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1 i i -t - . Cleveland God Manas: Toss Towel; OttEers to; Con tiiiiie . iVt Pete McCaffery informs that brother Pvt. i Frank, also a former village softball star in the good old days, js due home on furlough ere long from his chores; in the tank division at Camp Hood, Texii" and claims the vacation ' can't1 come soon enough. "He likes the -army," says Pete, "but, oh, that Texas!" So just list Pvt Frank along with : most all the other Ore gonians forced on Texas for training they . say the Lone Star state is a good place to be M- ' '- ! J ;- - v-- ...... .1 ? xroiii penoa xvctry jrwui eyes peeled for more heroic work by the PT boats and don't be surprised if you read, where Ex-Willametteer'Ensign Joe Murray was one of those in on the "party. Joe writes that he has "one more week at the Portsmouth, RL PT boat train ing school before "shoving off." "Can't tell you where, but they say the weather is grand there and boy, do I look forward sidekick Larry Drury has been transferred back to San Francisco What Our Ex-Senators Are Doin Call this "What Our Ex-Senators are Doin in the PCL" if you like: " , Charlie Petersen, whom the Trisco scribes dote oh calling "The One-Man Ball Club," got himself a hit,! scored a run and handled 10 putouts and 2 assists while . playing first base for, Lefty O'Doul's nine the other day in an exhibition game. Pete also started one double play and completed two others. ; - And Bir Ron Smith hurled three heats for Hollywood against Los Angeles Sunday getting credit for a 4-3 win before 5090 fans in a Navy relief came at Hollywood. The Anrels got one tally off Smitty. Eddie Erautt 'fired the last three frames of the same and was touched for two runs by the Seraphs. And (Hal Sneme. . former Vancouver backstop, caught the latter part of. the game for Los Angeles. ! Reports from San Diego say Alf Cailteaux is having a little trouble Ironing out the muscular kinks he picked up doing construction work over the winter. -". - Bocchi Still Coin to Town Courtster Jim Bocchi of Klamath Falls, to be remembered as he cot CTPPed when the All-State basketball team was an- inouneed, but was good enough to almost personally cive the Pelicans their first tournament title in history, has other talents we see by peekinc at the KF Herald-News. In an Inter-class track session the apple of Howard Hobson's eye heaved the shot 38-feet 5-lncbes to win that event; sailed the discus 138-feet S-lnches (which, incidentally, is 4 inches ever the state prep record) to win that event also; pitched the javelin 139-feet 7 -inches to cop that chapter and then wound np thins by taktnc first plaee In the high Jump with a hop of 5-feet $ Inches. The article doesn't say what Bocchi was doing In his spare time. And Ralph Foster, the bespectacled Pelican speedster guard who did make, thes All-State five, showed where ho gets that cage court speed by nahbing the lOQ-yard Jash in :10 J. ... - ...... As Bocchi's age is listed as 18 well, they have basketball and track teams in the army we've been told. . (Baseball, too, we hope, as we're expectin' any day now.) Grounders and Pickups: Ensign Dwight Aden in town over the weekend to have the young heir christened ... Don't think there's a lot of "I hate you toff amongst the boxing teams at Camp Adair? Just get Sports Editor Pvt. Bob Suskauff of the Camp Adair Sentry to tell yon about it yonll be convinced. Those outfits don't like each other in big pieces, says Ruskauff ... "If Frankie Dierickx can do it maybe we can too," chimes Clint Cameron and Bill HanauskaL Meaning that if Dierickx can hook on with Portland for six weeks this summer after his school's out, the Willamette "new deal" battery of Clint, the ex Sal em and Spokane man, and Bill, Brooklyn Dodger farmhand, figure they can do the same. Both expect enlisted reserve calls wont come until sometime la July, so wouldn't mind spending the couple months in between school out and call to arms on a Coast league club. They're going to try it at least. The door's open for Cameron, as he's a free agent. Hanauska must first obtain permission from Boss Branch Rickey before he messes with another club . . L i Pro Golfers, Women