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Cage Hearing Seeks Disposal Of $50,000 BROOKLYN, March 28 — (ff>) — What became of an estimated $50, 000 in profits from basketball In Madison Square Garden this sea s0ii took up virtually the entire session today of the Joe Doe pro ceedings investigating Kings Coun ty athletics. •jleci Irish, acting president of Madison Square Garden, told Judge Samuel S. Leibowitz that 10 per cellt of the net gate receipts— eross receipts less taxes and ex * nses—from 25 basketball nights at the New York City arena dur ing the 1944-45 season went to a special basketball department. Irish and Leibowitz agreed the department received about $65,000 during the season with the Garden ^gaetal estimating that between 515.000 and $17,000 was spent for expenses. Did you get the forty-eight to fifty thousand dollars?”, the judge asked Irish. "I refuse to answer in the belief that my private income i« of no concern in this case,” Irish ans wered He gave the same reply when Leibowitz asked if he had receiv ,d less than 90 per cent or more Jtan 90 per cent. Leibowit* said he had the power to make Irish answer but would ,,ot use it. Instead, he instructed Assistant District Attorney Charles fl' to «et the information xrom other source#. Previous to the search of what became of the $50,000, Irish told Cohen he received $12,500 annual ly since January 1, 1943 as acting president of the Garden and that prior to this season he had received 10 per cent of the net receipts from Garden doubleheaders since inaugurating them in 1934. Fifty per cent of the receipts went to the competing schools and 40 per cent to the Garden as rent. He estimated the gross receipts from the 10 seasons at $1 730 000 but refused to tell his profits’ or income. Irish said the receipts had climb ed from $100,000 for a six-ijight program during the 1934-1935 cam paign to $250,000 for 16 nights in 1943-44. In addition, Irish said he receiv ed his salary of $12,500 for 1943 because all arrangements for the cage season had been completed before he took office. The proceedings were started after five Brooklyn College youths admitted to prosecutors they had accepted $1,000 to fix the result of a game with Akron University in Boston. The hearing was adjourned to next Monday with Irish resuming testimony. Ex-Butcher Boy Ready To Defend Mat Title "Everything ■ is shaping up for one of the most thrilling and spec tacular wrestling cards ever to be offered tomorrow night at Thalian Hall”, declared jovial Bert Causey, the Wrestling Mogul of Wilming ton. Dave Levin, ex-butcher boy, that climbed the ladder of fame and success the hard way, and now claimant of the Junior Heavy weight title made quite a hit with the fans last week and numerous to bring him back again to display request came in to the Promoter his wares. Jimmy Coffield, of Kansas City, was contacted and readily accept ed the chance to dethrone the Brooklynite and take a whack at the title. Coffield is well known here although Jimmy has not been here in nearly a year, and, as of old, will be in there pitching to win. Sonny Meyers, a newcomer from St. Joseph, Mo., comes in highly recommended to have a fling at laking the hood off the Masked Marvel No. 2 in the supporting match. Both matches will be two out of three falls, to decide the winners. Tickets are now on sale and there are only a few choice seats left, so if you haven’t gotten yours, ' ' • or made reservations, do so today, as a capacity house is expected for this “wrestling natural’’ tomorrow night. Doors will open at 7 o’clock with matches getting underway at 8:15. -V Senators Whitewash Boston Braves 2-0 WASHINGTON, March 28—OP)— Two runs in the first of the ninth gave the Washington Senators a 2-0 victory today over the Boston Braves on the Braves home train ing field at Georgetown Univer sity, evening the clubs’ exhibition series at two victories each. The Senators won the game when Case walked, Myatt sacri ficed, and Chippell singled Case home, Binks walked and Chippell scored when Drew of the Braves dropped Wietelmann's throw on an attempted force play at second on Kuhel’s grounder. Johnny Hutchings, 260-pcund Bos ton pitcher, held the Senators to one scratch hit the first six innings. --V Gastonia Youth Signed To Play With Crackers ATLANTA. March 28. — MP) — Signing of Kenneth Dal, 17-year old American Legion pitcher from Gastonia, N. C., was announced here today by President Earl Mann of the Atlanta Crackers. Deal. 6-foot-3, a righthander, worked with the Ci ackers in their opening drill today. Manager Kiki Cutler said he was pleased with Deal's form and compared him to Lon Warneke, former National League star. Mann said he was confident Deal “will make the grade in the Southern Association this year.’’ SOUTHPAW ARRIVES MUNCIE, 7nd„ March 28.—(TP)— Frank Colman arrived in camp to day, the fourth southpaw among the Pittsburgh Pirate outfielders. Outfielder Lloyd Waner who was excused to attend to chores on his Oklahoma ranch sent word he would report Sunday. .. ■ '< SSt. John’s Tavern 114 Orange Et. Dial 2-8085 DELICIOUS FOOD Chicken In The Rough — Friday Manor dayT big double scare AND SCREAM SHOW! EDWARD NORRIS HI I \tO m . .. inu. < Man With Two Live* j 2 _. It's the kind of a thrill er you'd exp«ct from j I the ruthor of “Scar I face”.!!! “MYSTERY OF THE 13TH GUEST’’ —with— niCK Pl'RCELT. HELEN PARISH OPEN 10:45 A. M. DAILY! ffh. 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Tax ENGINEERS BEAT BOMBING OUTFIT IN SERVICE LOOP ‘Bulldozers’ Remain Unde feated In Mediterra nean Theater By SID FEDEK FLORENCE, Italy, March 26 — M5)—-Chalking up their second straight upset, the 21st Aviation Engineer “Bulldozers” outhustltd the 321st Bomb Group “Mitchell Bombers” for a 45-33 victory to become the only undefeated team remaining in the Mediterranean theater basketball championships. In the other second round tilt, the 92nd Negro division “Big Ayes”, sparked by player-coach PFC. Sonny Woods, one-time pro fessional on New York’s Renais sance club, came back from Mon day’s defeat at the hands of the “Bulldozers” to romp past the Port Pirates from Oran Naval Base. 43-30. The defeat eliminated the North African zone champions from the tournament under the “double elimination” system by which play is conducted. A crowd of some 4,000 Gl,’s and WAC's, jamming Florence’s ce ment-floored Madison Square Gar den, went slightly wild as the “bull dozers” although outreached and ’outweighted” practically down the entire lineup, won simply by aggressiveness. the*pressure they kept putting on the airforce Tyr hennian Zone champions, and by teamwork. The starting lineup played the entire game except for the last minute, when one of the original five fouled out. The Adriatic Zone titleholders played the team game so complete ly that top scoring honors were shared three ways—by Sgt. Joe Sokol, New Kensington, Pa., with a dozen points; Pvt, Paul Herman, one-time University of Tennessee star from Massilon, Ohio, with 11, and Pvt. Robert McQuillen, ex high schooler of Toledo, Ohio, with 10. At the same time, continuous hustling held the “Mitchell Bomb er’s” Lt. Dar Hutchins, former Bradley Tech performer, to seven points, and it wasn’t until he man aged to cut loose in the last quar ter that Lt. Ward Williams, who played a year at the University of Indiana before entering the Army, was able to finally pile up 12 points. Connecting for a half-dozen field goals and a pair of fouls, Woods paced the “Big Ayes”, the Fifth Armys’ Northern Italy champs, to victory. Sgt. Charles Brown, who hails from Benton Harbor, Mich., and who played with Western Michigan at Kalamazoo, found the range in the last half to wind up with 10 points. Heading the Port Pirates’ vain bid was EM 2-c Tom O’Brien of Marietta, Ohio, witt^lO I points. HITLER’S CAUSE ADMITTEDLY LOST (Continued from Page One) “I just can imagine how pleased vou are feeling now that you at last are in the country you have conquered and about whose inhab itants you have heard such dread ful things.” he said. "I can imagine what it feels like to hear day after day of the vic tories of one’s comrades, but now is the time to ignore all you have been told about the German people and judge for yourself. Ask your self if you have found the Ger mans self-satisfied, overbearing, fanatical, heartless and brutal?” Another Nazi topflight propagan dist—George Schroeder. chief cor respondent for the Transocean