'PARTHIA ASSERTS DERBY CLAIM
Sir Humphrey De Trafford's Parthin ridden by W. Carr, asserts his Derby claim by winning the Derby Trial Stakes at Lingfield last week from two other Derby horses, Casque (E, Crackncil) and third- plseed Love and Marriage, ridden by E. Mercer.- Central Press Photo.
PODRES, HODGES LEAD GIANTS TO 8-0 WIN OVER DODGERS
San Francisco, May 25. High-kicking Johnny Podres blazed a nine- hitter past the San Francisco Giants today and Gil Hodges smashed a pair of two-run homers to propel the Los Angeles Dodgers to an 8-0 victory. The square-built left-hander did not give up a safety until after seven and one-third innings. Then Daryl Spencer hit a sharp grounder past shortstop Bob Lillis who nearly gloved the ball and fell as it went by.
Bob Selmiit followed with a clean single to left for Ure Glants only other bit of the day.
Ilodges clubbed his fourth and it home runs of the sta ron with Charlie Neal on base each Bane, The veteran Br basenin pounced on southpaw Mike McCormick for a hint ron in the thiret inning and løs Angeles started him on the way towards his third defent of the sitron, The big first baseman belled another off McCormick in the nth after Neal walked.
McCormick left after giving up a walk to Hip Rejaisist and was relieved by Al Worthing- ton, the first of two San Fran- eisen relief pitchers,
Podres, in posting he th triumphi
losses. against two
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American Baseball
HANK AARON KEY MAN. OF MILWAUKEE BRAVES' N.L. PENNANT BID By BUCK CANEL
New York, May 25, Hank Aaron, Milwaukee's great right fielder, is bidding fair to garner just about overy hitting title the National League has to offer.
The quiet, relaxed, youngster with the whip-lash swing, has been belting opposing pitchers with gay abandon and at the present reading has a .461 batting average, product of 71 hits in 154 times at bat.
Every once in a while as in But that's only half the story. as Mathews, Billy Bruton and the came against Baltimore on Young "Double A" is third in Johnny Logan to help Aaron in Saturday and in the first total runs scored, first in runs the offensive, Milwaukee is hold-game of the Sunday double- balted in, first in total hits,ing on to first place, but experis header against the same club, third in doubles, fourth in are now agreed that they will they Beem to regain their triples and second. In home not have an easy time in the once awesome hilling prowess runs. He has 13 home runs, second half of the pearon. one less than his team Eddie Mathews.
mate
Rogers Hornsby, one of the ull-time hitting greats, who hit .424 in 1924 to establish a Major league high, is really
will on Aaron.
pays
The
start
he
to
Winning Stride
and go on a scoring rampage. But it is only a fleeting glimpse of old Yankee greatness and they go back into their lethargy Just when their fans begin to think they had Bnally snapped out of 11.
The Pittsburgh Pirates, off to a wretched start his spring. have suddenly found their win- ning stride, and are on a streak uf Ave straight victories after beating Cincinnati in both ends On Friday night they were double header.helpless ogelst Wilhelm's of Sunday's Their double victory entapulted dancing knuckle balls and in the them inin third place, only one second game of Sunday's double from second place ond header they were handcuffed by game
Jerry Walkeg. # 20-year-old four out of the top sjíst,
Glants, prodigy that Paul Richards has The San Francisca three games away from MI-fashioned into one of the mot waukee, are atro in a winter winning pitchers in the League. 4-0 record, a one mood and scem determined tolle has a make trouble
con-assortment of curves, and the
poise of a veteran. cerned.
Walker is right hander who
With only
fur
all
and a f nine
Review
CRICKETING TRIBE THROWS UP A PRODIGY
John Slams Second 100 Off Notts
By HARRY CARPENTER
E is for excellence-and for Edrich.
Where cricket's concerned, the two go together. Excellent indeed was the recent 124, collected by Surrey's new. open- ing bat, John Edrich, at Trent Bridge; though Notts might not describe it so. They were still smarting from the 112 John Edrich, aged 21, had smacked off their bowling in his previous innings.
Two centuries in one match is not bad Colna on your second county championship outing, even for an Edrich,
Left-hander John is the latest of the re- morkable Norfolk-bred tribe of cricketers to gain prominer.ce.
An Edrich XII
What a tribe! So many of them are adept with bat and ball they have been known to field an Edrich XI. John la the Afth-to find fome in frst-class county cricket.
dogged
He's a former's son, but no awlper of cow- shots, His batting described as rother than graceful, watchful rather than intuitive,
Should Hit .400
has" "With Hornby tays. "Hank Aaron should hit .400. He hips be come a great hilter because he has gained confidence, call it polse, or experience, but he more altention the rike zone.
