The Daily Oklahoman from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma • 37

Pittsburgh, Chisox Open Week's Diamond Exhibitions Here Today Par Figures Bettered By 3 In Fourball By VERNON B. SNELL Old Man Par wasn't kicked around with reckless abandon during the first round of the Fourball golf tournament Sunday at Woodlawn and Lincoln park, but he did take a spanking from three players, one a returned serviceman, one a civilian and the third an army officer. Perhaps the day's best score since it was scored over the long and treacherous north Lincoln layout was -Player, Team of Game Starts At 3 m. In Tribe Park; Former Indians to Play By JOHN CRONLEY (Time Sports Editor) Big league exhibition baseball returns to Oklahoma City on a full-scale basis, beginning with Monday's 3 p. m.

attraction matching the Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago White Sox, for the first time since 1942 and of primary interest to several thousand spectators expected for the opener of a big week at Tribe Park Kurland, Aggies No. 1 for 1946 Dallas Shades Indians, 5-4 In 10 Innings TYLER. Texas, April 7. (Special.) Pat Rooney singled home Joe Basile with two out in the first of the tenth inning to give the Dallas Rebels a thrilling 5-4 victory over the Oklahoma City Indians in an exhibition game played at Trojan Park here Sun i shot better than par, which by thin. 25-year-old stylist who does Probable Starters foot Oklahoma center, ha his weekend golfing at Woodlawn and who only recently came home after four years in the air corps.

ketball's "Player of the Year" for 1946 by the Helms Athletic Foundation here. In addition, Kurland has been named to the all-time all- of those last four yeai Pacific far from any golf course, teamed with Roy Larson and they registered a first round victory over Chester Stetnbock Rnd Julius Sass. The score was 3 and 2 and it was a will be the appearance of at least two former Indians. In the Chicagoans' lineup as announced by George "Mule" Haas, Oklahoma City manager at the start of the 1939 season who is now riding herd on the Chisox during the illness-enforced absence of Jimmy Dykes will be a pair of the most capable and popular pastimers to sport Injun uniforms in recent years. They are Don Kolloway.

now going at a terrific hitting pace as second-baseman for the American leaguers following his recent release from the armed service, and nnother former GI, Thurman Tucker, fleet Stelnbock personally day afternoon. The winning run was unearned, inasmuch as Don Meyers, who preceded Rooney at bat. had reached first through an error by Deck Woldt, the Indian thirdbaseman. Davis and Pairnnr the first two Rebs ud in the fig- perfec had a 75. minor league outfits will show icir wares here.

Duo in Tuesday for another 3 p. m. exhibit are the Chicago Cubs, defending champions of the National league, who will be pitied against the St. Louis Browns of the American tenth stanza, both flew out, but then came a single by Basile. his third hit of the day.

the error at third on Then on Wednesday Manager koj good enough to win most Fourball matches at Lincoln had he not caught Cornett when he was red hot. And Larson came to Cornett's aid on three hloes. No. 1 where he had a par 4, No. 9 where he chipped one in from off the green for a birdie 2 and on No.

13 where he got another par 4. Added up that means that Cornett and Larson had a best ball of 70. four shots under par and that's scorching golf in any league. Three birdies on the front side America team by the foundation, which automatically gains him a place in the Helms' collegiate basketball hall of fame, and the Aggies have been ranked the No. 1 team in the nation, although is just a formality.

Howard G. Cann, New York university court mentor since 1923. has been elected to the coaches hall of fame for his noteworthy achievements as a coach and player. Kurland. who chalked up 643 points in 33 contests while leadin? the Aggies to the national cage championship for the second consecutive 3ear, will be presented with the Helms foundation medal award in recognition of player of the year honors.

The giant redhead was the kingpin of the team. As Kurland wont, so went the Aggies and Ruby Meyers' grounder, and tne single oy Rooney. Lem Cola popped up to Pitcher Schalk's Indinns go into action foi first time here. In their only test nst major league stock, the Tribe Both Tucker and Kolloway broke in ere six years ago. and both landed Ith the Chisox followlnc, outstanding nrcers in the Texas league.

Kolloway went up directly from a Knowles Picrcey to end the rally, but the damage had been done. In the last of the tenth Inning. Southpaw Quentln Altizer. who had picks a sizeable foe in Inking on the St. Louis Cnrdinnls.

Friday the Warriors oppose Mil- Tribesmen following fine year that uikee of the American started Cornett off in walked Emil Mailho. Sundio figure got found him belting .301 in 149 games, but Tucker's path to the big show was their spring trials against the Mll- 3 from three feet on No. 2. Here's how one of the city's lonjr-ball hitters looks just after his club has made contact with a golf ball. It's Duffy Martin as he teed off at Lincoln park in the first round of the Four-ball tournament Sunday.

