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Pitching Aces To Launch '52 Year NEW YORK (fl Major league ball dubs will lend with their pitching nces Tuesday when the 1952 baseball season gets under way but the lineups otherwise will be dotted with new faces. In New York, Sal Mnglie 23-6 Giants' nee, will oppose Robin Roberts (21-15), Philadelphia's best. The Giants, however, will present couple of new faces In Second Baseman Dnvry Williams and Left- fielder Bob Elliott. Williams succeeds (ho scrappy Kddie Stanky. Kllloll.

was obtained from (ho Braves as an llth hour fill-in for the injured Monte Irvin. The Phillies' newcomers will be Connie Ryan, acquired during that winter In plug the second base gap, and Ciilcher Smoky Burgess, who came along in Ihc same deal. Sl'AIIN VS. KOK Boston fans will see a flock of newcomers in the lineup when the Braves' Warren Spahn (22-14) faces (he Brooklyn Dodgers' Preacher Roe Second Baseman Billy Reed, Shortstop Cusick and Third Baseman Ed Malhcws will appear in starling roles. The Dodgers will field the same treatment lost the pennant In playoff wilh the Giants lust year Jim Fridlcy, hard-hitting young outfielder, may be in the Cleveland lineup when the Indians, with Karly Wynn (20-13) on the mound, tackle the Chicago White Sox.

Lefty Billy Fierce (15-1-1) will pitch for the Sox, who will show their home town fans new faces in Third Baseman Hoc -Rodriguez and Catcher Sherman Lollar. Lou Boudrenu, confronted with the loss of Ted Williams, is grooming a couple of young hard-hitting ers Paye Thronoberi-y and Gene Stephens when Boston faces the Senators in Washington. Mel Parnell (18-H) will hurl against the Nats' Bob Porterficld (fl-8). THEM AL The Browns will top them all when it conies to presenting new profiles. Manager Rogers Hornsby, back at the managerial helm, will feature a new learn except for Pitcher Nod Garver (20-12) when the Browns oppose Dizxy Trout (914) and the Tigers in Del roll.

Catcher Clint Courtney, Outfielders Rivera, Bob Nieman and George Schmees and Inflelders Marty Marion, Leo Thomas and Gordon Goldsberry are just some of the newcomers, Jack Jensen will be in centerfield for the Yankees in Philadelphia when Vic Raschi (21-10) tries to continue his jinx over the Athle- Lics. Me has beaten them 20 times In 22 decisions. MOltK KOOKIKS The SI. Louis Cardinals may use Rookie Steve Bilko at first against Pittsburgh when Gerry Stnley (19- L3) takes the mound against the Pirates' Murry Dickson-. (20-16).

The Dues will counter witli some of their in Infieldcrs Dick Hall and Jimmy Merson and Outfielder Bobby Del Greco. Veteran Righthanders Bob Rush 01-12) of the Cubs and Herni Wch- meier (7-10) of (he Reds will be the opposing pitchers in the Chicago-Cincinnati game which may feature Ihc debul of Outfielder Wally Post of the Reds and Catcher Toby Atwell of Ihe Cubs, The Reds, one of the most active clubs in Ihe winter trade marl, will present new players in Catcher Andy Seminlck and Outfielders JOE PAtOOKff WHAT'S TH' i OFF TH' Mist ONLY A A 86 SUAI YER ON HAND t'PAY NMT PAY OFF tH' WHOLE tWNS IN A WEEK. Eft tW6 NINE A.ttXJSAN'... HERE'S A THAT WAS TH' AMOUHt VA AST RIGHT I06E -HOLOIN' THEM OtHEft Rocky, Sugar Ray Both Sure Of Win CHICAGO Champion Ray Robinson and Rocky Graziano, each boasting win by a knockout, have ended heavy drills for their middleweight title brawl in Chicago Stadium Wednesday, Chicago's fight fans are getting more steamed up for this expected slam-bang scrap than a( nny time since 1947. That was when the same Grazinno caught their fancy by belting, out Tony Zale in the sixth round to win the 160-pound crown, That Chicago stadium fight drew a gate of $422,000, an all-time high for indoor boxing.

