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Show 4- - 1 "--"- D uke Sprinter May TIME EXPOSURE Is in this lead and zinc town of 2445, used to pitch for the town team. He taught the boy baseball, pitched By CARTER BRADLEY Mickey's Staff United Press W' Correspondent to him righthanded while grandfather pitched to him COMMERCE, Okl3. (UP) Mickey Mantle was the "most The boy and father were good popular boy" in bis graduating pals. Donn Dodd, Mickey's best class but he didn't show up that friend in high school and now a June night in 1949 when the Com- reporter for the Miami, Okla., recalls a hunting merce High seniors got their News-Recor- d and he that Mickey made diplomas. Lip As might have been expected, with the elder Mantle. "We'd been hunting quail all day Mickey was playing baseball. He got four hits for the Com- and hadn't got a bird after using merce "Whiz Kids" against the all our ammunition," Dodd recalls. Coffeyville, Kan., team. After the Mickey was carrying his dad's game was over, sitting in a parked .410-- . 22, a combination shotgun and car, Mickey's dad signed a eon-tra- rifle. Bad Swing for him with a Yankee scout "Walking home Mickey happentying him to the Yank farm ored on a covey. He stalked through ganization. The story of Mickey Mantle is a the weeds and swung at a big fulfillment of the legend of mil- hen with the stock of the gun. lions of American boys dreaming It hjt a log and broke. Man alive! of becoming the greatest baseball Did he catch the dickens!" Mickey's father died in 1952, the player of all. At do Mantle may year after Mickey went up to the just that. 24 is he already 4age compared Yankees after playing with IndeASKING A and with Babe Ruth Ty Cobb. He pendence, Kan., Joplin, Mo., and is taking the American League Kansas City. apart this year and threatening His mother doesn't think her son Ruth's great record of 60 homers nas changed much. After every season he hotfoots it back to Comin one year. a Portrait If ever an athlete epitomized merce. He and his wife have built m the small town boy who lived vir- a new M YOUwhen bungalow here. KNOW tually nothing but baseball, it is Mickey was also a star half Mantle. Off the field he is still shy back for Commerce. In one prac move & and withdrawn, far more at home tice session, he was kicked in the tin Qtt Chandler's drugstore here ankle and a bone infection (osteo to wogld than in New York's Toots Shors myelitis) resulted. It was arrested the baseball stars' hangout. but that, plus a trick right knee, ' "He's just a plain, big old kept him out of military service. er5j country boy who liked ,to play The knee is still a constant worry, baseball from the day he was old particularly since ht is probably enough to carry a mitt," says the fastest man in the majors. v No Hero Role Ralph Sears, the bank president in Mickey's home town. It's doubtful whether Mantle will GoodTStudent ever become used to the hero Mrs: Berty Jacoby, one of his role. high school teachers, recalls that "When he's here he comes in the store and goes back there be Mickey was a good student. "When I had him in junior hind the shelves to pass the time English he sometimes turned in of day' says druggist Chandler. Today's Sports Parade the best themes in the class," she "He's J afraid some stranger will says. "But baseball had the upper spot him and make a fuss about band. His themes were invariably it." about athletics." Commerce thinks a lot of Baseball led Mickey to his first Mickey. and only sweetheart, too. He met "We're planning a blowout on ,his pretty Merlyn John-- , July 20 when the Yanks get back when the Commerce school to Kansas City," says Chandler son, By OSCAR FRALEY team played Picher, Okla. Merlyn "We want to charter some buses United Press Sports