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Ernie Bonham Paces Yankee Hurling Staff Three Shutouts Are In Victory String; Pirates Gain Split New York. May S. -(I'PI For 11 yearn. Charley Rufling ha* been the premier righthander of the New York Yankees' pitching staff but hl* place at the top wan challenged today by a newcomei Ernest tTinyt Bonham a husky, six foot Californian Bonham'* climb to big-time prominence hasn't heetp euey lie's Worn corsets and slept on board* lie's taken vitamin injections and swallowed bitter sulphu* compounds and with but one object the cure of knife-like pain* in hi* hack which threatened to end hit pitching career His bed of pain has paid off handsomely with an apparent cure and hi* most recent triumph over the Cleveland Indians was his fourth straight victory and third shutout of the season, leaving him tied with flick Newsome of Bouton for American league hurling honors Predictions of 20 victories for

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, Bonham are strictly in order today j when the ease utid speed with which he's accomplished all four triumphs are considered. He has blinding speed and work* fast, as , witness the elapsed time of his four jobs in order of accomplishment 1 53. 1 50. 1:38 and I 24. The tall English-flernian-lrlshmaii credits his Mttccrra to wanning up i before tach pitching assignment with a three-pound Iron trail. He practices windup* with the hefty sphere and between innings, holds the ball In the dugout. "The reason for that Iron globe is aimpie,'' he said. "The baseball I feels much lighter after helttlng the Iron one fur a half hour or so It's just like a player swlning three bat* as he walks up to tne plate to make the one he US’-* feel like a feather." Bonham poss<«ses a rare combin atlon of pitching assets —< 11 speed; ' i2> thread needle control, and (3t . the forkball, one of the game’s ' most unusual deliveries "I rant describe that fork-ball too well.'' he said, “but it's a sort of a cross between a screwball am! in-drop a* thrown by a right hander. It doesn't break a* sharply as a screwball but detours or folk* more slowly. The break Is aid' and somehow unex>»-< t-«l and the > treat feature I* that It's delivered ) in overhand fashion with no tell tale tip-offs." Tiny credits hi* acquisition of the fork ball to Frank Makosky. a former Yankee pitcher, who laugh! him the delivery when both were with Newark and Kansas City In 1838. "It looked like a swell change of I pace.” the brown-haired, fair-skill- . tied flinger said, "but It took me a long time to use It effectively. I It was hard to control, at first. j and I only used It In games win n I was well ahead of the batter. | Hut It's a big help now." I'nfortunately about the time Tiny picked up the forkball from .Makosky he also acquired a lame back that caused him loads of trouble. Neither he nor th,- doctors who examined him knew what caused those stabbing pains. I hiring* the off season* of '3B and ‘39. he was advised to sleep on boards, which he did. "Boy did I blister." he said. "I put the boards right on top of the mattress and I'll never forget It.” The cure worked for a time but the ailment returned In 1940 and laot year with the Yanks he wore a corset Hr won only nine and j lost six. hut he brat Brooklyn in the world series. The injections of vitamins and I sulphur compounds came last ' winter at his Sacramento, Calif..

