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Baltimore, Friday, JJ iD September 14, 1956 PAGE 29 In A.L Tarn Joh scnaras nsomi pes -nuner Sportopics Connie Enables Ewbank Says Colts Will Be Improved Orioles To Quit Cleveland Happy By Paul Menton By James Ellis Johnson may have been the last but he wasn't the least member of that six-player trade, develop. Chicago, Sept. 14 Back on May 21, when the Orioles' Paul Richards hoodwinked a "desperate" White Sox management into swapping him four players for Veterans Dave Philley and Jim Wilson, a veil of mystery surrounded the identity of the fourth man Baltimore was to receive. The original announcement revealed only the names of Georee mr' -i Kell, Bob Nieman and Mike For- ments lately have proven. As the Orioles move into Com.

iskey Park for their final whack at the Pale Hose, in a two-game engagement starting tonight, Richards gives his 6-foot 4-inch right-hander a premier salute by calling him "the best pitcher in the league." Johnson unfurled a masterpiece yesterday In Cleveland as the Birds wound up a three-year siege of trials and tribulations there with a 4-1 victory before 1,663 fans, the smallest crowd the Indians have drawn at home in ten years. nieles, who were Maryland-bound one reason being that the Birds had to cut somebody loose to make room for another. It was several days before the item broke that the fourth man owed to the Flock was a White Sox pitching disappointment named Connie Johnson. Fifth Route Performance In Last Seven Starts SARGIO FONTANINi Dcs Moines linksman's approach landed right on lip of cup, so close that Sargio jelt he could have bloum the hall in Aided by two homers from 3-2 the Red Sox took batterymate Gus Triandos (Nos. Boxine 17 and 18), Johnson struck out nine, walked nobody and yielded only five hits as he lowered his earned-run average to 3.48.

Ward Leads By One, Kocsis By Two Holes In U.S. Golf It was the fifth route job for the in Baltimore last Sunday, to cite three examples. Johnson is now one over his seven-win season with Chicago last year, his best previous campaign in the majors. Of more significance, though, he's fooling batters as he never did before. "They used to read my pitches from the way I held the ball, but now I have deception," Connie lanky Negro in his last seven starts as the Birds halted a four-game losing streak a feat that prompts Richards to remark: By Robert Sommers "Who's better? I'll take John Jones Favored Over Greaves In Capital Washington, Sept.

14 (JP) Lake Forest. 111., Sept. 14 Not son, on the form he's showing explains. "I cover the ball up right now, over any other pitcher since 1932, when Ross Somerville, of Canada, won at Five Farms, Lake Forest, Sept. 14 (Champion Harvie Ward held a slim one-hole lead over collegian Joe Campbell and aging Chuck Kocsis was two-up over Canadian Gerald Magee at the halfway point of their 36-hoIe semi-final battles in the National Amateur golf tourney today.

By Jerry Liska our league. Name me someone has a non-United States citizen better." Connie's record now reads an won the national amateur golf championship. But as the fifty-sixth title erred on the next two holes for Lake Forest, 111., Sept. 14 () event swung into the semi-finals unsensational 8-10, but, as many another hurler has learned the hard way (Wilson, for one), the Birds don't exactly gorge their pitchers with runs. bogeys, while Ward parred them today at the Knollwood Country more with my glove.

I didn hide my hands so well in previous years, and coaches on opposing teams were 'reading me' like a book. I'm also throwing the slider better than I used to." Johnson bamboozled Dave Pope, Cleveland's ex-Oriole, on a screwball for his ninth strikeout victim yesterday. The twisting pitch, over the outside corner, shot his strikeout total to 128. No other Bird hurler is close to that total. Ray Moore, next, has fanned 90.

Ralph (Tiger) Jones, the Yonkers veteran, rules a strong favorite to halt the rise of young Wilfie for a two-up lead. On the 445- Defending Champion Harvie Ward, of San Francisco, rallied to take a two-hole lead over col Club one foreigner was included yard eighth, Campbell was sty in the first day of 36-hole There was the "double one-hit Greaves in their nationally tele matches. ter" Johnson lost to Chicago's legian Joe Campbell and veteran Cnuck Kocsis was all-square with He is 22-year-old Jerry Magee, mied by a tree and then chipped past the green for a 5, then on the 455-yard ninth he skulled his second shot. Jack Harshman, 1 to 0, here in vised ten-round middleweight scrap at Capitol Arena tonight. of Toronto, who met Charley Koc Sporfs Editor There was a mass of figures.

