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Lubbock Evening Journal from Lubbock, Texas • Page 17

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O'Malley Is Unhappy Over The Role Of Villain In Los By JOHN BARRINGTON NEW YORK -ftiS- Dodger President Walter the Bums to stay in so strongly that he feels he is making himself a in making himself a them, there. And he indicated today that the dub might not move to Los Angeles year, loven if present negotiations with New York City authorities for a new stadium should fail. obviously unhappy with the role of villain in which he often has been cast, denied stoutly that he is playing one city against the other to make the Dest deal for himself. "If that were the he said, have settled for Los Angeles long The California city has wooed the Dodgers assiduously, while ten year campaign for a new ball park in Brooklyn is bogged down in political red tape. If the stymie continues, he insists he still certain w'hether the club wll move.

could stay at Ebbets Field two more he said, that would be rather a dirty trick to play on the man (realtor Marvin ter) we sold it to. want to pull up my roots but the second most logical place for us is Angeles. I wait too long, because I know two other clubs are interested' in drafting the territory if we sold Ebbets Field and parks in Montreal and Fort Worth for $5 million last year. that money and 5.500,000 annual rental to the city, he has offered to finance construction of a new stadium if land is made available in As a businessman, and a notably astute one, said he it a on his He explained: the entire history of baseball, nobody ever has put $5 million into the game, no stadium has been built with private funds since A recent suivey estimated it would cost the city S21.480,- 500 to clear tJie 110-block area for a stadium. But says the city fathers shoild consider they can afford to lose the ball club, not the price of keeping It.

He said: city gets about $165,500 annually in amusement tax and $70,000 in real estate tax. The chamber of commerce estimated our fans spend about 120,000 in restaurants and bars every time we have a night game. They spent about 2 00 a year 'ior subway and bus fafe to our games and the said the Dodgers player payroll totaled $550,000 year and that for other park personnel $450,000, of which an estimated 70 per cent is spent locally. 'I'he spend $50.000 a year on a sandlot baseball program and admit 200,000 youngsters free of charge each year. the biggest contribution anyone makes to combat juvenile O'Malley maintained, it cost the city a ODDS-MAKERS FIGURE YANKS ARE IN' Home Run By Old Warhorse Ruins Chisox Lubbock Evening Journal SPORTS PAGE FIVE, LUPBOCR, TEXAS FRIDAY, AUG.

.10, 1M7 HOLDING Ted Williams, lefu and Sievers, the Washington thumper, check hatting grips. They also hold impressive records this season while hitting for both top averages and power. ir ir ir 132 CANDIDATES EXPECTED Cify Schoolboys Open Grid Drills Ted Rolls On .400 At 40? liams, and end Butch Henderson. Juniors are halfback Billy See SCHOOLBOYS Page 7 Coach Is Beaten By Youths LUEDERS, Tex. County Sheriff Dave Reves yesterday questioned 17 high school youths in the beating of Paul Mosley, 30, football coach at Lueders High.

Mosley was badly beaten by a group of youths Wednesday night when he went to investigate a disturbance at a football training camp being held at the school. Lueders School Supt. Troy Denham said among the group questioned were several had been dismissed from the football squad for disciplinary reasons. Box Scores Of Big League Games American Boxes IIU AiiO A total of 132 candidates will port for the opening of football practice this morning at Lub" two high S. Xubbock and Monterey.

Coach Wilford Moore expects ''75 bidders at Tom S. and 57 are to to coach Bill Bose at Monterey. The W'esterners of Tom S. will take the practice field at 6:45 m. and Plainsmen MilJ get started at 9 a.

m. An workout is scheduled for p. m. at and 5:30 p. m.

at Tom; s- Dimissed Gridders Quizzed Both coaches will conduct drills until classes begin -Wednesday. Improvement Expected Although few' lettermen and are returning and the 1 squads will include a host of young boys, improvement is pected for both clubs. Monterey a 4-6 record, getting every victory in District 3-AAAA to tie Palo Duro and Borger second place behind champion High. Tom a hard- squad all last season, had a mark. Ten lettermen and four starters will return to Monterey and 11 lettermen and a hke number of will dot the Tom S.

