APRIL 1, 1947
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Still Uncertain On Robinson
Havana—(UP) Jackie Robinson's status still was uncertain today after he great Negro athlete went back second base yesterday as his Montreal team lost a 1 to 0 "scrim-image" game to a hapazhard Brooklyn Dodger lineup.
Robinson, publicly named by Doger
officials as a first base candidate,
hit two doubles off Vic Lombardi,
a first-line Dodger hurler. Ralph
Branca of the Dodgers pitched for
Montreal.
Monteira manager Clay Hopper said Robinson was sent back to his old second-base spot so that rookie Kevin Connors could try out at first
St. Petersburg, Fla.-(UP)-The St. Louis Cardinals, cheered by the improvement shown by pitcher Johnny Beazley, were scheduled to meet the New York Yankees today.
Beazley, troubled by a sore arm, exhibited some of his pre-war form yesterday as the Redbirds downed Cincinnati, 7 to 2. He pitched three innings and allowed three hits, showing a lively fast ball.
The Yanks were scheduled to meet the Phillies at Clearwater yesterday but rain cancelled the game after the first inning with Philadelphia leading 1 to 0.
Miami. —(UP)— The St. Louis Browns squad, cut to 30 by the optioning of seven players, prepared to meet the Philadelphia Athletics today, one of their most bother- some spring rivals.
The Brownie players optioned to Toledo of the American Association yesterday were first baseman Chuck Stevens; catcher Hank Helf; infielders Owen Friend and Bob Wren, and pitcheres Chet Johnson, Jim Bilbrey and Raymond Shore.
The Browns defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates yesterday, 7 to 5, as Terry White hit his sixth homer of the spring season.
Lake Wales, Fla.—(UP)—The Cincinnati Reds, bolstered by the return of shortstop Eddie Miller, today were scheduled against the Kansas City Blues of the American association, a New York Yankee farm club.
Miller signed his contract yesterday and then watched the St. Louis Cardinals pound Cincinnati veteran Johnny Vander Meer and rookie Elmer Riddle for 13 hits and a 7 to 2 victory. Miller said he might be ready for the Red opener. His contract contains a bonus clause based on the number of games he plays.
St. Petersburg, Fla.—(UP)—The New York Yankees today sent 11 players to minor league club clubs and bought the contract of pitcher Don Johnson from Kansas City of the American association.
Catcher Bill Deininger and pitchers Bill Wight, Carl De Rose, Red Bradley and Kent Sterling were sent to the Kansas City Blues, training at Lake Wales.
Outfielder Allie Clark and pitchers Herb Karpei, Alex Mustakis, Dick Ames, Dick Starr and Mal Mallette were assigned to the Newark BeBars, training at Sebring.
Phoenix. —(UP)—Rookie pitcher Bill Ayers, who appears to have clinched a spot with the New York Giants, today was named to start against the Chicago White Sox as the Ott men prepared to take their second game from the Pale Hose in as many days.
The Giants returned to their home base here yesterday, coming up with a thrilling six-run rally in the last half of the ninth to nip the White Sox, 9 to 8. Clint Hartung and Willard Marshall hit homers off Earl Caldwell during the uprising, Marshall's circuit clout with one on winning the game.
St. Petersburg, Fla. — (UP)—Arthr (Red) Patterson, secretary of the New York Yankees, said today that outfielder Joe DiMaggio "may be playing by May."
Patterson denied that club president; Larry MacPhail had said that 32-year-old DiMaggto would be out two months.
DiMaggio is awaiting the arrival of a specially-constructed baseball shoe which will protect his recently-operated heel.
If It's Hot, Go To Pot Or Potter
Ah spring! It's that time of year again. Students as usual are tossing aside books and uniting in a "back to nature" movement. Here, sitting on the campus studying (they've got books to prove it), are Mary Margaret Huse and Ross Baker, College sophomores.
'Twas Long Time A-Cumin' But Prunus Tribola's Here
Spring is a-cumin' in!
In fact, it's here. (Pardon, while I blow that snow off my shoulder.) And the towering shrubs of prunus tribola, that's flowering plum to you, that shed their fragrance in the rotunda of Frank Strong hall are the first sign that campus flowers are busy.
Just as soon as the weather seems ready to remain warm and balmy, the gardening crew will be out planting campus flowerbeds. The greenhouses are full and overflowing with petunias, narcissus, and potted geraniums.
Mr. Reiter hopes the 17-below zero freeze of a few weeks ago won't affect the many flowering shrubs on the campus. The lilacs along the front of Frank Strong and on Lilac Lane, and the forsythia by Frank Strong will be among the first to blossom. Red bud, bridalwreath, and flowering wreath will also brighten the slopes of the Hill very soon.
"We have a plant called the K.U. geranium, and I certainly wish we had a place to put it." Mr. Reiter said, as he recalled a special variety of geranium that had been developed and named by a gardener on the campus six or seven years ago.
Mums-Narcissus At Green Hall
Have A K.U. Geranium
"We gave them red cannas one year and the hospital was so disappointed about it that since we have tried to keep their bed a constant factor, while we vary the rest of them," said James Reiter, head gardener.
Narcissus and crysanthemums will be planted in the triangular flower bed in front of the law building. The flower bed at the western end of the campus will contain brilliant pink petunias.
Flowers in beds on the campus are varied from year to year, with the exception of the bed in front of Watkins hospital. The staff insists on its bed of red geraniums, which gives them a mass of gorgeous red blooms each spring.
Though the number of flower beds on the campus has dwindled from a dozen in 1940 to four at the present, the coming of spring means lots of spade work for the 13 men on the gardening crew.
"If every plant blooms like it did last year, I'll be tickled to death," said Mr. Reiter, squinting at the sun as it slipped under a cloud and rain started falling.
Three Political Science Men To Attend Meeting In Dall..
Three members of the political science department are going to Dallas April 4 and 5 to attend the Southwestern Social Science association meeting. They are Dr. Ethan P. Allen, chairman of the department, and Dr. Walter E. Sandelius and Dr. Herman B. Chubb.
Dr. Allen will speak to the political science section about "Teachers of Government." Dr. Sandelius will speak to the history section about the Western Civilization course.
The Chicago Stags today held undisputed first place in the Basketball Association of America's western division and the right to meet the powerful Washington Capitals in the loop's first place playoff series.
Stags Down Bombers To Play Capitals Next
(By United Press)
Chicago and the St. Louis Bombers ended their regular season tied for the top spot and the Stags downed the Bombers last night, 73 to 66, in a bitter overtime game at Chicago. Chicago led at the half, 32 to 30, but the score was tied at the end of the third quarter and at the end of the regulation game.
The first three teams in each division will begin playoff series Wednesday night for prizes totaling $85,500.
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