anaheim-gazette 1952-02-26

AUHS Alums Beat Varsity In Basketball Anaheim High School Alumni were too sharp for the school's varsity basketball team last night and took a 42 to 29 win on the high school court. The game featuring the "old timers" and the regulars was put on by the school and the Anaheim Recreation department. The Alums had a well rounded attack which showed a good spread of scoring among all the players. Ira Webber of the varsity was high pointer with 12 points, followed by Dave Moody and John Steinborn with six each. But, the Alumni featured Lloyd Trapp and Dick Berg with eight each, Jerry Schmitz with six, Jim Schmitz with five points, Roger Pannier with four, Ronnie Faulkner and Don Liebart with three points each, and Rel Schmitt and John Cyprica with two each. The score at halftime was 14 to 12 in favor of the Alumni. McDaniels Win Matches at 101 GREETINGS—Stan Jones contemplates his immediate future he leaves the Gazette staff for a new "position" with Uncle Jones has been sports and wire editor of the Gazette since spring when he was graduated from Fullerton JC. He re-read the news from the military forces last week and will be in next Thursday. (Gazette photo by Kreidt) Browns' Gillom Is Best Kicker In Pro Football Kaintuck Cag Hold to Nation McDaniels Win Matches at 101 The McDaniels brothers made it a big night for the family by winning the semi-final and the main event of the Orange County Athletic club wrestling program last night when Freddie defeated Ali Pasha and Billy flattened Ivan The Terrible. Freddie won two out of three from the turbulent Turk and Billy scored in straight falls. Hans Schnabel drew with Jim (Black Panther) Mitchell in the special and Dennis Clary was declared winner over Golden Terror via disqualification. Idaho Loses Form Trying Hard to Grab Third Place MOSCOW, Idaho (AP)—The Idaho Vandals, once a red hot candidate for the Northern Division title, wind up their Pacific Coast Conference basketball season tonight trying to stay out of third place. The Oregon Ducks laced Idaho 66-60 last night to move up to second behind the champion Washington Huskies. Browns' Gillom Is Best Kicker In Pro Football PHILADELPHIA (AP)—Horace Gillom of the Cleveland Browns was the best punter in the National Football League in 1951, official league statistics disclosed today. Gillom, former Ohio State luminary who finished second in punting in 1950, beat out San Francisco's Frank Albert with an average of 45.5 to 44.3. Bob Smith of Detroit wound up third with a 42.5 average. And Norm Van Brocklin, Los Angeles, was fourth with 41.5. BURBANK (AP)—The St. Louis Browns' third base competition has narrowed down to the incumbent Fred Marsh and the hopeful Leo Thomas, partly because of outfielder Roy Sievers' shoulder injury. Manager Roger Hornsby has been trying Sievers and Jimmy Dyck at third as well as in the outfield. Now Dyck has become important in the outfield because of his right-hand hitting. Another third-sack candidate, Mike Goliat, has been shifted to second to give Bobby Young some competition for that post. Kaintuck Cagel Hold to Nation Lead, Illinois NEW YORK (AP)—The champion Kentucky Wildcats firm hold on first place Associated Press weekly hall stands today, but looked over their shoulder recognize a new pursuer. Illinois, which just about ed the Big Ten title by Iowa 78-62 Saturday, leapt fifth to the runner-up spot latest ratings by the sports writers and broadcaster Kansas State and Dix who had enjoyed the breezing down the Wheels; lost little prestige; from their upset defeat the weekend. The Kansas Staters sank by Colorado 67-57, fell notch from second to thirt at the same time showing quesne, its 18-game winning broken by Villanova, from fourth. Kentucky picked up 51-133 first-place votes can scored a total of 953 points basis of 10 for a first place nine for second and on do line. Illinois, which got only one place vote a week ago, re this time, probably on the of its important conquest of Actually there was a really mild shakeup in the considering the wave of that swept through college ball ranks the last few days. St. Louis, with a 20-5 and an eye on both the and national invitation chhips, moved from ninth to place and Iowa dropped fourth to seventh. West Virginia OF EVERY DESCRIPTION WITH OUR MODERN METHODS and EQUIPMENT With the installation of new and modern machinery, we are now prepared to offer you the very best in dry cleaning. 