Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-02-14 | Page 26 | Sports - - in a Nutshell

Sports - -In a Nutshell (Compiled from AP, UP, INS wire and local sources.) Connie Mack, veteran Philadelphia Philadel-phia Athletics' manager, Wednesday Wednes-day threatened to leave for the A s training base at Anaheim, Cel., without six recalcitrant hold-outs. . . . They are Pitchers Lynn Nelson, Nel-son, George Caster, Ed Heusser and Elon Hogsett, Catcher Frank Hayes and First Baseman Dick Slebert, all given until Friday night to sign, or "I can get all the ballplayers ball-players I want," said Mack. Maurice J. (Clipper) Hmlth, newly appointed eoaeh of Loyola aalverslty at Loe Angeles, Wednesday was the father of a six-pound daughter, born at Brya Mawr, Pe-, Tuesday night-Stuart night-Stuart J. Helss, 23, Purdue university uni-versity graduate, who Tuesday was to have signed enlistment papers as a flying cadet In the United States army, has Instead accepted a contract as a pitcher for the New York Yankees' farm club at Akron, Ohio. Annual A. B. C. Meet "May Be Canceled The American Bowling congress tournament was threatened with cancellation Wednesday as kegling officials and members of the Michigan Michi-gan board of state fair managers wrangled over concessions rights at the state fair coliseum at Detroit, De-troit, where the tournament was scheduled to open March 7. . . . The A. B. C, a nonprofit organisation, organi-sation, had been granted concession conces-sion rights when the tourney was awarded Detroit nearly a year ago, but since that time the state fair board has been reorganized, and present officials granted the rights to a Detroit firm. New York Giants' Pitcher Manuel Man-uel Salvo had a score of no runs, en- hit and one error Wednendav after paying a $25 fine at Yuba City, Cel., for shooting a wild duck out of season. , . . Archie Ssn Ro-msni Ro-msni and John Woodruff have - Joined the list of stars to compete In the New York A. C. Indoor track meet Saturday night at Madison Mad-ison Square Garden. Suggested Withdrawal Troubles Students Students and alumni of Washington Wash-ington university at St. Louis were still In somewhat of a "daze" Wednesday over the suggestion by Chancellor George R. Throop that the school discontinue or suspend football activity. . . . The university grlddera, coached bv Jimmy Con-iclman, Con-iclman, won the Missouri Valley conference title last year, but Con-selman Con-selman resigned, "as requested," he said. In January. ... No successor suc-cessor has been named. ' Max Baer, who will celebrate his thirty-first birthday Friday, taya this la the year la which he will knock ant Warld Cham-sea Cham-sea Joe Lauss, meaawhlla seeking seek-ing a tight with Tsay Galento. University of Oregon took a firm grip on second place In the Pacific Coast conference northern division race Tuesday by defeating Washington Wash-ington State 60-50. . . . Oregon State la pace setter. . . . Arturo Godoy, who last week dropped a 15-round derision to Champion Joe i Louis, may fight Sonny Boy Walker Walk-er of Phoenix. Ariz., March 29 at San Francisco. The New York Yankees received five welcome valentines Wednesday Wednes-day In the form of signed contracts 1 from Charley Keller, Monty Pear-: Pear-: son. Oral Hildebrand, Louis Blair I and Ernest Bonham.