Show SUNDAY MORNING APRIL 19‘ 1942 Nation Will Laugh in ALSAB DEFEATED ’42 S I i 3 THE OGDEN I 7 TEST IN WAR EFFORT Derby Threat Redeems Self Somewhat With Second Place Every Major League to NEW YORK 18 (AP) — CHUNGKING April l8 (AP)— Fire broke out April Saturday night In The main Chinese forces on the a lower hold of the former French Normandie which has been Sittang front In - central Burma liner on her port side half sublying have withdrawn to a new line afmerged at her pier since flames ter many days of a powerful of- crackled through her last Feb 9 fensive by overwhelming Japanese forces1 the Chinese command announced Saturday night The fighting on the eastern wing of the Burma front continued fiercely with the Chinese forces under the command of U S lieutenant General Joseph W Stil-weexeouting a difficult delaying action although outflanked and outnumbered The Chinese command said that heavy casualties had been inflicted on the Japanese as the Chinese withdrew to their prepared positions to the rear in the face of great pressure On the western flank of the Burma line the British troops also were in a rear-guar- d action as thecontinued to destroy the Irrawaddy valley oil wells despite the infiltration tactics’ of the Japanese seeking to save the wells PRE-DER- BY Set Aside Receipts fast-closi- ng ondary feature OGDEN BOWLERS PLACE EVENTS FAIL TO IN ABC COLUMBUS Ohio (Associated Press Special to the — Six bowlers from Ogden Utah Friday and Saturday essayed ambitions on the their big ten-pi- n American of the Bowling alleys congress’ 1942 tournament The Ogdenitea displayed good form but suffered the fate of countless thousands who annualy make the pilgrimage to the bowling mec-athe pressure of the big event was too much for them when in most games they failed to roll their individual averages Their 2462 team score will place them far from the prizes The bet Standard-Examine- r! — Wess-ma- n singles were rolled by Herb with 608 Simmons and a with 670 Chadwick and Foutz topped the Pgdenltes doubles with 1118 X The best game of the Ogdenites entire exhibition was 278 by Wess man "in his singles The complete results: Team event: 157 138 194 137 169 815 Chadwick Umartt "Foutz Simmons Wessman Totals t Doubles: Chadwick 153 148 208 Wessman Totals 15 171 15- 9- 484 185 1T8 1631 526 -- 1010 Totals Singles Wessman Smartt Foutz 200 — 562 209— 556 —1118 532 192 157— 511 103 Pftldini o 13- 1- 456 13- 0- 478 470 165 168 150 157— 49U 891 756—2462 17 Simmons Simmons Chadwick 187 154 189 173 160 187 Foutz Totals ' 235 170— 562 t 182 204 174 158 170 148 207 175 156 146 278— 159— 212— 171— 148— 608 670 561 485 264T f Corregidor Guns Blast Jap Posts WASHINGTON April 18 (AP)— Corregidor’s sharp shooting gunners encouraged hopes of a prolonged defense of that Philippine stronghold Saturday by blasting into silence additional batteries of enemy siege? guns As a result of the effective counter-blows the war department said Japanese bombing and shelling of the islahd fortress at the entrance to" Manila bay showed “somewhat decreased Intensity” 3 all-st- er ’s m ar $100-00- Prince Ives Lsificj New Turnstile H-ge- - By HARRY GRAYSON NEA Service Sports Editor NEW YORK April 18—Alexander Schacht is getting his paraphernalia together for his annual nationwide search for losing baseball clubs Ai Schacht would be strictly out of luck without the second division and I might add the second division wouldn’t do so well without the Pagliacci of baseball n Comic Schacht is a type of busBOSTON April 18 (UR)—A trio iness consultant to artistic and fi- of runners ij and a nancial diamond flops powerful - striding novice may He bails out losers has come to monopolize - the struggle for the be the finest judge of a losing club undefended title of Leslie Pawson Pawtucket (RI) war-playou ever saw guard In five years Funny Man Schacht in the 46th Boston A Ai ‘marathon has averaged 430000 paid ad- April 20 missions in the minors at an avPawson triple win45 You cents of a ner head famed classic the is unable of erage can figure that out for yourself to defend his crown because of a ‘ “And after June 1 there isn’t leg injury suffered last fall when the slightest chance of my seeing he was struck by an kbtomobile anything but a last place club while running in the New England championship! against another second division