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Page 4, Sec. 4, Capital Journal, Mon.. May 13 1957 . The Sam of Willamette Baseball and CoacH Johnny Lewis fage 2, Sec. 2, Capital Journal, Tues., May 13, 1957 Clubs Due 1 I For Trim Of Roster hi Jty Don FmV. sh be wi fr. in 16 th Ti ci b( In ei ei m Capital Journal Sporti Editor 4) In the morning mail comes a "Preseason Report" on the Washington Redskins the same Skins who are a pos sibility to play an exhibition game in Portland this fall .... Talkative George Preston Marshall has a couple of 1 '" "' ' ""' cal boys on his outfit, Sam Baker of Oregon State and Dick James of Oregon. Looking ahead, Washing ton calls its 1957 prospects "good," in big, bold letters .... However, one of the biggest questions is whether James .will recover suffic iently from a torn knee car tilegc, suffered at midsea son.; At the time, he was the team's leading pass re ceiver and one of the best ground gainers. His 1956 statistics showed 280 yards in 5? carries still third best on the team plus seven receptions for 127 yards. He scored three touchdowns enroutc, added 181 more yards on nine kickoff run-backs. Baker finished as the top Redskin scorer and seventh in the league. His dependable right foot accounted for 67 points on 16 of 19 extra point tries and 17 of 25 field goal attempts. His successful total of three-pointers was the tops in the NFL In the offense department, big Sam picked up 117 yards in 25 carries and caught four passes for 35 additional yards He also averaged 42,5 yards third highest in the circuit on 59 punts. ' " '9 Washington also figures It picked up a prize draft choice in end Joe Walton, Pittsburgh .... When he and Redskin . John Paluckj another Pitt product, manned the flanks for the Panthers in 1955, the club boasted the best wingman in college football, There was one pretty good story on the burly Paluck, which made the rounds of the East Coast .... When Pitt went to Durham to play Duke in '55, the radio announcer's pregame lineup chatter went something like this, "And start ing at lcfticnd for the Panthers is John Paluck, a 210-pound senior . . ." It seemed that his dad was listening to the broadcast and immediately called the Durham station with this query, "What's the matter with my boy, John .-. . . When he board ed the plane yesterday to go to the game, he weighed 240 .... Has he been sick or something?" Let that serve as an example to coaches who followed the "sweat weight" figures in football . -. , . And there are plen ty of those pound jugglers, too. 0 In the recently-completed Oregon Open, there occurred a littlc-publlcizcd incident, which for all practical purposes, finished one contender, Bill Mawhlnncy .... It came on the 62nd hole, when he was only a stroke off the pace. Seems that Mawhinncy's drive sailed down the fairway, over a rise and out of sight only it was buried deep in the rough to the right. But his caddy, being the eager or hate-to-lose type, is said to have kicked the ball a few times in the direction of the fairway .... He was seen by several people to have done this. This was reported and necessitated a ruling by tourney officials. They decreed a two-stroke penalty for the unfor tunate Mawhinney. He wanted to withdraw, Immediately, feeling that his caddy might have done this several times previously. But Clyde Prall, Bob's father, had always been in the group preceding MawhinneV, and vouched that it was the first time for Such an incident. Anyway, Mawhlnncy finished it out, didn't say one word to the caddy for the remainder of the round, and the "help fulness" ruined his game .... He skied out of contention, finishing 13 strokes back. An added footnote on the Open if Prall is given a trophy for tying for low amateur, that will make a total of 19 for him .... That's what keeps silver polish companies in business. f The Shrincrs and Active Club will have a combination benefit going at the Salem Golf Club, June 1 and 2. The Shrlners links tourney will benefit the Portland Shrine Crippled Children's Hospital, while the Activlans, at the same