Power, Mueller
Top Big Leagues
NKWYOKK lAI'i Vic Power,
who won the American association
batting championship in 1953, In
ahowlng Kansas city'H baseball
fans he can hit major league
pitching, too.
A .255 flop with the Athletics In
Philadelphia last season, Power
currently is American league'*
lop batter with an sizzling .395
mark. He has collected 34 hits in
86 time* at bat.
Power while a member of the
Kantian City Blue*, a Yankee farm
dub in the American association,
led the minor league In ’53 with
.349 in 149 game*. He subsequent
ly wa* traded to Philadelphia in a
player deal in December, 1953.
In the National league, Don
•Mueller of the New York (iiants
continue* to hold a comfortable
lead In the flatting competition.
He ha* hit safely In 24 straight
games, tying the all-time club
uiark set by Fred IJndstrom In
1930.
Mueller's .415 mark on 45 saf
ties in 106 trip* i* 61 points high
er than the average compiled by
Brooklyn's Boy Campanella and
Bill Vtrdon of St. Bouts, who are
dead-locked for second plate at
354.
Johnny Lg>gan of Milwaukee is
fourth with .348 followed by Bed
Schoendicnst of St. l>ouis with
Forfeits Feature
IM Tennis Play
Intramural tennis finally man
aged to complete first-round ac
tion last week when the rain
cpnt long enough for 10 teams
to move Into a second round of
play.
Only seven matches were
played by 14 of the original field
of 30 teams entered by living
groups in the bracket tourna
ment. Seven others were decided
by the forfeit route whllar two
teams drew byea in first-round
pairings.
In played matches, the I>-gil
Engles beat I’hl Delia Theta.
2- 1; I’hi Kappa Sigma blanked
Beta Theta 1*1, 3-0; Campbell
club shut out Hunter hall, 3-0;
Theta Oil edged Sigma l*hl
Epsilon. 2-1; Phi Kappa I’sl
lopped Straub Froth, 2-0; Sig
ma Nu downed Delta I'psllon,
3- 0, and Phi Gamma Delta. 2-1.
Advancing into the second
round hy forfeit wins were Sig
ma Alpha Mu over Sederstrom
hall, Tau Kappa Epsilon over
Nestor hall. Dorm Counselors
over Kappa Sigma, Sigma Chi
over French hall, Chi Psi over
Cherney hall, Sigma Alpha Ep
silon over Barrister Inn and Del
ta Thu Delta over Gamma hall.
Drawing byes into the round
of lfi were Alpha Tau Omega
and Hale Kane.
Second-round pairings pit Al
pha Tau Omega vs. Legal Eagles,
Sigma Alpha Mu vs. Beta Theta
Pi, Tati Kappa Epsilon vs. Dorm
Counselors, Sigma Chi vs. Camp
bell club, Male Kane vs. Theta
Chi, Chi Psi vs. Straub Frosh,
Sigma Alpha Epsilon vs. Sigma
Nu and Delta Tau Delta vs. Phi
Gamma Delta.
Second-round play in IM ten
nis will be finished this week
with quiirter-f Inals scheduled
to be completed Monday if the
weather holds up. Semi-final
matches are slated next Tues
day and Wednesday with the
final scheduled for Thursday.
Winner of the tennis tourna
ment will receive 75 IM points to
apply toward the annual intra
mural championship. Defending
champion in tennis is Alpha Tau
Omega while Phi Delta Theta
was last year’s intramural titlist.
..'{47. Logan gained seven points In
last week's games with 10 hits in
27 at hats while Schoendienst
climbed L8 points on 8-for-19.
Hervey Kuenn, who leads both
leagues in hits with 50, had 11 hits
In 29 trips last week and is batting
.388. The Detroit shortstop is run
nerup to Power in the American
league.
A1 Kaline, also of the Tigers, is
third with .379. He's followed by
Hank Hauer of the Yankees with
.336 and Bob Nieman of Chicago
with .316. Kaline dropped 28
points while batting only .280 in
games last week. Bauer slumped
eight points and Nieman seven,
tiiis Zero la I of Kansas City Is
tied for the American I>-ague
lead in both the home run and
runs Imtted In department. He
has hit 10 home runs, the same
total compiled by the Yankees’
Mickey Mantle. (>u* also has
driven In 28 runs as has Mickey
Vernon of Washington.
Duke Snider of Brooklyn is the
National League's pace-setter in
home runs with 11 and runs batted
in with 36.
Among the pitchers, the Dodgers'
Carl Krskine and Don Newcombe
have the best won-lost records.
Kaeh has won five games and lost
none. Karly Wynn of Cleveland
and Sandy Consuegra lead with
3-0 in the American.
Bob Turley of the Yankees tops
the American League in strikeouts
with 69 while John Antonelli of
the Giants has fanned the most
National League batsmen. 47.
Walker Cup
Match Ready
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland . APi
America's Walker Cup golf
ers got a taste of Scotland's
fickle weather Monday snow,
hail, rain, wind and fitful sun
shine.
Team Captain Bill Campbell
of Huntington, W. Va., told
them:
"That's what makes golf an
even trickier business over here
than back home. You never know
what to expect."
Only two of the team have
played in Britain before Camp
bell and Harvie Ward of San
Francisco, who won the British
Amateur in 1952. The United
States defends the Walker Cup
against the pick of Britain's
amateurs over the famed Old
Course of St. Andrew's Friday
and Saturday.
