The Salt Lake Tribune from Salt Lake City, Utah • 20

zilt gLikt reibtnit 6 13 Sunday Dec 23 1945 THE PRESS BOX Movie Eye Easy Eough By JIMMY HODGSON Duck Hunting Season to Close Dec 31 Stables of Film Stars Set For Santa Anita Season 4 i''''- 004 4 APr 1 4 't 1 4 i vA i I 4 41141t 42A4 I 1 I r- a 41N 1 i 01-4'14vfk-A ''''''''8- 2' irc 1' -'''-'4 f- Ir1'w77 i -4 P'- i'7f-'''' '''r- 1: 1 4 'f'" -'1'4 li -0' 4 41:: ik30i-At- AlteADIA Cal Dec 22 movie colony not far over the hills hopes to cut inroads on eastern prestige during the far Over ming the Idaho Utah Ring Down Curtain On Record Season which opens next Saturday Saturday hit no-run game against Magna in the Industrial league the first in the league's history Fred Sheffield's leap which gave him a tie for the national collegiate high jump title after winning the honors in 1943 Arnold Goff proved his supremacy in golf by winning both the state and the city amateur championships Dr Mason's domination of the kegling courts and his victory in the annual round robin meet Field Judge Pat Ryan shot himself in the leg with a blank cartridge in a football game at Logan and had to run to the sidelines and grab the water bucket to put out the fire in his pants 1946 Outlook Bright added Tribal from Australia and Thankful from Col Bradley Warner's W-L ranch hao tho veteran stakes compaigner Paperboy Stronghold Bill Sickle and flock of special agent sorug and daughters aaugnters ralia and )1 Pt haa tho er Paperqckle and ions and The 1945 sports season has been a period of transition in Utah as It has all over the country Athletics have emerged from the cellar of public indifference to a new popularity that presages a golden era of sports competition that is expected to outshine anything that has gone before The past dozen months have gone swiftly by but already it seems like ancient history since Utah university won the Big Seven conference basketball race but lost its star players Arnie Ferrin and Fred Sheffield and therefore lost out in the NCA A playoff at Kansas City Provo high romped over all opposition to win the class A prep basketball title for the second straight year and Wasatch repeated as titleholders before a few of the many fans who wanted to see the tourney at the Deseret gym Men basketball became the old men's league with many overage players returning to the sport The title fittingly enough went to the old men from North Hollywood ward it y0 4: 044 P41met i--: 'F4 4 0' "-At i' i- N''k 47 r--- 1 if' --7-9c- -6 r'-i" i' i 1 i- 4 1 40-''' 4: Ar 1 4 i 1 'J4 1 015C- "VI i 10 i Cr(') 4 1 1 I As 1 i 4- 1 I 9' t-' I i 1 tc: 'k I 4 1 7: t- 44 5 4-' t'''''' lel 401144 4 "ow 1 ''(-1 '4444' 1 --k 1o0f: i '1 'A il itIsio c-4-1 1 4' 1 11 0 11 1 I i' sw Jf R' ''''4-: is I r-c 1 1 -Nc4'- "i Ill --'4' 4 i'''--' 1 I l''11: 37: 01 :1 4 i 3' A 1 1 Vt '41 fiff: 4 i I 3 1 f-'-'' 1::: kvi -e' i 1 1 -ii4' i- 11 iii'" 1' li: I i 1 Jr t' t' 1 4 'cw I sP''' 441 1 i Lk grl 5 k) 55-day Santa Anita racing season Headed by Louis Mayer and Harry Warner the Hollywood ad owners have some classy horse- Bf flesh to throw at such leading 131 eastern stables as Elizabeth Arden Graham's Maine Chance A ve Vanderbilt 'Col Whitney bc William Dupont Jr and Donald a Ross da Mayer whose stable ran a tidy second to Maine Chance in 1945 money earnings has a strong Cl string under a new trainer Grace- br ton Philpot With Busher still mending the Mayer star is Thumbs Up winner of the Santa Si Anita handicap last spring A The mogul also has 1n Be a Sir In Dave Quinney Will perform In ski-jumping tournament The hunting of ducks and geese will end at sundown Monday Dec 31 in Utah and Idaho according to federal regulations and the present stormy weather now sweeping both states promises to offer the finest weather of the year to hunt the fast-flying flat-bills Approximately 25000 persons hunted ducks in Idaho since the opening of the season on Oct 13 according to James Beck director of the Idaho fish and game department He added that "hunting has been good in most parts of the state although the total kill was probably less than last year" Ross Leonard state fish and game director for Utah declared that the 1945 season was one of the best on record for the Beehive state Particularly was this so for goose hunters although duck hunting was far above last year's reported kill Ski Jumping Meet Set New Year Day Losee Returns To Weber JC Comedian Lou Costello has purchased