The Newport Daily Express from Newport, Vermont • 4

NEWPORT DAILY EXPRESS NEWPORT VT FRI APRIL 26 1946 PAGE FOUR Out! SPOUTS ROUNDUP By Hugh Fullerton Jr Newhouser And Greenberg Are Up To Old Tricks -iSSfHSS Ernie Calverly the Rhode Island State basketball ace is having his first baseball fling under Frank Keaney And he seems to have nailed down the shortstop berth The fact that the Red Sox drew a total of 144557 paid customers for their first six Fenway dates did little to offset pitching disappointments for owner Tom Yawkey and manager Joe Cronin They almost break into tears when they recall the cruel treatment Tex Hughson and Boo Ferriss their 20-game hopefuls have suffered in every start to date But Larry MacPhail and Joe McCarthy who also have heard many merry turnstile clicks at their Yankee Stadium appear to be in the same boat New England alumni groups will throwr a party for head football coach Bo McMillan here on May 14 and according to the grapevine going to be introduced to a flock of 1945 schoolboy gridiron 11 stars who were unable to gain ad- mittance to home sector colleges because of the great influx of 1 club is keeping close tabs on short- i stop Clyde Lindsey and first base-man Joe Bill Adcock of Louisiana State who are hitting better than i 400 Elmer Layden finally was persuaded to take an airphtoe trip when he had to go to Tulsa in a hurry after Mrs had given this report on a flight to Florida have lost a traveling Ex football commissioner Layden is a railroad man now Central State Teachers College of Wisconsin has inaugurated a conservation course that includes such subjects as soil management forestry and wild life Wonder what the coaches will say when their boys sign up for that last one? First Call For Sunset League Candidates Sunday I Anyone Interested Should Report At Gardner Park At 2 First call for candidates for the Newport City entry in the Sunset League was sounded today A spokesman for the team stated that anyone interested in trying out should be at Gardner Park Sunday at 2 Others interested in the team are also invited to be on hand Last year interest was divided between two teams This year the city is to have only one team in the Sunset League and present indications are that there will be plenty of baseball talent available for it It is expected that it will take some time to give all interested candidates a fair tryout and to decide upon the starting lineup During the past few days many details of league operation have been ironed out A few of the entries in the six team Sunset circuit have already started practice Newport City fans are showing keen interest in the approaching season and seem to be anxious for the umps first call of The spokesman for the Newport Sunset League nine in announcing the call for candidates also declared: feel that actions in going into the Northern League as co-backer of the St Johnsbury entry will also add interest in the Sunset League for there never can be too much enthusiasm for the national ssss -r x' Lift Tigers To An Undisputed Lead In The American League By Joe Reichler Hurricane Hal Newhouser and hammering Hank Greenberg a pair of old hands at coming through in the clutch for the world champion Detroit Tigers are still up to their old tricks and as a result the Ben-i gals are reposing unmolested today at the top of the American League The two Tiger stalwarts who combined their special talents Greenberg with a grand slam homer and Newhouser with a splendid relief job to defeat the St Louis Browns in the final game of the 1945 season for the American League flag collaborated once more yesterday to vanquish the Browns again 6-5 The victory enabled the Tigers to take over undisputed possession of first place from the New York Yankees who dropped into a second place tie with Boston by losing to the Red Sox 12-5 Newhouser despite one bad inning in which he yielded all the enemy runs southpawed his way to his third straight triumph of the season He gave up seven hits in pitching his third complete game and fanned seven to increase his sM-m Sport Chatter By Bill King BOSTON April 26 It can be taken for granted that owner Ted Collins of the Boston Yanks was in earnest when he threatened to raid the rival All -America pro football circuit His first move in that direction was to tempt Angelo Ber-telli who has signed with the Los Angeles Dons That Notre Darn er was the first player Collins select- ed back in the winter of 1944 when he was voted a National Football League franchise By agreement Collins was given first pick on the first round After tabbing Ber- teHi the Yanks owner was dropped to 11th in the order of selection and his second draft choice was Boris Dimancheff then of Butler i Dimancheff decided to spend 1944 at Purdue but came to terms with Collins last summer Another All-America conference note is that Stan Koslowski late of Holy Cross will not regard the contract he signed with the Miami Club as binding until it posts $22000 his salary for the 1946-47 seasons in his bank Those close to the profes- I sional football picture say that most of the All-America members are loaded with players who are demanding two salary in advance The first bench-warmer to congratulate Eddie Peilagrini after that Dorchester lad cleared the high screen atop the left-center fence was Ernie Andres It can be taken for granted that the latter will be a long time