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Hearn Wins Sixth Game As Giants Beat Braves
They say the mark of a champion is the ability to win the close ones—and that's exactly what Jim Hearn and the New York Giants are doing.
University Daily Kansan
They did it again yesterday with a 3-2 victory over the Milwaukee Braves that gave the Giants a brilliant 7-1 record in games decided by one run. That mark is by far the best in the National league and is challenged in the Majors only by the Cleveland Indians' 5-1 record.
It was the second one-run verdict of the season for Hearn, the team's No. 1 disappointment last year but the first N.L. pitcher to record his sixth victory this year. Hearn yielded 10 hits but walked only one batter and struck out six. He's beaten every team in the league except the Chicago Cubs.
The St. Louis Cardinals are second to the Giants in the N.L. as far as one-run decisions are concerned with a 7-4 record. The first-place Brooklyn Dodgers rank third with a 6-4 mark followed by the Cubs' 5-6, the Cincinnati Reddlegs' 4-5, the Braves' 5-7, the Pittsburgh Pirates' 3-5, and the Philadelphia Phillies' 3-8.
In the American League, the Kansas City Athletics rank second to the Indians with a 6-2 record in one-run decisions and the Boston Red Sox are next with 6-4. The Chicago White Sox are 4-4, the New York Yankees 2-3, the Baltimore Orioles 4-6, the Detroit Tigers 3-6 and the Washington Senators 4-8.
The triumph left the Giants 7 1-2 games behind Brooklyn but enabled them to complete their first invasion of the west with a creditable 6-3 showing. The Dodgers, meanwhile, came home with a 4-5 slate for their trip and a tidy little three-game losing streak.
Don Mueller raised his league-leading batting average to .403 by collecting three of the Giants' nine hits and delivering in both their scoring innings. He singled and scored the Giants' first run in the fourth and doubled home the tying run in the fifth. A few moments later Willie Mays' sacrifice fly tallied Alvin Dark with the winning run.
Pearson, ATO Faculty, TKE In IM Finals
Alpha Tau Omega, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Pearson hall, and the Faculty Fossils all advanced to the finals in their respective divisions of the IM softball playoffs last night.
ATO downed Phi Kappa Psi 8 to 5, TKE rallied in the second extra inning to beat Beta Theta Pi 13 to 8, Bob Crisler fired a no-hitter as Pearson edged Jim Beam 4 to 0 and the Faculty Fossils romped past Hernando's Nine 15 to 4.
ATO scored three runs in the first inning and added four more in the fourth and then coasted to an easy win behind the effective five hit pitching of Bob Mallory. Several walks and a bases loaded home run by TKEP's Ed McKernan let in four runs in the sixth for the only real Phi Psi threat. Mark Boxberger, Dale Gulledge, and Jim Trombold all collected two hits apiece to lead the 10 hit ATO attack.
A five-run rally in the ninth inning gave the TKE's a hard earned win over the Betas. A two-run single by Barry Donaldson was the big blow in the winning rally. It was a tough loss for the Betas who had rallied to tie the score in the seventh to send the game into extra innings. The winning pitcher was Loren Wheeler and the losing pitcher was George Docking.
Bob Crisler pitched a no-hitter as Pearson hall rallied for four runs in the sixth inning to best Jim Beam 4-0. Punk Rogers and John Boerger collected two hits apiece, and Rogers supplied the key blow in the winning Pearson rally with a two run single. The losing pitcher was Bob Lytle.
A big 10-run second inning gave the Faculty Fossils an easy 15 to 4 victory over Hernando's Nine. Bill Conboy gave up three runs in the first inning but then settled down and drew two-hit ball to gain the win.
Hank Aaron hit his eighth homer of the year for the Braves and Danny O'Connell contributed four hits to their 10-blow output. Milwaukee Manager Charley Grimm was ejected from the game by Umpire Augie Donatelli for arguing over a play at third base in the sixth inning.
Hearn's 6-2 record was in startling comparison to his overall season's mark of 8-8 in 1954. The 32-year-old right-hander from Atlanta, Ga., didn't win his sixth game last season until July 7 and hurled only three complete games the entire campaign. He's pitched four complete games already this year.
