The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 12

ports rresno Bay Meadows And Santa Anita Racing Programs Are Canceled By Army THE FRESNO REE TUESDAY DECEMBER 16 1941 Drawings Will Be Held For Fresno Trials Thursday Games Won List Topped By Bobby Feller And Lee CHICAGO Dec 16 A quick I Emil Leonard of Washington 1995 lanre down the "game won" ml-1 Feller also allowed Ihe most hits linn of the Amrrk-an League's offl-1284 hut the 'most runs were the Ial 1941 pitching records relessed 159 scored off Eldon Auker of St Sport Thinks By Ed Orman Freno Ball Club Will ry qillBrt rinf up lt Ample Help Eules Report niirth straight City League baket- Atim Japlini villa Culan I nail victory last night on the Edison After Jacksonville union Nn 2 nnr when it downed the Club Midget Star Recovar F'Gsnna 27 to 23 Sam forward for Will Mi Shrine Game Fay Wah Cagers Outscore Club Gaona 27 To 23 thr virtnrs was high point man with twelve markers Rose Bowl And Other Grid Will Be Transferred United States Objects To Large Crowds LOS ANGELES Drc Winter sports program today LTL War canrelpd California' Here is what we will not pp: New Orleans Will Get Shrine Game Kerr Announces Louis Auker also gave up the most earned runs 132 Feller led both on strikeouts and walks He fanned 269 as compared with 175 hy Buck Newsom of Detroit and passed 194 followed hy Harold Newhouser of Detroit with 137 Charged with hitting the most waa Hcher New- Mir There was not a single no hit no run game although there was one one hitter The Chicago Whits So perhaps set a league record for having thei Pitchers romplete games In 196 contests the Sox mnundsmen went the route Lee hurled thirty rnm-piete games Edgar Smith twenty-one Ted Lynn nineteen and Johnny Rigney eighteen The White Sox who finished third In the standings were first in team earned run averages with 332 per game Yankee hurlera yielded an average of 353 runs per nine innings and Cleveland's hurl-era hung up a 390 mark The most earned runs allowed were 483 by pitchers of the Philadelphia Athletics Don Cagers Defeat Athens Club 50-21 SAN FRANCISCO Dec W-A University of San Francisco basketball team playing ft first game under Coach Forrest Twogood defeated an obviously unconditioned Athers Club team last night 50 lo 21 The Dons took command with a fast breaking game at the outset and finished the first half with a 24 to 10 edge CHICAGO Pec lfi-ii-And Kerr of Colgate University announced today that the annual East-West fonball same will ne played In New Orleans January 1942 instead of San Francisco January 1st Kerr who with Bernie Blerman Minnesota and Dudley De Grnn! th University of Rochester coaches the Esst squad said w-i-orkuB of and prestige game removed from the west coast llhfy rrBr llp and begin again to within the Giant organization in the last couple of years to lead such a downfall as (he club has experienced and the sudden rejuvenation or the last few weeks The Giants have gone along year after year content with crumbs where the days of MitJraw they battled 'or the whole Innf and more he-ides Then suddenly out of I he Warren's Liquor kept within striking distance of the league parpiei-lets hy edging out the Valley Express 23 lo 23 High point honors were divided hy White of Warren's and Opprrmnn of the Express five each scoring nine points Gillian scoring thirteen points led the Falcons lo a 27 to 19 win over Jerry's Tsvern Buck's lame Game The North Fresno YMRA downed the Buck's 38 lo 31 in a Few- Tryout league contest on the Longfellow Court Pkaria and Morita each xcorrd twelve points for tt winners The Fay Wah Juniors Howed In the West Coast Growers hy a 28 lo 17 score the Growers being paced by Mllburn and Root each storing seven points The Department of Employment took a 13 lo 11 derision over the ACJM Anderson counting nine points for the Employment tuinlet In the Advance Entry Circuit the Sham's Rio Grande edged nut Jim Dermer'a No 2 21 to 20 on the Edison No rourt Cosmos rang up 27 tn 21 victory over the CAPA Juniors DeMnlay Is Winner The Fresno DeMnlsy defeated the Fellas Planing Mill 21 to 19 in a Federal ieague game on the Fresno flight court The Renegades pared hy Pavlovich who scored eleven points defeated the FHS Golds 23 to 12 and the Stillman AC beat the Iroquois 21 to 19 The Bulldogs downed the Peerless Pumps 19 to 19 in a League tilt on the Fresno High No rich January 1st Pasadena Rose Bowl football gam between Oregon State and Duke L'nivcraity