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WEDNESDAY, MARCH
Sunny Florida Turns Frigid,
jM Not the Hot Brooklyns v
By BEN OLAN
Associated Press Sports Writer
They're having a cold wave In
, normally sunny Florida these days,
but that Isn't preventing the slow
starting Brooklyn Dodgers from
keeping their hot winning streak
going, . ,
The Dodgers now have won sev
en Straight exhihltlnn ivDv.. nn
r dropping their first three. Five of
nj Tikiuuva navp oeen against
' American League clubs, and the
Brooks, who are looking forward
to another meeting with the New
,York Yankees next fall, are hoping
.thls is an indication of things to
come.
While members of the Chamber
commerce went around smash
ing thermometers, Walter Alston's
.men edged the Washington Sena
( tors 3-2 yesterday before some
5,000 top-coated spectators. Brook
lyn took a three.run lead In the
' third (nnlnv anti tViat u.BB n u
. a W WBI " GUUUS1I
to offset a two-run rally by the
. Still, the Dodger players are
having their troubles and they
claim it's all because of the
weather.
NOT HIMSELF
Outfielder Carl Furillo, the Na-
Gavilan
'Sorry'
For Bobo
CHICAGO Ml You get the im
'i "pression that Kid Gavilan, prob
ably the best fighter in the world,
pound for pound, feels a little
sorry for Bobo Olson, because
Bobo has to fight him.
"He's a nice fellow," said the
1 Kid on arriving in Chicago Tues
day night for a two-day round of
) ceremonies. "I have no hard feel
; ings for him.
r "I'm gonna lick him. though.
, I'm a real fighter, you know. Bobo,
i -I think he punches not very good."
: The Cuban Kid, already welter-
y weight champion, goes after 01-
' son s middleweight crown in a
, .'Chicago Stadium bout April 2.
i EXPLAINS
' i .- Gavilan made a point of ex-
is "plaining to reporters why Olson
. jias io luge a nosing.
"I can beat all those middle
i iweights," he declared. "I already
- beat a lot of them. Sometimes I
,': weigh 10 pounds lower, too. Now
I weigh heavy 154. So much bet
; 'er..
"I'm underdog? Good. Second
V time we fight, I be topdog.
"How I light him. Don't know.
. -I know the first round. After that,
Vieasy, '
'! "I've seen him fight and he
, conies In all the time. . So much
! better. I look good. I hit him six,
seven times every time he comes
.: near. Saves me trouble going to
g him.
'.NOT STRONG'
) , "He won't hurt me. He's not a
strong boy."
5 Having explained all this, Gav
, Han hastened to tell his listeners
'"; that there was nothing personal
'f In it. '
"It's like this," he said, "In a
' sport you have no bad feeling.
,;i Two men want to fight each other,
'3 It's all right. I try hard. He try
; hard. No reason for hard feeling."
? The Kid made the trip from his
Chatham, N.J., training camp to
: (A) receive an award at the Unl
aivcrslty of Notre Dame as "The
"'it man who has done the most for
: boxing in the past year," and (B)
. appear with Olson at a formal contract-signing
luncheon Thursday.
iPACKING IT IN uniy Jr-j
Itin Private Billy Martin now
I packs his sport jacket away
tfor the duration of his Army
areer. The Yankees' former
second base hero now is sta
tioned at Fort Ord, Calif. (NEA)
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17, 1954
tlonal League's batting champion
last year, isn't swinging anything
like his powerful self and re
alized it. ..
"I lust can't seem to get loose,"
he moaned. "My back and should
ers are tighter than a drum. When
is it gonna warm up?"
' Jackie Robinson, who sat out the
last two games with a stiff knee,
isn't taklkng any chances on ag
gravating the condition during the
cold spell.
"This weather Is brutal," he
said. "How can you get ready?"
Washington Manager Bucky Har
ris also had some nasty things to
say about it. His Senators have
lost seven games In a row.
