Janesville Daily Gazette from Janesville, Wisconsin • Page 14

Night Track Meet Is Scheduled for Friday Janesville Will Be Host loBeloit and Rockford West Teams Janesville high school trackmen will be host to Beloit and Rockford West in the first night track meet of the season at Monterey stadium Fjiday night. The field events will start at 6:30 p. m. and the track events at 7. With clear and warmer weather promised, the first night meet is expected to be a success.

The team practiced under the lights Tuesday night and found that the temperature was not uncomfortable. The Bluebirds will be shooting tor their second straight triumph, having won the Rock Valley Invitational meet last Friday. oulscored the second place i Beloit squad in that meet but ex- jpects formidable competition from 'the Rockford entry. Janesville will pin its hopes for a number of points on a quintet of veteran lettermen who have paced the team in past meets. They are Bob Johnson in the hurdles and broad jump, Rolland Sultze in the 440, Jim Stephen in the dashes and Jim Abraham.

The 880-yard relay is also expected to produce first place points. Going into Friday night's meet, is the leading Bluebird scorer with points. He tallied 15 points in the Rock invitational 'meet when he took firsts in the broad jump and both hurdles. Previously he nad picked up at Wisconsin Rapids and 4 points at Madison West, participating in relay events. Stephen is second with points.

He scored 9 points in the invitational, 4 at Madison West and at Washington Rapids. Roland Sultze, who didn't compete at Wisconsin Rapids and participated only relays at West, has points and Jim Abraham, Sin Friday night's meet, five Saces will count: 5 points for first, Is for second, 3 from third, 2 for Surth, and 1 for fifth. In the lay 10 points will be awarded for and 6 for second. Each team will be limited to two contestants in the 100 and 200-yard dashes, and two hurdle events. Three contestants may be entered in all other events.

Coach Sam Leete has named the following Janesville entries: 100-yard Stephen, John Shea. 200-yard Jerry Mills. 440-yard Sultze, James Abraham. Terry Clark. 880-yard Hanew'all, Jack Blt- tenhouse, Ronald Beckmon.

Mile run Daryl Hedgecock, Robert Schwarer, Duane Knickerbocker, 120-yard high Johnson. Charles- Meyer. 220-yard low Sullze. Jcncks, Dick Ralph Lir.de. Shot Lenarz.

Llnde. High Sclleck, Jack Koch, Larry LaSage. Broad DaVe Gessert, Melvin Johnson. Pole Bud Ware, Roger- Crawford. 880-yard Johnson, Abraham, Stephen.

Robert Kerl Has Highest Average in Major League Robert Kerl completed the Major Bowling league season with the highest individual average! 192-65, acording to final averages compiled by Dr. Emil Schwegler, secretary. In second place was Willard Waeffler, Evansville, who had 191-46. Others finishing among the first 10 were Edwin (Pat) Bruni, 189-59; Alonzo Johnston, 188-85; William Kersten, 188-35; Clyde Kressin, 187-58; Orville Neuman, 186.1; Leo Smythe, 185-54; Norm Zentz, 184-76; and Joe Nickols, 184-45. Briggs' tavern won the championship with 73 points.

Grant's finished second. 71 points; Grill, third, 69; Lichtfus Coals, fourth, 52; Bamby, fifth, 51; and Al's Tavern, sixth, 44. Teams finished with the following averages: Briggs 1 912; Grant's, 909; Sizzlin Grill, 917; Lichtfus, 895; Bamby, 898; and Al's, 890. Only 27 points sepaarted the high from the low average team. Sizzlin' Grill took high game honors, blasting a three-game total of 2,946 and having a single game effort of 1,100.

Bamby shot second high three-game total, 2,944, and third high single count, 1,050. Grant's hit the third high three- game total, 2,940, and second high single, 1,052. William Kersten had high three-, game individual total, 674, with Pat Bruni, second, 671, and Orville Neuman, third, 669. -Brunt and Neuman tied for high single game with. 269 with Tony Kaja taking down third with 267.

The annual dinner and meeting of the league will be held at 7 p. m. Monday at the Vets club. PLAY SEMI-FINALS Mnehurst, N. C.

Felice Torza, Connecticut state champion from Hartford, matched strokes with George Fulton of Roanoke, and C. B. Dudley of Greenville, S. CT, met Dave Ewell of Richmond, in semi-finals play today in the North and South amateur golf tournament. JANESVILLE DAILY GAZETTE Thursday, April 24, 1947 Page Fourteen National League Takes Lead in Home Run Race, 48 to 26 IBV ASSOCIATED Major league fans are witnessing one of the greatest early season displays of home run hitting in years and the bigger bats are booming in the National league which is famed more for its finesse than its power.

