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Show Murray Dickon Tosses 5-Hif Job At Chicago Cubs, Looms As Cardinals No. 1 Chuclier By UNITED PRESS HOUSTON, Tex., April 14 (U.R) Adding a five-hit shutout to his no-hitter; little Murray Dickson today loomed as the number one pitcher of the St. Louis Cardinals' staff. The short right-hander, who held the world champion New York Yankees without a single bingle two weeks ago, had his curve ball dancing again yesterday when he blanked the Chicago Cubs, 4 to 0. The f iva-hitter was Dickson's second route-going job of the Bpring and made him the San Diego Hears Pacific Coast Loop Leadership SAN FRANCISCO, April 14 U.PJ They laughed when Manager Man-ager Lefty O'Doul predicted his Ban Francisco baseball powerhouse power-house would win the 1948 Pacific Coast league pennant by 25 games, and today O'Doul was beginning to agree with his critics. The "spring-book champions, who started the season with a flashy six-game winning splurge, lost their fourth game in their last five starts last night, and found themselves nearly crowded out of their first place spot by up-and-coming San Diego. The Padres nipped San Francisco, Fran-cisco, 3-2, to pull even with the Seals on a games won-lost basis, but still were 36 percentage points behind in the standings. Los Angeles defending cham-oions cham-oions likewise advanced a notch, whipping Sacramento, 8-4, to take third place over the Solons, and last-place Seattle downed Oakland, 5-3. Hollywood and Portland were idle. , While no one has been able to pin O'Doul down on the reports which said he boasted San Fran cisco would spreadeagle the cir cult by 25 games, the Seal mast r-mind readily admits he thinks hi club will win easily. But its performance last night scarcely brought praise from O'Doul. Veteran Al Olsen, the San Diego port-slder, scattered six hits effectively to prevent the Seals from threatening seriously at any time, while San Diego batsmen battered Cliff Melton in a damaging fourth inning. 'Pete Coscarart's double and catcher Lynn Rice's single were the payoff pay-off blows for the two winning runs. The Padres' Kack Graham hit his seventh homer of the season sea-son in the first frame. Japhet (Red) Lynn, Los Angeles' Ange-les' bronco-bustin' pitcher, combined com-bined with outfielder Eddie Sau-er Sau-er to take Sacramento's measure. While Lynn struck out eight Solons So-lons and issued only seven hits, Sauer batted in five of the Angels' An-gels' eight runs. He clouted a single, a double and a homer in four trips to the plate. Glenn (Rip) Russell of Sacramento also got a four-master while pinch-hitting pinch-hitting in the ninth. Seattle's Dick (Kewpie) Barrett ran into one of Oakland's famous last-inning comebacks and was driven to the showers in the ninth inning, but relief pitcher Herb Karpel put out the fire af ter two runs to give the veteran Barrett his 201st Pacific Coast league triumph. The. Rainers pounded out 11 safeties, bunching- most of them in the second and sixth innings when they scored all their runs. The standings : W San Francisco ........ 7 San Diego 9 Los Angeles 8 Hollywood 6 Sacramento 5 Portland 6 Oakland 6 Seattle 4 L 4 6 7 6 5 7 8 8 Pet .636 .600 .533 .500 .500 .462 .429 .333 Softball Plans To Be Discussed At Friday Confab Plans for the city softball season sea-son will be discussed Friday at 7 p. m. in the city recreation office of-fice it was announced today by Miss Jessie Schofield, recreation director. All managers and team representatives repre-sentatives are urged to attend the meeting so that eligibility rules and other matters can be taken Hp, she said. It is planned to start all league play on May 17 at Harmon Park, weather permitting. permit-ting. Marion "Pete" Olsen, principal of the Maeser school and long a staunch softball enthusiast will direct the city's softball league's this summer, Miss Schofield said. Any one interested in organizing organ-izing an elders . or senior scout WANTED ALL KINDS OP HIDES! Highest Prices Paid for BONES WOOL HIDES PELTS FURS and dead and useless animals. Pelt prices for dead and useless use-less sheep. .Prompt Service UTAH HIDE & TALLOW CO. S Miles West of Spanish Fork Phone 88 .leading nominee to pncn tne op- ening game. WICHITA, Kana. .