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Show Franhie Frisch Finds Service Men in the North Pacific Eager for Baseball Dope; Big League Stars Enjoy Tour By JACK CUDDY United Frets Staff Correspondent NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y.. Jan. 17 (HE) Frog voiced Fr ankle Frisch, Just back from a six-weeks 1 tour of the Alaskan ar.d Aleution service camps, croakingly reports that there's "regular hot-stove-league interest in baseball up there," despite the climate. The Pirates' fiery manager, said he found the North Pacific Service men such eager listeners,, and so full of questions that "I practically lost my voice, talking to them." . We located the former Fordham flash in a drugstore near his Feni-more Feni-more road horrie. He was purchasing purchas-ing some lozenges for his larynx. 'When the other fellows get home," he said, "I'll bet they won't be able to whisper." By the "other fellows" he meant Stan Musial and Danny Litwhiler of the Cardinals, Hank Bdrowy of the Yankees, and Dixie Walker of the Dodgers the players who had accompanied him on the tour, f hey will be back in a week or so, te explained. "We showed the boys movies of the last world series, the Pittsburgh Pitts-burgh pilot rasped. "And they really enjoyed those pictures; they were that baseball hungry. We talked to them about the series and. about baseball in general. Then they came at us with questions. ques-tions. They really went to work on Musial, asking him what happened to the cards in " the series. Dixie Walker was hard-pressed, too, ex- "Blainine' the Dodder ' - Hnk Borowv hd easier sailin" with the Yanks. They asked me all about Rip Sewell's 'ephus ball and about the Cards' old gas house gang. Then they wanted to know things like: was Joe Dimaggio or Ted Williams the better batter? "We got as big a kick out of it as thev did. I euess. We were so surprised at their eagerness. We moved fast from one place to an other up there, giving five or six shows a day. Sometimes we'd walk the real short jumps; other times "we'd go by plane. It was fun; but It was work, too. 1 discovered i wasn't as young as I used .to be." TTYisrh is 45. Did Frankie see any baseball played up there? "Are vou kiddinsr?" he flung back, with a reminiscent shiver. "I should say not at this time or tne year. But we did see one hockey nm. and plenty of skiing. Did the service men seem to favor continuance of wartime eporta ? "That desire was quite prevalent," preval-ent," he said. Frisch was delighted that he had made trio: wouldn't have missed it for the world. He said it gave him a new slant on the eagerness eager-ness with which sports news is received re-ceived by service men in far-off places. It will give him additional reason to try to put on the field the best team possible this season. When Frankie arrived yesterday lie telephoned President William E. Benswanger of the Pirates at Pittsburgh and congratulated him on getting Babe Dahlgren as first- base replacement ror EiDie x letcn-er, letcn-er, recently drafted. Frisch and Benswanger will confer this week about spring training preparations. Frisch concluded, "training at Muncie, Ind., will seem like going south for me after being In the Aleutians." Award to Cooper For Sportsmanship SPOKANE, Wash., Jan. IT U.E) Mort Cooper, the St. Louis Cardinals' ace pitcher and winner of their only victory in the world aeries last season, has been voted the Spokane athletic round table award for sportsmanship in 1843 It carried a prize of a $500 war bond. The Cardinal ace, winner of 21 games last year, was chosen over the late Nile Kinnick, former Ail America football player at the University of Iowa, who was a close second. Kinnick, a navy en izn. deliberately plunared his plane into the Pacific last June to avoid exploding his bombs on a carrier. Sgt. Barney Ross, former lightweight, light-weight, junior welterweight and welterweight champion, won last year's award. Idaho 'U' Scores Upset on Cougars PULLMAN, Wash., Jan. 17 0:.P A seven-point scoring splurge In the final four minutes of play gave University of Idaho an upset up-set 49-43 victory over " Washington Washing-ton State college in a Pacific coast conference northern division divi-sion basketball game here Saturday Satur-day night. The defeat dropped the Cougars Cou-gars from the unbeaten ranks in conference play to second place "behind University of Washington. Guard Leonard Pyne of Idaho scored 17 points for top honors, while Morton Josling netted 14 for WSC. " 7 PAGE 2 PHOVO. ITT AH COUNTY. UTAH MONDAY. JANUARY 17. 