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10 BASKETBALL THE COURIER.JOURNAL; LOUISVILLE, WEDNESDAY -MORNING, DECEMBER 6, 1950. SPORTS SECTION 2 U.i::Msets Georgetown -Tonight Charles Batters Barone And Gets Knockout In I 1th By FRrrZ HOWELL Cincinnati, Dec. 5 (AP) Ezzard Charles successfully defended his heavyweight championship for the fifth time tonight. He knocked out Nick Barone of Syracuse, N. in 2:06 of the 11th round in a bout which lacked luster up year, probably will call on two seniors, two sophomores and a freshman.

Charlie Pennington dumped in 25 points against Villa Madonna and along with Kenneth Cox will handle the forwards. Pennington is a senior and Cox a freshman. center Bob Voskuhl, another senior, will be at the pivot, and sophomores Don Well-er and Petie Gill, a New Albany product, will man the guard posts. The Tigers will be seeking their victory over a Hickmaru-coached Cardinal team. Since Hickman took over in 1944, Louisville has scored 10 straight victories over the Tigers without a setback.

His starters probably, will be the same five who answered the opening call against Wesleyan. They are Bob Lochmueller and Roy Rubin at forwards, Dick Robison at center, and Bob Brown and Bob Naber at guards. Lum Edwards, Wayne Larrabee and Billy Sullivan will be around for first-line reserve duty. Robison's 21 points paced the Cards in their opening effort, while Lochmueller, Rubin, Edwards, Naber and Larrabee all showed satisfactory scoring ability. Hewlett, who succeeded Q.

Smith as coach of the Tigers this Saturday and last night lost 93-44 to Western at Bowling Green. The Cards will rate a substantial choice over the Tigers, although they had their hands full in disposing of the Georgetown five in their second game last season. The Cards had to pull away in the final minutes before winning 57-47. Later in the season, however, they had little trouble scoring a 94-63 triumph. Hickman is expected to rely on the same eight men who carried most of the attack against Wesleyan Saturday night.

The Cardinal mentor had designated them as his chief hopes prior to the Panther tilt and their scoring bore him out. Referee Often Given Credit, Blame For Calls He Never Makes, Because It's His Job To Step Off Yardage Consider the lot of the abused football referee: Most of the blame or credit for important decisions is heaped on his shoulders, because it is one of his duties to step off the penalty yardage. The fans see the referee pushing their team backward and yell murder. "Throw the bum out!" "Who's paying that guy's salary!" Actually, the referee makes very few calls himself. The other officials are the watchdogs.

The umpire watches line play, illegal use of hands, holding, etc. The head linesman watches off-side, illegal alignment of players, pass interference, clipping, etc. The field judge watches all plays down field, long passes, punts, and pass interference. These gentlemen relay their decisions to the referee, who in turn confers with the team captains and walks off the yardage. Take the Kentucky-Tennessee game for instance.

Louisville's Fred Koster. was the referee. He was blamed by some fans for those two costly penalties against U.K. for having an ineligible man downfield on a pass. Actr the umpire called one and the head linesman the oiher.

Fred called only two penalties all afternoon. Both were for delaying the game and both were automatic. That is, it was just a question of watching the clock. -f I By JEMMY. BROWN Louisville's Cardinals seek their second victory of the season oyer K.I.A.C.

opposition when they meet Georgetown College's Tigers at 8:30 tonight in the Armory. It will be the second game of the season for Coach Peck Hickman's club, which defeated Kentucky Wesleyan 81-53 in its opener Saturday night. For the Tigers and their new coach, Andy Hewlett, it will be the third start of the campaign. The Tigers defeated Villa Madonna 56-49 in their opener 5. i.

