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Turner Regains Title c OUT IN FRONT By Sords Cards Clout Feller Fails In : Opetiwr ' With 3rd Mouind Kayci) JL Sport Sparks By RON GEMMELL Will Whitman drop intercol legiate football, a la Chicago U, and if so will Vincent "Nig" Borleske, who has coached the Missionaries these past 26 sea ions, obtain a position at a coast conference school and immedi ately win 10 straight games, a la Clark Shaughnessy? Before going further, let this department get it down in black and white that it doesn't believe Whitman win drop football nor that Borleske will leave Whitman. Bat, it seems there is a pos sibility. When your correspon dent read the release from Whitman a few days ago, which said the Whitman student body had drawn an amendment to the constitution which, if passed at a subsequent election, would withdraw student body funds from football and thereby kill intercollegiate competition, he believed the release to mean only what it further said: That the amendment was drawn merely to bring discussion of football's status at Whitman out in the open. O Blames WU9 too. Too, the Walla. Walla Union Bulletin reported that the move was nothing more than a "put-up job," designed, according to Stu dent Body President Jim Miller, "to bring discussions into the open and to demonstrate our pow er to determine how student body funds shall be spent." But Charles R. Stark, jr., sports editor of the Spokesman Review, has a different slant. Sportster Stark says: "This question (of whether or not Whitman will drop foot ball) comes before the student body April 24 for vote and, as matters stand today, it will be touch and go on the outcome. Jadfinr from what the stu dents are saying freely, the bal ance has swung slightly toward abolishing the game and drop pins any further schedules.'" Stark goes on to impartially place the blame for Whitman's pigskin predicament on Borleske's passion for baseball, the high scholastic requirements of the school, discrimination by the ad ministration against athletes, the Northwest conference in general and Willamette U in particular, and Whitman's inability to com pete in bigger time football. o Alumn Hollers. Says Stark: "One alumnus of the school, ex plaining the situation, said, 'We need football material. Nig goes out to find a halfback and comes back with a cracking good short stop.' The conference must shoulder some of the blame, too. Willam ette is a member of the group and Willamette doesn't play Whitman this fall. Just why. In a confer ence of this size, all of the teams shouldn't meet all of the others is one of life's little mysteries." "About the only answer is some of them feel just a little bit better than the ethers and want to schedule larger colleges mm independent status. Willam ette is one of these and, un fortunately, Whitman hasn't been entirely out of the cate gory Itself. "The big thing confronting the student body and the college ad ministration Is what effect abol ishing football would have on its membership in the Northwest conference , and what effect it Would have on future enrollment of students. Linfield dropped out of football but remained as a member of the conference, which' should provide'the answer to the first question." O ATo Mystery. Just where Stark received his in forma tjon anent the Northwest conference, I don't know," but I belieye someone has given him a bum steer; and I don't mean the kind that's so costly we don't have beefsteak around our house i very often any more. i -' While it's true Willamette can celled : Whitman off the 1941 schedule, which will make the first "year in more than 20 that the two' schools have not met, the reason stems out of the Hawaii trip the Bearcats have slated and not 'from any thought that Whit man 'would not be able to pro vide adequate competition. ' And, If Linfield has' dropped i football it has kept mighty quiet about it In fact, the Wild cats had spring - football- prae ' tiee, which