Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 March 1950 — Page 30
¢ . ke By JIM HEYROCK By JIMMIE ANGELOPOLOUS -
It's significant that one of Indianapolis’ most prolific broken-field high school scatbacks in the last decade is going to Butler this fall, = | : The swivel-hipped scooter is Broad Ripple’s Bill Jessee.
The kinky-haired Rocket halfback made his final decision Friday after strongly considering Michigan State and other
universities, including Geor- = gia Tech, last year and this. ike”. Butler: Sould “was more
: La.» Jessee "hopes to savort "ANOTHER schoolboy name under ‘Pop’ Hedden's guidancel,, Madison last year might
this fall as a freshman. And he... farther up the Ohio River, could likely be working hand-in-ip.ye ga) }
gl ith a guy whose shoes he Its Des Monroe, the ove: with a gu chap who scraped everything off| ——eotid-have-come-close-to-filing-ivyr ” To For Tor - their best high school playingispas p days. That gent is “Babe” Diman-i" manos says he's considering 2nd minor leaguer. cheff. The Babe, who didn’t playicincinnati and the University of : ball at Washington until his yiami this fall, If he goes, he'll|BTAYIng at the temples:
junior year because of lack of probably be back on the Bulldog Watched amateur baseball in
| Indians’ ball yard,
gold has |thusiasm has increased.
__ being given top priority to join! Tony Hinkle's football staff this. year, ;
pe Af : DOWN AT Madison, they're
ison’s “Sixth-Man All-State” he was loaded with ideas. ing his ball-bearing hips for Mad | Butler, waione of the city’s finest Performer. Lorenz, who Bawks fancy Dans on the prep gridirons With the best of the youngs a 10 vears ago, once - scored 20 points this pas
- | The Butler Board of Control's "Coron: . “business
{ . ” final decision on another addition]. THEY SAY Spence Schraitter
to the Bulldog staff will be pend- leans toward Yale, but word has units solidly behind baseball. ing for several days.
Lines Up Support One idea is uppermost In
organizations,
said yesterday that
of Coach Hinkle," ege. xa a "Since Mr. Hinkle will have to, gOUTHPORT'S BILL NOR- 2N2polis as much as possible. work with his assistants, the de- woop, who used to flip from the Sigafoos, who lives at 4929
cision should depend largely on right side for Coach Ray Linson's him,” he added. Dr.
several applications have considered and that he talked ta jase A league now.
nkle about them yester- pe was with Pawtucket last/!® set with 12 teams.
New York, RL Dr. Ross added that ‘Hinkle he left Southport and he's had!” has not forwarded any recommen- wnat 1ooks like the most desirable
dations as yet, : {type of arrangements for a baseGetting back ‘to Jessee, the ball prospect who'd like to elab- CCNY D Ripple back apparently has re- orate on his ABC's. p pg S > cuperated handsomely from al Norwood goes to Purdue during knee injury that sidelined him the fall semester then plays base- ; three-fourths of the past season. hall the rest of the time. He has Wolfpack 18-13 His dad, Bill Sr. Billy's most ar- finished his third semester, ma- y dent suporter, says it should be Joring in chemical engineering.
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the old College Inn team a few Morgan are building the Card Loses
plus pound lineman who made and “American” Leagues. most of the all-state selections are all underclassmen, last fall. He's a Muncie Central west of Southport's Stadium, i . » . ” »
They art to play in the game,
|Ranzino some support.
{substitute. Bob Cook heaved in
ito 75-73,
score, Layne Hits Free Throw
Bubas, {ankle
playing with a because of a
jand then Ed Warner
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teams were taut
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a |CCNY TTT BI Jessee
bench,
——— next with 21, Few Kicks About [Minnesota Sweeps age ciais . | GAINESVILLE, Fla, Mar, 25 The Indiana High School Ath- (UP) Minnesota's* Golden Goph- pare. letic Association disclosed today T° Made a clean sweep of the ip, 5 there were fewer complaints about Seyenth Annual Florida. Relays ny officiating in this year's state| Y basketball tourney: than-ever bev away with: sight Svante Ena" : —fore— fori marked up-four-new records; but 30!ation- game. “We've received less than 20 'N® DIE surprise of the day came CONY (1%)
me: lead. .
