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BASKETBALL THE COURIER-JOURNAL, LOUISVILLE, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 11, 1952. SPORTS SECTION 2 Bomnies Squeeze Crippled Western 70-69 Murray Followers Wire 'Breds Stay As Hot As You As Boys Toppers Just Miss After Trailing By 17 Kentuckians Bow Out of Invitational, But Fight Hard Without Marshall By TOMMY FITZGERALD, Courier-Journal Staff Writer New York, March 10. Western Kentucky met the Bon-nies of St. Bonaventure here tonight, but it's not the bonnies that lie over the ocean. What lies just a little bit away is the championship hopes of the young Western club that put on a terrific rally before Hit Almost 50 Percent of Shots All Murray College eagers have to do to win the N.A.I.B.

championship at Kansas City is stay as hot as they were against Centenary yesterday. The Thoroughbreds, coached to a fine degree of accuracy by Harlan Hodges, hit almost 50 per cent of their field goal attempts to whip the Shreveport outfit 72-46 in the first round. A group of followers immediately wired the boys, "Stay as hot as yoq are and we'll follow you to the Olympics." A shooting percentage of 44.9, like the 'Breds hung up in this game, is good enough to win in almost any company. The national leader in this phase of basketball offense is Western Kentucky, which fouled out to St. Bonaventure in an N.I.T.

heart-breaker last night. The Hilltoppers averaged 41 per cent during the regular season. The individual leader also came from Kentucky Art Spoelstra of Western, with 51.5. ri "7 1 Probability New York scribes don't look for the U. K.

side of the scandals to be closed until one more gambler is drawn into the fix pix. A Bad Knee For Easter Wild Name Pays Maury McDermott's tendency toward wildness has kept a lot of opposing batters from getting a toe-hold, Hy Hurwitz says in the Sporting News. The former Louisville strike-out king has improved his control since going with the Red Sox, but he likes to let the batters think he is still very wild. It can be val Harlan Hodges uable. For instance, the Red Sox were playing Cleveland one afternoon last year.

Big Luke Easter came by the bench. "Are you going to pitch today, Mr. McDermott?" he asked. When Maury told him that he was, Easter piped back, "I think Big Luke is going to have a real bad knee today." hi First Round Echo "The Cards fall flat in the N.I.T. To a Sophomore Team from the O.V.C.

They're Lucky to be beaten by only three. Suggest they join the K.I.A.C." Burma Shave, Bowling: Green. Associated Press Wirephote UPS AND DOWNS Three Western players get all scrambled up during a fight for a rebound in the first half of the National Invitation Tournament game with St Bonaventure in Madison Square Garden yesterday. Western's Jerry Whitsell hits the floor as teammate Dick Smith goes into the air. At left another Western player, Kay Greer, is about to follow Whitsell to the floor.

At right is St Bonaventure forward Lee Corkery (16) and in 'background (partly hidden) is Western's Gene Rhodes (11). 4 Winners Vs. Winners Tourney Oddities In three of the 16 Kentucky high school regional basketball tournaments the luck of the draw has placed all district winners in one bracket and all losers in the other. This happened in the 5th at Bowling Green, the 9th at Newport and the 14th at Hazard. In any one of the three a team which lost in its district may get to the State final at Lexington by winning only one game against a district champ.

J. H. "Hooks" Harvey, coach at Bardstown, saw his team erased in district semis when light All Coaches Pick Darling On 'Big Ten' Illinois Places Rod Fletcher On First Team Ed Thompson St. TLoms vs. mUs! It Could Happen If Team Wins N.I.T.

And Finishes Second In N.C.A.A. Meet New York, March 10 (AP) It's probably a little premature but there's a possibility that St. Louis University could wind up paired against itself in the first round of the Olympic basketball tryouts. 4 It could happen if St. Louis should win the current National Invitation Tournament at Madison Square Garden and finish second in the N.C.A.A.

championship. The Billikens have elected to try for the double. Under the Olympic, setup the N.I.TA winner and the N.C.A.A. runner-up, along with two of the top four A.A.U. fives, will meet in the first round in the Garden March 29.

The other Olympic first round games will be played on the same day in Kansas City with the N.C.A.A. winner meeting the victor of the N.A.I.B. tournament and two A.A.U. teams completing the doubleheader. A St.

