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SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1943—B—4
Win, Lose or Draw
By BURTON HAWKINS,
The Junior Literary Society Debates Sports
The Junior Literary Society of Charlotte Hall School, which annually
has been stirring up a debate for more than a century, this year has
selected a sports topic for discussion and a defender of the negative
side is so dejected over the assignment that he is reduced to writing us
in the hope w»e may help him in his homework.
"My team is soon to engage in a debate with another team of the
school,” writes John Morrow, a student. "This debate has been an annual
event of this school for over a century.
"Because our debate for this year is connected with your profession
is why I am writing you,” explains John. The debate is: Resolved that
professional sports should be abolished for the duration of the present war
plus six months.
"We debaters of the Junior Literary Society are defending the nega
tive side and would appreciate very
much if you would be so kind as to
send us any of your opinions and
recommendations for getting addi
tional material concerning this
question. We feel that you might
be interested and we would be
grateful for a reply.”
John Jockeys a Winner
Offhand, John, we’d say you’re
on the winning side before you
start. But before you start how
about dropping around to what
ever teacher selected the subject
and ask what the heck is the reason
for the “plus six months” stipula
tion? Is everybody going to be so
frayed following the war that it will
require six months for them to
recuperate to the point of watching
athletes flex muscles for money?
We refuse to be enticed into an
argument over where to draw the
line between professional and ama
teur. The Eastern Amateur Hockey
League, for instance, carries a
phony title. Those highly publi
cized track stars that approach,
tie or break records virtually every
Saturday night aren’t out there
picking ’em up and putting ’em
down just for the fun or it. Those
crisp, green things placed politely
in the palm of the hand frequently
are the inspiration behind a world
record.
Let’s assume the chat, then, will
concern the abolition of sports for
the duration of the war and that
you're agin it. We’ll try’ to give
you a helping hand but it’s fair to
warn you our high school English
teacher probably is smirking at the
effort.
In the first place. John, why pick
on sports? From the health angle
sports serve to get millions out
doors. Theaters don’t serve that
useful purpose, though like sports
they relax and refresh the Nation.
Sports Are Big Business
Baseball, football, etc., represent a
livelihood to thousands. Admissions
to sports events last year totaled
approximately $214,100,000, which
when transformed into salaries feeds
a lot of mouths. It’s a whale of an
industry and those figures are
dwarfed when investments in stadia,
gymnasiums, country clubs, bowling
alleys, etc., are considered.
For the sake of illustration let’s
say your father is an outstanding
. novelist instead of an outstanding
baseball or football player. He’s fine
in his field but it isn't an essential
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field, so let’s assume the Govern
ment issues an order abolishing nov
elists for the duration and, if you
want it that way, six months. How
would it strike you?
Let’s assume, too, that your fath
er is of draft age. When his draft
board wants him it will take him,
just as it’s taking every professional
and amateur athlete it wants. Those
draft boards aren’t making dis
tinctions between shoe salesmen and
second basemen.
If sports were hampering the war
effort the affirmative would have a
more plausible argument, but no less
than President Roosevelt has urged
the continuation of baseball. • After
a conference with Judge Kenesaw
Mountain Landis, commissioner of
baseball, Joseph B. Eastman, di
rector of the Office of Defense
Transportation, said, “Baseball’s co
operation with this office might
serve as a pattern for the Nation.”
It wouldn’t indicate sports are frus
trating the war effort.
Many Stars in Service
Sports may fold of necessity, but
that doesn't mean it's necessary for
them to toss in the towel before
being forced to it. The manpower
drain is hitting sports a terrifically
persuasive punch. From baseball
have gone such figures as Hank
Greenberg. Bob Feller, Cecil Travis.
Ted Williams, Phil Rizzuto and
Johnny Mize, together with hun
dreds of others.
Joe Louis, the world heavyweight
boxing champion, is a soldier.
Adolph Kiefer, holder of all world
backstroke records, and Conrelius
Warmerdam. the pole vault king,
are in the Navy. Don Budge, the
best in tennis, is in the Army, and
so it goes. The sports industry isn’t
shirking, but it deserves no praise
for that.
Then, too. there ts the item of
morale, which seemed a little silly to
us until we saw it work last week
end at Norfolk Naval Training Sta
tion. If they don’t win a game this
season, the Nats w’ill have the satis
faction of knowing they created a
little slice of happiness for thousands
of sailors merely by playing several
games for them.
We could go on and on, John,
but you probably get the idea. Sports
aren’t essential, but they’re desir
able. Let ’em hang on as long as
possible if for no other reason than
nobody is being hurt and a lot of
people are being helped as the
* result of sports.
