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I i 1 1 f l ulitxAoJL k.,. ..m turf i, f,'- y;. ,r A,gy ; ! Hal Bishop checks a scoreboard he keeps on his horse (left), and at right he holds the reins of Sergeant Brown, the horse that won the last race on Dec. 31, 1949, to give him 129 win ners and a tie with Willie Molter for the national trainer's title. Mule Trader Becomes , Top Horse Trainer By KEITH FULLER (AP Htwafuturai) New Orleans If modern self propelled artillery hadn't re placed the Army mule, W. H. (Hal) Bishop would never have tied for the national race horse training title last year. The stocky full-faced Bishop owned one of the finest horse and mule markets in the coun try at Anna, 111., and the Army was his best customer. In this setup he'd never considered rac ing. But when this market play- . ed out he simply moved over to the long oval and set up hop with a few hayburners that collectively weren't worth the smallest track purse. Bishop, with shrewdness gain ed from his horse and mule dick ering, decided he wouldn't wait for a Man o' War or a Seabiscuit but do what he could with what he had. It paid off. Seven years around the na tion's tracks have added a lot of knowhow to Bishop's innate sense of judging horses. From 1946 to 1950 he has been the leading trainer in Illi nois. He pays out about $2000 week ly on his 21-horse string. Since he trains only his own horses, Bishop keeps a good percentage of their earnings. He's pretty shy when it comes to betting and always pokes his small wagers through a pari- muiuel window rather than with a bookie where bookies are legal. Bishop's system for owning a racing string includes this ad vice: "Don't fall in love with your horses if they can't run, get rid of them at any price so you can get one that can." That's why, whatever the race, if one of Bishop's nags is enter ed you can usually find it pound ing up front, paying for its keep. Local Station to 'Cast Salem and Dallas Cage Games All games in which Salem or Dallas are contenders during the state basketball tournament will be aired by KOCO. Salem will play its first game Wednesday forenoon at 10:15 against Scap- poose. Dallas will engage Jef ferson of Portland at 9 a.m. the same day. Should both Salem and Dallas drop their first round encoun' ters they would clash at 9:45 a.m. Thursday in the consolida tion part of the tournament. Sawyer Sees Phillies in Third Place; Says Rivals Will Fear His Young Club Tht Urst story in AP Newsfeaturea' annual spring training aerlea appralflinB the major league teams appcara on tills page. It covers the pennant possibilities of the Philadelphia Phils. Included IS tht thumbnail description of the team by Manager Eddie Sawyer. Stories, ex elusive to PMs. will be carried on every team in the mapor leagues and will be mailed in plenty ol time to be used Be fore the season gets under way. In addi tion, many special features on the aprlng training picture will be moiled. By FRANK ECK Clearwater, Fla. The Phila delphia Phillies will Be the most feared team in the National league this season, says Man ager Eddie Sawyer. "We're bound to improve and everybody will be out to beat us," says the balding Scotch science professor who is putting In his second full season in the majors. "After all, we were last in team hitting and we fin ished third last season. Our hit ting has got to improve and that's why I think we'll take third place again. Of course, if either the Dodgers or Cardin als come up with injuries and lady luck smiles on us, we'll cause a lot more trouble. Sawyer could use another top pitcher and would be set In a big way if he could find two likely starters among the rookies. Russ Meyer, winner of seven straight last Sep tember, Ken Helntzelman and Robin Roberts are his three top hurlers. The first two both won' 17 while Roberts, pitching his first full season, won 15. HOW MANAGER SAWYER SEES HIS . PHILLIES Pitching three good ones. Catching Adequate. Infield First base question. Hitting Improved. Finish Third. Sawyer is not too high on Bubba Church, whose earned run record