Alton Evening Telegraph from Alton, Illinois • Page 11

THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1941 Sox Say They're Stronger Than Last Year Manager James J. Dykes Points to Power and Pitching By ROBERT MYERS LOS ANGELES, March 20, The Chicago White Sox were me wounds today inflicted by their oross-lowii rivals, the Cubs, and were pretty chagrined about the vav they contrived to give the National Leaguers 4 to 1 decl- Jlon Tlu' Cubs didn't earn a run. That was just the first In a ser- Ics of exhibition games the caeonns will stage before tiiey jlarl i llpir pennant campaigns. The Sox will. go back into the American League campaign just as strong and possibly Stronger than were last year, and that prediction comes from no less authority than Manager James J.

Dykes. 'powerful hitting, what they hope will be a well balanced pitch- Ing staff, good catching and a tight infield these are the White Sox claims. Heading the parade of batters, and responsible for the surprising uprising of the Sox last season, are Taft Wright, Julius (Moose) Sellers Luke Appllng, Mike Kreevich, and Joe Kuhel. The acquisition" of Bill Knickerbocker to plug up the. second base hole may be the best news White Sox fans have heard.

The ex-Yankee may prove an Important cog In the infield of Kuhel, Appllng and Bob Kennedy. For once, too, Dykes has reserve Infield strength, with young Don Kolloway yapping at Knickerbocker's heels, Darlo Lodigiana -after Kennedy's job and Skeeter Webb ready for utility service, preferably behind the very efficient Mr. Appling. Kreevich, Solters Wright make up the regular outfield; with ALTON EVENING TELEGRAPH PAGE ELEVEN Everything! Ask League to IYI Raise Player Roster to li "Now don't you wish you'd saved your money, like me?" Packs Confirms Report of Louis Title Bout in St. Louis of Onim Cite Need for Boost At Meeting Enos Campbell and Cooper White of Onized Club gave the Southwestern Baseball League something to think about last night at Its meeting in MaryvUle when they proposed the League boost its team player limit to, 18 men.

Their idea sprang wholly from their own troubles because shift work at the Owens-Illinois 'Glass plant, home of Onized, is an present ogre but the suggestion carried appeal all the way around The league decided to decide upon it at its next meeting, which will be held In Alton next Wednesday night at the Town Club on East Broadway. The main items of business taken care of last night were the adop- ion-of the Leacock baseball as the league's official pellet for 1941 and approval of the forthcoming season's schedule. Campbell and 1 White represented Onized at the mting.Sam and Andrew Leigh the Alton Dodgers and Theodore Green the. East Alton Business Men. Larry Rosenlhal the main reserve.

Dykes asks for no better catcher than Mike Tresh, but he can call on young Tommy Turner, Tresh's understudy last year, and George Dickey, of the famous Dickey family of backstops, who Is up from Oklahoma City. Ted Lyons, the ever-reliable, once a week winner, heads the pitching staff, while Dykes figures on several others for more frequent and regular duty. Included are Johnny Rigney, he isn't drafted for military service; Johnny Humphries, who has a burning ambition to make land regret they ever let him wear, out the bench or trade him; Joe Haynes, the purchase from Washington, who believes his sore arm troubles are over; cagey Edgar Smith, who won and Ipst 9 last year; Thornton Lee, who is due for a good season, and Dietrich, also headed for another successful session on the mound. Relief pitcher Pete Appleton rounds out the regular and Dykes may uncover a in such rookies Redbirds Send Flowers to Bill On Birthday By EDDIE BRIETZ NEW YORK, March Special News and shades of the old Gas Housers! The Cards sent Billy Southworth a basket of flowers on his 48th birthday Red face: Sam Simons, caterer at the Boston Garden, Monday cooked 1,500 hot dogs for the opening of a basketball starts to- When Detroit played morrow the Senators Tiger cheered berg. at Orlando, only was Hank Green- Is She Dizzy? Mrs.

