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Pirates Sign O'Brien To Baseball Contracts
Seattle—(U.P.)—Johnny and Eddie O'Brien, Seattle university's twin terrors, already well established in basketball, looked forward to a major league baseball career today.
The Irish brothers from South Amboy, N.J., newly signed to contracts with the Pittsburgh Pirates, aid they would spend the weekend with their parents at home before reporting to the Pirates training camp at Havana, Cuba, Monday.
But McCarrick emphasized that they might have a tough time getting into a big league starting line-up.
Pirate Scout Ed McCarrick said he O'Briens, who signed a package ideal for an estimated $80,000, definitely were "major league prospects." "They aren't apt to waste the season on the bench," he said.
"It's a hard jump from college ball to major league ball," McCarrick said. "If it was easy, we wouldn't have enough leagues to take care of all the potential major leaguers."
The Pittsburgh contract ended a lot of speculation here as to what the O'Briens would do professionally. Both were cinches to play basketball for pay if they wanted.
They also were bartered for by the Brooklyn Dodgers, Detroit Figars, New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, and Seattle Rainiers. Pittsburgh got the five-foot, nine-inch twins by offering the most cash.
Johnny plays shortstop; Eddie is an outfielder. But at Pittsburgh here might be a move to turn Eddie into an infielder because of his powerful throwing arm.
Whatever happens the O'Briens were happy with their decision.
"We are especially glad to be playing baseball," they said. "Neither of us ever want to see a team in an awful beat; under the boards in basketball."
They said the main reason they preferred the diamond over the hardwood court was because "the odds for our athletic longevity are much better in baseball."
Johnny and Eddie had Branch to thank for their big base- opportunity.
The Pirate boss watched them work out one day. After everyone else had left for the showers, Dickey hurried in to the dressing room to talk to the twins.
'They're still out on the field,' he was told.
Rickey found the O'Briens still going at it, hitting, running, and throwing. It was just what he wanted—a pair of scrappy competitors who loved baseball and could make a team go.
Seattle coach Al Brightman, who discovered the twins in a semi-pro tournament at Wichita, agreed.
"These boys are definitely major league caliber," Brightman said.
league caliber," Brightman said. Johnny and Eddie came here as basketball players and put Seattle J. in the nation cage limelight. Johnny was a first string all-American this year and Eddie made the United Press third team.
Robinson Receives First Baseman's Mitt
Jojo Beach, Fla.—(U.P.)- Jackie Robinson was presented with a first paseman's mitt today by Dodger manager Charley Dressen.
The obvious implication was that Robinson, who was shifted to third case by Dressen two days ago, now be switched to first base. But Dressen refused to explain the lift, other than to say, "I'm just fooling around—I may have an announcement in a day or so."
University Daily Kansan
One-and-One Rule to Remain
Basketball rule makers decided to keep the widely-criticized "one-and-one" free throw rule in a meeting in Kansas City yesterday.
Lack of an adequate substitute for the rule was the main reason involved in the decision. The rule makers said that "a lot of people are not satisfied" with the rule but that it would have to do until something better comes along. They said that would take at least another year.
The "one-and one" rule, adopted a year ago, stipulates that the victim of a foul must receive two chances to make one basket until the last three minutes of the game when he gets two shots regardless of the foul.
The cage representatives have made about 3,000 changes since the original rules were created in the 1890's.
The common foul is one committed not in the act of shooting and until a year ago brought only a one-shot penalty. A foul on a shooter provides two free throws.
The decision wound up a two day conference of the National Basketball Committee of the United States and Canada in which no major changes were made. The committee writes the rule books for colleges, high schools, the Amateur Athletic Union, YMCA, and Canadian groups.
H. V. Porter of Chicago, secretary of the committee, said the group felt there ought to be a better rule but in the absence of a desirable substitute decided to let the present regulation stand. He asserted that the group was overwhelming against all substitute plans.
Bratton, Jones To Battle Tonight
New York — (U.P.)—Hot-and-cold Johnny Bratton of Chicago, campaigning at top-voice for another welterweight title shot, will try to square accounts with "the Joneses" tonight at Madison Square Garden.
He will meet Bobby Jones, a light puncher but a crowd pleaser from Oakland, Calif., in a nationally televised and broadcast 10-rounder.
Oakland Bobby is a stablemate, though not a relative, of Ralph (Tiger) Jones of Yonkers, N.Y., who won an upset decision over Bratton at the Garden last Dec. 5.
Nevertheless, Chicago Johnny was favored at 14-5 today to beat the California bobber-and-weaver, who will be making his second New York appearance. Jones lost a booed split decision to the then unbeaten Willie Troy at the Garden, Jan. 23. Bobby womany admirers in his debut that night because of his persistent aggressiveness.
Incidentally, the Garden has been unlucky for the unpredictable Bratton. He has lost three of his five fights there.
Friday, March 20,1953
Bratton was favored to win tonight because he is a great performer when in the mood and when having a good night.
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Chancellor Murphy adequately summed up the performance of the 1953 team by asserting that "No athletic aggregation in KU history will more indelibly print its name into the University memory."
