1948 THE MICHTTAN DAILY PAGE THREE r - m , I, . . 400 Relay in Nullified; Cromwell Protests 4r /.l II AP SPORT FLASHES j CHICAGO - Star Reward, at odds of 15 to 1, kept alive the long string of upsets in Chicago stakes at Washington Park today by sweeping to a four lengths victory in the $27,350 Sheridan Handicap Mile. Calumet Farm's Coaltown, out of action since July 1 when he suf- fered his second straight defeat, started a comeback in , a $5,000 sprint and defeated Hypostyle by two and a half lengths in 1:10 4/5. Carrara Marble was third in a field of five. SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. - Two players who never before had made the finals of an Eastern Grass Court. Tournament, today qualified for the title match of the 58th Annual Meadow Club Grass Court Tennis Tournament. Third-seeded Budge Patty and unseeded Richard Gonzales, both of Los Angeles, triumphed respec- tively over Arnold Saul of Los An- geles and Bernard Bartzen of San Angelo, Tex. NEW YORK-The Tournament of champions tentative double- header championship fight card was cut in half today when light heavyweight king Freddie Mills asked for a postponement of his title fight because of illness. Mills had agreed to meet ex- champion Gus Lesnevich of Cliff- side,, N.J., in a return 15-rounder on the same program watching midleweight champ Tony Zale and Marcel Cerdan of France. SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.- Gallorette and The Admiral cap- tured today's two stakes - the Whitney and United States Hotel -before a banner throng of 21,- 821 fans. Heroine of the Wilson early in the week, Gallorette carried the Maryland-owned silks of W. L. Brann to a half length triumph in today's mile and a quarter head- liner. MEXICO CITY - Australia to- day won the American Zone Davis Cup tennis finals by defeating Mexico in the first three matches. The Australian doubles pair, Geofrey Brown and Colin Long, won from Mexico's Armando Vega and Gustavo Palafox, 6-0, 6-2, 6-2. Australia's Billy Sidwell defeat- ed Vega. Mexico's singles cham- pion in the opening singles match yesterday, 2-6, 8-6, 3-6, 6-4, 7-5. GOSHEN, N.Y.- The trotting world's premier classic, the Ham- bletonian Stake, rolls around again Wednesday, and Demon Hanover is the colt they've got to beat to grab the winner's share of an expected $60,000 pot. Trotting is a sport where the favorite often wins, but the Ham- bletonian is an exception. In 22 previous Hambletonians, eight outsiders have won, to 14 favor- ites. -, U :--t- -G_ _,3f) f) t) o O J(__ _ Yt} t) <)< - Come in and see our lovely silk scarfs. a We have them ill pure si, and silk chifon, prints and solid color. We also have hankies of all types for men, women and kiddies, and aprons which make wonderful personal gifts. Alwa s Reasonably Priced The GAGE LINEN SHOP 11 N'tCKELs ARCADE Open Monday thru Friday, 9:30 to 5:30 Saturday, 9:00 to 1:00 , c( UNUSUAL 0 Christmas Cards Now On Display GET YOURS EARLY! IINDIA ART SHOP 330 MAYNARD STREET I _ f. <-o o-o0<- ><><><>o<>0<--><--> o- ""o (. Yanks Continue Olympic MasteryWith Six Firsts LONDON, Aug. 7-(P)-America's Olympic valiants wrapped up unofficial team championships in two major sections of the Games today-track and swimming-but their victory celebration was dulled by an unhappy incident in the 400 meter relay. The stout American dash team, anchored by Mel Patton of Southern California, won the race with some ten yards to spare only to have the triumph nullified by disqualification. The judges ruled the Americans committed a foul when Barney women 68 compared with 37 for Ewell of Lancaster, Pa., sought to the crack Danish swimming hand the baton to Detroit's Lo- team renzo Wright. Harrison Dillard of ta Baldwin-Wallace ran the third The Americans stand to fatten section of the race. themselves on more statistics dur- So the gold medals in the race ing the next week when rowing, went to the British, who finished yachting, boxing and other spe- in :41.3 to beat out Italy and Hun- cialties of the 17-sport