Show 4 ' THE OGDEN (UTAH) 4B — -- y yj Jj STANDARD-EXAMINE- R SUNDAY MORNING APRIL 24 - IIITIn sunndl IBirsiv v ? w v A V " v V Fistic Slate Redlegs Sting Salt Lake Bees 7 to 2 Busso Poirer Go : After r and Boise Braves will officially open the 1955 baseball season in Ogden at Affleck Park at 2:30 fm today Ogdehj Reds By MURRAY ROSE NEW YORK (AP)— Pro boding is a rugged trade Just the comparatively few good fighters 1) The scheduled Ogden opener last Friday between the Reds and the Salt Lake Bees was rained out The Bjraves and Reds will meet again tomorrow night and will wind up the new series Tuesday evening These games will get under way at 7:45 pm A brief ceremony will be on the schedule prior to today’s opener A ceremony in center field and introduction of the Boise and Ogden teams will be brief Promptly at 2:15 pm umpires will beller “Play Ball” Postponement of the Ogden-SaI Lake opener forced Manager n Jim Crandall to change his pitching assignment Jack Kidd who relieved Jerry Black burn iri the Derk’s Field opener last Thursday night will work on the hill for the Reds Boise’s hurler won’t be named until CALDWELL Idaho (AP) — game time College of Idaho yesterday picked The Reds batting order for toEd Troxel of Caldwell High day follows Bob Decker 2b School to succeed Sam Yokes as Carl Kuehl lb John Procop- chak Richard Hicks cf Joe football coach of the Coyotes Soto If Chic0 rg Tcrry 'ss'carl who have won or shared the Pa- - paylor 3b Jess Gonder c and Jack Kidd p Business Manager Johnny Sar-l-o expects more than 3500 to at tend today’s baseball game month President Tom Shearer The Reds raked three Salt said to keep athletics “in prop- - Lake pitchers for eight hits and er perspective” with the rest of a 72 Pioneer League victory last and the champions reap the big money For the rest it’s a hard living with little cash and glamor and only the lumps and scars to show for it at the finish So why does a youngester become a fighter? er Stars of Yesteryear ' “Excitement” says Gene Poirone of the better welterweight pre-gam- “I like something prospects I’m aiming to go Then rough all the way If I make it I’ll be i left and George Wessler are two of Ogden’s Fred oldest baseball boosters They will be rooting for the Reds during the 1955 sefcson Clark played with Ogden at the turn of the century and at one time was the understudy to Frank Chance Chicago Cubs fjirst sacker Wessler was one of the stars of the Ogden club of! the Union Assn back in 1912 1913 and 1914 “Dad’1 Clark set” Boise-Ogde- Gene is 23 and comes from Niagara Falls N Y He was a platoon sergeant with the 25th Division and was in the army 23 months 13 of them in Korea and “five or six of them in ac- They Wear '55 Ogden Uniforms' Elects Pound the fight Which is tougher game or the Army? Win Out Over Billings 11-- 3 Army you’ve always got someone with you When you fight you’re alone — it’s up to you When you climb into the ring and the lights lonego on you can ly BILLINGS Mont (AP)— The “Of course” he added with a laugh “When you’re over there Great Falls Electrics — aided by in the Army the stakes are high- - five Billings errors — beat the er for the third time and We put the same question to Mustangs home Pioneer their from spoiled Johnny Busso a New York’s lower east side John- League opening last night The 1 ny is a welterweight with a jscore was 11-record He went to the junior Billings has but one victory in year in high school the four games the two clubs “Why I fight?” repeated JohnI have played this season “I like the excitement ny was a foreman in my father’s A crowd of 3526 chilly fans costume jewelry business Three watched as Great Falls scored or four of my friends and I decided to go into the Golden Gloves single runs in the second and just