The Lincoln Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • Page 10

SI NDAY Jl LY HM2 Cy Despite war Bears will be tough eleven Jersey sees first racing in 50 years opens despite troubles TT be truthfully said that A Judge K. M. Landia, high commissioner of organized baseball, let the cat pop out of the bag. Nevertheless, it was something of i explosive bomb that he tossed in proclaiming Negroes jut the other day that neither Not Bar ed, majors nor Says Landis the minors were working under a rule, either direct or unwritten, which bam.d negro players from ra 'ks. As a matter of course, the high commissioner very well say anything In a democratic country ii which any American citizen is the equal of any other man, regardless of race, color or religion.

Put the problem up to any big league club owner and be sure to echo the statement, yet regardless of nil the hemming and hawing, the bar sinister is as a mountain. or verification of this latter statement, one does not need farther than the present player raster of the 16 major league clubs. Foi on that roster is not a single member jf the race whose forebears sprang from the region of the Congo and the Niger. Bud i ousiy, Great Player the under- a mg is In His Day there, even though not engrossed In so many words, that in the ranks of organized ball the negro is taboo. Although big league baseball, which had its beginning nearly 70 years ago, never has had a ncgi'o its player ranks, and all the minors of tcnlay, without a single exception, operate under a similar system, the black man was not always rated as an in professional circuits.

This column recalls that one of the all-time greats of the minors was a Bud Fowler, BY SID FEOER. CAMDEN, N. J. Garden State Park, the spacious racing plant which grew up hard at the edge of the south Jersey farm lands, opened its doors Saturday to New first horse racing in 50 years, and of all the 31,682 fans in the place no on enjoyed It more than young Tom Heard, the cattleman from Refugio, Texas. For young Tom's bargain basement horse, the 6 year old Boysy he picked up for $100 two years ago, grabbed off the opening day feature, the six furlong Camden handicap, to add $4,810 to his earnings, which now amount to more than $30,000 and pay $23.30 for each $2 by his backers.

Comet From Behind. He did it hy coming from behind at the head of the stretch and then standing off the closing drive of the favored Pine Tree Valdina Alpha, topping off an opening day card that for weeks was uncertain, at best, as troubles piled up for the promoters who conceived the layout last November, two years after New Jer.sey legalized the sport. And the fact that the 31,682 rontrihutors arrived on the scene in spite of transportation facilities that practically Invisible, and tossed $569,341 into the mutuels, maile the debut all the more im- pres.slve. Great Deal of Trouble. For since Eugene Mori, the auto salesman from nearby Vineland, and his associates started to put this brick and wood plant together tangled with such things as priorities on materials that forced them to substitute wood beams from Oregon for steel; local opposition, which reached the point where the courts were asked to issue injunctions against the racing: lack of trains, buses and taxicabs to bring the folks out, particularly from Philadelphia, seven miles away, and no wire facilities to send news copy from the track.

Halas sees another top grid outfit TJiie should he BY CHARLES CHAMBERLAIN CHICAGO. (Wide orld). Altho several key -men have Anierirmn been up bv the armv and a. I 7. 4 hiragn navv, the hicago Hears will i ortmit another ponorhouae fall in the National I'ltlxliiirKh 0.

1........... 1 S. I. al lOOtiiali leilgiK i 2 1 In fact, George Hulas, tlie I I Imerlren Bears iienming Imss man. I)r- 4.

1. lieves the line will he stronger May WronjSf AMERIt l.ntOl 1 pvl I pcl Tork 59 Detroit 4.5 46 49.1 Hoatnn 50 3.5 424 Ctevelenil 49 40 34 .54 3S0 St. Louts 45 44 ..508 Phlle 30 3S3 S4TIONSI. I.EAOt 1 JH-t 1 pyf Brooklvn (11 35 43 47 St Louta .52 32 .519 PlUa'rgh 44 470 Din natl 40 Boalon 37.54 407 York 4.5 43 23 03 371 OIIERII riOV. I pct 1 pct Kaa CMv 40 570 Indtanau'a 40 40 409 rolumhue 41 .544 IjOUtavIlle 4.5 Mllwau'e 60 43 64.1 Toledo 44 .403 49 ,505 St Paul 42 55 .433 Football is only ten weeks away.

