Kingsport Times-News from Kingsport, Tennessee • 31

"XTT Coadk "Well Pleased Over Footlball Team Showing JOHNSON CITY Tenn (JP) September 19 may seem like a long way off but to Coach Star Wood of East Tennessee State College that date is not to far distant The Buccaneers open the 1953 grid season on that date against the Austin Peay State College Governors and the Buc football mentor has been sending his charges thrpugh rugged workouts for the past two weeks According to Wood the- go ing "-will get tougher until spring practice winds up in about three weeks After holding the first real body contact work this week Wood came away well pleased at the work of several of his pupils including a few newcomers that figure to see plenty of action Last year's quarterback John Crumley still remained on the doubtful list but six-foot-two 205 pound Jack Matthews has shown well and may be the new signal caller should Crumley graduate this June Matthews considered the topt passer is getting plenty of competition from Bill Rector who handled the ball well in this weeks scrimmage In addition- Jack Raby and Brooks now sidelined with an injured leg are also vieing for the Job My four ends are also looking good Wood said Co-captain Hal Morrison and Jack Boone of Erwin have been impressive Wood said The second co-captain center Bob Porter' has been a standout over the ball and as a -linebacker which he will have to play along with his tegular position due to the new NCAA regulation banning two-platoon football The new rule hasnt bothered us too much" the Buc skipper added All the "boys are showing as well as can be expected and only the quarterbacks are finding the two platoon setup a little difficult" Three other boys wete impressive in the scrimmage Tom Rock 205-pound tackle transfer from the University of Florida and guard Bob Wall seem destined to plug a couple of the holes shot In the middle -of the line through graduation of last years stalwarts Elizabeth tons gift to the Buc grid forces Bob Maupin Is pushing veteran Harold Poe at the right halfback slot Mauplns speed drew praise from Coach Wood Although Its still quite a spell until September 19 States starting eleven is already shaping up Morrison and Abner backed by Dawson and Boone loom as the best end candidates Rock and rookie Bruce Dun-cad of Erwin are the best right tackle prospects while Bill Boyette and Jack Barker probably will play on the other side At the guard slots lettermin Jim Huddle and Wall will see action at the tight and left poets respectively Dave Tolbert and newcomer Joe Collins are ready If necessary Backing up Porter at center will be Fred Quarles Matthews looms as the top quarterback At tight half will be Buddy Eaulisbury followed by Ed Foster at left half Pc and Maupin are battling It out and at fullback Jerry FOrd outstanding oL entire plunger last year and Harry Seexist 1852 defensive back are the top contenders On the defense Foster Ford and Maupin are fighting for the safety post Matthews and Poe figure to play the halves: and Eauiisbury and Porter will back up the line Mickey Mantles Home Run Bat Ball Win Go To Baseballs Hall Of Fame Fish Feed Study Made By Heddon i IS 4 I A -t PHILADELPHIA (UP) Posterity beat sentimentality Saturday as the bat and ball with which Mickey Mantle hit hla whopping (585-feet) home run were awarded to basebsl Hall of F'ame Mantles homer hit by the Yankee star at Washington Fri- day is one of the longest ini baseball history Naturally! Mantle wanted the ball as a souvenir and it waa recovered for him But Saturday the Yankees decided to put It on display at Yankee Stadium From there It will go to the Hall of Fame at Cooperstown in response to a request by Sid Keener curator of the baseball museum The bat goes there too and it Isnt even Mantle' bat He borrowed It from Loren Babe as he usually does when he bats right-handed The homer was the talk of the Yankees and the big question was this: Is Mickeys homer the longest in baseball history? Veteran experts disagreed Saisinger of the Detroit New said he has affidavits proving Babe Ruth hit a 600-footer at Detroit in 1926 But Dan Daniel of the New York World-Telegram and Sun said That impossible" I was there" said DanleL "The