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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04
ON THE LINE
BY Bob Considine
1912 Baseball Preview
Has Bo-Bo Winding
Up With BROOKLYN
Joe Gordon viii Have
His Usual Dull Year,
Except in Pinches
WAKEFIELD CALLED BIGGEST BUST Y

NEW YORK, April (INS).-Here's a myopc preview of
the 1912 baseball season:
Six owners will down with and necks while
waving nags on opening day and trying check the box office
count at the time Yves Terrell will his
back The Dodgers will lose two out Of the first five
and MacPhail will vigorous efforts trade Dixie Walker
Joe Gordon batting 019 for the spring will the
opening game for the Yanks with nonchaant home the
eighth Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggo will be booed by a
raspng minority which turn will be booed by thousands
The Cards will have kind of bad break won't hot
until too late in the Yves Terrell will quit baseball
Buck Newsom will be traded to the Browns then will be
drafted by the AS then sold the Cubs then the
pausng only long enough at each place This is where
I've always wanted to pitch The mighty hosts of baseball
will play AStar that will lombard the sports
and the aranes and raise almost much for
relief funds Joe Louis made
The Pills realizing the futity of attempting attract
baseball fans will stage military drills outstanding drill
master developed thereby he will be sold Phil Wgey
$4,000 unless General Manager Jimmy Gallagher handles the
DEAL whereupon the price will be 100000 Reports that
Yves Terrell will return baseball could be checked
press time"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04

shows both squads wrestling and
punching IL out up and down
the rink, with Crosse going for
Drillon just after levellng Pete
Langelle. The Leafs went homo
saying they won the fight, but
the picture - and Apps and
Horner's faces, disproved that
story.
1t was after that affair that
Andy Lyle, one Of the Toronto
writer's. described the Red Wings
with such loving names as snap
ping, snarling, angry rodents"
Red Wing supporters are look
ing for some action from Walter
Stdnoi0ski, the Joe College de-
fensemdn Of the Leafs, toho cdn
really carry the maI. After
sedson-long slump Stanocski
raced the length Of the rink
ttoice to set up goals against the
Rangers.
Leaf fans, too, are waiting to
see If Billy (the kidd Taylor can
come through. This youngster, who
jumped from junior hockey when
he was IL. has disappointed this
year because, some fans thought,
he has been making so much
money from a pool room in Ottawa
that he hasn't been interested In
hockey.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04

a native Of Toronto. Mrs. Sydney
Howe is driving from Detroit with
a party of friends. They have to
be game to take the jibes oil
Toronto fans.
Although very little body
checking l0ds reported IN the
series betWeen Rangers and
Leafs, the Toronto club ran up
10 minutes IN penalties during
the sic games as against 81 min
utes for the Wings in their five
pldyoff contests. The Leaf penal
ties were divided among II play
ers, led By Nick Metz l0ith eight
minutes. Strangely enough, de-
fensemdn Bucko Mcdonald has
served only tUo minutes. Bush
leads the eight penalized Detroit
players Nth seven minutes.
If the Wings are going to try
and keep an eye on any one il will
be Sweeney Schriner. He's the
dangerous winger whose angle shot
beat them 2-1 in the final period
when the Wings were here for the
semifinals in 1910.
Toronto will never forget the
fight which ended the 1910 play
offs at Detroit. The Toronto
Globe and Mail ran The Detroit
Times noted picture Of that
battle across five columns. IL
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04

camps. There seemed to be a little
too much activity there. too much
rumbling of trucks and army
equipment and other odds and ends
calculated to divert a mans mind
from his business. .
But LOOK AT RESULTS
Yet, you wouldn't be able to
perceive any such thing from the
result of the fight--a six-round
knockout for Louis contrasted with
the 10 rounds that Simon went in
their first meeting. when Louis
trained under ideal conditions.
Colonel Supplee thinks il would
be a rather strange thing for a
couple Of fellows who have been
in the army only few months-by
the time they get ready to go into
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04

