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0 rlT wv VTywyriryryr nr rr Baltimore, Tuesday, NSSU January 29, 1957, PAGE 22 Lopez Says White Sox Need No, 4 Slugger i I rr- )--- inn mnnniinni miiwim miwiih i mi I Sportopics I I New Chicago Boss Garden State Open Until November 7J By Paul Alcuton Feels His Hurling Will Be Adequate (Another in a series of managerial views on the Majors.) Sports Editor By Al Lopez White Sox 1 Manager, The big news in New Jersey racing today is Monmouth Park's triumph over Atlantic City for the coveted first week in August. Both had requested it, along with Freehold trotting Tampa, Jan. 29 (JP) For the first time in seven years I'll track. be wearing a uniform other than The Jersey Racing Commission approved dates, with that of the Cleveland Indians when I assume my duties as manager of the Chicago White Sox next month. But it seems to me the setting will be the same good pitching and uncer tain hitting.

I don mean to say that the White Sox will be a punchless outfit in 1957. Far from it. But Monmouth's 50-day meeting opening Tuesday, June 11, and running through Wednesday, August 7. Then Atlantic City will run until October 12, with the seashore track closed on Monday, September 30. Of far more importance to Maryland racing is the extension of the Jersey season until November 11.

It brings Garden State against Laurel for an extra week, including the Washington International on Veterans Day. In the past, Garden State, the wealthy, prosperous track just across the river from Philadelphia, has not run later than November 6. Bob Pettit Star Of Month the team right now lacks a power hitter, a real good No. 4 batter. Greatest Need That is our greatest need, as I see it.

I don't know whether we can get one in a trade or was at Memphis last year. Cleve. land had good reports on him. Nellie Fox at second, and Luis Aparlcio at short, are the best men at those positions. At-third, we have Fred Hak field and Tom Brown to alter- nate against right and left-handed pitching.

I like our catching, although a left-handed hitting receiver would add maneuverability to our bench. We have Les Moss to help Sherm Lollar, but we probably will carry a third catcher next season, rather than try to get by with just two of them. Look-See On Larker I haven't seen many of our rookies play, but we may have a few surprises in camp. Norm Larker, a big first baseman whom we drafted from Brook- -lyn's St. Paul club, is a real battler and from reports I've gotten on him I want to give him a real lookover.

He hit .309 last season. That big boy, Ron Jackson, has 'possibilities and could strengthen our first-base situation. He batted over .300 at Vancouver in the Pacific Coast League after the Sox farmed him when his two-year bonus stay was up last spring. He, too, will get a real Chance For All I'd like to give all the newcomers to the club a thorough develop one from among our youngsters, but I'd sure like to have one. If you are looking for the athlete of the month, go no I've no worries about our further than basketballer Bob Pettit.

pitching. I think we have one of the best staffs in the league. Of course, you never can have In ten games since the National Basketball Association's 6 I -33 enough pitching but I'm satis fied with fellows like Billy WEEB EWBANK CHARLEY WINNER KEITH MOLESWORTH FRANK LAUTERBVR HERMAN BALL Pierce, Jack Harshman, Dick Donovan, Jim Wilson, Bob With pro football draft meeting coming up Thursday, Head Coach Embank discusses hundreds of prospects with Colt staff. Keegan, Dixie Howell, Paul La- Palme and Ellis Kinder. Slump Is Cited We're also bringing up sev eral good looking youngsters, Untold Man-Hours, $4,000 Phone Bill one or two of whom might possibly help us this year.

rom what I saw of the White chance to prove themselves. Sox last year, they were a sound ball club. I know they beat the Indians 12 times in 22 games. They would have beaten us out for second place if they had All-Star test, he has collected 286 points for the St. Louis Hawks and made a shambles of the pro league's scoring race.

When the teams paused for the midseason East-West game in Boston, there were only five points separating Pettit and Paul Arizin, Philadelphia's veteran scorer. Today there're 122. Barring there seems little doubt Pettit is on his way to repeat as leading scorer. He's averaging 27 points a game. now, almost three better Jthan Arizin's 24.9 in a league where there are eight players on six clubs with averages better than 20 points per game.