I lent think they'd . have , if they were confining ' their gridiron activity to an in .. tramnral plane. i t ': r . - : 1 And, . there is absolutely no mystery conected with the rea- - son why conference - schools do step out and play larger schools , on - an independent basis rather than meet all member : schools each year. If they didn't step out Is Tigerish Battler of Old in Knocking Kahut Down By RON Statesman Sports Editor fi It was the tigerish Leo Turner of a year back a sleek, anxious, bomb-handed Tumer--who drew the curtains for Tdhy Kahut for a full 10 minutes in lifting, the Oregon middleweight crown from the; Wobdburn boy with a' slam-bang knockout! in one minute and 12 seconds of their scheduled 10-round titujtar battle in Salem's armory Tuesday night." .- - Three clean knockdowns preceded the triple rightha'nd knockout punches, the first coming five seconds before the secclhd round bell and the other two immediately preceding the lethal blows that left Kahut with his body draped over the lower strand, half in and half out of the ring and ' - - t I v:.. I : :, : .1 : . I i" - : - i r-V- A " M v A L t, . i , r'JLJZ-J LEO TURNER Vik Cindermen Drop Albany Score 93 1 to 28 Win in Preparation for Friday Meet, Medford i. An i inexperienced Albany high track ! and field squad bowed to the Viking scantclads, 934 to 28 Vi, in a rain-and-wind swept meet on Olinger oval Tuesday af ternoon. The Viks, preparing for their invasion of Medford next Friday, swept the 100-yard dash, toolc io if 14 first places and added 10 seconds. Coach Vern Gilmore said fol lowing the meet he intended tak ing an 18-man team to Medford to meet Coach Bill Bowerman's strong aggregation under the lights; there Friday night. Results: - 1 Ofl T'.rrl hioh 1 1 1 rrflpC Won Vl V Bib- by. S, in :17; Barber, S, second; Hss- man. A, tnira. 100-yard dash Won by Probers. S. in- :10.9; Lewis, S, second; Cutler, Sa lem, thirds u;i. venn hv HaMcHit S in 5:03: Selberg,-. second; Wardehoff . A. third. yrtnt oy urumns, in .ot, Wardehoff. A. second; Byrkit, S, third. ?nn-ttr1 lnur hnrdlM Wnn hv X'f'l- SOn, S in 27 .7; Hassman, A, second; Peterson, A. third. 220-yard dasn won Dy moss, , in 25.5: Cutler. S.' second; Henshaw, A, third. 880 Won by Luther. A, in 2:18; Page. S, second; Christofferson, S, third. rtnlm vonlt Won bv Tvcer. A. and Barber. S, (tie) at '3"; Peebler, A, and Harrington, s, tie lor inira. High Jump Won by Barber. S, with 5"4": Williams. S. and Hardy. S, tie ior second. . . Broad jump Won by Maray. . wixn 19'3": Bvrd. S. second; Palmer, A, third, Chotnnt Won TttatatV. S. With 38"2"; Loter, S, second; Miller, A. third. Discus won by Juoier, a. wixn n , Brcssler. S. second; Patapoff. A. third. . javenn won Dy ADnnu, a, wim 148"7": Wilson. S. second; Miller, A, third. Relay Won by Albany team of Henshaw. Kelty. Wardehoff and Gar rison in 1:46. Kcllis Breaks Shotput Mark S I LVERTON Bob Kellis broke his week-old Silverton high school shotput record Tuesday afternoon hi a dual track meet here won by Gresham high school, 794 to 37 H The new mark of 37 feet, 4Vi inches. '. I ' The relay was canceled because of bad weather. Remits: 100. yard dash Harras. G. first: K. Kama. G, second; Tanura. G, third;. time. 112. , - . ; Mile run Stone, G, first; Young. G, second; Call, G third; time, 5:05. 440 yard run Wilson, G, first; Kerr, S, second: Bowen, S. third; time, 57. 220 yard low hurdles Rices. G. first: Lewis S, second: Willis, G. third; time 26.2. - ; 220 yard dash Wilson. G, first; Har ras, C, second; -Nurruba, G, third; time. .35.3. f ;.- . 880 yard runStone. G. .first; Bowen, S, second;- Tuel G. third; time, 2:18. Shotput Kellis. S. first; Wittenberg. G, second; Surret. S; third; 37 feet, 4 inches.' ; . -' Discus Herr' S, first; Wittenberg. G. second; Kellis. S. thitd; 125 feet.! II inches. . "Mi ' " . I a velin Harras. C. first: Herr, S. second; f Bcmas, S, - third; -142 feet, ' 7 inches. - " - - T . -t Pole vaultAnderson. S. first; Wells and Weber, G. tie for -second; Funrue, S. third; i feet. . ..' , High jump Xnloe, Sc fiart; Ellis.! G. second;. Anderson.. $. and Takinga.) G, tie for third: S feet. 3 inches. Broad jump Biggs. G first; Witten berg. G.