ht Game Seen in AAU
sketball Tournament
pungsters Almost Overpower Veteran
enver Ambrose Jellymakers Quintet
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tjiy'i results: (Seoond
,", sixly-SIx, Burlles
oitV, aroeloy, Colo.,
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E Colorado U. Modlcs,
IX Ambrose 48, St. Lou-
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Ei 'collliw, Colo., PoikIio
rjoBincry 63, Wyoming
fnllv. Lurnmle, 4.
,u Idaho, Slmplots Utt,
ANcbr.,U5.
rn&NK CRAWFORD
'.ten Mnrrh 20 (Pi A
.mtnrt from St. Louis
V.m tried to show AAU
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fotlOH FULLEHTON. JR.
lui YORK. MHrch 20 (!')-
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I.. (innnnru. inn uhciuukuu
kill.nlaylng ilyor whoso
buti with tho Yankees and
cd a brief "foud"
L-n Clark Griffith and Lar-
alirPial. may do mucn
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VI UB010 OA Mil UUJCM VB-
woundca soiuicrs inun as
El player. . . . There s no
i, nowovor, that Shcpard's
Kilre Is to become a major
Lt. Rosa Lehman,
Iwu a close companion oi
uti- during Mis imprison
fin Germany and who re
Id with him (Lehman also
i leg) tent or ori a aoicr
ion to resume nil baseball
It WOULDN'T GIVE: UP
k only bnsobtll equipment
libit at a prison hospital
Btrlln was a soitosu ana
Lehman says, Noverwc-
Shopard worked hours
tt aay testing ann controii-
liftivot In batting practice,
i . ... ..i :
sing irom on imaginary
hd and toughening hla leg
ire It was amputated just
it uie riEiu annic . nv
Hiked, baseball morning,
ind night, constantly ask-
Ithman and other Internoc.i
Iher they thought ho could
hull scam "His fierce
sanation was something to
io,: says Lchmsn. boso
ms his whole lite nnd he
determined to play the
wain, if tt could possibly
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ODXV'B aUEBT STAR
la Garrison. Burlington. Ia
P-cye uaietle "Nearly all
fi. Ten basketball teams
lover average scores this
in ind the coaches ore puz-
is mo reason. . . . I nut s
. OI case U. served m
It last season to let the
nine quintet run up big
inii yoar mcy were
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ette Defeats .
a$k" In Portland
IHTLAND, March 20 (!)
H uu.isctto defeated the
k ni8K nore last night aft-
F'ux u B lirL fall nn snr
fhcad butts by tho hooded
P-tf. Uussetto took the next
F w"h his standing full
r-
S FIELD TRIALS
fOKANE, March 20 CP) A
l,,ft JV1IM ljU!i owned
Ji'oyd Suiter of Tacoma
fndled by Ed Harrison of
UHi u,e "-U-go champion
I" the Pacific Coast field
'iwraay.
IMbTTUr. .
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IVftlTt. "AHDLY NEW
i0VEn. M . II ram n.
lk,n" making book on
1,.,". mon in a nuu-win
It a V.T. " i""c.n?0Mm
fcv ,. T,r """ics i iianovor
EW . one In Madison
l. asserts uari
II Pa I al HUllOHCS.
Jtkino " amls 'hat there
bun. .nT ""!,,mD!8,'s
- (,-uucge pioy-
h 20 years ago, whon
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riftik n "vi.uui uuuuii iii
cteclRi'ea rnwlns
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rw vl" ul my piy
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Id!u7.lv T- steve Dudns,
I'Sowator, n. J outpointed
riOHTS
thuslusin and n full- im rn rf Inl
fill OIllWOlKll eXOIrlnnnna..rl
for a while it lnoknH ir iv,...
nilKhl prove their oolnl.
But agelesa Jack MeCrackcn,
i'.jiim tiiutii oi inc uc nver
Ambrose Jellymakers,
squelched the Mlssourlana bo
foio they got complololy out of
ihl O0VS from llin hnnUi r.1
the Mlwiljuippl were lust an un
heralded bunch of high school
lads representing the St. Louis
Candle compuuy, but they led
uiu UUWITIU1 JC IVmMltf.rK 111.11
at the end of the first quarter of
their second round strugglo last
iikiiv in me nauonai tourna
monl,
AltlUZcd )llim.tnun rio,,..
