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‘Team in Baseball, Only In National League

"By OSCAR FRALEY United Press Sports Writer -

NEW YORK, May 26—You may get an argument on it from some of the good citizens of Pittsburgh but it may be stated unequivocably today the Pittsburgh Pirates are not the worst team in baseball. | If you happened to look at the|

National League standings of late you may have noted that the tat-|

" tered and battered Buccaneers ap-| Brews Boss

parently are in a league by themselves. After their first 33 games May Sa they were 18 and a half lengths back of the leader.

| ® Such a situation in a horse In Milwaukee

race would evolve the mystery of whether they were last in By DON BRYDON one race or first in the next, | United Press Sports Writer As Pirates, they undoubtedly | MILWAUKEE, May 26—Charlie deserve the ancient title of |Grimm, genial manager of the “freebooters.” Milwaukee Brewers, said toda) enn {that he ‘has no desire to returr

BUT NEVER let it be said to the major leagues and may end

y his baseball career in Milwaukee e baseball. | : they are the worst in baseball. | “Pm completely -happy here,”

They are the seventh worst ) among the teams which compose |OFimm said. “I like Milwaukee

organized baseball and — hold and I think Milwaukee likes me.” tight to your chairs—would be He said there was no foundacomfortably in first place in a tion to persistent rumors he circuit composed of Grand Forks,| Might be called up to manage N. D.; Mayfield, Ky.. Mattoon,| the parent Boston Braves beIIl.: Ardmore, Okla.; Ft. Lauder-| fore the 1952 season ends. dale, Fla. and Williamsport, Pa.|

Off comparable figures, Pitts-| a ae burgh's .152 percentage would | the Brewers and that's what I'm|

have it out in front of Ft. Lau- 80108 to do,” Grimm said. “After

derdale, followed by Ardmore and |the season ends, I'm my own boss| with Grand Forks, Mattoon and 82in and I have no idea what Mayfield in a dead heat. Wil- Will happen. I know one thing, |

: ithough. I have absolutely no de-| q, t . would Hamspore 2 percen age sire to go back to the big leagues.” |

He said he liked the pace in the! . L srdale, for instance, is ~ Luugerigle shape’ as the American Association better. Pirates, being 181; games back | We enjoy the game here,” he| of the leading Miami Beach 352id. “There isn’t as much pres-| team in the Florida Interna- [Sure as you find at the top of the y - (heap.” tional League. Things got so | D tough Ft. Lauderdale Short- | Grimm, who had two differstop Woodrow Meeks skipped | ent terms as manager of the the club. Chicago Cubs, led the Brewers a au = | to the Association pennant and

PITTSBURGH GOING into] OM to the Little World series week-end play had won only five| championship over Montreal of games while losing 28. But all is| the International League in | not lost. The freebooters aren't 1951.

the best booters in baseball. | THE BRAVES ratied the Brew: Grand Forks, Mayfield and erg during the winter, taking| Mattoon each had posted only one away most of the players who victory at that comparable date. sparked Milwaukee to the flag, Williamsport had copped only tW0 hut Grimm rebuilt his club’ durout of 18. Ardmore had won three ing spring training and currentagainst 19 losses and Ft. Lauder- ly has it fighting for first place dale had matched Pittsburgh'siin the standings again. five wins—but lost 31. Jolly Cholly, as he is known Don’t get the idea, either, the throughout baseball, is a strict hot pennant races in the major disciplinarian with his players, leagues compose all the good but also is one of the most popbaseball being played in these (ular managers in the game. He here United States. There's a lot/is the clubhouse comedian and of it. {often has the fans laughing at Take, for instance, the Pioneer Nis antics in the third base coachLeague. While many clubs. were Ing box. having trouble putting out the| In addition to his baseball cat, the Pioneer League was play-| talents Grimm is an artist and ing knock-down - the - favorite.| ® musician. Back in the 1930's Only three games separated first | when he first took over as manplace Boise from last place Twin! #8er of the Cubs, Grimm’s favFalls, which is tighter than a! orite musical instrument was credit manager's heart. the banjo which he played freOne of the by-products of that| duently. . a Pioneer League race was the res-| . s ” ignation of Umpire Matt Xavier. | 1 NAS ra oud, too” he “The lights used in our night] : a s di " was hi | singing is good for relaxation games made me dizzy, 8 /when you're in the middle of a Se peason. n dmis. | tense campaign.” ey or Be an admis-| Grimm said his goal in life is . to settle down on his farm at |Robertson, Mo., some day and “just read about baseball in the newspapers.” He said he didn’t know when he'd bow out of the game, though. “I'm getting too much fun out of baseball to quit now,” he said.

Pittsburgh Steelers

Sign Gary Kerkorian PITTSBURGH, May 26 (UP)—

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|The Pittsburgh Steelers today i |signed Quarterback Gary Ker-| i |korian, former Stanford Univer-| ~: (sity passing star, for the 1952 | |season. | Kerkorian, 21, described by] many as the best developed at| Stanford since Frankie Albert, completed 103 passes out of 186 tries for the Indians last season. | |Seven passes went for touch-| [Gowns

| Pro Contract =| | WASHINGTON — Charle y| [(Choo Choo) Justice will play] with the Washington Redskins in| the 1952 pro football season after| spending 1951 as an assistant! 'grid coach at North Carolina.

High Salary PHILADELPHIA—Robin Rob-| ‘erts, at about $30,000 per year, is [the highest priced pitcher in the| [history of the Phillies club. !

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By | STATE COLLEGE, Pa, May 26—Pennsylvania State College announced today that

iit accepted an invitation to

compete in the 17th annual allcollege basketball tournament at Oklahoma City, Okla,, Dec. 29. Penn State, which competed in the NCAA regional tournament last year, ended the ‘regular season with a 20-6 record. Other entries signed for the

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Bowling Green, Wester Kentucky and Penn State are newcomers to the tournament,

Cage Peak LAWRENCE-—Clyde Lovellette, Kansas' 6-9 center, set a new 4game NCAA basketball scoring

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