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i 1 THE SPRINGFIELD LEADER, 'SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 25, 1928. NINETEEN SEARS, MULES STRONG CONTENDERS FOR TRAGIC TITLE ADVANCE GUARD OF MIDGETS TO ARRIVE HERE WEDNESDAY; MORE PLAYERS WILL REPORT APRIL 2 Manager Bob Wells Has Everything in Readiness for Spring Training Port Smith Twins will Play Evans ville Club Today. Willi only tlirnij days left until the official opfninir of the local uprinjf training camp, Manager Hob Well of the Kpring neia iMinijcia ri jnng me wirei not in an mort to locate a hCi'nnil strinu ratHirr. Klmo NelKon, rookin rati'lirr of Clearfield, who finished lh nnisim wild the Midiretn lmt year and who wn Whig looked forward to us a neeoiid MriiiK ImekHtop tb'm vcar, has notified the local pilot he will not report, Manager Well plant to do the heavy rod of the baetoitnp ping himself thia season, but will nerd an assistant, eapecially to aid in handling the large flock of hurlcrs during the spring 1 mining aeaion. All prtehen who neve been signed by th local club hav been Mot transportation money end ordered to report hr Msrafc.

M. Several probe bly will arriv Tuesday night, Th first workout will be held Wednedy. All la by April t. Th rmlnder of th squad will drift la (bout Monday, April J. Th larg majority probably will arm on Sunday in order to on hand for th Monday morning workout.

With th escepUon of "Poll" Parrat, outfielder, who la will a holdout, the Midget roster will completed a anon aa Msnager Wall can dl up a second string catchtr. liepend an Indians, Hoy Kttchum and Steve Millar, right handed Indian veterans, will form the nucleus of th 1938 Midget hurlli.f corps. Emtraon Msplaa, rooki rlght hsnder. and Carl Uttlc. southpaw.

j.ar, alao are ripectad to make food. ManacT Welle will lv MTeral other burler a.trynut durlnx tha aprlnt training aaaaon. If th pitcher tall I how tha proper etuff. Walla baa been prombatd aid by a couple of blf HU club. ran Are Aaileii.

mil i are looking forward ag rlr to th aprlng training eraaon. acar Well will bold workout in the morning and alao th afternoon. Tw" iU tfci. Ox a equad in aeawa antit rnoon. Laat year th workout ware ended ahortly after noon.

Bereral exhibition gamea will be played. Th only definite exhibition aerie will with th Sanaa City MonarvJie bar ahortly before th W. A. aeaaon open. tW TWIN OlIIIT.

PORT SMITH. Mar. 34 (SpcD Tht Port Smith Twlui. who won th tltl of the Weetern aaeocla tion laat eraaon with team of ret erana, will be an entirely different looking aggregation when thry atart around the ctrrult thla aprlng. The Twine opened training camp hf re laat Wrdneaday with almoet 40 men algned up to report.

There are (0 atlll in camp with three mora to report. Of thla huge group, only three are I player who mere with tha Twine In l37. Covington, veteran flrat aarker and a powerful hitter, haa been in camp all week. Tex la In the beat condition of the laat few yeara and aeema art fur a big aeaaon. J.

F. Patteraon, lmrler from Jack eon. Tenn, reported Prldey and al i though a bit underweight, he looka hardy and ready for play. Claude Mitchell, aecond bawman. haa not reported from Oakland, yet although he I expected.

Kettenblel haa not been heard from all aprlng. The new manarement of tht Twlnt cleaned houae. Prealdent Eddie OoiMtre and Manager Runt Marr alined up all theae new men In an endeavor to make tht game mora popular here. Handicapped by bad weather, the fena failed to aupport laat year's champions. Th strength of th Twins this year will be belter Indicated alter the team meets the Ersnsvllle.

Three leaguers her Sunday In an ethlbltlon game. Becaua of the youthfulnea of the playera nothing ctn be told 'about them until they art seen under fire. TEAM OP Hl'ATLERA. INDEPENDENCE, March 20. (Special) A young, hustling ball club, but not Inexperienced Is a good description of th lineup Skipper Jimmy Payton of th Independence Producers wlU eend egelnst the other five teams In the Western Association pennant race this aeaaon.

