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Show 1 Uta! Joint a Battle For National Crowe Dartmouth Bows Out Before Tonight's Collegiate Clash By JOE JAMES OUSTER United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, March 28 U-R The finale in the world 'eries of college basketball will be staged in Madison Square Garden tonight when Dartmouth clashes with Utah University Uni-versity for the 1944 NCAA title. Before the two meet, the NCAA rules committee was expected to have reached its decision on the controversial move to curb "the skyscrapers" of the game the seven-footers. seven-footers. Although recommendations urging such action already have been submitted by the National Association of College basketball Coaches, spokes men for the rules group indicated indi-cated a policy of "cautious conservatism" was being pursued. pur-sued. Chairman James W. St. Clair of Southern Methodist said the committee was concerned mainly with the players' welfare, and sought an answer to two questions: (1) Is the tall goal-tender goal-tender a menace to the game? (2) Can resourceful coaching overcome seven-footer opposition. " w Coaches unanimously w e r gainst raising tne baskets to 12 feet, but suggested "the tall, thin man curb might be accomplished by prohibiting interference with the ball on its downward flight, or abolishing the three-second rule or inaugurating a three-second zone within a six-foot circle of the basket. Utah, regardless of the outcome of the game with Dartmouth tonight, will play St. John's, national invitation invita-tion champions, in the Red Cross benefit game on Thursday, Thurs-day, with the mythical national na-tional title at stake, Dartmouth, Dart-mouth, favored over Utah, declined de-clined in advance bcaus of naval restrictions. The National Coaches association associa-tion awarded its annual trophy for meritorious service to Oswald Tower, Andover College, Mass., professor and member of the 'vAA committee for 35 vearn. . n(4 mmriA ir;i, , 'inign uawrence anarp, iogan MP?L?JJK decisioned Max Woods. West th ronTinoT r TheTTnn u ! iney announced other officers! ft firat vl. . ,,r I -v- piCOlUClU, W. fl . Browne, of Nebraska; second vice president, Marshal Diebold, of Carleton; third vice president Val 7.rt. army: and:Mr. Mack taking his turn behind Vf 7 Evere" Dean the bat which would probably 1 ? T Members named to (bring out Clark Griffith as a re-t? re-t? f directo" includedj lief pitcher. r- ?,rreat Cox of Colorado; Professional baseball's manpow-isiair manpow-isiair cuuion, on leave from Cor-;er shortage is that acute. ?m v H,?w'ard Hobson of Oregon;' There is no dearth of horses, ta. Keileher of Army, and H. W. however, and Hugo F. Bouse, ead of Western Michigan. Cleveland business man, leaves Grayson's Scoreboard By HARRY GRAYSON .TNE A Sports Editor NEW YORK, March 28 Hr- nus Wagner would do a more ac-'ant wa for 8tud purposes for ceptable job at shortstop for thelnearly a acade. Sunmelus got Pirates than some of the kids, J nthing of worth, so now Bouse 4-F's and oldsters now in major announces his intention of put-league put-league training camps. If worse tin the stallion back in training comes to worse, there's another at an aS far beyond the time fair to middling shortstoD. at Or lando, Fla. Joe Tinker is still godd for a few rounds. The Reds can always fall back on Hans Lobert as a third baseman, and the Indians will never be out of outfielders out-fielders as long as they have Burt Shotton. Connie Mack could i- : . 