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Jackets Beat Geneva To Win Season Opener 'I Ilf lU'i.ltlll Y.-li'A Ink> I fill Ing up •' runs on 17 hl> . <>p> ti< >1 their bu«< ball -i i-oii Tfiuixiay afternoon witli an <a«y 25 t< '• victory out tho <!• to v.i <'.inltn.lint Giieia The rant. wa limited to fin Inilik** I>< <,i i i of tin- * Id w*nfh • r. The J.i* k< t ~*.* •<1 w ith n r i'li counting • rhf 'it - in tin' tir t in niiiM ami ruining tii-hf back with: in mor.- in th” • otiil frame lb catur added thru mor** in th* third ami 'mi in th** fontt t Geneva linked op a [>tiir f run* in <*a< 'l of the thud and fourth inning* and wound up the • >ring : with a xinuh* tally m th*- fifth flaunt wa* l>< atm wimiini Iturlei anil Cook of Gene..i charged with th*' defeat Stein* r and Taylu led th** Yel low Jacket- at tip plat* with tlmi hit- «'in h while Bl.ii k Knitlh' Helm Thoma* and flaunt *llllO k • d out two ..if*-'fe *.o h Snow Wa* tin* only t.il'lin.li to hit if*ly mor*- than oih ■ A revised -«-li*'<tiil*- of traim will Ik- anti mix > d within a few day* by Com h |i. in<- lb. win of! th** Yi-llow j.n k. i Decatur AB R H E L. Arnold :f n j o i. W At mild If tin Jackson. 2b, th o o o 1 Bia. k. 2h 12 2 1 Knittie if. p I ”, 2 I. Steinei p I 3 3 I Gainer. rs 1 n o i

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lyl.e, lie ted *oitfhnnw Fd !x>t»at In I a light pitching duel ye-tetdliy ll* tin* pirate* gglned a ' to 2 victory level Hie while Sox Cub* Brown* ' San Mllonio, Tex April 5 <!' ■ p t Both the St. lami* Brown* I and the Chicago Cub* took on i , .elnfor* i-mi nte today a* they head j , ed into the final lap of their <ro * i iimntiy lour t atcto r Ken Sear**, obtained , f om the Yankee* in ;> trade for i Milt Byrne", joined the Brown* I ; .ml Emmett tlX'elli. punh.i-ed : from the tied Sox via th- waiver i route reported I > Hu* Cub*. Cardinal* pen*ac(dit. Fla. \prll 5 tl Pt , Lean Stati Mirniul. former national league batting champion Jll*t lia. k from the navy, wa* hitting 'em 1 on th>- none again today with all of j ha oldtime power The 25 year-old outfl-dder. a .347 hitter in Pt 44, drove in five run* ' y. "terday wlt.i a double, -ingle and a grand *lam home run a* the . Ib dbi d* wliipjted th” Pen*a< da fliet" of the i la* I! Sollthi-a*ti-rn leu i ni*. Ift t . 3 Athletic* Charlotte, N. C. 3pri| 7 li'pi Bolat X'l Wsom. the tdg leaguers' ; mo*t traveled pitcher. < mtlnued to la* the im»t effectjv ■ hltrler ill' th" I'h.l.idi'lphia Ath.eti. *' camp I today printipally la-caure of hl" i ■ i ion* attempt to get inti < and. ! lion w New m iiurletl th<* first it inning and gave up two run* a*l the V»i <!• fi-ale I thi Baltimore (triolea I! to .'! yi**h*rdo.iy. I) — Spilling The Pins With Decatur Bowlers In League Activities Major League Wi.-t End won tw > f om M< Mil lin; tts.-ian Tin Shop won two from IHverview Gard**n*. Nit**baum Novelty won tw. from Kuh- ■ tn-: . Smith Bro- won two from 1 Standard 0.1. Kolini* Brug won two from Kraft Food*. Standings W. L. i Kraft 2.3 I ! Kuhtn-r 2<' 13 j K line 20 13 M. Millen 17 KI We-t End 17 hl Bivervii-w Ifi 17 Standard hi 17 Smith Bro* hl 17 I NtiMsbuum 11 22 ' Ossian it 24 j High *erhi Elzey f,ti7 tlui-213-2021. High g.im<,< Titewili r 2IG. McIntosh 2hl. Young 22". Andrew* 212, Mo* 255. Stump 211. Faulkner 213. lieinking 21612. Sharp 232 V Bleeke 203. Ladd 2.35, 7,e|t 223 Ippelman 2m» —. . o .... — Outsider Winner Os English Steeplechase Liverpool. England. April 5 (V P i Imvi-ly Cottage, an outsider hi the betting. Balay won the 103rd j grand national steeplechase befoie an estimated crowd of 250.omi at historic Aintree race couiw in the first running since 1940. Jack Finlay wa.* second and the ; heavily backed favorite. Prince Regent, wa* third. Trade in a Good Town — Hecatur

