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' ' THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. MARCH 14, 1945
Big league Faces
Additional Miles
And More Games
By Walt) Byers
(United I'roui Stuff Corr,etfMondt;t)t)
Chicago, March 14 (IP The
American league today released
a 194 schedule calling for nearly
6,500 miles more team, travel and
19 more trios than last year.
President William Harridge
told the United Press, however,
that the league, would accomplish
the 25 per. cent travel .reduction
called for. 'in the voluntary pro
gram baseball : submitted to . the
office of defense transportation
by "the elimination of the all-star
game, reduction ol rosters ana ai-
lowing umpires to stay . in one
town longer."
After being discarded for
year, the schedule returns to the
usual custom of having the sea
son open in Washington, with a
single game on April 16 with the
other clubs Jumping off the fol
lowing day. As in the past, with
the exception of 1944, New York
will co to the capitol for the
onenor with a possibility that
President Roosevelt will throw
out the first ball.
Milcnire Added ,
The Yankees will return to New
York to open the season the next
dav against the Boston Red Sox
thus, adding 650 team miles to
the 1945 , travel schedule wnicn
were eliminated last year.
In the other openers April 17,
Chlcaeo will be at Cleveland,
Washington at Philadelphia, and
Detroit at St. Louis. In the sec
ondary openers, April 20, St
Louis will be at Chicago, Cleve
land at Detroit and Philadelphia
at Boston.
The, 154 -game schedule will
close on Sept. 30.,
Taking advantage, of unlimited
night baseball, a total of 123 arc
light contests have been sched
uled with the. Browns, 1944 pen
nant winners, leading the way
with 43. The.Senators have sched
uled 38 and the White Sox, Indi
ans and Athletics 14 each. In ad
dition, there will be 12 twilight
games seven at Detroit, four at
Washington- and one at Philadel
phia. Long Trips Billed
The eight teams will make a to
tal of 247 trips under , the 1945
schedule wtlh - total mileage of
,91,391. In 1944 they made: 228
trips with an, aggregate mileage
of 84,921, a difference of. 6,470
miles.
The reduction, Harridge ex
plained will be in ."man miles"
. rather than team miles.
"The clubs have been ' ordered
during a short trip to take only
players who probably will- play,"
Harridge said. '"The umpires will
work In one town longer and the
elimination of the all-star game
will' keep players, fans and writ
ers off the road. In total that
will reduce, traveling by 25 per
cent at the end of the season
May Cut Travel
Harridge, together with Presi
dent Ford Frick, will confer with
J. Monroe Johnson, ODT direc
tor, again Thursday and at that
' time may make further revisipns
to curtail travel. They will dc
termine at the meeting whether
to play exhibition games during
spring training.
Johnson made it clear, how
ever, that, the ODT had made no
requests.
"No orders have been issued
no order Is contemplated and no
orders wlll.be necessary to base
ball because theyve been very
cooperative, Johnson said..
A spokesman for Johnson, as
suming that the Increase in the
1945 schedule was in team miles
rather than man miles, said
"We have no reason to believe
that major and minor lengue
will not be able to cut their pas
senger miles totals by, at least
25 per cent this season."
Redwings, Bruins
Battle to Draw
(Ur United Prim.)
Fifteen months Is a long time
to wait to cot rcvenRo but Hill
(Flash Hollett of the Octroi
Redwings figured today that he
had balanced the books against
his old team mates, the Boston
Bruins.
The Bruins, wanting a victory
badly to improve their status in
the race for a Stanley cup playoff
berth In the National Hockey
league, had to settle for a 2 lo 2
tie last night. Hollett got both of
Detroit s goals. Ihe game was
Played at Boston.
When Hollett was traded to De
troit 15 months ago, he didn't
want to go and even threatened
to quit hockev. Leaving reluctant
ly, he set about on his personal
revenge campaign and it probably
isn't any coincidence that the
Bruins dropped 15 games in a
row to Detroit during that time.
Last night's tie was the best they
had done against Detroit since
Hollett left them.
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within a month.
Hagg, holder of six world track
records, has been unable to hit his
record-breaking stride since he ar
rived in this country, March 1,
but his blonde girl friend says he
hasn't slowed down a bit as far as
she is concerned.
'We will talk about wedding
plans when he arrives," she said.