Jtes were n bit unin.iv thui ii,a
ki .. n , , . . - ..........
iiu. t euucci Ainiroc quintet
might stumble In their very first
luuim-y star i until Jack Mc
Crnckon took over with ,-nm.
pleto nonclialunco. Jumping
, who piuyuo in ins nrst na
tional tuurncv 15 vtiii vi
drove under tho basket for two
quick guula and the Ocuvcrltes
were out In iront to stay.
The St. Louis lads kept pace
for a while but big ace Clruenlif.
another Ambrose star with moro
than a dozen campaigns behind
him, alternated with MeCrackcn
in oiiisi-ormg (lie youngsters
The Missouri boys finally yield
or. 40-39.
The McCraeken-Grucnlg duo
ll not the only pair of oldtlmers
still playing topflight AAU bail.
The Wichita Cessnas, with Uirlc
Smith and flay Piper playing
iino icon-agors, oiusiea uie Colo
rado univorslty Medics, 83-30,
Piper Is playing his 15th nation.
ul tournament and Smith his
14th.
Today's schedule brings three
moro seeded toams on the floor
for their first start In the
tourney.
Twentieth. Century Fox of
Hollywood, at the foot of the
upper bracket, meets the Ster
ling, 'Colo., Mltchcll-Pontlac at
B p. m. Fort Warren, Wyo., tun
gles with Bushnell Goncral hos
pltal of Brlghum City, Utah., at
7 o clocR, and Fort Lewis,
wash., draws the Hoxle, Kans,
C. of C. at 0:30.
Five other games are on the
day't calendar. All are second
round trials.
Other games on the schedule:
' 12 Noon Sun Francisco A.C,
vs. Bennett Drug, Billings,
mom.
1 V: M.Fnrt Wayne. Ind
Order of Moose vs. Camp Clai
oorne, L,a., i-tospitui.
2:30 P. M. Modesto.- Calif.
Junior college vs. Allman Trans
fer, Cleveland, O.
3:30 P. M. Peoria. 111., Cater
pillars vs. Pratt-Whitney, Kan
sas City. - . - ,
8:30 P. M. San Diego Dons
vf Camp-Robinsonr Ark., Offi
cers. : .
""a in Medford
HOLLAND
r 'J Ann. Eutay
Kozatske?
Cards in Damp
Spirits Ball
Field Flooded
CAIRO, III., March 20
The World Champion St. Louis
Cardinals, alining for a fourth
straght pennant, a feat accom-
fillshed only twice in major
cague history, were in rather
damp spirits today as spring
training opened. They were
without a baseball diamond.
The outfield of Cotter field,
the Cardinals' usual ' northern
training site, is under four feet
of water and Indications are that
the training field will hot be
available for practice during the
slightly more than two weeks
the champs will be here.
Water, seepage from the flood
ed Ohio river, also covers the
high school football field, the
most likely substitute for a
baseball diamond. Weatherman
J. F. McGruder wasn't optimis
tic, warning that seepage condi
tions will get worse bofore thoy
get bottor. Adding to the wet
picture, he forecast rain.
i or f
wm mm
Dodgers
Eye Trade
With Cubs
PAUL HAINEB "-
Pigtails flying, Eleanor Lcvor
scn, 12, of Los Angeles, young
est entrant in national and
North American amateur figure
skating chumpionnhips, cuts
caper at New York's .Icclond.
Utah May
Use Brand
New Team
SALT LAKE CITY, March 20
(PI There Is a chance UtBh
may open defense of its Nation
al Collegiate basketball title this
weekend with a team wholly
new to NCAA competition.
: Coach Vadul Peterson and his
Utcs will leave tonight for Kan
sas City to join Oklahoma A. &
M Arkansas and Oregon in
the western playoffs.
Utah lost probably the great
est cage player in Its history
when Arnold Fcrrln was draft
ed last week into the infantry.
He led Big Seven conference
scorers with 315 points and was
picked on the all-tournament
team at Madison Square Garden
last year.
Only Fcrrln and Fred Shef
field were left this season from
the 1044 champions. Now Shef
field, former NCAA high jump
king, is in the navy V-J 2 pro
gram and 11 won't bo certain un
til later this week whether he
can play in the tournament.
Utah's starting lineup will
hove Sheffield or Don Dorton
and Leo Hamblln at forwards,
Murray Satterficld at center
and George Keil and Dave How
ard at guard. .
Dorton', Satte'rfield and Keil
arc freshmen. Howard is an ox
marine who formerly played for
a small college in Washington.
