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- By BILL EGGERT, Times Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS, Mar. 25—There is always the

‘wise guy who proclaims jealously, “Gee, what a snap. ; ve It must be great to follow a baseball club through the Ig II spring training schedule.”

“Down, boy, down.” : : .

=ineluding-transportationy-hotel-and food; ~ will

—--opez used “16 players today scratch single; Grunwald forced ~~ But-with 5:08 remaining in the but depended mostly upon old|Gearhart ‘and Kalin drove a third, Sheboygan, led by 6-9 Cen-|

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‘and Roland Leveille score the! NASHVILLE

You knock yourself out trying to see Manager Al Lopez in ! private. That's difficult; not because of Lopez. He's one of the § HH most congenial and co-operative managers in the game. S6 _ much so that there is always somebady else at his side. And the : Senor, Sa t be oo talkative about his club's prospects because he : oesn OW what the parent Pittsburgh club is going to do about ; : ‘ sending player help; who it will be or when it is arriving. Sioa & Lo. J - 2 = » ® = = i naerson acke : THERE ARE 37 ballplayers in the camp and you have to find | y » 3 87 different ways of Introducing yourself. Some are talkative. The | In Next Series

rookies shake your hand and back off like you had a contagious By JIM HEYROCK

disease. They want to get to Indianapolis so earnestly they can | taste it.

.La., a Class C league baseball town. The press box, not much bigger than a corn crib, can't house the hometown and visiting re-

a desk.

An abundance of the spirit Then you drive 180 miles to see the club play in Alexandria, [that makes a team give until lit hurts paid off for the Inporters. So you grab a seat in the box row and use your lap for dianapolis Olympians ‘last .. & » A (night as they won the first| THE PUBLIC announcer can't straighten out the lineup, the (half of the National Basket-

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Michigan State Ace Ties American Indoor Hurdle Mark

By BOB WOODWORTH Times Special Writer

LAFAYETTE, Ind. Mar, 25—Fred Johnson, Michigan ‘State's versatile athlete and Don Gehrmann, Wisconsin's |peerless runner, stole the ine

night air is so chilly you have to wear a topcoat, you can’t see ball Association's Western Di-! i : 1 a : IV, |dividual spotlight in the

the outfielders because they blend with the white and gray colored |vision, 91 to 84, in Butler Field-

advertisements on the outfield wall, the candlepower of the field (house.

lights would’'nt light my bedroom back home. Somebody offers | Victim of a last-minute assault | you a cup of coffee in a wax cup. You can’t taste the coffee; you by the league’s “Runnin’ Rookies” |}

can taste the wax. were the Sheboygan Redskins,

The game is ended and you sit there alone balancing the box eliminated from any further

score and the lights go out. This is a Class C park and the man- league participation. agement is thrifty. You.an’t even find your lap now, so you scrape The Olympians took the first around the concrete floor picking up your notes and grope your game of the playoff last Tuesday way out of the park. The team already has gone back to the night and then dropped the sechotel. There are no dressing rooms here. ond game at Sheboygan las Yeah; it's rough, but it’s great because it’s baseball. Thursday.

© = = - » # JOHN HUTCHINGS, who wears his pants bottoms just above Rhubars Nipped the ankle, doesn’t plan any change in the style although baseball rulemakers last winter suggested that players sharpen their appearance. Hutchings will wait to see what Ted Williams does with his ankle-length style. .

last night to bring the 7758 fans

Just about everything possible, in a basketball game happened]

out of their seats repeatedly. It] George Sobek on his way in for a layup. In the background is Hale (7) ‘puts on the brakes to

re ‘es |was close. There was a rhubarb, Ralph Beard of the Olympians. Max Morris (11), Sheboygan, put Walther on the floor. | paratively poor. second. Although hat all but reached the fist: —— —— —— EE ti i tp st vests edi ann nbn THE TULSA OILERS recently collected $37.12 for their half |!

| eighth annual running of the Pure {due Relays here tonight as one |and thes indoor record was tied

