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Dodgers Yield 2 Hits, Rout Red Sox By 5-1 Wyatt, Macon Hurl Flawlessly in Cold As 1,864 Fans Welcome Flock at Ebbets By TOMMY HOLMES That Dodger-Red Sox minuet out at Ebbets Field yesterday afternoon was not only the earliest metropolitan big-league baseball exhibition on record but also the coldest. A gale direct from the Arctic Ocean caused such violent shiverings among 1,864 congealed cash customers that the concrete stands almost shook. Surprising developments of the day were as follows: 1 That there Is such a large number of Brooklyn residents obviously of Ekimo stock. 2 That the ball players, bundled up in their heaviest underwear and rubj er sweat shirts, could perform as well as they did as the Brooklyn bunch trounced Jo Cronin's PRO GRID LOOP CONCLAVE TO PLAN FOR '43 Layden Denies Several Teams Will Withdraw 'Draft' on Tuesday By TOMMY DEVI.VE Chicago, April 3iU.R National Football League Club owners, beset by more problems than the operators in any other branch of professional sports, open a three-day meeting Tuesday in an effort to assure operation of the grid circuit next Fall. While there have been widely circulated rumors that two or four members of the 10-team league might withdraw from competition in 1943.

President Elmer Layden flatly denied these reports. "Our league has many war-imposed problems to settle," he said, "It is hard for us to make definite plans to fit conditions that will be in force six months from now but there has not been a suggestion from any club owner that he did not intend to operate. Judged strictly from a financial standpoint the league faces the coming season with greater solidarity than was the case a year "Draff Set for Tuesday tsosion aggregation by 5 to 1. If )v i) i I '-'jw-- -1 fy .) i I OROdfUyJ EAGLE SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 1943 Sports Real Estate Trend Oldt Timers Theaters Classified Ads WANTS CHANGE OF SCENERY Ernie Boston Braves catcher and a firm holdout, wants to be traded. Before going to the Braves, Lombardi played with tht Dodgers and Cincinnati Reds.

SAME OLD WHIT Whitlow Wyatt, Brooklyn's ace, proved that an early training start does him a world of good when he pitched three perfect innings against the Boston Red Sox at Ebbets Field yesterday. He was the winning pitcher as the Dodgers scored a 5-to-l victory. Three Ohio State Divers Qualify Dempsey, Batterman, Strong Win Places in Three-Meter Final Ohio State, driving toward a grand slam in National aquatic honors, qualified three men for the finals of the three-meter fancy dive yesterday as the final day's program of the National A. A. U.

swimming championships got under Rucker Returns To Giants' Fold Back Still Hurts Gardener, Though -J. C. Walloped in Camp Test, 17-7 Special to the Brooklyn Eagle Lakewood, N. April 3 Johnny Rucker, who was bally-hooed as a second Ty Cobb when Bill Terry bought him as a rookie in 1940, returned to the big leagues today when he reported at camp here as a strong candidate for an outfield berth under Mel Ott. Rucker, whose hitting average for his ANANICZ HELPS BEARS STOP YANKS Ex-St.

John's Pitcher Stars as Farmhands Triumph, 3-2, on Grimes' Error in Eighth Special to the Brooklyn Eagle Plainfield, N. April 3 An error by Oscar Grimes enabled the Newark Bears to defeat the New York Yankees here this afternoon, 3 to 2. After the Yankees had tied the score in the first half of the eighth inning, the Bears came through with the winning two yetars with Terry was .300. waa 3 That three Brooklyn pitchers are as far advanced as they are. The wiry John Whitlow Wyatt, stocky Kirby HIgoe and that left-handed cutie, Max Macon, combined to hold the Sox to two hits, both of which were registered against mlddled-man Higbe, Pitchers Wild at Times The thoroughly air-conditioned contest lasted as long as one hour and 43 minutes only because assorted pitchers were wild at times.

Batters" were quite willing to hit the first ball, whenever possible. In fact, their haste was most unseemly as, for instance, in the ninth inning when Dixie Walker dived for a low- line drive to right field hit by Bobby Doerr. It was ruled a catch and umpires have been mobbed for less but you couldn't catch the Red Sox doing anything that might delay-that hot shower. Not on a day like yesterday. The Dodgers pulled out from in front of that fireplace in that Bear Mountain Inn yesterday morning and the further south they traveled the colder it got but, off-hand, they did look much further advanced than the Red Sox in point of condition.