will he inaugurating their 53rd year in the gridiron sport with a new head coach Glenn Prcsnell, one of the greate.st hall carriers. Rimer Holm returns to his slnm mater ime ni or sur- ing Lyman; andowskl 1 moves up from ye arllng to taka command of the a rslty Bill Pfeiff will Coach the m- GLENN rSESNELL Lincoln Blncif sharpen np against soldiers The Lincoln Blues get another test before entering American Legion tournament play when they tackle the 331st Air Base squadron at Muny field Sunday at 6:30 p. m. The soldiers cMped Emory Prle- nine isn their first meetlsng Wednesday. Above Ernie Lee tags Bill Richards at third base.

Below I). is Dave Krcmarlk, hard hitting first baseman. (Staff who, though unwanted in the majors, wore professional spangles in smaller circuits in the Mississippi valley ountry during ThrCP IlKire slars the 1880s, winning universal acclaim as one of the super ball players of his day. enter St. Paul open ST.

PAUL, Minn. (INS). Three more golf stars Saturday night were added to the list to compete for the St. Paul open $5,000 purse at the Keller course, July 30 thru Aug. 2.

They are Jimmy Thomson, Jimmy Hine.s and Wiille Goggin, all former money winners at the St. Paul event. Horton Smith is the defending Dursurd i champion and twice winner of the the diamond snort Entry of Thomson assures the diamond sport tourney of three top winners of a year Ralph Guldahl and Thomson. OMING nearer truth, landing smack in the middle of the family original Nebraska State league, organized in 1892 to include Lincoln, had on its roster of players nearly a half That First dozen negroes, all Nebraska State Loop i onally with as much skill and success as any of their white teammates. That first Nebraska league was composed of Lincoln, Beatrice, Hastings, Grand Island.

Plattsmouth Fremont. The State league enterprise of 1892 failed to make the financial grade. Caught ii. the middG of a prolon jcd peritKl of rainy weather, the undertaker was summoned in July to inter the remains. The Lincoln anagcmcnt passed out of the picture by the end the first month of the campaign, but Kearney took over, inheriting the Lincoln players, and carried on as a league member until the disbandment of mid-July.

Up and Down the River Advance many theories of Oak Creek fish Siale heavily slaeks Nebraska 8lreaiii8 i over kO(M) Iroiil kN THE roster of the Lincoln club of was a negro pitcher, one Castone, formerly a member of the Lincoln Giants, negro semi-pro club of the latter and early The dark-skinned Lincoln Kearney i 1 i had in Black Men Hoapltal vs. Cornbuaktr, WPA vs. Dairy. Softball Monday; 7:4.5 Motor Inn vs. Water a Uftht.

Golds va Sklppara, Roarwcll va Up, Harvry Broa. vs. Golds 4 Kaalsi va. Shermans; 9 p. Wth Brluxjl Squadron va.

Idea! Grocery vs. Optlmtat No. 7. Cuahmana va. Journal.

Quinn Bcaufy Shop va. B( M.iry’a. Hutchina-Hyatt va. ucm I hv 7 4.5 hytertan va. WHtreii Mcthoilist, Ben Hlm- nna vs.

l.tnc' In Steel, Blackbirds vs Chcapiier Druts. W. N. U. va UfHiketa, 9 va.

School Squailron, Safeway Jewelry. Gornhuaker vs. Flrat National. WFA 8t, Eltia- heth'3 Hospital vs. Wedneaday: 7.45 p.

Roberta Air Corpa, Lincoln Market Air Corpa, Firat Lutheran Grace Lutheran, Dairy vs ft p. Motor Inn Optimist No. 7, Cushmans Lodge St. Hutchlne-Hyatt Cheapper Drug. rjN THE ro.ter o( the Lincoln Vy club of '92 was a neero oitch- steel.

Elm Park Methodlet vs. second Baptist, vs. Rockets; 9 p. Water 4k Light 782 School Squadron, Ideal Grocery va. Boyd Jewelry, Journal vs.

