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Gearhart Firm - About Proving

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By EDDIE ASH

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Mar. 18—Lloyd Gearhart, veteran outfielder and former holdout, put himself on record today as a candidate for the center field post with the

Indianapolis Indians. “I- have a two-fold purpose in| mind,” sald Lloyd, “and you can 8ame-ending double play started jot it down I'm determined too" a great play by Al Smith,

’ third sacker. till DO rigle.n ball] Another ‘infield double

{earlier In the contest, rhe Indians launched by Bob Prentice, are looking tor Ond-base candidate, | nn o ” - a middle garden- pwo.HIT oY y Lor the: Indians ir search were Milt Nielsen, left field

play, was sec-

donned a unl-gen patted in three runs. form for the The Tribesters’ big Inning first time in| was in the sixth when they talthis Indianville| Jjed five times on four hits and spring training| three walks. camp only yes-

Ash terday and was sent through the Tribe Training Notes

paces as if he'd heen practicing] for a week. “ y . WITH only a minimum of batting practice, he was shoved into

Lloyd Gearhart was assigned uniform No. 310 and the outfield{er sald he hoped it 18 an omen of his batting average this year. Highest number on the Tribe the lineup as a left fielder in the|squad.is 382, which is pinned on late ita of an intrasquad|Mike Lutz’ back.

LI thin has a TANS fi oyd thinks he THE INDIANS filled the role

of pupils yesterday morning by attending a base-running clinic conducted by Hank Greenberg and Tris Speaker. The former greats demonstrated their iInstructions and the boys absorbed some valuable pointers. Harry Malmberg had been picked off first in Bunday's game. The base-running session lasted two hours, which gives you an idea how thoroughly baseball farm system stresses fundamentals.

game, better chance to land a regular berth by concentrating his efforts on center fleld rather than left or right, Gearhart blamed his low 1851 batting average on the fact the Indians used him as utility outfielder and pinch hitter, which kept him on the bench almost half of the games. It’s his theory that if he's going to stay in the high minors he will be successful in the hitting department only as a regu-

lar. a 8 8 8 8 FLORIDA newspapers have THE going is to be rough for psen having a fleld day with | Gearhart, however. His last ip. headlines “playing up”

year's .226 batting average stands against him regardless of the conditions under which he played. When Tribe Manager Gene Desautels’ attention was called to Jearfiart’s announcement about throwing his bat into the ring for center field, the skipper's terse comment consisted of “that’s fine, but we still expect to land a new heavy hitting and hard-throwing man for the job, probably around the first of the menth.” 3 Tribe General Manager Chuck French got off a second wire to Hollywood of the Pacific Coast League today tryIng to cook up a deal for the purchase of Tom Saffell, the

California's rugged weather. But that didn’t prevent the temperature from dropping to 39 in this spring training camp area early yesterday morning. It's been a “long underwear league” for two days runnifg hereabouts.

o ” n MEL RUE, veteran infielder, checked in at camp late yesterday. He batted .282 as utility performer for the Indians last year. ”

» » JOHNNY MOORMAN, Indianapolis lad in camp with the Indians, worked out with a, little minor league squad yesterday and got into a game played some distance away from the Indian. apolis-Dallas contest. Moorman

f . 1 Tr ye She is a former Indianapolis Times pat. carrier, a five-year “veteran.” yen {His special tutor here is part-

owner Owen J. Bush, » " o TRIBE TRAINER Jim Pierce predicted the Indians couldn't oft by a thir rasqu , (miss on St. Patrick's Day and They goose-enged the “Dallas they didn't ist him down. Plerce Texas Leaguers yesterday, 8.0,/has organized a bunch of remote behind their own pitchers, It.was control cheerleaders to pull for over the eight-inning route and|the Tech High School team in the the Hoosier Redskins collected 13 Hoosier basketball finals. hits, including three doubles. : Only non-Indians in their lineup were catchers. Shortstop Harry Malmberg, occupying the leadoff position, smacked out four hits, one a double, and big Ed Stevens, now known as the “rejuvenated first sacker,”

THE Indians had something to cheer about this morning as they prepared to trudge out for another long workout to be topped

