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Show Sports Stars Hum i K DON DRYSDALE learned base-ball base-ball from bis father, a minor-league minor-league pitcher and part-time scout for the Dodgers. Don has played the fame since he was nine. Until then a second baseman, he pitched bis first game at 15 when the regular regu-lar pitcher for an American Legion Le-gion team overslept. Here N' There The St. Louis Cardinals of the j National Football League signed Bay Thomas, a 6' 2" tackle from Tennessee Tech. Thomas, from Dayton, Tennessee, was signed as a free agent. , . . Australia's Davis Cup champs will defend their ten- ! nis championship next December at Melbourne. The matches were scheduled for Adelaide, but Melbourne Mel-bourne got the nod because of its larger seating capacity. The Aus-sles Aus-sles turned thumbs down on a proposal pro-posal to televise the matches. . . , Ralph W. Wescott, chairman of the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association's Associa-tion's research and planning committee, com-mittee, believes the U.S.L.T.A. would be wise to drop its amateur front tnd become the governing body of all tennis players, pro and amateur. . , . Auburn University has signed one of the south's most highly-touted high school football players to a grant-in-aid. Tucker Frederlckson, a 203-pound fullback for South Broward High In Hollywood, Holly-wood, Florida, signed an S.E.C. grant with Coach Ralph Jordan of Auburn. |