Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 December 1948 — Page 31

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DELIVERY INDIANA

‘belted 51 homers in 1947,

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Pirates Expected to

By Eddie Ash mes Sports Editor HE Pittsburgh. | Pirates’ 1949 plans

is’ Téd Beard to stay up there and Share the center apts post with Wally Westlake. . ., Evidently Manager Bill!

Meyer figures to open the new race'with th ing crew that was under his wing at the ¢

National League campaign. . ... If this is true, Tom Saffell probably, ..for another year of’

will be returned to the Indianapolis Indians . . seasoning, . . . Outfielders who finished with the Ralph Kiner, Dixie Walker, Johnny Hopp, Beard Kiner and Westlake swing right-| —

“handed; Walker. Hopp and Beard can break up the shift, look for the young slugger te, have a ) burgh baseball” scribes also be-| banner campaign ai the way

ed by Fleming's long-ball hitting| bump off the last season and his ability to

ners were on the sacks . . Run Kiner is only 26 years old|return trip to and Pittsburgh fans are convinced | Brooklyn .

be hasn't yet reached his peak | hot corner “for the Dodgers in

as swatsmith . . . He led the 1947 but when

league in homers in 1946 and was Weakened early last. season he

co-leader with Johnny Mize of Was demoted t the New York Giants in 1947 and The Spider thi i - . Kiner has come a long, Li. 8 3 TR MAN

pla shbw and Manager Meyer thinks. the big fellow will show great improvement In 1949 . . . Ralph| then fell of to 40 in 1948 when a lateseason slump lowered his homer] production and also his batting] average . , , However, he batted| fn 123 runs and was always 3

High Lin form an aggregatiop of Dead

Eye Dicks . .

cent . , . The

age on foul

threat. ® % ® | games played, PITTSBURGH writers say | in 107 attempts. Manager Meyer promises to a

make Ralph Kiner more of a | threat next season by havihg him bunt more often to cross up infielders and force them to met Farm's be on the alert « -is- nts hopes Tor 1949 used a shift to the left against Kiner last season that cust him

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"1948 Outfield Group

JOHNNY JORGENSEN, thé St. The Pirate bosses were impress Paul third sacker who helped

dians in the 1948 American As- N

| wallo e horsehide when run-/fociation playoff by smacking the A . Home ball in the clutch, 1s making a

Jehgue coméback.

week, the boys got 15 chances at the free throw line-and made good -on-all tosses . . . 100 per

have posted a glittering aver-

FLYING DISC, a son of Sun: |{Again, and Good Ending,” half is spared the crippling injuries and granted a little luck this year,

in Florida this winter to give the Calumet trainers a line oniContinentals’ ] KeTBaT

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Plans

Rely On

Washington Net Coach Faces Task|

To Face Tomorrow

Bulldogs Hold | 7-5 Edge. in Series |

DY BILL PITTMAN | orrow and Saturday nights. Butler's Bulldogs leave tomor- aw: and Saturday nigh

row on an extended trip to seek| their basketball fortunes in Big| Nine territory. action Tomorrow, night they meet A Three: veteran Illinois University team. intra. cit? b Then a sleeper jump to Columbus, 0., puts them within striking distance of the Ohio State Buckeyes.

It will be the third time since the war the Bulldogs have opened | thelr season against a Big Ninel foe, ‘and if the third time is the. charm, the Illini had better be on

To Take On

call for Indian-|

One of the Heaviest high school

e same fly-chas-lose of the 1948

{scheduled for Saturday.

1948 Pirates were and Westlake. . . .

fights in a row. nty = contests, rawlss and Tech's

two

against New Castle highlight the] program tomorrow. Broad Ripple and Howe will] tangle Saturday night after the Hornets go to Washington Fri-| {day and Broad Ripple plays host]

their toes. Both of Butler's other | to Cathedral tomorrow. | chances failed. Northwestern de<| Manual, which lost to Law: feated.them in 1946 and Wiscon- rence in its first start last week,| sin edged them in 1947. [meets Speedway on the west dide| Tomorrow’ s game will be No. 13 in the oply county-city tussle fo-

