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Show i 7 if'WM&tt 5 ".i."... ''..'.Y . .1-....',. ( t. . "k v "I V 4,' ;y i 't I-' I PAGE 10 .."ttr. DAILY HERALD MHO 11 -B loss To Tlr ' , Op W 10 n I a1 f -: M tea mu stux irresponaeni NSW YORK, April 19 (HEX The or league oaseDeu season was to & flvins: a tart today with diamond experts aireaay com- pparently will have over batters me eariy pars vuc Va ; rraeditin an assist w nonnem V serin training, which enabled id weather while f fording UttW practice7 xor oaiung (jw., pltchtog was the keyword f yesterday's yes-terday's seven, opening' games. J vif President Henry Ai- Wal- officially opened the 151 game 'championship campaign in both: leagues wnen no wrew ; m viDhineon to launch a 12 ln Ife. rnntit in which the PhUa- elphia Athletics nosed out- the Washington Senators 3-2. . ; Pitching honors, however, Went to the Nattonal league where only 46 hits were .allowed in four Mtx oer veamv iunvt uw War oriNWar. ra nve ud 43 base hits, including three home runs, for of seven hits per club In thrw Hurter Milo Candlni's tactical I wr resnonslble for - the I run that gave the Athletics their J7! In thA 12th in- Gandini threw to the wrong base permitting runners to ad- MAnrins' naation. and On trw Hall's double, Babe SJebert centered home with toe Winning ' tally. Joe Berry, pwn baU for threeinnings. f relieved . starter Luman Harris In the 10th V sto receive credit for the decision. YiLAir wha relieved SUrter . a Johnny Nlezelin, waa cnargea TheJorlf champioh NewJork Yankees opened defense of toelr title at-Boston where Hanlp Bor-owy Bor-owy shut out the Red Sox five hits for a 3-0 triumph and the first of the day's three white washings. T.i,.n. T.tnitii homer in the sec- ond inning 'JBian'3L' t workine margin he needed. YanK Tetry was the losing hurler asOie snd reliefer Mike Ryba allowed the champs eight hits. The St Louis Browns defeated the Detroit Tigers. 2-1. with Jack winner) Kramer and-JJisay (loser) trout each allowing six hits Vern Stephens clbuted a homer for the Brownies In the ninth and Pinky Higgins deprived Kramer of a shutout wnen ne mi another with two out in the same frame, t . The Cleveland Indians' game at Chicago against . the White Sox was the only contest rained out Individual hurling honors went to Max JLanier of the St Louis Cardinals as the National league' champions blanked the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-0. Lefty Lanier, assisted assist-ed by three double plays, faced only 28 batters and allowed only two hits, not permitting a Pirate to reach second base. Rookie Preacher Roe. who gave the Cards seven hits, was charged with the loss. : Rookie Bill Voiselle became the first National, league yearling "to win an opener' slne Hub Purdue Of Boston did it in 1912 when he held the Braves to six hits as New York triumphed. 2-1. Hugh Luby's double with a pair of mates on the basesbrought the Giants from behind, be-hind, in the seventh. Alva Javery was charged with the loss, giving the Polo grounders eight hits'.- t The Chicago Cubs defeated the Cincinnati Reds 3-0 despite the f act that Red-hurler Buckey Walters Wal-ters gave up only three hits before a home crowd of. 29.649, largest -i amaii- j imer nuns Giants to Victory I - if V f I i , I Mngels Regmin I$a& By Troilncing Stars NEW. YORK, April 19 . !tLE ,since '36. but I never learned to With the cheers of the crowd still rimrinsr In his 4-B ears, bie Bill Voiselle 'explained that the astute ness of Gabby Martnett , and the adroitness of South Carolina rab bits made mnv pie pitcner tnat ne is today. "'" Voiselle, first rookie toJ win 1 a National league seasonal-opener in 32 years reclined sideways en the rubbing table in the Polo Crounds dressing roonwlike an ancient Roman at a feast as he explained "hdw cum',' he pitched the New York