Louis victory in both the N.C.A.A. and N.I.T., a feat accomplished only by City College of New York in 1950. would necessitate some real juggling since it is quite evident the Billikins couldn't be in Kansas City and New York the same night. St. Louis opens its N.I.T.

play against Dayton tomorrow night. ning struck twice in the same place. The end came, reports Ivan Stanhope, during a sudden-death second overtime period when Jim Talbott of St. Joe passed to Ed Thompson, who flipped in a one-hander. Last year, in the same meet, the same two boys defeated Bardstown under identical' circumstances.

Double Duty Bill Wight, another Red Sox moundsman, is making his good left arm do double duty. And when he loses control on the hill he hopes that a new control he now is learning will enable him to enter a new field of income. scored 22 points to 3 for Western. They led 58-41. Then the Toppers began closing the gap, although they had lost their two big men earlier.

Both Smith and Art Spoelstra had fouled out just before" the end of the third quarter. With two minutes to go, Western came within five points, 70-65. Western got the ball. Rhodes, fouled in the act of shooting, missed his first shot. Western took the second one out.

Little more than a minute remained. Western was fouled again and took it out. Again Western was fouled and took it out. Rhodes missed a long and the Bonnies got the ball. But Rhodes stole it and passed to White for a crip.

This cut it to three points with a minute to go. Misses As Game Ends Sassone was fouled in the act of shooting. He missed the first. He spurned the second to give his club the ball outside. It was still 70-67 with 51 seconds to go.

Western got the ball. They took; it out on a foul. It was Solinsky's fifth and he left the game. Rhodes made a oesperate shot and missed. On the fling, the Bonnies were fouled.

They took it out. Again they were fouled and took it out. With 10 seconds to go Western had it out. On the pitch-in Greer made a crip. It was one point difference now.

Rhodes intercepted a pass, but Hutchens missed a shot that might have won for Western as the game ended. N.I.T. Boxes St. Bonaventure Western no pr. 9t Corkery ...4 14 King Renville 154 Smith Davies SIS Greer Edwards 4 I Col Gorman 111 Spoelstra Sassone 5 7 4 Wriitsell Sollnsky 4 4 5 Heard Nolan 2 0 0 nodes Whit Vest Hutchens Totals 14 224 Totals rr.

.201 ft 4 .114 5 ft .10 1 a .204 .10 5 .28 13 34 St. Ronaventur Is 27 10 W. Kentucky 1 19 12 1 Free throws mtssrrl: St. Bonaventure- Corkerv 2. Kenville 2.

Edward. Sassone 2, Soltnsky 2 W. Kentuc ky- King. Spoelstra, Whitsell, While. Rhodes.

Holv Cross fg ft pf. Seattle tg ft pf. Neill 4 3 I Mosratel 2 1 4 Dllllnu 4 13 Ssnford I Kieliev 7 2 Whlttlea 4 ft It Palaz7l .8 2 0 Higlln 3 Supiunowlci 1 E. Brien 1 (I MrUmon 1 4 J. O'Brien 3 IS 2 Markev 8 0 5 Dnhery 1 0 3 Mr-Donough 4 I 5 Ginsberg (..101 Perry 2 2 Earlv 0 ft Totals 34 9 22 Totals 20 IS Holv Cross 20 1 14 27 TT Seattle 10 14 20 2273 Free throws missed: Holy Cross Plazr.t 3.

McLarnon. McDonough. Seattle Mos-catel, E. Brien, J. Brien 3.

LaSalle fg ft pf. St John's ft ft pf. Grekin 2 13 2 Davis I 2 1 lehl a 4 5 Uurketl 4 Altierl Gola 3 1 1 Walker a 1 4 Peterson OOl Moore 2 13 Gianconti rl 0 ft 4 Jones ft 1 2 Sagona ft ft Donnellv 1 1 3 7.awoluk 4 3 Harag 0 1 0 Walsh 1 0 4 MrMshon (.434 MarGilvrav 2 3 MrMorrow ft ft 2 Totals 14 23 22 Totals 17 42 LaSalle 17 15-51 St. Johns 13 12 II Fre throws missed- I.aSalle Grekin lehle. Gola 2.

Moor 3. Jones. St. John a Duckett 3. Zawoluk, Walsh 3.

McMahois 4, MacGUvray 4. U.C.L.A. Wins Title Los Angeles, March 1ft fAPl Thaj underdog U.CL.A. Bruins won the Pa. cific Coast Conference basketball title tonight by outraclng and outshootlng th Washington Huskies In triumph of youtt over experience.

