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Show 'PAGE r FIVE (T TD) "n 2 itM for - PROVO (UTAH) ' "DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, "JANUARY" 27, 1943 Die m Y-Men Plan Means? TV - Maitinsr utan s Ace, Ken 5- Coach Floyd Millet, apparently not as satisfied as he might be with the defensive showing his Cougars have displayed so far this season has been drilling the Brighamites closely on defense all week in preparation for the all-important series with Utah this week end. On the surface the Utah series might appear to be just another couple of ball games. However, if the Cougars sweep both games, it will not only give them a commanding com-manding lead in the race, it will mean that they will only have to get an even break in their remaining re-maining games to be a cinch for at least a tie for the title. It doesn't appear right now that any team on the Western slope is powerful enough to tip the Cougars twice in a row, and so the tall Millet Men are in a key position this week end. On the other hand, if the Cougars split the series, it will mean that the race will be wide open and that any team in the loop might 'get a break and cop the gonfalon. gonfa-lon. The Utes, smaller than the Cougars by quite a bit, are liable to have quite a bit of trouble with the tall Sons of Brigham. The Utes had an awful time in attempting to handle the rangy Wyoming Cowboys and on a small floor they figure to have just as much trouble with the Cougars, although the Cougars are not the offensive team that Wyoming is. Millet still would like to find a forward that is dead on the hoop, but otherwise he is fairly well satisfied with the way the boys are stacking up. No injuries or illness mar the Cougar squad and optimism is running high. . Millet will probably start the lineup that has started the la. few games for the Cougars ex cept that Cy Thompson may get the starting call over Joe Winters Win-ters at forward. The rest of the lineup will include Brady Walker Walk-er at the other forward; Dale Rex at center, and Bob Orr and Floyd Giles at guards. The Utah team, heretofore slightly crippled with the absence ab-sence of star guard Tom Lannon, should also be in top shape for the battle Friday and Saturday night. Lannon is expected to be able to attempt to hold Brady Walker in check. If not, LeGrande Gregory will pull down the task. Hot-shot Kenny Sowards will handle the pivot post for the Redskins and is again expected to lead the Indian scoring. Reed Grant and Fred Sheffield, Utah's young and speedy forwards, will probably have their work cut out for them, trying to break through the veteran BYU defense. Sheffield Shef-field is especially anxious to Tuck horns with his high school teammates team-mates of last year, Joe Davis, Cecil Kap and Junior Child, all of whom will likely see action against Utah. WANTED ALL KINDS OF HIDES Ilighest Prices Paid for BONES WOOL HIDES PELTS FURS and dead or useless animals. P'lt prices for dead and useless sheep. Prompt Service UTAH HIDE & TALLOW CO. PHONE 38 V Mile West of Spanish Fork BASECET FOIDAY and JAN. 29 arid 30 ; 8 P. M. r Women's Gym Reserved Seats -,. .$1.00 plus tax Reserved Seats Sti' T T. w So wards PROVO STARS PLAY ECKERS The Utah Valley All-Stars, a basketball team composed of outstanding out-standing cagers of this area, will play Ecker Studio, Salt Lake City independent team, at the D'eseret gym in Salt Lake Thursday Thurs-day at 8:30 p. m. The game is a benefit affair for the infantile paralysis fund. Playing for the all-stars will be such stars as Don Dixon, Lee Brooks, Earl Giles, Gus Black, Roland Jensen, Don Overly, Bob Foutin and Stan Nielson. Ortiz Gets Nod Over Fistic Foe OAKLAND. Calif., Jan. 27 (U.R) Manuel Ortiz of El Centro, Cal., world bantamweight champion (outside New York State), was heavily favored to retain his title tonight in a 15-round bout with Georgie Feitas of San Jose. Both fighters completed training train-ing in excellent condition for the title go. Ortiz went four rounds yesterday, but Freitas put away the training gloves