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Sports Results Phone 8:30 A.M. TO MIDNIGHT 222-1234 Scoreboard on Page 2 Round (TRIBUNE STAFF Photo by Edward Gary Lesley of Rolling Meadows blocking shot attempt by Elk Grove's Mike Milner in Class AA tournament play last night at Hersey High School. Len Link of Rolling Meadows fronts Millner. Elk Grove won 68-46. Trout Dies; Plan Rites Thursday lay Funeral services will be held Thursday morning for Paul Trout, 56, a former World Series pitcher with the Detroit Tigers who died yesterday morning in Ingalls' Hospital, Harvey.

At the time of his death, Trout was head of the Speakers' Bureau for the Chicago White Sox and was instrumental in organizing the Red Cloud Athletic Fund which supplies athletic equipment to the Indians. Visitation will be from 4 to 10 p. m. today in the Drumm Funeral Home, 1200 E. 162d South Holland, and from 10 a.

m. to 10 p. m. tomorrow. Trout, the father of 10 children, is survived by his widow, Pearl; children, Paul Richard, Mrs.

Diane Luna, Connie Trout went down swinging--David Condon's Wake of the News on Page Lugo, Gary, Laura, Robert, John, Steve, and Ross; brothers Lloyd and Don, and a sister, Rosemary. Trout had been a member of the Chicago White Sox organization since 1959, first as a pitching instructor and later on the club's public relations staff. A White Sox spokesman said Trout had been suffering from stomach cancer since last September and that recently doctors determined it was a terminal case. He remained at his home in suburban South Holland, until Sunday when he entered the hospital. Trout pitched in the 1940 and 1945 World Series for the Detroit Tigers.

He won one Series game and lost two. In 1945 when he won 18 games, his brilliant pitching down the stretch led Detroit to the pennant. He broke into professional baseball with Terre Haute, in 1935, and advanced to the majors with Detroit in 1939 after minor league stints at Indianapolis, Toledo, Ohio, and Beaumont, Tex. He was traded to the Boston Red Sox in 1952, retired after that season and made a brief comeback with the Baltimore Orioles in 1957. In his major league career Trout won 170 games, lost 161 and pitched two seasons of 20 or more victories.

His run average was 3.23. S. Carolina Dumps Irish COLUMBIA, S. Feb. 28 (UPD- South Carolina's Gamecocks bombed Notre Dame 109-83 tonight to virtually assure themselves of an at-large bid to the NCAA basketball playoffs.

Senior Tom Riker celebrated his 22d birthday by scoring 31 points as the Gape cocks broke open a tit contest midway thru the first hall perod almost at will in the ital period. The victory gave Carolina a 20-4 record, the fourth consecutive year Coach Frank McGuire's squad has posted 020 or more victories. The Chicago Tuesday, Elk Williams Signs; Over $100,000 BY RICHARD DOZER Tribune Press SCOTTSDALE, Feb. 28-To the surprise of no one, Billy Williams signed his 1972 contract today for something in excess of $100,000, and altho Vice President John Holland announced proudly, "I wish everyone were so easy to deal with," it's a fact that their salary talk consumed nearly an hour and a half. While Williams and Holland held their tete-a-tete in the comfort of the general manager's shaded office, Manager Leo Durocher and Pete Reiser, the coach whom veteran Cubs remember fondly as sent the rest of the squad.

thru a sun-scorched drill outside. "I want you fellows to know I'm still a Cub," Williams said wryly to newsmen soon after he and Holland concluded their negotiations-carefully timed to coincide with the end of the Cubs' first official full-scale workout. When somebody suggested that Reiser, back after a twoyear tour as coach of the California Angels, would be happy to stay on for awhile if Billy didn't want to let the day go to waste, Williams answered, "I know it. Don't tell him I signed." Williams, who batted .301 and hit 28 home runs last year while leading the Cubs' power department, had become the club's first six-figure ball player a year ago when he signed for an announced $100,000. Holland, laying out Cub policy of not announcing wage terms "unless a player wants it," explained that Williams did not wish to make this year's figure public--unlike his open-book disclosure of 1971.

