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By Joe Williams

Do You Belong to - ‘I Was There’ Club?

NEW YORK, Apr. 2—Are you a member of a “I was there when—" club? You must be.’ Practically everybody is. In fact, the combined membership of these exclusive

clubs exceeds the total population of the country by -

millions, a statistical absurdity that is somehow conveniently ignored. Strange enough is the fact that so many people, despite structural limitations, were able to see these historic events, Upset beating Man O'War, Firpo knocking Dempsey through the ropes, Ruth hitting hig 60th homer..

But stranger still is that the events occurred before many of the eye-witnesses apparently were born.

This is an expression of human ostentation or vanity, or whatever it is, which is herewith briskly passed on to the mental medics. There is no intent to wrestle with the curious subject here other than to observe that this hallucination hag long been prevalent and shows no signs of diminishing. Mention the night Carnera mortally wounded young

Ernie Schaff in the Garden ring—this could be on an:

island in the Pacific, at a Park Ave. martini rodeo or in a Bronx poolroom—and there will always be someone in the company to volunteer particulars. “Poor boy. A murderous punch. I can still see it. I was there.” It was a light jab that landed high. Schaff went down near the ropes and never got up. That's what made it look suspicious. Developed later the boy had a

brain condition when he entered the ring. Even if the Garden had been packed, no more than 18,000 .could have been there, yet I myself must have heard thrice this number, all Yingeiers, describe the fatal incident from start to finish.

» » » THE MOST famous shot in golf wae Gene Sarazen's double eagle in the Masters in '35. My business being what it is, it will raise a few doubts when I boast that I was there when I only wish I could say I saw it. I left hima couple of minutes before he pulled the trigger. Craig Wood had. finished with 282. I picked up Sarazen at the ninth. He was paired with Walter Hagen, another old friend, and was three shots behind. I went along for laughs. Neither Sarazen nor Hagen was the _ dour, uncommunicative type. They knew how to relax between shots, yet still keep their concentration functioning. 2

Sarazen’s shot from the 15th tee of the 485-yard, par 5 test split the middle 250 yards out, but my dogs were beginning to moan in anguish, so | decided | had had enough and turned and headed for the club house. | hadn't gone very far when a roar went up. ‘ “Gene's got a birdie,” I said to myself, thinking the while he had got it awfully quick. But a birdie would do him no good. He was still two shots behind. It wasn’t until I reached the clubhouse that I learned he had holed out his second with a four wood which carried 235 yards to the cup. With one swing he had erased the three shot deficit.

It was ridiculous enough to have missed a shot they'll talk about as long as golf is played, especially since “I was there when—" But that was only a faint, blurred example of my infinite capacity for stupidity. The night before the championship I had drawn Sarazen in the auction pool and peddled him for a few hundred, whereas if I had stayed in the pot the double eagle would have meant a couple of grand. Have my card . , . Joseph P. Sappo. = ® x =» ’ ®» » THEY'LL BE playing the Masters again this week over the lovely Augusta course against a spring back drop of flaming azaleas and radiant dogwood blossoms. All the top notchers will be on the firing line for this is one of the few off-season tournaments that mean something more than money to the pros. It has distinction. This is a test of putting more than woods and irons. ~The course is not interminably long and not ferociously trapped. But the greens are spacious and cleverly contoured. There i$ nothing intimidating about the par 72. (Actually a par 70 would not be too unfair.) Every year it's broken in the four round totals.

Since the foremost demand is putting, the records picture Jimmy Demaret as best on the greens; he’s the only three time winner. Horton Smith and Byron Nelson, both excellent with ‘the blade, are two timers, Ben Hogan couldn't make it until last spring. It by, something of a surprise when Sam Snead

triumphed in ‘49, It was a surprise-because Snead’ 8 background is against him. This happens to be misleading. Mechanically, there is no better putter than the balding Virginian, ‘as he demonstrated when he put two 67's together to win,

By EDDIE ASH Times Sports Editor

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. Apr. 2-—The Indianapolis Indians today sold big Ed

Stevens, their two-year veteran first baseman, to the To{tonto Leafs of the International League for an undisclosed amount of cash. "" This leaves the Tribe's first base position in sole possession of Berd Conyers, Cleveland farmhand who

both San Diego (Pacific Coast League) and Dallas (Texas League) last year. Included in the deal with “Toronto was the sale by the parent Cleveland club of Pitcher Gerald Fahr, who only last week was tagged to be optioned to the Indianapolis club. - The option was announced, then withdrawn and canceled.’ Tribe Manager Gene Desautels approved the selling of Stevens. Fact is, he said he had been thinking of doing it for some me.

