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The Indianapolis Times

Section Two

SUNDAY, JUNE 3, 1951

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Athlete of the Year—

Allen Cited By The

Nyers,

By JIMMIE ANGELOPOLOUS JIM NYERS, Manual’s tireless four-sport competitor, and" Kenneth Gaton Allen Jr., one of the most highly-regarded athletes in Ben Davisshistory, are win-

ners of The Times second annual Athlete of the Year Awards

for the 1950-51 school year. Nyers, one of the greatest all-around high school competitors in Indianapolis history, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Bullard, 526 E, Terrace Ave, The quiet, unassuming Ben Davis star is the son of Mr. and Mrs, Kenneth Gaton Allen Sr. 462 8, Luett Ave.

” = ” ' NYERS AND ALLEN will receive the beautiful Times

Athlete of the Year trophies as the city and county prep athletes cited by the writer for year-around excellence in athletics, outstanding mental attitude and contributions to their respective schools. - The awards, greatest tribute paid to Marion County's senior prep athletes, were based on character, sportsmanship, leadership, academic achievement and athletic proficiency bringing honor and distinction to the school. Richard Campbell, Broad Ripple’s football, basketball and baseball star, and Ulysses Rice, football, wrestling and baseball stalwart at Decatur Central, were winners of the coveted awards last year. Campbell and Rice have completed their freshman years at Euler and Purdue, respectivey = ” ». — SELECTION of Nyers and Allen came after extensive perusal of an elite field of the city and county's most outstanding high school graduates. The nine candidates in the city edged out by Nyers include Dave Jessee, Broad Ripple; Charles Kirkhoff, Cathedral; Robert Jewell, Crispus Attucks; Art Wooten, Deaf School; Ed Dwyer, Howe; John Dwenger, Sacred Heart; William Shardelow, Shortridge; Gilbert Bierman, Tech, and William Cook, Washington. Eight other candidates cited by The Times on the preliminary panel in the county were Don. Russell, Keech Grove; Robert Holland, Decatur Central; Phil Wampler, Franklin Township; Robert Pugh, Lawrence Central; Dwaine Bell, Pike Township; Tom Paddock, Southport; Harold Kuykendall, Speedway, and Robert Hage,

Kenneth Gaton Allen Jr.

scholarly, mild-mannered, softspoken athlete whose deftness helped carry his best athletic exploits in track. Innately, both are strong competitors.

Nyers, like Rice, is the aggressive, strong-willed type who has an unquenchable thirst for athletic success, Off the field, Nyers' pleasing personality has won for him the highest admiration of the guys who also respect him on the field.

Few athletes in local history have displayed the competitive zeal for four years in four sports under sustained handicaps as has the versatile Manuual star. ” » »

NYERS has been the guiding beacon and an inspirational leader during a period when Manual’s cycle of talent ebbed considerabiy due fo lack of available athletic material.

In the face of repeated adversity in all four of his sports, Nyers never quit, often blaming himself for his teammates’ short-comings, Nyers’ 12 major athletic awards in four sports is the greatest number on record at Manual. He surpassed the 11 letter-awards won by Dave Shaw in the mid-Fortfies and Glen Harmeson, one of Manual’s all-time greats, who starred in the late Twenties. His dozen varsity awards won

Warren Central.

8 8.8 as a sophomore, junior and sen-

jor is believed to be the all-

BY A COINCIDENCE, this vear's winners parallels last time high for total awards won year's top athletes, generally, in * in Indianapolis high schools. temperament, personality and Not a great, big-time college athletic ability. prospect, Nyers lettered three Lo Alles, like Campbell, is the times in football, basketball,

Up to Lint, Fisher To Demote Colonels

By BILL EGGERT Today may be the day when the Indians jar themselves loose from mediocrity and jump back into the thick of the |

American Association pennant race. Tribe Chief Don Gutteridge has assigned a pair of .500] hurlers to take a lot of rank out of the Louisville Colonels, | who lead this current series, four games to one.