Of the 75 expected at Tom only 12 are seniors. Nineteen; juniors and the remainder of the squad composed mostly of; -sophomores. The breakdown on reads: 34 seniors, 28 juniors, 14 isophomores and one freshman. Lettermen IJsfod Westerner lettermen are ends Hunt, and Charley Hall; tackle Tony Moyer; centers Bill and Charley Rattin; quar- DeWitt Weaver and Hilliard; halfbacks Pug Mahon, Jones and Richard and fullback Loren ton. Another letterman, tackle Pierce, has dropped out of Both Hunt and Hall were start- at ends.

Stovall was a reg- at center and Langston started at fullback. Lettermen at Monterey are 4 Billy Adams; ivbacks Arlan Flake and Fred tackles Skipper Gillium; Hamilton and David Jones; Jerry Graham, Ben Mur, -jray and Johnny Shropshire; and Richard Harrison. Tom S. Players Of this gnoup. Harrison, Shrop- Hamilton and Flake were i starters.

Seniors on the Tom S. roster; iVaie.v rttare end Jack Tillinghast, end 'vtiharley Hall, tackle Tony Moy- guard Costa Dunias, guard Light, center Bill Stovall, DeWitt Weaver Loren Langston, halfback Pat McDonald, guard Har- gnon Harley, halfback Robert and fullback Pug Mahon. Juniors on the squad are iCoolidse Hunt, Langston and Frookie Steph-' tables Jesse Headley, Harold and Robbie Haynie; center Charley Eattin; guards Teddy Bobby Hall, Jackie iiCichois and Bobby Johnson; quarterbacks Darwin Hilliard, By JOHN GRIFFIN Ignited Press Sports Writer The go-go White Snx are almost gone and the all-conquering New York Yankees now are 8-5 favorites to beat Milwaukee in the World Series. W'ith the Yankees a w'hopping I games ahead and only 27 left to piay after their stunning three- game sweep of the Sox, oddsmak- ers announced today they no longer are accepting any bets on the Yankees in the American League pennant chase. As far as concerned, the flag chase all but ended when "old Country Slaughter forgot his 41 years and slammed an llth-inning home run Thursday to give the Yankees a dramatic 2-1 at Chicago.

The oddsmakers say today will now accept only bets against the Yankees, not on them. give you 8-1 odds if you still like the White Sox. The same goes for the Braves vs everyone else in the National league. Money Players Did It The hard-bitten players took the big game for the Yankees, just as they have so many times in the past. The first Yankee ran was a left-field home run in the third inning by ex-Marine hero Hank Bauer.

Earl sacrifice fly in the same frame drove in a Sox nin that tied the score but, at last. drive into the right field REDS ACCUSED OF USING 'SPRING-LIKE SHOES" Siormy Debate Looms On High Jump Claim PARIS track and field officials expect a stormy debate over like when seven-foot high jumps by Russians are offered for approval as world records. Western officials have asked the International Amateur Athletic Federation, ruling body of world track, to investigate reports that the Soviet stars wore shoes with inch-thick elastic soles that acted like a spring on the take-off. V' I DETROIT (UP) Ted WiUiams completed his 39th year today, a mystery as kind, generous, person at one moment, sur- Hairgrove. iy.

temperamental and mean the, Monterey seniors are one of the seats in the 11th was ihe winner. Buddy Bequette, end Fred baseball players the: Tom Sturdivant pitched the first cey, center Skipper innings for the Yankees, but hum, guard Bill Gribble, end Hop player in Ford got the win vith five Halsey, tackle Curtis Hamilton, rnore than .400 brilliant relief innings in which he center Paul Hudgins, tackle Da -1 1941) in a season, W'il-j allowed just one hit. Dick Dono- vid Jones, tackle Gary Martin, going His'van pitched all the way for the giard Ben Murray, quarterbacki legion. And he continuesi Sox to lose a tough one, giving upU' Parson fullback BobbyPossessing the eight hits. Stephenson, halfhark Jim highest career tatting average in n-p Snx muffed their big chance the league .348 before tos season, of the 10th he leads the league in witn walked a ,379 average.

SAVITT CHIEF HOPE U. S. Net Titles Go On Line FOREST HILLS. N.Y. dJp-) Dick Savitt cji SSouth Orange, N.J., oiJ company executive and self, staled player, opens his bid for the U.S.

tennis singlei championship today detemtned to bag thft crown ha missed in, his heyday. The Jersey bomber, second- seeded and cWef hope i for the title won last year by littla Rosewall of Australia, drew sometimes tough Cai; McCracken of Tenafly, N.J., for his i rounder on the opening day pro igram of 42 i Gibson Idle Wimbledon champ Althea Gibson of New York, idle until I urday, was a top-heavy favorite in I the division to becoma I the first Negro ever to win a U.S. I singles championship. She lost in I the finals last year to Shirley of St. Petersburg who was married in Australia last wintef and vacated her title.

