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UTAH THURSDAY EVENING APRIL 23 OGDEN CITY —r — " 1942 ' " Turnsflile Coisn He S’© Expected to Swell Attendance Marks in Three Loop Cities Bees Have Most Fans for League Mark War Effort Is Population BY AL WARDEN Standard-Examin- Sports Editor er SOMEWHERE IN CALIFORNIA April 23— All previous attendance records for the Pioneer League may be shattered during 1942 Vast defense programs at Ogden Salt Lake and Boise where thousands of men and women are employed coupled with the yen of most people for baseball entertainment will pack 'em in in most parks of the cir- cuit this season The Pioneer league is justly tabbed the fastest and best C league in the land In three ’seasons the Jack Halliwell circuit attracted cash customers or an average annual attendance iof better than 448749 fans Twin Falls with a last place club most of 1941 drew 37266 fans Yet only two clubs of the California PITT ATTEMPTS EXPERIMENT IN ELLIOTT CHANGE By the Associated Press JACK IIALLTVELL State league in 1941 surpassed mark Two other teams of league had a season’s total of than 9000 paid admissions if this the less you can imagine that Blow Up July 4 State league The California but finclubs with eight opened ished the season with six teams in 1941 They will feature only four clubs this year and this corner predicts the loop will fold up by J uly 4 Eddie Mulligan’s Salt Lake City Bees tops the three year attend1 ance mark of the league with 2 with second paid Boise is and Ogden third with 183968 just a step ahead of Pocatello with 395-11- 270-80- 180142 Falls Then comes Lewiston-Idah- o with 165802 and Twin Falls with 150423 The peak for an individual club was set in 1940 when the Salt Lake Bees attracted 179180 cash customers Salt Lake City showed a decline of nearly 73000 fans in 1941 This terrific drop and decreased attendance in most of the other parks was due to rain and cold weather Salt Lake City was forced to pass up games with Ogden due to rain that would have attracted better than 15000 fans Boise Twin Falls Ogden and other clubs of the circuit also suffered from the weather during - 1941 v j National League Bureau NEW YORK April ' 2- 3down dozens of expert fins here’s what you’ll see Jg he National league’s 67th pennac race spinning its story across the sports pages of the land A broach land searching survey of expert opinion about the situation in teight raining camps and along the northbound exhibition trail finds the boys with the brains pretty well agreed on a few points leaving lots of room around others s4 Here's the lineup of the ones on which most of the observers are thickly and solidly censen-susse- MERCED Calif April 23 (AP) Confidential note to the Boise Salt Lake Ogden Pocatello and Twin Falla clubs of the Pioneer league: Look out those Idaho Falls Russets are going to be tough! “Our team of 1942 will have a lot more speed and power than the team of 1941” That’s the boast of Manager Lou Garland a baseball worthy from ’way back “Red Jessen will be the best first sacker in the league and will be a powerful hitter” Garland in the midst of spring training camp with a batch dis-of smooth - performing talent cussed the other positions on the first string this way: Harold Tobin an Idaho Falls boy Is playing second His hitting so far has been short of expectations but he should improve Billy Dunn “the best looking shortstop we have had in two years" will fill that post Ray Adams a holdover will take over Lanny McConnell’s third base job Lanny joined the air corps Joe Rossi and Lea Mulcahy “will give us the best catching in the league Rossi is a Carbon copy of Ernie Lombardi long a major The prize experiment of the year in the major leagues may turn out to be the transfer of Robert Irving Elliott from the outfield to third base by the Pittsburgh Pirates Manager Frank Frisch shuffles his lineups almost every day “just for luck” and has not the least hesitancy about switching a player from one position to another But the shift that brought the Frisco Kid in from the outfield was born of necessity Last winter Lee (Jeep) Handley was in an automobile accident anc apparently suffered nothing more serious than scratches Bui when he reported at training camp in California he suddenly discovered his arm was “dead” There were the Pirates thousands of miles from clubs with whom they might have traded but only a few weeks away from the start of the season In deSpera' tlon Onkel Franz canvassed his squad and came upon the old Elliott who six years ago when he was breaking into organized ball played part time third base for Savannah in the