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Show league Ballparks As Ma 4 jors Open Full Slate By CARL LUNDQUIST United Press Sports Writer NEW YORK, April 15 (U.R) Everybody has his troubles but everybody was willing to put them aside today for the opening open-ing of the baseball season. It was a long-awaited occasion for those stalwart buddies of bleachers and grandstand, Gus H. Fan ' and John Q. Public, but they weren't the only folks to get excited about it.- For out at Lake Success, N. Y., In the new International Interna-tional citadel of world peace, the Security Council of the United Nations cancelled its . sessions to attend the opener at Yankee Stadium. For today to-day only they were uncon- i cerned over the problems of atomic bombers, they were interested only in the came between the Yankee Bronx ' Bombers and the Philadelphia Philadel-phia Athletics. And when these men of many tongues, from strange and faraway far-away places stand with Mr. Fan and Mr. Public to sing the Star-Spangled Star-Spangled Banner they will see something truly American and democratic and they ought to be impressed. The game must have appealed "to them at that. They displayed greater unanimity in deciding to) go 10 ine oaii parK man tney had on virtually any subject in .weeks. Even Andrei Gromyko. the Cougars Slate Practice Game First intra-squad competition during the spring training grind at Brigham Young university will come this Friday when the squad will be divided and a practice game held. Coach Eddie Kimball said Monday. With some 22 lettermen and 15 frosh numeral winners on hand. Coaches Kimball and Wayne Soffe, line coach, feel that the men are well enough advanced so that a game will not hurt them -at all. There are three weeks left in the spring training schedule, and Coach Kimball says, there will be a game a week from now on, probably each Friday with the exception of next week, when the game will be Thursday so as not to interfere with the Invitational track meet. The Cougar squad will probably prob-ably be divided into two groups of as nearly equal strength as possible, Kimball said, and every i man will get a chance to show what he can do. I Coach Kimball said that the' actual division of the i-juad willj probably take place this afternoon after-noon or Wednesday, and that the: lettermen would be distributed ' equally on both squads. CALL 300 For Nationwide Moving Service! Agents for Be kins. Allied Van Lines. Local and long distance moving. Packing, moving, storage, crating and shipping. We can move you to any city to the world. Utah's Finest Moving Service YELLOW CAB & TRANSFER CO. 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But baseball's other ace, Hal Newhouser of Detroit will have to do his chores against a slim turnout of 7,500 against the Browns at St. Louis. Another 30,000 are expected to see Boston's Bos-ton's American League champs play Washington at Fenway Park. In the National, the Cubs may set a park record if they get the 45,000 fans they expect for their opener against Pittsburgh Pirates. Pi-rates. And a full house of 33,000 will be on hand for the Dodger-Brave Dodger-Brave game at Ebbets Field when Gladys Gooding welcomes them back with the majestic strains of "Leave Us Go Root For The Dodgers, Rogers" on the Brooklyn Brook-lyn pipe organ. At Cincinnati. 31,000 will sec the Reds play the world champion cham-pion St. Louis Cardinals and 25,000 are expected to see the Giants and Phils at Philadelphia. Baseball's officials presidential opening day will have to come three days after the season is underway when the senators return re-turn to Washington. Harry Truman Tru-man and 30.000 others got rained out yesterday as the Yankee-Senators Yankee-Senators game was called off. Now Mr. Truman will have to wait until Friday before firing out that first ball with his good left wing. There were last minute sidelights, most of them involving in-volving the Dodgers. Leo Durocher, suspended boss of the Brooks was in Hollywood and President Branch Rickey was in a stew trying to find a man to replace him. His assorted prospective managers manag-ers were in various places about the nation, apparently turning him down as fast as he contacted them. "I don't think 1 11 be able to make good my statement that we would have a new manager on the field by opening day," Rickey said. It was a sad inaugural for little lit-tle El Head, to whom glory came briefly last season when he pitched a