The Knoxville News-Sentinel from Knoxville, Tennessee • 24

Tht Knozvilli Naws-Santinal Sunday April 6 1958 Pan 1-3 Eller Moved lo Tailback To SmoJiy Fang Crowd Expected at First Game Finley Shows Form for Vols some beautlfol receptions after replacing Stephens at wlngback I By FRANK (RED) RAILED Bowden Wyalt may have a in Junior college transfer Bobby Finley The man with turned in hia get the boya placed think we've accomplished this much and we'll be spending tlie resl of spring practice teaching tlie hoys some techniques andjeam-Ing to play football We've still got a lot of hard work ahead of us Jim I-owe up from the freshman team directed the serond team and was very Impressive especially In the running department lie had Rill Enrlnnsa at fullback Tnm Husband at I I a hark and Ralph Broyles at wlngback Fullback Carl Smith lo In U-T Infirmary with a aeck Injury He was hurt Friday also FINLEY'S family Joined the railblrds to watch yesterday's practice They drove up from Payette AIK for the weekend high SCHOOL eoaohea swarmed the sidelines They were guest of Coach Wyatt climaxing The News-Sentinel's three-week coaching clinic By HAROLD HARRIS Opening game of the hum is only 10 days away and Knoxville Smokies General Manager Nor man Macht is making plans to handle the largest turnout ever to see an inaugural game before Macht reports that Bin Meyer Stadium is shaping up and that everything will be in readiness when the Smokies and the Charlotte Hornets cross bats here Tuesday April 15 it'U be a night game starting at o'clock Pre-game festivities to be climaxed by the time-honored first-ball pitdHXit will get under way at 7:45 INJURIES kept several fnintllners out of action yesterday Tailbacks Illll JtlsJt'rs Babe Craig and George Wright are nursing Injurim tackle Jos Dchatfer nn crutches wllh a sprained ankle guard Joe Lu-kowskl was nnt of pads yesterday because of a leg Injury and end Bobby Overholt In recovering from a head Injury received la Friday's best performance since Joining the Tennessee football a a three week ago as tlie Vols staged a hour practice session qj Hudson Field a r-day Finley who transferred to U-T from Marion Ala Institute filled the air of passes and ripped off numerous sizeable gains on the ground to Join two other little men wing-back Don Slept urns and fullback Neyle SoJIce in highlighting the offensive work THE TAMING GAME offense and defense got a lot of attention In tlie hour of group work which preceded the scrimmage ft was the UUi full-speed work in a many practices Encinosa battered the blue xhirted defenders for a lot of yardage Joining Lowe in doing most of the ground-gaining for their team Willi three tailbacks on the Injury list Cosch Wyatt awltclied wiugbnck Gene Kltci-'of Chatta nooga to tailback before yesterday's practice started It waa the third switch in the backficld in four days Gent was moved front fullback to wlngback and Jim Cartwright of Athens front fullback lo blocking back THE RIGHT Manager Danny Ozark second from left shows Macon's Dick Colloton how to put the tag on a runner sliding into second as Bob Reasonover looks on Colloton finished the season with Macon last year Both are currently on the Macon roster Is Only Way They Can Go anticipate the top crowd In our (South Atlantic) Macht said year's opening game was a daytime affaly as mult the crowd was not up to expectation A hit of people have the misconception that we are opening up again in the daytime We are not And too the first game definitely will not be televised as has been New Macon Manager Happy Over Prospects of Dodgers think wave gut the boys In I ha right posltione bow" Coach Wyalt said la announcing Eller's switch fitter a lJS-ponnder played T-quarterback at Chatta a a Central Stephen tabbed by Gnarh Wyatt at the end of the 10th practice crouton Friday as the best right halfback on the squad at thla point continued to daa-tlo the opposition with his brilliant broken-field running and rspert paa catching Finley and Izwve both got off giant qnlck-kli'kd ll Vols It V0IS Sollee running with the find HIT lit caelAKiiod'o uifvvle tm oluuu in yesterday1! work is At any rate he will be on the active list which in itself is a big Improvement over last year Ozard will give the Dodgers a pinch-hitter of note solething or Ciannecchlnl who had a clubs here have lacked 2-0 record at Columbia While Danny points out year before arm trouble hit the three Triple A clubs in the him set down the Texas unit sltow-ing improvement in every ses Macht reports he has had good response from contacts with civic clubs and business houses have had good coopera-joaiEom the Junior Chamber-of Commerce who has helped ui enlist the support of other civic clubs and business firms" he said Interest seems to" be high and we have set our sights on a crowd of more than 7000 for the opener" ixM-linued to add weapons to fiieir offensive arsenal Kicking and passing will get a lot of attention until practice ends After finishing the 11th of 20 allotted practice session Coach