With the Yanks tootoo bored with the hustlng
White Sox will make determined bid for first place. about July
f. Gordon, hitting .198 then will bat 1914 during critical
YankeeWhe Sox series and the Chicago bid will dissolve
So will Gordon. For the first two months Of the season.
DiMag Williams Cevelands Les Fleming stirring
threeway for the batting lead Fleming will drop
when the pitchers him. and from there tape
will be Williams and DMag with few points separating
and with each striving nightly land successfully stop
the rasping sounds from the
Casey Stenges reputation funny will be further dmmed
by the of his Boston After
the Cards miss the pennan Breadon will place
Hickey the market for S1500 stamped guaranteed by
seller Of Dizzy Dean Joe Medwick and Johnny Mize"
Organized baseball will let slip another opportunity hire
Babe Ruth goodwill ambassador and send him
through defense factories schools community groups clubs etc.
For different editions of the paper Connie will
(A the Yanks the greatest he OBJ
the Yanks not the greatest team he
bomb (ets pray fas wcance all night games
send more minor leagues into bankruptcy.
The winners? That's too obvious The Yanks and h e
Dodgers, though this time it will be the Yanks who'll have
trouble The feature of the World Series will be that New
who will pitch the opening series game for the Yanks will
be traded in md-serie to the Dodgers.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04
Ann Holds
Spell Over

BY MARGARET RUSSELL

Melva Block may be senior
women's figure skating champion
of the United States, but she can't
beat Ann Manion in the Michigan
state tournament.
Melva's been trying to do this
trick for two years now and the
answer is always the same-Man-
ion over Block. OF course Melva
only won the national crown last
year in Cleveland, and there are
those among the spectators who
think Ann will do better in the
this year than will Melva.
Certainly no one skater works
harder or spends longer hours in
practice than does Ann. She has
changed her technique of skating
and certainly has acquired
poise and grace over a year ago,
She's also made a complete
change of costume. Prior to this
year Ann always skated in black
from head to toe, which certainly
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04

draw that much, and many of our
semipro estimators will wager you
that the show will do up to
100000.
This one will get terrific
natural buildup. what with Conn's
showing against Louis last sum-
mer. the charity angle and the in
creasing possibility-real or
fancied-that Louis is rapidly APP
preaching that moment when he
will leave the ring a beaten man.
THINK CoNN,s THE MAN
Many believe that Conn is the
one who can do it because he-of
all people-actually did have Louis
Keeling in their last bout and was
so far in front on points that he
practically had the title won when
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04
Yale Near
First AAU
Swim Title

NEW HAVEN, Conn, April 4
QNS) .-The boys of Old Eli are
determined to cap lifelong am
bition tonight-the winning of
their first national AAU swimming
championship.
Scoring heavily in each Of the
six events so far, Yale has 80
points as the nations finest swim
mers wind up the meet tonight
with five events on tap. The near
est competitor is Princeton with
six points.
Spotlighting competition yester.
day was the display of speed by
18-year-old Alan Ford. of MERGERS
burg pa Academy, who clipped
two records in taking the 220-
yard free style race.
The boy wonder, whose home is
in Balboa, Canal Zone, and who
did his first swimming in the
canal, shaved a full second off the
record set last year by Otto Jaretz.
Pasadena (Cal.) A. c.. who failed
to qualify. Ford negotiated the
distance in 2:09.3 to edge out
Yale's HOWE Johnson by inches.
Ford also broke the pool record.
Adolf Kiefer. Chicago, shared
the spotlight with Ford by winning
the 300-yard medley in 1882. a
New American record. The mark
sliced six-tenths of a second off
the record held by Johnny Higgins,
Of Ohio State, who halls from
Providence, r. I.
Jim Counsilman OF st. Louis,
Ohio State freshman. won the 220-
yard breaststroke in 2:394: one
second off the record set by Mich
igan's Jim Skinner, who did not
defend his title.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04
FINALLY TRADED
BY LAYTON CARVER
International News service sport. Editor

