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J. 1 2-nta Crut Sjntinel-Newi Sunday, May 27, 1956 (Lmig Hite Jkh MU Dim As Coiraseconftive airmes Air Force Ace Flies And He's Out By A Mile Kitty HpXVVSC: wv. 1 World Track Marks Are Shattered At Modesto By Jack Stevenson Modesto (A. two world's records were bettered last night in the California Relays as Jim Lea, formerly of the University of Southern California, ran the quarter mile in45 8 and an all-star two-mile relay team won that event in 7:25.2. Lea, the slim 1953 and 1954 NCAA champion, eclipsed the 440-yard mark of 46 seconds flat set by Herb McKen-ley of Jamaica in 1948.

The unattached team from Los Angeles, Jim Walters, i 1 1 i i 't mnun ii iiiti iiiimni a Sox Explode For 21 Runs Against Tigers The Native Sons Red Sox served notice Friday afternoon they are again the team to beat in the American Little League. Defending champions, the Red Sox blasted out 15 hits to easily romp over the Junior Chamber Tigers, 21-1, in a one-sided contest. Manager Carl Sandman used 15 men in the one-sided struggle which put the Sox into a tie with the Elk Yankees for first place. Don Gerig and Don McDuffee led the hitting attack. Gerig had four for five, while McDuffee had three for three.

Both men drove in three runs and slapped out a triple. McDuffee was the winning hur-ler as he limited the Tigers to three hits. He walked only one batter and fanned nine. In the National League game, the Cardinals' John Bowen pitched a no-hitter to no avail. Wild pitches and walks proved his undoing as the Kiwanis Pirates won a close, 4-3, verdict.

Tomorrow's double bill finds Optimist Indians and Junior Chamber Tigers meeting- in the 5:15 opener, while the Lion Cubs face the Pirates. shortly after Bobby Morrow, the great sprinter from Texas' Abilene Christian college, won the 100-yard dash in :09.4, just one-tenth second off the world record. Morrow, running between Mike Agostini of Fresno State and Bobby Whilden of Texas university, pulled a step ahead at about the midway point and held his advantage. Whilden took second and Agostini, who hails from Trinidad, was third. Andy Stanfield, running for the 4 1 York Pioneer club, was in the Jerry Jones shows the sliding form he has learned in Little League baseball as he attempts to make it to second base in yesterday's encounter between the Live Oak Browns Showers Force Postponement Of 500-Mile Qualifying Runs the fourth spot.

Morrow's time matched the :09.4 he ran in winning his qualifying heat. The wind was 2.2 mph, within that allowable for a record. The sprint was strictly a three-man affair, as Morrow, Agostini and Whilden pulled ahead of the field from the start and ran nearly even until Morrow moved into the lead. Agostini held second place until Whilden beat him in the last strides. Morrow's time matched the California Relays record.

Shoemaker Takes Blame For Swaps' Loss On Himself Inglewood Jockey Willie Shoemaker took the blame yesterday for the defeat of Swaps by Porterhouse in the rich California handicap at Hollywood Park. It appeared that Swaps had the race won until Porterhouse headed him in the stretch and stuck his nose out in front in the photo finish picture. "It wasn't his fault he didn't win," said Willie as he dismounted to the roar of boos from the fans. "He was just galloping along, pricking his ears in the stretch and I eased up on him. "Once I saw the other horse coming I couldn't get him to running again in time to hold him off." By Dale Burgess Indianapolis (A.

Intermittent showers yesterday slicked the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and forced postponement of 10-mile qualification runs for the 40th Memorial Day 500-mile race until tQdav 596; Jim Rathmann, Miami, Twenty-nine cars already were'O, and Pat O'Connor, North in the tentative field from quali- Ind- "4.980 fications last weekend. There also was little chance of The remaining four spots could I bumping iormer Memorial Da be filled in perhaps 20 minutes champs Bob Swe.kert of lndian-but drivers of 22 unqualified earsjaP0- winner; Troy Rutt- Seals Whip Stars San Francisco M5). -Terry Ca-sale outlasted Hollywood's 9th inning four-run rally yesterday as the San Francisco Seals beat the Stars, 64. The win was Casale sixth against one defeat. Hollywood 000 000 0044 8 1 San Fran.

