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New System On Averages Is Advocated By G. K. HODENFIELD SAN FRANCISCO (AP>?Corwin (Wally) Wallace still hopes the major leagues change their sys tem for hitting percentages. Wal ly rates Ted Williams and,Willie Mays as the batting champions. "Batting averages arc figured on the ridiculous assumption thru a single is just as gpod as a home run," says Wallace. "Slugging averages aren't the answer, either They're figured on the equally ridic ulous assumption that a home run is four times as good as a single. But a bases-loaded single will gen- , erally score two runs, just half as ; many as a bases-loaded homer." After 27 years of spare time re- [ search Wallace came up with a ; point system to determine the value of a base hit. His, system lists a sin- 1 gle as .75. a double 1.25, triple, 1.4 and home run 1.6. Divide the num ber of points by the number of 1 iines at bat and you come up with WaU^^yersiou of a batting aver age "Nobody flukes through to a hat ting crown under my system." says Wullace. '7t takes a real hitter, the kind who can drive in the runs." Under Wallace's sv-tem he cred its Babe Ruth with the greatest one-seasori mark since 1900. In ; 1021 Ruth blasted 59 home runs. 4-t doubles and 16 trinles. Officially he hit .378, considerably below Harry Heilman of Detroit who won the American League title with .394 "Of Babe's total of 204 hits ?- j 119, or more than half ? went for | extra bases. Yet he lost the title In my book Babe batted .436 that season and no one ?- except the Babe himself ? ever came close j to that mark " Wallace, one of baseball's true figure filberts, supports a wife and four children by tending bar. Under Wallace's system he comes up with Mays of the Giants?and not Richie Ashbum of the Phil- , lies?as the 19."j.r> National League j batting champion with .344. He i places Duke Snider of Brooklyn 1 second with .337 and Ashbum twelfth with .297. In the American League he ranks . Williams first with .380, He has Mickey Mantle of the Yankees sec ond with .328 and the league cham pion. Detroit's A1 Kaline. third with 323 PARK Theatre Program ' MON. & TUES., JULY lfi & 17 WALT DISNEY'S i "SONG OF THE ij SOUTH" ! (In Color) i ? WED. & THURS.. JULY 18 & 19 DON'T MISS THIS GAY musical: "THREE FOR THE SHOW" (In CinemaSeope & Color) Starring BETTY GRABLE MARGE and GOWER CHAMPION ? FRIDAY, JULY 20 "THIRTY SECONDS OVER TOKYO" | Starring SPENCER TRACY VAN JOHNSON JiOBERT MITCHUM ? Plus ? THE BEST IN SELECTED SHORT SUBJECTS 1 WAYNES VILLE FIRST SHOW AT DUSK LAST TIME TODAY. MONDAY. JULY Ifi "AT GUNPOINT" (In Color) Starring Fred MacMurray Dorothy Malone ? TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY, JULY 17 & 18 iDfEOiT thousand] I Times m SJ WAftNCftGOlO* I ^^CiNEMA&operB REACHES THE TOP - - - By AlanMaver - ? \ ? ' i ? PON & BRAGG, OF I rAPPFDA^ A ViLLANOVA, MO I Potent/AL /?, PZCAMe A COA/EIET6RT ? FOOTER, Aft* A5'FOOT POLE VAULTER I 0/66E 5T PttO&lFM 7#/? /EAR, FIlGrHTEVER I /? FM/R/RO EE TEE FAVORITE /R TEE I * POLa T^T OL/MP/C TRyOUTE - I'M ? I A 'fJ?up"b* ^V^TJgT* FOLP UR- IB#* POUR RE. L^lnbulcU *y Ki?j Features 3y?Jic?t? '' 4 " ' Famed Jockey Arcaro Says Citation 'Only Great Horse' DELAWARE PARK. Del, (APt ?Eddie Arcaro. whose whip has stung the flanks of millions of dol lars worth of the finest horse flesh in the world, says he has only rid den one "great horse." Though he has been in more j than 19,000 races, the 40-year-old I jockey believes Citation was "the only great horse I ever rode." Eddie was asked during the meeting here to name the four greatest horses he ever rode. Arcaro has been to the post with the likes of Nashua. Whirla