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nun (THE INDEX-JOURNAL, GREENWOOD, S. C. SUNDAY, MARCH 26. 13JJ. E9ZEBESB 09 Bee this FMIksneWBum Rookie Brerinan Comes Back 1 SPEAKING OF SPORTS HUH LEAGUES BEGIN IE1C I STOPS HIM vdj By KENNETH D.

FRY United Press Staff Correspondent Georgian Goes Out On i Recwi-Breaking spree Shotten Puts Lots Of Faith In His New Second Jack Doyle Violently Enthusiastic About Three Cards Send Two Back To The Bushes For More Technical Kayo In AlanJ.Qould C)m of i he oldest, most consistent fit tu.i Mirrounding the spring tiainim activities of the major league I ebaJl catnps is the bally- The Fourth Round By HERBEKT W. BAKKER As-oiiitfd Pie smarts Writer, NEW YORK. 2S i l'-The niHii no one ran b( at when a at stake, Slup.y Maxiy Itosenbloom. I rruitit-u tur mriraiie Now that Ilalph Metcalfe, Marquette's husky negro sprint star, has learned how to leave his marks rapidly. Iiis friends believe he may go on ii record-breaking spree that mi hi wipe out all existing dash marks before lie hangs up his spiked thoes.

When Metcalfe was at Tilden lech high school, Chicago, and during his yearling days at Marquette he practically was unbeatable at the KI WFUI 1). I It (I in- t'tati' C'oi icspondent EK DENTON. Mar. 25. iIV-The annual bnck-to-the-mlnor league parade has started at the St.

Louis Cardinal training camp. Two pitchers, Albert Dlsher and Nobrlga, were released yesterday to the Houston club In the Texas lea- Win ii a i haseb.ih man lik' l)o'i Mian Cub scout, be hoo tor recruit who may have the chanci' iill I he early shoes of a 1 1 im ill about i veteran who happens to be lonwr smint distances, but classv Kue fter tryouU With the Redblrds. hoidnii' iit for moie money or Id undlKputee" possession of the whose nter may be moving toward world's Imht-heavywelght champion- tile sh 'lnp The e.iii);v.tr v.o-Ul'; titl'-holder into tilled with eagerness and by the New York athletic coni- ai The corresiion- minion mee KoM-nbioom set- opposition gave him trouble in the' Manager Oabby Street said he be-shorter races. i rMvr- wno won 14 Kames and lost 8 with the Elmira, N. The broad-shouldered dash star club last year, would be ready for f.

it fol By ALAN GOt LI) Associated Press Sports Editor For the simple reason that they rely on Neal Mickey i Finn to plug! the ong-standing gap at second' base, plus the fact that they carry the heaviest hitting artillery in the league, the Philadelphia Actually hear the far-away buzzing Of the pennant bee this spring They haven't been on top since 1915. The Phillies had to part with one of their most reliable -righthiindcd pitchers, Ray Benge. to get Finn from Brooklyn, but Manager Burt Shotton considers it was the smartest and most effective deal he has ewung since he took charge of the club in 1928. Finn Ls the best second sackcr the club has hud since Fresco Thompson. First Division "With this added strength and the experience we gained last year in a drive that landed us in the' first division.

I believe our chances have Improved enough to win the, pennant." says the usually consei v-1 atlve Shotton. "The Phils proved big loop service after a year with Houston. Nobrlga, an Importation I from Hawaii, had his first profes-' sicna I try out with the Cardinals. 1 White Gets Chance has tremendous drive In the lute stages cf a sprint Invariably he was off to a slow start. That proved a terrific 'handicap at 4C.

60. 60 and even 100 yards. He could not make up the distance lost through faulty starts. el ali dt'putrs ovt tue i-ounu d.adi Madi Siiuare Oarden night whtn he Mopped the Naticnal Hoxina assiKiuticn nominee. Hob Godwin, of Georgia, In the foui'li round of a 15 round match.