for the kicks I got as far as fourth innings added two more the quarterfinals without any in the fifth three in the sixth training so I decided to give it and two each in the seventh and a good try “I watch fights on television eighth Mustang pitchers Walt De- Most of the good fighters are going They’re getting too oldLatelle and Milton Ardrey were There’s a lot of chances now for unable to halt the potent Elec- new kids There’s no limit to trie attack The Sparkies banged what you can make if you’re out 10 hits to six for Billings Great Falls Manager Lou Ro- good” As far as he can remember chelli used three pitchers — Edwelterweight champion Tony De- die Picker Ryan and Sheridan Marco always wanted to be a They all did well Billings scored two runs in the fifth and one in fighter “When I was 12 I was fighting the sixth in the streets” said Tony Gene Elder led the Electric The swarthy stocky Bostonian attack with three hits two of began boxing in the amateurs them two baggers accounting when he was 15 You had to be for three runs Bob Bonaparte of 16 to box in the amateurs so Billings also slammed a pair of Leonardo Liotta (DeMarco’s real two baggers name) borrowed the name and Billings Mayor Earl Knight birth certificate of his friend threw out the first ball to feature the opening ceremonies and the Tony DeMarco “The funny part of it” said game lasted 2 hours and 55 minTony “Is that my friend wanted utes to box later but he can’t be Tony Great Falla Billing AB H O A A DeMarco because I’m Tony De- 4AB0 H10O Amayass 4 0 3 3 Marco So he takes the name of 4 0 4 0 Brownrf Gongorek2b Sinquefldcf 2b Bonaparte lb 4 2 10 0 Mike Temini another kid on the 4103 4100 Bell Elder 2b Longrf 4 10 0 box to block Then Mike wants 3 0 0 0 Given lb Pdepkec 3 18 1 Plaster If 3 110 so he has to take another kid’s 0 0 0 0 aKoczwara 4 2 10 Holderfieldcf Platt 3b 3 0 14 name” 5 2 11 LeJohn3b 10 2 2 Ortegass cBurke 0 0 0 0 Tony the champ is the only 51 20 04 00 Fernandezlf DeLateliep 2 0 0 3 one of the) gang still boxing The 3 0 9 0 Lasbyc dLachmanss 2 0 11 bManning others root for their longtime 2 0 11 Ryanp Ardrey p 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Shendanp eBiron 10 0 0 buddy Rochellilb 1110 said the “IJike Tony 1 0 0 0 Picker p game” “Being the champ makes it 10 27 2 32 6 27 16 y ld Rocky Marciano is certain to be the over Don Cockell when they toe the mark for the heavyweight championship at San Francisco May 16 over 15 rounds He merits such installation on his record Moreover it is traditional for defending champions to be the betting favorite odds-on-favori- te Jack Curtice athletic director Rocky Marciano Joe Louis and Max Baer are among the few at Utah University is elated at exceptions to this tradtion Rocky the plan for the organiza- Ogdn as: y ¥ 1 fc Arnie Ferrin over Jerwas favored at 5 to 2 to 5 Louis Walcott sey Joe over Jim Braddock and Baer 5 to 7 ver (tarnera and oft a But many heavily-favorechamp has been dethroned and here are just a few instances!: John L (I can lick any sports-edito- r in the house) Sullivan 1 to was lOj even 1 to 12 over over Jim Corbett in Boston elsewhere 1 to 4 and np Corbett rujed 1 to 3 over the British blacksmith Bob Fitzsimmons (Come to think of it Don Cockell is a British blacksmith loo H’mm) r absence Jim Jeffries’ from the ring didn’t stop the public from making him the choice over Jack Johnson in Reno When Jack Johnson met lumbering Jess Willard at Havana the betcha-boy- s made “Li’l Arthuh” a-ti- me d tion From time to time Ogden members will attend meetings of Bleacher Athletes in Salt Lake City and on some occasions Salt Lakers will come to Ogden “Ferrin and his group believe they can get around 150 interested sports boosters some former Utah grauates enrolled” said