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'AI emiatoirs, YaEdoiriisi' Agaonn OSovMe Par ISrasrik ;verD imi Lots Secies a 9 M weep PtamaM , 1 Mewcs S hi . ' ,1 Nice to see that the Washingtons didn't corner the full market on southern Cal junior college transfers, and particularly from our. old alma mater-Compton. Jim Aiken speared one or Oregon in E-ll Fell, and a good one indeed. Fell last fall did a century in 10.3 attired in lull football regalia, which is fly ing low. He t'id the sam distance regularly in 9.7 to 9.9 in track har ness, which has Bill Bowerman Clicking a few heel al'0 . . . The cb.cJjinr in of Fell to Oregon from Comiton mark the first such transfer of a r.otab'e athlete since the dnys of fcclballer Buck Berry and basl etballer Vic Townend who were Tarters (fah rah rah!) when we we.e there , . . Win 'em and draw 'ra: In Yakima'jr 33 home g. me so far, less than half the home reason, the paid attend ance has been 64,671. For all of ire M8 campaign it was 73,600, considf red a dismal season . . Spcal.inp above of corners on mar kets, l'fk as if the town Sena tors it re a magnet for U of Ore gon b.tseballers. Outfielder Hal Zurcher, who can go "get 'em a field with the'best, is the latest. First-sucker Dick Bartle wasn't much ahead of him, and last year It was Catcher Bill Burgher. Then there is Poy Carlson too. True, Pitcher Hal Saltman went with Seattle and Vancouver first, but eventually wound up with Salem. And the Senators were dickering decided to join the Cleveland-San Diego-Tacoma Cheque . . battle continues to moan over the way Saltzman was lost by the Rainiers . (in thnt trade for Hunk Anderon, you'll recall), but the way we see It they haven't much to moan about now. ? Lookit how easy they got Dick Sinovic into their organization from the Beavers ... Middleweight Bobby Volk, now 25 and admittedly under full aail alnnr the comeback trail, has moved bag add baggage from Portland to Spokane. He'll operate out of the Inland Empire eity. It was only a couple of years ago that Volk flattened the famed . " Fred Anoktoli and appeared headed for 160-pound greatness. Then it was "only last winter that Volk got his eye in the way of one of KinrHf nry Lee's thumbs here in our armory and had to retire from the game with a short-lived paralysis. He's all over It now and is raring to go again . . : I ' Next Midget Racing Program Dated July 13 So many Queries have come in here the next midget auto racing program has been booked for Wed nesday night- July 13, at Hollywood bojvl. !By then there will be two more "Offies" in the running, the brand newie just installed by the veteran Howard Osborne, and the one that loosened its bearings for Cal Niday during -his Salem debut late last ' mjnth, stopping him during the time trials. All told, there will be seven of the Offen ha users present, which should make things a bit tough in the competi tion department ... J He probably won't have many waving him off personally, but many are they who wish Jerry Lillie much success la his new coach to venture at Oregon. Jerry leaves town today to check in at the "V . . . Jack Wilson's pitching sortie for the Albany Alcos the V.her day against the Kansas CJty Monarch has some of the natives asking him to crank up his stuff In behalf of the town Senators. But the truth of it Is. J. Francis