NEED WARMTH
"I've been coming down here
since 1920 and I've never seen any
thing like this weather," he said.
"We're not going to look good un
til our front-line pitchers get in
shape. They have to get that warm
weather now. You can't expect it
on the trip North."
The Pittsburgh Pirates, aided by
Hal Rice's fifth-Inning homer, de
feated the Boston Red Sox 2-1 be
fore only 682 chilled spectators.
The Bosox picked up their only
tally in the first on a triple by
Jackie Jensen and a single , by
George Kell.
Only 500 fans saw the Cincin
nati Redlegs pound out an 8-4 vic
tory over the Philadelphia Phillies.
Jim Greengrass' three-run homer
in the seventh was the difference.
HOMER
Held to two runs In six Innings
by Warren Spahn, the Chicago
White Sox scored three times in
each of the seventh and eighth
frames to defeat the Milwaukee
Braves 8-3. Nellie Fox slammed a
three-run homer for the Chisox.
The Detroit Tigers whipped the
New York Yankees 6-3 in a game
marked by an Injury to the Tigers'
young shortstop Harvey Kuenn. He
suffered a badly bruised wrist
when hit by a pitch thrown by the
Yankees' Harry Byrd In the fifth
Inning. The Bengals sealed the vic
tory with three runs in the ninth
off lefty Art Schallock.
Bobby Young's two-run homer in
the eighth enabled the Baltimore
Orioles to outslug the Cleveland
Indians 9-8. Howard Fox, a Na
tional League castoff, pitched the
first five Innings tor the Orioles
and left the game ahead 7-3.
SEVEN RUNS
The St. Louis Cardinals belted
Bubba Church for seven runs In
the third to score their fourth
straight triumph over the Chicago
Cubs 9-7.
The White Sox "B" team nipped
the Cincinnati scrubs 3-2.
Besides Kuenn, outfielder Bill
Bruton of Milwaukee and Balti
more first baseman Dick Kryhoskl
were added to the ever-growing
list of training casualties.
Bruton came down with a
sprained ankle when he stepped
Into an outfield hole. Kryhoskl sus
tained a broken left wrist in Sun
day's game against the Giants,
X-rays revealed. He is expected
to be out irom tour to six weexs.
Just : before the extent of Kry
hoskl's injury was disclosed, the
Orioles announced they had pur
chased first baseman Eddie Wait-
kus from the Phillies.
Richert Sent
To Wenatchee
SAN FRANCISCO Wl The Oak
land Acorns of the Pacific Coast
League Tuesday assigned outfield'
er Vern Richert to Wenatchee of
the Western International League.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (NEA1
is the key man as the New York
Giants try to return to the ranks
of pennant contenders.
While the big noise from Phoenix
centers on amasin' Willie and his
return from the Army, the New
Yorkers, from President Horace
Stoneham down, admit Williams
must be able to play every day
at second if the Polo Grounders
are to give Brooklyn and Milwau
kee a fight fo ."the National League
pennant.
Mays is supposed to be the cure
all.. They won in 1961 with Willie
In centerfleld and were ahead in
'52 until the Army tapped htm.
Yet it would be foolish to pin
the complete set of New York
hopes on his fabled arm and speed.
Williams is crucial. His bad back
kept him from playing regularly
last year, was the main reason for
the Giants' collapse. Even Leo
Durocber, to - whom Mays means
salvation, will tell you, "It's the
man at second base who worries
me." ,
Williams played In 112 games
Bakers In
AAU Debut
i . -
DENVER M Seattle's Buchan
Bakers, Pacific Northwest Ama
teur Athletic Union basketball tl
tllsts, make their debut in the na
tional championships here Wednes
day. The Bakers, a team composed
mostly of former Northern Divi
sion college stars, are paired for
their Initial encounter against the
high scoring Fort Sill, Okla., Com
manders. Coach Bill Morris said probable
starters for the 3 p.m. PST, game
would be Chet Noe, ex-University
of Oregon center, three former
Washington players, Chuck Koon,
Doug McClary and Joe Cipriano,
and Sid Ryen, ex-Denver Univer
sity star.