trana-ferred to Durham January 1st San East-Weit AH Star football game to be transferred possibly to Few Or-I leans January 3rd January 4th I-os Pro! bowl football game between Fa tional League rhampinna and League All Stara to be transferred poaaibly to Chicago December 31at-Marrh Santa Anita's fifty five day Winter race meeting canceled Bay Meadows Halted March 20th-late Bay Meadows race meeting canceled A sellout crowd of 90000 annual ly jammed the Rose Bowl and 55-000 crowded Into Kezar Stadium San Francisco for the Shrine's East-West charily game Seventy five thousand seemed a conserve tive estimate for the pro bowl clash Santa Anita drew 47000 fans last Few Year's Day and 50000 last March for the SIOOOOO handicap Crowds nearly as large saw many of the track's other big clakra More than SIJWUMO had been ap-' propria ted for purse this Winter Canceled also was the Tournament of Roses parade an extravaganza of floral floats whirh drew crowds estimated at 1500000 Few Year's morning Crowds rrowds crowd jamming stadia and highways of of In In to has for her suv rf the war would he played Tulane stadium and cooperation with Ihe Sugar Howl ports rarnival Climate Is Factor Kerr said that climat was the determining factor in moving the game lo New Orleans rather than one of the several northern cities which had hid for the game coupled fine eo'peraHvcipj(hrrnn( rPi Eood workman spirii of the Sugar Bowl people Proceeds of the game will be di- nriav shows Thornton I-ea nf Ihe Chicago White Sox and Rohhy Fel er of the Cleveland Indians as the top men Feller w-ilh twenty five riumphs and Lee with twenty two But Ihe statistics reveal a dozen other heroes of the mound There wa Vernon tLefty) Gomez of the New York Yankees winner nf only three of six derisions In 1949 who rame hack to take fifteen and lose five last Summer And young lieber New-some of Boston who rame within one triumph nf resetting the twenty tames won circle Buffing Rates High Veteran Charley Ruffing of the Yankees again rated high in the nerrentages with fifteen wins and ix losses Alejandro Carrasquel nf Washington took six of eight derisions and Johnny Murphy of the Yanks compiled eight wins against three defeats appearing In thirty five games principally in relief roles Topping all hurlera on a won-lost basis was Norman Branch nf the Yanks who earned five victories ind had only one defeat He worked In twenty seven games Johnny Humphries of the White Sox led the list on an earned rtins basis allowing only 183 senrea per nine in-ninga pitched hut he was in only tourteen games Actually The leader in earned runs was Iee the W'hite Sox lefty who yielded 237 runs per full game and worked thirty five contests or 390 innings Lee and Feller both reached the 300 Innings pitched level the Indians' act hurling 343 frames This marked the first time sinre 1927 that two American League hurlera arhleveri this select rlrrle in the same season Feller pitched to the most hatters 1254 Lee fared 1113 and make (Continued On rage S-B) AHEM I HAW Hfftf customary tokens MAKKIN6 Tiff JXTHA kfiftntfAy you aoacrWAVcHty in two of the West's vltsl defense drpn areas Los Angeles and San Francisco That is why Lleutensnl General John I DcW'Itt commander of the fourth army requested the cancellations Durham Gets Gama Durham home of the Dukes quickly asked for and got tne Rom Bowl game oldest of all the bowl fixtures Rose oficlais with a deficit of Em 000 in expenses hoped to get it bark In Durham New Orleans because of its warm climate was reported to have the best chance for the East-West game which would be put off to January 3rd hecaiiM the city hosts the Sa gar Bowl dash belween Missouri and Fordham New Year's Day Chicago hoped to get at lrast one game possihly the pro howl About all California salvaged was lour golf tournaments These are the Los Angeles open January 9tb 12th and on succeeding weekends the Oakland open San Franrisco The manage The of follow game The Navy Inward asked huge 'idd between the San Francisco f)o rrirf ntbell used Shrine group which founded and rtn Bnrt thn 1942 pennant race sponsored the game for sixtcpnwi he the toughest most wide years for the benefit of its hcspMal'oprn knockdown and dragout of -wiu times The Gianls won pennants under Bill Terry as manager mostly with holdovers from htet McGraw re-sime then wilted and died with I hose players Terry now moves into the front office and for tne firce time the club hegins to ex pand under