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o THE INDIANAPOLIS skip~ per explained he had reached this decision after studying Stevens’ two-year batting recs ord with the Hoosier Redskins and also this spring's record. He reached the conclusion the big fellow doesn’t bat in enough runs for a first baseman and the 261 average with Indianapolis last season was too far off the beam for a regular in the American Association. Although Conyers is four Years older than Stevens, he .is well preserved and has great power whenever he has his eye on the ball. ’ = » “ ‘ DESAUTELS SAID that since the new Tribe club apparently is going to be short of power he decided to gamble, keep Conyers, and hope he delivers. Stevens is the far better fielder around the initial sack but Conyers, who bats left and throws right, guards the area fairly well and has a good arm, Conyers batted only .221 in thirty-five games with San Diego in 1951 but with Dallas in the Texas League he found his stride and hit .293 in 115 . games. He is 31, stands 6-4 and weighs 205. His nickname in this Indianville training camp is Honest Abe because he's built along the lines of Abraham Lincoln, = » ® STEVENS WAS bitter about his sale although he’ll still be playing in a Triple-A league. The genial Texan said his family was already en route to Indianapolis -becauge he had: felt sure he would be retal d by the Indians. “I've always been a slow starter in baseball,” said Ed, “and because of my improved physical condition this spring I've been looking forward to putting in a big season.” The Toronto club is training in Daytona Beach and Stevens’ won't have far to travel to re-

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FIRST BASE DEAL—Ed Stevens (left) has been sold to Toronto of the International League. Herb Conyers will stay as the Tribe’ $

first sacker.

port to his new team. However, he said he intended to talk to the Leafs’ business manager first in an effort to learn more about this package deal (Fahr and himself), if there is more to learn, . ” » ” > ONLY THE past winter the parent Cleveland club removed Pitcher Vic Lombardi from the Indianapolis roster and sold his coritract to Toronto. With Stevens’ departure, only eight players are with the current Indians who performed in an Indianapolis en a year ago. These are Pitchers! Johnny McCall, Frank Papish, Stanley Milankovich and Inman Chambers, Outfielders Frank Kalin, Lloyd Gearhart and Joe Rowell, Catcher Earl Turner and Infielder Mel Rue. In the spring games here, including intersquad and regular exhibition, Conyers batted .346 and Stevens .306. The former batted in seven runs and the latter five. Conyers collected two doubles, a triple and a. home run. Steyens’ lone extra base blow was a homer. Lh

THE ANEMIC “hitting Indians were goose-egged by the

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643, to 444, on the latter's field | and Warren winning a three-way vent on its own track.

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Warren piled up 75% points] Pcaues 42 feet 8 inches -|while Ben Davis got 55 and Law-| rence Central brought up the rear (Distance, um)

Deaf School Wins Opening Track Event; Warren Victor

Deaf School and Warren Cen=; Re rnades (BD); 4, Herron (LC). tral yesterday took victories in|’ high school track meets, the -Si- Mk (BD): a Riley ent Hoosiers defeating Manual, | [3K Kindred ‘BDL. 4 Howell . (BD).