0GGEKS URLINGTON THAI LW AYS BUS DEPOT W. E. RODRIGUE, Agent 95 West Center St. Phone: 1272 ft 1 z .2 W&mm AAU Fight Tourney Enters Semi-Final Stanzas Tonight SALT LAKE CITY, March 28 (TAP) The Tntennnnnrjiln A ATT tournament for 1944 will enter the semi-final round tonight with 20 boxers tangling in 10 fast bouts. T n t Vlo firiAnln rr r-m i n rl 1 n f nftvtit leather was traded fast e,i and jiuiiuuaij ill luuaL lllAtXld par ticularly the first senior division, 160-pound bout in which Jim Harris Har-ris knocked out his fellow Hill Fielder, Frank Hamilton, early in the first round. In other senior division contests, con-tests, Joe Dunbar, won a default from another fellow Hill Field boxer. Jim Owens; William Cook. Hill Field, decisioned Gus Paras, West Jordan, and Ted Cerwin, Gemmell club, decisioned Sam Wells, Hill Field army. In the 147-pound junior division di-vision Elwyn Hall, Weber high, scored a third-round knockout over Jerry Anderson of Granite. There were four bouts in the 135-pound novice division. In them. Dean Lehmitz, West Jordan, took a technical knockout over Wallace Donaldson, Rotary boys' club; Arthur Lepore, West Jordan, decisioned de-cisioned David Barker, Logan high; Lawrence Sharp, Logan Jordan, and Lee Powell. West Jordan, defeated Cliff Pomeroy, w-k J '"ft" make a sadder choice at second than Lena Blackburne. Indeed, there would be come excuse for himself open to severe criticism in returning the 15-year-old sire, ; Sunmelus, to the races. j That is the equivalent of a 60-year 60-year old man being put through iparatroop training or worse. The j average age of a thorough-bred us 15. The average runner doesn t race past his fifth birthday. ! Bouse acquired the bay Sun-imelus, Sun-imelus, well-bred son of Sun Briar, I from Willis Sharpe Kilmer, at- tempted to sell him in an import- calling for a race horse to be turned out. Sunmelus has sons and daughters six years old. If Bouse goes through with his plan to run the old gentleman at Cleveland's North Randall, three of his sons will be training at that historic trotting track at the same time. An old ball player can take : timeout, ask for a pinch-hitter. An oia uiorougnurea can oniy give nis Desi until ine last jump. RnmAnA annum nnr Huffn w Bouse wise to the ASPCA, or the ASPCA next to Kueo F. Bouse. Tom Healey. the celebrated trainer of Equipoise, Top Flight. Whiehone and a half dozen more which won more than $100,000 likes Platter in the Kentucky Derby. Der-by. "His form at Pimlico last fall forces me to give him preference. There is no reason to suspect he won't train well." Healey adds that he never saw a colt in grander shape than Puk-Ka Puk-Ka Gin at this stage of the proceedings. pro-ceedings. "Nothing ambitious was attempted with him in a training way, but he wintered extremely well. I reckon he's the one Platter Plat-ter will have to beat.-' Tom Healey isn't far wrong. The only thing is that he has them backwards. Just Arrived! Large Shipment of SAKATTHS WALL COVEEEK Beautiful Patterns To Choose From 272 WEST CENTER Provo, Utah PAGE 2 PROVO. UTAH COUNTY. UTAH TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1044 Dickshot Up CP MATES sS Vf DCKSHOT Training Briefs By UNITED PRESS FREDERICK. Md. Mild-man- nered Connie Mack, who believes the Philadelphia Athletics 8UndiSipiing his 1944 contract, an excellent chance to win the ! cardinal American league pennant, took1" firm measures today to prevent; CAIRO, 111. Hopeful that his tmininp- trrfriiiarit ip f r o m squad will be kept intact for thwarting his hopes. He banned liquor drinking, put a five and 10 cent limit on poker games, de manded prompt attendance at meals, and established a scale of automatic fines for violations. He commissioned his coaches to act as "policemen." Red Sox BALTIMORE The Boston Red Sox worked "on the double" at their new spring training quarters today in the Baltimore urioies baseball park, seeking to make up for lost time in outdoor work; after a week of indoor condition-' " U,C..1UIU s -"b Medford, Mass. Cubs FRENCH LICK. Ind A n In- cairo Cubs and their south side. rivals, the White Sox. will meet; tomorrow in the first game of : the annual spring "city series." j Dykes said he would use veteran j pitchers Thornton Lee, Bill Diet-1 rich and Orval Grove in their first, game, which will be played be- fore soldiers at Freeman 1 leld. league team. ter two succcssfui years as plav - Sej-mour, Ind. Yankees inK manager at Sacramento and Reds ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. Spring 0ne at rtochester, the familiar BLOOMINGTON, Ind