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Today's
Sports Parade
By JACK CIDDY
United Press Sports Writer
FOREST HILLS, N. Y. (W Two young men from op
posite sides of the globe walk out onto the famed center
court at Forest Hills today to answer the tennis world’s
biggest question.
One is rangy Tony Trabert, the 25-ycar-old Wimble
don champion from Cincinnati. The other is chunky Lew
Hoad, a 20-year-old blasting bridegroom from Australia.
The question ito be answered is: Which is the world's
greatest tennis player?
A lot of the evidence^will go in today on the emerald
green turf where they’ll battle for the cherished Davis
Cup. There is much more at stake than a mere one point
of the five which will decide whether the United States
keeps the huge silver bowl or the Aussies take it back
down under.
Most At Stake
Trabert has the most at stake. He stepped to the front
of the pack by wiring at Wimbledon. Two singles vic
tories in the current Davis Cup play plus a win in the
approaching nations would put him solidly in line for
a SIQO,OOO professional career.
But if he loses today to Hoad it is a black eye which
could extend all the way to his wallet.
Harry Hopman, the acrid little man who captains the
Austraiian tennis tourists, started the controversy over
which was the greater of the two.
“Potentially, Hoad is the No. 1 man in the world,” he
insisted as his charges stormed into the challenge round.
“He had some tribulations but now that he has the right
mental attitude he will prove he is the best before the
year is out.”
Naturally, the American contingent rallied behind
Trabert.
“You have to take Trabert on the record of his per
formances during the past year,” asserted Billy Talbert,
non-playing captain of the United States team. “Possi
bly he isn’t as hard a hitter as Hoad but hitting too hard
is unsound. It’s sort of like Mickey Mantle trying to hit
a home run every time he goes to bat.”
Kramer Favors Trabert ‘ >
Jack Kramer, the former amateur and professional
champion who would like to see Trabert come through
for financial reasops, jvent even further.
“I’d bet on Trabert against practically anybody in
the world, amateur or pro,” he said flatly. “He is much
sounder technically than Hoad, although Hoad may be
faster. Eventually, Trabert will play better th’an anybody
in the world.”
But it is Mercer Beasley, the wise old owl of the ten
nis teaching ranks, who makes the strongest case for Tra
bert.
“Tony is smarter,” Beasley analyzed. “Hoad tries to
blast every shot off the court. Trabert simply has more
brains, as well as just is much power.”
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Casey Stengel's Big
Gamble Pays Off
By FR*n DOWN
United Press Sports Writer j
Casey Stengel's big gamble paid
off—and so today the New York
Yankees were rolling at an .813
pace which threatened to leave
their three rival contenders in the
American League race rolling in the
dust.
Stengel gambled and won Thurs
day night when he tossed rookie
pitcher Gary (Rip) Coleman
against Early Wynn m the pres,
sure-steeped opener of a three
game series with the Indians.
Coleman, recalled recently from
Denver, was making only his sec
ond start in the majors but he out
pitched Wynn and received credit
for the Yankees’ 5.2 triumph.
As a result, the Yankees scored
their 13th triumph in 16 games
and dropped the second-place Chi
cago White Sox 1 1-2 games off
the pace. The third-place Indians
fell two games behind and the
fourth.place Boston Red Sox are
five full games out of first place.
PACE TELLS ON RIVALS
I Moreover, the Yankees’ torrid
j pace of the last 18 days seems to
I be telling on all their rivals. Dur
ing the same period the White Sox
I are 12-5. Bhe Indians 11-5 and the
i Red Sox 9-7.
| The White Sox suffered their
I third loss in five games with sev
enth and eighth-place teams
j Thursday when they bowed to Bob
Porterfield and the Washington
! Senators. 6-1. The Red Sox, mean
while, had to rebound from a 6-1
loss to gain a split 'with the De-
Tigers in a 6-4 nightcap vic
tory. "*
Coleman struck out four batters
and yielded seven bits in 7 2-3
innings before Bob Grimes came in
to snuff out Cleveland’s eigghth
inning threat and breeze through
the ninth. Joe Collins, who enter.
' ed the game with a .221 average,
J sent the Yankees on the road to
I victory when hg tagged Wynn for
j a two-run homer in the second
j inning to touch off a four-run
| outburst.
It was a bitter defeat for Wynn
because it was Collins who on Aug.
2 tagged him for homers in the
first and 10th innings of a game
lat Yankee Stadium to give the
Yankees a 2-1 triumph. , Wynn’s
record is 14.9 and he’s failed three
straight times to win the 199th
game of his career.
PORTERFIELD DOES IN AGAIN
Porterfield, only Washington pit
cher to beat the White Sox this
year, did it for the third time.
Lone consolation for the White
Sox was that Minnie Minoso ex
tended his hitting streak to 18
games—equalling the A. L.'s 1955
high.