-second ; Takinga, G," third; 17 feet S'a inches.. . . , where there was some money to be had,. even if they had. to take whippings to get it, there wouldn't b a Northwest conference.'. Willamette, for instance, 'loses money in conference play every year ,'Cat football has to depend upon ! competition . with larger schools to provide the funds to, maintain itself. , VJ . -J FourTimes GEMMELL his dozing head almost touching the floor outside the arena. After a fast heat that saw Turn er take a slight edge with eft hooks to Kahut's face and head, "The Lion" began to ram punches into Kahut from all angles in Jthe second. . J With five seconds left in the round Turner spun Tony with the lightening left hook he uses with the snap of a whip and then came around with a right hook that lifted Kahut off his feet. Tony's head hit the floor with a resounding smack, but he was gallantly crawling up the ropes at the bell, which came las Referee Tom Louttit tolled 4ff "three". The catlike new champion never let Kahut get set as the third stanza opened. Part of the rea son was Kahut's foolishness inat tempting to slug with him. jOn top and knowing it, Turner txjred in and cut loose, hooking with tyoth hands. He dropped Kahut fdr a nine count with a right hand wallop and then repeated with a winging left hook. j As Tony got up from the sedond nine-count knockdown, Turner lore after him, backed him across the ring in a rush and let fly tiree right swings. Each bore homeland Kahut slithered through the rdpes, his head hanging and his eyes sjhut. Kahut's handlers and the fox ing commission doctor worked on him for a full 10 minutes bejfore he opened his swollen eyes, sat up and said: ' "I can't breathe." j And so it was that Turnerf re gained the title he took rom Buddy Peterson over a year j ago and then lost to Peterson last June 6. Kahut, who took it away from Peterson in February, successfully defended it against Powder Proct or five weeks ago. j Turner, who entered the rirfg at 1584, and very evidently in the best physical trim in over a year, was greeted by a few straggling cheers and a solid round of boos. Kahut, appearing calm and confi dent, was given a sustained Cjheer from a near capacity house of 100, which grossed $996.50. I The new champion called! the fight in his dressing room before he went out. He said to his handlers: s "We-all going home in 4 the third round." Turner and Kahut didn't provide all the excitement on the Veterans of Foreign Wars' card. Everything nappened, including some things few ringsiders had ever before seen in the prize ring. f Biggest chunk was the immedi ate semifinal, when Rejferee Louttit first counted out one Gene McCIure, Spokane heavywleight who was supposed to fight Keller Wagner, ex-amateur from Salem who was making his professional debut. McClure didn't want to battle, so he knelt down andj took the count in the first round,lonly to have Promoter Salkeld I and Louttit. shove him back in the; ring. rive times after that f did Louttit lift the unhurt, ambition less youngster to his feet Und shove him at Wagner, refusing to give a count. The sixth time Louttit called the fight f'and awarded Wagner a knockout. Number one of the double semi final also was; called previously. Louttit, becoming confused on the rounds, awarded Indian Johnny Hunches Come in Bunches as Scribe Studies Major Leagup Baseball Loops for Season By WHITNEY MARTIN ' ifj Statesman Sports Editor : NEW YORK, AprU 15)-A few- last-minute, ovens-fresh hunches as the' major league base ball seasons get under war: . That Paul Derringer. Bob Fel ler, Kirby Higbe, Buck Newsom and Bucky Walters will make up the -list of -20-game winner!' r That Monte Pearson; will ; win 15 games for the 'Reids. j That Joe Di Maggio wilt lead the AL in . hitting with if about .360, and also will -lead inf home runs." '. -'' " i t jf.j.