Maybe as many as 1,500. They ranged from 0 to 4, except for the Xs, which represented players out of a particular offensive play of the Colts. There was a similar chart, and an equally voluminous set of figures, for the defense posted on the bulletin board at the Pikes-ville Armory, regular season training grounds for the pro gridders. The figures, less the Xs, told the story of the Colts' 1419 loss to Philadelphia last Sunday, at Louisville. There will be a like set next Tuesday, following the Redskin game Sunday at the Stadium.

And similar ones following each league tussle beginning with the Bears here September 30. It takes eight hours of study, discussion by Coach Weeb Ewbank and his four assistants, to produce these documents as Charley Winner flicks his thumb bac kand forth throughout the hours, running and rerunning, the film. Each play is subjected to minute inspection dozens of times to cover the good and bad points of each man. Wanted Shaiv To Get Work The purpose is to eliminate hasty opinions based upon incomplete information the day of the game. It reduces appraisal of performance to a numerical formula clear to everyone and to include all players on the squad.

When the "ones" show up there's real work ahead for the coaches and the players. They indicate serious breakdowns. Naturally there were more in Sunday's losing game with the Eagles than is usual. But Ewbank, who has profound respect for the charts as a means of developing pro football players, improving good ones, was not particularly disturbed. i "They were all mistakes I think we have made progress in correcting this week and should not be repeated against the Redskins.

Many of them centered around George (Shaw) and I don't believe he'll have such, an off afternoon again this said the little mentor. "Even so, we probably could have beaten the Eagles if I had been willing to put John (Unitas) in to pass. I thought it was more important for George to get the work." Better Team Than Year Ago How did he feel about the squad and prospects for the season? "I think we are definitely better than a year ago" Ewbank firmly replied, then went on to explain: "We have strengthened our halfbacks, provided Royce (Wom-ble) and Billy (Vessels) fully recover from their injuries. The halfbacks give the backfield more balance and we'll be able to do more things. "I also think we have more depth and are better adjusted to each other.

I figured we had 20 established National League calibre players at the close of last season. Then we lost one when Dick (Syzmanski) went into service. I think we'll have 25-26 this fall. That will help." Where, then, will the Colts finish next December? "You know better than to ask such a question" Weeb said, shaking his head. "You know how things can change from quarter to quarter in football.

I don't know where we will finish. But I do know this: we'll be better, we're going out to win each game and we'll give everyone trouble. We could do all that and finish sixth in the Western division. We won't know until we see how much progress the others have made." Has Confidence In Vessels Ewbank reports he is pleased with the training period except for the fact the "good team has not been together because of injuries." It will not be on Sunday, either. Nor in the league opener against the Bears.

But the test with the Redskins will highlight the first appearance of Billy Vessels against a National League team. The prize college back of '52, who went to Canada for a year of pro ball, instead of coming to the Colts, has been injured since training opened. He appeared only briefly in the intrasquad game at the Stadium for the Police Boy's Club. Yet, again Ewbank doesn't seem to be unduly disturbed over Billy's ability to work his way into the backfield despite the lack of competition over the past two years and throughout the training period. June The 2-0 game he lost to Chuck Stobbs in Washington sis in the upper-bracket match.

Canadian Jerry Magee at the nine-hole turns of semi-final play in the National Amateur Golf Jones ends a two-month layoff The pressure appeared to get Magee got into the round ot earlier this month and the to resume his campaign for a shot four by trimming innkeeper Ted Tourney today. Campbell, a brawny little chap, after Ward's great tee shot to within five feet for his seventh- at Champion Ray Robinson. He's Gleichmann, of Ventura, 2 Campbell went one ahead of rated No. 3 contender, and Man and 1, in yesterday quarter Triandos Maintains Station As Club's Power Leader Ward on the fourth, but the cham hole deuce. finals.

ager, Bob Melnick is hopeful of pion made his move on the final Joe drove dead behind a tree Jerry, who hits a long tee shot, making the match later this year three holes of the out-nine at the sun-drenched Knollwood Club. is playing in his second United on the eighth and his topped second shot on the ninth hardly if dickering for a Robinson-Gene States amateur. Last year he went Nobody would concede Johnson yesterday's victory until Pope Ward matched par 35, while to the third round. Fullmer bout falls through. Won Over Robinson traveled 40 yards.

