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World Champions "Better 'Offrfflricni ' By t OSCAR KAHAN . CAHO, ILL April 1F-A1 thosgh major league tNM are '"stiH expert men ting with their lineups, .the 8L Lull .Cardinals are la nth excellent 'shape for man- power that It's possible today to predict their : siimral I k e I y batting Walker Cooper. C; George Kar- order. -. Barring the unexpected or 4p : Our village combination of Ben Hogan and Neid Day before he went into the army Pvt. Walter M. Cline, jr.. to you sends a welcome letter from Camp Crowder giving a little low-down on army life in Missouri. And glad we are to hear of at least one camp which isn t starving ior rnnria in-t Tiin?"T"C T nnrt n f!amr Crowder's lav- ' out follows, and should make the surrounding equipment hungry posts more than a little envious: "We have one day a week here which each battalion sets aside for sports. Each company has plenty of equipment, such balls, bats, etc. comolete hard- ball eouioment e v e n horse shoes. Each of the day rooms has a pool table, ping-pong ta bles, etc., and then another day room in which you can read and write comfortably. A nice set-up. -I ' - "We have nor bowling alleys on the post grounds but can go to Joplin, about 25 miles away. j I - "Have met a lot of ex-golfers here pros and assistant pros from all over. One of the companies in the Second army has built themselves a driving range and it sounds good-j only I'm not In the Second army. A lot of us would play, but it is ihard f or us to get out to a course. Also hard to make a game up, as sure as shooting, the duty roster will catch one of us for detail on the Sunday we have made our plans. , I 1 We are now about ready to to ship to oar units, however, so will have to wait till we ret there before any of us can do much along the sports Itae, I guess. ! j "Mr rerards to Ere Kir ind hia flock & wH tH hn and girls up at Perfection, please." Equipment Is Needed, All Incidentally, should you think for athletic equipment, maybe this now bad off the boys are in spots. wtucn lost to the Seagulls here of boxing gloves for the entire 10 As one wag remarked when we learned that at ringside "Bet, . they'll feel more Ijke watermelons to the last gay using 'em." But that's stretching it pretty thin whin a servic&nens fighting team has only one pair of gloves to do 'em for 10 men. Affords another reason why the local Lesion post should be commended for revivinr the game here as it has when one of those teams participate in the local punch auditorium It goes back to the post with a few hundred bucks in Its collective Jeans to bay some of the needed equipment with. j Coast Loop All Same WIL j . No Western International for sure, but WIL fans can point to almost all the Coast loop clubs this summer and single out at least one favorite .who stepped up from the ! B , circuit. There's Charlie Petersen, Alf Cailteaux and Ronnie Smith with Trfeco, San Diego and Hollywood respectively; Morry Abbott. Charlie Schanz and Chet Johnson from Tacoma to San Diego; Hub Kittle and Johnny Stamper from Spokane to Oakland; "Pizin Pete"! Jonas, Jimmy Jewell and Ford Mullen from Vancouver to Seattle; Bob Molitoif from Spokane to Seattle; Don Osborn, Hal Sueme and Bill Wright from Vancouver to Los Angeles; Roy Younkers from Tacoma to Hollywood, and Eddie Erautt from Salem back to Hollywood A few more of the past performers in the WIL now on Coast nines are "Wimpy" Quinn, Los Angeles; Don Trower, Chet Rosenlund and Al Lien, San Fran cisco; Andy Padovan, Seattle (Padovan was one iof the charter members of the Bellingham "Dodgers" of '39); and een old Smudge Jolley is trying to get back with San Francisco. Johnny Pintar of Sacramento Was formerly a Wenatchee Chief. i The only Coast club to have noiex-WTLers at present Is oddly enough our nelrhborinr PortUnd Beavers, althourh Busi ness Bom Bill Klepper says he's after Frank le Dlerlckx. Speaking of the Beavers (pardon, it's "Lucky" Beavers nnvU Tommy Luke, who divides his time between running his Rose City floral shop and being chairman of the Portland