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NEW YORK, April 2 ()
Somewhat encouraged by the
success of Henry Armstrong's
comeback, Al Weill is thinking
of bringing Arturo Godoy back,
too if Al ever can get in touch
with the Chilean chopping block
. . . Armstrong was all through,
Weill maintains, but Godoy
well, he did all right against Joe
Louis, won a couple of fights
afterward and recently took the
South American title from Al
berto Lovell . . . Al already is
looking into transportation pri
orities and hopes the good neigh
bor idea and plans for exhibi
tions in army camps will have
some weight there ... Of course,
he admits, Godoy isn"t essential
. . , Which is saying a mouthlui
RIGHT OVER THE PLATE
During one of the Detroit-
Toronto hockey playoff games,
Referee Bill Chadwick took an
unexpected tumble just on the
spot where Bob Davidson had
been handed a terrific body
check by Jim Orlando . . . Look
ing for the cause of his downfall,
Chadwick found part of a set
of crockery teeth . . . Since Dav
idson denied that they belonged
to him, Chadwick is wondering
whether some fan had tried to
put the bite on him at long
range or had just yelled so loud
the teeth popped out.
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SCRAP COLLECTION
Beau Jack, who 'has April
fooled the fight experts more
than once, was 22 years old yes
terday . . . Tonight he'll prob
ably get a present from his old
friend, Henry Armstrong a
mouth full of leather . . . The
Dodgers ban on gambling didn't
keep Leo Durocher from betting
one of the Brooklyn scribes a
$20 hat that he'll play 18 in
nings at shortstop this weekend
. . . Ted Williams, who has had
40 hours in the air since he
joined the navy, is so enthusiastic
over flying that he plans to have
his own plane after the war.
TODAY'S GUEST STAR
Ben Epstein, Little Rock, Ar
kansas Gazette: "Headline:
'Soldiers over there want base
ball resumed over here." And
the managers echo: 'If the boys
over there want it played over
here, they'd better leave over
there and come over here and
play it.' "
- . .
SERVICE DEPT.
Sgt. Sam West, the old Sen-ators-Browns-White
Sox out
fielder, will be playing-manager
of the Tarrant Field, Tex, base
ball team this summer . . . And
Jack Knott, ex-major league
flinger, will pilot a team at
Camp Adair, Ore, with Beau
Bell as one of his outfielders.
ORDERS COUNTERMANDED
When the Fort Hancock, N. Y,
baseball team was playing City
College the other day, Hoffman,
the soldier first baseman, smack
ed a triple that almost broke a
4-4 tie, only to get picked off by
the hidden ball gag . . . The boys
were still wondering if he'd get
a week in the guard house for
it when Joe Osmanski, the form
er Holy Cross player, fanned
with the bases full to end the
game in a tie . . . There was no
penalty; Osmanski not only is
a lieutenant but he's coach of
the team.
GAME POSTPONED
CORVALLIS, Ore., April 2 (P)
Playing conditions for the third
time yesterday caused the post
ponement of a baseball game be
tween Oregon State college and
a Camp Adair army team.
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Sell the articles you don't use
through a classified ad.
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Baseball Font Wonder If
Cronin Will Return When
Pesky Goes; Answer No!
MEDFORD, Mass., April 2 VP)
This may be an old-timers' year
in baseball, but it isn't going
to entice Old Joseph Edward
Cronin out of his rocking chair,
Some of the fans hereabouts
have been wondering whether
the 36-year-old manager of the
Boston Red Sox would under
take to return to a regular role
as the result of Shortstop John
ny Pesky's entry into the navy.
The question never quite
reached the proportions in Bos
ton that Leo Durocher's plans
for playing stirred up in Brook
lyn, but the answer is the same.
Like Duvocher, Cronin may play
a little, but not any more than
he has to.
Til do just about like I did
last year, Cronin said today.