1)4.4 DAILY HERALD. Time Out for Calisthenics i - ' I if i-s i - t : - i r" x v l r w :l Dow Chemical to Play Steelers In Provo Exhibition Dow Chemical company's brilliant bril-liant team, which Is sparked by the famous Wyoming star, Milo Komenich and coached fey the Cowboy mentor Ev Sheltpn will Invade Provo for a game with the Provo Steelers on February, 23, according to J. B. Leyshoii, manager man-ager of the Steelers. The Dow team, which has taken into camp all competition j in the midwest is one of the most color ful teams in the nation and ex pected te be a strong contender for the 1944 national A. -A. U, championship, to be held the week of March 19 to 25 at Denver, Colorado. ' Besides the towering 6 -toot 7 inch Komenich, who was unanl mous choice for the 1942 AU An erican college team, whilft play ing for Wyoming, the Shelton s-ad v-ill aiso. contain two other Colorado stars well known sin this territory in Jack Haines, Reading scorer in the Mountain conference while at Colorado College and Art Unger, former Colorado V and Denver Legion flash, who played here with the Legionnaires in 1941. ? A new man, who will be slosely watched is John Buescher, who was rated as All-America t the guard post while playing last year at Kansas university. The other seven men on the squad are also stellar performers. - Shelton, who as Wyoming mentor men-tor in the Mountain conference developed some great aggregations aggrega-tions is expected to have another smooth working and clever quint. Oldest Fighter Recalls John L Sitting Across Street and Counting the House TV., S' m.l.:M$:::: -A L AND STILL CHAMPEEN! Billy Roche, oldest referee, raises hand of Bob Cuanlnrham. oldest firhter. By HARRY GRAYSON NEA Sport Writer NEW YORK, Jan. 17 Bob Cunningham Cun-ningham droDS in to tell vou thati fj w the New York Boxing Commission should do something about managers man-agers popping off about officials bi'a tf n nntnh'it'inta nut nr thl r hnrt- -i- rrhe provo Steelers disposed of With Cunningham, he oldest their second Utah Service league fighter, is Billy Roche, the oldest opponent in one week, Saturday referee. Roche has just turned 75, : night by turning back the tout ed Salt Lake Sheriffs, 58 to 50 the Provo high gymnasium. Provo Steelers Dump Sheriffs From Salt Lake City, 58 to 50 Cunningham is crowding it. Jude-e Cunnlncham has a leci timate squawk all right, and!in Roche tells you that a performer He was rated as the outstanding llke Sammy Angott would never Juan Castro takes time out for calisthenics in middle of game with Temple in Philadelphia. Havana forward does shoulder stand following follow-ing vain attempt to take ball from Marvin Sukonik. who is bcine guarded by Frederico Lopez. Haballeros are smothered, 43-22 Angott, Terranova Receive Warnings To Show Action WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 17 (UJ?) Abe J. Greene, president of the National Boxing Association, warned champions Sammy Angott and Phil Terranova today that their titles will be vacated unless they arrange within the next month to defend them against 'worthy contenders." Angott is the N. B. A.'s lightweight light-weight king, and Terranova its featherweight ruler. Neither is recognized , by New York and affiliated af-filiated states where Beau Jack is 135-pound boss, and Willie Pep rules the 126-pounders. Greene criticized the non-title bout between Angott and Beau Jack, slated for New York's Madison Madi-son Square Garden on