Time Fort Wayne Spurted There's not much left of the pro basketball race with Pettit shaking off scoring competition the way the Boston Celtics have Eastern opposition. Bob Cousy led the Celtics to a Vk -game lead with a victory last night over It's now only a matter of which team will finish second, and astonishment that Fort Wayne has been able to stay in front of the Western section with no better than .500 ball in 44 games. It's time Charley Eckman got his talented squad moving at a faster pace, particularly on the road. He has just gotten a big lift the schedule which forced Minneapolis to play Some of them have been up be Help Draft Plans fore but they'll be brand new to me because I haven't seen them. For instance, I have found some way to stall that midseason slump that seems to plague them every year.

great curiosity about that young- By Walter Taylor i I iQ U't 1 4t iti' Had they been able to avoid On Thursday the Colts and plays a basic part in the final ster, Jim Landis, an outfielder from Memphis, and who hit 28 home runs in the Southern Association. selection. it they might have given Casey Stengel something to worry about. They were only one game behind the Yankees in late June, but then ran into a long losing In the waning days before the convention the club contacts other National Football League clubs will gather in Philadelphia for the remaining 26 rounds of the college player draft. What I'll be looking for most many of the better-known col among our newcomers is a second pitcher with ability to relieve every day; another outv streak.

After 12 hours, more or less, legians, asking them if they care to play pro ball with Baltimore and a number of other pertinent fielder, preferably a right- Fox At Second One of our chief objectives is Baltimore will have a brand new handpicked crop of gridders that actually began to take concrete form last November in a similar to strengthen our bench. I think Walt Dropo can be used effec handed batter; another infielder capable of playing third, short or second base; and a left- handed hitting catcher. If ean come up with those, thea watch out for the White Sox. Frequently this contact pays off, not so much In whom to choose but In whom to forego five games in as many nights. The Lakers have dropped four four-hour grab-bag session in tively at first base.

I like the possibilities of Jim Marshall, a in a row. left-handed hitting rookie who because of other commitments or lack of interest in a profes It puts the Lakers three games behind Fort Wayne, leaving the same city when each team claimed four men apiece. Gets Top Priority But far more than this pair Big-League Stuff sional career. $4,000 Phone Bill of meetings is required to refur Counting the questionnaires, the Colts send out better than 7,000 pieces of mail a year just bish the Colt player pool. Coach Weeb Ewbank and his on the draft, and their tele' aides have been working on the upcoming draft to the detriment of all else ever since the sensa phone bill for this item alone Hey, Bosox! Trade Throneberry Here exceeds S4.000.

Molesworth also manages to get in a scouting trip to the mid tional wlndup of the 1956 season that resulted in a last-second victory over Washington. West during the height of the Over the last month their college season. By constantly talking to coaches and players total of man-hours has been most impressive, yet it pales into insignificance beside that of Keith Molesworth. in addition to viewing games and game movies, he comes up with innumerable valuable tips. HERMAN BALL FRANK LAUTERBUR WEEB EWBANK CHARLEY WINNER Colt coaches study films of bowl games and other college tilts.

St. Louis in second place, and host tonight to the Zollners. The Hawks trail by a game, two in the loss column. Army Program Helps Sports There's considerable quiet rejoicing among the nation's young professional athletes. It's due to the Army's new program for military service which calls for only six months of active' duty and Vk years in the reserve.

Until recently, the privilege of taking the "short hitch" was limited to draft eligibles under 18V years. Now it applies to all covered by the Reserve Forces Act of 1955, which means up to 25 years of age. This should ease the problems of the Orioles and the Colts, as' well as all young atnletes on professional teams throughout the country. It is particularly helpful for baseball players, who often found it difficult to regain their form after two years in the armed forces. George Shaw, the Colts' gifted second-year quarterback, has applied for the new program and hopes to get through his six-month training before the next football season After that, he must drill one night a week, spend two weeks in summer camp, over the next eight That's no hindrance to football training.

