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Plan Boost In Prize Money At ABC Tournament Buffalo, Man h 28 <ITt Dit »<’ >i and oflli ».»!< of the Ain>‘ lc un IxTwling congress Indi' sled to day that prize money for the an liiial < hamplonshlp* would be ' nil> «taiitially uh reiw*l' tutting with the 194* tournament at lai» \n ge|e». Assembling In n* for a thru'day executive in-ion while the I9K ton nametit I- riiniiiii.'. flu- dii« H or* raid that too many individual tournament* out trip the A It C classic hi money award* Tne pit erneii individual <la -u at t'hl'.i go fur example. i nr: les a 15,100 flrst prize while the A B C i haul pions receive only 43"0 although more than Io time; a many how! er- compete Secretary Elmer Hanmga ten of Milwaukee ha* Introduced a re»o lutioti In i harge an extra fee in I additi in to the I", entry price iti order In hoo-t the award The only < hang,* in the standing* during yexterd <y * tournament a> tlon wa* wrought by Bill tint 29-yearold Syrai u*e More clerk, who tame within one st-ike of I taking the lead In -ingle- divi-i > finally ending with a t.‘>2 aid ond place Opening with game* of 2x3 and 225, Our- tlni-hi'd with a 231 t full jus! 23 pin* link of the 715 that Sgt Ed East.r of Wank, •on 111. rolled moii’ than a week am to igptiire fiin place Our* drew a t 6 -pin on hi* final shot when a strike would have given Inin the lead o Archery Tourney At Brown State Park Indianapoli*. Mari Ii 28 — More than ISO archers ar« expo ted to compete in the renewal of the annual redbud art hery meet In Brown county elate park on April 14 Sponsored by the Hoosier elate 1 archery axxodatl n, the redbud session will be the first of any importance during th.' 1946 long Ihiw eeuHon. Tin tournament le hot icHiiiitid to mem!,t,'* of tin association. a* are to the district and elate meets hidd later B'.*| a family affair, 100 prizes supplied by the Indiana department of c ui rervation will !>• awarded men. w men and children. How many mluulm >i m-h it tak> you, Mr Header. ' i rei.l your local, paper’ Time youi-ilf Then re member this: ■*******"*■■; —today— Continuous from 1:30 “CAPTAIN KIDD” Chat. Laughton, Randolph Scott ALSO —Shorts 9c 40c Inc. Tax BE SURE TO ATTEND! ii n - Q Q - ■ FRI. & SAT. ft Alice Dane ANDREWS 1 Linda DARNELL ml KALLEN ANGEL 1 o—o Sun. Mon. Tuas—Abbott A Costello in “Little Giant.”