The contest was the only action of the day or night in the majors but all the teams resume tonight. The N.L. schedule finds Philadelphia at Brooklyn, New York at Pittsburgh, St. Louis at Cincinnati and Chicago at Milwaukee. In the A.L., it's Baltimore at New York, Boston at Washington, Cleveland at Detroit and Kansas City at Chicago.
Wes Santee, Kansas' great miler, will again shoot for the four-minute mile mark tenight at the 15th annual Coliseum Relays in Los Angeles.
Santee to Attempt Magic Mile in L.A
However, Santee will not be the only attraction, for the field includes Northwestern's Jim Golliday, who tied the world 100-yard dash record last week with a .093 performance. Andy Stanfield, Ernie Shelton, Mal Whitfield, and Arnie Sowell.
Plans had been made to match Santee against Gunnar Nielsen of Denmark, but Nielson was not allowed to come to the U.S. by the Amateur Athletic Federation. Santee's chief competition will probably come from Emporia's Billy Tidwell. Santee's teammate and pacemaker, Art Dalzell, will also accompany Wes in the record bid.
Today's Probable Pitchers (Won-Lost Records in Parentheses American League
Lost Records (in Patentless)
American League
alumnus at New York (night)
Boston at Washington (night) - SuL
livan (4-4) vs. Porterfield (4-4)
Cleveland at Brook (night)—Lemon
rhinadelphia at Brooklyn (night)-
Roberts (4-3) vs. Loes (4-1).
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Kansas City at Chicago (night)-
Ditmar (6-1) vs. Donovan (4-1).
#tslfsurgf (naught)
McCall (1-0) or Gomez (1-3) vs. Surskont (1-4)
Roberts (4-3) vs. Vickie New York at Pittsburgh (night)—
St. Louis at Cincinnati (night) - Lawrence (2-2) vs. Valentine (1-1).
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Chicago at Milwaukee (night) -Rush (2-2) vs. Burdette (2-2).
McCall (1-0) or Gomez (1-3) vs.
Surkunt (3-4).
Friday. May 20, 1955
5. 40 Discuss preliminaries and finals
3:40-Broad jump
3:00—Shot put and javelin
3:30—440-yard dash
3:50----100 yard dash
BIG SEVEN TRACK MEET
0:00-100 yard dash
4:05-120 yard high hurdles
4:25-180 yard run
Today's Preliminaries
4:25—880 yard run
4:40—220 yard dash
4:55—220-yard low hurdles
No preliminaries in the mile, two-mile, mile relay, high jump or pole vault.
1:30—Pole vault, high jump, shot
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Saturday's Finals
1:55—Introduction of officials and coaches
2:10—440-yard dash, broad jump
2:10—140-yard dash
2:00—Mile run
2:20—100-yard dash
2:20 120 yard high
2:30—120-yard high hurdles
2:40----880-yard run
0.50----880
2:50----220-yard dash
3:00—Two-mile run
3:15—220-yard low hurdles
3:25—Mile relay
Marciano, Cockell May Meet
New York—(U.P.)—British promoter Jack Solomons said yesterday before leaving for London that there is a good chance of a Rocky Marciano—Don Cockell heavyweight rematch in England. He also revealed that he is dickering for a bout between Hector Constance of Trinidad and the winner of the June 12 Tony DeMarco-Carmen Basilio welterweight title fight, also for London.
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Big Seven Golf Match Here Today, Saturday
Thirty-five Big Seven golfers were to tee off at 8 a.m. today on the Lawrence Country club course as the Colorado Buffaloes opened their defense of the title they won last year at Boulder.
The golfers will play 36 holes today over the par 72, 6,355 yard layout, with the final 18 holes of play set for 8 a.m. tomorrow.
Colorado returns five lettermen from last year's squad which edged Oklahoma by five strokes for the Buffs' first league championship, but one of the five has been replaced by junior Dick Kintzle, who wasn't even on last year's squad. The holdovers are headed by last years individual champion, Keith Alexander, backed up by George Hoos, who finished third last year, and veterans Ebb, Webb and Jim Day.
Oklahoma and Iowa State are expected to give the Buffs their stiffest competition, as the Cyclones return four lettermen from last year's fourth-place finishers at Boulder. This group is headed by Don Molyneau, the 1953 individual winner who slumped to an 18th-place tie last year.
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