It will be Southpaw Royce will come the » Kansas City Blues,| Lint and Righthander Harry June 11-14, with a doubleheader

: : Ni the 11th and then Milwaukee will] Fisher today at Victory Field take up shop in Victory Field for thie Tribesters against Dave june 15.17 with twin bills the 15th| (Boo) Ferriss and Jim Atkins, a.gn4 17th. pair of righthanders; first game he June 12 Kansas City game! at 1:30 p. m. will be a daylight contest at 2 Atkins was a T to 4 victory p m, with the gates open free to here last Tuesday over the Red-|the public—men, women and ‘children. For that game, fhe CocaCola Co. has bought out the park. skins although he wasn’t around There'll be no gatemen, no at the finish. ticket-sellers, Just walk in and sit Lint, who won 14 games for down. Indianapolis last season, has only a two-two record to date and one Other special nights during that of those wins was In relief. Fisher homestand are June 6, Federal | also has a two-two performance.| Employees; June 8, Ladies Night After the Colonels leave to- doubleheader; June 9; ..Seventh night, the Indians will have an Ward Democratic Womgn; June off day tomorrow before the 11, Ladies Night doupleheader; Western clubs begin an 18-game June 15 Ladies night double-|

invasion here Tuesday night with heater and June 16, Daughters of y sabella.

Minneapolis up first. : The Millers will be here through lint or Fisher may be the first

June 7. hen comes the St. Paul to snap the Tribe hurling staff out’ Saints for a twin bill June 8 [of a jinx situation that has found

single game June 9 and another them being knocked out of the! doublebill June 10. On their heels Continued on Page 12—Col. 5

Glenn's Session Overage; ¢ School Faces Penalties

By United Press

Other Association Games, Page 12

Special Nights

,_|feiture of six state tourney triClassy Charley Session, Glenn's dir was not possible. y

six-foot-five basketball wizard, 1H gA A Commissioner L. V.| was ruled ineligible for the 1950- | pips said Glenn could be pe-| 51 season today because ef OVer- ,.ji;0q three ways: age. ONE Forfeiture of all regular-| The Board of Control of the In- season games. diana High School Athletic Asso- pwo _ Probation. ciation, after a day-long meeting, THRRERE--Suspension. said all records, with. verified ais ev ¥ : : He sald suspension” corrections,” established his birth {he most drastic measure. Session

date as July 2, 1930, himself ca 2 4 nnot be penalized. He . High school students become graduated olast month,

Ineligible for prep athletics when they reach their 20th birthday. The board postponed a final de- | This means the Vigo County €i8ion as to what penalty will be school may have to forfeit 18/!mposed until’ another hearing regular-season: victories and taf? 00° 12 when Glenn Coach. Jack ‘Wabash Valley Aerown, but for-| Continued on Page 1’ ~Col. 4 | 3 es ue $d . : ’ "

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baseball and track, receiving gold awards in each this year. n » : HE WON the Gilbert Mordoh trophy as the most valuable player in football and the Dyer medal for mental attitude. Nyers won the Roines Alumni medal for scholarship, character and discipline ‘as a fresh. man, sophomore and junior— an unusual feat. He won freshman monograms in all four sports, playing varsity baseball and held the fréshman high jump record of five

feet, five-and- three eighths

inches until this spring. In football, Nyers accounted for eight of Manual’s 11 touchdowns, scoring five and adding two extra points, He scored 32 of his team’s 69 points, Manual winning two + games, losing seven and tying one. He completed 45 of 126 pass attempts for 564 yards, one of the city's peak yards-gained-by-passing totals. Manual gained 661 yards by passing all season. All Redskin throwers completed 56 passes, Nyers gained 396 yards rushing in 93 attempts, but lost 116 yards. He was a Times AIll-City triple threater and literally picked Manual off the turf to down Washington, 19 lo 12.

Jim Nyers

The Redskins, behind 12 to 0 at the half, took the lead with Nyers scoring two touchdowns, throwing for a third one and passing to Brother Dick for the extra-point. » » » AFTER THE Howe-Manual game, the victorious Hornet players gave a cheer for Nyers for his valiant work. “Thaf’s the first time in 20 years I ever heard a football team give an opposing player a cheer,” one well-known official reported. In basketball, Nyers averaged 11 points in 20 season