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Man O’War To Mark His 291 h Birthday U'Xington. Ky. M.i'ih 28 tl'P) Mau O'Wur. who lx alimet a much of an Inst ituilon in the hard boot country a the Kentucky lh-r by will have u 29<.irrot birthday I arty tomorrow The tdg ed turf warrior who Kelitui kiall* iti-i-t is the gieatext rai f hor«e that < -vei lived took It <a-y a* usual and there wont be mmli to dt-tillgui«h the day from .my ether except that .1 few more visit*,lS Wele expel ted to make the t < k i > neat by Faraway Eartns Eor many it was almo-t a pilgrimage, beia'i-e in the thor uuglibreil industry which mean' so much to K'tiim ky Mm <>War| i a symbol of perfection. They overlook the fail that "big ted ’ neve won the Kentucky der -I by That Is attributed in an over ' -n:ht of his owner. Sam Biddle. | who never got around to entering him f*. the hili'- ribbon classic of the gra s votin' y No turn Kentuckian ev< r will i lielieve that tlie wide 'triding horse I coildti t have won the d'tby. how J ever They point to hi fabulous > record 20 vi one* in 21 u<e, and j • lie tot 1 ha: a* a three year old. i he never met defeat The only loss on .Man ((’War's, feioid wa as a two year old when the aptly named I ps.-t topped him by a dimlni-hing half length in a ra< e in which big lied virtually W 1 left Hl til.' post He Will fractious ami broke badly while I’pset »h >i ahead and stayed there o Expect Bob Johnson To Set A. A. Record < !il ago, March 28 tip) Short cut* on th" spoil* circuit . . . lab this one . Horne baseball exports are conceding Bob JohtT | non, the former Phiiadelp.iia Ath-' letkw, Washington and B ston Red ' Sox outfielder who Is now with the Miiwakee Brewers, a chvnce to break the American Assocda lion’s home run reco.d this aoason . , the mark is 69 < ircult drive*, xet In 193.1 by Joo Hauser of .Mlnnenpoiai . . Johnson hit IS3 liomeis during a 13 yeui Major I.eagUe career . . tile rosy pre- > diet) n for hi slugging in tie a* soclatioli is based on the extremely short left field wall big Hoh will be shooting at th’ left field barrier at Bor In U fell where he II [day 77 games is only 265 feet in tin- .M.ijoro the shortest I left field target was the Yankee .tadium's 3<tl feet at Philadelphia where he spent moi t of his career. Johnson had a 331 feet barrier In Ii fl. Ice e hoe* the collapse of the Chicago Blackhawk* In the Manley cup play ft* will rate a* one of (iport's biggest ‘ fk>pn” of 1916 ... it was the second straight play-off series In which Montreal eliminated the Hawgs in four straight . they also turned the trick in 19i4 . . . the sudden end of the aeries caused a flare-up on the part of both the front office and the playei.i . Hawk president Bill Tobin proclaimed that only th> Max Beiilley-I) ug Bentley Billy Moslenko line was certain to return for next season . . . the players In turn "beefed” about a ”nl -kle nursing” policy of the club, under which they played the last month of the season without a trainer . . . after trainer Eddie Poelich left the Hawks to Join the New York Yankee haoeball club, the club economizi <1 not filling the vacancy The Chicago White Sox are thankful they will not be seeb.g : rookie Ralph Kiner of the PittaCORT • • — Last Tims Tonight — In Natural Color! "SONG OF OLD WYOMING" Eddie Doan. Jennifer Holt ALSO—Shorta 9c 30c inc. FRI. & SAT. SUNSET CARSON “(HEROKEE FLASH” —o—o—- — Mon. Tues.—"ldea Girl” & "I Ring Doorbella.”

New York Yankees Figured To Start Comeback This Season

1 Editor's note: This is the fourth in a serie* on the 194« prospects of Hie Major league baseball team* t By LEO H. PETERSON (United Press Sports Editor) New York, March 2« tl'Pt Manager Joe McCarthy of the New York Yankees, who barely wa* aide to survivo wartime baseball, ha taken a new leas* life Quietly, hut efficiently, he I* going about the business of a pennant dynnety fur the Yankee* Till.' season could well be th** Mart of it, fm as .!<»• himself admit* ”1 have my ptofestlonals back now ' No one is happier than Jo.- that the days of trying to mold champiots-hip Major League < lubs •mt of Minor Leagu'* player* are over He m dealitlK now with the type iif player who promise* to make the 1916 Yankee* the Bronx bomber* of |>re War day*. Nothing o typifb McCarthy'* new lease tm life than his training 1 1 .imp etatemeiit that "from now on I m going to let the other managers 1 'du the worrying.” billing the war i yearn when lie was asked whether I ,ie hud enough hitting or pitching, his routine reply was: "Jet me wor i ry alatut that ' And h" worried *0 much that liis health broke down last season and !«’ wu* forced t>* leave the club But now when he watches what figures I I be the beM outfield Itl I t ie Majors and all infield second I Ito nolle going throng!, the puces I I there isn't a trace of illness left | on him He said it all when he said he bad h <1 professional* back In the outfield that mean* Joe | DiMaggio. Charlie Keller and T on my Henrich and Johnny Lindell, j the best of t.ie war-time Yankee flyclia-'i'is drawing no belter than 1 , a utility and pim h hitting berth. Mid HI the infield it means Joe Gordon back at second and Phil R.zzutu al short. The only se olid ii.iee combination that figures to 1 give them any arguiii'tit for top laurels m Bobby Doerr and Johnny Pesky of the Red Sox. Mst year's batting champion | and standout xer und baseman. | George Stirtiwelsx, will he at third ■ in .McCarthy’s new scheme of burgh Pirates during the champion- , hip season . . Kiner hut hamnered Sox pitching for a lusty 54* .verage In 10 exhibition games . . n one game he drove in 10 runs . George <Mule) Haas, who Ut 'llllng In for the ailing Jimmy Dykes, !.< repotted feuding with Wally Mises, the veteran outfield-i ■r. Johnnv Schmid’, former Ohio! ■itate pole vaulting Mar. has one f ti c featured roles in the op**ret* | a "Polonaise” now playing at a Tiicag i theater Schmidt will jut aside hl* role of "Captain XdartM" to compete in the Chicago , relays Saturday night where he io he defending champion. Six luckman, the great ”T” fcrnation quarterback of the Chicago Bears of'the National Football eague, lx going to help Frank '.Mu’ny in conducting spring gtid drills at Notre Dame . , , Leahy will have no worries about the juarterhack spot however if Johniy Lujack is back in schocl next fall, for the youngster stepped into the ahoes of the brilliant Angelo Bertelll as a sophomore and produced from the outset. Finance department . . Willie Mosconi, the (Hx-ket billiard star who Is playing the flna portion of a cross-country match against Jimmy Caras here, claims he will retire because the financial returns are too small. Mosconi and Caras Started their match on Feb. 4 and have played in the cities. Willie figures he will collect |lsuu as the winner’s share of the junket .. .. o - State To Release 12,000 Pheasants Indianapolis. March 28 The Indiana department of conservation will release 12,0 m» full-grown pheasants throughout the Mate beginning April 1, Harley Hook, game ■ supervisor, announced today. Hook raid the release of 10,000 i hens and 2.000 cock birds from the Jasper-Pulaski and Wells county state game farms "Is the largest ' release of full-grown birds ever made in Indiana." Alleged Slayer Os Wife Awaits Trial Angola. Ind.. March 28—(UP)— George Thompson, former policeman at Butler, awaited trial on charges of murdering his wife at Steuben county jail today after Judge Dan Link had granted a change of venue from DeKalb county. No date hae been set for the trial which Judge Clyde Carlin was 'scheduled for the April court term.