agency—acknowledged that even Heinrich Himmler’s dreaded Ges tapo was not enough to make the German people want to fight on. ‘‘Iron discipline,” he said, ‘‘cer tainly is not enough to make the people continue the battle, faith and conviction also are needed.” Schroeder said the ‘‘most diffi cult task was trying to answer the peoples’ most persistent question: when will the German counterof fensive in the east promised by Goebbels three weeks ago begin?” “There is no hope that the Ger man high command’s silence on this question will be broken,” he said. With contusion spreaums throughout the Reich as Allied ar mies gobbled up more and more German soil and war planes bat tered 1he transport system, a furth er restriction in food rationing was reported in a Berlin dispatch to the Stockholm newspaper Svenska Dag bladet. The dispatch said there was no longer any fixed food obtainable for the greater part of the ration coupons and all distribution now was based on the amount of dif ferent supplies available in local areas. New plans for the further evacu ation of bomb-battered Berlin were announced by the German radio, indicating that all women and chil dren would be cleared from the capital while able-bodied men will remain for a last-ditch stand. An urgent Berlin broadcast told the Germans that “an enemy-con troled radio station is broadcast ing false news on the wavelength of the Frankfurt radio to spread unrest and confusion among hte German civilian population near the front.” Reports from Stockholm that Hit ler’s ace trade negotiator, Karl Schnurre, was in Sweden with peace feelers were denounced as “lies” by the German foreign of fice. The German foreign office de clared: “Schnurre often travels to Stockholm to discuss German Swedish trade relations. — Favorites To Meet For Women’s Title CHESTNUT HILL, Mass., March 28—(U.R)—Favorites Helen Pedersen Rihbany of New York and Katharine Winthrop of Ham ilton survived their semi-finals \ matches easily today at the Longwood Cricket Club and will j meet tomorrow for the national j Women’s Indoor Tennis Champi- ] onship. | First-seeded Mrs. Rihbany’s dazzling service ‘ and raking forehand drives proved too much j for Mrs. Melvin M. Johnson, Jr. of Brookline. After a slow start, , the New York woman swept to a 6-3, 6-0 triumph. -!-- ] AGGIES, DE PAUL MEET IN GARDEN # NEW YORK, March 28. —(IP)— Two of th«> leading college teams, in the nation, featuring the two best big boys, meet for the mythi cal Nation Basketball champion ship at Madison Square Garden tomorrow night when De Paul of Chicago and the Oklahoma Aggies tangle in a Red Cross benefit game. De Paul, with six-foot nine-inch George Miken as its chief tfireat, qualified for the Red Cross con test by winning the National In vitation tournament while the Ag gies, built around seven-foot Baon Kurland, made the grade by tak ing the National Collegiate A. A. title. For both fives it was their first major tournament champion ship. The Chicago quintet nosed out the Aggies by two points during the regular season with little to choose between the playing of Mikan and Kurland. The De Paul center broke all Garden scoring records in the invitation tournament, setting a new one-game high of 53 points against Rhode Island State. Kurland, while leading the Ag gies with 22 points in their NCAA triumph over New York University last night, proved his worth in controlling the ball of the boards. Supporting the two big boys, both teams have plenty of speed with Cecil Kankins the Aggies best op erative and either Whitey Kachan or Gene Stump holding a like spot on the De Paul team. With Bowling Green and New York University, runners-up in the two tournaments, playing the open ing game another crowd of over 18,000 is expected to pack the Garden and turn over in the neigh borhood of $40,000 to the Red Cross Only one of the seven tournament double-headers failed to draw more than 18,000 fans. TOLEDO MUDHENS TIE BROWNS 6-6 CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., March 28.