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Associated Press Service SANTA ANA REGISTER, MONDAY, APRIL 14, 1941 United Press, International News Service CRY IN MAJOR LEAGUE PAR Don rackmen Home With Championship TENNIS KING SCORES IN LOVE Budge, greatest tennis player, and his fiancee, Dierde Conselman, Stanford student, look much devoted at lunch in San Francisco. MEET FRflSHiR ID AY Santa Ana junior hus tling track and field team was home today from El Paso where they won the Southwestern Relays championship Saturday amid heat, wind and dust. Although missing all five of the new Relays records, Coach John Dons sped off with first place by scoring in 10 of the 12 events for a total of 35 points Howard Payne college of Brownsville, Texas, was second with 25 including three of the new marks two by Hurdler Pete Owens. University of Arizona was third with 20, followed by George Pepperdine of Los Angeles with 13, Arizona FROSH HERE FRIDAY Santa Ana gets Its first chance to see its undefeated track team in action at Clayton field Friday when the Dons meet the powerful U. S.

C. Frosh and probably the mighty Southern California Athletic association teams in a triangular meet. The Trobabes are definitely coming, and at least part of the clubmen are expected. FAVORS S. CINDY SPORTS ROUNDUP BY EDDIE BRIETZ By PAT ROBINSON (I.N.S.

Sports Writer) NEW most of the nation the baseball season formally opens when the President throws out the first ball. But to many a veteran fan the season is never officially on until Jack Doyle, baseball oracle and leading bookie for half-a-century, offers his initial odds on the pennant races. So without further ado we offer Jack's odds as assurance that the season is on to those who like to back their judgment with their cash. That looks like a fairly reasonable opening and the only AMERICAN LEAGUE 1st 2nd 3rd New York Cleveland Detroit Bcston Chicago St. Louis Washington Philadelphia NATIONAL LEAGUE 1st 2nd3rd Cincinnati out Brooklyn St.

Louis Chicago Pittsburgh New York Bcston Philadelphia NEW Latest Derby odds have Whirl- away and Dispose co favorites again at 4-1. One of the gossip columns reports Horace Stoneham will lend an ear to any reasonable offer for the Giants and no at the Polo Grounds Saturday; 18,000 at Ebbets field. Big celebration at the Baltusrol Golf club over in Jersey Saturday night when the boys touched a match to a $187,000 mortgage. Jack Doyle (the wizard of odds) had his baseball prices in the morning papers and as official in the east as Jimmy are in the west. Henry band tour has bogged down and may be abandoned altogether.

guest star: Lester Bromberg, N. Y. World-Telegram: Boy surprises are the short price on the Yanks and the long price against the Tigers. like all those young fellows the Yanks have come up said Doyle in defense of his odds. Joe McCarthy let them crack and some of the other fellows who had an off-year last season will come back strong this time.

their pitching, you get away from the Reds. Maybe Bucky Walters or Paul Derringer be as effective as they were but I have seen no signs of them slipping. And even if one of them should bog down, Bill McKechnie has a raft of other fine pitchers to take up the MEf IQ WHT LOST TO WHITE SOX The wrestling trust has filed a formal protest against the grappling scene between Bob Hope and a gorilla in Road to Louis Flooded With Fistic screams a headline. Yep, the boys afraid of Josephus any more. Lou Diamond, the honest brakeman (he never stole a box car) is the new mayor of Beach.

The Dodgers stand to make about ten grand on the most sumptuous training trip in baseball history which cost $45.000. The current prints a map showdng the birthplace of each major league ball player. And Gordon (Cleveland Plain- Dealer) Cobbledick gives the low down on last year's Indian uprising in Sporting, one of the Kentucky Derby candidates, was sired by an army draft hoss named Red Bug. Blue bloods, eh. Brooklyn rooters, still steaming over the high cost of Dodger passes, be surprised if the next move of the amazing Mr.

MacPhail is to charge a quarter to listen in on the broadcasts. State with 11, Abilene Christian 9, Texas Mines 8, Texas Tech 6 and University of New Mexico 5. Eddie Morris, the great sprinter, ran one of the finest races of his career in the open 100-yard dash to beat Pete Owens of Howard Payne by two feet in 9.6 seconds. This is the fastest time ever registered by a Santa Ana sprinter, the old record of 9.8 having stood since 1928 when Guyer (now coaching at Laguna high school) was running in jaysee colors. The was run off (with the temperature between' 90 and 95) before a strong wind swept up to help some of the athletes and hamper others.