Martin teamed with C. A. Harris to oust Ben Scasraves and Jimmy Hicks, 1-un in a match decided on ihc inth hole. And Martin won the match with a birdie three after he drove the 275-yard par four green. he first hitter up.

DUt tnen teu num. kipper Roy Schalk. Woldt and Glbby team he little longer wncn ne wound up th Fort Worth, under Rogers Monday fro; The Injun; No. 4 from 15 feet and a 4 on No. 5 from five feet, all of which indicates that he had his iron shots groovrd.

All told he used but 13 putts on the front side. Cornell' ruttlnr Sparklcn Honasby, In 1942 after hitting In 151 games here and stealing 40 bases the previous season. their spring camp at Tyler. Texas, then apply the finsil touches preparatory to opening the Texas league race od to I gam Bob Kurland player of year the Oklahomans 31 wins stole 34 bases. Robrrt "went" often enough to r1' Rive Dlrkev May Tli Boih arc expected to hold forth in Lee Forrest, rookie righthander who on the mound for Al Vincent's Rebels, hurled impressive ball for the.

first five innings limiting the Tribe to one hit and no runs. The lone lilt was a single in the fifth by Elmer Weln-gertner. But in the explosive sixth frame, Skipper Schalk's Indians scored all four of their runs, as Forrest issued three walks and was nicked for two singles. Mallho. the first man up.

Keiser Wins Masters By One Stroke As Hogan Blows Putt AUGUSTA. April 7. One of the game's greatest the regular White Sox lineup for 1946 for the season and the NCAA title. The Aggie ace hit. the jackpot in February when he collected a total of 58 points in a Missouri Valley conference contest against St.

Louis university. It bettered previous highpoint achievements in major competition by George Mikan (53 in 1945 and Hank Luisetti (50 in 1938). In NCAA tournament games Kurland had these scoring and Kolloway In parliculi fast this spring with cons distance bclUnn. had i i No. 13 whrr from Tuesday night.

Van Buren Inks 1946 Contract PHILADELPHIA, April 7. (P) Steve Van Buren. one of the greatest football players in professional ranks. par. a penalty Chicago has other former warriors golfers, Ben Hogan.

blew a 30-inch putt on the final green of the Augusta National course Sunday and Herman Keiser, the pale "unknown" from Akron, Ohio, won the tenth annual Masters along, too. and anotner graduate may in no. 13 wnere a- pooriy piayea hip shot cost him another five. He eas par the rest of the rout. He marks: 28 against Kansas.

20 against Baylor, 29 against Cali- on a very long flv to leftfield. Woldt Column 1) used up 16 strokes on the last nine tournament by that single all-important stroke. got a free pass- arid then Brack beat the 1940 Texas league hitting title, is out an iniieia nit. to im me trnnhle for the first time, Leader all the way in the nation's finc.su golf event next to the open called on to spell the veteran MiKe cornetts putting was exceptionally signed a three-year contract with the THE DAILY OKLAH03IAN good, even though he missed birdie championship, Kciscr sat in fear and Forrest walked Harry Kielas to bring in the first run. Joe Dotllch then inp his big season Here DicKey His eight wound up with .315 mark thnt left trembling in tne ciuonouse, naving finished with a wobbly 14 nnd ft totnl of 202 shots, while the Little Giant Killer.

Hogan, chewed away at him i. scant (our points behind tne wood shots were so perfect was out of the fairway only Nos. 13 and 15, those holes forced in the second run on a bunt down the first base line, but was himself tagged out by the pitcher. Philadelphia Eagles sunnay scoicning nil rumors Unit he planned to jump to the rival All-America conference. The hard-driving halfback from Louisiana's bayous won three individual championships in the National champion, Qordon uonaicison oi took his 5s.

with 1 i Glbso leftfield, driv- Others familinr to local onlookers 111 be Orval Grove. Stan Goletz. Ed ond straight stogie he final rew holes. Hogftn needed on the last hole, yarder. was a par four to wind ivith a 68 and tie Keiser for the Football league race last year and ing in the otner Lonat and Dovle Lade, who at one Hoyle Boger popped rally enoea inger, won the Fourball title years ago and who now is a manager of a hospital In Pauls Valley, clipped off a neat 69.

also one shot under rrnr at Woodlawn. Gibson and Johnnv time or another pitched for the home- lead. Around the course, as the shad lings along with Gene Nance, ln- ows lengthened, it was conceded that Hoc an could do that with one hand Taking an early lead in the contest. nnhoiR scored two runs in the fieldcr and an Oklahoma City boy. Badgcwcll.

