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Evening star., 1942-03-19
Sonnenberg 10 Tackle
F. Dusek in Main
Rass|ing Bout
Likely to Meet Lewis
If He Scores Tonight
At Turner'S Arena

Gus Sonnenberg. one time Dart
mouth football All-America who re-
vived interest in wrestling with his
famous flying tackle, will be fea-
tured on tonight's mat card at Tur-
ner's Arena, where he tangles with
Ernie Dusek.
From all indications Sonnenberg
is headed for another match with
that other disciple of the old school
of torso-twisting. Stranger Lewis,
who has been around these parts
tossing sundry mat characters.
Sonnenberg. of course, will have to
dispose of Dusek but should have
only the usual amount of trouble
Other matches on tonight's card
include the semiflnal between Cow
boy Luttrell VS.. Sheriff Tom Han
ley and half-hour preLminaries in
volving Marvin Westerberg VS.. Leo
Nume, Joe Cox VS.. Milo Steinborn
and Al Norcus VS.. Maurice La Chap
pelle.
The first bout is scheduled for
8:45.
Evening star., 1942-03-19

was naQOeQ OlSdSLTOuS tIll -SdAic'
setback by King Pin. Stimmie Harris
365 paved the way for the King Pin
sweep. Pat Smith, newcomer IN
the all-star circuit, tried valiantly
to stem the tide for the losers with
353.
Rosslyn. rolling at home next
week, has to win only one game from
Rendezvous to nose out Chevy Chase
on total pins
Making bid for third place, La
fayette took the rubber game from
Rendezvous as Jessie Sacrey banged
out 345. Boots Workman was high
for the losers with 325.
Featured by Vickie Croggon's top
set of 399, Brookland took the odd
game from Arcadia to move two
games behind the fifth-place Rem
devious quint.
Marie Spates' las and Mabelle
Hering's 379 we're the big blows as
Evening star., 1942-03-19
Coast Quints Occupy
5 Out Of 8 Places
In U. 5. Tourney
Phillips Oilers, Denver
And Chicago Tossers
Prevent Monopoly

BY the Associated Press.
DENVER, March 19.-Five Pacific
Coast teams are trying to knock
the national" out OF the National
A. A. U. basket ball tournament.
Four California outfits, headed by
the powerful champions Of Holly
wood Goth Century, and one Seattle
combination have cornered places
in tonight's quarter-f1nals.
This leaves just three places open,
two going to a pair Of well-rated
tournament titans-the Phillips 66
Oilers Of Oklahoma, 1910 winners,
and the Denver Legion, with vet
Grams from two national champions
of recent years. A hard-scrapping
Polish-American team, the Chicago
Y Clippers, has won the eighth place.
Coast Teams Opposing.
Six-foot-6-inch Frank Lubin will
lead his Hollywood champions
against San Francisco Athletic
Club in tonight's opener.
Then the Legion will play Los
Angeles Cliftons, Phillips will play
the Chicago entrant and Seattle
Alpine Dairy will close the four
game slate against Golden State of
Oakland, Calf.
The Phillips Oilers are captained
by Hank Luisetti. whose San Fran
cisco Olympic Club team lost to
Hollywood in the 1941 final, al
though the slender Luisetti won
about every individual honor the
tournament offers.
Just Like Last Year.
This is the second straight year
that California teams have crowded
the home stretch at the meet. For
20 years before that, the cham
pion always was team from the
Midwest or the Rocky Mountains.
Third-round scores yesterday:
Cliftons, g. oaehita collese. Arkadel-
= San francisco Athletic Club. So; Dallas
. Chicago Clippers. 80: Chemical City
philips; 81; WASHINGTON State Ail-st.rs.
Denver Legion, SO; Bradford clothiers,
Seattle. As; Naval Flyers. Pensacola.
Collins Colo, a. .
Evening star., 1942-03-19
CoIored Budminton Aces
Will Defend LuureIs

