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nnig’s Succonor Says Team Had Better| Turn Over New Leaf ‘I'm Not Going to Put Up With Any Nonsense,’ States Man Who Comes Well Equipped for Job By JOHN GAUDIOSI, United Press Sports Writer

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 19 — James J. Dykes, the ° Philadelphia Athletics’ new manager, had the customary

cigar in his mouth today and unusual blood in" his eye. | “If any of our players read this today,” he barked!

The 54-year-old Dykes, successor to the 87-year-old: Connie Mack, was "talking about his Athletics players

- pennant race.

of his teammates ribbin . ferred to him as “Chester. i | who had finished a woebegone| While still managing the White, last in the 1950 American League SOX, Dykes became ill and was {forced to enter a hospital. When “They had better make up/De came out he had strict orders

their minds to turn over a new from his doctor.

leaf,” he added,

relighting his

cigar, “because I'm not going to

put up with any nonsense.” Plenty Tough

Dykes—the man who fanned a

deep burning flame when he once accused Joe McCarthy of being a| mere “pushbutton manager”-—can| be and has been plenty tough on!

occasion. But generally, baseball's “little round man” is known up and down the loop as plain jovial

Jim. The portly, Dykes, who considers naked without a cigar, well-equipped mended for his new ‘job. -

wise-cracking

himself start back comes

and well-recom-|years

| “My doctor said T absolutely!

10 Lead Caps

"Face. Cincy Tonight In Home Opener

i By BILL EGGERT

The Indianapolis Caps, who

{can not smoke more than two have had. the riot act read to cigars a day,” Jimmy used to ex- them after dropping their first

(plain. {tem to fool him.

in 1918.

and 10,000

Jimmy played third base for the later. Philadelphia A's for 15 years and then stuck it out for nine more

campaigns with the

managing that club. Immensely Popular

Through most of that 24-year) playing career, Dykes remained] He was born Dec. 22, 1862. It 1990-51 in the lineup, come fractures, nose was the week after Lee beat Toward Burnside at the Battle of Freder-

bleeds or bone bruises.

Chicago , White Sox, playing even while

There were times during the {past season when the A’s looked {incapable of even beating a rug. {Dykes feels he can chan that ~ although he predic lovernight miracles. It was Mack who gave him his team Now the {dauntless Dykes is ready to re-! {sume for the same old man 32 experiences

Connie Mack’s

Career Highlights

—Highlights in Connie Mack's

career:

the end of his career, however, he icksburg—in the Civil War. saw service in only a few games na and when a reporter mentioned) Mack became manager of the will form the starting line toPhiladelphia Athletics in 1901, the night. First defense call will go “That's the way it is! Here I year the American League was/to Rags Raglan and Ben Woit. go and build a fine playing record) for myself and then when I take]

that fact to him, he snapped:

ties in my face.”

formed. At the time, New York| Giants’ Manager John McGrawegrith the things a little easy, some fiend in| laughed off the A’s as “the white human form has to throw statis- elephants.” He said it was a job {for Mack which wouldn't

Immensely popular in Philadel- long. phia, Dykes built a reputation for|

being one of the most vehemen and vociferous bench "jockeys the game of baseball has eve

tolerated. A non-stop talker

than average golfer and a wonderful family man, Dykes has a

habit of putting his whole heart.

into everything he undertakes.

Promises No Miracles Maybe he

third baseman who ever burried a throw across the dia-| mond, but he certainly rated high among the hardest working inHe played. so many,

fielders.

wasn't the —

He began playing at Meriden, ! » Conn., in 1884 as a catcher, went Hershey nioved into the Eastern r to the majors at Washington (in| Division's first place with an 8 to 4 |the old National League) In 1886 verdict over Springfield, the In-

_land to Pittsburgh in 1891. His dians’ first loss. In other game e : 3 better a 3 8 Buffalo came from behind fn the/shoot for their seventh straight

lifetime batting is .251.

{It won five world championships.

‘The last time the A's played in! {the World Series was 1931.

last!

“But I figured out a sys-/two road games, open the Colise-

Morrison The End barshly, “let them know now that the honeymoon is == Rod Morrison | e n

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um hockey season tonight against!

