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Appeal-Democrat from Marysville, California • 8

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Appeal-Democrat Maryjville-Yuba aty, California Phone SHerwood 2-6491 Friday, June 6, 1958 SPECIAL DELIVERIES NOW AND THEN THE UBMUU JACOBY ON BRIDGE Misbids And Misplays OSWALD JACOBI Written or Are Common At Bfidgo nu senrieo East felt that his partner should have opened bis top spade, but East had really chucked the defense. East was looking at a sure trump trick. South had used the Blackwood convention and NORTH AQ1074 None AKJ942 AK853 EAST WEST 8652 VQJ876 A 10 3 2 AAJ93 V2 765 AQJ10 SOUTH (D) AK YAK1053 Q8 A A9764 Both vulnerable Phoenix Wins Again, Solons Tip Bees 9-8 A Milwaukee reader wants to know if I ever see a hand that is both misbid and misplayed. With that letter in mind I am dedicating this week's articles to the millions of bridge players who make ordinary misplays. The hand.

should have played at three no-trump but after North made the mistake of responding two diamonds, instead of one spade, it was difficult indeed to keep out of five dubs. South also made one very bad bid. His Blackwood four no-trump would have committed his side to a slam if North had hpld an ace. As it was, it just brought them to the five-dub contract he should have bid in the first place.) West opened the deuce of spades and South saw that he was likely to be in trouble. There were two aces off the hand and, in addition, he had a shaky trump suit Also, there was nothing much he could do about the whole thing, but East was there to help him out A low spade was played from dummy and East put on the nine.

South made his singleton king and had no trouble making his contract after that Stengel Has Outlasted 47 Other Managers In Stay With NY Yankees Lolland Shooting or USA In Golf ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (UPI) Tim Holland, doing his best to ignore both the pain of trainee ankle tendons and the remarks of an unfriendly gallery, carried four games back, Phoenix made it three straight over Seattle Thursday night, coning from behind again to down the Rainiers, 4-3. Vancouver remained two games behind the Giants with a 6-1 battering of Portland. Stuart Homers Twice Sacramento outslugged Salt Lake, 9-8, in spite of Dick Stuart's 20th and 21st home runs of the season, and San Diego dumped Spokane, 4-1, in other games. Seattle had a 3-0 lead over Phoenix until the Giants put on their usual late-inning rush.

The Arizonans pushed across three runs in the eighth frame, then added tiie winning marker in the ninth when Felipe Alou doublec in Joe Amalfitano after two were out. Ted Wieand, who replaced starter Max Surkont in the eighth, was charged with the loss. The victory went to Marion Fricano, who was swapped for Surkont in an even trade Tuesday. Bamberger Wins Vancouver's George Bamberger allowed Portland only six hits while picking up his 97th PCL victory. Only Beaver to get past second base was George Freese, who homered for the visitors only run in the fourth inning.

The Mounties bombarded four Portland hurlers for 15 safeties, including a two-run fourb agger by Johnny Jorgensen. The victory gave Vancouver a 2-1 series lead, leaving the Beavers in a sixth-place deadlock with Spokane, At Salt Lake, pinch-hitter Jimmy Westlake singled in two runs for Sacramento in the final inning to give the Solons their victory, The Bees had tied the score at 7-7 in the eighth with a two-run burst Stuart got his 21st homer in the ninth with none aboard but Solon Reliefer Roger Bowman halted the rally at that point Nippy Jones and Bob Roselli Ie the Sacs 14-hit attack with a homer apiece. Spokane could manage but six singles off San Diegos Gene Lary. The Padres pushed across single runs in the first, third, sixth and seventh innings, while the In dians were limited to an unearned run in the seventh. George Barker was charged with the loss.

Phoenix ooo 031- 4 I Seattle 000 300 000- 3 4 Gtel, Fricano S. Jonea and Halier: Suikons, Wieand and Dotterer. Portland 000 100 OOO- 1 I Vancouver 030 000 03a IS Singleton. Lary 3, Buzhardt 6, Rodriguez I and Tornay, Neal li Bamberfer and White. Sacramento 001 320 Oil 14 Sale Lehe 030 000 221 7 Bridget, Kune t.

Bowman 9 and Hole ill: Green, Trimble 4, Schultz 7, Wil-liame 9 and MUey. San Dieco ..101 001 100 4 Spokane 000 000 100- 1 6 Lazy and Jonec; Barter, George Pace and N. Sherry. By OSCAR FRALEY United Press International NEW YORK (UPI) Casey Stengel, old "old perfesser, can count another record today in addition to those eight pennants and six world championships for the Yankees. Old Case has outlasted 47 other major league managers during his decade in the house that Ruth bunt This may not stop many presses, but it points up once again the fact that being a major league manager is an occupation where continued employment is rightfully notorious for being on the short side.

