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Show Jacobs, Rep. O'Toole Square Off As Aftermath of Fiasco Between Champion and Conn By JACK CUDDY United Press Sports Writer NEW YORK, June 21 U.R The fight mob, upset over repercussions repercus-sions to the Joe Louis-Billy Conn heavyweight championship fiasco, wondered today if the "golden egg" that was laid at Yankee Levari Outfit Keeps Lead In C-U Loop TEAM W. L. Pet. Levari 7 1 .873 Spanish Fork 6 2 .750 Nephi 4 4 .500 Payson . . 3 4 .428 American Fork 3 5 .375 Springville 0 7 .000 Wednesday's Results: Levan 13, Nephi 9. Payson 8, American Fork 7.' Spanish Fork 6. Springville 1. Levan continued to set the pace in the Central Utah league with the persistent Spanish Fork club one game behind as both loop leaders turned in wins Wednesday. Wednes-day. Levan stopped Nephi, 13-9. to keep the Nephites in third place, while the Spanish Forker? handed Springville its seventh straight loss by a 6-1 margin. In the third game Wednesday, Pavson replaced American Fork in fourth place in the loop standings stand-ings bv turning back the Forkers 8-7 in a tight ball game. Summaries: Nephi 002 050 002 !J Levan 070 310 20x 13 Pay. Park and Higginson: Lowe and M. Stevenson. AMERICAN FORK Ab H O A TTllicnn 9h 5 1 1 3 P. Peters, 3b 5 2 1 3 Runolfson, cf 4 0 1-0 Durrant c 5 0 4 2 Devitt. Ib 5 2 11 0 D. Peters, p 5 1 0 0 Greenwood, If. ...... 4 2 1 0 McAllister, ss 3 0 3 2 Brewer, rf 4 0 2 0 Totals . . PAYSON 40 8 24 10 Ab H Ab H O A O A 0 3 Lant. ss 5 Woodbury, cf 4 Daley, cf. . , 1 Throckmorton, 3b. . . 3 Beraer 3b 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 14 0 M. Davis lb 4 2 Fowler, rf 2 1 Miller rf 2 1 Amos. 2b 4 1 Hurst c 2 0 Butler If 3 2 Calloway, p " 0 Hudson, c 3 2 A. Davis p 2 0 0 0 3 3 Totals 36 11 27 12 American Fork 300 110 0117 Payson 001 040 012 Stolen bases Woodbury, Miller. Mil-ler. Three-base hit Throckmorton. Throck-morton. Two-base hit Hudson Double plays P. Peters to Durrant Dur-rant to Devitt; McAllister to Devitt. De-vitt. Charge defeat to D. Peters Struck out By Calloway 2, A. Davis 4. D. Peters 4. Base cn balls Off A. Davis 1. D. Peters 2. Hit with pitched ball Runolfson Run-olfson by Calloway. Umpires Fnlkprson and Hlllman. SPANISH FORK . . Ab H O A Brown. 3b. ...... O Harrison. 2b. . Jones, lb 3 4 4 3 4 2 2 0 1 2 1. 2 0 0 R Harrison, ss. . Shepherd, cf. Powell, rf. Ol?on. If. T.arnn c. 2 1 Brasher, p 3 0 10 Davis, 3b. 1 0 2 Gull, rf 2 1 0 Measom If 2 0 0 Totals SPRINGVILLE Miner. If Aemrre. ss. .., King. 3b Pierson. lb. .. Weight, lb. ... Bird, cf Clark, rf , Clements, 2b. , Haws, p: Norton, If Nielson. lb. .. Jensen, cf N. Jensen, rf. Hansen 2b 32 8 21 5 Ab H O A 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 5 4 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 23 1 21 5 Spanish Fork . 002 220 06 Springville 000 001 0 1 Errors N. Bird, K. Weight. King. Larson. Runs batted in Brasher, Aguirre. Runs Shep-hard Shep-hard 2. Jones Powell, Larson. CASH for WOMEN AS Well As For Men Any amount from $20 to $300 simply and privately. No endorsers needed. Furniture, Fur-niture, car or salary loans. Your choice of repayment plans to suit your convenience. conveni-ence. Stop in or Phone. The "Welcome "Wel-come Mat" is always out for stadium on Wednesday nieht mignt not nave killed the goose One thing seemed reasonable at least Promoter Mike Jacobs was not planning to charge $100 for any more world title fights, at least not in the near future. While resentment raged among the high-priced seat holders who felt they were bilked, there was official action in the offing at Washington from Rep. Donald OToole, D., N. Y., a Brooklyn Irishman, who seemed ready to put up more of a fight than his fellow countryman. Conn, was able to muster in the ring against Louis. And Jacobs, never one to be rbacked into a corner, said he wasn't giving up for a few more rounds. O'Toole, who couldn't get floor recognition In a busy house session yesterday, said he would make a speech today to-day demanding that Jacobs be barred from using the mails because "he has been defrauding the public." When Jacobs said that O'Toole's anger was prompted over the fact that his office in Washington had been refused complimentary tickets to the fight, the congressman retailated by stating that he had instructed his lawyers in New York to bring a $100,000 criminal libel suit sgainst the promoter. O'Toole said the suit would be filed