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Yanks Await Mantle Verdict, Lose’ Page

Rizzuto, Reynolds Declared ‘OK’

nited Press 1 | PITTSBURGH. Apr. 12 — The worried New York Yankees still” were “sweating out” today the result of Mickey Mantle's draft physical. | Mantle, the 19-year-old '‘we.nder boy” who has been the Yanks’, spring sensation, underwent a thorough draft examination ves‘terday in Tulsa, Okla. { The Yankees think the young outfielder will again be classified |4-F—Physically unfit—because of osteomyelitis, but they won't know until Mantle's draft board in| Miami, Okla., announces the uoc-| tor’'s verdict. And that word | wasn't expected until Friday or Saturday. Stays in Oklahoma Mantle, whose left leg is enbs larged because of the bone dis-| : ease, will stay in Oklahoma until SLAMMER—Highlighting the tomorrow, then leave to rejoin the

All-Stars Round Into a ‘Team’ For Cage Tilt

Hinkle's Magic Whips Collegians Into Shape for Olymps Saturday

By JIM HEYROCK In four days and seven practice sessions, the 14 backetball stars from colleges throughout Indiana, have been formed into a team. Coach Tony Hinkle took the Indiana College All-Stars through their fourth day of rugged drills in Butler Fieldhouse today, concentrating on out-of-bounds plays and and moving the ball in under the basket.

An observer who watched the| All-Stars open practice last Loe) i} 3 S ole day would hardly believe the change that has taken place in, Pl ff L LC | spring meeting of the Profes. |t€am in New York.

four days. Arnie Risen Paces Meanwhile, the Bronx Bombe:s

Butler Monday and started their | NEW YORK, .Apr. 12 The Master Golfer, Byron Nelson.

first practice, i they were not ac- | The slamming Texan, who re- |action at shortstop in the opening : i me Rochester Royals can make a cently competed in the Mas. game at Washington on Monday. Trainer Jim Pierce,

More Indion Rookies Shipped Sou

SPANKING NEW-—Catcher Jim Mangan (right) who has Infielder Ted Adkins. won a promotion to triple-A baseball this year after performing , uable player of 1950," ready for well last season with Albany, gets his new Indian uniform from

quainted and the clean sweep of the National Bas- | ters in Atlanta, Ga., spoke at Dr. George Bennett of Johns Hop-| ~~

first t wo practices were held in ! . ki 1 p— ketball Association championship the Lincoln Hotel aap examined Riad Baseball Briefs |playoff here tomorrow night. and found

The Royals marched through

different now. During drill 8 e s sions yesterday and today, they joked, called & each other names out a 78 to 71 triumph ove

and generally K New York Knickerbockers oe had a good time. eyroe 5000 fans in the 69th Regiment State PGA Trial They're buddies now and are pull- Armory.

ing together as a team. The Knicks outscored Rochester Neal Fichtel, Notre Dame star, only in the first quarter, 16 to 15. reported for the first time. The ‘\TPie Risen, Royals’ center. led outstanding Irish star, was unable

all scoring with 27 points. Vince to report sooner because of school Boryla, Knick forward, scored 20. work. He worked out in the prac-

victory here last night Etinding Dr. Bennett also relieved the

{fering from ‘‘restrictions” in his pitching arm, said the doctor, but should be ready for a starting as-| {signment in seven alo days with the help of hot towel‘applications.

Discount Loss

Senior Group Lists Schedule

Olympians Trim Kalers, 83 to 76

Hoosier professiondls.hasn’t been pe Jost to the team indefinitely. determined yet, but the state PGA ™ page who had a mediocre sea-36-hole trial has been awarded 10 son in 1950, was found to be sufthe South Bend Country Club, fering from an “inflamed should-

against the St. Louis Cardinals. Plenty of good seats still are available for the Olympians-All-Star game. They are on sale

