Bristol Herald Courier from Bristol, Tennessee • 19

Ir Bristol Herald Courier Sports Section Combined Sundays With The Bristo Vi rgi nia Ten nessean Major League Managers Take Spring Inventory Of Clubs and Paul LaPalme return qC Dan Twins To Launch Spring Training Wednesday Looking at Sports with Gene Thompson place club and a trio WIGHTMAN abulous Jim Thorpe Dies Of Heart Attack At His California Home Bristol Twins' 1953 Roster George Detore Manager air Hay for Thorpe com except the javelin throw with the salary was MV MN have player ahead nn ichor Ihn Chee vincial League Batavia of the Pony League and Brunswick at all jured leg: no infield reserves No lefthanded starting pitcher Detroit credits: ine showing of Rookie Harvey Kuenn and Third professional He was stripped of his medals and his marks were removed from the record books Years later a congressional subcommittee decid ed to see what could be done to Tommy Smith and DeLotelle a right Nunn lanky right tram with another lexas anai righthander Cleveland credits: Luke Easter fully recovered from knee injury Harry Simpson and Larry Doby hitting: Boone looking good: BRISTOL VIRGINIA TENNESSEE SUNDAY MARCH 29 1953 Sad spring showing of Ace Warren Spahn mysterious shoulder ail ment of Catcher Del Crandell Weakness at second base Cincinnati credits: Heavy hitting of Ted Kluszewski additional pow er supplied by Jim Greengrass and Gus Bell Improved hitting of de fensive wizard Roy McMillan Deb its: Lack of No 1 pitcher a stop per: need more outfield defense Could use another'righthanded hit ler St Louis credits: Return to pitch ing form by Joe Presko: consis tently good pitching promise shown by Rookies Rip Repulski and Grant Dunlap Musial Schoen in genera can stars a 1 1 I amamimn rinsrr iis not lunt now unu uuvniHK All six ot the Chauncey "Deyault circuit teams will bq in' Classified Ads dienst period Debits: Light spring hitting Ed Yuhas sore arm fielding of Rookie irst Baseman Steve Bilko and Third Baseman Ray Jablonski Brooklyn credits: AH around per formance of Junior Gilliam Duke Snider at his best promise shown by Rookie Pitchers Ed Roebuck Glen Mickens John Podres and Bob Milliken Debits: Hole in left field due to George Shuba's sore left knee ugly rumors of dissen sion Philadelphia credits: Earl Torge fine hitting and fielding: Curt improvement Debits: Steve failure to step into lanty among sports tans He was seriously ill last summer while in Henderson Nev but showed the old stamina to recover Big Jim who stood 6 teet 1 incn 1 weighed 185 nounds in his prime was born in a one room log cabin near Shawnee Okla May 28 1888 one of twin boys His twin brother died at the age of 8 mother gave him the In dian tribal name of Wa tho huck meaning Bright Path mother was an Indian his father part Indian His paternal grand father was an Irishman who took as his bride a granddaughter of the famous Sac and ox warrior Chief Black Hawk Nobody knows how many sports Big Jim could ha in it Tigers Win Opener HAMPDEN SYDNEY Va March 28 UP) Hampden Tigers went on a four run spree in the first inning here today and never were headed as they launch ed their 1953 baseball season with a 10 6 victory over Rider College But it took a fine Job of relief pitching by rank Hoffman to in sure the Tiger triumph after they went into the final frame with a 10 5 lead GEORGE DETORE He Already On Job I forces since last season" Rookie pitchers in addition to Morgan and Irvin who will report I 1 IzirJ zJ a a a Pa 7 a a catchy one that pass along from 'Chauncey Durden's SPORTVIEW in the Richmond Timcs Dispatch REWARD OR INEICIENCY The Sport 1 like the least of all Is