, Jackie Jensen became the first
American Leaguer to drive in 100
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runs this year when he hit a two
run homer and two-run double to
lead the Red Sox’s 10-hit attack
in their nightcap. The Tigers how
ever, had routed Willard Nixon in
the opener to win handily behind
the eigth-hit pi ching of Ned Garv
er, who posted his 11th triumph.
Art Ceccarell pitched four-hit
ball behind a 13-hit attack as the
Kansas City Athletics routed thei
Baltimore Orioles, 8-2, in he othei
A L. game. Vic Power had three
hits for Kansas City.
DODGERS LOSE TWO
In the National League, the I
slumping first-place ‘Brooklyn I
Dodgers lost their first double- 1
header of the campaign when .he'
Cincinnati Redlegs scored 8-5 and|
6-5 triumphs. The Dodgers still j
lead by 11 games but have lost
seven of their last 10 game and 1
11 of their last 17,
Major League
Standings
American League
W. L. Pet.
New York 77 48 .616.
Chicago 75 49 .605 j
Cleveland 75 50 .600 j
Boston 72 53 576 \
Detroit 64 62 .508,
Kansas City 62 74 .413
Washington 43 78 .355 j
Baltimore 39 83 520:
Thursday’s Results
Washington 6 Chicago 1
Detroit 6, Boston 1 Ist
Boston 6. Deroit 4 2nd
New York 5 Cleveland 2 night
Kans. City 9, Baltimore 2, night
Saturday's Games
Washington at Chicago
Baltimore at Kansas City
New York at Cleveland
Boston at Detroit
National League
Brooklyn 80 44 .645
Milwaukee 70 56 .556
New York 65 59 .524
Philadelphia 66 61 520
Cincinnati 63 66 .492
Chicago 59 11 .454
St. Louis 53 T1 .427
Pittsburgh 48 77 384
i Thursday’s Results
Milwaukee 3, New York 2
Cincinnati 8, Brooklyn 5 Ist twi
light. c „
Cincinnati 6, Brooklyn 5, 2nd
twilight.
Phila. 11. St. Louis 9, Ist. twilight
Phtla. 8, St. Louis 3, 2nd, night
Pittsburgh 2. Chicago 1 night
Saturday’s Games
Cincinnati at Brooklyn
Milwaukee at New York
St. Louis at Philadelphia
Chicago at Pittsburgh
SPORTS SHORTS
LOUISVILLE, Ky. HP The
Baseball Writers of the American
| Association today announced the
, selection of Ranee Pless of the
■ Minneapolis Millers as the Asso
j ciation's most valuable player of
! the year.
FOREST HILLS, N. Y. (IP
U. S. champion Vic Sexias was the
man on the spot today as he and
Tony Trabert began defense of the
Davis Cup against the same two
foes they whipped to win the huge
silver bowl in Australia last De
cember.
MONTREAL (IP The “slam
mer” and the “slugger” headed a
field of 131 Dominion and Ameri
' can golfers today as the $26,800
Labatt Open, Canada's richest golf
tournament, swung into the second
round at the Summerlea course
Burly Mike Souchak, a somewhat
tamed-down slugger, and Sam
Snead, the master, were out in
front with five-under par 65’s. But
only one stroke separated them
from Doug Ford of Kiameslra Lake,
N. Y„ and Marty Furgol of Le
mont, 111.
SPORTS
SHORTS
PHILADELPHIA (IP—The Na
tional girls’ grass court tennis
tournament moved today into the!
semi-finals with three California
players, headed by defending cham
pion Barbara Breit, among the four
finalists.
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. OP—Mor
risville, Pa., and Deleware Town
ship, N. J., practically neighbors,
met for the Little League World
Series title today after blasting
their way into the' finals with
home runs.
CHARLOTTE, N. C. (IP—A spruced
up Betty Probasco hung out tro
uble signs today for the other three
girls still left in the 56th Women’s
National Amateur golf tournament.
Mrs. Probasco met Jane Nelson,
an Indtanappolis grammar school
teacher, In one semi-final today.
In the other, Pat Lesser of Seattle
met plucky Polly Riley of Ft.
Worth, Texas.
SAN FRANCISCO OP—Private
Joey Giambra climaxes a 15-day
furlough toniglht by meeting world
middleweight champion Carl (Bo
bo) Olson m a 10-round, non
title bout which may indicate whe
ther the balding champion truly
recovered from his June knockout
by Archie Moore.
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I CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. IP—lt
' may be a consolation champion
| ship in the eyes of the oldsters but
! the 75th National tennis doubles
1 tourney was still a speed-bindtr
! today to youngsters playing in it.
FIGHT RESULTS
By UNITED PRESS
NEW YORK Tony Gagliardo.
182, Brooklyn, N.Y., outpointed
Johnny Orgen, 19&.3-4. New York
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