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— - -- 'll ■■■ ■ Further Raids From Mexican League Feared New York. April 2 (I'PI- The big league*' low milary < lulw were suffering from an acute case of "Petto paints" today, knowing that the Pasquel brother* of the Mexlcan baseball league still have a kitty of Slh.ctirt.ooo to epend on American baseball rai I* Durlnx th» past three day*, the philanthropic Paoqu*-!* grabbed five player* with the nonchalance of Incom*' tux collector- And each time, the .Mexican millionaire* in »e*' Pancho Vi.la traiition raided the f .|d* <>f «urh low paying club* a* the Brown*, D*dx*-re and (Hunt*. Jorge Pasquel. league p e-id'-nt and hl* brother. Bernardo. vice president have a master *l>y *y* - tern working for them in t m citrus circuit, ferreting out die-alte-tied ami underpaid pliyer When catcher Mickey own wax di* charged from ths* navy ami t*till had not signed with the |>Hlger*. the Pa*<|ueh nalde'd th* 29-year-old backstop yesterday before Dodger prwldetit Branch Rickey hail time to count hi* money Three discontented Giant player* found solace south of the border Sunday and the day in-fort short atop Vern Stephen*, who claimed the Brown* were too stingy on pay day. skipped south and signed with the Vein Cruz Hub where he 1* <-n scorn ed a*< a hero. Big league owners' prediction* that the Paaquels would soon run out of money wa* *tr« ugly denied by the lucrative latiili* who told the United Press in Mexico City that they had set aside |2u.mio.mm to build up America'* favorite pasttime In Mexico. About ll.lHMi.oim alre-idy has been spent, counting the development of parks, organization of the ••iKlitteani league and the < nnlrai ling of 60 foreign player* including IT exMaj »r leaguer* who have been lured to the paradise < I Manana. The five Paequel btotliers have a combined banking, ranching and export fortune of between 50 and tin million dollars, according to estimates In Mexican financial circles. Jorge, the balding, mustachioed elder, said he could dig deeper than the >2*').oo'»,oflo if necessary and that the eight clulm had provided the circuit with an overall financial backing of >50,eoo.turn Jorge also explained Io the United Press at Mexico City some of the league'.* operations and piano, as follows: All contracts with players are signed by both parties ;*fi«l notarlz-

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■ 1 ■ ■ ! ed The fabulous salaries living paid ■ to Ids leaguers are exchangeable at ! five Pesos it *5 exact i tor the dollar. I Plve pests* will buy a hot Tur- ■ key sandwich, salad and a quart fertile es bear in a higli-da**, downI tow it restaurant in Mexico Cltyt The backers of the league pro'diet they will make money next year Attendance ha* averaged approximately 20,<nm to date with admission prices ranging from five '■ peso* toile dollar) t.i 15 pesos '■ 'three dullaie). 1 The eight memlx-r cities are ' Mexico City 11.Hit.556 popu I. Mon--1 itertey (1*0.924). Puebla 1 137.3241, ' Tampico I*l ihhii, San I.tils Potosi " | 17*."12t. T« rron 76.613). Vera Cruz I 17<>,tMmi, Nuevo Laredo (fti.lmo). Th>- overall population, according I to the l‘Jl<) crti-u*. wa* 2.098.459. Jorge, who actually hold* the , power <>t a comm ssiotier over "El , Brhbol'* In Mexico, bluntly warned that he plans t > continue to , raid American club* a* long a* he I ian inter** t player** II" knows the setup of organized ba-eball in this , country intimately, having touted . jt te liig league* la*t summer and I investigated ball park*, < lul* houses .uni tit*, front office* of . tatiy of the Idg league's leading club*. i 1 Berne Evens Playoff Series Monday Night Berne Furniture evened up the ' series Monday night with a49 to 30 victory over McMillen at the 1 Lincoln gym M< Millen had won the fU*t playoff tilt last Thursday, 1 51 to 11. Tlte third an*l championship ■ gam*' of the serie* will be played al 7 30 o’clock Thursday evening 1 al the Lincoln gym No admission 1 will In- charged and the public 1 Is invited to attend, la-ague tro ’ phi*-*. now on display in the Pet ' erson clothing -tore' window, will be pre-ented at the conclusion of Thursday's gam*'. 1 Berne bel*l al4to 7 lead nt the 1 first quarter, increased this margin Io 25 to 15 at the half, and put f the gam*- on ice in a fast third i period. 4" to 19. Dubach, Berne • forward, was the outstanding star with 23 points, while K Schnepf '• led Mi Millen with It point*. Berne 1 FG FT TP > S. Neuensch wander. f 2 0 4 I Dubach, f ... S7 23 Stauffer, c --226 t D NeiK'iisi hwander.g ..4 210 Grandlinard. g 2 I 5 * llabegger, c .... ... ... fl I 1 t M Hprunger. g flu o Totals .. .. qx 13 49 McMillen FG FT TP ! D. Schnepf. f ... 1o 2 , Scheiper, f.. ..2 2 6 K. Schnepf. c .. 5 4 14 Way g 12 4 W Schnepf. g .. .. 1 0 2 Painter, f .. .. I fl 2 Williamson, f 0 0 fl Delong, g ... . .... fl 0 0 •'lark, g 0 0 0 Total* .. If 8 30 Referee: Everhart. o - Trade In a flood Town — Decatur

