Nevada State Journal from Reno, Nevada • 11

PAGE S3 NEVADA STATE JOURNAL RENO NEVADA SUNDAY APRIL 26 1942 SUNDAY APRIL zo 'll Navy Star Sets World Record In 440 Yard Hurdles Inside I Stuff THE 5RnXTN CTrJ Ty Cobb Journal Sports Editor Ph 4121 PASTOR WINS 12TH STRAIGHT B0U1 the Bob Jolting Left Jars Jimmy Bivins ords I won loy srraignt rnat aie even amateur and profession 1 his gold teeth the MIMKM I 3 mile uni won by a that also one mile our for the will a mighty big head too worth $22900 to Re owner it netted $1140 I pointed out big league scouts always had a bountiful crop of rookies to look over and consequently could afford to be choosey about those called up to the majors of the time they were leery of both an inexperienced kid player and the veteran minor leaguer but now the scouts nec essarily will have to widen the classification of players willing to consider and availa bility for a season or two is going to be a big By TY COBB COLUMBUS Ohio April 25 (UR) ollowing a day of compara tive quiet in the 42nd annual Amer ican Bowling Congress tourna ment another shakeup tomorrow was expected as teams from Kansas City New York and Detroit are scheduled to roll The third of the out standing Budweiser beer quintets the of Kansas City will at tempt to displace the Chicago Bud weiser and the St Louis Budweiser as the first and second teams in the standings Included in the lineup of this club is Virgil Gibbs who paired with Nelson Burton of St Louis Mo won the doubles title in 1937 and at New York with a 1359 count "The war may be a long McKechnie said If base continued operation is per mitted we must draw our talent from sources that will not ham per the war effbrt I see it that means scouts must be watchful players at the extremes of age limits Clubs be forced to use players who are too young to be called for mili tary service and the oldsters who might not be given a look by the Washoe County Golf Course to day will be the scene of the 1942 Reno city championship tourna ment In the championship flight golf ers with qualifying scores of 84 or lower will play 36 more holes of medal play at scratch They in clude Harold Bailey who qualified with a three under par 69 Ed Mc Neill Roy Torvinen Hutt Mar tin Jr Rudy Semenza Lee Hick man Hezzelwood Monk erris Bill Mayo Ken Johnson Bill Wymess Bill Williams Ralph Meyers Ralph Salsbury and Bob Madison The group with qualifying scores from 85 to 90 play 18 more holes at handicap in the first flight while those from 92 to 112 are in the second flight UPSET STANORD ROSH BERKELEY Calif April 25 (UR) The University of California freshmen track and field team up set the Stanford freshmen riday by a score of 68 to 63 Pete Watkins and Albert of Texas A Wright Hits Hurdle Cummins of Rice won By UNITED PRESS The Cleveland Indians moved up into a tie for first place in the American League with the New York Yankees Saturday by defeat ing the Chicago White Sox 5 4 for their sixth straight triumph while the Boston Red Sox trimmed the Yankees 4 2 The Indians spotted the White Sox a 4 0 lead until hte sixth in ning when they scored their first run tied it in the seventh with a three run splurge and shoved home the winning counter in the ninth Cleveland unloaded a 13 hit bar rage against Johnny Humphries and Buck Ross while Al Milnar and Chubby Dean stopped White Sox with five hits By TOMMY DEVINE United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO April 25 (URL Veteran players in the minors who have been passed up repeat edly by major league scouts will get widespread attention this season because of the war Cin cinnati Manager Bill Mc Kechnie predicted today In baseball continuously since 1907 as a player coach and pilot believes the most significant one to develop as the result of the current conflict is a change in diamond scouting technique Warren 'Smith Sets New Record in Half Mile DICK RUESS candidate for the football team two seasons back whose career was cut by a knee injury is training as an army aviation cadet in Texas Jer ry Berry former Nevada frosh gridder was in town this week in his new lieutenant's uniform Jerry worked up from the ranks earning a chance at the officers school Irish Johnny Taylor has returned to the prize ring and easily copped Oakland's semi final last Wednesday Bruno Tas sone and Wayne Asher are the latest additions to the Giant Shop baseball team Joe Egnatic 1941 leading home run hitter of the Pioneer League was drafted for the army last week Joe played in Reno thre years ago with House of David and then Sierra Royals Among the played in Reno three years ago Twin alls are several graduates from last semi pro ranks: Bob Nicholas shortstop Bud Tyre man third Jack Chenard pitcher (won 12 lost none) Tony La marra shortstop Lefty Taylor first base Ernest Sierra short stop QUINCY April Trout fish ing in the streams of the Plumas National orest will not be at its best until mid May according to Ranger A Kloppenburg fam ous Plumas county angler Klop penburg points out that stream waters will still be high on May 1 and consequently fishing will be hampered to some extent There are lots of fish however Ranger Kloppenburg declared and exper ienced fishermen who know the ropes will get their usual opening day limits Ranger Kloppenburg