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The Sports Trail By WHITNEY MARTIN LAKEWOOD, N. J., April t.-yP) _“I’d like to have seen any of these expert signal stealers toy I to steal Mr. McGrawls signals. Eddie Brannick was saying, he d have them so mixed up they wouldn’t know where they were. It was raining and the New York Giant exhibition game had been called off, so Eddie had plenty of time to talk on a favorite sub ject. The Giant secretary practi cally grew up under John McGraw, whom he never mentions without the “Mister.” ‘‘Mr. McGraw,” he contmued, “might be fooling with a couple, of bats or doing something with his hands to give the impression he was giving signals, when all the time he was telling someone down the bench to give the signals, and what to signal. The other tea^‘ never knew where the signals were coming from. “And I’d like to see some of the smart traders today up against Mr McGraw,” he continued. “He never got. fooled. I remember once I was walking down the street with him and he said: ‘Eddie, I’m going to pull one on Jack Hendricks. I m going to trade him John Kelly.’ “Hendricks was manager of the Reds. Keliy seemed to be going good, and I asked Mr. McGraW why he was going to get rid of him. He said: ‘I’ve been watching him" in batting practice, and he's been missing fast balls a foot. It’s his eyes.’ Well, he traded Kelly for Ed Roush, and Kelly only lasted a year or two longer. “Mr. McGraw knew what was going on at all times. He’d walk into the locked room and see some player chewing a big wad of gum, and he’d know the fellow had been drinking and was trying to kill his breath. “Mr. McGraw always ran his ball game, too. He'd call the pitch es in the tight spots, and whenever we were to face dangerous hitters he’d say to his pitchers; ‘Throw it in the dirt.’ Meaning to keep it around the knees, as that’s the toughest ball for anyone to hit. If the hitter was walked, all right. It was better than having him break up the game. "He was absolutely impartial in dealing with his players. I remem ber once on a training trip in Texas we had upper and lower berths. I asked him how to de cide who would get the uppers, and he said: ‘Put the names in a hat.’ “Well, I said: ‘How about Mr. Mathewson?” and he said: “Put his name in’ too. He’s no better than anybody else.’ Mr. Mathew son drew an upper. ‘‘He had his own system of play ing the game. ‘Never let the other team make a sucker of you,’ he would say. So he was always doing the unexpected. His teams play ed a game something like the Cardinals of recent years. It was run, run, run. Get that extra base. Hit when they expect you to bunt. Do it differently. "He liked big men for his ball club. Joe McCarthy does, too. He had small men, sure, but they had to be good. He knew how to handle all types of men, too. He wouldn’t be tough with a quiet, shy player who might be upset by gruffy talk. But he loved to rough the rough boys to see just how tough they were. "Five of the eight present Na tional League managers played un der Mr. McGraw at one time or another. That should indicate something.” We suspect that Eddie Brannick thinks Mr. McGraw was quite a man. _ Training Camp Briefs NORFOLK, Va., April 6.— The the-park home runs. Washington Senators, although out hit, played to a 10-inning 9-9 tie to day with the Norfolk Naval Train ing station baseball team in a game featuring long distance slug ging. Walter Chippie hit two hom ers for the Senators and George Case punctuated asix-ru n seventh inning rally by hitting a homer with the bases filled. Clyde Mc Cullough;, former Chicago Cub catcher and Ace' Parker, former Duke University football and base ball star, hit homers for Norfolk. Norfolk made IS hits off three Washington pitchers. The Sena tors made only eight off the two Norfolk hurlers. CURTIS BAY, Md., April 8. — The Curtis Bay Coast Guard Cut ters came from behind to score two runs in the eighth inning to day and beat the Philadelphia Ath letics 7 to 6 in a training camp game. Lou Klein, former St. Louis Cardinal second baseman led the Cutters with two singles and a triple. George Kell hit a single, double, and triple for Philadelphia. Bill McGhee, Philadelphia first baseman, arrived at camp today. LAKEHURST, N. J., April 6.