time, will be holding a Holc-in-One Tournament on the practice tec. In the latter, it will cost $1 to shoot four balls, There will be three "target rings." Landing in the outer one wins one golf ball, in the middle three balls, and in the inner circle a $10 merchandise prize. An ace will be worth $50 .... Proceeds from this will be used to benefit child welfare projects in the area so mark down June 1 and 2 at the Salem Golf Club as the opportunity to help out a lot of kids. One other golf item .... That was wrestler I.uigi Macera who competed in the Oregon Open. He's an eight-handicap-per, but didn't make the final day's cutoff round. Seems that a thumb injury, suffered in the grappling profession, hamp ered him somewhat .... Guess that's the price one pays for being a two-sport standout. Jim Wilson, Dodgers' Labinc Lead Majors in ER Average By BEN Ol.AN NEW YORK iff - Jim Wilson, veteran righthander of the Chi cago White Sox, and Clem La bine, Brooklyn's ace reliever, hold the major lenjiiies' earned run lead after four weeks of the 1957 basehall season. Figures compiled by The Associ ated Press showed Tuesday that Wilson pares the American League with a 1 .12 average. He has yielded only live earned runs In 34 inning while winning three games and losing one. Jim has pitched two shutouts, against Kan sas City and Roston, HAD 13-14 RECORD Wilson, 35, finished with a 4 28 ERA last season when he com piled a 13-14 record. He also has worked lor Boston, St. Louis, Phil adelphia and Baltimore in the American League and Boston and Milwaukee in the National. With Milwaukee on June 12. 1M4, lie had a no-hit, n run game against the Phillies. I.ablnc Irk appeared li 11 games, aJI ai relief. He tops the Nation,) Uw wit a l:M ERA on six (irinj rus 1 frames. Clem has won two games, lost none and saved three others. Johnny Pnclres. also of the Dodgers, is runnerup to Lahine with a 1.95 earned run mark. The 24-year-old lefthander, who spent last season in the Navy, has yield ed eight earned runs in 37 frames SAM RAKER Dependable Right Foot and compiled h 2-2 won-lost rec ord. Both of his victories were shutouts. '. It OSS Til I HI) Don dross, Cincinnati south- ipsw, is third with 2.10. He's (ol- lowed by Ittiben Gomez of the New York Giant with 2 20. Sam .loncs of St l-ouis. 2.48, and Jack Santord of Philadelphia, 2.61. San- ford, a rookie righthander, has 'won four games and lost none. j ! Tom Stiirdivant of the New ! York Yankees is second to Wil-' son in the American League. He has permitted five earned runs in :mi innings for I.M. Johnny Km'ks. another Yankee, is third with 1 ill). Hern Score of Cleve land had a 2 00 earned run av erage hefotp he suffered eye and nose injuries when struck bv a batted ball. SHAN'T HIGH Hobby Shantz of the Yankees is lilih with n 2 10 Kit A. Then Frank Sullivan of Boston with 2 25 and Frank Lary and Duke Mans, both of Detroit, with 2.:tl opine. The records are complete .through Monday's names and the I leaders ore b.nsrd on a minimum of 28 innings pitched. Ray Narle.-ki ol Cleveland is making an outstanding stowing in the earned fun (frpnrtment. The richthanried reliever has given up only one untainted tally in H 1-3 fflnings. He has won three names, lost none and his ERA is 0.64. All Big League Nines Must Cut By Wednesday By TIM MORIARTV United Presi Sports Writer A host of players on 10 major league teams today probably felt like a traffic violator wailing for a patrolman to hand him a sum mons. Six clubs already have trimmed their rosters to the required 25 player limit, a United Press sur vey revealed, but 18 more heads will roll before the cutdown dead line at midnight Wednesday. In the National League, the Cubs. Pirates, Giants and Phillies completed transactions Monday that enabled them to square away their rosters 48 hours ahead of time. The Cardinals still must cut three players, the Braves are two over the limit, while the Dodgers and the Rcdlegs each have one pink slip to hand out. SIX AM, SET The Tigers and the Athletics are the only American League teams not faced with roster - trimming