Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 February 1952 — Page 13

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in hockey was performance in the games ngled athletes 391, points tn in the untition between

won the winin the 1932 jd, N. Y., that ted” nearly as ('s deeds here veek, because ns were able n 1932. nericans won -the greastest ever won in outside the hree they-won

y MEAD LAW. ear-old darkil from Rute the top U. 8. places, in the race and the , her brilliance greater than on of Engiees “master of ccessfully _ deskating title, {enry of Chihe 500 -meter

won respect how of power. + second place mericans also skiing, 10 in 8 in skating. hat might be isappointment bobsled. The by Stan Ben4d, N. ¥., had rorite, but had place behind sled captained

.dians it was revealed that Owen J. (Ownie) Bush is no

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N am e Ryan Attucks Has Tribe Prexy thao ribe Frexy poe Mark

By EDDIE ASH - : : 3 . : Times Sports Editor | By KURT FREUDENTHAL

WITH THE announcement today of the complete and| United Frets Soarty Weiler

official new “executive structure” of the Indianapolis Inbest won-lost record of any|

‘major team into tomorrow's

1 Yaw : . [ -/42d annual Indiana high] school basketball tourney, and

longer Tribe president.

But Indianapolis’ long-time baseball idol still will be around § and about Victory Field, serving the Hoosier Redskins in a differ- | ent capacity, although shorn of & his title and old authority. Speaking for the new ownership (the Cleveland Indians), Chuck French, Tribe general manager, said Bush will retain an office at Victory Field as well as his spacious private box atop the grandstand roof. ‘ “He's still part owner,. along with Frank E. McKinney,” French said, “but as announced last August, the Cleveland club purchased the Indianapolis franchise and the majority of stock, and the Hoosier Indians will be directed at the top level by Cleveland officials. :

bring the coveted state title to the

Negro five to go all the way.

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“BUSH will be a salaried em: ploye and will stay with the ball NEW CHIEF — ‘Ellis Ryan's hurry this week-end. Attucks club as an executive but with no : ie Bush. title, except that of ‘part owner’ batting for Ownie

Kinney interests.” Under ‘the new setup, French the club's executive staff. est sectional foe. said, Ellis Ryan, president of the 4 ® =n | Lafayette, which aspires for the Cleveland chib, also becomes pres-' BUSH SERVED as Tribe presi- title round for the third year in ident of the Indianapolis club, gent for 10 years, since 1942, when succession, had the scouts gawk-

farm. : bought the franchise from Nor- mond, 66 to 52, thus serving noVice president of the “new” man A. Perry Sr. e tice that Marion Crawley’s club is Hoosier Indians is Joe Broderick, This is the first time Bush has ready for the long tourney haul. » wealthy Muncie industrialist, who peen without an official title of! * % 3» is one of the heavy stockholders some sort since his playing days:

Donald W. Hornbreck, attorhey, jeague clubs, Washington, Pitts-(south’s

club, also becomes secretary of Cincinnati Reds, and three in the/should pose no problem in the

ois treasurer. ville. ® 2 8 . THE BUSINESS name of the throne; if at all.

] ‘gq ® : . local Indians will be Indianapolis Washington Reitz is the only 1951 finalist

