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Oregon, Friday Morning. April 4, 1941
Sport Sparks
By RON CEMMELL
Page your chamber of commerce, boy, for here are the latest
Pacific coast products: The national football championship, the
national AAU basketball championship, the national intercollegi
ate basketball championship, one nationl AAU boxing champion,
tb? national intercollegiate boxing championship and the runner
up for the national collegiate basketball championship. j
Which just about stamps the coast as the country's hottest
athletic sector for 1941 thus far, would you say? '
Undefeated Stanford was as
close to the national football title
as anr- team ever gets, the San
Diego State Aztecs copped the
national intercollegiate basketball
title, the Hollywood Athletic club
ran off with the national AAU
basketball tit, Washington State
was runner-up to Wisconsin for
the NCAA basketball title, Idaho
copped the national collegiate
boxiqg title and Tommy Moyer,
in his fifth time as a finalist,
gave the coast one of the eight
national AAU boxing titles.
AbMt all that is left Is the
N C 4 A track cluuns4eaships,
which USC wis with nek sno
astsasas recalaritr. that there
Is no reason to expect the Tre
jaas to do otherwise this season.
It's a great country, this far
west. -
Craig
Few Better off.
Few of the other Western In
ternational league clubs know any
more about their rosters than do
our Senators, so indicates this
stuff, picked up from other
scribes around the circuit:
Tacoma Expecting help from
Los Angeles, and lots of it. Want
Pitchers Frank Totaro and Red
Adams, Outfielders Dick War
field and Bob Powell and Short
stop Jack Hanson.
, Weaatchee Have two out
fielders signed. Veteran Hank
Boaettt and Leroy Bergman,
aesalnro from Portland, pi as a
rookie third baseman. Dtdtf
8ehiffbMer of Portland.
Spokane Fifteen pitchers and
four catchers showed up for first
practice, including Catcher BiH
Beard, ex-Willamette, who is slat
ed as number one receiver. Out
side of the outfield, where Mc
Cormack, Aden and Jolley are-
bark, the championship Indians
have to build over again. Return
ing pitchers include Bob Kinna
noo, the smooth rightj who
chucked the seven inning no-hitter
here; Murray OTlynne, the
hat-twirling clown; and Ken Rod,
steady southpaw.
Takima Goldie Holt has
signed Catcher Hal Sneme, who
was with Los Aaxeles three
yean ago. who spent a year
with the Cabs and who amaaag
ed HepkinsvJlle m the Kitty
loop last season, has First Base
man BUI Sees and Pitcher
Carl MeCeaneil back and amay
have Secoad IT wis Joaaay
8tamper, bat the major share
of the roster will probably be
manned by new blood.
Vancouver Rubert Robert
Brown recently completed a deal
with Seattle whereby he obtained
title to Pitcher John Tate, Outfielder-Pitcher
Pete Jonas and In
fielder Paul McGinnis, and re
ceived Outfielder Ernie Endress
on option, in return for Pitcher
Tex Goldman.
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TOMMY MOYER
Hostak Coming,
"Have Hostak to appear in Sa
lem in July or August, probably
against Turner or Kahut," writes
Tex Salkeld, who says the Sav
age Slav looked good in belting
out Ben Brown before a sellout
crowd of 10,000 in Seattle . .
Hope Tex is right, but am won
dering hew he convinced Messrs.
Nate Druxman and Eddie VTrnino,
Seattle promoter and Hostaka
manager, that Hostak should
show in Salem just when he ap
parently is on his way up again.
"Marino flgmres Kahat wwald
t e a better draw than Turner.
' says Tex ... "Aad Kahat will
probably get the fight, provid
ing he gets over Tamer. It'll be
a tongh oae for Tony, Inasmnca
as Tamer Is working harder
thaa I have ever seea him. bat
Kahat has a great chance of de
veloping ' into one of the j best
alddlewelghts la the game; and
shoald come throagh.M !
