Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 122, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 14, 1943 Page: 4 of 6
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Yanks Picked To Win
American League Flag
SPORTS
Voting Places
Browns Second
New York Loses
Heavily To Army
By ORLO ROBERTSON
NEW YORK. April 14 A'-
The New York Yankees Insl
three-fourths of their infield, the
best part ol their outfield and
the dean of their pitching staff to
Unde Sam but they’re still the
team to beat for ihe American
league pennant, say the sports
scribes
Realizing that the war might
change any team on short notice,
56 of the 74 writers participating
in the Associated Press' annual
survey named the Yanks to top
the junior circuit for the third
straight year. They polled 569
votes on the basis of eight for
first, seven for second, six for
third, etc.
With five ol ihe scribes nam-
ing them for first place, the St.
Louis Browns received ballots for
every position except seventh and
eighth to nose out the Cleveland
Indians and Boston Red Sox for
second place. The Browns polled
437 \otes to take the runner-up
position, one notch above the
spot in which they finished in the
pennant race last season.
The Indians and Red Sox each
received six first place votes but
the tribe showed a little more
strength in the second and third
place ballots. As a result, they
finished third with 418 votes to
the Red Sox’s 401.
Cleveland was mentioned for
every position except last as were
the Detroit Tigers, who with one
first place vote, finished fifth
with 331 tallies. The sixth slot
went to the Chicago White Sox
and seventh to the Washington
Senators, who received consider-
ation for all positions except flic
top rung. Connie Mack's Phila-
delphia Athletics landed in the
basement with a thump.
Answers To
Do You Know
1. —James Kelly and Jonathan
Smith fought longest bare-knuc-
kle fight. They battled for 6
hours and 15 minutes near Mel-
bourne in November, 1855.
2. —Babe Ruth succeeded Sam-
my Vick in right field for New
York Yankees.
3. —Francis Ouimet populariz-
ed golf in this country by defeat-
ing the British masters. Harry
Varrion and Ted Rav, in a play-
off at Brookline to win the United
States Open championship of
1913.
SPORTS
ROUNDUP
One Mon Gong
— • —
Wade Family
— • —
Victory Gardens
By HUGH FULLERTON, Jr.
NEW YORK. April 14......i/P—
A recent note about Americo Wo*
JciesJes, wh<> collected rare but-
terflies as well as Japs during his
sta.v on Guadalcanal, reminded
Harry Sheer of the Madison, Wis.,
Capital Times of the Syracuse U.
boxer with the unpronounceable
name who fought for the N. (’ A
A. light-heavyweight title there
four years ago. . , .lust listen
Fidie Plank Counted Out Batters
And Collins Calls Him Top Hurler
“Worjciesjes was a one-man
general store if there over was
one. He was a front-ranking pig-
eon fancier and some of his
birds won National champion-
ships. He won prize after prize
at Syracuse for baking cakes. . .
He played the clarinet and trum-
pet like Artie Shaw and Harry
James combined and there was
little about Bach and Mozart
Americo didn’t know. . . He went
to school davs (studying forestry)
then worked in a steel mill nights
supporting his mother and sever-
al younger sisters and brothers.”
War.
Service Dept.
During the other World
William Wallace Wade, Jr., was
born at Fort Sill. Okla. Last fall
he was graduated from officer
candidate school there. . . A few
days ago his dad, Lieut. Col. Wil-
liam Wallace Wade, Sr., the for-
mer Duke football coach, arrived
at Fort Sill to take a course in
the field artillery school. . . But
there was no reunion. W. W. W.
Jr., is in Africa. . . There’s a
place on the navy pier baseball
team for Lieut. Ted Lyons of the
marines if lie wants to pitch in
| Chicago again. Regulations per-
mit teams to use one commision-
ed officer and there's none on
the navy pier roster.
Church Softball
Meeting Set For
Monday Evening
Plans for a Horgei Phillips
Church softball league will be
formulated at a special meeting
called for next Monday at 8 p m.
in the Phillips Baptist church
! r it Ifin tlitft has > n , 11 , ,,!!» ,! »»'»
a group of men interested in or-
ganizing a softball league during
the summer months.
All churches interested in soft
ball are asked to send a rep re
sentative team captain or man-
ager to the meeting Monday
night
Twilight and night games are
planned for both Phillips and Bor-
ger it suitable arrangements can
be made
ife:
Eddie Plank threw a wicked ball.
Huber Pro Breaks
Own Course Record
Houck Shoots 65,
Seven Under Par
Blazing over 16 holes in seven
under par, Todd Houck, pro at
the Huber Golf Club, broke his
own course record by shooting a
65. He held the former record
Of 66.