Monday's weather and assort
ed ailments did not vtop the Am
ericans' practice. Don Cherry of
Wichita Falls, Texas, who in
jured his right knee in practice
last Saturday, went around the
course with his leg supported by
a surgical strap. "I think I shall
be all right by the time of the
match," he said.
Two partners, taking alternate
strokes with one ball, play in Fri
day's foursomes. Eight singles
will be played Saturday.
IM Schedule
Tuesday
Softball
4:00 Phi Kappa Psi vs. Sigma
Alpha Epsilon, south field.
Nestor hall vs. Phi Kappa
Sigma, north field.
Tennis
4:00 Legal Eagles vs. Beta Theta
Pi, courts 4, 5, 6.
Track
4:55 Alpha Tau Omega vs. Phil
adelphia house.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon vs.
Campbell club.
Golf
Hale Kane vs. Legal Eagles,
Oakway. \
Tennis Squads
Set OSC Jaunt
Stymied by the rain over the
weekend, Hilbert Lee’s fresh
man and varsity tennis squads
will move into action today at
Corvallis with Oregon State's
Heaver and Rook squads.
Victors in an earlier match
with the Orange netmen, the
j Ducks will be completing their
Northern Division season with
this match. The ND tournament
is slated for Pullman this week
end.
In varsity action. Bob Baker,
Ron Carlson, Don Bonime, Dick
Hamilton and Dick Gray will see
action for Oregon, with Norman
Merrill, Bob Jensen, Dick Jacob
son, Pete Overton and Emory
Keolanui going for the Beavers.
Freshman entrants for the
Ducklings will probably be Marv
Woods, Stan Kalapus, Stewart
Jones, Brian Booth, Phil Low
thian and Don Robinson.
ROTC Riflemen
Outshoot OSC
Oregon's Army ROTO rifle
team defeated Oregon State col
lege’s team Thursday night to
win the state championship for
Army ROTC units. The team won
by a score of 1866 to 1855.
Gordon Nobriga fired a 379
out of a possible 400, winning
high point honors for Oregon.
The top five for Oregon were
Nobriga. Dave Goode, Lee Tuck
er. Norman Silliman and Doug
las Gill.
Captain H. D. Wolaver and
Master Sergeant Allen are in
charge of the Oregon rifle team*
Sports Staff
Desk Editor: Buzz Nelson.
Staff: Jerry Claussen, A1 John
son, Virg Erickson. Paul Keefe.
Dan Kelley of Oregon set
worlds records in the 100- and
220-yard dashes. He ran the two
dashes in 9.6 and 21.2—back in
1906.
Cockell KO'd
By Marciano
By JACK HAND
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) —
Rocky Marciano sent courageous
Don Cockell home to England on
his shield Monday night, a blood
spattered technical knockout vic
tim in 59 seconds of the ninth
round In Marciano’s fifth defense
of his world heavyweight title.
Referee Frankie Brown en
folded the fat hog farmer in his
arms to stop him from further
punishment after he reeled
drunkenly toward the ropes.
Cockell had been knocked
through the ropes for a count of
two when the bell rang ending
the eighth round. Out for the kill
the unbeaten 30-year-o!d Brock
ton, Mass., slugger swarmed over
game Don with all the fury of
his animal attack in the ninth.
8uzy-Q-Kights
A terrific Suzy-Q right to the
jaw, following up bitter punish
ment, dropped Cockell early in
the ninth.
Refusing to surrender under
this blazing fire, he dragged him
self to his feet.
On came Marciano, a scowl
creasing his swarthy brow, to
cut loose with a furious barrage
that sent Cockell down once
more. This time he got up at
five only to back off, weaving as
he went, to bring the merciful
ending from the referee.
While he lasted, the beefy
Briton put up a whale of a scrap,
belying his horrible perform
ances in the gym. He just didn’t
have the punch to match Rocky’s
nor the ability to keep on taking
those wild swings.
In the last few rounds he was
an open target but a target that
always kept coming back for
more.
Chopped Up
Cockell bled from a gash on his
forehead as early as the fourth
round and blood spurted from
his nose at the same time. There
was a red mark on his right
cheek in the fifth.
Referee Brown scored it 499 li
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Judge John Bassanelli both had
it 49-39, all with Marciano out
in front. The Associated Press
also had it 49-39.
Cockell at 205 founds was his
lightest in many fights and Mar
ciano at 1S9 was his heaviest
ever as a champ. The Englishman
was in shape for the battle of
his life and went down swinging
to earn the respect of the cus
tomers.
As the Battersea Blimp left
the ring, he drew a loud salvo
from the crowd of close to 25,000
that had gathered in the chill
twilight at Kezar Stadium.
If the 16% foot ring bothered
Cockell it didn’t show. At times
he outboxed the champion with
his sharp left. Once in the sixth
round he crashed home a beauti
ful right on Marciano's chin
when Rocky surged in wildly.
Foul Blows
Twice Marciano pounded home
a body punch after the bell—in
the third and sixth rounds—as
Cockell was backed into a neu
tral corner under a body bar
rage. It was difficult to hear
the bell at ringside so Rocky
couldn’t be blamed.
The first Englishman to fight
for the heavy title since Tommy
Farr went 15 rounds with Joe
Louis in 1937, Cockell fought
back gamely as long as he could.
He didn’t look like any 10 to 1
bet but it was apparent early
that he couldn’t go on catching
it all night.
Eager for the kill, \Jarciano
was wingnig those old Suzy-Q
rights with reckless abandon.
Time after time he missed his
target but he always had an
other coming up.
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