Faced by Shortstop Eddie Miller of Cincinnati, who has clouted five in eighth leaguers have slammed 48 circuit drives, double their output at this stage of the 1946 campaign, while American league batters have hammered 26, one less than they had collected a year ago yesterday. A total of 29 players have accounted for the National's amazing crop of four-masters while 20 players are responsible for the American's output. Tigers Hit Three The biggest boom-boom of the American league season was heard in Briggs stadium, Detroit, Wednesday where the Bengals belted five homers including three in the eighth inning by Roy Cullenbine, Dick Wakefield and Hoot Evers, as the Tigers clawed the Chicago White Sox, 7-4. The defeat, the Sox' first in four games, dropped them into a first place tie with the New York Yankees who blanked Red Sox 3-0 behind the two-hit tossing of Allre Reynolds at the Yankee stadium. Rudy York collected both hits off Reynolds on a seventh inning two-bagger and a ninth inning single.

Catcher Aaron Robinson batted in two oi the Yanks' runs with a single and homer off Dave Ferriss to aid Reynolds in gaining his second straight shutout. Gets Grand Slam Homer At Sportsma'n's park, St. Louis, the first-place Pirates drubbed the tail-end Cardinals, 8-5. Shortstop Billy Cox of. the' Bucs whacked Red Munger for a homer with the bases loaded in the second inning and Ed Basinski sewed up the decision with a two-run bleacher poke in the sixth.

Rookie Chuck Diering of the Cards hit a homer in the second frame. The Brooklyn Dodgers clipped the Philadelphia Phils, 5-2, at Ebbets field behind the eight-hit elbowing of Lefty Joe Hatten. The Chicago Cubs and the Boston Braves moved into a third- place deadlock with the Phils by downing the Cincinnati Reds and the New York Giants respectively. Southpaw Johnny Schmitz turned back the Reds at Wrigley field, 7-1, while Warren Sphan, although touched for 12 hits, set down the Giants, 5-1, at Boston. In the remaining American league games, the Cleveland Indians trounced the St.

Louis 10-4, and the Washington Senators, the only team in either circuit which hasn't hit for the circuit, nosed out the Philadelphia Athletics, 4-3. South Regional Round-up Friday Whitewater annual'South- ern Regional conference "Athletic Round-up" will be held at Whitewater State Teachers college Friday afternoon and evening. Feature of the event will be the 6:30 p. m. banquet in the Congregational church at which Johnny Kotz, ail- American basketball forward while at the University of Wisconsin, will be the speaker.

The roundup will start at 1:30 p. m. with a get-together in Hamilton gymnasium. From 2 to 4 p. m.

such sports event as swimming, badminton, volleyball, touch football, softbali and table tennis will be held. From 4:30 until 6 p. m. sports movies will be shown in the college auditorium followed by the banquet. In charge of the program are C.

B. Winsor, College high principal; Al Farina, College high coach, and Ed. Schwager, director of athletics of Whitewater State Teachers college. Badgers Face Iowa in 2-Game Series Madison Twenty-one members of Wisconsin's baseball team were selected by Coach Art (Dynie) Mansfield to make the trip to Iowa City today for games against Iowa Friday and Saturday. Walt Lautenbach, veteran from Plymouth, and Paul Farley, Milwaukee sophomore, probably would draw the pitching assignments Mansfield said.

The Badgers, 1946 Big Nine champions, were handed two de- defeats by Ohio State in their only conference starts, while the Hawk- eyes toppled Purdue twice. The travelling squad: Ed Butcher, BoB Cook, James Lawrence, Charles Lowe, Art Rizzi, Stan Gorecki arid Bob Engelbret- sent, infielders; James Regan, Stuart Locklin, Bud John Kasper and Nelson Waity, outfielders; Bob Wilson, Peter Schubeck and, Robb Ford, catchers; and James Thompson, Farley, Lautenbach, Richard Lewis, Fred Suchy and Gene Jaroch, pitchers. Association Teams Hampered by Rain IH1- ASSOCIATED PHESS1 Bad weather again halted league leading Kansas City and Minneapolis in the American Association baseball campaign Wednesday, but Louisville chalked up its fourth victory against two defeats by stopping Columbus, 3-1, and strengthened, its hold on third place. In'the only other league contest played, Toledo scored nine runs in the last two innings to defeat Indianapolis, 13-7. The victory gave the Mud Hens a 2-2 (.500) rating and moved them from sixth to fourth place.

