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Piqn It, .1 STAR NPWS WANT.AnS TuiJv. I93 Tuesday, December 3, 1963 Poge 21 THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS Tribe sins IFiFsit Hl-Team League Frick wanted the IL to retain its 10-team arangement and said its refusal to do so would result in the loss of certain benefits. These include a promised $50 increase in the amount paid by the majors toward the monthly salary of each Triple-A player, and a $2,500 payment for each player recalled from the IL by a big league club. The coast league will operate In two six-team divisions. Little Rock, Indianapolis, Salt Lake City, Denver, Oklahoma City and Dallas will be in the Eastern Division, and Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, Spokane, San Diego and Hawaii will be in the Western Each club will play 11 games at home and 11 away with each other team in its division, and four games at home and four away with each team in the other division.

The schedule runs 158 games. franchises in seven non-Pacific Coast states Utah, Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma, Hawaii, Indiana and Arkansas. It's more than 4,500 miles from Indianapolis to Honolulu. Baseball Commissioner Ford C. Frick said before the winter baseball convention here that the major leagues would not continue to pay $78,000 a year to defray additional travel costs resulting from last year's expansion of the International League.

The majors offered other financial assistance but the IL said it would not be sufficient and voted to revert to its eight-team setup. The PCL agreed to take in the two clubs dropped by the 1L. The coast league, unlike the International, will operate in two divisions. This helps hold down travel costs. The PCL has an additional financial advantage in that four of its teams are owned outright by major league clubs that pick up all the bills.

This puts Indianapolis in three different leagues in the space of three years. 'It was in the now-defunct American Association before joining the International League prior to the 1963 season, and won pennants in each of the last three years. (Max Schumacher, general manager of the Indianapolis club, said in San Diego last night the majors had made a verbal promise to reimburse the Indianapolis club for any excess of its travel expenses over 1963. He also said the Indianapolis manage? will not be named until later this month, pending the formal acceptance of entry into the Pacific Coast League by the board of directors of Indians, Inc. Schumacher will not return to Indianapolis until the latter part of next week.) With the changes, the PCL will have SAN DIEGO, Calif.

(AP) The study of geography hardly has been facilitated by the latest reorganization of minor league baseball. The Pacific Coast League, as the name may suggest, was originally intended to operate in an area bordering on the Pacific Ocean. But today, looking at it from a geographic standpoint, you'd have to say it borders on the ridiculous. It has not only failed to stay within a $50 bus ride of the Pacific Coast but has crossed the Rocky Mountains and is moving with deliberate speed toward the Atlantic Seaboard. When the International League dropped Indianapolis and Little Rock yesterday, the Pacific Coast League agreed to pick them up in 1964, becoming the first 12-team circuit in the history of organized baseball.

ftTk, BY DICK DENNY BLACKIE IS BLUE TpHE QUESTION was blunt, 'Is Tech really 21 points NFL Picks 280 better than Southport?" The answer was even more blunt. "Definitely. They are big, fast and real quick. We would have had to shoot .600 and play errorless ball to even come Close." 'U BLACKIE BRADEN is a pretty fair country psychologist. But he also knows good basketball teams when he sees them.

He believes he nail's At ace gn0HMMMIIMBHMMH i riT" "'i I rl i i saw a very good one Saturday night when the Tech Titans demoralized the Cardinals, 7S-55. "This Tech club is more impressive than last year's," continued Braden, whose team lost its first game after three victories. Since the Titans of JACK BRADFORD lost only four times in 24 starts in 1962-63, that would indicate Tech AFL Impact Felt In Draft Of Collegians From the Press Associations CHICAGO The National Football League labored 21 hours and 43 minutes yesterday and today and selected 280 college players in the longest continuous draft session in its history. The marathon started at 10:04 a.m. yesterday and ended at 7:47 a.m.

today. The NFL-plum-picking ses- unanimously. Thus the own-sion progressed at the slowest ers ordered sandwiches at pace in history as every team midnight, coffee and rolls for cautiously sounded out pros- 3 a.m. delivery and breakfast BRADEN NFL CHOOSES 9 HOOSIERS CHICAGO Hoosier college football players chosen in the National Football League draft: Marv Woodson, Indiana halfback, by Baltimore (first round). Jim Kelly, Notre Dame end, by Pittsburgh (second round).

