PAGE 6M THE MTCMGA N U ATT, 1AESXT11% MI1V11iif1"111 £ IT 7. FRIDAY, MAY 3,1957 I Minnesota Nine Seems Easy Victor Over Late Starters Illinois, Purdue . .... ...... S.- By RUDE DIFAZIO Illinois and Purdue will get their first chance to enter the battle for theBig Ten baseball title this weekend when they face Minnesota and Iowa. The Gophers meet Illinois this afternoon and Purdue tomorrow in a doubleheader, while Iowa meets Purdue today and Illinois tomorrow. Minnesota's pitching strength showed well last weekend against Wisconsin when sophomore Dick Siebert proved he was ready to work in rotation with the Gophers' two veteran aces, Captain Gerald Thomas and Dean Mass. Siebert won the opener allow- ing six hits in nine innings and giving up one run. Thomas took the nightcap al- lowing two runs on four hits in the seven innings. The keystone combination still appears to be a trouble spot at the plate for Minnesota. Short- stop George Thomas, younger brother of Gerald, had only two singles in eight trips to the plate while second basemen Pete Bakali hit one single in seven trips. However, with the pitching of Thomas, Mass, and Siebert, plus the home field advantage for the three games, the Gophers are fa- vorites to take the series. Iowa, on the strength of Don Dobrino's arm, should be assured of winning one game. Playing on its home field will give them the advantage in the other two games, but they lack a really strong hit- ter to sweep the series. Dobrino struck out 12 Badgers last weekend in winning. Ohio State and Indiana play a home and home three game series with tomorrow's doubleheader at Bloomington. The Buckeyes presently 2-1 in the conference may have trouble with Indiana pitchers Albin Hayes and Bill Smith. They walked only four Wolverines in 16 innings last weekend. Indiana's strong first baseman Carl Kirkpatrick will supply the power which could upset the Buckeyes. He is number five in hitting in the conference with five hits in 12 at bats for .417. Michigan State switches oppo- sition with Michigan. Either Northwestern, today, or Wiscon- sin, tomorrow, face the possible loss of one game to the Spartans ace hurler Ron Perranoski. HOOSIER HITTER-Carl Kirkpatrick, strong-hitting first base- man, may supply the punch which would enable the Hoosiers to upset Ohio State this weekend in their three-game series. ,I I Sarni Seeks' Another Job n Baseball ST. LOUIS (P)-Bill Sarni ad- mitted yesterday he has two strikes on him, but he refused to call himself out of baseball. The New York Giant catcher, stricken with a heart attack the first day of spring training, is tak- ing the doctors' word that his playing days are over and has be- gun to think about another job around the ball park. Sarni, whose recovery has been steady, hopes he can rejoin the Giants as a coach in July or August. He needs one more sea- son ^to qualify for the five-year pension fund and Horace Sone- ham, president of the Giants, put him on the payroll as a coach Robinson, Basilio Consider Plans for September Bout Major League Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE CHICAGO (')-Sugar Ray Rob- inson is sitting on top of the world again, but he doesn't want to be rushed into a potential million- dollar match with welterweight champion Carmen Basilio after his stunning knockout of Gene Fullmer. T h e recrowned middleweight champion and his numerous han- dlers presided at a news confer- ence in his hotel room yesterday. Earlier guesses that Robinson and Basilio would meet in a mid- July bout, possibly at Yankee Sta- dium, got a dash of cold water from Robinson. To Fight in September? "It's no good in July," said Ro- binson, without conceding he was anxious to make this big money bout. "Everybody is out of town. You draw better in September." Said Joe Glaser, Robinson's "fi- nancial" manager: "Basilio must be made to realize that Robinson is holding a royal flush." Robinson plans a party in Har- lem tonight to celebrate what he says is his 36th birthday, but which the record book says is his 37th. Even Split The Basilio camp got into the act. "We 11 take nothing worse than a 30-30 per centage split right down the middle," chorused Johnny De John and Joe