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Boston Red Sox Favorites To Retain Title N*w V-rk. \|>ii! - Il I*' Ti,.may In- .!«»•* • ronin I t 1 a major l ai- n- For I h*i dope ) that portly Im will reti-** to Hie inr t «a , • a num a* he !h> ; '» "Hi V.irtL»< llavim- added -fi.ngth ti th*w v of rookie* vine*- I'li’ < lo»* •>! List *-.i-oil hi which limy romped t,. t,. \m n hi league pennant | hut !o-t Hi'- 1 io to Um Cunlinals I . I • lt-o| <- an bill . ! ' 11 ii , wi ’ tluh i ;.:loi a ! t .:i tai l- up r a key spot at tin t p o; 1,,- lt<-d i (’ronin him -If firl- that in Il3* th*- < lab tin- other will lia.c !>■ boat all.l that i- i-r. irili mintii for Jm- lie even admit*; he is m a h -tr*m:-<-r thin la‘ i vear. • ■ Wev<- mid*-*l four men who ar*gopg t.i help us a lot ' Cronin| ..ml We ate ■out,- to he 1,11-t, have better pitching anil at least | a good hitting aw» did last year, | Wilt more < on Id I a for ' The four new i oiners Cronin i-i so high on are three pit j* r* an; i.:« i Fra , s 0%. • ,p from 1.011-.llli- where he 'ut ilia Ilsa: . * t hi '»■ b iien Glen Ku* 1 re||. the veteran utility man. o.H I for the third base post The hnrler- are Mel Parnell, a i styii-h lefthand* r who von lai gun*’, for Si ronton. Harry Doii-h. a in*;-pound ri.iit 1...mi r win* w**n II for Loul-ville and Ton Firn-, a 23 game winner with S-ranton Parti* !| and fieri h apparently; have won tatting .pul-. h* olid th*, big four Tex II it'hson. I>.»v*-I Ferris, .hie Uni son and M|. k. y' II rrl*. who won 75 jin*- atnote-'. them last year Fine will be relief man behind Earl Johnson with Bob Kling* r also in the bull , pen iorp<it:u i pit* and'datew in elud" Bill Batland Billy l lark. Randy hi ■ y Ihn Wil-on Cronin is willing to eonced*that th* 'finer- on paper h..y*- :* s'ialit * iL'i in I- 1 ’ in.’ bur’ I*lievi s hi- staff may • trpri *• and turn out just good. Whether it s Shoefner or Hus s* II at third he is sure that the position will he taken tare of I better than it was |a- t season by I Pinky Hi-'gin* Either mm is a lot fa ter and will hit almost up to what Hi, /in - did. if not higher.i and field much better. I' Will. Ilf < one be Kuiiy York at fir-t. Bobby Doerr at second 1 anti Johnny Pesky, goat of the '46 i • .-* ri-•« at short to round out the

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J inner defense I tilll proved other wise, it rat*-* a- the b si infield I In the league \ d in two up: .* 'I positions : Cronin haw them < good as they <om»’. too. with hard hitting Ted William in left and Horn DlMac-gi*-|in < enter. Williams -hould be < ven a great* r player this year than he w.c la«t for In- has dis | pl y-d a HU* hb* <let temperament I ,i.,d i- *l-ti-rmined to out maneuver | tie !: • ill >el -Inil Hii -a son by I hitting to left ii Ma io w I )•*• m i-enti-r and I unh- Us i,.other loe of th*- Van 1 1,*.. <an n t back to hl* pre war ior.n he lia io p**i in that spot Hight ti* hi it a. In a troui-b- -pot on a- H Was last year, but Crottin aid in- was not worried about it ||<. Ims Hire*, good looking rookies : -r tie- spot and three >* b rans Tin- hohl*iv*-i are Tom M< Itrid L*-on Culbi-r mu. ..nd Wally Mo ■« The rookie, lire Bill Goodman, for whom t e Ke| Sox eave Atlanta -;7‘,ioii in c ah and players. Sam Meh th*- Ea-tern h-avue batting k ng uji from Scranton ami Pete Layden who hit 327 for New i n h-ans Moo- w. believed to have the i -id*- tra* k when training opened i, ;t Goialinan. although 21 anil 'only in his second to- o-on of organized baseball, soon took over He start-<1 out like a lions*- afir- but t'-n began falling off in his hit ting nd Cronin benched him la*y iien, too. has looked well and; Crottin is working tin- three new ti •*.«»• as much a's he <an ,:s he know wh.it his three veterans for the job < all do Mose* has looked p.nti* ularlv g*iod and may start 1 the season ill right The Bed Sox have no * dching worri*'s with Hal Wagner, Frank. Have - and Boy Partee Tli*-re i m> doubt but what tak I •ut all in all it is of world chain pionship * aliber New York Man Held For Theft Os Bus Hollywood Fla . \pnl 2 IEPt Hili Cimillo wh is*- sense of humor fill -Uy go: him Into trouble. .*a,vi.*i extradition today in pre paratioii for an .-,-corte-l trip back j ! .. x- A Voik where he faces’ * Mir-g.-s of stealing an Ils.mm bus! t-i a Bi; Lilians holiday trip to I Florid * Cimillo. who <1 ove the Vehichin Co B.oiix for th*- surface tran - po’tation company until last Fri<lay. just tu tied th*- steering wheel I to the l*-ft that iiiornilig and wound !up 1,31 b miles away in this re-1 .sort city / -> Slash Sc hoot Absenteeism Electronic germ-killing lamp* have been found to reduce school absenteeism as much as 50 per cent o And we rejoice in th*- general happine ; H. proaperity. and advancement of our country, which ha* I been the off-spring of freedom, and not of power James K Polk.

