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PART I. 17 Ath Co Southland The Army Calls Marsy1 eies Parad 1 Chase Meets By RAVEN DYER Bruin, Trojan A i' 1. 1 1:1 a. Cos ipaele tmes Did you ever hear of a baseball team making six safe hits for a total of 12 bases in one Byrd Tonight State Middle Champ Faces Stiff Challenge in Olympic Battle inning without scoring a single run? Neither had I until I talked with A. K.

(Rosey) Rowswell. And what's more there was a stolen base thrown in for good measure. Rowswell BY PAUL LOWRY Jack Chase, the 3-trl short-ender who upset the dope by taking the State middleweight crown from Eddie Booker in San Francisco re TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1943 uuinieis -nil Loyola Loses Kerns of S.C. Among Reserves Going to War BY AL WOLF News that the Army is calling up the enlisted reserve for early duty dealt a heavy blow to sports squads at S.C, U.C.L.A. and Loyola.

i The Bruins, thirsting for a basketball victory over the Trojans after 11 long years, appar. ently will have to turn the trick this Friday or not at all this season. FRYER GOING Capt. Johnny Fryer, backbone of the quintet, is on the list, together with Bill O'Brien, is visiting in Los Angeles for a few weeks with John Harris, the Ice-Canades executive. Rosey i i AAi 1 r.

I- f' Vl' I "sw Hj." ii run -i 'I lfy---' jA i 1 I 1 I I rJyy. yy 'Mf 'r cently, clashes with Arkansas Jackie Byrd in the 10-round main event at the Olympic tonight. The bout has interesting possibilities because Byrd flattened Reuben Shank of Denver in five rounds at Mobile, last summer, and Shank is the only fight er wno nas aecisionea iienry Armstrong In 15 fights during the alternate center, and Bruce Sieck, Frank Bowman and John Moore, other varsity reserves. This week-end's game apparently will latter current comeback campaign. DIFFERENT ANGLE be the last for all of them.

Troy's only court loss prob There is still another way of says old Hans Wagner told him it actually happened and inasmuch as Pittsburgh's famous player has been around about as long as anybody still connected with baseball we might as well give Honus the benefit of the doubt even if the yarn Bounds improbable. The first man to bat spanked 1 a triple and was thrown out trying to stretch his mighty wallop into a home run. The second hitter also tripled, but was tagged out as he overslid third base. It is unlikely that three consecutive batters ever hit triples, but that' what the script says this time, so the third hitter rested on third base. Next man hit a dinky roller down the third-base line and beat the peg to first for an infield blow.

The runner on third stayed there. Player on first then stole second base. Batter No. 5 dunked another puny ably will be Tom Shanlcy, sub looking at the fight, and a logi cal one in view of the fact Byrd stitute forward. Dick rey, reserve center, also is an Army Reserve, but is enrolled in en has never performed here.

By this line of reasoning Chase will gineering and is likely to be de go to the post the favorite in an overweight match. ferred. Alex Hannum, regular tipoff until benched for the sea- Amador Rodriguez decisioned Byrd at El Paso a few months son by an appendectomy during the holidays, also is slated to ago, and Chase defeated Rodri guez at the Olympic last November. A clever boxer, Chase can still be hit, as evidenced when Archie Moore floored him in a San Hal Jones, sub forward, transferred last week from the Army Reserve to the Air Corps, so will not be affected. MANY STARS LISTED A number of outstanding per formers in other sports are in Diego fight and took the only de-cision the new State middle-weight king has dropped in California in a professional engagement CHASE BEAT BOOKER cluded bv the call, including twister along tne tnira-Dase ioui line and beat it out.