"Also am trying to make a
Tiger Jact Fox heavyweight
match for April 29, bat wont
know for certain for a day or
two .... And, too, have Davey
Ward of Tacoma coming soon ...
Daveys a great kid and should fit
in well ! with Petersen, Proctor
and Kahut i
Wood Is
Ball of Fire,
Masters Mieet
By BILL BOTH
AUGUSTA, Ga, Aprfl t.-W5)-
The first round of the ! eighth
nual masters golf tournament to
day was the first chapter in
story which, if carried through to
a happy ending, will be one of the
most popular in American golf.
For at the end of this first of
four lt-bole rounds the lead was
held by Craig Wood, who has
come close to more major cham
pionships without winning any of
them than seems possible or fair.
This afternoon, with the pins
stuck in tougher spots ! on Augus
ta's carpet-like greens than Wood
ever had seen them, the 39-year-old
blond veteran from Mamar
oneck put together a j aix-under-par
66. Bobby Jones was the first
to hail it as "one of the greatest
rounds that's ever been played
over the Augusta national course.
Misses One
Wood missed one fairway, on
the first hole, where ho recov
ered to get the first of seven bird
ies. He didnt hit every green
square, but when he didnt he ei
ther chipped dead or knocked in
bold putts from all over the place.
He had a total of 30 : putts, . and
on eight greens he got down in
one.
By the end of a long after
noon's firing in the face of a bins
try southeast wind. Wood had a
five-stroke lead on the four next
best men in the field of 50 start
ers. PGA Champion Byron Nelson,
Open Champion Lawson Little,
Ben Hogan, the winter's top money-winner,
and Willie Goggin, the
White Plains, (NY) veteran, tied
for second place at 71. j Felix Ser
afin, the pudgy Scranton (Pa.)
pro, and Light-Horse Harry Coo
per were the only men to march
par of 71.
Clash Set for Waters :
Park, 3 p. m. Today
, Willamette and Oregon State college varsities clash at Ceo.
E. Waters park at 3 p. m. today, barring a repeat -visit from Old
Jupe of the type which caused cancellation of Thursday's meeting
at Corvallis. : ."'" - J ' i-- " .
Wet grounds at the Beaver institute caused! the first of the
scheduled three-game series to be canceled.
i Spec Keene's choice for mound duty today lies between
Jack Bichards, husky southpaw with the blazing fast balL and
Bill Hahanska. even huskier right-
,r
hander;from Woodburn.
TCart Toolson, the highly
aUed irighthaader from Barley.
Idaho, aaffered a aevereiy eat;
od la a frfeaaTy
i their fra
ternity home, went Uuwaga a
iilaitw. Toolsoa wiUl bo oat of
actioa, far several days. j
Ralph Coleman, veteran Beav
er mentor, will probably start
either ! Glen Elliott or Clayton
Shaw, dependable lefthanders who
hurled the Orangemen to the
northern division title last year.
The teams are slated to meet
again Saturday at Corvallis.
Woodburn
Wins at Track
WOODBURN The Woodburn
high track and field team romped
over Mt. Angel JOOVs to lift here
Thursday afternoon, taking 13 of
14 first places.
Eugene Pelts hung up 1V4
Doints by himself, winning the
century in 11 seconds flat, the 220
in :23.3, the broad jump with a
leap of 19 feet, 7 Inches, and run
ning on the winning relay team.
Training
Camps
Silver Skis Is
Set, Rainier
PARADISE VALLEY, Rainier
National Park, April 3i-(?f-Con-testants
for the sixth running of
the silver skis disregarded snow
fall today to test the 3.18 down
hill course which starts at 10,000
feet elevation and winds up at
5200 feet.
Chief among the contestants
were two Sun Valley, Idaho, aces.
Sepp Benedikter and John Litch
field, the latter a former Dart
mouth skier and the former an
Austrian expert.