{ “I smoke only two a day like the undefeated Cincinnati Mohe said, but I really get up a fire hawks: |

{ “Those two losses may be the)

right thing to show the boys they

will have to dig,” Player-Coach'

{Ott Heller said today as he and

ge allithe squad rested for the 8:30 conts NO test.

I think you'll see a different now,” Heller added.

| Criticisms were handed out freely by Detroit General-Man-{ager Jack Adams and Heller in {Detroit Monday after Indianapolis {had bowed to St. Louis, 4 to 1, land Buffalo, 8 to 3. x Leading Scorers

{ Rod Morrison, 25-year-old right. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 19 (UP) |wing who is beginning his fourth

campaign with Indianapolis, has {been elected team captain for the season succeeding his |brother, Don, who now plays for {the Chicago Blackhawks. | Rod, along with Left {Doug McKay and Center McNab,

Cincinnati will come to town ; league’s two leading {scorers, Jackie Gordon and Fern Perreault. Gordon has 11 points iand Perreault nine {hawks first five games, .

'second period to rout Providence, Win, while the Scarletd seek their)mond, As a manager, his teams won 4 to- 2, while Cleveland posted a Sixth victory. ne American League pennants.!3 to 1 victory over St. Louis.

Held Open I'orum

| The Caps completed their final over The Mack teams finished sec- workout last night before 2000 Brazil last week.

ond eight times, third four [fans in the Coliseum. Heller di}

| times, fourth four times, fifth [rected the squad through two 10-

grounders off his chest that many

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Connie Mack (right), Grand Old Man of Baseball, chats with Jimmy Dykes, his successor as manager of the Philadelphia Athletics. The venerable Mr. Mack directed the team for an even half-century.

Intersectional Games Top | Week's High School Football

In ‘ast night's league action, football menu, though several important conference tussles share the spotlight.

. » Teams in North Section of State Cpe . . . : | Listed in UP ‘Big 10’ Lineup By KURT FREUDENTHAL, United Press Sports Writer : Intersectional games highlight this week’s Indiana high school

Tops in the won-lost column will be tomorrow's “friendship’

game between New Castle of the North Central Conference and West

lalso have a non-loop date with Crawfordsville,

7 th unbeaten and untied. New Castle's Trojans will ~ g,jLatayeite, Bo ) {University of Southern California! Olymps are easing.up against the

Tech |football player, may have joined Ripple. [the Armed Services, his brother lindicated today.

and Indianapolis against city rival Broad 3 ‘Big Ten’ Teams | Meanwhile, Mishawaka, i 30 12 winrer |queror of South Bend Riley's ndiana leader pagtern NIHSC defending) champs, strengthened its hold on! Other non-conference headlin-i first place in ‘the United Press!

Lafayete Jeff's NCC leaders|

Western

ers inciude Gary Emerson, tops in (“Big Ten" honor roll. The Ma-

the roons take on a good Elkhart

seventh five times and last 17 [familiarizing fans with offensive Northern Conference, at Evans- club tomorrow in one of the betplays, off-side infractions and ville Memorial; Evansville Reitz ter conference games.

times. He says

the four greatest penalties. teams in his more than 60 years)”

of baseball were the Yankees of game schedule again this week-

Indianapolis resumes its 70-

Babe Ruth's era, the Baltimore end with a home-and-home series

LAFAYETTE, Oct. John Kerestes,

Orioles when John McGraw man- burgh; aged them in 1893-94, the Chicago|gonaar atone © Cubs of 1906-10 and his own Ath-

letics of 1910-15. His club won goloff is expected to attend to-

{four pennants in five years.

f Kerestes May Be Out i For lowa Game

(UP)— Purdue's plunging fullback and co-captain, may l! be benched when the Boilermakers open their Big 10 season SatE urday against Iowa at Iowa City Kerestes, tied for team scoring § honors and second in individual ground ' gaining, last night rein-

‘at unbeaten but once-tied Ham-|

Lafayette, third last week,

On the Ice

laying here

Sunday night. ! League President Maurice Ponight's game and present the Cal|der Cup trophy, hlematic of

{Indianapolis’ post-season playoff ichampionship last season in eight |straight games. Meanwhile, 500 free tickets for tonight have been given to 28th Division soldiers at Camp Atterbury, according to Cap General Manager Dick Miller,

OSU Heads for Gophers

COLUMBUS, 0, Oct. 19 (UP) |~—The Ohio State football squad

jured an ankle he hurt before the planned to entrain for MinneapTexas game and was excused olis after a brief workout this aft-

from contact drills

yesterday. ernoon.