A rA 1 that slugging only to run into a barrage of rights and lefts to the head climaxed by one winging right to the chin which dropped him into the resin. The game kid, his eyes glazed, sat up at the count of six but his legs refused to lift him and he was counted out. After the fight, Barone, a cut over his left eye suffered in the late going, said: "He set me up with a left hook and then crossed his right. He hits hard." Speaking of that same- left, Charles declared: "It started as a left to the jaw, but wound up right in Nick's middle. The right to the jaw followed.

Nick is a good, strong boy, and if he gets to punching sharper, he'll be all right." Best Is Second Up to the finish, Barone was even in a couple of rounds but was outpointed in the others sometimes by Charles' lefts to the head and midsection, and at other times at the infighting. One of Barone's best rounds was the second when he put his head under Charles chin and flailed away to the midsection. Several times the champ had to hold to stop the battering. Barone also appeared strong and did plenty of punching in the fourth, but the handwriting on the wall appeared in the fifth. In that session Barone pinned Charles in a corner and started slugging, but the champion, aroused by the onslaught, staged a counter-attack which battered the Syracuse boy across the ring.

From that point on Charles was head man, although few expected a knockout since Barone had Ever wonder what fans write a sports editor about? These are some of the notes accumulated while Ruby has been ill: Dear Earl: "In your column last season Coach Charles Norris of McKee made a prediction that Paul Sears would become one of Kentucky's great high school players. Here's proof: Made 140 points in seven games. An average of 20 points. Scored 31 against East Bernstadt. He is 15 years old, 6-feet-2, son of a minister and only a freshman." McKee Fan.

I til ZsCSMaim Fred Koster Dear Earl: "I think all horsemen in this area will be interested to know that their friend, Tom Hill, former trainer for Graham Brown, is ill at the Baptist Hospital. His room is 220. He's a great fellow and has been a true friend to many." Old Timer, Louisville. 1 TRAVELER This moose is reported to be the only moose ever to make the trip from Northern Canada to Louisville all in one pieie. He was shot in an area north of Maniwaki by Stuart MacLean, left.

Admiring the kill is Irving Bloom. weathered the champ's best punches. Dear Earl: "We are planning a basketball trip January 19-20 into Lee County. We have a good game arranged for the 20th, but need one for the 19 th with any good school in Eastern Kentucky. Know you will help us out." Paul Champion, coach Lloyd High, Erlanger, Ky.

Murphy Says Doherty Will Remain Here Dear Earl: Ralph Wright Could you help the Bardstown Bombers get some basketball games during the next month? We are in the Central Kentucky Independent League. We have a better than average independent team, using grads from Bardstown High, St. Joe and Old Kentucky Home School." Walter Riley, Bardstown, Ky. 8 1irimniT TirpaTr'f Courier-Journal Phot by Burnt Cowherd manager, piloted New Orleans for the Pirates last season. Bur-well will remain in the Pirate organization, but may not return to New Orleans.

It also was learned on good authority today that Bill Meyer, still another ex-Colonel manager, will return to Pittsburgh as manager. Open Here April 17 The American Association finally adopted a playing schedule today. The west will open in the east this time with Kansas City playing in Louisville on April 17. George Selkirk, at Kansas City, is the sixth new manager in the league. Charley Grimm's at Milwaukee, Jack Tighe's at Toledo, Don Gutteridge at Indianapolis, Higgins at Louisville and a new manager will be named at Columbus.

The only holdover pilots are Tom Heath at Minneapolis and Clay Hopper at St. Paul. Dear Earl: "The Henry Clay Pool has been forced to close its public swimming hours except on Saturdays and Sundays because of lack of patronage, as you know. The City Recreation Division has leased the pool from the Kentucky A.A.U. from 7 to 9 p.m.

on Mondays and Thursdays for city youth groups and community centers. By TOMMY FITZGERALD Courier-Journal Staff Writer St. Petersburg, Dec. 5. ohnny Murphy, Boston Red Sox farm director, branded as "silly" here today a published guess that Ed Doherty might follow Mike Ryba out of the Red Sox organization.