Director Curtice over the telephone last nighti “This organization will stimulate new interest in our football and basketball seasons Scores of Ogdenites already are on our season ticket lists The Ogden club will be open to all men On some occasions women will be permitted to attend club functions “In football season we will provide motion pictures of our games for early week day luncheons” Hotel Ben Lomond and Canton Cafe are contemplated scenes of luncheons during the football and basketball seasons Sports Tid Bits In answer to numerous teleThe" American phone calls: s used seven League pitchers against the National Leaguers last July at Cleveland The hurlers were: Trucks Por terfield Ford Consvegra Lemon Keegan and Stone1 All-Star- Feminine voice' on other end “I’m in my early 30’s but I know a lot about p contend that Harry boxing Greb held the world’s middleweight boxing title for three years in the ’20’s am I right? Answer: Harry Greb won the middleweight crown from Johnny Wilson at the Polo Grounds N Y Aug 31 1923 He was choice outpointed by Tiger Flowers at Even Willard probably be- New York in 15 rounds Feb cause of his weight ad- 26 1926 Flowers becoming the was1 at 5 to 7 first Negro to win the middlefavored vantage over the tigerish Manassa Mauler weight diadem Greb’s reign was at Toledo less than three years Dempsey was 1 to 4 over Gene Bob Martin of Logan has Tunney at Philadelphia aspirin sales boomed ' when the erudite asked to head a committee to Marine his way to stage a Logan night at Affleck the title Park during the 1955 baseball “Smart mopey” made Max Baer season “The change to 7:45 1 to 10 and jup over Jim Brad-docpm has been swell for Logan those odds didn’t stop the and Cache Valley fans” said Cinderella Man - from annexing Mr Martin last night “I’m the crown sure we will bring from 300 - Southpaw A1 McCoy was 50-t-o to 500 to Ogden when our night 1 underdog the night he hit Is featured” George Chip on the chin in Brooklyn to win the middleweight tiEl Monte golfers will hold tle in 1914! And just three their annual “stag” party at the years ''ago in Los Angeles you Old Mill sometime in March A could get 15 even 20 to 1 if you committee is now working on delike Lauro Salas over Jimmy Car- tailed plans for the event ter But Salas won As Diogenes once said: Bet Boise Braves open a three-gam- e ting odds don’t decide fights series with Reds at That’s Ludwig F Diogenes the Affleck Park at Ogden 7:30 pm this friendly furrier from Azusa evening Games tomorrow and Tuesday are scheduled for 7:45 six-yea- of the telephone: -2 poorly-conditione- ld d -3 58-poun- d - -- left-hande- d k New QB Club Here Arnie Ferrin former Utah hoopster later a star with the Minneapolis Lakers and a group of former Utah graduates will form a Utah Quarterback Club in) Ogden inside the next few days Membership will be open to anyone boosters 'of the club re-port A committee of 10 is work ing on plans for the organization now A luncheon or dinner party is planned inside the next two weeks at which time Jack Gardner basketball coach will offer an interesting motion picture of “highlights of the Utah 1954-5- 5 basketball season" pm All-Amer- ica - K Joe Cullinane of KLO and Mai Wyman will each handle 4 in- - 21-3-- 38 great” Rocky Castellani the middleweight contender from Cleveland is another fellow who wanted to be a fighter when he was just a tot when “I was just 4 or 5 my cousin Mike Castellani used to box” said Rocky “I used to be his timer I wanted to be a fighter ever since then” Rocky who was christened has done a lot of fighting in and out of the ring He was only 16 when he joined the Marines He was with the 3rd Marine Division for a little over two years and collected two battle stars for action on Guam and Iwo Jima The