The score was 50-50. After a tight first half that ended tfl a 33-33 tie the Bruins surged back In thsj third period to go ahead by a doen, points. Thev hung on to It until-tha end, with a sensational game of keepaway. mm DOUBLE WiXD-VP TERRY MOORE (Brat r.nr Malratoat is uniMisi JESSE TURNER iK An it i JACKIi: KIOKill ia EOIMIII TOMMY SALEM vs. HOt'NI FltKimiK II ICE C.

IACOMlC vs. HOI NIHI roii six.i.kio'v JEltHV SIIAIMItO 4 aoirnt 11111. LIMB ROUNDS OO OF ACTION OU MAR. 17th 30 P.M. GET TICKtTS EARLY CL 371 Murray Breezes In N.A.I.B.

Beshean Tallies 20 As Breds Crush Centenary 7246 Kansas City, March 10 (AP) Fourth seeded Murray Kentucky State romped on the Centenary Gents of Shreveport, 72-46, in one of the opening games in the National Association of Intercollegiate Basketball tourney here today. Garrett Beshear sparked the Kentuckians with 20 points. The Kentucky Thoroughbreds sprinted to a 23-12 first quarter lead and had it easy pretty much all of the way. Murray State scored on 45 per cent of its shots from the field. They hit 30 of 67.

Centenary, led by Pototo Ra-miriz' 16 points, counted a cold 24 per cent, 18 out of 78. Indiana State Wins Indiana State, while on top all the way, had more trouble than Murray in advancing to the second round. The Sycamores from Terre Haute, stayed ahead nearly all the way, but had to beat off a fierce rally by the Knights of Fairleigh Dickinson College of Rutherford, N. to win 79-72. One of the best teams that ever represented the East in the tour-n a Fairleigh Dickinson trailed by 11 points at one time in the first quarter and was down six points, 37-43, at the hair.

The Knights went ahead for a few seconds 60-59 early in the fourth quarter on Samuel Schu-mer's fielder, fell behind again shortly thereafter and had their last tie at 62-all. Roger Atkins paced Indiana State with 17 points, but the Sycamores came up with a balanced attack that proved the margin of victory. Schumer's 16 points topped the Fairleigh-Dickinson effort. Hamline Triumphs Defending champion Hamline trailed the first quarter 17-23, caught up at 26-all and went ahead to stay on Lloyd Thor-gaard's fielder. An estimated 7,000 persons turned out for the opening night of play.

The championship will be decided Saturday night. Jim Fritchie paced the sizzling Piper attack with 13 fielders and four free throws for 30 points. Thorgaard scored 22. George Montz, a long-shooting specialist, potted eight fielders and six free throws for 2 points for Tampa. Other winners: Montanta State 82, American International 66.

Whitworth College 71, Wisconsin State 60. James Millikin 101, Elon Teachers 69. Springfield. (Mo.) State 87, Chadron Teachers 66. Portland 84, Findlay 82.

Tomorrow's games match Memphis State Baltimore West Texas-West Liberty, Pep-perdine-Morningside, New Mexico A. Southern, Utah State-Clarion, Huron-Eastern Illinois, Washburn-Lawrence Tech, and Southwest Texas-Arkansas Poly. Murray far ft.pf. Centenary fg ft.pf. Beshear 8 4 2 Hoke 213 Gott I 10 3 Scott 0 0 1 Mtkez 1 1 Rarmerz ...725 Koen'art ..121 Jowers 001 Deweese 5 0 5 Rea 431 Gipe 10 2 Mooty 0 0 1 Bailev 2 0 1 Whitler 10 2 Lamplev ..211 Franklin ..010 Purcell 5 4 4 Wright 5 13 Jeffrey 1 0 1 Soangler ..002 Totals 30 1 2 21 Totals 19 8 19 Murray State 23 1 17 1572 Centenary 12 10 17 748 Missed free throws Murray State: Beshear 2, Koenigsrrart 1.

Deweese 1. Purcell 1. Jeffrey 1. Centenary: Hoke 2, Ramirez 1. Rea 3.

Whitler 1. Wright 2. Cage Scores COLLEGES Columbia 67. Cornell 44 Kansas State 79. Oklahoma 58.