Playing with Clift Berrien,
Frank Elmore, Cecil Dees and
Earl Laningham, Houck went out
TRAINING
CAMP BRIEFS
Cleaning The Cuff
Noting reports from the Tigers'
training cam pabout Dick Wake-
field’s fielding, Texas leaguers
pointed out that Dick made twice j
as many errors as any other Tex-
as League right fielder last sea-
son—but he also caught more fly
balls and marie more assists than
any other. . . Add rationing prob-
lems: Members of the Canadian '
Hill Country club at Phillips,
Texas, were requested to bring
their own food for after-tourna-
ment dinners. . . They could
learn from the Oak Park, III., !
i ountrv club, which is supple-
menting its Victory garden by
raising 200 chickens.
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By The Associated Press
ST. LOUIS—Luke Sewell, boss
of the St. Louis Browns, shifted
Chet Laabs to left field and sent
Mike Kreevich to center today as
the Browns and St. Louis Cardin-
als resumed their city series. The
left field post was vacated yes-
Negroes Capture
Boxing Honors
in 34, two under par, and shot
the second nine in 31, five under
par.
The Huber pro set his record
despite a bogey on number 2
when he holed out in five on a
par four
Par (Out' 443 534 445—36.
Houck 253 434 444—34.
Par tin' 443 534 445—36—72.
Houck 342 424 444—31—65.
FRENCH LICK. Ind.—The Chi-
cago Cubs and While Sox wind
up the Indiana phase
spring training today
starting the city series
windy city on Friday.
of their
before
in
wuum
1 SHOES FOR MEN
HOUCK LEAVES TO ENTER
VICTORY GOLF TOURNEY
Houck, accompanied by Gene
Root and George Aullbach, both
of Amarillo, have left for Dallas
to compete in the Texas Victory
open golf tournament, which will
be staged in Dallas Friday and
Saturday of this week.
A record entry list of over 200 |
is expected for the tourney with
Pvt. Ben Hogan and Ed Dudley, i
top-flight pros, pacing the large
field.
By BipL KING
, . , ... , BOSTON. April 14— <7P> —As
terday by Glenn McQuillen who v < ,, „
! holders of six of the eight 1943
was inducted into the navy. , ... . ”
_ J 1 titles, negro battlers today ex-
| tended their domination over the
BOSTON—A1 Simmons, voter- | National AAU boxing competition
an outfieldei trying a comeback j The half dozen representatives
with the Boston Red Sox, pulled ! of that race accounted for all but
a ligament in his right calf yes- | the titles in the association's two
terday while scoring a home run lightest classes during the two-day
against Boston college. j stretch of fisticuffing that wound
- t up early this morning.
Among the negro victors were
two 1942 champions, Box Fox-
worth, the St. Louis 175-pounder,
and Samon Powell of Cleveland,
the ja very rugged middleweight Leroy
!Jackson, another capable Cleve-
| land negro, had to take the short
lend of a divided decision from
Fiiwite Ecu i O'Neal oi Fort Sill,
Okla., in the 118-pound windup.
tho uiosi decisive thic nc\v
champions was Charles Cooper, a
Washington negro, who knocked
out Eddie Gcttys of New Orleans,
in the first round of the 147-
pounds final.
The other negro winners were
heavyweight Walter Moore of
Chicago, Charles Hunter, the Cle-
veland 135-pounder, and Jackie
Floyd of Philadelphia, who gained
the 126-pound crown. Top honors
in the 112-pounds class went to
Tony Pcppi, the experienced Bos-
ton Italian.
Connie
reiain
PHILADELPHIA —
Mock has, decided to
John Burrows, southpaw pitch-
or utkn ic tko pTCpCT? *r cf
Wilmington Blue Rocks. Bur-
rows trained with the Philadel-
phia Athletics and defeated the
Washington Senators Monday.
The A’s, crushed yesterday
by Toronto of ihe International
league 7 to 0, oppose Casey
Stengel's Boston Braves today.
Stengel picked Nate Andrews
and Jim Tobin as his hurlers.
The simple elegance of
military styling . . . Jarman’s *
distinctive friendliness of
fit—a combination that's strict- *
ly "right” for today.
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MOST STYUS
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Bor gar's Only
Exclusive Men's Store
Caiile Roam Where
Golfers Battled In
Masters' T'/urney
AUGUSTA, Ga.. April 14—4/1'
There are no Pinkerton guards at
the Augusta National golf club
today—and the only thing around
the Wisteria-covered clubhouse is
a fence to keep out cows.
