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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-02
Lynx to Open
Track Season
Go to Enumcluw for
First Meet Tuesday,

Bill Hardie's Lincoln high track
squad will open their 1940 chase
this Tuesday afternoon when they
engage the Enumclaw runners at
Enumclaw.
Coach Hardie has built his
lineup around eight lettermen,
Bernard eeney, Sachio
Ikeda, Dale Gordon, Stan and
Walt Novotney, dowie Usage,
Don Seeley and Walt Arne-
stad.
Time trials held last Thursday
revealed the following starters:
mile run, Walt Novotney, Jim
Aylesworth, Ralph Alexander; 100
yard dash, Verne Christianson.
Dick Remission, Reynolds; ss0-yard
run, Stan Novotney, Bernard
Sweeney, Marlowe Swanson,
Martie Donohue; 44o-yard relay,
Sachio Ikeda, Reynolds, Christian
son. Ingwald Thompson; shuttle
relay, Hug yogel. Chuck Nakata,
Dale Gordon, Dick Remission; mile
relay, Pete Tedesco, Stan and Walt
Novotney, HOWE Usage; sso-yard
relay, Don Seeley. Reynolds,
Usage, Remission; high hurdles,
Ted Iufer, Dale Gordon; high
jump, Seeley. Walt Arnestad.
lufer, Thompson; pole vault, See
ley. Arnestad; shot put. Alan
smythe, Fritz Craig, Art Morten-
son, Thompson.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-02
ON THE LAM
with ELLIOTT METCALr

The Tigers win offer Tacoma ball fans outstanding
progrnm Of exhibition games this year
Il hard to put your finger any Of the four games
and single Il out Z feature.
The San Francisco Seals come here on Monday night,
April %. The Seals always welcome here because the
Tigers have been closely linked with the San Francisco club
In player deah and sentiment
Charley Graham Of the greatest fellows in baseball
The owner Of the Seals Thirtyfive years ago he
captain Of the famous Tigers owned by Mike Fisher Charley
helped make baseball history in the old 18th street park
= fond memory Of many Tacoma fans -.
baseball game made sentiment alone What the
looking appearance Harvey story
product Tigers 1887 and Larry Powell huer
q M lo1e Dengas.
storsy win play the game but there doesn't appear
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-02
BY ED CoNkLN

United Press Staff Correspondent
HOLLYWOOD. Cai.-Give the
Pittsburgh Pirates a dose of the
morale they lacked last season,
favored with the catching Prov
ess they hope will develop and they
may come winging home this au-
tumn heading the National league
race.
Frankie Frisch, the old
Fordham flash who succeeded
Pie Traynor rs manager of
BUGS, said today he has the
morale situation well In hand
and he reports progress In the
backstopping department. Tho
Pirates broke their training
camp at San Bernardino the
other day and were here today
for q stop on their eastward
exhibition swing.
When Frisch took over he
reins, the Pirates were in a low
mental state diagnosed as a ma
tural letdown after Gabby Hart
nett's home run blasted their pen
nant hopes in 1888. AS a result,
despite a wealth of potential base
ball dynamite in their midst, they
slipped to sixth place last year.
BACK ON TOES
Frisch, schooled In the atmos-
phere of the st. Louis gas house
gang, has the Pirates back on their
toes again. He has reconciled the
squad to his rigorous training rou-
tine.
The largest order ut the
moment Ii finding the right
combination at the catching
post. The Pirates two hold
overs from last year finished
with batting averages far
down the scale.
Ray Mueller. who hit at a .233
clip. gets the call in most early
exhibition games while Ray Ber-
res, struggling over a .220 av-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-02
Edges Out
AIMED Dogs
AT Exhibit
Hollis From Seattle:
Tucomuns Tuke
Two Blue Ribbons

A fine English setter. Chief o.
cambridge, owned by DR.. S. T.
Magnuson of Seattle and handled
by Melvin Wilgress. was adjudged
best In show" at the annual Ia
coma all-breed dog show. concluded
Sunday at Greenwich coliseum,
under sponsorship of the Young
Mems Business club and the Ia
coma Kennel club.
The setter beat out such
well known champions n Blue
King ii, Mr.. and Mrs. w. II.
Fox's kerry blue terrier from
Piedmont. Cal, and a Dalma-
tion, Four-in-Hand Mischief,
owned by the Four-in-Hand
kennels, FL Monte, Cal.
E. L. lJaek) Wolfenden. San
Francisco. was judge.
Chief O'Bainbridge was winner
among dogs in the sporting group,
while Blue King II was tops in
the terrier group ana Four-ln-
Hand Mischief ranked best In the
transporting group.
A Dober m an pinscher,
owned by Mrs. Hinton ID.
7 Jonez Of Tacoma, was judged
first In the working dog divi-
sion. The dog. not yet two
years old, Is called Duke Troll
Of Spanaway.
Can. Oh. Sen-Sai-Shun, a Peking-
csc owned by Don and Esther
Rowe of Tacoma, was tops in the
toy dog division, while Interna-
tional Oh. Lisel of Black Forest,
a daschhund, owned by the Black
Forest kennels of Everett. took the
blue ribbon in the hound group.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-02
Baxter Faces
Canadian in
Mat Feature

