Show fabuJLiMj Ma §PORT HIGHWAY -- at Wjij Jf 1 I Y Edwards Gives t IB They Lead Wildcats HHHr Robinson New York World Tele- NEW YORK Sept 25 in 42 years Called in from Mobile in of last year with only a year of experience in organized baseball Edwards like a veteran to help the caught to Brooklyns a play-of- f with the Cardinals And his one year of apprenticeship was interrupted long enough for the youngster to compile sl splendid war record in Europe Edwards is as quick as they come plays the game right up to the hilt' in CincinDuring a double-headnati the other afternoon he dived 15 feet through the air to catch a pop foul The Brooks were leading 2 at the moment but that didn't stop Edwards from risking his neck Edwards has been throwing with a sore arm practically all season It was so bad for awhile that runners took liberties but no longer He is a rapid and accurate thrower a smacking right-han- d distance hitter Edwards just grew that way Baseball men who knew him then say he was just as good a catcher while in high school A year ago a young St Louis Italian Joe Garagiola attracted at tention in the world series catching for the Cardinals This fall the kid who lives across the street from Garagiola on The Hill in St Louis gets his big chance as the Yankees' number on man He is Lawarnce (correct) Berra no winner in a beauty contest but a corking catcher and a thumping d distance hitter with a penchant for hitting bad balls : ''W The Yankees contend Ebbets field is built for him He pulls the ball belts it to right center Yogi Berra has a strong arm but if he has a weakness it is that in throwing he at times is a bit erratic He may not look the part but Berra the life of the Yankee party is an intelligent catcher an excellent handler of pitchers Despite his awkward appearance he is not precisely slow He is a good base runner has excellent judgment wastes no time getting away or getting to where he is Two of the outstanding Weber collere rrldderx TJnvH Thomnson left and Merrill Crosbie will serve as of the Wildcats the season which opens Friday night at the stadium Weber during meets Idaho State in the opener and the kickoff is set for eight p m Crosbie is a tackle and Thompson a halfback co-capta-ins er Weber Idaho State Clash 9-- Friday Night at ' mm 20-1- Leo Asks tor His Status In Baseball rs er Gard-Web- Costner Gains Mit Verdict - d 138 CINCINNATI Sept 25 (AP)-Waof baseMulbry ball said todaysecretary Leo Durocher's suspension automatically ends with the conclusion of the world spHm next month and that Commissioner A B Chandler had advised the former manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers he was free to negotiate for a job for 1948 Mulbry said Durocher had writ ten Chandler asking if he was correct in his assumption that his suspension last April 9 ended after the playing of the world series and if he then would be free to negotiate for a position in 1948 Chandler wrote Durocher that he was correct in the assumption Mulbry added Earlier it had been reported that uurocner who was suspended because he "has not measured nr to standards expected of managers of our baseball teams" had appealed to Chandler for reinstatement TRAP SHOOTERS SKEET SHOOTERS SPORTSMEN Here is the news you have been waiting for TONIGHT 8 O'CLOCK A meeting of all interested shooters will be held at the City and County Building The purpose of the meeting is to elect lter Charles James K M mWmmmmmwmM TIME: 8 O'CLOCK DATE: TONIGHT PLACE: CITY-COUNT- Y BLDG OGDEN GUN CLUB Comm COMMITTEE Hal Welch Bill Richardson 4611 Jack Gealta 6637 6601 Hal Armstrong 6763 Portland Oakland Seattle Hollywood Sacramento 79 80 86 95 94 87 88 93 85 96 82 99 77 104 Pet 564 558 525 432 By the Associated Press 'irst division in the Pacific Coast league race was decided today but San Francisco Los Angeles Portland and Oakland now in that order may be shuffled about