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Show THE PAGE TWELVE. HERALD-JOURNA- LOGAN, UTAH, L, Texas A(dmirable) M(arksman) Paces National Meet Freshman Wins USAC Cross Country Run; Defending Champ Falls Ted Webber Finishes Marathon In Good Time Cards Finally May Hit Loop Jackpot St. Louis Equipped For Pennant Giase Preston High Boxers Win Editors Note: Following is the eleventh of a series sizing up the major league clubs.), orite wa.s upset, Ted Webber, freshO man distance runner at Utah State, BY GEORGE KIRKSEY and fot mer Milford high school United Press Staff Correspondent v mile ace, won the annual ST. PETERSBURG. Fla., April run at the 'lege yesterPreston high schools boxing 3 il'Ii- - For the past three years day. touring the two and the St. Louis Cardinals have been squad, coached by Bruce Wallace mile course In the tune of 13'0tir, s seconds won its final meet of the season winning the pennunt in the spring just .six and and winding up second and thin away from the record time set in this week from the Malad Dra in the fall. But this time the I! by Dale Nelson. 'm Cards may really hit the jackpot Alton Davis was supposed to gons. Not until the colorful Baird in October. They have the pitchcome in first since he was dee ft nding champion and favorite brothers ing, defense, speed and the climbed through the among the varsity stars, lie paced ropes and out classed Malad' flaming spirit. of the way, heavyweights In a thrilling climax the field for What can stop the Cards? Two then micccd his stride crossing a of their brilliant high school boxof long distance things I. Ltu-road and fell. He chose to drop ing careers were the Indians aspunch and 2. Lady Luck. from the race at that point. The Cards have half a dozen sured the winning points. It was breakwind finish that Chick Hull nnd Milt Head of potential .300 hitters topped by and pushed Webber to the tape for first Preston were victims of question Slaughter, Moore, Mustal, Brown but they have no place and a sweater. After trailable decisions due to the judges two the Davis upper classmen, or home run hitter ing that no draws be given. and Winston Havens, for the first ruling since Johnny Mize was passed on In the recently held state meet two miles, Webber began moving at to the Giants. Even so, Manager Pocatello, Preston got third left to go, up. With a quarter-mil- e two state and placed Billy Southworth says the Cards he started his sprint and showed place will not miss Mize and that the champs, Roland Baird, 156, and lots of power even as he broke the Jim 100. clubs superb pitching, defense Two runnersup tape. Havens tried hard to hold were Carter, and spirit will payoff. also placed: Ben Baird, HO, his lead, but was gradually edipsrd nnd Alt Last season the Cards were Winger, 116. by the Milford star. n ireston-Mendoriddled with injuries which posof Results the Webber will receive the freshman meet are as follows: sibly cost them the pennant. It numeral, and Havens will get the dec. Flint, Ned may be the Cards are naturally varsity letterman sweater, since ho Malad. Bodily, Preston, a fragile group of athletes or was the first varsity runner to fintype ot that their Wilcox, P.. dec. Tovey, M. ish the race. will incur an abnormdec. W, Jen E. P., always Chattcrton, play chief Webber's Stoker. Lyngly al number of accidents. Even rival for the freshman numeral, kins, M. T. Bowen, M., dec. Head, P. allowing for more than the avercame in third. be G. Williams, M , dec. Chick Hull, age number of injuries theyll beP. better off than a year ago cause they now have perhaps the Ray Jones, M., doc. Winger, P. Swimming best second line of players in the Edgley, P., dec. V. Williams, M. Hunsakcr, M., dec. D Wright, majors. Dave Freeman P. Great Bitching Records Ben Baird, P dec. G. Thomas, The Cardinals have an excellent M. pitching staff. They have so .many R. Baird, P., dee. Rex. Evans, bright looking youngsters that NEW HAVEN, Conn., April 3 d P M. Southworth is having difficulty With one new American indoor trimming down from his present swimming record already made, the 15 to the necessary 10. The best national AAU Indoor mens swimlooking spring pitcher in Florida ming championships opened the this year was Morton Cooper, who Aggie second day of competition today winseems headed for a and new standards were expected In the 19 innings hes