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13 Galento Retains Rankmg in Quarterly Ratings THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE MONDAY MORNING DECEMBER 19 1938 by Jimmy Hath Do It Every Time National Ring Moguls Accord Nova Second Spot Among Challengers about sw Bucks South Takes Wraps Off Proselyting Young Hurler Sees Hope For Tigers 7 5 OH SHE'S me AU OVER HER HAKDlS KNOW LITTLE IQOEN NOVNSOU KNOW STARTED TO SCHOOL I MUST TOi'WU "THE CUTEST hlN fl HIS TEACHER' TOLD ME ABOUT HIM WORTH OK STEAK SERVED THOSE POOR GETTING-COLDER than A WATCHMAN'S LUNCH meh-thenme Seem standing- AT ATTENTION FOR Ten minutes ratio that UP AGAINST The Poll IS GOING-K BE CRIPPLED FOR LIFE Association Lists Ratings ia Other Divisions Maxie Baer Places Behind Young Rival From Coast School Will cPrp Platte latter Hereafter The complete ratings In divisions other than the heavyweights were as follows: Light Heavyweights John Henry Lewis Phoenix A rig Tiger Jack Fox Spokane Melio BetUna Beacon Al Gainer Hartford Conn Ron Richards Australia Gue Lesnevich Cliffside Dave Clark Detroit Larry Lane Trenton Tiger Terry Warrington Nova Scotia Len Harvey England Jock' McAvoy England git Honorable Marty Plmmone Sharon Pa Chicago Matt Raymond Billy Conn Pittsburgh Middleweight Solly Krieger Brooklyn 1 Freddie Apoetoll San Francisco 2 Al Hoetak Seattle 3 Walter Woods New York 4 Glen Lee Edison Neb 5 Allen Mathews fit Louis Mo 6 Fred Henneberry Australia 7 Pudy Marshall New Haven 8 Ken Overlin Decatur 111 9 Ben Brown' Atlanta 10 Tony Zale Chicago Honorable Erich Seellg many Quale Stewart Pittsburgh Teddy Yarocs Pittsburgh Welterweights Henry Armstrong Los geles Cefertno Garcia Philippines Sonny Jones Vancouver An- 1 2 Just when The WAITER HAS SERHED THE STEAK do it ENEfc'f TIME TlW-nt) KftL'NftLO-CHCA(JO WASHINGTON Dec 18 GD-The National Boxing in its quarterly ratings Sunday ranked Tony Galento next to Champion Joe Louis among the world's heavyweight fighters Lou Nova the up-and-coming Californian who defeated Tommy Farr last was rated second among the challengers and Max Baer the former champion third Lieutenant Colonel Harvey Miller chairman of ratings committee said Joe Triner a committeeman from Illinois voted a dissenting vote against ranking The NBA rated other heavyweights in the following order: Willie Reddish Rosooe Toles Arturo Lovell Clarence (Red) Bur-man Buddy Knox Gus Dorazio and Tony Musto Honorable mention went to Alex Kettles Chicago Tommy Farr and Wild Bill Boyd of Birmingham Under Suspension The committee said it declined to give Bob Pastor a rating because he was under suspension in A territory due to his failure to "fulfill a New Jersey contract against Red In the controversial middleweight division the association recognized Solly Krieger of Brooklyn as the champion and Freddie Apostoll as the ranking challenger The committee also recommended three matches which it said would clear up conflict of opinion regarding the featherweights bantamweights and flyweights Miller said the committee recommended that within 60 days a title match take place between Leo Kodak and Petey Scalzo or Rodak and ATLANTA Ga Dec 18 Recognizing the difficulty of uniformly enforcing legislation to curb proselyting and scholarships the south's major athletic conferences have taken off the wraps with the idea of allowing each Individual school to its own boat" There was a time when the four organizations of this section had strict limitations and attempted to enforce them One by one they began a liberalization campaign and now which they agreed could not be checked has been brought into the open The trend taken by southern athletic officials followralmost to the letter a conclusion advanced Friday by Glenn (Pop) Warner a vet eran of 44 coaching whose long association with sports led him to suggest athletes be given financial-assistance openly Warner's Views Warner thinks the whole question of financial aid eventually should be worked out on a national or sectional scale "Such he said work out the way the public feels about them The popular opinion now seems to be that the boys ought to be His views coincided almost In Whole with the stands taken by the Southeastern and Southern conferences the two larger athletic organizations the Dixie conference and the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic association the latter representing 36 smaller schools The Southern conference comprising schools in Maryland