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Flayers 1SOX THE TAMPA TRIBIJVF: Section Classified TAMPA, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, JAN. 13, 1963 Luis Aparicio, Wilhelm in Deal The Morning After 2 (fit Tom M'Ewen TRIBUNE SPORTS EDITOR Lfbl By CHARLES CHAMBERLAIN CHICAGO P) The Baltimore Orioles and Chicago White Sox, both disappointments last season, packaged a trade involving six players yesterday for their 1963 objective of dethroning the New York Yankees. The Sox, who finished fifth in the 1962 American League race, departed with flashy Latin shortstop Luis Aparicio, 29, and slugging outfielder-in-fielder Al Smith, 34. The Orioles, who shared seventh place with Boston, gave up knuckle ball relief ace Hoyt Wilhelm, 39; shortstop Ron Hansen, 24, 1960 A. L.

rookie of the year; third baseman Pete Ward, 23, a .328 hitter for Rochester, second in the International League's 1962 batting race; and outfielder Dave Nicholson, 23, a $115,000 bonus baby five years ago. Both clubs were pleased with the deal as mutually Rhubarb Continues -Ends It's been a while since an item of what might be considered passing interest has generated so much reader response. Subject was the Al Sweeney story in the Morning After last week saying he recalled in his Chicago days of the Thirties that the late Rogers Hornsby was ticketed by a promoter to fight baseball player-boxer Art Shires. Shires was a Chicago White Sox and Boston player who had a series of pro fights, including one against a Boston catcher and one against ex-Chicago Bear football player George Trafton. In came the letters, telephone calls and visits, some of which have been printed.

Well, here's one final discussion with three more comments from readers and a final rebuttal from Sweeney, to close the issue. Dear Sir: "I just had to sit down and write to you this correction. I realize this will never hit your column but will set you and the readers straight. I grew up in Chicago and was raised on Bear meet. My dad was a good friend of Papa Bear, the great George Halas, in the days of the great George Trafton, all-league for four or five years.

"Art Shires was the White Sox first baseball, good hitter, Ron Hansen Hoyt Wilhelm strengthening each other where it was needed. "Aparicio is a great little shotstop," said Sox Manager Al Lopez. "But Hansen not only is a good defensive player he also can hit with more authority and for our purposes be more valuable. "We needed a stopper in the bull pen and Wilhelm is the best in the business. He will help our young pitching staff a lot with his mopup work.

"I've had nothing but great reports on Ward. Nicholson has tremendous potential he is fine on defense, can throw and has great power." Oriole President Lee MacPhail said in Baltimore that the decision for the trade was a very difficult one. "But we had the opportunity to get the best shortstop in the league and one of the best hitters (Smith) he said. "We just couldn't pass it up. "Wilhelm did a magnificent job for us in relief.

Hansen has had two disappointing seasons but if he comes back to his 1960 level, the White Sox have made themselves a good deal." Hurting At Third The Sox have been hurting at third base, where Al Smith, essentially an outfielder, was used mainly last year with Charlie Smith backing him up. Al's defensive play left something to be desired but he more than made up for it by batting .292, slamming 16 homers and driving in 82 runs. The slump of Aparicio has been blamed by Lopez as one of the reasons the Sox finished 11 games behind the champion Yankees. Little Looie, one of the original go-go kids, reportedly was hurt deeply when the Sox slashed his 1963 contract from something like $43,000 to $35,000. From his Venezuelan home, Louie was quoted as saying he wouldn't sign and would quit the game if his salary were cut.

With the Sox since 1956, Aparicio led the league in stolen bases every year. In 1962 he dropped to 31 thefts from a top of 56 when the club won the pennant in 1959. And his batting dwindled to .241 from a career mark of .266. "Ward probably was the key Orioles Reluctant, But Trade 'Helpful' Louis Aparicio Dave Nicholson WESTERN, TBC age good glove man but could not keep his mouth shut. Went around beating up bums.

Trafton, the man who spit tobacco in your eyes and things like that during a game, anything to open up a hole, just could not take Shires' ways and challenged him to a boxing exhibition. It was held at White City on 63rd South Park Ave. After the fight everyone said Shires should have been a catcher because he sure caught everything good that night. I believe it made him a better ballplayer even if it did ruin his ring career. Hoping this will straighten out the story.

