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The Paducah Sun from Paducah, Kentucky • 9

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1952 OFFICIAL KITTY LEAGUE SCHEDULE Dodgers Depend Leo Bucked Front Office, At MadisonviUe sArm OnVanCuyk May 21-23-23 JACKSON July (3) -4-4 Aug. l-S-3 Got Results By The Associated Preaa MIAMI, Fla, March 12 OP phris Van Cuyk. towering left By OSCAR TRALEY NEW YORK. March 12 (U.FS Leo May 9-10 June 13-14 July 19-(20) UNION CUT hander, is the current Broouyn Dodger favorite to take up the Aug. 29-30 slack caused by pitcher Don New-combe's Induction Into the Army.

Durocher's hard-earned right to run the New York Giants without front office Interference promised to pay off today in solution of his greatest catcher for the Philadelphia Phfl-, lies. Obtained from the Cincinnati Reds in an off-Mason trade. Burgess has shown Manager Eddie Sawyer that he can throw, run and knows how to handle pitchers. And yesterday he showed Sawyer he can poke a long ball. He slapped the second offering of righthander Ed Cereghlno over the centerfleli- wall to give the Phillies squad a 10-inning, 3-2 victory over the New York Yankees Junior varsity.

May 26-27-28 know Van Cuyk ts ready," rcixoN June 27-28-(29) personnel problem. Aug. 7-8-9 Manager Chuck Dressen said. "He has learned to use that change of pace that I gave him last season. For one of the shining lights at That's all he needed.

No one has May 15-16-17 June 30-21 MAirUOD more stuff." the Giant training camp, is a 22-: year-old outfielder named Gail Henley who could fill the aching need for a left handed hitting fly-chaser. Yet Henley wouldn't even July 26-(27)-28 YANKEES At At At At At- At At i Jackson Union City Fulton My field Pad oca- HopkviIle Owensboro May (4) May 12-13 May 31; Jan ill -I May 7- May" 3S-27-23 May U8M9-30 READ 1 June 6-7 June 17-18-19 July 8-9-10 June 11-13 June 37-28-(29) June 22-23 July 13: 14-15 July 51-23 Aug. 15-1-(17 July 17-18 Aug. 7-8-9 July 29-30-31 Aug. (34)-25 Aug (lO)-il Aug.

27-28 May 6- May 21-22 May 12-13 June 35 May 15-1817 May Ha2S) Juno (W-9-10 THE SUN-, May 29 June 17-18-19- July 8-()-7 June 20-21 June 30-July 1-2 July 11. (13) June 24 July 4-4 July 21-23 Aug. 18-19-20 July 28-(27) -28 Aug. 4-M Aug. 23-28 Aug (3); 13-14 Aug.

U0)-11 May (11); 14 May 23; 38-39 May (4) May (18V-19-20 May 31 May 7-8 June (15); IS June 25-26 DEMOCRAT June 6-7 June (22)-23 June (l)-2 June 11-12 July 33, 24, 26 July 3 July 12; 14-15 July 39-30-31 July 8-9-10 July 17-18 Aug. iU 33 Aug. 1-2; 12 Aug. (34X-35 Aug. 15-16-(17) Aug.

May 24-(25) May (11); 14 May 5-6 May 31; 33 May9-10 June 3-4-5 June 30-July 1-3 June (15)-16 June (8)-9-10 DAILY May 29 June 13-14 July, 5-l-7 Aug. 4-5-6 July 23-34-25 July 11-(I3) June 25 July 4-4 July 19-(20) A Aug. 18-19-20. Aug. 21-33 Aug.

23-26 Aug. (3); 13-14 Aug. 39-30 May 15-16-17 May 2627-28 May 9-10 May 22; S9-39 May (4) -6 May 12-13 June 30-31 June 27-28-(29) June 13-14 June 24; 26 FOB June 6-7 June 16-17-18 July 26-(27)-28 Aug. 7-8-9 July 19-(20) July 3 July 14-15 July 24-25 Aug. 29-30 Aug.