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Qm tm'ics PEAK PERFORMANCE mtmiU HORSEPOWER! PALOMAR GARAGE 711 Front GA 3-5454 jfK- VI Roundup Red-Hot Bucs Hand Phillies 6-2 Setback By Die Associated Pres Dale Long, twice cast off by the Pittsburgh Pirates and now in full bloom as a slugger, broke a 34-year old major league record yesterday when he hit his seventh home run in as many consecutive games to lead the surging Pirates to a 6-2 victory over the Phillies. The 30-year-old lefty swinger clouted relief pitcher Ben Flowers' first pitch in the eighth inning for a solo homer over the high right field wall in the Phillies' Connie Mack Stadium. The seven-for-seven games cracked the six-for-six mark set in 1922 by Ken Williams of the St. Louis Browns and equalled by three New York Giants, George Kelly, AValker Cooper and Willie Mays, and the famed Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees. Long tied that record Friday night in hitting his 12th four-bagger of the season against the Phillies.

He now has 13 to lead the league. He also tops the circuit in batting and runs batted in. Hank Foiles and Frank Thomas also hit Pittsburgh homers in the win that sent the Pirates into a tie for third place with Cincinnati. Foiles' two Tun homer broke a 2 2 deadlock in the sixth and gave Vernon Law his second win against three defeats. League leading Milwaukee, held hitless by three Cincinnati pitchers for innings, edged the Kedlegs, 21, on Frank Torres' 11th inning single which broke up an odd pitching contest.

linger Craig pitched a fine three-hitter to give Brooklyn a 6 0 triumph over the New York Giants. St. Louis' second place Cards were rained out of their home game with Chicago. In the American league, Wash-! fngton's Senators whipped the i Boston Red Sox, 4-1, and Detroit i routed Kansas City, 12-6, as Harvey Kuenn led the -Tigers with two doubles and a pair of singles. Cleveland was rained out at Chicago in the only other scheduled day game.

The bunched up National league race has the Braves in first on percentages a half game behind St. Louis, with Pittsburgh and Cincinnati only a game behind St. Louis. The Dodgers are a game further back in fifth place. Milwaukee was held hitless for the first 923 innings by three pitchers, Johnny Klippslein.

Her-fhell Freeman and Joe Black, but the victory went to Ray Crone who pitched a seven hitter and shutout ball for 82a innings. The Cincinnati trio set a record the first time three pitchers collaborated on a no-hitter for nine innings. Milwaukee finally wound up with three hits and the ball game. The Baltimore Orioles stole the New York Yankees' slugging thunder as they defeated the league leaders 9-4 in a night game. Consecutive first inning homers tlQVJS Views By GEO.

H. SCOFIELD YOUR FRIENDLY FORD DEALER Well, graduation dayi art upon tu again and the netion'a high achool and university campuaea art buziing with the nd-of-the-emeiier activities. All over the country silver-tongued orators have been spraying their tonsils end practicing their speeches in front of mirrors as they get primed to promise the world to me new crop of graduates. Som of the boys will be headed for the armed services but most of the "grads" will be fumbling for foothold In industry. Here prospects are rosier than Technicolor.

From all reports there will be more jobs than people to fill them which should give all ambitious graduates a running start on the road to success. So choose your field do your best and good luck to you all. As you've orobably heard by now, Santa Crui has earned a National Safety Council award for its traffic safety record In 1955. Police traffic bureau records list only one traffic death in 1955. This is a great tribute to the iob our police deoertment doing.