I just hated to see George Trafton see his name spelled "Prafton" and also you did not give him credit for the win." Signed: Lee Whiting 326M Albert St. Dunedin. "Dear Sir: "I formerly sold peanuts as a kid in Boston and recall much of the Art Shires days. I'm sure it wasn't Hornsby (Rogers) he was scheduled to fight, but Hack Wilson. I do recall that Shires, a stand-up fighter who was pretty good, beating a Boston catcher in the Boston Garden.

Can't recall the catcher's name. Know he was bald-headed and it sounded like "Spora or Sporo." Signed: Ernie Brenner Tampa By GORDON BEARD BALTIMORE The Baltimore Orioles, wheeling and dealing after two disappointing seasons, completed Monday their fifth and biggest trade since the close of the 1962 campaign. The deal, which sent four players to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for shortstop Luis Aparicio, outfielder Al Smith and pitcher Dean Stone, was described by Oriole President Lee MacPhail as "the biggest the Orioles Swap Gives By JIM SELMAN Assistant Sports Editor Youthful Pete Ward is the Chicago White Sox key man in yesterday's trade with Baltimore, but one-time bonus baby Dave Nicholson figures strongly in Manager Al Lopez' long-range plans. Lopez, back in Tampa yesterday after eight days in Chicago, said the 6-player trade "gives us more balance and some youth." "Our club is going to be a young club again," he added. "Right now I would say Ward is the key man for us, but overall I think Nicholson is." Chicago got Ward, Nichol Free Subbing- raves -ML Al Smith more speed, a righthanded hitting outfielder, a lead-off batter (Aparicio) and the best shortstop in the league." "In addition," Hitchcock said, "it will give us a more flexible lineup.

Smith can play third base as well as the outfield, and the addition of both players will enable us to juggle the batting order." The Oriole manager said a Baltimore infield of Brooks Robinson at third base, Aparicio at short, Jerry Adair at second base, and Jim Gentile at first "will compare with any in the league." Stone was assigned to the Oriole farm club at Rochester but will be given a chance to make the club during spring training. Figured Needs At the end of the 1962 season, when the Orioles finished seventh, MacPhail said the main needs were to improve the catching and shortstop departments, obtain a righthanded hitting outfielder and lefthanded relief pitching. "We figure we've done all this," MacPhail said yesterday. "We had to give up some pitching, and we don't know how much this has hurt us. But the team appears in a lot better position to compete for the pennant than it did last year." "Ideally, I would like free substitution with no restrictions," Graves said.

"However, I'm actually surprised they went this far in liberalizing substitution and I'm glad they did. It's a good rule." Comments also came from other regions yesterday. Oregon coach Len Casanova said he was opposed to the unlimited substitution rule for college football. "I'm on the coaches' rules committee and I'm one of the few who voted against free substitution," he said. Casanova said he had been aware coaches generally favored the change but said he was surprised more opposition didn't come from athletic directors.

It is going to make the game more expensive, he said, because of larger squads and big schools hiring added coaches. Tommy Prothro, at nearby Oregon State University, said he, too, opposed the new rule. "It'll take more boys and more coaches, which we can't afford Leaving out the winning factor, I feel a boy ought to learn to play both ways." Arizona coach Jim Larue spoke out against the change, too. The vote approving the rule showed more than 500 coaches favored the change. Slightly more than 100 opposed the action.

V-i 4 VS Rule have made since I joined the club in 1953." The Orioles admittedly gave up one of the best relief pitchers in baseball Hoyt Wilhelm and three young players who eventually could be regulars for the White Sox Pete Ward, Dave Nicholson and Ron Hansen. While reluctant to trade the young players, Manager Billy Hitchcock said "The deal will help us in so many ways, we just couldn't turn it down. "We'll have more dash, Chisox Youth son, knuckleball pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm and shortstop Ron Hansen from the Orioles for shortstop Luis Aparicio and third baseman-outfielder Al Smith. Ward, a third baseman, hit .328 for Rochester last year which was second best in the International League. Nicholson hit only .173 for Baltimore, but Lopez said he just hasn't developed.