Virginia and the Carolinas adopted in 1936 the so-called "Graham to deemphasize football Since then Fritaie Zlvic Pittsburgh -ily Mike Kid Frattinl Italy 3 4 6 6 7 8 9 10 Holman Williams Chicago Sammy Luftspring Canada Maxis Berger Canada Charley Burley Pittsburgh Johnny Barbara Chicago Saverlo Twriello Italy Honorable Steve Mamakos Washington Mickey Makar Jersey Cityv Jimmy Ltto Hartford Lightweights Henry Armstrong 1 Lew Ambers Herkimer ranked Tony Galento next to Champion Joe' Davey Day Chicago Mexico Baby Arizmendt 2 4 5 Picks 'L Detroit to Push Yankees SEATTLE Dec 18 UP) Freddie Hutchinson the west sensational' pitcher sold to Detroit re- -cently predicted Sunday the Tigers would have the best chance of any team in the American league to overtake the champion New York Yankees At that I betcha we won't do any worse than third but if the pitching holds up we'll take those he said I Detroit hasn't much to worry about at the pate it has plenty of power there "There certainly bo any lack of trying on my part All we need to do is be on the lookout for the Yankees But of course there are other teams which appeal to have they are Boston and Glad to Get In There Hutchinson said he would bo glad to "get In there and try to win along with Bridges Rowe Auker and them all" He said he now weighs 2(X) pounds and stands six feet two inches He has dark brown-eyes brownish-red hair and freckles Hutchinson said he had had no word from any of the Detroit officials All the news he has received thus far he said has been newspaper reports Hutch as he is known around the Pacifio northwest is' the son of a doctor He started high school In 1934 and became catcher on the school baseball team in his fresh- man year In the same season he pitched an American Legion team to the national championship at Topeka Kan In 1936 and 1937 be pitched his high school nine almost single-'' handedly to the city championship Detroit Delays It was then that the Detroit Tigers made an expensive delay and it cost them many thousands of dollars Justin Fitzgerald Detroit scout viranted to sign Hutch up for his team but the latter's father told his son not to sign unless he Was given $5000 cash Two years later Detroit has Hutchinson but at a reputed cost of $50000 and four other players Hutch got his this time Last season Hutchinson won' 25 games and lost seven He won several of his games by hitting and has been put in as a pinch hitter His earned run average was around 250 for the season He has two other brothers one a baseball player in the Western International league and another now a physician who played pro-baseball several years ago Havy Ring Schedule On Docket McSpaden Turns on Steam To Capture Miami Op eii Picard Cards 276 for Second Place Revolta Winds Up in Third MIAMI Fla Dec 18 Harold (Jug) McSpaden of Winchester Mass putting on steam down the home stretch won the $10000 Miami open golf tournament Sunday with a 72-hole score of 275 five under par one stroke in front of Henry Picard of Her fshey Pa Golfer Picard needing par on the last holes Sammy Angott Louisville Ky Pedro Montanez Puerto Rico Tippy Larkin Garfield Billy Beauhold Newark Joe Ferrando Jersey City 9 Petey 8arron Birmingham Ala JNick Cammaratta New Orleans Honorable Tommy Crose Philadelphia Norment Quarles Hendersonville 1 Yucatan Kid Mexico Billy Canada Featherweights it has steadily liberalized stringent Joey Archibald and that the win- Championship vacant 1 Leo Kodak Chicago 2 Petey Scalzo New York r3 Joey Archibald Pawtucket 4 Freddie Miller Cincinnati 5 Mike BelloiM New York 8 Chalky Wright Los Angeles 7 Al Reid New York 8 Dave Caetilloux Canada 9 Johnny Hutchinson Philadelphia 10 Abie Denner Boston Honorable -Laont Effrattlnt Chicago Bantamweights Bixto Escobar Puerto Rioo 1 Johnny (K O) Morgan Detroit 2 Georgia Pace Cleveland 3 Lou Salic New York 4 Henry Hook Indianaoolti 5 Kid Tanner British Guiana 6 Johnny Gandei Milwaukee 7 Aurel Toma Rumania 8 Indian Quintana Panama 9 Teddy England 10 Peucho Villa Mexico Flyweights Championship vacant Little Dado Philippines 1 Shares in Miami Cash Coaches Slate Test Tilts For Jaycees Intermountain junior college basketball teams are working diligently In preparation for the opening of the 1939 conference campaign Ricks college at Rexburg Idaho took a 46-44 decision from a strong alumni crew Holman Ricks forward displayed a fancy play Albion hoop prospects are none too bright according to reports from the Panther institution