South Atlantic league Observers remained skeptical on Elliott however until the season actually was under way Since then he has made everybody sit up anc take notice In nine games he has hit three home runs to lead the league and two triples to tie for the lead Yesterday he contributed - a two-ru- n homer to Pittsburgh’s 1 triumph over the Chicago Cubs whose coach Kiki Cuyler said "We’ve played both the Cardinals and Reds and I rate Pittsburgh ahead o them so far” In beating the Cubs the Pirates received seven-h- it pitching by Luke (Hot Potato) Hamlin the former Dodger star and really looked formidable 25-ye- ar 9-- catello Boise and Twin Falls and some of these records may be shat tered Following is the complete attend ance record or Pioneer league teams: - Ogden Reds winners of the opening day attendance record for 1940 and 1941 will be back again this season bidding for the Jack Halli-wtrophy Pocatello opens the new campaign with Salt Lake at Salt Lake May 1 Twin Falls invades Ogden and Boise invades Idaho Falls How Many Please ? Our predictions on opening day attendance at the three cities follows if playing conditions are favorable: Ogden vs Twin Falls 4000 Pocatello vs alt Lake 4000 Boise vs Idaho Falls 3100 Openings will be featured at Fo- el THE BIO SIX (By The Associated Press) Batting (three leaders in each league) (Baaed on 25 or mors times at hat) G AB R H Pet Player— Club Gordon Tanka S 30 4 14 467 Senators 9 35 4 14 400 Campbell Tajiks 7 25 4 10 400 Dickey Musial Cardinals 8 33 8 13 394 7 28 6 10 385 Slaughter Cardinals Moore Cardinals 8 27 6 10 370 I j - year Stop the first 100 fans on the subject and the votes will betpretty 2 close flag 3 to who’ll win: the 30-30-- 30 If Brooklyn gets pitching as it can i over- good as last year’s power the league The Dodgers! are the mightiest power club that has won the National league pqnhant since the Pirates of 1909 perhaps the mightiest that ever won it for they led the league in everything you do with a bat totaih ihits doubles triples homers They’ve added Arky V a igh-aNational league batting champion (385) of 1935 whose twe homers in last year’s All-Stgaipe proved that he hasn’t slipped very far from the class of batting jetown contenders I 4 The Reds have the greatest pitching staff ever assembled! under one command perhaps in' the whole history of the league since John McGraw’s corps in the early 1920’s Give the Red some beef in the bat pile cripple the Brooklyn curving corps and the and the Cardinal speed-wago- n Reds can run away with the race 5 If the race is run awaylwith literally it’s the Cards' can do ball it They’re the club of the three contenders Speed on the baselines of course but likewise the speediest in the outfield when the long flies are flying speediest around that inner defense line when ’the grounders v gallop Their pitching array is more impressive potentially than Brooklyn’s not as formidable 'as ICin-cyThey have the Reds they won’t keep up with the j Dodgers in total bases 6 The Giants are not clicking yet but they will Mel Oti looks every inch a real manager he’s got sound ideas knows his men and can run a ball club with the best of them Terry’s proven administrative talent and his tiregss energy will make the Giant1 farm system as good as the best in the business and build a new and great' i I er Giants ball club 7 Frank Frisch’s Pirates have some surprises in store for " the rest of the league The Flash is in line for sjy honorary degree of H D meaning doctor of’ hitters He can make a hitter out of practically anybody When the scout report is“good-field-no-hiFrisch sends' a icon-train the next mail 8 The Cubs will be the midsummer phenoms unless ail of Jimmy Wilson’s spirited juveniles go to war before then Illness and injury has given a setback t to the construction work on a great pitching staff otherwise the Cubs would get here before midsummer 9 The Braves looked bad ih ex hibition box scores because every team they played was a week or more ahead of them in training schedule Their program evened that up by keeping them id Florida a week or more longef than any rival outfit They’ll he better shaped opening day than the rest of them and may be leading the j league May 1 10 Uncle John Lobert’s nephews are playing pretty baseballl He’s starting at the bottom in h& and the foundations (ie pitchers) will be rated a lot more important Decoration dayr than they were Easter Monday criti(So runs the consensus o? cal advices on the National League race Paste the 10 points in your bat and try to stampede :the ex rmis-jbat-ted-i- : leaguer” a San Francisco graduate “looks like the