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l A lot of people have asked "how come" the Cliff Barker for
Al Cailteaux deal consummated by Messrs. "Happy Howard"
Maple and "Ruby Robert" Brown last week. There could be a
number of angles to itwas Brown trying to peddle the evi
dently weak-hitting Cailteaux of f on Maple, or was Maple try
ing to pass off draft-eligible Cliff on Ruby Robert, Cailteaux is
also draft-eligible, but is married and has a child, while Barker
left the list of matrimonial eligibles during' the Christmas holi
days, and is reputed as about ready for induction.
Brown needed a good catcher
ond baseman both Cliff and Alf
are fair to middlin' at respective
positions. "Whether Mapes was
try ins to outfox Robert or Vice
versa remains unsolved, but
it's been tried before, and accom
plished by both at various times.
Well know better by the end of
the season Just who did pull the
fast one this time. "
It now seems that the ultimate
reason for the . swap boils down
to one and the same thing in both
boys' case each was not satis
fied with contracts given him for
the coming season's work And
when you have a dissatisfied
ball player on hand, he's not go
ing to do you or himself any
good. About all there is left to
do with him if he's worth it, and
. both these players are, is to swap
him off. '
Both Should Do Okay
Callteanx comes t enr Sen
tors after hitting, only .228
last season with the Caps,, a
bad year for the hefty second
sacker after hitting .321 in
1940. Alf fielded .958, which
was only - three points below
Jlenry Martinei' league leading
.961 for second basemen play
Ing vcr 100 games? Salem's
Freddie Lanifero was right be
hind Cailteaox in thai depart
ment with .952, bat Lanny and
Mar tines were considerably
ahead of Cailteaux In doable
play participation. Alt took
part in 69 while Martlnes, now
.with Portland, and Lanifero,
now In the army, were in 99
and 97 "DPV
If Barker comes to terms with
the Caps, he should have a great
year with the willow in Vancou
ver's athletic park, as it is built
lust right for his right - field
' pokes.
Over in the Pioneer loop last
season. Cliff still had the power
to right field, and hit most of his
balls into that pasture just as he
did while with the Senators in
1940. Two injuries during the
class C campaign kept ; Cliffs
batting average Just below the
.300 mark, but most of his eight
home runs and long extra base
swats were into right field nevertheless.:-
''"'v'---. -:'
The right field wall in Van
coaver Is exactly 231 feet from
home plate to the foul line on
the fence, and' although it runs
Into well over 400 feet In cen-
ter, many and many a. ball that
outfielders . would ordinarily
ha ve to run In for In the rest
of the parks , bloop oyer the
beards up there for home runs.
The park was laid out for la
crosse, a favorite Canadian game,
and looks proportionately like the
size of one of our football fields.
Cliffs right . f i e id' wallops
should give that 15-foot barrier
many an argument, as he can hit
both inside and -. outside corner
pitches into the opposite field.
He may have to learn to run fast'
er, however, as it. is a practiced
habit of all the loop's rightfield
ers to throw the runners out at
first base on clean hits into the
space beyond second base. - -
Hard to Believe ' . : : :
7 Back In 1937, the year of the
league's birth,. Angy Ferraris,
outfielder for the - Vancouver
club,. had seven assists from
. right field one night, and every
one of those came for outs.''
Incidentally, that was the same
year Wayne McCue," 1 a s t seen
playing in the league with Weri
atchee, was thrown out 38. times
t first base on hits over second
base or through the hole, but still
hit over.the .320 mark. "
llcnager Pete, too, , . -
. ; Manager: Charlie Petersen of .
our Senators has had many an '
' assist from the extended see
'.. end-base position . p , there
. also. Pete : nailed four In one
y r.I;l.t last season wiUi: his ae-.
curate riHe arm, and ex-Sfclp-'
per Eunny Gril'iths eft times
' purposely t,.;ried Charlie over
-Lite the short right flc! J -for
tl. at reason."- ' " A
It just doesn't ray"" to. hit one
fn the nose .in4. : 'that cracker
1 oxed space. - Two .second . base
ment are right Iheraj ' and " the
yi 1
AL UGHTNER
'' Statesman Sports Editor
and Maple needed a good sec
harder the ball Is bit through the
infield the harder the runner has
to go to beat the throw from the
'second second-baseman.