Coach Orville Mult has pared his squad of fifty candidates to twenty'player3-With exception of three men charges have had no previous college experience TJie Panthers are elated to meet three opponents in practice tilts before the Christmas holidays disband the squad December 20 the Panthers play independent teams from Oakley and Burley in a double-header December 21 the Albion gang has a date with the independent league champions Murtaugh Savages Weber college took a 56-28 lacing from the Utah Aggie quint Thursday night Coach Reed Swenson's charges were outclassed at the outset but gathered experience in opposing the strong Aggie team The Wildcats displayed a smooth floor game but were not able to connect with the bucket Childs Weber forward was high point man for the Ogden crew Westminster received some recruits during the past week who show promise ef developing before the season gets far under way Bert Brown and Austin Hiskey from Elko and Will Jehsen Mount -Pleasant are among the niw men to report to Coach Pete Carlston for practice These boys are all mall and fast 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 10 Small Montana Philippines Peter Kane England Jackie Jurich Ban Jose Cal Tiny Bostock England Pat McStravlck England Aurelien Lamothe Canada Pierre Louis France Pierce Eliis England Paddy Ryan England ner be declared world champion of the featherweights Such a match the committee added should be fought with contractual stipulation that the winner meet the third fighter not later than May 1939 Ordered to Fight Sixto Escobar who has his bantamweight title within the required six months was ordered to fight Johnny Morgan Hehry Hook or Georgia Mace within the next 60 days In the flyweight division the A recommended that the winner of a 15-round fight between Little Dado and Small Montana be declared the American' titleholdef and that Peter Kane of meet the winner for the world title "The said Miller "cannot recognize Kane as the champion of the world on his win over Jackie Jurich as Montana the exchampion and Dado vriio has never lost a contest in his were ignored for consideration for a title However Triner voted to recognize Kane John Henry' Lewis the light-heavyweight champion advised the committee that should he defeat Joe Louis he Intends to relinquish the lightheavyweight title but has no such intention row MIAMI Fla Dec 18 John Geertsen of Salt Lake City Utah 200-to-l shot in the Miami open here who scored a 66 to tie for the lead on the opening day finished In a tie with Claude Harmon of Chicago Jimmy Hines of New York Herman Barron of New York and Mike Tur-nesa of New York for fifteenth place Geertsen had trouble with his putter and could get down only three birdies He finished with a 72 giving him $70 prize split and $1250 for sharing low round honors on the opening day regulations embodied in the original plan Just a week ago the Southern conference revised the rule to eliminate a scholarship clause open to which was designed to prevent faculty members from considering athletic ability in aiding students Carnegie Welcomes Aid Elsewhere the trend has taken al most the same tone Carnegie Tech of Pittsburgh has issued an open welcome of alumni aid as an expression of sentiment in the east al though the University of Pittsburgh and most of the major schools continued to adhere to standards The oldest southern group the I A A' which has its members in 10 states let down the bars without debate The association was presented an amendment at ifs meeting in Atlanta Friday to eliminate from its by-laws a paragraph that prevented assistance The paragraph described by an I A A official as rule that cannot be said: (a student) must not receive any gift remuneration or pay for his athletic Athletic scholarships were approved by the Dixie conference in 1936 the first such group to recognize openly pay for football players Shortly after the aboveboard stand the Southeastern conference's 13 members brought into the open scholarships and remuneration for its athletes The Southeastern however has a rule prohibiting proselyting NEW YORK Dec 18 GD-Fred Apostoll recognized in New York as the world middleweight champion and Sixto Escobar bantamweight king share the spotlight in this national boxing program Apostoll knockout winner over Young Corbett HI in his last bout collides with Al Cocozza of New York in a 10-rounder at New Haven Conn Tuesday night Escobar is booked for a 10-rounder