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Show Tuesday, April 6, 1948 DAILY HERALD Dulie Snider Cracks Homer as : Dodners Defeat Dallas Rebels, HIM Vf,. 4-0; Giants Mame Flychaser ' By UNITED rRESS I 4 m DALliAS, Tex., April 6 (U.R) Ed (Duke) Snider, who has just learned where the "strike zone' is, today became the Brooklyn Dodgers' latest hope to "make the fans forget Dixie Walker." Snider smashed a first-inning home run yesterday with Jackie Robinson on base to start the Dodgers "A" squad off to a 4 to 0 win over the Dallas Rebels, their 19th . . . . . 1 i -iii gtraignt victory. ATLANTA. Ga. (U.R) Flwyn (Preacher) Roe and Harry Taylor ' " limited the Atlanta crackers to three bits yesterday to give the Brooklyn Dodgers', "B" its third '"straight win over the Southern . Association team, 9 to o. ' w Roe pitched six innings and - Taylor three. Both had sore arms " last year. PHOENIX. Arlx. (U.R) Bobby Thomson was official-ly official-ly Installed as the New' York Giants' regular center fielder field-er today and Carroll (Whiter) Lockman drew the left-field post. .ti . Manager Mel Ott, who had been L Switching the two players from m one area to the other, said he de-elded de-elded on Lockman for left field because he can avoid crashing In-Jito In-Jito the wall. Thomson, said Ott, mm has a long stride and has trouble stopping. iZ CLEARWATER, Fla. (U.R) Shortstop Grady Wilson was dealt "-from the Philadelphia Phillies to awmthe Pittsburgh Pirates today and the Phils sent Outfielder Charley Gilbert to Nashville of the Southern Association. TAMPA, Pla. (U.R) Ewell Y Black well, most active pitcher on the Cincinnati Reds staff, was Slated to take the mound against today against the Syracuse Chiefs w at Plant City. Blackwell has pit-' pit-' ched 23 innings so far this spring. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (U.R) - Spurgeon (Spud) Chandler, 39-w 39-w year-old New York Yankee pitcher, pitch-er, today had the club's permission permis-sion to try to make a deal for T himself with another team. The veteran right-hander, 'Z who was operated on for el bow bone chips during- the winter, has been placed on the Yankees' waiver list "with the purpose of slvlnr him his unconditional release." re-lease." He won 109 games and lost 43 since Joining the Yanks In 1937 and was the American league's most valuable val-uable player In 1943. HAINES CITY, Pla. (U.R) The slugging of Tommy Henrich and Johnny Lindell led the New York Yankees' 16-hlt assault yesterday as they routed their Newark Bear farm hands, 13 to 4. Henrich hit two doubles while Lindell had a double and two sin. gles. Joe Louis Charged With Love Theft 5- -r nmmmmmm r . - r - J J ' . O .-5- ' Y '5 "':.v v! rVEJ TUphott Mrs Mattle Carle Faulkner. 26. photographer's model, is sbown at tier New York Dome with her children, Ctfan (left). 3. and Matthew. . Her nusband.a minister, filed a $500,000 suit In Chicago against heavyweight chtap Joe Louis for reputedly alienating the affee-ttons affee-ttons of hi wife Mrs Faulkner, and Lows, who is completing a boxing tour in Europe both denied the charges. BRADENTON, Fla. (U.R) Rookie Ro-okie Pitcher John Fetrer was sent by the Boston Braves to Dallas of the Texas league on option today and Pitcher Dick Manville was optioned to Hartford of the Eastern East-ern league. The Braves dropped a 6 to 5 decision in 10 innings to the Louisville Lou-isville Colonels, Boston Red Sox' farm in the Southern Association, yesterday. A two-run single by Ken Chapman won the game for the Colonels. ORLANDO, Fla. (U.R) The Washington Senators today listed four straight exhibition victories, the latest a 5 to 2 decision over the Minneapolis Millers yesterday. The Millers made only three hits off Mickey Haefner and Tom Ferrick. SAN ANTONIO. Tex (U.R) The St. Louis Browns' squad was trimmed to 29 players today with the dispatching of Pitcher Ernie Bickhaus to the San Antonio club and Pitcher Joe Obstrowski to Toledo. IN t- - VIM a mi m i WE HAVE THEM! Nearly all Calibers & Gauges Of Ammunition B.B's 5c a Tube, or 50c per Lb. Fly Rods & Guns. Extra Fly Rod Tips & Second Joints. at Innes Sporting Goods 316 West Center. Provo, Utah Cubs Probably 2nd Division Club, Despite Youth Plan Negro-Spanish Plover Stars r Today's Sport Parade In PCL Debut (Editor's Note This Is the eighth in a series of the 1948 prospects of the major league teams.) , ; By LEO II. PETERSEN United Press Sports Editor NEW YORK, April 6 (U.R) The slowly developing "youth program" pro-gram" for the Chicago Cubs probably prob-ably won't keep them out of the second division this season. The Cubs, long a proud National league dynasty, suddenly realized last year when they finished a sour sixth, that they weren't keep ing pace with the rest of the pack in the development of young talent. So General Manager James Gallagher Gal-lagher and Field Boss Charley Grimm launched a long range rebuilding re-building job and though it may produce a few acceptable rookies Golf Stag Party Is Great Success Halladay Says More than 150 golfers attended the Timpanogos Golf association's annual 19th Hole Spring stag party Monday night at the Provo Golf clubhouse. Jack French,.