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St. Phone 3412 PAYMENTS TO SUIT -TOUR PURSE International Duck Agreement Sought Case (R- wants an international non- aggression agreement to protect ducks, He told a reporter today he has asked Elmer Peterson, South Dakota state game commission director, for suggestions on a plan to to help out migratory they fly south for the winter, The problem, briefly, is this: Canada and the United States have strict regulations on hunting seasons, but Mexico, Cuba, and Central American countries do not. Half the time, then, a duck is without a friend in the world, except other ducks. Brooklyn Hex Still Works on Phillies Brooklyn, N. became clear today that if Ben Chapman's Philadelphia Phillies are, going to improve their National league chances, they will have to conquer the Brooklyn "hex." The Durocherless Dodgers turned back the Phillies for the second straight time Wednesday again capitalizing on serious errors of ommission and commission.

Despite the two losses, however, the Phillies clung to third place although two other teams moved into a tie with them. Last year even after the Phillies had begun the meteoric rise which was to elevate them from last to fifth place, the Chap-men laid down and played dead before the Dodgers, dropping 12 games before turning in a victory over Brooklyn. Baseball Executive Committee to Meet Columbus, O. George. M.

Trautman, president of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, said Wednesday Commissioner A. B. Chandler had called a meeting here May 12 of the game's nine-man major-minor executive council to discuss routine business. Council members include Herman D. White, Wisconsin State and Northern leagues president.

Abraham, Incidentally, the same four will Janesville's colors in the 880-yard relay. Delavan Cards 2 Night Games the first time in history, Delavan high school baseball team will play two night games. Lights have been installed oh the hard ball diamond and -will be used for the first time this year. The night games will be against Milwaukee South Division high school May and McHenry May 14. Prospects for the season are fair with Coach Webb Schultz having 26 candidates working out, six of whom were regulars on last year's team which won six and lost one.

The veterans are Gordon Madison, Don Hopkins, Edgar Mueller, Roily McClellan and Jim Davis. The big problem is in finding capable hurdlers. Mueller and Bob Beall have shown the' best form thus far. Following is the Delavan sched ule: April here. April here.

May, there. MaX there. May South, May there. May McHenry, games. Edgerton V.

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basketball squad, champions of the Suburban Home Talent league, will be guests of honor at a banquet to be held in the Mirror room of the Highway restaurant Friday night, May 2. The local quintet, coached by Leslie Becker and managed by Otis Bosbon, won the championship of the Southern division and then won a two-game series from Waunakee to take the league crown. Conrad Lewis, Madison, league president, will present the team with the championship trophy. During the season the Edgerton club won the championship of the Black Earth tournament, placed second at the Edgerton tournament, and advanced to the quarter-finals of the state amateur meet at Hartford. A feature of the banquet will be the appearances of the "Magical Wurtzels" magicians from Rockford.

Members of the banquet committee are Max Larson, Svere Ro- ang, Otis Bosbon and R. Marcelle Pelt. Players to be honored are Paul Schuette, Lavern Kruckenberg, Eddie Pope, Jack Ylvisaker, Bob Bruhn, Lavern Natter, Harold Carrier, Cleon and Kenneth Enger, Lawrence, Lavern and Robert Oren. Coach at Stockton Faces Check Charge Freeport, 111. G.

Claire Fellows, 43, coach of baseball and football at the Stockton, 111., high school, was arrested today on a charge of passing worthless checks amounting to around $70. Freeport police said four Freeport firms had complained that lows had passed worthless checks drawn on the Elizabeth State bank, Elizabeth, 111. Stockton and Elizabeth are in Jo Daviess county. Fellows came to Stockton in 1945 from' La Crosse, where he lived. He once was on the coaching staff of the Fennimore, high school, Holloway said.

Old Chief Smokum say: "Man born with two eyes Trat only one mouth so he can see twice as much as he talk." Cigar-wise smokers say: The first LA FAUNA you light up wilt open your eyes to a new standard of quality and smoking pleasure. lAPAUNA 4 Popufor Sizes: IDEAtS SENATOR MAGNOLIA CORONA I5e 15c Centralia, of Chicago Cub minor league farm clubs training here are moaning about the weather and they don't like it a bit that been able to get in just a partial workout in three days (Sunday, Monday and Tuesday). Janesville's skipper, Frank Piet, however, was able to get in good sessions Monday and Tuesday at Carlyle. Managers and other team officials just went into a bjgr confab (5:20 p. m.

