BURLINGTON (N.C.) DAILY TIMES NEWS, WEDNESDAY, MAR. 12, fa*gl FOUR Most Valuable Pro Smith Concerned About Robin Roberts Bill Russell Bv MURRAY OLDERMAN I Wi r.nn.iKKi a vu vnuif rvPAiRiii Rus seU needed only one full season Phillies Come Up With Big Innings 16 points a game. He' not selfish or hungry player, and a check of team statistics shows tfaaf he's second only to Cousy in vital assists. Because he takes only the short shots that come natiiral to him. his field goal accuracy percentage is consistently among the wt in the leaeue.
But to keep wr 1 rifrtf ri'iuiinnoti 1 1 Bwh.n Aviation that'ny 6 10 Californian wasn't sup XV xuuimvvu jmmL mm The PhUs finally won it 10 9 af ter scoring five runs in the seventh. The Pittsburgh Pirates rapped takes in all levels, should wipe; nut all tlio scoffers who ridiculed his defensive feats on a national; ay with tliat stuff: fze'and there was loud! skepticism of his ability to score enough to maintain a place in the lineup. Th answer is that Bill has brought back emphasis to defense an ora where scores rocket regularly over the 100 mark. Not only does he put an effective clamp on the big men of the league, but the mental hazard created by his talon like interceptions in the area of the basket squashes the shooting effectiveness of the other four opponents on the floor, too. For years, the Celtics of Bob Pnnsv and Bill Sharman have been flashy scoring brigade, but they come the 20 game winner of old.
rtvuric marie his first appear ance of the year against the De troit Tigers yesterday at Clear water, ia. in me seconu the Tigers scored three times on four hits, a base on balls and a canrifirp flv The Phillies kept even by gel ting a trio of runs off Paul Foy By JOHN fcM)LER The Associated Press Th Philadelnhia Phillies, winning three oCtttafr first four Grapefruit League tthibitions, are coining up with swrie innings, but Manager Mapo Saiith is more concerned today about Robin Roberts. Perhaps the 3llWld Roberts, who had his wot record (10 22) in 10 years in the major leagues last year, will shap.back and.be tack, and Roberts finisnea wsinus. r. xr "Si.
Dick Groat 'Talked' Into Raising Average Slacked the big man to clear the. season's he's the premier player game today. In a three way vote race with; old pro Dolph Schayes of Syra 1 mgn sconng jewst: Yardley of Detroit, the snake arnwd center of the Boston Cel tics was named winner of the.p 1958 President's Cup, awaraea oy NEA Service to the outstanding nlaver of the NBA. The verdict: was handed down: by an exacting jury, the 80 play ers or me eigni iwims iu "'e league, who were restrained from votinc for their own teammates. With a tallev based on five points for first, three for second piace and one for third, Russell rolled I up a total of 228 points, 30 more: than runnerup hctiayes.
lara ley was third with 120. The pop ularity of Russell was revealed! by his name on 91 per cent of the: eligible ballots. Russell's emergence' as the No. man in basketball, and that; TUESDAY'S FITES By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SACRAMENTO, Calif. Joey Lopes, 13714, Sacramento, outpointed Jimmy Carter, 139, New York, 10.
Number Dolph. behaves, Syracuse George Yardley, Detroit Bob Pettit, St. Louis Maurice Stokes, Cincinnati Bob Cousy, Boston Bill Sharman, Boston Paul Arizin, Philadelphia Walt Dukes, Detroit Vern Mikkelsen, Minneapoli 'fliff Harran St Louis Neil Johnston, Philadelphia inHB 1 nt. otutto rinoinnaH Ken Sears, New' York in a varri i 1 whPn Russell joined them after the Olympic Games in Melbourne, last winter he provided the final link that has them rated among the finest basketball teams of all time. This season already he has set a new league rebounding record, nabbing more tlan 22 caroms Yan Hev or Schayes Pettit of St.
Louis, but on dunks: inna ha an rnntrihiiff of Votes AT.I. WRAPPED LP IN HIS WORK! York Yankee slugger Mickey Mantle gets here's a good illustration as Mickey twist a pitch in an exhibition game netw Red Sox at St. Petersburg, everything into that swine. He hit RpH Sox won 8 o. AP Wirephoto) Cubs' $50,000 Bonus Rookie Appears Set For Big Future Ure(5)" riacc(3)riare(l)Point5 33 16 15 228 25 21 10 198 12 12 24 120 4 22 11 99 2 4 6 28 2 1 5 18 2 0 1 11 0 2 2 8 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 lj 0 0 1 1 TirvFRS.
