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sw mTw www tuomnyn f--sf -rs irwv'm 1 sr i as ww-w sy ptoiite Sutthatj fbgigkr Spefy- Sittin9 In With the Athletes DES MOINES, IOWA, SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 1955. BY SEC TAYLOR I TROSKY A CATCHER. Reserves Save It After 16 -Point Lead Dwindles to One; LaSalle Next Foe ce tii 1 Ira Plr Hip 3tr Both teams were hurt by that time, Iowa most severely, since three of its starters had been waved out on fouls. And a fourth, a Si heuerman, had to be helped off the court with a leg Injury. He had Just driven In fur a basket.

Into the bleach came, first, Bill Schoof, to take over for Carl" Cain, who had drawn four fouls before the first half was Logan Fouls Out With 31 Points. By Bert 31eGrane. (Sunday Regular Staff Wrttar. EVANSTON, ILL. A batch of cool performers came off the Iowa bench late in the game here Sat Friday night.

The full fury of a relentless battle was wrapped in the last half when the Hawkeyes, worn perhaps by the fierceness of the play, lost some of their poise and were all but overhauled after having earned a 13-point lead (46-331 in the first half. At one stage, just two minutes from the finish, Marquette closed in until only a lone point separated the embattled outfits. urday night to help Bubdue a Marquette counter-charge and put the Hawkeyes in the semifinals of. the National Collegiate basketball tournament at Kansas City next week. The score was 88-R1.

The victory sends Towa against La Salle's defending champions at Kansas City next CLASS Flashy Martin Pops In a Goal as Lakers a 3 'Wife 0 over. Then Roy Johnson. Bob George and Babe Hawthorne moved into the combat when Bill Logan, Bill Senhetg and Srheuer-man were out of action. 31 by l-nRan. Bill Logan was the big hero for Iowa with 31 points, but his role was rivaled in the frantic finishing minutes by the cool play of the "bench boys'' T6vA CmitiiiHrrf on Pnaf.

Four. Win, 86-78 Warriors to three baskets In the final 12-minute period and outsroied them, 23-8. Philndt'lphla's Neil Jnhns-ftin, on the verge of his third straight National Basketball Association scoring title, I.AKF.RS Continued on Page Tula. I Flffi i I TAMPA, FLA. White Sox Manager Marty Marion and hi coaches are trying to convert Hal Trosky, jr into a catcher.

The 18-year-old first baseman from Cedar Rapids, who was signed to a Colorado Springs contract late last May and is now on the Memphis Southern Asso- ciation roster, has been working out here with the parent Baltfoskt, jr. Chicago club. "We figure Trosky's chances for a big league career are much better as a catcher than as a first baseman," Marion explained. "He looks like he'll be a good hitter and he has a very good arm. But he can't run fast enough to make a good major league first baseman.

"I fear that I'm not too popular with him right now for he been doing an awful lot of batting practice catching." TROSKY will be sent to the Pale Hose minor league camp at Hollywood soon, if he is not there by the time this appears in print. It was apparent that Trosky, son of the former American league first-baseman of Cleveland fame, was not too keen about his conversion to catching. "I cues it's all right." he replied to my question about how he was getting along and how he liked the change. "But I have a lot of bad faults back there." "What, for instance?" he was asked. "Oh, just bad habits that anyone would have playing a strange position.

All I ever caught before was two games back in Cedar Rapids when our regular catcher was hurt." TROSKY, a 205-pound lad who stands 6 feet 2 Va inches, had the distinction of hitting a home run the first time he appeared at the plate for Colorado Springs. Two days later he broke a finger and was unable to play for several weeks but finished the season with a .252 batting average in 59 games. t. He says Jhe broken finger ha healed perfectly and does not bother him. With St, Patrick's High of Cedar Rapids he batted .681 in his senior year.

He also pitched occasionally and is said to have five no-hitten to hia credit. M' ARION is also toying with 1 the idea of making an outfielder out of third baseman Joe Kirrene, who played third base for Colorado Springs last season as well as with Waterloo of the Three-I league and Colorado Springs in 1950. He was in the coast guard for three years prior to 1954. As a matter of fact, Kirrene has played in the outfield in intrasquad games here. I'm thinking of making an outfielder of him," Marion explained.

"His back Is a little stiff for an In-flelder and he doesn't get down on ground halls as a third baseman should. "He's a fine prospect and has a chance to stick with us. He swings a mean bat. Besides, I have George Kell for third base, and behind him are Bill Serena, last year with the Cubs; Stanley Jok, formerly with the Phillies, and Cass Michaels when he recovers from that Jolt In the head he received last sea-ion." Kirrene has been and is handicapped by a sore arm. It probably is one reason Marion has used him in the outfield.

