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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1958.
CHALK UP THEIR FIRST
BRAVES
Pittsburgh Pirates
Beaten 6-1
New York, Apr. 17. Eddie Mathews bolted his third and fourth homers of the season and Low Burdatte chipped in with a seven-hit pitching performance, that gave the World Champion Milwaukee Braves their first victory of the season today, a 6-1 doci- sion over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Mathews broke a 1-1 tie with a three-run homer off loser Vern Law in the fifth inning and he clouted a two-run homer off reliever Bonnie Daniels in the seventh to account for five of Milwaukee's runs.
third
The Braves' alugging baseman didn't hit his fourth homer last year until May 10.
Pittsburgh scored its only run off Burdette in the fifth on Roberto Clemente's triple and
Лly Gene Baker'a sacrifice Burdoite, who beat the Pirates five times last sensor, drove in Milwaukee's fret run with third inning single.
BASEBALL SCORES
New York. Apr. 17. Major League baseball scores lodoy were!
AMERICAN LEAGUE New York 100-010-001 280 000-000-001 17-1 Kucka (1-0) and Berta. Brewer, Delock (9) and Daley, LP-Brower (0-1). HR-Mantle (1s!), Jensen (3rd).
Kansas City 100-001-000 2-3-0 Cleveland
First Two Games Rookie Jim Davenport dout-Boston ed three singles and a double to drive in two runs and help the Glants down the Dodgers, 7-4. A crowd of only 10,520 turned out at Seals Stadium in contrast to the attendance for the first two games, which was better than 20,000 each times.
Los Angeles starter Newcombe, lifted in the fourthi because of a pulled muscle in bia back, gave up five hlls and fcur
runs to suffer the loss, Curt Barclay, who relieved San Francisco starter Johnny An- fourth, was the tonelli in the wlaner.
Don
The Giants scored three un- earned runs in the first, inning atler Pee Wee Reese messed up throw at second base. Gino A Clmoll homered for the Dodgers with the snses empty In the second inring and they went ahead 4-3 with a three run rally in the fourth. The Glants, however, cane right back with three runs in their half of the frame, Bob Schmidt starting the rally with a home run,
In the only other National League game scheduled, Chicago was at St Louis for a night game.
The First Time
Mickey Mantle, who has a dis- tinctive hame run trot, got a chance to use it for the first) time this season today when he helped the Yankees to a 3-1 vic- tory over the Red Sox.
Mantle's th inning homer his with the bases empty was flest hit of the year and it came off loser Tom Brewer after the Yanks had gone ahead with a_run in the first inning on Gil McDougald's single and Yogi Berra's double.
Right-hander Johnny Kucks blanked Boston until the ninth when Jackle Jonsen untoaded his third homer of the campaign. Kicks held the Red Sox to seven hits, four of which were made by first baseman Pete Runnels,
Ted Williams-made his first appearance of the year as a pinch hitter in the eighth and grounded out with the bases empty..
double
Mickey Vernon's plach with two out in the ninth inning. drove in two runs and gavo Cleveland a 3-3 triumph over Kansas City. The victory was the Indians first of the season after two losses to the Athletier.
Duke Mans of Kansas City held a 2-1 lead until the ninth when he yielded singies to Rogar Marts and Preston Ward. Ver- non did the rest.
All The Way- Rookie Jim (Mudcat) Grant wont all the way for the In- diana, allowing cight hits. Bob Cerv led the Athletics" attack with a homer_and a single,
The White Sox broke into the winning columa for the rst ume by topping the Tigers, 4-3, behind the pitching of Early Wynn and Gerry Slaley.
Ex-Tiger Bubba Phillips drove In the winning run in the sixth with a single that scored Tito Francona from necond, Al Smith knocked in two of the White Sox' other runs oft loter Frank Lượng
Wynn gave up nine of Detroit's 11 hits, including a homer to Reno Bertola in the sixth. Wynn bitched 0-2/3 kanings and
the winner.-United Press.
THE 2,000TH WINNER OF HIS CAREER
Was
Newmarket, ADE, 17, Dour Smith, the crack English jockey, rode the 2,000th winner of his career when The Bame, a 100-a chance, beat Cardington King, the 3-4 favourite, to win the Babraben Handicap Stakes here today.