— The New York Giants turned loose a,barrage of hits on their cousins from Jersey City today, defeating the farm club 19 to 3 in their third “annual” appearance at the Naval Air Base here. A double by Catcher Ernie Lom bardi with the bases filled, and a homer by Phil Weintraub with two men on started the Giants off to victory. They made 12 runs in the first three innings when Tom Faulkner, a class D rookie walked eight men. Joe Medwick, Giant outfielder returned to the lineup after being laid up with a lame back. The Giants announced that Pitch er Bob Barthelson had been sent to the San Francisco Seals on op tion in part payment for outfielder Neill Sheridan, who if to join the Giants next season. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., April 6. The Boston; Red Sox defeated the New York Yankees 13-7 to even their exhibition series at 3-all to day. The Red Sox collected 18 hits and pounded Bill Zuber for eight x runs in the first two innings. Leon Culberson of the Sox and Snuffy Stirnweiss of the Yanks hit inslde K E M Miracle and Crnver Plastic Playing Cards PH KARDS 299 Market St.Dial 2-122* j GUARANTEED WATCH REPAIRMC J ' Quick Service We Teach Watcbca To Tell Tha Truth The Jewel Box 1M N. Front ^The Jewel Box GIFT SHOP ^■wilminfton’s Only Downstair* Store H Headquarters For Ifine gifts 8 Come In and Make Poor ■ Selections! ■ Located Downstairs I THE JEWEL BOX IS 109 North Front St BEAR MOUNTAIN, N. Y., April 6 — Veterans Galan and Dixie Walker, the Brooklyn Dodgers’ two best batters, were in uniform to day for the club’s informal prac tice game with the Montreal farm club. Vic Lombardi, Otto Nicholas 2nd Leroy Pfund hurled for the Dodgers, while Manager Leo Duro cher played two innings at second base. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. April 6 Outfielder George (Tuck) Stain back of the New York Yankees, al dered to report for induction by ready classified 1-A, today was ot his Chicago draft board on April 17. Stainback, 32, requested permis sion to take his physical at New York City. --V Large Crowd Attend* YMCA Gym Exhibition The YMCA held its annual Gym nasium exhibition last night un der the supervision of Adam W Smith, physical director. The Cadet class was led in th< various drills by Robert Clark The Juniors were led By Charles C. Caudill. The Parallel bar wort was under the direction of Smith, J. Q. LeGrand made an address in which he honored J. B. Hunt ington, YMCA general secretary recounting the loyal service hi has rendered in the past 35 yeari to the youth and citizens of Wil mington. Charles O. Voss and Miss Warf performed on roller-skates with ar enthusiastic reception by the au dience. I. Stevenson gave an ex hibition of body building anc weight lifting. Russell H. Caudill, Boys Wort secretary, furnished the musica backgrohnd for the show. A larg« crowd attended. -V PENDER PLANS RABIES CLINIC A series of rabies clinics will b< conducted in Pender county dur ing April and May, according t< an announcement received here yesterday. The schedule follows: Burgaw, Saturday, April 7, 9 a m. to 4 p. m. in vacant lot next tc Harrell’s Department store Ward's Corner, Saturday, April 14 9 a. m.: Malpass Corner, Satur day, April 14, 10 a. m.; Long Creel T. J. Henry’s store, Saturday April 14, 11 a. m.; Boney Wilson’! store, Saturday, April 14, 1 p. m. Claudie Wilson’s store, Saturday April 14, 2:30 p. m.; Ernes Eakins’ store, Saturday, April 21 9 a. m.; Leo Eakins’ store, Satur day, April 21, 10 a. m.; Penderlei Community store, Saturday, Apri 21, 12 p. m.; Willard, Smith’s store Saturday, April 14, 2 p. m.; Watha Town Hall, Saturday, April 21, ■ p. m. Lane’s Ferry, Saturday, Apri 28, 10 a. m.; C. L. Futch’s store Saturday, April 28, 11 a. m. Hampstead, Howard’s store, Apri 28, 12 p. m.; Rocky Point, Ton Pearsall’s store, Saturday, Apri 28, 4-5 p. m. Smith’s Bridge, Saturday, Ma 5, 10 a. m.; Maple Hill, Postoffice Saturday, May 5, 12-2 p. m.; Cur rie, L. W. Rook’s store, Saturday May 12, 10 a. m.—12 p. m.; Cahe tuck, Harry Marshall’s store, Sat urday, May 12, 1-3 p. m.; Atkinson Harrell’s store, Saturday, May 19 9 a. m.-12 p. m. PRO GRID TEAMS START DRAFTING COLLEGE PLAYERS Chicago Cardinals Get First Choice and Take Charlie Trippi NEW YORK, April 6.