Peck, Brilliant Dodger Rookie,
Has No Chance to Win Berth
Foot Hurt in Hunting Accident, He Must
Report to Army When It Is Healed
By JUDSON BAILEY,
Associated Press Sports Writer.
NEW YORK. April 10.—One of
the best major league prospects
ever to get up to the big show with
out a chance of staying is Harold
Arthur Peck of the Brooklyn
Dodgers.
Peck was one of the stars of the
Milwaukee Brewers last season and
led the American Association in
total hits. He was such a prize that
even though he shot two toes off
his left foot in a hunting accident
last September, Larry MacPhail
bought him for a fancy price.
Peck’s problem now is this—his
foot has not yet mended sufficiently
for him to earn an outfield berth
with the Dodgers and when it does
get well he must report for induc
tion.
This seems a hopeless circle for
the immediate baseball ambitions of
the 26-vear-old swatter from Gen
esee Depot, Wis.
“I still feel quite a bit of pain,’’
Hungering for Glory,
Galento Dons Mitts
Tony, in Hard Training,
Shoots for Crown
By the Associated press.
ORANGE. N. J., April 10.—Two
ton Tony Galento likes the glory
that goes with big-time boxing, he
said last night, announcing plans to
re-enter the ring for another shot at
the heavyweight title.
“I'm not in this just for the
money,'* explained the 33-.vear-old
Galento at his tavern. "I like the
glory. I like this hand-shaking
business.”
Galento, who used to lean toward
beer and spaghetti as a training
diet, said he already was down to
serious training at the Orange
YMCA and that he expected to be
ready in five weeks for his first fight.
The rotund former ice man con
ceded. however, that he'd need three
or four warmup fights before he’d
be ready for the big-time again.
Then, said Galento, he'd be inter
ested in meeting Tami Mauriello,
Lee Savold and Jimmy Bivins.
he said today, “but I wear a special
shoe with sponge rubber in the toe
and I do a little running every day.
I don’t know how long it will take to
heal, but I expect to play baseball
somewhere this year.
“I was classified 1A last fall be
fore the^ draft board knew about my
foot. When they examined me they
didn’t give me any new classifica
tion, they just told me and my
doctor to report back as soon as
the foot was well. I figure that I
will be able to get around on it for
a couple of hours a day in a ball
game before I will be in shape for
the Army. I have to wear a special
dress shoe, too, and I wouldn't be
able to do much marching for some
time.’’
Peck is married and the father of
a 9-month-old daughter. He was
classed 3A last September 3 when,
with four games of the Association
schedule remaining, he took advan
tage of an off day to go hunting
near his home—and sent a shotgun
blast into his foot.
MacPhail, then president of the
Dodgers, took the gamble that he
would recover and turned over an
infielder valued at $7,500, Charles
Brewster, and agreed to pay an es
timated $15,000 if the Dodgers de
cided by May 15 to keep Peck.
Surprised, But Rickey Agrees.
This decision now is up to Rickey,
who was amazed to find that his
predecessor had bought a player
whose future was so uncertain, but
agrees Peck is an outstanding pros
pect.
Presumably, if Rickey decides
against returning Peck to Mil
waukee he will option him to Brook
lyn’s Montreal farm club in the
International League because the
Dodgers have eight able-bodied out
fielders.
Peck has made four appearances
as a pinch-hitter for the Dodgers
in exhibition games and collected
one walk and two singles, one of
them an important blow in yes
terday’s victory over the New York
Yankees. Each time a runner has
been substituted for Peck as soon
as he reached first.
Five years ago—Suffolk Downs
bid $100,000 for War Admiral
Seabiscuit match race in July.
\Priddy to Excel Yanks* Gordon at Second, Bluege Believes
12-Year-Old Girl
Bids Seriously
For Dive Title
Early Laurels Seen
For Zoe Ann Olsen,
Third in AAU Meet
By CHARLES CHAMBERLAIN,
Associated Press Sports Writer.
CHICAGO, April 10.—Little Zoe
Ann Olsen of La Parte City, Iowa,
is destined to become one of the Na
tion’s greatest diving stars. Her
mother says so, and gives her about
eight more years to do it.
Zoe Ann is only 12 years old. but
already she is the national junior
indoor diving champion. Last night
she placed third in the 1-meter
event of the national senior women’s
AAU swimming competition.
“I was happy, but not too sur
i prised with her showing,” proudly
confessed Mrs. Art Olsen, wife of a
high school principal and former
YWCA swimming instructor at
Sioux Falls, S. Dak.
Iowa U. Coach Helps Zoe Ann.