come Sunday and the end o£ the long season regular The Seals and Angels have clinched first and second but San Francisco is onlyplaces one game ahead and there are five to play so anything can still hap- pen Similarly Portland and Oakland nave sewed up the third and fourth spots but they too are only a game apart with five each to go However neither Portland nor PHOENIX Ariz Sept 25 (UP) — The Phoenix Farm Fresh Market and Oklahoma City Okla teams remained undefeated today in the national softball congress men's world's championship tournament after last night's easy victories Phoenix swept over the Mount 1 on Dennis Athletic association Loof Paul the three-hi- t pitching g pez who whiffed 16 in the contest Oklahoma City dropped the Tulsa Okla Firemen 2 as Clyde Woods limited his Oklahoma rival to only two hits Waco Tex United Tile Co defeated the Rochester N Y Bonaldi Brothers post 2 and the Gainesville Fla nine was eliminated by Milwaukee 4 The Seattle Wash White CenCan San ter A C vs Toronto Foods vs Palomar Diego Cal Tulsa Milwaukee vs Harold's club of Reno Nev and Waco vs Piatt Rogers of Lafayette' Col were sc h ed ul ed tonight Ed White 8655 seven-innin- mmuM9ummuumuummaaauuuuuuur BBMBsSBMHHim W 92 85 83 79 73 68 61 60 Pet L 58 64 613 67 70- - 80 83 90 89 GB 570 6Va 533 9 530 477 450 404 403 12 Va 20Mi 23 Vi 31 Vk 31 Wednesday's Results 002 020 010 — 5 St Louis 000 100 000—1 Pittsburgh SALT LAKE CITY Sept 25 (UP) Munger and Rice Roe Swell SinCollapsing after three quarters of gleton and Howell Salkeld 32-1- 400 000 010—5 Chicago 200 100 021 — 6 Cincinnati Schmidt Meers Laid Kush and Schef-flin- g Erautt Lively Raffenburger Gumbert Peterson and Lamano New York 000 006 000 —6 202 000 010 — 5 Brooklyn Hansen Beggs Trinkle Kennedy and Cooper Gregg Ramsdell Pa lie a Barney and Hodges fast-tirin- even-steve- 3) American League New York Detroit Boston Cleveland Philadelphia Chicago Washington St Louis W 96 82 81 80 76 68 62 57 636 543 536 533 507 450 413 380 GB 5-- 12 15 15 V4 19Vi 28 33 38 Vi Wednesday's Results 200 100 000 2—5 Detroit ' Chicago 101 000 er 5-- 9-- L Pet 55 69 70 70 74 83 88 93 6-- 001 1 —4 Geb-ria- n Three Sparkle For Reds Against Cubs Hutchinson and Swift Papish Caldwell and Dickey 210 042 000—9 Cleveland St Louis 000 001 000—1 Feller and Hegan Kinder Brown and By the Asociated Press Moss Three former Utah players were rm in the lineup Wednesday for CTh- cinnati as the Reds tipped the Fight Results Chicago Cubs 6 to 5 Frank Bumholtz and Bobby AdBy The Associated Press ams Red players reOAKLAND Calif — George "Su- sumed their at right field positions outgar" Costner 153 Cincinnati Each base second batted in and pointed Allen 10Faulkner 153 Buf- a run and was credited with a falo N Y sacrifice hit Baumholtz who apat bat four times got one peared CLEVELAND — Chuck Hunter hit and made three put out s Ad- 165 Cleveland outpointed Ossie ams got two for two at bat and "Buldog" Harris 163 Pittsburgh was credited with two putouts and W ex-Ogd- en 10 six assists Young Kent Peterson one-tim- e PROVIDENCE R I— Joey An-ge- o pitcher for the South High Cubs 139 Providence T K O in Salt Lake City appeared as Leo Maclucci 134 Berlin N H 8 the last of five pitchers for the Reds and was credited with the JERSEY CITY—Ernie Durando victory He issued no bases on 152 balls and one hit in his Bayonne outpointed Edco New York 8 Greenwood 155 chore He did not appear at bat HARTFORD Conn — Dennis Jack Lohrke started for the Patrick Brady 132 New York out- New York Giants at third base in a pointed Ermanno Bonnetti 139 game which the Giants won from one-inni- ng 10 the pennant-winnin- g Brooklyn 6 to 5 The former Twin Dodgers NEW YORK — Lloyd Gibson Falls infielder singled in one trip 159 Cincinnati T K O Bill plateward and made one putout Poli 165 Milan Italy 4 and two assists on the field Italy 519 Oakland can overtake either Los 486 Angeles