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turpi if PART 3 SPORTS VOL LXVIII Read Times Green for Latest Sports cc SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 12, 1949' SPORTS PARADE By BRAVEN DYER I II III I 5 jt "-x -7 7- 7v 7:7 'IK: w7- -7" 7: Beaver Five Races to 53-to-41 Win 1A ass TO TO 5M HOUTTEMAN PROMISES MATES HE'LL BE PITCHING SOON LAKELAND, March 11 Young Art Houtteman, skull fractured in an auto-truck collision, smiled from behind his bandages today and bravely promised his Detroit Tiger teammates: "I'll be able to pitch sooner than j'ou expect." Returning from a' dance with three Florida college j-ouths, the 21-year-old pitcher was seriously injured last night when his car collided with a heavy fruit truck at a Lakeland intersection. He was carried unconscious to a hospital, suffering a fracture at the base of his skull. But whie the baseball world feared for his life, young Art rallied remarkably toward midday at Morrell Memorial Hospital, regained consciousness and spoke a few words with anxious Tiger officials. Dr. Edgar T.

Watson, Lakeland physician for the Detroit baseball club, said the promising young hurler. still w-as in a "very serious condition." OLYMPIC STARS ANGELS ASCENDED Manager Charley Grimm of Chicago Cubs, center, tests "wing" of Cliff Aberson, who played in the Los Angeles Angels' outfield last season. Rube No-votney, former Seraph catcher, right, is another new man on Bruins' roster. Times photo VIE IN RELAYS BY JOHN BE LA VFGA Siv nivmnir fiamM rnmnptit.ors hpad a rlassv field of 957 pn trips i this afternoon in the 31st renewal of the Long Beach Relays at Wilson High's Stephens Field. First heat race is carded for 12:15 p.m.

and the Flag raising ceremonies precede the first finals event at 1:25. Major League Teams to Open Fire Today There will be three classes BY AL WOLF After 11 days of muscle flex CORVALLIS, March 11 Oregon State's eager Beavers, dominating the play off the backboards, slowed the fleet UCLA Bruins down to a walk' here tonight to pocket the opening game of the Pacific Coast Conference play-off, 53-41. The teams play again tomorrow night in the second game of the two-out-of-three series. Slat Gill's ballhawks speared rebound after rebound to run away from the southerners in the second half. Crandall Hot Cliff Crandall, captain of the Northern Division champions, was high-point man for the contest, bagging 16 points.

High for the Bruins was Center Carl Kraushaar with 11. After a close first half which sawr the Beavers leave the floor on the long end of a 20-16 score, the Bruins fought back stubbornly and after six minutes of play whittled the gap to one point, 25-24. Break Loose Crandall signaled the referee for a time out at that point and when play resumed the local five broke loose in a scoring rash which netted eight points before the Bruins could score again. That rally proved to be the payoff splurge as Coach John Wood-en's Bruins were unable to keep pace in the remaining 11 minutes. String Snapped It was the 33rd victory at home for the Beavers out of the last 35 played in the Corvallis crack-erbox.

The victory snapped a 12-game UCLA winning streak. A group of about 30 Bruin students cheered constantly for their team, but the cheers of about 7500 other Beaver followers drowned them out. George Stanich, the Olympic Games high jumper who has sparked the Bruins from his guard position all season, tallied but three points. Break Stymied The Beavers virtually smothered UCLA's vaunted fast break, holding the visitors to four field goals in the opening half and six in the closing period. CrandaH and Guard Dan Torrey, meanwhile, were deadly from the field.

Torrey scored 15 points. The Staters employed a tight man-to-man defense which kept the Californians from getting anything but hurried shots. Their free throws, however, kept them in the running until Oregon cut loose on its eight-point spree. With five minutes left the margin was 43-30. Then Footballer Ernie Johnson broke the Bruins' dry spell from the field.

He Turn to Page 2, Column 3 ing, line-up tinkering and dry-run squad games, the major leaguers today start sparring with each other. Locally, it'll be the St. Louis Browns against the Chicago White Sox at Gilmore Field, with the lywood Stars. The local Coasters will clash at San Fernando. It'll be a three-ring circus hereabouts tomorrow, with the Pirates playing the Cubs at Wrigley, the White Sox playing the Browns at Burbank and the Hollywood Stars playing an assortment of big-leaguers in the annual Kiwanis benefit game at Gilmore.

