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IP . sisfi .; juseagiio'' ' R3airatIhiini '(Opsins Bevos Start At Hollywood tiitmniintfiA qdu Tttuesdlay Wide Open Flag Bee Visioned by Experts BT BOB MYERS LOS ANGELES, March-25(AP) The Pacific Coast baseball league, with an embattled history that stretches back to 1903, launches Its 48th season Tuesday and it may be one of 'the most successful and certainly the longest in the nation this year. -; ' Two hundred games are on the schedule before the Marathon win da up Oct. 3. That is 14 more than last year and the extra yard age takes the tlace of the familiar Governor's cup playoff series. The first curtain goes up with the defending champion pennant winners, Hollywood, playing Port land at the movietown ball park, San Francisco at San Diego, Sea ttle at Oakland and Los Angeles at Sacramento. -All are night games with the exception of the Sacramento contest. It will be 'played in the afternoon,' and strangely enough. Is the only game scheduled for daytime at Sacra mento all season, Sundays includ ed. The following week, the clubs switch around and the second op ening day cermonies will find Hollywood at Seattle, San Diego at Los Angeles, Oakland at Port land and Sacramento at San Fran cisco. League president Clarence Row land, - who plans to ' usher in the season at Oakland and have as dis tinguished guest baseball's high commissioner, A. B. (Happy) Cha ndler, has predicted a highly succ essful; season, if not the best In coast league annals. - League attendance last year was 1,751,929, and the figure was rea ched despite the fact that two of the best drawing dubs in the cir cuit, San Francisco and Los An geles, came up with seventh and eighth; place clubs, respectively, and the poor results were reflected at the gate. The league attendence record is 4. 068.432. set in 1947 and which stands as a national minor league record. Seattle, a redhot baseball town. led the league in attendance last year, with 543,434, and did It de spite a fifth place finish. The champion Hollywood club, hampered by a park that can seat a mere 12.000, turned 'em away all season and came up with one of Its best years at' the boxoflice 502,' 445. :-- mere are two new managers this year, and one switch-over. Ralph (red) Kress takes over the Sacramento fortunes, replacing Veteran Del Baker, who will pilot Ean Diego. Paul Richards, fresh from guiding Buffalo to the 1949 pennant, is managing Seattle. Old est manager in point of service Is San Francisco's man in the green suit, Frank (Lefty) O'Doul, who is starting his 16th season as keeper of the Seals. Prospects of the championship contenders at" this stage are on the vague side. Most all the teams re waiting until the major league clubs let loose some of their ta lent and route them to the coast. And with some of the majors it may be 30 days before decisions are made. - Working on the theory of stay lng with the champ until he's whipped, many are picking. Hoi lywood to repeat Manager Fred Haney, in a mas terful Job In his first year with the Twinks, took a team gener ously sprinkled with rookies from the Brooklyn system, showed them how to play baseball and guided them to the . first pennant this Hollywood organization ever won. Hollywood has only a working agreement with the Dodgers but it's been working fine and Haney thinks his club will give a rous ing try for top honors if Brook lyn supplies a little, help. 4 . The same applies to the oth ers jH looking for help from benevolent big league clubs. San Die&o-ihas already received sub stantial aid from Cleveland; Los Angeles has helped itself without waiting for the parent Chicago Cubs to come to the rescue, and the others are still waiting. Oakland has reinforcements due from the Yankees; Seattle can stand hitting outfielders from, possibly the Red Soxj Bill Swee ney at Portland has no formal connection but is very adept at Eolishing up the brie a brae he as; the same holds true for Kress and the Sacramento Solons, and the Seals may get a hand from Pittsburgh. Here, with & prayer and little else is a prediction on the out come: Hollywood, San Diego, Se attle, Oakland, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland and Sacramento. Idanhan Feeds Hu nsryD eer NAVY FENCING TTTLIST DETROIT, March 25-UP)-Navy won the sixth annual NCAA fenc ing tournament by two points here today. The middies piled up 67 points in the two-day meet to top co-defending ' champion Rutgers and -three other schools tied -for second. Sharing the runner-up spot with Rutgers were New York university. City College of New York and Columbia. For Benl Vans, Siakes, Pickups Do Tear Own Hauling. ' Save H Packing Pads and Hand Tracks Famished. Cci&il Service Garage Cor. Ferry and liberty Phont 2-S062 ' t XT 1 J IDANHA, March 25 Maraadlng eoagars in the. hills above this Saa Uaaa Pass tewa In the past week dreve