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Today
BASEBALL: Kentucky vs. Vanderbilt, Legion Park (S. Broadway).
GOLF: Kentucky vs. Indiana,
at Bloomington, Ind.
TENNIS: UK vs. Vanderbilt, at
Nashville, Tenn.
FENCING : UK vs. Cincinnati,
at Alumni Gym.
Saturday, Aoril 17
BASEBALL: Kentucky vs. Vanderbilt, here. Legion Park
TRACK: UK vs. Vanderbilt, at
Stoll Field
GOLF: Kentucks vs. Notre
Dame, South Bend, Ind.
TENNIS: Wildcats vs. Vanderbilt, at Nashville, Tenn.
Monday, April 19
GOLF: Kentucky vs. Xavier, at
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Do you know v hy the Kentucky baseball team Isn't playing schools
Bill McCubbln's Intramural soft-ba- ll
like Murrav. Eastern, Xavier, Georgetown, and Cincinnati this season
program in trying to compete
like they did in 1947?
Well. It seems that the Southeastern Conference has finally decided with the weather Is losing ground.
Rain won a complete shutout victory
to reorganize its baseball setup and Rive the sport a much-needBy Kent Hollingsworth
during the past week as no games
result UK will be busy playing Conference nines.
As
The University of Kentucky base- striking out 90 batsmen. Sophomore
were nlavfid.
open their season Bill Regean will do the catching,
Under the new system, the SEC, College stars are getting their
AU
the three leagues ball team will
is now divided up into two divisions, share of the gravy too. Michigan Bnoud checlc tne
at against the Vanderbilt Commodores, basketball star Billy Joe Adcock
toc'ay
tommorrow, prObabTy might start onthe pitcher's rubber
State had a stellar moundsmtm M
the East and the West.
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Moacay lor next week s wearing and
overshoes instead of base- in Saturday's contest, with Lefty
In the Eastern Division are: Ken- - named Robin Roberts last year. He
ball spikes.
Steve Harper used in relief.
tucky. Georgia. Vanderbilt. Auburn, also was nabbed by the eager andi
end of the rejular season
Iweathly Philadelphia Phillie man- Georgia Tech. and Tennessee.
The team has been rained off For the Wildcats, Bob Marshall
round robin their field every day this week, the
him a 12S ooo each league will play
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will open the season, with Bob
of Tulane. Florida. LSU. Ole Miss, bonus. Nine other members of the tournament. The four teams of each last batting practice session being back for Saturday's game. Buddy
wc
":'- be eligible held Saturday, prior to an intra -- iClegg and Garry Butterman will
Spartan team, which won 16 and,J8uc
Alabama and Mississippi State.
lost 8, have signed pro baseball con- - of wins over losses will
14 Gaines Required
game.
do the receiving, and reliable Wah
to compete in the championship squad
Each baseball team in the SEC tracts in the last 10 months,
The Whites won over the Blues, Jones and George Wild will be ready
round.
Look at Grady Hatton, stocky
must play at least 14 games among
Jones, and
as
tournament BobBob Marshall, Wah only three for relief chores on the mound.
The championship
schools in their particular division, third baseman for the Reds. He
Cincinnati
Hatchett yielded
Vanderbilt has already beaten
For example. Kentuc ky will play stood out at the diamond sport down will be a single game elimination hits.
Wednesday, April 21
Illinois Normal twice, Georgia Tech
each school in their bracket a four- - at Texas University and the conser- - type and the winner and runner-u- p
TENNIS: UK vs. Berea, here'
Hatchett faced ony six men in twice, and tied Purdue 5 in seven
trophy.
game series, except Auburn for a vative Cincinnati Reds dug deep and will receive
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his
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stint, striking out innings in their five games this year.
noi.A him a kAnne
Tennis
four, while the other two batters
potatoes for signing his name to a
ginally on the card but UK was
Pairings for the singles and dou- rolled out to the first baseman.
forced to cancel that series sche- - contract.
Dick Wakefield, formerly a star bles tennis tournament have been
Allen Hamilton, with a oat In his
duled several days ago because of
. at Michigan, got another fabulous posted at Alumni gym. Play will hands for the first time this year,
miscellaneous reasons.
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sum for inking a Detroit Tiger con- - start in both divisions as soon as slammed a home run, a long fly to
Playoff To Be Held
center, and walked in his three
Early in June the winner of the tract. If memory serves me correctly. the courts dry out.
Interest is high this year as both appearances at the plate.
Eastern Division will meet the West- - it was around $30,000 which isn't hay singles
and doubles have a record
ern champ (determined on a won- - jeven in these hectic days,
Johnny Stough banged a triple
number of entries.
lost percentage basis t and the victor
laganist the right field fence and
Wildcat Diamond Stars Sought
series will be de- cf this
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Bob Hatchett and Humzey Yessin
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clared SEC champions and wil the
hunting grounds for major The intramural program will collected two baggers for the only
automatically go to the Regional league
Incorporated
California, award at the end of the spring extra base knocks of the game.
NCAA tourney to be held early in however u
ouUtanding mecca quarter, a handsome
trophy
The Wildcats were forced to can