year. ning DURHAM, N. C, April 3 (m in individual medley and of D. defeatC., and In Marine worked thus far hes allowed only free-styl- e David Freeman, Pasadena, Calif., ed Washington, the relay. ., Fritz Jasenski of Greenwich, i one run. The other two top led the way into the quarterFive events are carded for today Lon be to are handers Helen of and likely Zabriske finals of the mens singles and the individual medley, arneke, the free-styl- e men's doubles of the sixth annual San Francisco in the second heat, the relay, the Morris E. Morgan, former bird, and Harry Gumbert, who I badminton second-seede- d The championships today. of team Agathlete at Utah State things in and one meter springFreeman, who has swept the Chester Goss, Hollywood. Calif., is expected to dofall.big Southworth ricultural college, now has be- past the spring and board diving. three national championships, the come in a second lieutenant weather in midKioshi Nakama, Ohio State paired with Chester Goss, Holly- nnd Evelyn Doldrick, San Diego, believes the tohotblame States marine corps, and wood, for his insummer is freshman from Hawaii, set United doubles advanced with easy victories. Calif., the in men's High Lama of the nations five effectiveness during that period. a new American indoor record of is at Reserve Officers Training The only upset in early play School, in Quantico, Virginia. Clubs that cant hit southpaws 19 minutes, 35.2 seconds and probcame when Robert Williams and million shuttlecock chasers is this Lieutenant Morgan, while at- Roderick Grieg son are going to yell murder when of Niagara Falls, personable, blond ably won a trip to the for Utah State, competed d N. Y.. ousted games at Buenos Aires in No- tending Carl of a Presbyterian minister, David they face the Cards. Theyll have vember, by churning home in front two years on the Aggie football, Loveday and William Biglin c," Guthrie Freeman of Pomona Col- the best southpaw corps anyand teams r oter race yesterday at track, wrestling in the 1,500-nwhere, headed by Ernie White. N. J., in men's doubles lege at Claremont, Calif. These weren't enough accom- Montclair, meet. Badminton's DiMaggio a Howie Pollet, Max Lanier and the opening of the three-daplay. for the former Aggie plishments either Clyde Shoun or little Harry Goss and Ken Quigley Loveday, star, as he continued to show his of Cleveland, I., also advanced to student is triple king of the Brecheen, who won 16 games at h Junior Ski Meet outstanding ability in candidates the men's singles quarter-finalpro- Columbus last year. Pollet, who sport, easily whips class. He mastered the use of fessionals. Defending Women's Favorite champion came up late last fall to win five doubles and mixed games and lose two seems primed many infantry weapons, mainly Favored Doldrick, Ran in singles, as a marksman with Diego, Calif.,Evelyn doubles, Freeman is favored to to pick up right where he left qualifying in the the set At Sun pace Valley Opens the .30 calibre rifle, expert with women's singles and paired with duplicate his sweep this year. off. the Browning automatic rifle, and Janet Wright Relief Hurler It would be a s,ory oook climax of San Francisco to with the pistol. Howie Krist, who had the fancy career, their in to a brilliant athletic protect SUN VALLEY, Idaho, April 3 sharpshooter Spot Also, because of his general women's doubles. which started when he won a na- record of 10 wins and no dell:i The third annual American excellence he was graduated numMrs. Mary Whittcmore Schlcmm tional title at 18 after two weeks' feats, is in line for the No. 1 Legion junior ski championships ber 42 in the class of over 400, of Boston and three-wa- y relief job. Murry Dickson, who will be settled in a two-daIatsy Donovan of practice.andAn a accomplished in tennis won 21 games for Columbus last golf. player meet which opens here to- from officers candidates class. Buffalo, N. Y., advanced to quarter-Upon his completion of the finals in the women's singles Freeman joins the Army Medical year and was the strikeout king day with 124 contestants from five course at officers' training school, and. paired, received a bye to Corps Res.rve in July with orders of the American association, western states competing for varto continue his studies at Harvard seems likely to stick. That leaves Morgan will be transferred to advance in the doubles. ious