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Tampering Charged To Phils' Manager Miami, Fla . March M -<VPI Albert 11. (Happy) Chamdler holds hl* first hearing a* baseball coni' missloner today when manager Hen Chapman of the Philadelphia ' Phil* appear* before him to an*- j wer charges of tampering with Eddie Basinski. (3-yrar-old Brook lyn Dislger Inflelder. Chandler, nearing the end of his flrat year as commissioner,l •i heduled the hearing after presIde nt Branch Hickey of the Dt»d-1 ger* act used the Phillies' manager I of attempting Io Meal one of hi* i players Terming the charge* a* "rldlc-, ulous,” Chapman said that Basin-I ►kl made the flr*t move. a*king j him for a job with the Phil*. Cardinal* St. Petersburg. Fla. March 25 ’ tl’P) The St Ixiuis Cardinale. luMt-place team in the citrn* circuit standings two weeks ago. were riding the hottest winning streak in Florida today with eight vic lories in their lust nine start* ' Red* Tampa. Fla. March 25 (I'Pi The Cincinnati Bed*, combining unexpected hitting power with their nsual good pitching, held a I I to 0 lead today in their all Ohio »erie« with the Cleveland Indian*. I The- tceiie* will end at Clearwater tomorrow with a double header. Yankee* St. Petersburg, Fla, —tl'Pc Manager .Ice- McCarthy'* desperate search for southpaw pitcher* i wa* partially rewarded today as I Joe Page and Jake Wade began to I reach major league form. Cub* Ixis Angele*. March 25 tl’PI— Pitcher Hank Borowy. the Cubs’ big winner last season and their big hope this season, was ordered to take it easy today after X-ray* revealed that hi* right kidney ha* been pulled out of place and is causing the periodic pains In hi* right side. Yankee* Sacramento, Calif , March 25— tl'Pi Holdout Ernie Bonham, big right handed pitcher of the New’ York Yankee*, said today that he was still a long way from reaching a salary agreement with President Larry Mac Phall and until the' Yankee bos* make* a better offer •'l'll stand pa'/right here" White So* San Diego. Calif., March 25(I'Pi Ted Lyons. 45 year-old prewar hero of the Chicago White See* pitching staff, admitted today that nt his age it lake* a little longer I to warm up in the spring. Lyons made his debut on the mound yesterday only to have rookie Ralph Kiner wallop a horn er off of him to pace the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 4 to 2 victory. —Q, ■ , , _ The mean elevation of Wyoming I* approximately 6.70 fl feet, varying from 3.125 feet, where the Helle Fourche River enter* South Dakota. In Crook county, to 13,7X5 feet on the summit of Gannett Peak. Fremont county.

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Tonight & Tuesday “ROAD TO UTOPIA” Bing Cronby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour . ALSO—Short* »c 40c Inc. Tax —o Wad. A Thur*.—“Capt Kidd" Cha*. Laughton, Scott Firat Show Wad. at 0:30 Continuou* Thur*, from 1:30 BE SURE TO ATTEND! - o—o Coming Sun.—Abbott A Coatello in "Little Ciant." | CORTI Tonight & Tuesday “TERROR BY NIGHT’ Ba*il Rathbone, Nigel Bruce & “STRANGE MR. GREGORY” Edmund Lowe. Jean Roger* •c-30c Inc. Tax —o Wed. A Thur*. — In Color! "SONG OF OLD WYOMING" —O' 0 Coming Bun. — "Ide* Girl” A "I Ring Doerball*.''

