** THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. C. WIDNSSDAT, C-2 s MABCM It. MM $50,000 Rookie AU Five's Task Santa Anita Bets Cubs' | 1 i Over $3 MillionStymies Giants in Debut Appears Tough MESA, Ariz., Mar. 12 (A*).— youngsters. But Andre Rogers,' The tall rookie took his place who previously had accounted' on the mound against Willie , for a wind-blown homer, j couldn’t get the ball out of the On Final Card Mays and the Giants, retired infield against Hobbie. and the, In Tournament seven straight batters as it he best Mays could do high' ARCADIA. Calif.. Mar. 12 was a EVANSVILLE. Ind., Mar. 12 (/P).—A pinch owned them, walked the eighth flly to center. money may be (Special).—American Univer- on. but there was no sign of and got the next two out with "I think we’ve got some- it at Santa Anita as It cloaed no trouble at all. ; thing,” said Manager Bob sity’s basketball team is faced out another lush season yester- Such was the debut yesterday Scheffing, the former Cub 1 1 with a giant-killing task as the day. of the 21-year-old righthander, , catcher. NCAA small-college touma- 35,000 And tfye Cubs, Equally delighted A crowd of saw Mrs. Glen Hobbie. were three , ment enters its final rounds from the front-office brass to Cub vice presidents, Ethel Jacobs’ Promised Land, i Charlie! tonight. winner of five consecutive the batboy. agreed that the 1 Grimm. John Holland and old- ihere Eastern stakes, but a failure $50,000 paid for the youngster ; timer Clarence Rowland. Hol- The Eagles, now among the here, redeem himself by cap- looks like a sound investment.! land disclosed 15 other major eight survivors of 32 original only three-inning! turing the $116,100 San Juan It was a : | league teams were after entrants, meet Evansville, the Capistrano Handicap stint by Hobbie, who stands 6-3 who almost won the at a mile-, i i Hobbie. Mideast regional champion, and - three - quarters on the and weighs about 198, but it ; 1 1 Southern Association pennant 8 grass. He the marathon was an impressive start for the for Memphis last yeai. in tonight’s second game at _- ¦** ran t! P® s*™~j,~*: _•¦ . In 2:52, beating out Tall Chief young man from Witt, 111. Glen posted a 15-15 record 10:30. If successful, tomorrow ~ E . ~. ¦*» -** Admittedly the Giants’ but he appeared in 53 games as ,*'.—*- ’m*£***'*“¦*¦mt) - thrilling my - "***-*¦ ,-..j w jmi? jMwwgMwy-^mmc^T: ->,__ II in a stretch duel. line- ¦ they must face the winner of up heavily stocked with “stopper” for the Chicks. gjjp The racing fans poured was i t the earlier game between '* * $3,226,713 through the pari- * > mutuel machines yesterday, Wheaton and Chapman of m^o bringing the betting handle for California, expected to be the 55-day meeting to $115,- Parkersburg Accepts Bid Wheaton, the defending cham- ENTERING compared THE PROMISED LAND—Promised (No. 5) finished second and Eddie Schmidt (far 876,638, with sllO,- pion and favorite. Land, an Eastern stakes-winning invader, wins left) and Solid Son (No. 9) ran a dead heat 232,254 last year. The daily average this season was $2,106,- To Play in K. of C. Tourney This afternoon's opening his first 1958 stakes on the West Coast yester- for third. It was the concluding stakes at height > The Virginia program day, $116,100 852 and $2,004,223 last. Total Tremendous and a nament. Crusaders matches St. Michael’s in the San Juan Capistrano Hand- Santa Anita’s very - (16-7) pulled up- successful meeting.—AP attendance this season was well balanced attack char- a shocker in of Vermont against Grambling icap, with Ismael Valenzuela up. II (W. setting Tall Chief Wirephoto. 1.525,117: season 1,478,602. acterize the Parkersburg St. Paul's of Ports- last Va.) Catholic : mouth and going win the of Louisiana, and Southwest This season’s daily average team, fifth en-j on to was title. Gonzaga Missouri State against South 27,729. last season’s 26,884. trant to be named to the fifth is 16-8 and 'annual Knights of Columbus anxious to close its season in Dakota. Best Season Since ’46 1 High School Tournament a splash. i All of the teams have some- Sox Counting So. though unemployment March 21-23 at Georgetown Three other teams will be thing to recommend them in Celtics Bump figures are up, so is attendance ! University. named to complete the eight- this tournament, having ad- and betting on the bangtails. The addition of the Crusaders team field by Friday, accord- vanced by first winning their 4T On Jackson Financially, Itwas Santa Anita’s gives this tournament, co- ing to Tournament Director conference titles and then tak- 7HF KAC£S best season since the post war sponsored by the Knights of Gus Coupe, who has been ing playoffs. With JOE KELLY Knicks Again boom crowds of 1946. Columbus and Georgetown, a deluged with requests for in- American is the Mason-Dixon For Power The crowd got a sickening trio of clubs with a combined vitations from the best Cath- Conference and East Regional By ttat Asioctitfd Preu olic schoolboy in the '^jjjjj^ TAMPA. Mar. 12 f/P).