Brooklyn Cagers
Appeal. Decision
NEW YORK, March 20 (Pi
Four of the five Brooklyn col
lege basketball players, involved
in the January gambling scandal,
appealed to the board of higher
education last night for reinstate
ment. The board, however,
unanimously voted to uphold
their expulsion.
REDS ONCE LED
BY A BEARDED BOSS
: CINCINNATI Cincinnati had
the only big league manager In
history adorned with a full
heard. Gustavus H e I n r i c h
Schmclz managed the Reds in
Uie 1880's. A gap of nine years
from '81 to '89 exists in the
records, the Redlegs being out
of the National league through
out that period. The Hhineland
ers a Invert one vear in the Union
association and eight in the old
American association. It is like
ly that Sehmelz guided them
during their American associa
tion membership
President Branch Rickey
Searching For Catchers
By TED MEIER
NEW iOHK. March 20 (Pi
A trade is brewing between the
lirooklyn Dodgers and tnc Chi
cago Cubs, baseball circles heard
touny.
Word cunie from the Bear
mountain tump of the Dodgers
that President Branch HicKey
was searching for a catcher to
help man Andrews, the only
bucKstopper the Dodgers cur
rently possess.
Hickcy, it was rumored, was
eyeing the four catchers the
Cubs have. As trading bait,
Rickey is said to have put
Frcncn Borduguray on the block.
Pitcher Whit Wyult, who was
hampered with a lame arm last
season, appeared at Bear moun
tain, but Mickey said that he,
alone with Pitcher Art Herring.
urc ciussuiea 3-c in the draft and
will not be available for an in
definite period. Inficldcr Barney
Koch and Pitcher Lcs Webber
were listed as holdouts.
Other training caniD briefs:
Boston Red Sox Five players
still unsigned, among them Star
Pitcher Emmet O'Neill who
wants more money.
Detroit Tigers Third Sacker
Pinky Higyins, 38 in May, due to
lake brc-induction physical exam
on unursaay. nis loss would
seriously cripple team.
Cleveland Indians Catcher
Jim McDonnell, who probably
will be No. 1 catcher, arrived at
LaFayctte, Ind.. camp.
St. Louis Browns First Base
man George McQuinn signed
contract. Pitcher Slg Jakucki
reported his arm felt sore.
Pittsburgh Pirates Third
Baseman Bob Elliott, a 4-F
whose third draft exam has been
referred to Washington for final
decision was expected to report
toaay. ,
Boston Braves Pitcher Tom
Earlcy, recently discharged from
army, reported eager to resume
wncre ne ion on in i43.
St. Louis Cardinals Blix Don
nelly, world series pitching star.
was rejected by army for 10th
time, raort cooper, zu-game win
ner, signed contract and Infield
cr Johnny Antonelli was classi
fied 4-F.
New York Giants Outfielder
Danny Gardella suffered
sprained ankle when he stepped
into gopher hole while chasing
incs.
New York Yankees Outfield
er Johnny Llndcll signed con
tract. Allen Gettel. ud from
Norfolk, was termed likely pros
nect as starting nltcher.
Cincinnati Reds Rain forces
first workout to be held indoors.
Chicago White Sox Bill Na-
gel, third baseman purchased
from Milwaukee. reDorted.
Shortstop Floyd Baker called up
for draft re.exam at Younffstown
March" 26.
Philadelphia Phils Southpaw
Al Gerheauser showed up at
camp, but said he still is dissatis
fied with contract. Pitcher Wil
bur Reeser said he is returning
to Heading, fa., lor war worn.
Chicago Cubs Pitcher Ed
Hanyzewskl was : scheduled to
test arm in practice game today,
Shortstop Len Merullo reported
Philadelnhla A's Russ Chris
topher, star twlrler, reported 10
pounds unaerweignt.
HAINEB
St. John's Five Noses Out
Fighting Muhlenberg, 34-33
NEW YORK, March. 20 (PI
In one of the most exciting
games of the season, St. John's,
defending champions, squeaked
by Muhlenberg, 34 to 33, in the
National Invitational basketball
tourney at Madison Squaro Gar
den last night. - . .
A crowd of 18.001 saw the
Rodmen and the Allentown, Pa.,
quintet put on their spine-tingling
thriller after the top-seeded
DoPaul Demons from Chicago
had overwhelmed West Virgin
la, 78 to B2. , . T . ,
The triumphs put St. Johns
and DcPaul In the semi-final
round on Wednesday against
Rhone Island State and Bowling
Green, respectively.
