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BASEBALL SECTION 2 THE COURIERJOURNAL, LOUISVILLE, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 5, 1949. SPORTS -1' v.rfk HAPPY HOMECOMING annual affair is this scene of honoring Kentucky's National Collegiate basketball champions. The Wildcats, who captured their second straight N.C.A.A. crown recently are shown during "Wildcat Appreciation Day" ceremonies yesterday. Standing at the rear of the platform, they are, from left, Ralph Beard, Johnny Stough, Walter Hirsch, Wallace Jones, Cliff Barker, Al Bruno, Alex Groza, Coach Adoph Rupp, Dale Barnstable, Garland Townes, Roger Day, Jim Line, and Athletic Director Bernie Shively.

U. K. President Herman Donovan is sitting on the extreme left (wearing hat). At the extreme right, with backs to camera, are trainer Bud Burger, and team manager Humzey Yessin. TJiis part of the celebration took place on the university campus.

Getting to be almost an With 7Double Baseball Roundup Lexingtonians Pay Wild Tribute To Kentucky's National Champs Kentucky Repeats Porterfield Hurls 1 -Hitter for Yanks St. Petersburg, Flan April 4 (AP) Bob Porterfield pitched a one-hitter today as the New York Yankees defeated the Cincinnati Reds 2-0 to run their victory string in spring baseball exhibitions to six in a row. Bobby Brown and Hank Bauer triumph over Dallas before 6.250 th In Helms Foundation Awards; All Hats Off to Rupp and 'Cats While Lexington wtps lavishing attention on the University of Kentucky basketball squad yesterday the Helms Athletic Foundation announced that the Wildcats had been named the collegiate championship team of the year and Capt. Alex Groza had been designated as the player of the year. These added laurels made the days the most memorable in the annals of athletics at the University of Kentucky since a day in 1933 when a similar double honor was bestowed upon the Cats and Foresi "Aggie" Sale.

The giant center, who led his well-coached mates to in their vehicles, the crowd was generous in its applause. Walter Hirsch, Al Bruno, Bob Henne, Roger Day, Johnny Stough, Garland Townes, had their own ve-. hides, as the regulars. Coach Rupp to basketball what Rockne was to football beamed happily as his car snail-paced its way through the streets alive with cheering people. The long parade ended at the campus, where each of the Wildcats, the coaches, Manager Humzey Yessin and Trainer Bud Burger were presented luggage.

Dr. H. L. Donovan, U.K. president, officially greeted the team.

Mayor Tom Mooney and other speakers lauded the Wildcats as the greatest team in the history of basketball. The fame the Wildcats had won for themselves also had spread the names of Lexington and the state of Kentucky throughout Europe as well as the U. S. Each of the Wildcats spoke briefly to express their thanks. Groza, the Helms' Foundation star of the year, said he would remember Lexington and U.K.

as the places where he had spent the happiest years of his life. Adding a touching flourish to the impressive ceremonies, school children of Lexington presented a miniature of the mural of the team they had bought with their pennies. The mural itself will hang in the new gym being built. Jerseys Retired. Highlights of the alumni association banquet tonight were, the retiring of the jerseys worn by the five great Wildcats who swept on to Olympic fame and the presentation of the Jerry Lederer Trophy for the second consecutive year, to captain Alex Groza.

The numbers retired were 23, which belonged to Cliff Barker; 15, which belonged to Alex Continued on Page 7, Column 6 the N.C.A.A. championship, will receive the Paul II. Helms award and will have his name engraved upon the College Basketball Hall of Fame Trophy, which remains in Helms Hall, Los Angeles. The school will receive the team trophy" and Coach Adolph Rupp the Helms Athletic Foundation award for havinp nilntprl tho toom in iha VVUIH IV tllV. tsJ national championship as determined by the Helms I 1 hnarH By LARRY BOECK Courier-Journal Staff Writer.

Lexington, April 4. Kentucky's conquerors of the basketball world officially were welcomed home today, and this enthused city made it a Roman holiday. Approximately 20,000 Wildcat admirers jammed the streets to pay wild tribute to the champions in the morning. Presentation of gifts was made at the campus immediately afterward and a banquet, attended by 550, climaxed festivities at night. Basketball was king during the "Wildcat Appreciation Day" here in the heart of the horse breeding industry.

