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Show ft 'High School Cagers Set for Title Race High school basketball teams of region, three will begin the armsi competition Friday, with in the. Alpine and Nebo divisions hard-fought races in prospect in both divisions, judging from the ' results of the pre-season cam palgn, now drawn to a close. Favorite In the Alpine division Is the Provo high school, because be-cause of their record in going through their pre-season slate with but one loss, that to Granite, whom they previously defeated. Provo Is the only A school in the region, and under the new arrangements ar-rangements in -connection with the -A and B state tournament, will have to finish no worse than second sec-ond to get into the tournament without a play-off. Lehl Is Threat Coach Glenn Simmons has a small, but fast and clever shooting shoot-ing team. His players are fine ball handlers and their passing and defensive work is above average. av-erage. Lehi will be a tough team to beat this year, with several veterans veter-ans back, including Dortoh, six-foot six-foot three Inch center and Lambert, Lam-bert, stalwart guard. They are ex pected to make a strong bid for the B tourney berth from the Alpine Al-pine division. Coach Don Overly has another strong team this year at American Ameri-can Fork, and if the combination he has organized begins clicking, bis boys may well cause plenty of troubles for the "favorites." Ingersoll has made a fine showing show-ing in the preliminary games and bids fair to be among the standout stand-out players of the region. The B. T. high which opens the season against , Provo, Friday night, will put a dangerous team on- the floor this year, although their record in pre-season may not be as impressive as the Bulldogs. Bull-dogs. Coach Dave Crowton has several veterans back, Including Perry, Hansen and Jensen. Against provo the Wildcats always play their strongest games because of the local rivalry. Lincoln Looks Good Lincoln has a better team this . year than- last year, and Coach Brooks hopes to make a better showing In the Alpine race this year. - His team has won several games and may be the dark horse of the league. Pleasant Grove, while not cutting cut-ting a big swath In pre-season competition will have a pretty fair aggregation, although they have lost most of their lettermen, according ac-cording to Coach Earl Giles. Sprtngvtlle is generally regarded regard-ed as the favorite in the Nebo division, although Spanish Fork will be stronger than usual, and Payson will trot its usual strong contenders. Mainstay of the Red Devil crew is Ray Miller, sensational sensa-tional six-foot two-Inch sopho- 1 ' f r Rookie Outfielder Comes Up to Cards Vith .324 Average, Thrilling Yarn By JACK CUDDY United Press Staff Corespondent NEW YORK, Jan. 6 (HE) Auie Bergamo, rookie outfielder who comes up from Columbus to the St. Louis Cardinals for the 1944 season, has been named to the National league's hot-stove, new face, all-star team because Of his .324 batting average and his "most thrilling moment" yarn. Affable Bill Brandt, the Na tional circuit's publicity purveyor, picked Bergamo for the new-face aggregation just as soon as he read Augie's note about his memorable mem-orable home run in 1939 when he was playing with Columbus, Ga., of the South Atlantic league, which is not to be confused with Columbus, O., where Bergamo performed per-formed last season. Althouh Bergamo led the South Atlantic league in triples, v.1:h IS, for the '39 season, he had not connected con-nected for a single home run up to the last fame of th camoalsrn. But, he writes, "in the season's last game with Savannah,' I finally final-ly hammered out a home run that won the era me and the pennant. It certainly was my most thrilling thril-ling moment in baseball." J Another all-star outfielder is Andy Pafko, who comes un from Los Anereles club to the Chicago Cubs. -His .356 batt'nr helped Los Angeles win the Pacific coast leaerue pennant, and he won the circuit's most valuable player award. The third outer-gardener is Charlie Mead, rising from Jersey City to the New York Giants. He hit .297 last season; but when he loined Texarkana of the cotton states league in '41 he collected three consecutive home runs in .his first game aealnst Hot Springs his most thrilling moment. Tony Ordenana, Cuban shortstop elevated from Portsmouth of the Piedmont league to the Pittsburgh Pirates, made the newface squad more center who has led the team in scoring in the early season. The cons under coach Gus Black have a team that might cause plenty of trouble. The Nelson Nel-son brothers and the two Swenson boys are the mainstays. Coach Don Fuller hasn't said much, but . he is known to produce pro-duce a title contender before the season is over. His outstanding player is Max McBeth, all-state football star. Not much is known of the Tintlc and Juab teams, but both schools always produce strong outnts, ana tnis year is no exception. because of his fielding ability and because he proved that he can go right or left lingually by answering answer-ing his questionnaire half" in English Eng-lish and half in Spanish, much to Brandt's confusion. The second-base post was grabbed by Alexander Campania, a Greek born in Cos of the Dodecanese-islands, who moves from Montreal to the Brooklyn Dodgers. He once made a 92-yard touchdown touch-down run for