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Adults Tr There Had Been « Considerable Uncertainty of Continuing Play After July 4

By JACK CUDDY United Press Staff Correspondent

»k NEW YORK, April 13—President Ford Frick of the National league

believes that the new draft revision, putting “pre-Pearl Harbor” fathers

‘in class 3-A, will permit the major

Discussing the revision at league headquarters, Prick admitted that there had been considerable uncertainty in baseball circles about

prospects of continuing play after

leagues to play out the 1943 season.

Labor day or even July 4.

Plan to Hold Grid Contest

MONTGOMERY, Ala, April 13 (U. P.).—~The annual North-South football game will be held here as usual on the last Saturday in December, unless the government bans football ‘for the duration of the war. Announcement to this effect has been made by Mayor Cyrus B. Brown, president of the Blue and ' Gray Cradle association, sponsor of the contest. The last Saturday in ~ December will fall this year on ~ Christmas day. As The rival teams as in the past will be selected from among college seniors in the two sections if it is possible to assemble such squads If not, the game will be played by two service teams, he said. Champ Pickens, association sec-retary-treasurer, says the two vet‘eran coaches of the North squad, ch Lynn Waldorf of Northwestern and Coach Carl Snavely of Cornell have written that they expect to be ready. Under a WPA project nearing gompletion, seating capacity of Cramton bowl here will be 22,000.

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“But now,” he said, virtually assured that we can play out the season—at least in the National league. Naturally I do not know about the manpower situation in the American league, but I presume it’s quite similar to ours.” Until the major league brass hats

ment’s policy regarding pre-Pearl

prior to last Sept. 15), they were uncertain how long the game ‘could carry on and were operating in the hope that suc be drafted before October.

Sees Autumn Call Frick said,

certain in wartime.

been eliminated by the new revision —men who support only wives or collateral dependents. They'll be busy also with the new crop of 18-year-olds coming up.” The senior-circuit prexy said there were about 200 players currently available among the eight clubs in the National league. these, he estimated that about 137 were pre-Pearl Harbor fathers. About 15 ethers are in 4-F because of various disabilities. Five are

unclassified, including some who will be benefited by the new regu~ lations.

Columbus Gets 4 New Hurlers

P.)—The Columbus Red Birds, little world series champions, received four pitchers from the parent organization, St. Louis Cardinals, today. They were right-handers Ted Wilks and Bill Beckman and southpaws Preacher Ree and George Dockins. Beckman won 11 and lost six for Toronto and Rochester in the International league last season. Dockins won 14 and lost five for New Orleans in the Southern association. Wilks and Roe played for the Red Birds last season and were called up for trial by the

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fathers would not

“Now that selective service has announced its policy regarding these fathers, I am convinced that they will not be called up until late autumn, at the earliest —although - nothing is absolutely

“I believe the draft boards will ‘| be busy until after the baseball sea-

son handling the 2,880,000 men M ' : 11 Sl d whose dependency deferments have axwe ate of field, will get another opportunity

Latin Americans. The others are|be Staged Friday night at the

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PORTSMOUTH, O, April 13 (U.|in

Brenda Helser of Portland, Ore., defended national A. A. U. senior women’s 220-yard indoor swimming championship in Chicago. She holds record.

For Return Go

Buddy Maxwell, young Indianapolis lightweight who has made a fine start here in the pro boxing

to strut his ring stuff before local fight fans when he meets Marshall Allison, Shelbyville, Ind.,’ puncher, in g six-rounder on the ‘mitt bill to

armory by the Hercules Athletic cluk, After a brief period of campaign~ ing in the Golden Gloves amateur ranks Maxwell turned te money fighting recently and racked up a

casion of his first pro start. Fight No. 2 resulted in ga, draw with Earl Paul, another popular: ‘local ringster, although Maxwell deserved the nod the opinion of many ringsiders who viewed the action. Maxwell won the open lightweight crown in Golden Gloves competition at Mun-~ cie early this year. : Main event action on.the card will be provided when Gene Spencer of Chicago, Ill., meets Pfc. Richie Shinn, Pt. Harrison, in a return lightweight clash billed - for 10 rounds. Shinn shaded the Windy City athlete over the eight-round route on & recent armory program. Other bouts already signed will pit light-heavys Jack Hill of Bloomington, Ill, and Al Sheridan, Indianapolis, at eight rounds, and Sergt.

