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FOUR THE AMARILLO DAILY KEWS. AMARILLO. TEXAS MOBSlKg, MARCH-14. 19C. Do You Know--? Hugh Willingham Is Named Borger Passers' Managed Gordon Nell Is Kimball Is Brooklyn's Man of the Moment Sent Players' Contract Only IMPORTED HOWE THE KWroocy DERBY? BATTING CHAMPIONSHIP? WAS PAID THERIOHKTPORSfr THE YALE 60LF COURSE IS SO LAID'OOT THAT A PLAYED D01N6 18 IN THREE TOWNS AND ONE aTy-WOODBfiiP6F WEST HAVEN AND NEW BORGER, March 13 (Spe-j i a 1) Hugh Willingham, Gasser second baseman last year, was named as player-j manager of the Borger Gas- jsers' West Texas-New Mex-j jico baseball team last night.

jWilling-ham succeeds don Nell, slugging: outfielder! (who piloted the Gassers to I jthe WT-NM pennant in 1940 into the playoff in 1941. Nell was mailed a. manage- rial contract, but when of i- cials here failed to hear from him they opened negotiations with Willingham. Nell has been sent a player contra ct. The new manager officially as- Isumed his duties today and his 'first job will be to recruit some and rookie diamond stars.

i He is faced with an acute shortage of hurlers here. However, a heart- ening note was struck when George Finger, the Borger Baseball nounced that five veterans from year would probably return their NEWELL KIMBALL i Brooklyn pitching be all I every opportunity to prove to DILLON GRAHAM (Sports Editor) (Wide World Features) I that he is," explained the seldom- reticent little Brooklyn manager. Blaine Peterson, outfielder; and Hal "The kid," explains Leo the Lip, Answers to "Do You Know--?" will be found on this page. New York Yankees Are Happy Now That 'JoltiiT Joe Is in Uniform Boxing League Re-Organizes PA3EPA, March 13 (Special)-- Botftt was ousted from the North Mains School Boxmjr a meeting: of a majority of member schools here Thursday night. giThe -vote was.unanimous.

Charges preferred against Borger alleged failure to match boys In accordance to league rules, misrepresentation of weights, false: reports to newspapers, and several Borger was not represented at the and it was voted to a letter announcing the ouster, and inviting the school to join; the league next year if it -will abide by the rules. Follett was admitted to the le; igue leplacing Borger. The membership now includes Follett, Stinnett, Miami and-Canadian in the norti. division and Lefors, Childress. Memphis and Wellington in the sbuth half.

The league representatives voted to the Tournament of Champions, between winners of the north and south divisions, in Pampa which Is not a member of the year. 'Stina Cain of Lefors will be the referee. Judges mil be O'Neal Of Wellington. Hinger of Pampa. Pnilpott.of Miami, Stone of Borger Caylcr.

of Canadian. Winners in each weight division be given a jacket. The league members voted not to ifecept a challenge for Tournament! a T- With an array like By JUDSON BAILEY ST. PETERSBURG, March 13 world champion New York Yankees were one THJT happy family again today as joltin' Joe DiMaggio cavorted in a Yankee uniform for the first time this spring. long, lean centerfielder, who came to an.agreement last night to a $42,000 salary for the forthcoming season to make him.

the highest paid player now in baseball, pranced around in "pepper" games, snagged balls at shortstop, third base and in the outfield. He crowded a lot of work into the two hours before the Yanks began an exhibition game with the Cincinnati Reds. Manager Joe McCarthy did not risk his valuable bric-a-brac by letting him pinch'hit or even carry out the starting lineup to the umpires," but the impetus given- the world champions by getting: their holdout problems straightened out was noticeable. The Yankees-looked hale and hearty and their swagger told more eloquently than words that, they believed they would be a cinch to remain at the top of the American League. The Yanks will have a couple of changes--Buddy Hassett at first base and Gerry Priddy 'at third-but essentially expect to be about the same calibre as last season when they clinched the pennant ai the earliest date in history.