no-hitter for the Dodgers Dodg-ers against the Braves. Never again did he approach that peak and last night Rickey sent him to Montreal along with four youngsters, outfielders Walter Sessi, Dick Whitman and Boris Woyt, and pitcher Johnny Van Cuyk. Head may not get another chance. Rickey got waivers oh him and released him outright. Woyt and Sessi also were released re-leased but Whitman and Van Cuyk were optioned. RENT A CAR RENT A TRUCK Move your own furniture. By the hour, day or week. P. E. ASHTON 191 Sooth University BUYERS KNOW: of 'MKfUTSEItS Leahy Says Irish Will Have Great Grid Team In 1947 DENVER, April 15, (U.R) Notre Dame has all the potentialities for a national football champion ship in 1947. So says Coach Frank I Leahy, who ought to know. Here for a dinner appearance appear-ance after only six weeks of spring training at South Bend. Leahy said today that only a psychological barrier could stand in the way of the fighting Irish come fall. "After last season, we'll have to fight self-satisfaction, and a natural tfnrfencv to .look to the glories of the pasy suave Leahy told reporters. "But it we hck that if we can keep the kids thinking of the present and the future instead of the past we can do as well as last year, or better." There'll be few if anv new faces on the Irish team this coming sea son, Leahy pointed out. experience experi-ence will be a byword. "We have 30 Mettermen back, and replacements for the men we've lost. "Our tackles, for example, will be as strong as ever, probably the strongest point on the team. Jim Martin is back as one first I string end, and for the other end iwe have Leon Hart. who at the ripe old age of 17 is six feet four and weighs 215 pounds. "The backfield will be the lightest in big-time football an average of about 172 pounds. But with Johnny Lu-jack. Lu-jack. Red Sitko. John Panel-U, Panel-U, Terry Brennan and Bob Livingstone, we ought to be well, let's say 'fairly representative.' repre-sentative.' " ' On paper we look good, with 118 men trying out for the squad. Bad weather at South Bend, how-lever, how-lever, has curtailed spring prac tice considerably so far. Leahy predicted that the 1947 football will be the best in a decade, de-cade, both from point of play and from the number .of spectators attracted. "It's good, and it'll remain re-main good for at least three more years." As for new talent, Leahy admits that Notre Dame doesn't need new faces this season. "But who does''" he asked. "Look at Michigan, Michi-gan, Ohio State, Illinois. Southern South-ern California none of them are losing many men." Provo-Y High Prepsters Meet Today Prep diamond artists will be at it again this afternoon with three games slated in region three. To keep the number three topmost, three of the teams, Payson, Provo and Juab, will be making their first appearance of the season. Local interest will be centered on Timp park where the Bulldogs of Provb high meet the slugging Wildcats of BY high in a cross-town cross-town rivalry that should produce a honey of a ball game. j Howard Ford is expected to be on the mound for the Bulldogs, who will be making their first I appearance of the year, and Harold Har-old Christensen will toe the rub-Iber rub-Iber for the Cats, who have already al-ready won one tilt. : In the other games. Payson will I tangle with Spanish Fork in a ; traditional rivalry and Juab. will i face the Springville Red Devils. Leg Matches On Local Links Revived May 1 By popular request, the monthly "leg" matches at the; Timpanogos golf course will bej revived this year. Ross Wight,; member of the local tourney com-j mittee of the local course, stated1 today. The leg matches were not held last year, but in years past have! been some of the most popular! matches held on the course. There : ) will be one tourney a month dur- i ing May, June, July and August,! i with the four winners then meet- j ; ing in a playoff for the Director's ' cup. ! Winner of each one of the monthly tournaments will receive, a trophy. Qualifiers for the May : matches must post an 18-hole j qualifying score by April s 28 soj that handicaps may be assigned' and drawings for the first matches i made. All play is on a handicap basis, and all players receive an equal 1 chance to get into the playoffs for the Director's Cup, which is , one of the most coveted awards given at the local course. Mr. Wight, who with Herb .Mann and Jack French make up jthe local tourney committee, said that the first