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Fort Myers (Fla.) News-Press, Monday, April 2, 1958 9 64 Enter Golf Club Sales Service OUTBOARD MOTORS LAWN MOWERS Davies Cycle Center 1407 Citrus EDison 4-6571 Champ onship, Bmmett Richards Can Do One Thing With Orioles, Produce a Miracle Kelly Fires Low 73 Emmett Kelly, firing a two-over-par 78, paraded home ahead of 63 other entries in the championship tournament of the Fcrt Myers Golf Club. Kelly, who was medalist, will A 'tit GREEN'S FUEL FOR TANK OR BOTTLED GAS FOR THE FINEST IN GAS APPLIANCES Ph. 2-1186 2278 Cleveland 634 5th Ave. Naples Avenida Del Rio Clewiston 207 E. Marion Punta Gorda 11 I position is a little scrambled.

Brightest spot in the outfield, if not the entire Rquad, has been the hitting of Tito Franconl, a young man supposedly destined for Vancouver in the Pacific Coast League who began hitting the ball and was kept on the Oriole, varsity. The seasoned outfield starters opening day could be Dave Pope, Diering nnd Jim Dyck, unless Franconi barges into the lineup. The club has a quantity of pitchers, Bill Wight, Jim Wilson, Ray Moore, Erv Palica, Harry Dorish, George Zuyerink, reliefer Artie Schallock those represent the seasoned veterans. It is still a. little early to know what to expect from the rookies.

One thing is certain. Win or lose, the Orioles are still the champions to their springtime hosts in Scottsdale. And the faith, ful of Scottsdale have been given a thorough test particularly on the latter count. MORTGAGE MONEY JOHNNY PODRES IN THE NAVY OFF GOES HIS HAIR-Johnny Podres, Brooklyn Dodgers' pitcher, takes a last long look at his shorn locks in a barber shop at the Naval Training Center in Bainbridge, where he was inducted into the Navy. The barber at right was not identified.

Skovron Has Highest Lifetime Batting Average Among Yankees AVAILABLE FOR New or Well Located Older Homes. also have Farm or Ranch Loans. Fort Myers Insurance Agency First at Dean Phone 5-1163 clash with Joe Conover the first round of play next Sunday. Jim Kelley, defending club champion, did not have to qualify. Roland Wingate, club pro, said he was very pleased with the large number of entries, especially because the number 64 can be divided evenly into four flights of 16 each, Wingate said he i was very pleased with the appearance of the greens and added that the course is probably in better condition than any other between Sarasota and Naples.

Pairing in next week's championship flight will be Jim Kelley vs Jim Franklin Cal Cahoon vs Ed Percelli; Nat Briscot vs Jim Franklin Ralph Perkins vs Coley Westbrook; Emmett Kelly vs Joe Conoverj Gene Ros-nstengel vs Bert Draughon; Ed Davis vs Ed McCann; George Ralls vs J. Brooks. In the first flight will be Al Wilkinson vs Bill Timms; E. C. Short vs John Dickie; Joe Mazola vs Billy Welch; Bud Fulton va Bud Wiltshire; Jim Cannon Jr.

vs Frank Prathcr; Dick McCol-nell vs Ed Saunders; Ralph Gordon vs N. D. McDaniel; Bob Spencer vg Bob Bass. Second flight pairings are Al Underwood vs Dutch Knipper; Leo Bright vs Bob Parks; Ike Oswarl vs Chris Stafford; Elmer Eyssen vs Nat Porter; Gene Ranker vs L. Dix; Jerry Brandon vs Harry Wood.

Opponents in the third flight will be Tom Matheson vs Don Bass; Chuck Williams vs Earl Bobbitt; Art Baker vs D. R. Leightner; Sam Galloway vs Jim Simpson; Oscar Corbin va Hugo Spencer; Cracker Crawford vs Connie Mack W. vs S. T.

Bishop; Ned Hills vs Maurice Clarke. Wingate said official pairings will be posted on the club's bulletin board for future reference. FOR FREE ESTIMATES CUSTOM CABINETS and JALOUSIE 2843 E. Michigan ED. 7-0451 BOB KNOLES ELECTRIC Service Wiring Repairs 1735 Royal Palm Ph.

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FREEMAN C. OREN SMITH Orders executed on all markets. 2425 First St. EDison 5-4201 istero Qualifying rounds for the city championship will be held the weekend of April 30, Wingate announced. College All Stars Picked As Favorites In Olympic Tests KANSAS CITY, April 1 (P) Coaches of the two AAU entries in the U.

