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Friday, June 17. 1955

Charlie Ryans Dodgers trounc- ed the Stars ll-l It Memorial Field last night to cause I three- way tie for the league leader- ship. Each team has won one game.

The Dodgi-rs managed only nine scattered hits from the of- ferings of MacDonald and Han- drahan but eight Star errors and two walks gave them their big ten run margin. MacDonald gave up three hits and was lifted in the third inning with one out af- fer the Dodgers had scored one run. making the scoreboard read 3-1. on a hit batter. two singles and a fielder's choice. Handra- lian struck out tilacxinnon. but the catcher dropped the ball and Kennedy scored from third. Le- clair ended the inning when he popped to short. The added two more runs in the fourth. and five in the big fifth when the Star infield fell apart, committ- ing five errors.

The Stars managed only four hits from the umbined pitching of Snags Squarebriggs and coach Ryan, and scored their only run in the sixth frame when McGui- gan doubled and scored on an infield out and I fielders choice.

Forbie Kennedy was the big man at the bat getting three

Dodgers Pound Stars 11-1 .3 In City League Contest

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singles in five tries. Charlie Ryan got two for three and Lorne Mc- Guigan led the Stars with I double and I single in three trips. Brian Mccallum played a heads ,up game afield for the Dodgers as did Willie Dunn of the Stars.

BOX SCORE

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Chicago remained two second place as the White

beating Washington 8-5.

City 7-6.

straight shutout by six-hitting the Orioles as the White Sox made it six out of seven. George Kell kcnocked in three runs on three hits as Chicago rocked loser Duane Pil- lette and Joe Coleman for 15 safe- ties.

In the National League. Chi- cago's second place Cubs salvaged the finale of the three-game set from New York with a 2-1 triumph over the Giants. The cubs had lost five of their last six. exactly opposite the record of the Giants. FOUR-HIT SHUTOUT

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BYC Defeat Keefe Drug 1 12-4 In Abbreviated Game.

The Basilica Youth Club won their fifth game of the City Soft- ball League yesterday evening by defeating Keefe Drug I2-4 in a game called during the sixth in- ning when I Keefer was ejected from the game and the losers were unable to field a complete team.

The B. Y. C. scored eight runs in the fifth ining to rout starter Walter Constable who had held the winners in check for four in- nings. Ralph Pineau was the win- ning pitcher as he held the Drug- gists to six hits. The win was Pin- eau's second against two losses.

The Keefers scored single runs in the first and second innings and two more in the fourth on a homer by George Schleyer with I team- mate riding the sacks.

John Walsh crashed I three run . homer to spark the B. Y. C.'s rally

in the fifth. Clary Peters triple and Ralph Pineau a double.

Alf Coady was the only player on the winning team to get two hits while every other played had one.

collected two

Harold I-fennessey

Billy Cox To Quit Baseball

report to the Indians. The v e t e r a n

Dave Pope and cash.

Cox might change his mind. GREENBERG HOPEFUL

yAl Loper. manager of the In dians. talked with Cox via long dis

club."

can straighten this thing out."

(fox told Lope: he hII I sore leg and that he has been contemplat-

ing retiring for some time.

in military service from

through D45.

E. Howl:And PJ's Win Boll Games

terday evening. Pooch Bradley was the winnln pitcher for the Hawks

In the P..I.'a-Bowery gam Steele was the while Regen suffered the

Is he collected three hits in fiv trips. Jim MecQuIrrie had

double and triple for Hughes. Milllgiin handled the game.

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Ph hone (8-1) vs Rush (4-I)

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y infielder was acquired by Cleveland Wednesday in a trade with Baltimore Orioles. The Indians also acquired out- fielder Gene Woodling and gave up outfielders Wally Westlake and

Hank Greenberg. lndians' gen- eral manager. said it's too early toytell just. what can be done. He said he hasn't given up hope that

lance Thursday morning at Cox's home in Newport. PI. Lope: said Cox told him he "didn't think he'd go along with the trade. He said he didn't think he could help our

Greenbcrg said "I believe we

Cox. 35. has been in the major leagues since 1942. although he was 1942

Michael's Bnwks defeated St. Dunstan'I 10-4 and P. J.'s whipped the Bowery Bombers 19-10 In City Junior Softball League games yea-

Ind Roy Mi-Gonnell the loser. Jimmy Cos- Iello led the Hewkii with two hits. winning hurler

loss. Steele also led P. J.'ii It the plate

the losers. and Murphy

Probable Pitchers

NE (AP) - Probable pitchers for Indayfa major league W .(VN-MI! records In peren-

Igee Cincinnati (night) thfllweuhee Inf I)

base knocks for the Keefers.

