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NATIONAL LEAGUE OUTLOOK Thursday, April 1, 1959 San Mateo Times--IS ChiCubs Lacking a 'Stopper' (Third a series sizing up National League teams.) By JOHN KANE (Times Sports Writer) The absence of a reliable "stopper" is all that prevents the Chicago Cubs from making a serious run at the National league's first division. A batting order which manufactured more runs than any other in the league excepting San Francisco; a reliable if not sensational front line defense; and a young, promising pitching staff will make the Cubs an interesting team to watch this summer. But Manager Bob Scheffing doesn't have a proven ace to step in and put an end to the inevitable slumps which hit during a season. Someone who can be reasonably assured of pitching top flight ball every fourth or fifth day. "We'll go only as far as our young pitchers can carry us," is Scheffing's summation.

The Cub pilot points to Taylor Phillips as the probable "dean" of the starting pitchers, lie's just 25. Chicago fans are hoping that Moe Drabowsky (23) and Dick Drott (22) live up to their early promise. They won a total of 28 games with the cellar dwelling Cubs of 1957, but slipped to 16 victories with last year's fifth place outfit. Both have handicaps to overcome before they take their place with the top NL hurlers. Drabowsky, pitching with a sore elbow much of the year, finished at 9-11.

Drott (7-11), bothered by control trouble, could be a big winner if he locates the plate. Former Milwaukee farmhand Phillips (7-10) has the potential to be a big winner. He'll probably draw the top southpaw assignments. Others who will get a crack at the regular rotation are Glen Hobbie (10-6), Bob Anderson (3-3) and Dave Hillman 4-8). Former Seal R.

W. Smith and Art Cecarelli are left handers with a chance of sticking. Another outside possibility is John Buzhardt. He was only 9-11 at Portland, but fashioned a 1.88 ERA during 23 major league innings at the end of the 1958 season. There's nothing wrong with Chicago's relief pitching.

Don Elston (9-8) posted a fine 2.88 ERA and lefty Bill Henry (5-4) was 2.89 while sharing bullpen work. Shortstop Ernie Banks heads the impressive cast of power hitters. The NL's Most Valuable Player, there's no reason why Banks can't equal his 1958 marks of .313, 47 homers and 129 runs batted in. Banks' work at shortstop has been criticized, but he's certainly adequate in the field. In addition to Banks, four other Cubs rate as legitimate sluggers.

The outfield of Lee Walls (.304, 72 RBIs), Bobby Thomson (.283, 82 RBIs) and Walt Moryn (.264, 77 RBIs) was the league's best overall power unit. All three collected more than 20 homers. First baseman Dale Long is the other guy who can break up a game with one swing of a bat. Long has never harvested less than 20 homers since Joining the Cubs. He had a respectable .217 with 75 RBIs and 20 homers last year.

With that kind of power, the Cubs can afford to carry few light bats. Veteran Al Dark, still dangerous at 36, will do most of the third baseing. One of the "Old Pros" of the National league, Dark is a good hit and run man and dangerous in the clutch. A .295 hitter last year, Dark will be spelled by Johnny Goyrl and Earl Averill, the converted catcher from Cleveland. Most improved player in the Cubs' Mesa, Ariz, training camp is Tony Taylor.

A respected glove man, Taylor solved NL hurling for a mere .235, but he hit in Puerto Rico during the winter and looks like a coming hitter. Another Cub with a future Is Sam Taylor, a southpaw swinger who made great strides last year. He and Cal Neeman, both .259 swingers, give Chicago a capable left-right hitting combination behind the plate. A factor which is going to prove harmful is the Cubs' pitifully weak bench. Former Oakland first baseman Jim Marshall, ex-Brave Chuck Tanner and veteran Bobby Adams are reliable, and Averill and Goryl should be ready.

Behind them Scheffing has his fingers crossed that Bob Will, a .361 hitter at Ft. Worth, George Altman, who brings up a .325 mark from Pueblo, or Chick King will make the squad. A capsule summary: Pitching--a strong armed leader is needed to bolster young staff. Catching--Young and improving. Infield--Better offensively than in the field.