Giants to a 2-1 victory over Boston!s Braves. i Staid experts had. intimated that Manager Mel Ott of the last-place last-place New York Giants merely was adding Insult to injury when ha picked yoiselle of Last year's last-place Jersey City Giants (or the International league ) to touch off a mpalgn which has a berth in first division as its objective. Although Ott virtually- was forced to select Voiselle for the opener because of service inroads and ailments, some of the experts thought Ott would do better to get' out" and. pitch himself than risk a guy who had bne of the worst records in all the minor leagues in 43. It seems that Voiselle won only 10 for Jersey City, while losing 21. His allowed eamed run average was a ripe 3.18. . But as the major league curtain went up. yesterday, Voiselle pitched pitch-ed like a master, yielding but six hits and- striking put mne. On three different occasions he fire- balled his way out of trouble, So big, : brown-haired Voiselle drawled his explanation : I been playin professional pitch till last season under Man' ager Gabby -Hartnett at Jersey City, rl could always throw 'fast; but Gabby taught me what to do with smart curves and a change of pace.. - . . - "Gabby taught me stuff.1 and told me to concentrate on gelting control during the off-season. So when I got home, I started hunting rabbits with clods and .broom' sticks. I'd cut a broomstick - in half and . use it to throw with. Those South Carolina rabbits are mighty spry. I got a lot of prac tice runnln' after 'em, before I could -get set to throw my broom stick. I kept at it and come spring, I was knocKln those rabbits over right regular. I had control, and I was lean as a deer weighed only 210." . Despite his rabbit prowess, Voi selle complains, he flunked his army physical : exam because of poor hearing. He envies the; bun nies for their ears. BY UNITED PRESS Ths Los Angeles' Angela resum ed undisputed, leadership of the Pacific Coast league by trouncing trounc-ing Hollywood 9-0 in the opening game of their . "civil war" series yesterday, while 6an Francisco climbed Into a second-place tie with Ban Diego, one game behind the leading Angels. i Ths Seals' spoiled Oakland's opening day byi defeating the Acorns 2-1, as San Diego was los ing to - seatla 32 to slip , in the standings. Portland walloped Sacramento Sac-ramento 10-4 In the fourth game. Former ma for leaner Kav prtm shut out the Stars with but four hits while his Angel teammates were . pounding- four Hollywood miners for 11 . hits and . 9 runs. The Angels sewed upthegame lrt th ; fourth with three- hits off Alex Wldon, which combined with two Twlnk 'erroirto produce three runs. Mayor Fletcher Bow- ron celebrated Los Angeles open-ingr open-ingr day ceremonies withxa single, hitting Sheriff Gene Blscailus, first pitch to Ohio Governor John w. Brtcxer. Seal Hurler Bob Joyce won, bid third straight game of the sea son in the Oakland opener between the bay area rivals, altnougb ne allowed . eight' hits to five given by Henry (Cotton) Pippeo. Third Baseman Ben Guintlhi hit a home run'.- for ' San Francisco in we third and scored the winning run in the 4 it th on Joe Sprirw' single. Gov. Earl Warren tossed the Open- Baa Diego's Rex cecu fanned i Seattle Ramlers, three short of the league strtcke-out record, but lost a ' 3-2 decision when '' Ralner Pitcher Joe Demoran drove in the tying and winning runs , with sixth inning single - Roy Helser, left handed : Portland Port-land hurler,, got rive lilts In five trips ' to the plate as he led .the Beavers to a par win over' the Sacramento Solons, The Beavers combined 16 hits off three Solon pitchers with five Sacramento errors er-rors to roll up their lead, scoring six unearned runs. Sacramento Catcher Joe Rossi hit a homer with two on in the sixth, the first circuit cir-cuit clout of the season at Sacramento. Big Crowds Tun Out For Ope UE- i ran yfe H seiie 22 on Hank allowed of the day. Netting eVery hit,, the Bruins ga Wyse the victory. Wy only five hits. - The PhUadedphiaPhlllies, be hind the six hit htirlmg of Dick Barrett won their opener against Leo Durocher's dismal Dodgers, 4-1. Hal Gregg, first of three Dodger pltjehers, was charged with the 1 ! POULTRY ' : FENCE To Protect Your Brood 10 Rod Rolls 18" Poultry Fence . 