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NEW YORK, April 20 VP) In
case you've heard that rumor
that the American league was
about to back down on the 1943
model baseball because it is
"dead" forget it . . . Prexy Will
Harridge says: "We will start
with the new ball and use it all
the way through the season." . . .
The umps have been instructed
not to let any other kind get in
to the games, and the markings
are distinctive so there's no
chance of a mixup.
ONE-MINUTE SPORTS PAGE
Jockey Marion Haycock fig
ures that because he was tossed
off a hoss at Churchill Downs
last week that makes "Roches
ter" Anderson's Burnt Cork vir
tually a cinch to win the Ken
..irv rforhv . . The reasoning
is that the last time Haycock
rode Burnt Cork to victory he j
had to hustle out ol a nospnai
bed to do it . . . The 165-pound
wrestling champion at Missouri
Military academy is Cadet Billy
Hornsby, the rajah's son.
TODAY'S GUEST STAR
John Berkebile, Burlington
(la.) Hawk-Eye Gazette: "Now
that they're teaching WAACs,
WAVES and even high school
girls the heretofore 'manly' art
of ju jitsu, American wooing
technique is bound to change . . .
How humiliating, f'instance, it'll
be to get tossed into the nearest
clump of bushes the first time
you try to steal that good night
kiss from your commando-trained
best gal."
QUOTE, UNQUOTE
After a brief training period at
navy's flight prep school at Am
herst, Ted Williams says he'd
like to go to college there
Because, says Ted, "you realize
what a meat head you are when
you sit down with those lads."
SERVICE DEPT.
Mickey McConnell, former
front office man and scouting di
rector of the Dodgers' farm sys
tem, has been named business
manager of the 20th armored di
vision baseball team at Camp
Campbell, Ky. The team mana
ger is George Lacy, former Red
Sox catcher. . . . Fort Sheridan,
Ml., is getting a new nine-hole
golf course, gift of Mrs. B. J. Ro
senthal of Chicago . . . During
the first year the Iowa navy pre
flight school was in operation,
there were 2456 athletic events
for and by .the cadets, an average
of almost 10 for each working
day.
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PUNCH LINES
Corporal Billy Conn is on ac
tive service, ,
Which should make Hirohito
nervous.
Washington Crewman
Sick With Measles
SEATTLE, April 20 (IP)
Charlie May, only varsity letter
man on the 1943 University of
Washington crew, yesterday be
came the second man on the
squad to come down with the
measles. Alex Bishop, came
down with them two days ago.
The Washington crew has only
three weeks of training before
the May 15 regatta with Cali
fornia on the Oakland estuary.
Portland's Backstcppers
Roy Easlerwood from Fort Worth of the Texas league (left),
and Jack Redmond, former Detrolter (right), are a solid pair of
catchers bolstering the Portland Beaver's learn working out in
San Jose, Calif., preparatory to their opening game at Sacra
menlf, April IS.
Huskies Slap
Idaho; Grab
First Place
Beaven Keep Cougars Out
Of Win Column; Colleges
Switch Opponents Today
By The Associated Press
The University of Washington
kept a secure hold on first place
in the northern division baseball
race by defeating Idaho 7 to 5
College Ball
Team Ratings
Team W L Pet.
Portland 1 0 1.000
San Francisco .... 1 0 1.000
Los Angeles 1 0 1.000
San Diego 1 0 1.000
Sacramento : 0 1 .000
Hollywood 0 1 .000
Oakland 0 1 .000
Seattle 0 1 .000
GAMES TODAY
Seattle at San Diego.
Portland at Sacramento.
Oakland at Los Angeles.
Hollywood at San Francisco.
yesterday, while Oregon State
kept Washington State out of the
victory column with a 7 to 4 win
at Corvallis.
The victory gave the Beavers
a percentage ranking over Ore
gon which has played one less
game. ,
WSC and OSC and the Huskies
and Idaho resume hostilities to
day. Idaho was considerably weak
ened in its bid for its first con
ference victory by the loss of six
men to the armed forces over
the weekend. Coach George
Greene had only 11 men left to
put in uniforms but they made
a 5-5 race of it through the first
seven innings. Dick Hazel con
tributed some excellent relief
hurling for the Husky cause, al
lowing only one hit in the last
three innings after he relieved
Howard Kafer, starting pitcher.
