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ions' NG A A Hopes THE VDIlMtGElDartmouth Ends SMDTBW The Press Sports ki 7 -V i Coast Fans Term Pirates Sharp-Shooting Big Green Quintet Downs Penn State, 44 to 39, to Gain Eastern Finals i Yarn About Mr. Rickey And Some Gossip By CHESTER L. SMITH, Sports Editor PAGE 7 PITTSBURGH. SATURDAY. MARCH 21, 1942 PAGE 7 HottestTeam Special to The Pittsburgh Press NEW ORLEANS, March 21 With their shooting accuracy almost completely missing, and relying mostly on a vast stock of courage, the Penn State Lions won the hearts of some 4000 cage fans here In Tulane gymnasium last night Defeat Whitesox, 10-8, For Fifth Straight Win with a gallant but ineffectual effort, in losing to a tricky Dart mouth quintet, 44 to 39.

Kentucky pulled a mild upset by downing Illinois' Big By LESTER BIEDERMAN Press Staff Writer Ten champs, 46 to 44, in a slam-bang affair. The Wildcats thus earned the right to meet Dart- mouth tonight for the Eastern title HOLLYWOOD, March 21 It won't mean a thing when they add up the of the National Collegiate Athletic! Journey's End! Association. Penn State engages PEXN- STATR I DARTMOITH fi t- the Illini in a consolation match preceding the championship contest. figures in the National League race next September but, right Cro.f 3 3 Mrm.t 3 7 1 2 Munro.f.... 4 Raltimore.c.

4 1 DUfn.c 3 19 Grime.e Fail To Xet Shots Hie State lads looked like a fine On the personal side-Around the spring training circuit they are telling a story about Branch Rickey, the solemn-faced horse trader of the St. Louis Cardinals, and a man who never swapped an orange for an apple. The yarn comes from one of the ex-members of the Rickey chain gang that extends from coast to coast and is a never-failing supply of the best baseball flesh on the hoof. "Smartest man I ever saw, that Rickey fellow." the narrator declares. "He knew I liked to hunt, so he wrote me a letter a few years ago, just before I started for camp, wanting to know if I could use a nice bird dog, absolutely free cf charge.

.1 wondered what the catch was until I happened to think that the hunting season was over. It wculd have been up to me to have fed the pooch until thz season started again. By that time, I reckon, Branch would have traded me and sent for the dog." Hollywood, famous for the ease with which it goes completely screwy, has pulled another, our far west scout reports. In flicker-land, they think nothing of installing a telephone in Marie Antoinette's suite or handing Kit Carson a 1942 automatic to mow down the enemy, so it could be expected that the new Lou Gehrig picture, "The Pride of the Yankees," would not escape unscathed. Sure enough Rip Russell of the Chicago Cubs was selected to play the part of Babe Dahlgren, who was with the Yanks when Gehrig retired.

It wasn't that Rip now, the Pirates are the hottest baseball on the Pacific 1 3 113 Ramin.s.... 2 3 Parmrr.f 2 12SfcauK.s 2 3 7 outfit in every respect except goal shooting, but in that vital depart Coast. They've just been .11 113f Total Totals .18 844 Penn established as the champions ol fcore at nair Dartmouth ment cf play they were unable to click. Time and time again they worked the ball under the Indians' basket, only to miss not only one, California. They not only have the best rec 0iaie io.

Kr throws mlsrd Ratnin. Fell 2. Crime. Homxtein, Skaus, rrarnon. Parrorr.

reronal fouls Tross, Crimen 3. Horn- Jtein 8, Hamlin. Etrll 4. Myer 3. 4, Pearson 4.

skniic 2. Seore at Half Dartmouth. 22 1 Fentl but two, three, or four attempts to ord of any club training in these parts, but everybody is talking of put it in 'in I r-. HI. referee Herb OfTirialK Glenn Adams.

Pailt. umpire. how great the Buccos look. How Dartmouth, on the other hand, managed to tally on a good percentage of its shots, and made much better they look than their KEXTLCKT ILLINOIS P. the most of its comparatively fewer I National League rivals, the Cubs, O.