Billy J urges Back With Chicago Cubs Ixm Angeles. March 25 I CP) Billy JurgM, veteran of 15 years In the Major leagues, will join the Chicago Culm In Arisons on their barnstorming trip home, manager I Charley Grimm *uid today. Jurge* wiu< *lsn«-d Icy the Cub* educing the- week-end to strengthen the shortstop position, He secured his release from the Boston Braves as player couch Jurges played with the pennantwinning Culi feaitM of 1(32-35-38 and in til game* with the New York Giants last year lift 321. — . —.... o — World Pro Tourney Will Open Tonight Chicago, March 25 (UP) Six teams participate tonight in *h« opening round of the* eighth annual championship basketball tournument. Individual Interest will be centered around three star* of last year'* service and collegiate* basketball teams George Mikan. lb* Paul. Arnold Risen, (thio Stale, and Mel Riebe, Great latkes. Rlebe. who recently joined the I Cleveland Allmens after his release from the navy, will be the firs' to go Into action as the* Allmens play the Anderson. Ind.. Chiefs in the- opener. Mikan, who last weak signed a five year contract for (00,000 with the American Gears, makes his third start against the- Pittsburgh Raiders. Mikan I scored 37 points In 59 minute* of playing time In hl* fi|sl two games with the Gear*. Risen, outstanding center with (thio Rtate until he was declared ineligible early this year, will go into action In the nightcap when the Indianapolis Kautxkys battle the Dow Chemical team from Midland. Mich. Other first round games in the meet wil |be played Wednesday and Friday night*. —o Sammy Snead Wins Greensboro Open Greensboro, N. C.. March 25 - I (CP)- Sammy Snead labeled hl* ; golfing comehgck a success today, {emphasizing that he hae regained the nerveless concentration that every pro needs to win in the clutch. The trim, blac k haired Virginian, once one of the- game's most fa- , mous "blow up" players, captured I the (7.500 Greensboro open yesterday with a record-tying 276 strokes, by making he greatest shots when the pressure was <n. —— ■ — o Order Company To Recognize Union Washington, March 25 — (t’P» — The National Labor Relations board today ordered the GatkcCorporation of Wareaw, Ind., to refrain from Interferrlng in activities of the I'nited Construction Workers of America (t'MW). The manufacturing concern was advised by the NLRB to cease di* couraging unicfti membership and to recognise the union a* a collective bargaining agent. The NLRB also ordered the Immediate reinstatement of a dteebarg-d employe, !<eo H. Renier. -- —- -o —— More cattle are tracked to the Omaha matket than to any other market In the world. The only cave of any size in Nebraska is in Lincoln. It is known i aa Robbers Roost. The molasse* left after extracting the sugar from sugar-beet Ju lee Is not sweet, but sour. It I* poured on alfalfa for stock feed. • byrnesJappeals l<'*attaaecl Fvmm Pag* Owl for corncil acceptance of the Hoviet-lranian agreement if. when the reports are made to the council, it appears to be an honest one not extracted from the l r anians under duress. By again denouncing blind support of the •talus quo. Byrnes also Indicated America’s willingness to recognize Soviet Russia's aspirations in Iran and the entire middle east area. * Byrne* emphasized the advantage <>f the council meeting In "continuous session” henceforth. After today It never can recess for more than two weeks and representatives must always be on call for emergency meetings even then. Byrnes is known to feel that the floviet-irnnlan crisis never would have developed had" the council been in session. In the future, he told the coast ell, there wi'l be no excuee or need for any nation to take the law into its own hands because the council will always be available to act promptly.

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Term Streptomycin Tuberculosis Hope Wartime Developed Drug Is New Hope St. IXMifci. March 25- (UP) Streptomycin, a wartime developed drug. today wan held a* the new hope for tuberculosis Hiifferera in a paper delivered at the SMh annual MtwIOW of the Missouri Medical Association here. Dr. Jay Arthur Myer*. Minneapolis, an authority on tuhercnloai*. *a:d the drug offers more encouragement In the treatment of the diseam* than any d>ug heretofore. The physician said the drug had resulted In ".Urik.ns beneficial effects” on tula-r ulosls in guinea P'-K*. "Not enough work has yet been done to justify final conclusion*.” h» stated, but w- are apparently much closer to a satbfartory chemotherapeutic agent than ever before in the history of the disease." Another paper delivered by Dr. James L Mudd. At. Lmtl*. wam«d that In spite of almost "miraculous response of some chest diseases to the use of drugs such a penicillin, streptomycin and the sulfonamidesa. words of caution must be sounded." The physician >'<aid immediate response to these drugs was not always followed by a permanent cure. In the opening session yesterday Dr. A 8. Brlston, Princeton, Mo. and president of the association, called for a five point program for the advancement of Missouri medicine. The program includes extension of the Blue Crows hospitalisation plan, subsidisation of medical students and the extension of rural hospitals. — — - -o— — ■ Invention Display To Open April 11 World's Exposition To Open In Chicago Chicago. March 25—(UP)—B. K. Green Issued a last cal* to Inventor* today. Green, manager of the world's invention said he still has room for a few more exhibits at the show which opens here April 11. Already he has 1,500 inventions lined up. including: A love seat that opens into a double hed. A rear-view mlrrow for eye glasses. An egg-breaking machine. Green also will exhibit a. walkaway mar that stand* by Itself, a combination roller-and lce-*kale and a lawn-mower that can be turned into a wheelbarrow. * Not at all the exhibits are in such a light vein. Green Mid. For Instance, there Is an electric manicure set, airesdy widely marketed, and a machine which will enable the blind to write in long-hand. The exhibit is open io any gad-

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get that will work, no matter what kind of work it's supposed to do. Green said. He would like to hear from amateur Inventors who want to show their inventions to th<- world and to the manufacturers who will be invited to attend the exhibition. At the last exposition six yesrs ago. Green said, a square gear was sold to a manufacturer for (50.000. Green Isn’t quite sure what the square gear could be used for. but it was sold. A revolving Christmas tree that played carols also was snapped up by manufacturers, he said. However, Green won’t promise a thing to pr ispectlve exhibitors All he does U give them apace t • show their invention* If any more are coming in. they’d better hurry, he said. ——■- o l’nd-r Florida law, a married woman may not own property. According to poultry experts egg production is inherited.

