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Detroit evening times., 1945-03-30

decision 10 rc-cStabliSh the big
Highlander as a Starting
finger. al has looked very
good in training here"
O'Neill today added third
starter in the race for the third
base Job made vacant by the loss
of Pinky Higgins 10 the navy The
third contender Is I'd tRed)
Boron, who will battle it out with
Don Ross and Joe Hoover.
Bob MaIcr will be IN left field
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-30

office window. AS he looked at
the bird his features softened.
Listen 10 that jAybird try
ing To initiate Bing Crosby"
he grinned
That reminded Hizzoner that IL
was spring and that the baseball
teams were in the training camps
preparing for another season. IL
also reminded him that baseball
still is in his blood.
Picking up ruler he took a
practice swing as though the ruler
were a bat.
II think still could hit n
few" ne said. Maybe they
could use even me this year,
eh ."
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-30
Native Son Picked
To Coach UCLA

LOS ANGELES. March %
CUPJ University of California az
Los Angeles, passing up several
big name coaches. today So
lcctcd an alumnuS and high school
mentor Bert La Brucherle-to
head the Bruins football coach
ing staff.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-30
Barclay 10 Boss
Midland Sports

MIDLAND. March % CINSo-
James Barclay Of Flint. who holds
record OF four state Class A baS-
ketball tournament winners. un-
cqualcd I'm Michigan, today signed
a contract TO become athletic and
physical education director Of
Midland public schools and high
school basketball coach
Barclay formerly coached At
Flint Northern High Is years and
Is A eradHateef Flint Central and
Michigan Normal
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-30
Mrs. Rihbdny Wins
Indoor Tennis Title

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass
arch % CCUP)-Top-seeded
Helen Petersen Rihbany Of New
York came from behind today td
capture the national women's in.
door tennis championship in threa
sets from defending titlist Kath,
arine Winthrop of Hamilton on
the Longwood Cricket Clubs cow
cred court. The score was An
6-2. 6-3
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-30

the Browns" O'Nciu explained.
land II We can beat them,
games won early in the season
count as much a. those later"
O'NCill didn't say so. but he
probably had in mind games which
the Tigers dropped 10 The Browns
81 the start of the 1914 season.
Al Benton or Frank tStubbyi
Ovcrmirc VIII pitch the third game
Jn ST Louis. according 10 the
Tiger skipper
"Or II depends on the number
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-30

of lefthanderS In the 81. Louis
lineup" O'Ncill explained.
This will leave either Benton or
OvCTmirC 10 start The opening
game IN Detroit. providing all
three games arc played m St
Louis as scheduled.
BENTON TO START
Benton will be- one Of my
starting pitchers a. long as he
shows that he can 20 nine in
ningS," ONeIll explained his
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-30
Bob Tales
RoeeII Recalls His
Hit OF Big Train
BY BOB MURPHY
SPORTS EDITOR

Councilman William Rogell had
just come from a morning meet
ing Of the common council.
He was sore because he Sus-
pected that someone had slipped a
fast one over on him while the
council was selecting a slate OF
county supervisors. He muttered
and mumbled as he used TO do
when a pitcher did the same
thing on him while he was play
ing shortstop for the Tigers.
The city father glanced around
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-30
Home Run HugheY
Dies in CoIdWdter

COLDW TER, March %
JamSe Hughey, known 10 Ameri-
can League baseball fans back in
the early 19OOS as Home Run
HuChey" pitcher with the St
Louis Browns during 1908, and
later with the Cleveland Indians.
Chicago White SoX and Philadel-
phla Athletics, died IN a hospital
here today at the age OF Is.
He retired 10 open a general
store in rural district here.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-30
Detroiter Scores K0
In Service Bout

COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo.
March % UNS) Pvt. jimmy
Gee. former Milwaukee four-time
Golden Gloves champ. took de-
clSion from NJ Sgt Sam McCurdy
Of Mercer, Pa, IN mIddlewelght
bout last night
Pvt Major Evans. Dctroiter.
fighting for Dalhart CTcXD AAF'.
scored the only kayo when he
dropped Pvt Archie Heron, Chi
cago and Peterson Field, Colo, in
one minute and 45 seconds IN A
llGht-hcavyweight 60.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-30
Frank Visque Joins
Hdgerstown Club

Frank NiSquc - nephew OF Joe
Dugan. former Yankee third base
man. Will Join the HagcrStown
tMd) baseball club April 3. The
Detroit boy formerly played with
Faust in the American Legion and
ParkSide. He was with Little Rock
last summer. IIaCcTStOwn has a
working agreement with the
Tigers.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-30
ONeIl WOnG Save NeWhOuSer Trout for Opener Here

when the Tigers open the season
al ST Louis. with Johnny McHalc
in reserve. Maicr, obtained from
Buffalo, has been hitting the ball
we'll here. Maier is a line drive
hitter who meets the ball con-
siStently.
The probable batting order In
ST. Louis will be. Webb, 81; Mayo.
Oh. OUTLAW. rf. York, 10: Cramer,
Of. Maicr. If. Ross. 3D. Richards.
c; Ncwhouser, p.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-30
Bavdrians Add Power
For Soccer Cup Tilt

Ncl Campbell. one Of tho hc>t
scoring soccer forwards u this
area. and Johnny Nelson. an OUT
standing halfback here Tor more
fnan 20 wears. VIII be lu tho Ba-
yarlan>' lineup when they face
Gcrman-JnIfcd next Sunday a.
Mack Park az p. m. in a nauora.
amateur cup match, Willie KAY
md George Jisy also arc Joining
baNaTars.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-30

Fort Worth IJ
a Texas Leagu,
game.
Il WAS UNI
piring behind
the hat.
PaSSaTCla cN-
planned and
with n runner
an third and
two ont. the
ShreV g y nTt
batter lOtted
= foul
L he halt
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-30
Ruby Meets Texan Again

Buck Estes, TcAas wrc>tIn.
50 uhirlwind. has been rrmafc1yd
20 meet Bert Ruby Tor thr junior
heavywcicht tfi, ~ Fayl,H
Gardens next Tuesday Dlor.r..
They scored one ia.l apiece .n
their clash tW0 weeks ago II
another hour match Louis Klein
VIII tackle Gordon lie-,c. and
there VIII BE- q pair of oUC-ia..
naighas.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-30

troit. .' The Tiger manager de-
Cl4rCd
The home opening al Briggs
Stadium viii hc April 20 with the
Cleveland Indians, andcrthe pos
>.bIlD of NcwhouScr and Trout.
the Detroit aces, splitting up the
openers. had been suggested 10
ONcHi
GtN FOR BROWNS
~ we expect 20 be IN the
race again we have got 10 beat
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-30
PICKED 1T Up QUICKLY

ITS amazing" Coach Matt
Mann says. ''ln three days he
has not only learned 26 diff
feTent dives, hut he executes
many of them with the ease of
veteran.
III Chubb had another two
years at the university, he
would be the boy 10 watch in
the Big Ten" Mann pointed
out.
In the recent Ohio State
Michigan dual meet, Chubb'S
single dive which took third place
IN q field Of three provided Michi-
Can'S margin OF victory over the
Buckeyes. Chubb'S point gave the
Wolverines a $3.50 win.
That single dive looked 50 good
that Mann decided 10 allow Chubb
10 continue diving.
"It looks very much as though
he will not swim in the 200
breast stroke" Mann said. but
he may be the diving surprise
OF the meet"
Fifteen teams are entered in
tho meet with nearly 20 con-
tCStantS listed Outside teams
viii begin arriving today with a
meeting OF coaches scheduled for
Thursday evening, coach Matt
Mann, meet director, presiding.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-30
Salas Wins Sour Go

