■PESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 4, 1951
I . TODAY'S SPORT PARADE
I By OSCAR FRALEY
■ (United Press Sports Writer)
1 . FOFKBT HILLS, N. X- W A near-sighted plumbing supply
■uesman takes a day off from work today and if his hopes don’t
■o down the drain he may wind up as the all-time Cinderella man of
■ Vic Seixas, the bathroom fixture man from Philadelphia, once again
W the underdog as he trots out on the famed center court at Forest
Bills against Australia's brilliant Frank Sedgman in the finals of the
B. 8. amateur tennis championship.
B Seixas, however, it getting used to that. Seventh seeded in the
Bwiauiment, big Vic wasn't given much chance of reaching the finals.
■:t Bbne winning.
R But he went out Thursday and celebrated his 28th birthday by
Bunping off Ken McGregor, Australia’s highly-regarded Davis Cup
Bur. Next was Herbie Flam, the 1950 runner-up, and again Eeixas
Bus lightly-regarded.
■I But he beat Flam in a comeback five setter.
■ Then, yesterday, Vic went up against giant Dick Savitt, Wiroble
■on and Australian champion seeking the third grand slam in ama-
Bur tennis history. Savitt was handicapped by a leg infection but
Bic didn’t pull any punches as he walloped him in four set 4
I DIDN’T THINK OF LEG
I "11 I'd have though about his leg,” he said later, “it would have
Buißne more than it did him. Big guys have trouble sometimes cov-
Bring the court. My strategy was to make him run, and I did."
II It was the culmination of a longtime dream for the former Univer-
Bty of North Carolina tennis and basketball player who twice was
Burner up in the national collegiate championships. He took the tourna
ment swing this year simply on the hope that he might make the
Bavis Cup squad and the trip to Australia next December when
America tries to recapture the tennis silverware.
II "I’ve wanted to play on the Davis Cup team a long time.’’ cx
llained the blue-eyed blond who started as his father’s ball boy and
Bound up trouncing the old man at the tender age of 14.
H Now he can see a cup berth clearly.
I /Vst as nobody expected him to bent McGregor, Flam or Savitt,
Bw people believe he will beat the polished Sedgman today. But if he
■ocs, the young man who is being given "a day off" from the plum-
Bng business by his "boss" Just so he can play in the finals may
Bind up making more than his dad next year.
II There's a $75,000 pro contract waiting for the winner and, while
Bic hasn’t “thought about turning pro-yet,” he undoubtedly would
Bet the offer if he wins today.
L TODAY'S SPORTRAIT
I By SCOTT BAILLIE
I (United' Press Sports Writer)
R NEW YORK IIP —ls James A. “Stretch”’ Farley, the old first base-
Bian, happens to be elected commissioner of baseball the game
would get one of its most loyal fans at the helm.
■ It was Farley, the master politician, who urgdd that baseball go
In “without curtailment" when the shock of Pearl Harbor was only a
week old. And earlier in 1941 he narrowly missed buying the Yan
lee from the Ruppert estate. A four million dollar deal fell parat
with'Joe McCarthy alreacy assured by the prospective owner that his
Rib was secure.
I cYarlcy got his first taste of politics at the age of eight when he
marched in a parade for William Jennings Bryan. He saw his first
■all game a few years later, "bumming” a ride down to New York
with a friend to sec the Highlanders play. Jack Chesbro spit
llallcd the future Yankees to a great victory and Young Farley managed
Ip bruss Chesbru’B sweaty back afterward. The 38-mile trek back to
■Brassy Point. N. Y. was a dream.
II By 1911, Stretch Farley was holding down first base for the Alphas
H semi-pro outfit* around town. The outfield was somewhat littered with
Brickbats and the weeds often turned long singles into home runs
In old picture shows that Farley hit right and choked up on the bat
■Mudderably. But he never choked up on the field and solved the weed
menace by giving the leftfielder a spate ball to fire in, just hi case
lut)i rl g ina l.wasn’t found soon enough. Finally an umpire got wise.
I Parley came by the name of “Stretch” from his six-foot, three
mch frame. Loyal oldtlmers around Orassy Point say he wold have
Been good enough to go into the majors but he w.as too slow on tha
Baths. Besides, the guy who might have made a fair utility player
las shaping up as a solid politician. He was on his way in IQI2 when
Be was elected town clerk of Stony .Point, N. Y.
