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Show PAGE - TWO PROVO TUTAH) DAILY HERALD; WEDNESDAY, ' APRIL 22, 1942 Posture Squads Drill For Relays; Athletes Await Assault on Records Comely figures clad in natty - 1 black and white, inarch rhyth- mlcally across a soft green carpet. car-pet. The American flag, with a convoy of school flags, .waves - proudly at the head of the group. Shrill commands of "Squads left . march." "Squads halt," drift ' 'up to the spectators in the "Y" stadium. Then on command, hun-- hun-- dreds - of high school flags are "- lowered, and the band plays the 'Star Spangled Banner." That, roughly, describes the posture parade, a feature of tSe t 32nd annual Invitation Track and Field meet at B. Y. U., this Fri- day and Saturday. Its afi 'taccit-' 'taccit-' ingly thrilling sight, young Am- : erica in action, and extremely impressive. But it's much more -than just a sight, it's a contest for ability, for training. The girls on the ' field are divided into teams of " 35 each, "and are striving to attain at-tain a Triple-A sating, highest honor in the parade. They're fudged fudg-ed on posture, on uniforms, and general appearance, on spacing ' between file and ranks, and on " cadence and execution of xnarch- - ing tactics. FridayTafternoon at 1:30 when the junior high posture parade begins, two teams will be watch- X. ed especially. The Farrer Junior , high, which is attempting to make this the ninth consecutive Triple-A year, and Lincoln junior jun-ior : high, who received the same rating for the last four years. ....At. the same time, 1:30, Sat- tirday afternoon, the senior high . ! .girls will begin their march and , competition for the coveted rat-"I.Ing. rat-"I.Ing. With the improvement of track &nd field conditions, records hold a more and more precarious perch - in the books. Last year the young intermountain athletes broke 10 records and tied two. r:. Records are broken, with faster ., and better kept tracks, and bet-" bet-" ter athletes, but some hang on, defying modern speedsters. Bud) e ' of Weber "Junior college, set the '100-yard record of : 10.02 way back in 1927. Its been tied three times. Crosby of Dixie Junior college set the 680 mark of 2:04.4 in that same year, 1927. In 1928, MacGregor of Dixie high, jumped 6 feet, 1 inches, and hasn't been topped. OJdest records are held by Burke of Box Elder, in the senior high boys division. He set them - both in one day, back in 1924. -The 880 run and one-mile race. His marks are 2:03.2 and 4:36.0, respectively. &3 Perhaps these records will fall Mais- year, perhaps inany miiexs ; will falL At any rate, there's I - tver 2000 young athletes all set - ; to try their best. 200 TO ENTER "Y" NET MEET !; Between 150 and 200 partici-: partici-: pants are expected to enter the ; tennis meet in connection with : the BYt Invitation Meet and Re-? Re-? lay Carnival Friday and Satui-;day? Satui-;day? Play will be in six classes and ; champions will be declared at t the conclusion of each tourna- ment. Although there is a short-;age short-;age of tennis balls, Fred "Buck" ; Dixon, 'director of the tourna-ments, tourna-ments, has plenty on hand. However, How-ever, they will have to be used 'longer than before. : At 9 a. m., Friday, the senior . high girls, junior high seventh, t eighth and ninth grade boys, and - : the junior high 10th grade boys' '- " tourneys will start and be" com- ;pleted that day. At 2 p. m. the : Class A and Class B senior high boys will open tourneys. They : will play down to the semi-finals V Friday and finish up Saturday. j v Saturday morning at 8:30, the junior college meet will be held. "All courts on the "Y"' campus and those at North and Memorial Mem-orial parks will be used accord- ".ing to Dixon. Indications show - the list will be as large this year f as last when all those coujfts : were needed to run off all the - 'games. . Do You Know That WINGS SHIRTS Stock Up Today! Exclusive at Taylor Bros. Co. C WANTED ALL KINDS OF HIDES I f Highest Prices Paid for BOXfcS WOOL. HIDES - PELTS ' FURS - ' -nd dead or useless 1 animals. Pelt price for dead and useless rtieep. f--'Prompt Sme r -UTAH HIDE- & TALLOW CO. pnon-8S miles- west of Spanish Forte - j. Reunion in fe;,i - f-rr" Stars of champion PhiladelpHIa Athletics of 1929-30-31 -hold reunion as Lieut. Mickey Cochrane of Navy visits Chicago White Sox dugout. Pleased to see their old teammate are Coach Mule Haas, left, and Manager Jimmy Dykes, Block 'V Gets Annual Whitewashing; University Campus Greatly Improved , S) . The giant block "Y" on the mountain east of Provo was resplendent re-splendent today in a new coat of whitewash applied- by students during the annual "Y" day activities ac-tivities Tuesday. The campus was also cleaned from one end to the other. In addition to the cleaning of the grounds, a cement walk eight feet wide and more than a hundred hun-dred feet long was laid south of the Joseph Smith building, through the formal and botanical gardens under construction. Selected Climbei The cleaning and whitewashing of the famous "Y", was performed perform-ed by 125 selected mountain climbers, climb-ers, whose job It was to carry tools brushes, water and lime irom the base of the mountain to the letter, clean off the growth of shrubs, and apply the whitewash. When the job was completed, just after noon, the "Y" looked as white and fresh as the snow which Btill tops the mountains. Lunches for all the workers were served at 12:30, upon the 'completion of four-and-a-half hours of labor. In the afternoon sports activities, activi-ties, the frosh won the sack rush from the sophs, and the seniors proved superior to the juniors in the same event. The sophomores proved better runners than the greenlings, winning easily in the relay race event. Don C. Watson of St. George was named winner of the annual A. M. S. song" writing contest, during the Esquire Preview, in College hall. His composition, "Waiting for You," was judged the best of the 21 songs submitted, submit-ted, by Kay Kyser, noted band leader. Second place went to "Hazel Eyes," written by Jane Thompson of Malta, Idaho and Edward Lobenberg of Brooklyn, . N. Y. Other winners were Wayne ISkeem of Buhl, Idaho, "I Didn't Love You"; Bill Wirthlin of Eureka, "Beware of uncle Sam." and Don Hemingway of Ely, Nevada Ne-vada and Don Thomas of Provo, Somehow." Concluding activities of the- day was the annual dance, the "Esquire Review," held in tne Women's gym, and the lighting up of the giant "Y". "Y Day activities were unaer the direction of Verl Clark, Grant Neuteboom, Keith Ercanbrack Reed Nilsen and George Merrill. It's His -All right, Pitkin, the Dugout' jThe Baseball Standings y. AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pet. Boston 5 2 .714 New York 5 2 .714 Cleveland 4 3 .071 St. Louis 5 4 .556 Detroit 5 4 .556 Washington 3 5 .873 Chicago , 2 5 .286 Philadelphia 2 6 .250 Tuesday's Results Washington at Boston, postponed, post-poned, weather. New York 10, Philadelphia 4. st. ixuis z, Cleveland 4. Detroit 4, Chicago 2. NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pft. 2 .750 Brooklyn 6 St. Louis 4 Pittsburgh 5 Boston 4 Chicago 3 New York 3 Cincinnati 2 Philadelphia ....... . jl 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 5. .571 .625 .500 .429 429 ,333 286 Tuesday's Results Chicago 2, Pittsburgh 5. Philadelphia at New York post poned, weather. . Boston 2, Brooklyn 13. . Cincinnati 0, St. Louis 8. COAST LEAGUE Tuesday's Results San Diego 5, San Francisco 4. Hollywood 3, Portland 6. Sacramento at Los Angeles, postponed. (Only three games scheduled.) Huskies Demand Delay of Regatta SEATTLE, WASH., April 22 U.E) University of Washington, the defending champion, served notice today it will refuse to compete com-pete in the transplanted Pough-keepsie Pough-keepsie regatta this year unless the present tentative date for the classic is extended. The Huskies declined to accept ac-cept either May 30 or June 6 dates for the regatta, and said they would forfeit their title if the race is held earlier than June 15. It was explained that the early dates would keep the oarsmen out of school most of the spring term. Move get in there and fight." Reds, White Sox fiunlcss Wonders HI. Of Major BY GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, " April 22 ; C.E The two biggest disappointments of the infant baseball season are the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago White Sox. Picked to finish third In their respective leagues, each was down in seventh place, today only half a game out of the cellar. 