They have the same pitchers, with added age offset by an infusion of youth, the same catchers, the same superb sluffers in the outfield the greatest second base combination in the game to- of. Champions winners to meet a team from the South Plains. Reason given was that the South Plains group is not organized and does not set rules. The league, however, voted to meet the South plains boxers if they would organize and abide by the interscholastic league rales. gio, Keller, Hehrich, Gordon.

Rtz- zut(K Dickey and the rest, the club probably could play a couple of humpty-dumpties on the fringes and finish ahead of most of their rivals. But the truth, sad as it may be the rest of the league, is "that He May Make Good Quickly ANAHEIM, CaL, March 13 Playful Jim Castiglia put in his bid today as sportedom's latest Cinderella man. The one-time Georgetown University "athlete who resembles a light tank in structure just came along for the ride when the Phila- dephia Athletics journeyed here for spring training, but he's very liable to go hack home with a major league catching contract on his' first acquantance with professional baseball. Manager Connie Mack brought Jim out here as the batting prac- ticje backstop, the hard-working pi; iver who puts in two- hours a day without hope of fame or much financial favor. 3ut en route, the very good full- for the Philadelphia pro footballers showed the boys that while hi; baseball knowledge was limited to collegiate and one season's semi- All the Dodgers share Leo's en- With an infield of home run king "Who's gonna beat us?" signed contracts very soon.

Those,) Ic was to sunpie: virtually assured to be back in the discovered that for two fold, include Harry Riordan, first baseman; Bernie Hodriquez, catch- Larry Gilchrist. shortstop; solution? It was too simple: Leo suddenly years he had been almost completely overlooking the biggest twirler on his squad, 200-pound Kewell KimbalL Webster, left- fielder. Willingham. according ages as of Aug. 31, 1941.

hit .342, slammed out 20 homers, 34 doubles, four triples and batted in 115 runs as a Gasser last season. Prior to coming here he played with the Enid Oilers and Halliburton Cementers, two top semi-pro clubs of the country. The Gassers will probably start spring training in the early part of April and will train here in Borger. They open the season April 28 meeting the Amarillo Gold Sox. er Real Champion of Girls Team time the opposition got one point.

Border's Redbirdc made two--so the girls from the plains country are state high school basketball champions. Meaning Borger rolled up an average of almost 38 points per game and the opposition 19. The Redbirds captured 32 of 33 tilts this, year and at the present time own a consecutive-game winning streak of 27. Their lone defeat was in mid- December but the girls don't feel so bad about that. They later avenged the loss by trouncing their conquerors.

The Redbirds scored 1.248 points --more than a point a minute-holding their opponents to "says he hasn't ever been given a bander from Logan stands a half inch above He's got plenty on his fast ball, has good control and tosses a fairish curve. they asked. They figure the Cardi- won't be as dangerous as last (lf Dolph Camilli, Bill Herman, Pee year and that the Reels can't threaten seriously because they lack power- listening to such a pair of A-l 1 persuasive talkers as Burocher and The Chicago Cubs caught him first, but traded him three years ago with Gus Mancuso to Brooklyn for Al Todd. Durocher couldn't I Larry MacPhail, with, the tingling rhymth's of Havana's rhumba bands in the background, it's pretty hard not to agree with them. In fact, I to aver-j real chance.

And he's He'sf 566 him and ne was optioned! strong. At AH Posts pro he had acquired a bit of card His winnings and natural good humor gave him the entree with the select regulars. So it wasn't long before he was stepping up to the plate--all in fun, the coaches said, mind you-and knocking a few out of the park himself in practice. Although he arables somewhat similarly to a turtle, there's little time wasted on the bases. And Manager Connie Mack remarked "I think'm let him LAKELAND, March 13 642.