can? hardly hoist his flipprr I ifch enough to comb his graying (and steadily disappear ing) locks. Both. he and Bill Sevens are practicing the combing tasks left handed, and 'tis a shame. We re"rnember easily the days not too far gone when-both gents could put a dent in a brick wall with a pitched baseball ... j ' L; oks like that yakkity-yak stuff we wrote abdut on the Spokanes came none too soon. They've got themselvesin quite a mess for that run-in with Umpire Max Skulik, the same one thkt cost them a 9-0 forfeit fcame. to Wenatchee. The Spokes of 19475 lost themselves a 1 penmnt- via a similar forfeit, remember? They blw their corks that year at .Johnny Nenezich during a Salem game at Spokane. Little Jawn f declared a forfeit, and when thefinal tabulations were made in Sipiember, Vancouver was champion and Spokane was second ' by a split eyelash ... ' ' i f The Homes Got the 'Bird When Introduced The barrage of razzberries (non-craiabTe species) handed the bili pooh-bahs George Norgan and Bill Mulligan when they were introduced to the crowd at Waters field Sunday night should have impressed those gents they aren't exactly popular In these parts. The plight of the town Senators is the reason of course, and a man the catcalls and other assorted wise cracks which went wit'i Die booing was heard such remarks as. "IVhy'n'eha give us ome ballplayers." and "throw 'em out. the cheapskates. - Si it would seem that the guys and gals who pay the freight in tht-loc-:;! park have gotten to the point that they ! won't take a losing club y?L.r in and year out, and don't mind sotindingoff on the subject. We're an Idea the Messrs. Norgan and Mulligan weren't pre sent j.;t because they didn't have anyplace else t go. There have been same pretty solid rumors flitting about that.jat least one local man is interested in buying the club. And it if known that the club d -finitely is for sale, at $75,000 or perhaps a lHtle less for carh. V.'e've a, suspicion the big boys were in tovn to talk a little turkey with the prospect, or prospect.. Could be. Mat Card Set Tonight It's to be Sugi Hyamakl's trickery, including his dangerous sleeker hold, against the mangle-'em tactics ef Tattooed AI Williams in "the mala dish an Matchmaker Elton Owen's! armory grappling r-i ra tonight ' Williams made his presence felt by all hands V ' jT"" Jr Sfjof the evening's better t action. Both are A-l I -' 'gUdUtors wherever thef do.! The 8:3 eclock . I i opener bring at aw remaicn wiw lousnie iony taiout. xneirs was a dinger last week. The Kid, seconded by his famed tutor Yaqul Joe has been making many friends since his arrival in the local mat pilcure. Owen will referee the bouts. ; , 'Drivers' Thrill Crowd of 3500 The "Circus of Thrills" hell driveis, a car-smashing crew to say he least, provided some 2i hours of assorted thrills to 3500 fairgrounds patrons with their Fourth of July show Monday af ternoon. Ueadon collisions, dare devils acting as human battering ., rams, a big pole performance by " :e Belle of the Blue" and dozens i of pranks by three clowns wove i their way into the show. Half a dozen automobiles were complete , ; ly wrecked by the "drivers' and their dangerous stunts. Also included in the afternoon's entertainment was some expert as well, as dangerous motorcycle rid i f by "Lucky" Green. Charles Lindbergh's