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ft"- I . f . Don Newcombe Fools With i&Wn 16 Win NEW VOnK iLTI - Don Newcombe the big fuy who couldn't win the "big ones." is making such comeback today jhat he teems almost a cinch to be picked (or action in the second All-Star game at Lbs Angeles on Aug. S. . ,:.. There was a suspicion when he was traded away by the Dodgers last year that he was finished. He had a pulled shoulder muscle and his record when the Brooks cut him loose was zero wins against six losses. ' But the six foot, four inch 245 Pounder is a sassy 10-5 today Rebels, Yanks Clash In Prep Football Game BATON ROUGE. La. UP1 The Rebels and the Yankees, two othe finest squads of high school gud .stars ever assembled, will battle tonight in the 11th annual Prep All-America Bowl at Memo rial Stadium. '. The 47 players, cream of the nation's prep teams of last year and now destined to be college and professional stars, are primed for the football classic after a week of rugged drills. ' Coach Ed McKeever's Rebels will be slight favorites at kickoff because of "slightly better organi sation," according to Mosc Simms, director and founder of the annual tilt. - McKeever formerly coached at LSU, Notre Dame, Cornell and San Francisco. : "But the Yankees have good personnel,'' Simms said quickly. "They're big and have some very fine backs." Lloyd Jordan, for merly of Harvard, directs the Yankees. The Rebels and Yanks, playing under collegiate rules with un limited substitution and the pla toon system, will offer contrast ing offenses to the 17,000 fans ex pected tonight. - McKeever will use a pro type attack with an outside wingback and balanced line. Jordan has an unbalanced line with an outside wingback. Tennis Players Decline To Join Davis Cup Team ( HAVBRFORD. .Pa, ,(UPlt Perry Jones, non-playing captain of the U. S. Davis Cup team, said Wednesday night that four players had been invited to join the squad that declined because of business reasons. Jones identified the four as Vic Scixas of Philadelphia, Dick Sa vilt of New York. Ham Richard son of Washington, D.C., and Tom Brown of Los Angeles.' He also said that Bernard Bart rcn. winner of the U. S. Clay Court title, was under considera tion for the squad. ! ): J f .r Oil and more important has com on to win nine of his last It games. As late as this spring ' there was basis for the contention that he might be washed up. Rival teams insisted that his fast ball was gone in exhibition contests and nobody listened : whea Mew combe insisted his stomach was upset and he felt weak. - Accused c4 C-riaa "WM" That's because the hulking man long has been accused of being a hypochondriac and he had cried "wolf once too often.. Yet.' once the season started, be indicated In his first start that he might still have the stuff which carried him to three 20-game seasons and gave'him 27 wins and most valu able player honors in 1956. ' For in his first start even though be lost he tossed a fine four-hitter. Hi next two starts were disastrous and Los Angeles must have figured it did right in peddling him away. But since May 5, big Newk has been dyna mite. ' - He won nine in a row and then was halted by the Cardinals only by one run in an ll-tnning affair. Now, in his latest start, he dusted Experts hirig Fbrnj Portland, Acquires New Shortstop . PORTLAND UPfi Tom Car roll; a shortstop and one-time New York Yankee bonus player, was sent to the Portland Beavers Wednesday by the Kansas City Athletics. Carroll has been performing this season with Charleston of the American Association where he was hitting .281. The former Yankee organization ballplayer stands 6-J. weighs 190 and bats righthanded. Carroll, who will Join the Bea vers at Phoenix, hit .333 in 14 riies for 'ho Yankees in , 1955 and .353 in 36 games with the New Yorkers in 1956. The new Beaver Was obtained by the Athletics in the same trade which sent Russ Snyder to Kan sas City. College All Stars Report For Practice, , CHICAGO