Banners reading "Welcome Home Champions" stretched across the streets, festooned with life-sized panel pictures of the individual Wildcats in action. Even the weatherman turned on a warm smile. Although the morning had a chilly tang to it, bright sunlight helped to warm things up as the giant, 45-minute parade began sharply at 8:30 a.m. An R.O.T.C. honor guard and band formed the vanguard of the parade.

The Wildcats followed, eacn seated in an open con vertible. Idolizing: Kids Follow Groza. Alex Groza, who this season led the Wildcats to their second straight N.C.A-.A. championship, was in the first car. Idolizing kids clung to the back-bumper of the car as it crept down the eight-block area of downtown Main Street.

The remaining Wildcats followed their AU-American captain. All-American Ralph Beard also was trailed by a swarm of youngsters, and after him came Wallace Jones and Cliff Barker. That quartet formed what sportswriters termed the "Fabulous Four," and the graduating seniors received thundering ova The homecoming crowd at Lexington was tremendous, but it represented only a very small frac- Irtn 9 4Via Tll i i -I At drove in both Yankee runs in the sixth inning off lefty Ken Raf -fensberger, who also went the distance for the Reds. It was the fifth shutout triumph of the spring for the Yanks. Porterfield became the third New York pitcher to go nine innings.

Not a single Cincinnati player got as far as second base. Hank Sauer got the losers' only hit, a clean single to left, in the second inning with 'one out. He was forced at second by Jimmy Bloodworth, who then was thrown OUt On an attempted Steal, Cincinnati (N) 000 000 000 0 1 2 New York (A) 000 002 00 2 9 0 Raffensberger and H. Howell; Porter- field and Berra. RED SOX 5, CARDS 4 Pitcher Al Papai walked in two runs with the bases loaded and two out in the tenth to give the Boston Red Sox a 5-4 victory over the St.

Louis Cardinals as they wound up their Grapefruit League play. The wine gave the Sox a 10-9 citrus loop record. It was the Cardinals' sixth straight loss. With the Cards leading 4-3 in the last of the tenth. Billy Hitchcok was safe on first baseman Nippy Jones' error the Cardinals fifth.

Billy Goodman then singled and Walt Dropo sacrificed. After Matt Batts struck out. Papai walxed pinch hitter Tom O'Brien. Dom DiMaggio and Louis Stringer to force in a pair of runs. St.

Louis W) 000 000 102 1 4 11 5 Boston (Al 100001 100 2 5 6 0 Munger. Pollet 8. Yuhas 7). Tapai f8, and Baker; Stobbs. alehouse 8.

and Batts. GIANTS 13. INDIANS 10 The New York Giants won a free-swinging exhibi-bition contest from the Cleveland Indians 15-10. Walker Cooper belted his first home run of the year for the Giants in the second inning with no one on base. In the Indians' half of the second Clint Hartung yielded five runs- on six hits.

The Giants bounced back in the third with four tallies, three of them on Bobby Thomson's drive over the fence. In the fifth. Hartung added another Giant homer, good for- three runs. Manager Lou Boudreau of the Indians was hit in the ribs by a Hartung pitch in the fifth, but did not leave the game. Another Indian.

Ken Keltner. was hit on the head by a batted ball in the next inning and was forced to retire. New York 014 233 02015 17 2 Cleveland (A.) 051 100 21010 15 0 Hartung. Kennedy (6) and Cooper, Livingston (3); Lemon, Zoldak (5). and Murray.

DODGERS 8. DALLAS 3 Thre-run homers by Gil Hodges and Roy Campanella featured the Brooklyn Dodgers' 8-3 Kentucky, Groza Honored Helm's Foundation Names U. Big Al Best In Nation; Beard, Western's Oldham Picked Alex Groza and Kentucky's N.C.A.A. champion Wildcats grabbed the lion's share of honors passed out yesterday by the Helms Athletic Foundation. Groza was named by the foundation as the 1949 College Player of the Year, and Kentucky was named 1949 National college champion.

