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PAGE 10 BRISTOL COURIER and LEVITTOWN TIMES TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 21, 1956 Sporfs Views By Ben Borowsky Sporta Editor nmr aiiww wimwwiM A Look at the Majors Last Spring when we returned from our training camp junket we made a few predictions. We went on record favoring the Yankees and the Dodgers to meet again in the Fall classic. It looks now as if the Yankees will make it without much trouble, barring serious injuries. In the National League a different story. Brooklyn, the runaway club last year, is in the middle of one of the tightest three-way races in the senior history.

We chose Milwaukee for the number two position and St. Louis for the third slot. The Braves are currently leading the pack. The Cardinals are in fourth place but only a couple of games ahead of the fifth place Phillies. There are really two surprises in the National and New York.

We picked the Redlegs for sixth on the grounds their pitching keep up with their hitting. We figured that the Giants, with guys like Mays and Antonelli, still had enough left to make the bottom rung of the first division. We were wrong on both counts. The Redlegs came up with surprising pitching strength to make them pennant contenders. The Giants just collapsed.

And collapsed completely. They may rally to get out of the cellar, if any consolation. Grid Opener 17 Days Away Phillies Look Strong A fifth place finish was our prediction for the Phillies, but at the rate playing now, it might not be too much for them to squeeze ahead of the Cards. The Pirates and Cubs were low second division choices, although the Pirates were making quite a bit of noise a few months back. Back to the three-team race.

The choice has to remain Brooklyn as the schedule is definitely in its favor. Some of the Dodgers may be getting old but they have enough to come through in the close ball games. We predicted correctly the two divisions in the American League. Right now New York, Cleveland, Chicago and Boston. We foresaw New York, Boston, Chicago and Cleveland.

We felt the Indians were aging fast and would be lucky to finish in the first division, but again we miscalculated. The second division was no problem. Detroit to lead the others and it does. running out, but still plenty of time for some minor changes. The White Sox or Red Sox could move in behind the Yanks in the American, and the Phillies could get ahead of the Cards in the National.

Records were meant to be broken and predictions, well, it depends how lucky you are. Little League Series Play Begins At Williamsport WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. UP With a minimum of fanfare, the 1956 Little League World Series began tonight when a bunch of determined youngsters from Tuckahoe, N. meet an equally determined group from Delaware N. J.

Mayor Thomas H. Levering was to deliver a brief address prior to the start of the game here in the birthplace of Little League baseball. The Tuckahoe-Delaware Township game was the only one scheduled for today. On Wednesday, however, three contests will be played, pitting Hamtramck, against Colton, Auburn, against Winchester, and Upper Darby, Roswell, N. Mex.

The winners of the four games will then play Thursday afternoon with the two victors clashing on Friday for the Little League World Series title. A big celebration was planned for Wednesday night at nearby Lycoming College where the boys have been quartered during the tournament. Leading the entertainment will be Al Schacht', the Prince of Four of this eight regional winners made the same trip in 1955. They are Delaware Township, Auburn, Winchester and Hamtramck. Colton fielded a team in 1954 which also made the tournament.

Gonzalez To Get Fight In Garden NEW YORK UP Middleweight Tony (Tex) Gonzalez of East Orange, N.J., was promised his first Madison Square Garden main event today. It is a reward for last night's victory over Italian Fernando Spallotta in their TV 10-rounder at St. Nicholas Arena. Billy Brown. Garden matchmaker, looked so good beating Spallotta, put him in a main event with some good boy in September or Rain Causes LBSL Playoff Postponement By TOM JUNO Courier and Times Writer Rain caused the postponement of area baseball and softball games last night, including the opening game of the quarter-finals of the Lower Bucks County Softball League between Meenan Oil and the Penndel Aces.

This game will be played tonight at 5:45 o'clock on Bristol Memorial field. Meenan's Bud Bradley and Penndel Gene Ramagli will hook up as the hurlers in the game which is with the defeated team being eliminated from the playoffs. Bradley, who has pitched most of the Meenan games this season, acting manager Bill Connors that he feels and is anxious to Bradley is from Morrisville. Should Bradley get into trouble Connors will have to rely on Lefty Joe Watson, who pitched a no-hitter in last start. Ramagli to Hurl Ramagli has been responsible for pitching the Penndel team into the playoffs.

