Show ' rwi iris?! First ¥0 iGMVWN Longson Tiow in Utah for matches-fin Ogden on Thursday and Salt te City on Friday said today lat he was willing to clear up le "muddle anywhere any time or money chalk or marbles or ven behind closed doors" Please don't get me wrong" faid-- Longson who meets Wild -- - —h — —f— 11111 r j 1 a 3 r t I ! j resent Utah J President Bill Griem of the A A1 U reports that more than 40 t£ams are --already enrolled in the classic will Champions be Cfawned one week from Saturday night Phillips 66 Oilers are the defending chanipions and the hot favorites to I repeat A Weber and Boot Ejder are tabbed W this corner to igive jteams of tjjie Utah scholastic class A tour- nament a lot of trouble this weekend Either" of these clubs can win the state championship The Bees are picked over Jordan in the opener Thursday arid Weber given an edge this corner over the defending y champions one Ogden Ski lub will hold an important meetihg on Friday March 16 at th TTtah s i ! I 1 vrr m Cigut T° pf' sharp At this meeting the officers for jj Xext spasoh wil be elected and also plans for the cub party next rr onth will be completed The evening Willi end with the sipowuw 01 some remarkable ski my 0! spur-of-the-mom- ent 11 1 ad go-ahe- ed spring training routine TERRE HAUTE Ind— The Chi-caWhite Sox were ready to be- in full squad workouts today with 17 players working out after two days of training Tony Cuccinello veteran infielder arrived yesterday and Manager Jimmy Dykes said others were expected shortly Chief Thunderbird Coast Mound Marvel Go Aid Machmeh ATLANTIC CITY N J — Outfielder Hershel Martin of the New York Yankees said today that he believed his weak throwing had been remedied through electric vi- L By Ted Meier NEW YORK March 14 (AP)— Russ Christopher the Richmond Calif tall right-handwho is exto be of one best pitchthe pected ers in the American baseball league for the Philadelphia Athletics fliis season has ended his holdout LAKEWOOD N J — Manager Mel Ott scheduled the first batting drill for the New York Giants today and 38 players -23 first and second stringers and 15 rookies were ready to participate er Denies gramham TM r Si ' ': ¥':' v ¥::::: X K V ' mmm& r- 0 t'tf'i-- i i -- i 1 intra-cam- i - SPEAKING OF HORSESHOES Pitchers Sigmund Jakucki (left ) and Al Hollincsworth of the American leaeue champion St Louis Browns know that hurlers must "have something on the ball" but blowing on a horsehide can't do any harm so thev try doing it for luck even before starting spring training at Cape Girardeau Mo (A P Wire Photo) SMte High Scliool Joust QsEietbioll n Thursday pesis Four Region One Aggregations Will Bid for Class A Championship Bees and Jordan Open Program West High Tests Defending Champions SALT LAKE CITY March 14 (AP)— Sixteen survivors of preliminary play battle tomorrow in opening round games of Utah's 1945 state high school basketball tourney — — Naming of favorites was diff - 4i- - ex-hSbit- ed Smith Named To Heferee ! i Feature ©cage 'Meetf Al Warden Will Give 1 Feature Program Region One Teams Battle for Gonfalon " 1 1 CogeTourney er - in-liel- 1 Staff Inadequate seating facilities and transportation prob lems will keep thousands of Utahns home when the annual Utah high school basketball tournament gets underway Thursday in Salt Lake So here is good news for basketball fans of northern Utah and the entire Int 2rmountain network extending from Logan to Provo Cedar City and Price — — — Standard-Examine- r By Hugh Fullerton Jr iNEW YORK March 14 (AP) — The Pacific northwest looks like the new Gold Coast for the golf pros Six tournaments are booked out there for the coming summer — eich for a $10000 purse ' And on the first day of the four-ba- ll Watches at Miami so many customers timed out that they ran out pi tickets and had to send to town for the leftovers from last year's Frankie Kovacs Gets Miamji open — by limiting invita' tions to teams in neaibv terri tory the Metropolitan basketball First Rating tournament committee reduced travel by more than 50 per cent In 1945 Net Poll Ofj what was required last year Aj feature of the Giants' Lakewood N JI training camp is an over-sit- e SAN FRANCISCO March 14 puke box in whav used to (UP — George Lyttleton Rogers