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12 TORONTO DAILY STAR Wed April 231952 Saigh Tax Indictment SEVEN STRAIGHT GOALS The Big Boss Gets the Bad News Let Me at '7 iufiUb Leaf Tribe Tie up? Not Soon RED ROLE RUMBLE seat Baseball Results Standings GBL The Top Quality Golf Balls 3 ky DUNLOP Lost NOW REDUCED IN PRICE See your Pro to improve your game ALIGNMENT RONT END PLAY A REE ESTIMATES TO WIN Terms May Be Arranged DUNLOP TIRE AND RUBBER GOODS COMPANY LIMITED teu LA 147 4 St Ctale Gardens a 4H a 3 Won 4 333 250 222 income of 108823 The first two founts of the in dictment charged him with sign ing false returns on personal in come and failing to pay taxes of $13262 in 1946 and $14351 in 1947 The third count accuses Saigh as vice president of the Cardinals of fahrly listing corporate income of $1440497 in 1949 instead of the true figure of $1463275 and of paying $8655 less taxes than the baseball club owed this said 4 5 7 8 $115 1159075 this one Walter Christianson's the lead in half before ended and Canadians 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 5 Result! 2 5 4 6 Pct875714714 MAXLI DUNLOP "65" IMPERIAL WARWICK Utters to "leckfsHt from tM Rumble wtikdoy fQJ rCK810 ARMY IS BECKONING BOBBY BROWN Portland Oakisnd Hallwood San rancisco 10 Innings Win! the esteem Cobbledick ISRAEL NETTERS QUIT Tel Aviv April 23 (AD Israel withdrew yesterday from the Euro pean zone Davis Cup because a gpbkcsman said it was unable to satisfactory arrangements with Hungary Montreat Syracuse Buffalo bprlngfleld Baltimore Toronto Rochester Ottawa Chosen more than any other golf ball by winners of tournaments throughout the work! Including the British Open and many other 1 111 2 proceeded to wrap up the decision with their third period Other ort rances tnaiksmen besides Kliner were Christianson with two and Vein Mika Hupchuk and Richard Ricard with one apiece lick Bruce Burdott White lanagan and Mickey Roth ac counted for the Stratford goals Specialists in ront End Alignment and Repairs Leafs although they did eventually This fall there is no option and any agreement 'will be strictly a new deal between a major league team and the Leafs AT believe I have made my con tribution to baseball in Toronto by selling Red ahr to the Leafs" Greenberg said "and I believe he ill be a winning pitcher" Greenberg was introduced by Jack Cooke president of the Leafs The fourth and fifth counts said Saigh filed joint returns on his home and his wife's personal In come for the years 1948 and 1949 and debated the correctness of the tax payments he made for those $8604 in 1948 and $4748 in 1949 Saigh was In Cincinnati attend ing a game between the Cards and Reds last nighwhen he was told of the indictments He left Lis box at Crosley ield and flew Star Photo by Paul Smith TURO8KY SEND ORT RANCES INTO LEAD OVER INDIANS Newark Dave Davey 204 Cliffside Hark NJ outpointed Keene Simmons 204 Bayonne 8 back to St Louis "I understand why has come up now" Saigh matter was in the hands of my attorney and I thought it was in the process of settlement" US Attorney George Robert son said have been working on this case a long time" I The charges against Saigh carry upon conviction a maximum pen ally of five years in prison and a $10009 fine on each count RANDY TURPIN STOPS RENCH LIGHT HEAVY 10 rounder at Harrin It was GREENBERG INCH HITS OR PHOTOGRAPHER NAT lakes Shot of Jack Cooke and Old President Harold McCue New York April (AP) In fielder Bobby Brown of New York Yankees yesterday wns ordered to take an army physical examination next Tuesday and also was notified that he will be called to active duty in July should he pass the tests Brown a doctor who' received part of his medical school education at government expense is a first lieutenant in the Army Medical Reserve 1 Mrs Howard could always te de pended on for a good Idea We sold a man a truck here not so long ago and we think he had a good idea too As a matter ot fact as far as I know It's the first 4fme we've ever sold a man in his pro fession a truck and I think it makes an Interesting story He Was a i young man about 35 or end his church was moving him out west of Winnipeg He'd gone into tho problem of petting his furniture moved out there and transportation for his family and It had all added up to more money than he could afford He came In to us with his ptoblem told ua what he planned doln and wanted to know how we could help him? He had a car which he wanted to sell If he could get hoi I of a good small truck that would inovo not only his furniture but also his family He'd never driven a truck before In his life of course but he figured he could nanrtla a small ona provided It was In good condi tion His Idea was Io move out and once there sell the truck We showed him what thought would be the Ideal truck for his purpose It was a small ton 1942 model In pood condition and he bought it for 1450 When he got to thia new narlah we mt very nice note from him that we're very proud of When It cornea to trucks come to tut liXL (x (WC 11 Len Howard he owned a drug store in Hillsdale used to say that there was a lot to be