Outfield--Solid front line, little depth. Power--Among best in league. Bench--Among worst in league. Finish--Sixth. Jack Bluth Speaking Of Sports Timps Sports Editor MASTERS GOLF Palmer Faces Hex AUGUSTA, Ga.

(AP) Arnold 36--72. Lloyd Mangrura set the Ben Kogan, a two-time Masters tion with practice rounds of 66 Palmer, a muscular young man record at 64 in the opening round champion, predicted this year's and 64, but he acknowledged he long hitter. from Latrobe, sets out today of the 1940 Masters. Hogan holds victory will go to a with hopes of accomplishing some- the 72-hole record of 274. Snead certainly qualifies there.

thing no other golfer has ever Snead is one of the two men Venturi is a determined young was playing a gambling brand of golf he'd never dare in tourna- defend Sam Snead, who has won the Masters Golf tournament three times, draws a bead on his drive from the third tee during practice round at Augusta, Ga. (AP Wirephoto) done successfully Masters' title. Since grand-slam king Jones and Cliff Roberts launched this classic event 25 years ago, some of the biggest names in the game have won it. A few have it more than once. But none has been able to tame this demanding 6980-yard Augusta National course and the talent- rich field two years running.

No Favorite Palmer isn't favored to shatter precedent. In fact there is no outstanding favorite in the field. Among those claiming most' attention were Sam Snead, Ken Venturi and Jack Burke Jr. The top threats in the 10-man foreign field appeared to be Australia's Peter Thomson, who has won four of the past five British Opens; South Africa's Gary Player, who fired a 64 in his final tuneup round, and Spain's Angel Miguel, individual champion of the 1958 Canada Cup matches in Mexico Player, making his third Masters appearance, missed an opportunity to set a course record when he three-putted the final green for a bogey-5 Wednesday. Par for the lush, rolling layout with its mammoth greens is 36- his who own three Masters titles.

The man who came within a whisker ment play. other is Jimmy Demaret. The of winning this tournament in 1956 Hottest golfer among the tour- Bob slammer hasn't played the circuit as an amateur. He has been scoring well in practice, is second to Snead in the betting line of a lo- this winter but has been unbeatable in a series of head-to-head televised matches with a dozen top cal oddsmaker. pros.

Burke captured a Today's Sports By The Associated Press BASEBALL BOSTON--The Boston Celtics defeated the Syracuse Nationals 130-125, and won the Eastern finals of the National Basketball association. GENERAL MADISON, Erick- assistant coach of Wisconsin basketball team was picked to succeed Bud Foster as head coach. RACING NEW YORK--V i 11 a Idiot won the feature at Jamaica. MIAMI, Rich ($35.40) won the feature at Gulfstreara Park. LAUREL, Beau (18.40) won the $10,000 Capitol Handicap in a three-horse photo finish as Laurel opened its spring meeting.

LINCOLN, R. Boy (3.60) took the hcadliner at Lincoln Downs. SAN FRANCISCO, etent Myth ($9.90) won the headliner at Tanforan. Bayer Wins Driving Test At 321 Yards AUGUSTA, Ga. Gin--Gigantic George Bayer of Gleneagles, Wednesday won the long driving contest preceding the Masters Golf tournament for the second straight year.

Waiting until all his rivals had struck their best blows on the first hole of the Augusta National course, Bayer whacked out a clinching drive of 304 yards on the first attempt, then drove the spectators back with a 321-yard belt. His third drive hit a tree on the fly some 250 yards from the tee. The contest was held on a hole where the ground drops into a gully in front of the tee then rises so that the target area is sligiitly higher than the tee. Frank (Muscles) Stranahan of Toledo came closest to Bayer's drives with one poke of 293 yards. Bayer's reward for winning was a crystal bowl.

