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Ftinday, April 5, 1942
SPORTS
—By LEO MACDONELL
Steve O’Neill Recalls
fe He Was Victim of
Gag by Sheahan
[ sham; si ggests ‘share the car’ plan
LAKELAND, Fla., April 4.—They were talking about funny
happenings in a hotel lobby bag punching contest here the other
lay and Steve O’Neill recalled an episode in Augusta, Ga., when
the Tigers trained in Ty Cobb’s home town. “I was managing
Toronto and we were playing the Tigers an exhibition game,”
the new manager of the Tigers’ Beaumont farm club went back
over the years. “Art Sheahan, traveling aecretary of the Tigers,
“was a great one for practical jokes, but I didn’t know It . , .
»o I was the victim of one of them that day. Art chewed up
wme of that stuff that makes you froth at the mouth and then
he went into what I thought was a fit. I was scared to death
md at Art’s request ran all over town looking for a doctor
ind a priest.”
Merv Shea said one of the “funniest things’” he ever saw
n a training camp was in lakeland recently when Phil Rizzuto,
5-foot 5-inch Yankee, stood right up and argued with 6-foot
t-inch Umpire Cal Hubbard about a strike . . . Joe Louis’ last
ound of golf before he entered the army was a 78 ... he
ilayed it with Bing Crosby . . . Mike Jacobs once paid Knrico
Caruso SIO,OOO each for 10 concert* , . . Ernie Shave, the
•leadowbrook (Detroit) golf pro who was attached, to a
course during the past winter season, thinks members
WRld share their cars to the golf clubs this summer . . .
There's no sense of three or four members of a club who
ive near each other driving all their cam to the club,” Shave
*oint(‘d out.
Haven't They Other Things to Do
Larry MacPhail employed detectives attached to the United
States Embassy in Havana to trail Johnny Allen and other
lodgers in the Cuban capital and submit a detailed report on
heir activities . . . One wonders if embassy dicks, in these days,
wouldn't have enough to do without using up their time trailing
eer-thirstv ball players . . . Tom Hceney, ex-heavyweight
ingster, is stjjl running that bar in Miami Beach . . . Bill
)eCorrevnnt, Northwestern University halfback, enlisted in the
avy as an ordinary seaman, which is something in these days
f scrambling for Commissions . . . Billy Southworth. manager
f thp St. Ixjuis Cardinals, hustlingest ball club in Florida, ob
erved the other day: “You know, 1 get a kick out of watching
hose Yankees hustle.’’
A Blond Italian New York's Hero
Johnny Colan, the fighter whom New Yorkers are raving
bout, is Johnny Coliani. a blond Italian from New’ York's west
ide . . . Paul Damski, his manager, is a Lithuanian-born Jew
ho has taken out his first United States citizenship papers
. . Valparaiso University’s athletic teams were known as the
’hlans until war broke . . . The name now is “Crusaders”’ . . .
'he “Johnny P.lood” who played for many years with the Green
lay Packers is now In the Canadian Air Corps . . . His rightj
ante is John McNally . . . Purdue has three football captains
i the naval reserve flying corps in Dave Rankin of 1940 Rnd
Y>m Melton and James Miller, the co-pilots of 1941 . . . Racing
t Agua Caliente, Mexico, is a week-end sport .. . The famous
rack and plant cost $3,000,000 . . . Badminton is played only
ldoors in England ... In America it is played indoors and
utdoors.
Wnpa Is His Favorite Town
Reeves, sharpshooting Detroit policeman, likes
ampa ... Ho won tho national pistol shoot championship in
lorida s West Coast metropolis three straight years . . . Larry
lullins, former Notre Dame star and now baokfield coach at
niversity of Florida, is a lieutenant senior grade in the navy's
hysiral training program . . . Bud Ward, National Amateur
o!f champion, has been promoted to corporal at Fort George
bright camp near Spokane, Wash. . . . Tommy Sheehan,
[eadowbrook (Detroit) star golfer out of Notre Dame, is a
idet at Kelly Field along with Ken Kavanaugh, Chicago Bears'
id; Les Crouocher, University of Texas basketball star, and
etc Layden, Texas’ All-America fullback.
Bouquet to Pete Kelly, former Red Wing who in Spriqgfield
very and with 78 points, was the leading scorer in the Amer
an Hockey league this year . . . Mickey Blair, for several sea
ms in the Yankee chain, will be Connie Mack's regular third
L IHWT \ * *.
