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I I -PAGE 10 THE SALISBURY TIMES, SALISBURY, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 7, 1957 Crisfield High Seeks 11th Win In Row Tomorrow Night Revenge Is Aim Of Pump's Washington Hi Can Washington High stop the undefeated Crisfield High Basketeers tomorrow night in Princess Anne? A loud "no" echoes from most of the high school basketball fans on the Eastern Shore. They don't believe Coach Bill Pump's a aggregation has a chance, judging from the 59-24 whipping the Crabtowners handed his boys Jan. 18 in Crisfield. However, the loyal Princess Anne rooters know they have a better team than that humiliating score indicates. After all, you can't laugh off an 8-3 won and lost record posted by the Washington High quintet.

Crisfield High is riding high on a clean slate of 10 straight wins. After the Princess Anne invasion, Coach Nick Scallion's array 1 has two more stops on the road Mardela and Delmar and its schedule will be completed, Mardela and Delmar were easy touches in previous meetings, the same as Washington High. Still, tomorrow night's game could be the toughest of the season for the Crabbers. The 35-point thumping was a stinger the Princess lads, especially when administered by their Somerset County rivals. In the last tussle, Washington High had only one gun barking anywhere near consistently.

That was Warren Bloodsworth who contributed 16 of the totaled 24 points scored by his team. However, this time, Coach Bill Pump may have a new weapon unload Clarence Johnson, a sophomore. He buzzed the big noise in Tuesday's 49-44 win over Pocomoke City, potting 15 points13 of 'em coming in the second half when Washington High came from behind to win. With Johnson sharing the burden with Bloodsworth, and Walt Alder, the Crisfielders may have something to mull over. The most nervous individuals on either team will not be the players, but the rival coaches Pump and Scallion.

Pump is understandably seeking revenge by the bucketfuls, enough for his boys to swim in. He's been pointing for this one ever since that one side shellacking last month down in Crabtown. And, too, Scallion, an experienced hoop warrior he is, knows the undefeated is becoming heavier and heavier as the schedule nears its end. The pressure increases with every battle. Nick need not be told that even the greatest athletic machines sputter at times.

Up to now, Crisfield High hasn't rendered a poor performance, but that "little man with a hammer" could be in readiness this time to hammer the gears of this unbeaten machine out of whack. Here's tomorrow night's schedule: Easton at Wicomico Crisfield at Washington (Princess Anne) Federalsburg at Preston Glen Burnie at Cambridge Snow Hill at Stephen Decatur (Berlin) Mardela at Pocomoke City Caroline (Denton) at Stevensville John M. Clayton at Milton Wicomico Junior High at Pittsville Greensboro at Ridgely Lewes at Milford South Dorchester at St. Michaels Bridgeville at Rehoboth Beach Seaford at Caesar Rodney Dover at Smyrna Felton at Georgetown Harrington at Greenwood Millsboro at Selbyville Rock Hall Sudlersville Galena at Chestertown Garnett (Chestertown) at Mace's Lane (Cambridge) Idle is Lord Baltimore High, theonly other undefeated schoolboy ensemble on the Eastern Shore. The Eagles go after their 10th straight Tuesday night Delmar High, a 91-38 victim of Crisfield High this week.

Lord Baltimore will have to bring 'along an adding machine if it expects to out-do the seafood town contingent. There several revenge battles on tire docket, and most of them shape up as humdingers. The Easton High Warriors (6-4) hope to repay Wicomico High here for its 56-39 loss Jan. 11. Easton comes here with a fourgame winning streak, ripping off successive wins over Chestertown, Federalsburg, Mardela and North Dorchester.

Wicomico High is also nursing a three-game victory binge after having Cambridge High puncture its undefeated 5-0 skein. The tribe 8-1 record. "Cambridge High also has some unfinished business on its hands, seeking a get-even victory over Glen Burnie High, conquerors of the Raiders in a December overtime setto, 69-65. A hot Caroline County fracas looms when the Preston High Panthers hope to- score a redeeming SHORE SPORTS By ED NICHOLS as Williams finished signing 1957 contract in Boston yesterday. No terms were announced but Wil- WILLIAMS SIGNS.