-; ' t Thai ' Joe iedwlekwi$) hit" about .350 for the Dodgery and press Johnny Mike for NL home nui honors. i 3-v - ' - That Jimmy Foxx will see ser vice behind the bat, for IKe Red Sox Abefore. the -season enBs. ; That L Pete Reiser will) be ta star in center field for the ' Dodg ers and will hit ' about ,250. That there will be noi mid season managerial changes 1st ' either league. - i ? , That Eddie Joost will stand up -Cam AAi ofi&R. PiiefL A. rrs- Salem, Oregon. Wednesday Exfiibiition Clash Set By Solons, 'Cats Here Today, Barring Rain Providing the rain flurries, which Tuesday gave the Solons a day of Vest, subside, the Little Skipper's Legislators and Spec Keene's Bearcats meet for a bit of an exhibition, clash at Geo. E. Waters park at 3:30 this afternoon. It is probably big Bill Hanauska, who looked impressive in his collegiate debute against Oregon State, vill pitch for the ; I j Wild Kasslin7 Program Set For Tonight Mat maneuvers are expected to be. wild and woolly at Salem's armory tonight when Bulldog Jackson and Tro Eto tangle in a one-hour main event struggle. Both grapplers I are hardy ex ponents of the balled fist, the finger in the eye, the handfull of hair, etc., so Referee Harry Elliott is expected to have as busy a night as either principal. The American Legion show opens at 8:30 with Prince Ilaki, Arabian chief tan, opposing Jack Kiser, nimble youngster from Vancouver. Sneeze Achiu, popular Chinese who "lost face" with his defeat by Eto last week, will attempt JLo re gain prestige with a win over Billy McCuin in the semifinal. All women are; to be guests of the management, states Promoter Herb Owen. Cobell of Chemawa a decision over Boxcar Cline of Jungle Town at the end of the fifth round of their scheduled six-rounder. Cobell started out through the audience but was called back when Louttit was apprised of his mistake. The clowning Cobell was again given the decision at the end of the sixth. He had taken every thing Kline had to offer for the distance and had scored knock downs in the fourth and fifth rounds. It was a slugging match from start to finish, but with Kline unable to hurt the Indian. Young Joe Kahut, Woodburn, who weighed 147, scored a clean knockout over: Clyde Yates, ' 146i2, salem, in 1:14 of the first round. He connected with a right to the' chin. Babe Fen ton, 133, Roseburg, de cisioned Wildcat Willat, 135,' Sa lem, in a rousing opener that saw Fenton score one knockdown and Willat another. under the" dally grind of short stop for the Reds,' but that he won't hit 30. That' Leo . Purocher will play 50 games for the Dodgers. . v That the Reds and Indians will be leading ' their respective leagues July A. ; v - That the . Browns and Bees are going to cause mere trouble than a" lot of people think. I That the Dodgers will take part in more fights than Joe Louis, i That , Charley Gehringer will play the full schedule at second base for the Tigers and will hit .320. , .; .. . v - That Bob Feller will have at least a one-hit' games ' on his record. K'::: ; j jl i - : That . four , clubs . .. Detroit, Brooklyn, i . Cincinnati , . and the Yankees will top the million mark in attendance. - - "That the 'Yankees will net be sold before the season ends. That Paul Waner will have a fine- season with the Dodgers, and will hit .339.- - That Van Mungo - will be (1) fy Woco Morning, April 16. 