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TOMMY HOLMES 'Robinson Believes Dethrone at Garden Fox 3-1 to Lesnevich BORO CAGERS DON'T KNOW HOW TO QUIT Tie Yanks Take Off For Soufh America Kickey Is bincere On Dodger Tryout St. John's U. Rallies To Top Indiana State City Defeats B. C. $85,000 Gate at Title Go Tonight Ry BEN T.OILD Because of the fact he pos Dispels Rumors About Weak Arm And Being Dusted Off Repeatedly By GEORGE COLEMAN Cagers who fall down get up much quicker than those Br HAROLD C.

BIRR 'stall Correspondent of the Eagle Havana. Cuba, Feb. 28 The Lip has said that he will wo lie down. That is. players jcross the Jackie Robinson bridge when he comes to it.

The such as the Brooklyn Redmen bridge may be as fateful as the one about which Thornton and Kingsmen who, according sesses the most imposing knockout record in Blackjack Billy Fox. a 21-year-old Philadelphia Negro, Is a 3 to 1 favorite to dethrone the wilder wrote In his "Bridge of San Luis Rev." Not only does.to many, had every reason to throw it hold the destiny of the Dodgers but the whole future of in the sponge before 16.953 fan it Hit Tnpvirh tnnfpht Jackie' race In baseball. The col-" Garden last night. But the Madison Square Garden in their Brooklynites refused to quit, the SUlS-round bout for the light heavy- ored boy Isn't in the least afraid to I come to grips with his (ate. "It's; I John's Indian winning out over weight championship of the world.

up to me to have a good spring" Indiana State. 6258, and the: In America's first 175-pound title Brooklyn College Kingsmen bowing Joust in six years, a youth who has to City College, 65 49. jchilled 43 opponents In 43 boutsiwill said Jackie yesterday in his room at a ramshackle old Spanish hotel on a narrow side street In town. Indiana a Sycamores were rug jed. be pitted against titleholder who Mr.

Rickey, I feel, la sincere In i i i big. fast and long-legged. They ran in his last Garden start was knocked like frightened deer, fought like lout by Lee Oma in the fourth round saving that I will get my chance. My Montreal contract ws a little bulls and Jumped like of a non-title bout. Anything but disappointing, otherwise don't During the opening dozen minutes foxy.

Fox will depend almost en ieei oaaiy inai i sua inn me the DeGrav Tribe feathers were; tire ly upon powerful blows to topple Royals. I realized that It's going to a foe whose brows and cheeks have scattered all over the court. The a tendency to puff up and cut easily Westerners ran through the Red-men's defense a if they were super lake a lot of ball playing to break into the Dodger lineup for me or fellowa like Marvin Rackley or Tom Despite the long betting price, a throng of 16.000 spectators will con men. They boxed up Big Harry Tat urn. Brooklyn has a grand ball club." Boykoff as if he were a prize-winning seven-layer rake from tribute to an $85,000 gate to see whether this newcomer, who resembles Joe Louis in appearance Schrafft's.

For nine minute of the Initial 12 the Redmen didn't score and stance, is in truth another Louis or Just a fighter who has built up The room was In semi-gloom with its ltice door closed. Jackie' white teeth flashed In a good natured grin, "I've still got to show the folk that I wasn't just a flash In the pan my first year In organized ball." he continued "but there's one wrong Im a basket. They were losing 2210. For an ordinary club it was time an awesome reputation against little-known opponent. The dead-panned Fox is a slow to quit.

Even Coach Joe Lapchick had a license to lie down. His team had I starter. He makes an easy target, SEEKS RING TITLE Billy Fox is a strong favorite to lift the light heavyweight boxing 'title from champion Gus Lesnevich at the Garden tonight. Fox carries an impressive record of 45 knockouts into the ring while Lesnevich will rely on his superior experience. pression I want to correct.

I havent got a weak throwing arm. It was weak when Mr. Sukeforth scouted netted three doubles and had knows little about the defensive art grabbed about twice as many re-! of boxing. At times, head blows will bounds as the Sycamores employed make him flounder. But he is a me on the Kansas City Monarchs.