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Dodgers And Giants Refuse Mexico Offer ■I — Miami. Fla . April 2 (UP) Five Brooklyn Dodgnr players and several New York Giants disclosed today they bud received offers from th*' Mexican bum-ball league but hud decided to slick In the National league. After catcher Mickey Owen jumped to Mexico for a >l2.s(Mi Imtiu* to be a player manager, president Branch Rickey of the Dodger* chocked his roster and discovered the Ove players had received similar chances to skip south of the border but had turn ed down th*- offers. They are cat(hern Herman Frank* and Mike Sundlock, Infielder "t'lmkie" laiv agetto, outfielder Johnny Itizzo and pitcher Tom Rents. Manager Mel Ott of the Giant* teftisod to name the player* who bad asserted their loyalty. Meanwhile, be cut the Giant squad to 32 men. Pitcher Bob Bar th*'lson wa* optioned to Minneapol I* a* part payment for rookie Clint Hartung. Second baseman Hugh Luby was -old to San Francisco. Yankees Beaumont. Tex.. April 2 .tl’P) Wlille other big league teams were losing player* to the Mexican league, the New York Yankee* calmly trailed catcher Ken Sear*, a .279 hitter before entering the service in 1943. to the St. lamis Brown* for outfielder Milt Byrnes and an undis* lo*ed sum of cash today. Manager Joe McCarthy also announced the sale of outfielder Tony Sabol to Oakland. Red So* Sarasota. Fla, April 2 (I'Pt The Boston Red Sox, liefore departing on their northward barnstorming tour with the Cincinnati lied*, announced today they would return to Sara*ota to train next season. Manager Bill McKechnie of the Reds announced that outfielder Miki- Dejan, who fought with the infantry In Europe during the war. has been released outright to San Diego. White Sox Del Rio. Tex., April 2 tl'P) Don Kolloway. after playing only two game* with the White Sox. look over hi* old second base position today for good. Cardinals St. Petersburg, Fla . April 2 tl'P) Rookie Di<-k Rider, having practically cured the hit* h in his swing, was making a strung bld for the St Is>ul* Cardinal*' regular first base job today with a bitting record <rf six safeties in hi* last seven times al bat. Head North Tampa, Fla. April 2 tl'P) The Boston Braves and the world champion Detroit Tigers were headed north In a spes-iaj train t<*lay after taking their final hitting drills here yesterday. The two team* will play eight exhibition games enroute before separating nt Terre Haute. Ind., April 9. Thirtyone players were in the Bdston pary and pitcher Mort Cooper will join the squad enroute, boosting the total Io 32, including 12 pitcher*. Suburban Softball Loop Being Formed Final organization of the Main Auto suburban softball league will lie completed at a meeting at Fort Wayne Monday night, April 15. it wa* announced following a meeting last night, when league officer* were elected and rules adopted. Bob Henry, of Waynedale, wae elected president; Bill Horror, of Ossian, vice president, and It. O. Wynn, of Decatur, ae-retary-trea-surer. Eleven teams, including Decatur G. E, were represented last night. Otbwrit were Hill's Grocery, Waynedale; Arcola, Roanoke, Wabash. o*> ! ui. Waynedale Liona, Bluffton. Fs- Wayne (I. E. and Uniondale. Huntington and North Manchester may also enter the league, whose deadline for entries te April 15. o Before the was, Florida was a strong competitor of Cuba in the cigar and cigarette field, with the state's volume running more than >39,817,657 yearly. New Rayon Truck Tires 15-700 17-700 650-20 700-20 Ztatsmagter Motor Sales First & Monroe Phone 372 INSURANCE Leo “Dutch’’ Ehinger FIRS — WINO — AUTO 720 No. 3rd St. Phone 570