Ira Crawley and Mildred Patter-
son will defend their badminton
championships when the Commu-
nifty Center and Fairgrounds Depart
ment sponsors its annual open tour
nament for colored racketers at
Banneker Center next week.
Entries for the competition, which
starts Wednesday, should be sent
to the Community Center, 3149 Six
teenth street, NV, or telephoned
to Joseph Cole at Adams 2050.
Evening star., 1942-03-19
Eagle Coach Cheered
As Three Hur|ers
Shine in Drills
kieeIy-BoIoneed squod
Hints 1t Will Trouble
Muson-Dixon Rivals

Pitchers to Staff Cassell have been
athletes you read about in sports
pages or colegians who invariably
turned up with the other team to
plague his own batters, but who
never bloomed in American llniver-
sity uniforms. This year it's differ
ent.
I've really got pitcher this
time" the Eagle coach beamed to-
day. Maybe two pitchers. Think
of what that means to team that
hasn't had any before. 1t means
we may win some of those games
we lost last year when we we're
slugging the ball, but were getting
slugged in return"
Staff made his amazing discovery
at practice the other day while look
ing over squad of pitching candi-
dates. Instructions had been issued
merely to lob the ball and the coach
found one youngster Jogging 1t IN.
He Has Fast One Left.
Take it easy-dont throw any
fast ones" he cautioned, 'or you'll
have sore arm. You'll have plenty
of chances to show your speed later
on"
"Pshaw. coach" said the bluShing
culprit, I'm not throwing hard.
Now if you really want to see my
fast one. -
And he's only one Of trio Cas-
sell figures will pitch the Eagles
to mighty high place in Mason
Dixon Conference circles this sea-
son. The names are "Rube" Nc
Nabb, Herman Byer and Charley
Kligman McNabb was star at
Washington-Lee High School and
seems to be the outstanding chucker,
but the others aren't far behind.
Byer is fully recovered from gun
shot wound under the heart that
almost snuffed out his life and re-
tarded his athletic career a couple
Of years ago.
"Shanty' Shepherd and Jim Ma
lone will handle the catching berth
vacated by Dutch" Schulze, round
ing out what Cassell is confident will
be the best battery combinations
a. Y. mas pOdSteQ IN years.
Full Infield Squad.
Mac Potter, ineligible last year,
and Bob Darby, newcomer from
New England, are fighting 1t out
for the first-base role. A three
cornered fight among Chuck" La
Fontaine, Burke Hertz and Phil Eel
lows is in progress at second.
Bunny" Rabbit is expected to get
regular work at shortstop. although
McNabb, who is fair hitter, also
can fill in at the post, and Will
Morrin and Dave Thatcher will
divvy up the chores at third
American will have veteran out
field in Dick Zanzilotti, Bart Fugler,
Dick Zarbach and Capt. Harry New
by, who also may be called on to
catch in emergencies.
The Eagles will play is games,
most of them with conference op-
ponents, and the schedule is ex-
pected to be approved by the Faculty
Board late this week.
Evening star., 1942-03-19
Aging Arm Still Good,
Cardinals Warneke
Shows in Start
Durocher Goes 9 Rounds
For Dodgers; Werber
Having Knee Trouble
Bv the Associated Press.

Bv the Associated Press.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, March
19-Those of the experts who have
been saying Lon Warneke and his
aging right arm can't go on winning
may have to eat their words.
Making his first start of the sea-
son. the dean of the st. Louis Car
dinal pitchers showed his old mas
terry yesterday in scoreless three
inning chore against the Boston Red
Sox, yielding only two singles and
tanning three.
LAKELAND. Fla.-Manager Leo
Durocher of the Brooklyn Dodgers
played the full nine innings against
the Detroit Tigers yesterday, giving
Pee Wee Reese rest.
The Dodger skipper was in the
middle of two Brooklyn double plays.
He also struck out to start a Tiger
twin killing.
Phils' Hodge Injuries Knee.
MIAMI BEACH. Fla-Burt Hodge,
for whom Manager Hans Lobert of
the Philadelphia Phils has mapped
a versatile future, awaited the doc
tors word today about twisted
ankle. He was injured going after
a ground ball in practice.
SANFORD, Fla-The fact that
the Boston Braves were the last
major league club to start does not
excuse them from their poor exhibit
ton showings, according to Manager
Casey Stengel. Before picking sides
for an intrasquad game today STEM
gel advises his players that "every
position with the possible exception
of Ernie Lombardi's catching berth
is wide open and past performances
are out"
Haas Arm Gets Better.
TAMPA. Fla-About all young
Bert Haas must do to clinch the
third base job with the Cincinnati
Reds is get the ball across the dia-
mond without a bounce Every day
so far the ball has bounced closer
and closer to first base. and Manager
Bill McKechnie believes that by
opening day Bert will make it in
the aid
CLEARWATER, Fla.-There al
ways is something to plague base
ball manager, but Mel OFT of the
New York Giants is getting his in
double doses. AS if Johnny Mize's
arm trouble weren't enough, Bill
Werber went on the hospital list
yesterday when the knee which had
bothered him in Cincinnati last
year became swollen overnight.
Evening star., 1942-03-19
Brewers, Bears Seek
Umpire for Cage
Title TussIes