Baseball Company, Inc. instead | with a losing season. The Panof Indianapolis Baseball Club, Inc. : {thers won eight games and lost Robert B. Weimer, who has Takes Noren inine, - but they also faced the been the Indianapolis Indians’ : . _|{toughést rebuilding program of | treasurer, will stay on as auditor, Off Bl k the four finalists. . | and Ted Sullivan will remain pub- oC vr u's lic relations director. By Unlcea Press aaa 2 The Messrs. Ryan, Broderick, (QRLANDO, Fla. Feb..25—The., MUNCIE RETAINED three, Hornbreck and Small, along With washington Senators took Out- members of its championship | McKinney, will form the Indian-| fielder Irv Naren off the trading duintet and first-year Coach Jay| apolis board of directors. McKin- pjock today. > McCreary found the combination| ney is the club's major individual “Neither Owner Clark Griffith that was good enough to win 15 stockholder and former vice presi- nor 1, is anxious to dispose of °f 20 games. dent. Bush is not included on the Noren,” Manager Bucky Harris New AlQany was the other board of directors. said as he drove a squad of 24 Major club beaten but once durNone of the Indians’ newly- pitchers and four catchers ing the campaign. Together, the! named executives holding titles through a spring training work- final United Press “Big Ten" elite] will move to Indianapolis. Which ,.¢ at Tinker field. {won 170 games and lost only 28, | means General Manager French «gg far as I know, there is and only Muncie, ranked seventh, | will be the resident chief in the ,,¢ning to the report that Noren and 10th-rated South Bend CenVictory Field wigwam. is going to be traded to the tral lost as many as five apiece. 4 2 8 Yankees, although we have re- Ft. Wayne Central, one of the FRENCH emphasized that he ceived some feelers for him from powerhouses in the Muncie Disand other Cleveland officials will 41. white Sox and Browns,” he trict and rated ninth, also rang depend heavily upon former Presi- down the curtain on the regular dent Bush for advice on players season Saturday with a 58-t0-35 and the American Association in triumph over crosstown foe Congeneral. cordia. It was the Tiger's 17th “We respect his knowledge of s & win .in 20 games. baseball and know we can't go REPORTS HAD it that. the 5 5.» wrong when drawing upon his ex-| Yankees, seeking a replacement oo . : perience to guide us,” French for Joe DiMaggio, had offered] TWO OF INDIANA'S nine stated: “Field Manager Gene De-| the Senators Outfielder Jackie| major high school basketball con-| sautels, is happy to know he'll] Jensen, Infielder Billy Martin and | ference champions successfully have Bush around to rely upon to Rookie Bob Cerv for Noren. defended their titles during the assist him over the rough spots . “When Frank Lane in Chicago 1951-52 season. through the long season.” and Bill Veeck in St. Louis read| The repeaters were Elwood in French has kept in touch with about that they both called up the Central Conference and Elk-| Bush right along during the lat-| Griffith, but Clark told them hart in the Eastern wing of the

northeastern district contenders4 |

continued. “But he is one of our solid guys and we can’t give him up for any package. deal.”

‘ ter's vacation in Florida. The Noren wasn't on the market,” Northern loop. The Western cir-|

Tribe's general manager plans-to Harris said. jcuit ended in-a two-way tie for meet Bush in Sarasota, Fla., next! “That doesn’t mean that we first place. week and accompany him to the wouldn't trade Noren, or anyone| Ihe new league champions, de-| Indians’ spring training camp atlelse on the ball club. There isn’t fending titlists in parentheses: | Indianville, near Daytona Beach. anyone too good who could not North Central — Kokomo (Lafayette They'll be joined by Field Mana- pe dealt for if the deal balances| South Central—8eymeur (Columbus), ger Desautels and perhaps DY and helps Washington, but right| Bouihers Brinceinr (Mew mbany). President Ryan for a pre-training now we haven't any trades in the| - Northeastern—Auburn (Kendallville)

Western—Brazil and Terre Haute Gerstinspection of the camp. Indian- wind and I doubt whether we will meyer (Lifton).

i 3 p N — apolis players report on Mar. 12. have.” West NIHSC—East Chicago Washington »

(Gary Froebel) = 2 = 2 » HARRIS CONSIDERS Noren|

ACCORDING to French, the ROACH ES

Cleveland-Indianapolis deal and and Yost as his best all around new “exeelitive structure” at Vic- players—‘‘the type of guys you tory Field were not fully consum- look for when you are building] by mated until recently because of for the future.” - BED ¢ BUGS ANTS, ETC. When the sale of the local In- added. { dians to Cleveland was disclosed) As for the Senators’ future, so Use 492 . last August the announcement in- far as ‘the 1952 season is con-, for Quick Results

Frank McKinney's frequent ab-; “We'd have to get more than sences from the city on trips to any club is willing to give up be-| cluded a statement that Bush cerned, Harris is not too hopeful, | . . would stay on permanently as but he saw a ray of hope in el Arnott Exterminating Co.

