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SIGNS CONTRACT Eleanor Engle, left, Harrisburg, Pa., State Capitol worker is shown signing
contract to play with the Harrisburg Senators professional baseball team. At right, she stops a hot
grounder from the shortstop position.
Norman Phelps' Entry Wins
Feature at Hollywood Park
Inglewood, Calif. (U.R) F
Norman Phelp's Sturdy One,
winner of the Inglewood handi
cap last year, came back Satur
day to score a repeat victory by
a length at Hollywood Park as
the highly-favored Calumet en
try of Two Lea and Wistful was
shut out of the money.
Kept well off the pace until
the stretch, Sturdy One respond
ed to jockey Ralph Neves' urg
ing and shot into the lead at the
eighth pole. Another late finish
er. Stormy Cloud, was second
and Admiral Drake was third
with Two Lea finishing fourth
in the mile and a sixteenth
stakes.
In the lower half of the double
stakes program, Australian joc
key Reginald Heather scored his
first major American handicap
victory in the $25,000 Lassie
stakes for two year old fillies
with Fleet KhaL
The $28,050 Inglewood handi
cap had been figured as a race
between the Calumet mares and
the entry of Admiral Drake and
Moonrush but Sturdy One upset
the calculations with his strong
finish and stamped himself a
contender for the $100,000 Hol
lywood Gold Cup next month.
Admiral Drake tried to make
a runaway of the race, breaking
on top and pulling out to a two
length lead down the back
stretch. He was followed by
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Count Me Out, Moonrush, Two
Lea and Sturdy One in fifth
place in the field of seven start
ers, Stormy Cloud and Wistful
bringing up the rear.
It was not until the turn that
Neves let Sturdy One go and
the five year old responded,
winning the race in the good
time of 1:42 1-5. He returned
$15.90, 9.80 and 4.60 across the
board and the victory was worth
$15,700 to his owner, an Oak
land, Calif., auto dealer.
Hollywood Takes
3 to 1 Decision
From Angel Nine
Hollywood (U.R) The
coast league - leading Hollywood
Stars beat ou the Los Angeles
Angeles Saturday, 3 to 1, getting
10 hits while big Johnny Lind
ell held the Angels to four hits
to give the Stars their second
win in five games with Los
Angeles.
The Stars, hitting safely In
every inning they came to bat,
actually won the game when
they scored two runs in the
third inning. The Angels' lone
tally before 5386 fans came in
the eighth.
Outfielder Ted Beard began
things for the Stars in the third
when he walked with one out.
Monte Basgal, second baseman,
hit behind Beard, on his way to
second, into right field for a
single. Beard continued to third.
Then Basgal stole second, and
Carlos Bernier hit a ground ball
to Third Baseman Leon Brink
opf. Beard beat the throw home,
scoring the first Star run, Bas
gal moving to third on the play,
and Bernier getting to first on
the fielder's choice.
Speedy Beamier then stole
his 39th base of the year, and
Frank Kelleher's long fly to cen
ter field scored Basgal.
FIVE DOUBLE PLAYS
Portland (UP) Five Sacra
mento double plays, figuring
around Joe Gordon, saved Pitch
er Orv Grove Friday as the Sol
ons tipped Portland 5 to 4 in a
Pacific Coast league game here.
A home run by Richie Myers won
the game for Sacramento in the
11th inning.
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Batting Lead
New York (UP) Jackie Rob
inson of the Dodgers believes
Stan Musial is baseball's best hit
ter but that didn't stop him from
taking the National League bat
ting leadership from the Cardi
nal star this week.
Musial didn't slump. He boost
ed his average two points to .338
but Robinson picked up 12 points
during the same period to move
into first place with a .340 aver
age. In official averages which in
cluded performances up to Thurs
day nights games, Frank Baum
holtz of the Cubs ranked third
in the National League with a
.321 mark. Catcher Toby Atwell
of the Cubs was next with .319
and Whitey Lockman, with .317,
completed the circuits "big five."
Rosen Leads American
Al Rosen, the Cleveland third
baseman, replaced Dom DiMag-
gio of Boston as the top batter
in the American League. Rosen
added seven points during the
week to bring his average to
.333. DiMaggio, who lost 16
points, slumped to fourth with
.322.
George Kell of the Red Sox re
tained second with .328. Ferris
Fain of the A's made the biggest
advance, jumping from 12th to
third as he boosted his average
27 points to .324.
Billy Goodman of the Red
Sox was fifth with a .315 fig
ure.