An umpire to work with Curley
White, just appointed referee OF the
Brewer-Bear basket ball series at
Turner's Arena this week end, will
be named today.
Selected over such well-known
officials as Chuck Solodare and
Matty Begovich, Whites appoint
ment was announced following a
conference between Brewer Coach
Mack Posnack and Bear Manager
Ewel Conway
The first game is scheduled for
Saturday night and the second for
Sunday afternoon.
Evening star., 1942-03-19
Girl Starts Game
With Boys Quint
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RENO, Nev.-When the West
ern Navada High School boys
cage tournament opened here re-
Gently a girl forward was the
center of attraction.
Coach John Gilmartin had
only four boys at Wadsworth
High 50 he drafted Emma 0ori,
16, star of the girls varsity.
Gilmartin's strategy was to
start the game with Emma and
then remove her. The rules do
not prevent q team continuing
with four players as long as five
start.
Evening star., 1942-03-19
St. Johns Rifle Team
Takes Scholastic
Title From Tech

St. Johns won the local scholastic
rifle championship yesterday when
it defeated last years titleholder,
Tech, by a 30-point margin on the
st. Johns range The Johnnies
fired total of 1925 to Techs 1924.
It was the ninth straight victory
for the Cadets, who were undefeated
this season
Tony Di Bartele again led the
champs with score of 273, beating
Capt. Hayes for top individual hon
ors by one point. Techs high man
was Streb, who fired 265.
Evening star., 1942-03-19
Tor Heels List 19 Tits,
Three With Maryland

CHAPEL HILL, N. O., March 49,
North Carolina, Southern Confer
ence baseball champion, will play 10
games this spring. Fifteen are loop
tilts, three being with Maryland.
April "A. Maryland 8. Virginia Tech:
10. Davidson at Davidson: IL, Hanes Ho-
siery at winston Salem; 1;. South Car olina;
Is. Wake Forest at Wake Forest; II. North
Carolina State: 23, Virginia at Charlottes-
vile: "a, Maryland at College Park: 25,
Navy at Annapolis; 2s, Davidson; 80, Wake
Forest at Raleigh.
May 2. Virginia: 5. Wake Forest: Z.
North Carolina State at Raleigh; 9. Duke
at Greensboro; IL, Duke: 15. Duke at
Durham.
Evening star., 1942-03-19
Page-Kirby Golf Feud
lis Renewed in Semi
Al Pinehurst
Rx the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOClateO FIcoS.
PINEHURST. N. c.. March 19.-
Two OF the South's best feminine
golfers, Mrs. Estelle Lawson Page
and Dorothy Kirby, were paired to-
day in the semifinals Of the North
and South Women's golf tourna-
ment.
Mrs. Page, Chapel Hill housewife
and former national titlist, and Miss
Kirby of Atlanta have met in the
final for the last three years. Mrs.
Page won every time.
The other match sent Jeanne
Cline of Bloomington, ILL.,, Junior
Western champion, against Louise
Suggs of Lithia Springs, Ga.
Evening star., 1942-03-19
Sinkwich Morries Coed,
Both Stoy in School

By the Associated Press.
ROYSTON. Ga, March 10
frankie Sinkwich. the 1941 ALL
America backfleld star at Georgia,
has Joined the ranks of collegiate
benedictS
In a surprise ceremony at Abbey
vile. S. c.. yesterday he married
Adeline Weatherly. Both will con-
tinue their studies at the university
Evening star., 1942-03-19
Arena Gives Missouri
Polo Fons q Break