Washington. Jfore we could let them go,” he president, if he desired. fact that the Washington farm

French sald the August state- system is coming up with rookies LI-7458 | ment affecting Bush apparently) who have a chance to make the , 249 Mass. Ave. was unauthorized and that Bush major league grade. .

Babe, Partner Win | Orlando Two-Ball : BE ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 25 (UP) -— Babe Didrikson Zaharias of Tampa, Fla. and Al Besselink 3 ' of Merchantville, N. J., won the { Orlando mixed two-ball golf tournament yesterday by edging : g Edean Anderson of Helena, Mont., | . ! and Dick Chapman of Pinehurst, p

N. C., 1-up, in the rain, Miss Anderson and Chapman, | four down after the first.round of their 36-hole final’ match, fired| birdies on the first two holes of] the afternoon round to launch a rally which nearly overtook the winners, The match was close until the final hole when Mrs. Za- | harias sank a 14-foot putt to, clinch the victory.

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Crispus Attucks carries the Training Camp Briefs— Joint’s Jumping for Luke Easter

together with Lafayette Jeff ap-entire Cleveland . Indians team pears to have the best chance to-/was due to ‘arriye in training day to advance to the four-team|camp today, and they'll get some finals for. the second straight/{good news about Slugger Luke, year. | Easter. : re’ y s were| The big first baseman's ailing bey orn Bing Tigers Cen. knee, which sidelined him for a) tral during the regular season, large part of the 1951 season, ap-| They finished Saturday by mak- Pears to be nearly 100 per cent ing Winchester their 19th victim, cured. In batting drills, he has |81 to 40. also their 13th in a row, ‘arruped the ball to all corners | Attucks gets another oppor- On the field and he loped 15 laps tunity to become the first outfit to, around the field yesterday.

Hoosier capital. By doing so, the would hold ‘up all right, but he

Tigers also would be the first all- admitted it “isn’t as strong as {it should be.”

Al Lopez said he would hold Luke THE TITLE chance they out of the early exhibition games, |missed only by two games last using Harry Simpson and Johnny year will be crystallized in a Berardino at first base instead.

faces city rival Cathedral in Fri- out Larry Doby for a salary con|day’s opening round, and if suc- ference with General Manager representing the minor Bush-Mc-'was aware the change in owner- cessful probably smacks into sea- Hank Greenberg. | ship meant a complete change in/soned Tech, probably their tough- Yanks Eye Rookies |

The opportunity of a lifetime knockeq for nine obscure New

which is ~ Cleveland's Triple-A the McKinney - Bush interests ing Friday when it smashed Ham- York Yankee farmhands today.

nounced the lucky nine, who trained at the Yankees’ special school here, had been assigned |to the world champions’ main in the Cleveland club. ; EVANSVILLE REITZ, the Squad at St. Petersburg. They He has managed four big representative in the are pitchers Ed Cereghino, Al| who is secretary of the Cleveland (“charmed circle” a year ago, Cicotte and .Bob Keegan, Catcher y burgh, Chicage White Sox and ag Tom McKelvey, Infielders Clinton] the Indianapolis club, and Harry American ‘Association, Minneap- downstate sudden-death elimina- Weaver, Art Mazmanian, Andy) B. Small, Cleveland club treas- jis Louisville and Indianapolis. tions, but Muncie Central's de- Carey: Kal Segrist and Outfielder urer, also will serve as Indianap- 11e also was part owner at Louis- fending champions may give Bill Skowron.

real fight before stepping off the @ chance “to emulate Mickey | Like Easter | tucks had 1144,

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“| Upset Can Stop Mimi

By United Press | CHICAGO, Feb. 25 — The Big Ten basketball championship was | wrapped up by inois today for the second consecutive year, unless some upset by a second divi{sion team can pull the upset of (the season.

ead BAIN L FEATURES Cont. TH ONLE BENTH

Bulldogs Try Untying

OARS r Mantle, Gil MacDougald and Tom tort TUCSON, Ariz, Feb. 25—The Morgan,” all of whom made sim- Diering Impresses vera That Knot The Illint raced pass Iowa