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And remember, "It's Easy to Pay the Scofield Way." No money down, op to months to pay on rtpt'tr work. so hoped for a chance to squeeze into the lineup. 11 the rain continues through the scheduled final qualifying session Sunday, track officials planned to add another one Monday to fill the field. Once 33 cars are Qualified, a driver can make the Memorial Day lineup only by beating the speed of the slowest car in the tentative field and "bumping" it. If the iield is filled during a brief break in the weather, there will be no additional trials aftcri Sunday, even though some drivers don't get a chance to qualify.

Drivers "sweating out" the possibility of being bumped and praying for only a short break in the rain included Rookie Bill Garrett of Burbank. slowest in the tentative field at miles an hour. Safe from worry in the front row are early qualifiers Pat Flaherty, Chicago, with a record by Bob Nieman and Gus Triandos sparked an outburst of 15 hits. Nieman. acquired last Monday from the White Sox, hit safely in his four times at the plate and drove in as many runs.

Triandos sent three across with his homer and a double. The defeat reduced the Yanks' lead over idle Cleveland to 3' 2 games. One Of The Greats Box scores: Cardinals Piralei ABR AB Bowen 2 1 3 Nix.ss Raflanti.c 1 Bivins.cf 0 1 0 3 0 0 J. Bowen. R.Wilson.

If Geiger.lb McNeely.c Davis. ss Hnye.rf Wilson, rf Clark.lb 1 1 Wood. If Bum pus, rf Barling. Seigle.ss Arneson.lf Totals 18 3 3 Totals IS 4 0 Suminarv: Cardinals 010 023 Hits 020 103 Pn-atps 001 124 Hits 000 000 RBI Wilson. LP Bowen.

WP Wright. BB off Bowen 7, Wright 1. Barling 1 SO by Bowen 12, Wright Barling 6. Bed Sox Kadatoni.3b 6 Skinner. 11" 1 Konopka.ss 4 D.McDffe.p 3 Pederson.lb 1 3 McLghln.cf 2 Tigers Carnev.2b 3 Bargas.3b 2 Kingdom.lf 2 Chnstnsn.ss 2 Suter.c 2 Craighill.lb 2 Davis.rf 0 Ford.cf 0 Pierce.

1 1 Allen.cf 1 Williama.rf 2 Gerig. Craig.rf 1 Caso.lf 1 Harris.lb 1 Odermann McDffe.r 0 Steen.cf 1 Totals 30 21 13 I Totals 18 1 3 Summary; Red Sox 121 89-21 Hits 112 56-15 Tieers 000 01 1 Hits 100 02 3 3BH Gerig. D. McDuffee. 2BH Suter, Wilkins.

RBI Kadatont, Skin ner 2, Konopka 3. Caso, McDuflee 3 Harris. Wilkins 2. Gerig 3. LP Pierce WP D.

McDuffee. BB off Pierce 10, Hargas b. craigniu Mcuurtee i SO by Pierce 4, Bargas 1, Craighill Aicuuitee Pet. 59 26 40 0 3 BB CO HB FA ERA WP .250 .250 .143 .000 .000 57 54 63 52 41 38 4 20 39 17 3 1 8 67 4 27 4 13 35.00 23 4 3 .211 128 141 123 11 137 4.83 12 rial cuiier, uanny ocnweiKeri anu Bill Weiss beat the former two- mile relay standard of 7:27.3 established by Fordham in 1954. Second place Occidental and third place Southern California with 7:26.6 and 7:26.7, were also under the Fordham time.

Four AAU timers caught the fleet Lea in :45.8 and another had him in 46 seconds flat. The Abilene Christian 880-yard relay team of Bill Workhouse. James Segrest, Don Conder and Bobby Morrow tied the existing world record of 1:24 set by USC in 1949. The Texans also won 440-yard sprint relay, with Ray mond Griggs running a leg instead of Conder, in :40.2. That time equals the existing world mark, but a Texas university quartet ran :40.1 earlier this year.

