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Austin Dopesters Favor
Crozier Tech Over Pampa
By HASKELL MAGUIRE
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AUSTIN, March 2 ^0n the eve of
opening activity of the 35th an-
nual state basketball tournament,
star gazers and handicappers have
arrived at some startling figures
in placing odds on the Pampa Har-
vesters’ chances of repeating as
state champions.
Rumors around the University of
Texas campus are that Crozier
Tech of Dallas is 11 to 5 favorites
to upset the defending champions.
((4 These figures were arrived at
through practical application of
mathematics, including such digits
as 6-9 and 6-5, with reference of
course to Tech's 6-9, A. C. Black
(tad Pampa's 6-5 Gary GrMfin.
»me bettors are willing to give
oads that Pampa will not get
through their first game against
the Waco Tigers.
Limber Up
But despite the odds against
them, the Harvesters arrived at
4, the field of battle Wednesday at 3
p.m. They went directly to Gregory
Gym to see whether the court
could be obtained for a practice
session. But there were nlready
some four teams working out on
AP'sTeam
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Top Sophs
DALLAS. March 2 A*—-Champion
Southern Methodist and giant-killer
Baylor each landed two men on
the All-Southwest Conference bas-
ketball team but the only unani-
mous choice was Dick O’Neal, the
AJtreat sophomore of Texas Chris-
tian.
Arkansas, which ruined Texas
Christian’s chances with a last-
game defeat and tied the Chris-
tians for second, failed to place
a man.
Rice, Texas and Texas A&M also
didn’t geta player on the team
selected by the seven coaches for
The Associated Press.
For the first time in history
three sophomores made it—O’Neal,
4 who led the conference in scoring
with 676 points; Jim Krebs of
Southern Methodist, who was sec-
ond with 521, and Jerry Mallett
of Baylor, who flipped in 381.
The other members of the team
are Murray Bailey of Baylor, who
was fourth in scoring with 440
points, and Art Barnes, the talent-
ed playmaker of Southern Metho-
dist. Bailey is a junior, Barnes a
senior.
O'Neal got the vote of every
m coach and Krebs lacked only one.
V Mallett, Bailey and Barnes each
polled four.
The ail-conference team:
Dick O’Neal. TCU, forward, 6-7
sophomore from Fort Worth. Tex.
Jerry Mallett, Baylor, forward,
6-5 sophomore, Beaumont, Tex.
Jim Krebs, SMU, center, 6-8 so-
phomore, Webster Groves, Mo.
Murray Bailey, Baylor, guard,
6-2 junior, Athens, La.
Art Barnes, SMU, guard, 6-0
senior, Dallas, Tex.
0, Second team — forwards, Ray
Warren, TCU, and Raymond
Downs, Texas; center, Joe Dur-
renberger. Rice; guards. Monte
Robicheaux, Rice, and Norman
Smith, Arkansas.
(the cotirt. so the Harvesters check-
ed in at Mt. Vernon Motor Courts,
then went to St. Mary’s Gym for
their limbering-up exercise.
The trip from Denton was with-
out incident, with all 15 squad
members in good health and fine
spirits.
Basketball fever will reach a
new high in the capitol city at 8:45
|a.m. Thursday when Bovina and
Rankin kick off the tournament
that includes 24 teams in five divi-
sions. They will be followed by Big
Sandy and Slidell, of Class B, at
9 a.m.
Fayorcd Sudan, one of Parppa's
early season opponents, will get
things off in Conference A at 3:10
p.m. Thursday. The Hornets, whom
Pampa defeated 46 to 42, are odds
on favorites to win over Dickinson
their first opponent.
P'aJnvelw-French
Plain view, another West Texas
entry, will play French (Beaumont)
at 3:10 p.m. Friday in the first
game of Conference 3-A. The Bull-
dogs are rated as the team to beat
in that class.
