anaheim-gazette 1951-02-06

Anaheim Gets New Championship Rules Could Get AUHS in Second BEYERLINES by Ernie Beyer A smattering of nothing: Although it's only about two weeks away, Coach Sam Keith said yesterday that he doesn't know whether or not the Colonists will be asked to participate in this year's Beverly Hills tournament. Presumably, two teams will be asked from the Sunset League, and Santa Ana, oddly enough, has already been picked as one of these. This is rather strange, since the Saints have been in second place all year behind Newport. Newport or Anaheim is expected to get the other bid. Tustin and Garden Grove, incidentally, have both already accepted invitations to the tournament. That was a natural choice, since they will probably tie for the Orange league crown. The NOAA has decided to enlarge the number of teams to participate in its championship tournament this year. Previously played with eight teams, the tournament this year will include 18. The Eastern part will have New Championship Rules b Could Get AUHS in Second Increased hope that they might yet make the offs was in store for the Colonists today when they nounced that it would hold an enlarged playoff this would pit 16 clubs against each other for the South fornia championship. There will probably even be as many as 20 start the play-offs, be whittled to the bracket number of 16 straight eliminations. Two From E The trick this year first two teams in e will be invited to play the playoffs. Hereto league champions have igible to enter the ch play. With nine league operation in the Cent that would put an au in the running. Independent teams under the CIF's Central jurisdiction may also here, and the governing the CIF has not yet arrangements concerni second-place ties or place ties in the leagu ably these would have ed off in the leagues o number of primary would be upped. The NCAA has decided to enlarge the number of teams to participate in its championship tournament this year. Previously played with eight teams, the tournament this year will include 16. The Eastern part will have teams from the Big Ten, the East, the Southern conference, the Southeastern conference, and four independents playing. The West will have the Border States, the POC, the Skyline Six, the Big Seven, the Missouri Valley, the Southwestern conference, and two independents. The finals this year will be played in Minneapolis. The Harlem Globetrotters, who are finished with the western part of their tour, will attempt to place their trip with the college all-stars on a Madison Square Garden bids when they come west later this year. A portable floor is going to be set up in the Base Bowl for the game of April 9, and it is (Continued on Page 2) Minor Loop Marks Unveil New Champs By JACK HAND NEW YORK (UP)—Quick now, who is baseball's home run champion? Babe Ruth? That's the usual answer. But it's wrong. The Babe's 60 were high for the majors. Back in 1933, Joe Hauser hit 69 for Minneapolis in the American association. In 1948 a gentleman named Bob Crazy also hit 69 for Amarillo, Tex., in the West Texas-New Mexico league. Maybe you remember Hauser. He was around along time but never hit the top to stay. Chances are you never heard of Crazy. He also holds the runs batted in crown with a whopping 254 in 1948. That beat Tony Lazzeri's old 222 in the thin air of Salt Lake City in 1925. You might think Ty Cobb stole the most bases. He does hold the major modern record with 96 for Detroit in 1915. But digging into the past century you find Harry Stovey of Philadelphia with 156 in 1888 and German Bader of Dallas in the Texas league with 146 in 1889. Minor league records resurrected by Ben Morgan for the National Association of Minor Leagues comes up with a gent who hits 400 or better four straight years Start Feb. 2 Under the present arrangement these weeding out games be played on Feb. 27 the number of eligible games of Mar. 2 and semifinals and rounds would be played following weekend. The bracket setup, as edited by the CIF, would have from the same league different brackets, thus it impossible for them each other except in pionship final. The first play, on Mar. 2, would be upped. "TWO WEEKS WITH LOVE" SHOW STARTS ON FREE 51 NASH SUNDAY TONIGHT The Varsity Horns Talked or Mixed Youth THE GROUND HELMET FIRST JOURNEY—Heinz Dufine "NEVER A DOLL