Five University of Washington
skiers who completed an unde
feated season, also will be en
tered. They are Carl Neu, Bob
Behnke. Frank Buhler. Jack
Schneider and John sfulhotland.
Parrish Hoopers
Receive Awards'
, ' I j
Thirteen Parrish junior j high
hoopers received letters and
Coach Frank Brown was present
ed with an auto robe and a min
iature set of garden tools at a
Parrish assembly Thursday.
Basketeers receiving awards
included Travis Cross, Bull Mor
gan, ' Darry. GemmelL Bruce Ham
ilton. Ed Brandle, Don Chapman,
Jim Wenger, Bob Warren, Loren
Helmhout, FJdon Farlow Bob
Mentzer, Tom Hyer and lAanager
Bob Schwartz, t ' -
high
Monmouth Beats
Kin-s Valley
MONMOUTH Monmouth
defeated Kings Valley high 9 to 5
here in the season s opener ;Mon
day. Monmouth garnered three
runs each in the second and fifth
innings. Kings Valley crossed the
plate with three runs in, the! third
inning. These teams will; play
again this weekend.;
Monmouth ,.: j, ' - '
Kings Valley L
Pepper, Til ton
Dunn and Moser.
and Crook;
S
4
J.
Gives Traffic Earning
CORVAIxis, April M-i&f-tjn-less
motorists drive more safely,
traffic law enforcement will be in
creased to a "scale we have never
experienced before, Mark M.
Taylor of Secretary of State Earl
Sneira staff warned here.
Page Donnelly!
Harold Lloyd
A Bowler, too
ST. PAUL Aprfl 4,-f-narold
Uoyd, Hollywood, movie eome
diaa, agaia took the spotlight to
day at the America bewtiag eoa
gress. sharfag honors with Elmer
"W" Irwta. Saa Fraaelseo, ABC
official.
Uoyd. who hit 51S in the team
ereat Wednesday, was m hetier
form today. He tallied S2S m the
doables. paired with dea Saael
ser. as the pair eollahoratcd est a
117 score. UUyd averaged lgSJt
m the siagles waea Too Tt-aTr-ird ap
SCi. He had bat oae error ta the
six games la the mlaur eveats.
Scio 'Wins Pair
SCIO First two games of the
baseball season were easy victor
ies for Scio Loggers over the Mill
City nine. Friday afternoon Scio
defeated its adversaries 11-0,
while the first tilt resulted 23-f.
Schwindt was given splendid sup
port by his Scio colleagues. Fri
day afternoon of this week: the
Loggers will engage Tangent at
the latter place, while Halsey will
cross bats here April 9.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, April -
(iP-It fell to Johnny Van Der
Meer to be the first Cincinnati
Rod pitcher to hurl the full nine
inning in spring training, and the
southpaw did himself proud
Thursday as the Reds beat the
Boston Red Sox, S to 1.
Cincinnati (N) 5 14 0
Boston (A) 1 8 3
Van! Der Meer and Lombardi;
Rich and Pytlak.
Poulin Bowls
677 Series,
Moves to Top
Don Poulin, long one of Salem's
top bowlers, all but cinched a spot
in the finals of The Statesman
tournament when he toppled CTT
pins Wednesday night to move
to the top of the "select six and
drop Ernie Garbarino out of the
money.
Poulin's net for the series was
66S pins, with his three-pin han
dicap adding nine pins for the
series. He had but one split- and
not an 'open frame.
Second round bowling finishes
tonight. The six high bowl in the
big money finals, beginning at 8
o dock Saturday night, April 12.