Of course such losses are made
up by the ordinary high fly balls
going for home runs or thump
ing against the boards for hits,
but it's truly one of the oddities
of the nation's number one game
to hit cleanly into the outfield
and all for naught as the out
fielders throw turns the hit into
a big out. v
Novelty
Meet Slated
Here
A. novelty tournament will be
featured when the Men's club
holds its first midweek, competi
tion of the spring season Thurs
day afternoon at the Salem Golf
club.-Players may tee off any time
after 4 p. m,or the nine-hole con
test. However, with" "war time in
effect, the route may be complet
ed by players starting as late as
5:30. The, event will be open, to
all golfers with established handi
caps.
Bud Waterman, elected last
week to head the Men's club,
announced that Ken Potts, Al
Petre and Tony Painter would
have charre of tournaments and
Glen Lengren, John Emlen and
Jim Hague would be In charge
of handicaps.
What's Doin'
At the YMCA
Twenty six boys became eligi
ble for a free day at the Silver
Crek camp last, week when they
successfully attended eight out of
11 possible gym classes during
the past six weeks. The boys will
go to camp Saturday, April 4 in
a large school bus. Those who
will attend camp are Glenn Gar
rett, Lloyd Hamlin, Ronald Lit
tle, Gordon Sloan, Gerald You-ker,-
Jimmie Stewart, George
Porter, Jimmie Morgali, Ellis Von
Eshen, Evan Starkey, Glenn
Luckenbeal, Vera Loftus, Richard
Earnest, Don Ray, Daryl Lawer
en ce, Charles , McLean, Jack
Brooks, Doug Yeater, Jim Brown,
Howard Beugli, J ohn Wallace,
Doug Berwick, Jim Shawver,
Jack Shattic, Murray Wade and
Dean Bartholomew .
Conrad Cook and Donald Yo
com were the first to register for
the Skyline pack camp sponsor
ed by the Y. This is a new divi
sion of the YMCA recreational
camping program. Wayne Dough
ton, a veteran camper who knows
the section of ' the country In
which the Pack will roam, is to
head the division. The Skyline
camp will be held July 19-28.
- , By DILLON GRAHAM1 V
. Wide World Features
SARASOTA, Fla. Yank Terry
became a pitching sensation when
he turned his back on the batters:
C Sounds silly but if i so. - Yank
traces his twirling success to the
day "when he decided : to swing
around toward second base, with
his back to the hitter, before de
livering" the balL"-'.:',-'r.:;ViU' ..?-
. The use of that exaggerated
pivot made him the most feared
'.Thumbnail Preview". v.:
Pi RED SOX
Outfield Good '
: Infield Good. A - : v
' nitting Excellent , "
Pitching Fair. . f
Catchlnr Poor. '''"
Finish Second or third.
nizjer In the Pacific - Coast
league last " year,' brought him
iuto the majors and probably
will make Ha a starting pitch-
er for.the Dasioa Red'.iBoxv;
Thursday
Yank
Terry
GoMereiace Kelaixe
iVo Movie MadeXeiOh
S cited ule 6
But Is Expected Tfiday
'; 7 . . " f ; ; .:By GAIL FOWLER ' i . . . -'
' PORTLAND, Ore.,March 24--The Pacific Coast confer
ence eased restrictions Tuesday
In intercollegiate: athletics. : .v. .'- : : ... .. '
I Conference t acuity, representatives refused to do away en
tirely with' the rule barrinj fijrst-
year Students from .varsity com
petition,-.-: but relaxed ' restrictions
so that freshmen will not have to
wait a : full' calendar year; before
becoming eligible. . - " ; - y-
Previously the eligibility re
quirement for varsity sports was
24 semester-hours or 36 quarter-hours
In a full calendar
year. ".- vr '.fv-.
The same minimum on hours
will stand, but : in the speed up
of the education program, fresh
men will be able to acquire the
hours of credit in less than a cal
endar year. 7 . 8
Thai i freshman . entering
school in January may be eli
gible for football in September,
and a basketball player, enter-
lng in Jane, may be eligible in
January. .