I don t know, anything definite
about the future except that we
will be married soon, probably in
Chicago." "
igers
ef First Break
Coasting Along in the Sport World!
(liy United Pre)
With the rumor squelched that
the slate basketball tournament
might be postponed because the
state legislature is still In session
in alem, 12. high- school hoop
teams the . cream of Oregon's
crop-T-got set to do battle for the,
stau?. A and B championshipc,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
lit the A" tourney slated to
get underway Thursday with two
afternoon and two evenlrig games.
meaiora s unbeaten Tigers appear
to have drawn an edge over two
otner favorite teams in the tourna
ment schedule.
The Tigers draw unheralded
Vernonia in the opening evening
game tomorrow while the other
two favored teams, Washington
of Portland and Eugene's Axmcn
must race each other in the first
afternoon game of the tourna
ment, thereby assuring the. elimi
nation of one.
Game Lined tip.
In the second afternoon came.
Baker, the last team to qualify
lor tne saiem atralr but nonethe
less regarded as one of the logical
teams, win lace Newbcrg's "dark
horse" crew. In the final night
fracas, Hlllshoro's Spartans will
square off against Oregon City.
Meanwhile, the B schools will
By ,!uck Cuddy '
(United I'rewi Stuff Correspondent)
New York, March 14 'IB Presi
dent Roosevelt's 1945 okay to
baseball was the most important
sports pronouncement since Pearl
Harbor. It was far more signifi
cant than his experimental "green
light" of 1942.
When the president in effect
Said "play ball" at yesterday s
press conference, his attitude in
dicated clearly that professional
baseball the nation's key sport
had passed the hump. That it had
proved its worth in the war effort.
F. D. R. gave a reassuring go-
ahead to the diamond game just
when the nation is approaching
Its peak in fighting, production
and casualties. He gave It when
congress Is wrestling wun me
mannower problem. He gave it
when the country is still adjusting
Itself to the drastic curfew, .and
when the turf world Is still hoping
for a removal of the racing ban.
The combination of these vari
ous conditions' produce a situation
of such gravity that you can bet
your last ; buck the president's
okay followed through investiga
tion and long deliberation, iou
can bet also that if he were not
completely convinced that base
ball had proved lis wartime-worm,
yesterday's words never would
have been spoken, and the na
tional pastime would have gone
the way of racing and late-niglit
entertainment. It was too touchy
a problem to kiss off with spur-
of-the-moment pleasantries.
It is true that the president
modified his blessing by repeat
ing that he ditl not believe base
ball should use perfectly healthy
men who could do something
more useful in the war effort.
To us this seems aminor modi
flcation because of the words
"perfectly healthy." Although the
uresldent. as usual, was not quot
he chose the words "perfectly
healthy" to serve as a red light
for over-zealous draft boards and
examiners who, during the past
couple of months have been in
ducting into service players pre
viously classified as 4-V. Because
of this apparent discrimination
against 4-F players, the major
leagues were losing so many sea
soned performers that some own
ers were becoming genuinely
worried about being able to put
worthwhile teams on the field.
This "red light" was nicely bal
anced as follows: perfectly
healthy men who could do some
thing more useful in the war ef
fort. In other words, the presi
dent did not wish draft boards
to bend backwards, cither, be
cause of his approval of the game.
He did not want them to spare
players who S H-O U-L-D be draft
ed.
Gil Dodds facing
Loss of Record
Boston, March 14 IP Distance
runner Gil Dodds, who gave up
his track career for the. ministry,
said today that if the Amateur
Athletic union wants to get tech
nical about his world indoor mile
record, they will have to change
a lot of other marks on the books.
Disappointed because Secretary
Dan Jerris of the A. A. U. said
that his 4:06.4 mark set in Chicago
last year would not be allowed,
Dodds said that he would have to
leave the final decision up to the
organization's rules committee.
Ferris said that the mark, . on,ce
approved, would be ruled out be
cause the track on which It was
set lacked a curbing.
Held No Advantage,
"I don't believe that the lack of
a curbing gave me any advantage
in setting the record," Dodds said.
"And I think if they take that
mark away from, me, they will
have to go back through the
books and rule out a lot of others
on similar grounds."
Dodds said that he recalled a
rule that no record would be al
lowed unless all of the contestants
were numbered.
