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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-29
Harridqe Foresees
Good Baseball Year

CHICAGO, Jan. % (R) -
Day. night or twilight games,
the American League will have
a good baseball year in 1912 in
the opinion of President Will
Harridge.
81 am inclined to believe that
il the race is at all close, plus
the extra night games and pos
sibly Sunday double headers,
we'll have a pretty good year"
Harridge declared today. L
Nor does he believe the de-
crease in automobile tires will
injure attendance. 'In other
years." he said, people left the
city for weekends, but this year
they will be looking for enter
tainment in the city. On the
other hand / believe the out Of
town fan will continue coming
in on bus or train to watch big
league baseball"
The major leagues will hold
a Joint meeting in New York
Tuesday. to discuss expanding
their night game schedule. Twi-
light games. being considered by
Cleveland and Detroit, may also
be discussed.
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Minor League Oldsters wiN Get Major Chance

for older players-those who have families and
consequently are not likely to be drafted-but
who might have a year or two of major league
ball in their systems" Nee pointed out that
while youth is an almost vital asset to a ball
player breaking into the big show, there have
been few notable exceptions.
Take Wiley Moore" suggested Nee. HE
was 30 years old when he came to the Yankees
in 1927. Moore stuck and surprised everyone by
winning 10 games and losing only seven that
year
Jim Turner and Lou Fette were 80 years
old when they first broke into the majors with
the Boston Braves and each won 20 games his
first year. Heber Newsome, who won 10 games
for the Red Sox last year, is 30 years old and
had never been in the majors until last season.
There are some more of these fellows
around" Nee added, land they're the lads scouts
probably will be after this summer"
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-29
Hugh Duffy.
.438 Hitter.
Gets Award

BOSTON, Jan. 29-(P-The
specter of the highest batting
average of all time hung today
over the crowns of baseballs
two greatest hitters of 1941.
Boston baseball writer's at
their annual dinner last night
paid tribute to Joe Di Maggie of
the New York Yankees, who hit
safely in Sc consecutive games,
and to Ted Williams, the Boston
Red Sox star who batted .406.
But the highlight of the eve
ming was the writer's presenta-
ton of a gold wrist watch to lit
tie Hugh Duffy, the 73-year-old
wonder who back in 1894 set
the never-threatened batting
mark of .438.
MULCAHY GETS AROUND
Another wrist watch went to
a second Hugh private Hugh
Mulcahy, erstwhile mound toiler
for the Philadelphia Phillies,
first of the modern crop Of play
ers to enter the armed forces.
Di Maggie received the Paul
Shannon trophy as the perform
er of basebalrs outstanding feat
Of the year. The Jake Morse,
trophy, presented to Boston's
most valuable player, was
awarded, in absentia, to Will
liams.
The Sox slugger, going into
the Army, sent his regrets, leav-
ing his .406 mark for the boys
to shoot at before they can think
of approaching Duffy's mark.
Heber Dick" Newsome, Red
Sox pitcher who won 19 games
last year, won a trophy as Bos-
tons outstanding rookie of the
year.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-29
Schedule Trouble
Looms for Service

Atlanta, Jan. 29-(P-It looks
like light fare for football teams
of Army and Navy posts next
fall, unless they organize their
own leagues. Most Southern
gridiron powers are sticking to
collegiate foes.
Although smaller schools like
Mercer University at Macon,
Ga, Howard College at Birming-
ham and the University of the
South at Sewanee, Tenn, have
abandoned football, members of
the Southern and Southeastern
Conferences show little inclina-
ton to fill open dates with SER
vice games.
Withdrawal of Mercer left
Georgia's Orange Bowl cham
pions without an opening game,
but DR.. w. o. Payne, faculty di-
rector of athletics, said:
II think we will try to find
collegiate competition. Of course,
II we cannot do so, we might
consider a service game later
on"
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-29
Rock En-, Style
Sci for HuskieS
Pest WeIeh, Frosh
Coach, Takes Over