I'd Just hurt mv shoulder sl.ding." a collapsing defense. Lapchick terrific body-puncher who can In- 1 tried to bring the visitors out of it lict heap of punishment if he Is with some -shooting. jnot "taken out early." Unless Les- He tried Ed Redding. Jack Dal-nevich can knock out his foe within JT1 w'. I -JliSgj Another story that had wiacspread circulation was that Robinson had a rough time of it at Montreal from En route to Caracas.

Feb. 28. THE UNHAPPY YANK And so we say farewell to beautiful Puerto Rico, as the travelogues have it and they can keep it and are winging our way across the Spanish Main toward the South American phase of Larry MacPhail's Cook's tour. And so, let's look back a bit I wouldn't know who in the Yankee party had the most enjoyable time in the last port of call. But I do know that the unhappiest man in the crowd was Joe DiMaggio.

The once redoubtable Yankee Clipper was a rather pathetic figure on the island. In his imperturbable way. Joe was a great sport. He was along for the ride not in line with his own pursuit of happiness but because the ball club knew that the enthusiastic Puerto Ricans wanted to see him. in or out of uniform.

There was nothing he could do but sit around, for his heel operation has not healed and for weeks will not heal sufficiently to enable him to work out seriously. HE CANT GET A BREAK But even in his leisure moments DiMaggio had little luck. For example, there was that afternoon when he expressed a desire to go fishing and was overheard by a Don Q. one of those indefatigable disciples of good will who were on hand to gratify every wish. Immediately, the Don Q's galvanized into action.

Six of them leaped for six different telephones and the babel of tongues began. Presently, DiMaggio, Stirnweiss and Keller were rushed out of the lobby and into a station wagon which shot out of the hotel driveway at 70 miles an hour. They were driven to a pier and hustled aboard a boat which proceeded to sail some 10 or 15 miles out into the ocean. The boys rolled up their sleeves and prepared to go to work. And then they discovered that there were no lines, tackle or bait aboard.

"Down here, I guess," said DiMaggio with his customary dryness, "fish are supposed to Jump into the boat." It does seem a Puerto Rican characteristic to field every hop right but the last one. CALAMITY A thought in passing is that what amounts to a national calamity struck the island while the Yankees were there. The outer part of the dance floor at the Escambron the night club adjacent to the Yankee headquartersjust decided to fall into the ocean one afternoon. Charley Berry, the American umpire; happened to be there. He was standing there enjoying the view and minding his own business when the floor went under his feet and he dropped six feet into two feet of water.

Now, Berry is too big for a man, although too small for a horse, and naturally took some kidding about it. His weight, according to the growing Yankee legend, caused the collapse. In all probability, it was a mild earthquake. Puerto Rico is earthquake country. The "Brownson Deep," 100 miles off the coast, is the greatest known depth in the Atlantic Ocean some 27,000 feet.

The island itself is the top of a mountain range, originally volcanic, which rises from the floor of the ocean. But all this is digression. If Puerto Ricans overheard the things, the Yankees said to Berry and took those things seriously, they would regard Charley as a saboteur of the worst description. I was in the Escambron the evening after the dance floor quit. Couples would come in r'aring to go, look at the floor and Just stand there.

The expression on their -faces is comparable only to the expression on the face of our people looking for the last time at the face of a departed, beloved friend. Dancing is one of the things people on the island live for. And the way they do dance makes it a thing worth living for. SOMETHING NEW Another thing I'd like to get on the record is my first visit to the cock fights. We drove over into the interior for that.

Cock-fighting is legal nn the island and the betting is open. On this particular afternoon the betting also was terrific. I saw five $1,000 bills paid off after a fight that lasted some 10 seconds. I think I was lucky on one count. One of the fights this day was a terrific thing.

I can't be sure because when the white players on the other In ternational League teams. 'That isn't true either," he made Instant denial. "Why I wasn't knocked down a much as some of the other good Durocher Says: Won't Look at Robbie Until We Play Royals hitters in the league. Naturally the pitchers don't want you taking any toe holds and they like to drive you back. I remember only one player coming Into me hard at second base but that was to break up a double play.