Faculty representatives conven
ed again Tuesday night but were
not expected to take up two other
issues schedule revision and
whether to retain Commissioner
Edward Atherton in his present
capacity which were forced on
the conference by west coast war
time conditions.
Instead they indicated they
would draw up a resolution on
their intent to promote the physi
cal fitness program.
The representatives will meet
again Wednesday as will grgdu
ate managers of member schools
and the two remaining Issues
expected to be settled then.
Schedule revision became nec
essarily in order to make room for
games with service teams.
Mennonites,
Bishops Win
1st Pla
Bishops and the Mennonites
emerged victors in the first of a
three game series for the City Ma
jor and "B" Church league cham
pionships in the Leslie junior high
hoop haven Tuesday night. "
A total of $7.75 in defense
savings stamps was sold to the
spectators by YMCA officials.
The Clothiers swamped the
Bearcubs, 44-28 in the runaway
Major contest while the Menno
nites eked out a 26-24 win over
Court ' Street Christian in a nip
and tuck ball game.
A last three minute attack by
the Christians, paced by Forward
Kenny Siepp failed to catch the
hard driving Mennonites.
The second of the three game
title bouts continues Thursday
night, same time, same place.
Bishops' (44)
(28) Bearcubs
Sals tram 9
Perry 16
McKee 4 '
Bowersox 6
Prather 4
5 Goodman
' 13 Weaver
- 4 Kelley
" Connor
3 Bradshaw
Substitutes for Bishops: Bailey
5; for Cubs: Walker 3.
Mennonites (26) . (24) Ct. -Street
Herr 6 2 Priem
Welty 2 , 10 Seipp
L. Roth 7 . 3 Massey
J. Roth 8 . 6 Wegner
Gehrig 1 ! 3 Smith
Subs for Mennonites: R. Roth 2.
Referee: Flesher; umpire, Dry
nan. v ...
44 Ducks Now Out
For Spring Grid
EUGENE, Ore, March - 24-tf3)
The University.of Oregon's spring
training football - squad ' was in
creased to 44 Tuesday as Halfback
Tommy Roblin and Guard Val Cul
well reported. - ' .
The Ducks will drill six days a
week for the next month. '
yofis
to Bolster
The big right-hander had been
pitching "in the minprs, with just
so-so results, for seven years when
he landed ;fth- ,Saa .Diego ast
year. Five of those seasons had
been with" Louisville and, late in
1940, the Red Sox" bought, him
up and used him in a few games. :
'" . Boston fennd out 'what : was
wrong with him la a game with
Detroit;- he wasn't 'covering ,up '
the4 ball well enough and the"
ether guysl were stealing' 'lis
signs." Del Baker, - than whoa
there Is "no better sign-stealer,
was" calling every pitch on
. Terry .-..";.., . t
So Boston shipped " him to San
Diego-lie wasn't any good if he
was telegraphing his pitches. In
mid-May, when Yank . had ' won
five arid lost six, Herman Pipette,
San Diego coach; suggested; that
if he swung 'awy around a - la
F r e d d 1 e Fitzsimmons no ' one
could see his fingering of the bait
He practiced this delivery one, af
r Ailieridn,
night on freshman participation
Unloiown Fires
66 to Lead
Pro Golf Open
By FRITZ LITTLEJOHN .
PINEHURST, NC, March 24-
(ALes Kennedy, a 24-y e a r-old
unknown rookie who had never
finished highe than a tie for fifth
place in the winter, meets, beat a
field of golfing greats Tuesday in
the first round of 'the 72-hole
north and south open champion
ship. : : ? v
The shock-haired young fel
low shot an eye-brew raising
32-34 66, six strokes under
par, equalling the course rec
ord and taking the lead from
defending- Champion Sam
Snead and the 1940 king, Ben
Hogan, who already had posted
fine 67's.
Trying for birdies on -eight of
the first nine holes, and for an
eagle on the other, number five,
Kennedy bagged four - birdies.
