Kenosha News from Kenosha, Wisconsin • 10

Candidates for Ghiefs I 4 Four Junior Lineups in Season's First Drills 10 1 KENOSHA EVENING NEWS Kenosha Wia Friday May I 1349 Candaele j- Reports Fleet Outfielder: To Comets Takes Workout The "big push" for place on th roster of the Kenosha Chiefs baseball club will be touched off at Lincoln park starting at 11 o'clock Saturday morning when Manager Carl Fischbach and Coach Pres Cruthers Jr assemble candidates for the first workout Players seeking berths on the four teams jn the Sunday afternoon Junior league will also be in the Lincoln drills In addition to Kenosha talent players from Racine and other nearfcy southern Wisconsin cities have signified their intentions of trying out for the Chiefs The Chiefs the No 1 Kenosha diamond club this year will compete in' the strong semi-pro circuit composed of Indiana Illinois and Wisconsin contenders With i united front in baseball here batSted by Kenosha Enterprises Inc unprecedented interest is being evinced for places on the Chiefs A record turnout of players is anticipated Publie Sees Drills The public is Invited to see tha workouts (The first few days will be important featured by the registration of the boys and young men Fischbach and Cruthers will condition their charges with running and calisthenics and possibly light batting practice if the weather remains warm Alter a week of conditioning the athletes wiU be segregated by clubs and will then be put under the direct supervision of the team manager i Business Manager Frank Thompson said that book tickets for the Chiefs games will go on sale next week A substantial savings can be made by purchasing these tickets Thompson pointed out Games will be played at Simmons fielcL $5000000 Fire Destroys Track Inglewood Calif (JP) Hollywood Park one of most lavish race tracks was razed by $5000000- fire early today but some 600 thoroughbred horses were spared Exact cause of the blaze was not known but police arson squads started immediate investigations because of the speed with which the fire spread 1 The fire started in the swank clubhouse of the multi-million dollar plant end leaped within minutes through the grandstand and Turf club A Hollywood Turf club spokesman said the loss was covered by insurance One fireman was seriously injured Some three hours after the blaze was first reported at $1 pon PST it was under control The disastrous fire dealt a death blow to Hollywood meet- ing scheduled to start May 17 Track General Manager Jack Mac-Kenzie could not be reached for commentj but Santa Anita park quickly offered its facilities for the season Brewers Move Info Second FANCY FOOTWORK New Yorx Yankees Second Baseman Gerry Coleman (left) displays' fancy footwork as he gets off a throw to first base to complete double play after forcing Fred Hancock Chicago White Sox pinch-hitter at second base In ninth inning at Comiskey Park In Chicago Hancock loses hi hat as he squirms around to watch play at first Play came when Luke Appling hit to Shortstop Phil Rizzuto who flipped to Coleman Umpire is Bill Summers Yankees won 7 to CAP Photo) Wif Monday Slowpitch Loop Has 4 Games New York Yankees would be lucky to in first division Even today most of the reasons would look legitimate: Joe DiMaggio out indefinitely Charlie Keller sidelined Bob Porterfield hurt a patched up infield a shortage of good rookies SO what happened: The Yanks jumped away te their fastest start to years They have wen 13 of their first If games- That gives them a three game edge ever Cleveland and a six-game bulge ever Boston And as most every prophet told you those are the clubs that are supposed te fight ft out for the pennant The high octane getaway is faster so far than the high-flying Yankee clubs of 1928 and 1939 which won 40 of their first 50 and then coasted home with the flag At Chicago yesterday -the White Sox took down their portable home run fence but the Yanks got a legitimate circuit clout out of reliable Tommy Henrich and whipped the Sox 7-5 Allle Reynolds wobbled te his second victory although he wae lifted in favor of Joe Paige at the start of the seventh It was Fireman eighth appearance In If games The Yanks got hits off an assortment of three Chicago pitchers with starter Billy Fierce taking the loss In other American league action yesterday Cleveland whipped Boston 7-3 as Bobby Feller won his first game Detroit edged Philadelphia 6-5 and Washington handed St Louis its sixth straight loss 5-3 In a night game Feller gave up six hits including homers by Ted Williams and Bobby Doerr but he said the shoulder pain that sidelined him after two innings on opening