S. Olympic basketball finals opening here tomorrow night put the finger on the college all stars as playoff favorites. Bruce Drake, former coach at Oklahoma University on leave from the Sooner school for four months to direct the Air Forces team in the Olympic setup, says it "isn't so." Airing his views at a lengthy press conference today, Drake, who is coach of the armed forces team in the finals, took issue with coaches Frank Fidler of the AAU champion Buchan Bakers, Seattle, and Gerald Tucker of the Phillips 66ers. Both Fidler and Tucker said the college all stars, boasting such players as two-time All America Bill Russell of San Francisco and Hal (King) Lear of Temple, should win it "going away." Bucky O'Connor of the University of Iowa, coach of the all stars, hadn't arrived from New York in time to defend himself. The opening games of the playoffs, will involve the armed forces and the Phillips 66ers at 8:30 o'clock (EST).

The college all stars and Buchan Bakers are scheduled to start two hours later; The winning team of the three-night round robin series will place a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 7 players on the 12-man team-that represents the United States in the world games at Australia next November. Strike at Bowater Pulp Plant Ends. CORNER BROOK, April 1 A six-day strike at the big Bowater pulp and paper mill ended last night following a special meeting of the 182-member machinists union. The machinists had demanded that Albert Roche, who had been hired to increase efficiency, be fired. But it was understood he will remain.

The plant, world's largest integrated pulp and paper mill, will start up Mondayr Manager Albert Martin said, INFINGER GRADUATES Sgt. First Class Mark H. In-finger, son of Jacob F. Infinger of Fort Myers, was graduated from the chemical, biological and radiological school at Ft. Meade, Md.

He completed a course in identification of war gases and protective techniques. River WATERFRONT LOTS EASEMENTS of Estero Bridge on 41 mxUL Ml i McDermott Beats St. Louis 5-2 ST. PETERSBURG, April 1 Lefthander Mickey McDer-mott went the route today, spinning a six-hitter as the New York Yankees defeated the St. Louis Cardinals, 6-2.

The decision snapped a five-game losing streak for the American League champs. McDermott, who was secured from Washington on Feb, 14, be. came the second Yankee hurler to go the distance. Don Larsen worked a complete game for the squad against Richmond of the International League last Friday. 1 The southpaw gave up a homer to Wally Moon in the sixth inning, and was touched for the other tally in the eighth on a Red Schoendienst's single and two advancing groundouts.

SchoendienRt extended his hitting streak to 14 games. Hank Sauer made his Card debut aa a pinch hitter and flied out. Hank Bauer hit a homer in the ninth for the ninth and last Yankee hit. This came off right-hander Stu Miller, who pitched the last. two frames.

Rookie Ben Flowers hurled the first seven. Yogi Berra drove in three runs for the winners, with a third-inning single and a seventh-frame triple. N. Y. (A) 001 000 3015 9 0 St.

L. (N) 000 001 0102 6 1 McDermott and Berra; Flowers, Miller (8) and Cooper, Smith (7). Flowers. Home Runs New York, Bauer. St.

Louis, Moon, Tigers Club Sullivan 6-3 SARASOTA, April 1 (P)-The Detroit Tigers belted Boston ace Frank Sullivan for eight hits and all their runs today while defeating the Red Sox for the second straight day, 6-3. After being retired in succession in the first three innings, the Tigers scored three runs in the fourth on Harvey Kuenn'S single, Earl Torgeson's triple and doubles by Al Kaline and Ray Boone. Detroit picked up three more in the seventh Sullivan, who had an earned run average of 1.00 in 18 previous innings this Bpring. J. W.

Porter was hit by a pitch, Jim Delsing hit a pinch double and Kuenn scored both with a single. Kuenn moved to second on an infield out and scored on an error by Billy Klaus. Ted Williams, sidelined with a groin injury since March 13, returned to action and singled in four times at bat. Detroit (A) 000 300 300 6 9 2 Boston (A) 000 100 1013 10 2 Lary, Maas (7) and Porter; F. Sullivan, Schmitz (8) and H.

Sullivan. W-Lary. L-Sul-livan. REGAINS TITLE GROSSETO, Italy, April 1 Wiry Nello Barbadoro, of Trieste, regained the Italian featherweight championship today with a 12-round decision over Artidoro Pilidorl, of Grosseto, Each weighed 125 pounds. Rookie Frank Robinion of St.

