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Morris has several games lined
up with strong crews, but with
practically every member of last
year’s fine aggregation back, the -
Hooters have high hopes of bet-
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Laws, in support of his belief,
disclosed that only one member
of this year’s Oakland squad de-
clined to sign a contract which
would exempt him from the next
major league draft.
“I was surprised,” he said, “but
maybe I had a good selling point.
In the case of the young players
I think I convinced them they
would be better off playing three
full years here and then, when
they’re ready, being sold to a big-
league team for $50,000 than be-
ing drafted right off for $10,000
and then being farmed out.
“Certainly I intend to go on
selling to the big leagues, just
the same as they sell to each
other. But I want to be able to
keep the nucleus of a strong team
for the benefit of my fans in-
stead of 405 Olive as erroneously
reported yesterday.
Several members of the VFW,
this year’s sponsor of the strong
independent crew, are expected
to be on hand for the meeting to
get acquainted with the boys.
Last year the Hooters under
the drrection of R. L. Morris,
who is to pilot the team again
■this year, compiled a record of
26 wins in 29 starts against some
potent foes.
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Outfielder Jim Piersail, third
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stop Milt Bolling were the only
Boston players to hit safely.
Holt has indicated in practice
that he is going to be hard to
beat in both the broad jump and
high jump. The versatile athlete
has been consistently reaching . . - _____ _____
the 18’ mark in the broad jump, and Bob Kuzava limited
and has once soared 18’4”, which •s l fi
puts him about on a par with
high school jumpers.
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A meeting of the Hooter base-
ball team is slated to be held to-
night at 8 p. m. for the purpose
of measuring the members of the
club for new uniforms. The site
of the meeting is 1405 Olive, in-
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As for the high jump, his mark
of 5’4” should be good enough
to win. Last year that event was
won with a leap of 5’.
We watched Holt on the 50-
yard dash yesterday, and he ran
a fast 5.8 on pavement and in
tennis shoes. With track shoes on
and on a cinder track he should
be able to better that time.
Other Panthers
Another Panther trackman
counted upon heavily is Richard
Hackler. Hackler, who is to enter
about the same events as Holt,
has been out of practice for the
past few days with a pulled mus-
cle in his back, but should be
okay by the time the meet is
reeled off.
Other boys from the local
junior high that will probably
compete in running events are
James McCrory, Larry Poole,
Don Germany, Everett Neal, Bill
Roberg, Bill Timberlake, Dickie
Grey, George Culp and Glenn
Buckingham.
Due to compete in the high
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tors. Eddie Yose and Mickey
Vernon homered for the Sena-
tors while Jack Mayo slammed
one for the Phils.
Betters jumped those odds on
the Providence, R. I., boxer from
8-5 last night.
Araujo, the No. 1 contender for
the title now held by Jimmy
Carter, never has been stopped
in 51 bouts. He won 48, lost two
on points and had one draw.
CBS-TV will carry the bout
across the nation starting at 9
p. m. (CST).
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Placed on a one-year proba-
tion by Commissioner Ford Frick
The Bosox now show a medi-
ocre 8-8 exhibition game rec-
ord.
Best evidence of Boston’s de-
cline in the long-distance hit-
ting department is seen in their
home run figures over the past
three seasons. In 1950, the Sox’
sluggers hit 161. In 1951, they
slumped to 127 and last year
their output was only 113 hom-
ers.
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Morgan is a first baseman, and
he left word that he would be
on hand Monday when Grigg
calls the initial workout.
Panthers Show Promise
Panther trackmen have been
working hard to get in shape for
the upcoming District Meet in
Denton on April 17, and Coaches
Horace McCain and Bertie Lee
Gibbs are very pleased with the
progress their cohorts have made
so far.
Jackie Holt is the only member
of the Panthers to place last year
when the locals won the meet,
and he is expected to shoulder
a lot of the point-making again
this year.
