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7 ound by Jimmy Claus Baseball writers are betting more than a box of Graham crackers that the Brooklyn Dodgers will be transferred to Los Angeles for the 1958 season. Why else would Chicago Cubs owner Phil Wrigley sell his prize farm club to a rival organization. And Brooklyn in the habit of coughing up better than $2,000,000 for a minor league franchise. The Dodgers must deny any switch to California through the coming baseball season. Under 1S amonk the top National the constitution, Brooklyn leave Ebbetts Field before October.

Until then the Dodger brass will be making with ambiguous statements. Brooklyn must have the patronage of their fans for the coming season. Imagine how it would rankle the Dodger fans to hear the Brooklyn president admit, moving to Los Angeles in a year or The Dodgers might as well play their games in the Atlantic ocean as far as pulling crowds if the ultimate truth was revealed. For sound business purposes. Brooklyn must declare Los Angeles was bought for a farm club.

The American and National Leagues have been cognizant for some time California was deserving of top calibre baseball. Travel conditions were the principle drawback. The clubs want to jeopardize their personnel by sending via air. The date is coming, and not far off, when Brooklyn will be known as Los Angeles and playing in the National League. Phoenix and Salt Lake City are reportedly in line for Los berth in' the Pacific Coast League.

San Francisco is owned by the Boston Red Sox. If Brooklyn is successful in drawing large crowds the American League can be expected to send their weakest entry out there later. Washington has already hinted like to make a move to the Golden Gate city. eight scorers in the Basketball Association. During the Clyde works as a salesman for Gerard Motors, Express, Inc.

Here And There Another Lovellette Clyde Lovellette, former all- state at Garfield and Kansas U. All-American, and his wife, the former Sally Wheeler of Terre Haute, became the parents of their second daughter, Linda Sue. on Fob. I. For the first time since he has been in baseball, Phil Rizutto will play it alone in the Yankee camp his family will remain north.

Feels he needs all the time to concentrate on broadcasting chores. Ted Williams who claims he hit in September because of colder weather and shadows, batted .341 in September and .238 in May last year. Pee Wee Reese will play third base for the Dodgers this season. Phil Cavarretta. former Chicago Cubs infielder, jubilant over birth of first son after having four daughters.

Phil Jr. should be ready for the majors in 20 years. Abe Saperstein of the Harlem Globetrotters will get the of award in Chicago, April 24. Moose Solters has the distinction of having won two major league games for different clubs on the same day. He won the first game of a double header for the Red Sox with a single in the ninth, then, traded to the St.

Louis Browns between games, he duplicated for that team in the same frame. Billy Martin, asked if he was able to understand Casey peculiar lingo, said, know, what worries me. beginning to get that Stenelese Tbfee boxing films are before the cameras in Hollywood, glorifying the careers of Barney Ross, Jack Dempsey and Benny Leonard. Remember Carl Drews, Phils' pitcher? He manages a gas station in Miami. Jerry Coleman.

utility infielder, has Bout With Fullmer Next On Schedule STL of the Little League committee are currently holding their preliminary meetings for the 1957 season. Seated left to right: Guy Kornblum, Margaret Jane Adamson, Mrs. James Chadwick, and Ed Melvin, Jr. Standing left to right: Bob Stebbins, Bill Shaker and C. A.

Banks. Linda Sue weighed close to three jobs this winter, in 8 pounds at birth in the St. Bene- Edition to studying television hospital in Minneapolis, technique. Teammate Tom Sturdi- Minn. The Lovellettes have an- vam did nothing but hunt and fish other daughter, Cynthia Ann, who in his native Oklahoma all winter was three-years-old on Dec.

22, Lovellette relates that the Minneapolis Lakers are having such a tough time because Whitey Skoog, Minnesota All-American, hurt his back early in the season and missed many practices. The Lakers were forced to drop Skoog from the roster. As a result, Minneapolis is now playing with only nine men. Lovellette reports that Bobby Lou Ambers, now the father of three, lives off his $250 a month pension in Phoenix. His heart on the mend, Joe Louis returns to work as a referee for Eddie Quinn in Canada.

Remember Carmine Vingo, the Bronx heavyweight who was near death after his fight with Rocky Marciano? Rocky and Al Weill have never forgotten him and have looked after him all these years Indianapolis Tech Has Toughest Sectional of the Hopefuls By Kl RT FREUDENTHAL United Press Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. can have your choice and call it even. how well distributed the top contenders for an Indiana high school basketball tourney finals berth are in the Indianapolis district. ors, eked out a two-point win at Columbus during the Shelby also must win all its tourney games on the road. Madison Or Scottsburg? The Scottsburg sectional winner is routed through Columbus.

Madi- I son has the balance and Scottsburg the home-floor another toss-up. Anderson probably will monopolize its own sectional. Staunch rivals Elwood and Alexandria will be principal dissenters, but the Indians figure to advance to the Indianapolis regional. Leonard is right without mention in the public and has improved greatly since prints. Dave Rent, the Liver- joining the club.

pool fighter who is still an ama- Clyde hopes to be home in time teur, will make his professional to see Garfield play in the state debut soon, but in the meantime tournament. he works as a sound engineer for a Lovellette has been plagued with Toronto motion picture company. Just Received IOO BRAND NEW 'bicycles Our new spring shipment of IOO bicycles includes the newest pastel and opalescent colors with a complete choice of sizes and over 40 models to choose from. Select yours You can depend on Schwinn Made in America with parts and service readily available. choices include Indianapolis Tech, Muncie Central, Aurora.