Jan. 28. He said this match should have been made a title affair to settle the championship dispute. Greene's warning was issued in connection with the N. B. A.'s quarterly ratings which were released re-leased today. Top men in the ratings rat-ings follow with divisional champions champ-ions listed first: Heavyweights Joe Louis. Billy Conn. Jimmy Bivins, Tami Mauri-el!o. Mauri-el!o. Melio Brttina, Leo Q. Murray, Mur-ray, Turkey Thomnson, Lee Sa-vold. Sa-vold. Joe Baksi, Pat Valention, Gtis Gorazio. I.ierht henvywelehts Gus Les-nevicy Les-nevicy Freddi" Mills, Joe Maxim, Lloyct Marshall, Anton Christofori-riis. Christofori-riis. -Bobhv Jacobs, Nfte BolH.in, folev Welch, Johnny Colan, Billy Soose. Middleweights Tony Zale, Genrgie Atirns, J?rob Lnmotta. Hnim-'n VviJliams, Tony Martin, .To asora. WeU-rweio-hts FreMi Cochrane. Coch-rane. Rav Robinson. .Tarki Wilson. Wil-son. Martv Servo. Fritzie Zivlc. Llerhtweiehts Sammy Angott, Bobby Ruffin. Beau Jack, Bob Montromery. Slugger White. Featherweights Phil Terran-ovp. Terran-ovp. wnlie Pep, Chalky Wright, Sfl Bartola. Bantamweights Manuel Ortiz, Rush Dalma, Keu Koner Young, Tattle Dado, Benny Goldberg, Carlos Car-los Chavez. Tony C-livera. Flyweights Jackie Patterson, Peter Kane. Sammy Reynolds, Georgie Parks. Nelson Leads In Final Golf Round oasneiDau coacn ot the )ia...... last year. Incidentally, the Provo Jaycees awarded him a plaque as the "coach of the year' and although Provo fans enjoyed riding rid-ing him when he brouxil his teams to town for games with the B. Y. U. Cougars, they also :ect .his ability and admire ' him. Against the touted invaders, Coach Don L. Kump will have a star studded group of performers. who should be able to eive the visitors plenty of anxioutf mo ments. Roland Jensen and; Stan Nielsen, former B. Y. U. greats are playing the greatest ball of ineir careers and few men are capable of holding their own with these two on the hardwoods; They are versatile, playing any? position, posi-tion, accurate shots and - hard workers. l"wo newcomers to the Steeler squad have won the hearts of local lo-cal fans in Bob Fountjn, former Lincoln high and B. Y. U, flash and Lit. CJordon BY JACK HEREFORD win a round were the rules prop erly enforced. "Angott beat Willie Pep," says Roche, "only because Pep was .an utter stranger to wrestling. He was taught by some old-fashioned bloke who still believes fighters should meet in a fair stand-up boxing match with no wrestling or hugTinJj allowed. Why, that An gott, he's an octupus, that's what he is." But you don't discuss the mod ems long with Interesting old guys like Roche and Cunningham. They were kids together in the old Fourth Ward. Roche managed Mysterious Billy Smith and Elbows El-bows McFadden, but was chiefly renowned as a refree, created the famous 45-round srame in Cali fornia. Cunningham lost onlv two fights In more than 200. Old Bob was first to fight in a padded ring: when he bent Sammv Kelly in 15 rounds at Coney Island in 1891. He was a participant in the last i Scott, former a iji battle on turf when he knocked white playing with!out Tim O'Connell at Algeries, Ohio. Both play forward: Reed Jones, who has beea with the Steelers for the pas three vears is olavinsr the best ball nf United Press Staff Correspondent j his career. Plenty fast, h is a SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 17 ur good shot and a hard worker, Ohio selection Mount TTnion cniiwr t Aiiano iacross the river from New Or- . . . . .. . --t 1 1 An .Oft") Cunningham won and lost the bantamweight championship the same night. Old Bob knocked out Tim Murphy in the fourth round Byron Nelson, of Toledo, O., held a commanding five-stroke lead today as the field teed off for the last round of the $10,000 San Francisco open. Nelson, playing some of the best golf of his career, fired his third sub par round yesterday, carding a four under par 68 for a 54-hole total of 205. Unperturbed by the more than 16,000 fans who crowded the fairways. fair-ways. Nelson matched