Boston Sox General Manager Joe Cronin and outfielder Ted Williams smile truly Anne Williams Remains Best-Paid In Baseball ball's Ted highest Williams remained paid player yesterday by signing at about $100,000. That's the sum he has been reportedly drawing for several years with the Boston Red Sox. While data on ball players salaries is rarely officially released and often the figures given are guessed at and exaggerated, it is estimated that Babe Ruth drew about $900,000 big league playing career. "This total doesn't include the $15,000 he made while coaching the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1938. Up to now, Ruth's total salary, minus World Series and other outside activities, has been the highest in game's history.

However, the Babe's career wagles may be topped this year by Williams. Williams, who has been paid for 12 full seasons and parts of three others when he was not on the pay roll all season, has accumulated an estimated 000 to the present. His $100,000 salary this year if that is accurate should put him past Ruth's record. If you recall, Ruth's top salary was the $80,000 he drew in 1930- 31. Col.

Ruppert, the Yankees owner, said, "No player will get that much How wrong Mr. Ruppert was. To date, four other players have I equalled that $80,000 and three have surpassed it. In addition to Williams, Bob Feller of Cleveland and the Yankees Joe DiMaggio have earned more. Stan Musial of the Cardinals recently signed for the sixth season at that amount.

Should Musial continue to draw $80.000 through 1959, he will also pass Ruth's total career wages. Still, Ruppert was right whenspeaking in terms of dollar value. just took a nibble of Ruth's compared to the big Taxes, slice in the wages of the present day stars. It isn't likely that Mr. Ruppert 27 years ago could have foreseen what inflation would do to the dolJar Williams, Feller, DiMaggio and Musial have drawn $80,000 or more 19 times up to now.

The hig salaries didn't come along until Ruth revolutionized the game with his home run bat. 1 I Williams and the other high salaried boys should prayer cf thanks to "The Babe" every time they sign a contract. win over the Federalsburg High Falcons. Mardela High (3-10) visits Pocomoke City High (4-6). This is the first meeting between these intracounty rivals.

Harvard Is Still Seeking New Coach CAMBRIDGE Mass. (P) Harvard continued -its search for a new football coach today confident of finding a qualified man to succeed Lloyd Jordan, who was fired last month. Athletic Director Tom Bolles, recently returned from a western trip, said yesterday "Lots of well qualified men have indicated a desire" to take over the job. Bolles declined to disclose any names because "it might be embarrassing to some for only one person is going to get the Harvard job." "I'm sure that some of the candidates would fit nicely into the Ted Williams Would Like Baseball Niche BOSTON (P -Ted Williams, temperamental throughout his brilliant career, is mellowing with age or maybe it's just the off season. The 38-year-old Boston slugger indicated yesterday that he has had a change of mind and might like to stay in baseball after his playing days.

Williams displayed a beaming grin 'after signing a one-year contract for a about $100,000 which continues him. as baseball's highest paid player. But he turned off the grin and became serious when asked if he would like to remain in baseball when he has to quit as a player. "After my playing days are over I will do everything possible to help the he said. "Other than that I want to fish any time in any place I want." He thought the matter over carefully for a few more seconds and added: "Put it this way.

I would stay in the game if I'm wanted. As you get older you start realizing there isn't a whole lot of things you know better than baseball." Ted indicated he would prefer to become a or an executive when he "I'm not SO coach, sure a man can come right out of the player ranks and become Ta manager." Ted, who will be 39 in August, is looking forward only to the 1957 season not beyond. Laurel Five Stops Hawks In Final Period The Stephen Decatur High Sea Hawks stayed ahead all the way until the final quarter. Then they folded last night and the Laurel High Bulldogs took home a 66-61 basketball victory. The Bulldogs, trailing 55-54 at the start of the fourth canto, surgto the front, 62-61 with 25 seconds remaining.

Wallace Garrett and Doug popped in two insurance action shots to padlock the victory. During the final minute of play, the Sea Hawks muffed their chances by failing to connect on two field goal attempts and a pair of free throws. Stephen Decatur was ahead at halftime, 41-31. Benny Sirman again led the Laurel High attack, meshing 17 counters. Top honors, however, went the losers' Vernon Davis with 19.

Dick Purnell and Larry Hastings each tossed in 10. The score: Laurel 66 Sirman, 7-3-17; Allen, 1-5- Yori, 2-2-6; Boyce, 1-2-4; Cordrey. 3-1-7; Beckom, 3-1- Carmean, 0-0-0; Wheatley, 3-2-8; Smith, 0-1-1; Garrett, 3-3-9; Harris, 0-0-0. (Totals 23- 20-66). Stephen Decatur 61 Hudson, 1-1-3; V.