SEATTLE, Jan. 90 (R -
Coach Ralph (Pest WEIGH, the
big fellow who was fired as Uni
versity freshman football coach
in December and rehired in jan
uary as head man, will concen-
trate on the fundamental rock
'em and jolt-'em system of play.
Blocking and tackling are the
two big words in my football
book" responded the former
Purdue All-America back to the
question of what style of offense
his Washington varsity would
use next fall.
eff a team can block and
tackle, and I really mean the
rock and-pound sort of block
and tackling, the offense will 60
whether the team Is using the
Notre Dame, single Wing, T-for-
nation or the punt formation
styles"
But the man who was elevated
yesterday to the job left vacant
by the dismissal of Coach Jimmy
Phelan added:
SOME CHANGES
~ have a lot of ideas ! have
been anxious to try out. There
will be some changes made In
our attack"
WEIGH has been schooled for
more than a decade and q hall
in the Notre Dame style, under
Phelan as a Purdue back and
for IL seasons as Phelan's assist.
ant at Washington.
Recommendations of tn
Washington players and other
coaches were credited with con-
tributing heavily to Welch's ap'
pointment. Players started beat
ing the tom toms for the popular
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-29

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, Jan. 29-lPD--The
graybeards of Minor League baseball, W ose
chances of crashing the majors might have been
as little as one in thousand year ago, can take
renewed hope.
Johnny Nee, veteran New York Yankee
scout. said today that the oldsters are going
to get plenty of attention from the ivory hunt
ers next summer and added, II wouldn't be sur
prised to see quite few 30-year-old rockies in
spring training camps next spring Q943) II the
war continues"
Most of the good prospects baseball scout
looks at each year." Nee explained. are young
fellows between the ages of 20 and Is and ma
jority of them are unmarried But in times like
these, signing such players is risky business be-
cause Uncle Sam has prior claim on them for
military service.
LAS 1 see it, the only alternative is to look
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-29
Sports Roundup

will enter teams in a southwest
service roller derby tournament
in March. Joe Guyon, Jr., for
mer Catholic u. gridder and son
of the old Carlisle star, is about
to become the first American In
dian to fly for the U. S. Navy.
SHEAR NONSENSE
Hitting hard for more'colorful
reporting, the Washington Post
recently described a gal wrestler
as "a bustlebound blonde" 49,.
Tommy Fitzgerald of the Louis
vile Courier-Journal claims the
eastern colleges shouldn't have
trouble finding reserve football
material next fall-not with all
those subs off the coast :. and
Jack Troy of the Atlanta Consti-
tuition thinks the war may cut
so heavily into reserve material
that they'll be calling them cur
tail backs"
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BY HUGH FULLERTON, JR.
wide World Sports C0lumnist

y
NEW YORK, Jan. 29-(Wide
World)-Jackie Conn, Billy's kid
brother, is about to start a ring
comeback at the ripe old age Of
10 :. He has been working on
a farm and reports he is packing
1913 pounds of muscle-which
makes us wonder whether It
would be better for Billy to be-
come a farm hand or to teach
Jackie to fight Couple OF
Oregon colleges are going to try
putting the basketball officials
in crows nests behind the back
boards and giving them loud
speakers to explain their whistle
footing. Linesmen, who won't
be on the court, will call out-of-
bounds.
TODAY'S GUEST STAR
John Mooney, Salt Lake Tele-
gram: "Since athletics are fall
ing in line magnificently with
the Defense Bond and Stamp
buying program, why wouldn't it
be the patriotic attitude for
some of those well-known prose-
lyting institutions to pay off
their athletes in bonds and
stamps instead of scholarships
and tuitions?"
SERVICE DEPT.
Marshall Wayne, who won the
Olympic diving championship
in Berlin, is a Lieutenant in the
Third Photographic squadron.
He says he hopes to dive on Ber-
lin next time from something
higher than a 33-foot tower :. :.
Appropriate names: In recent
boxing match between the 32nd
Division Of Camp Livingston,
La, and the Third Armored Di-
vision of Camp Polk, heavy
weight Bill Bomber of the 32nd
stopped Private Rank in the
first round ;. Five Texas Army
establishments, Brooks, Ran
dolph and Kelly Fields, Fort
Sam Houston and Fort Duncan,
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-29
damned House
10 See Armada
Play Havenites
Foundrymsn Seek
to Rspsot EorIisr
Win over Loop Foe