May 12. er.” The treatment-—X- But Rookie Lou Sleater, his sucat Marott's Shoe Store, 18 E. | Times State Service The announcement was the big “complete Inactivity” ays amd cessor, completed the no - hit Washington St., and the bur- | ELWOOD, Apr. 12—The Indi- pews of the annual Indiana PGA time. whitewashing in the ninth as the

sar's office at Butler. Prices are: (anapolis Olympians resume their spring meeting yesterday at the $2, main floor; $1.50, first bal- exhibition series with the Indiana Hotel Lincoln. Page would have been a very cony; $1, second balcony. basketball All-Stars here tonight| pr (C. B. MacDonald, Conners- heavy blow, since he had a bril-' —————————— after defeating the Bedford yjje. tice last night and displayed some Kalers, 83 to 76,

accurate shooting. Bedford. tion, announced the schedule for his loss in their delight that Riz- New York Yankees. 5 Tosheff Rests Playing before a crowd of 1500, his organization: Martinsville zuto and Reynolds will be ready 0 nny Beto, who Yaitad a Bill Tosheff, Indiana Univer- the Olymps held only a 45 to 44 Country Club, May 16; Kokomo, for work soon. a $-0ig th} noekeq In sity’s outstanding guard and for- haliiime Jess ast hight, Alex June a; Conneigriue Jug = {double that scored Ray Coleman ward, took a rest from last night's ip tig Ta aI Ei The Meridian Exhibition Baseball {from second base, It was the Practice Dqealise > oe Rae, were tops for the state amateur Hills event will be a 36-hole match {Browns' seventh straight victory. for one day. He will be back for Shamplons. for the state championship.

Browns won, 1 to 0. It was the first no-hitter tossed in spring training since 1948,

This time last year the loss of

By United Press AT COLUMBUS. 0.

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1 : | g Columbus (AA) . 000 001 000 1 : Wallop Columbus Olympians (83) Kalers (76) | Chuck Garringer, Speedway pro, Nixon, Wight {7 and Evans: Deal TA : the drill tonight. fg fpf! fx ft p : ’ rovo (7) and Morgan, Marshall (7). win-. SPRINGFIELD, Mass. Barnhorst.t 5 0 2 Dimichf 8 1 4 has been placed in charge of pro- nn, pitcher.—Nixon, Losing pitcher—Deéai. Boston Red Sox were only one William (Gus) Moorhead, Han- Holland.t 7 0 2McDonaldf 7 2 3am tourneys in central Indiana. T LYNCHBURG. VA Coll 1 had a slight Grosac . 5 6 1'Shepherdc 6 1 1 ‘. Washington (A) . 000 003 000— 3 8 1 stop from home today as they over College star, ha BOL waltherg 5 1 4 O'Briens 5 3 1 Byron Nelson, former winner of Cincinnati .(N) . 534 000 00x12 14 touch of flu but threw it off with- Dears. g 5 2 2 Wood 3 3 Sima. Ross (1) and Grasso, Sacka (5): ? stopped off here for a game with| alex 3 2 oJoliffe 1 0 0 the Masters and famous for his Fox and Scheffing. Howell 3). Losing the Springfiel Cubs of the East-| out missing a practice. Lavor.e 4 : ¥ Watson.! 5 1 4 jron shots, closed the PGA meet- pitcher, Sima, Home Runs—Usher, Ad- ern League. + ATKer.g Cock. yan, oren. Coach Hinkle has had Bwigut TA — — ing with a golf clinic running “Boston (N) vs. New York (A) at Louis-, In a game' yesterday at Co-| wails. the state's leading col- Totals 35 13 13! Totals 3310 14 through the fundamentals. ville. Ky, cancelled. wet grounds 3

