Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 December 1950 — Page 24

Rickey Forced Out, He Says

Sold Stock Because He Was In Debt—Sees Pirate Job Tough

By OSCAR FRALEY, United Press Sports Writer NEW YORK, Dee. 19 (UP)—A reluctant Branch Rickey dis-| closed today that he had been forced out as president and general | manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers and that his new post as head

of the Pittsburgh Pirates was “a job calculated for a younger man.” | “Selling my stock was compulsory,” Rickey told New York

baseball writers at a private farewell dinner. “Maybe that's a

careless remark. But I did it be- —— — cause 1 was in debt, severely in| “Now I'm confronted with us-

ht ing some of those players I sold,” a6n b lought| he said, “and I'll have to see how| as president and 800d they are. general thanager| The bushy-browed executive, of the Dodgers Who raised other eyebrows with

and didn’t it. “broke,” admitted that his Pitts-|

Rickey pur-puron job" wil be Stteutt,” portedly made $3 gh J a

million in Bia) “BROOKLYN HAS signed 151. eight ya players,” he said, almost grimly.! head of the Dod- iy’ 151s has signed over 100. gers. But when

{Chicago has signed from 120 to 125. Pittsburgh has 22."

his contract ex-| Rickey pired Oct. 28 and, despite the fact that he owned... foundation” he added, one-quarter of the stock, the Brooklyn combine made no offer to renew his contract. The only|

“but 1 want to die with my boots on. I wouldn't know how to learn to do nothing.

250,000. |so. " In direct opposition to Com-

missioner A. B. Chandler, on the

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“Pittsburgh must have a bet-|

i So I'm determined to|® _ alternative was for Rickey to se lind players, and I'm ready to in-|| his stock for an estimated $L-/crease my scouting forces to dol.

verge of being deposed primarily |! stockholders apparently were dis- because of his war pessimism, |’

satisfied with the way Rickey Rickey

was “milking” both ends. They reportedly were willing to renew his contract as president and general manager at a salary of $60,000 for one year if he would sell them his stock. But Rickey was making no compromises, So he sold his stoek for the highest price it would bring—and| moved on to Pittsburgh.

«Asked to elaborate on his rol

mark that he sought the Brooklyn job as president and general manager “and didn't get it,” the| bow-tie mahatma had but one reply: riod.” t he was willing to elaborate : his prospects at Pittsburgh, agd admitted that they were far from bright.

MM HAVE been quoted as say-|

that Pittsburgh finished in eighth Place last season on their ier he . grinned. “That's / 1"

Ig he was facetious about fact that while with Brooklyn he pulled some sharp deals against Pittsburgh.

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Bucket Brigade’ Hopes To Start New Home

Season Win

The Indianapolis Olympians tonight in Butler Fieldhouse,

and streak at nine straight last Friday night. Then the Lakers re-| peated the loss formula in Minneapolis. So that means the “Bucket Brigade” is sweating out two defeats in a row.

* Coach Jim Beers" Columbus Bulldogs {shown above) had the honor of breaking the 22.game School s state prep hardwood champions last week. The Bulldogs, who came from behind to win a

winning streak of Madison High

84 to 62 overtime thriller; are un. | York Saturday and then Tri-

defeated in seven games, one of 10 major unbeaten teams in the state. Included are (left to right): Coach Beers, Ronnie Pence, Don

Hearn, Maglie

NU's Best Hurlers Leads UP Cage Honor Role

Rest of Elite Group in High Schools Goes Through a Considerable Shaking Up

Spahn Biggest Winner With 21

“IT IS MY OPINION that a total war would last only 10; (days, ” he said. “If we win, we| {would be back to normal. If we| {lost, what would matter anyhow?| So I don’t see where total mobili-| zation would close the door.” f With that, the deacon stepped] down! «i