way. Native Dancer, Hill Prince and Assault. But only Citation rates the de scription of great from Eddie. Citation was the last horse to capture the Triple Crown?Ken tucky Derby, Preakness and Bel mont Stakes He accomplished the grand slam of horse racing in 1948. RPI Has Lacrosse Co-Captains TROY, N. Y. (AP1 ? Johnny Fisher of Glenshaw, Pa., and Dave Briinell of Floral Park. N. Y., have been elected co-captains of the 1957 Rensselaer Polytechnic j Institute lacrosse team. Fisher scored 24 goals for the Engineers this year. Brunell is the team's goal tender. Cse the Want Aas ior results. Loses Hawk, Catches Trout TACOMA, Wash. (AP> ?.A local angler. Henry Hickok, comes jp with this story, which he main tains is true. i Hickok hooked a 14-inch rain bow trout in nearby Clear Lake ind was busily engaged fighting the fish when a hawk swooped to he water and grabbed the trout. As the hawk, its talons firmly mplanted in the trout, tried to ;ain altitude Hickok gave his line J t jerk and the trout fell back into the water, where it took up fight ng right where it left off when the hawk intervened. The hawk flew off, somewhat perplexed by the vvhole episode. Hickok brought the trout to net, the winner in a three-sided battle. j 30 Years As Duke Coach | DURHAM. NT. C. (API ? Ed die Cameron, Duke University's athletic director, has been on the athletic staff of the school for 30 years. He started as freshman foot ball coach and has also served as head coach in football and basket ball. ' ? Williamsport, Pa., in the Class i A Eastern League, is connected with the Pittsburgh Pirates. STRAND THEATRE \ PHONE 6-8551 MON. & TUBS., JULY 16 & 17 ??"?Hjiramount pr RING 00 WD | CROSBY OCOHHOR JEA^MAIRE MlTZl PU'L GAYfilOR-HARRIS ANYTHING6(0} COLE PORTER N03ERT EMMETT OOLANI ROBERT LEWIS KJV ? S ?5?- ?, ?. '? Mfr ~?r+rmrt f.x M* ^Of ? rt-c* 0?r0?:?O', j e?.?i? StONEY SHELDON TE&ib ' ? WED. & THURS., JULY 18 & 19 "THE BROKEN STAR" With HOWARD DUFF ALSO Comedy and Cartoon ? Coming Soon "SANTIAGO" and D-DAY, SIXTH OF JUNE" W.&L. Students Want Subsidized Team LEXINGTON, Va. iAP> ? Stud ents at Washington and Lee Uni versity take a dim view of the school's nonsubsidlxed football, team. The students, expressing their opinions in a poll, listed four alternatives with regard to foot ball. including (1> to drop a foot ball entirely. <2* conduct a foot hall program with no financial in ducement of anv kind, players to be drawn from the student body. 131 conduct a limited program of l oot ball scholarships to compete on an equal basis with the caliber, of teams played in 1953, and <4> j return to a greater amount of sub sidization and a schedule compar abl to that played prior to de emphasis in 1954 Over 800 students filled out the questionnaire. More than 88 per cent voted f"" either limited or ! full-scale suMdi/ation A slim 1 4 per eent voted to drop football and 9 6 per eent favored nonfi noneed football One per cent made no ehoice. I.ast year. Washington and Lee j lost all seven of its games, all a- > gainst small college competition except for Davidson of the South ern Conference. In 1954. the uni versity cancelled its schedule and had no varsity team. After tabulating the poll, the j board made three * recommenda tions: 1?-Neither the first nor the sec ond alternative is acceptable, j However, if a choice had to be j made between these two, the board recommends football be dropped j entirely. . a school the size of W ' & I. located in a town the size ot Lexington cannot be expected to. compete with larger schools on a schedule compared to pre-1954 , ones, under which the Generals, were subsidized. 