Pacing the charge of the Redbirds to state laurels were Delores Vann, who dropped in 473 points; Pauline Taylor, who was chosen queen of the state tournament at Hillsboro, with 415 markers, and Pauline Boy- Ian, who flipped in 281 points despite the fact that she did not play every 'game. Star of the defense was Helen Miller, named to the all-state team, while Margaret Newman and Julia Ensor. a couple of juniors, rounded out the guard trio. Next year all will be back except misses Boylan and Taylor. Cardinals Lick Tigers, 4 to catch one of these days." He did--and.

big Jim busted The league members voted he Yankees are sound if not solid make each boy weigh in each night comers. Hassett is all ex- i but outhit him. of the Tournament of Champions, perienced performer who may not This will discourage sweating. I field 'as- prettily as. Johnny Sturm Texaggies Even With Oklahoma's Sooners i COLLEGE STATION.

March Texas Aggies evened baseball -series with the Univer of Oklahoma with a 17 to 11 today. It was a ragged game, the Ag triple and a single and did a nice chore behind the bat. That fetched a second opportunity. He made the most of it when a runner tried to steal second. Cast-, iglia's peg was on the button andj iThe St.

Louis Cardinals took ad- a i vantage of seven bases on balls issued by Lefty Hal Newhouser to defeat the Detroit Tigers, 4 to 1, today in the opening Grapefruit League baseball game here. DODGER NMtM.t-uvxd-. i-fc-tu. ajfca.vjm^ V.J«*^P gonna get it I Montreal. The Cardinals bought! With 22-game winners, Kirby Tve had him off and on for TM 1 conditionally but turned himj and hitlow Wyatt (who'll years, traded him away and bought back 1 Brooklyn acquired himi end him back, and never have used Him i during last season.

i ater)? campaign sooner or Kim- much. He says he has to pitch He won 3 and tost one for the as starters and with Hugh regularly to be most effective and Dodgers in their pennant drive.) Casey, Johnny Allen, Fat Freddie we've never given him that "If KimbaU's got the stuff, we're a he may be that extra start- cinch to win the flag," said Leo. er I need and I'm gonna give him is, if injuries and the draft Fitzsimmons and such rookies as Chester Kehn. Bob Chipman, Tom Drake and Edward Head, the! draft doesnt catch Mm) and the newly acquired veteran Arky Vaughan the Dodgers boast about the best. Batting champion Pete Reiser, Joe Medwick and Fred Walker leave little to be sired, in the outfield end Cliff Dapper from Hollywood will give Mickey Owen some.relief behind the clish.

It looks as though Them Bums from Flatbush will get another crack at the Yankees come October. Thumbnail Preview BROOKLYN Infield--Excellent Outfield--Very Good Pitching--Good Catching--Fair. Finish--1-2 Taking a Short Cut Along the Sports Trails By WHITNEY MARTIN World Sports Columnist) "NEW YORK, March 13--Caught short: "I have reprimanded at least three players for conduct unbecoming Dodgers," says Leo Durocher. There was a time when that might mean they caught fly balls with their hands or didn't try to steal second with the bases full. Headline: Louis looks sluggish in workout That's the way he looked against Buddy Baer.

Very, very sluggish, with emphasis on the slug. Jimmy Johnston thought that his'Abe Simon would have "a swell chance" against Louis without the ailing Jack Blackburn in the Bomber's corner, it now develops that Blackburn will be there, so draw your own conclusions. Jimmy thinks Joe would be lost without Blackburn's instructions. Mebbe so, rnebbe so, but we haven't noticed anyone behind Joe pressing buttons after the bell rings. He hits the button himself.

Good Luck, Buffs--That's the right-from-the-heart wish of thousands of West Texas basketball fans as the West Texas State quintet started the long railroad ride to New York City this morning The Buffs bedded down in a Santa Fe pullman here last night and at 6 o'clock this morning were off for Big Town and more fame. Henry Thomson, Amarillo insurance man, it was who spoke the sentiment of thousands when he said yesterday evening, "Boy, I hope the Buffs can win that thing for the simple reason they are a great ball. club. Anything can happen in a short series like that, but we all beginning Sun'day. Entries in'' will be right up with the Buffs every time they take the court.

They mail may boost the list to be 1 deserve to win because they are great. We know they'll be great in rn defeat, too, but gcsh-dam it, we want them to "win." No Priorities on Basketball in A. A. U. Meet DENVER, March 13 tfPj--Priority blues? Not for the National AATJ Already 48 teams from 23 states have signed up for the field goal than 50: "It's us." said Willard N.