8.75 . 5.95 20 Bar, I5'i Gauge AMERICAN 48 Inert 2-inch Mesh Netting , Just Received. Large Shipment of the Famous BUCKEYE COAL DROODEnS 35.49 1000 Chick Size a Consolidated Hardware Go. PHONE FOR RESERVATIONS 255 WEST CENTER PHONE 244 NEW YORK. Abril A9 Baseball fans. 1 24,066 ' atroncr. braved generally chilly weather weather yesterday to witness the seven, gamy opening d.ay program or me Marior league season. The crowds: NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicaeo at Cincinatti 29.649. ston at New York 13.470. ' Brooklyn at Philadelphia 11.910. Pittsburgh at St. Louis 4,030. Total 59.059. AMERICAN LEAGUE St. Louis at Dtetroit 23,034. Philadelphia at Washn. 27.000. New York at Boston 9,973. Total 65,007. - Grid Rule taps Face Vote (Today At League Parley PHILADELPHIA. April 19 (C) A suggestion that national foot ball league coaches be allowed to coach from the sidelines during a game, au-eaay approved for m one year trial by the rules committee, wuj De voted on today at the meeting of the NFL. . j . ! The recommendation,? one of sev eral to be acted upon today; permits per-mits the' coach: to use, a space 10 yards from the itcnter bit his team oencn etna extending from the w wis Biaeunes.'ix accepted, accept-ed, it also wouid perniitX pUyers to run to the bench for instruction instruc-tion during legal timeouts providing pro-viding that the player Is back in time to assume his posltionV at the start of the next olav. O wise me oi: ending team woi receive a penalty for delaying IgameiJ . 1 The committee also recommend ed a.. -change eliminating the time- Kiumg out-or-uounds . kickoff by assessing the Kicking team. ' a five yard penalty each time 'the KJCKotr is nandjed iilegauyr The change deals, "with out-of-bounds kickoffs and klckoffs touched by tne kicking team before the ball has traveled the leral 10 vards. jln the final two minutes of each half, it was sugeested the timers. watch not be started until the. m lt. V i Dau aegauy is ,m piay. Tiie rules oody recommended the continuation of the free substitution substitu-tion rule, adopted a year ago, and suggested that; substitutes need mot report when they enter a game. The committee, rejected all suggestions' sug-gestions' for. a revision of the ex tra point rules, steeling of the ball from carriers, and MUfgt-gestions MUfgt-gestions for protection of punt handlers. 1) The changes, Jn order tof become effective,, must be vctetn fav- ora'bly by nine of the lesgue's 11 clubs. . The Proyo, BulMogs defending State nigh school basebaU champs, yesterday dropped ' their opening. game of the 1944 season to. Carbon Car-bon high. 10-5, la an error-filled contest that, passed the victory to CSsrbon on unearned runs. The victors opened up In the ifirst inning, taking advantage of Proyo errors, to run the score to 2-0. This was quickly overcome by a Bulldog spurt that xbunted four runs ' ln the second only to be matched by a like number or carbon car-bon runs that brought the tally to 64. - . . 5 Provo Coach Max Warner laid the defeat on the fact that It was a cold, windy day,, upon a lot of costly mistakes," - and '. on poor fielding. He said that his oys showed up weu outslnde of thei ex- plainatle- first ' game errors, sand especially praised Brown Bulldog hurler,' and Campbell, the first- iacker, . For the winners, he picked Pre-setto, Pre-setto, who pitched the entire route, as the best man bn the field. He said : that the Carbon Crew,' bolstered bol-stered by "six Legion" club veterans, veter-ans, appear to have a well-balanced., strong crew, " . V . - . The next Provo contest is the B. Y. high fray Thursday afternoon after-noon at 4 in the North park. Asked what he thinks of Bulldog chances vi wi ncasun, ne saia.