Hoosier Jockey Near Death

MIAMI, Fla, Mar. 18-(UP)— Young Jockey Richard A. Thompgarnered three son, who was thrown durii

blows. | yesterday's racing at Gulfstream . 8 =» Park, was in “still very critical” SPECIAL coaching by Tris condition today at Mt. Sinai hosSpeaker apparently is paying pital following a brain operation.

dividends in Stevens’ case, which! The 22-year-old rider was makes the camp's entire faculty thrown from his mount durin happy. All of the parent Cleve-| the fourth race and land club’s instructors, assembled | stepped on his face at this farm base, have been im-

another horse

Physicians said the horse had

pressed by big Ed's superior apparently caught him “solidly” |

fielding, and Tribe Pilot Desau-/on the face. H tels is confident the holdover first to live. baseman really is “rejuvenated.” The accident

Herb Conyers and Joe Macko.|along the rail in about The latter performed in the Dal-|or sixth position at the las lineup yesterday and Conyers | eighths pole, pulled relieved Stevens for the Indians reins when he was * In the bottom of the sixth. he pulled up, Eternal Great stumFour Tribe pitchers held the bled, throwing Thompson under opposition to only three hits inthe pack of horses. i their first opportunity in game Thompson, who had just beaction. All looked sharp and|come a full-fledged’jockey after a fast. Joe Kotrany. up from|year's apprenticeship, had ridden

Wichita with a 13-8 record, more than 100 winners and never started and was

Frank Papish, Stanley Milanko-

up on the

yesterday. He rode his first winvich and Ernest Trujillo. [ner at the Charles Towh, W. Va., a 8 8 track, Mar. 6, 1951. His home is MILANKOVICH became the Jeffersonville, Ind.

“winning pitcher” because he was seria . the Ice Tonight

ther et Bins Dallas got a sAmMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFF oubtful windblown hit in the or og . second, after which the Eagles Sen eerie tl Tu! uffalo a incinnatti (best-of-five) were held hitless until the eighth] gis’ B Providence and | Cleveiand and last -stanza, when they made! (best-of-five will begin Thursday night in

two, only to be cut down by a cond:

|starter, and Mike Lutz, who re-| Gearhar tiileved Joe Rowell in right. Niel-

L By FRANK ANDERSON Times Sports Writer LAFAYETTE, Mar, 18— Jeff's Broncos are champ(ion)ing at the bit. And why not, when Coach Marjon Crawley's saddling them up for the finals of the state high gchool basketball tourney? Crawley hasn't saddled many | losers. Just look at the record. It shows: State champions at Washington in 1941 and 1942. | A crown for Jeff in 1948, { Only once since 1948 has Jeff failed to make the Final Four in Indianapolis’ Butler Field house, That was 1949. i ” ” » CRAWLEY'S Broncs lost in | the afternoon to Muncie’'s ulti- | mate title-holders in 1951. In | 1950 they were runner-up to | Madison. And that should document ! Crawley © and his traditionconscious Broncos, Now it's up to Indianapolis Tech to make the title-conscious Broncs unscious in the finals, Saturday. The- teama meet in the first game at 1:15 p. m, One has to include tradition as a factor in Crawley's success. He doesn't coach super= boys. His players are average, red-blooded American teensters, They work and they play. They study and they date. And they succeed. Incentive is before their eyes every time they pass the athletic trophy showcase. » n . THE IHSAA began supplying hardware to Jeff in 1916. That's the year C. F. Apking coached the Broncos to the state title, Jeff waited 32 years before getting another crown. It doesn’t intend to walt another 32, Crawley is confident. “You've got to think you can go all the way when you get this far” he grins. It figures. Teams with inferiority complexes don't get far. Jeff is cool. It can come from behind. Elkhart led 22-16, at | the half in the semifinal here | last Saturday. And still Jeff | won, 39-37.

” ” . CRAWLEY AND his boys don't sacrifice defense for offense. The Broncos’ defensive average of 38.7 in eight tourney games is best among the Final Four. It's a matter of necessity, The Broncos’ offensive average is 52, lowest among the Final Four, But the modest offense doesn’t bother Crawley. He has balance. ' And balance is a sure sign of team play. Each man helps his mate. What powerscoring there is in the hands of little (5-9) Fritz Franz. He's a 14-point man. Franz and 6-4 Center Bill Lange co-captain the team. Lange isn’t a prolific scorer, but he gets his share in close. Franz shoots a wicked left-hander from any spot. . . . THE GUARDS are Joe Heath and Bob Kaser. Both are fast. Kaser is 5-8. With that height he has to be a thinker. And-he is, Bob will drive hard off a circle pattern, Most of the Jeff players are two-sport men. Franz was a second-placer in last year’s quarter-mile event in the state track meet. Boyd Hovde, son of the Purdue president and an honor student, plays golf and football, Jim Cahoon, 6-1 and 200 pounds, was All-North Central _Conference tackle last fall.