Texas was second, USC third and Baylor fourth in the 880 relay. Both Texas and Baylor were disqualified for faulty passing in the 440 relay. Before the race. Lea told newsmen he had been suffering from a leg soreness, but it did not show as he pulled ahead of Eddie Southern, University of Texas freshman, and J. W.

Mashburn of Oklahoma coming down the stretch. Lea finished about four yards ahead of Mashburn with Southern third. The 23-year-old Lea, 155-pounder who stands 5 feet 11, was third with about 120 yards to go and then put on a tremendous finish. Meet officials said conditions were okay for Lea's time to be submitted to the International Amateur Athletic Federation for official recognition. The wind during the race was 2.9 miles per hour.

Lea. who barely missed making the 1952 Olympic team, returned just this week from a meet in Ifawaii. The record-bettering 440 came Live Oak And Soquel Shine In MC Opener If yesterday's opening day exhibition games are any criterion, the Live Oak Browns and Soquel Athletics are the teams to watch in the Mid-County Little Leaeue. Both teams showed plenty of class in their three-inning open ers. The Live Oak nine displayed awesome power as it banged out 10 hits, including a four-master by Bill Moody in deteating the Aptos White Sox, 14-1.

With' Gerald Slettin being stingy with the hits, the Soquel Athletics defeated the Capitola Senators. 4-2, in the second game of the afternoon. Regular season play begins to morrow afternoon at 4:45 with a doubleheader slated. The first Eanie finds the farm teams bat tling while the 6:15 feature contest sees the White Sox and Sen ators meeting. Yesterday's opener was wit nessed by more than 500 per sons who packed the Capitola school diamond stands to witness the youngsters in action and to see the traditional opening day ceremonies.

A parade starting in Aptos and winding through the four towns before reaching the stadium opened the festivities. Harry Hooper, former big league outfielder, threw out the first ball, while Capitola Mayor Joe Tabacchini gave the welcoming speech. Mid County Little League has games scheduled Monday through Friday, except Wednesday, weekly through July 26. Fifteen players saw action for Manager Bill Reddehase's squad. Ron Sousa and Denny Glaum each contributed two hits to the attack, while Bobby Kohen added a triple.

Timmy. McLaughlin showed good pitching for the Browns as he limited the Sox to three hit? during the abbreviated game. Slettin showed near perfect control during his stint for the Senators. John Trinchero, 82; Charles West-Water, 93. Pacific Grove (349) Gary Belcher, 83; Dennis Harper, 84; Norman Davis, 89; Don Powers, 93.

Five members of the Card JV squad acted as caddies for the Santa Cruz high team. They were: Dick Alderson, Barry Watkins, Jim Harris, Andy Gustavson and Carl VVeyman. 2I Gas 1 Jv Cards Had Miserable Season At Bat, Fielding, Pitching The sad story of Santa Cruz high school's baseball team Is graphically told in the complete statistics for the 19-game season compiled by The Sentinel-News. Winners of only four games, the Cards hit a miserable .189 for the season and their fielding and pitching was not much better. As a team, the Cards' fielding the ball at an .879 clip, while their pitchers gave up 4.83 earned runs per game.

Bobby Vega, the Redbirds' junior infielder pitcher, walked away with most of the individual honors. He led the squad in hitting with a good .326 average, collected the most hits, 15; had the highest slugging average, struck out less than any other regular, only three times; plus being the team's leading hurler. Ron Daugherty, despite going into a batting slump in the final weeks of the season, led the team in RBI's. The slender fielder knocked in eight runs ahead of him. Lanky Tom Curtiss was the team's most dangerous hitter with four doubles and a triple to his credit.

Daugherty and Gary Brown led the team In stolen bases with three each, while Daugherty also tied with Lou Costa in number of sacrifice hits, two. Costa and Jerry Neumann tied for the number of walks received, 17 each. Billy Wallers and Bob Alemany were the strikeout kings with 14 each. Vega won two and lost six as a hurler. He was the only Card thrower to win more than one game.