Moley'g Big Job Questionnaires and scouting reports are vital to Ewbank, yet in the last analysis there's Molesworth, Ewbank's coach Colleges Boxing ing predecessor here, is the nothing like seeing a boy In club's talent procurer and is action. Scout Bowl Games third time as the State's out- standing major-league player. Werlz Feted In Philadelphia Philadelphia. Jan. 29 (IP) Vie Wertz, who says he still feels a little pain now and then to remind him of the polio attack which almost ended his baseball career, was honored last night as the most courageous athlete of 1956.

The Philadelphia Sports Writers Association presented Wertz with its unique award. dignified with the title of execu Frosh Runners So the Colts scout all bowl tive vice president. His is a 12 months-a-year assignment. games in person or by agent. No sooner had the Colts closed They obtain whatever movies their portion of the 1956 draft are available and get extra films in Los Angeles then Moley be and tips when Weeb attends the gan working on '57, Thursday's coaches convention.

plum-picking and its November Fullmer Rates Greaves Over Sugar Ray By Robert F. Alkire Salt Lake Cirv. Jan. 29 (JP)- Particular attention is paid to such all-star tilts as the East- Show Promise AtTowson forerunneri There are 547 schools In West, North-South, Blue-Gray America playing football. Dur and Senior Bowl because all par Boston, Jan.

29 (JP) Boston Red Sox Outfielder Faye Throneberry wants to be traded if he can't be a regular, according to the Boston Globe. Throneberry is satisfied with his salary and has returned his contract, the Globe said today after talking to him at his Fisher ville (Tenn.) farm. "I Want To Play" "But I want to play," the article quotes Throneberry as saying. "It gets monotonous sitting on the bench. If I can't play regularly with the Red Sox, I'd like to be traded to some team that would let me play every day." Throneberry participated In 24 games last season, mostly as a plnch-hitter.

The Sox outfield has been set with Ted Williams in left, Jim Piersall in center and Jackie Jensen in right Plagued By Injuries In addition, Throneberry missed almost two months due to an appendectomy. His 11 hits in 50 trips gave him a .220 average. Faye hurt his shoulder early in May of '55 against the Yan-kees after starting in left field. Another Dinner For Mantle- ing a calendar year Molesworth writes to each of them and to ticipants there are through with Loyola Tish Face LaSalle collegiate play. each coach and athletic publici- The Colts have put all recom With Inexperience raising tor.

Forty-seven paid scouts scat tered across the land are con large head in the indoor track mendations and reports on a card system, have posted the and field picture at Towson tacted no less than three times. Wlndmill-punching Gene' Rill- State Teachers' College, Coach mer slugged out a unanimous Data Catalogued Don Minnegan will keep a wary decision over Wilf Greaves last wachter and Bernie Karpers in the sprints and Mike Karpers in the backstroke. So far Loyola has split even in a pair of close ones. It lost its opener to Gettysburg, 46 to 40, then nipped Mason-Dixon Conference foe American 46 to After a ten-day layoff because of exams, Loyola returns to its own pool tonight (eight o'clock) to face LaSalle's strong swimming minions. Diver Tony Dorn is their main point hope, but Coach Bill Klarner has other dependable veterans in Captain Fred Schild- A postcard questionnaire is data In book form and have tele phoned all likely prospects Their coaches also have seen be tween 50 and 75 game films.

Special Categories eye on the development of three promising freshmen. manea to au oi me prospective pro footballers. The data gleaned from these returns is carefully catalogued and Aside from a few workouts They even have broken ud and a token appearance in the night in a ten-round nontitle bout, his first fight since becoming middleweight champion. Fullmer was up against a tougher match than when he jolted the crown off the head of Sugar Ray Robinson less than their master list of eligibles tvenlng Star Games in Wash into categories such as pre ington last Saturday, the School ferred, "sleepers" (boys whose masters haven't fully swung into their winter program on the classes will graduate In June four weeks ago. but who still have college boards.

eiigiDimyj, veterans and 4Fs. These lists are in the process Hofler Exception Fullmer Admits It The husky crownholder was the first to admit It after the of being typed. Between now Yet already Minnegan has and Thursday morning when the Araft nnam WaoH en1 Ma lint. been impressed by the perform battle was over. "Greaves was Tulsa, Jan.