1-2; 12 Aug. 23-(24) Aug(10)-ll June 3-4-5 May 7-8 May 24-(25) May (l)-19-20 May 5 May 29-30-39 July 5-(6)-7 June 11-13 June 30; July i-J June (22) -23 June (S)-9-10 Fl'LL June 24-25-26 Aug. 18-19-20 July 17-18 Aug. 4-5-6 July 29-30-31 11-12-U3 Aug. 12-13-14 Aug.

37-28 Aug. 25-26 May 9-10 May 31; June (U-2 May 15-16-17 May 26-27-28 May (11); 14 May 21-22-23 June 13-14 July 8-8-10 June 20-21 June 27-28-(29) lune (15); 19 July 3-4-4 SPORTS July 19-(20) Aug. 15-16-07) July 38-(27)--8 Aug. 7-8-9 July 21-33-33 Aug. 1-3-(3) Aug.

39-30 31-23 May 29-39-39 May (18) -19-20 June 3-4-5 May 7-8 May 24-(25)" May 13-13 May 5-6 June 24-25-26 June (22)-23 July 5-(6)-7 June 11-13 June 30 July 1-3 June 18; 18-19 June 7-(8) Aug. 12-13-14 July 29-30-31 Aug. 18-19-20 July Aug. 4-5-6 July 21-22 July U-12-(13) Aug. 27-28 A8- (10) -11 Aug.

23-(24) 8 Sundays 9 8undays 8 Sundays 8 Sundays 9 Sundays 9 Sundays- "8 Sundays 1 HoUday 1 Boliday 1 Holiday 1 Holiday 1 Holiday 1 Holiday 1 Holiday ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, March be with the club except for Leo's PADUCAH 12 (P) Mickey Mantle Is running aggressive defense last winter. up quite a record in pinch-hitting Henley has been knocking the roles- for the New York Yankees. cover off the ball this spring. But May 31 June U--' July 8-9-10 Aug.

15-16-(17) June (15); 17 July 23-24-25 Aug. 21-22 Mantle has banged out three last fall the front office singles in his last three pinch-hit HOPKINS VILU5 tripS. wanted to leave hint. Oti- a--minor leasuc draft roster where he would have been eligible for the baseball draft. Durocher put his "foot down Henley was retained.

May (4) June 6: 9-10 July 14-15 Aug. 25-26 Which was a dictatorial action on Leo's pari which the Giants ould TIGERS LAKELAND, Fla, March 12- (1 If Ben Taylor's batting doesnt improve, Vic Wert! will start at first base for the Detroit Tigers before the week Is out. Manager Red Rolfe says. So far Taylor has rapped one base hit In 12 tries. have and did Ignore three years COVERAGE ago.

Those were the days when Leo, after shifting to the. Giants in mid- 1948 from Brooklyn, was. finding the 9 Sundays 1 Holiday REDS BRADENTON. Fla, March 12 (IP) Polo Grounds a rough row to hoe. There was a general reluctance on the part of fans and front office Pol Face Indicate.

Sunday and HoUday. The rain wouldn't stop at Cin cinnati's training site at Tampa yesterday, so the trade rumors Paul Waner 9s Hit Hin ts to accept him. Leo immediately wanted to part with the slow-footed siege guns who had set a major league record with Ruth, Dickey started up-with pitcher Kenny Raffensberger and Outfielder Dick Sisler and names most often 221 home runs in 1947, and finished Lead All-Time Redlcg Manager. Gabe Paul de Helpful To Boston Braves nies there is any deal but the club's need for. a slugging out fourth, when the tlub finished firth In 1948, he managed to part with Walker Cooper and Johnny Mize during the 1949 season.

When the club, still finished fifth. Leo finally got some action. That winter he let go of Sid Gordon. Willard Marshall, Buddv Yankee Team fielder and fiii experienced in "There are only two rules for I wth the bat resting on my shoulder. By STANLEY WOODWAED SARASOTA.

March 13 fielder is evident. Brooklyn re When the pitcher took his arm hitting: Have your bat ready. Holt your head still." portedly- Is Interested in Raffy, while the St, Louis Cardinals are ST. PETERSBURG. March In less complicated terminology, Waner explains the theory long back to throw 1 dropped the bat back, in right position.