Independence. In making It Initial how in tha league, wlU not have a bunting chasing outfit. It appears, hut tha Producers plan on winning a good share of their gamea and be a stumbling block for teams with championship aaplratlona. With exception of the battery, the remainder of the position are filled lth youngsters capable of delivering. Moat of them, have been under the "ng of Payton In prevloua league I hlc eliminate In a way the teak lof working op th combination, play.

1 Teaas a Young Vets. A ot th and outfield will ooajposed of young veteran who Peyton has assembled from circuits pver th country. nrat and second bsae and the short Won qnQUamyi nrsyjajll tOwhtd ho atr hare lata lsat r22 1 1 1 VS HAYDON HEWTOtl IS NEOSHO 'PRO Springfield Golfer Will Again Head Golf Club in Newton County. Appointment of Haydun Nsaton of thla city aa proftaa local of th Mao alio, Country elub for th oond straight aaaaon baa bn announced by Cbarle Harp, prealdent of thi club. Ntwton will aatum hi duties April 1.

Newton, a former popular atudant at Ilia local Mich school, 'la a brother of Jeff Newton, Lake Shore golf club pro, who formerly waa at Hickory HUH. Clnb Has 100 Members. Hardon waa popular laat year at th Neosho club. Tha club haa 100 members and a fin nine hole court. The court la a difficult par 73 and haa been parrrd only one.

Th Neoaho club pro la th aon of Mr. and Mr. Oeorg A. Newton; 790 South Fremont avenue. but a couple of youngatera are going to fight It out for tht hot comer I beg.

I The fly hawka are dependable and i will merely take their placea. A email corps of pitcher and catchers will report when tht training 1 aeaaon opens April I and Peyton will i hare a job weeding out th un deilrable. I Including the llet of Dinger art tome nifty right hendertupon whom I will fall the burden of bringing home the bacon. Payton hope his youthful beckctoppers signed will come through without looking sbout for a veteran to take cart of th Job. JOPI.IN RE.tHY TO CO.

JOP1.IN. Mar. 34 (Special) To batterymen "Red" Becker, pitcher, and Frank Sidle, catcher are tha early birds 'in th Joplln Western Association club's spring training camp and hare a few days Jump on tha retnslnlng 38 csndldstes who will Join them In th Initial practice aeaalon 'Wednesday. Becker, from Wichita. where he spent the winter, told Field Man ager Marty Furtell and Business Manager George Cochran that he feels lit to go and that the old wing feels stronger than ever.

Sidle Is from Arksnsss City. Ksn. Home I nlforms. New horn uniform for team mem bare hav been ordered and an expected to arrive toon. Tht tuiu will be whit with a monogram on the front.

Black oi will be worn In home gsmes. The road uniform will be gray. Only fourteen of th thirty candidate to report will Issued uniforms. Jsck Crouch of Mlsml, who saw aervlc last aeaaon In th Sally League, telegraphed that ha will arrive Wedneeday. He la a catcher, and will try out with th other candidates for tha position left vacant by Ralph Mlnetree, 1037 receiver of the Miners, Work at Miners park Is progressing at a fast rate, and with a few mora spring dsys Cochran expect It to finished.

The outfield 1 In txoelltut condition, and the Infield la nearlng It finish of od for tht sesaon's seventy gsmes. MATRR HE'LL WIX. With Scotchmen. Dutch, Csnsdlans, Mexlcsns, Finns, et competing In Pyle's marathon. It It O'Ooofty't own Idea thst flrat prize should go to Bill Burchet.

Has tha cook. 111 BRAVES WILL ill I I I ifoo ww xA) AW. i 1 5 NKviJ Vl 1 1 a QHtTS AJoco uxTH I M.siaTrtRy 6w'f SjJI trf Ctri OtT ST. PETERSBURO, Fie. Tha Boa ton Brave should be ont of tht moat Improved ball club In tht National League.

That th way Jack Slat tery. th new mtnager, altea up tht situation. With his ttam off to an early atart In th tnnual earing training campaign, Slsttery la plaaaed with proa pecta, considering th gloomy outlook of th club when took ovtr th helm tome month ago. Of court th big factor la Home by. No other player In baaeball could hav given tha Impetus to a seventh plao club that haa It anxloua for bell of opening day.