ball went over the fence and was picked up by a kid who ran off on his bicycle No one could figure here it landed" Everyone was telling tales of the big homer Just as Mantle was at bat at Washington Jim Rhdeweser turned to coach Jim Turner on the Yankee bench and aald idly You know I bet this kid could hit that big scoreboard Naw" said Turner "nobody could do that The next pitch was It Mantle hit the scoreboard a glancing blow and otct the fence tailed the ball Manager Casey Stengel told a little tale on himself: "When the kid came up as a switch hitter we all agreed he ought to give up the right-handed batting stance What doea he do? lilt that homer rlghlharded He sure made suckers out cf ua" Stengel thinks Mantle may become the greatest switch hitter in the history of the game and could win the American League batting title this year Hi current average Is 265 Sunday April 19 1953 Kingsport Times-News 3-D aV 'V 1 6 r- A a 1 I I fv 0 9 By IIOMER CIRCLE i-0 Editor Heddon Fish-Flashes DOWAOIAC Mich' (Spl) the' little girl asked her mother as they stood on the dock watching a fcarty of anglers fake off in A boat Gosh Mommy do the fish like all that beer? '4'r The question of what do fish 4 fike plagues all anglers Not ''only what do fish like but also what dp they like at various seasons of the year Here Hed- dons Research Department of fers soifte suggestions based on a few lifetimes of actual study Lets take the spring season since it is now with us Most fish are just beginning to feel those urge to move spawn eat and forage around- Insects and hatches will come later As water temperatures warm the fishes become more active Some of the best catches of big fish are made in the spring but here is one thing to bear in mind After a long cold winter 'the body processes of a fish are mighty slow and you should fish a lure the very same way mighty slow Some lures operate at a slow speed some dont One of the best is a deep-diving- river runt which wiggles fast at a slow rate 'of retrieve If this tends to snag on the bottom then use a weedless spoon with pork strip find fish it slowly very slowly bumping the bottom 4 In the deeper holes especially those with sharp dropoffs lures with a lead head and spinner like the saint spiner bring ex- cellent results These go right down to the bottom working all the way and knock on the fr6nt door of Mr Bass Colors dont seem to matter so long as the fish can see your lure However when in doubt use i yellow This produces In all of the nation in all sea- sons Southern fishermen sum it up very nicely when they say Any color is good just so its yellow! Roster Changes Are Revealed By Southern Loop NEW ORLEANS (UP) Charles A Hurth president of the Southern Association Saturday announced the following roster changes for the week ending April 18: Atlanta: Jesse Levan assigned outright to Ft Lauderdale Thomas Whisinant signed and placed on active list Birmingham Thomas Kirk assigned conditionally to Beaumont Milton Joffe assigned out-right to Beaumont Charles Weiss assigned conditionally to Colorado Springs and Edwin A Orenhoskl placed on active list Chattanooga: Richard Hagan placed on active list Little Rock: Ivan Johannes placed on active list Mobile: Stanley RoJek returned to Montreal Jack Lindsay sent to St Paul and Walter Flala signed and placed on active list Nashville: Pitcher John Walsh from Minneapolis and placed on active list New Orleans: Richard Smith placed on active list Memphis reported no changes nEADWORK GAINESVILLE Fla Florida Gator leftfielder Tommy Haddock was credited with an RBI the hard way In the Georgia game this year when he was conked on the head with the bases full i 1 l-i A '( fS' A A l-w FULL STRING These three stalwart men were compelled to call upon young Donald Israel (second from left) to help them hold up this catch hauled out of Fontana Lake during the first period of the current fishing contest being conducted now at Fontana Village From left to right these fishermen are Morton Newman Kingsport Tenn Donald Israel and his father Israel Asheville and Crawford also of Asheville They were using a Shakespeare reel wjth night crawlers wz Baseball Attendance Isnt Suffering Much Despite Miserable Weather Declines Only 310 Per Contest Came tomar-rw a4 select year apart Clothes (rtm ear flea grasp! 