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880—1, Taylor {BD}: 2. Pierce (LC): 3, 4. Riley (WCi. Time 2:119 2. Newhouse LC;

Time,

16 Low Hurdles—1, Cunningham (BD); (WC): 3. Ritt (WC); 4, Shields

sy 123.7, Shot Put—1, Moore (WC): 2, Hannah| 3, Morris (BD): 4, Brunson (LC). |

Broad Jump-1, Black (WC): 2, Reed |

(WC): 3, Kepler (BD); %,"*Kalen (LC). eet 2 inches. 3 1, Ransom (WC): 2, Brun-

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m with 331%. jon, fC). } Witson (BD) and Kepler (DB) Deaf Schodl made grand slams 7's ue: 5 Hysa. Height, 5 leet, ole ault—1, Kalen (LCi: Black and n four events to take its opening Leshe (WC. tied Tor ‘third: Prk and] meet of the season. we, Brune (LC) and Ingram (LC) | In the three-way meet, Carter td for, fourth. Height. 10 feet Collins of Warren was the only|ton..

Mile Relay--1, Ben Davis (Taylor, Rush: Mock, Warrum); 2, Lawrence Céndouble winner as he took both tral. dash events.-

3. Warren Central; Time, 3:56

Half-Mile BoE Warren Central Reed, |

|Black. Applegate, Collins), 2. Ben Da AT MANUAL Lawrence Central, Warren Central, Time. | 100-1, Van Sickle (DS); 2, Ralph Al- 1:44, varez (D8): 3, Swango (D8). Time, :108 2001, Ralph Alvarez (DS); 2, 8wango (DS); 3, Barry (DS). Time, :25.5,

Rochester Red Wings at City Island Park yesterday when the Triple-A International Leagueis won, 6 to 0. The Tribesters were held to six hits, all singles, one a blooper, while the Wings collected eight. -But two of the Rochester blows were triples and they came with runners on base. The one hit off Ray Narleski, with three on, was misjudged . by Dave Pope in deep center and broke the scoring ice. The other three-bagger was made off Lloyd Dickey after two

"down and two on. The Wings tallied four times

in the third and twice in the sixth. Narleski, who did not get much work while in the Cleveland varsity’s camp, was wild and issued four walks, four hits and four runs in his fourinning stint.

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DICKEY ALLOWED . four hits, two runs and one walk in three rounds. They had one strikeout apiece, The two Rochester pitchers struck out six Tribesters and issued three walks. No Tribester got more than one hit, alfhough Al Smith, who got one, came close to collect~ ing three. Two of his drives

were turned Into outs by circus plays on the part of the Reds Wings.

Thesgame was’ played off in the fast time of 1:35 and the ! only bad play was Pope's misjudging the drive that cleaned the sacks. But Base Umpire Wells made two bad calls in the

- early innings. and both checked

Tribe threats.

Bobby Tiefenauer and JackCrimian toiled on the mound for Rochester and the .first named was the winning pitcher, with Narleski the loser. game-wrecking triples were hit by Larry Ciaffone and Wally Fassler.

The series between the ‘club | stands at one and ong and they

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Collins (WC): 2. Cunningham Mock (BD); 4, Applegate (WC),

113 4401, Hodgin wes 2, Warrum (BD);

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40-1, Wiliams M1: 3. “vad sickle DIS Jualificati or 8 Ray Alvarez (DS ’ Time, (30.6 56.6 hy A q en Decides 2 e { Vs 3 alge { Ji Lovis (D8), Time, 2:15.3 rmory Wrest in i oMile—1. Lemon wy 2 Crow (M); 3,| Adi 9 Event, ARES | ). me, : | 120 High Hurdles—1, Rowe (M)i 2, squaiification in thegthird| Tames ¢ ip 3: Perguson (D8). Time, 119.3 fall last night gave Ottd Kuss| Mila Be): 5 Tames oak, ge, 3 she Al Lovelock the tag team lay— 00 (Ralp| varez, Mills, SBwango, Van Sickle); 2, Man victory over Ray Eckert and ual 3. Manual Time 1400. “|Mike Mazurk! in the Armory be-| le elay—1, anhual (Williams, ‘- Jamon, Crow); 2, Deaf School. Time, [fore a crowd of 2200. | A Jump=-1. Tie moss Bours. Perey. azurki took the first fall in| gon. Messer, White a and Lovis, all Deaf 24 minutes over Kuss. But Kuss| ichool, e . eet hole Yau oY, Nyers Mi: ode Mouis m back to throw Mazurki in; LH N ee among ourne ' A} { iPS), Harfle” 1B8) and “orenss "0. fy TLCCD OT Oe oe tenon! eight, eet, e el B 1, Ralph Aly (DS sxns Bar. Al arer ice Carlos Freeman for unnecessary | eet, ne ah Pag dnehes. Dey: 3. Jones! {roughness decided the match. {Pt ps); 3 Stone (D8). Distance, 41 feet, Fred Davis and Vincent Lo-| . nr Fan CENTRAL wei a pez wrestled to a draw in the, ut es elton ( 1: Toons (Bb) AR (We s, Brunson SUPPOrting bout, +L.C), Time, : Oh An— ig Mile—1, Rushton (BD): 2, Stewart, (LC);