3?"The board believes alter native Np. 3;?limited financial in ducement-more closely approach es the acceptable or satisfactory , i program for W & L. Inter-City Goli j Match Scheduled On Lake Course John Summerrow won a weekly I blind bogie tournament at the Lake Junaluska golf course Saturday. This Saturday. Brvson City and Franklin will combine forces to play an inter-city match against Lake Junaluska here. Twenty-five visiting players are expected at the lake. Mrs. Margaret Eldrcd, operator of the Junauska course, said that sizeable crowds have been plaving on the links this year and that busi ness has tripled in volume over last year. Your Pals MIDLAND, Mich. fAP) ? Who ever stole 34 flags from the greens at the municipal golf course finally returned them by mail to the city parks director. A note signed "Your Pals" said. "Thanks for a lot of fun this year and last. Hope we didn't hurt them too much." Golf course officials said the flags had been freshly washed and ironed Smoky Mtn. DRIVE-IN THEATRE Balsam Rd. Dial GL 6-5116 LAST TIME TODAY MONDAY. JULY 16 "THE TENDER TRAP" (In CinemaScope and Color) Starring FRANK SINATRA DEBBIE REYNOLDS DAVID WAYNE ? TI ES. & WED.. Jl'LY 17 & IS "DUEL ON THE MISSISSIPPI" (In Color) Starring LEX BARKER PATRICIA MEDINA 0 THURS. & FRL, JULY 19 & 20 Zane Grey's "THE VANISHING AMERICAN" Starring SCOTT BRADY AUDREY TOTTER FORREST TUCKER ?Plus? Cartoon and Short Subjects Lands 16-Pounder MEN HAVE no monopoly on the sport of fishing as attested by this world's record IC-pound, two-ounce cutthroat trout, caught at Walker Lake, New, by Marge Peterson of Los Angeles. The lady angler reeled in the whopper on light spinning tackle, using six-pound test line. Second Meeting On Horse Show Slated Tonight A second meeting of persons making plans for a Waynesvllle j area horse show August 10-1 i will | be held at 8 o'clock tonight at the courthouse. At the first mooting last Monday, the group voted to stage a show with three performances Friday night. Saturday afternoon, and Saturday night Named ;ls a general steering com mittee for the horse show were Henry Miller. Elmer Hendrix, and j John Caldwell. Hoeft Threw At Ball On A String To Sharpen Control As A Pitcher (The following story was written especially for AP Newsfeatures by Billy Hoeft, southpaw pitching star for the Detroit Tigerst. By BILLY HOEFT DETROIT (API ? It has been said that I've worked on control of my pitches all my life Actually 1 did that for abtv t four or five years. I began thinking about con trol from the eighth grade on. When I vent to Oshkosh High in Wisconsin I worked out in the gym in the winter. I tiling a large rubber ball to a string and threw baseballs at i! I had always road that left band ers were wild. 1 guess l tried to disprove the accepted theory I walked 74 American League hatters in 22(1 innings in 1935. my best year with a 16-7 record Conditioning helped nie become a winner for the first time after I three years when my combined | record was 18 and 36, twice as | many defeats as victories 1 couldn't get anybody out in i the spring of 1955. General Man ager Muddy Ruel was ready to send me to Buffalo, hi the first 1 game in Detroit, rain held uo the . game twice and 1 got knocked out , in the first inning against Cleve land. When we faced the Indians in their park I pitched a three-hit | shutout and was on my way to four j straight wins. I took my time getting in shape last spring, and I've done the same j this spring. That's because 1 used to get in shape in two or three weeks than take it easy. I learned that a pitcher must pace himself, even in spring training. 