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NEW YORK, April 30 (IP)
Don't be turprised if you see
lot of pros playing football In the
Western conference next fall
(and no wisecracks now) . . . .
The tip is out that the Big Ten
is about to okay the former
play-for-payers who are sent to
the colleges by the armed serv
ice for training . . . That may not
help Wisconsin, for one, even a
little bit . . . The Badger campus
is housing a radio training
school, Waves, Marines, Spars
and some pre-flight students but
has been rejected as a site for
the V-12 basic program the one
which permits intercollegiate
competition .... Chamberlain
Brown, the movie scout who put
Lou Nova in pictures, thinks he
has another find in Lightweight
Bobby Ruffin, whom he calls
"the most photogenic fighter I
ever saw." . . . But Bobby's date
with the army Friday has prior
ity. ONE MINUTE SPORTS PAGE
The Reds need only three
more victories and they 11 nave
the National league pennant
practically cinched ... In each
of the two years they won the
pennant, 1939 and 1940, they
won seven of their first 10
games. The count so far is 4
and 3. . . . Henry Vasquez, who
fights Bob Montgomery at
Holyoke, Mass., next Monday,
was stricken with infantile par
alysis when he was ' a kid and
took up boxing to rebuild his
muscles.
TODAY'S GUEST STAR
George Farrar Jr., Woonsock
et, (R. I.) Call: "How to bring
Gunder Haegg and his record
breaking associates over to this
country from Sweden still is one
of the biggest problems the Na
tional AAU track and field offi
cials have confronting them.
Perhaps the Scandinavians are
awaiting a 4J. S. commando per
formance before they make their
command appearance here."
QUOTE. UNQUOTE
Manager Ken Penner, Sacra
mento Pacific Coast league club:
"Everyone is complaining about
lack of manpower. That is not
our trouble with the Solons. We
have the men but no power."
SERVICE DEPT.
Middleweight Steve Belloise,
now an athletic instructor at the
Newport, R. I. naval station,
spends his furloughs in Still
man's gym, training for the time
when he'll be allowed to fight
again Eric Pedley, the first
westerner ever to play interna
tional polo, finds considerable
similarity between polo and aer
ial gunnery, which he now
teaches. ... In both you have to
hit a moving object while trav
eling aboard another moving ob
ject. The essential skill, he says,
is timing. '
OVERBIDDING HIS HAND
When Comedian Bob Hope
was playing golf and selling war
bonds in Fort Worth, Tex., the
other day, AP Sports Scribe Har
old Ratliff stood by complaining
that the high wind was about to
blow his hat off . . . "Why don't
you pull it down tighter?" some
one asked. . . . "Scared to," he re
plied. "If I raised my hand above
my hips I might discover I had
pledged myself to buy $15,000
Worth of bonds."
Weekend
Fishing
Prospects
PORTLAND, April 30 (IP)
Oregon stream conditions make
the trout fishermen's outlook
far from rosy this weekend, the
state game department said to
day, and it probably won't be a
banner opening day in nine
eastern Oregon counties next
Monday, either.
High, roily waters wil be a
handicap to limit or less
catches in the counties already
open, the weekly bulletin pre
dicted, and it will be the same
in Baker, Grant, Harney, Klam
ath, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa,
Wheeler and Malheur counties
for the May 1 opening in most
streams, at least.
Here is the report by counties:
Lane Western streams favor
able, particularly are Sluslaw,
but eastern streams still high.
Clatsop Conditions improv
ing but still not good.
Coos Fair stream catches re
ported. Ten Mile lake good..
Curry Conditions poor in
north but southern streams
yielding limit catches, particu
larly Rogue river.
When in Medford
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Cincinnati's Johnny Vander
Meer. who beat the champion
Cardinals four out of five last
season, loosens up fast ball in
Indiana university field house,
where Reds did their spring
training.
Henry Bent
On Regaining
World Title
WASHINGTON, April 30 (IP)
Hammerin Henry Armstrong,
bent on regaining one of the
three world championships he
once held, takes on Saverio
Turiello, New York Italian
American, tonight in another
step of his comeback marathon.
And Henry vows he'll score a
quick victory, just to prove his
four-round technical knockout
over Turiello last December was
no fluke.
Armstrong said he would "try
for a knockout from the begin
ning." "The negro battler de
clared he was in top shape and
completely recovered from seri
ous face cuts which forced an
18-month retirement.