Three of them Skipper Lee Durocher, himself, Billy Herman and Augie Galan lasted the entire nine innings. Wyatt was the most impressive man on the field. Baldish John Whitlow retired nine men In order in his three innings. Higbe kept the string alive until 13 Boston players had failed to reach first. Then with one out in the fifth, Tom McBride dunked a Texas League double into short right.

Paul Waner's throw to Durocher resulted In a close play at second and led to the Lip's first 1943 rhubarb with an umpire, the gentleman in blue being named Weafer. Higbe was a trifle wild after that and subsequently the venerable Al Simmons singled in the lone Boston run. Lip Very Much on Scene One other Boston inning deserves mention. That was the seventh. Macon was wild and Skipper-Short-Continued on Page 26 OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT Red Sox DodKers rtbrhoa RbrhOft 3 0 0 3 Coor.es cf 3 11,20 Fox.rf 2 0 0 0 0 Olmo cf 0 00 0 0 Laor.

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Htgbe iLupient. Umpires Meehan and Weafer. Charley Aickley May Be Another Rab Maranville Ice Cup Playoffs Set for Wednesday, Thursday in Boston Detroit. April 3 (U P) Managers of the Detroit Red Wings and Boston Bruins hockey teams today agreed to play the third and fourth games of the Stanley Cup playoff finals at Boston Wednesday and Thursday nights. The teams then will return here April 11 for the fifth game.

The compromise was reached between Managers Jack Adams of Detroit and Art Ross of Boston after Ross insisted that the original dates. Tuesday and Thursday, be changed to Thursday and Sunday to give his team additional rest after the second game here Sunday. Announcement of the settlement was made by President Marvin Continued on Page 26 way at the New York A. The Buckeyes got off to a flyinj start Friday who nthey scored 24 points, nine better than runnerup Michigan. Frank DeYnpsey, who won the one-meter dive last night; Charles Batterman and Jim Strong were among the seven qualifiers for tonight's diving final.

The others are George Athans, Seattle; Alex Canja, Michigan; Ralph Buratti, Rutgers, and Bernard Kelly, Athol, Mass. Buckeyes Qualify Three Others The Buckeyes also qualified three men fo rthe semi-finals 100-yard freestyle Bill Smith, Jack Hill and Jack Martin. Then men qualified in all, ten others being Ed Hall, Massachusetts State; ack Patten, Mer-ton Churc hand Charles Fries, all of Michigan; Brace MacFadden and Alan Ford, both of Yale, and Chief Specialist Edward Hueber of the Norfolk Naval Training Station. The fastest time was turned in by Ford in winning the fourt hheat 53.2 seconds. Ohio State alos led in the number of qualifiers for the 150-yard backstroke, placing two men, Mark Fol-lansbee and Tom Hedges.

They will meet Charles Gillett, Yale; Harry Holiday, Michigan, and Adolph Kiefer of the Ncrfolk Naval Training Station in the finals. Ohio State also qualified three in. the 440-yard freestyle event, namely, Keo Nakama, defender; Bill Smith, outdoor ruler, and Ryan. The others who gained pclaes in the final aret Rogers, N.Y.A.C., and Kerchner, Mercersburg. In adidtion Ohio State's A team and similar unts from Michigan and Yale earned the right to compete in the 300 medley relay final, alone; with Rutgers and Princeton.

Cleveland Scores Over Lincoln Nine by 6 to 2 Grover Cleveland, defending Queens P. S. A. L. champion, playing for the first time under its new coach.

Marcy Hessel, who has replaced Bill Denzer, now in the Navy, notched Its first victory in non-league starts, defeating Abraham Lincoln, defending city titlist yesterday, 62, at the Lincoln Stadium. It was the Honest Abes opener. In the other game of the day. New Utrecht with Marty Abrams, Joe Ploschck and George Pappa sharing the pitching job. conquered St.

