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RADIO, Pages B-6-7—BUSINESS, Pages B-8-9 - Three Homers t ¦ : -.ijyyy I Put Demeter file goenmg jfttfSPORTS WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1959 In Forefront : «¦ —. I B Fowler Comeback Helps as Dodgers •*¦ Run Streak to Four ***• by * Not <¦- Fischer Awed Task £%iv S%. v, ¦' :• th, * . *.?•* Br Aitociitfd PrMi • .xy _ j!/ J ’ ‘: ' • Don Demeter, a kid who*a fM been a long time coming, and ' Wk 4 - f! • d£%f ' i “•- * »A- “, , *-; '~'tir >; u'• • ¦ . Art Fowler, an old guy who's >iiw IS*$«»2K Jwf tfylng to come back, have the long-lost sitting Stopping Tonight Dodgers pretty Os Yanks : * the National League race. ' .'.H ... « in ¦ ***3Sjßs¦»*' h *5% , -.¦ Demeter, a lean and lanky ' 23-year-old outfielder, ripped ‘ ' his third two-run homer of the Sinking Griffs -•'-V, Q ' ; 'Ms game in the 11th inning last * <y ?.. % - E* V " ; •» night at the Coliseum for a ‘KpiP Jl te 9-7 victory over the Giants. Face Ford After • ._ JBi4h - And it was Fowler, returning Heavy * -««i8(LjBC to the majors at 38 after being* Pounding JWr cut loose by the Reds two years n • %**-¦ IMIPi ago, who collected his second By BURTON HAWKINS relief victory with the blast. •tvStaff Writer Fischer, displaying That gave the Dodgers a four- Bill brav- game winning streak, matching ery beyond the call of duty ¦jP their longest after the manner In which his *' string ,A of successes ¦ON *’» all last season, when they fin- tr JBbqP - t A Y., troops were annihilated by the ished seventh, and kept Yankees last night, says he'll them up H in second place, within .133 show at Griffith Stadium to- percentage points of first-place night and attempt to check the SHV' Milwaukee. champions’ withering fire for the Senators. Spahn Wins Second After witnessing the 18-hit The Braves stayed on top by barrage Inflicted on four of his MANTLE OUT AT HOME—Mickey Mantle of the Yankees is tagged out , whipping at the home Cincinnati. 7-4, as fellow sufferers as New York Griffith Stadium plate last night by Pitcher Jack Kralick Warren Spahn won his second. crushed the Senators. 11-4, of the Senators. It happened in the sixth inning after Mantle, who had < Glen Hobbie of the Cubs de- Fischer could be excused if he tripled, was caught in a rundown between third and home when Catcher feated St. Louis. 1-0, with a chose to volunteer for an Im- Yogi Berra grounded to Norm Zauchin, the Senators’ first baseman. < one-hitter after 6% Innings of mediate space shoot rather Earlier Mantle had homered as his contribution to New York’s 11-4 i perfect pitching in the only than face the Bombers. How- victory.—AP Photo. ' other game in the league. ever. he's a game guy who Is Demeter, signed in '53 be- willing to peer lnlo a loaded - •.. - I et use the Dodgers were inter- HmIJP f cannon. j I ested in two of his Oklahoma The bloodied Senators, now * City high - j j school buddies who . r~- 3-6 and wondering If they'll ! insisted that he be signed, too, view the comparatively lofty Grip Tigers has shown promise of power, level of .500 again, must feel on [but he hasn’t been much of a as if they’re being asked to WIN, LOSE OR percentage hitter. He batted trudge through a swamp with CX .189 last year in limited duty. v lead boots. Confronting them Now, after a buildup diet of tonight will be Whitey Ford. STANN Helps DRAW By FRANCIS McLish | vitamins and cod liver oil. De- * For tomorrow's Ladies’ Day game meter leads the majors with six * * f it will be Bob Turley, with * %*¦ , ..<# -¦ I home runs, shares the RBI lead r ¦ * Manager Casey Stengel playing - at 14 with the Giants’ Orlando ,*¦ . aces back-to-back. Record Cepeda and Baltimore's Gus Fatten *** ha ,w j Local Boy Makes Good By the Associated Presa [ Triandos, and is second among Pearson May Be Benched NL hitters with a .412 average Roy Sievers, ON HIS WAY THE Touchdown to be You might say Cleveland’s I HOBBIE WHAMS IT IN—Glen Hobbie of the Cubs burns in a fast one suffering with a TO Club honored ;(14 for 34). batting luncheon, Cal didn't really yesterday while pitching a one-hitter and beating the Cardinals, 1-0, bad back and a deflated at the weekly guest Red Auerbach was telling j McLish start average, I good Three Others Homer at Chicago. Stan Musial ruined Hobbie’s bid for a perfect game with thinks he'll be able to how it was to be a winner. “The Governor of Massachu- ieatin’ until he uncovered' wedge into the lineup All Dodger two-out double in the seventh after the righthander had retired 20 in a tomor- setts is a pretty good sport fan,” the coach of the cham- the Detroit Tigers. The right-. of the runs came; Manager on homers last night. Don row. It was Hobbie's second win this season.