that mad scramble all for scoring No defense To Me the game just make sense But after all is said and done like that rule called and Ivc introduced: it at my club (Where I have always been a When drawing to an Inside Straight You heed a SIX and catch an EIGHTH Remind the dealer of the law And he gives you another draw help in other sports perhaps yt Like say that parlor game called coming out your point is A SEVEN shows there is "'M Mvp'' Just reach out calmly grab thedice The rule says you can roll twice A few examples such as tnese Shows you the possibilities after all is said and done I like that rule called and But that my friends mean That I enjoy Basketball JOHN Russ No' 4 pitching spot Need of help at second New York credits: Comeback of Sal Maglie: fine showing of Rook ies Bill Taylor and Daryl Spencer Monte Irvin's ankle fully healed Debits: Bobby Thomson's injury Larry still doubtful stat us on second third and short? Chicago credits: Solid slugging of Rookie Paul Schramka pitch ing of Bob Rush Debits: Hank broken finger need of out field help 1 Pittsburgh credits: Improved pitching by Bob riend and Jim Waugh and addition of John Lindell By Joe Reichler ST PETERSBURG la March 28 The last Sunday in March usually means one thing to major league inventory time With the opening of the regular season only two weeks off the big league pilots are taking stock of their teams and balancing the assets against the liabilities What do the ledgers show? National League Milwaukee credits: Added right handed punch in Andy Pafko and Joe Adcock: terrific spring hitting of Eddie Mathews discovery of new starter in Bob Ruhl Debits: JIM THORPE A Legendary Athlete have his trophies returned to him but nothing came of it After he finished school several major league clubs bid for his services The New York Giants re portedly paid him $5000 to sign He happy with the New York club and was moved to Bos ton where he batted 327 in 60 games He remained in the Na tional League for six years play ing 77 games for Cincinnati in 1917 nLvr Vi wnll in minnvc winding up his baseball career inland Dick Orlando a pitcher who! Workouts at the Pirate spring 1928 with Akron He as 40 then was farmed to Norton of the Motin training base are being held at Between baseball seasons he tain States League most of the sum i Brunswick's Miller ield with th played pro football imer have gone into the armed (Continued on Page 3 C) the mittee outstanding' in running high jump JXJ3 1 UUJUua inicvl rCia UVyit (VXA a movie American King Gustav of Sweden told Thorpe recently was associated him: you are the greatest in operation of a restaurant in i athlete in the nOt fa frOm He returned home a hero A year his trailer plater he was saddened when it nnlo vattHincr onH in tho wniohf Thorpe All events in great pitching form Billy Hoeft plagued by sore arms' Hunter locks like a big leaguer I T1 11 ft ak fl 11 If 1 aIm AU Il I I aI AZ fielder Bill Wilson needs more sea New York credits Phi) Puzzuto Vic Wertz and Johnny Groth Debl soning: lack of a standout receiver 'showing no trace of ulcer trouble its: Harrv Brecheen at 38 looks PI a a a aJ I a I a a UlUi T' i i Bristol and Appalachian League fans marking off the calendar training this week four of: them in Georgia 'George Detore gets Twins rolling at the Pirates' Brunswick Ga stronghold Wednesday morning Welch Miners back in the Philadelphia fold openat Savannah Ga at the same time and Blue Grays hooked up with Washington this season go into action at Winter Garclen la xt Sunday other clubs are already at work Johnson City pen nant winning Redbirds got going at Albany Ga Wednesday Pulaski's