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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-17
Rival Second-Sackers Now Are IL

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secret largest national weekly magazines shortly
With nifty feature story based on Joe Gordon
asy second baseman and current leader OF the
with the juicy batting OF 1884
Gordon opinion entitled to all the praise now being
paid him. dough of the two three out
standing players the today He not only gets lot OF
78 the pair he collected in yesterdays games
at Briggs Stadu-bu habit of delivering them when they
II interesting that the player closest to him the
batting another second baseman Bobby
Doerr The latest tabuaons showed the Boston
with average of 375
of favoe in most barber shops revoves
which the better second baseman
reckoning with both their fielding and batting abilities
Now that they wagng their present spirited race for the
batting championship wouldn't be good idea to call off all
let their final decide the issue for
least season?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-17

ST. LOUIS, June II (INS).--
First round matches of the ma
tional clay courts tennis tourna
ment, again have been postponed
because of weather.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-08
Today's Sport Parade

great Perry dropped to % and S2 while Les Stoefen won exactly two of his % matches.
 So much for the competitive side of the junket As for the business side, it was conducive to hysteria Titans, Inc, was harassed by every element known to mankind, All the players were sick or injured ct one time or another, The military took over the armories where they were to play. The equipment truck tires wore out, The trains ran far behind schedule.
 The log Of the safGn Is grim Perry hurt his elbow on opening night and went out for five days When ho reached Texas ho incurred q shoulder misery and after sev- eral starkly dramatic attempts to carry on gave Up tho ghost Budge caught flu in Seattle, Riggs deVel- eped colds and Kovaes went out for 20 matches with c kink in his fore- arm,
 KoVAcs OUT!
 With KoVaes absent, the attrae- ton lost most of It's color. The lanky eut.up iS no great tennis player but he has a knaek Of Spew. Ing forth tali tales to thep roSs and his spices his game with plenty of calculated euteness, Once his arm went into c sling the gate receipts dropped of, thereby proving that tho market for him is never glutted.
 The confusion in personnel, com. bined with the transportation and housing worries added up to too much Of q problem. Frantic at- temptS were made to acquire tires for the truck but to no avail. Train delays meant plane trips and they were eXpenSive. Once the army started drilling in armies, the issue was clean eut-elose up shop
 After listening to the gathering tales of woe, Thompson cancelled tho remainder of the junket. He probably sacrificed pride as well aS money, but he Just couldn't have gone on forever in face Of the con. ditlons he was meeting, Normally, l believe his Titans, Inc, would have paid itS way and earned few divi- dends, But not this year,
 How much money MT. q. lost is not known but he guaranteed tho players c Si00,000 jackpot to be divided with the highest percentage to the winner, Since the troupe drew only l0i GOO customers in 7l cities and towns, ThompSon prob- ably lost S2B,000, It iS possible that lt cost him even ifloFeS for afi avers age attendance Of 1900 won't pay many bills.
 Another aspirin on the haif-Sheli, Ragtus, this mans Eiek
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-08

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-08
Dykes O. 7he Po1OZ For FeO Dependable Fence Busters
PENN RELAYS TO SHOW BIG FIELD
More Interest Prevalent in Track and Field
 Sports

Philadelphia, April 9.--Cup).-In. creasing entries for the GBth annual University Of Pennsylvania relay carnival indicated today that col. leges are expanding rather than curtAlllng track and field activities.
 With the deadllne Q week away, more than 300 educational ingtls.l- tion8 and Ave service camps have entered contestants for tho events April 24 and 2b ct Franklin field.
 High schools top the list with 20i entries to date, but an indica- ton oe tho increasing sports aotlva- ties wes seen la the fact that eS colleges and si preparatory schools have enrolled.
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 The entrance of teams from the i've service camps also gtibstantlated the belief that the carnival this year would equal or sllrpass pre-. vious meets despite tho induction of many athletes into military serv- ice.
 The seyvice teams are Fort George Meade, Md; Camp Edwards, Mass. 1; Langley Field, Va; Fort Tilden, N. Y,, and Q. s. Naval Hospital phila- delphla. Carnival officials also OK. pect entries from the Marine Corps at Cuantico, Va, the Navy Yard, Philadelphia, and Fort Dix, N. J.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-08
BY HARRY CRIMSON NEA gofyIce Shorts Editor