Hank Sauer of the Cubs con
tinued to lead the majors in runs
batted-in with 60 but Bobby
Thomson of the Giants was close
behind with 58. Rosen led the
American League in that depart
ment with 47.
Sauer also . maintained his
home run leadership with 19.
Thomson and Gil Hodges of the
Dodgers each had 14. Yogi Berra
of the Yankees led the American
League with that total.
Musial led the majors in hits
with 82. Nelson Fox of the White
Sox and Harry Simpson of the
Indians topped the American
with 79 each.
Little Bobby Shantr of the
A's continued to set the pitch
ing pace with a 12-2 record but
Preacher Roe of the Dodgers had
the best percentage mark with
his 7-0.
Ernie Durando
Decisions Hayes
New York (U.R) Ernie Dur
ando, that strange bomber from
Bayonne, N.J., seemed headed at
last toward middleweight promi
nence Saturday because of the
improvement shown while up
setting young Norman Hayes of
Boston.
Slugger Durando not- only
mixed his right-hand shots - to
body and head, but he displayed
at times a good left hook and a
good left jab as he won the un
animous 10-round decision over
dusky, 20-year-old Hayes In
Madison Square Garden Friday
night
Durando weighed 158
pounds for the last fight of' the
Garden's season. Hayes, favored
at 2-1, scaled 160.
Orange Grjdder
Joins Air Force
Corvallis (U.R) The woes
continued to mount Friday - for
Oregon State college Football
Coach Kip Taylor, with the sea
son still more than two months
away.
Bill Anderson, letterman right
halfback from Oakland, Calif.,
has enlisted in the Air Force. He
carried the ball 49 times for a
4.6 average last fall.
Taylor already hat. lost left
half Dave Mann to professional
baseball and linebacker Bob
Redkey was denied another year
of eligibility.
TWELFTH SEASON
Philadelphia (UP)' Tackle
Vic Sears, 34-year-old former
Oregon State college star, Sat
urday signed for his 12th sea
son with the Philadelphia Ea
gles of .the . Nation .Football
league.
Dutch Swimmer
May Compete for
U.S. in Olympics
Washington J.R) Presi
dent Truman signed a special
citizenship bill Saturday for
Deliana Meulenkamp, 19-year-old
Dutch girl whose swimming
feats persuaded Congress she
should be on the U. S. Olympic
team.
The bill Mr. Truman signed
will allow Deliana to qualify for
citizenship immediately and for
the U. S. Olympic team, if she
hurries.
She will have to get her citi
zenship papers from a U. S.
court by next Tuesday, to meet
Olympic requirements. If she
beats the deadline, Deliana will
swim for the U. S. at Helsinki,
Finland, in this summer's Olym
pic games.
Without the congressional
boost and Mr. Truman's personal
endorsement, Deliana wouldn't
have been eligible for citizen
ship until 1954.
But the U. S. Olympic com
mittee interceded witft the house
judiciary committee and the spe
cial legislation went through.
Deliana, according to the Olym
pic people, is "one of the best
800-meter free style swimmers"
in the world.
Sunday. June 29. 1952
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O'Neill Succeeds Sawyer
In Phillies' Skipper Post
Philadelphia (U.R) Genial,
61-year-old Steve O'Neill suc
ceeded Eddie Sawyer as manag
er of the Philadelphia Phillies
Saturday and embarked on a
new career as a "rookie manag
er" in the National League after
almost 41 years experience as
player, coach and manager In
the American League.
The portly Irishman from the
Minooka, Pa., coal region, who
formerly managed the Indians,
Tigers and Red Sox, will be in
command of the Phillies Satur
day night when they meet the
New York Giants. He will sign a
contract this afternoon calling
for about $35,000 a year and ex
tending through the 1953 season.
O'Neill, fired and replaced by
Lou Boudreau as Red Sox man-
Zany Red Sox Outfielder Sent
To Cool Heels in Minor League
Boston (U.R) Jumpin' Jim
Piersall, who only Friday night
revealed he wrote a sarcastic let
ter to American league president
Will Harridge concerning a $10
fine, Saturday was optioned by
the Red Sox to the Birmingham
Barons of the Southern associa
tion. The zany rookie outfielder,
fined recently by Harridge for
"fraternizing" with Detroit Tig
er players, will, be replaced by
Faye Throneberry who was re
called from Louisville of the
American association only a few
weeks after he too was sent
down. Another outfielder Gene
Stephens, will fill Throneberry's
post at Louisville, shifting from
Albany.