titles. Bill Lohrman, obtained from the Freeman and Ted Jilli, secretary of the Sun duty with the leatherneck troops Williams, until graduation. or remain for more instruction in also of Pasadena, Sally Freeman spots some of the 10 Giants in the Mize deal, and three Calif , advancValley Ski club, said students from rookies unaccounted specialized fields. ed into tlie quarter-fina- l round ot ranking players fiom eight to 12 Washington, Oregon, Idaho, MonAlso, should he continue his the mixed doubles. Champions ot points and wins. A1 He gave 12 tana and Utah would compete in Junsich, Beazley. woik he will be this division and downhill, slalom and jump events. outstanding they points and sene to Renf Haney, and George Munger. The Cards will start the season J till also announced the first recommended for a commission in won their first round matih from ranked No. 3 in California, where live with two rookies in the lineup Bill Shreve and Charlotte Decke the important western girls championships will the regular marine corps. and beat him with a chocolate Stan Musial in left field and Ray be held over the week end. milk shake as the stake. Sanders at first. Musial is the Eighteen schoolgirl contestants meet. We all have our moments youngster who batted .426 in 12 have entered the It when we can put over an excep- games with the Cards last Septional shot, says Skeeter Erikson. tember. Many critics regard him another Pacific coast ace. ' but as the outstanding young player Dare can put them over all the to come up this season. time. He's consistently phenomSander,' despite a weak throwenal. ing arm, has shown power at CHAMPION'S LEADING the plate and will start the seaDUALS IN SER It E son in Mize's place. Johnny Hopp. Two of Freeman's closest rivals, who hatted .313 last season playKen Quigley of Cle eland and ing left field and subbing for John Murphy of Ran Diego, seeded No. 2 and 4 rexpei lively, are in the army air coips, are doubtful entires at Durham Southern champion Johnny Agcrs is in the usatt h i. m & liitch ttmn navy, w ill not be present. Oil Along with Erikson and llanev. A Oil. Chester Goss of Hollywood. (.s Upsetting the dope after the fav- Over Malad fullback at Texas A. and M., shows Pus. Lieut. John Kimbrough, center, former Hall, left, and Leland Gourley fine points of rifle shooting at Camp Roberts, Calif Tom cross-uninti- one-ha- TODAYS SPQRT PARADE lf four-tenth- BY ACK GUENTHER United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK. April 3 il'.iu Louis Norman iBobo and 'or Buck) Newsom, the Marco Polo of the major has completed another leagues, sleeper jump on an itinerary long enough to keep the office of facts and figures busy for a month, but apparently he has been a station short of his inevitable destiny. It seems Bobo may not he old-tim- 'two-thir- side-track- er Indoor Set Pasadena Star Heads For National Badminton Title Former Is 300-ya- d Corps right-Conn- 300-ya- 40o-yu- 220-yar- d free-styl- bnck-stro- 220-ya- ty third-seede- Brooklyn-boun- top-notc- good-lookin- g for-Jo- hn Stretching Bowling Scores Joe Alston of Ran Diego. Carl Loveday of Montclair, N. J., rated No 2 sectionally, and Harry Haekett of Philadelphia are the best of the challengers. In the women's competition, pretty Evelyn Boldricn. UCLA, who won the national singles in 1940. is favored to regain it this season due to the ineligiof 1941 Thelma bility queen, Fastest Runner radio musical Joins Marine Corps program heard Hjnchmcyer is doing his bit during the rubber shortage. l a The sprinter wdl continue thiough the present year of school at University of California before being culled to servile. Uproars and excitement are the as a traveler one which makes fuel on which flames are e Mrs. Roosevelt look like a fed. Who knows that better than proves that. 0 MacPhail? Didnt he pay off O in Dodger debts in just two The old Brooklyn management would have greeted Bobo with open years? He is a smart operator, arms, loud cheers and unabated smart enough to share his warm adulation. Bobo didnt click at Eb- - spotlight with big, loud Bobo if he is given a world championship in return. And that is exactly what Mize, will be on the bench. If Bobo could give him. either Musial or Sanders falters Stand by for a further announcement. Hopp will take over. Rest of Lineup The rest of the Cardinal infield is the same