Nsw York, April 7.--Blenhemi 1T, sire of WhlrlawAy, doesn't stick to any color. Whirlaway B 6 dark ehestnut--A shado of his own. Ben A. Jones has a black, brown and rcd colt by Blenhelin 1T in the CAlu. met barn. There are white sons and daughters of Blenheim II, too, Mah- moud for example.
 Trainer Ben Jones may not dupll- cate the Warren Wright winnings of last year--947H ,000-but the % Calumet horses in training will Do running at them, as he says.
 A freshened WhirlaWay returns to the wars as sound as c dollar. There was never anything wrong with the little horse with the long tail that the ofieseyed blinkerg didn't cure,
 When the two knees popped by Sun Again fnended, the red colt which runs with his head down and sort of sideways suffered BpliFlta. Retared in trainng, there is some doubt about his making the Kens lucky Derby, May 2. eome chance h farter advanced, ran at CAliente.
 EAhHA RtAA VOAA%b WVAAAAA " w surprised if he had another Whirls away and tho Derby winner Of i04J in c Blenheir II colt out Of Coluin- biaiia, the mare with which Buddy TIrsch won tho widener several winters ago.
 MarQuei, which copped the gpin- away At Saratoga lest summer, could Dc the glickest filly in tho land. Jones has . good spfinter tfl Pharathene, . towering fnaidell by Pharamond which was kept away from the races last year. RaFneIl Ben expects t0 stFik0 pay dirt with Yukon, . maiden 9syeafsOld by Chance Play.
 Jones has the smallest horse iil training. There is not bIemi6h 0al this coal black watch charm hy Bionheim IT out Of a WlinbFiaF marc
 Jones calls CAgeiess the finest looking 2-year.0id evor built. ABagl looking neck and shoulder, beaI looking head,v beams the veteran handler. I'm mighty proud Of tllil horse. LadyBIilaf cut of Heoalegl 0ifl, she a DiF 0nllahaa III niags."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-08
As See It

once again the Red sox threaten and once more their aspirations seem likely to go aStray because Of the lack of pitching, Last year Joe Cronin developed two fairly good looking southpaws In Mickey Har- ris and Earl Johnson, With them Boston seemed to be going Some- where but onee again the army found 1t necessary to butt in on providence by putting both boys in the army, Bob Grove having achieved hs long sought 300th vie- tory mark and has gone Into retire. ment,
 The Sox were due for some help from recruits, particularly John Pesky ct ShortStop.. But this draft status can be changed any day now and If 1t changes like that of Ted Williams, Joe Cronin can be thank ful.
 Cronlns mound standbys are Charlie Wagner, Emerson DiokmAn, Mike Ryba, Heber Newsome, Cecil HughSon, Joe Dohson and Nelson Potter. Newsome, who came to tho Fens last year from San Diego, proved himself the best new hurler in the American league, winning 10 and losing 10, In tho early part Of the season Cronin pictured an entirely different setup than he haG in mind now He had Al Flair, from Baltimore, or Tony Lupien, from Louisville slated to replace the age. Ing Jimmy Foxx at first base. He saw PoSky taking over short and he saw himself throwing competitor to Jim Tabor out around third, an6 the whole infield toned up witt plenty of competition for oil the DO. sitions But Boston's ie4i infelt has oil gone to war. This meani Fox% ct first, Bobby Doerr around the center field. Cronin back at shcrt when Pesky goes, and Tabor at third, With Williams in action the BoSton outheld will retain itG big punch and It's major threat, Lou Finney, In right; Dom DiMaggio in center; and Pete Fox in left, thil seems to Do the picture in the Bos. ton outheid this year. DostonI catching, which has not been very good Of late years, is in the hands of Frankie Pytlak and Johnny Pea. cock. This is q pretty delicate situA- ton up in Boston, one loss of c man, or ono slip will decidedly put Boston out Of the conflict for top berth this year. The next article on baseball will be my anaiysis of tho Chicago White Sex and their chances this year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-08
(Reg, U. s. Pct. of.) By JACK dUENTHER
(Ijnlted Press Staff Correspondent