Davis, 6- 7-10; Purnell, 1-8-10; Hastings, 4-2-10; Hall, 0-1-1; R. Davis, 2-4-8; Molnar, 0-0-0; Taylor, 5-0-10. (Totals 19-23-61). Score by quarters: Laurel 12 19 23 12-66 S. Decatur.

18 23 14 6-61 Officials: Seidel and Fields. Wicomico Junior High Lads Win Coach Tom Bailey's Wicomico Junior High hoopsters once again tore another page out of Frank Merriwell's story book last night, defeating Cambridge Junior High, 37-32. The Salisbury lads were all the way until the final three trailing minutes. Jerry Brittingham tied it up with a pair of set shots, 32-32. David Oursler delivered with another pair of action tosses on a drive-in and a jump shot.

Ronnie Knapp potted a free throw for good measure. Oursler was the high gunner with 16 points. Wicomico employed a man-forman pattern all the way. Cambridge stayed with a 2-3 zone defense until shifting into a pressing man-for-man the final two minutes. The locals, now showing a 7-1 won and lost record, seek a repeat win tomorrow night at Pittsville High.

The score: Wicomico 37 Bell, 0-0-0; Knapp, 3-3-9; Stein, 2-0-4; Oursler, Calloway, 0-0-0; Brittingham, (Totals 14-9-37). Cambridge 32 Silverthorn, 5-2-12; Busick, 1-0-2; Quimby, 2-0-4; Harrington, 0-0-0; Mowbray, 2-0-4; Hubbard, 1-0-2; Stokes, 4-0- 8. (Totals 15-2-32). Score by quarters: Wicomico 5 17 25 37 Cambridge 12 20 28 32 Officials: Foxwell and Robinson. Farrell Is Studying His Club Indians Need Speed, Hitting One can't deny Ted Williams greatness as a hitter.

He ranks No. 5 among baseball's all-time home run hitters with 418. Only Babe Ruth with an all time high of 714; Jimmy Foxx, 534; Mel Ott, 511 and Lou Gehrig, 493 have belted more round trippers. Williams' lifetime batting average of .348 is the highest among the active major leaguers. It's to be remembered, too, that he missed the 1943-44-45 seasons and most of he 1952-53 campaigns while serving as a Marine flyer in World War II and the Korean War.

and There- He is picking up some easy sugar this week during a sportsmen's show in Boston, displaying his fly casting talents for just a $10,000 fee. That's for an eight day appearance. So much for Ted. Warren (Sheriff) Robinson of Cambridge, recently named manager of the Oklahoma City Texas League club, a Boston Red Sox affiliate; knows what part of his forthcoming task will be before reporting to camp. The Red Sox yesterday sent him Frank Baumann, young southpaw, signed for $100,000 in 1952.

He nursed a sore arm at his home most of last season, appearing in seven games for Boston and then one for Albany in the Eastern League where Sheriff managed before quitting for the season. Baumann never looked in shape, according to the opinion of several American League players last season. That could be the reason for the sore whip. We recall Baumann coming out of service weighing a ballooned 230 pounds late in the 1955 season. He didn't look much lighter last year.

Bill (Swish) Nicholson has trimmed down to 196 pounds, and doesn't look like he's living in soft retirement on his Chestertown farm. Bill- Nick was talking about the Phillies, the last big league team he played with, prior to the Little League banquet here night. "I'm afraid the Phils are going to be in plenty of trouble if they don't add some lefthanded hitting power," he said. "All their power is righthanded. If they trade for a shortstop and right fielder, I Roy Hamey can get some lefthanded stickers." The Phillies pitching is better than meets the eye, Bill explained.

"It's good enough to win a Ivy League system," he added. Don Felt, assistant, left for a trip south when the athletic director returned home. Felt rewas scheduled to stop at Duke to confer with an assistant coach there and possibly visit South Carolina to talk with Warren Giese. Bolles declined to discuss Felt's movements and said he had no idea when a coach will be named. Bolles admitted he talked with Oklahoma's Bud Wilkinson on the phone, but said it was only to get the veteran OU coach's recommendations for a young coach who might be interested in coming to Harvard.