Loss of Pawson standard hearer outfit” he beams “They don’t of the “old guard” considerably bring me in unless it’s tough” Schacht gets a guarantee hut enhances the chances of ihe group of youthful competitors who have prefers a percentage “Most clubs that book me on a been pushing the veteran the past j percentage bring me back on a three or four years Smith HI In Winter guarantee” he says proudly Imitations Added to His Repertoire The three 27 - year - oldfcrs who Schacht has added imitations to have figured highly in pre-rac- e his repertoire He does the farmer predictions are national titlist Joe walk of Walter Johnson the Bob Smith a Medford milkman Fred Feller clod hop and Carl Hubbell McGlone of Boston a converted in long pants With slight exagger golfer and handsome Don Hein-ick- e ations of course He lifts his foo Baltimore chemical jdperator in hitting a la Mel Ott and with Smith has been sub-pIn the a pillow stuffed beneath his belt shorter tuneup races due to illness buckle plays the pigeon-toe- d Babe during the winter but has the Ruth pointing to the farthest cor speed and spirit to win in top ner of Wrigley field in the Yan- physical condition He-- f inlshed kees’ world series with the Cubs fifth in the B A A in hl$ second and then hitting the ball against try last year and then went on to the scoreboard win the national championship at But the most Yonkers N Y last November thing Schacht does is himselfI' as The rugged McGlone sixth In a Washington pitcher t the 1941 B A A and second at “That’s when' they get action on Yonkers to his close friend Smith is the logical choice in thfef field of the bases” he points out Schacht ' has been clowning about 125 which will start the course freon Hop-kintthrough baseball since he rode to Boston’s Back bay at horse into the pitcher’s box in I Buffalo in 1913 In Washington noon War Cuts Field he teamed with Nick Altrock For consistency Helnieke’s recSchacht entertained at 20 conIs pretty hard to duplicate ord secutive world series missing for Heinicke atplodded home second in the first time last fall when he tended Honolulu’s own little world his 1939 B A A debutlind has added a pair of thirds In the past series He was the third base coach of two years Age and experience may the Red Sox in 1938 when many provide him with enough "stamina he invitations from the minors con to uncork the finishing power ‘ lacked has iff previously' vinced him he could make more The dark -- horse threat f will be money as a showman than as Coleman 20 provided by Johnny coach ' Worcester a inof For the past five summers from surance clerk who has in the beep the middle of May when the de road-racin- g game only two years mand for his services starts until Coleman the New! England Sept 1 he has driven an average marathon opened season this spring by of 62000 miles appeared in every an to impressive racing victory in state in the union and province the North Medford race in Canada He knocked Mexicans which a a R A A is regarded out of their seats barometer He followed It up by Hell Get There If He Has To winning thetime prize in the Thumb Ills Way PresentationlO-mile- r f j Schacht has averaged $27000 a The waif lias cut heavily this year at his unusual profession His year Into the normal field bt about overhead Is about 15000 200 and the race well majj develop He did 110 performances In 124 Into a bargain-basemescramble days last season hopped 823 miles for supremacy The status! of sev—from Terre Haute to Wichita— eral “big - name” competitors is for one of them uncertain and may remain so unHe opens at Miami Beach tbij til starter Walter Brown fires his year and will appear at army gun to send the field on sits way camps and navy bases whenever from Lucky Rock Manor j FAVORITES FOR MARATHON RUN 27 YEARS OLD I nt CURTAILMENT C0MINGSEAS0N ng on long-stridi- ng 20-iA- lle nt possible Schacht was a soldier at Fort Slocum in New Rochelle in World war I He tried to enlist this time but was turned down because he Is 48 and hard of hearing In his travels Schacht nas averaged five tires a season has had 29 sets since May 2 1937 He has enough rubber for the southern swing will do the best he can from then on — planes trains busses bicycle and thumb —any way to get where he Is going ‘Tve picked up a lot of guys on he road” he beams “Now It’s their