They wil unlimber in‘

Coach Stu Holcomb said Keres- Northrop Memorial Stadium totes would be a doubtful starter morrow before challerging the

against the Hawkeyes.

|Gophers Saturday.

Cincinnati at INDIANAPOLIS, 8:30; Buf- 1+ New Castle (6-0). : falo ¢ Haveti . Ft. Wayne Central Catholic! NATIONAL LEAGUE (6-0) { Chicago Y I i he 99 9. G y Em rson (4-1) hic « i , rary erso . Detroit via ye 8 : Montreal. 10 2 3. s 5/10. Hammond Tech (4-1). onis } 1 3.3 3 3 Well-regarded: South Bend Cen-| Boston 831 2 5 tral, Muncie Central, Gazy Roose-|

moved up a notch in the honor

|Riley, East Chicago Washington

AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE land Hammond. |

wo AxmnGs. | The perfect record group was Ww L T pts G og down to nine. There were the five Cincinnati ........ 3 0 2 8 21 unbeaten and untied teams in the I 1 313 a a “Big Ten,” plus ‘Hartford City Plissbarhn ~8 2 1 1 % West Lafayette, Noblesville and | Eastern Division North Vernon. The “Big Ten": Cdl w L T pts g og 1. Mishawaka (won 6 lost 0). Buffalo 3 1 0 6 2 15 2. Lafayette (5-0). ghringfieid +32 1 1 3% 1B 11 3 South Bend Riley (5:1). New Haven 0.3 0 0 9 20 4 Fast Chicago Washington RESULTS LAST NIGHT (4-0).

Buffalo 4. Providence 2 Hershey 8. Springfield 4. Cleveland 3. St. Louis 1

TONIGHT'S GAMES

. Hammond (4-0-1). . East Chicago Roosevelt (4-1).

Waa

1 RESULTS LAST NIGHT

velt, Evansville Central, Ham-| Te EB ed) mond Noll, Indianapolis Tech,|

: TONIGHT'S GAMES Hartford City, West Lafayette! ay York at Montreal, Detroit at Chi- ‘¥arsaw, North Vernon. |

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9 Men Miss Butler Drill

Pem Cornelius | Among Injured | Tony Hinkle has reason to There's an injuries and errors Butler football

eclipse of shadowing his Bulldogs. Yesterday Tony tried to take

{care of the errors. He posted a

five-page list of mistakes made in the Ball State game on the bulletin board. While the team was tackling this suonject and, incidentally, brushing up on other tackling, Tony was looking at vacant spaces vsually cccupied by nine of his men. Key Personnel The nine absent from yesterday's practice represented some key personnel. Pem Cornelius, regular fullback, had a sore knee; Mike Livorsi, def2nsive left half, was nursing a cold. Sophomore Ronnie King, a double-duty man, was ill. A severe cold promised to keep Wayne Walls, reserve back, out of Saturday’s Bowl tilt with the Redskins from Oxford, O. Injured ribs kept Left Half John Manka down to limited activity. But Harland Sturgeon will be back at left half Saturday. Sturgeon’s fractured cheek bone is healed. A weak knee kept End Jchn

always hope.

Missing USC Gridder

. May Have ‘Joined Up’ |

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 19 (UP) Nick O'Brovac, 20, missing

O’'Brovac, benched for the rest

€ON-| ¢ the season after his knee was passes from the bleachers.

injured in the game against Iowa, has been missing since Sunday. He was thought to have gone Phoenix, Ariz, in search of iwork after withdrawing from USC this semester, but friends there said he failed to arrive. Toledo's Eddie Mayo

roll, followed by South Bend To Join Red Sox

BOSTON, Oct. 19 (UP)—Manager Eddie Mayo of the Toledo Mud Hens in the American Association will join the Boston Red

Sox next season as a coach, it’

was announced today.

The Red Sox said Boston Man-

ager Steve O'Neill informed them from his Cleveland home that he wanted Mayo to fill the coaching vacancy left when he was promoted to succeed .oe McCarthy who retired in the muddle of the

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i Olymps’ Exhibitions Show Squad Must Drill

65-54 Loss to Lakers May Bring.