MOMENT" ANAHEIM "TARZAN'S TRIUMPH" and "TARZAN'S DESERT MYSTERY" $$$ WEDNESDAY $$$ 1 Am 2½, Foot Tail—My Wife Is 6 Feet—Can A Full Grown Woman Truly Love A Midget? See ... "FREAKS" Plus—The Original "INGAGE" WEST COAST Red Skitton "WATCH THE BIRDIE" Lee J. Cobb "MAN WHO CHEATED HIMSELF" FOX Falcon • September 211 John Wayne • Pat Neal "OPERATION PACIFIC" "9 DESPERATE MEN" MINOR league records resurrected by Ben Morgan for the National Association of Minor Leagues comes up with a gent who hit .400 or better four straight years in the same league. Frank Huelsman was his name and he played for Great Falls and Salt Lake City in the old Union association, 1911-14. Once there was a 500 hitter for an entire season. In 1887 when a base on balls was scored as a hit, Milton Scott of Kansas City, then in the Western league, batted an even 500. If you think your club was bad last year sympathize with the citizens of Blytheville, Ark. They finished the second half of a split 1925 season in the Tri-State league with a 4-44 record for an all time low of .083. Still they had the batting champion on the club. " SPEEDY " by K.F. HELLYER BUICK WHAT A BEAUTIFUL CAR SPEED IS IT REALLY YOURS? IT ALWAYS IS, BUTTY, THINK TERMS WERE OVERMADO I HARDY EVER MISSED THE MONEY. NO IMPEDE IS THE FINE CAR YOU HAVE SPEEDY—I JUST CAN'T RESIST YOU IN ONE LINE THIS I'll See You Tomorrow, Speedy—Good Night! I'll Say It Was I Can Hardly Wait Till Tomorrow. K.F. HELLYER BUICK OH PARKING SIGHT HERE TILL THEY OPEN UP SO I CAN BUY ANOTHER CAR IN CASTLE SOME ONE ELSE IN THIS WILL WANT THIS ONE TOON! ets New Hope For CIF ship Rules by CIF IS in Second Place might yet make the CIF playlonists today when the CIF anenlarged playoff this year that each other for the Southern Calican be as many as 20 teams to start the play-offs, but this will be whittled to the standard bracket number of 16 before the straight eliminations begin. Two From Each The trick this year is that the first two teams in each league will be invited to participate in the playoffs. Heretofore, only league champions have been eligible to enter the championship play. With nine leagues now in operation in the Central Group that would put an automatic 18 in the running. Independent teams which fall under the CIF's Central Group jurisdiction may also be included here, and the governing body of the CIF has not yet made any arrangements concerning possible second-place ties or multi first place ties in the league. Presumably these would have to be played off in the leagues or else the number of primary eligibles would be upped. HELL HELP—Although he wasn't included in Manager Steve O'Neill's preseason analysis, Lou Boudreau (left) is expected to be a big asset in the Bosox infield this year. He and pitchers Bill Wight and Ray Scarborough are the top acquisitions this season. If Red Sox Lose Again in 1951 It Won't Be Pitching Vows O'Neill Independent teams which fall under the CIF's Central Group jurisdiction may also be included here, and the governing body of the CIF has not yet made any arrangements concerning possible second-place ties or multi first place ties in the league. Presumably these would have to be played off in the leagues or else the number of primary eligibles would be upped. Start Feb. 27 Under the present arrangement these weeding out games would be played on Feb. 27 to bring the number of eligible teams to 16. This would be cut to four on games of Mar. 2 and 3 and the semifinals and championship rounds would be played on the following weekend. The bracket setup, as announced by the CIF, would have teams from the same league placed in different brackets, thus making it impossible for them to meet each other except in the championship final. The first round of play, on Mar. 2, would pit each team No. 8, No. 9, No. 10, No. 11, No. 12, No. 13, No. 14, No. 15, No. 16, No. 17, No. 18, No. 19, No. 20, No. 21, No. 22, No. 23, No. 24, No. 25, No. 26, No. 27, No. 28, No. 29, No. 30, No. 31, No. 32, No. 33, No. 34, No. 35, No. 36, No. 37, No. 38, No. 39, No. 40, No. 41, No. 42, No. 43, No. 44, No. 45, No. 46, No. 47, No. 48, No. 49, No. 50, No. 51, No. 52, No. 53, No. 54, No. 55, No. 56, No. 57, No. 58, No. 59, No. 60, No. 61, No. 62, No. 63, No. 64, No. 65, No. 66, No. 67, No. 68, No. 69, No. 70, No. 71, No. 72, No. 73, No. 74, No. 75, No. 76, No. 