Netro, co-managers of Basilio. "My fellow is the champion, too," said Netro. "We're not in- terested in the middleweight title! as much as the gate. We'd like to fight him as soon as possible." "Why did they stop it?" Full- mer asked Manager Mary Jenson as they stood in the middle of the ring. "I'm not hurt." "The only reason they stopped it was because you were counted out," t eplica Jenson. Chicago New York Boston Cleveland Kansas city Baltimore Detroit Washington W 10 8 8 7 7 6 6 L 2 5 6 6 8 8 9 12 Pct. .833 .615 .571 .538 .467 .429 .400 .250 GB 3 314 5 584 I-M Softball Features No-Hit Game Don Bosker gave Phi Alpha Kappa a big boost toward the an- nexing of its third straight Pro- fessional F r a t e r n i t y softball championship by allowing no hits against Phi Delta Epsilon in in- tramural action yesterday. Al Walters provided the power for Bosker's big victory by blast- ing two home runs in the 10-1 contest. The only pitchers duel of the day's activity saw Bob Dulude besting Dick Courtney of Delta Sigma Delta with Psi Omega com- ing out on the long end of a 2-0 score. It was a haertbreaking defeat for Courtney as he gave up only two hits, as opposed to Dulude's one, and both runs were scored in the- final inning after two were out. Sell Starts Attack Jim Sell singled and then ad-! vanced all the way around the bases when the opposing left- fielder misjudged a fly ball hit by Bob Coleman. Coleman eventually scored the last run on two passed balls. Du- lude was nearly perfect in his one- hitter, striking out seven in the four-inning game. Jerry Lapely received plenty of help from his teammates, as he spun a neat one-hitter in the Law Club's 16-1 victory over Phi Delta Chi. In another pro fraternity en- counter, Alpha Kappa Kappa lit-; erally smashed their way to an 18-17 triumph over Phi Rho Sig- ma, bringing across nine runs in both the first and third innings. Rod MacDonald pitched the en-+ tire game for the winners, help-] ing his own cause with a home+ run. Lack of Support It was the lack of support that1 cost Larry Mason of Van Tyne a win over Anderson in the "B" residence hall league. Despite hisa allowance of only two hits. his team lost, 8-0, committing no less than 13 errors.+ In other "B" games: 'Gomberg 19, Adams 19, Reeves 11, Winchell1 7, and Allen Rumsey and Williamst both won on forfeits from Hayden and Wenley respectively. Sigma Nu drubbed A . P1 and Tau Kappa Epsilon took care of Phi Sigma Delta 7-1 in make-upI games in the "A" fraternityr league. Phi Epsilon Kappa topped Del-E ta Sigma Pi, 9-6. 1W0 NIGHTS AGO a clever "old" man met a strong young gladiator in hand to hand battle and won. It was an old story for the victor, but a brand new and unexpected one for thousands of fight fans around the country., For 'Sugar Ray' Robinson, again the new middleweight champ, it was a thrill, but one he had experienced three times before. How- ever, for those seated in Chicago Stadium, and for those glued to televi- sion sets and radios around the country, it was both a surprise an# a real sports first-a single man had gained the middleweight title for the fourth time. I'm sure much of the sympathy was with the 37 year-old Robin- son, even though the odds were 5-2 in favor of his opponent, a man 12 years younger and already once the conqueror of 'Sugar Ray.' And I'm also sure the same reaction was shared by many when that short left hook connected, and Gene Fullmer, after falling, and struggling in vain, could get off the canvas while the referee counted to ten. Everyone listening must have felt momentarily stunned, and then full of wonder and admiration for the new, and yet old, champion. Right after the fight, Robinson told the world that his success was due to te prayers of his friends. Maybe so, but to me it was nothing but sheer cunning and experience that determined the out- come. Robinson had fought the man before, he knew how the other worked. He merely waited for the mistake he was looking for and capitalized. Fullmer isn't the first to come up against Robinson's ring, skill. Jake LaMotta, Randy Turpin, and Carl 'Bobo' Olson also were once middle-weight champs. Each fell and it was always 'Sugar Ray' who replaced them. 4 4 j1 