(\Y
iseman . . . Toronto and Montreal, in the International League,
[ready have gone through two years’ war . . . Those Duttons
re fighting men! . . . Red Dutton has bullet sketches on his
Ddy from the first World War, in which he served with the
tmous "Princess Pats” . . . Now Red's third son enlisted in the
avy recently despite the fact that he is only 15 years old . . .
e falsified his age but was returned to civilian life when his
ue age was discovered . . . Dutton's two older sons are in
ngland with the RCAF.
>ome History About a CCC Fighter
Norman Rubio is a product of CCC camp boxing . . . and
fighting professionally only about a year . . . His family
Barcelona, Spain, but he w’as born in Puerto Rico . . .
Wrate Brooklyn fan w'rote the papers: "MacPhail must play
ixie Walker in the right field or the Brooklyn ball park will be
npty and the club might raise hay there” . . . Trainer Claude
imon Sr. and Claude Simon Jr., the football coach, are father
id son and "Big Mouk” and "Little Monk” . . . Ben Chapman
ropped from a big league playing job to the minors to manage
ichmond—but he gets $5,000 for the job . . . The Cardinals of
hicago have poor luck . . . Last year they drafted Paul Christ
an. this year Bud Schwenk, both great passers, but neither
ked the idea of pro football . . . Carl Hubbell is getting ready
>r his fifteenth season with the Giants ... He is 88 years old
ad has no thought of retiring.
Another Funny Thing
Was Watching Riz
zuto Argue
W. R. Hearst Rifle Meet
Finals Set May 15-17
2,000 Shooters
in Big Event
at Fairgrounds
By DON GILLIES
The final matches for the Wil
liam Randolph Hearst trophies will
be fired May 15, 16 and 17 in Agri
cultural Hall, Michigan Slate Fair
Grounds. More than 2,OCX) shooters
.from all parts of the state will take
part in the tournament. The entry
fee is complimentary.
Unlike last years finals, when
tyros and experts ciwnpeted
against each other, beginners this
year will have a special 20-shot
prone program ail their own. All
tyroa who have completed at least
half of their preliminary matches
will he eligible to compete in this
race.
Same Lineup
The open division will be con
ducted virtually the same as last
year with the big Hearst trophy
going to the team which shoots the
highest five-competitor team score.
The handicap trophy, open only to
shooters in the oj>en division, will
he fired concurrently with the open
race, the winner to be decided by
the Western Cartridge Company’s
handicap table.
The Detroit Gun Club team,
of the Hearst trophy last
jyear, will present the same team
again this year. Headed by Mike
[Tokar. greatest off-hand shot in
(the country, it will have Fred
Friedman, John Kirschner, Geza
iiodak and Bonnie Ba/ydlo defend
ing the title.
i (’apt. Ernie Brousseau of the
Great Lakes Steel team whic h won
the 1941 handicap champuMiship,
will enter Sam Castle, Joe Kor
menrli. .John Zukowxky. Claude
R. Bowman. Ed Bairs and
others trying for a second .succes
sive crown.
Cold Prizes
Tn all six events are scheduled.'
two for the experts and four for
the tyros. In the t>ro division.l
shooters will l>e divided into four
glasses, made up of men. women, j
[boys and girls. The winners in each!
division will receive five gold med
al*. The second team will receive
five silver medial* All others who
(compete will receive bron/e med
ial.*.
I The prizes in the open race are
five gold lafjel buttons to the win
ner* of the handicap and open, five
silver buttons each to the two
ieam« finishing second and bronze
la|)el button* to all other shooters
5 Soccer Games
On Tap Sunday
The Bavarians. Venetians, Hun
garian*. St. (’lair and D«'troiters
are favored to win their Michigan
Amateur League soccer matches
Sunday. The Venetians are one
f>oint behind the league-leading
Bavarians. The Venetians have
four contests remaining, while the
Bavarians have but two. Sunday s
schedule;
Kangrra ** >iunra-lan» a* ft. Clair
F>*id. I p It;
I Thiatir* v». Bavarian* at St. ciair Flrld
2pm
1 ( !*rm»n A mrr >-an v« \>n*t an* »t Ja>n*
riaid I P m
Worker* v«. *•. Cu r at Javna F'eld
2 p m
l>*trr.i'rri v* H'apann a' Atk n*»n F'e d
I 2 f’ m
FRANK TURNESA STRESSES TEACHING
Franklin Hills Pro Proud of His Daughter
By >f. r. OKI KFNBROI)
Prank Tumesa. who has tak**n
over his dutict a* the new pro at
|F ranklm Hills, has been a teaeh
jing pro almost since his start in
the game—and will continue to be
one. He rarely plays in tourna
ments and probably bis only com
petitive golf here will be in the
pro-amateur events
j Quizzed at the luncheon given
in his honor the other day, this
second oldest of Ihe seven na
tionally prominent golfing broth
ers. said he never has won an im
portant tournament. And he never
|hns tried to qualify for the Na
tional Open.
