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& No. 1 base t lap toward te over local tournament, arolina State rat Reynolds

of Kentucky :

in 1948,

he unluckiést : y,”- Hickrhan

en in two na. ind each time ip, the first

he Cardinals hat both of is year were ressure. They in the semiowl Tourney o Vanderbilt Southeastern ason tourra1th. wins and five arolina State ilar season— ed to do fit

igible ee of the NC gible for this 7-aye’ fourth. py are allnzino, of -inch center, hard-driving SEI TET ase, former hool coach, decision on

is Wolfpack"

the last mothat 6-foot, ould replace Bill Kukoy Bubas, and ; will go the ng Ranzino’'s

uthern Cone vith 28 wins the advanttheir home

8 were ready neup, include vns the best erage in the homore Lar-6-foot-3-inch with a onereraged 22.3 only Yale's (with 22.7). © mark in the the tourna-

1nessey will ick Maguire, -foot 6-inch

’. State winthe Illinoisthe eastern rk on Thurse Kentuckyll meet the t winner.

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. though.”

A fighter with less courage would : have - gone:-down for the. count |

‘landed by Flannigan.

TUESDAY, MAR. 20, ‘From the Ringside—

1951 .

Parker Shows Plenty of Fight

Flannigan Just Too Much, But Hoosier Won Hearts

his life. \

Mrs, Verna Parker winced each time a left jab smacked

over the eye of her 20-year-ol And after it was all over and Gene had lost the 10round decision, she apolo“I'm sorry we didn’t win,” she sald in an unsteady voice as she

waited for Gene to come from the

dressing room in the Louisville - Armory.

HE DID TRY hard. He did his|

best, . which isn't quite: good enough .yet,. against the’ Nos 3 lightweight boxer in the world,

“We tried hard,|

By Jim Heyrock - CLUTCHING HER PURSE with all the strength in her slight body, the pale little woman'stared up into the strong ring lights, under which her son was taking the beating of

d son, Gene.

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“Phenomenal Game

the important Masters Tourna-| \ coctation rival, the Toledo ment at- Augusta, Ga. Big Jim,

his gym workouts, the bet became

even money. »

gan go.

|P.

Del Flannigan, His}loss Satur-rigan,.’’

day night in the main event of| So, he'll keep trying. Anglo Perfection.’ the annual Louisville police bene-| maybe gt ‘show certaiiily was no dis- make. it.

But it’s our firm prediction ow that Parker was beaten by boro, N. C. Invitational, which formed their war dance at the

and the expense of the Blues in Lake

grace.

Parker spent a week in Louts- |B y L ville before the fight, getting in| the’ boy who will next be the

the finest shape and meeting the World's lightweight champlon—I|i hn "N' ¢ peginning Mar. 29. {| Flannigan.

people. And by fight time he had won the hearts of people with his ready smile, his clean-cut, boyish

outs in the gym. 2 ='@® THERE WAS a crowd of 13,000] at the fight Saturday night. And| it would be safe to say threequarters of them were hoping the genial kid from the Hoosier] state would upset the | Flannigan.

had too much experience. Only a

strong" Irish heart kept Parkeéf(

going ~under” all the punishment.

on Any one of dozens of blows]

e's 8

PARKER GOT IN his- licks, however, over the route. He cut Flannigan's left eye with a right hook in the third. But when the bell sounded to end the- fight, Parker was out on his feet. He staggered and stumbled about the ring until he was led back to his corner. An hour after the fight, both of Parker's eyes were swollen, his nose ‘was out of shape and his mouth and left ear showed traces of blood. He talked like a man with a mouth full of marbles. In winning the people of Louisville, Parker had caused the betting on the fight to soar to great heights. Flannigan had been a 2 to 1 favorite until the day of the fight. And then, after Parker had been so impressive in

WHETHER OR NOT boxing is|ners for this season by th appearance and his sharp work- conscious of it, the game has a est win. ' tremendous public relations man {in Ezzard Charles. could get around to talking to|Mangrum of

everybody

rightfully deserves.

Ezzard had some mighty large ; shoes to fil when he took over ’ 1a? by John Fiscalini and Russ Pe-|for young Bill Phillips, the 19clever | ’ x Who % Blue S : the same bag in the second stanza. being . tried out by the Blues, the world’s heavyweight cham f Cul-|year-old Evansville, Ind., native. The home run .hit by Coach stands six feet four inches and 'hind the bat the -full game and Russ Peters came in the eighth weighs 220 pounds. He struck out

o| The pitchers masked out three although the rookie struck out|inning and followed a triple by three times,

souri Sts.

Charles means a lot to the box-| Eaapalect .. ing game, probably more than the Motowles.if game realizes. For a heavyweight 5.c champion to take time off to] perce Cay spend a day at a program for a|Goff.1b single church, proves in part his

sincerity. »

EZZARD IS AN usher in his| Totals | Motundist church in Cincinnatl. i, jeventh’ > Founded ‘ot fo Mavaimel is church-going is not a sham. And when he spoke with In-| as Otoy To zraaresats 300 313 S301 {stranded. Strobel fanned two.