The sixth and last man then knocked the ball between first and second. But the ball hit the runner going from first to second for the third out while the batter got credit for a hit. Improbable? Yes, but it could have happened. Hubie Kerns, Steven Bianchi, 'LEMME Jimmy Dykes, pilot ef the Chicago White Sox, declines a glass of water proffered by Nurse Cornelia Boyle at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, preferring to sniff a CAPTAIN ONCE, PRIVATE NOW That's Frank Carroll, forward on Santa Ana Flyer team, which meets Harlem Globetrotters tonight at Shrine Auditorium. Flyers Play Trotters in Game Here Tonight Warren Smith and John Wacht-ler of S.C, Vince Pacewic of Loyola and Ray Tierson of U.C.L.A.

cigar which he is not allowed to spnoke. He recovering from an operation. CR Phots A few weeks later Moore and Booker fought 12 rounds to a draw, and Chase revenged the Moore blot on his escutcheon by beating Booker in 15 rounds in Coach Dean Cromwell's Trojan track squad is hard hit. Shaughnessy San irancisco less than two Kerns was the national collegiate quarter-mile champion in 1911, Smith is the school's 880- weeks ago. In local fights in recent months Jimmy Dykes Recovers From "Grand Opening7 Manager Jimmv Dykes of theitnath of the "grand opening" Goes to Pitt yard star and Waohtler finished Chase has beaten Bobby Birch twice, Cost ell Cruz twice, second last year in the N.C.A.A.

440. Loss of Wachtler, Smith and Kerns wrecks the mile relay Chicago White Sox was sum- through which his famous gal- stopped Tabby Romero and decisioned Amado Rodriguez. Byrd won the Golden Gloves Turn to Page 18, Column 2 cientiy recovered yesterday from loping gallstones were removed Former Stanford Coach Quits Maryland for 'Wider Opportunity' team. FRENCH DID IT I asked Rowswell if he had ever heard of the time Emil Yde lost a game for Hollywood without even throwing a pitch. He hadn't and countered with the tale of a Pittsburgh pitcher who won a game without uncorking a single pitch.

The Pirates were playing at home with the score tied in the first half of the ninth. two out and a runner on first base the Buc pitcher was relieved by Larry French, Southern California winter resident, who is now in the Navy. Larry picked the man off first with the only fling he made, and the Pirates shoved over the winning run in their 'half of the frame. Yde balked And Kerns was bring counted "r-: Ji mthrr have -weed African voodoo, as applied to basketball, makes its bow at Shrine Auditorium tonight when the Harlem Globetrotters play the final game of their series with the crack Santa Ana Air Base five. The teams have played two games, Santa Ana winning on its own floor Sunday night, 34 to 31, after losing at Long Beach Saturday night, 32 to 26.

TEAM OF TRICKSTERS The Trotters are masters of monkeyshine, but also display a ton, Bob Powell and Everett Mar-cell. The game is scheduled to start at 8:30 tonight and doors at hr i Auditorium will be opened at 7 p.m. Tickets may be obtained downtown at Hotel Clark cigar store, also at the Shrine Auditorium. The Army Recreation Camp quintet of Santa Monica will play the Harding Eagles in a preliminary at 7:15 p.m. Sunday night's score: Sent An (34) Glob Trottrn (31) Carroll F.

Tatum (16) He's scheduled to remain In receive a few callers and have the hospital another, week or his picture taken. PITTSBURGH, Jan. 25. (P) upon by Jeff Cravath to cut quite a fancy figure in football next fall. He tried the sport for the first time last season and "caught on" amazingly well as a halfback.

SEVEN' LION GRIDDERS Dykes, however, still was flat on his back and taped like an The Board of Trustees of the University of Pittsburgh, by Egyptian mummy as an after unanimous vote tonight, author ized the appointment of Clark Bianchi was the starting cen rare brand of straight basketball P. Smftleton C. Powell (61 O. Mnrcfll (5) ter on the 19 12 eleven. Other D.

Shaughnessy as head football coach at Pitt with the rank of when tne occasion requires. Sanders U3) gridders going are Fred McCall, The Army team is headed by tackle; Harry Adelman, guard, Ruth Predicts Short Season for Baseball "full professor." Horn? O. Julien (3) Half-time score Bnt An, 21; Globe Trotters. 18. Scorint substitutes Santa Ana: Gale.

