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The Daily Times-News from Burlington, North Carolina • Page 11

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PAGE ELEVEN A Tribe Stretches Lead By Defeating Yankees Dodgers Take Top BURLINGTON (N.C.) DAILY J1MES NEWS, THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1954 Talbot Hflicve 'Who Got Sugar From Sugar Baltimore Pushes A's, Into Cellar Carter Drops Riley During Second Round Major League Schedule Maker Has Tough Chore CHATtl HSTOV. Va Who 'u ill et $30,000 harV. murh lc ST. LOUIS Ring wise Jimmy j.ot the in the Sugar who got the 'sugar' from the Sugar Carter of New York, displaying jU.vj: Wl." Sims wrote Stewart. "'call.

powwacked attack in his sec; sh Ujr r.AYi.i: T.U.BOT NEW YOltK uhhg togeth Baltimore's emergence as a SvTtandweadv todav fo'in Rar Sia14 r3i1''1 su ar' the auditor's office advanced to the gue baseball Western member of the Amen JhVwri fi yesterday five month aft university on Dec. 16. 13. more big the Nats Trip Timers, ,7 To 2: IMiilliis pmvii Cincinnati By BKN AP Sport ttriier iihrdulrs iy, has been one of 'ague nas. oi course, inrw n.

Marro "lM irlmj Mountaineers S30.000. to send the foot complicated that circuit completely out of kil chSr VvSmU SrS two wnX down Nu 0r the Sugar Bowl In. lately. with the On May 15 for example, the The j'. Sugar Be! last New Year's Xew Orleans." the auditor added.

f'in lreses the Yankees found themselves rushing pounds ow. tm lumwt u.n.i I)av catch a late afternoon train out 13,. rocked thillia Charley with "We have had much difficulty realignment hi nil. fur jarring nnis io senu me It looks more and more ns 1st about in nual hradac nlav a double lja'dh alaignrr dr.n for an (MW a(j camc President Irvin Stewart. If this Cleveland team really header the next dav.

On May 13 cujnl anu men imi neu was a sorry mess." be said. Dr. Stewart said he was told the check was supposed to be in the hook n. t. jii.

ch', a oiazing lei: schedules wvr, out by for a night game. tht' Jaw nt'Ahu lUU'y Tlie Nationals claim that some l2Z, out body made out their schedule with of sPl.ond round in tlu. a sledgehammer too. lor instance. c.

mail and due at Morgantown any 2 39 minute. Tsed L'ndcr regulations prescrilxil by la the Kitiiern Conference. West 'ir NOT SO SPOTLESS NEWARK. N.J. The proprietors of the Spotless Diner uere somewhat mysterious geniu named Clemen! Schwener.

a re tired Boston banker who apparent ly had loads of tune on his hand and a heaven sent git! for sohin; means business. The Indians frankly admit they like it up on top of the American League standings and they're willing to fight to stay theic. Last night they fought and won their toughest battle so Willie Kctchum. Carter mana rivals. Brooklyn and the Gijnts come from the confernce rather ujcjju riddles.

ger, said after the fight: SWITCH PITCHER Marion Malher. lfc vear old hurler for Hun ided he ln tne lirsi six are oin Jo NIV ttian the Howl sponsors. ior lauure mainiaia sched 'he season and did not to see if I "Ht' ia not know whether weproper sanitary conditions. tington. West High, shows his dual ahilitv to nitch effectively far as thev beat tne New 'with cither, hand.

Since ha always uses a glove made for a right note the picture at right with the Rlove on the wrong hand. York Yankees 8 7 in ule and the onerous job was thrust lt ejrn 'ni'f again unui neari pjn down 0t.Marro handlers for upon Harry Simmons, voung and weeks later, on May 23. The gn t.arj(.r s)0t at the title. If we able secretary of the International jants make no appearance can.t one without UlQ mut.h U'ague. ritm otiw tn ia nu timc PjapSin2 i want to get Carter sSLS Schoolboy Switch Pitcher Got jumped off to a 7 0 lead in At the moment Simmons is strug gling manfully with his slide rules the first inning.