‘‘I’ve had to squeeze my gasoline
rationing cards to take her to Water
loo, 33 miles away, and to Cedar
Falls, another 44 miles, because we
don’t have a pool in La Porte City.
We make the trips about three times
a week, and when our coupons run
low we hook rides with friends.
“Then, too, we get up to Iowa City
seveatt times a year, where D. A.
Amtffeer, Iowa U. swimming coach,
chas3#%is boys out of the pool and
gives Zoe Ann valuable instructions.
You can see that my daughter and
I are determined she will become a
great star some day. She’ll prob
ably reach her peak when she’s 18
or 20.”
For the third straight year, Ann
Ross of Brooklyn’s Dragon Club won
the 1-meter diving crown last night,
with Dorothy Ziegler of the host
Medinah Club second.
Multnomah Sweeps Free Style.
The Multnomah Club of Portland,
Oreg., made a strong bid for the
team championship by collecting 10
points as Suzanne Zimmerman,
Brenda Helser and Nancy Merki fin
ished one-two-three in the 100-yard
freestyle. Observers could not re
member another time when a team
so completely dominated an event In
a national meet.
The two Washington (D. C.l rep
resentatives in the 100, Helen Poyner
of Ambassador Club and Jean Ort,
swimming unattached, were elim
inated after reaching the semifinals.
Miss Ort qualified for the semis with
a time of 1:06.3, while Miss Poyner’s
time was 1:07.1.
me Kiviera ciud oi incuanapous,
minus its star, Betty Bemis of the
WAVES, banked five points when
14-year-old Joan Fogle won the 300
yard individual medley.
Finals Set for Tonight.
Following qualifying heats this
afternoon, finals will be held tonight
in the 100-yard backstroke, the 400
yard free-style relay, in which the
Multanomah Club is the defending
titlist; the 220-yard breaststroke,
with Patty Aspinall of Indianapolis
defending, and the 440-yard free
style, with Portland’s Miss Merki
seeking to repeat for the ctampion
ship.
One defending champion. Marilyn
Sahner of the New York Women’s
Swimming Association, failed to re
tain her crown in the 100-yard free
style. She finished in last place
and out of the points, behind Muriel
Mellon of San Diego’s Florence
Chamber Club, who was fourth.
Worlt Champs Rated
No More Than Even
In Browns' Series
3y the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, April 10 —The world
champion St. Louis Cardinals are
no better than a 50-50 bet In the
seven-game city series with the
Browns that was to get under way
today. A year ago the Browns tied
the series although the Cardinals
took the National League flag and
then went on for the world crown.
Prior to that, the Browns had
won the city title for three succes
sive years.
NEW YORK.—The New York
Giants, who have gone unbeaten
through a series of spring games
with service and minor league nines,
j were to collide with the Boston Red
| Sox today. The Sox have been
scored upon only once in their last
35 Innings of play.
Manager Mel Ott chose Cliff Mel
ton and Johnny Wittig for his
pitchers today, while Boss Joe
Cronin of the Sox selected Ken
Chase and Anton Karl.
PHILADELPHIA.—With the Phil
adelphia Americans one up, the
Phillies and the A’s were to resume
their city series today. Johnny
Podgajny was to start for the Na
tional Leaguers with Si Johnson
chucking the final chapters. For
Connie Mack’s nine, It was to be
Lum Harris and Jess Flores.
Elmer Valo, only remaining mem
ber of Mack’s 1942 outfield, has been
ordered to report to his draft board
for an examination today.
Three years ago—Jake Powell
of New York Yankees suffered
brain concussion in exhibition
game with Dodgers.
PRETTY, EH?—Posing here
in the Hollywood manner is
Patty Aspinall of Indianapolis,
outdoor 200 - meter breast
stroke champ and a strong
contender for the indoor title
in the current national senior
women’s indoor meet at Chi
cago. Below, right, is Brook
lyn’s Ann Ross, who success
fully defended her 1-meter
lowboard crown, chatting with
12-year-old Zoe Ann Olsen of
La Porte City, Iowa, rated one
of the most promising per
formers in the country.
—A. P. Wirephotos.
Stanley Cup Triumph
Worth $1,000 Each *
To Red Wings
Hockey Team That Beat
Boston Greatest Ever
On Road, Pilot Says
Br th« Aasocl&ted Prtn.
DETROIT, April 10.—A proud and
happy bunch, the Detroit Red Wings
stowed their Stanley Cup away in a
safe place today and accepted the
toasts of admirers for bringing home
the world hockey championship.