I'll help out here and there
and do some pinchhitting. How
ever, our infield iooks preuy
eood with Eddie Lake at short
and we've got Skeeter Newsome
in reserve, so we ought to get
along all right."
If Cronin does as ne am iasi
year he will appear in bdoui
45 games, mostly as a pinchhit
ter and never for nine innings
at a time.
Buccaneers
To Scuttle
Ball Clubs
Pittsburgh Pirates Cook
Offensive Against Seven
National League Entries
By DAVE HOFF
MUNCIE, Ind, April 2 VP)
There's a suspicion brewing in
this north central Indiana com
munity that "Onkle Franz"
Frisch's 1943 Pittsburgh Pirates
are cooking up an old-fashioned
scuttling act to be applied against
the seven other National league
entries this season.
The optimism is not the mere
outgrowth of the fact the Buc
caneers have scored 24 runs to
none for the two opponents they
have encountered so far. The
teams the Pirates beat were the
Ball State Teachers nine and a
local factory array not the ut
most In competition but still
Pittsburgh reads good on paper.
The pitching staff does it.
Here is a collection of hurlers
only one of whom could get bet
ter than a .500 winning rating in
1942, behind team mates of un
certain hitting ability. But this
is heralded as a pitcher's year,
isn't it? Well, the Bucs have
pitchers.
Seals Get Player
After Rejection
SAN FRANCISCO, April 2 VP)
The San Francisco Seals got a
player today they never expect
ed to see in a baseball uniform
this season. He is Willie Enos,
young outfielder purchased from
Salt Lake City of the Pioneer
league and inducted into military
service.
Enos was released for physical
reasons and was scheduled to re
port to the Coast League club in
spring training here, today. He
hit .340 and batted In 118 runs
last season.
OUT OF FOOTSTEPS
SARASOTA, Fla. Paul Wan-
er's son is a basketball and foot
ball star at Sarasota high school,
but doesn't go In for his baseball-playing
father's game.
PAGE SIX
A Yank
New York Yankees are having to struggle along at Asbury
Park without Third Baseman Red Wolfe, who hat own training
problems as Yale coach. Pete Freeman is left-handed pitcher.
Training Camp Briefs
By The Associated Press
ASBURY PARK, N. J. The
New York Yankee camp today
buzzed with speculation as to
which pitcher would draw the
opening day assignment, and
Hank Borowy's name was men
tioned often.
Borowy opened up in yester
day's long workout and for 15
minutes had his teammates stab
bing with their bats at his fast
one.
LAKEWOOD, N. J. The New
York Giants looked back today
on a preview of what it might
be like to be without Johnny
Mize.
They held an intra-squad game
yesterday, and the total hits of
the two teams for the eight in
nings was just eight four for
each side. Neither team could
punch across a run.
BEAR MOUNTAIN, N. Y.
Manager Leo Durocher, his face
as straight as a yardstick, says
his Brooklyn Dodgers are fur
ther advanced physically now
than if they were training in
Florida.
"Durability, arms, wind all
are better," he maintains.
The Dodgers haven't missed a
single day of practice, thanks to
the huge fieldhouse at West
Point that is available to them.
MEDFORD, Mass. Lacking
the benefits of even one intra-
squad practice game, the Boston
Red Sox head south to Brook
lyn today to launch their ex
hibition series. Manager Joe
Cronin has selected Tex Hugh
son to start against the Dodgers
tomorrow, to be followed by
southpaw Al Olsen and Norman
Brown.
MUNCIE. Ind. Manaeer
Frankie Frisch, anticipating any
manpower shortage which may
arise, promised to give some old
timers a workout today in a Pi
rate camp contest. Frisch him
self will be,on second base, with
Albany Manager Rip Collins on
first. Coach Jake Flowers at
short and Field Director Bob
Rice at third for the yannigans.
The battery will be Scout Hollis
Thurston and Coach Spud Davis.