day was gone A' two-run homer by catcher Aaron Robinson In the fifth Inning produced the runs Detroit needed te down the Athletics Ted Gray who waa relieved by Dixsy Trout during a Philadelphia uprising in the seventh wad the winner hla first success of the year Joe Coleman went all the way for the A's for his third loss against two victories Three singles and a couple of Brownie errors enabled Washington to eome from behind in the eighth inning to nip St Louis It was Mickey first triumph of the year Clyde Vollmer drove in three of the Washington runs with a homer and a single Home runs decided all three of the National league contests The New York Giants edged Pittsburgh 3 2 In 10 innings: St Louis bested Philadelphia 3-2 and Brooklyn squeezed by Cincinnati 7-5 Johnny Mize parked one of Murry slants In the upper right field stands at the Polo Grounds for the 300th home run of his major league career to win the game Ron Norther picked the ninth timing of a 2-2 game at Philadelphia te hit his first home run of the year for the Cardinals The poke broke the Phillies' tlx-gsme winning streak and gave George Monger his first victory The Philadelphia 'runs came on homers by Andy Semlnlek and Bill Nicholson Hank Borowy was the loser Four of the 16 hits in the Cin-cinnati-Brooklyn home run derby went MI the way but the one that made the final difference was poled by the Billy Cox with two on in the eighth inning Gil Hodges got the other Brooklyn round tripper and Virgil Stallcup and Hank Sauer homered for Cincinnati' 4 1 The Chicago Cubs and Boston Braves scheduled i 'Mystery Man' of Golf Stricken Fresno CaL (UW John Montague the one-time famed "mystery of golf was In a Fresno hospital today stricken With a heart attack Doctor described hi condition as An unknown from the east when he came to Hollywood in the mid thirties Montague soon became a fabulous character -around whom golfing legends were He reputedly fcould knock a bird off a telephone wire with a golfing shot and at one time it was rumored he beat Bing Crosby a fine amateur using only a baseball bat and a rake He later was identified as being wanted by police in Pennsylvania but was cleared of any charges- Montague came here to compete in the California State Open Golf tournament Mean Thief McKeesport Pa While police worked to remove the bodies of three persons killed in an automobile accident near here a looter stole $220 from a wallet in a coat thrown over one of the victims How They Stand By Associated Prsaa i Eranin Nw Photo BIG CHIEF FISHBACH Doing 9 war dance on the path-lines Carl Fischbach manager of the Kenosha Chiefs beats the tom-toms for all players to report Saturday morning at 11 at Lincoln park for the first wprkout The Chiefs No 1 baseball club here this summer will play in the Indiana-IUinols-Wisconsin semi-pro league By Associated Frees Only a couple of weeks ago most anybody could have given you half dozen gilt-edge reasons why the ft-y runruLrLiuLrii City Bowling Meet Changes Changes were made in the doubles singles and all-events standings in the city tournament last night at' Roosevalt Recreation Ed and Gil Grevenow nit 1-143 to tie Norm Jacobsen-Gt Pflugrad for third The combination of Ralph Knox-Fred Serto followed with 1133 Thomey and Fred Thomey tied for third In the singles with 619 while Orth moved Into the all-events lead with 1794' i Carter Makes Mark Lafayette (UJD Purdue swimmer Keith Carter broke his own world record last by swimming 100 yards in 585 seconds In the annual spring aquacade at the university i Carter a breast stroke star clipped almost a full second off the mark of 594 which was recently recognized as1 official Cooperstown After him came Foxx with 89 Dean 81 Simmons 76 Paul Waner 63 Heilmann 52 Terry 48 Dickey 39 and Rabbit Maranville 39 Tiger fans most remember Gehringer as a star his world series batting average was the same as his lifetime mark 321 Five times he played in the all-star game and whacked at a 500 clip against the ace pitchers of the National league' 1 I Soft-spoken Charley will be 46 years old next Wednesday one of the youngest men to be voted into the halL At present he is a manufacture's agent selling automobile equipment in Detroit 1 zation yesterday confirming reports which had been whispered for weeks in the fight clubs and gymnasiums around New York Effective June 1 Jacobs 29th Century step out and in its place goes the International Boxing club which waa formed with Louis as its titular head when the Bomber retired as heavyweight champion this winter 1 Stockholders will be -the IBC men Arthur Wirts and James Norris who between them own the