his owning own-ing day performance to again tie the long Harding park course tournament record. Saturday he shot a 69. Harold McSpaden, winner of the Los Angeles open last week, held second place with his third 70 and a total of 210. Nelson's margin, coupled with even par to day, will force any other entry to break the course record to beat him. Sammy Byrd. Detroit, was third with a 72 hole total of 211 h shot a 70 yesterday. He was followed by Lloyd Mangrum of Los An geles, who carded a 71 for a total to-tal of 212. Mangrum will report for army service tomorrow. Nelson, the pre-tourney favor ite, covered the course on a pair of 34's. His round included seven birdies and three bogies and was featured y a 20 foot putt on the seventh hole. John Bulla of Chicago matched Nelson's round for the day and Wally Borrevik, a 6 foot 8 inch center, who was an all conference selection while playing with Oregon Ore-gon State university has returned to his home in Portland but is expected to be back shortly. Neal Welling, who played great ball for B. Y. w. this year while on their eastern tour and another Cougar star of other years may also join the squad for the game and the A. A. U. tourney. Bud Milani, a former all state prep school player at Hun School, Princeton, New Jersey; .Corey Reed Peterson, another 'stellar Olsen, former "M" Men star and performer in local basketball circles of past years completes the squad. The Steelers vanquished the Fort Douglas GI's in the first league game Monday night. The Steelers ran up an early lead on the Salt Lake officers and held it to the end, although the visitors came up within three points, 40-37 at one stage of the game in the second half. Big Ralph Crowton, former Cougar great, who has been burning up the courts in Salt Lake was handcuffed by the Steeler shifting defense, and was held to seven points, being outscored by three of his mates, Mazuran, 12; Gene Ludlow, 11 and Larson 8. Rollie Jensen, big Steeler center, poured in 22 points under the hoop to pace tixe scoring for his team. Stan Nielsen, rugged guard, scored 13 with his spectacular long shooting and Bob Foutin, rang up 12 from his forward post. in a preliminary game the Steeler "B" team the Ingots, defeated de-feated the Pioneer 'M Men team, 37 to 22 with Allen Johnson setting set-ting the scoring pace with 12 counters. The box score; SHERIFFS Utes Overpower Idaho Southern; Score 51 to 43 BY UNITED PRESS Three games in the fast Utah service-civilian loop and an attempt at-tempt by the Utah Redskins to stretch their winning streak to eight games straight will feature Utah basketball activities tonight and tomorrow. The league games find the Kerns Eagles, victorious in their last seven games, entertaining the tall, fast-stepping Salt Lake Sheriff's men at Midvale tonight, while at the same time in a double-header in South high gym in Salt Lake City, Bushnell General Gen-eral hospital tangles with Ecker studio ana tne LJouTias a - a take on the airmen from Hill Field. Tomorrow night in the old Ute gym, the University of Utah In dians fresh from a 51 to 43 vie- San Diego Prexy Favored to Become Coast League Head BY LLOYD LAPHAM United Press Staff Correspondent SACRAMENTO, Cal. Jan. 15 (UJ Pacific Coast league directors dir-ectors met here today to choose a league president and after in formal meetings last night there were strong indications that Maj. Charles Lott, president of the San Diego baseball club, had an inside track for the vacated post. Some 26 announced and reputed reput-ed candidates have been named for the presidency during the past several days, but Lott and Harry Williams, league secretary, secre-tary, appeared to be the favored ones. A president will be named to replace W. C. "Cap Pistol" Tuttle, western story writer, who resigned after the end of the 1943 season after serving as league head for ei";ht years. Lott, f;rst vice presi dent of the league, is now serving as nrc nt n tm Amount of salary paid the league president has never been officially announced, but reporta yesterday place the sum around S5.000 annually. One group of directors plans to urge a raise lor the president in an attempt to get a "powerful man" to direct the coast league, one source said last night. 