Baseball Boosters, ends word that his gang is meeting as the guests of Klepper Wed nesday night, April 7, at 5:30 in the 'new and modernistic, homey of f ices of the -Vaughn Street park' to start the ball rollin Warrf the "most colossal, gigantic, stupendous- opening day in PortiancUnL "It's 20,000 or bust! says Luke. j I Being tomewhat of a skeptic and eyeing the Beaver's open ing day ef 3Iay S as falling on a Wednesday, we'd say offhand ltU a the bnat" mmt the 2S.OOO. Anyway, we're ain- to try ad soake the Wednesday Booster party not merely for the buffet refreshments, but Jut to see all this "new and modernistic and homey" staff at Vaughn street, i Seeing is believing in that -at the Vaurhn Street park,' any way. And even thourh we don't think 20.000 will show np on May 5. unless they sadden? move Camp Adair to Vaughn street, we hope we're wrong. Would be good to set that many people at one sporting event again. Service Stars Spank Padres SAN blEGO, CaL, April -P- Three home runs which produced six runs sparked the service -All Stars to an I to 1 victory over the San Diego Padres in an ex hibition baseball game Sunday., Wally Berger, formerly with the Cincinnati Beds, clouted a four bagger in the third with two mates aboard. Bay Boone, a Cleveland farm hand, hit for the circuit in DRS. CHAN ... LAM Or.T-1 XMn,t n Dv.a.CkaJN CC1NESS nerbalists 241 North Uberty - UpsUtra Portland Oner! Electric Co. Otttcu open Saturday only 10 a tn to 1 p an.; O to- T O aa CoiiBuJtation Blood preaaur and urmo tests are free of chares Practiced since 1317 ' sCiwnu r ' the 'draft indleattoae -are the world champions wffl open the National league sesaou with a team made vp almost entirely of last year's players. Ne other club la either circuit can boast a similar outlook, is Here's the way, it appears, that the Cardinals will re to bat against the Cincinnati Keds April tl: Jimmy Brown, i 2B; Johnny Bopp, i IB: Stan MosUl. LF; ewski, SB; Baxter j Adams, CF Martin Marlon. 8S; Barry Wal ker, BF; Morton Cooper. P. ' A i- W: .:--T t V I ' - 1 ' L PVT. WALT CLINE, Jr. Right the nearby posts are well-fixed will give you an idea of just The Mountaineers boxing team. Friday I night, had matches! ust ONE pair the fourth with one base, and Red McCarty, property of the St Louis Browns, connected for a- homer in the fifth a 380-foot blow. All-Stars . , . , ., , , i 030 410 OOO S It San Dtmgo I i OM O0O-S V 1 Main. Griaaom 3 and Andersen. CrandaQ (T); Dasso. Lamanske (4), Schaax (7) and Ballinger. Cal Grinders Out 57 Strong BERKELEY, Calit, April S-(Jf) Fifty seven candidates for varsity football reported to Head Coach L. B.; "Stub" Allison as the Uni versity" of - California ope n e d spring practice Monday. the un expectedly large turnout was bet ter by five players than last year's. Ysnks 7, Ftf Hancock 2 FT. HANCOCK, NJ. Aprfl 5tfP With Jim Turner,! tfty Russo and Ernie Bonham combining to pitch six-hit ball, the New York: Yan kees j Monday whipped the Ft Hancock nine, 7 to 2, for their second victory, in three exhibi tion baseball fanes- -- - This Is virtually -the -lineup . by Manager CCly Seuth te Ua Utrase.aa4 games. nasi there only eae name la the list new to the Cardinals Adams, the speedy f outfielder ! who batted .381 for Sacramen to. He's a long-ball hitter ef the type Sonth worth likes In the sixth slot of his batting order. Walker was with the Card inals last season and saw fre auent serrice as a centerflcld substitute for ,; Terry Moore, -hanging np a creditable average ef .314. It's On Again 25 Additional Racing Days Granted Bay Meadows Track By RUSS NEWLAND j SAN FRANCISCO, April M-Bay Meadows track, a minor horse racing plant projected into the national limelight a few weeks ago oh a rubber tire question; was granted 25 more day of Operation Monday by the state racing commission. ! ' New dates, starting Tuesday and ending May 8, were ap proved unanimously : by i board members Jerry Giesler, Los An geles, chairman ;Charles Cooper, San Diero, and Georre Payne, San Jose, as the pllmax of a five hour session in which pro : ponents and opponents of the sport were heard. The track, in San Mateo county 23 miles south of San Francisco, completed its original spring dates of 25 days last Saturday. Opponents of the race meet lnr Included several ' clerrymen : and a few women, who appear ed or sent word as Individuals. Their protests were generally based on the arrnments : that , operation of the track was detri mental to the war effort, both from . a physical and mental standpoint. None injected a mor als question into the 'meeting. Of the 25 days, net profits of five will be given to war relief, probably an army fund. Vik Athletes Want Baseball In direct reply to a statement made by Director Athletics Gur nee Flesher at Salem high con cerning baseball prospects for the 1943 season, a group of baseball lettermen organized ; informally Monday to petition Flesher to carry out the baseball schedule this season. r The groap pointed, eat 'that interest Is as high if not higher " than la previous years and that a call for baseball aspirants would bring almost a fall team of lettermen. It Is believed that Flesher was contracted to coach baseball If and when the sport was conducted. Flesher intimated earlier no baseball would be played this sea son. UPROOTED rf At? Ki6AG SUCH WAS X98. AS ACCovWtfeo jzxz ,o4o Rvwsr . jjj Wave-Cutting 'Cody Kids' On the Prowl . Again By WILLIAM E. PHIPPS PORTLAND, AprU .Mff) Cody's ' comely l kids,' ' swim minrs glamor raJs, are eat the prowl aratn They aren't satis fied with 11 American records and four national titles, : ; . So they'll be in the swim at Chlcare next week end for the national AAU indoor champion ships, earning the torch : for ; Portland's Maltnomah Athletle - jMkCdr, who eoaenco anal sponsors the MAC - lovelies tr I these aquatic eoaing out par-! ties, thinks his lassies still have -plenty T rlaaaor to he the talk -of the year and enourh speed 1 to carry til ft few cere cro vines. AW tike Rest this probable starting lineup, Soathwerth baa a ar two for every peaiUoa, That, again. Is more than any other team manager can say, and some of them weald be saying thanks If they eoald pat uniforms on thl CardiudsV second-stringers. And with the way the rest of thej National league elabs are llnlnjr ap tronble here ami ' trouble there, bat with plenty la both places a breexe through the1 league Is visioned aa per fectly possible for Sonth worth's i this Suds to Adopt Leiciston Site I For Keeps? SEATTLE, April 5 The Seattle Times sports writer with the Seattle baseball squad at Lewis ton predicted Monday that the Idaho city "quite likely -will be the Rainiers' training camp for the duration, and possibly for years to come." And wouldn't the laugh be on the Calif ornlans, added Sports' Writer Alex Shults. "If some of; the California clubs followed the: Rainiers Into the Idaho 'banana belt'." He wrote that "a troupe of openly critical Seattle - sports scribes' had become impressed with the baseball-minded city.' "And here's a guess that the Rainiers will do aU right finan cially," he added. "A game in Spokane under the auspices of the Spokane Athletic Round Table will net a guarantee as larre as all the exhibition rates they drew last sprlnr at San Fernando." Jimmie Wilson Gets ' Invite From Landis FRENCH LICK, Ind., April 5 (JP) Manager Jimmy Wilson of the Chicago Cubs Monday receiv ed an invitation from Commis sioner K. M. Landis to drop in at his office when he returns to Chi cago to explain his uprising against Umpire Art Passarrella last week. Wilson's shouts at Passarrella during a game with the White Sox were so spicily seasoned that the umpire thumbed him from the field. By Jack Sords He's paid to think that way, of course, but en paper things look the same way. Bis 1S41 fovsome beasts three of last year's reralars who were as. mere awed by the step-watch than by press cameras Su zanne Zimmerman. Brenda Hel ser and Nancy MerU who nine years ago was called a hopeless Infantile paralysis cripple. The . debatant Is Mary. Ana nansen.! The records, .too. uphold dy " CBthmlina. There are oo many now - national, regional tni itater-that lie bas troutie . remember inr, - but here's . the way he thinks they stack s na tionally: .Slxtrea-year-eU lUzcj htlZi 'Lcmmo AtTkzt-Dkzte 'Cap Whlrlaway, greatest' money winner the $20,000 Dixie Handicap at - U i Salem. Oregon, Tuesday Morning. April 8, 1943 NOTES FROM THE ARKY VAUGHN BROOKLYN, April 5-ff)-First Baseman Dolph Camilli and third baseman, or shortstop, Arky Vaughan, two of the main power hitters, made their belated ap pearance at the Brooklyn Dodger offices Monday and lost no time in starting their tardy spring drill. Their presence made Lloyd Waner the only missing member ef the squad. NAPA, Calif, April S-(ff) Manarer Johnny Verres put his Oakland baseball contin gent through a stiff pepper practice and ball shagging ses sion Monday preparatory to the Acorns' tilt with the Mare Island marines' team Tuesday. Vinee Di BiasL recent acqui sition from the New York Yan kees, and Henry Plpnen were on Verges list for mound duty against the marines. CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo, April 5 -lP) Third Baseman Harlond Clift, delayed more than a week in arriving here because of travel difficulties, will arrive in St. Louis Wednesday and will join the Browns there. Manager Luke Sewell said Monday. Sewell disclosed that Soutnpaw Archie McKain, last of the Browns' holdouts, will join the club In St Louis Friday. . EVANSVJXLE, InL, April (j?- The Detroit Tigers item- 'Slugger' White TKO Bybee in Fifth Heat SAN FRANCISCO, April 5-) Luther "Slugger" : White, negro lightweight of Baltimore heralded by backers as the. uncrowned champion, scored a technical knockout over Very Bybee, tough US coast guardsman, in the fifth round of their 1 10-round fight here Monday night the Ameriean freestyle for Z8t, 00. and 100 ase ters, pins her recently acquired ISO-yard Junior national breast stroke title. - - Susy, a n-year-eW, has the American records in the llt yard backstroke and 44t janlor freestyler for 100 meters. - V Brenda. IS, Is the Ameriean record-holder tn the 22f-yeard free-stTle and !fC9-yeard Ihralor freestyle. - r- -. Mary Ana's only hidt to s tienal fame to date is anember-' shin ca tlsi MAC team that holds the American record In the 400-yard junior relay. The girts - also have stowed away the national records In the i S'.S .-in i i l j i S i at all time, heads field of 32 for Pimllco en May L i Al. LIGHTNER Statesman Sports Editor , steady stream ef player Monday by picking up Bill MeClaren, a rookie first baseman. Down to 24 players, now that Pitchers Hal Newhouser and Hal Manders are huddling with their draft boards, McClaren's announcement that he would re port Friday was welcome news to the Tigers. j LAKEWOOD, N J, April 5 Three members of the New York Giants Monday received notice from their local draft boards to report Tuesday for j preliminary physical examination. They are Ray Berres, catcher; Sid Gordon, third baseman, and Harry Feld man, pitcher. ' All are currently classified in 3-A. Rainiers Eye Bill Salkeld LEWISTON, Idaho, AprU 5-vT) Manager Bill Skiff reported Mon day, the opening, of negotiations for. the possible purchase of a San' Diego catcher f for Seattle's Pacific Coast league baseball club. Without a veteran catcher on the Seattle staff, Skiff would like to pry Bill Salkeld loose from the Padres, who have two other re ceivers. So He'll Keep OnBein9 Mayor MUNCIE. IbA, April 5 Mayor John C. Hampton of Muncie was almost swept off his feet Monday when the Pi rates put on a sham riot Jnst before the flnlnsh of a five inn ing camp game, tn which the rookies beat the regulars Z to L The players pretended to flare np when Hampton, acting as chief umpire, called ont Johnny Barrett on strikes. They dashed to the astonished mayor, seised him and almost had the breath burred out of him before he eaaght on to the fan. Eastern Hockey Stars Arrive in San Diego SAN DIEGO, Calif," April Six stars from the National league arrived Monday to bolster the San Diego Skyhawks fat their hockey series opening Tuesday with the Royal Canadian team from Vic toria, BC - j ' The Canadians went through a brief workout Monday to acquaint themselves with the Glacier Gar den ice,' on which "the initial game of the three-tflt - series will be slaved. . The final two games of the series will be played In Log Angeles, Friday and Saturday. : relay for 400 naeters -" ., yards, and Nancy. Susy - Brenda are current rulers la the . SOO-aaeter medley relay. , Susy stroked the ISO-yard na tional indtridaal ianior medley . relay la 12.1 hero a couple of weeks age. clipping U seconds fresn the "record of Patty Aspfaa all, Indianapolis, bat the AAU hasn't got around to confirming It yet.;: . . ; - ; At the MMWst, Cody's worry is not how the rirts will eesne .out at Chlcaro, but how to keep track of their records. He's afraid heU have to hire a aeo : retary or rive api ceachlnr and v da It himself.-''"'"'' rf"""-'"- - Keep -iSmilm' : M : ThemQ ProfessionalGriM 3-Day Session to De Conducted on 47e Ccaf : Still Play Says Layden; Outlook Tougii ; I - . By DAVE HOFF , t CHICAGO,' April MflVThe national football league re-., quested delegates to its spring meeting to park their long facer outside ;the door Monday night as they checked In for tha three-day parley which opens Tuesday.- WhirlyNo.1 Gee-Gee Named For Dixie Go $20,000 GaUop at , ' Pimllco on Iay 1 i BALTIMO RE, April Whirlaway, greatest money win ner of all time, headed a field of 32 topnotchers announced Monday for the J 20,(ft)0, Dixie handicap May Lrisne of . the high spots of Pimlico'S spring "Street Car meet ing." At the same time, the Mary land Jockey clab reported ap- 1 proval of an additional, five days of horsf racing by the state rac ing commission, and a decision to start1 five days earlier April , Receipts from the extra days will go to war relief. , Calumet .' Farms' who win be seeking Whirlaway, his ' second straight victory in. the mile and three-sixteenths battle, is one of three Dixie money winners from last year again, nominated. : Competing against Wblrly In this year's DUle to be run the same day as the Kentucky der- I by, which is for three-year-olds will e Mrs. Parker Coming's Attention, and Charles 8. How- : ard's Mloland. W. L. Brann's ; Challedon, other member of the quartet which participated in the finish thriller last year, has been retired. : In the 1942 race, Whirlaway came charging through the stretch to overhaul and defeat Attention; Mioland and Challedon in that or der. Also nominated for this year's Dixie is Riverland, conqueror of Whirlaway on one occasion last fall, in the Riggs handicap. Three Games For Bearcats Willamette university's varsity ballgamers, back in action again after their 4-4 tie with the Peni tentiary Greys Saturday, hope to play three scheduled games this week. On. Wednesday not Tues day as otherwise announced the Bearcats trek to Eugene to open their , belated series with Coach Howard Hobson's Oregon Ducks. On Frday and Saturday Coach Spec Keene's crew plays the 383rd division team from Camp ' Adair in a home and home series. . Keene said Monday he would use veteran Bill Hanauska against the Webfoots Wednesday. Just when jthe Oregon nine will , be able to play its postponed game with the 'Cats in Salem is not yet known. Waves in Salem For Recruiting The eyes of Salem young wom en, seeking previews of Easter outfits ' opened wider Monday when 1 they caught . their first glimpse of two natty blue uniforms looking much: like naval officers but gracing two WAVES, Ensign Mary Elizabeth Harper and Yoe man Dorothy Duncan. . The two are in Salem today to assist young women with informa tion about enlisting. Their head quarters are the navy recruiting station second floor 'of the post office buflding. and they will be on duty, from 8 a. m. to 9 p. m. Both ire from , the Portland re cruiting office, r V-V-i ' During their first day in Salem, they interview several applicants, giving information about the pro gram of training and types of oc cupations available: A number of young i women from surrounding communities also called" on the WAVES. ' , Any young woman who is work ing Is eligible for the WAVES or SPARS, provided she can meet the general . requirements. She must be between 