NEW YORK. April 1.-Two i'm
teresting facts in connection with
Pvt. Joe Louis next heavyweight
championship defense in June are
Cd that the army will profit
therefrom to the extent Of about
$50, 1000, despite the fact that Louis
will be paid this time. and GU he
and Pvt. Billy Conn, his probable
opponent, will train in an army
camp, unless the war department
changes its mind.
In the first instance. 10 per cent
of the gross receipts will go to the
army, or, in approximately round
numbers. the army's cut will come
off the top Of probable gate of a
half million dollars. Sure they will
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04

bout with Simon and I would
say that he won't go there to
train for Conn, nor will Conn 60
off to n camp of his chOsing,"
Colonel Supplee went on.
"Oh, sure, anything Is possible
and IL may be that we won't
have adequate facilities at any
Of our camps In the section, in
which case something will have
To be worked out. I thought Fort
Dix was ideal for Louis training
when he met Simon. However, IL
may not be suitable In June"
The latter remark was in the
nature of a reply to criticism oil
Louis quarters down in the jersey
camp, which was more noisy and
more distracting than the rustic
seclusion Of the usual training
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04

he got fresh in the thirteenth and
was belted out.
AS for the training camp con-
lecture, the champion and chal-
lenger may not like it, but they
probably won't even be asked much
about it and will be assigned to a
site suitable to their superiors, and
these camps very likely will be
army reservations in this vicinity.
"The war department may
change Its mind and let them go
to regular training camps for
fighters. but In this mans army
when they set n precedent II
usually sticks" Col. II. Clay
Supplee. special service officer,
said today.
I'VE didn't let Louis 70 70
Greenwood Lake, N. T., for his
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04

training-to be granted furloughs
of a month for any reason what.
Soever.
I'VE have had athletes I'm the
army before, and about the only
time off that they got for COM
petition would be a pass for the
evening or day of the event.
Colonel Supple said.
The one major exception TO an
this was the case of Al Dummy
Davis. who came East from Texas
TO fight Fritzie Civic last summer
and did his training at Summit,
N. j.. an ordinary fight camp. He
was here on leave called de
tached service" and mat was be-
fore we got into the war and
things became so grimly serious.
It's different now.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04
P. O. National Under
Way Next Saturday

United States Post Office En-
ployes National Bowling Tourna-
ment will start at the Recreation
Center in Battle Creek next Satur-
day and run for four week-ends.
Detroit will have SO teams. 135
sets of doubles and 263 individuals
competing April 1919. A special
train has been chartered for the
event.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04
Golf Executive Dead

CHICAGO. April 4 QNS). =
Golfng circles today mourned the
death of Joseph Garibaldi Days,
70, veteran golf authority and
executive secretary of the Chicago
District Golf Association. who died
of pulmonary congestion after AZ
days in a Chicago hospital.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04
Toronto Fans
Give 81 Odds
On Cup Finals
Detroit Six Hopes
TO Offset Finesse
With CeaseIsm Attack
By LEWIS II. WALTER

TORONTO, April 4. - Those
stubborn Detroit Red Wings are
going to insist on playing the
mighty Toronto Maple Leafs for
the world hockey championship
and the Stanley Cup as scheduled.
starting here tonight.
There's just no use of the Red
Wings expanding their energy, ac-
cording to the Toronto critics, who
have already done everything but
wrap up the cup and present 1t to
their heroes. But one of the gam.
est Red Wing teams in history Is
going to try to turn Toronto sneers
into tears.
The odds are 2 to on the Leafs
for tonight's game and 3 to for
the series. They may even lengthen
by game time as the Torontoans=
let their thoughts dwell again on
the scoring ability of the great Syl
Apps. the cagey Gordon Drillon
and the fleet Nick Metz. Not to
mention that sturdy goal tender,
Turk Broda.
SCOFF AT WING VICTORIES
The fact that the Leafs have
won five and tied one out Of eight
games with Detroit this season
isn't going to shorten the odds any.
The Detroit team that whipped
through all its opposition In the
stretch and has lost only three OF
its last Is games isn't given any
consideration. The playoff TIRE
Iumphs over the Canadiens and
Bruins are scoffed at. To what do
they amount, compared with the
Leafs triumph over the New York
Rangers In six games?
And so more than 14,000 persons,
all who can jam into Maple Leafss
Gardens, are coming out tonight
for the kill. 1t will just be victory
No. / for the Leafs. who are ex.
tpected by most to take four
straight in this best-of-seven
/ series.
But the Red Wings don't seem
to know they're licked. They plan
on carrying the fight right to the
Leafs from the start. The Leafs,
: with their fast skating forwards
like the Apps line, Johnny Nc
Reedy and defenseman Wally Sta
I Inowski, would probably like to play
game Of finesse, Of passing and
} speed.
NOT WINGS GAME
S But that's not the Red Wings
game. They've got a puck-check.
J ing. hard checking hell-for-leather
, loutfit that can make its best show.
ling by pitching the puck Into the
. Toronto zone and moving up all
. five men to try and pen in the
J Leafs. With fine forecheckers like
Don Crosse. Jerry Brown and sgd
Howe, the Wings hope to keep tho
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04