Don Finsterwald, 14th among the professional golfers in money won in 1955, finished second in 1956 with $23,833 won in tournaments. Trainer Johnny Nerud, who handies racing standouts Switch On and Gallant Man, formerly was a jockey agent for Ted Atkinson. liams said: "It's very satisfactory to both parties." This will be Ted's season with the Red Sox. pennant I believe, but the poor guys don't, get any hitting support. Look at the team RBI's last year, one of the lowest in the league." The Baltimore Colts were hesitant about drafting Don Shinnick of UCLA because they'd heard about this religious activities on the campus and 1 thought it might keep him from playing football on the Sabbath, the same as it did Bob Davenport, also of UCLA.

The big 230-pound linebacker answered the question this 'way, "After all, farmer milks his cows on Sunday." The recent Philadelphia college draft of the pros furnished still another surprise. Kenny Ploen, Iowa quarterback, wasn't recognized until Paul Brown of Cleveland took him on the 19th round. Ploen, star of the Rose Bowl game, is feet-2 and weighs more than 185, SO lack of size hardly was the reason. The National Football League officials made it tough on themselves by adopting two rulings abolishment of the injured reserve list, and a club won't be permitted to sign a player again the same season it asks waivers on him. This "deep freeze" operation has been existing in the NFL for quite some while.

Under the system, clubs had to ask waivers on players as they were cut to reach the 33-player limit. In many cases, when they weren't claimed by other teams, desirable players who had to be cut were kept on the pay roll and continued to work out with the team. Some received full pay, others part pay. The Baltimore Colts had two freeze" men last season Dick Nyers and Gerald Petersen. They were brought back when needed after no one claimed them on waivers.

They stepped in and took places of injured players who were put on the injured reserve list for 30 days. Now that the waived player can't be re-signed by his original club, the system can't be employed. If injuries do develop, a team will have to look to castoffs of the other 11 clubs fill the vacancy. This won't be as satisfactory as adding a player who has been working out with a team and knows its plays. To make it even tougher, the NFL has adopted a rule that only service returnees can work out with a team.

Other unsigned play'ers can't. Deacons Face Uphill Battle By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A college basketball team that has run up two seven-game winning streaks in the same season would seem to be a shoo-in for its conference championship. Wake Forest, however, apparently chose the wrong conference this season. And the Deacons have an uphill pull as they open an eight-game stretch run tonight in an effort to overhaul North Carin the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Tar Heels, still ranked first in the country, are 17-0 for the season, seven of them ACC victories.

Wake Forest is 15-3 overall, 5-2 the conference. The Deacons' last eight games include five road tilts, two games with North Carolina and one nonconference game. UNC plays three of its seven games away from home, but all seven are in the family. By KERBY FARRELL HENDERSON, Tenn. (P) I'm still in the process of familiarizing myself with the club's personnel so I'm afraid I won't be in position to give a very comprehensive evaluation of the Cleveland 1 Indians until after we've gotten ourselves straightened away in spring training.

I have been studying the club all winter, naturally, and I have become painfully aware of this: We've got to be more active on the bases. We've got to get to running to break up the double play. To overhaul the Yankees, our club must improve its hitting as well as its team speed. We had a team batting average of .244 last year. This tied three other clubs, Cubs, Giants and Orioles, for the lowest batting mark.

Obviously, the boys have to improve their hitting. I expect that most of the improvement at the plate should come from Bobby Avila and Al Smith. Avila, one of the few batters in the American League with a better than .300 lifetime record, certainly is not a .224 hitter, his average in 1956. I believe that Smith can raise his batting average over the .300 mark as he did in 1955, when he sparked the club all season. It looks like Al Rosen is going to retire.

I certainly hope he changes his mind and plays with us. I would like to have him. He's a real pro and always gives you a good day's work. If Al stays out, we have four-five ways to go. George Strickland, Rudy Regalado and Billy Harrell can play third.

Smith, of course, can also do an acceptable job at third but I'm hopeful of placing him in center field this year. That's what would like to do but you never know. As a matter of fact, I plan to try four or five combinations in Tucson, and by ti the end of spring training, we should have pretty good idea how things shape up. Vic Wertz will be back at first base. He had a good year in' '56 and we expect him to enjoy at least the same kind of season.

I think Avila and Chico Carrasquel can do a good job around second base. I hope to have Bobby run a little more this year. We're going to have five catchers in Tucson Jim Hegan, Al Naragon, Russ Nixon, Earl Averill and a kid called Brown. like to come up with catcher who can rap the ball. In addition to Smith, our outfielders include Gene Woodling, Jim Busby, Rocky Colavito, Roger Maris, Dave Pope and Joe Caffie.