Minor League His Start With Maimed Hand BEACH VACATION BARGAINS Wagner Collages Kure Beach, N.C. some more fights to keep him in condition for the title bid." The return fight, which had been' scheduled for las', night in San Francisco, was postponed until September when DeMarco was stricken with a virus Infection. and weather charts and patching together a master plan for 1955 which he will be expected to present to the respective league magnates some time in August. If they Scores A home run by nobby Avila tied the' score in the ninth and another homer, this time by At Smith, broke it up. What made the come By CHARLES F.

STAFFORD AP Newsfeaturcs to start his delivery. He pitches with a clove made for a rig'it Fishing! hander. Thus, when he throws leftirun true to form, each of the back even more amauns ic relief nitching of five HUNTINGTON W. Va. (Lefty) Majhcr.

star pitcher of the Huntington High baseball team. Is ears tne gioveon me wrong fjd a number of glaring hand Indian hurlcrs who held the Yan equalities or maladjustments and' YESTERDAY'S STARS By The Associated Press INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Buffalo 10, Toronto 5 Richmond 7, Montreal 2 Havana 4. Ottawa 3 1 10 innings) a nchty. too. He pitches with eith.

Repcntly, the 6 foot l. 175 pound threw a five inninc nohitter as insist that changes be made. Along about mid December, by which time the final drafts of his brain cr hand and does well with both. It's a wonder Lefty throws at his team defeated Wayne' High, 10 kees hltless for nine full innings after a six hit splurge in the first. This ability to fight hack against a powerful rival on foreign terri mrv makes Cleveland a solid lVLLKI.V KATI1S; all.

BATTING Bobby Avila. Cleve 0. in relict against Milton nigh, child must be approved, Simmons Rochester at Syracuse, ppd. tht T.rn Kurt Rrirh within ers Hl: ll ll and OUT I1SHEK i mlBulrt fide frtm thttt r.tUjo MODERN REACH COTTAGES B.Ut a 111. Cars kit twa Tmi HW camplde firnlibrd kltfhui; flMlrlc rrlrlitr.l.r: m.Urr.tci; b.z tprlnji; fim pllUwt; icrrrmd parcbrt.

When Majher was born 18 years! he put down a rally with his be wishing he had taken land Indians, hit a home run to i tie the score in the ninth inning AMERICAN ASSOCIATION ago. his right hand was bent pap allel to his wrist. To straighten the! against the Yankees and also col lected two singles, raising nis band, doctors broke every bone in the hand and reset them. threat. The Indians have.

had consistently good teams the past three seasons when they've finished second. But they lacked the spark to fight of the Yankees over eaguc hatting average to .392. PITCHING Don Mossi. Ray The operation stunted the growth of the youngster's hand. It is considerable smaller than his left.

Narleski. Bob Hooper. Mike Garcia arm and then pitched the rest of bird branding instead of baseball, the game with his right because. This will be due in part to con t'l wanud to save my left arm forjsiderahle unhappincss over the a game the next day." schedules being played this season. When he isn't pitching he plays; without having anv idea who was the outfield, throwing with his right fault, or whe" it would have arm so he won't hurt his left.

been humanlv usible to have And Lefty, no slouch at the plate. done better in the face of new has three home runs this difficulties, we can only say that He also run.s like a deer, having the" yelps of discontent seem to be been a football halfback. 'louder and more freuuent than we SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION Chattanooga 6. Atlanta 5 (10 in iihrd lullr Car the full season. and Hal Newhousc.

Cleveland In Newhouser Wins dianscombined to pitch nine hit When he first took an interest Last night Early Wynn. normally baseball. Lefty figured it would little nock 2. New Orleans 1 less innings as Cleveland came Memphis 6, Mobile 2 Ifrom seven runs behind to beat Birmingham 13, Nashville 4 New York, 8 7, in 10 innings. cne of the club's top pitchers.

I strengthen his right hand if he couldn't get a man So his learned to throw from starboard relief followers mopped up in al as weu as portside. His determina ability will get him a college offer. jnost perfect fashion once me nrM.tion paid off. Innlnn was over. The victory went A uaUcr nevcr knows whether But he says he would change his mind about college for a pro DclUXe PROFiSSIOHAL MICHANICS Wfttljm to Hal Newhouser.

who finished nes R0jns. t0 gct a eft 0r right fessional baseball contract. with three illness iramcs. handed pitch until Majner gets set uinninc the Indians nulled two games in front of the Chicago White Sox. who bowed 5 2 to Bos ton.