worries. The Senators and the In dians each must cut three play ers, the White Sox arc two over, and the 'Yankees, Red Sox and Orioles one each. Only one game was played in the majors Monday the Senators downing the Red Sox, 5-3, in a night game at Boston. This off day enabled some of the cltrbs to get a jump on the cutdown dead line. The Giants reached the 25-plav- cr limit by dumping four men and purchasing right - handed pitcher Stu Miller from Minneapolis in the American Association, CURS GET TWO The Cuhs purchased two infield- ers picking up Bobby Morgan from the Phillies and acquiring Jack Littrell from Portland of the PCL. Waivers on first baseman Ed Robinson were asked by the De troit Tigers who will have to re lease another player by May 25, when second baseman Frank Boi ling's national service exemption expires. The Phillies reached the legal limit when Morgan was sold to the Cubs, while the Pirates did the same by selling southpaw Boh Ku- zava to Columbus and optioning catcher Danny Kravilz to the same International League club. Klu Arrives For Medical Examination BOSTON (A Ted Kluszewski. slugging first baseman of the Cin cinnati Rcdlegs, arrived .Monday for examination (if the slipped spinal disc which threatens to cut short his major league career. Kluszewski refused to comment on his physical condition when he arrived In town. ' He immediately went to the New England Baptist Hospital for an examination by famed neuro surgeon Dr. James Popper. Dr. Popper was consultant in the cases of Ted Williams' broken elbow in 1(150 and the illness of the late Eva Peron. wife ol Ar gentina's deposed dictator. PROCRAM CANTKI.I.KI) TORONTO (UP)-Old Woodbine Park racing officials were forced to cancel their Monday program after the first race when jockeys refused to ride over the rain- soaked three-quarter mile track. CHUCK BOIf.E REPORTS Lincoln By CHITK HOICK i Capital Journal Sports Writer One of the heated sport.s .smuih- hles within the muUi-ndministercd Portland prep athletic organiza tion has been .sparking; for the past several weeks. Now and then, it's been breaking through the sur face for a public view. The whole thing started right here at McCulloch Stadium at the Willamette Belays six weeks hack. Among the schools that had for merly indicated some entries for the meet was Lincoln High of Port land. Four Lincoln boys, a distance medley team, showed ip; They were "on their own" and the only Portlnnd interscholnslic league -epresentatives on the premises. 1 he word quickly went a lung pre urn in new mm pcuiaps taking quite a chance because the Itrbys were verboten so far as Portland was concerned. It would le tesl to list tlit'in as "unattach ed. " Having been anticipated as en tries, lite Lincoln foursome whs hurrirtt Into place with all the rest of the nioh. By the lime the snorts writers had done much checking the Cardinal team had InLen a very connjllra( lead In the race. They completely .shattered the ! old recni d. Thus there was no , chance of playni; down their nrrsi'tice. They were news, j The hoys worj' not disciplined iand a smid many people hreathed 'a little easier. Perhaps the Port 'land prep hieiWhy linally had iMvn jarred out of its siraishl- laced aliunde toward competition. i;ns was the backsround for ine linns as Lincoln track coach 01 Don Hryant, considered to bM1 5 hoi-H,yi one of the host In the state ror the heinous crime of not comrfting in the Relays, Bryant 'It Was a Strike, Ump!' . . . Another IX Batter Walks Bearcats Lose To Pioneers, Chances Fade By DON FAIR Capital Journal Sports Editor Time is fast running out on the Willamette baseball team, in its bid for a Northwest Conference flag. Monday's 8-3 defeat to Lewis and Clark all but mathematically eliminated the Bearcats, who skidded to third place in tte standings. But WU can retain a slim hope for at least a title tie in its game at Bush Park, against College of Idaho today. A loss to the Coyotes would officially mark the finish of the Bear cats in the NWC race. Salem freshman Johnny Frederick was the pick to go against C-of-I A combination