Durocher Signed To Managerial Contract Brooklyn Manager May Quit Playing Chicago, .May 8- CUP)-On the verge of retirement as a Biff League player, "Lippy Leo" Durocher of Brooklyn's national league champion* retains the unpredictable I character of a typical Hodger hiredhand tDur ocher ba* been pestering Hodger President l-arry MacPhail | for three seasons for permission to cpiit a player and become a bench manager. Today as he appeared about to achieve that goal, “The Lip" suddenly turned coy and did not care to talk about his retirement from the playing field. Reports Horocher Intended to abandon his duties as an infielder after 14 years in the majors have circulated for some time They were given their first definite con- . (innation yesterday when the office of Baseball commissioner Ken--raw M. Landis issued a bulletin which revealed “Lippy" had signed an exclusive managerial con'ract. The Dodger boss. In a surely | mood after two days enfor' , ed idleness for his cltfb. at first tried to shake-off questions concerning his prdbable retirement with “no com- ! ment" replies to every query. Then when told suc h action was broadly | hinted in an official release from ■ I laindis' office, he appeared taken ; aback. "landts' office said that?" he a«k---c-d. "oh no! It wouldn't " Given a chance to read the laindis Imlietin and see for himself, I "Ixivc-able Leo" berame a bit more willing to discuss the case. “I don't have to have a player ■ contract.” he said. “I haven't played a game yet. have I? Go look at the rule l>ook und read what It say* I don’t have to declare my intentions yet What's the day? Only .May 7 and we don't have to get under thep layer limit for another week. Wait until then and I may have something to say alwmt this.’’ Horocher would have Passed . from the role of an active player : before the start of the 1940 season ' if Mac-phal* would have permitted. ■ However. MaoPhal wasn't completly convinced ’’Pee Wee" Reese ■ could handle the shortstopping duties then and he virtually forced Leo to get into playing condition j The wisdom of MacPhale'v plan j was proved when Reese suffered a heel injury and llurocher played in •is games Last year the fiodgei ’ Boss played in only 18 contests. If Durocher'* retirement takes. place -and it is a safe bet he would ' Ita* <• made a vehement denial if | the report wasn't true- If will mark the passing of one of the best de- | fensive shortstop* in modern dia- ! mond history. During his long career with the ; New York Yankees, the Cine innatl Red*, the St. IxMti* Cardinals and I the Dodgers. Durocher estab'ished , himself as one of the game's greatest fielders, although he always | wtas a weak hitter. j home and they apparently turned the trick. He hasn’t been bothered since. Pirates Split Weather cut major league competition to two games yesterday j and the New York Giants divided I | with the Pittsburgh Pirates in a i i doubleheader. Pittsburgh won the opener In 11 i innings. 2-1. Bob Elliott's single I drove In Bible Fletcher with the | winning run Southpaw Aldon Wil- | kie allowed th* Giants only five hits iii the fiist seven inning* and ; none in the last four. He retired ! the last 14 batters In a row and 18 iof the last IS. Rookie Jim Maynard hit his first homer of the season with two Mt and two on in the seventh and the ; New Yorker* won the Ightcsp. 8-2. ; The Glante made 13 hits. Yesterday's hero: Lefty Aldon , Wilkie who allowed the Giants : only five hits and retired 18 of the ; last IS batters, pitching the Pirates to an 11 inning. 2-1 victory. o - — _ The coamatlc industry of the Catted Kingdom la now operating st about one quarter of peacetime capacity, according to the Department of Commerce Thanks to Voters I am grateful for the -upport given me in the primary- election. Dr. Earl Higgins Democratic Candidate JOINT ST ATI SENATOR

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MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE I W. L Pct. G B | Brooklyn 15 7 .882 | Pittsburgh H • <O9 I'a St Louis 11 » .550 3 Boston 12 11 522 New York 11 12 .478 414 I Cincinnati 9 11 .450 5 <im ago 9 12 .429 5<4 | Philadelphia < 19 .273 » AMERICAN LEAGUt W. L. Pd. GB. New York ... 15 7 .882 Cleveland 14 7 .687 ’» Boston 14 7 .667 (4 Detroit 15 10 .600 114 Washington 11 12 478 414 St lx>ni* io 14 417 6 Philadelphia 8 16 .333 8 Chicago 4 18 .183 11 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League New York 14. Pittsburgh 2-2 < first game 11* innings I. All other games postponed American League Ail games postponed, weather o ______ Cardinals Purchase Cincinnati Pitcher Ml. Ixiur*. May 8 —H’Pi— The Cardinals had a nerw pitctier today but loot an outfielder as th.< result of deals announced last night. Branch Rickey, vice pr-s Went. said the club had b-xight Lloyd ! < Whitey» Moore, right handed pit-1 Cher, outright from the Cincinnati!

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Reds, and optioned outfielder Ervin Dusak. 21-year-old Chi-agoan. to Rochester of the International league. — ' — -O - Leading Hitters American League Player * club G AB R H pct ! Doerr, Boston 14 54 12 25 .463 Spence. Washington 23 99 19 41 .414 Dickey. New York 19 70 927 386 Gordon. New York 9 73 8 27 .370 Heath. Cleveland 21 86 19 31 .365 National League ; Murtaugh. PhiladTa 20 64 12 23 .359 Fernandez. Boston 23 97 13 35 .351 Walker, Bnxik.yn 18 43 9 15 .349 Muslal. St Ixiula . . 19 72 17 23 .319 ! Brown, »t Ixiuis. 31 82 626 .317 . Home Rune York. Tigers 7 ! Camllli, Dodgers 6 1 Williams. Red Sox 6 F. Mcftonntck, Reds 5 I Doer. Red Sox 5 , o — - —— ALLIES SEEK TO (Continued From Page 1) anese bombers on Thursday raided air fields In Fukien and Klangslj provincM. ' The highest Allied sources said General Stilwell was directing Chinese resistance in Burma, and a Chinese spokesman bad said that the Chinese now were conducting mobile warfare and wouldn't with draw from Burma as long as a Japanese remained In If. (Radio Berlin, heard by United Press in New York, raid Chinese generalissimo Chiang Kal Shek had taken four divisions to the Burma border to relieve General Stilwell.) — o Wcsxfpecker Btukaa I Portland. Ore.—(UP)—Two divebombing woodpeckers recently swooped down lhe J. W. Hern* chimney landing In the living room with loud aquawka ad clouds of soot. Then they chased the family i out of the house. A patrufman had J to evict the trespasae;*.