Chicago Stadium and the Detroit and the Garden people Louis in all probability will be the director probably la a and matchmaker capacity while someone like Harry Marksoa will run the behind-the-scenes activity Marksoa ii- -former Solid Vote Puts Gehringer In Diamond's Hall of Fame Helen Callaghan Candaele of Vancouver one of the All-American Girls Pro Baseball league's topflight campaigner for five year ha switched affiliates from the Fort Wayne Daisies to the Kenosha Comets for the 1949 season Arriving here Thursday accompanied by her 21-months-old son Rickie the fleet outfielder went through an unlimbering session at Simmons field and announced she is eager to join her new Kenosha teammates in spring training Monday at West Baden Ind Should Bolster Comets Manager Johnny Gottselig is confident the 5-2 113 pounder will provide numerous runs in the coring column besides patrolling center field with unerring dispatch A polished performer in all departments of the game "Pee-wee" is noted for her speed in circling the sacks She is a timely hitter is able to roam far and wide in handling catches and possesses a rifle throwing arm Won Batting Tltls In 1945 the new Comet star won the league batting championship with an average of 299 Fans throughout the league are familiar with the efficient playing records of the Callaghan sisters Marge who also was cm the Fort Wayne roster with Helen will be with the Blue Sox at South Bend Ind for the 1949 season She is the older of the two toy one year the count being 26 years While Helen is here for the baseball season her husband will remain on his job in Vancouver While Sox Move Home Run Fence Chicago UP) The Chicago White Sox Thursday tore down their home-run which had shortened Comiskey park playing field by 2d feet and produced 11 artificial homers In eight games The fence erected at a cost of $5000 was cleared seven times by enemy batters and only four times by Sox players General-manager Frank Lane explained that Die fence might be restored later- in the season but with prevailing wind conditions it had proven "too exciting for the weak heart of the biggest The fence a 5-footwire affair which gave a "chicken appearance to the entire outfield was taken-down early this morning Yankees will make their first Yankees will make their -first Comiskey park appearance this afternoon Starts 2nd Triple Play in Two Games ClarksvUle Tenn (JP) Billy Herman Jr set what Is believed to be a record for organ ized baseball here tonight when he started his second triple play two consecutive games Baseball Commissioner A (Happy) Chandler who was among the crowd of 1520 here for the local opening of the Kitty league said it waa the only such performance he could remember Herman second baseman for Clarksville and son of the former Chicago Cub infielder took a line drive in the seventh inning with runners on first and second base He whipped the ball to Shortstop Dick Matschat at second and Mats-chat threw to Don Stevens at first for the third out Herman started a triple play the previous night at Hopkinsville 1 KHS' Golfers Lose To Racine Park Kenosha high school golf team lost to Racine Washington Park 711 to 739 Kenosha: Frederick 49-40 (83) Martin 46-40 (Ml Lukotnkl 43-44 ($7) ShovrotuM 47-44 (til Harrington 46-49 111 Kendall 44-46 (Ml R- Wal-llg 4S-47 (B3 Mauer 5553 (llOt Park: Ntelaon 41-40 ill Anderaon 45-41 (Ml Kdwerd 45-43 (S7 8 Edward (45-43) Neleon 45-45 (0 Johnson 46-43 Blj Zaricor 43-48 Cara 48-48 (7) Next match will be May 9 when Kenosha plays Lake Geneva at Kenosha Country Club AUTHORIZED V( LARGEST EZTA1LZX Of MIN'S HATS LEADER STORE tii lira it mniit Evening New Phot NEW COMET Helen Callaghan Candaele Vancouver lC ar' rived in Kenosha Thursday to join the -Comets She is shown taking i workout Sinunoni field The fleet outfielder formerly starred with Ft Wayne Ind She paced the All-American league in batting with a 299 mark in the IMS campaign She is a speedster on the sacks one of the most elusive base runners since the days of favorite Shirley Jameson Doc Middiecoff Four Under Par With 68 Round i White Sulphur Springs Va 0JJD Young Doc Cary Middle- coff apparently knew the right prescription 'Tor the swank Green- brier golf course today as he teed off in the second round of the Greenbrier open two strokes ahead of the field -The Memphis dentist shot a four-under-par 66 yesterday in the first round i Bobby Locke of Johannesburg South Africa and Ed Furgol of Royal Oak Mich finished second with 68s and then came Joe Kirkwood Jr of Hollywood CaL Pets Cooper of Pone Verde Fla and Henry Ranson of St Andrews UL with 69a The six leaders were the