Thus lor ihe Inst time since Tommy LoutUiian abandoned the title to the iK-avyweiKhU in 1929. the In hi-heavvwe'cht tin one Ls in the WEST PALM BEACH. Mar. tii- prr pcfi.s of i Uio.ol rookies, r. almost certain that these ti.

i iimixI to be tt rLi.uts cik up i.i.m-s of i it i mi i when the i'v scouring Icr talent, and too olten ihi ol tlieir entiiii -uimh turn in So l.e net oir.e other fellows in oiiilcrins it i' I)' kti'-ws Jlis and Pn-Mdent William V'eOck ah. I M.inaeer arlie (ininin of tie Cubs know that Jack knows I.a eb.ill Il-inn: the recent stay 'if the National It a.mie champions in Catalm.i Island training camp the I of i. Doyle sat iImwii tan- day anil beean to eto' ha it in- of three young ii! -'In! who will be (leth'Teil to I lie Culv; bv 111" Los Aleti -( lull la veil' Hill Campbell. he! a'ld huiier vn'ioe trmn-iiu' (C.iiM'.t-. Ihiec ol varsity lIlK Wii.e lor the IMlUi' rsity ol Cln- Citb'tl I-'oi mi iii.tii-i-.boMt -baseball IKivIe cut locx-e in i asioni: iii.tiiii'-r conrern- llll- About Dovle said "He is the i'ieaieit bill plaver ever saw I he's the create -t play- univf sully recognized hands But Coacli Jennings of Marquette 25 t4RUSsell White, youthful worked long 10 teach Metcalfe to K0UlnpaWi wm have his chance to-cet tinder way with the crack of the, fiav t0 snow whether he has in that staiter's gun.

left arm enough magic to rate a Apparently Jennings" aim lias 1933 berth with the St. Louis -been accomplished, because Met- Browns. ealfe recently ran the 60-yard dash Manager Bill Killifex said White in the anonunced time of 0:061 in' and another newcomer. Jack Knott, the Centrnl Intercollegiate Indoor; wculd pitch for the Browns this af-mt at South Bend, one-tenth of a 1 i neon's exhibition game against twner A rawd 9.000 the chut Tli liit'it tlv first match In luuiiir- bun us the boy who may be upon to take so-and-so's place -his season, inasmuch as so-and-so is holdout and threatening to (int il he not win. i from the stony-, hi iii 'I i lub owner.

Soon tin- recruit is real in piactice then lie bi.ii'-i -lit a couple of hits in the Hist ion contest. I5y now the niaiiioM liiniMlf may be busy tell -inn tb" ribes that this boy has shov.ii phi noinenal development, that 1' iib- ut ready to stick itlKl he 'the "laPayiT' is not es-ptiinlv (iiiceiiit il if the holdout regular leports or not. fcind tines, at this the holdout may become a little in i v. ii- -penally such tunes as these an old hand, he will not be iilannt il Perhaps he lias 1 inured all aloiifc lo run the string out lon: enough to miss a good deal of tlie camp mind. Kveinu.illy.

at any rale, he swings Tai in club king nooi oim- the Buffalo team of the International league. last year they could play winning ball." The 1932 Phillies finished a dozen games behind the Chicago Cubs but they demonstrated their ubllity below the existing record. The tiny fraction of a second which Metcaife apparently has gained in getting away from his mai its should prove a tremendous lulp in his future dash i vents. He n. Ilir ii Lie li'cir Nru.trk.

itl- v. little imurrs- lldii Itri'iin lifers In Action HOUSTON, Mar. 25. The Detroit Tigers were to meet v. in twice the round.

and (all him around in the second and alio cut him so badly a-bout the tlu.L Referee Pete Ilaitiey stopiied the milling after one minute Hi second, of the fourth -e tiiahviii Hied to I ii: lit back a-. v.ell as he km -w how, but he wxs by the veteran of more than 2U0 ring duels Thi' southerner entered the riiv-' with white plastered over both eyes, but it tailed to provide much protection. Max- Vr i.ki i v. Cluil tin: in u. Ml, hi Inn iij lime.

the endurance the Houston Buffs of the Texas lea- has the physique. in.i the "heart His oowerful drive we here today in the initial ex- against the stronger teams by win- Kn u. lllsl Wils lining a big majority of their games 1 only tlM. 1( iiix iiin. from two outfits finishing ahead t)V-u.