“games two years ago. Last year,

he hit more than nine points a game, but was the feeder and driving leader for the Redskins as his brother won the city scoring title. In the second game of the sectional against Howe, Nyers stimulated his teammates before Manual fell, 37 to 35, in the final seconds. He made The Times All-Sectional team. Nyers split his time between track and baseball. He shared the city high jump title in his sophomore and senior years and shared the sectional high jump laurels this spring. He was working during the regional track meet this year, doing maintenance work. He caddies

in the summer and plans to go

Move Over, Buster

NOT TOBE OUTDONE. IM THE $ (00000 DIAPER AL LOPEZ’ CLEVELAND INDIAND LAST WEEK CAME OP WITH A BIG BONUS BABY. He's BILLY JOE DAVIDDON, Fro MARION, NORTH CAROLINA, APTRHER oe AND A HOT ONE, SO THEY SAY,

HANK GREINBERG

Braves’ Celebration Times of NL's 75th Spoiled

to Anderson College in Septem- |

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In one dual meet, he scored sauntered in to quell a ninth inning rally today

18 points. In this year's city meet, he scored 4; of Manual's 815 points. In the sectionals, he | scored 6-1/3 points of Manual's| 13-5/6 markers. - - " IN BASEBALL, he hit 300 | as a sophomore and .500 as a junior but slumped to .200 this spring. He competed in track and played baseball one day, bréad jumping and high jumping in baseball shoes. Nyers was either captain or | co-captain in football, basket- | ball or baseball. He was busy from Aug. 15 to June 1, but was aever too busy to do everything vell, including selling tickets. During a ticket-selling camaign for the senior's operetta, Nyers sold the largest number of tickets among the seniors. He was president of the senior choir and master of ceremonies of the Class Day ceremonies. He took part in the Buecaneers, a musical comedy, and was “George Washington” in the Cherry Tree Hop, chosen as the most popular senior, His step-father, Norman Bullard, was vice president of the Manual PTA last year and is active in the Dad's Club. Nyers had an 82 average for the four years and had an “A” average at Grade School 31. He took piano lessons for five years. Nyers is 18 years old, stands 5-11 and weighs 169 pounds, * or ” » » ALLEN, who is 18, 8-1 and weighs 168, is one of Ben Davis’ all-time, all-around standouts on and off the field. Highly regarded by coaches, teachers and athletes throughout the county, Allen became the first Giant senior in more than a decade to win the top athletic-character awards given to the outstanding Ben Davis senior. Allen won the sportsmanship | award in football for conduct on the field. He was chosen by the Booster’s Club, an organization of 500 pupils. He won the senior athletic

award for all-around exceladded the American |an Legion Certificate for mental | attitude, character and scholar-

lence ‘and

ship. Allen won three letters in track and two each in football and basketball. His peak performances came during the track season. He

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cluded three doubles. {these was by Ranny Jackson who {drove in two of the Chicago runs.

By United

two percentage points. With the tieing runs on

|base and the top of the bat-

ting order coming up, Leonlard relieved 22-year-old Johnny Klippstein who had‘ handcuffed {Boston from the first through the seventh inning. While Klippstein was deadening {the Braves bats, his mates were burying four Boston pitchers be{neath a 13-hit barrage that in-|

Actually 15,127 spectators were in the park including some 3000 little leaguers, 2000 members of the “knot-hole gang,” the Harvard University band and 13 {members of the 1914 Braves team that went from last place in July to win the world’s championship.

Jethro grounded out for Cole 1 Mauch ran for C eighth. Addis singled for

r in eig! Sore in ninth.

with his famed vest-pocket catches. Chieaxo Boston ABH OA! : ABHOA Trwllgr,2b 3 1 1 4 Marquescf 5 2 5 0 {Jackson,db 6 2 2 4 Mars al $s 0320 | Bmboltzrf 2 2 2 0/Tr 3110 0 | Bayer,1f 510 o Eitan 2001 | Pafka,ct 4 1 3 0iCooper.c 4361 {Fondy,1b 4 3 2 1iMauch 0000 | Walker.c 5 1 85 0iGordon,lf 3000 | Cusick. ss 524 ati, 2b 5 133 | Kippstein.p § 1 1 err.ss 00 4 Leonard.p 9:90 4 np 0000 | tock. p 1 9 : 0 i Cole,p +-0-00 Rielier 108 0 eller | {Schacht 000 9 i Addis 1100 | Totals 39133713 Totals 311 | n eighth.

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jases—Terwilliger 2 | Double play—Terwilliger to Cusick to on bases—Chicago

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in C oan 5 fod Sly Snider Homers; ‘Bums Beat Reds

NEW YORK-—-—Duke Snider to-| Mrtau day exploded his 12th homer of Reiser, the season with one mate aboard frit in the sixth inning to give the /Bell.r

BOSTON, June 2. Van y Emil (Dutch) Leonard

Reds behind the’ five-hit pitching of Ralph Branca.