F. P. I 7 111 opportunities. and also the two American League foes, the Athletics and the White White.f.. Allen.f...

TiecR.i Breuer.e. KinB.e. Siaker.r. Offensively, the Indians' sterling center, six-foot-five-inch Jim Olsen, was the big noise. He tallied eight field poals and three free tosses to sox.

2 4 HorkinK.f 1 13 Smiley, ft 3 13 Oil Fowler.f 2 2 Mathisen.r. 1 1 4 1 9 Wnkvvltis.c. 4 1 2 4 2 4 ISaehs.g BIS KnKiand.K Akers.K The Pirate pitching has been more than adequate, the hitting lead all performers with 19 markers. Johnny Egli led the Nittany Lions in the scoring division, chalking up very timely and the fielding some Totals 846 Totals Nrore. at half: .18 8 41 52 20 times sensational for so early in five and two for a total of 12 points.

Illinois Kentucky 3ET IMTo SOMETHING? TJy' Officials Coocan and Snyder. the spring. Competition for Jobs I WUJ IfJYt Ilornstein Game's Hero But the real hero of the contest The success of the team can be was king-size Davey Hornstein. He i in i null tmppd to the intense fieht for reeu Cubs Adopt was magnificent under the backboards, grabbing rebounds with all bar jobs. Those who play with the the enthusiasm of an octopus at varsity have to keep on their toes and those who are stationed with the reserves are battling for the feeding time.

And, as offensive center, it was he who set up the chance to keep alive, in the baseball plays that should have but usually didn't result in scores. When he sense. In yesterday's 10-to-8 victory over retired momentarily late in the last half to have a charley-horse rubbed the Whitesox at Los Angeles, which was the fifth straight win for the Bucs. the National Leaguers really out, the gathering roared its ap proval in a great ovation Elmer Gross and Herky Baltimore gave an exhibition of power, with the accent on the second string out Night Garnet By The United Press CHICAGO, March 21 The Chicago Cubs will join the list of major league clubs playing night baseball. Owner P.

K. Wrigley announced today. The Cubs, who abandoned plans for an elaborate lighting system when war broke out and turned over the steel which they had purchased to the government, will erect a "make-shift" arc arrangement for the coming season. Second-hand matprials Inrlnrliner fliwllitrhtt frnm also performed with distinction, each field. Maurice Van Robays, who has registering nine points and turning in nifty floor games.

Bob Myers and Stan Skaug helped Olsen put in the scoring chores for Dart given way to Rookie Wyrostek in left field temporarily, charged back into the limelight with a home run mouth, while George Munroe and and a double, both well spanked Charles Pearson were others who drives. His double bounced off the played well for the Green The contest started slowly, with top of the left field wall and was a potent force in the six-run sixtn neither side able to penetrate the other's defense. Then Skaug and didn't do a splendid job of acting but when he was through and reported back to the Bruins, there was Dahlgren on first base and Russell was his understudy. The man who pays the bills in our office is wearing an extra crease in his forehead these days, since the following apparently-innocent paragraph showed up in a communique from our traveling correspondent with the Pirates, Mr. Les Biederman: "The best card players on the club are Al Lopez, Bob Klinger and Jimmy Wasdell.

Lopez and Klinger play bridge or hearts with equal skill, and Wasdell plays 'em all, including gin rummy, pinochle and kliabliash. Lopez and Klinger seldom lose. The usual bridge foursome is Lopez, Klinger, Rip Sewell and Spud Davis. Those who compete most at hearts are Elbie Fletcher, Bill Baker, Bob Elliott and Vince DiMaggio. Frankie sits in on a bridge game once in a while but is too nervous to stay long." We wouldn't have suspected how Brother Biederman obtained all this inside information if he hadn't made the mistake of enclosing his current expense account in the same envelope.