Handicapped by the loss of
Capt. Jay Bull, but nevertheless
determined to maintain their
perfect record, New Ravens
Foundrymen will meet Armada
tomorrow night on the latter's
floor in what should be one of
the best games of the season In
county ball.
Bull suffered an ankle injury
in New Ravens game with New
Baltimore last week and may
not be able to play for a month.
He Is certain to be out of the
Armada game, Coach Red Per-
merit said today.
SEEK REVENGE
Armada's well-balanced team,
led by center Randall Smith.
will seek revenge for a 32-18 de-
feat handed them in the open
ing game of the Little Six Con-
ference card, on Dec. IL. Only
the election of Smith from the
game at the half time period
kept the clash from being a nip
and-tuck battle.
New Haven led by narrow
1911 margin at the half period
in the December game, but after
Smith went out, Bull opened up
with a streak of hot shooting,
scoring IL points in the last two
periods. Twenty-Five fouls were
called in the game.
CAPACITY CROWD
A capacity crowd Is expected
to jam the Armada gym by z
o'clock tomorrow when the
opening game between the two
reserve teams, will be played.
The girls game is slated for 8
o'clock and the varsity clash
from 8.
Replacing Bull, who has
averaged IA points a game, will
be John Baltaria, who will play
at a forward post, Eddie Podalan
moving to center. A tight battle
is predicted by followers OF both
teams, with Armada fans report
ed betting as high as 3 l that
the Coach John Berg's outfit
will not suffer a second defeat
at the hands of Armada.
New Haven has a perfect
record while Armada has lost
one game-to Capac-in addi-
ton to its defeat by the Foun-
drymen.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-29
Amerks only Bar
10 Bruin Hopes
Krout Line Expected
to PIoy Tonight

Only the Brooklyn Americans
Manager Art Ross of the Bruins
and undisputed possession of
first place in the National
Hockey League today, but the
Royal Canadian Air Force ap-
pears to stand between the
champions and another Stanley
Cup.
The Bruins, tied with the New
York Rangers at the top of the
standings, collide with the
Americans at Madison Square
Garden tonight in the midst of
a full league schedule which
sends every team in the circuit
to the ice except the Rangers.
BLACK HAWKS IN DETROIT
Montreals last-place Cana
diens, still three points behind
Brooklyn, take on the third
place Maple Leafs at Toronto
and the Chicago Black Hawks
move into Detroit in an attempt
to strengthen their hold on
fourth place against the Red
Wings.
Nothing short of miracle
can keep the Bruins from taking
the ice tonight without their
famous Kraut line - Milt
Schmidt Bobby Bauer and
Woody Dumart.
The three musketeers from
Kitchener, Ont, flew into Mon
treal last night, ready to report
to the Royal Canadien Air Force
recruiting station today.
At the same time, however,
Manager Art oss of the Bruins
held out hope that the three
stars could obtain a leave of alb
sence. even If they are accepted
by the R.C.A.F.. to play a few
more games and possibly to fly
to New York i'm time for to-
nights encounter.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-29
5nead's Grip
Threatened
Hoson Nay Win
CFosby's Tournament

RANCHO SANTA FEE, Calf,
Jan. 29-(R-Little Ben Hogan,
who's never won it, hopes to
break up Slammin' Sam Sneads
monopoly on Bing Crosby's Ran
cho Santa Fee golf tourney this
weekend.
AS final practise firing re-
sounded over the course, 1885,
pound Hogan was the center Of
attraction. He has gathered In
the major portion of prize money
along CALIFORNIA; fast fading
1912 winter tournament trail.
He won the $4,000 Los Angeles
Open, the San Francisco Open
and was a runnerup in the Oak
land Open.
PRIVATE TOURNEY
Slammin' Sam has made the
Crosby fiesta something of a
hobby. He has competed in II
three times and won 1t three
times, and comes back this year
as defending champion and q
strong threat to collect the $500
first prize.
Virtually all of the name golf
ers play their first round Satur-
day, but several potential low
scorers 60 into action tomorrow.
Included are ex-National Open
Champion Ralph Guldahl, who
now calls Rancho Santa Fe his
home town, and Bill Nary, lanky
young home pro who led the
first round first division with a
Sc a year ago.
The three-day event, now a
major tournament with a $4,000
purse instead of the previous
$4,000, drew a field of nearly
800 pros and amateurs. Half the
field plays tomorrow, the other
half the next day. The final 18
holes, with the field trimmed, is
scheduled Sunday.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-29

