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Papai Breezes, 6-1, For Seventh Victory HTnS Pokes Win Track Tile; InNhth 7to6 Mashburn Voted Most Valuable By JAY SIMON home with all four places in the How They Scored NEW YORK. Mnv liUhVUlnn TULSA. May 14 Oklahoma Houston, which Brahhrl fA.ir nt Howard's Second trinlo nf thi nninu aenln rlnm(n ik. Mis- the five event the Aggies failed to drove in the tying and winning nms souri Valley track and field meet; win, was second in the team Rain Cancels I Second Game StM nerup honors in toe Indlvidui scoring, just ahead of Uammat Larry McBride, who counted 91 points. McBride repeated as Va ley 100-yard dash Unf fii bhed less than a yard back Mashburn in the siztling furlon and anchored the Cougars to a vi tory in 41.4 in the 440 relay.

In addition to the mil rl mm rw rK anKces came 3 ine cowpuncners roUed to their ing with 48 points. Wichita was from behind with a three-run ninth- 15th consecutive team champion-1 third with 23M, and then came inning rally to defeat the Detroit stlP the conference's 45th an-! Bradley with 7i and Tulsa with 7 Tigers 7-6 today. nual spring show here Saturday Detroit, with only token rcDrcscn- out and runners on first and third. At Shreveport owq 01 aooui l.zoo fans me aneys only other HJ5V55E. Skelly stadium saw coach Ralph member, does not field a track' quartermile marks three othe recorus were oauered down niEKins Miuwater troun in warn.

appeared at first to be only a single, good enough to tie the came. But the ball bounced over the head Of the nnriichincr TWrnit THE heavyweight championship fight In Sin Fr.nrh nnL UP 90 Mashburn. unanimously voted in the 100 and 220 dashes, both of Ply, Hefnd potnts-almost twice os many as the carnival's outstanding athlete which he won. Clm runnerup Houston and more than by members of the press The eround-cobhline Olvmnlan will 2tH all the other rivals combined. won the 440 with rocnrri 1 ir.lu Olympian Woolfolk the javelin with a pee leftfieldcr, Jim Dclsing, and Mickey Mantle, one of the game's fastest base runners, came around from: four of th day between champion.

Rocky Marciano and Don Cockell appears so one-sided that no brave soul has yet been uncovered as lining up on the side of the well-upholstered Briton West coast and nationwide interest is at a low ebb desDite srsJiS? scarTPp tricks injccted in an effort stfss: t0 an complete standstill, and the bout will fall on the sports public the dull- In addition to this overwhelming 46 9 seconds, took the 220 In 21.1 1 night since the race came just a display of team strength, the Ag- seconds and anchored the Aggies ter he had run anchor in the 440 CunousI enough' gies established five new records t0 a cord in the mile re- relay and the m.iSr irithtn were relay and the open quarter within iirst wun me winning run as sing chased the ball. ZTrZ and nroducivt the mnnt'c mnct lav and in th-Pi2Se baClc a sPace 01 20 minutes. 1 Howard, a nominal catcher used in left field by Manager Casey The oniy non-A mar SHREVEPORT. May 14 Al Papai fluttered his knuckleball past the Shreveport Sports with old-time effectiveness Saturday to Rive (he Oklahoma City Indians an easy 6-1 victory over the Sports In the seven-inning half of what was to have been a doubleheader. The second game was postponed when the skies broke over the ball park during intermission and made further play impossible.

The game will be made up in a doubleheader on Monday night. Although Papai could have gotten burn' Mashburn. who capped a busy JLfolM 1 nfc nonors wun iz points. He besides Mashburn. Fruitt won th.

Ar tucusci iu auu oauing puncn 10 the Yankee lineup, was the only batter faced by relief pitcher Al Aber. Aber was brought in to relieve Billy Hoeft, who had staggered into the ninth inning with a 6-4 lead despite allowing nine hits and two bases on balls in the first uniess t-ocKeu pulls off what, is considered to be the impossible while raking up a stout showing against prohibitive favorite Marciano. For Cockell, without much of a record behind him, is considered to be a shooting gallery pigeon for the Rock, who fa a i 24.1. Schermerhorn. Heard, Jack Hay auu uu ouv ites uurmg tne meet, ln- urange clad runners scampered I eluding morning preliminary heats journeyman fighter with a lot of dura-J eigni innings.

gins Saturday night, he was pitch ing in comparative relaxation from unity dim a savage puncn. Still, comnared to snmi nhxmn nt Braves Nudge Phillies, 5o4 With one out, Hoeft gave up a pinch-hit single to Eddie Robinson. Then he got Hank Bauer on a foul pop-up and needed only one more out. But Joe Collins walked and Mar.tle singled, scoring bonus rookie Frank Leja, who ran for past, Marciano the methodical is without color as undefeated ruler of a field utterly devoid of strong, challenging talent. Why the fight at all with the unimpressive Cockell? Well, Rocky must work at his trade in Wn Iho till hia a the first inning on.