"Ed is still the president of the Louisville club and we don't contemplate making any change," he said. Doherty is a great friend and admirer of Ryba, who resigned as Louisville manager last week at the request of Murphy. Asked for an explanation of the surprising ouster of Ryba, a move that left Ryba completely bewildered and Louisville fans puzzled, Murphy said: "We did what we did because Brown Boys and girls from these centers mitted to swim free of charge, provided they call John Carter at the Recreation office, MA 9060. Life guards will be furnished, line?" Clarence Royalty. Can will be per you give us a C.

Royalty I la to the payoff punch. A crowd of about 10,085 home town fans, who paid $53,334.50, cheered the Cincinnati Negro's conquest of the 24-year-old ex-Marine. It was Barone's first knockdown and knockout of his 53-scrap career. The champion weighed 185 pounds. Barone checked in at 178 Vi.

Charles had command practically all the way, even beating Barone at his own game of infighting the one angle on which the New Yorker was expected to excel. The finish came with startling suddenness, after 10 rounds of more or less drab infighting punctuated by some long-distance punching by the champion. Slowed Down Barone, slowed down from Charles' terrific punches in the eighth, ninth and tenth, was almost tumbled by a solid right to the jaw early in the 11th. A wobbly Barone came back from St. X.

Tops Eastern In Opener By JOHNNY CARRICO Eastern should show great efficiency at the free throw line from now on; the Eagles missed enough free chances last night to last them a season in losing to St. Xavier 63-56 at the Male Gym. Earl Duncan could only sit in despair as the Birds blew 26 opportunities for gift points. It was St. X.s first season effort and Eastern's first defeat in two starts.

Bill Newkirk, a six-three reserve center, applied the pincers to Eastern. He brought the Tigers from behind in the last- minute of the third period with a timely goal and tossed in three more in the first three minutes of the fourth to give St. X. an unassailable lead. He finished with nine points, second only to Gordon Schulz who registered 11.

Leet High Scorer Top pointmaker of the contest, though, was Eastern's Bobby Leet who scored 14 points while playing the full 32 minutes. Chy Wallen, the Eagles' most valuable performer, snagged 13. The Eagles were crippled by the loss of Louis Smithers on personals in the third quarter. Smithers' rebounding enabled Eastern to go in front in the third but the Eagles were less effective after his departure. Both clubs played a rugged, spirited brand of ball all the way; they showed unusual drive for so early in the campaign.

St. X. looked promising atlhough the Tigers were too aggressive in picking up 32 personals. Both Bratton and center Mike Short were lost on excess personals while the Eagles were penalized the services of Smithers and Si Brewer. Eastern outshot St.

X. from the Continued on Page 11, Column 2 Eastern (56) g.ft.pf. St. X. (83) tg Leet 3 ft 1 Bratton 1 3 1 5 S.

Brewer 0 5 Scbulz stmhmir a 2 3 Short 3 1 C. Wallen 3 1 Hillenbrand 1 4 1 Boone 5 1 3 Kin 3 0 4 Bryant 10 0 SilUman 13 2 Smithera 3 3 9 Newkirk 4 1 4 J. Brewer 2 0 1 Neiman 21 Yates 0 0 3 Wheeler 3 0 3 Mitchell 3 11 Mazzoni 0 0 1 Totals 20 10 1 Totals. 11 32 Eastern 13 1 St. Xavier IS a 63 Tree throws missed: Leet 12.

S. Brewer. Brvant 3, Strohmeier 3. Smithers 4 C. Wallen 2.

Boone. Silliman. Short 2, Newkirk. Hillenbrand S. Yates.

Official Jack Thompson and Bernie Ratterman. Kyle Rote and John Champion, Southern Methodist backs. Bo McMillin, coach of the De-' troit Lions will direct the North; Steve O'Neill, coach of the New York Giants, will pilot the South. Janowicz Tops Parilli 4tll both offense and defense for Ohio State, has been awarded the an nual Heisman Memorial Trophy. It is awarded to the outstanding college football player in the nation each year, with sports writers and sportscasters doing the voting.