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things At fli t. Nick Ktten will hold forth .1 usual. Hi* bat give* him the <dgc over the pre war first sackers Buddy lla**etl and John ny Sturm Those and they are In the min ority who du m>’ think too w<-|| of the Yankee petiimt.t < hance* thiai year to their pitching and catching They wonder whether it will hold up. It may lie significant that McCarthy isn't worrb-d about It He admits he may not have any 20 game w.liners, but points out that pennants often are won with balanced pitching staff* tint have no standouts. He 1 link* he has, that kind of a ataff thio year. He is counting on Bill Dickey to j head hl* cat< hlng -tuff although BUI. who will be 19 in June, won't t.« out there every day. But Me Carthy will use him back of the plate when t ie kid pitchers are in there otherwise it will he Aaron! Robin* >n or Kin Silvestri. McCarthy ha* a wealth of pitch- ; ling candidate* and weeding out the uweet from the eour is going to to- quite a t.i-k Spud ('handler. Ernie Bonham, if lie comes to I term*, tookie Hill Wigh*. Joe Page, Floyd it< vens and Al G«tte| figure to l>i* the front liner* Wight Is the "sleeper" of 1 ie 10l He wasn't even on the Yankee* r ster when i spring training bexan but wa# wo I impressive that he ha- won a place lon the staff Th>* old fireman. Johnny Murphy. . will to buck on relief i hoie* but R.-d Ruffing. Marius Russo and : Alley Donald ate question mark*, i Ru >*o and Donalii are recovering : from operation* and may not rej gain their old effectiveness. Ruf- ' ring is iti president Larry Mac--1 I’hall’o .doghouse because he refused to fly to Panama. Others in t Drews, Jake Wade, Charley Staneu. Ken Hole imlte, Clarence Marshall, Steve Rater, Herb Karpel. Tommy Byrne, Bill Zuber. Walter Dubell, Marvin Breuer, Al Lyons land Steve Peek. One thing in certain McCarthy | has quantity when it comes to | pitching lie is sure lie will have {quality, too. Four-Year Veteran Reports To Yankees St Petersburg. Flu. March 28— jtl'P) A war born promise, made | during four yeans of fight Ing with Hf infantry, was paying off today for big Charley Stanceu. the Ohi> born righthundt r who flopped with the Yatike«.t before the war. Stanceu. a combat Infantryman during the war, wm-ked his way to a commission during some of the toughest European fighting. He made his way to a commission during Hottie of the toughest European fighting. He made it the tough way and ho vowed If he came back hi- would do It th.- same way with the Yankees make good He rejoined the Yankei.r yesterday. Braves Fort Lauderdale, Fin. March 28 —(UP» Tho Boston Jrnves broke camp today and departed for Tampa. Fla., with a 37-man squad. Manager Billy Southworth announced that pitchers Al Javery and Art Johnson were being sent to the Indianapolis dub at Deland for further conditioning. Cubs Hollywood, Calif . March 28—(U. P t Manager Charley Grimm'.t hopes for strong aoutupaw pitching this season, especially with six lefthanders in camp, were jolted today as the Chicago Cubs continued to get Mediocre tOHHing from the portsides. The National league champions defeated the Hollywood stars. 16 to 7, yesterday hut lefty John Schmitz was chased to the showers early in the game by the Pacific (’oast ieaguent' three-run assault. The Cub# broke-camp today. Pirates El Centro, Calif., March 28 (L - . P.) Rookie Ralph Kiner continued to pace the Pittsburgh Pirates' home run hitters today with six. He swatted his latest one yesterday. along with first baoeman Elide Fletcher and Hip Sewell, as the Hue# lost to the Chicago White Sox 11 to 9. 0 Conservation Club Plans Shoot Sunday The Country conservation club will hold a shoot Sunday afternoon. lieginnlng at 12:30 pm. at the home of ia«o King, one mile west of federal road 27 cn the Novelty road. Prizes are to be awarded various winners. o- — Dr, Grace Raymond ilebard was the first woman to be admitted to the bar In Wyoming.