1s. first winner was on Denia at Salisbury in, May 1982 China Mall Special
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100-000-002 3-0-1
Maas (0-1) and House. Grand (1-0) and Nixon. HR-Cerv (2nd), Detroit Chicago
110-001-000-3-11-0 020-011-00x 4—3-0 Lary, Spencer (U), Presko (8) and Hegan.
Wynn, Staley (7) and Lejlar. LF-Lary WP-Wynn (1-0), (0-1). HR-Bertola (1st).
NATIONAL LEAGUE
000-010-0001-7-0; Milwaukee 001-030-20x 8-13--1 Law, Daniela (0), Perez (8) and Folles, Kravitz (8).
Pittsburgh
Matt Busby
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On Way Home
By Rail
team,
Munich, Apr. 17. Matt Busby, trainer of the Manchester United English football left Munich hospital to day after stay, following the Munich air disaster on February in which he was seriously injured.
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Len-week
Eight of his players
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were killed in the air crash or died in hospitalbe
and several others were more or less seriously in- jured.
23 Altogether, persons were injured in the crash and after Busby's departure today, only one newspaper-
man John Frederick Tay- lor is still in hospital here.
Loft By Rail
Busby, who left here by rall for England, vin the Netherlands, had all his
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ribs broken in the crush. He also broke his right leg and his foot must remain in plastic until May 6. Busby will not resume his job trainer of the Manchester United team before the end of this Championship and Cup senson, but he still hopes to be fit in time to train the Scottish team for the World Cup matches this summer, — France-Presse.
CAMPO BEATEN
Burdette (1-0) and Crandall. LF-Law (0-1). HR-Mathews 2 (3rd and 4th). L. Angeles 010-300-000 4-8-1 300-300-01x 7-10-0 S. F.
Newcombe,
Paris, Apr. 17. Sherry (4), (4), Roebuck
Bessent
Louis Poncy, the French Nu- (5)
Cham- Labine (B) and Pignatano.enal Featherweight Antonelli, Barclay. (4), Grim plon, tonight outpointed Tanny (8) and Schmidt, WP-Barclay Campo of the Philippines in (1-0). LP-Newcombe (0-1). ten-rounder staged at the Salle
(1st), HRS-Cimoli
Schmidt Wagram ring in Paris-France-
Presse.
(1st)-United Press.
MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN
LOOKS LIKE *THERE'S BEEN ACTION HERE.
READY WITH YOUR GUNS- THIS IS A TOUGH
-GROND—
FERDINAND
NANCY
EGGS
HMM~~~ THERE'S A
TAG SEWŃ ON
·THIS OLD CHAIR
JOHNNY HAZARD
HAI WEDGING TRIGGER- BUTTON WITH TOOTHPICK, KEEPS KED TROOPS EATING DUST WHILE HAIARD AND HO CHI MI MAXE ESCAPE GOPE!
WHAT HIT THIS PLACET AN EPIDEMICT,
RIP
NO- MORE LIKE
ATORNADO- CALLED
LOTHART
HANG ON KITTY? WE'RE UF AND AWAY... GENERAL TA FEN'S BEAUTIFULLY .AIGGED FORDER INCIDENT
NOW COMES DONNYN AROUND
HIS EARS!
The two qualifications for nomination ares
(1) Footballing prowess,
(2) Sportsmanship on the field of play. Nominations should be addressed to the Editor, China Mail, Wyndham Street,
To the Editor, China Mali,
WIN
World Chess Champion Fighting Hard To Cut Challenger's Lead
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Bald Eagle Makes Promising Start To Win Craven Stakes
Newmarket, Apr. 17,
American-owned Bald Eagle, who is strongly, fancied for
the English colta, classics, made a promising frat
appearance of the season here today.
Riddon by Royal 'Jockey Harry Carr, ho went smoothly to the front two and a half furlongs out in the one- mile Craven Stakes and won by à length from tho *fast-finishing. Nogami.
Moscow, Apr. 17.
Sir Victor Saaroon's Plutobed,; formance today, Mr. Guggenw World Chats Champion Ianother prominent classic cau-heim was not keen to run him Vasilly Smyslov was fight-didate,was third in the field in the 2,000 Guineas, but after ing hard to cut challenger behind.
of thes lengths further 3 today's race ho may change his
mind,
an
Mikhail Botvinnik's three Pinchod was favourite 1 points load (tonight as |11-10 on, with Bald Engle 7-2 their 17th gama Was and Nagami 9-2..... adjourned, with Botvinnik Impressive Race sealing his reply to Bald Earle, brud · in the Smyslov's 41st move.