be John D Rockefellers music presdient of the World ProfesfoomJ sional Tennis association today announced that the next world chamThe Last Word pionship match of the organization j Frank Howard Clemson erid would be staged in New York coach was chatting with an alumsaid that it was hoped Rogers nus tfie otheif day when a marine Pvt that Frank Kovacs U S officer walked in and cave him crowned champion army a hearty greeting Frank finally would recently to defend his title be able had to admit he didn't recognize in Madison Square Garden kothe visitor who exDlamed: "I'm vacs has armed orders to y6ur bid Alabama roommate John in New York next week report cam when the discussion The W P T A todaylso ansimmered down the alumnus asked Cain: "Tell me Sugar did How- nounced the world professional ard adtually do all that good block rankings with seven Americans and three Europeans on the list ing nie nas told us about for 14 Kovacs was rated at the top Cain who was quite years? The in the list was the surprise a! halfback at 'Bama replied: "Thosfe blocks Howard never made ranking of Lieutenant Don Budge are the reason he didn't recog- in third place behind Welby Van Horn Budge is reported out of nize ihe just now" tennis condition due to service duties The complete list: Sports Before Your Eyes 1 2 Van Horn 3 Jack Matheson the Detroit Lions Budge Kovacs 4 Bill Tilden 5 Bobby end has set himself ud in busi Roggs 6 Wayne Sabin 7 Dick ness ifr Kalamazoo Mich with a Skeem 8 Kozulah Czechonew Recipe for the national dish slovakia 9Karel Henri Cochet France -Bill McKray Bos- 10 Dan Maskell England fhamburger ton Garden basketball maestro Honorable mention: Jossi U S checks in with the news that Dale and Rogers Ireland wnite of Irving 111 high school Rogers said that he would leave 965 scored points in 41 cage for New York in the near future games The kid rises at to arrangements for the a m- - milks nine cows and feeds one-nig- completetournament there Jess 30 pigs before hiking tn vice of the orLanning president Does he carry books? Gunder ganization also is expected to head waeggis objections to running on east in the next 10 days to sign the bbards apparently doesn't ex- up a "top ranking" amateur tentend to dancing on them And nis player he ought to be pretty fair on smorgasbords too Bill Mosien-k- o winner of hockey's Lady Byng a hat in two trophy hasn't seasons The bought Blackhawks supply em When their players pull the three-oa- l "hat trick" Look for announcement soon that Clem AIKEN S C March 14 (AP)— Crowei will coach football at Iowa Sammy Snead shot a 63 on the par —and Notre Dame will need a 71 Palmetto course here yesterday new basketball tutor and established a( new record for the difficult He Samand layout RTFORD Conn — George my Byrd defeated Byron Nelson Hartford out- - and Craig Wood 3 and 2 in an wunea ivxario Misceli 156 Brook exhibition match Wood chalked up a 69 Byrd a 70 and Nelson a 71 The Standa and KLO and the ntermouhtain network will proi ride summaries of afternoon games Thursday evening and Friday -- tuning during the dinner hour and on Thursday Friday and Saturday a complete resume of the da 'si jplay will go on the air from the Salt Lake KLO studio at eleven-fiftee- n p m sharp Al Warden veteran sports editor of The Stanc who a 1 uds uiiiseai oiuf dhe svsie tournament since 19151 will be at th nunc Short scores will be provided The Standard-Examinand KLO on all games and fans ma v call '''! ard-Examin- er j ' 17—11:15 p m Saturday Match ' r sharp Weber Box Elder and Cache counties will bet represented by Weber high Bo Elder high North Cache high and South Cache highJ If you are one of the thousands who will be Unable to attend tune in for the basketball summaries and call either 5721 or 7711 for final results! schedule Thursday's complete i ' ! j £ follows: j Class A: 1 p m —Jordan vs Box Elder 3 p m — Granite vs North Cache 7:30 p m — Salt Lake East vfj U South Cache 9:30 p m— Wfeber vs Provo i Class B: 2 p m — Spanish Fork vs Rich-- " field 4 Presented By p 6:30 p vs MantL m —American Fork vs j New Balloon Tired BICYCLES and TIRES AND TUBES IfORTlH© '' -- one-arm- spring-trainin- y? TWjff0 Veterans of Foreign Wars "if SLIIIllILlffllSFIF J Weight 2 er 1 t Out of 3 