IUPI) A 1959 Col lege All-Star football squad of 52 players reported today to head coach Otto Graham to begin train ing for the 26th annual game with the National League champions, the Baltimore Colts, Aug. 14. The collegians, who .defeated Detroit, 35-19, last year in Gra ham's" coaching debut, will draw uniforms, got their rooming asr.l signments and go through physi cal examinations today. - Graham, who will be assisted by Pete Pihos. Don Doll, Lou Sa ban,- Dick Stanfel ' "and -. John Saucr. will send them' through their first actual workouts Friday after a morning of picture taking. ! Four new players have been added to the original roster1.' They are Dave Scherer, an--end from Southern Methoaist, end Rich' Kreitling of Illinois, and tackles Harry Jacobs of Bradley and Ron Luciano of Syracuse.- Center Bob Harrison of Oklahoma "Will not be aMe to play due 10 injuries in an automobile accident.- . ; The tackles of Graham's squad this year will average 240-pounds. the guards 230 .pounds, the back field 191 pounds and the team ov erall 215 pounds. - . Prp Pitchr Plans To Enroll At OSC , CORVALLIS UPt Cecil Ira. a standout pitcher for the Frank lin Quakers the last two' seasons, has announced his intentions of enrolling at Oregon State College this fall. Ira told Beaver baseball mentor Ralph Coleman of Mv plans. He is the third Portland Inter- scholastic league baseball star- to announce plans of enrolling on the OSC camnus for the coming year. Terry Baker and Harry Demorest both of the 1959 state, champion Jefferson - squad announced that they had chosen the Beaver cam pus ... The teflhanded . Ira pitched Franklin - into ' the state tourna mcnt finals two seasons ago and posted one of ' the top pitching records in the PIL this' season. He was a.hurlcr on the winning Metro squad in the 'second annual prep-all star - baseball game at Eugene. ' . .' .,..' -OLD TIMERS" ACCEPT - NEW YORK (UPI)-Ex -Yen kce star Joe DIMaggio and ex-St. Louis Card pitcher - Dizzy Dean have accepted invitations to ap pear in the annual "old timers game' at Yankee Stadium, Aug. I. . 1 ; : . i1, .. . x i JELLIED FRESH FRUIT FOR SHORTCAKE . MADE WITH M.C. P. "LOW SUGAR" MCttl.; JtrW.fr$h fruits Will Not Soak (nfoShorfcalt SAVE TMISI...0M eeip ftr All friitt Withort Cttkl v ' :-..j.t ,-.;-:... PitEPARVrroN or Fruit C Wash thoroughly. Hull and crush berries. Grind tree fruits. . , : rr. . ', "!: . . 1. Measure 2 cups crushed or ground fruit and.l cup M.C.PJ ,. '!Low Sugar". Liquid Pectin into kettle. Mix well. ( jJ; v 2. Add 2 cups sugar; blend mixture thoroughly to dissolve . sugar. ". ' ' ' 3. Some tart fruits, such as Red Raspberries and Logan berries, may be tart enough to jell the fruit, but other fruit will need lemon juice. The amount of lemoft Jniet to add ranges from V cup tq. V4 cup, depending upon the kind of fruit being used. . ... r . 4. Firtt, try adding Vi cup lembn juke," mix well. If texture and tartness suit you, do not- add mere lemon Juice: If jellied fruit is not firm enough, then add V cup more lemon juice; but no fruit will need more than Vi cup e lemon juice for this basic recipe. " ' 5. The fruit will jell immediately when tht proper amount 61 lemon-juice is added and At is then-ready for use on shortcake, or if you want to keep it foi future use, it will . keep for weeks stored in refrigerator same aa milk. . . "JelKad fresh Fruits" ran b fro I" regular fraazinf cm Ulnars tor leng storsgs. Whan tHawaa" art, ttuH win rata rt perfect tertura and freah fnilt flavor. The above recipe will maka iVt lb. of "MM Fresh Fruit.? Thi recipe may b doubled, tripled, ttc, by muKlprmt ad tht Ingredients by the same numbif . i 1 i Ctt M C. P. "low Sntiar" Pretiii af your groerri note. off the r defending champion Braves for his 10th win. i r That 10-5 record is much more impressive than it looks at first glance. Seven of those victories have come against the three tough clubs the Dodgers, Giants and Braves. He has gone the distance in 13 of his 15 