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and three new meet marks were { established. Johnson not only successfully defended his title in the 60-yard dash, but tied the American ine door and Purdue Relays record of 6.8 seconds when he skimmed to victory in the 60-yard low hurdles over a select field. Gehrmann, the Badger star,

Pholes X Ph ologr again proved his superiority as he by Henry E. Glesing Jr. Times Stat aphor {raced to an easy triumph in the

Bruce Hale (7), Olympians ace goes up and over Sheboygan's Olympians’ Paul Walther ¢ winds up on the floor as Bruce |special 1000-yard run, with Bill eep from falling on his teammate. |Mack, of Michigan State, a come

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of the gate at an exhibition game.’ That isn't as low as the $1.70 |SWinging stage. The Olympians|py * “ ® | : {petition as was expected, Gehre the Tribe collected one year in Florida. Trainer Hump Pierce |S/iPPed way behind. They took I ey eats aps Arrive in Providence CCNY Defeats |mann turned the 1000 yards in

carried the receipts that day in a match box. the lead again.

= » » » = » IT IS estimated that the Indianapolis spring training costs,

= =” = : 2 2 " ONE OF THE Indianapolis rookies here is little Bobby Wey-

of speed that has made them

| { . . | Runs Anchor : gant, Jeo. Jeg the Big Ten Conferetice 1a miting last year ha quit | victory, | Braves Will Meet Third Games Booked for Coliseum Ice North Carolina State! Don Further captured the fancy and hit 207 for Davenport in 67 Three League games: |, With only two minutes re. CCNY for NCAA Title By FRANK ANDERSON, Times Sports Writer Loses NCAA Playoff |. 1 crowd when he came back . » : y {maining in the first : [ , r Another rookie, Rudy Paynick, is a pitching prospect here for |pming ; rst half,” Bob PROVIDENCE, R. 1, Mar. 25—The Indianapolis Caps’ playoff y {less than 30 minutes later to

a “look.” He's a 6-3 blond who reportedly paid $2000 for his release from West Palm Beach of the Florida-International Class B League. He was in the Army last year and in 1948 won 15 and lost 10 for West Palm Beach. He says he has an offer from Oak-

tion.

8 8 ¥ : 8a. , . STAN WENTZEL, who was the American Association's out- Hale was awarded a free toss. standing freshman player with Indianapolis prior to the war, will

= ® » # » YOUNGER brothers of big league baseball stars are getting |Redskins. their professional start in the Tulsa camp at Alexandria, La.

professional experience. ot

nN R aw struck. | : | : . . {game CCNY won tonight before(the old mark of 3:385 set by NOW I KNOW why Tulane imports its college basketball ma- SikPoint Lead 13-11 record, fought it out to the Caps Won Two Here - Boxing Championships $105, at Madison Square Garden, Michigan Normal last year, while terial from Indiana. Driving 180 miles along a Louisiana high- | But the incident seemed to put|final horn, and sliced what had| Looking on the bright side of Times State Service INorth Carolina State trailed by|Beloit, largely due to the brilliant

And then with the final burst

famed ee So Bavlor 68:66 For Opener-Against Reds yin —7g. BC

lessional basketball, they came {-hrough to take the seven-point!

The Sheboygan team, led by| bé out of the New Orleans lineup for a weék because of a cheek. [Coach Ken Suesens, came off the bone injury. Wentzel, who was finally outsmarted by AA pitchers, bench as a unit. And Bieresdorfer

represent was hit in the face by his own batted ball this past week. [209 Nis mate, Joe , Serafin, were hen He DY mre PON'S in Indianapolis Thursday took a The Caps want t6'win and start| ded angry, stamping|; :