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Haney did not expect the Long Beach boy until next week, when the infielders and outfielders are due. Ronnie May of Pacific Lutheran college, Vernon Thies from Charleston and Larry Shepard of Billings also suited up yesterday. All are pitchers. Manager Stan Hack says his Los Angeles club, now training in Fullerton, may not win the pennant but that "we'll be somewhere in the first division." "We don't have a third baseman and we need some southpaw pitchers," Hack said at the Angels' training camp. "We expect to get some help from the Chicago Cubs." Bill Serena, who was doing a good job at third for the Cubs last year when he broke his wrist, is a possibility. The Cubs grabbed the Angels' third sacker, Leon Brinkopf. Les Layton, hard hitting outfielder, is a holdout. Major League Games to be Banned In Pacific Coast League Ball Parks LOS ANGELES (AP)—Tired of seeing American and National league clubs skim off the cream of the profits, directors of the Pacific Coast-league agreed to bar the major clubs from playing each other in PCL parks, effective next year. The action, taken yesterday, will not prevent the Chicago White Sox from playing the St. Louis Browns, for instance, at their training quarters in Pasadena and Burbank, respectively. But the major leaguers will be shooed out of Los Angeles' Wrigley field and Gilmore field, home of the Holly-plates his immediate future as new "position" with Uncle Sam, editor of the Gazette since last from Fullerton JC. He received a last week and will be inducted by Kreidt). “What constitutes a major league, anyway?” asked Fagan. “According to testimony before the Celler (Congressional) committee, the St. Louis Browns’ payroll in 1950 was $190,000, while the Seals’ payroll for the same year was $227,000. Last year the Chicago White Sox had a $226,-000 payroll. “The players the Seals have received from the majors in the last 10 years were an expensive joke. Only two, Gene Woodling and Dixie Howell, were good enough to go back up. The others were wornout hasbeens.” Kaintuck Cagers Hold to National Lead, Illinois Up NEW YORK (A)—The national champion Kentucky Wildcats kept firm hold on first place in the Associated Press weekly basketball standings today, but if they took over their shoulder they’d recognize a new purrser. Illinois, which just about clinched the Big Ten title by upending Iowa 78-62 Saturday, leaped from fifth to the runner-up spot in the latest ratings by the nation’s sports writers and broadcasters. Kansas State and Duquesne, who had enjoyed the honor of breathing down the Wildcats’ seals lost little prestige, however, from their upset defeats over the weekend. The Kansas Staters, surprised by Colorado 57-57, fell only a notch from second to third and at the same time shoved Duquesne, its 18-game winning streak broken by Villanova, from third to fourth. Kentucky picked up 51 of the 33 first-place votes cast and scored a total of 953 points on the basis of 10 for a first place vote, nine for second and on down the line. Illinois, which got only one first place vote a week ago, rated 16 this time, probably on the basis of its important conquest of Iowa. Actually there was a remarkably mild shakeup in the top ten considering the wave of upsets that swept through college basketball ranks the last few days. St. Louis, with a 20-5 record and an eye on both the NCAA and national invitation championships, moved from ninth to fifth face and Iowa dropped from sixth to seventh. West Virginia also came close to being inducted by Kreidt). The action, taken yesterday, will not prevent the Chicago White Sox from playing the St. Louis Browns, for instance, at their training quarters in Pasadena and Burbank, respectively. But the major leaguers will be shooed out of Los Angeles' Wrigley field and Gilmore field, home of the Hollywood Stars. The New York Yankees cleaned up here last spring in the exhibition tour. This no doubt had much to do with the PCL directors’ decision. The directors also okayed the purchase of 16 per cent of Hollywood stock by Branch Rickey and the Pittsburgh Pirates, but took steps to see that something like that doesn’t happen again. In the future, any such stock transfer must be approved in advance by six of the eight clubs in the circuit. The Hollywood sale did not come to light until after the PCL was granted open classification and purportedly had thrown off its major league ties. Paul Fagan, wealthy owner of the San Francisco Seals, was outspoken in his denunciation of the deal. He said most players prefer to play on the Pacific Coast, all things being equal, and “our future lies in developing stars and keeping them satisfied.” rewarded by graduating from 19th tb 16th. Kansas and St. John’s each fell a rung for no apparent reason, occupying eighth and ninth in the newest rundown. Duke, Western Kentucky and Villanova are new paid-up members of the second ten, shoving out Penn State, Seattle and LaSalle. Four of the first ten saw action last night and two of them came through with victories. St. John’s lost to 17th-ranked Holy Cross, 75-70, while Iowa whipped Michigan State, 64-52, Kansas downed Missouri 65-54 and Ducesville turned back Akron 69-51. The major class from playing each other in PCL parks, effective next year. The action, taken yesterday, will not prevent the Chicago White Sox from playing the St. Louis Browns, for instance, at their training quarters in Pasadena and Burbank, respectively. But the major leaguers will be shooed out of Los Angeles' Wrigley field and Gilmore field, home of the Hollywood Stars. The New York Yankees cleaned up here last spring in the exhibition