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16 THE KANSAS CITY STAB. FRIDAY. JULY 4 1958. THOMSON TIES COOPER IS NEW Reds Use 'Copters to Hunt Wolves. OSCOW, July 4. -•- newspaper Soviet Aviation re- tion which he had made up ' THOMAS AT 278 SINGLES CHAMP (Reuters) — Soviet ported earlier this year, Vlas- himself. : ov had accounted for four of Tracked to Lair. A 36-Hole Play-Off Will De raser Bows, in All-Australian M huntsmen in the the wolves and shortly after- The pack of 12 was led by tide British Open Cham- Wimbledon Final, 6-3, far North are using helicop- a crafty and ferocious animal pionship Tomorrow. 3-6, 4-6, 11-13. ters for the first time to pro- ward shot a fifth. The news- and took its daily toll of farm '• tect valuable herds of rein- paper said that the two men animals from the village of ALTHEA A STEP NEARER deer from marauding wolves jot a specially large bonus for Zakorasye. The huntsman, a SARAZEN TRAILS BY 10 and bears. ;heir enterprise. Mr. Deshin, tracked the wolves to their lair in the depths of Last Two Round Scores of 70 Trying for Rare Triple, Miss The huntsmen, whose main Kazakhstan's republican au- Gibson Gains Women's thorities officially encourage a forest, injected tfie carcass ', and 72 Give American job is to find' and count the of an elk with his preparation ', Doubles Title Match. wolf hunting and an extermi. a Total of 288. herds after the long winter, and left it for the wolves to have _ reported good results nation campaign is energetic- find. St. Anne's-on-Sea, England, Wimbledon, England, July since they, began using heli- ally pursued. The republic has When he returned next day, ' July 4.(AP)—Peter Thomson 4.(AP)—Ashley Cooper won copters. During the short Arc- set up a hunting department he found 10 of the wolves-' of Australia and David Thomas ;he men's singles champion- tic spring, they bagged eight under its ministry of agricul lying near the bait. Six were of Wales tied after 72 holes ship in the Wimbledon tennis wolves, one lynx and one bear. ture and this department re< frozen to death but the four '; of the British Open golf cham- tournament today by beating ported recently that 53,000 largest, including the leader • A Local Hero. and its mate, were still alive. pionship today with scores of Neale Fraser in an < all-Aus- wolves had been killed in the Wolf hunting from the air last three years. The two others were missing, 278 that broke the champion tralian final, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, l'3-ll. is not new in the Soviet but Deshin concluded that ship record. They will play off The men's crown thus went Union. In the big southern re- Wolves are a menace in they must have wandered fur-' for the title at 36 holes to- to Australia for the third public of Kazakhstan, an ex- many parts of the Soviet ther afield and also been morrow. straight year Lew Hoad, now perienced hunter named Vlas- Union and individual hunts frozen to death. In a stirring finish in which a professional, won in 1956 ov went up in a single-engined men are encouraged to think The leader and its mate and 1.957, whipping Cooper in plane to look for a pack of up new methods of curbing were sent to the Moscow zoo i first Thomson and then their, activity. One hunter in the final last year. wolves which frequently at- where they were put into the ,' Thomas took the lead they ALL-STAR ROAD MAP—Here is a diagrammed air view of the Baltimore Orioles' tacked the collective farm in the Novgorod region, south- same cage. The English-lan- wound up all-even as Thomas Municipal Stadium, site of the annual All-Star baseball game next Tuesday, illustrat- Before a crowd of 17,000 the Aktubinsk region where east of Leningrad, won na- guage newspaper Moscow shot a final found of 71 and ing the shortest routes to the fences for the sluggers in the star-studded line-ups— persons, including Princess he worked. tional fame recently for rid- News reported that the wolves Thomson, three times winner (Wirephoto). , , '. .• Vlargaret, Cooper seized con- He directed the pilot to- ding a village of a dangerous opened their eyes after six , of the British Open, had a :rol of the match after drop- ward a valley where he knew pack of wolves single-handed days and on the eighth day 73. Thomson had led by two ping the first set and won on the wolves had their lair. In simply by innoculating them were sufficiently recovered strokes going into the final ENNIS ONLY 2 SHY ;he strength of his blazing 10 minutes, the air force with a sleeping drug prepara to eat and drink. after a third round of 67 over iiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiii! cannonball service and killing the par 71 Royal Lytham and Sporting volleys. victories, three defeats and a Yesterday's Homers. This Is Baseball. St. Anne's course. OF 2,000 HIT CLUB total 3-night pinnage of 12,315, The 278 totals were one Habit fpr Cooper. (By the Associated Press.