Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 81, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 6, 1954 Page: 2 of 16
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I
iAS TIGHT DEFENSE
Tiger Skipper Certain Team
Will End Better Than Sixth
VI
PARTANBURG, SC., April 6—
—F reddle Hutchinson, who
k over an eighth place club and
ought it home'sixth last season,
"fairly optimistic" over the
ances of his Detroit Tigers this
ring.
"We've got a pretty good ball
fdb." he declared. "We are go-
g to be much better defensively
th Hay Boone at third base all
- ar and 1 think our pitching is
ing to be better."
he Tigers started to jell last
ason when they secured Boone
pm Cleveland on June 15 in an
ght-player deal. Boone, who had
ayed short with the Indians, w as
ifted to third, where he sparkled
ith defensively and offensively,
nding up with a hitting average
312 and driving in 93 runs. De-
it was in last place when Boone
ned the club.
Hutchinson realizes it will be
ugh to better that sixth place
lish. but pointed out that it ap-
•ared to him that the league will
■ better-balanced this season.
All Set
His club—a week before the sea-
n opens—is all set
It will be big Walt Dropo at
.St. either rookie Frank Boiling
• Fred Hatfield at second, brill-
nt Harvey Kuenn at short and
none at third. Hatfield shifted the
eond last season when Boone
ined the Tigers, but as the Tigers
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broke camp—the last club training
in Florida to do so—it looked like
he would lose his job to Boiling.
Boiling of the Red Sox. Frank hit
.318 with Buffalo, the Tigers' In-
ternational League farm club, in
1953 He is a better double play
man than Hatfield and if he con-
tinues to hit will take over the job.
Only two outfield spots are cer-
tain—Bob Nieman in left and Jim
Delsing in right. Bill Ti< '< up
from Buffalo where he hit only
.276 last season, has improved his
hitting and probably will win the
centerfield spot from A1 Kaline.
the bonus baby who has looked
aood, too Don Lund will be one of
the spare outfielders and Steve
Souchock will be ready to step in
at either first base or the outfield
shortly after the season opens. His
left wrist, broken while playing
winter ball, is almost healed now.
The veteran Johnny Pesky and
Rain Scheduled
For West Coast
Diamond Opening
SAN FRANCISCO. April 6—UP—
The Pacific Coast League opens
its 52nd straight baseball campaign
Tuesday with rain expected to
cramp the act in San Francisco
and Sacramento.
But clear weather is predicted
for Hollywood and San Diego
where the favored Stars and im-
proved Padres host Portland and
Los Angeles respectively.
San Diego may not be in mid-
season form, but it is starting with
a mid-season day-night double
header against the Angels.
The power-packed stars are just
about everybody's choice to romp
to their third straight pennant. A
crowd of 10.000 is expected at Gil-
more Field with plenty of dark
glasses and Marilyn Monroe hair-
dos in evidence from the nearby
studios.
An overflow crowd is of 12.000
expected at Sacramento for the
opener against Charley Dressen's
Oakland Oaks, but possible light
rains have been predicted by the
Weather Bureau.
Gov Goodwin J. Knight is sche-
duled to make the first wild throw.
Then A1 Gettel ' 24-14>, who found
a home with the Oaks after a lack-
lustre major league career, will go
to the hill for Charlie Dressen
while Emil Patrick. 3-4 with Birm-
ingham of the Southern Associa-
tion last season, starts for the Sol-
ons.
A crowd of 15.000 is hoped for
at Seals Stadium where San Fran-
cisco squares off against Seattle
but light rain is predicted for this
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two rookies are Luttling for the in-
field reserve spots. The rookies are
Charlie Kress, a first baseman who
hit .319 at Rochester last year, and
Reno Bertoia. a bonus player.
Trouble at Catcher
Catching could be a trouble spot
because Frank House, another bon-
us player, never has lived up to
the promise he showed when the
Tigers signed him for $70,000 and
'vo high-prices automobiles. He is
jc. out of service and Hutchinson
was hopeful those two years would
build him up and he would take
over the No. 1 catching spot. But
he doesn't appear ready, so it will
be the veteran Matt Batts in the
No. 1 spot with A1 Lakeman. who
failed to make the grade in prev-
ious trials with Cincinnati, the No.