Just two more points and Kansas would have wrapped up its second straight NCAA title. But it just wasn't to be so the national championship trophy lies in the hands of Indiana's terrific Hoosiers.
But KU fans have nothing to be bitter about. The Jayhawkers were picked to finish in the Big Seven's second division when the cage wars started back in December. A conference title was out of the question. A regionals championship? Impossible. Another NCAA crown? Fantastic.
Yet the Jayhawkers hustled and fought their way to accomplish all of these goals except the big one, a second straight national championship. That the Kansans could sew up the Big Seven flag is amazing. It seems incredible that Kansas could win the regionals championship in hostile Manhattan. Fans still are wondering how KU managed to shell powerful Washington by 26 points.
Kansas had one man from the 1952 NCAA championship crew, captain Dean Kelley, on the starting lineup. The other first stringers were two football players, Gil Reich and Harold Patterson, Al Kelley, a 5-11 forward who logged most of his playing time with the B squad in '52, and B. H. Born, a lanky pivot man who warmed the bench last season.
The Jayhawkers frequently were called a scrawny, scrappy, giant-killing, or heckle-and-run type of club. But the Kansans ended the season with a genuine powerhouse. They were good. And they deserved to be ranked near the top in press polls since they proved they could handle the nation's best.
Fans thought the Jayhawkers would be tough in Hoch this year, but probably would drop a few along the way. SMU was the first invader to discover that the Jayhawkers were more than tough—they were almost unbeatable. The Mustangs returned to Dallas with two 17 point defeats. Powerful Oklahoma A&M was the next opponent to move in. The result: a 12-point loss.
But this crew, not as polished as the 1952 outfit, but just as spirited, clawed its way to a sparkling 19-6 record. Included among these victories were nine straight wins in Hoch auditorium, a two-point upset of K-State in Manhattan, and two triumphs over Oklahoma A&M, the Missouri Valley champs.
Kansas State fans howled for blood when the Jayhawkers invaded Manhattan to battle the height-loaded Wildcats. Aggie rooters couldn't believe it when the final scoreboard read, Kansas 80-K-State, 78. That marked the first time a conference foe had whipped the Wildcats in the K-State fieldhouse.
Colorado, with a victory over KU at Boulder behind them, tried for a sweep of the 1952-53 series. Kansas whipped them by 23. Iowa State rounded out the home-court competition for the Jayhawkers. KU mauled the Cyclones by 25.
Then Missouri, Oklahoma, and Nebraska tried their luck. The Cornhuskers were the most successful. They were beaten by "only" 19 markers. Oklahoma was clubbed by 28. Missouri by 24.
Kansas State was the next invader. The Jayhawkers sent them reeling back to Manhattan with an 80-66 defeat.
Kansas certainly was not awe-inspiring when they warmed up before each of the 25 contests. They had only one really tall man, Born. They looked like a high school team compared with Washington or Kansas State. But they made up for this lack of height by a weapon that is, and always will be tough to stop—hustle.
Truer words were never spoken.
11:45 p.m. — Midnight candlelight celebration of the Holy Communion.
Sunday - 9 a.m. - The Bishop of the Diocese will address Episcopal students at the regular meeting.
Saturday - 9 a.m. - Students will meet at Parish House to give it a spring cleaning.
CANTERBURY NOTICE
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Plymouth Congregational Church
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DALE E. TURNER, Minister
SUNDAY SERVICES
11:00 - Services
5:30 p.m. College Age Youth Meeting
8 p.m. Bible Class
Schlundt Voted MVP By Hoosier Mates
Brilliant Don Schlundt, the 6-9 sophomore center of Indiana's national champions, was honored as the most valuable Hoosier of the 1952-53 season by his teammates last night.
The Hoosiers voted the honorary post-season captaincy to guard Bob Leonard, a classy feeder and ball handler who gave coach Branch McCracken's club a strong one-two punch.
Schlundt's selection qualifies him for consideration as the most valuable cager in the Big Ten.
NCAA to Hear TV Grid Case
Kansas City — (U.P.)— Representatives of the television industry were scheduled to present their case today to a National Collegiate Athletic Association committee considering a television program for college football games this autumn.
The committee members will close their meeting tomorrow and prepare a definite TV plan at a later meeting in New York. The plan will then be submitted to a referendum of the membership, probably in mid-April.
- Several proposals and recommendations were offered yesterday by individual schools.
The committee refused to consider the Notre Dame and Pennsylvania proposals for unlimited telecasting. It said the membership ordered it, by a vote of 172 to 13, to plan a limited program.
College of Pacific and two small conferences, the College Conference of Illinois and the interstate athletic conference of Michigan and Illinois, told the committee that football TV hurt attendance.
The College of Pacific recommended that no television of college football games whatever be permitted.
The Pacific Coast conference proposed a plan which differs from the 1952 NCAA television program on two points:
1. Teams appearing on a network last year would not be eligible to appear on a network again this year.
2. The geographical districts of the NCAA would have a voice in what teams would be available from that district for television.
Two Golfers Favored in Meet
St. Augustine, Fla. — (U.P) — U.S. senior champion Thomas C. Robbins and North-South champion Judd Brumley were favored to win their semi-final matches today in the American Seniors Golf association championship.
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