a pair of Irish thoroughbreds War Again and Bazooka which will race for his wife Don Ameche will be represented by Bim and Son 0Chancs Fred Astaire has a consistent performer Triplicate while George Brent has a brace of two-year-olds ready to go One of the best of the older stakes horses Bull Reigh is the property of Carlotta Jam Nye nile actress Director Raoul Walsh (and brother George) have a live one in Man 0'Glory Screenwriter Ethel Hill plans to mop up with War Knight winner of the Arlington handicap in 1944 and Howard Hawks famed director-producer paid $25000 recently for War Valor No mention of the Hollywood racing crowd would be complete without Crosby Bing and his partner Lin Howard will be represented by a trim recently-bought Australian filly with the unfeminine name of Ben Nevis A three-year-old Ben Nevis is the Bing-Lin stables' big hope in the $100000 Anita derby Feb 23 pur wife Don 'anted by mos Fred performer rge Brent old! ready TDIPS CHAMPS Provo imps staged a whirlwind finish to pluck off honors in the Utah Industrial baseball league Roily Poly Harold West of Portland surprised everyone including himself by romping off with honors in the annual Utah open golf tournament 20-30 Wins Feature 0 NO WONDER TIIE CLASS IS LARGE Janette Rainey one of the 400 students enrolled in the of ski classes after a run on the slopes of the course at Alta 'if7 A 44: 004' i These are just a few of the highlights of 1945 The year 1946 is expected to produce many more because the field of activity will be greatly expanded with hundreds of service athletes home to getback into the sports parade and Many events back on the program include the Vioneer league new ski lifts and enlarged facilities more amateur boxing maybe some professional football the resumption of all college sports on a full conference footing and many other events leading up to Utah's great 1947 centennial sports show Service Briefs Jack stahl former softball hurler is back after 33 months in the Pacific Jack was a member of the famed Rangers and has plenty of stories to tell Wes Thomassen reports from Okinawa that "it's like Christmas to me every time I receive a Tribune from home" Reed Watkins former Logan golf champ is back from the navy Bob Lewis sends greetings from Camp Crowder Ito and wishes he was home for Christmas Roger Lynch former Ogden and Utah gridder is at the navy training station at Glenview Dick Bennion in the navy drops a card from New York Gordie Rhodes former West high and New York Yankee pitcher is married and now living in Los Angeles after more than two years most of it in action Gordie was married recently Blaine Openshaw is back home after a long stay in Germany Utah's- first ski-jumping meet in several seasons will be held at the Alf Engen hill near Brighton on Jan 31 The tourney will be a reunion for the ski stars who have come from the service including Dave Quinn Jimmy Howells Ivan Hall Don Williams Jack Mecham Jack Whitlock and others Sverre and Kaare Engen are expected to participate and maybe Alt The hill is in splendid condition now and the takeoff is being moved back to allow for jumps up to 150 feet Competition will be held in both the class A and class events Entries can be made at Hibbs or ZCMI sporting shops The Utah Ski club will help in promoting the jumps No admission fee will be charged and plenty of parking sfmce will be arranged for spectators according to Don Williams who is directing the affair OGDE1 Lt Cmdr Ferron Losee former Weber college coach and graduate manager will resume duties at the Ogden school -Jan 2 Reed Swensen athletic director announced Saturday Losee saw service In the Pacific theater as a recreation officer under Cmdr Eddie Kimball former athletic director and football coach at He also saw duty as a survival officer in the Pacific and was a physical training officer at St Mary's preflight and San Diego Cal At Weber college Losee also will be head track and field and swimming coach in addition to graduate manager Cmdr Kimball in commenting on Losee's work in the Pacific said that he was one of the finest swimming instructors in the navy getting the nod over more than 2200 men in that area "He performed like a major leaguer" Kimball said 400 University Students Enrolled in Ski Class At Gulfstream MIAMI Fla Dec 22 UP)--- Twenty Thirty a tiny coal-black filly owned by Hatch the Canadian distiller scored her second triumph at Gulfstream park