famed flight to Paris in 1927 took 33 hours and 39 minutes. T - , J. , If ; f V BOBRV VOLK for Shortstop Aj Cohen before he f J Bps we'd that perhaps we'd better mention last week when he ended a long absence here abouts by flattening At Szasa in a ding-dong scrap. Ilayamakl is easily one of the top opera- and In his "sleeper" has an equaliser for any held or mayhem the meanies fling at him. I The semiwlndup special . between Ge I ge unsetie ana duck weaver, a pair of the top sclen- irt a 4 - K U w. 14. .1 back the popular Yaqul Kid in a Upi t B H Pet. B H Pet. Cherry 284 98 .338 Hedingtn 192 50 .260 Fredrick 18 6 J33 W. Pterin 327 84 .257 G.Ptrkon 39 12 J08 Foster 28 7 .250 B.Ptrson 314 98 497 Carlson 81 15 .248 Krug 20 34 IKS McNulty 38 t .237 Beard 191 53 .277 Zurcher 29 S .172 Wasley 283 78 T7S Ocborn 15 0 OOO Olsen 68 18 473 Drilling 0 M0 Scurra ' 83 22 .265, Pitchiac: i W LSOi W L SO McNulty 19 3 i 81 Fredericks 2, 4 17 Olsen f 8 ; 28 Peterson 3 7 44 Osborn 1 3 3 29 Sciarra 1 4 18 Foster 3 4 1 23:; Prilling PAkcH0 FA YOKED SPRING LAKE, N. J, July 4 fiVNational (champion Richard "Pancho" Gonrales of Los Angeles was seeded first today in the 41st annual Spring Lake invitation ten nis tournament. The tourney, which opens a six-day run on the courts of thef Spring Lake bath ing and tenni club tomorrow, is the first on the eastern grass court circuit,' 'id ' i S 1 Senator Swat Sporer Traded To Bears Nine r -f-; . ! ; By AI Oghtier . The tewn Senators and Yakima I Biars again paired nothing and lost nothing, e:;cept time, in their series ending double" bill at Waters field last hisht, the league leaders spearing the opener 9-5 and the Solons coming back to cop the nightcap 1 0-8. And so for the lengthy eight . game stand ' all thinfs enred even at four wins for e?ch club. ' ! The Saiems are abroad today to Wenatchee where they will open a series tonight; They'll have a new pitcher- with them in Bob Drilling, husky righthander, who laft nifht was b'ekrd up in an even-up swap with the.; Yaks for Bus Soorer. Drilling's record to date this season is 'three wins, five losses. Sporer had won six, lost five for Salem. Inasmuch as Bus was sUDposed to return to his regular job in a ' local paper mill soon, he was considered a total Iofs by the Senator manage ment. A promise of winter em ployment by his new owners prompted the deal. Drilling is the lad who in 1947 won 23 games for Salt Lake in the Pioneer loop. He appeared in: a relief role for ! the Bears in the second game last night. j Big Jim01senj who! has lost his key to the win column lately, ab Nsorbed the loss in the first game which wound up being played un der protest after a sizzling dis play of ioyrotechnics in the fourth inning. Jim was leading. 1-0 at the time. Yakima had runners on first and second as a result of singles. Then Ted Jennings also singled and on the throw-in Gene Thomp son was trapped between third and home. In the run-down be tween Catcher Roy Carlson and Third-baseman Bob Hedington, Thompson was waved across the plate by Umpire John Young when he ruled that Hedington in peded Thompson's progress while trying to return to third base.' . This of course brousht down the house, and the Senators for almost five minutes tossed gloves, caps and verbal "mayhem Into the ozone. They would like to have tossed the ump right