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Veteran Ouffielder Set To Talk Terms Today With President Bush

Gutteridge Experiments at First Base

While Waiting Shipment From Pirates 9 . By EDDIE ASH y

Times Sports Editor KISSIMMEE, Fla, Mar, 9—Culley Rikard, veteran outfielder

who has been a holdout, reported this mornirig in time'#0 join the Indians in spring training, the fifth day of practice. He was to conJer with Tribe President Owen Bush over new terms later in the day. The veteran batted .282 last season, in 14 games with Kansas City and 101 with Indianapolis. Culley was orie of the key players on the Tribe's 1948 pennant win-| - ners. He is 35.

with outfielders at the position

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With no regular first baseman | until the parent Pittsburgh Piincluded in his spring training | rates deliver an experienced hand. squad, Tribe Manager Don Gut- | In addition to Frank Kalin, teridge has decided to experiment who played the initial sack in = riorm— en =r TAGE EEN CIES in thie past, Gut-

teridge will work with Lloyd

Gearhart and Dom. Dallessandro. In ‘yesterday's practice, Gear221 W. WASHINGTON ST. OPPOSITE STATEHOUSE

hart took a whirl at it and was

followed by Dallessandro, who was in uniform for the first time,

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the pep talk flowing. With only 21 players available {at the moment, and 11 of them |pitchers, Gutteridge is in no posi-2-PANTS Gabardine RY : _Qialong- with Hedrick even if the ; SUITS; ) 18-vear-oia dpa ttt on meses, Fr Aim to Fundanwituis { ; #iedrick won't have to hit in’ Heavyweight, Year 'Round

high figures if the other infielders Wrinkle-Resistant Skipper Blue, Brown,

come through in a big way with! Grey, Light Blue

the stick,” the manager said.l Single or Double Breasted

“He'll earn his pay by cutting off

hits.” ALL COLORS

8o far the Indians’ practice has fy, , }

been limited to fundamentals and

tion under fire, Player Coach Russ worked at second base again yes-|

there for another week or so.| Originally tagged as the utility in-| fielder, Peters looks the part of a! regular, at least during the Flori-| da end of the Indians’ training, Nanny Fernandez, of course, is a fixture at third and Gutteridge predicts that young Don Hedrick, the lad from Fullerton, Cal, be his starting shortstop if he doesn’t go to. pieces when the! chips are down in the exhibition games. : Gutteridge is willing to go

will

general conditioning exercises. The same menu was to be followed today and tomorrow. Only a light workout is to be held Sunday, but beginning Monday Gutteridge will start sending the players through special training in defensive plays and base running. All the soreness will be out of arms and legs by next week and the manager will be able to begin dishing out inside baseball to set them up for triple-A competition. t The Indians completed four heavy workouts without a serious injury being reported although a

{tion to stage an intrasquad game terday, a well balanced workout links sport at Ft. Wayne. to give the athletes a taste of ac-/was held under a boiling sun. time Indianapolis baseball fans| {There was more wind than usual will recall . Allen as a long-ball Peters and many long drives sailed over hitting outfielder.

the fence, terday and is destined to remain jjohted the hitters.

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Dodgers Get Warning on Gambling

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Members of the Brooklyn Dodgers have been warned by Manager Charley Dressen to “stay away from the track and all gambling places.”

I reminded the players what happened in basketball and that they cannot be too careful of the associations they make off the field.”

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tonight in the Howe cafeteria. The following team members

will receive awards: John pYARSITY, Jack Callen, Don Davis. B4 Ji SSringer

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DETROIT, Mar. 9 — Ezzard Charles waved his heavyweight title in Joe Louis’ face today to remind the Brown Bomber that he's just an ex-champion and will have to be satisfied with the chal-