The White Sox trainers think the lame arm is the result of an in- SITTIV IN Continued on Pag Two. shoots over Dempsey's head (2) and has the ball sail through the net as Bob Zawoluk of the Warriors watches (3). Martin, a guard, scored 15 points as the Lakers rallied to win, 86-78. STArF PHOTOS BY DON ULTAN'J. Professional basketball scoring is done in many ways, and the Minneapolis Lakers' flashy Slater Martin demonstrates one of them in Saturday night's game with Philadelphia here.

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RtisaKki ft. Walrtak, 6 TEAMS, SIOUX CENTER FILL OUT LIST Dubuque, Ottumwa, Iowa City Win. If it hadn't been for Roland, the Class teams would have been shut out in the state high school basketball tournament here this week. The Rockets qualified for tha finals along with five other teamn Saturday nightfour of which come from the "AA" ranks. Big Ones.

The "big ones" making tha grade Saturday were Dubuque, St. Ambrose of Davenport, Ottumwa and lows City. Class A Sioux Center was the sixth to qualify. Roland turned back powerful Waveily, 62-50, and will lake a won-lost record (30-1) into state meet that is matched only by Sioux Center. The Rocket will play Ames (AA), which qualified Friday, In the second game of the finals Thursday.

Iowa City had the closest scrape of the A A teams Satur day, heating Keokuk by (53-62. Iowa City (14-6) Is paired against Council BluffR' Abraham Lincoln (AA) In the third gama Thursday. The Lynx also qualified Friday. Klotix Center. St.

Ambrose (18-4), which defeated St. Mary's of Iowa City, 62-51, is paired against Sioux Center In the final first round game. Sioux Center alvenged its only loss of the season with a 74-64 conquest of Maurice. Ottumwa and Dubuque ara matched in the first game Thurs- PREPS Continued on Page Two. player each on the all-tate selections.

Gilman has Ardith Mair, forward, on the second team and Donna McNurhn, guard, on the sixth. Garnavillo is represented by ALL-STATE Continued on Page Three. Verna Leckband. Bolstetn. ST State Colorado 93, Bradley 81; La Salle, Frisco Advance It will be La Salle's National Collegiate defending champions against Iowa's Big Ten titlists, and San Francisco's No.

1 poll team against Colorado's Big Seven Pollard, Martin Get Lakers Home After 70-63 Deficit By Bill Bryson. Des Moines first professional basketball league same produced a startling form reversal that sent Minneapolis from a 70-63 lurch to a'n R6-78 victory over HAPPY HAWKS TOSS COACH INTO SHOWERS Singing 'Kansas City Here We By Tony Cordaro. (Sunday Rej-iatar Si.if Writer.) EVANSTON, ILL. For the first time this season Iowa's basketball players really cut loose with their emotions here Saturday night shouting, dancing, singing, all of it capped by a clothes-and-all trip to the showers for Coach Bucky O'Connor. A big victory had been salted away by the barest of margins over stubborn Marquette, and all the Hawkeyes were over joyed.

The players waited in tha dressing room, singing "Kansas City, Here We Come," waiting for O'Connor to make an appearance. They had decided beforehand to toss Bucky into the showera If they won the regional title. Finally O'Connor entered tha room, carrying Iowa's allotment of tickets for the N. C. A.

A. finals at Kansas City next weekend. He was grabbed immediately by the happy Hawks, headed- into the shower rom. At this point, Bucky made a clutch shot of his own tossing the valuable package of tickets to this writer before he went under the water. Too Hot.

It must have been a full 4 minutes of dousing, before Bucky yelled: "Hey, I don't mind this, but the water too hot. Let me outta here." Pandemonium broke loose in Noithwestern's McGaw Field- house immediately after Iowa staved off Marquette to win, 86-81, after a 16-point lead had been slashed to 81-80 in the closing stages. Johnson's Goal. During the tense finish, some key baskets were tossed in by Iowa's ace reserves one by guard Roy Johnson from the corner which gave the Hawk an 81-76 lead and another by Bob George which pushed the Big Ten champs out of danger at 83-80. All the Hawks were clapping Johnson on the back for his vital basket.

No Free Throws. "But I couldn't make any free throws," Johnson commented, speaking of several which he had missed. "I don't care how many free throws you missed," yelled guard Bill Seaberg, Just so we won. Even if we won by only a point that's like 100 to me." Then the players took off after George to show their appreciation for the clutch work that he had done. "Don't give me any credit," said George.