Now all is clear. The Brooklyn Dodgers had a grand time training in Havana, and it wasn't their fault that some of them came back to the mainland looking like lobsters that were ready to serve. Each shower in the players' rooms had one faucet labeled only with the letter 'C Being Dodgers, they assumed it meant cold. Instead, it indicated the inning rally staged by the Corsairs Johnny Barrett, a rookie from the Munroe combined to put the Indians Jatop the wrigley building will be Hollywood club, who is trying to win out in front by a five-point margin used, Wrigley said. a major league berth, slammed triple, double and single and Eddie Stewart, who spent his freshman year in the big "leagues with Earlier the Cubs sought to lease Comiskey Park from their Whitesox rivals for a standard night schedule of 14 games, but were turned down.

Bucs last season, inserted a single after about eight minutes of the period. In return, Baltimore and Gross clicked in a couple of fielders to pull the Lions within one point, but this was the closest Penn State could come in the half, and when the bell rang, they were trailing, 16 to 22. Dartmouth widened the gap to eight points ashe second semester into the sixth-inning stampede that put over the tymg run. Jungles, Dietz Impressive Ken Jungels and Lloyd Dietz, who followed Gornicki in that order. Duckpin Singles Title Play Opens Eight squads of ten men each to were impressive, especially Dietz.

started, and then the Nittany lads flashed the offensive form which thev had lacked all night. With The little righthander allowed just one hit in the final three innings day were to launch the opening ses sions of the National Rubber Band and Jungels could have escaped with plenty to spare, but for Bob Elliott's wild throw, which opened the gates to three unearned runs, Duckpin Singles championships at the Nuss Alleys, Homestead. The first squad, consisting of Springdale, men, took off at 1 p. with others to follow at 2:15, 4:30, 6:45, 8, 9, 11:15 and "MJGOSH' it LOOKS LIKE. Gross, Hornstein, and Baltimore doing the work, they reeled off eight straight points to tie the count at 26-all.

Then the spark went out, and the Big Green gradually drew away, until they had a 10-point lead with but five minutes to go. The Staters made a desperate attempt, and cut off five of them, but the bell put an end to the rally. Stanford Colorado FROM PIRATE TO SAILOR Vincent Smith won't be catching for'the Pirates this summer. He's an apprentice seaman in the U. S.

Navy and is a member of the sailor nine at the Norfolk Training Station, Norfolk, Va. Smith was purchased for the Pirates last summer and caught several games for them late in the season. The war. midnight. DEBT' Tomorrow, beginning at 10 13 squads will continue rolling until Owls Too Clever For Lions early Monday morning.

jhe Pirates went home run crazy for the first time, Pete Cos-carart, Vince DiMaggio and Van Robays belting the ball over the left field wall. Coscarart opened the game with a homer on the first pitched ball. Singles by Elliott and Gustine and Barrett's triple to left-center added two more runs to the Buc total in the second frame. Two infield hits off Gornicki won a run for the Sox in the second and, in the third, the Sox scored four more markers, but Gornick In Western Final By The United Press West Penn Soccer Bradford Laces Arnold, 40-25; Advances To Western Court Final KANSAS CITY, March 21 Colorado and Stanford, western finalists, meet tonight for the right Final Tomorrow With prospect of one of the best to contest for the National Collegiate basketball title. attractions of the season, Gallatin and Morgan Usco enter upon their final struggle tomorrow for the West The winner will play the eastern snouia nave Deen out oi tne inning without a run.

Barrett lost Pitcher Ed Weiland's high fly in the sun for two-bases and after the next two batsmen went out, two singles By PAUL KURTZ Bradford Arnold" Jim Barry, Bradford's ace for- The towering, clever shooting Barry fi pV.aiie ward was only lukewarm. He made wroruvvrH rwi wfrn sfcnwW 54 i 2 8 Parry.f i only six points. One of the major champion Kentucky or Dartmouth for the NCAA championship here March 28. Penn Senior soccer championship at Marion High Field, Fair Hope. w.uv4.viu wn M.w..H.B 1 1 1 ri 111 11lt.t t.

