Immmmmm MBMISW»9 bmhwHELPING HIMSELF TO VlCTOßY—Philadelphia.—Pitcher Robin Roberts ofThe Phillies dives home in the eighth inning to score the run that tied* Mil-waukee, 1-1, here last night. He came in on a Texas leaguer by Ted Kazanski,who got all the way to third on Bobby Thomson’s wild throw to the plate. SollyHemus hit a bases-loaded single in the ninth to give the Phils a 2-1 victory,Roberts’ fourth against^three losses.—AP Wirephoto.

WIN, LOSE ORDRAW By FRANCIS STANN

Sox'MomentumOffers Threat toYankee Lead

The White Sox, who showed atendency to roll over and playdead in their first series againstthe Yankees, now have the mo-mentum to cause the league lead-ers trouble for the next threedays.

Riding the crest of a 'six-gamewinning streak, the White Soxtoday will try to win their firstdecision of the season from the!Yanks in the opener of a three- jgame set at Comiskey Park. The *Sox dropped a double shutout to'the Bombers in New York.

Whitey Ford <5-0 > will hurltoday for the Yankees, whomoved back into first place yes-terday with a 4-1 decision atCleveland. Southpaw JackHarshman (1-1) starts for theWhite Sox, whose 3-1 triumphover Washington left them l'/igames off the Yankee pace anda half-game behind the runner-up Indians.

Martin Not JitteryManager Marty Marion of the

Sox awaited the Yankee testwith apparent nonchalance.

“We’re as ready as we’ll ever'be,” he said. “You have to beat,everybody in this league to reach}the top. So if you ask me if we!are doing anything special!against the Yankees, I'll say no.”

However. Marion still is usinghis Sunday pitching punchagainst the Yankees. BillyPierce (4-1) will hurl Fridaynight and probably the revivedBob Keegan (2-0) will pitchSaturday’s finale.

“In this streak of six gamesour pitching and our hitting hasmeshed,” Marion said. “That’sa winning combination and. ofcourse, we’ve got to keep gettingboth if we hope to knock off the:Yankees.”

Vernon, Gardner StarWhile the Yankees regained

their familiar perch and the!White Sox extended their streak.}the Red Sox whipped Detroit.!4-2, as Mickey Vernon doubled*home the winning run for FrankBaumann, and the Orioles out-,lasted the Atheltics, 8-6, with'Billy Gardner’s two homers pro- 1viding the margin for Erv Palica.

Tom Morgan’s 5% innings ofperfect -relief pitching enabledthe Yankees to square their series lwith the Indians.

Morgan, who went into thegame with an 0-3 record, re-lieved Maury McDermott in thefourth with one out, a run homeand the bases loaded. From thatpoint he set down 17 in a row—-every man he faced. Mike Gar-cia was the loser. Billy Martin 1smacked a leadoff homer in thefirst. Mickey Mantle hit his 13th :homer and is now 12 gamesahead of Babe Ruth's recordpace.

Meanwhile, in the National,See BASEBALL, Page C-4

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Fast, Curvy and MeanHOW MUCH IS LEFT in Sal Maglie’s pitching arm is a

moot question but the evidence is the Brooklyn Dodgersare taking no chances of his remaining skills being usedagainst them. Cleveland might have peddled him off tosome other contending club in the National League, evenat age 39.

When he had it the old Barber was a terrific workman,especially when the chips were down. In his palmy dayshe was as welcome to the Dodgers and their fans as theBlack Plague. Beginning in 1950 the sinister righthander,pitching for the Giants, beat the Brooks 22 times in 28decisions.

The Giants won two pennants over these years andeach time Maglie's pitching was the difference betweenhis club and the Dodgers. Even when the Giants didn’t win,Maglie saw to it that Brooklyn had to do it the hard way.

Maglie was both feared and hated by the Dodgers.Their battles were always dog-eat-dog. Sal not only wasfast and equipped with a great curve ball, but he wasn’tabove firing the ball at any hitter trying to take a toehold. His feuds with Jackie Robinson and, even morenotably, Carl Furillo, were bitter.