Second Baseman Kozar Signed by White Sox

Shee, Dec. 19 (UP)—The| Chicago White Sox announced today that Al Kozar, a second ibaseman obtained in a trade with Washington last May, has signed his 1951 contract, the 10th player on the roster to reach an agreement with the club. Others already signed were pitchers Luis Aloma, Bob Cain, {Ken Holcomb, Gus Keriazakos {and Hector Brown; infielders Nelson Fox, Bill Kerrene and Rocky Krsnich, and outfielder Ed- McGhee. Kozar was out on option fo Oakland last season while [Sranieh has been optioned to Seattle,

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Jim Hearn Sal Maglie NEW YORK, Dec. 19 (UP)—| Jim Hearn and Sal Maglie, two! major, factors in the New York! {Glants’ climb to third place last) season today were officially desig-| nated the National League's outstanding pitchers for 1950. | Hearn, a tall, drawling right-| hander acquired from the St.! Louis Cardinals on waivers last June, compiled the best earned run average in the circuit, 2.49, as he racked up 11 victories against four losses.

‘| second and third, + | skidded to fourth and fifth place.

the remark that he sold his| Burns, Alva Miller, Bob Sweeney, Bill Moose, John Ortleib, Dick Donnell, Ken Wilkerson, Ed Yeley, Hugh Newsom and Gary Reece. Brooklyn stock because he was| The Bulldogs entertain Heomingtons Panthers tonight.

Lafayette Jefferson Again Golden Gloves

By KURT FREUDENTHAL,

. For -the second straight week Lafayette Jefferson's -Brontos

| were perched atop the standings

fi Indiana high school basketball honor roll, but the rest of the elite 5 was shaken up considerably. Coach Marion Crawley’s Broncos won two crucial games last week. First they toppled Frankfort from the unbeaten ranks and |

then they won a rousing week-! | end battle at South Bend Central

| to assure themselves another top- |

ranking spot. But Madison's defending state champions and Marion, ranked respectively,

Both were upended in last week's hardwood games. { They were replaced by New Al{bany’s Bulldogs, unbeaten in four {games and the toast of the down{state elite, and Gary Froebel, which jumped all the way from eighth to third place. The Blue {Devils haven't had a close call in| lany one of their five victories to! date, Six of 10 remaining unbeaten; quintets are members of the “Big Ten.” The other four, with the exception of Terre Haute Garfield, are grouped In the “wellregarded” column. Garfield has only played two games thus far.

Punts Tops

Maglie, a 33-year-old right-| Frankfort slipped from the first hander from Niagara Falls, N. Y,,(10 to the well-regarded roster posted the best won-and-lost per- and was replaced by Columbus, centage, .818, on the basis of his which derailed high-flying Madi18 victories and four defeats. In|son last Friday in a blistering addition, the swarthy, ex-Mexican overtime fracas. Leaguer was runnerup in the, Muncie Central, which dumped earned run column with 2.71 while, Hammond from the perfectalso recording the league's lengest, record class over the week-end, {winning streak, 11 straight games. |also gained on South Bend Central, while Gienn’s Pirates, the Most Shutouts | winningest of the big-shots,| Hearn and Maglie, along with climbed from last place to ninth.!

team-mate Larry Jansen and ‘The Pirates won their first nine

J _ games. Robin ‘Roberts of the pennant Newcomers in the well-regarded |}

United Press Sports Writer in the United Press “Big Ten”

Weidekamp's

In Nation

Everybody knew Butler's Lou Weidekamp was a pretty good| punter. The National Collegiate Athletic Bureau just madt it official today. The bureau's statistics showed that Weidekamp and Eddie Le{Baron of the Quantico Marines {both averaged 43 yards per kick. | Weidekamp had 41 kicks while the LeBaron, former College of Pacific All-American, booted 34. Statistics involve small-college competition only. The figures were sprinkled with other Hoosler performers, too. Anderson College's Jim Macholtz ranked fifth among small-college total offense leaders with 1605 yards. Winning total of 1782 yards was posted by Bob Heimerdinger of Northern Illinois, John BSchuesler, the slender Butler pass catcher, stood seventh among receivers with 32 vaugus for 494 yards.