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McMillen Wins Final Till In League Playoff The Ml Millen quintet of this ' city captured the Industrial league basketball championship Thursday night, defeating Heine Furniture. 46 to 26. in the third and deci ling game of the playofi I Ml rie* M< Millen took the first game of the Herb " 51 to 41, lu*t Thursday. and Berne evened the series with a 49 to 30 triumph Monday Bight. After it slow fir-1 quarter, M<•• I Millen held a !» to 5 margin, which wa* ln< reused to 10 points, 23 Ito 1.3. at the half. Berne cut thi* lead one point, 32 to 2.3, at the i ind of the third period, but McMillen pulled away In the final period to win easily K Schnepf, .McMillen center, wa* the offensive star of lite championship tilt with 12 field goal* for 24 point*. S Neuen siliwa* ’ r ami HahegiJ r each | tallb I six poin'* for the loser*. McMillen FG FT TP It Schnepf. t 2 o 4 'S< helper, f . . 2 3 7 K Schnepf. < . . 12 o 24 Way. g 4 0 R W Schnepf, g . 0 I 1 Painter, f tt tt o j llirschy. f o ii o ! I telling, g 0 0 0 | Williamson, g .. I o 2 Totals 21 4 46 Berne W Dubach, f 2 I 5 S. Neiiensch wander, f 2 2 6 Ftauffer. <■ 11 Grandlinard, g — I I 3 l» Neuensehwandi-r. g 11 3 Ifabegger, f 1 4 6 M Sprunger. g ... o 2 2 Total* K 12 26 Referee; Everhart. I’mplre: Strickler. o . ■ New Officers Are Installed By Elks New officers wen* installed and four candidates were initiated irto the Elks lodge last evening Plans were furthered for the egg hunt on Easier Sunday after- • noon. R C. Ehinger being named. chairman of the event. Walter Brunnegraff. past exalt<<l ruler, installed the new offl- < er* They an*. August Heimann.' exalted ruler; Joe Brennen. lead- i ■ ing knight: Gordon Harvey, loyal knight; Joe Weber, lecturing knight: R C Ehinger. secretary; George Laurent, treasurer: Albert L. t'ohhin. tiler, and L. V . Baker, trustee Exalted ruler Heimann made tin- following appointment** Flor- ! lan Keller, inner guard; L. Gray Paddock, e-quire, and Leland Smith, chaplain.