He also had the lowest ERA average with a 4.20 mark. Complete statistics: and Aptos White Sox. The game was one of two three-inning exhibition contests at the Capitola diamond marking the oprning oft he Mid-County man ot Lynwood, liioz and Johnnie Parsons of Van Nuys, 1950. Sports Calendar TOMORROW Optimist Indians vs. Jaycee Tigers.

Lion Cubs vs. Kiwanis Pirates. Santa Cruz Little Leagues, Encinal street stadium, 5:15 p.m., no admission charge. Aptos White Sox vs. Capitola Senators, Mid County Little League, Capitola school, preliminary game 4:45 p.m., feature game 6:15 p.m., no admission charge.

Boulder Creek Tigers vs. Ben Lomond Yankees, San Lorenzo Valley Little League, SLV high school, preliminary game 4:45 p.m., feature game 6:15 p.m., no admission charge. Brovia Ups Mark Things are slowly but surely looking up for Joe Brovia, the only Santa Cruzan now playing in organized baseball. The big outfielder, now seeing duty with Buffalo of the International league, connected for three singles and a double in 14 trips to the plale last week to boost his average 22 points. Al Simmons ball's Hall of Fame in 1953.

His plaque at the Cooperstown, N.Y., shrine contains this brief rundown on his great career: ''Played with 7 major league I I I Little League season. The Live Oak player is Kill Moody. Moody was one of the stars of the game as he lofted the first home run of the season for the Browns. Wollenberger Is Medalist In Tourney Watsonville. Host Watsonville managed to garner team honors in the annual CCAL golf tourney held yesterday at the Pajaro Valley (Watsonville) Country club, but Santa Cruz managed to gain a portion of the individual honors.

Lou Wollenberger shot a one-over-par 72 to tie Carmel's Tim Grant for medalist honors in the 18 hole championship. The Cards finished third behind Monterey with a score of The Wildcats won with a 301 total, while the Toreadors, regular season champs, finished with 319. Team scores were figured on the best four scores out of five players. Santa Cruz might have managed to move into second place if the team's number one man, Bob Frey, hadn't had an off day. Frey, usually a mid-70 shooter, blew sky high and finished with an 88.

The other members of the team shot as follows: Wollenberger, 72; Steve Wollenberger, 78; James Smith, 85; Paul Rich, 87. Complete results: Watsonville (301) Jim Dickson, 75; Dan Hiura, 75, Mitch Se-condo, 75; Dave Hiura, 77. Monterey (319) Mike Maio-rana, 78: Bill Carnazo, 78; Dan Searle, 81: Jerrv Leffler, 82. King City (324) Jim Pettitt, 74; Dick Smith, 82; Gabriel Banuelos, 82: Kov Cahill, 86. Carmel (326) Tim Pete Mitchell, 74; John Morse, 86; Stan Whitmore, 94.

Salinas (327) Lynn Smith, 77; Larry Hitchcock, 79; Jack Wilkinson, 79; John Lvons, 92. Gilroy (347) Ron Leonti, 78; Dead At 54 clubs 1924-1944. Star with Phila (A.L.). Batted .208 to .392 from 1924 to 1934 hits bv A right-handed batter with 2.831. Led league runs batted in.

runs scored, hits and total bases several seasons. Hit 3 home runs, July 15, 1932 Simmons played for the A's for nine years, at one time drawing $33,333 a season for three ears. He was sold to the Chicago White Sox in 1932 along with Jimmy Dykes, now a roach at Cincinnati, and Mule Haas, for $150,000. He plaved for the White Sox, Detroit, Washington and Boston in the American League and Cincinnati and Boston in the National before winding up his playing career with the A's as a pinch-hitter in .1944. Al retired in 1951 after serving as a coach with the A's and the Indians.