** * *

IT COULD HAVE BEEN a smart move on the part ofthe Dodgers, buying Maglie from the Indians the otherday. Brooklyn is off to no runaway start this season. Theworld champs are hurting for pitching, now that JohnnyPodres is in the Navy and the sore-armed Billy Loes hasbeen sold. If any part of the Maglie magic remains itwill help.

Surely it is a strange union, Maglie and the Dodgers.Before he made the deal by telephone with General Man-ager Hank Greenberg of the Indians, Buzzy Bavasi cautiouslysounded out his players. “How do you feel about havingMaglie as a teammate?” he asked.

Capt. Pee wee Reese was all for it. Robinson was willingto forget the old feuds. So were all the others exceptFurillo.

“I have nothing to say,” Furillo snapped. “I’m notthe boss.”

Furillo might be reminded that it could be worse.Maglie might have wound up with the Braves or Cardinalsor Reds. He can’t throw at Carl’s head while pitching forthe same team.

** * *

NEXT TO WHITEY FORD of the Yankees, the manwho is called the Barber is the winningest of all activepitchers who come to mind—9s victories against 44 defeats.In his peak years, 1950-2, he had records of 18-4, 23-6and 18-8.

The story of how he became a Dodger now comes tolight. Bavasi, Dodgers’ vice president, phoned Greenbergto discuss a Cleveland-Brooklyn exhibition on the Dodgers’next western swing. Greenberg suddenly said:

“Buzz, I’ve got a guy who can help you.”“Who?” asked Bavasi."Maglie,” came the answer. “He’s a helluva guy.

Interested?”“I don’t know,” Bavasi replied. “How much?”“Fifteen,” Greenberg said.“I’lllet you know,” Buzzy said, knowing he would have

to talk to Manager Walt Alston and the Dodgers whohated Maglie for so long. But he didn’t waste any timeringing back Greenberg.

“It's a deal,” Bavasi said, and that ended it..*** *

THAT MAGLIE PITCHED very little for the Indian.,

since his purchase from the Giants last summer is notnecessarily proof that Sal is all finished. If the Tribe couldn’tuse Bob Feller, except in spot roles, they couldn’t use Maglie.Cleveland is just too deep in starters—Lemon, Wynn, Garciaand Score—and in relievers—Narleski and Mossi. Probablythe only reason the Indians bought him was to keep theYankees from getting him as they did Johnny Sain a fewyears ago.

Another influencing factor is that Maglie apparentlydoesn’t mind pitching in Ebbets Field, a hitter’s paradise.Over one stretch the Barber beat the Dodgers in 11 of 12games in Brooklyn, where tne park is tailor-made for. thelikes of Snider, Campanella, Hodges, Robinson and Furillo.

To the Giants, at least, it became evident last summerthat Maglie was no longer indispensable. His major crimewas that he no longer was beating Brooklyn. At the timehe was sold to Cleveland Sal had a 9-5 record (Washingtonshould have a few 9-and-s'ers> but all five losses were tothe Dodgers.

Ans, of course, Maglie was old. There was no tellingwhat was left in his arm and it follows that Sal was draw-ing a top salary. So the Giants unloaded his salary and gotperhaps $30,000, too, for the title transfer.

*• * *

FOR AMERICAN LEAGUERS it may be difficult torealize what a force Maglie had been in his heyday. Hemight have won twice as many games as the 95 to hiscredit if he (1) had not voluntarily retired from baseballin 1943-4, and <2* not run afoul df the Mexican League.

As a Giant he listened to the offers of the Pasqualbrothers, Jumped the National League and was set downby Happy Chandler, then commissioner, for 1946, 1947, 1948and 1949. During the years when he should have been athis best, Maglie was ineligible.

There was occasion last March to interview RobinRoberts, perennial 20-game kid of the Phils, in Florida.Toward the end of the talk Roberts was asked to name thebest pitchers he'd ever seen.

"Gee, that’s a tough one,” Roberts replied. "My heroalways was Feller, but I never saw him pitch. Oft hisrecord I'd say he was the greatest of my generation. But..

"But what?”“But for about three years Sal Maglie was the fastest,

curviest. meanest doggone pitcher who threw a ball in mytime," Roberts eulogized.

