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Chicago Cubs Touted Likely Darkhorses New York. Apr:; 4 — (IP) - The Chicago Cubs finished in tin cellar last season, but the feelin; persists that with the breaks Char ley Grimm would have had a firs division club. That’s why a lot of baseball peo pie are touting the Cubs as thi possible darkhorse of the 1949 na tional league pennant race. Thej definitely have first division pos sibilities, and if they can avoid tin injuries and other misfortunes which were their lot most of 1948 they may surprise a lot of people It all depends on pitching, the Cubs strengthened several post tions in off season dealings, but it left them short on hurling and some rookies are going to have to come through in order to furnish Grimm with enough front line pitch ing strength. The Cubs have, in Grimm's opinion, what is likely to be the best outfield in the league and one of the better infields. The key in the latter is shortstop Roy Smalley. Such Expert judges of diamond flesh as Leo Durocher and Marty -Marion are sure that Smalley is going to be one of the best in the business. Another big infield help was the acquisition of Frank Gustine from the Pirates. He is one of the best spring hitters in the business and is sure to help the Cubs a lot, also important is the fact that his presence frees Andy Pafko for outfield duty and he is one of the best in the business. At second will be Emil Verban with Phil Cavarretta at first. For reserves there are Gene Mauch, •who makes up in spirit what he lacks in ability, and Henry Schenz, both of whom were with the duh last year. Pafko is the only outfielder sure of regular duty with Harry Walker. Peanuts Lowrey and Hal Jeffcoat are battling for the other full-time berths. Also in the running are Clarence Maddern and Cliff Aberson. Two veterans, Bob Scheffing, the No. 1 man last year, and Al Walker are having a hard time holding their jobs from Ralph Novotney, a rookie up from the Cubs’ Los Angeles farm. If Mort Cooper, after a year’s absence from the game, is really over his arm trouble and 50 percent of the pitcher he was in his prime, he would be a -big help. So would Dwain Sloat and Calvin Coolidge McLish. They are two of the seven freshmen pitchers battling for Jobs. Johnnj’ Schmitz, one of the best southpaws in the business: the vetPRIVATE BUYERS! Good selection of privately owned cars, (late models at book price & older models.) Stop in today, select a good personal car. Al Schmitt 201 S. Ist St. si-one 144

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I eran Dutch Leonard, Walter Dubid, Doyle Lade and Bob Rush figure to be the regular starters with Bob Chipman, Jess Dobernic, Emil j Kush and Ralph Hamner behind him. That leaves out of the picture Boh McCall, who would edge into starter's role if he recovers from ' the illness which has prevented j him from reporting thus far. ' « Record Attendance For State Tourney ie Indianapolis, April 4—(UP)—i a ’ The Indiana high school athletic; association prepared today to cut s ' the biggest melon of basketball ie tourney receipts in history—made !S possible by a record attendance at 8, the 1949 four-week hardwood clas-j e. sic. e IHSAA commissioner L. V. Phil- -- lips said that 1.269.318 fans went it through the turnstiles to see the cl tourney this year and shelled out o $667,698.65. h Attendance increased by more ]. than 6,000 over the 1948 tourney, while income showed an increase j. of $4,647. |t Phillips said the 769 participating |f schools would get the biggest slice —5270,072.31. Expenses of the tourney, which took four weekends t in February and March to com- ( plete, have already taken $144,577.-

u 52. A The commissioner's office comes c in for the next largest cut, $119,093.05. Phillips said that share of the money would be used to main--11 tain the IHSAA office here and to * build up a reserve fund. The remainder of the money will be split D among the 798 member schools, i- based on tourney participation and t- length of the membership in the t association. The federal government, which a levied a 20 percent tax on all adr missions, conies in for $110,685.34, i, and the tourney host schools get e $23,270.43 ; Attendance rose sharply at the I, 64 sectional meets, the 1949 sectional attendance being nearly! e 10.000 over the 1948 crowds. It . rose also at the three-game state; t finals at Butler Fieldhouse at Ine dianapolis, but fell slightly from' e 1948 peaks at the 16 regionals and four semi-final tourneys. A three year breakdown showed how tourney crowds have grown: I 1947 1948 1949 r Section- ' als 981,000 984,879 994,667 j! 1 Region- • als 155.780 169.786 166,129 ! 1 Semi- i » Finals 76,490 80.140 80,012 j » Finals 28,234 28,328 28,410i' i Total . Crowd 1.241,594 1,263,133 1.269.318; i Total Re- :' ceipts $634,518 $663,051 $667,698 j Open Final Round Os BAA Playoffs ' Minneapolis, Min*, April 4 — I (UP) — Tile Minneapolis Lakers, I who have won all four of their post- < season games so far, were set to 1 1 play host to the Wastington Capl-' < tols tonight as the final round of 1 the Basketball Association of Amer- i lea playoffs opened. In contrast to the east with /1 ' which the Lakers advanced, the t Caps needed three games to down ‘ the New York Knickerbockers in i their semi-final, two games to one. i Washington won the semi-final I windup at Washington Saturday 1 night, 84 to 76. i The Church World Service has , distributed about s4»,oa>>MO in , funds and supplies during its term of service since 1946. During 1948 I $16.00,00(1 * n funds ® n d relief supplies were distributed to needy people of the world.