I expected dusters and spikes, the first six rounds, the chances are that Gus will be on the receiving end of such a body and facial beating that he will not be able to go the distance and thus will be open to a haymaker. On the other hand, the veteran Lesnevich Is certain that his experience will enable him to hold off the challenger. Gus, a clever boxer, is capable of putting over a hefty wallop and he'U undoubtedly be on the lookout for such an opening, especially in the early stages of the. event. Aside from the abilities of the pair, the betting mob is favoring Fox because of persistent reports that the champion has been guaranteed the sum of $50,000 for going in the ring with Fox: These stories have been stoutly denied by Joe ton.

Frank Frascclla and even sure-shot Len Doctor. But they couldn't hit. Finally Larry Jacobson was given a chance and he connected with a few, then Little Dan Buckley hit three pops in four shots. The Westerners came out of their defense and the Redmen started to catch up with the Sycamores. Eighteen St.

John's markers to Indiana's 10 for a respectable 3228 count at the halftlme. Between halves Lapchick handed his lads the stiff est talk they've ever heard plus a little Information on how to break up the visitors' favorite under-the-basket play. Within three minutes of the late period the DeGray Tribe had talliPd 12 points against Indiana's 1, for a 40 33 Redmen advantage. Close Finish tt-vVn they have- always been part of baseball." Has Come Long Way Jackie's quarters are on a balcony on the second floor of an inner court. From below came the sounds and smells of dinner cooking so It i Vella.

manaeer of the titlpholder Alter trailing ny me west- and Palermo, who was time to go. The visitor left with the impression that this big, confident, dusky athlete had come a long ay from the rookie a ho was on the spot at Daytona Beach a year ago. For one thing he was Just out of the Anny then and had to look at erners nuuea 10 wunm a oasKei oi handles the challenger, but they the Brooklynites but that was in persist nevertheless. iiii-Mim iiiinuir ami uie A COuple or promising young chick outfit had the edge and the heavyweights are listed in the elght- Kol! i won. Tiiuna euu-iinai.

aernie Kpvnons The Kingsmen were worse off than the Redmen. The Flatbush- of Fairfield, and Jackie Cranford, Washington slugger, have shown to advantage here in the past PAL OF MUSIAL'S Thot's Walter Sessi of Dodgers who played with Stan in the minors. and it looks like an interesting too many curve balls. "I don't know what Mr. Rickey's plans are for me" he confessed at parting.

"I was a second baseman all last year, but Mr. Clay Hopper, our manager, has had me working out at third base a couple of times since I reported Tuesday. IH go to first if they want me to play it. I'll try anything." The Dodgers play their first exhibition game at Grand Stadium to scrap. A six-rounder finds Andy Peppe, New-York light-heavyweight, mixing ites were the underdogs before they started.

But they fought, and they kept falling further and further behind the Beavers until the spread was 16 points with two minutes remaining In the early half which ended, 3Z 18. The second period promised to be a worse session for the Kings-men. But they fought the Cltymen it with Jimmy White while the GARDEN CAGE SCORING pride of Bay Ridge, blond Jimmy a rr Evans, faces Stanley Goloz, Yonkers Havana, Cuba, Feb. 28 So many people are asking me to take a ride out in the country these days you'd think I was an invalid and my health needed building up. Of course, I'm wise to what they want.

Montreal, you see, Is training In a military academy a dozen miles outside of town and the writers and photographers are anxious to have me look at Jackie Robinson and express an opinion of his ability. I'm on record about Robinson. I've seen him play. I think, he's a whale of a ball player and I think he has a great chance to make our ball club but I will not learn any more (ban I now know about Robbie by seeing him in practice workouts. As a matter of fact I have decided I will not look at Robinson again until we start playing the Montreal Club in Panama.

Mr. Rickey has arranged a dozen games between Montreal and Brooklyn this Spring, climaxing with two games in Ebbets Field, and if Robinson has the -ability I think he has, he will have every chance to show it. Right now I am more interested In getting our own club shaped up. I have a hard job on my hands getting down to a workable size club without adding names like Robinson and Eddie Chandler. We intend to tear Into the Braves tonight and get these kids of ours in the habit of winning right from the start.