Sparked by Oscar "Red
Baldwin, the Pennsylvanians
took an early 10-0 lead, but St.
John's pulled to within 14-13 at
halftlmo and went ahead at IB
14 soon after the 'second half
started. The crowd was In a con
tinuous uproar thereafter as the
lead enanged nanas. a times.
: Rio (1:01) Georeo Mikan flip
ped -.iri . 33 points, the season's
hieh at the Garden, as DcPaul
Whipped. West, Virginia in the
opener. Altogether Mikan
scored 13 field goads and seven
free throws before he was ban
ished on five personal fouls. He
made 23 points in the first half.
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Oregon Crowned Conference Cnampion -
In as thrilling a ball game as we have ever heard, the Uni
versity of Oregon basketball team won the Pacific coast, northern
division crown Saturday night on McArthur court by downing
me cougars oi wasmngion btate, av to a.
It was a great victory for the Webfoots as
they trailed, 21 to 15, at half time and were
forced to make an uphill fight all the way. By
winning Saturday night's game, the Webfoots
proved one thing, if no other, and that is that
the Ducks are strictly a second half ball club.
They trailed Oregon State at the half in
the first of the deciding games for the conference
toga and were behind the Cougars at the midway
point in all three of the playoff tilts.. This fact
is all the more credit to the dauntless Ducks
and they are all the more deserving of the title.
In the second half of tne linai titanic
struggle the Webfoots had to overcome a six
noint lead rolled un bv the Cougars in the first
hnif and tho score was tied numcroui times during tne last nan.
Elongated Vince Hanson, record-breaking Cougar center, couldn't
quite do it all alone, although he kept the Washington State five
in the running right up until tne linai gun.
Dick Wilkins and Jim Bartelt were the big guns of the
Oregon attack, as Bob Hamilton, Webfoot guard and captain,
was once again effectively covered py ueorge Hamilton oi tne
Cougars.
In Dicking Washington stale to win tne crown, we sun
feel that we made a good choice. In a playoff series as close as
this one turned out to be, and especially in the final tussle where
there was only two-points difference, one lucky shot or one minor
misplay can spell the difference between defeat, or victory.
The Oregon triumoh Saturday night was no fluke, however,
as the Webfoots certainly won the honor the hard way. Honest
John Warren and his boys will now represent the Pacific north
west In the NCAA tourney and we wish them iuck against such
teams as Ohio State and Kentucky. Not since the famous "Tall
Firs has an Oregon club won national recognition and we
sincerely and fervently hope that the "Small Pines" are successful
in their eastern campaign.
Six Rasslers Die in Plane Crash
Professional rassling may be escaping the headlines in this
country but the mat sport definitely is big time among the
servicemen. According to an AP news report this was revealed
by USO camp shows after the war department announced that
an army transport plane had crashed in Europe on March 3,
killing 16 persons. Six of those killed were professional rasslers.
mat type oi entertainment nas gone over very Dig witn
servicemen," a USO official said after the crash, "and this- defin
itely is not the first group of rasslers sent overseas.1
He explained that the matmen put on exhibition matches,
participate in feats of strength, and demonstrate the application
and breaking of noids. usually tne snow ends with the entertain
ers challenging any and all comers in the audience, he said.
ueorge Matkovich, known in the mat game as George Mack;
Jack Ross, Lester "Kid" Chapman, H. A. "Al" Sabath, Gaius
w. Young, and uen tieuDen were tne six athletes Killed in the
crash.
We have lone known that professional rasslers were donat
ing their services to USO shows, both at home and abroad, but
it apparently took a tragedy to bring this fact to the front.' It is
easily understandable why rassling exhibitions would- prove
popular with war-weary servicemen and the matmen deserve
just as much recognition for their deeds as a bevy of Hollywood
movie stars witn a top-notcn press agent in fact, to our mind,
tney aeserve mucn more.
Mickey Cochrane's
Son Reported Dead
LAKE FOREST, 111., March
20 (P) PFC Gordon Cochrane
Jr., 20-year-old son of Lt. Comdr.
uoraon (MicKey) coenrane,
former American league star
catcher and manager, was killed
in action February 25 -in Hol
land, his mother was notified by
the war department.
Young Cochrane, a' student at
Iowa State college before enter
ing service In January, 1944,
went overseas last Octobor.