—(*—'With more hope than confidence, the National Football League set about replenishing its player rosters to day by means of the annual draft of college players, after devoting an entire morning to wrangling about questions of eligibility for selection. Once the draft was begun, Char lie Trippi, former Georgia half back who starred last fall for the Third Air Force team of Morris Field, Charlotte, N. C. was chosen as the No. 1 pro prospect. Trippi, now stationed at Miami, Fla., was chosen by the Chicago Cardinals, who won first choice by the flip of a coin. The Cardinals, the Pittsburgh Steels with whom they were com bined last fall, and the Brook lyn Tigers were tied for lowest rank in the league standings and thus eligible for first pick. Pittsburgh, selecting second, picked the subject of most of the morning’s controversy, Paul Du hart of Florida and the Green Bay Packers. Duhart, who decided to play pro football last fall after being discharged from the Army, came under a special ruling. The league rule is that no player can be signed until his college class has been graduated. Since Florida had no football team last fall, the Packers were permitted to sign T'li in o Today the league voted that Du hart and a few other players in the same category, must go on the draft list since his normal college career would end this year. It was decided, however, to waive a rule that does not permit a club to trade its first or second choice men in the draft until the player has completed one season, and to permit the trading of these players only to othe clubs for which they had played. 'nius the Steelers can send Duhart back to Green Bay in a trade, but not to any other team. The first choices of other clubs were: Brooklyn, Joe Renfro, Tu lane; Boston, Ed Prokop, Georgia Tech; Cleveland, Elroy Hirsch, Wisconsin; Detroit, Frank Szy,i manski, Notre Dame; Chicago Bears, Don Lund, Michigan; Wash ington, Jim Hardy, Southern Cali fornia; Philadelphia, John Yona kor, Notre Dame; New York, El mer Barbour, Wake Forest, and Green Bay, Walter Schlinkman, Texas Tech. Except for Szymanski, a center, and Yonakor, an end, all the first choice players are backs. The long process of drafting 30 players for each club took up the entire opening session of the an nual meeting, resumed after a sud den postponement ip Chicago last winter. By tomorrow the club own ers hope to get around to such matters as the projected Brooklyn Boston merger which will reduce the circuit to ten clubs for the 1945 season. CITY FIRE LOSS TOTALS $4,939 Total fire loss In Wilmington last month fell $1,746 below the figure for March, 1944, it was reported yesterday by Fire Chief Luddie i Croom. March fire loss amounted to $4, 939 in comparison to $6,685 in the corresponding period last year. Total value of buildings and con tents where fires occurred was $78, 100, which was covered by $30,650 insurance. Burning grass and trash account ed for 13 of the 47 fire alarms an swered. Chief Croom reported that March was the first month in at least 10 years that no false alarms were re corded by the department. He disclosed that Inspector L. R. Frost has made application for pension after 35 years of continu ous service. n. Lj. nurne was appruveu, alter a probationary term, and placed on the department roll, effective March 1. C. L. Holliday was ap proved for his first three-month probationary period. 1 Preparations are under way for spring training to begin during the early part of April. -V 209th Vessel Launched At North Carolina Yard The S. S. Louise Lykes, 209th ; vessel to near completion at the 1 yard of the North Carolina Ship ; building Co., was launched at 6 p.m yesterday under the sponsor > ship of Mrs. Anne Peterson Myers. 1 Mrs. Myers is the daughter of ■ Representative J. Harden Peter ■ son, of the First Florida congres > sional district. I A C-2 type cargo ship, the S. S. Louise Lykes is the fourth to be , built here for the Lykes Brothers l Steamship Co. -V ' Shortstop Crosetti Signs Yank Contract | ATLANTIC CITY, N. J„ April 6.— UP)—Frankie Crosetti, holdout shortstop of the New York Yank r ees has agreed to terms and will join the team in Washington on ' April 15, club officials said to ’ day. Crosetti who has been working ' out in California, agreed to the • $15,000 offer of Larry MacPhail, p club president. Previously he had asked $18,000. ^ To Get Chance After ten years of major league bench warming, Ken O’Dea, Card catcher, may become the regular St. Louis, backstop when Catcher Walker Cooper is drafted. ARENA PRESIDENT IS HELD RAMPANT NEW YORK, April 6— <U.R)—Police Commissioner Lewis J. Valentine insisted today that Ned Irish, act ing president of Madison Square Garden, had told him betting was becoming rampant at the Garden. He was testifying at the open hear ing into basketball gambling. Irish, in testifying had denied that he told the commissioner “any such thing.” Valentine testified today that Irish had sought a conference with and said he feared a “scandal.” He reiterated his testimony that Irish had sodght a conference with him concerning gambling. Irish testified that he had sought no conference, but Valentine said he had a photostatic copy of an or der he sent out for the meeting. Valentine repeated his testimony