The Wings, who won the cup In
four straight games over the Boston
Bruins, stood to cash In to the ex
tent of about $1,000 each for their
dazzling triumph. They blanked
Boston in the last two games on
Boston ice.
A reduced wartime field in the Na
tional Hockey League playoffs meant
less of a total gate and players'
share, but Owner James Norris of
the Wings tossed in $6,000 in bonuses
for his team and two anonymous
contributors chipped in $1,000 each.
Manager Loses Mother.
Another $500 came from the pro
moter of a show at Olympia Stadium
whose scheduled opening tonight
hinged on a Red Wing victory in
four games.
For Manager Jack Adams, how
ever. the satisfaction of handling his
third Stanley Cup championship
team was tempered by the death of
his 80-year-old mother, Mrs. Sarah
Adams. She died yesterday at her
Fort William, Ontario, home.
Adams received the news after
arriving last night with his team.
He arranged to leave at once for
Fort William, and the Red Wings’
“victory banquet” was postponed.
Adams’ father died a year ago at
Fort William.
Little of the praise for the Red
Wings exceeded that from their own
boss. The veteran pilot and former
player, whose Detroit teams of 1936
and 1937 won the Stanley Cup, said
his current champions were the
"greatest road team I have seen in
my 26 years in hockey.”
Strong Team on Road.
"I have seen a lot of great hockey
teams in my life,” Jack said, "but
never have I seen a team more
potent away from home than these
Red Wings.”
Of their 58 points scored in the
regular season, the Wings accumu
lated 24 on hostile ice. In five play
off games they won two of three in
Toronto and two straight in Boston.
Exhibition Baseball
By the Associated Press.
Games Today.
At Washington: Washington (A.) vs.
Baltimore (Int.i.
At Indianapolis: Cincinnati (N) vg.
Cleveland (A.).
AL Philadelphia: Philadelphia (N.)
vs. Philadelphia (A.l.
At New York: New York (N.l vs. Bos
ton «A.).
t A,4 i?l*>Louis: 8t- Louis (A.) vs. St.
Louis (N.l.
_ At Muncie, Ind.: Pittsburgh (N.l. vs.
Detroit (A.),
Indianapolfs Va. (A )
At New York: Brooklyn (N.) vs. New
York (A 1.
At Plainfield, N. J.: Boston (N.) vs.
Newark lint.'.
At Louisville. Ky.: Chicago (N.) vs.
Louisville (A. A ).
Tomorrow.
At New York: Brooklyn IN.) vs. New
York (A.).
At Louisville. Ky.: Chicago IN.) v§.
Louisville (A. A.).
At Indianapolis: Cincinnati (N.l vs.
Cleveland (A.l.
At Evansville. Ind.: Detroit (A.) v«.
Pittsburgh iN.l.
Ai New York: New York (N.l vs.
Boston (A.l.
At St. Louis: St. Louis (A.) vs. St.
Louis (N.l.
At Newark: Boston (N.l vs. Newark
(Int.).
At Baltimore: Washington (A.) vs.
Baltimore (Int.).
At Lafayette, Ind.: Chicago (A.) vs.
Indianapolis (A. A.).
At Terre Haute. Ind.: Detroit B (A.)
vs. Minneapolis (A. A.l.
_.At Philadelphia (A.) va.
Philadelphia (N.l.
Result! Yesterday.
Washington (A.), 13; Curtis Bay
Coast Guard, 1.
Brooklyn (N.l, 4: New York (A.), 3.
New York (N.l. IS: Mitchel Field, 6.
Boston (N.l, 18; Yale, (I.
(iPhtladelphia (A.), »; Toronto
Boston' (A). 7; Newark (Int.i. 1.
Cleveland (A.) vs. Indianapolis (A.
A.), canceled.
Chicago (N.) vs. Cincinnati (N.l. can
celed.
Boxer on Guadalcanal Strikes It Rich as Butterfly Fan
Women Suggested for Golf Pro Jobs; Hannes, Sensational Ski Jumper, Killed as Flyer
By HUGH FULLERTON, Jr.
Associated Press Staff Writer.
NEW YORK. April 10.—Pfc.
Amerlco Woyciesjes of the Ma
rines, former Eastern intercol
legiate 175-pound boxing cham
pion from Syracuse, spent his
spare time on Guadalcanal col
lecting butterflies. He has a col
lection of 200 rare specimens.
The other day, A1 Del Greco,
the Hackensack, N. J., sports
scribe, came up with the sugges
tion that golf clubs suffering from
the shortage of professionals
might do worse than to hire some
of the better feminine golfers to
take their places. There’s no
kidding about that shortage,
either, though eventually the sup*
ply of golf courses may run short,
v
too. A lot of the men who served
their apprenticeship learning to
make golf clubs have found that
handling tools in war plants is
right down their alley. So. along
with Rosie the Riveter and Susie
the Section Hand, why not Pau
line the Golf Pro?