—</P)—The Toledo Mudhens cuf fed Pitcher A1 Hollingsworth for eight hits and four runs during his three-inning tenure today and gain ed a 6 to 6 tie with the St. Louis Browns in an exhibition game. The Browns could muster only 10 hits off Earl Smalling and John Whitehead, while the minor lea guers collected 12 off Nelson Pot ter, Hollingsworth and Tex Shirley, who worked three innings each. George McQuinn, Browns’ reg ular first baseman, was struck on the knee by a fast ground ball in the third inning and was taken to a hospital for an x-ray examina tion. The knee was badly swollen before he left the park. Toledo (AA) __002 013 000—6 12 3 St. Louis (AL) 001 200 003—6 10 2 Batteries: Smalling, Whitehead (6) and Comyn, Missler, Bierer. Potter, Hollingsworth (4), Shirley (7) and Mancuso. BRITISH BREAK THROUGH ENEMY (Continued from Page One) berg and some of the docks of that once great industrial metropolis. The German high command de clared that Patton’s Fourth Armor ed Division had driven into Ge muenden, 43 miles east of Frank furt and 218 miles from Berlin. A subsequent enemy broadcast said the column had pushed five miles farther northeast within 213 miles of the rubbled capital. Far-ranging tank forces of the First Army raced eastward at the center of the front over roads cleared of the enemy. Giessen, 225 miles from Berlin, was over run in an early morning dash and a tank column smashed on through Eellnhausen, eight miles farther north and 69 miles beyond the Rhine. "Hie full, magnificent story of the First and Third Army advances was hidden by a censorship im posed Tuesday night. The demor alized enemy did not know where the American spearheads were, and the First Army was not meet ing even token resistance. Far behind the battle’s fore front, Third Army troops forced new crossings of both the Rhine and Main rivers and captured Wiesbaden, five miles west of Frankfurt, in which street fight ing raged through the second day. The Allied commission sat in Wies baden after the last war. American and British fighter- , bomber pilots striking at the Na zis in the path of the breakthrough said the enemy retreat was becom- | ing a complete rout. So fast was , the advance that the bombline for I fliers had to be changed every 11 20 minutes. i Maryland J ockey Club Plans For Preakness BALTIMORE, March 28.—Iff)—If here is any racing at Pimlico in 15 there will be a Preakness; and f there isn’t, the Preakness pot o’ [old will pay off like any Christ nas saving club to owners of eli [ible three-year-olds. The Maryland Jockey Club, on a io-or-die basis, went ahead with dans for running the $50,000-added went, even if there’s snow in the tir next fall. Invitations for supplementary iominations by April 16 at $1,500 )er clip were issued to owners of horoughbreds not eligible already, vith the added assurance there vould be a refund if it becomes lefinite the race won’t go. Refunds ilso would be made of regular romination fees paid. That may be late next fall, de pending on progress of the war md actions of Government officials out Henry A. Parr, 3rd, president of Pimlico and of the Thorough ored Racing Association, explained that he was “hopeful that there will be racing this year, and there fore we have taken steps to insure continuance of the Preaknass.” There is now $12,170 in the pot from 31 owners, with 57 horses eligible. To this would be added the $50,000 stake, and the $500 start ing fees. The $12,170 came from the $10 required for registration of foals in 1942, a $25 payment in 1944 and the additional $100 due last January 15. The original entry blank called for running the Preakness, one jewel in the famed triple crown— the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness and the Belmont — at the -spring meeting. The new ohe specifies that it be run at the first regular meeting of 1945. Refunds probably would be made in November, Parr said, if racing is not resumed. In addition, should any owner ob ject to the change in time, he may receive a refund of nominating fees by objecting on o■ before April 16. , The Sports Trail New Cage Rule Favors Taller Hoop Players By WHITNEY MARTIN NEW YORK, March 28. —(AV AR v/inter long the ‘‘let’s change the rules” boys have been yowling that something should be done to curb the advantage the exceeding ly tall players have in basketball. The flagpoles should be cut down to half mast; they should be blind folded; there oughta be a law . . . So—the rules committee, possib ly working on the theory that the way to keep a dog from barking so loudly is to equip it with an am plifier, makes one change which might pertain to the Mikans and the Kurlands and the Ottens, and the one change is in favor of the big guys. The change eliminates any pen alty if a player touches the hoop while a goal is being scored, and as the man of average height isn’t going to touch the hoop at any time without a stepladder the change can affect only the giants. It is a minor change at best, and probably was made to take the pressure off the officials, who often have difficulty in determining whether or not the ring had been touched. It will ease the mind of the players, though, to know they don’t have to be afraid of splash ing while they are dunking. Oddly enough, the rule passed last year with the idea of bending the knees of the big guys a little reacted in their favor, although at the same time serving the pur pose for which it was intended. The rule barred goal tending, Jr the practice of placing some luman three-story building in here under the basket to practi :ally put a lid on it by batting the jail away on its downward arc. It was a good rule. It curtailed ;he defensive effectiveness of the jig fellows, but at the same time t made better all-around players jut of them, as.the coaches who rave such men on their squads will testify. Personally we aren’t in favor of putting too many restrictions on he big boys, as we don’t think it lair to penalize a man for his physique. It isn't done in any oth ar sport except perhaps boxing ind wrestling. Maybe they should have classes in basketball, too, with the divi sions based on height, in which jase we would find the De Paul six-foot-twos meeting the Bowling Glreen six-foot-twos, etc. Anyway, there can be no criti :ism of the basketball rules mak ers to date. They never leap and then look. Suggestions that pos sibly might improve the game us ually are given a thorough trial jefore being adopted, and we have in idea that nothing radical to jurtail the rights and physical ad vantages of the big men will be put into the rules. To do such a thing would be ;oo much like making some foot oall rule to curtail the effectiveness jf Doc Blanchard, Army’s great lullback whose physique gives him in edge over the average man. City Attorney To Probe Civ il Service Hearing (Continued from Page One) er bodies, although he does not have to attend their meetings. Mr. Campbell said he had not been called upon by the Civil Serv. ice Commission to interpret the records of the Looney case, and that he had not been asked to at tend the recent meetings, when the case was discussed. The City Attorney disclosed that he would probably be in a position tomorrow to hand down a ruling on the case. The Council in its all-day session yesterday, revoked a beer and wine license from Thomas E. New kirk, operator of the Eight-Ball pool room, for violation of the ord anance prohibiting the sale or consumption of beer on Sunday. Newkirk was accused of operat ing an establishment that inter feres with the peace of the com munity, selling beer and wine dur ing unlawful hours, and constitut ing a general nuisance. After the Council re-convened at 2:15 p.n yesterday, Alton Lennon, representing Newkirk, stated that in view of Newkirk’s intention to enter other employment, he had agreed to rsurrender his present li ense to sell beer and wine, and not to make application for a new license for a period of one year. Tt was indicated at the meeting that Newkirk would not enter the type of business in which he now is engaged. The City Council yesierctay auui orized the opening of bids April 11. to pave sidewalks in the area south □f Market street. It was explained that the side walk paving contract held by F. D. Cline, of Raleigh, covers only the work north of Market street. The contractor is expected to re sume work April 1, after suspen sion since December 13. Scheduled to benefit by extension of the sidewalk paving project are streets between Orange and 17th streets to Wrightsville avenue, in cluding Woolcott avenue. The City Manager was instruct ed to confer with County authori ties on the matter of a joint recom mendation