March weather was never as
lionlike or as lamblike as the vary
ing wrestling methods of Laverne
Baxter, Hollywood heavyweight
who returns for another What
now" performance at Greenwich
coliseum Monday night, meeting
Pat Meehan of Vancouver. B. c.,
In the eight-round main event on
Promoter Jack Connor's mat card.
For years Baxter has been
as villainous on the mat as any
MISUNDERSTANDING shylock,
but last Monday he suddenly
turned over a new leaf-at
least for the one occasion
and used only orthodox, ethi-
cal tactics In flattening the
formidable Dick Lever. a
rough. tough grappler from
Nashville, Tenn.
Babe Smallinsky, Butte, Mont,
heavyweight, who is no stranger
here, having appeared in Tacoma
several times four years ago, re-
turns to meet Marshall George OF
Buffalo, N. Y. in the five-round
semi-final, best two falls out of
three.
Charles Harden. a gentlemanly
mailman from Doraville, Ca, meets
Bob kruse, ruffianly campaigner
from Oswego. Ore. in the special
event. one-fall, three-round
match. while Toby Wallace Of
Portland and Frank Coleman of
Bellingham collide in the opener,
also a three-rounder which a sin
gle fall will decide.
Activity gets under way prompt
ly at $50 o'clock.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-02
Playoff Again
For W. l. Title

SALEM, Ore.-The Western In
Baseball league cham
pionship will be decided by a
shaughnessy playoff this year.
decided at a weekend
meeting.
The highest four of the
leagues six teams will COM
pete In the pIayoff. The PEN
nant winner automatically will
receive $500, and the play-off
winner $3.50.
-Four candidates were nominated
for three umpiring jobs. Pre-sea-
son tryouts will be given Dick
Weisgerber, Salem; T. C. Turple,
Ray Chesterfield, Yaki-
ma, and Bernard Davenport, Arl-
ington. Three umpires retained
from last year were Bert Cole.
Josh Clark and Andy Moran.
George E. Waters. owner of the
leagues newest team. the Salem
was host for the d.
rectors' meeting.
League President F. H. knicker-
booker of Seattle said Waters
new $4,000 park is equalled on
the Pacific coast only by Seattle's.
II didn't go into this to
make money" Waters said. 81
am just doing II for the kids.
We expect to do q lot for
them,
Banquet speaker DIR. Bruce
Baxter, president of VILLAIN
cite university, said Ameri-
cans "owe q debt Of gratitude
TO baseball"
"Poise and virtual sanity were
preserved for many persons DUR
ing the World War and depres-
sion years by being able to relax
and go out to see q baseball
game" DR.. Baxter said.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-02
Hurlers Lose After
Hurting No.Hitter

EDM NDS, Nash.-Jack
Towle and Nels knutsen were
detected today despite pitching
a no-hit game for Lakeside
Academy OF Seattle.
Although they hurled no-hit
hall, Lakeside lost 80 to Ed
monds high school. Errors and
walks kept them from q perfect
game.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-02
Fifteen Golf Matches

Stadium's crack golf team will
have IS matches on its schedule
this season, IL was announced by
Athletic Director Dave Morris
today.
The Bengal divot diggers are
expected 10 have another powerful
outfit this year like the one that
took the city championship last
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chance that Powell win show In the
game. President GUN Of the Tigers
has asked that Powell pitch at
least one inning--take = bow on the
hill. No doubt Larry would like to
obligs, but h. u counted ~ the
No. ! hux1er Of The team this year.
To have Powell pitch part Of .
game hsrs might keep him from
winning = Coast league game =.
Next to show here after the
Seals win Be the Hollywood Stars.
The otars' appearance on May n
becomes . great attraction BE-
cause Bin swecney's crew ID fig
ured a. the Coast league favorite.
Not only II Hollywood rated .
fon club In thu League. but the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-02