By United Press

PHOENIX, Ariz. Feb. Giants were taking 4 good look| today at Chuck Diering, the man)

|Saturday, 78 to 62, to take a oneButler's basketball Bulldogs try §ame lead or, he ranger inp ; or. untying the knot in: their dead-|'2WKeyes with only three games Xo may be their regular center-), ../'0,. undisputed possession of|)eft on. the schedule and little eles Cs Gi . 1951 the Indiana Ccaference crown chance to lose one of these. fllle Mays, the Giants : | Illinois plays at Purdue Satur.

gainst St. Joseph's College at] centerfielder, has passed his Army 282Inst lose 0 od I Ee Tre exams and may be drafted soon. Rensselaer tonight. |

Butler goes the fr with at home and travels to WisconSo the fleet, fancy-fielding Dier-| 8-2 lea Ee hin? ae iD. Purdue holds ninth place, ing, obtained from the Cards dur-| ' "% 2 A u. the ch ion. /1sconsin tenth and Northwestern ing the winter, may hive to take 0, al ‘east a lle for Lhe champlon=)

e |seventh, and none of the trio has ‘ yiavire i . ship. Butler dalso plays Ball Staté| over. Diering arrive in camp. Muncie In its season finale to. Showed enough strength to whip

vesterday and impressed with a sas : {the defending champions. g00d Job In tic wants first intra- morrow. —A— victory in either; S x a

: 3 game {game will clinch the title for the| squad game. [Patrview tain | IOWA DID NOT play it's best ' | Butler lost to St. Joe, 89 to’48, Same against Illinois and was Another Marion? at Butler Feb. 16. St. Joe is In/frequently ragged and shaky but 9 ie I ox__|fourth place with a 4-4 | BRADENTON, Fla, Feb. 25—| B [Hawks, at their best, could have

record,/it was questionable whether the having lost its last four games, A tall lanky rookie: named Leo g our g beaten the .driving Illini.

Righetti was assured today of a 7 : : INiinots, cold from the floor for long look” by Tommy Holmes Hunt in Line for he Bok nat, fnished the game

301 Braves. On Brae astonish- Buffalo Hockey Job with a .350 shooting average, ing resemblance to Marty Marion, while Iowa, cold throughout, had

which extends even to the way he] BUFFALO, N. Y., Feb. 25 (UP) |a .239 mark. stands at the plate and wears his —Erwin (Murph) Chamberlain,| The Hawkeéye's Chuck Darling cap. Holmes saw the rookie for under . suspension by American netted 22 points to bring his total the first time yesterday and was Hockey League President Maurice to 284, -seven higher than the favorably impressed. The Braves Podoloff, was “out” as coach of previous Big Ten record for 14 are seeking a replacement for the Buffalo Bisons today and games by Northwestern's Ray Shortstop Buddy Kerr, optioned to! Freddie Hunt, former Buffalo Rageljs. It also surpassed the the minors after last season. right winger, was almost a cinch{12-game mark of 272, set by ————— to replace him. (Murray Wier of Iowa, and Dar- . . General Manager Art Chapman|ling, with 11 games gone, has Sectional Tickets {has been coaching the club since three games remaining. Tech Athletic Director Charles |Chamberlain was suspended al In other games Saturday, third

| week ago. [place Minnesota came from beDagwell has asked all schools | Hunt indicated he would not'hind to edge Purdue, 59 to 56;

having sectional tickets to call |take the job unless he was sure ndiana, in fourth place, bounced his office tomorrow morning. Ine retained for the 1952-53 wisconsin, 8 5 48, ae Ohio . season, tate tripped Michigan, to 67. Dagwell said Tech and Crispus Chamberlain was stopehided Three PB Ten BR) eo were Attucks tickets are sold out. after a ruckus in Cleveland. He|carded tonight, Michigan State at | Tech had 2942 tickets and At- |was ejected by Referee Walton/Towa, Ohio State at Indiana and : Russell and refused to leave. |Michigan at Wisconsin.

ilar long-shot jumps last spring!

Easter said he thought the leg

To be on the safe side, Manager

Also/ due here today was hold-

LAKE WALES, Fla., Feb. 25—

Manager Casey Stengel an-

Stengel said all would be given

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