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Tribe Training Notes

Yesterday's game was fin{shed with the raindrops dropping and the Indians dropping out, It also rained lightly in the

_ third inning. . Paid attendance

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4, Warren Cen-| are to meet again loday on ‘the «

was all of 210, a drop of 10 from last week's IndianapolisRochester game, - » . Tribé General Manager Chuck French departed for Indianapolis today, fully recovered from a flu attack. Part-owner Owen J. Bush plans to depart camp before the week is out. He's walting on Wally Middlesworth to

fly down from Indianapolis.

The pair then will motor to southern Florida before heading homeward. » . ” ELDON REPULSKI, an outfielder with Rochester, played for the Columbus Red Birds last year, He was the lone slugger in the American Asso clation to hit home runs in the league's eight parks. Two of his nine round trippers were belted at Minneapolis. The 24-year-old swings righthanded. Jose Sandiago, the Puerto Rican pitcher, reached camp last night and was to join the Tribesters in practice today. The last of the salary holdouts assured everybody he’s already in shape as a result of pitching winter league ball. n . . GENERAL MANAGER French had nothing new to re-

* port on the Bobby Wilson case.

Said it's now all ‘'n the hands of Hank Greenberg, who has returned to Cleveland. The Cleveland general manager was supposed to phone French before the Tribe official left for Indianapolis late today. Wil son's mail still is being received

at the Indianville wigwam Browns. ton a 4 askin marked “hold.” Meyer remained in a hattel room el dai’ A yesterday while the Browns were; Roberts, K Konsten AE rain aaa Ee Hue puikae clalist, completed his spring as- i ue a) n° oo BF ha 3 i Cardinals J signment here and left for pt Ke, ral Ei te " 8T. PETERSBURG ~— The Bt. } Cleveland yesterday afternoon. an. roll oon I- {Louis Cardinals’ pi staff,

He headed the “faculty” at the Cleveland varsity's camp in Arizona before coming to Indianville.

INpIANATOLIS established the “Cuban cutie” to-| The Cardinals od No. 6 Gleverly, 2b ..... 730 2 (day: as a candidate to open the yesterday when CHff Chambers hh I g | American League season on the|2nd George Munger combined to conyers, 1 1104 8 ; | mound for the Washington Sen-| lit the or to five alin, If ° 0 . ators Sarhar 3 3 The crafty Marrero, always at Ti : : Shes CN go 1 his best in the spring, limited)’ e's IE : ner, °c. ‘1 1 the Yankees to three hits in seven| LAKELAND, Fia.—~The De- 4 Bites. QP 0 : innings and turned over a 2.1| troit Tigers took a day off to- & Totals ...... "3 78 3 ii Toiead to Tom Ferrick yesterday. ay=-presumably to hunt for | "Xo 4 Locsin Ferrick fn the ninth r ey. © MIL: Bs vknis ons 1 0 o| agains C e ninth In- 5. : bd yer of goers sues 3:1°¢ ning and won, 5-2, for their 14th or Py IER 1s gE ietmans, fo: a $ e triumph In. 22 exhibition games, gam Baa oF a a ne A ab 9 1 New York wa . 1 2 | woman. © i Clallone! "rf 1 0 | 1s A fi, § 15 FHV a hE Cubs-White Sox 3 Be] | (ERE TE, Ane Tet | aan: 0 0 4 0 ve ¢l r A Kahr, 8 cirrsan 0 0 sprin series va Tietennuer, p 10 4 : ol HOUSTON. Tex, — Don-Len- Chicago White i 2 51 5 Crimian, p oll | 0 0 0 1 0hardt, former Brownie and White Jead in games with only three | A potas’: 0 8 obo Bo 27 18 3 Sox outfielder, looms as the logi-\more games to play. 8 ROSANAPOLIS .....)::.s % 003 00s—g cal successor to Ted Willlams as The Cubs picked up the clincher ous Batted in, Ciafrons” 3 A nel the Boston Red Sox’ left-fielder if under the lights here last night, Three Huse Hifi—Ciafone. astier eri Williams returns to active duty in{4 to 2, Paul Min 4 ce Hit—Tiefenauer, Louble ’ ner allowed the Smith and Cleverly, Le : on ar j:| the Marine Air Corps. Sox only three hits in his seven : Off Narleski 4 Dickey i ay Bails Lenhardt, a .265-hitter last sea- innings, and Hank Sauer led the outs—By Narleski 1, Tiefenauer 4, okey Cubs’ 13-hit att k Jin Hy a an on Tifen hr : Pa Addi i | S attack with 5 twocian gg > % Tisfenaues, § in tional Sports run homer. hi aning Pitcher — Tiefenauer. . Lo ing z 4 on “ornus