Winning pitcher, Cantwell: losing
pitcher. Freitas: innings pitched,
Buxton 2 plus, Freitas plus: Kleinke
8: at bat. off Buxton 10. Freitas Al.
Kleinke II: hits. off Buxton s. Frei-
tas 8, Kleinke s.; runs scored. off
Buxton 3. Cantwell 3. Freitas l.
Kleinke S; runs responsible for Bux-
ton 3, Cantwell 2. Freitas 5. Kleinke
4; struck out. Buxton 2, Cantwell 4,
Freitas 2, Kleinke /, Van Slate /:
bases on balls. off Buxton 2, Van
Slate /; left on bases. Oakland l.,
Sacramento IL: home runs, Wiec-
zorek. Conroy. Williams: two-base
hits, Garibaldi Vergez. CHRISTOPHER.
Gudat, williams. Christoff, Marshall:
runs batted in, Wieczorek 2. Barton.
Luby. Vergez. Christopher 2. Gudat,
Conroy 3. Christoff. Marshall. will
Jams: sacrafice. Gudat: double play.
william to Barton: time. 2:o6: UNI
pires. Tanning and Doran.
lSfcond Camel
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-02
Pirates May Come Home
With National Pennant
ALI They Seem to Lack Is Higher Morale
And Improved Work Behind the Plotter

erage, comes in second.
Virgil Davis, who played with
Frisch during the last Cardinal
world series appearance. was add
ed to the club because he batted
.3o7 for the Phiilies last year, and
II the hitting of Mueller and
Berres doesn't improve, Davis will
get the call. Frisch has Joe
Schultz, also with a .307 average,
in reserve.
REST ARE SEASONED
The balance of the squad is COM
posed of seasoned players for the
necessary stability and poise, and
enough young blood mixed In to
result in fire and hustle. That Ii
what Frisch wants.
Frisch believes his pitching
staff will be strengthened by
giving Johnny Gee a regular
turn. Gee, who weighs 225
and stands six feet nine. Ii the
biggest man In baseball. He
won 81 games and lost IL for
Syracuse before the Pirates
took him for $4,000 and four
players last fall.
Although he has been slow In
early practice because of a sore
arm, Gee will be ready at the start
Of the season, Frisch says. 9th
ers who will draw starting as
signments are Max Butcher, the
squads steadiest veteran; Mace
Brown, Joe Bowman and Russ
Bauers. In reserve are Southpaw
Ken Heintzelman, Bob Klinger and
Rip Sewell.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-02
. Batted for Masters IN sevent

Losing pitcher. Lisks: innings
pitched, Liska 5 plus: ut bat. off
Liska al: hits. off Lisks o. runs
scored. off Liska S: runs responsible
for. Iiska S. Masters /: struck out.
Liska 2. Powell 3. bases on balls. OFF
LiskR /. Powell ?. Masters j: home
run, Norbert; two-baSe hits. storey,
Reich 2: runs batted in, Frederick,
Reich. Rosenberg. Burns, Wright:
sacrifice Liska. Powell: double plays.
wright 20 Burns. Wrisht % storey
TO Burns Powell 70 wrisht TO Burns:
time 1877: umpires. Edwards and
Powell.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-02

winning pitcher, Lilly los 8
pitcher. Corbett: innings pitched.
barrow 4. Schmidt S: at bat. off
Darrow Is. Schmidt Is: hits, off Dar-
row .. Schmidt 4; runs scored. off
Darrow 2. corbett 2. Schmidt 2,
Lilly 1: runs responsible for. Darrow
/. Corbett 2. Schmidt !. Lilly !:
Schmidt 4: bases on balls, off OAR
struck out. hv Derrow 3. corbett /,
row :, corbett /. Schmidt /, Lilly ];
hit by pitcher. Vergez by Schmidt.
left on bases. Oakland II. SacTs-
mento 9. three-base hit. Luhy, two
base hits. VerEez, Judd runs batted
in. Christopher. VERGE erik. Gudat.
King 2. sacrifice Christoff. Luoy.
Ogrodowski: double plays. osrooow-
ski 10 0aribsidi. Lyman to Luoyi
time. 40. umpsres. DoEan ana
FanninG
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-02