77, No. 78, No. 79, No. 80, No. 81, No. 82, No. 83, No. 84,No. 85,No. 86,No. 87,No. 88,No. 89,No. 90,NO.,NO.,NO.,NO.,NO.,NO.,NO.,NO.,NO.,NO.,NO.,NO.,NO.,NO.,NO.,NO.,NO.,NO.,NO.,NO.,NO.,NO.,NO.,NO.,NO.,NO.,NO.,NO.,NO.,NO.,NO.,NO.,NO.,NO.,NO.,NO.,NO.,NO.,NO.,NO.,NO.,NO.,NO.,NO.,NO.,NO.,NO.,NO.,NO., NO. (Continued on page) BASKETBALL STANDINGS CITY LEAGUE HITS W L Pct No .8 Hatfield Tob Williams No .7 Colters Hunlinson Beach Hornets GOVERNMENT LEAGUES Team Nos. 8 Whitferer P Stewart 12 Matthews G Brickson 19 Halftime score: Team Nos. 8 Cotter's-MacDonald 2 Hamilton W King P Freeman 19 Hunting D Brickson 19 D Copeland J Jones O Outlawman Hafferting score: Team Nos. 7 Hornet CHURCH LEAGUE Calvary Hippitt Grace Lutheran Cyron Nuzarene White Temple Church V Christie COURTS LEAGUE Zion Lutheran & St Boniface & White Temple & Grace Lutheran HELL HELP—Although he wasn't included in Manager Steve O'Neill's preseason analysis, Lou Boudreau (left) is expected to be a big assets in the Bosox infield this year! He and pitchers Bill Wight and Ray Scarborough are the top acquisitions this season. If Red Sox Lose Again in 1951 It Won't Be Pitching, Vows O'Neill from Chicago in the deal with the White Sox at St Petersburg,Fla., at the winter meetings last December. By STEVE O'NEILL BOSTON (P) — The Red Sox main weakness last year was pitching. We were the best hitting team in the majors, but we failed to win the pennant because of our mound troubles. If we fail to win the flag in 1951 I don't think it will be because of poor pitching That is one department we have strengthened greatly during the winter First we added Harry Taylor who looked great in the two starts he made last September Then we acquired Bill Wight and Ray Scarborough Pinehurst Picked As Ryder Cup Site LOS ANGELES (P)—Golfdom's international classic,the Ryder Cup matches between the United States and Great Britain will be played Nov.2 and4 at the picturesque Pinehurst country club in North Carolina. The leading 10 professionals of England will be shooting for their first league victory over America's big 10 since 1983 and their very first win in this country since the cup started shuffling across the ocean in 1927. The 6970-yard Pinehurst layout was named as the 1951 site yesterday by President Joe Novak of the professional golfers association following conferences with Dick Tufts,Pinehurst operator,and Robert A.Hudson Portland.Ore,, chairman of the PGA advisory committee. It is the first time a southern I also expect help from pitchers Willard Nixon and Maurice McDermott Both have lots of stuff and have given promise of developing into big winners Then there Is Mel Parnell Ellis Kinder Walter Masterson and several rookies. In order to get Wight and Scarborough I had to give up a very good catcher in Al Zamila However,even that helped in a way By doing so I am able to play Billy Goodman last year's batting king every day Having Billy in right field should help the club a lot. We already have been hurt to some extent by the military draft.As you know Chuck Stobbs one of our most dependable pitchers was drafted.McDermott who was classified I-F might be the next Red Sox player to go We also have lost a few rookies from our farm clubs However everybody has What's good for one team is good for another. I don't see the pennant race any different from last year.I don't think the second division clubs have improved sufficiently to break up the monopoly of last year's top four clubs.The way I see it Cleveland New York and Detroit again will be the teams to beat And they figure to be tougher even than last year. The dark horse if there is one could be the Philadelphia Athletics provided Dick Fowler and Joe Coleman's arms are okay again,and Lou Brissie could have a reversal of form. Then too we will have Walt Dropo our clutch fixtures. NEW YORK-seething,two-team ketball honors,today. Hank Iba's All Press poll defeated night It was Oklahoma one setback Kentucky Oklahoma A & M huge Clyde Lovelle points in the second hole was the difference That means the loss equivalent of eight sundries in 21 attempts tremendously poor average. Kansas State is nationally screamed N50.to strengthen its Big Seven lead. Illinois shapped a by outlasting Purdue Lafayette Ind. Wisconsin turned State the defending cliff51.for its sixth straight victory.Wisconsin a each