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•—BRECKENRIDGE AMERICAN—THt'RSUAY, JUNE 11, US&
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Giane Proving
Fine Pitcher
For FL Worth
By r>K R HARDWH R
I nitnl PfM Sport* Writer
Th# J*hrev -p. rt Sp«rt3, in
position to port it fiVH-ifari!#* Ies«
when thry starttNi a lonffr h m«-
sturul May ■ft, hav - found the roari
anything but smooth th*- p ust tw<
ajfaiiiat *i*itiiiir teams.
Th - SyutN have .miy .5<w
per cent ball in the ccmfoirtaM
«nvirtma nt T«*as Leagu- Park a
Shrev* wFt «*arinir the run-en
stand aarf tb#tr tea<t was cut bar!
to four jpunM WeftnesiLij riitfht ii
losing to Fort W..rth and Bill Toj
Giant 7 to *.
The little lefthamter, *hi. has
Bow won seven fames, against .<nl)
one loan, has finished every gsqn
he's started. Me pitched wever\-hrt
boll Wednesday in be-tinK f u.
Shreveport pitchers. With startei
Joe Pierry taking the loss. Fort
Worth was never behind aftei
Danny Itt&rk shimmed a home i ur
in tit* first innmr with one mar
aboard.
In other frames, Beaumont's Etf
Roniek, playing his first year ii
professional hall, pitrhed the Ej
porters to a f.-ur-hit fi to t wit,
over Daftas, Oklahoma t'ity hanK
ed Sn Antonio to I to put
the liiaeioos bark into the cellar:
and Tofsa and Houston split a
douMe-head^r, the Oilers winninf
the first fame 2 to (1 on lefty Hon
Moiim's three hit Ditching an^
Houston taking the nightcap 5 to 4.
Koiivck blanked iHllas after th>
first inning when K<tdie KofcluorhV
triple ami a fly-out by AI Stringer
scored Rnobtauch for the Eagles
only run. Beaumont had two home
runs. Milt Joffe, a bridegroom
slammed a homer in the sixth
with none on and Les Fleming hit
one out of the park in the eighth
with two aboard.
Dallas starter Red Murff suf
fered his fifth ilefi-at aifainst six
wn .
Oklahoma City's At Zilian need
frd help in the seventh iuniitjr, l>u!
was credited with the Indians' S
to 2 win over .San Antonio. Zilian
lit tJlt Indian offensive fuse with
a bxne run in the first inning with
one . Frank K*!lert later homer-
ed for Oklahoma City.
The loser was I'hil Haugstad, thi
first of three Sa.'i Antonio fMtchers.
Newcijiner Vern Benson anii
Harry Elli„rt hit back-to-back holo
era in the eighth inning of the
second g-.Ktt- at Houston t-> give
the Buff- a i~> to -l win. ("harlii
Harmon homered for Tul-a in the
sixth.
Octavio Rubert, who relieved
Bite To Mm* As
Scouts Look On
By JIM QITNN
OMAHA, Jane 11 <UP—College
aseball's elite get together hen
hursdny to park th**r ehampia
i the National Collegiate Athleti
-.social ion's annuo! diamond too*
tainertt.
Aim! some of the mojor WogueV
rau-fest scouts will be on hand to
itch. Some *f the lv ys who gWf
II for the Blue and £Md Tkcrt-
!ay may be inking it contract fat
ash after the tourney ends.
Little LaFayette College enroll
:ent 1,400 takes on Colorado Stab
I the opener at 12 noon est. La
Fayette Couch Charley Celbert
ho used to play for poy m the big
how. thinks his morrow and whit
qusnl has a pretty fair chance ol
how ng the big seiools how Abnei
loubleday's game ia ployed.
They call t%io d««M# efiuHnatior
iwirnament the •*C Bage Work
•Series." But among other differ
nres front the real McCoy is tlu
fart that none of the teams havt
nuch of an idea what the other
earn will throw -at them. Coming
from NCAA districts oil over th
nation, they "normally 4on1 m t
in regular season play.
< )ri the basis of past performance
Coach Bibb Falk's University <tf
Texas team would be o favorite
Texas won in ID4& and I960 and
finished third last year. Texa?
lakes on I hike in the
Thursday.
talk and Duke Coach Ace Far
«er both played in the majors, al-
hough not at the same time. Par-
rier was playing AIUAmerican foot-
ball und bmretmtt after Folk retired
rrom the big leagues.