Not 'Lacking' MARQUETTE XAVIER Lackey 9 7-9 25 Warren 3 5-7 Frazier 1 1-5 5 Binegar 0-3 McNeill 8 3-4 19 Fullarton 4 2-2 10 McGuire 1-1 9 Alt 0-1 16 W'ington 1-1 3 Franklin 9 1-2 Ostrand 0 2-2 2 Eck 1-1 Deardorff 24 15-22 63 23 9-27 55 Halftime: Marquette 28, Xavier 24. Total fouls fouled Marquette 15; Xavier 18 Marquette Edges By Xavier CINCINNATI, Feb. 28 (UPD Forward Bob Lackey scored 25 points and pulled down 11 rebounds to spark the topranked Marquette Warriors to a second-half scoring binge and a 63-55 victory over Xavier tonight. The Warriors, leading only 28-24 at the half, pulled to a 15-point lead with 11:30 remaining in the game and were never seriously threatened thru the remainder of the contest. Xavier, behind the shooting of Doug Alt and Connie Warren, pulled to within five points 59-54 with 39 seconds left but were unable to close the gap.

Center Larry McNeill added 19 points and nine rebounds for Marquette. Alt led Xavier with 16 points and Warren added 11 while pulling down nine rebounds. Marquette, 23-1, is expected to get an NCAA tournament bid on Wednesday. Marquette has two regular season games remaining. Tribune February 29, 1972 lot Grove, St.

harts 32 LIONS 52 Jim. Skidmore of Highland Park and Ed Foreman of St. Viator leaping for loose ball in game last night. St. Viator won 74-66.

Staff. Photo Edward by Enormous WHA Offer For Hull Predicted BY BOB Bobby Hull will continue to be the object of a "very, very strong pitch" to play for the Winnipeg Jets' franchise in the World Hockey Association, predicts Alan Eagleson, the influential executive-director of the National Hockey League Players Association. Eagleson yesterday told THE TRIBUNE that he talked last week with Ben Hatskin, Jets' owner, and is convinced that the Black Hawks' star will be sought feverishly to jump to the proposed new league next season. Hull, whose contract expires this year, admitted that he met with Hatskin last November and was offered one million dollars for five seasons. Hatskin reportedly is due in Chicago this week to repeat or better his offer, However, Harvey Weinberg, Hull's agent, said he hadn't heard from Hatskin as yet.

"But we'd be foolish not to at least listen," said Weinberg. Eagleson, whose business acumen has helped boost hockey players' salaries in the last few years, said he is certain Hatskin can guarantee any money he offers. SECTION SPORTS BUSINESS CLASSIFIED ADS 3 Viator Win Advance in 1st Round Class AA BY JOHN LEUSCH Still another new chapter of Illinois high school basketball history has begun to unfold. This one centers around the so called -schools with enrolments of 751 and above--who have taken up the struggle for the state's first Class AA championship. Already history is regional battling among the "Davids" -schools with enrolments of 750 and under-who seek the state's first Class A crown.

That chapter was completed last week. This, of course, marks the first time the "Davids and Goliaths" of Illinois schoolboy basketball where only one state champion has been crowned each year since 1908 have gone separate ways. The team with the chance for the distinction of being the last single-class champion and one of the first under the two-class system -Thornridge -has yet to make its first tourney start. However, the Falcons, winners of 46 consecutive games dating back to December of 1970, do so this evening in their own Class AA regional against St. Francis de Sales of Chicago.

But three other teams from the Chicago -which has produced the last four state champions-were among nine which won last night when Class AA regional play got underway thruout the state. Junior Bill Sweiten poured thru 30 points as Round Lake defeated Wauconda 76-57 at Mundelein. Elk Grove, with Bob Prince hitting 21 points, stopped Rolling Meadows 68-46 at Hersey. And it was St. Viator over Highland Park 74-66, in the Wheeling regional opener, as Ed Foreman scored 26 points for the Lions.

By tomorrow night, action Attention Skaters! EVENT 55th Silver Skates Derbies. DATE -Sunday, March 5, 1972. TIME- Contestants in Classes AA, and must report to officials between 10 and 11 a. m. with first heat scheduled to start at 11 a.

m. Contestants in Classes and must report to officials between 11 a. m. and noon with first heat following heats in younger classes. PLACE-Willow Springs Ice Chalet, German Church road and Wolf road in Willow Springs.

ELIGIBLE--All contestants who signed up for original Silver Skates Derbies which were postponed because of warm weather. NO post-entries will be accepted. VERDI "Chicago has to keep Bobby Hull and Winnipeg feels it has to have said Eagleson. "So that puts Hull in the very nice position of becoming even more highly paid than he is now. If he's not making $200,000 a year with the Hawks now, he may stand to get a $50,000 or so raise.