Lineups:

B. Y. C.eC. Peters ss, R. Nic- Closkey rf. G. Burge. cf. R. Pin- eau p. J. Walsh 2b. A. Coady lb. K. Tulle c. D. Burge lf. J. Thistle 3b.

Keefe Drug-Monaghan 3b. H. Hennessey as. G. Schleyer 2b. p. E. Hughes lb. C. MacDougall II. J. Haughey cf. G. Rays r. W. Con- stable p. P. Vail rf. M. Pine-an rf.

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Track and field enthusiastsl have been getting in some prac- Itlce during the past few even- ings at Memorial Field. in proper- ation for the big meet on June 30th. E l Nicholson and "Diver" Riggs are in charge of the athle- tes this year. and have reported that I good number have been turning out.

This meet is being sponsored by the Dept. of Physical Fitness

, wA5HING-1-ON (Amgnmy Coxland is being called the Centen- told Cleveland Indians Thursday belmal 1'""5Ch”l35"" Track intends to quit baseball and won't!

and Field Championships. All contest- ants must be entered by schools and must not have reached their seventeenth birthdays on the first of September 1954. and. in view of the fact the department Is spending I conside able amount of money for awards and equip- ment. the schools will have to arrange for their own transporta- tion.

Trophies will be given to the winners of each event and rib- bons to the second and third place finishers. The closing date for entries is midnight. June ztlth and all teachers and principals of schools are asked in get their entries in to Brigadier W. W. Reid before this date.

While on the subject of track and field. fans might be inter- ested in knowing that Gordon Pirie. famed British runner, will appear In Canada during the summer. He will take part in I nu- mber of races in Toronto against top-notch American track men

Pirie'a latest victory occurred on Wednesday night when he was clocked at five minutes 12.6 sec- onds for 2,000 metres at Brussels which was I British record and only 5.0 seconds short of the world record.

He finished this race In I ter- rific buriit of speed and in win ning It defeated Laszlp Taborl. who was one of the three milcrs to break the four minute mile in I race recently at London.

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Harness Racing again gets In the sports limelight over the weekend. Fans will be waiting eagerly for the feature event of Saturday's meet. the free-for-all pace which features such fine horseflesh II Gahegan, Impact and My Darling. These three horses met on last Saturday's card with Impact winning the first dash and Gahagan the sec- ond In the fast. time of 2.10 1-5.

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Gaston Roy went down to de- feat on Wednesday night's box- ing card It Fredericton. Many local fight observers feel that Gaston outmatched himself when . he chose to take on the rugged

Ytlurry Dickson. veteran Phila- delphia righthander, hurled a four- hit shutout as the Phils blanked

ythe Milwaulgee Braves 3-0 to re-

tain their hold on fifth place. The league lea ing Dodgers were

iscliediiled to play in Cincinnati and 'ihc Pittsburgh Pirates in St. Louis.

both at night.

Hlankcd through right IIIIIIIILES by Frank Lai-y. rookie Detroit right- haiidcr. the Yankees pounded across three runs in the ninth to turn defeat into victory. l.ary got

2 tlic lirst out. then issued a pass. I to hlicki-3' Alantlc. Yogi Berra inl- louctl Vlllll his 12th home run (ill

the season to tie the score at 2-2.