OAKLAND Cal. March %
CUP) Ray Salas. l3S, Berkeley
Cal. won an unpopular decision
over Alex Vega. l42. Mexico City,
in the 1O-round main event OF a
fight card here last night.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-30
Smashing Body Checks
Have Weakened Bruins
BY LEWIS II. WALTER

Smashing checks slowed the Boston Bruins started
Wings what may be the greatest payon come
back in their history.
More of the medicine what Manager Jack Adams has
the Wings Bruins meet at olympia
fifth of the series
expected welcome back the surprising
DcroerS rallied with victories Boston 10
he losing at home
TO Lumey. The MURRAY
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-30
Ash Practice Today

Ash Club Class a DBF club.
practices today at s p. m. at
Northwestern. Candidates see
Ernie Stefan
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-30
Class D Players

Andy Baird baseball team wants
Class y players. For tryouts call
!. NJ. Cole. MI 1869.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-30

his office as il
in search of an
umpire upon
whom TO vent
his spleen. But
his yes fell
u p on no hap
less wearer OF
the blue serge.
Instead tn y
fell upon a rob-
in I h a [ W a :
chirping cheer
fully on a ledge
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-30

in every game Bruneteau
not only is one of the clubs
hest backcheCkers. hut his ter
trific shot Is now going right on
the net He was breaking
the end boards with II most
Of the season.
Frank rkingl Clancy is due FOR
The rcfCrccing assignment to-
night
Joe CarvCth is one Of tho few
Red Wings who believes the Mon
trcal Canadlens can come back to
win three straight and the other
,amifnal series from the Toronto
Maple Leafs
In Buffalo ON the way home,
Manager Jack Adams talked up
~ National Hockey League fran
chiSc for Buffalo with William
Shccler Jr., Buffalo industrial
iSt 80. Sheeler and a party of
friends are here for the game
tonight.
NormIc Smith didn't got a
chance 10 play IN Boston but he
did ind The trip worthwhile
DRIVING down a street in Buffalo
for lunch. he spotted a setter
which hc believes rs the one miss
ing from his home IN Crosse
llr ... There is some evidence
to back NurmlCS claim and an
-----LL-.L.n l. underway
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-30

left Michigan undefeated in his
last two seasons OF competition.
"He was l46 pounds Of the
fightingest swimmer I've ever
seen" Mann added.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-30
Sports
Umpire Is Greeted
Wjth Run kicked In
By LEO MACDoNELL

EVANSVILLE, March - Art
paSSarella. the umpire, once
kicked a bali into a dueuut and
gave Shreveport a victory over
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-30

Armstrong and his lines bot
Ting of the Bill COwley line.
Credit the Bruneteau brothers
and Joe Carveth for their goal
shooting" said Manager Adams
today.
but" added the fire eating
Wing boss. LET the Wings re-
member that body checking
gave us the chance for this
comeback"
1t isn't likely Pat E,gan will
drive up ice with such reckless
ness since Earl Seibert sent him
spinning. Bill Cowley. the great
playmaker, will be wary, too
Speedy little Ken Smith. still
dangerous on.a breakaway, will b6
keeping his head up after being
stretched out by Flash Hollett.
ROZZINI OUT
Gmo Rozzini won't be here al
all because he was injured run
ming into Hollett. Armand Gau-
dreault. with a stitch or two on
his Cheekbone. knows that danger
turks in the Detroit zone. Harold
Jackson has dropped his quota OF
Bruins.
Detroit did not body check In
the first two games but did body
check in Boston. And Capt. Hol-
lett explained why as the team
came in last night from the East
I'VE didn't get the chance at
home with Boston taking an
early lead in both games" said
HOllett. THE Bruins played II
cory when they were in front.
PURPUR CALLED UP
ITS when the score was
tied or we were ahead, a. i'm
Boston. that We could play
that way and make them come
to uS. That's when we have
chance to smash, when a player
i trying 10 make hero Of
himself, go all the way in"
Each team IS starting a new
man. Adams has called up right
wing Cliff CF'ido) Purpur, defense
man Gordon Sheriff. and goalc
Connie Dion from indianapolis,
which has been eliminated from
the American League playoffS.
Purpur is 10 replace Steve
Wochy on the line with Joe Car.
voth and Carl LiScombc while the
other two players Will be held a,
reserves.
Art Ross OF Boston IS to start
Russ Kopak, 20-year-old Boston
OlympicS center, IN place Of the
injured RoZZlni. on the line with
Gaudreault and Paul Gladu,
The Bruins are 10 return tC
Boston tomorrow while Detroit
viii leave Saturday for the sixth
game, 10 be played Sunday.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-30
ID Sports q
.DR { Y | I | EO