1 Constructed almost identically, the Reds and White Sox are long on pitching and short on punch. But even with the best pitching in baseball they can't win unless they get runs. The White Sox have scored only 14 runs In seven games, losing five of them. Twice they've been shut out and in only one game have they scored more than three runs. Five runs is tops so far for the White Sox and that wasn't even enough to win a 6-5 decision. The Reds were handcuffed yes terday by Morton Cooper,1 who fashioned a three-hitter in pitch ing the Cardinals to an 8-0 shut out. He allowed only three singles and only three Reds reached sec ond, none getting to third. Cincinnati has dropped four out of six games and none of their pitching stars has been able to win yet. The Reds' two victories were credited to Fireman Joe Beggs In relief roles. The great Bucky Walters lost his second game , yesterday, getting knocked out In the seventh after allowing 11 hits. The Reds have scored 16 runs in six games, ' but in only one have they made more than two tallies. They beat the Pirates, 8-7, in 12 innings. Their other win was a 2-1 triumph over the Cubs in 14 frames. Unless the Reds get some hit ting soon they'll be sunk. The same goes for the White Sox. The only two games Chicago has won have been brilliantly pitched bjr Ted Lyons old methuselah him self who beat Cleveland, 1-0 and Johnny Rigney, who stopped the Tigers, 3-1. Any time a White Sox or Red Pitcher allows as many a three runs, it s usually Katy-bar- the-door because there isn't en ou?h punch on either club to break a window pane. It was another defeat yesterday for the White Sox who bowed to the Tigers, 4-2. Ancient School boy Rowe had the White Sox shut out until the ninth when they put on a two-run rally and John ny Gorsica had to be called to the rescue. Birdie Tebbetts led the Tigers' 10-hit attack with three singles. Speaking of punch, the Yankees showed plenty as they blasted out 10-4 triumph over Connie Mack's Philadelphia Pathetics. Charlie Keller homered with the bases loaded in the first and Joe DiMaggio hit three singles as Red Ruffing breezed to his second straight victory. The Yanks moved into a first place deadlock with the idle Red Sox. Cleveland moved into third place by trimming the Browns, 4-2, behind the seven-hit pitching of Al Milnar who was at his best in the pinches. Harlond Clift was out of the Browns' lineup with a strained leg muscle. Brooklyn slashed out 19 hits to bury the Braves, 13-2, as Young Ed Head Improved the Doderer pitching situation considerably with his second straight win. Frenchy Bordagaray, subbing for Pete Reiser, and Arky Vaughan led the attack with three hits each. Rip Sewell pitched Pittsburgh mio second place with a 4-2 triumph over the Cubs. He-gave up only six hits in scoring his seo ona win. Manager Frankie Frisch shook up the Pirate lineup put ting van KODays in left Wasdell in right, Anderson at short and Stu Martin at second. In addition he named Al Lopez team captain. Yesterdavs hero .Tn Mpoi.' thy, Yankee pilot who celebrated his 55th birthdav bv leadi TIP' tflO world's champs into a first place ue wnn me tiea box. Provo, "Y" High Cop flet Matches Provo hirh nottnt oo,,,. themselves of second nina the "Y" high practically cinched first place as the two teams uiasiea out 4-o victories over Spanish Fork anri THtvronn Tuesday. ' Provo, defeated by B Y high last Monday 4-0. . atin hi - chance , to tie for first plaice by downing the Wildcat Thursday " wfc suicuiuea game or tne season. Results of the Provo, Spanish Fork match: T""" ---- O . UUUJUQ defeated Russell Jensen,. 6-0, 6-4. singles uan Lambert defeated dvde Swnmn o9 c No. 1 doubles Kent Tolboe and Bill Huish defeated Merrill Ash-by Ash-by and Clair Searles, 6-2, 6-1. ! No". 2 doubles Jack Schofleld and" Dex -Alger defeated Cleve Swenson and J Rulon Nelson. 6-S 6-4. , r Results ;of the BT high-Payson match: . Ko. 1 singles Lee Knell defeated de-feated Taylor 6-0, 6-1. ? No. 2 singles-WUl - Miller defeated de-feated H. Simmons, , 63, 6-0. z ' .No. doubles Doug Jenkins and Bob Booth, defeated I. fn-mons fn-mons and Butler, 6-1. 