Irv Noren singled and eventiually V.('tlrt'(l the winning run when Lary liit E(ldic Robinson with a pitch. Joe Collins walked and pinch hitlcr Elston Howard came through with a single. FANNED NINE

Tummy Byrne. who fanned ninel.-BL and permitted only four hits went

the route for the win. Larry Doby and Bobby Avila

each with three hits. paced the

(By the Canadian Press)

The New York Yankees protected their American League lead over their persistent challenge-rs-Chicago and Cleveland-Thursday but were forced to come up with a 't'h-ree-run ninth inning to nip the Detroit Tigers 3

and third place Cleveland stayed three games back by

Boston's onsurging Red Sox woy . last nine starts, coming from behind to nip Kansas

Virgil Trucks tossed his second

Yankees Ni-p Tigers- Boston Gets Eighth W

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With .3 Runs In 9th; in In NineStarts

games behind the Yanks in Sox defeated Baltimor 8-0

n their eighth u. the

Wednesday night. Bob Buhl was the loser.

Baseball Results

By THE CANADIAN PRESS American League

kansas City 200 000 400-6 10 3 Boston 001010 032-7 8 2

Boyer. Sain (8) and W. Shantz: Nixon, Brodowski (8) Jurd (9) and White. W-Hurd. L-Sain..HRII Bos - Williams. Jensen. Zauchin. Klaus. Detroit 000100010-2 4 0 New vui-it oorioooooaga 8 1

Larry and Wilson. House 19': Byrne and Berra. HR: NY-Berra. Cleveland 210 302 000-8 15 2 Washington 000 200 300-5 12 0

Lemon. Garcia t9) and Hegan: Stobbs. Abernathy I4) Ramos (Ill Shea t9l and Courtney. W-Lemon. L-Stolibs. Chicago 200 121 011-11 15 1 Baltimore 000000 1

Trucks and Lollar; Pillette. (ole- man I6) and Smith. Triandos t7). L-Pillette.

National League

lNcw York tl0(l 000 010-1 5 0 Chicago 002 000 00x--2 5 0

Monzaiit, Wilhelm ill) and West- rum. Katt til): Hacker and Chiti. l.-lllotizant. HRt NY-Talilllli

Philadelphia 101 000 001-3 9 0 Milwaukee 000 009 0,00-0 4 1 Dickson and Seminick: Buhl-

Johnson 49) and Rice. L-Buhl. Pittsburgh 000 000 000-0 A 9 Louis 202 100 00x-5 10 1

.aw. Face 15). Purkey tar and Haddix and Sarni. L- SIL Schoendienst.

I Pctcrson: Law. HRS: Sarni.

Indians to victory as Bob Lemon BWQRIY" 100 200 ZOIIOCA5 H 0 gained his ninth triumph. Mike Cl"C!""?"I 100 3m0001"'-6 B 1 Garcia relieved him In the niiilh. ll” ""l"l35l

Chuck Stobbs was tagged with his

seventh loss.

The lied Sox. trailing 6-2 alter seven innings. came up with three runs in the eighth on Jackie Jen- sonis two-run homer and another 'iiir-hanger by Norm Zauchin to

2-' Kansas City's margin to 6-5

"c Klaus' ninth

-it on the game.

Ted Williams got a home run and two singles in four trips to the plate to hike his batting average 27 points to .415. Tom Hurd. third Boston pitcher. was the winner and Johnny Sain. who relieved starter Cloyd Boyer in the eighth. was

the loser. SEVENTH VICTORY Warren Hacker

not in the third.

Takes Lead In U. S. Golf Open

By WILL GRIMRLEY

SAN FRANCISCO (AP )-Tomm

to match. seized the first-roun

Open golf championship Thursda crack par.

putied 12 greens from K) to and tie the second-lowest first-da ribbon event.

ocean. is 35-35-70,

challenger. Walker Inmnn. Jr.- sinnal from Augusta, Ga.

ynns for an even par-70. squcczed home with a 72 Babe Lichardus of Westfleld. N.J

the host pro- Johnny Battinl.

weight with 58 professional fight

on points up until that fata

him with In onslaught of left

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STOCK-Icllll MEETIIIB T0-lllTE

ltmklg It . Louis (night- tilweem (10-1) vs Lawrence Til) Ir -luau fill. - AT GRliENE'8 TEXAO0 GARAGI Alt. Pet:er'I Road 8-.30 D.S.'l'. l4It'I pit llih oleln qiort over as well as two ' yearn ago.