‘Major State H. S. Basketball Schedule

Entries Heavy

Atterbury Boxer

Novice Class Entrant By JIM HEYROCK Entries in all divisions are coming into The Time. Sports Departiment for the 18th renewal of the Times-Legion Golden Gloves Tourinament, opening Jan. 12 in the| {National Guard Armory.

Lost Week End

The Ft. Wayne week end re-

| sembled the one Ray Milland ex- { perienced in a mo It was lost. ickerbockers

The New York - | the Pistons down in New

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INDIANAPOLIS—Lavoy (8), Barker (10), McMullen (18). Mrazovich (19). Ft. Wayne—Otten (14), Burris (9), ris (15), Carpenter (10), Kleuh 6). Ti poff—8: p.m, Jn Butler Pleldhouse. Broadcast—8: 3p (WISH). Cities piled more indignity on Sunday, Dike Eddleman's 43points, his best as a Tri- Cities player, broke off the Pistons’ home-game streak at 12, The Olymps expect to have half of their injury list functioning tonight, Trainer Jim Morris says that Guard Ralph Beard has recovered from the collision he had {with Jim Pollard of the Lakers Friday. Ralph suffered a bruised

Ker-

And from the abundance of knee and a charley horse, but early entries it looks as though now he’s reputed to be as good as

this tournament will be one of the! best in the city’s Golden Gloves history. Although many entries are expected from Camp Atterbury, only| one soldier stationed at that post| has officially entered. He is Cpl.!

{John L. Hall, Jr., 2466th AFRTC, | {Atterbury Air Base.

Cpl. Hall is 19 years old and, weighs 160 pounds. He will be entered in the Novice Class. Entries thus far are evenly divided in the Novice Class, for beginners, and Open Class, for more experienced boxers. Most of them are in the welterweight and lightweight divisions. The tournament will be fought over five nights, Jan. 12, 19, 26, Feb. 2 and 9. Competition is open to any amafiur 16 years old and over. Entries in the Novice Class

{children the week before Christmas. That still . leaves Wah-Wah {Jones on the shelf. Wah-Wah continues his whirlpool bath {treatments under Trainer Mor-| iris, trying to whirl away a leg injury.

Fourth Meeting

| It will be the fourth time tne Olymps haye met the Pistons this season. Ft. Wayne holds the upper hand, 2-1, its single defeat! being part of the departed and| lamented Olympian nine-game| home streak. : The Pistons feature the likes of | Don Otten, a seven-footer, late of the Washington Caps and the Baltimore Bullets. Otten oper-|

ning Streak

Half of Indianapolis Squads Injured List Expected to Be Back in Action

By FRANK ANDERSON

usher in a “new” home season

. Ft. Wayne's rough-tough Pistons drop in at 8:30. If the Pistons can drop out at around 10:15 the Olymps will have a homegame winning streak going again. Minneapolis Mikan cut off the Olymps’

home

Wrestlers Help Clothe-A-Child

Tag-Team Match Tops Card Tonight

The third annual Christmas Benefit wrestling show will be

[staged tonight at the Armory

with an Australian tag-team match between four well-known heavyweights topping the card. The clash will pit Warren Bockwinkel and Ralph Garibaldi, both of St. Louis, against Ray Eckert, another St. Louis econtender,’and The Purple Phantom, a hooded unknown. It's for two falls out of three with a 90-min-ute time limit, Karol Krauser, a newcomer from Santa Monica, Cal., and Pat O’Shocker, Boston veteran, are

slated to tangle in the semi-

windup. Two Camp Atterbury soldiers who formerly wrestled profes sionally, Sgt. Mike Kirlangitis and Pfc. Chuck Thompson, will tangle in the first event which will get started at 8:30 p. m. Entire proceeds of tonight's program, after deduction of taxes and expenses, will be turned over to the Christmas charities of the three local newspapers, including the Times Clothe-A-Child.

