Page 6 University Daily Kansan Wednesday, May 27, 1953
Phi Psi's Win Crown; Beat Pearson Hall 9-2
By STAN HAMILTON
Kansan Sports Writer
Phi Kappa Psi, behind the strong two-hit pitching of Bernell Hisky, defeated Independent "A" titlist Pearson hall yesterday 9-2, to win the intramural Hill softball crown.
To win the tournament,
Hisky pitched hitless ball for the
Hisky pitched hitless ball for the Fraternity "A" champs for five innings, allowing only three men to reach base; one on a walk, another on an error, and the third was hit by a pitch.
In the sixth frame the losers finally got to Hisky for their first hit, a hard smash by Louis Clum that glanced off third baseman Bob Anderson's outstretched glove. John Boerger followed later in the same inning with a clean line drive single into center. Two errors by shortstop Pete Fotopoulos helped Pearson to its two runs.
Phi Psi jumped off to a two-run lead in the opening inning on a walk, a double by Gary Padgett, an error, and a run-scoring fly by Anderson. The eventual winning marker came in in the second when lead-off batter Bob Knightly singled, took second when the leftfielder bobbled the hit, advanced to third on a fielder's choice, and scored on a short passed ball.
The roof fell in on Pearson in the fourth as the victors used two hits and four Pearson errors to score five runs. Knightly opened with a single and took third when Ralph Wallace reached second on a pair of errors by third sacker Otto Willschalger. Following a base-filling walk, another pair of errors on Carrell Speckman's grounder let in three more. Rich Merc scored the final two with a long line-drive home run to left center with one on.
Only one Phi Psi ski was earned, the lone run scored in the fifth on a walk, sacrifice, and single. All of
the others were tainted as were the two Pearson scores.
PHI PSI 9
Box Score
Hisky did not fan a batsman, hit one, wild pitched once, and passed only one man. Six times he pulled himself out of full-counts by retiring the batters on weak pop-ups or grounders.
| | AB R H PO A B |
| :--- | :--- |
| Speckman, lf | 3 1 0 2 1 |
| Mercer, rf | 3 1 2 0 1 |
| Packer, rf | 3 1 2 0 1 |
| Anderson, 3b | 0 0 0 2 1 |
| Fotopoulos, 2s | 2 0 0 2 1 |
| Knightly, 1b | 2 2 9 0 1 |
| Wallace, 2b | 3 1 1 3 1 |
| Pritz, c | 3 0 4 0 1 |
| Hisky, p | 2 1 0 0 3 1 |
Pearson pitcher Bob Crisler, undefeated prior to yesterday, deserved a better fate than he got, but five errors by his mates helped tag him with the loss. He allowed five hits, fanned three, and walked three.
Totals ... 24 9 5 21 13
PEARSON 2
AB R H PO A I
Clum, 1b      4 1 1 6 0 1
Garland, ss    3 1 0 5 2
Blount, f       3 0 3 0 1
Crisler, b      3 0 0 2 0
Boeinger, 2b    3 0 1 1 0
Hazlett, c      3 0 1 1 0
Willshächler, 3b 3 0 0 0
Holman, f       2 0 0 2 0
Hortt, f        3 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 2 2 18 4 5
Pearson 000 002 0-2
Phi Psi 210 510 x-9
Last Year's Champion Idle As Vets Prepare For '500'
Indianapolis—(U.P.)—The youngest and biggest driver ever to win the 500-mile Memorial Day auto race will be just a spectator Saturday, but a busy one.
But fate threw a monkey wrench into his plans to defend his 1952 championship in this year's speedway chase. Less than three months after he won in record time, he was hurt in a sprint event at a Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and hasn't recovered enough to take another crack at the "300."
It'll probably break Troy Ruttman's heart to sit this one out when 33 sleeck racers roar away for the flying start. For Ruttman is a "driver's driver."
So what will he do? He'll be in the pits cheering on the boys he usually considers bitter rivals on the nation's midget and big-car circuits.
"It probably be just as nervous as they," he said.
Zukovich was last year's hard-luck pilot. He led when he cracked up only 20 miles short of victory. He was the fastest qualifier this year.
Ruttman believes he has the race pretty well figured out, too. . .
Cross, fifth as a rookie last time, is considered one of the hottest drivers in recent years. Bettenhausen will chauffeur Ruttman's "No. 98," which got the checkered
pretty well within at least 10 drivers you'll have to consider as potential winners," he said, "but I've narrowed the field down to three—Bill Vukovich, Art Cross, and Tony Bettenhausen."
flag of victory a year ago.
Weather permitting and barring major accidents, Ruttman also figures the winner will be "about a mile an hour faster" than his 1952 record-breaking average of 128.922.
Racing since 1947. Ruttman hopes to be back in action in about three months. His goal now is to compete in an Italian Ferrari in Europe's road races.
In the American Association, Kansas City welcomed back from the ailing list a young rookie, name of Forrest Smith, who may take up permanent residence later at third base for the New York Yankees. Smith tore a leg muscle May 13.
Ailing Rookie Reports
League Standings
AMERICAN W. L. Pct. G.B.