Savitt, third-seeded Sven Davidson of Sweden, fifth-seeded Fraser of Australia and sixth- seeded Ham Richardson of Westfield, N.J., were the only headliners down for action today. Top-seeded Ashley Cooper ol Australia, Budge Patty of Los Angeles and Paris, Vic Seixas of Philadelphia and Herb Flam oi Beverly Hills, move in Saturday. Louise In Actkm Veteran Louise Brough of Beverly Hills, seeded second to Miss Gibson, opens the tournament on the center court against Sieglinde V. Boeck, a Germaa native who lives in Montreal. Dorothy Knode of Forest Hills, third-seeded, drew an easy opener against Isabel Troccole of New York.

All other seeded players, among them Darlene Hard of Montebello, w'ere idle until Saturday. Miss Gibson. 30-year-old Wimbledon queen, see action until when she plays Karol Fageros, tht blonde Miami model who is being considered for a movie contract. Unbeaten in singles since Ae. 1 1 lost to Shirley Fry Jan.

28 in Aus- ir- tralia, Althea is the Football League champion New become- the first ever to come away uith a majof U. S. tennis crown. The rest of the seeds include Shiiiey Bloomef (4), Christine Truman 6 and Ann i 7 7 Haydon (7). Miss Hard (5), and Tplay "itiourjafety 8 of Australia.

Tunnel, in New York for an eye; Ftvt of Frank GiUiam a expected to draw was looking for an- fans into the Cotton iob in pro football today, for the battle. Both clubs worked Green Bay Packers asked briefly in the stadium Thursday believe this sole improves performance by four said Swedish high-jump star Bertil Holmgren. So far no Westerner has inspected the shoes worn by Yuri anov, who broke the world high jump record held by Charley Dumas of Compton, by a half-inch, or of another Russian who cleared seven feet. Published photos show the Russians wearing basketball type shoes with extremely thick soles. Giants, Bears Meet Tonigiit York Giants, minus tv-o key players, meet Bears tonight in an exhibition replay of their last meeting, which the Giants walked away for the title.

The Giants, who mangled Chi- night. Sherm Lollar and Walt Dropo was safe w'hen Tony Kubek hobbled his grounder. But Ford retired both Bubba Phillips and Donovan on grounders to end the threat. From here out, the schedule favors the Yankees, too. I'hey play 18 of their remaining games at WALKER CUP Walker Cup team captain Charlie Coe, left, Oklahoma City, and British team captain Gerald Micklem examine a putter in Minneapolis as the ti )o teams met on the Minikahda Club course today for start of the Walker Cup matches.

Coe and Micklem are both non-playing captains. (AP Photo.) ir ir ir Dupas, Busso In Fight Headliner MIAMI BEACH (UP) Second- ranked lightu'eight Ralph Dupas was a 2-1 favorite to beat highly- regarded Johnny Busso in a nationally-televised 10 -round bout tonight because of his greater speed and ex'perience. But the 21-year-oId New Orleans lightweight said he has an even better reason for winning: His anger over court troubles in I which he is trying to prove that he is white rather than Negro. Dupas said he is over the affair and plans to vent his on Busso in the ring. may make me a better fighter than I usually he MINNEAPOLIS record.

He has won the said. got to take it out on Norih South Amateur title three somebody, why not times, the Mexican Amateurj and has played on two; twice, while home, only nine on the road. The a a iw i i WTiite Sox play only eight at AvjAINST POKImEj 20 on the road. Trounre In the only other major league games Thursday, the Qeveland Indians slammed four home runs to trounce the Baltimore Orioles, 13-4, and Tom Brewer of the Boston Red Sox gained his victory of the year, 6 1 over the Detroit Tigers. leased tackle Bob Dean of land, guard Jerry Smith of Wisconsin and linebackers Glenn Bestor of Wisconsin and Bob Schaeffer of Wichita, The sequoia tree Is estimated to live 2,500 to 3,000 years and reaches heights of more than 300 feet.