who is in charge of the Quincy district of the Plumas national forest is a native of Plumas county and his ability as a fisherman and hunter is le gend in the eather River coun try Win String Extended to Six Straight This Is Season for Oldest Vets Youngest Rookies Major League Scouts Go to Extremes of Age Groups He pointed to his own roster as an example have on our pitching staff Ray Starr who is 34 years old and Ewell Blackwell who is only 19 In normal years nei ther of those fellows might get thorough trials by a major league thorough trials by a major league outfit but now they're mighty valuable property Be fore the shooting is all over likely see a lot more play ers of the Starr and Blackwell groups in the majors Conditions simply will demand recent McKechnie EVERY YEAR local ring fans have complained that some of the outstanding Golden Gloves boxers are not kept together as a team and campaigned the coast in dual meets and tournaments This year the idea gained an even stronger hold after the outstand ing showings made by Warren Dark Zug Bennett Jim Agostino Keith Heaton Howard Hecke thorn and other Reno boxers the makings of a great AAU team But unfortunately for the boxers the Reno Golden Gioves is generally the finale to the western amateur season The local boys go into the Nevada tournament without the benefit of a single previous bout and usuallywithout training in a real ring etc boxers would make 100 per cent better showings if they were encouraged by some club or individual as is the case in Sacra mento San rancisco Susanville Stewart Richmond and every other place enjoys amateur boxing success if they were given a good place to train consistent coaching and a schedule out whereby they could com pete in dual meets at least four times before the big spring tourn aments (San rancisco Golden Gloves Pacific AAU and Reno Golden Gloves) Bill 120 yard hurdles but it was only because Bob Wright of Ohio State hit the fifth hurdle broke his stride and had to run off the track Wright was leading at the time and appeared a sure winner Charles Blad of Michigan Normal was second time was slow 146 Lee armer University of Iowa Negrom sophomore who is unde feated in college competition won the 100 yard dash in 101 He was slowed down considerably by a stiff wind Harold Hall of Rice was second Jack Defield and Bill Williams of Wisconsin tied for first in the pole vault at 13 feet 5 inches Harold Hunt of Nebraska one of the co favorites was able to vault only 12 feet 6 inches Elmer Aus sieker of Missouri won the shot put at 49 feet 9 inches Jim Delaney of Notre Dame wras sec ond Travis Cook of East Texas won the javelin at 19824 feet San Jose Annexes Baseball Pennant SAN JOSE Calif April 25 (UR) San Jose State College today won the California collegiate athletic association baseball championship defeating resno State in a double header 10 6 and 5 1 In the first inning of the sec ond game Boitano San Jose catcher smacked a homerun two men on base to cinch the con test al before Jackie Kid Berg beat me in Just One law That winning streak is one of memories He believes in that streak and many boxing experts have written about it But one in it that he apparently re member but which all boxing rec ord books do He was held to a draw at th eclose of his first year of campaigning in the United States by one Joe Scalfaro true he unbeaten in his first 119 fights and since he remember the we mention it Because after all memories are about all that the bon bon has left memories that ar even more lustrous than Big Name Bowlers Arrive for Meet Golfers Seek Reno Championship Cup Powerful Trojan Track Team Wins Tri Comer Meet Half Mile Relay Mark Established By Ohio Staters Only Smile Left Yes the only glamorous thing about Kid Chocolate is his golden the same smile that captivated 13 years ago when this Cuban negro invaded the United States with 21 straight knockouts under his belt and be came one of the greatest gate at tractions the lighter divisions ever saw He hammered out more than $500000 for himself and manager Luis Gutierrez before he was through sliding quickly into fis tic oblivion after having been such a classy performer for so long Old timers who them all say that the Cuban bon bon the most man in motion they ever watched Chocolate in brown pongee suit off in the punching bag corner of the Cristobal Boxing arena with its rambling 3500 seats engages the intruder in con versation while instructing a brown skinned novice in the art of leather tossing Good Boys What about the records of those up and coming York young sters Ray Robinson of Harlem and Lulu Constantino of the Bronx? Welterweight Robinson has clicked off 119 straight ring victories as an amateur and pro fessional including 30 in the lat ter class Constantino has won 55 straight pro bouts Chocolate says in Spanish that still bears the mark of the water front he used to dive off the docks for pennies: good fighters but they got a long way to go before talking about records I Won 169 straight fierhts as LOS ANGELES April 25 Capturing 13 out of 15 first places the University of Southern Cali fornia track team today easily de feated the University of California at Los Angeles and the San ran cisco Olympic Club in a three way meet at the Memorial