for producing ball players. If one for the team which has best exem eel their practice game with Transent time.
doubts this, just check the rosters plified the spirit of good sportsman-o- f sylvania on dark, cold, rainy TuesNCAA Baseball Championship
the big league clubs and you will ship not only in softball but each day.
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Is June S
find the boys hailine from "Cali- - of the other athletic prgorams of
Eighteen baseball uniforms were
play during the school Issued Wedsday afternoon, promptThen the four Eastern U. S. forniowa" are quite numerous.
intramural
Word has it that Kenny Rollins, year.
Regional NCAA winners will play
ing the remark by one of the players,
series June 16- - Ralph Beard, Johnny Stough, Bob
in a
As in the past trophies will also "What about swimming trunks?"
19. The winner of this tournament Hatchett, and Wah Jones all have be giren to
the winners and
Coach Moseley took over the basewill take on the Western NCAA been considered good material by
the softball
ball reins Tuesday, bringine with
the visiting scouts as a result of past
in a two-o'
him from the football field, Allen
collegiate "World Scries". This meet seasons' showings. Walt Hirsch,
Hamilton, Benny Zaranka, Ogden
Rules Unchanged
though Just a freshman, has a very
be held June
Thomas, Walt Yowarskl, Don Fucci,
Last year the Eastern playoffs bright baseball future, if he so
?. .
The softball rules governing the Jim Stephens, Unls Saylor, Cayton
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were held In New Kaven. Conn; the desires.
games this spring will be the same Webb and Al Brunno, swelling the
Western at Denver and the finals Auburn., Nixon fa Xerrific Pros)ect as last season. Therefore, the bas baseball squad to 32 members.
(which was copped by the University
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line
In today's game, Vanderbilt will
" l"T",w" ?UU',AU: maindistance between bases will reof California nine at Kalumozoo,
55 feet Instead of
man on
represent
the burnsWillard Nixon Is the talkof as under the new official the 60 feet probably start their big who won
Mich. California
rules that the mound, Jim Stephens,
West; Yaie was the Eastern winner baseball followers right now. The wui be adopted by most leagues.
seven out of ten games last year,
'lanky sophomore pitched a no-h- it
and NCAA runner-ue "gainst Tennessee (smile) and
The NCAA baseball tournament
chairman. Coach John Kobs of ruck out 18, Vo1 "wingers. Six major
apie scouts witnessed the game
Michigan State, said recently that
onS "lth 3 000 People. Nixon stated
"we re evaluating several sites being
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suggested for the regionals and the a."er the game that he isn t
and hope to set the locations sidenng a pro career as yet.
Against Ole Miss, Nixon gave up
soon."
Baseball Boom Growing
jonly two hits and fanned 20 men
The baseball boom is expanding a new Southeastern Conference
almost as much as the price of cattle record. And on this Ole Miss team
right now. Last year, for example, are such stars as Charlie Conerly,
Lefty Curt Simmons, a Philadelphia Barney Poole and Bobby Wilson,
high school pitching wizard, received Conerly, an outfielder and pitcher,
the almost unbelievable sum of S65,- - .is hitting a torrid .517 with 15 hits
000 as a bonus for signing with the in 29 trips to the plate. Poole is a
first baseman.
Phillies of the National League.
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go to the State Championship fencing matches in Louisville.
Charles LeGette led the UK
swordsmen to a 2 victory over
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Vanderbilt in an
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Kentucky's fencers will try to
As high scorer, LeGette tallied
even their record against the Uni- three points, Doug Brown was secversity of Cincinnati's team to- ond with two points Sid Neal split
morrow afternoon at Alumni Gym two points, and Bob Rupard lost a
in their third match of the season. point.
The Ohio team defeated the
in their opener last month.
Sunday a Wildcat delegation will

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KIRCHNER TRACK CAPTAIN
George Kirchner, a sophomore from Fort Knox, was
named captain of the 1948 track
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By Winficld Leathers

Richard Griffith, Paducah, was
elected first president of the Ken- -

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tucky chapter of the Southeastern
Conference Society of the Spiked
Shoe, which was organized on the
UK campus on April 1, with 10
charter members. The Spiked Shoe
is an active fraternity for varsity
track lettermen.
Other officers elected at the first
were Claton Cnftse,
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Lexington, vice president; William
Young, Stanford, secretary; Tony
Dallas. Paducah, treasurer. Besides
the four officers the other six
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Lexington; George Kirchner,
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With the formation of the Ken- tucky chapter the SEC roll call is
complete since the other 11 schools
had already organized their units.
To be elegible for membership a
candidate must first win his varsity track letter and then be elected
by the active members.
Insignia for the UK members
will be a gold track shoe with a
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the Spiked Shoe shall be in all ways
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