Aa rly aa March flrat, th Brave were playing am Inntnga of ball, with th pitchers uncorking stuff that usually as aeeas only tat sa stage of th aprlng condlUonlng srtnat. entlr alub I kuaUtng and a good deal of tb credit should go to Hogers Nornsby. Slattery baa aa atgned Hornaby to helping him In weeding out th candldatea for th regular poaltlona and th (lugging Texan Is giving sa much to th Brave as srer did to a club In th thick of a pennant flghC But that 1 the kind of atuff that makes a Hornibr. Tha addition of Catcher Each Maple Splinters from the Shrine Alleys by D. TULLY aeeeetary akrlas Bealtag Ltsise.

Schedule for th week: Mondsy: Business Men vs. Anglers, Tadpole va. Packarda. Tuaaday: Politician va. Warriors, Marble Rollers vs.

Oardeners. Wedneadsy: Ounnera va. Hu Hus, Frlaco Boosters vs. Molar Mob. Thursday: Burroughs vs.

Yannl jane, Oei Houa Gang va. Wops. league High Individual 10 frames: Mut grave and Carl Wlngo, 344 esch. High Indlvldusl 30 frames: Fredericks. 673.

High teem 10 frames: Business Men. 983. High teem 30 frames: Business Men. 3,731. Watklns' Tadpoles took a decided lead In the pennant race when they won two out of three atart from Judge Oreenwade'a Oaa House Oang.

A 83 pln handicap dldnt enter Into tha calculation at all. It didn't do th Judge's hired hands any good I In th tint or third, and they didn't need It In the second. Captain Watklna topped tha list with 811; Art James had 803: Olen Davla 489; Ex Fucxy Llnster 477, and Kaufman 443. Anheussr Bush led th Oassers with 803: Art Dacy had 487; Whipple 433: Captain Oreinwad 408 and Jones 335. On tht other alley.

Fredericks' Business Men put a permanent crimp In the Hu Hus' pennant aspirations, by whlte wsshlng th former leaders. Deacon Wlngo waa th bright, sparkltng atsr of the night, with a 314, 197 and 311, giving him a 633 total. The deacon had only one error In th 30 framea and two splits. Deacon, wt greet thee, Uk Walts was also a hot shot with a 543 tout: Captain Fredericks hsd 807: Dutch ssswtller 503 and buck worth 443. Captain Peterson led hla gang with 495: Bergstrom hsd 433; Brother Fred Wlngo 434 and Jo Davit 357.

Webb waa absent Draper'! Otj tentr banded Blackle BE BETTER, SAYS Taylor, obtained from tht Olante, I another ttrokt of luck for Slattery. Taylor anqulaltlon haa remedied the most gsplng hoi In th elub and fills out tha Important positions, those In a direct Hue from home plat to center field. In great etjrle. Th Olant raat offs are really the backbone of the Braves. Hornaby and Farrell.

around second base, give Boa ton tht double play combination rr eaaentlal to a winning ball club. I Slattery think a great many gamea I were loat laat year by on of two run, and with such a keystone equip ment th team now boaata, that worry will be wiped off the run ware thla aeaaon. Th other position In that lint from bomt plat to eenUT rt.ld la well ear a tey Bdau Brown, whom Slsttery tuink 1 on of. the groat utfleld la th Veagtae. Hi only weakneae I in throwing, but Ed( counteract that defect by tb Intelligent way be roama bl paatur.

Pitching will be th problem for th Brer chieftain to fart. Kent Oreenfleld, another Olant raatoff and ace of the ettff, la already In shape to work til Innings. Much la parted of him In th coming cam paign, but th one that Slattery I particularly aniloua about Smith. Cooney and Oenevirh. art Tueedsy night by taking adranisge I of tha 88 handicap and winning the! flrat and third Pnh.n.

th. tana hail' ih.tr minii. nn tha i rttfii.n. whl.h rxt i feet th growth of splnsch. onions, etc.

In other words, the Gardeners kept their minds on their buaineas. I Captain Miller ran out a 537 airing which wa second Ssndy Bandera' high 335; Bill Lincoln had 4TO and Doc Holt 473. Bllm Matthews wws absent. For the Vegetable Peddlers. Doc Atherton led with 494; Jack Sherrow hsd 493: Captain Draper.

