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00 0 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 00 000 000 000 Bell's SPORTS DESK baseball situation just now appears something this: The East Coast league will go into Miami field, using the lighting system bought and paid for by the teams of the Dade county league players and sponsors while the Dade County league quite probably will fold up. Now, this seems harsh treatment of the county group. is the everlasting discredit of the former commisDade, sion linat the only way those gentlemen would help us get a lighted park for night ball was to permit us to put up the lights there at a of $2,500, pay them ourselves and give them to the city. costa was the hard for. fast decision- I understand, all but $500 has been paid.

'Tis quite true that many a night a Dade county team sponsor dug into his pocket to pay bills, because the city took most of the gate receipts in rental and payment for those lights. Now comes the East Coast league, ready to use the lighting system paid for by the Dade county clubs, and at same time kick those some clubs out of baseball. Of course the East Coast folks say they're willing to let the Dade county boys play, in fact want them to go on. But they don't say just how the amateur clubs are to go on, where they're going to play their games, how they're going to hope draw enough for expenses playing in competition to the class league. For, you see, we all know the big crowds are at Miami field, not Homestead, Hialeah or some playground This isn't an attempt to knock the class league.

diamondely giving you the other side of the picture. I've heard quite a bit of chatter about the dog-in-the-manger attitude of the Dade county boys. All of which is unfair. ORGANIZED BASEBALL should help the sport here. The East Coast league, although it seems to be getting off with rather a shaky organization, should create widespread interest down here.

We'll just have to wait and see whether these six towns or three or four of them-will support a losing ball club. Only one club can be on top, and it gets mighty quiet some of these warm summer evenings sittin' in the grandstand. trying to be enthusiastic about a home team which is getting a beating and going nearer the cellar while said fan goes for four mosquitoes attacking simultaneously on four fronts. As for our new baseball park, we'll get it if we keep fighting. Commissioner Fred Hosea is actively boosting, the first member of that body to come to the rescue.

The men back of the private park venture also are ready to build if the city does not. And at least two members of the city commission have a wish that Mr. Kagey and his group go on and construct the park. Perhaps next we'll have new park, facilities worthy of this greatest sports of America, ca, the New York Giants here sprint, against the Yankees, Red Sox, Reds, Cleveland, Detroit And with the new can come better baseball and Miami field can be turned over the high school and commercial leagues, as it park, should be. A Dade County league spokesman this morning declared he understood the commission had not voted to give the East Coast league use of the field, and that the Dade County loop had not been notified of any such action.

In view of the fact that previous permission had been granted the local circuit, efforts will be made to prevent it being rescinded in favor of the class circuit. THERE'S A STORY from Palm Beach, via New York and back to the Miami edition of the Form, that the position of director of racing has been abolished at Hialeah Park, and (quite naturally) Marshall Cassidy along with it. Coming Palm Beach, the only source of the story could be Mr. Widener, builder of modern Hialeah Park, chairman of the board of governors- the man who two years ago resigned as president because health and whose son P. A.

B. Widener was forced to resign the same position for the same reason this spring. John Clark was elected president at a meeting of the board in March, following completion of the race meeting. Mr. Widener's act in abolishing the post of director of racing comes as a complete surprise.

Not that there hasn't been continued rumor to the effect that the result of Cassidy's open warfare with Hunter Lyon would be dismissal of both, and a new start under the new regime. The surprising part of it all is that Mr. Widener acted without consulting a single member of his board, as far as we can determine, and upon a matter which concerns active operation Bell's Tom Lieb Rice Beats Maki, Sets Three-Mile Record FOUR OTHER MARKS FALL AT GARDEN By HARRY FERGUSON (United Press Sports Editor) NEW YORK, April be singing 'Cheer, Cheer For Old Notre Dame" under the spires at South Ben dtoday, for one of their boys made history in the greatest indoor track meet ever held. Five world records fell last night in the star-studded competition at Madison Square Garden, but the name that was on everybody's lips as the audience swarmed into the streets was that of Gregory Rice, Notre Dame's chunky, wiry distance man, who ran the great Taisto Maki of. Finland into the ground in a three-mile race that brought 14,000 persons out of their seats, yelling.