Writer was a drum majorette. They have and go Up there as a group and NEW YORK (UP) Althea Gibtwo children, Mickey, 3, and David give Mickey a present of. some son is romping through Europe tofive months. Mrs. Mantle is just kind. leaving now for New York to join "Only we don't know what to day as the avowed "Jackie RobMickey for the rest of the season. give him. I guess he's been given inson of tennis." Robinson, y o u'l 1 remember, Mickey's dad, "Mutt," a miner everything he really wants." smashed the age-ol- d color line in major league basebaU. Althea is doing the same thing in the sacrosanct and court sport. the same kind of a sportIt's TIMPANOGOS PONY LEAGUE Happy Service . . 0 1 0 3 4 2 2 and Althea has ing crusade : (12) 0 6 x 18 7 3 been, pulUng it off -Duckett STANDINGS just as sensaas Robinson did when he Batteries: and tionally Mangum, Taylor W L Pet. with in broke the Brooklyn Dodg.2 0 1.000 H. . Anderson; R. Anderson and Provo Phillies (Seconal in a series Coach Thinks Sime's Sport SUNDAY, JUNE 3, 1958 Utah County, Utah SUNDAY HERALD Mickey Mantle Story Is American Legend ckey Mantle Out-M- i of three). left-hande- By HARRY GRAYSON NEA Sports Editor "'fS d. "s- - .Jeep! f P 'Jh KJJ' W'?iHm MM m mmm f Junior Baseball Summary ... 2 racmc ripe 0 1.000 1 1 1 i Dairy Queen TeUuride Motor 20-3- 0 Club Madsen Cleaning .500 .500 .000 .000 2 2 0 .0 Frldays line scores: 01 2 0 Dairy Queen ...0100 0 Provo Phillies . 5 0 0 0 0 5 7 1 Batteries: Wayne Clark and Phil Hoskins; Jerry Slack and Kent Been. 2BH Jerry Slack (2).' 0--- 12447 1 0 Club TeUuride Mtr (13) (11) 0 x 24 7 20-3-0 1 Zumbronan, Herbert Coleman, Gordon Chatwin and Robert Jolmoon; Jimmy Griffith and Larry William. 2BH Jim Grif fith (2), Roger Planty. Batteries: Pacific Pipe .... 5 7 2 1 0M5 2 Madsen Cleaning 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 3 Batteries Gary Clayton and Alva Nelsori ; Brent Dixon, Jim Bowen (3) and Carl Schemensky, Home runs: Garth Bray.?r2BH Jim Bowen, Garth Rowelson. , Wednesday, June 6th's Schedule 5:00 p.m. TeUuride Mtr. vs. Pacific Pipe. 6:50 p.m. Madsen Cleaning vs. Provo PhiUies. 0 8: 40 p.m. dub vs. r -- 20-3- Dairy. Queen, : CENTRAL BOYS .LEAGUE STANDINGS WL 1 1 3, .......224 ;...:.;.............:..0 Friday's line scores: Jaycees .......... H 0 0 0 0 3 4 l6 2 Hoble .12 3 5 Lions 1--- 21 Batteries: Pace, Buys, Shepherd and Griffith, Gabbitas, Dixon, Brown, Hardy, Rawlings. 2BH Rawlings (2). Hardy (2). : JReams Mki. J. A. Hoole Batteries: 1 U 0 6 4 ..,..3.4 ...v.. 15 5 0 0339 Williams, T.lgman and Smith, Mitchell and McDonald. Hotne rons: Smith. ' ' 2BH Mitchell. , ' A v A. L. Duckett Sk2sm r 0 1.000 h. 03 Top-Flig-ht top-flig- ht h; j AU-Ind- ia AU-As- ia Golf Clinics Set At Tim p Course - 12-1- -- '. . 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Boardman in September, and if he refuses, the Massachusetts Boxing Commission wiU ask the NBA to vacate hia title." When Boardman of Marlborough, Conn., tagged Ryff of New York with bis first kayo defeat at 46 seconds of the ninth round in their fight, it was his third major victory of 1956. And it was a sensational New York debut. He had outpoint ed champion Smith in a non-titbout at Boston, Feb. 7, and outpointed featherweight ruler Sandy Saddler; similarly in the same ring. April 14. three-gam- e ; rhon Fit 95 ing will be offered champion Wallace (Bud) Smith for a defense against TV-rad- COM. sensa Friday night. Sam SUverman, Boston promoter, said "a guarantee of $50,000 8-- 3, fr -- (Reg. 49c) quality ninth-roun- out an homerun Saturday to break a 7 tie and give Wyoming University a 7 victory over Colorado State to win the deciding game in the District 7 NCAA BasebaU playoffs. Wyoming now. goes into the National NCAA finals in Omaha June (Reg. 49c) 6 