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By LEO PETERSEN UCLAs 1943 football team aft er losing two of Its first three games won its last eight and allowed only five touchdowns during the streak ponements with a total draw of 205425 an average of 17119 per game In 1952 18 games -with only one postponement were piayed during the first five days drawing a total of 263987 an average of 14555 per game Thus the average attendance per game were played in the same period with five postponements draw-ng only 176744 an average of x4730 per game a decline of 2110 per game But in the National the first five days of this season saw 12 games played with five post in the National this season has been an Increase of 2564 The weather forecast for Sun day isnt too favorable but given a break in the elements the chances are that despite the rain cold and snow 1953 attend ance will climb over last year NEW YORK (UP) Despite And heres something to re- miserable weather major league member Spring fishing pays off hnRPhail attendance isnt suffer-in direct proportion to the num- jng yery much this spring Last ber of times you go Dont let year when much more favorable foul weather stop you its nice weather blessed the American and comfortable down where the gjjjj National League openers fish are Dress for the weather tlie average per game attend-jtnd go for some of the finest ance f0r the first five days of catches of really big fish are the season was 15810 made on days when only the vet-1 This year when a lot of games 'erans vfnture out were played which would have Also there are a good many I been called off except for the Spots that produce dandy spring Uact that they were season incatches then get highly unpro- augurals the average per game ductive as weed growth takes attendance for the first five days over So says Heddon work on was 15500 a decline of only 310 those fish Just when they are customers per game waking up this spring and you That decline is minimized even may find experiences worth further by-the fact that the first dreaming about for years to mvg days' of the 1952 season in ome 'eluded a Saturday Today was ithe first Saturday of the 1953 FAST JUMPER season and in keeping with the Itimes of the 1953 season five GAINESVILLE Fla Florida games were postponed because of Gator high jumper (Papa) Lnow rain and coid weather Hall whose best mark this year In the first fjve days of the was 6-84 In the AAU indoor ig52 season the American aS jCikeCl League played 20 games with 100-yard dash at the Florida oniy one postponement drawing RelRy8- a total of 336810 fans for an TIMES-NEWS CLASSIFIED ADS average per game attendance of GET RESULTS 16840 This spring only games HOLEPROOF HOSE Sp-srt A Dress Uc ap M4NH4TTAN TIES Spring A Samtner Patter 11-54 ap Hft' ffe batatxl imiform rwry boy wanH FUmj shirt rtd pants with attractive braid matching cap rad-and-bWa stripad hosa bolt "loam lattors 395 and 45 al MARION FRICAMO HA9 THm MCrH Obi Hl-S PlTCHfNGr POTENTIAL J4 FORMFUL Bette Anne Montgomery left captained the swimming team of Penn Hall Girl Preparatory School and Junior College of Chambersburg Pa Which concluded another all-conquering season The Philadelphia miss set a new junior womens national Amateur Athletic Union record winning the 100-yard breast stroke Evelyn Tokus Kawamoto inset of Honolulu broke the Olympic Games record for the 400-meter free style in her heat Brooklyns Ann Mane Riley holds several New York and Pennsylvania marks (NEA cm a BE SURE TO ATTEND THE BIG BENEFIT VTINDBRE LKERS Bauds A Check U1I ap Crlcketeer SPORT COtTS PL ap 2 FtlLDfgs clove 6G5 wt! rV 'V me Thursday April 23rdf 7:30 pm Fred Johnson Stadium CITY FIRELIEf VS CITY PQUCEnEH Tickets $1 Dozens Of Free Prizes Sponsored Dy The jOPTiqiSI CLUB PROCEEDS TO BE DIVIDED THREE WAYS A OPTIMIST CLUB Boys Club and Boys Work POLICEMEN sick and Death Benefit FIREMEN Recreation Fund TICKETS Off SALE AT CRSENZ DOQYNG-TAYLOn SODZLS SPORT SHIRTS Usg and Shrt Sleeve SLACKS Sprtag A Simwfr Weight W-J ap BASEBALL SHOES Rises Fram 1 Vi 595 795 995 SPORTS DEPT XL GREEHE COMPANY INC The Beat Place Ta Get Ootoos-Tayldr Tki Zumd T-.