Slow-Footed Infield May Keep Detroit Tigers From Repeating

< Editor* note: This I* the first j In a series of 16 stories on the 1946 prospects of the major league < huxehnll teams.) BY LEO H. PETERSON (United Press Sports Editor) New York. March 25—(UPO— A slow-footed Infield may keep the world champion Detroit Tigers from repeating in 1946. They appear to have the pitching and hatting power It take* and, their defense outside cf the Infield | promises to be of pennant winning! proportion*. There is considerable doubt, however, whether the Inner defense can keep pace with the other departments. The question marks, reading around the Infield, are Hank Greenberg, Eddie Mayo. Eddie imkr. and Pinky Higgins. Greenberg. being shifted back to his original first base position after a hitch in the outfield, is having trouble with hl* leg*, ill* bat still speak* with authority, though, as be proved when he joined the Tigers In mid-season last year and led them to the American league pennant and the world series. As manager Steve O'Neill says. If hard work will do it. Hank will lie ready to go come April 16 and the cry of "play ball." But Greenberg is reaching the ate- he’* 85 —where while the spirit 1* willing the flesh often is weak. It’s the same question with Higgins. He will be 37 in May and the three year* he spent in service haven't served to speed him up. Should he be the Pinky of old, It would make a big difference. Mayo was a good war time aecond baseman, a holler guy who sparked the Tiger Infield, but the professionals are back now and it's doubtful whether he will measure up. Ijike. too. ha* yet to prove he belongs although o'Netli thought enough of him to give the Red Sox Rudy York In order to get him on the Tiger roster. But the second base combination ia a far cry from Bobby Doerr and Johnny Peaky of the Red Sox or Phil Rtzzuto and Joe Gordon of the Yankees.

Vardaman Ordered Inventory Change Attorney Refutes Earlier Testimony Washington, March 25 <ll'l—- — Senate Banking uulx-ommlttee received testimony today that Commodore James K. Vardaman. ' Jr. ordered change* made in u •hoe firm Inventory "so that the i company would show a profit." The hutlmony wa* given by Frank E. Williams. Ht l-ouis at torney. at hearing*! on th*- cumins Hou of President Truman'* naval aide to Im- a governor of the Federal Reserve system. Williams directly challenger earlier testimony given by Hamuel E. Heyburn, former factory superintendent of the Vardaman Shoe Company. Williams quoted Heyburn as teillng him that Vardanian asked dm and Paul De Coxt-r. <-ompany comptroller, what an inventory brought into the Kt. Louis office showed. When Vardaman wrs informed that the inventory would s-how the firm “insolvent,” William* testified Heyburn said Vardaman told him "that wouldn't do ami the inventory would have to be < hanged *o that Hie company would ehow a profit.” He said Reyburn told him he went back to the factory and ''made such changes and increased the inventory to an extent that In hl* judgment would uhow the company solvent." William* appeared as a volun tary witneM. He had asked permission to testify after reading preas account* of Heyburn’s testimony. Reyburn had eald he was forced by William* and Frank O. Bittner. Jr., former vlce-prceident of the shoe firm, to sign a falae affidavit against Vardaman. > I'nder direct questioning by Sen Forrest ftonnell, R. Mj., Reyburn also had denied <ll that Vardanian ever made a statement Maying the Inventory would have to be changed so (lie firm would r-how a pro fit; or (S) that he, Reyburn, had tampered with the inventory. “It was evident to me that Mr. Reyburn knew full well the purpose of his visit to my office," William* told the senators. "He appeared to Im- very friendly. He displayed no reluctance about teillng me his atory." The attorney also deputed testimony given by Do Coater that he had signed an affidavit against Vardaman, knowing It "wa* not true," because Bittni-r "wanted it." Williams - aid "absolutely no Intimidation. cajolery, dureM or coercion" wa* brought to bear on either De Coster or Reyburn. "I wouldn't have allowed It,” he added.