1"he leasrue directors also will adopt a 1944 schedule for the 2i'-wcek season beginning April 9 and closing Sept. 17. Other business busi-ness includes possible revision of admission prices because of in creased federal taxes and discus sion of transportation problems. Ludlow, f Crowton, f. Mazuran, c. Knight, g. s . . . , Larson, g G. T. F. P. .5 2 1 11 in 1890, but Johnny Eckhardt, the referee, left the ring without giv trip n rieriflirm Mnra tVion A C r.a ra ioti. T.L- aio j Morgan, f Murphy, admitted Old Bob waaji;1CJ'ns g-iobbed. g-iobbed. Eckhardt was supposed i iu.er ' T o riArinrp Murnriv trio uHnnor rn ' a foul in the event he was knocked knock-ed out, but lost his nerve, took the easiest way out. Roche and Cunningham go back to John L. Sullivan, recall the PTe t man Si f t i n C alnn on Hnrtp. sten across the street from Harrvje"sn' c Hill's combined cafe, vaudeville i ..ve,r y' g 2 5 2 4 0 O 1 0 3 7 2 12 5 9 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 19 18 12 50 STEELERS G. T. F. P. Foutin, f 5 3 2 12 Scott, f 1 8 his 68 gave him a total of 218, Guarantee. house and boxing club at Houston and Crosby streets. New York, and counting the house. They remember re-member the Boston Strong Boy sitting there and counting out lotid until there were enough cus tomers in the joint to assure his behind Art Bell of Sa.i and George Fazzio of Pine Valley, Val-ley, N. J.. who had i -Harry Cooper of Minneapolis who had 217. : Grouped at 218 were Ellsworth Vines, Monterey Park, Cal;, and Joe KirRwood, Jr., of Philadelphia. They were followed by Mark Fry, Oakland, 219; Barney Clarkj Denver, Den-ver, 221; Craig Wood, Majnaro-neck, Majnaro-neck, N. Y., Jim Ferrier, Chicago, and Willie Goggin, White Plains, N. Y.f all 22; John Revolta, Evan-ston, Evan-ston, 111., 223; Jimmy Hineaj. Amsterdam, Am-sterdam, N. Y., and Olin Putra, Los Angeles, 224; Neil Christian spoKane, vvasn., and Ter r'ong worth, Portland, Ore., all 225. Cunnineham took on all-comers up to lightweights throughout the 'ountrv but his richest nurse was the S?500 he pot for beatiner Sam my Kelly at Coney Island and $2000 of that .was a side bet. The loser didn't ?et a cigarette. Them wuz the days. Nielsen, g. Jones, f. Brooks, f. Peteren, f. 0 8 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 6 22 2 4 1 13 1 1 0 4 0 0 Totals 23 18 12 58 Halftime score: Steelers 29; Sheriffs, 22. Officials: F. Dixon and D Dixon. Deep Purple EUGENE, Ore., Jan. 17 a:.n The University of Oregon Web-foots Web-foots were in the win column on Pacific coast conference northern division basketball play today after swamping Oregon State College, 52 to 33, Saturday night. It was the third straight loss for the Beavers, who won two opening games by close margins from Idaho. Bob Hamilton, Web-foot Web-foot guaVd, led the scoring with 13 points. Prep Hoop Results Cedar City 43, Kanab 30. Delta 43. Milford 27. Preston 31, Weston 27. &UIOJ0LQB1J.ES Rov Scout Teams To Play Thursday Fjrst games in the Senior scout basketball league will be plaved Thursday night, with the Provo stake teams at the Farrer junior nign gym and the Utah staKe teams playing at the Dixon high gym. The schedule Is as follows: Utah State Teams Second vs. Third at 7 p. m. Fourth vs. Sixth. 8 p. m. Dixon junior high gym. Provo Stake Teams Fifth vs. Seventh. 