2 man.
Hutchison is figuring on using
six regular starting pitchers—Ted
Gray, who won 11 while losing 15
last season: Ned Garver 111-11 ;
Steve Gromek < 6-8 with the Tig-
ers after he came from Cleveland
Where he was 1-1); Bill Hoeft '9-
14); Ralph Branca <4-7 with De-
troit after being obtained from
Brooklyn) and Ray Herbert (4-6).
Hoeft and Herbert have looked
especially good this spring and one
of them will get the nod for the
season's opener. Garver seems to
have recovered completely from
his knee trouble, but has been
wild, as has Branca. However, H'lt-
chinson is sure both of them will
be ready.
Back of them will be Dick Mar-
lowe <6-7). who figures to be the
No. 1 relief man; rookie Dick Dono-
van, an 11-game winner with At-
lanta last year: Bob Miller, 1-2
with the Tigers: Dick Weik, who
lost one game without a triumph
after he went to the Tigers last
year in that big Boone deal, and
A1 Aber, also an ex-Indian, who
was 4-3 with the Tigers from June
15 on.
Financial Problems
Hamper Schooling
For Bevo Francis
RIO GRANDE, Ohio, April 6—
UP—Lanky Bevo Francis, whose
astronomical scoring efforts rocked
the basketball world for the past
two seasons, contemplated Tues-
day quitting school for "financial
reasons.''
Francis, who has two more years
of college eligibility remaining at
Rio Grande College, said he
couldn't "give my wife the things
she needs," and couldn't support
his 20-month-old son properly by
continuing in college.
Loquacious Newt Oliver, who dis-
covered Bevo while coaching in
high, school and brought him to
Rio Grande, indicated he might not
be around next season either. Oliv-
er said he had "been offered one
or two offers elsewhere, and be-
sides, there wouldn't be much of
a future here without Bevo."
Francis said he will "definitely"
decide by this spring. "I don't want
to go into debt any further," he
said
Francis topped the nation's small
colleges in scoring the past sea-
son with a total of 1.255 points
per game. He broke 11 all-time
records in the process in 27 games
played against four-year schools.
During the 1952-53 season. Bevo
as a freshman scored 1.954 points
lor a 50.1 average, but the NCAA
refused to recognize the figures
since most games were against
junior colleges. The total of 3,209
points for two years far outdis-
tanced any previous career total
by any college player.
Francis said he had already
contracted tor a job at a West
Virginia race track for this sum-
mer. hut he had no plans for a
job this fall. "I can get some sort
of a job." he said.
Baseball Briefs
By UNITED PRESS
RICHMOND. Va.. April 6-UP—
Manager Walt Alston announced
Tuesday that Carl Erskine, a 20-
game winner last season, probably
will pitch the opening game for
the Brooklyn Dodgers when they
lace the New York Giants at the
Polo Grounds, April 13
Big Don Newcombe. the return-
ing GI who won 20 games in 1951
before leaving for the Army, will
pitch the second game of the sea-
son which will be playecf at night
at the Polo Grounds
"Since I have my choice, I'd
rather pitch Newcombe under the
lights," Alston said.
Three hits by Jackie Robinson
and the smooth seven-hit pitching
of Clem l.abine. Jim Hughes and
Erv Palica helped the Dodgers to
a ti to 0 triumph over Milwaukee
at Chattanooga. Tenn.. Monday. It
marked Brooklyn's fourth victory
over the Braves this spring and
gave them an even split in the
series
LYNCHBURG, Va.. April 6— UP
—The Cincinnati Redlegs trimmed
three players from their squad
Tuesday, optioning outfielder Bob
Hazle to Indianapolis, releasing
pitcher Jack Crimian to Toronto,
and sending pitcher John Stewart
to Tulsa
Cincinnati, which meets Wash-
ington here again Tuesday, defeat-
ed the Senators 9 to 4 at Winston
Salem. N.C., Lloyd Merriman hit
two homers for the Redlegs while
teammates Ted Kluszewski, Wally
Post and Jim Greengrass each hit
one as did Ed Yost and Roy
Sievers of Washington.
