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By UNITED PRESS
Carrasquel, Busby Go To Indians For Doby
CLEVELAND—(U.P.)—General Manager Hank Greenberg today described the acquisition of slick-fielding Chico Carrasquel and Jim Busby in exchange for slugger Larry Doby as "only round one" in his efforts to strengthen the Cleveland Indians.
"We don't have anything on the fire right now but we're going right back to work this morning," Greenberg said. "We realized we had to do something drastic but we felt we had to mak ethe improvement we did."
The first major trade of the winter season apparently solved five-year old problems for both the Indians and Chicago White Sox. The Indians have been searching in vain for a first-rate defense shortstop since Lou Boudreau left them in 1950, while the white Sox have been looking for a slugger of Doby's caliber since the same year when Gus Zernial hit 29 homers for them.
More Deals Likely
Greenberg's forthright concession that more deals are likely was interpreted as a hint that second-baseman Bobby Avila may also be included in a trade to strengthen the team defensively. Avila hit only .276 this year after winning the 1954 A.L. batting title with a .341 mark and is regarded as a poor pivotman on double plays.
Thus, yesterday's deal for Carrasquel was regarded in many baseball quarters as "only half
the job" of streamlining the Indians alongside defensive lines.
Carasquel, a 27-year-old native of Caracas, Venezuela, is generally regarded as the most spectacular—although sometimes erratic—defensive shortstop in the majors. The White Sox purchased him in 1950 from the Brooklyn Dodgers in what has been described as "Branch Rickey's worst deal."
Carrasquel hit only .257 last season but has a six-year big league mark of .264, including a top of .282 in 1950.
Busby Brilliant Fielder
Busby, 28, is also a brilliant fielder but he hit only 239 last season and has hit only 27 home runs in six big league campaigns. He came up originally with the White Sox in 1950 and was traded to the Washington Senators in 1952. The White Sox got him back in a mid-summer deal this year.
In obtaining Doby, both Vice President Chuck Comiskey and Manager Marty Marion of the White Sox declared "the end of our search for a No. 4 hitter." "He will play centerfield and will bat fourth," they said.
Watkins Hall Tri Delts Win IM Games
Watkins Hall came from behind to beat Corbin Hall 31-34 in division IV of last night's women's intramural basketball. Also in division IV, Delta Delta Delta downed the Jayettes by a 39-20 score and Kappa Kappa Gamma beat Alpha Omicron Pi 18-14.
In division III, it was the Hawklets over Alpha Phi 28-25, Gamma Phi Beta over Sigma Kappa 40-14, and Hodder Hall over Grace Pearson Hall 35-23.
Wednesday, Oct. 26, 1955. University Daily Kansan
Corbin lead over Watkins at the half 23-31. Doris Cinzcozl racked up five points in the last half to win for Watkins, with Mary Spena having a 16 point total. Mary Chinnook, 24 points, was high on the Corbin team.
Delta Delta Delta lead the Jay-
ettes 17-14 at the half and kept
the lead. At the end of the half,
the Kappa Kappa Gamma-Alpha
Omicron Pi score was 13-4. The
AOPi's collected ten points, six
by Donna Carlson, in a vain rally
to win.
In division IV, the Hawklets gained the lead over Alpha Phi, early in the game, with a half time score of 20-18.
Fourth-Ranked Navy Underdog To Irish
By UNITED PRESS
Michigan, the nation's No. 1 team,
finds itself only an eight-point favorite, however, against Big Ten rival Iowa in the nationally-televiased game of the week. An unknown factor in the calculations on this important tilt at Ann Arbor, Mich., is the doubtful physical readiness of each team's star--end Ron Kramer of Michigan and tackle Cal Jones of Iowa.
Navy is the only team ranked among the nation's "top 10" that will be an underdog this Saturday.
Navy's "team named desire" is burning to beat Notre Dame for the first time since 1944, but the cold, calculating oddsmakers don't think they will do it. ◆
Whether the odds-men are right or wrong could depend largely on the personal due to two leading quarterback All-America candidates—canny George Welch of Navy, who has done all things well, and hard-running Paul Horning of Notre Dame, who has yet to show he can sustain a passing attack.
Navy Has Perfect Record
The men who make the odds along Broadway ignore Navy's passion for revenge, its better record, and its higher national ranking and announced today that Notre Dame is favored by six points for this Saturday's big gridiron clash on the Irish' home field at South Bend, Ind.
Navy will go into this long-awaited fray with a perfect record in five games; Notre Dame has four victories and one loss, to Michigan State. What's more, the Midshipmen currently are rated the No. 4 team nationally, while Notre Dame is ranked No. 7.
OU Heavy Favorite
Here's how the oddsmakers figure the other top-ranked teams:
UCLA (No. 5) the week's most lopsided favorite, 35 points over California; Michigan State (No. 6) by only 14 points over Florida; 35 points over Tulane; Southern California (also No. 8) 13 points over Minnesota in a op intersection game; and Texas Tech (No. 9) 12 points in Arkansas in its important Southwest conference struggle at Fayetteville, Ark.
Michigan's chief rivals, Maryland and Oklahoma, are expected to win easily to keep the pressure on Michigan. Maryland is a 27-point pick to score its 12th straight victory at the expense of South Carolina. Oklahoma is favored by the same margin to gain its 25th straight victory (longest streak in the nation) against Kansas State.
If you're looking for "even money" games, the odds-men put Illinois-Purdue, Syracuse-Holy Cross, and Miami (Fla.)-Pittsburgh in that category.
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