led the International league. Bubba still is Toronto's property and will have to make the team before April. Jim Kon itanty, a righty, is the No. .1 re lief man. Curt Simmons, the $60,000 bonus lefty who came up in 1947 but has yet to fulfill expectations, will get every chance to become a starter again. If he fails, Sawyer believes he will develop into a fine south paw relief artist. At one time Simmons was rated as another Lefty Grove. Now the Phillies are willing to settle for another Joe Page. Three rookies from Terre Haute, Ind., are In camp and must be tabbed -for the future. They are Bob Miller, who pitch ed 25 complete games; Paul Stuffel and Bill Koszarek. Mil ler, the youngest at 23, is well liked for his 19 victories and 207 strikeouts against 59 walks. But Terre Haute is a long way from the majors. "Our catching is adequate," says Sawyer. "I will give Stan Lopata every chance to beat out Andy Semlnick for the first chance to catch but I don't be lieve in a No. 1 catcher. "I believe in a catching STAFF. I'll use one feUow WILLIE JONES Has Steady Job until he wears out then go back to the other man and use the same method. With a one man staff you're fin ished when your No. 1 man gets hurt. "Granville Hammer, Willie Jones and Del T5nnis are the only players sure of opening the season. I had planned on Mike Goliat as my second base man but Eddie Miller says he's my second baseman. Miller Is 33 and nine years older than Goliat but if Eddie says he's go ing to win the Job he could do it. The kind of spirit he has shown wins ball games and it's the sort of thing that catches on with the entire squad." Eddie Waitkus, shot by that deranged Chicago gal last sum mer, still is three pounds under weight and will have to fight off Dick Sisler for first base. Bill Glynn, fine looking rookie from Toronto, really is in camp to proa Both veterans. Sisler, however, no longer is spoken of as the great George Sisler's son. They speak of him as Dick Sisler, the fellow who did a fine Job when Waitkus went out with a bullet hole in his chest. With Jones on third and Ham- ner on short the Phillies feel they have the best left sided infield in the league. While Sawyer likes Miller's spirit he recalls that he played Goliat last fall when the rookie was banged up. Goliat made only two hits in his first 43 trips to the plate but after that he hit Everyone Knows Only Coterized Oil Leaves NO CARBON! SOOT! 35622 or 35606 Salem'f Eselailve Caterlted Oil Otstor Howard J. Smalley Oil Co. 1405 Broadway DEL ENN1S Sawyer Counts on Him .265. "Out outfield lacks depth," stresses Sawyer. "Del Ennis, Richie Ashburn and Bill Nich olson are our only major leaguers. If Eddie Sanickl comes through he will go to center field. Dick Whitman, bought from Brooklyn and ticketed for Toronto, has been a pleasant surprise. Whit man says he's going to play in our outfield and he looks ready to go right now. I'm not worrying, hut oh, how I'd like to have another hitter like Ennis. I think Del will have a great season." New Card First Sacker Picked as Future Star By LEO H. PETERSEN (United Press Sports Editor) St. Petersburg, Fla., March 13 (U.R) The next name in baseball? There's no doubt about it in the mind of Fred Saigh, the aggressive owner of the St. Louis Cardinals. The chap is Steve Bilko, a mammoth first-baseman. "If he's handled right, and I think Eddie Dyer can do it, he can't miss," Saigh said. "There is no question about his power." The Redbird owner had nothing to say about his field ing. That, apparently is Dyer's worry. Bilko has 245 pounds on his six-foot two-inch frame this spring, which leads a lot of National league officials to think he may be another Zeke Bonura a guy who will drive in two runs one inning and let three filter across the next inning because of fielding lapses. But everybody is pretty well agreed he can hit the long ball. His .310 batting average at Rochester last year, with 34 home runs and 125 runs batted in, earned him a late-season promotion to the Cardinals. He hit .295 in six games with the Redbirds and, according to Saigh, "looked