• 1 1% St. as fretting jsp0f * Louis Choices Starts D. C., March 12, 1949—A—9 Kentucky, Washington, Saturday, Big Tourney Wildcat Quint Hoping Detroit's Houtteman Golf Balls w in, Lose, or Draw HSlp FINISH IS FORECAST—Steve Pay Pro's Way By FRANCIS STANN To Avenge Its Lone Better, but Remains Belloise of Star Staff Correspondent the Bronx stands Out of Court Defeat Billikens over J. T. Ross of San Jose, On List By the Associated Press Two Platoons for Eddie by Calif., after knocking him Danger SUFFOLK, Va.. Mar. 12.—Leo ly tht Associated Press tht Associated ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Mar. 12.—Eddie Dyer, a drawling, down in the second frame of By Pres* R. Mallory, a golf professional NEW YORK. Mar. 12.—Unless Texan who favor football over al- LAKELAND, Fla,. Mar. 12.— from Bridgeport. Conn., found he amiable may secretly baseball, their scheduled 10-round fea- somebody stubs a toe along the Young Art hardluck didn't have to though he manages the St. Louis Cardinals, was holding court in | Houtteman, enough money pay way, the National Invitation bas- ture boxing bout at New York's of the Detroit Tiger his $50 fine $4.25 costs he the Rcdbirds' clubhouse when the two-platoon system made famous | guy pitching plus was ket ball tournament which opens staff, to be his assessed when he was by Michigan and other famed Madison Square Garden last ; appeared winning charged with Army, grid teams, at Madison Garden Square today ; fight for life today. speeding 70 miles an hour over was brought up. night. The fight was halted will wind up with Kentucky and Physicians said the 21-year-old the Nansemond County country- “You know," Dyer said with a twinkle in his St. Louis battling for the cham- in the fifth round by Referee right-hander, critically injured in side. eye. “I sort of wish, we could have that in base- next pionship Saturday night. Eddie Joseph, who declared an auto accident Thursday night, But Mallory did have some golf ball—this year, at least. That's the kind of club That's the way tournament offi- showed some improvement al- balls—two dozen of them. So he I'm Let me Belloise the winner. managing. explain. cials planned it when they seeded though still on the danger list at proposed a deal to Associate Trial “My only .300 hitters last year were out- Kentucky first and St. Louis sec- —AP Wirephoto. Morrell Memorial Hospital. Justice Marshall Bowden. Mallory fielders—Stan Musial, Ron Northey and Enos ond and placed them in opposite He suffered a fracture at the said he w'ould pay $32.25 and leave Slaughter. Well. Musial can play centerfleld, all brackets. And that’s the way a base of his skull when his auto the golf balls, valued at $1.10 each, folks would like to with right, although he's not exactly the type and is gfeat many collided with a fruit truck as he the judge. better in left. So if I put Musial where he be- have it. and three companions were re- Bowden accepted. He told Mal- longs and play Slaughter in right field, where he Front man in this category is turning from a dance. lory the balls would be turned the veteran coach, back to him w'hen belongs. I’ve got to bench Northey because he Kentucky Tigers—from General Manager he paid the The lone Wildcat $22 of isn't much outfielder. Adolph Rupp. Billy Evans down to the lowliest remaining the fine. defeat in 30 starts was adminis- rookie—were concerned “Now don’t get me wrong. is a deeply Northey an 42-40 Francis Stann. tered by St. Louis, uphill over the condition of the popular good ball player. He hit .321, but it's no secret decision in the Sugar Bowl final Houtteman. but kept on with Snead, Bow that better outfielders are playing in the big leagues. Anyway, Mangrum last December. their training camp, yes- Chuck Diering is a real centerfielder and when I have Musial, routjpe Nothing would please Rupp and terday. and same Diering Slaughter playing at the time I've got a fair his as much as anothei In pl&yers Manager Red Rolf* of the Tig- Upset; Worsham, country outfield, defensively. crack at St. Louis and a chance I ers posted a notice forbidding “Now the catch is Diering, who hits .260. When he walks New to prove that the reversal at I players to go to the hospital as to the runners on up plate with and they get him out the Orleans was a mistake which he belief that a suc- Demaret Still Hot ba|e | expressed * fans yell: ‘Wake You send that to hit when won t up. Dyer. up guy happen again. cession of visitors might prove By the Associated Press you've got a .321 hitter like Northey on the bench.’ Struggle of Centers Likely. harmful to Houtteman. This was foremost In MIAMI, Fla., Mar. 12.—The obviously Parents With Pitcher. 'You Can't Win,' Says Dyer their minds when they accepted $10,000 Miami International four- The ball golf tournament “And, of course, it works in reverse,” Eddie continued. “If I the NIT bid, even though injury young pitcher’s parents. entered its Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Houtteman. third round today, but the put Northey in left and move Musial to center, a fly ball occasion- or exhaustion in the Garden tour- glitter de- sr.. flew in from Detroit Friday, was gone. ally will, say we say. elude Mr. Northey. So the fans now yell: nament would jeopardize the fense of their NCAA title night and were rushed to his hos- Slammin’ 'Get on the ball. Dyer. Why play that Northey when you’ve got starting Sammy Snead and two later. pital room. his a fly hawk like Diering on the bench?' days partner, Lloyd Mangrum, early A Kentucky-St. Louis rematch Houtteman was asleep and the favorites who drew “You can't w'in grinned Dyer, “and I'm going to get more of practically all in all would on parents and General Manager the of this season. probability hinge gallery 2,000 for the first It I’m going to catchj Joe Garagiola all I can because, bedside for the personal duel between two All- Evans sat around his two days, w^ent out of the 144- potentially, he's a hitter. But Joe lacks confidence and that makes awakened. America players, Wildcat Center 20 minutes before he hole event at the halfway him throw badly. point Alex Groza and Billiken Pivotman When the young Tiger saw his yesterday. if a “Well, game is lost on a stolen base, or by some develop- Ed Macauley. mother he grinned and said, “Hi, Snead and Mangrum, the styl- ment that a good defensive catcher could have prevented, they're Their efforts each other what are you doing here?” against ist, lost to Skip Alexander and going to scream: ’Put Del Rice behind that plate’—Del Rice, of provided the key to the previous He chatted with his parents and Pete Cooper, Ponte Vedra. Fla., course, being as good a defensive catcher as there is in the majors. struggle in New Orleans. Groza Evans for a few minutes before 2 and 1, to the dismay of the Then, if I catch Rice and he doesn't hit—he only hit .197 last guarded Macauley so in dozing off again. fiercely Belloise Eyes Cerdan Robinson's Will crowd that followed hole Batting Justify he had been con- every year—I’ll hear ’em. holler: "Watcha saving Garagiola for—the the first half there that Easy Ed Doctors said the they played. Junior prom?’ didn't get a single field goal. scious off and on through Defending Jim an With Nats Believe day. Champions Fer- “I'm not alone, of course. Every manager of every T>all club Groza, inch shorter, but‘con- Middle Crown Bout Swap Tribe, rier and Cary Middlecoff scored siderably heavier than his 6-foot baseman, Vernon's Dr. Edgar, T. Watson, Lakeland with weaknesses is bound to hear it. We do the best we can, but By Burton Hawkins despite smooth- 8-inch for the Tigers, said a 2-and-l victory over Tony Penna sometimes I think that football is easier.” opponent, ran out of gas Star Staff er action. “Robinson will reach physician maybe coaching Correspondent starts at the and Clayton Haefner. 2- in the second, half, however, and After Ross grounders that Vernon didn't get." Houtteman's fracture Leading Routing WEST PALM Mar. up after 27 holes. Southworth BEACH. Fla.. nape of his neck and spreads up- Ferrier and Includes Everybody In Macauley brought the Bilhkens said Griffith. “He may appear to By the Associated Pres* 12.—When First Baseman Eddie He also has Middlecoff saw their from behind and led them to be clumsier while ward in a V-shape. margin wiped Dyer, like Billy Southworth, Eddie Sawyer, Bucky Walters and NEW Mar. doing it, but YORK, 12.—Stevr Robinson was traded to the Nats two cuts on his head and out when Penna chipped in on other National victory. he'll get 'em.” deep League managers down here, thinks this is going Belloise was all set to today hop he brought with him the most one over his left the 29th and Haefner eagled the Along with third-seeded Utah The reason eye. to be the toughest race in the old circuit in a time.