} 1 Three Bel Mateo of San Mateo, Stroke under the previous Safeties Against Dodg iiHuminiminioii It was the eighth straight (Season Total in Parentheses) Calif., was second with a rec- Open record, made by South ers Boosts Card Slugger's :ime the dark,' good-looking AMERICAN LEAGUE. ord of 8-4, 12,080 pins, and Total to 1,998. Comment Mantle, Yankees 2 (18). Africa's Bobby Locke in 1950 By Ernest Mehl. "ooper, 21, had beaten his Berra, Yankees (13). San Francisco Flower Growers and equalled by him last year. 24-year-old tennis partner Slebern, Yankees (6). , (The Star's Sports Editor.) Lemon, Senators (14). third, 8-4, 11,872. Gene Sarazen, the only ASHBURN CLOSES IN ALSO from Melbourne. Bridges, senators (5)., HE first major league all-star .game was played in He had no trouble with Stephens. E.ed Sox (41. American to play the full 72 Battey, White Sox (3). DENVER BACK JNTPIRST. holes, finished ten strokes be- Sixty More Base Knocks Will 1933 as a feature of the Chicago world's fair. It Eraser's high-kicking left- NATIONAL LEAGUE. hind after a 70 and 72 on his T had been suggested by the late sports editor of handed service and repeatedly Charleston Bows to Tribe, Enable Phil Outfielder to Banks. Cubs (21). returned It for winners. While Long, Cubs (9). Bears Trim Omaha. last two rounds today. Achieve Feat. the Chicago Tribune, Arch Ward ... It has been played Hemus, Phillies (4). It was the first tie in the every year' since with the exception of 1945 . The the match was fought mostly Bouchee, 'Phillies (1). (By the Associated Press.) Neal. Dodgers (14). British Open since 1950, when American league for a time monopolized the classic but at the net, Cooper owed a Gray, Dodgers (9). It's strictly between Denver New York, July 4.(AP)—Any large part of his victory to Larker, Dodgers (3K. • Locke and Harry Bradshaw in recent years the senior circuit has won the majority Boyer, Cardinals (15). and Charleston to determine deadlocked at 283. Locke won day now you can expect Del although it still is behind. superior ground strokes. Ennis to enter the gradually Althea Gibson of New York where the American associa- the play-off, 135 to 147, for The second largest crowd was in Cleveland in 1954 tion All-Star game will be the first of his four Open expanding but still quite ex- when 68,751 attended. It was during that game Arnold will defend her women's Grid Player The A's Averages. clusive 2,000 hit club. singles crown tomorrow played July 14, but it isn't (Through Gamer: of Julv 3.) championships. Johnson made up his mind definitely to try to purchase BATTING. against Angela Mortimer oi Also Is Good that easy in picking a pennant AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI Ave. The veteran outfielder of the Athletics . The largest crowd was in the same Cerv 255 53 S2 10 4 21 60 .322 stadium in 1935 with a 'crowd of 69,812 . This same Britain, who has won three of favorite in the torrid class Ward 208 28 157 7 2 5 27 .322 Segura Meets the St. Louis Cardinals is just With Racquet Lopez 274 47 "fill 1 S 38 .277 their, last four meetings. Simpson ..109 19 29 5 1 3 IS .266 two shy of the coveted 2,000 city is far down American league attendance now and AAA chase. Martyn ...327 17 32 5 5 2 10 .258 yet it holds all attendance records in the major leagues. Trying for a rare Wimble Tullle 259 35 65 5 5 3 21 .251 Sedgman Next lifetime hits. He started his Cincinnati, July 4.(AP)— The league leader following Smith SO 4 20 fi l 2 17 .250 Connie Mack and John McGraw were the first all- don triple, Miss Gibson teamed Carrasq'l .200 21 50 S 0 2 2B 250 13th season in the major lea- —Jon Douglas, unheralded today's round of holiday dou Chill 112 12 27 5 2 2 16 241 star game managers and the American league won, 4-2, with Maria -Bueno of Brazi Marls 243 35 SS 5 111 33 239 , Los Angeles, July 4.(AP) — k ea d ers il be th e st 99 9 2] 2 1 1 12 232 gues with 1,952 and has added with Lefty Gomez of the Yanks the winning pitcher and to gain the women's doubles 21-year-old Stanford football ^ !l r .