Prime mipert Imiiv News Fliday, Juiy 24, 1953 Vancouver and Montreal Swimmers! Take Lead in Canadian Title Meetf SPORTS ROUND-UP By JACK HANI) all the Canadian Junior women's testant. free-style records, loafed to vie- l'Mm k showm tu. WINNIPEG (.'Vancouver and Montreal entrants showed kick-inff heels und white water to in the air, more I opponents in the first day of the ; polish to win bj.-j. Jv jgu.. j Montreal's Beth f j Hie senior wom.nU .style. I Al ""-Ontario tut I .eated two Vanccim, NEW YORK (AP) Gill Hodges wore the goat's horns gracefully, but mournfully, last World Series time. Blanked 0-for-21, the Brooklyn first-baseman w ent into the books with the worst batting record in all series history. "That was only the world set- lonBl'r than a slnSle- one home ies," they said. "Watch him ru"- , Chu Dresser, went along snap bark next spring." with titivi Innrrur than nnr nW.-.- tory in the final heat or the Junior 150-yard back stroke. In capturing the diving competition, held earlier in the day at the plush Winnipeg Winter Club, Patrick took advantage of wide experience in California ard Vancouver to defeat chunky, hard-working Bill Caeron of lUimilton, the only other con- .. W' 'V J Dominion swimming cnampion-ships Thursday. A Calgary youth, 20-year-old Bill Patrick, soared to an easy victory in the senior men's three-meter diving competition Gerry McNamee of Vancouver, a Canadian representative at the , the 200-yard ' n-lay. But Gil didn't snap back, in " ... u...- , I last Olympic games, churned to j victory in the 400-yard free style but ! mid-May he was hitting a sad1""? wou n.ave ?nne finally he had to bench Hodges. I .181. The man of muscle with ( ; 1-. Brooklyn fans took Gil to their j bosoms as a fallen brother. One look at the daily averages j tells the story of Hodges' come- back. Harnessing his power with' a new stance, Hodges slowiv i moved up among the leaders , When he had five runs batted 1 the blacksmith's biceps didn't hit a home run in the first 17 jiiiifs and drove in only one run. This from the fellow who. in 1951, inspired daily tablos comnaiing Tils pace with Babe Ruth's ail-time record of 60 home runs. As late as Memorial Day eve, Hodges, normally an extra-base powerhouse, had only one hit i and 100-yard back stroke events, i He war pace-maker for the West 'Const swimmers as hs held the : j anchor spot on the Vancouver amateur swimming club senior ' men's team, winners of the 400-yard free style relay, j Ted Simpson and Helen Stew-1 art copped junior and senior wins ! for Vancouver. Simpson took the 100-yard free style event for i juniors in handy fashion, but was ; more than a second off his own .Canadian record of 54 210 set PRINCE RUPERT TO -.3p 11 1 4 i 4 in, Roy Campanella had 46. Nov he has passed Roy for the National League lead, 85 to 84. Hi 23 home runs throw him into the thick of the race. At .3! 6.' hit batting average is anion; 1 the first 10. i -Hit - 2 lib WT--- m- ,f"A.. - . . . tewa1- . J KETCHIKAN earlier this year. Miss Stewart slid home a full second ah 'ad of Violet Cooper of New Westminster in the 100-yard butterfly breast stroke for senior women. Senators Dump Lewiston 8-5 To Lead WIL :..... . m0W'-- , v ft,. -r. w i --L s' Gladys Priestly of Montreal, WRANGELL - PETERS ALFREDO MENDOZA, formerly of Mexico City and now of Winter Haven, Fla., set a world jumping record when h3 soared 92 feet in the Cypress Gardens Dixie Tournament, a preliminary regional meet for the National Water Ski Cham-, pionship to be held in August. Mendoza is a former bullfighter, and his brother, Roberto Mendoza, is still active in the Mexican bullrings. whose trophy rack boasts almost Hodges talked about his slump, and cure, Thursday. "I can't express my feeling," Hodges said. "The fans were so good to me. They really treated me wonderfully. I can never do enough to even thinss. "The turning point? It was right after I was benched.- We were on the road in Cincinnati when Charley told me to sit out a few games. I didn't blame By The Canadian Press i The Salem Senators hung a.n 1-5 defeat on the Lewiston JUNEAU jf. i Broncs Thursday night to regain And Other Alaska ONE OF THE BIGGEST bluefin tuna yet caught in the 1953 season and taken from famed Soldier's Rip, Wedgeport, N.S., was hooked by Dr. L. K. kemley (right) of York, Pa. The 608-pounder fought for three hours and 20 minutes. At left is Mrs. Remley. White Sox Muff Chance Indians Trim Yanks 10-2 By The Associated Press i their chance to close in on the It takes a brave team to in- Yank uhen thPu hri tn undisputed possession of first place in the Western International Baseball League. The win gave the Senators a 2-1 edge in the series at Lewis- him. He had been very patienl. Last Night's Fights By The Asstielnted Press Hershey, Pa. Gil Turner, 153l'2, Philadelphia, outpointed Johnny Lombard, 150. Mt. Car-mel, Pa 8. Detroit Marty Marshall, 182'-, Detroit, outpointed Nell (Built Reid, 229" '2, London. 