with Al Mancini of Providence I Monday night at Washington Both bouts are nontitle affairs The program: MONDAY Al Washhtgtou Escobar Puerto Rico va Al Mancini Providence I bantamweights 10 nontitle At Buffalo Bill Boyd Ban Francisco vs Big Boy Brackey Buffalo heavy weights 10 At Newark Tippy Larkin Garfield Charley Burns Johnstown Pa lightweights 8 At Des Moines Iowa Johnny Pay-check Des Moines vs Johnny Nelsou Syracuse heavyweights 10 At Miami Buster Carroll Lowell Mass Johnny Dean Philadelphia welterweights 10 At 8an Small Montana Philippines vs Little Caesar Loa Angeles flyweights 6 At Providence 1 Ralph Zanneltl Providence vs Lew Raymond Baltimore welterweights 10 At Tommy Howell Danville 111 vs Bob Tinsley Chicago welterweights 8 At New Orleans Jimmy Perrin New Orleans vs Johnny Gaudes Canada featherweights 10 At New Maxie Farber New York vs Prtmo Flores Puerto Rico light-weights 8 At Harry Jeffra Baltimore vs Johnny Mirabeila New York featherweights 10 At Canton Patsy Perron! Canton Unknown Winston New Haven Conn heavyweights 10 TUESDAY At Los Angeles Bobby Pacho Los Angeles vs Red Baxter Chicago welter-v eights 10 Jackie Wilson Cleveland vs Carlos Mlrando Los Angeles lightweights 10 At New Joey Fontana New York vs Ray Ingram Washington featherweights 8 Ken Overlin Decatur 111 vs Eric Seellg Germany middle-weights 10 At New Haven Frdd Apostoll San Francisco vs Al Cocozza New York mlddlewelghts 10 nontitle At Cleveland Umlo Gen Korea Henry Hook Indianapolis featherweights 10 Pablo Dano Philippines vs Jesse Levels Cleveland featherweights IQ WEDNESDAY At Boston Bob Pastor New York vs Tony Shucco Boston heavyweights 10 Buddy Knox Dayton Ohio vs Al McCoy Boston heavyweights 10 At Willie Joyce Gary Ind vs Mickey McIntyre Detroit light weights 10 THURSDAY At Atlantic City Green Philadelphia vs Augle Kroll Baltimore featherweights 8 At Fall RHer Nat Bor Fall River vs George Martin Boston welterweights 10 FRIDAY At Hollywood Milo Theodore Rumania vs Ai Romero Loa Angeles welterweights 10 At Camden Joe Wolcott Merchairtvllle vs Bob Tow Alex-andrla Va heavyweight 10 Golfing Gold Lures Pros Florida Tracks Slate Opening CORAL GABLES Fla Dec 18 Iff) Records in attendance and pari-mutuel betting appeared very likely for the Florida racing season opening Monday at Tropical Park Last season saw a new mark set when 822838 persons clicked through the turnstiles and passed $34252022 through the betting win exclusive of the $20000000 bet on greyhounds and Jal Alai games Qualified authorities say the tourist season is bigger this year and a new race track is scheduled to open when Hialeah Park does January 18 The new track Gulfstream Park near Hollywood is being put in shape and expects its first horses Monday The racing strip and most of its stables have been finished and officials hired FACTORY PURCHASE SALE Crusaders Get New Coach two to tie bogied-the seventeenth and took a two-under-par 68 for a total of 276 McSpaden who slipped to a one over par 36 on the front nine came back in 33 for a 69 Johnny of Evanston HI with a 71 Sunday finished -third at 279 Denny Shute of Coral Gables Fla and Ben Hogan of White Plains tied for fourth place at 280 Shute scored a 68 to a 70 for Hogan victory brought him $2500 Picard collecting $1250 and Revolta $1000 Sixth Place Frank Walsh Bretton Woods finished with a 67 after his great 66 Saturday earned sixth place at 281 while Sam Snead of White Sulphur Springs Va and Jimmy Thomson- of Shawnee Pa shared seventh place with Thomson cracked out a 68 Sunday and Snead also broke par with a 69 Craig Wood of Mamaroneck with a final 69 finished ninth at 283 Ralph Guldahl national open champion slipped to a 72 and wound up in tenth place tied with (Ditch) Harrison of Chicago at 284 Harrison had a last round of 69 Sam Byrd of Philadelphia blasted himself- out of the rear ranks with a closing 66 to finish even with Bobby Cruickshank of Delray Beach Fla and Johnny Bulla of Chicago at 285 Young Bulla who began the day only four strokes behind McSpaden blew to a 75 Big Surprise The greatest surprise however came in the amateur ranks when Chick Herbert of Battle Creek Mich scored a 66 equaling the low tournament score to take honors in his division with a 296 total Bob Serves Dayton Ohio finished four strokes back of Har-bertwith a 74 for a 300 The leading scorers: Harold McSpaden Wincheatar Man Henry Picard Herahey Pa 208-66 278 Jobnny Revolta Evanaton 111 279 Denny Shute Coral Oablea Ben