On the Blofeld, Norfolk, fruit "Aaron is a wrist hitter, and
of youngsters and castoffs into farm, where he was born, his He all good Eliters have "mur-
a pennant contender and now mathar säld: "I can hardly re- vellous hips, but you don't bl
says he is ready to make his member a time when he didn't the ball with your hips. What
have a bat in his hand." he does have is a smooth pivut Hames separating the Inst-place was one of Baillmore's bright move,
At the start of the season he thel gives hin his
Phillies from the League lead-crop of banus bables. The Orioles power.
out of high confessed he didn't expect a And in Hoddesdon, Hertford- Players who straddle
or bating Braves, the National League signed him righ!
combinatiun before shire, the boy's most famous flat-footed
Bill Edrich, lote of hitters, is bound to provide one of the schoof and brought him up in winning arm
of modern times. 1958 when he won a game for 1001, but now he has changed cousin,
WOF: Aaron gets his body into atlasest racos
Middlesex and England | Milwaukee, San Francisco, them. This year, in four starts,his time and is telling everyone.
within valco
to hear swing."
that this "Deilghted
of John's range be Whatever he does, Aaron Is Pittsburgh and even St Louis, he has defeated Cleveland, Chi-
Baltimore success. He was always most 21 the key man for the Milwaukee Chicago and Los Angeles must cago, Washington end the Yan could easily
promising, from the time I first His hitting bus kept
be considered serious contenders, kees, a pretty fair record Braves
and amazing for
"We could
He was ten and go all the way." saw him play them in est place in the Nh-
In the American League, the anyone,
says the taciturn tactician. "One at school.' than League and his fine all- Werk saw the Yankees plummel beardless youth.
can be mire of is As to the Amerienn League thing you und play-melimes forgotten to the depths of the cellar. The in the Bow of praise for his atlek ne proud rulers of baseball's pennant race, the Indians are that we will be in there fighting work-bas helped his
roost, are not us proud as they holding on precariously to their every inch of the way, I honest clmost as much as his bafting once were. They are a sadly ane game advantage over they think we are the most im- prowess,
puzzle! and puzzling crew. surging White Sox and the proved club in the League, Lel Chicago and Cleveland slump With Warren Spahn and Lew | Netry-and the Yankees least tumpaging Orioles. Burdetoe heading an all-star of all-seems to know what hit Paul Richarda, manager at the a little and you might find us pitching staff and with men such them.
birds, has shaped an assortment in Brst place."—AFT,
by MADDOCKS
FOUR D. JONES
JONES IS DRABSED THROLISH THE GIRGETS BY
| SHANGHAI KEFBERT AND HAROLD OF THE PRESS GANG
| To HARBOUR
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NANCY
THE LONG WALK
He is 60 years old. He smokes 70 cigarettes and drinks 60 cups of lea every day. And he holds. an unofficial world athletic record.
He is London ins-worker Bert Couzens, who has sunset the wolking endurance record covering 4,046 miles in 55 days. The previous record was set up In 1910 by the American Edward Weston who walked 3,483 miles from Los Angeles to New York--in 77 days,
ONLY AT NIGHT Bert Couzens' feat (or should I be feet?) is all the more re- markable because he walked only at night. In the daytime he carried on with his work.
In eight weeks he claims to have had only five hours' sleep. Footnote: Walking scema an excellent sport for the over- officially sixties. The longest recorded walking race was that of 3,410 miles from New York to San Francisco in 1920. Mr A. L. Monteverde. walked it in 70 daya 10 hours. He was also
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John stepped from his school XI into the Norfolk Colts and up into Norfolk's Minor Cour- lles side. At 17 he topped their batting average.
Without his parents knowing. he popped a letter in the post ไล Surrey these farming Friches belleve in casung their talent wide — and astced for a triol.
24 Not Out
He got it, and was in Surrey's second XI before being whipped off to Natlunal Service.
He received his first-leam binoding with seven-times- champions Surrey in the Anal maleh last season, He hit 24
SPORTRAIT
"No need to lose your temper, old man. after all, this isn't a peace
meeting-"
Lyndon Ezores Barcica:
Althea Wants
To Try Again
to come
not out, against Worcestershire. Althea Gibson wante
So his arst-class average cut-out of retirement to play for the
rently stands at 130.
United States against Britain in
This January Surrey called the Wightman Cup this year. him back to London for a course wicketkeeping from coach In Arthur McIntyre, But batting seems to be his future,
Maybe that Trent Bridge bal- ting paradise: has wickedly flat- tered the new young tulent, Or maybe here is an England stor to come.
Edrich
Perhaps for the present It's best to say, as father Fred did:
"Of course, we're delighted, but we know only too well that a cricketer is up one minute and down the next,"
We only hopA. John will stay where he is now - the top."
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