1941 Bearcats, while; unintns prooaDiy will use Lee Fallm, Burton Swope and Roy Haho. Bobby Hornig, rangy out outfielder - the Solons pur chased from Spokane, reported in Tuesday, j The tall, slim, lefthander, whose home is in Seattle,' probably will need a week's conditioning before he's in shape to tike a place in the lineup. I Keene expects to tryout his shortstop candidates today, in an effort to find a capable replace - injured " Johnny ment or the Kolb, believed out for the sea son. Pitcher Francis Dierrieck, ex- Pacific university, who is now the property if the Detroit Tig ers, entered the Senator camp also. Dierrieck, who pitched for Saginaw in the Michigan State league last yer, refused to report there this season. Dutch iUeber, ex-major leaguer whom Portland turned loose recently, wired Business Manager Howard Maple for terms with the Senators. Maple and Griffiths had not decided Tuesday night whether to give Lieber a bid or not. The Senators also received wires from one club in the new class C California league and from a Pioneer league club, asking for ball players, j It is probable the Solons will farm out several to these two clubs. ' , ". League! Baseball SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION Atlanta 11 Nashville 7. Memphis 11, New Orleans 8. Knoxville 10, Chattanooga 9. Birmingham-Little Rock, rain. Texas League Houston 5, Beaumont 1. San Antonio 11, Shreveport 2. ' i Vik Game Called EUGENE, Ore., April 15-P)-Rain forced University of Oregon freshmen and Salem high school to call a halt to a baseball game today after, cine inning of play in which the frosh led, 2-0. - fined; (2) suspended, or (3) have a sore arm before the season ends. That ..the Tigers can't count on Schoolboy Rowe winning '; 15 games, or the ' Dodgers ; count on that - number . again from Fitz simmomvv j . . . That Ernie Lombardl is go ing to miss a lot of games be cause of that old ankle injury That the Giant lineup will see more shifts than , the opponents of . .Frank Leahy's . Notre Dame football team. I V - That Jimmy Dykes will be ousted by (umpires oftener "than Leo Durocher. . - ; That the NL pennant will be won by pitching (Reds) and the AL. on hitting (Yankees). !That after : the first beaning other clubsj will follow the Dodg er example; of insisting the play ers wear ; a . head - shield. r- That Larry MacPhail will grab more headlines than all the oth er club officials combined. 7 That if j .29 per cent of these predictions are accurate It will be equivalent to the Phillies - winning- the- pennant. ' . Yanks Tipped By Phils; Bosox Winner AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS ' ' W L Prtl r W L M Phllaeel 1 l.MOiDetralt Chlcac 1 0 l.S:St. Lonis '. Boston I f l.OMlClevel'd 1 N. Y9TM I 1; JiWahtB J CLEVELAND, April 15-W-Bob Feller failed tjie Cleveland Indians today. , (The record Cleveland season-opening turn but of 46,064 fans saw the Iowa strikeout king walc seven men, hit two more and give five hits in the first six innings to stake the Chicago WhitejSox to a 4 to 3 triumph. j While Feller was walking across what turned out td be the win ning run, spectacled Bill Dietrich hurled steady sevei-hit balL Rapid Robert hurled a no hitter In last year's opener against the samel White Sox and went on to win 27 rames, but he didn't have it today. Chicago .....1. 4 3 7 7 Cleveland ... Dietrich and TreSh; FeUer, He- ving (7), Brown ley. (0) and Hems- Dean Downs Yanks NEW YORK, April 15-(P)-Lo- vill "Chubby" Dean of the PhUa delphia Athletics York Yankees' number on open ing day at least A year ago h duelled Red Ruffing for ten innings in which each parcelled ou six hits and a run in the 2 to 1 victory. then he drove in extra chapter for a Today he again opposed Ruff' ing and handcuffed the Yanks on five hits for a 3 to 1 .tri umph before 40,128 fans who turned out for New York's home opening. - The game was a scoreless struggle until, with two out in the seventh, Dick Siebjert singled and Sam Chapman homered. The Yanks didnft get a runner to third until the ninth, but Joe in that frame DiMagio doubled and came home on an infield outH and a long fly. Philadelphia . New York . .3 10 .1 5 Dean and Hayes; Ruffing and Dickey. Bosox Edge A's BOSTON, Apr: 11 15-;P)-The Boston Red Sox put on a three run rally in the hinth to gain a 7-6 win over the Washington Nats today before an opening game crowd of 17,500. ' Catcher Franki Pytlak blasted a two-bagger against Slim Sid Hudson to launch the sockers' winning surge and then Ted Wil liams, out of competition with a foot injury sincei March ,19, set the stage with f si pinch-hit sin gle. . t .