that Irish told him gamblers were becoming particularly bold in con nection with hockey and basket ball games and boxing events and congregated in the lobby, in the aisles and around the arena and occupied some of the boxes. Irish, also told him, Valentine testified, that gamblers were try ing “to corrupt basketball players and coaches by having them toss games.” Valentine pointed out that these were not Irish’s words but that he had taken notes. -V FORMER RESIDENT CAPTURES NAZIS One of the interesting stories to come out of the breakthrough byi the Americans from the Roer to the Rhine was revealed recently when a battery of the 557th AAA Battalion, commanded by Captain Frank M. Fagan, formerly of Wil mington, captured a Nazi ack-ack outfit nearly intact. The story was printed in “Rail splitters,” unofficial Army publi cation of the division to which the 557th is attached. Entering Kemp one morning, the company noticed a movement and noises coming from the other side of a hgdgerow and fount an 88 mm. flack battery pulling out. Captain Fagan deployed his men as infantry, the Army publication disclosed. The Germans, realizing they were trapped, surrendered. The story in “Railsplitters” told how the enemy had destroyed two of their six guns, but Captain Fa gan’s men captured two officers, 50 enlisted men, four 88’s and ri fles and pistols to arm a com plete battery. Mrs. Fagan now lives in Brook wood. While the officer was sta tioned at Camp Davis, soon after the organization of the balloon barrage there, he and his wife liv ed with Mr. and Mrs. Paul T. Marshbum, 2307 Chestnut street. Coffield Ties Yourist; • ‘Mysterious Miss’ Wins The much anticipated grudge match between Jimmy Coffield, “Bad Boy” from Kansas City, and Abe Yourist, former Toledo, Ohio basketball star, ended up in a draw last night, at Thalian Hall. Coffield won the first fall within 31 minutes with a double head lock, only to have Yourist bounce back to take the second fall after ten minutes with a hammer lock. The bout between the two female grapplers, “Mysterious Miss Red’’ and Miss Violet Valentine proved to be the card’s thriller. “Miss Red”, who had volunteered to un mask if defeated, remained anony mous as she pinned Miss Valentine in the first attempt with a full body pin after 16 minutes. She came up seven minutes later with another body pin. to win the bout in 23 minutes. Husband of Wrightsville Resident Reported Killed During 3rd Army Action Capt. Hassel G. Wall, of Shelby, whose wife is the former Gertrude killed in action recently while serv ing with the Third Army in Ger many, the War Department report ed. Capt. Wall entered the Army !n June, 1942, and received his com mission as a second lieutenant at Fort Knox, Ky., after which he was transferred to Fort Benning, and to Camp Gordon, Ga., where he was stationed until he went over seas in September, 1944. He was promoted to first lieutenant at the port of embarkation. Cherry Pointers Win National GG Finals Special to the Star CHERRY POINT, April 6—Three hard hitting Cherry Point pugilists reached the height of amateur suc cess Wednesday night by winning three titles in the National Golden Gloves finals at Chicago. A capacity crowd of 20,752 fans watched Sgt. Elbert' Highers, of Oneida, N. Y.; Staff Sgt. Lavern Roach, of Plainview, Tex.; and Sgt. Howard Brodt, of Utica, N. Y., fight their way to the lightweight, welterweight, and middleweight crowns respectively. Brodt and Roach completely monopolized the victories along the Eastern Coast both winning bouts in Charlotte, Washington, and New York before going on to cap ture the Chicago diadem. Highers won his Chicago chance by virtue of wins at Charlotte and Washington, before being decision ed at New York by Edward Mur phy. However, Murphy was in jured during the bout and Highers was chosen to represent the East ern coaches at Chicago. Coach Johnny Aboods Flying Leathernecks completely swept the Carolinas’ Golden Glove Tour ney in Charlotte, taking five places. Along with Highers, Roach and Brodt, Featherweight Johlny Byrnes and Light-heavy Joe Rin done emerged victorious. Highers defeated Bernard Paige in three fast rounds to cop the 135 pound title, and Roach coasted to an easy win over Gilbert Gar goia in the welterweight group. Brodt won a definite decision over favorite Ray Spurlock, a Chicago middleweight. The champions were presented with wrist watches and diamond rings, following the bouts. Since becoming a member of the Marine Corps, Roach has an im pressive record of 32 victories and to defeats. Twenty of Roach’s wins have come via