Saturday when she defeated 10 other two year olds in the $5000 Fountain of Youth handicap Hatch acquired the well-named daughter of Eight Thirty (Twenty Thirty in navy lingo means eight thirty) from Arnold Hanger during the recent Pimlico meeting for a reported $15000 In driving home first by two lengths she paid backers $710 Place money was taken by Adams' Flag Drill The show position went to Louisiana farm's Best Dress Twenty Thirty ran the mile and 70 yards in 1:45 1-5 under the Canadian veteran Bobby Watson A crowd of 10000 persons bet $740307 on the eight-race program The $117341 bet on the last race was the largest single race pool recorded for Gullstream park Warner Net King Richard Warner came through with an upset to win the only major tennis tournament of the year the city championship Denny NI hy 's Auerbach-Shamrock girls finished fifth in the national softball tourney after winning city state and regional honors Also the fine showing of the Coors' Beer team at the national meet Clarence Gehrke put Utah on the professional football map by teaming with Bob Waterfield to spark Cleveland to the national professional football title Utah's strong finish in the collegiate grid race highlighted by the sensational 33-21 win over Denver The triumphs of Box Elder and Bingham in the state high school football finals By BILL CLEGG It may be a slick way to earn an hour of college credit but it's no secret that over 400 of the University of Utah's 5000 students are enrolled in the school's rapidly-growlng ski classes according to Dr Neilson head of the department of health physical education and recreation who declared that this figure represents a 10070 increase over last year Alanti Ski Club IF Your CAR HEEDS Lubrication Change Relined Adjusted Tune-Up Overhaul Use Our Service Dept Ringside Seats Go To Bond Buyers Buyers of War Bonds in all Salt Lake City banks during the next I week will receive ringside seats to the Friday night wrestling showl at the Fairgrounds arena Promo- ter Jim Downing announced Sat- urday night Danny Savich challenged the' winner of the Fritzle Schnabel-1 Chief Littlewolf match last week and will meet Littlewolf the winner in thefeature Friday tion from members of ski school at Alta under the direction of the Engen brothers Interest in the course has grown by leaps and bpunds and there is no evidence that any student has deliberately cut a class In the opinion of these 400 students who represent nearly every section of the United States it really is a pretty slick way to earn an hour of college credit 1 4 Since coming to the University of Utah two years ago Dr Neilson has taken a special interest in promoting a skiing program and aided by football Coach Ike Armstrong and Mrs Alice Bronson head of the department of physical education for women an ambitious program has been outlined and launched for the future of the winter sport at the Dr Neilson and Mrs Bronson alternate with the classes in physical education while Armstrong is in charge of the intercollegiate angle of the ski program Elects tiller A Miller formerly president of the Haven Ski club ski instructor at Pole Haven and first vice president of the Intermountain Ski Assn was elected president of the Shang-ri La Ski club in elections held here recently Miller a Mustang fighter pilot was recently released from the army air corps Russel Hulme was elected vice president and Helen Keller was elected to the office of secretary-treasurer The Nave Ski club also recently held elections Officers elected were president Bob Jensen: vice president Halbert Davis secretary-treasurer John Hulme: reporter Mary Marie Mellor alRITtgl tiltuStpot ire mim4L01 Ring Game Revived The revival df professional wrestling and boxing in Utah Sammy Oliver's sensational no VAN COTT HOME Lt Col Byron Van Cott former West high ace arrived home from the wars Friday By was private pilot to Gen Somervell and has been around the world Van Cott will make his home in Los Angeles and will resume hie job as pilot with Western Air Lines rt11 90 '6-6 iA Last Minute ertP41 i i PHOTO Kansas to Get Grid Shakeup Castle V1OME tsikOVIE FILN't5 tot of lasting nloyMOM Fine selection ot mns titles nci I sites I 't-----1-- ii if 7 54 1 11-1- -1 7 1 rt) '4: 4 A 0Ikkoilb I 1011 4-k 'ti Is 4 4-' 4-4 '4i it :00000:0: IN N47'4: -A 't------ wir'f7' 1'-rAloomvalU I I I I I I Cup Races 1 011 Tap Dec 29 I Don Hart chairman of the Snow 1 cup races