National AAU basketball chairman. "We thought sure that the war and curtailed transportation would cut the field down to about 35 or 40 teams. "We have 12 from the Pacific Coast section alone, more than in any of the seven other nationals held here." Teams ate traveling here from as away as the naval air school at Pensacola, Shreveport, Seattle and Midland, Mich. So far the middle Atlantic area hasn't nominated any contestants, but places in the bracket have been kept open for the New York and Adirondack Tournament winners. Hollywood Twentieth Century, victor in 40 of 44 games this will defend its national title and is bracketed with the 66 Oilers of Oklahoma, and Denver Legion in nooular esteem.

Than Frank Sinkwich? ATHENS. March 13 than Frankie Sinkwich," are training He didn't feel-so good iust before train yodeled some. University of Georgia board time fact he felt like the dickens and found it difficult partisans when'Charley Trippi tore iiue swallow he had doctor chect np on wdl Deing the turf in spring training--and to- Ted Williams' biggest mistake was in hitting .406 last year instead of .236. If he were just another player nobody would have paid much attention to his draft classifi- The Buffaloes can be beat by a combination of things, the least of which certainly is not psychology Perhaps they've played too many pressure games already They're only youngsters after all wear the crown as the greatest college basketball team in the world, to get the acclaim that's heaped upon them this year, to be the Mister Big of the sport, and to be the best drawing and most colorful team in the world are-aspects which tend to rnin good intentions But 111 string along with the Buffs I don't think there's a basketball team anywhere who can lick them now They were presented with new, 10-galion hats yesterday and every one of them still wore the same old size No big heads on this team Publicity didn't hurt them before and there's no reason to believe it will now Charley Halbert's illness mar hurt them more than" anything else Big Charley got out of the hospital to make the trip He's suffering from a painful sinus ailment Another factor is the smoke in Madison Square Garden When 18,000 people start puffing on some form of the weed, a none-too-well ventilated place like the Garden gets chokingly full of smoke fay the time the second game time rolls around And, the Buffs play the second game (always the top billing spot) Tuesday night against Creighton's Bluejays My prediction is that Creighton never has been such blue jays as they'll be blue jays after the game's over Tuesday night. The News will get its reports on the Buffaloes from John McCarty, 6 feUow who orts this paper tick now, but who started, out as a hasn't got all of it out of his system yet.

cation. A big target always draws 3 Baltimore outfielder and owner of the Amarillo big guns. We believe in giving the notleaye yesterday mornmg for wiiere kid without good and sufficient reason. It took a lot of moral courage to Gold reach the decision he did, knowing abuse he will Coffer from some Last summer a sie of the mumps alm mecked Seeds team tne auuie ne wm suiier irom some 0 -m quarters. It would have been a lot easier to critics.

He had to make such a decision, for anyone i theyll keep him from getting on scnedule enHst and silence his' you sure doctor Pfred Seeds Well reasonably so," said the lad to know he was right we'd better make sure, so, go back to bed and quit thinking .1. tnat cnoo-choo. that choo-choo." Some wag wanted rne to ask Bob if he knows there is no open with a guiltv conscience couldn't it stand the pressure. Every man's season oa Orioles.in Etanoa But I wont ao it the Wilges (Pa.) freshman gets his chance to convince the skeptics. Hell be measured by an all-America yardstick, for when Coach Wallace' Butts winds drills for the Orange Bowl champions with Georgia's annual "G-Day" game, Trippi problems are his own, until he 13 may neither field nor hit to with Red Rolfe who is ill and unsigned, but the sophomore from Kansas City prep is a lot younger than the veteran who been holding forth at third all of the Yankees' recent pennant, 1 years.