Falls— One Hour Time Limit g CHIEF TnuriDEDBinD vs PETE ELMEft 2 Out of 3 Falls — One Hour Time Limit : v- ' : Billy Hides on vs Vincent Ukan i i 230 lbs ed cts ' DIAL 6763 VS City-Dis- 'I COOil i STREET : 302-25th World's Champion— 232 lbs 50-5- " I OGDEN HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASIUM Thursday March 15 8 P M - Pete Gray Slated As a Regular TS i t i ot UTAH BY-PRODUC- j j p m —Moab vs Murray 8:30 FOR WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP! j 54-4- " i m — Wasatch Delta n cro L i yLxy: "(TO p m 11:15 Snead Sets New Golf Record Tq J either 7711 or 5721 starting Thursday afternoon for final results Here's the schedule for the basketball summaries over KLO and the Intermountain network: Thursday March 15—6:15 p m and 11:15 p mj Friday March 16 — 8 p m and six-thir- ty ht er 1 two-mi- le Funs II X By Matt B Wyse Court Battles mfljo) Resume for Radio ute Listeners Intermountain Network w 965 Points in 4-- ! six-fo- j 15 And (LpWill -- t 77-4- kl -- Haegg Will Test Indoor Track !!' Sore could do in the war something effort In bth! er ords the president did (not wish draft boards to bend backwards either because of hisiap-provof the game He did not want them to spare players who be drafted " 6-- New Players menho useful Jf RI 11 fl IrS f State Pro Net Classic O i NEW YORK — President Branch OGDEN CITY tlTAH WEDNESDAY EVENING MARCH 14 New York to ' - off-seas- on ot £hic!cs Get Two 12 ' j I 41 ? ti AUcSS v& yvcie losing so many sea some owntiiuiuiei's ers were becoming mat worgenuinely ried about being able to put worthwhile teams on the field This "red light" was nicely balanced as follows: Perfectly j - bration treatments taken during the at St Louis Rickey said today that about 12 be on hand when the players The stringbean winner Brooklynwould Dodgers open spring 14 Of games for the second division training at Bear Mountain N! Y A's in 1944 agreed to terms yester- tomorrow day after a telephone talk with his — The CleveLAFAYETTE sage Manager Connie land Indians whoIndlost out in the Mack just "back in Philadelphia red-hAmerican league pennant from the Pacific! coast race last season because of insuffiWhile Connie beamed over the cient pitching strength made it signing of Christopher Hordce plain today that they don't intend Stonehamr president of the N4w to get caught short the same way Yorok Giants announced that again There were nine pitchers Southpaw Cliff Melton Irifielder in camp most of whom are' exBilly Jurges and Outfielder Char- pected to be regulars ley Mead were holdouts Tjhe Giants held a 12 hour dridl lat FRENCH LICK Ind — their Lakewood N J camp Jin Charley Grimm put a pairManager of unwhich! their latest arrival Fijfst identified hitch hikers to work toBaseman Phil Weintraub partiljci- - day to make up for gaps in the Chicago Cub lineup due to taftly ptaea' Other training camp items: arrival of players Ne York Yankees— Players at Atlantic City camp jumped to 15 PHILADELPHIA— Manager Conwith arrival of 'Third Sacker Don nie Mack of the Philadelphia Athletics dismissed holdout Savage and Pitcher Jim Turned Cleveland Indians— Pitchers Al from his mind today with problems the signSmith and Paul! Calvert and Third ing of Pitcher Russ Christopher Baseman Ken Keltnet arrived fat BO YES SPRINGS Calif— It alo Lafayette Ind camp Pitcher Steve Gromek only one wearing Chelini Oakland Oaks hurler rubber shirt to reduce weight who left baseball in 1943 after Chicago CubsH— Manager Charley suffering a double arm fracture Grimm planned first p is now in fine shape and may game! today at French Lick with pitch against the McClellan field himself at first! and Coaches Roy nine next Sunday Johnson Red Smith and Milt Stock in the lineup SAN FRANCISCO — San Cincinnati Re£s —For the second Francisco Seal regulars The pounded straight day Reds announced sign- fivie runs off Dick Elliott yestering of a pitcher yes- day to win a 3 victory over the terday It was Horace "Hod" Lisen-be- e Yannigans Who played with Syracuse last j year SAN JOSE — Helser Don Senators — First Pulford Wandel Roy Washington Mosser and Jack Baserjnan Joe Kuhel and Rookie Mooty were scheduled to arrive at Pitchfer Al Ross reported the Portland Beavers' spring trainSt Louis Cardinals— First