be mustered the navy his draft board upon raza-
ton that he had many, many dependents.
Bill Werber, who is insurance the sde-even
though of his sumps might indicate that it is baseball
which is just his avocaionwl write record breaking
Der of policies among his fellow
League htters begin leaning against Giant pitching Judge
Lands will in heavily when winning ball clubs with rising
aendances begin to welsh their announced intention
letting in uniformed soldiers and sailors gratis.
Even with aing limb and jaded batting Johnny
Mze won't the biggest financial debace of the
That title will Dick Wakefield the University Michigan
outfeder to whom the Tigers paid $4,000 bonus
Wakefield couldn't make the grade in spring training
and probably will be drafted the army BROOKLYN
fans will boo Mel Off, who betrayed them by succeeding Bill
Terry, whom they really enjoyed booing.
Clark Griffith and Don Barnes will be hospalzed for
strained back muscles after taking bows for speeding
defense by playing night games Hank Greenberg
become second lieutenant and climb little to the
$4,000 salary he left behind him.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04
Man of the Week
Sam Byrd Heads Sports Parade With Victory
Which Brought First Big Golf Prize
by International New. s.r,,c.

Sam Byrd. who seven years ago
stripped off his major league base
ball uniform for the last time and
picked up a sack Of golf clubs to
begin a professional links career
earned man of the week applause
when he beat the greatest of the
nations stars in winning the S., ZOO
Greensboro Open.
For six years Byrd. now be-
specialized fellow with the serious
air of a aforementioned business
man, was understudy TO Babe
Ruth in the New York Yankee
right field in the good old ROSTER
ing days of the BomberS.
In his first year in the majors
he hit better than 300 and he
always was regarded as a COM
lpetent all-around man during
that era when the Yankees first
were making baseball history.
FINALLY TRADED
But finally he was traded to
Cincinnati. thence to ST Louis
and he was headed for a Cardinal
minor league farm when he made
up his mind 10 quit baseball and
devote the rest of his days TO golf,
which had attracted him early.
Byrd began his golfing career
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04
Double Vision Will Trouble Derrinqer

Paul Derringers double vision-on which he sued
firm and collected S1000w force him protest repeat
eddy to umpres that the has than
each base He will be comfoed however whenever he
around and those eight Cincinnati nfeders backing
up The Indians will sink rapidly that Bob Teller will
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04
Hal White Faces
Cards as Tigers
Still Seek Win
Trucks and Rowe Drop
9-5 Decision TO
National Leaeuer
BY LEO MACDONELL

ST. PETERSBURG. Fla, April
with Hal White booked to
pitch, the Tigers were TO engage
the ST. Louis Cardinals here today
in one of their last two games in
Florida this spring.
The other will be staged in
Lakeland tomorrow, also against
the Cardinals, the team which
most experts are picking to win
the National League pennant this
summer. If speed and hustle will
win the flag in the senior circuit,
the Cards are as good as in.
Harry Gumbert, tall Highlander
who spent half dozen years with
the Giants before joining the Car
dinals. pitches for Billy South
worth's crew today.
With White making his fourth
appearance on the mound this
spring, the Tigers were seeking
their first victory over the Car
dinals. White made two appear
ances against the Cincinnati Reds
and stepped in briefly to check
the Dodgers in another showing.
He turned back II batsmen in four
innings in one of the games with
Cincinnati and is looked upon as a
potential big league star.
TIGERS SOLACE
While losing to the Cardinals,
9-5, the Tigers in Lakeland yester-
day succeeded in driving the ST.
Louis clubs ace pitcher, Morton
Cooper. from the mound with a
shower of hits.
The rout came in the eighth
inning. after Cooper had pitched
"a innings without being scored
upon in spring games. Five runs
were collected off Cooper in the
one frame before he was replaced
by Bill Lohrman, who checked a
Tiger rally that came within one
run OF tying the count.
Charley Fuchs pitched five In
nings for the Tigers and was hit
hard. Among nine hits off the
recruit from Buffalo were a home
run and two doubles. The homer
was hit by Stan Musial. a rookie
outfielder. Musial also hit single.
Schoolboy Rowe finished on the
hill for the Tigers and was the
victim Of three hits and a pair of
errors by Billy Hitchcock which
netted the Cardinals three extra
runs in the ninth.
But while he suffered the filters
afield. young Hitchcock did well
enough at bat, gathering three hits,
one OF them a two-bagger. Pinky
Higgins accounted for two of the
Tigers 10 hits. Every Cardinal got
at least one safe blow.
Jimmy Bloodworth turned in the.
fielding gem of the day, a spec
tacular stop Of Cooper's seemingly
sure drive over second base in the
third inning.
With double play in the fourth.
executed by Creepy Crespi and
Ray Sanders. the Cardinals boosted
their total of twin killings TO 80
in % games.
A crowd of 568 saw the game.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04
CLOSE BUT NO VICTORY