Cartmill, 3. Globe Trotters: Jackson, 1. Jack Hupp, now a staff sergeant Shaughnessy, earlier In the at Santa Ana Army Air Base. Hupp shone brilliantly on the S.C. team some years ago, and day, had announced his resignation as coach at the University of Maryland to accept, the post and Mel Bleeker, back.

Bleeker, however, had completed his competition. Loyola loses seven footballers. The list is topped, of course, by Pacewic, who won Little All-America honors in 1912. twice was selected unanimously as All-Amencan. here.

A veteran of 29 years of HACKENSACK (N.J.) Jan. 25. Sproul to Attend Bruin Grid Banquet President Robert Gordon Sproul of the University of California will be one of the guests Thursday at the annual U.C.L.A. football banquet at Kerckhoff Hall. Gordon S.

Watkins, dean of the College of Letters and Science, and John Olmsted, president of the Pacific Coast Conference, are others who'll represent the faculty. Awards to be presented to players' will include the Nate Sugar-man Trophy, the American Legion Trophy, the Capt. Don Brown Memorial Trophy, the Ed Sedgwich Trophy and the Alumni Association Trophy. The letter winners will be Introduced, but election of a 1943 captain may be postponed be Compton Whips Bengals, 54-38 (JP) Babe Ruth, who pitched for Jack is also the tallest man on the Army squad with a height in the winning run for his foes In a game at Wrigley Field. Rowswell has broadcast all Pittsburgh games, both at home and on the road, for the past seven years over KDKA, the N.B.C.

outlet in the Smoky City. RECEXT VISITORS Lieut Ernie Smith, former Trojan tackle, was in town over the week-end on leave. He's stationed with the 4th Air Force Command in San Francisco. Ernie got his commission early last September and was located at Fresno prior to being shifted in tha Pit-ir WViiln in iha college coaching at Tuiane, New Orleans Loyola, Chicago, Stanford and Maryland, he has been the Boston Red Sox during the The others are Charles Coover. of 6 feet 4 inches.

10 days, then will recuperate here or in the desert until he goes to French Lick Springs, in mid-March for spring training. An inveterate cigar smoker, Dykes said he'd rather have a right now than a World Series triumph next October but his fingers were crossed when he said it. "I don't know what I'll use for a threat this season," Dykes reflected. "I always used to warn the players that my gall bladder would go on a rampage if they dropped another game during one of those losing streaks and it usually worked because they hated to live with me when I had a gall grouch." DYKES NOT WORRIED Boss Dykes was not worried about the necessity for training in the North this spring. "It can't hurt anybody but some of the older pitchers and we're all in the same boat.

We'll just have to baby those fellows along until warm weather gets here. All the rest have to do is put on an extra shirt and run a little faster." last vv orld War, doubts that base Vince Frierson and George Jen- Also on the soldier crew is credited with first introducing ball will finish it regular season nison, ends; Sam Donnelly, tackle; Jack Hanson, another ex-Trojan; Steve Lavagmno, guard. this year. In an interview at the Hacken Pierson, a reserve fullback, Frank Carroll, former San Jose State captain; Joe Gaudio of sack Elks Club yesterday follow Whittien, Dick Home, former ing a bond selling drive at a the in college ranks at Stanford the famous backfield formation. TENTH COACH Shaughnessy becomes the 10th head coach of the Panthers, since they started the gridiron sport in 1904.