Demaret Gets 34 On Front By LEO H. PETERSEN AUGUSTA, Ga. (UPD--Jim- my Demaret, a jhree-time winner of the event, a two- under-par 34 on the front nine today as the Masters golf tournament got under way after an all-night drenching rain. The rain stopped just as play began, but the fairways of the Augusta National golf course were soggy and the greens slow. As a result, the early scores generally were well over par.

Demaret, who is 48, carded three birdies and a bogey on the front nine. He started out with a bogey on the first hole, but made up for that by carding birdies on the fourth, seventh and eighth holes. Play was slow and tee-off times were running half hour behind schedule. Demaret was one of golf's old guard, including Sam Snead, Jackie Burke and Cary Middlecoff, which was given more consideration than the younger stars in the field when winds were forecast for today's round. But there was little wind as Masters on Television Final rounds in the Masters Golf tournament will be televised Saturday and Sunday, beginning at 1:30 p.

m. on both days. KPIX (5) will televise. Radio station KCBS (780) will broadcast tournament action at the following times: Thursday Friday Saturday Starting Times for Masters AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP Starting times Thursday of leading players In the Mas ters Golf Tournament (all times Eastern Standard): 10:54 a.m.--Gary Player-Stan Leonard.

11:10 a.m.--Ken Venturi-An gel Miguel. 11:30 a.m. Carry Middlecoff-Tommy Aaron. 12 noon--Sam Snead-Phil Rodgers. 12:30 p.m Hogan-Dr.

Bud Taylor 1 p.m.--Arnold Palmer-Bill Hyndman II 1:30 p.m.--Jack Burke Cherry 1:54 p.m.--Dare Thomas-Art Wall Jr. 2 p.m.--Billy Joe Fatton-Tommy Bolt. play started and shortly after noon the sun came out and the skies cleared. Snead started out with a birdie three on the first hole. ing pros is slender Art Wall, who captured the Azalea Open at Wilmington, N.

Monday and leads in money winnings with more than lot of atten- $18,000 this year. GIANTS-CARDS TRADE First Returns Favor St. Louis By JACK CLARY Associated Press Sports Writer The first returns are in on last week's controversial Sam Jones- Bill White trade between the St. Louis Cardinals and San Francis- Wednesday by the Chicago Cubs co Giants. It looks like Card Gen- who beat the Giants, 10-5.

Among iral Manager Bing Devine might the hits were three-run homers by not have gotten the bad end after rookie George Altman and Moose all. Moryn. Walks Three Jones, last year's National League strikeout king, three and fanned four. Devine was criticized for giving Jones, his pitching mainstay last season with a 14-13 record, to the Giants for White, who has only Don't Panic, Says Horace: Sam's Okeh little more than a season of major On the other hand, White has league experience. made a more favorable impres- Jones, in his first start for Gi- sion on Cards manager Solly ants manager Bill Rigney since Hemus at least until his error the trade, was blasted for nine paved the way for a five-run New hits and nine runs in four innings York Yankee ninth inning that gave the world champions a 5-1 victory Wednesday.

Hemus decided before the game to give White the first base job and move Joe Cunningham to right field. White has hit three homes runs and batted over .300 walked since oimng the Cards. Cunningham has been hitting under .200 all spring. DOX But it was the fielding that swayed Hemus' decision. He said SAN FRAXcisco he had no doubt that White would Ab Rbi than Cunningham at first.

White's error ruined a five-hit Vtlenzuela, 3b 1 O'Connf 11. 3b 2 AIou. rf 5 cf Worthlngton, 0 Bresaoud 1 Cepedv Ib 3 Kirkland, II 5 Rbl 0 0 i 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 I CHICAGO Ab Averill. 3b 3 Marshall' 0 Elston 0 MESA, Ariz. (AP) Sad Sam Jones says he was loose, "but I didn't have nothing'" in his debut with the San Francisco Giants echmldV, Wednesday.

The Chicago Cubs 111 beat the Giants 10-5, getting all their runs off Jones in four innings. Giants President Horace Stoneham watched from the right field bleachers and was not perturbed about the former Cardinal right- it hanrior Long. Ib nanaer. Thomson, a "He hasn pitched for 10 days, naturally he wasn't sharp," Stoneham said. "His arm is sound.