—When thrill in the fourth race yester- record of 74-5. The Crusaders teams winner, with a 22-5 season rec- the White Sox traded Minnie! ! Even William Penn, atop day as Willie Shoemaker, three- 1 are 22-1, an upset loss to | East. ord and a string of 11 straight. Minoso Wheeling Catholic by two It’s No matter how you look at it, to date has been beating Old and Larry Doby. the Philadelphia’s City Hall, seems time national riding champion j Parkersburg has one of the : stars are Willie Jones, they’re fans asked the big question: and the perennial leader points the only blot on the' most sought-after boys in West , owner of the season scoring the 2-to-l odds quoting Pueblo, also billed as a wonder to be smiling today. at in the Agua future, Who is going to drive in the Santa Anita, was bolted off his record. Virginia and Ohio in Dave Dun- record at AU. and Frank Weiss, Caliente ! Philadelphia book on Silky Sullivan to win| | horse in California until re- runs? The Warriors mount. Naboo. Unbeaten Archbishop Molloy can, a 6-foot-9 senior who has i the all-time career scoring the Kentucky Derby are simply cently. As a 2-year-old, Silky One of the key figures in of the National Basketball The horse lugged out sharply New York (26-0) and Car-! been selected to play in a leader at AU. I lof (26-4) amazing. It has to be senti- only stakes, Manager A1 Lopez’ answer to! Association finally clinched the first turn. 'roll are others bringing schoolboy all-star game spon- Wheaton has the longest won one the Gold- problem a on Shoemaker : glittering mental money. that is Ron Jackson, 1 bumped by records into this sored by Akron University. streak of the tourney, 21, with en Gate Futurity, and there playoff berth after scaring the was two other horses spectacle. his 6-foot-7 first baseman, a he going down, and annaul Dick Wildt, at 6-foot-6, gives a 26-1 record this season. The oft quoted Shakespearean was nothing behind him player daylights out of their followers as was one Gonzaga, who former bonus who is jumped over him during the runnerup to Car- Coach Andy Tonkovich an South Dakota is next with 17 line “What’s in a name?” is supposed to be ready. by losing the Washington being by cleverly looks like they will be around In the | five of their last seven speed jam. Miraculously, roll for Cath- added starter for board control. straight and a 19-5 season. refuted this early games games. Willie olic League championship, tagged 3-year-old at Louisville in May. exhibition Jackson! I suffered no serious injury. He and! As for scoring, Tonkovich has ' Other records are 17-4 for St. colt who is hitting Catholic, champion has been in the No. 4 The Warriors knocked over was conscious and joked with Norfolk of five boys hitting double figures. Michaels,, 27-3 for Granbling, becoming a household As far liking * fast as the colt’s to spot in the batting i Virginia, will be among those Wildt and Tom Santer each for Southwest word. linger far and order. j the St. Louis Haw ks, the Vest- photographers as he was taken 22-1 Missouri, back then make This is Jackson’s fifth try; champions, with underdog roles in the K. of 1 have scored 368 points th*> Chapman Oddly, one express ¦ ern Division 106- by ambulance to the track hos- 22-4 for and 21-3 for people who never read tremendous train with the White Sox. who had only the C. tournament, and they’ll be season, Larry Barns has scored Evansville. In the eight sports page, run, it’s not as unusual some 101, a few hours after pital. then removed to Arcadia all. the least the rac- as to keep him in 1954 and 1955 Eastern champions. Boston Methodist Hospital, out to upset the works as 365, Bob Rebhan 349 and Dun- teams have won 126 games and ing news, asking folks seem to think. after where he are about they paid him a $50,000 Celtics, eliminated the New spent the night. He was to be Norfolk did in the State tour- can 292. lost 26.