Morris got off his marks well and led all the way with Owens always a threat. Later Owens won the Open high hurdles in 14.2 seconds and the low hurdles in 24 flat around a turn (against the wind) with Santa Jack Porter only a stride behind. Last week the bespectacled Owens did 13.9 in the highs at the Texas Relays in Austin. Besides victory, the Dons had three other first places. James Kobayashi broad-jumped 23 feet, 7 inches and Bill Wakefield high-jumped 6:1 without trying higher.

Then the half-mile relay team of Morris, Smith, Porter and Wakefield scored in 1:31, good considering the miserable weather conditions obtaining by that time. Coach Ward said the high altitude (4000 feet) affected all his distance men, only Field Berry running to form. He contributed a 2:5 half-mile lap. Field Berry and Len Streva hitch-hiked to the meet, beating their comrades to El Paso by several hours. The Dons were entertained royally at El Paso, the Texas school housing them at the best downtown hotel and supplying all their meals.

In addition to a large team trophy, the team brought back numerous individual awards. Summary: Sprint medley Pepperdine College (Russell, Owen. Coxey, Parkard), Abilene Christian College. Santa Ana, Arizona State of Tempe. Time, 3m.

31s. (New relay record, old record 3m. 36s.) 120-yard high hurdles Owens, Howard Payne College: Williams. Arizona University; Porter. Santa Ana: Ritter, Arizona.

Time, 14.2s. (New relay record, old record 14.5s). 100-yard Santa Ana; Owens, Howard Payne; G.Bridges, Howard Payne: Needham, Arizona. Time, 9.6s. (New Santa Ana jaysee record.) High jump Wakefield.

Santa Ana; Groman, New Mexico University: McColloch, Texas Tech; Jones, Arizona State of Tempe. Height, 6 ft. UMPIRES ASSIGNED ruTOACA Si readers whose subscriptions have run out are re- which have persistently dogged' Mlvl remlndfrs addre8Sed, the spring training activities lred the Chicago White Sox will necessitate two changes in the opening lineup at Cleveland tomorrow. Originally, John Rigney was slated to open on the mound and Taft Wright was tabbed for right! field duty. Influenza and a streptococcus! throat sidelined Rigney two weeks! --------ago and he had a uniform NEW YORK (AP) President on since.

Bill Dietrich has Frick of the National league placed him as the pitcher to op-itoday announced the following pose Bob Feller. lineup of umpires for tomorrow's Wright, a flu victim weeks ago, suffered a sudden relapse at Brooklyn Mager- Saturday night after playing hid on S. MIL MEET LOS weather man gave his okay (clouds but no rain) for today's track and field meet between the powerful Trojans of University of Southern California and a squad from the University of California which had its best chance in 15 years to knock Troy off the pedestal. The dual meet was washed out Saturday but a Sunday free of rain dried out the track and the strip was expected to be in good condition by the time of the first event, the mile run, at 3:30 p.m. In event the meet was called off again, S.

C. said it would consider accepting an inyitation from California to engage in a triangular meet at Berkeley Saturday with the Bears and University of Nebraska. GRAYSON PICKS INDIANS IN AMERICAN, CARDS IN NATIONAL flFTH 11 SERIES BY HARRY GRAYSON (NEA Service Sports Editor) New Yankees were only two games out at the wire last fall after a frightful first half. Joe reconstructed 1941 edition could strike back this trip, but it really should be turn in the American league after a 20-year famine. against the Cubs.

His tempera-1 on. at FhdadelPhia ture soared to 104, but treatment Snrhinati at Mercy hospital warded off a Joida threatened pneumonia attack. He and Rigney are expected out of action at least a month. Larry Rosenthal was assigned to handle Wright's berth, giving JOe DC 111 £11X11II the Sox more defensive strength but weakening the attack. -Pinelli, -Barr, -Rear- Father Dead 1 in.

220-yard low Howard Paype; Smith, Santa Ana; Porter, Santa Ana; Powers, Tech. Time, 24s. (New record, old record, 24.8s. Mile Payne '(Marshall, Kins, Vandeever. Barcena), Abilene Christian, Arizona, Arizona State of Tempe.

Time. 3m. 28.2s. Distance medley relay George Pepperdine College (Cooksey. Funston, Seitz, Pierce), Abilene Chris(Continued on Page 13) ST.