THE HIGH "8
Don Poulin 677
La Tollman 58
J. Steele 647
Lou Cross . 630
E. Tows 629
Emory Hohba 608
HOW THE OTHERS BOWLED
Garbarino SOT T. Foreman &
Woodman 607 Ber 566
Burch 603 Cline 560
HartweU 602 Wattier 1 . 553
Kirchner S Perd S51
Parker 597 K. Clark 556
Barnica 597 ftifftati 549
Woelk 535 Young 547
Day 591 Swan 538
Krech 591 Greene 537
C. Foreman SSS Push 531
Zahare 586 J. Cherring'n 531
Fully sss Maseer 530
Xoaue- Ml Scales 517
Wetty 57S Bentaon 512
Hockmd 572 Roaa 508
Page 569 Peterson 502
sagUsnPdi
The Al Do rise, Pat Kiss hirer firht la Kansas Ctty ended with both men stretched out. The welterweights
i bumped heads ia Che third roaad aad fed. Beferee Harry Corbett raled each lost by aknoefcoat. pe
riae, left, is fresa SC lais, Kissinger from Kansas City.
Madcap MciMeB
Expected to Draw $70$00 Gate
Bowling Scores
INDUSTXJAl, LEAGUE
Standara OU
Handicap , -. SS 2
1WT 1 C
1M 151
., 148 ITS
132 12S
1SS
S S8
Ramp
KitzmiSer
191
172 5U
135459
14S404
ITS 561
EX CXSTTtO. Calif, April S-(S)-Hae
raas by Debs Garms
aad vaaeo DilUaagto helped
PltUbamah win IU secoad
straight victory Taarsday over
the Chicago White Sox. 8 to 8.
Pittsburgh 8 12 1
CUcaae 5 14 1
Klinger, f anahsn
Davis; Lee, Saaith
Dickey.
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aad
TALLADEGA, Ala April
-Bob Feller and Cari Hubbell were
knocked with every tiling except
brass knuckles Thursday in what
was slated to be a pitching duel
and the Cleveland Indians belted
tae Hew York Giants, 11 to 4.
New York (N) 4 10 ! 1
Cleveland (A) 11 12 j 0
Hubbell. Carpenter (8) and
O'Dean; Feller, Krakauskas (7)
and Desauteis.
Conn Barlund
Set for Mix
CHICAGO, April S.-ff)-Billy
Conn, handsome young boxing
master from Pittsburgh, engages
in his last ring assignment to
morrow night before bis golden
opportunity against Joe Louis in
June.
The 23-year-old Irishman will
face the seasoned Gunnar Bar
lund, formerly of Finland, biggest
and perhaps the most dangerous
heavyweight he has yet to meet,
in a 12-round battle in the Chi
cago stadium. Because of Conn's
popularity, the bout may draw in
excess of 16,000 spectators and a
gate of $37,000.
Hubbard Mores up
DENVER, Aprfl 2-(AVChan-
cellor Caleb Gates of Denver uni
versity said today that Lewis H.
Mahoney, director of athletics,
has been granted a leave of ab
sence because of serious illness.
Football Coach Clyde "Cac" Hub
bard will be director during his
absence.
Northwest YMCA Wrestling,
Aquatic Meets Slated Here
Northwest YMCA champion
ship tournaments in aquatics and
wrestling are Saturday afternoon
and night at the Salem Y, Physi
cal Director Carl Greider said
Thursday. John Gardner and Roy
Mink will be in charge of the
contests.
Preliminary heats begin at 130
Saturday with the finals at 730.
A dinner for all participants fol
lows at 10 p. hl, when awards
are tojbe presented. j
Entries are coming for the
events from Portland Central,
Portland Northeast, Seattle Cen
tral, Spokane, Tacoma and Long-
Thirty-six
received for
entries have
the wrestling com
petition, which is in the large
gymnasium under the intercolle
giate rules. Salem men contest
ing are Siemans la 128 pounds.
Giese in 188, Jones, Bonney, Pur
due in 149 and Healy in heavy
weight.
Senior aquatics has 84 entered.
Those from Salem are Bob
Brown ell. Bob Boardman, Jim
Try on. Bill Laughlin and Fred
Andrews. Brownell holds the jun
ior record. In the 220-yard free
style.