British (uppers Lead Off With All-Star Lineup Today Jim Hegan, Rocky Colavito, A1 jj-j, walker Cup team nominated Smith, and Vic Wertz hit homers All-Star lineup today for for the Indians, who started foursome matches against the runs in the fir.st inning and squad in an effort 0 Cup teams. Blum three in the to gain the international cup for the won the North-South title a ah rf fi 2 Aparicio 2 1 1 1 Shaw i 1-3, Stump 2 4 1 2 3 1 1. Rrpwer 1 1 Maas 2-2. TorgAon Ib 4 i5 fi: Byrd 2-2. Slratpr M.

Shaw 0-n. ef 5 210 Minoso if 1 HBP By Maas Brrra .1 1 1 Dnh.s- rf 4 150 1 5 11 L-Mna-s 3 -llj Hurlr.v. 3 1 3 Runae. Lmont, Paparella. A- 3 0 4 0,7,504.

1 0 0 0 BALTIMORE I.EV 402S ahhoa abhna 3 10 2 narrlnpr 2b .5143 Raines 3b Ib 41 10 2 Avila 2b 3 5 33 15: firman for their thumping hy the spr-ond time in 16 tries. jKorsis, the oldest pla.ver on both Se eariirr. Mike Gar-i All but one of the eight playersjsquads, held the National Colie- Brrwer 2. Maas 3 Byrd 1, 1, i cia scattered nine hits in for today's four contests giate rroun 21 ago and non-playing Capt. Gerald Mick-itook the Big Ten title in both Sflve Money Sove Time At Yoor Excbsirtf Cealerj Auto Exhotist System lb 4 114 1 Lollfir r.

Slauzhlrr If 1 0 0 Rivrra rf KubPk 3 4 2 13 cOrnpf) Coleman 2 10 0 3 ilBcard rf a.Simp.son 0 (t 0 0 Phillip.s Ford 10 13 Donovan Sturdivant 2 0 1 1 bLumpe 3 2 0 0 0 Tuials a -Walkpd for Coleman in 71 k. out for in Vth. 0 on error for Rivera in 10 th. Ran for Dropo in lOth. New ork 001 fmo 2 rf-lf Chicaco IH'I (Mt i TnandoK Rauer.

Slaueh'er, Apanr-io. F. Cefarplli bek RHl Bauer. Torseson, 2 B- Miranda ss Mamie 2. Kubek.

HR- Bauer. Slauph-j tpf s- Skowron. Ford. SF Torsteson. I'iP: aPurham Sturdivant MrDoueald and SkouTon: i Zuvermk Coleman.

Mrnoueald and Skowrori bZupo Kubek and Tdtau Brewer allowed the Tigers only lem has held a ma.ior British title 1933 and 19.34. iin the last four vears. and two of iin the last four years. R. Carr Roid JltleS six hits.

Frank Mahone drove in the British Ama- three of the Sox runs and Ted, teur crown. Line in Rifle Meet Green ef 2 110 Smith ef ril'eik ef-rf 4 111 Wllllam.s If Frarrona 11 nn 11 i 2 1 4 0 1 Car squel ss 3 1 2 31 hits against Chicago. 3 1 Sfrir'land ss 1 1 2 li 4 2 10 Hegan 3 19 0 0 0 0 0 Garcia 3 0 11 3 0 3 0 1 0 10 0 0 2 10 2 10 0 0 S.SPMl.i TotaU 33 13 219 Donovan (15-41. Summers, Honoehick Flaherty. Chylak.

BOSTON DETROIT Bb a 3 13 0 Bolling 2b 4 2 0 4 Kuenn ss 1 0 2 0 Boone lb 0 0 0 0 Kalir.e rf 4 12 2 Maxwell If 1 2 0 Groth rf House 2 0 2 3 Finiean 3b 0 1 1 3 0 4 0 4 2 0 2 Sieater Sbaw Stump 3(1 8 12 Tdtals out for Maas in fith. b-Sinsled for Shaw ip Sth. -Ran for Williams in 9th. Boston ft'Jil HetroU fKKt (IHW-l riersall. Klaus.

Malzone. Dairy, Frewer 2. House. None. RBI Klaus.

Malzone 2. Rollins. 2B Rollingr. Piersail. DP Klaus.