(U.R) Shortstop BUI Rlgney and Pitcher Clint Martung of the New York Giants were en route to New York today for special . medical treatment. Rlgney Is suffering from a pain in his shoulder which has prevented him from throwing normally for the past three weeks. Hartunr has been bothered by a nervous nerv-ous facial affliction which haa hampered his pitching. Both will be treated' at Hark-new Hark-new pavilion. INDIANAPOLIS (U.R) The New York Yankees were scheduled sched-uled to meet the Indianapolis club of the American association here today. The Yanks' exhibition exhibi-tion game against the Memphis Chicks of the Southern Association Associa-tion in Memphis yesterday was rained out. NEWARK N. J. (U.R) The Boston Bos-ton Braves, working their way back to the Hub City, were slated slat-ed to clash with the Newark Bears of the International league here today. The Braves game against the naval academy at Annapolis, An-napolis, Md., yesterday was rained rain-ed out. DURHAM, N. C. (U.R) The final game of the spring series ser-ies between the Cincinnati Reds and the Boston Red Sox, in which the Reds lead four games to two, was scheduled for today at Roanoke, Ro-anoke, Va. Everett (Red) Lively was picked to pitch for Cincinnati and Dave (Boo) Ferris for Boston The Reds beat the Sox here yesterday, yes-terday, 8 to 6 ,as Frankie Baum- holtz made three hits and stole two bases. . ' ANDERSON, S. C. (U.R) Joe Kuhel, manager of the Washington Washing-ton Senators, was faced with a $100 fine today for being tossed out of yesterday's game against the Philadelphia Phils. Kuhel Wasn't around at the end of the game as his team ended end-ed a three-game losing streak with a 7 to 4 win. He was ejected by Umpire Bill Stewart for alleged al-leged bench-jockeying, which carries the automatic $100 pen alty. NASHVILLE. Tenn. OI.R The Detroit Tigers today boasted a new "double-threat" "double-threat" star-pitcher Fred Hutchinson. In addition to hurling the Tigers to a 12 to 2 victory over the Nashville Vols yesterday Hutchinson led the Detroit attack with four safeties. He gave up six hits and two runs in the six innings he pitched. ATLANTA (U.R) The Philadel phia Athletics were left today with only one catcher available for duty Herman Franks. Catcher Warren (Buddy) Rosar has gone to Buffalo, N. Y., where his grandmother died. Mike Guer-ra Guer-ra left the team in Tampa to take his family to Philadelphia. The A's beat the Atlanta Crackers yes terday, 6 to 0, behind the fine four-hit pitching of Southpaw Lou Brissie. The rookie hurler struck out five batters and walk ed only one. MI CHITA FALLS, Tex. (U.R) Sam Zoldak, a candidate to hurl the opening game of the season for the St. Louis Browns, streng thened his bid for that job yes terday when he combined with Cliff Fannin to beat the Wichita Falls club, 10 to 2. team is urged to attend the meet ing so such team can be fitted into the Harmon park sched ule. I If there is an open night at Harmon Park after the recrertion leagues are scheduled, the elders and senior scout teams will be worked in on a first come, first serve basis, the recreation direc tor said. LOANS Anyone Can Understand 20 u a month repays $200 loan 15.03 monthly repays $50 $10.05 monthly repays $100 $30.21 monthly repays $300 orricE hours 9 a. tn. to 5 p. tn. dally m. to I p. m. Saturdays Appointment may b mad for after hour. Phono J7S. KEN HOUSTON. Manager T Oops-a-Daisy! - . - v .v: .' ' .;; . JhtttttiK ' ' .EJ Telephotot Girl coxswain Edna Saxton Mn air Is tossed into a Los Angeie Cat. creek by University ol California at Los Angeles creir members re-nearslng re-nearslng the traditional dunking EGna is one ol.TJCLA t tc girl soxsvams, who both were chosen for the jod Because of their light weight. Two Nationally-Known Javelin Throwers To Compete In BYU Relays Two nationally-known javelin throwers have been virtually assured as-sured for the Brigham Young university uni-versity invitational track and field meet and relay carnival, Athletic Director Edwin R. Kimball Kim-ball said today. The two athletes are Martin Biles, former California university univer-sity ace now competing for the San Francisco Olympic club, and Dr. Steve Seymour of the Los Arir geles Athletic club. Although neither have officially accepted, Kimball said he had reason to believe be-lieve that they would do so in the near future.. Seymour, national AAU champion cham-pion and holder of the American record at 248 feet 10 inches, competed com-peted in the special javelin event last year in the invitational meet. Biles best throw has been 229 feet, and last week he heaved the spear 223 feet four inches. Brady Walker of BYU will compete against these two men on the final day of the meet, which will be April 24. Kimball said efforts were being made to line up other nationally-known nationally-known sports figures to compete in the meet. Meanwhile five and possibly eight senior