also of Pauls Vallej DAY, APRIL 8, 1946. behind his back. The host club was Both clubs will field several per. formers well known in the majoi FIFTEEN" MON Pauls ad 1 win -cconcilcd to a play-off Monday, nnd ic-haps anothes such as the Valley pair. Orvlllc Harrold and Wil initial stanza as Basile doubled home Jimmy Moran and Emory Hrcsko.

who had been issued free passes by the starting Indian hurlcr, Kenneth Miller. The Dallas team scored one more league ranks, but each aggregation heavily stocked with players only recently out of the service. estimated 7,500 which rampaged son Brooks. Gibson Just about shot all thn 4s in es' Kurland, Shawnee Wins! 3 the deck at his hometown foes. He around the fairways Sunday at 55 a Plnvinc confidently.

Hoean slanncd Old Man Moses Alone For Franklc Frisco's Pirates, ngair In the second inning ana anowci in the third to take a 4-1 lead. Mttior nllowcd no more hits or i Fenimore Entries figuring on an upper division National his second iron about 12 feet beyond the cup on the 18th. It looked like a cinch. He went boldly for a birdie th. fourth and fifth innings, but lcatntc berth, among In Pen Relays On Ada Track present will be Thlrdbasenia Elliott who slammed .290 last Manager Schalk sent Ed Scheiwe in to pinchhlt for him in the last of the fifth, and Southpaw Pierccy went to three and the victory, worth $2,500 cash.

Barely the ball missed the cup smaneo tne record ior scoring tuuen- Van Buren scored 18 touchdowns, shattering the thrcc-year mark held by Green Bay's Don Hutson and achieved his record in stirring fashion on the circuit's closing day, With virtually all the Eagles' stars signed, the name of Van Buren missing from the contract list and prompted the rumor martcct to speculate that Steve would accept sizeable slab of cash from one of the AU- Gcncral Manager Harry Thayer of the Eagles was beaming when he announced Steve's signing. Thayer didn't disclose salary terms but it was reported that Steve's intake will be among the highest in the circuit. He'll report to the Eagles Saranac Lake (N. training camp August 6. Soufhside Team In Wichita Meet Oklahoma City's Golden Gloves team.

13 strong, will leave by Santa and Outfielders John Barrett and The former caddy from Fort Worth the mound ior tne inuim sixth In the next four fi Jim Russell wno nit ana respectively. For the Sockers there will be pellet rolled around the role and lay young portsider allowed only three scattered hits and no runs, but the Rebels pushed across their winning dead on the edge. oldtlmers as Luke Appling, shortstop who had a .302 mark for 1945: Out ILDA, April (Special.) Shawnee and Maud captured team championships In the revived East Central Suite college track and field meet here Saturday. Shawnee a-on Class A with 56 'i points and Maud took Class laurels with 40 had 11 fours on his card wnicn also contained five 3s and one five. Gibson's card was also featured by an eagle 3 on No.

12. He won on the green with a wood and No. fi iron. Shelton Denies Pro Report on Sailors LARAMIE. April 7.

Coach Ev Shelton. University of Wyoming cage mentor. Saturday night declared "there is nothing to reports that Ken Sailors will play professional basketball with the Rochester RSheUon. coach of the Wyoming quintet on which Sailors starred, said that Sailors had conferred with the Rochester club officials recently, while in New York for the East-West All Star basketball game, but that the Thus Hogan. one of the biggest money winners, again failed to cap- run.

off him in fielder Wally Moses (.295) and trcsn, The Wlndv Cllv representatives are The victory was Dallas' fourth of the never before won first money in wnsnn over the Indians in electing to go with Len Pcrme. a lefthander fresh out of the navy, and Al many starts. The Oklahoma City team, in training in Tyler since March 10. returned to Oklahoma City Sun Kci the 70-odd events in which he had competed as a professional, finally came into his own. He looked as though he scarcely could believe it as his fellow pros gathered around him high point Epperly.

a righthander who. like the well-known firstbaseman. Hal Trosky, day night. DALLAS has come off the voluntary retired list Keiscr's four rounds over the 6.800- points while Hooter Brewer. Pauls ITaliev speed merchant and hurdler, as second with 14 points in Class A.

Maud's Bill Lambeth and Davis Don Sowell tied for high point man is Class with 16 points. for another fling at the game. This nair will llkcfv shan PHILADELPHIA. April 7. (JF) Bob Kurland and Bob Fenimore of Oklahoma two of the most highly-touted athletes in the southwest, will be participants in the fifty-second annual Penn Relays April 26-27.