of base on halls and left on base kayoed Willam ette against the Pioneers.' The Bearcats had the hitting edge, Jl to 7, but stranded 14 runners on the base paths, and gave up 13 walks and hit two batters to offset this. LC NEVER TRAILS LC never trailed after a three- run burst at the start. Brad Lucas was plagued by his usual control trouble and after 13 pitches had loaded the bases. Joe Johnson's saorificc fly brought in a run be fore another pass and Don Car rier's single made it 3-0. Three consecutive singles by Tom Moore, Gary Burdg and Vic Backlund and an error moved Willamette within 3-2 in its half of the inning. Two more walks and Warren Acker s hit upped this to 4-2 for the Pioneers in the next frame. Up u hi c Cola Wins Classic Pin Title Double Cola, .sparked by Bill Cook's 626, captured the Classic League bowling champiopship at the University Bowl. Cook had games of 200, 223 and 203. In the playoff, Double Cola had a ,1086-28.16 edge over Hayes Lana Ave. Service. Joining Cook on the winning team were Lv Wing. John Nuber, Wayne Domes and Bob Haugcn. Siih'iit Men Place , Marvin Dalke and Lee Edwards, both of Salem, gained places in I lie weekend boat races held at Willows, Calif. Dalke finished sec ond in the inboard 48-cubic-inch class in a boat owned by Harold Edwards, while Lee Edwards was third in the same class. Runners was stripped of all eonchinji duties. Supposedly the administration had no quarrel with the Belays. but had budgeted nothing for the 1 J-mile journey and thus decided no schools would enter. The former Kstacada mentor was not tossed nut of the irliool. He remains as an English teach er but the planned punishment was even more drastic than it appears. His resignation was re quested but he would not com ply. Bryant is no ordinary coach. He has developed some real stars and has an exceptional scholastic background. At Kstacada he had state mile champion Bob Heed. His Lincoln grad. Jim G relic, . . only a sopbo- more at Oregon, won the Northern Division mile Saturday in 4-17.3 d ooks lo bc a flllurc Rrcat. . . Stay ton JVs Win CC Meet G e r v a i s . Special Stayton. paced -by three double win ners. won the Capital Confer ence junior varsity track here. Monday. The Kagles had 119'. points. North Marion 7SW. Wood burn 68. Serra 62, Gervais 51, Cas cade 28' and Silverlon M., Stayton's double winners In cluded Callahan in the hurdles. Tiger in the and "NO, and Hom hei Ker in the 100 and broad jump. HH CnlUhnn iSUl IS I: loo Rcimherfrr iSUl IIP: Nhl. l.nm- Prfrr I NM l hrrl iNMI V3S 3: 440-Tifrr IS1 y,.0: t.H CillHlun 'Stm 23 I Kckern-nn tSm lie; ??o Titer ista Rr I MS 2 Mo-r.rsman tt.cn i id p BJ Bniiibcrpfr tSUi if 11". Dl-c 1 Kfrber Sn 11T !' : HJ Cru- .,n ism 5 .V: Vault MrCtiren N- SMi M' 3V; WU'U ' ' ' " j Fmni conng: siavton UP'. North i ton 28. i There The Standings NORTHWEST CONFERENCE W I. Prl. GB Lew-Is & Clark .... S 5 .615 College of Idaho ..7 S .SR3 a Willamette 7 6 .5.1R 1 Llnflrld 7 .5.TS 1 Pacific - - 4 7 ..164 3 Whitman ... 9 .357 3'i Willamette loaded the bases on three hits in the third, but failed to score, so LC came back in Us next at-bats with four clinching runs. Winning pitcher Dick Steph ens rapped a singleton, while bunt hits by George Adams and Roger Williams, plus Lucas' bad throw brought one run home. GET SIDE OUT After Lucas passed three more batters, bringing his walk total to nine, Benny Holt came in to re lieve. He hit one more but finally got the side out with the score 8-2. Dick Rohror later singled in dick walslioom with the Bear cats' final tally. Only in the ninth inning did Stephens retire the side in order, as he pitched himself out of jam after jam. He struck out seven, walked four and hit two. Backlund had three Willamette hits, and Rohrcr two, including a double for each. Cnnrier was the only Pioneer batter to manage two base raps for the winners. Lrw-I & Clark (S) B R H (3) Willamette R R H Aclams.3 Wilham.r Ward.s Johnson. 2 Ackfr.m Davison. 