20 and 38, have at least two years of high school, American citizenship and no de pendents under 18. . . Opportunities open for young women in the WAVES and SPARS in the 41 different classifications of civilian work will be described by Ensign Harper, r Applicants may' be married if their husbands i are not members of the! service in which they wish to enlist. A woman married to a navy jtnan may join the SPARS and a woman jnarried tola coast guardsman may join the WAVES, however.,.' ; NaU 10, Sailors 4 ; NORFOLK,' VA-. April S-JP- The Washington Senators, of the American league completed a five day stay here Monday by mauling the Norfolk Naval Air station. 10-4. Commissioner Elmer- Layden said the sessions would bo eon daeted on the "we can and wCl play feotbair" theme unless In vestigations should prove con clusively the pre learae can't weather the demands of selec tive service en player person nel. - .1 "It's not 'going to be easy, I know," Layden said. Our .easy source of playing material col lege football ranks is gone for the duration.' We're going to have to work to get players and prepare our teams for the schedule." ' Layden made his often-repeated : confident viewpoint clear to the league's executive committee when the five-man board gathered - Monday for a convention-eve - discussion of league conditions. Meeting with the commissioner Monday were Harry Thayer of the Philadelphia Eagles, Bert Bell of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Fred Man del of the Detroit Lions, and Lt. Comm. George Halas of the Chi cago Bears. This committee's pur pose is to study reports on the 1942 season, including the finan cial sheet which Is in excellent condition, and prepare: ideas on future league policy . for formal consideration by the entire body Tuesday. Vandal Coach HolferVGyp' MOSCOW, Idaho, April 5 Coach Mike Ryan of the Univer sity of Idaho track team protest- -. ed Monday that the score of, his club's Saturday practice meet with Washington State college in Pullman was incorrectly reported as 52 to 43 In favor of WSC. I, Ryan' argued that the results 1. of a 35-peund weight throwing events should have been count ed. Idaho swept the event and the final score, he contended, should have been 52-slL ; - The coach, pulled his competi-, tors off the field in protest Sat urday just before the final event the relay which WSC . then ? claimed by , forfeit Coach Babe Hoilingbery of the host team held that the weight event was a spe cial attraction and not part of the meet itself. : - . L 'Monty' Tunes For Title Tiff PHILADELPHIA, A-p r i 1 5-(P) Bob Montgomery, Philadelphia's No. 1 lightweight' contender, tuned up for his title bout next. month with Beau Jack,! by knocking out Roman Alvarez, !New York, in 27 seconds of the fourth round before 10,000 at the arena Monday nlghti The end came unexpectedly as the two came out for the fourth round of the scheduled 10-rounder. In dose, Montgom ery whipped ever a left hook that Jarred the 21-year-old na tlve of Denver.1 Montgomery : promptly let go a vicious right that landed flush on i the Jaw. Alvarex fell flat en his back and never stirred as referee Matt Adgie tolled off the count. Montgomery, a tophea vy 7 to favorite, weighed 137 to 135 H fd Alvarez. i . Amity Awards Gal Volleyball Letters AMITY Letters for volley ball have been presented to the following Amity high school students: Louise Allison, Mar- rarlet Dereave," No Glaha, Mary Xe Kin;, Doretay Leafly, Lovlse Lawson, Phyllss Mandl go, Mirrarct Gelsler, Donna Warner. Idalla Ames - and. Ln eUle Broadwater. B0SOX 14 - jpU cEUo Bosox 8, 'Baltimore 0 . BALTIMORE, April 5 -)- The Boston Red Sox of the American league took the first of a three game series from the; Baltimore International league club ' Mon day by a score of t t to 0, the Orioles' second consecutive ex hibition shutout. Dayton Game Off DAYTON Because of inclem ent weather the first game of the season for the Dayton high base ball - team Friday was postponed to future date. The diamond was a lake of water and mud. IZd!:ry Uzis S 4 N ClotKiers 450 Rtt ... J '