NC State 3)
. Ix 1% pf from the Univérsity of North! pambrot.t sh Ranaino,t 3 . letters since the tourney began,” Carolina. Warner 8 °% J Dieker.t 113 \ : oman.e - sald THSAA .Commissioner L. V. ZLanky Bob Kirk of North Caro. Gaiters 0 0 1 Horvath,e 48 ~Phillips. “I think the tourney/lina smashed his own javelin rec-| adel 33 Daas 31 was run off as successful or more ord set here last year with a Laynes 3 4 3 Cartierg 4.3 #0 than in previous years.” > (thtow of 200 feet. six % inches, Maser: 3 0 oTernt, 313 Phillips * said final statistics His previous mark was’ 100 feet
will show that attendance at this/eight 3% inches. Totaiy =~ N18 4 TYotah over last year, mostly because of/the -Kearney-Rayburn Memorial ; Fis throws mised ~Dambrat J Hon the new 7200-seat Kokomo field-|trophy for the most outstanding Copan 3. Mager. Bicker ¢ Roman, ‘Had Bote Inagurated last fall, |athlete, The trophy is a memorial| —————————— t year, 1,269,318 fans saw|to two captains of the 1940 Flor- : 2 the tourney and receipts were ida track team who were killed in Retains Skating Title $667,608, he said. : |action during World War II. |
. Times’ All-Fieldhouse Five
Here's The Times’ All-Fieldhouse Five. It's composed . of boys who looked like the best all-round prep performers in the ‘state tournament at the Butler Fieldhouse this year, The selections were- made chiefly on their individual capa- = bilities, their relative team value and the merit of their play during the four weeks of the state tournament staged only in the Butler Fieldhouse, ; : Team success In the state tourney progress was important but failure of sectional and regional teams to advance farther did not necessarily minimize chances for selection of outstanding team members. y - Due consideration was also Butler floor this winter.—J, A. FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM Name School : * Name School ' Gene Wilson, Anderson.....ess Foesvss.. Irwin Bunton -Madison! Dartmouth ~ Colle - Pat Klein, Marion. ............. F..iv0.Bob Clayton, New Albany] Spence Schnaitter, Madison..».. C.ssavv.. Ray Stewart, Speedway
; Blind, Lafayette......:. G,veues0 Ed’ Cheatham, Madison Hustek 1 a Madison... so0asss GienennresieiniJos Sexson, Tech ae seated
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senior ladies title before spectators.
Leads Dartmouth
given others who graced the
Sigafoos to Build Up = Coach
New TABA Chief - Returns to Sport
Frank Sigafoos is a baseball man again. But this sea- & son will be a little. different ithan the years his stocky legs covered the area around second base at the Indianapolis
This time, he has no contract and no salary. But although the disappeared, the en-
The new president of the Indianapolis Amateur Baseball Association has a bundle of plans : “the amateur: ecord-breaking 36-point ex-'°f the sport that he loved and |plosion in last hn 30 homnt ox lived for 13 years as a major
Bigafoos, now 48 years old, is
size, is one of the fair-haired boys fioor—battling the Bulldogs. {dianapolis since “he quit active {participation In the game in 1933, : And when he took over leader. {talking a lot about their comingiship of the amateur association Babe, who won his All-Ameri- Deeé Monroe. He's Maurice Lorenz, this year, after it had been succan spurs at-Purdue after flash- the brilliant sophomore who wasicessfully guided by Virgil Perkins,
his —— : mind. He is going to strive to get 95a a u civic &&
oups and other Indianapolis
lit otherwise. He may remain in He also wants to include the year will embrace Dr. M. O. Ross, Butler's prexy, the state. 80 might Ted Server younger. hoys in organized ama- than ever before. any new this corner's best “little man" in teur baseball in an effort to com-|
gridiron additions will rest “very Indiana this year, Ted might lean bat juvenile delinquency. 8igafoos as his home in 1938 when he re-|1920 was sold to the White Sox. largely on the recommendations joward a “smaller” Indiana col-|is eager not only to promote base- tired from professional baseball.|
Capital with his wife and 9-year-|
Ross said] "is doing all °}d son, has been busy doing early in 1025 when the Philadelphia! after he retired from baseball. Ha) Calva Jour years 280, 48 4 vi ng the Organizational work for the com- Athletics (right. I {Ing season. The Municipal league semi-pro ball with a team
Co Openings Nazarath, Pa., a short distance thinks he can do his bit through day morning before Hink left for sommér tn Class B ball. The Bos- still exist in the Manufacturer's! from his . home of Easton, Pa./amateur baseball.