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Rochester Swamps i Pistons, 76-4? llo<h*-f*-r. N V.. \pril 2 tI'PH Th** ftochester Itoyals. newly crowned emitern * h niplon*. will meet the Western i hatliplotl Chi <a«o Gear* here tomorrow nieht in the opening gum*- of t o- tin*----1 out (if five cries for th*- National Ba kethall h-ague * hampion■ hip Th*- Boyal- won their way into: I th*- find roiiml with a 7*i to 17 I trouncing of the Ft W.iyn*- Zoll i ner Pistons l.i i night Cuttiuv ! loom- with all their speed on t i-'ir. ! home court, th*- Koval- zipped to' i a 3s fr> 27 halftime b ad and then I pulled away easily as th*- pace beg n to tell on the Pinion- .Li * pelkington led the Pistons with I I points, but flu- loss of * urly Armstrong and Chi k Ib-i-er on foul' In the final pi-rioil -pelhd finish to the Pistons' < hamplonshlp i Topes Seeking Stars Chb ag*>. April 2. it Pl Ward "Piggy ' l ambert. Purdue bask*-’ ball coach for 2k years, is .isinc his wide friend'h p among coll*-.---tutors to In-Ip th*- Nation I Basket ball league, of which h** I- now * ommissioiier obtain tin- ph k of the B*l7 * ollt-ge hardwood crop for th*- Ibis I*lllll.Meanwhile th*- astute *-x Roller maker * hieftain is attempting to promote a Hire*- l*-acu*- agreement providing for draft of *oll*-:i-st.ir- in all future years Lambert, to i.-iv*- his league an edge this year, contacted < oil*-.■*■ coaches nationwide to obt in tipon th*- best professional prosp*-. t ■ ! in their territory. When all reports were in lie ,nt a list of nearly 30 names to coaches of th*- National league, giving details about th*- youths nd stating they had been recommend *-*i for the professional game To date, less than two weeks • after the list was mailed, at b ast one of his selected prospect- his, I signed to play for a National league t*-am. Lambert was optimistic about i an agreement between his circuit, tile Basketball Association of America and th** American league for a draft of college play* r- lufore the next season "We had nearly reached ur* • ment in January ' he said, "when the association said it wished to postpone action until its - -a. on was ended.” Such an agreement would as | sign a college player to one team and prevent any other dub in the I Hire*- circuits from negotiating ’ with him. However, an individual player would be able to wll his ability to any tenn outside the j three league . K _ BULLETIN New York. April 2.— (UPi — Two of the three gamblers convicted of abetting an attempt to fix a national professional football game were sentenced today to from five to 10 years in prison. The two were David Krakauer and Harvey Stemmer. The third member of the trio, Jerome Zarowitz, was sentenced to an indefinite term. — 0 Miaving in npeeo Age i 1 Cutters in electric shavers make as many as 12.000,000 shaving motions a minute. _____ gsYrsnvss»tsv»v»*»»»vv»*»**»l -|W|l|iqi f l ' :iZ3SSZSESI: f ASY TO lOttOW ; ” "G«* *h« cadi yaa wad" lan your «•« tionatura ond Mrurity. S Sorrowing made aaty under our plan. ■ loan* privately made on convenient J term* See ut before you borrow. 3 Full Infcrmotion without obligation. < Seo u« today. CALI. PHONt OR WRITt LOCAL LOAN COMPANY : |HCO**O*»**o < Ground Floor • B*o*k Storr Build--0 S Phono 2-1-7 orCATL’R. ISOI**HA J ■iiaiiiuiiiiiiii**>*>(i>t(*u n-neri.K i UriuiMr K. 5 | HOFF-BHAU —the beer that treats you right w , IM-Ww Cant , fwt Wspas. M