D. Dean, who is minding the farm while Diz is in camp, was so thrilled when she sold three dozen eggs for 45 cents that she shot old Diz a $1.65. as Jess Dobernic; Jack Hallett Orval Grove or Rice, Meadows Face Competition CHICAGO, March 20, Gregory Rice, South Bend, two-miler, and Earle Meadows of Los Angeles, world record pole vaulter, may be pressed to new marks in defense of their titles Saturday night In the fifth annual Chicago Relays at the International Amphitheater. Meadows, who has won the Chicago tiiic four consecutive years and twice has broken the Indoor record in eastern meets this sea- Jon, will fnce such competition as Ken Dills of the University of Southern California, national collegiate champion; Dick Ganslen, lormor collegiate titleholder from wlumbia University; Milt Padway, Florida Flashes Education pays: John Grodzlcki, who looks like $75,000 worth of pitching talent for -the Cardinals, is a graduate 4 pf Hot Springs University of the "'diamond Ernie Lombardi's ankle is acting up When Dizzy Trout didn't show up to pitch the other day, Manager Del Baker found him hollering his head off, padlocked in a' sound-proof broadcasting booth where some prankish players had locked him Bill Terry now hinting Giants will start the season with Ott on third and Joe Moore, in right When U.m- plre Ziggy Sears made a questionable decision in the Bee-Brown game at Monterey, he was barred from the club's bus for the ride Promoter Tom packs returned to St. Louis Wednesday to confirm an announcement that Joe Louis, world's heavyweight boxing champion, would defend his title against Tony Musto of Chicago early in April in St.

Louis. Packs, who carried signed contracts from a New York parley with Promoter Mike Jacobs, said the fight would go on at the Arena April 8. He said only minor details connected with the show remain to be cleared i i. Packs also verified reports that St. Louis would get the pending Anton Christoforidis-Gus Lesnevich lightheavyweight title fight May 2 and after that a lightheavy title go between the winner of the May 2 scrap and Jimmy Webb.

It was reported that immediately following Packs' return from New York Wednesday Col. John J. Griffin, chairman of the Missouri State Athletic Commission, approved the Louis-Musto fight arrangements as outlined to him. Cleveland recently refused to allow the bout within its confines, branding it an Asks Permission To Enclose Park EDWARDSVILLE, March 20 proposal by Christ F. Dustman, president of the Edwardsville Advertisers baseball club, that the City Council grant permission for.

fencing off a section 'of Henrietta City Park for baseball purposes was held over by the Council for further consideration. Dustman said'the Advertisers, a member of the Southwestern League, were forward to a big season this year and heeded proper facilities to handle the expected crowds. He proposed Irish Coach Marshall May Be the Next Baseball Commish Disdaining snow which drifted across the practice field, Frank Leahy (above), new Notre Dame football coach, began spring drill at South Bend. Leahy came to the Irish with a winning record at Boston College. Louis to Hurry Simon Knockout to be allowed to Wood River High Track Schedule construct 1100 feet of board fence eight feet high as an enclosure for the baseball field in the park.

The diamond would extend 360 feet from home to the fence in right. In past years, the Advertisers have played at Leclaire Park bordering Route 159. Several civic groups had representatives at the council meeting last night to discuss Dustman's proposition and a general meeting with the Advertiser president on the subject was scheduled for next Wednesday night back to San Antonio Players then relented and let him come along, but paid him fine old hot foot. off with a WOOD RIVER, March 20. attention of the Oilers turned this week from basketball to track, as the schedule for the spring track events was announced and the first workout for trackmen was held under the supervision of Coach Vic Bergholtz.

Ten meets are listed in the schedule; April 8 Junior and Senior Wiscon: graduate and Big Ten record holder, and Bill Williams WK.msin, present Big Ten champ. Rice, a Notre Dame alumnus who been unbeaten in 18 consecu- we starts, set a world record of for the two-mile run in an eastern winter meet. His opposi- Saturday night will include rrutt of Des Moines, former na distance' star who was indm pursuer in his rec- effort. win streak include outstanding two mllers win sock to break the dlminu- runner's Don Indiana state police. luminary.

former Hoosier distance Exhibition Baseball ASSOCIATED I'llJKSH) lu Cincinnati (N) Today's Guest Star John Mooney, Salt Lake City Telegram: "About Greenberg, now Personally, I'd rather be a flat foot fielder with $50,000 than a flat foot floogie with a floy floy, no matter how intriguing the F. F. must be." Tabloid You should have seen Abe Simon's eyes pop out when someone showed him a 21-inch collar formerly worn by John L. Sullivan. Abe wears a 20-incher, himself Bob Shawkey, the old Yankee, is taking 150 tons of ore a day out ot his Canadian gold mine at $10 per ton.