- president, of the organization, .told of plans for the coming year, including the proposed pro-posed laying out of the new nine holes. There also was community singing, and songs by the Lions club quartet, numbers tay Byron Jensen, well-known Provo pianist, pian-ist, and a specialty act put on by Lee (Pony) Brook, popular Provo athlete. One of the main highlights of the evening was' a boxing and wrestling show put on by fighters fight-ers and grapplers from Lincoln high school and Brigham Young university. Neal Gibby BYU student and gymnastic instructor, and his son gave an entertaining entertain-ing acrobatic exhibition. "It was by far the outstanding spring stag, we've ever had," Marion Halladay, chairman for the event, said today. BYU Spring Grid Drills Open Today Spring football practice was slated to get underway at Brig-ham Brig-ham Young university this afternoon, after-noon, after being postponed a week because of inclement weather. Led by captain-elect Kimball Merrill, between 60 and 70 grid candidates were expected to report, re-port, according to Head Coach Eddie Kimball. Assisting Kimball with the drills, which will run for about approximately six weeks this year, the major hope is for the future. Even so, Grimm Insists that he is going to take his chances with a few young players who may not be, entirely ready for the big time, rather' than try to make deals with other major league clubs to bolster the roster. However, Grimm is banking on holdover hurlers Hank Borowy, Bob Chipman, Doyle (Porky) Lade, Russ Meyer, Lefty Johnny Schmitz and Hank Wyse as the backbone of his staff this year. But he is hoping that such rook ies as Don Carlsen, up from Tul sa: Bob Kusn from Lies Moines, and Lefty Cliff Chambers of Los Angeles also will come through, Chambers, if he can lick a chronic sore arm, may De tne Dest oi me lot with a 24 and 9 mark behind him at Los Angeles. Grimm's Infield Is far from settled with only Eddie Wait-kus Wait-kus at first base set to start the season. At second, aging Don Johnson and former Cleveland Indian keystone man Ray Mack are battling It out. while the erratic but occasionally oc-casionally brilliant Lennle . . Merullo t -shortstop has com-' com-' petition from Dick Culler, who was obtained from the Braves, and from rookie Roy Smalley, up from Des Moines. Third base Is wide open and It Is possible Peanuts Lowrey may have to come In from the outfield to play It again although al-though Hank Schens, up from Nashville has performed there during training camp games. Aside from young Cliff Aber- son, who batted .279 in 47 games with the club last season, the out field is likely to be all-veteran and probably too old to compete with some of the younger unit on other clubs. The regulars probably prob-ably will be Phil Cavaretta, Andy Pafko and Bill Nicholson, although al-though even the patient Grimm is about to give up on Big Nick, who batted only .244 last season. Bob Schefflng probably will get the call over Clyde McCullough for the first string catching job although rookie Albert Walker, a .331 hitter from Nashville may oust both of them eventually. The Cubs may win some ball games on hustle and experience but not as many as the Braves, Cards, pndgers and perhaps a few other clubs.. So it doesn't look like a very promising season ahead for north side fans in the windy city. (Tomorrow Th Yankees.) By HAL WOOD United Press SporU Writer SAN FRANCISCO, April 6 W.R) The Pacific Coast league, one year, behind the majors in the signing of a Negro player, cur rently may possess one of the most .valuable pieces of baseball bric-brac in the business. His name is John (Tony) Ritchey, -a 23-year-old Negro- Spanish catcher, property of the San Diego Padres. One ball game doesn t make a summer, but on tne basis oi performance per-formance in his first week- in professional baseball, Ritchey may be quite a ball player and gate attraction. He has appeared in seven games for the Padres; went to bat 14 times, connected for eight hits, including one rrome run, and has driven in six inns. Ritchey, a