Tommy Harrison, the wild young Shreveport lefty, walked three Indians in the opening frame, surrendered a two-run single to Howie Boles and was through for the night. Two more tallies clattered across before reliefer Cal Howe could find the combination and the Sports were out of a ball same almost: noDinson. he didn't fight occasionallv. he wonlrl met qi- Howard's hit was the fourth Yankee triple of the game. The Yanks took a 3-1 lead in the third uiiiuis on triple.

Collins' iniieia out, Howards first triplt and a single bv catcher Vrw they were in it. Russ Burns clubbed Howe for a 1 two-run homer in the fifth, after I which Chris Chrisco finished up' with a pair of scoreless innings. In" all. the three local lingers gave up only six hits, nearly all of which figured in scores. Berra.

Mantle tripled with two out in the seventh but was stranded in the seventh but was stranded, leading batter, teamed with Ray duuuc iq pioviae most or tne Tiger offense. Kaline singled home Fred Hatfield with the first Detroit run in the first inm'ncr A MILWAUKEE, May 14 tV-Th( Philadelphia Phils had the satisfac tion of smacking ace Warrei Spahn out of the game today bu 6 1-3 innings -of fine relief hurtirii by Ernie Johnson and Ed Mathews homer gave the Milwaukee Brave a 5-4 uphill victory. The loss wa the 12th straight for the last-placi Phillies. Mathews" 400-foot, 'bases-mpt homt-r off starter and loser Jacl 'Meyer in the sixth inning provid ed the winning run but the kej in was catch Del Crandall's three-run doubh in the fourth. With- the bases load ed on two singles and a walk ant two away, everybody took off whei CrandaU hit and all made it horn as the ball bounced: off the lef field fence.

Milwaukee shortstop Johnny Lo gan was thrown out of the gam by Plate Umpire Lon Waraeke ii the fourth when he Johnson! side in an argument ver the waj th ump was calling them. home another run in the Tigers big fifth which saw them grab a Boone also had a rnn-cnrincr Papai was tapped for a couple of safeties in the first inning and another in the second. He surrendered no more until the seventh, when Les Fleming ruined his shutout by slugging his fourth homer out of the lot. Pidge Browne later got a harmless single to account for all the Sports offense. Old Al walked nary a man and fanned five while posting his seventh pitching triumph against a single defeat.

The veteran had a string of 22 scoreless innings go-j ing when Fleming hit one. batted in a run with a single in the previous inning. Bauer hit his seventh hnnu of the year with the bases empty Jim Konstant- whn Jiseis 0U W1n lvvo smgIes the last three inninoc uroc winning Ditcher. It was his first There'll be a single game at 3 p. m.

Sunday- Wayne McLeland (1-3) of; nthe will oppose Russ Harris (3-3) of the Sports, uy 01 me year, uob Grim, the Yanks 1954 Rnnltio who is having great difficulty this as ne was scneauiea to do in Saturday night's second game, ssi A fir sHiiEVKPORT 5 ouc in tne Iifth. Tom Sturdivant held the fort until Konstanty took over. Hoeft was the losing nhp away into oblivion. (As matters now stand, it appears Rock can retire unbeaten at the age of 40, so impotent is the field.) Heavy Favorites Have Been Beaten QF course giant ring upheavals are not beyond the realm of possibility. They have turned up in the past.

Remember Jim Braddock's astounding victory over clowning Max Baer; also the time Joe Walcott flattened Ezzard Charles with one punch? qualifying as the classic surprise of them all featured 12-round battering of Joe Louis at a time (in 1935) when the title was not on the line. It wit brutal betting while tha Bomber gradually was being chopped down, seme observers counting as many as 200 Schmelmg blows before it was mercifully ended. So almost anyone who carries two legs and two fists into the ring must be accorded some sort of a chance, even, though tastic CaSe Cocke11 win would aeem nothing short of lr? and construct any sort of a case for him takes a of doing even for his British followers none of whom picks him to win. He Was Defeated by Turpin TTE is undefeated in 10 heavyweight starts, but it was as a middleweight that he looked so ineffective after beating Harry Mathews, lightly regarded in the bigger division. Down in the lower bracket, the most damaging evidence to his spotty reputation, was the defeat by Randy Turpin, a middleweight who was drubbed by Sugar Ray Robinson.