Following i the tenth Of .
series sizing up the ma jor
league clubs. Today, Pitts
burgh; tomorrow, Chicago
White Sox.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-02

b Batted for Epperiy In seventh.
Batted for Baliou In ninth.
Portland ....... $50 100 3o2--e
San Francisco $500. 600 lOl 4o2--s
Innings pitched-Gibson 6. Thomas
6 plus, Epperly /. Specie, Ballou 2;
credit victory to Thomas: charge de-
feat to Gibson; at bat-off Gibson Is.
Thomas %. Epperly 9: hits batted off
Gibson 0. Thomas 10. Epperly Z:
runs scored off--dibson 4, Thomas 2,
Epperly 3: runs responsible for-Gib-
son 3. Thomas 3. Epperly 8. Specie 2,
Baliou q: struck out--Gibson /. Bal
lou /; bases on bslls--off Gibson l,
Thomas 8. Specie 2. Ballou /: two
base hits--Burns. Hawkins 2, Jen-
nings 2, Brown; sacrifice hits-Rosen-
berg, Brown: runs batted in-Brown
2. Pcrnandes. Wright, Kiiev. Freder-
lex. Coleman. Storey 2, Hawkins. Null
Ter. Barrett 2: double plays-Thomas
TO Brown to Frederick: time OF game
2:io. umpires-Powell and Edwards.
fSAeand CAMEL
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borne o: struck out. walker /. os-
borne /: bases on balls. off Walker 9.
hollywood g. home run. Sweeney:
two-oase hits. Sweeney, Cis<ell .:
runs hatted In. Sweeney 2. White
Cisseli q: sacrifice. Archie. double
play. Osborne 70 skeiiey 70 Sweeney:
time OF game. i:ts: umptres, Falls
and Snyder.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-02
San Diego
Gets jump
In Chase
Padres Only Squod
In Coost League
Still Undecided

Yesterdays Results
Hollywood 4, Seattle 1.
Portland e-3, San Francisco s-6.
Oakland e-3. Sacramento Ga.
Los Angeles w. San Diego, post
poned, rain.
ny UNITED PRESS
The Pacific Coast league base
ball clubs move into the first full
series OF the season tomorrow
with San Diego's Padres In first
place by q half game over six
other clubs. San Diego took Its
Saturday encounter from Los
Angeles 81 before rain washed
out the abbreviated series yester-
day. As a result the Padres are
the only unbeaten team In the
circuit.
Hollywood moves on to San
Diego tomorrow while Los
Angeles returns TO Its home
grounds TO entertain Port
land. San Francisco opens
the night season nj Oakland
while Seattle goes to sacra-
mento.
San Francisco and Portland.
rained out Saturday. split a
doubleheader at San Francisco
Sunday. The Ducks took the
opener. e-s. betting Sam Gibson.
usually an opening day winner.
from the mound. Bill Thomas,
who started for Portland, met a
similar fate. Ted Jennings and
Frank Hawkins each collected q
brace OF doubles. The Seals came
back to take the nightcap. 6-3,
hammering Ad Liska from the
mound in the fifth inning after
nine hit barrage. Ted Norbert
contributed a home run to the
festivities. Larry Powell scat
tered the seven hits he gave the
Ducks.
Oakland and Sacramento
also split . pair, the Acorns
winning the first Do and the
Solons the second game, As.
Ben Cantweil was credited
with the opening win after
he relieved Ralph Buxton who
retired when Chef Wieczorek
homered. Tony Freitas blew
up In the sixth and saw his
40 lead 20 to pot. The Oaks
scored six runs that inning.
Bili Controy and Dib Williams
also homered. In the night
cap Lynn King. centerfielder,
broke up the game when he
singled two runs home In the
ninth off Stan Corbett.
Hollywood managed to gain a
Al lead on Seattle before rain
forced halt In the only other
game of the day. Manager Bill
Sweeney homed with Bill cissell
aboard to put the Stars out In
front In the first while cisseli
contributed two doubles, each OF
which scored q run. Although
Bill Walker gave Hollywood only
four hits, all were for extra bases.
Wayne Osborne also permitted
just four blows.
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starr have l. leaguers with them
the Tacoma sandlots member
Of Hollywood team Cliff Dspp and Kruger Ardzo who played
Densham ago considered the out
standing players q league
"a The Senators the representa-
Cardinals the Coast Bonnie Bogmann
friends last when the
Occasionally there tendency
Coast leaxusrs during exhibition there's
He HAD his players working just hard In
exhibition TIT against the Tigers though they playing
regular Coast game
Sacramento has always array Of fine talent. There
are generally half dozen players the team just down
from the majors and another half dozen about ready to
graduate into the big time -
The final exhibition game scheduled for this will
b with the famous House Of David travelling club July D.
The whiskes drew record crowd when they tangled with
the Tigers here last Several hundred were turned
Herman wits manager club recently wrote the Tigers that
Be exceptionally good He VIII have
Of players along sandb like John Tucker Doc
Tally George Anderson
exhibition not only high class but the games
through playing just month apart
the opfght exhibition games but there
attract much attention as the others It's the
Falls the Pioneer league scheduled for saturday
Aprl the afternoon
d. asked Manager Hay Rs.. Tigers Tony Firpo
nugging oue1 built SHE'S about sx feet tail and Of soy
buil1. rspusl Imyns Wow. what = hs must bs,...
m. o. STOW. league going to b. powerful
organization spirit already built
UP By the Hot Stove league
believe organization will be eventually
Athletic Round Table Of Spokane
bad that an $50 accommodated at the party set
April hail. Twice that win want
COMMITTEES Thursday night they had oo reser
That m only lss tickets and Of them since
thsn have bssn sold
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-02