program gary in that order. take the limelight. Dean Cromwell, veteran U.S. Verdeur, who has been cracking track coach, his bow tie quiver- the Olympic record on almost ing, immediately announced: "I every outing, won the 200 meter have protested." breast stroke in 2:39.3 to beat the "I do not think I went over the record of 2:40 he had hung up in line," said Ewell, who went over a preliminary heat. later to explain the case to Avery Pretty, blond Miss Curtis, who Brundage, President of the U. S. has found a new "kick," also Olympic Committee and a mem- broke the Olympic record in out- ber of the board of appeal. distancing Denmark's favored The American 1,500 meter relay Karen Margrethe Harup in the team, composed of Art Harnden, women's 400 meter free style. Cliff Bourland, Roy Cochran and Her time of 5:17.6 cut deeply Mal Whitfield, captured that into the mark of 525.7 Miss event to give the United States a Haruphhad registered yesterday. total of ten championships for the eight days of arduous competition. To McLane, 17-year-old Andover The Americans amassed a Academy student, went the honor staggering total of 450 1/2 points of scoring the last American vic- in track and field alone-more tory and clinching the U.S. than 200 better than the closest swimming "slam." His time for the challenger. 1,500 meter free style was 19 min- Sweden followed with 239'/2 utes, 181/2 seconds. Then came France with 123an. Over at Henley on the Thames, Hungary with 117-the only coun the University of California's eight Hungsarylwthcrack-the enuy -oar crew swept into the Olympic tries able to crack the century fig- rowing finals within one shot of url. the championship America has The two relays and the mara- held since 1920. thon run were the championships decided on this eighth day of com- This success-plus the ad- petition, staged in comfortable vance of the two four-oar shells, weather befor 84,000. University of Washington's Th U.S. 1,500 meter quartet quartet with coxswain and Yale ran the distance, just ten yards University's four-oar without- short of a mile, in 3:10.4 to fin- afforded some consolation for ish 50 yards ahead of France, the surprising defeat of sculler with Sweden trailing in third. Jack Kelly, Jr., of Philadelphia. The marathon-a grind of 26 The 21-year-old Kelly, figured miles, 385 yards--was won by a cinch to win the title his father Delfo Cabora, a tiereless Argen- achieved in the 1920 Olympics, was tine, in two hours, 35 minutes, 7.6 defeated in a semifinal heat by G. seconds. Tom Richards of Brit-' isofUuayTrbldy ai rallied to overtake E. Gailly of a sld, K lyU aed t the fi b Belgium for second place. ish. The United States' domination ish. of track and field was duplicated Double scullers Arthur A. Gal- at the nearby Wembley Pool where lagher of Philadelphia and Joe the American water magicians Angyal of New York also were clicked off three more champion- eliminated in the semifinal heats, ships and left two Olympic rec- leaiving the United States 'with ords straggling, only three of its original seven These conquests-by Philadel- crews for Monday's final. phia's Joe Verdeur in the 200 me- ter breast stroke, Ann Curtis of Am San Francisco in the 400 meter aterrs 0 free style and Jimmy McLane ofG Akron, Ohio, in the 1,500 meter Play M jR G -f free style-gave American splash- 1 ers a sweep of the men's six swimming and two diving titles lOr e y here and the women enough points to take the team crown. The girls won wo dvin andtwoswiming(Special to The Daily) events, ndtswimmintaAmerica's future golfing stars, events.with a championship of their own Unofficial totals2gave to shoot at for the first time, as- the men 122 points to 21 for semble here next Wednesday for runnerup Hungary and the four days sof stead match play in the inaugural National Junior Amateur Championship, sanc- tiond by the USCGA. A field of 128 qualifiers from an original entry of 495 players under 18 years of age survived sectional at 41 eliminations at 41 locations to earn the rightnto