New York 23 11 676
Cleveland 19 12 613 $^{2} \frac{1}{8}$
Chicago 19 15 603 $^{2} \frac{1}{8}$
Boston 10 16 571 $^{2} \frac{1}{8}$
Washington 19 17 528 $^{2}$
Philadelphia 16 17 421 $^{2}$
St. Louis 12 12 343 $^{1} \frac{11}{4}$
Detroit 10 27 270 $^{1} \frac{11}{4}$
AMERICAN LEAGUE
| | W. | L. | Pct. | G.B. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Milwaukee | 21 | 11 | .656 | |
| St. Louis | 20 | 13 | .606 | $^{1/2}$ |
| Brooklyn | 20 | 14 | .686 | 2 |
Philadelphia | 17 | 13 | .697 | 3 |
New York | 19 | 16 | .543 | $^{3/2}$ |
Pittsburgh | 16 | 21 | .364 | $^{3/2}$ |
Chicago | 11 | 20 | .355 | $^{9/2}$ |
Cincinnati | 9 | 21 | .300 | $^{1/2}$ |
Art Dalzell, Lloyd Koby, and Wes Santee were elected captains of next year's track teams at a squad meeting yesterday.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
ing yesterday.
Dalzell, half-miler from Spring Hill High, chosen to lead the team in the 1954 indoor and outdoor season. He succeeds graduating captain John Riederer, Holton quarter-miler.
Thinclads Select Three Co-Captains
Koby and Santee were picked to be co-captains of the 1953 fall cross-country team, which will attempt to retain the title it won last fall. Koby, from Sedgwick, and Santee, from Ashland, will take Norm Bitner's place.
Phi Delts Post 315, Win IM Golf Crown
Phi Delta Theta, with medalist performances by Bob Richards and John Handley, edged past Phi Gamma Delta 315-319 in the intramural golf match at Saturday at the Lawrence Municipal course. Third place went of Beta Theta Pi with 339.
Phi Dilt scorers on the par-72 course were Richards and Handley (76), Tom Phoenix (81) and John Jones (82).
Missouri Valley Ranks Hiah
Missouri Valley, one of the nation's top small colleges in sports, had another great year. The Vikings picked up the marbles in the Missouri College Athletic union in football for the eighth time in nine seasons; grabbed the basketball championship; and last Saturday won the MCAU track title for the eighth year in a row.
Pros Scout College Finals
College baseball is picking up. For proof, there'll be scores of scouts at the "College World Series" in Omaha, Neb., starting June 11. From the midlands, the entry will be either Oklahoma, champion of the Big Seven, or Houston's Missouri Valley champion Cougars, depending on the result of today's game at Houston.
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Spahn Blanks Redlegs, Braves Hike NL Lead
New York—(U.P)—Those cynics who are waiting for Milwaukee's bubble to burst may run out of patience long before the Braves run out of gas or winning pitchers.
Southpaw Warren Spahn, a little weary of seeing "boys" like Don Liddle, Bob Buhl, and Johnny Anwille do "men's" jobs for Milwaukee, took matters in his own veteran hands yesterday and hurled a four-hit, 6-0 victory against Cincinnati.
cinnati.
By gaining his four triumph of the season, 31-year-old Spahn increased Milwaukee's National League lead to a game-and-a-half and continued to fulfill a prediction made years ago by shrewd old Casey Stengel.
It was Stengel, who upon seeing Spahn for the first time while he was managing the lapless seventhplace Braves in 1942, declared:
place Braves in NYC "There one's one kid who is going to be a big help to the Braves one day."
Spahn, who returned to action only four days ago after being sidelined since May 14 with a pulled side muscle, was in exceptionally fine form as he struck out three and walked only two. Only Gus Bell and Bob Borkowski were able to solve his deliveries, each getting two hits.
Joe Adcock and Jack Dittmer
hit successive doubles for Milwaukee's first run in the second inning while singles by Sid Gordon, Dittmer, Del Crandall and Spahn accounted for two more runs in the fourth.
The second-place Cardinals lost a half-game in the standings by splitting with the Cubs, St. Louis winning the opener, 6-3, and Chicago capturing the nightcap, 3-2.
No other games were scheduled in the National League.
in the National League. Larry Doby smashed his sixth homer of the season in the bottom of the ninth innning last night to furnish Cleveland with a 9-8 victory over last-place Detroit.
In the only other American League game, the White Sox defeated the Browns, 8-2, as the losers suffered their ninth straight loss. Tommy Byrne, former Brownie was credited with the victory although he needed Mike Fornieles' aid in the sixth when the Browns loaded the bases.
Ferris Fain drove in three runs for Chicago, and Orestes Minoso and Bud Sheely two apiece.
The Red Sox-Athletics game was rained out.
Willie Pep Gets Reinstated; Says He Is Almost 'Empty'
With Wee Willie, one of the greatest of the boxing masters, it wasn't wine, women and song. Willie never went for the joy water. But two matrimonial catastrophes took $50,-900 and most of the rest went to the deaf ivory ears of "Little Joe."
New York—(U.P.)—Hopefully aiming once again at the big money, little Willie Pep admitted today that he was just about "empty."
"I've one annuity and that's about all," he said, in a nervous voice which scratched through the gloom of the dingy little dressing room at Stillman's Gymnasium. "But I know I can still fight. And now that I've been reinstated, I know everything will be all right again. This time I hang on to it."
That means, in the parlance of the fight game, that the more than $250.00 he earned as he danced his way to the featherweight championship of the world is gone.
"He gave me the business and 1 lost my head," Pep growled.
Willie was suspended in New York and all affiliated NBA states, in September of 1951 after a disgraceful fight with Sandy Saddler. It was more of a wrestling match, with no holds barred.
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