In the upper echelon, Crozier
Tech and Beaumont will get things
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March
1 JP Manager Eddie Stanky today
ordered the ’’kid gloves” treat-
ment for pitcher Brooks Lawrence
as the St. Louis Cardinals began
*■4 their spring training.
The 200 - pound righthander
proved a workhorse after he was
brought up from Columbus of the
American Assn, in mid-season last
year, lie won 15 and lost 6 for the
Cards.
By IIAKOLI) V. RATLIFF
AUSTIN, March 2 A* The powers j
of Texas schoolboy basketball were
rolling into Austin today for a state
tournament that will, pick five
champions from a field of 24 con-
tenders.
Crozier ,Tcch of Dallas, Plaiv-
view, Atlanta, Sudan and Avoca
already have been given the “kiss
of death” as favorites for the titles,
four of which are up for grabs.
But there’s nothing certain about
it in view of past tournaments that
show the favorite as often as not
fails to come through.
Fourteon of the teams playing in
the giant tournament have been
here before and six of them are
former champions.
Class AAAA, blue, ribbon divi-
sion. has three ex-kings in its field
of four teams that start battling
it out for the championship Friday
night. P&mpa, for instance, is the
immediate defending titlist, hav-
ing taken the glory of two years
in a row. Crozier Tech twice has
Biagetti Leads
Qualifiers In
Pelican Open
BATON ROUGE. La., March 2
A’--Leo Biagetti of Sandusky,
Ohio, fired an eight-under-par 64
today to lead the qualifiers in the
fourth annual $12,500 Baton Rouge
Open Golf Tournament.
About 140 amateurs and the less-
er known professionals were shoot-
ing for the last 70 places in the
tournament on the 6,450-yard, par
72 Baton Rouge Country Club
course. Some 75 top pros qualified
automatically for the tournament.
The weather was clear and
warm. The course was in excellent
condition and some of the tour-
ing pros said the soft green grass
was the first they had seen on a
golf course since the winter cir-
cuit left California.
Ray O'Brien, PGA tournament
director said the Baton Rouge
tournament had drawn "the best
field we'll have before the Augusta
Masters Tournament." He pointed
out that after the tournament here,
the touring pros “have their first
week off since last October."
Pre-toumey favorites were Mike
Sourhak of Durham. N.C., who has
won the last two he's entered in
the winter circuit and Boh Toski
of Livingston. N.J., who won 'the
tournament last year in a blazing
finish.
Toski also won the Tam O'Shan-
ter Tournament last year and
missed most of the winter circuit
because of a special exhibition
tour.
been champion and Beaumont once
captured the crown. Waco is the
only school I hat never won a title
although the Tigers have tried 10
times.
Year for Waco?
This might be the year for Waco.
The Tigers meet Pampa in the
first round and Pampa is consider-
ed the team to beat once more
despite Tech’s high rating. Pampa
has lost only four games out of
95 and those four all came this
season. The Harvesters, however,
came through one of the toughest
districts in the state with a 25-4
season record and. sparked by all-
state Gary Griffin, should bid
strongly for a title repeat.
Crozier Tech fears its all-state
center, A. C. Black, a 6-9 young-
ster, may be of little service. Black
has a sprained ankle that has kept
him out of work this week. He
injured the ankle in last week’s
bi-district playoff with Fort Worth
Poly. Without him Crozier Tech
would be rated no better than an
even chance of winning its first
game Friday night against Beau-
mont.
The tournament opens tomorrow
at 8:45 a.m. with the Class B divi-
sion swinging first into action.
Avoca, the title favorite—it has a
gaudy record of 41 victories against
only 1 defeat -rolls against Maud
in the final game of the opening
round of Class B. The tournament
starts with Bovina playing Rankin.
Big Sandy, a former champion,
plays Slidell, also an ex-champ, in
the second game at 10:10 a.m. and
Medina meets Dilley at 11:35 a.m.
the Avoca-Maud contest is sched-
uled for 1:45 p.m.
Has Eight Trams
Class B has eight teams but all
other classes only have four.