Monday because be-cause his handlers feared he might be overtrained for the important bout. Plans Go Ahead For Hambletonian GOSHEN, N. Y., Jan. 27 (CP) The Kentucky Derby of the trotting trot-ting world the $40,000 Hambletonian Hamble-tonian stake will be held on schedule next August barring government intervention, Owner William H. Cane of the Good Time race track announced today. Cane said that 38 horses still are eligible for the classic. Secretary Will Gahagan of the Trotting Horse CTtrb of AfrCefica announced simultaneously that application had been made to the Ohio State - Racing Commission for permission to hold a five-week five-week meeting at North Randall, Cleveland, starting June 28. Cincinnati Coach Wins Commission CINCINNATI, Jan. 27 (U.P) Hank Gowdy, first professional baseball player to enlist during the World war, prepared today to report to Fort Benning, Ga., Saturday -as a captain. General Manager Warren Giles of the Cincinnati Reds revealed yesterday that the 53-year-old coach had received an army commission. com-mission. He had applied for service serv-ice before the end of the 1942 season sea-son but was rejected. Gowdy, during the last war, was a star catcher for the Boston Braves when he ' enlisted and became be-came color sergeant of the famed-Rainbow famed-Rainbow Division. The baseball field at Fort Benning was named Gowdy Field in his honor several years ago. ' , Women are now driving 44-passenger 44-passenger buses through congested congest-ed streets in San Diego where the transit riding has increased more than 208 per cent above last year. ! - BALL :vs. IB. . TU. . 75c plus tax' Aircraft Workers Keep Pegging k '- Aircraft workers at Inglewood. Calif., introduce new came, tent-pegging Baseball Stays Afloat NEWS ITEM: Memphis man suggests clubs make training trips' on Mississippi -River Brooklyn Dodgers arrive at Snakes' Bluff. Parade returns . , to baseball. : ) v W fjsw i Today's SPORTS PARAPE BY JACK CUDDY United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Jan. 27 (U.R) We envy the lads Who will be covering cov-ering the Boston Braves this year. They'll b riding "Laughter Limited,", guffawing constantly at the gags given off by that brand new team of wiscrackers Stengel Sten-gel and Gomez. Mister, there's a combination of Merry Andrews that may make the Beantqwn populace forget all about Abbot and Costello, Burns and Allen, etc. There'll be no rationing of laughing gas in the land of Cabots and cod. Whether Vernon "Goofy" Gomez Go-mez has enougrh steam left in his portside 'flipper to help . Manager Casey Stengel's pennant campaign cam-paign we do not know. But Gomez's Go-mez's shift from the Yankees to the Braves certainly will provide pro-vide Stengel with a perfect foil for his dugout drolleries. There should "fee state-wide rejoicing re-joicing throughout Massachusetts Massachu-setts at today's announcement that Lefty Gomez, the Yankees' prankster pitcher, has been teamed team-ed with the inimitable Stengel. After all, Gomez the gay cab-allero cab-allero from out California way now is a resident of Lexington, Mass. Imbued with the Lexington Lexing-ton spirit of 1775, El Goofo boasts: Tm a Minute-Man now. I'm on the mound one minute, and Cinder the showers the next." During the off-season, Lefty has been working in a Massachusetts Massachu-setts defense plant. But it still is a 'military secret what defense the worke&i fashioned against his jests. ' Lefty's slants at life have been screwier than his heyday curves. When he first blew into New York, back in 1930, he rode through the "Big Apple" with the grotesque abandon, of a sail or on horseback- This stringbean of a youth from Rodeo, Calif., slicked back his dark hair and treated Broadway to a hodge Show boating is tailor-made for Bo-Bo Newsom. Capt. Lippy Durocher finds new field for his spiel. podge of fireball pitching, c'heese diets, night-spot romance and rib-tickling rib-tickling buffonery. Hevonce explained to his Yankee Yan-kee mates: "Maybe the name 'Vernon that my folks gave me-caused me-caused me to go off on