Rice had to break a world record to do it, but two and a half laps from home the South Bend Simoon took command with an incredible burst of speed and won going away in the mercuryfooted time of 13 minutes, 52.3 seconds. Thus he clipped 3.6 seconds off the world record of 13.55.9 which he set recently at the National A. A. U. games.

The crowd had watched Al Blozis, Georgetown's great shot putter, smash two world records when he threw the 12-pound shot 65 feet and the eight-pound shot 78 feet and inch. There had been cheers for Al Tolmicka of over the Detroit, 70-yard who high had hurdles in 8.4 seconds to better the previous world record of 9.2 seconds. And the cheers grew louder when Tolmich came back to do the 50-yard low hurdles in six seconds flat, twotenths of a second. better than the world record. Shortly after 10 p.

m. four men trotted up to the starting line for the three-mile race, and this is what the customers had come to. see. In one lane was Maki, grim and serious, and standing off the track with a -watch in hands was Nurmi, the peerless Nurmi who is too old to run in competition now, but who had come across the sea to encourage his countryman. Rice, one year out of Notre and now running for the South Bend Athletic association, was in another lane and the other two were Don Lash of Indiana and Joe McCluskey of New York.

You could search the world and not find four better men at three miles. The gun sent them off on 33 weary laps of the track and at the start McCluskey set the pace. Lash was second, Rice third and Maki (CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE) Wayland Wins Most Events In Rifle Meet E. H. Wayland yesterday made almost a clean sweep of the day's events, at the first summer match held by the South Florida Rifle league on the range of the Biscayne Rifle club.

Wayland, firing under bad shooting conditions, won the 50-meter event with 198x200, the Dewar iron event with a 374x 400, firing on the difficult "expert" target. The Dewar any sight was won by W. Schultz of West Palm Beach, with 384x400, "expert" target. Twenty-eight competitors from South Florida fired in the day's events. Sunday, April 14, on the Biscayne rifle range for the first of a series of matches composing the aggregate for the summer championship trophy is scheduled.

The trophy has been donated by Dr. F. P. Archer. INDIVIDUAL SCORES DEWAR (IRON) EXPERT TARGET E.

S. H. Wayland J. Mandeville 350 P. Tichenor G.

Jamieson 349 Dunnaway Leo Hauser 347 J. T. Palmer 360 R. B. Turner 340 w.

Schultz 359 C. A. Johnson 366 R. Brown Mary Cook 334 Paul Zazzali Annie Rease 334 A. S.

Kagel Betty Mandeville 334 B. Khoury N. E. Klinger 331 F. P.

Archer, jr. J. Schultz 323 J. T. Dease J.

A. Brown 322 DEWAR (ANY) EXPERT TARGET W. Schultz C. A. Johnson 351 F.

P. Archer, jr. R. B. Turner 350 Ralph Brown G.

Jamieson 349 Dunnaway Leo Hauser 346 R. S. Titchner Annie Dease 344 J. Mandeville J. A.

Brown 335 Betty Mandeville Mary Cook 330 E. H. Wayland I. R. Faegan 322 W.

Khoury Jean Wayland 163 J. T. Dease 3591 Bobby Graves 90 E. Klinger 3571 A. J.

Evans 49 A. S. Kagly FIFTY-METER (IRON) E. H. Wayland Jack Mandeville 188 Ralph Brown Leo Hauser 187 Paul Zazalli 196 J.

T. Palmer 184 F. P. Archer, jr. Mary Cook 182 J.

Dunnaway G. Jamieson 182 R. B. Turner J. A.

Brown 178 C. A. Johnson R. S. Tichenor 175 Annie Dease Betty Mandeville 170 B.

Khoury J. T. Dease 170 A. S. Kagle Bobby Graves 132 Schultz GRAND AGGREGATE MATCH H.

Wayland J. T. Dease 883 J. Dunnaway 9331 R. B.

Turner 883 E. W. Schultz 9321 G. Jamieson 880 Ralph Brown Leo Hauser 880 F. P.

Archer, jr. C. A. Johnson 879 R. S.