playafor the title. * Warren Higgins of Dallas, Texas, loomed as one of the top favorites after annexing medalist laurels with a 69 in the Texas trials. Snead Leads T am Tourney CHJCAGO, Aug. 7-(P)-Samuel Jacks{:zn Snead caught the scent of thei Tam O'Shanter money trail today and raced to a six under par 66 fo c a three-stroke lead among a dc en pros gunning for a winn( r-take-all pot of $10,000. Thi veteran campaigner from Whit Sulphur Springs, W. Va., winn = r of the Tam International Tour :.ey in 1946, fashioned two birdifs and seven pars for a 34 on t t ie first nine and blasted a 32 o::t the second. Putt ! r Hot Or i the back side he birdied last two ;holes, needing only a three foot putt for a 3 on the 18th to touc fi off thunderous applause fron i an estimated 10,000 specta- tors.. A notoriously poor putter, Sam l iy dropped 20, 17, 15 and 13 foot E rs for four of his birdies. Trawing him with 69 in the 36- hole medal "World Championship" tour n lament which concludes to- mor r-ow were Herman Barron of Whi ice Plains, N.Y., and Cary Mid- dlec off, the Army dentist who turr ued pro 12 years ago. H e re's how the -other three "Wc e ld Championship" divisions of t he meet shaped up after the first round: W omen pros (for $1,000 winner- takei-all) : P. tty Berg of Minneapolis with 36-3;9-75, one under par, cap- ture 0 a one stroke lead over Sally Sess Vons, the diminutive lassie fror ? Muskegon, Mich., who post- ed 9-37-76. Mighty Babe Za- hari ns, Ferndale, N.Y., was third with 77, followed by Betty Hicks, Orc]:yard Lake, Mich., with 78 and Ann. Casey, Mason City, Ia., 85. M~1ajor League Standings Yesterday's Results Pittsburgh 5, New York 4. Philadelphia 6, St. Louis 2. (.iincinnati 6, Brooklyn 4. Chicago at Boston, Inc. NEW YORK, Aug. 7 - (P) - Righthander Vic Raschi pitched the New York Yankees within two percentage points of the Ameri- can League's front-running Cleve- land Indians today by blanking the Indians, 5-0. Raschi yielded only four hits at Cleveland, two singles apiece by Larry Doby and Dale Mitchell in carving his 14th victory of the sea- son and fifth shutout. Joe DiMaggio drove in three runs on a pair of doubles and also stole home against Bob Lemon, who suffered his 10th loss against 14 triumphs. The fourth place Boston Red Sox remained a game-and-a-half off the pace as a result of their 5-1 beating by the tail-end White Sox in Chicago. It was Chicago's sec- ond victory in a row over the Red Sox. Allen Gettel, former Yankee, throttled the Red Sox on four safeties while his mates whacked Mickey Harris and Earl Caldwell for 11. At Detroit, five Tiger errors, three of them by shortstop.Johnny Lipton, aided the Washington Senators in scoring a 3-2 ten- inning triumph over the Tigers. Lipton's third boot, along with singles by Gil Coan and Ed Stew- art, led to the Senators' winning run in the extra frame. In the National League, the St. Louis Cardinals and the Brook- lyn Dodgers remained in a sec- ond place deadlock as result of defeats by Philadelphia and Cin- cinnati respectively. Rookie Robin Roberts pitched and batted the Phillies to a 6-2 victory over the Cards at Phila- delphia to snap a five game St. Louis winning streak. Roberts held the Cards to five hits and also homered and sin- gled to account for two of the Phils' nine blows off four Red Bird pitchers. The Dodgers dropped a 6-4 de- cision to Cincinnati at Ebbets Baseball's Big Six Field although they almost pulled it out with a three run rally in the ninth which routed starting and winning pitcher Johnny Vander Meer. The fourth place Giants missed an opportunity to move into a three way tie with the Cards and Dodgers for second place by bow- ing, 5-4 to the Pittsburgh Pirates in 11 innings at the Polo Grounds. Frankie Gustine broke up the game by leading off the 11th in- ning with his eighth homer of the season off Bay Poat, sixth Giant pitcher. Johnny Mize clubbed his 27th four-bagger for the Giants with none on in the opning frame. 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