t s t ;
'Things have panned out. pretty nice for me-one of those
'draftees,' " writes Mike Miller from aeronautical school in Kan
gas City, 'Mo. ',-...::.'- ; ; -
''Attend classes eight hours a day for; 16 weeks then over
JIMMY NICHOLSON
He won hine and lost 10 for the Phillies last summerequivalent
to at least 15 mins with any other club . 4. . Word from Alf
Cailteaux, the second-basing Frenchman, says he's still wintering
away over in apoxane us uiemuu vi uxiyxc kmuub
"Sink Sinkwich
engineers
has been adopted the official
UCLA Bruin slogan for the': com
ing Rose Bowl date with Georgia
but no "doubt the Bulldogs .have
a' "similar one ; of their own a
Waterfield can get awfully wet,
too .". . . . ' " ' "
Bevo-Senator Romance?
A few bads have already
sprouted 1 from the hoped-for
romance between the new-deal j
Portland Beavers and onr town.
i Senators, : as Bill - Klepper - has
been down to "talk things over"
with boss Mrs. Geo. E. Waters.
When and if everything smooths
oat along this sector of the base
ball front, don't be at all sur
prised to see an attractive
working agreement blossom oat
between the two dabs. . 5 -,And
speaking of the Beavers,
we nosed out a little dope on
their new manager, Merv Shea, in
"last week's Sporting News. It ap
pears that all this talk of. Shea's
catching "about 80 games" next
season may be just thattalk. '
Just 20 years ago this past
season Shea was No. 1 backstop
for Sacramento's Senators, (we
were affiliated with the, club, too,
as chief assistant to the chief as
sistant batboy), then went up and
finally hung 'em up after catching
for Broowlyn's Dodgers in 1938.
" ' 1 . '
Did Dodgers Do It?
.As catching for the typical
"Dodgers" of 1938 might have
made anyone hang 'em ap, Shea
' nevertheless turned to coaching
for Detroit, and according to
himself and this particular arti-
ele, has caught only parts of
ifour ball games since all four
I parts coming in-1939. So going
back behind the dish as a regu
lar next season may be, only one
of-KIepper's Christmas wishes. -
Incidentally, there was none of
this "if you can better yourself
well gladly let you go" stuff be
tween Detroit and Shea. , When
Del. Baker was turned out to graze
- in the ; cold and wide-open pas
tures by the. Tigers, Shea turned
in his resignation. But both Bak
er and Shea have done well the
former has hooked on. with Cleve
land as a coach and 42-year old
Shea, still a native of Sacramento,
now gets his first shot as a skip
per,
Ramblers Nipt
Ducks Again
PORTLAND, . Dec. 21-(;r-The
Vancouver. Ramblers . snatched, a
second consecutive " victory from
the University . of Oregon basket
ball team, 49 to 47, in the closing
seconds here Monday night. . .
With the score deadlocked.
Guard Ray Ellis of the Ramblers
sank a short one-handed push
shot for the winning basket as
. only 59 seconds remained. .. ,
Oregon came- with a rush ,ln
the last half, after trailing 29-20
at the half. The Ducks tied the
score at 34-34 with ten minutes
remaining, and the . count a was
knotted seven times thereafter.
Lineups: Ramblers (49) '
JJlfulder (13) ,T
Oesterhaus (1) F
Mandic15) C
Dement (6) G
Ellis (9) "O"
(47) Oregon
... (7) Wren
(11) Fuhrman
, (9) Taylor
(9) Newland
(8) Kirsch
Substitutes:. 'Ramblers, O'Con-
nell (3); ..Vanelll
Reynolds (3).
X2); ..Oregon,
Vandals TTfiipCTof I
-; ; t . : '
- NAMPA,-, Idaho?' Dec. 21-p)
University "of Idaho's Vandals -got
off to if slow start "but had little
. difficulty in downing the College
of Idaho,' 35 to 25, in a . basketball
game Monday night. . ! "v '
" Try vs of - Cltlaes reedies.
Amazing SUCCESS .for 5rt
years in CHINA, s No nwti with
what ailment yu are AFFLICT
ED disorder, siansiLis,' heart,
luar, . liver, - kidney. - steouicn.
cas. eomtipatJon, slcerm, ia-
etis,' fever, skin, ; Icinlt c
1
Chinese'" Herb '- Co.
r ..'ie "v. rienrf Only
f Xue..-'aB ; Sat,-
m ' a a m . mi .nil
iiia.' eni - W41 . S
a. M. ll:3 p.