Piersall's option came only a
few hours after he said, "I sent
Mr. Harridge a letter and told
him I'd be paying some umpire's
salary this season." The Water-1
bury, Conn., player who's been
the talk of the baseball world
this season, was fined following
a report by umpire Ed Hurley
who said, "all I can do is tell
Mr. Harridge what Piersall is
doing."
"Maybe I deserve it," Piersall
said of the demotion. "Certainly
was a complete surprise to me.
No, no, I can't tell you why I'm
being sent down. Am I coming
back? I hope so."
Piersall's demotion, ironically,
recalled St. Louis Brown's pitch
er Satchel Paige's comment re
cently after the fiery rookie had
taunted him on the base lines.
"I never saw any man do
those things anywhere. And
where's he going ,next week
anyway?"
Dead line Sunday
noon Saturdays.
Classifieds is at
ager at the end of last season,
faces a tremendous challenge in
his new post: the rebuilding of a
team which seemed only two
years ago to have been built into
a league-power for years to
come, but which turned out to
be the National League's most
disappointing team this season.
Rated a dark-horse challenger
for the pennant when brilliant
southpaw Curt Simmons return
ed from army duty, the Phillies
are anchored in sixth place, 17Vi
games behind first as O'Neill
takes over. Moreover, the team is
seething with discontent and a
hangover from a super-austerity
program launched by Sawyer,
the usually mild former psychol
ogy teacher, in the spring.
Sawyer, who in 1950, guided
the Phillies to their first pen
nant in 35 years only to lose the
world series in four straight
games, "resigned" Friday night
after the Phillies' 6 0 victory
over the Giants. The Phillies
said he would be retained in a
new kind of job, to "evaluate
the farm system and personnel
of rival clubs."
"It almost happened last win
ter," Sawyer said. "Had the club
been winning this year it would
not have happened at this time,
but probably would have hap
pened next year anyway."
MILLERS TO PRATICE
The Central Point Millers
baseball team, idle over the
week-end in the Rogue Valley
league, will hold a practice at
6 p.m. Monday. It will be the
first meeting of the club with
Manager Ben Fagone since he
left for National Guard camp
two weeks ago. He returned Fri
day night with the motor convoy.
Louise Suggs Fires Record Round
In Women s National Open Play
rnnaaeipnia vu.ra Lime
Louise Suggs, pitting an eagle
against a double bogey to shoot
a one-over par 70, took a seven
stroke lead in the Women's Na
tional open golf championship
Saturday with a record 209 score
for the first 54 holes of the 72
hole tournament.
The little socker from Carroll
ton, Ga., finding the narrow
fairways of the Bala Golf club
to the liking of her accurate
game, bested by nine strokes
the previous record for 54 holes
and did it on an afternoon when
teen-aged Marlene Bauer bid for
history herself by' tying the
tournament one-round mark with
a 67.
There seemed but little doubt
that Miss Suggs would shatter
the tournament record of 291
held by herself and Mrs. Babe
Zaharias, but set over courses
longer than the 5,460-ya'rd scene
of the present open.
Both of Saturday's record per
formances came as defending
champion Betsy Rawls fell 13
strokes off the pace with a 78
and Marilynn Smith, Wichita,
California Players
Reach Tennis Finals
Evanston, 111. (U.R) Cal
ifornia players swept the field
at the NCAA tennis chamnion-
shins Saturdav insurins Wesf
Coast champions when the meet
reaches the finals today.
The California monopoly was
wrapped up late Saturday when
Cliff Mayne and Hugh Ditzler of
the University of California and
Bob Perrv and Larrv Huphnpr of
the University of California at
L,os Angeles won semi-final victories.
Kans.. who set the tournament
single round record of 67 yes
terday, soared to a 79, marked
by two double bogeys and six
bogeys.
Hungarian Reds Insulted
By Olympic Torch Bypass
Budapest, Hungary (U.R) A
Budapest newspaper complained
indignantly Saturday that the
Olympic torch which is being
flown from Athens to Copen
hagen is bypassing the peoples
democracies.
The newspaper Magyar Nmzet
called it an "unpleasant and
malevolent prologue" to the Hel
sinki summer Olympics, since
runners will carry the torch only
from Copenhagen to Helsinki.
"This is when the Soviet un
ion is participating for the first
time and when athletes from the
peoples democracies are taking
part in numbers exceeding every
previous occasion," the news
paper said.
"The decision of the interna
tional Olympics -committee is
especially unfair and insulting."
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