PAUL Lange of Chicago today became the first entrant in American Bowling Congress history to roll a 1900 series five times in events. Lange bowled 653 with the Chapin and Gore team of Chicago, then scored 624 in doubles and 630 in singles for a nine- game total of 1907 in the weekend's performance. He made 1943 in 1922, 1950 in 1934, 1901 in 1934, and 1910 in 1937. William Kenet and Joe Bodis, Cleveland, moved into second place in two man standings, with Kenet adding 687 to 626 for a total of 1313. Kenet also gained eighth place in all events with 1929.

Standing of leaders: Five man Forest Park, 111., 3065; Rheingold Beer, Chicago. 3054: Chapin and Gore, Chicago, 3033; Koenig Brau Beer, Chicago, 3022; Hermann Undertakers, St. Louis. 3019. Two man Flesch, Chicago, 1338; W.Kenet-J.

Bodis, Cleveland, 1313; Elmer Koch- Ned Day, Milwaukee, 1307: George Bobmeyer-Nelson Burton. St. Louis, 1306: David Staubzin-Robert Lamb. Toledo, 1304. Carlson, Rockford.

111., 730; Hilla Kallas, Milwaukee, 727; Victor Bucholz, Mankata, 720; Harold Kelly, South Bend, 714; Charles Wagner, Philadelphia, 711. All-events Harold Kelly, South Bend, 2013; Eddie Koepp, Cleveland, 1972; Nelson Burton, St. Louis, 1965; George Tishock, Milwaukee, 1961; John Erben, Forest Park, 1961. Bucky Walters Kirby Higbe That would make it an all- Ohio world according to the great majority of prognosticators, but I have a hunch the St. Louis club finally has been straightened out in the National.

My offside prediction therefore is that the major league clubs will finish in this order 28: AMERICAN NATIONAL Cleveland New York Detroit Boston St. Louis Chicago Washington Philadelphia Cleveland St. Louis Cincinnati Brooklyn Chicago Pittsburgh New York Boston Philadelphia should have walked in last season, but the cry babies were too busy chasing the deposed manager, Oscar Witt, out of his job. They hit the ball out of the infield when a long fly would have won key games for them in the stretch. Easy-going Roger Peckinpaugh will not rub the weeping Indians the wrong way.

Gee Walker looks like a tremendous improvement over Ben Chapman at the plate. If Jeff Heath relocates the range, the Tribe will be hard to head off. It has the pitching to go with the remarkable Feller, who is a guarantee against a protracted slump, and a fine defense. New York has Joe DiMaggio. Joe Gordon switching to first base, to permit Gerry Priddy to continue his double killing with Phil Rizzuto, strengthens the at tack.

The fate rests with young pitchers. The Indians are the choice because the capabilities of all their regulars are known. If Hank Greenberg escapes the draft, Detroit will go on dering the pill, but the creaking legs of Charley Gehringer and Dick Bartell, expected to go out from under them last summer, hold up much longer. The Tiger's biggest problem, however, is pitching. Bo-Bo Newsom is their only sure shot.

St. Louis won 10 of 16 games from Cincinnati after Billy Southworth took over June 14. The Cardinals played the best ball in the elder circuit in the closing stages, and are improved in all departments. Johnny Mize topped the wheel in batted in with 137, and Southworth expects Outfielder Country Slaughter to give the huge first baseman a battle for that title and the batting championship. Ray Blades was an impatient theorist.

Southworth is under Yanks, Senators Open Day Earlier By LAWTON CARVER (International News Service Sports Editor) NEW YORK With President Roosevelt, Buck Newsom and Rapid Robert Feller cast in the limelight role, another baseball season was ready to be unfolded today. The President was to toss out the first ball this afternoon when the New York Yankees oppose the Washington Senators at Washington, in the usual prelude to the regular season. Somebody always meets the Senators under these circumstances, and the President naturally is supposed to start the season for the national pastime. Tomorrow the league campaigns' officially get under way, as follows: National league Louis against the world champion Reds at Cincinnati; New York at Brooklyn; Boston at Philadelphia and at Chicago. American league the Detroit Tigers, defending champions, at St.

Louis; Chicago at Cleveland; Washington at Boston; Philadelphia at New York. And where do Feller and Newsom figure in this? Feller, Newsom Set Pace They figure to the extent they probably will wind up with salaries that will set the pace for pitchers in years to come, but for immediate consideration is the fact that Newsom will open the season for the Tigers against the Browns and Feller will do likewise for the Indians against the White Sox. To most twirlers, this is just another season in which they will win or lose so many games, but to Newsom and Feller it is an opportunity to set an all-time high for pitching. They will try to prove, briefly that pitching in the old days is not better than it is now. So here we go on another baseball season with all clubs hopeful and some determined and a few optimistic, but with all, save two in each to utter frustration.