Well, why net?—About a half
dozen top-flight woman golfers
have turned pro—Helen Hicks
Farb, Patty Berg and Betty Hicks
Newell for example—and Joe Dey,
the U. S. Golf Association secre
tary, figures that any gal who
can qualify for the women's
championship is a good enough
golfer for the job. “They’re really
good,” he says. “And women seem
to take more lessons and show the
effects of instruction more than
the men.” On the negative side,
there’s the question of whether
they could teach golf—especially
to men. who play a harder-sock
ing game than most gals—
whether they’d want to give up
their amateur status for tempor
ary jobs, and what would the
crabby quartet think about it,
anyway. As Dey remarks, “It’s
a question of would you want to
take instruction from your wife?”
Brother, you may not want to,
but you do.
One-minute sports page—The
Canadian censor now has passed
the news that Flight Sergt. Sig
urd Hannes of the Royal Nor
wegian Air Force—you remember
“Sigurd of Little Norway” who
turned In some remarkable ski
jumping feats a year or so ago—
has been killed in action on a
sweep over France.
Sid Luckman, Mr. Brains of
the Chicago Bears’ “T” party, is
the principal lecturer at the Pur
due football clinic today. Abe
Greene and the New York Box
ing Commission are getting to
gether on the featherweight title
situation, which may mean the
sidetracking of Jackie Callura.
Today’s guest star—Ken Alyta,
Waterbury (Conn.) Republican:
“We see that Connie Mack plans
to abandon his scorecard system
of directing his outfielders this
season. From the looks of their
roster, the Athletics won’t give
Mr. Mack or the scribes much
need for a scorecard.’’
Trainer's Magic Gains Derby
Supporters for Ocean Wave
Winter Record Minimized as Fans Recall
Jones' Wins With Lawrin and Whirly
By SID FEDER,
Associated Press Sports Write.
NEW YORK. April 10.—Ben Jones
probably wouldn’t look too good
wealing a saddle and carrying a
jockey, but it’s Plain Ben, rather
than his colt, who is luring a lot of
the boys and girls onto Ocean
Wave’s bandwagon for this season’s
big 3-year-old stakes.
This is especially so since the
Wave took a four-length walloping
from the mud-running specialist,
Seven Hearts, in the Arkansas Der
by and was nipped by a nose by the
high-speed Amber Light in the
Louisiana Derby.
Yet, although the Wave has to do
the galloping, any number of folk
refuse to give up on the husky
young son of the English Derby win
ner, Blenheim II. and the Widener
winning mare, Columbiana, for this
year’s campaigning, simply because
of Plain Ben’s training magic.
Remember Jones* Magic.
They remember Lawrin and his
sore leg five years ago, and they re
member what a lot of folk were
calling Whirlawav just about this
time two years back. But most of
all, they remember how Plain Ben
worked his abracadabra on both of
them—and each was first on the
Derby payoff line.
There is some bener, nowever.
that the Wave, winner of nine of 16
outings, may not be quite as much
horse as his predecessors, espe
cially since he appeared like any
thing but a prime Kentucky Derby
darling in his winter efforts. On
the other hand, Whirly was just as
woeful the winter he got to be
three—so woeful, in fact, that Eddie
Arcaro at first refused to ride him
in the Derby and Preakness.
Which brings up, as usual, the
old argument as to whether winter
racing or winter vacationing is the
best way to let an oat-burner grow
up to the 3-year-old wars. Plain
Ben is a firm believer in letting
’em work if they’re healthy and can
pick up a few bob.
Naturally, Count Fleet and Blue
Swords, which took the winter off,
are the head men in this year's
Derby and Preakness books, but
they’re going to need more than
just healthy appetites to beat out
the big three of the season’s winter
gallopers—Seven Hearts, Amber
Light and Ocean Wave.
The Wave is the usual solid-sized
chestnut citizen that gallops out of
Warren Wright’s Calumet Farm.
Jones was "high” on him as a Derby
hope a year ago, even before he’d
ever been to the races. He von five
of nine starts as a 2-year-old, in
cluding the Sagamore Stakes at
Pimlico, and put $8,815 in the bank.
As a 3-year-old, he’s added $13,820
to his account.
Seven Hearts Like Mud.
