The Dispatch from Moline, Illinois • 17

I Afoline-East Moline, W. THE DAILY DISPATCH: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1955 17 11 I. II I New Bedford, Phoenix Mix rue Ml D-yl'fec Solders Plan Annual Labor Day Tourney Annual Labor Day Rolle Bolle Tournament will begin at 8:30 Monday morning on the parking lot at Stephens Park, Edmund Van In Feature Game Tonight By PAUL CARLSON Dispatch Sports Editor NATIONAL LEAGUE Pet CB Brooklyn 8S 4 .652 Milwaukee 73 II .545 14 Philadelphia Tl (4 .528 J6V4 NEW BEDFORD Jack Randall, stringbean fastball pitcher for the Long Beach, Nighhawks, had Geneseo batters swinging ball coach Forest Evashevskl will starry eyed here last night as he and his mates blew down the Illi- New York. 61 65 .511 ClndnnaU S7 71 22 Chicago 5 72 .474 23V St. Loull 55 78 .414 Jl'A I'lttsburgh 53 111 .396 84 do the narration.

Austin Returns To Pro A familiar face has returnprl in Vooren, director or the tournament, has announced. The tournament, sponsored jointly by Moline Playground and Recreation Department and The Dispatch, is open to all holders. Trophies will be presented winners ol the event. 'As is the custom holders will move to Arena Gardens in East noia state champions, 12-0, in a 5-lnning no-hit, no-run performance Wally Linn, basketball coach at I TTMW 1 I LOU NOVIKOFF Tonight's Hrhedule Waverly, Iowa, High School the in the world Tournament of the International Softball League. Only two batters, Al DeWulf and Don Hancock, of the Geneseo Sieben Hybrids team, were able to retire themselves other than via New York at Philadelphia ClndnnaU at Milwaukee the professional football wars but Friday's Kesolta last three years, has been named head cage mentor at Ames High.

Moline Monday afternoon tor the championship event of the Western Illinois Bolders Association schedule. Chicago 12. St. Uuls 2 Brooklyn 2, Pittsburgh 0 the strikeout route against Randall, who fanned 13. DeWulf and Han cock both went out on easy Infield grounders.

He succeeds Ron Norman who has Philadelphia 8. New York I moved over to Freeport, to a post ClndnnaU 2. Milwaukee Randall's perfect pitching ef- Sunday's Schedule vacated by ex-Illinois star Bill ning. He whiffed two more in the Erickson. Erickson has gone into Pittsburgh at Brooklyn New York at Philadelphia ClndnnaU at Milwaukee St.

Louts at Chicago fifth before Hancock grounded to business In his home town of Rock- he won't be blocking, running, passing or tackling. Instead, East Moline'i Bob Austin will don his striped shirt, with built-in whistle, for the 1355 National Football League season. After a 2-year layoff, during which time he served as an official In Big 10 football and basketball, Austin has again received an appointment as a referee in the NFL. This is the 10th year of NFL service for Austin who was the shortstop. Randall didn't walk Recalls Baseball Days in Moline Novikoff Still Swats ford.

a man. Pobanz stuck out two but Monday's Schedule Philadelphia at Brooklyn (2i fort advanced the Long Beach entry, one of three tournament favorites, Into a crucial winner's bracket mix against Dinuba, featuring former East Moliner Bryan Voight, this aft ernoon In the second of a three game set. Three more games are on tap walked five and had tii'o wild em Pittsburgh at New York 2) Milwaukee at Chicago (2) At long last, you lawn bowlers pitches, while Long passed three ClndnnaU at St. Louis are going to have a place to bowl, AMERICAN I.EAOCE Moline Park and Recreation De Chicago 80 51 partment is engaged in building New York 52 Cleveland 79 53 .598 a lawn bowling "green In River long Beach sluggers. In the opener Elgin's Wally Gifford scattered five hits effectively and his mates finally cam? up with single runs in the fifth and sixth innings to account for for tonight, with Chochituate, Boston ...75 5S .573 with the go-for-dough circuit eight side Park and reports say it will Detroit (7 .504 1H 14 25 S2M 7tt meeting winner of this aft years before his stint with the be ready for use yet this season.