He is the first nongradu-ate to hold the position since Glenn S. (Pop) Warner, who Pulling away in a burst of speed in the second half, Compton Jaysee's basketball team trounced Riverside, undefeated in the Orange Empire Conference, for the second straight time by a 54-38 score last night in the Tartars' gym. was U.C.L.A.'s only grid "casualty" resulting from the Army's call, but most of the other squad members are leaving to join ma-rine and Navy units. Oregon U. guard, and Bill Sanders of Mississippi.

ater here, Ruth was asked if he thought baseball would be able tp continue uninterrupted this sea son. PLAYS 22 YEARS The Negro stars are captained "I doubt it." the former home coached here from 1915 through run king said. New Men Assigned by veteran Inman Jackson, now playing his 22nd year as a pro, and rated the greatest man of his race that ever tossed a casaba. Behind by a 25-15 margin at the half, the Bengals made their most serious bid in the early minutes of the second period Of northern training, the Babe 1923. Dr.

John Bain (Jock) Suth-erland took over after Warner cause of the uncertainty result declared it would "develop more His teammates include Goose and carried on until 1938. sore arms and sore legs than when they pulled within four ing from service calls. The banquet will start at 7 Tatum, long-armed Arkansas you can count." points of their rivals, 29-25. The new coach succeeds Bowser, who followed Suth clown; Roscoe Julien, Al Single- o'clock. Nick Buzolich and Geoffrey Kemp, both of Compton, tied for scoring honors with 13 points erland as director of the Panthers.

Bowser's contract expires "There won't be a pitcher," the Bambino forecast, "who will be able to go more than six innings for a great many weeks after the season starts. It may ruin a great Choynski, Last Bare-Fister, Dies Marcn 15 and he expects to be in the Navy by then. Jimmy Hagan, athletic director apiece, while Frankie Lauda paced the Bengals with 10 counters. Line-ups: Compton J.C. (S4) Riverside J.C.

(38) many players." at Pitt, disclosed that he had suggested hiring Shauzhnessv Bushman '7) Lauda (10) Dorris (8 Bavless (81 P. F. C. O. G.

Kemp (13) Haley i8 Buzolich (13) Rock (51 Winters (4 Half-time score Riverside J.C. IS. Bobo Rallies to Gain Nod Kirby isi to Prefiight Jobs UNITED STATES NAVY PRE-FLIGHT SCHOOL (St. Mary's College) a n. 25.

Twenty-six new officers, most of them with outstanding athletic records have just "reported aboard" at the Navy Prefiight School here and their assignments were announced today by Commander Clyde King, commanding officer. Assigned to the instruction staff of the athletic department were the following: Lieut. (Iff.) Clarence K. Bishop of Pomona College, recent heart of th phvHlcal education department at Santa Barbara High School; Lieut. (Jr.) Bernard Dickson, University of Washington, swimming roach Seattle Central Y.M.C.A.: Lieut.

Harold II. Harden. University of Oregon, San Francisco State coaching stall; Lieut. (J.g.) Wendell Smilh, Occidental College, Manual Arm High School (l.o Angeles) coach; Lieut. (I.g.) Al Mlchellnl, St.

Mary's College halfback, vice-principal Orland Strange then, the story of how he helped start Jack Johnson on the road to heavyweight glory during a month they spent in jail at Galveston, in 1901. THROW IS JAIL Files on Choynski related how he and Jim Hall, the Australian, after the athletic board of control some time ago expressed a desire to get "the bestVoach possible" to succeed Bowser. STILL VSIMOX TIRE Compton J.C, 25; Scoring- subs: Compton J.C. Nelson (8,) Meteljan (2,1 Sloller (1.) Hagan reiterated that the hir BALTIMORE, Jan. 25.

(ZD- ing of such a big-name coach CINCINNATI, Jan. 25. Of) Joe Choynski, the "California Terror" whose vinegar-hardened "duke once carried his 162 pounds to a 20-round draw with Big Jim Jeffries at 230, died yesterday, one of the last great figures of the bare-knuckle era of fistiana. He was 74. He had been in ill health but as recently as four years ago was "lightning fast," friends said, as he instructed young hopefuls in boxing at the Cincinnati Club.