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Add Regionals To State Track Meet Indianapolis, April 4 — (UP)— Indiana high school track coaches expressed disappointment today over plans for a ‘'streamlined" state track and field meet which eliminates double champions but does little to rectify the jam in several events. "We still have too many boys ! running- in the finals of the 440I yard dash, the 880 and the mile : runs," said coach Carl Bonge of the ; champion Anderson Indians, “and . I don't like it.” Veteran coach Rolla P. Chambers, the track boss at Fort Wayne , North, agreed that you couldn't j very well start 16 boys in one race and not expect a mad scramble. The new set-up was announced late Saturday after a lengthy meet- j ing of the Indiana high school athletic association's board of control. The track carnival, the board said, would be expanded to a three-week meet instead of the usual twoweek affair. It will start as usual with 16 sectionals, to be run off May 13 or 14. Four regionals the following week have been added. The state finals will be held at Indianapolis Tech | May 28. Under the sectional plan, four in- i dividuals from each event and the ‘ two top relay teams will qualify for the regionals. This same process will be repeated, with 16 qualifiers remaining in the individual events and eight relays in both the half mjle and one-mile for the finals. In years, each sectional meet sent two individuals in every event and one relay team to the “state.” necessitating dual title races in the 440, 880, mile and both relays. In addition, dash men and hurdlers faced trial and semi final heats. The new plan cuts the field in the state finals exactly in half. Bonge also disapproved of the chopping down of the number of state final participants. “It may have the result that a lot of boys will lose interest :n track when they find out their chance of getting to the state is

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slimmer than it was previously," he said. Regional sites will be announced within the next 10 days. Chambers said he believed only four eightlane cinder tracks are available in the state — those at Notre Dame, Indiana and Purdue universities, and the one at Tech high school here. Both Bonge and Chambers, along with several other coaches, said they were not opposed to, the crowning of double champions. . "We run a track program to benefit the boys and we want to encourage participation in spring sports.” Bonge said. “This new set-up with so many contestants in the quarter mile and the two distance races increases the safety hazard for the boys." ISRAEL MAKES (Cont. From Page One) elsewhere. A few hours before the signing ceremony, Col. Husni Al-Zaim, I leader of the military clique that overturned the Syrian government ! last week, sent word to UN offi- ; cials that he was ready to start armistice talks with the Jewish state. Di cussion will start at the frontier town of Metulla tomorrow, i Israel had already signed armistices with Egypt and Lebanon, while Iraq had withdrawn its ; troops, turned over its sector of the front to Trans-Jordan and agreed to abide by any terms * reached by Trans-Jordan and Is- j rael. Other foreign news Included: | Copenhagen — Russia Informed ’ Norway and Denmark that it con-; si tors the North Atlantic treaty aggressive and aimed at the Soviet Union. The Soviet notes were similar to those sent to the United States and six other pact sponsors la t Friday. Those Russian protests were rejected. Moscow—On the day the North Atlantic treaty will be signed, the 1 official communist organ Pravda' loosed another blast at the pact.' charging that it reeks to intimidate states unwilling to submit to Anglo-American dictation. San Jose — Provi tonal Presi-i dent Jose Figuens was in firm control of Costa Rica after crush-! ing a weekend revolt led by his