them, Pittsburgh and Brooklyn They gained from George Oibson.j ST. PKlr.usmw.. I -u h' wr.ti. rhlef. the compliment of be- taken Hi? Dun.

in the last few yards of a race has hibiticn game of their swing I i liu.l Ui w.i tiini- won many times. I. I1 1 through the South and East. They broke cump at San Antonio yester- i day. -tho touohest club in the 'seven years to r.am a uhu 1 ever sa-ji' no no from the minors IMfin rica'fd With New Voik Y.nk' II- IMpll.l evs (iillinu.

unoruioaux auaeiv He's ready no and he's going to onto the dotted line. With a sigh of on the 'staff! Ml league." Good Infield a (i i ie ti ft', -tl iehi-1 all'. He's everything. find' lvmP'c Team Showing relief, the manager who has been so quickly tre away the ta improve with experience. 1ONDON (UPi made busy loir ins his rookie substitute started the wounds to bleeding.

Shotton still has a problem in his win the li 'low r.v-hnMniit first baseman. Don Hurst. fll fir-i uyuut 1 the Frr.stca Makes Good SAN FUANCISCO. Mar. 25.

If Low Fonscca's Job as manager cf the Chicago White Sox depends a "jolly good show" in the Olympic Games at Los Angeles, last August, auuUU I assigns the veteran to his old job and Imviiis wonying about something eNe. Knt hi. ims developed a hard-hit but it was a foregone conclusion that the Americans would sweep the on his ability to play first base and Finally one deep cut over Cod-win's left eye began bleedins so badly that it was dangerous for him to continue, so Hartley stepped in and awarded Uasenblocm the victory on a technical knockout. The light had barely opened when Ruppert elm back in U'-'U. Miller HiiftRins wa ti'Vine put a am toocther aftir til" crash of the year, and McCarthy was kicking around i the minor and he knows vvli.at to do with it." II: i has Iii not one of the i i it; a lb- v.a born ivt Alice la.

Mi in His inem-! iy nil In lecoiler-1 1' ot I ti ie! Ith a leaeue club. Had lie. ii)on beinn it lea (1 bv l's vowed day to i nni" bin 'i and "show cm?" blt the baseball. It looks as though ting understudy for this emergency In Gus toegas, obtained from Pittsburgh. With Clck Bartell at short and CaDtaln "Pinky" Whitney at They'll Be Around No one will be completely astonished, therefore, if Joe Stripp starts he will keep the job.

Yesterday he smacked out a homer and a double against the Portland Beavers. board, according to Harold Bow-den, president of the British Olympic Association. "We held our own in certain events," he said at the association's annual meeting. "What is more, we the season at third base for Hie i Rosenbloom. whose light hitting is notorious, floored Godwin with a left hook to the body.

The south- "Mostly llanh a Job ie smiled. I don i 1 membc erner bounced up without a count provided the most popular star per-but another left to the body sent former in the whole gathering In him to the floor for a count of i our own captain, David. Lord He (an run like a d.vr. He has a great ttnmvmc; ann and he cr.n hit nnvtlnng. Like lot of fine hit-' ters, Stainbaek swnms at plenty of bad ones, but he does swing, and that's whv I like him.

He doesn't wait out pitcher Now about 'bis young Doyle Dill Campbell will make a meat ratchet-. He ran hit, has a fair arm and a good disposition. He'll he tlv Cubs' regular backstop before long 1 The matter of Henshaw is a bit different, according to Doyle, but lie has plenty of confidence in the "If he ever pets control of that curve, he'll lie a rreat pitcher. He ran tns knuckle bal lthrough a knot hole and his fast one goes in there with a load of smoke. Curves are a little wild.

He's little and he's light but he has lvavy underpins. And there have been fome pretty good little left handed hurlers." Funds Held, Jews Will Be Exnelled From Palatinate BERLIN. Mar. 25. (AV-Chancellor Adolf Hitler will take ac Brooklyn Dodgers and Prankie Frlsrh again captains the St.

