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** 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.