414; Jones. 367 and 8hebt Lutk 384. On the other alley. Oley Ohlaon's Tannlgans were equally a rude to Anderson'a Marble Roller. A 106 H.

C. wss used to sn advantage to cop the first and aecond from the Rollera. Red Olbtm regained his batting eye and kept "Louie" In th pit practically all of th tlm with 550; Captain Anderson totaled 635: Doc Mr I Daniel 504; and Charlea Wllaon Morrow, 441; Jertberg waa A. W. O.

L. Captain Ohlaon was top man for his gang with 481; Randall had 438; Walsh 414; Jess Moore 394 and Tom Proctor 380. After losing' the flrat game Wednesday night by 13 plna and winning second by a comfortable margin, Eddlt Musgrave'a Molar Mob atsged a regular old fashioned garrison finish to take tht odd ont from Allmons' Wsrrlors. Tht csptsln. himself.

Remsnent Whsples and Bubbles Evsns put a "turksy' lu the 30th frame which placed th game on Ice. Bubble Evsns toppled 611; Captain Muagrava had 495; Paul Talbot 474; Remanent Whaplct 463 aud Oiler Coseey 460. Soft Water Prescott wa top man for tli Fighter with 473; Amb hsd 463; Captain Allmon 448; Eddlt Of. fenhauser 893 and Wells 367. On th opposite side.

Reese's Gunners, after allowing Bhuluve Anglers Kg I I SLATTERY If theae four pltchera should get off to a good start and keep the pace for the aeaaon. then I no tell lug bow high tht Bravea will go In race. Back In 1914, th team showed no grtater prom la than It due thla spring and no ona will ever forget that skyrocket clip thet brought that club to a pennant and world championship. Joseph Brandt and Arthur Delsney, Coaat League pltchera last year, an two of tha recruit who bav caught tha maneger'e eye. Flrat baa la officially In th poa aeaalon of Dick Burma.

Jack told Richard that ha would hav no com petitor for th Job and to go out and buatle. Tha swanby Carolinian haa tnor than don ao. Miaa aaat nst Oautswaa wut probably alternaut at third baa dur In UM. The mldt et Osutreao haa been wdged out of bl former place at aecond baa, but he still haa hope of being a regular. Lane Richbourg wUI la right when th aeaaon opens and left field will go to either Jck Smith, former i Cardinal, or Eddie Moor, a reformed aecond baseman.

Smith la get ting along In years, but can atlll maeaage the old onion, while Moore haa ahown much Improvement alnct entering thla new field. to no them out of th tint ram. bv to nm. k.i. 1 romped bomt a winner In the neit 1 two slsrt.

TrlRgrr Kelly, hot as July Itself.1 "Louie for 500; Ned Nelaon aw; vapwin rieea naa 4U Dick Robert 476 end Hughes Captain Bliulu alao had hie bat ting eye trsined on tha maples with I a total of 04: O. L. Miller had 447; Peggy Mojd 430: Walter Henderson 3.7 snd Clsud King 383. i Richardwnl Frlaco Boosters had I no trouble latlni the flrat two from Dillon's Packard. Thuradav nleht snd drcunMi tha final hv tha allm martrln I of on pin.

The 31 H. C. didn't seem to bother tb Railroaders all. Stuckl was hmn with 48J; Boehm. had 479; Csptsln Rtrhardaon 436; Snip Red 1 dirk 430 and McFarland 413.

Captain Dillon led hla Straight Eights with 494; Chief Boehm. totaled 419; Newt Rountre 391: Foil dren 373 and Brother Lynn 301. On the other alleya. Buck Jones'! Wops stsftcd snother hecUc 30 frames I In their battle with Crawford' Bur roughs, loelng th first by a wide i margin, the second by three pins and tleli.g the third, and finally winning In the lull frame. I Th Itsllsnt gate a wonderful ex 1 hlhtttnn nf wrh.t th "Rnirlapa Ara Not Doing This Tear." With the exception of Captain Jonea who turned In his usual consistent good game, 634 and Orlgham Young'a 470, Dago West's 450; Tul ly'a 430 and Tony Turk's 419, demonstrated that th Utter three couldn't hit the drives with a snow shovel.