Don't panic." Jones gave up three-run homers for shl 7th 9 to rookie outfielder George Alt- Bressoud lined out for Worthlngton In man and Walt Moryn, plus seven 9t jj other hits. He fanned four and walked three. All 10 Chicago runs OUnU oo. TM were earned. Cut no MX--to The Giants got 11 hits off Bobby Anderson and all five Of their Ooryl.

Banks 2. Thomson. runs. Burly Bob, first pitcher to PO-A--Giants cubs 27-5. DP-.

StieffliU. Spencer and Speake. LOB-go nine innings in the CaCtUS Giants ID, Cubs i. 3B--Spencer. Valen- League, lasted eight this time.

HR-Aitman. Monm. stiertitz. s- Rookie catcher Al Stieglitz hom- ered off Anderson. Daryl Spencer, back in the San Francisco lineup after time off with a sore toe, cracked three straight hits and just missed a eight and one-third inning performance by Vinegar Bend Mizell as the Yanks then capitalized on an intentional pass and three straight hits for their victory.

Yankee sore-arm right-hander Don Larsen gave up one run and three hits in four innings, his first tion since March 15. rshall walked Anclerson 8th. IP Jones ID 4 I W) EB BB BO 9 10 10 3 4 a i i fourth. HBP--Shipley (Altmanl. WP--Shipley, U--Bogicss, Venzon, Sudol, Smith.

A--(paid) 1822. NCAA RING TOURNEY SJS in Uphill Battle (Special to The Times) RENO, Jose State's strong boxing team races an uphill battle in its effort to retain the NCAA title as boxers from 13 schools swing into action tonight. Sacramento State, a comparative new entry in NCAA boxing, is the local favorite during the three-day meet. The Hornets boast NCAA champion Jim Flood at 165 pounds, unbeaten Terry Smith at 156, and sturdy Norm Idaho State, champion in 1957. Milton beat Espy three times last year, but the smooth boxing Bengal will be out for revenge.

Other Spartan point getters should be Nick Akana at 132 139-pounder Joe Bliss for points for the host club. Terrence Hallinan California's will be a strong contender at 178 pounds also. The tournament will conclude on Saturday night with the 10 pounds, Bill Mattox at 165, Ron champions being crowned. Schools Nichols at 119 and Dave Nelson entered include San Jose, Sacramento, Michigan State, Wiscott Tavalero at 178 for a trio of top of Virginia. at 139 pounds.

In bouts tonight Milton will face California's Jack Domich, San Jose's Garvin Kelly will meet Cal Poly's tough Don Tessier at 178 pounds and Flood will tangle with John Docherty California, Chico State, Nevada, Washington State and Rice. boxers. San Jose's hopes rest with Redwood City NCAA heavyweight champion Archie Milton, who faces his toughest com petition from Hal Espy of Other defending champions include Michigan State's rugged John Home at 178 and Washington State's Jess Klinkenberg at 165. Nevada will count on heavyweight Carl Looney and (FOMTKAIi AP.VEimS.IIM.fNT, RE-ELtCT HEMINGWAY San Mateo Cily Council Comiskey Appeals To Higher Court CHICAGO (JPh-Vice-President ihuck Comiskey Wednesday carried his 'fight for control of the White Sox to a higher court. Comiskey filed in circuit court an appeal of a probate court ruling which permitted his sister, Mrs.

Dorothy Comiskey Rigney, to sell her 54 per cent of the club to Bill Veeck. The Cubs got their third straight BUI victory as Bob Anderson pitched the first eight innings, allowing 11 hits and five runs. In other exhibition games, Cleveland edged Boston 5-4, Los Angeles shutout the Philadelphia i 8-0, Cincinnati defeated Washington 6-4, the Chicago White Sox the Milwaukee Braves 8-5, the Kansas City A's won over Detroit 4-3 and Baltimore edged the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 in a 12-inning night game. Rookie Jerry Casale's wild pitch let in the winning Cleveland run in the eighth inning. The Indians' Herb Score pitched three innings, giving up four runs on homers by Sammy White and Frank Malzone but striking out eight.