with Creepy Crespi at second. Slats Marion at short Hogan Lead and Jimmy Brown at third. The infield replacements are considerably better with Bob Blattner from Sacramento the replacement Sky Golf Meet at second and short and George Kurowski from Columbus the hot corner sub. ASHEVILLE, N. C April 3 d'Pi Terry Moore will patrol center Ben Hogan remained the gallery will and Country Slaughter again favorite today but Byron Nelson, hit and Estel play right Lawson Little. cleanup. Hines and Crabtree and Coaker Triplett, to- Herman. Barron Jimmy were the actual gether with Hopp, will be the leaders with 69's as reserve outfielders although Erv the $5,000 LuVid of the Sky Open Dusak, a likely looking hitter, may stick despite the fact that his draft rating is due for call in June. The catching staff of Gus Man-cusWalter Cooper and Ken ODea is one of the best. box-offi- 500,-00- Doesnt every Monday Tomorrow The BY UNITED PRESS The Pacific Coast leugue opcn its 1942 season yesterday in fane; fashion with nearly 24 ooo attending despite the fear of arm bans on crowds above 5 00 ptr cast schc t Sum in sons. San Francisco, Portland. Holland Seattle came throup with opening wins. Dick (Kenpio Barrett of Seattle turned in tin e orjrf outstanding pitching performana f a three hitter against Sacra-Lui mento. San Franciscos Seals f played the most potent batting I Spi clouting three Los Angeles pitcEvar hers for 15 hits. soun day Seattle, in thumping Sacramento Adve 7 to 2, made short work .of Tin) ond to him Tony Froitas) driving Han cover in the sixth inning after four runs had scored. The Solom f 4 the were blanked until the eighth t Grav when pinch hitter Buster Adamit' tend ywood du-- homered after Gene Handley haul' a reached Barrett for a double. The I crowd was 6,700. i Hollywood scored a 3 to 2 wa x over Oakland behind the steady lease pitching of Charley Root, but had gan to come from behind to win. day Stan Corbett gave the Stars Sum only six hits but a pair of walki 9.45 l and a Texas leaguer by Bill accounted for two rnr fj the fourth, while a oy X In Johnny Dickshot and Joe Hoover's f T1 double in the eighth iced the Eas game. Manager Johnny Vergei Prei accounted for the Acorn runs t? low! homing with Marvin Gudat on I nse base in the second. The croud Wes was 6,500. J Ticl I league the Portland, customarily van doormat, beat out San Diego 4 to o'cl the I 2 with a two-ru- n in rally the Norberfs Ted featured eighth by j ice homer. Ad Liska limited the reg to seven hits while Wally f Thi winner last year r sole Hebert, was giving up eight. The turnout Kn was' 4,500. ano "Tt San Francisco's Seals clouted of Ray Prim. Hugh Dobernic and Be Lefty Raffensberger all over the hoi lot to beat Los Angeles 10 to I at The Seals scored seven runs sep the last three innings. Sam Ag who started for the Seals in was lifted for a pinch hitter wai the sixth inning. Attendance Bren-ze- f m Pad-re- s h r 6,300. I H. golf tournament ond round. went into its be sec- wa o'c ch Hogan, winner of the past two Land of the Sky meets, wound up jr with a par 71. After an outgoing 34 yesterday, he needed 37 stroke to come home. Bill Nary, Rancho Santa Fe. Cal.; Tony Penna, Dayton. O: Ky Laffoon. Tulsa, Okla, and Willie Goggins, While Plains, N. Y.. came just behind the leaders with to chi sol sol 70's. tei an Detroit Togern. Li Joe BESTstorekeeper I ever knew was a fellow named Sam Abernethy. Sam's specialty was to take over n some store that somebody else had given up as a failure. Then Sam would turn it into a gold mine. But the most important thing of all," he used to say, is to remember whos Boss! You may think you are Boss of your business . . . but you're not. The Public, your customers, are the real basses . . . and youve got to run your business the way they 1 That little statement of Sams made a big impression on me . . . particularly since it certainly seemed to work so well in Sams Vv Will Be Broadcast 10 at 7p.m. p, m.) Starting Monday, April 6th Tune in any Auspicious From where I sit . . . want it, (instead of line A That popular Dell System 22t)-yar- Or v ()N ivngsbuiy. Vf-- If BERKELEY, Cal., April Harold Davis, world s fastest d white human, breaks the dash record this year, ho may uo it for Uncle Sam Davis enlisted vesterday in the United States Marine Corps. Davis ran the 220 in an interclass meet last week in 20 6 