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WALLINGFORD. Conn. Just
as Casey Stengel has suspected
all along, Nate Andrews is the
most advanced of all the Boston
Brave pitchers. Andrews was im
pressive in every indoor work
out at Choate school, and when
he worked with five other
moundsmen in yesterday's game
he appeared several weeks ahead
of them. He started for the reg
ulars and faced only 10 yanni
gans during his three-inning
turn.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. The Do
troit Tigers' cripples rapidly are
getting back into shape. Center-
fielder Roger Cramer, who has
been out with a thumb injury,
will be the leadoff batter in the
exhibition series with the Cubs
this weekend, Manager Steve
O'Neill announced. Pitcher Hal
White worked out Thursday for
the first time since he suffered a
back injury a week ago. Hal
Newhouser and Virgil Trucks
will pitch Saturday and Paul
Trout and Tommy Bridges will
face the Cubs Sunday.
CAIRO, III. Catcher Walker
Cooper already has been ear
marked by Manager Billy South
worth for the fourth spot in the
St. Louis Cardinals' batting or
der. "He's fast, a fine hitter and
a natural for the place," says
Southworth.
NORFOLK, Va. The Nats
were one down in their three
game series with the Naval
Training Station's Tars as they
went into their second tilt today
but Seaman Phil Rizzuto and
husky Gerry Priddy, former
roommates, were even up with a
homer apiece.
Rizzuto rapped one in the
third as the Sailors were getting
underway for their 10-5 triumph
yesterday, and Priddy parked
one over the left-center wall for
the Nats in the seventh the
only Senator up to that time to
nick the Tar tossers for a safety.
FIGHTS
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April
Henry to Hit
Beau Jack in
Garden Fight
Armstrong to Go for Ten
Rounds or Loss to Cut Up
Some Old Touchos Tonight
By SID FEDER
NEW YORK, April 2 W)
Henry Armstrong, the original
buzzsaw, and bouncing beau
Jack, the "reasonable facsimile
thereof," cut lip some old touches
and each other for ten rounds
or less in Madison Squuro Gar
den tonight, and it figures to be
quite a party.
As a mutter of fact, it looks
like so entertaining a tiiffy-pull
that Promoter Miko Jacobs ex
pects some 18.000 of the folks to
parade into the big Eighth av
enue battle pit to see the floor
show, which features the return
of haminerin' Henry to New
York for the first time since the
"smarties" wrote his obituary
after Fritzie Zivic punched him
around for the second time about
14 months ago.
The big-hearted betting boys,
who are always willing to sharo
a bankroll with you provided
it's your bankroll figure the
Jumping Jack a 5 to 9 shot to
take care of the littlo brown
fighting machine who taught
Beau more than one-and-ono
about the business of busting
beaks.
This corner likes Armstrong
to make a handsome bowl of
applesauce out of all tho pretty
red apples in the cart in this one,
simply because Henry is the or
iginal buzzsaw and the Jumping
Jack is just a good Imitation.
Merman Vie
For Honors
In AAU Go
NEW YORK, April 2 VP)
Ninety-six swimmers, represent
ing 21 clubs, colleges and
schools, as well as the army,
navy and coast guard, will vie
for individual and 'team honors
as the two-day national AAU
indoor meet gets under way to
day at the New York Athletic
club pool.
Today's program calls for
competition In - the 220-yard
free style, 220-yard breast
stroke, one-meter dive, 300-yard
individual medley and tho 400
yard free style relay events.
The spotlight from the team
standpoint will be turned on
the Ohio State team, winner of
the 1942 outdoor team title.
With a 16-man team, headed by
Bill Smith and Keo Nakama,
two boys from the Hawaiian
islands, the Buckeyes arc fa
vored to add to their laurels.
Smith holds the world rec
ords for the 220, 440 and 880
yard free style, and Nakama is
defending champion and meet
record holder at 440 yards.
Scholastic
Difficulties
Take Three
PULLMAN, April 2 (ZD
Scholastic difficulties have re
moved three men from the Wash
ington State baseball squad for
four games scheduled with Whit
man college at Walla Walla to
day and Saturday.