k, £, pPot4 Comment BY JIM BAAD IL The Old Man Won Yesterday's Scores Chicago 6, Washington 1 Detroit 7, Boston 5 New York 3, Kansas City 1 Today's Games Boston at Detroit Washington at Chicago New York at Kansas City Boston at Detroit NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct. GB Milwaukee 11 2 .846 - Brooklyn 9 4 .692 2 St. Louis 7 5 .583 312 Cincinnati 7 7 .500 3' Philadelphia 6 7 .462, 5 New York 6 8 .429 5 Pittsburgh 4 10 .286 7Y2 Chicago 3 10 .231 8 Yesterday's Scores Philadelphia 4, Chicago 2 Milwaukee 8, Pittsburgh 5 (10 innings) St Louis 3, Brooklyn 2 (16 innings) Today's Games St. Louis vs. Brooklyn at Jersey City (N) Cincinnati at New York (N) Chicago at Philadelphia (N) Milwaukee at Pittsburgh (N) BILL SARNI ... seeks baseball job I Now He Should Retire. HERE'S A PERSONAL hope that Fullmer is the last of Robinson's comebacks. At an age when boxing should be out of the question, he should retire after this last, and perhaps, because of the odds and his age, greatest conquest. Granted that the government took much of his purse, but this pays off that debt. His biggest debt, the one he owes to himself, should now be attended to. I have no idea of Robin- son's financial status, but this should not keep him in the ring. Many athletes have begun to age, quit, and taken up some other livelihood preserving their names and records for posterity. Others have merely grown old in their sport, very old. The prime example is former heavyweight champ Joe Louis, who rose to great heights in the ring and drew great respect from everyone, but went on and on and on, every fall wiping a bit more of the luster from the good days. Robinson has had his fighting career, probably adding more color to ring history than will be surmounted in a long time. His feat of winning the middleweight championship four successive times has never been duplicated and probably never will be. Along with his middleweight success, he was also at one time the welterweight champ. , t His record is almost unbelievable, 138 victories, five losses, and three draws since he first put on the gloves for hard cash. Not only that but 90 of the opponents whom he bested were knocked out. Add this to his great moment two nights ago and this should be enough, even for old 'Sugar Ray.' Let's hope again that Robinson does not repeat the Louis story. It's always a little hard on the public to see one of its cherished heros fall. The gloves should go on a hook, and the fighter should leave the ring now that he is still at the top. If he does go on maybe he will meet some success, but the days are definitely numbered, and there isn't much but decline left. A retired Robinson will be remembered easily for a long time as one of the greatest fighters of the century. This is a sure thing, but if he goes on, well, who knows? 4 77 ersya& !O aK It 11 ? ou!! t IF1'S ' I for your eating pleasure..' PZZA at the Del Ro BEER - WI NE - also takeout 122 W. Washington Closed Tuesday GENERAL DUKE TO RUN? Owners Enter Ten Horses in Derby Make. your SPRING OUTI NGS CHESTER ROB ERTS ...,, Q 4 i RYlli I .K ,, 312 South State complete LOUISVILLE, Ky. (IP)-No sur- prises popped out of the entry box at Churchill Oowns yesterday as ten colts were entered officially for the Kentucky Derby. General Duke's foot injury still posed one of the -biggest question marks In the history of the great~ 3-year-old classic. While the latest bulletin from the Calumet Farm disclosed little change in General Duke's condi- tion, Wheatley Etable's Bold Rul- er became a slight favorite for the $125,000-added race Saturday. However, trainer Jimmy Jones said he believed his ace had "some- . 0 0 i I Stock up at thing less than a 50-50 chance" of starting in the race. "We would like to run him but I'm not going to do anything that might injure him seriously." Arcaro on Bold Ruler Bold Ruler, trained by the vet- eran Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons and ridden by Eddie Arcaro, winner of five previous derbys, was an early 8 to 5 choice.. The uncertainty a r o u n d Calumet headquarters caused the entry of Gen. Duke and Iron Liege to be listed at 2 to 1. 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