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Show PROVO, CI AH COLNTT. UTAH FBIDAVr APRIL. 7. 1944 DAILY HERALD 'Smart Money' Goes On Cards jo Cop National Loop Grown I yj BOB METER jpnlted. Fms Staff Correspondent l CHICAGO. April 7 (HE) pasting a roster that reads like twho'i who in baseball" despite '-he-rloes of key men to the military mil-itary services, the St. Louis Card- nals appeared today as a smart- !noney bet to cop their third traight National league pennant. The greatest shoflh the arm to Cardinal hopes rest in -the out- tandlng rookies which Manager all . Southworth has collected to ortify his defending champions t gainst draft inroads that may rob ...... V4;umii Au94 wf p Danny Litwhiler, Max Lanier, and starry Gumbert. I The twinkling eyes of genial Southworth assume an extra Sparkle when he speaks of five of bra dujuc vi wuyjui ay- be playing regular as the bid for their eighth pennant 18 years. Since 1928 the St. -outfit," wtth -its- -powerful arm system, has taken four ,7orld8 championships and fin 'shed out of the first division only xnrea times. I The key rookies are Emfl Ver- ban, speedy Columbus second' pasem yould 2 Lou Klein had not been drafted; Jtugie Bergamo, hard-hitting outfielder out-fielder from Columbus, who led he American association in drawing draw-ing bases on balls; Al Jurisieh. In army discharge who may win starting pitchert role; Blix ponneUy from Rochester who has Gtdnts Seeking Care At Jersey Camp Site By SAM DAVIS NTCA Staff Correspondent LAKEWOOD, N. J. April 7 A winter resort with a staggering stagger-ing influx of vacationers until Florida was discovered' by the hoi polloi, Lake wood is npw a honey-mooners' honey-mooners' paradise and haven for people aufferingfrom respiratory ailments. Perhaps this quaint horse-end-buggy town will help the Giants. The New Yorks found the National league cellar very stuffy last season, can use any kind of a cure. T t. 1-1 j m pitcher from. Sacramento. J . nTV Along wltn Mort Cooper. Ted !"r V",V fT Tti rsJW Wilks and Harry Brecheen. 4-F's Yfrk' f" Aay to t Q y-Gumbert. y-Gumbert. Georg Hunger. Fred " ,tUte(Lon lsl?nVur' Schmidt and Lanier; these rockier fed by : pine v-$d ir . trees i D capable of shooting the Cards off to a fast start. It's true that such stars as Harry Har-ry Walker, Frank Crespi, Alpha Brazle. Klein. Erne White, Jimmy Jim-my Brown, Terry Moore, Howie Pollet and Enos Slaughter arc gone from the St. Louis cham-nionshlp cham-nionshlp teams of 1942 and 1043 But remaining are such "big names" as the Coover brothers. Slats Marion. Brecheen. Hopp. Lanier," La-nier," Musial, Litwhiler. whitey Kurowski and Rav Sanders. With Sanders, Verban and Kur- ing the winter it is 10' degrees milder here than anywhere else In the vicinity. The Easter holidays holi-days will swell the population by 20,000, says Dr. Luke Johnson, D. D. S., chairman of the Township Town-ship of Lakewood Committee. There is a drug store on every corner, bowling ,is the Indoor sport, especially with the femmes. The Giants, main company and farm hands, work on Ott and Hubbell Fields in Ocean County Park, which was the John D. Festivities Marli Pacific Loop Opening By JAMES S. 8HEEHY United Press 'Staff Correspondent SAN FRANCISCO. April 7 E A wild , left-handed . govern 7r trying- to strike- out Ty Cobb" was one of the features planned today to-day for the opening of the Pacific Coast baseball league Saturday. It will mark the 43rd opening in the history of the league with Los Angeles at Sacramento, Port land at San Francisco, Seattle at Hollywood and Oakland at San Diego. Governor Earl Warren of Cali fornia will start, the Los Angeles Sacramento game before an est imated capacity crowd of 10,000 fans by trying to fan Oobb, one of baseball's all-time greats President Clarence (Pants) Rowland Row-land of the Coast league will try to catch the governor's pitches and Mayor Tom Monk of Sacramento Sacra-mento will umpire. Manager Bill Sweeney of the 1943 pennant-winning Los Angeles An-geles club likely will start south- home run in the 10th. "I put aipaw Ray Prim wtth Rookie Bill Gabby Hartnett wanted to know if any