Snider's blast, following a walk

Hooper Yield 5 Hits as A's =: Triumph, 51

[Chicago Cubs spoiled the Boston: Braves celebration of

'the National League's diamond. jubilee. 3 The Cubs won 7 to 5 and moved into third place by|

One of!

The star of this latter aggrega{tion was Rabbit Maranville, who|® |cavorted on the diamond before {the game and amused the crowd

Mueller fouled out for Schacht in ninth.

to Peewee Reese, broke a scoreless pitching duel between Branca and Willie Ramsdell, former Dodger knuckleball specialist. Branca, back on starting assignments after more than a year's. penance in the bullpen, yielded one run in the seventh tnning as he scored his third win of the season and his second

straight as a starter,

Runs batted in-—Snidi o basa hits—Adcock, Ki sewed, Bratce, Fu-

Branca 5. Hits

nings, Smith 0 in 1. Winning I Upton orig pliner} And mpires Warneke. Time—1:58. a 1.925,

Giants Smash Bucs, 14-3; Rock La Palme, Walsh

NEW YORK — Jim Hearn pitched six-hjt ball and con-

before 7003 fans.

2 fs em sixth straight loss. . The Giants, trailing 3 to 2,

Base on balls—OfL: Klip 5, 12 Estock 4. Cota 2 Btrgek o out—By: | stein ¢ Spahn 3 HO

Rookie Willie

Ly Gene FeingOu...

Dodgers a 2 to 1 victory over the |Streking ss M c

tributed a“two-rufh homer himself to lead the New York Giants to a 14 to 3 victory over the lastplace Pittsburgh Pirates today

Hearn, who collected three of the Giants’ 14 hits, registered his fourth victory of the season as he {toppled the fading Pirates to their

Chicago Castoff Stars for Victors

By ED SAINSBURY - Umiited Press Sverls Writer

CHICAGO, June 2-— The

Philadeiphia Athletics and Bob Hooper's five-hit pitching shattered the Chicago White Sox’ 14-game winning streak, 5 to 1, today, five games short of the American League record.

Hooper, a steady 30-year-old

hurler who had lost both his vioua starts, handcuffed the te

Cinetnnati Brookizn Sox sluggers and only Jim Busby, AR H O Al xpramslt MAS A/Chico Carrasquel-and Phil Mazi Adamadd 4'1 0 8 Reese.ss : -3{were able to tag him for base’ Woah 4 § § Ojguiderier 3 78 ¢l it, Adcock.lf 3 1 § aiRobiusondn & 3 3 1 Kiswski,in 4 1 4 ojgoasesid = 3 8 3 1 Masi led off the third inning MeCakey cf 3 11 Opuriliort” 3 1130 with a triple and then died there Anant 383 3iSota 313 1las Hooper got Pitcher Joe Dobson Ramadeilp 3 0 ¢ 0 and Second Baseman Nelson Fox Smith.p 00 0 1 on ound Dalis and struck out x w= | putfielder Ed Stewart. TO a 0, Wal Ramsdell in| A White Sox castoff, Gus Zer-. Cinna da ae a kn 000 600 100 1, Dial, who was traded to the AthPOOKIFR ... ss 002 00x— 3|letics a month ago in a three-way

deal in which the Sox galied

filo. Home _run-—8nider a Orestes oso and Paul Lehner, naan on nat! 4, (belted Dobson's three and one’ Brooklyn §. Base on balls 3. \ B 1. Ra nade it: ranca Struck o out b Ramsdel o- pitch in the fifth inning into the

second deck in left field for las

eighth home run of the seasrn, It was his first four-base biast since May 17 when he smacked She against St. Louis In Shibe ark, Nr

Sent to Showers : He also scored in the seventh,

when a four-run surge sent Dobson to the showers, : Zernial opened with & walk and. advanced on Dave Philley’s single, Lou Limmer’s sacrifice advanced both runners and Pets Suder was walked inten