Louis Cardinals on opening day, April 12, despite the protracted and wordy disputes they have indulged in. The beys who have been romping around in their places soon will be wanning the bench or hustling for the dear old Newark Bears or the Rochester Ttedwlngs. At that busaball Job-holders who are associated with a club operating on the chain-store basis can count themselves fortunate nowadays. If they have any promise at three. He did not seem badly hurt, Burghley." but lie took a bad cuffing before Commenting on the difficulty of the round ended He fought back raisins funds to finance the team, gamely in the second and third which was done by popular sub-lounds bat the clever Rosenbloom reriptiens.

Sir Harold said it had presented an impregnable defense. I been a very difficult task. In the Rosenbloom. a 3 to 1 betting fa- just over $50,000 was raised, weighed 172 pounds a-. d0 not tninlc he sai(1 "thlii gainst 167'.

for Godwin. it is t00 eai)y to start preparing for It was RosenblOom'S SUC- npvt nivmnir- nnnw in Rerlin- third, the Phillies pilot Insists he eilgues. would not trade his infield for any i Wns too biibv to pav other In the league. IiiiikIi uttentlon to the r.oung linlit- The Phiis may, miss the fleet f10, uinversiiv Oeorge Davis, now with the Giants fio wn(, llic season ended after a great freshman season inuronnim W'is cir Quakertown, but Shotton seems jyrars lia, il ro.ieh the confident Chick Fullls. former I mlnorSi PVery year a Giant, will do as a replacement.

nw now to take flanked in left by Hal Lee and I.itl v-Hn, right field by broad-shouldered! i Chuck Klein, an All-Amerlcan i rurve-lmll aitist i-, iu-k to stay He clouter. Klein, a 250 slugger, ls the shown a world of this powerhouse of the team. prhut who have wafhed hooks crackle over THIRD BROADCASTING predict he i. ivuiy I i take NEW YORK. Mar 4.

A third turn beside Lcliy (ionn broadcasting chain to be known as Ruffim- and the other Yankee Amalgamated Broadcasting System istars. Is announced by Ed Wynn, the com- The ivrgniien Player fdian. Cf all the Yanks eani). not a While sponsorship of programs player renvmbered Urcntun ficm Will be sought, the chain is to op-' 1926. Net even Babe Ruth, who -el-erate with a policy providing brief lorpcts a rookie's face (Ip' aDonBors' announcements only at, Paul Kiiehrll.

the Yank. I did lint I think niv (lii'd was net a job -whete." In the next few yens llrennan Halved in the New Isiigland league 'id wtli anton the New York ruin. He was with Newark in '21 and 28, with Atlanta of the South- 'cin associiitien in then back to he enjoyed his 'e it- i-iu cess List season. In in Loin pi'-h tln Bears to the Inn i lane! a-'iie fbiy. Uienniin lui in icteric -d lea's.

onlv 2117 hits in ii. nip and -Irikum out 131. tion to ndtust the whole problem of eastern Jews, refugees from post war persecutions In Polaud. Hungary, Russia and other easUrn nations who have been held responsible by Nazis for BreseHt'dU-trenslng onilitions in Germany. Clone upon this statement from an official Nazi source came a Wolff (dei man) news agency dls- ccyflll llllf defetw in Iti-ii upaWk all they are more sure of being em- AflnIl.h ployed than ever before, based on I in the garden March 10.

In 1936. When I saw at Los Angeles Inspired me with very great confidence in the beneficent effects cf the Olympic Games on international matters." the index of their ability Wodwin won N. A recognition as I patch stating that eastern Jews are to be exiled from Palatinate, First suppressive measures against Walter Hnff en Cops Charleston Tourney P. Whips Gators To End Loin Record champion on March 1 by outpomt-Cr am Of The Crop hl? Joe Knight at Writ Palm Here are a few of the exceptional Beacn Fa ycung men. all comparative new- ermers seem fairly certain to, ta Mk in the big show, at ieat for daughter Of Carrier the opening oi formances or until, deS PonV ThTOUfh One-Uf Red Case Star I Receives Recognition GREGGTON.

Tex (UP) Al-' though his right leg was amputat- i eft frair vear nan as a rpsiilt of an i -nA a nprlnd. who sinned bin nc: to that in i these Jews were invoked Thursday in the Palatinate, a state oo the western frontier, when they were forbidden to withdraw bank and postal accounts. xne oeguiiuiiK rnv, i with the additional in atract. icmcn.bcicd. it.