rounds of play will I begin May 1 and if any player i misses his match he automatically ; forfeits that round of play. if GESSFORD'S 47 NORTH UNIV. AVE. Robinson Dons Dodgers Duds 4-. (NEA TeUphoto) taking his debut in Major League uniform, Jackie Robinson (extreme ight) is welcomed to Dodgers by Acting Manager Clyde Sukeforth. Two it Robinson's competitors for first bsue post (left to right) Ed Steven! and Howie Schultx, look on. 6 Tuesday, April 15, TODAY'S SPORT PARADE Hat Full of $64 Questions Bother Scribe As Major Leagues Poise For Season By OSCAR FRALEY United Press Sports Writer NEW YORK, April 15 (U.R) The delayed baseball lottery (advance (ad-vance apologies to Commissioner A. B. Chandler) gets under way today and here are just a few of the major questions which wiii;cnic could beat the horses.) have to be answprca oeiore iwo lucky survivors tangle in the World Series. With the Red Sox admittedly strcnethened. can they walk away and hide as they did las' season? And will anybody beat Ted Williams out of 'the batting crown this year? (The would seem to be "no" counts.) to both ! Will Hank Grcenbrrir, the American League homer king, win that honor shooting shoot-ing at the shorter National League fences in left or will he find, as lon contended, that the pitching is tougher in the senior circuit? (Solving (Solv-ing one riddle, who is there to beat him?) The Detroit Tigers arc licking their chops but can Hal Newhouser New-houser continue his necessary three-year average of 27 wins? (Barring injury, the swanky vouthpaw looks like a gold-plated bet.) Everybody and his brother picks the St. Louis Cards to repeat re-peat in the National League but are Dyer's dandies coming un-glucd? un-glucd? (Terry Moore and Whitey Kurowski are the big problem children but if the baling wire holds out there probably will be October action again in Sportsman's Sports-man's Park.) And will the fountain of youth hopes work in the village of Cleveland where rejuvenation is sought for Flash Gordon as Lou Boudreau keeps his fingers crossed on the outfield? (A good Gordon could make a world of difference and a poor one just about end all hopes.) Brooklyn of course has a box full of questions. How will the club go without Leo Durocher and with an entire new managerial mana-gerial staff? How is Pete Reiser's Reis-er's arm going to react, and will Jackie Robinson work out at first base? (With the Lip at the helm, chances undoubtedly would have been much brighter. But if Reiser is okay and Robinson's I hitting matches his fielding this may turn out to be "next year."; "Shoeless Joe" DiMaggio is the problem child of the New York Yankees and will he have enough of his old dynamite dyna-mite on his :rturn to the lineup to spark the Yankee explosion? (Undoubtedly, as Joe goes, so will go the Yankees.) The Braves are highly hopeful hope-ful yet the question is whether AUTO OWNERS! 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But will he have a chance to go seven for seven, what with his contract up for renewal in 1952? Well, what do you think? to E CLUTCH TO PRESS IT'S Style alone would make the 1947 Oldsmobile Tfl tWN IK HIS smart choice automatically. For Hydra-Matic Drive is America's only fully proved, fully automatic drive. The only drive that shifts gears through four forward speeds automatically . . . and eliminates the clutch pedal entirely! . . . Your Oldsmobile dealer will tell you when you can drive a smart new Oldsmobile of your own! YOUR 1131 BYU Trackmen Drill Hard For Ute Meet With the first real test for his Cougar trackmen only three weeks away. Coach Floyd Millet is sending his BYU track team through its paces daily on the cinders of Y stadium, hoping that he can uncover a few point get ters to add to the men he now has before May 3 and the Utah Millet has two men that should be trood for 20 or more rjoints be-'. tween them in every meet, but from there on, the material gets woefully short, especially in the sprints, traditionally a Cougar strong point. Brady Walker, who throws the hammer, shot, discus and the javelin, and is sure to win at least two of them any time he steps on the field this year, is the Cougar "one-man "one-man gang" this year. His number one helper, the other half of the BYU one-two punch, is lanky Clarence Robinson, Robin-son, distance runner deluxe, who is going to be hard to beat this year in the mile and half mile. These two men arc the main hopes of the Cats in running up points, but