- ' ; . . The Nats ; scored ail of their runs by sheUing Starter Jack Wilson for 11 hits before he was relieved by Herbie Hash in the Sixth. ; l. '.. . - ' Joe Cronin registered the first Boston counter with a homer in the second. . Washington 6 13 0 Boston :-..7 13 1 Hudson, MacFjayden (9) and FerreU; Wilson, ash (6), 'John son: (8) and Pytllak. - Detroit at St. rain. Louis, postponed; J Three Get.Wins In Industrial The Papermakers,' Keith Browns and Postoffice alii scored victories in opening round Industrial soft ball league play Tuesday nighty Unemployment Commission bowed, 5 to 1, to (the Papermakers, Keith' Browns blanked PGC 11 to 0 and Postoffici drubbed Salem Box 11 to 6. Paper Mill UCC 5 1 2 2' - R. Maddy and and DiPaolo. . W. Maddy; Straw Keith Brown PGC - 11. 5,1 0 4 7 ' Bahlburg andt Lansing; Koenig and Shrefler. .. : . - '-,', - Postoffice.-. Salem Box ...11 12 0 6 10 I Mickenham and DavisT Turner Skcfds Smoker " TURNER iThirtr rounds of boxing are slaved .in the Turners high gym here! Wednesday night under sponsorship of the -Turner high- and Turner Townie baseball teams. Independence high boxers are to compete -against Turner high, - . ! - OSCWins,!6-0 . PORTLAND, Ore Apru; 15-P) -Two University ' of Portland pitchers held LAJbany college to one hit today to score a 6-0 base ball triumph. Shaw and Maloney divided the : burling .honors for the victors in a game cut short OSC Rooks Best SUvertoir 13-2 ' SILVERTO N Oregon State college Rooks took a 13 to 2 base ball game from the Foxes here Tuesday afternoon, scoring seven of their runs in- the ninth inning. . . Hagedorn held ' the Rooks ; to three scores until the eighth, when they took three more. He ; was replaced in the ninth .-by Hatte berg, who was replaced by Burr. Seven runs were , made off the three pitchers In the last Inning. ' OSC Rooks : 13 12 3 Silverton : . 2 4 5 Johnson ' and Yada; Hagedorn, Hatteberg, Burr and Simmons. - Hollywood Tips Beavers, 9-7 - Seattle Pounds Oaks, 13 to 2; Angela Edge Sacramento' 3-2 HOLLYWOOD, April 15-iip)-Hollywood celebrated its first home game of the season tonight by defeating Portland 9 to 7 in a slugfest that left the issue in doubt until the last. " . Under the gaze of movie celeb rities. Skipper Bill Sweeney of Hollywood.- belted a triple and double and Ted N6rbert of Port land a homer during the free swatting contest. i ' Portland . 7 11 1 Hollywood 9 11 3 Liska, Hilcher (6), J. Hawkins (8) and F. Hawkins; Osborne, Bittner (9), and Dapper. OAKLAND, Calif, April 15-JP)-Seattle pounded out 24 hits for 13 earned runs tonight off Pitcher Jack. Salveson to win the opening game of the series with Oakland 13-2. ! Last year Salveson led the league with an earned run average of only 2.32 per game. SeatUe . : . 13 24 2 Oakland .. -. 2 4 2 Webber ;and Campbell; Salve son and W. Raimondi. SACRAMENTO, AprU 15-(JF)-Los Angeles walked off with the opening game of ' the series with Sacramento 3 to 2 tonight behind the pitching of Julio Bonetti in his 1941 debut. s A single by Johnny -Moore in the fifth inning, with the bases full, beat the Sacs as two runs scored on the hit. George Munger was the victim of the four hit at tack' in' this frame. ' , . LLos Angeles . 3 9 3 Sacramento -...t- 2 7 2 Bonetti and Collins; Munger, Caplinger (7) , Dobson (9) and Grilk, Wieczorek (2). Brewer Pitches As Padres Win COAST LEAGUE STANDINGS (Before Nfcht Gaaaes) W -I. -Pet I W L Prt Sacrato S 1 -S9;SaaFraa 3 7 .3M Seattle. S 2 .75 Los Ang 2 5 JtU SanDlec -I .? Holly w't Z S JS OakUBd . S 4 . .USPortUnd Z iM 1SAN DIEGO Calif, April 15-(P-San Diego nosed out San Fran cisco, 4 to 3, in a 10-inning Coast league game today, Charles Schanz issuing three walks and hitting a batter xto force in the winning run. ; The Padres received the gift of the deciding run in the extra in ning after Brooks holder, Seal right fielder, had knotted the score in the eighth stanza with a home run- off Rookie Joe Malman, one of the four San Diego pitchers to see service. -. , :. . Southpaw Tom Seats started'for the Seals, but was taken out in the fifth in favor of Hub Kittle and Schanz went in for San Francisco in the eighth after Kittle was re tired for a" pinch hitter. San Francisco . 