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Writer Picks Red Sox To Beat Out Tribe For Pennant New York Nominated For Third By JACK HAND ORANGEBURG, S. C. (AP) looks from here like the Boston Red Sox over the Cleveland Indians in a two- club race for the American league pennant. New York and possibly Philadelphia have a look-in on the big prize but the Red Sox and Indians carry the heavy guns. Detroit needs plenty of breaks to figure in the race and St.

Louis, Washington and Chicago are in over their heads. The Oct. 2 iinish (not guaranteed): 1. Boston 2. Cleveland 3.

New- York 4. Philadelphia 5. Detroit EARNSHAW NIXES USE OF SLIDER By JACK HAND CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) To George Earnshaw, pitching coach of the Philadelphia Phillies, there is no such thing as a slider. "That junk about a slider," he says, "is the worst thing a young pitcher could hear.

What is the thing? Just a measly curve that doesn't break. Why isn't it better to throw a real curve that docs something? "We used to have the same thing in Ihe old days. George Blaeholder used to throw something we called a sailer. Only his was natural. The ball used to jump a little.

"These young fellows today think they have to be able to throw sailers and stuff like that to stay up there. They're trying to save their arms by laying-oft' the fast ball. I always threw as hard as I could and it never hurt my arm. "Any young fellow who fools around with that slider junk ought lo be fined. It's all right for an older fellow who doesn't have too much stuff left.

He lias to pitch to spots. Maybe he knows just how to throw to hit a certain spot. HP knows what he is doing. But not these young fellows. They think it's fashionable to know how to throw a slider.

Not on this club." Karnshaw didn't say so but there are some pitchers on the Phils who throw sliders occas- ipnaly. George, the great Philadelphia MASSILLON, TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1949 PAGE 10 A's pitcher of 15 years ago, has a new wrinkle on coaching pitchers. He sits in the stands with the day's starling pitcher and makes notes on the hitters. "We keep a card file oh the hitters," he says. "We know what kind of a pitch a certain fellow hit off any given pitcher any day.

We also know where he hit it. "With all these young pitchers we have, we ought to learn something that way. Anyhow, we're giving it a trial. The Brooklyn Dodgers have been keeping tabs on every hitter in every Brooklyn game for the past three years. The Dodgers have yet to reveal whether it's a success or failure.

The Phillies hope to find out. 6. St. Louis 7. Washington.

8. Chicago. A year ago most American league owners feared a Boston runaway and hoped the Yanks could make it a race. Cleveland, with all its veterans having their years, upset the apple cart. best NOW THE YANKS, with Joe DiMaggio still mark, are an the big question uncertain factor Boston and Cleveland are the teams to beat.

If the Red Sox get consistent pitching they have the power to break the race wide open. The big bats of Ted Williams, Vera Stephens and Bobby Doerr pack a tremendous wallop. Joe McCarthy, starting his second year as Sox manager, figures to get more pitching help from Tex Hughson and Mickey Harris, who were of little value last season. Jack Kramer, Joe Dobson and Mel Parnell form the nucleus of a pretty fair staff. Hughson can make all the difference if he pitches up to his spring form.

Cleveland should get much better pitching than the Sox from Bob Feller, Gene Bearden, Bob Lemon and Steve Gromek. Manager Lou Boudreau, the "player of the year" in 1948, fields the best infield in baseball unless veterans Ken Keltner and Joe Gordon should slip. BOSTON, left at the post in 1948, should improve on its start but it hardly can better its July and August performance. The Indians left a lasting imprint by going into Fenway park and beating the Red Sox in their own back yard in the tie playoff game for the pen- aant. Another year like 1948 for Bou- flreau, Keltner, Gordon, Mitchell, Lemon and Bearden and the Indians are "in." That seems to be isking too much.