George Brent was given . surf
board with . life-sizs likeness OF
himself painted on il by . Honolulu
fan.
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Totals ..........2s 3 sls 8
SACRAMENTO

Batted for Schmidt IN fifth.
Batted for ogrodowski in seventh.
Batted for Lilly in seventh.
a Ran for Grill IN nth
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Ambassador Phillips
Twill Return 10 Rome
After Christmas
Secretary Hull Is Silent
On Robert Murphy's
North Africu Visit

William Phillips will return to his
post as United States Ambassador to
Rome Immediately after the Christ
mas holidays, Secretary of State
Hull announced today at his press
conference.
Mr.. Hull also said that Admiral
William D. Leahy, the new Ambas-
sador to France, would leave about
the same time.
The Secretary explained that Mr.
Phillips has now recovered his
health. A breakdown caused him
to come to this country last sum-
mer. There have been rumors that
Mr.. Phillips, veteran of the Ameri-
can diplomatic service, would retire
and that the difficult assignment
of representing the United States
in Italy would go to another.
The United States is represented
in Italy now by Alexander Kirk as
Minister Counselor. Mr.. Kirk was
sent to Rome three weeks ago after
long tour as charge daffaires in
Berlin.
Mr.. Hull declined to comment on
what political implications might be
involved in the visit to French
Northern Africa of Robert Murphy,
the American charge d'affaires in
Vichy, France.
He said the trip had to do with
inspection of American consular
offices in that area and related ques-
tlons. He said he had no knowledge
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the French marshal in Africa.
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Workers 10 Finish
Capitol Job Today;
Wages Defended
Prevailing Scale Paid,
But Men Had Long Hours.
Union Official Says

Structural ironworkers repairing
the Capitol roof, whose wages have
stirred indignation in the House,
were due to complete by tonight
their task of reinforcing weakened
girders to make the dome safe for
the new Congress.
Meanwhile union officials replied
tartly to the assertion of Represent
ative Engle, Republican, of Michi-
gan that courageous wages" were
being paid for the repair job.
John Locher, secretary of the
Building and Construction Trades
Council of Washington, denied the
workers were paid excessively.
Like all those seeking to smear
labor" said Mr.. Locher. Represent
ative Engle ignores or deliberately
seeks to hide pertinent facts"
Ironworkers, Mr.. Locher ex-
planned, have contract calling for a
normal pay rate of So an hour for a
30-hour week.
OHOH hdtc Os ray.
"This is the union rate of pay"
he added. ut is not excessive. Under
the Bacon-Davis Act, the Depart
ment of Labor has determined this
to be the prevailing wage for skilled
ironWorkers in this community"
With the. Capitol job being rushed
SO that the House and Senate cham
bers could be used in January, the
men have worked long hours and
accumulated overtime, Mr.. Locher
pointed out.
Ernest Luih, foreman in charge of
the work, whose net pay check for
the week ended December II was
listed by Representative Engel as
$264S3, did not deny he received
that amount, but added:
Don't forget my regular salary
for a flve-day week is $10O a week.
And don't forget that I only work
an average of eight months a year.
The rest of the year I am looking
for job"
Mr.. Luih said the average pay for
the workers he directs is $50 a week
for a full year.
While the roof will be considered
safe for the session beginning jan
uary 3, the temporary network of
steel beams reinforcing the ceilings
probably will remain until Congress
takes a long recess. An appropria-
ton of $500,000 was made for the
repair job.
For nearly a month the Senate
has been meeting in the old Su-
preme Court chamber and the
House in the House Office Building
caucus room.