All four players are considered in Lopez' 1963 plans and Ward may be the best White Sox third baseman to come along since George Kell. "We haven't had a good third baseman since I've been with the club, Lopez said. will help spectators too, because they will see a better brand of college football; and will make it easier on the officials. The Gator coach said he and his staff will study the new rule carefully to see if it will permit two-platoon football of the type used in the pro leagues. If so, Florida will use the two-platoon system, Graves said.

"My best guess right now is we'll have an offensive first team and a defensive first team, backed up by an offensive second team and a defensive second team," he said. 9 1 Pete Ward Games number of six games in the It Was Wilson, Not Hornsby "Dear Tom: "I'm glad someone wrote and contacted you about the ob vious error in Al Sweeney's Hornsby story. I might suggest that Mr. Sweeney stick to auto race tracks, or whatever business he Set in Tampa Tampa basketball followers can be real finicky to night with a season record offering in city gymnasiums. Four of the contests involve Western Conference teams, one matches independents and the other is a is in.

I hope his memory isn't used too much in his particular line of endeavor as he might find himself on relief roles. "Hornsby probably never was seen in a prize fight area, let alone bargain to fight in one. He was known to spend much time and money at horse tracks but baseball was the only other known way to spend time as far as Rog was concerned. He was one of the most stern baseball men in history. Too honest and blunt to hold a job long as he could not bow to being a "I am not positive that Hack Wilson was the man booked to fight Shires, but he might have been.

He worked as a doorman, greeter and bouncer in some side street night clubs before his death. "I worked for baseball clubs in Chicago from 1934 to 1941, which of course was after the Art Shires era, but I remember a lot about him and his fighting. He now lives in Dallas near his favorite hangouts of his minor league days. "Hornsby is gone but I doubt that anyone will ever come along to duplicate his records, or his personality." Signed: DO NOT PRINT MY NAME (It was signed) St. Petersburg Okay, Okay, Okay.

Now, here, in closing the subject, is a last word from the fellow who started it all, Al Sweeney, Tampa. GAINESVILLE (JPh-Coach Ray Graves of Florida said yesterday he is pleased with the new football substitution rule. "This is a real step forward," he said. "Now the boys can go in and out of the game an unlimited number of times and can do the things they specialize in. All the bookkeeping regarding entries will be done away with." One of the biggest headaches for coaches under limited substitution has been the bookkeeping to make certain no players entered illegally and brought a costly penalty.

Graves said the rule change man in the deal," MacPhail said. "He hit .328 at Rochester and is the kind of player who should hit at any level." Ward's bat work included 22 homers, 34 doubles, i triples and 90 RBI. He also stole 17 bases and scored 114 runs. Wilhelm has made more relief appearances than any other pitcher in major league history and his career 2.74 earned run average is the best since the advent of the lively ball in 1920. He was 7-10 last year with a 1.94 ERA and was credited with 13 saves.

Hansen's rookie-of-the-year honors in 1960 were based on 22 home runs and 86 RBI as (Continued on Page 2, Col. 6) over Mississippi State. Seven of the Yellowjackets' triumphs have been squeakers. They've won three games by one point, three by two and one by three. WICHITA (11-3), West Virginia (10-3) and newcomer Stanford (10-3) rounded out the top ten.

Stanford replaced North Carolina, which bowed to Wake Forest last week for its second loss in eight games. The Indians exchanged victories with strong Oregon State. The odd part of it was that each lost at home and won on the visiting court. (Continued on Page 2, Col. 4) Hferafc.

vftjg Tampa Bay Conference episode which is perhaps the major attraction due to the fact it in volves two loop unbeatens. This showdown, between Hernando and Brewster Tech, is scheduled at Jefferson High's gym. Both teams are 3-0 in the league and are in a three-way tie with Gulf for first place. The game pits Brewster's high scoring 6-3 John Carter, who is among the league scoring leaders, and four Hernando players who are also among the loop's top point men. The foursome includes Jerry Jones, Frank Vohun, Bobby Wordlow and Tom Gant.