Coming back he had the course
record in his pocket until he
three-putted number sixteen.
Until Tuesday, Kennedy had
never been a threat. But he work
ed hard on the full winter circuit
and finished tenth in Bing Cros
by's tournament on the west
coast, and tied Henry Picard for
fifth in the Beaumont, Texas,
open-his best previous effort
All told, 21 players beat par
and four equalled It.
Two shots back of Snead and
Hogan came seven stars at 69;
Lawson Little, the : one-time
! amateur kingpin; Byron Nel
son, former ' open and PGA
champion; "Craig Wood,1 the
current national champion;
Lloyd Man grum. Chandler
Harper of Portmouth, Va To
ny Penna of Dayton, Ohio, and
Purvis Ferree of Pinehurst.
The low amateur was Frank
Allan of Pittston, Pa, with an
even par 72, tied with Joe Kirk
wood, jr., of Daytona Beach,
Fla., son of the trick shot artist
Ky Laffoon and ex-ball player
Sammy Byrd also finished even
with par.
Oak RaUy Nips
Portland Nine
NAPA, Calif, March 24-(ff)
Oakland defeated Portland 7 to
6 with a three-run rally in the
eighth inning of a baseball exhi
bition game here Tuesday.
; Portland tallied three runs In
the first Inning en walks, a sin
gle by First Baseman Frank
Hawkins and a double by Out
fielder John Gill.
Four ' runs were scored by
Oakland In the second-inning on
two walks, a single by Bill Rig
ney, a triple by Hugh Lubya and
La balk by Pitcher Cohen.
Portland got two more la the
fourth on a walk and hits by
Marvin Owen and John Lee
; vlch, ".'and a final -run In the
seventh on ' Henry - Martlnes
single, an error and Ted Nor
bert's single
Mel Duezabou doubled for
Oakland in the eighth, Waldon
Westlake singled,- Marvin Gudat
singled, Rigney poled a sacrifice
fly and Shortstop Martlnes made
an error. -
Portland 6 7 -3
Oakland 7 7 3
.. Cohen, . Johnston (6) and Leo-
vich, Castro; Yelovic and Buxton,
Kaimondi (8).
ternoon, pitched that way against
Seattle the next day, won his game
and was off on a great stretch of
friumphs. , A , ; -v. , , , ;
He won 21 of his last 23 games
to finish the season with a 26 and
8 record.'.. He won 11 straight and
twice won five in a row One of
his victories was in 1$ innings and
two were la 13 Innings. .
Yank that's his real name and
ne'knows ho reason why he ;was
saddled with It says he hs' had
better Control and a sharper break
ing curve since he - changed his
pivot'-He' thinks . his full swing
around serves to confuse the bat
ter as well as tor hide his pitches.
He has a three-quarter delivery,
something between overhand and
sidearm. " ' ' -', v- y "
'. Joe ' Cronin, the Boston skip
per, Is counting on Terry as one
of his starting pitchers this sea-'
' son. Cronin thinks his pitching ;
,will be better even though he
Vjos); thriee goodcssers ilickey ;
Already
THIEF IN MAKING
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AoUxACr&ihe. ARTS Of?STEAUA)c fVT ElLUijStSK.
Conn Visits Joe's Camp and
Forms Picture of
FamilyTeam for
By WHITNEY MARTIN
Wide World Sports Columnist
; v NEW YORK, March 24.-rTbere was something heart-warming
in a picture of Joe Louis and Billy- Conn, tiatty in their sol
dier uniforms, grinning affably at each other during Conn's visit
to Fort Dix, where Louis' is training for his bout .Friday night
against Abe Simon;
Heart warming because It seem
ed to typify, something so thor
oughly American: the ' idea that
we might have our family squab
bles but just let anybody else try
to butt in aneV he's going to get his
ears whacked from all directions.
Conn and Louis are members
of the fight family those hardy
souls who commit legalised.
mayhem en each other with
few, or many, dollars provoca
tion. Lets thaaT a -year ago the
Pittsburgh Kid and the Brown'
Bomber did their level best to
commit great bodily barm en
each other on a balmy summer '
evening at the Polo grounds.