Players and officials were State, 78 to 73, in the eastern |, Johnny Walters, 18-year-old righthanded pitching prospect, is a |pushed to and fro and the crowd NCaA playoffs, and Bradley, achyounger brother of Bucky Walters. Gene Hatton, 20-year-old short- made he rafters rock with boos NT Toei Jor is ad — stop, is a brother of Grady Hatton, Neither youth has had any (and cheers. The affair lasted two “iduring the regular season. That's . Er . fd | minutes Without any blows being| tional Invitation, went to work. |, ne the deficit side. Seymour Wins State | ‘was a tense, nerve-jabbing|SPrint medley in 3:37.0 to break

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Locals Get Break on Schedule With Second,

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| Sheboygan forward, KANSAS CITY, Mo. Mar. 25 picture goes into technicolor here tomorrow night. The Heller-m NEW-YORK, Mar. 25 (UP)— anchor Wisconsin to a surprise |drove toward the basket for a : \

(lay-up. The ball skidded throdgh but Brapnum was nailed for| Work for the blue chips tonight

charging and the basket was|and unleashed a late scoring burst the St. Louis Flyers, arrived here at noon today. They'll -have to bitterly . { . yers, . | protected a scant lead for land of the Pacific Coast League and Flint of the Central Associa- |nuijified by referee Jim Biers-ito win the western NCAA play- shake off train legs between now

{dorfer and Olympian Guard Bruce| ses from a surprisingly tough jand tomotrow night, but Coach|defensemen Al Dewsbury andlto beat North Carolina State, defeated Ohio State's Big Ten | 0

(UP)—Bradley University went to Skelters face the Providence Reds in the first of a best of three City College of New York's roar-|Victory in the one-mile relay in |series tinged with gold and greenbacks. . (Ing race-horses, bent on collegiate [the University .section. Gehre The Caps, fresh from a sweep of their preliminary playoff with|basketball's first grand slam, mann's mates in the relay trie umph were Leroy Collins, Melvin ,most of the second half tonight Goldin, and Tilden Meyers, who

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| Baylor ‘University, 68 to 66. {Ott Heller has other problems,| Nelson Podolsky and Joe Lund 78 to 73. in the Eastern finals of titlists by a good ten yards in

down against the Reds. ‘The Providence lineup is unan-| CCNY, alread the National|3:25.4. : ? suped-up Southwest Conference » Already the Nationa ? ines] The 3-1 victory over the Flyers nounced. Invitation Tournament champion,| The other Purdue Relay rece lot out of the Caps. The long off the right foot. Wh th DOW Boes afte ito 2 nd ations) eras ea estabilan on CCNY had beaten North Carolina! . ong ofl on the rig . en theyititle Tuesday night. The vers/mile and college sprint medley i or Polina (rain ride to Providence didn’t meet the Reds and left wingersiwijll play the winner of the Brad-|relay races in the college division. elp to keep them in shap:. Then|tomorrow night, it won't be Sub-/jey-Baylor Western NCAA play-{Grinnell’'s combination of Donald off. - :

there is the matter of the Caps versive. It will be for playoff gold. Young, Vincent Yager, Brett Tay losing two of three starts here Ni AA,

Tense Game lor, and Hugh Acton, won the

But Baylor; a team with only a

way, I saw only four outdoor hoops. ‘Signs along the way were new power in the Redskins. ThelP¢en an eight-point Bradley lead the rink, the Caps defeated the! SEYMOUR, Mar. 25—8eymourionly one point with 20 seconds/anchor running of Carl Schuamusing, however: A liquor store, “Hokus Pokus, The House of |Olympians had been leading by|With less than four minutes to Reds two of three times in Indian- Boys’ Club won the state Sub-jjest to’go, and the game's final /Mmacher, clipped two-tenths of ‘a Spirits”; a ranch, “Tooth Acres”; a restaurant, “We Have the |five points and managed to fin-|{PIay to one point in the dying apolis. The lone defeat on Coli- Novice boxing championships by minutes were played with three second from the meet mark of

World's Worst Service”; a bar, “Bar None.” ” 46-40 count.