3 7 0 San Diego ..-..........: 4 11 0 Seats, Kittle (5)J Schanz (8), and Ogrodowski; Malmin, Hum phreys (8), Brewer (10), Terry :(10) and Detore. - LADIES FDEE . Prirc3 Ih!d Lower Floor 5Se. Balcony 49c. Reserved Seats 75e (No Tax) Tickets: Cliff Parker's and Lytle's - Auspices American Legion ; i Students 25e Kerb Owens, Ixtchzaaker - , . . Giants, Cubs, Phils Take National Wins NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS W L Prtl W L Ptt StXeoi 1 l.SO Clnclntl 1 .SO Cbicace 1 0 l.MM Pltlsb'ch 1 .SO Philadel 1 l.eAOiBestoa - 1 .MS N. York lis l.tMBrookl'a 1 .SOS CINCINNATI, April IS-W-With a blast of home runs that aazea people wno naa come for something elsef the St. v Louis Cardinals today confirmed advance suspicions that they are the challengers of the national league by out-homering the world champion Cincinnati Reds, 7 to 3. - ' The lineal descendants of the old "gas house gang" also gave indication that all those vitamin pills may be more than a gag, by filling Crosley field with plen- sive pepper. -j" Paal Derringer,, co-ace of the vaonted Cincinnati pitching staff, couldn't survive boomlnr four-base blows by Ernie Koy and En os Slaughter, and Fire man Joe Beggs laid the ball in the slot for Powerhouse Johnny Mize In the ninth. . j ' Frank McCormick, the league's most valuable player, contribut ed a pair of homers and a single, but three double plays cut the Reds down almost everjfc other time they threatened. I St Louis . 7 12 0 Cincinnati . ..3 10 ! 2 Warneke and Mancuso, W. Cooper ..(81: Derrinser. Tieee (X and Lombardi. Giants Stop Dodgers BROOKLYN. Am-il 15-n-The New York Giants broke up the Brooklyn Dodgers', otenine dav party today with a four-run out- mrrst against Whitlow Wyatt in the eiehth innina and emerprl 6 to 4 victors before 31,604 fans. JHal Schumacher started on the mound for the Giants and gave np all the Brooklyn runs n four hits and eight walks In 3i innings. " He was followed bv Cliff Mel ton, Paul Dean and - Rookie Ace Adams, who finallv eot ereHit for the victory by virtue of the nve-mt rally in the eighth. I New York tt it i Brooklyn .4 .7 j 1 Schumacher, Melton (4), Dean (5), Adams (7). and Danninsr: Wyatt, Swift (9) and Owen, j 1 i Cubs Qout Pirates 1 I CHICAGO, April 15 -(-Manager Jimmy Wilson's Chicago Cubs, rejuvenated with a scat tering of rookies, opened the Na tional league season today with a 7 to 4 victory over the Pitts burgh Pirates before 17,008 fans. The Cubs' with a new pi lot and rookies behind the plate and at first, shortstop and left field piled np five runs in the third and added two more In the sixth while Claude Pas scan was holding the Pirates to 12 hits. The Cabs made four errors all by. rookie Short stop Lea Stringer.. .', --. Lou Novikoff, the Cubs most celebrated rookie, went hitless in ' four times. - , I Pittsburgh . 4 12 0 Chicago 7 11 4 l- Klinger, Heintzelman (4), Bow man (6) and Lopez; Passeau and McCullough. Phils Flail Bees i PHILADELPHIA, April 15-P) -The Phillies, showing a new found punch, won their opening, game of the season today beat ing the Boston Bees, 6 to 5, be hind Cy Blanton's masterful four hit, pitching " before 10,595 j at Shibe park. I : ' I . 1 Blanton, a castoff of the Pitts burgh Pirates, pitched no-hit ball for 6" innings before Carvel Rowell beat out a bunt Nick Etten playing hs first game for the Phils, had a perfect, day at bat, getting three singles in addition to his homer. i Boston . 5 4 1 Philadelphia .-..6 11 1 Errickson, Tobin (5) and Ber res, Mas! (6); Blanton and Liv ingston. ' j LADIES THEE Ddlicrj Jackson vs. 7ro Efo 1 flow ' ; Eilly ncCrin 45 Mlantes vs. Jzzh Hirer