PREAKNESS ODDS SHRINK

Backers Told to GrabBest Price on Needles

By JOSEPH B. KELLYStar Racing Editor

BALTIMORE, May 17.—Theword at Pimlico today was grabthe best price you can get onNeedle# for Saturday's Preaknessbecause the odds on the Florida-bred Kentucky Derby winnerwere diminishing with the clock.

Entries at SSOO each are duetomorrow morning and with threei withdrawals since yesterday,seven 3-year-olds are expected to'Start against Needles in the 80threnewal of the SIOO.OOO-added'classic.

Trainer Abelard (Frenchy)'Lamoureux announced today thatFleet Peet, coupled with Rath-eram as the H. C. Fruehaufentry, is not ready for the test.

Assorted WithdrawnYesterday, Llangollen Farm's

Assorted was discovered to havea filled tendon ill the right fore-leg and was withdrawn alongwith Christiana Stable’s RicciTavi.

Trainer Henry S. Clark saidan illness earlier this year re-tarded Ricci Tavi’s training andhe wouldn’t be fit to go the mileand three-sixteenths against tophorses. He said he may enterRicci Tavi, who was second toAssorted in Monday’s Preakhess!Prep in the Belmont Stakes.

The race will be televised andbroadcast by the Columbia net-work iWTOP, Channel 9. inWashington). Post time is 5:45pm.

Even Money TodayToday Needles was being

quoted at even money to winthe 80th Preakness but therewas no guarantee that the pricemight not sink as low as l to 2when Saturday’s predicted crowdof 25,000 finally decides thequestion.

Calumet’s Citation, the last ofeight Triple Crown wearers, paidthe lowest price in Preakness

! history—s2.2o, and althoughNeedles will not be that pro-hibitive a favorite he mightequal the third lowest return,*52.60, paid by Nashua last spring.In second position is Native

'Dancer at $2.40.In most observers’ books, Cal-

umet's Fabius was the secondchoice today at about 3-to-l andafter Dino Lozzi’s Count Chic at8-to-l, Helen Kellogg's ComeOn Red at 10-to-l, and WindingWay Farm’s Golf Ace at 12-to-l,the prices are on the skyrocketside. Due to complete the fieldare D. G. Arnstein’s Eiffel Blue:W. E. Britt’s No Regrets, andFruehauf’s Ratheram.

May Enter Another ColtThere is a rumor that Frue-

hauf may enter another colt,Windtrace. Lamoureux tried todiscourage Fruehauf from en-tering anything in the Preak-ness but lost the argument.

(Fruehauf was impressed by theslow winning time in the Derby.

The backing for Needles is not

based on any one race. His rec-ord is deeply impressive and*added to his string of 3-year-oldvictories which stretch throughthe Flamingo, Florida Derby andKentucky Derby are his earnings.

His D. and H. Stable owners(Jack Dudley and Bonnie Heath)

have picked up $462,055 onNeedles’ stretch-running to date,which is more money than alleight of his expected rivals inthe Preakness could put together!in a pool of their earnings. Thecombined bankroll of Needles'eight rivals stands at $343,860.with Count Chic the leader with$84,925.

Count Chic to Work Out

Pre-Preakness activity sched-uled today was a workout forCount Chic between the secondand third races and the arrivalof Golf Ace, the only Preaknesscolt not bedded at Pimlico asyet. Needles was also due towork out undei Jockey Dave Erb,provided the son of Ponder is soinclined.

Winding Way announced to-day that Nick Shuk will beaboard Golf Ace in the Preak-ness.

Trainer Lloyd Lawson, whoconditions Count Chic, fourth inthe Derby, still has hopes of up-setting Needles.

“Hes tough, but we’re goingto try him one or two more!times.” he said. "You never can

] tell with a little racing luck.”Count Chic will be given a fiveeighths of a mile workout and

See PREAKNESS, Page C-2

By the Associated Press

The Cardinals today pulledtheir third trade in six days asthey swapped Outfielder BillVirdon to the Pirates for South-paw Dick Littlefield and Out-fielder Bobby Del Greco.

No cash was involved in thetransaction, which came on theheels of a flurry of trades andreassignments as the majorleague clubs got down to the 25-player limit before the deadlineat midnight last night.