ton Braves farmed him out after) eau, the City League and Big. He stayed three seasons with paid for his job as IABA presi-
He hopes the association this! was moved ta Portland in the Pa-' benefit through Frank's efforts.
x RT aC SOA 3 RR or Tf SE I oe A TT Sa A Ty TN DN GE eg EAT ES TN Bill Sr. used to play ball with, COACH LINSON and Jack, INOFIh Carolina State
NCAA Playoff {Tames Brodie in 30.6 seconds. -
13 : {| But 102 officials ears ago. | baseball fortunes from the cradle Merkel Upset. {four apd Jack Weik, Iowa, tied for a y 82 oy lup: Two-hundred youngsters re-. (Continued From Page 29) | The individual paat. a were] “CotiEce ot TANCE MEDLEY RELAY against a Jusnp-hai} BIEF Success YOU MIGHT also look for an- ported for intramural baseball ung with Big Ed Roman hitting Marked by a number of suprises. Merrill Skinner, James Diller. Fag Rela completion of o £if MOVE other new name at Butler. He's last week, divided into eight trom the sides, the Beavers moved Russ Merkel, who lost his first iS%':, Bradiey, ' second; Boing ieen: 24 others fav .
Ocey Montaigne, a tough, 200-/teams in each of the “National” ahead by 60-54 with 10 minutes collegiate race of the season when
Playing! North Carolina State kept driv- -he low hurdles, again was hum- || ing, however, and began giving bled in the high hurdle final, YA, M State Which went to James Gehrdes, of! jcrawled to within two points of Penn State, the LC. 4 A champi|CCNY with 20 seconds to go when On, With a convincing smooth per-'
8 i3 I J : | 4 el third; Bradley, fourth; Miami. fifth. Time t.week, had not indicated what {layup to narrow the City margin i8an State, central collegiate titl “once ONEMIE RELAY--Woii .bs Dex! 8. woull-b8 taken since’ over<|— After the goal, CCNY passed [the Big Ten king, third. the ball in, but Dick Dickey of | North Carolina State intercepted the host school, defeated Jack {the long pass and the crowd let {Heintzman, of Bradley, the de-| bY Wisconsin (Leroy. Collins, Melvin Gold-| up a deafening roar, For State fending champion, was now in a position to tle the Fritts, of Penn State, the I.C. 4 A | 3%
ri, (Of his career. [3 h Wale ) i . : But it was not in the cards. Vic | Ties in Pole Vault | oe “Tomes. } ichtean State Norbert a ers : taped | lows: Roy Grieve. Bradiey. Best time, | sprain, | PON Laz, of Illinois, who was 915 by Gehrdes. Penn State me, Bn [charged into Floyd Layne of City | &ble to clear only 13 feet, 4 inches, John Helwis, Notre D land the slim Negro made the free (I! the pole vault, was forced to! Wiliam |throw to stretch the lead to 76-73, [Share first place with Paul Wal- [rierion. Wheaton Best distance, 82-ft. drove | ter, of Miami, central collegiate > (through the rattled..State- forces Winner; James Miller, of Notre. state: “Garton-Ca 3 for a layup and the final count |Pa8me, and Bill Hilyard, of Bald- Indian: “Marcellus Boston. ows. * Best In the Speedway Christian Church ! me,
That thrilling end typifies the _ Charles Fonville, of Michigan, lander. entire game. It was not a well{Bi8 Ten champion and former site: Norbert ‘Badar. Mician "Horisal University basketball coach, was biayed game by any means. Both World record holder, handed John {nf Gries Fat mie 355% FSA principal speaker. and passed Helwig, of Notre Dame, his first me rm et] sloppily sometimes to the enemy, defeat of the season when he got! ¢
There was plenty of fouling, § too, and when the game was over| Carter sat. on. ad Nahe nivage the. two-mile relay title AD. Fraifback Donat d+ Fireptugr Fred-Wingert~Jim-DeMoss, Dick: +4and Roman and Al Roth on the . ejected for fouls. —TRanzino—was the game's high {point man with 24 and Roman:
In all the score changed hands. mile rela iri be ADRS. ADWARE tied 15 ~But tna elo City led all the way after *he! foursome 10-minute mark of - the second Merrill Skinner, James Diller; and son of an Irish policeman, Doody Roth's tap-in just before Paul Balog walked away with the uzzer gave CONY JR 38-37/distance medley event in the col-|
. Ohio State ripped through Holy SUMMARIES: | The Big Ten champions walked i : Pp figs C1088: easily: F2-1er-52; tn: thw oonn ENTE ERSIY.
ve we tf Michigan, 26 21 25 Notre Da , i Halftd ) 3 lina RC year's four-week grind increased! Kirk then walked away with sy M1 score—CCNY 38. North i” ober. Sar orve .
