Montana labor news., 1950-05-04
SPORTS COMMENT
By GUY STEVENS

third week. teams are beginning to
settle down now ior the long siege
ahead The games thus lar indicate
a hard-ioughl battle III both leagues
BROOKLYN. in the National circuit,
ma, not have the easy time pulling
away as nearly everyone figured
they would The Chicago Cubs are
proving 10 he a big SurpriSe-li thcl
only can keep it up. Pittsburgh also
i, doing better than expected. The
New York Yankees are stealing the
thunder in the american .caguc
with their terrific hitting. Man
aper Casey Stengal has said right
along that his team would be the
team to beat and it begins to look
as though or Case knows what hes
talking about. The Detroit Tigers
are oil to a good start. They're
getting hits when they're needed and
their pitchers are coming through SO
what more could Manager Red
Role ask ior-as long as they keep
on winning games. But its still too
early to judge the teams. Wait about
another month. By then the power
teams should be clicking.
Wha, Is the wrestling game com
ing to: Recently 10 mat performers
walked ont on a West Coast show
because ii was going TO be tclcyiscd
when il wasn't supposed to be. And
do YOU know who ordered the boys
ont. None other than Music Corp.
oi America. DO you think its pos
sihlc tina, in the very near future at
mosphcric music viii be played 10.
the grunt-and -groanerS while they
90 through their act
SATURDAY is Kentucky Derby Day.
70 the racing ians this j, a big
turf event Of the year. \ great
crowd Will again be III hand TO see
the country's top thrcc-ycar elders
take 10 the held, Md III the exc OF
hi, great classic, ii, still pretty
much Of a toss-ur The winner
could be l'nur Host or Oil Capitol.
Hill Prince or battle-ground, or
Theory. They're all spccdsters, all
good enough to take the lead down
the homcstrctch and hold it. So the
only ihine To do is to rclax until
pcrh, time and then sec huw the
iavoritcs perform. Any way you
look at it. its bound 10 he a great
race For nur money. we'll still
Slide along with Theory The CAL
umct colorbcarer isn't a hot a choice
as the others bu, ii he's in form he's
going to be tough to beat. lust one
thing more on the Derby. The eN-
pcrts viii have to 60 some to match
Bill Corum's selections oi last year.
In hi, New York Journal-Amcri-
can column. he picked Ponder to
finish first, Capot second, Palcstn-
ian third and Old Rockport. fourth
And that's just the way they finished
This year when the College All
Stars tackle the Philadelphia Eagles
in the annual Chicago Tribune clas-
sic. they'll have men in the line thai
should hold the National League
camps-,hat is. il weight i, sup
poscd to do the trick. The hcavies'
man will be Leon Hart. 255. thei
comcs Leo Nomellini. $50. Clay
Tonncmakcr. pa. Stan West, 2i5
Toe Watson, 245. and Jim Martin
255. The Eagles have PLAYERS jus
as big 50 when these two team,
cla,h there should be some ground
shaking collisions.
Just Gab-London sports promot
ers are worried about tclcvision. to'
they're urging a complete bar
there. The Chicago Cards are tryinl
to make a deal with the Detroit Lion
for Quarterback Frank Tripuck.
the Lions have several OBS, in
Guiding Bobby Lane. and they MA
swap Tor a center which they nee.
most Manager Hugh I.uhy Of tn
New Orleans Pelicans. plans to pitc
Paul Petit. the 100000 bonus baby
every fifth day because OF the hc
weather in the South. Henry Arm
strong. former ring great. has turne
preacher he has been givin
sermons in a Los Angeles church ia
the past several months. PitchC
Zoe Page OF the Yankees has
brother who may be up in big tim
before long his name is Hull
Page he pitched a high scho'
lno-hit,er the other day