Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 March 1949 — Page 26
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= PAGE 26 THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES THURSDAY, MAR. 31, 1949 &
i or Leafs Win Tiger First Baseman Looks Twilightcague |George S. King, Ace Basketball Shoofer, Pick All-Star - to Finals His Best From Grandstand S Setup Pending Praised for ‘Keen Pair of Passing Eyes’ County Cage Team
By HARRY GRAYSON, NEA Sports Editor
| To
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finished fourth during the season
Fernando rakes himself a stand-uprand- many clubs still wanting to field
from West Virginia's state capital,
Track owners, car owners and]
Amateur Softball
3 ‘ ; 8 By United Press LAKELAND, Fla, Mar, 31—It was only last September that -Gets About on Floor, Scored 757 Points Capital District Conference t & ay Maple Teats. de George Steve Vico was trotted out to home plate at Briggs Stadium,| Await Decision Says’ Coach King In 26 Games a picked 10 men on the all4 the Bianley cap wer noms of And, RSETiiSA With 5. Dra-NEW automoblie as “The Tiger of the! On Daylight Time By DICK HUDSON. play seven times in the last twofeague basketball team last night : 2 day for the final round of the Mayor Eugene Van Antwerp made the presentation in what was| Week-day twilight leagues pro-| oT imen Special Writer years and George can ply vithiat the heel. Fain Town. Bein ( # National Hockey League playoffs quite a show. You-would have _suspected that.the Detroits had un- posed last night by the Indian- ( HARLESTON, W. Va, Mar. 31 those. boys. | Beech Srove a TIE he % but their challenger was still to covered another Ty CoBb: On tle other hand re |apolis Amateur Baseball Associa. George Smith King. the nation's With another season left [ship were honoreu : ~ be determined. It just goes to show how far ey ars OL pi, Lao tion await only the decision for ''Ehest scoring college basket Charleston fans expect to see the champjons. Texans The squared-up semi-final be-.rans can he wrong, especially a i sx seas n A > gan Le or against daylight saving time. shooter, didn't score 157 points in boy they call King George break! The all-star team includes tween the Detroit Red Wings and (nose who take their baseball by Jill having broken In a i” 26 games by hanging around the Brooms Abramovic’s all-time con- Pnil Wampler, Franklin Twp. 2d Dot the Montreal Canadiens has electromagnetic waves. spent three summers in the Meanwhile five leagues inelud- basket waiting for his Morris ference record of 2161.points set Jerry Moers, Deaf School; Don ATLANTIC shifted back to Detroit fonimht « for- Fi “Baseman Vico, you Sepyice. it seems. Is What we us {0% the. all. service team league y. . .. teammates to feed him in 1943 at Salem, W. Va., College Challis, Beech Grove, and Dave for the €ifth game of the series” see, was. chosen a nt " a ) “He A ray Bb 5 la operation... pall. King George will also be point- | Young, Franklin Twp. at for. 31 (UP)—Af The Wings, regular season cham “Tiger of the 10 Se 2 Send an yh ivy The - Manufacturers League, Wo Coach Bddie King's team took ing for the present all-time high wards, Dick Walker, Franklin lethargy, th pions, and the: Canadiens. have Year” in a radio Ih Raney fo helps give Play on Satubie), will open oe lessons from Rhode Island State's of 2199 set this year by Baltimore Twp, and Bob BYitaeri Bee) being revised two wins each. contest. him the longest stretch in mem- Sima owt EE eal. C boy Rig Frank Keaney, and that was Loyola's Jim Lacy, Grove, centers. Don bb a ous clip in tt The Leafs completed a sur- This despite ;ry He makes what should be RI Ai Corio will start the enough. (am, Bosch OS Ton Co iy Bowling Co PrISingly easy rout of the under- the fact that the oy two-hand catches look posti- following day. King, the player, a six-foot, Midget Racing Grov jr. ng To Don Gall, Deat today at Con Baines) Boston Being in the towering young ively phenomenal with one-hand| Teague rosters at present are 167-pound junior at the little col- 4 P | Seaal, Wy guards. Two chang: posting a 3 to 2 rate dh Jan from the gah Doing it the hard way, he only temporary since: there are lege across the Kanawha River To Meet Saturday ee bere doubles stan
terday's sess