Contrary 10 published reports,
Joe PonSetto. quarterback, has
not been named captain of l945
Michigan football team Post,
left vacant when captain-elect
Bruce Hilkene was transferred by
navy, will be filled next fall.
Appointment Of Kenneth l..
Stilley as line coach at Notre
Dame was announced by Hugh
Devore, acting Irish head coach
Played with Notre Dame
teams i'm l933-35 Still more
football jug" Girard. star Of
Wisconsin grid team last year,
passed preinduction army phySi-
cal in Milwaukee
Two former Detroit prep ath-
leteS. BrOas Mann and Richard
Lander, awarded letters in wrcs-
Ting at Illinois Tech, whore
they're navy tralnceS 60. Lander.
formerly of PcrShlng High. Mann
Of DcLaSalle -. Charley Letchas,
PhilllCS second SaCkcr, lnductcd
INTO drTTTy'.
Ned Irish, New York basketball
promoter. tcStifying in Brooklyn
cage gambling hearing. said ne
made 81. 100 IN first game he pro-
noted in Garden without putting
up cent o.. No manpower short
age for Memphis ball club of
Southern Association Man
ager Doc Prothro announces sign
inc of Chicks sixth FIRST baScman,
Bud DeLWaan.
Cleveland Indians VIII play L..
of Illinois Saturday at Cham
paiCn First time Him has
played major club IN SIX years ...
Cleveland BaronS and Hershey
Bears Will meet in final playolfS
for Calder Cup BaronS won
series with Buffalo 10y taking last
nights game, Ga Welker
Cochran won last nights block
so to 35 in "a innings from Willie
Hoppe in Philadelphia and now
trails the latter by only a. points
in the world three cushion billiard
title play Points now stand
ll57 10 llif They resume
PLAY here tomorrow
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-30
j. N. Gridder
Turns Diver
sre,I.l % rnr prrRoIr 1IMts

ANN ARBOR, March %
Michigan is going 20 have a new
high board diver in the NCAA
meet tomorrow - brcaSt-Sirokcr
Ralph Chubb- who started his
diving career Monday.
With only four high board
divers m the meet. Mann saw an
opportunity 10 pick up a few
points. so Chdbb. who swarm the
2OO-yard breast stroke after COM
pleunC a successful grid season as
the Wolverine right halfback. has
been learning 10 dive.
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Bomber

Continued from Page Onel
today by the War Manpower Com
mission
Edward l.. Cushman. VINO re.
gional director, said the commits
sion must now think in terms OF
placement rather than recruitment
of workers.
Preliminary indications were, ac-
cordins TO Cushman that 80 per
cent of the 10000 Willow Run EN-
ployes would return to their homes,
principally in the South The re.
mainder must be absorbed in other
work in the metropolitan area.
A plan diverting labor swiftly In
to other essential jobs will be made
at meeting Of VINO heads at Ann
Arbor, April 26, and 81, Cushman
said.
Meanwhile. Milton 4. Holmes, re
gional director of the Smaller War
Plants Corp, warned that small
plants must be converted to civilian
production when war contracts are
completed Many sub-contractors
will be forced TO lay off workers as
a result of major contract cancel
lations.
Unless the small plants are al
lowed to reconyert, an unbalanced
economy will result, Holmes stated.
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Eurore