1 Carrier, 1 Moore.c Stephens.p J i i Moore. m 4 l l 2 2 I RurdR.2 4 1 1 3 3 I Rackllllld.c 4 0 2 3 0 0 Caruso, s 3 (I 1 4 1 1 Wafehorn.l 5 1 1 10 0 Zieg!man,s 5 0 I 4 0 2 Sneer. r son 3 0 0 Rohrer.l 5 11 Lucas.p llolt.p Nllsen.x Feller. p 3 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Total! 30 B 7 Tolala 3S 3 10 X Struck out for Holt In 7th. I., ft Clark Willamette Winning- pitcher: pitcher: Lucas. 31(1 40(1 noo 7 jl Begin a 'Squabble Presently he has n half-miler who has been under two minutes and a miler who should turn in a 4:20 very soon. As for his work with the books, he is orrty a few hours away from a Ph. D at Stantord. Letters and calls of indignation, sympathy and wonderment have flooded in from top (rack and field people, sports writers, roaches and others. Lincoln stu dents have elreulnted petitions and the Lincoln Dad's Club made a strong but futile request that the decision be reversed. And Bryant's own school administra tion was very mncli In his cor ner. George Pasero. Portland Journal ; sports editor, laced the officials his column: "Fantastic that Porttand prep officials should take such a drastic step. Was this such a criminal act? ... a big blow to the sport in Portland." For many this is an extension of the "de-cmpliasis" battle that vaj;ed - last fall when Portland teams were gelling the tar beat out of them in the state football Playotls. something that has been taking place as regularly as the maple leaves drop The critics teel thry have much of the answer in a de-emphasis on competition particularly among the younger students nnd the encouraging of re laxed; "JO-hour week" coaching. What burns up some is the claim that "we're doing O.K. Look at basketball nnd baseball." There is no denying Portland's excellence m these two sports But they also are snorts that an slrcMt itt 1 :,:' . , 'erriMe urgree. In hrikrlball there are the church leagues and all the rest of the uintertlme youngster de tflopmrnt. Beyond thts there Is an fieellent, organized summer basketball program for all comeri that would catui a hut r " ' ' , HU V mil T ' iU.tL.3kfjUi Goes That Rally' . . Left the Bases Loaded (Capital Journal Photos by Jerry Claussen) Capital . Journal g)F(D)MTS MAKESHIFT LINEUP Senators Ready For Chief Tilts WENATCHEE (Special) Salem will field a makeshift lineup here, tonight, as the Senators open their first Northwest League series of the season with Wenatchcc. Jerry Gregg will fill in for Jack Dunn in centerficld, while Don Hanggie will replace Harvey Koepf behind the plate. Dunn and Koepf won't join Salem until Friday night's series opener at Tri City. Vern Kindsfathcr, sporting a per fect 4-0 record, will try for his Herb Score Says Vision Is Improved CLEVELAND W Herb Score's injured right eye continues to show improvement, but the eye specialist who has been treating him says it is too early to be "too enthusiastic." Score, the Cleveland Indians' ace lefthanded pitcher who was hit by a line drive in a game wilh the New York Yankees last Tuesday night, told (he nurse who removed the dressing from h i s eye Monday that "the vision seems to have improved a lot." "We can't he too enthusiastic yet," said Dr. Charles I. Thomas, Cleveland eye specialist. "There can be a late detachment of the retina, and remember, we have yet to see the central portion of the retina." The doctor has been wailing for the hemorrhage to recede so he can make a full examination of the relina the thin membrane at the back of the eye that trans mits light changes through the optic nerve to the brain. Dr. Thomas said that at the rate the hemorrhage is clearing a lull diagnosis might be mode "within the next ,16 hours." He said lhat if the retina is not dclached, the 21-year-old pitcher would be able to leave Lakeside Hospital in a week or 10 days. "If the retina is dclached," he added, "an onorntinn would he ;j , ..V... ,. : . 