Class A oprns its championship
play at 3:10 p.m with favored
Sudan, boasting a 35-5 record,
meeting Dickinson. Plano and Buna
get together at 4:35 p.m.
Class AA's first round is Thurs-
day night with favored Atlanta
clashing with Seminole at 7:30 and
Freer tackling San Marcos at 8:50.
San Marcos is a former state
champion.
Class AA, featuring Plainview
and projecting a Plainview-Kilgore
final, starts play Friday afternoon.
Plainview clashes with French of
Beaumont, the second highest rated
team in the division, at 3:10 p.m.
Kilgore and Victoria come to-
gather at 4:35 p.m. Kilgore has the
top record 29-2. French has 29-4,
Victoria 29-5 and Plainview 26-8.
Plainview, however, played a
tougher schedule than the others
Class AAAA’s opening game is
at 7:30 p.m. and matches Crozier
Tech with Beaumont. Waco and
Pumpa battle at 8:50 p.m.
Finals of all classes will be play-
ed Saturday.
going in the 4-A bracket with Tech]
favored. The Wolves of Dallas get j
a 10-point nod over the Purples.
Pampa and Waco will follow at
8:50 p.m. Friday in the second con-1
test of Class 4-A.
Coach R. B. Keithley’s Tigers arc 1
upset-minded at the moment. Keith-
ley thinks his speed will control I
the ball against Pampa, while his
scoring threats, Jimmy Baker and
Charles Pack, will pour enough
points through the hoop to move
him to the finals Saturday night. |
Baker is a 6-4 junior center,
while Pack is a 5-8 guard with spee I
equal to that of Burger's Gerald
Myers, Keilhley's other starters
will be Kenneth Brunson, 6-3 sen-
ior forward, Regan Chaney, 6-1 sen-
ior forward, and Joe Blain, 5-7 sen-
ior guard.
The Tigers bring a 24-6 record
to Austin, while the Harvesters will
try to keep their record at four de-
feats and run the victories to 26.
Keithley has hopes of going all
the way this year. "A 1 vv a y s a
bridesmaid but never a bride" was
the way the Waco mentor put it.
The Tigers have been to the state
tournament about as often as any
team and made six consecutive
trips from 1910 to 1945. ,
Champions
Write 10
Records
THIS IS Cincinnati Redlcg’s “500 Club”. Between them,
524 runs were batted in last season. Ted Kluszewski,
left, had 141 RBI’s, Gus Bell, 101, Ray Jablonski, asquir-
ed from St. Louis in a winter trade, had 104, Jim Green-
grass, 95, and Wally Post, 83. (UP Telephoto)
DALLAS, March 2 UP South-
west Conference basketball players,
paced by Texas Christian's great
Dick O'Neal, wrote at least ten
new records into the books and
tied another in the season which
closed Tuesday night.
Conference records are not too
complete, but based on the infor-
mation available. O'Neal set three
new records and tied another,
while five single game records
were set in the TCU-Arkansas
finale last night.
O'Neal scored 676 points over the
full season and 362 in league play
to break the old marks of 604 set
by Gene Schwinger of Rice last
year and 280 posts by Rice's Bill
Henry in 1945. He also got 144
free throws in conference play, 50
more than the old record of 94
shared by John Starkey of Baylor
and James Addison of Texas A&M.
O’Neal also equalled the one-game
scoring mark of 49 set by Texas'
Slater Martin in 1949. >,
Ray Downs, who set a new one
game free throw mark of 23 after
O’Neal had raised it twice above
the old record of 15, also broke
the old 12-game conference free
throw and total point marks with
123 and 313. respectively. Jim
Krebs of SMU also bested the 280-
point total by two points with 282.
The 46 free throws made by
Arkansas against TCU was a new'
record, as was the combined total
of 75 between them. Arkansas’ 110
points was a new one team scoring
high and the 199 points both team
garnered was still another new re-
cord. The combined total of 107
free throw attempts by both teams
also set a new mark.