Base- ing camp man jRay Sanders who batted in ing staff today to swell the pitchmorei than 100 runs last year signed contract! SACRAMENTO— The Sacramento Solons will hold their first exhibition game of the spring training season today when they meet the Fairfield-Suisu- n Army Air Base i over-zealo- us Dale White Tosses in six-thr- ee Buzolieh Is Poinf Star hn Jl"? draft boards 4nd couple of moifths havl been inducting into service viously classified as j s i 33 NprfhwesHo Hold Six Golf Events cult since many entries have survivors of in the northern erratic play during the Region 1 andplayin playoffs with ipvie: teams from other sections Three season more are members of the Big Six Generally however Prpvo the embracing Salt Lake City and defending champion and Granite nearby high schools 1945 champion of the Big Six That leaves Provo to repwere rated probable class A win- resent the rest only of the state ners and Wasatch was regarded as South Cache is the Region 1 TIT likely to retain the class B title it champion Box Elder is runner-u- p DURHAM won a year ago Weber is third and North Cache Ari application of "the Utah IndusAmerican Fork Spanish Fork fourth The latter won its tourtrial league for membership in the and Murray were rated strongest ney spot only by defeating Carbon wauonai Association of Profession-a- l challengers to Wasatch's class B high of Price Baseball Teams has East high of Salt Lake City Dasupremacy down President W4l G Bramham were Practice vis sessions high of Kaysville and Granite arranged sid today for all 16 teams yesterday and to- suburban Salt Lake City school Bramham head of the minor day to give the prepsters a chance represent the Big Six Granite is leagues said he would not approve to get the feel of the boards at the league's champion applications! of riewi leagues and KANSAS CITY March 14 (AT1 Deseret gymnasium tourney the In the class B division Spanish Wiould discourage restoration of Because Pete Fogo national intersite Fork is Nebo division champion sspenaea leagues to active status collegiate basketball tournament Elimination throughout the Manti is titlist in Region 4 and Uhtil manpower and transportation individual DAVISVILLE R I March 14 state resulted play in the selection of Moab won the honors in Region 5 record holder scoring i6w axe imcveu American Fork won Alpine divive ui uur leuows in tne fox- (AP)— The world's largest indoor the 16 teams holes" Big Nick Buzolieh Pepper-din- e Four of the class A teams are sion's first place Murray track— the five-la- p board running captured (Los Angeles) star passed bp saucer top honors in the Jordan division constructed the a chance to set a new mark Camp by and Delta is Region 6 champion last kndicott SeaJbees and rated by nignx Richfield won a tourney spot by Buzolieh racked up 20 points 'in Gunder Haegg as "ideal''— will be the Region 6 playoff by winning me xirsi nan ot Fepperdine's runners-u- p 2 thoroughly tested tonight by: a victory over Pm Wasatch defending champion MEMPHIS Tenn Mar 14 (UP) Teachcers large group of the east's outstandand went through its Summit division The Memphis Chicks todav tp- - the way to beating Fogo's mark !o£ ing speedsters schedule without a defeat to win the acquisition of Gene 38 set in the 1942 trmrnpv and Haakon LIdman his pprted and Haegg its tourney ticket But Buzolieh sat out much lot Swedish hurdling compatriot took Omar Lane both in-- f Morgan Weber is given an even chance felders from the San Diego club me second naif and contented? turns on the new track him- two-la- p of beating Provo in the very first self with passing to someone else last night during the Rhode Island vi me jracinc uoast league round by critics of The Standard-Examinttlh exchange for the two players when he was on the floor He fin- interscholastic meet before 9000 COLUMBUS O March 14 (AP) the Chicks gave San Diego 28 ished with Harold G Olsen chairman of the Box Elder Weber and South Seabees points contract of Bobby McNamara the N C A A basketball tournament Cache loom as the Why didn't he go after the recis "It can on ideal run I it northern diwho has been on the in- - ord? r much better than on the Madison committee announced today that vision hotshots and either of these "I don't