Some skippers, it might be noted, have been finishin first Whether Caseys artful manipulations of his brawny talent or the accural of same by the front office is responsible for the Yankee successes wont be debated here. But when it comes to managers, nothing succeeds like success. Casey Has Traveed Old Case, the left-handed dentist from Kansas City, is wrinkled proof of that To further the point, let it be recognized that the guiding genius of the competing Yankee athletes is along with Marty Marion one of the champion commuters among various dugouts. Marion holds the laurels over tiie last decade, having been boss man of the bench with the Cardinals and, over in the other league, with the White Sox and Orioles. Three jobs is the most for tiie last 10 years.

But Casey did his share of traveling, too, before he became the gifted manager of this era. He managed at Brooklyn from 1934 to 1956 and piloted tiie erstwhile Braves of Boston from 1938 through 1943. In those days the genius was called a stiff, when they kept it that polite. National Holds Record A total of 125 managers has come and gone since Stengel accepted the reins at Brooklyn in 1934. Stengel' was two of them.

The biggest turnover in that period was in the National League, where 65 alternately happy and disconsolate directors of the double play in and out The top dugout redecorator was the St Louis Brown s-Baltimore Orioles who, since Stengel was a novice at Brooklyn, have had 12 pilots. Casey and Marion werent the only league hoppers. During the checker playing of the decade in which Stengel has been with the Yankees, jumps also were made and Rogers Hornsby. The late Connie Mack is, of course, the all-time managerial He guided the As for 50 years. Reason: he owned them.

Americas hopes in the British Walker Cuppers. Holland, of Rockville Centre, N.Y., was matched against 28-year-old two-time English champion Alan Thirlwell in one of the 36-hole semi-final matches at the listoric old SL Andrews course, In the other, 1953 champion Joe Carr of Dublin faced 23-year-old Michael Bonellack, director of a coach-building, company. Holland, hopes to become the 13th American winner in the history of this tournament. But his left ankle obviously was causing him more pain in each succeeding round and he admitted it hurts when I walk or swing hard. In addition, he was annoyed by the whispering and camera-grinding of the gallery throughout his 19-hole quarterfinal victory Thursday over Doug Alexander, a 19-yearoId Scottish professional soccer player.

Mickey Wright Is Leading Golf Play PITTSBURGH (UPI) Mickey Wrigjit, a fifty-year pro from San Diego, carried a two-stroke lead into the second round of the Ladies Professional Golf Association championship today after shooting what she termed my finest round." Tied in the runner-up spot with 71's were Mrs. Kathy Cornelius, of Lakeland, and Marilyn Smith, of Wichita, Kansas. Defending LPGA champion Lou-ise Suggs, of Sea Island, was back in the pack with a 76 after encountering putter troubles. The 23-year-old Miss Wright, whose best previous finish in the LPGA event was fourth back in 1956, needed only 34 putts to card a one-under men's par 69 for the first 18 holes Thursday. Bunched in a three-way tie for bird place were Fay Crocker of Montevideo, Uruguay, Wiffi Smith, of flair, and Beverly Hanson of Apple Valley, playing in the same three-some, each at a 72.

'Dirty Word' CHICAGO (UPI) A letter bearing a Confederate flag addressed to the Hotel Dirty Word Chicago, has been delivered to its intended receiver. Postmaster Carl Schroeder said the letter, which came from Columbus, was delivered to the Sherman Hotel. Ends Saturday Successor To AEC's Strauss Remains Secret WASHINGTON (UPI) The successor to retiring Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Chairman Lewis L. Strauss remained mystery today, but informed sources said he definitely would not be a present AEC commissioner. One published report here in the Vuhbigton Post and Times Herald identified the next chairman as a businessman unconnected with the atomic energy industry whose name is little known at the CapitoL" The White House said the name of Strauss successor would be announced within a few days.

The controversial Strauss, whose policies came under sharp fire in Congress, Thursday declined President Eisenhower's offer to reappoint him when his five-year term expires June 30. He accepted instead an appointment as special presidential assistant to promote Eisenhowers cherished Atoms for Peace program. Strauss offered no specific reasons for stepping aside. It was believed the 62-year-olld officials renomination would have met with stiff Senate opposition. A Republican congressional source said the real reason for the decision to retire was that Strauss wanted to end the "feud" between himself and Sen.

Clinton P. Anderson vice chairman of the Joint Atomic Energy Committee. The source said Strauss felt the present constant bickering1 not good for the nation. ZORRO WARNING GOLDSBORO, N.C. (UPI) -Puzzled why their radar check wasn't netting any speeders, police investigated and found a sign a block away reading: Whammy one block ahead.