Snelled hooks Here's a 135-pou- first baseman Fritz Heiss slapped test 25-l- b. 2-- L Boardman Kayoes Frankie Ryff, Eyes Title Go 004366 C7z:i - Travel Eervice Snelled hooks, inkers 100 yOt. monofilament line, swivele, SLEEPING BAG SPECIALS! out-Mick- ey Tho-,nia- s, c::rjsTC7:c:i reel E95 Regular 7.95 Valoe left-hande- d. LARAMIE. Wyo., UP) Cowboy casting reel (Reg. 9e) 400-f- t. nylon lino, COMPLETE SET A l.8) All-met- al leader right-hande- Cowboys Win District 7 NCAA Playoff (Rg. 6-- ft. Trimtmo spinning tri. casting polo glati spinning tc. rod, thot flthing 7-- 32 & Reservations- col- I. INCLUDES: 5-- ft. eutti 9-- 7. Batteries: .Bray, Clark, and D. Christen; Dunford and HaUaday. 2BH Collins, Christensen, y. Snelson. Elks. Airline Ticket tET INCLUDES: 6-- (CaUed end of fifth) V SET shod. Ideal for Making Sime aU the more extraordinary as a sprinter is his size, 2 and 185 pounds. Sime, a handsome kid, is patterning his career after that of Bobby Brown, who studied medicine while playing third base for the Yankees. He batted .432 as a Duke freshman, forgot baseball oti a nand'baii court, sne pro tnis spring to concentrate on gressed so rapidly that she dom- track and the Olympic Games. inated Negro tennis circles and "David has a natural power won a scholarship to Florida swing and a strong and accurate A&M. arm," testifies Athletic Director "And he could be a Sasso. 1950 In she became the first Neswitch like Mickey Mantle. hitter to HiUs and gro play at Forest was beating highly-seede-d Louise There is a center field fence at 6 when rain the Fair Lawn High field, 330 Brough, feet from the plate. In one pracpostponed the match until the next tice session, he hit five baUs day. Miss Brough then pulled out a mile over it batting d th: match, Subsequently, and five more Walker and middleweight cham pion Ray (Sugar) Robinson helped "David wiU Mantle." finance her trips around the cir cuit. Last faU, when racial tensions threatened 'U.S. prestige abroad, the State Department asked her to make tht international tour. "Jackie Robinson did a tremen dous job by proving himself on the field," Althea says. "I was lucky to get my chance, too, and I realize that any prominence I NEW YORK (UP) Larry earn is going to help others of a remarkable young Boardman, my race." Connecticut lightweight who fights Robinson's feats on the diamond Uke Jack Dempsey, may get a naturally have become a legend shot at the crown at 10 Boston because of his Sept.. Althea, pointing toward Wimble d knockout of Frankie don and Forest Hills, stands squarely on the threshhold, too. Ryff at Madison Square Garden .000 -5 wrist, bottom and lar, water do 19.9. K RandaU-Kelsc- h OUTFIT lining, knit yards. That's why Sasso believes he'll 1 0 1.000 0 1 .000 Happy Service EUcs quiltrd 0-P- C. FISHING nw, lightweight, j prevailed by SPINNING OUTFIT d, faster." He 1 Brand jnSHINO SEASON w x pet. t i't ty ers. Murray. stijl were some doubts as Home runs: Crowther, Happy to There her ability when last DecemService. 3BH Murray, Duckett. ber, at the request of the State 2BH Godfrey, Payne, Duckett. Department, she undertook a the international around swing MONDAY'S SCHEDULE tennis circuit. Her detractors con5:00 p.m.Happy Service vs. EUcs tended thai at 28 she was past 6:30 p.m. Duckett vs. the point of improvement and had RandaU-Kelscplayed in five national championships at Forest HiUs without ever Monday's line scores: very far. progressing 3 4 Happy Service ....1 1 0 1 RandaU-Kelsc- h ...0040 12 5 3 But apparently Competition Batteries: Peterson and Anderthey overlooked the fact that aU, Althea needed son; Bennett and D. Christen. 