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1 2 1 a Totals 13 10 40) 8 8 games played, having won the first, 2-1, and tied the second, 3-3. didn't score. It was a bad night for nearly every Arnold performer, Bradford 13 8 13 lo'due mainly to the constant watch Colorado nosed out Kansas, 46 to 44, in a see-saw battle in the opening round of the playoffs last night. Co-Captain Pete McCloud of Colorado led the scoring with 19 points. Stanford, champions of the Pacific Coast Conference, defeated Rice Institute of Houston, 53 Van Robays Homers Van Robays led off the fifth with a line drive over the wall and, after Consolation rounds and a National Junior replay make up the card.

fulness of Eddie Moffatt and Harold Arnold fi 7 7 --JS Foui eoaW Bradford. IO out of lt. Foul coals Arnold. 9 out of 14. Referee Sherman.

1 mpire Dayhoff. Witchen on defense. the Sox tallied thrice in their half word caliente. That means hot in the language of the Cubans. The rest is left to your imagination.

jc Mr. Blair Gunther is heading up the national basketball championships of the Polish National Alliance in the Duquesne University gymnasium next week-end. An attorney by trade, he is having his troubles in the athletic world. A week ago, Mr. Gunther was afraid he wouldn't have enough teams to fill up one bracket, but yesterday he was wringing his hands, for 22 entries had come in and there probably were more in the mail.

The tournament is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, and the director is now wondering if there is any law against playing all night in order to have only two teams left for the final game. A golfer friend spent hours on the phone the other night, but when he hung up after the last call he, was sure he had settled one of the major problems of the year. What else could it be than transportation to and from the club? "It occurred to me that the days when we could arrange matches and each member of the foursome arrive and -depart in his own car are over for a long spell," he explained. "So I got in touch with three congenial players, and we have dated ourselves for the summer. In that way, my car will make one round trip to the club where it used to make four, because we'll take turns driving." Perhaps he's considering a one-ball foursome for 1943.

Arnold made only eight field goals, three by Holste, and nine of 14 free throws. Bradford countered to 47. Rice overcame a 15-point consecutive victories, will play either Sharon or Franklin Bor- ough at the Pitt Stadium floor Tuesday evening in the Western Regional series final game. The winner will advance to meet the Eastern Regional finalist in the state championship game In the Philadelphia Palestra next Saturday niglt. Sharon, bearing District 10 hopes, clashes with Franklin Borough, District 6's repeating representative, in a Western Regional semi-final match at Farrell tonight for the right to oppose Bradford.

Lower Merion. District l's re lead in the second period, but For of the sixth on a single, a stolen base, an error and Wally Moses' four-bagger, the Bucs came bouncing back with six in their portion. Gustine opened by getting hit with a pitched ball and Di Maggio with 15 loopers and 10 of 16 charity ward Ed Voss shot Stanford off to efforts. a safe margin in the final minutes. i t- 1 i Aftpr tVp -first.

Vinlf pnrtprt 1n ft Bradford made the most of the Lions repeated misplays. Guido Fails to Score Four of the five Bradford starters were over six feet, and that troubled Arnold all the way. Big Ed Moffatt, Bradford guard, who was all over the court, led the individual scoring with 11 points. 6-6 tie, Bradford moved ahead ouara unesier rauner ieu mx 'scoring with 18 points. Forward Jim came off the bench to swing for Polland of Stanford poured in 26 for Jungels.

He answered with a long fly over the left field wall. Then individual honors of the opening round. Senior Wrestlers Vie For AAU Titles Senior AMA-AAU wrestling championships will be held tonight in Warrington Recreation Center. The meet is sponsored by the Bureau of Recreation. Champions in each event will receive gold medals and runners-up will be awarded silver medals.

Competition will be in nine classes: 112, 118, 123, 134, 145, 158, 174, 191 pounds and unlimited. All wrestlers are to report at the Center for examination and weigh-ing-in at 5:30. the fun began. Barrett doubled. He had five field goals and one of two free throws.

His running mate, with Moffatt and Witchen sparking to help the Owls pace, 19-13, at halftime. Arnold switched its defense slightly in trie third quarter but it didn't keep the Owls from getting in close and Bradford moved to 27-20. Charleroi Junior High School captured the Junior WPIAL bas-ketbair championship last night by defeating Beaver Falls Junior High, 29 to 15 at Beaver Falls. lanky Fred Fling, center, had 10 Stewart singled and Van Robays dented the left field wall with a ringing two-bagger. Fletcher looked at strike three but Babe Phelps sent a towering fly into the pocket in deep left-center good for two bases.