This is no Spring-training waltz by any means. This is a struggle for survival and you are going to be surprised at the number of men who played regularly for us last year who are likely to bounce down to Montreal or Fort Worth with the quantity and quality of material we have shoving up from underneath. In our farm system that Is inevitable I would say that one catcher, two inflclders, two outfielders and at least two pitchers are in danger of losing their jobs. That isn't discouraging, for they can bounce back again just as fast. We will shuffle the deck just as soon as we find we're not winning, but frankly, I'm not looking forward to any shuffling.

I want the first hand to be the winning one. I think we made one mistake at least last year in not retaining one pitcher we sent to Fort Worth. He shall be nameless just now but I think he will certainly be a Dodger this season. Right now, however, the boys are ready to start scrambling for jobs. As they scramble, Ray Blades, Jake Pitler, Clyda Sukeforth and I will make up our minds.

Let's hope we're right. night with the Boston Braves, the A 0 2 1 4 heavyweight, In another six-spot, first of a three-game series. Brook' 13 In fours, Ross Strickland and ST. JOHN'S Redding Doctor Buck Iff Dftiion Frascfllft Boykoif -Olriham lyn hasn't seen the Braves since to a standstill, matching basket for 1 12 Oscar Ooode, two more heavy that fatal September Sunday after 2 basket, until me nnai minute wnen weights, collide while Mike Bel noon last Fall when Mort Cooper 0 t.hp Rpavrrs added an extra double shut 'em out, 4 to 0, and threw the McCnUre 4 9 UyCIlB II1C BilUW UgHMlOb UOI1I1 naiiuuai uraguc late lints a 'Jacobson lock that was broken in the play-off Pressman 0 2 to me n-poiiii mm Km nicy uau Holloway. 1 13 started the late stanza.

i Up at Rok? Hill the Fordham! 62 Rams dl'so didn't have a chance, T.anlKn T. for the title by the Cardinals. Totals ,78 24 22 14 19 Manager Leo Durocher intends to. p'against New York Violets, who were; I use Hal Kirby Higbe, Vic Indiana st i going to use the Hillers as a step- -24 9 7 a Puerto Rican and I BOt into a Conversation It Usually vin raura on uieiMoDoniM Dimich I 11141 HUU ttlll BLKll UUt ICKMittr lillCU sounded as though both of us were using broken Japanese. Han stone back into the tourna- picture.

But the final count Fordham 65, New York U. 61. a ilThe Rams have taken over the I with the exception of Pete RzepzeWKki nnyer still nursing nis throwing ann. Butch Woyt will replace Pete in Powers Lath 2 tourney sopt once held by Howard Held. Jaaodzlnftkl 2 Brady Totala Rrferee John 91 23 19 14 17 3 S8 Nucatoia and Sidney But I did get an impression that, to the natives, this particular fight was a fine-feathered replica of the Zale-Oraziano brawl.

One bird took a terrific beating and kept right on taking It. But the other cock couldn't seem to finish the Job. (I found out later that -he had broken both spurs.) Meanwhile, the bird that was being belted all over the pit never looked like a winner. And then, just within the 40-mlnute time limit, the apparently beaten cock, with one desperate stroke, pierced the previously undamaged bird through the brain with his spur. Boro Cage Stars Against Gothams They're called the Trenton Tigers but to the professional basketball fans who will see them tangle with the Brooklyn Gothams tonight at the Broadway Arena, they're really Just home-bred, Brooklyn-sharpened players.

Were referring to the stars of the Invading team that will battle the Gothams this evening Chili Edelstein, Al Schneider and Luke Sapan. They're the stars of the Trenton club, but they spent most of their careers playing right here iln the borough and cavorting on the Broadway Arena court Is Just a five-cent expedition for them. Borgia. CITY Gallbrr Jansen Reports To Giants Today Lindell Gets Nod flfTrpr Cann's club. That game also was another uphill battle.

The Rams went off to a 101 lead but the Violets fought and evened the numbers at 25-all, with five minutes still remaining in the initial half during which time the Cannmen built up a 3430 intermission lead. Then it was a battle royal for every basket until the Rams finally won out In the closing minutes of 2 111 rlnfMone Trubowiti Dambrot Bfnon A 1 5 1 10 2 10 0 9 1 4 2 0 4 2 4 0 0 0 rarbman 8 -15 -14 8 -12 -10 3 5 4 -12 5 1 Special to the Brooklyn Eagle Phoenix, Feb. 28 Larry Sria.piro Sohmonea Jame.son Pinner game. Bnekman Malamtd 0 0 EIUT BCCI II TC Totals 1 nwiii nLjwbu 92 30 10 21 Jansen, southpaw pitcher purchased by the Giants from San Ftancisco last year but who insists upon being a holdout, has let the bars down a little. He informed Manager Mel Ott that he was coming here to talk about more money for himself today.