Lep-io and Miai Pler.sall cf Klaas ss Williams If rSt'ph'ns If Malzone 3 rf Gernert lb Leprio 2 Maurh 2 'fotHU liams grrounded out in his other f-jvp Meets bat and dropped one point of his; 35-vear-old veteran of; PERRY, Ohio fUP) J1 5 Williams drew four walks. VVil- previous Walker Cup top Mickey who won the British uill have their If 2 0 0 0 Coiaviio rf 4 Yankees. Williams was atjin was named with Frank W.j^jg^jg Saturday on the most l.M .379 and Mantle at .373 after two q. Deighton, 30, in the No. 1 trophies in the Unit- ish foursome to play against an States as the 1957 National Ri- Amertcan combination of expert- Pistol matches enter the ence and youth.

35 -year-old Billy, rolle'i from evmy walk o( North and Smnh Amateur in The No. 2 battle will sprnbled here for what is develop- Scrutton. 34, and Alan Thursday night. Britain against spectacular shoot in match The Sports whipped Ballinger 3 7 and got a cnance tonight to 3 and Reid Jack All of last year nanonal charn- three gamps between them AmnlH S. pions Mill be on hand to defend Hobbs Strengthens Soutliwestern Grip New Vork il." Chiraso BB Don out for 2nd, 5, Sturdivant 3, Ford 1, Donovan 3.

Grounded out for Zuverir.k in Sth Press; Sturdivant 4 Ford 4 HO Sturdivant 4 Kaltiinore wto 040 4 ifc' crr-in nn in 6 Ford 1 in 5. Sturdivant Cleveland 630 001 Hoobs Strengthened itS grip On tan-i-oll M. Ford 0 0 Don-ivan 2 2 HBP- By; Gardner, Boyd. Robn.son. Green, Lea2Ue lead Scnjtton, 34.

and Alan Coleman. Ford Wertz 3. Cola-ito 3, Smjth. Wil- ic-du liams 2 Hegan 2 Robinson. Meman.

Fran- enna. 2 Carrasquel 3 2. Colavito 2 Strickland, Smith, Raines ah a 'Williams, iWilliams seored on Nieman 4 12 2 error in l.st>, 3 Gren. HR Hegan, pUt 4 0 2 3 Colavito, Smith. Wertz Avila, 3 1 8 0 SF Franrona.

DP 4 0 2 OjGardner and Boyd; Carrasquel and Wertz, ers 4 11 01 Left Baltimore R. Cleveland 4 BB 4 17 (IiO'Dell 3 Zuverink 2 3 1 for Britain against Arnold Id he second place Blum, 34, and Charles R. Kocsis their titles, nipped Carlsbad soZ! Ballinger is at Hobbs agam to-j (-attjpbell Has Top Mark 3 14 1 Zuvrrink 1 Oarria 9 H(V-o'Deii 3 irnight with CaHsbad at Lame.sa. I epu. fnn'rth matrfi will he 3 0 111 Zuvennk in R.

Cerfarelli 2 5 i. i I he tOUnn maiCfl uiil or O'Dell fi-fi. Zuverink fi- 6 Garria 1 0 0 0 4 4 Cerca relli 1 1 Garciq L- 0 0 0 1 0 i 2 -Ri. Rice and 0 0 0 0 Rommel. 2 18 2 672 0 0 0 0 110 0 0 0 0 0 31 6 9, DEATH PROBFn PARK RAPID.9, Minn.

Doctors said today that a brain hemorrhage caused the death of 14-year-old Dan Costello in a high school football practice day night. The was Fifer, and Akie Sanders; iknocked off his feet while holding halfbacks Jimmy Graves, blocking dummy and his head eddy, Ben Fralin, and Loren' struck the ground. Tech's Vakey Star In Packer Victory leading pass receiver in Green Bay 17-14 win over the Chicago Cardinals at Austin recently was Texas Ken Vakey. Vakey, who w'ound up his Raider eligibility fall, caught three pa.sses for 34 yards. Babe Parilli threw to him to set up the rallying in the fourth quarter.

Vakey started the game. Hobbs sent three runs home in Rudolph, 23, and Hillman Robbins the fourth to cement its victory. 25. for the United States vs Gene Taylor provided two with a Alex F. Shepperson, 21, and Guy homer.

Ron Ki.ser poled a two-runjWolstenholme, 26. blow for Ballinger. CajTipbell has the Bob Blanton FORMERLY OP Roberts Borber Shop is now wifh COLLIER'S. BARBER SHOP INDIAN GARDENS Bob invites you to visit him at his new location. FALL BOWLING LEAGUES ARE NOW BEING FORMED AT THE Q.C.

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