Kfjtnnt i Avmnlnlan INKSvlLIK ia: 1..1111 i'i," i ('Initial today BllZZard With Mails accidental gnushot wound. J. W. tt nan the II! lllllll, oicna sa wvs Mav 15: I Dale, of Greggton, is a star basket CHAM FSTON. Mar 25 iI't Walter Haren.

the old shot-maker from Detroit, another tour-nev from his belt here today by the $2,500 Charleston open tournament and its $700 first money with the score of 282. He defeated Henry Picard, Charleston r-ro, by only one stroke. a- dual me tomorrow's paper'' for further in-: -sure. 1 to know lmi formation. Mr.

Wynn explained itKrichell -aid. "I've been watch. was the intention to cooperate with him close to tan year- saw htm tiewspapers and magazines In that pitch rcnii-pro ball befoic he evrr respect to the fullest possible extenk played for university. The chain expects to begin func- ji liked his work then, and I ve liked tlonlut along the Atlantic seaboard it ever I never gave up -n I'd Linke. pitcher.

Washington: Blnndy Ryan, shortstop, and Hank leiber, outfielder Giants; Forest LYON MOUNTAIN. N. Mar.1 25. (4) The story was being told I Saturday how Anna Gadway. slight in IK 07 Twcgood.

pitcher. Bill Knlckerbock 1 c.a or to ti3 er. shortstop, and Harley Boss, first daughter of a rural mall carrier. ball and football player. He also is skilled in other forms of athletics.

Notwithstanding his handicap of playing with an artificial leg. Dale has been voted the most valuable man of the Pine Tree school cage team. Archie E. Underwood. Athens.

sportsman, presented Dale with a silver basketball In recognition of his fine play. within ten days and within anoth- Already a Michigan group of nine Baseball's Babbling Brook Police were kept busy Friday in Halle, a city in Prussian Saxony, dispelling crowds that gathered in laige Jewish stores and a new Woolsworth chain branch. The police were forced to close the Store. Crowd Become Menacing Minor incidents marked the opening of the Woolworth branch and the attitude of the crowd became bo menacing that it was temporarily closed both in the morning and the afternoon. Chain stores have been the object of po By Pap stations Is in operation.

THARAWILLt- baseman. Cleveland: Albert Wright. rooe a Press a mon-second baseman. Braves; Art Scha- tain blizzard 50 tne malls mi8ht go rein, third baseman. Browns; Fred I through.

Walker and Don Bren-j hcavy drifts through which nan, pitcher. Yankees; Lou Finney. I Anna rode ar stL1 1'lled niKn the outfielder, and Frank HiKgins. third slde of roads over wnich no other baseman. Athletics; Walter Beck.j trafnc moved when tne storm pitcher.

Dodgers; Henry Oreenberg swoonf down' and Marvin Owen, Infielders. De- Nevcr beIon had tnere a troit. Elrm to Interrupt the mail deliver- ed by Anna's father. But this time COLLIE DOG COST HIS OWNER $C2 Marquette Basketball ROCHFPTFR. N.

Y. (UP)-Blue ribbon, or nc blue ribben. Jerry cost his owner plenty. A supreme court Jury awarded $250 to Rita Marie Vail and allowed her father $12 because ejrry. a collie dog owned by Mrs.

Viola S. Mever not even sleighs could be run. Baseball Promoters The mail sacks were loaded on a Gather In AllgUSta Pny. but with the father riding me ioaa was loo greni. men muia volunteered.

allegedly on aim, tions on l.er face. Th cirl and her father sued Twelve miles to upper Chateugay, the snow stinging her eyes and face, she rode. Next day she rode again. On the third day the plows went through. Meyer and recovered S2G2 on a Joint $8,000 suit.

Team's Season Successful MILWAUKEE. Wis. (UP) Marquette university cagers have concluded their most successful basketball season in the history of the school, chalking up 14 victories and three defeats for the 1932-33 year. Marquette played six games against Western conference teams and won five. They split in two games against Notre Dame and twice defeated Michigan 8tate and the University of Detroit.