Wyalt said he waa pleased with Ute progress of tlie squad as far along aa we could expect to be" the coach remarked been scrambling to see who wants to play and trying to sion He got plenty of yardage on the wedge Tennessee's power play and broke into the open for several long runs on smashes Finley's passes found Iheir target repeatedly as the Vols continued to stress tlie overhead game Stephens was on tlie rereiving end of most of the slinrt tosses but he found Don Leake in the open for one that covered 50 yarda Bill Gent also made Leaguers with two hlta in six innings Ciannecchlnl a righthander posted a 19-7 mark with Gainesville Fla In Class in 1956 FOOTBALL Bill Mojors' center Tennessee's Injured tailback had company on the sidelines for yesterday's scrimmage Left is Larry 16 and their father Coach Shirley Mojors Is at right Bobby 8 is using the field glasses Bill hos a sprained knee Reservations for the opening game now are being taken at the ball park (4-SSM) and tick-eta aim may bn purchased at Binufeld's Napoli considered one of the better catching prospects in the LA farm system played a year at Ft Worth in 1957 and was moved up to Montreal 04 By SAM CLASSMAN Sparta Miter liana (Ua) Talrcrapfc This edition of the Ms-cot Dodgers may be likened to the New Deal after Franklin Roosevelt took over as President of the United States following the disastrous depression Whether the ball club can see the daylight of inflation remains to be seen New Manager Danny Ozark replaces Goldie Holt who set a new Macon record for losses 101 last year Jerry Waring returns from Los Angeles to take over again as general manager With practically a new lineup of players the Dodgers can go only one up They reached the lowest of the low last year being the first club In 50 years of baseball ever to finish eighth And for this flne(?) finish Goldie Holt got a promotion as manager of the AAA Spokane club of the Pacific Coast League While the Los Angeles Dodgers like the Baltimore Orioles with whom Knoxville has a working agreement play the fruit basket turnover game that la wait until the boy step on the bus that takes them to the various minor league towns Ozark has seen enough to make him real happy Los Angeles farm system and the one Class AA team are loaded with talent the cutting-down process is not due to get underway until the middle oT the week That's only couple of days before Macon la scheduled to knock the sands of Vero Beach Fla off their shoes and hie away to the red-day of middle Georgia However Ozard is fairly certain to have catcher Mike Napoli who finished out the last 44 games with Macon last year righthanded pitcher Leo Gian-necchini who was drafted from Winston Salem of the Class Piedmont League and shortstop Charlie Smith who hit -2T0 with Class Reno last year He is considered one of the best shortstop prospects In camp Macht added that the new scale of prices for Smoky home games has been enthusiastically received Adult general admission price remains at 95 cents and bleacher seats still are 70 cents but children's prices have been reduced to 25 cents and a new student price of 50 cents has been added Regular season prices will prevail for the opener OZARK 34 years old will be in hia third year aa a manager The new Macon skipper Uvea in West Seneca and alomst all of hia playing career was with Ft Worth and SL Paul In the Dodger organization He entered pro baseball In 1942 with Reading which at that time was' affiliated with the Dodgers In the past eight seasons Ozark has hit 15 or more home runs in each season in 1956 with managing he hit four home runs in one game and in his first year as manager at Class Wichita Falls he hit four home runs in one game and led tlie Big State League in homers with 32 He had a 350 batting average that year and knocked Smokies Shut Out Marine Team 10-0 THOMAS VILLE Ga April ADDED TO these three Ozark leans to second baseman Tommy Plath who was drafted during the winter and first baseman A1 Durden who also played with Reno in 1957 where he hit 272 of these Ozark said any other players on my roster right now who I feel can help me" DANNY MANAGED Class Cedar Rapids last year and has the record to back up his power hitting He hopes he does not have to play first base this yearj The Dodgers through Wednes- in 101 runs i i (Special) Splendid three-hit pitching by Charley Estrada and Bill Fincher enabled the Knoxville Smokies to shut out the Camp LeJeune (NC) Marines here this afternoon in an exhibition baseball game 10-0 Manager George Staller start-ed Estrada a righthander and he came through with a strong two-hit performance over a seven-inning stretch He struck out eight Marines Fincher a lefthander kept the Marines in check over the last two Innings and allowed but one safety while striking out two Angelo Dagres was the batting star of the game The Greek outfielder slugged a triple and double only hitter to get -more than one- safety The Smokies peppered the Marines for 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