BYES
The Bakers drew byes for the
first two days of the week-long
tournament. Their first opponent
was the victor Tuesday in one of
the highest scoring games In the
history of the tourney, turning in
a 91-86 decision over the Navy
Phibpacs of Coronado, Calif.
Peoria's two-time champions and
the three other top-seeded teams
Phillips, Denver and Akron al
so bow into the tournament Wed
nesday. All appear to have easy touches
In a seven-game schedule which
trims the field for Thursday's
quarterfinals. Los Angeles Kirby
Shoes was the first to reach the
quarter-finals by overcoming Mil
waukee Allen Bradley, 72-66, Tues
day night.
FIRST ROUND
P e o r 1 a's Caterpillars are
matched against Anderson Towne
House of Indianapolis, 64-57 wtn
ner over the Panhandle Flyers of
Anchorage, Alaska, in a first round
game, , ., .1
The Phillips 66ers" of Hartley
ville. Okla., should have little dlf
flculty with the Carmack Realtors
of Cleveland, Ohio, who had real
trouble before beating Clarkson
Realty of Des Moines, 68-65.
Denver's Central Bankers, un
beaten in 13 games this season on
the tournament court, will meet
one of the better service clubs in
Ft. 'Leonard Wood, Mo. The sol
diers moved through the first
round by beating the Trenton, N
J.. Del R108, 83-64.
The C.V.E. Travelers of Artesla,
N.M., won their opener, 74-52,
from Amsterdam, N.Y.
Shuff Stuff
Last night's City Shuffleboard
League results:
Mecca 4 VPW 0
Jonesles 3 Roundup 1
Bill's Place 3 Eagles I
Drumstick 2 Suburban 2
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Not Inlays,
last year and batted a .297, but
Durocher tips his worth to the New
Yorkers in the field when he says,
"Davey can drop 15 points in his
hitting as long as he plays every
day."
A pennant winning team always
Is strong up the middle and a
main cause of last year's Giant
nose dive to fifth place was the
keystone set-up which saw every
body but Stoneham himself trying
to make the double play, i
This trip. It will be Alvln Dark
all the way at shortstop and Wil
liams at second, if he can make it.
Dark insists Williams Is the key
man.
"We're a different ball club when
Davey is at second," Alvin points
out. "Take him away and we have
trouble. I won't be satisfied if he
plays, say, 140 games tills season.
That's 14 too little. We need him
full-time." ' . i
The Williams back woes began In
Minneapolis in 1960. He crahsed
into outfielder Joe Lafnta while
chasing a fly and he's never been
the same since.
The medical diagnosis says he
Injury List
ST.PETERSBURG, Fla: lift
Baseball's spring training season
is little more than two weeks old
but the list of injuries appears to
be the longest in years and still
growing.
Although most of the attention
has been centered on the serious
injuries suffered by Ted Williams
of the Boston Red Sox and the
Milwaukee Braves' Bobby Thom
son, an Associated Press survey
showed today that more than two
dozen athletes have been damaged
in one mishap or another. Hardly
a club has escaped.
Three players were added to
the Injured roster yesterday.
Harvey Kuenn, the Detroit Tig
ers shortstop who won American
League Rookie 01 tne Year honors
in 1953, suffered a badly bruised
left wrist at Al Lang Field here
when he threw up his arm to pro
tect his head against a close pitch
thrown by Harry Byra of tne New
York Yankees. A few Innings
earlier the Yanks' Hank Bauer
turned his ankle running out an
Infield grounder. Both will be out
Idaho Opens
Spring Drills
MOSCOW, Idaho Wl The Uni
versity of Idaho scheduled the first
spring football turnout under new
coach Skip Stanley Wednesday.