Silky Stymie . Sullivan. One more vic- often usfed to get lost bonus Following a fine year York 126-119, the discharged today. It tory and he may be nominated Knicks. for was a in the early stages and then at Indianapolis where he hit third straight year. narrow squeak, and Willie could for Vice President. cut loose. Whirlaway, Triple .310, knocked in 102 runs and The Warriors had have lost his life in exactly the against Crown winner of 21 home they never to This is no knock the 1942, was a slammed runs, worry against same spot on the track where terrific stretch think he ripe for big the Hawks as fine name of Sullivan. Itwould runner. Ponder, is the Woody Sauldsberry the great Oeorgie Woolf was Derby test. and Nei! be unthinkable coming from Calumet’s winner in Johnston combined for 37 killed In a fall in 1946. department, especially 1949, was 14th “Jackson is 100 per cent im- this and last at the points proved last spring.” Lopez to lead the Philadel- Interesting Meeting with St. Patrick’s Day right half-mile marker and still won over phians. by lengths. giving good Bob Pettit of the around the corner. three said. “I am him a Hawks topped the 1,700 points Aside from its financial suc- More recently, shot at base. If Santa Anita But Silky is no 2-to-l choice Needles, the first he can straight cess. had an ex- Derby do the job mark for the third ceptionally interesting meeting win the Derby. Not with the 1956 and Belmont Stakes for us. we will be year, winding up regular to in good shape. the racing standpoint. of victor, also saved himself for If he can’t, points. from a It likes Tim Tam, Jewel’s Re- Torgeson season with 1,718 Nadir, Misty Flight and his one blasting charge. we still have Earl and 'had two of the Nation’s top ward. * play Syra- ** * Walt Dropo. The Warriors will j horses. Round Table, the money Jester around to run against a series to him. It was rather disturbing to “Last spring Jackson was cuse in best-of-three winning champion of 1957 who learn that Phil Klipstein taking too many pitches. I determine the opponent for picked up $244,130 here and Evidently. Reggie and play Trainer Tom Ross, own Silky slipped down to Indianapolis Boston. The winner will now seems a cinch to catch the Cornell, who Silky who Sul- playoff conditions livan, were quoted on West to see him in July during the 11 the Western Division all-time champion. Nashua, in Sullivan, has been swept up the not Coast that if their colt goes All-Star Game break, and I victor. the millionaire class. Then, of by the of to Cousy put wave enthusiasm; the Derby, he would be shipped liked what I saw. He wasn’t Bob on a one man course, there was Silky Sullivan. which followed his colt's tri-i I taking points and 10 ; right back to California and so many strikes and show with 22 Silky, who captured the im- umph in Saturday’s Santa 1 skip the he was getting the bat around assists to help the Celts. The agination of sports Derby. Preakness and Bel- lovers all Anita mont faster. Now it is up to ; Knicks. who haven’t won a over the Nation with his thun- Stakes. him game season, He has changed his mind Perhaps they’ll change their to prove he can do it in the in Boston all dering dashes through the paced by Richie about shipping his colt East for plans, especially if Silky big leagues.” were Guerin stretch, kept getting better and Sul- points the Florida Derby March 29. livan up hopes “This is the first year that with 31 and Ken Sears better until he simply ran lives to the of with 28. Russell also had over and this probably is a smart his many well-wishers in the I am going to get a big chance j Bill his rivals in winning the Santa move. Cornell said his massive Derby. at a regular job.” Jackson said. j22 for Boston. Anita Derby. He is the West’s colt is still a green runner and It’s a great thing for racing “Always before there was some-: big hope for the Kentucky he is not going to rush him to have a horse catch body ahead of me who had i Derby, May 3, against two East- on with ' along. Pitting Silky against the man in the street like Silky. the inside track.” Clexton Heads ern threats, Tim Tam and the best 3-year-olds in the East A few years back. Native Jewel's Reward. after a cross-country trip would Dancer Silky’s owners, Phil did a tremendous job in . Klipstein be asking a lot of the colt. advancing the cause of racing TV Personalities Army Navy and Tom Ross, have decided ** * * with his thrilling efforts definitely to skip on Vice E. W. Clexton Florida rac- Silky Sullivan’s'racing television. Top Mat Card Admiral ing. They will start Silky in record at elected president of the far keeping was the Oakland Mile at Golden | so is not in with the Silky looks like a suitable re- Army-Navy Country Club ¦ globs of last 1 Gate Fields April great publicity which placement for the famous gray Capitol Arena night, succeeding Maj. Gen. 19 and he then willfly directly to Church- have been circulated about his horse in the public relations Wrestling fans who show up David Tully. crowd-pleasing come-from-be- department. Here’s hoping he at Capitol Arena tomorrow ill Downs for the Derby. hind Other officers named were style. keeps step with “The Dancer” night may think they’re watch-, Maj. Gen. Arno H. Luehman. 