. . . : ~ 3 WwW ’ < : ie "t Tribe Scores in Ninth; Lopez Uses 16 Men; ning at top speed, Jack Burmas-|showed surprising power in up-|the Flyers would get a possible Clubs were Jerry Hightshoe, 60-/vigorously all the way and didn't, 940 yard shuttle hurdle relay, : i ! ter attempted to cut between setting UCLA for third place. The {Wo games at home. The Caps Pounder, and Eugene Austin, 110,slacken even When CCNY Dw Warren = Druetzler, - Michigan Same Teams Slated to Meet Again Today . {Wah Wah Jones and Bruce Hale.| score was 83 to 62. fixed that, though, and they want Runiigrgup thclnded Jtsie : TOF Yo a Six pols Joa > : oo Y|State star who had been slated NEW ORLEANS, Mar. 25—The Indianapolis Indians snapped His body landed on the hardwood ————ee [to fix the Reds tomorrow night. Sy 05 opery Lav, 125, and Roy Jour ee pay 10. minated 10 handle the three-quarter mile a five-game spring training baseball losing streak here today. with With 3 dull thud and | he was half: Pro. Basketball i Starters disted od SERED JINR PISA. the first. 10. MINULER op. onthe distance -mmediey” coms

2 4 to 3 victory over Nashville in an exhibition game before 200 fans.

The same clubs will meet again ‘tomorrow here in Pelican| With 9:30 left of the "third

Stadium with Tribe Manager Al Lopez sending out Joe Muir, a lefty, period; Brannum tried to bowl

and right hander Bob Malloy to hurl against the Vols, who were Over Jones. It was the only time|y, .. ou. FE24%R] Division

. | {he tried it. He also hit the deck] — ne ; Tori . Tow : |that was won by Ohio Stae. Southern ~ Association pennant) |Quackenbush, who is recovering Steve Bellouise of ‘New York weren't enough. | : {and required several minutes to : ry , " { In the shuttle relay, Johnson, winners, playoff winners andito the left field corner, 297 feet an College Basketbdll {from the flu. It's up to Max, Heller marked up a 10-round decision] The game was strictly a see- | 4 Ee et Dixie Series champions last year.|down the line. Gearhart got a|recover. ’ | eg ithe. lead-off man, -hurt-his-ankle

hands to squeeze through the one- single through the box to score|ter Noble Jorgensen, went ahead,

run victory in the bottom half of Gutteridge.» The rally died when|58-56. Max Morris collected two|——— .the ninth inning. Dave Bell, pinch hitter for|

Rookie Joe Stelmack, a right-| Masters flied out to left field. |

(Continued on Page 32, Col. 4) hander who pitched the final in-|Grunwald was nailed at the plate a

8 = INDIANAPOLIS (91 Sheboys (84

91) “ningyowasTeredited with the viss onthe throw in for a double play TERE 71 tory after rookie Jim Lawler had Platt; pinch hitting for-Short- Hollana.;r ~~ 9 1 6 Phelan.f 115 shut out Nashville the first five/stop Bobby Weygant in the ninth SrAfTerl 1 0 3 Burmastert 2 0 of frames and rookie Bob Masters frame, singled to left. Rookie! Groza. ‘8 14° 5 Jorgensenc B 4 5 was touched for three runs on|Catcher Leveille hit safely topics ® 3 § LSm~ STs two hits during the next three right center. Right Fielder Bob Beard.x 7°10 0 5 5 ‘stanzas. ir {Kellogg sacrificed and. Third “*'hers 4 1 {goers IT Kalin Paces Hitters {Baseman Johnny McKeown was] Toh. 3351 Tou RRR

Frank Kalin, veteran outfielder, [Passed loading the basepaths.| Halftime score—Indianapolis 46, Bhepus te riod hiking with tv Cutan pry du © les, batting in a pair of runs.| . Be | ; Wa , Cook 3, Brannum 2, er 8 Don P Gutteridge the double play got McKeown out|Jysensen 3, Schoon, Morris 5, Sobek. Pai-

batted in- the winning run al-|at second but Peterson’s throw |, Officials—Jim Bieresdorfer and Joe Béra-

though the veteran second base-|to first was wide, letting in the

The errant toss let Whitey Platt,

man was safe on Short-stop Roy tying and winning runs. + | Peterson's wild throw to frst|Tribe Box Score . - . | jf l S way . I . v

ish the half on the long end of a|Seconds before Al Preece dropped seum ice was 8-1. The Caps have topping Columbus and Indianap- North Carolina State starters and|7:58.9 in the ‘two-mile relay.