or San Francisco 470 In any event the cup 453 playoff will begin governor's Sept 30 in San 13-- COME TO NORTH DOOR TEMPORARY Los Angeles L Period' Attack Brooklyn St Louis Boston ' New York Cincinnati Chicago Pittsburgh Philadelphia ll Francisco and Los Angeles with the first place club being host to the third placer and the second team as host to the fourth placer If there are first division ties e they'll be decided in 29 sept piayons Seals The kept their edge by beating San Diego 4 last night Los Angeles kept pace by trim2 ming Sacramento with the am ot tne ol relief ace Jess Dobernic Oakland clinched a first division place by thumping Seattle 3 Hollywood trimmed Portland 7 as Andy Skurski stole home in the ninth with the winning tally Portland outhit Hollywood 0 one-gam- 8-- 4-- 6-- 8-- 14-1- B Spell-Hinde- r! Phoenix Remains In Tournament officers and form the organization you wish to run your gun club COME AND BRING A FRIEND 102 101 Bruce Edwards was Just as good in nin school x 4— National League Clippers Win With Last 3-- Hil Final Week of Play By the Associated Press W Berra 4-- 3) Coasl Teams Jpd — TOouGM&rasacsGOBdaGHSQasNaHaisssBaKA Ebbets field was built for Yogi left-han- pre-gam- ae 6-- rugged play Salt Lake's Seagulls dropped a 4 game last night to the San Francisco Clippers before 7000 fans who jammed Derks field here for the opener of the Pacific coast pro football season The Clippers blazed through for three fast tallies in the closing quarter taking to the air to take in pass deadvantage of a lapse g fenses by the 'Gulls The San Francisco crew drew first blood scoring midway in the first quarter with 80 yards of smooth passing in two tries The 'Gulls scored 14 points in the second and n with the Clipplayed pers through the third canto Vic Ramus' bullet passing coupled with faulty Salt Lake defense set the Clippers for their victory drive Salt Lake San Francisco le Howard Byrne It Chamberlain Cantwell Plichti lg Holmgreen c Davis Fish White Smith rg rt Canavan Spendlove Lee re Welcher Soffe Tucker qb Cain hb Klotvich Ramus hb Howard H Adelt fb Franceschi Score by quarters 7 7 0 18 —32 San Francisco 0 14 0 0—14 Salt Lake S F touchdowns— Scoring: Ramus Franceschi 2 Howard and Gordon Salt Lake—Huck and Gay Adelt Points after — S F Reid 2 S L — Sorensen 2 (all placekicks) going Officials — Hodgson Evans Mag-e- l Behind Berra Bucky Harris by and Woolley rather surprisingly lists Sherman Lollar brought in from Newark in time to be eligible The Arkansas Minor Traveler swats a long ball to left League Results field The Associated Press Aaron Robinson is third because By Coast League Pacific he no longer hits the homerun ball 8 San Diego 4 San Francisco that was his last year The pitchers 4 Los Sacramento 2 Angeles must have found out something Hollywood 8 Portland 7 about the South Carolinian Oakland 6 Seattle Ralph Houk won't get in The International League Major earned the right to catch what games he did for the New (Final playoffs) York club largely on hustle The Syracuse 10 Buffalo 3 (Syracuse management does not consider him wins a major league catcher American Association Backing up Edwards for the (Final playoffs) Brooks are Bobby Bragan and Gil Louisville 11 Milwaukee 1 ' (teams are tied Hodges Bragan is a capable catcher and a very good hitter but slower than that last horse you bet on The Body Hodges one day should be a remarkable catcher and a hitter but right rousing long-banow he is a decidedly green hand who doesn't hit the ball out of the county nearly often enough But unless Bruce Edwards and Yogi Berra are injured the world? series catching will be in the hands of youngsters with old heads on their shoulders Next: The infields Stadium Big Crowd Looms st Lees-McCr- five-innin- It mattered little that Rookie Willard' Ramsdell who came in after Gregg was lifted for a pinchhitter blew a comfy lead and j 5 tne