I think Colavito has a chance to be a standout player. He's got lots of power and (a real strong arm. I'd like to give Maris a good shot in left field. The kid's going to be great some day. I don't like to talk too much about my Indianapolis club of last year but after all the kids who played there for me are responsible for my being up here.

In addition to Maris, Harrell, Nixon and 1 Regalado, we're bringyoungsters like Larry Raines, a shortstop who batted over .300 in each of his first two seasons in' organized ball; Bud Daley, Stan Pitula and John Gray, pitchers, and several others. I know they're all good players but I also realize a lot of good minor players don't make it i in the big leagues. I purposely saved the pitching for last because that's where I'm least concerned. I know I am taking over a club with the best pitching staff in the league. I also know that Bob Lemon and Early Wynn are no longer youngsters but I'm encouraged by the fact that each of those men won 10 games after the All-Star game last year.

That means they have shown no signs of slowing up. Score is Score, the best lefthander in the league, and he'll be better. In Ray Narleski and Don Mossi we have the best bullpen in the league. Now if we can only get them a few more runs, we ought to be able to steal a game here and there. Tomorrow's Tides SUNSET TODAY: 5:28 p.m.; sunrise tomorrow: 6:59 a.m.

OCEAN CITY: High, 12:34 a.m. and 1:05 p.m.; low, 7:22 a.m. and 7:26 p.m. TANGIER LIGHT: High, 5:28 a.m. and 6:45 p.m.; low, 11:54 a.m.

and midnight. VIENNA: Add 3:25 to Tangier Light. SALISBURY: Add 3:25 to Tangier Light. WHITE HAVEN: Add 2:40 to Tangier Light. SANDY HILL: Add 2:35 to Tangier Light.

CAPE CHARLES: Subtract 3 hours from Tangier Light. SNOW HILL: Add 3:53 to Tangier Light. CHINCOTEAGUE: Add 1:35 to Tangier Light. FIGHT LAST NIGHT By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Joey Giardello, Philadelphia, outpointed Randy Sandy, New York, 10. Horida SENATORS ORLANDO TIGERS LAKELAND ATHLETICS WEST PALM BEACH WHITE SOX Red Legs- -TAMPA Phillies CLEARWATER Cardinals -ST.

PETERSBURG RED. SOX SARASOTA Braves BRADENTON Pirates FORT MYERS Dodqer'S-VERO BEACH -MIAMI AMERICAN LEAGUE National 1 League Arizona a ORIOLES SCOTTSDALE Giants -PHOENIX Cubs- MESA INDIANS- TUCSON lAP Newsfeatures SPRING TRAINING is just around and four in Arizona. Exhibithe tion games begin March 9 and corner for the major league the regular season opens April 15 teams. Twelve will train in Flor- with Baltimore at Washington. Simmons Appears Ready After Big Comeback Year What a difference a year makes! You can't blame Curt Simmons from humming this refrain on an old tune.

This time last February, the tus of the Phillies' lefthander was so doubtful that he had to show what he could do in spring training before Boss Roy Hamey would him. "Yes, a year makes a big difference," declared Curt yesterday in his suburban Philadelphia home. "Last year I was at the crossroads. I was told to 'show and I had to come through. "Well, my gradually got stronger and finally I got my good fast ball back.

I didn't throw it as much as I used to, but I think I learned to pitch for the first time. "I learned to throw that stow curve," Simmons explained. When I got that over the plate and used my fast one, too, I was doing OK. "I feel that I not only learned how to pitch, but was consistent for the first time. I always had trouble putting three or four good pitches together.

Even in 1950 when I won 17 games I had trouble doing that." He won 12 of his last 16 decisions and compiled a seven-game winning streak which Brooklyn ended with a 3-2 squeezer. "Yes, have a real idea of how to pitch now. That's easy to talk about but so hard to learn," he declared. "Whitlow Wyatt 1 lies pitching coach) told me in the spring that everyone has to learn sooner or later and my arm trouble just meant I'd have to learn sooner than some others." Curt was asked if the toe he shaved with a power lawn mower in 1953 affected his pitching. "They say it caused my arm trouble, but I don't believe he replied.

"After all I won 16 games that year and was out for a month. I really hurt my arm the next spring." Simmons skidded in-1955 with an 8-8 record, then came his big comeback last season, and Curt now appears ready to go on from here. Hamey hopes he doesn't stopshort of 20 wins. Joe Bowen Named Pittsburgh Scout PITTSBURGH (P) E. Joseph Bowen of Greenwich, N.

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