Several major squads also will see action here and there. The Indians won't be on display locally until March If. when the Regulars meet the Cubs at Wrigley and the Yannigans op- Today's Line-ups JOINS DONSHe's Dutch Clark, who'll take over as LA. Dons backfield coach. Dutch Clark to Aid Phelan as Coach of Dons Coach Jimmy Phelan came up with one of big league football's all-time greats today to fill the position of backfield coach for the Los Angeles Dons.

He is Earl "Dutch" Clark, from 1931 to 1937 chosen six times as all-pro quarterback as a member of the Detroit Lions. His brilliant records accounted with the Lions still stand as the best in the history of the club. Clark's lifetime marks include most touchdowns scored, most extra points scored, most field goals scored and most total points scored. His record of 73 points in a single season also stands as a record performance for a Detroit back. Coached Lions, Rams The addition of Clark to the Los Angeles Dons' coaching staff marks a return to the coaching profession for the man who ranks with Whizzer White as the greatest grid heroes the State of Colorado has produced.

He coached the Detroit Lions in 1937 and 1938, then moved to the Cleveland Rams as head coach from 1939 through 1942. It was at this point of his career that Clark deserted the coaching ranks to enter business in his home city of Pueblo, Colo. Dutch Clark will assume full-time duties writh the Los Angeles Dons, and is expected to arrive in Los Angeles with his family around June 1. Clark is married, has one son. He will make hi-home in Los Angeles.

The signing of Clark gives Phelan his second assistant, Line Coach Marty Kordick remaining from last year's staff. As back-field coach, Clark's prime duty will be to round the impressive list of rookie backs into single-wing form in time to get them off to a good start in the 1949 AAFC race. traditional "Play ball!" bellow at 2 o'clock. Pacific Coast League prices will prevail at all spring scuffles plajed at Gilmore and high school, junior college and college-open. Coach Jess Hill's powerful SC Trojans rule lopsided choices to run off with major team honors with chief competition coming from the Los Angeles AC and UCLA.

Also in the unlimited class are Arizona State at Tempe, Pepperdine, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Loyola, Fresno and various unattached aces. LaBeach to Kun Most famed of the latter group is Lloyd LaBeach, Jamaican streak who grabbed thirds in both the 100 and 200 meters in the Olympic, Games last summer while representing Panama. La-Beach, who was clocked in 9.4s. in the open 100-yard dash in this meet last spring, will defend his title. LaBeach is in fine shape, having recently returned from an extended tour of Australia and eastern indoor meets.

But he should be pressed by two- outstanding prep stars of last year, John Bradley and Bill Fell. Bradley, now an SC freshman, and Fell, student at Compton College, both had clockings'of 9.6s. in 1948. Other Stars Other Olympic stars on display will be Wilbur (Moose) Thompson of the LAAC, who set a shot-put record of 56ft. 2in.

in winning the title; Craig Dixon, UCLA's standout hurdler who nabbed third in the international classic; Dr. Steve Seymour, another LAAC entry, second in the javelin throw; Bob Chambers of SC, sixth in the 800 meters, and Roland Sink, ex-Troy Turn to Page 2, Column 2 Sanders Adopts Six-Day Week for Spring Drills BY BRAVEV DYER Red Sanders issued the call to arms for Bruin footballers yesterday and electrified the UCLA campus by announcing that spring drills will be held six days a week. Prospective varsity candidates will spend next' week, Monday through Friday, signing ap and taking their physical examination. First physical drill is slated for one week from Monday. As far as this department can recall, neither Trojans nor Bruins ever indulged in Saturday spring grid practice as a regular thing.

The effect of Sanders' innovation may be far-reaching. In the first place, there is no rule at present to prohibit him from tutoring his athletes, from sun-up until sun-down on Saturdays, few if any of the boys having classes. 30-Day Limit The "code" now in vogue among Pacific Coast Conference members merely states, relative to spring football practice, that they are "limited to 30 spring practice Whether a session is to be limited by hours is nt stated. Thus Red can call his boys out after breakfast and keep them at pose SC at Bovard Field. And the Giants won't be along until March 22.