Kansas 72, Colorado 55. N.A.I.B. TOURNAMENT Montana State 82, American International Murray State 72. Centenary 48. James Millikin 101.

Elon 89. Whitworth 71. Wisconsin State W). Indiana State 79. Fairleigh-Dickinson 72.

Springfield 87. Chadron Teachers 68. Hamline 91. Tampa 65. NATIONAL INVITATION TO I' It NET St.

Bonaventure 70. Western. 69. LaSalle 51. St.

John's 5. Holy Cross 77. Seattle 72. NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Baltimore 91. Milwaukee 80.

Minneapolis 76. College All-Stars 55. Ira Godin Returns As Col Pitcher nity of making the jump to A.AA. ball appraisal ot sut.ii vuuhs inucis as George Uhaze 16-3 at oneonta; Stan McWilliams 23-10 at San Jose; Hugh Sooter 15-13 at Shreveport and Lefty Bob Smith 13-8 at Scranton. Returning from last year's staff are Bill Evans (8-4), Boo Ferriss (7-7), Tom Herrin (3-6), Don Asmonga (2-5).

veteran reliever Gordy Mueller (8-7) and the brilliant Harvard graduate Ira Godin. Of course further pitching heip Is expected from the parent Red Sox who have at Sarasota such former Colonels as Jim Atkins, Tk. LjL' The 29 year losing to the Olean, N. club 70-69 in the first quarter-final game of the National Invitation Basketball Tournament. In other games last night.

La Salle upset St. John's 51-45 and Holy Cross ousted Seattle 77-72. The semi-finals will be completed tomorrow night when second-seeded St. Louis meets Dayton, opening round conqueror of N.Y.U., at 6:45 p.m. (Louisville Time), and top-rated Duquesne takes on Holy Cross at 8:30 p.m.

Semi finals are scheduled Thursday night with the finals Saturday. The Western-St. Bonaventure game, truthfully, wasn't decided until the very last shot. Behind 17 points about midway of the third period, the green, but talented and courageous. Western club kept on fighting.

They reduced their deficit to just a point with just seconds left. Hits Rim, Bounces Off Then, with around 18,000 here in Madison Square Garden tonight holding their breaths, Jim Hutchins let a medium shot go. It was a hastened fling, but it hit the rim. It bouncea away just as the game ended. If it had gone in, it would have won it.

That was how close the Western kids came after being counted out there in the third quarter against a team that already had beaten them by 73-60 during the season. Western played much better than it did in beating Louisville by three points in its opening round triumph. The Toppers didn't seem disturbed even by the absence of Tom Marshall, their star forward who didn't play because of an injured knee suffered in the Louisville game. Smith Gets 17 In fact, his replacement, Dick Smith led the Western scorers. He got 17 points and made 15 of them in the first half to send Western into the second semester on top 38-34.

But Bonaventure was a terrifically smart, clever team. They were an accurate club. Excellent ball-handlers. They made few mistakes. It was a strain to play them.

You couldn't let up, and you couldn't err. If you did, they had a basket. Well, they had three of them real quick, in the space of half a minute in the third quarter, to go ahead. They never trailed after that. At one time, they got their lead up to 17 points before Western, with the help of a kid named Kay Greer, began whittling on them.

Toppers Led In Goals It was a loss Western could feel proud of. They made more field goals, 28-24. At the free-throw lane, the Bonnies made 22 counting tosses to Western's 13. Smith topped the Western scorers with 17. Gene Rhodes, the Louisville boy, played another fine game.

He made 13 and this Greer boy got 12. The Bonnies, who had trailed Western by 34-38 at halftime, went ahead in the first minute and a half of the third period. They hit their first three shots longs by Slinsky and Davies and a medium by Davies. The score now was 40-38 for St. Bonaventure.

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JA 7031 SERVEO FROM P.M C-V ml "aSBaiBBBBBBaBaBBBiaaBkv 1 Prospects Famous Artists course in sports cartooning. Fulks Makes Hall of Fame Congratulations Kentucky's second personality to enter the Helms Basketball Hall of Fame is Joe Fulks, former Murray College star now playing professional ball. Joe was one of 10 former N.A.I.B. athletes honored yesterday. Adolph Rupp, coach at U.

was added to the Hall of Fame coaches several seasons ago. rinky Higgins M. McDermott Joe Fulks old pitcher is taking a 3-year Male Gym to the Armory, it was announced yesterday. The time of the games remains the sane. Manual and Atherton will replay their 25th District final in the opener Friday at 7:30 and Valley takes the floor against Fern Creek at 9 p.m.

Valley downed the Creekers in the 26th District final and Manual measured Atherton. A Bryant and Rupp By LARRY BOECK Basketball Coach Adolph Rupp and Football Coach Paul Bryant of Kentucky were in the same leaky boat during yesterday's deluge. Both are somewhat worried. Rupp says the prospects now for a tournament game are slim. And he doesn't know if he wants one, Spring Training Opens Once upon a time the Sports Department had a rest of two or three weeks between the major sports seasons.

The college basketball season ended around the third week in February and baseball training began the middle of March. Now we have Pinky Higgins' Colonels opening drills at DeLand and the baseball writers still are in New York with Western Kentucky College eagers. Fortunately, nothing much happens during the early weeks of spring training anymore. Baseball news doesn't begin to develop in the minors until after the majors have picked over the material and taken everything they want or think they might have use for later. While Tommy Fitzgerald completes the important basketball assignment, the baseball notes will be written for us by Don Hill.

You will find a story by Don in this section. Chicago, March 10 Five different schools won berths on the 1952 All-Big Ten basketball team picked for the Associated Press by conference coaches. Sole unanimous choice was Iowa's All-America center. Chuck Darling, who-rewrote the league record book this season. Champion Illinois contributed guard Rod Fletcher, who missed a sweep by one vote.

The other guard was Ab Nicholas of the lowly "Wisconsin team which upset Illinois and runner-up Iowa in its last two starts. Nicholas is the only re- peater from the 1 1951 AP all-star Honored at forwards were Paul Ebert, Ohio State's scintillating sophomore, and Purdue's 'hustling Carl Don Schlundt McNulty. l.V. Mar makes Excepting the 2d tesm 6-foot, 8 i Darling, whose 364 points in 14 games set all kinds of conference records, the all-star team is not exceptionally tall. Ebert and Fletcher are 6-4 and McNulty and Nicholas 6-3.

The United Pre All-Big Ten team luted the tame firtt fire player but picked John Kerr of Illinois and Chutk Meneel of Minneota on the tecond team in tt end of Schlundt and Matter: But it comes to as close a dream team as any coach would want. The skilled and agile Darling averaged a sizzling 26 points. Ebert, runner-up in conference i scoring, clicked at a 21.4 average, while McNulty was good for 20.6 points per game. The all-star lineup: First Tesm: Forwards Psul Ehert, Ohio State and Carl McNulty. Purdue.

Center Chuck Darling. Iowa Guards Rod rieu-her. Illinois, and Ab I Nicholas. Wisconsin. Seraatf Tesm: Forwards Irv Bemoras, Illinois, and 16 Kalafat.

Minnesota 1 Center Don Schlundt. Indiana Guards Bob Clifton. Iowa, ana Bob Masters. Indiana. St.

Lawrence Minus Star Canton. N. March 10 APi St. law-re nee University's hockey team will enter the A. A.

Tournament at Colorado Springs Thursday without it high scorer, troth renter Neale Langill Lansjll underwent an emergency opera- tion for appendicitis today. Me has scored oointa thia season 2 go is and Tt as- sirts. pitchers can win, and a couple of the faster outfielders can hit AAA hurling. Parkway Field fans may be in for what Higgins calls 'a real treat an eager bunch of kids whu can really run." Although only the batterymen were scheduled to report today, Chapman and Wright were on hand for the opening drills. Chappy has been here several days with a two-fold motive to get ready to face the competition of the youngsters a little early and to escape the cold weather in his native Massachusetts.

As for popular Tubby, the first ball pitched to him was sharply driven down the rightfield line for what would have been an easy two bagger. iiViv-v- to 3 Simpsonville Foe Of Milton Tonight Simpsonville, surprise winner over Bagdad in the 30th District final, and Milton open play in the Eighth Region tournament tonight at Carrollton. The Eighth is the only region getting under way tonight. The rest with the exception of the Seventh in Louisville, orrv football may be resulting in unfair legislation against athletes. "Take mathematics," Bryant said, comparing restrictions placed on the athlete and the non-athlete.

"A student can study mathematics all night long and lose a lot of sleep. "Still, football is just as important to some players as mathematics is to other people. A lot of our players intend to make their living out of football either as a professional player or a coach. It's not fair to set a limit on the time they can spend preparing themselves for their vocation. Staff Lends Hand "I don't mean that football should interfere with a player getting an education.

Our staff does everything it can to see that the boys attend classes and pass their work. "Just to make sure the boys go to their early morning classes, we've been holding squad meetings 20 minutes before breakfast each morning. That way a boy isn't tempted to stay in bed, miss breakfast and maybe oversleep a class." Bryant thinks spring practice should be an institutional matter. And, anyway, he indicated, he's never heard of any practice limit being set on students of music, art, literature or math, or the debating or stock-judging teams. and run type player himself, it is understandable that he is anxious to have a team that can run.

X)l course, if Uncle Sam steps in and claims many of the youngsters, or if they by their own performances show they are not ready for AAA this season, it will be necessary to use veterans. Fortunately, the Louisville club is blessed with a good supply of vets. Taft Wright, Bob Broome, Bob Scherbarth, Len Okrie, Ken Chapman, John Douglas and Eddie Lyons, are some of them. Of course, Boston has a surplus of in-fielders whose first stop will be Louisville. But until they fail, the kids are going to get every possible chance.

If just a couple of the anyway, witn umr iiagan ana Frank Ramsey ailing. Another football practice was washed away by yesterday's gloomy downpour. That means, as Bryant has pointed out previously, that U. K. may have to rush things to get in 20 practice sessions over a span of- 30 days, as the new S.E.C.

rule requires. Kentucky's No. 1 rated basketball team is crippled worse than he had thought, said Rupp. Still Bothered "Hagan still is bothered considerably by the knee he injured against 1-ennessee in the S.E.C. tournament.

And Ramsey's ankles, both of 'em, aren't responding to treatment as we had hoped," said Rupp. we're in the middle. If we don't play a warm-up game, the long layoff of 20 days between the S.E.C. and N.CJV.A. tourneys may have us stale when we get to Raleigh.

On the other hand, if we do have a warm-up game we run the risk of not giving our key men time to mend, and of aggravating their injuries." U.K. thought it had a game with Duke for Saturday. But Duke officials declined the invitation because of a recent Southern Conference rule. biyant, like Rupp, may be caught in the middle. The new practice rule irks him.

as it does most coaches, and he indicated that the reform movement in Jim Hisner. Bennet Flowers and Rollie Schuster in addition to many other youngsters up from Birmingham and Scranton. The enthusiasm for this youth movement began at Sarasota in January when the Red Sox spent more than $25,000 at a pre-spring training program. So successful was this venture that the word was passed all down the line "Go as far as you can with the kids." Higgins, summarizing today's workout, said "these youngsters are going to have to prove they are not ready before 111 give up on them." It is well known that Pinky's biggest disappointment in last year's club was its notorious lack of speed. And, having been a hit 'Kids' To Get Every Chance With Cols, Higgins Says Special la Cartr-Jsarasl Land March 10.

besin action tomorrow night Simpsonville won its regional berth by trimming defending champion Shelbyville 56-38 in the semi-finals of the 30th District at Shelbyville. Milton advanced with a 45-41 semi-final victory over host school Crestwood in the 29th. Milton lost in the final to LaGrange 58-49. The two did not meeting during the regular season. The Lit-ratings pick Milton by 1.6 points.

Tourney Changed The Seventh Region tournament has been switched from Hamilton Resigns As W. and L. Coach Lexington, March 10 F. S. "Scotty" Hamilton, one of West Virginia's all-time greats, has resigned as basketball coach at Washington and Lee Univer-sitv.

Athletic Director R. A. "Cap'n Dick" Smith announced Hamilton's resignation and attributed it to "an economical move." Smith said Washington and Lee has decided to employ no more one-sport coaches. In his two years at Lexington. Hamilton's teams won 13 and lost 39.

em. Higgins and farm club directors The accent was on speed and JohnfeMurphy and Charley Wag-youth today as the Louisville ner are unusually high in their II rawiT. Colonels began preparations for the 1952 American Association baseball season. In the group of 20 players who reported to Manager Pinky Higgins, 14 are not yet 25 yars old. There is further hope to be found in: 1 The 1951 records of many of these youngsters; 2 The assertion of Boston scouts who have been watching them at Sarasota that some of the kids have an excellent opportu- wcicmrt 7th.

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