along with them, but didn't of course. All hands were allowed to stay in the game, despite the abuse ren dered, and before Olsen' could get me siae out two more runs romD- ed across. Manager Bill Beard lodged hi3 protest on the ump's call on Thompson, but it's doubtful that it will be allowed inasmuch as it involved an umpire's decision and not a breach of the rules. The Yaks tagged Jim for three more runs on four hits in the fifth, including Babe Gammino's second home run of the series. They got another in the sixth and then plucked two more off Reliefer SJu Fredericks in the seventh. "Meanwhile Bill Sweiger, who had blanked Salem only last Fri day, staggered on and on and came in with the win. He was biff ed hard and was ineffective throughout, but managed to hang on to the end. For Olsen it was his eigth loss against seven wins. Jim had six straight wins to start with. Ray McNulty did some stagger ing of his own in the nightcap, but went the distance for his ninth win. The 12-innine stint Rav checked in with last Thursday ap parently sapped his good stuff, for ii was lacKing last night. He gave up 12 hits but; had the grdce of a 12-hit Salem attack, and snmo rohi.ct r,.n,H WS. enough to carry him through. j Tiny Ted Savarese. McNuIty's 1-0 victim in the 12-inning spark ler, again opposed him. But Sa varese was on the sagging side also and lasted only until the four th, when Salem jumped in front 7-4. never to b headed. The first three Salem runs were i of the quickie variety, thanks to Mel Wasley. With both Bud Peter son and Bob Cherry aboard as a result of walks, Mel fouled off a coli pie of 3-and-2 pitches and then lined his ninth home run of the season over th right field wall. It was a welcome blow, but one that might be costly as well. For in the process of trotting around the sacks Mel pulled up lame and almost had to crawl from third to home to make it. He was forced to leave the game and Pit cher Gene Peterson played 'eft field for him. ; Yakima threatened solidly in the final two heats, but a two-run Sa lem charge in the eighth off Bill Bradford, third Yak - pitcher of the game, put McNulty over the All Over and All Even: First game r Takiana (9) (J) Salem B H OA B H O A Vannl.l 4 11 OlWPtnn 14 14 Jacinto. 2 4 1 0 2 Zurcher. r 3 8 11 Gamtno. r 4 2 9 8BJtrsn.s 4 2 3 2 rhmpsn.m 3 3 3 OlCherry. ra 4 2 8 9 ienines.3 3 2 9 3 Krug. 1 2 S 1 Gavtglio. 13 112 1 Wasley. 1 3 14 8 BrinKey. s 3 113 Hdlngtn. 3 3 2 1 3 Sweiger, p4 1 1 2 Carlson, e 3 9 3 1 " ' Olsen. p 3 0 3 8 , Jirtrek-p2 1 y Total 35 14 21 lllAToUl mTs It 10 Yakima too 331 3-49 14 2 Salem i 100 220 05 9 3 Pitcher , IP AB H R ER SO BB Sweiger J 7 29 9 3 3 1 1 Olsen .. 5' 27 11 7 7 1 4 Fredericks .. li 8 3 3 1 8 1 Hit bv pitcher: Briskey, Gammino. Wild pitches: Olsen. Left on bases: Yakima 12. Salem 8. Errors: W. Peter son. Wasley 2. Sweiger, Briskey. Home run: Cammino. Two-base hits: W. Pet erson. B. Peterson. Wasley. Runs batted In: Vanni. Gammino. Gavigho 3, Bris key, B. Peterson, Hedington 2, Cherry, Wasley. Sacrifice: Zurcher. Kmc. Stolen bases: Vanni. Double plays: W. Peterson to B. Peterson to Krug: W. Peterson to Krug. Time: 1:34. Umpires: Young and Howell. ; The big cattle-producing states are Texas, Iowa, Nebraska. Kan sas, Missouri, Illinois, Minnesota, , . . A . . uuuonui, Wisconsin ana uua bojna. - - h . - 8 Th Statesman. Salem. Oreqoa, Tuesday, July 5. 