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WASHINGTON, Mar. 25 (UP)| SYARD DA {Yvonne Sherman, 19-year-old state, | figure skating queen, tonight re-| Garion (Smpde tained her national senior ladies; Time 06.3 championship with a dazzling free:
i kel, lo The New York ice ballerina, isan State. fourth; {who entered the free skating com-| #34 a (petition with a slim four point! Yee: {lead, outclassed her four oppon-| mouth, {ents in the five minute ballet-on-| 310. (New Pu {ice to win her second national; Nermal 5200 ya
~ HANOVER, N. H, Mar. 25 (UP)—Robert Hustek of Bridge-| {port, Conn, a.two-letter man at! ge, has been elected captain of the Big Green's! basketball team for next year.
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# 2, 3 Min. Rule
|A Lot Hinges | On Blackwell
When Hurler Has Bad Year Another Red Pilot Bites Dust
Hoosier Mentors } Vote 11 to 1 Against Its Retention By KURT FREUDENTHAL United Press Sports Writer Indiana coaches and officials overwhelmingly favor tossing overboard the controversial threeminute and two-minute rules gov‘lerning basketball, a survey disclosed today. The survey showed that Hoo-
F [to 1 against retention of the rule. ‘The survey was made by H, V. Porter, Chicago, secretary of the mittee, in co-operation with the Indiana High School Athletic As-! sociation. a | “Out of 123 questionnaires re-| turned by Indiana coaches and] other basketball officials, only 10 favored the rule,” said IHSAA| Commissioner L. V. Phillips.
Provisions of*® Rule
The rule provides that personal| § (fouls in the “restricted” time! § (zone draw one free throw if com- { | mitted on offense, two on defense. |
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[Also, the team against which the {infraction was committed takes| {the ball out of bounds, regardless|
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{whether the free toss was success-| a {ful or not. | Frank Sigafoos High schools go by the three-! more teams cific Coast League, After two minute rule, colleges by the two-| seasons on the coast he moved minute foul rule. Sigafoos adopted Indianapolis|to Detroit and in midseason of! pe rules are modified, altered, | nd “streamlined” practically]
He came to Indianapolis in every year. And when the Na-|
Dall but to aid and promote Indi- He is employed by the Citizens’ 1931 and spent four seasons here tional Basketball Rules Commit-|
{Gas & Coke Utility.
. [with the Indians, While playing tee meets in New York next week, | N.| Started In 1025 |
{here, Sigafoos knew Indianapolis it'll be greeted with howls that| He started his baseball career would be his permanent home will reverberate from one coast, {to the other, | He likes the city and is eager]
Some of the Hoosier coaches at/to do all he can for it. And he| led said they “may go along” |
{with modification of the foul rule {which becomes effective after the|
the A's as a shortstop and then/dent, but Indianapolis is bound to] SNtomatic time-out, Widespread Sentiment
Porter said questionnaires returned from other sections of the country indicated the sentiment against the rule was widespread. On the question of awarding two free throws after an “in-| third; tentional” foul, the vote in In-| dana was closer, To offtcials an g nd swering in the affirmative, against
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3 New Marks Established In Purdue Relays Classic
(Continued From Page 29) foursome 6 NOTBert Badar, Keith gi ea. oto Gundrum, Garion Campbell, and John Heints
6-ft. 3% In.; Jo tor : Pritts,
Truex); Illinois, second: Ind Purdue, t 2
came out!