regaining his third base job providing Pelly continues healthy That homebred listed at 150 pounds has a most deceiving physique His biceps are actually as large as 195-pound Ted Williams After lugging Army Brogans around Egypt for three years Harvard sprinter Doug feet are so tender that he has been unable to get going on cinders to date But coach Jaakko Mikkola hopes to have them hardened in plenty of time for the IC4A championship meet Big Walker Cooper catcher has a firm grip on the ball as he putb it to A1 Roberge Braves third baseman who tried to score from third on a long grounder during the third inning of the game in New York Wednesday Umpire is Lee Ballanfant HELSINKI April 26 decision to relieve Finland of making further restitution for property taken from the Soviet Union during the war will save this country about $11500000 says Premier Mauno Pek-kala The saving will enable Finland to purchase vitally needed goods abroad he said in a radio address last night PHILADELPHIA April 26 Who says women baseball fans? Okay so you do But Ray National Baseball Congress which gives away books on rules and finer points of the through 200 radio stations has figures to prove otherwise Of the first 1000 requests received 55 percent were from women Most of the others says Ray were from teenage boys who want to play ball Poppa presumably knows all about the game Tex Coulter the big Army tackle figures to win the shot put at the Penn relays today without the benefit of practice He did better than 51 feet the other day after staying away from both track and football drills all spring to catch up with dat ole davil math Mexican Standoff Mario Pasquel one of the five brothers who run the Mexican baseball league attended Notre Dame for a few weeks in 1938 Charlie Cal lahan remarks: Vem Stephens he stay long Maybe he think like the American brand of Freddie Mandel wants the National Football League to reinstate its old eligibility rule which means not signing college players without the Athletic permission That should be okay since the NFL has nearly 400 players signed more than enough for each club and All America is above the 500 mark Lud Shabazian noted sports scribe of the Hudson Dispatch (Union City J) has painted good pictures for some 20 years and has had several exhibitions The Military Academy is bringing groups of 20 to 40 wounded soldiers from Halloran Hospital on Staten Island for visits to West Point including the sports events And the boys are really enthusiastic about such jaunts The Red Sox have sent Ed Kenney pre-war infielder at Boston College to Lynn Mass for conversion into a pitcher Guest Star Joe Gootter Paterson Evening News: who want tickets for tire Louis-Conn fistic meeting will have their choice of ducats costing $100 $50 $30 $20 and $10 Those don't sound like fight prices but more like the room rates at a Miami Cleaning The Cuff At least one American League ball Fights Last Niglit Eddie Giosa 135 Philadelphia outpointed A1 Victoria 135 New York 8 DES Abel Cestac 220 Buenos Aires knocked out Clarence Jones 198 Buffalo 3 HIGHLAND PARK Larry Fontana 161 Brooklyn stopped Johnny Smith 161 Boston 8 HAGERSTOWN Md Charlie Crump 190 Chicago outpointed Jim Schwemmer 195 Baltimore 8 SAGINAW Billy Eddy 135 3-4 Flint outpointed Floyd Red Le Vasseur 134 Bay City 10 NEW HAVEN Eddie Com-po 128 New Haven outpointed Joey Iannotti 128 New York 8 PORTLAND Me Frankie Feen-er 138 3-4 Randolph Mass and Ralph Walton 140 1-2 Montreal drew 10 FALL RIVER Mass Joey Bag-nato 137 Toronto knocked out Oscar St Pierre 136 Fall River 3 Holman Williams 162 Chicago outpointed Bob Satterfield 168 1-2 Chicago 10 ATLANTIC Sandy Saddler 127 1-2 New York outpointed Pedro Firpo 130 3-4 Camden 8 ORANGE Joe Curcio 150 1-2 Newark outpointed Vince Ros-sano 149 1-2 Brooklyn 10 Baseball Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE Red Sox Defeat Yanks By 12-5 Score elect a mine superintendent to serve one year Jolliff 55 who has served as superintendent for the last year succeeded Marvin Jones now an inspector in the mine BOSTON April 26 (JP) The Red Under cooperative ownership the Sox thanks to some lusty clouting Glenridge mine has succeeded where strikeout output to 22 in 27 frames anJ smart playing particularly by similar enterprises in the area have Greenberg enjoyed a perfect day pesky and peny (johnny Pesky and failed Jolliff attributes the success at the dish with two doubles a Eddie Peilagrini) are in Philadel- to the high morale among the men single and a free ticket to first The phja today with yesterday's 12-5 It started in 1940 when the old cor-reconverted first baseman batted in yjumph over the Yanks filed in the poration abandoned the mine as un-a run and scored two more including reC0rds profitable and decided to sell it for the important tying marker in the Dave Ferriss is scheduled for his junk to the highest bidders The eighth A single by Birdie Tebbetts third try for his first victory of the I miners voted in a mass meeting at followed a moment later to send season He probably will be opposed the colliery to try to buy the mine in Roy Cullenbine with the winning by Dick Fowler who lost a two hitter although they had virtually no monrun trio of base knocks to the Sox last week ey Three women stockholders whose' raised his eight-game batting av- triumph was doubly holdings constituted a majority erage to a gaudy 400 