The Ohio star garnered 633 votes in a decisive win. Kyle Rote of Southern Methodist was second with 280; Red Bagnell of Pennsylvania third with 231 and Babe Parilli of Kentucky fourth with 214. signed yesterday after the Hi-Spots lost 10 straight games. Cloyd will remain as a player. Kansas City pushed Louisville to five overtimes here last week.

Louisville will be striving for its third straight win and also third in a row over Kansas City. A victory for Louisville would give Coach Alex Downing's team a record of six won and six lost and bolster the Aluminites' hold on second place in the National League's Eastern Division. The Packers lead the Eastern by one and one-half games. 93 Highest Total Paced by Odie Spears' 30 points, the Aluminites amassed their highest point total of the Western Wins93-44 Over G'town By BOB COCHRAN Court t-Jauraal Cerreipoadent Bowling Green, Dec. 5.

esterri, with Gene Rhodes leading the way, rolled up a new scoring record for the Western Gymnasium here tonight as Coach Ed Diddle's Hilltoppers romped over Georgetown College 93-44. The win was the second in as many starts for the Hilltoppers this season. Saturday night, they get their first real test of the campaign when they meet Cincinnati's Bearcats at Cincinnati. The issue was never in doubt here tonight as the Hilltoppers opened with blazing speed and never slowed up, although Coach Diddle used 20 men. Rhodes sparked the Hilltoppers as he tossed in six points in less than 10 seconds in the first moments of the game.

Rhodes continued his spree, hitting all his difficult shots, but missing the easy ones, to take scoring honors with 23 points. Little Richard White, the flashy sophomore Scottsville guard, put on an outstanding exhibition of ball handling and jump shooting. Although he played only about 10 minutes, White pumped in 10 points and kept the huge crowd cheering with his floor game. Held Scoreless In 1st Half Jack Turner, the sharpshooting junior forward, was held scoreless the first half as he shot only one time. However, he came back in the second half to knock in 11 points.

Turner scored his only free throw of the night to keep his record at the foul line perfect for the season. The Hilltoppers hits 30 per cent of their shots, while Georgetown was held to 22 per cent by a tight Western defense. Georgct'n fg ft pf. West. Ky.

fg ft pf. Cox I Pennington I McKinney Brown 3 Voskuhl 2 Harris 0 Cook 0 Kinney 0 Weller Bishop Wireman Gill 1 Bales 0 3 1 Turner 5 3 Wallheiser 0 3 Marshall 1 Scott 2 1 E. Ward 1 3 1 3 2 1 I 2 0 1 0 0 a II 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 2 a 1 1 Me7.anott 1 (I Hale 0 0 Rawlins 2 3 King 1 1 Hricko 0 0 Smith 1 Sooelstra 0 0 WagRoner Orecr Rhodes It Diddle 2 White ft Beard 2 Vest 1 D. McGuire 1 Totals 14 16 14 Totals 42 9 22 Half-time score: Western Kenturkv 41. Georgetown 20 Free throws missed: Georgetown Cox 2.

Pennington. Vo'kuhl 2, Bishop 2. Wireman 2. Western Ken. tucky Wallheiser.

Smith, Rhodes 3. Did-die. Merxanotte. Hale. Ml iry mhSjitisti in noiiwit PROOF outfielder and brother of Marty, St.

Louis Cardinal manager, was named today to succeed Higgins at Birmingham. Ryba has several job offers and said he will make up his mind definitely tonight which one to accept. Talk To Marion "Before I do anything," he said, "I want to talk to Marty Marion about a coaching job with the Cardinals." Al Banister, president of the Columbus club, is holding the Columbus managerial berth open for Mike until he confers with Marion. Branch Rickey, new head of the Pittsburgh club, also wants to talk to mike before he does any-ting. "I don't see that Branch has much he can offer me right now," Mike said.