Now., they are buddies in' a big
ger game, teamed with millions
of other Americans against the in
trusion of outsiders. That picture
expressed that unity more ade
quately than pallid words, j : I.
And it also summoned up the
Idea that the fight game is con
tributing its share to the. armed
forces. That's their business, fight
ing, isn't it? And they're showing
they're Just as quick to fight for
their country as they are for a fat
purse.' m '.;:; Vv 5 ; j-':?V 5
More than a score of men who
might be called ranking boxers al
ready are in uniform. The list in
cludes r three ; ' champions Louis,
Fred Cochrane, "welter king, and
Gus Xesnevich,. light-heavy tie
holder.' r ,'.''-
'.Here are a few of the present
Icrop of great and near-great who
now fight in the ring only when
they get the permission of superior
officers:
...Billy Soose, Marty Servo,
Georgie Abrams, Steve Belloise,
Tommy Tucker, Fred ,'Apos toll,
Al NetUow, Hal Cagin, Al Davis,
Strong
Ilarris, Earl Johnson and Larry
Powell to the army.
Heber. Newsome,. thV young
right-hander who won 19 last year,
likely Will be the ace '.of the staff.
Joe Dob"s6n"aid Cliariei .Wagner,
with a dozen wins; Kendall Chase,
the southpaw obtained from Wash
intgon, and Terry will ;b the' big
five. " ' :'
- The veteran Mace Brown, who
came from Brooklyn, and tough
SUke Eyta will do most ef the
relief work. The S-fot-5 Vil
; bum "Dutland, Tarn-Jui 'and
: Herb ; Cash or Cecil , ncghsoa
wi3 round out the corps, i- '
' . With Batting Champion v Ted
Williarai classified 3-A anil re-"
turned : to "left' field, the- outfield
will . be' the - same with' Dominic
DiJiIaggio in center and Lou Fin
ney or Pete Fox in right. Paul
Campbell, who came, up as a first
baseman, is also" an outfield con
tender.' - ? i ;.
The catching is nothing to get
excl'-i ever yiJ'John' "Pe-cock,
By Sorts
How Fight
Rig Battle
Boom-Boom ManclnL Patsl Gi
ovaneili. Tommy Gomes, Marty
Clark, Mike Raff a, Tommy Ro-
That's Just hitting the h 1 g h
spots, of course. There are scores
of lesser lights who have aban
doned their ring careers, at least
temporarily, to fight with a gun.
And veterans who had hung up
their gloves, such as Lou Ambers.
i A: pretty fair showing, if yea
should ask us. The kids in the
ring game have ' fight In their
hearts. Otherwise they wouldn't
be in there. And the bigger the
fight the better they like it.
They've got their chance to be
la the biggest fight of all, and
they're taking advantage of It
TheyH maul e a e h other un
mercifully. But Just let an out
sider try to 'chisel la. They'll
stand side by side te teach him
a' lesson;' i V-.'; ',-
" That picture of Louis and Conn
deserves a frame. In its mute way
it expresses about as well as any
thing we've seen the unity of pur
pose which will make this a win
ning war for our side.
Fito Results
SEATTL E, March 24-(ff)
Frankie Guenther of Seattle, form
er northwest Golden Gloves cham
pion from the University of Idaho,
scored a fifth-round knockout here
Tuesday night over Bob Reid of
Boise in ' a scheduled six-round
fight. It was Guenther's second
straight win. as a professional.
Guenther, 167 pounds, knocked
his 173-pound Idaho opponent out
of the ring In the fourth round and
floored him twice in the fifth.
Red Sox
Frank Fytlak and BUI Conroy, up
from Oakland. .:
.Cipnin professes to want to sit
It out on the bench this year but
most observers figure j he's"f to
strong a hitter to give up a regu
lar Job. Joe has been working out
at third base during the exhibition
games while watching a pair of
freshman flashes. John Pesky and
Ed Pellagrin!, take turns in the
shortflcld. :
Jirt Talor Is around for regu
lar third base duty, with Bobby
Doerr at second and old Double
Xt ' Jinaay Foxx, at first Ulysses
; J.' Lcrien, from Louisville, Is
. being given a" tl.oronjh trial at
first but this more agile Young
ster afield can't hit with Foxx.