But at the moment, he has to be
put behind Seven Hearts and Amber
Light in the parade. Hie former, an
aptly named son of Grand Slam and
Lovie, Is strictly doubled-and-re
doubled when it comes up mud, as it
may this May day at the Downs, j
He was picked up as a $400 bargain
by J. Graham Brown. Louisville
hotel man, two years ago. and al
ready has won some $17,000. Five
of his eight victories were chalked
up in gooey going. And in the
Arkansas Derby, on a slow track, he
was so far in front the race seemed
like it was being run in two sec
tions.
Amber Light is a tall, not too
sturdy, son of Pilate from the Dix
ianna Farm of Charles Fisher, the
Detroit automobile body builder.
Until he lasted for a mile and an
eighth to take the Louisiana Derby,
he was regarded as one of those
“speed hosses," able to run fast, but
not too ambitious to run far. Yet
he's won more than $18,000, and if
you think his chances are a joke—
remember a lot funnier things have
happened in the Derby before this.
Dykes Pitches Best
LAFAYETTE. Ind.—Although the
opposition is of the minor league
variety. Manager Jimmy Dykes of
the Chicago White Sox, has nom
inated three of his best pitchers—
Bill Dietrich, Eddie Smith and Lee
Ross—for mound duty. Rookie First
Baseman Frank Kalin was to see
action against the Indianapolis club
of the American Association, how
ever.
Braves Test Andrews
PLAINFIELD. N. J. —Nate An
drews, who came to the Boston
Braves from the Cincinnati Reds
during the winter in the deal for
Eddie Miller, was to be on the
mound for the Tribe today against
the Newark Bears of the Interna
tional League. Jim Tobin also was
expected to do some hurling.
Limits Autos at Track
LOUISVILLE, Ky„ April 10 f/P).—
Parking facilities of Churchill Downs
for the racing meet will be open to
automobiles displaying "A” gasoline
rationing stickers only.
Nat Rated Best
In Baseball on
Double Plays
Jerry Now Indicates
He'll Hit; Curtis Bay
Is Easy for Griffs
The backbone of Washington’s
infield, blond Gerald Priddy, has
captured the unwavering confidence
of Manager Ossie Bluege, an astute
judge of infield talent. "Priddy may
develop to be a better second base
man than the Yankees' Joe Gor
don,” says Bluege, who isn't ac
customed to making rash state
ments.
Bluege’s opinion has the solid
backing of a stumpy sailor identi
fied as Phil Rizzuto, who was the
shortstop portion of both Rizzuto
Priddy and Rizzuto-Gordon second
base combinations. Rizzuto has
been telling chums at Norfolk Naval
Training Station that Priddy is a
better second baseman than Gordon
and he has reason to know.
Rizzuto performed with Priddy at
Norfolk and Kansas City, but when
the highly-publicized pair moved up
to the Yankees Priddy got ofT to a
bad start, was shifted around and
never displayed enough to warrant
wedging Gordon out of the line-up.
Sparkling Double-Play Man.
Gordon generally is regarded as
one of the greatest second basemen
of all time, but Bluege says, "Right
now Priddy is a superior double
play man. Priddy is a great ball
player and he’ll show it with us.
He never had a chance to play his
natural position—second base—with
the Yankees, and consequently he's
never shown his true ability.
‘‘If Jerry gets any sort of help
from Johnny Sullivan he’ll be a
terrific double-play man,” estimates
Bluege, one of the most polished
fielders in baseball history when he
was performing at third base with
the Nats. “He’s going to make a
better shortstop of Sullivan. Priddy
may give Washington the best sec
ond-base protection in the league.”
Bluege’s idea of Priddy’s ability
merges with Rizzuto’s appraisal of
his former minor league roommate.
The sawed-off Italian shortstop also
gives the edge to Priddy over Gor
don in double-play finesse and since
he labored with both his opinion
carries weight.
Indicates He Is Hitter.
Certainly Priddy has been show
ing the smattering of fans who have
attended Washington's workouts
and local exhibition games a bril
liant brand of second-base play. On
Thursday, for Instance, he was
cheered lustily by amazed spectators
as he produced four successive
startling plays in infield drill and
Bluege is convinced he’ll be doing
that sort of thing all season.
Bluege has reason to suspect, too,
that Priddy is a better hitter than
he showed with the Yankees. In
Washington's exhibition games
Jerry has batted at a .368 clip.
The Nats returned to Griffith
Stadium today for an exhibition
tussle with the Baltimore Orioles
after spanking a hapless Curtis Bay
Coast Guard team, 13-1, yesterday
at College Park. The Nats will
tangle with the Orioles tomorrow
at Baltimore and on Monday will
clash with the Philadelphia Ath
letics at Camp Meade.
Curtis Bay Beaten Early.