, Baseball Season To Be Opened Tuesday The high school baseball seasoi will be launched in Decatur thi: week, although the scheduled hotni opener Tuesday of the Yellow Jack ets has been postponed until nex I week. The Commodores, starting ( regular baseball schedule for thi first time in 20 years, will opet their season tomorrow afternoon traveling to Convoy, O„ to mee the Convoy high school nine. The Commodores will also oper their home schedule this week playing the Geneva Cardinals al McMillen field Friday afternoon al 3:30 o’clock. Coach Dave Terveei has 11 games scheduled for the Commodores, with six of these con tests at home. Coach Deane Dorwin. in announcing postponement of tomorrow's scheduled opener with Ohio City. 0., stated that the game has been rescheduled for Thursday. April 14, at Worthman field. As the schedule now stands, the Jackets will launch their season next Monday, playing at Convoy, 0., although an effort is being made to obtain a home game for this week. The Jackets will meet the Geneva Cardinals here Tuesday, April 12, which will be the home opener unless a game develops this week. defense minister, Edgar Cardona. Twenty persons were killed and about 100 injured in sporadic fighting in San Jose. Rebel leaders were jailed. JURORS CHOSEN (Cont. From Page One) Beata A. Blakey, Union: Eli Dubach, Hartford; Christ BalKlnger, Wabash; and Glen W. Foor, St. Mary’s. It matters not who is for you or against you, if God be with you in everything. HINTS (Cont. From Page One) the army engineers entirely from a -bill giving President Trumari'atithority to reorganize the government. Labor law — A coalition of Republicans and southern Democrats opposing President Truman’s TaftHartley repealer claimed to have the upper hand in both the senate and house. PRESIDENT (Cont. From Page One) . . . "men with courage and vision can still determine their own destiny. They can choose slavery or freedom —war or peace." When he finished speaking, the 12 foreign ministers, beginning with Belgium's 50-year-old PaulHenri Spaak, stepped forward to sign the treaty—ls typewritten pages bound with red-white-and-blue ribbon. Acheson, last of the 12 to sign, had opened the colorful, ceremony with a brief address, followed by similar speeches from each of his fellow-signers. (

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Lions To Entertain Basketball Teams Decatur’s high school baskethall teams and their coaches will be honored guests of the Decatur i" Lions club Tuesday evening at 6:30 ie i p.m. at the K. of P. home. The serif, vice club entertains the Yellow st i Jackets and Commodores net teams | each year. a I Rodger Nelson, publicity director ie! for the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistm ens, and Bob Tough, a member nJ of the Pistons team, will be the et I speakers and will also show a movj ie of a Pistons- New York Knickern bockers game, played in Madison k.| Square Garden during the past seaH son. it I e ECONOMISTS ' 1- (Cont. rrotn Page One) job-holders who were employed for one to 14 hours, 14 to 34 and 35 or B j more hours. All are considered em- '' ■' ployed, however. 11 1 The breakdown of hours, it is suggested, will reflect the March [ trend in some industries to reduce e | hours (resulting in lower wages) D l because of lack of orders. '• j But whatever the breakdowns reK j veal, secretary of cotpmerce Charr les Sawyer obviously was happy f ! about the overal] figures as he dis- ’■ | cussed them with reporters followj ing a cabinet meeting at the end J of last week. The newsmen were surprised that he was making the figures public because they had been told '' by the census bureau less than 24 hours before that the March em- ' I ployment report would not be re’j leased until this week. ] FORMER BERNE MAN I (Cont. From Page One) • Habegger, both of Modesto, Cal. , The body has been removed from • the Yager funeral home to the parents’ residence, where friends may call until 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, i when it will be taken to the church i to lie in state. SOFT COAL (Cont. From Pag« One) before 1945. The industry resistance to the union's six-hour day demand began I to form with the southern coal producers association. Association' directors were called into session today to begin preliminary work on new contract proposals to the union. The southerners have been demanding unsuccessfully for two years that pay for the time min“rs spend traveling between the mine portal and the coal face be eliminated. Some of them favor another try in an effort to get an additional hour of coal production Association president Joseph E. Moody said: “We will try to work out proposals for a contract that will make ’ the agreement more two-sided than it has been in the past." AMMIAAMWMAMWWMWWI CARRY OUT BEER We Deliver RAY’S WEST SIDE MK’T. Phone 56 MAMWVWMMWMAMMMWV

Most of the southerners feel the present agreement favors the union in its provision that the miners shall work only when “willing and 1 for the miners’ welfare fund. ’ The union wage policy committee ' will meet here later this month to 1 frame demands for the contract to replace the agreement which expires on June 20. Union vice presi1 dent Thomas Kennedy said last week the miners will ask for a ’ shorter day, higher wages, increased welfare fund payments and other improvements. HOUSE (Cont. From Page One) substantially augment" the program. Looking forward to a broad new program of acreage allotments and marketing quotas, the committee put up $30,150,774 to get new cotton. corn, wheat and rice programs started and to keep in operation restrictions on tobacco and peanuts. Elsewhere the committes warned against too much restriction on >«■»■■■■■■■■■■■» CHEVROLET Fleetmaster Town Sedan ' 1 Delivered in December 1947 less than 13,000 miles. SAYLORS ■ f. ,

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