Between 80 and 100 hopefuls were
expected to report.
Stahley, who was named last
month to succeed Babe Curfman
as vandal head coach, said he
expects 21 lettermen from last
year's team.
Portland Picked '
For Pro Games
PORTLAND P) Portland will
have two professional foot ball
games this summer and early fall.
promoter Harry Glickman said
Tuesday.
Contracts were stoned with the
Los Angeles Rams and New York
Giants for a night game on Aug.
6, and with the Rams and the Chi
cago Cardinals for the night of
Sept. 4. The Rnm-Olant clash,
Glickman said, will be the sea
son's first game In the country.
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Carries Giants' Hopes
suffers from a pinched nerve In
the lower back. In August of 1952,
a collision with Brooklyn's Gil
Hodges caused the misery to erupt
again. Davey was bitting .282 at
the tune, quickly slumped to .264,
The 5-10, 150-pound Texan has
been cautious about bis condition
during tralng so far. While the New
York brass anxiously awaits, Dav
ey wants to see how the back will
hold up. "It feels better than it
did last year," he admits cautious
ly. Williams on the spot Is nothing
new. When he became the club's
regular second ' sacker in '52, he
was asked to replace Eddie Stanky
of the Little Miracle or '51. Wil
liams didn't have Stanky's ability
to draw walks, but his speed and
better hitting power took up the
slack.
If Williams winds up on the
bench with a bum back for any
length of time this season, Willie
Mays will have to be something
completely out of this world for
the Giants to get out of the mire.
Willie's going to have to make
double play pivots from center-field.
Grows in Majors
several days.
EPIDEMIC
The Injury epidemic here started
Saturday when Thomson fractured
his ankle sliding into second base.
He U be out two or three months.
The next day BUI Miller, Yankee
left-hander, was hit on his pitch
ing hand by a line drive for his
second Injury of the season. On
Monday it was Ken Raffensberger,
veteran Cincinnati Redlegs south
paw, who sprained his right ankle
when he stepped on a loose ball
in the 'outfield.
Also injured yesterday was cen
ter fielder Bill Bruton of Milwau
kee, who also sprained his ankle
after stepping Into a hole In the
outfield at Tampa, He hurt the
same ankle March 7 sliding.
Jim Plersall of the Red Sox
also has been injured twice. His
latest came Monday when he
bruised his hip crashing into a
wall while going after a long fly.
JINX.
Actually, the Injury Jinx got In
Its first licks even before Williams
fractured his left collarbone after
only 18 minutes of practice March
1, the . official opening day of
spring training.-
The St. Louis Cardinals, running
a pre-tralning season at Deland.
Fla., so Manager Eddie Stanky
could apprise his : newcomers,
thought twice about the project
after two sioo.ooo purchases wero
injured. First, shortstop Alex
Grammas strained muscle In his
throwing arm, then Tom Alston,
Exhibition
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Tuesday's Results
Chicago (A) 8, Milwaukee (N) 3
Detroit (A) 5, New York (A) 3
Cinciati (N) 8, Philadelphia (N)
4
Brooklyn N 3, Washington (A)
Pittsburgh (N) 2, Boston (A) I
St. Louis (N) 9, Chicago (N) 4
Baltimore (A) 9, Cleveland (A) 8
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DAVEY WILLIAMS
my achm1 back!
a first base candidate came up
with a bad back.
Bob Porterfleld of the Washing
ton Senators was felled by a line
drive Feb. 27 but suffered no ill
effects.
Dick Kryhoskl, Baltimore Ori
oles first baseman, was not so
lucky when he was hit on the left
wrist oy a pucnea dsu against
the New York Giants Monday. X-
rays disclosed a fraoture, which
will keep him out of action four
to six weeks.
SIDELINED
Ed Ftlzgerald, Washington
catcher, was sidelined two weeks
alter a foul tip fractured tne index
finger of his right hand.