in Same Boat When 'Fessin9 Up Ages By ROBERT MOORE' , RICHMOND, Va April 6P-You can tak it from Wee Bobby Cruickshank that professional golfers are just as touchy as women about telling their ages, but he doesn't mind admitting The -wee Scot" of coif had Jnst missed a difficult shot, and he took time out to talk about his favorite subject, "Looks like I'm slippi ng," chuckled the short, stocky Scots man, who gives 700 lessons a year as pro at the Country club of Vir ginia. "But I'm getting old -48! Course, 111 keep on pecking away as long as I'm able to get around with one of these things. V . "You know, . it's funny about golfers. They're even worse than women. ; Tve been playing with rome big fellows for years, and right today, I dent know how old they are. Several of them were only 37 or M nntll thU war broke out. I'm not going to tell yon their names,' Crutcky grin- - ed. : Cruickshank, who has played golf in nearly every country in the world, thinks that the- greatest player who ever took a swing at a golf ball is foxy Walter Hagen. " The biggest money winner of . 1927, Cruickshank thinks he may take the coin - pocketing DRS. CHAN. . LAM Dr.r.lJjiia.N - Br O 'haaJ.i- CHINESE . Herbalists 241 North Liberty Upstairs Portland General Electric Co . Office ope a Saturday only ' 19 a m to I p o ; t T p- ..n Coiwuttatlon ' Blood prearar and urin tests ' mr tre f ebrg Practiced since 117. r5T iii yhi inn! nfW'Sl 1 ! t .-l:,-.-: j. 5s I if ,. - ,0 y-,; ' 1 I ". . i : 1 . - I JIM BOCCHI to it," Murray also says former honors for IMS. j He won the north and south open champion ship at Flnehnrst, NC, a couple of i weeks ago, and ho still is beaming over the accomplish ment. ; I OL' '98' WW- in 4z rS- r i RETURNS Tommy Harmon, 'who made the number. It famous as an AH-Amer-- lea halfback at Michican. now uses that number as part of the, in- KirnLa on his army bomber. Lt. Session Opens With Surprise Move; 9 Left By CHARLES DUNKLEY -; CHICAGO, April 6-fPy-In a surprise move, the Cleveland rams dropped out of the national foot ball league Tuesday for the dura tion, but the owners of the re maining nine clubs voted to con tinue despite a terrific manpower shortage. j : ; v " i-i, ' r ' The t elub owners of the pro league voted to allow the eo owners of the rams, major Fred Levy and Lieut. Daniel Reeves, to suspend operations on j the plea they were in , the armed ' services and could not conduct the affairs of the team. . Cleveland players will revert to the league, to be - disposed J of among the remaining clubs. Charges "Chili" Walsh, the Rams new coach, estimated 14 or 18 players would be available for the pool. The. withdrawal leaves four teams in the eastern division of the ' league the Chicago : Bears, .Chicago Cardinals, Green Bay Packers and Detroit ; Cleveland finished third In the western di vision last year and seventh in the league, winning five and los ing six. The league voted to defer Its annual- draft of eoUege players until Thursday due to the de layed arrival of Gus Dorais, De troit city councilman and new coach of the Detroit Lions. The national league drafts col legians only after their classes have graduated. Tuesday it was argued that with many colloge stars in the services their classes would be graduated before they returned from the war and that the league should change its rules so as to establish rights to such players even though they had not completed three years of college competition. Pekar to Boss Local Linksmen Officers for the "Weekly Whacky" golf tournaments those every Thursday affairs the Mens club linksmen take part in at the Salem course -were announced Tuesday. Millard Pekar will han dle the presidential duties 'nd take charge of the eats every week,' and Harry Gustafson, Ross Coppock and Rex Kimmell will act as the tournament committee. It was also announced that qualifying- rounds for a city wide spring handicap tourna ment will start next Saturday and Sunday on the South River road layout. Just which kind of Thursday frolic will be held this week is to be announced later. Beavers Award Five Paddlers OREGON STATE COLLEGE, Corvallis, April 6 Major swim ming awards have been given to five members of Oregon . State's tank team for the 1943 campaign. They are Wei ton Hershberger, Hugh Smith, Vic Simpson, Jack Swartz and Emraett Woodward. Coach Walt Adrion's mermen had a mediocre season, defeating Washington State and losing two to Oregon in dual competition and tieing with Idaho for fourth place in the Northern division meet at Pullman. ;le vs. Liberty PRINGLE If the weather clears enough to get in some practice the Pringle. softball team will play at Liberty on Friday, j -o( -) or- x.'JbisJ ? Harmon is now on active uuty. (it? OH1 Sewell By OSCAR KAHAN CAPE GIRARDEAU, M . April HSV'Always the uurufs fled Alabama genUeman. Man ager Luke Sewell of the St. Louis Crowns was philosophic Tuesday over the dlsoenracing outlook for his -team, which , nee was highly regarded as a pennant contender. ' "You dont know anything; about anything this year, he said. 'We're " never going to know where we stand from one j day ;: to the next se well just j have to bo prepared for any-1 thing.; ' Right now, with two weeks to go before the opening of the season there are only three po-; Bearcats Mix With Webfoots At IJO Today After some three weeks of hit and miss practice because of the bad weather and a win and a tie over the State Pen nine already behind j them. Coach Spec Keene's Bearcat ballgamers swing into scheduled action today at Eugene against: the University of Oregon Ducks. -: The modernised 'Cat club, boasting a top-notch" collegiate battery in Hurler Bill Hanauska and Clint Cameron, will be de cided underdogs against How ard Hobson's exceedingly strong Webfoots. Such lettermen stars as Pitcher Nick Begleries, wholl probably twirl for the Ducks to day, John Bubalo, Don Kirsch and Dick Hamel dot Hobson's lineup. ' i Besides Hanauska and Cameron, both jrevitalized ex-professional players, "Keene's club has but three lettermen Second Sacker Art Baird and Outfielders Ben Schaad and Don Barnick. Barnick only recently turned out with the squad after recuperating from a broken foot. The balance of Keene's start ing nine includes Wes Saxton at first base; the Molalla pair Bud Larson and Don Hilton at short; and third respectively and Gordon Kunke in the outfield with Schaad and Barnick. In a tune-up practice tilt Tues day, on Sweetland, the "Regulars" tripped the "Yannigans" by a 10 to 5 jcouni Yes, Keene has just enough players out for the sport to forn two teams. Superlative beltinc by Regu lars Schaad, Saxton, Cameron, Hilton and Larson featured the intra-sonad affair, with one of Saxton's blows beinr a tremen dous' homer. Schaad also rap ped one for the circuit 0SC 9 Nips Adair. 3 to 1 . CORVALLIS, ORE., April 6-P) Oregon .State opened the baseball season here Tuesday by nocing but a Camp Adair infantry team, 3 to 1. i The Beavers scored single runs in the third and fourth In nings, the first on Walt Kirsch ner's single and an infield er ror, and the second on Ray Oberst's single and Don Bow er's triple. The : soldiers nicked Beaver Pitcher King Louderback for their only; two hits in the sixth inning, good for one run. John Mack added the clinshing tally for Oregon State in the eighth, singling and coming home on two infield outs. Score: Camp Adair - 1 t i Orecon State . . - 3 I t Fayte, Fahner, Stevens and Ferret? Cecil, Fraser, Louder back, Frahler and Keelandt, Weisner. Rainiers Engage j Cougar Ball Club SPOKANE, Wash, April The Seattle Rainiers, training at Lewiston, Idaho, will meet Wash ington : State college here Wed nesday and again Thursday at Pullman. After the game here the team will hold three workouts In Lewiston before leaving next Tuesday for San Diego to open the! 