Hogan Whitt Plaint 210-70 Frank Walah Brettonwooda Sam Snead Whit Sulphur Spring! Va Jimmy Thomaon Shawnee Pa 214-1 Craig Wood Mamaroneck 214-1 Ralph Guldahl Coral Gablea Fla 212- Harrison Chicago 215-69 284 Bobby Cruickshank Delray Beach Fla 215 70 285 Johnny Bulla Chicago 8am Byrd Philadelphia 28 Claud Hannon Chicago Jimmy Hines New York John Geertsen Balt Lake City Utah Herman Barron Whit Plains Mika Turn eat Falrvlew 286 Paul Runyan Whit Plains 214- 287 Harry Cooper Chicago sms or NORTHLAND STRAND GREGG RIDGE TOP HICKORY WORCESTER Mass Dec 18 UP) Sheeketski backfleld poach at Holy Cross the past six seasons Sunday night was named head football coach He succeeds Dr Eddie Andersop who resigned three weeks ago to accept a position at the University of Iowa The appointment was announced by Director of Athletics Tom McCabe from home in Detroit where he signed a three-year contract Financial terms were not revealed McCabe announced that Sheeketski who is only 29 and one of the youngest head coaches at any major college will be given complete command He will select his own Tom Fitzpatrick to Work in Cotton Bowl SAN FRANCISCO Dec 18 Herb Dana- football commissioner for the Pacific coast conference announced today he had named Verne Landreth of Friends college to act as umpire and Tom Fitzpatrick of the University of Utah to serve as head linesman in the St Tech game at Dallas January 2 Cotton bowl sponsors requested Dana to select two of the officials from the Pacific coast The referee and field Judge will be appointed in Dallas Landreth a resident of Sacramento is a member of the secretarial staff of Governor Frank Fitzpatrick Uvea in Oakland Both are widely known football STRAND SKIS OF HICKORY 8Ulora model flexible and durable 7 and Semipro Leaders Slate Conclave CHICAGO Dec 18 -The na tional semipro baseball congress will convene here January 29 to 31 to discuss proposed changes in the program for the 1939 season President Raymond Dumont announced Sunday Major issues up for discussion and possible action include: Adoption of a national system- of umpiring schools in each state limiting number of ex-professionat players on each team minimum guaranteed prize money for state champions and usexf a yellow ball in tourna-ment games The congress also may vote whether to sanction a Championship series between the semipro title team and' the Puerto Rico champion in Puerto Rico next fall Coaches Set)rill For East Team EVANSTON 111 Dec 18 Twenty-two eastern football stars picked by Coaches Bemle Bierman and Andy Kerr meet here Monday to begin practice for their annual game agafWst western all-stars in San Francisco January 2 Kerr Colgate coach and Bier man Minnesota coach will send the squad through only one practice session here Monday night the squa'd entrains for the west coast with brief workouts scheduled route in Nebraska and Utah SLALOM GREGG NORTHLAND RIDGE-TOP HICKORY A elected Ski for dur ability and perform- ance In sizeb and style to suit any skier" Soma tO slightly scratched fin- ra ish S-ft to 7i-ft 05 MIAMI Fla Dec 18 UP) close to $100000 still in the bag for winter circuit professional golfers but have to travel far to make a grab for a share Freddie Corcoran A tournament bureau manager said Sunday a $3000 open tournament has been added at Houston Texas which will break the long jump from Miami to Los Angeles where the next open is scheduled The latter event will be worth from $5000 to $7500 depending on the size of the galleries Sammy Snead record money winner and Johnny Revolta' Denny Shute Horton Smith Jimmy Thomson Harry Cooper Jimmy Hines Dick Metz Byron Nelsort Harold McSpaden Ben Hogan Dutch Harrison Leonard Dodson Ray Man-grum Leland Gibson Ted Luther Vincent Eldredge Ed Dudley and John Geertsen have signified they planned making the swing to Houston and Los Angeles the rest of the winter schedule: December $3000 Houston open January $5000 Los Angeles open January $5000 Oakland open January $5000 San Francisco match play tournament February $3000 Bing Crosby open February $5000 Texas open San Antonio February 16-U $10000 New Orleans open February $3000 Thomas-ville open March $3000 St Petersburg open March $5090 international four-ball matches Miami March St Augustine open (purse not set) March $4000 North an 4 South Pinehurst March $5000 Greensboro open March 30-April Masters open Augusta Net Titles Taken In Chicago Meet CHICAGO Dec 18 UP) Frank Froehling Northwestern university tenftis