The Cin- training ailments plagued the New Ltrpak of tne Dase paths is back cinnati Reds today entrusted an j York Yankees today to bring Man-in ne majors for another try and all-rookie pitching trio with the ager Joe- McCarthy a change ofjooms as a helpful addition to job of beating the Chicago Cubsjpace in his troubles over man-; Managor Bill Southworth's doubt- in the first exhibition game of power losses and inclement wee th-jfu lmenp. the season between the teams. ;or. Catcher Bob Collins suffered al He still has the speed. He still Manager Bill McKecnnie nominal- ed Arnold Carter, Tom De La, Cruz and Bob Malloy. Manager Jimmy ilson of the Cubs plans'George (Tuck) Stainback had an;to react under lights. ; to start Henry vvyse, wno won ciiiu lyot bu " . . J 1 Pirates MUNCIE, Ind. Wally Hebert. 36-year-old southpaw pitcher, in-jailment. and pitcher Emer3oniby the ball. I think the pitchers! tends to remain at his war plant; Roser was troubled with dizzyj job during the 1944 baseball sea- j spells. son. Manager Frankie Frisch of Braves the Pittsburgh pirates revealed to-; WALLINGFORD, Conn. Man-, rUILjUtJ day. White Sox m-t i . . "'.- -- w - - j Steve O'Neill, dissatisfied over the hitting of the Detroit Tigers in their week-end series with the Chicago White Sox, ordered extra' batting drills today. , Browns ; CAPE GIRADEAU. Mo. - Pitch-; er Jack Kramer, who yon eight . DAILY HERALD h coast Lszaue uerssfiStti .games and lost two with the To-i i edo farm club of the St. Louis 1 r . . i . ,h. i r,".- awhile at least, Manager Billy Southworth of the St. Louis Cardinals Car-dinals said today that he was all set for the opening of the National Na-tional league season. The latest arrival ar-rival at camp was Catcher Ken O'Dea, who may be called upon to shoulder the bulk of the back-stopping back-stopping if Walker Cooper ia taken for limited duty in the army. Giants LAKE WOOD, N. J. Approxi mately 50 young baseball players. selected for tryouts with the New York Giants bv Carl Hubbell, the ..v. w. c ...... r?H. " h".":.;; rnmii nf th (thinr.t Dodrer V v. wv BEAR MOUNTAIN N. Y Manager :, Leo Durocher of Brooklyn Dodgers pronounced his squad "in ' excellent physical trim today and said he believed it was better advanced in spring condi tioning than any other major lame knee aunng a nnef inaoor workout yesterday to join otheri0an throw. But he's not so sure incapacitated players. Outfielder; ankle injury. intieJaer uscari 'ii 1 1 1 n a cjyjt t liugri , iii.iviv.. . Joe Buzas and Don Savage, sore;the night games last year for fear' arms, outfielder Ed Levy a backiof getting bopped on the head; ager bod oieman 01 tne Boston 'Braves, well fortified with infield - v . . ' J . . t- ' . . ' J would go to those showing the best hitting. "They are all about on s: par defensively, and we've got nothing to worry about in that line,'' he said. "The jobs, therefore, will go to the boys who t-an come through at the plate." Indians ATLANTA, Ga. Pitcher Jim Bagby of the Cleveland Indians awaited orders today after being sworn into the maritime service. Maritime officials 'said Bagby probably would be sent either toj St. Petersburg, Fla., or Sheepshead Bay in New York City for apprentice ap-prentice seamam training. He probably prob-ably will be called in about three weeks. He was a 17-game winner last year. OLDEST JEEP GOES TO THE MUSEUM JEFFERSONVILLE. Ind. March 28 d'.H) "Gramps," the army's oldest active jeep, has become a museum piece. Brig. Gen. Guy 1 T?nwv commanding officer of the' Jeffersonville quartermaster depot. said today that the jeep which j was built in 1940, has been presented pre-sented to the Smithsonian Institute. PJ9LSJHL Al Lawrence Said Most Brilliant SC Freshman Hurdler LOS ANGELES, March 28 (U.E) Bovard Field railbirds are buzzing excitedly these days over the University Uni-versity of Southern California's freshman track sensation, Amblin' Al Lawrence. Latest in a long line of world famous cinder artists at SC, the slim 18-year-old naval trainee stacks up as the most