SMU, which set a new team
scoring record of 938 points last
year, boosted that figure to 985
this season for another new mark.
O’Neal and Krebs came within
a whisker of equaling the record of
110 field goals in conference games
owned by Henry for a decade.
Krebs got nine the final night and
O'Neal six as they both w'ound up
with 109 for the loop race.
Kliiszew ski's Timing Off
TAMPA, Fla., March 2 UP
Ted Kluszew'ski, the National
League home run king, found out
Wednesday that his timing is off
badly and that he wasn’t meeting
the ball well in batting practice.
Tom Gold, With 7,499 Heads
AP's All-American Basketball Team
Rv TED MKIEI.
NEW YORK. March 2 A*-Tom
Gola of LaSalle's defending NCAA
[champions, Robin Freeman ol
jOhio State, Bill Russell of San
Francisco, Dick Ricketts of Du-
[quesne and Darrell Floyd of Fur-
man were named today to the 1955
Associated Press All-America Bas-
ketball Team.
Gola, regarded as the best pres-
ent day collegiate player, domi-
nated the voting by 323 sports-
writers and broadcasters. On the
basis of five points for a first
team vote and two points for a
second team vote, Gola polled
1,499 points. He received 294 firsts
and nine seconds.
Freeman, who injured his ankle
White Sox-Washington Trade
Hinted In Majors Activity
By WILL r.RIMSLKY
The Associated Press
A flat statement by Casey Sten-
gel that the New York Yankees
lineup is set except for one posi-
tion and hint of a Chicago White
Sox-Washington trade highlighted
activities today in the major
league training camps.
The gravel-voiced Stengel gave
the boys a mild jolt when he an-
nounced at St. Petersburg that
seven places on his club are set.
The exception, he said, is short-
stop w’here Phil Rizzuto has to
beat out Jerry Coleman and Billy
Hunter for the job.
"The one who looks best gets
the post,” added the Yankee man-
ager, in effect tolling the end of
his famous tw’o-platoon system.
Trade W inds
The trade winds blew at Orlando.
Fla., where it was reported the
White Sox had offered Washington
five players for the Senators' hold-
out third baseman, Eddie Yost.
The report w-as that Marty Ma-
rion, White Sox manager, w'as will-
ing to give up shortstop Jim Bride-
weser, third baseman Rocky Kir-
rene, catcher Clint Courtney,
pitcher Bob Chakales and first
basejnan Jim Marshall for the vet-
eran inficlder. Marion was quoted
as saying he’d sweeten the pot
some more if the Senators "talk
business.’’
Cal Griffith, the Washington vice
president, and Manager Chuck
Dressen w'ere said to be cool to
the proposition.
Higgins Pleased
Elsewhere, the training sessions
moved along at a fast clip and
Mike Higgins, manager of the Bos-
ton Red Sox. was so pleased with
his athletes' condition that he said
five-inning squad games may be-
gin next week at Sarasota.
Late signings continued to drib-
ble in. The Baltimore Orioles, at
Miami Beach, received the con-
tract of outfielder Cal Abrams,
leaving only one Baltimore hold
out. That was pitcher Lou Kretlow.
Stengel, in assigning his Yanks
to their proper slots, said Bill
Skowron would he at first, Gil Me-
BASKETBALL
and did not play the last month.
I nevertheless was a strong second
with 955 points. Russell followed
with 748, Ricketts with 725 and
Floyd with 585.
Missed Out
i Don Schlundt of Indiana, who
i made the 1954 first team, missed
out this year. He polled 577 points
j to top the second team. Rounding
i out the second quintet were Dick
Hemric of Wake Forest, Si Green
of Duquesne, Dick Garmakcr of
j Minnesota and Ron Shavlik of
Norlh Carolina State.
| Tom Heinsohn of Holy Cross.
(Dick (Buzzi Wilkinson of Virginia.