200 001000 j n,uu in rfiLttn u riydlll ciliu Stephens. Losing I ,his w0,lld require a lengthy con 'valescent period." uproar were It to show up In equivalent form in some down state community. As for basball there are Babe Ruth leagues. Legion teams and the works. Their to prep kids have had years of experience. All non-school of course, but their tiophies are accepted. Nor do the powers escape at tack when they claim the football situation has just been a "cycle'' and point out that Porlland teams have a good source of the total grid titles. Half-a-dozen years is too long for a cycle It's too ob vious something happened when Ted Ogdahl moved up from Grant, outspoken Mike DeLotto depart ed from Roosevelt (he now coaches Long Reach college1 and the vet eran Eric Waldorf quit Jefferson. ; For the most part, mediocrity has i hecn well above pai since. Pacific i oast I'onference talent scouts have been virtually skip ping Portland. Last season Ore gon and Oregon Slate had but a third stringer each from the PIL. , " inpre "rrp omf. a rT of1olh" r"wv" ltm up flsf where In the PIT. But for those who are battl ing the de-empha.sis who consider it akin to the odious junking of grades and de-emphasis, on the three R's by so-called progressive educators a few years ago. . . these concernd soflls have learned one thing. Portland's officialdom may or may not believe in much competition for youngsters but they, themselves are very rugged when it comes to competing. The firing of Bryant must go clown as a record for minimum grounds of outf-ng loose a top coach. The pressure has done little. Looks like a long intense (tght 4. . n interesting one from the Mfti lidelinu. 'It's Never Too Late' . . . Behind 8-3 in Ninth fifth straight against the slugging Chiefs tonight. Otherwise the line up will remain the same. Willie Neal draws the Wednesday night mound chore. Manager Bill Brenner indicated he wouldn't use the new infieldcr, Glen Luckenbill "until he gets in shape." Now, it appears he won't sec any action for at least three days. Brenner added that the club could possibly have outfielder Erv Knorz er back in lime for the Tri City set 'if the doctor gives htm the OK, Knorzer has been out for two weeks wilh an injury. The Senators arrived here, Mon day night, after a seven-hour drive from Salem. The Solons enter this three-came series in third place, one and one-half games ahead of the fifth-place Chiefs. Elsewhere in the Salem picture, Brenner said Monday that there was little to add about possible strength for the club, "but right now we're trying to place some of the players we already-have with other minor league teams." Lincoln Stops HettonTKO I.ONT.VIEW. Wash, on Chuck Lincoln smashed Sonny Hett of Salem, Ore., to the canvas for a nine count to win a technical knockout victory in the final round of a scheduled 10-round main event Monday night. Lincoln, from Portland, weighed 160, Hett 164. Hett rose to his feet after the nine-count only to run into an other barrage from the windmill- ing Lincoln. Referee John Bartell called a halt to the scrap. Vikings Face Three Games In. Four Days Three games in four days is the task facing North Salem's District 8-A-l basehnll contending team, aft er Monday's contest at Lebanon was rained out. The Vikings, who trail leading Albany by a half game, host Corvallis today, try an other makeup at Lebanon on Wed nesday, and finally at Sweet Home on Friday. South Salem hosts Lebanon to day, and on Thursday winds up its district schedule against Corvallis, also at Judson Field. LOWEST BUILT-IN OVEN I SHEATHED CABLE I OUTLET I " Plus 4-Burner Unif n ... 2 BOXES RANGE HQCOO 334C Fo,t 25c X! Only 1J I ln 250 Ft.cn, dlrl $38.50 KITCHEN METER SOIL PIPE WATER S2S BASE c.,ro HEATER Complete With Rim 200 Xm 4" 52 Gal. Electric & Fittings p' Guaranteed W I $19" 77' ,,, ?5950 VENT FAN ELECTRIC SHEATED 4..chSoiid F.r KiJhiJ'or Ba,h HEATERS u ,lTt FIBER PIPE $050 ALL MAKES ' . iJ r;:,-::: So . fD Apex Electric and Plumbing w CHIMES T 3 RANGE .Reduced 10( VVIRE 000 J410 Broodwsir Ph. EM 2-1866 O Op.n Friday Ertning 3QCf. 'There's Washington 9 Wins Second Game in Row NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pet. OB Cincinnati 16 7 .636 Milwaukee . 16 7 .696 Brooklyn - 13 9 .591 V.i Philadelphia . 