Titchenor Annie Dease '870 E. Khoury Betty Mandeville 869 Mandeville 9031 Mary Cook 846 Jack A. S. J. A.

Brown 835 Sheeler Winner Of Jalopy Races Harry Sheeler carried away top honors in yesterday's jalopy races, winning the first qualifying heat, the Australian pursuit and the feature of 20 laps. Dick Sloan and Lloyd Christopher tied for second place in point scores. Red Keel figured in two wrecks and three other cars turned over during the afternoon races. First race, 10 laps: Won by Harry Sheeler; second, Dick Sloan, third, Red Keel. Second race, 10.

laps: Won by Lloyd Christopher; second, Keel; third, Fred Spencer. Third race, 10 laps: Won by Spencer; second, Buddy Goodwin; third, Abe Wendal. Fourth race, 10 laps: Won by Wendal: second, Harden Wemmer; third. W. Ross.

Fifth race, Australian pursuit: Won by Sheller; second, Goodman. Sixth race, consolation, 10. laps: Won by Goodwin; second, C. R. Dickson; third, R.

Griffen. Feature, 20 laps: Won by Sheeler; second, Christopher; third, Sloan. SEDATE NEWS 7 MIAMI, MONDAY, APRIL 1, 1940 a HALAIKO AND YUCATAN BOX TONIGHT AT BEACH Veteran Steve Halaiko, the country a few years ago, Kid tonight in the 10-round main what probably will be a slugfest. BECK HURLS FULL GAME FOR PHILS Doc Prothro, likeable manager of the Phillies, gave some indication of who might be his starting pitcher for the opening baseball game April 19 against Boston when he allowed old a Walter Beck to go the distance yesterday afternoon against Rochester. The bespectacled Beck showed fine early season form, too, limiting the International league team to just three hits as the Phillies won, to 1, at their Flamingo park training camp.

Beck allowed but one hit last Sunday in five innings he worked against Columbus and this would lend proof that he is well in advance of the other Philly pitchers. The Phils produced an early lead for Beck to work on when they got four runs in the second inning, batting completely around but getting only three hits. They did, however, make use of the wildness of Pitcher Wentz and a momentary letdown by the Rochester defense. Old Chuck Klein, recently acquired by the Phillies for the third time, hit the first pitch into right field to start the rally. Gus Suhr walked and Klein moved to third on Ben Warren's long fly to right.

Bob Bragan hit into right behind Suhr as the latter scooted for second base and Klein scored. The week-hitting Scharian then blasted a hard double into left, scoring Suhr, and when Left Fielder Walker overthrew third base Bragan scampered home, Scharian pulling up at third. 1. He scored on Crispi's error of Schulte's ground ball. Klein, batting for the second time, flied out to end the inning.

In the fourth, Beck scored on Mueller's double into center. Beck reached first by a pass and moved to second as Schulte was passed. The last run came in the sixth and was the result of Scharian's single, a sacrifice hit, wild pitch and Mueller's deep grounder to short. Rochester's lone tally came when the Red Wings bunched two of their three hits in the fifth. Pitcher Reil drove in Kurowski, who had laid down a neat bunt and continued on to second as Bragan overthrew first.

ROCHESTER- AB PO Fallon, 2b Walker, 1f 09 Davis, 1b Clay, rf Crabtree, cf Kurowski, 3b Glesson, Sheffling, Crespi, ss Wentz, Reil, Hart. Templeton, x-Bergamo Totals 29 3 24 Schulte, PHILLIES- 20 AB PO Mueller, If Litwhiler, cf Suhr, 1b Klein, Warren, Benjamin, rf cf Millies. Bragan, 3b Scharien, sS Beck Totals 29 al 3 27 14 Score by innings: Rochester 000 010 000- Phillies 040 101 00x- for Templeton in eighth. Summary: Runs batted in, Bragan, Scharien, Schulte, 2, Reil; twobase hits. Schrien, Mueller; double play, Reil to Crespi to Davis; sacrifice hit, Beck; struck out, by Beck 4, by Templeton base On balls, off Beck 2, off Wentz 3, off Reil 2, off Templeton hit by pitcher, by Beck (Crabtree); hits, off Wentz 3 in 1 2-3 innings, off Reil 1 in 3 1-3 innings.