—AP Wirephoto. row. but Cookie La- pion said. "Remember how Rocky Mar- handed veteran has been fat- vagetto isn't optimistic Boston Celtics Zimmer's first of the about season his chief weapon ciano's auto tags read 'KO—l’? Well, Joe Cronin, when tening his won-lost record ever came with two on in a flve- returning that soon. he was named to the baseball Hall of Fame, drew tags I since. J. run third that began with De- that read 'HF— I.’ Now I’ve got tags that say ‘Celtic—2.’” i The big Oklahoman had the meter’s inside-the-park homer Sievers wasn't in uniform Hobbie Hos Ko Cause’for Remorse last night. When he “Who’s got ‘Celtic—l’?” a man asked. “Bob Cousv?” Tigers a spit again j—the first ever hit at the Coli- returna Ij on last 1 it's likely that Albie Pearson, “No, Walter Brown, owner of the Celtics,’’ Red said, night. seum. Backed up by fourj Felipe Alou and rookic-of-the-year last season,' grinning, “although there’s a good case for Cousy. He’s Jackie! ; homers—including two by Min- Brandt homered for the Giants About Musial Spoiling No-Hitter will be benched. Pearson can the greatest basketball player who ever lived.” nie Minoso, who drove in six who tied it at 7-all with four save himself, of course, with \ “Heck, no,” ! “We as a Considering the Knicks and scars and high blood runs and wound up with five See NATIONAL, Page B-4 CHICAGO, April 22 (AP).—| said the manager, i tried him starter a batting outburst tonight, but has during his years the hits—McLish put the Tigers “He hit my best pitch, it was "I've been in this league for Hast year.” Scheffing said, “but he's hitting .156 and pressure Auerbach survived in ¦ " 171 a mere away with a six-hitter for a, no lollipop,” young Glen Hobbie!: years and still don’t know how- he was too wild, and oy the it's imperative that he im- Picture on Page B-3 14-1 breeze that sent the In-1I of the Cubs said in referring to to pitch to Musial. 1 just time the fifth inning came prove quickly and emphatically pitched dians two games ahead of the Stan Musial.- i wanted to make sure Glen along he already had a if he’s to avoid being ousted. National Basketball Association, the 41-year-old redhead field in the American League, at full game.” j Hobbie, who 11 be 23 Friday, wasn't mad himself.” might is in top shape. Not only in top shape, but sitting on top Elgin Baylor “It looks as if Albie This is the same McLish who I pitched a one-hit, 1-0 victory As for Musial, who Is ex- Yesterday Hobbie didn’t walk need a rest," Cookie said after thg world. Twice in years his have '• early - the ninth. In fact, of cQurt three Celtics ¦broke in at 19 with the old over St. Louis yesterday in ; periencing an season a man until ; last night’s atrocity. Resting Brooklyn thrown only 88 pitenes won the title and his coaching tenure alone—l 3 years—- Dodgers in 1944. It’s Enters Army wind-blown, frozen Wrigley , slump,, it was the second time he had | the little man after only nine the McLish games going the final inning. He is about four times as long as the average NBA coach. ! same who was | ST. Mo., April Field. in the last thfre that into games might like going bundled with Kirby Higbe, LOUIS. 22 finished with 103. seem |*** * Baylor, He had a perfect game until ha had saved the Cardinals a working Dixie Howell (Speciali.—Elgin the “I get better control on vacation after it,” j and Gene Mauch| National Basketball Associa- Stan the Spoiler came up with,:from becoming no-hit victims. seem to only week, but Pearson “COUSY HAS A LOT to do with Auerbach was | by Brooklyn and packed off every year,” Hobbie said. "Boy a was to!.tion's rookie-of-the-year two out in the seventh. A mo-| Against San Francisco last playing most of the winter ih saying. “Inever saw his equal on a court. Even in practice Pittsburgh for A1 Gionfriddo for ttfe you should have when ( ' Minneapolis Lakers, ment later. Hobbie’s no-hituy : Saturday he came off the seem me Cuba and conceivably him and SIOO,OOO years ago.

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