Baltimore pusiieci miaucipiua Into the league cellar with a 9 1 decision, wasningion ul imh troit 7 2. nrooklvn took first place the Kational League by one game over the Milwaukee Braves as they slashed to a 7 decision against SPORTS FLASH SS thf Rravcs in live inning uiai more than four hours, Including two lengthy delays be cause oi ram. rnuaucipinu rwtnnnti 7 0. It was too cold for Pittsburgh and the Cubs in unicago and too wet in si. i nuis iur me Card nals anu 1 ofk.

Sandy Consucgra nad piled up five straight victories hut he ran into a storm in the very first inning at Boston. The White Sox right hander was battered for four runs in the first and his mates touldn't get even against rookie Frank Sullivan and veteran Ellis Kinder. Jackie Jensen's two run triple was the big blow of the Red Sox' first. Coleman Ccts Fifth Joe Coleman got another chance Granny Hamner, crack second baseman of, the Phillies, was much annoyed." A fellow In a car was tailing him. He protested to Philadelphia polite, and the Quaker City coppers promised protection.

They the driver of the trailing car, who proved to be Charles DcLand, a private eye employed by the Phillies to keep ah eye pn the Hamner was quite indignant and club Prcaidcnt Bob Carpentc. publicly apologized to Granny, saying, "the detective tralled'the. wrong man," anil Hamner cooled off. Commissioner Ford Frick was asked for comment. He replied: "It's no violation of baseball law," and said it had been going on for years.

'Many of the stories in the current issue of The. Sporting News deil with' Babe Ruth and his efforts to evade curfew laws set by his club. In his autobiography "My Fifty Years in Baseball," the. late Ed Barrow said it was his custom no' to retire until all his players "had checked in, but he gave up at A o'clock one morning when Ruth was missing. The hotel employee whom he asked to continue the vigil report at 6 a.m.

that the Great to taunt his forme rtcammatcs as he registered hts film victory ior Baltimore and his second straight over the Athletics. The Orioles clubbed 14 hits, equalling their last of the season. Clint Court 'tioy's three run homer climaxed a fcix run rally in the eighth. Eddie Yost of the Senators wiavorl hU 700th consecutive game. the longest streak since Lou Geh rig Of tne ailKees ran u(i his hhji of "2.130.

The occasion was a suc cessful one for the Cenators, who noppeu uii u.ulm in the first four innings for an easy victory over uctroii. Curt Simmons of the Phillies scattered six Cincinnati hits in win nine his second shutout and his in Man had arrived. Borrow storm coaxing to renege on his announcement that this will be his last season in baseball. He made it mostly to please his magazine article ghost so his friends say. The Pirates have a veteran employe whose name indicates that he might be useful to Manager Fred Haney how and then.

But Haney never calls on him. The man's name? Walter in the club's auditing department. Joe Garagiola came up with the best gag of the season when the Cubs' popular backstop recalled that on his Washington visit he told a Senatecommltce under oath, that lie was a .250 hitter and now wonders, if he hits .300. whether he will be liable for perjury! When Bobo Ncwsoqt. who is conducting a prc gamc television show for the Orioles, was asked if he thought he would have been able to win 30 games a year in Baltimore's spacious Memorial Stadium, he drawled.

"I don't know about that, but I do know that you could raise cattle out there while a game was going on and never interrupt 1(." Stan Musial. who failed to hit a homer at Crosley Field In Cincinnati all of last season, ha, already blasted a pair in "the orchrd there. The Yankees have another Mantle coming up cousin Max exciting raves for McAlcster. the Bronxcrs' farm in the Sooner State League. Sid Murcison, wealthy Texas oil man who was supposed to have made a bid of $5,000,000 for the Dodgers, squashed the report by explaining, "The only thing I'd bid 55.000,000 Wr would be 56,000,000." Catcher Ed Bailey of the Red legs had the rare experience of going through the entire eighth inning against the Cardinals without handling a single pitch, although five men went to bat for the Rcdblrds, May 23.