Mel Ott as manager and hegins to look like ihe Either Ott look over the man zership with Ihe understanding hat they would give him some layers or suddenly the manage-ncnl has decided that the Giants nusl present a baseball team In 'lead of promises and alibis if hcy want to get local patronage rromiaea Only Do you remember how Ihe Giants have been going along yenr after year? Each Spring Owner Horace Stoneham has predicted a pen nant and Terry haa seconded the motion with a hunch of recruits from Jersey City and way-stations Nohndv hut Stoneham and Terry ave the Giants a chance And everybody else was proved to he right The Gianls not only win tha pennant they couldn't even plav a decent baseball game Now they have let Burgess Whitehead go which may or may not he smart but they have brought in Johnny Mize from the St Louis Cardinals to play first base have brought hack liank Lel-ber from the Cubs at a time when htey need outfielders and have acquired Bill Werher from the Reds for the Infield and tn Werher add ed one of the all time great money plovers Give the Giants a pitcher and 'hey will be all right But I'd like lo know what brings on this rash of rebuilding Just when Terry moves into the front office and Ott moves into managership of he rluh crippled children and Ihe Shrine Hospital for Crippled Chil in Shreveport La Kerr said Two Days Later San Francisco Shrine will the game he said game between picked squads eastern and western stars will hy two davi the Sugar Bowl between Fordham and Missouri Few Year's Day A May Hold Navy Benefit Fight Program LOS ANGELES Dec long arm of the United Stales rj-ooked a beckoning finger the fistic ranks today and for volunteers In fight on a rard In Los Angeles January lfith for the Navy Relief Society and its fund for nid to rear I Harhor victims Official sponsors hnping to match Promoter Mike Jarnhs' Joe Lnuis-Buddy Baer attraction in New York January 9th invited one of its favorite sons of the navy popular Red Cochrane to battle I Angeles Jackie Wilson top ranking welterweight of the West in one liout Lem Franklin leading hravy-weight rnntender was asked lo appear in another ten rounder with Turkey Thompson Los Angele Negro star In another attraction Cochrane Is stationed at Newport 1 training base Louis And Baer Pag New York Giants Under Mel Ott CL- AFC Nag I WeSlS RX LAWTON CARVER NEW YORK Dec (INS)-I'he Iasi time we were talking about the National League pea nant rare everybody took another rocker nut of the barrel snapped "orner off it and derided that thr St Louis Cardinals probably would win hui that the Brooklyn Dod -r might tuke it two in a row And what do you think has happened now of all things while we were chawing at our crackers ami nipping at our rider? The New York Giants have become contender All right knock everybody over with a feather but that's the vay It is No one will ever know for puhli-ation what has been doing on build a ball rluh Need A Pitcher they need now Is a couple of perhaps just one pitcher to stay In the thick of things with the Podgcrs and the Cardinals where in the last seasons they hsve struggled to stay In the first division They have the fielding and the power now Give 'em a like hurler who can go In there and win his twenty on his own and Jones Is Extended In Handball Play Third round winners and those remaining In the defeated flight arc scheduled to finish all pending matches in Ihe Fresno YMCA singles handball tournament hy In-nikhl in earlier round matches piaved Saturday Everard Jones lop sred-cd and the defending i hampinn was extended to the limit by George Ijtiken hut won out 21-18 21-19 Dick W'pgener another favovlte was extended to heat Horace Nli-M-ander In a three game matrh 21-16 1(1-21 21-1 Other winners' bracket results' Harry Shencn defeated Huffman hy forfeit Elmo Cox defeated Chi'sier Dnnaherlian 21-4 21-14 rind Durham won hy forfeit from George Van Vleet Claude Graver defeated Vooly Nielsen 21-19 21-11 John Rnnnn defeated Dale Daniel 21-11 21-3 Results of the second round los-crV hrarket matches: Aggie Aghashlnn defeated Delbert Anderson 21-K 17-21 21-17 Loren I Kemp defeated Charles Mora In 21-! 