In recent years he was connected with the New York Journal American's sandlot baseball program. Simmons is remembered for his batting heroics, but he also was a great fielder and accurate thrower. He seldom, if ever, made an error of judgement, according to his contemporaries. The black-haired, broad-shouldered Simmons was a fierce competitor. Someone once asked him why he hated pitchers.

The 6-foot, 200-pound Simmons replied: "Why shouldn't I. They're trying to take the bread and butter out of my mouth." oy -Mo mrl sHViK. It. ebb Hall Of Famer Al Simmons AB Avg. 2b 3b HR SA FA SB Sac HP BB SO RBI Vega 46 12 15 .326 1 2 0 .4:15 .702 2 0 0 16 3 4 Weedon 15 2 4 .267 0 0 0 .267 .728 1 1 0 1 8 3 Daugherty 42 8 11 .264 0 0 0 .264 .813 3 2 1 13 13 8 L.

Costa 33 7 8 .242 0 0 0 .242 2 2 2 17 8 7 Curtiss 28 4 8 .214 4 1 0 .42 .867 0 1 1 5 7 8 Delucca 27 1 5 .185 0 0 0 .185 .800 2 0 0 1 6 4 Alemany 51 7 9 3 0 0 .235 .702 1 1 0 8 14 6 Ifland 23 3 4 .174 0 0 0 .174 .982 1 0 0 5 7 0 Neumann 38 8 8 .158 0 0 0 .158 .923 0 1 1 17 12 3 Walters 27 2 4 .148 0 0 0 .148 0 1 0 3 14 1 Brown 22 1 3 .136 0 0 0 .138 .875 3 0 0 4 7 0 Scott 31 6 4 .129 0 0 0 .129 .810 2 13 ft 1 Hogan 24 3 3 .125 0 0 0 .125 .923 2 0 0 5 7 0 Sloper 16 1 2 .125 0 0 0 .125 .833 0 0 1 12 2 N. Costa 14 0 1 .071 0 0 0 .071 .980 1 1 0 7 6 1 Dakan 8 2 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 4 6 0 LaMothe 2 0 0 OiiO 0 0 0 1 000 0 0 0 0 1 0 Kenney 1 0 0 000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 Negro 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 1 0 Totals 67 85 .189 8 3 0 .220 .879 21 10 120 138 46 Filching TP Vega 56' Cosia 31 Weedon 32 Negro Kenney 1 Totala .123 4 13 Milwaukee OP. Al Simmons. whose batting feats with an odd "foot-in-the-bucket" stance earned him a niche in baseball's Hall of Fame, died here early yesterday, four days after his 54lh birthday. One of the game's greatest rigluhanded hilling outfielders, he collapsed on a sidewalk outside the Milwaukee Athletic club where lie lived in retirement and was dead on arrival at a hospital.

Death was attributed to a heart attack. Behind him, Simmons left a score of memorable baseball achievements. He had a lifetime major league batting average of .334 lor 21 years, most of them with the late Connie Mack's great Phila delphia Athletics teams of the-i 20s and won consecutive American League batting championships with marks of .381 in 1930 and .390 in 1931; and played in four world series, batting .329 ill uic 1UU1. Simmons was elected to Base Reeves Discloses Offer For, Rams Los Angeles i.f. Sportsman Dan Reeves said yesterday that he has received a one million dollar otter for his share in the Los Angeles Rams pro football team.

The offer came from his partners, Ed Pauley, Hal Seley and Fred Levy, Reeves said. In the event that he declines to sell, Reeves said, they made a second proposal to sell out to him for a total of two million dollars. "I have no intention of sell ing," Reeves said. "I don't happen to have two million dollars I guess it's a stalemate." Pauley declined to comment on the reported oiler. Levy and Seley were not immediately avail- ATTENTION All Race Fans! No Races Today at WATSOXYILLE SPEEDWAY Due to Memorial Day Race DON'T MISS Memorial Day Ilacc WeilnoMlay.

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