When they weren't running Into splits, they were "blowing" on and two pin spsres as though they didn't know whst It was all about. Harry Miller was th lont Adder to retch tht 600 clsas with his 610; Csptsln Crawford had 485: Claud Harris 464: Tom Watklns 449, and Ira Mc Brlde, Just oft the alck list, hsd to surrender after hi second game. Ira Is gsme at that. Its getting close to thst time when th boys In the first division can get out their pencil and paper and begin figuring Juat what they muat do to finish "In the money." Only nine mora game, and then tht 1938 season will bt past history. If you hsv a ens nee of nosing out sny of the big percentage boys, there Is no time like th present to pep up the ftlrrd hapd and send them 1 I NEW BALL PARK "AT PEIRCE CITY Drive to Raise Funds for New Athletic Field To Be Held Friday.

PrntCI cm, Mar. (Special) Organisation th Pelrc City baaeball club for 2S aeaaon haa been completed with th election of Ora Stark aa president. Other officer are: ila Beufert, i rlc prealdent; A. J. Forajthe, trraa urer; Olenn Prultt, bualnee manager; Jack Rogere, captain, and Harry Wlcka.

oen A. luup and Wlllum WeeaeU, board of adruwra. Work will alerted at one on Pelrc City" new baU park and community athletlo field, which la located In th north part of town. Cranditand Planned. Prlday.

March to, baa been eel aa th day for th drtr to rale fund to build th new athletlo field. It la planned to build a eeren Iool fence around th field and alao a grand etand to accommodate at leaat 300 pereon. Th park will be uaed by th baaeball team and by tha high achool for football and trark erenta aud for any other community porta. Th drlr la aponaorrd by the Chamber of Commerce, board of education. American legion and the City Improremint club.

MOUNTAIN GROVE STAR MAY WIN FULLBACK JOB WITH MISSOURI ELEVEN MOUNTAIN. GROVE, Mo. Mar 34 ISpeclal Kern Reece. who gradu 1 With practiVo in full awing at fhe five ntulo teachers colleger, In the Miasourl IntereolleRinto Athletic Association indicatona are that Warreiinbiirg and Sprngfield will again tight i out for the conference track championship. tania j.

A. meet will he held May at Warrrtikburg. Warrenfihiirg won the M. I. A.

A. meet lasjt year at Kii kuille with 60 pointn. Springfield finished second with 41, Kirksville wa third and Cape Girardeau and Maryvillo fourth. mot ouutanding man on achool but spring, msd a fin show 1 ie werrenjburg team. He how.

th Ing on th ireahman football aqusd twfd duirll, at th Unlveralty of Missouri ti the shot, high fsll snd la espected to a strong nurdl candidal for a varsity po.lt Ion thl.t Townaend Is a treat mller and two year. Reec la one of the most out standing aUilete ever developed hen. A recent newa diapatrh from Co 1 luoibll aara of Reece: "Not aince 19l(. when Al Lincoln ram to Mtaaourt haa tha university known such a yearling star aa. la Reec.

a 310 pound fullback who played hi first football at Mountain Qrove. Mo. "Thla huaky lad caught tha the ftras ntgbt of wralty freahman eruvuraag laea tail and prowaMy will their chief concern through several nor reuona. Weee oaa may tb balK paaa or kick. He alao la a bear on defens.

"Of court, It Is fsr too early to predict that he will be awarded the fullback berth nest fall, but one thing la sura It's his If he wants It. Of course, then will be th fleshy Bob Mehrle. Henry Rosenheim. Brott Xennrdr. Earl Dlemund.

Bob Byar. i I Th Mules and Bean will bav vtt eren teams this year, Klrktvlll baa a promising squad but th outlook I eon too bright at Maryvlll and Cap Otrardsau. Mule Twice Winners. For th past two years, th Mule hav awept tb M. I.

A. A. track honor and tha Bean, who were dethroned aa track champions by War reneburg two yrara ago after a five tear reign, are determined to halt Coach Tad Raid's aggregation. Tli return of th. majority of laat yrar a rhamplona rauaew Warren burg to be very optlmlatlc at thla time of tha Ahmllff fKa UiiIm mtn th meet thle year, th conference loving cup will become their permanent property.

