Ikening J§kf t$ Kuhel in to * Trim Give D. Nats C., March 1944—A—12 at Base Washington. Monday, 20. Top-Grade Help First Win, Lose or Draw Vets' Legs Are Sound Doesn't Tire But Legs By GRANTLAND RICE. Following Operation; Won't Move Faster, Incredible Jack Nears Million as Ring Card There are certain true stories that can wreck any fiction that Indoor Drill Is Held Declares Dodds

any one can write. Just a few we a * years ago recall young hustling By JOHN B. KELLER. By the Associated Press. shoe-shiner and caddie at the Augusta National who could locate CHICAGO, Mar. 20.—“I don't Complete protection for one cor- I get very tired, my won't wild hooks and wilder slices into the forests and thick shrubbery ner of the Nats’ infield was studied legs just carry me any faster,” explains Gil Dodds, guarding the golf course. On the side he fought occasional battle by Os Bluege today as a the modest little royals. snow-covered College Park field divinity student sent his who has lowered the competitive A short while later some one called us for advice. It seemed charges into Ritchie Coli-; up world indoor mile record twice in that Bowman seum at the University of Mary- Milligan, directing the destinies of the shoe-shiner, two weeks and won seven land for practice. Three first base- consecu- caddie and battle royalist, had been offered $4,000 for the ring tive mile races this season. boy's men were at hand w!ith the veteran services. His name at that time was as In his latest Sidney Walker, later known Joe Kuhel the main member of the achievement—win- ning the Bankers’ mile in 4:06.4 last Beau Jack. squad and the Washington pilot is at the We had no advice to offer. Bowman Milligan decided to stick confident that at least this infield Saturday Chicago relays— Dodds overcame two mental hazards W'ith Jack, although at that time $4,000 was a fair chunk for what position w:ill cause him no worries. which had plagued him before the Beau had to offer as a Kuhel, who got in late last money maker. night race. Last from his Kansas City home, of Friday night against Bummy Davis at the Garden in his One was what he course is slated to take over the describes as the 12th fight there, the same Jack passed the $900,000 mark as a draw- unpredictable of rival post at which the Nats for some running style ing card by a wide with another $100,000 due later this month Bill Hulse. The his own fear margin, seasons have been woefully weak. other, of too when he meets Juan Zurita, the Mexican, new NBA lightweight In fact, the Washington club has treading close to the inside of the raised oval champion. This will pass the $1,000,000 mark. had little to boast about around edge board track and either into the infield or first base since Joe was traded from falling thrown off Makes Puny Alger's 'Rags to Riches' Yarns it to the Chicago White Sox short- being stride. Gives Dodds Uneasy Moments. When a 10-cents-a-shine colored kid from Georgia, directed by ly before the 1938 campaign opened. The Boston parson’s apprehension a locker-room guardian, neither of the fight game, Legs O. K., Joe knowing anything Says. concerning Hulse, he explained, can move into the we seven million-dollar drawing class on short notice, In years here before going stemmed from a meet earlier this wonder ho^' Horatio Alger ever got away with his puny “Rags to to Chicago, Joe was a master first season. The New York AC star, Riches’’ yarns. Milligan and Jack have made Alger seem like a stark sacker afield and no slouch as a credited with a 4:06 outdoor mile, realist who had never heard of romance. batter. With the Sox, he continued jogged along in the lead increasing his when Dodds at- Certainly from out of nowhere, as far as the fight game is con- his good work until last season w'hen speed only HOT NAT tempted to pass him. After several cerned, one of the most amazing stories of sport suddenly exploded his work fell off. He had undergone PROSPECTS—Manager Os Bluege and his - efforts, Dodds succeeded, but mean- in the public’s and Mike Jacobs’ face and we understand that the a hernia operation shortly before ing staff see real pitching worth in Bob Albertson (left) from while he had spent some uneasy Detroit promoter is bearing up extremely well. the 1943, campaign started and didn't semipro ranks and Vernon Curtis, $20,000 purchase moments. Gene said a few that, in his Kearns recover his the sea- from Atlanta Tunney days ago opinion. strength during of the Southern Association last year. Albertson, He was afraid that might happen of all time. At son. and Dempsey made up the greatest ring combination 21, is classified 4-F in the draft. —Star Staff Photo. again Saturday—and that Hulse the moment we agreed. Now we are not so sure. Kearns was a However, Joe says everything is might have enough steam left to smart, able manager who knew all the angles, plus a few he invented. fine now. He declares he feels stave him off. As it happened, Hulse led for one trailed two In Jack Dempsey he