First National, Qutnn Beauty Shop vs. Friday: p. 19th School Squadron vs. Air Ben Simons Air Corpa, Westminster Presbyterian Calvary Lutheran, hi, Oaveling bag a jq bundle of rare va pitching goods nnd YoOTS AgO his teammates accepted him as the ace of the hurling staff. Down at Beatrice, which headed the flag race almost from its beginning, the of that era presented a regro, Taylor, as guardian ol the first sack.

A smart, skillful ball player was Taylor and popular with his mates and the fans of the Gage county cipital But the Plattsmouth club topped tl'C league by a whacking big majority its vvillingnc.ss to make US' of negro playing talent. On the of the Cass county club were three sepir-skinncd regulars aupin, a talented catcher; Patterson, premier slugger of the apple at the third cushion, and Long John Reeve, a fireball pitcher whose puzzling slants easily made him one of the standouts of the circuit. But that, bear in mind, was 50 years ago, when the negro ball player knew no impediment because of none, at least, in the middle-vest. As for the baseball of today, the nagroes have ueir own major leagues, perhapu, is all for the better. In any event, the door to organized baseball is closed against the dark man, regardless of tlie utterance of a high commissioner whose profession of ignorance wilf fool nobody, not even himself.

BY HOLLIS LIMPRECHT. What could have become one of the best fishing spots in the state passed out of the picture, temporarily at least, in three days, and Lincoln fishermen are busy trying to discover what was the cause. I refer to Oak Creek lake, whero thousands of fish died in the space of a few hours after local anglers, the city parks department and state game department had combined to make it an ideal spot. It has been proved almost beyond a doubt that lack of oxygen caused the deaths, but nobody has the exact reason for the lack of oxygen. One theory, which was rather quickly exploded, was that ban- fish life, but water at 95 is below 49 percent, not enough for fish.

The city had been pumping water into the lake daily or every several days, which would have provided plenty of oxygen in the lake. However for three weeks prior to the debacle there had been no fresh water going into the lake. The air base had been dumping Its sewage into Oak creek prior to the establishment of a permanent sewage disposal plant, making it impossible for the city to pump water into Oak Creek lake. Thus the water became too hot and lost its oxygen. That appears to be the most logical conclusion.

Another theory is that bacteria In the lake may have been oxygen Legion ball nears finish Traetioii leacLs Valioiial loop With the finish of American Legion junior ba.seball competition just around the corner, activity has been intensified of late. The National league winds up its schedule next week, while the American loop has a couple weeks of play remaining. Each National league club has two games to play this w'cek. Traction la atop the standings and needs but one more win to clinch the crown, hut Cornhusker and Con.sumer still are in the race. Foundry has the lead in the younger circuit with a percentage of .800, Closest competitors are Lincoln Hotel and Golds.

Lustiest batter in either league is AMn Hoffman, young White slugger. Hoffman has been hitting at a .560 clip in topping the American league. Leroy King boasts a .529 average. the National league hitters is Ernie Lee with a percentage of .476. Eight batters in Legion ball are hitting better than .400.

Statistics: TE.AM RTAMHNnS. Amerlrsn boat; fishing instead of oxygen pro- prevented airation of the lake, nucing. According to officials of the game department the presence of motor boats would do no more good than a strong wind. In fact they said that motor boats in a shallow lake such as Oak Creek disturb the eggs and prevent bank fishing. White Golds Lincoln Hotel Traction Cornhusker HoUl 1 pct.l 1 pet.

8 2 .800 lowa-Neb .3 5 .375 3 .667 Ben Simone 2 6 .250 ILawlore 7 .222 .625 a- 1 pet. .3 4 439 National I.eaRuc. 1 pet. ..5 2 .714 Consumer iNombray- 4 3 571, Lyon ...........2 5 .286 BATTING AVERAGES. American ab pet.

