Pennants Follow Meyer Who Has Molded Group A&M Softballers Blank Marlin Nine Saturday
Of Misfits & Castoffs Into Top Flight Club
By FRANK ECK
NEW YORK — During Pitts
burgh’s last eastern swing, Bill
Meyer was looking out the window
of his 22nd floor hotel suite.
“This is the kind of a job I’ve
waited for all my life,” said the
new manager of the Pirates.
“President Frank McKinney told
me ‘you can make any deal you
like but if it runs over $100,000
let me know.’ What more could a
manager want?”
Meyer wasn’t looking for an
answer. He Mas well satisfied.
His Pirates were only a half
game out of first place and his
team of misfits and castoffs,
rated second division at the
start of the season, have been
the talk of all baseball.
Meyer’s job, thus far, is the
managerial job of the season, or
half season at least.
Meyer probably is the most ex
perienced freshman ever to coipe
into the National League. He has
had more minor league mana
gerial experience than anyone in
either league, having spent 19
years in the bushes, 16 of them
in the Yankee chain.
Pennants have followed Meyer
everywhere he went. In his first
year as a pilot he led Louisville
to the 1926 American Association
flag. He was leading with Spring-
field, Mass., when the Eastern
League disbanded in 1932. That
same year he took a seventh place
Binghamton, N. Y., club and fin
ished fifth but won pennants with
the same team the next two years.
In six years as Kansas City
manager he won three Ameri
can Association flags and in four
years with Newark his Bears
took one International League
pennant and three times came
in second best.
Two years ago, about the time
Bill Dickey quit as Yankee man-
ageir, Larry MacPhail a,sked
Meyer to manage the Yankees.
Bill had to turn him down be
cause of ill health. Meyer spent
two months in the hospital that
BUCCANEER BOSSES tell baseball cqmmissioner A. B. (Happy)
Chandler, center, of their hopes for a first division berth. Pirate
manager Bill Meyer is at the left and Pirate president Frank E.
McKinney at the right.
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Christened William Adam
Meyer in Knoxville, Tenn., soon
after his birth on Jan. 14, 1893,
this popular 55-year-old ex-catch-
er who broke in as a semi-pro
down at Lakeland, Fla., in 1909,
has the respect of all his players.
“He has a most unusual way
in handling players,” says Bob
Rice, Pirate road secretary.
“He’s a great psychologist,
never has much to say to the
players but when he opens his
mouth—well, that’s it. You can’t
second guess him because he’s
always making moves that pay
off. He really plays the sound
game and he plays you to the
last man.”
“In the minor's,” says Meyer
“we had to make our own clubs
and build confidence. I still be
lieve in the old Yankee system—
three years in the minors but at
least one full year in Triple A.
“We have a few rookies on our
club and when I take them out
they know it’s for their own good.
All rookies brought along too fast
burn themselves out by July try
ing so hard to make good. A few
days on the bench helps* McGraw
always handled them the same
way.
“We’ve got great spirit on
this team. They’re never beat.
Fellows like Dixie Walker and
Johnny Hopp have helped the
team shake that last place, com
plex. And it has helped Kiner,
too, although with 51 homers last
year a boy like that doesn’t need
much help.
“Funny thing about Kiner is his
Sunday home run hitting. He hit
homers on eight successive Sun
days this spring. And when he
hits one he usually comes back
to hit another next time up.”
Kiner, Wally Westlakp, an
other long ball hitting outfield
er, and Frank Gustine, hard
hitting third baseman, are the
only Pirate regulars Pittsburgh
fans might call their own.
The remainder of the team in
cludes players brought back from
the minors or obtained in deals
with other big league clubs.
Most of Meyer’s pitching staff
has seen better days. It includes
fellows like knuckle r Fritz Os-
termucller, 42, blooper bailer Rip
Sewell, 40, who was brought off
the coaching lines, and Elmer Rid
dle, 32, who won four games in
three years with Cincinnati yet
won eight games in two months
this spring and finished every
game he started but one.