Tough Races in Prospect This time everybody will be looking to the New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians and De troit Tigers in the American league and the Cincinnati Reds, Brooklyn Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals in the National. The winner? Get out your tea leaves. All that anybody can tell now is that a couple of tough races are in prospect, and one of the things we can hope for is that President aim is good. If you want to take the odds- word, the Yankees and the Reds, of course, will win the gonfalons in their respective loops.

Bookman Jack Doyle, the venerated Broadway sage, made this official today by pronouncing these teams favorites. He quoted the Yanks as a 7 to 5 favorite to win the flag in the junior circuit and gave the Reds a 6 to 5 chance to continue domination of the Na tional loop. SONORA (UP) Perhaps the the limit, after all. It seem so high since Cornelius Warrnerdam vaulted 15 feet, inches, to a new world record while competing for the Olympic club against Stanford Saturday. Warrnerdam, now a school teacher at Tuolumne, high in the Mother Lode country, said today he was confident a vault of 15 feet, 6 inches, is possible, and that try for it this season.

it too bad I climbed so high on my first competitive vault of the said the former Fresno State college athlete. think I was in that fine condition. But maybe, on the other hand, it means I will be in better condition, vault higher, later When Warrnerdam vaulted 15 feet, inches, at Fresno last June, and thereafter was married, sports writers decided he would quit and earn a living. It was Mrs. Warrnerdam, however, that caused him to continue his competition.

She wanted to see him vault. And now that seen him in action, continue, appearing in as many meets as school teaching will permit. War- merdam said take his wife to the National A. A. U.

championships this year. Now 26, Warrnerdam weighs just 160 pounds against the 166 pounds he carried when he first topped 15 feet last year. Apparently the loss of those pounds helped him. Three times he has cleared 15 feet, which should prove it is no fluke, and the previous mark is 14 feet, 11 inches, held jointly by Earle Meadows and Bill Sefton of U. S.

C. JOE SCHULTZ. SUCS wmm Phil Rizzuto Hank Greenberg standing and practical. He has the ship on an even keel. Southworth promises not to experiment until June 1 as did Branch Rickey in Frank final campaign at park and Ray Blades.

For this reason the Red Birds are not likely to have an insurmountable handicap to overcome in the latter stages. Cincinnati still has Walters and Paul Derringer, but St. Louis may came close to matching the pitching, and has vastly more heavy artillery. It must also be remembered that Ernie ankle S. GOLFERS LflST GROUP STANDINGS San Diego, 59; Red Hill, Victoria, 33; Santa Ana, si y2.

IS (Continued on Page 13) Hal Chase Bedridden. Apathetic to Game MASSAGE AT ITS BEST WITH A GOOD SWEAT iVHJ make you feel like a million Phone 5890 for an Appointment LOS ANGELES (AP) Funeral services were held today for Isaac Benjamin, 75, father of Joe Benjamin, one-time leading contender for the world lightweight boxing title. Benjamin, Polish-born retired clothing manufacturer, died Friday. (By United Press) COLUSA. The cry rings today throughout the iand and finds Hal Chase, perhaps the greatest first baseman of them all, particularly apathetic to the National game.

Chase, bedridden for four months in the Colusa county hospital with a stomach disorder, give a whoop in a rainbarrel for baseball if he play the game. Along about the third inning his interest wanes and he wanders out of the ball-park. Despite his 58 years, Chase still is the outward picture of health, standing six feet and weighing 190 pounds. He is embarrassed to be termed of he said today, were lots of first basemen who were better. There was Fred Tenny of the Boston Braves.

I learned a lot from watching forte was sensational fielding and quick thinking. He claims to have introduced the into the major leagues when he went to the New York Highlanders (now the Yankees) from the Los Angeles club in 1905. He learned the play, he said, from Charlie Graham when Graham was managing the Tacoma Tigers in 1904. Chase was born in Soquel, and played his first baseball for Los Gatos high school. When he went to Santa Clara college in 1903, he was a pitcher.

He lost only two games during his college career. no, I graduate," said Chase with a grin. only went to class twice. I was interested in This lack of education, Chase said once caused him to turn down a stage offer of $1500 a week. He joined the Los Angeles Angels in 1904, then was drafted by the Yankees, remaining with that club until 1913 when he was traded to the Chicago White Sox.