in Bradley's last point. There the advantage of winding up the olis teams here tonight. two CCNY starters on the bench. Injuries Hurt Spartans. ~*~ Then; they-came- roaring back] Were then only four seconds to series at home: They Teturn to Titiisis in the 17 weight cla

; co» s # 5 - . Rl} for the third quarter to mark up| Play. Indianapolis Tuesday and play will compete at Detroit Apr. 14 But City had the stuff it took over Johnsons individual tri. n ians ' IP 0 S 28 points while the Olympians, Another capacity crowd of the Reds on Thursday night and gpnq4 15 against winners from Ken-/to win this game. That stuff was umphs, had more than its share . ’ I [were getting 19. When the third|10.700 saw the surprising final Sunday night if necessary. tucky, Ohio and Michigan Boys drive—pure, unstinting drive un- Of ‘disappointments. Injuries stanza ended, Sheboygan led, 68[night of the westerns. Earlier! “Providence was pulliog for the cups. : .

; to 65. To Snap Losi ng Strea In the first minute of the sec-|like Baylor played haphazardly in Reds finished second in the East

ond half, with both teams run-{the opening. game last nignt,'and the Flyers third in the West,

s because of five personal fouls. | Michigan State, although elated

Brigham Young University, which Flyers to take the Caps. Since the ting new American indoor records in both the distance medley relay

{in the university division and the

Indianapolis winners from the Ranzino Hits 16 Lauter and English Avenue Boys'| North Carolina state fought

i man | . (NBA PLAYOFFS) | Coach Heller is undecided on bination, turned his ankle warm

es Hindi iis 91; Sh 1 De : i Tone a ot itvindd mInDol | opener here. One possible candi-| WATERBURY, Conn. Mar. 25 hat period, and, ‘although he

date for spectator duty is Max (UP) — Middleweight - contender plopped in 18 of them, they rice forced to drop out in a race

Clty College of New Fork 78. North Car« SRY. - Sri - - JAoBIght over—Jimmy Taylor of saw until then but City found a | 5 Olina State 73 (NCAA Eastern final'. | Sure starters for the Caps are New York in the feature bout be- way ‘to bottle up little Sammy Bradley 68 3 ! torn | : ; ) final). Bavior 86, (NCAA Wesiern Goalie Terry Sawchuk; the first fore a crowd of 1600 at Mara's | Denver Chexralets 38 ooiewart Chevrolets jine of center Don Morrison, and Arena.

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{badly going-over the last hurdle d ~ and barely crawled on the ground “ontinued P 30, Col. 3) to touch off the next man. Michis {Cen oe ag -— |gan State lost 86 much time that {it was hopelessly . outdistanced and honors in the. event even

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Home run-—Johnson.

AT ST. PETERSBURG. FLA E A) 000 2 i ogovin, ‘White ahd Ginsberg: Shea, Hood and Berberet. Winning pitcher, Shea, | Losing pitcher, Rogovin.

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Plumbo: Candinl, ¥. Oswal Winni Borowy. Losing pitcher, Britti Young. >

ng nitcher, n. Home run,

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The Braves were trailing the, 100: He must guard against a let- and Rod Morrison on the wings. [the NCAA playoffs. the comparatively slow time of -

der the greatest of pressure. wrecked the Spartan hopes of sete .