committee announced Saturday that the annual event will be held at Alta Dec 29 and 30 The classic which is sponsored by the junior chantber of corn' merce is the first major ski race in the country and annually attracts many nationally known I skiers to Utah On opening day Dec 29 trials will be held Hart said and the following day will be devoted to the finals and the annual winner will be crowned 0 I Report From New York Graduate Manager Theron Parmelee just back from New York and points east with the Ines reports that: Eastern officials interpret the screen as a block As a result the Ines had a lot of fouls called on them before they adjusted their play to the eastern officiating The Ines got in the terrible blizzard at Buffalo and were stalled for several hours Dave Howard was the offensive spark plug on the jaunt Mel Atkinson looked great at guard Loss of Vern Gardner hurt the team He is still nursing a bad leg injury New York fans were strong for the Meg Coach Vadal Peterson is picking tl to walk over Manhattan at the Garden next week and also to whip Canisius with ease He predicts the Cougars will have trouble with Loyola and Valparaiso in the last two games of their trip however a Doubl MASI prolec your Oassura in llama rnoviss witil a Ion scream ODELIATI EVEIAGE OF IV TOPEKA Kan Dec 22 Football minded Gov Andrew Schoeppel of the Sunflower state indicated Saturday potent football stew may be cooking up and down the valley of the Kaw with gridiron teams that can win in the Big Six the hoped-for result A former football star at the University of Nebraska Schoeppel never has favored the kicking 1 around both the University of Kansas and Kansas State college have received the past several years from conference opponents Both state schools should have winners he believes The resignation of Head Coach Henry Schenk at the University of Kansas Friday brought word from the governor that he had heard one name mentioned prominently as a possible successor to Schenk "But" he said "I can't disclose that" Was seeking a name coach? The governor's remark recalled a recent speech by Milton Eisenhower Kansas State president in which he said IC-State was attempting to sign a former coach who won the Big Six conference championship while at the Manhattan school That could mean Lynn Waldorf now at Northwestern His was the last Minna State team to talc a Big Six title Plans are already under way for I the first National Intercollegiate 1 Invitational ski under the university sponsorship and the dates have been set for Jan 25 and 26 Invitations have been sent to practically every school in the western section of the country including California Washington Oregon Montana Idaho Colorado Wyoming and Nevada and a big field of entries is expected In addition the Utah men's and women's ski teams will also compete in the Denver Invitational meet held at Winter Park on March 9 and 10 Recognition of skiing as an intercollegiate sport by the Big Seven conference at its meeting Dec 1 gave the program a great boost in the opinion of Dr Neilson who said that meets are being arranged with other schools in the conference Alf Engen former national ski champion will be in charge of both men's and women's ski teams and will be assisted by Coach Armstrong For purposes of instruction Skiers are grouped into five classifications according to Neilson These five are the beginners the elementary the intermediate the advanced and the men's and women's ski teams Classes are scheduled for Tuesday Thursday and Friday plus Saturday morning and transportation to Alta is provided through arrangements with the Utah Transportation Co which has made special rates for high school and university students However about one-third of the students travel to the ski areas in private cars A special checking system gives students the privilege of keeping their skis at the university stadium where they are easily accessible One hour of college credit is given- for students who satisfactorily meet course requirements: Quite a number of the waxwood artists have banded together to form a ski club and the club dues are used to pay for special instruc BINOCULARS 63(30 S10200 is50 $19800 (Coated Ovtica) 'TRIPODS 'Telescope type S50 Iilaihammer Chrome $3500 Wash Vieux Carre Woii By Prevaricator 1 Gov Hunt Named Cowboy Captain CHEYENNE Wyo Dec 2 Gov Lester Hunt an old baseball player has been invited to be honorary captain of the