6-0. , - No, 2 ' doubles Loren Barlow and.. Charles Hart Jr., -defeated Barnett and Junston, 6-1, 6-2. . Leagues Rehabilitation i . A hy w K-y f '..::: v .i,-.-.--. . x, - . k .-.. x-;--- X : ;y., - -j. Mary Gripp illustrates step by step rehabilitation of a golf ball in Chicago. Left to right, cover steamed loose; rubber-wound core before be-fore it is brought to size; after wrapping; new coat of ba lata ready for molding, and newly painted ball. Balata is easily obtained from South America, in contrast to rubber, which is becoming scarce. Uiking Baseball nine Scores 4-3 Win Over YrHen BY GEORGE SORENSON Led by Kelly Giles who struck out 17 men and allowed only two hits, the Pleasant Grove high school baseball team eked out a 4-2 victory over the Brigham Young university nine here Tuesday Tues-day afternoon. After being held hiless for five innings by Herman Longhurst the G rovers climbed on Bob Bonnet for two hits and two runs in the seventh inning and scored two more off Junior Hiatt in the ninth to win the game. The Cougars drew first blood in the sixth when Longhurst and John Sonnenberg lived on errors. Longhurst was then caught off third and Sonnenberg came romping romp-ing home on an error. In the first half of the seventh Walker led off with a double and scored when Giles blasted out another. Giles advanced on a sacrifice and came in on a wild pitch. In the ninth Walker lived on an error and went to second on a long fly. West walked and Mathews flied out to shortstop. Armitstead then banged out a double to score Walker and West. The Cougars staged a rally in their half of the ninth that nearly carried them to victory. Bob Evans sent a long fly to the center fielder who dropped the ball. Haitt then struck out, but Bob Orr poked a triple into right field. Dale McDonald walked and Orr scored on a hit by Glen Oliverson when P. G. tried to cut him off at the plate. Longhurst walked filling the bases and Giles then forced Sonnenberg and Lloyd Rasmussen to fly out in the infield. in-field. Actor Babe Ruth Back At Studios HOLLYWOOD, April 22 TXE Babe Ruth was back at work on a movie lot today, playing a scene in a Chicago Rathskeller instead in-stead of hitting home runs. Fully recovered from an attack of pneumonia, the home run king sat and watched a ' huge lamb roast turning on a spit, while cameras recorded the scene in a German beer cellar where Lou Gehrig met his wife for the first time. Ruth's illness, considered ser ious -enough for him to be placed in a pneumonia jacket,' interrupt ed his movie portrayal of himself for two weeks. The picture, "Pride of the Yankees," is based on Gehrig's life. Radio in ... FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE! Register Wednesday and Friday 7:00 P. M. Room 120 Educational Bldg. Brigham Young University Hear Fundamentals of Radio Theory, Technique and Practice without cost. . -i . s . .. . - Requirement: 2 Years High School Math - 1 Year High School Physics or equivalent The Government Needs Trained Radio Technicians for ' the Army, Navy and Civilian Defense! of a Golf1 Ball i : . . Timp, Joaquin Win Close Tilts W Ij Pet. Maeser t 1.000 Tlmpanogos 2 0 1-000 Franklin 1 1 .500 Joaquin 1 2 .338 BYU Training 0 8 .000 :- ! Thursday's Schedule Franklin at Maeser. Joaquin at Tlmpanogos. Monday's Results Tlmpanogos 4, Franklin 1. Joaquin 1, BYU 6. Tlmpanogos turned back Franklin Frank-lin in an uphill baseball battle Monday to enter a tie with Maeser Mae-ser for the Provo elementary school league lead. Gerald Leavitt of Timp hooked up with Tommy Oldroyd' in a tight pitchers' battle, a couple of Franklin errors contributing to the Timp , victory. Leavitt was the leading Timp sticker besides twirUng good ball. In the other game, Joaquin downed BYU Training, 7-6, in an exciting tilt. Leonard McKay for Joaquin and' Swenson for BYU, were the chuckers. Rock Throwing Boys in Custody Two Provo boys, 8 or 9 years old, who assumed the role of vandals van-dals Saturday night by throwing rocks through 43 window panes at the Farrer school, have been turned turn-ed over to juvenile authorities, according