13 10 .565 3 St. Louis 11 11 .500 4'S New York 10 14 .417 6i Chicago 7 1 6 .304 9 Pittsburgh 6 18 .250 10', AMERICAN LEAGUE " W L Pet. GB Chicago 14 7 .667 New York 14 II .636 li Cleveland 13 9 .591 1 ., Boston 13 11 .542 21i Kansas City 12 13 .460 4 Detroit II 13 .460 4'i Baltimore 13 .409 5'i Washington 7 19 .269 91a By JOE REICHLER The Associated Press Harry (Cookie) Lavagetto, the major leagues' newest and least envied manager, was enjoying his biggest winning streak today two in a row wilh the cellar warming Washington Senators. That's quite an achievement for a fellow who took over a team in the midst of a 10-game losing streak only last week. The Senators won the rubber of their three-game scries from the Red Sox 9-3 last night. It was the only game played in the majors. Big Ted Abernathy and little Herbie Plews led the Senators to victory. The 215-pound, 6-4 pitch er permitted only four hits and struck out four in posting his first victory after three defeats this season. The 5-10, 160-pound Plows rapped a double and two singles and drove in two runs to lead the eight-hit attack against loser Wu lard Nixon and two relievers. After yielding a home run to Iron Liege Looms Preakness' Best BALTIMORE (UP)-Eddie Ar caro's blast at Bold Ruler, two withdrawals and' a ine workout indicated today Iron Liege will bc the favorite Saturday when "Maryland. My Maryland" sig nals the start of the Slst Preak ness. ' Here's how Iron Liege, surprise winner of the May 4 .Kentucky Derby, surged to the fore as "Preakness Week" began Monday at the old Pimlico track:' Gallant Man. second in the Derby was withdrawn from the ! $100,000 added Preakness hecatise he hasn t recovered from his Der by tussle with Iron Liege. snappy 1:43 3-5. Arcaro wasn't Gen. Duke, the Calumet Farm : impressed. Convoy was a distant colt who missed the Derby be-; last in the field of three, cause of a sore left front foot, j Probably not more than seven worked a mile between the first j will run in the Preakness. Be and second races and pulled up i sides Iron Liege and Bold Ruler, '. lame. trainer Jimmy Jones said j the colt re-injured the foot, would noi run :n me rreaKness ana PRICES IN TOWN. Always Next Year' . . . Bearcat Title Hopes Dim Billy Klaus, the second man hi faced, Abernathy surrendered on- r ly one hit Dick Gernert's infield single off his leg in the fourth until Boston broke through for two hits and two runs. The victory gave Lavagetto a record of 3-3 since he succeeded Chuck Dressen May 7. That's a spectacular pace compared with the team s 4-16 mark under Dres sen. In contrast to last night, a full schedule was in prospect today with six of the eight games to be played under the lights. Most of the attention will be focused on Cincinnati, where the Rcdlegs will try to extend their winning streak to 13 straight. Philadelphia and rookie Don Cardwcll (2-0) offer the opposition. Warren Hacker (3-11 has been named by Manager Birdie Teb- belts. The Milwaukee Braves, tied for the National League lead with Cincinnati, will be host to Brook lyn tonight. Pittsburgh plays at Chicago and New York at St. Louis. First place also will be at stake in the American League. The Chi cago White Sox, leading New York by half a game, go into Washing ton while the Yankees are hosts to Kansas City. Cleveland, a game and a half behind the pace, art guests of Baltimore while Detroit visits Boston. Washington 021 001 1005 i 0 Boston 100 0O0 0203 4 3 Abernathy and Berberet: Nixon, Susce 16). Minarcln 19) and White. , Home run Boston, Klaus. would bc taken out of training "indefinitely." Iron Liege, who gave Calu met its sixth Derby triumph when Gen. Duke went lame, followed his stablcmale on the track and produced one of the fastest work outs in Pimlico history. Although j throttled down by jockey Oliver iCutshaw through the last furlong. he did a mile in 1:37 4-5, only one - fifth of a second off the track's 34-year-old record. Arcaro then had lo whip Wheats Stable's Bold Ruler, a poor fourth in the Derby, to de feat Inswept by a length in the mile and one-sixteenth Preakness Prnn Rnlrt n,i!,,i-'e limn federal Hill, Inswept, Nah Miss and Promised Land appear fairly certain lo start. SEE FOR YOURSELF