brilliant freshman low hurdler in Trojan history. And you can take it from the veteran champion-maker Dean Cromwell that barring an accident Lawrence is a cinch to be wearing the national low hurdles crown come July. Tip off on things to come is Lawrence's outstanding feat of cracking Earl Vieker's longtime Bovard Field mark of 15.0 the other oth-er day when he brcl.t the tape in 14.8. This would be equivalent to a 23.4 220 low hurdle mark on a slow track. The smashed record appears all the more significant when you recall re-call that the carrot-topped Vick-ery Vick-ery still holds the intercollegiate low hurdle record of 22. 7 set back in 1939. Whereas Vickery took until his senior year in college to prove a sensation, Amblin' Al started copping cop-ping honors his senior year in high school. Competing for Glendale high school last summer, Lawrence took the best the east had to offer in winning the junior A.A.U. low hurdles title in the fast time of 23.4. A few weeks later he was in a sailor suit attending navy classes on the SC campus. Lawrence's greatness is not confined con-fined to one event. He is the most versatile track performer at Roy since the days of Otto Anderson, hurdle and broad Jump specialist, from 1923-25. In addition to his low hurdles mark, the Glendale whiz has a mark of 1'.7 for the 120 yard high barriers, can broad Jump in excess of 23 feet, has cleared the high jump bar at six feet, and topped 13 feet in the pole vault. Although Cromwell is a specialist special-ist coach and does not encourage doubling up in events, Lawrence will undoubtedly be called on to do yeoman duty when Southern Cal faces its ancient rival, the University of California, at Berkeley Berk-eley May 6. That day Lawrence should gain fame as an iron-man when he will probably be called upon to enter three or four events to help outpoint tne Bears. powerful Pepper Martin Set To Return To Card Team By BOB MEYER United rress Staff Correspondent r- ii-) r ill fQr,-h 9 A (I Pi - faced Pep - ATartin. thp "wild hoss of the O. . set to launch one ofanon hat..Mrtln expressed jub- ... . . i k.pb. pnrt tUf on V inir.ir mat IS '.Unln'ntf Vim rnnfiHonrP i this O ... - . the'r?: r'S7 "t. ." business of playing ball unaer me Mariln. who beHeve. that life and comebacks begin at 40, has -in v,i oi i-oara nf nrn - i K.ckcii ,.'itv, h Rt ,, rarAiriau organization. Af - can hit and ret on base. He still how his aging peepers are going "I can t spot a fly ball at night, , if aalU. ill liltl, I JiclU UL 91 L UUk ; If liiye'TAr-- -J NATIVE If treri?. W ANSCTT V'-Jf ' m-lJr . P2ST O6F6AT lfZ 2 '.Jfi,4 Snow Use r V '-: I J Pitcher Tommy Warren has ski (rouble at Brooklyn camp in Bear Mountain. Denver Jamboree Draws Peak Gate DENVER, Marc h27 (UJ?) Tournament Director W. N. Green disclosed today that attendance and financial records of the National Na-tional A. A. U. basketball tourney just ended here reached an all- time high in the 10 years the classic has been held in Denver. Green said more than 40,000 persons attended the tournament which was won for the second straight year by Phillips "66" of Bartlesville, Okia., over the Denver Den-ver Legions, 50-43. Total gate receipts re-ceipts amounted to approximately ' $34,000. $5,000 more than the I record set last year. have a definite advantage at : night, because the hitter can't fo-Uus fo-Uus on the ball soon enough to 'give it proper timing." j In spite of his own moonlight complex. Pepper thinks night baseball has been the salvation of the minor leagues, so far as attendance at-tendance is concerned, and he even I believes the majors should con tinue to have a certain amount 0f it after the war as a gate at- -..;. ! Dressed in his usual manner ofiV'?"" "'u"ov;V"a'-c nnr-n shirt, snort coat and ten brfng back in the bigl"0 erPlsea 11 b-v ciallv with bis aimShandball in every Bpare moment : . . imp rsnor motftr Koll rlt iH 'hfr h u-rnt f I ...... :r V iV.lthe Navy's Georgia Pre-Flight! so much baseball history. He leit;'V battiVg average of School does not affect