STARTED JOHXSOX Credited as the man who really started Jack Johnson on his Harry Bobd, 210, recognized by then on a sparring exhibition Suds May Work at Fullerton tour, blew into Galveston and the Ohio moguls as the interim heavyweight champion, won all how Choynski was importuned the late going to take a 15-round National Pro League Ernie, who was known for his suitcase-size, footsies, kicked 42 consecutive points after touchdown. Capt. Hilton McCabe, who also won a football letter at Trcy? also was a recent visitor. Mac's now at March Field on the staff of the judge advocate. Gene Venzke Is 33 years of Age, but he's going to his marks again next week in the Madison Square Garden trackfest.

Just 11 years ago Gene ran in the Garden and turned the mile in 4 m. 11 l-5s. He's now busy helping to make guns for Uncle Sam. MERE YOUNGSTER Lawson Robertson Is starting his 28th season as track and field coach at the University of Pennsylvania. Robby's just a kid compared to Dean Cromwell, who has 31 seasons behind him at S.C.

Spider Baum, Coast League pitching great of yesteryear, is a mighty proud man these days. John Travers Baum was commissioned a second lieutenant the other day after completing his course at the Army flying school at Douglas, Ariz. Convalescing nicely here, Jimmy Dykes says he'll drill the White Sox twice daily once they report for spring Claims It will.be the only sure method of whipping his boys Into shape in the colder climate of Indiana as compared to the balmy sunshine of Tasadena. SEEKS BONUS Slugging Bob Johnson, Connie Mack's big outfielder, has no intention of reporting this season unless he gets a. $2500 bonus, which he says Connie promised him but hasn't paid.

does not mean Pitt intends to modify its "sunon pure" amateur practices in football, which are by agreement, under the supervision of the high commissioner of the Western (Big Ten) Football Conference. to oppose a promising young Ne decision tonight from Alf (Big gro who had been "meeting all Boy) Brown, 240, the Maryland Boxing Commission's successor to. Joe Louis' vacated title. comers at $200 a bout." It looked like easy money. Joe landed a haymaker in the third.

He thought it was all over until Bruins'Welcome Return of the Sheriff arrested the two fight way to the heavyweight crown ers. Johnson and Choynski re The Seattle baseball club may train in Southern California after all, President Emil Sick said here yesterday upon arriving for a visit. Previously it had been announced that the squad would condition at home. The Rainiers drilled at San Fernando last but the park there no longer is available. There is a possibility that they may pitch camp at Fullerton.

Los mained in jail 30 days days dur Choynski and Corbett were boyhood rivals and carried their school-days fistic feuds into the prize ring and one of the most-talked-of fights in history. On June 5, 1889, met in the famed "barge fight," anchored off Benicia in upper San Francisco Bay. Choynski wore riding gloves and stripped at 172 pounds. Corbett, three years later to whip John L. Sullivan for the world's' championship, laced on two-ounce gloves.

He weighed 180. Choynski's seconds had neglected to bring gloves as terms for the fight had stipulated bare knuckles. Corbett refused to go barehanded, however, CROWD TENSE A tense crowd jammed the floating barge. In the 27th round Choynski's head hit an iron ring post. He was so dazed he was unable to "come up to scratch" under the old London prize-ring rules and Corbett was declared winner by a knockout Choynski, barrel -chested and with pipe-stem legs, was a ring freak on the order of Bob Fitz-simmons.

He fought Jim Jeffries a 20-round draw in 1897 and lambasted Sailor Tom Sharkev in eight rounds but failed to stop the latter as per 'agreement. He was one of the few ever, to. knock out Jack Johnson, turning the trick in Galveston in 1901 in either three or four rounds, (record books disagree.) Jack Baddeley to Guard Post (tai.i rug" M-nooi; iieui. warren Woodson, Hardin Simmons football coach; Lieut. (J.g.) Charley Pattison, Centenary College; Lieut.

(J.g.) Ferrou C. Lonee. Brlgham Young U. and Southern California, and Knaign A. Tid-rlck, Washington Stale.