Tuesday) as 'word was received a few minutes ago that Jack Sheehan, head of the Chicago Cubs' farm system, was arriving at 7 and that he wanted to meet with them immediately. So, the baseball leaders are sharpening pencils to complete reports on players. got mixed up in the deal and pinched-hit for Bob Peterson, Clinton, manager, and Joe Kernan, Chicago scout, on a radio interview. "He's a natural." "Look at him go after that ball!" "Wow, what a throw!" Those outbursts were by Paul Schoendienst, one of the fanciest of first baseman, while watching Dick practice. And Honacki was performing on ground that lacked for secure footing and was rifling a wet and heavy ball around.

"He'll be playing shortstop in Wrigley Field in four seasns," was Schoendienst's prediction. Manager Piet has'been forced to'hang handles on his two first basemen as both come a-running when he uses the first name- Howard Hively and Howard Bjorklund. Hively answers to "Lefty" and Bjorklund to "Slim." Fiet can't use the monikers during hatting, practice because both swing left. There are a few service uniforms in the Janesville camp. Pitcher Don Schmitz has "Fleet City" on his outfit.

Outfielder Ed Vesely has "Warriors" and Pitcher Ken Wollenberg has "Marines." The best dressed Janesville player on the field is Outfielder Frank Prainito, who brought two uniforms with him from Detroit. The one- he wore the first day fits a bit. too soon, so now he wears a gaudy white one red stripes. Noblest street dresser among the Janesville players is Shortstop Dick Honacki, who has a complete wardrobe. Joe Nezgoda, who played with Janesville last season, reported here late, arriving Monday evening and working out for the first time Tuesday.

He delayed the trip from Chicago because he was "best man" Saturday at his sister's wedding. Catcher Bollin Stauff of the Cubs greatly resembles Cliff Aberson, Janesville outfielder in 1941. and 1942 who played halfback last fall for the Green Bay backers and returned to baseball this spring. Aberson trained with Los Angeles on the west coast and has been assigned to Tulsa. Incidentally, Aberson has not signed a 1917 contract with the Green Bay Packers and is reported as seeking almost dou- ble the pay he got for his first campaign in pro football.

The challenge golf game played by the baseball managers late Monday afternoon didn't turn out so well for the contestants, particularly for Ken Guenthner, half- owner and president of the Sioux Falls, S. club. All got their feet wet and shoes covered with mud. Guenthner rested on a bench that also was paint. There was no warning sign.

Manager Frank Piet of the Janesville Cubs fired the low score over the soggy nine-hole layout, a 41, considered excellent under bad playing conditions and with borrowed clubs. Cub Yannigansn Trim Janesville Pacer Gets Second Money at Hollywood Park A Janesville pacer, Mark Hanna, owned by Dr. Guy C. Waufle and son, was second in the $1,000 fifth race at Hollywood Park, Wednesday. Guy Crippen drove the pacer, adding points to his already high total in the California contest for harness horse drivers.

The Janesville horse finished close on to Eddie Siskiyou, which turned the! mile in I Crippen added another second Wednesday with Par in the eighth race, an event for trotters. Par is owned by Lee LaDue, who has a harness horse breeding farm near Elkhorn. Leading all other Grand Circuit drivers at the Hollywood meeting) Crippen drove eight winners in the first eight days of racing. He was a winner with Hollis in the Tuesday, program and added a second that day with Captain Cash. Crippen will bring his stable to Elkhorn for the American Legion meeting July 12-13.

The Standings NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet. W. L.

Pet. Pittsburgh 6 1 3 3 .500 Brooklyn 4 2 4 6 .400 PhU'phia 4 4 York 2 4 .333 Chicago. 4 4 Louis 3 5 .286 Remits Wednei Chicago, 7: Cincinnati, I. Boston. 5: New York, 3.

Brooklyn. 5: Philadelphia. 2. Pittsburgh, St. Louis.

5. Games Friday Chicago at Pittsburgh. Cincinnati at St. Louis. New York at Brooklyn.

Boston at Philadelphia. New York Chicago Cleveland Boston 1 4 .200 1 6 .143 AMERICAN LEAGUB W. L. Pet. W.