turn to pick me up” So Actor Al Schacht goes his merry way — laughing away the roubles of second division case-ba- ll clubs S SHIPMENTS U OF WAR GOODS of Pins Will Limit ABC Tourney Entry Number i1 mirth-provoki- FACES i Storage By FRITZ HOWELL O April 18 (AP) — For the first time in history the American Bowling congress will limit at Buffalo in 1943 the length of its national tournament and the number of competing teams E H Baumgarten of Milwaukee A B C secretary said today the Buffalo classic would be restricted to 50 days and 4500 five-ma- n teams — as compared with the 5742 teams competing here over a 73 day stretch Buffalo tourney reservations reached 2400 today with no Buffalo teams listed Last year at this time 2100 teams had signed up for the current meet A possible shortage of tournament pins draining of team personnel through the draft and war industry and Inability to obtain the Buffalo site for more than 80 days prompted the curtailment Bowling America’s fastest growing sport also faces a wartime menace occasioned by a lack of equipment said Charles (Chuck) Collier bowling engineer for the (Brunswick-Balke-Collendefirm “With the government having requisitioned 2000000 of our maple pin blocks for the manufacture of shoe lasts we face a definite shortage” he added- A survey of Columbus alley owners showed the usual per alley per year pin consumption has been ap- proximately 15 sets “The national emergency hasn’t cut into bowling at all to date Since many defense plants having new leagues which roll at all hours bowling establishments all over the country have been ‘throwing away their keys’ to take care of the COLUMBUS r) odd-ho- ur business” WASHINGTON April 18 (AP)— Declaring that both shipping and domestic transportation facilities apparently are ’oh the point of bogging down” Chairman Truman said today the senate de- n s e investigating committee would begin an inquiry soon into D-M- ! o) Ii Smout Clifford John and Marzula Robson Slaterville son! Pickering Carl Charles ’and Elizabeth Voelker 2653 Brlnker son Henstra Robert James and Maxine Baldwin 2580 Lincoln son Gabey Ralph Lewis Frederick and Sarah Rachel Clark Rt 4 box 665 Ogden daughter Loftus Gilbert and Dorothy Lu-elBingham ' 727 Twenty-secon- d I Our Country Will Accept Your VOLUNTARY PLEDGE TO BUY JITJEp iLj u Tuesday April 21 From 6 to 10 p m la daughter t Sneddon Forest Lee' and Maxine Eugenia Roberts 727 Sixteenth son Krauendonck Wo and Josephine Vellinga Wilson Lane son Pickett Ervin Ross and Agnes Minnie Kitzke 1150 Kieael daugh- ter Larsen Ervil W and Ella Julia Sherwood 2544 Porter son Karras Orlen John and Afton Elaine Green 241 W Twenty-firf st son Phillips Eugene Dee and Zelma Arlene Donaldsen 429 Thirty-fir- st son Durrant Leland and Celeste Dearden Morgan son Giles Lewis Henry and Lucille Elizabeth Hansen Plain City son Doman Leslie James and Ida Howey 2218 Van Buren daughter Putnam Charles Claude and Whiimina Geraldine Meenderink 3501 Adams daughter i Hoffman John Russel and Dorothy Dean Hoggan 2658 Jackson ' son Bates Louis Edward arid Bertha Hull Morgan RFD No 1 daugh- HELP BOTH YOUR COUNTRY AND YOURSELF WHEN YOU INVEST IN UNITED STATES WAR SAVINGS BONDS i ter j Hunt Parley Wilson and Thelma East 2478 JE3 avenue' son Taylor Junior Ivin and Fawn ofr-tai- n if) f a) Iiiii in Ogden and Weber County Births reported to the Og city health department during week were: i 80-000- SAID BOGGED John Ira Davis BIRTHS the bottlenecks in trie maritime Naomi Olsen Farr West daughter rail and truck Industries Truman said the committee had Maw Glen Leonard and Doroasked the maritime commission for thy Wessler 3201 Grant son a progress report on ship building Cox William Antony and Marlon Widdison Hooper son but he added that inability to Parkinson Raymond Banner and trained crews for merchant vessels appeared to be one of the Marjorie Slater 3007 Wall daughter great obstacles “As for land transportation” he Layton Ross Smith and Wlnni-fre- d told reporters "the chief difficulty Ada Robinson Clearfield son now seems to be the lack of rubEast Creed and Leah Alice Engber for trucks” land Slaterville son Senator Downey proSlaughter Twain and Betty Jean posed in the senate yesterday that Weaner 2758 Wall son the government be authorized to Peterson Lloyd Leon and Ellen seize privately-owne- d automobiles Adams 