only members of the T8-pro troupe to best the par 70 in the first round but Home Fro Sam Snead Jimmy Demaret of a i Cal and George Nazio of Conshohoken Pa evened it SrORTTOURRI Buffalo fight fans are all steamed up over a proposed Lee Oma-Joe Baksi outdoor fight this summer Promoters figure it will draw a $100000 gate And the garden is looking for a sellout for next Charley Fusari-Vince Foster tussle the first after the departure of the circus Baseball scouts in the southwest are trailing Bob Henry who is pitching for Southwestern Oklahoma State of Weatherford after busting out of Texas With Our New HIGHER OCTANE I Gasolines i 1 1 REGULAR (19 OCTANE) 1 i ETHYL (S oc 25 Thompson's Sirviet Stitfon 27th 1 Avenue and Road New York Charley Gehringer whose deeds of diamond derring-do were usually written up in the tiny type of box scores was on the inside of the Hall of Fame today looking out at his one-time rivals who used to hog the headlines A solid election vote by the Baseball Association of America finally gave the flawless Detroit Tiger second baseman the high honor that escaped him even at the height of hla career And voted down bjr the writers were guch publicized stars of day Ilka Jimmy Foxx Mel Ott Dizzy Dean Bill-Terry Bill Dickey and other Tiger greats like Hank Greenberg and Harry Hell-mann Gehringer was so perfect a fielder that his greatest plays frequently drew little applause because he made them look so easy At bat he steadily swatted his way to a lifetime batting average of 321 and in 1937 won the American league batting championship with a mark of 371 i "Most Valuable" 1b 1937 It was In 1937 that the "mechanical of the Tigers was voted the "most valuable winning the award in a close vote over a young New York Yankee outfielder named Joe DiMaggio then 22 years old Gehringer was a baseball master craftsman In doing his steady job of winning games his brilliance came to be expected and often overlooked by writers and fans while glowing tribute was paid to the Tiger sluggers of that era Greenberg Mickey Cochrane Goose Gos-lin But in the vote for the Hall of Fame Greenberg took down only 44 votes of a possible 187 while Gehringer got 159 Ott was awarded 128 votes just 12 short of the 140 that would have put the New York home run king In the shrine at Competition in fhe Monday slowpitch league i will get underway next week with four twilight contests scheduled according to ah announcement made today by Phelan city recreation director A nip and tuck battle for honors in the 1949 campaign is predicted in the nine team entry 'field Included on the list of contenders are four teams that figured In slowpitch championship battles last year Granada 1 Tavern winners of the slowpitch tournament last year under the banner of top the list of teams Others include Colonial Inn who finished In the runnerup spot in the citywide tourney while representing the American Brass and Tap winner of Blue Division championship in 1948 after defeating Tavern when the race ended in a deadlock are also entered Travel Shop a ranking team in the Red loop -last year return with a bolstered lineup CrncisI Tilts Carded Completing the well balanced field are Hilltop Tavern Lincoln Tavern Kenosha Merchants composed of players of 1948 Tap entry and the Kenwis Club The race will lose no time with four of the leading clubs booked for games against one another on schedule Granada Tavern will tangle with their rivals Colonial Inn at Roosevelt and Tap meet at LihCQln 3 GarbV square off against Hilltop Tavern at Lincoln 2 and Kenwis Club faces battles Lincoln Tavern at Columbus The Kenosha Merchants received a bye in the opening round of the schedule Teams will play a 16-game schedule with the top ranking clubs qualifying for the City slowpitch tournament at the end of the season 'Hard Luck' Keating Tries te Break Hex Madison Wis i AP tough luck pitcher Ed-Kest-ing of Kenosha will pitch against Minnesota when the two Big Nine conference baseball teams meet in first of two weekend games to-night Keating junior from Kenosha lost both of his starts although ha allowed only nine hits in 17 innings Lloyd Lundeen probably will be mound opponent KYF Softball League UmIi Ne 1 Jr Guards vs South Sid Sate A vs Spark Fiuss A Maoris Ne I Jr Chief vs Upeet Jokars A Darktea A Sottrlt X-Con vs South Konoaha Indian Blaxars VS Bat Braakars Wxhlaftea Na 1 Mldsata va Shamrock Ram Rods va North Stds Gangsters i Wklaria Na 1 Panthars vs Shooting Stars Whaala vs Falcon Calaatha I IOO-BRBC vs Pirates Vagabonds vs Hawks Rover Boys By By Associated Press Brewers spurted Into second place In the American Association by outslugging