Over SO will compete in junior
aquatics. Representing Salem,
which holds the championship.
are Bob Lindley, Bob SchunVe.
Curtis Ruecker and Bud Hulten
berg.
Outfielder
Petersen Reports to
Solon Camp
But Pitcher Bob White
Outfielder Charles Baldy Pe
tersen came home to our Salem
Senators in time to get in a few
training licks ' Thursday, thus in
creasing the number of outergar
deners in camp to a pair, but the
Griffiths-Maple board of strategy
lost one pitching prospect when
"Powder" Bob White, the ex-Willamette
optioned here by the St.
Louis Browns, wrote he is giving
up basebalL !' -.;
Petersen said bis arrival here
was delayed because of sickness
at home, r-.-- ' ;f
WkUm, who is working for a
California aircraft aaaaufactar
lng plant stear Las Aardes.
Maple that he
positiea to aire ap ta oraer to
play hall, no is working at the
saase plant as Is THU Winitat
Harris, . fram - wheat not ae
by
Sends 'No Soap
J
CHARLEY PETERSEN
slaeo his
ta Jaa-
Maple and Griffiths are await
ing word from Portland as to
whether, or not Catcher Eddie
Adams is to be sent here. As the
Pittsburgh Pirates, from whom
Portland expects catching help,
broke camp yesterday, ft is ex
pected Salem will know sometime
today if Adams is to come here.
Pitchers Burton S w o p e and
Dutch" Lieber, optioned to Salem
by Portland, are Hexpected In
sometime this' week..; -
Totals -
La Bocba's
Handicap
Evans
La Bocha
Cannlchael
BoBril
Atkins
an ais sas
us us
us so
144 137
190 17S
13S 11
163 161
us sis
22S 309
14 SSS
1S 55
US $ IS
Totals
67
RWs Men'i Shoes
Handicap
Filler
McDowell
Rice
172
14S
190
19
SOS
SOS 1036 ZSS7
'I
SS 85-4SS
ITT 144447
17S 193 S16
17 171 49
19 151 40
14S 1S3 33
Totals
Maryac-NoUe's
an S97
Ctaet Groves
Coon
Cat Groves
Bud Hart
Danlberg
Totals
68
176
169
ll
17S
14S
6S
141
ITS
161
S03
163
S31 ZS31
6S 4o4
144461
SOS 649
168 S10
171 49
17S 480
f 14 943 Sff57
Hart
Milner
Unrah
Milk. jr.
Mills, sr.
Totals
Mori
Handicap
De Guire
Herr
To
Warrik
Totals
Coea Cola
Handicap
Cline. jr
McCaffery
Patterson
Ecker
Bone
149 176
141 SOI
165 141
164 166
144 136
ss an
1ZS 1Z3
161 196
1S7 196
166 14S
1T7 116
155 171
981 916 879 ZtSS
16217
193635
166-412
144486
17 458
946 2T29
12369
175486
161666
136472
Totals
Bffl Davti
Handicap
Davis
Needham
Talbot
Kenyan
Campbell
Totals
77 77
181 138
127 13S
160 128
179 228
14S 1S2
S63 891
us
243
164
143
146
146
970
77
147 SSS
157 4X2
132420
165663
ISO Mo
858 2812
118 SS4
121 42
14S432
134420
197 635
Biff Px Set Over 12-Round
egins 7 p.m. Here
Route; B
118
ITS
120
143
192
139 201486
890 919 2jn
Woodsara
Austin
Hicks
Snorrcv
Ttcrfl I,
Steel
US
118
1S2
166
ITS
r la
16S 127-435
143 165426
OS 119 SOS
150 SS4 656
Totals
Hartstan Bros.
Tallman
Welch
Hartman
K. Barr
Jaskoskl
. 873 S48 SOS 2S29
Totals
US 155
178 ITS
125 145
166 167.