high schools were expected to send teams to compete com-pete in the posture parade at Brigham Young university Saturday, Sat-urday, first day of the 35th annual an-nual invitational track and field meet and relay carnival, according accord-ing to Miss Leona Holbrook, professor pro-fessor of physical education at BYU and in charge of girls' activities ac-tivities for the meet. Teams which have definitely Oregon Grapplers Feature Veterans Fight, Mat Card Two wrestlers from Oregon will hold the spotlight tonight, when the VFW puts on its reg ular fight and grappling show at the armory. Tony Ross of Salem, Oregon, will meet Joe Lyman, Redmond, Ore., in the main event. The match will be a best two out of tnree-fall affair, with an hour time limit. Both weigh in at 190 pounds. One of the leading exponents of. the "back break" hold, Ross endeared himself to Provo mat fans, when he took the measure of Floyd Hansen a couple of weeks back. Hansen has repeatedly re-peatedly irked Provo fans with his roughhouse tactics. In the semifinal wrestling event, the "people's choice" Kenny Ken-ny Mayne of Salt Lake City will battle George Curtis, a new comer com-er from Vicksburg. Miss. The feature boxing event will send Ramon Luekenga, Nampr., Ida., against Chuck Sutton, of Texas in a three-round heavyweight heavy-weight clash. Two other boxing bouts will b on the program, which will get underway at 8:30 p. m. HAVE you AN OUTDOOR LOOK? "firm, sun-swept features show he loves th great outdoors. - also loves to relax npoors with smooth, 'double-rich' cream of kentucky ! 18? 1 Blended whiskey. 86 proof, 70 grain neutral spirits. Copr.l$48, Schenley DisLCorp.,N.Y. signified their intention of entering enter-ing are Grace, Ida.; Lehi, Jordan, Wasatch and Murray. Schools expected ex-pected to enter, but which have not yet sent official entry blanks, include Pleasant Grove, American Amer-ican Fork and Lincoln high of Orem. Saturday will be devoted entirely en-tirely to the posture parade and competitions in other sports be tween senior high school girls. In pest years as many as 19 junior ana senior high squads have marched in the posture parade, a number too large for most ef ficient display, Prof Holbrook said. Spreading activities of the invitational meet over four days will eliminate crowding in any of the many events scheduled. Tennis competition will begin April 22; April 23 will be featured by junior high school activities, and April 24, final day, will see track and Held competition be tween senior high and college athletes, with many of the best performers in the western states expected to compete. Representatives from each senior high school Dosture team will meet at the BYU stadium house Saturday at 1:15 p. m. for final instructions and the drawing draw-ing for places in the parade. At i:ju tne teams will parade from tne lorming ground on the prac tice Held west of the stadium house onto the football field for maneuvers. Salt Lake Gets Legion Tourney SALT LAKE CITY, April 14 w.r.i ine American Legion announced an-nounced today that its regional junior baseball tournament fr.- Utah, Arizona. California. Np- vada and Hawaii will be con- HIAWATHA'S NEW "SIOUX Finest quality construction throughout full 26' size Equipped with Deluxe features at a popular price Here's a bike that has everything you'd want at a price you want to pay. stand, fender light, chrome truss rods, Bendix brake. ALSO AVAILABLE . . . Junior Model 24 Inch Size. Priced right 41 .95. SHOfc NOW SAVE! Today Sport Parade N ew York Gia nts Save Bobo From Baseball Slave Mart By OSCAR FRALEY United Tress Sports Writer NEW YORK,. April 14 (U.R) The psychological effects of bare ly having escaped being unwanted has been made a quavering question ques-tion mark today to Louis Norman (Bobo) Newsom. ' The uninhibited Bobo has been traveling the high road for years. He was the only man able to beat the baseball slave marts. Newsom would talk his way onto a club, decide he didn't like it and then talk his way off usually usual-ly as a free agent who made his own deal again, and with a bonus to boot; Last July he finally made the Yankees. And when he joined the club. Manager Bucky Harris sat in the cool shadows of the dugout and watched the great man warm up. "He has soft, pliable muscles," Harris observed almost to him self. "If he would get down to business he ought to have two or three good years left." Bobo, for a change, behaved himself pretty well. There were occasions when Bobo'a Puckish perversity asserted itself - but he did try to con form to the sta'd, conserva'ive Yankee