Look out! Zor-ro. When the sign came down, police soon nabbed 17 speeders. State Theatre IV Title Fight Slated Tonight ST. LOUIS (UPD-Fiery Bill Daly threatens to Jump into the ring tonight and stop the welterweight tide fight between Vince Martinez and Virgil Akins if Akins uses those illegal punches. Daly, manager of underdog Martinez, declared today, Youll see a real rhubarb there tonight if Akins uses those illegal punches.

IH stop die fight, even though it's on television. of Patterson, N. J. scheduled to fight 15 rounds at the arena for the vacant welterweight crown. A crowd of 10,000 and a gate at 165,000 are expected.

Akins, an aggressive Negro boxer-puncher, is favored at 2-1 over die handsome, blade-haired but somewhat timid boxer-puncher from the East They are the survivors of a six-man tournament announced last November to produce a successor to Carmen Basilio. Carmen automatically relinquished the 147-pound title when he won the middleweight championship from Sugar Ray Robinson in September, -Virgil, cockily confident of becoming die first St. Louis-born world champion in boxing history, has predicted a knockout over Martinez within three rounds. New Jersey Vince restricted his forecast to a win by decision or by a knockout if the opportunity occurs. Aside from kidney and rabbit punches, the.

big question of the fight is whether Martinez will change his style and become aggressive tonight-inspired by the title chance. Player Of Day By Halted Press International BAY BOONE--Ray Boone dont play regularly any more because recurring leg trouble, but when be does, the former Detroit Tigers big stick man can still powder the ball a chance to play Thursday night because the Tigers just havent been able to muster the long ball this season, Boone, now 34, socked a grand slam home run is die seventh inning to give Detroit a A3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. The home run was Boones fifth of file season out of the total of 23 hits be has banged out and it enabled him to boost his runs batted hi total to 17. -Ray, who hit 20 or more home runs tor die Tigers in four straight seasons before leg trouble started catching up with him last Season, has managed to get into 32 of the 45 games Detroit has played thus far tills season, but many of his appearances have been in pinch-hitting roles. A native of San Diego, he broke into the major leagues with the Cleveland Indains in 1948 and stayed with that chib until June 15, 1953 when the Indians traded him to the Tigers along with AI Aber, Steve Gramek and Dick Weik for Art Houtteman, Bill Wight, Joe Ginsberg and Owen Friend.

i Wilder To Pirates SPARTANBURG, S.CL (UPD-The Pittsburgh Pirates have ijned Robert Edgar Wilder, a 17-year-old Greeleyville high school speedballer, to a contract with their Salem, farm club in the Class Appalachian League. Terms of the signing were not disclosed. rww-s. Wlwtei'er Happened To? BOB CHAPPUIS By United Press International Bob Chappuis, an All-America halfback at Michigan in 1917, was the ideal do everything" type for the dipsy-doodle single wing attack devised by Fritz Crider. He could run, kids, pass, fake and think talents Crider exploited to the fullest In the 1948 Rose Bowl game against Southern California, Bob led his Michigan mates to a 494 victory by flipping two touchdown passes, passing for a total of 1S8 yards on 14 completions and he rushed for 91 more in 13 carries.

Chappuis played briefly for the Brooklyn Chib of the pro All America Football Conference but retired when tiie league went out of existence. Whatever happened to Bob Chappuis? He now is in the electrical appliance business at South Bend, Ind. LA Dodgers Go Against Milwaukee LOS ANGELES (UPI) The Dodgers, first in the hearts of their new Los Angeles countrymen but last in the National League, go up against the world champion Milwaukee Braves in game assured of being a financial success. Los Angeles sends Don Drys-dale against the fearsome Braves in the hope he can make it an artistic success before the 60,000 fans expected in Memorial Coliseum. The Van Nuys, hur-ler, sports a meager 2-8 record.

Interest Is High Fred Haney, the Los Angeles-born manager of the Braves, announced Lew Budette (4-3) would take the mound for Milwaukees first appearance here. Haney managed the-Hollywood Stars before his present major league stint and the big turnout was expected to give him a belated ovation for winning the world series last fall. So strong was the interest in Milwaukee's first appearance here that the three-game series may draw almost as many people as the home opening set with San Francisco, which attracted 167,209 fans. The Dodgers, flushed with a win over Cincinnati, had entertained fleeting thoughts of getting out of the cellar Thursday. A Los Angeles win and a Philadelphia loss would have done it.