off Templeton 1 in 2 innings, off Hart 0 in 1 innings: wild pitches, Wentz, Templeton; balk, Wentz; losing pitcher, Wentz. Exhibition Baseball At DeLand. Washington Chattanooga (A) 002 001 000-3 11 2 (SA) 202 011 11x-8 12 Cunningham, Carrasquel (5) and Giuliani: Miller and McAdams. At Phoenix, Ariz. Chicago (A) 000 024-6 12 3 Chicago Eaves, (N) Brown (6) 000 and 034 0x-7 11 Tresh, Turner (6); Root, Olson (5), Bass (9) and Todd.

At Atlanta: Cleveland (A) 000 011 000-2 5 Atlanta (SA) 000 000 000-0 Feller, Smith (7) Hemsley, Hegan; Miller, Stewart (7) and Williams. At Seguin, Texas: St. Louis (A) "B' 103 200 14 6 Tulsa (TL) 004 000 001-5 8 3 Auker, Wagener (8) and Susce; Hallett, Wysse (4), Shubel (8) and Andrews, Mancuso (6). At Houston, Texas: New York (A) 601 10 104-13 16 Houston (T) 000 001 101- 3 11 Breuer. Russo (8) and Dickey, Rosar (7); Nowak, Pollett (2) Wiles (8) and Narrow.

At Columbus, Brooklyn (N) 200 120 010-6 12 New York (N) 011 001 020-5 10 1 Carleton, Casey (4) and Phelps; Schumacher, Brown (7) and Danning. At San Antonio, Texas: Toledo (AA) 010 004 000-5 8 St. Louis (A) 101 002 05x-9 14 1 Cole, Johnson (7) and Mackie; Kennedy, Coffman (8) and Swift. At Havana: St. Louis (N) 000 101 000-2 Cuban All-Stars 210 000 00x-4 9 Cooper, Shoun (4), McGee (8) and Padgeet( Owen, (7) Mayor.

At Birmingham: Boston (A) 000 200 000--2 2 Cincinnati (N) 001 020 00x-3 00 0 Grove, Wilson (4), Dickman (7) and Desautels, Peacock (7): Derringer, Thompson (5) and Lombardi. At Lakeland: Boston (N) 000 201 000-3 Detroit (A) 000 004 11x-6 9 2 Strince, Fette (7) and Andrews, Trout, Gorsica (6) and Tebbetts. At Lakeland: Washington (A) 100 001 000-2 6 Minneapolis (AA) 000 00 001-1 3 Krakauskas, Jacobs (7) and Ferrell, Early (7); Heafner and Rolandson. At Miami Beach: Rochester (IN) 000 010 0001 3 Philadelphia (N) 040 101 00x-6 1 Wentz, Rail (2), Templeton (6) Hart (8) and Gleason, Scheffing (6); Beck Warren, Millies (8). GATORS GET FORMER AID TO ROCKNE one of the best lightweights will face hard-hitting event at the Beach Even in his best days, was not a scientific fighter.

was a good puncher, a performer and always gave of action, and for that ures to be a good opponent Mexican. Whether Halaiko still class and ability to go rounds, as he will have to Yukie, rests his chances tory. The Mexican undoubtedly of the strongest and most fighters in the lightweight sion. He's a good puncher either hand and never lets ing the route at fast pace. In view of Halaiko's 32 and has been fighting 10 years, the Yucatan given the edge.

Also in Yukie's favor is cent encounter with Lee New Orleans. Rodak, one ranked, decision lightweights, the won and Yucatan comes off in good shape and ready tough encounter. Johnny Dean, the Irishman Philadelphia, will trade with Al Beauhold of St. the eight-round semifinal. are welterweights.

