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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
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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.
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"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
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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.
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Cardinals in St. Petersburg, Fla.. March 11. Cardinal third
baseman Tommy Glaviano goes after ball which can be seen
under Renna's elmow. (AP Wirephoto)
148 lba Vic Sohwelti, Saltm, outpoint
lflfl lba BUI HoliLster. Sprlnsfleld. (rat
ed Bob Hultt, Sandy.
155 lbs Don Taylor, Klamath Fall,
out pointed Ghuck Crowe, McMlnnvlUa.
pointed Bd Hellman, Ores on City,
178 lbs Glenn Ouyer, Klamath Fall,
pinned Wayne Van Stlphant, Hillsboro.
Heavyweltht John Wltte, Klamath
Falls, pinned Paul Patrick, Springfield.
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