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Show V ' 4 1 j - T 4- . v " "-'1 v v v 1 t W K V PAGE; 10 PROVO. UTAH COUNTY. UTAH TUESDAY. JUNE 12, rovo Tha Utah Industrial league . schedule has become as muddled . as. a crossword puzzle. Persistent . rains, Which invariably, have come on v Sunday have played havoc with the various' managers plans or rotating use o pitchers.. Everyteam in the league has from, one to three postponed games to make-up. The Provo Timps have three games to reschedule. re-schedule. Two with the Brigham City Peaches arid one with the Murray Smelteritee. Two of these v games are to be played in Provb and the other Brigham City, I The game scheduled to be played- with Bf ighgm City at Provb on Thursday was switched to Brigham City. The Peacp.es could not make it to Provo ona week day so the Provo management made this concession, with the understanding that the Brigham team will come to Provo on un-, un-, day July 1st. The Timps otherwise draw a bye for that date. Provo team is rounding into lull strength and give evidence oL Portland May Crack When Team Meets Seattle By United Press The wide-open battle for first-division first-division berths, in the Pacific Coast baseball ' league resumes gham Game At X Tuesday fan two diamonds, whi!eK ingtday anglers this morning.. on' two others the lights will be dark until Wednesday, ! San Francisco and Ookland f e-rjew e-rjew their feud on the Oaks'-home lot, while the San Diego- Padres ' tackle thej hot Sacramento Solons In the capital city. . Seattle Invades the lair of the league-leading Portland Beavers Wednesday, while the up-and-coming Los Angeles Angels tackle the recently revived Hollywood Stars at Gil more field. Baseball Filberts who havel been predicting that the Portland team was about to "crack" for the last five weeks, may"2eT"their prediction fulfilled this wteek when the Beavers take on Manager Man-ager Bill Skiffs heavy-hitting Rainiers. The Suds are on a high note, finishing off the San Francisco entry in a double bill Sunday, while the Beavers probably are mentally "down" after a twin trouncing the same day from the Angels. The Seals and Oaks will enter their "grudge" series at Emeryville Emery-ville with the knowledge they -ran t do much ' worse fhai they aid In the previous week when they both lost a series. Manager Dolph CamiUi is having hav-ing his troubles. He has lost one of the league's" leading hitters in Frankie (Bad Boy) Hawkins, who has failed to report the last few daysafter a suspension for use -TtViIe' , la"guaSe" Camim-s catching also is short, what with BUIy Ralmondi on the ailing list niost of the time. The Seals, on the other hand, PPear to be well fixed everywhere every-where except on the mound-where mound-where Manager Lefty O'Doul decries de-cries the lack of talent available. There 'has been talk that Ray Harrell may be returned from rOi0k lyn to eIP remedy the situation. sit-uation. San Diego, On the down-hill toboggan, can except no help from Sacramento, because the Earl Sheely gang has shown a rejuvenated sDirit of late snd having climbed into the first division, di-vision, the Sacs will be hard o pusn back. They have tremend ous hitting, which may undo the!yearold champion, also was on oruuant, nut small, hurling corps Of the Padres, ! Hollywood, basking in the sunlight sun-light after taking a 5-2 series from San Diego, is expected to give the Angels a battle as they always do. However, Manager Bill Sweeney's nine now appears to have the ' talent necessary to help on its drive for a third eon-secutlve eon-secutlve pennant. - . "A Is DAILY HERALD 1945 making things tough for any and au -compeuuon. The Peaches have added Bill Cowley, former Magna third baser ing "Chet" Smith in action Sunday Sun-day Provo fans feel pretty well about their tnira sack guarcuan. Provo and Brigham are fighting for the top with Pinney Beverage and the ' rivalry - between the Times and. Peaches will be red hot during the three games they have to play during the ne"xt two weess. The Timps proposed schedule for the next few weeks is as fol lows: Thursday,) June 14-rProvo at Brigham City. L SundaM June 17 Magna at rovo. Wednesday, June 20 Provo at Salt Lake. Sunday, June 24 Brigham at Provo. "Wednesday,-June 27 Provo at Murray. . Sunday.uly 1st Brighanv at Provo. T 4 You Said it, Marion, And Don't Try To 'Worm9 Out Of It " SALT LAKE CITY. June 12 (U.R) -Marlon Madsen. superintendents super-intendents fish for the Utah fish and game department, came up with a- tip for open- ft He said tbos who try their luck on opening, dar, June 15, will get better catches on the state's lakes and reservoirs. rrobably the best authority 1 on fishing conditions in 'the -state,; Madsen reports that most streams are high . and roily as a result of storms . most of this month. Bat; he added, the lke and reservoirshe reser-voirshe specifically mentioned men-tioned Fish lake will be "just about right for good fishing." HOW THSY NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. 