The staff also includes three
former Dodger’s — Kirby Higbe,
Vic Lombardi and Hall Gregg—
three ex-Yankees — Ernie Bon
ham, Mel Queen and Elmer Sin
gleton — and two rookies, Bob
Chesnes and Forrest Main.
And the infield! The only one
retained from last year’s sieve
of an infield is Gustine, who
played every game and hit .297.
At first base Meyer has Ed
Stevens, who failed with the
Dodgers. When Stevens shows
signs of a slump, Meyer inserts
Max West, drafted from San
Diego where the ex-big leaguer
hit 43 homers last year.
At second is Danny Murtaugh
who failed with the Braves last
year but hit .302 for Milwaukee.
At short is Stan Rojek, bought
from Brooklyn.
Meyer says: “Murtaugh is hav
ing a good year and he’s playing
as good a second base as anyone
in the league. Stevens drives in
those runs and I think he’s bet
ter at first base than anything
they have in Brooklyn, including
Jack Robinson. And Rojek is a
fine shortstop as everyday work
has proved.”
Meyer’s catching has been
handled by Ed FitzGerald, a .363
hitter from Sacramento, and
Clyde Kluttz. But Kluttz re
cently broke a finger and Meyer
had to put his bullpen catcher,
Johnny Riddle, 43, on the ac
tive list. “FitzGerald is not hit
ting like he did in the Coast
League,” says Meyer, “but he’s
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MONDAY, JULY 12, 1948
Page 3
Harnden, Three Other SWCMen
Win Places on Olympic Team
Texas A&M’s Art Harnden won a spot on the United
States Olympic team by finishing fourth in the 400-meter
event. The lanky blonde put on a terrific closing burst of
speed to place which means he will go along as a spare.
Jerry Thompson of Texas in the
5,000-meter, Verne McGrew of
Rice in the high jump, and Clyde
Scott of Arkansas in the high hur
dles are the other members of
Southwest Conference schools who
won places on the Olympic Team.
Two world record holders, Char
ley Fonville of Michigan and Har
rison Dillard of Baldwin-Wallace,
failed to find a place on the 53-
man squad. Their specialities ai’e
the shot put and high hurdles re
spectively.
Eight Olympic records were
broken or tied.
Sterling performances of upset
winners during Saturday’s second-
day program gave the United
States a full flow of strength in
the field events. Among them,
Willie Steele in the broad jump,
Frances Delaney in the shot-put,
and Gwinn Smith and Boo Morcum
in the pole vault were the high
joints.
There were failures for South
west performers during the day as
well. Charley Parker of Texas saw
a valiant effort fall short by Two
feet in the 200-meter dash; an
other Longhorn, John Robertson,
missed by scant margins in both
the broad jump and hop, step and
jump events, though he was among
the top men in each; Augie Er-
furth of Rice missed out in the
hurdles, A&M’s George Kadera,
failed in the discus, and another
Texan, Earle Meadows, missed in
his effort to be the lone repeater
on the Olympic journey.
A transplanted Texan, Mai Whit
field, now a member of the Lack-
land Air Force Base at San An
tonio, was the day’s only double
winner, as he clicked off victories
in the 400- and 800-meter events.
The former Ohio Stdte'fuhifeV haJ
good times in each event, a 46.3
and a 1:50.5.
Arkansas’ Clyde Scott
(1) Porter’s 13.9 in the high hurd
les; (2) the 14 ft. 8 inch pole
vaults by Smith and Morcum; (3)
Fortune Gordien’s good-but-not-
great 166 ft. 2 inch in the discus;
(4) the three marks beaten in Fri
day’s program, by Barney Ewell
in the hundred, Rice’s Verne Mc-
Grew in the high jump, and by Roy
Cochran in the 400-meter hurdles.
The tied mark went Saturday to
Southern Cal’s Mel Patton, who de
feated his Friday conqueror, Ewell
by a yard in the 200 meters in
20.7.
The Southwest contingent —
Harnden, Scott, McGrew and little
Jerry Thompson— will leave by
train Sunday for New York.