Bob Wenke singled home the
winning Washington run in the
eighth, and Hazel sewed it up
tigher by bringing Wenke home
with a double.
Oregon State defeated WSC
by scoring all their runs in the
third inning on eight hits, in
cluding a triple by freshman
Walt Kirchner with the bases
loaded. Washington State wasl
trailing 7-2 going into the ninth'
and added two runs before a ral
ly was pinched off.
Foul Tip Kills
Schoolboy Catcher
During Ball Game
WORLAND, Wyo., April 20
(P) A foul tip which struck j
him in the head during a school
baseball game Friday caused the
death yesterday of Connie Klein,
eighth grade pupil.
The boy, who was catching,
died in Worland hospital. He
was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Cas
per Klein.
SERVICE CALLS
MOSCOW, Ida., April 20 (IP)
Service calls have taken all but
two veterans of the University
of Idaho track team, Coach Mike
Ryan, said last night. As a re
sult, except for middle distance
runner John Thomas and dis
tance man La Mar Chapman,
competitors against Washington
State in Idaho's second dual
meet April 24 will all be novices.
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Red Ruffing and Joe Dl Maggio. right. Yankee greats now
swinging for Uncle Sam, are rushed by young autograph seekers
as Army-Navy All-Stars beat Hollywood Coasters. 5-2. Di Maggio
broke up game with bases full, two out In ninth by hitting two.
run single.
City Schools Blast Away
In Opening Softball Game
City grade schools opened
their 1943 Softball season yester
day with two tournament games
on the high school Softball field.
Conger took Fremont in the first
tilt, 5-0, and Fairview dropped
Riverside in an exciting come
back from the third inning by a
score of 6-5.
Pitcher Roy Craig for the Con-
Uncle Sam's
Nephews to
Hear Games
By HAROLD CLAASSEN
NEW YORK, April 20 iP)
Uncle Sam has made certain that
his fighting nephews, wherever
they may be, will know all about
the baseball season that gets un
der way today with the Phila
delphia Athletics playing Wash
ington before capital city digni
taries. Both the office of war infor
mation and the army itself will
broadcast vocal accounts of all
games this season while the OWI
also will send the scores around
the world by wireless teleg
raphy. Under the guidance of Paul
Stewart, head of the voice broad
casting division, the OWI will
beam nine programs a day to all
parts of the globe.
In these, such announcers as
Red Oarber, Stan Lomax, Paul
Douglas and Don Dumphy will
give the scores and brief ac
counts of the games. No play-byplay
will be broadcast, Stewart
said, because trans-oceanic static
might combine with the noise of
the crowd at the game to drown
out the speaker.
Major Ball
Gets Pair of
Pats on Back
WASHINGTON, April 20 (IP)
Baseball, which opens its major
league season today with a game
between the Philadelphia Ath
letics and Washington, has re
ceived a pair of official pats on
the back.
The OPA yesterday ruled that
baseball shoes, owned by the va
rious professional clubs, were
"work shoes" and thus could be
obtained without coupon No. 17.
The same shoes, when used by
semipros or amateur, fall into
the dress shoe classification,
however.
Later in the day Paul V. Mc
Nutt, head of the manpower
commission and who will hurl
the first ball in today's opener,
said he thought baseball was
here to stay even during the
war because it doesn't have to
be a young man's game.
Athletic Shoes
Shoes" for Pro
WASHINGTON, April 20 (IP)
Athletic shoes worn by profes
sional baseball players are
"work shoes," but the same
shoes when used by semi-professional
and amateur athletes
are not.
In an interpretation locluy of
Its shoe rationing 1'cgulutioiis,
the office of price administration
ruled that baseball clubs, may
acquire "work shoes" for play
ers without ration coupons. The
club itself mast retain title to
the shoes.
Athletes not considered pro
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per nine allowed but one hit to
Fremont, that to Carlson. For
Conger, Dale Craig and Billy
Almeter garnered two hits each
out of three times at bat. Conger
got five runs out of six hits.
In the second A game of the
day, Fairview came from behind
4 to 0 in the third inning to beat
the Riverside nine 6 to 5 at the
close of the game. Fairview
gathered four runs in the third
inning.
Despite their rally in the third
inning, Fairview gathered only
scattered hits. Foster and Red
key starred in batting for River
side, getting two hits out of three
times at bat.
Tomorrow niclit Fairview and
leg of the A tournament, while
Mills and Roosevelt will- blast
away in the first -playoff. The
B's were scheduled to play to
night, but the game will probab
ly be postponed.