The Chicago White Sox got most
of their misery March 11 when
Jim Rivera bruised his chest and
leg running into a wall , Carl
Sawatskl was hit by a pitched
ball and Johnny Groth came down
with appendicitis. The first two
were Idle only a few days, but
Qroth's sickness meant a month
on the sidelines.
Other players injured included
Ernie Banks and Gene Baker, the
Chicago Oubs shortstop-second
base combination; Ted Kazanskl,
Phllly shortstop; Howie Judson,
Cincinnati pitcher; Jerry Jacobs,
Baltimore rooxie lmieioer; jaciie
Robinson, Brooklyn Jack of all
trades despite his chronio injured
knee; Walter Llnder, rookie Mll
waukee catcher; Bob Trice, Ath
letlcs' rookie right-hander; Dave
Koslo. New York Giants left
hander; and Ken Lehman, Brook
lyn left-hander.
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Milwaukee Braves Not Crying '
Over Loss of Bobby Thomson h
By GAYLE TAtBOT
BRAD EN TON, Fla. m Consid
ering the extent of their loss.
Manager' Charlie Grimm and own
er Lou Ferini of the Milwaukee
Braves ' are taking Bobby Thom
son's broken ankle wth greater
calm than might have been ex
fiected. They say It was. tough
lues,- yes,- out- neither concedes
that the temporary loss of their
new outfield star Is a body blow
to their chances of beating Brook
lyn out in the National League
race'. '
The bench strength added by the
club since last season will make
is possible for him to stay In the
battle lor the six weeks he exnects
to be without the services of the
Plying Scot. Grimm firmly be
lieves. He feels his club is too
solid, in other words, to collapse
even partially through the loss of
one man.
MISS HIM v
"Sure, we'll miss him." he said.
"Any team-would miss such a
player. But the outfielder who
takes his place say that it's Jim
renaieton isn't going to hurt us.
Pendleton played s lot of fine ball
ror me last year, and there are a
couple of other good ones too.
Then, when Thomson is ready to
Py again, we 11 nave nun too.
That's the way to look at it."
The player who will be triven
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Tuesday's Basalts
' NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston 4, Detroit 3
WESTERN LEAGUE
Cleveland 8, Pittsburgh a .
WESTERN LEAGU
Saskatoon 4, Vancouver 2
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
Marlon 4, Clncinati 3 (Marlon
leads 1-0 best of seven playoffs)
Toledo 3, Troy 1 (Toledo .leads
1-0 best of three)
Johnstown t. Port Wayne 4 (over-
. time) (Johnstown leads 1-0 best
.of, three)
The six American Hockey League
teams employed 11 different goalies
this season. Every regular goal
tender received one or more In
juries which caused him to miss
games. -
Bob Borkowskl led the Clncinati
Redleg pinch-hitters In 1H3 with a
.333 average.
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appears to be Henry Aaron, a 20-year-old
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who has not yet played higher than
olass A ball end is not even, on
the official Milwaukee rostsr.
Mickey Mantle, It will b. recalled,
Joined the Yankees under similar
circumstances. though - without
anything like Aaron's rooord.
MOST VALUABLE . '
Playing only his second year of
pro ball, the youngster from Mo
bile hit .363 for Jacksonville last
season and was named the Most
Valuable Player in the Bouth At
lantlo League. He led the league
in every nitting department ex
cept triples and home runs, and
he was runner-up in those. Re was
uciceiea 10 report to Toieoo in
triple A' this year, but Qrlmm
changed his mind abruptly when
he watched Thomson being carried,
on the field. . - ' '
Grimm also Is Ukintr great
enjoyment In watching his other
new beauty, Danny O'Connell,
perform around second base.
While O'Connell played third base
most of the time for his previous
masters, the pioaourgn pirates,
there already Is so question in
Grimm's mind . that he will - be
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