In general, the managers have named their likely "varsity" combines for today's openers except in the pitching department. The tossing will be about equally divided between veterans and rookies, with nobody slated to toil more than three innings. The probable line-ups, in batting order: Cubs Call Squad Tilt Because of Wet Turf Yesterday's Chicago Cub intra-squad game was called off because of wet grounds at Wrigley Field. Manager Charlie Grimm, however, had his henchmen go through a regular workout. Kiner Smacks Four Balls Out of Park SAN BERNARDINO, March 11 A "stiff three-hour drill was held this afternoon to condition the Pittsburgh Pirates for their first exhibition game of the spring training season here tomorrow against the Chicago Cubs.

Ralph Kiner showed signs of returning to form, belaboring the ball during his session at bat. He pounded four over the left-field wall. Wally Westlake also looked good. Dumping two outside the Perris Hill Tark. Up and down the sports rial, to: That major league confab in Florida wasn't merely to clarify rules the moguls ate plenty worried over going to court and are banding together while expecting the worst Football men in the Midwest had many nice things to say about the fine job Harry fRlackjack) Smith has done at Missouri Maybe the Trojans cpuld get him Jeff Cravath leaves next week for a New Orleans clinic.

The Dodgers have 60 pitchers of assorted size and shape in their Florida camp, with Rex Barney going like a house afire What the Bums need most is a solid first baseman Jackie Robinson stays on sec-end Casey Stengel says ex-Trojan Wally Hood Jr. will get every chance to stick with the Yankees. SPORTS GMLfcTS Who said baseball is a young man's game? Connie Mack is Sfi; Burt Shotton 61, Joe McCarthy 63, Jack Onslow 59, Casey Stengel 57, Billy Southworth fifi and so on Cal Eaton cards a ring treat Tuesday when Carlos Chavez and Lauro Salas have at it Their last scrap was hailed as the fight 4S. Here's good luck to Fred Haney as his Stars make their Gilmore Field bow against the All-Stars tomorrow Few managers ever teed off with more Seattle's classy new shortstop, Jackie Albright, played for Clint Evans at Cal half a dozen years ago and first was signed by Earl Sheely, then scouting for the Red Sox. iv INDIANS TO REPEAT Connie Mack says Cleveland will repeat, and that his A's will finish in Ue first division J.

D. Mai loch and a few others want me to know that the Cubs did win a World Series two, in fact, from Detroit, '07 and '08 An error in transmission caused the-boot, men As a kid in Chi-, cago I saw both series And Lily Cosio wants me to mention that Hal Newhouser won 21 and lost 12 last year. Dutch Reuther and Frank Shellenhack still are trying to make a pitcher out of the Giants Clint Hartung over in Arizona Leo Durocher pays his two best looking rookie hurlers are Ken Van Gilder and Bill Miller, the latter a southpaw and no relation to William (Bootnose) Miller of fistic fame What'U happen to poor Cincy if Ewell Black-well can't win his share? ODDS AND END ZONE Gangway on the golf courses Gargantuan Joe Stydahar, Ram line coach, has taken to the links sport and will be on the tee during most of his spare time Union Oil has turned out a slick Coast League baseball schedule arranged by Brooks Rogers Jordan Ollvar calls his Loyola gridders to arms Monday. Dick Huffman, meaty Ram tackle, says Rod Sanders will have the Bruins eating raw meat "I played against i Vandcrbilt teams three times," piped Dick the other day, "and we always had all we could handle" Westwood way they hope the championship flavor cooked up by John Wooden lasts well into the grid season. Golfers head for Palm Springs next week where George Rober-son and his committee have everything In readiness for the annual tournament, always a high spot in links competition Illinois alumni hon-' or Lou Boudreau at the Biltmore one week from Monday night tickets at Silverwoods.

OTES TO YOU Claude Hudgins, Times Golden Gloves heavyweight champ, heads back to Chicago next week to fight for the Windy City against New York in Madison Square Garden the 28th Happy birthday today to Gene Biscailuz, who has more friends than any politician I know Topular Little Jimmy Lewis has been named Trojan senior football manager for 'ID. Chinning with massive Leon Hart in Chicago I had no trouble deciding how 'ie got to be such a great end. Such size The Notre Dame star is soft-spokrn and handsome as a movie headllner Loyola alumni smartly re-elected Jack Dempsey their president Earl Torgerson. Boston first sacker, has switched to contact lenses. Burt Shotton's advice to prospective baseball managers: "Be quick to praise and slow to criticize.