Lieut. Comdr. J. M. (Sam) Barry announced that Woodson and N'lchelint would be assigned to football class Instruction; Bishop, Dickson, Harden and Logee to swimming; Smith to military trark; Paulson to banketball, and Ticl-rick to boxing.

The following were assigned to the military department: Lieut. (J.g.) Dale L. Perkins. TTnh'ep-sltv of Bedlands. football and basketball coach Redlands High, School; Lieut.

(J.g.) Orron A. Quails, Fresno State Jack Baddeley returned to Angeles will train at near-by Ana U.C.L.A. yesterday after a weekend spent battling the measles instead of the Trojan basketeers. heim. The starting guard was sorely missed last Friday as the Bruins ern California, Huntington Beach (Cal.) Choynski's opponents included such ring immortals as John L.

Sullivan, Jim Corbett, Bob Fitz-simmons. Jim Creedon, Kid McCoy, Jeffries, Pete Maher and Johnson. Choynski, a native of San Francisco, was a veteran of the day when a boxer's own ingenuity probably affected his ring fortunes more than any managerial advice. Hence, Choynski recounted to his friends: "I used to stick my fists into a pickling vat, maybe for hours, to toughen 'em up." Students' of the art described him as "in no sense a killer but a forerunner of the type of fighter who learned early the value of science over brute strength." Soft-spoken and scholarly, there was little in Choynski to suggest his pugilistic past. absorbed a 60-49 beating at the ing which Choynski concentrated on the young Negro.

"When he emerged," one account of the incident observed, "Johnson was a fairly scientific fighter." The fight in which Choynski stayed 20 rounds to a draw with Jeffries was fought in San Francisco Nov. 30, 1897. Choynski and. Corbett Staged Famous Battle SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 25.

(ff) Joe Choynski, old-time heavyweight prizefighter who died in Cincinnati, yesterday, was. a na: tlve of San Francisco, born here Nov. 8, 1808, and a product of the same era and neighborhood as Gentleman Jim Corbett. nancis of s.c, but he'll be back selves together and sent their charges through- full-length drills. Holbrook was especially pleased in last week's fray over Alex Omalev's steady work at center, the strange position to which he was shifted when Jim Seminoff went out on fouls.

"Omalev (who scored 20 points) gave one of the most convincing exhibitions of all-around basketball I have ever seen," Holbrook declared yesterday. S.C. had.no sub for the spot, Dick Frey being home ill and Alex Hannum out for the season Former Bear Star Lineman Succumbs VALLE.IO, Jan. 25. (P) Lawrence C.

Kaarsberg, fG, known on the firing line this Friday when the same clubs collide again at the Shrine Auditorium. Both coaches, Ernie Holbrook High School coach; i.ieur. (J.g.) Jnn B. Burton, FreRno State; Knslgn Robert Bergstrom, Oregon Siale; Knslgn Owen, Louisiana Stale; Knslgn Geot-Re Tesslcr, Tuiane; Knslgn Karl Moos, Stanford; Knslgn 11. II.

Ittirhel. Wash-ington: Knslgn John L. Hulchinson, Washington; Knslgn Arthur Dlttberner, Southern California: Knslgn Andrew A. Hurnev, Oregon, and Knuign John R. McCarthy.

Santa Clara. Assigned to the academic depart, merit, were: Lieut. .1. I), Anderson, Vanderbllt; Lieut. Lao N.

Agnew, Furman U.J Knslgn D. H. Davidson, Harvard, and Knslgn T.owU McUlnnla, U.C.L.A. base-baU coadk of the Troys and Wilbur Johns of the Uclans, were piightily concerned yesterday with immi as "Kangaroo Pete" in his football days at the University of California because of his agility in leaping over opposing linemen, died at his Vallejo home nent departure of squad mem Iiob.s a tavern-keeper in Ta-coma and threatens to just stay home, and pour tea unless ha gets what he wants. bers who belong to' the Army as 'tha result of an appendecto- MWKrve, but finally, pulled them- my..