The melee well could he billed as the Battle of the Beak, involving the reconstructed nose of Marciano, who cuts easily and bleeds profusely around the face yet always manages to There is the thought the Englishman will try to go to work at once on Roeky's tender schnozzle. and concentrate his attack there in the faint hope of scoring a technical knockout on the gent who is rather easy to is difficult to hurt except momentarily. It would take a steady tatooing oh Roeky's nose in order to achieve that TKO goal and well before that could be done Cockell is apt to be sipping tea in his dressing room, trying to remember vlnt model truck hit him. Don Has Edge in Statistics -CONSENSUS seems to be Cockell will; be stiffened soon if not immediately after seven rounds. Sometimes the tale of the tape can tell quite a story; the challenger does have a few statistical advantages which normally could make quite a difference.

At 26, he is four years younger than the Rock; at 210 pounds is considerably heavier, and with a mark of 70 has advantage of a twe-fnh reach. Yet so lopsided is the Frisco mixing expected to be that such figures: are hardly meriting any consideration at all, the rank underdog being regarded as sort of a blimp who will not be able to -weather Marciano's heavy artillery. Some of the laborious publicity buildup stunts were so futile they were totally transparent from the start. They Didn't Win an Argument THIRST the Cockell camp tried to read something ogiinous into their boy's refusal to gulp anything but his own private brand of tea. The hint was rlrnnnrl enmao sorbing his second defeat against 1 1 Mi-ski .1 5 0 Ackrt 3b BuriMjit jl 2.

1 rmnitjb 1 0 JoSnSoo t3rnUjP 0 0 8 nest's. DETROIT NEW YORK I ate, I 8 8 1 5 I i i i lb I WOMEN'S OPEN THVISinitf riTAirtPinwo at Norntan rerthe Santa Monica. CaliariheS;" 'IrSS cMhon' Zoann Neff and Lois Harraughy. FVont row are Jane Ward, Lila Shanley, Grace LaDuke and Norma Wirrer. HR MaUiem Rush Handcuffs Brooklyn Batters Cincinnati, 13 to 2 Warnekfc.

Secoryl Goetz Giants, 8 to 0 CHICAGO. Mav 14 Th rhti Dallas 3, San Antonio 2 SAN ANTONIO, May. 14 OB Dick' Getter's three-run homer and Red H'lfii-kf. aur Howard Howard 2. Man- Early Ticket Sale To Olympic Show Stirs Controversy Murff's five-bit pitching gave Dal and Colllni 2.

Lef "Detroit BB Hoeft 3, Grim 3, Sin Konstanty R-ER Hoeft MELBOURNE: 14fTMS in rSmP. M.ay 14--The Brooklyn who played in Crosley field last season as it it were their home ball park made themselves comfortable today with a 13-2 victory over the Cincinnati Redlegs. iiJJ1! National league pacesetters exploded in the seventh SSiil Vfn rUnS which included a grand slam homer by Carl furillo and two-run circuit blow by Duke Snider. i had. 13 previous times at bat before slugging his first pitch wer the left field wall.

It was his ninth homer of the season and the sixth grand slammer in his major league ca- HBP-1 cago Cubs -big' Bob Rush tossed his second shutout at the New York Giants today, blanking last year's world champions 8-0 as he allowed them seven singles. Rush, who shut out the Giants 6-0 oh four hits in New York May 3, allowed just one Giant to reach third base today as he ran his skein I of scoreless innings against Leo I Durocher's crew to 16 1-3 innings. Johnnv Antonelli utrnriw las a i-t victory over ine tasi-fading San Antonio Missions here Saturday night; Murff recorded his eighth win of the season against tw losses by holding San Antonio liiUess until the fifth. Jim Plsoni got the first San Antonio safety in the fifth but Witty Quintana' followed with a bomer to break the spell. Murff helped his own case in the eighth by leading off with a double.

