Press and Sun-Bulletin from Binghamton, New York • Page 47

March 30, 1955 BINGHAMTON PRESS 47 All (Outdoors Indians 'Big 3' Has Rivals Running Heart-Broken Cass Michaels Waiting for Spring 1956 By FRANK DOLAX lirHILE Catharine Creek Is Y'Y the first stream which comes to mind when we think of the April 1 trout season opening, it is because spring record to seven runs allowed in six innings. Garcia has been hit for five home runs. more than any other major league pitcher with Lemon allowing two and Wynn one. 'if Tucson, Arii. (U PD Bob Lemon, Mike Garcia and Early Wynn, the "Big Three" of the Cleveland Indians' pitching staff, have been walloped for 35 runs and eight homers in 37 innings against major league competition thus far this spring.

Garcia, working the most regularly of the trio, has been thrashed for 16 runs in 17 innings pitched, while Lemon, al though he hurled an encouraging, scoreless six innings against San Francisco of the Pacific Coast League, has been ineffective to the tune of 12 runs In 15 innings against major league opposition. Wynn, whose lack of work has raised more than a few eyebrows around the training camp, was bombed for seven runs in three innings by the Chicago Cubs and brought his Two umpires in the American League are former grid players for the New York Giants in the NFL. They are Hank Soar and Frank Umont the Catharine has had a bet-ter press agent Actually trout fishing opens the same day in Cayuga, Seneca, Canandai-g a Keuka, Skaneatel Owasco and Otisco Lakes and in some of their tributary streams. It is the stream recently found a greater than usual number of rainbows in the upstream areas. Among the 450 trout the biologists tagged were one weighing 11 pounds, 5 ounces and another 13 pounds, 9 ounces.

The trout were all tagged and returned to the stream. SPORTS ACTIVITIES: Tonight at Binghamton YMCA All fishermen are invited tt first of three classes on fishing. Class will be in charge of Dr. W. J.

Harrison, local fishing expert who will speak on use of flies in trout fishing. Other classes in series will follow on succeeding Wednesdays. Saturday at American Legion Post 1305 Annual meeting- of Broome County Beagle Club. Sunday at Danby Winners stake, of Red Jacket Beagle Derby Association. Final event of Red Jacket circuit is sponsored by Cayuga Beagle Club.

For the mileage you tcant at the price you tvant to pay Tampa. Fla. J.R Heartbroken Cass Michaels gazed at infielder's glove lying idly atop his suitcase and said grimly, "I still want to try to use it once more next spring." Michaels, the 29-year-old ex-White Sox third baseman, realizes he won't have any further need for the glove this year. The veteran blond Infield'er, whose skull was fractured by a pitch thrown by Marion Fri-cano of the Athletics last Aug. 27, blacked out in his third workout with the White Sox this spring and was taken off the active roster.

Tears ran down Michaels' face when he signed a contract as a White Sox scout the other day and learned his playing career might be over. "I looked forward all winter to spring training." he said, trying to convey his anticipation. "The first two days I worked out I felt fine. But the third day I had just started to run with Johnny Groth in the outfield when I became bleary." Michaels spent eight days. Including his twenty-ninth birthday, in a local hospital.

The doctors told him he'd have to take it easy for the next six months. "But I'm gonna try to give It age of 17. The night Michaels suffered his skull fracture in Philadelphia, the White Sox were leading, 6-0, and the two batters before Cass had tripled. "I knew it was coming and I saw the ball all the way," Michaels recalls. "The ball dropped at the last second, though, and that's when I got hit.

I'm not sure what kind of pitch it was Fricano seemed to lose his head after he got hit hard." Michaels says that he and Fricano were friendly when they were teammates with the Athletics in 1953. 'But now I don't care to have anything to do with him any more," he adds. "He can go his way and I'll go mine." Fricano visited the hospital three times immediately after Michaels was hit. "I remember seeing him but I can't remember what he said," declared Cass. Michaels will scout prospects for the White Sox around his home in Detroit and nearby Canada.

But he can't wait for next spring to roll around. Looking over at the glove again a glove he never really got a chance to break in this spring Michaels merely muttered: "I'll use that, baby yet." -I if i In Charley Wales Nearly 3Iatches Losers' Total gasoline new CASS MICHAELS Saving His Glove. one more shot next spring," he said eagerly, his blue eyes lighting up for the first time. Michaels has been In the majors 13 years, having played for the Philadelphia Athletics and St. Louis Browns as well as the White Sox, with whom he originally broke in at the "I i Charley Wales almost equaled the opposition's total output last night as he led Trinity Memorial to the playoff championship of the Community Church Basketball League's Division.

Wales bucketed 33 points as Trinity clinched the playoff title! by whipping Fairview 77-37. Lynn Wallace paced; Fairview with 15 points. 1 CHECK THESE Sugar Ray to Continue Comeback Despite Unimpressive Split Victory Cincinnati (U.R) Sugar Ray Robinson admitted today he "just wasn't sharp" in his timing in winning an unimpressive split decision over Johnny Lom-bardo in a 10-round match here last night before 5,124 fans in Cincinnati Gardens. The 35-year-old fighter, who showed little of the flash and power that won him sB raocl ramou two wona cnampionsnips, masted the Mt. Carmel, boxer with everything he had in a ninth-round surge.