SHREVEPORT. April 6—UP—
Don Johnson, who failed to make
the grade with the Yankees, Sen-
ators and Browns, appeared Tues-
day to have clinched a pitching
berth with the White Sox.
Johnson became the first pitcher
on the White Sox to go eight in-
nings this spring Monday when he
held the Cardinals to four hits
during that stretch and paced Chi-
cago to a 6 to 2 triumph. It marked
the White Sox third straight vic-
tory over the Cardinals.
Sweetwater Reporter, Texas, Tuesday, April 6, 1954
White Sox Trial Pitcher
Has Chance To Make Team
IIATTIESBURG. Miss., April 6—
UP—Right-hander Johnny Klipp-
stein drew warm praise Tuesday
from Stan Hack, the Chicago Cubs
new manager, tor his line pitching
against the Baltimore Orioles Mon-
day
Klippstein hurled no-hit ball for
six innings against the Orioles un-
til Vic Wertz opened the seventh
with a single It was the only hit
Klippstein allowed during his seven
inning stint as the Cubs won 2
to 0 at New Orleans, and the
shutout marked Baltimore's first of
the spring.
SPARTANBURG, SC., April 6
I jjp The perplexing riddle ol
1 what has suddenlw happened to
i Robin Roberts was no nearer a
; solution in the camp of the Phila-
; delphia Phillies Tuesday
Roberts, the ace of the Phillies
pitching staff, was hammered for
'six hits and five runs in the filth
inning by Detroit Monday as the
Tigers laced the Phillies 8 to 2 at
Columbia. S.C. It was the
I time in eight starts that
I was shelled this spring.
To add to the Phillies
| rassment, the Tigers
! triple play against
third inning.
seventh
Roberts
embar-
executed a
them in the
By MILTON RICHMAN
United Press Sports Writer
Don Johnson, a pitching flop with
the Yankees, Browns and Senators,
is with the White Sox merely "on
a look," but Manager Paul Rich-
ards says he has seen enough al-
ready to convince him that the
cocky righthander will be a con-
sistent winner for Chicago this
year.
"Johnson is a changed pitcher
from the fellow who used to try to
fog the ball past every hitter,"
Richards said. "He's picked up a
good slider and he's a much smart-
er pitcher than he used to be.
"As a matter of fact, he hasn't
had one bad outing this spring. He
certainly has learned a lot about
pitching since Washington sent him
to the minors two years ago."
The 27-year-old, happy-go-lucky
Johnson, whose trial period with
the White Sox expires when the
American League season opens
next week, became a cinch to stick
Monday when he yielded only four
hits in eight innings to defeat the
St Louis Cardinals C to 2 at San
Antonio
Johnson Goes Eight
Johnson, who posted a 15-12 rec-
ord with Toronto of the inter-Na-
tional League last year, struck out
three Cardinal batters while pac-
ing the White Sox, to their third
straight triumph and becoming the
first Chicago hurler to go eight in-
nings this spring He had a shutout
until the sixth when Rip Repul-
ski led off with a homer
Little Bobby Shanlz of the Ath-
letics also turned in a fine effort
at Mobile, Ala., limiting the Pir-
ates to three hits but unfortunate-
ly for him one of those hits was
Frank Thomas' ninth homer of the
season, enough to give Pittsburgh
a 1 to 0 decision. Rookie Bob Pur-
key went the distance for the Pir-
ates and gave up six hits.
Detroit rapped Robin Roberts fo
six hits and five runs to beat the
Phillies 8 to 2 with Ray Herbert
being credited with the victory and
the Tigers turning in a third in-
ning triple play.