Bill Burwell, former Colonel In P.CX. known, succeeded Bill Terry as Giant manager in 1942 and served until midsummer of 1948, when Leo Durocher moved over from Brooklyn in a startling move. Since he was relieved as manager, Ott has assisted Carl Hub-bell in the Giant farm system. The minor league draft was nearly over. After a spending spree yesterday by higher class leagues, the lower leagues slumped way off today.

The minors selected a total of 148 players for $335,900. Last year 222 players were called up for $449,050. The obvious great decline by the lower leagues, which depend heavily on teen-age players, was because ol the war scare. Dear Earl: "Please head this up in your column, 'A Great The men who picked the All-State football team made a great mistake in overlooking Millard Shirley of Springfield on one of the first three teams. Honorable mention isn't good enough for him.

He has several college offers and is one of the best quarterbacks in the state." Shirley Fans, Springfield. Ott To Manage Oakland sen Dear Earl: "Thought I would tell you I am blessed with three top backstroke prospects for the 'Y swim team in Gary McCord, a junior at Manual, Phil Payton, a sophomore at Male, and Denny Moorman, a junior at St. X. I believe each boy will be able to equal or better the state high school backstroke record held by Frank Day and Night Service During Emergency CHAINS DELIVERED AND APPLIED Reynolds by the end of the spring season." Ralph Wright, 'Y" swim coach. Dear Earl: "We wish to express our appreciation for our coach, Clarence Henry Zirnheld, better known as Tiny For the past five years this World War II vet has given much of his time to advise and support the boys of Raghill.

He promotes good sportsmanship, character and good fellowship among 150 youths otherwise much neglected. Our hats are off to Tiny." Raghill Boys. we think it is for the good of our organization. We thought this was a propitious time to make the change. No 111 Feelingr "Any specific reasons I might give for the move wouldn't help anybody.

Enough already has been written. One thing that can be said, though, is that there is no personal animosity between Mike and me. There never has been. We simply thought a change would be for the good, of the organization. "There's no finer man living than Mike Ryba.

The change was not prompted by any dissatisfaction with Mike as a person. That's for sure." In Pinky Higgins, Louisville new manager, Louisville has a "wonderful man," Murphy said. "You'll find him a fine manager and an easy man to deal Murphy added. Red Marion, former Colonel business to discuss the bonus rule, high school rule and radio and television. There wasn't a baseball man in the house who wasn't tickled to see Ott make his connection at Oakland, where Dressen and Casey Stengel were so successful.

Ott, a soft-spoken Southern gentleman, has a host of friends. With Ott at Oakland, Joe Gordon at Sacramento and Rogers Hornsby at Seattle, Coast League fans will have an all-star delegation of new managers. Perhaps it makes that dream of a third major league a little closer. Ott, a Giant for 25 years, departed quietly at the end of the 1950 season. Since he reported to John McGraw in 1926, a 16-year-old kid from Louisiana with a straw suitcase, he had been connected with the New York club as player, manager or scout.

"Ottie," as he is affectionately N.BX. Standings WESTERN DIVISION Teams. Denver W. I Pet. Pts.

Opts. ft 1 71 6R2 Waterloo 8 4 .750 J028 91 1138 1109 .167 910 1052 St. Paul 9 Kansas City 2 10 EASTERN DIVISION Teams. W. L.

Anderson 7 Louisville 5 Sheboygan 5 7 Grand Rapids 3 8 INDIVIDUAL SCORING Player, Team G. Pet. Pts. Opts. 1027 967 825 847 .417 974 978 .273 837 908 Tg Ft.

Tp. Av. B. Brannum, Sheboygan It 82 78 Morganthaler. G.

It 57 7 Owens, Anderson 12 33 Boven, Waterloo 12 49 Cook, Sheboygan 12 58 41 TONIGHT'S GAMES Louisville at Kansas City. Sheboygan at Waterloo. Tonight Rollins is Louisville's most accurate free throw shooter. He's missed only four of 31 chances for 87.1 per cent. Don Ray is second best at the charity line, 44 of 58 for 76 per cent.