Phillies jumped into action a day earlier at' Lurin 'burg and the St Louis Browns have had the personnel or the Wytheville club working put at Thomasville Ga for a couple Detore expects to get his Twins back home to Shaw Stadium on riday April 26: two days before they launch the season against Johnson City here Sunday April 26 He realized funds from the movie was revealed that in 1910 he had I a lAk i vzl fr'nn 1 1 nn 4 1 i hi ms uic aux vc ci 4iv4uviiv nacpna I nr rav speaker The demand for his ap Rocky Mount club in the Eastern pearanccs indicated the old Car Carolina League His salary was lisle Indian still retained his popu $60 a month This branded him a 1 i it rvi At rr a rxi rf a a i Players currently listed on the rosters of Bristol Burlington Brunswick Batavia and St Jean are mot the only ones who 11 be working out at Brunswick Three of the top the sensational Bucn twins of basketball fame and Vic Janowicz Big Ten Conference football are headed for the Georgia seaport camp General Manager Branch Rickey has ordered this trio to fly from Havana Cuba to Brunswick for intensive batting drills under George Sisler and other Pirate experts at the camp Johnnv is an infielder while brother Eddie camps in 'the outfield The made basketball history at Seattle while Janowicz kept the gridiron hot for the Ohio State Buckeyes It would beTsomething if one of these great young prospects showed up at Bristol under the wing of George Detore! After watching Ron Necciai and Bill Bell write new baseball history here last season convinced anything might happen at Shaw Stadium 1 One the key meh at Brunswick this spring is Ray Welch a former college coach who is conditioning the players for Rex Bowen and his staff 7 WrtikHc fnr 'Pirates in the New iorK ana Pennsylvania area Members of Pirate farm clubs moving out 1 1 Ak a i I i zsn A ofi Brunswick arecertain to oe in gooa puyswai vuuuiuvu start the season Who hit the longest home run in baseball history? Babe Ruth usually has been credited with the feat on the basis of a 500 foct wallop he unloaded at Tampa Bay back in 1920 But Paul writing in CAVALIER quotes Dolly Stark the old National League umpire as picking the one Mickey Mantie clouted off Joe Black in the finalgame of the 19a2 World Series Mickey unleased his lethal blast while batting leit handed Gardner quotes Stark who umpired in the National League from 1928 intermittently through 1942 as saying: fi was sitting in the upper stands I watched the call tiaxcl after it cleared the right field wall at Ebbets ield 318 feet from must have gone another 100 feet to fully clear Bedford Avenue Then there was a garage about 100 feet off It traveled beyond that and landed on a roof an extra 30 feel away the 500 tootcr Babe Ruth was supposed to have hit at Tampa Bay around 1920 and Jirnmy longest drive never equalled it in my opinion 'T Carl Hubbell farm boss of the Giants according to Gardner sais that "rankie nsch was the best switch hitter I ever saw before Mantle but Mantle has more power than risch either Hubbell adds conservatively Gardner suites looks as if Mickey and Wille Mays are the best ball players to come up since the war But you must reivembei that not many outstanding voung players have been coming up in recent years Gardner avs in 'his article: tendency of most base ball men as Mantle faces his third major league season is to laud the Yankee center fielder to the skies He is strong: he 1g fast Want to has been clocked running the 30 yards to first base jn 3 1 seconds faster than anybody currently in the game despite the stenmyehtis which kept him out of the so says trainer Gus Mauch