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COMING EVENTS April 29 through May 8

[TV]TV [NETWORK RADIO]NETWORK RADIO: ALL TIMES ARE E.D.T. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE NOTED

FRIDAY, APRIL 29

Baseball
[NETWORK RADIO]Chicago vs. Boston, Comiskey Pk., Chicago, 2:25 p.m. (Mutual*).

Boxing
[TV][NETWORK RADIO]Chico Vejar vs. Paolo Melis, welterweights, Syracuse, N.Y. (10 rds.), 10 p.m. (NBC).

Gymnastics
AAU sr. men's and women's championships, Rochester, N.Y.

Track & Field

Penn Relays, Philadelphia (also April 30).
[TV]Drake Relays, Des Moines (also April 30) (CBS*).

SATURDAY, APRIL 30

Auto Racing

Mille Miglia, from Brescia, Italy.
NASCAR 200-m. race, modified & sportsman, Darlington, S.C.
AAA midget races, Westboro, Mass. & Kansas City, Kans.

Baseball

[TV]Cleveland vs. Baltimore, Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, 1:55 p.m. (CBS*).
[NETWORK RADIO]Brooklyn vs. Chicago, Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1:55 p.m. (Mutual*).

Court Tennis
Albert (Jack) Johnson, U.S., vs. James Dear, England, world open finals, Queens Club, London.

Horse Racing

Golden Gate Derby, $50,000, 1‚⅛ m., 3-yr.-olds, Golden Gate Fields, Albany, Calif.
Valley Forge Handicap, $25,000, 1 m. 70 yds., 3-yr.-olds up, Garden State Pk., Camden, N.J.
[TV][NETWORK RADIO]Swift Stakes, $20,000, 7 f., 3-yr.-olds, Belmont Pk., N.Y., 4:15 p.m. (ABC).

Hunt Racing

Maryland Hunt Cup, Glyndon, Md.
Oak Grove meeting, Germantown, Tenn.

Indoor Polo
NYAC vs. Squadron A, natl. sr. tournament final, Squadron A Armory, New York.

Rowing

Goes Cup Regatta (Navy, Cornell, Syracuse), Annapolis, Md.
Blackwell Cup Regatta (Columbia, Penn, Yale), New York.
Compton Cup Regatta (Harvard, Princeton, MIT, Wisconsin), Cambridge, Mass.

Sailing
YRA winter dinghy championship, Larchmont, N.Y.

Track & Field
Colorado Relays, Boulder, Col.

SUNDAY, MAY 1

Auto Racing

AAA sprint car races, Salem, Ind. & Langhorne, Pa.
AAA stock engine race, Knoxville, Tenn.

Baseball
[NETWORK RADIO]Brooklyn vs. Milwaukee, Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, N.Y., 2 p.m. (Mutual*).

Soccer
Nürnberg (Germany) No. 1 vs. German-American League Stars, Randall's Is., N.Y.

Track
AAU 50-kilo. walk, Baltimore.

MONDAY, MAY 2

Baseball
[NETWORK RADIO]Detroit vs. New York, Briggs Stadium, Detroit, 2:55 p.m. (Mutual*).

Boxing

Archie Moore vs. Nino Valdez, heavyweights, Las Vegas, Nev. (15 rds.).
[TV]Ronnie Delaney vs. Virgil Akins, welterweights, St. Nick's, N.Y. (10 rds.), 10 p.m. (Du Mont).
[TV]Carmelo Costa vs. Tony Puelo, lightweights, Eastern Pkwy., Brooklyn, N.Y. (10 rds.), 10 p.m. (ABC*).

Sailing
International Race Week, Bermuda.

TUESDAY, MAY 3

Auto Racing
AAA midget race, Thompson, Conn.

Baseball
[NETWORK RADIO]Detroit vs. Boston, Briggs Stadium, Detroit, 2:55 p.m. (Mutual*).

Horse Racing
Derby Trial, $10,000, 1 m., 3-yr.-olds, Churchill Downs, Ky.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 4

Baseball
[NETWORK RADIO]New York Giants vs. Chicago Cubs, Polo Grounds, N.Y., 1:25 p.m. (Mutual*).

Golf
Colonial National Invitation, Fort Worth, Texas.

Horse Racing
Acorn Stakes, $25,000, 1 m., 3-yr.-old fillies, Belmont Pk., N.Y.

Rowing
Potomac Regatta, Rowe Cup, Washington, D.C.

Trapshooting
Western Grand American, Reno, Nev.

THURSDAY, MAY 5

Baseball
[NETWORK RADIO]Brooklyn vs. St. Louis, Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1:25 p.m. (Mutual*).

Boxing

AAU national sr. tournament, Kansas City.
Keeny Teran vs. Memo Diez, for California flyweight title, Hollywood (12 rds.).

FRIDAY, MAY 6

Boxing
[TV][NETWORK RADIO]Tommy Jackson vs. Harold Johnson, heavyweights, Philadelphia (10 rds.), 10 p.m. (NBC).

Horse Racing
Kentucky Oaks, $25,000, 1 1/16 m., 3-yr.-old fillies, Churchill Downs, Ky.

SATURDAY, MAY 7

Auto Racing
AAA midget race, Hatfield, Pa.

Baseball
[TV][NETWORK RADIO]Cleveland vs. Kansas City, Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, 1:55 p.m. (CBS-TV; Mutual radio*).

Diving
AAU men's jr. championships, Cleveland.

Gymnastics
AAU men's jr. championships, New Haven, Conn.

Horse Racing

[TV][NETWORK RADIO]Kentucky Derby, $125,000, 1¼ m., 3-yr.-olds, Churchill Downs, Ky., 5:15 p.m. (CBS).
[TV][NETWORK RADIO]Roseben Handicap, $25,000, 7 f., 3-yr.-olds up, Belmont Pk., N.Y., 4:15 p.m. (ABC).
Golden Gate Handicap, $50,000, 1¼ m., 3-yr.-olds up, Golden Gate Fields, Albany, Calif.
Delaware Valley Stakes, $25,000, 6 f., 3-yr.-olds, Garden State Pk., Camden, N.J.

Hunt Racing
Virginia Gold Cup, Warrenton, Va.

Rowing
Adams Cup Regatta (Harvard, Navy, Penn), Cambridge, Mass.

Sailing
Owen Trophy (Ivy League-Service championship), Cambridge, Mass.

Track & Field

AAU Jr. Olympics, San Diego (to May 17).
U. of Miami Invitation Mile, Coral Gables, Fla.
Vancouver Relays, Vancouver, B.C.

SUNDAY, MAY 8

Auto Racing
Sports car rally, Bakersfield, Calif.

Baseball
[NETWORK RADIO]New York vs. Pittsburgh, Polo Grounds, N.Y., 2:00 p.m. (Mutual*).

Track
Boardwalk Mile, Atlantic City, N.J.

*See local listing