Coliseum The Trojans set three new meet records in the mile relay 220 yard dash and 880 yard in rolling up a total of 95 points The Olympic Club was second with 25 points and UCLA third 15 Cornelius Warmerdam Olympic Club pole vaulter holds the present record of 15 feet 5 inches won the event at a disap pointing 14 feet after missing three tries at 14 feet 6 inches Later he set the bar at 15 feet for an exhi bition vault missed the first two tries but cleared the third attempt The new meet record of 3 min utes 15 seconds in the mile relay clipped more than three seconds from the previous mark of 3:186 set by USC in 1940 The winning Trojan quartet today was com posed of Cromwell Wachtler Kearns and Bourland 209 in urlong Hubert Kearns set the new meet record of 209 seconds in the 220 yard dash bettering the previous time of 212 set by Barney Willis of USC in 1940 His competition came from team mates illmore Clark and Howard Callanan who fin ished second and third Warren Smith led fellow Trojan Ed Legar to a win in the 880 in the new record time of 1:559 The previous mark of 1:565 was set by Smith last year Kenneth Boyd UCLA was third The Trojans made a clean sweep of the first three places in the 220 and 440 John Wachtler Jim Thomas and Callis of USC fin ished in that order in the 440 Lake ishing fine In Waters TAHOE CITY (Lake Tahoe) April 25 ishing season on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe open ed on April 15th and fishermen report fine results with lots of big i fish being taken daily Martin of Lodge at the south end is one of the lucky na tives and on Tuesday of this week caught five lake trout off the southern shore I Deer are to be seen almost daily on the sunny slopes at the north end where the snows melt early and edible bushes are found On Tuesday a large doe and later a fawn were seen en route to tne lake to drink Wednesday morning Mrs James Wilson of Pomins saw a large coy ote close to the highway near Ta hoe ishing in Plumas Poor Til Mid May California Crews Sweep Bruin Races BERKELEY Cal April 25 California's three crews ran into unexpected opposition from A today but defeated the Bruins in their races on the Oak land Estuary Cleveland Moves Into Top Place Tie With Yanks NEW YORK April 25 (UP) A game little horse with a game little man on his back stretched his speed almost from wire to wire today for a breath taking triumph in the richest of all Wood memorials and tonight the word went out that Texas Ben Requested is the baby to beat in the 68th Ken tucky Derby The trim chestnut beauty who was picked out of the Sara toga yearling sales for $1200 didn win his 18th renewal of the eastern Ivy League classic by much But when the photo graph was printed while Jamaica fans stood anxiously by it was Requested by enough a head It was It was to the fans who backed him and it backed up the judgment of the stubborn admirers who refused to quit when he finished third in the $15000 Chesapeake in Maryland a week ago Out of the overstuffed field in the last 100 yards came Walter long shot Blue for second while the favorite of the crowd Sunny Jim Apache was another half length behind for third Apache had only a head on irst iddle who was really running in the stretch for fourth The time too good It was 1:45 15 far off the course record Blue a son of Blue Lark spur took second and paid $1640 and $760 while Apache who had every chance to come buzzing in all by himself was tired at the end LOOSE PLATES? Stop emborrasiment coued by loote dental platei! MOY new alkaline holding powder anchor denture firmly with oft tuthion 4 to 12 hour longerl Pleaiantly flavored to help relieve "denture breoth" Ak your druggist may BRAWNY Gardner Allen 235 pound allon Indian who won the Nevada Golden Gloves heavy weight titles in 1940 and 1939 has arrived in Australia John Ebarb of San Leandro the 1941 Nevada heavy kingpin turn ed pro yet at an army air base in Texas now Reno sports scribes and coaches will soon nominate the 1942 recip ient of the Jack Hill Memorial Trophy which goes annually to University of Nevada outstanding all round athlete preferably a senior Jack Rumler west coast boxing writer says it looks fairly certain for Tony Olivera ana Lou Salica fighting for the bantam title in that Hawthorne fight being staged by Mike Gallo this summer Blimp Williams went to all the trouble of running out on a Lou Nova fight in Reno two years ago at a time when Nova was in comparatively poor condition Yet the other day in an Oakland gym the Blimp was re ported to have floored the Number our title contender By ARTHUR MONROE United Pre Staff Correspondent HAVANA April 25 (UP) Kid Chocolate unquestion ably was the most widely known sports emissary ever sent out from this exotic island that has presented a welcoming world with the rhumba and the daiquiri The daiquiri despite its modern cocktail lounge setting rr was mixed originally in the hard bitten gold mining community of Daiquiri where the muckers and trammers always said all that glitters 4 But returning to this war year when Cuban sugar really means we can say that the only thing about the iabuious Kid Chocolate that glitters is his gold the gold in his teeth And his uppers all are of gold the ivor ies having been knocked out in street