NeW York U. against North Carolina. "Piccolo Pete" Elko, a Ukrainian coming up from Nashville to the Chicago Cubs, clinches the all-star third base assignment because of last season's .348 batting ave: mark that helped win theSouth- ern association pennant. The in field is completed by Cecil Wash ington Tyson, a first baseman who hit .324 with Trenton to earn a try-out withT the Phillies. He stretches up six feet five inches. is a mule dealer and member of the police force at Elm City. N. C. Catcher Lenny Rice, up with Cincinnati, hit only .234 In 74 games with Syacuse last season, but he gets the backstop post be cause of his excellent receiving, Brandt picked two pitchers John Dagenhand of tne Braves, and Moose Fralick of the Phillies-. Moose, who claims to have Ditched against the New York Yankee somewhere when he was 17 years old. was pitcher - manager of Washington of the Penn State league in '42. Don't know where the big right-hander was last season sea-son maybe in the army. Dagen hand of the Braves won 19 for Hartford last season. Star Threatens to Quit Hockey Game BOSTON, Jan. 6 (CD BiH (Flash) HoUett, declaring that "Boston is like home to me." to day threatened to quit hockey be cause the Bruin management trad ed him to the Detroit Red Wings for Defenseman Pat Egan. "I don't mind saying I am deeply hurt," HoUett said. "As long as I am able to play hockey, I want to play in Boston. I have been here nine years, and it is like home to me." Hollett said he was going to his home at Clarkson, Ont., and would not report to the Red Wings in New York where they play the last PAGE 2 PROVO. UTAH COUNTY. UTAH THURSDAY. JANUART . f DAILY HERALD Big Shot Booter I ' Pi ; , -rf :T5 I M r - V fcsa&8aLUllStl5 i lit' irfe (OWl Radiophoto From SEA) Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, who as deputy supreme Allied commander will play a major role when the big invasion inva-sion of Europe kicks off; keeps in trim by kicking off in a football foot-ball match between officers and men at a British Nrth African camp. Enlisted men won, 9 to 0 In 1942, 23 per cent of our oil went to the military forces, and in 1944 it is probable that 52 per cent of all gasoline produced pro-duced east of the Rockies will be allotted to the military. A plane may carry 1500 to 2000 small incendiary bombs weighing about four pounds, which burn at temperatures of 3300 to 4500 degrees. place Rangers at Madison Square Garden tonight. 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Hagursiti Plans Return to Mat INTERNATIONAL FALLS, Minn Jan. 6 (TIP) Bronko Na-gurski, Na-gurski, whose comeback in pro fessional football helped the Chi cago Bears regain their national title, announced today that he is coming: out of retirement In wrestling, too. Nagurskl has not wrestled since May, 194?, but he said his foot ball experience during the last few months . convinced him he was "in as good shape as evj He said he would meet Paul Jones of Houston,' Tex., at (Min neapolis next Tuesday. xne Bronx, wno set all-time football records for the Bears in the span of years he ran his own interference through wary opposition oppo-sition lines, performed at tackle for tne Bears during most of the last season, but shifted to fullback full-back when a few games showed his 35 years had slowed him but little. Tm not sure my wrestlihe comeoacK is permanenthe said. "Dut one thing is certain I won't travel any farther than the twin cities for a match." Nagurskl spends his non-ath- letic seasons running his farm here. 4Prof Chiefs to Appeal $500 Fines CHICAGO, Jan. 6 (HE) Na tional Professional Football league Commissioner Elmer Layden said today that George P. Marshall, president of the Washington Red skins, and Ralph Brizzolara, gen' era! manager of the Chicago Bears will appeal their 1500 fines for their dispute at the league play off game. Layden said he received notice of intention to appeal from both men and said he would grant them separata hearings by ap pointment. Marshall and Brizzalara were fined after Bribbolara ordered the removal of Marshall from the Bears' side of the field during the game in which the Chicago dub won the professional title. Monarcbs, Great Negro Team, Yil! Carry On Sport BT SAM SMITH United Press Staff Correspondent KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 6 (UB Ufctil organized baseball finds a place for negro players, they will continue to provide a high standard of the "great American Am-erican sport" for members of their race through the negro major leagues, J. L. Wilinson, co-owner of the Kansas 'City Monarchs said today. The Monarchs, for more than 15 years one of the top negro teams of the country, are going to carry through for the duration despite the fact that the draft has hit them as hard if not harder than any of the white clubs. Stressing that last year was the greatest in historv at the ticket windows for negro major league teams, wilinson said all owners determined to ' keep the sport" alive as an entertainment feature and morale builder, inasmuch inas-much as many other sports are restricted to exclude negroes. The Monarchs with their "murderers' "mur-derers' row" of heavy hitters in the army and with three pitchers among those for whom the service serv-ice stars wave, still have an "ace" to send out on the mound Satch-ell Satch-ell Paige. Wilinson said he wouldn't even venture a guess on Paige's age. "I