Encourage all rlay-ers to give you their opinions and their suggestions." The three best boxers I saw in the Golden Gloves at Chicago were Weshury Bascom, lisht-heavyweight, St. Dick Guerrero, welterweight, Chicago; and Joe Leudanski, middleweight, Chicago Chicago White Sox Floyd Baker. 3b Herb Adams or Gerry Scaja. If Dave Fhilley, cf Gu Zernial. rf Luke Aopline.

ss G. Goldfberry. lb Cass Michaels. 2b Al Gettel. Howie Judson.

Walt Pierce, St. Loui Browns Rob Dlllinfter, 3b Paul Lhner. cf Gerry Pricidy. 2b Jack Oraham or Hank Arft. lb Dick Koknj.

rf Shfrm Lollar or John Moss, Eddir Pellanrini, Ned, Garver. Bill Kennedy, Dick Starr, Hollywood Star Andy Skurikt. cf Gene Hand'ey. 2b Los Angeles Angels Cece Garriott. cf Bill Schuster, ss Butch Moran.

lb also Wrigley Field. Cubs Meet Hue The Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Tirates will collaborate in opening their "Grapefruit League" campaign at San Bernardino, while the world championship Cleveland Indians are billed to take on the New York Giants at Tucson. Half a dozen other major skirmishes will be played in faraway Florida. The Browns will make a double-barreled debut, a squad being scheduled to tackle Oakland's Pacific Coast League champions at Glendale this afternoon. Three-King Circii Trobably overshadowing everything, so far as Southland fans are concerned, will be the first meeting of the year between the Los Angeles Angels and the Hol Chuck Stevens, lb Frankte Kelleher, If Dom Dallessandro.

If Mike sicnko. ti John ostrowsici, jo Jim Baxes. 3b Dolph Recelsky, rf Johnny O'Neil, ss W. TerwilliKer. 2b Ed Oliver, Eddie Malone, Olen Moulder, Alan Ihde.

Al Unser. Bill Moisan. Pir.ky Woods, Don Watkins. Pltttburrh Pirated Chicago Cubs Stan Ho)ek. ss Harry Walker.

If Eddie Bookman or Frank Gustine. 3b Jack Tobin. 3b Phil Cavarretta. lb Walt Judnich. cf Andy Pafko.

ct Ralph Kmer. If Cliff Aberson. If Les Fleming, lb Bob Scheffing. Wally Westlake. rf Emil Verban, 2b Danny Murtaufth.

2b Roy Smaller, ss Clyde McCullough, Walt Dubiel. Murry Dickson, Dewey Adkins, Elmer Singleton, Don Carlsen, vie Liomuarni. TODAY IN SPORTS EXHIBITION BASEBALL Chletto Wbite Sox vs. St. Louis Browns at Gilmore Field, 2 D.m.

Chicaeo Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates at Sari Bernardino. 2:30 D.m. Los Ansteles vs. Hollywood at San Fernando.

1:30 p.m. Seattle vs. Sen Dieeo at Ontario, 2:15 p.m. Portland vs. Oakland at Riverside, 2:15 p.m.

Oakland vs. Browns at Glendale. 2:30 p.m. ICE HOCKEY San Dieso vs. Monarchs.

8:30 P.m. COLLEGE BOXING California at UCLA. 2:30 p.m. TRACK Lonit Beach Relays. Lone Beach Wilson High.

1 p.m. BOWLING Los Angeles Men's City Tournament, team play at Jackson Recreation in Glendale. 4 p.m., and doubles-sinsles at Pan-Pacific Lanes. 4 p.m.: California State Women's Tournament, at Boulevard Bowl in Long Beach, 9 a.m. GYMNASTICS University of Southern California at Pasadena City College.

7:30 p.m. COLLEGE WRESTLING AND BOXING University of Southern California va. UCLA at Westwood. 7:30 p.m. RUGBY UCLA rujrby team vs.

Eazle Rock AC at Westwood, 3:15 p.m. Preliminary at 2 p.m. TENNIS Caltech vs. UCLA at Westwood. 1:30 p.m.

Pepperdine Colleee vs. Santa Barbara State College at Pepperdine. 1:30 p.m. Basketball Results PCC TITLE PLAY-OFF Oregon State. 53: UCLA.