Priddy has shown in the games played thus far that he can take! the base-runner was a dead bird, DAYTONA BEACH. March m0s into the spotlight' "Hmm-m-." mused Mr. Mack outj 13(P)--Manager Leo Durocher of the hpinnc-tn wprvhrvi-c- TTnri loud. "Maybe I should sign him Dodgers has a neat method of jnak- as a catcher. He looks good enough 1 his infielders run during work- to make my club." outs by hitting slow rollers, first For.

as observers made haste one side and then the other. belong to everybody. he doesn't want Ted That's good enough for us. Sam says right now.i rubbing it in Mumps are bad enough by themselves. That'd be be directly opposite Frankie fireball.

Both are to play- tailba a flat-footed stance without I stuffs into his shirt instead of second wasted in Fancy Dan throwing it back. work, can throw like that thei TIGERS LW AN It's always dangerous to single out athlete for exceptional when the information comes! om MANGRUM BIG WINNER IN PRO-AMATEUR TOURNEY PALM BEACH, March 13. Mangrum, youthful CM- a guv like Bill Slvker vou i cs professional, swept the boards in the $4,350 victory golf tournament can't 'go far is Vne' toda 3 7 t-aking first prize in the 36-hole medal competition and team- Evansville Ind. collesT coach and poloist Michael G. Phipps to win the Mangrum added a 67, just one, he was reared as a second baseman.

the Sooners four runs off a I hit. errors, wild pitches. i balks, passed ba" I accounted den was i Pringle with the less. "All I can say is that he hit bet- Eddie Arcaro Is Hurt In Four-Way Crackup about three years ago his football team went 13 games without scoring i a point. He was a good enough sport over the course record, to his first day's 70 and 36-hoie 137 was goodj LAKELAND, March 13 The Detroit Tigers announced (sale today of catcher Billy when he feels like Drag He Phipps knocked an i rn mo wwvJrtm fnr fl litde a someone he dozen strokes off par with a record- 1 joke about it and give "debited for the S400 first prize.

to the Brooklyn Dodgers for an ui i disclosed cash price, thus reducing their list of holdouts to four. Sulli- jvan had not reported after receiv- UX), MIAMI. March 13 (P)--Eddie Ar- ing a cut. serTes breaking 62 in the pro-amateur best- Anyway, the darling of Evansyille i ball section of the tournament. and for miles around "Gus" Doerner.

one is of Wilfrec Slyker's -Running pro Mangrum re- EANDLET KECOVERIXG BERNARDINO. caro. one of the nation's top At the same time the Tigers an- players Slyker says suffered a possible fracture of thelnounced the transfer of. catcher ac is one the finest shots their Beaumont farm 1 Texas League to lad is one of the fines ever saw on a court, is strictly a re player, and is so popular he was honored with a special "night" at a recent game. Four strokes behind the winner in the pro-amateur came the teams of Charles V.

McAdam of Greenwich, Marse McCarthv said. i Rntipr ppbvc Tn RP Pun Tnrtav sufff a possible fracture of the! KeidyS ID lOOay arm today in a spectaculariTJnser from i -vi-rf IN March 13 four-horse spill during the running! club of the Gunnir for S1 orth of tro the fcatared Indian River nurse i Place Sullivan, i ies nd a set rccor i a Park. TngelS TM4 most 30 athletes from 24 collc i Arcaro as a the favorite, i CUBS WALLOP CHTSOX LOS ANGELES. March 13 I automobile accident last November. Frankie Frisch is counting on Eandiev to back up Bob Elliott.

M- -u- outfielder, at the i lod and lhe results were season this vear he connect- vn ieia ltam rt am and: Mrs. J. Eiangers Sir Maaboro. an ie Cubs won? I3 to 3 Lj I63 times in 3 field goal at BOUDKEATJ IS H.L of the National I tempts for the astonishing average 1 CLEARWATER. Fla 1 tomorrow in the tenth annual But-: which wen ler University indoor relays.

ler and is: the list is the University i S. Cla this season, and in four years! pitchers against the Chicago Cubs i has piled up 1.152 points. During the comer. -STAN WOULD STEAL MIAMI BEACH, larnpionship i Ohio last week captured i S-l outsider, won the race. Stan Ben- the Big Ten incioor crown.

