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FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1953THE HOLLAND, MICHIGAN, EVENING SENTINELPositions Wide Open Reds Hop AO OverOn Maroon Baseball TeamCoach John HamWill Be SwitchingPlayers RegularlyWith the first baseball game next week Tuf- :ay, Coach John Ham of Holland Christian was still in a quandry today about a possible starting lineup. The Maroons meet Muwkegon ILi .drs here, but Ham said he is st.il working his squad at various positions in an effort to determine the best potential.It looks like a building year at Christian, according to the Dutch mentor. He has only three seniors on the squad out of the 26 men who reported for drills. Consequently he has reconciled himself to experimenting this season, trying to bring along as many boys as possible for competition in future years.All positions with the exception ctf shortstop are still wide op- n. Veteran Bill Vryhol has that position all sewed up, Ham reports. A lack of experienced inti eidersto be the problem at pre-The outfield situation ap-brighter with several veterans back this year.Vicing for the catcher's position are two sophomores, Goitl Plaggemars and Warren Nykamp and a junior. Earl Rotman.The pitching will also be an unknown quantity with plenty of hopefuls, but no hurler with any experience to speak of. Trying out*eemstmt.pearsfor mound jobs are Tom Maring. Bob Venema. Ron Nykamp, Ken Scholten, Ken Miedema ami Gary Vander Ark.Four candidates are out for thlt; first baseman’s post. They are Pete Steggerda, Dave Diepen-horst, John Hey boor and HowardGoody ke. Pushing flt;r the second baseman's job are Jun Buursma and Justin GebbOn Allan Van ilouten and Vance Bom nan are the only two competing lor the third base jxx-J.Ham plans to alternate .several outfield candidate* with the pitching chores, depending upon the player’s hitting ability. Leading the outfield camiiiiates are Ron Ny kamp, Bob Venema, Julm Mul-der, Lawrence Stegink, and Dick Lenters. Other’s vicing for start-ing jobs in the outfield are Dave Bos, Odie I loogeveen, Roger Smi-enge and Carl Meyer.The complete schedule includes:April 14, Muskegon Heights, hero; April 17 -Muskegon Chris t-ian, there; April 27 Zeeland, here; April 27— Fennville, here; April 30 -Grand Haven, here; May 7 — Grand Rapidt? Christian, (site unknown*. May 12 Grand Haven, there; May 15 Muskegon Heights, there; May 19 Grand Rapids Christian, (she unknown): May 22 Fennville, there; May 26Muskegon Christian, here.Marciano ReadyTo Resume WorkPleasant-champion-for today,Track Meet Called OffCHICAGO (I P — HeavyweightChampion Rocky Marciano will resume training Wednesday at Midwest Gym and will remain here for at least two days before returning to his Holland, Mich., camp the International Boxing Club said todav.Challenger Jersey Joe Walcott already has begun light road work and other drills at hisville, N.J. camp.The Marcia no-Walcott ship fight, originally set was postponed until May 15. Physicians said two small cuts received by Marciano in a sparring bout would take that long to heal.But at Pleasantville, Walcott’s manager, Felix Bocchicchio, said Thursday the bout was postponed not because Marciano had a sore nose hut because his ribs are still sore from his last fight with Walcott in September.Who is that Al Weill (Marciano’s manager) trying to kid?” Boc-chicchio said.‘‘We know they don t call off fights w ith a bloody nose. Walcott almost fractured his ribs in theZEELAND (Special) —The scheduled track meet between Zeeland High School and Comstock Park at Zeeland today has been cancelled Ih*-cunse ol poor condition of Ihe t rack.Inst fight v\ith body punches, know his ribs are still sore.!ICarver in TuneupCINCINNATI (I P ManagerFred Hutchinson of the Detroit Tigers today mulled over his decisionto use Ned Carver for tin* seasonopener Tuesday night at St. Louis.Carver was supposed to be tuning up for his opening lt;iay stint when he took the mound against Cincinnati Reds Thursday at ColumbusO., but most of the music came from the Cincinnati bats as the Reds won 13 to 3.Cincinnati collected 10 runs and 10 hits in five innings off Carver before he was relieved by Ray Herbert, who yielded four hits the rest of the way.Carver also handed out five home runs, as many as he had yielded in three previous games this spring. Rocky Bridges, the first man to face him homered. So did Ted Kluszewski and Andv Seminick. And lt;lus Bel) got two round -trippers off Carver Although Carver’s ‘‘tune-up was strictly a dirge, the pitcherselected for Cincinnati’s opening day honors, Clarence lt;Bud Pod-bielan, held the Tigers to four singles and two runs in six innings. His relief man, Howie Judson, allow txi two hits and a run in three* 9innings.Although Hutchinson remainedgrimly silent on the subject of Carver, he announced that the pitcher in Detroit's home opener at Briggs Stadium next Thursday will be Hal Newhouser, dean of the Detroit staff.* PTouring Kazoo Nettersert Leads■f•nMfDlWTSplit in Two MatchesCHAPEL HILL, N.C. (Up) Kalamazoo College’s touring tennis team took on the University of North Carolina today alter splittingl r* /ThCl tF iAlthough all the parties are b; trout season to open, they hav snapper caught last month off Riviera Beach, Fla. Frank t caught the whopper and It took low out, Clarence “Smltty Smil from the right and Jerry Held Lievense was playing a big fish feet slipped on the deck and he { However, he got back aboard pound amberjack.Ex-Tigers Now Wirv •n
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Holland Evening Sentinel
Holland, Michigan, US
Fri, Apr 10, 1953
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