Coach Jack Frlcl announced
last night that Ray Cranston, vet
eran catcher, Bob Scalzo, sopho
more pitcher, and John McCal
lum, freshman shortstop, had
been lost to the squad.
The traveling squad of 18 will
include six veterans Roger Ol
son, pitcher; Don Aries, first
base; George Davison, second;
Bob Dau, third; Tom Branigan,
left field and Al Akins, center.
Others listed for the trip in
clude Waliy Kramer, pitcher;
Dick Dodge, catcher; Stan Lar
son, catcher; Ward Hockey and
Jack Radke, pitchers, Infleldcrs
R. Bergmann, Bob Rcnnick and
Byron Toshino, Pitcher Dick
Busch, Robert Morrison, first
base, and Outfielders Cliff Cham
berlain and Tag Christcnsen,
Chemical Warfare
Bowlers Roll With
Handicap-Gas Masks
SPOKANE, April 2 VP) The
chemical warfare service team,
tops in the Fort George Wright
Officers' lcnRue, wasn't fooling
about bowling under a handicap.
The team wore gas masks
and they proved so hot and stuf
fy that the opener of a three
game scries was lost to the ad
jutant general's department
squad.
TOUGH LUCKt
PORTLAND, April 2 (Pj
High water in western Oregon
streamB will prevent fishermen
from having much luck this
weekend, the state game com
mission predicted today.
Every county reported poor
angling conditions.
PHILADKLPIIIA Oua Dorado. 191'i.
Philadelphia, onl pointed Nnpolcon Mitchell,
202, 1'hllodelphlo (0).
Reds' Chiefs Watch Batting
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Each txprooilna dliioront
bthlnd an indoor cage at the
Lobort crouches to beg for the ball, while (left to right) Coach Eitel Crabtree, Vice Preildent
General Manager Warren C. Giles and Manager William McKechnla looked on Intently.
Basketball
Chanros Win
Novef Title
Wyoming Rated Champions
' Of Champions of National
Invitational Tournament
NEW YORK. April 2 (P
The Wyoming Cowboys, imtlonnl
collegiate AA basketball cham
pions, today boasted another
title champions of the cham
pions of the national invitation
tournament.
A crowd of 18.316 which paid
approximately $24,000 saw tho
big boys from the west turn buck
St. John's, 52 to 47, in a thrilling
overtime gamo which highlight
ed the Red Cross benefit twin
bill at Madison Square Garden
last night. In the 'other gnmo
Georgetown, NCAA runncrup,
defeated Toledo, Invitation tour
ney runncrup, 84 to 40.-
Tho game between the cham
pions was anybody's game all the
way, although Just before tho
final minute of the regular play
ing time it looked like Wyoming
had things pretty well under con
trol. The Cowboys wero leading
by five points until St. John's
rallied to tio the count in the
last eight seconds.
Lanky Jim Weir staged a one
man uprising for the Cowboys In
the overtime session. He was
all over tho floor, gathering five
points and playing a whale of
a defensive game. St. John's
lone scoring effort was a foul
shot by Larry Baxter.
In tho baltlo of the giant' cen
ters, Milo Komcnich, Wyoming
pivot man who went out on fouls,
had a slight edge over Harry
Boykoff, counting 20 times to
Boykoff's 17.
Oklahoma Wants
Jim Thorpe in
AAU Recordings
OKLAHOMA CITY, April 2
(IP) The legislature wants Jim
Thorpe, Oklahoma's most fam
ous athlete, reinstated In AAU
record books.
Legislators today mailed to
AAU officials copies of a resolu
tion urging reinstatement and
asking that medals Thorpe won
at the Stockholm Olympic games
of 1912 be returned to him.
Thorpe, a Sac and Fox In
dian, was dropped from AAU
record books and his medals
were reclaimed because of a sea
son of pro baseball.