19 19-21 21-18 Jon Darhinian de-fealed Owen 2t- 21-2 Bud OHIO defeated A Si-hroer 21-5 Sam Ramnge defeated Walter Eierrtt by forfeit Clarence Bel-irnrourt drfented Jim Cosgrske 21-8 21-0: Chester Bahnlan defeated Louis Shcncn hy forfeit llnrr t-amhom-ne defeated llrrl Kanriar-ian by forfeit Harold Clnriin defeated Charles Kilgore 21-2 21-2: Dm Mannl defeated Waller Willamette 21-10 21-19 Charles Pas havan defeated Taul Fisher 21-11 21-5 John Kandntlan Jack Sinneidcr Don MrAlpine Eddie Parisian Akset Nv eland and Ralph Mnradinn advanced on hr Overlin Outsmarts Mosc Brown Again rirrsmiiGH Dec k-ip Veteran Ken Overlin former middleweight champion again Moan Brown McKeesport Negro Int night to win a unanimous decision In a ten round haul at the garden and his second flgttt with Ihe rugged McKeesport hoy Overlin took six round tn three for Brown and one wa even Overlin weighed 162'a Brown 17 John Euless the president nl the Fresno Cardinals of Ihe California League hum from Ihe hig baseball meeting in Jarksonville Fla brings wmd that Fresno will have another rtackerjaek rluh in the G'lden Stale Clasa circuit Euless reported Branch Rickey gcneial manager of the St Louit Cardinal organization railed his men together in Jarksonville and the Cardinals' Fresno unit in for much consideration know we will get all of the help we need lo replace such players as Warren Sandel Cy Cyrulewski Frank Nelson Lulher French Gccrge Silvry Dick Adams and Mel the Fresno rluh chieftain reported Eulo'i said he was greatly impressed with the workings of Rickey's organization He saidjhe baseball boss had his men together to go over all players In the niganizatinn There were many switches and assignments marie and there were several prospects tabbed for Fresno hut not officially sanctioned as yet Pitchers Are Needed "We know we will get plenty of help from Sarramenk our parent Euless reported will nerd pitching help and Sacramento hna plenty nf pitchers" Euless said among the holdover players Fresno will provided the armed service does not get them in the meentime-are Billy Williams second haw Tommy Glavinno outfielder Jim Shetto outfielder and Brad Trine pitcher Euless said Rickey will anon pick a playing manager tn succeed George Sllv-ry the first sark-er and skipper for the champion Fresno team last year Silvey has been made business manager of he Jnhnscn City Tenn club of the Appalachian League While in Jacksonville Euless met many of Ihe bigwigs of baseball and had a highly enjoyable sojourn in the South He visited Tennessee his home stale and other states enrnute home with Bill Schrordrr president of the California League Mrs Sehrced-er Earl Hamilton owner nf the Stockton California League club end Mrs Hamilton Midget Racing's Fate? Jarkie Sayers the classy Fresno midget automobile racing pilot ia up and around after recovering from a serious automobile accident late the past Summer Sayers Is limping from a badly damaged knee hut he told Ernie Iurk the midget racing impres-sario he ready to drive to-morrow If we were raring" Midget raring has been Ihe most popular Summer sport In Fresno for several year hut whether the midget will continue to hsve their specialty dished up to them under the ares on the Airport Speedway Is unknown because of rxlsting war ronditiona Sacramento is loading up for another rampaign for the Tarific Coast League pranant which the Solon lost hy a whisker or two Drhs Harms National League hatting champion and Steve Meaner brilliant shortstop formerly In the roast league have been dispatched to IVpppr Martin's organization In the capital city Santa Bnrhara Slate has railed off all nf If haskrlhall games scheduled this month Coach Willie Wilton said most nf the nirmhers nf the squad will be working during the holidays The Gaiirhn will open the California Collegiate Alhlrlir Association schedule against Fresno Stale In Fresno January 9th and 19lhYniing'Cnrhrtt Is toying with an Idea lit stage a hig service benefit shnwr In Fresnnr soon The former welterweight rham-pion put one on in Oakland recently and It was a smashing financial success Boxing wrestling and vaudeville acts would make up the program California player on the West teem that will meet the East In the Siasl-West Shrine game transferred from San Franrisco will do douht welcome the switch which will give them a holiday trip to another srrtlnn of ihe country- San Franciscans on the other hand will miss the big New Year's Day game which has he-come a highly popular fixture among hay rtty fans Lemos Will Battle Wilson For Title I OS ANGELES Dec nn-NBA featherweight rhimplnn Jackie Wilson nf riltshurgh raw-ill give 1-os AngrlC Richard le-mo a chance to regain the rrnw-n In a twelve round hnut tonight In Olympic Auditorium The eastern Negro