1 should have won 20 last ycai That's lily goal this year New York beat me in the tenth one day after we had them heat 6-4 in the ninth. Kansas City beat me in the eighth. Chacaco beat me 4-2 in the ninth, and the first lime I pitched in Boston's Feiiw.'n Park. ' a ninth inning home, run li\ .liin- ' my Piersall beat me Princeton's Lcightnn Ford from Glen Riddle, Pa., allowed Only two ( earned runs in 47 2 3 innings of I Eastern Intercollegiate League pitching this spring LILLY HOEFT : ' . . 1 Champion Tops Dupont Twice On Road Trip On Friday night Champion swept 1 both ends ol a twin bill over Du-jJ Ixnit Nylon by scores of 3-1 in the first game -find 4-0 in the second ' gunp> which went 11 innings. Charlie Poindexter hit a two run homer for Champion in the first! game to give them the margin. Nazi Miller turned in a brilliant job in 'he nightcap limiting Dupont to 2 hit and fanning 17. On its firs.) Ic: ol , road trip last in i kcnii Hie Champion YMC'A ofthall team took a cloubleheader rem DUpont Nylon of Chattanooga t Fritl. v tr aht en the losers' field. 3-1 imi 4 -0 'hampmn 008 210 0- 3 7 1 lupoid 000 001 0 13 1 C.ai rett and I\ slot: Miller and Saunders Seeoiul came' '1 itipion 000 OOP 000 04 4 !) 2 lupoid 000 (too 000 00 0 2 2 N Miller and Ivestei. Ponder and Markum. Dayton Team Splits Pair At Statesville Dayton Rubber's Softball team split a pair of games with the Statesville All-Stars Saturday night it Statesville. dropping the first game. 4-0. and winning the night [?up. 1-0. In the opener. Dayton could man age only two hits off Statesville's pitcher. Lippard. as the winners got five safeties off Junior How ard of the rubbermakers. Neil Stamey and Bobby Ballance got the pair of hits for the locals. In the bottom half of the double header, Manager Cohen Matthews af Dayton Rubber turned back Statesville with a neat three-hit ter. Dayton Rubber won with five hits?all singles. Dayton will take on Clyde to night and Tuesday night and the Champion Y Cubs Thursday in the Haywood County League. Friday night they'll face the powerful Champion y Southern Regional ?hampions. at Canton, and then wilt be home here Sunday to the Rrev :tr<l Moose team. Laurel was the first major race Irack in Maryland to present turf racing. FLAT ROCK PLAYHOUSE 1% S. 25, 2 mi. So. of Ifville m-oaoway flays & Players "You Can't Take II With You" Funniest Comedy Ever Written Tues. thru Sat. 8:30 Wed. & Sat. 2:30 Popular Prices RKSERV: ll'ville 7565 Another revolutionary new development H| by GOODYEAR ! I . Sec in the demonstration test above how the new Cafiti. e- I it Safety tin"?- lathed through with a kuife?carried this car for 110 milri ' The car you set in the circle is coming off New York's Tribofough Bridge ?with a gaping hole in its right front tire. 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You can drive at legal speeds for 100 miles or more . . . without the danger of tire-changing in heavy traffic . . . without costly towing charges or road repairs. 1 his new tire also gives you the powerful, live-action traction of the new Twin-Grip tread, the brasCn of 3-T Nylon Cord, and Grip-Seal construction for extra protection against punctures. We have only a limited supply! Be sure to see the Captive-Air Tire soon! t B Triple tempered 3T I I Nylon Cord body ? I giver you greoter I I rlrength ondsofety^M I ?*,v^ ? I ? lor proved protection I I 11- *. don^" 1 ? ??punc.U.e "oH ond I ? blowouti-^^^^^^J I a Pur"' / reserve air F ? <7?, / A O, note . ? ? ?",il *ou AJ !nT c/""t?r *(,1 ?eoch a convenient W? N to 24 ,bs p^J^ I KBI ONLY GOODYEAR HAS THE CAPTIVE-AIR... THE SAFETY TIRE WITH A BUILT-IN SPARE! fijlfe ALLISON & DUNCAN TIRE CO. f JJK "Tire Service Headquarters'* L ? Georgia Avenue Hazelwood '/ $ I ?
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