Another tiling, he referred to
himself as “just an average golfer”!
who scores around 73 or 74. But 1
lest you bo thrown off your guard,
and in sympathy offer him strokes,
it must be reported that he con
fessed that on occasions he may
score in the sixties.
Proud of Daughter
In his time he has had some
prize pupils, hut the one he is the
proudest of is a 15-year-old girl
now attending school in New
York. She's his daughter, Ruth,
who, with Mrs. Turncsa, won’t
come here until summer.
Although she has been given
about 50 lessons by her father,
Ruth as yet hasn't played on a
course—and won’t until her dad
figures she is ready. He doesn’t
want to disturb her present activi
ties in church and school, and in
jSists she develop her swing be
fore she begins playing. Until she
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CHARLES A. H. THOM (LEFTf AND ROBERT WOLF AT GOLF CLUB
Little Takes Lead
In Land of Sky Open
, ASHEVILLE. N. C, April 4' Jimmie Demaret of Detroit was
(UP). Lawson Little took the fourth with 210. Jim Londos, over a span of more
lead in the fourth annual Land of', Barron of White Plains. than a decade has met wrestlers
the Sky Open golf tournament /'• leader It the end of the; turbans flowing
toriav With a hla/ine 66 which if,r * t ,Wo rounds with 137. carded a"™ nave worn turbans, flowing
equaled the tour 7l ament,’s previous P?° r 74 today to drop into fifth bejrds, handle-bar moustaches
record (place with a 211. Henry Picard and monocles, but Monday night
, Little, second money winner last wa * 1 P* r Wl,h a 72 to placejat the Arena Gardens he is going
'year, strok«*d his way 2 under par l!° *** introduced to a rival who
(going out and 3 under par on the Other low- scorers, in order,; ias naplaced wrestling trunks with
hack nine to place an unchallenged were: at 213. Bill Naryand Ralph jsawed-off overalls.
• laimon the lead with a 69-70-66 lGuldahl: at 214. Ray Hill; at 215/ r Londos is going to meet the
205 going into the finals tomorrow.■ Craig Wood: at 216. Willie Goggin,l“. rsl , Cl,l * er ] 0 lK o ni ery
I „ ~ . . Herman Keiser, Ky Laffoon and v Ark., one Farmer Jones.
Hogan Coining j im Ferrier. (for the first time, and scholarly
I Byron N. Non jumped Mo full Touned at 217 wore chirk Har-tf^hlnij m'‘«t™
places in the tourney by equaling bert, E. J. Harrison and Sam t i; n „ raimnnt has imwt
66 and Hoard with Jog to?-Byrd. VfUH 21st wore U sKr,'X~MoX n£h?“
three days work. |nedy. ? red Annunziato and Rod! Promoter Vi ( -k hoc thro«.
Almost a repetition of last year's Munday; 219, Tony penna. Feliz' supportjn _ ( In the semi
tournament was Ben Hogans jSeraf in and Jimmie Hines; 220. ona, Vic ThMstv w ill mLn h «
steady progress toward the lead (Chandler Harper; 221, Paul Run- (jrst ’ appearance against
~ ~7~,7~„T~ aTOt^r nl Cft o j'aTkTa oguehiake" 0 gue h iake"
u, ,r "p Muny Softball Loop Lt^o^'M,, o^
\vith"him today Itnd*s?dl'ruled tlet’a Tli . \.« . , Pace agatoat_£a*_Steele._
,h H 1° Meet Wednesday N Piffhoc
In the last round, he stands the! Softball teams washing to enter ■*C*f jUlll lllUltj
chance to repeat exactly last sea- a team in the M-O Softball League - . . ,
son s story in the Land of the will meet each Wednesday at the / NffiTPIPCC InninflC
Sky, when he passed Little and office of the Department of Rec- • JvUICICjJ llllllliyj
claimed i he championship jn the reation. Athletic Division, 504 : nnr aviyi a o a
....dayofn..,. l Elmwood, a. 7 p. m ! .1
does, drills nn ihe practice tee will
have to suffice.