think and kinda hope that he is past 38 though," he said. "With little of our hitting power left we are going to have to depend de-pend heavily on pitching and old 'Satch' is about the best there is." "He recently returned from California where he has been pitching during the fall. He's getting pretty careful and still can go the distance if he works only once a week." Wilinson said ' the negro majors would attempt to play their regular regu-lar 100 game season, divided into halves, with the winners of the western negro American league meeting the eastern negro National Na-tional league winners for the "world's title." Basketball Results St Johns 45, City College of New York 38. Penn State 37, N. Y. U. 36. Camp Edwards 60, Tufts 45. Virginia 39, North Carolina 36. Hobart 70, Ft. Ontario 21. Pittsburgh 63, Carnegie Tech 33. Pennsylvania 52, Princeton 46 West Virginia 83, West Vir ginia Tech 28. Detroit Tech 54, Detroit Induc tion Center 25. Yale 61, Davlsville Navy Base 53. California Commission Won't Approve Lynch's Terranova-Oritz title" Bout Hoppe Leads In Cochran Match KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 6 (HE) Willie Hoppe, world's three-cushion three-cushion billiard champion, moved mov-ed toward the third 50-point block of his 1,900-point non-title match with Welker Cochran of San Francisco today with a lead of 100 to 85. Hoppe, the New York star, won the opening block 50-26 in 43 innings yesterday afternoon but bowed to the west coast player 50-44 in 44 Innings in the second block last night. The rules specified spe-cified that play must continue until one player reached 100. ' When Hoppe accounted for his 100th point, the score for the evening block was Cochran 59, Hoppe 50, giving the champion 100 in 101 innings and Cochran 85 in 100 innings. Hoppe's high run of eight was put together in the evening block, while Cochran's Coch-ran's high cluster of six was shot in the afternoon session. ' The stars will play daily here through Saturday and then move on to complete the match in Chicago, Detroit and New York. Many Colleges May Resume Activities NEW YORK, Jan. 6 EE A possibility that several major colleges col-leges which suspended war time sports activities last year may return re-turn to competition in 1944 was indicated today by members of the executive - committee of- the National Na-tional Collegiate Athletic ' association. associa-tion. The committee is holding a session ses-sion here which replaces the annual an-nual N. C. A. A. convention, suspended sus-pended for the duration. Upon its recommendation last year a number num-ber of colleges which had considered consid-ered suspending athletic programs, carried them out successfully. Similar recommendations to colleges col-leges which quit sports were expected ex-pected after this year's meeting. Philip O. Badger of New York university, president of the committee, com-mittee, said that a new chairman of the football rules committee will be appointed today to succeed suc-ceed the later Walter R. Okkeson. Dates and sites for the annual N. C A. A. national tournaments in basketball, track and other sports also will be announced. BY LISLE SHOEMAKER United Press Staff Correspondent LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6 U You wouldn't think It could happen hap-pen to "Silent Joe" Lynch, ttf human fight promoter :i who can pass, off anytime as a portable air raid siren. It must have been terrible. Else how can you explain Joe's comment com-ment when we called mm. "I have nothing to say," said Joe, who is much better known between here and Denver as "Salesman Sam." As near as we can piece things together without Joe's help something some-thing new and different it goes like this: Joe offered Featherweight Feather-weight Champion Phil Terranova $15,000 to defend his title Jan. 9 against Bantamweight Champion Manuel Ortiz. Terranov. accepted and signed. Ortiz accepted and signed. Lynch then filed his papers with the athletic commission through the Sacramento office with plans calling for the bout to be staged inside at the Pan-Pacific auditorium audi-torium here in Los Angeles. Then things began to happen- or rather things began not to hap pen. The three local commissioners, known variously by other nicknames, nick-names, went busily along with their other litUe details but always al-ways seemed to forget about the title fight a good fight and a. big help to California boxing. Finally some of the writing boys began to wonder under what heading the application had been filed lost, derailed and waste-basketed waste-basketed ? Yesterday the commissioners, Messrs. Jules Covey, Everett Saunders and Anthony Entenza, met and settled such things as the colors of wrestler's tights, quality of sponges and whiteness of towels. Oh yes, they called "Salesman Sam" Joe in and said they didn't think he should stage such a fight at the Pan-Pacific because he was encroaching in the territory of the Hollywood Legion and the Olympic. Olym-pic. They didn"t say he couldn'Jt nor did they say he could. They just said maybe he should split up his fight witli the Olymplo management and stage it there. Actually they didn't go on record as deciding anything is as fin an exhibition of passing the ball around we've ever) 'seen. Naturally Joe doesn't want to split up his fight with the Olympic. Olym-pic. 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