captain won the Chicago in doors singles championship Sunday with a 6-3 6-3 6-4 victory over John Foreman University of North Carolina John Shostrom and Hoyt Parme-lee defeated Gene Quinn and 'Dave Krieger 10-8 6-3 6-3 for the doubles title in an all-Chicago match Nova to Spend Yule Holidays at Home NEW YOltK Dec 18 (UP)-Lou Nova youthful California fighter who took over the heavyweight picture with a victory over Tommy Farr of England last Friday left for Los Angeles Sunday Nova will spend the holidays with his family and then return to New York to see the Joe Louls-John Henry Lewis heavyweight title fight on January 25'' SKI JACKETS OILED SILK Green Pride Wins AGUA CALIENTE Mex Dec Jeffs Pride with Johnny Longden up won the $600 San Ja' cinto handicap for three-year-olds and up at Agua Caliente Sunday The price was $880 $540 $420 Valiant was -second paying $5l80 and $520 and Playmaster third at $340 Tan Blue Marv Owen Leaves On Honeymoon Trip DETROIT Dec 18 Marvin Owen third baseman of the Chi cago White Sox who formerly played with the Detroit Tigers and hie bride the former Violet Walsh left here Sunday on a honeymoon trip that will terminate at home in San Jose CaL They were married at a-quiet ceremony Saturday night at the Rohian Catholic chancery building Charley Gehringer second baseman of the Tigers was beat man The couple met at a dinner party here in 1935 the year Owen hdiped the Tigers win the world championship Until her marriage Miss Walsi! a native Detroiter was a teacher in the public school system here Yariks Giants Hold Out Against Night Baseball POLES BINDINGS -I-N-S-U-R-E-D AGAINST BREAKAGE FIRE OR THEFT American league meeting which pressed by President Horace open day Give the ball fans SKIS-e-fta55 285 7-ft 285 FINE SH-ft ELECTRIC APPLIANCES GUARANTEED SUPER STAR SM TOASTERS SUPERSTAR 1 AF WAFFLE IRON 373 SUPER STAR 8AND-S QC WICH TOASTER8 777 HOTPOINT ELECTRIC IRONS 295 S-ft MAPLE SKIS S45 NEW YORK Dec 18 UP)-In this town which prides itself that everything does or can happen under its many mazdas night baseball has encountered two stubborn holdouts The New York Yankees of the American league and the New York Giants of the National league emphasizing that each arrived at the decision independently let it be known Sunday they will not play under the lights next season The action of the Yankees coming within a few days of the approved night baseball was something ofa surprise to their closest friends because Manager Job McCarthy had never expressed any opposition to it On the other hand Bill Tferry had never let his Giants glow after dark and Majordomo Leland Stanford MacPhail of the Brooklyn Dodgers already anticipated a continuance of this policy by giving Cincinnati two dates next season to fill the gap Although Colonel Jacob Rup-pert's decision said point-blank the Yankees were not acting in agreement with the Giants the viewpoint of both was believed ex- Stoneham of the National league club when he explained: "A good attraction in the daytime will draw as well as at night Break down the figures some time on night baseball in Cincinnati and the actual figures I mean "If a team is winning naturally the attendance is good at night games But if baseball fans aren't sold on their own team or the visiting team they will not overwhelm the box office either day or night One night game in our league drew only 4000 last season "After every game there la an enough reason to find something else to do on bright days and they may get out of the baseball habit "In our opinion ours is a daylight sport At night it is a spotlighted All the American league clubs announced they will take part in the night games at Cleveland and Philadelphia next season but it is assumed that with the exception of the Yankees they even Clark (Old Fox) Griffith one of the most vehement foes but a shrewd man sighting all available shekels Only the Giants in the Natiohal league have held out I Recreation League Scclt Hardware 168 SOUTH MAIN Mondag'l Schedule Note: Alt games at Westminster junior college gvm Utah Oil vs 8 Transportation A 30 A vs Business college 7 30 Blackhavlcs Win CHICAGO Dec 18 Rookie Phil Besler and the veteran Harold March scored goals in the first ten minutes of the opening period to start the ChicagtrBlackhawks off on a 5-0 victory over the New York Rangers before 13000 at the Stadi um Sunday 4 174 SO MAIN Yew 24 SOUTH (TATE Electric! 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