In addition, Groza and Ralph Beard were named to the 30th annual Helms AllrAmerica first team. Another Kentuckian, Johnny Oldham of Western, was named on the third team. The Helms award adds one more honor to the host of accolades reaped by the big Wildcat center this year. He was voted the outstanding player in the N.C.A.A. tournament two weeks ago; was voted the outstanding player in the East-West game at New York Saturday, and was named the outstanding player to appear in Chicago Stadium this season.

Groza's closest competition came from Tony Lavelli of Yale and Ed Macauley of St. Louis. Macauley won the honor last year. a happy Lexington crowd tions all along the crowded route of march. High school bands, floats and other cars formed the parade, which probably was the biggest ever held to honor an athletic team in the state.

It was Lexington's way of showing its gratitude to Coach Adolph Rupp and to the sensationally successful team that won three major championships and was runner-up in still another national tournament during the last four seasons. Groza Jones Beard Barker the "Big Four" who formed the nucleus of the squad that won 130 of 140 games in four seasons Theirs were the names drawing the heartiest of the crowd's -cheers. But the others weren't forgotten. Dale Barnstable, the fifth man most of the season, came in for his share. And so did Jim Line, the sharpshooting southpaw who was a surprise starter and star in the N.C.A.A.

after the Wildcafs were upset in the National Invitational. And when the subs passed by 4' mm in Mayor Tom Mooney Pays Tribute to 'Cats. and a star for the Boston Celtics in the Basketball Association of America last season, drove the ball over Lavigne's head. The ball hit the ground and bounced up into Lavigne's hands. Ehlers had reached second for a double, but plate umpire Len Tof, in the Eastern League last season, thumbed him out.

When Ehlers, Manager Buddy Hassett of the Bears and other Bears charged him in violent protest, Tof appealed to base umpire Cletus Fate. He refused to make a decision and Tofs out" verdict stood. Ehlers' remarks then became insulting and Tof chased him from the fray. In the Meantime. For seven innings, the Colonels made only two hits off Bill Woop, with the Kansas City Blues last season.

In the meantime, the Bears had gained a 4-0 lead off Louisville (A A Newark (I L. ab.h.po.a. Richter Chapman Piersall Lavigne 1 ab.h.po.a. 1 Austin 2 Marquez S-4nuIt 1 Workman Mole lb Ehlers 3 Riggs 3 Haslet Strain S'kowskl 2 Woop Culberson Val zuela 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 1 4 0 3 1 3 1 11 0 wrignt Hickern'l lb 3 0 10 Rutner 3b 4 0 1 Hoderleln 2 4 0 2 Aulds 2 10 Zauchin 2 13 Hofmann 2 0 0 Hisner 3 2 0 Totals 34 7 25 0 3 1 0 0 7 25 10 1 Totals 7 27 1 out when winning run scored tripled for Woop in 7. If Courier-Journal Phoio by Joe Keisier.

rain at Dallas. Hodges, returning to first base, also contributed two sineles to 14-hit attack on Hooks Iott and Tom Finger. Moma Martin of the Dodgers allowed seven hits, including a homei by Ken Smith in six and two-thirds innings. Following the homer he isstied his sixth pass and was relieved bv Erv Palica. The latter gave up two hits, the rest of the way Brooklyn N) 100 000 403 8 14 0 Dallas (TL 000 010 200 3 9 1 Martin.

Palcia 7 and Campanella: lott. Finger H) Baker (9) and Zasterwood. PHILLIES 2. MONTGOMERY 1 The Philadelphia Phillies made something out of nothing to beat the Montgomery Rebels 2-1 in an exhibition game held to six innings by a rainstorm at Montgomery. The National Leaguers scored both their runs in the top of the sixth without the aid of their lone hit.

Ken Heintzelman and Johnny Mayo both drew walks from pitcher Joe Chuka, and Gran Hamner moved the runners along with a sacri- fice. Dick Sislers long fly to right field scored Heintzelman and put Mayo on d. Continued on rage 7, Column a IT, ARMORY 4 GIRLS TAG BOUT VI Viann and Ce Blrvin Ada Ash and Ont Dotson Vs. ROIATCHED EL DIABLO VS. LOVELOCK LOl ISVILLE'S BIG Fit EI) DAVIS VS.