the knockout route. Highers has nothing short of an amazing record since becoming a Leatherneck. The Utica, N. Y. kid has won 42 bouts while drop ping only one, and 23 of his oppo nents have taken the count after being christened with his dyna mite laden right hook. Brodt possibly has the hardest punch on the team, having won 21 ofhi s 33 triumphs by knockouts. A defeat at Parris Island several years ago by another Marine was the only blotch that the offieials could find on Brodt’s boxing re cord. Roach has also had mgny honors heaped upon him since entering; the fight game. He won the popu larity cup at Charlotte for the se cond consecutive year, was award ed the most outstanding fighter trophy at Washington, and was elected captain of the New York team chosen for the Chicago inva sion. Coach Johnny Abood, to whom the boys give the credit for their victories, hails from Brooklyn, N. Y., and has been trainer, coach ( and father to the boys for over two years. Abood won 115 out of 135 fights while fighting professionally under the name of Johnny Lamarr. Major League Catching Records Near Collapse I - J CAMP LEE, Va., April 6.—(JPI— Several major league catching records, defying time and receiv ers alike for many years, appar ently are as near collapse as Ger many's self-style supermen. Four veteran receivers who ap pear to have golden opportunities to write their names in big league record books are A1 Lopez and Virgil (Spud) Davis of the Pitts burgh Pirates; Rick Ferrell, Wash ington Senators; and Frank Hayes, Philadelphia Athletics. Lopez, the fiery Latin, is nearing the record for the number of major league contests caught. The pres ent record of 1,790 was set by Leo (Gabby) Hartnett while catching for the Chicago Cubs and New York Giants from 1922 through 1941. Appearing behind the plate in 115 games in 1944, Lopez pushed his total to 1,714 games, only 76 short of Hartnett’s mark. Lopez also has a chance to tie Bill Dick ey’s record of catching 100 or more games for 13 years. The past sea son was the senior’s 12th. Ferrell, like Lopez in his 17th season in the big league?, needs 104 games, having caught in 1, 686 contests. Last year Rick was behind the bat in 96 games. Even if he fails to disturb Hartnett's mark, Ferrell is almost certain to break the American League rec ord of 1,7221 set by Ray Schalk of the Chicago White Sox. Iron Man Hayes, who shared the spotlight with Ray Mueller of the Cincinnati Reds last year by catch ing in all of his team’s 155 games, needs to catch the A’s first 61 games this season to - surpass Mueller’s two-year record of 217 consecutive games. Hayes handled the last two contests for the St. Louis Brown in 1943 before bag ging his 155 straight for the Mack men. Last year both he and Huel ler topped George Gibson’s prev ious record of 133 straight in 1909. By batting .301 in 54 games last season, Davis became the first National League catcher to hit .300 or better for 10 seasons. Davis homered in his last at bat of the 1944 season to climb above the .300 m^irk. The 40-year-old season ed campaigner is one short of Dickey’s major league standard of .300 seasons. LUCENA CAPTURED BY YANK FORCES (Continued from Page One) the Japanese Air Force, the raiders set large fires blazing along the waterfront and ignited oil storage tanks. Night patrol planes sank a 10,000 ton freighter-transport east of Hong Kong, and sank two barges and damaged a 1,000-ton freighter north of Hainan. Day raiders destroyed two small cargo vessels off the China coast. Three tankers and two small freighters were sunk or damaged in the Pesacadores islands and parked planes were set afire at the Toyohara airdrome in Formo sa. In addition to the ships hit in China waters, Allied fliers sank or damaged 17 freighters or small coastal vessels in Borneo and Cle bes waters. On other Philippines land fronts the 40th Division captured the Silay airdrome and sent patrols to the Alicante airdrome on Negros is land. The American division and Fili pino troops were beating off Jap anese counterattacks on Cebu, where hard fighting has been re ported. -V The Big Bad lands of western South Dakota have an area of 2000 square miles. ENEMY ATTACKS BROKEN BY U. S. (Continued from Page One) ing on several hours. I can’t tell you how many have been shot down. . .But the total compares well with any other battle in the pacific.’) On Okinawa, the Marines in the north gained up to nearly three miles in their advance up the isth mus which joins the southern and northern halves of the island. Re sistance was scattered. But the infantrymen in the south, attacking