H. Jamison Swarts. director of the meet which will be held on the University of Pennsylvania's Franklin Field, said Kurland, the seven-foot basketball star, will enter the high jump and the discus throw. Fenimore, All-America football halfback for two straight years, will compete in sprint events. Cowboys, Central Play Again Today STILLWATER, April 7.

(Special.) Coach Toby Greene's Oklahoma Aggies baseball club opens a three-game home stand this week by playing Central State here Monday at 3 p. m. Wednesday and Thursday games nd Masters' the und 3 i first, when furious w. former Wyoming star naa not accepted any contract. the layout and the blgshots unani- Fe train at 8 a.

m. Tuesday for wicn-ita where they will compete in the annual Southwestern AAU boxing tournament. Making the trip along with Chief Parris. coach of the Southside Boxing club will be Fleaweight Billy Mc-Cann. Flyweights Jack McCann and nousiy laucd to score.

ogan. recov-rlng from a poor start, posted rounds of 74-70-69-70 283. mound assignment for Chicago in four and five-innlng stints, while Frisch may permit Walter Tnte to go the limit, or as far as he can without suffering too much damage. Tate is a 25-year-old righthander born at Coleman, who lives at Salt Lake City and played three years there before enlisting in the army in 1941. Discharged and made a free agent last fall, he was signed by Pittsburgh in February.

Keisers victory was the first ever by an outsider in the Masters', hich invited its competitors with Navy Releases Turf, Racing Is Planned SAN BRUNO, April 7. autumn racing season for the anforan track, relinquished by the avy, was announced Saturday to be Harold Williamson. Bantamweight Robert Nunn. Featherweights Sammy Bayless and Bill Sharpe. Lightweights great care.

He got in the gold-plated event only on the strength of his showing on the recent winter tour, in inner Herman Keiser gin October 12. Monday's offering signals the start coy Homngsneaa, jacK esics anu Frank Anderson. Welterweight Warren "Butch" Gose, Middleweight Al Snipes. Light-Heavyweight Dutch Harrison and Heavyweight Leo Bagby. The Wichita mitt meet will open since 1842 the racing grounds hava of spring will fol- Hutchinson, Kan.

been used as a Japanese internment camp and more recently as a navy staging area and replacement center. Tuesday night. unday, a total of five big league and with first, round bouts 3 Boxing Champs On Week's Cards NEW YORK. April 7. (P Three fistic chamuions.

Bob Montgomery, Drake Relays Head For Pre-War Level DES MOINES. April 7. tUP) Thfl of pre-war track stars will Ike Williams and Tony Zale. show make the thirty-eighth annual Drake He'stlll will "have" to qualify for the National Open at Cleveland this summer, having finished twenty-sixth in the last open at Fort Worth in 1941. Koslowski Can't Play-Pro Football Yet NEW YORK, April 7.

(P) Bert Bell, commissioner of the National Football league. Sunday notified the Washington Redskins that Stan Kos- low.skl. husky Holy Cross fullback and st.ir of the 1946 Orange bowl game, wns not. eligible to be drafted when thr Redskins selected him last Janu- koslowskl, under major league rules. Bell said, is regarded as only a junior in college and therefore will not become eligible for play in the National league until 1947.

Philadelphia Boxer Free to Fight Again Welter Title on Block Agglcs level for Monday's game, Roy Binger, centerfielder. Is pacing Cowboy hitters with .500. Macomber Leads Skiers SALT LAKE CITY, April 7. (JP) George Macomber of the Alta Ski club sped down a corkscrew gully in the Wasatch mountains at nearby Alta Saturday to take top honors in the downhill race and assume the lead in the combined totals which Sunday will determine the winner of the Alta cup for 1946. will put his title on the line.

Two of them, Williams of Trenton. N. and Montgomery of Philadelphia, each owning half of the world's BOSTON. April 7. Pi Tippy Larkin or Garfield.

N. and Willie jovee of Gary, Ind will decide the title bouts Monday. Williams, recog relays here April 26-2 1 one tne best in history. Director Bill Eas.on predicted Saturday. Easton said that entries, runninc well ahead of those of the past or six years, already include schooU in 15 states.

Bucs Release Liep DALLAS. April 7. iJPi -William EL world's junior welterweight king 15-round fieht at Boston Garden Apnl 29. the Callahan AC announced Hausmann Sparkles In Mexican Debut MEXICO CITY. April 7.