Alvin Hoffman, White 35 14 .560 Leroy King. Lincoln Hotel ...8 17 9 .529 Charles Smith, Powers Iowa- Nebraska .......................................8 23 11 .478 Bruce Bergquist, lowa-Ne- braeka 7 17 8 .470 Don Mumforil, lowa-Nebraska 8 17 7 .411 Don Kling, Golds 26 10 .384 Jerry Tomaeek. Golds ..................8 17 6 ,3.53 Jim Moeller, Colds ......................6 17 6 .353 Ed Schneider, White 26 9 .346 It is believed that the water got too hot to contain sufficient oxygen. Glenn Foster of the game department took temperature tests and found surface temperatures to be 92 degrees and no cooler than 80 in any in the lake. Using freezing temperature as 100 percent of oxygen (because water changes to a solid below freezing) water with a temperature of 68 degrees contains slightly more than 50 percent of soluble oxygen, enough to sustain It is believed that even bass and perch, like crappies and the others, will thrive in the lake if the problem of oxygen can be solved because there were plenty (See LIMPRECHT, Page 4-B.) Bob Bartlett, Consiimer Ray Aqulrre, Traction Chuck Bolus, Traction Bud HamUton, Conaumer Leuer, Traction PLENTY OF FISH The lake was well populated i with bullheads, catfish, crappie, mii Uimxiy, Conaumcr sunfish and carp.

According to members of the Nebraska Better Fishing association, which spent long hours building the lake into a good fishing spot, all tlie fish were in excellent condition. There was plenty of food in the water, including both plant and animal life. Fish were showing rapid growth, especially small crappie which had tripled in size in less than three months. National l.eaKiie. ah pci.

.,7 21 10 .476 ...7 20 .6 16 ...7 24 ...6 12 ...7 16 ...7 20 ft .473 8 6 ..175 8 3,13 6 .333 5 .312 6 .300 than last season when he had the most talked of team in football. lost some key men to the armed forces, but I really think have a stronger he confides. greatest problem will be rebuilding the backfield, but I think we can do that all right, Linemen who have joined Uncle Sam are Al Baisi, guard; Joe Mihal, tackle, and Ken Kavanaugh and Dick Platman, ends in the army; and Aldo Forte, guard, in the navy. Ed Kolman and Joe Stydahar will report at left tackle with Artoe and John Federo- vltch at light tackle, Dirk Hempel is coming in from the Newark far mas a re.serve, our tackle po.sitlons pretty well Halas concludes. Turner and Al Matuza will be back at center and Hilly Hughe.s, if he will be moved to left guard to help Danny Portman, who la expected to play until his army call.

Bray and veteran George Miisso will carry on at right that the loss of Kavanaugh and Plasman will be keenly felt, but he other powerful combinations for the jobs at end. George Wilson and Hampton Pool will be at right flank, while Johnny Slegal will be moved to left to aid Bob Now- askey. in addition, Halas picked up Connie Mack Berry, a veteran pro end. Missing from the backfield will be such stars as Norm Standlee, who joined the army; George McAfee, Bobby Swisher and Joe Man- laci, now in the army, and Bob Snyder, who accepted a coaching Job at Notre Dame. "No team could lose men like these and not feel Halas observes, still have a potent offense.

Osmanski and Gary Fam- Iglietti will work at fullback; Sid Luckman at quarter; Hugh Gallarneau, right half, and Ray Nolt- Ing, Harry Clark and Ray MacLean at left MacLean, completely recovered from injuries suffered in an auto accident last winter, is being switched from right to left half because of the brilliance he flashed in that position during a game last fall. course, there will be new Bears coming up from the college but I reveal their names the skipper says, are uncertain times, and no telling what this season will bring hut. Halas didn't need to finish. is a big little word and it ends in a II, Tolertn 8. guiiif'8 AMEKIt AN I.EAt.l 4 hirego at Vnrli leaeliand el Delrnll et l'hlladelphU (3).

St. Ml Uitalilnglnn ATION Al, LE E. New York ('liirlniDttl Hoatnn al rillahiirgh at SI, Miula et I'hlragn AMKKir AN ASSm I VTION. I'nlnnihua at Indlnnnimlla (31. Toledo al l.oul«vHle (2).

VIllwMSkee m. (31. at (X). Probable pilelirrs NATIONAL LEAI.l E. Brooklyn at SI Wyett end (9-71 vs.