Turiello, who has been im
pressive in workouts this week,
was no less confident. He claims
he "wasn't even breathing hard"
when the referee stopped his last
encounter with Armstrong.
Race Season
Decision to
Be Rendered
SPOKANE, April 30 VP) A
decision may be forthcoming
next week on 1943 racing at
Longacres track, Paul F. Pick
ette, chairman of the state racing
commission, indicated last night.
Commenting on a resolution
by the Thoroughbred Horse
Breeders' association of the state,
asking for prompt action, Fick
ette said: .
"I don't care who crowds us,
we can't do anything until we
hold our next meeting. The out
come of that meeting will deter
mine our decision."
Horses File Entries for
Kentucky's Run for Roses
LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 30
(IP) The only two New York-
owner hopes in tomorrow's Ken
tucky derby Bankrupt and
Modest Lad were the . first
horses entered today for the $75,-
000 run for the roses.
The entry was put in the rac
ing secretary's office at Churchill
Downs by Hubert Taylor of Cov
ington, Ky., who described him
self as a "friend of both stables."
Bankrupt is owned by Townsend
Martin and Modest Lad by Mrs.
Henry L. Finch, wife of a stock
broker. Bankrupt will be ridden by
Ferril Zufelt in the big heat to
morrow and Modest Lad by
Charlie Swain, a St. Louis lad
who has lived in Louisville for
several years.
The third horse in the entry
box was No Wrinkles, owned by
Mrs. Ethel V. Mars of Chicago,
who had a surprise derby win
ner three years ago in the lone
shot Gallahadion. Natty Roy
Waldron, trainer of Mrs. Mars'
Milky Way barn, said the colt
was out for a gallop this morning
and now "he's ready to run no
excuses."
He will be ridden by Ray
Adair, little Arizona jockey.
Following Waldron into the
entry booth was big Jim Hcaly
with the name of Gold Shower
as the fourth horse in the derby.
Gold Shower, who will be piloted
by Teddy Atkinson, is the only
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Southpaw Yandermeer
Tops Star Hurling Year
John Gives Out With Best Pitching
Trying to Beat Draft Board to Draw
By JUDSON BAILEY
Associated Press Sports Writer
Pitching has been the prize
product of the major leagues
this spring and scintillating per
formances have been piled one
on top of another. But there
would be no argument if the
Question were asked, "Who is
the outstanding hurlcr to date?
The answer is Lefty John
Vander Meer of the Cincinnati
Keds.
The New Jersey Dutchman is
slated for early induction into
the armed forces and seems de
termined to paint his farewell
to the National league in fig
ures that will be remembered.
He has gone to the mound
three times in eight days,
pitched 29 innings and allowed
only two runs and 12 hits. He
beat Mort Cooper of the St.
Louis Cardinals 1-0 in 11 in
nings on opening day and four
days later was himself defeat
ed 1-0 by Howie Pollet of the
Cards.
Yet he was back again yes
terday with another effective
effort, this time turning back
the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-1 on
six hits.
This triumph kept the Reds
tied with the Cards for third
place in the senior circuit as
St. Louis slipped over a 4-3 12
inning conquest of the Chicago
Cubs. The world champions
were beaten 3-1 by Rookie Ed
die Hanyzewski going into the
last half of the ninth, but came
up with one of their familiar
rallies to tie the score on a two
run pinch single by Coaker
Triplett. Then in the 12th Ray
Sanders singled across the de
ciding run with his only hit of
the game.
The Brooklyn Dodgers com
pleted a sweep of their series
with the Phillies with a 4-3 vic
tory. Earl Naylor hit a three
run homer off Kirby Higbe in
the first inning, but the Phillies
were unable to score again.
The Boston Braves vaulted
into second place back of the
Dodgers by beating the New
York Giants 5-2 behind the six
hit hurling of Charley (Red)
Barrett. They shelled Van Mun
go and Ray Cooms for 13 safe
ties. In the American league the
New York Yankees were forced
into 12 innings by the Boston
Red Sox, but won 7-3 with a
final four-run blast in which
TOP GOLFER
SPOKANE, April 30 (IP) Neil
Christian of Spokane took top
honors in the professional di
vision of the Inland Empire Golf
Sweepstakes association for the
second time this season Wednes
day. He posted an 81, with no
handicap. L. L. Whalen, Lewis
ton, professional, was third, with
86, with no handicap.
colt In the derby field who has
ever beaten Count Fleet. He
turned the trick last summer.