like the goods." Only time will tell, but Saigh thinks he knows the answer. "He just can't miss," he re peated. Saigh also debunked reports that the Cardinals are an old ball club. "Outside of our pitching, we have very few veterans," he pointed out. "They are Marty Marion and Enos Corvallis, March 13 OP) The Klamath Falls Pelicans captured their third straight state high school wrestling tournament championship here Saturday night. Three wins in the late finals boosted the Pelican scoring to 36 points, enough to edge out Sandy with 30 and Springfield with 29. Canby was fourth with 23, Salem and Oregon City tied in fifth place with 18 points each. Vic Schweitz, 146 pounder of the Viking crew, retained his state title to become the only Salem matman to finish with a wrestling championship. Other final scores as the Kahct-Peterson Title Bout Is Set for Tuesday Portland, March 13 VP) Joe Kahut and Bill Peterson took it easy today while waiting for to morrow night's 15-round boxing bout here for the Pacific north west heavyweight title. Kahut. of Woodburn, said yes terday as he finished training that he wants this bout "more than any other." If he wins it will be his 50th ring victory since he entered pro boxing in 1S42. "I want that number 50. I want the title and I want to even up my loss to Petersen two years ago. I'm confident I'll beat him," Kahut asserted. Petersen, formerly of Seattle and more lately of Chicago, claimed the northwest heavy weight title after his previous victory over Kahut. Hogan Returns To Pro Golfing Palm Beach, Fla., March 13 (U.R) The return of Ben Hogan in the rich Seminole pro-amateur tournament today, plus high-handicap partners, may slow down Sam Snead's money making pace along the golf trail Snead banked another $2. 000 check as the three-stroke winner of the Miami Beach op en yesterday to bring his earn ings for the year to $10,158. Top money-maker from golf for 1949, Sam Snead has led the list of professionals every day this year, too. The money players consider the complicated double-tourna ment at the plush Seminole Country club north of here as the richest event on the winter tour. Cincinnati was second in the National league in 1949 in team total of two-base hits with 284 and third in hits with 1423. no fuss no muss no bother no dirt use Pres-to-logs THE CLEAN FUEL CAPITOL LUMBER COMPANY NORTH CHERRY AVE., SALEM, ORE. Phones 3-8862 or 2-4431 Slaughter. "As for Slaughter, I would n't trade him for anyone in the league except Carl Furillo of Brooklyn. As for Marion, he still can play a lot of short stop. "Let other people fault us on our age if they want to. I'm not worried about it and neither is Dyer. "Why should we worry when a fellow like Branch Rickey is Interested in so many of them? They must have what it takes. I think they do." Harry Brechen is 35; Max Lanier 34; Al Brazle 35; George Munger 32; and Ted Wilks, 35. "We'll take them at any age," Saigh concluded. So would Rickey." Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Monday, March 13, 19508 - Pelicans Win Third Mat Title; Schweitz Repeats 61 J J ill. Mite young wrestlers wound up two days and nights of matches: Parkrose 15; Hillsboro 15; New- berg 11; Albany 11; Dallas 10; Roseburg 7; Molalla 6; McMinn ville 6; TIgard 4; West Linn 1; Grants Pass 1. Jefferson City. Lebanon and Burns were blanked. Results of championship match: 86 lbs Don Troyer, Canby, pinned Dave Ross, Canby, 104 lba Lea Allen, Bandy, pinned BUI sum wait, Oregon city. 113 lbs Dick Cooper, Parkrota, out pointed Del Mathews. Springfield. 121 lba Dave Baker, Parkro, out pointed Elmer Paul. Springfield. 128 lbs Earl Page, Sandy, pinned Ken Kornes, Klamath Falls. 134 lbs Cecil Newman, Bandy, out pointod Prank Morris, Oretron City. 139 lbs Art Keith, Canby, outpointed Jim BrouKiicr, sprinitrield. 3aie on uouoie Meal lzrJzr. complete a double steal in exhibition game with St. Louis Cardinals in St. Petersburg, Fla.. March 11. Cardinal third baseman Tommy Glaviano goes after ball which can be seen under Renna's elmow. 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