29 (JP) New tenants wili hold a dry run of tougher than Robinson," he said. Greaves, a former Canadian York Yankee Mickey Mantle will be honored tonight by the Okla ance of Joe Oursler, who runs the 220 and the 440, and two half-milers, Eon McClung and Don Pace. All three made their the complete draft, not once but homa Old-Timers Baseball Asso several times. amateur now fighting from Pittsburgh, brought the crowd of ciation at its eleventh diamond dinner. collegiate debuts in the Capital It's surprising how well they fare, selecting not only for themselves but In anticipating over the week end.

3,500 to Its feet as he ended the battle in a toe-to-toe flurry with the champ. The State Legislature has Towson's squad Is composed labeled today as "Mickey Mantle Day" in recognition of the Commerce (Okla.) athlete's mainly of boys who competed In crosscountry last fall and failed Both Open Fast But the same pounding hooks to win a meet. Its only seasoned performer is U7 i ii I (-' i tjW me oiner ciuds cnoices. Shinnick Signs Colt Mantle, the triple-crown bat to the midsection and head that whipped Robinson put Fullmer clearly on top of Greaves about Don Hofler, whos a good one when in shape, but he Is prac ting champion of last year, will be honored at the dinner for the tlce teaching, has been dogged by illness and still hasn't shaken midway In the fray. Fullmer weighed 160V4, Greaves, 162.

off a foot ailment that kayoed Contract '4 It'' 1, 1 aMIH 'k 1 1 A i MM 4,.. ii i mtrmnrtmtixm mm (feiMMA( Both opened up hard and for him last year. Boyd Here, Sees Surgeon The Colts announced today a few rounds tneir styles matched. Both poured in volleys of lefts and rights to the Sistek Is Hurdler Ed Sistek expects to begin that Don Shinnick. No.

2 draft hurdling any day now, and his choice from U.C.L.A., has re ribs and an occasional slap at addition will help. Minnegan turned his signed contract to the head. play the 1957 season. Greaves Slows Down However, Greaves began to Shinnick i signing brings the also will welcome bark Bob Rothgaber, 220 and 440 man, after Thursday. Among the new hands with Bob Boyd, Oriole first baseman, came here today from his home at Memphis, to have a cast on his left arm removed by Dr.

George Bennett, team's top four draft choices Into the fold. The others were Jim Parker, Ohio State tackle, tire as Fullmer worked over his body in the clinches. The Pittsburgh" slugger tried standing whom the Towson mentor is working are Jerry Williams, pole No. Luke Owen, Kent State vault; Bill Abbey, high hurdles; tackle, No. 3, and Jackie Simpson, University of Florida half Jim Davidson, 220 and broad orthopedic surgeon.

Boyd underwent an operation in mid-December to correct a calcified condition of the left elbow, which the slender Negro fractured last May while throwing a ball from left field In back, No. 4. Simpson, however. jump; Bob Bowling, 220; Peter Slot, 440; and Don Wright, 800. is in the armed service and will not play next season.

Rest of the schedule: AP photo MICKEY MANTLE BREAKS GROUND Yankee Outllelder Mantle turns a spadeful of dirt symbolizing the breaking of ground for a $350,000 motor hotel he and II. I). Youngmnn will erect in Joplin, Mo. Mickey intends to put some of his money to work for him. off from the champ's thundering low wide ones to the sides, but this failed, too.

Greaves tapped the title-holder with some snappy, but ineffective Jabs and then followed through with crosses to Fullmer's face. But as the vicious rounds wore on, Greaves' punches seemed to have less and less power. The 6-foot. 225-pound Shin Februry nclnvn. T.Mlni- bun.

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