Robert Simmons, local welterweight, in a six-rounder.

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‘BOSTON, April 13 (U. P)— Thirty-two survivors, including two defending titlists, a former champion and all the favorites, vie for top honors tonight in the final round of the 55th national A.A.U.

4|boxing championships in Boston

Garden. Laurels in eight classes are at stake for the Simon Pure fighters. Topping the list of favorites is a Negro trio—Bob Foxworth of St. Louis, defending the 175-pound crown; Samson Powell of Cleveland, 160-pound titlist, and Leroy Jackson of Cleveland, .flyweight titleholder last year, who now seeks the 118-pound crown. Jackson fought his way into the semi-finals by kayoing Pvt. Barry

fiond round of the opening program

before some 6000 fans last night. Golden Glovers Shine

Powell outpointed Harold Christensen of Boston as Foxworth climbed into the semi-finals by scoring & technical knockout over Pvt. Roy Miller of Ft. Leavenworth, Kas. Two Golden Glovers helped set the pace for the 83 sectional champions from 14 districts striving for berths in the semi-finals. Tony Janiero of Youngstown, O., 125, outpointed Harold White of Little Rock, Ark, and Charles Hunter, 135, Cleevland, decisioned Melvin Johnson of Chicago. Perhaps the outstanding competitor in the opening found was Billy Tiger, Indian soldier from Ft. Sill, Okla., who won his way into the 147-pound class with less than four minutes of actual fighting. He defeated Mel Hawkins of New York with & one-punch knockout in his first bout and registered a firstround technical knockout over Pvt. Art Saulsgiver of Smyrna, Tenn.

Franklin-Savold Scrap Tops Bill

NEW YORK, April 13 (U. P)— A 10-round bout between Heavyweights Lee Savold of Paterson, N. J., and Lem Franklin of Cleveland at Chicago this Friday night features the week’s national boxing schedule. Bantamweight Champion Manuel Ortiz meets Joe Robleto in a nontitle contest at San Diego, Cal, on

the same night and Slugger White,

Maryland's lightweight titleholder, fights Joe Mendoza tonight at Stockton, Cal.

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They Played the Game . . . No. 12

Keeler Held Bat Behind Ear To Hit Where They Ain't; Rated With Cobb, McGraw

By HARRY GRAYSON / NEA Sports Editor

IT REQUIRED more than an ‘expression to make William H, ‘Keeler a baseball immortal, for if the diminutive Brooklyn Irishman. hadn’t hit ‘em where they ain't,

no one would have asked him the

secret. of the choke left-handed hitting which enabled him to compile a 16-year major league average of .345. “With the possible exception of Ty Cobb, John McGraw once said, “Willie Keeler was the greatest player of all time. “He was the most expert batter I ever saw. There was nothing he could not do in place hitting. “He was the fastest man I ever saw on the bases and one of the héadiest base runners.” McGraw hit behind Wee Willie Keeler, the leadoff man, on the immortal Baltimore Orioles who revolutionized baseball while winning National league pennants in 1894-95-96. ‘It was Ned Hanlon. who placed Keeler in right field. Originally a pitcher, -Keeler, was, of all things, a left-handed third and second baseman with Binghamton of the Eastern league and New York and Brooklyn. The Orioles perfected the bunt and hit and run. No little man went as far in baseball as Keeler, who stood no more than 5 feet 4 and weigher only 140 pounds.