his throw-jing July 2 takes on Levinsky to -i can still run at a prettv goodiS of baseball, but the young-j pick up a few grand to tide hira Uii if t ni9v T'li .nntimi . ster fears a recurrence, which; over. '( ,t.i , w r ' Th "if T nlnv" miestiAn in Mar - 'tin' mind can bo answered bv: Men have come out of football ; supplanting the Frenchman as taking a look at the draft status t excel in baseball from Chris-! Dempsey's opponent. I tell Bat- of Stan Musial, Johnnv Hopp and! y Mathewson to Eric Tipton, j tling this at the end of the round. Dannv Litwhiler, all in 1A. While jGeorge Halas. Frank Frisch, Char-1 Then comes the fourth. I don't 'it isn't probable that all of these j ley Dressen, Mickey Cochrane and know what happens, but all of a j heavyweights will be called atKen Strong stood out in both sudden there's Levinsky flatter once," it remains that Martin, Dcbjganies, to name those who firstjthan a soup stain on the canvas, inarms mveragc) and Augie Ber-;come to mind. Ray Mack of thelAs I'm lifting my battler 'off the sramo. c4-Fi are thf onlv out-1 Indians and George Stirnweiss of, floor, I hear him murmur: ; fielders certain to be around all, season. So the "wild hoss" is cer tain to see a little action out of necessity, if not a lot of it through merit. Jeeps equipped with lighted Not to mention the hundreds blades are serving as snow plows in -the Canadian army. Orlr ar lUNCl Fate, Luck Permits Utah s Tourney Bid By JACK CUDDY United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, March 28 (lE Quite American are the nicknames nick-names of the St. John's "Indians" and the Utah "Utes" who clash on the basketball court at Madison Square Garden Thursday night for the Red Cross. And quite American Ameri-can are the reasons why they meet there in a contest that may determine the mythical national championship. St. John's of Brooklyn emerg - ed victor Sunday night from the National Invitation tournament at the Garden, after being an un-der-dog in every one of its tourney tour-ney games. Utah was eliminated in the first round of the invitation competition com-petition at the Garden, March 20, by Kentucky, 46-38. Undaunted by this defeat, Coach Vadal Peterson Pet-erson and his crowd-pleasing Utes accepted a bid to compete in the western regionals of the National Nation-al Collegiate Athletic association at Kansas City. Utah went into the western re - gionals of the NCAA tourney as I ry Baxter, all of whom went into a substitute team when Arkans-jthe armed services, as withdrew, after an automobile j At the start of the current seas-accident seas-accident in which one Arkansas j on, St. John's ' seemed so lacking official was killed and sceveral Razorback players were injured. The Utes bounced back from their New York defeat to win the Kan sas City tourney, downing Miss- oun, 45-35; and Iowa State, 40- 31. Giant's Steve Filipovvicz Forced To Field By Football Arm Injury By HARRY GRAYSON NEA Sports Writer NEW YORK, arch 28 Steve ETS 1 i r,nri rt m at ti Oinntjt1 oamn in Lakewood striving for an out- liciu ueiui. j Young Filipowicz devoting his entire time and attention to the outfield reminds us that his name must be added "9 to the long list r -m of baseball j prospects handi-? handi-? i capped by foot- V IS ball injuries. tr i r e H y d r a n t 5 feet 8V4, 205 caught and played the outfield out-field at Ford-ham. Ford-ham. His prin cipal forte is throwing. 7. ciii.w.u.i... may not nit consist ently enough to be employed in the outfield. Flip's ulnar nerve was paral yzed near the elbow in an early game in his senior year, 1942, but he first felt the effects of the in jury in the All-Star game in Chi cago last August. There was no feeling in his little lit-tle finger. The third finger was numb. He lost half of his passing distance and he was one of the in the gaihe. His throwing- hand commenced to shrink in size. He r ortunaieiy, tne injury, wnicn t a tviaHito I H r echo rrra frrrv ; accounts for his effort in the out- .' field. tne ianKees were remarkable! backs. ine sports are narany compati- ; "le, however, for football has! iruined vastly more potential big n - Tiju, inaiciiai Liiaii i . iicta ucip- j who forgot all about baseball when they became campus foot ball idols. , This is why baseball clubs now pay young men's way through college with the stipulation that they do not participate in the more robust game Joe Gordon of th Yrtlf for a shininB' o-v - , ample. 