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Tigers Appear Ready For Season Opener ,l;i< Leonville. I'la . April 2. I • I'l’t Tiie Detroit Tigers. whose hope for the American league pen : Pant lies in their pitching. up-1 pe.in-d lo he ready to start the M .tson as they broke > nip today., and started north. Vit.til Trucks went the full nine i innings yesterday to hurl a seven | hit 2 t > fl shutout over the Boston ' Brave and was master all the way Six of the seven Brave lilts came in the first five innings. He n Trucks, in neik condition, grew stronger as the game progressed Dodgers Havana, Cuba. April 2 HTi Southpaw .Joe Hatten today up ptared certain of retaining his i regular s' rting job with the| Brooklyn Dodgers, but Dixie Walk er was going through ids annual i ' period of trial" for the right field i slot. Hatten went the route yesterday in beating the Montreal Royal farmhand 6to I. The lefty ace, I allowed only four hits. Indians Tuc-on. Arte.. April 2 t I’l’t There was some worry in the Cleveland Indian camp today as Indians discussed yesterday’s 15 to ft victory over the Chicago Cubs, wherein the Cubs battered Bob Feller for five runs in "one inning. Feller, the "big man" of the Cleveland pitching staff, has been hit freely in ids exhibition games. I although he has won three in it i row. However, those victories I were made possible by heavy hit-; ting on the part of the Indians. ■ often against rookie hurlent. Giants Phoenix, Arte., April 2. fl'Pi The New York Giants, boasting ; four straight victories, were ready; today to entertain the chi-ago; I Cubs in the first meeting between ■ the teams this spring. The Ott men added to their i string yesterday as rookie hurler Bill Ayers shut out the Chicago White Sox with six hits for a 2 to n Giant triumph and a sweep of. their two-game exhibition series Yankees St. Petersburg. Fla. April 2.1 — (UP) The New York Yankees. | playing their final spring game Ini Florida, met the St. lands Cardinals today with a chance to square i their eight game series. Don Johnson. 20-year-old right hander, kept the'Yankees in the' running yesterday by pitching seven shutout Innings against the world champions as the bombers I came up with a 7 to 2 triumph. Browns Miami. Fla. April 2.-(UPt-The St. Louis Browns rode the ■ crest of a four-game exhibition win ning streak today after coming from behind to edge the Philadelphia Athletics. 13 to 12, In a slugfest yesterday 0 MH* Ulsnes To achieve a smooth consistency in most dishes migfe with milk, adding the ingredients in the right order is important. The wrong order of adding can cause separation or curdling, cookery experts advise.

o o Today's Sport Parade | By Oscar Fraley (Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.) 0 0 Miami. Fla .~April 2 (IP) Since the riotous days of Sttliivan. Fitzsimmons and Corbett, Irish tighter,! have been on the wane but there’s a youngster rising today from the same Brownsville section with h produced Billy Conn who-may revive the pu'.'ilistic gloty of the Gaels. Jackie Burke is the name of this 21 year-old lad wh> looks like a latbon copy of the young Gene Tuuney ami hits with more authority than the prid ■ of the Marines ever unaltered. They have him marked as a future champ Ite<ause there is class in every feint and move and finality in every punch. \ middleweight who eventually may grow into the light heavyweight : alike. Burke is a six-footer with 158 well-stacked pounds and everyone of them loves to fight. Outside the ropes he kt a pleasant, clean living family man with a 14 month-old son. Under the lights he is a killer in the manner of Dem- ' psey ' It seems like quite a buildup for a fellow who has had ony 26 pro- ; feslsional fights. But don’t say we didn't tell you that within two yeans he will be the middleweight chainFREE DELIVERY on your favorite brand of BEER Phone 274 RIVER V I E W GARDEN PIPES Kaywoodie C.OO Super Grain Yello-Bole 1.00 to 1.50 — Marxman 5.00 to 10.00 Rem-Con 5.00 to 10.00 Lifetime guarantee Demuth 3.50 Pure* ,—. 1.50 Medico 1.00 Briar 50c BILLFOLDS Genuine Pigaltin AQm This week only ... LaFendrich Cigars /| 50 Box of 50 STULTS CIGAR STORE