The Yankee fortunes really DiMaggio, slow to te- Cuban May Stick With Cleveland JACKSON, (AP) Orestes Minoso, 24-year-old Cuban has "a good chance to stay year" with the Cleveland Indians says Manager Lou Boudreau. Minoso was called into spring training as an infielder, but was moved into the outfield Saturda because Boudreau believes he has a better chance to stay with the team than as a third baseman. When the Indians beat the New York Giants at Texarkana yesterday 9-3, Minoso hit a homer with one on. Today the Tribe goes after its sixth straight exhibition game victory, meeting the Giants again. Frank Papish and Steve Gromck were the probable Indian hurlers against Sheldon Jones for New York.

mperate after an operation for removal of a spur from his heel. Sid Gordon Hitting 'Em NEW YORK. Sid Gordon is the lone major league home run hitter living up to his reputation this spring. Socking Sidney, one of 17 players who hit 20 or more homers last year, has belted 11 out of the park for the New York Giants in this conditioning period. The Giant third baseman, who hit 30 home runs last year, has hit two for the circuit in one game three times in exhibition games.

Gordon's teammate, Johnny Mize. who tied Pittsburgh's Ralph Kinei for the lea'gue crown at 40 each ast year, has socked five in grape- ruit league competition. Mize sel- lom hits for distance during the raining grind. He got four last spring. Kiner homers to lis credit, including a grand slam poke.

Stan Musial, who walloped 39 homers for the St. Louis Cardinal; in 1948, also has hit the jackpo JOS WAS SACK TO TME ST. LOUIS WHO'S MAKMG A COMEBACK AT To ,107, BUT PERKED UP Without DiMag, the Yanks are just another club with good pitch bg. With the Yankee clipper click ing on all cylinders, they could be tn the race again. only three times so far.

Hank Sauer, the Cincinnati mauler, ha slammed three homers, quite drop from his pace of last summe when he connected for 35. Joe DiMaggio, who led the Amer ican league in home runs with 3 last year, still is looking for hi first 1949 home run. Westlake May Have Big Year BIRMINGHAM, (AP) Wally Westlake, husky outfielder who was sniffing the trade winds with apprehension a year ago, may provide the answer to the' Pittsburgh Pirates' pennant hopes. Westlake has 'been hitting the grapefruit league pitchers as if he, awned them and he's always been I Ian at tan, youth appears th i dependable man in the outfield, i bcst an the centers now work Manager Billy Meyer says ''this isl in out at Kansas Stale college. e' ntil tne 'g Seven makes definite ruling against it, Kansas State will use colored men provid- In 69 trips, Westlake has com-l in they are able to make the piled a .406 batting average.

That's Graham said. second only to Catcher Eddie Fitz- The Bi Seven conference, form- Kansas May Play Negro MANHATTAN, Harold Robinson, 195-pound cen ter, may be the first Negro to pla in Big Seven conference fogtbal Coach Ralph Graham said th IT IS ALL IN THE WORDING You Can Shoot Fox In Ohio But You Cannot Hunt Them Team Will Be Present At Rally Massillon football fans will be given an opportunity to meet members of the 1949 Tiger football team when the Booster club holds its open spring i ng Wednesday evening at 8 at Wash- ingtoa high school. Coach Chuck Mather will have members of his team on hand, will introduce them to the audience, and give folks some idea as to what they can expect in a football way next fall. HE EXPECTS to show motion pictures taken of a practice scrimmage as well as a nationally, circulated movie of specialty football kicking. The latter was shown at the Tiger Forum Monday noon and made a big hit with the small group in attendance.

I. W. Snyder, assistant principal at Washington high will give a talk on eligibility and discipline and it is possible that two college coaches, Clyde Lamb, of Ohio Northern, and Jack Mollenkopf, former coach at Toledo Waite and now a member of the Purdue university staff, will be present and give short talks. The meeting is open to every football fan in Massillou, young and old, men. and women, and membership in the Booster club will not be required to attend.