1949 Willing to Catch No. 13 Is 4 " S Catchers Brown (left) and Jones (right) of the undefeated Salem Am erican Legion junior baseball team aren't at all reluctant to talk over how they hope to help the Capital Posters spear their 13th straight victory tonight at Oregon City. ; Legions After No. 13 Coach Bill Hanaoska's high-riding- Capital Post American Le gion junior baseball team sallies forth in quest of its thirteenth straight victory tonight at 8:30 o'clock in a game at Oregon City with the O-City Juniors. On Wednesday at 6:30 p.m., the Saiems play Silverton at Waters field and on Friday evening play at Wood burn. Either Sonny Walker or Bob DeGeer, or possibly Big Jim Rock will start on the mound-for the Saiems in tonight's game.. Those three are sure to see action in the trio of games booked this week. Already possessor of the first half championship in the eastern division ef district two, the Saiems are rapidly approaching a clinch of the second half banting also. Capita nos Cain On Yak Outfit By the Associated Pres The Vancouver Capilanos mov ed within 6 xk games of the West ern International league leading Yakima Bears last night by top ping the fading Tacoma Tigers twice, 8-4 and 5-0. Bob Costello let the Tigers down with seven hits in the opener and Hunk An derson gave only four blows in the finale. The Victoria Athletics vacated the cellar for the first time since Memorial Day as they downed the Bremerton Bluejackets in a pair of tilts. 3-2 and 10-8. At the same time the Tacoma crew fell into) the last-place slot. Wenatchee whipped Spokane, , . , : u n 4.. -in Villi H - l. uic uuci vi - "": I Vancouver ... 300 150 0009 1 0 Tacoma i. 000 000 040 4 -7 1 Coftello and Brenner; Fortier. Oary I (5). Johnson (9) and Sheets. Vancouver Tacoma Anderson Sheets. Wenatchee Spokane . 210 002 05 8 o 000 000 00 4 0 and Sheely; Greco and 200 051 51014 19 1 000 010 CC0 1 5, 0 Orrell and Pesut; Weaver. Neeley (5) and Ro?si. Victoria 100 110 03 9 0 ! Bremerton 000 002 02 4 0 m I I -1 T . Konning. Victoria '. 402 301 00010 12 0 Bremerton 002 004 110 8 10 3 Logue. Ward (71 and Morgan; Simon and Neal. top. Both Ray and the Yak flin gers suffered from seven errors in the nightcap, four ly Salem- For their 12game home stand the Saiems won four, lost eight. They swing to Spokane after the Wenatchee series, and then re- turn home to take on the Chiefs on July 12. Second game: Yaklaaa (8) (19) Salem BHOA BHOA Vanni. 1 4 3 9 ourcher. r 4 1 3 Jacinto, 3 3 3 0 2 W Jtrf n. 2 4 3 Gamino. r 4 0 4 0 B.Ptrsn.s 4 3 l hmp?n.m 5 12 O'Cherry. m 3 0 Orteig.c 5 2 3 0 Wasley. 1 1 1 Jenings. 3 S 1 2, 2! Krug. 1 4 2 Gaviglia. 1 4 0 11 lHdingtn. 3 4 1 Briskey. 4 2 2 3 Beard, c 4 2 iavarese.p 2 10 2 McNulty ,p 3 I Drilling, p 18 0 I GJtrsn.! 3 9 Moore. 8 8 0 0 Brdford.p 0 0 0 1 Tornay. 1 0 0 8 Total 4012 24 131 Total 33 12 27 12 Batted for Drilling in 8th. Batted for Bradford in 9th. Ykima . 