Paul Costa, Notre Dame back, by Green Bay (fourth round). Frank Budka, Notre Dame back, by Chicago (fourth round). Jim Snowden, Notre Dame back, by Washington (fifth round). George Bednar, Notre Dame guard, by St. Louis (eighth round).

Tom Boris, Purdue back, by Philadelphia (10th round). Tom MacDonald, Notre Dame back, by Washington (13th round). Dave Humenik, Notre Dame tackle, by New York, (17th round). pects before it made its official selection. in the grand ballroom of the Sheraton Hotel, site of the draft, at 7 a.m.

The selections went about as expected, with the FOUR TOP CHOICES SIGNED BY CLUBS 'It's Like This' players that went high in the The pattern paid off for ing at the Warren Hotel. The Sheriff will get a chance to put theory into practice tomorrow night when the Hoosiers meet Notre Dame in Fort Wayne. The NEWS Photo, Robert Lavelle. is of championship caliber this trip. "That's right," said Blackie.

"The bench is Strong. (JON) SPADORCIA adds a little speed. And you know if (GARY) KENNEDY (6-2 and 205) is playing guard, they have to be big. Kennedy is a good shot, too." Besides its speed, size and bench, the. thing about Tech that impressed Braden most was its explosive-rss.

"We struggled along, at a 15-15 tie, then 4 or 5 Jtinutes later I look up at the scoreboard and we're t2 points behind. We made three defensive errors, then BOB SIMPSON committed'three offensive errors and Tech had 12 points." Blackie saw a little light filter through the gloom. "The defeat did us good. It shook up a couple of he regulars." That was the end of the optimism. Returning to his blues number, Blackie said, "We must try to make changes in our bench.

If we don't get some results, yts might be in for a long year. We got 88 shots against Tech, but we've got nobody to put it in the hbop." JOBODY anticipated the '63-64 high school basket-ball season anymore intensely than NORM STAR- Robert Freeman (left), luncheon chairman, listens as Branch Mc-Cracken of Indiana University outlines his basketball coaching philos-ophy at yesterday's I.U. tipoff gather- some clubs. Four signed their No. 1 selections before mid- UpT YT night, Minnesota tackle Carl NFL.

One exception Los Eller with Minnesota, Tennessee tackle Dick Evey with Chicago, Utah State quarter not chosen until J.he 16th round by the AFL. San Francisco made Texas back Bill Munson with Los Angeles, and Indiana halfback Tech end Dave Parks the No. Marv Woodson with Balti- P1 oi we nru meeung, more, followed by guard Bob Brown Two No. 2 picks were of Nebraska by the Philadel- wrapped up, too, Southern Pa tagies, nairoacic cnanes California end Hal Bedsole by Taylor of Arizona State by Minnesota and Kentucky Washington, ana i exas tacKie Scott Appleton by Dallas, tackle Herschel Turner by St. picked after a wait of 2 hours Louis.

The club owners, plagued and 39 minutes, longest ever with the problem of com- in a draft meeting. pletine the draft so that they Other first-round picks were i Seogimsi Scogrami Exlra si Extra i I Extra Boi 1 'Exlm Drg KEY, and for good reason. It would be his first as hpad coach and he would have "what we thought $ere four pretty good players" to work with at his alma mater, Pike. Then in August he got hit with a pair of haymakers. First, his junior center, 6-4 TOM MASTERS who averaged 11.6 points a game as a can continue trying to sign Southern California quarter-prospects under the threat back Pete Beathard by Detroit, from the AFL, settled down Louisville tackle Ken Kortas for an all-night stand in an by St.