By the way. Ruth’s dad says
she is hitting the hall around 175
yards and he likes her swing.
Dutra Changes Grip
Mortie Dutra is back at Red
Run after spending the winter as
pro at Del Rio Country Club,!
Brawley, Cal. He has a new grip,
the interlock, and has all hut con-j
quered those miseries in the hack
This is the first time he has a!-'
tered his grip since taking up golf
as a youngster.
Mortie reports there were 14
flights in the lettuce industry's
tournament at Ixd Rio, making it'
probably the biggest tournament
in the country. Prizes valued at
more than $3 000, including 40 sets
of matched clubs, were given,
Mortie was manager as well as
pro there and occasionally filled in
as a bartender and bouncer. Hr
was so busy he rarely got in more
than one golf game a week, yet
had a pair of 65's.
Mortie is enthusiastic al>out his
new assistant. Eldon Briggs, the
former Lansing amateur, who he
says is almost os long off the
,tee as was the late Horter Mc-
Veigh. During a visit to Los An
geles. Dutra and Briggs played in
a fivesome with Mickey Rooney,
Ilob Crosby and (leorge V’on Elm.
Ernie Shave Bach
Ernie Shave again is holding
forth in his shop and on the
practice tee at Meadowbrook. He
was pro during the winter at
Cleveland Heights Golf Club at
Lakeland. Fla., the 'home course”:
of the Detroit Tigers. Kxccpf fori
a set to with ants, who got in his
socks, not his pants, and laid him
up for a few days, he had an un
eventful but pleasant winter.
With Dutra and Shave back and
Frank Tumesa already busy at
Franklin Hills, the only district
pro who is missing now is Jimmy
I)emaret of Plum Hollow, He will
be here around April 15, after the
Masters’ tournament at Augusta.
Golf Veteran Dies
Golf here has lost another of
its popular veterans, J. E. Dubois.'
w ho died a few days ago. Gene, as
he w’as known to his many friends. I
was one of the oldest memltcrs of
Red Run.
Although he didn’t take up golf,
until he was well along in years.,
he developed a formidable game
marked by expert approaching and
putting. But ue always will re-|
member him bo*l as a wonderful
golfing companion and a genuine
sportsman.
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A New Wrinkle
Newsom Pitches
7 Scoreless Innings
ORLANDO. Fla.. April i fINSV
Buck Newsom, in his start
for the Washington Senators,
pitched seven scoreless innings
today as he, with the help of Walt
Masterson, blanked the Philadel
phia Phils, 1 to 0, In an exhibition
game.
Exhibition Results
st T,mii* fA) 000 non on s io e
»*ton <N* oon i*t*l oin) i 5 2
Auk*r. Harri* <7l and Swift, Ffrrall,
Tobin and Lombardi.
N»w York (A* .1112 000 012 to is 7
Nashville |Bou 1 000 100 001 V— I 7 2
Domex l.indelt <7* and Dirkey; Jeffcoat.
Pulford |5), IHincan i7> and Hell, Kreitner.
Boeton fA* 200 510 020 to 15 0
Cincinnati iNI 002 000 200- 4 12 3
Dobann and Pytlak, Conroy 16»: Starr,
Moor# t 5), Blai kwri| <»> and Hrmaley.
New York IN* 022 200 001 7 7 1
Memphis lSou* I*oo 110 011 4 10 2
Kotlo. Feldman lA* and banning. Hcrren
Carpenter. Ferguaon |5), Woods and
Gautreaax, Lenn.
Philadelphia (N* non 000 000 n 5 1
Washington 7 0
Naylor. luimbert i«>. McCullough m
and Warren, Newxom, Masters- n th> and
Early.
Brooklyn <N> 101 300 003 a 17 7
Atlanta <BA* 100 000 002 - 3 A l
Davis, French (Ai and Ovrn. Pipper'
<si: Hush, Livingston (5), ttp.i
Nowak (8> and Richards, Smith (*>!.
Chicago <N* non 000 000- <l4O
Chicago iai oil 100 no* 3 10 1
Erickson Pressnell (ei > and Hcheinn*
Hernandez; Ross, Rigney (j) and Turner.