Today's Sports Parade I By Oscar Fraley Reg. U. « Pat. Off.) S O New York. March 2* (UPt The national whiff whuff touriia ' meat was going full blast today i with just about as pretty props a* you'll find anywhere in the port* world. Whiff whuff, in case you haven't 'heard. I* the original name for 1 talile tennis. Hie modern home I successor to the jmiol table And don't cull it ping pong! B's a sure I way to get a rubber padded paddle ; wrapped around your noggin bej cause these whiff whaffers are a ; | serious about tli-lr game a* any I halt player is concerning hi* batting average , One thing you huve Io give it. | The contestant* ate p ettier than ball players particularly the female whiff whaffers. There i* for instance the defending champion. Davida Hawthorne, whose father

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gpparently had a boy * mime all picked out 28 years nK<» «'»'• )"*’ wouldn't change hl* mind. Davida Minted out working In a bank but couldn't stand the 1 to 5 iumrs whhh kept her away from the fetinis laid.' So now she ' own* s half inteie-' iu a uMe] tennis emporium um) '* 11 nicely, thank yon. «hul with biltigi the champ and making I S<> <>•• »* und such She recently returned from Italy. France. Germany. Hol land. Grw-ce and England where her blue ryes ami other table tennis form thrilled the C I * l|,,r celluloid "parinate was .Mary Cornwell <>f South Bend Threatening to lake the title which Davida won at Ih troll last year I* .mother equally beautiful W. W named Peggy Mi la-ati Thi* 19-year-old Que* a* College soph oniore ha* been undefeated at whiff whaff this year and the slim, brown-haired youngster hankers to b,. more than the 1946 runner-up The defending men'* champion i* Dick Miles, an elongated, dark

haired New Yorker who. the pro , grain say*, employs "a vicious, hard-chopping defense und sharp forehand on offense, pt renting 11 minimum of vulnerable open ' Ings " He faces u rough task against five former chutnplonx, pnrtictil urly little laiule Jugllaro, another New Yoikor lam was the chutnp ’ in 1940-41 42 and itisi*ts that hc never has been beaten iu the national* since he was married in I 1939. Um hasn't been In the champion • hljc' since 1942 He's lieen playing at hospitals and camps und gave exhibitions with the USD in South Africa, Africa and Persia. last, the only three-time winner. Is incredibly fast and. referring to the program again, uses a evere chop on both sides and employs a rapier lik« forehand on offense " But don't got the idea that this game is "sissy ” It takes plenty of stamina and lightning-ilk*- re--1 flexes. So much so. that you're

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