know that I could have Garden track" Haegg said Tt officials representing each of the teams has the players to romp afpve list smce 1939 beaten Pete's mark" said the seems perfect for my running four N C A A districts would home with the title seven-inc- h work in the two national collegiate center Pepperdine Attention who is toot tall to get into the form" basketball tournaments next week Tonight's feature event Drobabiy at armed services! "But even if! I will Kansas City and New York be a national championship could have done Olsen it I didn't feel explained that the reason encore Trappers! much like trying when we were Ef aw and Coast put on by Forest for having four officials in each Guardsman Clayso far ahead Fogo was a Pepper-din- e ton was "ari effort to bring Farrar Efaw defeated Farrar tournament Highest Prices HELP WANTED man too you know He's over a more about uniform interpretaless two than in vards by Nw tion of the rules Paid in Europe in the army and he's York last week-en- d to exchange with a 9:287 ideas on how the and won the purple heart I didh t rules should be etiort Formuch care about breaking his recinterpreted" ord" No official will work howevpr! nOUSEWIFE who enjoys West Texas Rtat in a game involving a team from meeting the public Here's his district in the eastern and westQ?rter-final- 5 by beating 3 Wichita ern division playoffs Olsen added an opportunity to engage Also Buyer of The Doane Tigers of Crete Nek rne officials are: Hides Pelta and zurnished the h?r nimr(u'tn in the fascinating field of Eastern division at New York— Wool night by puttmg eastern WashingDistrict 1 Ed Boyles of Belmont ton out of the tourney The WashMarketing Surveys in CAPE GIRARDEATT Ma: Marrh Mass: District 2 Tut Melman of ington five seeded in the lower 14 (AP)— Pete Gray Homestead Pa District 3 James your spare time Part-tim- e bracket and boasting one of the rookie outfielder in Biersdorfer of Cincinnati Ohio workers will receive nations three high scorers In Jack here With the St LoitK Ftrnwn District 4 Glenn Adams of Colum Perrault lost out in th final ca- - will break into the American bus Ind Biersdorfer will repreexcellent salary with exonds Bob Cox Doane center league champions' lineup solely on sent the Third district since all COMPANY broke a 0 tie with a neat field his ability as a baseball nlaver of his officiating has been done in pense allowance Previous and Gene Else goal not as a that area forward Olsen sideshow Tiger attrac possible Colorado explained Formerly experience helpful but added a sneaker shot in th final tion Western division at Kansas Animal trict five seconds after Co eastern Wash 5 John Lance of PittsCharles Dewitt club lerrptnrv- not necessary Write givT said the Browns bought ington naa made a free throw burgh' Kan District 6 Abb Curtis ing hours and days availof Fort Worth Tex District 7 Union because his minor Ogden Gray Gail of Smith record including two good league Salt Lake City Utah able to Box A-- 7 Standard-ExaminStock Yards New Law Urged with Memphis of the Southernyears As- District 8 Art McLarney of Seatsociation indicated he was rpariu tle Wash No certificate LjVS ANGELES March 14 mm for the majors of A federal law to ban availability needed for "We have never had any inten- age of 6 in a farm accident Since betting fan all amateur and professional ath- tion of e part-timwork exploiting Pete" Dewitt then he has use of his letic contests was urged today bv Said "He's on trial ns a hall left arm and developed reshort stub that ouumern racmc ie Amateur Atr player' I mains of his right to an amazing etic union -ray lost his right arm at the degrea in handling a ball I word healthy" to serve I expected to be augmented today when most of the missing regulars were slated to arrive baUfmiarf-- T chose : COLLEGE PARK Md — The skeleton squad of pitchers and catchers working out in the Wash ington Nationals baseball camp was FREDERICK Md—Jim Reidy one of the 'teen aged youngsters getting his big chance in the major leagues this season drew praise today from the Philadelphia Athletics' batsmen who tried without success to hit his fast ball ?'v t J ! i ISrA'SES Sh-J- words ' 1 "s:- '' 1 w it-J- Want Luck on Their Side : i H f in all the stories about