United States by Nasrullah out of Blame, is owned by Mr Shortly before the adjourn-Harry F. Guggenheim, ment, the game appeared to be American who has large bank- heading for a draw, with each ing and copper mine interests. player having his Queen and After his impressive race jo-
But Smyslov abiny, only the second of his. iwe pawns, tained a passed pawn which career, he was laid at 6-1 and oti 5-1 for the 2,000 Guineas might prove deelsive.
Botvinnik. playing. block, April 30 chose the Caro-Kahn Defence, and after the fourth move de
conventional parted from its continuation, aiming at COM-
-----------S-SEACCUMULOCUM } plexity.
My nomination for Hongkong's Footballer of the Year, taking into account bis playing ability and his sportsmanship on the field of play is:
of the
(Signed)
Club.
MERVYN ROSE BEATEN
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Houston, Apr. 17. with volleys as he dominated Bernard Batzen playing the the match. He broke Rose's Eame of his life, upset seccad- service five times in the throo seeded Mervyn Rose of Aus- scls. trails. 6-1, 6-2, 6-3 in the quar- ter-final round of the 4th An- nus! River Oaks Country Club Tournament today.
In the other men's quarter- final match, Davis Cupper Bar- Mackay of Dayton, Ohio, lost five of the first six gaines
Warren Woodcock of tralia before rallying for a 7-5, 7-9. 0-4 win.
Abandoning his usual retreat-to ing game, the anseeded Barizen, from Dallas, used sharp place- ments and soft lobs to beat the Australian.
Aug-
Smyslov measured up to the situation and in manoeuvres for i four control of the centre castles were lined up on the Queen's ale, finally being ex- changed on D-4 after minor pleces had been disposed of.
This led to an end game | which appeared at first lo promise Botvinnik one of the halt points he needs to draw aloser to the World Champion ship from which he is now removed by only 314 points. France-Presse.
Scunthorpe United Beat Barrow By
Solitary Goal
Captain Cecil Boyd-Rochfort, his trainer, said: "Bald put up a very satisfactory per-
Eagle
Kardar's Protest Hard, But Quite
In Order
Georgetown, Apr. 17.
The colt has plenty of speed and must have a
very good chance if he goes for the Guineas before the Derby. China Mall Special, +
Jockey Club Stewards' Investigations
The Stewards of the Hong- kong Jockey Club have rofoased the following statements with rogard to
their Investigation into the running of two horses at the 11th Raco Meeting on April 5th and 7th, The Stewards investigated the running of Flying Eogle in the 12th Xaco (Hampshire Handicap 1st Section)
on
In a letter received here to-April 6," and having seen the day, the Association of Cricket film of the race, and heard the
Surrey,
England, evidence of the Trainer, Slu Umpires in
Pakistanl cricket Po-yee, and the Rider, Mr Starr upheld captain Abdul Karder's protest Lu, accepted their explana- against Conrad Hunte's running tion:
The Stewards bals-
considered for Injured West Indies
the however that the Rider should man Rotran Kanhai in fourth Test match between | have made more effort from tho
that his riding would be care-
Paldatan and the West Indies, Distance Post and warned him
in their
Kardor's potent was
but quite in urder."
played here.last month.
The Umpires Association fully watched in the future.
letter Chat The Stewards investigated the "hard, running of Pot O'Gold in the 10th Race (Essex Handléap --- West Indies skipper Gerry 2nd Section) on April 7, and Alexander had accused Kardar huving seen the flm of the race. of Interpreting the cubstitute and heard the cytdence of the London, Apr, 17.
P. Leskoff, rule wrongly. Karder objected Trainer,
and the Kwok, accepted Scunthorpe United Increased to Hunte mainly because he is rider, Mr K. their lead in Division Three regarded as the best "West their explanation that the pony North of the English Football Indles runner between wickets. is a “stinker" and does not re- League by beating Barrow by France-Presse.
ispond to hard riding, 1-0 in Scunthorpe tonight,
DA now have Scunthorpe
of three OTET points, a lead
Fourth-seeded Mackay's ser- vice and volleying was the Accrington Stanley. Scunthorpe best of the tournament so far still have six games to play and only four.am the Accrington have pepeatedly charged and he simply wore down the net and passed the Aussie Australian United Press.
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