Add unbeatens Lewisville and Versailles, along with Newcastle and Richmond, and you may have the winner. bet on it. The road to Butler Fieldhouse March 23 is rocky. North Central Conference champs, with a brilliant 18-2 record, have the toughest sectional assignment of the hopefuls. have to reckon with defending state champ Attucks, whose 15-5 mark cannot be overlooked and which split even with the east- siders during the season, along with at least two other city and Broad and suburban Warren Central.

The way line up in pairings may go far to determine the winner. New Castle Improved. Muncie (15-4) should have no sectional trouble, but the Richmond and New Castle first-round champs could pose as threats. Richmond, although trounced at Muncie by 25 points early in the season, lost to Tech only in overtime recently. New Castle, probably one of the most improved teams in the state, has won six of its last seven starts, including a 62-59 decision over Muncie.

The Trojans, however, may have trouble in their own backyard from Lewisville, which hopes to close out an undefeated season. Versailles, also shooting for a perfect season Friday, was the team to beat in its own sectional and could even emerge on top in regional to gain the Indianapolis semis. Aurora, which has lost only three in favored in sectional. From there, the road also leads to Rushville. The Columbus sectional-regional outlook was that of a the most unpredictable in the district.

Every contender the host Bulldogs to Southport and its ups and downs during the season. Southport, beaten only twice last year, starts at Center Grove where Edinburg and Franklin may be major obstacles. Shelbyville, which tied Southport tor South Central Conference hon- Report Cincy To Obtain' Royals' N.B.A. Franchise CINCINNATLl'ebT 23. UPI The Cincinnati Times-Star said today a group of Cincinnatians will buy the Rochester Royals of the National Basketball Assn.

after March 6 when the Royals play their last game of the regular season in Rochester. The story said the Cincinnati group, headed by Edwin Becker and Robert Siegel, will buy the Royals for between $150,000 and $200,000. It said Les Harrison, present owner of the Royals, probably will retain a small to 25 per will be kept as an official of the team. the bell rang I forgot about everything except Johnny he said. I was hitting him I thought to myself keep punching until he goes the easiest way to get out of Basilio agreed he never threw more punches in such a short time as he did in disposing of Saxton who was rocked by a left hook in the first and flattened with another hook in the second.

The champ said his right hand a but added I nj pirpT a no t-, had to fight tonight I could do CLEVELAND. Feb. 23. (ZP) Carmen Basilio, look- An injury to the hand forced posting for new world to conquer, expects to box Gene Fullmer ponement of the Saxton fight from for the middleweight title in July because he thinks Fullmer the original Jan. 18 date, will whip Sugar Ray Robinson in their April 24 rematch at Chicago.

The welterweight champion wore no marks of battle from Friday night's shattering knockout victory over champ Johnny Saxton in 2:42 of the second round. Poised i down or arm ln and confident, he handled himself smartly in a second I knew he was going down after press conference. or the referee would have to stop A match Basilio and the! would be the drawing Generous to his opponent, Basilio said Saxton still could lick a lot of the top notch welters. else could stand up under the beating he was he asked. a i- ua i Each fighter will collect about a $75,000 offer fight from the gross gate of SOV Harry Markson, managing direc- Martinez if he wins.

said, It would tor of the International Boxing have to be at least Club, said early today he hopes to Basilio has no plans for another put Basilio into a middleweight welter defense before he goes after championship scrap. Basilio and the middleweights. However, his co-managers, Johnny De John take one or two matches and Joe Netro, are more than win- over the weight, probably in Syracuse, N. near his home town of Canastota. He said he would Robinson, Fullmer winner is in the I He also mentioned Caspar Ortega, works, probably for Yankee Sta-1 winner in two of three meetings ilium in New York in July.

A June I with DeMarco, and Vince Mar- Dall park date is being held open tinez who boxes Kid Gavilan Tues- for a heavyweight title match, day at Newark, probably I loyd Patterson and Hur- Co-manager Netro, commenting ricane Jackson. rung care who said Basilio, can we make the most money Asked which he would consider the toughest opponent, Basilio named Fullmer. fight his usual fight against Robinson. He sure of going 15 rounds so he was very cautious and paced 596 paid by the 8,514 customers at the Cleveland Arena and the $60,000 television kitty. This time there was absolutely no talk of a rematch.

The Saxton-Basilio series is over. Basilio will go by train to Niagara Falls, N. to visit friends weigh about 151 pounds for his tonight and Saxton will fly back to middleweight bid, giving almost IO pounds to his opponent. like to start training in 12 or 14 days or even he his New York home. Benny Stamper, trainer said he would continue to box after taking a layoff because wasn't hurt or cut or said.

I'll have to go back on the banquet circuit for a few Fish bite at a bait both by sense himself. If he fights me he will I days. But going to watch it. of sight and sense of smell, have more confidence and it will Army Triumphs ST PO INT, Feb. 23 Captain Bob McCoy and Don Dejardin getting 20 points apiece.

vastly improved basketball team defeated N.Y.U 75-71 today. be the same with him in his next fight with Robinson. think he'll beat Robinson, more decisively than last time. set a stronger pace and slow down Robinson late in the A reporter asked Basilio how much longer he expected to keep on fighting. He answered like this: family is starting to show the strain.

My wife is starting to show the strain. But me, getting younger all the time. long as I win and make money. fight around that can lick No Top Challengers. That was a good question for there are no flaming challengers in the welterweight class for the 29-year-old champ.

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