of the xan kees one day last summer Hank Bauer Yogi Berra Billy Martin and Joe Collins were fooling around with Mickey on the Stadium grass Tncy decided they would toss him in fun He shook them off like flies a bruiser himself remarked after Mickey had flipped him asirto bv shaking thigh the size of an oak the strongest guy I ever "Mantle got those muscles swinging a sledge hammer smiles Yankee manager Casey Stengel who can well laugh Mantle helps win pennants for Gardner's aihcle on Mantle "Trey bhppcn The Pitchers A is one of the best baseball features weve read in quite awhile By Gene Thompson With the opening of the 1953 Appalachian League base ball campaign less than a month away Manager George Detore will send his Bristol Twins into snrinc training at Brunswick Ga bright and early Wednesday morning ine xeteran Detore starting his second season at the helm of the Twins will be greeted by a squad that includes lour noioovers irom last years second of rookies from the Bristol area Players from last season sched i ulcd to report to Detore at Bruns wick are shortstop Don DeVeau catcher Bill Onuska and two pitch ers southpaw young Walter hander Sam hander will group at Huntsville catcher Don Becker Dick Shinnick and first baseman Paul Nix aie in college and will not I reixirt until June Rookies from the immediate area signed to Bristol contracts include Junior Iscnhour a third baseman who played at Virginia High School I Lefty Billv Morgan from Damas 'cus and Harold Irvin a strapping 6 4 191 pound righthander' who pitched for Coach Stanley Ruther ford's Holston High Eagles of the Upper Lakes Conference They will leave Monday tor urunswicK TYa 1 ti ju I Wednesday are Don Cormier Don Bia si i Charles Malcolm Donald Mathes the son of GH Bradlr Jns ol Hfnrv Hr? Bin tr' outs for tree agents at wruns wick Bradlev a lefthanded hitter I efthander Malcolm is a highly plaved last summer at Baikdale fngaedvproe fr0Ifn ield He was discharged from the )n Smlth ls Air orce early this month I and Nnaet who comes from Mount Vernon Va was here for i Only three of the new pLj ers ona C0UD(? (jaAs ljsl 1953 roster have had prev 1 InfieWcrs Ullb De 1OUS piofessional experience They Vcau and lscnhollr arc Bobby Ca are Pitchers Ken Southaid and ne and jarod Zanardi both Joe ishmghawk a Cheio from ConnecUtut kec Indian and Joe Oxendine an outfielders are Bradlev Norman other Indian ho waS Kotlik from Neffs Okla and Bob for May fie Ky of the Kitty (RIaiinellai a sixfoot i85 pound League last season southpaw hitter from Hartford Southard posted a 2 2 record with conn Brunswick Ga while I ishinghawkj Players listed on the Bristol ros who will at Huntsville Texas ter will be tossed into the Pirato along with Nunn lost four games along with those from St without registering a victory for Jran Quebcc of thc class pri Bartlesville (JKia Oxendine who hails from Pem broke is attending college of the Georgia lorida circuit The and ill not report until June Joej latter two dubs like Bristol are packs 190 pounds on a6 1 frame in Class ball and showed potential at AH players will be carefully Maylicld He baited 252 in 87 1 screened and only the cream of games and his batting in the crop will be retained Players eluded three homers six triples will also find their way into the and seven doubles He knocked in Brunswick camp from clubs ot 50 runs higher classification who will ba PniMilar liitto Joe Novotniak one channeled into Class comneti of thc Appalachian's top infielders tion for the 1953 season LOS ANGELES March 28 AP) Thorpe probably the great est all around athlete who ever lived died today of a heart at tack at the