And he deserves it." Eagleson said he is skeptical about some proposed W. H. A. franchises. He foresees that only half of the 12 will succeed, and he feels the Chicago Cougars will not be one of them.

Meanwhile, the N. H. L. trading deadline occurs Sunday, and it wouldn't be a total surprise if the Hawks are involved in a deal. One might surmise that either of the backup goalies, Gerry Desjardins or Gary Smith, could be had for the right price.

The Hawks open a six-game road trip in Los Angeles tomorrow night. Today at 11 a. they'll practice at the Ice Chalet in Willow Springs, site of next Sunday's Silver Skates Derby. It is a sparkling new rink of which Dennis Hull is part owner. Admission to the drill is 50 cents per person.

earned Defense Keynote of Sox Workouts BY GEORGE LANGFORD 1 Tribune Press SARASOTA, Feb. 28-Defense is the keynote of the White Sox training camp this spring. Everyone is acutely aware this is the existing weakness in the area where the Chicagoans must show their greatest improvement if their hopes of contending for a pennant are to be realized. Mike Andrews is one of the central figures in this drive for defensive improvement. Previously a sound second baseman with the Boston Red Sox, Andrews came to Chicago last year, suffered injuries to his arm, shoulder, back, and wrist, and still attempted to play.

There was also a breakdown in Andrews' defensive capabilities to the extent that he was finally shifted to first base at the end of the season. Now Andrews is healthy again, back at second base where Manager Chuck Tanner says the position is his to keep, and is doing some specially designed flexibility exercises that have had dramatic results in just one week. "Yesterday Mike executed a double play better than he did all last year with better moves, more velocity on his throws, and more accuracy. And he was reaching ground balls he couldn't get to before," smiled Tanner. "He's doing so many things he couldn't do before and he still has five more weeks to go with these exercises.

I'm really excited about it and it is a revelation to him." "There's no doubt that defense is the key for us this year," the 28-year-old infielder, "and me and Bee Bee and the center fielder are the main people Class AA Regionals AT HERSEY ELK GROVE 5, Miller 6, Pollitz 16, Prince 21, Chuipek 3, Sronkoski 6, Scholten 5, O'Dea 4, Stewart 2. ROLLING MEADOWS Link Lloyd 8, Lesiye 6, Olson 4, Geesan 5, Hogan 5, Kruser 7, Quinn Halftime-Elk Grove 34, Rolling Meadows 21. AT MUNDELEIN ROUND LAKE 30, Fremarek 12, Amann 6, Percy 6, Lopez 12, Barsema 4, Pollard 2, Perry 4. WAUCONDA 9, Beyer 2, Roberts 7, Fifield 10, Schroeder 5, Legood 9, Cooper 12, Schwan Wagner 2. Halftime--Round Late" 45, Wauconda 16.

AT WHEELING ST. VIATOR 15, Dimuzio 6, Carley 8, Cook 7, Foreman 26, Lohse 12. HIGHLAND PARK 2, Freeman 6, Soldano 13, Santini 14, Smith 4, Skidmore 12, Bergen 13. Halftime -St. Viator 34, Highland Park 32.

AT BELVIDERE Loves Park Harlem 74, Rockford Jefferson 58. AT DECATUR Decatur Lakeview 82, Mount Zion 80. AT GALESBURG Kewanee 58, Macomb 50. AT GRANITE CITY Roxana 58, Highland 53. AT ROCKFORD Rockford Auburn 83, Rockton Hononegah 52.

AT SALEM Centralia 63, Salem 58. "We never were very far apart," Holland asserted. "At first Billy talked about a multi-year contract but I pointed out it was to his benefit not to have one. He can have a lot better year than he did last season." To that Williams wholeheartedly agreed, confirming that both parties "gave a little" in today's meeting, which was the third talk they had held -the first two in Chicago. Estimates placed the final salary agreement at on page 2, col.

will be underway at all 56 of the state's Class AA regional sites. The champions are scheduled to be crowned Friday night. Then, upon completion of sectional and supersectional competition, seven of them will have gained places in the eight-team state finals, March 17 and 18. The eighth berth in Champaign will be filled by the champion of the Chicago Public League, where the first on page 4, col. Northern Victor for 20th Time BOWLING GREEN, Ohio, Feb.