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Bo McMillin Greeted By Host 01 Stars Chicago, April 2 (UP) ''Bo" M> Millin, the Indiana I’nivcrsßy football coach who for y-ane glad |y let hlnwe)f Im- cast in the role of a rid iron poverty, know* today he can’t get away wß'.t the "act” any longer. McMillen sang a song of hl* "Pore Lil Boy*" around th*' western conference season after season Then last fall, the gridiron Urchins from Bloomington struck It rich a.i they won their first Big Ten fiMitliull champiomthlp. The ||<*> siers still ar« rolling in wealth, conference rivals learned yesterday aw spring practice wax inaugurated around the circuit. Th*- gray hatred Indiana coach was greeted by a squad of 95 for the inauguiul workout and there were enough "tiatne'* stars in the roster Io guarantee that the Hoosiero will Im- a threat next falleven though the overall strength of the conference will l»e much greater. Indiana has 16 lettermen from the titular aggregation of last season. That eoutliigent Is going to b» bulwarked by such stars as Bob (Hiinehyi Hoernschmeyer and George Rundhelm. who are returning from th*- naval academy: Jim Dewar, Pete laeino and Joe Black of the 1942 squad By tall, McMillen also expects three other topranked griddem. Hugh McKinnls, fleet Negro back; Boh f'owan. another back; and Ted Haapex, a fine end. to have returned. Hoernschmeyer lx not out for spring practice ax he is participating in baseball. Big squad* loaded with returning servicemen -— were the rule around th** conference.

Athletics Appear Sure Bet To Finish In Cellar This Season (Editor's note: This Is the eighth dosn't have to be returned to the

in a seiies on Ih<* 11HU pro*peels of Ihe major league baseball team*.) BY LEO H. PETERSON (United Press Sport* Editor) New York. April 2-<VP) —Connie Mack i* a cagey old man fie wui optimistic last spring' and hi* Philadelphia Athletic* finI shed a had la*t. Thin spring he \ la pessimistic and says he has no hopes that the 1848 edition of the many clubs he has turned out in' the Quaker city will finish out of the cellar. That may be an indication that he la high on hl* team's chances this season, although It Is diffi cult—ls not Impossible—to find any reason why he should be. But the word around the American league long has been to look out when Mack, now 83. sees no hope for his beloved A'*. Those are the times when the Athletics often come up with a better team than they figure to be, Connie may be fooling, but it doesn’t appear so. He says he baa only two outfielders- Sam Chap* man and For Garrison -and too many old mr.i on his pitching staff. There Isn't a department of the club that shows any resemblance to a pennant winning team. He already is on record for his opening lineup except for the pitcher. It will be Garrison. Chapman and rookie Vern Benson In the out field; George McQuinn, if he

Michigan, runner-up to Indiana last fall, had 125 gridders report for the opening practice and by the end of th*' week coach Fritz ('rlsler expects the squad to numtier approximately 200 player*. There were II lettermen at the initial drill and I'iteler I* confident he will have at least 13 other Wolverine monogram winners back by th*- time full practice opens. Ohio Slate, third in the standing a xehson ago. drew 150 men. The buck squad wa* a "Gl'' dominated one, with 9<) percent of thr* candidate* returning servicemen, many of whom had won letter* during the 1942, 1943 or 1944 season* before called into service All American guard Warren Amling topped a Itel ot 10 holdovers from the 1945 aquad who will fight for berths on the team with which Paul Bixler will make his debut as a h<*ad coach. Bixler took over the Ohio Rtate reins in a switch with Carroll Widdoeir. Minnesota, trying desperately to rebuild ito shatteiej football fortune*. had 100 proapeetx out. The Gopher squad included 13 lettermen. The boom that touched other conference cainiM missed lowa, where coach Eddie Anderson wa* greeted by a dlxappointing turnout of only 45 candidate*. There were only four lettermen holdovers in the lot and the Hawk* aren't counting on many former star* returning Norihwoitern will Begin practice Wednesday. Purdue, Illinois and Wisconsin have been drilling prior to the general practice start. The crosses we make for ourselves by anxiety ae to the future, are not the crosses sent by God.— Fenelon. The grave itself te but a covered bridge leading from light to light through a brief darkness. -H. W. Longfellow.