Nice work if you can gel it. Fight Tip Well, here's good luck to Abie Simon, The guy you shouldn bet a dime on. vi. To- (N) Cttl (A) a. at.

New York (N) 10, Business Men Reach Tourney Semi-Finals The Wood River Business Men won their second round gamp In the Pinckncyvillc Gold Medal basketball tournament Inst night, beating Murphysboro 72 lo 15, and will play in the semi-finuls Friday Bill Doll scored 20 points In the rout of Murphysboro, Vlr il Abel 16 nnd Merv Hendricks and Dale Reid 10 apiece. Fones Coached Alton Boy to Rifle Heights Henry Fonos, a memlaT of the Piaso Rifle Club, is credited with being the man who coached young Honry Bockniruck of Allon to the heights which earned him medal from the National Rifle Association this week. Bockstruck Is a member of the Sons of American Lesion rifle team which Fones pilots. meet at Belleville, with Belleville, Wood River, and East St. Louis.

April 14 East St. Louis, Madison, Wood River, at Granite City. April 18 Dual meet with Alton at Wood River. April 26 Conference relays at Collinsville. May 2 Edwardsville, Alton Granite City, and Wood River, a Wood River.

May 3 Junior Invltallona meet at Dupo. May 10 District meet at Gra nite City. May 13 Belleville, Granite City, and Wood River, at Wood River. May 17 State meet at Champaign. May 23, 24 Conference meet at Granite City.

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M. CHARLES DOVER In "ALGIERS" Slirrid GURIE Hcdy LAMARR And "I'M STILL ALIVE" With Kent TAYLOR Linda HAYES FRIDAY-SATURDAY -FATHER IS A PRINCP And RICHARD ARLEN ANDY DEVINK Leather Pushers Plans Sports Open House Show The Y. M. C. A.

athletic department announced today that it would hold "Open Friday night, March 28, in a general display of the various fields of athletic endeavor it promotes. There will be exibitions in wrestling, boxing, fencing, weight lifting, tumbling, bronze posing, ping- pong and mass drilling by groups, With several champions in its ranks, the believes it can furnish top rate exhibitions in each event. The program will begin at 8 p. m. After it has concluded there will be a dance sponsored by the Club Co-ed of the Y.

The public is invited to attend both the exhibitions and the dance. On the committee arranging for the "Open House" are George Fish, Ed Dave Horn, Bob Mould and Dan Hallilian. By CHARLES DUNKLEY. DETROIT, March, 20, Ifl?) Louis has no doubt as to the outcome of his battle with ponderous Abe Simon, set for 20 rounds or less, tomorrow night All that Is worrying the powerful negro is how long it will take to explode his 250-pound foe and whether he'll damage his hands in doing it. A damaged hand would a serious blow to the world's icavyweight champion in his 'flght-a-month" campaign.

He is scheduled to box Tony Musto hi St. Louis April 7 and Billy Conn New York in June. Louis promised today to knock out Simon with the first punch if possible. He is determined t6 con- ince hometown admirers that he's capable of finishing ar- opponent a quick, spectacular knockout. 'If I can flatten him with the first punch, I'll be a happy man," Louis confided.

"Anyhow, I'll be trying to stop him everytime I throws a punch, but I don't know how many of them it will take. Abe is a tough, big man." Both Louis and his challenger finished training yesterday. Promoter Mike Jacobs is happy over the prospect of a gate. Nagurski in St. Louis Title Defense Tonnight ST.

LOUIS, March 20 Bronko Nagurski, world's wrestling champion again, will defend his newly won title tonighlj here at the torium against Ray Villmer, a recent St. Louis crowd pleaser. Nagurski took the title back from Ray Steele a week ago in Minneapolis, on his third attempt to regain the crown from the man who got It from him more than a year ago in St. Louis. Diamond Chiefs Like Army Head for Job, Say So at Meeting By GAYLE TALBOT.