Backed by the heavy- hitting Aces, Ramagli has chalked up 16 wins and four losses, a much better record than his mark of last season when he pitched foe Franklin- The diminutive hurler is from Fairless Hills. A change has been announced in the catching position for the Oilers as either Frank Writer or Connors dons the mask. Should Writer catch, Frank Nemeth will be mov ed from the outfield to cover first and if Connors is behind the plate, then Writer will assume his usual first base position. Al Ciambella will be at second, Kenny Heath at short, Joe Richards at third. In the outfield will be Horace Saxton, Mike Krobath and Dick Campion.

Penndel Lineup manager Ira Romberger is sticking to the same lineup that lifted itself from sixth to third place in the league. Vic Gring will be the catcher, Romberger at first, Joe Lukens at second, Bob Dintinger at short, Army Fizzano at third and in the out field, Jim Muth, Harry Curtis and Stan S'evenson. The winner of tonight's game will meet the winner of tomorrow St. Bar in a three-game semi-final series starting Thursday night. The Aces won 19 and lost 9 during the season while Meenan finished with a 13-15 mark.

The three-game series between DeLuca Oilers and A. A. Amusement for the Bristol American Little League championship will begin tonight at Bristol Little League field, starting at 6 p. m. The sec ond game is scheduled for tomor row night.

In a Bristol Township American Babe Ruth League game, Bristol Ford meets Beverages on the Delhaas field at 6 p. m. The called-oft Bristol Industrial League game between Rohm and Haas and Paterson Parchment has been rescheduled for tonight on the field. The Neshamlny High will play their home night football under a new system of lights season. The gridiron, newly built this year, has permanent lights.

Neshaminy opens season underneath its new against Hatboro on Sept. 7. (Courier and Times sports photo.) Good Joes International LL Starts Playoffs The Levittown International Little League playoffs will start tomorrow evening at the Snowball Gate Little League diamond Mortuary will battle Morris Electric, starting at 6 o'clock. The second game of the playoffs will be played on Friday and should a third game be necessary then it will be scheduled for Sunday at 2 p.m Morris Electric, the first half champions, is directed by Bill Bonewitz. captured the second half crown under George McLaughlin, Frank McKain and Henry Wojciechowski.

i Fish-Game Club Meets Tonight The Bristol Fish and Game Protective Association will meet tonight at the Odd Fellows Hall, Radcliffe Street, Bristol, at 8 The main business of the meeting will concern the coming surf casting contests, trap shooting, archery and fishing. Bensalem Adults Start Playoffs The playoffs of the Bensalem Adult Softball League will get underway tonight at 6:15 at the St. Francis School diamond. Eddington. Bears, the league champions, will battle the Newport Chiefs, regular season runners-up, in the first of a three game series.

Greenberg Believes Mantle Can Break Home Run Mark Note: The most significant development of the 1956 baseball season has been Mickey assault on Babe home run record of 60. Can Mickey break the record or will he succumb to the same pressures that caused four of the game's other outstanding home run hitters to fall short since the Babe achieved his monumental feat in 1927? These four former Greenberg, Jimmy Foxx, Ralph Kiner and Johnny their views on whether Mantle can break the Babe's record in a series of stories starting today. By BILL LOFT US United Sports Writer CLEVELAND (UP) Hank Greenberg thinks Mickey Mantle has a to break Babe homer record of 60, but he warns that the road gets tougher all the time. certainly has the ment to do it observed the general manager of the Cleveland Indians, who hit 58 home runs as a Detroit Tiger in 1938, there are certain aspects that will be hard to conquer. now I would say it would be wise for Mantle to hit 8 or 10 home runs before Labor Day to be in good position to go for the record.

think the Yankees have eight off days in September, and one of the disadvantageous factors. It help to be sitting around on edge so many days. September Wind too, it seems to me there is more wind in September and it almost always blows toward the plate. At any rate, the way it seemed in Greenberg had his 58 home runs with five games to go that year. four to go, we played St.

Louis in he recalled. was a left-handed pitcher Olympics Sometimes Not So 6 Friendly 9 NEW YORK threatened banning on the heels of Wes suspension proves once again today that the Olympic games, founded to promote peace and friendship, too often wind up burying the hatchet someone back. There is, of course, a great deal of good accomplished by the international contests. But it would be inane to suggest that the games also generate a heap of long- lasting animosities. Naturally the bad things stick out like Sandy thumb.