F. Twelve years ago 1t was, but
Coach Ernest Buckholz Of City
high well remembers the game
he played against Ivan William
son, former Michigan star end,
who was named yesterday In
news reports as Yale's new head
coach. Buck played with Michi-
gan State Normal.
'He was a tough boy and 1t
was a tough team" Buckholz re-
calls. Harry Kipke said we had
the best line in the midwest
that year and we gave 'em a real
battle. They tied with North
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-29
Timberjatks Meet
Se|iridqe Team

Paganetti Lumber cagers, who
have compiled an enviable re-
cord in city loop and outside
competition will take on another
customer tonight.
They are slated to meet the
4th Air Base team Of Selfridge
Field In q game at the post at
1880.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-29
Postponements Cut
Biz T,pelue Card

postponements cut into the
Biz Twelve schedule last night
and only eight teams took to the
alleys. Johnnie's Bar, loop lead
or, failed to roll but kept first
place nevertheless.
Only sweep was by the Lake.
view Inn over the Blue Rock
five.
High series went to c. Kreiner
Sr. with 4 551, but Charles
Stems big 236 for Bills Five
took single honors.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-29

Buckhoz Played Against
Yale Coach, Williamson

western for the Big Ten cham
pionship that year and were un-
defeated. but they only beat US
TO-"
And that, In case you don't re-
call, was the same score that the
Wolverines whipped Minnesota
by. Buckholz played left tackle
with the Ypsilanti team.
Williamson Is . former Rose
Vile High coach. handling the
reins there during the 1933-1934
school year. prior to going to
New Haven. Conn.,, as freshman
coach. 4.
o.
His two big boys"-Ralph
Siewert and Bob Plegue-absent
from practise yesterday, Buck
holz held q senior-underclass-
men scrimmage which turned in
to q nip-and-tuck affair. "Just
trying to, get \ line on what's
coming up next year." he ex-
planned.
%
Three high school sport sched-
ules are taking a vacation this
week because of the heavy exam
program. There will be no
swimming meet tomorrow, the
next clash being with Monroe
on Feb. IS. Intramural and
junior high basketball games
have also been suspended be-
cause of the exams.
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Business Men,
.Paganethi:s
to Meet Again

Second round of play in the
city cage loop will get under
way on Monday with . vital
z a m scheduled between the
Business Men and the undefeatr
ed Paganetti Lumber team.
At present, the Timberjacks
top the league with a record of
seven straight wins while the
Business Men are in sole posses
sion of second place. Both teams
have whipped the Super-Clean-
ers, who hold down the third
position.
LOST IN FIRST MEETING
The Business Men met the
Lumber team in the opener for
both teams in December, losing
by 1913 count after holding
their opponents to a 8-6 half
time score. The game tonight is
the third on the card, and will
probably start about 500.
First game Monday will see
the Cleaners heavily favored
over Gray's Hamburger Bar.
Beardslee's Tigers will meet the
Brown Bombers in the second
tilt and if their previous meet
ing is a criterion, the Bombers
should win. The Merchants and
M.C.A.C. will clash in the finale
of the card, the Merchants being
heavily favored over the NC.
AC. team, which has not won q
game.
Games are held at the Mount
Clemens high gym; first tilt
starts at 7:10.
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35-year-old freshman coach i'm
mediately after the dismissal of
the coaching staff was. an
nounced.
University authorities said
WEIGH won the job over the field
of "big name" prospects and
high school candidates under a
policy of keeping athletics near
a status quo basis for the war
time emergency.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-29
Eschenburg Tires
Keeps Top Spot

Though able to win only one
game from Koppitz Beer, Esch-
enburg Tires maintained its top
spot in the Class Al league last
night.
Only sweep of the night was
by the Mount Clemens Bank
over Jim & Cons. High single
and series went to Herman
Timpf, Jr., who chalked a big
240 in his middle game and a
500 series.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-29
Second Place Pair
Cut Vans Margin

Havel Motor and Cities Ser
vice, tied for second place, NOV
ed within two games of the Min
or League leader, Vans Barber
Shop, last night. The Motor five
won q pair from the leader while
Cities Service was taking two
starts from Glefke.
Only one sweep was scored, by
the First National Bank over
Miller Brothers Creamery.
High series, and the only one
over 600, was marked by Norm
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-29
Potato Chips s.
Gains on Bauman:s