CcnT, i Ealea, Ore.
seas." Jimmy J Nicholson and I
were' together for quite awhile
-in fact we rode as far as KC
: togetheri. then Jim1 went 'on to
another. "aviation ."school 'down
in a place" In. Oklahoma called
By Jingo or someth&ig like that.
(Tishomingo.) : While . on r our,
eventual: ,way.,.we : saw . Rex
Adolph, at Kearhs, Utah, : and
he's surely looking in the pink,
i Course being back here for
CThristmas isn't exactly like be-;
:ing ' hoinej ' but this, army ' life
is reaUy; ;okay '. V . Futility
evidently has no bounds even
in baseball. See where the army
draft-net caught the PhutiT
Phils' ace pitcher; Tom Hughes.
Williams Mark
Now
Pesky Places 2nd in
Amerk Batting Bee
By DAVE HOFF
CHICAGO, Dec 21 -0s)- Ted
Williams, the Boston Red Sox
youthful outfielder who has laid
aside baseball "for the duration"
in - favor of the naval aviation
program, received official credit
in the - American league record
book Sunday - for winning the
1942 batting championship his
second straight year in that role.
Ted's .356 average for the
season Just closed was far off
- his winning pace of .406 In 1941
but the competition was less
stiff, too, and Williams won. by
a handy : margin of 25 points
over his ; teammate, Johnny
Pesky, who hit .331.
A year -ago three batters ex
ceeded Williams winning 1942
avearage. Ted hit his .406, Cecil
Travis of Washington .359 and Joe
Di Maggio of New York .357.
Since It's virtually a cinch
Ted will not be back next sum
mer - to test opposing , pitchers
with his amaiing knack of bang
ing out base hits, he will miss
a chance to become the first
three-in-a-rew American league
batting champion since the days
of Ty Cobb.
In the 43-year history of the
junior circuit only eight players
have landed the batting title more
than once. Nap Lajoie did it three
times in the early 1900s, Cobb a
terrific 12 times, , including nine
in a row-from. 1907 to 1915; George
Sisler .twice, in "1920 and 1922;
Harry Heilmann' four timesy in
1921, 1923, M925 ' and 1927; Al
Simmons twice, in 1930 and 1931;
Jimmy Foxx twice, in 1933 and
1938; Joe Di Maggio twice, in
1930 and . 1940, and of course the
current hero, jyilliams.
- Pesky, playing his first full
season In the majors, had a fair
ly substantial grip on the run-net-up
.berth, eight points ahead
of Stanley Spence of Washing
ton, who hit .323. Joe Gordon of
the: New j York Yankees was
next with .322, and George Case
of Washington fifth with .320.
' WW-
tes mt
Bruin Squad
LOS ANGELES, Dec 21-JP)
Weekend casualties have made
George Phillips, star UCLA full
back, an . almost certain , bench
warmer for the Rose Bowl game
and , put Roy' Kurrasclv defensive
back, on the "sidelines for a few
days. I
Phillips steppetflnto a hole Sun
day, it was learned Monday, and
aggravated a "knee" injury suffered
in - pre-season scrimmage which
kept him out. of action since then.
Coach Babe Horrell held Phil
lips out. of the. Southern Califor
nia game with the expectation of
using him in the Rose Bowl against
Georgia.. . . .f
'l Kurrasch sprained his : ankle
Sunday , '.-
Basketball Scores
.St. Mary's. Naval Pre-Flight 5,
Stanford 39. - . . '
Camp, Grant- 41,' Illinois 31. -Manhattan
43, Syracuse 42. f .
'Long Island 79, Springfield col--lege',
50. .1
'. Omaha university 83, Midland
43.' .
.North Dakota Aggies 35, Valley
City Teachers 33.
Washington 62,' Gonzaga 41.
" University of Idaho 38, College
of Idaho 28.
Texas A and M 45, 85th Divi
sion 33. ; -' -
' . Wisconsin .48, Oklahoma 37. ''
Purdue 43, : Washington (St.
Louis) 42. L . " '
Seton Hall 29, Cornell 28. -Villanova
58, Philadelphia Coast
Guard 35. ; '
.Vancouver Ramblers 49, Ore
gon 47."