the main Japanese de fense line before the city of Naha, met heavy enemy resistance sup ported by artillery. Naval guns and carrier planes hit the enemy lines with shells and bombs throughout Friday. Nimitz announced that in cap turing the Kerama islands off the west coast of Okinawa, invaded six days before the major landing, American forces killed 539 Japa nese and captured 166 prisoners. American infantrymen were vir tually stalled in their drive on Naha. Front disptaches said that the Japanese launched their biggest counter attack of the campaign Fri day afternoon. The Army troops were some five miles from Naha but the final drive to overrun the capital city and two airfields in the area would not be easy, the front dispatches indicat ed. The enemy was fighting back with guns and mortars hidden in hill caves, just as they did on Sai pan and in the Philippines. Ob servers speculated that a tedious and bloody job might lie ahead of American 24th Corps infantrymen who will have the job of rooting them out. Heaviest fighting centered about a triangular cluster of three hills some four miles north of Naha. The Americans were headed south along a narrow isthmus toward the hills and the capital city, which lies in smoking and reportedly al most lifeless ruins from air and naval bombardment. Planes joined the assault on Jap anese hill defenses with bombs and rockets. (Tokyo broadcasts recorded by United Press in New York and San Francisco said the Americans were reinforcing their landing forces and that more than 300 small landing craft were lying at anchor off Oki nawa.) Japanese air attacks continued. -V Soviets Hit Vienna From Three Sides (Continued from Page One) mans had had time to organize a street defense (The Swiss radio said all re maining civilians in Vienna had been impressed into the Volks sturm for a last-ditch defense of the city. (BBC quoted unofficial reports that strong Russian forces had stormed into the southeastern quarter of Vienna and were fight ing house to house through the in dustrial suburbs). German broadcasters, evidently preparing the German public for bad news of the Vienna battle, said the envelopment of the city had become a simpler task for the Red Army following the fall of Bratislava on the Danube to the east. On the extreme southern end of the front, Tolbukhin had crossed the Austrian frontier and pushed his flank to within 75 miles of the Italian border, Moscow disptaches said. \}' J ' Cub Moundsman Claude Passeau, Chicago Cubs hurler, is expected to see plenty of action this season. Despite an arm injury, Manager Charlie Grimm is hoping to start Passeau in the opener against the Cards. FORMER ARMY END TAKEN BY GIANTS NEW YORK, April 6—CP)—The New York Giants selected George (Barney) Poole, end for Army’s Cadets in the National League football draft today, the first play er ever to be selected by a pro fessional team from either of the service academies. Poole is a brother of Giant End Jim Poole and has three years of eligibility with the service team. Normally, service academy players are not included in the draft because it is the purpose of their training to keep them in military careers. Giant officials, in naming Poole, said their selection was based on the fact that he was a player at Mississippi University and he would have been graduated from there this June. Apparently, they were taking a chance on the possi bility that he might not make the grade' scholastically at the Acad emy -V PHILLIES HELP DEDICATE FIELD CAMP LEE. Va.. April 6—(JP)— The Philadelphia Phillies of the National League today helped Camp Lee dedicate its athletic field which bears the name of Sgt. Henry Nowak, former pitcher of the St. Louis Cardinals, who was the first National League ball player killed in action in World War Two. Nowak died of wounds received in Belgium on New Year's Day. The Phillies, playing before a crowd of 10,000 soldiers and a number of high ranking officers, defeated the Camp Lee Travelers, managed by Ted (Specs) Garbee, former Lynchburg, Va., Piedmont League pilot, 4-2. Vernon Kennedy and Charley Sproull held the soldiers to six hits while Jim Hopper, bought by Pittsburgh from Toronto before he entered the Army, gave up 12. Brig. Gen. George A. Horkan, Commanding Officer at Lee, threw out the first ball to Herb Pen nock, Phils’ Manager to open the game, and the National Leaguers quickly started to work by grab bing a one run lead in the second inning on hits by Nick Goulish and Gus Mancuso. They scored two more in the third after two were out on four successive hits by Jam Wasdell, Rene