JACK TERRY TlflfTTC 3.00O Seats 75c llllCI Reserves ARMORY ICL 2788) APPEL'S proof 5THS $5.00 PINTS $3.25 12 PINTS $1.64 yS II? 5 9 -ci iuuuwei-s wno wamea 10 De xnere. Aggie Sale The Wildcats are the pride of all Kentucky. Every hat is off to the players and their brilliant coach. Won 32 Games and Lost Only Two Record The Wildcats won 32 games and lost only two. They won the Southeastern Conference title without a loss, and were defeated only by St.

Louis 42-40 in the Sugar Bowl, and by Loyola 67-56 in the National Invitational Tournament. They then walked away with the N.C.A.A. In the latter meet they beat Villanova 85-72, Illinois 76-47 and Oklahoma A. M. 46-36.

For the sake of the records, here is Kentucky's complete record for this sensational season: Central 74-38. De Paul 67-36. Tulsa 81-27. Arkansas 76-39. Holy'Crosa Sl-48 St.

Johns 57-30. Tulane 51-47. Tulane (Sugar Bowl) 78-47. St. Louis (Sugar Bowl) 40-42.

Bowling Green 63-61. Tennessee 66-51. Georgia Tech 56-45. De Paul 56-45. Notre Dame 62-38.

Vanderbilt 72-50. Alabama 56-40. Mississippi 75-45. Bradley 62-52 Tennessee 71-56. Xavier 96-50.

Alabama 74,32, Mississippi 85-31. Georgia Tech 78-32 Oeorgia 95-40. Xavier 51-40. Vanderbilt 70-37 SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE TOURNEY Florida 73-36. Auburn 70-39.

Tennessee 83-44. Tulane 68-52. NATIONAL INVITATIONAL TOURNEY Loyola (Chicago) 56-67. N.C.A.A.TOURNAMENT-VUlanova 85-72. Illinois 76-47, Oklahoma A.

M. 46-36. Players of Year Kentucky has had three "Players of Year" chosen by Helms. In addition to Sale and Groza, Leroy Edwards of our 1935 team was honored. A list of all players so chosen follows: 1920-Howard Cann.

New York; 1921-George Williams, Missouri; 1922-Charles Carney. Illinois: 1923-Paul Endacott, Kansas; 1924-Charles Black. Kansas: 1925-Earl 4CUe8e: 1926-hn Cb, N. Carolina: 1927-Victor Hanson. Syracuse: iff.TT.

Oklahoma; 1929 J. A. Thompson. Montana 1930-Charles Hyatt Pittsburgh; 1931-Bart Carlton. Ada 1932-John Wooden.

Purdue; 1933-Forest Sale, Kentucky; 1934 Wesley Bennett, Westminster; 1935-Leroy Edwards, Kentucky 1936-John Moir. Notre Dame; 1937 Angelo LuisetU. Stanford: 1938-Angelo Luisetti, fif, trd: 1939-Chter Jaworskl, Rhode Island: 1940-George Glamack. N. Carolina-1941 George Glamack.

N. Carolina; 1942 Stan Modzelewski. Rhode Island: 1943 George Senesky. St. Josephs; 1944 George Mikan.

De Paul: 1945-George Mikan. Kurland. Oklahoma A. 1947 Gerald Tucker. Oklahoma: 1948 Ed- Macauley, St.

Louis; 1949 Alex Groza, Kentucky. Can Rupp Do It Again? vJust Starting Surely many a day will pass before any school will possess such four players as Groza, Wan Jones, Ralph Beard and Cliff Barker. They will remain famous in history books of Weather and Umpires Take a Hand As Cols Lose Weird Game to Bears Louisville Cheers: John Hofmann Hisner. and Harley In the eighth, the Colonels got four runs off the new Bear hurler, Joe Valanzuela, with the help of umpire Fate. Hisner singled.

Ken Chapman walked. Jim Piersall hit to shortstop Odie Strain for what looked like a force at second, but Fate called Chapman safe. When Ed Lavigne followed with a two-run single, Strain resumed his verbal abuse of Fate. Fate chased him. Wright singled Piersall home and Lavigne to second.