Philadelphia IA) into I*lll 000 l l* 1
Pittsburgh |NI KK* 010 10* 3 A I*
| Christopher, McCrabb (A* and Castlgieo,
' Heintxelman. Klinger <gi and Lopex.
Bill Prew Ties
World Record
DAC Swimmer Wins
100-Yard Race in
AAU Championships
NEW HAVEN, Conn., April 1.
Bill Prow,'former Way no Univor-I
sity swimmer competing lor tliO|
Dotroit Athletic Club, equaled the
world record in the 100-yard freci
style when he churned through
Yale’s long |>rx>l in 51 seconds in
the National AAU championships
here tonight.
Prow's feat established a new
meet record. The world record
was held jointly by Johnny Weiss
muller and peter Frick.
Adolph Kiefer set a new world
record in the 150-yard backstroke
for the* second time in the* day
when he was timed in J 30.5.
Kiydsha Nakama. Hawaiian
freshman from Ohio State, won his
second title of the three-day com
petition when he established a new
meet record ot 4:42.4 in the 440-
yard free style final Paul Herron
of Hawaii established Ihe old meet
mark of 4:45.5 last year.
100-yarn f rt-«* *t>lr Won hr William
Prew, l>et roil A <\: Mowarr) Johnson.
Yale, aerond: Alan Pnrrt, Mee»..raburu.
third: Pdward Pope, YaU- fourth Time
0 M 0 <Tie« worm record held jointly by
John Welamuller and Peter Ki< k, also n«-w>
meet record, old record u .'>l 2, made hy
Otto Jaretz la*t year.t
l.Vi-yard barkatroke final Won t>v
Ad<*i|>h Kiefer unattached. Chlcako Harold
Holiday, unattached. I <«l Muhluan, **-i .
ond. Robert Dearoot, St. Urorae Dm**)
Club, Brooklyn, third; l.ouin l>annenhaum,
Yale, fourth. Time 1:30.ft t.NVw world
record, old mark 1:32.7, bettered by Kn-fer
ta afternoon heata In 1:32 4 i
440-yard free »ty|e Won by Klyoahl
Nakama. unattached. Ohio Stale; Rene
Chouteau, Yale, aecond; Paul Herron.
Honolulu third; John Mactonia. If. S. Coart
Guard Academy. New London, fourth. Time
4 42.4 (New pool and meet record, old
pool mark 4:44 A. by Jack Medlra. I#3«,
old meet record 4.4 ft ft, by Paul Herron last
year j
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Fairview Mai Card
Walter Roxey, former light
heavyweight champion, will faer
Bert Rubi, the Magyar Hercules,
in the two in three fall, hour time
limit wrestling feature in Fairview
Gardens Tuesday night. Stanley
Buresh, veteran “kangaroo kick’’
specialist, will meet Lou Kline in
the two in three fall semi-wmdup.
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PART 2.
60 Golf Stars
Await Opening
Of Masters Meet
Leading Pros, Amateurs
to Seek Coveted Prize
at Augusta Thursday
AUGUSTA. April 4 (UP).—Th«
year’s most coveted golf crown
goes on the line next Thursday
when some 60 top-flight pros and
amateurs begin the 72-hole Mas
ters tournament over the rolling
Augusta National course, a layout
designed by Bobby Jones espe
cially for this event.
With the United Statp.s Open
canceled because of the war, the
$5,000 Masters has become the
most important golf tournament
of Ihe year.
Practice rounds will get under
way Monday when most of the
pros, who have been on the winter
circuit, arrive from Asheville, N.
(\, where the Land of the Sky
Open ends tomorrow.
Three Stand Out
i
On the basis of their play in the
winter tournaments from Califor
nia to Florida, Ben Hogan. Byron
Nelson and Sam Snead were rated
I highly for the Masters test, but
with a hand-picked field of stars
such as plays here it is useless to
i pick a favorite.
Hogan, for the second year,
holds a long lead in the Vardon
; Trophy race and has pulled in
, about SB,OOO in prize money. Nel
' son, who won the Masters in 1937.
and Snead, always a threat, are
runners-up both in the Vardon
race and at the pay-window.
But also shooting for the $1,500
► first-place money will be such
stars as Craig Wood, who won
both the Masters, and the United
States Open last year, Ralph Gul
■ dahl, Jimmy Hines, Jimmy Thom
pson. Sam Byrd, Chandler Harper,
i Chick Harbert, Herman Barron
•and the veteran Gene Sarazen.