Gold Shower is owned by Mrs.
Vera S. Bragg of Greenwich,
Conn. '
Waldron started kidding Healy
about his nervousness and big
Jim countered, "Well they must
think something of my chances,
because Cameron (Don Cameron,
trainer of the highly favored
Count Fleet) has a 'saver' with
me."
(A 'saver' In the race-track
parlance occurs when two train
ers agree that if the horse of
either wins, the other will cut
in for a portion of the' purse.)
Fifth derby horse to be named
was Amber Light, the Louisiana
derby winner from the barn of
Charles T. Fisher the Detroit
automobile body builder. Train
er Jack Hodgins dropped the
colt's name in the entry box im
mediately after giving him a
final pre-race "blowout" in which
he dashed three-eighths of a mile
in :35 35 seconds and went out
the half mile in :48. Amber
Light will be ridden by Alt
Robertson, the veteran Scotch
ace.
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April 30, 1943
Nick Etten and John Llndcl
each singled with ,the bases
loaded.
Like the Dodgers, the Yan
kees also have won five out of
six games and the path to an
other pennant was smoothed
considerably yesterday when
Rookie Shortstop George Stlrn-
weiss was rejected at the Hart
ford, Conn., induction center
because of stomach ulcers.
The Washington Senators
maintained their grasp on third
place with a 5-1 decision over
the Philadelphia Athletics.
In the other game of the day
the Detroit Tigers also were
outhit but beat the St, Louis
Browns 3-2.
Cinderpath
School Aces
Vie Today
By The Associated Press
With state meet competition
their reward for victory, Ore
gon's high school aces of the
cinderpaths and field events vie
today (Friday) and tomorrow in
district championships.
Medford, winner of the team
championships at the state meet
last year, and Marshficld were
given the edge in two of the
most important district competi
tions today.
Medford will be host for the
district 3 meet and Marshfield
was figured the school to beat
in the district 4 set-to at Eugene.
The district 1 meet gets under
way tomorrow at La Grande
with Pendleton and McLoughlin
high of Milton-Freewatcr the
favorites to fight it out for the
title.
District winners will qualify
for the state meet at the Uni
versity of Oregon.
Oreqon Sport Notes
By FRED HAMPSON
Associated Press Staff Writer
The war and the proposed
split of the Pacific coast confer
ence aren't the only shadows
thrown across spring football at
the University of Oregon, these
days judging from the gossip
from the campus.
Coach John Warren, laboring
three times a week in spring
practice so far has turned up no
very promising ball carriers. The
one bright spot in the Webfoot
backfield is Bob Koch, who is on
the Oregon campus again after
several months at the St. Mary's
pre-flight school. The one-time
Atherton victim is a fullback
with considerable polish picked
up playing with men like Gray
son, Kemetovic and Albert at the
Navy school.
But otherwise they say, spring
practice has unearthed very lit
tle offensive power.
Leroy Erickson still throws a
good pass but he lacks heft for a
good runner. Bob Reynolds, the
negro flash of last year, has de
parted. Line talent Is more plentiful
with the Steers boys. Hank and
Howdy, at guards, flanking Ed
Mayther at center, and Cliff Glf
fon and Bob Elliot both in the
200-pound class, at tackles. Dick
Brown is the only experienced
end left over after Nowling and
Shepherd graduated.
Although they won six out of
their first eight games, the Port
land Beavers left 67 men strand
ed on base, which spoke none
too well for the timeliness of the
hitting or baserunning. L. H,
Gregory of the Orcgonlan ex
To the
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land last Saturday evening.
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LIned up abort, giving little Indication of their prowess, are the boys who are going to
battle by the grunt and groan and the sock 'em-block 'em method for union labor's subchaser
bond sale tonight at the armory.
Hec Expects
Mile Relay to
Judge Oregon Go
SEATTLE, April 30 (IP)
Coach Hec Edmundson said yes
terday ho thought the Washington-Oregon
truck meet hero Sat
urday would be so close tho mile
relay might decide the issue.
With that in mind ho has been
concentrating on developing a
strong relay quartet, with one
veteran. Gene Swunzoy, avail
able from the Huskies' 1942 re
lay team which went undefeated
in northern division competition.
Two other members of the
quartet, Suds Sutherland and
Bob Smith are in school, but
Sutherland is not in proper phy
sical condition and Smith's eli
gibility is in doubt.