1450 Twenty-fourt- h son and use them for taking war workDee and AlMcEntlre Wesley ers to their Jobs carrying the Wright 222 Patterson daughmails and other essential services mira ter Although Price Administrator Herscovitz Harry D and Rose Leon Henderson indicated he had no present intention of comman- Ingar 2810 Tyler son Jones James Allan and Wanda deering private cars he supported Gifford 915 Canyon road daughDowney’s contention that fewer ter than 10000000 of the nation’s Marriott Elwin Wade and Tula cars could be equipped with 2469 Van Buren daughGibson tires from the natural rubber on hand and from the synthetic pro- ter Hopkin John Rawle and Nora gram that is just starting Truman said the committee Ellis Morgan daughter Vellinga Clarence and Arelene planned to call Joseph B Eastman director of defense transportation Davis 3552 Jefferson twin sons in an Inquiry into all phases of Reynolds Norman Earl and Bet-ti- e Louise Alrth 222 Twenty-thir- d the mounting problem of moving war supplies and essential civilian son items — a problem Senator George Horl Sakichl Jack and Lsuneyo (D-Gsaid would become acute Ogawa RFD No 2 Box 221A son by summer unless bottlenecks were Rogers Thomas Park and Verda eliminated Hulet Morgan son (D-Cal- M American Legion War Bond Pledge Committee rs Residents of Pt Pleasant W Va home of the $55000000 West tors Virginia ordnance works now buildThird base — Harry Lavagetto ing were startled to read In Editor J L Stewart’s New Haven Dodgers Leftfield— Buddy Lewis Sena- Weekly News published at nearby tors New Haven the following news Centerfield — Pat Mullin Tigers story on April 2 f “Word has reached us Rightfield — Sam Chapman our private Gestapo of & through rugged individualist who recently arrived in this community So far as is known he Is unemployed and Is making no effort whatsoever to find work He refuses to be concerned about the condition the world is in today Is not interested IN in President Roosevelt’s fireside chats In fact has never even listened to one of them He even refuses to discuss the TNT plant He hasn’t registered for the draft and doesn’t intend to He is addicted ’ I Monday April 20th 7:30 P Second base — Benny McCoy Athletics f SenaShortstop— Cecil Travis KEGLING I 10-pou- nd j Baseball Comedian Starts Annual Search foiJeams That Need Stimulus at Gate: Clowning Since He Rode Horse Onto Diamond in Buffalo rH 4 WEBER COLLEGE AUDITORIUM - all-st- ar ar ’ dress-maker- BERN Switzerland April 18 (AP)— Premier Mussolini discharging fascist party secretaries in several towns and cities Saturday called the prefects of all Italian provinces to Rome April 28 for a conference on new means of enforcing discipline required by war U old-tihae-rs ! Wotta night wotta headache Sol’s got They call the shop “hysterics” because everybody who goes in gets a fit 07 By JUDSON BAILEY corset is —figure this out it’s NEW YORK April 18 (AP) — kneezy (easy) to see Baseball is in the war now— with a unified fund raising program Looks like early fall— at Tokyo bbmbs Bomb summer ahead for army and navy relief and a for O’ (you know) it! on June double-deckseries (autumn) stay cool This cold cold Every major league club has is Missouriable weather ain’t it agreed to set aside the entire receipts of one home game to be HI ho little ventured little divided equally between the army drained emergency relief fund and the Navy Relief society and as many 'Here’s the weather: Maximum minor league clubs as are finanSaturday 56 degrees after the 35 cially able will join In the move degrees minimum earlier in the ment These same service charities also day will receive everything over 0 One ago if you care maxthat Is taken in at the two imum year was 48 degrees and 25 degames the first of which minimum Along will be the usual clash between grees 02 inch precipitation with the best players of the National and American leagues at the Polo P S— grounds in New York July 6 and Teacher: battle did Gen- to the bottle and is the second of which will' match eral Wolfe “In what openly a nud‘I die happy’?” cry this winner with a service team at At the ist time he is livpresent Aloysus: “I think it 7 was his last Cleveland’s municipal stadium July battle” ing In the same house with a marseventh ried woman is madly in love with These arrangements were agreed care who knows Pa “He