pion d the world Hay Robinson or no sugar. Much authority f«*r that state-l emu*-. Bom Ihmliv Britton.; son of the forme gi««t w*-it*r weight i humpion. Lt' * Britton Hobby i* .* pretty fair fighter in his own right, never having h*-en kay-o*-d in his career and listing among h|s viiHnis former w-It- i w*-i at ! i lump Red • <» hrnii*- and Lew Jen•kll . th*- latf* by a kilo* koiH ■ (hie Bilik*- is Halil*- to b*’ th*- lie-t jin th*- wo bl. it*- bb-w «xhaistedly laft* working two mind with t Jackie and then happily * ailing it i; day lie says We'll jil-l loosen lip and fhea laugh- when h<- knocks olf my head lie iMn t know how 1 1*. iak*- it ■ a v "I think h* 's got her-*- sho*-. in his glove- so I watch tlnuii pul l i.-m on him ’ Briton added ! ■ But 1’ still feels lik>- he's g*t links inside The tn-I 'Wo **i t ,ree I punch* are Ilk* an explosion, ilu-n you don't fe*-l anything * L* Votl’re d*-ad There* a lot easier wav- for me to make money than to fight him. I'll tell 7' it Bn k<- undo tbtediy ..as got that Indefinable it Not I|tit<- ready for th*- top. he I* on*' of the few i fighters in action today who can i hook as well as jab. A sweet leixer. he Still is mu d«-r incorporated in aide and when he • hit he fights lik* a tiger Tiie rugged younster with the| iloses-ropped brown hair ami the) (lean-cut face, has been boxing since he was 11 \ fighter who sparked Ja< kie s sister taught him how to box and Burk-- at that ten dei age gave exhibition* at Wash-1 ingtoti and Jefh-tvon college At if* lie was a golden glover and had in? amateur boutSpending three yea s in the navy.' Burke was stationed at Treasure Island and began campaigning on the west coast. Whil" there he met a navy contractor from St 1 Haul The fight tan invited him home for dinner and Jackie wound up marsying th*- contra* tor'* beautiful daughter. Fighting then became even more nwessary, and ' Burke, ir.opired. went at it even more successfully than before. He i deiisioned Paulie Peter*, a coast | star, .md kayoiil V-. siotidan, IndHianapoiis light heavyweight. After hi* discharge, Burk** met Tommy O'Loughlin, manager of * Elmer .(violent > Bay. and the two Irishmen formed a fistic combin * ation which promh*-* rich return* ■ I'nder O'Loughlin. Burke has won * six straight all by knockouts 1 and under the smiling Tommy he ' is sure of a square deal. It's a corking comldnation which i may make Burke the ring'* best i little Irishman elnce Jimmy .Me- * Larnin That is, of course, a tough * assignment, but tike i’ from thi* t corner the stuff i.s the e. I —o The tenant of the remotest log i cabin upon the verge of c-iviliza-r tion is within reach of newspaper* recording the passing history of the world Lewis t'a«* A government ot equal rights r must, therefore, rest upon the i mind, not wealth, not brute force; the Hum of tiie moral inv-lligence of the community should rule tiie state.—Bancroft.

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Major League Mo i-e won th *••• from West End lb |t.(iiiant; Hali -gger won three from Smith Bro- . Burk Elevator won three from Ftate Gardens; Foley won iwo from Btibenck Stund.iri. Buike Siand.ii'l won two fion KoeiK-mnn H.irdwa-i, Hi - i n-ti* ■ Murphy *:?o. <202 |s|-23it. tit* Inking Cl'» UiH lsj, 2IC*. Z*-lt «12 f 2"'!-21:.t. Ili.li gam(*i: M<-!nl*u!i 215, L. Holt man .’33. \lhpiiw 223. Neuder-lio.i-er 222. Siheiimann 200. Baum • itn.-r 2**l. S hroede- 220. laird 2** . <• Schultz 213. Mies 221. Il I.add 2u'>. Werling 227. * \ndrews 212. Bayles 201. Merchant League Blverview won Hire*- f om Kraft No 2; i ; hafi i won three from Brant M itor iforfeitt; Decatur In da tri-- won two from Engle A Ki*- Tim-* King* T-avcrn won two from Kraft No I High .-am*- I, Beef 220. Minor League Macklin won Hi *■•■ from Bud's I'laie. til's Ma*-k*t won three (.11-11 ( ent il Soya: Mi Millen won two from Gamble.*; Balmock Standard won two from Kraft Foods High game-: Schultz 222. Mar bach 211. Karjala 215. Bayles 202 ' Rural League Welling Insurance won two from Palace Bar. Moelleiing won two from White Spot; West End Tex aco won two from Steu.y Abbatoir; Red Boi k Sola won two from Hl Ho Inn. lligh gam*-*: Ander-on 2**2 2**3,

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