110 201 021 I 1 I Salem .,...;, 300 401 10 12 4 Pitcher IP AB H R ER SO BB Savarese 3'i 15 7 8 3 1 3 Drilling 3) 11 I I 0 3 3 Bradford 1 8 3 2 3 0 0 McNulty 9 40 12 8 8 i 4 Hit by nitcher: Caviglio. Wild pitch: Drilling. Lett on bases: Yakima 10. Sa lem 5. Errors: Caviglio 2. W. Peterson. Krug. Beard, Jennings. B. Peterson. Home runt Wasley.' Two-baa hits: Vanni. Jacinto 3. Briskey. Krug. Hed ington. B. Peterson. Zurcher. Run bat ted in: Jacinto a, Savarese 2. Briskey. Wasley 3. Hedington. , McNulty. W. Peterson 3. B. Peterson, Zurcher. Sac rifice: McNulty. W. Peterson. Double plays: W. Peterson to B. Peterson; Jacinto to Briskey to Gariflio. .Time: 323. Umpires: Young and Howell. At tendance 2388 - i ' . . . . . . . . (Additional Sports on Page Two) - Longshot Takes Meadows 'Cap PORTLAND, Ore., Julr i-(JP) Sports Return, a longshot, sky rocketed ahead of the field to win the $3,000 Independence Day handicap feature race at Portland Meadows track today. The win ner took command of the mile and one-sixteenth event at the three quarter mark and finished half a length in front of Remnoy. Pari mutuel ticket holders collected $21.20, $9.80 and $3.90. Clincher, the favorite, finished third. Equip 22 looms Benenber, your builder shops 'Uxal convenienl lccalion, lea . . . . Divide Pair Portland Wins, 4-1, Then Loses by 1,1-3 PORTT-ANTl : Or Jnl A-,JPi- . - s - " ' Portland and Sacramento split a I doubleheader tonight, 4-1 in the opener for Portland and 11-3 in the nightcap for the Solons, t end a ten game Pacific Coast League series five games for each. Luis Marquez' bases loaded triple helped give Portland the fourth inning spurt that won the seven inning first game. The Sac ramento victory was sparked by Walt Dropo's herner in the ninth with the bases loaded. In other games Monday Oak land's Oaks topped the league leading Hollywood Stars twice, 2-1 and 6-5; San Diego humbled Seattle in a pair, 6-1 and 5-3; and San Francisco beat Los Angeles, 6-4, after losing the opener, 4-3. (First Game) Sarraxen (4) Portland AB H O A AB H O A Rattos 3 12 1'Marquz.U 4 2 2 0 Coscrart 1 2 10 2 Shupc.lb 3.1 White.lb 3 12 1 ThomasJb 3 1 Mjrty.rf 3 0 0 0 Rucker.rf 3 0 TaborJb 3 0 2 2 Broviajf Dropo.lb 3 18 0 Mullenb WiUon.cf 2 0 1 0 Gladd.c Plumbo.c 3 2 2 1 Austin ss Rose.p 1 0 0 2 Helcer.p Freius.p lilt OutLaw.x 10 0 0 Totals 25 7 1810 Totals x Outlaw hit Into double Vreitas in 7th. Sacramento 001 Portland 000 400 LorinR pitcher Rose. Pitchers' records: er A? R H FR PB SO Rose 3i 19 4 9 4 2 2 Freitas 21, 8 0 1 0 0 1 Helser 7 25 1 7 1 2 6 Errors Ratio. Marquez. Runs batted In White. Marquez 3. Shupe. Three base hit-Marquez. Sacnfice-'-Mullen. Double plays Austin to Mullen to Shupe: Mullen to Austin to Shupe. Left on bases Sacramento 5. Portland 8. Umpires Powell, BenU and Bar bour. Time 1:43. Oakland - 100 000 1002 7 0 Hollywood 100 000 0001 3 0 Gassaway and Kerr: Ramsdell, Woods (9) and Unser, Sandlock (8). Oakland ... 300 120 08 1 Hollywood 203 000 0--5 7 0 Tote. Jones (1), Cecil (31. Thompson (3) and PadRett. Kerr t5l: Roy. Schal lock (4). Woodjs (7) and Sandlock. i!.os Anpeles 000 003 0104 4 2 i San Francisco ... 001 000 200 3 4 0 McLish. Ihde 7t. Watkms B) and Malone: Gregg. Singleton (9) and Par tee." Jarvis (9). Los Angle? 011 010 14 10 2 San Francisco 201 102 8 2 McDaniei. Watkins (61 and Burbnnk. Malone (6); Feldman and Jarvis. San Diego 000 030 0308 10 Seattle 000 001 0001 7 3 0 Savage and Mc jre. Ritchey Besse and S. White. 5); I San Diego 020 101 15 seatUe 20 1 ooo o3 i n -., nH Ritffov- Pltrhr 8 0 5 0 and Grasso. Oregonians In the Ma)or Monday: Ab R H O A E Rbi Pesky. Red Sox First same . 5 0 1 1 3 0 0 Second game .. 