. . , i Valley hit no cheer player. He looks best from teams under the TABA banner. has the best pair of “passing » and Jimmy and Byston second, Sub the eats More than 267 the stands, is a customers’ man| In the Service League there will eyes” King, the coach, has ever : | drivers representatives of the Fountain Square A. C. meets Tex., provided games, ay ya) any NE if you ever saw one. be the National Air Guard, Ma- seen. . | Midwest Midget Racing Associa- Ravenswood Merchants Sunday they took se PLAYOFF STANDINGS / Ou * ; atu un With this dispatch on Vico, it rine- Reserve, Ft. Harrison and One Season to Go tion will meet Sunday at 1 p. m.| afternoon in Finch Park in the 1314 series, Series ou i Vico Slet re a0 regretfully must be reported that Stout Field and possibly several «| never saw a boy who could at 1336 N. Illinois St. opening gime of the local softbail éurrent lead Montreal 2 3 so e and 18 SO Edward Joseph Mayo has reached more by the time the season see an opening and get the ball Opening dates for the circuit's| season. Other teams interested in Boxel and ( Detroit Cn BBs 2 2 3 50 glow that the 31-year-old Paulitne end of the line at 36, wiping opens. to a teammate as well as George,” tracks, including the local Speed-|pooking games with Fountain Wisconsin, o Series {Bess trur-of-sevent Campbell frequently ran for him. out the entire right side of the Six Oth Included L — s ! orge.” [rome, will be eunoanced of whe BG i ous En t Toronto 4 soo So “The Tiger of the Year” of patroit infield that started last ora. [nc ude says Coach King, no relation. "As meetin Square, write Hya , ta and- Perr Boston 00 Six other teams which were not well as he shoots, George is every | 8. Shelby St., Indianapolis. 3
1 (Toronto the winner
College Baseball
Georgetown 4 North Carolina Lee 3
Da rtme 5 State 6 Whshineton
1948 is unlikely to be there in '49. spring.
our
Little Eddie Lake is
“I am not at all satisfied with i. .teq as the second-sacker.
first
Red Rolfe.
and
Right now Tony Luplen, the old Harvard
man,
base situation,”
has the Inside {p, game's most unusual track, and he was acquired from|y,, gaye the personable infielder
says
of Toledo in the American Association. Mayo's case was one of
Mayo has been named manager
active in sandlot ball last year have been admitted to the asso-
ciation. They are Kennedy Tank, Star. Lunch, Fall Creek Athletics,
The and Indiana Farm Bureau in the
Big Six, Kirshbaum in the Municipal and Ell Lilly in the City.
bit as good a passer, and often could shoot when he flips the" ball to a mate.” Young King, only 20 years old with another season of eligibility, scored 289 field goals and made 179 fouls in 260 shots for a sea-
Earl Sexson, Speedrome man- ' lager, has announced a guar-
, lanteed purse of $2500 for each Friday night program.
H. Ww. McCracken
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i iv Solunar Table
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en Ma. the White Sox. of all people. ON the opportunity to make a name Tentative league rosters: Even the old-timers have begun to disturb th ivers : sters: con’ . PR ) } } ! b 5 v co’ 1 d tage Is e. for himself as a _major-leaguer. Municipal—Boughton Excavating, Indi son § average of 29.1 His three to trust the Solunar Tables, pre- . Kness + ico's only advantag ag He was slower than a peri-lana Reformatory, DeWolf News. Moose Year total at the West Virginia George King has the best sented here by The Times, whereas! * Mia 0 ee He's only 25, so has a chance t0| yinkie no great shucks as a left- Edsewood Merchants. South Side intercollegiate conference college § eas [ hand hitter. The Giants took wnnamed, Co of 1200 students is 1570 for 73 Pair of "passing eyes” his coach they used to only trust their in3 EVERY DAY only a brief look at him in 1936, Motte ioore Mortuaries Meat ood games, an average of 21.5 points has ever seen. nate judgement. They have learnSLUE 3 IN 1 and the Braves gave up on him Union Se Tiade mie Be Lily Kennedy Uring the state tournament in with hig handling of the fast ed that it pays off in fishing LOW PRICES as a third baseman in the Spring Tank. Siar Lunch. Sack+ Used Care. Fall which opponents guarded him preak. His shooting has become Pi€asure to keep track’ of the 0 Bl : of '38, when he was only 25. Crees Athletics, m Bureau CRIropractic jie Ft. Knox, King turned in go keen that he put 44 per cent solunar periods. . Mayo rehabilitated himself as alors. + Aino E Atkins. R R. gcoring cards of 34, 34 and 33 ,¢ his shots through the hoop this These tables .are compiled by By | i , ory ison Pe eWo ews 8 & § , : FISHING TACKLE a Tripis A palipayer in tle A Kingan A A TL Te points while setting up other goals season, rood faden Rpt 30 An ea The Provid No. 81 cific Coast Leag 4 mateur Baseba ay wi e with his faking and passing. He One of his best maneuvers is ) § g. j p $ back on thei
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