rightfielder” Bob Patterson on option from Tommy Ryan semi-pr- o n ar SLUGGING BEE Willie Enos 1941 Salt Lake City Pioneer league outfielder led the loop in the vital department of runs batted in The husky gardener is back for a bit more seasoning before he will doubtless be called into regular baseball service in the outer pastures of the ’Frisco Seals who maintain a working agreement with the Bees pJLcoEfe jeer-tainl- y Bees Poin0 Foi'Flrstf PivSsIora j J best-balanc- Pi©Biieeir icjBB Reuse Qei ed ’s out-power- ed i I t” ct ng I perts) v I 1 DRAKE CARNIVAL GETS DIG r ‘ ' x ' ' ' i j) i I f ? ' ' r” ' T 1 t ' ms £ j - FIELD a Bolllcd-in-Bo- BEST-UKE- D nd BECAUSE IT'S AMERICAS MILDEST BOTTLED -E-V-BOND I DES MOINES la April 23 (AP schools ) have many Although trimmed their sports budget? for wartime economy officials of the Drake relays opening tomorrow report the games have drawn a as Any in field as well-balanc- ed their history Spectator interest also l£ blgh F L Turby ticket manager said advance sales were 10 pet cent average and above the approaching last year’s 33-ye- ar ten-ye- BOTTLES IX BOND ar all-ti- '' CLD SCTIENLSY cow iauMiEj high Top attraction in tomorrow’s program which in addition to nine university and college finals has many preliminaries and high’sehool finals will be the university’ sprint medley the event which produced a world record of 3:232 by the University of Texas last year Only one 1941 member’ Mac Umstattdt the anchor man js running this year for the Texans but favorites The they’re the pre-meevent is an invitational affair and the Longhorns will get their rivalry from Oklahoma Michigan Ifebras-ka- Notre Dame and Purduie et Straight Bourbon Whiskey— 100 Proof— This Whiskey is 5 Years Old Schenley Distillers Corporation N Y C - Jt v 'A vX f f X - li tr New and Inexperienced Players Are Hustling for Barrington Mulligan Scours Coast in Quest of Talent Seals Will Assist i 3' and Vaughn Barker righthander all up from the semi-pro- s Backed by experience and destined to hare heavy pitching chores with Guldborg are Sam Dejanick righthander from El Paso Texas and Elmer Orello Bakersfield Calif portsid-e- r Mulligan reportedly has lined up some new blood for the Bees and these players might provide the transfusion needed to make the club a topnotch challenger They are Infielders Wally Scott and Dino Giovachinni Catcher Harold Petrocci and Pitcher Andy Adams These lads are all young but are considered tops in California baseball prospects San Francisco in sportswriters have gone all-opraise for the quartet and Mulligan believes they’re ripe for class C play But despite the lack of stars the War Weather Bees will be in the running when The club pitched training camp the season opens May 1 at Boyes Spring Calif and immediately starting wading In mud Eight-ba- weather cut down ll prac- ut Bowling Femme Perfect Performer 25-ye- x rr A - ' s : ' ' a ' FIRST NOT FIRST George Jenings of Occidental college broke the tape with his teeth in a lunging finish in the e run in the Southern California conference meet at Pomona college but all for naught The judges ruled that Bob Densmore of Caltech was first across the line with his body and thus the winner — half-mil- Sd --- t - “ Fe©iire L©©Eis o to re® ©si eoes'ves A ONEIDA COUNTY 400-ya- rd IIASPOWiWOW MALAD Idaho April 23 — A large crowd attended the jannual pow-- 1 wow of the Oneida county rod and gun club held at the American Legion Memorial home Tuesday night A Dutch lunch was served and prizes were given to! many lucky winners the prizes being furnished by most of the important business places of the city Pictures of tha intermountain wildlife were shown by Orange Olsen of! the regional forest service of Ogdien Ueth Recently elected officers of the club are Robert E Thompson president William D! Clark secretary B B Jones Walter Hughes L G Tapper county directors representative L 0 Daniels al- ce COLLEGIANS AGAINST PILOTS ternate Committees for the year are: fish Griff Davis Jr and Ed B Jones year For his relay team Cody has birds Parley Deschamps and Nancy Brenda Helser and Suzanne Claude Kent big game Joseph F Zimmerman the national junior Peterson and Robert E Clabby 440 champ of last year’s recordA report of the secretary showed combination there's but setting that 85590 fish and) 1100 Chinese some doubt about the fourth— pheasants were placed in the counJoyce Macrae Joyce has been ill ty during 1941 for two weeks Ranking with the Multnomah Hear Bob Ingham Describe club stars as an attraction will be slim Muriel Mellon a youngster of the Big 13 summers who swims the 440 for I LEWISTON Idaho April 23 — (AP)— The Boise Pilots of the Pioneer baseball league bowed to Whitman college yesterday 8 to 7 In an contest with plenty of hits on both sides It was the second college team to take the Pilots’ measure Col- the San Diego club She copped lege of Idaho Monday took a con- sixth place in the national outtest with the Pioneer league club door last year at High Point N C by the same score Whitman’s winning run came in on a wild pitch by Wigg Kaiser R H-110 003 200 01— 8 14 2 Whitman Re-elec- ted ng tice sessions Even Harrington Is isn’t tool sure of his men And Mulligan isn't through - with his ivory hunting He has been chas9 8 000 101 410 00-- 7 Boise ing the "San Francisco Seals his Broad-head and Batteries: Fosterman CHICAGO April’ 23 (AP)— Marge old clubj up and down the coast and Paulson Kaiser Dappen a bowler for nine years and trying ta snare a few more play-er- s Earley a member of the Bee-Va- c team in Harrington says that he’ll have the Congress Women’s league night Her season average' is 180 trouble-makin- g a fighting ball rolled the first perfect game in the The previous high of 298 was club with the material now on history of women’s sanc- bowled by Sara Hannblom in the tioned league play in Chicago last same league last year Anhand But for a dy says he needs three pitchers a veteran Catcher and another exJ perienced outfielder tv on is The Bee skipper optimistic h A® the latteij point “I think we’ll get what we need” he said A former manager of Boise and Twin Falls in the Pioneer league and an Tiger Harrington is a cagy pilot and it can be assumed ithat he’s more than satYanks Prove 20-GaWinner Unnecessary but isfied with the rest of his club Handy Andy Manager McCarthy Is Paid $35000 a Year for Harrington whose wild antics during arguments with umpires Dropping His Pitchers Into the Right Spots have tickled fans and won him friends iiy all cities of the loop is BY HARRY GRAYSON going to jprotect second base John Hernandez late of the Florida-Georg- ia NEA Service Sports Editor league has been consistNEW YORK April 23— --Speaking of the Yankee’s on first base this brilliant ently spring and looks like a cinch for chances don’t overlook Joseph Vincent McCarthy’s skillful the spot of pitchers be handling Rounding out the infield will All manager this fellow in his unobtrusive way Telmo Bartolemei up from semi-pr- o A pair of winners is supposed to be the prime requisite of who Moresco ranks and Fred a winner pennant yet the New Yorks won by 17 games last trip with posted the best fielding average for nine toe men plate accounting for from five to 15 each Red Branch P L shprtstops last year while turned in fiVe Fireman was credited with eight Tiny Bonham digging 'f m out of the dirt for Atley Donald and MarvinMurphy were bracketed at nine Spud ChandBreuer Salt Lake ler 10 with Marius Russo got had his hand raised 14 times Red away Bob Kelly who played with KilVernon and Gomez the latter with the aid of Relief Worker Ruffing gore In the East Texas league Murphy bagged 15 apiece last season Is the best catching Joe McCarthy is) a firm believer in working in regular g bet His arm is good but his turn He’d use a Big Four to a fare hee-well pitchers if he had one Without is a question a Four is he a master at Into Big his the right spots pitchers propping The gardeners are Ernest Jendid a the fair Strategist McCarthy amazing Bob pretty job against sen left Willie Enos center and Feller He realized to the not was that beat Feller way by hitting him Earl Owin right Jensen also a but by keeping Cleveland from So first Hadley and Bump scoring former Kilgore player looked good then Atley Donald came Up to the Robert following Rapid assignment In spring icamp Enos a good long rest to champ last season returns Joe will do until a more adroit juggler of pitchers comes the Bees and Is as potent as ever along" McCarthy y y Owen played with the 1940 Salt That is the real secret of the success of one of the greatest manLake champs then returned to agers in the history of 'baseball! semi-pr- o ball last year He’s That is the reason why he gets $35000 a year for sitting scheduled to play ih all Bee home In the dugout principal games but won’t travel out of Les Fleming Cleveland’s new first baseman Is another Sam Leslie town ) Remember Sam of the Giants and Dodgers? Good hit no field y Nashville where Fleming compiled his 414 batting average has a Righthander John Guldborg ranks as the Bee mound ace It appeared short right field fence and the Texan will ricochet many a drive off for a tittle that Guldborg would the 290-fofield wall of Cleveland’s old and dilapidated League right