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Yankees Reign

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DENVER, Apr. 2—Take it from the New York Giants— Larry Doby should make the fans forget his disappointing + 11051 season and the Cleveland Indians stand an excellent :

\chance of ending the New York Yankees’ three-year reign

{over the American Leagu i The Indians have been Be eas {able this: spring as far as the {Giants are concerned, They scored {their seventh straight triumph! {of the spring over the National | League champions, 7-4, yesterday {as Doby and Al Rosen hammered omers.,

son, sparked the Red Sox to a. 4-2 victory over the Shreveport Sports yesterday when he blasted a two-run home run off former big. leaguer Bud Lively in the {fifth inning. Vern Stephens fol lowed with another home run. A Shrevelon, La,

The teams have 12 more games| gestion (A) ve 008 O00 -4 8 to play before they wind up their cha Non : wi a and Niarivos series in Cleveland just before the| ££), Lvelf Willis (6) apd Livin P | Tnaah openers, | ~~ Roston, ie han lovelgnd. (a)! "ih Joo 1.9 1 Athletics Qareln.: Brisste (810 Chaxaies 1) 2 SAVANNAH, Ga.—Rookie OutTroupe: (Lanier, aviinaim (4). Bamberger fielder Keith Thomas’ steady

{spring hitting may earn him a Dodgers {chance to stick with the Phila- | 87, REBUN, Fla.—Man delphia Athletics, ager Charley Dressen said todety | Thomas, a 282 hitter at Kansas {he and Brooklyn - Dodger Vice Cty in the American Association President Buzzy Bavasi would | last year, sprayed out two singles make a new offer for Pitcher|/and a double yesterday as the Ewell Blackwell of the Cincinnati |Atheltics began thelr barmstorm- = Reds next Saturday in Columbia, ing trip north with a 4-0 triumph 8. C, over the Macon Peaches of the Dressen said the “new ofter” South Atlantic League, would not include Southpaw Mee Gf

hi ad Iph Pitcher Chris Van Cuyk, o of . on’ Mo pl 233 2 Ady "Plain (4 pod

the Dodgers’ most imprissive an. pitchers this spring although a Sirota, Brusa a We Tiaht. FH one-game winner in 1051, | h : Phillies ”

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tonsbarxer, } Hiller 1), t ) and erts, the Philadelphia Phillies’ 21. a on LE" Stvhabereer. game winner, encounte a 4 h i new experience today -— being Pirates ! knocked out of an exhibition

BEAUMONT, Tex, — ager | game. Billy Meyer was on crutches to-| Roberts was routed in.a spring day with a severe attack, of the game for the first time in his gout in his left leg as his Pitts Career yesterday as the Boston burgh Pirates’ continuefl their Braves pounded out a 10-4 victory

spring series with the Louis |over the Phillies,

which accounted for only nine shutouts all last year, ne its sixth shutout of the ‘pring : exhibition season today. ee

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