of them were 4-F. They'd give the club speed which it needs along with everything else. Hub- Dell Field adjoins- an apple or chard, so there are apples all over the place. The Polo "Grounders were able to drill outdoors from the start and a day's snowfall was required to drive them into the Lakewood Y, M. C. A. gylmnasium, so small that the squad of 60-odd had to be worked in shifts. They tossed the ball about and ran. around a track that is 42 laps to a mile.l The Giants live in the past. Too many look back ; to more glorious and golden .days Luque, jon nard, Hartnett, Ott, Hubbell, Al len, Lombard!, Mancuso, Jurges and Medwick. Outfielder Fillpowicz Adolfo Luque recalls his biggest kick winning the final World Series game from Washington in 1933. Relieving: Hal Schumacher in the sixth with the score tied, he blanked the Senators for four and one-third innings Mel Ott putting: the Giants ahead with a Training Briefs few men on. Den I rlv Huhol the curve. Finish. I'm happy." beams the Old Cubanola." Tomato Face Hartnett leto out a roar: "He was' a curver!" Pug-nosed Willie Schaeffer. the trainer, is an interested listener. Rot! ca.tchtr.jr. Manager Earl Slieeley of Sacramento will pitch Steve LegRult or Ray Fletcher with Ted Marcucci catching. The San Francisco club, led by Manager Lefty O'Doul, hoped for a crowd of 10,000 in its opener against Manager Freck Owen Rockefeller estate. The diamonds owsH in 4-F. Southworth's infild are laid out on what was the old oroblems hinge on whet h e r( gentleman's private nine-hole golf Marion, a limited service man. can course. For 50 years the greens may oui mwi oi me aeaoon. n;and turt were WKen care or DyiHe fought Benny Leonard and he can. "I'll have the best second , special groundkeepers imported Matt Wells "Nothing like Hub-base Hub-base combination I've ever man-, from Scotland and the British : beU ... nowhere. Don't make 'em aged." Southworth snid. Jisle. any more " he cuts in . Walker Cooper, also in limited iDeep outfielders I Steve Fillpowicz, the Fordham service, ib expecieo 10 soive tne Everyone raves about the soil. ! fullback, was a catcher in college, Either Marino Pieretti or Joe Sul caicmng Bltuaunn, leaving only,, . v..ir..-h, mni.hi Hb-n v.,. trs UirHnt .n. V llvm uHll nttr-h fnr Tortlnnrt with By United Free MUNCIE, Ind. With Outfield er Vince DiMaggion In the fold, all Pittsburgh Pirate contracts were signed today and Manager VTaiuuQ Frisch promised the squad as much work as possible Between now and the opening of the season. DiMaggio, the club's only serious holdout of the year. appeared In time to participate in yesterday's exhibition game with Cleveland. The Bun dropped the game, 6-3, but DiMaggio got two hits. DODGERS BEAR MOUNTAIN, N. Y. Brooklyn Dodger fans will get their first look at their beloved "Bums" tomorrow when 'the Dod gers engage the Boston Red Sox in a Red Cross benefit game at Ebbets fieldj Even the old-time Dodger roottrs will require more than a glance to recognize their club, however, for Dixie Walker will be at third base and Manager Leo Durocher said he would play second. ATHLETICS FREDERICK. Md. The Philadelphia Phila-delphia Athletics left today looking look-ing for their second straight victory vic-tory over the world champion New York Yankees at Atlantic City. N. J. Manager Connie Mack said, he would continue to use Rookie Ed Busch and Irv Hall as his second base combination. BRAVES WALLING FORD, Conn. The Boston Braves' infield was scheduled sched-uled for Juggling today to find Early Wynn and Roger Wolff as the NaU defeated the Baltimore Orioles, 1-0. Wynn and Wolff col laborated and held Baltimore to two hits. TIGERS EVANSVTLLE, Ind. John Corsica, Zeb Eaton and Chief Hogsett were named by Manager Steve O'Netl to do the hurling for the Detroit Tigers in By BOBBY DAWSON Trainer of Fighters Seeing Mike Gibbons flatten their! Bob McAllister In the seventh exhibition game against the S20'round, Jan. 12, 1914, gave me a tank destroyer team from Camp!We.er thrill ,han r eot m battling Breakenridge today. BROWNS CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. The St. Louis Browns