Coaltown, Hill Prince

In Santa Anita Classic

ARCADIA, Cal, Dec. 19 (UP) ~~Coaltown and Hill Prince, who have never met on the turf, headed 59 horses nominated to{day for the $100,000 Santa Anita handicap to be run Mar. 3. The race, in addition to drawing the two top thoroughbreds in training, attracted a heavy foreign delegation, with more than a fourth of the nominees being imported steeds. The list of eligibles included

ates under Larry Foust, 6-0 regu- two former winners of the rich

must be er 20. All over that age will fight in the Open class regardless of experience, Each boy who enters the tournament will receive a prize with special awards being made to the champions in each fi iston, In each class, fights will be in 112, 118, 127, 135, 147, 160, 175 and ¥ ba, The mouse of the ensemble heavyweight. s Boag Johnson, a 5-11 sharpA special prize awaits the cham- oe guard. pions in the Open Class. The eight! The Olymps will speed it up,

lar center. Other Pistons with) yardstick muscle are Bob Harris, 6-7; Jack Kerris, 6-6, and Art Burris, Bob Carpenter and Fred Schaus, each at 6-5.. Little men are Jim Rifey, 6-4% and Duane Kleuhn and John Oldham, both at

TONIGHT riford City Mu male

Ha at Peru, at Bubtingten, Rochester at Plym AR

winners in that class will form shoot it up and fight it up. The a team to represent Indianapolis | opposite of up is down. Maybe Ft. in the annual Tournament of Ft. Wayne will be down. It al-

race—Noor and Vulcan's Forge, All h Noor's retirement to st was announced after the Irish horse won the Hollywood Gold Cup, he was nominated on the outside ‘chance he might be returned to training.

Basketball Briefs

e Senior YMCA results last rne: Hillcrest Baptist 3. U. B. 18; Madiso

night at A tho Diversity Heights Methodist

nue Me! 50, Westminster Presbyter‘ian 18, Central Avenue Methodist Orientals 64, Bt. George Episcooal 1 36,

Holiday tourney results’ Jat Rlaht at

i e Central at Marion, Connersville at Dearborn: Englewood 44, Paper Art | winning Phillies, wound up in a 1555 were Indianapolis Tech, | ie hmond, : oma mbus, Champions in Chicago Stadium, ways was a contrary bunch. Eisics % $haPB Sr He esd | four-way tle for the most shut- Muricie Burris, and Evansville Mertineviie’ New alien ons shure Feb. 26, 27 and 28. &" Sinfora® Texsco { > Shelbyville at Madison, Huntinsvire. i ney Averue; 9, Burnet-Binford 44 Indianapolis Times | outs, each gaining five, {Central and Reitz. {Shelbyville aN aL Erans.| Any youth wishing to enter the ympians’ coring Arvin Heate i i h i The U. P. Big Ten: - ville Bosse st Evansville Central Prince- (1951 tourney should fill out the | G FG PP Pts. Avg. |g Results last pight_in_the Sportsman's Biggest winner in’ the circuit] “ = “° Jet (w {ton at Owensville, Sullivan at Vincenaes, | Grogs ........ 164 on 77 "499 ‘30.§| Store League at Sacred Heart 19th was Southpaw Warren Spahn, | § Jatarette Jef (mon 3. lost 0), {Bro wostown at Mitchell, Law at.Dlank on this page and send it pasess 110. 91 30 311 2088 + Merchants 38, Bendix Fiyers 36; |who showed 21 triumphs against § $37] Froehel (5-0). i PV paraiso 0 88 nd stito The Times Sports Department. Walther "...... 28 98 & 3 He 10.3| North orth Side Eagles. 31." Fountain Seuare k Matin (3-1) rders for tickets are now staeve 1! Eagles 26. Tonight's games: 17, Ei Lilly ad ) ) 5. Madi ka ane Nortn, French Lick ai| Mail o yoy. ........ 81 N 11 10.04 y, : tor LASS i Jet hacks. 5 Ror ihe Bacon § Muncie! Central oo. | efersonvilie. WEDNESDAY being taken for ringside and re-|Holland 'Ii1.1. 35 8 8 3 130 1008 yo ylto! ker Cleaners vs. A.M.C.) EY ED + Hammond pus 1), Elwood st Southport. Sheridan st Tip-{Served seats. Prices are $2 and |Mirasovien .... 2s 28 28 50 85 34 7:30,” Ing Be heduietor the ¥ ei ms che flouta with 191, Only other 20+ » dius (ton, Tndianapolis Shortridge at lngiad-|s1 50, Mail orders will be taken | Mcliulien LM B pan op ubber "3:30," Reps va. "Central . a B= Ltr ten bdY Fel bnnm gp oor rp MDI yy aa . nl Caan game winery in he loop Tere ellie ~Hagarded: “hikhat. Frankfort, East Lath fy, Bagersiown, Batesville at Scotts-| only until Christmas. De ? ¢ 303 B 1S 50, Athi Joan onservatory va. (Experienced) BaBNY: han: o 9 a Winslow, Evansville Central, agit led 8 a Tere Haute Wiley, South end | ; i 5