network television fights of the week: Monday: middleweights Rocky a Castellani Cleveland Chico Cuba 10 rounds 9 pm New York’s (EST) Dumont-TSt Nicholas arena Monday: Featherweights Rudy Garcia Los Angeles and Lulu Perez New York 19 rounds 9 Brooklyn’s pm (EST) ABC-TEastern Parkway Arena Wednesday Featherweights d Wednesday: Heavyweights Charles Cincinnati and John Holman Chicago 10 rounds Miami 9 pm (EST) CBS-TBeach Auditorium Friday: Middleweights Chico and Vejar Stamford Conn 9 10 rounds Melis Polo Italy NBC-Tradio and pm (EST) Syracuse (NY) War Memorial Auditorium: 7-- 3-- 4-- Va-ron- Pioneer League V j V little-know- tkiS? he'd th®thlec nnnn01' Vokes 'jrof's n n 15-rou- soft-spoke- n 4 2-- v 10-roun- d lt 15-rou- “ He w’on the New England play- Teday’s Probable Pitchers Magic Valley (unavailable) at Salt 2 p m Lake City — Cronin (0-- 0t at BilGreat Falls Jorrissen 8:05 p m lings Jorgensen Pocatello (unavailable) at Idaho Falls (unavailable! 2 p m Boise Kirmer at Ogden Kidd 0--01 (0-- 0t 0) 0) 8 p m Portland Opener PORTLAND (AP)— The San Diego Padres ruined Portland’s home opener by beating the Beavers 4 to 1 and 5 to 0 in yesterday’s Pacific Coast League baseball double-heade- r Bob Kerrigan was the winning pitcher in the opener allowing seven hits Bill Thomason limited Portland to three hits in the second game R H E bccxna game (7 innings): 200 020 1 — 5 9 0 San Diego 000 000 0—0 3 2 Portland Batteries: Thomason and Gladd Lint and Lundber R Bottlar - i T off with Nashua the playoff at had Pueblo in 1947 the playoff at St Paul 1948 in and the pennant polls quicklv- - revised their esti- there in 1949 the at penhant mates “A team wdth so much the in 1951' Dlayolf ?’trea! dissension can't last” they said 1952 and Citv Kansas in the “Neither can Alston” World Series in 1953 Other teams should be so Little On his major league aplucky as to have such dissension pearance only Alston recalls: “I was The Dodgers got off on a record fourth baceman” first thp string winning streak and are going as Johnny Mize sick got Rip Colif they mean to clinch by July 4 lins and Dick Siebert tossed got The conservative Alston is the out of the I came game up to least impressed bat Lon of the Warneke against “I figured we’d get a good Cubs two fouled off and pitches start but not like this” he said “We had a good spring training struck out Dizzy Dean who lost the game never forgave me” Campanella’s recovery and Don Newcombe’s comeback make the difference but we’re also lucky Colorado Ags Top in getting pitching and hitting at the right time We know this FORT COLLINS Colo (UP)— can’t last” Colorado A&M thinclads topped Of the reported dissension the 11 first places to take an easy manager said: “Just track victory over Denver that’s all I’ve talked to the boys Nobody’s mad” Both University here yesterday Robinson and Campanella later Denver copped only four first relented publicly It’s hard to places — two of them by Bob stay sore at a guy like Alston Patmon who finished first in Brooklyn’s brass stood behind dashes both the 100 and “It’a a Alston all tha way pre-seaso- ram winogd' the second m as many starts and put the Reds atop loop standings f length ahead of Pocatel- lo and Magic Valley both unde-- ’ feated in one game Ogden scored five of its runs in the last two innings after nursing a slim lead throughout the game behind starter Bill Cooke’s effective pitching Cooke shackled the Bees on seven hits and allowed them single runs in the seventh and eighth frames Danny Heilman started for Salt Lake and held the Reds in check until the fifth inning when he lost his control one-hal- Orden ' AB H O A 5 2 4 3 3 0 4 2 2 0 1 3 4 4 0 4 3 2 0 3 0 15 15 110 ' Decker 2b Kuehllb gait Lake AB H OA Rommelss 3 2 3 2 Whiteko2b 5 15 2 Prokopchak