Horse Race
Ban Tough
On Services
LOS ANGELES, April 20 (P)
To Tommy Gorman, Canadian
sportsman, banning of horseraces
and other sports during wartime
is just plain tough on the serv
ice man.
Be it hockey or horses, such
events play an important role in
morale, he declared in an inter
view yesterday.
Gorman owns the Connaught
racetrack near Ottawa and
heads the company which owns
five hockey teams, including Les
Canadicns, currently engaged
in a war benefit series on the
Pacific coast.
"In Canada the government
says sports must be continued,"
he said. "Instead of stopping
hockey and racing, the govern
ment cuts in, and keeps them
going.
"We have kids flying the
ocean and wondering if they'll
get back from London In time
to see Les Canadiens play Mon
treal, or to see a horserace. It
can be done, because of the dif
ference in time, if they leave on
a certain day of the week.
QUARANTINE ENDS
GREAT LAKES, 111., April 20
(IP) Johnny Mize, former first
baseman for the New York Gi
ants and St. Louis Cardinals, will
end his .quarantine period in
time to play with the Great
Lakes baseball team Sunday
against the Colonels at Louis
ville. The husky slugger was in
ducted recently at St. Louis,
MADISON A total of 258,
600, a record, attended home
football, basketball and boxing
events at Wisconsin.
Are "Work
Ball Men
fessional may acquire athletic
shoes only in conformance with
rationing regulations as they ap
ply to the average consumer.
However, a member of a semi
pro or amateur team, who has
used his own stamp 17 and has
no unused stamp In his family,
can apply for a supplemental ra
tion for street shoes, if he has
less than two pair of wearable
or repairable street shoos,
Colleges and schools may fur
nish athletic shoes to their
teams members, but most keep
title to the shoes.
Top Hurlers
Sparkle for
Big Crowds
Largo Opening Attendance
Warms Coast Loaguo Ball
Teams to Trot Out Bost
By The Associated Press
The Pacific const league,
warmed by ovcrwholmiiw at
tendance at last Sunday's season
opener, trots out the best of its
Coast League
Standings
W L Tct,
Washington 3 0 1.000
Oregon State 4 1 .800
Oregon 3 1 .750
Wash. State 0 3 .000
Ida tin 0 5 .000
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
Wnslilngton 7, Idaho 8.
Oregon State 7, Washington
State 4.
war-riddled pitching staff as play
resumes today.
The league was Idle yesterday.
Sunday's opener at Sun Diego,
Sacramento, Los Angeles and
San Francisco attracted a record
40,000 people, compared with
1942's 25,000. This year's open
ing was the first Sunday pre
mier in the league's history.
Portland's Beavers depend on
Jack Wilson, former Detroit
hurler in their meeting with Sac
ramento. Ken Peuner named
Southpaw Al Brnzle, the club's
only ex-big leaguer, to oppose
Wilson. Brazle, n Sacramento
newcomer, has seen service with
the Philadelphia Nutionnls.
Two PCL veterans, Robert
Joyce for the Seals and Left
hander Ruy Joiner for Holly
wood, start the hurling at San
Francisco.
An San Diego the Padre's
Frankic Dasso matches curves
with Seattle's perennial Hal
Turpin. Henry Pippcn, Oakland
right-hander, meets the Angels'
big Paul Gehrman al Los Ange
les to round out the day's play.
Count. Fleet Sent
To Louisville
Despite Injury
NEW YORK, April 20 (IP)
Showing no trace either of sore
ness or infection, Mrs. John D.
Hertz' Count Fleet, heavy fa
vorite for the Kentucky Derby,
will be shipped to Louisville to
day as scheduled.
Count Fleet, which 'suffered
a hoof injury In winning the
Wood Memorial Saturday, seem
ed perfectly sound upon exam
ination today. Removcl of a sur
gical dressing revealed no sign
of infection nor did the derby
choice favor the injury when he
was walked for ten minutes
around the barn.
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KUHS Trackmen to
Invitational Meeting
Cinder Artists From South Oregon,
Northern California to Attend
The Pelican track ten in and KUHS will be hosts next Satur
day, April 24, to Ilia cmuu of the crop when they meet southern
Oregon unci northern California track and cinder artists, In Its
eleventh annual Invitational truck mid field meet.