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pearing in 74 games. He wiped |Hill Prince was voted the “horse & |qut. the Si atk of Was by oelot the year” in the 15th annual ning 16 mes and losing ‘seven! {poll conducted by the Turf and g 10 ga 8 Sport Digest,

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College Basketball

STATE

| Cedarville 69, Huntington 65. | Centre 66, ash 60. | DePauw 67, Hanover 52.

| Towa 63, Notre Dame oo | Kansas State 77, Wisconsin North Carolina State oo

ichigan 62 (overtime). | OTHERS | Beloit #4, Washington State 69 Bowling Green 79. Texas Tech | Central Missouri -, nets Colleges 5, | €lemson 79, Georgia | Colorado Sta 35 Fons n 49. * {Cuiver- -Stockten 61, Eastern New Mexico jalan 9, 8, Mary's (Minn) 73 (everme Detroit 84, Hillsdale 43, Doane 60, Buena Vista 57. Dubuyue 63. South Daketa 61. Dutuesne 67, South Carolina 64 (over

“Gentral Oklahoma 65, Pittsburg

| Emporia 5 Missourl Valler 70 (overs oy amiline 58, Rmaaria State 51, Kent State 88, Adrian 49. afayetie 64, Tthae “ur. aSalle 30, Gettysburg 65. } ouisville Ih Geotsls Tech 57. | Long Island 99, Certland i .oyola No 3 *Ditnols Wesleyan iL cAlest rth Dakota Marviand Cy "Washi ngton and \ Los 48. { A Southern in North Texas B52 Nu | Murr ! Parker

a 54, Arkansas arehead 9, Western Kontueky oh. y 81. High Pol 60, Philander Rmith 5.

Drake 31. =. Baltimore Lovela 54. C hte 53.

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Syracuse 1%, | Texas A & Sam Houston ate 30. | Texas Western 92, Arizona ate ( age | Vis “81, apiorlda 84. Villanova hs Mi, Si’ Mary's ol. I Lawrence 65. Watkins ha Louis) 68, Centenary 55. Wes 3.3% F 63. Wes finely 0 JAmbtose 60. Wye ing 14 Ne ew Roa { |

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New Castle at Greensburg, Madison at |8 Southport, Lirton at Bicknell, Bloomington ew Albany, Terre Hajte State at |Yerre® H Haute Detstimey yer, Bluffton, Souh 8 ago Washin Gawtordavilie, Washin,

FRIDAY a at Noblesville, Hartford City, jluntitiston at yerton af Mune Burris, eru at Marion. Tipton at Frankfort, Wabash. at

av And ammond afayette Jenn, Brookville af le * Etlkhart insy Te Evansville Central at aute Ger: RHmeyer a Evansville Albany ky Vineen hoe bon ty, Salem, aute Wiley at Dugger, Garrett at Kendallville, New Haven at Columbia City, War. saw at Goshen, Michigan City at Ham mond . Tech, Whiting at Valparaiso

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omo Elwood at tho Washington at Cat edral. Sacred Heart at Davis, Lawrence Central rrp Pendiston, Shortridge at Tech.

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