Square After Six struggling at .279, following an. other hitless day. Johnson, thus, could eventually become the prize "sleeper" of the rl I fanned the breezes. Too many Campbell had a 37. Champion's Rally Told times the Birds had blown leads After the first three holes were The 28-year-old Jones defeated Ward stuck his drive on the halved, Campbell, of Anderson, Shave Gets Closeup Views iraue.

re mailing sinaes mar. way, while making the Sox sorry fhpv lpf him rlpriiirr Sugar Ray early last year at the start of Robinson's comeback to 230-yard seventh to within basketball and golf star at in Cleveland. The three-year rec ord now in the Lake Erie metropolis is three wins out of 33. feet for a birdie deuce. Campbell Purdue, took the 170-yard fourth the crown.

Bob Shave believes in getting close to his subject when lining hole with a par three, when Ward Triandos gave Johnson a 1-0 Greaves, a 19-year-old Canadian missed his tee shot and went into up a putt. Yesterday he lay prone now fighting out of Pittsburgh a trap. on the ground several times figur Lefty Bill Wight, fit once more after a spell of "tired arm" trouble, will face Dick Donovan under the mazdas this evening. Bill (Digger) O'Dell, the bonus southpaw just back from service, is tabbed for his first start of the lacks the kind of record that In the other semi-final battle, ordinarily would disturb Jones. lead in the second frame by hoisting a 390-foot fly over the fence, barely out of the grasp of Left Fielder Joe Caffie.

Then, in the sixth, after Bobby Avila had homered to inch the Indians to Magee, an auto salesman from Toronto, and the veteran Kocsis, of Royal Oak, were But the blond youngster's pilot, ing the roll of the green. Shave also employed the longest putter in the tournament. It's waist high, forced him to use a stiff-legged, straightup stance. year tomorrow afternoon. squared the first six holes.

Kocsis, 43-year-old tool distributor, went ahead with a birdie old-timer Jake Mintz, says Wilfie is the best prospect to come along in 20 years, and declares, "I'm not going to be surprised when they raise his hand tonight." deuce on the fourth, but the 22- Then it 11 be on to Kansas City, Bird Chirps From Windy City Birds beat Cleveland only five 2-1, the garrulous Greek took a toehold on another slant from Lefty Hank Aguirre and blasted it farther, perhaps 410 feet, for his eighteenth homer. Greens Soft Call Backs Up The greens have been getting year-old Magee birdied the 480-yard, par-five sixth to get win. Records Of Rivals In 59 contests, Jones has won There was a time when Nieman times in 22 clashes, but that's two more than they managed last year Galleries Very Slim After Magee went one up with a par four on the eighth, Kocsis squared it again on the ninth was threatened to replace Gus as 4011 by kayo lost 16 and drawn 3. He's battled only four progressively softer since the tournament opened Monday. Whereas it was difficult to keep a shot on them the beginning of or the year before.

In another times this year. paper dear to make room for Greaves has a 9-2-1 record, In Pitcher Charley Beaniffn, who'll both the home-run and r.b.i. leader of the club, but there is little likelihood of that happening now. Nieman went 0-for-4 yesterday. when it was Magee's turn to bogey.

Each matched Knollwood's the week, yesterday several players had their shots bounce away cluding three knockouts, in a little more than a year of fighting. He's won all eight of his as his average dropped to .327. 1 1-jjui i in ucuun ii uiii tuii'uuvei a Birds today announced sale of In-fielders Fred Marsh and Don Lep. pert to Vancouver. Birds still will get first crack at Marsh, who hit his usual .230 for Mounties, from the hole.

Wind Shift Makes Nine Easy 1956 tests. par 35 with the front nine. For a semi-final day, attendance was phenomenally slim, with approximately 100 following the Ward-Campbell match, and a dozen watching the Magee-Kocsis duel. The match will be judged on He now trails Gus by four homers (18-14) and a dozen r.b.i. (76-64), with 15 games to go.