But busvbftfi cob be phryed long-
er in Texas and California and that
makes Teas*, Stanford, and Hous-
ton automatic "faVorites." Slon-
fonl, for instance, has played 41
mil fames this year, winning 28
Officials hope for some 40,000 oi
nore fans to turn out for the fiv*
>r si* day nseet. Last year, fans
here set a record of 39^M, best
ver for a college playoff any-
where.
By CABL LI NDQFI3T
KEW YORK, Jane 11 (U.m—The
lodgers and the Indians had the
eel tag Thursday that they were
raveling like mad on a treadmill
—and not getting anywhere.
Brooklyn boo won IS out of its
tat If fames and still trails M:t-
-aufcee ny a foil game m the Na-
ionol League rare. Things are
▼en toogher for (Teveland. The
ndtons have won seven in a row
mt haven't gained an inch on the
Yankees, who happen to have a 13-
rame winning streak still intact.
Cleveland, in foet, lost ground
tf winning 11 oet of its last 1.1 ga-
mes, and trails the Yankees by 5<s
<ames.
StaidiBgs
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(By I'WI® PRBSS)
NATIONAL LEAK IE
tiirk Bokelmann tn the- eighth foi
rl< uston, was the winner, and Tul-
•a starter Meredith Marray thi
Thursday's schedule remains the
same—Fort Worth at Shreveport.
Ihiltas at Beaumont, Oklahoma
City at San Antonio and Tulsa at
Houston.
Dark Is Benched
At Own Request
By FRED DOWN
.VKW YORK, June II Al-
v in Dark, the veteran, stepped
aside at his own request and be-
oio ithed his shortstop job to Daryl
Spencer, the rookie, "for the good
of the CiiantS."
M anager Leo Durocher, who or-
iginally contemplated the switch
last spring, revealed the behind-
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Wednesday' Results
New York 11, Detroit 4.
Philadelphia 2, Chicago 1.
Cleveland 2, Washington 1.
Boston 11-3, St Loots 2-2.
TEXAS LEARl'E
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Dallas
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Tulsa
Beaumont
Okla. City
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Things have gotten so bud with
Dodger Manager Charley Dressen
that he's been rooting for the Gi-
ants. He went to the Polo Grounds
to scout the madcap Milwaukee
boys and whooped it op all the way
for New York.
On Deof Ears
But Dresson's cheers fell on deaf
ars and Milwaukee made it three
in a row over the jaded Giants*H to
5, ss Sid Gordon whacked a three-
run homer in the eighth off ace
reliever Hoyt Wilhelm.
Dressen went back to Brooklyn
to direct his Dodgers to a 13 to .1
victory over Cincinnati in a night
game while the Phils won a pair
from the Cabs & to I and 8 to 5
and the Cards topped the Pirates 5
to I. In the Amerfcan League th"
Yankees stormed from behind to
defeat Detroit 11 to 4 and Cleve-
■and edged Washington 2 to I on
Miko Garcia's four-hitter for his
fifth straight win. The Athletics
defeated Chicago 2 to 1 and the
Red Sox twice topped the Browns
It to t and 3 to 2 to extend a St.
Louts losing streak to nine trlines
Brooklyn modf 13 hits including
a homer by Duke Snider, triple?
by pinch-hitter Wayne Belartli and
Carl Furillo and doubles by Jack-
ie Robinson, Peewee Reese and
I Bobby Morgan, blowing the game
to bits with a seven-run rally in
the eighth. Preacher Roe. although
bolted ant when Gos Bell and Bob
, Borkowrski homered for a11 of Cin-
[cinnati's runs in the sixth, gained
credit for his third victory.
The magic number was "lo" at
Philadelphia where Robin Roberts
chalked up his IOth victory with a
seven-hit first game triumph, anil
ooor Warren Hacker suffered his
10th defeat for Chicago in the se-
cond game. They wei® the first
nitchers in the majors to reach that
figure—but Hacker, unfortunately,
is traveling in reverse as are the
tail-end --Cubs.
Old Enos Slaughter hit four sin-
gles to drive in three runs in the
Cardinal victory at Pittsburgh in
■vhich a Frank Thomas homer rob-
jed Joe Presko of a shutout.
The Yankees stormed from be-
hind to scoiv seven runs in the six-
th at Detroit as relief pitcher
fohnny Sain gainetl his seventh
victory. Joe Collin* hit a two run
Yankee homer, Johnny Mi2e deliv-
ered a ptnch-htt in the big rally foi
nis l,9®9th major league base blow.