Which is another way of saying
that the Masters’ golf tournament
is gone, leaving only a herd of
beef cattle where a year ago a \
colorful gallery watched Byron
Nelson beat Ben Hogan for the
Masters' championship.
The weather is a mibbtry secret.
For ten years it was Augusta tra-
dition that showers would j>elt
the uoui.se and disrupt at least
one round of the annual tourna-
ment This year there's no tourna-
ment—and the 100 cows are much
too busy with the Augusta's nat-
ional's expensive grass to care
either way.
Yes. sir! It was
I week.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Tommy
Bridges, veteran curve ball art-
ist. is Manager Steve O’Neill’s j
selection to hurl for the Detroit j
Tigers today against the Minnc- |
apolis Millers of the American
Association. After the game the
Tigers. 5 to 4 winners yesterday
over the Chicago Cubs. wiil i
break camp.
Texas League Umpires
Move To Other Circuits
MUNCIE, Ind.—Frankie Frisch
is disguested with the “shadow
boxing attack of the Pittsburgh
Pirates and isn’t keeping his dis-
pleasure a secret. Right now he
ays bis club couldn't bat the .245
the 15)42 Buc compiled.
The Pirates are slated to start
a five-day series with'the Detroit
Tigers today.
NEW YORK. April 14—</P)~
The city’s mythical baseball cham-
pionship is at stake today in a
pair of Yankee stadium games
whose receipts will enrich the civ-
ilian defense volunteers office by
an estimated $100,000.
As arranged by a previous
drawing, the Yankees will oppose
the Brooklyn Oodgers in the first
game, starting at 12 noon central
wartime, with the winner taking
year ago this on the New York Giants immed-
' iotely afterward.
DALLAS. April 14—</P>—Half
of the Texas league umpiring staff
of last season was moved on to
other circuits.
Dusty Boggess is in the Inter-
national league and Rollie Naylor
and Milt Steengrafe are in the
American association, both class
AA circuits. Mike Williamson is
slated to go to the Eastern league,
a class A loop.
Bill Wilson of last year’s staff
is in the army. Andy Andrews is
with the ROTC at Peacock Mii-
tary Academy, San Antonio; Per-
ry Hunter is a guard at North
American aviation and Jim Ton-
gate is in private business at
W aco.
AGGIES WIN. 4 TO 2
COLLEGE STATION, Texas,
April 14—(/Pi—The Aggies defeat-
ed the Coast Guard team of La
P< 1 te, 4-2, in a baseball game yes
terday featured bv three innings
1 no-hit, no-run ball pitched by
Lefty Johnny Shuford.
By HARRY GRAYSON
NEA Sports Editor
Eddie Collins, who played be-
hind him for seven seasons, calls
Edward S Plank the greatest of
all pitchers.
“Not the fastest,” says the
equally famous second baseman.
“Not the trickiest, and not the
possessor of the most stuff, but
just the greatest.”
Raised on a farm near Gettys-
burg. Pa., where he died follow- 1
ing a stroke, Feb. 24, 1926. Eddie
Plank had never played baseball
when Frank Foreman, an old
pitcher coaching Gettysburg Col-
lege, asked him to try out for the
varsity.
Plank was nearly 26 when he
came into the American League
w'ith Connie Mack and the Phila-
delphia Athletics in 1991. In in
different seasons he won from 19
to 26 engagements, in 16 years
finished under .500 only once. He
won 320 games in 17 years, lost
190 for a percentage of .627.
The Gettysburg Guide was in
five World Series, and although
he pitched brilliantly, had little
luck. He lost five while winning
two, yielding no more than 11
runs in all. He gave up more
than two runs only once—when
Christy Mathewson and the
Giants shut out the Athletics, 3-0,
in 1911.
Offered Contract At 44
Plank jumped to the Federal
League, wound up with the
Browns. He quit in August. 1917,
disgusted with his support fol-
lowing two-hit. 1-9 loss to Walter
30 Year Rookie
Would Take Cut
To Stay On Top
PHILADELPHIA, April 14—</P>
—Lanky, rawboned Jim Tvack,
who looks more like a railroad en-
gineer than a rookie, took a linger-
ing look around Shibe Park. He
said:
“Golly, I've heard ball players
: say, ‘Let 'em send me back to the
j bushes, just so 1 get the same mon
; cy.' Well, let 'em cut me if they
want to, just so I stay up here "
They passed him by—the ma-
i.,. league sc.*ut: en \ v.:v a!
though he hits well over 309
snares high ones like a youngster
and fits Connie Mack’s ideal of a
gentleman player
“They took a look at this.” he
said, brushing his gray-specke<ji
temples. “I’m 30 years old. The
scouts want kids."