Dan game Gregg had looKed tine in nis turn The day before it was Hatten the lefty who has specialized in clubs going beating second division five innings at a three-h- it pace Ralph Branca and Vic" Lombard! who figure ahead of Gregg and Hatten in Manager Burt Shotton's scheme of things get their final dress rehearsals tonight Lombardi is slated to work three innings in the completion of the unfinished flp game of August 17 and Branca is slated to go at least five in the regular scheduled game with the Phillies It probably will be their last work before the series opener Tuesday Hugh Casey has not been in a ball game since September 12 He reported a sore arm and has been sidelined ever since Shotton may have to trust the bullpen chore m to Hank Behrman and Clyde KingJF Cincinnati picked to scramble for the cellar with the Phillies clinched fifth place a fine tribute to Freshman Manager Johnny Neun The Reds shaded Chicago 5 George Munger hurled his secfor his ond straight three-hitt16th win a 1 edge for St Louis over Pittsburgh practically wrapping up second place for the Card- - X inals SKI Bobby Feller finally became the first American league pitcher to win 20 games subduing the St Louis Browns 1 Detroit stretched its second place game margin over Boston to a full 4 in 10 by nosing out Chicago innings All eastern clubs in the American and Boston and Philadelphia in the National were not scheduled Jtt stretch mid-seas- on West U S C over Washington State — Hiya ole buddy Navy over California — Sure I rmm hr Iowa over U C L A — You saved my life Texas over Oregon — And you loaned me money S M U over Santa Clara — Nope! No tickets! Also: Oregon State over Utah' Stanford over Idaho Arizona over and Brigham Young Wyoming over Montana State si run-happ- picnic but he rapidly worked off the excess Supervisor of Umpires Bill Klem who has kept a sharp eye S£ thT Jt11 hat time- - considers finest young catcher to break into the National league gram "Football's Man of the Year" by Bill Leiser of San Francisco Chronicle and Bert McGrane of the Des Moines Register "The N C A A Sanity Code" by Bill Reed of the Big Nine conference "FootWeber College and Idaho State gridders tapered off ball Oddities" by Jimmy Evans Illinois over Pitt — You don't "The Spirit of Notre Dame" by want tickets? in preparation for their season opener Charles Callahan and "Compton Michigan over Michigan State— today with light drills Well sit of down Jack friend College" by at Ogden stadium Friday at eight p m Both teams are proChicago Ryan Minnesota over Washington — Daily News nounced fit and ready for a four-perio- d Bernie Price one of the greatest You want money? struggle — — A Indiana over Nebraska Hear pivot stars of all time has signed The Idahoans will be out to his Harlem Globetrotters basket- what I told the other guy? 3 F I avenge a defeat handed to m ball contract But Bernie won't Northwestern over Vanderbilt — m at them Pocatello last season We be doing his playing this coming Hope! No money either! season on the Globetrotters' twen- Also: Ohio State over Missouri ber on the other hand wants to annual team instead as Iowa State over Colorado Wiscon add another victory to their string one of the key men in the Harlem sin over Purdue Marquette over of many years against the Poca Globetrotters he has South Dakota Toledo over Case telloans been assigned organization Kansas over the coveted task of Denver Oklahoma managing the Kansas City Stars over Detroit: Colorado Aggies over Injuries will keep two regulars the Globetrotters crack associated Drake and Utah State over Wich out of the Idaho lineup Coach-Joh- n i quintet owned by the same man- ita Vesser announces The Weber team South-Wes- t agement The six foot three and one-ha- lf one exception is set and with T C U over Oklahoma Aggies — inch Price also plans to play with Joe for a torrid battle Coach NEW Ml 25 