with seven of sweet as the Yanks had beaten the block held out for selection of the his nine hits good for extra bases Sox by the same score on Wednes- bidder not necessarily the highest Led by Johnny Pesky and Eddie day in sympathy with the miners The Peilagrini the Red Sox reversed Hurler Joe Dobson was wobbly at bid was about $6000 under Wednesday's 12-5 beating by pound- times but went the distance striking ing four New York hurlers for 13 out seven and walking six hits including a homer triple and The game started like another double by Peilagrini and two dou- Yank victory in the first inning A bles and a brace of singles by Pes- single a stolen base a sacrifice an-ky Righthander Joe Dobson held other single and three successive the high offer of $31000 for the equipment and lowest of all The three women prevailed and the miners obtained not only the equipment for sale as junk but all the land and a farmhouse on the NOTICE A Democratic Caucus will be held in the City Council Room at the State Armory on Friday April 26th 1946 at 7:30 to transact the following business 1 To elect a Democratic City Committee and Officers 2 To elect members to the County Committee 3 To act on other business that may come before the meeting (Signed) LISTER SEARLES Co-Chairmen I property for their bid A limit of two Sutton No Ride The Sutton-Burke Home Demonstration group will meet Wednesday April 24 at 11:30 A with Mrs Curtis Sargent at the home of Owen McFarland The subject of the meeting is For the in charge of the agent Mrs Mary Danforth Mrs Ida Pond who has been in San Fernando Calif since last August returned to the home of Mrs Glenna Laplant on Saturday April 13 Mrs Frank Ford Mrs Clive Randall and Mrs Clifton Clark were hostesses at a meeting which was held at Mrs on Wednesday afternoon April 17 Refreshments of sugar on snow doughnuts pickles and tea were served by the committee Arthur Weed of West Burke spent several days the last of the week with Mr and Mrs Allen Curtis and family Mr and Mrs Francis Nichols and family of West Burke attended a sugar party at A camp on Friday evening April 19 Henry Jones of Cambridge Mass was a visitor at Marion the last of the week walks gave the Bombers two runs The Sox regained the lead in the shares of stock at $100 each was sold dazzling Dodgers first and never lost it Lee Culberson to the miners Some lacking cash moved into undisputed possession walked the left handed Pesky contributed labor to buy shares of first place in the National League i tricked the New York defense by In theory the men share in the without even having to lift a little doubling to the left field comer scor- profits of the mine which hoists JUST ARRIVED LEHIGH PORTLAND CEMENT Davis Coal Transfer Co Coventry St Tel 138-R about 1300 tons of coal daily This year they would have divided about $100000 in equal shares in addition finger as the St Louis Cardinals who shared the top berth with the Brooks slid down to second spot by bowing to the Pittsburgh Pirates the Yanks by standing off the 53 bag until after the catch Then he A long home run belt by Pitts- quickly toed the base and streaked ing Culby Williams walked and moved up on a passed ball Doerr flied to Keller and Pesky again to their regular union scale wages except that all surplus was wiped out by costs of repairs after the mine air shaft caved in last July Indicative of their cooperation the miners volunteered their labor to repair the huge ventilating shaft Additional money about $9000 required for the job was donated by business men in nearby Centralia On the plus side of the ledger every Glenridge miner owns his own home On the whole the caliber of home beating the throw Williams scored on single and 420 foot triple tallied York The Sox fashioned three more in the second featured by speedy base runAing and a perfect fadeaway slide by Williams On first after being walked Ted raced all the way home on IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE Ralph Kiner that travelled fully 450 feet literally knocked the Cards out of the lead blow came with one on in the third and tagged Harry (The Cat) Brecheen with his second defeat of the season Ken Heintzelman who handed the Redbirds their other loss on opening day in St Louis also was returned the winner although he was forced to leave in the seventh inning due to a blistered finger The Cincinnati Reds squelched their 1945 Nemesis the Chicago Cubs for the first time in four meetings this season with a 7-5 victory Three Cub miscues gave the Reds as many runs in the seventh inning and chased starter Hank booming double to the left center Glenridge homes is higher than in field wall Keller retrieved the ball many mine communities Used Cars Highest legal cash prices paid COMMISSION pegged to Rizzuto who threw perfectly to the plate but catcher Aaron Robinson touch Ted Those Pesky and Pelly kids both doubled as the Sockers made two more in the third The 10th Boston run was a tremendous homer over fence and screen by Pelly on the first Borowy for the second straight time ball pitched to him in the fifth is year It was only the Reds sec- Pelly also saved a lot of trouble 1907 on an expanse of cornfields by ond win over the Bruins in 26 toe fifth With two runs in two Other assets of the village of some 350 persons of varied racial stock include a white frame schoolhouse for 55 grade school-age youngsters three