ST. PETERSBURG, March 20, It is an extremely long shot, but the next high commissioner of baseball' might be General George C. Marshall, the present chief of staff of the expending United States Army. The question of the next diamond commissioner naturally arose at the meeting of major and minor league magnates here yesterday, when one of the requests made by the minor leaguers was that they be given a chance to help name the eventual successor of the present baseball commissioner, Kenesaw Mountain Landis. There is no particular rush to locate a successor to "The Judge," as he still is hale and hearty and playing his daily round of golf over the nearby Belleair course.

But there is ho harm in reporting that General Marshall made a rapt impression on the baseball colony in a recent one-night stand on the Florida west coast. Names, unfortunately, cannot be used at the moment, but-one of the games' top executives said this: "I couldn't think of a man now who would make such a fine commissioner. He's fairly young and he's a nut about baseball. Of course, it's difficult to say whether he would be Interested in such a the job he does now." "Don't worry about that," interjected a member of the party! "Did you ever hear ot anybody who wasn't interested in a job at about year?" Fights Last Night (By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) OAKLAND, Evans, 202, Buffalo, N. knocked out Blimp Wll- llanw, 276.

Fresno, (3). NEW HAVEN, Gainer, 178, New Haven, outpointed Henry Moroz, 187, New York, (10). Apparel stores, including shoe stores, have Increased 11 percent in number and 23 percent in sales since 1935, according to the Census. There are 17 retail stores to each wholesale establishment of the more conventional type, according to the Census. Continuum 1-tl p.

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COAT, frop. TONITE ROBERT STERLING JEAN ROGERS "YESTERDAY'S HEROES" Shown 7:00, 9:10 MARGARET LOCKWOOD REX HARRISON "NIGHT TRAIN" Shown at 8:18 LATEST NEWS VICTOR McLAGLEN ANN NAGEL Action Feature "DIAMOND FRONTIER" AN ALL LAUGH KIT! The HIGGINS FAMILY "COVERED TRAILER" xl SPECIAL KIDDIES' MATINEE SATURDAY RAINBOW INN TONIQHl SAMMY MATHEWS And Hit Orchestra 106 St. Ave. Unit Alton FRIDAY and SAT. MARLENE DIETRICH JOHN WAYNE MISCHA AUER ANNA LEE IN "SEVEN SINNERS" SKCOND HIT! TEX RITTER IN "WESTBOUND STAGE" A "SKY RAIDERS" SERIAL AND TWO CARTOONS Comedies News KIDDIES' MATINEE Saturday at 1 P.

M. EXTRA SERIALS AND COMEDIES Saturday Sunday Oouri Open 6:30 p. m. Sunday Mitlnee from I p. m.

ERROL FLYNN Olivia DeHavillund mid Rosalind Russell In 'FOUR'S A CROWD' GINGER ROGERS And Katharine Hepburn In "STAGE DOOR" UMJTIFUl tTli Comfortabli 10c-EVERYBODY-10c First show starts at 0)80 p. Second show irtarts at 8:80 p. m. ROY ROGERS 'CABBY' HAYES BUFFALO BILL" Stow BUSTER KEATON COMKUV SERIAL TWO KKNNBOY COMEUV COMPLETE SHOWS Record Entry List for Collegiate Boxing Meet STATE COLLEGE, March 20, record entry list was assured today for the seventh annual National Collegiate Boxing Tournament to be held at Penn State's recreation hall March 27-29. Elghty-ihree boxers representing 21 colleges throughout the nation have been entered in the tournament thus far and officials predicted additional entries this week.

Wednesday Nlglit Merchants Insurance, Mllar Union Tank Car and First National Bank won three from Jr. Chamber of. Commerce, Lou's Service, Orange Crush, and Box Board No. 2, Beder Grotto two from Youngs, Bluff City two from clede Steel No. 1, East Alton ness Men two from City White Way Service two from BoJt Board No.

1, Laclede Steel No. 2 two from Service, Htldock individual high three, 589; Lenhardt, individual high single, 232. Johnson 210, 200, man 219, Branan 200, Thompson 211, Welsh 206, Spencer 217, Cook 202 and 205, Unterbrink 211 and 208, Smith 208, Young 206, Farmer 210, G. Henry 222, Wll- loughby 222, Laclede Steel No. 1 team high three, 2560, and Bluff City team high single, 901.

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