1 "Well, when Gunder Hagg set a
record here two years ago, only
two of us in a six or seven man
field wore numbers," he said.
"What will they do about things
like that?"
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Fight Results
(By United Preni)
Jersey City, N. J. Irish Jim
my Mulligan, 170, Boston, stopped
Bob Wade, 166, Newark, N. J., (4).
New York (Broadway Arena)
Phil Palmer, 141, Vancouver, B.
C, outpointed Johnny Williams,
138'.!!, Montgomery, Ala. (8).
White Plains, N. Y. Vic Plg
natoro, 140 , New York, knocked
out Frankio Coromoda, 13794,
New York. (2).
Hartford, Conn. Red Dotyj
idJ, liartlord, uonn., outpointed
Mario Macellie, 1561i, New Hav
en, Conn. (10).
f
"Bangor, Me. Joe Manfro, 139,
New York, outpointed Ralph Wal
ton, 137, Montreal (8).
; New Bedford, Mass. Abie
Kaufman, 141, Philadelphia, out
pointed Charlie Smith, 139, New
ark, N. J. (10).
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"The A.P.'s Ace Woman War Correspondent"
By Bonnie Wiley of Yakima, Washington
"I Wrote 'Beside The Point ",
By Jean S. Maguire of Oswego, Oregon 3
"I Was A Prisoner At Bllibid in Manila",
By Lt. Robert F. Augur of Portland, Oregon -gj
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their four-teum battle for state. y ' , '., ' , i
B honors. the words "perfectly healthy ' ap-
The Clatskunio. Chiefs, winners
of the Columbia county "A"
league and walk away victors in
district 1B-2B, play off, will be a
top-heavy favorite to take the
measure of Giant, union of John,
Day, Itecdsport and Arlington
when the teams go Into action
Friday.
Baseball Briefs
beared in all, Ihe stones about
lt that we read. The expression
probably was Ills.
Mr. Roosevelt is not a loose man
with words. It is our belief that
dolphin athletics' batmen who
tiled without success to hit his
fast ball.
(My UniU',1 l'rt'MH )
I'leasanlville, N. J., March 11
Ul'iOul fielder Pete Fox of the
Boston Red Sox was a lonesome
guy today. He was the only play
er on hand as the team established
spring training facilities here for
the first lime.
Cape Girardeau, Mo., March 11
HI'1 -Pete Cray, one .armed out
fielder for the St. l.ouis Drowns
la grateful for the attention, but
Atlantic City, N. J., March 11
(Hi Outfielder Hershel Martin of
the New York Yankees said to
day that he believed his weak
throwing had been remedied
through electric vibration- treat
mcnis taken during the off season
at St. Louis.
isaskicthai.i. i;i:si i.ts
Illy I'niUM Trout
National Intercollegiate tourna
ment at Kansas City. Mo: (lirst
round)
West Texas State 51, Wichita
I'niversity 43.
Doane College, Crete, Neb., 51,
he said today he'd like to get away ; Eastern Washington of Cheney,
Irani the publicity and settle down .isu. ,n
Hagg, Girl Friend
Meet in Chicago
to the spring training routine,
Cray has boon Interviewed more
than a doen times. More than
10 photographers have posed him
for pictures. The first one-armed
player In Ihe majors In modern
times, he is anxious to get into
condition quickly to prove that he
can make the grade in the big
leagues.
George I'epperdine of Los Ang
eles 77, Peru, Neb., Teachers 42.
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Chicago White Sox were
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Chlraoo. March 14 ur t Junder "Hlil '" 11 Players woi k-
Hagg, whose flying feet lifted him! 'B ollt i,1,l'" ,wo '' ' Hain
from plodding obscurity on aM'ig. Tony Cuccincllo. veteran in-J
Swedish farm to International fielder, arrived yesterday audi
fame, arrived today (o renew ac- manager Jimmy Dykes said,
qualntances with his bride-to-be. jolliers wore expected shortly. i
She Is 21-year-old Dorothy Mor- I
tier of Oakland, Calif., who hasn't h Frederick, Md.. March 11
seen her fiance since September, I Jim Heidy, one of the 'teen agedj
1943. But by correspondence and 'youngsters getting his big chance I
long-distance telephone calls, they in the tnajur leagues this season,
have completed plans to marry drew praise today from the Phila-1
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