or ring battles before Choc olate knew that a mouthpiece was anything but the blowing end of a toy bugle Kid Chocolate former feather weight and junior lightweight champion of the world old now for a man of skinny and with ered He gives boxing lessons for $12 a week at the Cuban commis academy His wife has di vorced him virtually all of his fair weather friends are gone And he spends his evenings quietly and usually alone in his modest dwell ing Tavern CALIORNIA LEAGUE resno 2 San Jose 5 Santa Barbara 9 Bakersfield 2 Negro Sprinter Stars In Annual Drake Relay Classic DES MOINES la April 25 (UR) Roy Cochrane former University of Indiana star took a day off from his duties as a coxwain at the Great Lakes Naval Station today and ran the fastest 440 yard hurdle on record Competing in a special invita tional affair at the 33rd annual Drake relays and running without anyone to force he was clock ed in 522 seconds The accepted world record was 626 set in 1927 by John Gibson of ordham Dale Kulitz of Mich igan ran second but finished more than 40 yards behmd John Sharp of Oklahoma was third and Jim Gilliland of Louisiana State was fourth Only one other record was set 1 during the afternoon program as unfavorable weather hampered the 1 athletes and kept the crowd down to about 10000 880 in 1:259 That was in the half versify relay which was great Ohio State team cantured the 440 and races The Buckeyes ran the half miles in 1:259 knocking one tenth of a second off the mark set by Iowa in 1935 Ralph Hammond a Negro sprint er who was one of the outstanding individuals in the two day meet ran on all three of the winning relay teams anchoring the 440 and 880 Russell Owen Collins and Bob Wright national hurdle champion ran on the record setting half mile team with Hammond Ohio State's time in the 440 was 413 and in the mile was 3:153 Notre Dame walked off with the four mile university relay in 17:411 Illinois was second and Oklahoma third The Irish team was anchored by Oliver Hunter who yesterday was nosed out of the two mile run Depose Oklahomans The Texas Aggies won the 480 yard shuttle high hurdle deposing the favored Oklahoma Aggies as champions The Oklahomans fin ished second Iowa was third and Michigan fourth Texas Aggies time was 1:007 only eight tenths of a Second slower than the meet record Michigan scored its only victory in the two mile university relay winning in 7:437 less than two seconds slower than the meet mark Ohio State was second and Minnesota third In the individual events the 20 year old Drake high jump record of 6 feet 6 inches again stood up ive men tied for first at 6 feet 4 inches They were Don Boydston of Oklahoma Aggies Kuhl of Iowa George Hoeflinger of Ohio State Ricks Browm Halts Rally Joe Dobson blanked the Yankees for eight innings but needed ninth inning help from Mace Brown to i bring the Red Sox victory A walk to George Selkirk and singles by Joe DiMaggio and Charley Keller loaded the bases to start the rally with none out (Brown took over for Dobson here and set down the Yanks in order but two runs scored on outs The Washington Senators gene rated five run outbursts in the sec ond and third innings to defeat the Philadelphia Athletics 10 7 Her man Besse and Joe Caliguiri pitch ed for the In the fourth Cali guiri hit Bobby Estalella on the head with a fast ball and Cuban infielder was taken to a Washington hospital where it was reported he suffered no skull frac ture Stan Spence paced the Sen ators driving in four runs on a homer and singles Seven Straight Losses Detroit handed the St Louis Browns their seventh straight de feat 4 2 behind the six hit pitch ing of Rookie Charlie uchs and Hal Newhouser uchs who blank ed the Browns a week ago in his first start gave way to Newhouser in the eighth but was credited with the victory Bob Harris start ed for the Browns but left in the third after the Tigers had bunched three of their runs in the second on two walks a double and a single Brooklyn held on to its one game National League lead over the New York Giants by trimming the Phil adelphia Phils 4 1 behind the three hit pitching of Johnny Allen while the Giants stopped the Bos ton Braves 5 1 on the four hit hurling of Bob Carpenter The Dodgers clinched their vic tory by chalking up three runs in the first inning They filled the bags with none out on singles by Augie Galan and Lou Riggs and a walk Dixie Walker cleared them with a double 2000th Hit Dick Bartell hit a homer and two singles to lead the Giants to their fourth straight victory and give the Braves their eighth straight loss homer the 2000th hit of his 15 year major league career came with two aboard in the second Ernie Lom homer in the second robbed Carpenter of a shutout Cubs scored their third straight win by beating the Cin cinnati Reds 5 4 in 11 innings Claude Passeau went the distance for the Cubs and held the Reds to eight hits including a homer by Rookie Bert Haas in the sixth with none on Paul Derringer and Elmer Riddle pitched for Cincinnati and were reached for 12 hits the win ning run coming in the 11th on a dauble by Lou Stringer and singles by Babe Dahlgren and pinch hitter Charley Gelbert Chase Upsets Cruz HOLLYWOOD April 25 Jack Chase wiry Denver 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