If Jansen is as good as his Pacific Coast League record of 31 wins and But that's as far as their allegiance PSAL, CHSAA Pilots Match Track Strategy EXCITEMENT The excitement in the pit was something out of this world. Puerto Ricans hugged and kissed each other. They tossed each other In the air. Now, I don't think that I'd care much for cock-fighting as a diet but I must admit that this was my biggest thrill in Puerto JRico. Except perhaps for the moment that an airline stewardess called Bunny something said that she thought I looked like Herbert Marshall.

The Tigers are rr pp A Plniitpolnted Carl McFadden. 157. Banaor.jtO Brooklyn goes, BROOKLYN Kleiner Rnthffld 1 4 2 0 4IMe. (101. 1 41 POOTt Itin Mm nu Initr.ci 1 At Gottlieb 0 Mm oiiinointed Al Couture.

145. 0 0 geared to rip the Gothams apart, just as they did in two of their last three and the Gothams for their part are sharpening up for the forthcoming playoffs. Edel- Lewlslon, Me. uoi. There will be plenty of master six defeats, there is little doubt that MANSFIELD.

Ohio Suramy Anaott, 146. 9 -16 -14 8 -13 9 3 3 1 3 0 7 0 2 1 12 Washington Pa stopped Jackie McPar- minding going on in the Garden the matter of money can't be 8igelaub Rosenberg Levy tlrchenko Stlfen Bir Roney pand, ISO. Canton. Ohio (2i. 1 1 stein, Schneider and Sapan arc straightened out once he gets here, tomorrow afternoon.

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Mich Willie Barrow, 200. Detroit, outpointed Dan Merrltt, 212, Cleve 0 3 3 2 0 2 Ott would like to have Jansen. get down to work as soon as possible in land 110) Coie JACKSON. Mien Roscoe Tnlen. 152 De- It-nlt.

ilooDed Nate Bolden. 190. Chicago order to determine how much can be expected of the lefthander this Totalj 83 17 25 15 9 3 49 St. 250 Flock Farmhands Ready for Fla. D-Day season.

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coaches will emulate chess masters in the brainstorm session for medals in the ihree lnterscholastlc features for the combined groups in the I. C. 4A's trials for their night carnival. In addition, the two school organizations will have their own and one-mile relay races with the heats In the afternoon and the Lefty OUoul, Seal manager, says McGrath and Jack Greeley of Bishop Loughlln, and Jack Holt of Christopher Columbus, C. H.

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P. S. tltllst, should provide the most menacing opposition for the two topnotchers. There Is sure to be plenty of drama packed Into the half-mile run with Pat O'Brien, Loughlln, runner-up to Carl Joyce of Boston in the national 1,000 last week, battling such luminaries as his teammate, Marty Mealey. Leon Busiello.

a "sleeper" from Fort Hamilton; Clyde Baker, Flushing; Otis Thompson, Brooklyn Automotive, and Billy Christenson, Boys High. Jansen should stick in the big show Sessi Bush-League And. so does Warneke. an iim- of the new school of college products. All starred at Long Island U.

and helped Clair Bee forge some of his best records. They are not, however, the only college stars with the Tigers. Also present and accounted for are Dave (Red) Paris of City College and Ben Goldfadden of George Washington once-famous quintet. The preliminary contest pits the Brooklyn Colored Giants with the Laurels. The Giants are seeking to emulate the Gothams as a championship club and hope some day to be crowned Negro kingpins.