John's Prep, defending Brooklyn C. H. S. A. A.

titlist, 7 3, on the Redmen's diamond. Lincoln Blows Lead Lincoln scored in the first and second innings to hold a 21 lead until the fourth Inning when Cleveland exjjloded with five tallies. The Queens team chalked up its tiev runs on three walks, two errors and two singles. George Muller and Tony Cococoro shared the pitching job for Cleveland, holding Lincoln to three hits. It nas the first game for Simon Boardinan, the new Lincoln coach.

Cleveland, playing its second game in two days, lost to Tilden. 1 0. on Friday. Vito Romeo was the outstanding hurler lor the Emancipators, holding Cleveland to two hits in three innings. Stanley Paroly, Lincoln football captain-elect, came in to put out the fire after Joe Cariuccio lost his control to force in to runs in Cleveland's big fourth inning.

Jim McNulty was the leading hitter for Coach. Marcy Hesscl's lads, cominc thrbueh two singles in three trips to the plate. Joe Orlando, Phil Manteo and Don Marano got the three Lincoln hits, Enter A. A. U.

Mat Meet Michigan State College yctserd.iy entered efgth men in the National A.A.TJ. wrestling championships at the West Side MCA. April 9 and 10. Wallingford, April 3 Manager Casey Stengel of the Boston Braves figures that he may have another Rabbit Maranville In 17-year-old Charley Aickley. The apple-cheeked youngster, whose face hardly knows the razor feel, has been stealing the show in camp here by his nifty fielding around shortstop and the potent manner in which he has been wielding his bat.

He stands 5-feet-5, Maran-ville's exact stature. The Mercervilie. N. lad. picked up by Scout Jeff Jones and tentatively relegated to the Hartford club list in the Eastern League, hit the ball so far and so harshly to left center in the premier batting practice outdoors that Casey began taking plenty of notice.

Charley, jou hit that ball well," remarked Stengel. "Now, what position do you like to play, Charley?" When Aickley answered that he'd been a shortstop in junior Legion competition. Stengel volunteered that he would play the lad "I thought he did not look natural at second base," said Stengel. He's i T'11 1 1.1.. A conference of the league's executive committee Monday precedes the regular sessions.

The opening meeting Tuesday will feature the annual "draft" of college players, postponed from last December. Wednesday's session will be devoted to formal reports and consideration of rules' changes, while adoption of the schedule is the princinal matter to be considered at Thursday's closing confab. The "draft the pro owners will conduct will be the strangest in history. The clubs each will select 20 players mostly big name stars from the nation's major collegiate teams with the advance knowledge that few of the gridders taken will be available for professional use next Fall. Military calls already have sounded for mast of them.

"We realize not many of the 200 players the league teams select will be able to play," Layden said, "but it is essential that we go through with the draft to establish club rights." Lions Get First Choice There is considerable speculation concerning the No. 1 player in the "draft." The first choice is believed to rest between Frankic Sinkwich, the brilliant University of Georgia halfback, and Glenn Dobbs. the passing wizard who led Tulsa through its regular schedule unbeaten. Neither will be able to report, however. The Detroit Lions, who finished in the National League cellar, get fir-H choice In the draft.

The remaining order of selection Ls Philadelphia, the Chicago Cardinals. Brooklyn. Cleveland, New York, Pittsburgh, Green Bay. the Chicago Bears and Washington. Layden is empowered to draw up the schedule, w-ith club owners then voting on its adoption.

The playing program as currently mapped follows the same pattern as last season's with each club playing 11 games. The clubs would meet every other team in their own division, with three contests on a East-West rivalry basis. The chart lias been drawn with an eye toward saving travel, however, and Layden said the 1943 schedule will save 177,780 man-miles of travel when compared with last season's card. Additional man-mileage can be saved as a reduction in the si7 of squads from the current 33 to 25 is to be considered. The major rules change to be voted upon is a proposal to adopt the free substitution now in the i college code.

Beazley Exhibited Billy Evans tells this one about Johnny Beazley in final game of 1942 World Series. When Johnny got into a hole. Manager Billy Southworth trotted out to mound. "How do you leel. Southworth a.sked.

"Okay, skipper; what's the matter with you? Now you just go on back there and fit down and I'll get out of this all right." said Bcaziey. Albany Signs Two Albany. April 3 fU.R) The Albany-Senators of the Eastern League announced today receipt of a contract signed by Virgil i Hooks) Brown, veteran southpaw pitcher. Pre viously it was announced Shortstop Bernie Snyder had signed. BYND ICE TROPHY VOTED MAX BENTLEY Montreal.