If Quinnlf Hickscf Jessenlb Sotorf Hollod3b Terry as Oglec Paylor 3b Immatteorf Fannoncf 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 4 18 4 3 0 2 1 4 13 0 3 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 116 Hellmanp Fiocchip Ahevp Sturgeon 29 8 27 13 31 7 27 13 Totals aGrounded out for Ahey In ninth Score by innings: : 000 011 023—7 Ogden Salt Lake 000 000 110—2 R — Gonder 2 Prokopchak 2 Kuehl Paylor Decker Fannon Jessen E— Kuehl Prokopchak Heilman RommeL S — Cooke Hicks Rommel 2BH — Rommel Hicks HR — Gonder RBI — Hicks 2 Gonder 2 Prokopchak Decker Soto LOB— Ogden 8 Salt WhitekQ Ogle Lake 9 HO— Heilman 5 in 7 3 Chi 3 in 1 Ahey 0 in 3 SO— Heilman 6 Ahey 1 Cooke 3 BB — Heilman 7 Fiocchi 2 Cooke 3 ER — Heilman 4 Fiocchi 3 Cooke 2 HBP— Jessen by Cooke Terry and Gonder by Heilman Balk — Heilman Loser — Heilman Tim —247 Attendance — 2000 (estimated) 1-- ‘ Fioc-Phlladelp- hia 2-- Santee Again Fails in 4- - “shoot-’em-up- 7 Miners Defeat Colorado College San Diego Ruins two-mil- and an appointment g mid-wester- Salt Lake City 2 pitching enough Great Falls 11 Billings 3 Boise at Magic Valley called after Baseball observers who 3 innings: rain n the Dodgers in picked Idaho Falls at Pocatello postponed Ogden (0-- j h teams have wo 13 Bavasi “He's sound knows dy don’t I wonder den “People and tied two m his why fundamentals and is industrious two of Caldwell He is a blow my top and cut up a few He’s our kind of man” years I’m of I can’t Wester State Coljust help it graduate umpires Colo not built that way Gunnison and lege New Confidence coached at Manzanola Colo High The 1955 season may bring School four years before coming times I feel that my insides are fulfillment of the confidence here shown in Alston in 1954 He said the Coyotes would “I don’t apologize for last “try to follow the pattern of year” Alston said “I worried winning that has been a tradi“I could do it as an act but because we didn’t win of course tion” at the college and said the it wouldn’t be natural with me But with Newcombe and Cam- - fans could be “assured of a spirit I try to treat my players as panella hurt and Johnny Podres type of football 1 grown up men I try to regard stricken with appendicitis don’t I else know could what as human beings umpires Alston is baseball’s current have done I thought about it “man of mystery” Is he a dull a lot and figured I did my best pulled a pitcher unimaginative minor leaguer I might have pinch-hitter a here in there put thrown into water over his head myas a bigtime leader? Or is he a but then I’m That’s no self good” “quiet genius”? Alston was born of solid When on Nov 24v 1953 the stock in the little town of Branch disciple of Ohio population Darrtown from was Rickey brought up Montreal to succed the fiery talk- 50 four miles east of Oxford ative and successful Charley population 3000 His father liked SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Dressen the shock rattled base- sandlot baseball and Walt at an ball teeth from Flatbush to early age became a fastball pitch- Middleweight Gil Turner 01 was offered $15000 er known in the community as Frisco last to Gene (Cyclone) meet night “Smokey” Fullmer of West Alston Jordan in a helped pay his tuition Cup of Coffee 20 OxJune Miami at fight University Alston’s maior league career through Fullmer’s wdth his expert pool playford manager Marv Jenhad been confined to one time son said the He offer was wired to lost his ball fast be at bat — and then he struck out ing came a first baseman and cap- - Turner’s manager George Katz He’d never seen a world series He said the proposed fight trined the basketball team He except in the newsreels Here married his childhood sweetheart would be an outdoor bout of West was a mild farm the former Lela Alexander