: The American Legion team. A. D. Sam-mons of Whiteville: Lions. Charles R.

Cottle of Western State Hospital; Rotary. Tommy Stalling of Bolivar and the VFW. Robert S. Owen, of Bolivar, assisted by Jimmy Pruitt of Bolivar. The Bolivar Rotary team will play the Bolivar Lions and the American Legion will take on the VFW on opening night, with the first tilt at p.

m. Thursday, May 20. Governor Clement will dedicate the park between the two games. Quarterfinals Today In Southern Meet KNOXVILE. May 14 LP Ed Brantley of Chattanooga met Jake Meece of Oak Ridge today in a quarter-final match of the Southern Appalachian Golf Tournament here.

Brantley is regarded as a favorite to win the tourney, which Carroll Armstrong, also of Chattanooga, won last year. Red McMillan of Oak Ridge and Harold Walton of Knoxville gained the semi-finals yesterday. McMillan defeated Jay Swons, of Knoxville, 4 and 3, and Walton trimmed A By GAYLE TALBOT NEW YORK. May 14 Roger Bannister, the four-minute miler, must feel like his famous country-) woman. Alice, did when she tumbled down the rabbit hole.

1 And Roger Isn't the only one. There must be literally millions of" red-blooded Americans and Brit-j ons. both, who are wondering what happened, and why. after the latest miracle runner landed here a couple of mornings ago thinking he was going to appear on a num- ber of television programs. i The average, lightly formed im-i pression probably is that Bannister was warned off the project, which; was purely a patriotic one en his part, because it might endanger) his amateur standing and render him ineligible to run in the 1956 1 Olympics at Melbourne.

It is true that our own amateur athletic officials, being extremely conscientious about such matters, did slip the word to their opposite numbers in Britain that it was I against the rules for Bannister to' appear on a program which was commercially sponsored with cer- tain reservations. It also is true that our British cousins took the hint and advised their flying object to watch himself. But that's about as far as the mixed-up affair Bannister makes sense. The undisputed fact is that numbers of American track stars at least one of them a winner in the last Olympics have shown, their smiling faces on various commercial programs in recent years. Why.

then, did everyone connected with the 'secret" trip swoon dead away receipt of word from the AAU that this country, unlike Britain, had commercial television? It is a real puzzler, but' an executive of the company which Complete Fishing Tackle Lead Molds Fly Tie Kits WHITLOW'S SPORTING GOODS 215 N. Market. Ph. 7-7281 Birmingham 21 12 .636 Chattanooga 16 12 .571 24 New Orleans 18 15 .545 3 Atlanta 16 15 .516 4 Memphis 14 17 .452 6 Little Rock .12 15 .444 6 Mobile 14 19 .424 7 Nashville ...10 16 .385 74 Tonight's Schedule Memphis at Nashville Atlanta at New Orleans Birmingham at Mobile Little Rock at Chattanooga Thursday's Results Little Rock at Chattanooga (postponed rain) Memphis at Nashville (postponed rain) Birmingham 11, Mobile 9 Atlanta 8, New Orleans 0 South Atlantic League Jacksonville 4, Augusta 2 Other games postponed, rain American Association Charleston 8, Columbus 6 Louisvile 1, Toledo 0 Only games scheduled Bill Roth, also of Knoxville, 3 and 2. The 36-hole final is set for Sunday over the Whittle Springs Course.

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