with identical are a half-game behind (6-0). Michigan State st enough down Minneapolis and Iowa whipped N73-55. Wyoming trimmed to move into second place Skyline conference.State solidified its positionthe Northern Division cific Coast scramble w victory over Oregon.In an intersectional (Continued on Pa) since the cup started shuffling across the ocean in 1927. The 6970-yard Pinehurst layout was named the 1951 site yesterday by President Joe Novak of the professional golfers association following conferences with Dick Tufts, Pinehurst operator, and Robert A. Hudson, Portland, Ore., chairman of the PGA advisory committee. It is the first time a southern course has been the honored host for the biennial golfing fixture, which has been contested in odd years since 1927, with the exception of the war years from 1938 through 1946. Previous American Ryder Cup courses were Worcester, Mass., 1927; Scioto C. C., Columbus, O., 1931; Ridgewood, N. J., 1935; and Portland, Ore., 1947. The last British invasion resulted in an 11 to 1 setback. The U. S. team, however, was hard pressed to take a 7-5 win in the last matches in 1949 at Scarborough, England. The Americans lead in the series, six matches to two, with (Continued on page 7) Hill to Retain Fisk as Coach LOS ANGELES (AP)—Bill Fisk has been retained as end coach to help Head Football Coach Jess Hill at the University of Southern California, the Los Angeles Examiner reported today. Fisk served as assistant the past two years to Jeff Cravath, who resigned under alumni pressure as Trojan football mentor. Fisk, who starred at SC in the late 1930s, won honors as an end for the Detroit Lions in pro ball. The dark horse, if there is one, could be the Philadelphia Athletics, provided Dick Fowler and Joe Coleman's arms are okay again, and Lou Brissle could have a reversal of form. Then too, we will have Walt Dropo, our slugging first baseman, right from the start. He didn't join us until the middle of May last year. However, the biggest improvement easily will be in our pitching. From our weakest department, the pitching may turn out to be our strongest. Nippon Runner Claims New Mark HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — A new record for the marathon was claimed today by 19-year-old Nigeki Tanaka, Hiroshima high school student. He was reported clocked at two hours, 28 minutes and 16 seconds Sunday in a race over 42,195 meters (26 miles, 385 yards). The Olympic record is two hours, 29 minutes, 19 seconds set by Kitei Son of Japan at Berlin in 1936. Tanaka competed in a meet to select entrants for the Boston marathon and the Asian games at New Delhi. For the Boston marathon a committee nominated him and three others: Shunji Yoyoanagi, Hiromi Haigo and Yoshitaka Uchikawa. CIF Playoff Berth Wildeats Gain New Support as Top Team NEW YORK (P) — Kentucky gained new support today as the country's No. 1 college basketball team and lost a serious challenger when Long Island university dropped completely out of the top ten. These were the principal developments in the Associated Press eighth weekly poll of sports writers and broadcasters. Of the 168 who cast ballots, 78 named the Wildcats the best in the nation. The No. 2 team, Okla., lahoma A and M received only 15 first place votes. Last week the Wildcats polled 42 first place votes and the Aggies $1, Kentucky received 1239 points in the latest poll, which is figured on the basis of ten for a No. 1 vote, nine for second, etc. The Aggies, who drew heavy support in the second and third brackets, collected 1100 points. The main shakeup saw the LIU Blackbirds, who lost four of five games on their recent western trip, tumble from fourth to 12th. Villanova, winner of 16 out of 17 games, moved into the first ten, taking over the No. 9 position. The Philadelphiaans were 11th a week ago. This created the first break in the top ten in three weeks. Here's the new roll-call of basketball might: Kentucky, Okla. Allen's Foul Waiving Costly As Aggies Sweep to 19th Victory NEW YORK—Oklahoma A & M, engaged in a seething, two-team battle with Kentucky for national basketball honors, today was one victory up on the Wildcats. Hank Iba's Aggies, ranked No. 2 in today's Associated Press poll, defeated Kansas, 46-41, at Lawrence, Kans., last night. It was Oklahoma A & M's 19th victory against only one