tour. This no doubt had much to do with the PCL directors’ decision. The directors also okayed the purchase of 16 per cent of Hollywood stock by Branch Rickey and the Pittsburgh Pirates, but took steps to see that something like that doesn’t happen again. In the future, any such stock transfer must be approved in advance by six of the eight clubs in the circuit. The Hollywood sale did not come to light until after the PCL was granted open classification and purportedly had thrown off its major league ties. Paul Fagan, wealthy owner of the San Francisco Seals, was outspoken in his denunciation of the deal. He said most players prefer to play on the Pacific Coast, all things being equal, and “our future lies in developing stars and keeping them satisfied.” rewarded by graduating from 19th tb 16th. Kansas and St. John’s each fell a rung for no apparent reason, occupying eighth and ninth in the newest rundown. Duke, Western Kentucky and Villanova are new paid-up members of the second ten, shoving out Penn State, Seattle and LaSalle. Four of the first ten saw action last night and two of them came through with victories. St. John’s lost to 17th-ranked Holy Cross, 75-70, while Iowa whipped Michigan State, 64-52, Kansas downed Missouri 65-54 and Ducesville turned back Akron 69-51. The major class from playing each other in PCL parks, effective next year. The action, taken yesterday, will not prevent the Chicago White Sox from playing the St. Louis Browns, for instance, at their training quarters in Pasadena and Burbank, respectively. But the major leaguers will be shooed out of Los Angeles' Wrigley field and Gilmore field, home of the Hollywood Stars. The New York Yankees cleaned up here last spring in the exhibition tour. This no doubt had much to do with the PCL directors’ decision. Also approved was legislation to be submitted to the joint major-minor meeting next July. It provides that any number transferred to a PCL club may not be reacquired by a major league if he signs a contract waiving his selection rights until after he has gone through the unrestricted draft. This was designed to preclude the possibility of a major league team from hiding out good prospects in the PCL until they are needed in the majors. Training Camp Notes ORLANDO, Fla. (A)—Without seeing Lefty Glenn Elliott toss a baseball, Washington Manager Bucky Harris already lists him tentatively as a starting pitcher. The 29-year-old ex-Brave reliefer is bringing up from the Coast League a .310 earned run average and a reputation for control. He won 15 games last year for Sacramento, which spent most of its time in the cellar. “Any pitcher who can win 15 games with that kind of an outfit must be entitled to respect,” Harris said yesterday. SAN BERNARDINO (A)—Pittsburgh Pirate General Manager Branch Ricky thinks his club is going to get some valuable help from the farmhands he has assembled for two weeks of tryouts. Although Ricky has been loud in praise of the youngsters he will not pick any out by name. “I would not attempt to say its important conquest of Iowa. Actually there was a remarkably mild shakeup in the top ten considering the wave of upsets that swept through college basketball ranks the last few days. St. Louis, with a 20-5 record and an eye on both the NCAA and national invitation championships, moved from ninth to fifth face and Iowa dropped from fourth to seventh. West Virginia, inner of 21 of its 23 games, enchased the No. 10 spot from St. Bonaventure, a 65-63 victim ofnisius. St. Boniface dropped to sixth. Otherwise, the changes weren't anything to get excited about. Washington, for example, held the 4th position despite a 55-45 loss Wyoming. The cowboys were Villanova are new paid-up members of the second ten, shoving out Penn State, Seattle and LaSalle. Four of the first ten saw action last night and two of them came through with victories. St. John's lost to 17th-ranked Holy Cross, 75-70, while Iowa whipped Michigan State, 64-52, Kansas downed Missouri 65-54 and Duquesne turned back Akron 69-51. The top ten stacked up like this: Kentucky, Illinois, Kansas State, Duquesne, St. Louis, Washington, Iowa, Kansas, St. John's and West Virginia. Seattle dropped from No. 14 to honorable mention. Stanford, unmentioned for weeks, got honorable mention, as did UCLA and Portland. SAN BERNARDINO (AP)—Pittsburgh Pirate General Manager Branch Ricky thinks his club is going to get some valuable help from the farmhands he has assembled for two weeks of tryouts. Although Ricky has been loud in praise of the youngsters he will not pick any out by name. "I would not attempt to say which of them will stay beyond the end of the week—when the session for farmhands ends. But I have no hesitancy in saying I could name 10 boys who have shown exceedingly fine promise. This is four more than I expected. Buc regulars are due in California the beginning of next week." NEW NIGHT FIGHTER—A De Havilland Vampire NF-10 scrambles high over West Malling, Kent, as the R.A.F. demonstrates developments in London's night fighter defenses. Together with the Metor NF-11, the Vampires are replacing the Mosquito NF-30.