Tuesday. March 24, 1959 University Daily Kansau
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Tennis Team Hopes High
Rapidly improving Pete Block and veteran Lynn Sieverling will form the nucleus of a KU team that Coach Denzell Gibbens predicts will be stronger than last year when the Jayhawkers tied with Nebraska for fifth place. Following a spirited practice session Sunday afternoon in which Sieverling displayed his best form so far this season, Coach Gibbens became more hopeful of KU tennis hopes. But behind this increased optimism is the continued improvement of sophomore Pete Block, who, in his first year of competition, has risen to third place in the team rankings. Block is challenging junior Jerry Williams for the second position. If he wins he will earn the right to battle Sieverling for the number one position.
Giants Rest In Sick Bay
PHOENIX, Ariz. —(UPI)—Take a walk through sick bay and you'll see most of the San Francisco Giants' opening day lineup for this season.
That guy with 35 stitches in his shin is Willie Mays. The husky Puerto Rican with the racking cough is Orlando Cepeda, the National League rookie of the year in 1958. Daryl Spencer, slated to play second base, is the one with the sore foot and sore art. Jackie Brandt, who rates as the left fielder, is recovering from a nose operation. And the man with the wired-up jaw and battered teeth is manager Bill Rigney, who drove into a lamp post last month.
So far this year, the harried manager has not been able to field much resembling the club which finished a surprise third last season. But although he bawled out his charges last week for laxness, Rigney declares that the squad seems to be in a slightly better position than at this time last year.
This is the biggest change on the club so far. Rigney moved Spencer from shortstop to second so that the hard-throwing, six-foot three Rodgers could play short. Andre, a light hitter in two previous shots with the Giants, won the Pacific Coast League batting championship last year with a 354 average.
Hawks' coach Ed McCauley set the tone yesterday by charging that a movie of last Saturday's game "shows specifically" that ace playmaker Slater Martin was "tripped and then elbowed by Eddie Fleming. the Lakers' guard.
Hawks and Lakers Set for NBA Game
"The pressure must be going to their heads," Lakers' coach John Kundla said. "All this howling proves is that St. Louis is worried about losing the playoffs."
ST. LOUIS — (UPI) The St. Louis Hawks, sure that the Minneapolis Lakers "are trying to cripple us," take on their National Basketball Association rivals for the third time tonight in their duel for the Western Division title.
The best-of-seven series was knotted at one each and shaped up as a first-class grudge battle from here on out.
Yellow, Orange Basketballs Approved
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — (UPI) Coaches were given the option of using colored basketballs by a rules committee here Monday.
The use of yellow or orange
basketballs was approved at the final session of the National Basketball Committee of the United States and Canada which convened here during the weekend in conjunction with the NCAA tournament.
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Sturdivant Sets 2-Hit Whitewashing on O's
By United Press International
Tom Sturdivant is out to prove he's the "solid pitching insurance" Casey Stengel claims the New York Yankees need to win another American League flag.
A 16-game winner in both 1956 and 1957. Sturdivant suffered through a 3-6 campaign in 1958 and has frequently been mentioned as trade bait in the Yankees' attempts to swing a deal for a pitcher. But it's just possible the Yankees will have to look no further than their own clubhouse for the man they want.
Sturdiwid made a big bid in that direction yesterday when he hurled
nive brilliant innings in the Yankees' 5-0 victory owed the Baltimore Orioles, whose six-game winning streak had established them as one of the hottest teams on the Grapefruit Circuit. The Orioles managed only two hits off Sturdivant and both of them were "scratched."
The Detroit Tigers crushed the Cincinnati Reds, 15-5, the Philadelphia Phillies beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 9-5, the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Milwaukee Braves, 10-6, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Athletics, 8-3, in Monday's only other exhibition games.
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