grocery stores three taverns and the mine reservoir which serves as the village lake Church services are conducted in the school The bustling community was plotted in the original mining company Once Sports Mirror Today a year Harry Feldman gave up five hits as the New York Giants blanked the Philadelphia Phillies 2-0 Three years ago Horse race wagering continued to boom as 20269 fans bet $1448130 at New Jamaica race track Five years ago Indiana University won the one and two mile events at the Penn relays setting a new meet record of 7:411 for the latter and New York University won the four mile event Ten years ago Frank Crosetti banged out five hits as the New York Yankees outslugged the Boston Red Sox 12-9 Blake Inc Railroad Square Newport Telephone 58 APRIL 27 every family was represented at the colliery but in recent years the younger generations have filtered into jobs in Centralia Also to the credit of the mining enterprise is a record of pioneering in the installation of safety equipment Only one a good record for any mine the size of Glenridge has occurred since 1940 Other than the usual insurance precautions Glenridge miners do not have their own health or welfare fund such as UMWA president John Lewis has demanded in national contract negotiations would of said superintendent Jolliff along with such out and a man on third he made a sidewise leap to grab a Joe Gordon liner Gordon later homered on the first ball pitched to him in the eighth Meanwhile the Braves were taking the measure of the Giants over in New York by a 5-4 margin Nanny Fernandez inserted in the lineup in the sixth doubled in that inning and later squeezed home the winning run in the ninth The Braves are idle today but will play the Phillies tomorrow (2 M) at Fenway Park because some seat paint still dried at Braves Field Johnny Sain winner of his first two starts will pitch Saturday and a program Any deductions to pay meetings over a two-year-span Cub rookie outfielder Marv perfect five for five went to waste The New York Giants suffered a double blow as they no' only bowed to the Boston Braves for the second straight time 5-4 but lost the services of their ace catcher Walker Cooper as well Cooper who cost the Giants $175000 last winter suffered a fracture of a finger on his right hand when Carvel (Bama) Rowell fouled off one of Monte pitches After x-ray examinations Dr Francis Sweeney the New York club physician said Cooper would be out of the lineup for at least four weeks The Chicago White Sox finally combined tight pitching and stout hitting as they thrashed the Cleveland Indians 11-2 on a 17-hit as- 1:00 Newport Dealers can serve YOU best Mort Cooper victim of Ed no hitter in Brooklyn will twirl one game of doubleheader for the program however would come from the own pockets since they own the mine whereas in other cases the operators would foot the sault Luke Appling and pitcher Ed against the Phils A1 Javery will Lopat each collected three hits to make his first start of the season in lead the Sox attack Hal Trosky the other half of the twin bill BRING IN YOUR BEEF VEAL CALVES MILKERS have more of those good Ontario cows chipped in with his first home run Senators and Athletics joined the Dodgers and Philadelphia Phils on the sidelines as rain washed out their scheduled contests announce of their Day son both of been set The Phils will come to town with former Red Sockers Jim Tabor and Skeeter Newsome playing third and short Big Bill Lee behind whom the Braves like to play pitched a six hitter to 'gain his second triumph of the season yesterday A Connie Ryan homer in the first inning Phil homer with Fernandez and Tommy Holmes wno had singled on base in the sixth irflSDlirfi counted for four of the Tribe runs St Catholic Mission The fifth came on ninth in- Rev Bastien ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED Mr and Mrs Levi Monfette the engagement daughter Evelyn to Cyril of Mr and Ora Day Newport City No date has for the wedding They ve waited years to handle the new cars and household appliances now appearing on the market Justify their faith in you by buying at home Don forget that every dollar you spend in town helps make our community a better place in which to live and do business BETTER BUYS AT Municipal Court Paul Chabot and Joseph Des-chenes of Charleston were in municipal court Thursday charged with breach of peace A plea of guilty cost each $2000 Leonard Bernard of Groveton arrested by police Thursday night was in court today and was fined $500 and costs of $990 for being intoxicated ning bunt Mickey Witek Giants homered for the Sunday April 28 Low Sunday Mass at 10:30 A Saturday May 4 opening day of the classes of Christian Doctrine for all the public school children of the Mission who are not as yet in the four years of high school at 9:15 A Lowell SLOAN Stable 78 Elm Street Newport Vt Auctioneers: Ken Rogers Bob Cohen Orleans Trust Company Newport Vermont Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Mr and Mrs Homer Ledoux of Farnham Que spent Easter weekend at the home of Napoleon Diette Mrs Josephine Reilly and Sgt Richard Reilly of Brattleboro were guests on Sunday at the home of Napoleon Diette DANCE Every Saturday Night EAST CHARLESTON Orchestra Dancing 8:30 to 12:00 More than 200 new types of radio tubes were developed during the war IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE.