The Courier-Journal from Louisville, Kentucky • Page 27

SECTION .2 BASKETBALL THE COURIER-JOURNAL, LOUISVILLE, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 16, 1952. SPORTS 3 ir Tony's Girls Join New Softball Loop r4 Vy The Little Man Did Big Tilings for U. of K. Now Bobby Watson Looks Ahead To N.C.A.A. Meet Starting Friday By LARRY BOECK Bobby Watson is a little man who has done big things in basketball.

There was a time, however, when the 5-foot-102 set-shot artist from Owensboro wondered if he'd even get the chance to prove he could play college ball. And there's something "A Louisville team Tony's Girls has obtained a franchise in a newly-formed softball league consisting of teams from Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois. It is to be called athletics for the City Recreation Division, is making headway to ward the formation of Louisville'i softee program. He says teams still may sign up for play in men's leagues in the Minor Division. Vacancies also remain in the women's leagues.

Fike can be reached at the Recreation Division Office in Central Park, MA 9060. N.C-A.A. championship team before he graduates. Kentucky won the prized bauble last season. It will open defense of the crown Friday at Raleigh, N.

meeting Penn State. Host North Carolina State encounters St. John's. The winners of Friday's games will meet Saturday. And the winner of that game will span the continent going to for the semifinals and final, composed of the four regional Both of the finalists earn the right to compete to the Olympic Trials, opening March 29.

Regional Contests Listed Here's the schedule for the four regional tournaments next Friday and Saturday: iri-btate Representing. will be four teams Evansville, Indianapolis, Valparaiso and Logans-port. Peoria will represent Illinois. The teams will play a ten-game schedule on a home-and-h'ome basis. Brown and Williamson will be Tony's home- field.

They will play on Saturday nights. The league was formed by Dr. C. McCann of Valparaiso, district commissioner of Indiana. The circuit will be operated under the jurisdiction of the Softball Association of America.

As yet, not much is known here about the teams other than Peoria and Tony's. Carrying Peoria's colors will be the Diesel-ettes, who won the central regional championship the last three' years in a row. Tony's Kathleen DePoyster won the Louisville championship last year. Meanwnile, Ed Fike, director of 8 Games Billed In Catholic Meet Today at Male The 'sweet sixteen' play in the 34th annual Catholic School Basketball Tournament opens Eight game are scheduled in the Male High gym starting at 1:30 p.m. The schedule: 1:30 St.

Thomas vs. St. Thomas More. 2:30 Christ the King vs. St.

Stephen. 3:30 St. Anthony vs. St. Leo.

4:30 Holy Cross vs. St. Augustine. 5:30 St. Cecilia vs.

St Raphael. 6:30 St. Ann vs. St. Boniface.

7:30 St. Monica vs St. Francis of Assist. 8.30 St. John vs.

St. Vincent de Paul. Associated Press Wirephoto JESSE JAMES Southwest Missouri State eager Bill Lea stretches to steal the ball from Murray State College player Melvin Dewesse "(right), during the first quarter of the NAI.B. tournament final. Watching the play is Garrett Beshear, Murray forward.

Dad Would Have Said Yes, So Beshear Plays In Meet team's other starters, senior Melvin Deweese and sophomore Joe Mikez, are fine board sweepers. Mikez, a highly regarded prospect, also has a deadly shot from the corner. Tournament observers have been lavish in their praise of Purcell. Skipper Patrick, Associated Press writer here, who is reporting his seventh N.A.I.B. tournament, calls Purcell one of the best basketball players he has 4 Bobby Watson Atlierton Defeats Berea 41 to 16 In Swimming Meet Special to The Cof rer-Joornl Berea, March 15.

The Atherton tankmen defeated Berea Foundation High here today 41-16. The Louisville team captured 6 out of 7 events. Outstanding swimmer for Atherton was Bill Carrell with 11 points. Ken Daniel's 1:00.1 in the 100-yard free style and a 1:32.3 turned in by the medley-relay team were new school records. Chambers of Berea took credit for their sole winning tally.

He won the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:17.2. 50-Yard Free Charles Ewing Al-26 9. 100-Yard Free Ken Daniels 100-Yard Back Bill Carrell 100-Yard Breast Chambers 2. Medley Relay Atherton (Ewing. Daniels.

200-Yard Relay Atherton (Kennedy, Thompson, Jelsma. N. Winfield Wins Alabama Title Tuscaloosa. March 15 AP Win-field won the Alabama Class AA high school basketball crown from Coffee with a long-range scoring attack tonight, defeating the 1951 tiUeholders 62-45. TONIGHT ARMORY TUP TFYAC TEPBORC.

THE TEXAS TERRORS DEFEND THEIR TEAM RACE TITLE 8 RACES 8:30 P.M. EXTRA SPECIAL POWDER PUFF DERBY EST Jf RESERVATIONS 4C CL 2768 of KOROSEAL if MA CAPITO At Raleigh Kentucky (28-2). Southeastern Conference champion, vs. Penn State North Carolina State 23-9i. South-conference champion, vs.

St. John's (22-4). I tW i ti i in i Tj champion, vs. Dayton (27-3)': Princeton i6-, lvv League champion, vs. Duquesne (22-21 At Kansas City Kansas f22-2.

Big Seven champion, vs. Texas Christian t22-3). Southwest Conference champion: New Mexico A. M. (21-8), Border Conference champion, vs.

St. Louis University 422-7), Missouri Valley Conference champion. At Corvallis. Ore. Santa Clara '15-9) vs.

U.C.L.A, (19-10). Pacific Coast Conference champion: Wyoming (29-6), Mountain States Conference champion, vs. Oklahoma City (17-7). Eckmiller Wins 71-53 The Eckmiller basketball team defeated the Hartline's quintet 71-53 last night in the final game of the Wesley Community Hous tournament. Roy Pugh, of Eckmiller, and Irv.

Lambert, of Hartline's, tied for high-scoring honors at 19 apiece. In an exhibition game earlier, the Ragatelles trounced the Atoms 48-24. Bob Donlon, of the Ragatelles, was high man with 16. 3rd and 161 FINAL WEEK "MICKEY Ginger JONES HAL BRONSON BEVERLY DALE HAL LEROY'S ORCHESTRA Plus JeryTyn Jones NO COVER NO MINIMUM KSashows 915 K1 TTTTuTTTn V1 ffTlfflTfTTTr PACKAGED IXI urn New Store Hours MONDAYS! 10 A.M. to 9 P.M.

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The dark-haired, dark -eyed mite didn't impress Adolph Rupp of Kentucky, although he had done well in high-school competition. Floyd Burdette of Alabama, like Rupp, apparently wasn't overwhelmed by the small kid's prospects, offering him only a partial scholarship to attend 'Bama. Bobby mulled over the offer. When he finally decided to accept, school had started and 'Bama -told Watson that the partial scholarship it had offered now was gone. Stayed Only A Day and Night But, Burdette told Bobby, come on down, anyway.

Perhaps something could be done, Bobby's mother, a keen basketball and football fan, recounts. Bobby just remained at Ala- bama a day and a night. I think it was." she recalls. "At anv rate. he wasn't happy.

He came home, 7 He would have loved to have played at Kentucky, but he felt he cpuldn't make the team, and he'd have hated to be on the bench. "We talked it over the next several days, and I urged Bobby to at least take a crack at playing for U. Rupp admits he was skeptical when Watson reported. So skeptical, in fact, that Bobby's father, Clyde, paid the freight for his son the first semester. Caused Eyes To Pop Watson caused some eyes to pop Mr.

Rupp's, especially with his deadly long shots while on the freshman team. "After we issued a freshman suit to Watson I forgot all about him," says Rupp. "Next thing I knew he was the team's high scorer and the captain! "We put him on a full athletic scholarship the next semester. It was one of the best investments I ever made." averaging almost 14 points per game, is enjoying his best season. And he capped it at Alabama in late January to give the story a unique twist.

Rangy 'Bama tormented hard-pressed Kentucky, and verged on pulling a big upset. But the guy who finally broke the back of the Crimson Tide was Watson. His 16 points stopped U.K. on the brink of disaster, the Cats finally winning 71-67. Showed lie Had Courage It required a lot of the ol' moxie for a player of Watson's size to make the nation's No.

1 team. But Bobby showed he. had that courage in high school. He weighed just 140 pounds at the time. And, as co-captain of the football team, he played as a linebacker! Watson has made a terrific percentage of his shots this season, considering that he often shoots from 25 to 35 feet out, and sometimes longer than that.

He's hit on 179 of 497 shots for a strong 36 per cent. Watson graduates in June and soon thereafter expects to be in the Air Force. He's looking forward first, however, to the forthcoming N.C.A.A. tournament. And he's hoping he can be on a second SMART NEW SPORT COAT peared here a year ago, rates higher in Patrick's book.

Coach Harlan Hodges has been impressed by the veteran way in which the boys have performed here. The boys came out to win the tournament and have been operating well as a team. Their reaction to tournament play has been extremely pleasing to Hodges. Murray's victory methods have been simple. Put the pressure on early and keep it up until sure of victory.

This was notably exemplified in the Portland game The Racers built up an 8-point lead at the half and still had enough left at the finish to make belated Portland rally fall short of victory. Another factor in Murray's' success here has been its scheduled play against some of the nation's top court teams and in the Ohio Valley Conference. The slate served as a "fortifier for the club which has proved to Kansas City fans it deserves tha nickname of Thoroughbreds. Hershkowitz Wins Singles Handball Title Detroit, March 15 (vP) Vic Hershkowitz, a 33-year-old New York fireman from Brooklyn, won the U. S.

Handball Association and A.A.U. singles championships here today in a dramatic comeback after a pulled leg muscle hobbled him and put him on the floor twice. Hershkowitz, who won the national championship in 1949, defeated Ken Schneider, of Chicago, 21-11 and 21-16 in the finals of the combined U. S. and A.A.U.

tourney. Wichita Club Sold Wichita. Kan March 15 (AP) Sale of the Wichita Indians of the Western League was completed today. Charles Ritchie. Indians business made the announcement.

The exact amount involved was not disclosed, but it was believed to be approximately $100,000. However, it also was rumored only $40,000 was Riven as a "down payment" and the other money would be turned over In installments. Reported price asked for the club a year ago was $180,000. ever seen perform in the small college meet. Only Scotty Steagall, great Millikin shotmaker who ap- Trotters Billed Here Next Saturday Harlem Five To Play Boston at Armory The Harlem Globetrotters return to Louisville Armory Saturday night to take on the strong Boston Whirlwinds in the feature game of a basketball dou-bleheader.

The bewhiskered House of David quintet will face the Chicago Brown Bombers in the opener. A number of new acts will be presented for half-time entertainment. The Globetrotters will be in the final week of their regular season. They start their post-season world series of basketball on March 30 in Madison Square Garden, New York. -Following the series the Trotters fly to South America to start their round the world tour.

After visits, to the Latin America countries, they will fly to Europe, North Africa, the Malay States, Hong Kong, Japan, Philippine Islands, Guam and Hawaii, returning to the U. S. in October. New Monday a 4 gMeys Made lock told, repoirtd and inttalted. Ignition deer lock and trunk handles for all make tare Lawn mowers and taws sharpened Calls made anywhere in the city Mail Orders Given Quick Service AUTO KEY SHOP Third and Chestnut WA 9446 Buy Your Tickets for St.

Xavier EASTER DANCE I at the ARMORY Monday, April 14th Modern and Squart Dancing Tickets at School 2 ON MARKET AT THIRD 14 95 FLOOR ONMABQTf ATTHHD i QM2BOSJ16 By BILL RICHARDSON of The Kansa City Star Kansas City, March 15. A strong father-son relationship played a large part in the showing of the Murray State Thoroughbreds, finalist in the N.A.I.B. tournament here. Shortly before the team left Murray for Kansas City, the fa- ther of Garrett Beshear, 29-year- old junior forward from Dawson Springs, died. The decision to stay in Murray or come with the.

team was left to the player. Beshear decided to make the trip, saying, "I know that dad would have wanted me to play." Garrett and his father, Willie Beshear, 49, on the Kentucky State Alcoholic Board of Control at the time of his death, saw his son play practically every Murray home game and had planned to watch him here in Kansas City at the N.A.I.B. Garrett was greatly grieved at the loss of his father, but he felt that it, would have been his father's wish for him to play. Despite playing under this extreme emotional strain, Garrett has continued to be a sparkplug in the Racers' attack. In four tournament games, he has tallied 60 points, hitting 20 in the crucial 58-57 semi-finals victory over Portland Friday night.

Hit 459 Points During the regular season, Beshear hit 459 points in helping the Thoroughbreds to a 20-8 record. He was second in scoring to Bennie Purcell, who set an all-time Murray scoring mark with 532 points. Beshear is possibly the oldest competitor in collegiate basketball. He played high school basketball in Nortonville, before going into the service. After his discharge, he entered college, but dropped out after a year.

After returning, he still had enough left to make the Murray team. He is married and has a 9-year-old son. Next year, he will have the distinction of being a 30-year-old senior. Murray's attack has been built around Beshear, Purcell and Charlie Lampley, senior guard from Sharpe, Ky. Purcell is the key figure.

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