Millet has some other men up his sleeve who may come . through with wins and near wins' to add to the point total. Heading this list is speedy Phil Nelson, defending conference high hurdle champ, who should be hard to beat in his specialty. Another good prospect is Charles Lloyd, letterman two-miler. Millet also has a gr6up of freshmen that may Pile up the points. In the hifh hurdles he has Ron Stewart of Spanish Fork, who also n, jumps ...a ru..,.c .v t !!?"; a v T1,. Joe Nelson and Vic Thurgood both of Spanish Fork are two other frosh prospects who look good. Thurgood runs the 440 and does a bit of high jumping, while Vlrn run hoth hurdles and high jumps. Howard Braden. a Wyoming lad who pole vaults and broad-jumps; broad-jumps; Cecil Lloyd, Idaho state hurdles champ of last year; John Larsen who runs the low hurdles and broad jumps and Elroy Lov- eridge. half miler from Lincoln, are other promising freshmen. In the sprints, Millet has Jack Wynn. Ed Cramer and Bob Crow ley, but none of the three look; fast enough to place high in the Conference against sucn speea sters as Don Campbell of Colora do. First test for the Cougar track men will be the Y relays next; Friday when some of them will compete against outside competition. competi-tion. Next meet will be May 3 ! against the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. SPOKANE COLLEGIANS DEFEAT FARRAGUT SPOKANE, Wash., April 15 (U.R) Whitworth college, fielding its first Winco league baseball team, defeated Farragut Tech, 6 to 2,; yesterday in a non-conference season opener. Farragut was held to three hits. GEARS TO SHIFT VN0 buy of the year! Long, flowing lines, tasteful trim, beautifully tailored interiors ... all combine to gire this car a "new-as-tomorrow" look. And when you consider that Oldsmobile is the lowest-priced car to offer GM Hydra-Matic Drive tliat makes it a WASDEN MOTOR SALES North 5th West Phone 97 34fli BYU Invit at tonal Meef Plans Shaping Up; Special Centennial Events Add Spice If the plans of the committee can make it so, the 34th annual BYU Invitational Track Meet and Relay Carnival Centennial edition edi-tion is going to be the best ever, according to C. J. Hart, general r.,.s BFr carnival Some 2800 entrants from 400 high schools and junior high schools and 33 junior colleges in the mtermountain area, plus a galaxy of stars brought here for special events, will add the lustre to the meet. Entry blanks and additional information were mailed out over the weekend to the various vari-ous schools who have expressed ex-pressed Interest in sending teams to the meet, and entries en-tries should begin coming In by the end of the week, Mr. Hart said. Coach Harold Brown of Paul, Idaho and Coach E. F. Qiesehe of Glendale Union high school, Glendale, Arizona have already sent entry blanks in for their teams, thus becoming the first , to register, casper. Wyoming hign school has also stated they would definitely enter a team. Highlighting the meet will he the special Utah Centennial invitational in-vitational events, featuring some of the best talent in the United States competing against each other and against BYU aces in senior college competition. Chief interest in this division , wjn fae Jn the Centennlgl mUe where Les MacMitchell, former NYU speedsteri win match strides with Xo Qui New j ' I A f I O Lee Craft and Rubber Boats. O Martin and Mercury Motors. O Surf-Boards and Water Skis. O Swim Caps, Swim Fins, Goggles, Nose Clips and Ear Plugs. 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The Centennial events will feature competition in the 100 and 220 yard dashes; either a 440 or 880; the mile run; pole vault, shot put, discus and javelin. Athletic Director Eddie Kimball, Kim-ball, in charge of the inviting of star athletes, said that efforts are-being are-being made to contact some of America's top performers in all these events so as to put on a good show a week from Saturday Satur-day final day of the meet. As in other 'years, one of the most colorful and beautiful exhibitions ex-hibitions of the meet will be the competition in junior and senior high school girl posture parades. Ratines this vear will be TriDle a, Double-A and Class A, and all teams qualifying in these three 'divisions will be given suitable trophies. The junior high parades start off the meet Friday afternoon, after-noon, and the senior high com petition opens the relays Satur- day afternoon. for 1947 - Matic DHv b 'optional at DEALER I ft "HI |