Fla. (ffl Dick Groat, an all America basketball player who went straight from the Duke University campus to the Pittsburgh Pirates, says he was talked into becoming a better hit 27 year old shortstop he had the tools to raise his batting average 42 points from .273 in 1956 to .315 last season: It was Branch Rickey, board chairman of the Pirates and one of the most loquacious men baseball has known, and George Sisler, one of the game's greatest hitters. "I went to the batting cage here one morning last spring to get what 1 thought was some needed hitting instructions," explains Groat. "Air. KiCKey ana oisjki wcic ju Charge.
Both wanted to know what I was doing here. They told me I irno all there was to know about hitting in the majors, that I rfirin'f. need their instructions. "You can imagine what kind of a feeling I got from this," Groat; said. "I thought to myself if they had such commence in me, i should have it.
too. I started hit ting from the first day and didn't let up until the leg injury put me on the shelf for a month." Groat, the team captain and one of the most determined netitors in the name, was hitting .350 when sidelined by the When he returned to the lineup his average slipped he finished at .315. His best previous mark was .284 in 1952, his first year with the club. Groat says he doesn't kid him atfsa Ariz (51 The tall, blond! 4t nn thp'the infield against Hobbte. rookie took his place on the.
Willie Mays and s.m Francisco Giants, retired seven straight batters, walked the with no trouble. Tl0O Local Teams Entered Such was the 195o debut or tne tcd with his hands a streak of 21 vear old right hander. Glen nht nin" Hobbie of 1he Chicago Cubs. It "Hohbic who stands 6 feet 3 and appcared that the 530,000 paid lyg who almost won the three inning stint wim uie knotted 3 aU. self about hitting near .,350.
this! year, but ne convinces, neu ue ahnve the .300 mark. "I'm realistic enough to know) that 1 don't have the speed to leg nut. the number of infield hits that would make a big difference to he said. "1 don't nave mat smacking my shots out of the in field." Exhibition Baseball By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TUESDAY'S RESULTS Boston 4. Chicago (A) 3 Pittsburgh 7, Washington 3 Philadelphia 10, Detroit 9 New York 5, Cincinnati 3 Kansas Cilv 14, St.
Louis 8 Chicago (N) 4, San Francisco 2 (Called end of tive innings, rain) Cleveland vs. can Milwaukee vs. iios Angeies can celed, rain THURSDAY'S SUHbtJULt Baltimore vs. Cleveland at Tuc son. Ariz.
New York vs. Boston at Sara sola. Fla. Chicago (A) vs. St.
Louis at St. Petersburg.Fla. Kansas City vs. Detroit at Lake 1 land, Fla. Washington vs.
Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla. Chicago (N) vs. ban jsrancisco at Phoenix, Ariz. Cincinnati vs. Pittsburgh at Meyt Los Angeles.
Bradenton, Fla. at control fear and the good ones let it hop them up. But the smart, kid from the street who uses a knife or a gun and acts tough rarely will get into the ring, because he doesn't have the guts. You never see them in gym. So when you run across kids like this you can say, "why you don't even have the moxic to fight.
It is something to hold over Ihem and expose them, which is why boxing sometimes can be a good thing no matter what they say about it. It was like this with Danny, a kid who hung around the front of a soda fountain and had his hair cut long and talked tough. He was 18 and lie wanted to be a fighter, and we look him over to Lou Stillman's Gym. A guy who liked to back fighters came along. Charley Goldman, the mild little derby wearing gnome who 4 Inter State Mite Tourney Opens Thursday At YMCA Williams High School gym.
The' jwinner of the Mites Draper game will meet Anderson at the YMCA gym on Friday at 4:00 p. m. udy, me mint, at uu v. EXTRA MILES AT 6. F.
GOODRICH Danny Was Really Pretty Yellow Street Punk With A Gun Is Lost In The Ring Washington nitc hinc for 15 hits ia a 7.3 division at Fort Mvers. Fla. Three benator errors accoumtui for four unearned runs. Daniels, Eddie O'Brien and Don, Gross held Washington to rinrinnati RwlleM iumoed on New York starter Tom Stur divant for three runs in tne nrst inninc at Tampa. but the jYaukees rallied for a 5 3 victory.
Mark Freeman, up irom uenvei, and Al Cicotte each pitched three scoreless innings for YorK, each permitting only one saiciy.j Joe Cunningham slapped grand slam homer to put the Louis Cardinals ahead 8 7 in thej seventh inning.against the Kansas City Athletics at St. But tne ASi SHweu seven over the plate in the ninth; and took a 14 8 decision. With one away in me nmui inning, successive singles by Hay irmi Sullivan. Gene Stephens and Billy Consolo brought' jn the run whicn gave uie dosumi 3 victory over the Chicago White Sox at Sarasota, Fla. It v.the third straight exhibition score for Boston.
