Page 4 University Daily Kansan Monday. April 18, 1955
KU Wins 2 More, Porks Bow 6-5,4-2
By JOHN McMILLION
Kansan Assistant Sports Editor
Kansas evened its season's record in baseball up at four wins and four losses Friday and Saturday when they beat the University of Arkansas twice 6 to 5 and 4 to 2. Left-hander Gary Fenity won the first game 6 to 5 after relieving starter Wayne Tiemeier in the sixth inning. In the second game Ben Dalton pitched three-hit ball for a 4 to 2 triumph.
Kansas was behind 5 to 0 at the end of the sixth inning in the first game after Arkansas pushed across four runs in the fifth on a wild pitch and three Jayhawk errors. The Razorbacks had scored in the fourth on a home run by right fielder Walt Matthews.
Kansas got two more runs in the eighth when Conn, who hit three for four, homered to left field with one man on base. First baseman Bill leftholt had drawn a base-on-balls from Arkansas pitcher Charlie Bogan.
In the seventh inning Kansas got its first run when second baseman Benny Croyle, who had replaced Don Steinmeyer, got a single to score centerfielder Bob Conn.
Arkansas failed to get a run across in their half of the ninth so going into the last of the ninth the score stood 5-3. Shortstop Gary Padgett popped up to second to open the tuning, pinch-hitter Ben Dalton singled, then another pinchbatter, LaVerne Fiss hit the pitcher's first toss to left field for a single. Fenity struck out but Forrest Hoglund rapped out a single to score Fiss and Larry Ullmann, who had come in to run for Dalton.
With the score tied up 5-5 and two men out, left fielder Dick Blowey hit a grounder to Arkansas shortstop Bill Varner. Varner let the ball go through his legs for an error and Hoglund crossed the plate with the winning run.
In the second game of the series Ben Dalton, who tossed a two-hitter against Memphis Naval Air station over the Easter vacation, hurled a nifty three-hitter to beat Arkansas 4 to 2. Six Arkansas errors aided the Kansas cause, as did some timely hitting and excellent base running by the Jayhawkers.
Kansas scored first in the third inning of the game when Capt. Hoglund doubled to score Dixon from second. Dixon had singled to open the inning and gone to second on Dalton's sacrifice.
The Jayhawkers tallied again in the fourth with an un-earned run by Conn. Conn reached first on an error by Porker third baseman Rogers Overbey and went to second when catcher "Fuzzy" Martin was hit by the Arkansas pitcher, Tom Cusack. Steinmeyer then rapped out a single to score Conn.
Arkansas got back into the ball game in the fifth when left fielder Joe Thomason walked and then scored on Cusack's single. Kansas got another run in the sixth when Bill Heitholt scored on a single by Martin. Both Heitholt and Padgett, who reached base on a fielder's choice, stole second during the inning.
Arkansas got its final run in the eighth when George Bone got on base on an error by Heitholt and scored on a single by Carpenter and an error by Blowey. Kansas bounced back with a run in its half of the eighth when Padgett doubled and scored on Croyle's single.
The Jayhawkers ended the game on a double play that featured a good job of backing up first by Martin.
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Bums Start Hot As Giants Slump
The unbeaten Brooklyn Dodgers are making the fastest start the National league has seen in 15 years, while the New York Giants are off to the poorest defense of the league championship since the Cincinnati Redlegs blew four straight games to open the 1941 campaign.
The Dodgers ran their winning streak to six games with 10-3 and 3-2 victories over the Pittsburgh Pirates yesterday and the Giants' slump mounted to five losses in six games when they dropped a pair of 4-2 decisions to the Philadelphia Phillies. The Dodgers will try for their seventh straight against the Phillies tonight while the Giants attempt to right themselves in an afternoon game with the Pirates.
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The Dodgers' six straight wins gave them the best "getaway streak" in the circuit since they reeled off nine in a row in 1940. That nine straight to open a season is the major league record, which they share with the 1944 St. Louis Browns and the 1918 Giants. Since 1940, no N.L. team has started a season with more than five straight victories.
The Dodgers blasted out 15 hits, including seven doubles and homers by Duke Snider and Roy Campanella, to win the first game behind Johnny Podres' six-hitter, and took the nightcap when Clem Labine and Jim Hughes collaborated in another six-hitter. The Dodgers have hit a total of 11 homers, averaged seven runs per contest and held their opposition to an average of three runs a game during their streak.