Kansas City 55 78 .420 ernoon's Gary-Geneseo game in Washington ...48 .359 All but four horseshoe courts have NEW BEDFORD Seventeen years ago this summer the "Mad Russian" made his debut into organized baseball with the Moline Plows of the Three-I League. That same Russian, Lou Novikoff, is back in the area now taking part in his first sport soft-ball and he still recalls those days in Moline which started him toward a brief but noisy stint In Baltimore 41 ,320 the loser's bracket; host New Bed been removed to make way for the Tonlrtit's Schedule ford Elites tangling with Phoenix, Detroit at Kansas City innovation. We hope to be able to Boston at Baltimore in a winner's bracket game; tell you a little more about the Friday's Results and Elgin meeting winner of the Chicago 8. Cleveland 1 New York 4, Washington 7 Arlington-Dayton affair in the fi Kansas City Detroit 6 nale. First game tonight starts at Boston a Baltimore I Sunday' Schedule 7.

the shutout win. Phoenix's Kenny Law gave up one run In the first but then was air tight and his mates tied the score In the sixth and counted twice against Paul Johnson, third Dayton pitcher, In the seventh to win the third game of the evening. Newcastle's win eliminated Cochituate from the tourney. Platteville also bowed out in the first game. LONG BEACH GENESEO ABRH A8 Detroit at Kansas City Chicago at Cleveland (2) Boston at Baltimore to his first playing contract," Frank says.

"He led the Three-I League in hitting that year." It was a great season for Novikoff. Not only did he top the league in hitting with a average, he also led in most hits with 186, most total bases with 313, most triples with 23 and most runs batted in with 114. His efforts helped Moline finish third. That kind of performance earned hlra a promotion, and the Cubs moved Lou to Tulsa, In the Texas League after looking him over carefully In the spring of 1939. He had another good season and earned a chance with the Cubs next season, but was sent back to Mil ISPORTS SEEN I By Paul Carlson Washington at New York Monday's Schedule Four more games are on tap tomorrow night, but pairings can't be made until completion of tonight's games.

The tournament winds np Monday night. In another winner's bracket Chicago at Detroit (2) the major leagues. In 1938 the Chicago Cubs picked Novikoff off a California softball team and lured him Into organized baseball, lie was a pitcher In softball. but bis clouts with the bat caught the eye of Cub scouts and they signed him as an outfielder, assigning him to Moline. Now Lou is back with the team Kansas City at Cleveland (2) New York at BalUmore 2) Washington at Boston (2) PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE told me that." Novikoff broke in with the Cuds in 1311 and lasted through the 1944 season when he appeared in 71 games, mostly as a pinch hitter.

He hit well times, looked lousy at other times. His fielding was never the best in the league. He never minced words, and as a result he became some of the greatest baseball "copy" for sportswriters during the war seasons. Because of this, he also became one of the game's controver sial characters. "People came out to see me play," Lou says.

"When I played good, they cheered. When I played bad, they booed. But they still came to see me play. "I told Wrlglf gr that and asked -to play more or be traded. But I never got that chance The next year (1945) when the Cubs won the pennant I was working for 18 a week," he laughs.

Actually, Novikoff spent the 1945 season at Los Angeles in the Pacific Coast League and hit .310. He did a brief stint with the Phillies in 19-16 but went back to Los Angeles the next year. Lou now makes his home in South Gate, and works for contest last night Phoenix pushed Seattle S-2. Portland 0-0 progress of work and of lawn bowling itself soon. Ron Bonis, regular forward for East Moline last season, will enter Iowa Wesleyan this fall, adding to the growing list of Quad City cagers being herded to Mt Pleasant by Coach Jack Spencer.

Bonis had originally considered Cornell College, MU Vernon, Iowa. Harvey Carr, Bonis' running mate for the 1955-thrrs, will apparently not enter 66 Panthers, will apparently not enter DePauw as be had planned. Looks like Big Seven football fans may not get to see any games on TV this fall at least Big Seven games. The package offer of across a pair of runs in the top San Francisco 17, Oakland 4 ionr, ss 4 1 IS Hancock 3b of the seventh inning to beat Day San Diego I. Sacramento 3 Los Angeles 4.

Hollywood 1 Herroa 3b ton, 3-L In the opener, a loser's AMERICAN ASSOCIATION IKInp DrMulf Fobans 1 1 ln 1ft 1 Injur rt rt 1 bracket game, Elgin eliminated where he first gained fame, the Gok-tte Hull if Biovlkoff. If Humltton cf 3 Denver 4-4, Minneapolis 2-2 Omaha 2. St. Paul Indianapolis 1. Toledo 3 Platteville, from the tour Long Beach, Nighhawks Western Conference.

Austin Is assigned to an East era crew of officials, meaning most of them come from th eastern part of the country and will do most of their officiating la the east He has worked two exhibition games already this Pittsburgh and Green Bay In Green Bay, and Hash Ington and Baltimore in Baltimore. IDs next game will be la Pittsburgh on Sept. 11. In all, Bob figures to work about 14 games throughout the season which will keep him hopping right up until basketball time. His schedule will also keep the folks at United Airlines on the ball since Austin and United have been a traveling team for many years.

Bob belongs to the exclusive Mile Club. The decision to switch to pro officiating means, of course, that Austin will not be able to handle Big 10 basketball, or football for that matter. According to Big 10 rules, an official cannot mix pro work with that in Western Conference play. This will mean that Bob's time this winter will be taken with high school and small coH'ge officiating around the Midwest. With the smaller fees payed outside the Big 10, we Imagine Austin will spend many busy hours darting back and Charleston I Hane't lb e'Louisville nament with a 2-0 win, while In softball crew.

He's playing left INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Nllvas lb 1 White 1 Bandnll I Andemon 1 1 Knush it 1 6 field for the Californians in the the windup game Newcastle, Totals It Thnrman AIM beat Cochituate, 3-2. in International Softball League another loser's bracket affair. World Tournament here this week. fcrhntt-, 2b 0 Totalf 15 Lent Beach 0 SI IS Dick Pobanz, starting pitcher Between games last night be took Gene 600 00 time out to recall some of the Richmond 5. Rochester 0 Toronto 6, Havana I Syracuse 10, Buffalo 4 Montreal 7.

Columbus 4 WESTERN LEAGl'E Pueblo T. Wichita 4 Sioux City a Des Moines Colorado Sprlnes 10. Lincoln Thpre-1 League Peoria 8. EvansviUe 7 Keokuk 10. Waterloo 1 Terra Haute 8, Quincy Cedar Rapids 10, Burlington I Thnrman.

JB Silvan f. Whit. SB for Geneseo, got through only the first and third innings of the fea five regional games allotted by the NCAA has yet to be accepted by things that happened to him during that 1938 season and others that ture game unscathed. The power Hiimlntnn, Jones, Novikoff. fill Humlston.

SB Gorette, HuU. KO Randan 13. Pa-baas 1. BB Fobans S. Lonf I.

Hit and ran off Fobans, and 10 In 3 Innlnis (one out In fonrth)! tons, and ta followed. a sponsor and the deadline has passed. Seems as though maybe the deal reportedly offering the waukee in the American Association. "They gave me a break by sending me to Milwaukee," Lou says. "That sitting on the bench was for the birds.

I wanted to play." Novikoff has always been outspoken, and he has lots of say about the Chicago Cubs. "This ful Long Beach entry touched him for a pair of runs in the second "I used to be in trouble with bininca. LP Fobans. HF Fobans t. five games for 5150,000 came too Mike (Mike Gazella, Moline man and drove him to the bench before he could retire a man in a late for commercial concerns to ager) all the time," Lou recalls.

big, 9-run fourth the Californians budget for. Only answer if no spon We'd argue all the time and a motor freight company along the enjoyed. Mike would usually wind up tell Pacific Coast. never comes out in print," Novik Beanie's, Eddie and Ray's In Semis; DeWitte Wins Oris Long, youthful Rock sor is found would be to let the individual schools work out what they can. ing me, 'Get out of off smiles, "but every time I see He's aging, but he still enjoys softball and does a great Job at It.

He's been playing for Joe Rodgers, Long Beach manager, for 22 seasons. rails barter, relieved Pobani fn the fourth and finally retired the side. He gave up another run In the fifth, after which the game was called nnder the 10- FAN FARE Two teams which finished In a sixth place regular season tie in on two singles and a walk. He a sports writer I start talking about this. They can quote me, because this has happened to me.

"Jim Wilson was manager of the Cubs when I was with them, but he didn't direct the team. That was Phil Wrlgley, the own er. He wasn't Interested In players, only In the turnstil'S. He "Then I'd go see Frank Hearn (business manager of the 1938 Plows) and tell him to let me go, I could still find a Job. Frank Would shake his head, and somehow be'd work things out so I stayed with the team.

Hearn recalls Novikoff's debut into organized ball. "I signed him the American League gained city then forced Bob Peck to pop to run rule but Pobani was charged with the loss. Softball tournament semi finals third, Hank Kmieciak to pop to tries to pitch softball. "I work my arm just as hard as ever," Lou laughed, "but the forth to maybe as many as" three or four games a week end. But then, that will keep him In good shape for the next football season.

the catcher and Paul Johnson to Kanflau had things his own last night as Beanie's Tavern upset Irma's Roszell, 7-5, and Eddie and ball just won't go." way. He fanned the first 11 batters to face him before DeWulf Ray's overturned Harrelson Mo ground out. Eddie and Ray's used three hits for its final two runs in the fifth. tors, 4-1, at Stephens Park. We'll be watching for you on the grounded to first In the fourth in Jerry Harker doubled both tallies In the final game of the evening, National League champion De Costa May Get Title Shot Witte Dairy, only team left from eld telephongie on Sunday afternoons, Bob.

Chips and Splinters Looks like Quad-Citians will be Trotters Use Old Cast for that loop, played its first game After Decision Over Bell and gained the quarterfinals as George Bullens tossed a 1-hitter NEW YORK Featherweight E-mmes By DICK CHR1STENSON at Top Hat Cleaners, shutting them hearing some more from Austin out 4-0. champion Sandy Saddler is ovei. Monday Show across. Bullens gave np a well hit single to Emory Tady who led off the fifth inning and that was as close as Top Hat came to scoring. Two other men got on base by walks but no one got to second in what came about the closest to a perfect game as any pitcher has tossed all season In city play.

Bullens struck out three. 4 DeWitte got only five hits off Both Beanie's and Irma's col lected seven hits and each com jtves U5N6--A rf COO CAN 6AV 5 Despite al! the moves by the mitted a pair of errors but the tav- ernmen put together a 5-run third Honolulu Surfriders of Hawaii to strengthen their team, the Harlem Globetrotters stood pat as inning which closed out the Ameri can League's No. 2 team for the presently constituted for their season. outdoor homecoming game at Dick Eagle doubled and scored Chet Zelnio but he waslked five while fanning five and his mates due for a title defense and fleet-footed, fast punching Carmelo Costa may have earned the shot with his victory over Bobby Bell. The tiny, 21-year-old Brooklynite boosted his chances by edging Bell of Youngstown, Ohio, in a bristling television 10-rounder at Madison Square Garden Friday night.

The decision, by a split 2-1 vote, ran Costa's unbeaten streak to five fights. Immediately after the bloody, fast-paced scrap was over, the 5-414 victor said, "Bring on Sad- Davennort Stadium Monday night on an error to start things out for at 8:30. chipped in with a pair of errors. Beanie's in the first but Irma's Owner-Coach Abe Saperstein of Glen Hallquist led off DeWitte's knotted it up in their half on two the fabulous magicians of the first inning attack with a single, errors and an innela out. irma dler.

I'm ready for him now." Matchmaker Billy Brown of the International Boxing Club said "Costa earned the title fight" and declared he would try to make the match at a Tuesday conference with Charley Johnston, manager of Saddler. An 8-5 favorite, Costa (12914) clinched the tight tussle with a dazzling exhibition in the last three rounds after being staggered by a left hook in the seventh by the wild swinging Bell (126's). The last round, in which blood streamed down Carmelo's face from his scalp cuts, was the payoff. Enraged by the blood, Costa discarded his fancy stuff and tore after the aggressive, 26-year-old veteran. The referee scored it for Costa, 5-4-1 while the two Judges split.

One voted for Costa, 6-4, and the other had Bell In front, 5-4-1. court is using the players he going to third on an error. After slammed winning pitcher Don Has- toted abroad plus veterans Clar Harold Heiland singled, Don Goeth- NAMELESS Russ Bledsoe led the pack of individuals with 558 and 223 while opening night team honors went to Hott Brothers Florists with 2.495 and 969. New Granada Hot! Bros. 1 DeDerk Broa lPlasdlum 1 I-eClalre I.ns SI Elks Lenta 1 8th Ave Fans 1 Ydeens 1 Foplar Grove 1 Bearmaot I Incurs Broken Ankle LARAMIE, Wyo.

W-The Wyoming Cowboys suffered their first football practice casualty Friday when sophomore quarterback Bill Lee suffered a broken ankle. Lee, a 175-pounder from Griffin, had been counted upon to back up Joe Mastrogiovanni, the Cowboys' All-America passing can- didate from Brooklyn, N. Y. kins for five hits and four runs in ence Wilson, the team's captain. als drew a walk to load the sacks.

the second to take a commanding and Leon Hillard, the sensational dribbler. lead. Harry Bedian and Al Kipp Duke, the great Moline halfback who was sidelined by a serious knee injury while at the University of Illinois. Austin has appeared for practice at Western Illinois and Coach Wes Stevens believes Duke may be the man to carry Western to the top. Biggest problem now, according to Stevins, Is for Duke to get back Into condition after two years away from the game.

But gteveens Is highly elated with this latest among many contri-. buttons from the Quad Cities and believes that Duke may become one of fastest halfbacks In the midwest. Fans won't have to buy a Cedar Rapids aerial to get delay films of Iowa football games this fall. We told earlier about a a special network in Iowa which would telecast the Hawkeye's games at a later date and men-tione that Cedar Rapids would be the closest spot to tune them In. It has Just been announced that WOC-TV will promote the same thing on Sunday nights, following each game, starting with the Kansas State opener on Sept.

25. As on the other network, Iowa foot Slugging second baseman Darrel Lorance struck out but Bob Van-Opdorp batted in two runs on a tripled while Frank Strobbe. Bill Top Teams Meet Nelson and Bob Hart singled, with fielder's choice. Hart, Kipp and Bedian batting in With two out and two on in the runs along with Charley Roman who hit a sacrifice fly. The Trotters have Clarence Wilson.

Josh Grlder, Leon Willie Thomas, Bill "Rookie" Brown and Woodrow Snitldsbfrrv a floormen: Boh Hall and Sam Wheeler for pivot duty and Andy Johnson and Jesse Arnolle as cornermen. Wilson, Cridor, Hillard, Brown Jim Largent hit a 3-run homer fifth, VanOpdorp batted in the final two runs when he singled to left. Hallquist and Heiland each had two hits for DeWitte. WICHITA. Kan.

U-The St. Joseph, Auscos and the defending champion Wichita Boeing Bombers, co-favorites for the national non-professional baseball championship, clash tonight in the to get things rolling for Beanie's in the third. Dick Ballinger had walked and Bob Miller singled FIRST OAMK BEAMES' ahead of. him. Ted Freeland TAV.

IKMA'S ROSZFIX ABRH ABKH 4nd Johnson-are veterans-in the walked and went to third on Has Trotters' chain of clubs with Eagle, as 4 1 lKtrohbe, if 4 1 J. kipp, ss i i kins double. Freeland and Has- Hall moving to the forefront as SALESMEN WED 1 1 A. Kipp as 1 1 comedy find. 4 1 T.

Kipp 1 I Miller, Larsent, lb Freeland, If kins both scored on sacrifice flies by Don Dixon and Charley Van- 1 O'Mells el 4 1 It Is the way the new men Hasklns, 4 11 Rtablrln 3b 4 0 I I Joe Kipp tf Arnelle. Thomas and Sauldsber- tournament's feature atttraction St. Joseph, seeded No. 1, will be battling for survival against the Bombers, only unbeaten team remaining in the tourney. The Auscos already have one defeat in the double-elimination meet.

In games Friday night St. Joseph walloped Holden, 12-0, Wichita trounced the Huntsville, Parkers, 10-2, and the Pe Dixon, it Zandbergen, respectively. Beanie's added an insurance run 1 Nelwn, a Sll V'Zand'b el Romans. 2b Hart, lb 1 1 tl 1 Brdlaa, 2b 3 11 in the fourth. Ballinger and Lar Totals ry nave come through that delighted SaDerstein.

Six-foot, five-inch Arnelle averaged nearly 25 points prr game during the four gent each had two hits for the Bomaa, Totals 30 1 (mm Eye Injury Forces Bobo To Cancel winners off loser Roman and Strobbe collected two safeties for STORE Beanies' Irma's II 100 4 1 140 800 Irma's 1 HR l-arsf-nt. Bedian. 2B Eacle, Haslrlna. years at Penn State College. Thomas was a standout at Ten Beanies' oria, 111., Caterpillars defeated the SB A.

Kipp, MOLINE Apply tn Person SH Dixon, VanZandhercm. Roman. rX nessee State University which fur Hasklns, 4 Roman x. BB Hasklns 1. Ko- nished so many Trotter aces, in Milwaukee, Falks, 7-3.

Holden and Milwaukee were eliminated. tnaa 1. Hnmannwskl and Coats. Wiciii SKCO.ND CAME cluding Wilson and Grider. Saulds- berry, a 6-foot, 7-inch Trotter Harrelsra Motors KH (00 1 I Eddie and Kay's al la 4 4 1 rookie from Texas Southern Uni Ijilnrm and Summers! Wheeler and Johnson.

Doerkrt; EAR J. Hark versity in Houston, is considered SAN FRANCISCO Manager Sid Flaherty said today that Bobo Olson was cancelling a non-title bout Sept. 21 against Bobby Dykes in Miami because of an eye injury. Flaherty said his boxer suffered an injured eye in the bout against Joey Giambra last Friday and that a doctor's report showed it was still inflamed. er.

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Rudy Laingen pitched equally good ball for Harrrl-son's, allowing only four hits, striking out six and issuing two free passes. Errors hurt Harrelson's as they committed five which directly accounted for two of Eddie and Ray's runs. Herbie Harker was safe on a bobble in the third Inning and he scored the, winner's first run on Jerry Woner's single. Jerry Harker lived on an error in the fourth frame, tallying when Wheeler was safe on an error. Harrelson's got Its only run in the first inning when John Ewert was safe on an error and scored on Jerry Doeckel's double.

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