Bob Nieman and Owen Friend hit
Detroit homers.
One of Best
Garcia pitched one of his best
Tames against Washington. yi Nl
ng only an unearned run aiul the
Indians gained their victory on
Ktark Horse Moves
Up Kit U. S. Open
OAKMOXT. Pa.. June 11 <UJ&_
The chase began in earnest fcr thf
S. Open golf chamnionship
Thursday rind despite unhesalded
•linimv Clark's record-breakinc
qualifying medal victory it still
shaped un as a "big four" race.
That "big four" was made up of
three "cripples" and a guy who ad-
mitted that his game was at its
"tops."
The cripples—Bien Hogan, with a
tail hack; Sammy Snead, with a
band left hand, and Lloyd Man-
Harry Simpson's homer. The Sen-
ator run in the eighth ended a
• ring of L!> scoreless innings for
' la rcia.
Th" Athletics won their fifth
tfauie in six starts with Chicago
on Harry Byrd's nine-hitter for his
'ifth victory. A double by Cass
Michaels and Joe Astroth's single
I rove in Philadelphia's runs.
Jimmy Piersall made rfix conse-
cutive hits, five singles and a dou-
He. in Boston's 19<-hit opening tri-
umph at St. Louis which made Mel
farnell's eighth victory a breeze,
in the second game, Sid Hudson,
with relief help from Ellis Kinder,
won his second game as Piersall
went hitless. Dick Gernert hit a,
Boston homer.
gruiu, with a bad right hand.
The guy who thinks his jpn 13
good enough to take it all—CaJfy
Middlecoff, the Memphis dentist
who has found divot-digging more
profitable than looking for eav-
itiej.
Clark Leodte Qualifiers
Clark, in winning $250 and a
■rold medal as the teading qualifier,
moved up into the dark-horse ranks
for the four-round championship
oroner. beginning Thursday on the
sand-trap dotted heavily-roughed
uannionc Country Club course.
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Govicm Regrets
Big Ring Chose
DBITROIT, June II <UB—Kid
Gaviiun, the welterweight king
from Cuba who wants a crack at
the middleweight title, looked back
vvith tegret Thursday on Wednes-
day night's easy victory over Italo
Scortichini.
The 27-year-old champion spent
most of ten rounds trying to catch
Scortichini, a stocky youngster
from Milan, Italy, who has been
campaigning in the United States
for six months and can't as yet
speak English.
Gavilan felt that the crowd of
5,004 at Olympia didn't get it's
moneys worth.
"It too bad," Gavilan said. "He
disappoint crowd. He disappoint
Hunter k Bidding
For 1953 Rookie
By STAN MOCKLER
ST. LOUIS, June 11 <U.R!_.Bill
Hunter, bright spot in the dim fu-
ture of the St. Loois Browns, ap-
peared a solid contender for Rook-
ie of the Year honors Thursday.
The glue-fingered shortstop was
wv*-ty touted a a "glove-man"
when the Browns won a big bid-
ding contest for his services by-
picking him up from Fort Worth
in the Texas League for $100,000
and three players.
me. Maybe he scared? Maybe he
hear bad things about me? I don't
know. But it too bad."
Scortichini, who claims to be the
Italian welterweight champ, fought
it out with Gavilan only briefly
daring the early minutes of the
non-title bout. After that, the 24-
year-old boxer kept back-peddling
until the final belL
The fight was so one-sided that
Judge Al Goodman scored it 80-40
?n favor of Gavilan. That means
Scortichini didn't win a single
round in Goodman's opinion. Ref-
eree Clarence Rosen was tfliite as
drastic. He favored Gavilan 58-42
and Judge Jack Aspery saw it 57-
43.
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WednesdayV Results
Oklahoma City 8, San Antonio 2.
Fort Worth 7, Shreveport :i.
Beaumont t, Dallas I.
Tulsa 2-4, Houston 0-5.
:he-scenes story following Wednew
Jay's H to 5 loss to the first-place
Milwaukee Braves. Spencer took
<ver at short for the first time ir.
the game with Dark shifting to
third base.
"Afvin came to me before the
game and asked to be relieved at
short," Durocher disclosed. "He
told me thought it was for the
good of the teaju."
Spencer failed to hit safely in
three official at-bats and did not
have a difficult chance in the field,
but Durocher indicated that the
prize rookie would "get a long look
at short."
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