Washington obtained smooth
pitching from Early Wynn and Rae
Scarborough, who limited Curtis
Bay to five hits, with Wynn yield
ing four of those in the six innings
he toiled. With Dutch Leonard ab
sent, due to a recent injury to his
son, and thus missing vital toil,
Wynn is rated an outside chance of
hurling for the Nats on opening day.
The Nats pounced on Curtis Bay
for seven runs in the second in
ning. inserting five singles among
five errors and two bases on balls.
George Case, Mickey Vernon and
Wynn paced Washington's 13-hit
attack with two safeties each.
Pep Puts Boston Ring
On Its Feet Again
Top Hub House Since '31
Sees Him Beat Bartolo
By the Associated Press.
BOSTON, April 10.—Thanks to
Willie Pep, the fast-punching Hart
ford (Conn.) featherweight who
owns the New York version of that
division's title, Boston today ap
peared to have rehabilitated itself
as a major boxing center.
With Pep as the magnet, a crowd
of 15,949, the largest that has seen
an indoor boxing show here since
1931, poured into the Boston Gar
den last night and saw him win a
split decision over Sol Bartolo, a
super-aggressive Boston youngster,
in a 10-round overweight bout. Both
weighed 127?;.
The gross gate receipts were $39,
030, only a bit less than those pro
vided by Boston's last really big
boxing crowd, the one that saw Lou
Brouillard of Worcester win the
welterweight title from Jackie
Thompson 12 years ago.
Richmond Handball Host
RICHMOND. Va„ April 10.—The
State handball tournament, spon
sored by the State AAU, will be run
off on courts of the Central “Y” and
Virginia Boat Club here today.
Cubs Pick Passeau for Opener;
Bucs Starting Tiger Series
By the Associated Press.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 10.—
Jimmy Wilson, pilot of the Chicago
Cubs, is so elated over the progress
of his veteran pitching staff that he
already has picked Claude Passeau
to hurl the major league opener
against Pittsburgh April 21 with Bill
Lee down for the second game and
Hi Blthorn for the third.
Today the Cubs were to tangle
with Louisville of the American As
sociation.
MUNCIE, Ind., April 10.—Pitts
burgh and Detroit were to take the
field today for the first of their nine
game exhibition series which winds
up at Detroit on April 19.
Manager Frankie Frisch of the
Pirates nominated Rip Sewell and
Liioyit Dietz ior tne encounter wnne
Steve O’Neill of the Tigers picked
Rookie Frank Overmire and Johnny
Corsica.
Tomorrow’s contest will be played
at Evansville and Muncie fans of
the Pirates are transporting the
players there in private automobiles.
INDIANAPOLIS. —Manager Bill
McKechnie of the Cincinnati Reds
picked Ray Starr and Elmer Riddle
as his hurlers today against the
Cleveland Indians, who boast five
.300 hitters In the spring games.
Ken Keltner, Indian third baseman,
has an average of .368. '
Chubby Dean, Allle Reynolds and
Roy Post were Manager Lou Bou
dreau’s mound selections to oppose
the Reds.
Sports Program
For Local Fans
. TODAY.
Baseball.
Baltimore vs. Washington,
Griffith Stadium, 3:00.
Camp Meade at Maryland,
College Park, 2:30.
Catholic U. at Fort Belvoir.
Washington-Lee High at Epis
copal, Alexandria, 3:00.
Lacrosse.
Rutgers at Maryland, College
Park, 3:00.
Field Trials.
Spring trial, Marlboro Field
TriaLClub, Upper Marlboro, Md„
8 a.m. and all day.
Record Mat Field Out
For National AAU
Championships
Tourney Attracting 140
To Crown New Kings
At All Weights
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 10.—Despite
the travel restrictions and man
power demands, approximately 140
wrestlers are here for the national
AAU championships. Their total is
one of the largest on record for
the annual meet.
Although the aggregate is one of
the highest, only one contestant who
won a title a year ago is in the
present competition. He, however,
has moved up one weight group,
making it possible to crown an entire
new slate of champions at the close
of the finals tonight.
Douglas Lee, representing the
strong Baltimore YMCA outfit which
won the lightweight title a year ago,
is trying for the welterweight crown
this week end and easily advanced
in last night’s preliminary by pin
ning Norman Bouley of Washington.
The early matches, which cut the
field from 140 to 76 for today’s
matches, lasted four hours although
three mats were In use simultane
ously.
Only upset of the preliminaries
was the loss of Newt Copple of Lin
coln, Nebr., who was outpointed by
Ensign Ross Hamsher of the Navy
in a 155-pound trial. Hamsher for
merly wrestled for Franklin and
Marshall College.