Johnny Klippstein, in his best ap-
pearance of the spring, held the
Orioles hitless until Vic Wertz sin-
gled in the seventh as he paced
the Cubs to a 2 to 0 triumph at
New Orleans Ertz' hit was the
Sport Briefs
By UNITED PRESS
Derby Favorite Impressive
ELMON'T. N.Y.. April 6—UP—
Belmont Park railbirds are im-
pressed with the condition of Rob-
ert S. Lytle's Correlation, now the
2 to 1 favorite in the Kentucky
Derby winter book. Correlation,
scheduled to race next in the Goth-
am Stakes at Jamaica* April 17.
worked out over Belmont Park's
main track Monday and clocked
a good 1:28 for seven furlongs al-
though running easily
Packers Sign Max McGee
GREEN BAY. Wis., April 6
—UP—Max McGee, who averaged
5.2 yards per carry for Tulane
University last fall, has signed a
contract to play with the Green
Bay Packers of the National Foot-
ball League next season The half-
back. who also averaged 21.8 yards
per punt return, was the Packers'
filth choice in the player draft and
the 18th Packer to sign.
only one allowed by Klippstein dur-
ing his seven inning stint on the
mound Joe Coleinan was the loser.
Two singles and a double by
Jackie Robinson plus the smooth
seven-hit pitching of Clem Labine,
Jim Hughes and Erv Palica helped
Brooklyn to a 6 to 0 victory over
Milwaukee at Chattanooga, Tenn
The triumph was the Dodgers'
fourth against the Braves this
spring and gave them an even
split in the spring series.
Two Key Homers
A pair of homers by Lloyd Merri-
man were the key blows as Cin-
cinnati defeated Washington 9 to 4
at Winston Salem, N.C. Ted
Kluszewski, Jim Greengrass and
Wally Post each hit homers for
the Redlegs, too, while Eddie Yost
and Tony Sievers connected for the
Senators.
Jim Hegan's three-run homer j
against John (Windy) McCall in I
the ninth gave the Indians a 10 to i
Shreveport. while Harry B.vrd and j
Johnny Sain combined to pitch the j
Yankees to a 12 to 3 victory over
the Charlotte Hornets of the South \
Atlantic League.
Memphis of the Southern Asso-
ciation rallied for three runs in
the seventh inning off Hector i Skin-
ny) Brown to beat the Boston Red
Sox 6 to 5.
The clubs continued pruning their
rosters, Pittsburgh optioning pitch-
ers Elroy Face, IJob Schultz and
Larry LaSalle and third baseman
George Freesc. who had batted
.517 this spring, to New Orleans
ol the Southern Association.
SWC Teams Defeated | Baseball Results
In Non-League Tilts
By UNITED PRESS
Southwest Conference baseball
teams absorbed two lickings Mon-
day in non-title games, and another
appeared probable Tuesday night.
Texas and Rice, tied for the loop
lead and cellar respectively, were
beaten by two small state schools —
Sul Ross taking the Longhoms 4 to
3 in an 11-inning tilt at Austin and
Sam Houston trimming Rice 14 to
7 at Huntsvllle.
Southern Methodist was in action
Tuesday, with the Mustangs step-
ping a bit out of their class to
tangle with the pro Dallas Eagles,
Texas League and Dixie Series
champs in a night game. The
University of Houston will tackle
Texas A&M at College Station.
Frequent errors marked the Tex-
as - Sul Ross game, but the little
regarded Loboes outhit Texas 9 to
4 and the Longhorn mound ace,
Boyd Linker, lasted only five in-
nings.
Howard Snodgrass singled home
the winning run lor Sul Ross in the
11th, and Doyle Stout, who relieved
in the 10th, snuffed out a bases-
full Longhorn rally in the bottom
of that frame by striking out Eddie
Joe Daniels to end the game.
12 Fillies, Mares Elijiole
SAN MATEO, Calif., April 6—
UP—One dozen fillies and mares
have been made eligible for the
$20,000 San Mateo Matron Handi-
cap at Bay Meadows this Satur- j
day They are: Blue Butterfly,
Bubbley, Fighting Jane, Fortune
Teller. Gloria Mundi, June Bloom, i
Grace, Sienna II. Trampolin and I
Wild Glory
Monday's Exhibition Baseball
By UNITED PRESS
Cincinnati (N) 9, Washington <A)
Brooklyn < N > ti, Milwaukee < N >
e.
