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A's Beat Senators Travel «*- Educational TEEN Follows Page C-6 Obituaries Sunday §iaf Sports In Thjs Section C In 11th Inning, 8-7 SIXTEEN PAGES WASHINGTON, D. C., MARCH 9, 1958 • By BURTON HAWKINS the 11th, he whipped a third; SUr sun Writer strike past Jim Small, but WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Woody Held singled to feft. Mar. B.—ln a game which con- Smith singled to center and tained virtually all the ele- Graff ripped a single to right, ments of excitement but few ending 3 hours and 31 minutes of the ingredients of finesse, of furious tussling. the Terps City Title; Kansas Athletics As late as the first half of Drub Tar Heels for slapped three straight 11th- the eighth inning it was a tidy inning singles oft Angel Oliva 3-2 game. The As clipped today to defeat the Senators, Ralph Lumenti for two runs in 8-7, in the exhibition opener the second, when Mike Baxes for both clubs. singled two runners across. There two bonehead were The Senators picked up a plays, seven errors and four George Silky pitches wooly run off Brunet without Victor wild in the as-, Sullivan Santa Anita ! fair, to say nothing, of 40 benefit of a hit in the third.' players and 26 hits. The Sena- ILumenti walked. Albie Pearson tors blew a one-run lead in the forced him but took second eighth and two-run leads in when Bob Malkus grounded out. | 61,123 See, Rally Brings the ninth and tenth to enable went to third when Lopez the A's to win. fumbled Bob Allison’s groundei Eleven pitchers paraded to and scored on a wild pitch. Colt Pick Up 86-74 Win; the mound, with the sixth Courtney Homers Kansas City performer, Carl Kansas City was clinging to 19 Lengths McNeil Duser. escaping with the deci- that 2-1 edge entering the Stars sion over Oliva, who last yeari eighth, but with one out Neil By CHARLES M. EGAN By MERRELL WHn’mEtY pitched for Charlotte and dis- Chrisley walked and with two Sport* Editor of The Star Star Writer ARCADIA, * played nothing today to earn down Clint Courtney rammed Calif., Mar. B. ¦ I \ mU . | RALEIGH. N. C.. Mar. 8— promotion. a home run over the rightfield Silky Sullivan ran a powerful Maryland ended the Tar Heel Boner by Killebrew fence to stake the Senators to race to win the 8130.500 Santa State's domination of A'bniic Derby afternoon, Bespectacled Dick Hyde could a 3-2 lead. Anita this Coast Conference basks :br>.!’ to- emerged Chuck Stobbs gave up four but those who came to beauti- night with a sunerb second-hnlf have the winner in expecting the 10th except for a mental | straight hits in the last of the ful Santa Anita Park comeback that buried North lapse by Killebrew,' eighth to permit the A’s to tie to see an equine combination Carolina's defending national Harmon Bunyan young third baseman attempt- it. Held’s single to center and of Paul and Brian champions under an 86-74 score ing to take Ed Yost’s job. infield safeties by Smith and Boru were just a little bit dis- before a sellout crowd of 12,400 With two out, two on and the Baxes filled the bases. Harry appointed. in Reynolds Coliseum. Senators leading by two runs in Chiti batted for Pitcher Harry For Silky Sullivan, the peo- Maryland thus meves into the last of the 10th, Hector Taylor and singled to right, ple's choice at a little more the first round ot NCAA tour- Lopez sent a routine grounder scoring Held. than 11 to 10, never was more nament play, meeting Sjston to Killebrew. Harmon tagged When Smith also tried to than 19 lengths behind the College in New York Tuesd ay Hal Smith, coming into third . score he was nailed on Herzog's leader at any time in the 21st night. If victorious there, the base, but he tagged him with fine throw to the plate. Court- running of this mile-and-one- Terrapins will battle Temple his bare hand while the ball ney then took the beleagured eighth race. As a result, when In the regional tournament at was grasped a foot away in Stobbs out of additional trouble he moved, the battle was all Charlotte next Friday. his glove. by picking Chiti off first base. over even before the crack field Charley McNeil led the way This The Senators were striving of 10 three-year-olds hit the with 21 points as the Terps doesn’t constitute an ~JL,, won out, and Umpire Bill McKinley mightily to make Stobbs a win- eighth pole ...