Overall Hernando's Leopards have the best record of 8-2. Brewster has won five and lost four. Both Jefferson and Hillsborough, who are in a three-way race with Plant for the Western Conference title, play home games tonight, but only the Dragons face a league foe. Jefferson, which owns a sparkling 10-2 season mark and a 5-1 Western history plus the circuit's scoring leader Cliff Rodriguez (27.2), plays at Chamberlain, whose Chiefs (Continued on Page 2, Col. 2) Tonight's Games Tampa Catholic at OLPH (Mary Help gym) Lakeland at Robinson (Plant gym) Winter Haven at King (Jesuit gym) Jefferson at Chamberlain Jesuit at Hillsborough Hernando at Brewster Tech (Jefferson gym) Turkey Creek al East Bay Zephyrhills at Tineerest Plant at Manatee Gulf at Brandon AS IT was, the high-scoring Ramblers had to be content with second place on 383 points.

One of Loyola's two victories last week was a 107-69 triumph over Western Michigan, making the eighth time the Ramblers had gone over the 100 mark. Illinois's once-beaten quintet spurted into third place on the strength of a pair of Big Ten victories over highly rated Ohio State and Michigan. The Illini record is now 11-1. Despite victories over Brigham Young and Utah, which boosted Arizona State's HP lop And the Home of the Brave Mrs. Norman (Jo Ann) Sloan, wife of the University of Florida basketball coach, sings the National Anthem before each home game at Florida Gym in Gainesville.

LOYOLA IN SECOND PLACE- It Was Wilson and Hornsby "Dear Tom: "Just hopped off a plane from Jefferson City, where I just signed seven auto racing dates at the Missouri State Fair for next summer. That my little story about Art Shires 'caused quite a stir. "I am sure that my memory is not as good as the two Polack Bros. Circus elephants, Mona and Mary-Ann. After all, can you remember the name of the girl you dated in June, 1930, which was the period that we were talking about?" "Getting back to the Shires episode, he did fight George Trafton at White City Arena, at 63rd and South Park.

I can't find the record of the outcome, but I believe it was a draw. They were both dog-tired at the end of four rounds and neither could land a punch the last minute, they were that tired. I saw that one! "I was working for Jim Mullen and Nate Lewis (both deceased), at the Chicago Stadium at the time. It was in the depths of the depression and couldn't get a dollar for a 10-dollar gold piece. That's why Mullen grabbed the opportunity to capitalize on the popularity and publicity that Shires was creating at the time.

"The Hornsby deal was a secret only shared by those within the publicity department, Mullen, Lewis and Hornsby. Mullen already had Gabby Hartnett signed to a match and that reached the papers through the grapevine. If Shires had beaten Hartnett, the 'dream match' was to take place outside, in all probabilitySoldier Field because the baseball owners were crying bloody murder that baseball was being prostituted. It was here that Judge Landis came into the picture and put his foot down on Shires fistic career. "Ray Alvis and Jack Hurley, two astute fight managers, who were booking Shires for Nessie Blumenthal, a Chicago southsider, personal manager for the Chicago first baseman.

At least 10 fights had been signed at th etime, including the one with the catcher of the Boston Red Sox (Al Spora, I think), which came off in the Boston Garden was won by Shires before capacity house." Signed: Al Sweeney Tampa Lage earcats By Associated Press For the seventh straight week, ever since the season's start, Cincinnati's basketball team finished on top in The Associated Press poll yesterday. And for the third straight week, the steam-rolling Bearcats swept the boards, gathering up all 45 first place votes for a perfect 450 points. If it weren't for the unbeaten Bearcats, who now have won 31 straight, 13 this season, No. 1 team honors undoubtedly would have gone to Loyola of Chicago which owns an unblemished record through 15 games this season. season record to 14-1, the Sun Devils dropped a notch to fourth.

DUKE'S Blue Devils jumped a notch to fifth and Ohio State fell from fourth to sixth. Duke knocked off Navy and Clemson to make its record 12-2 while Ohio State brought its record to 10-2, defeating Michigan after absorbing a 90-78 defeat at the hands of Illinois. Duke attracted 154 points to the Buckeyes' 144. Unbeaten Georgie Tech (11-0) retained seventh place with two close victories 72-70 over Georgia and 73-71 TIIACKER GRABS ONE Cincinnati's Tom Thacker (No. 23) steals rebound from Tulsa's Bill Kuslelka (11) during Cincinnati's 67-57 victory Saturday night which enabled the Bearcats to retain the top college basketball ranking.

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