UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1949
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Major Leagues Begin Spring Practice Sessions
Tampa, Fla., March 1—(U.P.)The 1949 baseball season broke out in a furor of calisthenics today as spring training opened at 16 major-league camps throughout the South and West.
Lou Boudreau, skipper of the world champion Cleveland Indians, said his Indians are the "team to beat."
In fact, although there will be only two pennant-winners when gray October rolls around, there seemed to be nearly 16 "pennant prospects" on hand for the first workout. Not a manager in the lot was gloomy, including those who finished down in the basement last year.
And, just as flowers blossom in the sun, pennant hopes were springing up almost everywhere in the sunny land where the big-leaguers are shaking out the winter kinks.
Even the closest search couldn't turn up a pessimistic manager. Of course, a lot of them added to their hopeful statements that they needed a few "breaks" along the way.
For instance, Jack Onslow, who is the new manager of the Chicago White Sox-1948 last-players in the American league, confidently predicted his team would pass its cellar lease on to somebody else.
This city easily qualifies as the capital city of spring training. Within a radius of 50 miles are seven major-league teams.
Perhaps the most blithe pennant prediction came from President Branch Rickey of the Brooklyn Dodgers. After saying his Dodgers would bring home the bacon, Rickey glumly added, "just like we should have done last year."
Cardinal pilot Eddie Dyer was his usual optimistic self, saying he thought "our kids can take it all this year, if we can just hold together." It is precisely because many of his "kids" are seasoned veterans that many people think Dyer's chances will be hurt.
The prediction by Veeck that the Indians would repeat in the American loop by 10 games was scoffed by Casey Stengel, new manager of the New York Yankees. Ol' Case insisted his Yanks would win.
The Red Sox Joe McCarthy said his team would try to get rolling right away.
Billy Southworth, skipper of the National league champion Boston Braves, wouldn't go overboard with enthusiasm, but pointed to Pete Reiser, acquired from the Dodgers during the winter as a key player
"If Pete comes through, we might repeat," said Billy.
Bucky Walters of Cincinnati admitted his team, "has problems" but he said that if pitcher Ewell Black-well made a comeback, "he could be the best pitcher in baseball."
Eddie Sawyer of the Philadelphia Phils said his team would be the "youngest and maybe the fastest" and said new first baseman Ed Waitkus would "make our infield"
Connie Mack, 86 years young, called Cleveland the pennant favorite in the A. L. because "it definitely is a solid club." He said his Philadelphia "A's" would be dangerous because of good pitching but saw a three-way race among Cleveland, New York, and Boston.
Joe Kuhel of the Washington Senators said, "we are going to hustle like the dickens and we'll be a fast ball club with a little more hitting than last year."
Red Rolfe, rookie manager of the Detroit Tigers, didn't appear overloaded with hope as he admitted, "gosh, my guys are painfully slow but we're going to speed up a little."
Bill Meyer of the Pittsburgh Pirates said, "we could use one more starting pitcher because we have old guys who need a lot of rest."
Leo Durocher of the New York Giants let it be known that his players will have to step on the gas this year and said he looked for a better job from his pitchers.
The Browns' Zach Taylor said he
Nebraska's staying-power in the last lap of the Big Seven basketball race will be put to a severe test tonight when the league leaders meet a revived Kansas State quintet on the Manhattan hardwoods.
Colorado Wins 50 To 43 To Keep Fifth Place
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Nebraska (8-1) holds a comfortable lead over the second place Wildcats (6-4) but the season isn't over, and the K-Staters have shown surprising come-back ability in their last few tiltls.
The Cornhuskers, however, weakened about midway through the year to drop their first conference game to Oklahoma. Since then, the loop pacers have hung onto their lead with only hair-splitting victories and basketball that might be classified "tired."
In a conference clash last night, last place Iowa State cooled Missouri heels in Ames, 40 to 34, for the second Cyclone Big Seven win this year. That one didn't change any standings, but it gave Iowa State (2-8) spirits a big lift, and left a gruesome bruise on Missouri's (5-5) prestige.
At Boulder the fifth riding Colorado Buffalo wrote another chapter in their basketball rivalry with the University of Kansas, and turned up with a happy ending, 50 to 43. It left Kansas (3-7) in sixth place in the conference and Colorado (4-6) in fifth.
The standings:
W. L. Pts. Opp. Pct.
Nebraska 1 479 393 .888
K. State 6 4 476 467 .600
Oklahoma 6 3 401 397 .660
Missouri 5 5 418 432 .500
Colorado 4 6 453 443 .400
Kansas 3 7 425 476 .300
Iowa State 2 8 449 491 .200
Chem Engineers Beat AXE 31 to 28
The J.O.'s F.O.'s defeated their rivals Alpha Chi Sigma 31 to 28 in an overtime game over the weekend. The score was tied at 28-all at the end of regular play. In the extra period James Kendall tossed in a field goal for the chemists, but Jim Bowden made two field goals and Jerry Wilson a free throw to give the chemical engineers their victory.
The game was a first round victory in a tournament arranged by eight intramural teams. Other victors were Battenfeld over Oread's B-2 team, 53 to 13, and Kappa Psi over Oread's A-1 team, 35 to 21.
The tournament is being played on weekends.
has some "fine youngsters" and added his team might surprise everybody with how high they finish.
Charley Grimm of the Chicago Cubs held hope for his young pitchers and pondered trades as he named Boston, Brooklyn, Pittsburgh, and St. Louis as the National's best teams.
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St. Louis Gets Tourney Bid
New York, March 1—(U.P.) -Kentucky and St. Louis university, two of college basketball's best-record teams, became the first entries today for the annual National Invitational tournament at Madison Square Garden.
The Billikens from the Missouri valley, defending champions in the tourney, received and accepted their bid Monday. Kentucky's Wildcats received their bid at the same time and a university official said that the team would be on hand for the start of the post-season extravaganza Saturday, March 12.
The Kentucky official, who did not wish to be identified, pointed out that the formal acceptance would be confirmed by Asa Bushnell, head of the N.I.T. selection committee.
Bushnell, meanwhile, reported that bids for the six remaining berths had not yet been made. He said that no less than 15 teams were being considered.
There also was news from Lexington, home of the Wildcats, that the team still is considering the possibility of defending its N.C.A.A. title. Kentucky, as leader of the Southeastern conference, could draw a bid to the other major tournament. The N.C.A.A. Eastern regional start at New York, Monday, March 21, so the dates of the two tournaments do not conflict.
Browns Try To Get Cards Out Of Park
St. Louis, March 1—(U.P.)—Seven weeks before the opening of the baseball season, the St. Louis Cardinals suddenly were threatened today with the possibility of not having a ball park to play in.
A reality firm controlled by the St Louis Brown's announced that the Cardinals have "forfeited" their lease at Sportsmens park "because of an attempted assignment."
The Dodier Realty and Investment company inserted a legal notice in the classified section of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat that the Cardinals contract would be terminated, Friday, April 1.
President William De Witt of the Browns had no further comment.
The Brown's demand for higher rental has caused trouble between the clubs for some time. The American League club also has objected
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to the Cardinals' refusal to stop the local broadcast of their road games which compete with the broadcast of Browns' home games.
The lease from the realty company was to expire in April, 1951. It provided an annual rental of $25,000.
The Cardinals have leased the park from the Browns since 1920. The American league club unsuccessfully tried to evict them in the early 20's.
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