starts. He has yielded only 17 bases on balls white pasting 58 strikeouts. ' ting Lefty .114 On top of which. Newcombe is batting .324 and has knocked in 16 runs. i' - Big Newk always has been a good -hitter. Even back in the days when- he broke in with the Dodgers'- Nashua. N. H.. farm dub. Because earlier, -when he signed with the Newark club of the old Negro League, the mana ger took one look at fhc tower ing teen-ager and told him: " "Son, you're big enough all right.' Just learn how to swing that bat, too, and It'll win some games for you." u New combe's pitching long" has been complicated by a reputa tion, just or not, that he couldn't win "the "big ones." This was pinned en him in perpetuity when the Yankees knocked his brains out four times in World Scries play. It was compounded by an inclination to brood over these failures and a manner which creates an impression of surli ness. Then there was his 'con stant catering to' the slightest twinge in his arm, understanda ble possibly in view of the fact that it is his living. ' ' But a lot of them thought be was-through last year when the Dodgers traded him away and Los Angeles may be a bit un happy about it now, particularly if he walks out in their park next month as one of the All-Stars. Bowling Results WEDNESDAY NIOHT .BOWLING (Final Standings) W t TP Nighf Owls .. 25 IS 12434 Sky Rockets . 22", 174 22731 HltC Specials . 22 18 22374 Larsen&Fullmer 22 18 22365 Si grist-Thorn as 19 21 22480 The Millers '19 21 22220 Wild Willies ..16 13 22200 Four Books ' ...14 ,2 22399 ' Night Owls: Bert Burke, 190. 520. Sky Rockets: : Geo. Chadwick, 199. 532. H & C Specials: Ed Craig, 226, 556; ; : ', ' ' Larsen lt Fullmer: Evan Larsen, 238, 604.. ' Z Seigrist - Thomas: - ' Brownie Brimm (sub) 208, Bill .Thomas, 521. ' . . The Millers: Tony Miller, 208. 561 Wild Willies: Ray Wilhelm, 172. 480.-'. .- Four Books: Bud Forry, 163, 467.' 1. ,- . . . . . - " Winning team of the summer league was the Night Owls. Team members: Bert Burke, Captain; Myrna Woodell; Sheila Statler; Red Statler. Wednesday Afternoon League ' July 22 W L TP- Nameless. Onc ..- 27 17 11.649 Pin Ups 25 19 11.897 Gutter Gang 23 21 13,449 McCoy's Bandits .. 20 24 13,039 Lucky Strikes 184 254 12.363 The Duds 174 264 10,965 McCoy's Bandits June Forry 455.162. Lucky Strike: Gloria Telfair 408,142. - V . The Duds: Beth Cleaver 373, 142.-, , Looking For A PEUGHTFUL, REFRESIDNG Cooler? TRY ' Meadow Gold's NEW Triple Flavor Sherbet ORANGE LIME LEMON At Your Grocer's ATTEND THE . Elgin Stampede This Wtofcand New Trophy To Be Given Johansson NEW YORK UI'1 I.igeniiir Johansson will be given New York City's brand new world heavyweight championship trophy at a gala luncheon on Sept. a. Announcing the establishment and presentation of the trophy. Richard C. Patterson Jr., said that all 13 living 'ex-heavyweitiht titlchoiders would be officially in vited to the luncheon. Patterson, commissioner of the city's Department of Commerce and Public Events, said Wednes day night the site of the luncheon and the type of the trophy would be disclosed soon. He explained that the new trophy will change hands with the title. - Johansson will retain it until he loses the crown. Then he will be key man in ceremonies of Doctor Says Hydro Driver Will Improve SPOKANE (HPIi Hydroplane ilnver Jack Regas was holding his own at Lakeside Hospital Wednesday night. "As long as he does." Dr. H. H. Greenwood said, "he'll get better." ; Greenwood has been treating Regas since Sunday, when the wiry racing veteran was serious ly injured in the Diamond Cup races. liegas, who holds the world's propcller-drivcn speed 1 recordt has undergone "little change that you can see" since he was takea unconscious from the race course to the hospital. Greenwood said.- Itepas is in a semi-conscious state and has not yet been able to speak. Observer, L Grande, Ore, Thurt., July 23, 1959 Paga 3 I ! presentation to a new champion. 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