'season April 18 against the Padres. . Detroit Pitcher Manders Resigns AD EL, la, April 6-P)-Hal Manders, 25-year-old pitcher for the! Detroit Tigers, said Tuesday night he is through with baseball fori the duration. Manders, who Is classified 3-A, said he has taken a fob on a stock farm near here. Oregon Staters Open Against Duck 4 I OREGON STATE COLLEGE, Corvallis, April Weather permitting. Oregon State's In experienced baseball team will open its 1943 northern division campaign acainst the defending champion University of Oregon, dub at Corvallis Friday after-; noon. Game time Is set for 4 p. m. The two clubs will play a return contest at Eugene ; the following day. i. A Bad weather last week grea ly handicapped the Beaver Philosophic Mver aitlanavaaUfi freni nltching and, catching, settled: en the Crowns nsjnad Qoorgo UeQuian at first base, Don Guttertdge at second and Chet Laabs fat the outfield. , , , ' . (The . Brown squad includes two players from the state of Washington, m r than any ether major leaguo club. They are .Hariond , CUft, . the veteran third ; baseman from Taktma, and Tony Criscola, an outfield er who learned the game as a junior legion and Whitman col lego , player at Walla Walla, Alan Strange, who came to 81 Louis from the Seattle Rainlers two seasons age, has dropped Solom, Oregon, Wednesdar Morning, April 7, 1943 Victor and "fa'' ( After Michigan's Harry Holiday stroke champ Adolph Kiefer (right), in l:sz.s. the two snoon nanus before leaving the National AAU New York. NOTES FROM THE LEWISTON, Ida., April 6.-(P) -Manager Bill Skiff of the Seat tle Rainiers announced Tuesday the signing of a home-town boy, Bill Katsilometes as an outfielder with the Pacific. Coast league club. Katsilometes, who left pro balTin 1940 and has been employed in Lewiston since, will join the club Thursday or Friday. INDIANAPOLIS, April t.-JP) The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Cleveland Indians, 5-3, in an exhibition game before 1,000 fans Tuesday. Bue Righthander Rip Sewell pitched five Innings and was touched for eight of the Indians 10 blows, yet got credit for the victory. Lloyd Diets hurled the last four frames for the Pirates. Cardinal Pair Get Bunged Up CAIRO, HI, April 6-JP)-Pitch-er Morton Cooper, star righthand er of the world champion St. Louis Cardinals, and Capt Jimmy Brown went to St Louis Tuesday for medical attention. Cooper worked through batting practice and complained of con tinued soreness in his back, in jured last winter in a falL Brown fractured a finger joint in an exhibition game Sunday and bruised an elbow. Meissen Gives Up, Goes Home LOS ANGELES, April Meissen, the great flop of the American turf, is headed, home to his native Peru, where he reigned and raced as a champion. . The giant thoroughbred he stands 17 hands was breucht to this country by A. T. Jerglns, Hollywood turf director and wealthy oil man, at a cost of more than SlOO.Mt. Jergins scoured south America for a horse which could win Santa Anita's pre-war $100,000 golden gallop. ' He bought Meissen in Peru and he groomed the big fel low to become a "dream horse" of the turf. But the dream turned bate a nichtmara when Meissen proved to be a dismal failure en Ameri can tracks. - souad In Its preparations for. the comlnc pennant race.. Rain and wet grounds kept the club indoors all . week and caused postponement of three -practice cames. With so many new usen en 3 his team this .year Coach , Ralph Coleman was particular ' Ir anxious to get in lots of out door work and practice cames before the conference season get under way. , Oregon's veteran . team will be favored to win the cham Biccoumgina Outlook est this year. In fsver, of hU Seattle shipyard Job.) LUKE SEWELL AL LIGHTNER Sports Editor Vanquished ronuwwSannaJBl (left) dethroned the veteran back swimming championships pool in Mel Harder, Chubby Dean and AI Smith were the Cleveland ' se- lections, rounds. each working three ' FRENCH. LICK. IndW April 6.-yp Manager Jimmy Dykes was demanding more polish of his Chicago White Sox Tuesday as they cot ready for a resump tion of the informal training se ries with the Cbicsgo Cubs, Wednesday. Pitchers in particu lar cot a hefty coinc over. CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo, April .