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Indianapolis , In-}

the majors with He held down the

. morrow night, County games us n a series since 1922. The Bull- ’ : : " ” i ar his throwing arm na Ir Victories in seven of|that night will see Beach Grove Andon Heart ai 3% Marry . going” 16 - Franklin Township,’ *

the previqus 12 games, (Coach Harry Combs will .probably field a. quintet led. by brilliant Dwight Edleman, captain, and 6-foot 2-inch. forward. In he, x ard - spots will be, Ji Ra Pica TOOT 1 SITCIT (or OH ReEe pa = {scorin ability of Buckshot ro (O'Brien. Butler ‘will have the|lonia, and Sacred Heart t St height advantage in the starting] Mary's of Anderson. The Deaf | center position with 6-foot 6- {School will be at home against] inch - John Barrowcliff jumping Union Township -and Greenwood |

Photo by ULlovd B Waiton, Times Staff. Photographe: Eight members of Washington f igh School's settional basketball champions for 1948 are missing «from the Conti nenfal” roster -this year; Shown above are eight Eiliier boys who, along with Was hingy of last. year's eight

Warren Central's veterans going across the county to Ben Davis ang Southport going up. “to Lawrence. | _Other games tomorrow outside’

o the Saints . . | nks he'll make a

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varsity members. basketball varsiy

WRAP TATA veg) < captain ‘George, Theofanis: ‘In the rear [loft to right)lare Leonard- Overton, Dittemore, Sack. Sie, Bob’ Border and Gi ioae Sellers

Hine Maps Plans to Build Up Team; Meet Howe Tomorrow

“team

. In a game las't

face from last year's squad. He, has “two lettermen—Co-captains

Montezuma lads Theofanis at forward, and|

The second _clty-series be Burdette, |Saturday will host

{ 61d. The starting five that helped (9% 4. The’ chuck-holes on West Washington St. around Wastington| ol 18 while losing nine, that was| At guards a be Stal ature High School might remind one of the heavy traffic that ran over beaten in the finals of the re- | Ehurlby Bl Bu Th 400 aga ns PAyInE oe {the Continentals’ luckless, injury-riddled football team this fall. |glonals by Anderson last year, is ‘

Doyle. : If the West Side school's. new hardwood coach, Dave Hine, one. Bo are eserves In case Barrowcliff proves too travel to Brazil.

_imuch - for Osterkorn, Coach/ Shortridge's trio of Bill Ralph, [&-foot 2 inches and Winfield Dit Combs has an ace in the hole in Charles Glesing and Fred Davis] Kentucky. Derby! jmade by the graduation of eJght| “Bo {hat as it may, the RE Theofanis is 5-10, Bob Bor- 6-foot 7-inch Fred Green. shed its football edge enough] +s They'll race varsity basketball tédm members minded. hard-working Continen-| der, at the other forw vard st Although the Bulldogs have a/this week to lead the Blue Devils the sum and substance of the|tal mentor —i8--probab TER 1 Leotard 0: “iy Umo-giiie edge, the Illini at pres-|to a 29 to 26 victory over Nobes-| 1947-48 gecHonal hopeful than obtimlstic 0 r the ent are riding a three-game win-|ville on the road last night. The PS eak In the series. “three men accounted for 19 ot!

in five making 78 points

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111 {goals and three pow points,

Tech-New Castle Battle Heads Court Slate

Speedway

| Shortridge. Edges Noblesville Quintet, 29-26; |. Carmel Scores 6th Straight Win, 50-46

By -HMMY ANGELOPOLOUS

basketball slates ofthe current

{net sedson confronts the city and coynaty hardwood aggregations tos | Twelve contests are on the dotket tomorrow and four are

Every team within the county except Shortridge will get at least one test and seven combines will sed

City, County Net Card North Central Conference start Friday, Saturday

TOMORROW Beech Grove at Franklin Twp Pike at Whitestown Manual at Speedway Warren Central at Ben Davis Southport at* Lawrence Central

.Greeftwood at Decatur

Cathedral at Broad. Ripple Crispus Attucks at” Vallonia

Union Township at Deaf School

Howe at Washington New Castle at Tech

SATURDAY Washington at Décatir Central Broad Ripple vs Howe at Tech Deaf School at Cathedral Manual al Brazil.

SET TC SR

Shortridge jumped .to 5-2 lead

land built it to 17 to 7 at the in~ termission: (Center Dick Crittendon.. Back in|8gainst Wally Osterkorn at 6 twill come-in-to- Decatur Central. gouty brought the Millers to

game within a one-point, 23 ta 22 mars find Cathedral gin,

Chuck Inman ard

but Shortridge continued

Silent |puiling away with Ralph conning Washington will be at|four points and preserving his Decatur Central and Manual will team’ s lead.

Shortridge goes to

{Southport Tuesday.

Sacred Heart's nine-point rally

(Continued on Page 33)

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