I One time Farley sai dhis successes in tricky political waters was
Baaed on "telling the truth." And he always was stuck by his con
llctions. He drew a loud guffaw from the Republicans in 1936 when
■c predicted that Gov. Alf London would carry only Maine and Ver
mont.
|| Then his convictions cost him his place of honor with the New
leA four years later when he split With President Roosevelt over the
mlrd term issue. And those convictions robbed New York of .the mil
ion dollar Dempsy-Tunney gate in 1926.
I That year Farley was the state athletic commissioner and Harry
■mis vainly was trying to get a shot at Dempsey's title. Promoter
Bex Rickard shoved the Negro menace aside in favor of Tunney.
I dispute followed and the boxing board out-voted Farley, 2 to 1. But
lim spoke to the two-man licensing committee. Dempsey was denied a
Rcen.se to fight in the state and the bout was shifted to Philadelphia.
I Rarity apparently can take over any situation. He brought Madison
Square Garden down last winter wit if a touching speecl\ to Frank
Boucher on the night The Ranger manager was honored for his 25
Kars with the team. And next t» baseball, Farley likes fights and
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Harnett's Herb Thomas Wins Top Stock Race
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Former Farmer From Olivia Led 81 Os
Nation's Best At Darlington "500"
Hudson Hornets Take , (
First, Second Places
A Labor Day crowd whioh was In :
excess of 20,000 saw P.l American !
stock automobiles line up on a 1 1-4:
mile paveo track ana burn-up the
tires and motors in an attempt to
win the nation's no. 1 stock car
race, the Darlington "500”.
TYie cars were lined up in three
rows down the large asphalt oval's
front stretch with 27 cars in each
row. Seventeen different makes of
mass-produced family cars with
the mufflers removed roared to a
start at 11 A. M. with the three
front-row cars taking the lead.
Six hours, 30 minutes, and 5 sec
onds later, which was around 5:30
in the afternoon, Herb Thomas of
Olivia, N. C. led 36 of the original
starters across the finish line.
The grueling "merry-go ground”
took .its. toll of car failures as the
cars pulled into the pits with steam
ing engines and blown-out tires.
For the first 100 miles, the cars
filled the track with roaring traf
fic, but then, at first, slowly and
then more frequently, the mechani
cal victims of torture began to fall
by the wayside. ,
The lighter cars, such as The
Plymouths, Fords, and Studebakers
were picked to win. It was figured
that the heavier Hudsons, Nasnes,
Lincolns, and Cadilac would have
100 much tire troubles even though'-
the speed of these cars Is supposed
to be greater.
HUDSON DOMINATES
But the Hudson’ *ornet proved
to be the fastest and most .rugged
car of the day as Thomas brought
his in for top money, and “Jessie
James” Taylor of Macon, Ga. came
in second with a Hornet. The fast
est car in the race, which had too
many stops and finally ended up
in a three-car collision, was also a
Hornet. Marshall Teague, who pro
bably wasn’t too sick over his tough
duck because he Is the owner of
the Hudson that Thomas led the
pack with, sped by all of the cars
with ease as he has many times
this season with a Hornet. Teague
was undoubtedly a happy man
Along the halfway mark as Thomas
was setting the pace in one of the
Pesky "A"sKMd-off Yank
As American Tightens Again
By CARL LUNDQUIBT
(UP Sports Writer)
A three-way brawl Involving the
same battlers as In the mad fin
ish of 1948 seemed to be in the
making in the American League to
day. One dinky'percentage point
separated the pace-aettin? Indians
from the runner-up Yankees after
the Labor filly madness. But the
Red Sox, who never get mad until
September, were Just 4V4 games off
the pace with three big games in
New York coming up.
ne Red So* swept 3to 2 and Bto
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Daytona Beach Hudsons while
I Teague himself was holding second
! place.
j Again as in the 1950 race, the |
; Oldsmobiles were In the majority.
Twenty one of these ’’Rocket" pow
ered cars started the race. Fords
were the next most numerous with
seventeen In the whirl, and third
most were’the same make as last
year’s winning Plymouth, fourteen.
Then came eight Studebakers, six
Hudsons, 3 Nash Ambassadors, and
two Pontiacs. There was one each
of the following: Mercury, Lincoln,
Buiek, Cadillac, Kaiser, Nash Ram
bler, Henry J„ Dodge, Chevrolet,
and Chrysler Imperial.