Continued from Page One)
Army group were at points 81
miles from the headwaters of the
Danube in a southwark swerve.
Stuttgart was being encireled
Take Halle
The T. S. First Army. which
captured Leipzig. now is in posses.
sion OF Halle, 10th city of more
than 100000 population to fall
Hitler now ruled only Is cities and
some Of them were ablaze and
topping.
Berlin was battered again last
night by two waves OF Raj Mosqui.
tos. and L. S. bombers followed up
with blows today against the
dwindling strip of Germany be-
tween the Allies and the Russians.
British troops in Italy advanced
three miles, capturing POrtomagg.
lore, II miles southeast OF Ferrara
in the Pc Valley. after storming
through the Argenta Gap defenSes.
L. S. Fifth Army troops drove slow
VI up highway 65 and neared Pia-
nora, just south OF Bologna.
British in north Germany jabbed
tanks within a mile of Harburg.
Hamburg suburb on the Elbe's west
bank. Other British hammered at
Bremen from three sides.
Canadians in flooded western
Holland were close to Amerstoort,
west of the Neder Rhine, and 10
miles from Utrecht. Other units
with Polish infantry edged toward
Emden and Williamshaven
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Ann Arbor Man
Freed by Yanks

With the L. s. Army In Germany,
Apr. 20--AP-Three Michigan men
from Ann Arbor. Saginaw and De
troit who had been starved and mis-
treated as German prisoners Of
war were safe in American hands
today following their liberation by
the SJth Infantry.
Pvts. Alvin Brown. Ann Arbor;
Walter Howaczky, Saginaw; and
Robert Wolfe, Detroit. told how
the Germans everwnrked and un.
derfed their prisoners.
The men were liberated Thurs
day when the seth Infantry ovcrran
several prisoner OF war camps. The
Yanks freed 4.7j0 prisoners. includ-
ing 500 Americans who had been
captured in the Ardennes break.
through
The Americans told how they
lost 80 70 - pounds weight each.
fainting from hunger as they were
forced to do cKhausting work.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-20
Pick of the Air Today

1850 Stage Door Canteen finale
Blu 80 Lone Ranger.
$50 This is Your FBl.
800 Famous Jury Trials.
1000 Sammy Kaye Varieties.
MBS->,l5 American Prisoners in
Germany, recorded.
$50 Double or nothing.
1000 Bout lake Lamo,ta and Vie
Dellieurti, reschedulcd
Saturday
NBC-li So II. m. smiling Ed Ne
Council:
$500 p. N Orchestras Of Nation.
200 Doctors Look Ahead:
90 Foreign Policy Can We
Build Lasting Peace?
500 Barn Dance.
CBS-l:30 Report to Nation,
500 Philadelphia Orchestra fin.
ale.
6.i5 Peoples Platform san
Francisco Conference:
$50 FBI in Peace and War:
9;45 JeSsica pragonette.
BLUE 50 Home and Garden.
$50 Its a hit. Quiz
400 symphony. Sir Thomas
Beecham:
$50 Meet Your Navy:
1880 Glen Gray Band.
MBS 800 This Is Halloran Hos
pital.
300 Sports Parade;
500 Halls OF Montemma
900 Jean Goldkette Band.
1000 Chicago Theater Three
Muskcteers".
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House

Continued from Page Onel
OF $500 a year from the $4,000
annual appropriation.
Rep. Arnell Engstrom, Traverse
City Republican, who argued that
the commission should be retained,
said that 1T actually has resulted
in the reduction Of the number OF
accidents since II has been in
Operation.
Bill Loses
A bill to require hospital service
companies TO pay hospitals the
same rates as those charged TO pri-
vate individuals was defeated after
Rep. Tracy Doll, Detroit Democrat,
charged that the legislation was
sought by "old line insurance com
panies who want TO drive non-prof
II organizations out of business.
The House again defeated bill
TO require licensing OF tourist cab
ms and camps and the registration
OF their guests, introduced unsuc'
cessfully in previous legislative
sessions, on the grounds that Il
would encourage Shopping and
"gestapo" methods. The House
also defeated a bill to eliminate
the doctrine of imputed negli-
gence' in accident cases. to bring
Michigan in line with the other A.
states which have abolished 1t.
Safety Measure
A bill which requires all tents
to which the public is admitted to
be fireproofed and to have other
safety devices, described as a
measure to prevent such tragedies
as last years Ringing Brothers
circus fire, passed unanimously
and was to the Senate.
The House in effect killed a bill
TO create a forestry industry ad
visory board to regulate forestry
practices when Rep. Victor A. Knox,
Sault Ste. Marie Republican. sue
ceeded in having 1t sent back to
the ways and means committee.
Knox said he feared il would oper-
ate to the advantage of large lum-
Der companies, ans drive the small
iobbers out of business.
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Pacifiic

Continued from Page One)
ed japanese from defenses which
1t. Gen. Robert l.. Eichelberger Of
| the Sth Army described as the
. strongest he had eve~ seen.
Expect Casualties
Mai. Gen. Simon b. Buckner, Jr.
of the 10th Army, said the same
thing about the southern Okinawa
defenses. I'VE can except a good
many casualties" Buckner said.
as his troops began to crawl over
crags and rayines through inter
locking fire of pillboxes. block
houses and caves.
Fanatical Japanese on nearby lie
Island were attacking nth Di-
vision elements with rocks, broken
glass, mortar shells thrown by,
hand. and charging with satchels Of
explosives strapped around their
waists.
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| runan

II Continued from Page One)
to decide, If it has not already done
so. what method is To be used II
Is In such decision that Mr.. Tru-
man Is likely to play part His
chief responsibility In the role OF
Commander in Chief lies In the Pa.
cific. since the strategy decisions
which have taken Allied troops to
the doors of Berlin were made long
ago
In the Pacific, however, Russia
attitude toward entering the war
with Japan remains publicly I'M
/ known Mr.. Roosevelt and Stain
came TO some understandings o,
their own In at least two cunfer-
| ences they were reported to have
held with none of their advisers
! present.
Official Washington believes that
4 Russia S recent denunciation of her
/ neutrality treaty with Japan is =
forerunner Of Soviet entry into the
war against the japanese at mo
ment Moscow considers OppOrtune
However, there may have been
no such understanding II there is
none, then Mr.. Truman certainly
will want to obtain one IL he be-
lieves the postwar price OF Russian
participation-if there is a price
is not too high.
That subject is considered Ger.
tain 10 be discussed with Soviet
Foreign Commissar Molotov when
he stops off here this week end on
his way to the United Nations Con.
ference in San Francisco.
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Deaths
MRS. FLORENCE zEIsLER

Mrs Florence Zeisler. 20, died at
6l5 p. IN. Thursday at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Karl +. Zeisler,
Monroe. 4 former resident of Up
SLANT, she had been i'll with can.
Ger since December.
Mrs. Zeisler was born in Lancas.
ter, o., Mar. rs, 1866, and mar
ried Charles f. Zeisler there Janu.
AIRY 81, 1895. From 1910 TO 1918
they lived in Alberta and for six
years they resided in Monroe. In
1918 they moved TO Ypsilanti where
Mr.. Zeisler was manager OF the
former Amendt elevator on +.
Cross ST. He was later employed
at the normal College and died Oc-
tober 2, 1888.
Survivors include the son, Karl;
two sisters; and two grandchildren,
James and Katherine Zeisler. Mrs.
Zeisler was a member of the First
Presbyterian Church in Ypsilanti.
Funeral services will be at the
Allore. Beam and Weber Mortuary
in Monroe Saturday at 2 p. m. with
burial In Lancaster.