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JUST HOW THEY FEEL—Jeff Coach Marion Crawley and two of his Broncos, Co:Captains Fritz Franz and Bill Lange (left to right) hold a sign that shows just how they feel about Jeff's chances of taking the state basketball title back to Lafayette Saturday.

Kaser is a third-baseman on the school nine. Harris is a right-flielder. Heath pitches. Don Boveri quaterbacked the football team.

2 » » WITH athletic-minded boys like that playing for him, Crawley has few worries about conditioning. However, he assigns training rules. Starting Feb. 1, each cager had to be abed by 9:30. There was good reason for Feb. 1 training order. Crawley says the team began to show real stuff in mid-Janu-ary. He didn’t want the boys to lose the edge. And they didn’t. Lafayette citizens and the high school pupils are taking the Broncos’ road to glory without fanfare. They're used to Jeff successes. Two wins Saturday and Jeff backers will make noise.

” ou o CRAWLEY is sticking mostly to old stuff in defense and offense. At least he says so. You can check with Tech Saturday and find out. The: Bronco coach. knows a lot about Tech and the other two teams in the finals. He's had scouts watching all of them. The Jeff head man mentioned his holiday tourney with a smile. Jeff rarely wins it, but the Broncos have a taste of what the other sections are doing. It helps in the payoff state tourney. This year Crispus Attucks,” East Chicago Washington and South Bend Central were guests. Jeff lost to Washington and Attucks. Jeff lost but two games after the meet. The Broncos hold 'a 52-45 win over Tech. And they held

Purdue Spring Grid Drills Start Monday

Times State Service

There's a New ‘Mr. Basketball’

| LAFAYETTE, Mar. 18—Eighty

jor lettermen, spring training Monday. Twenty

sessions practice

tions.

great ends, All-American Sugar and Pete Brewster,

Eddy to Address High School Coaches

speaker at the Indiana

8 football players, including 30 ma- pay will start Purdue's warriors, who supplanted George next mikan of the Minneapolis Lakers as the National Basketball Association’s scoring champion this season, was named the professional “player of the year today by the Metropolitan Basketball] ‘Writers Association. | “Arizin scored a -total of 675] points for an average of 25.4 per| game to end Mikan's four-year] professional’ scoring reign. Arizin will receive the Sam Davis award |

sessions are e was not expected permitted under Big Ten regula-

occurred when| The Boilermakers had a cin. Challengers for the post are Thompson, riding Eternal Great erella finish to their 1951 season fifth when they had a 4-1 Big Ten three- standing for the runnerup spot. | Ten major lettermen have been ‘shut off.’ As lost by graduation, including two Leo

NEW YORK, Mar. 18 (UP)— Arizin of the Philadelphia

Ouch—

The Indianapolis regionals and semifinals of the state high school basketball tourney fell short $7517.35 of a sell-out, IHSAA Commissioner L. V. Phillips has disclosed. The Radio Corp. of America, which sponsored the telecast over WFBM-TV, posted a $5000 guarantee against such losses, The other $2517.35 will be made up from profits reaped at the other tourney sites, Phillips sald.

Tech's Joe Sexson to his lowest total of the season. Can history repeat. Or will- Tech happiness be a thing called Joe? ;

” = » CRAWLEY IS a cool coach. He's not a towel waver, rarely

Lunchtime

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: Ray Eddy, Purdue University followed by had a spill in his career until pasketball coach, will be principal