Edmundson yesterday benched
javelin thrower Merrill Haagen,
a lottorman who lias been suf
fering with a sore arm, in order
to cut his squad to 22 men, to
match the Oregon Invaders.
RACE CHANGED
PULLMAN, April 30 (IP) Tho
track meet scheduled with the
University of Washington for
May 15 at Seattle has been trans
ferred to Pullman, Washington
btate college athletic officials
announced yesterday.
plains it by saying that the pitch
ers are farther advanced than
the hitters.
m
Andy Frahler, topping Oregon
State's pitchers, is also the Beav
ers' best hand with tho willow
to date. The former Portland
boilcrmaker who won an All
America position in the National
semi-pro tournament last sum
mer is clubbing the bail over
.400.
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Joe Waterman, Portland box
ing promoter, suspended his free
list for tomorrow night's Jimmy
Garrison-Jack Chase battle, Inas
much as the show is a benefit for
the Shrine hospital. To get
around the working press de
mand for free passage, Water
man bought tickets out of his
own pocket.
Coach Spec Keene of Wil
lamette university blew his top
the other day for a reason other
than a Bearcat fumble or a two
run error.
A Chinese pheasant visited his
Victory garden and devoured his
third planting of peas.
SUGAR FAVORED
BOSTON, April 30 (IP) Ray
(Sugar) Robinson, the New York
negro welterweight who blends
his skill with terrific punching
power, will be a top-heavy favor
ite to dispose of Cambridge's
Freddie Carbal, In his customary
fashion tonight in their 10
round feature bout at the Boston
garden.
Always read the classified ads.
Public:
for your
Smoker Battlers
Li
Lundy Takes
Gauntlet for
Bond Smoker
Highlighting lust mlnutn de
velopments for tho "Victory Bond
smoker" tonight at 8 p. m. In
tho city armory, whero admis
sion is gained by the purchase
of a bond, was Eldon Lundy's
acceptance of Fred Ross' chal
lenge to all comers for a feature
boxing bout.
Lundy. who lives nnd works
at Gilchrist, has to find a way
to get hero for tho fight and re
turn to work by 8 o'clock Sat
urday morning, but arrange
ments ore being made nnd ho Is
expected to appear tonlglit on
tho card.
Lundy wclglvs about 100
pounds, and his strength-building
daily work as a logger cou
pled with his experience he
fought several smokers for the
Eugene Elks in 1930 is expect
ed to make tho feature bout a
tough match. (
Big Money
For Jack in
White Fight
By FRANK FRAWLEY
LOS ANGELES, April 30 (IP)
It Beau Jack wunts to make
$50,000 almost as fust as ho can
say Beau Jack, all ho has to do,
says a Los Angeles boxing syndi
cate, is fight a Baltimore negro,
Luther (Slugger) White.
Promoters here sec little
chance of prying the former
Georgia shoe shine boy away
from Uncle Mike Jacobs and
New York's garden mainly be
cause White right now appears
to be the most ominous of all
the lightweight title claimants.
But tho offer, they say, Is
$10,000 for Beau Jock to sign
for 12 rounds and $40,000 more
48 hours before the fight, which
would be staged at twilight some
night this summer at Wrlglcy
field.
If this doesn't materialize,
hammerin' Hank Armstrong may
essay the tack of stopping White.
Sam Lampc, White's manager,
says he has an oral agreement
with George Moore, Armstrong's
handler, for a bout here after
Hank completes that rematch
with Beau Jack in Juno for
Jacobs,
CAMP ADAIR WINS
EUGENE, Ore., April 30 (IP)
A seventh Inning double by Beau
Bell, former St. Louis Browns
inficlder, scored two runs and
gave the Camp Adair soldier
team a 4 to 3 victory over tho
University of Oregon, leader In
the northern division baseball
race. .
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Bob Montgomery
To Risk Title
In "Jinx Town"
SCIMNTON. Pa April 30 Ml
Philadelphia's Bob Montgomery
risks his lightweight tltla aspir
ations in this "Jinx town" to
night in a scheduled 10-round
bout with relatively unknown
Geno Johnson of Ellzabcthtown,
N. J.
Tho Philadelphia negro Is an
overwhelming fuvorltu but the
possibility of an upset like the
ono here in 1940 when untoutcd
Billy Sooso gave Middleweight
Champion Ken Ovcrlln a boxing
lesson Is expected to draw a
sellout 5000.