Until now. it has been strictly
a matter of Illustration. He would
pick up a minor prize here and
another one there, but he never
hit the jackpot until he beat back
that crack field at Greensboro.
and he is confident now that the
long drought has been broken and
that he will be among those the
rest will have to beat hencefor-
ward.
His victory at Greensboro was
no fiuke. He hits a long ball and
he hits all his shots we'll. What's
more, he scores we'll more often
than not, but never could put to-
gether enough low rounds to make
them stand up as he did at
Greensboro. What he fired at
the boys there were four rounds
in SO, 81. IS and 6S-which is
championship golf.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04
TORONTO COACH Bellies PRESS
Day Will Take Victory in 3 Games

Toronto, Ont, April 4.-'T'll be
very satisfied to win in six games. 2"
That's what coach Happy Day of
the Toronto Maple Leafs has TO
say about this Stanley Cup series
with the Detroit Red Wings.
That's a bit of wet blanket
on the Toronto hockey critics who
say the Leafs will waltz home in
four straight. But they're not
abashed. They just say Day is
just trying to encourage the fans
to come out-that the Red Wings
might possibly extend the Maple
Leafs. But, of course, they know
better.
There are more than 200 De-
troit hockey fans here and only
200 tickets allotted for Detroit
ers. Some OF them may have to
share Johnny Mowers nets with
him tonight II they want to see
the game. When the Red Wings
invaded Montreal and Boston
the home clubs even sold seats
In the penalty box-the same
choice seats will probably go
fast today.
3 This may be a massacre of De-
troit hopes, but the Red Wing
wives are game. too. Mrs. Jack
Adams came with the Wing boss
and so did Mrs. Ehhie Goodfellnw
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-04

as understudy TO Ed Dudley at
Philadelphia, concentrated on his
game, won a few minor tourna-
mentS here and there while serving
as assistant pro to Dudley. then
hit the big winter tournament
trail
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NOT WINGS GAME

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-02
Singapore Big Gums
Pour Shells on .DapS
Continued from Page One)

lery was active against enemy
movement In the Johore Bahru
area.
Three small craft were en-
gagged by small arms oft the
coast OF the island. One craft
was sunk.
"Air reports show consider
able enemy movements on the
mainland. Enemy air activity
over Singapore has increased
throughout the last "a hours.
Some damage has been caused,
hut military casualties are
slight"
Thousands in British Australian
and Indian troops took up de
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-02

and forth over the almost end
less columns Of men and vehicles
II was SIP a. m. when the last
armored car rumblcd over the
causeway behind the Gordons, last
10 leave the mainland
and the skirling pipes Of the
Argyle and Sutherland Highland
erS who provided music for them
Australians whom l had met
when the front was many miles
up the peninsula told me, as we
lay in the fox holes. that there
had been little action by the Japa-
neSe except for desultory snlplnG
across the strait and there had
been no diScernlbie apaneS {
preparations for an immediate at
tack.
1t took just y minutes 10 reach
the front, now the north shore
from Singapore city.
Not only the north shore but
the northeast shore and the west
and part of the south shore of tho
island have been cleared Of civil.
ianS under an order effective al
6 p. m. Sunday, TO leave no spot
unprotected.