said for marriage He said that marriage is an Institution that teaches a man thrift regu larity and many other splendid virtues he need if he stayed single He finally got married though and for a while there he thought he'd be a writer Once he was hard at work typing about two o'clock in the morning when bis wife shouted out to him from the bedroom: "Len aren't you ever coming to bed?" Len said: "I can't got the beautiful 'heroine trapped by the villain and I can't think of a way to get her out" Mrs Howard said: "How old is the Len said: "Twenty two" His wife said: put out the light and come to bed old enough to take care of her ANS IGHI ON ICE AS AEROVOX LOSE London April 23 Ran dolph Turpin British and former world middleweieht chamnion knocked out Jacques Hairabedian light heavyweight cham pion in 201 of the third round of a scheduled gay arena last night first bout against a 175 pound class fighter Turpin is contrac'ed to fight light heavyweight champion Don Cockell at the White City London June 10 for the British title Turpin who weighed 164 pounds aganst Ilairabedian's 17314 looked fit or the first two rounds he wes content to jab with his left and those punches were more than the rench champion could take The British champion opened a deep cut under the left eye in the second round and clrnost closed closed his right eye too In those two rounds TUrpln threw only one right handed blow But in the third round with the rench fighter's face a mask of blood Turpin finished the one sided show with a short right hook to the chin A capacity 'crowd of 10600 saw Turpin's victory HEAR YE The Mermaid Swim club will not be able to meet at Oakwood CI tomorrow night as originally plan ned on account of the Home and School club is in session Cleveland April The winless Detroit Tigers dislike their manager Red Rolfe with bitter ness that can't help but affect their Plain Dealer Sports Editor Gordon Cobblcdick says today Writing in his column "Plain Dealing" Cobbledick says this feeling is "beyond the understand ing of an because "Red Rolfeis a newspaperman's delight He is intelligent well educated and a gentleman If a popularity poll were taken among members of the working press Rolfe would be a cinch to land among the top three major league pilots" Too Unhappy to he hasn't won of the ball continued the contrary the anti Rolfe feeling is so deep and so violent that some close ob servers have gone so far as to pre dict a blow up comparable to the rebellion' of the 1940 Indians" In that year a number of the Cleveland Indians tried to have Oscar Vitt fired Cobbledick who doesn't think such a rebellion will take place at Detroit continues: it seems apparent now that the Tigers going to perforin well under not because they would shirk on the job but only because their acute unhappiness will make it impossible for them to play winning baseball" Ry NEIL MacCARL Toronto ball fans are a patient lot The Maple Leafs haven't fin ished in the money since 1945 and only five times smee 1926 but that discouraged the Toronto fans Their enthusiasm is so great that approximately 5000 turned out yesterday afternoon at freshly painted Maple Leaf stadium just to watch Manager Joe Becker put his squad through a workout The Leafs have been the best gale attraction in the league for the home opener for the past three years despite their failures during the rest of the season rank "Sh8g" Shaughnessy president of the International league obviously was impressed by the turnout of fans at the workout "I wish we had an average of that many people every day throughout the Shag told a capacity audience at lost nighCs annual Meet the Ball Club Dinner in the King Edward It was sponsored by the Old Timers Baseball association and drew a capacity house of 7D0 The Leaf players also Cvere im pressed by the fans' enthusiasm more people than we saw opening night li Baltimore" said Vic Lombardi tnc ex major league southpaw pitcher "It's great to play In a town where they show this kind of enthusiasm" Hank Greenberg vice president and general manager of the Cleve land Indians turned out to be just as much of success a guest speaker last night as ho was when St Louis Mo April red Saigh Jr president of the St Louis Cardinals said today he cannot understand" why a federal grand jury Indicted him on five charges of income lax evasion Saigh a 47 year old lawyer who made a quick fortune in real es tate deals prior to buying control of the National league club In 1949 was charged with evading taxes on personal and corporate Bt'CCT ROM MEETS WILSON Milwaukee April Dan Bucccronl sixth ranking light heavyweight contender and Aaron Wilson protege of Sugar Ray Robinson will meet May 1 in a 10 round bout at the Milwaukee Auditorium it was announced yes terday Red Views Chicago April 23 What is wrong with the Detroit Tigers who have lost eight straight Ameri can league games and still are with out a victory? is a hard question to manager Red Rolfe said today "I could say we have been the victims of a hitting slump which cannot He explained that the power tn his lineup has lost the high voltage it desperately