They sail on Wednesday via the
S. S. America.
Thompson’s chances in the 5,000
meter were boosted Saturday by
the Olympic coach, Dean Grom-
well. Cromwell said that the work
of Thompson and Curt Stone gave
promise of more success in that
event than the United States has
had since 193i2. Stone and Thomp
son ran the third and fourth best
times, respectively, ever registered
by Americans in the event.
Lloyd Hurls Shut Out iu A&M’s Fourth Win;
Team Idle This Week Because of Final Exams
The Texas A&M softball nine shifted into high to shut
out Hackel Motors in Marlin Saturday night 4-0. This was
the last game in the two-game series with the Marlin team.
The Farmers walked away with the first 12-0.
B. J. Lloyd went the route for
the visitors, giving up no hits, and
no runs. Two opposition players
reached first on walks but got no
farther. The Farmers went through
without a single error and were
credited with three hits. Lloyd,
Bill Wakefield, and Ed Cook each
got a hit.
Clayton Dugger was the losing
hurler. Dugger came to Hackel
from Morris Jewelers of Waco
after wracking up an exceptional
pitching record. Each pitcher
struck out 13 men.
This brought the Aggies up to
four wins. No games are scheduled
this week because of exams. Next
week the Farmer nine will take
part in the Navasota tourney.
Tennis Instruction
Being Offered
The College Station Recrea
tion Council will start a pro
gram of free tennis instruction
next week. Instruction will be
on all levels, basic and advanc
ed, and a series of tournaments
between the different students
will be held at the end of the
course.
Spike White will be in charge
of instruction. Anyone interest
ed in instruction should meet at
the concrete tennis courts at 4
p.m. Monday. A suitable hour
for future meetings will be ar
ranged at that time.
Any College Station resident
is eligible for this course.
Bizzell Takes Lead in ’Mural
Softball Race; Tie for Second
By BILL THORNTON
Bizzell took a night game from Walton 9-1 Thursday
night and then came, back Ifriday afternoon to defeat Leggett
9-6 to take over the lead in the Intramural Softball race. -
The game Thursday night was one of the first night soft
ball games to be played in Intra
mural competition at Texas A&M.
The winning pitcher of the
courageous race in winning his Thursday night game was Green of
place in the high hurdles, while 131 "" : —
the heralded Dillard went down in
defeat. Scott hit the first two
hurdles dropping into last place,
and had to drive furiously over the
final three hurdles, and down the
last, twenty-yard sprint to wih
third place. But for his early
trouble, he would have been right
with the winner, Northwestern’s
Bill Porter, who was timed in 18.9
seconds. Scott hurt himself in his
collision at the second hurdle, but
he didn’t slow down.
Delaney’s toss of 55 ft. 1%" inches
in the shot put won the event and
was one of seven broken records.
One other standard was tied. In
addition, Willie Steele, the broad-
jump winner with 26 ft. 2 inches,
jumped 26 ft. 10, on a later trial,
but fouled by stepping over the
take-off board by a mere quarter
in'-V
The other record breakers were:
improving and has good base
ball sense.”
Several things have been im
portant' in the rise of the bold
Buccaneers. One of them is the
fine relief work turned in by
Higbe. Another has been the
pitching of Riddle. Still another
is the home run-hitting Kiner.
But the most important item In
Pittsburgh’s return to baseball
provw.'nencg j s Bill Meyer, the
popular ex-catcher with the
1 prominent nose.
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Bizzell. The losing pitcher was
Wilson of Walton. The leading bat
ter of the game was Burch, the
center fielder for Bizzell, who got
two hits out of three times at the
plate. Bizzell put the game on ice
in the first inning by scoring five
runs and added four more to end
the game in the last of the sixth.
In winning the game Friday af
ternoon Bizzell repeated a feat of
the game Thursday night by scor
ing five runs in the first inning
and putting the game on ice.
Leggett made a desperate
try in the seventh and scored
four runs which fell three short of
a tie. The winning pitcher for Biz
zell was Green and the losing
pitcher and also the leading batter
of the game was Plagens of Leg
gett who got two clean knocks out
of three times at the plate.