Kell's average, too, continues to dive. The third baseman, top man in the big Chi-sox deal when it was made, is Early in the tournament, reach the ten-point "must" system, which awards the winner of each and Leppert, who was sent down to Birmingham, in face of rumors Vancouver will be sold by Brick Laws to Canadian interests. ing the ninth green with anything less than a wood was a ma round ten points, and the loser a maximum of nine. jor accomplishment. Yesterday, 41 Pro-Ams At Suburban though, with a strong quartering wind, which had a 50-foot flag Forty-one shotmakers will tour pole bending before it, hardly anyone hit more than a seven iron.

The wind made the par three fourth a tough hole. Only 18u Suburban Club Monday in a Mid die Atlantic Professional Golfers' i A St, Jtfjx "lit 5 If a -v r7 I Association pro-arnateur tournament The pairings: First Tm A A.M.. John Zelnski: 9.20. Charlie Easton; 9.30. Mike Bowers; 9.40.

"We know he was a great football player in college. We know he showed he could play and likes pro football by his season in yards in length, yesterday it called for a two or three iron shot. Knollwood Among Noisy Courses This is undoubtedly one of the noisiest courses that ever housed Bill 9.50, Don Beach; 10, waiter Romans: 10.10. Johnny MUftser: 10.20. Carl Hasnlc; 10.30, Charlie Herllne: 10 40.

Canada. If he stays sound, I'm sure he'll help the Colts," is the way Ewbank explains it. A healthy, able Vessels could help the Colts considerably, but it is not going to be easy for him. He'll undoubtedly be under pres a major golf tournament. Two railroad lines run almost adjacent to the course, and several com Andy Gibson; 10.50.

o. I MacMaster; 11. Bill Clarke: I P.M., Bill Phillips; 1.10, Henry Gerardl: 1.20, Charlie Bassler: 1.30. Georee Dlffenbaugh; 1.40. Baloh Beach: 1.50.

Severn White. 2, Clarence Doser; 2.10. Joe Reoosky; 2.20. Glen Spencer. Tenth Tee 9.20 A.M..

Ealnh Misartl; 9 30. Bob Schuh; 9.40. Bill Bassler: 9.50. Jimmy Duke; 10. Jack Lowe; 10.10.

Joe Vaeth: 10.20. J. Monti Chambers; 10.30. Dirk Tlson; 10 40, Cos Tlso; 10.50, Frank Tenney; 11. Ray Hlnes; 1 Harry Offutt: 1.10, Ed Graefe.

120. Ralnh Krlxer: 1.30. Bill Gilbert: 1.40. Ted Mc-Clendish: 1 50. Bill Gordon: 2.

Jack Glr-vln: 2 10. Ernie Garlem: 2 20, Bill Crabbe. mercial airline routes are direct sure and be apprehensive Sunday against the 'Skins. He's more than just eight weeks behind in training. He must overcome the lack of real competition during the two years in service.

It may ly above. In addition, military craft are constantly soaring over AP photo HARVIE WARD Reaches semi-final round head. take him all of '56 to regain peak form. 'Black Sox' Scandal Oriole Averages Gondii 'Confession St arts New Controversy TEAM tATTINO A. .243 Ab.

R. 4,309 508 1.097 reading the article was "that O. At). H. Hr Bbl.

Pet Bnvd 58 181 28 61 2 11 .337 Felsch, those banned from base-ball were Shortstop Charles (Swede) Risberg, Pitcher Claude Chick got a little money out of writing it. He's about at the end "Everyone seems to know so much, then they come to us asking for the 'true' story. The true story is that I didn't get a dime from the gamblers, never 'threw' 115 3itl 56 128 14 64 .327 Kell 117 408 52 114 9 48 .279 Chicago, Sept. 14 (JP) The Chicago "Black Sox" baseball 6candal of yore leaped into controversy today anew. Sports Illustrated, a national touched it off.

trinting Uilliomc oft FlolHni- Khnplpcc Wllliami 79 301 39 82 29 il 1(8 408 41 110 18 76 .270 ITrUndoi of the rope, nearing 70, and probably can use the money." Eddie Cicotte, ace pitcher who Moore 30 b4 9 17 2 5 Johnson 29 58 9 14 i .250 Francons. 127 406 SI 100 9 52 .246 a baseball game, and never intended to 'throw' a game." Evfru 49 111 21 27 1 4 was labeled by Gandil in the Felsch said his opinion after 401 66 109 11 45 13 .226 62 212 15 Oinsbprt 48 94 37 .216 Miranda. Brown 0 .21 GEE3 joe jat'Kson, intra Baseman George (Buck) Weaver and utility player Fred McMullen. Pay Low, Contention Jackson and Weaver are dead and the whereabouts of the others are unknown. Gandil related in the article of how the conspiracy began when he was approached by 0 200 Martin Fraler.