for a New Hanover can iidate to serve on the State Ports Authority. Pointing out that a joint City bounty recommendation to the Governor for New Hanover’s can iidate on the State Ports. Author- : ty would “carry more weight.” bouncilman Edgar L. Yow said it vas important to keep the new 3ort Authority separate from the iresent Wilmington Port Commis lion. Councilman Yow suggested that he present commission be left as t is, and a new member be ■ appointed to the State body. He asked that the Council consider likely candidates. The Council decided to transfer $1,200 from the emergency fund to Community hospital for the care of indigent out-patients, providing the County will make a similar appropriation. It was disclosed that the Negro institution has not previously been given an appropri ation for this type of patient treat ment. Since the North Carolina High way Commission has surveyed Wrights ville avenue, with the idea of widening and reconstructing the street, the Council decided that work on it should be considered before Dawson street work. •-V County Resident Drowned In Orton Plantation Pond Julius Andrews, 31, Carolina Beach highway was drowned about 3 p.m. yesterday in McKenzie pond on Orton Plantation in Bruns wick county, Coroner W. E. Bell of Southport reported last night. Coroner Bell reported that An drews was fishing in the pond with B. J. Hufham, of Wilmington, and although he had not completed the investigation, he believed the death to be accidental. There was no in dication of foul play, he said. _v_ Carroil Won’t Bet On Race To Berlin ST. LOUIS, March 28—(U.R)—Jim my Carroll, the sporting world’s recognized oddsmaker, refused to night to speculate on any odds on the race to Berlin by seven Allied armies. . “It’s too grim a business,” he said. -V PAVING CONTRACT A contract for $4,318.77 has been let to F. D. Cline of Ra leigh, to pave Worth street in Maffitt Village, it was disclos ed last night by Henry Emory, director of the Housing Author ity. Work is scheduled to begin sometime next week. -V Printing of the U. S. Congres sional Record costs approximately >45 a page. LET US RECAP YOUR TIRES B. F. Goodrich Stores 14 N. 3rd St.Dial 756(1 Billiard Champ Wins In Philadelphia Play PHILADELPHIA, March 28— (U.R)—'Welker Cochran, world three-cushion billiards champi on, tide a previous high run of 11 to defeat Willie Hoppe, 60-35, in 44 innings tonight in the final block of Philadelphia play in their transcontinental title match series. , The victory was Cochran’s third in a row here over Hoppe and followed 60-52 win register ed by the champion this after noon. Hoppe had won the first three blocks. Cochran’s double triumph sliced to 43 points the margin Hoppe holds over him in the 5, 400-point series. The pair will resume play in Detroit Friday with Hoppe leading 1,157 to 114. rURF’S ‘OLD MAN’ HAS ANNIVERSARY By JACK LEWYN LEXINGTON, Ky., March 28. TP)—1Tomorrow’s an occasion in the rolling blu« grass country, al ready tinted by the natural magic of springtime. As the first cock's crow echoes in the dawning, a grand old man— Man O’War—the most famous horse in American turf history will reach the 28th milestone ii) his now-plutogratic life. Big Bed, “the greatest hoss of them all,” is now in complete re tirement at Samuel D. Riddle's faraway farm near here. The equine Pride of Kentucky is an old man; twenty-eight years is a long life for a horse. But Big Red is a frisky fellowK despite his years and an old age sag in his back. Man O’War was foaled March 29, 1917, and was retired from racing 25 years ago after 20 turf victories in 21 starts. (Actually, “Red” was 28 on Jan uary 1, since that is the universal age-change date for thorough breds, but his foaling date is ob served on the exact date.) The sleek red stallion also rank ed as one of the top sires of rac ing stock. Before retired froiv the stud, he sired 357 sons and dough ters, including War Admiral and Clyde Van Duesen, Kentucky Der by winners; War Relic, American Flag and Crusader. Big Red won The Preakness and The Belmont but never ran in the Kentucky Derby, his Negro groom, Will Harbut, will tell you as he casts a watchful eye on The Old Man as pasture. Will, who once said he w'ould “rutha