Es ate scorer from Indiana Cen- —Seore by Quarters—2 2016! - Herb Graffis, Chicago, publisher PR an ray rey, th ay em, lumbus. O., the Sox walloped the star center. alternating in the h ———— monies at last night's dinner and Tetre Haute. neni x. sociation, 6 to 1. pivot position on offense and de- Garrett S OWS Sense deiphia Tagles professional foot-| Poly tae Hatin ithe. Gaver LYNCHBURG, Va.The Cinx R14 clun, was principa Spea er. Brooklyn aT PATNa ia e 3 ocinnati Reds wound up their 10Phil Buck, Indiana University . . : : SAN FRANCISCO, Apr. Roe. Hatten (61 and Campanella’ Rid(5) hmidt (6). Payne 7), Washington Senators here yesterStas, and his teammate, Jack py -BillT Garrett, fans < Butler Track Team nm 5) Schmidt wa. Payne i. Washington. Sena y the ball in to shooting position. Faridges, obinson, Kerns, Norm Greiner of Purdue and John Ketball, stole the show from the Splits Ranks (Hollmle. + ATLANTA. GA. Weather permitting, Butler Uni- Cleveland (A)... 000 001 211— 5 ¢ 1/Spring for the Reds. Washington bling Marquess Haynes here last a’ West Y 5): Fell working at both guard and for-/ ont “as the College All-Stars Versity’s 1951 track squad will Lemon's) and Tebpetts. Levan 5, wi: Won only three games in ihe : Detroit (A) vs. Birmingham Sou.) at Both Bes vie Coane With the Trotters headed for family squabble on the Fairview Birmingham. Als, CHMOND. °v Fain. Cracks 8th Homer vansville ; y Rich (Pied) 060 100 100— 8 11 5 have been working mostly at for- 1, coast tour, Haynes went into! Opposing forces» will be com- Bricae c Harris 7, and Astron: New York Giant pitchers are still terbury College star, has been 5 dribbling act while kneeling. posed of team members chosen nine piicner Brissie Losing biicne: - trying to find a way to stop home- , man, Charouhas, Sasdlitg Tie How sprastons who der and scored to bring the All- respective captains. There will , Cleveland - Indians. ave waiched e p WIN Stars within one point. Minoso cracked out his eighth : past. A combined junior-sopho-: . Morehead has been workingto win with Garrett scoring 16 more squad romped over a senior- aN ranrise § ukisne 1. at Atlanta as the Indians downed the Giants, 5 to 4.

tril. and Norm Wilhelmi, Taylor's Siympians 18 27 18 22-83 of Golfdom, was master of cere- . Pittsburgh (Ni vs. Philadelphia (N) at Red Birds of the American AsBo McMillin, ccach of the Phila- & Fouls X) 000 000 01x 1 3 1 Smother Senators Work Ball Under Trotters a Step _—r Baltimore (IL) © 010 712 4 game exhibition series with the Brown, have looked good working! tribution to All-America bas- —Roe. Losing pitcher—Ridzik. Home rns day by posting a 12 to 3 victory. lin his second route-going job this Stauffer of DePauw have been Harlem Globetrotters’ fancy-drib- New York (N+. 003 000 O10— 4:3 won. 76 to 66. |divide ranks for its annual intra- ning pitcher Lemon. Home runs—Mincso. series. Bob Sakel and Bob Barnett, stars, their eighth triumph in the coast- cinders today and tomorrow. Philadelphia By 100 040 901—15 14 1 WINSTON SALEM. N. C.— wards. Evan Fine, the 5-7'; Can0 Garrett stole the ball, drove un- by Bob White and Tim Crawforth, Browning. Home runs—Fain. Valo. Chap- hitting Orestes Minoso of the be no class distinctions as in the his outstanding shooting. The. All-Stars went Irom there Pacific Coast League Bevin boimniindendudin mostly at guard while Glenn Bah- and Jim Slaughter from South freshman contingent last year. Los Angeles 6, Hollywood 5.

101 1y schedul ) ler of Purdue has been at for- Carolina getting 17. Goose Tatum | Today's schedule’ includes: thel nly games sc uled

ward. Lovd Smith, basketball and nad 19 for the Trotters. It Was mile run. 100 and 40-yard fashes Around the Association . . . No. 5— javelin star from Franklin Col-ithe All-Stars’ third vieotry. The jogvard high hurdles, $80-yard

lege, has been working at guard. ill play in Indi . E : L ill Ni S S 4 | Start at 8 p. m, i ig rd at the Coli. TeIay: pole vault, high jump, and ouisvi e ine eems e

| shot put. The stars will start their battle seum.

against the Indianapolis Olym- an iol fe Sanee tomermme wil ind For Good, Solid Season

plans at 8 p. m. Saturday in the Pro Basketball es, 2-mile run, 220-yard low hur-! Manager Pinky Higgins Seeking

fieldhouse. The game will be pre- By United Press dles, mile relay, javelin, discus, | One Good Fly-Chaser From Bosox .

ceded by Introduction of both y,yionar ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS and the broad jump. teams, aided by the Butler band, Finals (Best of Seven) In case of inclement weather,

under the direction of Charles w L Pct By United Press (Chuck) Henzie. foshedtes cinoeotiad ) 0 LEN events will gg off tomorrow, LOUISVILLE, Ky., Apr. 12—The Louisville Colonels rolled into

Doors at the Fieldhouse will open at 6 p. m. At halftime, Butler co-eds will present a show and Alex Groza, Olympians’ great cen- Texas League ter, will be honored by the Junior gnome city 12. Pt. Worth 1. Chamber of Commerce in a spe- San Antonio 8. Shreveport 4.