may have a greasy hat itherHeand doesn’t —yet demands — upon during three days of con- and no rent pays the seat of his ants may be and ferences the best of attention” gets but if his children have their to Many details still remain to be shiny this the citizenry Up point worked out foremost of which is noses flattened against the window was agog But everyone chuckled the problem of assembling the pane a half hour before he is due at the finale for supper you can trust°him “And standout payers now in the army home why shouldn’t he? He’s a with anything you have” navy and marines husky boy delivered to If thf men are available the Ma: “A Mr B Mrs and L Combs by mother is a mother still Stork service team could send a formid28 He is on March Express able lineup against the major the holiest thing aliVe”— Coleridge the second boy and has been leaguers and might take the field named Gary Benford” like this: Hubby (jokingly): “Don’t iyou think our son gets his intelligence Pitcher — Bob Feller Indians Catcher — Frank Pytlak Red Sox from me?” WIfey (ditto): “He must have First base— Hank Greenberg Tve still got mine” Aw-tu- ed 3-- Day after night before daze— From One Game jam-pack- ‘ To Enforce Discipline NEW BURMA LINE RACK NORMANDIE i Q AGAIN Mussolini Calls Meet PLANS TO HELP COLCHIS -- ‘ BLAZES CHINESE SET UP IN BY HAVRE XE GRACE Md April 18 (AP) — Alsab came part way back today but good aa he was he still remained the biggest question mark for the Kentucky derby The little bay standard-beare- r of A1 Sabath Chicago lawyer carrying top weight of 122 pounds 'closed from tenth place but hung at the finish as R Sterling Clark’s Colchis fairly flew around him to hit the wire three quarters of a -length to the good and capture the 23rd running of the $15000-adde- d Chesapeake stakes f It was Alsab’s most impressive run since last year but even Jockey Basil James admitted he had all the luck in the world doing it n the mile and a sixteenth traditional derby fprep" put on before s crowd of 22000 fans which said was the biggest turnout ever In this Maryland racing plant 'Colchis a Maryland-bre- d gelding ineligible for the derby but a supplementary entry for the Preak-nes- s not only whipped Alsab and Requested the derby hope of Texas Ben Whitaker and winner of the Flamingo stakes at Hialeah last winter but gave six other derby horses in the field of 11 a good going-ove- r He clocked off the distance in 146 5 and his triumph earned him $13350 Another important development was the effort of Requested finishing third a length and a half of Alsab After challenging back ' for the lead the first seven furlongs he weakened and won’t get to first base running like that In the long derby mile and a quarter at Churchill Downs May 2 The big crowd backed Alsab to odds-o- n but only nibbled at Colchis which had beaten the Sabath entry only five days ago As a result the winning son of Happy Argo neatly handled by Jockey Georgie Woolf returned $1850 for $2 Besides Alsab and Requested best of the either derby eligibles was T D Buhl’s Sweep Swinger who caAie from lait place to finish a fourth a neck behind Requested Another Maryland son came home to the races for the first time3 in more than a year This was Chal-ledo- n W L Brann’s great campaigner and turf champion of 1939 and 1940 who got off very slowly then put on one of his closing streaks to finish second In a photo finish a nose behind Alaking in the $3000 Prospect handicap sec- O IS A BASEBALL TELLS ' kj STANDARD-EXAMINE- R YOU will bej helping to defend Abaerica to make it a stronghold of freedom and democracy YOU will helping to protect America from ruinous inflation preventing hard times later on be! YOU will be! helping to keep our factories running and our men and women working YOUwill a rainy day YOU will be helping to protect your future — saving for be laying aside funds for college for emer- gencies for comfort and recreation in later years will be ipaking one of the most ments in the world rock-soli- d invest OGDEN AND WEBER COUNTY MODERN MINUTE MEN a will call at your home Tuesday April 21 from 6 p m until 10 p m Sign the Pledge to Buy United States War Saving Bonds After You Have Made This Pledge With Your Country RESOLVE TO KEEP IT This Space Is a Contribution to America’s OGDEN j i STANDARD-EXAMINE- R All-o- ut War Effort by |