Nanaimo Daily News from Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada • 11

Th Dairy Fre Press, Tuesday, Jur 5, 1942 Best 20-Gqhig Rookie Crop Poses Problem For Baseball Ballot Markers it Says Strikeout King BOSTON (AP)-Who has the Inside track for American Letgue rookie honors this year Bo JJelinsky, Manny Jimenei or other bright newcomers League headqaarters, not wanting to seem partial, left the answer up to fan discussion today when it issued a report on the 43 rookies on squad rosters. Southpaw whli Belinsky of no-hit fame appears the current choice on the defensive side of thi ledger. The outstanding hurler with Los Angeles Angels has a 8-2 won-lost record and a glittering 2.51 earned run average to go along with the league's first no-hitter since United States Army senrleo. Tresh has socked home 27 runs and has a .270 batting average. Outfielder-first baseman Joe Pepitone has blossomed into a dangerous slugger for the Yanks, with 10 extra-base blow and 10 runs batted in to show for '1 hits.

Cleveland Is impressed by Its rookie outfielders Al Luplow and Ty Cline. Chicago White Sox claim "the strongest, most accurate arm In baseball" for outfielder Mike Hershberger and have five complete games out of righthander Joe Horlen (5-2). Though temporarily on the sidelines with a leg injury, John (Book) Powell, a six-foot-fivt, 235-pounder-with Baltimore Orioles, is a strong contender for rookie laurels. In the 37 games he has played Powell has hit six homers and driven in 21 runs for a .268 average. Cleveland's surprising Indians and the defending world champ-Ion Yankees open a three-game series that will determine first place in the tight race bracketing 'e teams within 24 games of the league lead.

The Indians wiH start Jim Grant (3-0), on furlough from th army. While Ralph Terry (6-1) will take the mound for the Yanks. Grant defeated Terry and the Yankees 7-1 with a five-hitter in an earlier meeting. Cleveland has taken five if the sever games between the tvo clubs, tied for first place with 27-19 records. The third place Minnesota Twins a half-game back of the 4o gain ground by knocking off the vis-tjig Kansas City Athletics.

The fourth place Detroit. Tigers, only one game out of first are at Boston, the fifth-place Los Angeles Angels are home to Chicago White Sox and Washington Senators are at Los Angeles, with a run in the first on Maury Wills single, his steal of second and bunt singles by Willie Davis and Tommy Davis. The Dodgers chased Mahafiey in the second when Wally Moon ard John Roseboro tagged consecutive homers leading off the inning. The Dodgers move oyer to Pittsburgh tonight for a twi-nighter with the Pirates while the Giants, who have held the top spot by winning 11 of 12, will be at Chicago for a day game. Cincinnati Reds are at St Louis, Milwaukee Braves at Houston and New York Mets at Philadelphia for other night- ers on a flul program.

It'll be Stan Williams (5-1) and Don Drysdale (8-3) for the Dodgers against Earl Francis (2-2) and Bob Friend (5-6). The Giants will send Jack Sanford (84) or Billy O'Dell; (6-3) against the Cubs' Bob Buhl (3-3). The American League spotlight falls on New York, where By MIKE RATHET related Press SporU Writer If anything fits Sandy Kou-fax to a it's a K. the box-score symbol for a strikeout, appeared 13 times in the Philadelphia batting record Monday night as Los Angeles Dodgers whiff king set the Phillies down on three hits for a 6-3 victory in the only game played in either league. The triumph, moving second-place Los Angeles within two games of the leading San Francisco Giants boosted Koufax' record to 8-2 and further propelled the 36 year old lefthander along the road to what he wants most a 20-vlctory National League campaign.

"Strikeouts are nice to have," says Koufax, "but, I wouldn't trade a 20-victory season for all the strikeout records In 1 the book." Koufax holds the league record for 269 strikeouts In one seaso- and has fanned 10 or more 36 times during his eight-year career." But hi 18-13 record last year was the closest he's come to winning 20. 1 1958 -i JOCKEY BARRED LONDON (AP) Lester Pig-gott. one of Britain's top Jockeys, was barred Monday from riding In the Epsom Derby Wednesday. i I Mets' Owner Keeps Tabs On Team's Ball Fortunes Offensively, outfielder Jimenez of Kansas City Athletics heads the race for the batting crow consistently turning back challenges from veteran hitters. He is batting .362.

The Athletics have eight rookies, including catcher Joe Atcue and third-baseman Ed Charles, who came In the deal which moved Jimenei from raves of the National League. The others are outfielder Jose Tartabull and pitchers Dave Wiekersham, John Wyatt, Dan Pfister and Diego Segui. The Angeles have six Belinsky, catcher Bob Rodgers, infield Felix Torres and Tom Burgess and pitchers Dean Chance and Bob Botz. How bout New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians, co-leaders in the league race? Switch hitting Tom Tresh handles shortstop so well for the Yankees there is talk that predecessor Tony Kubek will be an outfielder after he returns from NEW DISCUS RECORD MOSCOW (AP) Vladimir Trusenev, 31 year old Soviet strong man, broke the world discus record Mondiy with a throw of 202 feet, 2 inches. We are the Only Approved! FIGURES IMPRESSIVE His effort against the Phils gave hima total of 123 strikeouts in 101 innings this season, marred his fourth consecutive complete game triumph and gave him a string of 10-16-10-13 set down via the strikeout route over the four-game span.