Comdr. Cochrane,, one-time
Detroit Tigers manager, now is
on duty in the Pacific. He had
been baseball manager at Great
Lakes training center for three
seasons.
Odds and Ends in the World of Sports
Fee s Music Makers, top independent basketball club of
Portland, will meet the Ute, Iowa, Indians In the first round of
the national AAU cage tournament at Denver. Colo. . . . Mort
cooper, star hurler for the World Champion St. Louis Cardinals,
is stiu -r atter a tnree-aay pnysicaL examination Lt. Bert
Sheppard, whose right leg was amputated below the knee be
cause of a wound received as a pilot with -the 55th squadron,
now -has"-fOie as-tostting-'practice "pitclier "witfi- the Washington
Senators of the American league . . ,. The pitching staff of the
Detroit Tigers looms as-the best in the American circuit with
Hal- Newhouser, Dizzy Trout, Stubby Overmire forming its back
bone v . We heartily disagree, with L. H. Gregory, sports editor
of the '.Oregonian, who is crying loudly and to no avail that
Brooklyn college should withdraw from competition due to the
"Brooklyn basketball scandal" a few. months ago.- Greg laments.
tnat tne conege nas no sense of shame" What s he want the
students and the faculty to do go around wearing sackcloth and
asnes?
Oma, Mauriello Set
For Fracas Friday
NEW YORK, March 20 (Pi
Heavyweights Lee Oma and
Tami Mauriello, who meet in a
10-rounder at- Madison Square
Garden Friday night, were pro
nounced fit yesterday after the
customary examination at the
office of the state athletic com
mission. Oma said he weighed
186, Mauriello about 196. .v,.
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1
Doghouse Blues
(Z?
This ' New York bass fiddle
player probably was moaning
the blues as he packed up his
"doghouse" and headed for
home when-the midnight curfew
- law closed bis nightclub.
Pete Belcastro
Will Tussle
With !'Mask"
- tHe top. tussle on the crunch
card - Friday nlEht at the Klam
ath armory will pit meany Pete
Belcastro against the "Grey
Mask."- Belcastro has given Mr.
Stoneface a bad time upon two
previous occasions here and a
wild evening is on tap for Klam
ath rassling fans.
Promoter;-Mack Lillard. is
seeking-the" services of popular
Ernie Piluso in the semi-wind-
up against a top-notch opponent,
Piluso has not rassled here in
several months, ever since he
was beaten by Gorgeous George
Wagner. And he will be going
aH.oafto redeem himself '. in the-
eyes -of , Klamath: mat addicts.
Sam Meets
Lord Byron
In Playoff
Sncad Fritters Away Good
Chance On Last Two Halts .
By FRITZ LITTLE JOHN
CHARLOTTE, N. C. March
20 (P) The two best shotmakert
now in business bam Snead -and
Byron Nelson meet here
today in an 18-holc playoff ioi
tne $iu,uuu charlotte upen gou
tournament title.
They deadlocked at the end ol
the regulation 72-holes wlti
scores of 272 when Snead, aftei
leading lor to noies, grew over
cautious on the 71st and 72nd
and frittered away his chance;
to clinch first prize two S100(
war bonds..
Nelson, always a great finish
er, posted a closing 68. Slammin
Sam needed to finish par-par oi
the last two holes to sew u
two modern records .four tour
naments in a row and seven is
one winter season.
Second place in the rich wai -bond
tournament is worth $1500
Gene Kunes of Hollywood
Fla., slipped into third plact
seven shots off the pace and Sam
Byrd was fourth at 280.
lug Mcbpaden, in second
place through the first thret
rounds, needed a big 77 ane
wound up fifth. McSpaden fin
ished a stroke back ot sgt. Dutcti
Harrison - in the -1944 tourna
ment.-- - ...
.-. From here the touring professionals-will
go to Greensboro foi
a $7500 war bond tournamenl
beginning Friday. - .
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JUST LIKE SLIPPING
In THE BATHTUB
NORMAN. Okla George
stronmeyer, tne iowa seanawKs
all-service. .'All-America center,
went' through-the intense pre-
flight course as though it were a
breeze., played a rigorous foot
ball season with hardly more
tnan a scratcn. cadet stron
mever progressed through nrl-
mary flight training at Norman,
was-aDout .to snove ou tor inter
mediate when the USO - asked
him to nut on a divine exhibi
tion.-He slipped on the board,
threw his rieht arm under him
to break the fall and fractured
his hand. .
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