Frank Mundy, who had made the 1
second-highest qualifying time be
hind Teague, took a quick lead and
held his Studebaker V-8 out front
for two and a half laps, but Mun
dy, had mechanical difficulty and
had to pull-out of the race after
only a few laps had gone by. Mun
dy had started the race on the
front row inslo* &:ong side winner
Thomas and second-place Taylor.
THE TOP TEN WINNERS WERE;
No. 92, Hudson Hornet, driven by
Herb Thomas of Olivia, N. C.;
started on front row, center.
No. 31, Hudson Hornet, driven by
Jessie James Taylor of Macon,
Ga.. started on front row, outside.
No. 17, Ford 6, driven by Buddy
Schuman or Charlotte, N. C.,
started on seventh r»w, inside.
No. 77, Olds 88, driven by Hershell
McGriff of Portland, Ore., start
ed second row, center.
No. I, Olds 88, driven by Harold
Kite of East Point, Ga., starSQ
on thirteenth row, center.
No. 11, Ford 8, driven by “Fireball”
Roberts of Daytona Beach, Fla
started on third row, inside.
No. 14, Olds 88, driven by Fonty
Flock HapevUle, Ga., started on
second row, inside.
No. 16, Ford 8, driven by BUI Snow
den of St. Augustine, Fla., started
second row, outside.
N °; **• Plymouth, driven by Pap
White of Ctreensboro, N. C„ start
ed on ninteenth row, inside.
N o ijf’ ? ,d ® w ’ driven by Leon
SalM of Winston-Salem, N. c„
started on ninth row, outside.
R°Wn«m With
a home run set the li-hit pace
for Boston In'the second game.
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Football Reports .
From Big 4 Camps
DURHAM <lW>—Coach BUI Mur
ray stepped up the tempo of Blue
Devil practice today and began to
work on fundamentals.
Wilmington High School star
Charlie Niven joined the squad yes
terday for the two Labor Day prac
tice sessions. The speedy back
worked out with other freshmen
backs including Worth Lutz of Dur
ham, Nick McKeithan of Lumber
ton. Sam Eberdt, Ned Pennell of
Lenoir, Tiny Burtner of Greens
boro and Claude Midkiff of Ar
lington, Va.
WAKE FOREST (OH)—Wake For.
est buckled down to two rough
practice sessions today with more
contact work.
The Deacons started with a light
workout yesterday morning and
then began contact work in the af
ternoon session. Coach Tom Rogers
said practice will gradually gef
tougher and some tackling work is
expected today.
Quarterbacks Ed Kissell, Dickie
Davis, Van Seawell and Alvin Cook
practiced passing to ends Jack
Lewis, Ed McClure, Ken Bridges,
Bob Ondilla, and halfbacks Guido
Scarton, Larry Spencer, Lou Pol
lacci and Bruce Hlllenbrand.
CAMP LEJEUNE (0P») — The N.
C. State football squad had its
roughest practice today in a scrim
mage against the Marine Corps
squad.
Coach Beattie Mathers put the
team through its first scrimmage
yesterday after spending two days
on conditioning! The body contact
work took its toll. Tailback Alex
Webster and guard Vince Bagoms
sprained ankles and tackle Elmer
Costa was spiked on the ankle.
' CHAPEL HILL ((IP))—Two mem
bers of the North Carolina foot
ball squad watched from the side
lines today as the team went to
work in earnest.
Freshman end Frank Ail of Le
banon, Pa., twisted an ankle in one
e of the first drills and was on
d crutches. Alternate Capty, Bob
Gantt had a strained leg muscle.
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Large Crowds See
Labor Day Sports
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NEW YORK ((W>—Record-break
ing crowds thronged to the race
tracks and the tennis matches yes
terday, but baseball attendance
tumbled In the American League
and showed a gain in the National.
Seventeen race tracks drew 326,048
who bet 8161)96,626 —a rise of 20,089
and $2,442,431.
Wheeling Downs broke an atten
dance record with 11,028 fans. Tim
onium Race Track had a mutuel
handle of SBO,OOO which is a new
Labor Day record. Centennial Park
at Denver set records with 13,827
betting $531,941. The 234145 at Del
Mar was the third largest in his
tory.
At Forest Hills 15,000 saw the
national tennis semi-finals the
largest crowd since 1948.