Fastest fall of last night’s opening
rounds was scored by Vincent Mur
ray of Rutgers University, who tossed
Floyd Thaller of Brooklyn Poly
technic Institute in 45 seconds in
the first round of the 165-pound
division.
Although many contestants were
from the East,, with a group of New
ton (N. J.) high schoolers earning
the respect of their older rivals,
there are representatives from
Michigan, Arkansas, Oklahoma,
Ohio and California in the field.
Jamaica Attendance
And Entries Boom;
Two Tracks Open
Paumonok Handicap's
Field Split Into Two
Sections, 10 in Each
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. April 10.—If there
were any questions about wartime
racing this spring, the attendance
at Jamaica the last two days and
the entries for today’s Paumonolc
Handicap should supply the answers.
Only 22.388 spectators turned out
for the first days of the sport in 1942.
but the turnstiles were spun 40,478
times Thursday and Friday despite
curtailed traveling facilities to the
Long Island plant. And the entries
for today’s handicap were so numer
ous the officials had to divide the
field and run off the event in two
; sections.
Two Tracks Open Today.
With the metropolitan phase of
the sport off to a profitable start,
the racing fraternity turned its at
tention todav to the openings at
Narrangansett and Kceneland's
transplanted meeting at Churchill
Downs.
The Pawtucket. R. I., track offers
the $2,500 Spring Handicap in which
Sam Garfield's 5-year-old Madigama
is the 2-to-l favorite while carrying
112 pounds. Top weight of 116
pounds was assigned Mrs. Keston
Adams’ Arthur Murray.
At Churchill Downs, hast to the
session originally granted isolated
Keeneland, 11 horses have been
nominated for the $2,500 added
Phoenix Handicap of 6 furlongs.
Quien Es and Mar-Kell, the Calumet
Farm entry, were the overnight
favorites.
Sections Have $7,500 Purses.
Each of the two divisions in to
day's Paumonok at Jamaica will
have a purse of $7,500.
In the first section of 10 entries
are such name horses as Harold
Clark's Riverland. Ben F. Whitaker's
Requested, William Woodward's
Apache and Mrs. Tilyou Christo
pher's Doublrab, top-weighted at
130 pounds.
The second section, also listing 10
entries, has Mrs. Ralph Mcllvain’s
Bright Willie, Mrs. Payne Whitney's
Devil Diver and Pinky Grimes’ with
Regards.
I Golf Pro Commissioned
RICHMOND, Va., April 10 OFV—
Darrell R. Napier, Richmond and
Petersburg golf professional, has
been commissioned a second lieu
tenant In the Army.
Good Exercise
Wash’n. AB. H. O. A. Coast G. AB. “
R’b't’n.Sb 0 0 0 0 Lango'd.cf 2
Clary.3b 4 113 Karolls.cf 2
Case.rf. . 5 2 3 0 Trople.2b 4
Spence,cf_ 3 1 3 o Ch’w'ki.3b 2
Marion.If. 5 0 3 0 Olson,3b . 2
Vernon.lb 3 2 5 3 Bolton,ss 2
Moore.lb. 2 18 0 Chap'n.ss 2
Prlddy.’lb 2 112 Kr’w'skUf 4
Mj;att.2b 2 10 1 8ch’d’t.lb 2
Sullivan.ss 3 0 0 2 N.Ge’t.lb 2
Roberts,ss 2 0 0 2 Rowe.c_1.
Early.c_4 15 0 Dlll.c _ 2
Giuliani.c 0 0 0 0 Pollack.c_ 1
Wynn.p 4 2 3 0 Sllcott,c_, O
Scarb'sh.p 0 0 0 0 J Gen’k.rf 1
Smlth.p. . 1
Pet’rs’n.p 1 0 0 o
Bohn.p - 0 0 0 0
Totals .39 12 27 13 Total»_-31 ~6 2415
Coast Guard_ 100 000 000— 1
Washington_ 071 122 OOx—1J
Runs—Clary (2), Cage, Spence, Vernon
(2), Moore, Prlddy, Myatt. Early, Wynn
(.3), Tropie. Errors—Langood (2). Karolti.
Bolton. Schondlst, Morris. Smith. Two-basg
hit—Prlddy. Bases on balls—By Wynn, It
by Smith, 4: by Peterson, 1, Struck out-—
By Wynn. 6: by Smith, 2: by Peterson, 1.
Wild pitch—Smith. Left on bases—Wash
ington. 10; Coast Guard, fi. Winning pitch
er—Wynn. Losing pitcher—Smith.