Hardly an Olympics passes without its It started right with the first one at Athens in 1896, when somebody copped a ify Lauri Lehtinent after he zig-zagged home ahead of frustrated Ralph Hill in the 5,000 meter race. Recalls Champagne Incident The 1936 games were a dilly. in Beautous Eleanor Holm was kicked off our team for wetting her lovely whistle with champagne. Then the Austrian paperhanger snubbed what the Germans called our and the Washington crew almost came to fisticuffs at a with the Yugoslav team. Inspired by all this athletic friendship, the athletes took time out to make the feuding legal in World War II.

When they returned to the mat in 1948 at London, statue of Zeus. As usual, Greeks had a word for it. Unprintable. In 1904 the of the marathon was discovered later to have ridden 12 miles in an automobile. He was invited never to return.

Britons Offended At London, in 1908, the British were offended when the United States refused to dip the colors to; the the boxing officiating was an international scandal. A track judge tried to the American 400- meter relay team on charges that Barney Ewell left the baton passing zone. Movies exonerated the U. S. foursome and Great Britain which won by false disqualification, grudgingly gave up the medals.

The 1952 games were true to tra- named Howard Mills who walked me four times that day. Not intentionally, he just get the ball over. another tough part in the picture. The pitchers try to walk you, but they shoot for the Hank continued. Regarding pressure, Greenberg was on a fourth-place team in 1938, so home runs were his only problem.

He concedes that Mantle also is reasonably carefree with the Yankees far in front, even though he conceding a pennant yet. Switch-Hitting Helpful a switch hitter is a tremendous help to he observed. would think, for instance, that our Herb Score would have an advantage pitching to a left-handed hitting success against Cleveland pitching this year (nine home runs) is the difference between a fine year and a sensational one, Greenberg agreed. once got Mantle out on the high, inside fast he explained. used to jump back from inside pitches that were strikes.

I think further away from the plate now, and our system is obsolete. Seems like our pitchers know it, and are continuing to use Mantle hit only three homers off Cleveland pitching last year. Strikes Out Twice Greenberg finished his drive for the home run record in Cleveland back in 1938. It was a big order, for the first of a three-game series was played in Old League Park, where the left field bleachers were 375 feet from the plate, and this was followed by a Sunday doubleheader at Cleveland Stadium, which did not have a fence across its outfield in those days. Galehouse, Bob Feller and Johnny Humphries were the starting Cleveland pitchers in that Greenberg recalled.

closest thing I got to a home run was a double off Feller in Cleveland Stadium. The ball hit the wall in left center. was the game Feller set the strikeout record of 18, and he struck me out Neshaminy Plays Host to Hatboro On September 7th By DICK DOUGHERTY Courier and Times Sports Writer Football is just around the corner. Yes, scholastic football is already underway with most area schools in the process of assembling their grid machines. Neshaminy, the defending Lower Bucks County champions, will get the season going in exactly 17 days.

On Sept. 7 the Redskins will play host to Hatboro, of the Bux-Mont League, on the new Neshaminy High gridiron. On Sept. 14 three more league teams join Neshaminy on the active list. William Tennent will travel to clash with the Souderton Indians.

Central Bucks will be host to Bensalem and Neshaminy will trek to face the Pennridge Rams. Morrisville Opens Hie following day, Sept. 15, two more fraternity members swing into action. Morrisville will journey to Collingdale and Plvmouth- Whitemarsh will battle Delhaas at Bristol. Council Rock and Pennsbury will open their seasons on Sept.

21. Lower Moreland will open at Council Rock and Pennsbury will be the home team against Ewing. Head coach Harry Franks and 23 Grid Midqets reviewing King Edward VII. Yank dition. basketball team Martin Sheridan flipped: took on the French team, 500 flag dips to no earthly In French spectators.

14 cops and that same peace festival, Italian two referees in a better fight than observers helped marathon ever see in Madison Square I Dorando Pietri across the Garden. And, symbolically, a gal finish line and battle lines were in a white nightgown representing drawn immediately. Four years later, Jim Thorpe stood on their ears in Sweden. Later he was stripped of his medals as a think our guys can double for Snow White. In 1928 the French almost put on a repeat of the Battle of the the angel of peace tried to dash around the was tossed out on her thinly clad derriere.