6. Hartford, Conn. Georgle Dunn-Harold ( Baby-Face I Jones bout postponed to Tuesday night, rain. Padres Jolt Rainiers 2-1 ELLS S Am LILIES ton and boosted them a half game ahead of the Spokane Indians, who lost 11-5 at Victoria. In other games, Edmonton I still was on the bench when we came back to New York to play the Giants in the Polo Grounds. "Wc were losing when Charley called on me as a pinch hitter. I came through with a single. That was it . . . That one hit 11-2, Wen- VRde Ebbets Field these days so ! ton 4-3. The White Sox trail bv i wnacked Yakima -Milwaukee opens a Phone 266 4'2 games. Office Op'posire Post atchee beat Calgary 7-5 In 10 innings and Tri-Clty dawned Vancouver 8-4. series in the home of Brooklyn Seattle's Pacific Coast League pennant hopes are being rudely jolted down in peaceful San Diego. The resurging Padres downed Detroit's slumbering Tigers; popped up with a four-game win-' relaxed me." Dodgers tonight. This is another of those "do or ninff Kt.rpnlr tnt-ino- n nnir frnm TWO TOSSED OUT Fisticuffs between Lewiston pitcher John Marshall and Salem manager Hugh Luby highlighted die" clashes that keep popping up j Washington, 916 in 10 innings all season. The Dodgers feel . and 5-4. The victories moved the theyve got the- Braves on the Tigers wlthln half a.game of tne the Rainiers again Thursday niht 2-1, in a 10-inning pitchers' duel and Seattle Friday as trailing the pacemaking Hollywood Stars by 4'2 games. Wildcats Meet ; Sockeyes Tonight .up.- ,Jy now wi.i. u v'!-arac seventh-place St Louis Browns the game at Lewiston. The dls- 25 in! . ic actt.uj inuYi-.s mp-, wn0 0st to Philadelphia 7-4 pute came in the seventh inning after the Senators had reached Marshall for six hits good for jiuy mwaru me iwo-uurus marK. 14 innings A four-game Brooklyn sweep 1.0 piou.-.i'o.-.h m, r... If the weatherman continues ' Hollwood, after losing two to be kind the Prince Rupert : straight to Tommy Heath's San Little League baseball associa-1 Francisco Seals, turned on them y.ould write an . unhappy ending , Strickland hit one with two on seven runs. The two tangled at to the first edition of Charlie and Al Rosen another with the third base, where Luby was bases empty in the fifth Luke coaching the Senators, as Mar- Easter drove In two runs with a 1 shall was heading for the show ON ALL homer and a single. i ers. The umpire gave both the foi a 6-2 victory. Earl Rapp was the villain of the piece in San Diego. The Padre outfielder hit his 12th homer in the tenth off Bill Evans, who was trying for his 14th victory. The blast gave reliefer Bob Malloy credit for the win. He took over for Bill tlon series will resume tonight when the Section 2 Wildcats tangle with the Conrad Street Sockeyes at Algoma Park. The league was interrupted on two occasions by rain and a third game washed out when the league was trying to make up for lost time. An extra game heave-ho. Grimm's Milwaukee fairy tale. Both Brooklyn and the Braves were rained out Thursday so they'll .go into tonight's game with a welcome day of rest. The rain also cut short St. Louis Cardinals' series with New York Giants. Cincinnati beat Pittsburg 7-0 in the only Natiotial Lca"ue game played. At Chicago Hector (Skinny) Brown came back to haunt his old White Sox team mates with a four-hitter for his seventh straight victory. Ray Boone hit a three-run Victoria's Earl, Dollins spaced nine Spokane hits, struck out 10 men and walked one as he racked up his fourth win of the season against seven losses. homer in the 10th inning for the Granny Gladstone hit his 10th The big noise in the American will be played tomorrow night ; Thomason in the eighth, when the King Edward Hawks Portland scored six runs in the ' meet the Conrad Street Chums. first inning and went on to whip Game times are 7 p.m. Sacramento 8-4. II rrcr f rct.rrnnii lruilnfir n.fan i 0 n 1 ii l,,w. (i, ,n, i h1."6"'" B"" u,cl:num. run 01 vne year m me v, u v,nkp. , rV.Mi,rt f. ' Washington. Home runs by Jim seventh for Victoria. - .-..... - . . r, elncr anrt T3r,V, Miawi.,. n r, 1 n t COA1 .w...B ,, njuu.ii, mi., a n was jonn vjonan. mgnt at timely two-run single by Gerry ; Edmonton and the veteran hurl- Priddy helped Ted Gray win his th? third straight game. This time the world champions looked like real country bumpkins as they were swamped 10-2. .'Chicago White Sox muffed Full Length and Shorties er celebrated by pitching a five-hittei. It was his 16th win against nine losses. The "night" was held in recognition of Con-ant's 100th WIL victory. Tri-City staged a five-run uprising in the sixth inning to Ice the game at Vancouver. Carl Gunnarson, the losing' pitcher, gave up six hits in the inning fifth game in the nightcap. The Athletics cashed in on Satch Paige's relief efforts for four hits and three runs in the 14th to win their marathon at St. Louis. Harry Perkowski, who has been improving steadily after a bad start, won his eighth game CITY TRANSFER LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE FURNITURE MOVING Phone 950 CRATING PACKING STORAGE First Avenue and McBride Street DOM'S DEPT. STOR was replaced by Rod for Cincinnati as he scattered ' before h. eight hits for the shutout. The ! MacKay. 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