Louis, Pittsburgh half-attempt to complete the 20 back Paul Martha by Pitts-rounds scheduled. burgh, Ohio State halfback Some favored stopping after Paul Warfield by Cleveland, 15 rounds, but a few were Oklahoma halfback Joe Don adamant that they complete Looney- by New York, and the route and any cutdown Nebraska tackle Lloyd Voss would have to be approved by Green Bay. Pros Willing To Wait For Roger CHICAGO (AP) Roger Staubach, Heisman Award winner, was drafted by both professional football leagues, although he still has a year at the Naval Academy and at least three years in service ahead of him. Staubach was taken by the Dallas Cowboys in the 10th round of tne National Football League draft today and by the Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League in the 18th round Saturday. sophomore, transferred to Southport.

The second blow was even more devastating. GORDON LYNN, one of the area's outstanding prospects who averaged 21 points as a junior, moved to Florida. He enrolled in a Bradentown high school where erstwhile Pike coach HUGH THIMLAR is now teaching. But, since Lynn's parents didn't move, -'-STARKLY PARIS WOULD BE NEARER The way things are going in minor league baseball these days, the Indianapolis Indians might find themselves in a league including Paris, France. If they did, they would have no farther to go than on their longest 1964 trip when they journey to Hawaii in the Pacific Coast League.

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90 PROOF. DISTILLED DRY GIN. DISTILLED FROM AMERICAN GRAIN. henvas declared ineligible. The boy returned to Indianapolis and classes at PiRe.

But under IHSAA rules he could not play here, eiiher. "It was a shock," admits Starkey, who was graduated from Pike in 1955 and from Ball State three years ago. "I thought we would be pretty fair with Masters and Lynn. It's particularly rough on Gordon." Z7 Despite the staggering losses, Pike has been a in its first three games. The Red Devils lost to Speedway and Danville by a total of three points, then Saturday trounced Chatard, 79-35.

JIM ROLLINS, who scored 142 points a year ago, and STEVE MILLER, who got only 36 points in '62-'63 are the team's leaders. They are two of only three lettermen on a club that has just four seniors among 12 players. A pleasant surprise has been the rebounding of lj-year-old sophomore LARRY HABEGGER. He lacked off 12 rebounds in the opener and 21 against ITJanville. "He's done better than I thought he'd do," Starkey, TrT, Sn I -iff fcsiiw: far GET 2 NEW WHEELS The BIG Says: NAMES IN SPORT The NEWS Photo, Joe Young.

Marv Woodson, Indiana University halfback drafted and signed by the Baltimore Colts, was in another draft Saturday as he watched the Hoosiers lose the Old Oaken Bucket game to Purdue, 21-15, at Bloomington. I Angels Get Latrnan I In Wagner Trade "The Los Angeles Angels trided outfielder LEON WAGNER to the Cleveland Indians foT pitcher BARRY LATMAN and another player to be named by March 1. "BOB TAYLOR, a catcher-outfielder for the Milwaukee. With Purchase of Two WINTER CLEAT NYGEN SNOW TIRES 5 DOWN equips your car with a pair of WINTER CLEATS! Braves, has been purchased by the New major league draft. Koplitz had a 7-8 record with Syracuse of the International League last season Drafted from the Indianapolis roster were pitchers DICK SPARKS, former Indiana University and Bloomington High School basketball player, by the San Francisco Giants, GIL DOWNS by the New York Yankees, and DON HAGEN by the St.

Louis Cardinals. ROBERT GIEGENGACK of Yale has been named coach of the U.S. track and field for the Tokyo Olympics, with RUT WALTER of Wisconsin as one of his assistants. tirf BORDERS 9 POINTS OFF IN GUESSING It remained for the final week of The News Downtown Quarterbacks Club football picking contest for the winner to set a season record for closeness to the actual scores. Paul Borders was only 9 points off the scores of the Indiana-Purdue and Michigan State-Illinois games.

He picked Purdue, 21-17, and Illinois, 14-6. The Boilermakers won, 21-15, and the Illini, 13-0. With the Iowa-Notre Dame game only two contests were graded and 30 DQs picked both winners. There were 91 who missed one and 54 who guessed wrong on both. line GENERAL GENERAL CO.

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