April 3 UP The annual Bynd Trophy for sportsmanship and playing ability lias heen awarded to Max Bentley of the Chicago Black Hawks, National Hockey League headquarters announced today. Bentley, who served only one minor penalty, scored 26 goals and was credited with 44 assists for the season. Syl Apps of the Toronto Maple Leaf won the trophy last year in balloting conducted by hockey writer in the six N. II. L.

cities. Buddy O'Connor of the Mont real Canadiens. was runner-up in the nith Billy Taylor of the Toronto Maple Leafs third. banished to the Jersey City farm by Ott lfet Spring. He hit .285 in (hat pitchers' paradise, while almist entirely eliminating his fielding fault going back for a fly and coming for a grounder.

He also learned for teh first time the gnack of staalinj bases and pilfered 26. The sixed boy, probably th fastest runner i nthe majors this year will work under a handicap, however. His back ailment caused by fused vertebrae which mad him non-acceptable when he tried to enlist, still brings on a neck stiffness and headaches. He said that the doctors told him an operation would be necessary to relieve the condition, but Rucker does not care to go under the knife until the reason is over." Adams Also Arrives Ott's outfield now has Mel himself in right. Buster Maynard in center and Babe Barna in left.

Rucker will rank ahead of rookies Vic Bradford and Howard Moss as a candidate to oust Maynard or Barna. Ace Adams, record-holding relief pitcher, also arrived today and the Giant squad is complete except for Mike Schemer, a first baseman from the Class Jacksonville club, but lie Ls regarded more as a Jersey City prospect than a likely Giant. Adams had to get his Georgia farm in order before leaving, Ott's players have completed their training work, although they will not break camp until Friday, and exhibitions will be the rule almost daily from now on. Only Hitters Handicapped Training in the north has been far superior to southern grounds in one respect absence from injuries. There has not been a sore foot in this camp, while almost every player would have been hobbled from tune to tune in the South.

The Northern climate proved I to the pitchers, for they nln alln mr0w fVf cola rather and they are regarded by OU as bein? a. far advanced a they would have been in Florida. Only the hitters, in Mel's sum-up of (he camp period, have been handicapped. Tin- batters simply cannot practice in cold weather and their wcaknrss at the (niilinurd on Page 28 District also racked up five wins without a defeat. Jerry Hirsh, Lincoln coptain.

whose triumph gave Lincoln its second straight i city crown, readied the semi-finals latter much trouble with three wins and two losses. Hirsh was a little olf form but lie is a strona favorite a Ion a with Abbate. Riel. Henry Gorlm of Seward and Ewenbers, who finished second lo Abbate in form. Bobby Kaplan, formerly ot Lincoln now fencing for N.

Y. won the crown last year The other qualifiers were Murray Flatow. scward: Freriric Levy, Erasmus; Demeter Demetrius, Utrecht; TYnneois Kramer, Eastern; Steve Rosoi'skv, Utrecht; Phil PerlintKter. Eastern Hal Cohen, Erasmus: All oi-f S.uyvcitM: Eusene Omelanuk. B.uside.

and Georse Kaufman of New Utrecht, The finals will be held Friday evening. marker in their half. Ray Viers opend against Atley Donald by beating out a bunt along the first-base line. Joe Dwyer sacrificed. Al Clark popped out and then Gene Corbitt rolled one down the first-base line to Grimes.

Grimes booted the ball around a bit ail dthen threw home. His throw pulled Aaron Robinson away fro mthe plate and Viers scored all the way from second. Ananicz Gives Only 3 Hits Tom Ananicz, former St. John's University star, pitched that first live innins.s for the Bears and held the Yankees to one run and three hits. Going into the eighth, one run behind, the Yankees tied the score on a double by Grimes, Donald's infield out, which moved Grimes to third, and a long fly by Stlrnweiss.

Bill Johnson, Yankee infielder who batted sixth, had numerous opportunities to put his team on top, but failed dismally with men on bases in each of liLs four appearances at bat. Johnny Lindell. ex-pitcher, who was used In left field by Manager Joe McCarthy, made three of his team's four blows. Vankees 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 02 4 2 Newark 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 -3 7 2 Batteries Chandler. Byrne 4i.