18 20 20 21 19 21 24 38 L. 18 17 21 22 22 24 23 27 Pet .609 .565 .556 .553 .548 .512 .467 .208 mew York 28 Pittsburgh 26 Brooklyn 25' St. Louis 26 Chicago 23 Boston 22 Cincinnati ......... 21 Philadelphia 10 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. Pet. .600 .595 .512 .511 .476 .467 .465 .372 New York 27 Detroit 23 St. Louis 22 Boston- 23 Cleveland ........ 20 Chicago 21 Washington 20 Philadelphia 16 Hoop Jr. Ready BALTIMORE, June 12 (U.R) Kentucky derby winner, Hoop Jr., shipping well in the overnight over-night train trip from Louisville, was ready to begin light workouts work-outs today in preparation for Saturday's Sat-urday's running of the mile and three-sixteenths Prealcness clas sic in. which he is a heavy favor ite. Pavot, Walter M. Jef ford's two- hand and generally considered to be the . top threat to Hoop Jr., in the stake race over the Pim-lico Pim-lico oval. Pavbt was rated highly high-ly despite losing td Mrs. P. A: B, Widner's Polynesian in the With ers mile at Belmont a week ago. The colt was undefeated as a two year old and the loss to Polynesian Polyne-sian was the first against him. The field for the preakness was YoCir candidate fs way behind? Your fingernails POWERHOUSE- i youre sure.To find- even more exciting. !' NowtfWarM thing tOmR end ENERGY iQQurrignung torces: ; BarrettComes ThrpughFor i Breadon Br CARL LUNDQUST NEWJfORJC Jun 12 ty.ro on thefbafW of ejarljr returns today. ft looked: aa.tr owner Bam area- aanui uie uaiuuuui vus v wmm- ball'a foxiest traders, came - out nn :ton eain when he swapped peevish Morton. Cooper to, the Braves fori cnanes earren ana a bundle of.casn. It has haonened before, so of ten in fact that other baseball owners nave been , reluctant to deal with Breadon because it seemed they always wound up op the short end pi tne Dargain. This time however, comparing thej previous records oi uie pitchers, it appeared as if the Braves might have done the out-slidkins out-slidkins even though they came through - with a considerable amount of money along with Bar rett to get the National league's number ne hurier. So whatftappened? Both pitchers; pitch-ers; checked in with their new owners and established themselves them-selves as the most consistent winners ph their respective staffs. And because Barrett has been available more often he has been of more heln to the Cards with a badly depleted pitching staff than Cooper has io ine Braves. Barrett, coming back only two davs after suffering his first de feat with the Cards, turned in his best effort last night, blanking the Reds at St. Louis, 3 to 0, on seven hits to move the world champions back into the first di vision ahead of the iaie cuds. Another key clayer in a Card Inar deal this season, Elvin (Buster) Adams, drove in the first run against Walters with a double. Adams, just an ordinary nlaver With the Phillies, has been the team's most consistent long ball hitter, setting the pace in homers with eight, and rank ing next to. George Kurowski in runs; batted In witn si. Although volumes have been written about the talent-studded farm clubs which produce stars for the parent Cardinal organi ration, Breadon has contrived just about -as often to swing deals which bring in helpful players from other major league teams. He obtained Danny Litwhiler from the Phils, to -bolster his draft-depleted outf ieTd last year ,and Litwhuer acquired the cham pionship uarainai toucn, neiping them to their third straight pen- pant. Before . that It was lean Lon WarneekJ who came down from the cubs and was a consistent winner for several seasons before be-fore I Breadon returned him to Chicago via the waiver route Letting .Lonnle go to the bargain basement price of $7,500 was a little: unlike Breadon since the Arkansas right hander still was winning his share of games. However, the Cardinal "David Harum" probably felt a little sympathetic to the Cubs for the best if all the deals the Red Birdf ever completed. .That was in 1938 when they sold the incomparable Dizzy Dean to the Cubs for $185,000 and Pit- cners; curt uavis ana ciyae Shoun. Dean's arm went bad and he pitched only spasmodically be fore retiring for good after i stretch in the minors. Both Da vis and Shoun were winners and made , good trading material In later Cardinal deals. No other major league games were scheduled yesterday. Denver, uoio.. has too many squirrels; Montrose, Colo., wanted more, : so Denver exported her excess. For Prealcness expected to be considerably smaller smal-ler than the 16-horse turnout for the derby, many owners and irainlers . givlngC up after Hoop Jr. s smashing six length triumph over the runner-up Pot O'Luck. Owner? Fred W. Hooper indicated that Jockey Eddie Arcaro again wpuia ride Hoop jr. , Among the other arrivals at Pimlico yesterday, all from Louis ville, were Mrs. W. G. Lewis' Darby Dieppe, third place win-t ner in the derby, C. S. Howard's Sea Swallow, and Col. E. R. Brad ley s Burning Dream, and Bail Bond. Bail Bond, which did not go in the derby, may start with Burning Dream as an entry, al