The figure cannot, be matched Wednesday night for the house is scaled at for a complete sellout of The crowd may well be more than 17,000. Sugar Ray rules a solid 3-1 favorite. It will be his second middle-weight title defense since regaining the crown from Randy Turpin in New York last September. Progress Shown In Nationwide Sports Code outfielders and may start newcom- Dick Sislcr and Bob Borkowski. Every Pilot Going To Win New Season Brings New Hopes To All Big League Bosses NEW YORK OB A new major league baseball season opens tomorrow bringing new thrills, new faces, new hopes but the same old predictions by the managers: "We're going to be better in '52." Listening to" the managerial comments one gets the.impression that this year there will be no second division.

To a man, all 16 big league pilots feel that their club will finish among the first four. Soe of the comments: Phil Cavarretta, Cubs "I know we won't finish last again. We ought to have a .500 season, if big Hank Sauer, Ransom Jackson and Roy Smalley play and hit consistently." Paul Richards, White Sox "I promise we'll have a team that'll be hard to beat. I'm sure our pitching will improve. The infield is sound and deeper in reserves than last year.

We surprised lots of people last year and had fun. 1 see no reason why we can't have more fun." Red Rolfe, Tigers "I think we will bo belter than last year and we may surprise a lot of people. 1 can't say we'll win the pennant but we'll certainly try." Ed Stanky, Cardinals "I feel Die Cardinals will be a contender all the way this year. It looks like a four-team race involving the Cardinals, Phillies, Dodgers and Giants." Rogers Hornsby, Browns understand the Indians and Yankees are the favorites to win the flag, but we're not giving ground to any of them. We're hoping to be in the race ourselves.

There's only one place lo finish and that's first." Estimated Crowds, Probable Pitchers NEW YORK Probable pitchers and estimated attendance for 1952 major league baseball season with last year's won and lost records in parentheses: NATIONAL LEAGUE Philadelphia at New York, 30,000 (2.1-15) vs. Maglie (23-6). Brooklyn at Boston, (22-3) vs. Spahn (22-M). Pittsburgh at St.

Louis (20-16) vs. Staley (19-13) or Chambers (14-12). Chicago at Cincinnati, Rush (11-12) vs. Wehmeier (T-10). AMERICAN LEAGUE Now York at Philadelphia.

20,000 (21-10) vs. Kellner (11-14). Boston at Washington, Pamell (1.8-11) vs. Poterfield (9-8). Cleveland at Chicago, Wynn (20-13C vs.

Pierce (15-14). St. Louis at Detroit, 45,000 Garver (20-12) or Pillette (6-14) vs. Houltaman (0-0) or Trout (914). I Californian Rolls A 1,707 Series CHICAGO (ifl Fred J.

Riccllli of Burbank, set a lofty target last night for other entrants in the $64,800 Peterson Bowling Tournament to shoot 1707 series. Riccilli's score, the annual marathon's highest in five years, put him in first place, 84 pins above his nearest competitor. The meet continues on week ends until it goes into daily competition May 3. It ends May 18. The 2,592 bowlers are bidding for the winner's prize of $8,000.

Weekend bowling drastically revised the top ten. John Cl'ancy holds second with followed by J. Batchelor of Hammond, 1615; Adam Phillips of Detroit, 1601; Bill Flynn of Cleveland, 1599; Ray Bui-dine' of Chicago, 1583; Frank Boles of Chicago, 1581; Mickey Mikau of Chicago, 1572; Walter Harmsen of Waterloo, 1571, and Wayne Pira of Detroil, 1559. BY BEANS REARDON NEW YORK (NEA)--Q. What Is Brooklyn's Gil Hodges' lifetime home run total iii the majors A.

106. He walloped 11 In his first season, 23 i the next, 32 In 1950, and 40 last year. Q. Has any pit- i cher ever hurled no hit no run i games in both big leagues? Yet. i Young li the only I man to hurl no in both big wheels.

He turned in three of them. Q. What pitcher holds the major league record for most shutouts for one year? A. Grover Cleveland Alexander, with 16, In 1916. All told, he pitched 90 shutouts, the lifetime National League mark, Which club won the most games last season in the series between Brooklyn and Pittsburgh A.

