in
if;
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Awa
it
lj
' : Scene: The workshop. Time: This week. Enter 6-foot 4
incher of about 220 pounds whom at first we didn't recognize but
suddenly did then didn't know whether to stick around ox; hop
through the window. Why? Well, we had this particular 1 gent
on ine aaiem aenaur nine-iasi
summer as a pitcher -for
awhileuntil the roof caved in
on tthe proceedings, Little Czar
of Baseball Judge W. G. Bram
' ham volleyed the wrath of his
- office at us and the hub-bub of
the whole business aroused both
Repercussions and national in
terest. It's Keith "Luke" Cross
white come back to town for a
visit and "just stopped in to say
hello and thanks for your ef
forts of last summer in my be
half ; As we actually expected
much,: much worse than thanks
from Luke you could have
heard the worried half ol the
meeting relax from a block
away.; , ' . ' . 7". i : j
Seriously though, Big Luke, probably the greatest athlete
ever to perform behind the OSP, walls, says he's doing fine these
. days. Working on the graveyard shift at the Swan Island Ship
yards- in Portland and earning
- to it like, a duck to water.' In fact,
leaving his old stomping grounds a few months ago.
' Got iUe Oht&a&t One Back
T see Eddie Adams and Boy Helser now and then working
,-. .in the' yards. mti Lake, "but don't seem to ret a chance to talk
to either.- '
- Happier yet Is Luke over the fact that he's "got pis fast one
back" the speedball he says he lost whfle performing ; as one of
Warden Alexander's flock some four years back. - j . j
wasn't going to play ball this year, he grinned, "bat
-there were two or three teams after me to pitch for j'em op in
'Portland and I guess that streak of good weather we had awhile
back just gave me the old urge agauC- That and finding my fast.,
one again while working oat one day.! So I've, signed with
Byerly's Sporting Goods outfit. ' . . j j
Incidentally, the Byerly team is managed by Vera JohAson, the
man responsible, along with Alexander, for cooking up ; those two
very successful relief fund games
Penitentiary nine and the Portland
nwvr siguui uu a nut, jlkuii
But back to Luke." He hones to come hack to town
new outfit this summer and pitch
Wolves understands Johnson
' with the' soldiers for Geo. E. Waters park. 1
Crosswhite is also looking forward to again pitching:
Jack Warren and Johnny Leovich, both of whom he reports
playing on the Portland Coast Guard team. .. r - i
We told the State- Street institution's star ex-hurler
former team for some 13 years wasn't doing so well without
the firing line this season, but
"Boy, that's one team Til never pitch for again!''
Hopping Here and There :
l ; Speaking of the woods being full of Smiths, Jones
how about Joe DiMaggios? Camp White. tin the Medford
boasts two Joseph Paul DiMaggio
of each other and second cousins
turned soldier. Still another Joe
other day former New York U
So the Joe DiMag we had at Medford a while back isn't
we'd pay to see play against the
orchard this summer;. . . Add more stars to the Mather Field Fly
ing school nine In California: Tony
hander, and Myril Hoag, Chisox
Meek, All-American gridder for
in charge of the club ... Maybe
ball this summer after all. Hot
peanuts are twice as high now
woman i iasi you inrougn one rauy. And 'alter all, what's a ball
game without all' the trimmings? . . . The Fort Lewis Reception
Center basketballers claim they
division eager In their ranks now.
state's great guard pair, ha-and
Kay Turner, Lew Beck we await
Quins have been secured by the
NOTES FROM THE
DDuDDf IlBnDD (Csmmnps
BEAR MOUNTAIN, NY. April
1 Hhr Skipper Leo Durocher of
the Brooklyn Dodgers was opti
mistic Thursday over the possi
bility that Dolph Camilli, the ab
sent first baseman, would be in
good condition for opening day
April.. 21, but he ; wasn t so sure
about Arky Vaughan. -
jDolph, will get in shape in 10
days,", the skipper said, "but you
. cant hustle Arky. Youll have to
NAPA. Calif, 'April 1 p)
Something of the tempo of the
nation's war production plants,
bit the Oakland, baseball club
Thursday aa Trainer . Jock Jted.
: . put players through- strenuous,
- mass - ealesthenlcs - r which ' he
promised would condition them
la half the time usually needed. -
Dod, former, athletic director
at the San Jose YMCA, uses a
system of Intense floor drills.
SAN FRANCISCO, April J-(n
Del Young, veteran second sackerJ
obtained in a player trade with
Hollywood. signed - his contract
r with the San Francisco baseball
club Thursday.
- The Sai5 'traded Brnnk HnM.
er, outfielder, for1 Young and
Xrenehy! Uhalt, outfielder.?.
. LAKE1TOOD, NJ, April trW
The New York Giants showed '
snore., pllching ' than , hitting .as
they ; went 'through ; an eight-;
tznfir i-tra-sinad game Thurs
day. : - :
: I The -v. , "varayyt and . i h o
scrubs? played scoreless ball,
etchteani ,coHecthix: enjy, four
. rf!ts.c - j. '-
; T A cntrev . r A T7 V K T -. Inril 1
St- Charley jlcller, slugging out-iiiclder-who'
v,.-s.a holdout .'until
recently, took -hia, first workout
iv.ts e New JTork Yankees
lliursuay and at the. finish ap
Wildcat
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A ----- i
armory uo
t - - y-
"LUKE? CROSSWHTTE
a ' buck-thirty-eight an hour takes
says he's gained 12 pounds since
last year in Portland
between the
Air Basers.
with j his
against the Camp Adair Timber
has attempted to arrange al game
against
as now
!
that his
him on
Luke, nailed us right there:
ft
and
Browns,
Sector,
cousins
and Joseph Frank,! first
to Joseph Paul, the Yankee
Clipper
DiMag turned up in New York the
ballplayer and now a soldier, too
Timber Wolves in our local apple
Freltas, Sacramento's No. 1 left
outfielder. ! are there, i And Johnny
California In 1937 Is the;! lieutenant
it's a good thing we won't -hive WIL.
dogs will be shorter and skinnier.
as they ever were and a dime bag
have still another crack Northern
He's Lew Beck, half of Oregon
Don Durdan. Ye gods! Gail Bishop,
word that Bill Morris and Fred
KC men wot a team!
peared to be in tip-top condition.
. Tiny Bonham and Keh Sears,
pitcher and . catcher respectively,
were back in, uniform after fight
ing off the flu germs.
r
ViklDiamo
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d
Interest Sags
i Athletic Director Gurnee Flesh
er of theeVik Villa predicted
Thursday no baseball; team! for
the SHS prepsters this: spring but
w 1 1 h-held a definite statement
"until we have a chance tb check
onTprospective aspirants." 1 ' j
1 "There seems to be Uttle In
terest in the diamond sport this
spring, Flesher stafedjt "and
unless the' kids signify they want
to have ; a team we 'probably '
- wont have on. " J . iy )
I Flesher also said games could
easily be scheduled .with such
schools as Albany, Corvallis, Eu
gene, Oregon City, Mllfwaukie,"
WoodDurn, ' Chemawa and
ton" if' need be." 'r j
Silver
TVT - 1 m. m J. i
in orueri x urns
xniuncs juoivn
PORTLAND, Orei Aprfl
-Ted Norbert, " the IPaCiflc Coast
league's 1 champion jb a lit r - and
home run "i hitter last I year, said
Thursday he has- no intention of
playing this year with .'Milwaukee
of the American assIation- to
whom he .was sold! by the Port
land Beavers last "week. JL . f
i The big outfielder tali, "The
only place I will play baseball
this year wCI' be with k Coast
league team, "I'd Just as soon
work in a defense plant as re
port back east." M p
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C7 O
Third Soldier
Saving Session
Set for 8:15 :-
Winning Team Rleiels
Cocky 'Dog Outfit
The ' local American Legion
post's . third - semi - monthly , all
soldier amateur fight card, feat
uring the! Seagulls and Wildcats
teams of. Camp Adauv swill ;be
battled off at the armory start
ing at 8:15 tonight, and as has
been the case in the previous ses
sions,'' tonight's get-together ap
pears to be definitely " no'V4-F
punching party. ' . ' ; ( '
' I Both the 'Gulls and 'Cats are
meeting for the right to take
Crack at the undefeated and
chesty Bulldogs two weeks
hence, and as getting a shot' at
the Togs Is as palatable to the
soldier swingers as filet mlg
non Is to John Q. Public these
days, the - action on the even
ing's card Is expected to be
nothing short of staling.
Both outfit? have been train
ing diligently according to. re
spective team bosses Capt. Al
Gridley of iht 'Gulls and CpL
Siscoe of the "Cats. ' Furthermore,
two entire " sections in the. local
punch auditorium have been gob
bled up by the khaki-clad bacK
ers of both teams, so the fighters
won't want "for "moral and vocif
erous support'
All in all. indications point to
a packed 1 house for the beak
busting festivities. .""'-;
Ten' bouts have been lined up
along with an unannounced
feature attraction. No less than
four of the three-rounders have
been tabbed as topnotchers '
prelims between lightweights
Lee Surface- and Juicy Judd
and middleweight Johnny
Cruickshank and L I g h t n Ing
Llnd, Surface, and Cruikshank
of j the 'Gulls: the semi-wind-up
between 'Gull Louie Beni
vedes and Eddie Eppinette, s
, pair of lightheavies; and the
main event between 145-pound-ers
Eddie "Jitterbug" Collins of
the 'Gulls and Bobby Sermlno
of j the 'Cats.
The balance of the card, 'Gull
team men named first in each in
stance: Joe Easley vs. Duke De
Vore, lightheavies; Manual Mar
icco vs. Kid Kirchen, middle
weights; Frank Gracia vs. Don
Morris, "bantamweights; Hugh
Luby vs. Sid Smith, middle
weights; Frank LaBella vs. Kid
Encinos, lightweights, and Bob
Moses vs. Mac MacDaniels, wel
terweights. -
Up to Thursday night neither
Gridley or Siscoe came to terms
on the matching of a pair of
heavyweights for the card.
Should they compromise on
same before tonight such about
will be added to the pro tram.
Chicago Skipper
G:ets Early Start
FRENCH LICK. Ind April 1
(JP) -Jimmy Wilson, Chicago
Cub's boss, was chased off the
bench first and then off the
field by Umpire Art Pasarella
Thursday as the Bruins came
from behind to beat the White
Sox 4-2 and square their in-
formal spring training series at
ohe-alL'
Wilson's banishment came In
the fifth Inning after Stan Hack,
who had singled, was tossed out
trying to steal home.
Q
N THE SIDELINES
Star, iav
CHICAGO
tie is a saibsmaA For m
Oti. FIRM AiP vJfe?UU
-fo SfiCK AT -w B Jo
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' U9S ol
EPCRt3 AS
rCAA litis A
. .. .a i.. .a -w m
'Gull Gladiator,
BOB - MOSES, ' Camp Adair .Sea-
gull welterweight,, who punches
It out with Mae MacDaniels of
the Wildcats tonight at the arm
ory In their part of the 10-bout
; card. Moses, a smooth-working
customer, was counter-punching
: out an easy win here two weeks
ago when he got In the way of
a wild haymaker and got him
elf kayoed. He says hell keep
out of the way 'tonight. (Signal
Corps photo.) . ' . :
OCEVScott
MONMOUTH Terry Scott of
Oregon City, former student ath
lete here, is now in the ( para
troops stationed at Fort Benning,
Georgia. Reports have reached
here that' Scott was ' a star bas
ketball performer this year for i
Fort Benning team 'which defeat
ed several potent southern college
teams. "" '' j ' '
Robert Reed of Amity, an.'
other of OCE's former ; basket
ball players, has earned a lieu
t e n a n t's commission . In the
army ana is stationed some-
here in Maryland.
Saflors Slap
Nats, 10 to 5
NORFOLK, Va., April MP)-
The Norfolk naval training sta
tion's star-studded baseball team
opened its 1943 campaign here
today by routing the Washington
Senators of the American league,
10 to 5.
Freddie Hutchinson, former
Detroit Tiger righthander, and
Charlie Wagner, late of the
Boston Red Sox, hurled for the
sailors. Phil Rixxnto; ex-New
York Yankee shortstop, got a
400-foot homer, a double and
a single and Bennle McCoy, who
played for the Philadelphia
Athletics before entering the
navy, clouted a homer, double
and two singles.
Cleveland Rook Quits
!
LAFAYETTE, Ind., April !-)
The Cleveland Indians' outfield
problem became more! acute
Thursday as Fabian Gaf fke quit
the tribe's training camp, j
Gaffke left a note to Manager
Lou Boudreau saying he was "no
good for anything but a bush
league,
playing about once a
and that he was going to
week,'
work.
-
By Jack Sords
1942 A4p
lit
SUPS
MAJoKS WrTM f4.4"&Ur61'tCS
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Paratrpope
--'it- jvr'. 1 - I
JjVo April Fool-Al SimmonsiRehlly Coming Back
By JUDSON BAILEY.,
MEDFORD, Mass April 1,
fS'r-To the fans who saw Al .
$immons faltering downhill In
he National league a couple of
fears ago it may sound like an .
April fool gag -to say that the
fuee great slugger is hoping to
play a lot of. outfield for the
oston - Red Sox this year. i
Bat Simmons Is . so deadly
ferions about making a come-;
back t h a t . he may. convince
Ifanager Joe, Cronin he deserves
r be' in left field on opening
day. The . big, fellow. - who was v
ne of Connie Mack's galaxy of
stars 15 years agoGrove, Foxx.
Coochrane Dykes' and company
Saloni, " (proton, Friday
1 1 "
oming Dunks Saints
52-47 in Red Cross Go
i niun . xjivt Apnx a-vtTt
vfinners whipped St. John's
champions, 52 to -47 in an overtime battle before a Red Cross
benefit crowd of 18,316 at Madison Square Garden Thursday
night. ; ... : .
F Five pouts by'St. John's tn
the last minute of play, after
Tslg Milo. t Komenich had been
Wayed to the sidelines on four
personal fouls,- tied the score
at 4S-40 and sent the -climax of
the double-barrel tournament
Into an . overtime -session. - Al
' MoschettI took a p a s s from
little Hy Godkln In the last
! eight seconds to knot the count.
1 1 The two tournament champi
ons, playing before a crowd that
turned approximately $24,000
oyer tb the Red Cross, were as
evenlv matched as the score in
dicated. They battled through
nlD and touck first half before
Ken Sailors and Komenich went
on a rampage in the last five
njinutes to send the Rocky Moun
tain boys off the floor with a 30-
2f lead.
A St. John's with Harry Blr
Boy Boykoff leading the at
tack, struck back to tie the
Score at 34-34 with 10 mtttutes
pf play remaining. The score
board read 36-36 when Sailors,
lanky Jim Weir and Komenich
teamed to send the cowboys
away to what appeared to be a
safe 42-36 advantage.
The Indians from Brooklyn
kept driving however, and when
Komenich was charged with his
fourth foul, they really shifted
into high. Fuzzy Levane, Boy
koff, Larry Baxter, a set-shot
artist, and Moschetti combined to
sbuare accounts.
i But in the overtime. Weir be
came a one-man gang as he char-
rfed throuch the St. John's de
fense for five points and was a
bulwark on the defense. St
John's lone scoring effort was a
foul shot by Baxter.
J Komenich had a slight mar
f gin over Boykoff In the battle
loir giant centers, tbe Wyoming
pivot man counting 20 times to
Beykoffs 17. f
I In a came between the two
tournament runner-up George
town defeated Toledo 54 to 40.
1 The box score:
I WTOMINO O
F
Sailors, t 5
11
Weir, f -
-S
.0
0
s-
0
- 0
20
Waite, f
Reese, f
Komenich,- c
t
oUcer. M" :
oney. -
1
I
'.0 ;- O
1
10. 14
Uins. g -i -
0
2i.
82
ST. JOHNS
'S
uruer,-- X
ertts. I
mrkoff. e
19
if
Maochetu.- C
pUatamura, . g -
fkttkin. g
8
.-. 0
;'S
47
30.
Totals
IS 11 . 13
time: , Wyoming
Score at half
i score at - ena oi rtguur - pi-j "
im -WramiiW 40. St. John 40.
T " .. i " i. m I.. C.I1-
ra S. Volker. Collins 7. St, Johns. Boy
i Officials: Pat , Kennedy and Joe
Enter Finals.
!
PINEHURST, C; . April JHP)
Dorothy Kirby and- Jane,. Crum,
favorites from the start; met little
trouble-Thursday in disposing, of
their opponents in '.the" north and
south women's golf semi-finals.
j Miss . Kirby; of Atlanta; defeated
Mrs. W. G.'.Bbggs. 7 and 5. Miss
Crtom, of Orangeburg,'' SC closed
out her .match,: 4 .and. 5, .against
Clenna Collett Vare. -
JVcelGoalie Leaves
LOS-ANGELES, -Apr 11
iValter'Turk', ;Broda, one of the
Kational Hockey . league's - most
colorful, goalies; left - Montreal
Thursday,-, for San, Diego to par
ticipate- , with ' .to e .saynawas
against . the Victoria ; (BC) navy
team in he .border city next.Tues-
Additional Sports
ICirby
On Page 16 ,' ;
AL SIMMONS
AL LJGHTNER
Statesman Sports . Editor
Morning. April 2. 1943
wyommf s nauonat couegiaie aa
invitation' basketball taxirnament
Top Gee-Gees I
WiUGaUop
lUISVHJLE, Ky; April
Whirlaway, money winning
champion; Rounders, his conquer
or in the Arlington handicap; Al
sab, last season's outstanding
three-year-old, and Rhymer, win
ner of the 1942 Widener handicap,
head the 56 thoroughbreds named
for the Churchill Downs handicap
April 29.
A mile event carrying an add- '
ed value of $2,500. the race run
annually on the -Thursday pre
ceding the Kentucky Derby, al
so drew as nominees Miss Dog
wood, top-ranking filly; Aon
barr, a leading winner of handi
cap honors: ' Valdina Orphan,
one of last year's leading three-year-olds,
and four derby elig
ibles. Ocean Wave, Marchon,
Legislator and Galladon.
Boeing Horse
Not Too Bad.
By SID FEDER
NEW YORK, April 1-iflPV-The
cracked front foot which will keep
W. E. Boeing's highly - regarded
Devil's Thumb out of the Ken
tucky derby, the Preakness and
the rest of the spring's rich races
for three-year-olds, was described
Thursday as a; wound "no bigger
than a dime," but one threatening
serious injury if not treated.
The Thumb, put out of action
for 60 days, was an 8 to 1 shot
in the derby : winter books and
was generally regarded ' as the
most' serious : barrier to Count
Fleet's threatened monopoly of the
three-year-old money." . .
THE OLD JUDGE SAYS...
7 "Had any news from Qeorge and bis family
- since they xnoved away. Judge?" ?, -
' "Yes, I had a letter from him day before
. yesterday. He's in Kentucky.:, the family's
r :. fine and they all like it there.1 George says .
. he has a fine job to a beverage d&tfilery. ;
. He brotight out an interesting poiiiit ia. bis
-. letter. 1 hadn't thought of before. Ie.said
that whfle.the beverage distillers at ork-
; ing 2 hours a day, 7 days a wedc,tunin2 ,
ervel) as a coach of the Phil
adelphia Athletics last - season
and probably eopld have been
one of the pensioners t h e r e
again tWs year. However, he
chose t try aplaywg comeback
i
at the &e of 40f
During the winter he " con-
tacted General HJUnager Eddie
Collins, " and w-as ? hired Quicker ;
I than yoa can sajf the Red Sox
have lost Ted lVlUiams, Dom-'
i Inie DUlarrio and Lou Finney i.
from thib: outfieid. ; . V
In the middle j of ; February ;
v Simmon) went . to Hot Springs.
J Ark akd beg a n a1 rigorous '
traininr prorram a I a b g with
Arjrrisjriiihg; -'Faces :. i. :
- Garden Get-TpigetherW
,. Jack Toiiigiit Haiik's Big Chance ,
? i By-SID FEDER "
NEf YORKjAprU l-(iiP-The Hammer comes back to Madi
son Square Garden Friday: night for the "biggest fight'' of his
life. ' I " , . . .
Gonl are the three championships he once held and there's
no title pn the line this time - as he .tangles in a ten-rounder '
HENRY ! ARMSTRONG, his big
chance tonight. 1 .
G)nnie
es
Coast Pair
ft .-
I. : i . ft .
WILMTIiGTOnJ Del., April 1
JPy-"l like Eddie llayo and Jo-Jo
White," fc&id Connie Mack Thurs
day, ftiierre certainly the best
looking i4ir of al our new men."
May o. ana White are doui re
turning! to the big time with the
Philadelphia AtheUes aftef so
journs Id the. Pacific . Coast
league.- ' '.- . J.. ,. ' . 1.
"I nevfir did thihk White should
have j been waived out of the
league when Detroit let him go
four yeafs ago," 3Slack continued. :
i -
'Daffy' Looks
mkioidSeif
CAPEgIRAIID1AU, Mo., April
1 -() aul Dean, new acquisi
tion to I the Stj Louis Browns'
pitching; staff, wbfked like a com
bination; of "Dizzf and Paul" for
two innings of his first practice
game Thursday, striking out two
batters ahd holding the others
hitless.;?! . . . .1 . ' ;
. But ii the thrd he gave up
three nits and a run. He said
afterward, "I didn't have a thing
but ' m guarantee you my . arm
wiU be all rights It feels fine.'
The intra-squad game ended in
a 2-2 tie. ! ij 7'
lkV f&y -2
;7, jmmm
2
S v . . ..".. : .. .;. - ;
out war alcohol' for the government for
ammunition, tires,' medical supplies and
; chemicals, they stia are able to account for
f ' nearly a billion and a half dollars in taxes
j? each year. That's on account of the fact the
beverage distillers, though working 100
;; for the rpverxunent, are still able to supply
the public with beverages from the reserve
i stocks made durmg peacetime
' "Quite an unusual case, isn't it, Jim?"
t
if!
. Cmrfm
Whitlow Wyatt of the Brooklyn
Dodgers and Al Lopes, the vet
eran catcher ' of "the Pittsburgh"
Pirates. He ran and ran and ran
at Hot Springs, took the baths
and above all placed himself on
a diet. -, !;: "
In tbe workouts at the Tufts
college . baseball cage, Simmons
wears an oilskin sweat . Jacket
and a big torkish towel around
bis neck and labors harder than
any. rookie. . , r .
Cronin has been Impressed.
' file's so .enthusiastle and so
determined that, you've got to
say . he has a chance,' , Cronin
commented. -
with strong, tough young Beau -Jack,
the kid he once taught how
to fight . But to Hammer, it's the
most important brawl ' in all his '
career, because he wants to show
the "wise guys" that he's hot a
washed up old man. v ; 1 :
i The. Hammer, of course. Is -
Henry Armstrong," Lit Fernet-
j ual Motion of a few years back
) when he was boss man of. the :
; welterweights, .the lightweights.
. and the. featherweights the. '
; only man In ring history to
'. hold , three crowns shnultane- :
eusly. Two years ago, the ex-
perts wrote his fistic -obit." ,
, They said he was through for '
; keeps after Fritsle Zlvle " beat '
him up twice In a row... ' 2
i He waited, recovered ' from his .
ailments, then started - up the .
long rocd back just "to show :
'em." He had 18 fights in : this
comeback, won 16 of them, but
except for a revenge over Zivici
Friday's tussle is the one he's
wanted above all others. Because "
it was in the Garden . ring that ,
he bowed out the first time and :
the "smarties" buried him.
This corner, having watched .
: Henery hammer husky Al TrI- "
buanl who. outweighed him by
12 pounds Into a one- , - '
-sided defeat ten days ago, tabs
Armstrong to finish on top. The
Hammer Is still the same rip
tearing, always-advancing war-'
rlor he was la his heyday. He's
' little slower now,' but he
sets" more for his punches and '
has more power In hb right
: hand. On the ether hand, Jack,
although he's always moving In
and . throwing punches, knows
little of defense. And while a
weak defense doesn't necessar
ily have to be fatal, against
Armstrong, It can sure lead to
. some unpleasant lumps and
bumps. : -
Redwings Cop
Initial Came
DETROIT, April 1 (iT)- De
troit's rampaging. Red . Wings
streaked through Boston for six
goals, gave the Bruins a sound
6-2 thumping, and climbed the
first notch toward possession of
the Stanley cup In the first game
of the final series before 12,562
fans In Olympla Stadium Thsrs
day night,
t f AkmhtUi BtrtTft TnJtrits, lot.
i i