i Soe Western i Most coaches were of the opinne Wisconsin, wil Mace ion their teams stood little chance Bovis roid Kopt. of winning, once behind in the {New Purdue ry RS final minutes of a game. By..he rr a a i py Michiehn Normal Natori Aa: Phillips ‘said the Federation's Purdue, Conimiites, meeting three days
|he was shut out of the finals in| De
a formance, Horace Smith, of Mich-! Jame odie
Iowa; second;
{ist, finished second, with Merkel, mS nee Peter Mottin Wacaeh Eilimen? | whelthing sentiment favored a I . | Monmouth, second; aldwin - Walla 2 n the high jump, Ed Jones oft gy, | rinnell, fourth: Bradley, ja i IVERSITY ONE-MILE RELAY-Won WOUId De one af the top issues,
in, and Victor, Ohio
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Tid Meyers, Dona Ge st champion, with a leap of 6 feet
en id hrmann): ‘ F State. second: Penn te. third: fj wo sncin 5 | jons Club Honors i { Titi 1 2 % i {4% Inches, one of the best hws SARS Mion “Kump ES ;
ue, fourth L - James { rdes. Penn, Sate: Horace Bmith and
Charles Fonville, Michigan, |
: Theo Black-! Wisconsin; Robert Darnum, nitnots; | George Vance was voted the Albright. Wisconsin: ' Leenard mqst improved player this year as
the Speedway’s three-time county
n. by Fonville R basketball champions were hon-
D DASH—Fred Johnson, Mich-: : Wilbert Lahcaster, Penn
lwin-W S 3 by Johnson ; win-Wallace. YARD LOW HURDLES—James Eng. last night.
Wisconsin: Horace Smith, Mich-| Branch MeCracken,
Indiana igan State; Pred. Jonnson, Mich
Nine sterling silver basketballs were awarded {to letter-winners and Coaches {Charles Nay and Clyde Sallee
Fireplug’ Doody [Gur Signed by Colts fit or hi ind were: Ray
BALTIMORE, Mar. 25 (UP)-. Stewart, Vance, Ronnie Bland,
{off a put of 53 feet, 115 inches on his last effort. Helwig was a close second with 52 feet, 74 inches. Michigan State managed to sal-
the “university division with a
Do: Boles, Duane Wiechers, Harold| dy, le : , {combination made up of Paul ody, leading groundgainer and
r s ; Kuykendall and Dave Wilson. hek. Dae Peppard, Don Makiet Fiate snd nies Sie Among] The SPATKPRIES Winters oF 21 ski and Jack Dianetti. College football tearm, has been of 25 games, compiled the best Michigan Normal, anchored by signed by the Baltimore Colts of record in the school's history. | iWardell Gilliam took the one-| pe National Football League, it Coach Nay's trophy is engraved
the college division | was-announced-today:
ce, While” Wheaton’s| a; i : y. three invitaof Stanley pou, A native of Chicago and She oh via roke aw o on County titles; two sectional bs Wi Nay RAID i on $33 crowns and two Midwest diadems. an average of 7.3 yards per try. Coach-Nay will give up his head The five-feet eight-inch, =180- “0aching job this year, MELE ound-hask vd-i5-touchdowns; r= ETT or Tae Davenport ba. schol otre Dame, second: indiana, third. Time/ Year, and in three seasons had an! van Low HURDLES Won by Freq | OVerall total yardage of 1822 in| Johnson, Michizan State, Norbert Badar,| 264 tries for an average of 6.7.
: I 8, | = | Penn State, third .'Mich:| Moon Mullins, former halfback Tyme 06.8. (Ties Amer. Star at Notre Dame and now can - Indoor and Purdue "Relay ecord | Dodd {held jointly by Jghnson; ‘Ditiard. Baidwin: coach at St. Ambrose, said Yi of Nailace and Ga®lon Campbell, "Michigan| ‘could have played with most of | Bil, 4 - SHOT PUT—Won by Charles Fonville, | the college teams in the country.” | ne nth, in: John Joys. | ———————————————— | . ft, « . Second; eo i kwenn:: Wisconsin. 40-11. 2's in.. third: i um. Tinos. wt ivie DePauw: Announces
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{ Beloit (Wally Pratt, Do acGregor, Bob | Baptiet! Carol Schumacher): Michigan Normal, second: utler. third; Miami | | fourth; Baldwin- fifth, ime {7:58.7. (New Relays r old wm
State Service
Times { GREENCASTLE, Mar. 25—An| Purd ecord: breaks eight-game football schedule for DASH Wor by Find TanSel): the DePauw Tigers” 1950 season Michigan State; Wilbert Pelaaster, fenn was announced here today by! Sidrecins™ Boston. fova fourth: R. R. Neal, athletic director. me "08S saa pa “| The schedule includes old foes| 1 o URDLES — Won by Wabash, Kalamazoo, Hanoy!