though Bradley's stablemen have made no comment on the matter Rurfhlng as secondary features on the ; Pimlico card will be the $30,000 Dixie Handicap with the famed Devil Diver the top weighted favorite at 132 pounds, and the $20,000 Pimlico Oaks for fillies and mares. Alex Barth and Rounders are other early favorites among the older horses competing in the Dixie stake. Brcc!ilyn Tons DlvicI BTJACK CUDDT ' ' ,'. . NEW YORK. June 12 fii.B-As the rosy finger of dawn smeared its .fingernail 'r'polish across the Brooklyn norizon today, it be came apparent that "Lippy" Leo Durocher probably would hold his job: as; manager v or the Dodgers, despite his latest mess. Durocher comesr- up again ott a charge of felonious assault on June 18 In Brooklyn felony covrt He is accused of helping to beat up John Christian, a medically discharged soldier, during the gam at Sbbets zieia -Saturday night. Joseph Moore, a special pa-trOlmanat pa-trOlmanat the ball nark, was ac- Jcused of helping Durocher in the beating up. in- fact, he was, accused ac-cused of providing ithe ,-blunt 'instrument 'in-strument (apparently a . blackjack) black-jack) that, allegedly aided, in making aDodger disciple of Mr. Christian, who is recovering from a fractured jaw. Moore's case was continued too; and both were permitted per-mitted their liberty under $1,000 bail. By the time that the case comes irt,s Juaa 18, tha debonair Leo denies that be ever probably will be convinced that Durocher did a good Job in going to work, on Chrtian (although CQQches Meet t ApproyeSchedu SPOKANE, Waslu, June7 12 UJ Coaches, athletic managers, and lacuiiy representatives oi western caUeses met In Joint isession today to approve a 1945 Pacific Coast conference football schedule, which will include eight , of the conference's 10 members. -Adoption of the fall' grid schedule was to mark 'the first real step toward resumption of conference football after a two-year two-year wartime layoff by six of the 10 member colleges. Only California, Cali-fornia, SouthenvCallfornia, Washington Wash-ington and the University of Cali fornia at Los Angeles-have main tained team throughout the war. T fee Right now Brooklyn opinion is oretty well divided. One section of fans condemns Durocher. For example, iu Tate, an eiaeriy Brooklyn taxi driver, insists: TLippy proved in this case mat ne can dish it out to the umpires;, put that lie can't takeMt" ' However, robust Hilda Chester who 'rings enlarge cow bell to lead tne bleacher cneering at most games declares: "The pernt Is thisr Christian had been pickin on nearly all the Dodger players 1uar more'n a njonth-with 1 verce like a foghorn. fog-horn. He shouldn't been pickin on the Bums' when they was playin.' alright. And he shouldn't been usin' langwidge that shocked the ladies." President. Branch . - "Deacon" Rickey Indicated without so staungt-that he regarded Duroch er as largely innocent. He said the situation was partly the club's fault that it had failed to police Ebbets field better to prevent I ' ; - . . . tips like Christian from tedulg-ig tedulg-ig la unlimited and profanb criti cism, J . Virtually everyone connected with the 'Dodgers was confident mnt I .JWk'a mu iltimotAiw wmtiA be thrown out of court, for lack of witnesses. The attorneys maintained main-tained that "at least three" witnesses wit-nesses can vestify oa behalf of Durocher as to what actually happened that night in theplayers' theplay-ers' runway. Meanwhile, Durocher .resumed management of the Dodgers, after a one-day absence, anjd handled the team as it scored an 11-4 victory vic-tory over an army nine at Mitchel field. ; '., Ho National league sfctlon--if any will be taken against Durocher Du-rocher until thecriminal case is settled.: Presfdent Ford Frick of the circuit has gone to St Louis on other matters. In the absence of Frick, Durocher will be deemed innocent' until proved! guilty. gommlssloner Happy Chandler is elieved to' share the same senli- laent. f VV ( -se-'i.V Youll make a hit by bringing to life for father a gift he's seen in Esquire. Wearable presents tire always in fashion for Father's Day. Just list , the things he needs most and iShriyer's will help you select them. Here's your cue to " discovering his likes in stylefand colon look "T over his shoulder while he thumbs through Esquire. Make a note of his comments. Then come to Shriver's for the present that's sure " to please. ; SHRPTER UTAH ASfATETJX OOtF , TOURNEY SCHZDULZD ; - ' - . SALT LAKE ' CXTT, Jun lS (UJJ-Utah's amateur golf cham pionaMp tournament lsscheduledA at . the Ft. Douglas -course hero June a through-June 24, ; . some or tne state's top gofers gof-ers wilLvie for I the most coveted; title an amateur Utah golfer can win. Arnold Goff of Bait Lake City, tha defending champion, la" favored slightly to retain the tl tie. . -. ' . : B ABBERS LIKE TOFISHlr- - v ' J'' " -'v- Barber, Shops f will be open Wednesday of tills week and closed Friday. So theboys can ga fishing along wttttha rest of the sportsman. V . . . K; . - Y ; n - 4 1 9jg lM |