Lee Tate walked and then Getter lifted one over the leftfield walls. Melbournels 1956 Olympic preparations stirred up fresh. controversj Saturday when it was learned thai choice seats in the main stadium have been claimed by Melbourne Cricket club members before the start of public ticket-sates. Bosox 3, A's 1 BOSTON, Mav 14 UB Jen. Duke doubled and Mr turn dnalo.

sen's two-run homer off Johnny Sain in thp 13th innina hoof starter for the ninnts mtror-oA -hie Sanfee Wins Mile Whilp thn Rrnnlrhm cluaa. hA The Cricket club stadium is built for use as the main Olym- their field day. the vaunted Red power was held at bay until the ninth inning by masterful pitching of John Podrcs. Then Wally: Post, City 3-1 for Boston today and hand- fourth loss when the Cubs got to I ed the A's their eighth defeat in 'him for three runs in the fifth, nine games. Working four perfect innings.

An- Jensen, who now has seven horn-: tonelli allowed his first hit to ers for the season, got his sixth I Hank Sauer leading off the Chicago with the bases empty in the fourth I fifth. On 4:06.5 Timing the chief ticket officer, said an unexpectedly large number of club u.J ixz I1? members have exercised their rieht ait to account for the other Red Sox After contributing two walks and aboard iviuszewsKi to preferential bookings. aboard. FRESNO, May 14 WT-Wes was throwing error. Antonelli was lift.

c. .4 Puhiix atn km, Boston, whiph has won ifsrd in f-Tvnr- nt ii, VZ jcallleB missea again aaiuraay in: season me uodgers won I IT 7 Vi nine of their 11 Crosley field i fto banks tnrougbout im,) I tralia. The situation wa? dprihM last lour games, was outhit 11 to new tork ance in Cincinnati in 1955 thev ana Anaerson saia long struggle. Harrv Aeanis sinelprl tn loff -with. 1 Baker 2b 4 0 JacksonJb 4 indicated they intend to duplicate lnou.anf of p01 ois- the feat.

i to dope their gladiator which may be the humane thing to do at that, a double Mickey Finn just before the brawl. Then came the awful news about Rock going down against a sparring partner but this also fell on deaf ears for after all Marciano is an inviting target for anyone. Being floored is no new experience for him. Anif Instill th Vnn 7. they were done in by the west coast They demanded a 20-foot ring, but had to settle for a 16- foot rectangle.

Maybe their man is a good runner, and naturally the smaller the arena the more to Roeky's advantage, for he has less chasing to do. The Cockell crowd also plugged for six-ounce gloves It refused Marciano, too, but the California commission Are Valdez and Baker Next? rOUBTLESS the English figured their man cnances of cut-- ting the champ would be better with the lighter pads, but as for Marciano, he could throw paralyzing punches with pil- ituiuic event 01 uie 2uin annual West Coast Relays. He ran the distance in 4:06.5. The Kansas cowboy won the event by 30 yards over Len Simpson of the San Francisco Olympic club after his ex-teammate, Art one out in the 13th for the second hit off Sain since he had entered the game in the loth inning, Jensen fnll0WfH With a Innurini! Tate, Getter. Murff.

Nice Try ter 3. Roberts. Quintana. 2B Tau drive which was qlose to the left! Before the sluggers started to get into the act in the seventh. Pee Wee Reese's three straight singles and a two-run single by Sandy Am-oros were effective.

Reese's second safety opened the fourth inning. The Bums filled the neia ioui line but well over the Billv Jonas' draama af i screen. i stmied RUSS ICemmerer. thirrl Rnslnn 'Ran 8th' i Dalzell, dropped out on the third ri for suerin th. lap after setting the early pace.

world 100-yard dash record Saturday with a yardstick. Tha nurier, was we winner. RC-3ckon S.Ur Klnr The tFy i0T th! rCCOrd WaS bases on Snider's bunt and the sec- 'Ti ond pass starter-loser Steve iAS CABYH A flOSTON A "'rrf1 i Louisiana State sprintar was in 9.0 in a meat against 1 Tulana. Than officials found tha Bnl zik to Roy Campanella. mNrGriSm.irmVfcAl LT.he wa Santee's second iH" lt wimfim 3.

"eoi vi mis ouwoor season, rank- uh 2. HO TnTwiih.ta. "to i. inS behind his 4:00.5 at the Texas Antoi Taking for granted the Rock will put his man away fairly early in the scheduled 15-round international mixer, what next' m.JL w'llVr gnored, as is indicatedi then probably matches with Nino Valdez and Bob Baker, which would be only a trifle more interesting. neiayi a month ago.

It bettered his 4:07 at Miami earlier. Amoros' single then brought in the first two runs. Ridzik was chased in the fifth when two more runs were snared on a walk to Podres. a Reesa single, Snider's double and Campanula's sacrifice fly. Bud Podbielan walked in the fifth Dodger run in the sixth frame.