needs Rolfe con tinued Vic Wertz He has two hits In 29 times at bat Johnny Groth has two hits Pat Mullin six George Kell seven that friend is my power and when it is short circuited we just But Rolfe added the above men tioned gentlemen not otherwise I might be wondering about changes in the "I know they will come the redhead said confidently Absence of Hoot Evers Rolfe said has hurt the club and return to action will "help us a lot" Evers suffered a broken thumb four days before the season opened in an exhibition game with Cincinnati MAVCIff Ml LEAGUE Pet GBL B5 857 he was the slugging star of the Detroit Tigers He got his biggest ovation in his closing remarks when he suggested the possibility of future affiliation between the Toronto team and the Indians Later on he ci ate I a little more on the subject but dis counted any chance of a i up i i the near future "There are two good reason why we couldn't nuke an agrecme with Toronto" he said "irst of an the Leafs have a working agreement witht the St Louis Browns And secondly Cleveland owns the Indianapolis team (in the American association)' and we are having a hard time looking after He also mentioned that the Indians arc on very close terms with the San Diego team In the Const league Actually the Leafs might be In line for a new tie up next year when their current agreement with the St Louis Browns expires Last year it seemed doubtful the Brownies would exercise their option to renew their pact with the OUNL0P 65 Hamilton April 23 This city's rarton St arena goes away back in a hockey sense and has seen some wild battles especially when the Greens Randalls and others cre the big news hereabouts How ever it's duubiful that Percy Thompson boss of the igloo ever ran into a tougher situation than confronted him last night As Waterloo Hurricanes elimi nated Hamilton Aerovox bv win ning tho seventh game of their best of seven OHA junior "IP semi finals teen age fans from both cities tangled in a fist swinging brawl which started in the stands and flowed out onto the ice 1 At one time there were close to a 100 battlers slithering sliding fall ing and mauling on the frozen suifaee Officials played "God Save The Queen" over the public address system but the feud continued The referees threatened to call the game unless the ice was cleared When a semblance of order finally was restored the Hurricanes battled through to a 6 3 decision to take th? series four games to two One game ended in a tie The Hurricanes now meet the Weston Dukes for the OHA junior crown John ord fired three goals to lead the winners Laverne Schnarr Ray Douglas and Joe Dorsch shared the others Alex Leslie potted two and Jim Brown one lEXGVE nose 1 2 2 3 4 6 6 7 Re nll 4 Phiiadflphls 2 at Louis 2 3 Boston 13 Pittsburgh Game! 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KI 77JI i i naia THIRD PERIOD DID IT jgIG Hank Greenberg listened while Jack Cooke owner of the base ball Leafs repeated the message he was gelling over the telephone St Louis had scored five runs in the seventh inning Cleveland used three pitchers in the seventh The Indians had three errors us the bloody details" Hank finally implored the final score will It yas 8 3 for the upstart St Louis Browns The Indians were beaten after seven straight wins and big league baseball's only undefeated club had slipped back toward the pack I feel almost as if I were responsible fur bi caking your winning streak Cooke lamented you hadn't come up here to address our meel the ball club dinner you'd have gone to St Louis And the Indians probably would have Hank agreed he would have been in St Louis because ho had Intended to talk ever tome business with his old boss Bill Vceck the sport shirted new owner of the Browns my piescnce is good for only three runs" he quipped That would have made the score 8 6 So we still lost" Actually Greenberg was something less than grief stricken because the string vias broken In the first place he i asoned even a club as good as he hopes his Indians are can't win them all Secondly he believed he had detected a hint that fans could become impatient with a team that never lost as well as one that never won He quite define it but they seemed to find fault with the way the club won Aside from tho effect his presence or absence might have had on his own Indians cven'Le had to wonder out loud why he should 1 in Toronto when two Cleveland controlled minor league Indianapolis and Reading vieie opening their seasons It was Mr Greenberg himself who suggested maybe ho was foreseeing the day when' be a tieup between Cleveland and Toronto because maybe the Leafs would want to make a change After the dinner was over he vmced the hope he be taken seriously He was merely making small talk he explained Small talk or shop tr Ik there seemed to be people who preferred to think he was in earnest among them we suspected one JK Cooke had more actual aid from Cleveland this season than had from the parent Browns He Never Really Wept for the BronxGREENBERG was inlioduccd as the boy who listened to the ''J Yankees' then signed with Detroit and became the biggest power