High School Coaches Association din-|

ner-meeting Friday, 6 p. m, in

the John Atherton Center at But ler University. It will be a $2.25-per-plate din

ner, Officers for 1952-53 will be

nominated and IHSAA Commis sioners L. V. Phillips and his as sistant, Bob Hinshaw, will guests,

the Indianapolis Indians’ first base position at the Tribe's trainin

They got their eyes on that first sack in Cleveland, too, if Cleveland

THREE FOR ONE—Joe Macko, Ed Stevens and Herb Conyers (left to right) are battling for

in Daytona Beach, Fla. irst Baseman Luke Easter

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develops any serious knee trouble again this year. Macko, 24, hit .286 for Wichita last season. Conyers, 31, had .291 divided between San Diego and Dallas and Stevens, a holdover from last year's Tribe squad, hit .26] during the 1951 American Association campaign. He's 27, ‘ 1 ‘ ie ! -

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Most Unknowns Today

DENVER, Mar, 18 (UP)—8ec-| ond-round pairings in the weeklong National tournament were being completed] here today with a 16-hour slate of 10 games on tap.

AAU basketball

However, very few of the

games promised to be much more than breathers for teams from, the ball League and several strong independent quints.

National Industrial Basket-

By the end of the all-day drib-

ble derby, most of the. makeshift

‘teams and unknowns will have]

been eliminated from the tourney and the seeded quints can get down to the serious business of

{deciding the championship and

Editors Urge Change In Tourney Setup

the four entries to the Olympic playoffs. |

Editors of 11 weekly news-

papers urged today that team, jalignments in the Indiana high

school

basketball tourney be

[changed by having 128 sectional sites instead of 64. !

The newsmen said in a resolu-

tion that this would “equalize dis-|

{tribution of sectional centers for the mutual benefit of large and small high schools.” 1

“Having 128 sectionals would

permit the Indiana High School Athletic Association more free-

dom

in adjusting inequalities,

permitting a better chance to ar-|

[rive at the real champion,” the |resolution said. - ~

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barks. ternally, but the opposition never sees it. His face and*

bearing would do justice to a

gambler sitting on a royal flush. This is Crawley’s seventh trip to the finals. He made a journey to Indianapolis in 1932 as Greencastle’s assistant coach. Two junkets with Washington and now the fourth with Lafayette round out the record. A man can learn a lot in six trips.

Tech and Jeff tied for fourth- |

place in the North Central Conference chase, Crawley and his men, Saturday would be a wonderful time to break the deadlock. There'll be a lot of hoarse throats at the fourney. Jeft’s betting on two teams coming down with Bronc-itis.

He may tyrn flips in- {install the short floor, concrete-

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TUESDAY, MAR. 18,1952

Jackson Hike

ALTHOUGH THE Indianapolis Moter Speedway hag more perminent-type garages this year, it's going to run out of space soon. 1 Three more drivers, Henry Banks, Jimmy Jackson and

Jim Rathman were announced

completed 200 laps. In the last joday. bY Speedway President two re, the Pr driver, Wilbur Shaw boosting the total has earned points in 22 of 26 announced entry list to 28. championship races. Eighty-two cars are expected) a 4 8 to be entered before the: Apr. 15 34 CKSON, former Indianape midnight deadiine, but there are ,;q resident who resides now in only 68 concrete garages. Twelve pegert Hot Springs, Cal.,, has been concrete garages were CON-ipamed driver of the Auto Shipstrueted since the last race, re- ...q Special, entered by Eugene |placing temporary tin enclosures. cassaroll of Grosse Pointe am 0 Farms, Mich. Jackson, who fin BANKS, who was AAA nation- ished second in 1946 and placed al driving champion in 1950, will among the first 10 in three other have No. 2 painted on his Blue Speedway races, didn’t compete Crown Spark Plug Special this last year. year. He placed second last sea-| Rathman of Chicago drove hers son in AAA championship points jn 1949 and 1950. He ran “out. behind Champion Tony Betten- jaw,” according to AAA stand. hausen. His entry brings. to six'ards after the 1950 Speedway the top-ranking drivers of 1951-— race and was reinstated under a Bettenhausen, Banks, Walt $1000 bond earlier this year. He Faulkner, Jack McGrath, Mike will try to qualify the Advance Nazaruk and Johnnie Parsons. Muffler Special this year, owned Banks has been making Speed- by Bruce and Lou Bromme and way appearances since 1936, but Vincent Granatelli. has only been in six races. Last| Of the 28 drivers now named, year when he finished fifth, eight have never driven in a 500« marked the first time he had ever Mile Race.