have this job than be presi dent,” has been Man O’War’s groom for 15 years. “Red” leads a well-regulated, but easy life on Riddles farm. Will says the Stallion is in good health for a man of his age -V Hamner Brothers Star As Jays Defeat Blues WILMINGTON, Del., March 28. —(fP)— The Hamner brothers of Richmond, Va., starred at the bat 1oday as the Jays beat the Blues 7-1 in a Philadelphia Phillies intra camp gajre. Granville, 17-year-old infielder who came up with the Phils last fall, collected three singles with his 20-year-old brother, Garvin, got two singles and a double. -V Army Beats ‘Dem Bums’ 5-4 In Extra Inning WEST POINT, N. Y., March 28 —(/P)—The Brooklyn Dodgers drop ped a 10-inning game to the Army nine today, 5 to 4. The winning run was forced with the bases filled after fanning two batters. Manager Leo Durocher played throug the entire game as the Dodgers’ second baseman. The Dodgers announced that be sides selling Whit Wyatt, erstwhile mound ace, to the Phillies, Bar ney Koch, holdout infielder, was sent to Montreal in exchange for Vic Lombardi. WILDCATS OPEN SEASON AGAINST WH1TEVILLE NINE Game Slated For Thir teenth and Ann Field At 3:45 P. M. Friday New Hanover High’s letter-man less baseball team will play it! first game of the season against the Whiteville High hoi-sehiders to morrow' at the Thirteenth and Ann Street diamond at 3:45 p.m. Little is known about the Colum bus county lads, ai\d Coach Bust** Dandelake refused to make com ment concerning the outcome of the fracas. However, Dandelakn urged all baseball enthusiasts to come out and lend their support M> the home team. Kenneth Rogers, former Norfolk hurler, probably will start off on the mound for the Wildcat*. R*> gers has an extremely fast ball* and seems to have uncanny con trol. "Hacksaw” Tuttle, rebel catcher with last year s Wildcats, will probably get the nod to take over the backstop duties. The rest of the infield will be composed of Harry Smith at first, Tinky Rogers at second. Jack Mar cus at shortstop and J. B. Price at third. The Wildcat outer garden will feature Duncan Futrelle at right, Toddy Fennell at center, and Howell Sharpe at left. Sharpe will bat clean-up for the 'Cats. Although he is playing his first year of baseball, Howeb has found the range at practice and lifted several over the right field fence. -V- ‘ STRANGE THINGS HIT THE DODGERS BEAR MOUNTAIN, N. Y. March 28.— CP) —They say anything can happen in Brooklyn. But who would have dared predict a year ago that a 17-year-old would be the regular shortstop and a 43-year-old would share the catching duties for the Dodgers? Yet that is the situation today, as Manager Leo Durocher let it be known that Tommy Brown, who won’t be 18 until December 6, “is the only infielder sure of his berth’’ while the wizened weather-beaten Clyd Sukeforth “will do plenty of catching this season.” "Brownie is my shortstop, make no mistake about that.” He said. The kid has natural ability and has improved greatly. With the added confidence of big league competi tion, Tommy should become one of the standouts of the game.” This is Brown’i second year in organized baseball. After playing three years in the Brooklyn ICiwanis league, he was plucked by the Dodgers and sent to their New port News farm where he batted .297 in 91 games and led the Pied mont league in triples. He was called up in August and in 64 games batted a meagre .164. Sukeforth entered the majors in 1926, more than a year before Tom my was born, serving as second stringer to Bubbles Hargrave of the Cincinnati Reds. An eye injury re ceived in a hunting accident in the winter of 1931 hastened the end of his career and resulted in his be ing traded to Brooklyn the follow ing year. With A1 Lopez handling most of the catching duties, Sukey played in only a few games in 1933 and '34 and quit baseball in '35. In ’30, he returned to manage Leaksville, N. C., in the Bi-State league, moved to Clinto, Iowa, in the 3-Eye league the next year and piloted Elmira in the Eastern league in '38-43. KEM Miracle and Cruver Plastio Playing Cards l»l< KARR$ 209 Market St. Dial 2-3224 WiHiqni .. • *- • Peri it ' • • m & 4.... .'4:. t J3L .. _ . ”* -i
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