who Jordan Athletic Promotions — an boy from Ohio whose greatest bore him a daughter now 22 the organization which has been pro- excitement had been found in mother of his grandchild moling fights in the Salt Lake ” movies his in 1934 City area for a year Upon graduation Newsmen found him cold and Alston was This would be the third meetsigned by Frank aloof Players said thev couldn’t Rick-eof brother Branch ing of Turner and Fullmer In get close to him The fans found Rickey their last bout in Brooklyn April and to Greenwood assigned him completely colorless All 4 Turner won a deMiss in the Cotton States found him squarely on the spot — cision also Fulldefeated Turner Then followed a crazy-quiLeague expected to win in 1954 with swirl through the minors mer several years ago in an amavhat was regarded as the finest with one brief and inauspicious teur bout collection of ball players in the in Jenson said the offer is for a the stop majors — the St Louis maiors Cards in 1936 go because he thinks When he failed finishing five was Fullmer The included at going strong and swing stops games behind the New York Gi- Rochester won could have the Brooklyn W Va Huntington ants there was talk Brooklyn if been had it for a longer Portsmouth Trenton fight misht have a new manager in Nashua N Springfield said He distance also is beit H: Pueblo Colo St 1955 But Alston was back lieved the and Montreal longer fight would His troubles however carried Prul a crowd draw He better began managing with Portsover into spring The veteran 1940 He in mouth hurt his knee Jackie Robinson beefed because to broad jump in 1946 he didn’t start an exhibition trying and ended his Playing career in1 1PnCtnnnGC game Alston upbraided the Ne- 1947 For 14 winters his'xa111 during VaipUIICO star for not bringing his gro eripes to the manager’ Catcher Boise-Magi- c ra?eChnaansebttn2 efihfh anti'ban and industriaI artfkt neigh-Si (1-- ‘ '“I ld Rain Ez-zar- V pparenUy does not agree with my phil- osophy of winning” Shearer said a second vacancy in the physical education department would be filled by some-health- y one to replace Vokes as basket-te- r fire-eatin- second-guessin- Og--de- i i V Lake-Ogde- n 5 Totals iRan for Given in seventh bSafe on error for Lasby in fourth £ BROOKLYN (AP) Walter Emmons Alston the moon- faced onetime biology professor who manages Brooklyn S baseball Dodgers is the first to acknowledge he’s not an g character like say Leo Durocher — exciting but he of£ers “° apologies sign” said President Wal- Men are cut m diferent molds O'Malley of the dissesion I guess” the balding “We've never lost faith in Al- grandfather sighed resignedly as ston” added Vice President Bud- he relaxed in his Ebbets Field t lt i By WILL GR1MSLEY j cWalked for Ortega m sixth dStruck out for DeLatelle in sixth eFlied out to right for Ardrey in ninth Score by innings: 010 123 220—11 Great Falls 000 021 000 — 3 Billings R — Amaya 2 Elder 2 Given Wocz-war- a Holderfield 2 Fernandez 2 ManGongorek Sinquefield Paepke ning E— Gongorek Platt Sinquefield 2 2BH — Elder 2 Holderfield Lachman Rochelli Bonaparte 2 Paepke RBI — Elder 3 Holderfield LeJohn Rochelli 2 Burke S— Ryan SB — Given Fernandez 2 Sinquefield DP — Bonaparte LOB — Great Falls 7 Bilunassisted lings 8 HO— Ryan 1 5 in 5 Picker 1 DeLatelle 8 in 6 in 3 Sheridan 0 in Ardrey 2 in 3 SO— Ryan 5 Sheridan 2 Picker 5 DeLatelle 6 Ardrey 2 BB — 1 DeLatelle 2 Ardrey Ryan 5 Sheridan 1 R and ER — Ryan 3 DeLatelle 4 HBP — Manning by DeLaArdrey 3 telle Given by Holderfield by Ardrey Winner — Ryan Loser— DeLatelle Time — 2:55 Attendance — 3526 o lungs of all Salt GOLDEN Colo (UP) — Colo-rad- o league games during the 1955 Mines’ trackmen topped all Pioneer League season Culli-nm- e five events in dishing out an 875 