20,000 people jammed Darlington
International Raceway to see the
Nation’s top Stock Car race. The
large throng topped last year’s at
tendance by 2,000.
The National League attendance
jumped from 92,401 for Labor Day
last year to 108,078 yesterday. But
the American fell from 152,201 last
year to 104,613. The major league
total fell from 244,062 to 207,681
as a result.
STANDINGS
STANDINGS
By UNITED PRESS
NATIONAL
W L Pet.
Brooklyn. 84 47 .641
New York - 79 54 .504
St: Louis 65 62 .512
Boston 65 64 .504
Philadelphia 65 68 .489
Cincinnati 56 77 .421
Pittsburgh 56 77 .421
Chicago «... 55 76 .420
RESULTS
Brooklyn 7-7 Boston 2-2
Philadelphia 8-1 New York 3-3
Bt. Louis 7-4 Qjncianati 1-1
Chicago U-JL Pittsburgh 10-4
AMERICAN ,
Z W L Pet.
Cleveland ...l 84 49 .632
N«w York ' 82 48 .631
Boston 77 61 .602
Chicago ... / 71 61 .538
Detroit ..., 61 71 .462
Whshtagto* 63 75 .414
Philadelphia .'.. 54 78 .409
Bt Louie ■ ■ ■-VVV#• -• • 40 •» -310
Detroit it St. LoSfw ut game
“ *T CAROLINA
W L Pet
Durham ... k 94 66 .600
Winston-Salem , 81 66 .583
RAlefch : 71 63 557
Reidsville 76 64 .543
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THE WINNER HERB THOMAS is shown streaking across the finish line at the Darlington In
ternational Raceway to take first place in America’s finest Stock Car Race. The Hudson Hornet is
pictured just a few feet short of the white line which signified an SB,BOO purse. Winning this big
gest-of-them-all climaxed a series of wins, and it placed Thomas on top of the point-standing of
NASCAR racing. «
Vic Seixas Pulls 4th Upset;
Enters Finals Against Sedgman
Ex Tar Heel Enters
Finds As Underdog
By STEVE SNIDER
(United Press Sports Writer)
FOREST HILLS, N. Y. IIP
Seventh-seeded Vic Seixas of Phila
delphia, no respector of odds, was
an underdog today for the fourth
straight time as he carried Ameri
can hopes in the finals of the U. S.
tennis championship against Frank I
Sedgman of Australia. I
A victory would be a tremendous ’
boost for the U. S. Davis Cup team j
which hopes to wrest the trophy I
from the Aussies in December but l
Sedgman’s smashing play to reach j
the .final made the outlook bleak.
Boxar George Flores
Dies From Ring Poke
NEW YORK (ItP)—A tWo-way
investigation was launched into the
ring death of middleweight Georgie
Flores today.
The New York County grand Jury
planned one probe to determine if
any laws were broken, <and the New
York State Boxing Commission
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i The belting Aussie ace walloped ,
defending champion Art Larsen of
San Leandro, Cal., 6-1, 6-2, 6-0 in
his sharpest display of tennis since
leaving Australia late in the spring.
“He beat me easily the only time
we played," said the 28-ycaf-old
Seixas, former Army test pilot and
now a plumbing supplies salesman.
JUST DID HIS BEST
“But I’ve just been doing the best
I can all week and it has been
I enough so far.”
! It was more than enough for
, limping Dick Savitt of Orange,
I N. J., champion of Wimbledon and
Australia in one of yesterday’*
semi-finals. Seixas mowed down
1 the Jersey giant 6-0, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2,
I and pulled no punches to give Sk
planned another tp seek way* of
preventing more ring killings. .
Flores, 20-year-old New Ynrk
slugger, died yesterday of injuries
suffered when he was knocked out
In the eighth round of the Madison
Square Garden semifinal Wednes
day. He never regained conscious
ness after he collapsed in his dress
ing room after walking dazedly
from the ring.
PAGE FIVE
, vitt any respite because of his ,1/eg
infection.
Seixas previously upset Ken Mc-
Gregor of Australia and Herbie
Flam of Beverly Hills, Cal., last
year’s runner-up. , l
An upset was in the making .In
one women’s semi-final with 16-
year-old Maureen Connolly of sa‘Yi
Diego, CaL, one set up on Wimble
don champion Doris Hart of Coral
Gables, Fla., when rain called a
halt - *
Miss Hart won the first four
games, then surrendered six lira
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