There's no need to do anything else because the pitcher can't deliver until he Every little while we run Into Paul Waner, the celebrated "Big Poison" of the old Pirates. He Is peddling one of the numerous catapult-style said to have been Inquiring about 12 U.R Babe Ruth, Bill Dickey and Joe DiMaggto, three of baseball's Kerr and Sam Webb for the Alvin Dark-Eddie Stanky infield combina Sisler. held by astronomers and ballistic greatest sluggers, bf-ded an all tion. pitching machine around the time all-star New York Yankees Stanton Only Bench Pilot In Kitty League AU eight Kitty League teams have signed their managers for the coming season and two of the 1951 skippers are returning to the old feline loon. Paducah retained Bob Stanton, who will be the only bench manager in the league.

And Fulton resigned Sam Lamltlna, the lippy catcher who proved, to be the best drawing card In the Kitty League last season. Other managers are: HopkinsvlUe, Larry Brunke, pitcher; Jackson, Vlnce Pankovlti, catcher; Union City, Frank Radler, pitcher; MadisonviUe, Everett Robtnsc-h, tint baseman; Owensboro, D. C. Miller, outfielder; Mayfleld. Francis "Red" Barrett, pitcher.

takes his arm back. He cant slip it past you. So take a rest until The team came on to finish third CARDINALS team announced today. in 1930. Grapefruit Circuit But usually the one-armed bandit, is standing off he makes a move.

ST. PETERSBURG, March But the string-pulling still was The team as selected by 48 veteran baseball writers who have cov 12 (PH-After knocking off the Bos The only danger to a rookie being done, to a great extent, by the. front office, so last year the ton Braves twice, the St. Louis which could accrue from such in ered the mighty Yankees down struction could be the rookie's own through the years, and was an Cardinals take a crack at the Bos ton Red Sox at Sarasota today. reformed "new" Durocher took several daring gambles which, if they misinterpretation.

A kid could perhaps put undue emphasis on a nounced in conjunction with the team's 50th anniversary as a mem Behind the smooth two-hit had backfired, could have meant experts that calculations are easier when they are from a fixed point. "The ball Is a moving object," he says. "If the batter is Jigging around and moving his then there are two moving objects and accurate action is less likely. "A lot of times you take a pitch and' after the ball has gone by you, you say -to That was a cripple. I could have murdered that The reason you say that after ball has gone by is that you held your head still and so had a perfect sight on the.

ball. If you ROSENFIELD'S New Spring SLACKS All Wool Gabardines Flannels Sharkskins pitching of Wilmer "Vinegar Bend ber of the American League. the Joss of all he had -gained, if not casual appearance and lose his own exploslveness in an effort to Imi Mizell. Kurt Krieger and Willard his job. Ruth, Dickey and DiMaegio who1 tate the behavior of a master.

Schmidt, the Cards shut out the One of these moves, hotly con 3-0, yesterday. tested by Owner Horace Stonelam was to put Outfielder Whitey Lock- There are some who think that an athlete- who does something well never should be coached at all In his specialty. One of the exponents of this theory is Lou Lit PHILLIES man on first base. Leo's maneuver- hit a total of 1,277 home runs between them during their fence-busting days were the unanimous choices of the Yankee scribes. Bob Meusel gained the other outfield spot alongside the Babe 'and DiMag.

being picked over such ca ings appeared useless as the Giant CLEARWATER, March 12 (IP) Day by day' Smoky Burgess bogged down in au 11-game losing streak. The Giants were on a road dont move your head you have the is nailing down the job as No. 1 the Columbia football coach. When 'Lou was at Georgetown at-one side and Paul is in the middle of a circle of ball-players, reporters and fans, brandishing a bat and discussing the Waner theory of base-hit production. I saw him at Bradentown the other day mesmerizing gang of imposing Boston Braves rookies, plus Manager Tommy Holmes and Coach Johnny Cooney.

The last were following the discourse as closely as any of the rising heroes from Milwaukee aud Atlanta. Most major leaf ue managers agree that it is a mistake to take a good hitler and try to change his stance and hitting technique. Waner doetn't try to make over any bitter His Idea Is to improve the hitter within the limits of his natural style. That's why Tommy Holmes and other managers like to have him talk to their rookies. "Stance? There's no such thing," says Waner.