YORK ole ready (AP) Sept pal how'sa kid? the Kansas City Stars where bis Texas Milt over Texas Mecham states Tech Leo The case is Aggies Durocher back in wide experience at the pivot posi- — How'sa wife and children? Dave tion should aid him in developing news a Mayor Romney Secretary today with report from Arkansas over Denton State — athe future pivot stars for the Harlem Tickets? source whose identity cannot be E J Fjeldsted and President H globetrotters State over Texas Mines disclosed that the former Brooklyn A Dixon of Weber college will JlPrice originally came to the — Kansas Show e this stranger the manager has appealed to Baseball take part in the Boy! cereGlobetrotters in 1938 from Toledo door Commissioner A B Chandler for monies' President Dixon will where he had played with the Topinch reinstatement and that Chandler hit for ledo Ciralsky Packers He put in South Chairman Leonard Diehl has the answered appeal five seasons with the Trotters beL S U over Rice — A dame A brisk seat sale is reported for "Any correspondence between ing out in 1943 and 1944 when he to see me tne the first of four home games for commissioner and DuroCflK Duke over North Carolina — What would be played with the Chicago Stude-bakeunnecessary" Walter tne webentes in the National Pro league can I do for you? Ticket offices at the stadium will to the Mulbry secretary-treasurBoth those years he was among Alabama over Tulane — Oh! at seven p m open commissioner's office said last the circuit's top scorers He had East "We in Cincinnati "Durocher's anticipate a fine sate sale" night bis biggest season with the Trot— said Athletic over Director Reed Swen- Hello? Villanova was season for the and Army suspension ters in 1945 when he scored 1682 over N Y U—Glad to the world series That will be oyer son today "I believe the interest Temple points mainly from his masterfully-hand- come old pal is far ahead of that of other years in a few days led pivot — position "Our schedule is an attractive Cross over is Dartmouth Durocher Holy Although formally A superlative ball handler and one so it's all off and we feel that our attendnot on listed the active Okay Dodger cool performer in the heat of imance will surpass all previous camroster same source out the of East the Pacific pointed portant games he scored the win— that ft was common baseball pro- paigns at the stadium" b over ning points against the Chicago Students of the college will hold cedure for a man suspended Bruins when the Globetrotters de- Operator? a football a "from" at elevto club's list be assembly reinHendrix over Ozarks— Listen feated them to win the world's a m Members ofFriday en team "to" the stated same the list will professional championship tourna- Millie tell everybodyE I'mC in China— Burt Shotton hurriedly named have places of honor on the stand Sunflower over Miss ment in the spring of 1941 in Chito fill Durocher's job for 1947 has Captains and workers of the seaAnd oh yes Millie the fin I'll won cago a pennant and established son ticket drive will also be on no But tickets! pay you Friday He suffered a badly shattered himself with the Dodger paying hand Speakers will be Chairman leg in an accident in the sumcustomers who set a new National Leonard Diehl Mayor David Rommer of 1945 and it was thought league attendance record of J ney Rex Bachman E J Fjeldhis playing days were over How807586 in the home season com- sted and others Student Body ever he Joined the GlobetrotPresident Lawrence Burton will pleted yesterday ters after the 1946 season got At Los Angeles Durocher said preside under way and played in a "Last winter I said I hoped jto time capacity In the seasonpart OAKLAND Calif Sept 25 (UP) manage Brooklyn until the of dayfl 1947 his leg came around "Sugar" Costner 153 Cin- died that still goes" nicely George as the months advanced he cinnati won a battle of left hooks Would he be