4 1114 0 0 Doerr, Red Sox First game 8 0 2 1 4 0 6 Second game 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 Gordon, Indians First game 4 0 1 3 4 Second game 3 0 2 3 4 0 0 Pitchers : Jsnsen. Giants, won. Record now 8-9. Fox. Reds. lost. Record how 4-8. (Fox !ave up 2 runs, 9 hits in 8S innings; walked 5. struck out 1). Erautt. Reds, lost. Record now 3-9. This week al 4 0 1 0 1 3 2 2 0 2 2 4 2 ! 3 1 5 1 i 3 12 5 3 0 0 0 HI my OFF 1 " WESTE ikinMf S rmM INTERNATIONAL W L IVt W L Prt YakinMf M 2S .6S4 Salcro 35 43 .449 Vancruvr 4 30 .605 Brrmertn 34 44 .425 Spokane 43 35 .551 Victoria 33 43 .432 Wentche 37 41 .474 Tacoma - 33 4 402 Monday result: At Salem 5-10. Yak ma S-S; at- Tacoma 4-0. Vancouver 9-5; at Bremerton 2-t. Victoria 3-19; at Spokane 1. Wenatchee 14 (2nd gam on page one). COST LEAGCE W fu Pet. W L Pet. Hollvw'd S3 46 .612 cramnto 4t 50 4M Seattle -55 48 i34 Portland 44 53 .565 San Die go 52 49 A 15 San Fran. 45 5S .44S Oakland 51 50 JOS Loa AngU 43 51 OC Monday remits: At Portland 4-3. Sacramento 1-11: at Seattle 1-3. San rjieiro S-5: at HoUywood 1-5. Oakland M; at San Francisco 3-4. Loa Ancetes NATIONAL LEAGUE WLPct. WLPct. Brooklyn 44 28 All New York 3C X Joo St. Louis 42 30 .583 Pittsburgh 31 40 .437 Philadel 40 35 .533 Cincinnati 2S41 .414 Boston 40 35 .533 Chicago 2 45 J8I Monday results: At Brooklyn 7-8. Philadelphia 1-4: At Cincinnati l-o. Pittsburgh 2-1; At Chicago 4-5. St. Louis 9-0; At Boston 4-8. New York AMERICAN LEAGUE WLPct WLPct.. New Yrk 48 25 53 Boston 35 36 .493 f rniiaaei 44 m .ass waininftn 32 39 .451 Cleveland 40 31 .553 Chicago 30 44 .405 Detroit 39 35 .527 St. Louis 22 50 JO Monday results: At -New York 3-. Borton 2-4: At St. Loula 5-4. Chicaeo 12-2: At Detroit 2-3. Cleveland 3-7; At Philadelphia 9-8. Washington 7-0. Snead Victor, "fliiWashinsfton Go 9 400 4 O WASHINGTON, July 4-4V Sam Snead withstood a gallant challenge by Skip' Alexander to day to win the Washington . star open golf tournament. Snead shot a 70 for a total of 272, sixteen strokes under par for the 72 holes. In second place was Cary Middlecoff, the national champion from Memphis, who al so had a 70 for a 274. In third place were Alexander and Chick Harbert of Detroit. Each wound up with a 275. But' it was the challenge of Alexander that supplied most of the golf fireworks.- Alexander started today four strokes out of first place, held jointly by Snead and E. J. "Dutch" Harrison of Little Rock, Ark. Naiional League Philadelphia 000 000 0011 7 O Brooklyn . 014 000 ?0 7 10 1 Simmons. Konstanty (3t. Tiinl.le 5l. Bicknell (7 and Lopata; Roe and Cam. panella. Philadelphia . O01 002 100 4 10 2 Brooklyn 002 500 01 8 10 0 Thompson. Konstanty (5). Trinkle (71 and Lopata: Newcombe, Ran La i8 and Edwards. Pittsburgh OOO OOO 2002 9 0 Cincinnati 000 100 0001 2 1 Chambers and McCullough: Mast (6; Fox. Gumbert 9 and Cooper.,' Pittsburgh OOO OOO lOO 1 9 1 Cincinnati . OOO 000 0000 7 0 Werle and Mast: Blackwell. Erautt (7) Gumbert 9t and Howell. St Louis . . . 