EZ IS BACK LONDON UP After 11 trans-Atlantic telephone calls and five cablegrams, promoter Jack Solomons finally has induced for- Marne when a Dutch doorman I mer heavyweight champion Ez- barred the team two days in a I zard Charles to meet row. Four years later we were Dick Richardson in a 10-round 113 12-years old, 109 13- good hosts by refusing to bout at Harringay Arena, Oct. 27.1 years old, 105 lbs. Register in Rain Despite the rain. 23 youngsters registered for the Bristol Borough Midget Football League yesterday Memorial field.

Registration will continue today and tomorrow from 4 to 5:30 p. m. Midget football director, Anthony requests that all parental consent slips be returned to him as soon as possible for filing purposes and so that arrrange- ments can be made for physical examinations. has announced the weight limit of the boys as follows: 9-years old, 121 10- years old, 117 lbs; 11-years old. Bensalem Adult Softball Champs 81 Joe DIM aggio, the old Yankee Clipper, holds the pin lor his sod to- in JFrftOcUco, Young Joe is 14, UP TO TRIBE CLEVELAND, Ohio -UP- The Cleveland Indians have optioned catcher Earl Averill to Indianap olis and brought back outfielder Dave Pope from the same American Association team.

Pope, batting .299, played with the Indians in 1954. Brescia Tops Bristol LL Major League managers please note! There is a 12-year old youngster in the Bristol National Little League who finished the season with a robust -781 average, getting 25 hits in 32 trips to the plate. That youngsters, Steve Brescia, who pitches and catches for the Bristol Vets, also led the hurlers with eight wins and no defeats. He scored the most runs, 25; made the most hits, 25: was walked the most, 25 and led the circuit in home runs with nine. What more do you need to be big league material? Second to Brescia in batting was the Bristol Bobby Van Wright who batted .444 while a teammate, Garry Bloom was third with .417.

Auto Ken Kurley was next with .405 while Pete Pierandozzi, Vets, hit an even .400. Pierandozzi was second to Brescia in pitching with four wins and two losses. final batting averages BRISTOL NATIONAL LITTLE LEAGUE Bristol Vets AB R. Brescia 32 25 Pierandozzi 45 14 Rudy ......................................49 11 Nepa ................48 Zazzarino 38 Rieff ......................................29 Lewis ...................................25 Pezzullo ............32 Dietrich 16 Fields ...................................34 Tellardo 19 Ott 2 DiBlassio 1 Arcardo 1 Auto Boys Hurley 42 DiTanna 46 McGinley 39 Swinehart 24 Aita .........................37 Kazimer ...............................33 Nepo ...................................34 Elchenko .............................30 V. DiTanna 40 Marino 38 Perotti 6 Quiei Romano 3 3 Marucci .................................0 St.

Ann's Coyle .....................,.............37 Priory 9 Sagolla 45 Sessa 45 Gross ................................37 Coffman ..............................33 Licari 38 Petrueci 25 McDermott ........................32 Casmirri 9 Aita .......................................33 Hearn 7 Cialella 0 McGlynn 0 Stellato 2 Bristol Lions Van Wright ....................45 Bloom ...................................36 Krause ............................42 Petrucci .............................15 Giampietro ..................19 McCue .............................31 Tellardo 29 Keenan ................................35 Coffman .............................23 Testa .....................................35 Tiberi ...................................17 Flatch 3 Bozzatto 3 Delia 2 Nolan ...................................18 assistants John Petercuskie and Jack Swartz are busily preparing Neshaminy for its early opener. The Redskins, 63 boys to date, art practicing in heavy equipment. Neshaminy has two sessions daily. The morning drill runs from 9:30 to 11:30 and the night practice is from 6:45 to 9:30. First Drill The Bensalem Owls, under Bob Rhiel and Dan Roskos, will have their first real drill tonight.

Last night 45 boys received equipments and Rheil expects about 10 mort grid candidates out. Bensalem will drill at 6:30 each night this week and will be in football camp next week. Coaches Gordon and Dick Lee are getting Morrisville ready for the campaign. The Bulldogs are practicing nightly from 6 to 8:30 p. m.