Coach McCain states that the
district teams are going to be
very closely matched and that
the points are liable to be very
evenly distributed. The Black
Kitten mentor believes that if
GOTCHA—Lee Walls, Hollywood Stars outfielder, runs
into trouble at the end of an attempted double steal when
Jim Hegan, Cleveland Indians catcher, gets the ball in
time for an easy out at the plate in the second inning of
their game in Hollywood. Cleveland won 5-4 in I I innings.
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jump along with Holt are Timber-
lake, Darwin Holt and Grey.
Slated to throw the shot put
for the Panthers are Steve Car-
roll, Gayle Scott and Kenneth
Lillard.
Moran Doggett and Freddie
Marlar will probably be entered
in the chinning event. Doggett
has indicated that he will make
a strong showing as he has hit
the 20 mark in practice.
This and That
Just a reminder to all of the
members of last year’s Hooter
team. R. L. “General” Morris
| is having a meeting tonight for
I the purpose of measuring for uni-
forms to be purchased by the
VfW, the team’s new sponsor. Be
sure to be there if you were a
member of that club and intend
to be again this year.
Don’t forget the Owl ticket
drive. There is only about six
more days left in the drive to
sell 2,000 books of eight ducats,
and there is still a long way to
go before that goal is reached.
Shadid remarked to Willing-
ham, “I hate to take advantage
of you like this. After all you
only have about 70,000 people
over there, while Cooke county
has all of 22,000.”
At any rate Shadid feels sure
that Gainesville will outdraw the
Twins at the gate, and we are
inclined to agree with him.
As he remarked to us, “I never
would have made the bet in the
first place if I hadn’t thought we
could beat ’em.”
Booster Buttons
The admission to the opening
day tussle is going to be a little
different than any charged i n
Gainesville’s days in the realm
of organized baseball.
Shadid has some 3,500 booster
buttons in his office, and the at-
tractive little pins will serve as
the opening day ticket. The but-
tons, which flash a picture of an
owl and .the words, “I’m boosting
the Gainesville Owls. How about
you?” will sell for $1.00, the same
price that opening day tickets all
over the loop sell for.
Come opening night, the gates
will be opened and local fans
open a tie game in the eighth
with three runs and added two
in the ninth to whip the Phila-
delphia Athletics, 6-1. Rookie
Don Liddle, Ernie Johnson and
Lew Burdette turned in a com-
bined four-hit pitching effort
for Milwaukee.
Young Harvey Haddix hurled
seven scoreless frames as the
St. Louis Cardinals edged the
Cincinnati Reds, 2-1, at St. Pe-
I tersburg, Fla. A walk, Red
Schoendienst’s triple and a long
fly accounted for both Cardinal
runs in the sixth inning.
IA run-scoring single by out-
fielder Mel Clark with two out
in the ninth inning gave the
Philadelphia Phillies a 5-4 vic-
tory over the Washington Sena-
one Pacific Coast
league owner is convinced his
circuit has made definite prog-
ress toward eventual big league
status in the year since it ob-
tained an “open” classification
and was given a means of pro-
tecting its promising young play-
ers from the draft.
Aluminum is not found in a
metallic state in nature.
It was a bitter experience of
Laws which led to the Coast
league demanding and getting,
with the blessing of Commission-
er Ford Frick, the clause through
which it can protect its young-
sters for three years. He bought
an outfielder, George Metkovich,
for $25,000 and' then saw him
snapped up by Pittsburgh for
$10,000 in the next draft.
“Now that I have protection I
can afford to buy such a player ”
Laws said. “In fact, I paid the
New York Giants a very good
pi ice for Outfielder Bill Hower-
ton, whom I expect to be a real
batting star for me. I am even
helping him build a house. He’s
getting a good salary, he’s happy
and he says he never wants to
go back to the big league. You
might be interested in knowing
that only two players on our en-
tire squad will receive less than
the $5,000 major league minimum
this year.”
The latter, released by the Gi-
ants last fall, is in the Brownie
camp on a look-see basis.
Rookie John Podres solidified
a Brooklyn starting berth by
pitching seven scoreless innings
against the Montreal Royals, JIUII Jy JoSSUlle1 coru
the Dodgers’ farm club. Podres for questionable off-field
gave up only three hits and his "
seems well on his way with a
hefty .394 to be among Sox bat-
ting leaders in the Grapefruit
league.
