Carroll Daily Times Herald from Carroll, Iowa • Page 3

Sporting Glance By Howard Branti SAYS 915,000 The Sporting OWB thla week saya that Bobby Dolan, the scrappy little shortstop from Albert Lea, got $15, 000 for signing' a Brooklyn Dodger contract last fall, Dolan, who played for the Carroll Merchants last year, I Nlatcd to Jump into Class ball with Newport News, In tho Piedmont league. Incidentally, Newport News loading 1 Its league. Tom Sheehan, who was in the Twin Cities over the week -end, flays that Dolan, who played for St. Thomas college, looked great He thinka that the season With Carroll in the fast semi-pro field Bob Dolan gave the little scooter a lot of confidence. It may be that Bobby will visit here briefly next week before reporting to pro ball.

BIKER TO MILLERS Cy Buker, who was with the Lakesc last season, has been added to the Minneapolis Millers as a relief pitcher. He was with Denver in the Western league prior to joining the Millers in Class AAA ball LOSES SIX IN ROW Fail bault, in the Southern Minnesota league, has lost six in a row under Shanty Dolan, father ol Bob. Faribault has a good club but has been hampered by bad breaks, such as the one that Bent John Ewanlak out of action in a beaning- accident. MAY RETURN Latest report at Spencer is that John Bohonko, the squatty little slugger who broke his leg midway through the last campaign, may be back with the Cardinals. Bohonko was among the leading hitters in the league when the injury forced him out of action.

And while on the subject of Spencer, fans here may be inter ested to know that John Hart, Mr. Baseball there, gavo a couple of parties or open houses at a couple of Big Ten university cities for players, coaches and scouts. Just a little good will gesture. REASONS Some serilwH In tlm area are wondering why personnel on various teams have not been discussed at length by some managers and papers. One of fho main reasons Is 4 hat of tho questionable: military status.

Managers dislike releasing names of players when It Is not known definitely whether they will be available. And, of course, another good reason Is that In semipro ball, ono never knows whether tho players contacted will actually show up, since there are no contracts. Ah example of that was last year when John Neal, the ponderous Illinois slugger, agreed to come to Carroll. After wo printed a picture and a long story on Neal's ability, he decided not to come at the lust moment. EX-DODGER Esthervlllo has signed another ex-Pueblo Dodger player.

He is Marvin Dornburg, catcher-outfielder. He hasn't seen much service this year because Al Ronning is hitting above ,400 for Pueblo. Dornburg played a trouble shooter role for the Western league team last year, fleeing service as a catcher, outfielder and second baseman. He'll be a handy gent to have around. He batted .254 last year In 244 times at bat.

His hit total of 64 safeties Included 11 doubles and 21 runs batted in. Don, Hall, a battery mate of Dornburg's at Pueblo, has signed to pitch for Eatherville. Hall pitched a three-hitter for Worthington, last weekend. Estherville Manager Jim McNulty played third base for the same team and rapped out a three- bagger and single in four trips to the pteia. i House of David Tilt Off Field Half Under Water Merchants Now Scheduled To Open Season Next Week OUR BOARDING HOUSE! with MAJOR H00PLE Bancroft to Appear Here Next Friday In Home Opener for Carroll The Carroll-House of David baseball game, scheduled as the curtain-raiser for the local Merchants here tonight, was called off this morning because of wet grounds.

More than four Inches of rain In the last 48 hours, Including a 3.22-inch downpour hint night, left the diamond more than half covered with water this morning. The Merchants will now open their season next Thursday at Storm Lake in an Iowa State league affair. The homo opening ceremonies will ho held next Friday when Bandroft plays here. So the Merchants won't launch their season until a week from tonight here. Manager Tom Sheehan, who had assembled 15 or 16 players for tonight's game, has cancelled the irrival of the players until next week.

Bill Farner, president of the Carroll Athletic association, sponsor of the Merchants, said It I doubtful If the Merchants will play tho House of David team now, because of previous schedule commitments. The bearded club from Benton Harbor, was scheduled to play at Linden last night, but was rained out of that game too. The Davids stayed in Carroll last night. ANOTHER WEEK Manager Tom Sheehan has another week to assemble his Carroll Merchant baseball team after tonight's scheduled game with the House of David was canceled. Sports Roundup Pitches 1-Hitter, Soos' Hurler Loses (By Ttio Hal Toenes pitched a one-hit By Hugh Kullerton, Jr.

NEW YORK, N. Y. if the slick paper jinx could be catching up with sensational young Mickey Mantle? The national magazines had just begun hitting the stands with stories Trouble Flares In Brooklyn As Bums Win, 4-3 By Jack Hand (AsHOclnted VrtmK Writer) Let's run down th': majors at. the first quarter pole to sfc. how the pre-season dope KUUKIM up.