pattern. It was Huckleberry Huck-leberry Finn trying to be a model child. So this spring they let him go. And old Bobo, working out confidently at the Orlando, Fla., camp of the Washington Senators, waited hopefully for offers. But the days rolled by and no offers came and the great Bobo lost his cockiness. One warm afternoon he stood in the locker room in hi underwear when graying Little Rick Ferrell, now a Senator coach, walked in. Bobo stopped putting the blast on the Yankees and asked: "Honest, Rick, didn't I look good today?" "Yeah, you had a lot of stun, BY High Tennis Team Defeats , Springville 4-1 BY high's tennis team chalked up its first victory of the sea son Tuesday afternoon by defeating defeat-ing Springville High 4-1 on the Red Devil courts. The only triumph for the Red Devils came in the No. 2 doubles, with Demoine Blackley and Norman Nor-man Clyde of Springville defeating defeat-ing Bob Hales and Dick Boyle of BY high, 6-2, 6-0. Other results are as follows: No. 1 singles Bob Kifkpat-rick Kifkpat-rick of BY def. Wendell Packard, Pack-ard, of Springville 6-0, 6-1. No. 2 singels Harold Christen-sen Christen-sen of BY high def. Jim Thorne of Springville, 6-0, 7-5. No. 3 singles Erven Nelson of BY defeated Dan Byrd of Springville, 6-3, 6-1. No. 1 doubles Paul Salisbury and Lamar Rawlings of BY def. Barney Gogarty and Grant Nelson, Nel-son, of Springville, 6-2, 6-1. ducted in Salt Lake City on Aug. 22 through 25. The tournament will be on a double elimination basis. The regional re-gional winer will represent the area in the national junior baseball base-ball tournament. Site of the play will be Derks fiejd, home of the Salt Lake City Bees of the Pioneer league & 225 Bobo," Ferrell replied. "You look ed good." , s Bobo listened eagerly. Nudging 40, at which age you don't usually hang around the major leagues in an active capa city Newsom was worried; During a colorful 20-year career, Bobo haa had a lot of breaks, many of them bad. He had a broken ankle in an automobile wreck, a broken leg when he was kicked by a mule, a broken kneecap when struck by a batted ball, a broken thumb six weeks before be-fore he reached his greatest heights in the world series against the Reds, and a broken brok-en collarbone. But what really hurt was when the Yankees put a button on his lip. They made it clear when he walked into the stadium that they wanted no pop-offs. And Bobo made an exceptional effort to keep his effervescence well bot tled. He helped them to the pennant, pen-nant, lost his one series start and then, after a long winter's wait, was let go. The button fell off then, but the words didn't come out the same as before. And it got worse through an interminable wait this spring for someone to make him an offer. Now the Giants have signed him but, significantly, without with-out the usual Bobo bonus. It's a ball club with a lot of power, like the Red Sox, anent whom Bobo commented: comment-ed: - "Red Sox pitchers have it nice. They allow seven runs and win, 12-7." Newsom could be a big help on the heights above the Harlem. Har-lem. The question is whether he learned anything during a long spring detour which barely found its way back to a major league I city. Banquet Honors Cage Champions Prep, University The spirit of sportsmanship which is gained in athletic en deavors should be carried over into the business and professional world and every day life,Hugh B. Brown, asociate professor of political science and religion at Brigham Youfig university, told membersbf the BYU and BY higlr'basketball teams Tuesday night. Mr. Brown delivered the principal prin-cipal address at a victory banquet, ban-quet, honoring the cagers. The banquet, sponsored by Provo civic clubs, was held in the Joseph Jo-seph Smith building and a large number of central Utah sports fans were in attendance. Brief remarks were also made by Howard S. McDonald, McDon-ald, president of the university; univer-sity; Coach Floyd Millet of the Cougars, champions of the Skyline Six conference, and Coach Dave Crowton of the Wildcats, winners of the state class B high school title. Provo civic clubs presented enscribed miniature gold basketballs basket-balls to each member of the two teams, while Stan Shubach, representing rep-resenting a Salt Lake jewelry Buy The Best! No Finer Bike Available For Your Money ANYWHERE MODEL" BICYCLE 5 0 7.25 Per Week ftiai all m aM ii stli fi f t UyUDWVMNIIINy West Center Phone DAILY HERALD Indians Being Touted As Possible A. L. Surprise (Editor Note: This is the 14th in a series on the 1948 prospects of the major league teams). By