II Warrrmburg Veterans. The following Warreuaburg veur ana are In erhool thla year: Capt. Dudley Toanaend. Vemcu Kennedy, Bill Wllllama, Roy Brown, Mlk Brown. Manuel HtirpphreyaX Jsmee Fergiiaon, Herbert Albert, Clyde Cooer, Claude Cooer, Jack Wilson.

Vernon Kennedy, laat )rar winner P(lin rrU) pron. Bm Wllllama. high point man tt ta of th 130 yard high hurdles ree. ord. braid ra being winner of tht low hurdle laat year.

Humphrey 1 Bark. Humphrey waa high point man In tha atata meet thre veara aeo. Ha rune th century, 330 yard daah and relay zao vara aeane in laaa year uta in 1 V. mtmt vm IW pub. and Roy Brown, rated aa the two be qtiarter mllee to tb aoolwrano.

Warrwnebunr won both nlara at th a tat meet last year and ha all member of th team back. Other men from laat year squsd who an out an Leland Kennedy, Chris Schmltt, Steve Chlldreas, Ksnoy. Field and Ross. To Depend on V. Fit.

Captain Victor Flic will be one of nd two mile runs laat year, aettlng a new record of 10 minute, 31 1 8 seconds In Uit Istter event. He Is (conceded to the claee of the con ferenc In thoa two erenu. Th Bears slao will hav another point winner In "Socka' Roberta. freMtman from Cabool. who haa high .1 junipeo.

ia irri, iuir iiiciir. ut Inrhea belter than the state record held by L. Craig of Kirksville. Roberta also Is a stsr pole vsultrr and broad Jumper. Rohertoon Looks tiiwit.

Robertson, who won aecond In the century and third In the 330 yard daah Ui last year's niret. will be berk sgsln this year end Is showing much mora speed In prsrtlce to dste. The Besr relay teams that placed aecond In last year's state meet, will be out to stop Wsrrrnsburg. Abbott. Wlnde.

Roblnaou and Wtae are back for the mil relay snd Ruhinaon. P. piw, Abbott snd Wlneiea will try It again In the half mils relsy. Au.tln a Folnl Inner, wno wo vault event In laat vrar'a mat. alao will be a atrong contender In th Joe Baoffard and Cherll King, all th big reeeont If th Springfield of whom saw much aervlc last year.

Teachtra college Bear atop Wsrrena back for the 1038 varsity burg at the M. I. A. A. meet this n.

a I spring. Fits won both the half mile 1th do or 1 die apint. bl strain in keeping up the fast pace they set for thrmaelrra the first 30 gsmes. and when a top team dors und thrT c.n I make a hole bigger than an earth That a when the gang ahould be on hand to aaeut In the last sad i rural The schedule for the Chsmpion hip tournament will appear In next nil nu i an r. virr iui vuv "lu" 11 a A Schedule Will be posted In the club roome.

and between the two, It shouldn't be very hard to pick your particular dales, Juel remember that esch member rolls In th tem, doublea and slnjles event. Three different detes, between April 16 and May 1 No entry feel I No chsrge for bowling! Gold medsls for each event! i If you're good enough you COULD win three of them for your very own self, but boy, you would hav to be GOOD! Train Monti Team 'tiaa Bualnrr Men Wop Molar Mob AVe. ...848 ...813 ...803 ...793 ...788 ...786 ...771 ronucians Msrble Rollera Tadpoles Ounnera Burroughs it siBitt 746 Wsrrlors Hu Hus Frlaco Boosters Anglers Oaa Houa Oang 74 1 730 736 733 .683 Gardenera Packarda Yaunlgana ..806 ..643 ..643 Teams Man "Jog. March It. Team tV Pet.