Indications ulretuly point to n good roster of competing
schools, coming from n radius of over 100 miles to parliciputu
in this annual event.
Alturus has Implied Its Intention of participating. They will
send llob Rush, former KUHS
Wildcat athlete, who seems tol.. .
iiuvo round his stride In all
three major spurts. In track he
is a versa I lie weight man and
broad jumper.
Medford and Ashland will be
represented by a galaxy of com
peting si MI'S including Dlpple,
llruley, McKniglit, Bayliss, Meier
mid Casebeer from Medford, Ca
ton from Ashland Is a 4-10 man
capable of 52 and under.
All of tho county "11" league
has been invited and most of its
first and second place men In the
recent meet held here are poten
tial threats In their fields.
Bend, Lakevlew, Yrckn and
Weed aro "durkhorse" teams and
arc expected to send many good
men to this meet, Nothing is
known of their track accom
plishments thus far.
The Klamath Falls Pelicans,
fresh from their recent victory
over Medford, will have great
competition In Steve Dlppio In
the dashes and 880-yurd relay:
and in Fleser, a weight man of
no mean ability. This meet Is
"wide open" hi all events, be
cause only the best of material
wilt be chosen from this field to
represent their respective
schools in the district meet, to
be held a week from next Fri
day in Medford. Only first jilaeo
district winners may go to thus
meet as a result of a new ruling
"for the duration."
Track Coach Paul Deller mid
Joe Peak, who will handlo the
meet Saturday, are arranging all
the details. Dutch French will
start the meet, and Harold
Hcudrlckson will be clerk of the
course.
Coach Deller made no predic
tions on the outcome of the meet
other than it should bo one of
tho most outstanding meets of
the current year and one of the
closest.
CHASE SUCCESSFUL
OCEAN PARK, Calif., April
20 (IP) Jack Chuse, 158, success
fully defended his California
middleweight championship to
night with a 15-round technical
knockout over Leon Zurita, 153.
Both are from Los Angeles.
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Sunny Skies
Major Leaguors Toko Spot
With Broadsido Tomorrow;
Opener no Public Holiday
By JUDSON BAILEY
NEW YORK, April 20 (!')
Weather permitting, the ninjnr
leagues will take charge of the
sports scene again today with n
single game at Washington unci
then will let loose a full broad
side tomorrow with all teams in
action.
The start of iho season this
year Is no signal for a public
holiday as it often has been In
the past. Uut In spite of the pres
sure of war, baseball has mini
aged to retain Its hold on the In
terest of fans throughout the tin
lion and will have Its familiar
opening day furbelows public
officii Is throwing out the first
bulls, pennants being raised,
bands playing and peanuts
enough for everybody.
At Washington today a crowd
of 27.(100 was expected at Grif
fith stadium to sec the Senators
tackle the Philadelphia Athlet
ics. Manpower Commissioner
Pnul V. McNutt was selected to
handle the opening pilch assign
ment with Luinan Harris of the
A's and Dutch Leonard of the
Nationals taking over afterward.
Tomorrow this scene will be
reenaeted at other ball parks. In
the American leagtio the regular
opening day program calls for
Washington at New York, Bos
ton al Philadelphia, Detroit
at Cleveland und Chicago at St.
Louis. In the National league the
world champion St. Louis Cardi
nals will Invade Cincinnati,
Pittsburgh will be at Chicago,
New York at Brooklyn and Phil
adelphia at Boston.
The Yankees will raise their
American league pennant In pre
game ceremonies with League
President William Harridge of-
Rnnuat Mnnnnai
Breaks Leg for f
Season Opener
HUSTON, April 20 (P)
Charles P, Casey Stengel, mana
ger of the Huston llraves who
open (heir 104:1 season against
Hie PIiIIn hero tomorrow, suffer,
ed n broken lower right leg cur
ly today when ho was struck by
an automobile, whllo crossing
Keninoro square.
Police reported thai Hie auto
mobile was driven by Thomas
Hustings of ('Union. Hastings
look Stengel to St. KlUuhcth's
hospital.
It was considered likely that
Coach lieurgo Kelley would
take charge of Hie team during
Stengel's absence.
flelullng and Mayor Flnrello I.n
Citiu rttlii will throw out tho first
hall.
Partly because of weather un
certainties and partly because
many fans aro too busy in mid
week to get to (lie games, the at
tendance on opening day this
year Is likely to bo less than In
Iho past.
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