"Johnson threw the CORDARO Contiituerf on Page Four, Sandra Kiete. Garnavillo. for their splendid all-around play. Guard Jane DeWitt is a member of the first team, which Includes two repeaters from last year. Sandra (Sandy) Fiete of Garnavillo and Donna Eshel-man of Bondurant, forwards; Clea Reinsch, Gilbert forward, and guards Janice Armstrong Este f'' ii mi SANTEE WINS 4:08.6 MILE MILWAUKEE, WIS.

Wes Sanlee marie it a one-man race Saturday night as he won the featured mile in the Milwaukee Journal indoor track meet games in 4 minutes 8.6 seconds. However. Ahe Woodsnn of Illinois tied the world 50-yard high hurdles record to outshine the featured stars, Santee and pole vaulter Bob Richards. Woodson, a halfback at Illinois in the fall, won the hurdles in :06.1 to equal the world Woodson's time equalled the record set by Robert Wright of Ohio Rtat In 194 1 and tied in 1919 by Harrison Dillard. Rirhards won with a leap of 15 feet 1 Inch and it was the fifth year he went over 15 in winning here.

Art Dalzell, Santee'a team- TRACK Continued on Page Three. crippled Philadelphia Satur- day night. A crowd of shout 4,000 In Veterans Memorial Auditorium I saw sharpshootinz Jim Pollaid and a brisk little magician named Slater Martin turn the tide. 2.1-g Margin. The Lakers, rurle and ready competitors, held the weary Mmnrapoiu Philadelphia IS.

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rattl S. ever, Utah beat La Salle's mark by rolling up a 108-85 western regional consolation victory over Seattle at Corvallis, Ore. The old N. C. A.

A. scoring record was 95, set by La Salle on two occasions, most recently in its opening-round victory over West Virginia. While hlg Tom Cola played N.C.A.A. Continued on Page Four. ALSO HONORED Oea Reinsch.

Ctfbert. high hopes of winning a second title next year to tie the record held by Garnavillo, the 1953 and 1954 titleholders; Wiota. the 1944 and 1945 winner, and West Bend, which topped the field In 1938 and 1939. Coach 41m Carroll will have another strong team next year. He will lose only 1 sii ids' First A mm champs in the N.

C. A. A. semifinals at Kansas City Friday night. La Salle overpowered Canisius in one eastern regional at Philadelphia, 99-64, while Iowa was staving off Marquette's rally to win the other eastern play-off at Evanston.

San Francisco was forced all out before conquering Oregon State's Pacific Coast champions, 57-56, at Corvallis, Ore. The other western regional tttle went to Colorado over Bradley, 93-81. LaSalle 99, Canisius 64 PHILADELPHIA, PEN'N. (Jf) La Salle advanced with a sensational demonstration of sharp-shooting that buried Canisius under a record-breaking 99-64 score Saturday night. Just a few hours later, how- Donna Fahelman.

Boirftrfiit. of Eldora and Verna Leckband of Holstein. Marcia Robinson. 5-foot 8-inch junior forward, a third team choice, and Delore Frakea, 5-7 and also a Junior, a seventh-team selection, are the other honored Goldfield player. The new state championi have A ten Fid By Jack North.

IS port i Editor. Tha Trlbuna Goldfield's plucky team, which battled all the way to win the title and succeed Garnavillo as the Iowa girls' basketball champion, is represented by three players one on the first team, one on the third and one on the seventh in The Sunday Register's all-state high school selections for the 1954-55 season. Prior to championship tournament ptay Goldfield followers claimed that the team was the best to represent the school In the history of the sport. The squad members proved that by triumphing over a trong field to finish with the IUU championship aa tha prize addition to Leckband on the first team placed Its two tar forwards, Mary Jape Leonard, on the fourth team, and Lois Schroeder, on the seventh. Third-plar Gilman and last year champion, Garnavillo, which was ousted in the final of a district meet, have two Janice Armstrong.

Eldora. one of his regulars, all-state guard DeWitt, by graduation In May. Goldfield lost its season's opener to Dows, 55-54, then plsyed sensationally to win 29 in a row. Ten of the victories came in sectional, district and state tournament' competition against some of the state top- ranking clubs. Goldfield Stars DeWitt was the key player of a strong defensive unit and her work in the state tournament was brilliant.

It was her guard ing, rebounding and passing that tood out during the long season and in the tournament. Robinson, the tallest player at 5-1, wa the leading scorer for the state champion. Featuring a left-handed ihot, the waa hard to guard when ahe dribbled across the free throw lane to fire at the basket. A fine hall handler, Robinson "fed" ell to Frakes and Mary Axon, the out-ln-front forwards. Frakes, at 5-6, played her best In "clutch" situations.

Holstein, the runner-up, in GJane DeWitt. Goldfield. I A)) A MA A A A A A 4 AM rfaf A i A A.tiJ.