It was the first earned run he gave Fort Worth 5, Buffs 2 HOUSTON. May 14 The Fort Worth Cats put over three runs in the tenth here Saturday night to beat the Houston Buffs, 5-2, int he opener of a four-game series before 4,138 fans. Bob Boyd's two-run double with two out In the ninth sent the game Into extra innings. Harry Hoitsma, Buff relief ace, was victim of the Cat rally, his first loos against three wins. Waters, the second Cat pitcher, was the winner.

'OUT WORTH HOUSTON Kansas Lands Nation's Prize Highschool Basketball Catch CINCINNATI XmlCrS are uPC.f,uI of S50.00 Sate, but it could be half that amount with the weekend ticket activity to tcil the imal answer. d0 so badlv- 1M J'n a nice vacation for him and his wife and he ficurcs to pick up 20 pcrccnt the ale Hot bad at all, if he can stay out of the hospital. distance was only 90 yards. Zatopek Misses Mark PRAGUE. May 14 (INS) Emil Zatopek.

Czechoslovakia's Olympic triple gold medal winner, failed Saturday in an attempt to better his own world record for the 10.000-meter run. Zatopek was clocked in 29:03. His record, set last June, is 28:54.2. Texas Cindermen Snare Loop Title HOUSTON. May 14 W-Two records were broken ana another tied Saturday as tha University of Texas nosed out Texas A AM for the team championship In the 40th annual Southwest conference track and field meet.

Pwwrr VrwtT aiyil'. ifSn Ditmar in S.eVd Vbattrn 1 aid Satii 1 life Nielsen Fights Back To Beat South African icbvt asm.9 Chamberlain. Philadelphia hiRh-school basketball star, would enter the school this autumn. Chamberlain has been one of the most sought after highschool stars in the cnuntrv. A.

C. Lonborg. KU's athletic director said "We're extremely pleased that Wilt has selected Kansas. He should be quite a In Philadelphia. Chamberlain said he had a hard time makine up nis mind about which college to attend.

"Many fine colleges and universities have shown an i interest in me." he commented. "But with the help of my family and Triends I have made up my mind. "I have had some professional offers too. but thatcan wait until I have had a college education. It has always been mv Kiubi.iuii io study business administration and maybe, some diy go to law school.

I think that's what I want to rln mnct Tacks Pose Threat To Hoosier Cyclists BLOOMINGTON, Ind May 14 INS) Success of the "Little i500" bicycle race at Indiana university Saturday afternoon was threatened by vandals who strew copper tacks about the running track. At last year's race, culprits caused 60 tire punctures by niacins steel tjtrk inxnul th -Wjjrt for Sooter In TUi. determiner oasKetball FurUlo. fco lfrf tho Cam-; relav team to a record 40 ft i ortiii: then, for a fourth time, tied the What's inside Aggies Win 22nd 2C Volleyball Toumay 2C Do Sliarat Coif Led iC Texas Agglas Rapped Fort Supply Reservoir. 3C Fourball Continual 4C Diamond Dott 40 Puppy Show Today 4C Baseball Averages St King and His Court 5C SandloHers Opfcn Today.

Bawling Slate Set COPENHAGEN. May 14 v-! Kurt Nielsen made a spectacular' comeback in a match that ap-J peared hopelessly lost and Den-j mark went on to cain a 2-0 lead over South Africa Saturday in the second round of Davis Cup tennis' play in the European zone. A heavy rainfall Friday forced a delay in Nielsen's match against Ian Vermaak with the South Africa player leading in the fifth set 5-2. But Nielsen was virtually unbeatable Saturday as ha ripped off four straight games, ls-year-ow rccora ot the j-i2Wt' PodbfSiB 'i. HoSi? I.

Stephen James of Rice erased a This year, authorities announced that magnets would be used to Chamberlain, a 7-2 Negro, led Overbrook highschool to three league and two city champion-Philadelphia school. The3 Stilt scored 2.252 points to break the record of i.222 set hy Tom Gol. La Salle college ail-American, when GoU was with La Salle highschool. 1 pole vault record with oxaw up any tacks that might be i Mated. But tha minut.

c.t. He said on his visit to the Kansas campus he was impressed with the university and believes that under Allen's coaching he ll develop his talent fully. Chamberlain said nothing ef any aid he might get at Kansas. to 7H day did not work on th topper tacks. tm I iu? iVriS: Texas scored 7BV4 points SSHS for AAM.

lee had 8 rSraflCJ: Methodist 22. Arkansas i. i 15 and Texas CSrristlan.

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