on the grounds that Jacobs is "accusing me of extortion." Jacobs said that he would be glad to have O Toole sue him. "Yes, sir I'll welcome the suit," iJacobs said. "But I don't be-llieve be-llieve he'll dare to go through iwith it. He's just trying to get jhis name in the paper, at my jexpense. because he's coming up for election soon. He wants to dish it out. but he can't take it." Earlier. OToole. who saw the fight by television and claimed he saw only 17 solid punches, asked the New York boxing commission com-mission to hold up the purses of Louis. Despite O'Toole's threats, the boxers picked up their cash rewards. Champion Louis, who spent yesterday recovering from his not too gruelling ordeal on a golf course at suburban Yonkers, took in $625,916. Conn's share was $312,953. Jacobs, meanwhile, was busy lining up another title defense for Louis. probably against either Tami Mauriello of New York's Bronx or Jersey Joe Wal-cott, Wal-cott, a Camden Negro, who has six children. Although Louis announced before fighting Conn that he would not box again this year. Jacobs said he thought the "Brown Bomber-' would change his mind. Jacobs said the fight probably would be in Yankee Stadium in September. Champion Gets $625,916 Of ;$1 ,925,565 Gate ; NEW YORK. June 21 U P ; Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis .earned $625,916 out of a gross gate of $1,925,565 for his eight-round eight-round knockout of Billy Conn Wednesday night, the 20th Century Cen-tury Sporting club announced today. to-day. ' The Bomber's share was 40 per rent of the net. gate, radio aw' .television rights Conn, in for 20 'per cent of the same, received $312,950. i Official figures: Gross gate $1,925,565 Net gate 1.514,791 Radio and television . 50.000 Louis' share (400 of net) 625.916 jConn's share (20 of net) 312,950 3 Trojans Sign With Red Sox LOS ANGELES, June 21 (U.PJ Three players of the championship champion-ship University of Southern California Cali-fornia baseball team may be wearing uniforms of big league clubs before the summer is over. ! Signed with the Boston Red jSox are Don Palmer, all-league ! catcher and Bill Spaeter, slug ging all-conference first baseman. His older brother Al, second baseman, base-man, who captained the 1946 nine of Coach Justin M. (Sam) Barry, Attention? To My Friends and Customers WISH TO ANNOUNCE That I Am Now In My New Location At 1150 North 5th West With The Latest in Building and Equipment Expert Paint-Body & Fender Work Ken Darbro 1150 North 5th West St. FHONE 67 Louis' Hand Raised ' Wu S t"'A ft ' 0ji&iZ j? ' 1TIM.. i -. Jr. if Joe Louis, surrounded by handlers and well-wish2rs, has his hand raised in victory ( extreme lef t), as Billy Conn (right) turns away. Conn's hopes for the championship ended in the eighth round when Louis scored a knockout. Attorney General To Investigate Boxing, Baseball WASHINGTON. June 21 U.R Assistant Attorney General Wendell Wen-dell Berge said today he would study professional boxing and major league baseball to deter- j Pittsburgh 23 mine whether anti-trust lawsiw .Y?r!V t,4, , . . , . .Philadelphia 21 were being violated. I. . . ,. .., , . , , Thursday s Results ine mieresi oi Berge, cniei oi the justice department's antitrust anti-trust division, v. as disclosed to the IT.tcH p..OIc , the wnfcn f u u ' o i-. .u t O'Toole. D., N. Y.. that Wednesday's Wednes-day's heavyweight championship bout was a scandalous "swindle on the public. Berge said he would look into the power which Mike Jacobs. New York fight promoter, holds nvor fho ni'Citecclnna I hn v 1 n a to determine whether Ul 1U iw UICI illUI Vfc lit- kill- 11 constitutes a monopoly. Turning to baseball. Berge sa sport was in order in view of; changed conditions and new in-j terpretations of the anti-trust j laws that have come since the, supreme court ruled in 1922 that proiessionai Daseoan, aesptte tne constant inter-state travel in-vilvel, in-vilvel, was not in interstate com- merce. Brotherly Love Or Eagle's Don't Count It happened Thursday afternoon. The Crane brothers. broth-ers. Gordon and Fred, Ross Wight and others were engaged en-gaged in the old Skinney game at the Provo golf course. It was double for birdies, triple for eagles, etc. Things went about as usual up to the par S fifth hole. There Freddie Crane laced a long spoon shot (his second stroke onto the carpet and within inches of th hole for an eagle 3. His brother Gordon Gor-don hit the green but was long, behind the back bunker and out of the 60-foot circle in two. Ross Wight hit his third shot about 1 foot behind the pin. It looked like a cinch win for the eagle but fate's decree was otherwise. Gordon Crane hit an approach shot to the pin, it bounced once, hit Wight's ball and knocked it in the cup, tying the eagle. Brother Fred says, "I wuz robbed." is negotiating with the Detroit Tigers. The three were potent factors in SC's winning the California Intercollegiate baseball association associ-ation title with the best win record rec-ord 11 out of 12 games in Trojan Tro-jan history. 