Additional Sports
Oa Pce 11
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Official
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injur
REVIEW OF YEAR IN SPORTS
By, JACK
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Poll Proves That John
Fan Favors Football
CHICAGO, Dec. 21-(55)-Twenty five thousand fans took time
off from rooting for their favorite teams this fall to fill out
questionnaires indicating 96 per cent of them want college
football continued .for the duration of the war, John L. Griffith,
31SHSGrid
Play(
ers Feted
Thirty-one members of the Sa
lem high Viking football squad
of last fall were honored Monday
night at the annual grid banquet
in the high school cafeteria. ; Foot
ball Coach Tommy Dry nan acted
as toastmaster for the occasion.
Other speakers and guests
were Superintendent of Schools
Frank Bennett, Principal Fred
Wolf, Dean of Boys Frank Neer,
School Engineer Joe Himmel,
Personnel Manager of : J o e
Drake, Curriculum Director
Walter Snyder, Director of Ath
letics Gurnee Flesher, Lt. Har
old Hank," football, basketball ;
and baseball coach before en
tering the navy, Assistant Coach
Frank Beer, Basketball Coach
Frank "Brown, Departmental
Members Duane Mellenv Herm
Sehwartzkopf and Bob Keusch
er and members of the : local '
press."
Noticeably absent because , of
illness in his family was Jimmy
Nelson, ex-Principal of SHS, who
up to Monday night had never
missed the annual affair as far as
anyone present could remember.
As Toastmaster Dryhan put it,
"Perhaps Nelson just ran out of
sleeves." : i -
Aa old as the banquets them-''
selves Is a sweater which was
once presented Nelson for at-
tendance, and on the sleeves
which has been sewed a stripe '
for each year he's attended. ; J
Halfback Louie Hough spoke a
few words in behalf of the seven
seniors who will no longer wear
the Red and Black on the grid
iron, and No-Name . league AH
Star '. selectee Bob Warren spoke
for those who hope, to be back
next falL v ? -'-'J.
; Halfback Bruce Hamilton, in-
Lou Nova's Last Effort (?) Was Last Straw
For Martin; Excuses PlentyResults Poor
By WHITNEY. MARTIN
' NEW YORK, Dec. 21-This
is to renounce all future ; claims
to the idea that Lou Nova can
fight, and if Lou Nova would do
the same - thing
the renunciation 1Tr"5' .
would be practi- ,
cally unanimous.
He seems to be '
a. holdout right
now, though, and:
j m , u e mil it
through with the
ring. WhetherJ
t he ,r 1 n g i '
through. With Whitney Marti t
him remains to be seen., . -;
It's taken a lot of convincing .
. to bring us to this momentous:
decision. We've always thought
he could fight, although", we
knew he had shortcoming that 4
fairly glared at you. - , ,
We knew his feet were liable to
run in to a split awiteti at. any
moment,' one going one direction
and one the other, with lumber-;
ing Lou not knowing; which ; to
follow. We knew he was muscle
bound, and that when he tried to
throw right he threw his whole
body with it We knew he some
times tried to hit with both hands
at once, resulting in a, "now you
stop if gesture. 'Ml.y: - ?"
, We knew he was easier to slain
SORDS'
Jo6 SMlfU WbAlTat
GoSlbH MARA-THOaI, -
record mi rrfeiTMg,
commissioner ox atmeucs ox tne
western conference, announced
Monday. .
Griffith said more than 100,
00 spectators at 20 major col
lege games were handed the
questions and one fourth of
them returned filled-ln blanks.
"In overwhelming numbers the
fans expressed their willingness
to use public conveyances and
even walk to see. the , athletes in
action,". Griffith said.
Ninety eight per cent of those
participating in the poll said foot
ball bolsters national morale and
helps to be . better soldiers. , The
same percentage declared that
football revenue justifies the
game's continuance since it sup
ports other athletic endeavors.
Ninety seven per cent said all
college students should partici
pate in physical fitness programs
and 95 per cent argued they would
use public conveyances, or walk
if necessary, to get to games next
fall. ' v'"..". ' .' v. ;-r-;r-
, .The survey indicate (0 per
cent of the fans .. traveled to .
games this fall -by automobile,
13 per cent by urban public con
veyances 11 per cent by train
and 16 per cent by walking. .