MILNER, LAW TIED
FOR SECOND
Milner took a very close game
from Trailer Camp 3-2 to go into
a tie with Law for second place in
the softball race. The lead chang
ed hands a number of times but
Milner finally cashed in on an er-
Lone Star League
All-Star Game
Slated for Tonight
By The Associated Press
The Lone Star League takes out
tonight for its annual all-star
game with the Kilgore Drillers,
leaders by three games in the
pennant race, "dashing with a club
recruited from the other seven
teams.
The all-star's, managed by Dixie
Parsons of Longview and Jess
Landrum of Bryan, will throw a
powerhouse nine against the Drill
ers with seven .300 hitters in the
starting lineup. Joe Pate, Long
view righthander who has won 16
games while losing one, is due to
start for the all-stars. Manager
Joe Kracher of Kilgore has nom
inated Lee Roy Jones, a left-hand
er with a 141 record, for mound
duty for his club.
Four games were played in the
League yestei’day with Kilgore
downing Tyler 4-1, Henderson
licking G'ladewater 4-3 and Lufkin
sweeping a twin bill from Marshall
2-1 and 4-0. Bryan at Longview
was rained out.
Malone Wins Texas
Southpaw Tourney
SEGUIN, Tex., July 12 UP)—
Texas Christian University’s Bob
Malone holds the state Southpaw
Golfing championship.
Malone, a Fort Worth resident,
crushed Ross Collins of Denton,
10 and 9, here yesterday in finals
of the state left-handed golfers’
association tournament.
Neil Star of Luling won the
consolation title, 1 up, ovdr Fred
Haver of Houston in a 19-hole af
fair.
Mitchell Holds
First Place In
’Mural Volleyball
By BILL THORNTON
Mitchell made it six in a row
without a loss when they took
Leggett 15-12 and 15-12 in two
fast games Thursday. McGuire,
Stewart and Cook were outstand
ing for Leggett in their playing.
Mitchell drew support from Cart
wright, Beck and Brashear.
Puryear made its second place
birth more secure by defeating
Law 15-8 and 15-5. Law ran into
trouble in the first game when
Potter of Puryear got in some fast
spikes from the set-ups of Mam-
archev and Hill. With the first
game under their belts Law fought
back to take the second game 15-8,
but Puryear ran away with the
last game. Law had trouble with
its set up shots but even with the
trouble Cook, Fisher and William
son played outstanding ball.
Trailer Camp moved up into the
third place position tie when it
came out on the long end of the
score defeating Dorm 14 15-10 and
15-11. Dorm 14 is showing an im
proved team with each game they
play with Williams, Vela and Priced
making some of the better playing
possible. Seawald and Koenning of
Trailer Camp continued setting a
fast pace for the opposition.
Walton took a rest when Milner
failed to appear for the scheduled
game between the two dorms.
Standings
W
Mitchell 6
Puryear 5
Law 4
TCVV 3
Bizzell 3
Walton 3
Leggett 3
Dorm 14 1
Milner 0
ror in the sixth to win the game.
The winning pitcher was Bowers of
Milner who allowed only two hits.
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T. C. V. V. 000 110 0 R 2
LAW TAPS PURYEAR 6-5
Puryear lost a costly ball game
to Law 6-5 when their team folded
up in the top halves of the fifth
and sixth innings. Puryear had a
5 to 1 lead going into the. fifth
inning but then with errors and
some timely hits, Law narrowed
the lead to 5 to 3 margin; then in
the sixth Law r went to work and
won the ball game. The winning
pitcher was Fischer the loser was
Selle. Tire leading batter for he
game was Spicer, the center field-
.er for Law, who connected two out
of three times at the plate.
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Law 100 023 x R 6
Dorm 14 took a forfeit from
Walton to go into a tie with Walton |
for the honors of celler dwellers.
Bizzell
Law
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T. C. V.
Puryear
Leggett
Mitchell
Walton
Dorm 14
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