Beauhold Buster Carroll to a draw last start while Dean lost Comforto at New Orleans. Al. Chaples, hard-hitting mont lightweight, will box Maddox of Ardmore, top six-round encounter. sons, Miami lightweight, Jimmy Thomas, another in a four-rounder and the raiser will be between Eddie of Miami Beach and Dow of Fort Lauderdale. Here's Florida's New Football Coach in Yucatan arena in Halaiko 1 He colorful plenty reason figfor the has the 10 fast against for vic- is one durable diviwith up, go- age, he's for over must be his reRodak at of the a very Mexican, that fight for a from punches Louis in They held in his to Joey VerJimmy in the Joe Parmeets Miamian, curtain Baker Grove LOS ANGELES, April assistant to the late Knute at work as an official of notified of his selection versity of Florida.

Lieb resignation a year -Associated Press Wirephoto J. "Tom" Lieb, onetime Rockne at Notre Dame, is shown the federal census here after he was as head football coach of the Unihas been out of football since his ago as mentor at Loyola, Little Ben Hogan Wins Again And Records Fall In Pieces Chiefs Beat Columbus, 1-0 HOLLYWOOD, April 1. Bill Clemenson and Nate Pelter, Syra: cuse right were in rare form yesterday afternoon at Dowdy field as they set the Columbus Red Birds down with five scattered hits and nary a run, the Chiefs scoring 1-0 victory, Clemenson, obtained from Pittsburgh during the winter, worked five stanzas and gave three safeties. Pelter finished with two hits garnered off his deliveries. The Chiefs made their lone tally off "Trader" Horn in the second frame when Jungman walked and moved around on singles by Ed Longacre and John Bottarini.

Columbus missed a fine chance to score in the third when they loaded the bases with one out on a walk to Bob Schmidt, Bill Rabe's single and a walk to Bob Repass, but Len Fresh grounded to Clemenson who threw to Bottarini, forcing Schmidt at the plate, and Bottarini fired to Iggy Walters at first base, nipping Fresh and choking the threat. SYRACUSE (IL)AB PO Parker, Kahny, sS Walters, 1b Norman, 1b Connors, 3b Turchin, 2b Yount, cf Jungman, rf Harig, rf Longacre, If Hall, Pelter, Clemson, Bottarini, Richards, 2b 1 Totals 31 27 15 COLUMBUS (AA)AB PO' A Rabe, rf Rosen, cf Myers, 88 Sturdy, Schmidt, 1b 3b Repass, 2b Fresh, If Neidson, Horn, x-Lowrey Burkhart, Sherill, Sanders, 1f Cooper XX-Bucher Thompson, cf Totals 29 0 27 10 1 x-Batted for Horn in third. xX-Batted for Sherrill in ninth. Score by innings: Syracuse 010 000 000-1 Columbus 000 000 000- Errors, Rabe, Parker: runs batted in, Bottarini; two-base hits, Yount, Myers; stolen base, Repass; double plays, Parker to Hall to Walters, Clemenson to Bottarini to Walters, Sturdy to Myers, Myers to Repass to Sturdy, Turchin to Norman; base on balls, off Horn 4, off Clemenson 5, off Burkhart 1, off SherriH off Pelter struck out, by Horn 2, by Clemenson 1, by Burkhart 2, by Sherrill hits, off Clemenson 3 in 5 off Horn 3 in 3 innings, off Burkhart 0 in 3 innings, off Sherrill 4 in 3 innings, off Pelter 2 in 4 innings; winning pitcher, Clemenson; losing pitcher, Horn; umpires, Douglas and Donnelly. OLYMPICS REPORTED OFF LONDON, April Rome radio announced "officially" today that plans to hold the 1940 Olympic games at Helsinki, Finland, have been abandoned, accordanding to Reuters news agency, GAINESVILLE, April Thomas J.

Lieb, who came by plane from California to Florida to make. a bid for the University of Florida coaching job, will take over as the Gators' head football mentor within the next two weeks. Chairman H. P. Adair announced the appointment of the former A Notre Dame grid star and ant to Knute Rockne yesterday after an all-day meeting of the state board of control with the university committee on athletics.

Lieb, coach at Loyola university in Los Angeles from 1930 to March, 1339, succeeds Josh Cody, who resigned as Florida mentor and athletic director, March 4, to accept the line coach's job at Temple university under Ray Morrison. The state board of control's statement contained no reference to the athletic directorship at Floridu which Cody also held. Effective April 15, Lieb's contract will run through Dec. 31, He will receive $7,500 a year, $3,000 of which will be paid by the university and the remainder from footbal gate receipts. The university has the right to terminate the agreement on Dec.