y pitch for the Seals but missed out park Still rated so-s- o are Wilbur Woods But while Les Fleming has the physical advantages righthander Knowles Piercy left- gives a first baseman in the field defensively he’ll make the departed hander Bob Dodge Hal Trosky look like George Sisler title-contend- £') Oakland will perform in left field with Earl ' Silverthorn by way of Lodi and Seattle chasing flies in centerfield Jack McKeon of San Francisco is bidding for the post too but Silverthorn a powerful hitter has the edge PORTLAND Ore April 23 (AP) Garland a former hurler of reCody’s comely kids America’s No disclosed would he off pute stay aquatic act in the hill unless absolutely neces- 1 girls’ free-styl- e the relay and the 440 got sary On the mound he will use Max top billing today — as usual — for the Hittle Tony Klisura John Rich Oregon invitational swimming meet Rudy Biale Bills Greer Burdette here this week-en- d The matter of defending a couPeterson Charles Beauchamp and Bill O’Rourke ple of national championships is Most of these moundsmen are routine for the Multnomah Athexperienced and fully ready for letic club lassies who proved that class A baseball Garland opined beauty in a bathing suit doesn’t Biale for example turned In a always have to be posing on the three-h- it job during a practice edge of a pool What the Portland girls want He walked n'one game John Coleman a San Francisco most is to set a pair of new Amerhigh school star is expected to ican records To do it they’ll have report to the Russets when school to outspeed the best that can be closes in June He’s a fine pros- offered by the Florence Chambers Swimming club of San Diego Calif pect for third base Dunn’s clouting and the Washington Athletic club pleased Russet bosses during work- of Seattle Wash outs Jessen also rattled the With no national meet scheduled this year because of the war the boards with regularity and the 400 freeThe Russets expect to break 440 free-styl- e events are being held a few style relay camp this week-en- d play exhibition games if opponents are here — home if the defending available then hurry home for the titlists The queen of Coach Jack Cody’s opening of the season bevy is Nancy Merki holder of most of the women's outdoor freerecords from 200 yards to a IVIN style mile who won the national championship in the 440 indoor last long-distan- By MAC R JOHNSON United Press Staff Correspondent SALT LAKE CITY April 23 (UP) Victimized by selective service and defense Industries the Salt Lake Bees will field a new club in the 1942 Pioneer league campaign but it will be packed with amb'tious hustling youngsters who mignt well explode into the first division before the baseball season Is long underway j The first division isn’t new to the Bees whlo made it two years out of three! In 1939 Salt Lake finished fourth but salted away the league championship in 1940 and closed 1941 in third place Sports writers Owner Eddie Mulligan and new Skipper Andy Harrington are all agreed on pne point It's been tough getting a line on the Bees this spring 4 ar er ( BYU Track and Invitational Field Meet Associated Press Chief and i ' Relay Carnival DIRECT FROM PRO VO UTAH NEW YORK April 23 (AP)— Robert McLean of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin began his fifth term as president of the Associated Press today while two new vice presidents also assumed offiee Besides McLean' the A P board of directors yesterday named as first and second vice Houston presidents respectively Harte of the San Angelo (Texas) Standard and Arthur Hays Sulzberger of the New York Times — Friday— 12:15 P M 3:00 PM 5:15 P M — Saturday— 9:15 A M 1:00 P M ng 2:00 PM and I AN INTERMOUNTAIN NETWORK FEATURE ex-Detr- oit me Most men like to get a lot of pleasure without s pending a lot of money 20-ga- America’s - : -- race with: the It’s a Cincinnati Reds mingling along with the Dodgers and Cardinals who had it all to themselves nlast Phil-buildi- predict the following attendance for 1942 Salt Lake City 170000 Boise 95000 Ogden 78000 Poca tello 55000 Idaho Falls 53000 Twin Falls 50000 Ui d: 'r 1 r - 1 j Spores Scribe Ayers l?S©Bieer jy By BILL BRANDT y $ I 4Xf ft i I 4t WITH TOP CL®S Snaps Tape but Loses Race RUSSETS PEELED r f i ? t ’ s v " " - A t - - X bat-tinn- ' y -- i y' - ' s' - i' £ I 1 f -t- ‘ WlIIDSOJ j runs-batted-- in ir&ttosr sox you Marsr IN A These days when every penny counts a man’s mighty glad to know that Windsor Is such delicious bourbon low-pric- iOURSCN” ' I V a ed j ot left-handedn- left-hand- er u STRAIGHT CCURBOU WHISKEY Copyright 1942 National Dlitlllon Prod Carp N Y 806 Proof |