BY the Associated Press.
COLUMBIA, Mo-, March 19.-
Missouri students are going to see
their polo team play this year-the
first time In two seasons.
Last year all four home games
were rained out.
So this time arrangements have
been made to use the indoor arena
of a girl school, and rain or shine
the games will 60 on.
Evening star., 1942-03-19
Old Jockey Picks
Alsub for DERBY

By tie Associated Press.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark, March
19.-Alsab still is Jockey r. L.
Vedder's candidate to win the
Kentucky Derby.
The 21-year-old Cimarron,
Kans., rider who piloted the
Albert SABBATH colt to most Of his
victories as a 2-year -old, says
Alsab may be a little under
weight and probably overtrained
right now, but he'll be ready for
the Derby"
Evening star., 1942-03-19
Treasury Five Puts Two
On League AII-Stors

Treasury Department was the
only team to place two men on
the all-star team selected from the
Government Basket Ball League
for colored players.
Buddy Platter and Bobby Hawkins
of the Treasury were placed at CEN
ter and guard, respectively, while
Willie Watts of Navy and Herbie
Jones of City Post Office hold down
the forward posts and Milt Robin
son of War Department is assigned
the other guard position.
Evening star., 1942-03-19
Brogs About Luck,
Then Breaks Lea
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
ALBUQUER QUE, N. Mex,
March 19.-It was the last scrim-
mage session of spring football
practice and Assistant Coach
Woody Nesmith had just re-
marked how lucky the New
Mexico University squad was to
have gone through without a
casualty.
On the last play the coach
filled in at center to show EN-
how it was done. He was carried
of the field with a broken leg.
Evening star., 1942-03-19
Navy Bags Coach
Who Downs It
BY the Associated Press.

By the ASSoclAted Press.
DENVER, March 10. - Bill
Murphy's team in the National
A. A. U. basket ball tournament
got the Navy-now the Navy Is
getting Bill.
Just before the Seattle team
he coaches went out to beat the
naval flyers of Pensacola, Fla,
1881, last night. Murphy was
notified to be back in Seattle by
Friday night to take his oath as
Navy physical instructor.
He leaves by plane today to
keep the date.
Evening star., 1942-03-19
R. 0. T. Leaders
Aces on Diamond

Maryland's ball team will be
well ofacered this spring. Two
of the four lieutenant colonies
of the Reserve Officers Training
Corps Unit are on the roster
and should be standouts.
They are Pitcher Bob Smith
and Jim (Pop) Wharton, who
plays either the infield or out
field.
Evening star., 1942-03-19
Simon Gets Movie
Job If He Wins
By the ASsociatAd press

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. March 10
Heavyweight Abe Simon, the
bulky better who gets his second
shot at the crown worn by Joe
Louis here March n, now has an
added inducement to whip the
champ.
Jimmy Johnston, Simon's man.
ager, disclosed today that a pic
ture company had offered Abe
$4,000 to play the lead In
movie based on a comic strip
hero-if he beats Louis.
Evening star., 1942-03-19
Ellington Takes Charge
Of Cougar Trockmen
B. the Associated Press.

BY The Associated Press.
PULLMAN, Wash, March 19.-
w, B. Bib Ellington, formerly
head track coach at Stanford. will
complete the 1912 season as coach
at Washington State.
He succeededs Jack Weirshauser,
his former assistant at Stanford.
who was called into service by the
Navy.
Evening star., 1942-03-19
Pulaski Gets Franchise

HARRISONBURG, Va, March 10
@.-Sale of the Harrisonburg base
ball franchise and lighting equip
ment to group from Pulaski has
been confirmed after a directors
meeting
Evening star., 1942-03-19
District Girl Honored
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MIDDLEBURY. VT, March 10
Abbie-Dora Ansel of Washington,
D. c., has been named on the all
Middlebury basket ball team named
here today at the Women's College
of Middlebury. Miss AnSel lives at
384l Harrison street In Washington.
Evening star., 1942-03-19
Orioles Get Good Lead