Morrisville had 38 boys out for first call. Thirty-two Bristol gridsters are running through drills three times a week for head coach Fred Prender. Prender's work hours are from 9 to 11 a. m-, 1 to 3 p. m.

and from 6:30 to 8 p. m. Pads have been issued to the Warrior squad. Charlie Guditas has William Tennent hopefuls working out the kinks of summer vacations with light practices. The pads will be out before the week is over according to Guditas.

Drills from 9 to 12 find 27 boys out for the Panther team. Yesterday Delhaas' John Antoni saw 50 candidates take their physical examinations. Antoni will have the boys doing plenty of running and will issue the heavy equipment on Thursday. Antoni urges all Tiger football hopefuls who have not had an examination as yet to report to the high school on Thursday at 9 a. m.

to be examined by Dr. James Lawler. At Matuza will have Pennsbury players in for first call on Thursday. Council Dale Miller will hold first session on Monday, Aug. 27.

6 8 8 3 2 1 It 1 0 0 1 17 14 4 4 5 5 12 8 5 2 0 1 1 12 2 9 7 8 7 6 7 8 3 3 0 0 0 0 7 7 14 6 2 1 2 5 5 7 6 0 H. Avg. 25 .781 18 15 13 7 5 4 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 17 18 10 5 7 6 6 4 5 2 0 0 0 0 13 3 15 13 10 8 9 3 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 20 13 15 4 4 6 5 6 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 Eastern Race Gets Frantic One-half game or seven scant percentage points meant the difference between first and second place today in the frantic Eastern League race. The Binghamton Triplets pres- 400 ently enjoy the advantage, if they 306 can be said to enjoy having a Si team like the Schnectady Blue Jays breathing down their neck4 .156 The Blue Jays pulled themselv- es closer by downing the Albany Senators, 8-4, Monday night, while Binghamton had the night off. Schenectady jumped off to a three run lead in the very first 5 inning and never fell behind.

The Senators did come close, trailing ii33 after three by 3-1 and after six 53 5-4. However, single tallies in the seventh, eighth and ninth wrapped it up for the Jays. scheduled meeting 351! with Lht; Indians at Reading was 333 1 postponed because of wet IgQ grounds. However, there was nothing to stop Johnstown and Williamsport from keeping their twin-bill engagement at port. The Grays won both games, 9-5 and 4-2.

looo .000 .000 Stalkers Show Archery Display The Bucks County Stalkers, a field archery club, put on Pitching Records Player Won Brescia. Vets .............................8 DiTanna, Auto Pierandozzi, Vets 4 Kazimer, Auto 2 Sagolla, St. Ann's ....................5 VanWright, Lions 3 Nepo, Auto Bloom, Lions .........................2 Kurley, Auto Boys 1 Gross, St. Ann's .......................1 Krause Sessa .444 417 .357 267 .211 .194 i local lose a program for more than 100 spec. tators at the Commuiv.

ooolity Room, Levittown, last night. The Stalkers demonstrated get shooting, the use of the bow and arrow as a hunting weapon and as a family sport, displays and exhibits of various types of field archery equipment and hunting .000 Lost 0 0 2 1 5 3 6 4 2 3 3 7 ASK WAIVERS STEVENS POINT. Wis. 'UP- The Green Bay Packers have asked for waivers on quarterback Lynn Beightol and tackle Cummins. End Russell Dennis has been placed on the Packers' reserve list.

George Walton, manager of Sporting Goods department, introduced Tony Tenaglia, president of the Bucks County Stalkers, and the demonstrating group. Tenaglia extended an invitation to all Bucks County residents to be guests of the County Stalkers at their open house field shoot to be held on Sunday at their club grounds on Totem Road, Croydon, Pa. Bears captured the championship of the Bensalem Adult Softball League this season. The Bears now enter the league playoffs tonight against the Newport Chiefs. The Bears shown above from left are (first row) Jim Bauman, Ed Diamond, Phil Shirtcliff, Ben Samsel, Rich Trapp and Charlie Ludwig, coach; (standing) Buck Garr, Join Ludwig, coach, Dick Finan, Bob Trapp, Jack Hansen, Ed Oliver and Mike Bryan, manager, (Courier and Timet sports photo.) Start Your Own Business In RADIO-TV SERVICING Full or part time.

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