Elliott was safe on an error and Gustine, up for the second time. Ten Bouts Carded By Charleroi Club The Charleroi Macs club will present a 10-bout amateur boxing show tonisht in the auditorium of the points. Little Dudy Frisina, for ward, had eight points but shared the third place scoring spot with Adan: Galie, forward, and Bob Charleroi Municipal Building. whammed a single for the 10th run Holste, center, of Arnold. peating winner and state champion last season by beating Duquesne inj the final, battles Shamokin, District' 4 winner, at Philadelphia tonight to; windup the Eastern Regional semifinal bracket.

In the other Eastern' Regional semi-final, Berwick, District 2, advanced by eliminating Pottsville, District 11, by a 30-28 score at Hershey last night. Arnold Beaten Decisively Bradford, District 6 repeater, disposed of Arnold, WPIAL District 7 of the game. Clark Shaughnessy hi Surprise Move; 'Big Jim' Leonard, Former Notre Dame Star Gridder, May Accept Job With Steelers As Riesling's Aid Leaves Stanford td 'Coach Maryland It is thought that with the de with Art Rooney) at Philadelphia in 1937. Palo Alto, Cal, instin ton with the parture of Leonard, St. Francis will 'consent of universityj 'ificials there Ey The United Press SANTA PAULA, March 21 Clark Shaughnessy, head football coach at Stanford University, re scrap its footoaii program wnicn was revived in 1938 after a seven- Was Irish Star Leonard was an outstanding all- champion, decisively, 40-25.

before 2800 fans in a Western Regional semi-final tilt at the Pitt floor last night. It was a clear-cut conquest for Coach Harold Brace's Rangers. Bradford was one of the best balanced, well conditioned schoolboy teams to play here for a long time. They deserved their triumph. Bradford more than lived up to their press clippings of being a good scoring combination and strong defensively.

The Owls maintained year lapse. around athlete at Notre Dame, earn The proposed addition oi Leonard Young Shaughnessy said that in making the announcement of the change his father did so only be-! cause he feared Coast football was ing varsity awards in football, base to the Steeler staff indicates that the local club is going ahead with ball and track, from 1930-34. He waf one of the few Fighting Irishers to plans to carry on its build-up cam win monograms at two positions-fullback (1931-32) and guard (1933) paign even in the lace oi uncertain national conditions. Head Coach Kiesling, who arrived their composure, helped along great Playing at guard his senior year he won the Herring Award for ex here Thursday after "wintering" in his home at St. Paul, and of Maryland University, would make an "important announcement" sometime today.) In commenting on Maryland's negotiations with Shaughnessy, Dr.

Wilbur said the war has altered the college athletic situation, not only on the Pacific, but also on the Atlantic coast. Drastic Sports Curtailment He said people got the wrong impression when the Pasadena Rose Bowl game was cancelled at Army orders and transferred to Duke University. "The circumstances have changed not only on the Pacific, but also on the Atlantic. The enemy can shoot at the East coast, too." Drastic curtailment of sports activities cn the Pacific Coast already By EDDIE BEACHLER One of the district's most successful minor college coaches James R. (Big Jim) Leonard, former Notre Dame and Philadelphia pro star-admitted today that he is "seriously considering" an offer to return- to professional football as first assistant to Pittsburgh Steeler Coach Walt Kiesling.

The local National League club has been flirting for the services of Leonard for several months, and he is expected to sign a Steeler contract within the next few weeks-following the special "war-time" league meeting next week in New York. Confers With Kiesling Leonard conferred at length yesterday with Coach Kiesling and other officials of the local club. The former Notre Dame star came here from his 130-acre asparagus farm near Swedesboro, N. where he ceptional blocking, and received All-America mention. ly by their overwhelming skyscraper reach to intercept passes and retrieve the ball from the backboards.