The Phillies, meanwhile, dropped the Giants into a tie for six place behind the solid pitching of Robin Roberts and Murray Dickson. Roberts bested Johnny Antonelli in an 11-inning opener decided by Stan Lopata's two-run homer. Dickson then limited the Giants to two scramble hits as Sal Maglie suffered his second loss of the year. Heavy hitting marked most of yesterday's other games, with Al Kaline providing the greatest individual outburst. The 20-year-old outfielder hit three homers and became the eighth modern player to hit two in one inning as the Detroit Tigers crushed the Kansas City Athletics, 16-0.
Kaline, who drove in six runs, hit his first homer in the third inning and added two more during a nine-run rally in the sixth inning. Frank House drove in four runs and Harvey Kuenn knocked in three as Steve Gromek breezed behind the 15-hit assault to his second straight win of the new season. The Boston Red Sox took over undisputed possession of first place in the American league when they out-slugged the Baltimore Orioles, 14-5 and 12-9. Catcher Sammy White knotted in three runs with a homer and single in the opener and drove in four more in the nightcap. Faye Throneberry, Jackie Jensen and Ted Lepcio also homered for the Red Sox.
Greensboro, N.C. — (U.P.) - S a m Snead of White Sulphur Park, W. Va., owns his fifth Greensboro Open golf championship today by displaying again the mastery over the local links that has earned this event the nickname "Snead's Tournament."
Snead Winner At Greensboro
The St. Louis Cardinals bowed to the Chicago Cubs, 6-5, in their opener but then unleashed the biggest single rally of the day—a 10-run first-inning—to win the second game, 14-1.
The veteran pro overtook young Art Wall Jr., of Pocono Manor, Pa. on the front nine of the final round but escaped going into extra holes only when Wall rimmed the cup with a four-foot putt on the 18th green.
Snead took the hole, the match,
and $2,200 first prize money in the
$12,500 tournament with the birdie
four and a 54-hole total of 273.
In the other National league activity, Ted Kluszewski singled home the winning run with two out in the ninth inning to give the Cincinnati Redlegs a 6-5 triumph after the Milwaukee Braves won the opener, 10-1.
Wall, in the lead from the opening round, lost the title as he shot his first above par round, a one-over 71. His 274 left him a tie with Julius Boros of Mid Pines, N.C. for second place.
National Open champion Ed Furgol, who tied for first in the opening round, blew up with two plus-par rounds to finish in the equivalent of 11th place at 282.
Kansas Battles Undefeated Cowpokes Today, Tomorrow
The University of Kansas baseball team, fresh from four straight victories, clashes with the high-flying Oklahoma Aggies today and tomorrow on the home diamond. The Aggies, who beat defending NCAA champions Missouri twice over the week end, boast a record of nine straight wins without a defeat.
The first game of the series began at 3 p.m. today with Gary Feny, who downed Arkansas 6 to 5 Friday in relief, facing the Cowpokes in the opener. Tomorrow lefty Wayne Tiemeier will start against Aggie ace Tom Borland. Borland beat Missouri 4 to 3 Friday and beat eight out of nine games last year.
Oklahoma A&M finished fourth in the NCAA playoffs last year and is tabbed by many to take the crown this season. Coach Toby Greene's Cowpokes came from behind in both games with Missouri and beat the Tigers on a combination of good hitting and Missouri errors. Score of the second game was 10 to 7.
One newcomer in the Aggie lineup, shortstop Don Bacon, has been
tabbed by many observers this year as the finest college shortstop in the nation. Through the first five games of this year two of the Cowpokes players, Jim Woolard and Fred Babb, were hitting a lusty .428.
The Kansas team, after a shaky start, has looked good considering the scarcity of material. Ben Dalton has taken up much of the slack left by the loss of pitcher Bob Shirley from an arm injury. Dalton has won two and lost none and has a two-hitter and three-hitter to his credit.
With nine straight victories under their belt the Aggies should be ripe for an upset and the Jayhawkers are capable of turning the trick if they play heads-up ball. Both games will start at 3 p.m.
Goalie Athlete of Month
Goalie Terry Sawchuk of the Detroit Red Wings, winner of hockey's Stanley Cup, was named today as the "professional athlete of the month" of March in the Hickok poll of sports writers and broadcasters.
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