() Benswanger. president of the Pitts burgh baseball club, announced Ohio State Tank Tutor Says American Swimmers Best Ever Saturday the outright release of In- nized by the NBA as the ruler of tne 135 pounders, takes on Eddie Giosa, rugged Philadelphian lightweight at the Philadelphia arena in preparation for his title bout with Mexico's Enrique Balonas in Los Angeles, April 20. Montgomery, tuning up for his important non-title scrap with Newark's Allie Stolz at Madison Square Garden May 17, meets George Larover of Philadelphia in New Montgomery is the New York and Pennsylvania lightweight king. Zale, of Gary, who is slated to defend his middleweight crown against New York's hard-hitting Rocky Graziano at the Yankee Sta- Georgie Hausmann. former New York neioer Eddie uep to Albany of tfta Eastern league, a Pirate affiliate.

Yankees 7, Atlanta 0 ATLANTA. April 7. A Tha Giant secondbaseman, played his first game in Mexican Baseball league Sundav and sDarked Torreon to a PHILADELPHIA. April 7. () Boxer Billy Eck of Allentown has been cleared to resume fighting May 1.

Leon Rains, state athletic com gram has greatly stimulated the sport and in the future will boost It re 6-4 victory over Mexico City. mission chairman, said Saturday. said Peppe. who has seen his Ohio State teams grab three Big Ten, three NCAA and six AAU championships in New York Yankees, who have been drawing big crowds all over the south Rains had previously declared the Allentown light heavyweight "unavailable" for 60 days in connection with 16 years at tne uucseye neim. 3AINBRIDGE, April l.VP) America's present crop of young amateur swimmers could give the United States the greatest Olympic team ever assembled, says diminutive Mike Peppe.

Ohio State aquatic coach. And Peppe should know. His Buck-eves climaxed a brilliant indoor season Saturday by splashing off with team honors in the National AAU championships at the Bainbridge naval training center pool, after previously annexing the Big Ten and NCAA ior tneir exnioition contests, bunaay set a record for Ponce de Leon park when they attracted 21.006 pajir-s fans to see them whip the Atlanta the death of Nat Hines, Philadelphia prospects, beginning with the tank boxer. Hines died of injuries three days alter Eck knocked him In addition to scoring what proved to be the winning run in the fifth singles and cut short a ninth-inning rally by Mexico City in making a difficult catch of a line drive for the final out. Eliason to Tackle For Boston Pros BOSTON.

April 7. Don Elia-m a oos.nounri tackle from St. Paul. ndy Spud Chan. stars who competed in the two-daj meet ending Saturday.

There is Joe Verdeur of the Philadelphia Turners, who bettered twt pert combined for a two-hit Ohio State Swimmers First In AAU Meet BAINBRIDGE. April 7. (UP) Ohio State university won the men's national indoor AAU team swimming ehamntonshln Saturday night, com Yankee 'BV Wallop Brooklyn 'BV 13-0 world and one American record in winning the 220-yard breast stroke tlon's toD- A good many of the merit, swimmers CHARLOTTE. N. C.

April 7.WP) others still in performance, Gumpert fanning ei: Crackers and holding them httl in his six-inning stint. Chand; pitching out of turn to enable fans to see the Georgian perform, lowed both hits in his three fran but fanned six batters. Joe DiMagglo carried his bait streak through 10 straight cames big show, but there here riaay. veraeur. wno aisi grabbed the 300-yard individual med-ley.

was one of three double winners Wallv Ris. star of the Great Lake; The New York Yankees armed forces. Peppe said, who pleting their second sweep In htstory of the three major swimming titles Saturday signed a National Football league contract for the clubbed out 19 hits to back up Allen naval training station squad, won both within one vcar the Big Ten the 220-vard and 100-vard free When the Chicajro White Sox square off against the Pittsburgh Pirates Monday at 3 p. m. in Tribe park for an exhibition tilt, it'll he homecoming: for, these three Chisox who made their way to the bigtimc from Oklahoma City.

Left is Pitcher Orval Grove and right is Gene Nance, a rookie in-fielder who is up from the American association. Middleman is Don Kollaway, an inficlder. Kollaway and Grove both toiled here in the Texas league. ference. the National collegiate and uettcis two-nit pitching penorma: in blanking the Brooklyn Dodgers squad 13-0 Sunday.

coming within a tenth of a second of sons wlthhe Brooklyn Tigers before entering the service in 1942. the AAU. The Buckeyes won three of the fiv could combine to make the United Stales' entry a standout in the 1948 Olympics at London. "It would be the greatest Olympic team ever assembledfrom any nation," Peppe said, adding the last as an afterthought. "The navy's wartime swimming pro the national record of 51 seconds the latrpr The other double was Eliason was a star at Hamllne university before entering professional events on Saturday night's card, which istered by Miller Anderson.

Ohio ended the two-day tournament. football. State's great low and high board dlv-.