102 060 0009 12 1 Chicago . ' 012 100 0004 8 0 Lanier Martin (3). Wilks 5i ?nd Rice: Schmitz. Lade (51. Adkins (8) aid Owen. S .Louis OOO OOO OOO 0 4 3 Chicago -00 000 2ff 5 10 1 Brazle. Reeder 181 and Rice; Chip man and A. Walker. New York 150 O'O 10311 17 0 Boston 000 100 300 4 10 0 Jansen and R. Mueller: Voiselle, An tonelll (2. Barrett (6). Hall 8 and Livingston. New York 302 100 1007 12 2 Boston 002 002 0048 9 0 Hartung. BehrmSn (6. Kennedy (9), Webb (9t and R. Mueller: G. Elliott. Hogue (3. Potter (7i. Barrett (9) and Crandall. lot the KEITH BBOWII'S LUMDEQ PH0KE i i . .flYC ITU Bh, ii . " u ir r-f 1 11 Bombers Wlup Bosox Tvice' Bums Throttle Pliils As Cardinals Divide NEW YORK. July 4--fcnd of the traditional July 4th f firing finds the New York Yankees ' leading the American league by 4j games and the Brooklyn Dode- ers out front inf the Nationhl lea gue scramble. r, The Yanks knocked off the Boston Red Sox in both einds of the holiday doubreheader. S-2 and 6-4, as the skidding Six rah their losing j-treak to eight. Vic Haschi hurled New York to the ooenin victory. Joe DiMaggio, thd sore hee'ed Yankee Clipper. Ihit a homer in fifth inning of the sec ond game that tied the score. The game was called because I dark nesst after Boston batted sin the eighth. Connie Mack's surging Athletics swept a pair iromi Wash ington. 9-7 and 6-43. The two vic tories left them 44 back 4)f New York. Little Bobby Shantz, mak ing his first start since May 18, then shut out the Senators with 10 hits m the finale, stretching . the A's win streak to ''five. 'Cleve land grabbed a pair from Jpetroit . to take a firm hold on third place, seven games back of the Yanks. The scores were 3-t ard 7-3. Satchel Paige helped Bobby Fel ler notch his fifth win of the year in the opener. Chicago split two with the St. Louis Brown4 After ' winning the first game, 1245, on a 15-hit attack the White Soi drop ped the second 4-2. I Brooklyn beat Philadelphia's Phils 7-1 , behind Preachfr Roe before lunch and then otftlasted the Phillies 8-4 in ah a Iter noon job. Max Lanier failed in his first start for the St. Louis' Carols. But . after the Mexican 'jumper" was yanked, the Cards came back to"" trim Chicago, 9-4. Bob Chipman shut out the Cards hi thee second game, 5-0, on four hits Fotir runs in the ninth inning of the! second game enabled the Boston f Braves to break even with the New York Giants on an 8-7 win TheJ Giants won the opener ll-4 Pittsburgh edged into sixth place by double win over Cincinnati,' 2-1 and 1-0. ' Cliff Chambers allowed ojhly two hits in the first game and Bill Werle yielded only" sevent singles in the second. (, 1 American League Boston 100 010 0002 10 1 New York 001 llO 00 3 5 2 Masterson. E. Johnson li Kinder (8) and Telbc1ts: R.inchi and! Bcrra. Eston 0W1 3)0 08 4 1 New York 082 O10 2 -6 11 1 (Called 7'j dirkness Darnell and Batts: Sniord. Marshall (6 and Silvera. Chicago . . .. 000 033 3004-12 15 S St. Louis 1 10 lOt 010- 5 10 1 Gumpert and Tiption; Embrfe. Papal (5. Shore ('. Ferrtck (7). Kennedy i9l and Moss. j I Chicago . 0101 000 00-2 7 1 St. Louis 001 002 0H-4 12 1 , Pierce. Judson 181 an4 Wheeler. Car ver and Lollar. i Cleveland 000 000 0303 11 1 Detroit . 000 2O0 009-2 0 Feller Paige 8 1 and Hegan, Tresh (8): Houtteman. Gray (8) arid Robin son. i4 S Cleveland 001 000 Oil 7 14 1 Detroit 002 010 000 3 7 1 c Breaden. Barcia (5). ZoldaK (7) and Hegan; Newhouser. Hutchiason ill Overmore (9) and Swift. Washington 300 300 1087 10 1 Philadelphia 200 000 81 12 t Scarborough. Haefnef t7), Welteroth (81 and Evans. Wei gel it)i Schelb. Harris (41. Fowlee 7) and Guerra. Washington I 000 000 000 0 10 S Philadelphia 401 10 02 8 11 Weik. Welteroth (8) and Welgel; Shantz and Astroth. -' t Cost of jl TO Q YAEfi-