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01.8. Michigan Central and Indiana Ee inasl ona ne Vicon: State. Brett , Hugh Acton);
ra: Mich. The schedule is as follows:
eaton, third: | | Teh jas cords break: Sept. 80, Hanover (bere); oct.| of 3:38.35 set by Michigan 7, at Ball State; Oct. 14, at Ober-| VAULT — Paul Walter, Miami; lin; Oct. 21, Michigan Central Harry McKniens. hig bate, | (here); Oct. 28, Kalamazoo
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TAMPA, Fla, Mar. 25—The story in this camp is Ewell Blackwell, the 6-foot-6 right handed pitcher of the Cincinnati Reds who is variously known to an imaginative press box as High Pockets, Young Bones, Broom Handle, Skelton and Ichabod Crane's underfed brother. The idea is to suggest he's not exactly elephantine in structure. : is y ‘ ‘ a Stickwell gous 50 go the Cincinnati managers. He has been responsible for the brusque dismissal of the last two. Without design but not without distress, I'm sure. A good year by Blackwell means a good year at the gate and the economy of the Cincinnati situation is such that a manager's competence is seemingly measured by the activity of the turnstiles.
n = . ® " ” BLACKWELL has not hada good year since '4T when he was only mildly sensational, winning 22, fanning 193, of another no-hitter. He was something to see even if the batters couldn't.” He pitched ‘out of a grotesque tangle of arms and legs
{ and looked like.a Picasso impression of an octopus in labor.
a 8 4 i on. NEXT YEAR '48, he looked like something else. A flop. Won 7 while losing 9 and-before the season was ended Johnny Neun, the manager, was handed his hat, It would have made more sense if the front office had called in a doctor, Blackwell had lost his fast one and in due course a kidney was to follow. It had long been infected. That's what had happened to his pitching equipment. It took him some months to recover. : He wasn’t of much help to the club last year. Worked in only 77 innings and had a 5-5 record. Unfortunately for Bucky Walters,
| the new manager, the gate had even a worse record. Attendance
fell off 115,604 paid. Walters was handed his hat. There is this to be said for the Cincinnati front office: through "its portals
| pass the most courteous gents in baseball.
= = » ” » = This brings us to Luke Sewell, the new, new manger of the
Reds. Considering the background of the situation, you do not ask Mr. Sewell how the club looks, You ask him now Blackwell: looks. For if Mr. Sewell's scholarly dugout talents are to command respect, Blackwell niust become a reasonable facsimile of his '47 seif when he was not only one of the best pitchers in the game but one of the best. draws. :
» ” = ” o ~ COLLEGE BRED, a cosmopolite and not without humor, Mr. Sewell said: “It gives me comfort to. know there is at least one subject in this country that is creating more’ anxiety than the H-bomb, the cold war and the water shortage. In the space of a few. weeks I have become the world’s leading authority on Blacks= well. This, I hasten to add, is a distinction which has been forced upon me, Nobody talks to me about anything else and I do have three or four other players here in camp, “But to answer your question: Blackwell has taken on weight, seems to have regained his stamina, his pitching motion is une changed and I see no reason why he shouldn't work and win regularly for us.”
” » » » ” ” MR. SEWELL can’t have any illusions about the prospects of the club he has inherited. It finished seventh, 35 games back, last year. Even if Blackwell came back better than -ever, the Reds, without further help, would hardly qualify as a flag threat. Just for the record, the year Blackwell was so tremendous the Reds still finished in the second division, Still pitching may be
i -where-the-Reds-are best; They-—have “HOME Rood young ones
Herman Wehmeéier, righty, would be a stickout anywhere elisa, And Frank Smith (17-11), also a righty, looks as if he'll stick, “Well, just say he’s caught the manager's eye,” volunteered Mr. Sewell. “I remember you using the same line 25 years ago and how impressed I was with its vigor and eloquence.” Perhaps it should be noted that Mr. Sewell caught for Cleveland when I was a child reporter out there. .
” » ” » 5 ALL THE "Reds can hope for is moderate improvement, Experience should help the young staff which was the wildest in the league last year, issuing 640 walks and yielding a 4.23 earned run average. The Reds lost 25 games by one run. A manager, in retrospect, can always figure how he should have won this kind. Generally it's the need of one more hitter. Mr. Sewell believes he strengthened the Reds’ attack by the deal which brought Ron Northey from the Cardinals,
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