Crackdown From Team Management By FRANK ANDERSON Travel isn’t always broadening. For proof we offer the exhibition game win record of the Indi anapolis Olympians. Their one victory in five starts is about as slim as one cares to get in roundball. Of course fractions are popular in the mathematical set. not in bread-and-butter big-time basketball, Nevertheless, Olymps continue to spend but fractional amounts of their varied kan's 255 pounds of bucket bom talents on a basketball floor. bastics. Kimbrough and Barker And all the while Player-Coach don’t like it. They intend to Cliff Barker and General Man- crack down. The boys have a day ager J. R. (Babe) Kimbrough are Off between clinics with North doing their work in mathematics, (Carolina State College in Dixie too. Things like subtracting the tonight and Saturday. It will be wheat-from the chaff. a day off, all right — off their backsides and on the practice court.

But the

They're Fractured

It's only a short alphabet letter hop from fraction to fracture, a thing the Minneapolis Lakers did to the Olymps again last night. Like the radio detective stories say: Only the names of places ito 16 points. It was no fault of are changed; the facts are the plex Groza who garnered 19 same. The place in this case was points to outscore Mikan by one. Rochester, Minn. The facts are Paul Walther, Wah-Wah Jones the same revealed in an earlier and Bob Lavoy helped out. Walchapter Tuesday in Hibbing, ther and Jones each got seven, Minn. Only punishment -for the Lavoy 10. Minneapolis had Vern crime was lighter. Mikkelsen with 11 and Tony JaLast night's sentence was 65-54. ros with seven backing up Mikan. The Olymps in losing by 11 The team flew back to Indianpoints in Rochester, as opposed apolis last night for a night's rest

’ displayed little at home. They were scheduled to $0. 27¢ th “Hibing. Uisplay take off again at 11 a. m. today

Trailed by 16 Last night after a two-point lead on No. 1 basket the Olymps fell off to various deficits of one

Schuesler, the team's leading of the fury that was theirs last 0 1 pass catcher, away from drill. year. They held their own in tor or Tit. Sund Ate at Likewise End Virgil Landry who the last quarter, hardly the place : 5 Moline, a. unday afternoon joined Guard Bob (bad ankle) to hold it. They got only 10 of Fo crack at Tri-Cities, then {Gollner-and Bob (sore arm) Kuy- 21 at the free throw line while the . : kendall, Lakers were dunking 15 of 20. oF auers Bucket Brigade will Tony's still hoping. Coaches The locals fired 39 times -or 2 Pe carrying more water to the

field goals as George Mikan & well from now. on.

- o a Olympians (54) + Lakers (6%) Co. flipped 25 of 66. Zo bh ts th of Pokus ix ft pf Figures Don't Lie Holland £0 9° 1 Beach. { 303 Like a stylish stout in a Bikini Jones ] i § Mikkeizen f-¢ b S 3 bathing suit, figures can't lie. The wathere 3 1 3 nos 1% ] 11 truth, girdling figures, is that the Lavoro 4 2 3 Mikan.c 144 Allen 2 1 0 1 O'8hea.r 02 0 toughest team in the NBA, Two "©/'™% 0 0 | Bebrons 8 0 1 veterans couldn't spot the basket | Button.g 100 with a searchlight and spend their Doll.g 00 0 time on the floor looking for Totals 22 10 20! Totals 35 18 17

Two rookies have stage fright. The : Free throws missed—McMullen 3 ’ P S58 and. razovich, . Groza, team's spark, Ralph Beard, missed gig, Masguich. gone Cram. Lat ‘the two games in Minnesota Officials—-Jim Pappas and Wendell Mewhile he house-hunted. Bruce Hale ¥ibbe

Halftime score-—Minneavolis 33. INDIAN U8 24

Hol oy 3,

n is ill in St. Vincent's Hospital. - . That means eight of 14 play- Additional Sports On Pages 34, 35

ers were carrying the load. The

|load is’ just too heavy under Mi- : TONIGHT—8:30 P.M.

HOCKEY

INDIANAPOLIS CAPS vs. CINCINNATI MOHAWKS

1950 season.

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