Monteagudo, Goulish, and Mancuso. The soldiers came back with two counters in their half of the third, scoring on a double by Dave Philley, ex-Chicago White Sox outfielder, and a long fly by Buster Maynard, former New York Giant and Richmond out fielder. The visitors' last run came in the sixth when Bitsy Mott singled home Granville Hamner afte~ the latter had doubled. _ 'I T Foe Held Splitting Army Into SS-Led Guerrillas (Continued from Page One) ?ests of commanders of the newly created army groups are given to generals of the SS while the professional army officers are at tached to them as advisers. It is also significant that the command of higher field headquarters has increased the number of Himmler agents charged with the organiza tion of underground resistance on German territory occupied by Al lied troops.” -V 18 YOUTHS FORM COURT HOUSTON, Tex.. April 6.—(U.R; The age-old English common law of ‘trial before your peers” will be the benefit in the future of Houston’s juvenile traffic viola tors. NELSON LEADING ATLANTA TOURNEY BY SIX STROKES Byrd Places Second With 139; Followed By White With 140 ATLANTA, April 6.— (#)—Byron Nelson, the Texan who migrated to Toledo, Ohio, took a six stroke lead over the field in the $10,000 open Iron Lung Golf Tournament today as he added a par 69 to yes. terday’s 64 for a 133 total at the halfway mark. Sammy Byrd, of Detroit, the former New York Yankee outfield er, slipped into second place with the best round of the day, a four under-par 65 which gave him 139. Orville White, Winston-Salem. N. C. pro, shot his second consistent 70 in a row to land in third place. J Three players whose winnings on the winter circuit have been scan ty were in a deadlock for the next spot with 141’s. They were Joe Kirkwood, Philadelphia; Bobby Cruickshank, Richmond, Va.: and Joe Zarhardt, Morristown, Pa. Slamming Sammy Snead of Hot Springs, Va., and Jug MeSpaden of Sanford, Me., runnersup to Nel son after the first round, fell be hind today. Snead, after going out in a ragged 39, recovered with a 34 coming in which gave him a two-day total of 142. MsSpaden's 75 landed him in the 144 bracket with several others. Jimmy Hines of Amsterdam, N. Y., shooting a 69 today was tied with Snead at 142. Ed Furgol, Mhinsdale, 111., also had a 142 to lead the amateurs. Nelson started out today with a 33 on the first nine, gathering three birdies and one bogie, but he falter ed coming down the stretch and took a two over par 36 on the back nine. He bogied Nos. 14 and 16. Byrd got his 65 with 14 pars and four birdies, a chip shot from the edge of the green on No. 6 for a birdie two featuring. Denny Champayne, Orlando. Fla. amateur, scored a hole-ia-one on the 145-yard sixth. -V- I TOJO REPORTED IN JAP CABINET (Continued from Page One) trality between Japan and the So viet Union,” it said, "has contri buted not only to peace and sta bility in the East Asiatic situation but also to the welfare of all man kind in a world engrossed in the greatest turmoil in history.” Opinion here hardened in the belief that one year could not elapse before Russia was in the Pacific War—possibly if not prob ably because of a mad dog attack by the Japanese Manchurin Ar my on Siberi. Dispatches from Moscow said nothing to conflict with this view. Stockholm, recalling that the Japanese Naval attache in the Berlin embassy is due to arrive in Stockholm soon, suggested that, both in view of the impending co lapse of Germany and the danger of war with Russia, Japan wanted to build up its legation staff in Sweden as a key neutral country. German broadcasts said that Russia’s denunciation of the neu trality pact was decided upon at ", the Big Three Crimea conference but added that it changed nothing from either the political or mili tary viewpoint. —-V-— UMW WAGE GROUP MEETING CALLED (Continued from Page One) a stalemate and is unable to reac.i agreement.” The WLB set 3:30 p.m. tomor row to hear the parties’ report, it then probably will arrange pub lic hearings for next week. Collapse of the negotiations rr.3y retard a back-to-work movemerr. A UMW spokesman predicted full production by Monday, but * survey by the Solid Fuels Admin istration indicated that production today would suffer nearly as hea vily as yesterday. Before the mines could be taken over by the Government, the WLB would have, to certify the dispute to President Roosevelt. The board took jurisdiction last weekend after the bargaining con ference had failed to reach agree ment or> a single issue in a montn * |j of negotiation. 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