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 New York, April e,-(UP)-One oi cafe society'S hardest glamer boys the enterprIsing Alexis Thompson Esq, Is engaged today in combat' Ing tho horrors Of one headache hC didn't acquire In the Stork Club ol El Morocco. To his utter ehagrin he has discovered that in time oi war tennis can be just as nasty ( word AS tetanus, taxes or Tokyo,
 The skull pain traces directly tc the newest Of MT. ITS noble sportS experiments. You may remember this one aa ThompSon's Touring Tennis Titans, Ifco 6 professional barnstorming troupe, At birth the projest appeared quito healthy but upon maturing it took rank AS the most ill.fated promotion since o, c, Pyie's last and most lamented bunlon Derby,
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 Titans, Inc, has collapsed with c gentle sigh somewhere in Los Ans gelos. There is 50 little left to sale wage that already the boys have set about burying the body, The tour was c brilliant Idea, but oil it proved was that J. Donald Budge still Is the worlds best tennis play. or and that junkets such as it are dead for the duration,
 It is c complete secret that when the odyssey expired Budge was go far in front that Whiriaway couldn't have caught him. Whether he was inspired by hb new wife, his new nose or his new waiStline I don't know. But after on exceptionally lazy start he came on to win all but iB Of his 70 matches, His win- ming ration was Bel.
 Second place went to MaSter Robert Riggs, the former enfAnt terrible of the amateur game, Ho was ali even at 90 and 99' The same average was compiled H Prank Kovacs, who originally was hired for comic relief. He split 'ern down the middle at % and %, The
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-08
CHICAGO WHITE
 SOX PITCHING
 CORPSRATESAt
Dykes Trying tO Provide Batting Strength for
 l042 Flag Race

Tulsa, okla, April H-(Up)~-rha Chicago White sox, desperately in need of batting punch, will % just as far this season As thelr pitching takes them = and that might be quite way. Last season the White Box had the weakest attack In Che American League and the best pitch. ing and finished third,
 In an effort to get more punch Manager Jimmy Dykes has mAde three changes. Waiiy Moses, ob- tained in c deal with the Athletics, will play center field and should add some kick to the batting order. Moses, who hit 30i last season, never has hatted under 800 in the majors and should be an improve ment extensively over Mike Kreevich, who batted only .232 last season.
 Two new faces will Do in the in. field--Don Holloway, who was laid up most of last season with Q lame leg, will play second and Bob Ken- nedy, who played regularly as Q 20- year old kid in i940, has won back the third base job. Holloway looks like he'll do . bangup job akield and bolster the attack. Presently Holloway is leading the club in hit- ting with an average of .387. Ken nedy is batting .S27 and can slump considerably and still top Dario Lodigiana'S .23e of last season.
 Joe Kuhel at first and Like Ap- bling at short round out c good White Sox lnfleld. With Billy Knickerhocker sold to the Athletics, the Whie Box reserve infieiders Will be Billy Webb, Lodlgiani and maybe Murell Jones, R young first baSe- man who hit .294 at Shreveport,
 Thanking Moses in the outfield Will be Myrll Heag, who hit only .255 last year, in left and Taft wright, whose .s22 average led the White Sex in hitting, in right. If anything happens to any one Of the White Sox first line outflelders they'll Do in bad shape because their utility man is the S7 year"old sam West cut Adrift by Washington.
 When you get to the White Sox pitching you have something to shout about. Chieago's "Blg Five" Of Thornton Lee. John RignOV, Ed- gar Smith, John Humphries and Ted Lyons will make up for . lot of deficiencies ia other departments. They won 04 games last year, only iS less than the entire staff. Lee was tops with % victories. Humphries won only four games but was kept on the shelf most of the season. When Coach Muddy Ruei told Dykes HumprhieS was ready to go he didn't exaggerGte, HulnphrieS reeled of three straight shutouN late in the campaign.
 Probably the best Of tho new- corners is Joe Haynes, Washington eastoff who was around last season but pitched only 20 innings and had no decisions. Ruel worked hard with Haynes and he may Do ready to become c starter. TAo stan ig completed by Bill Dietrich, Buck Ross, Rookie Orvai Grove, who won 10 games ct Shreveport, and relief man Pete Appleton.
 The catching stan will Dc the saiile-Mike TrOSh, Tom Turner and George Dickoy. Fresh, No. receiver, is . great defensive man but A weak hitter.
 (Tomorrow-T'he Pittsburg PlrateO. {.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-08
Sport QUESTIONS Answered