Rookies Roland Hoyle, Ed Hrab- lenger’s purse from now on. scak and John Kucab will share| Ag a result, all hopes of a rethe pitching assignments for the match between Charles and: the Philadelphia Athletics in their grown Bomber are smashed for at opening game of a week-end series jo.qt six months, if not for : with the Washington Senators to-| Louis insisted that is Jor Sood. MOITow. a bigger ticket seller than Veterans Carl Scheib, BobbY|cparies’ which should entitle him Shantz and Hank Wyse have beens, an even 30 per cent split of a named for three-inning stints proposed June title match gate, against the Senators Sunday. Jake Mintz, manager and ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— [spokesman for Charles, reminded Stan Musial got off to a slow {Louis and International Boxing start in his first appescgace in [Club President James D. Norris \ A ardinals’ -intras (that Chavies {s champion and, a St. Touls Oa squad game yesterday. won't risk his title for less than The National League’s bat- [the customary 40 per cent of the

ball to first base as Infielder Russ Peters watches. This is just part of the daily scene as the Indians go through their spring workouts |

at Kissimmee, Fla. Old

a situation that de-l BOB WUESTHOF, rookie outfielder up from the Modesto, Pitchers joined the outfielders/ (al, club, sent word toin fielding long fly balls during| day that he would report in practice and Punnid® catches high-| ahout 10 days.’ lighted the entertainment for the, BIGGEST fishing expedition small crowd of Kissimmee fans .¢ tne spring training season to and tourists. There is ample 4.40 naaded for nearby lakes late space in the park for the fielders yesterday as the ball players to roam without crashing into a sought to prove to natives of fence. ‘Fact is, it's more: spaclousigy,rigs that Northerners .can than a few American Association ine in whopper catches when parks. . |the conditions are right. The oke .Si nals “champion” was to be crowned AS OF 9 only one night ex-| today dfter an official count was

hibition game is scheduled in; ade and all alibis heard. :

Browns Seeking $600,000 Loan

By United Press

Hens on Thursday, Mar. 22, Manager Gutteridge, Secretary Bob Weimer and Trainer Jim Pierce inspected the lighting: system at the local park and found everything satisfactory. Jack Tighe, the Toledo club’s new manager, is well known in Kissimmee. He had the Flint, Mich, team here, last spring. His Mud Hens train] at nearby Bartow. ; FRANCIS (RED) BARRETT, the Indians’ former star relief pitcher now with the New Orleans club, called at the park yesterday and shook hands all around. He's in the citrus fruit shipping business in Florida in | the baseball off season. ANOTHER old time Indianap-| - olis player, Pug Allen, who re- ing capital. sides at Deland, Fla., called! around and chatted with the Indian veterans. Allen owns and operates a golf course at Deland.

recent years, $600,000 loan.

few of the veterans are having some trouble with their underpinning.

He's a former golf pro ace and in-

structor and formerly taught the Mar. 23.

Bunting Added The batting practice drill was lengthened yesterday and it was to be stepped up again today. Bunting practice is to be added over the week-end. ; Gutteridge is going to demand that every player learn to bunt, including the pitchers, despite the fact that like last year this spring’s squad is short of teamwide speed. A speed merchant himself, Gutteridge hopes that any new talent lithat shows up from the Pitts\burgh organization will be able {to pick em up and lay 'em down | (fast. The Tribe's new pilot is| well qualified to make track men out of ball players if they have the natural ability and the desire to turn it on. Although Gutteridge eased up on the boys to some extent yes-

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President Bill DeWitt said the] money would be borrowed through | : the co-operation of a local bank! Paced by high-scoring Don land a large. eastern insurance {company to wipe out a $465,000 |debt and secure additional work- 51, last night in the finals.

The plan has the approval of|yatched the game at the huge the Browns’ board of directors.iy na Park stadium. The U. 8. led! {The club’s 1700 stockholders willl throughout but was hard pressed! be asked to agree to the refinanc- p,, the valiant Argentinians, espe-| ing proposal at a special meeting cially late in the second half. |

DeWitt and his brother, Char- and Dick Atha of Terre Haute, ley, club vice president, controling, each pumped in field goals in| |53 per cent of the Brownie stock. those remaining minutes while Bill DeWitt said the $465,000 the Argentinians were held scoresurvivors of a field of more than indebtedness includes the balance jess

ting champion grounded out gate. . ll Sapo walked once as | “We held the NBA heavyweight | the Moores defeated the Rybas, [title when we fought Louis last | 4 too. * : fall but agreed to take only a 20

| BRADENTON, Fla. Veteran {Southpaw Warren Spahn and {righthander Normie Roy of the Boston Braves today were nurs-

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