Beaver Baseball
Hopes Bolstered
By Army Rejection ,
SAN JOSE, Calif., April 2 (IP)
Army rejection of Third Base
man Marv Owen bolstered the
baseball hopes of tho Portland
Beavers today.
Owen Informed Manager Merv
Shea that his physical examina
tion resulted in his classification
in 4-F which may mean ho will
be availablo to the club through
out the season. Shea said he had
not learned what caused Owen's
rejection.
STILL PITCHING
. ST. LOUIS A St. Louis con
cern which manufactured pitch
ing machines used in major lea
gue camps last spring is now
producing copper rings used on
20-mlllimctcr anti-aircraft shells.
When in Medford
Stay at
HOTEL HOLLAND
Thoroughly Modern
Jo and Anno Earlef
Proprietors
"If
reaction, thoio Cincinnati Rods
club's oprlna training camp at Bloomlngton. Ind. Coach John (Hant)
Takes Di Mag's
Place
Roy Weatherly (above), who
landed with the New York
Yankees after three stormy les
sons with the Cleveland Indians,
had been tabbed by' Manager
Joe McCarthy for the center
field job vacated by Joe Dt Mag
gio. Rainiers See
New Hope in
Catcher Hunt
LEWISTON, Ida., April 2 (P)
Manager Bill Skiff of the Seattle
Rainiers hus turned up another
hopeful In his search for some
one to take cure of the Rainiers
catcher shortage, and announced
Inst night that Andy Pndovan,
Bcllingham semi-pro receiver,
probably will arrive In camp to
night. I'adovan has had no profes
sional experience, but comes
well recommended, Skiff said,
and in addition Is 3-A in the
draft classification,
An outfielder, Willie Enos, has
been offered tho Rainiers by
Charles Graham, president of
tho San Francisco Seals. Enos
played in the now suspended
Pioneer league a couple of sea
sons ago, and has been turned
down by the navy, Graham
wired Skiff.
BLOOM INGTON, Ind. Rob
ert Royer, Indiana coach, says
the average young boy or girl
can learn to swim in IS minutes.
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Comp Saturday; May PlojQ
Against Goigor Bombori
LEWISTON. Ida., April 2 (P)
Inflrldcr Joe Cooramrt, who
played for tho St-ntllo bull club
in 1041 but stayed out of bnotv
ball last yenr, has been signed
by the Rainiers for this senoon,
Business MnnaKcr 1)111 Mulligan
announced Thursday. Its Is
scheduled to arrive In camp Sat
urday and probably will play in
a Sunday afternoon gome annlnot
thoGclgcr field (Spokane) Bomb
ers. Tho Sunday game was sched
uled yoMmlny In addition to
Friday night's previously an
nounced training tussle with Ilia
Bombers.
Friday night's pitchers will
be. Glenn Ellolt, a Irfl-htuider,
and Bub Mulllor and Joo D'f
moran, rlglit-haiidt-rs, each oKs
whom will hurl thrco Innings.
The rest of the probable lineup
as announced by Mnnnger Bill
Skiff included Lynn King, cen
ter field; Jimmy Jewell, short
stop; Ed Gurnclt, left field; Bill
Mitthcson, second base; Lcn Gab
rlolson, first base; Bill Lawrence,
right field; J. Glldny, third base,
and Emmctt Watson and Earl
Fullcrton alternating behind tho
plate.
Naval Airmen Win
Telegraphic Keg
Meet for Services
SEATTLE, April 2 VP) Roll,
ing a 2042 total, tho Glcnvlow
(III.) Naval Air ntntlnn lmull,,n
team Wednesday won n three-A
way telegraphic tourney sponsor-"
od by tho Scattlo War council for
the national scrvlco men's match
championship.
Tho Los Alamltos (Calif.) Na
val Air station team was second,'
with 2701, and the Soattlo anti
aircraft unit entry third with
2540.
Tho teams had been certified
to tho Scattlo council as the best
In their respective mens.
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