The Pirates held the edge, 12 to 10. No other club In the circuit won as many games from the Pick Crowder, center on Puke's basketball team, is a pre-mlnUter- ial student from High Point, N.C, He is also president of the senior class, BIG MKKT SET HASTINGS, Neb. (ft The Central Nebraska Track Meet for High Schools, sponsored by Hastings College, will open for the 31st time hero Thursday. If is one of the oldest high school track meets in the state. To date, there are 30 entries.

Grand Island is the defending champion. Alt' Robertson, former jockey, is the owner and trainer of a one- horse stable this season at Hialeah race track. The horse's name is "You'll Learn." Nine members of the University of Arizonajmsketball team earned All-Slate honors while in high school. York's rink Vnlsh pretty ParisUn, who in the Winter signed with the Ice SoosMayBe In Thick Of W. L.

Race Manager Mueller Building A Team For 1952 Season By ALEX STODDARD Sioux City Journal Sports Editor SIOUX CITY Still looking for pitching, outfield and third base help, Manager Ray Mueller is building a team that may propel the Sioux City, Soos into the thick of the 1952 Western League pennant race. Mueller, who replaces Chick Genovese as Soos pilot, is In his first year as a manager after a lengthy major league career that included catching 23 games last year for the Boston Braves. He plans to be a playing he will turn over the first-string catching to Earnie Yelen, a Soos catcher in 1948 and 19-19 who has been with Jacksonville of the South Atlantic League the last two seasons. FrRST BASE BATTLE Jack Cooney, who led the Class Western Association in batting last year, and Gail Harris, obtained from Nashville of the Class AA Southern Association, are battling for the first base -job. However, both probably will stay with the team, with one being assigned outfield duty.

Both are power hitters and that's the one big weakness of the lack of the distance mash. Rookie Lcs Corcoran has been handling second base, but Mueller recently shifted Outfielder Rudy Hernandez to the post and he'll probably keep it. Eddie Bressoud, a holdover from last year's playoff champion Soos, has the shortstop job in the bag. Outfielder Dom Commisso has been working at third, but Mueller has "borrowed" Bob Ludwig who opened the 1950 season at second base for the Soos but was sent out when Eddie Samcoff arrived and may keep Ludwig at the station. However, Amado (Chieo) Ibanez, Soos' Negro third baseman last year, is expected to be shifted from the Minneapolis roster before the season opens.

If Ibanez comes back, either he or Ludwig might play second base, enabling Hernandez to shift back to the outfield. OUTFIELD ROSTER Harris, Hernandez, Roy Johnson and Frank Szekula are the outfielders on the all rookies in Class A ball. Szekula has been having trouble hitting in spring games. Harris hit .337 at Knoxville last year, Johnson batted ,305 at Muskogee, Hernandez had a .290 mark at St. Cloud and Szekula posted ,290 at Idaho Falls.

Mario Picone, a 15-game 'winner for the Soos last year, has been pacing the pitching staff fn the exhibition games and probably will draw the mound assignment when the Soos open the season April 15 at one day before the other league teams start play. ACE FIHKMAX Reliefer Bob Giddings, whose game-saving hurling was vital part or the Soos 1 success in 1051, also has been looking good, but he'll probably remain in the fireman's role again this' year, George Erath, an 18-ganie winner drafted from Greensboro, appears to be in line for the No, 2 job behind Picone. Like Mario, a righthander. Jim Singleton, Lon Greene. Lloyd Limdeen and Don Fracohia also are bidding strongly for jobs, Bob Baslerbrook, 1951 lefty, has bad arm and won't see action for some time.

i The Woman's International Powling Congress wag formed in 1916 at St. Louis, Mo, by a group of 30 women. Today there are women WASHINGTON Wl The head of the influential American Council on Education said Monday ho is "greatly encouraged" at prbg- ress made In adopting a nationwide which would radically change college sports. Dr, Arthur S. Adams, council president, said that all conferences and accrediting associations which have taken action cither have (A) adopted the code outright, or (B) taken steps in that direction.