28 -Northern Illinois won its 20th basketball game of the season tonight, crushing Bowling Green University with a 1 late spurt 102-81 in a nonconference basketball game. The victory kept alive the Huskies' bid for a berth in the N. C. A.A. tournament.

Northern Illinois finishes its season Wednesday against Indiana State and needs a victory to win the Conference of Midwestern Universities title. NORTHERN BOWLING GREEN B. F. Tp Bradley 13 4-6 30 B. Zielinski 2-2 Henson 12 5-6 29 Turner 0-1 Hotaling 1-1 11 Harris 1-1 17 Scanlan 8 5-6 21 Jackson 0-1 22 Wissman 2 4-4 McKi'nan 2-2 Badenhop 0-0 4 Hamel 0-2 Babik 1-2 La Ivey 1-1 3 Kindle 1 3-4 McDowell 0-0 46 10-16 102 31 19-23 81 Halftime -Northern 48, Bowling Green 42.

Total fouls fouled 19, Bowling Green 16. in the defense. "These exercises are designed to give me more flexibility and it's fantastic how loose they are making me feel already," Andrews went on. "I feel better than I have in two years. "Last year the injuries started in April when I jammed my shoulder and pretty soon it became a mental thing.

It got so I was afraid to throw the ball from here to there. I think Bee Bee went thru much the same thing mentally because he was so tense out there and made a few errors at the start and couldn't forget them," Andrews theorized. "But I understand Bee Bee had a great year in winter ball and Chuck had the right idea giving him the year of major league experience last season instead of having him in the minors. It could pay off this year," he continued. "As for myself, first of all I want to get my weight down from 195 he played last to about 187.

I didn't feel mobile enough at that weight. Second I want to play. as much as I can this spring because it's been my pattern every year to get off to a slow start at bat. It isn't until June or July that I really start hitting. "I've asked Chuck to play me.

a lot in the exhibition games and maybe I can overcome that. It isn't a matter of hitting for a high average in the preseason games. I usually always hit around .350 but I'm fattening up on pitchers who aren't ready yet and I still don't feel comfortable batting," Andrews explained. "My main goal is getting to the point where I feel comfortable at bat even if I'm only hitting .230 in the exhibitions. "If I can can improve our defense that should mean a lot," Andrews' concluded.

"From all I can see this team has got everything else it takes." Irish Down NOTRE DAME S. CAROLINA TP TP O'Mara 12 1-1 25 Riker 12 7-7 Novak 10 3-4 23 Joyce 0-1 0-0 Traylor 2-7 Silinski 1-3 Aydlett 3-4 Egart 0-2 Carver 10 1-2 Stevens 3-4 Winter 0-0 MT'send 0-0 Manning 2 0-0 Hansen 0-0 Mousa 0 0-0 McGraw 0-0 Powell 0-0 Schmelzer 0 1-1 Grimes 0-1 37 9-13 83 48 13-22 109 Halftime South Carolina 41, Noire Dame 46. Total fouls fouled -Notre Dame 17 South Carolina 11, Fighting Irish saw their record fall to 6-18 with the loss. WHITE SOX NOTES Rookie Outfielder Ken Hottman signed his contract this morning and Outfielder Rick Reichardt checked into camp and had an hour-long negotiating session with General Manager Stu Holcomb without reaching an agreement. "'We are very close but Rick has a principle he believes in," Holcomb said.

"It isn't very much money but he says it's the principle of the thing." Still. no word from three missing players, Dick Allen, whose 40-ounce bats have arrived and have the name "Richie" stamped on them; and Pitchers Joe Horlen and Vicente Romo. Romo and Allen are supposed to have agreed to terms. The Sox first intersquad game will be staged tomorrow, followed by similar contests the next two days before the exhibition opener on Friday. "The loss of Dizzy Trout to the White Sox organization leaves a void that will be impossible to fill.

Altho Dizzy's heart was still with his Detroit Tiger teammates and team all of his energies were directed towards helping and promoting the White Sox. He will be missed by all not only as a worker but as a friend," said Chuck Tanner, manager of White Sox. "Dizzy showed me more guts and more strength in a person than I've ever seen as he was going thru this illness. He was quite a person and quite a funny man. We will all miss him..