BALTIMORE. March 10 @.-
Baltimore Orioles gained a two
game lead over their nearest con-
tenders for the Eastern Amateur
Leagues Hershey Cup series with a
4-to-3 victory over the River Vale
Skeeters.
Evening star., 1942-03-19
Fights Last Night

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK.-Lee Savold, 1913. Des
Mones, Iowa. stopped Teddy Wint, 1855,
Mount Vernon, N. Y. 90.
NEW HAVEN. Conn.-Willie Pep,
127, Hartford. Conn. outpointed
Johnny Compo, 12s, New Haven go.
BANGOR Me.-Charley Babcock,
1876. Bangor, stopped Buster Carroll.
161, Lowell. Mass. (2).
Evening star., 1942-03-19
Test for Champion Five

Navy Departments colored basket
ball team, new champion of the
Government division of the Recre-
alton League, will meet an all-star
Government quint during Easter
week in the Banneker gymnasium.
Evening star., 1942-03-19
Ellis Talking to KuboIe

NEW YORK, March 10 P.-Ed
Kubale, football coach at South
western in Memphis since 1887, is
here for an interview with the Yale
Advisory Committee concerning the
vacant football coaching job at New
Haven
Evening star., 1942-03-19
Ross|yn Pinettes About Home
With District League Flag
Go Two Games Up With Only Three to Roll;
Lucky Strike Mems Team Gains Lead

Boosting lead Chevy Chase Ice Palace and
with roll Rosslyn Bowling Center today
appeared have well in hand its sixth Ladies District League
championship in the last eight
deadlock the hotly fought flag battle broken last
night Rossyn led by Blanche Wootton 34 trimmed the
invading qunt 2 while visiting Chevy Chase quin
Evening star., 1942-03-19
BeIvoir Cogers Busy

Fort Belvoir's colored quint, easy
conquerors of the D. c. Teachers
earlier this week. will play the War
Department five at 8 o'clock tonight
at Terrell gym.
Evening star., 1942-03-19
Michigan Elects MundIer

ANN ARBOR, Mich, March 19 up.
--Michigan's basket ball team has
elected Jim Mandler, Chicago junior,
captain of the 1942-43 squad.
Evening star., 1942-03-19
Bodoer Tops in Bio Ten

CHICAGO, March 10 tP).-Johnny
Kotz, star Wisconsin forward and
leading individual scorer in the
Western Conference basket ball
race. has been awarded the w. G. N.
Trophy as the player of most value
to his team during the 1941-42 sea-
son.
Evening star., 1942-03-19
MiIers vii! Renew Feud

NEW YORK, March 10 R.-Les-
lie MacMitchell, New York Univer-
sity senior, and Gil Dodds, Boston
divinity student, will give an encore
of their two sensational mile duels
in the Navy relief track meet on
the Coliseum track next Wednesday.
Evening star., 1942-03-19
Hockey Schedule

BY the Associated Press.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Toronto at Montreal.
Chicago at Detroit.
AMERICAN LEAGUE PLAYOFFS.
Springfield at Indianapolis.
New Haven at Hershey.
Washington at Cleveland.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFs.
St Paul at Omaha.
RESULTS LAST NIGHT.
American Association.
st. Louis, 6; Fort Worth, 2.
Eastern Amateur League.
Johnstown, 9: We shington, 6.
Boston 9; Atlantic City, 8.
Baltimore, 4; River Vale, 3.
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Ice Arena States
Night for Couples

Ice skating fans have responded
quickly to the new summer policy
out at Lakewood. with over 700
having signed up to keep Taco
mas only ice arena open through
out the spring and summer.
After the first week under the
new schedule, the management an
nounces today that there will be a
special skating session each Thurs
day night for couples oniy-no sim
gle men or women-complete with
Fred Holt at the organ-playing
the smooth, slower dance tunes
no Jitterbugging-and the Snack
Bar open until closing.
Another innovation is the an
nouncement that the Arena Snack
Bar will be open to special groups
who desire to enjoy the facilities
there, but do not wish TO skate.
No admission charge will be made
for parties or groups of soldiers
who use the Snack Bar only.
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Lincoln Abes Win Pair; Take Cross-State Lead
ABCKegler
Rolls 756