"I'm standing here talking to you with a bat in my hand. I'm relaxed, free and $11.95 $22.50 same advantage on every pitch. "Don't stand there waving your bat back and forth. You're not scaring anybody. Don't clench the bat nightly and hold it back when you're waiting for the pitcher to deliver.

Hell take advantage of you that way. Hell stall and your arms will be tired before he ever throws. he had a punter named Jim Mooncy who could kick seventy yards-with either foqt. One day Lou came out of the dressing room and found Herb Kopf, the backfield coach, giving Mooney pointers on punting. Little roared, "Herb, Ret away from than man and don't ever Wool and Rayons $9.95 Rayon and Acetate pable stars aa Earl Combs, Tommy Henrith and Willie Keeler.

Rounding out the all-time squad were Lou Gehrig, first base: Tony Lazzeri, second base; Phil Rlzzuto, shortstop: Red Rolle, third base; Red Ruffing, right handed pitcher; Herb Pennock and Lefty Gomez, who deadlocked for lelt handed pitcher: Johnny Murphy, relief pitcher, and Fiankle Crosetti, utility infielder, Rlzzuto is the only member of the all-time team -till playing, although Dickey and Crosetti are still with the Yankees as coaches. The spark trip when one official relayed ftoiip-ham's "suggestion" that Lockman be retained in the outfield. "Tell him," Leo barked, "that I'm going to play Lockman on first base if it costs me my Job." Later. Leo brought a badly slumping Bobby Thomson in from the outfield over even Thomson's objections and made him into one of the league's most promlsiiiK'third basemen. How well he came out of his slump is etched among baseball's most thrilling moments.

Bobby's homer, and Leo's psychi: guesses, won the pennant lor the victory-starved Giants. speak to him again." "I used to stand up there relaxed-l (Copyright, 1952) hl DRYCLEANING that is DIFFERENT BETTER! $5.50 to $8.95 Rosenficld's Wagner Candy Co. New Midwest Cage Conference, Including Irish, Is Proposed ling shortstop received 42 out of 48 Use our laundry service. All types available. WiBPADUCAHfc rri- in.

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scheduling games with Big Ten opponents. 1 "They all say the same thing." he said, "no room for us because of the restriction of non-conference games Krau.se said he had talked about the new league with Arthur Morse, De Paul, who, Krause said, was "very Interested." Krause said no meetings had been scheduled but "it is conceivable that there might be one In the near starts to deliver? Groh, Heil-man and all the other good hitters have the bat back from the should-in position to carry through level swing. KELVINATOR Home Applionces Service WEST KY. SUPPLY (0. OF PADUCAH Cage Scores (laeorvora-) Broodwey Phone 934 621 READ THE WANT ADS DAILY CHICAGO.

March 12 (U.R) A new basketball conference, composed of some of the top Independent teams In the midwest, appeared to be a definite possibility today. Representatives of De Paul, Notre Dame, Marquette and Wayne expressed Interest in the proposed league and one source said while things were "still in the talking state, developments are proceeding rapidly Ed "Moose" Krause, athleUc director of Notre Dame said there was "nothing definite yet, but we're discussing the idea of the new league that would Include some of the "best midwest teams." Conrad Jennings, athletic director of Marquette said that he "wouldn't be surprised If something like that did happen." Main reason for the proposed league seemed to be the Big Ten restriction on non-conference games. Jennings said "If the Big Ten decides to play more games within Its own league, many schools In the Central Collegiate Conference will be left out In the cold." "We may be forced to form our own conference and play for own championship," he said. The CCC Is a loosely-knit conference which holds competition only in track and field events and Includes in Its membership besides Marquette and Notre Dame, Baldwin-Wallace, Bradley, Butler, Loyola, De Paul, Detroit. Drake, Michigan Normal, 61.

Thomas, Wayne, Western Michigan and Bowling Green. Alden Thompson, director of athletics at Wayne said "We would give any feeler in this direction full consideration." Thompson said that Wayne Is having "the same trouble as Mar 1 i NIT TOIRSLY Quarter-Finals Dayton 68. St. Louis f6. Duquesne 73, Holy Cross 68.

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