12, Charolette
St. Louis <N) 2.
Philadelphia < N)
New York (A
(Sally) 3.
Chicago (A) ti,
Detroit (A) 8,
2.
Chicago (N) 2, Baltimore (A) 0.
Cleveland (A) 10, New York <N)
8.
Cineinnati-B ' N > vs Tulsa (Tex-
as). Cancelled, rain.
Memphis (S) ti, Boston (A) 5
(Called after 8 innings by agree-
ment ).
Baby Filly Doing Fine
OCEANPORT. N.J., April 6—UP
—The baby tilly who surprised the
racing world by surviving although
she weighed only 15 pounds at
birth continued to show progress
at Woodland Farm Tuesday and
farm Manager Ed Feakes said
"only bad luck can keep her from
living now." The nine-day old filly
may even develop into a race
horse, said Feakes "but I would
have to bet against it."
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Wally Westlake, Cleveland s 33
year-old veteran outfielder, was j
m iking a determined bid Tuesday ! Laurel Take Increases
lo win the regular lelt field berth LAUREL. Md.. April fi —UP
in the Indians' outfield. —With six days lelt in the current
Westlake smashed his second , meeting, the Laurel race track
homer in as many clays Monday1 Tuesday reported a marked in-
fivc-run eighth inning ( crease both in betting and attend-
helped the Indians de-: ance. So far, the average daily
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MONTGOMERY. Ala . April 6—
; UP—Fred Haney admitted Tues-
day that rookie Hob Purkev had
! just about clinched a starting berth
on the Pittsburgh Pirates" pitching
i staff . , . ,
Purkev 24-vear-old nght-handei
i who had an 11-13 record with New
i Orleans of the Southern Associa-
fion last season, went the route
! Mondav, giving up only six hits
1 to beat the Athletics 1 to 0 at Mo-
i bile. Ala Although the 1 nates
could get i nly three bits olf Bobbj
i Shantz, one ol them was frank
Thomas' ninth homer ol the spring
| in the fourth inning
GREENSBORO. N.C.. April 6—
! UP—Maybe it's the inferior type
: infields in the minors, but Yankee
Manager Casey Stengel was some-
i what irritated Tuesday
; team's record of 10
last three games.
betting handle has been $1,184,037,
an increase of 13.9 per cent over
last season, and the average daily
attendance has been 14.902. an in-
crease of 10 per cent over last
season.
by his
errors in the j
49 Entries in Auto Race
INDIANAPOLIS, lnd.. April 6-
UP -The number of entries for the
500-mile auto race at the Indiana-
polis speedway on May 31 was in-
creased to 49 Tuesday with the re-
ceipt of four new entries They
were Iwo McNamara Specials, en-
tered by Lee Elkins ol Kalama-
zoo. Mich, with one to be driven
by Mike Nazaruk of North Bell-
more, NY: a Fullerton Special
to be driven by Marshall Teague
of Daylona Beach. Fla.: and a
Dunn Engineering Special to be
driven by Johnny Federicks ol Roy-
al Oak. Mich.
Baylor Drops Hogs
5-1 In Golf Meet
ELMER'S HERE!
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FAYETTEV1LLE, Ark.. April fi
1 UP--Baylor trimmed Arkansas 5
j to 1 Mondav in a Southwest Con-
ference golf meet.
The match had little effect on
the conference round-robin stand-
j ings, since both teams were
beaten decisively in their opening
matches.
Baylor now has a 6-6 mark, and
Arkansas one of 3-9.
Conference play will resume Frl-
dnv. when Rice 11-11 plays Texas
(6-0) at Austin and SMU (10H-
11 i meets Texas Christian '4-2i
at Fort Worth. Texas A&M S's-G's)
was scheduled for a Saturday dual
meet with Baylor at Waco.
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making its bid for inclusion in the
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refers to members of the Women's
Army Corps specializing in com-
munications.
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