Before the gray appeared'.' "May- j
be it was because I can’t seem to
get started early. In 79 games
with Hollywood in 1939 I couldn't
u‘ hit better than .290, but when
| they sent me back to Little Rock!
I hit .354
“When I get started I don't care
j who’s pitching, but until then—I
well. Mr. Mack's letting me play!
and get my batting and that’s what
i I need."
His wife and three children, 1
Tvack admits, may be as big an
| asset as his batting eye to the
draft-riddled maiors
crossfire when he took a step to-
ward first base. He was just a
little different and a master at
holding men on or picking them
off base He threw a mean
and didn't hesitate to tuck it un-
der a good batter’s chin.
It took a !< ng while to complete
games pitcher! by Plank, for he
believed in letting the better hit-
ters wait
Once he got into the seventh
inning, he counted batters out.
"Nine to get.” he would say,
loud enough for his infielders to
hear. Then “Eight to get. etc.”
Drove 'em To Distraction__
But let Eddie Collins tell you !
about Plank Ho knew him best. . FLIERS MEET STEERS
"To some he would pitch with- AUSTIN, April 14— </!’> -The
out fussing,” explains the vice Waco army flying school baseball
president and general manager of team, studded with ox-big league
the Red Sox. "To others he would
throw a ball only after the um-
pire warned him against delay.
“Blank’s favorite situation was
two men on and a slugger up.
The better the hitter the better
Eddie liked it For. it the man
had a reputation to uphold, the
fans would urge him on, and he
would be aching to hit.
"Plank would fuss and fuddle
with the ball, with his shoes, and
1 hen try to talk with the umpire.
"His motion was enough to
give the batters nervous indiges-
tion. He’d dish up something the
batter couldn’t reach with two
hats, would follow that with an
equally wild pitch—inside. Prob-
ably the next would be a twister
the batter could reach, but could
not straighten out. A couple o|
wink know-
end minor league players, is here
today for the first of a two-game
scries with the University of Tex-
as.
MEXICAN TAKES DECISION
LOS ANGELES. April 14-H/Pi—
Carlos Malacarii. 143, Mexico Citv.
scored an upset ten-round decis-
ion last night over Cecil Hudson
145. Los Angeles negro.
DAFFY'S BACK: Following
comeback in Texas League,
Paul Dean tries big time again
as member of St. Louis Browns.
Although hit hard in exhibi-
tions, Brother Diixy says Daffy
will be hottest pitcher in Amer-
ican League by July 4.
Count Fleet Is
Derby Favorite
NEW YORK, April 14—i/P.—
Broadway’s better bookmakers
think C >unt Fleet is such n sure
pop for the Kentucky Derby May
1 that they dropped him right
down to odds of 4 to 5 today.
You get the idea, therefore,
that Mrs John D. Hertz's pride
and joy was quite n race horse
at Jnniau .1 v< tet day And that’s
uht liei auso il the Count had
won the St James purse any
men easily the> would have had
to examine him for a 12-cylinder
engine.
His margin wa> font lengths, and
it might have been 40 He zip-
ped the mile and 79 yards in
1 12 4 '5.
The Count siill runs with his
head too high and he’s still not
nearly as husky as most Derby
winners have been, but he really
can turn it loose.
Buy U. S. War Bonds and Stamps
? PROFESSOR WHIZS
mimm
Johnson. Traded to the Yankees, 1 fouls, and he would
he refused to report, and was so ingly at me.
effective in the Bethlehem Steel
League in 1918 that Miller Hug-
gins offered him a fat contract
at the age of 44.
No left-handed pitcher matches
Plank’s record in length of serv-
ice and general effectiveness.
Southpaws aren’t supposed to last
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pitcher retained his effectiveness
at Plank’s ace. retrogressed no
little over a long span of years.
The fact that he broke in so late
undoubtedly accounts for this.
Plank stood 5 feet 11 >4 inches,
weighed 175 pounds. He had
sharp features, a jutting jaw and
there wree lines in his tanned
face. He suffered from a nasal
condition, experienced difficulty
in breathing. He always com-
plained of a sore elbow, and the
sorer he said it was the better he
pitched.
Eddie threw with a three-quar-
ter motion and had a sidcarm
"Then he would attempt to pick
off the baserunners, which he fre-
quently did.
“Then, suddenly, Plank would
turn his attention to the fretting
batter again, who would, in all
probability pop up in disgust."
Plank said it was never so easy
to fool a bail player as when he
was trying to fool someone else.
Curia iniy, ihe batters didn’t
fool Eddie Plank.
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