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Daily News from New York, New York • 330

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Daily Newsi
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New York, New York
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-v (THE -7; Gibson, Seixas OUSE www i sin Rule Singles iff Ar Ptmtmns UXW I sv "80" River Forest, 111., July 21 HP. Althea Gibson today became the first Negro to win a major tennis title in the United States by repeating her Wimbledon conquest over 20-year-old Darlene 6-2, 6-3, to capture the National Clay Courts women's singles The Sunuay 3tm had been baking; the Polo Grounds all mrning. One of the Wpix cameramen took a thermometer anil set it on the top step of the Giant dugout. The top teu is white concrete and it acts as a reflector. The second step is oak, badly spike scarred.

In two minutes, the little red column shot up to 102 degrees. Willie Mays took a look and whistled "I thought some of tb-fc ball parks down south were pressure cookers, but it can realty steam it up here!" Dsvey Williams said the hottest ball park he could recall was. in Albany, Ga. "It went over 100 many a time at Atlanta, too. All you need is plenty of good mineral water.

And don't forget the salt tabiets." Bobby Thomson started to rib the perspiring Mays. "Willie, th meanest thing you can say about a man is that he has eyes like a landlord. You're a landlord, let me take a good look at yours." rttjfney Bgaa Talking Blizzard 1 mmsM istfer crown. Earlier, Vic Seixas of Philadelphia won the men's singles i title with a 1-6. 8-6, 6-1, 6-3 tri-' umph over Herb Flam of Beverly Hilts, who sought second straight singles crown.

It was Seixas' second clay court title, having won in 1953. Flam, 29, nearly ran Seixas off 1 the court in gaining the first set wtrt Kilt i rAa tAi4 Kcii-1 i-. v. Billy Rigney started talking of biiziards, howling winter winds capture the final three sets. snow drifts.

"Willie, as a landlord, would vou evict a mother andher children out of one of your apartments in the dead Harlem garagemiin, completely! tf Winter?" nvKrnnworwf h.r opponent with blazinir serves and tremendous place' shots that kept Miss Hard vainly5 "Don't they all?" asked Willie, poker-faced. Over in the Milwaukee dugout, Eddie Mathews mopped his neck and sighed for the cooling breexes of Lake Michigan. "I like that town. Milwaukee. You hear players talk about how much they like a city, but few of tWoi bother to live in it.

When the saof is over they have the car alt packed and parked at the club, hi-. They don't want to wast a second getting out of there f'atif'wnia or Florida." hnnr Logan pointed out "More and wore Braves are lking Milwaukee their permanent home. If you want to know chasing around the court. Miss Hard jumped to a short lived lead in the first set with a first game win, but Miss Gibson collected four straight game wins before Miss Hard scored another then Miss Gibson, grim and apparently emotionless while in action, smashed home the two final game wins for a 6-2 first MOW6 aajO more fV awes axovmJC- to M.vA(JKELt: set victory. MISS HARD again started in front, winning the first two games of the second set, usinsr a magnificent back hand- that brought raves from an enthusiastic crowd estimated at near 5,000.

But she had double fault trouble throughout both sets. Miss Gibson took five straight games before Miss Hard made the score 5-3 in the second set. The slim Harlem girl, who learned to piay tennis with wooden paddles, then scored a final win for set and match by sailing a corner shot inches beyond the outstretched racket of the loser. tf jjrd! Daily I Sat 9 6 i -j I Vj1 ThurS. Till 7 Money 0ra SIjjJu.ifJ-J tas, Terms liberal Trade Ins r-yfi stt 1 11 IJ 11 nmmmmmA h't a appreciates a ball club and remember we have never bri-jht that town a pennant you should spend some time walking ar'Vi-vi with a player and his wife and kids and see what happens.

i drop itita the dendst's chair. He fixes your teeth and yj ay without a I aked how come and my dentist sail. "Lo-k. my work gets monotonous, patient after patient Along ptmft a major league bail player. I'm honored.

I'm also entertained ch with him, getting the Iowdown on the league, dugout chit all that. To me it's fun. Breaks tip my day. Refreshes i2ipirss ins. im charge.

R1 came up Red, I said, you lived in New Yvk, St. Louis and now Milwaukee. Just how do the fans differ Bti iy wilt one town support a team and another neglect it?" Red "Don't put me in the middle. I have friends, i friend, in all three towns. There are great baseball fans in three towns.

Milwaukee just happens to have more of thera. "A New Yorker is more sophisticated, more blase. He doesn't as loudly in a rally. He passes old neighbors sometimes with jut a grunt for a salutation. He is used to hundreds of major players coming and going in his lifetime; lots of World S-tries games, the race tracks, big fights in the ball parks, big track meets, big musical shows, and grand opera.

"A New Yorker doesn't have the old school spirit Milwaukee fin hve. Their streets are spotless. They would no more litter their streets than they would their own lawn. Their police force if of the oest I've ever seen. Each man is well trained.

A lot of people, a higher percentage than" any town I've ever been in, own their owa homes. jylilwaakee Swain Buys Himself a II wine "When a fellow is courting a girl oat there, the first thing be d-r5 to sHi himself to the girls folks is to prove he is a solid ciU- sen. He buys a modest home. To some of those old families, ltv- who lived in apartments, somehow weren't respectable. 1 'i owned your own bouse, saved and paid for it, cut your own gras aui painted your hotue, too.

Even in the low income areas, all th houses shine with fresh paint. And in the country the barns and if and fences are all in good condition. It's a different world there, cleaner, fresher. Fred Haney took oft his dark sun glasses "Here's a thought. Effective at once, the embargo of rail and air expres is lifted and we expect normal express service to be restored quickly During the long period of the strike, our customers have been most patient and understanding of our difficulties.

For this we are very grateful. It will be our purpose to render a good, dependable service and thus merit the continued support of the shipping public ItM eiuh to be called the Wisconsin Braves, not th Mitwau- ati?" -r''-s Good Food -t FRED ke Braves. There in't a day when we don't have 100 or more buvs rii up. They come from towns as far away as 150 miles. Tha: means a 300-mile round trip.

We have the parking facilities mK4 everyone coiiifortaule. the town has good restaurants. g.i German food, good ber. Everyone has a good time and no sue ii hm come from Ohkosh, Racine, Madison, Oconomo- wie, tfreen Bay. laey even come from clear across the state, from Ej Claire, which closer to Minneapolis.

think 1 know what you're getting at whv 13 New York I two clubs? It's simple when you analyze the Wisconsin spirit. There are places where fans have few distractions and who appre- -cia'4 major lgue baseball simply because they never had it before. Tuey are proud of being rared. a n.ajor league city. I think some New Yorkers djn't care whether any ball club remains here or not There are people living right in New Y'ork City and them diMt'i, ever tt near the PU Grounds.

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