ac-cording to Provo police. Rocks from one to nearly three inches in diameter were heaved through the windows by the boys before they were detected de-tected and chased away by three Fairer girl students. One rock shattered the plate glass of a trophv case, and two school trophies we're broken as the glass fell in, officers said. Total dam age was esumaiea at over u. Police lauded the civic minaea-ness minaea-ness of the three girls, who chased the boys until they succeeded -in identifying one of them. WARD PLAY SLATED PLEASANT GROVE Manila ward presented "Seven Keys to Raidnate." a mystery farce in three acts Tuesday night. Coach of the production was Miss Helen Warnick. The cast of the play Included B.v Ks Allen. Mrs. Ervah Allen, Ray Pulley, Robert Monson, Miss Leah Jean swenson, Airs. .Beatrice .Beat-rice Stokes, Mrs. Maurine Allen, Miss Gloria Wadley. Heber Roun- dy, Merrill N. Warnick, Walter Hall, Bud Swenson, Eldredge Warnick. WARREN GETS POST EUGENE, Ore., April 22 (U.E) John A. Warren, freshman coacn at the Uiversity of Oregon for seven years, became head football foot-ball coach todav. He - replaced Tex Oliver and Vaughn Corley. Corley was Oliver's Oli-ver's "successor- for a day." Both were commissioned in the navy physical education program. leering W TWE HERALD Todajfa - - SlQOIFtt Baseball Keeps Pledge IPa.ra.ide To The Boys in Khaki BY JACK GUENTIIER United Press Staff Corerspondent NEW YORK, April 22 0LB There have been no press agents hired to shout the 'news -from the tops of mimeograph machines, be organized baseball is smoothly smooth-ly fulfilling its pledge to the boys in khaki and blue. Bats and balls are being mailed to the service ser-vice camps at a rate which is breaking all records for mass distribution dis-tribution of sporting goods. Ford Frick and Clark Griffith, the efficient gentlemen charged with directing this huge program offered by the major leagues several sev-eral months ago, already have shipped 24,827 pieces of equip ment to the dozens of army and navy training centers spread throughout North America. At least as many more have been purchased and are ready for ship ment. As you may or may not know. the funds for this drive were sub scribed voluntarily. The American and National leagues each kicked in $12,000, the baseball writers donated another $1,000 and the owners voted to swell the total by $100,000 by contributing part of the profits of the two all-star games which will be played early in July. The rest goes to war relief. The aggregate sum of $125,000 looks awfully big, but it really isn't. To raise that much money involves a great deal of effort. To spend it is a simple, but res ponsible task. Already the dir ectors have liquidated the original tzs.ooo starter. Now they are operating on credit until the receipts re-ceipts of the all-star games can replenish the treasury. I spent an hour with Frick to day checking records and learning learn-ing the quite complicated but thoroughly just system under which equipment is being made available to the various fighting units. Let it be made clear at once that the kits are not sent to individual in-dividual soldiers. Taxes and laws prevent this. Instead, they are spread out through the services. The system works like this: Equipment is bundled into "A" and "B" kits. The former consist of a dozen balls, three bats and two rule books. The latter includes complete catching regalia mask, mit, chest protector and. shin guards. Requests for these must be sent by individual camp commandants com-mandants to their corps area or naval district commanders. The nine army corps area and 22 naval district and fleet units then funnel the orders to the chief of the army special service branch or the navy dircttor oT training. These men break down the amount of material at hand into percentages based on the number of soldiers or sailors in each corp area. They then pass along the percentages to Frick. Under this system there is no chance that, say, Camp Dix would get a ball for every half dozen men while some removed center like Lowry Field received only ly Joe Marsh Erery Friday night a bunch of as fellows get together over at B01 Webster's place. We wouldn't miss those