Burrough 33 10 .697 Tadpoles ....36 11 .694 Hu Hus 33 14 .611 Msrlil Rollers 31 13 .593 Annler ........31 18 .583 Business Men ......18 16 .543 1 Wop 16 18 .600 Molar Mob 18 .500 Ounnera 18 .800 Packarda IS 18 .600 Politician 16 17 .485 Frisco Booster ,.,,.16 90 .444 Oat House Oang ,,,,14 13 i9t Gardeners 13 34 .333 Tannlgsna ,.,,....11 33 .333 Wsrrlors 11 36 jog WARRENSBURG TEACHERS WILL HAVE VETERAN TEAM; M. I. A. A. TRACK MEET SET FOR MAY 18 Reid's Tracksters Hop'e to Repeat This Season But Will" Find Local Teachers Hard to Beat Kirksville Has Promising Squad.

i i high and low hurdlea. Austin's mark In laat yr's pol vault vnt was 11 feet, Inebae, and ba ha been going fir tnehe above thai mark regularly 10 practlc thla prtBg. Fsul Flu In th daahe and bread Jump; Abbott and Bobsrtaoa tat th quarter mile: Leonard and Wlaa la th dleeua; Ted Wind la th Jarellrt and Wla. Tlny', Robert and Austin In th (hot put alao ar veteran who are ei per ted to aid In rounding out a strong team at tha local Khool. Jour Vets at KlrkrvUle.

Coach Don Faurot's Kirksville squsd must be watched closely or tha Bulldoga may upaet aoma dope. Four retersns are back at Kirksville. They are: L. Craig, high Jumper and holder of the atata record; James Streeter. o.irlntrr and hurdler.

Harold Barnes, hurdles and high Jump, and Wayne MrKanna, captain of th IKS team. MrKanna le a weight mm and quarter mllrr. Vail of Klrktvllle set a new record In the ahot put last yesr but will be mleilr.g thla ytr. Other Klrkavllle track men who are showing up well are: Braiiaman, Park, Cavlneaa, Lang ford. Mum.

Atteberry, Bchwengle, Furrst. tSears. Hagen. Bragg. Israel, Frerlsnd.

Oaffner, Burton, Cole, Co red, Mllatead. Robinson, Steele. Ham ilton. Cochran. Lorn ax, L.

Kennedy. J. Kennedy, J. Vail. T.

Vail and Fttirot. Ilarria Only Cape Veteran. Although Cap Olrardeeu haa Only ona letter man back. C. P.

Harris, Ha la a aura fir point winner, or at leaat. ho dlaplayed plenty of atuff In laat ywar'a tat meet to win" th. broad Jump with a leap of 1 test. 10 I Inches, place aecond ta th high Tnurdlea and fourth, ta tha tow I waa 04 out of flraa i ta tb Alga hwrcUea wad place bolder of the state record of 16 i and flat. Js I a eraok higa urn par.

However, tb Indian hav aa out standing? fraahmaa Candida la ''Tubby" Koch, former Cap High erhool star, who ba proved hlmaelf handy with th dlacu and la tht high Jump. Koch nd Ham an th only ouutanding men on th Cap squsd. They My nevelep. Weacoat In th hair mil and Javelin. Bergman nbt Javelin.

England in the hair mile and mile, Burg In th sprints, Beth Berne In th qtisrter and half mil and Proffer In the long dlatanre runs an other can dldstra who hav been showing fair ability. Cspe will open Its track eesann In dtisl meet with Csrbondale. 111., a u.pe, April 30. The Indiana wilt have a strong tenniaatesm In Hunter. Talbert and Prejallet and expect to make a trong bid for M.

I. A. A. net honor thla spring. Hearrals Wonder.

(Vler men alao an scarce at Mary vllle, but cosch If. Frank "Shorty" Lawrence Is expected to turn OUT enough strong candidal to ctim the other contender plenty ot trouble in the state meet. Maryvllle hss a creek middle dl tsnce runner In Davefport. who fin lahrd second In the quarter mile and half pule at laat year' state meet. J.

Smith In the mil and two mile, Hollar lu the pole vaul'. and ahot put, and Wekely In the pole vault proved point winners Istt yesr. Maryvllle mile relay team also finished third In th atat meet laat veer. Special Tire Bargains To quickly reduce our crowded stock of tirea, several of our popular lireg will be pat on special sale Monday morning: Tire Tube 30x3 Overiize 5.50 .75 30x3 Oversize 6.90 1.60 29x4.40 Oversize 7.75 2.00 31x4.95 Oversize .12.00 2.50 33x6.00 Oversize 20.00 3.50 These tires are all first class stock and of popular makes. Beserve your size tiy phone if you wish.

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