0'.,, ORMAN His greatest accomplishment in the racing department. ing television OISTIUfgSco»WMW* gfe 7 :! with no less than vice president; Maj. Gen. K. R. ¦ Andrews Gains »«mt.c.r 12 TV personalities decorating Barney, chairman of the Board ! the weekly program. of Governors: Maj. E. T. O’- In Tourney Play Mims Can Ricki Starr and Chief Big Donnell, secretary; Wreck Comdr. F. DENVER, Mar. 12 (Special). Heart tackle Dr. Jerry A. Baldwin, treasurer, Rangers Graham and Rear —Andrews Air Force Clinch and Prof. Roy Shires in fea- Phillips, chair- Base of in ; S. Webb's Hopes the Admiral J. Washington, D. C„ defeated tured team match. This will man of Golf and Grounds Com- be decided McGuire AFB of New York, TV Fight Tonight on a two-out-of- j mittee. 78-60, three falls basis. Starr, the to advance in the losers’ FORT WAYNE. Ind., Mar. I Playoff bracket of the World-Wide Air Berth ballet bruiser, and his Osage 12 (/P).—Spider Webb of Chi- 1 Force basketball tournament 1 By Indian partner defeated Terp Swimmers cago, one of the hottest middle- the Associated Press the last night. The Rangers Tolos Brothers last week. Kelly weight contenders since he New York Hans Schmidt AFB, Tex., defeated Rory clinched playoff berth has been Big Eglin knocked out Calhoun in a in the paired popular Take Lead AFB of Florida, 66-64, in January, possible National Hockey League with the Czaya game. will risk a last Hungary sup- another second-round tonight night Nandor of in one shot at the title in a with a 2-2 tie with the porting In AAU Meet The loss eliminated Eglin. crafty Holly Detroit Red Wings, out match, while Pat 10-round bout with man- O’Connor will Luis In the winners' division. Mims of Washington. C. ager Phil Watson still isn’t sat- meet Marti- University of Maryland Stewart AFB D. nez of Puerto Rico. Karl Von of Tennessee de- Carl Nelson, Webb’s trainer isfied. | swimmers, who missed winning feated Johnson AFB of Japan. 1 Hess is down for a go with Kit the District Senior AAU swim- 73-64, Selfridge and formerly Joe Louis', frankly Watson is worried more about Fox. and Field, clinching ! ming title last year by one Mich., beat called it a bad match for second place than he Pepe giant Ellsworth AFB of is about Chicharro. new- point, take a commanding lead South Dakota, 79-64. Webb, who won't add much to entering the Stanley comer. will match “holts” with Cup playoffs, good into tonight's competition at Andrews G F Pts McGuire G F Ptn. prestige by defeating the 29- and with Ludwig Von Krupp Caldwell •; o 4 McDonald 1 o special •* in a Maryland pool « year-old Mims but has every- reason. The third place team the after clean- Mrinert i Pearson 3 2 8 added attraction. ing up in last night’s diving Martin 2 3 7 Bodie 3 511 thing to lose. must meet the champion Mon- Jansen o 11 WtllD 5 717 treal Canadiens, events. Albanese 3 •* • Bauchs 4 19 Mims will be appearing on a while the sec- Voich Oil Mercks 11 3 national television boxing show ond place outfit plays either j Harridge and Ted Bob Kohl and Stapler Shields Johnson H • 1 Morris 5 111 ! Caldwell 5 mn for the ninth time. (The fight the Boston Bruins. Toronto: !of Maryland finished one-two' Field 3 0 6 will be shown over WMAL-7 at Maple Leafs or the Red Wings 1 j in both high and lowboard div- Kendall 9 32i Face Showdown ing Terrapins. Washington at 10 p.m.) That still is to be decided, I to pace the i Totals 3116 7m Totals 22 16 60 Halftime: 49-28 Andrew’s A stand-up fighter, Mims but the Chicago Black Hawxs, Kohler accumulated 50.71 On Headgear Rule points lowboard throws punches in bunches the sixth team in the league ! in the and when he senses an opening and mathematically TAMPA. Mar. 12 Will 55.50 in the high. Rose Pork Scratched were eliminated Harridge, American League is a tricky operator along the by night's Competition keener in LONDON. Mar. 12 : SPECIAL PRR player 2—Shields. iMd >: 3—-Talbott. (VV R >; . training for another' fight at “If a appears at bat 4—Cathy