Petersburg hit the first pitch he faced for a home run in a Cincinnati in-trasquad game this season. If You Are Under 80 You Are Not Too Old For Life Insurance Let us tell you how you ran apply for a $1,000 life in surance policy to help take rare of final expenses without burdening your family. You handle the entire transaction by mail with OLD AMERICAN i KANSAS CITY CITY. No obligation. No one will call on you! Write today for free information.

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It affords someone a wonderful chance to make a miracle out of it. Taul Richards, the general manager and field marshall, is first in line to make with the niracle, and as he has said himself, this is the year that something approaching this phase must be ac. complished. The Baltimore fan no different from any other can't be kept happy for long with a seventh place club. That is where tho Orioles have nested for the two years they've been back in the American League.

Just how much progress Richards can achieve toward miracle status this year is debatable. He outfought Washington for the bottom rung last year, or rather the Senators won out in the race for the cellar. Most of the critics think it'll be about the same this season, with Baltimore even threatening to inch up and swap places for sixth position with Kansas City, Baltimore's forte is defense which happens to be Richards' basic theory and the club apparently will bank on cashing in on opponents blunders rather than using aggressive punch itself. This is just as well, because in spring games thus far the Orioles have not been exactly the killer-type. The strong points are at first base and behind the place.

Gus Triandos, who stands 6-3 and weighs a good 200 or more, is the first baseman. He hit .277 last year, driving in 66 runs, and should be even more effective this year. Triandos can and does shift to the catching job, but Hal Smith, another big fellow, is the main backstop, and a heady, good hitting young player he is. Willie Miranda apparently is set for regular' duty at short-stop. Defensively, Miranda Is capable; at bat, a .255 hitter.

Bobby Adams probab'y will play a lot of second base, and Freddie Marsh will see at lot of third. But Richards likes to juggle his men about, so even those closest to the club aren't sure who'll be playing where. Bob Boyd, up from Houston after a session at Chicago, where he played under Richards, is a goort fill-in at first or in the outfield, and Dave Thilley and Churck Diering, nominally outfielders, have seen much infield work this spring. As said before, the picture by 28 Kings Caught Off Lummis1 Boat Robert Clodfelter, Tom Nachi. lote, L.

G. Murphy, Gwynn Wil lis and Chelaner Irvin caught 28 kiny fish, two pompano, one yellow tail and three blue runners with Capt. Clarence Trowbridge aboard the "Pells" out of Sand ers Boat Yard. Mr. and Mrs.

James R. Ses-sler of Ottawa, 111., caught 12 king fish. A sting ray has been added to the aquarium at Stan's Dock. SPRING ARRIVES ST. JOACHIM, April 1 LV) Spring is here, as far as the world's only flock of greater snow geese is concerned.

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"I always hit good in the spring," said Skowron. "I usually finish strong, too. But every other year I seem to get hurt during the middle of the season. It happens on odd numbered years so maybe I'll escape this time. "This spring I'm dong an extra lot of running to be sure tho muscles in my legs are ready to go at top speed." Like most of the Yankees under Stengel, Skowron can play two or three positions.

He played shortstop at Purdue, was scouted by the Yankees as a third baseman in semi-pro and moved to the outfield on the advice of Rogers Hornsby who managed him in Puerto Rico. It was Stengel's idea to convert him into a first baseman at Kansas City, then a Yankee farm in the American in 1953. "That was the biggest break I ever got," he said. "I knew I never could crack, the Yankee outfield when they had Mickey Mantle, Hank Bauer and Gene Woodling out there. First base was my only chance to get to the big leagues.

"For the first time I'm relaxed, not pressing on defense. I feel almost nonchalant with that glove. My worst trouble has been the pop flies, especially the fly ball back of me down the right field line. I need more work on it but I think I'm improving." Stengel agreed with Skowron's estimate of his fielding ability. "He's made some splendid plays for us down here," said Case.

"Last year after he pulled that muscle he couldn't or wouldn't bend over. I guess he was afraid he'd pull it again. Now he's doing much better." You may not know this but Stengel does Skowron's lifetime average of .328 is highest among all the Yankees. Globetrotters Slap College 'Stars NEW YORK, April 1 W-The Harlem Globetrotters opened their seventh annual crosscountry tour against the college all stars today in Madison Square Garden before 12,135 with a 61-52 victory. This -was the first half of a day-night doublehcader which launched a 20-game series covering 18 cities in as many days.