Loss Os Mickey Owen Hard Blow To Hopes Os Bro klyn Dodgers

lEilitor'* note: Thi* i* the 11th in a Hcriea on the 1946 pennant l>ro*p<-)-t>< of the Major League baseball team*. I By LEO H. PETERSON (United Pre** Sport* Writer) New Yolk. April S—(UP) One ' man left lhe Brooklyn Dodger* 1 land lhe faithful in flatbu*!i Immediately Im gall a familiar chant — ‘ "wait until next year." The front office ot the Dodger* sort of agreed with them. too. for the feeling was general when catcher .Mickey Owen jumped to j the Mexican league tint lhe Dodger* pennant chance* for It 16 had gone out of the window or to he I more exact, south of the liorder. There wa* ,«ome wailing among ‘the loyaL Dodger rooter* for they felt that if President Branch Mickey Rickey had not been ao penny pinching he could have saved Owen for IliiMiklyn and with it a pennant chance. But with Owen gone, the 1946 Ibxlger ent hue. ■Manager la*o Durocher implied a* much when h» went on record that two roukiea—Gene Hermanski, who haa lived up to anything but hi* rosy pre** notlciu thi* spring, and Carl Furillo, a rookie who wasn't even on lhe Dodger roster until two week* ngo—would bo In hM opening day lineup. In other worda, he I* going along with youth, knowing that he haa better ball players—auch ax Dixie Walker, Augle Galan and Goody RiMeii *hting on the bench. "We might only Im medicine the first 4« games,” I* the way the Brooklyn skipper put* It. "We'll look a lot better the next 40 and then If we are anywhere around the top in August, we'll be mighty tough to beat." There seenw little doubt but what auch a program will pay dli vldeuda eventually—but not In

Evansville Pupils Back Fired Coach Evansville. Ind. April ■' tl'PI A w.ilkoit at all four public ! high school* threatened today a* a lenttul high i-hool parent teachers lommittee demanded that mayo Munson Reichert "lake politics out of the *i liihil system.’’ Seventeen hundred Mtildents al ii'titrul remained on strike for the second day in protest to the alleged forced resignation of basket- , Gull i ou< h and athletic director Glen Bretz. Bosse high school'* 1 600 student* were leaving class* loom* this morning and students a; Reitz und Lincoln school* were ! considering "sympathy strike*." Bretz resigned yesterday amid | charge* that he would not permit menilH-r* of his 1946 state finalists basketball team to play football Hi* action came after the hoard of education indicated they would make a “i hange" at Central next year. Chant* of "we want Bretz" broke tip a ma** meeting ut Central tills morning and the strike began to spread to other school*. Central Rtitde’it* ,in uluted tietition* demanding the -esignatifin of the city school board A 32-meinber I’T-A comniitteo left the mass meeting and went direetly to Reichert'* office with a similar plea. The "unruly'' mas* meeting endid .it the suggestion ol 801 l Northerner a basket bull player, who told school principal Cail Sclirode that "nothing could he done in the mob ipirit." A meeting of a student council committee and the hoard of education was planned for later tinlay City school siiperintendent Alex Jardine said the Central student* ' were told to go home and stay there They marched thtoitgh downtown streets yesterday in a demonstration in support of Bretz. Ho**e student leader* desciitied t'leir walkout a* a "sympathy strike against policies in the school system " The extent of the st:ike* at Lincoln, a negro school, and Reitz, was not immediately determined. Another large school memorial Catholic, apparently was not involved. The (rouble started after a special board meeting Wednesday night at which Mrs Theodore Lot kyear. a member and mother of Hu* Central football team's captain. Ted Lockyear. Jr. charged that Bretz favored basketball to the detriment of football. She , said she wanted a “well balanced athletic program at Central Bretz denied the accusation and charged he wa* “the victim of a political setup promoted by .Mrs. lux kyear " Frequent difference* between Bretz and football coach Han O. Howard also reportedly figured in the board'* request for Bretz' resignation Bretz "aid the charge* were "unfair He cited Central’* foolbail I tecord during the last two year* which he said was the best in 50 years. Bretz' basketball team won all but one game in regular competiti ion thi* *ea*on. Bosse of Evans-