read The expression vari-tappear- ed for ' j lUICJliY ht ge J ge ' The combination of these By Jack Cuddy ous conditions produced a situa- -' United Press Staff NEW YORK March 14— Presi tion of such gravitythat you dent Roosevelt's 1945 okeh to bet your last buck the president's followed thorough investiga oasepau was tne most impuu-mok- eh tion and long deliberation You Hershel Martin Says Harbor It was far more significant than his experimental "green can bet also that if he were not completely convinced that baseball light" of 1942 Throwing Arm effect had proved its wartime worth in When the president said "play ball" at yesterday's yesterday's words never would In Good conference his attitude indi have been spoken and the naShape Now press gone cated clearly that professional tional pastime would have baseball— the nation's key sport — the way of racing and late-nigThat it entertainment It was too touchy had passed the hump By United Press PLEASANTVILLE N J March had proved its worth i the war a problem to kiss off with pleasantries 14 (UP) —Outfielder Pete Fox of eiiort D R gave a reassuring is true that the president modF It the Boston Red Sox was a lone to the diamond game just ified his blessing by repeating some guy today He was the only when the nation is approaching that he did not believe baseball healthy men player on hand as the team estab its peak in fighting production should use perfectly more do something and could who when casualties it He gave lished spring training facilities for v war effort useful 'f the in the is with congress wrestling the first time moda minor seems To us this manpower problem He gave it because of the wofds ification when is the still adjustcountry CAPE GIRARDEAU Mo — Pete itself to the drastic curfew "perfectly healthy" Although the ing outfielder fort the Gray when the turf world is still president as usual was not quotSt Louis Browns is grateful for and hoping directly at the press confertne attention but he said today ing ban for a removal o( the rac- ed ence the words "perfectly healthy" he'd like to get away from the publicity and settle down to the one-arm- main event of the weekly Veterans £ Foreign Wars program Thurs- ay night at Ogflen high "Jim with the greatest fondos U rated of all time He still is a capable wrestler C I "I won my title the hjard way and have defended it successfully fn all parts of thp United States nd Canada I have the National Wrestling association belt and will put it on the lin any time I "Nothing would please me more than to risk my crown against lim Londos Londos passed his I don't ?eak many years ago think he would be any kind of match r for me However 11 Londos would acceDt a bout in Ogden Salt Lake or even in a gymnasium I'd take him on I'm not interested In the money from such a match Id merely like to squelch vonde and for all time the fact that ma4y Utahns still th world's champion rte Londos hold a terrific weight over Londos and besides that my youth wojuld also be in y favor Following by matches this ek in Utah I'll return to the wars However if f eastern mat Jiifn Matchmaker Downing or any cither promote cab get Londos 4ame on the 1 ne ITU defend my j cjrown" I Middlekauff will (hold a weight advantage over Longson in the headliner on Thursday Ogden Pete Elmer and Chief night Thunderbird will provide the ac-- ! tion in the other headliner Bits of Sports Banter 1 Utah and Idaho will be represented in the National A A U basketball tournament at Denver Idaho Simplots starting Sunday Will carry the colors of Idaho and the winners of jthe Bushnell tournament Thursday night will rep- iiic wi iririi uybtJii vtcb :LiQ05VC?ii Bon Uiiiform with Bring On Jim Londos — Longson Ogden andi Salt Lake City fans have been wondering ust why two world champions have appeared i in Utah luring the past! two weeks! Bill Longson of Salt Lake City Is the recognized INWA cfiampion and Jim Longson the Golden Greek says he has never lost the crown I lb '' ! " 1 ADVAHGED SEATS Oil SALE AT ' - - ' v- - ' smokery bnkuiCiVVAt iiiij " ado-a- ia 2315 Washington blvd oin&bi - : j General Admission Reserved Section Ringside Including Taxj Service Men and Students With Activity Cards j Including Tax $120 $185 GOOD BUS SERVICE 60t $240 |