were scheduled sched-uled to break camp today following follow-ing a morning workout and return re-turn to St, Louis for the completion com-pletion of spring training. KU8 BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Bucto Walters, dean of the Cincinnati Reds' mound staff, took thingu easy today after holding his teammates team-mates to three hits in five in nings yesterday. On "lend-lease" to Indianapolis for the exhibition. Walters pitched good ball until Eddie Miller touched him for a homer in the fifth. Elmer Riddle pitched the remainder of the game for Indianapolis but was unable to keep the Reds from a 4-3 victory. nonetoo-formidable looking Port-la replacement for Connie Ryan land Beavers. Bob Joyce, cool cap able righthander, will pitch for the Seals and Joe Sprinz will catch' the outfield in doubt. In this de partment. Sot'thworth is counting blotter. A few hours following an outfielder. He looks like Hack a rainstorm the ground is perfect-1 Wilson front, back and side. .ST w'ho. Southworth clT. which was a good'quality Outfielder Danny Gardella for- play regular for liim even uwniier &na Berg , hen Jt snowed three inche8 the merly was a pugilist, acrobat and Southworth is confident. Own er Sam Breadon savs the Cards can't 4-F's, two limited service stars, one player holding a medical discharge dis-charge and one overage veteran, as well as 10 tested baseball Gilly Camnbell catching. Mayor Roger Lanham of San Francisco will pitch the opening ball. A color ruard of Marines will handle the other dav. Swede Hansen, recrult a physical instructor in a vomer's flag-raising ceremonies. Ditcher from Lake Worth. Fla.,! health rvm. He . likes hich class Comedian Joe E. Brown, Jack miss. The roster of nine . u ..V, .T. ! , . j tr ' al is the first time that he wanted a j left-handed all the way. Secre- camera so he could show the folks at home the phenomenon In black arid white. tary Eddie Brannick prances in wearing a canary yellow sweater. Handsome Johnny Rucker tells greats appears to assure the spir-! Tame deer cavort amid the out- me Uncle Nap has just returned Norworth, Vomposer of "take me out to The Ball Game," and screen star Ann Sheridan will be ore-game ore-game features of the Seattle-Hollywood contest. Earl Escalante will pitch for Hollywood and Jim Juried three no-hitters in the mi- i ted Cardinals of another world ! fielders, sensing the fact, no doubt, from Panama, where he was em- HUl will catch , Joe Demoren wiU ora, and Eldred Bi'erlv. fastball I seri; for th nf k T,,,t ith.t thr Giants are harmless. ! ployed in government construe- oitch for Manager Bill Skiff s 1 . J . . t- t -1 i . xnflt f 1a .liiri nnn Hn 1 siiAma ir!Tl Nap rieht now. The lobbyists eaten. ADout e.oou lans were ex SEARS for Your... "Overnite" Bas 57c Specially Priced, Reg. 3.48 Value. 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The kids' want to know what's playing at the local movie. pected. Frank Dasso, fast-ball strikeout strike-out king, will pitch for San Diego against Nubs JOelnke . of Oakland in the Padre-Oaks open who Is scheduled to take his phys ical examination at Boston Mon- Gene Tunney in the latter's first fight. McAllister came to New York from San Francisco, Fran-cisco, where he had compiled a n impressive record. New York hailed him with great ballyhoo. bal-lyhoo. I conditioned condi-tioned Gibbons, For six rounds they put up " classic yet exciting ex-citing exhibition. exhibi-tion. McAllister had a sweet wallop, but every time he let fly, Gibbons just wasn't there. Bob was Bobby Dawson CARDINALS rtmn ni t. s r,i. boxing beautifully when suddenly Cardinals were slated to end their Mlke- who had a habit of ner-second ner-second season of spring training .vusly bnishing his nose with the here today and go to St. Louis 'thumb of his right glove, made as where Manager Billy Southworth if lo do s0- will conduct drills until the sea-; Bob McAllister fell for the feint son opens. ;and in a flash Mike Gibbons WHITE SOX I crossed the right to the jaw that FRENCH LICK, Ind. Th" Chicago White Sox and Cubs spelled curtains for the California Comet. day. The Braves also received "ZZ m fZ V , 7u I word that Pitcher Jim Tobm l""' to th,rl Central America sends us an would-be called for his physical L,r v .r.'T , XT.' TT XX later this month YANKEES ATLANTIC CITY. N. J. The riddled roster of the New York Yankees received some bolstering bolster-ing today when Outfielder Lar ry Rosenthal, a Newark regular: last year reported. SENATORS BALTIMORE. 