Beaumont 8, Houston 2 cial Groza appreciation program. pgiias at Tulsa. postponed, snow and cold.

RESULTS LAST NIGHT Rochester 7. New York 71.

0% Coach’ Galvin Walker has an- youn better equipped to open an American Association season than nounced. The meet will not be ex- they have been since the pennant days of 1946. tended through Saturday. The Colonels won nine straight exhibition games in Florida. Er YT Imostly against triple-A competition, and for the first time in several Additional Sports, seasons appeared ready to start with a lineup set to go all the way,

Pages 34 35 and 36 parring a rash of injuries or other —————— ’

misfortunes in the Boston camp. he’s a little feeble with the stick. Manager Pinky Higgins, re- With Ken Chapman around in a placing Mike utility role, Richter might have Ryba after a suc- trouble holding the job. Eddie cessful season at Lyons has his old second base job Birmingham last back, although he's had a little year; hoped to trouble getting his legs in shape. get one more out- Bobby Scherbarth will be" the fielder from the number one catcher, and a good Sox, Charley one. He's backed by.Jack Parks Maxwell or Jim and Bob Nelson. Piersall, whe n- 8 « ever Steve O'Neill Sas A PITCHING staff headed by is ready to cut SEES Y 3 fireballer Jim McDonald looks one loose. Out- SE 3 ¥% solid enough. He won 11 and lost side that, the four for the Colonels last year former third before the Red “Sox snatched him baseman’ appeared well satisfied up. Relief Ace Gordie Mueller fs with his ball club. back, but he brought a sore arm aa. with him. EVEN without another out-. Leo Kiely, who led the Southern fielder, Higgins won't be hurting Association with 18 and 9 at for power in the pastures. Ageless Birmingham last year, is the only Taft Wright is back again, aiming left hander and should be a winat the association batting crown ner. Dave (Bob) Ferriss, on the this year. comeback trail, is a question Tom O'Brien has looked good in mark, while rookies Don Astraining, while Bill Boyce, who /monga, Bob Austin and Bobby {came up from Scranton at the end Prake have displayed real talent. of last season, looks like a comer. ® 7 1 Rookie Bob Broome's left-handed SURPRISE package of the Jot hitting has been impressive all is George ‘Susce Jr. son of the spring. one-time big league catcher. A'In the infield, Higgins may have though the 19-year-old hurler has to choose between a “glove man,” never pitchéd an inning of profesand a “wood man,” somewhere, 8ional ball, in Florida he showed ‘Mel Hoderlein, who almost stuck Poise and know-how that amazed with the Red Sox, gets the call everyone in camp. Susce has Higat third and at first base power- gins puzzled, but the Colonel skiphitter Norm Zauchin, up from per will carry him until someWHAT’ s IN STORE?—That's what thet Indiana College All. Stars wonder as they make like a Birmingham, has an edge over body proves the kid hasn't got it. (Johnny Douglas. All in all, this club looks solid erystal ball with a basketball. The future holds The Indianapolis Times Charity game with the In. OER Lo be a Ares dIVISlon: Guts dianapolis Olympians Saturday night in Butler Fieldhouse. All.Stars Norm Greiner of Purdue, Bil:

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ny third straight final playoff South Bend Gets pulled muscte, et Yu Garver Fools Cardinals amie ming avout rier aie Wikh 8-Inning No-Hitter Rookie Lou Sleater Completes Job Holding NL Team Hitless in 9th

By United Press HOUSTON, Tex., Apr. 12—Ned Garver of the St. Louis Browns

But the doctor said, too, that turned in the outstanding pitching. performance of the 1951 spring an Evansville boy. He was any Field, Saturday, 2:30. The number of berths open t0'gne.time relief star Joe Page will training season last night—an eight-inning, no-hit,

The much sought-after Brownie righthander missed going the full ruote when he was lifted for a pinen hitter in the sights inning.

Pollet Delays Joining

Cards, Stays in Texas HOUSTON, Tex. Apr. 12 (UP) out to gain needed seasoning, the to go through final rehearsal be-

’ i itch- —Southpaw Howie Pollet, whose ; tournament chairman for liant season in 1949. But now the When Murly Dickson, then pitch Earl Turner, Jim Mangan and Mel Tues last night in the Indiana Seniors Golf Associa- Yanks are generally discounting Ing for the Cardinals, stopped the.long hold-out ended suddenly a ope at agaimat Charlie 8

and also some new additions at

no-run stint all-around athlete in high school!