several deer dawn Into the village eatsklrts la search ef feed. The doe pictured above, more held than the rest, weal se far as to accept feed fram dttsenry. Geerre Wllcax. langtlme Idanha reddest, caxes the deer to take monthf al ef sabslsteaee. The winter's heavy snews have also) posed serious feed problem far deer. . . , Yale Runnernpf NCAA Meet Bimdieyes Grab 2nd Straight Swim Toga " . j By Ken Darls COLUMBUS. O., March 25-iffVDiver Bruce Harlan and Free styler Jackie Taylor both two-time winners powered Ohio State to its second straight NCAA swimming championship tonight. The Buckeyes scored a team total of 64 points, well ahead of Yale's second place 43. . Iowa trailed In third spot with 25, just one point ahead of fourth- place Michigan. . (: . Although old Eli lost the team championshin to the Ohloans. Yale's speedy 300-yard medley relay team set a new NCAA meet record of 2:3 L2. The old mark was set in 1948 at Ann Arbor by Michigan. Two other new NCAA marks were established during the night 100-yard backstroke and 'the 100-yard breaststroke. However, both events arc new to uw ncaa meet this year. . 'Robert Brawner of Princeton, who holds the world record for the 200-yard breaststroke, established the new mark -for the shorter breaststroke race. His :59 J was A of a second slower than the world mark and now stands as both NCAA meet and intercollegiate record. . William Sooner of Ohio State set the other hew record by winning tne luu-yara backstroke in :39.i. sonners mark, however, was nearly seconds slower man to recognized world mark. ICCNY Quint, Bradley Win NCS, Baylor Losers In Sectional Finals (Continued from page 12) It was a disastrous season end ing for Holy Cross, a team that won its first 26 games In a row. The Crusaders also were trounc ed Thursday by North Carolina State, 87-74, ending the campaign With a 27-4 mark. Ohio State. ranked second nationally, finished with 22-4 record. Neither Bradley nor Baylor was able to gain a commanding advan tage as the score was tied eight times in the first half which end ed with Bradley ahead 35-32 and three times in the second period before the Braves smashed through for their victory. The score Was tied for the last time at 55-all with seven and a half minutes left. Then came Bradley's drive with Gene Mel- chiorre, Al Preece and Bud G rover carrying the punch. Don Heathington. star of Bay. tor's 1948 western champions, led the scoring with 26 points. He was the big gun in Baylor's drive of the last three and a half minutes that had the southwesterners close to one of the bigger upsets of the year. A packed house of 10,700 cheer ed the seven-point underdog Brig ham Young university team as it led most of the game, gave up the advantage to the Pacific coast champions, 55-54, with less than $0 minutes remaining, then roar ed away for a decisive victory. Brigham Young had trailed 41 37 at halftime, one of its few dis advantages of the contest. Nelson, playing his final college game, got his points on 1Z field goals and six free throws. Teammate Mel Hutchins, center, scored 21 points before fouling out early in the second half. Little Eddie Sheldrake, fireball UCLA guard, hit 21, and Forward Allen Sawyer 16 for the Bruins. It was one of the biggest total scores in the history , of the west era playoffs. ; Olympians Take Tide I INDIANAPOLIS, March 25 -P) The Indianapolis Olympians stav ed off a third-period rally tonight to whip Sheboygan 91-84 and cap ture the western division series A championship of the National Bas ketball association playoffs.. Th Statoamcat, Salarn, Oregon. (Sunday, March 28, 1 8331 ..,.., - " ..... i t ..-.j. i t , . i Traman, 0'Riley Vie Tuesday. Table of Coastal Tides Tide for Taft, Oregon March. 1950 (compiled by VS. Coast it Geodetic survfy, Portland. Oregon). Mar. HIGH WATERS LOW WATERS 27 St Tim 4.42 a.m. 00 pjn. 8:53 ajn. 8:59 p.m. 1M a-m. t:41 pjn. S:1S a-m. 10:1 pjn. 9:23 ajn. 10:44 pjn. 10 Jl ajn. 11:15 p.m. HU 1.7 43 si so Time 11-49 pjn. ll.M pjn. 1:30 pjn. 2:52 pjn 1:42 ajn. 2.39 pjn. 2:40 ajn. 4:20 pjn. 4 Jl ajn. 4:57 pjn. Ht. 0 4 3.1 0.4 SJ 0-2 3.1 00 24 -0-1 I 0.0 NOW, AT LAST! Handy Andy Traman gets his shot at the Coast llghtheavy title belt Tuesday night la the main even ef Match Maker Elten Owen's weekly mat party at the armory. It I has been a long haul far the popular T r a -man, andefeat ed la the local ring . since his r e t a r a from Texas weeks ago. Be has beea after a ti tle shot with belt-holder Irish Jack O'Rlley all the way, bat only aa order from the local eammissioa finally get it far him. The Braaewlar Aaasie whe was dawned by Truman last week la a non-title mix here, has mm 1 v . '"" ;' . " . p Tea BeU beea Insisting he aeeds te take ff weight la order to make the m-peand light heavy limit. Wheather he has made It r aet by Tuesday, his eeveied belt Is at stake. hut week's scrap was a dandy, with Trnmaa