the Louisville Colonels 14-9 last night Lewis (Pete) Fox little Milwaukee southpaw was driven off the mound In the seventh but was credited with the victory aided by four relief pitchers Jack Griff ord ousted in i the second Inning by Nick Etten's two run triple was the loser Jim Qleason contributed a homer for the Brewers and also made a surprise steal of home Jim Pier-sail and George Wilson turned In flve-for-six hitting performances for the visitors Alvin Aucoln of Milwaukee bagged four-for-five Louisville Manager Fred Walters was ejected by Umpire John Mullen in the seventh Elsewhere in the Association St Paul beat Indianapolis 6-3: Columbus edged out Kansas City 78 and Toledd tipped Minneapolis 17-16 Southpaws Have Edge in Majors New York It looks as If the southpaws have it In the major this season Including games left-handed pitchers have been far superior to the righthanders won 50 games and lost 32 for a 610 percentage The orthodox throwers have been charged with 89 losses while winning only 71 limes -only a 444 average' The southpaws have been! extremely effective in the American league where won 28 land lost only 12 In the National captured 22 decisions to 20 defeats 1 Casting Classes Lincoln Park Lagoon Sunday I All sporting good stores of Ke-- nosha will co-operate in sponsor-1 ing casting classes Sunday mom-ing at Lincoln park lagoon from t- 9 to 12 it was announced today! A new time reel will be exhibited all fishermen are invited to attend the program Women as well as men are urged to be present I Instructions by experts will be given on the correct way to cast with new type of reel i factory representatives will be hand to discuss type of rods fines and lures to use for fishing with the new reel It was pointed Amtrtcaa Lcagas Now York Chicago Detroit Philadelphia Cleveland Bo ton Washlnstoa 81 Louis 3 National Leafia New York 3 Pittsburgh 2 (10 innings) Brooklyn 7 Cincinnati St' Louis 3 Philadelphia 3 Only Gamas Scheduled Americas Aclatloa Milwaukee 14 LoulsvOte St Paul Indianapolis 3 Toledo IT Minneapolis IS Columbus Kansas City SCBXDPLS American Learsa New York at Chicago Washington at St Louis Philadelphia at Detroit Boston at Cleveland NaUeast Lear a Cincinnati at Bo ton Chicago at Brooklyn St Louis at New York Pittsburgh at Philadelphia American Asaeclstisn Milwaukee at Kansas City Minneapolis at St Paul Columbus at Indianapolis Only games scheduled 1 Handball Semi-Final Matches Booked Here The semi-finals of the Lake Store handball doubles tournament will be held tonight at the Kenosha Youth Foundation Four teams have reached the semis and represent Waukegan South Milwaukee Racine- and Kenosha The schedule for Fridays matches pits: -it' 7:00 pm Parker and Boiler of Waukegan vs Psrisea and Trotter of the KYF 8:00 pm Meyer and MacCreary of South Milwaukee vs We Units and Stonehouse of Racine Pick South Coach Green Bay Wis Carl Anderson Milton union high school coach today was named to coach the south team in the fourth annual North-South All Star game here next August' The appointment was announced by Game Manager A1 Reed Green Bay east coach the contest matching high school graduates from both! ends of the state Is sponsored by the Wisconsin High School Coaches association 7 ETHYL GnOOLniE 24 Gallon Lee's Cut Rate 4SSI 7 tli Avsms Uncle Mike Jacobs Steps Down Louis Takes Over publicity man and now managing director of 20th Century I 1 Born 69 years ago In a poverty-smeared section of New York little Mike started as a newsboy in the true Horatio Alger tradition Next he waa peddling excursion tickets en the little side-wheelers which took the New Yorkers and their girls te Coney Island From that Jacobs built up a ticket agency He bad an uncanny sixth sense In ticket speculation knowing when to buy and when to stay clear and eventually he was a bankroll behind Tex Rickard the matt who put a coat and tie on the boxing business Then came Louis and that hoisted Jacobs from the thousand-dol-lar class to tho miiiion-doliar class New York Jacobs Beach became Louis Lane today as aged ailing Uncle Mike stepped down and the Brown Bomber prepared to step up as king of the boxing promotion business Well maybe not exactly king President is more like president with a congress of hard-headed business men to make the real laws The new erganlsatlon sup- plants the 26th Century Club as the boxing promotion agency for Madison Square Garden and tha Yankee but it is far more sweeping than 20th Century because it also Includes the Chicago Stadium and the Detroit Olympia Gen John Reed Kilpatrick president of Madison Square Garden revealed the collosal -sew organi.