outpointed le-mns for the title here several weeks ago and was given a good chanre lo repnat A rlrvrr rlngwi-e boxer Duisburg Jackie prevented lJmoi from landing hia knockout wallops in the pi vinos meeting and won the match by a wide point margin came Drawing for the 1941 running nf the event scheduled by the oldest ective field trial organization In California will he completed Thursday night at the annual banquet of Ihe Central California Field Trial Association The running of the (rials will start Friday morning and continue until all events are completed An entry list of moro than 100 pointers and setters Is expected for the six events In the program prepared hy the association Last year with four events run the enfry list totaled slightly lesa than 199 Entry blanks have been mailed by Secretary Al King to the leading dog owners and handlers on the Pacific Coast and before closing time It is expected nearly every winning and top flight competition filed trial dog on the coast will have been entered The close of entries has been set for the time of the start of drawings for the various events The Iwnquet whirh will be staged In The Californian headquarters for the trials will start at 7:30 o'clock King announced that because of the short lime in which to prepare a mailing list he did not mail entry hlonka to many Fresno district dog owners and that these may obtain hianks from him either by railing at hia home 3335 Huntington Rouleverd or by writing to him St Mary's Defeats Olympic Club 39-29 SAN FRANCISCO Dec St Mary's College opened Jts basket hall season with a 39 to 29 win over the Olympic Club hoopsteg last night The Gaels led 16 tnj at the half iter at efxsmAS msr HAL PINT PINT 0 QUART lortiHiM Mak Prl Ttl thb whbhy is 4 pars Come it a year Sign Contracts NEW YORK Pee 16-0D Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis and Buddy Baer signed articles of agreement today for their fifteen round title light In Madison Square 'Garden January Plh Proceed of the match will go lo the navy relief fund i I News Mrs Darby wai named chairman of the womrn'a golf enm-jmiitee of the Fort Washington Golf Club at a mcciing last night In 'the home of Mrs Jenkins 1r Mrs Darby suerrerts Mrs I 1 i Junes wlm was elected delegate to the Northern California Womens -Golf A-vociaiion Other new officers are Mrs Sell vice chairman Mrs Mm tin secretary: Mrs Wil llama liensuter Mr Angle Frlee hiinduanperj Mrs Wilson ournament chairman: Mrs Jamc Theiwen beginners chairman and Mrs Jenkins rhnlrmnn of piihllc-itj and entertainment Mis II Jones with 4i2K'v-17 and Mrs Pnrhy with 50 were Ihe winners in Cla-xcs A and respectively in the Enrt Washington Golf Club's nine hole era- rmintry tournament loriav Runnersiip in Cbc-s A were Mrs I Coleman Perry wuh and Mr Paul Klein wih 413 Class runnei-Mip here Mrs C-inr will! 33-111-41 and Mrs Michaels wlih 5M2 -41 The annual Christmas party for wnmrn nf the club foliowrd the morning's play "ight Results i KfifH'tBrd Kmv tunnr ft pPrttviBrd ip( Irffba 1 UhsiMpr dr bw lint Hnur Mann rhriain and Tnv Otivrra Idan pjneiaii Hrr i0 Wtnr If1 I'll Han PranniMHv and At Hpanmr 1 rUladBlihia rtraw (1- JlmmY Vti9 Ancp lr hnli'allV lMird nnt firna Thnniaa ha Oakland i4' Inhnm 1 irrII? anrlam dapiatonM lia Madrid fU Hinrhlon 4t fMiAHwi ituliD randan Mhn 121 Nfw Ynrh IJJU Ham Ynrlt i Pmnhivn tarr- Ymi mv Ymit miipntntrd Churn Vitrr flrnnktin (Jki T-mon ft 1 RurS Trrninti ntiipnmiad JnhMijr pnind ifnn i A i Hmraaf 14T (Via Hiirh nnfpnHiird Willi I ts Carr Ind tin Narir M-irV (I mi Ml Plillitell'hii nit linnv William 4J Slhanv it nr ir I0 PmaMirsh--krn Ovrrlie ISi Wati-n Sin drown jt MrKmpnrt im Tnltn Frankie Hiann 1J ratlin nn knmkut nut Jn Otat'y JOO ft a ark i Great tidings for all you gift-hunters and old Ten High fans! JKVve added a lip-smacking bonus of extra flavor extra smoothness to Ten High we've added an extra birthday to this great old whiskey but the presents go to you Just one taste and know this "bonus year Ten High is the whiskey above all for youf holiday feasting And the year's finest gift for friends close to your heart (Continued On Page 8-IH Q0 cummm Atrahal by Minina Tak horn a bottle of Aroma da California today It' a 1 1 a All-Out American win for All Amerie Or buy it by tha case to nova on hand for all eceaiions Featured Everywhere at rua TAX vM rf3trsriIQ TEN HIGH fthwifhl lMfb WklUay 64 Vm( Cer 141 Nkm Walker A Saw tat Faari Nllaata HUME LARSEN MrKInley and Frail Am.