Butler, IHSAA Clear Olymp Date Refusal

To clarify why the Indianapolis Olympians were res fused the Friday night NBA playoff date at the Fieldhouse, Butler University and the IHSAA presented the following reasons today: ONE-The $4750 contract] {IHSAA has with Butler for the

[final three games of the state [tournament obligates Butler to

duced to $5000 per year for five years with THSAA sharing in the concessions. In 1945 Butler and IHSAA agreed on the present $4750 annual contract for the : : final three games. [Sables 80d WIFing for DeWSPSPRI2 "Lo Vs Phillips -THEAA. commite : ‘sioner, said today it is too much TWO—If the Olymps were t0 ,¢ 5 rac to give up the Fielde luse the long Fieldhouse floor Fri- house Friday and still hope to day . night, it would require 30 have the plant in tip-top condi men to work all night and UP 4 ne guarantees 15,000 fans.

|based bleachers .and necessary

until high school game time Saturday to ready the Fieldhouse 4.5 * and then the job couldn't be] TONY HINKLE, Butler Uni. guaranteed. {versity athletic director, was fear.

| The contract speciiically points ful the wiring installed for 200 A te "to newspaper representatives, 34 ras the state finals. !dio stations and two TV stations 2 vo» (would be disrupted.

THE IHSAA has been dealing] Thus the Indianapolis Olym{with Butler for many years, Itpians will open their Western has an unwritten agreement that Division playoff battle with the 'i{f Butler built a large enougi|Lakers Sunday in Minneapolis. A athletic plant, the THSAA would second game will be played here play its state finals there. For 10 next Tuesday night and a third years the IHSAA paid $10,000 an- game, . if necessary, will be re|nually to Butler. Then it was re-turned to Minneapolis.

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By Uni SAN BERN Mar. 18—A 1 spring doesn't in.Septemb enough today Durocher of Giants look for toward the def tional League t Jim Hearn. ai dy, appropriate] descent, author against the Ch yesterday on 8 Hearn, a 17 1951 who coulc best pitcher tt the first five inr and struck out Kennedy, wh game last seaso there and allo while striking « mainder of the The victory third ‘in eight They play the I today with Sal

to, start. »

Yankees

ST. PETERS]! 18—Rookie And rage of the Ne camp today an why Manager ( lieves the worlc not be hurt by Martin during weeks of the . season. Carey stretc streak to seven singles as the Washington Se terday. His ba nine exhibition ospheric .519—1 est of any Yanl Martin, tabbe his No. 1 thir when spring tre sidelined for si when he broke right ankle. Carey is the Yankees’ Kans: in the Americal he probably wo he’s belting a, p rectly to Yank The Yankees victory in 10 ex day when they Braves.

Reds

TAMPA, Fla. Niles Jordan Wally Post o Reds were sid minor injuries. Jordan was drive off Ferris terday’s 6-5 vic! adelphia Athlet Post was hit thrown ball in Neither inju serious.

Dodgers :

WEST PAL Mar: 18—The * the Brooklyn I delphia Athleti day. The Dodgers the Athletics s lars to play th yesterday ret: sending only tx play the Athle The Dodger 13-5, as Ralp! no runs and t appearance. »

Tigers LAKELAND Art Houttema five innings te his third ap spring on the

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delphia Athlet Houtteman, in 1950 who Ww: year, has allot in eight inning ”

Phillies

CLEARWAT —Third-basem was lost to the lies today for a sprained ani Jones suffer fore yesterday St. Louis Card ried off the vealed no frac ”

Braves

ST. PETER 18—Chet Nicl League's earn 1951, appeared —just in case. The Young paw showed e: faced only 12 nings as the F Sox, 2-1 yeste Nichols exp into the Army League seasol getting in sha Army changes Yesterday's in 10 games f« Sox.

% . Fight Rest Hy | PHILADELPHIA Philadelphia, out 186, Los Angeles BOSTON--8and York, stopped T ton (5) —non-titl PROVIDENCE, 158, Luzerne, Pa, 14, 153. Providenc CHICAGO—Chas outpointed Dave BALTIMORE, Trenton, N. J, k ningham, 1468. Bi LOUISVILLE, St. Louis. rtoppec more, Md. 14) CARDIFP, Wi Wales, outpointas aly (10), PARIS Lauren sutpointed Norn

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, J. HOLYOKE, _) Washington, D. , Lott, 166, Newar