hitter of all time despite a label which he wore when he was sent back from Haitford in the Eastern league where the Bengal? had farmed him out The ticket said something like this: attached individual never will be a ball player Better teach him to drive a The fact that Hank had a chance to be a Yankee but shrewdly foresaw better opportunities as a Tiger always intrigued the New Yoik wiiters In the later jears of caiecr it was fashionable01 them vO pound out pieces of pathos about how homesick Hank always hoped to whid up his baseball tint in the Bronx That was phonus balonus which didn do any person any harm1 Hank for the life nf him seem to recall a single sigh for a ticket to New Yoik He liked Detroit where the hours the pay and the play were good Although he careful not to create the impression telling Toronto how to run its ball club Greenberg figures the Leafs might have used Bobby Prentice whom he could have sent them on option a Toronto boy "Prentice have disgraced you in this company" Green berg insisted And the fact lies a Toronto boy would have made' him a drawing card with San Diego now in the coast league You never know when a player like that will take fire All of a sudden in the big league and you remember you could have had him on option That the way it goes in this Gieenbeig needled the brass about their suspicion of well meaning strangers After Toronto had asked weeks ago whether he had some players who might help them Hank he had named two or three Vou know what Jack (Cooke) hero wanted to know?" Hank giinned "He asked me: are you being so nice to How Wrong Can Every Expert Be? Tales: Sometimes a guy can get too much advice 1 More than a year ago when the baseball Leafs needed help Joe Ziegler then general manager and a' club director who will remain anonymous talked business with rank Lane general man ager of the White Sox They fqund they could get Johnny Ostrowski for $15000 or Marvin Rickert tor $12500 Every baseball man they asked advised them to take who was a colossal flop for the Leafs Baltimore later grabbed Rickert who hit belter than300 and led the league in home runs Howie Mallabon a Toronto boy will Umpire this season in tho Provincial league Wilmer (inc ureaij rieius was an absentee from last baseball dinner Some person cracked that a search party should be sent to Bi antford where Wilmer played last year The National Hockey all star poll should put a now evaluation on defence men It dc emphasizes the biffing bashing type Red Kelly who has won two years in a row without a dissenting vote Is one of the least penalized players in the league If Pooler Donwoods Drive landed a white marlin weighing 10'J pounds in the fishing derby at ort Lauderdale la i Guess who said this: 'Tve done a lot of moving around of late Now I'm ready to settle Right tho first time It was George Katterman just obtained by the football Browns He might have been reading tho lines he spoke last year when he landed in Montreal Special to The Star ort William April After twice holding the lead in the first two periods Stratford Indians faded badly in the final frame to suffer a 9 5 drubbing at the hands of ort rancis Canadians here last night in 1he opening game of the best of seven final for the Allan Cup A crowd of 3201 paying customers was on hand at ort William gardens our for Kliner LeJ by Ed Kliner with four goals the Western Canada Senior Hockey representatives broke out in a scor ing rath to fire heme seven suc cessive tallies in the third perio before Indians replied with the final goal of the evening two and a half minutes before the end Starting off in impressive fashion and repeatedly ganging up in ort rances territory for prolonged power plays the eastern champions opened the scoring after Jess than five minutes of action when Billy lick found the range1 with a screened shot Canadians came back eight min utes later with two fast goals spaced less thart a minute apart to finish the first period 2 1 but Indians tied the count again 53 seconds after the second frame got under way and while they were playing short handed Dinny lanagan was serv ing a penalty for slashing at the time An unassisted goal by Jack White put Indians in front once more Then when shorthanded again lanagan added another Bill Walsh was off for However counter cut the period sour iKwcrs sthaiford lrnl rrlod 1 Stratford licX iinRRin Wilson) 4 57 ort rances Donnell tSampson edoruki 1247 ori iances Kliner (O'Donnell) 13 12 Penalties Helndaeh Gosselin White edoruk Second Period Stratford Burdett (White) 53 ratfora Wnlte 3 20 6 S'ratfnrd laraein (lkk) 17457 Port rances Christiansen 1820 lansean Walsh Third Period 8 ori rances Hupchuk 'K'irreba Chritlanen 3 44 ort rances Kliner 0 Donnell 1'edoruki 7 27 10 ort rances HksJ rkeooruk) 1 135 ort rances Kliner io Donnell Gosselin) 12 25 12 ort I KUrer (O Donnell Gosselin) 14 ort rances Christiansen Eiaensoph KurcebiO 1 4 5 Stratford Roth (lanagaiD 1731 Kurceha Aitken (10 mtnuio misconduct and match misconduct' Samp son (2) Hcindach Eitensoph iiek on duuri 'D LL Sports Eoitoi? 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