Four other Big Ten schools Two of the other jockevs minor injuries. Nic? Wall ri Akron. O. score was attributable .477. He averaged .771 with (-P)--Friday the 13th Oklahoma, tonight won their way to the final championship game of the Intercollegiate Basketball Tournament.

Hamlin defeated Central State of nc ls and (ies 1 oT Warrensburg, Missouri. 45 to 28 and Southeastern beat Kansas State Hamlin Plays Southeastern In K. C. Final the position from which Frankie fought his way to all-America honors as a junior last season-and no less than 1,500 goggle-eyed students and alumni are expected to pile into Sanford stadium to see what's what. Hart Succeeds Milner at El Paso EL PASO, March 13 Hart, physical training director of Austin (El Paso) High School, wffl be head football cach replacing W.

J. Milner, who accepted the assist- i ant coaching with Jack Curtice at Texas Mines. Jewell Wallace. El Paso High School coach, also resigned this week to accept a similar job at Greenville. The city's third hign school coach, Guy Davidson of Bowie, is seekirig a political office.

Jim Wardy of Texas Mines wai KANSAS CTTY March 13 0 University of St. Paul and! Southeastern Teachers of Durant. selected by Hart as assistant at Aus- I Philadelphia and of this year. himself in a position to score one of the two runs in the 2-0 triumoh. nw rH'V, ive errcrs the Sox showed free throws.

1 in brief, the boy is good. March 13 struck the Teachers of Pittsburg, 36. BURSmS HURTS PERRT SAN FRANCISO, March 13 Fred Perry, former British Davis tin. SUGAR STAY NEW ORLEANS. March 13 Joseph B.

David, who helped organize the Sugar Bowl although he had never seen a football game, today took over presidency of the Sugar Bowl organization and announced the group would go ahead with plans and hope for the best. i Cadmium, wrenched his neck. H. V. ROBERTSON CO 1910 i AUDITORS INCOME INHERITANCE.

Kvi ESTATE TAX MATTERS was able to carry out his riding assignment in the next race. El RSBU Marcil 13 Royal Man. one of the better han- (P)--The Cardinals' live horses during the past two! Dtto Denning to headline. Which is one way of tell- the sidelines with a bone-chip in ling: that the regular season hasn't the third finger of his throwing Ads Get Results, started yet. Gene pitchers might form the strongest; years, came out of the spill with a I Answers to "Do You southpaw siaff in the majors.

Last! broken leg and had to be destroyed. Cobb holds major league recori i year, the quintet won 71 and lost 31. Thirty-live victories were in Miej national league and 36 in the min-i Cleveland Indians baseball camp to- Cup ace, has been lost to the tour( day to send Manager Lou Boudreau' in? professional tennis group due to; to bed with a sore throat a a bursitis condition in his elbow, Advance Man Al Ennis was advised today. His place will be taken by Lester Stoefen of Los Angeles. -y LA DIDRICKSOX WINS SAN FRANCISCO.

March 13 Indian! hand. ors. Tne five 'are Ernie Howard Pollet. Max Lanier, Clyde Shoun and Harry Brecheen. catcher, worked for an optical corn- major league record for successive batting cham- pany during the winter.

Boy, will he Mildred Babe Didrickson Zaharias jpionships--nine. 1907-35. inclusive. be able to give those umpires a sales! won the San Francisco women's A'S LICK PIRATES i Khayyam was the only imported horse to win the Ken-j talk. "Mize's arm worries Giants." match play Open golf championship ANAHEIM.

Calif. March 13 lucky Derby. He came down in front" in 1917. JGan the CarcTtiials have handed out for the second straight year, scoring Phiiadelphia Athletics smashed Tunnev was paid the richest purse in ring 16 hits today for a 12 to 6 445.54 for the Battle" of the Long Count with Jack Dempsey in Chicaga victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Sept, 22, 1927.

another lime rickey? Unless that arm improves it wiii be a sour deal for the Giants at any rate. an II to 10 victory today over Sar- fcara Beach Thompson of, Los An- 'seles. Uniformly and Flavor 1 CCNtVMT CO-..