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over The dope is runnimr true to form for Brooklyn admittedly was the class of in everything 1 but pitching. Prem-hcr Roe has done as expected ai.d Don Newcombe seems to be up steam. With Gil Hodge.s rind Duke Snider booming and Jackie. Robinson leading the majors at .407, they figure tough to catch. Trouble flared In Iti -ooklyn last night as Pilcher IJUSN Meyer of the Phils bumped Jackie Robinson in a home plate mi.v -up in the eighth inning of the Dodgers' 4 -3 win over tho 1950 champs.

Robinson, caught in .1 rundown after Carl Funllo missed a squeeze bunt, scored when Meyer dropped the ball. Russ tried to block tinplate from Robinson but Jackie got past him. Meyer then bumped the Negro star with his chest. Only quick action by his teammates prevented blows. Taken from the game by Manager Eddie Sawyer, Meyer chal- game for Sioux City last night in! about this phee-nom when Mick -J len ed Robinson to meet him un the western league Denver, 2-0.

and lost to; ey's batting average began to drop and now you hear he's to get a few days' rest on the bench as the Yankees start their second western trip. He fanned five times Frank Finnegan rapped the hit, a single leading off the second inning. Finnegan moved to second when Danny Holden walked, went to third on a bunt, then scored; in Wednesday's on a long fly. And have you noticed that the Cury Roberts walked In the! White Sox now have their long- sixth, moved around on a walk ami eK winning streak since the "hit- a sacrifice and scored on an error. 1 Meanwhile, Denver's Bo Palica waa holding the Soos to four scattered hits.

The best pitchers' duel of the year was waged in virtual privacy. Only 420 customers braved a drizzling rain. In other games, Colorado Springs pounded three Des Moines pitchers for 3 6 hits and a 12-2 victory and Lincoln snapped a losing streak by outlasting Wichita, 8-5, in 10 innings. Rain halted the Pueblo-Omaha game after four Innings. Omaha was leading, 3-0, at the time.

less wonders" of 1906 7 That club won 19 in a row for an American league record that the Yankees lied 31 years later. The Sox next-best was 13 straight in 1908. Pitcher's Dual When the Vanderbilt baseball team, which hadn't won a game der the stands. Jackie accepted Die challenge but was stopped by Roy Campanella and other Brooks. Umpire Larry Goctz also was a peace maker.

After the game Meyer admitted "it was my fault" and apologized to Robinson who shouldered part of the hlame for starting under the stands. The Brooks left 15 on base but won the game on the run Robinson scored. Campanula's homer in th' second gave them an early lead but Willie Jones sent the Phils on top 2-1 with a two-run homer in the third. Brooklyn tied it in the seventh when Meyer walked a man with the bases full. Pee Wee Reese drove in the tie- breaking score in the seventh with Laz Gets Medal CHAMPAIGN, ILL.

Pole Vaulter Don Laz, has been named winner of the 1951 Illinois conference honor medal for outstanding athlete and scholarship ability. The 21-year-old senior from Aurora, 111., holds the collegiate vaulting record of 15 feet inches and also has been an outstanding student in architecture. He played junior varsity football two years before moving up to the varsity last fall as a punting specialist. When tho National league organized in 1876, six of the eight teams were from the National association. The two new clubs were Cincinnati and Louisville.

all season, was behind, as usual, a bal1 They needed Robinson's run to win for the Phils came back with one on three singles off liefer Carl Erskine in the ninth. It was the same old story for the Phils, failure to hit in the pinches and ineffective pitching. Although Jim Konstanty. then- fabulous relief ace of 1950, got them out last night he has been way off last year's effectiveness. It was the only game scheduled.

a game with Georgia Tech this spring, the players weren't happy about it and were giving the umps a bit of back talk. One Vandy boy objected strenuously when the arbiter called strike one against him. The next pitch was called a ball, and the batter muttered: "It was in the same place the last ono was." retorted the harassed ump, "strike two." One-Minute Pago When Charlie Hoag took fourth place in the discus at the Big Seven track meet, he became Kansas U's first three-letter sophomore since John Bunn in 1918 Reports from Chicago say the most entertaining part of (he Charles-Maxim affair was the weigh-in on a television show. And the sponsors missed a bet on their refrigerator commercial by not having Pal Joey bring his light- heavy title out of the freezer. Wisconsin Sophomore Don Unke pitched 26 consecutive scoreless innings this spring.

No runs off Ron, eh Churdan Wins in 11 (Times Ifernltl SCR rdan defeated Scranton, 5-3, in an 11-inning ball game here Wednesday. Churdan counted the first run in the 11th on an error and the second on Art Gute's one baser. Rudy Rundus waa charged with the defeat. Gute of Carroll had two hits in six trips for the only batter to get more than one hit. Shoeless Joe Jackson was never a major league' batting king- even though he in 1911.

Ty Cobb batted .420 that year. KNOT-HOLE CLUB memberships were moving at a brisk pace at the Carroll Chamber of Commerce yesterday. The memberships are free to all children under the ninth grade. The Knot-Hole club has been set up to admit children free of charge to a special third base section. Children without memberships will be charged a dime admission.

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