—(Associated Press photo) Pee Wee Cager May Hit 1000 Point Season SEATTLE (T)—A peewee among giants is about to become the first player in National Collegiate basketball history to score 1000 points in a single season. He's Johnny O'Brien, a black-haired Irishman who sparked the Seattle university squad. He stands 5-feet-9, tips the scale at 160 and has just turned 21. Only an accident can stop him. This anachronism in the era of 7-footers already has broken the NCAA one season record of 987 set in 1949-50 by George King of Morris-Harvey college. Little Johnny ran his total to 970 last weekend against Portland university and has two more games here with Portland Thursday and Friday to hit the 1000-mark. Thirty points? It should be easy. The Irish jumping bean has averaged 28.5 points in 34 games to become the nation's leading scorer. In his last six outings he has burned the hoop with a torrid 37-per for 222 points. No team has been able to hold him below double figures in a full game even though two and three men have been guarding him. The only time this season he got down to nine he played only the first half, and with the flu. In addition to the scoring mark, Johnny holds another bushelful of records. GADGET CHECKS LEG-POWER—Rookie Pitcher Con Dempsey (right), formerly with the San Francisco Seals, runs without advancing on a device which records leg strength and running speed, at the Philadelphia Phillies spring training camp at Clearwater, Fla. Operating device is (left to right): Trainer Frank Wiechee; Coach Lew Krausse and Pitcher Jocko Thompson. Machine was invented by Ben Ogden, Temple university coach.—(Associated Press photo) 'Terrific Sluggers and Pitchers' 'Terrific Sluggers and Pitchers' Again Showing Up at Training Camps NEW YORK UP—Spring training officially doesn't begin until Saturday but already glowing reports are being received about future "Dizzy Deans" and "Ty Cobbs." From Vero Beach, Fla., camp site of the Brooklyn Dodgers, the brain trust is singing the praises of rookie pitchers Joe Black and John Rutherford. Black is hailed as "another Don Newcombe" while Rutherford is termed "a righthanded Preacher Roe." Black, a powerfully built Negro rightfielder, toiled for St. Paul and Montreal last year without exciting the customers. But he burned up the Cuban winter league and has a head start on the other young hopefuls. Rutherford, a little guy, has the same qualifications of Roe, left-handed ace of the Dodgers—meaning excellent control and a sneaky fast ball. At Bradenton, Fla., Boston Brave manager Tommy Holmes was extolling the virtues of a new doubleplay combination of shortstop Jack Cusick and second baseman Billy Reed. "The they look very good. They have so much rhythm in their fielding and their doubleplay work is so smooth that you'd think they have played together several seasons," Holmes said. Cusick spent most of 1951 on the Chicago Cub bench while Reed played a bang-up game for Milwaukee. Manager Lou Boudreau of the Boston Red Sox is high on a green keystone combination but Lou was thinking of 1953. He has teamed drooling over a block of rookies at their Lakes Wales, Fla., boot camp. The top favorite at the moment appears to be pitcher Jim Russell of Downey, Calif. Russell won 20 lost nine and fanned 260 at Twin Falls, Idaho, last year, his first in the game. Russell, however, is on leave from the (OTC at USC) and has to return to college. Manager Paul Richards of the Chicago White Sox is highly impressed with pitcher Terry Loys $35,000 bonus freshman from the University of California. "He's not far from major league ability right now," said Richards at El Centro, Calif., yesterday. At San Bernardino, Calif., general manager Branch Rickey and manager Bill Meyer of Pittsburgh were licking their chops over a bumper farm crop. "I would not attempt to say which of the fine youngsters will stay here beyond the end of the week—the final date delegated to the farmhands," Rickey said. "But I have no hesitancy in saying that I could name 10 boys who have shown exceedingly fine promise. This number is far beyond what I expected." Rickey refused to name the ten. Future stars or morning glories? Only time will tell. Cusick spent most of 1951 on the Chicago Cub bench while Reed played a bang up game for Milwaukee. Manager Lou Boudreau of the Boston Red Sox is high on a green keystone combination but Lou was thinking of 1953. He has teamed up Ted Lepico and former outfielder Jim Piersall. Last year Dom DiMaggio of the Red Sox called Piersall "the best center-fielder in the American league." Poor hitting has kept Piersall down on the farm. He probably will be sent out again this time to gain experience as an infielder. Lepico may stick. New York Yankee officials are Future stars or morning glories? Only time will tell. FOX NOW—Doors Open 6:45 p.m. 2 Great Hits GLENN FORD in — "GREEN GLOVE" and — Robert Ryan - Ma Lupino in — "ON DANGEROUS GROUND" SLICE OF HAM "SEE I SHE AINT WHAT IT'S CRACKED UP TO BE I!"