University Daily Kansan
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'Country' Still Bitter But Set to Help Yanks
New York—(U.P.)—The hurt and the bitterness still showers today in the clear blue eyes of Enos Slaughter but the country boy from Carolina was "ready and able" to prove that the St. Louis Cardinals made a mistake when they traded him to the New York Yankees.
"The last time I was here I was with a champion—and here I am with a champion again."
As the Bronx Bombers came home to Yankee stadium, there was "Country," big as ever in his Cardinal life and twice as ready. And as he ran his eyes over the huge ball park, he said slowly:
But to Enos Slaughter the 12 intervening years mean nothing, just as does the parting inference of the Cardinals that he is about "through."
That "last time," he recalled, was "just a little while ago" when he led the Cardinals to a World Series victory over these same Yankees. The ear, actually, was 1942.
"Ive got a lot of time left," he snorted, running his big hands over the unfamiliar Yankee flannels. "I feel as good as I ever did, no aches and no pains. I'm still 185 pounds, right on the button, and I can hit and run as good as ever. I'll prove it, too."
That, you might think, is a brash statement from a man who two weeks hence will be 38.
But, then, Slaughter is no ordinary ball player, nor even an ordinary man. He conquered a lot of tough breaks through the years because of his bulldog drive, blows which would have beaten many another. Things like shattered collarbones, persistent fevers and a three-year hitch in the air force never could halt his enrush.
They thought he was done in 1951 but in 1952 he had a magnificent season. It was typical of Enos, when they lauded his "comeback." that he sported:
"Comeback? Why, I've never been away."
But his trade away from St. Louis floored him—momentarily. For 13 years he had been a part of the Cardinal legend and he thought that because of his current value, and not just gratitude alone, they'd let him play it out with the Red-bird on his chest.
bird on his cross.
"It was one of the roulgesh things that ever happened," he explained in a low voice. "They called me in and out of a clear sky said I had been traded. I asked them 'do you think I'm through?' They said no, but they were going with the young guys and had to give them a chance.
"trading me," he said, "was the only way they could have gotten me out of the outfield. If I was still there, I'd still have my job.
"Now I'm going to show them that I'm far from through," he said.
VARSITY
THE THEATRE OF THE WORLD
Ends Tonite 7-9
Richard Conte
"SLAVES OF BABYLON"
Starts SATURDAY for 4 days
IN THE HEAT AND DUST
A prairie town waited. A storm was brewing . . .
A storm named Dave Porter.
. . . and when he hit,
it would rain nothing but lead.
DON'T MISS THIS 1st RUN HIT!
KU tennis team fought two deciding matches into extra games but lost to an Iowa university net quad 4-6 in ten matches on the varsity courts here yesterday.
Iowa is expected to repeat as Big 10 conference champs this year with three strong performers, Joe Barnes, former Big 10 tourney winner, and Art Andrews, and Carl Nadig, strong tourney favorites this year.
Iowa Netmen Beat KU, 6-4
Kansas' depth kept KU in the match as it won the fifth, sixth, and seventh singles matches and in the third doubles match.
Barnes, I, defeated Al Hedstrom,
K, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.
Andrews, I, defeated Dick Hadley. K 8-6; 7-5.
The results are;
Howard Hill, I; defeated Roger Youmans, K, 6-4, 6-4.
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Nadig, I, defeated Merl Sellers,
K. 6-2. 6-1.
Don Franklin, K, defeated Jim Norman. L 6-2. 6-1.
Dave Kane, K, defeated Bob Fletcher. 1,6-2, 9-7.
Dave Edwards, K, defeated Bob Ogensen, L. 6-2, 3-6, 6-2.
Barnes and Andrews, I, defeated Hedstrom and Hadley. K. 6-4 10-8
Hill and Nadig, I, defeated Sellers and Youmans, K. 6-3, 6-2.
Franklin and Kane, K. defeated Ogesen and Norman, I, 6-3, 6-4.
Rocky Castellani scored a ten round decision over Pedro Gonzales at Cleveland last night. All three officials voted for Castellani in the toe-to-toe sluggage event.
The Detroit Red Wings and the Montreal Canadians play the final game of the 1854 Stanley Cup hockey playoff tonight at Detroit. Both teams scored three wins in the seven game playoff series.
Golf Team to Play Wichita Tomorrow
TODAY and SATURDAY
Coach Donn Everett and his KU golf team will travel to Wichita tomorrow to play the Wichita university Shockers in their fourth golf meet of the season. Everett is expected to play Bob Richards in the No.1 position, followed by Harlan Hise, John Prosser and Ed MacGee.
SHOWS Today—2.30-7.9 Sat.-1-3 and 7-9
Prevue Saturday Nite
Open 11:00 Start 11:30
SUNDAY
The golf team, thus far, has scored two wins in their three matches. They opened the season with a 9-3 victory at Washburn. Oklahoma A&M defeated the KU team at Lawrence 72-43, and last Wednesday the Jayhawks defeated Omaha university 9-3 at the Lawrence Country club.
BOB HOPE
JOAN FONTAINE
PARAMOUNT PICTURE
Friday, April 16, 1954
A PARAMOUNT PICTURE
Continuous Shows Sunday 1:00 p.m. on
KDGU Schedule
KU Nine to Play Huskers
6:30 Four Knights
6:30 Four Knights
6:45 Keynotes by Carle
7:00 Bookstore Hour
8:00 Great Moments in Music
8:10 Hawk's Nest on the Air
9:30 Nursery
9:35 Dixie's Doorstep
10:00 In the Mood
11:00 News and Sign Off
With six victories in seven games and a four game winning streak going, the Kansas university baseball team will tackle the powerful Nebraska Cornhuskers in Lincoln on Monday and Tuesday.
Coach Tony Sharpe has 11 returning lettermen including his top three pitchers from last year, Ray Novak, Charles Wright, and Claire Mallette. All three pitches have lettered the last two seasons.
Novak is the outstanding pitcher on the team. He had a record of 6 victories and 0 defeats and an earned run average of 1.17. In addition he hit .308. Hofmaier had a record of 3 victories and 1 loss for
This will be the toughest test of the year for the Jayhawks who have won four games from Arkansas, one from Kansas State, and one out of two from Tulsa. This will be especially tough for Kansas since it will be playing without its football boys, who will be practicing football.
THE UNTAMED BREED
PLUS --with BILL WILLIAMS-JEAN PORTER and introducing JIMMY BOYD
Outfielder Jim Cederdahl and third baseman Virgil Gottsch are both back this season. Gottsch hit 343 last year and Cederdahl was one of the team's top power hitters with four home runs and 24 runs batted in while hitting .338.
Shows Tonite 7:05-9:00, Feat. 7:35-
9:30, Saturday Continuous Shows from
1:00 p.m.
STARTS SUNDAY
OWL PREVUE 11:15 SAT.
CinemaScope breaks through the fearful boundaries of the last unknown . . . where men challenge the ocean floor for booty, for power, for love!
ROBERT WAGNER·TERRY MOORE·GILBERT ROLAND
Open 12:30 Sunday Continuous Shows, Features at 12:45, 3:03, 5:19, 7:37, 9:53 Regular Prices.
EXTRA!
EXTRA!
"Vesdvius Express"
"Tschaikovsky's Symphony No. 4" in CinemaScope.