setback. Kentucky is 18-1. Ohioana A & M, Indiana, Kansas State, Bradley, Columbia, St. Johns of Brooklyn, St. Louis Villanova, and North Carolina State. The poll, based on games through last Saturday, saw Kansas State move from seventh to fourth, St. John's from ninth to seventh and St. Louis from tenth to eighth. N.C. State fell two hotches to tenth. LIU, returning home from a two-game split in San Francisco's Cow Palace, lost last week to Arizona, 62-61; Kansas State, 63-65, and St. Louis, 62-57. "We bit off more than we could chew," commented LIU Coach Clair Bee yesterday. "We didn't have the bench strength for such an ambitious try." Here are the leading teams with first place votes and season records in parentheses: 1. Kentucky (78) (18-1) ... 1239 2. Oklahoma A&M (15) (19-1) ... 1100 3. Indiana (12) (18-1) ... 840 4. Kansas State (11) (16-2) ... 784 5. Bradley (1) (20-3) ... 643 6. Columbia (12-0) ... 555 7. St. Johns (2) (15-2) ... 428 8. St. Louis (16-4) ... 369 9. Villanova (7) (16-1) ... 194 10. No. Carolina State As Aggies Sweep to 19th Victory NEW YORK—(P)—Oklahoma A & M, engaged in a seething, two-team battle with Kentucky for national basketball honors, today was one victory up on the Wildcats. Hank Iba’s Aggies, ranked No. 2 in today’s Associated Press poll, defeated Kansas, 46-41, at Lawrence, Kans., last night. It was Oklahoma A & M’s 19th victory against only one setback. Kentucky is 18-1. Oklahoma A & M held Kansas’ huge Clyde Lovellette to three points in the second half, and that was the difference. Lovellette had connected for 14 points in the first and wound up with 17 for the night. Phog Allen, Kansas coach, continued his practice of waiving foul shots—and it was a costly maneuver. Kansas waived 21 free throw attempts for possession, but got only four held goals out of 17. That means the losers got the equivalent of eight successful free throws in 21 attempts, an extremely poor average. Kansas State, fourth-ranked nationally, sneared Nebraska 29-50, to strengthen its grip on the Big Seven lead. Illinois snapped a 14-year lix by outlasting Purdue, 75-76, at Lafayette, Ind. Wisconsin turned back Ohio State the defending champion, 56-51, for its sixth straight league victory. Wisconsin and Illinois, each with identical 6-1 records, are a half-game behind Indiana (6-0). Michigan State stalled long enough to down Minnesota, 50-44, and Iowa whipped Northwestern, 73-55. Wyoming trimmed Utah, 47-36, to move into second place in the Skyline conference. Washington State solidified its position atop the Northern Division of the Pacific Coast scramble with a 55-45 victory over Oregon. In an intersectional battle, Oklahoma (Continued on Page 7) Street, Catching Immortal, Passes JOPLIN, Mo., (P) — Charles (Gabby) Street, former major league baseball player and manager, died today. He was 68. Street, manager of the St. Louis Cardinals in the early 1980s, bad been in a weakened condition since an operation last summer. Mrs. Street was at his bedside in a hospital when he died at 6:55 am. (EST). Street, first man to catch a baseball dropped from Washington monument, went to the hospital after returning from a trip to St. Louis and Peoria, Ill., for an old timer baseball meeting. Late in his career he was a radio commentator and announced St. Louis Cardinal games over a Midwestern network. He was in baseball for nearly 50 years. Street started in baseball at Hopkinsville, Ky., in the Kitty league in 1902 and moved to Terre Haute, Ind., in the Central league in 1904. A catcher, he went to major leagues, playing with the Cincinnati Reds, Boston Braves, Washington Senators and New York Yankees. By 1913 he returned to the minors and played with San Francisco, Chattanooga, Nashville, Joplin, Muskogee, Augusta, Ga., Columbia, S. C., and Knox-(Continued on Page 7) Gehrmann Called ‘Ineligible’ for Pan-Am Olympics NEW YORK (P)—Any chance Don Gehrmann and Fred Witt would carry their great running duel into the Pan-American games in Buenos Aires went glimmering today when Dan Ferris Yevehled Gehrmann was not being considered for a place on the U.S. team. Wilt already has been selected. Gehrmann, Ferris explained, did not compete in the 1950 outdoor championships from which the team is being drawn. Ferris is secretary-treasurer of the AAU. 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