Donald 7t and Ananicz, Davis t5) and Garbark. Joe Maley, Ex-Yankee, Union Business Agent Jop M.iley. who tilted the scales at 175 pounds when he had a trial with the New York Yankees back in 1925, now weighs 250 pounds. He is a business agent for the Iron Workers' Union in Chicago. Joe was with Richmond.

Buffalo. Atlanta. Toronto St. Paul. Albany, N.

Jersey City, Springfield. nansas City and Pueblo before retiring back in 1934. Medwick Has No. 7 Again Outfielder Joe Medwick of the Dodgers has changed his uniform number back to "7," Lombardi a Asks to Be By United Press Oakland, April 3 Catcher Enrie Lombardi of the Boston Braves, last year's National League batting champion, revealed today that he is a holdout and wants to be traded to another club. The Braves had previously stated that Lombardi "might retire" this year because of the critical illness ot his father which would keep him at his Job in a local iron works plant.

Since his father's health has Improved, Lombardi said that no longer was an issue as far as his baseball career is concerned. Lombardi said he believed he was worth more money than the Braves offered him. "I asked the Braves to trade me to another club." he disclosed, "but I haven't had an answer as yet." Lombardi. traded to the Braves last March by the Cincinnati Reds, set the senior league batting pare during 1942 with an average of .330. cot a line arm, i piny mux aruuuu Di ka at short for a while, see how ot New Al Simmons With Montreal Club There'll be another Al Simmons in the game this season, with Al Si-mononis.

outfielder of the Montreal International League club, adopting the shorter monicker. With Mobile last season, he now is working out with the Brooklyn Dodgers at Bear Mountain, N. Y. The original Al Simmons, wwho became quite a hitter after streamlining his name from Szymanski, is attempting a comeback this year with the Boston Red Sox. 1 UTRECHT QUALIFIES FOUR IN SCHOOL FENCING EVENT goes and then keep my eye on him i at Hartford." Somebody then said something aWrmt 4ieklev rssihlv (ievelnnine into a second Maranville or Done Bush, and Stengel's remark was that the driving power the little lad showed was all rigfht and I added: "You never can Holdout Traded Wallingford, Conn Struck by a grounder which took an erratic hop, first baseman Kirby Parrel, former Erie manager, suffered a deep gash over his right eye at the Boston Braves' workout today.

He Joined veteran infielder Tony Cuccinello in the sick bay. Cuccinello has a bad rase of laryngitis. Hershey, Pa. Manager Bucky Harris today named Si Johnson. Johnny Podgajny and Charlie Fuchs to pitch for the Phils when they oX'n a five-game city championship scries with the Athletics at Wilmington Sunday.

Harris said his batting order would be Murtaugh, 2b; Naylor, cf: Northey, rf; Lltwhiler. If; Dahl-gren lb; May, 3b; Del Savlo, ss; Livingston, c. and Johnson, p. Del Savio had not appeared as the squad left for Wilmington, but was I expected to Join the team there. I tip's VI New Utrecht High, runner-up to Abraham Lincoln for the city schoolboy team fencing crown, qualified the most foilsmen four in the preliminary round of the P.

S. A. L. individual championships on the Washington Irving strips vestcrday. Lincoln.

Bayside and Eastern District qualified three each for the semi-final round Tuesday evening at Washington Irving, while Erasmus Hall and Seward Park placed two each. Stuyvesant. last year's Division 1 champion, qualified one. Mario Abbate. New Utrecht captain who captured the William P.

Strobel form championship a few-days ago, breezed through his five bouts in fine style, allowing only nine touches. Tom Gel.lert and Gregory Riel. Bayside captain, came through imdcleated, as did two of Lincoln's aces. Stanley Gnluskin and Sid Eisenberg Gilbert Wortsmann of Eastern SEEKS FREESTYLE DOUBLE Bill Smith of Ohio State, who won the 220-yard freestyle swim Friday night in the National championships ot the New York A. was out for a double last night in the 100-yard freestyle.

Srmth quoUfied easily yesterday ofternoon..