'Strong Is the Exception ; Ken Strong is the exception , that proves the rule. He suffered the wrist injury that put him out of both games in baseball. I recall sitting with Jack Coffey, the Fordham athletic director and baseball coach, as the Ram butted North Carolina, 14-0, at Chapel Hill in 1937. Snuffy Stirnweiss is out of the Bronx, attended Ford-ham Ford-ham Prep, twice enrolled in college col-lege on Rose Hill, but was enticed to the Tar Heel terrain by a wealthy North Carolina alumnus. Coffey, whose first love is baseball, base-ball, saw much of Stirnweiss, the boy infielder. While North Carolina was being be-ing beaten by the Seven Blocks of Granite and Co.. Stirnweiss was giving his old Fordham friends anxious moments as a clever Tar Heel back. He threatened to REMEMBER . . KKMDNRKR just 2 years ago -hcn TOT said. "5ee'." I wish I ould earn enoujfh money co that I would have to pav an Income Tax?" Are you MOW one of those 'LLTKT ONES'" who mult file i Declaration? If so why rot lit me do this for you? ALMO b SIMMOS B. Sc. Notary Public Spc-cialUlag; la Taxca 41S Xorta 5 Wnt Tfcoae 1208 ' ' Earned Right They proved the class of the tourney and won the right to meet Dartmouth tonight at the Garden in the final of the NCAA championship. cham-pionship. Dartmouth's Big Green is eastern collegiate league champion. cham-pion. Normally, the Utah-Dartmouth victor in the NCAA final would meet St. John's for the national championship; but Dartmouth's naval trainees will be unable to 1 extend their leave to Thursday night, whether they win or lose tonight against Utah. Hence Utah's Utes meet St. John's, regardless re-gardless of tonight's outcome. Dartmouth' is an 8-point favorite. If Utah should upset Dartmouth Dart-mouth tonight, Thursday night's encounter between the Utes and St. John's would be a clash of two triumphant under-dogs. St. John's victory in the invitation tourney verged on the miraculous and ruined the bookies. Last year, St. John's won the invitation tourney with a great team, featuring Har- iry Boykoff, Andy Levane and Lar- in talent that no one gave the In dians a chance to win the metropolitan metro-politan title, to say nothing of defending their invitation crown. But Joe Lapchick did a grand coacmng joo witn an ouun mat 'featured four freshmen. score as time was running out. "Oh. oh, oh," muttered Coffey. "What difference does it make?" I consoled. "You're in, KT'J' asn't thinking of that," re plied Coffey. "But that kid Stlrnweiss could be one of th best shortstops you ever saw." 77 By DAN MORGAN Famous Fight Manager Columbus discovers America, " Oct. 12, 1943, and gets a holiday e r. v. : t r . . i:w i. . auiiicu au mm. jay ngui-iica vjr- weight champion, Battling La vinsky, n e Barney Lebro-witz, Lebro-witz, discovers a whole flock of beautiful new planets Oct. 12 just V28 years later and gets shorn of his title. The guy who causes Battling to make his discovery dis-covery is Georges Geor-ges Carpentier, making his first start n this country. He's really here to Bat Lcvmsky fiht Jack Dempsey, the follow- In the third round my man jstaggers Carpentier. I have him "What wonderful stars!" I i bring him to and ask what hap- pens to him out there. "I dunno," he says, 'but any- way, I really fought Dempsey. t Chi. II. .IT lllll&t HELP BEAT HITLER- We Can! We Will! We Must! You can help by having your old shoes repaired, thereby conserving leather and other materials ma-terials for our armed forces. We can do the best job in town. Bring us your shoes and we'll tell you how we can make them LOOK LIKE NEW AGAIN! LOUIS KELSCH & sons At BOOTERIE 124 West Center -V"i |