Beasley (10 41 and Oi.per New York el Clncln- Carpenter end Fridman (l-Ol and Vander Meer Philadelphia at Chicago PielgaJiA and Hocrat va Warneke and BIthorn Boetnn at Pittabiirgh- To bln (8-131 and Toet (8-61 or Salvo Sewell (10-7) and Dietz (2-3) or Kilnger A.AILKU.AN I.9UGi.E. i Chicago at New York; Smith (2-15) and Dietrich (6-5) Borowy (8-1) and Ruffing Cleveland at Boston: Ragby i and Harder (7-81 va Hugheon and Judd (7-61. St. at Waah- i Ington: Nlggdlng (7-8) and Auker (11-8) vs. Maaterann (4-5i and Wynn (8-6).

Detroit at Pidladelphla: Trout (H-lli and Benton (6-6) Marchlldon (10-8) and WoKf (9 8), Banebairs Hig Six batting Relaer. Gordon. Yankees Lombardi Red Sox IVoerr, Red Sox Medwlek, ah pet 76 292 62 104 3.56 302 3ft 104 .344 67 192 22 66 .344 86 297 75 100 .337 77 101 3,33 81 312 44 103 ,330 tU HKUl Monday: Lincoln Hotel vs. Ben Simons; Whites vs. Tuesday; Consumer vs.

Cornhusker; Traction vs, Mowhray-Lyon. Wednesday: lowa-Nebraska xs. Law- lors; Lincoln Hotel vs. Golds. Thursday; Consumer vs.

Traction; husker vs. Mowbray-Lyon. Friday; Ben Simona va. Lawlors; White vs. lowa-Nebraska.

Hits homer, dies BALTIMORE. (JPi. John H. Loos, substitute baseman on the Johns Hopkins varsity baseball team, hit a homer, circled the bases and then dropped dead. Milwaukee defeats Minneapolis, 4 to 1 MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.

(UP). The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Minneapolis Millers, 4 to 1, Saturday in an American association game. The Brewers broke loose in the sixth inning and made all their scores. Becker and Secory contributed two home runs. Milwaukee obtained nine hits off Scheetz and Mungo.

HOME Bl NS. American league: Red Sox. 18, I.A«b*. Browns 17; York, Tigers. 14 National league: Mira.

Giants. 16; Ca- mllU. 13. OU. 12.

Rl NM ATTED IN, American league. Red Sox, 88, Laalta, Browns, 64; DlMagglo, Yan- keea, 62 National league: Mize. 69; Med- wtck. 61; Elliott, Plratea. .58 Takes five years to develop big league performer APPLETON, Wis.

(m. The fourth or fifth year of competition tells whether the average minor league baseball player is of big league caliber, says Harold Irelan, Cleveland scout. first few years are devoted to physical development and grounding in fundamentals. Then we get into the finer points of the game which require fast brainwork, and it is here where a star may be explained Irelan, who has charge of Cleveland's farm clubs at Appleton, Wausau and Cedar Rapids. Irelan, who scouts ten middle western states for the Indians, regards Lou Boudreau, pre.sent Cleveland manager, as the fin- set prospect he ever signed.

He saw Boudreau play only one that was enough for him to know Lou had the makings of a star. Chicagoan scores victory in Midwest publinx lest CHICAGO. (INS). John Duers of Chicago, won the Midwest public links amateur golf championship Saturday. Duers beat Gunnar Gabrielson of Atlanta, 3 and 2, in the 36 hole finals, played over the W'ave- land Country club course.

coming frosh. What is th(' VVhat are hia ideas of gridiron strategy? What is the husker player situation relative to the war? Have we lost sny men sint'e spring practice? How does the 1942 season up? These are of the questions we popped at head man of football. Here are Coach Presnell's an.swers: general public only a idea ol iootball systems. The most popular and most licised are the single wing, double wing, punt, Notre Dame and the 'T' as used by Clark Shaughnessey. Coaches vory their plays oil these iormations to suit their needs and pick the system beat adapted to their particular squad." "Personally I lean to the single wing and the iormation.