handled the same chores to 34 Colodefeat to for Omaha in the Western loop rado College in a visiting MounRocky last year dual Conference tain track meet here yesterday leather permitting El Monte The Miners defeated Colorado 3Imi Country Club golf courses College runners in the 440 880 be crowded today El Monte 220 low hurdles e run according to Professional C Stu and the mile relay It was ColoWhite will report a rado Mines’ second victory in AP" ‘We will gross better three starts this season' $30000 for the year for the Ed Ficek and Bill Howell of Ea1d White- CityA “This will Colorado College led point-wis-e shatter all records” with 10 markers each record-break-l- Dodgers Pilot Has Had Odd Career in Baseball Play 3 Sill At-tili- Picks Ed Troxel As New Coach Alston Baseball Profile 99 Favorites Sometimes Dethroned n of C Veterans and a few rookies comprise the roster of the 1955 Ogden Reds Jim Crandall one time major league minor league manager series with the is the skipper The Ogden Reds open a three-gamBoise Braves at Affleck Park at 2:30 pm today Back row left to right: Manager Jim Crandall John Prokopchak If Dick Hicks cf Jack Kidd p Jim Dinkilaker p Bill Cooke p Howard Leister p Keith Brown p Frank Luketich c Front row left to right: Jerry Blackburn p Carl Paylor team captain and 3b Chico Terry ss Joe Soto rf Carl Kuehl lb Bill Bouley p Jerry Gonder c and Bob Decker 2b e “Fighting” says Gene “In the get-awfull- e flag-raisin- g ' tion” the Weather permitting World Titles 1 i- 1955 soft-spoke- fly-spec- ks - n 91-4- 1 220-yar- d Valley Ball Game TWIN FALLS (AP) — Rain last night forced postponement of the Valley Pioneer League baseball game in the fifth inning with Boise leadBoise-Magi- c Minute Mile Try LAWRENCE Kan (AP)— Wes Santee of Kansas City failed again yesterday in his quest for the mile but managed to defend his Glenn Cunningham mile title in the Kansas relays with a 4:114 on a muddy track and with s stuff that made record running out of the question Santee who set a new American record of 4:005 in the Texas s relays April 2 had his following everything but the time script Dick Wilson of Kan-si- s hit the first quarter in 606 with Art Dalzell also of Kansas second and Santee third Wilson dropped out of the race after a 2:063 half mile and Santee took over He reached the r mark in 3:086 and widened his lead to win by about 50 yards over Ted Wheeler of Fort Leonard Wood Mo The race was run in breezy cross winds with guests up to 14 miles an hour The sun broke through rain clouds brightly min-utes before the race started An estimated 13000 fans who cheered wildly as Santee ran under unfavorable conditions had been well watered by showers in earlier events cross-wind- pace-setter- three-quarte- ing The game was not far enough advanced to be official and will be made up at a later date Boise’s lone run was the result of a second inning homer by catcher Dan Gatta Braves pitcher Joel Whitlock had a working until the rain fell The game originally was scheduled to be played in Boise but was moved here because of wet SAN FRANCISCO (AP)— Ron grounds on the Braves’ field Magic Valley goes to Salt Lake Necciai and Lino Dinoso stepped City and Boise to Ogden Sunday the San Francisco Seals from to open three-gamseries sweeping a double-heade- r here as they led Hollywood to an 8 to 3 Takes His Pick triumph in the second game yesPROVIDENCE R I (NEA)— terday The Seals won the first to 1 Harry Josephson of Brown is a 5 Second E pitching candidate for major Hollywood came: 003 301 001 —R8 H 12 1 000 210 000—3 9 2 league baseball and also on the San Francisco list of professional football Batteries: Necciai Donoso and Halit Walsta Nagy Bradford scouts and Rltchay Tornay 1-- 0 no-hitt- er Necciai Dinoso Stop the $eals e j |