Cut Trims Tribe to 27; Cold Cancels Cub Game Here Today

Two Pitchers, Infielder Pared; Four Others Released Upon Squad Arrival Yesterday

By EDDIE ASH Times Sports Editor :

As the Indians prepared to resume exhibition action at Victory Field this afternoon, playing the Chicago Cubs, three more members of the Tribe's spring squad were released to a league of lower classification, bringing total releases to seven since the team checked in from the South yesterday. Victims of the paring knife today were Pitchers Preston Elkin

and Bob Bonaparte and Infielder — Salvatore Campagna, all sent to New Orleans, the Pittsburgh Pirates’ i i

BULLETIN Ci Cold weather and early morn-: | ing snow flurries forced oancelation of the Indians’ exhibl-: tion baseball game this after | moon with the Chicago Cubs at 1 Victory Field.

the Southern Association. Those released last night, all to J} the Pirates Charleston club in the South Atlantic League, were Outfielder Bob Wuesthoff, , Pitcher Joe Stel- Rained out of practice yester< mack, Catcher Ash ‘day, the Indians were ordered Bill Phillips and : out to the park at 10:30 this * (morning to catch up on their exSquad of 27 |ercise ; before battling Frankie Frisch's Chicago Cubs in the The Indians still have 27 early afternoon. pastimers around but there prob-| ably will be additional releases Lames ade, wisn sight ; {the mound against the major |a later date. {leaguers, who came up from A Adkins and Campagna, though| gouth only this morning from (listed on the Tribe's winter roster, | Memphis. Today's contest, {did not report to the Indians for | weather and ground conditions |spring training. The former stl permitting, of course, was to get was in college and Campagna under way at 1:30. isaid he was too close to military | Remaining games on the Tribe's |induction to make a long trip to! “Northern” exhibition schedule, {Florida worthwhile Bonaparte re- after today, are: {ported but spent only a brief spell! With the Cincinnati Reds at {with the Indians in Florida. | Richmond, tomorrow, 2:30: 2

Bill Phillips, who is only 19, is| Wt} Cincinnati at Victory

|hit for an average of .283 and batted in 14 runs. His 13 hits {included three homers, one triple and one double. With Wuesthoff |gone, the Indians still have six outfielders.

With Cincinnati at Victory Field, Sunday, 2:30. there and graduated last June. He | : looks the part of a future great’ | erie Indians layed In games 1 behind the bat and ‘has potential 4. rain-outs, one in Florida, two (batting power. His spring batting in § rain Rock, one in Chatta"7 |average was .278. |nooga. Of the games played, they Three Catchers Remain won eight, lost nine, After the week-end games, the { With young Phillips sent indians will have: Monday “off.”

Indians still have three catchers, fore the American Association {Brookey. And they also still have day night against Charlie Grimm's

‘when he and St. Louis Cardinals’ 12 pitchers, eight righthanders, | Milwaukee Brewers, who trained President Fred ' Saigh got to-four: southpaws, ‘ gether Tuesday, will wait a week | before joining the club. “We feel that the weather here will be more helpful to Pollet in getting in shape than that he/3ne points of getting ys glove on would have in St. Louis,” oe Card Manager Marty Marion. The “We open in Pittsburgh on Apr. , fact he has considerable speed. 17, then have two off days before! (We open at home the night of Apr. Wuesthoff did right well in ex- Kokomo’'s squad ‘at Riverside 6 120. Pollet will join us Apr. 19.”

in Texas. The release of OQutfielder Bob, 'Wuesthott comes as no great sur-| Game Postponed

prise. He has yet to master the no Ff = between {Shortridge and Washington teams today has been postponed because of wet grounds, school coaches said. Shortridge will travel to From a . batting standpoint, Southport tomorrow and meet

difficult drives, especially on long | jones over his head despite Ihe

hibition games for a rookie. He ‘on Saturday.

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AT SHORTSTOP, ‘Allen Richter fit, and possible, with a break here Tosheff, Jack Brown and Phil Buck, Indiana, hope the future is bright. Game time is 8 p. m. .is as’ slick a fielder as any, but'and there, a flag winner.

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