Ladles will be admitted free, if ac day the Cambridge base will opcn.pire on tne coast. But ott reminds Cambridge will accommodate 1d0 an those folks who give out with By PAUL GOULD General Branch Rickey, whose assault forces landed in Cuba last week, will send his second wave over the top tomorrow. Sidekick of Musia youtns but, in contrast to tne otner mUch hoopla about coast league camps, will include free agents only! pitching prospects of the two lemons those In the Dodgers' little red; he cot stuck with in successive sea finals at night. There will be plenty of deep thinking even in those events on the part of the mentors to outmaneuver each other. book who are worthy of inspection' cons.

pjrst it was Rav Harrell. then and appraisal. I Bob Joyce. The individual features will in Special to the Brooklyn Eagle near where I live. I played Havana, Cuba, Feb.

28 The hi8h school basketball against him. Dodgers are sure they have picked; It's kind of odd how things work By far the most pretentious layout! Another holdout, but one who has Roger Montgomery, Boys High, clude the 50-yard dash, half-mile of all is at Pensacola. where been excused from showing up at un. and one-mile run. Except fonKCcond In the national 60, will go up a good man in baseball's bargain 'out sometimes, isn't it?" the sprint, there is no telling the post favorite in the 50-yard The contingent, far out-numoer-lng the lour dozen Dodgers now entrenched In Havana, will consist of several hundred men, many of them former GIs, and their immediate objective Is Elyson Field, seven miles as the crow flies from Pensa-cola, Fla.

There, starting Saturday, they will proceed according to plan for rugged six-week maneuvers. Op basement in Walter Sessi, the out- eessi cioutea tne Dan in tne fielder they claimed from the Car-i minors .308 at Shelby, .330. .314 battery of expert ivory inspectors! camp because of duties as education will supervise drills and! director and basketball coach at his lectures. Part of the program is es-l native Waterloo, N. Y.

high school, peclally designed for GIs mustered! is lanky Johnny Gee. Gee wired companied by escort. Tomorrow evening the Knickerbockers resume operations at the 69th Regiment Armory when they will run in the four and eight-fur- print, ii ne is pressea it wui oe t.ne events, to be decided on a aone by Jim Crowley- and Bill dinals at the waiver price. Sessi and .372 the three years he was at Williamson, and then when he time basis, as most of the Loughlin; Harvin Berkman, out last year who are sadly in need! Ott that he will report on or shortly nave their stars entered in both Manual iTauiing; teammate Ansley tangle with Red Rolfe's Toronto five. The Knicks have alternately started to climb through the Cardi of quick reconditioning.

They'll oc just to confuse matters. They wlll'Hoimes; Milton Bailey. Cardinal only be baffling themselves. jHayes; Stan Shear, James Monroe: cupy Army brracks, eat In a large shown sparkling and dull performance. Toronto comes to town bulwarked by seven-foot Ralph Selwert, gotten from St.

Louis, and he Is said erating la former Army Air Forces Quarters, handsomely embellished got only two hits in 14 times at bat last year as a pinch hitter, but one of 'em was a ninth inning home run that beat the Giants, and Branch Rickey hasn't forgotten that the big boy from Pennsylvania was quite a clouter In the Cardinal chain when the Deacon operated out of St. Louis. 'The Cards got rid of me In 1937 after I came up from a tryout camp cafeteria in mess-hall style, and work out under the personal direc-; tion of Rickey, Fresco Thompson, Wid Matthews, George Sisler, Pepper Martin and Andy High. after March I. He is expected to sign on his arrival.

Babe Young, the third holdout, continues to show proper spirit In team drills. The money angle doesn't seem to bother him. Special to the Brooklyn Eagle San Juan, P. Feb. 28 Big Johnny Lindell.

the ex-pitcher with two awinwilng pools and bowl No matter who runs, the two! Clancy, oi. Micnaeis; eoo longer races are sure to be thrillers I McAllister, Andrew Jackson, son of ss they will have the cream of.the former Flying Cop of the same Pappy Knickerbocker's crop per- handle; Hartley Lewis, Erasmus forming. On the strength of Jimmy Nicholson and Carl nal network, .286 at Mobile and .301 at Houston and up with the leaders in the runs batted In column. The war Intervened and he went overseas with Uncle Sam's Army for five months and 17 days. The dove of peace, however, flew over the transport on his way to Germany and he didn't see any action.