COLUMBUS. Dust when
everybody was ready to con-
cede the individual champion
ship Of the American Bowling
Congress tournament 10 Nell
son Burton of ST. Louis, along
came Johnny Stanley. q Al
year-old Cleveland parking lot
manager, with a 756, the sec
ond highest singles score In
ABC history.
A veteran Of 80 ABC tourn-
aments, Stanley put together
games of 25S. 25s and 245
yesterday. Until the last
frame of the last game he had
a chance to beat the record Of
ia pins established by Larry
Shotwell in 1880. But he
spared out when a strike-out
would have given him Ill.
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Longacres
Racing
Approved

OLYMPIA-Gos. Arthur II.
LAngIie announced today the
army had approved holding Of
horse races at Longacre~ track.
near Seattle. this summer.
The Washington Jockey club.
operators of the track. sub
mifted precautionary measures
for protecting persons attending
the races and for quick evacua-
ton In case Of air raids. These
were approved by the army and
the racing program given the
ego ahead" sign.
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year history Of the league. -four
teams entered the race for the
pennant.
Yakima and Wenatchee with
drew from the circuit this year
because Of a shortage Of players
and weakening hometown support
Spokane. pennant-winner in
lel0-lS4i. was rated by pre-
season dope~teS ~ . po~si-
bility 10 repeat. Tacoma,
Salem and Vancouver. ~ well
- Spokane, however. were UNI
known quantities and obscrv-
ers agreed It waA "anybody's
Eace."
Al Lien. former Yakima Pippin
was expected TO pitch the opener
for Tacoma tonight against Kenn,
Glow Of Salem.
Paul Soderburg was to take tn,
mound for the Indians agains
either Manager Don Osborne Of
Pete Jonas Of the Vancouver CAPT
lanos.
Harry Ornest. inficlder. ar
rived here last night TO join the
ngers. He WAS optioncd from
Seattle. He Gomez from the Al
berta country and played with
men like I1es Webber, Seattle
hurler.
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And never a nibhle--s jerk on
the line-of sunfish or sucker
I've not seen = sign.
Ny arms are both dead.
NV stomach is puckered, tied
up in q knot. and yearns for a
waffle or something else hot.
I'm sore and I'm dirty. and
thirsty and stiff; I've lost my
tobacco and amt had a Whit.
And I've got the smallpox. the
measles or pip; I'm all broken
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Tacoma Tigers
Battle Salem
Spokone to Meet
Voncouver Nine

The western 1nternstiona
league. fielding four teams Of viz
-tually untried rockies. opens tn
1912 baseball season tonight Will
games In Spokane and Tacoma
Only . sprinkling Of VET
ernas Wa listed In the rosters
- - four mines ~ the Ia
enoa Tigers prepared %
square or In . home game
W1th IL salem SENATOR and
0pslrnns fnoed Vancouver. b
c. IN III Spokane home park.
Rockies not yet Of draft age or
awaiting . call from local boards,
took the field in uniforms filled a
year ago by men who already had
exchanged them for olive drab or
navy blue
For the first time In the six
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-04-27
Husky-vandal Game
Called by Weather

SEATTLE = Baseball teams Of
the Universities of Washington and
Idaho hoped today to be able to
open their Northern division, Pa
cific Coast conference season with
doubleheader.
The teams played two innings
yesterday and the Huskies were
leading 10 before the game was
called because of weather.
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Angels Pound
Solons Twice
Los Angeles Wins
Over Sacramento

Los ANGELES-The Los An
geles Angels improved their status
at expense of the Sacramento Sen
ators last night, winning a double
header Q to and to 3.
In the first game, Ray Prim and
Peaches Davis divided the pitch
ing duties for the Angels and
limited the Sacs TO nine hits. The
Angels blasted four Sacramento
pitchers for 12 hits.
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Gordon Leads
Major Hiiiers
Oregon Flash Tops
Butsmen With .486

NEW YORK - Joe Gordon, the
Yankees brilliant young second
baseman, got off to whirlwind
start il. the race for major league
batting honors this season, the Of
fetal averages revealed today.
Gordon tops the batsmen of both
circuits with towering .4s6 for
efforts that included Thursdays
games. He was So points higher
than Enos Slaughter, the Card
inals' outfielder. who registered an
even 400 to lead the National
league.