165 US
40-123
ISO sis
159 H2S
us an
14 619
By SID FEDER ' ,
NEW YORK, April 3 -W) -Strictly for the fun of it, and with
out enclosing any box tops or reasonable facsimilies thereof,
just try to think of a more remarkable sports figure at the mo
ment than madcap Maxie Baer.
If you corne to the conclusion that he is it, youll have the
answer to why it is a very tough problem to pick the winner of
tomorrow, night's 12-rounder in I
Madison Square Garden between
Maxie and Lou Nova, the Cali
fornia collegian. '
Toall also have the answer to
why Promoter Mike Jacobs is
gieefaUy expectiag some 17,tot
fans" to show up for the proceed -fnrs
and eontribate to a "pot" of
over $70,0t. for this fass which
Is to decide a September oppon
ent far Joe Loans." That is. pro
vided the Bomber aUesat saffer
a relapse from overwork against
Tony Masto, Abe Sinsoa. Bfljy
Conn and probably one or two
others ia the Meantime.
On form, and off their previous
get-together two years ago, in
which Nova stopped Max with a
cut mouth in 11 rounds after
Baer had the blonde belter so
groggy in the sixth he was walk
ing to the wrong comer, you have
to like Lou. This corner strings
along with that belief, picking
Nova to win a decision.
But Max, having, come off the
fistic ash-heap twice, stands to
dayat 32 the complete surprise
package, of the ring. He's a 5 to 7
underdog in the betting, but he
was 1-4 the night he made Tony
Galento holler "uncle"' by digging
shots into Two-Ton's tummy last
summer, and he was 5 to 8 when
he chased Patrick Edward Comis
key right out of the picture in
about two minutes flat a couple of
months later.
The main go is slated for 7 p. m.
PST. 1
SOt STi MS STS9
Slogan Contest
Nears End; Must
Advertise Salem
J.
Only two more slays ia which
to fDo entries ta tae en test! to
slogaa for the Salem Sen
ators' aew baa. Entries close Sas-
arday night.
A hiaa stack of
The Statesman sporto desk, bat
ef thesa vUi be throwa ioat
for the simple reason their so
avers dad not follow the rmlea.
thor will eoUect a Sit aCl and a
ticket to the Senators' svesdag
raaae here from Mrs.
Georre E. Waters,
ds la leagth
rather
about the dtr of
thaa aboat the ball elab.
Omission V7ins
BOWIE, . Md, April ii
Croission. a lightty-regarded Ken- j ?ven
wo.tohj ni5ue, u I and duties.
wim a oruuam mua-runnmg per-1
Williamson Is
Vandal Coach
MOSCOW, Idaho, April 3-QP
Rain cheated the University j of
daho baseball squad out of two
practice sessions this week, put
the team was hoping for clearing
ather by. Saturday when it
opens the pre-conf erence sched
ule against the Lewiston semi
pro nine.v I '
Gordon Williamson, inftelilfr
with me Boise Pilots of the
Pioneer league last year, is direct
ing the club for Coach Forest Two
good, who has been out of town.
Pro Loop Meets t , -
CHICAGO, April 5.-pP)-The
National Football league opened
the most momentous meeting in
its history today with its presi
dent. Carl Stores, flatly predict
ing a battle tomorrow over thef in
stallation of Ehaer Layden as its
first -commissioner and warning
the professional league he would
continue as president under Lay-
Steers to Try
For Record
PORTLAND, Ore. April S-i?)-Les
Steers, -University of Oregon
sophomore, will make his second
official assault of the year on the
indoor high-jumping; record here
Friday night, i
The stockily-built jumper, who
has bettered world records in prac
tice, will compete in the annual
Hill Military academy relay carni
val. Bulk of the contests will be
staged by athletes from 31 high
schools, but individual perform
ers from Oregon, Willamette and
Parrist Holds
Sports Feed
- i
Bennett Praises Boys
on Sportsmanship;
50 Are in Attendance)
A half hundred Parrish junior
high school athletes were honored
at the annual sports banquet, held
in the school gymnasium Thurs
day night.