Among the players making their professional debut with the college performers Du-quesne's Sihugo Green and Holy Cross' Tom Heinsohn, both all Americas, DcPaul's Ron Sohinsz-czyk and Michigan State's Julius McCoy. All were involved in a controversy between the New York Herald Tribune which spon-' sored last night's fresh air fund East-West game and the AAU. McCoy was allowed to play in the benefit game because he said he wasn't going to play against the Globetrotters today while the others were barred because they aaid they were. Dan Ferris, national AAU secretary-treasurer, said that McCoy had signed an affidavit saying that he wouldn't play Sunday and that cleared the Olympic hopefuls who played in the East- West game. The Trotters, led by Andy Johnson's 19 points and Charlie Hoxie's nine, took tho lead early In the first quarter and never were headed, leading 34-28 at halftime.

Sobieszczyk topped the college team with 10 whilt Ohio State's all American Robin Freeman had nine. SKLASSIK TO VISIT TOKYO, April 1(P) Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethopia will visit Japan with his wife this summer, Kyodo News Service reported today. It will be the first visit to Japan by a foreign crowned head since World War II. Movie actor Buster Crabbe was NCAA 410-yard freestyle champion in 1031. He was a student at USC at the time.

ST. PETERSBURG, April 1 LT Everybody marvels at Mickey Mantle's power this spring but the man who really has been clubbing that ball for average with the New York Yankees is Bill Skowron. In the first 16 exhibition games, the muscular first baseman who used to play football at Purdue, was hitting at the .409 level and leading the club in runs batted in. Skowron in the .400 league may sound familiar. It should.

When the season opened last year, Big Moose was the scour-age of the American League. Until he pulled a muscle in his thigh, April 27, he was hitting a solid .451. After aggravating the injury when he tried to get back into lineup too early, Skowron finally took a 32-day rest. He was off the beam and never did get back. Still, the final averages showed him hitting .319 for 108 games, Don Hoak Shows Old Fashioned Hustle to Cubs MESA, April 1 (P) In a deal that elevated a few eyebrows, the Chicago Cubs last winter -got third baseman Don Hoak, Outfielder Walt Moryn and ritcher Russ Meyer from the Brooklyn Dodgers.

The way some people looked at it, the Cubs got robbed in the deal. This feeling was based on the other half of the trade. The Cubs Randy Jackson and Pitcher Don Elston. The key men in the swap were Hoak and Jackson. From the standpoint of hitting, it might be hard to figure out what the Cubs were thinking about when they let the dangerous Jackson go for a man who hit only .240 in 94 games with the Dodgers last year.

Chicago Manager Stan Hack figures that if the Cubs sacrificed a little batting punch they gained in another -department hustle. And in Hoak, they've got a man with enough hustle to make a carnival barker look lethargic. The other day, for instance, Hoak pulled a stunt that Jackson might not even have contemplated. With the score tied in a game with Cleveland, the new Cub third Backer roared from second into third head first with a stolen base. The Cub batter hit an infield bounce and Hoak hurried home with the lead run.

It prob ably would not have happened with a more conventional man running the bases. In a game against the New York Giants in Thocnix, Hoak came up with another performance that indicated he's adopting the gambling, exciting base running style of jumpin' Jim Rivera of the White Sox. Don socked a hard liner at the shortstop and the ball bounced into center field for a hit. It looked like a single, but Hoak, running like a man caught in an air raid, shot around first base without even hesitating and belly flopped into second with a double. Hack said here recently that he hoped Moryn could take up any batting slack produced by Jackson's absence.

But Honk hasn't been leaving much slack lately. In the last five games up to today, for example, he accumulated 12 hits in 21 times at bat. And Hack is confident Don will Improve on his 1955 hitting average by pl.iying every day. The 28-year-old infielder is something of a throwback to tho days when injuries were taken a little less seriously than today. In Phoenix this work, Willie Mays of tho Giants came sailing into third and accidentally jammed one of his spikes into Hoak'i left WriHt.

Hoak got a tape job and stayed in the game. "I was afraid to look at my wrist," he said. "But the spike went in clean with no Jagged turn and It'll be okay." Don may not whack the ball out of sight 20 times a season like his predecessor. But with Hoak at third base playing with the finn shortstop-second base combination of Ernie Banks and Gene linker Hack says he's got the finest defense infield in.the game. He didn't say that lat year.

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