PARKER HAD PLENTY of

‘consolation from Tony Zale, a (fellow Hoosier and former mid- day won the Jacksonville Open)

1 tournament to make his record a|; Sleweihi champion of the word, phenomenal three wins in the last|! And Sammy Angott, former world’s titleholder and one of the greatest lightweights of .|them all, said the loss should mean nothing to Parker. Angotf told Parker after “the 32 BOlagerous straight Founis of ht th ~ L Agate’ ha ‘ -under-par 68s—impressed rivals El ek on Te “ Puen and fans alike with the idea that arkér- was thumped by Flan-|Ne Isn't just “hot.

one of these days he'll

; {plonship after Joe Louis’ reign. But it wa'too much to hope for. But slowly he is gaining the re- Biscilint,cf Flannigan was too clever and | spect of the public. P :

a 8 59 2% 4 : + AT LEAST 300-persons, many ph [of whom had-never heard-Edzara) Beorick say anything, are in’ his corner §u now. They attended the men’s day program Sunday at Simpson Methodist Church, 11th and Mis-

some of the hottest golf ever seen| President Owen J. Bush anywhere.

ing from San Francisco, yester-|§

four starts against the best of the|} pro aces. : Impresses All

And the way Ferriér compiled | &d his victorious total“of 272 for the|d

squad. : A catcher

He is Efeany!

and sure, with hig swing grooved! Eddie Ash

rc po oo

Onlyatwo. tourneys stand be- to Manager Don Gutteridge. tween the pros and the coveted] Bush. motored to Deland Masters on Apr, 5—the Greens- terday while ihe - Indians

begins this Friday, Azalea Invitational at Wilming- Wales. ; * Use New Hurlers Ferrier almost took over the top spot among golf's money win-

two games played thus far,

new hurlers against the

Chicago

for second place. &

Itra bases, consisting of home

ters, triples by Whitey Platt, INDIANAPOLIS

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2 ¥ 7)

¥ | oOwm atime promt **

o wu palready is paying off, : Se ,Pitchers Fmpressive 0 A tl The Tribe chieftain also

Margues,cf

oles. stints.

o tering heat of the afternoon.

| omas struck out for Goff in ninth.

|ans, 13 to 11, but | Indianapolis :

dianapolis sportswriters on the whuns batted in—Platt, Fernandes, Serv,|Palme three and Bill Rose

panel at the Simpson Church, the | Peters, Triandos. Tw people listened. He spoke intelli-| nits—Platt, Lapalme, gently and with ease. } Re CY» In our book, Ezzard is the | Base on balls—Off Radcliffe 2, Jankowski champ without a doubt.

meets Light Heavyweight Cham-| innings. Ke pion Joey Maxim for the heavy- ttcherm ]

weight toga.

otowicz 3, Lapalme, Fiscilini,

Wotowicz, Cerv 3, Haapala.

spala, ‘Three-base hits and three runs.

Wotowicz Home runs — Fiscilini; = Seven Bases on Balls

base—Indianapolis 7

, Keegan, Rose. Struck out—By Radcliff He'll|2, Keegan 5. Rose. Hits—Off RK.

Balk—Jankowski. palme. Losing _ pitcher—Jan-| Wild, however. | Somskl, Umpires—King and Feete. Time,

Winning

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By EDDIE ASH » EER By United Press Times Sports Editor Sr JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Mar. 20 KISSIMMEE, Fla. Mar. 20—After mauling the Kansas City »

hr fore Blués at Lake Wales yesterday, 11 to 6, the Indianapolis Indians) Lea} than hres weeks befoh | were booked to do more traveling today to meet another Anrerican :

Feeling kind of chesty with two victories Ferrier from Australia is shooting| Florida, the Hoosier Redskins also received another lift when Tribe

nounced he had been “assured” Redskins also drew seven bases

: _'by a member of the Pittsburgh/on balls and one of their runs The hulking star, now compet- bY na €XeCUtive 8 ta f £/5COTed On a balk.

that the India would be sent in-{tlon game as Kansas City also | field reinforce-|called upon three pitchers, Hugh ments from the Radcliffe, Pirates main Bob Keegan. LaPalme wound up|

is coming in shortly from the the Tribe chieftains something| Pirates’ rookie to” chéer about by connecting for| training camp at a grand slam hoger in the sixth| § Detend;- Fla. tae inning. a 8 help Earl Turner, The four runs on the one blow &3 ‘and Bill Phillips, put--the game Hr-the hseifor she the only“ {Wo Yédeivers available Tribesters. The tall Californian

-yes- ter when the bases were occupied |

Having used six pitchers in the;chance to make the American

| Is lat-'tefidge planned to emplqy three ceive a full measure of Mention] he : |

He picked up $2000 for his tri-Hens in Bartow this afternoon.| And if helumph here, but pacemaker INoyv These were Inman Chambers, Fiscalini’s grandslam, giving the earned Johnny McCall and Forrest Main. Indians a five-run sixth, in the country, he|$1200 for tying with dark-horse, The Tribesters made their hits/really made me happy,” is the would get the recognition he|Jack Shields of Cedar Rapids, Ia. /count against Kansas City and 11|way Gutteridge expressed satis-