31, 1941, upon payment to Lieh of a half year's salary. The control board said the present coaching staff--composed of Harold Williams and Mike Milligan, one-time assistants to Dr. Jock Sutherland at Pittsburgh; Sam McAllister, freshman grid mentor -and head basketball and baseball tutor, and Jack Danielwould remain intact during the 1940 season. Lieb's selection, which ended period of lively speculation over the job, came from his home in Venice, a few days after Cody quit to make his application for the coaching position. He met University President John J.

Tigert at Tampa, where Lieb's brother, Joseph, is an attorney, and later journeyed to Gainesville for another conference before returning to the west coast. A halfback and tackle under Rockne during his undergraduate days, Lieb will bring with him the Notre Dame style of play. It first was introduced here by Charles Bachman, who left the university in 1930 for the head coach's job at. Michigan State. Lieb, a 1923 graduate of Notre Dame, started his coaching career under Rockne and, after serving as assistant through 1925, went to Wisconsin as line mentor and physical education instructor.

He returned to his alma mater in 1929 and was credited with building the team that made an outstanding record that year. Rockne ill during most of the season. After that campaign shifted to Loyola, where he remained until March of last year. He resigned because of the illness of his wife, who since has died. Lieb played at Notre Dame with such men as Frank Thomas, Harry Mehre, Hunk and Eddie Anderson, Johnny Mohart, George Gipp, Chet, Wynne and Roger Kiley.

Faced with having to turn out his first Florida team. with only fall practice to whip it into shape, Lieb faces no easy task. The 1940 Gator schedule includes games with Tennessee, Georgia Tech, Mississippi State, Georgia, Villanova, Auburn and Texas. The Gators broke even in games won and lost during the past campaign, Bobby Dodd, who had been under consideration 'for the Florida post, disclosed after returning to Atlanta yesterday he had advised officials here to appoint one of Cody's assistants. He said he had found "two or three bad situations" which would confront any coach taking over the reins at Gainesville.

The Georgia Tech backfield mentor said it would take two years or more to put out a creditable Florida eleven and pointed out spring practice already is over and a new coach also probably would be able to name his assistants. Donovan Leading Permit Class W. J. Donovan of New York, vice president of Abercrombie-Fitch took the lead in the permit division of the Metropolitan Miami fishing tournament yesterday. Donovan landed a 23-pound permit in the Government cut while fishing on Capt.

Tommy Gifford's boat. He. battled 45 minutes to land the fish on a nine-thread line and six-ounce tip. Accompanying Donovan were his 10-year-old son, Jerry, Alex Bruin of New York and Frank O'Brien of Miami. The former leader in the permit division was D.

Emerman of Miami who caught a pounder. Previously the party had been trolling in the Gulf Stream, where marlin on 6-9 tackle might O'Brien took a 65-pound white be considered a better than age job of fishing. The day before they fished the reefs south of Fowey rock light and caught the usual variety of bottom-feeders, including some especially large and brilliant parrot fish. On Friday O'Brien guided the New Yorkers on a fly-fishing trip in the vicinity of Flamingo, where they took "plenty" of tarpon from the roadside waterways. The largest of the silver kings, all of which were released, weighed about 12 pounds.

A of the plant, which, in his position as chairman of the board he really hasn't the power to decide. It's a matter which, looking at it from all angles, doesn't seem to be completely settled yet. We know whether Cassidy is to resteward. Frankly, "nobody don't know nuthin'," and there main as you are. Mr.

Clark, by the way, returned from North yesterday and will be active for a week or 10 days looking into Hialeah Park affairs and getting work started on the racing strip. It's to be completely done over, with special improvements in drainage and topsoil. Charlestown Golfer Gets Ace At LaGorce L. E. Huffman of the Canal Country club, Charleston, W.

scored an ace on the No. 3 hole at the La Gorce Golf club yesterday, Huffman, a left-hander, used a No. 4 iron. He was playing with Braxton Davenport of Charleston and Mr. Carmickle of New Jersey.