Pinch Hitter Wally Moses then slapped a hopping double play

ball to Fox, who made the force play to ond, but Carrasquel’s relay to

Chico Carrasquel at sécs

Fddie Robinson at first was to

broke the game wide open in the scored seventh when they rocked Rookie late 3 ern am whis Pitcher Paul La Palme and Jim 5 Walsh for six runs on five hits. triple to!Moses wen . tether. deep right scored the third and! Phil Masi dropped the ball. Ma<es fourth runs of the inning and! counted ‘ibrought in Walsh to relieve La|/the pitcher advanced on Hearn greeted him with|Joost's single and scored on Pers

Philley eh scored as

on Hooper's single snd

i First of Year

Likewise it was Dobson's first |defeat though he gave up’ aniy five hits. Dobson had won four,

{Palme. a homer Into the lower right field ris Fain's single. stands. | Pittsburgh N j get 1 $ Yan > ABE Q A an Metaughy 4 3 3 damian “3 38 34h 3 0 1 oLockman,db 5 013 1! 1 01 0Thomson,If 4 1 3 0 131 gimp 38] Westiake.3b 3 5 3 1 Westrum.e i081 4 1 1 2iNoble. 1010 | McCllugh., 2 0 9 O/Darkas 42} Hielson } i : HI xf $20 wp avs.cf 4 250 La Palme, 0 aime. 2 3 3 Hearn.p $331 23 Werle.p 0000 {Pusak 1000 | Totals 34 624 8 27

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Heintzelman F Hurls Phils to 5-2 Victory

elman allowed only four hits {today as the Philadelphia Phillies {defeated the St. Louis Cardinals {5-2 to ‘sweep their two-game |Series. Heintzelman had a shutout un- ©

Nelson singled for McCuilo h In 8t Dusak Struck out for Werle in oth. B, iL a

Pitts 000 New York 00 i

Efrors — Murtaugh, pos Runs batted 1 hatied -iiner 2 2, Irv Westlake

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Attend

PHILADELPHIA Ken Heintz. | |

til the ninth when Nippy Jones

year with one man on_base,

The Phillies did their scoring in! Continued on Page 12—Col. 5

Peron, Evita and

‘Atomic Punch(es)

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, June 2 (UP)-—S8andy Saddler,

world’s featherweight champion

| |

{from New York, knocked out | Argentine Lightweight {Prada tonight in the fourth round lof their scheduled 12-round non-| title bout.

President Juan Peron and nis|

wife, Evita, were among the crowd of 30,000 that jammed Luna

Park stadium, many of the fans|

waiting all day to see the first

fight a world champion ever has}

had in South America,

| PRADA, Known for his. stay+] ing power, was expected by local

experts to give the champion a tough battle, but Saddler battered him from the start. The knockout, which came at the two-minute mark in the fourth round, resulted from a series of trip-hammer biows by Saddler. The climax was a terrific left which drove Prada to his knees, hanging on the ropes in a neutral corner. He was counted out in

that position.

(Saddler has agreed to fight in

|Indianapolis sometime this sum-| _.!mer.)

Nelsons: Klein Tie -

AMARILLO, Tex. June 2 (UP) | —..Cold weather slowed hard- tuck ut” Cleveland {Feller 6-1 ® Byron Nelson in the 31st annual T%

Washington 8t.

Alfredo] |

Totals 39 14 27 12 three of them coming in the White |Sox’ 14-game spurt which ad-

vanced the club into undisputed first place in the American

Continued on Page 12--Col. 8

LEAGUE STANDINGS AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

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GAMES TODAY

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Louisville at Indianapolis 12). Toledo at Columbu Milwaukee at Kansas City, . Paul at Minneapolis, NATIONAL LEA IR St. Louis at New York Cincinnati ab Boson 3 h. , oAg0 8 yn . ttsburgh at Philadelphis (2). *

AMERICAN LEAGUE oston & Ehicass 2). hilade! » ia St. 2. New York at “Clevela a2.

Washington at Detroit (3).

RESULTS YESTERDAY

AMERICA ASROCIATION Columbus 5, Toledo a

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Kames, Phiiadeiphia «

(Texas PGA golf tourney today yl

land the Roanoke ace was tied a

the 36-hole mark by Veteran|C [Chick Klein of San Antonio at hingto; 1131,

he and

Prewiously this season Hoover held the slugging Boston Red Sox’ to six runs and 15 hits in 13 innings, but was charged with two. /defeats as his mates failed to get: 1'him enough counters to win. To3/day’s triumph was his first of Othe year.

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