Ward Rockey to
Pitch for WSC
In Beaver Tilt
PULLMAN. April 30 (IP)
Freshman Ward Rockey was
picked yesterday by Coach Jack
Krlcl to pitch for Washington
Stoto in tomorrow's baseball con
test with Oregon Stato college.
Rockey held Idaho hitlcss and
rimless and struck out seven
pitching only part of a game
against tho University of Idaho
Tuesday.
Fricl said either Wally Kra
mer or Bob Scalzo would get to
day's hurling assignment against
the Beavers.
Tho Cougars, In fourth place
In the northern division, with
but two victories In 10 games,
top OSC in team batting by .049.
Seven Cougars nro hitting .300
or better.
By The Associated Press
COAST LEAGUE
W. L. Pet.
Son Diego 8 3 .727
Los Angeles 8 3 .727
Portland 7 4 .030
San Francisco 0 4 .600
Hollywood 4 7 .384
Sacramento 3 6 .333
Oakland 3 7 .300
Seattle 2 7 .222
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W. L. Pet.
New York 5 1 .833
Cleveland 5 2 .714
Washington 5 3 .623
Detroit 4 3 .371
St. Louis 2 3 .400
Philadelphia 3 6 .333
Boston 2 5 .2110
Chicago 1 4 .200
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W. L. Pet.
Brooklyn 5 1 .833
Boston - 3 2 .000
Cincinnati -. 4 3 .571
St. Louis 4 3 .571
Chicago 3 4 .429
Pittsburgh 3 4 .420
New York 2 4 .333
Philadelphia I 4 .200
ORE
7 SOUTH"
Ducks Drop
From Coast
Leadership
Throo-Woy Tlo for First
Brokon Whon Beavors Lose
Pitching Duol to Padrot
By The Associated Press
Portland dropped out of k
thrvo-way tlo for l'acitlc Count
league leadership, losing 1 to 0
In a brilliant pltehlng duel bu
tween Herring and lliillheart,
each of whom allowed three
hits.
The Pudres, however, got two
of their three. In ana Inning, tho
eighth, and they were good for
tho contest's only run,
Seattle and Sucrnmeiito (huil
ly got under way In their de
layed xerle.i, another ulrtlght
contest which tho Salmis wun
1 to 0. l'cte Janus of Seattle ami
Plntur hooked up In this one,
Pliitar allowing four hits to
Jonas' seven.
Tho Los Angeles-Hollywood
game was strictly a merry-go-round,
with the Angels scaring
16 runs on 111 hits. The Stars
got one ill ii out .of their fivu
blows. Tho victory kept Las An
geles and San Diego knotted
for tho lead,
At Oakland the Acorns evened
Tuesday's Sail Francisco win
by taking a -1-2 victory,
A twilight giiino was played
yesterday fur Ilia first time
this season, an innovation from
tho afternoon time which came
about when military dim-out or
ders halted night play. Sun Din
go was the first to try the twi
light lime, announcing all but
Saturday and Sunday gumcs
p I a y o d on the Padres' home
grounds will start lata In the
day hereafter,
Tho week-and ahulfold sea
son Is doing all right from tho
standpoint of attendance. League
Secretary Harry Williams ban
ished tho pro-season gloom
mongers by announcing atten
dance wus 27.UIH) ahead of last
year on the basis of the first
seven days. Tho total was 83,.
144 compared with 53,443 last
year at this time.
Troans Win
Exhibition Go
For Soldiers
SAN PEDRO. Colli., April 30
(IP). Tho Trojans of southern
California unveiled their "T"
formation and a Johnny-conic-lately
from Oregon Stato wus
very near tho whale gridiron
show yesterday as the Red team
beat tho While while 3000 cheer
ing soldiers of Fort MacArlhur
watched.
Coach Jeff Crnvath's charges
wound up their spring grid
training with tho exhibition for
the boys In tho service. The
Reds won by a score of 15 to 14.
Here's what tho transfer from
Oregon Slate, Roy Colo, accom
plished: In tho first half he sparked the
Reds to A 13-point lead by his
accurato passing and running.
Between halves ho changed Jer
seys and came mighty close to
tying tho score. Ho led the
Whites to 14 points. Ho was
the most llkely-loaklng ball car
rier In the "T" formation.
Mickey McCardlc, the fastest
man the Trojans had last year,
looked as good as ever.
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