Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-12
Big Loop Cities Asked
By Mayor 10 Blast
Bettors on Sport
BY TED MEIER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

Associated Press Sports Writer.
NEW YORK, Mar. 12.-Major
league baseball, generally, opened
its fourth wartime spring training
campaign today on the heels of
proposal from Mayor Fiorello La
Guardia that police in the big league
cities exchange information in an
effort to curb gambling on the sport.
Assuring followers of the Giants,
Yankees and Dodgers in his weekly
Sunday radio talk over WYNC that
I'VE are going to keep baseball
Clean" La Guardia declared: II
want to try to arrange for exchange
of Identification and information
with other cities where the big
leagues play SO that Philadelphia
will know the New York thugs and
thieves and we will know the Phila-
delphia thugs and thieves and like
wise all of the cities on the circuit"
1--WE are going to be very, very
tough with these racketeers," the
Mayor asserted. known gamblers
will not be permitted within the
Yankee Stadium, Polo Grounds and
Ebbets Field. Certain boxes around
third base in one club and another
box that I know of will be thor
oughly disinfected even If I have to
put Police Commissioner Valentine
in the box.
Mayor Gives MacPhail Tip.
II hope" he continued, that the
managers of the teams will not an
nounce their pitchers the day before
the game. In fact, 1t would be good
to switch them and kind of confuse
the gamblers"
The Mayor said he already had
talked with Branch Hickey, presi-
dent of the Dodgers, and Horace
Stoneham, president of the Giants,
and that he expected to see Presi-
dent Ford Prick of the National
League today.
THE Yankee club is under new
ownership" La Guardia said. Lis
ten, Larry. Larry MacPhail, one of
the new owners, when you moved
out of Brooklyn they tell me they
found a lot of racing forms around
the clubhouse. Of course they were
not yours, but do not let anybody
bring any racing forms around the
Yankee clubhouse because it will
not be good"
Meantime the championship St.
Louis Browns of the American
League, the Cleveland Indians, Phil
adelphia Athletics, Chicago White
Sox, Yankees, Giants and Cardinals
were set for their first workouts at
their various camps The Wash
ington Mats started last week and
the other clubs are scheduled to get
going within the Eext two days.
Joe Mccarthy, manager of the
Yankees, who did not accompany
the Bronx Bombers to their Atlantic
City camp yesterday, summed up
the general situation at his Buffalo
home, where he remained for sew
eral days to settle personal affairs.
"Any manager who tells you he's
got set plan for this season is Just
plain daft asserted Marse Joe.
We're all in the same boat be-
cause of the manpower situation
and what it may develop. The only
plan I have is to drift along with
the team and let the plans develop"
Giants Expecting % Out.
T'u-onfu- Cioyfe
at Lakewood, N. j.. today. Eleven
were pitchers, including Bill Voiselle,
who won 81 and lost 16 last season
The Yankees were batting under
200 in the manpower league today
at Atlantic City with of 80 players
reporting for their first workout.
Among the more prominent regulars
absent were First Baseman Nick
Etten, Shortstop Frank Crosetti,
Second Baseman George Stirnweiss,
Outflelder Johnny Lindell and Pitch
ers Hank Borowy, Ernie Bonham
and Walt Dubiel.
Cleveland's Indians opened train
ing at Lafayette, Ind. with "a play
ers signed most of whom will be in
camp this week. Vice President
Roger Peckinpaugh said.
Definite holdouts are jeff Heath,
Mickey Rocco, Roy Cullenbine and
Joe Heving.
Nose counting was in order as the
American League champion st.
Louis Browns opened camp at Cape
Girardeau, Mo. Vice President Bill
De Witt hadn't the slightest idea
haw many players would turn up.
He has announced the signing of
eight men and indicated several
more have agreed to terms. He ad-
mitted having salary trouble with
two he did not name