Bui the Phillies won and the Dodgers lost to the Redlegs, 8-4. The Redlegs sent their top hur-ler, Bob Puritey, to the mound and he notched his fourth straight win and seventh of the season against one loss, aiding his own cause by smacking the second home run of his career over the short left field screen. Teammate Don Hoak homered into the same area for the Red-Dodgers dropped one there in the ninth. The Redlegs mauled four Dodg--er pitchers for 13 hits, sending: starter Carl Erskine to the show- wers in the fourth. But he might) have done better for himself and the Dodgers if he had stayed, Manager Walt Alston gave Ers-1 kine the hook with the score tied 3-3 because he had two men on base, one of them as the result! of Dick Gray's error.

But reliefer Don Bessent served i up a triple to Johnny Temple and there went the ball game. Purkey was touched for eight! hits but he pitched six scoreless; innings after the Dodgers scored, three runs in the first two stanzas. Cox of Buffalo whitewashed Miami, 90, on seven hits. It was Cueche's sixth triumph against two setbacks, while Cox latched on to his fourth win against two defeats. DANCE Saturday, June 7th ROBINSON CORNERS (16 miles N.

of Maiynlllo on U.S. AIL 40 Hwy.) IN PERSON TOMMY DUNCAN with Billy Jack Wills and His Boys By GENE BRYANT United Press International The Pacific Coast League pennant race, an eight-team affair earlier in the season, has reverted to a two-club battle for top honors as Phoenix and Vancouver continued to win almost at will. Salt Lake City and San Diego are by no means out of it yet, but the second division is in the throes of the annual mid-season stretch with Sacramento heading that group 10 games out of first Seattle brings up the rear another Tim Tam To Face 6 Horses In Race NEW YORK (UPI) Calumet Farms Tim Tam, the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner, was expected to draw six rivals today for Saturdays 90th running of the 3100,000 added Belmont Stakes, third jewel In racing's triple crown. When the entry box closes for the mile and one-half classic today, those trying to halt the three-year-old son of Tom Fool from his goal probably will include V. Whitneys Flamingo, Joseph E.

O'Connell's Cavan, Mrs. Anna Cannuli's Chance It Tony, Wheat leyy Stables Nasco, Mr. and Mrs. George Lewis Martins Rullah and Mrs. Charles Silvers Page Seven.

Tim Tam has been installed as a lopsided favorite to become the ninth holder of the triple crown, last won by Calumets great tatkm 10 years ago. Troubles Increase For LA Dodgers LOS ANGELES (UPI) The highly controversial contract providing the Dodgers with land In Chavez Ravine for a new stadium faced another possible legal hurdle today in a Pasadena court room. Atty. Phil Silver, representing Louis Kirschbaum in his taxpayers suit, was prepared to move for a third course of action before the same judge who recently issued a temporary restraining order against the Chavez Ravine contract from becoming final. While Dodger owner Walter O'Malley was faced with an almost impossible assignment to get work under way by July 6, there was the hope expressed by city officials that the legal problems can be worked out in month or so.

USA Will Compete NEW YORK (UPI)-The Ama-) teur Athletic Union has announced 1 that a United States track and) field team will engage rivals in) four countries this summer. The! U.S. squad of 44 men and 22 worn-) en meet a Russian team in Mos-j cow, July 27-28, take on Poland) at Warsaw, Aug. Hunga-j rians in Budapest, Aug. 4-5, and' a Greek team in Athens, Aug.

8-9. TONITE and SATURDAY! ONE BUCK A CAB IKftllSTRftfteH Wnisrl JUmhnrl Lsml Qnil'KhAMfini I him mm ft PAffl RDM Opening lead A 2 stopped short of a slam. Obvious ly, South missed two aces. Hence; East should simply have grabbed his ace of spades and led back a diamond. Lebanon Dispute Before Arab Unit UNITED NATIONS, N.

Y. (UPD Lebanon gave the Arab League another chance today to solve its dispute with the United Arab Republic. The UN security council stood ready, to take up the case if the effort failed. The council Thursday was about to take up Lebanons charge that President Gamal Abdel Nassers UAR Is stirring up and supplying men and arms to anti-government rebels in Lebanon. But Lebanese Foreign Minister Charles Malik, in an hour-long talk with the June president of the 11-nation council.

Ambassador Tingfu F. Tsiang of China, got a 24-hour postponement His purpose was to give the eight-nation Arab League, meeting in Benghazi, Libya, another day to come up with a satisfactory solution to the dispute between Lebanon and the UAR. According to reports reaching here the Arab League meeting was split wide open on the question. Members of the Arab League are the UAR, Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Lib ya and Sudan. Tips in the United Staten art estimated to amount to about 3750,000,000 a year.

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