-"i m going to stick my neck oat We're ndt going to lose any more," Lob Collins Calls First Provo Drill . Lob ijCottlns, newly-reelected manager of the, defending Industrial' In-dustrial' league champion Provo baU club, has called first prac ties sessions for Sunday morning morn-ing at 10 In the Tlmpanogos ball park. , , ;He announced that hitting Infield In-field and outfield work would spotlight the drlQ with regular workouts slated to countlnue until the opening of the season May l. ) , , . . "Anyone who feels like he wants to try out for the team is welcome to come," Cbllins Invited.' In-vited.' At present the club is in need of bolstering 1b several departments, de-partments, ; . . r'. A SUB&fABINES, SINK . 15 MORE JAP SHIPS K WASHiNGTON, April 18 (OB U. S. submarines, striking telling blows against Japanese supply lines in the far Pacific, have sunk 13 more enemy vessels, tne Jvayy revealed today, . , ' -' " . ' They .brought to a total of .682 the. number of enemy vessels hit by our submarines. ' " Swedish Journei For Track Journey Mulled By Dodds i NEW- YORK. Aoril , 1 -. Possibilities ' Ithat Boston's GS Dodds. holder of the world indoor record for the mile. TOieht eo to Sweden to compete against Arm holder, and G under Hagg, war discussed today .after Dodds told AAU officials that he was intety ested in making the tripw . uooas, au victorious in winter meets this year, tolfl National AAU Secretary Dah 'Ferris that fhe was interested irt accepting an .inviiauon irom svenska IdrottS tforbundet, Swedish governing body of track and field meets, .to compete In Sweden.- ;!-Anderson ;!-Anderson and Hare previously had been invited to appear here. mis summer, ana rams mentioned mention-ed the possibility of a home and home meeting among the runners. The Swedish stars tentatively-accepted the invitation to appear here pending the guarantee of air transportation both ways so that they" could return home in time to compete in -their own meets. Hagg ran here last summer, defeating de-feating the best American runners in an all-victorious tour , . Canadian Favored J0 Win Marathon BOSTON, April 19 (KE Drum-chested Drum-chested Sgx. Gerard Cote. Canadian Canad-ian soldier from Montreal, was a " Leb-favorlte to repeat his last Tyear's triumph to the annual 28- mile 385-yard Boston A. A. mara thon- today. Cote, who, trains on snow shoes,! was favored with coast guards-; man Clayton Ferrer of New York and New London, to take the gruelling Patriot's Day classic. Cote covered the distance between be-tween Hopkinton and Boston's Back Bay, in a. near record time of 2 hours? 28 minutes, 23 4-4 seconds sec-onds a year ago. Baseball Scores NATIONAL LEAGUE 7 Chicago S, Cincinnati). s: New York 2, Boston L ' Phillies 4, Dodgers 1. u ixmis z, nrates o. AMERICAN LEAGUE Browns 2, Detroit 1. Athletics 8, Senators 2. Yankees 8, Boston 0. Utah Sets Pace In Traffic Safety CHICAGO, April 19 Eight thousand lives could have been saved in 1943 had the nation's traffic death rate been as low as that of the four states which won top honors in the national traffic safety .contest. This was reported today by the National Safety Council,' which conducts the contest. The four states Connecticut, Oklahoma, Minnesota and Utah had a composite 1943 mileage death rate 35 per cent below the national , average, - the .council said. If the national rate had been on that level; last year's traf fic toll would have been 15,000 instead of 28.300. 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