Nats Will Return to
Orlando Train Base
ORLANDO, Fla, Dec. 2l-(P)
The - Washington Senators will
train in Orlando '.this , season, al
though their schedule will not be
as extended as in previous years,
Clark Griffith, president of the
club,1 Monday informed - A.- C.
Slaughter, executive secretary of
the Orlando chamber of commerce.
I- jured near the end of the sea
son, was presented a gift by his
teammates inasmuch as Hamil
ton was unable to make' the trip
to Everett with the team. How
ever, Indications were that the
gift was a poor substitute for
the "good time" enjoyed by the
players on that' jaunt.
than a screen door, and that the
only - advice he would listen to
was his own. Like little 'Johnny
Greco, he thought the seconds in
his ; corner were just talking to
themselves. r .
. ..Greco was In a bout on the,
- same card with. Nova he other
: night. As the sturdy' Montreal '
Kid left Els stool for the first
round the. last words we heard .
. his' seconds, utter were: Take It?
-easy, now j feel him out." Greco-
went out like he c was -being
chased by a swarm of bees." He
'.had a knockout tea minute. or
so, though.' , '. " ,..f ;;
Sure, we knew all those things
about NovarBut his superb physi
que, .his almost fanatical determi
nation to - achieve - his , goal, the
cruJshing,cutting pwer of his left
Jab, -and bis, everlasting promises
warped our Judgment . t- ..
He is the most promising guy
you -."ever- saw. "He'd, promise , to
do. everything to an 'opponent but
leave him intact, and afterward
Ray Carlen " would Jlave:a reason
able excuse for ,Lou'st sudden ex
tinction, - the excuse couched in
such" a suave, convincing rnannns
you Just had to believe lum. . -Lou
lost to Tony Galen to be-
. cause he was HL We know he
was 111 afterward, lie. lost to Joe
Louis because he was too cau-
w
Bulldogs Pull
Into Pasadena
i .. . " ..
Show .Confidence and
; .t SinkyTs, Sore Ankle .
: PASADA, Calif, Dec. 21-P)
Smiling, and confident but train
weary, the University of Georgia
Bulldogs arrived ' here 43 strong
Monday for their New Year's day
football , clash In the .Rose '.Bowl
with, the University of California
at Los .Angeles. ....
';'" Their: coach, .Wallace Butts,
said the Georgians were some--what:
staleafter four: days on
the train but, because their foot-.
ball equipment did not arrive
on the same" train, . they" were
imable to go into an Immediate
' :Beginning . early . Tuesday, . he
said, theyTl have two stiff work
outs daily for . three ; days "and
then" weTirsea hbw;they; are !. .
: He said he would ."have to drive
the boys hard' because they have
had only one scrimmage since "they
beat Georgia Tech, 34-0, became
champions of the Southeast con
ference and won the right to meet
UCLA here. . Final examinations
prevented- scrimmage - before the
Bulldogs departed. ' .
Butts said Frankie Sinkwich, .
the team's All- American pass
: lar and ball -carrying ace, had
suffered an injury to one. ankle,
which is still swollen and bine,
but he expected the ankle to
be in good shape by New Tear's.
Cards Furnish
Best Surprise
Holy Cross' Victory
Over Eagles Second
By ORLO ROBERTSON
NEW YORK, Dec. 21-(P)-When
the St Louis Cardinals came back
ko wallop the New York Yankees
four straight after dropping the
first game of the world series
they furnished the biggest sur
prise of the year in sports.
Thirty nine of the 87 sports
experts participating in the As
sociated Press' annual poll con
sidered the Cards' world series
triumph, after overhauling the
Brooklyn Dodgers, as their No.
1 surprise. Twenty two ethers
picked them for second and 13
for third with the result that
they received a total of 174
votes on the basis of three for
first, two for second and one
for third. .
Despite their large point total,
the Cards were pressed for top
honors by Holy Cross 55-12 de
cision over Boston college, at the
time the. nation's No. 1 college
football team, in the final game
of the season. For this unexpected
triumph, Holy Cross polled 163
points from 33 firsts, 26 seconds
and 12 thirds.
All other surprises faded into,
insignificance in comparison
with the upsets scored by the
Cards and Holy Cress,, although
Auburn's toppling of - Georgi
from the ranks of the' undefeat
ed football teams by a 27-13.
' margin drew 43 points while the1
.. Washington . Redskins V received
31 for their 14-6 decision over
the Chicago Bears, who had
. won 24 straight before the Na
tional football .league playoff
game. .'......
. The unexpected showing of Illi
nois' football team, which whip
ped Minnesota and won. its first
conference game since 1939, was
worth 17 points. Notre Dame's
28-0 whipping of . the Iowa . Sea
hawks was mentioned for 13
points, two more than were re
ceived by the St. lxuis Browns
for their rise to .third place in
the American league.:: ' .
Dayton Wins Opener,: Z
DAYTON BaytonV basket
ball team opened its season Fri
day night- with a - thrilling 18-17
win over Yamhill.
tloua and didn't carry the fight
to the bomber. He - lost to Lee A
Savold because' his face - was -softened
by grease paint rased in
. a play down in Florida,' and slkr-
ed easily.! t .. '.'
Now he has lostlo Taml Maur
iello, and he had to go to great
lengths to' get; an alibi for this
one. He had to break a rib. Well
take his : word and the doctor's
for v it. A fellow doesn't have to
die, ; like poor : Ernie Schaaf, to
prove to. use he is seriously in
jured even though what he saw
wouldn't indicate serious damage.
It Isn't so much that he lost
" but how he lost that convinces'
- us that - we were ; mistaken in
our estimate of " Lou fighting,
ability. Here was a seasoned
campaigner,' supposedly - in top
condition, not ' only , getting
knocked out by a comparative
novice whom Lou outweighed
by 2t pounds, but having enough
damage inflicted -to hospitalize
' him.. Vr:iK-:A'----Ul,
; We didn't see the knockout
blow, or blows. For all we know
one of : Nova's trick feet ; might
have got up there some way . and
kicked him. They do some strange
things. But he was knocked out,
no question about, that.
j And whatever hit him knocked
Lou right .off our. priority list.
Scdexn. Oragbiv Tuasday Morning, December 22, 1912
Gordon Cops Third Place in
;cst Disappointment Poll
By SID
i NEW ; YORKV Dec; 21-53-The New York Yankees had to
come roaring down; the stretch to beat out Brooklyn's bewilder
ing and bewildered Dodgers for the honor, but it is now officials
the Yanks are the biggest sports disappointment of -1942.
; By a narrow ' but convinclng
voto, the nation's sports writers
decided Monday that the fold
HP of the American league
champions ilt- the- world - series
constituted a better , fIopereo"
: than .the:, terrific success the :
Daffiness : boys . from ! the Go-
wanus had in blowing a 18
'game lead and kissing the Na
: tlonal league, pennant good. bye.
So, by a margin of 9 points to
for the Dodgers, the, sports
writers ballottlng in the annual
Associated Press poll on the
honor" .awarded : the yearly;
prise of a pair of ice-coated
ear-muffs to the Yanks.
This "biggest disappointment
poll, of all the Associated Press
year-end series, is the one in
which the boys in the writing fra
ternity around the . country an
nually go all out on the originality
and the barbs. r?:
Altogether, 88 scribes voted.
The Yanks drew 25 first place
votes, compared to 18 for Brook
lyn. These 25 "palms," along with
six seconds and -three-thirds gave
the Yankees their total of 90
points, on the basis of three points
for a first-place selection, two for
a second and one for a third.
The Dodgers had nine second
place mentions and 4 for third.
Metropolitan New York not
only ran- one-two on the list
with the Yanks I and Dodgers,
but Pa Knickerbocker wound up
with an even redder face when
Joe Gordon's world series play"
easily "won third spot on the
list of : disappointments.' The
Yanks ace second-sacker, who
"couldn't buy a loud foul In "
the series with the Cardinals,
drew nine first-place nomina
tions as No. 1 disappointment
and polled 51 points altogether.
Another woeful world series
performance of note was that
of Mort Cooper, the Cards' crack
right-hander, who couldn't whip
the Yanks in two tries. He drew
19 points to tie for sixth place
on the list.
Between Gordon and ' Cooper,
the writers ': had a lot of trouble
deciding whether Northwestern
university's hard work in losing
nine of ten football games or Min
nesota's sub-par .season after be
ing touted to gallop over the grid
iron world again, constituted the
chief football disappointment
When the ballots were all counted,
the Wildcats won : out over the
Gophers for fourth place with 38
points to ZT. . ' . '
- Secretary Stimson no doubt will
be interested to learn that " the
cancellation of the return heavyr
weight championship match -between
Joe Louis, and Billy Conn
was eighth on. the list with 18ft
points.
Remits the poll:
1st Place Votes Fointa
Yankees In world. ieries.23
Brooklyn Dodgers 18
Jo Gordon in aerie 9
Northwestern footbaU
80
51
61 '
33
18',
Minnesota football - S
Mort Cooper in aeries 2
U. of California footbaU 1
Louis-Conn fight
' Cancellation , t
Boston Coll. loss to - , -i v
Holy Cross
17
15
11
Chicago White Sox collapse 2
Jo Di Maggio S
Heavyweiffht Lou Nova . 0
9
Others (first place votes in paren
thesis): - ,
t Seven points Inability of service
football teams generally to overshad
ow, college" outfits (2); Cincinnati
Beds 2). -
; Six points Boston Red Sox (1).1
Cleveland Indians. 1
-Five points Alsab In racing (1)J
Dayton Announces
Casaba Schedule
DAYTON new member; was
added to the Yamhill county bas
ketball circuit this season; when
Amity, -winners of the Polk-Yam-?
hill league last year was voted a
membership during - the r league
meeting held early - this month.
J Dayton's' league schedule is. as
follows; "'AS'-VYf.V'V. '::"'
lecember 23Amity there; De
cember 30 Lafayette there; Jan
uary 8 Dundee here; January "15
-Carlton there; "January, 22
Yamhill there; January 2 Am
ity here; February - 5 Lafayette
here; February 12 Dundee there;
February 1 a Carlton there.
Huskies Humble Zags
SPOKANE, Dec: 21P)-A bas
ketball teaam. .that begrudged the
halftime - pause , for ; a .catch " of
breath rolled in from the Univer
sity of Washington Monday night
and rolled over Gonzaga, 62 to 41.
It-" was; a race from the start,
with Gonzaga a weak second. The
visiting Huskies were in front at
the half, 33 to 18,- and were never
worried by the trailing.Gonzagans
after the first two minutes of play.
AL LIGHTNER
Statesman Sports Editor;
Best Bkms
mo
jPEDEB
Rose Queen
Here is the 1S43 Queen of the
' - Pasadena Tournament of Roses.
She is Mildred Kathaleen Mil
. ler, 18-year-old honey . blond,
. chosen to preside over ' the
' tournament's huge bond drive,
; which will replace the tradi
tional parade. ' Shell also . reign
over the football game between
- Georgia and UCLA.
- -
Frnka Praises
Tulsa Eleven
NE WOBLEANS, ' Dec; 21. -iJP)
Coach - Henry - Frnka said here
Monday his unbeaten Tulsa foot
ball team was no better physical
ly than several it had met this
year, but that the team had an
unbeatable spirit and a love of
the game. . .
"I don't know when I've sen
a finer bunch, either on or off.
the field," Frnka said of the
"sdaad that ; meets Tennessee
here . January 1 In the : Sugar
BowL
: "Most t of : the V boys are quiet,
studious fellows," he said. "One
third of them are enrolled in pe
troleum engineering, a very tough
course. Those kids have to miss
a practice each week to attend a
laboratory class." ;
The entire team received its
study schedule before, leaving
Tulsa for New Orleans and
must go after the books each
u I
High and Mighty Yanlss Now
Go to Market With Other 9s
NEW YORK, Dec. Sl-rVWell, it wasn't any hair-raising
deal, of course, but shucks', a gent can't be too particular in these
days of meatless meat markets and gasless gas stations, and at
least the Yankee-Indian four-player swap made a little- con
versation over the weekend. '
The general idea is that no-
body got . the -best of the deal,
as with two of the players In
' volved it was ' just a case of a
club having two loaves of bread -and
no butter swapping one loaf .
for a pound of - butter with a
team that had two pounds of
batter and no bread. . . "
- The Indians needed a good
catcher,.'so they got Buddy Rosar,
whom the .Yankees can get along
quite well without The Yankees
need infielders. They got Oscar
Grimes,' whom - the Indians can
get along "without. As for. Roy
rWeatherly apd Roy .Cullenbine, it
was Just ' a trade or outfielders
and take your pick. - f .-
We think the real significance
of the deal is that it shows the
dearth; of' nenj material and the
sudden collapse of the farm sys
tems. ; The .Yankees under- ordi
nary, circumstances i wouldn't: be
out - haggling - over : . ball . players
with ' some - other " major ; league
Club. .. V- :--. ;- ' :.-"' ".: - ;;.-
; Lasryear they, did acquire,
Rellle llemsley. a free agent at
the time, and CaUenbine, but '
both', acquisitions were, made
under the pressure of time and
as emergency moves. Ordinar-'
Ily the Yanks rely on their own .