41. WESTERN STATES TOURNAMENT (Championship) Long Beach City College, 82: Palo Verde Javsee. 85. Compton. 79: Ventura.

33. INTERMEDIATE BRACKET Pasadena, 73: Santa Monica, 51. Muir. 56: Los Angeles, 48. (Consolation) Riverside.

71: Orange Coast. 34. Antelope Valley. 59; Fullerton. 53.

N'AIB TOURNAMENT (Semifinals) Hardline. 52: Belolt. 43. Regis of Denver. 48: Indiana Etate.

43 (two overtime periods). WITTENBERG TOURNEY Akron, 57; Ohio Wesleyan, 54. OTHER SCORES Tulsa. 5S: Creifthton. 42.

it until dinner. Of course, he might have to serve tea and crumpets, call the Helms wagon or set up a sort of smorgasbord on the tanbark to prevent the boys from leaving the field at noon and thereby incurring the possible penalty of having the day's work defined as two sessions by Czar Vic Schmidt. But any coach resourceful enough to come up with spring grid drills on Saturday ought to find it easy to surmount such a minor difficulty as the feeding and care of candidates. He might just call it picnic day and let the various sororities prepare a basket lunch for the Six Vets Lost Of UCLA's 34 varsity lettermen, 28 return. Those missing are Bill Clements and Phil Tinsley, starting ends; Gene Rowland and Art Steflen, starting bzeks, and Jack BrOwn and Iggy Polizzi, reserves.

In addition there are 24 frosh numeral winners. If he wishes, Sanders can start an all-veteran line; what he ds most is backfield material. Although Jeff Cravath is out of town, it was reported at SC yesterday that the Trojans also will try Saturday drills this spring. Maybe we'll some day win a Rose Bowl game from the Big Nine after all. This Sanders strat-egem may be our answer to the Big Ninels stubborn refusal to limit their squads to 30 practice STEVE BELLOISE STOPS ROSS IN 5TH -2 'v l- n- "i I 1 A xM-r' 'i'-iti HMMiiiiiMfcrni i nil i in i i-i -iTi -ti iTi iv Wiiiim iiMmii jtMuMtnmimatMifm ed, Belloise clipped J.T.

on the jaw with a right and the Californian shook all over. That was a sign of things to come. The balding Belloise went to work on his awkward opponent in earnest as soon as the second frame opened. Brutal Beating He drove a fierce right to Ross head and the Californian shook all over his thin, 6-foot frame. Belloise tore in with rights and lefts and Ross went down for eight.

From then on Ross took an unmerciful beating. He barely made it for the fifth. Belloise greeted him with a left and right to the head as he came out of hi3 corner. Belloise the Californian with ten more punches without return and Referee Eddie Joseph stepped in and halted the rout NEW YORK, March 11 (-) Steve Belloise, hard-hitting Bronx middleweight contender, stopped J. T.

Ross, lanky San Jose (Cal.) youngster In lm. 13s. of the fifth round of the featured ten-rounder in Madison Square Garden tonight. Each weighed 157V4. The 30-year-old Belloise showed little regard for the vaunted power of the 24-year-old, 6-foot lVz-inch Californian.

He waded after his gangling opponent and nailed him repeatedly with looping lefts and rights to the head. Looks Good Early Ross, making his Garden debut on the strength of 26 knockouts in 36 fights mostly in California looked good for about two and a half minutes of the first round. He speared Belloise with his long left and kept the Bronxite off balance. But just before the round end Stack Clips 1.9s. Off Backstroke Mark NEW HAVEN, March 11 (JP) Allen Stack, Olympic backstroke champion and former Yale star, clipped 1.9 seconds from the American record in the 150-yard backstroke today.

In an AATJ-sponsored time trial in Yale's 20-yard pool, Stack swam the distance in lm. 29s. fiat QUARTET: 'DONT FENCE ME IN' These four expe Cardinal; Bob Muncrief, ex-Cleveland Indian; Bob Chambers, obtained from Chicago Cubs, and Hugh Casey, the Brooklyn veteran. The Pirates play the Cubs today in opening major exhibition game at San Bernardino. UP) photo rienced hurlers from other major league clubs will oug-ment the Pittsburgh Pirates moundsmen this season.

From left to right: Murray Dickson former St. Louis.