]»<«. With Owen out of th«* picture, Mike Sandlock, a converted infielder. Dixie Howell and Cliff Dapper will make up the Brooklyn latching staff Durocher is satisfied it will do -almost everyone eU«- knows It won't. If Durocher is as good as his w >rd. it will be Hennanski in l ight uud Eurlllo in center when the season opens with either Walker or Galan in left, pete Keiser, who would lie sure of the Centerfield berth. Is now being counted on for third base. But Reiser Is a question mark. Like Galan. Billy Herman and cookie Lavagettu, who are out with lnjurl«,«, there is doubt whether he will he fit fir regular service. He has a shoulder separation which may prove fatal to hiu baseball career. Lavagetto has a bad elbow, Herman a baa back and Galan a lead arm. Without them and Reiser the Dodgers Would lose any first division complexion. It will lie either Ed Stevens or Jack Graham at first and Herman, Ed Stanky or Stan Rojak, highly touted rookie at second. Pete Wee Retwe will lie at short but It neither Reiser nor lavagetto recover from their ailments, Lew Riggs, who didn't figure to stick thia year, will be at third. Like his other departments, pitching is another uncertainty on Durocher’* club. Hal Gregg. Joe Hatton, Kirby Higbe and Ed Head will be the big four, with Hugh Casey the No. 1 relief man and Curt Davis, Vic Iximbardi, Tom Seats, Ralph Branca, Les Webber. Art Herring and Pfund available for other mound duty. In addition to Hatton, Durocher has some likely looking pitching rookie*. but the chanceo are they will be farmed out for more experience

ville defeated the Bears ently in ’he year. , . . Central advanced to 'he nnals of the stale tournament and was defeated by Anderson, the 1946 champions, tn the afternoon sc*--sion. Seven of the tell member* of the squad will return next year. Bretz denied sfH-cifie charges hy Mr*. I*» kyear that he told three member* of the hardwood teum. Marvin Keener. Charle- Lamar, and Tom OBrien that they <ould n't pluy basketball next year if they parti<lpateil in spring football drill*. 0 -— 0 o Today's Sports Parade By Oscar Fraley Reg U. 8 Pat. Off.) O 0 New York. Apr. 5 (I’PI- Sit down and talk pitching today with almost any baseball man and he'll tell you two things 1. Pitching I* bi pen ent of baseball. 2. Th»' St Isnii* have THE pitching staff Which, ou deliberate considerntion. make* you wonder why the Detroit Tiger* are the third ihoice in the early line on the American league pennant race Flared above them are the New York Yankees and the Boston Re I Sox—and neither of their pitching staffs can lutld a candle to the Tigers for excellence or numbers. The Cards, on the other hand, are odds-on favorite* to cop the National league flag And you don't have Io go to Detroit to get an argument on whether the Card corps is better than the Tiger hill crew You can find it right here As far a* the Individual In this corner is concerned, there isn't a pitching corps in the majors which can come within hailing distance of the Tigers—and that includes the Cardinal*' Max lainivr, Johnny Beazley, Howie Pol* let and Red Barrett. The Tigers have it light from the gun with four big guys they are certain will conn* through. These are handsome Hal Newbouser. big Al Benton. Paul (Dizzy) Trout and Virgil (Fire) Trucks. You can't find a much better four *ll at once on the same club with a microscope. Newhouser won 29 in 1944 and 25 last season for 54 wins in two years. Yet the three others may press him for 1946 honors. Benton. the six foot, four inch exsailor. was leading the major with the lowest earned run average last season when he broke

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a leg. He favored It the rest of the campaign und wound up with a 13 mid R murk hut It feels us of old this spring The six foot Truck* came back raring to >■„ and Trout, six feet, two Inches, may better his 16 und 15 mark of las* year. There are three holdovers, tisi who will conn* in handy In spot* Hubby Ovrrmlre, who hud a *i and 9 mark lust year, an I relief I Iti her Geoin* Caster, who won five uralnst one loss after com l;tg over from the Browns last season, may be a help. And while Johnny Corsica won only six ugulnst 14 Netbacks in 1945. Ihey feel he might be Just about ready to come now Rufe Gentry. the squirrel shooter from Daisy Station. N ('. In out to recapture some <>(

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