Kiwanis Classic. Cagers Begin Practice nwABLOTTE Picked squads of high school seniors from the Carolinas opened drills tqtiay for the Kiwanis tfasneioau here Saturday afternoon. The two squads arrived yesjer day, underwent physical examjn; fittcd for uniforms i Charlotte New Haven hockey game. One Tar Heel player. Art W.his nant oF Hildebran, turned up with.
a sprained ankle. He was to iotid. North Carolina Coach Simon Tcrrcll of Durham and Asst. Coach I George Powell of Myers Park field i a blackboard drill yesterday, as did the Sandlapper coaches. wmttinghiU ot coiumoia wrener and Aikens Gcb Runager.
Both squads wilt practice i.wjcc riailv. at 9:30 a. and (through Friday. Ga: p.m. Saturday.
ne time is brought out the best in Rocky Marciano, said he'd look Danny over. The kid went, into the dressing room and put on a shirt and trunks. It was during Stillman's evening session and Charley wasn't, busy widi Rory Calhoun, the middleweight. He took Danny upstairs and had him work the big bag. Punching bass don't fight back, so Danny looked terrific.
He moved, feinted, hooked, banged a straight right hand. He had his feet planted smartly for a kid who never had a fight. "He looks like he could be one of them naturals," Charley mused. "A good looking Irisher." Lip py Brcitbart. the manager of Hurricane Jackson said.
wish I had an Irish fighter," With that, the guy who had come to watch Danny wont downstairs and gave Lou Still man gym dues for a month and then bought Danny a mouthpiece, robe, hand bandages. "I am." he boomed to Still man, in business with this kid." After the workout, the guy took Danny out for a cup of tea nd then drive him home cab and talked about getting a lot of rest and eating correctly. ight Danny showed up with the guy and Goldman put gloves and a head protector on the kid and put him in the ring with a little sad faced Puerto Rican. "Just box easy," Charley said to Danny. "The other fella is 15 pounds lighter than you.
I just want you to jab and move, but throw them jabs all the time." The automatic bell rang and Danny moved three steps and stopped. He stopped just like any other street fighter who swaggers into Stillman's and then wants to run out when somebody pops him with a left jab you don't find on the streets. For two agonizing rounds Dan ny wotudn throw punch. Burlington Loan for Fishing Equipment wonder where New osf of his power? Well, all the way around in the Yankees and the Looks like put the next pitch for single. The run, couldn't get the ball out of ij "ru igh fly to center "I think we've k.
ve sl SOmeuung' fast ball? Well, it goes! like this And schcffing mti Sont.hcrn Assn. ncnnanl for Mem nhis last year. He posted a de c.civin?, 15.15 reCord but apiieared 53 rramcs as a "stopper." jiobbie. a graauate 01 Hmcri Lesion and semipro ball, broke in wun superior, in 1955. and subsequently played Du'uth and Du with Chariest buque before Memphis.
In ed four i fifth in ngles, Jerry Kind all's double and two errors by Orlando Cepeda, Giants first baseman. They won it. 4 2 when the game was called in the sixth on account of rain. Chapman College Goes or Upset In NCAA Play EVASVILLE, Turi. Little Chapman College of Orange, will try to continue its giant killing tactics tonight and i knock off defending champion Whcaton of Illinois in the NCAA Concpc Division basketball tour The game should be one of the most interesting as eight regional winners open play in the three day championships.
Chapman is the smallest school entered, with an enrollment of 300. But it gained upset stature in defeating comparatively big Fresno State to take the Pacific Coast regional title. Chapman's clash with Whcaton opens the night program in Rob clls iIcmoriai a m. Host Evansville takes on American University of Washington, D.C. in the second evening game.
The tournament, starts with two engagement: Mi chads of Vermont, faces Gram blmg of Louisiana followed by west Misi former major We pitcher, opera es a bowling inicibuiv Henry Thomas, in Mount AlOITls GUARANTEED RECAPPING FOR TUBELESS TIRES ALL SIZES the giants from playing him too close, he has. developed dangerous hook shots with either smart enough to Know ha nan'faei hv on size alone and so has made a determined effort to learn the league, tne iime quirks that distinguish the great from the good player 'and to utilize the reflexes nature gave him. At the age. of 23, he's only approaching his peak physical strength. If he's the.
best now, what'll he be like "to handle in a couple of years? Russell will receive the trophy emblematic of the award at next league all star game. Previous winners of the President's Cup have been Pettit in 1956 and Cousy in 1957. Tire Sales Tops Sellers, 81 70 SAXAPAHAW Tire Sales of' Burlington handed Sellers Manufacturing Company of Saxapahaw an 81 to 70 defeat here last night. Benny Bowes led the winners with 23 points, while Tony Lisk tallied 21. Three Sellers players scored 14 points each.