[of their blows were good for ex-|faction over the new outfielder’s

{ley Rikard and Paul LaPalme, Manager Gutteridge used him be0/and a double by Fred Strobel.

for ‘the mound "staff . early in 0 , 0 spring training. The “investment”

{looked strong despite the swel-| Bruce Dudley of the American rookie had trouble getting his]

LaPalme, the southpaw, goose-|ied by Harry Geisel, Indianapolis, | previous leagile experience in the Ep his 8 bree supervisor of AA umpires. Two New York Yankee farm sys-

0 0 Nand» 3111 Jankowski,p 0 1legged the Blues e§an,p 2 0 0 0 0 9rounds on the mound allowing but|AA umpires, 27 12 2 three hits, all singles.

The Blues outbatted the Indi-|Geisel made note of their ‘“iper- manager, got a lot of fame and d 10 runners; formance.”

e, oFiscilinl, RikardiRoge, the rookie, gave up six Florida and Messrs. Dudley and Yankees.

pweki The Kansas City boys got four gate” was exactly 109. K adclifie 2(hits and three markers off Stro- . prove it again in June when he? 0 nnengs. Strobel 4 in 3 innings, Jancihe) the starter, with one of the Smoke Signals Keegan 2 in 3 innings, Rose 6 iniruns unearned. He was slightly

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Mud Hens at Bartow, Fla. in two starts In

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ns| It was a typical early exhibis|

Bill Jankowski and {as the winning pitcher and Jan-| also kowski the loser. , .

Rookie outfielder Fiscalini gave

| |

{drove the ball to -deep left cen-

per- by Don. Hedrick, Melvin Malak and LaPalme. . | Stands Good Chance . |' Gutteridge and President Bush {believe Fiscalini stands a bright y #4 go

Gut-| Association grade and he'll re-

Mud the rest of the exhibition schedule. One run had scored ahead of

“He

State league.

runs showing, It was a rare experience Hedrick was caught napping off|

had in him.

owever, and he can endure a Placement for Nanny Fernandez, |

as of now. ...

Yesterday's game at Lake| Gutteridge thought well of Bill|

| Association, who was accompan- curve over, however. He has had

Harry Kind and tem. vi Jack Fette, worked the game and| George Selkirk, the Blues’ new, : 5 {mileage in his big league playing Seven of the eight American days out of the fact he was Babe replacement with the! John Schulte, an old |Geisel are on a “tour of duty.” catcher, is Selkirk’s coach, ... |But they made no comment on| Royce Lint, the popular left|yesterday’s attendarice. The “paid hander, will not receive a spring | “starting” assignment until the {Indians play the Ottawa Inter-

La-| , five. | Association clubs .are training in|Ruth’s

Rookie Bill Phillips was caught row. Lint pitched winter ball and napping -off first in the first in- was in fair shape already at

Along with their 11 safeties, the | ning yesterday, and rookie Don reporting time in Kissimmee.

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HOT ROOKIE—Bill Phillips, 19-year-old catcher fro ville, has been tabbed as one of Indianapolis’ best baseball prospects by Tribe officials at the Kissimmee, Fla., camp. The 90pound Hoosier athlete bats and throws right-handed and last season hit. 256 in 21 games for Salisbury of the North Carolina

3 Tribe hl yin t twice, he als ed two. slp: (Culley Rikard. Peters, blow was, Jd Barbarito, young third bage-| Gali al a a elem TE Sh alien men nf ed wR BOE LY 4 ed special batting practice fidence the - Tribe: management Jéit-and lan A--te- 0 age : also ordered spect RE ry Aa ge which goes ; for a fence. The like te’ Yarikes catemer. = The Hoosier is ‘a big fellow, | coach got into the lineup as .a re-| The. Blu rr . Rikard seethed at playing weight llot of ‘work, although there {s/Who can stand some rest “as -in- .,) ...4y He played for-she Blues| was some doubt about his ability to surance, since he 8 fe anly a |the early part of the 1950 season, | . impressed by the work of Strobel{develop into a consistent hitter lar infielder on the Tribe squad)..." finished with Indianapolis. : land LaPalme in the box yester- this year.

day as they worked three-inming' : eid Ey was fast and 8 ‘Wales: was watched by President|Rose’s fast ball yesterday. . The

He had a rough day in left.field |yesterday, but outfielders on both teams claimed the pasture had chuckholes in it. y

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Speedsters Formerly Owned by Moore

Two Blue Crown Spark Plug |Specials, one to he driven by Naal [tional AAA Champion Henry Banks, today boosted the entry © [list for the 1951 Memorial Day In|dianapolis Motor Speedway race to. 14 cars and drivers, Banks, a former Briton now {living at Compton, Cal, and Speedway veteran George Connor, Los Angeles, will pilot the reardrive speedsters formerly owned by designer Lou Moore, : = | Charles Marant, Trenton, N. J,

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bf | This will be the 13th Indiani apolis start for the 44-year-old (Connor. He finished among the first 10 four times.

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