■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 m^Jfiorsei. Kiow Nfou Can Own This rKmbier lA/rfh K Morrffis -lo fey! Come see the tew double-value, double-duty Rambler All-Purpose H Sedan that’s two cars in one. Find out how little it costs with our new ** lower monthly payments. ; You’ve never seen or driven anything like it—the smartest family sedan in the low-price field—that instantly converts to a heavy-duty Station Wagon at the drop ora seat. See it and 17 other value-packed Nash Airflytes. Call iA at once and get our great proposition. . in lie New Nash Rambler, life' ' - : V- • vj Harnett's Herb Thomas Wins Top Stock Race M, V. I”. AbtAlWr - - - i»y M*tr MS'S MAIipLBP - ...fate 3base 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 terda hittm o nell and Chuck that pick 1> , j THE DAILY RECOUP, DUNN, W. CL 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. let!w! Ath * 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. | . Large Crowds See Labor Day Sports • ,• ■ si' 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 SS 0 ”..:::::::::: S 5 :1™ |||tWWi|l| » 59 7f .428 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 Bums this is your chance I 1 " without the tlinh/rntf nhliantinn ( ••• wwffWllrlFi flfv VVlfyUllVll / ... To see and know the great milwaga Ilf. and if A | _ safety of the U. S. Koval Master!—The n«w blow- aM ~ “OIfCF out protection of the U. S. Nylon Life-tube. Com- MW a uX (j neve* W C j|e how fee RQYAfrMjfrglfflfi canitoy &) be retfjy,!*** C «"V *** arß 7/ * (j Z&S'*** j/ " Stt how tnß beautiful ills are shielded s._ -- . IP®* Ck S. prw.dm of from curb-scuff by rite new oirhs«M*d. And—Sae the Great U. 5. ROYAL UFI-TUBI \V of if I ‘ T * k * Mj Stops Blowout/Before Thgy C«n Happen! 7 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 row. -> - Going Places? fi\^MOvtrQU> A Trirr Phone 299$ •JfJW* punn, N. CL I LOCAL OK 10N6 DISUHCf)

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