Virdon, 25, won National:League rookie of the year honorslast season by batting .281 andhitting 18 homers. Used spar-ingly this year, he’s averaging.206. He figures to give thePirates sorely-needed lefthandedpower.

Littlefield, 30, was obtainedby the Pirates from Baltimore

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Griggs' Bow SpoiledBy Paula's IndecisionCardinals Give Up VirdonFor Littlefield, Del Greco

Cuban MisplaysLiner to Set UpWhite Sox Win

By BURTON HAWKINSStar Staff Correspondent

CLEVELAND. May 17.—CarlosPaula eventually may providepower, but the Senators’ Cubanoutfielder already has demon-strated that his fielding wasn'tpolished in the rarifled air ofDenver, where he was sent toremedy such deficiencies.

Paula still resembles the sameuncertain, circling ball chaserwho departed the club lastmonth. He permitted a Bob Nie-man liner to plop untouched athis feet yesterday in the courseof a 3-1 defeat by the White Soxat Chicago.

Except for that inelegantfielding, Hal Griggs might be apublicized pitcher today. He wasthe victim of Paula’s indecision,for Nieman’s double led to tworuns. Thus Griggs dropped hisfirst major league start, theWhite Sox snared their sixthstraight victory and the Senatorssuffered their third successiveloss.

While Nieman’s blow wasscored as a double, any otheroutfielder in the majors doubt-less would have blushed overfailing to come up with the drive.Paula hesitated, took a step for-ward. Then played it timidly.

Griggs Has Lapse

That smack came with two: down and nobody aboard. Theni Griggs came apart at the seamsmomentarily. He walked Ron

i Jackson and Luis Aparicio, fill-; ing the bases, and Dick Dono-

[ van pumped a single to center,• scoring two.

1 Paula’s contribution to thei Senators’ attack was a nint.h---i inning single which led to ajrun. Jim Lemon doubled after

I Roy Sievers flied out, and Karl¦ Olson hit a sacrifice fly. That: merely served to preserve thei Senators’ record of not having

• been shut out this season, for; Lou Berberet sent a meek game-

’ | ending pop fly to Aparicio.>] Paula's .363 batting average at

: Denver, plus reports that his: fielding had been respectable, led

; the Senators’ brass to believe he- was ready to help. From one

\ See SENATORS, Page C-3

in 1954 and posted a 5-12 won-j lost record and, strangely

s enough, a 5.12 earned-run aver--1 age last season. Used chiefly in. relief, he has no record this_ year.

Del Greco. 23. is up again fromHollywood, where he hit .287 in

batting .200 at present.5 Seventh Cardinal Tradedr Virdon is the seventh player

’ disposed of in deals by General5 Manager Frank Lane in less

than a week. Yesterday he sent]1 Shortstop Alex Grammas and

® Outfielder Joe Frazier to Cin-J cinnati for Chuck Harmon, out-

* fielder and first baseman. Last5 week he shipped Pitchers Harvey® Haddix, Stu Miller and Ben

to the Phillies for Pitch-;ers Murry Dickson and Herm

1 Wehmeier. Later he sent In-e [fielder Solly Hemus to the Phils. for Inflelder Bobby Morgan, and]he also purchased Infielder| Grady Hatton from the Red Sox.

¦ Yesterday the Cardinals also op-tioned Pitcher Gordon Jones toOmaha.

Today’s swap was the secondfor the Pirates in as many days.They sent First Baseman Pres-

- !ton Ward to Cleveland yesterday" for Catcher Hank Foiles.

Red Sox Hit Snag

2 j The Boston Red Sox, theirplans stymied by CommissionerFord Frick shortly before the

2 deadline, were the last club toconform to the 25-player limit.

*2 The Red Sox were expected toannounce officially today that

- they have placed Mel Parnell on. the disabled list to get their,- roster in order. Parnell twisted,

an ankle severely in yesterday'sgame at Detroit as he slid intosecond base.

Boston originally had placedsore-arm Willard Nixon on the

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disabled list, but Frick voided the“move, saying he wasn’t going to

make the disabled list a “catch-all” by putting “a guy on the list

‘ just because he has a sore arm.”The Redlegs just got under the

. wire, optioning Pitcher PatScantlebury to Havana of theInternational League

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