seconds, and experts look to see him erm k the seven-yea- r mark of 20 3 held by Jesse Owens He did 20 5 last year, and holds the national AAU mark of 10 2 seconds for the all. Opening O Under MacPhail the Brooks have gone normal with a bang-banDurocher is permitted his whimsical rJioments, but after all he is the manager. The Hamlins, the Mungos and the Phelps are gone. Dodgers today are hard workers who actually havent much color. Whether Bobo could survive in such drab surroundings is a poser, but don't give up on him too quickly. run-dow- co-e- d tvv mu's Minin; at J Gei coolish. There is every chance that Newsom still may open the season with blown Dodger. Brooklyn. I say this because Bobo O Now rumor can keep it. The has proven he can win and MacPhail is fond of winners. Bobo won righthanded pitcher seems doomed 20 games for(a seventh place St. to labor in relative obscurity at Louis club in 1939 and he the capital, thereby posing major won 20Browns and 12 the next two years problems for both the housing ad- for Detroit. With the Brooklyn ministrations and the ear specialists. No matter how you regard power back of him he could easily 1942. 20 in win again Bobo an a man or mouse you O must admit he is (a) big, and (b), then, hasn't MacPhail Why. loud. Could be that for MacPhail he is too much of both for comfort. reached for the check book and gone to work? Answer MacPhail O doesn't transact business in that As a detective I'm neither Dick manner. He up all routine Tracy nor the thin man but I functions to builds four star hits and do know clues when I see them and I do see them. With their emerges as the borough hero. In aid. I have prepared two answers almost every big trade, he never moves until the Dodger followers to the riddle that is l'affaire Neware on the verge of exploding right som. Either MacPhail is deterthere on the spot. mined to maintain his monopoly O on all Dodger activities borderRemember the Higbe deal? Or ing on the eccentric, or he once the year the flock spent clamoragain is needling the camp foling for the management to purlowers. chase Medwick? Or the six O months of hectic argument which Obviously, Newsom would bopreceded the transfer of Vaughan lster a Brooklyn pitching staff from Pittsburgh? Or even the which in one word may be characterized as dubois. MacPhail and juggling of Dixie Walker in the Leo Ilurocher could make good outfield? All these maneuvers use of him. But Bobo loves the were deliberately calculated to keep the fans in uproarious exlead in all melodramas to which he is a party. He wants no trurk citement. -- O with supporting roles. His record y s. d For the past three days, or since Bobo discarded his Detroit uniform for that of Washington, all baseball has nervously been awaiting the happy tidings that the trade was but a preliminary to matters vastly more intriguing. Rumor has it Larry MacPhail had the trap nicely baited. Once it was sprung, Bobo would emerge as a full bets Field before, it is true, but at that time he was young and couldn't win. At heart, he haa always been a Dodger. But the old days when Dodgers were individualists are gone and today Bobo's front office reception might be Coast Loop XIIC Red Neticork Station mmn case. And Sam isnt tbi only one. I see the beer industry feels the same way . . . Certainly, the brewers believe in running thejr business the way you and I would like to see it run. Marsh Well . . . the brewers feel the asms way about it. They don't want their beer sold in wrong surrounding. They know it doesn't pay. And they know it hurts the good name of beer. I was reading the other day ho the brewers and the beer distributors work together and cooperate with law enforcement authorities. The idea Is to make careless beer retailers clean up their places and or close up. practices ... It's a good plan . . . and it seem to me it ought to work. I understand it is already in operation in a number of s!es and is being extended. Its a mighty fine thing when s great industry has the gumption to do a job like that on its own initiative. And if Sam Abernethy was right, the brewers should b mighty successful . . . because theyre running their business the w ay the public wants to see it run. 4 f. Folks like us like to see beer sold in clean, quiet, decent places. Mpr No. 31 of a Scries : Copyright, 1942, Brewing Industry Foundation J |