product of San Diego Prep and San Diego State college, was the leading lead-ing hitter In the Negro American Amer-ican - league last year while playing with the Chicago Giants. If he is able to keep up his present pace or somewhere hear it the PCL owners expect that he may boost the attendance on an average of 10 per cent in each city he plays. There is no way of telling, but young Ritchey may have had something to do with the near record throng of 10,156 that saw the Padres play Los Angeles on Sunday. San Diego plays host this week to the Portland Beavers Beav-ers and If Ritchey continues -hot" he may do for the Padres Pa-dres what Jackie Robinson did for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Meanwhile, the rest of the clubs are doing a bit of praying and hoping the weatherman favors them. The San Francisco Seals, leading lead-ing the league with three wins and no losses, were rained out of four tilts at Sacramento last week. They move on to Holly wood tonight, hoping for a full slate of games. Oakland, which broke even with Portland in six tilts, plays host to the defending champion Los Angeles club, and Seattle which lost three out of five to Hollywood, invades Sacramento. FRISCO BOWLER WINS SALT LAKE CITY, April 6 (U.R) The championship of the 11th annual Ritz bowling classic, an nual hlchllBht of Utah keslers. will be Coach Wayne Soffe and 'today went to little Lee Jougl a rd Reed Nilsen. of San Francisco. He turned in a a) ' IMPERIAL HIRAM WALXOt , 8 I SHKIS hr I -'-.it i Msde by Hiram Walker & Sons lac Peoria, 111. 86 proof. Blended whisker. The itraight whiskies la this product are 4 years or more old. 30 ttralghc whiskey. 70 grain neutral spirits. - SMC ipomi ! ( IMPERIAL 91.4 to bo oxact! When purchasers of Imperial were questioned in a nation-wide survey, 91.4 proved to b repeat purchasers: Yes, nine out of ten say Imperial again t A Scribe Picks Bosox, Braves To Win Big League Crowns BY OSCAR FRALEY United Press Sports Writer NEW YORK. April 6 (U.R) Baseball is going to have its own Boston tea party come October and you can take that today from Fearless Fraley, the blight of back bay, as he picks the Braves and the Red Sox to meet in the world series. All this probably will make Billy Southworth and ' Joe Mc Carthy, the respective managers, very unhappy. Because I have put the kiss of death on so many people peo-ple that in some quarters (the fair sex excluded) they refer to me as osculating Oscar. As a baseball boll weevil old Fearless is particularly effective. Which undoubtedly will make me as welcome up Cambridge way as Yale man or a British accent. But after a tour of the Florida training camps I have to give it to you straight. It's a 100 per cent on the level product of a poll of bat boys, sore armed pitchers, dog track rabbits, jai alal masseurs and golf pros. And they know as much as the rest of the experts. With the season an appropriate 3 days away, the nonsensus of Fearless Fraley's forecast comes out this way: American Boston National 1. Boston 2. Brooklyn 3. St. Louis 4. New York 5. Pittsbureh 6. Cincinnati 7. Chicago 8. Philadelphia Taking the New York Detroit Cleveland Philadelphit Washington Chicago St. Louis American league first, lets look them over Boston McCarthy has plenty of push buttons and his index finger is going to get a terrific workout. The stuff's there, Buster New York Pitching whoas. Detroit Good pitch, no hit, no pennant. Cleveland A darkhorse. Philadelphia A blackhorse. Washington In the District of Columbia. Chicago In a tough race, for last. St. Louis 100 to 1, and the price is still too short. National league: Boston Southworth is overdue. In spring training his charts showed what his players did week from Wednesday. Why not in October? Brooklyn The one to watch. St. Louis Yearlings could make it a triple dead heat. New York No fling wing, a Shanghai slugger with a glass Jaw. Pittsburgh Money isn't every thing. Cincinnati Improved, but not enough. Cmcago There are Clubs, and Cubs. Philadelphia Believe Ben Chapman: "The only place to pick us to finish last.'' And there you have it, except for the rather essential matter of 154 games each which undoubted ly makes everybody but Braves and the Red Sox happy. Play ball! tSJft P. L. Briefs Halliwell To Tour Pioneer Loop Camps POCATELLO, April 8 (U.R) Pioneer League President Jack Halliwell will leave Pocatello Thursday for a 10-day tour oi the league's eight training camps in Caifornia and Washington. Ben Hogan Loolt's i Like Good Bet In Masters Open AUGUSTA. Ga April 'U. Belting Ben Hogan served war- ning ioaay mai ne is 10 d reckoned with among the