Defense Thwarts Arnold plans to remain until Tuesday be signed his position there today accept an offer of the University of Maryland to be director of athletics and physical education and head football coach. The veteran gridiron mentor will receive an estimated salary of $10,000 a year for what is ex- nuteH ti" hp A In high school, Big Jim was an fore going on to New York for the outstanding fullback, earning all- league meeting, is optimistic about Arnold was thwarted all the way if "JfiZ I I next Fall's campaign. Draft Hits Steelers by Bradford's almost impregnable man-to-man, quick-covering de fense. Arnold's mistakes piled up "We expect to lose about half of our 28-man squad of last year, through the draft, but that will be before the tall, alert array of Owls, who were cat-like in waiting for offset somewhat by the expected every opportunity to attack. So addition of nine or more new col well-knit was Bradford's guarding in for several lean 3-ears.

"Football coaching for the next lew years won't be much of a job," Shaughnessy was quoted as saying. "A job as director of athletics is much safer and much more in tune with the times." Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, president of Stanford University, last night partly confirmed the reports that Shaughnessy would go to the University of Maryland when he admitted the coach had received an offer from that school. Announcement Expected Dr. Wilbur said Stanford authorities "would never stand in the way of Shaughnessy if he decided to leave Stanford and accept a job elsewhere.

Wilbur said he understood Maryland was considering "the matter of a general directorship apparently of athletics for Shaughnessy. "We anticipate we will hear something soon, probably this week, on the matter," Wilbur said. fit teat inferred from. College Park, that President Byrd, that Arnold was checked frequently near the center line where at times Joe Guido and Stan Karrs, guards, is in effect. Elimination of Pacific Coast Conference football games this fall is under consideration by lege graduates.

Our league draft choices seem reasonably sure, as nine of them are married and four more have dependents. At any rate we shouldn't be any worse off than resides during the off-season, to city honors at St. Joseph's Prep (Phila.) and Fredrickstown, N. J. High.

He entered college coaching in 1938, starting with a freshman team at St. Francis, and in two years built it into one of the most formidable minor college machines in the district. After dropping the first two games of the 1940 campaign, his Red Flash eleven romped through the last sin games of that season unbeaten including an upset 13-0 win over arch rival St. Vincent, the first since 1929. The past season, his "senior eleven hit its maximum effectiveness in rolling up seven wins, and a 7-7 tie with St.

Vincent, to lay first claims to minor district honors. Leonard, in addition to his coaching duties, also has been serving as director of athletics at the Loreitc discuss the proffered position. seemed petrified. Where the Owls universities. were fast, Arnold was slow with no For the past four years, Big Jim has been engaged in directing an Shaughnessy came to Stanford zip as in previous tourney matches, the other league teanxrC he con eludes.

fron University of Chicago In 1941 after a disastrous season at Chicago, athletic revival at St. Francis College. Under his leadership the little 10-year contract, Shaughnessy according to his son, Clark Shaughnessy, Jr. Young Shaughnessy made the announcement of his father's intention to go to Maryland in an exclusive story in the Santa Paula Chronicle, of which the youth is sports editor. Feared 'Lean Yeafs The noted coach -will report to I the University of Maryland to assume his new duties April 1.

Phaughnessy's contract with Stanford would not have expired until 1945. but he apparently left the Blackburn Critically III and coached a Stanford team that A Kiesling-Leonard coaching combine would give the Steelers an experienced, well-balanced board of Loretto, Pa, school has enjoyed its greatest football success, finishing won 10 straight games, the Con ference championship, and the Rose unbeaten the past season and show CHICAGO, March 21 The condition of Jack Blackburn, trainer of World's Heavyweight Boxing strategy. Leonard has had consider JAMES (BIG JEM) LEONARD May Help Kiesling Coach Steelers Bowl game against Nebraska. His ing an unbeaten streak of 13 straight able experience in the National League, as quarterback and captain mazing success with the T-forma Champion Joe Louis, remains games over the past two campaigns. lege game is the" possibility of cur "critical" Provident Hospital at- One of the factors which is of the "Eagles" in 1935-36 and then lion and a supposedly mediocre Stanford team made him America's tailment of St.

Francis athletic taches reported today. Blackburn thought to be weighing heavily In as -assistant coach under Bert Bell No. 1 coach of 1941. program due to the war. is suffering from pneumonia.

wooing Leonard away from the col (currently co-owner of the Steelers.