weekly get-togethers for anything. any-thing. ' ' v There are seven in the group Bill Webster, Jodge Cunningham, Pete Swanson, Old Doe MeGinni the dentist, and young Doe Mitchell Mitch-ell the SLD," the government man Bob Newcomb, and. myself. We don't play cards. We dont sing or carry on. Wo just sit quietly and talk and drink a glass or two of beer. . I guess we discuss just about everything under the son politics, business, family affairs, music, I farming, hunting, fishing, and I what not. r ' Bat mostly we like to chew the f fat about life's experience and a I znan philosophy ixL these times. ' -. . To sort of help oat the conversation, conversa-tion, we've fond mellow beer par-tkularly par-tkularly relaxing. Every one of us likes the tangy-taste of beer... and now and then lodge. Cunning-fcsm Cunning-fcsm Insists on ale for everybody. jyv 37t of a Series bne ball per thousand men. From San Diego to Alaska and from Florida to Iceland the camps and the men in the camps share equal ly. - As for the soldiers who request balls individually, they are taken care of by Frick from another source. He writes a letter explaining' ex-plaining' that he cannot send them the equipment pledged to the forces in general but he accompanies accom-panies the letter with a gift of a half dozen used balls from the hundreds which are being tossed back by the fans at the park. At present, the fans are giving back approximately 200 balls every day throughout the leagues. The -breakdown on the new equipment is this: Already dispatched dis-patched 17.028 balls, 4,257 bats, 2,838 rule books and 176 catching outfits. Ready for shipment 13,-800 13,-800 balls, 3,450 bats, 2,300 books and 106 sets of catching equipment. equip-ment. . These figures sound very impressive but they spread pretty thin when the equipment is handed hand-ed out to more than 1,000,000 men. Frick emphasizes that the job Isn't half finished yet. The $125,-000 $125,-000 pledged will be bolstered by contributions expected from the minor circuits. For instance, the International league also will hold an all-star game for benefit of the fund. Other leagues -will donate accordingly and the total money available may ultimately top $175,000. This bat and ball program is only one of the ways in which baseball is helping the war. Naturally, Nat-urally, Frick and Griffith aren't asking for donations from outside the trade. But if you have a couple of bucks and would like to send them along, they'll see that they are turned into balls for the boys. The address is . National : League Headquarters, Suite Opun RCA Building, New York City. Thanks, pals. WOLVES TRIUMPH CHI CO, Cal., April 22 CE The University of Nevada track and field team defeated Chico State, 80 to 51, in a dual meet here yesterday. The Wolves took nine first places, tied for first in another an-other event and made clean sweeps in the broad jump and pole vault. BOOK DRIVE COMPLETED SPANISH FORK An intensive book drive for books suitable for soldier's reading, has just - been completed in the Spanish Fork grade schools Every child was asked to contribute one good bound book.. The drive will result in quite a quantity of reading matter for the recreation rooms. There are approximately 500,-000 500,-000 wool growers in the United States. A "flying wedge" is an old-time football formation. om where I sit . . : Tou mightn't ' think that J oat settin' and talkm' would be so much fan. Bat it Is. Particularly when a man begins to get around to the age of reason. Like as. " And It's wonderful how few glasses of good beer help bring out good talk and good sense when men get together. There's something some-thing peaceful and friendly and human about beer that brings out the beet in a man. . - . Theycall beer the "beverage of moderation.'' That "moderation" idea is good philosophy ... maybe that's why. good beer. and good fellowship go together so welL ' Seems to me there 'ought te be more of this quiet talk over a glass of beer. It sure straightens out a man in his thinking. Anyhow, men ought to get together to-gether and be friends. That's the way we were made. Why not try It more of tea all of youT . CirrrigU. 1942, Brewing Imdustry Foundation |