profes- ; sionals In the masters' golf tournament tour-nament starting Thursday, whll ; OKee megei popped up as ui main hope of the amateurs. ' Up until now the pre-tourney talk has been all about "Lord Byron" Nelson, the famed : par-buster, par-buster, and Lloyd Mangrum, th year's leading money winner. But Hogan, the distance-hitter from Hershey, Pa., has barged into the. speculation with a red-hot game. Hogan, who has never won thw masters, turned in' the best prac tice rdtrrKTyesterday. The little stroke-masteV carded a neat 67 over the rough Augusta National golf club course. Riegel, the national amateur champion from upper Darby, Pa., looked equally impressive as he turned in a 68. Frank Stranahan. who ranked alongside Riegel as the top si mon-pure athlete in the tourney, had his name officially struck off the list of entries yesterday. Th strong-armed Toledo, O., player, if was reported, had argued 'with officials over the use of soft put ting greens. SOUTH PASADENA, Cal. (U.R) The Billings Mustangs opened their spring training playing schedule yesterday with a 7 to 4 victory over the Rosabell plumb ers of Pasadena. The Mustangs, managed by Charley Root, had to push across three runs in the ninth inning for the win. The Mustangs will play Fresno of the California league today. SAN BERNARDINO. Cal. (U.R) The Idaho Falls Russets today welcomed Ray Hayworth, winner of 20 games last season, to the San Bernardino training camp. Hayworth signed his contract with manager Judson Kirke last night. Rocky Outpoints Sonny Home WASHINGTON, D. C, April 6 OI.P) Middleweight champion Rocky Graiiano, rusty after a 10-month 10-month absence from the ring, today to-day faced a stiff grind to get in shape for the defense of his title against Tony Zale in June. Grazlano started along the training trail last night by easily outpointing clever George (Sonny) (Son-ny) Home in a 10-round non-title non-title bout in the Ullne arena. Though he won by a wider margin than when he beat Home two years ago, Graiiano showed 5,181 fans plainly that he was far from fighting trim. His timing was bad and he was never able to land his famed haymaker on the paw of the cream-puff puncn-er puncn-er from New York. Home, staying out of arm's reach most of the night, outbox-ed outbox-ed Graiiano in the early rounds. The Rock came back strong, however, how-ever, and was the master the rest of the way. The two judges and referee Harry Volkman awarded the champion the unanimous decision. de-cision. Graziano, a 3 to 1 favorite weighed 160 pounds, but Home insured that the fight would be a non-title affair by coming in at 161, one pound over the middleweight mid-dleweight limit. tournament score of 1754 for an average of more than 210 in each of the eight games. Bill Flesch of Los Angeles, defending de-fending champion, was second with 1745. Third was Ray Man-tyla Man-tyla of Salt Lake City with 1713. BOXING & WRESTLING APRIL 7TH 8:30 P. M. Provo Armory AUSTRALIAN TAG TEAM MATCH BOB CUMMINGS FLOYD HANSEN GUST JOHNSON DAVE REYNOLDS 2 Out of 3 Falls 90 'Mln. Limit Jack Sidwell 145 Lbs Duane Humphrey S Rounds Plus Two Other Good Bouts Reserved Seats ....1.50 Gen. Adm Jrfi& High School Students . ...50e (tax inc.) Tickets Oa Sale At WICK SWAIN'S Barber Shop rrovo Loan & Jewelry v Sponsored by VrW Post 2162 T Build a. Boys' Club WOODLAND, Cal. (U.R) Manager Man-ager Tommy Thompson of the Salt Lake Bees disclosed today that the Bees have been handed four star rookies by the parent San Francisco Seals. The rookies will get their seasoning with the the Utah club. They are pitchers Dick Larner and Dick Drilling catcher Wilbert Tiesiera and shortstop Jtai Novarini. Mbdern Cleaners Trip Druggists In Ladies Pin Loop Modern Cleaners held a firm grip on first place today In the Provo Ladies League, after turning turn-ing back the second place B & H Pharmacy, 2104 to 2049, Monday night on the recreation alleys. In the other match, rolled Monday Mon-day night, Larry's Novelty de-' feated Academy hotel, 2346 to 1982. in rns) noTT tnr nmn raasi m game honors. Larry's Novelty was high with a 787 score, followed by B & H Pharmacy, with 785, and . Modern Cleaners. Vera Olsen took high Individ-- : ual series honors with 590, followed fol-lowed by Maxine Olson with 590. High Individual game honors went to Vera Olsen with a 201, -followed by G. Coopride with a 184. The standings: Teame Modern Cleaners B & H Pharmacy Academy Hotel W. .68 64 54 Larry's Novelty 48 L 40 44 54 60 PARK v our self in ARROW'S LATEST Wt a delightful way of giving yourself a smart Spring tune-up. 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