]To Run Preakness Stakes Saturday 10 Fash Horses Are Named For Preakness Baltimore. Md . May 8 — (I PlTen of the fastest and finest were uained today for the 375.0U0 aud the blanket of black-eyed susans which are waiting for the winner of the 52nd Preakness stake* tomorrow and the big question bothering the boys who follow them closely is whether the ugly duckling Shut Out can ham-string the the field again. He did it a week ago. this unsung son of Equipoise with a aiMling stretch run that won the Kentucky Derby He was passed up by his *tdble'» contract jockey and he I was passed by the expert*. The only place he wasn't passed was on the loam running vtnp of Churchill Downs -4>ut here in the free state they claim that feat was a fluke. 'As -Shut Out and hi* Greentree stfdble mate. Devil Diver, were named along with Alsali. Valdlna Orphan. Requested. Apache. Fair Call. Domingo Colchis and Sun Again, only the arrival of the entry deadline was needed to make the field for the righest race in Maryland Turf history official. Yet. the big swing toward a heavy favorite hadn't begun Only seven horses have grandslammed both the Der4»y and the Preaknews. and Shut Out has an excellent chance of taking his place as the eighth. He won the Bluegrass Epic fairly easily, he shipped well and he was in perfect condition when he finished his workout thto morning. But. weird a* it sounds, this horse crazy city Just won't pay him hi* just due. Baltimore will bet on Shut Out all right. But one of the big reasons is that again he will be coupled in the mutual* with Dev'l Div- ! er You bet one and you ge' them Ilioth in a case like thia, son Greentree i« certain to be favored when the final call-over is announced. But thousands will gamble their dollars one more time on —You’s guessed it—Alsaib. He hasn't won a race in eight attempts this season but has been knocking at the door and hi* friends say tomorrow may be the day. Q — Today's Sport Parade 'Reg. U. 8 Pat. Office By Jack Guenther College Park. Md . May I.—(UP) I—Spring football practice opened J at Marlyand university today on a scale and for a purpose without precedent in the game's history. On a vast sweep of grassy lowland, surounded by a necklace of the free etate'e rolling hills, Clark | Shaughnessy and some 150 boy* . dedicated the T formation to the | task of winning the war. No bugles blew. No flag* flew No pretty girls cheered. To the hadful of curious spectators this

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flrwt of a series of routine drills ' bulked much like those being held the nation over. Even the boys themselves in most cases were not aware of exactly what was taking place. All they knew was that there were more of them on the field than ever before. Quite a fe wmore. Insist season 25 youths reported for toolball practice at Maryland. Today there were ISO In a few month* there will be 500. For sport for sport * . sake no longer exists here u.Maryland. Starting today football j no longer will be played for recreation. Starting today football becomes a system under which boys will be toughened for battle. You know what battle. The one ! and only battle. The battle in which only those who are fit can survive it is the tank of making these Maryland boys fit so they can survive what brought Shaughnessy here from Stanford several months ago. No matter what you have h>ard. that is the reason the west coaut wizard came east. He felt It wax his duty. “I haven’t talked much about my switch from Stanford.” Shaugh nessy told me In his now office after we had watched his first prac lice. "I've just sat by and let other people do the talking, if you must know I left Stanford because there was nothing there for me to do except coach a football team and in these times I don't think that is much ot a job. "Here I have a job that is a real job. I have the responsibility of teaching as many of 2.500 boys a* I can lure out on the football field the way* and means by which they can make themselves better soldiers and better men. People have said I came here to make Maryland 'big Ums 'ln football ’A-’e!!. that- i*t true- but It is only part of the truth. “Maryland will be represented by a football team In the southern conference just as It always has been represented. But whether that team wins every game or doesn't win any ffgatne will be strictly incidental. Championships and bow! bide don’t mean a thing today We are aiming nt a much bigger goal. We are going big time’- but for a more important reason than bowl blds.” The reason is that Shaughnessy, who climbed to fame overnight when he boosted Stanford from the Pacific coast conference cellar to ' a national title, believes that football 1s essentially a form of war. It Involves laxly contact, speed, precision, startegy and a set of tactics. It involves being knocked down and knocking the other guy down. “But football limited to SO play era loses Ila value,” he said. "It is a sport in which every boy can be taught to block, tackle, fall, jump and work in unkion with othjer boy* To me. It is the beat i group preparation for military service that can be found. The navy already has realized that. Look it I the program the navy has scheduled. "We ar.- going to try to match the navy program to the utmost of our ability We will have 100 varsity candidates, another 100 freah-

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