IVAN KERRY.

. inning homer 'lI'llllTlg a walk to Billy Goodman

registered his seventh victory of the year with a five-hitter over the Giants to snap the Cubs' three-game losing streak. A pinch hit homer by Bill Taylor In the eighth ruined his shutout bid. The Cubs got both their runs off rookie Ramon Mon-

Dickson permitted only one run- ner to reach second as he became the second Philadelphia pitcher to blank the Braves in two days. Her- man Whemeier shut out Milwaukee

Tommy Bolt

Associated Press Staff Writer Bolt, a fiery Texan with I putter lead in the 55th United States

with a brilliant 67-the only player in the select field of I62 able" to

The 37-year-old Houston profes- sional. I one-time carpenter. one-

feet to cut three strokes from par

score ever recorded in this blue-

.Par for the Olympic Clubis lakv- side course. a heavily-treed 8.700- yard layout Just off the PacIfic'

Bolt's 35-32 gave him I three- stroke advantage over his nearest

l little - known. 25-year-old profes-' whose shots went down the cypress can- In third place came Jackie Burke .Ir.. son of I late Houston profes-l sional. with 71. followed by Ben! Hogan. the four-time winner. whol

Tied at 73 wcre Mike Souchakl former Duke football player. and1 I

an alternate who got a last-minute ticket to the tournament. Other. scores ranged as high as Illibyi

Dixon II on opponent. Dixon Is. a top ranking American middle,

to his credit, and many of thesc 1 encounters were'IgIinst the beat l in the country. Roy wu shun seventh but ringwise Dixon caught

and rights and sent him to the

Labine Roebuck (4). Hugh” I5) and Campanellai Nuxhall. FOWIEF isi, Freeman (7) and Burgess. W- Freeman. L-Hughes. HRS: Cin-Klu- szewski I2).

International League Syracuse 000 001 002-3 9 0 Columbus 000 004 Il3x-7 12 0

Johnson. Peterson I6). Zinker (7) and Lonnett: Trice. Hang (9) and Roarke.

All-Aussie Finish In Tennis Tourney

LONDON (AP) - Mcrvy'nyRose assured an all-Australian finish in the London grass courts tennis championships Thursday by elimin- ating the last American contender. Hamilton Richardson. y -

Rose won with surprising ease from the Baton Rouge. La.. Rhodes Scholar who is a member of the U.S. Davis Cup squad. The scores were 6-1, 8-6. and Rose's fine PEI" formance started spectators wond- ering if he might not upset cal- culations in the world's premier tennis tournament.

The London tourneyy at the Queens club is the last important warmup before Wimbledon begins next Monday. . y

Joining Rose in the semi-finals were three other Austrllans. all -members of the official team-do fcnding London champion Lew Hoad. Ken Rosewall and Rex Hart- wig. Rosewall had an easy 6-1. 6-1. victory over W. R. Seymour of South Africa. I-load easily de- fealed Bobby Wilson of Britain. 6-4. 6-3.

City League Softball Tonight

Three games are . heduled In the city softball league tonight. Dairy vs. BYC nt K.C. diamond: Abbies vs. Keefe's. old diamond and Navy vs. Barries It Perk- dale diamond.

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McGuigan Leads Batters In City Baseball League

With one week of the City Baseball League schedule com- pleted official statistics, reveal that Lorne McGuigan.i rangy fist baseman of Tom MacFIr- lIne'I Stars. is leading the bat- ters with I .400 average. He is followed by Brian McCIllum Ind Forbie Kennedy of the Dodgers who are tied with .375.

Joe Coyle and Kennedy are tied in RBI'S with two each and Jack Kane, speedy Flyer short-

stop leads In stolen bases with three.