Despite a double loss to La
Croix & Groesbeck, Bauman's
Radio kept a large, eight-game
lead in the Ladies League last
night. Their closest rival-Wol-
VERNE Potato Chips-gained q
bit however by sweeping the
johnson Bar five.
High series went to Esther Es-
chenburg of MacAlpine Faygo,
who marked a 484 and doubled
up for honorS with a 1919 game in
the middle.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-29
Locals Chalk
Best Scoring
Mark Of Year
Visitors 0utseoVed
in Final Z Periods;
81. Alphonsus Next

Displaying their best shooting
to date, st. Mary's lost q thrill
ling battle to st. Rita's yester-
day afternoon on the local floor,
1924.
Free throws proved the mar.
gin Of victory for the visitors
yesterday, Is they did In . prev
ious st. Mary's game-with st.
Francis de Sales. Both teams
scored IL field goals In yester-
days tilt, but st. Rita's dropped
in four charity losses to the 10.
GALS 2. The Mountaineers miss
ed four Of six chances, st. Rita's
failed on eight Of IL opportuni-
ties.
The "a points the Mountain
GERS chalked up in the postponed
game was their high total Of
the season-a disastrous one to
date in which they have lost five1
games in an equal number OF
starts.
No matter how black the rec
ord may look, however, the fact
remains that the local parochials
green as the Spring when the
season started-have improved
steadily with each game. Most
encouraging sign yesterday was
the fact that three players came
through with scoring totals OF
six points or better, a feat which
is enlarged when one remembers
that in two games the Mountain
GERS scored only q total Of IL
points.
FREAK SCORING
st. Rita's won the game yes
terday because they distributed
their scoring among five play
ers while the Mountaineers
could shove only four into the
scoring column. In what was
virtually a freak distribution,
four st. Rita's players scored
five points with one, center Bud
Jardine leading his team with
six.
Playing q man for man de
tense, st. Mary's let their oppo-
nents creep to a 1914 quarter
and 1913 halftime lead, but out
scored the visitors in the last
two periods while using a zone
defense. Capt. Jim Petitpren
opened the scoring for the locals,
but Desmond quickly matched
his bucket to tie the score up.
1t was fire department ball
from there on in, with both
teams racing their offense.
With a minute to play, the
visitors led by a 24-22 score and
Jardine cinched it with a set
shot from the sidelines. Vernier
hoped a basket to make 1t 26-
"a and the Mountaineers got one
more try. With 20 seconds to 60,
they gained possession out Of
bounds under their own basket,
but a -floor-length shot by
Fred George" Fox was wild.
Guard Ken Vernier, always
able to hit during practise ses-
sions, but never accurate in
games before, found his eye yes
terday, sinking eight points for
high scoring honors.
Next game for the Mountain
GERS is with st. Alphonsus on
the latter's floor Friday.
ST. MARY'S
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WITT EXPECTS HELP

HOLLY WOOD, IAN. ZV-tR)
Oscar Witt, deposed manager
of the Cleveland baseball Indi-
ans, expects l.elp for his Holly
wood club from the Tribe.
Witt, newly named manager
of the Pacific Coast league club,
says c hief Lou Boudreau at
Cleveland has practically prom
ised to send him a pitcher or two
this spring.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-29

Score at half: st. Rita's IA;
st. Mary's 8.
Missed Free Throws: st.
Mary's-Goike, 1; Petitpren, 2;
Vernier, /. st. Rita'-Desmond,
1; MacHale, 2; Lippm q n, /;
Kelly, 4.
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FREE TO SOLDIERS

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Jan.
% R Soldiers in uniform
will be admitted free to South
ern Association Baseball games
played In Chattanooga this sea-
son, President Joe Engel of the
Chattanooga Lookouts announc-
ed.
League directors voted this
week to allow each club in the
circuit to make its own decision
on the question.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-29
At the Alleys

LaCroix for Frankenmuth with
a fine 637. Top single went to
Bugs" Lindsey with 227 for
Cities Service.
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LOS ANGELES Ian ODE

LOS ANGELES. Jan. 29-(R
- Chalky Wright, New York
recognized featherweight cham
pion who fights Richie Lemos
next Tuesday, noted today that
Dennis Morgan, the radio and
screen personality, is on the pro-
gram, too.
He'll sing THE Star Spangled
Banner" -
That's SWELL" said Wright.
II Lemos drops me, Morgan
can sing. I get right up every
Tune ! hear the National An
them"