He two seasons with the Sox before dropping to the minors and joining Buffalo of the old Federal league. In 1916, however, he was back with the Cincinnati Reds. He was traded to the Giants in 1918. By the time 1920 rolled around, Chase' felt he had been long enough in the big- he sent his contract back unsigned to John McGraw and since has played off and on with San Jose, Porterville, Madera and in the Arizona-Texas league. As late as 1934 he was forming for Tucson after managing the Nogales club from 1923 to 1928.

In these days of astronomical salaries for ball players, peak of $7000 a season seems picayunish. He figures he earned $150,000 from the game, but save it. He was too much a time ready to set up the drinks for the boys at the drop of glove. Chase played most of his baseball under Clark Griffith and, naturally enough, thinks Griffith was the best of managers. McGraw also ranks high in his estimation.

The toughest pitcher in the old days was Walter Johnson. never could get many hits off said Chase. And a confession and concession from a man who hit .341 with the Reds in the days before the rabbit ball. From first to last in one season is the present status of Santa Ana Country golf team, although Group 8 standings do not tell the true story. Santa Ana 15 Va to 5xk defeat at San Diego yesterday dropped the Newport boulevard squad into fourth place but Santa Ana and Red Hill have two more matches to play whereas San Diego and Victoria finish next Sunday.

There is a lot of ground to make up but with both their remaining matches at home the Santa Anans are still San Diego threw a powerful team against the home guard, 9 of its 14 golfers breaking 80. Even Dr. B. S. Healy and Landon Wheeler, the No.

7 combination, posted a 73 and a 77. Dick Ewert, 75, was the leading Santa Apan. Summary: Andy Borthwick and Dan Dodge (SD) 3 points: Dick Ewert and C. D. (Sonny) Holmes jr.

(SA) Charles Linnna and Russ Osgood (SD) 3: Bill Foote and A. W. Robinson (SA) Jack Thompson and Nelson Barker (SD) Ben Manker and E. H. Guthier (SA) Tom McKnight and Dick Disney (SD) L.

H. Robinson and Ross Hostetler (SA) Warren Fletcher and M. N. Thompson (SA) A. C.

Miles and Don Burnham (SD) F. E. Farnsworth and C. H. Hoiles (SA) 2M: Ernie Baeder and Lloyd Russell (SD) Dr.

B. S. Healy and Landon Wheeler (SD) Bob Miller and Dr. Stanley Norton (SA) 0. PITTSBURGH (AP) Joe Schultz, 46, former big league player and director of the Pittsburgh baseball farm system for the last two years, died in a Columbia, S.

C. hospital yesterday. Schultz became ill a few days ago. At his bedside were his wife, who had flown to Columbia from their St. Louis home, and a son, Joe Schultz rookie Pirate catcher.

A native of Pittsburgh, Schultz jOlayed with every National league team except the New York Giants and also with Boston of the American league. He played every infield and outfield position. He also was associated with several minor league clubs including Los Angeles, Kansas City and Houston. He was connected with the St, Louis farm system before transferring to Pittsburgh. Pirate sources indicated his successor would be Harold (Pie) Traynor, former manager of the club and present assistant farm director.

BASEBALL STANDINGS PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE W. L. Pet. .889 .750 .571 .556 .333 .286 .286 .250 Sacramento Seattle San Diego 4 Oakland 5 San Francisco 3 Los Angeles 2 Hollywood ....2 Portland Results Seattle, 4-3; Los Angeles. 0-2.

San Diego, 8-0; Hollywood, 2-5. Oakland, 5-2; San Francisco, 3-4. Sacramento. 10-2: Portland. 1-1.

Game Tonight Hollywood at San Diego. Games Tomorrow Portland at Hollywood (8:15 p. Los Angeles at Sacramento. San Francisco at San Diego. Seattle at Oakland.

BALTIMORE, (INS) Jimmy Bloodworth, second baseman for the Washington Senators, today was forced to remain in a Baltimore hospital and miss the opening game in Washington between the Nats and the New York Yankees. Bloodworth was beaned yesterday by Pitcher Russell Niller of the Baltimore Orioles in an exhibition game. BlociJworth, key man of the Washington infield, escaped serious injury, but had to stay at the hospital 24 hours. Doctors said he could return to the lineup tomorrow. i Wisecrackers call the vitamin pills President Sam Breadon feeds the St.

Louis Cardinals Bird.