Wlaht 16 3 .192 4 .182 0 .177 article as a co-conspirator, blasted the article, according to the Tribune. Blasted By Cicotte "I took my medicine," the Tribune reported Cicotte as saying, "I've forgotten about it. all I can say is that it is Gandil's Gastall. 11 Loes Pvburn PalKa Haiton 2 .172 3 .167 135 435 34 38 38 3 18 5 1 64 105 31 52 2 5'. 55 3 21 17 100 153 21 27 32 4 31 66 4 34 54 2 36 ii 2 44 65 5 57 17 0 32 24 20 10 I .200 i 1 1 0 8 1 21 10 10 3 27 5 11 9 5 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 Neiaon Fornlelci.

gamblers. 2 .167 0 3 .138 Gandil added that Charles Cauapy Zuverlnk 2 .118 Comiskey's policy of "underpay 1 .042 rrarna 0 000 Schmit. OD'll ing" his players under baseballs a confession article by one of the eight Chicago White Sox players banned from baseball for their alleged gambling conspiracy to lose the 1919 World Series to Cincinnati. Chick Alleged Leader The magazine carried the personal account of Arnold (Chick) Gandil, alleged ringleader of the plot. Gandil relates the details of the conspiracy in an article and then pleads that the Chicago players ultimately attempted to win the series.

The Chicago Tribune today reported that Oscar Felsch, the center fielder who now lives in Milwaukee, said "I don't know anything about the Black Sox scandal. Everyone has been guessing about the facts of the 1919 Series for 36 years. They're all wrong. 0 .00 0 000 "slave laws" was a leading factor rijO fPi fig 1' Moeller Robinion. in tempting the players to join PITCHING Id.

H. Bb.SO.Er. W. Era the conspiracy. (37) fOM GORMAN 3 2 2 4 0 0 0 000 GIL McDOUCALD OTn TIM THOMPSON VIC POWER BILL DICKEY He added that there was no love lost amongst the players Suiidin story but what he is telling isn't the truth." Cicotte now lives at Livonia, after 24 years with a Detroit automotive company.

Gandil, a plumber for 35 years, told the Tribune from his Oakland (Cal.) home that "the story speaks for itself. Felsch is right when he says he never 'threw' a game. We tried to win them. Yes, I received money for the article, but not a lot. I did it because I had to tell the true story." 0 00OOO0 000 2 112000000 144 122 38 54 55 9 S3 44 183 lb6 65 127 71 I 10 3 49 Voellfr Brown themselves.

In the article Gandil Jnhncn said once after the players had Fnrnrltci 115 119 25 59 50 3 7 3 91 Moore VAH 146 90 DO 71 11 7 4 13 been approached by the gam HEAVY TRAFFIC AT FIRST There was much conKcstion arouml first base at one point of yesterday's game between the Yanks ami A's in Kansas City. With McDougalJ on first, Billv Hunter on a liit-aml-run try pupped foul lo the A's KiMie liobinson near the stands. McliougaUi hustled back to first as Pitcher C.orman. Catcher Thompson and hirst Saeker Power all converged at the bag awaiting llobinson's throw which Power finally got but too late to do any good. New York won Uie game, 3-2.

biers and the conspiracy was Zuvertnk 105 33 31 44 6 4 1 Palira IOS'4 106 55 49 51 3 11 4 2: Brhmltl 52 18 15 29 0 7 4 2: Wlaht 1S3 178 82 82 74 I 11 43 "Marvin's our 'stopper. When be pitches we know 15 runs ii gonna win the gam for us! underway, it was too late to expose the situation, although the 2 8 5 1 6 12 I I Mo Loen 6v i 24 Ji ronur 35H 44 9 11 24 22Vi ii I 11 It Sox did try to win the series Besides Gandil, Cicotte and.