back with the improved greatly climaxing his last night when he took a decision Dodgers next year? A ready reply efforts with the greatest display from Allen Faulkner 153 Buffalo brought "I can't say a thing about of pivot play ©VCF Sffri Hut-N Y in the main event of a that until I see Mr That's in? the teams sensational tour fight card at Oakland auditorium Branch Rickey bigRickey" chief of the of the Hawaiian Islands in April Dodgers of 1947 Had he received feelers or ofcasions The Trotters are dated in aPPeai-ein Ogden Utah in late December en route fers to replace Billy Herman at and Logan on many oc- - to the Pacific coast Pittsburgh? "None at all" ly-nr- Gregg Gregg who may be the darkhorse of the series warmed up for series duty yesterday by shutting out the y home New York Giants with one hit over a g old-fashion- ed the right National North Carolina over Georgia — Choo choo justice steams again and Georgia without Charley Trip-p- i figures to take a ride in a replay of the disputed Sugar Bowl game The Tarheel line helps justice balance the scales mm that way in the final tuneups of the Brooklyn and New York starters Not to be outdone by the Yankees who daily parade a mound gem the Dodgers' staff newjJ Wr been showing great form in has re-- l cent efforts of Joe Hatten and Hal over-eatm- By Oscar Frawley NEW YORK Sept 25 (UP) — Follies or picking the Fraley's week-en- d football winners with a world series ticket line to the left and the bill collectors forming to ' 5°oks as the "battle lnthe bullpens" but it hasn't looked d??Ln v Oregon State Grid Favorite ' By Jack Hand (Associated Press Sports Writer) The 1947 World Series may go (NEA) Bruce Edwards "eivoc" " a decided bulge )n the worldAJoagers series catching Bull Edwards' only weakness is g That and old age is all that will ever get him out of the league say learned baseball men When he reported in Havana last spring the Sacramento youth looked like a member of the fat men's team at an Fraley Makes Mid-We- World Series Catchers Second of six dispatches on the World Series By Harry Grayson NEA Sports Editor " S Series Looms As Battle Of Bull Pens In Catching Rambling Around the Sports World New York Yankees have been established 7 to 5 favorites to annex the 1947 world series The Yankee Bombers are also given the edge in the series opener next Tuesday " at Yankee stadium Upwards of 70000 fans are ex- peeled to take in contests at the Bombers field Ebbets field in Brooklyn seats under 40000 Ellison Ketchum of Denver uni versity has initiated basketball practice Drills opened last night in the Pioneer gymnasium The Pio neers meet St Johns of New York in Madison Square Garden in one the first college games of the new campaign in December The once colorful American Basketball league has nearly dene a complete fadeout Salt Lake Pocatello Los Angeles San Diego and Kansas City teams have all called it quits' This leaves only Sacramento Oakland Denver and Bartlesville left in the circuit The 1947 edition of "College Football Illustrated" is off the press and will soon be on sale at the newsstands over the entire country It contains over 150 thrilling action pictures of the leading collegiate teams of the nation along with complete schedules for 1917 and complete results of last season also final standings of all maof last season jor conferences Feature articles in this year's edition are "If I Had It To Do Over Again" by Bert LaBrucherie head football coach U" C L A "Coach of the Year" by Laurence STANDARD-EXAMINE- R THURSDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER 25 1947 Bums Edge v$ fMHHMp THE OGDEN (UTAH) HBHBBBBBBIBBBBS '''' Always M til t 0 to make a hit ! 4-- has switched to Calvert because Calvert is of 4030 ( AIVKHT Ro4 Drnd HSS Fa Hl'St'Huv r£r2°£--8 Grain Neutral Spirits 4-- 5-- Ever since the great Dan! 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