LEO H. PETERSEN United Press Sports Editor NEW YORK. April 14 (U.P. The Cleveland Indians are be ing touted as the team which could surprise them all in the 1948 American league .pennant race. An airtight infield and a strong pitching staff headed by rapid Robert Feller appears to assure the Indians of a first division berth and there are a lot of baseball base-ball men who feel that the club has been strengthened to such extent that it is a defininite pennant pen-nant threat. It all depends on the outfield ers. There are eight men in camp battling for the three jobs. Manager Lou Boudreau, how ever, does not appear worried about his outfield. He blamed the Indians' failure to do better last season on their lack of funda mentals. But the lack of heavy hitting outfielders also was a definite handicap to his 1847 club which finished in fourth place. The three men who may give the outfield the shot In the arm it needs are Walt Judnich, acquired from the Browns; Al Clark, who cam from the Yankees, and Larry Doby. the negro who was eon-verted eon-verted into an outfielder. Although he hit only .285 with the Browns last year when ht divided his time between first base and the outfield, Judnich appears sure to open the sea son as the tribe's center field er. Dal Mitchell, who hit .816 to lead the Tribe outfield offensive offen-sive last year probably will open in left with Hank Edwards, who has been plagued with injuries the last two seasons in right. But Doby, Clark, Hal Peck, Pat Seerey and Thurman Tucker are still very much in the picture Doby has been the spring surprise sur-prise of the club. When Boudreau shifted him to the garden he firm, presented inscribed wrist rwatches to each member of the Cougar cage squad. Millet and Crowton were presented dress suits by the civic clubs. BYU players receiving the awards included Jay Hamblin, Evan Nielsen, Clark Oreenhalgh, Dick Montgomery, Brady Walk er, Joe Weight, Mel Hutchins, Joe Nelson, Randy Clark, Jack Whipple, Ted Theil and D. Ray Fullmer. The BY high players honored were Kent Broadhead, Russ Fairbanks, Fair-banks, Harold Christensen, Norm Christiansen, Don Mcintosh, La-Mar La-Mar Rawlings, Jae Ballif, Bob Kirk patrick, Bob- Hales, Merrill Strong ahdi Kenny Collard, student stu-dent manager. Grant Thorn, well-known and popular Springville contractor con-tractor and sports enthusiast, served as master of ceremonies cere-monies during the banquet. U 121 I aP gpp. . -, "wj .,5a. ' H . v t - Wednesday, April 14, 194;a jk aft"? figured he would send th neir out for a year of minor la seasoning, but he clouted tti U at such a clip and learned'' t fine arts of outfield vU4T s4 quickly he is sure to stick avJtH ciud at least untu xna Nay j player limit deadline. SMfcyrYt2l hits that long ball but ftftr&Mt out too much while Clark,, who nu .334 witn Newark last year and .373 in 24 games with )h Yankees, was considered -mlKVa promising prospect that the Indians In-dians gave up one of their front line hurlers, Red , ImbrteJor Infield will feature the t shortstop-second base eorAtftha-tion eorAtftha-tion in baseball. For all-around excellence as a shortstop.vJBoua- reau nas no peer in trie' JTme today and Joe Gordon QMlift have to take a back seat to SWty second baseman in tha Maeua. At first It will b M7B4 Robinson to open tha Maaetw but if he falters either EJbKi Fletcher or Bank Graeberl,t the part-owner, player-e KJ will be ready to take - eTf4 Veteran Ken Keltaer wiUr. th,rd ViWiW Johnny Berardino, on ol IBM better infielders in tho loafuo nunc wivu ui AJti v w iia l mm i J A. n . J I ! . 3 ana svi iwicq, proniutuig- rvowiv who hit .340 with Oklahoma City last year, will bo roady ;te?ot in it one of tne regulars- isnoiu need aid. 1 It could all add up to thoJN infield in tha bustaeefc ! An Indiana lacit wmva, -x depth. After Jim Hegan, l man, tne eiub nas oniyr-xsar rookies, tho most promlstof fat ing Joe Tipton, who hit JTi wtth Wilkesbarro last yaar. Boudreau believes ho solvodra!! his pitching troubles whOsUho landed Russ Christophers Brfictt tha Athletics. Ha will divtdo relief re-lief chores with Id Xloiman, tho rescue aco of tho club for th$ltt two years. , . Feller. Don Black. Bob ImISh, Bob Muncrlef and either .Jteva a M a M A A J fal At- uromex or ai ueueu wiu. oe via regular starters with tho vaVan Les Webber and two Mohiis, Gene Bearden, a 16-game wijpnr with Oakland last year, CMrley Wensloff, purchased from., tho Yankees and Bob Xuzavaa 14 game winner frOm BaltinWi, fitrhtinff for the other Joba on tha staff. '. 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