Waterloo is the hottest team in the league at present. The Hawks 1 have won four in a row by margins of 15, 34, 28 and 41 points. The Aluminites' management has reduced admission prices for the remainder of the season. Aluminites' individual scoring: Player FG. FT.

FTM. TP. PF. tt Takes Round Two --fta; -sssc; season. Now I know I've been right." Not to be outdone, Wilkinson came back with a couple of Jabs himself yesterday.

"We can field one pretty darned eood team." he said. "If I use it on offense, it will look great. If I use it on defense, it will look great. But I can't use them for the full 60 minutes. The boys just run out of gas.

"Kentucky, overall, has a wonderful record. But their defense is so far superior to ours we can't even come close." Gain Plays for South Bob Gain, Kentucky's All-American tackle, will play for the South when it meets the North January 6 in the Senior Bowl at Mobile, Ala. He was the third player selected, the others being St. Petersburg, Dec. 5 (AP) Mel Ott, the all-time home run king of the National League, returned to baseball today as manager of Oakland of the Pacific Coast League.

Clarence Laws, Oakland president, signed Ott to a two-year contract at an undisclosed salary. The former New York Giants' star outfielder and manager succeeds Chuck Dressen, recently named Brooklyn skipper. The news about Ott overshadowed other developments at the baseball winter meetings as the minor leagues polished off their draft in two long sessions. Tomorrow morning the minors get down to even more serious Odie Spears Hits Better On Road season in beating Sheboygan 93-81 on the Redskins' floor Sunday night. Spears has led Louisville's scoring three times and been tied for top honors once.

Only once in Male gym has he been the top scorer. Downing tonight probably will start Spears and Ray, forwards; Clint Wager, center, Ken Rollins and Dee Gibson, guards. Coach Kurash is expected to go with Walt Kirk and Alex Athas, forwards; Joe Grazoski, center, Ralph Hamilton and Al Henning-sen, guards. Short Shots Ken Rollins and Paul Hicks are the only Aluminites who have recorded more field goals than personal fouls. CiS I hjf Wilkinson By LARRY BOECK Round Two in the psychological war of words between Oklahoma Coach Bud Wilkinson and Kentucky's Paul Bryant yesterday went to the Sooner pilot.

Kentucky and Oklahoma meet in the Sugar Bowl on New Year's Day. "Everybody laughs when I say it, but I honestly don't think we can beat Kentucky," said Wilkinson yesterday, evening the score. Bryant took Round One Saturday, when he scouted Oklahoma as it walloped Oklahoma A. and M. "Amazed" and "impressed," were some of the words Bryant used, adding "I've been voting Oklahoma first since early in the UK Cagcrs 2nd Kentucky is second in this week's ratings of basketball teams by coaches voting in the United Press poll.

City College of New York is first. The top ten (first place votes in parenthesis, total number of points at right): Team Poin's 1 C.C.M.Y. f23 2 KENTUCKY 4) 3 Bradley 4t 4 North Carolina State (1) 5 Kansas 2 6 St. John's 7 Oklahoma A. M.

8 Long Island U. 9 Iowa 10 U.C.L..A. 320 28 26S 1R5 151 104 100 81 7 45 Second lft Brlgham Young 43, Kansas State. Indiana, and Syracuse tied with 34 each; De Paul and Minnesota tied with 33 each: Arkansas 21, St. Louis (It 10.

Washington 1. H.Y.V. 10. Others Utah 8. Arizona a.

Illinois. Tu-lane and Columbia tied with 4 each: Texas, Southern California and Niagara tied with 3 each: California, Cornell. LaSalle, Denver and Canisius tied with 2 each; Notre Dame, Southern Methodist. Oregon State. Toledo, Cincinnati and Purdue, tied with 1 each.

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