age of 64 The most talked abotit sports figure of his day in football track and field and later in big league baseball succumbed in the modest trailer in which he lived with his third wife Patricia in suburban Lomita V' The colorful Carlisle Institute Indian who set records in win ning the grueling pentathlon and decathlon events in the 1912 Olympics at Stockholm had sur vived two previous heart attacks one in 1943' and the other last year Listed by modern sports experts as an all time All American foot ball player Thorpe collapsed while eating dinner with his wife late this afternoon Mrs screams attracted a neighbor Col by Bradshaw who administered artificial respiration: for nearly half an hour A county fire department rescue squad continued resuscitation ef forts They were successful brief ly Thorpe revived recognized persons around him and tried to speak However he suffered a relapse and died He is survived by his widow and four sons Three years ago in an Associ ated Press poll sportswriters vot I ed Thorpe as the greatest mule athlete in the first half of this century He was far ahead of Babe Ruth the runner up for the honor After making Walter All American team for two vears as a I cpnxafional rn nor ktokpr anrl I I passer at Carlisle IPa) Indian and Institute rail and tajz he played professional football and baseball for If years or six years he was in the big leagues with the New York Giants But in the autumn of his life he met economic reverses In 1951 it was revealed that he was flat broke and a charity case in a Philadelphia hospital He had un dergone surgery there for removal of a cancer Various movements were started to aid him Baseball raised a sub stantial sum A group of sports men and businessmen organized Whitey ord picking up where like No 1 pitcher a busy summer left off in 1950 Debits: Rack in for Satch Paige jury to Allie Reynolds Eddie Lo Washington credits: Jackie Jen pat still a question mark: Vic Raschi slow rounding into form scn the hollebt hltter Monda Philadelphia credits: Slugging of! Jtood pitching of Bob Porterfield Eddie Robinson and Gus Zernial: Walter Masterson and Chico Mar sparkling pitching of rookies Mar 1 rcra Debits: rank sore1 ion ricano and Charley Bishop arm failure of Rookie Leroy Diet Debits: Sophomore Harry zel to win second base job Need Asmal showing on mound crying' for hitting catcher Manager George Detore Will Greet 1953 Squad At Brunswick Ga Camp He too strong on the rigors i of training relying on his great natural co ordination and speed I He first gained prominence in sports at' Carlisle Institute under Coach Glenn (Pop) Warner He started playing football in 1907 The next year he kicked three field goals to beat Penn State 12 5 and squirmed 60 yards to tie Pennsyl vania 6 6 He played left half He dropped out of school for two years But Warner coaxed him back and he achieved his greatest gridiron stardom in 1911 1 sports experts picked him as the football of the Century ranking him of Red Grange He and Grange were almost unanimous choices for the' halfback posts on an all time AU America football team In the 1912 Olympics with al I most no specialized training he set point totals in tne ciecatnion ana pentathlon which stood for 20 years He won every pentathlon event He was and Paul LaPalme return Dan Chicago credits: erris ain and) staff Great form of Second Base for third baseman anJ hit ny Connell and surprise showing Junior Stephens strengthened in lman Owen riend Debits: Pitch tine catcher zll 1 a 1': i i i ui uuuiriuu unpv juun uvia im juvera muing nara aaiui ers xea uray Art Hou tt eman anal umiuuivwive nayoi rirsi noEOVin i