Tickets On Sale For Net Benefit Reserved seats for Sunday afternoon's benefit jai alai-tennis match between the University of Miami netters and Biscayne fronton cestamen at the fronton, were placed on sale today at the university athletic department. Similar seats will also be sold at the fronton. The program which features a 21-point match between Gardnar Mulloy, eighth ranking amateur in United States, and Segundo, number one jai alai star, will be for the benefit of the Hurricanes' 11- match tour of the East and Mid West In addition which starts. April 18-Mulloy match, there will be several other Ames involving jai alai aces and ch University tennis players as Capt. Louis Brownstein, George Pero and Bill Hardie, Bill Gillespie, Dick McKee, the freshman sensation.

Four Marksmen Tied In Shoot Four skeet shooters yesterday tied for high gun at the Peckaway with scores of 49x50. range Walter Vimmer, Harry Hewwere M. B. Orr and John Holiitt, Mrs. day.

There was no trap shooting, due the absence the club's exto perts who are in Tallahassee preparing for the state tournament. Other scores: 0. Casparis, 48x50: E. D. Mrs.

L. Dr. A. B. Connor, 48x50: Hall, C.

48x50; Branning, 48x50; Wade Harley, Dr. H. G. Wells, 45x50; Patricia F. 43x50: Fred Holiday, 41x50; 46x50; L.

Barrows, 21x25. Laursen, Hockey Last Night LAST NIGHT'S RESULTS (By Associated Press) American Association St. Paul TONIGHT'S Omaha SCHEDULE No games. Hoppe Nearing Billiard Title CHICAGO, April world's three-cushion billiard pionships entered the decisive stage today as Willie Hoppe of New York prepared to seek his 15th straight victory tonight against Otto Reiselt of Philadelphia. Hoppe needs but two more victories to clinch the title.

Last place in the 20-match contest is now assured for Art Rubin, New York, who lost last night to Allen Hall, Chicago, 50-45, in 52 innings. Rubin has lost 15 of 19 matches. Welker Cochran, San Francisco, defeated Joe Chamaco, Mexico city, 50-27, in 47 innings, in another macth last night. Two Hamilton Pigeons Win 500-Mile Contest Two speedy birds from the loft of J. A.

Hamilton, Florida Special and Florida Arrow, yesterday first and second in the 500-mile homing pigeon race flown from Fairfax, N. C. The pair averaged better than 50 miles per hour, Harry Milnar's Sky Chief placed third. Results in yards per minute: Joseph A. Hamilton 1484.91 Joseph A.

Hamilton 1483.83 Harry Millar 1483.48 Percy F. Manley 1465.79 H. E. Burberry 1458.33 Jack Kehoe 1458.07 Hurricane Loft 1427.27 Oklahoma Aggies Again Win Mat Championship URBANA, April the fourth consecutive year, Oklahoma A. and M.

today held the national collegiate wrestling championship. The Aggies, winning firsts with 136-pound Alfred Whitehurst and 155-pound Vern Logan and scoring in four other places, piled up 24 points to win the annual meet Saturday night. Indiana was second with 14 points and Michigan was third with Boxing Results (By Associated Press) NEW ORLEANS Harris Blake, 133. Buffalo, N. outpointed Jackie Wilson, Pittsburgh (10).

(Sports Today on Pages, 1, 2 and 3, Section B) Greater Miami Schedule Of Events TODAY GOLF--Florida Year 'Round club Women's championships, Miami Biltmore Country club. FISHING -Metropolitan Miami tournament. HORSE RACES-Tropical park, 2 p. m. BASEBALL-Ponce de Leon high vs.

Miami Jackson, Moore park, 3:30 p. m. DOG RACES -Biscayne, West Flagler, Miami Beach, 8:15 m. JAI ALAI-Biscayne fronton, 8:15 p. m.

BOXING -Yucatan Kid vs. p. Steve Halaiko, Beach arena, 8:45 p. m. 4 Third Straight Victory Hikes Cash To $6,438 ASHEVILLE, N.

April CAP) is singularly inappropriate to be writing about Ben Hogan on All Fool's day. For the last two weeks we have been watching young Hogan work a major miracle, and he certainly has been nobody's fool. In case you came in late, he won the $1,200 first prize in the "Land of the Sky" open golf tournament yesterday. It was his third straight victory. It brought his winnings over that stretch to 400.

It made him No. 1 man in that respect with $6,438 for his winter's efforts to $6,152 for Jimmy Demaret. It made him No. 1 man in the eyes of his rivals, too. They might make cracks about the fact that the Greensboro and Asheville tournaments were played under winter rules.

But, the fact remained. that they had the same opportunities under thoso conditions; that Hogan has 34 under par for 216 holes, setting records with each of his triumphs, and, finally and most conclusively, that Hogan had only two three-putt greens in his 216. Because of that brilliant putting streak, we thought the Sunday golfers might like to know the Hogan secret. The secret is, isn't any. "I've just been keeping the fact of that putter dead upright, and headed straight for the hole," said Ben, after coming off the 18th yesterday and his eighth straight under-70 round and a 273 total.

"That's why, like you probably noticed, some of my short putts for birdies have stopped short or gone over the hole. "Naturally, I notice the distance while I'm lining up a putt. But then I finnaly get over the ball, I'm concentrating so hard on keeping that face straight that the distance often slips my mind." If there's no secret about his putting, Hogan feels he does have one tip for those who want to play low-scoring golf--as who doesn't? "They used to kid me," said the kid from Texas by way of White Plains, N. "about practicing so much-I'd get out before a round and practice, and practice some more when I was through. now they can kid me all they like." Clowns Edge Toledo, 1-0 The Ethiopian Clowns, Miami negro baseball team, yesterday inaugurated the 1940 campaign with a ninth-inning 1-0 victory over the Toledo Crawfords at Dorsey park.

Barnhill, Coleman and Rogers held the Crawfords to four scattered blows, but Clowns were equally unable to connect with the slants of Keyes and Carter until a wild ninth inning. Wilson singled and Chrisper was safe when Carter threw past first on his attempted sacrifice, Wilson pulling up at second. Brown was intentionally passed to fill the bases, and, in the fast gloom, Cox singled sharply between short and third to win the game. The teams play again at 8:30 tonight. The box score: Wilson, CRAWFORDS- 2b AB PO Henerson, S8 Smith, If Bibbs, Charleston, 1b 1b 1 Clarkson, cf Spencer.

3b Reynolds, 3b Bell. Keyes. Carter, Totals 31 24 00 CLOWNS- AB Dunn, 1b Williams Wilson, rf Chrisper, Brown, If Cox, 3b Nelson, 2b Davis, ss Barnhill, Coleman, Rogers, Totals 29 27 Score by innings: Crawfords 000 000 000-0 Clowns 000 000 001-1 x-No out 'in ninth. Two-base hit, Bibbs: stolen base. Bell; sacrifice hits, Williams, Coleman; struck out, by Keyes 7, by Carter 3, by Barnhill 3, by Coleman 3, by Rogers base on balls, off Keyes 2, off Carter 1, off Barnhill 2, off Rogers hits, off Keyes 1 in 7 innings, off Carter 3 in 2 innings, off Barnhili 2 in 4 innings, off Coleman 2 in 2 1-3 innings; winning pitcher, Rogers; losing pitcher, Carter; umpires, Shaw and Staicel; time of game, 2:00.

McGuires Take Scotch Foursomes Tournament C. A. and Sue McGuire yesterday walked off with top honors in the mixed Scotch foursome tourney at Indian Creek Country club. Their nine-hole score was Second were Mr. and Mrs.

C. M. Dering with 50- 14-36. Putting honors were won by H. S.

Matsinger, with 35 for 18 holes. Baseball Baseball Pacifie Coast League Oakland 9-3: Sacramento 6-4 (second game, 7 innings). Portland 9-3; San Francisco 8-6 (second game, 7 innings). Seattle Hollywood 4 (called, 8th inning, rain; second game cancelled, rain). Los Angeles at San Diego, 2 games, cancelled, wet grounds..