tangents I never liked that- name. And it wasn't my father's choice, either. When I was born, back in 1910, my Irish mother asked my Spanish father w'hat I should be called. My father bent over the cradle, took one look at me, and then said to my mother, 'Let's call it quits.' Ma liked Vernon better." One of the highlights of Lefty's career came in Cleveland in 1940. He was batting against Bob Feller, Fel-ler, the speed merchant. It was getting dark. Between pitches, Lefty reached into a hip pocket nad pulled out a card of matches, match-es, lie lit one and held it up close to his face! Umpire Bill Summers' stopped the game momentarily and inquired: in-quired: "What's the matter can't you see Feller out there?" "Yeah, but I want to be damned damn-ed sure he can see , me," Gomez replied. Racing Dates for 1943 Get Approval NEW YORK, Jan. 27 (U.R) Racing dates for 1943, covering a total of ISO days, were approved for the five New York race tracks yesterday by the State Racing commission, it was announced by Herbert Bayard 3wope, chairman. Jamaica will open the Metropolitan Metro-politan season, as in the past, when it holds its spring meeting from April and through May 8. The season will end on -Nov 3 with the close of the fall meeting at Empire City and in between will be sandwiched meets at. Belmont, Aqueduct and Saratoga. - in New Game on horseback with 9-foot lances. s- Collegiate Basketball By UNITED PRESS Duke 63, Wake Foest 41. Rockhurst 38, Washburn 26. Kansas City College 63, West-worth West-worth M. A. 40. Kentucky 39, Vanderbilt 38. Great Lakes 61, Wisconsin 43. Rhode Island State 56, Providence Provi-dence 50. BOWLING Bullock's continued to lead the men's ma.ior bowling league second sec-ond half, but the best they could do this week was a split with Gessford's. However, their nearest near-est rival, Madsen's Cleaners, lost a three to one verdict to Larry's Coin, so that Ihe Bullock's team gained a half game on the rest of the pack. Fisher Beer rolled the high team series with 2522, while Bullock's Bul-lock's with 2417 and Gessford's with 2382 brought up the rear. The Fisher Beer team also walked off with the high team game honors, rolling up a total of 894 points, to Gessford's second place 851.Fisher further dominated team play by garnering third place also in the team game series. Len Xeftwich turned in the high individual series with a 559 score. R. Jensen with 550 and C. Olsen with 456 followed Leftwfch for second and third place honors. Leftwich rolled a 230 for the top individual score. A. Olsen rolled a 209 for third, and Kirkpatrick got third with 207. Team Standings: W. L. P.C. Bullock's 17 3 .850 Madsen Cleaning ...11 9 .550 Gessford's 11 9 .550 Fisher Beer 11 9 .550 Bob's Billiards 5 15 .250 Larry's Coin . . 4 16 .200 Seattleites v ' ' I f ( : ' Seattle, Wash., transportation facilities took a beating in the recent heavy mowstorm, hut that didn't prevent Nellie Paskus irom getting arouna. Sne's sHown SKilng down Seattle's main street as autos, buses fuid sueet-i sueet-i ' . cars started to bog dowit . " , 'j Yanks Send Lefty Gomez to Boston NEW YORK, Jan. 27 (U.R) -Senor Vernon (Lefty) Gomez, the goofy Castilian whose southpaw sl-ants helped the New York Yankees Yan-kees to seven pennants and six world championships, was sold up the river to the Boston Braves today for an estimated $10,000. The 32-year-old Spanish-Irishman thus ended a 13-year career with the Yankees, during which his antics became legendary and his blazing fast ball made him one of baseball's ace southpaws. In that period he won 189 games and lost 101. El Goofy, a wise-cracking baseball base-ball clown, was purchased from the San Francisco Seals in 1929 for $35,000. He. was a star of the Yankee mound staff from 1931 through 1939 but had been on the market since 1940, when, suffering suffer-ing from an arm injury, he. won three and lost three. He came back to win 15 while losing five in 1941 but remained up for sale. Dodgers to Lose Classy Shortstop LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 27 (U.Hi Harold ( Pee-Wee) Reese, Brooklyn Dodger shortstop the past three seasors announced today to-day that he had been ordered to take his preliminary physical examination ex-amination and "will try to join the Marines or the Navy." "I received a card ordering me to appear in Brooklyn for my preliminary physical examination, L which I understand is a fore runner to re-classification and induction," in-duction," Reese said. "I obtained permission to take my physical in Louisville and I'll try to join either the Marines or the Navy." Reese said it appeared "very improbable" that he w&uld be available for the 1943 baseball season. Utah Stake. U Men With Third ward striving to keep its undefeated record intact in-tact against Fourth, and Second and Sixth fighting it out for the cellar, two feature games will ba on tap for Utah Stake M Men fans tonight in the Provo gym. In the first game, slated for 8:30, the Second Warders clash with Sixth in a game that will push one or the other team right into the bottom of the loop's standings. The last time tlie teams met, Second emerged vic torious, and the Sixth ward boys ' are determined to change the ver- I diet. Third ward, riding the crest of a three-game winning streak, are the logical favorites to defeat the strong Fourth Warders, but Fourth has been getting stronger every game, and might surprise the Third Warders. If the Fourth ward defense can hold down the scoring antics of big Lloynel Harding they may turn in a win. -- Take to Skis Insurance Man lull Hi poomys- V"V Weight Calls Meeting to Consider Problem of State Prep Cage Joust A meeting that may have a great deal to do as to whether there will ta a Utah state basketball basket-ball tournament this year has been scheduled for Thursday in the Hotel Utah when the state basketball committee meets there at 5 p. m. K. E. Weight, of Provo, president presi-dent of the USHSAA, tentatively scheduled the meeting in hopes that Rodney George of St. George, vice president of the organization, could be present. All the problehis concerning the proposed meet will be discussed and some decision will be reached if the group can agree, said Mr. Weight. ?f no definite decision can be reached, the committee will call in the representative council to aid them in deciding. According to Mr. Weig'ht, two viewpoints of the matter should be observed. First, "Should the tournament be held if all the regions in the state are not able to participate?" and second, "Why should it be stopped if there are tat a few regions in the state opposed to it and the majority still want it?" No action is expected upon the proposition that the meet be split ALLIES DRIVE OFF ENEMY RAIDERS LONDON, Jan. 27 fU.P) Radio Morocco reported today that allied al-lied planes and anti-aircraft fire drove off enemy raiders in the Port Lyautey area while. President Presi-dent Roosevelt visited the military mili-tary cemetery near the town. The German planes fled, the broadcast said, showing no eagerness eager-ness to engage in combat with the Americans and British. The Government Maintains . - O AND KEEP YOUR HOMES IN THE BEST POSSIBLE CONDITION Also To Conserve Fiiel and Materials - - - - VOU CAN - - - HiEPASii and REMODEL O ADD A KOOM . . . NEW PORCH . . . ; BUILD A GARAGE . . or MODERNIZE OIWGF and O 1 WITH WOOD SHINGLES ; . . or COMPOSITION . . PAIHT O DECORATE THE INTERIOR . . . . - or CONSERVE THE EXTERIOR . . ISOLATE O ROCK WOOL.-. STORM SASH . . . . WEATHER STRIPPING . . Easy Terms See Us Today! We Estimate Costs and Arrange ' .Budget Terms!! - ' SPEAQ iOf.lDED ;G(). - -i 195 West 3rd South Provo. Utah - Phone'34 up into A and B affairs although Mr. Weight said, the matter would surely be discussed. As the regions stand now, One and Four are against the tourney, tour-ney, Regions Two and Three are highly in favor of it; Region Five wants the tourney in the split form, and Region Six will abide by whatever the commission decides. de-cides. ' . - iASKETBALL PLEASANT GROVE vs. BRIGHAM YOUNG HIGH Women's Gym JANUARY 28 " 8 p. m. OESniHGLE Thursday Tickets On Sale at Hedquist Drug No! 1 |