Baseman Al Grunwald: sore arm! Debits: Highly touted Rookie Out Injury to Kuenn nf rank Thnnwr nnhnH fenln! i Ralph Kiner on the attack American league Boston credits: Youth movement mskinef nmcrmcc1 Tint DmerJI Sam White Ted Lepcio and Dick Debits: Bobby Avila limping on in oernert impressive ueorge Kell as good as ever Debits: Dorn Dimaggio suffering from eye trou ble doubtful starter Hoot Evers still saddled by injury jinx Mel Baseman John Baumgartner: ad Parnell only solid pitcher Jdition of John Bucha to catching I7 i 1 1 LI: w'M ifilk in tt WL 4 'J I 9 i zr 1 1953 APPALACHIAN LEAGUE BASEBALL SCHEDULE 1953 denotes Sunday games at at at at at at BRISTOL JOHNSON CITY BLUEIELD WELCH PULASKI WYTHEVILLE April 27 May 10 11 May 8 9 May 4 5 May 2 3 3 June 11 12 June 1 2 23 26 BnitTAi OlinW 17 18 28 June 19 20 21 June 24 25 BRISTOL rULLUW July 2223 29 30 July 11 12 Julv 9 10 1617 1 Aug 1 2 Aug 3 4 24 25 28 29 j' Aug 17 18 23 23 24 Aug 11 12 Aug 21 22 i April 26 May 2 3' 3 Aprii2829 iaviM6 May 6 7 25 26 Mav 20 21 29 30 31 May 8 9 22 i lAintf mi eiTu June 8 9 10 THTWIN June 24 25 June 13 14 June 22 23 Jwe L2 I JOHNSON CITY July 2 4n IWINJ 9102829 5 6 Jill) 13 I 20 21 24 25 Aug 1 2 Aug 9 10 Aug'13 25 26 O516 May 12 13 14 April 27: Amif3b ApiT289 30 31 Mav 6 7 May 1 Mav 21 June 22 23 June 5 6 IkL 8 9 10 02 23 24 i BLUEIELD July 13 1L July 18 197 19 June16 Juiv 556 Aug 5 6 Aug 7 8 20 21 2q127 30 31 27 28 Aug 9 10 Aug? 19 20 Aug 13 14 ApriL30 May 4 5 April 26 Mav 13 14 15' May 1 27 28 Maylto lay June 41 12 22 23 24 June 19 20 21 I8'19 TUT June! 6 i 26 27 WELCH June 15 16 Julv 11 12 rUAei3d4 July 18 19'19 Julv 22 23 July 7 8 11 12 July3 4 pm Aue 8 Jui) il 26 27 30 31 16 Aug 5 6 Aug 19 20 Aug 11 12 Aug 17 18 2' 28 23 23 24 ApriTS Yg ll May 8 9 Mav 2 3 May 20 21 jllne 1142 June 1 2 May 17 17 18 19 A June 13 14 2627 13 June 24 25 UPAID June 3 4 I PULASKI Julv 5 5 6 July 22 23 23 29 30 July 9 10 IOALU Juv 34 pm 30 31 Aug 5 6 Aug 3 4 28 29 16 17 Aug 13 14 £32 24 13 16 Aug 21 22 Aug 9 10 May 12 1344 April 30 May '4 5 May 15 16 April 26 May1 27 28 29 30 May 6 7 June a i in 1 ir June 19 20 21 June 22 23 June 6 9 10 CHIIDIED WYTHEVILLE July 18 1949 16 1 18 July 11 12 July 13 14 July 2 4n LUUKItK Aug 7 8 26 27 24 25 Aug 1 2 20 21 27 28 Aug 19 20 Aug 11 12 25 26 Aug 17 18 i Season begins Sunday April 28 irst half ends Saturday June 27 Second half begins Sunday June 28 Season ends riday August 28 All Star game Wednesday July 15 PITCHERS Hgi Wgt Bats Th Home To vn 1952 Club DeLotelle Walter 6 1 150 Portsmouth: Ohio Bristol 1 1 Nunn Sam 6 3 170 Bellflower Cal Bristol 2 8 Shinnick Dick 6 4 194 rian Pedro Cal Bristol 2 6 Smith Tommy 5 11 165 Hampstead Bristol 4 13 Cormier Don 6 170 Dalton Mass Rookie ishinghawk Joe 5 11 170 Enid Okla Bartlesville Okla 0 4 Irvin Harold 6 4 194 ordtown Tenn Rookie Malcolm Charles 6 2 182 Huntington Va Rookie Mathes Donald 5 I 164 Bay St Louis La Rookie Morgan Billy 5 11 160 Damascus Va Rookie Miller Bill 5 11 155 I Mount Vernon Va i Rookie Schlagel Henry 6 190 Watsontown Pa Rookie Smith Ted 6 160 Roanoke Va Rookie Southard Ken 15 10 160 Hartland Maine Brunswick Ga '2 2 CATCHERS Batting Ava Becker Don 6 175 Palo Alto Cal Bristol 251 Onuska Bill 5 9 186 Bridgeport Conn Bristol 224 INIELDERS 7 DeVeau Don 5 1 1 165 Hartford Conn Bristol 295 Nix Paul 6 1 175 Greenville Ala Bristol 303 Capone Bobby 6 160 New Haven Conn Rookie Icenhour Junior 5 11 152 Bristol Va Rookie Zanardi Harold 6 170 Chester Conn Rookie OUTIELDERS Bradley Don 5 10 165 Bristol Tenn Air orce Kotlik Norman 5 10 145 Neffs Okla Rookie Marianella Bob 6 185 Hartford Conn Rookie Oxendine Joe A 6 190 Pembroke Mayfield Ky3 252.