7 p. m. . Ninth vs. Manavu, 8 p. m. Arrangements have been made for the players to practice tonight at the same gyms where they play Thursday night. In 1941, the last year automotive automo-tive factories were engaged in automotive au-tomotive production only, equip ment to a value of $3,700,000,000 jwaa manufactured. i SCHADLES NORTH-; WESTERNS TOP MAN 7M I sSsi I But ' A1NT XjT 6 A ce?Essz and rI Rfei ' ll1 ' V) i l y ; WAS PUPPLES Philies Mail First Contracts PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 17 UB Prospective Philadelphia Phillies for the 1944 baseball season began be-gan receiving contracts today. Herb Pennock, general manager, said that 31 contracts were mailed. Five players, including Manager Freddie Fitzsimmons and Pitcher Big Bill Lee, already have signed. Ron Northey veteran outfielder, was the only prospective holdout. Northey, now a shipfitters helper in Camden, N. J., indicated that he might stay on his job. Grayson's Score Board By HARRY GRAYSON NEA Sports Editor NEW YORK, Jan. 17 Although Beau Jack was awarded the decision deci-sion over Lulu Constantino in a miserable fight, Chick Wergeles, handler of the Negro youth, let out the old familiar cry, "We wuz robbed." Yanked on the Boxing Commission Commis-sion carpet for letting all within hearing know it, in his opinion. Jack could not get a fair deal In New York. Wergeles escaped with a mild warning. , The Wergeles dase Increases the demand of New Vork boxing referees ref-erees and judges that thev be protected pro-tected by the commission against the slings and arrows of disgruntled dis-gruntled managers who rail at decisions, no matter what they are. It it isn't one manager, it's; but certainly there was no ex-the ex-the opposing one, and the great cuse for his screeching around the maiority of them don't know a ringside like a bi'sted calliope and boxing glove from a catcher's threatening to keep his charge mitt. out of New York because of the Bob Cunningham ,a combatant officiating, in the last bfttle on turf and the! Meanwhile, James J. Johnston, first In a padded ring, judged the manager of Costantino, comDlain- Sammv Angott-Bobby Ruffin and'ed about neither judge docking like Angott's holding and butting. "But supposing I'd voted for Angott, as the other judge and referee did. This same manager would have loped around saying, 'I told you so'!" Chick Wergeles did not believe the judges gave Jack a wide enough margin, with their identical 5-4-1, which waa not in pronounced pronounc-ed variance with the scores of sev eral competent boxing writers. Wergeles had some reason for objecting ob-jecting to Referee Eddie Joseph's card eight rounds for Costantino tory Saturday night over Uni versity of Idaho southern will plav the Hill Field Fliers. The orphaned Indians had little trouble v:th thf I-ho southern Bengals Saturday night. The Utes ran up a 27 to 13 lead in the first half, employing their height advantage to the best, and coasted coast-ed the rest of the way in. In the service league Saturday night, Provo Steelers came through with their second straight victory a 58 to 50 win over the Salt Lake Sheriff's men. Rollie Jensen led the Steelers with 22 points. The Steelers meet the Air Bas team at Salt Lake Thursday n'"ht. On Saturday night they meet the Bushnell five at Brig-ham Brig-ham City the Jack-Constantino affairs. Cun nin?ham is crowding 75, but his peervrs remain keen. "We rll 'eim as we see "em," say Old Bob. "We don't mind a few boos. Everybody doesn't see a fight the same way. But we do object ob-ject and strenuously when some Johnny Come Lately alleged manager man-ager circles the rinr imDugnin? our honesty. Certainly this should not be "condoned by the commission, commis-sion, and most assuredly not when It is done before the fighters put up their hands. "Yet before the Angott-Ruffln fiTht. Maurie Waxman, who has something or other to do with Ruffin, was around yeloing: 'Cunningham's 'Cun-ningham's in the basr for Angott.' Waxman didn't swk to me for a yearund a half after I voted for Joev Perelta against Ruffin. "As It happened. I gave a dissenting dis-senting vote in favor of Ruffin against Angott because I didn't Jack a round for hitting low 'and buttinr. H"d either done that, an unjust verdict would have gone to the lower east side Italian. It repeatedly has been demonstrated demon-strated that there can be a wide divergence of opinion following a fight. 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