The first two men up singled, both hitting the first pitch and then the three men following went out on outfield (lies also hitting the first pilch. fifth game. He's been beaten four) times. The Milwaukee name was held lUiflfl You'dfapecf fo HEAVY GAUGE STEEL I jjl rY Everything Pictured! illl 11 NO MONEY DOWN! I iMPpM)NLY SI. 00 WEEKLY! maf III 111 I III I III I I Electricians, Factory and OWiA HI HI I II "HUSKY" 12 Pc MtTflMf GUARANTEED 12 IH.

DRIVE SOCKET SIT Horn Maintenance, Etc. fi (0 llf "HUSKY" 9 Pc Sodit St 6 Pc Box Wrtnth Stt ill I III JJll.l IHII 6 Pc Optn End Wrtnth Stt 8 Pc Alltn Wrtnth Set vt tp. rfff JT 55 ill 1 W.lJ I Wn II Pi 14 Pc Piitol Grip Hbow 6 Pc All Purpo.t Hommtr HTl jjlS 1 TTP up for 1 hour and 31 minutes at the start of the third with Brooklyn ahead 2 1. The Braves went ahead 2 in the last of the fourth on Eddie Mathews grandslam home ed into The Babe's room, to find him cozily under the covers, smoking a pipe. "Do you always smoke a pipe at this hour oj the day?" asked Barrow.

"Sure." said Ruth: "It's very relaxing." Barrow jerked off the covers. The Babe had some difficulty explaining why he was fully dressed, even to his shoes. John McGraw frequently employed private eyes during his un. with the rain coming down it looked as if all the Braves had to do to pick up the victory was ro cet three Ddgcrs out in the fifth. historic and colorful 30 years as 3ut before they could, wey nau made two errors, Brooklyn had manager oi me uianis.

uc nad added three hits and had scored to deal with such characters as five runs to take the lend. ugs naymonu anu rnu uougias Timr was called nc.un auer me Innings but the game was called without further play. Ncver Say Die Wins Al Epsom, Going For Mark LONDON Ml Trainer Joe Law nn toilnv ran an expert eye over 'Never Say Die, handsome chest nut winner oi tne nam ruiimiiu oi th HtvMim Derhv. and said: "Now ve go for a mile and a half race at Ascot classic St. Lcger." Thai means Never Say on his squads, not to mention a few others who disappeared from the big league roster after private Investigations.

Years ago the late 1 1 Brlggs, who owned the Detroit Tigers, put a private eye on Boots Poffcnberger. his unpredictable pitcher. A few days later he called" The Baron Into his office for a conference and reads off an imposing list of things the young man had done and the plares he'd been. "llow'd you find. out all those thing nsked Porfenberger.

Brlggs explained that he had put a detective on the pitcher's heels. "That's silly," said Boots. "Why don't you put him after some of the other guys? You know what I'm going lo do." George Barr, former major league umpire and now president of the Western Association, writes: "How do you think Dlz zy Dean would get along In th Western Association announcing the games with tho following players In tho lineups: Hutchinson, Gongorck: loin. Zolllecoffcr, Calada, Del Toro; Joplln; Mues enfechter, Ghclfl, Kemenikl, Dal Porto, Slachta; Mouikofec, Fun dnra, Svntnky, Tkaenle, Chep kauskas; SI. Joe, Spcra, Prautz, Pisanl; Topeka, Layana, Loeiko, Poslnpanka? Laughs Will Pep Up Your VACATION owned by Robert Sterling Clark of Uppervlllc.

is going auer a 7i.vmr.old record. The only American owned and American bred colt to win both the Derby and St. Lcger slakes Is Iroquois who turned the trick for Pierre Lonliard, a tonacco millionaire. In 1881. Never Say Die took the first leg! yesterday with a two lengths vic tory In tne miie anu a n.

ucruy, Thn colt finished strongly and ex Lay Away For Dad FATHER'S DAY JUNE 20 pert nld he appeared lo have Lay Away For Dad FATHER'S DAY JUNE 20 omethlng in reserve at he swept TtTbern stein, mgr. H.lf patt the winning po. lllll Skowron. rookie lint bate man for the Yankees, hats andi b.l star (or Purdua ht ai a lIt feottd kjekax. Ted Wtlllami woa'l aitd muck.

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