Browns because of Dick Dibert'a announcement that he was retiring | from the game, at first; Irv Hall at second. Jack Wallaces. the most promising rookie in camp, at short and George Kell at third with Buddy Rosar Behind the plate. Connie has high hopes that Wailaesa will develop Into a star and also likes the prospects of four rookie hurler*. But he Is going to , send those young pitchers out to 1 gait! needed minor league seasoning and go along with his veteran hnrlers. Reserves figure to be Hal Peck. Bill James and Ray Pool In the outfield; Pete Suder and Gene Handley In the infield and Gene Desautels, catcher. What's wrong with the picture? He lacks hitting and fielding The chances are he is going to lack pitching, too. Robo Newsom. Russ Christopher. Luther Knott, Herman Besae and Dick Fowler look like the best bets for regular starting assignments with Jittery Joe Berry, Luman Harris. Phil Marcblldon. Joe Coleman, Jesse Flores. Porter Vaughan and Wandel Mossor the moat likely candidate to round out the staff. Maybe Connie is being cagey again, but If ho ia the chances are he Is ohly fooling blraaelf. For right now. the Athletics look like a snre-flre bet to flnish in the cellar again.

New Attendance Records Set By State Tourneys Jndianafmll*. AP rll ’ Hoosier basketball fan* kept tournament turnstile, (licking dizzily to sot a new attendance record during the 194 C high school hard- i Wimml sweepstake* The Indiana high s*hooi athletic UHsociation revealed today that the total ''take'' on the first peacetime tournament since 1940 was almost >50.000 more than the previous highest on record. Gross receipts for the tournament just ended were >479.3X9.k* with the majority of that sum coming front tickets sold to sectional tourney fans at 64 Indiana centers. lao-t year'* total gross receipt figure >430,091 2S wa* the highest on record until the IIIBAA compiled this year's totals. The IHSAA said* 1.157.451 (Ml tickets wen* sold for all sessions of the four-week lung Hoosier elimination*. Some 918.842 admissions were sold for sessions of 64 sectional tournament*. 24 of which were completely sold out. Regional contests attracted 136.431 with 13 center* hanging out the S-R-O sign before the games began. The semi-final* and final games were, of course, complete *ell out* with 28.2<’fl tickets sold to afternoon and evening sessions at Butler fieldhouse where fans watched the Anderson Indian* take the 1946 Hoosier crown. A total of 73.978 admissions were sold for Muncie, Indjanapolls. Bloomington, and l-ufuyette semi-final games. The four finalists — Anderson. Flora. Evansville Central and Fort Wayne Central divided >1,200 for winning their way to the last round. The 770-odd teams participating in the tourney sliced a melon of >185,861.01 as their share of the record-breaking receipts. The IHSAA pulled down >86.763 34 into the profits with a dun for >79.862 62 in taxes. —lo—- — increase in attendance wax reflected in ail tournaments- from the sectionals to the finals. Secand the federal government cut tional gross income in 1945 was >272,155 ax compared with >296.725 this year. The regional* drew >82,212 this y<-ar while only >75,657 wax recorded In 1945. the final* at Butler found fans pouring in •onie >33.840 this year a* compared with >26,20fl last year at the Indianapolis coliseum. IHSAA officials said the 1946 figure* reflected a gradual rise and the federal government cut In attendance and receipts during the past few years. Gross receipts In 1944 were >331,705.12 - nearly >I5«,O<)I) less. - —— 9 Evansville Negro Is Executed Today Slayer Os Wealthy Widow Put To Death Michigan City. Ind., April 2 — (UP)—Frank Quarles. 44-yearold Negro convicted of the sash-cord slaying of a wealthy Evansville widow In November, 1944. died In the electric chair at Indiana state prison this morning. Quarles died at 12:13 am.. Dr. P. H. Weeks, prison physician, said. He walked calmly to tue death chamber at one minute after midnight today after spending many of hl* last hours in prayer. He was sentenced to die May 29. 1945, following his conviction of the slaying of Mr*. Julia Go*tman. November 29, 1944. But the execution was delayed three times, twice by the Indiana supreme court, and again by Governor Gates. The governor granted Quarles a 45-day stay • of execution last February to inI vestigate report* that an accomr pl ice was still at large. ) The body of Mrs Gott man. mem- ) ber of a well-to-do Evansville fam- • ily, was found In the basement of ) her Riverside Drive home. A piece of sash cord was knotted around . her neck. > Prison chaplain Robert Hall oaid f Quarles was resigned to his fate ) and deovoted much of bls time during yesterday and lent night to ? prayers. Quarles ordered a special ) last meal consisting of fried chici ken. French fried potatoes, baking powder biscuits, and Ice cream. . topped off with after-dinner cigars. I He was the fourth man to be i sentenced to death from Vander- - burgh county. — o- i » Conducts Meeting [ Os Optometrists Dr ', N Bixler, president, is r presiding over a three day meet-' ) Ing of the Indiana board of exam- 1 (nation and registration in optom-1 ) atry. being held at tho Spink-Arms . Hotel, Indianapolis, through Wed * netday.