2BH Nelson, Clark, L. Kimball, was continued competition against RandaU-Kelsccompetition. Given the Peterson, Happy service. chance, she has been aU but unA. L. Duckett ...0 1 5 0 511 7 1 beatable and must stack up as EUcs 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 one of the jYimbledon favorites. Batteries: Godfrey rfnd Murray; For since December,' Miss GibThomas, Garter, Berge and HaUa- son has won 13 foreign tournaday. ments and seven in a row. Home runs: Murray, Duckett. Starting off her tour with con2BH G o d f r e y, R. Anderson, arid quests in the Payne, Duckett; Christensen, Thoshe has been championships, mas, Carter, EUcs. roaring of late --with seven consecutive victories at Monte Carlo, Palermo, Naples, Genoa, Florence, Rome land Paris. That last victory, in the French championships, was her best and proved emphatically that she will Clinics for women and junior be a. distinct threat at Wimbledon golfers will get underway this and Forest Hills. For she scored week at the Tim Course, accord a straight' set 0 win over bag to BiU Johnston, local pro: Britain's Angela Mortimer, a walwho will serve as. instructor for loping rival who had beaten Miss the classes. Gibson in four previous meetings. The women's clinic will berin Daughter of a garage handyWednesday at 9 a.m. and win con- man An Harlem, Miss Gibson was tinue for four consecutive weeks born in. Sumter, S.C., and brought It wiU be open to aU women golf- to New; York, as an infant. She ers, beginners and more advanced started' playing paddle tennis in the Police Athletic League and in players alike. The clinic for juniors wffl beein 1912 started; on her way when Thursday at 9 a.m. and also wiU bandleader Buddy Walker presentrun . for four weeks. It wUl be ed her with a racquet. open to both boys , and girls beWins College Scholarship tween 9 and 18 years of ase in Her. first strokes.. with a real clusive. racquet were in bouncing a ball , NATIONAL BOYS LEAGUE . ' STANDINGS ' 5 oft-snoo- 6-- 0, ...-...........; .V... ...... 3 'Lions Reams Jaycee - TALKER JACKET one-tent- Dil-lar- june m - - MAKE PREMIER SUPRUS HEADQUARTERS FOR ALL YOUR FISHING AND CAMPING NEEDS! Althea Gibson Is Breaking Color Line In Tennis Game wife-to-be- , d, next Saturday j m six-roo- NEW YORK (NEA) Virgil Sasso first tells you that David William Sime will be the first to break 20 seconds in the dash. Dave Sime Off what has so quickly accomplished, that doesn't exactly floor anyone slightly acquainted with the youngster's meteoric rise, but Sasso' s next prediction has to put you down for a short count. "David," says Sasso, athletic director and baseball coach of; Fair Lawn, N. J., High, "has a' fine chance to make you forget aU the basebaU players you have ever seen. He can play any position but belongs in center field." Sime rhymes with Jim did not compete in track in high school, had no formal coaching. It is not true, however, that he did not put on a pair of spiked shoes until he matriculated at Duke University. Sime more recently estabUshed two new world records within six days with 20.1 for the furlong and 22.2 in the low hurdles, h of a second snipping which were held from the marks Mel and Patton Harrison by respectively. He has run the 100 in 9.4 six" times, repelling in one of them the previously! unbeaten Bobby Marlow, the National Amateur Athletic Union titleholder. After shaving the 220 mark, Sime telephoned his mother. J "You know, mom, I broke thej world record," he reported, "There was nobody in back of me or I could have ru it 220-yar- ct i Baseball TnAILK SALES r:rn- - rcu., r?, m op.f.v, TH2 '. F03 EVE!YTH:H0 nSHISMANf ' -- DIAL:, ' 'en i - ?Y UUUUL; ' IN x;V , rnovo YOU3 SPOnTSMSN'S ' KIADQUARTCnS v ; - 1 3-29- " .J A " . n1 ; -- 'A nV rl iJ c 1 J - ; v 10 "t u'T-'"'-- 't '- , ' ' ' I I .Viiiii i-ii - v J- B- -- "1 1 " , ; ""V ) v(z . 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