To .Cronm this looks like an
other year when the Red Sox will
fight' it out with the White Sox,
and possibly the Indians and Ti
gers,' for the runner-up spot The
Yankees have already decided to
exercise their option on first place.
Green . Light
Aft
e'ir Military ;:is
. 4
: Few Regulations
rEiixedEXight9;P
Systen
LOS ANGELES,' March 24?3-Pacific Coast league base-
ball got the all-clear, and. go-ahead signal Tuesday from army
authorities. y U ;,-?- -. :- -
Lieut Gen. John LJ DeWitt
Meanies Win
Team Match
In Thnller
The Meanies . won the sizzling
team' match , event on Promoter
Don Owen's wrestling card at the
armory last night,; taking, two of
three falls from the Oeanies be
fore a small byt roaring crowd of
enthusiastic fans. Constituting the
Meanie team was George Kitaml-
er, Portland "choke artist and
Buck Davidson, Montana : miner.
Walter "Sneezie' Achiu, . Canton,
Ohio, and Milt Olsen, bouncing
Swede from St Paul, Minn.,- were
the losing Cleanie team." .rt v
Jack -Klser, St 'Johns dock
worker, bounced the - Hooded
Hawk farther back Into local
wrestling: oblivion by taking two
of three falls from the Hawk
in the opener. Klser won the
first fall on a foul after the
Hawk insisted fa choking and
pulling Riser's hair. The Hawk
came back with a body press
after Klser had apaprently sub
dued him with drop kicks and
flying mares. Riser relied on
his famous drop kicks te flop
the Hawk for the final falL -The
Achiu-Olsen team were off
with a bang in the action-filled
team match, throwing the Meanies
out of the ring. ; Pandemonium
broke loose on their return. Ref
eree Tex Hager finding himself
mixed up in the middle of it In
the ensuing brawl, Achiu was
kicked into submission, leaving
Olseri to battle the Meanie team.
The Swede was slugged and dog
piled into an easy pin, which gave
the Meanies the fall, but only
after Achiu vainly tried to re
enter the ring to help his mate out
Turning loose all the wrath;
possible In the second heat
Achiu and Olsen butted the
Meanies all ever the ring te the
crowd's delight and subsequent
ly woa the fall by applying tor
turous cradle holds. . , ,
Olsen was thrown from the ring
ten minutes Into the third canto by
Davidson, leaving Achiu at the
mercy of the two hated meanies.
After falling heir to all the rough
stuff they could give ' him, the
popular Chinaman . was pinned.
Olsen came back to take more se
vere punishment from the dog-
pile tactics employed and was soon
counted out and was not far from
being out : ;
The wildly enthusiastic crowd,
though small, went out of the
grant and groan arena with a
full bargain of entertainment
To those , who missed this bang
VP affair, Owen states, Don't
miss the matches next week, as.
they will be better than these
were tonight1
NY Rangers, Montreal,
Chicago Puck Winners
NEW YORK, March 24-ffV-The
New York Rangers regained their
regular season form Tuesday
night and routed the Toronto Ma
pie Leafs, 3 to 0, to get back Into
the National Hockey league play
on battle.- The Leafs bad won
the first two games of- the 'best'
of-seven series. , .; '-
MONTREAL, March 24-P)
Montreal scored two goals In each
of the final two periods Tuesday
night and even the quarterfinal
round players in the. National
Hockey league by defeating De
troit S to 0. Detroit on the open
ing game, 2 to 1.
BOSTON, March" 24-(ff)Chica-go's
determined Blackhawks
bounced out of a sudden setback
Tuesday f night ' and t deadlocked
their best-of-threc National Hock'
ey league playoff aeries by over
whelming the Boston Bruins, 4-0,
before a 14,000 crowd at the Bos
ton garden. .-t.
Sox Smash A's
PASADENA, Calil, March 24
()-The Chicago White Sox show
ed little mercy Tuesday for the
Philadelphia Athletics, taking an
exhibition game, 12-3.