Superintendent of Schools
"Frank B. Bennett principal
speaker, commended the boys on
their fine showing for the year,
both as athletes and as sportsmen.
Football Coach Tommy Drynau,
as toastmaster, called upon Prin
cipal Preston Doughton, Coach
Harold Hauk of Salem high. Vera
Gilmore, Salem high director of
athletics, Parrish Coach Frank
Brown and Salem sports writers
for short talks. J"
Boys in attendance included:
Andrew Zahare, Leonard Yar
nell. Dale Yarnell, John White,
Jim Wenger, Sydney Wells, John
Wehrli, Jina Watenpaugh, Bob
Warren, Dale Underwood, Ray
Cherry, Travi Cross,( Charles
Dslton, David Doughton, Jack
Downing, Eldon Farlow, Ernest
Fouts, Owen Garland, Darry
Gemmell, Art Gottfried, Daryl
Grunden, 'Bruce Hamilton, Loren
Hamilton, Tom Hyer, Jerry Lan
gan, August IJShrt, Ted Mank
ertz, Carrol Maxwell, Robert Mc
Lauchlan, Bob Mentzer, Bill Mor
gan, Russ Murrane, Richard
Prince, Lester PurcelL Dick
Schlicker, Bob Schwartz, Karl
Selby, -bn Smith, Utah Smith,
Don Stiffler, Bud Stotter, La
Verne Thompson, Jack Carter,
Linford Buren, Edward Brandle,
Robert Bennett, Wilford Beard,
Arthur Arnold, Jim' Arneti. .
Pacific universities and Whitman
college will be on hand.
Steers soared 9 feet 1 inches
last week at Seattle in his first
official performance this year.
Skipper Skiff of Rainiers
Is Envy of Fellow Pilots
formance in his first 1941 outing ' the $5000-added Howe memorial
today to score an easy victory in handicap before a crowd of 223.
By RUSS NEWLAND
SAN FRANCSCO, April H-CP
Baldish Bill SkiffJhe new Seat
tle skipper, is the envy of his
fellow baseball managers this
season. Miss Opportunity is cling
ing, to his arm with the grip of
a wrestler.
In his first year, as a Coast
league pilot. Skiff may barge
straight into the hall of fame by
winning the pennant. Not many
managers enjoy the keen pleas
ure of tying up their craft at
the .championship dock in their
initial trip at the helm In new
waters.
Skiffs "boat" of course, is no
stranger to these parts. Seattle
has been in the league a long
time. Likewise, Skiff . himself, is
not just a young plug trying to
get along. He sailed . the Coast
loop as a catcher with Los An
geles in 1930.. : - : ,
As. a manager on the coast.
however. Skiff has just; been
launched, ia fact steam hasn't
even been gotten up. Seattle and
the Seals will cast off Saturday.
Skiffs luck: lies In the fact he
is aboard a streamlined 'job as
serviceable as the dippers of your
great grandfather's - school days.
The Seattle entry is the people's
choice beat it and you win the
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Mohammed went to the moun
tain but Skiff s case was vice
versa, The job jumped right over
the mountains to snatch him away
from the New York Yankees. It's
a feeling akin to bitting the jack
pot on a four-bit machine. Only
in Skiffs experience they gave
him the machine to boot.
What Skiff thinks of the Seat
tle cruiser is old stuff.
It suits him down to the last
rivet. The braining camp weather
was four or five loads too much,
however. Even on the trip up
from the south. the club was.
rained out of a couple of exhibi
tion games.
His years with the New York
club's farm system makes Skiff
something of an authority on the
Yankees. As such he rates the
Yanks as a good bet to put up as
the American league flag winner.
Most of the rest like Cleveland.
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