The leaders (based on five times at bat). AB Ii Av. L. McGuigan F . . 5 2 1400 F. Kennedy. D .. 3 3 .375 B. McCalluni D .. 8 3 .37o H. Pineau. F 6 2 .333 .1. Kane. F . 6 2 .333 W. Purcell. S . .. 6 2 .333 K. MacDonald. D 2 .286

Maritime. Rifl Squaw Point

The 60th Inter-Maritime rifle shoot will be held at Squaw Point on Saturday. June 18th. beginning at 10 a.m. Rifle teams from Nova Scotia. Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick will be entered in the shoot that was won last year by P. E. I. at Sussex, N.B.

Each team consists of eight members exclusive of I non- shooting captain and coach. Each member has seven shots at the target from distance of 300. 500 and 600. yards. with I bulls-eye counting 5 points, making a pos- sible hlgh of 105.

The lnter-Maritime Trophy has been in competition since 1886. and. except for nine years during World Wars 1 and 2. was ac- quired by one of the competing

provinces. It is valued at about S500.f)0. This is I team trophy and there are individual awards given to the members of the win- ning team.

The P.E.I. rifle squad consists of Capt. A. J. McCabe. captain; Sgt. G. A. Coles. coach: OIC Rob- ert Hambly. Tpr. Raymond An- drews. Orcdt. P. J. Landrigan. Lieut. G. J. Rogers. Sgt. G. G. MacLennan, Lieut. Mnry Mac-

Yvon Durelle Wins By TKO

MONCTON (CF)-Yvon Durelle. Canadian light heavyweight boxing champion from Beie Ste. Anne. N. 8.. hammered Puerto Rican middleweight king Jimmy Garcia for nearly eight rounds here Thurs- day night. finally winning by I TKO at 2:31 of the eighth round.

Durelle. warming up for I date next week with Floyd Patterson in Newcastle. was in command all the way and never in trouble him- self.

Durelle weighed 175. Garcia 105.

It was I one-sided go in which Garcia stood up and took most everything Durelle threw. He had

ing at least three times.

.10-round bout despite the protests of the Garcia camp and the 3.500 fans on hand.

In the semi-final- Doug Odo of Thorburn, N.S.. knocked out New- ton Tattrie of Springhlll It 1:42 of the third round. It was I sched- uled six-rounder.

Benny Randall of Halifax fought

Tiger Pyle of Moncton in another six-rounder on the card.

Eagles Whip Hawks 14-3

Michael's Eagles whipped the Hawks 14-8 in In exhibition soft- ball game at Hillaboro Square last night. Winning pitcher was Fred Dunn. who also hit I homer for the winners. The laser was Harry McGuigan.

N. S. Baseball

Kentville 11. Btellerton I. Halifax 4. Truro 3. Liverpool 5. Dartmouth 4.

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Baseball In Brief

Amerlcen League W L Pct. GBL New York”...-40 21 .656- Chicago 35 D .03 I Cleveland :5 g -:12 : TRURO (CP)-Elole Durelle of liiriiigii as at 247511 Bale Ste. Annel.mN.B.u;llIlE0: gl- -- ' . 15 ay t unan ousg roun e- lvgiilldlslgflllllly 22: :3 17” bvisionooirer old rival Harry (Kid) Banimg,-9 ' 19 41 .317 min Poulton of Charlottetown in the fea- Nmon. Luau ture bout of I boxing card here B kl u 15 "6 g Thursday night. CE” 5'" 34 3 i567 um Durelle. I brother of Canadian . C33" ' light heavyweight champion Yvon New Y” 31 2” 525 13 Durelle wei bed 155 Poulton ti - Milwaukee , 29 30 A0215 M u; mg” It in P Phuadelplm 25 3! '4461W' There w re no knockdown: in Ci"”1f;'"a” :2 3? '3 all the mlddleewelgbt battle Diirelle St. uis . ' is an -an M ":3: 'i.:.asWi::.':i:.: International League ” B By 9 PW Toronto 36 23 .610 - - III 1 al 35 23 .603 8': Hggagg 3. .21; 54g 6.; Earl Torgeson Rochester 28 . . Columbusi 3-6 33 .3313” Sold To Ti ers Richmon - ' MILWAUKEE (A ) .. Philadel- fylrftfigliase 3 phin Philliea Wednesday sold vet-