For having world champion* to direct. O'Neill is not standing still, j Greenberg and Mayo will be, outside the pitching staff, the only regulars from the 1945 championship club. In the outfield it will be hardhitting Dick Wakefield in left. Barney Mcf'oskey and Hoot Ever*, the sensational rookie who now I* recovering from a broken ankle and thumb alternating in center, | and Pat Mulllu in right. Doc Cram- ! er and Roy Cullenbine. last year’s regular* will be held In reserve. Until Evers, touted as the possible rookie of the year, broke hi* ankle. O'Neill planned to play him again*t lefthanded pitching with McCoskey, the pre-war centerfielder.( taking over with arlghthander on the mound. Jimmy Outlaw, who also can play the outfield, will he ready to step in at third should Higgins ftsi'er while Cullenbine also can play first should Hank's leg* fail to come around. Th* other infield utility men will be Skeeter Webb and Rill Hitchcock. Rack of the plate It will be Birdie Tebbet* in the No. 1 slot, with Paul Richards, last year's top man. In the No. 2 role and Bob Swift In reserve. Hal Newhouser. the star lefty, who won 54 games in 1944 and 1945; Dizzy Trout, who won 45 over the Mme period; Virgil Trucks, who came out of the armed forces late last season In time to be a big factor in Detrolt'a world aeries success; Al Benton, a ISgame winner, and Freddie Hitcblson, who never ha* quite lived up to hla 165.000 price tag, figure to be the "big five” of the pitching staff. For hia relief and second line pitching, O’Neill will have Ruffus Gentry, George Caster, Frank Overmlre. Lm Mueller. Hal White. John Corsica and ettblx>uls> Kretlow up from the amateur rank* after a hitch in the service, or Hal Manders. O'Neill la high m Kretlow, but he may need a year of seasoning Ail in all. it adds up to that infield. Should it held up. the Tigers will be the clab to beat.

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Notre Dame, Nebraska To Resume Grid Tilts South Bend. Ind.. March 25—(U. Pj—Notre Dame und Nebraska planned today to resume football competition fur the first lime in 21 yearn. Frank Leahy, Notre Dame athletic director, announced the signing of a home-and-home contract providing for the 1947 contest tn be played here and the next year'* at Lincoln. The annual serie* lint ween Irish [ and the Curnhusker* began in 1915! and ended in 1925. Each team won five game* and one ended in n tie. j 0 O Today's Sports Parade I By Oaear Fraley Rag. U. B. Pat Off.) | b o New York. March 25—(UP) — The Philadelphia Phlllle*. dirtied doormat* of the National league for eight of the last 10 year*, today stopped trying to kill baseball —and prepared to adminbiter the coup de grace to vaudeville. Probably working on the theory that Sbibe park fan* can stand a bit of entertainment, any kind at all. the new Phillies, a* they shall lie known henceforth, have come up with one *♦ the greatest band* of vocalists, acrobats and terpaichorean* in the hietory of the late sport known as vaudeville. In the past, the Phil* always have l>een able to prove their right to the title of comedian*. Manager Ben Chapman Is working overtime trying to get fresh billing, evidently tired of being straight man to baseball's blackface act. He han the cast this season which could lay 'em In the able* in the old Keith's orpheum—with the accompanying baseball still doubtful but unduubtedly on the upgrade. Meanwhile, and henceforth, when the Phils go Into the last half of the ninth with Bucky Walter* mowing them down and the score ump-ty-nine to nothing against them, they'll still be able to make the customers go home contented and smiling. There ia. for Instance, the Calypso quartet of catchers Andy Seminick, Bill Peterman and Benny Culp and Infielder Skeeter Newsome. They have a dandy about skinheaded coach Benny Bengough which related how Benny'* father rode a plow across Benny's noggin -and plowed under tbe hair. Smlnick also is adept at rendering folk song* while center fielder Vince DiMaggio bring* down the house with hl* "O Sole Mio" and "Serenade.” Outfielder Lou Novlko'T. fitting well Into the Phillies' schems. can render *oms dandies in Russian and it's something to hear the whole crew come In co the chorus. ) 1

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For the buck and wing there's | Walt Frye, the soft-speaking shortstop from Stoneville, N. C. The gang really gathers around when he goes into hi* dance and the clapping for his back shuffle Is. al least, enthusiastic. ComedlftM? With the Phillies they always were plentiful. But while you can't affix that tag to outfielder Ron Narthey on the ball field he sure provide* plenty of laughs away from the fana—if you like your joke* nwtlcal. One of his favorites k fieeling a squish grapefruit and unexpectedly from behind massaging Bengough’a har rled pate. Rough, sure, but a true enough indication of heretofore unheard of off field clowning among the once phutlle Phillies. "We need spirit," the earnest and likeable Champan explained "We’ve got to get rid of this feeling of defeatism which has hurt ue so long." “Even th« fans would enjoy our special show,” added road secretary Babe Alexander. "We have singing acts, dancing numbers and gymnastic tricks I think they could enjoy. "But of course, we have to play some baseball flnst. We don't want anyone to think we are clowns.” Which undoubtedly is a wellfounded Impression. But is it a start in the right direction, even if it does get the Phils a reputation for having put the final whammy on vaudeville. And if it prods the Phil* out of the cellar it couldn't l.appen to ■ nicer guy than Chapman or a more

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