0 We Can Help You To Keep Your Car Running Until You Can Get a New One. Complete Automobile Service in Victory as Conn NATIONAL LEAGUE W. Brooklyn 35 L. rvt. 21 .625 23 .596 23 .540 25 .510; 31 .440! 30 .434 32 .429: 30 .412, St. Louis 34 Chicago 27 Cincinnati 26 Boston 25 Brooklyn 7, Pittsburgh 3. St. Louis 9. Boston 1. Chicago at Philadelphia (2; POStpOlied. rain i Only games scheduled AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet. 42 16 .724 37 24 .607 32 25 561 29 26 .527 26 32 .448 26 32 .448 22 32 .40 7 15 42 .263 ! Boston 42 e,w urK r. Washington I Thursday's Results Cleveland 4, Washington 3. Chicago 3-1. New York 1-6. Detroit 9, Philadelphia 2. St. Louis 2, Boston 0. ploNEER LEAGUE W L 18 21 23 24 26 30 Pit .625 .580 .489 .478 .447 .375 Twin Falls 30 Salt Lake 29 iPgden 22 Pocatello 22 Idaho Falls 21 Boise 18 Thursday's Results Salt Lake 10. Pocatllo 3. Ogden 11, Twins Falls R. Idaho Falls 4. Boise 2, called at end of sixth, rain. COAST LEAGUE W L Pet. Oakland 53 29 .646 San Francisco 52 31 .627 Los Angeles 44 37 .543 San Diego 42 43 .4P4 Hollywood 40 42 .483 Sacramento 40 45 .471 Portland 30 50 .375 Seattle 28 52 .350 Thursday's Results Oakland 14, San Diego 3. Hollywood 6, Sacramento 3. Birds have lower temperatures in hot weather than in cold. RENT A CAR By the Hour, Week or Month! Hertz Driv-ur-Self System $10.00 Deposit P. E. ASHTON CO. 191 So, Cnlv. Ave. Phone 155 B yeoMsoN If OIKXIU if Qmngwkw H HATCH Q wAin I W. m .r 'tte,. no in cast 'Via. tAe S6ont Jlcae Turns Away Annual Utah Open Gets Under Vay On Douglas Links SALT LAKE CITY, June 21 UR) Observers were watching Big John Geertsen. Fort Douglas pro, today as the possible top contender for the 1946 Utah Open golf croup, which opened this morning, at Fort Douglas. Yesterday, Geertsen breezed over thf course with a handy 67 in th final practice session. Lcad!T the parade of golfers entered m the 21sl annual State Open are Harold West, defending champion. Geertsen and Ven Savage, leading amateur last year. Yesterday. Gferten chalked up five hirdis and 13 pars for the best round in the warm-ups. . Three Provo amateur golfers have entered the open. Gordy Crane, former state junior champ, was paired with two Idaho professionals, pro-fessionals, N. T. Carter of Boise and George Orullian. Idaho Falls, in morning play. In the afternoon. Cloyd Booth was to tour the course with Bill Hayser of Forest Dale and Sid Kaufman of Tuali-lin. Tuali-lin. Oregon, both amateurs. The third Provo hnkster, Fred Crane, was paired with Henry Chapman. Fort Douglas and Walter Hansen of Fort Douglas. 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Had Billy the Kid been successful success-ful on a man's errand, even to the point of making a fight of it, it would have paved the way for resumption of the Bum of the Month club at caviar prices. But this one was proof that heavyweight heavy-weight boxing is back in the pork and beans class. Louis is not at fault. He simply is far and away the tiny bit of extra heavy cream in a big pail of extremely well-skimmed milk. He is the only excuse for what amounts to a tightly-closed syndicate. syndi-cate. Promoters all over the country have been howling for years against the Jacobs' death lock on the top fighters. fight-ers. You can talk all you want about the richness of such cities as Chicago and Los Angeles but the payoff always al-ways has been in Knickerbocker Knicker-bocker Village. And you fight for Mike or you don't get into the Garden, the mecca of maul; the big money joint; the place to pile up a retirement re-tirement fund for the days when you start to talk with marbles in your mouth. And once you fight for Mike, it goes without saying that henceforth and forever more you take your orders from a suite at 50th Street and Eighth avenue a dictatorial director's room with "M. S. Jacobs" printed on the door. It's a hard syndicate to crash, as more than one manager with a good fighter discovered to his ' sorrow. The boys don't like to !cut up the pile in too many pieces so your record means hard to know, are no exception. We don't yet have all the Hart SchafTner & Marx suits we'd like. But more are coming. And while our selection is not so large as we'd like, this is for sure these good looking clothes are still TOPS for style, quality everything that makes a suit worth wearing. DAILY HERALD little and many great battlers have had to while away their time in the bushes while the favored few ignored their challenges chal-lenges and split the gravy. Such a one is Elmer (Violent) Ray, a Hastings, Fla., fighter who has won 42 straight fights across the nation 39 of them by knock outs. Ray takes anybody he can get, and wants one of New York's f a i r.ha i rpH hnvc in nrnvp His r i c?Vl t , io a cracK ai Liuuit. so wnai nap-pens? nap-pens? None of the syndicate will touch him with a 10 foot pole. Why? You don't even have to nave an i. io ugure uiai one. Now, instead of giving a real j under the lights. Mahlon Ras-fighter Ras-fighter like Ray an opportunity jmuson has been holding down the to prove himself, the benign 1 second ba.e job in the last two Uncle Mike is talking .of matching! games, but the big blond belter Louis with either Tami Mauriello.! has trouble senpg under the the Fat Boy from the Bronx, orig"155 and ma' thls onc out the ancient Jersey Joe Wolcott. Louis could take them both in one round and without needing the full three minutes. Standing in the syndicate line, also, are laughable Lee Oma; Melio Bettina, whose sole claim to fame is that he is an unorthodox southpaw; and our little English cousin, Bruce Woodcock, who would be a pretty fair golden glover in these parts. Meanwhile they tell Ray Louis' only logical 'opponent to go out and get a reputation when the smart thing to do would be to knock him off. The suspicion here is that they don't think they could. bo your next louis bout, you. lucky people, probably will be the Brown Bomber vs. either Tubby Tami or the worn-out Wolcott. Perfume should be sold with two tickets thrown in free for every bottle purchased. Wire cable first was made a hundred years ago in Germany Imost everything's get nowadays . . . A ND men's clothes, as you well SHMVER'S Timps Invade Brigham City Determined to stop Brigham ity's run-away Peaches, Provo's Timps invade the Peaches' home ballyard tonight to tangle with Brighamites under the lights a make-up game that was ff,!ned by rain earlier 111 toe Riding the crest of a six-game winning streak and boasting a new found batting power, the Peaches are all set to keep their one game lead in the Industrial league chase and at the same time drop their most persistent rival further down the ladder. Manager Earl Owen will start his ace hurlcr. Carl McConnell. against the Timps and Lob Collins, Col-lins, local skipper, will counter with his dependable southpaw chucker. ' Soot" Clegg. McConnell McCon-nell holds four wins against no defeats in league competition, but has yet to pitch against the Timps. Clegg pitched against the Peaches at Provo and lost 3-2, but he muffed the Brighamites big bats snH held them scorless ! . line last eight innings. With regular second sacker Ug Wilson still on the sidelines, manager man-ager Collins disclosed that he would probably start Lee "Pony" Brooks at the kevstone corner Provo currently is tied with Pinney for second place in the league, and a loss would drop them into the third slot behind the Beveragemen. However, a win for the Timps would put them back on the top rung of the ladder, tied with the Peaches. Exhibition Tilt Slated Tonight An exhibition softba!l game between be-tween 20-30 club and the A and H Market ten composed mainly of former Provo high school players is scheduled tonight at 8 o'clock at Harmon park. The originally-scheduled major league game between 20-30 and Utah Valley Glass has been postponed post-poned since the latter outfit is taking a veterans' team to Salt Lake City to play a Salt Lake team in connection with the vet- erans convention. j In the only league game to- night, Oscar Carlson's plays at iPleasant Grove. Union Bus Depot 99 North 1st West Phone 310 Trailways Depot 100 N. Univ. Ave. Phone 1272 QDU3CD Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes 60 East 1st North Phone 375 |