Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-16
Bench
BY b. Kinne
Post - Press
Sports Editor
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Teams wound up regular season
play in the FL Centro commercial
basketball league Wednesday night
and from the list of players the
Bech Warmer was able to draw the
strongest all-loop team in the
three year history of industrial
league play.
Holtville's Hackin' Hoosiers, who
went through league play without
a defeat, landed two players on the
All-League team, Archie Priddy a
forward, and Leo Azdherian. guard.
Al the other forward spot Shell
don Loughborough. of Deloziers.
was outstanding. Orville Coates,
center for the Seven Up Bottlers.
grabbed the pivot position and Carl
Dumler OF Sherwoods was chosen
as a running mate for AZdherian.
Priddy Tallies
Archie Priddy. high scoring Holt
vile forward. was one OF the
leagues smoothest players. He tai
lied a high percentage Of Holt
ville'S points and was always on
hand to toss in a couple of extra
baskets when the going was tough
est
Sheldon Loughborough changed
the Delozeir cagers from a losing
TO a winning team in late games
of commercial league play. Lough-
borough. an accurate shot from any
spot on the floor, tailed a high
point total.
OrVille Coates was the backbone
of the Seven Up team. He was
third high scorer in the league and
one of the best climax shots in the
loop.
Azhderian and Dumler would
make fine guard combination on
any ball club. Both, good ball
handlers. were adept at working
the bail down the floor. Dumler
was the best spot shot artist in the
league.
AlternateS
AltenateS for the commercial
league all-star team would also
present a strong lineup. We offer:
Van Nostrand Of Delozlers, and
Scroggins of the Hardware at for
wards. Morgan of Holtville at CEN
ter and WithroW of DelozierS and
Ugrin of 20-30 at guards.
Those San Diego Padres, who
will do their spring training in Ell
Centric this season, will present a
new set-up during 1889
Part of the new picture are
Charles Adrian Baum, accoladed
president of the club with the pass
ing of the beloved Bill Lane, and
Cedric burst, rated by many as the
most popular player ever to per-
form for San Diego-as manager.
Lane appointed burst to the posi-
ton only a week before his death,
explaining to Cedric, Il will not
be here next week TO attend to the
matter" Back of burst Will stand
the shadow of that grand old
fighter, and Cedric will be out there
bending his every resource to win
tor Bill Lane and the Border City.
Baum Strategist
That Spider Baum was avail
able for the place made vacant by
Lanes passing is most fortunate
for San Diego and for the club.
For there is a baseball man for you
one schooled in the raw of the
baseball field. therefore with seas
oned judgment and a master OF
the multitude of office and inter-
league details by which a baseball
club functions. It is doubtful whe-
ther there is a man in the country
better equipped for the intricate
and exacting duties of that i'm
portant post
Change To Right
For three years the Padres have
been largely a left-handed ag-
gregation in attack And baseball
men were amazed at the extent of
their success. Baum will operate
along lines distinctly different
from those pursued by Lane. This
is inevitable because the difference
in them is inherent. Baum is Or
thodoX and a baseball fundamen-
talist. Bill was neither of these
in the playing end of the game
But even his miStakes-miStake on
the basis of accepted baseball
usa9es and practices-brought sue
cess. He had sixth or seventh
sense in these matters which no
body could fathom. And there were
some matters in which he was not
thorough. AS for instance, he once
thought that he had bought Bobby
Veach from the Detroit Tigers. He
announced this to the newspapers.
And the player turned out to be
Ernie VaSche In short, he sue
ceeded along lines which would
have spelled disaster for almost
anyone else. When Bill assembled
his "left-handed' team in 1887 he
didn't realize that nearly all the
players were southpaw hitters un-
til it was pointed out to him. Yet
in violation OF all the canons of
baseball that club went out and
won the pennant.