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Colors to match the exact coor of your car. iy-oz, bottle. Covers 8 sq-ft. sq-ft. surface. 35c Grayson's Scoreboard By HABBYGRAYSON NEA Sports Editor " " NEW YORK. . April 6 Freddie Mills is to box Jack" London again in London for the heavyweight championship of Great Britain They will probably open the outdoor out-door season. I have had conflicting reports on Mills more recently, but will take Ted Broadriub's word that he can fight. Broadrlbb, the featherweight feath-erweight Kid SnowbalLof 30 years ago, was the only one who said I lommy Farr would suck around for any length or time against Joe Louis. It's regrettable that Freddie Mills of -the' Royal Air Force and Joe Louis of the United States Army- can't meet this- -mmer, when one of the War Funds certainly cer-tainly could use a generous slice of the tremendous gate tliat would be attracted by an international inter-national match of this caliber. Why does the Red Cross War Fund have to . take a measly 10 per cent $15.000 from the Beau Jack-Bummy Davis thing, for ex- . ample, when three are performers like Louis and Conn available, I and more than will to do more than their Bhare? The War Department Is shortsighted short-sighted in preventing soldiers like (xjuis and Conn from .prolonging their brilliant careers by keeping keep-ing active in competition. Especially Espe-cially when they could be used to such advantage. It Is in the ring that they can i do the most good, and I don't mean entirely for themselves. Sgt. Tommy Loughran says ; Pfc. Dale Fawns requi,res only experience ex-perience and proper handling to stir up excitement among the heavyweights when the war is won. The old Philadelphia stylist should know. Maririe Corps Combat Com-bat Correspondent Sgt. Bill. Allen Al-len writes from Somewhere in the Solomons that Tiny Fawns moves with' almost unbelievable . speed for a chap with 245 pounds spread for Oakland. Rear Admiral W .L. Friedell. commandant of the 11th naval district, will-throw the first ball; Maj. Gen. Joseph Fesfan, commander of Marine Camp Pendleton, Pen-dleton, will catch, and Brig. Gen. Oliver Bucher, commander of Camp Callan, will umpire. Denver Pro Cans Lucky Seventh- AceJ DENVER. April 7 UE Bill Jelliffe, Lakewood Country Club pro, was considering today which is the seventh that seven must be a lucky number for him. Jellife yesterday registered the seventh ace of his career on the seventh hole at the Lakewood course, where he has been playing regularly for seven years. The shot traveled 146 yards into the cup. over a six-foot" five-inch frame. When Private Fawns smacks. "em, they stay smacked. Fawns, 30. won 28 of SO starts as an amateur in Kentucky, will box professionally. profession-ally. Tiny Fawns is only one of many coming out of the service looking look-ing for trouble furnished by others oth-ers than Germans and Japs. There is going to be some fun in the beak busting business when the last shot is fired, - and it is -a pity that the War Department! is forcing Joe Louis and Billy ' Conn to look forward to a post war period which will find them covered with ring rust. 6gt. Paul G. Long, Marine Corps . combat correspondent, pas ses the word along on a new and as-good-as-any name for the Japs . . . Intimately acquainted with the Nips, Melanesian natives of an Alhed-held Pacific island, once an enemy outpost, call them Humbugs. . . . Lt.-Col. Victor Krulak, who led the paratrooper feint on Bougainvill, actually had himself hit on the top of the head to become a Marine officer. . . He lacked a quarter of an Inch of the required height until he wrapped wrap-ped his head in towels and had a friend raise a lump. . . 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