Hodges Homers Gil Hodges' homer and double and Duke Snider's triple and double powered Los Angeles to its victory while Eddie Kasko's eighth- inning triple sparked the Ciacin- nati win. The White Sox routed Joey Jay with a five-run eighth inning in its i and A's pinch-hitter Preston Ward slammed a two run homer in the ninth inning to beat the Tigers. Al pqarcik singled in the 120i inning to give Baltimore its victory, scoring Jim Finigan from second base. In other 'major trading action, THE TRADE that sent Ollie Matson to the Ixs Angeles Rams--and about half the Ram team to the Chicago Cardinals--leaves Ram Coach Sid Gillman with the best one-two punch in football, and the biggest headache since Y. A.

Tittle. Matson and Jon Arnett, of course, make a one- two backfield punch that is unequaled in football history, assuming there's a team in front of them. When the deal was signed awhile back, we said the Rams shortchanged, and from the way Gillman is trying to justify for the loss of linemen, that estimation was sound. According to Maxwell Stiles, who writes Rams for Los Atigeles, here Is how Sid hopes to compensate: First of all, he tells himself Matson is the best running back in either division, and that's a fair pain reliever. He'll use Ollie at fullback.

And he'll- use Gene Brito, a defensive end, to replace Glenn Holtzman, gone in the Matson swap. Gillman said he hated to give up Frank Fuller, Ken Panfil and Art Hauser, and so would we if we were coach. But he "hopes" to solve that this way: Rookie John Guzik will be a key along with rookie Sam Williams (East-West game star) who will go at slot back or offensive end to free Lamar Lundy for tackle work. Rookie Charlie Bradshaw will be groomed to take Panfil's place. Sophomore John Baker, who showed well last season, will replace Fuller.

So Gillman is going to go with three rookies--or four if you count Notre Dame 260-pound Byron Beam. And all we've got to say is if he wins the National Football league title in 1959 he should be named coach of the year. ALEX SUTTON, local pro golfer, offers this bit of advice to "average" golfers. "When you have a tough shot coming up with more than a 50-50 chance of missing the green, instead of aiming at the most difficult part of the green, try and hit towards the part of the green where the least trouble is--or even beside it. "For instance," Alex explains, "if it's out of bounds on the left and a trap on the right, hit short." SAN MATEO'S Jockey Joe Dillon (Joe Capizzi) began a life of retirement Wednesday.

The former junior flyweight king who has been working for the Customs Office at Rincon Annex Post Office in San Francisco, got a big sendoff dinner from friends at the Post Office BELIEVE IT or not The wind at murii links here was so strong last Thursday, you had to putt downhill to tank an uphill putt. But apparently, there have been windier days at muni links. According to Parlette, it was so windy out there one afternoon that a gust blew a ball Into the cup without the aid of a putter. Now you tell one. NCAA Infractions Committee Meets KANSAS CITY (AP) The committee on infractions of the National Collegiate Athletic association will meet here Thursday and Friday to take up several of the 18 pending cases now being investigated by the fact-gathering agency.

Walt Byers, NCAA executive director, said the committee's report would be submitted to the organization's policy-directing council at its regular spring meeting April 27-29 in New Orleans. Table to Resume Racing May 30 ARCADIA WP--Round Table, money winning champion among horses, will resume his racing career May 30, in Chicago. His trainer, Willie Molter, has disclosed that the Travis M. Ken- color bearer will skip the Hollywood Park meeting this summer and concentrate, instead, on the rass races in the Chicago area, ile said Round will run in ix turf races, starting with the Balmoral at a mile and one-sixteenth. the Baltimore Orioles traded tem- permental right-handed pitcher Billy Loes to the Washington Senators for right-harMer Vito Valen- tinetti.

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