-"j. their first ACC title with a ning pitcher, S- ruled. Thus the A s had the but the lefthander None of the heart throbbing ' blazing 59-point second half. so who lost games last % 20 " W m NHL bases loaded, but for long. season drama that was anticipated - They scored 26 of their las: 23 not They mm m . E M 1§ Bill Tuttle slapped single would have none of it. quite materialized as the points from the line a to extracted two from free-Uirow center, scoring smith and Milt runs Arnold widely publicized stretch ruiv as the Tar Heels spem a seem- Portocarrero in the ninth after ner hit the finish line 3Va ingly never-ending Graff to tie the score at 7-7. .'Herzog last lew Killebrew's doubled and went to lengths in front of his stable- minutes intentionallj fouling refusal to take the third as Lopez Rocky simple way out fumbled mate, Harcall. Both horses are in an attempt to get the ball. and end the Bridges' sacrifice bunt. game with easy trained by Reggie Cornell. Strategy an throw to Herzog held third and Bridg- Backfires first base cost the Senators the Largest Derby Crowd # Maryland rammed this strat- game. After Oliva came on in -1 S*e SENATORS, Page C-3 Aliwar, who upset pre-race egy right down their throats by predictions by taking the early making a great majority of the lead away from Old Pueblo, foul shots, with Bill Murphy finished third, a head behind pouring one after another ¦K;. -V-. jrV the fast-closing Harcall. Old /JBb through the cords. Murpny WIN, LOSE OR Pueblo, the second choice at would stand on the frcc-th’ow nearly 9 to 5, was a tiring wm fl W ¦* W M • m E I h line, clapping his hands in anx- fourth, a length and a half be- iety for the ball. He came off hind Aliwar. the bench with the apark that By FRANCIS STANN DRAW Despite an early threat of helped the Terps win and con- windy tributed 19 points. rain on a afternoon dur- K jt jfl jft Stf ing which the sun fought a los- ik But it was McNeil ? vho ing battle with the clouds that ft f Jt 9Tr W brought Maryland from be- spoiled the mountain back- ft / jm W w hind with his soft shots. In a ’lfHe'd Even Tip His Cap' ground a crowd of 61,123 Jftr hectic few minutes ? when the TAMPA, MAR. B.—ln turned out watch Silky Sul- | Mm JMft?# score was tied each the beer-and-pretzel room that to fthSr MBmW HI with bas- is operated daily by Jhe Cincinnati Reds the talk got livan's famed charge. ket. it was McNeil who was jJBBL putting Terps around to a recent poll taken by The Sporting News. Six- It was the largest crowd that nßr M :fl|H the ahiad. Twenty of his points came teen veteran baseball writers were asked name ever witnessed a Santa Anita m to the Derby, previous attend- the last half. game's most whose exciting player. Twelve voted for Willie Mays ance record of 60,224 was set With McNeil on the bench of the Giants and four for Ted Williams of the Red Sox. in 1948 when Salmagundi won. most of the first half because of three personal “Isn't there anybody else who rates a vote?” Birdie The outcome—it was the 21st fouls in the i first four minutes, Tebbetts was asked. TeUfcetts, who manages the Reds, time that Jockey Willie Shoe- Maryland was not the team that had seemed to be singularly qualified to speak of Williams and maker has ridden the winner spanked Virginia in a SIOO,OOO a tre- and Duke. Mays because he had been a teamate of Ted’s at Boston race—was The Terps dropped points mendously popular 13 and now he manages against Mays. one. With behind at 28-15. Ross-Klipstein entry run- A NO-POINT Brennan (35), “I’m replied, the LANDING—Pete trailed by 7 points at the half, but came roaring Murphy hit on not one to ask,” Birdie “because a lot of ning one-two, three omide the victorious of the University of North Carolina, lands on back to win, 86-74, and gain the conference s shots to help narrow the ball players excite me. What did that poll Intend to show, pair paid $4.30 to win and a margin Maryland’s A1 Bunge in an attempt for a re- NCAA tournament berth. Others in picture are to 34-27 at halftime. anyway? Which player or players the fans will pay to see?” surprising $5.10 to place and bound in last night's game for the Atlantic Maryland’s Tom Young and Carolina’s Dick Lead After 12 Minutes “Something like that,” a voice murmured.