"Nowhere have we been turned down," Adams said. "Even those who have been critical of some aspects of the plan have agreed with its basic principles. I have been greatly encouraged." MAYBE TOO FAR When the 11 college presidents named to study find a cure for whatever ailed up with their proposals, the consensus seemed to be that Ihey may have gone too far. The presidents asked for, among other things: The abolition of Ihe outright nth- Iclic scholarship; A strict control on recrtiillng; An end to spring football practice and post-season bowl games, and College administrators 10 take control be responsible for their athletic programs. They also suggested that the enforcement should be given to the accrediting associations.

Then a school which failed lo measure up to the code could be threatened with the loss of its academic standing. The executive committee of the council unanimously accepted the recommendations two months ago. The largest of the accrediting associations, (lie North Central, has "gone down the line" with the code, said Raymond Howes, an ACK slaff associate. Other associations which have taken action, he said, have moved in the same direction to which the presidents pointed. Adams says most educators are nR7-ecd on the principles; he says, conies mostly over the methods of proceeding.

Beatrice ftaily Run, Beatrice, 'AflHt 14, 1952 AP Sports Scribe Can't Rut The Answer For Draftee Mays ItV fjAVt.tJ! TAt.tlfTf 1 till MM I.MA.**. Bobby Reynolds To Play For Holdrege HOLDUEGE Bobby Reynolds of Grand Island, Nebraska's All-American Football halfback, will hold clown second base this season for the Holdrege team of the Nebraska Independent League. Reynolds played two gnmes for the Holdrege Bears last season before joining the Storm Lake, semi-pro team. Sieve Sebo, new backfield conch at Michigan State College, was a Spartan athletic hero in the '30s. He starred in football and baseball.

Pitchers Ewell Blackwcll and Kenny Raft'ensberger led the; Cincinnati Red hurlers in pitching the most victories in 1951. Each'won 1G games. NEW YORK Once In a while a chance phrase will get stuck in a man's mind, the same as one of those advertising jingles on the radio, and he will go huts Tor several days trying to shake the thing. One of them has given us a hard time over the week end. It began when we rend where James T.

Johnson, head se- octlve service official in Alabama, and reminded young Willie Mays of the New York Giants that he owns perhaps a greater obligation his country" than other boys because of his promise in the sports world. The occasion was the turn-down of Willie's appeal against being drafted next month. The 20-year- old Negro star had claimed he was the chief support: of four of his 11 brothers and sisters, his step-dad being unemployed, Col Johnson ruled it was not a true hardship case, and we accept his trained judg- enl Ihorc, but the "greater obligation" quote stuck like a needle in a cracked record. Just why, we kept asking ourselves, just why does Willie owe a greater debt, to his country thim the kid in the next block who can't clothesline a peg to home-plate; ve have considered every angle haven't come up with the answer yet. Are boys being penalized tccause they are promising at.h- etes? "It's heartbreaking," said the lead of one of baseball's biggest arm systems.

"You bring a boy up through two or three grades and just when you know he's ready for 1 a try at the big time, that's when they are sure to grab him. They always take the best ones, and by this time I know it's no accident. "1 don't blame the boards. They're only protecting themselves against any possible charge of favoritism. It a kid is a good ball player, every body in town knows abaut him and Is watching to see if he's called up along with their own sons.

The result is that he gets the first call. He's the showpiece, it's just ah unfortunate situation," There have beert other recent cases of ball players recalled to the colors which have caused persons totally unconnected with the game to wonder out loud. The answer, now happily available, seems to be that they owed a "greater obligation." There goes that record again, KXHIBITIOV BASEBALL Associated SUNDAY'S RESULTS Boston (A) 2, Boslon (N) 1. Chicago (A) 10. Chicago (N) 8 Now York (A) 2, Brooklyn (N) 0.

Philadelphia (N) Philadelphia (A) 5. Eddie Melvin, successful coach of St. Bonaventure's basketball team, was a former star with- the Pittsburgh Ironmen in the original Basketball Association of America six years ago. Cliff Mapes, outfielder for the SI. Louis Browns has purchased a ranch in Oklahoma and plans to go into the cattle raising business.

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