They were Robert Stout, Joe Boley and Johnny Haithco*ck. Sellers now has a 13 31 record on the season. Volleyball Davis St. Meth. defeated Swep sonville, 15 7, 17 15.
Davis St. Meth. defeated First 15 2. 15 7. First defeated Security Bank by forfeit.
Swepsonville defeated Security Bank by forfeit. YMCA Gymnasium To Be Closed Sellers Parker, physical director of the local YMCA, announced today that the 'Y' gym wiU be closed Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week except for the YMCA Inter State Mite Basketball Tournament. THREE SPORTS PAGES TODAY LOW, LOW COST Auto Supply Dial CA 6 5262 Opposite Sears WILSON'S 265 W. Front St. By JIMMY BRESLIN NEA Staff Correspondent NEW YORK (NBA) Sometimes no matter what they say about boxing you have to like it because it stands for something these kids making crime headlines in New York don't have.
Once a fighter gets his instructions from the referee and comes back to his corner and the trainer takes off his robe and the manager pulls on his right glove for luck and both duck through the ropes, nothing helps but guts. Most people can fight, when they're mad. That's an easy and natural thing to do. But boxers hardly know each other. They are there to take each other apart and all they have is nervousness and pain instead of helpful anger.
It's easy to get rabbit scare'd, yet fighters the youngster was a souuu ment. Manager Bob Schcffing noted that Itobbie has a fast ball that is faster titan uie one ne 'Mnosp against the Giants. nittedly the Giants' lineup, hcavilv stocked with young But Andre Row, fr.p fu! who previously had i wmd biown nome "What I he the guy asked. hack) Goldman look off his glasses and wiped them with one corner of the green sweater he was wearing; "There's something the matter with this kid," he said. "I don't think he likes to fight, you know what I mean? It's like he has no guts.
We sent Danny home that of him the llc cllnw to but it doesn 'nine i in the back of a cab driver's neck and take eight bucks off him, which is what. Danny did. The cops found him in a diner and took him to felony court. AH the other kids with long hair in front, of the candy stor read about it and talked about how lough a guy Danny was. The last thing they'd admit is arc.
Class A Toviriicy Opens Tonight SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. Slate Class A high school basket ball squads starts scrambling to night for a chanc the divis nHitlv twin bills through Saturday" matches Allcn Jay. the team that beat defend ing champion Mebane day. against Ayden at 7:30. Rock springs and Zcb Vance Tonight's winners meet in Fri night's first set to.
while winner's ot tomorrow night's games Bisroe against Valley Springs and Bciilah against Swansboro play in the second Friday contest. Saturday's games put the semifinal losers in contention for third place honors and then ihc finalists battle away for the championship. G.rovcr Froese, league umpire, is Philadelphia Phillie; Fresh and Salt Water The YMCA Interstate Mite Boys' Basketball Tournament will begin at. tne community iuu Thursday, March 13, at 6:00 p. There will "be 19 teams represent the The local YMCA has entered two, teams the Burlington Elks team, i and the YMCA Mite All team representing the Church; Leagues.
The Elks are defending champions and must be considered a strong contender for the title. Also entered is last year's runner up team from Kannapolis, always a strong entry. Other YMCA's to be represented are Albemarle, High Point, Mt. Airy, Elkin, Draper, Canton, Lexington, and Greensboro, all or North Carolina; and Sumter, Charleston, Greenville, Anderson, and Rock Hill, from South Carolina. The Mite Tournament is one of the most popular of all YMCA tournaments.
The boys must be age 13 and under and must not have played on any school teams during the season. The opening game of the tourna ment wiU pair Uie Burlington Mites vs Draper No. 2 at 6:00 p. m. Thursday night.
The Elks will be gin the tournament with Lexington on Friday, at 4:00 p. at the ECC To Defend Swimming Title MUNCIE, Ind. East Carolina College's defending champions and 12 other teams have entered the second swimming championships of the National Assn. of i Intercollegiate Athletics, to be held Saturday in the Ball State i Pool. Because of the small field the schedule was cut down from two days to one.
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