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J 1 1 team. ‘Sizzling Sammy Ranzino : els SYestern Division _- {who-will-not-dress—for-the-series Steve Belloise Wins scored -all-bf state's points during L"8 uP Prior fo the mace: aug with :

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tying and winning runs. ABR H 0 A EK At Greenshoro loumeli¥ SEPT PAIN BE her ? The Tribe outhit the Vols, 8 to4, | ¥: 3 } 3 : # verman, Swift and Minor; Brissie, and had to bunch five of those 1 : | y 7 : ay Erissie. Losibe. piicher. Silvermen. ners hits in the final two innings. | 3 5 | GREENSBORO, N. C., Mar. 25 d ; AT TAMPA, FLA Righthander . Joe Baker, a = (UP)—8lamming Sammy Snead NY... 010 201 010— $i 3 rookie up from Portsmouth, hand- 3 $ |of Greenbrier, W. Va., pulled away Staley. Deal, and Garantie RIG: “Wehe suited the Redskins he first Sve Ham from the Seid st the paliway inting biicher. Wechsier. Losing pickets innings dishing out only two hits «2. 8.8 mark of the $10,000 greater Staley. Home runs, Musial, LAtwhiler. to First Baseman Al Grunwald 2 0 0 1 2 OiGreensboro Open golf tournament { AT ORLANDO. FLA. and Lawler. The Vol hurler gave Totals ..... a 30 3 4° 16 1today by adding a par 70 to his | Washineton (At 31 390 oom—10.13 1 way, 1 ayotnes Plgninanded, INDIaNAtuLis a o a ghot first-round 66. for a 36-hole whe get sterson and Batts. White: rookie, n Foulk who wen e ; : . J 3 " h Z - rest of the distance and was cred- Mekeows. 5 mod 9 J as. ent ends tomorrow! Dermott.” Home runs, Combe, Rebinsons ited with the loss, Nashville's Gutteria e 2b i with 36 holes. « ar, cr - ng third in six exhibition contests, = |graron 11 Dutch Harrison of St. Andrews, PhilgdeiTs PRADENTOWN. FLA. ; The tribe scored a single run|Xalin, 8 1 2 4|NL, who started the day in eighth Boston (RK) = pencil, 1 ox 1 a 1 in the sixth after two outs. Lloyd | Masters, » 3 iplace, shot a flawless 66 to pull spuhn. Wee: ‘Antonelli, and Vihar in: Gearhart and Grunwald were sfeimack, » 0 {into ‘second spot behind Snead ning plicher, Spaehn. "Losing ony pasted and Kalin Jaced a sharp fisjseat. sf ? \with- a total of 139, still three 7 ton Bhciine oH a 12 TIES ee Cr a § jj froeimns Graal A> EE 451 8 3 art. ? ; ih or ) : ~ Gutteridge Doubled : —" " Ha 1 aT Cards 5 Birdies Se ME Band ae aetling Or a, er — The Vols hopped on Masters, Ry runing Jun scored | Yesterday the old Arkansas Dublel. Lositiz bitcher--Beninn: oma Tul who won 10 and lost 7 for Albany tt sin, for Weveant 1a Bin" "Traveller fired a cold 73. His play AT SAN. FRANCIICD. CAL. + last season, with“ three-run rally re by innings: lover the 6720 - yard Sedgefield (Bittspursn Ns "302 G00 000—'§ 1 1 in the seventh. ‘Masters walked | BeSTANArorss'™:". 300 380 3%= I/Country Club today was the best Sen Francisco (PCL. 033 130 0ax—_ 9 ¢ § Johnny Radulovich and Peterson; Rar chatted in Kalin 2, Babcock, Bo- of the second round. i ough. Turner; Lien. Shaainon. and IOrIdes Daapir chase hits clioes, Harrison carded five birdies : wf : 7 “tate “on/and one bogie with pars the h. Nashyil .[of the way to edge [n on Snead. | The third place spét was held \ down by steady Chandler ; Va. and J

Palmer of Badin, N. C.. both at ~~ John He ig of “Notre Dame. §

CUT Phas bear eng n,n Salt holographer domes Gehrdes of Penn State won the 60-yard low hurdles

laced second: to Michigan's . 2 ape event in the Purdue Relays last night. ¥

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