I [* lobora,o, » ’M's Shoa B givtsfou LESS NKotirß — ■ -1 IS WHIN A. F. I. bus and trolley operators in Detroit wilted« strike seeking an 18-cent hourly wage Increase, theiethmyi ladles had no trouble at all In getting a ride. From left teg Virginia Ann Busch, Taffy Ban Iley anil Cindy Franson tlaust> hitch-hiking th urn ba—but not for long. Detroit's item qi though few clerks were able to report for work in the truqs Uonleas city. •

The board Is conducting the semi-anniial examination, both oral and written, for graduates of optometry colleges and optometrists > from other states desiring to prac-1 flee In Indiana. The examinations'. include questions in ocular pathology. anatomy, optic*, physiological optics, optometry and other subjects. o Many of our care* are but a morbid way of looking at our privileges. Sir Walter Scott. Christians live forever and love forever, but they never part forever.—Anonymous. —-— ■ o —- — California Youth Is Held In Murder Shooting Aftermath Os Drinking Party Redwood City. Calif.. April 2(UPj- Ronald E. Kaehler. Jr.. 25 year-old son of the president of the San Francisco stock exchange, was held on a murder charge today after police found the Itody of Lloyd Carter, 25. San Francteco. on the lawn of the Kaehler's fashionable Baywood District home Police said Carter wa* *hot after a drinking party with Kaehler and two other men. wh > were •celebrating their recent dtecharges from the merchant marine. The four had visited various peninsula bar*, police said, and broke up their patty at 3 a m. As they were separating, police aaid, Kaehler reportedly demanded Io see the registration slip for Carter's car and. without warning, drew a gun and began firing. Curt G. Mai, Burlingame, one of the Kaehler's companion*, Ha id Carter ran and he himwelf fled behind the car. Neighbor called police afler th*' shooting and officers took the gun away from Kaehler. Carter could not be found when police arrived. Mrs. J. C. Griffiths, a neighbor of the Kaehlers called the authorities a second time when she heard moans. When police arrived again they found Carter lying in front of the Kaehler heme. He died a short time later. James Payton. San Francisco, and Mai were held as material witnesses. * Police said Kaehler was Bated as a spee4al duty sheriff for San Maeto county.

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Two High Schools Pul On Probata Indianapolis. April H Two Indiana Irish *'bM plai i d on on*- year j» «'ok day Im-i ;ois<' a Cromwsll hd player paitidpated iliesaßyl 194f> sectional t-mrnam-S! Coinmi-sioner L 1 N the IUS A A -aid tromweflid dailvilli* Irish m h<x>l« sI! W ed on probition OBtilJml been u »•• of Iln 1 their re-piHlive prlnopiU Just liefiee the IlMl b* the Keiid.iriliiie sertKiSj; 9 nient. officials discwsnti .Marion Wulf of the Ctoas® had not been <dft<.*lly id for tourney play llebtß played in three tourniMttfl Cromwell and KHidslldS In the championship t18 * Phillips -aid tinlay ita ■ nation disclosed 'i* 3 ' Arthur Loveless had •***' less" in •. hei kint his dM i try list. I’lirnipal I! " "I Kendallville wa. in tournament and Phdli|» used an unofficial wn J ■ check Im: the player's luu Phillips said H*f* M, | deuce that Wolf knew be» eligible to .otnpeie in the ■ merit. _ M if .•How about P OMr ?fSU Service f° r * job."

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