Lavigne gained third as Dutch Hickernell forced Wright. He scored with the tying run as Hickernell was being run down between first and second on an attempted steal. The Colonels filled the bases in their ninth with only one away, but Piersall fanned and Lavigne slapped back to the pitcher. In the victorious Bear ninth, Bud Heslet singled with one away and Ted Sepkowski walked. Valanzuela stroked to Chapman at short, but Chappie's throw to second went wild and Heslet ankled in with the winning run.

Each club got seven hits. Hisner was charged with the defeat, but he got two of Louisville's blows. Big Hofmann yielded only three hits during his five-inning stand and was invincible after uodudii, use unKers, Jiivers and Chance in baseball, and like the Four Horsemen in football. But it is a mistake to say that Kentucky never again will have such a great team as the team of 19481949. As long as the Baron Adolph Rupp remains at Kentucky nothing is impossible.

Too many followers are inclined to feel that Rupp had a ready-made team this season. In our book the Baron 'deserves more credit for his achievements this year than last. He had the Olympic trip to hold as an incentive last season. This year he was handling a squad that had been everywhere and had everything. To keep the boys keyed to a championshiD Ditch the opening round.

In this whirl, the Bears made two of their hits for two of their runs. The two Negro players in the Newark lineup second baseman Frank Austin and centerfielder Luis Marquez collected all three of the hits off Hofmann. It was Louisville's first spring training defeat by a minor league foe. Their other three losses were to the Boston Red Sox. They've won five games.

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It was high school day here this afternoon and the Newark Bears had reason to feel that this was the kind of umpiring they got, too, before they finally won from the Louisville Colonels by 5-4 on an unearned run in the ninth. It was one of the screwiest ball games ever played in Florida. The first oddity was the complete absence all afternoon of that famed Florida sun. Another unique occurrence was the suspension of play for a few minutes in the ninth because of rain. And, even more incredible, was the likelihood of the contest being called because of darkness if it had gone into an extra inning.

History Makers. The school kids, who supported the contest in full force because the gate receipts went to equip the Haines City High School baseball team, also saw several other history-making spring training episodes. They saw two players, both of the Newark Club, thrown out of the game by the umpires. This rarely happens in an exhibition. But, most unbelievable of all, they saw a two-base hit tiiIpH a ily-out! The kids must have thought the pros out there on the field were playing "piggy" when the Bears went out in the fourth on a flv ball that Ed avian caught on the first bounce.

Ed Ehlers of South Bend, former Purdue basketball great S-: we'--fc mfc I 4-err iwir Leroy Edwards i went flat only-twice during a Rupps ability to handle boys s' nana. i.nat tne cats long schedule speaks volumes for His last great team? Haw! That 'the Cats This whisky is 4 years old 90 It's Straight 10UISVHIE, KENTUCKY I History Class From Ruby's Report of December 10, 1948: "Clair Bee in picking Alex Groza on his pre-season All-America second team, below Denver's Vince Boryla makes a common mistake underrating Groza. Without a question of a doubt, Groza is the greatest basketball player in America today." April 4 Groza thC Year- From Ruby's RePrt of Mch 9, 1949 it is our belief, despite lack of confirmation from the Colonel or the Downs, that Col. Winn will, before this spring ends, launch a non-profit group to perpetuate the Derby." April 4 Sale of Downs to non-profit group approved. Louisville (A.

000 000 040 4 Newark (I 200 001 101 Chapman, Piersall. Lavigne. Hisner, Austin, Marquez. Workman, Heslet. Strain.

Chapman. RBI Workman. Mole 2. Culberson. Lavigne 2.

Wright. 3BH Culberson. SB Workman. DP Hofmann. Richter and Hickernell LOB Lou.

8. New. 6. BB Woop 3. Hofmann 2.

Hisner 2 Valenzuela 2. SO Woop 2. Hisner 2. Valenzuela 1. Off Hofmann.

3 In 5 Innings; Woop. 2 in 7: Hisner. 4 in 3 1-3; Valenzuela, 5 in 2. HBP Hofmann (Schult). WP Valanzuela.

LP Hisner..