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Elliott’ always admired Rivera for his
base-running ability and de-
fense play in the outfield. But
his bat work was weak against
major league pitching in his
first year with the White Sox.
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The Boston Red Sox, not long
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jump, high jump, medley relay, the American league, are going
in more for defense this season.
But their new tactics aren’t
paying off.
Home runs by pitcher Al Cor-
win and shortstop Alvin Dark
broke a 3-3 tie and provided the
New York Giants with a 5-3
out triumph over the Chicago White
Sox. Right-hander Earl Harris,
recently acquired from the St.
Louis Browns, was the victim
of both drives. Corwin, who
worked the last four innings,
was credited with the win.
At Tucson, Ariz., the Chicago
Cubs pounced on three Browns’
pitchers for 17 hits and a 10-7
decision. All St. Louis runs
came on homers—by Vic Wertz
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by the New York Yankees, 9-0,
yesterday as Ray Scarborough
wearing the booster buttons can
walk in free of charge.
The opening day ticket is really
a bargain, for the buttons are
something that we are sure you
will want to keep all season long.
Help From Greenville
Manager J. B. Grigg was in
Greenville talking to Major
Manager Jimmy Adair, and the
friendly pilot, who was such a
favorite in Gainesville, has prom-
ised to send the Owls three and
possibly four players before the
start of spring training.
When Grigg was in Greenville
the Majors had just gotten back
from their training camp with
the Dallas Eagles, and things
were pretty much in a state of
confusion.
Work on the field was being
carried on, and Grigg did not get
to see Greenville work out.
One of the boys promised the
Owls by Adair is a combination
pitcher and outfielder. Although
Grigg did not get his name, he
was told that he had played with
Longview last year and should
be a big help to the Owls.
Of the others that may wind-
up at Gainesville, one was an
outfielder and one was an in-
fielder.
While Grigg was in Green-
ville, another prospective ball !
player called and left a message.
He was Joe Morgan from Dallas.
Rivera Says New
Batting Style
May Boost Average
PHOENIX, Ariz., Mar. 25 (A)
— Jim Rivera, the Chicago
White Sox center fielder, says
a new batting style developed
this spring may boost his aver-
age by about 80 points this sea-
son.
“Last season I dropped to .253
after batting .356 in the Pacific
Coast league,” he explained.
“All I think I need this time is
to get off to a good start and
then I might hit about .335.”
The 31-year-old ball-hawk
Ernest Shadid is confident that the Owls can outdraw Sherman-
-enison on opening day, so confident, in fact, that he has placed a
little wager with Twin Owner Arthur Willingham.
The Feathered Flock open the Sooner State league season in
Sherman on April 21, and then play their home opener the next
night against those same Twins. The bet between the two baseball
owners is that the loser, the one whose town or towns in the case
of Sherman and Denison draws the fewest number of fans, will
push the winner around the infield in a wheelbarrow in their next
appearance.
Should Gainesville outdraw Sherman-Denison, Willingham will
do the pushing in Locke park on April 24, while if Gainesville should
fall down at the gate, Shadid will do the honors in Twins park on
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The Cleveland Indians de-
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Coast league, 11-3, in a night
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Longhorns Beat
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AUSTIN, March 25 (PP) — The
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try to improve a confused bat-
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“When I take my stance now,
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arms back and my hands over-
like I’m ready for a flat swing,”
Rivera said. “By doing this I
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they were fooling me with last
year and I can reach cross the
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By BEN OLAN
“I’m a realist,” declared the
energetic Brick Laws of Oakland.
“I know we can’t go big league
immediately. But we will gradu-
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from the coast who have no real
desire to go East and would pre-
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first baseman Dick Gernert ac-
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man in 1952, when the club
dropped to sixth place.
Besides Gernert, Manager Lou
Boudreau can count on only
outfielders Hoot Evers and
Clyde Vollmer and c a t c h e r
Sammy White for the occasion-
al long ball. Evers produced 14
homers last year, Vollmer 11
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The Milwaukee Braves, the
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