Basically our iormations will bs similar to those employed by Colonel Jones last year. Quite naturally, however, we will have a different assortment of plays. I have my own ideas on strategy and on thi.a ))oint always leaned toward the pro angle. For example the average iroach uses hi.H regular to get into territory and then starts pulling his plays in an effort to score. Tlie pro.s do just the opposite.

They start right In with the unexpected to bewilder the defen.qe and after they have their opponents in the they settle down to their regular routine, Becau.se of the fact that the defen.se has to he prepared for the unexpected or fancy Dan plays, the regular formations click that much better." So far we have lost only one player, Howard Martig, a tackle and major letter winner. We may lose Dean Jackson, Wayne 3indt and Wayne Stranathan thru the mmmmmmmmmmmmmm draft. The next month will tell the Most of our boys are already lined up with the armed forces: th R. O. T.

the navy reserves or the marine reserves. There is a possibility that an army reserve may be i a ated this Putting styles may change but object is the drop in Miiiiy will Monday There will no swimming at Munv pool Monday, Manager Bun Galloway announced. The pool will he drained and ready for use Tuesday morning. Wide World Features The greatest contrast in the playing styles of professional golfers lies their putting stance. They all seek a position that leaves them comfortably balanced as they stroke the ball but what is suitable for one won't work for another.

Some change their stances frequently when putting slumps catch them. Here are some different styles: fm Y-k Rod Munday finds he has better luck putting left-handed on the short ones and right-handed on puttf ol more thtn fix leeL Ben Hogan, top money-winner for the past three years, putts a crouch with and benU Leo Diegel has perhaps the most unorthodox position. It is a crablike style and he hits the ball With a pendulum Widest stance is used by Lawson Little. The 1940 National Open champion anchors himsell ly with feet far Joe Turnesa even tried putting with one hand some few years ago and did well, too. (But now he is using both hands again.) Horton Smith, probably the best putter of them all, stands comparatively erect, wuth knees bent, and sweeps the HOWSIIO MAKTIC The Cornhusker military setup at the moment reads; R.

O. T. Byler, Hazen, Me- thony, Bradley, Duda, Athry, Cooper, Peter.8, Murphy, Glllaspie, Luther, Deviney. (12). NAVY RFJ3ERVKS: M.

Thompson, von Goetz Schleich, Zlk- niund. Debus. (5) MARINE RESERVES: Bachman, Retchel, Eisenhart, E. Nelson, Partington, Nyden, Clark, M. Grubaugh, A.

Grubaugh, Wismer, Hatfield. AIR CORPS RESERVE: Don Bottorff. "I Missouri to strong and probably team to beat as lor as the conierence is cerned. Oklahoma and Nebraska have lost men in key positions: Kansas State has a new iootball staih Iowa State is always tough and Gwinn Henry's teams at Kansas have shown gradual improvement. I'll let somebody else do the picking." Private Dick Becker, once a member of The Journal sports staff, has a sense of humor.

Dick is stationed at Little Rock and at the moment is earning hi.s potatoes sorting mail in the post office at the Arkansas capitol. that way at fir.st.” Dick related. "They had me wearing out my dogs on manuevers and I was a sergeant for a day. But when my squad w'as four times in one afternoon the army decided be more valuahle flipping lettorff in a sack. Pm due for a free ride across the pond soon.

"They can give that state back to the Indians or the hillbillies. I've definitely decided that rather be a private in Ireland than a sergeant in When the Cardinals shipped Lean Lonnie Warneke to the Chicago Cubs for the waiver price of the scribes figgered the Redbirds were conceding the flag to Brooklyn's rampaging Dodgers. But Lonnie was ropped out of the box in hia first start for the Bruins while a pair of rookie St. Louis Beasley ond Murry thru with a doubieheader triumph. The two young righthanders have won 13 games between them while losing only five.

That fact, plus Womeke's fat contract, seems to be the logical answer to Lonnie's release. I'piiiiiii HlandiiigN VA rren Hmith-Brnwn Pehaefer-Bennett WIlaon-MrMunn 7 5 5 3 2 1 0.