MevO you . sports question you want aIlSwereG7 Write your qVIes- tlon clearly, sign your name and address and Faeli your query to Sports Fan Questlon Man, Sports Service Bureau, The Waterbury Democrat, 1913 18th street, Washington, D. c., enclosing . 3scent postage stamp for per. sOI1ai reply.
 c. when iS the California baseball League scheduled to open it's ie41 season?
 A. April 24.
 e. Who was the leading jockey of the recent meet at tho Fair .0oliflds, New orleans, La?
 A. Eric duerin took riding ilCnOrs in the 44-day meet with 47 winners. Jimmy George finished second with 4e.
 q. Tn which American League baseball park was the greatest lilifi- Der of home runs made if1 iD4l9
 4. Fei1way Park, Boston, with q total oE 122 home runs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-08
CONNECTICUT RUNNER
 IN BOSTON MARATHON

Boston, April c --(uP)-- Johnny Kelley of Arlington s the first for- fner winner Co enter the 40th afl- fiual Boston 4. A. marathon to Dc held April 20, 1t was announced to- day,
 Kelley, winner in ieSS and foui times runner-up including tho last two years, was the B7th runner tC enter the io42 field. Other entlrel received yesterday included;
 Clovis BoliFdelals, Brocktont Francis DarFah, Camp Diandlng Tla,; Francis L. Austin, quincy Gerald c. Chapman, gtoughton Henry Muoda, Riverside, Gal; Dioi neli MaFtoFi. Boston; Walter v Hansen, Dedham; Charles D. Tim. pany, Dcituate; Sgt. Alfred J. Lib. bey, Camp Edwards; Charles 4 Robbins, JF, Manchester, Conn. and John D. Anderson, Boston.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-08
New London Diesels Add Presidents
 Cup To State Title

New London, April s.-The New London DieselS, who flnlShed on ton during the regular season, added tho Presidents Cup to their laureis last night by winning the odd game of the final series from the Gems of Hartford, 7l to 60, before 2,S00 fans in Billiard Hall of the Coast Guard Academy.
 The game was played for the benefit of the Navy Relief fund and raised e3,200 through the sale oi the same number of tickets al. though the hall could not possibly accommodate that number of people.
 Wallace Rags 22
 Mike Wallace, the husky, red. headed forecourt star who broke oil league scoring marks during the winter, topped both clubs tonight with bag of 22 points.
 The Gems fashioned Q l0-0 ad- vantage in six mbnuteS of playing time before the locals generated their attack Into It's accustomed pace. Then c Diesel spurt seized c lead of 24-i0 at the end of tho first period and was carried over into the second quarter for c working margin of S0-S6 when the rivall went off the court ct the intermis. sion.
 Faced With Deficit
 Tn the third quarter the deTnI slipped bit further behind and were faced with on eight point de- felt to make up ct B2-44 when the final StanSa began.
 Here the Hartford players made their bid and pulled up to within five points at 6e-63 with five more minutes left before the drive petered out and the Diesels rolled the count up to 60.66 with two minutes to 90.
 Ferfie and Barton went out in the final minute before the game was already clinched by New Lon. don, Score:-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-08
Sky Limit For Specs Prices If Bill Passes
By DAN PARKER

SENATOR FREDERICK CouDERr J is sponSorlng piece of
 aon m the State Senate that of vital interest oil sports fans o a4l4 introduced Senate April l. ironically contained poker that made the date appropriate Coude would amend
  heaters and sporting events in oil restrictions which hhows concerts and other forms of amusement
 An attempt made to put this amendment through last ear but Governor Lehman vetoed t. governor this filling his fountain pen tho endure through he in anticipation of veong this bill again that N will stay vetoed for Ar time.
 Under the the specuaors permitted add premium not exceed 7S plus lawful Of ticket sold through their would this restriction with the following syly inserted into the b " excepting that usCh requirement. maximum premium shall not apply in the of tickets for concert recital contest sporting tickets allotted turning of Che credit redemption by lcenSe"
 This innocent sounding clause tackled Coudet possible for the people of New prices sporting events ehows, etc, for which there is a big demand.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-08