Could Do Anything

KEELER COULD do anything with a baseball bat, stood with his legs straight and body bent slightly over the plate. He cocked his bat behind his ear. Hughie Jennings, who also played with him in Baltimore and Brooklyn, said that if the lively ball had been in use in his day, Keeler easily would have been a .500 hitter instead of the 432 variety he was in "97. Keeler hit no more than 19 home runs in his entire career, made no attempt to tear the cover off the ball, yet outfielders did not dare play in. The ball traveled when he got hold of it, which was often. If infielders played in he'd poke Texas leaguers over their heads. ‘It took remarkable athletes to break Keeler’s records, one of which—most singles in one season, 109, compiled in '97 — still

stands. His record of hitting safe-.

ly in 44 consecutive games made that same season stood until Joe DiMaggio kept it up for 56 engagements two summers hack. * Keeler's 243 hits in '97 remained a major league mark until 1911, when Cobb came through with 248. Wee Willie's figures remained a National league maximum for 11 years more, or until Rogers Hornsby collected 250. Pennants followed Keeler around. He was on five championship teams and two runners-up in his first five seasons as a regular, helping Brooklyn to two flags following the conquests of the Orioles. When Keeler hopped i the American league, Clark Griffith's New York Highlanders lost the pennant to the Red Sox on Jack Chesbro’s famous wild pitch on the last day of the campaign of 1904. Only Larry Lajoie. sopped his batting mark of .343. With Keeler pommeling the ball, the Highlanders again missed the pennant by a whisker in 06. The Highlanders paid Keeler $10,000, making him one of the few players to be paid in five figures those days. Keeler was the National league

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Count Fleet Is Favored At Jamaica NEW YORK, April 13 (U. P)— Mrs. John Hertz’s Count Fleet, 6-to-5 favorite for the Kentucky Derby, was an odds-on choice to

win his first start of the season today in the $3000 St. James purse at

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Willie Keeler made the ball do tricks.

batting champion in 1897-98. He made neatly 3000 hits. He swiped 73 bases in 96. He scored more than 100 runs and made more than 200 hits in each of his first eight seasons.

Luckiest in World

KEELER WASN'T much of a mixer, lacked the truculence of the swashbuckling Orioles, rarely had disputes with umpires and rival players. He had his own idea of little jokes, however, and appreciated them as much as anybody. Once while playing with the Highlanders in Philadelphia on July 4, he touched off a pack of firecrackers behind him, and did a war dance to escape the explod« ing crackers. Then he laughed behind his glove as Umpire Silk . O’Laughlin ankled all the way out to right field and lectured bleacherites: “You can’t be throwin’ fireworks at the players.” Keeler considered himself the luckiest man in the world. He was paid for doing what he would rather do than anything else. That was one of the principal reasons why Willie Keeler played baseball so well.

NEXT: Joe McGinnity the Iron

Johnny Longden, over a mile and 70 yards as he receives his prep for Saturday's $20,000 Wood Memorial. He will carry highweight of 122 pounds against seven rivals, The only colt given & chance against the Hertz star is Belair Stud’s Bosset, carrying 113, Famous Victory, and Four Freedoms will represent the Cireentree Stable while the other entrants, all outsiders, are Towser, Eurasian, Eye For Eye and Joe Burger.

Sir War Wins By a Length

* NEW YORK, April 13 (U. P.)— Jumping to the front at the break and stepping along smoothly and smartly, Circle M. Ranch’s Sir War ran to a length victory in the feature at Jamaica yesterday before another good crowd of 13,000. Red Moon took second money by another length over the favored Belle D'Amour while Tamil was fourth. Johnny Longden, completing a triple, rode the winner, who was timed in 1:47 1/5 for a mile and one-sixteenth over a sloppy track. It was Sir War's first race since last fall and he earned $1300 while returning $33.30, $12.40 and $4.70. Red Moon paid $8.20 and $4.40 while Belle D’Amour, -the 6-to-3 choice, was $2.40 to show.

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Geary Still Trying To Reach Pirates

BUFFALO, N. Y., April 18 (U. PD. 4 —Huck Geary, Pittsburgh Pirates’ si shortstop, said today he will make | another effort to report to the Mun= cle, Ind., training camp of the Na : tional league baseball team tonight. '« Geary had started for Muncie, but was forced to turn back at

Cleveland, when he was taken ill with a sinus infection. He returned = to his home here for treatment. bi “I'm going to report tomorrow,” he said. “I'm leaving again toe night.”

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