farm hands to fill any gaps;
Most of the good farm hands
have ben ; called . to the colors,
however, and the New York club
is now . just another ball ; club
probing - around ; trying to . locate
players wherever it can. :- t
As this is written ;. we don't
know whether the Yankees have
acquired Grimes and Weatherly as
a - medium- cf . exchange ' in subse
quent swaps or not. - Ed Barrow
juaaL iritis 010 -
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r J SAN FRANCISCO,' Dec. 2 WvP)
Eastern and Western football stars,
who will be opposing each other '
here-New Year's day. in the ; big,
East-West . charity - game,'- broke -bread'
together Monday In a gath-,
efing that even saw Notre Dame,
and ,: Stanford I players ; patch tip ,
past differences.-. V . r, '. :. .;
; ". .. The occasion Was the annual '.
. luncheon t of the ' game-sponsor- ;
: lng. Shriners' organization to In- .
troduce1 the 44 players invited to ;
. participate in the benefit classic
I for. the crippled children's hos- .
: pitaL t-i-t. -''...'.'. , '. .
- The 22-man Eastern squad ar-.
rived just in time to attend the"
luncheon. The Western outfit
checked in yesterday. " - " .
' Before the ceremonies .were well .
under way, two Nxitre Dame play
ers. Bob; Dove, end, and Harry;
Wright, ffuard. huddled with thre
Stanford . team : members - on the
Western squad, Ed Stamm and
Bruno Banducci, tackles, and all-"
American , guard, Chuck Taylor. . 1
The boys shook hands and .
agreed there were no hard feel-
lngs . as the outcome of i their i
Came in-South Bend last Octo
ber. Stanam, student body pres- -
mens or aianiora as weu as a
standout player, was quoted re-, f
eently as saying the Notre Dame
team nlaveel wdirtv faothall. in
its game with Stanford.
. Dove of Notre Dame attributed j
the hard play in the Stanford
game to the difference between .
the slow whistle used in the east,
with the fast one revailing in the
west, to prevent piling on. .
No Florida
ers
BROOKLYN, Dec. 21P)-The
Brooklyn Dodgers decided Monday
not to train in Florida next spring,
but Branch Rickey, the cluh's new 1
head man, couldn't say just!vhere
the team would go to get ready
for the 1943 campaign. &
Announcing the decision of tre
Dodgers not to do their sprw '
preparedness work in Florida, tuU'x
adding that "the same applies'-"
to the Montreal farm team, Rickey ,
' NEW ORLEANS, Dee. l-JPi ;
Belief exists here that the Brook
lyn Dodgers and their Interna
tional league farm club. the '
Montreal Royals, may switch :
their 1943 training camp to New
Orleans, Joining the New Or
leans Pelicans of the Southern
association, with whom they are ;
arranging a working agreement. -
said, .- " am convinced it is ; the
duty, of" our club not to train at
any point where its: movements
might possibly add to transporta
tion problems now confronting the
director of transportation."
Florida," he pointed out, "is
now largely an armed camp. The
needs of the forces there in hous
ing and transportation are tre
mendous and are taxing existing
facilities to the limit.
fI do not know where our club;
Will train in 1943," he concluded.
morning at the Bay St. Louis,
Mias., training camp..
is a pretty shrewd operator, the
kind of gent who could start with
m jack knife and wind up with
a .bicycle, so he might be pfen
ning" to ' swap around until ' he
comes up " again with the 'best
lineup in the league. .
Weatherly; is supposed to
have had his troubles at Cleve
land, so there-is no mystery
about the; Indians' willingness
to let htm geTTbe same goes for
Rosar in connection with New
York. In that respect the deal
was a boon to both clubs, as
each unloaded an unwanted
player, and each got a capable
player in the process.
All in all, the deal to us really
shows the trend of the times, with
the Yanks going to market like
any basket-toting housewife. ,' f
.-Instead of talking batting and
pitching records,.We have an idea
a club opens negotiations now by
saying:
"Say, ' I , have v three I-A'c
trade you for one 4-F."
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