Pet. 6 2 Detroit 3 3 .500 3 1 Washington .500 3 2 Louis 4 3 Wednesday New York, Boston, 0. Cleveland, 10; St. Louis. 4.

Washington, Philadelphia, 3. Detroit, Chicago, 4. Games Friday Philadelphia at Boston. Washington at New York. Cleveland at Chicago.

St. Louis at Detroit. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W. L. Pet.

W. L. Pet. Kan. City 3 0 1.000|CoIumbus 3 4 .429 Min'apolis 1 0 a.OOOJIndianapolis 2 3 .400 Louisville 4 2 Paul 2 4 .333 Toledo 2 2 Milwaukee 1 3 .250 Results Wednesday Louisville.

Columbus. 1. Toledo. 13; Indianapolis, 7. Only games played.

Games Friday Milwaukee at Minneapolis. Columbus at Indianapolis. -Kansas City at St. Paul. Toledo at Louisville.

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It was a 13-inning affair that featured some good pitching and, as expected, excellent fielding, particularly by infielders. Outfielders had rough going, a strong- wind causing the ball to do funny things. The game lasted three hours and Manager Piet, who umpired and managed to stay put of trouble, used 13 pitchers. Slabmen were instructed not to throw hard or put much on the ball. Outstanding was the control of the pitchers, most of them working from the for the first time -this season.

The Yannigans smacked the servings of six flingers for 17 hits, Imbra, veteran second sacker, pacing the assault with four singles in eight trips. Two were infield taps he beat out. Imbra is the fastest base-runner among the 37 candidates for the Janesville team. Emmerich, tall outfielder, got three safeties, including a double, in seven tries. Shortstop Ehrhardt had a two- bagger and single, and Catcher Brauer, smallest among Cub receivers, smacked two singles.

Brauer was the best looking catcher of the day. Bruins Get Five Hits Only five hits were piled by the Bruins off seven pitchers. Two of the wallops were by a Janesville veteran. Outfielder Feyche. He was at the plate five times, singling in the seventh, doubling in the llth, during which the Bruins scored their three runs off Leonard Wilke, towering right hander.

Preceding Wilke on the slab for the Bears, in order, were Stanley Mavis, a 1946 Cub; Mack Wollenberg, Kletschke, each toiling two innings, and Goyeau, who worked one frame. Sagorac then hurled the last two stanzas. Mavis, Mack, Goyeau and Sagorac did the best pitching, with Sagorac, West Allis product who has a natural slider, most impressive. Mechelke, a left hander sent to Janesville by Davenport of the Three-Eye league for seasoning, pitched the first three innings the Bruins and did not yield a hit. He received superb infield support, especially from Honacki at short and Jim Arend at third.

Following Mechelke on the hillock and not faring so well were Hintz, Dade, Kuta, Greshay and Schmitz. All were touched for a run or more, Greshay topping the list by giving up three in two innings. Dade Yields Two Buns Although Hintz was tagged for the first run, in Jthe fourth, and was the losing pitcher, he looked good. A walk and singles by Lyn- dell Arnold and Emmerich, produced the tally. Dade, after pitching superbly in the sixth, walked two and was touched for three hits, productive of two runs in the seventh.

Kuta, a lefty with the Cubs part of 1946, displayed good form in three innings and had, the misfortune of having the- Bears make contact with outsida pitches. The batting order for the intra- squad game, excluding pitchers, follows: ss; Imbra, 2b; Vesely, cf; Berger, 3b; Arcold, rfr Emmerich, If; Bjorklund, Ib; and Brauer, c. Nykowski played the last three innings at short. ss; Gvozden- ovich, 2b; Hively, Ib; Voight, cf; Prainito, rf; Feyche, If; 3b, and Stauff, Nezgoda got in; at right field and Jaretz caught the final four frames. Another intra-squad game is da.

tap for Thursday and Janesville- probably will engage in a inning tilt Friday with Clinton, of class Central league. Camden, N. "Dusty 1 Wilkerson, 184, Philadelphia, pointed Gene Jones, 207, Foster Will Fly to Prep Banquet Madison Wisconsin's ketball coach, Harold (Bud) Fos-; ter, has an unusually busy barir. quet 'schedule these Badgers won the Big Nine con-i' ference championship this past sea-, he said there "is one dinner I wouldn't miss for Foster will register another "first," he believes, when he will- fly to Cumberland for a baquet honoring the high school basketball team May 1. "Other coaches and speakers may have flown to a high school sports dinner before but never, to my knowledge, in Wisconsin," Foster declared.

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