University of Wyoming basketball team He disclosed Saturday that the Invitation came from Coach Ev Shelton and the Wyoming squad 1 and that'Ile has accepted He plans to sit on the Wyoming bench for as many games as state business will permit The governor first arrived in Wyoming in 1911 as a baseball player Leather Cases and Gadget Sags floe sslectlea Gatigot wi camera Wi casei plNoto NEW ORLEANS Dec 22 Prevaricator-favorite In the betting drew up ahead of Little Keith In the stretch at the Fair Grounds Saturday and captured the Vieux Carre handicap The classy young son of Omaha went the mile and 70 yard race In 1:46 4-5 and paid $420 for $2 Prevaricator owned by Fred Wyse of Texas was handled by Jockey Al Bassett Paper Cup made a fast finish In third Little Keith owned by A Graffaganin and carrying top weight of 116 lbs threatened to make a runaway of the feature race as he sprinted into an early lead of four to five lengths Bassett overcame some interference at the first turn and brought Prevaricator close on Little Keith's heels then took command in the stretch Ring Shows at Madison Square Net $2250000 for 1945 IMotion Picture Dept Iecae1B-14 ato 17 Distinguished by its clean crisp taste IV i ii i Id '''''i) 0 iI 4 --'P 's ti 1 1 I i I z----- ri 4 (fr dmtsmole LI b1 't I all WOW a Mir PM t'' i mot 0 bL i i II soolgt 1 I 411 tr IS) aLL A tlt 2 Ar'r i -1 4 )7 r-- otw ree Aftep ---Oil Of 4 1 st it 0 co siat Distinguished 1 IP 404f 0110 6 by its clean (Awe ri-smot- i1 I 55 1 crisp taste i :3" itit et 1 I 5 itivv i is: NEW YORK 13ec 22 UP)--Boxing Promoter Mike Jacobs shoved off Saturday for 'a Florida vaca 4 Photographic Studio 13-15 EAST 1ST SOUTH STREET Training Slate Set SPOICANE Dec 22 (IP) The Spokane Indians of the Western International Baseball league will open spring training the first week in April in northern California Owner Sam Collins said Saturday Collins said the exact site had not been selected With one show still to be held I next Friday the aggregate gross I receipts for 42 fights is $2214968 an increase of $818501 over the previous record The Schott-Joe Baksi heavyweight scrap on Friday is expected to draw a minimum $35000 An aggregate 534736 fight fans turned out for the 42 shows An additional 10000 is expected for the Schott-Bakst shindig Rocky Graziano the Brooklyn clouter who leaped into prominence with five straight garden knockouts drew the largest "house" on Sept 28 when he flattened Harold Green in the third round That night a standing room only crowd of 18592 paid $103970 Two other scraps topped the 100-grand mark Tami Mauriello and Lee Oma drew $101918 on March 23 and 6raziano and Freddie Cochrane $100469 on Aug 24 Three other matches were in the $90000 or more category with Johnny Greco figuring in two of them His bout with Bobby Ruffin on Feb 2 grossed $96273 and his "rubber" affair with Tony Janiro on Nov 9 $94433 Ray "Sugar" Robinson and Jake Lamotta drew $93185 on Feb 23 PLENTY OP SEATS Phone 4-4485 40 East 2nd So i 17rtu RIDE RA LESS AND litRolitt Faster Service 2 Westbound Schedules Daily 9 a 4:30 RESERVED SEATS Soo Wog Los Vegas Ely Wont lovor 1055 650 370 250 zizt-fe :4 7 41r ''''t le' ii 4t yr 1401 41 1 Ir IP i74 ni 1111 te' ffl ASS WS SLIt 1111 LAwf ortrve rwoeht 7 dv Faster Service 0 2 Wstbound Schedules Daily Io i 7 9 '11111111111110 9 1 et RIDE itt LESS AND PtiOt ow a ot 4:30 '1LN -7- RESERVE'S SEATS ''7' No trolling me crowding ott t' nm lb 14 sb-- ct '11611 -1E Alt 7- Lot Aogolos sod on to -AG Soo Francisco $1390 PLENTY OP SEATS Stio DiVb 1055 Phone 4-4485 40 East 2nd So Los Vegas 650 Ely 370 '1' ir r' I 1 California Track Bars Torn Snnt 1 LOS ANGELES Dec 22 The California horse racing board has barred Trainer Tom Smith of the Maine Chance farms from visiting' his stable at Santa Anita track because of his one year suspension by the New York board on a charge of stimulating Magnific Duel he automatic under a reciprocal agreement between the two state bolirds prohibiting a trainer suspended in one state from training in the other Secy Buchanan of the California racing board explained Smith had visited the Maine Chance horses Friday and Tkursbefore the ban was imposed He has denied the New York charges and appealed from the New York board's order NONEVAPORATING PERMANENT ANTIFREEZE AVAILABLE AT IVERSON A Popular Western Favorite Since 1884 Fisher Brewing Company Salt Lake City CONOCO STATION I St at South Temple I 4 -3391 4 I 0 4.