trickery coming at ever O'Klley 4aertaess. Tra maa's iatrieato railing grapevine held was the , clincher, applied while O'Klley was arralag with Referee Harry EllUtt. Emiott will agaia referee Taesday. Lea (Pile Driver) Wslllck, eemplllag aa' impressive win re cord for himself here al, gets a top-grade eppeaent la the spec ial. Ted Bell, popular scientific from Jersey faces Walllek this time. Ia the tH pja. peaer Lee Grable, who looked good la his apnea. ranee last week, gees with Jack (Tha Jaw) Upseemb, noted tonghle. All three matches will be 2-of-3 fallen. Slammer 3 Strokes in Front Snead Widens Lead Obi Greensboro iU3ee4 GREENSBORO. N. C March 25-MFVPar golf was good enough for Sam Snead to boost his Greensboro open golf tournament lead to three strokes at the halfway mark today. in siamminz man rrom wniie Biunouropnnu, mr.vaw Tiai-iw-i par on eacn nine lor a s-3 vu Golf derm Czar Idea Discussed GREENSBORO, N.C, March 25 -(VTearing professloaal golfers are discasalng the possibility of operating under a commissioner, aa all-powerful final authority whe weald rale the game in the same manner la which baseball operates under Its commissioner. It was learned from a reliable source that a group ef pros met here last night after the first round ef the Greensboro- open tournament to talk aver the idea. Britain Is developing crocodile hide production in East Africa. to go along with a first round 66 to lead the. field with 136 going into tomorrow? final 38 boles In this 310,000 test over the Sedge field country dubV 6,720-yard course. . Z. J. (Dutch) Harrison, veteran Arkansas Traveler, zoomed into second place, three strokes away, on the strength of the day's best round, a 33-33 66. He cut seven strokes from his first day 73. Sharing third place at 140 were Chandler Harper, Portsmouth, Va and Johnny Palmer, Badin, N.C, Each had his second straight par 70. M-CTTY BASEBAIXEK.S OUT MILL CITY Coach Burton a. Burroughs of the high school has announced that the following Freebooiier lcftor Dm English 'Chaso Half Brother of Irish Plow Horse Easy Winner; Queen's Entry Trails t By Bea Phlegar AINTREE. England. March 236PV-Freebootr. a half fcrofW nt-mtt Irish plow horse, won the "grand national steeplechase today, smash ing -23-year jinx on favorites. Never worse than third, the hand some Coffee-Colored gelding breezed home in the brilliant sunshine id lengths ahead of Wot No Sun. Actbon Major was third, another five lengths back in the field of 49 starters. The favorite's triumph thrilled a . Pair Capture Tennis Titles NEW YORK, March McNeill of New York, and Nancy Chaffee of Ventura, Calif today won the singles titles in the na tional Indoor tennis championships. McNeill, winner of these laurels 12 years ago and the 1940 champ at Potest Hills, was too smart for Fred Kovaleskl - of Hamtramck, Mich- beating the farmer William and Mary college star, 11-9, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2. Miss Chaffee added the singles crown to the mixed women.! doubles titles she won last ninht. The 21-year-old Call fornia glrL unranked because ef illness last summer, defeated Al thea Gibson, first Negro ever to be a finalist, 6-0, 6-2, in a 40 min im ts finale. : Gertrude Moran of Santa Moni ca, Calif., now on a tour, won the women's Indoor title , last year while Pancho Gonzales, now a pro, took the 1949 men's crown. boys have turned out for base ball practice: Lawrence Thorn by, Jerry Swan, Phillip Goble, Bill Hoffman, Dick Kanoff, Den ny Marttela, Gary Peterson, Thd Roberts, Bob Shelton, Harland Gibson, Dickie Syverson, Sonny Nelson. Ollie Mulse, Lawrence Poole, Leo Poole and Bob .Baltimore. The first game of the season Is scheduled for March 31 with Tur- at Mill City. ; ner crowd of 300.000. including the royal family. After the front-run- ning Cloncarrig fell two fences from home, it was easy for Free booter. If was the first time the kins:. and queen attended since 1937 -and ; the gay thousands gave them- a , tumultous welcome, along with the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, and the duchess of Kent. Shells the king's widowed sister-in-law. Monaveen, jointly owned by the ' queen and Princess Elizabeth,, fin ished fifth behind Rowland t Boy after leading In the early stages., Trailing, behind Monaveen i In sixth and seventh place were Ship's Bell and Inchmore, the only other official finishers. , : Freebooter carried 163 pounds. Including green-eyed Irish Jimmy Power, over the 30 hazardous. Jumps of the four mile, 638 'yard route. His time was 923-St com pared with the record of 9:20-23 set by Golden Miller In 1934 '.aad; equalled In 1940 by Bogskar;- , Angel Falls, in Venezuela drops 312 feet, 19 times farther thjuy Niagara Falls. FISHERMEH Boats Trillart By ShepXraft 1 and up j . Place Your, Order : HOW On Display Sat. $!.. 1170 Nebraska . 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