I Outfielder Sam-Wells fell on his
shoulder while going after a Cy
ball and may be lost, to the Sox
for some time. - -; 1 .
Philadelphia (A) . ' ., 3 v 8 '
Chicago :. (A) 12 15
Caligiuri, McCrabb (6) and
Wagner; Smith, Boss (6) and
Die
Dickey.1".-'.',. i:?i-t..-yi:syi
Given
Are Asked to Be -
of the Fourth army command;
signaled the green light when he .
notified President Wilbur C Tuttle
of the Coast league that the sea-'
son's schedule, with night base
ball mduded, may proceed as
planned. The campaign is slated 1
to start April 2. .
General - DeWitt set down
several requirements to be met .
at the eight parks of the far
flung circuit a n d Tattle an
nounced that arrangements had
already been made to abide by
em.-C;.-'-: -,;---? f;-:v-r-: -The
army apparently was sat
isfied that baseball crowds in the
league would not constitute a dan
ger if ' they did not exceed last
year's attendance." Club - owners,
while optimistic about interest
this season, do-not believe 1941
records will be surpassed.
General DeWitt s written com
munication to Tuttle did not men
tion a n y specific crbwd figure
limit' but he had been supplied
with complete information on this -
subject by League Secretary "A.
Williams. "
It disclosed that the biggest av
erage in the circuit was 5660 at.
Seattler and this was considerably'
over, the average of the o t h e r
cities in the league. " -
The army asked that several
regulations be enforced. Includ
ed were lighting systems that
could be extinguished quickly In
the event of a blackout and a
loudspeaker set up In each park
to Instruct a crowd what to do
if need be.
ity Mite'
Tops Golf s
Money Makers
PINEHURST, NC, March 21-vri
Fred Corcoran, bureau manager
of the Professional Golfers' associ
ation, released Sunday night, his
latest compiled figures, showing
Ben Hogan in the lead again for
high money winner and points
amassed for the Vardon trophy.
Hogan has been the leader in
both for the last two years.
The figures included the St Au
gustine pro-amateur tournament
won Tuesday by Sam Snead and
Wilford Wehrle.
Money winnings: "
Hogan; $6158; Sam Snead, $5010:
Lloyd Mangrum, $3158: Chick
Harbert $2869; Byron Nelson,
$2857; Chandler Harper, $2675;
Lawson little, $2401; Jimmy
Thompson, $2180; Herman Barron,.
$Z13i; Herman Reiser, $2059.
. Vardon trophy points: Hogan,
137; Snead, 102; Nelson 93; Man
grum, 78; Harper, 76; Barron, 63.
Joe's Trainer
Passes Crisis
CHICAGO; March 24HP)-Dr.
. Harold Thatcher said Tuesday
night that U Jack Blackburn,
trainer for Joe Louis, has passed
the crisis In his fhjht with pneu
monia and that barring unfore
seen complications he would be
released from Provident hos-
pital next Monday or Tuesday.
Blackburn will not be la
Louis' corner when the heavy
weight champion takes en Abe
, Simoa at New York Friday la
aa army emergency relief bene
fit fight-It will mark, the first
absence for ' Blackburn ' sine
Louis began his professional
careeri : w'r ?f?:--tA
Stanford to Play
Great Lakes Five
For Navy Relief I'
" PORTLAND, Ore, March 24
(AVThe Stanford university
basketball . team will play the
Great Lakes naval training sta
tion quint March 3 la Chicago
, in a navy relief fund game, Al
Masters, S t a n f r d graduate
1 manarer, said Tuesday. '
. . The game was approved by :
Pacific Coast conference ' offic
ials, at a semi-annual meeting
here.
The Stanford team is now at
Kansas City awaiting the Sat
urday night playoff , with Dart
mouth for the NCAA champion
ship. . V;
Migl
Carch Must Refund as .
Padgett Is Going, in . -
ST. LOUIS, March 24-(5VIn- ., .
ductloa of Don Padgett Into the :
army April 1 wCl mean that the "
Cardinals will have to refund
the $25,6 8 9 received from sale ,
of the Autflelder-catcher to the
Brooklyn Dodgers last Decern-
.