Dougald at second. Andy Carev Bob Burrow ot Kentucky. Dick
at third, lrv Noren. Mickey Mantle Boushka of St.Louis and Maurice
and Hank Bauer in the outfield, j Stokes of St.Francis (Pa.» were
“Yogi Berra will catch everv picked as a third team,
day.” Stengel added. He said hit- [ The 15 names for the first three ,
ting prowess may decide the short-, teams each will receive a certifi-
stop regular. (cate from The Associated Press.,
Pressure On Kiner j Honorable Mention
Across much of the United ; Thirty additional players re-
states, at Tucson. Ariz., Manager, reived honorable mention. The
A1 Lopez put the pressure on out-1 first 10 on this list were Ed Conlin
fielder Ralph Kiner quickly by say- of Fordham. Bob McKeen of Call-
ing the erstwhile National Leaguer . fornia. Bob Patterson of Tulsa, 1
should hit at least 40 home run* ! John Horan of Dayton. Walter
this year. (Corky) Devlin of George Wash-1
Discussing Ralph's 22 homers ington. Rod Hundley of West Vir-
and' 73 RBI’s with the Chicago j ginia, Jack Stephens of Notre
Cubs last year, Lopez said, "that Dame. Frank Ehmann of North-
wouldn’t be good enough to make j western, Dick O'Neal of Texas
this squad.” -* Christian and Art Bunte of Utah.
There was the usual good and The son of a Philadelphia police-
bad news aliout old and new in- man. the 6-7 Gola is the firs to |
juries. ! be chosen All-America for three!
At Vcro Beach, Fla.. Don New- i consecutive years. The sports-
combe pitched to Brooklyn bat-’writers have been hard put to find
tors for 15 minutes and reported now adjectives to describe his
his right shoulder didn't hurt a brilliant all-around play. Uusually
bit. "Last year it was 2'* months he gets as many rebounds as he
before I worked that soreness oul docs points and his opponents will’
of my shoulder.” the giant Dodger I vouch that he gets too many of
righthander said, declaring ho those, lie is .just as good defensive-
prohably was over-anxious. ly, too.
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Eager Team
Fined $250
For Rushing
BELLE AIR, Fla.. March 2 A>—
Commissioner Ford Frick, contin-
uing to crack down on spring
training deadline violators, fined
the Kansas City Athletics $250 and
six team members a total of $275
today for beating the March 1
starting dale.
Five regulars were fined $50
earh. They were pitchers Amie
Portocarrero and Charlie Bishop;
infielders Forest Jacobs, Louts
Limmer and catcher Wilmer
ShantZi
The rookie who received a $25
fine was pitcher Bill Oster. A $50
fine also was assessed against the
Athletics club house man, Yip
Crompton.
On Monday Frick fined the Mil-
waukee Braves $500 and 14 players
a total of $625 also for starting
training before the scheduled date.
Frick said his investigations
were "far from finished” but he
did not indicate what other clubs
might be involved. It's reported
the Detroit Tigers and Brooklyn
Dodgers are likely to be hit with
similar penalties. The Athletics are
training at West Palm Beach, Fla.
The commissioner explained the
reason why the Kansas City man-
agement was fined only half the
amount of the Milwaukee Braves
in his earlier crackdown.
"Kansas City officials were not
present at the workouts, they knew
of no workouts and authorized no
workouts.” Frick said.
“Furthermore, the Kansas City
management had given strict in-
structions to the clubhouse atten-
dant to see that no surh prelimin-
ary workouts took place. These or-
ders were disregarded.”
THE BOSTON Tar Baby is shown here as ne
today and as he looked at the height of his boxing career.
Hs is Sam Langford who says he would not have been
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DUSTY RHODES, New York Giant out-
fielder and hero of the 1954 World Series,
didn’t expect to be greeted Wednesday
st Phoenix, Ariz., by a scalping party of
Taos Indians, but before ally damage was
done he found it was all part of the plana
for the opening day of spring training
there. (UP Telephoto)
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