RAGING IN NEW ENGLAND depended largely relief cAcs for It's gT writes AntBlah "ow that lot of people there working the u they just getting out of hOck the landlord but these will sick to get from er jobs to play the Can imagine what those trainers pull after with Florida and Hot Spng used tO Do dog cat double mother with them but they union ts play ball Uncle will certainly take the tracks they interfere
 with production Besides those tracks would make ideal aEned I'm not at horse racing hold just iOs tAe that would of But s pful tO watch those hngO players trying to Outgue the jockeys and trainers ring with tAeir batteries hop etc."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-08
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WhirIaway's Sire Is Horse of Another Color; Eads Really Has Transportation This Season; Careless
 Called Finest 2.Year.OId Ever Built

Jones also has . brown half brother of Whirlaway which Inc holds in high regard.
 Wendell ISads will do CaluKnet'g main riding. owner Wright is EadS contract employer. Jones believes Eadg will ride with the best. No makes i08 pounds.
 You saw how Eads improved Market Wise," stresses Jones.
 When tho war fiattened cut tho Santa Anita meeting, Ben JoFes sent Eads to Florida to keep his hand in.
 wendell Eads really has tranB- poFtation on the big apple this sea- son.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-08
FIGHT RESULTS

New Haven, Conn --Ailie etolz, 1SS 1-2, Newark, oiitpcinted Shocks Lacey, i75O, New Haven, (e1; Julie Kog0n, 1S4, New Haven, defeated Willie Roach, i3O, Wilmington, Del. (e); Joey Wasnlck, 130, New HAven, stOpped Tommy Milligafl, i3O, New York, (lI; Henry Holt, IA, Danbsiry, decisl0ned George Maheg, 1z2, New Haven, C41s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-08

the featnure eisht-iround bout or 6 boxing card here last night.
 Julie Kogon, ls4, New Haven won c gift decision over Willie Roach, iSo, Wilmington, Del, in on eight-round Semi-final.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-08
RED SOX

Lexington, Ky April (uP)-- The Boston Red SoX and the Cincinnati Reds continued their eS- hibtion tour today with oscar Judd and Elmer Riddle the opposing pitchers, Buekey Walters was in Top form for the Reds ct Louisville yesterday and handeuffed the Sox while his teammates hammered Charley Wagner, Ken Chase and Mace Brown for 10 Hits and an ii-2 victory,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-08

Tod Lyons, 4i-year-oid White sox pitcher, is the oldest active player in the inajor leagues and enjoys the longest period of service with one teanl--nineteen years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-08
SEEMAN WINS

Portland, Me- April 6 ~-(Up)-- Johnny Deeniaii, lG6 is2, Of Quincy, Mass, won on eightsfoufd decision from Waddell Washington, i0S, os Springfield, Mass, last niehk
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-08

specific COuderts constituents wanted to the Yankee Stadium sought his tickets through broker- rather than a the box ce Instead of paying the 6ocen premium o which the Yankee restricts the selected brokers who re allowed handle tickets only written oder would have pay any the broker chose to charge
 Quick, Herbiel The goose quill
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-08

New Haven, Conn, April -(uP) B-Allie EtolE, 133 1.2, Newark staged c late comeback to defeat snooks Lacey, i30, New Haven, in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-08
At The Training Camps

y,oArance before he pitches the opening American league game at Briggs stadium April i4 against Cleveland.
 Benton will try to break 0 Cardi- nal winning streak which went to six consecutive victories yesterday when the Red Birds shut out Dee troit c to o at Durham, Paul Trout was plastered for Ave runs and six hits in the first four innings, Lyn- wood Rowe yielded three hits and one run in the last four Detroit was held to Ave singles and . double by Ernie White and Johnny BeaEley,
 SENATOR'S
 Augusta, dao April 8-tUp) Sid Hudson, who is slated to pitch the Washington Senators opening American league game next week, was in top form yesterday and held the Philadelphia philS to five hits and one run In seven innings, His mates meanwhile were pushing across i4 runs to beat the PhilS for the fourth time In four days, i4.l,
 To-day the Senators move out of big league competition to play the Southern Association Crackers at Atlanta. Yesterdays victory was their 18th win against seven losses during the training season and add cd to their lead In the Grapefruit league.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-08

Score ct half time: 3o-35. New London; referee, Carrigan; umpire, Hewett; time, t0.minute periods.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-08
SENATOR'S
CUBS

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 Tulsa, Okla, April 8~CuP) - Johnny sehmitS, 2i-year-old south. paw rookie from Wausau, Wis, will