-(-The St Louis Browns stir red memories of 1942 mid-season hitting sprees with an llj-3 spring training practice game Tuesday. Chet Laabs clouted a home run with two men en base. Vera Stephens and Rick Ferrell each homered with one on. Catcher Frankie Hayes, at richt field for the losers, smacked a triple and made a catch of a drive by Coerce McQuian that! drew praise welL from Manager Luke Se- COLLEGE PARK, Md April 6. -(jF)-Washington Tuesday com- pleted its deal with the Philadel phia Athletics for the purchase of Outfielder Bob Johnson. C 1 a r k Griffith, president of the Senators, made a cash settlement The am ount was not announced;. The Senators will go to the n a va 1 academy at Annapolis Wednesday for a gam With the Davies Takes Prep Cage Job PITTSBURGH, April Hf) Charles "Chick Davies, nation ally known as basketball coach at Duquesne university since 1924, Tuesday night was elected bas ketball coach of the Homestead high school, where he also will serve as a teacher.. " -J ' " Duquesne last week announced the abandonment of all 'sports for the war's duration. ' I Davies' teams at Duquesne won 268 games against 97 defeats. Marines 3, Oaks 2 NAPA, CalifL, April .H"P) Oakland's Coast league baseball club dropped its fourth game in five spring exhibitions'" Tuesday. The Mare Island ; Marines beat them 3 to 2 in 11 innings. pionship again this year. The1 Docks have an aU-ietiermen in field, two veteran ace pitchers and letterman entflelder. Don CeciL the big richt -hand- ; er from Long Beach Junior col lege, probably, will be Coley's starting choice for Friday's bat- tie. Other possibilities for the starting Job. are Andy Frahler, sophomore - right-hander; and Sheldon Wlesenfeld, 1 freshman right-hander from Los Angeles. , ClifWLiexpeeted In ; St. Lento Wednesday, faces the dlsadran- iage of havug missed practi cally all of the war-shortened spring training period. Dell -probably break into the lineup anyway, i although he's a slow starter even nnder normal eoa ditlons.hf . , ; Vr.,v. I r. As a temporary stopgap, Ver non Stephens, who Is 1-A, will bo available for shopstop until his draft board calls him. Out fielder j Glenn McQnUlen win report for military service any day. . Outfielder Walt Jndnlch aJreadyj Is in the army. SeweU, of course, has several candidates 'ready to step Into the breach. Floyd Baker, a .221 Coasters Make Good White, Mayo Regarded by Mack As 'Makings' of A's Outfit 'ijrv j j'- - By SID FEDER j :-. : WILMINGTON DeL, AprU 6-(P-The tip-off on the Phila delphia Athletics this year is White, Tigers, Giants up from the Seattle Rainiers but one of the Detroit and Eddie Mayo, late very late of the New York and Boston Braves, are i 1 - Durdan Held CORVALLIS. AprU S-UP) Don. Durdan, heavy hitting, out- ! flelderj: and all-around sports! star, wUI be missing from the j Oregon j States lineup for the ; opening. Pacific Coast North- j era division conference contest i with Oregon Friday. Dr. Waldo Ball, team physician, said Dur- I dan contracted pneumonia while ; on a recent fishing trip. Durdan's Illness was discover ed Sunday. ; The j great State athlete's loss Is a touch one for Coach Ralph Coleman's nine as Durdan was counted on to hold down an out field berth on the club. ' He led the team In hitting last season with .34. . Limit Cleared On Salmon Bag PORTLAND, April 8-CP)-The state game department called at tention Tuesday to new salmon fishing regulations which have re sulted in some confusion among fishermen. The state bag limit for salmon is flvo'fish in one, day for each angler, the department said, bnt in the Columbia and its . tribu taries the limit Is three fish. The department said the Colum bia regulation was made to con form with Washington regulations since the two states Jointly con trol thiei river. UW Oarsmen In Time Trial SEATTLE, April oMJlVCoach Al Ulbrikson Tuesday scheduled a two-mile time trial Saturday , for the University of Washington crews,1 which must be rebuilt from bow to i rudder. - This . prospective varsity and Junior' varsity crews, defending Pacific coast champions, turned In favorable time trials last fall, but calls to military service have! taken much of the huskies rowing talent since then. , Andy Galbralth, who rowed No. 2 in the junior varsity last year. has been holding down the stroke position regularly in the varsity boat Bums Lecture; Bobo Shows Up BROOKLYN, April g-(r-While majority of the Brooklyn Dodg er baseball team made a tour of Long i Island defense plants in the interests of the bond buying cam paign Tuesday, Bobo Newsom came from Bear Mountain to Join the club. ' The j overweight pitcher, ' who didn't feign his -contract until last week had been left there to get Into condition.. ' -; The: Dodgers canceUed ' their game! With Newark Tuesday and spent! the day talking and answer ing baseball questions In numer ous plants. Snyder to AA League COLUMBUS, O, April -(&) The j American association Tues day acquired Umpire Raymond W. Snyder, 44, of Hollywood, Calif, (from the Pacific Coast league, Association .President George MV Trautman disclosed. Nine Friday: The rest of the lineup prob- ably j wIU consist of Frankie Roelandtr catcher: Spike John son, first base; Don Bower, sec ond base; Joe McCTuskey, short stop;! Bob ChurchUL third base; Vic Brown, center field; and John Ksrsmanos. right -field. , Walt Kirehaer, DeWabso Gal loway and John Mack are three aspirants' for Don Durdan's va cated left field post. Durdan Is out with pneumonia. By Pneumonia rfor Br&zvnteo hitting ahotstop from Saa An tonlo, and Hark CirUtxaan. eomlng back far anctier majir league trial after several yean at Toledo are . the . contestants for Stephens soon to be vacat ed berth,:; .;.,-:T; In "the ' entfleld. the snanager has Mfko Chartak and Criseola as holdovers, MUt Byrnes, a light hitter from Toledo, and the veteran Hike Kreevich, .signed as a free agent. ! The Browns best bets seem to lie in their possible hitting power and in the petentlalltles 4 of their 15-anan pitching staff. The catching will bo competent t .. with Rick FerreO and Frank nayes. .' that Connie Mack believes Jo the ''makings' of his ball club." -They," Mr. McGilllcuddy . tells yen In all seriousness, "will f perk np the team. They were major . leaguers once,' and our club Is mad up largely of young . players." ' ' - ' Now Eddie and Jo Jo both are giving it the good old college try as they work into condition for their trip up the comeback road. But since both have been roaming around the Pacific Coast league, n fast double-A loop, the , last few years, you might wonder how much of a comeback it was to come back with the A's, who ap pear to be going nowhere and in a hurry. Nevertheless, riving the am bling Athletics the benefit or the doubt, the two wandering min strels of the diamond ' still are ' returnlnc to the majors. Mayo labored with the Giants in 1936 and the Braves in '37, bat ting a fearful .199 for the one and a .227 for the other. He has been doing some better-than-bad ap ple - knocking with Los Angeles for the last four years. , Jo Jo toured the Tiger outfield for seven seasons, starting in 1932, before dropping to Seattle. He definitely was , one of the better caselles patroUing the Garden, but except for, one year, when he batted 413, the sixty-two-fifty question for him al ways was what a ball.bat could be used for besides, say, mash- . tng potatoes. ., 1 But they have the sincere good wishes, as well as gaudy expecta tion S, of C. McGillieuddy. Bat then, Connie hasn't any too much icing for the cake this spring. H. Panning Now a Private LOS ANGELES. April M) Big Harry Dannmg, the New York GUnU' No. 1 catcher, will not play any profess tonal base ball this year. Uncle Sam summoned him Into the army, he passed his physical examination with fly ing colors. Denning was temporarily de ferred last December because his wife was expecting a baby. , He Is now n father and a buck private. Iowa Coaches Answer Calls - i IOWA CITY. I A, April nP) Jim Harris, acting head football coach at the University of Iowa, said Tuesday night that he hag been , ordered to report to Des Moines Thursday for his final ar my physical examination. The former Notre Dame play er reeenUy took ever Iowa's football -leadership, when Dr. Eddie Andersen was , commis sioned a major la the army med- leal corps..,';-' Meanwhile, Frank Carideo, backfield coach for the last four.' years, has received a commission in the navy and will be sworn In at the recruiting office at Des Moines Monday. He wUI be a lieu tenant (JG) as an aviation volun teer specialist. ' v ' Gibs 7, Redlegs 2 FRENCH LICK, Ind., April (A-Chicago's Cubs touched two Cincinnati Red hurlers for 11 hits, topped by Dom Dallessandro's ho mer with two mates on in the eighUi to take a 7-2 exhibition game Tuesday.."' ' ' t Dallessandro got his circuit clout off Rookie Vernon Stone, who relieved Rookie Roy Malloy In the sixth. Ilallcry Ikte S & N Clothiers 45 State ... FuTrm