There was particular satisfaction for the Hill-toppers In defeating Northwestern, co-champion with Ohio State in the Ten. Ray "Red" Morstadt, of Wauke-gan, UL, a sophomore on the Marquette squad, led the individual scorers with 183 points, averaging nearly ten a game. The team scored 518 points, to 404 for the opposition. AUGUSTA. Mar.

25. iyPv Advocates of league baseball will meet here Monday 10 discuss possibility of reviving the South Atlantic league. Representatives from Columbia. Greenville, Macon. Spartanburg and Savannah are expected to attend.

Cliff Fair, president of the Georgia-Carolina -semi-pro, league, who represented Augusta at the recent Columbia meeting, said he is not interested in pro ball for this season. STEEL CORPORATION TO UNEARTH CREEK STATl'E ATHENS. Mar. 24 The ttrso of 1 a female statue believed to be the I Goddess of Victory, whose temple i stands cn the Acropolis, was dlscov- ered Friday by the American ar- chacologists who recently resumed litical attacks. Meanwhile Chancellor Hitler has made his first move to carry out his four-year plan for the "salvation" of the farmer, announced in a speech early February ahort-iy after his rise lo power.

The government has created a monopoly of oils and fats, effective next Wednesday. This was expected to bring about use of home-produced commodities with import duties on margarine and other fats raised to 75 marks per 100 kilograms. (About eight cents a pound.) Soap and candle makers were forbidden to use imported materials. Hitler also promised a four-year plan for the workers and later announced this would take the form of compulsory manual labor which would wipe out class divisions. Capt.

Hermann Ooering. minister without portfolio in the Hitler cabinet, had a long private conference Friday night with the Pope's representative In Berlin, Monslgn6r Cesare Orsenlgo. mm 1 ill 1 II P'- V-y iiTirrrpi 4U i4kli Ti4 ,,,1 i- The head, hands, one arm and the legs'wcre mlfslng, but the trunk chows rigns of exquisite workman-. chip. Davidson Trackmen Beat Hurricaneers COLD FOUND LODGED THE GAVEL FROM CLEMSON WAS GARNER'S 126th ONE IN BUS TIRE CHAINS DAVIDSON, N.

C. Mar, 25 The Davidson Wildcats opened their track season here today with an 86 2-3 to 38 1-3 victory over. Fur-man university. MAKE THIRD SALARY CUT NEW YORK, Mar. 24 A reduction of ten per cent In the pay and working time of all salaried employes oi the United States Steel corporation, beginning on April 1, is announced.

Wage earners in the company's plants will not be affected. Several other steel companies adopted the plan of time off without pay for. "white-collar" workers last year. This will be the third reduction of salaries by the steel corporation. In August, 1931, it made reductions of 10 to 15 per cent In Incomes exceeding $1,800 a year.

The second cut, one of 15 per cent, was made last May. The wages of wcrken in the corporation's mills have been reduced twice. A cut of ten per cent was made In September, 1931, and another of 15 per 'cent last May. 25. (JO Vice President Garner received His 126th gavel yesterday and the twenty-sixth since he became presiding officer of the senate.

A delegation, representing Clemson college of South Carolina presented the Texan with one of wood from the old Calhoun mansion in South Carolina. It Is a reproduction of the gavel used by John C. Calhoun when he was vice president In 1824, SAN LEANDRO, Cal. (UP)-Bert Walker, driver of a San Leandro schocl bus, would llks to keep the tire Chain on the hm the year round. 1 In washing off tl.e chains after using them fcr Swral days to negotiate muddy roads, Walher discovered numerous bright flakes of free gold In the chunks of mud caked bet wet the chain links.

Richmond Golfers Turn Back Furman OREENVILLB, Mar. 2StTV-University of Richmond's golfers proved too strong today for the Furman links quartet and carried off a 14 BULtDOG DISAGREED SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (UP) The pet bulldog at the L. A. Zoller home, near here.

Is In disgrace. Robbers entered the house while the ZoUers were away. "The dog, asleep, apparently did not awaken during the Intrusion. i to 4 victory,.

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