There will be a table in the hall, where anyone who has not purchased a membership may join the Dick Wagner Outpoints Art Levine CLEVELAND, (AP) Because lie could take it, Light Heavyweight Dick Wagner of Portland, upset the odds last night and won a popular but split decision over Brooklyn's Artie Levine, a 3-2 favorite. The two fighters finished the 10 rounds so weak they hardly could' stand.Wagner weighed 171; Levine, 168. stalked and crowded Levine throughout, but in doing so took some of the flatbush fighter's hardest Levine showed up as the harder hitter of the two. The two judges 'gave the nod to Wagner 6-4 and 7-3, while the referee called it 5-4 for Levine with one round even. There were no knockdowns.

In a drab 10-round light heavyweight semi-final, Chuck Hunter, 166, of Cleveland loafed to a unanimous decision over Chubby Wright, 168, of Reading, Pa. Preliminary results included a five-round decision to Johnny Rowe, 137, Rochester, N. over Frankie Muche, 136, Nilcs, 0. Makes Her Camera Debut Navarre Team Beats Fulton In Baseball By FRITZ HOWELL Ohio AP Sports Editor COLUMBUS, You can hunt fox in Ohio! It's okay, if you're in the mood, to pursue, shoot, club to death, trap or otherwise reduce the animal to your possession, but under Ohio law you can't hunt it. So says A.

(Buck) Rider, commissioner of the Ohio division of conservation and natural resources. The "gimmick," if the above appears to be double talk, is that Ohio statutes, and the dictionary, define a hunter as one who pursues game. And the fox. Rider says, is not game in this state. In fact, so far as the state is concerned, the either the vulpes fulvus (red) or the cinereo-argentatus isn't anything.

The legislature, in setting up some new game laws a couple of years ago. ignored the fox completely. In the game lists you won't find him among the game animals, the game birds, the fish or the furbearers. He (or she) just isn't mentioned. club if he so desires, but it will not be necessary to show a Booster lamiltoii To 3e Speaker ALLIANCE Capt.

T. J. Hamiton, former navy football coach nd now athletic director at Pitts- iurgh, will be the speaker at lount Union college's annual all- ports to be held April 23, the college athletic department announced today. Capt. Hamilton served two litches as head football coach at first coaching Westlake's year" and if the sophomore Buc manager is correct it easily be "the Pirates' year.

Big Six, has had an unwrit- gerald who has hit .435 in 24 ap-l erl pcarances. (ten policy restricting Meyer says Westlake has con- 1 squads of the schools. to show all-round improve- i In recent this spring. Eight of his navc increased lits have gone Jor extra bases and he's driven in 18 runs, more than any other Pirate. "That was a far-reaching deci sion which the legislature Rider said.

"For years the fox was listed among our fur-bearing ani mals." Then the legislature de cidcd it wasn't a fur-bearer. The legislature the quai was a song bird, not a game birc "But if you ask 100 person athletic whether the fox is a fur-bearer Sand whether the quail is a gam years student protests! hird get 99 affirmative ans against the policv. jwcr Opener Won By Akron Garfield Steel Plant Enters Teams OHIO LAWS ban hunting that doesn't preven you from killing fox on that When you kill a fox, or pursu him. you just aren't hunting. Shooting on Sundays also The Massillon plant of the Re- T)annc(1 the state to some extcn trapshofHins and target shoot- ff are outlaws the Annapolis.

His duties extended through 1934, club card to obtain admission to the auditorium. Mather has completed the grading of movies taken of last Friday's scrimmage with New Philadelphia and is particularly pleased with the showing of Dick Shine, a guard, who up until this year played in the backfield. Ronald Patt, likewise showed up well at center as did Jim Schumacher at tackle. Mather was also impressed with the improvement in Ray Lane, particularly in the department of blocking. Since a scheduled scrimmage at Campbell with Memorial high was called off by the latter today, the Tigers will scrimmage among themselves this afternoon.

Two more players Herb Webb and Willie Longshore, have been dropped for missing practice without having notified any member of the coaching staff. Exploding for 10 runs in the sixth inning, Navarre high school's baseball team socked Canal Fulton, 17-1, in a non-league game at Canal Fulton, Monday afternoon. The Rams had the game well in the bag long before their big inning as they scored in all but one of the preceding stanzas while their opponents were being limited to one run. While three Navarre hurlers combined forces to limit the Indians to one hit, the Rams blasted the offerings of the Fulton hurler for 15 bingles including seven for extra bases. The losers' lone tally was forced in as four consecutive batters were walked in the second inning.

The Navarre assault was led by Kerschenske who collected three triples and a single in four times at bat, Jogerst with a home run and two singles and Greer with three singles. Feucht contributed a homer and Fortner and Shetler each got a double. Canal Fulton was to play at Hartville, Jackson was to entertain East Canton and Beach City was to be at home with Brewster in league games today. FIRST FOAL by Tie Score, the mare who holds two sprint records, set at the Hipodromo de las Americas track in Mexico Cityi proudly makes her camera debut beside her mama at the track south of the border. Tie Score, bred by Bing holds the world mark for 21-! furlongs and also for the half mile.

Training Camp-Notes The summary: NAVARRE AB. H. H. E. Winkhart, 3b 5 1 Shctler, Ib 4 1 1 Hosteller, Ib 0 1 0 Sewcll, 2 3 0 Jogerst, ss-p 4 4 3 Kerschenske, 2b-p 4 2 4 Fcucht, If 4 2 1 Johnson, If 0 0 0 Greer.

cf 4 2 3 Dragc, cf 0 0 Snyder. rf 3 0 2 Grande). 0 0 Colucy, 1 0 0 Fortucr, ss 3 1 1 Totals 34 17 15 0 CANAL FULTON AB. R. H.

E. Ellis, Ib 3 0 0 Zimmerman, 2b 3 0 0 Shilling, ss 3 0 1 0 Bachman. 2b 3 0 0 0 Knotls, 3b 3 0 0 0 Kerstetlch, If 1 0 Davis, rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 1935, 1936, during which time he compiled an excellent record, de Army and Notre Dame two out of three years. During the war Hamilton founded and headed the aviation physical and military training program, before joining the U. S.

S. Enterprise, to be in sucession her air officer, executive officer, and captain. After the war Hamilton returned By The Associated Press FORT WORTH, Bauer, filling in for the ailing Joe DiMaggio, is hitting at a wicked clip for the New York Yankees. Bauer homered and singled in three trips to the plate yesterday after relieving DiMaggio in the Yanks' 9-6 triumph over the Dallas Eagles at Dallas. Bauer now has hit safely in six of his last seven times at bat.

CHARLOTTE, N. C. The Brooklyn Dodgers, who have been feasting on minor league opposition, take on the Washington Senators today. The Brooks haven't faced a major league foe since March 27 when they were beaten, 3-1. by the Philadelphia Athletics.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. Schoolboy Rowe isn't ready to quit baseball just yet. The Philadelphia Phillies' pitcher revealed yesterday he had turned down an offer of 814,500 a year to act as a good-will ambassador for an automotive concern and would remain in least another year. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. The Detroit Tigers continue their series with Southern association clubs with an exhibition tonight against the Chattanooga Lookouts.

Tiger pitching failed at critical times yesterday as the Memphis Chicks rallied twice to knot the score. The teams finally had to settle for an 8-8 tie when.darkness halted the contest at the end of 13 innings. LOUISVILLE, Ky. Whether Johnny Vander Meer will be able to handle the Cincinnati Reds' opening day pitching chores was considerably in doubt today. Vandy pulled a muscle in his right thigh last week and it has turned out to be more serious than first thought.

Trainers said they didn't know whether the big southpaw would be back in shape in time for the opener against the St. Louis Cardinals a week from today. If Vander Mcer isn't able to pitch, the honor of opening the 1949 season probably will go to Ken'Raffcnsbcrger. The Reds moved in here today for the first of two games against the Philadelphia Phillies and Manager Bucky Walters said he planned to use Kent Peterson, Howard Fox and Harry Gumbcrt in the first tilt with the Phils. Montgomery's Rebels of the Southeastern league didn't offer the Redlegs much in the way of opposition yesterday and Cincinnati ended a five-day stay in Alabama with an 11 to 0 victory.

Stanford, Swlgart, Totals 18 Score by innings: Navarre 211 Canal Fulton 010 00 Officers Named By Old Timers CANTON William (Wig) Whitehouse, former minor league baseball star two decades ago, was elected to his fourth straight term Bivins Knocked Out By Moore TOLEDO, (AP) Light Heavyweight Archie sixth consecutive knockout under his today, with the idea of tackling the winner of the Maxim- Athletics' RecordRest NEW YORK, (AP) The Philadelphia Athletics, for the fourth consecutive week, today rode at the top of the American league in exhibition play. Connie Mack's crew won five games without suffering a setback during the week to boost its record to victories against six dc- AKRON The defending public Steel Corp. entered two champion Garfield Presidents un-iteams in the newly organized In- leashed a 16-hit attack to trounce jdiistrial golf league the rcnrospn sc( in Same with a gun. Rut -1 IT! I 1 Central, 17-1, Monday at Old Forge Datives of which met Mondav yo vvanl to a fox to death field in the opening of the Greater! ning at the Y. M.

C. A. nn tlia or shoot him. with Akron Baseball league. Kcnmore upset St.

Mary's. 4-2, city Class A league for the last 12 to Annapolis to serve his second here, the 47-year-old Whitehouse hitch as head football coach, while has managed Timken teams in the in 1948 he promoted to the! position of athletic director. Hamilton retired from the navy, Feb. 1 after 25 years service, lo accept the appointment as athletic director at the University of Pittsburgh. as president of the Canton Old Lesnevich bout, scheduled in Cin-jj eats for a .759 ark.

The A's Timers Baseball association Mon-1 cirmati May 23. day night. An employe of the Timken Co. have scored 13 of their victories years and played first base. Hc will jey 0 50 told me pilot the club again this season.

Walt Moorse was elected vice- president and Hen Sharkcy, secretary-treasurer. Moore fcayocd Jimmy Bivins of i against minor league teams. Cleveland last night in 2:04 of thei Meanwhile, Brooklyn stayed in eighth round in a scheduled 10-jf ron the'National league. The Dodgers also have posted 13 tri umphs against minor league oppo sition. The Brooks scored nine rounder.

The Toledoan's manager, Char- Plans arc boinp made for a )ol ''ifIP or bow nnd arrow. chcdulc which will include 10 and East spanked Hower Voca-; tea ms. and have been tional. 15-4, in other to Ohio Can Crown games. The South-Wcst game was' 1 10 Massillon Aluminum Co and postponed until today and the 'Enterprise Aluminum Co to fill the llll(1riy nr Buchtel-St.

Vincent's game will be' omainil1 vacancy. Haws' play Aprii 20. "H'y fees of S7 50 no one will tlo anything about it so far as the conservation division is roncernrd. ''The laws nc.Tinsf shooting on to sonic old 'blur Feller To Talk At Dover Practice Is Held By Carver Cigars he would try to arrange a shot at the winner of the Maxim-Lcsne- vich bout. Moore weighed 172 to Bivins' 185 1 Referee Lou Mauder chalked up seven rounds for Moore and one for Bivins.

straight against minor league foe before the Atlanta Crackers of the Southern association dumped them wice over the weekend. Thirty-five players attended the (initial practice of the Carver DOVER Bob Feller, CIcve-j cigars baseball team held Monday land Indians' hurler, will be the at Lincoln park. The work- speaker at the annual athletic ban- qucl of Dover St. Joseph's high be pair! v.hicb nn one nays schoo i Coach Jack Castignola an- pcr tcamiu vm0l Rider next Anf shoots a fox on nouncccl Monday. OUTBOARD MOTORS Sales and Service NEW AND USED MOTORS McNEAL AUTO SERVICE 1W7 Lincoln E.

ouls cont each evening this weck at 5:30 at the park. The Cigars plan to carry 18 play- Icrs to provide sufficient manpower for a heavy schedule of games with leading teams in this section of the st-alc. Bobcats Wi in exist. i ATHENS. university trounced Western Reserve 24-4 yesterday to score its second Mid- American conference baseball victory of the season.

The game was called at the end of the seventh by agreement Ohio, unbeaten in league play, earned only nine of its on Reserve's ragged fielding. Tony Janiro XKW YORK, (AP)-Tonv Janiro, welterweight returned here yesterday from whore hc scored an impressive victory over Gwyn Williams of stopped the Welshman the eighth lound of scheduled ten-rounder. BOXING 'By the Associated Press' OMAHA Sugar Ray Robinson, New York, outpointed Don Lee, Edison. Neb 10 Dick Wagner, 171, Portland. outpointed Artie Levine.

Brooklyn, 10. Rawlings, 140, Chicago, knocked out Lcroy Willis 1M, Detroit, fi. TOLEDO. Archie Mootr, 172, Toledo, knocked out Jimmy Bivins. 185Vi.

Cleveland. 8- Patton Signs With Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA, (AP) Cliff Patton, place kicking expert and star guard for the Philadephia Eagles has signed his 1949 contract with the National Football league club. Patlon, who played college foot ball at Texas Christian university has been a topflight lineman with the Eagles since Dalton Fields Softball Team At an organization meeting of the Dalton softball team Sunday afternoon, announcement was made that the team will be-known this year as the Nussbaum Construe lion team and will play in the Wayne county league. Russell Den brook is manager and Clair Sant- mycr, assistant manager. The team will practice Wednesday evening All players arc to report at the field Anyone interested is asked to call Dalton, 5231 or 2134 Wins In Tennis DELAWARE, (AP) Bowling Green university's tennis team won a close 5-4 victory over Ohio We: leyan after splitting six singles and two doubles matches hero yester clay.

Bowling Green took the fina doubles match. NDIANS WIN FROM TIGERS The West Side Indians made wo games in a row from the Wcs Side Tigers Monday aftcrnoo when they defeated the latter 4-1 in Lincoln park. The Indians hckl to one hit Webb, Tiger hurler, but scored on errors. The Tigers got three hits off Seckman. Two Teams At Hass A Meet Only two teams, the Massillon If rchants nnd Carver Cigars, were eprcscnted at a meeting held in lie city hall Monday evening for he purpose of organizing a Class baseball league.

It was decided to try to form a wilight league and to invite teams rom Jackson township, Navarre, Beach Cily, Canal Fulton and Can. on to enter it. A meeting to determine interest such an organization will be icld next Monday at 7 p. m. in the city hall and nil teams interested ire asked to send representatives.

Organization of a Class league for teams composed of players up to 18 years of nge will be started at a meeting to be held in the city hall this evening at 7 o'clock. It is hoped to have representatives of a number of teams present. Nine Teams In Canton League CANTON Canton's Class A baseball league organization meeting drew nine teams Monday night. Only seven teams were in the circuit last season. Elton (Red) Thompson, of the league who was chosen for the second straight year as loop president, set April 23 as the deadline for posting entry fees.

The teams will play a three-round schedule of 21 games. I5ONK STEAK DINNERS 'With all the trimmings lias to be good or your money refunded STONE'S GRILL Heck's Corner Only Spring Interwoven.