But the young challenger absorbed the punches and kept Fading Gavilan Plummets to Eighth In Welter Division in Ring Ratings See the largest selection of fine men's clothing and furnishings In the Triple Cities. COMPARE OUR PRICES dolan opening day of the lake trout season, too, in the above lakes. And, if you happen to latch on to a king-size brown trout in these waters, keep him. He's also legal. One of the other Finger Lakes streams which produces excellent rainbow fishing is Grout Brook.

Rainbow trout are as large and as numerous as the trout in Catharine Creek. Unfortunately you'll find nearly as many fishermen lining the banks -of Grout Brook, and some landowners are a' bit disturbed by crowds. Not all early season trout fishermen go for stream fishing. You'll find dozens of canny anglers trying for fish in the various lakes instead of fishing the streams that flow into them. At Seneca Lake fine catches are taken not far from the mouth of Catharine Creek and anglers trying for rainbows are often rewarded with a lunker-sized lake trout.

Most of the fellows who try the lakes instead of the streams also choose different lures. For example, the cotton ball and tapioca sack are not as popular with lake fishermen. In the lake pin their luck on the conventional lures. One favorite is the Flatfish in sizes suited to the type of rod and line you are using. This year the Flatfish makers have come out with a new pattern designed to attract Finger Lakes lake and rainbow trout.

The color of the Jure is said-to hold the special invitation. It is a shade of green and silver supppsed to be a good underwater imitation of smelt and sawbelly. Effectiveness of the gimmick is untried and unproved but the lure has the same action as other Flatfish lures that have been successful. Fishermen who are specialists in the use of flies have good luck in Seneca with bucktails and bucktail-stream-ers. Odd as it may seem, the bucktail combinations seldom produce fish in Catharine Creek.

The Flatfish occasionally take some good ones in the same stream. Spinners of various types are occasionally successful in the Catharine stream. Students of the ways of trout contend such lures are successful in the stream because the trout pick them up in their mouths to carry the trinkets clear of their spawning beds. ARE THERE ANY FISFI left in the stream? That's the burning question of every fisherman who hopes to try the Catharine this year. We talked with Howard Os-terhout of Watkins Glen last weekend and he had some encouraging answers.

Osterhout believes this will be the best season in years. State biologists visiting the 59 pressing the fight. The slow, almost monotonous fight, appeared even until the last three rounds when Robinson became more aggressive in his efforts to send the 25-year-old Lombardo to the canvas. Robinson said the last two rounds were "kind of tough" but added that he was never hurt nor in serious trouble. New York (U.R) Former welterweight champion Kid Gavilan, skidding rapidly since losing his title to Johnny Saxton last October, laded almost out of the welterweight picture today when the monthly ratings of the Ring Magazine placed.

him eighth in the division. Jo-Eddie Cotton. Middleweight Champion, Carl Gavilan, the one-time Cuban jBobo Olson. 1 Joey Giardello. 2 Hawk whose rapid hands andj Charley Humez.

3 "Rocky Castel- TOPCOATS by BARRON-ANDERSON ALLIGATOR ROCK KNIT SUITS by HART, SCHAFFNER MARX MICHAELS-STERN WINSTON and Othert nuuy ivums. a irusiav There were no knockdowns rin generalship carsg nonnie ueianey. noithpr spemed ahle to damaee riea mm to tne title in July, Pierre Langlois. 8 Eduardo Lausse. 9 Johnny Sullivan.

10 Bobby the other's staying powers. Rob- 1952, returned to the ring after inson had he edge in weight, 162 the loss to Saxton of New York pounds to Lombardo's 153. an squeezed out an unimpres- majority decision over uyx.es. Welterweights Champion, Johnny Saxton. 1 Carmen Basllio.

2 Vince Martinez. 3 Tony DeMarco. 4 Ramon Fuentes. Maurice Harper. 6 Ernie Durando of Bayonne, hjmm Hector Constance.

7 Del Flanagan. N. on Feb. 4. his fighting peak, admitted his greatest difficulty was his timing.

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2 Ralph Du-pas. 3 Frankie Ryff. 4 Paddv De-Marco. 5 Wallace (Bud) Smith. 6 his stamina as he appeared to JOHNSON CITY.

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7 Carmelo Costa. back efforts, having lost to Tiger Among the heavyweights, Jones. Robinson said his next; Nino Valdes of Cuba, bypassed fight was against Ted Olla, April Ifor a title shot at Rocky Marci- Jean Sneyers. 9 Billy Kelly. 10 Orlando Echevama.

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7 Hitoski Misako. 8 Eric Marsden. 9 Danny Campo. 10 Oscar Suarez. five bouts for $100,000 in France, but has neither accepted nor rejected the proposition.

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