He has no excuses for his poor to be really great shakes under a backboard. The Knicks gained valu ing alleys, the 250 Flock farmhands! will initiate Intensive conditioning or tne Z50, roughly zo youths hall Jacobsen, Fort Hamilton. able ground last night In their battle for a playoff spot by winning performances, Frank Effinger of Dei and training drills. The purpose of all this is to pro Boys High and New Utrecht will Witt Clinton, national champion from Brooklyn. Many are now fixtures In the Dodger empire.

They over Providence, 73 65. duce a pennant-winner in '48, '49 and as long as Brooklyn fans will will be the favorite to take the mile, which Bill Lucas of Morris copped be dangerous In both relays, but there is no definite setup on the near my home in Finleyville, include Jimmy Romano and Phil whom the Yankee management had almost forgotten, until Joltin' Joe DiMaggio was back to the States for another operation on his showing at the dish last year and Cardinale of Greenville: Bernie said Sessi, a big healthy looking stand for it. LIPPY SEEKS GONZALEZ youth with a-i laughs it off good-naturedly. But thia second offensive is only a quick smile and curving mouth. humorously Ij "I guess I'll have to get goingi DODGER COACH one of a series the Dodger organiza heel, was ordered by Manager Bucky drifted around in Class base ball with the Dodgers or retire to Class txon will conduct all over the Harris to report to Havana.

March 8, a year ago. The pair will resume personnel or the teams, si. Micnaeis the feud they started in the na-i has come up with a 1.280-yard relay tionals last Saturday when Lucas'that may make trouble for Lough-was run into a state of exhaustion Jin's foursome. It is composed of and pushed Effinger across the fin-Hugh Monahan, Eddie Mitchell, ish line as Bill collapsed. JohnJohn Andrews and George Frank-Kinghorn, Fort Hamilton; Jimmy 'lin.

MURPHY. Relnertsen and Joe Bod an of Nashua, Gil Smith, Marty Powers and Tom Feola of Newport News, Jim McNulty, Joe Torpey, Walt Kowalski and Harvey Porter of Three Rivers, Bill Antonello and Bobby Lennon of Johnstown, country. Almost a thousand youths', Lindy. scheduled to arrive at the in Georgia, North Carolina andiD for good," he admits. "But I'm West Virginia.

Then a funny thing I playing around with a new batting Yankees' sub-base at St. Peters Including those ticketed for the 24 units of the fax-flung chain and style breaking my wrist. You happened. The Cards entered Into burg, tomorrow, will be given a week to set into condition for the workmg agreement with the many scores of other ambitious candidates, are scheduled to train centerfield Job against the Dodgers. (Williamson team of the Mountain "If DiMaggio is unavailable for the State League where I was playing.

Charley Kircher and Don Otten of Cambridge, Charley Chlan and Harry Springer of Olean, Bob Curtis also In Thomasville, N. Cambridge. Biloxi, Mobile Havana, Cuba, Feb. 28 'UP': Mike Gomalez may sell his Cuban League Havana Reds to Jorge Pasquel and seek re-entry Into major league baseball with the Dodgers, it was reported today. It was said Pasquel would pay $250,009 for the team.

Dodger Manager Leo Durocher hinted strongly he would like to hire Cionzalez as coach if possible. Gonzalez was with the St Louis Cardinals for many years but quit after last season. They had their pick of five Wil season opener, said Harris, "un-dell will be my centerf ielder." The Yanks tried to peddle Lindell Fort Worth, Texas, and Santa know, it's the kind of a snap that a fighter puts into his punches. The ball travels Just as far and with less effort. Several of the Cards last year wanted to know why I didn't adopt it.

I hit a couple the other day at Grand Stadium in battint; practice and I was surprised at the distance I gft." BIRR. SPORTS of Ponca City, Rudolph Antonetz, Chris Kltsos and Santo Luberto of Thomasvllle, Kenny Braun and llamson players. "I was one of the five they selected." He paused for dramatic Barbara, Cal off this Winter but there were no Largest, next to Pensacola, lsi ThomasvjDe, which will accommo Murray Kane of Valdosta and Joe Belcastro and Stan Spitzer of 17 FRIDAY, FEB. 28, 1947 takers Yesterday's sixth and I effect. "Stan Musial was one of final game with the Puerto Rican the others.

He was a pitcher in All-Stars was washed out. those days. Musial comes from a date 200 and which Is slated to be- rln functioning around April 1, the! Zanesvllle..