Dodgers' ace swiftly allowed a leadoff single to Tony Taylor in the first inning, then retired AL BALDING Two Canadians Make Grade In U.S. Open NEW (CP) Al Balding of Toronto and Adrian Big-ras of Montreal have qualified for spots in the United States Open golf championship at Oak-mont, starting June 14. Balding, veteran of the U.S. touring trail, was among the successful at a qualifying event Monday at Memphis, Tenn. He fired rounds of 72 and 70 for 142.

A 143, three over par, or better was needed to qualify. Bigras, 24 and a private in th r.S. Army, qualified at Ta-coma, with 70-70140. Fifty berths in the open were decided Monday. Eighty-one more berths were to be decided today at seven loca ns.

Stan Leonard of Vancouver was set to make his bid with such stars as Sam Snead, Paul Harney, Bobby Nichols and Don Fairfield at Montclalr, N.J. WINNING DISCUS TOSS Susie Armishaw, is caught by the Dally Free Press photographer the heaves the a winning effort alt the Royal Canadian track and field meet held in Caledonia Park. The young Nanaimo Miss will have a chance to demonstrate her prowess again at the Duncan rone meet June 16. 17 batters in order before Tay DUROID APPLICATORS! We have the manufacturer's trust may we have YOURS? flVl.OO MONTH 11 BUYS THAT ROOF Island Roofing every day," Desmond said. "And then the newspaper clippings on each game are mailed to her.

"But she still likes to know about every play. So I mark up a scorecard of every home while she is away and I send it off to her every day." While she is away, Desmond is still busy transporting other members of the family to the games. "The grandchildren love to go," he said. "And Mrs. Payson's hus-.

band gets out quite a bit. He is still in New York. "However, he's a Red Sox fan." NEW YORK (AP) Mrs. Charles 1 a Payson, owner of the New York Mets, is spending the summer in Europe, but she hasn't been able to escape the news of the 15-game losing streak of her team. She gets the bad word dally, by cable and follow-up letter.

In addition, her chauffeur, Arthur Desmond, attends every home game and keeps a scorecard of every play. He mails it to Mrs. Pay-son promptly after each new disaster at the Polo Grounds. "She gets a cable from club officials, giving the score lor walked in the seventh. He tire.

In the ninth, allowing John Callison's single, a walk to Roy'Slevers and a pinch-hit homer by Jack Davis with two out. The Dodgers pulled ahead to st-y against Art Mahaffey (5-7), winless in seven starts against 'Italian Star Suspended After World Cup Brawl DIVING is FUN WITH AN AQUA LUNG Sales, Service, Equipment DIVERS' DEN 315-a Wesley SK 4-8561 Insulation Ltd. NANAIMO.SK 4-5461 No Decision For Russian Chess Masters WILLEMSTAD, CurieiO (CP) Two Russian grandmas ters, Tigran Petrosian and Ew- fin Geller, drew their nth-round: match -in the' Interna suspensions if they run into tnuble in future matches. Players on all the teams had rest day today before reopening their bids to go Into the semi-finals. Wednesday Uruguay meets Russia, Brazil plays Spain, Chile plays West Germany and Argentina plays Hungary.

The matches are the last in the four, groups. The top two teams in each will enter the quarter finals. Favored teams to make the first eight are Yugoslavia, Russia, Czechoslovakia, Brazil, Chile, West Germany, Hungary and England. An injury to Brazilian inside forward star Edison (Pele) Arantes has led to speculation that the defending world champions may run into trouble later in the championship with the possibility of a long-shot slipping through. tional candidates chess tourna ment Monday night and re mained tied for the lead.

Paul Keres of Russia, previ lit ously tied with Petrosian and adjourned his match with Russia's Victor Korchnoi and dropped back temporarily Into third place although he ap peared to have the stronger po SANTIAGO, Chile AP)-Warnlngs went out to World Soccer Cup championship players today that anybody guilty of dirty play will be "punished aeverely." The admonition came In an announcement by the International Federation of Football Associations. It said Italian forward Ferrinl has been su-pended for the next game against Switzerland Thursday. Ftrrlnl was one of two Italian players sent off in the brawl against Chile on Saturday. Italian fullback David, the other player sent off, was The federation took strong measures after rough and jriough play had threatened to turn toe world championship, into a riot instead of an of soccer. The games Wednesday and Thursday will decide which two teams from each of the four groups will advance to the quarter-finals.

COULD WEAKEN TEAMS Any rough play by players In those matches could bring more suspensions and weaken strong tVajihs as they compete for the coveted Jules Rlmet Trophy. a The soccer federation met for hours Monday night in discussing the Italy-Chile match ijist Saturday one that was more of a brawl than a soccer game. The reprimands to David and Chilean right winger Leonel Sanchez could mean automatic sition. In other matches in the 28-round competition, Pal Benko of the United States drew with Mikhail Tal of Russia and Bobby Fischer of the U.S. ap peared to hold the advantage In an adjourned match with with Miroslav Filip of Czecho 't'' i A A.jJ Mi Pi slovakia.

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