had the most dynamic heavyweight the ring has stronger than he has in years and lap, by yards Card Infield Hard and Nelson for the next nine, then faded as ever known. that he should be able to step around McSpaden Dodds put on a scorching finish to This combination played to something over $6,000,000 until they in good style both at the base and win by 20 yards. before came But in the While picked divergent paths Tunney along. many plate. selling insurance As Loss of Marion Golf Choices Rice Saves Him From Spill. REWARD FOR RECORD—Oil Dodds, wrapped in an overcoat ways, when you their starting points, all the odds against them, in Kansas City in the winter he Despite figure His fear of a mishap, Dodds said, to avoid chilling, holds the Bankers’ Mile Trophy he won as he Milligan and Jack have reported a much more spectacular story'. managed to find time to work out grew out of an incident two years set a new world indoor mark for the distance—4:06.4—in the in a gymnasium, mainly to strength- Is ago during a 2-mile race on the same Deserves More Credit Than Threatened Harrison's Lead Chicago relays Saturday night. It was the fastest official mile Manager Fighter en his legs, and he believes it has boards. Dodds stepped too close to By the Associated Press. were were Ey the Associated Press. the ever an American. —A. P. Kearns and Dempsey, once they organized, naturals. done him much good. inner edge, tottered and started by Wirephoto. forests. CAIRO, 111., Mar. 20.—The Na- CHARLOTTE. N. C., Mar. 20.—A to fall. Greg Rice, another Milligan and Jack were two dark babies in the darker pugilistic Other first sackers who checked great tional League champion St. Louis cold, rain had the weather- distance And came at a time when was to be steady runner, slowed down and they along sport supposed facing in yesterday are Eddie Butka. a Cardinals big had one major uncertainty man with in a fine of on the side. blushing embarassment gesture sportsmanship extinction, down-grade boy brought last year from of Martin Cards Turn on Heat Oklahoma Spring- —question Marion—as today and put a new face on the literally extended a helping hand to Kentucky, Kearns and Dempsey, too, had their troubles before the First World field of the Eastern they opened League, and Bill today $10,000 Charlotte Open Golf Tourna- help Dodds retain his balance. War ended. even had more trouble than and Jack ever in They Milligan Ebranyi, who some service preparation for another wartime a say pro ment, presently in charge of Dodds, who preached sermon have known certain lines. But the material was there season which in time Sergt. In for along always before may at a Workouts entering Detroit semlpro develop Ernest “Dutch” Harrison of yesterday Goshen, Ind., church, Ags Big Choices a host of other Joseph and they had art open road after Dempsey took Willard apart at ranks last Butka replacement prob- spiked reports he plans changing his year. was impres- lems. the Army Air Forces. Toledo. running pace which now calls for a sive the little time he played with When the weather prediction was Right now, however, the star half As a fight manager Milligan doesn’t belong in the same country the in blistering first and a slightly Garden In Garden Tilts Nats 1943. ’s indecision about for rain Friday and Saturday it came Play with Kearns—and he knows it. As a and Jack are report- slower second. Saturday he was fighter Dempsey Kuhel is for clear and a TTiree days of intensive drills face By the Associated Press. practically draft-free. ing baseball because of a likely up Harrison, 20-to-l clocked at 2:01 at the half and farther apart than the outposts of a Siberian frontier. He will be 38 the Catholic basket ball NEW Mar. years old in June. call for limited service with the shot batted out scorching rounds of 2:05.4 for the last half. University YORK, 20.—Kentucky In the final summing up, though, I must give Milligan, a quiet, Butka, 25, is a 4-F, but overshadowed the team here this week, after which it and the Oklahoma Aggiee ruled Ebranyi, 26, Army future’s pos- 66, lowest of the tournament, and 70 Scheduled to run again Friday at honest, smart, able colored man, most of the credit. Jack, with all his is subject to call any time. sibilities and made him the to heads for New York to seek its heavy favorites to beat Utah and player lead the field after 36 holes Cleveland, he says track is merely a was Two Outfieldersi most fortune in the Eastern NCAA cham- Canisius at Madison. gameness and his physical qualities largely physical. Milligan, Report. missed in the team’s initial with 136. hobby, subordinate to his first mis- tonight Square his and his his to A flock of and infield- workout. pionship tournament in Madison Garden in a that through complete honesty intelligence, plus ability With the for sunshine sion—preaching the gospel. .-header ers and some prediction Garden. a was the perhaps of the Cuban Marion's Loss Hits Defense. Square opens busy week in postseason col- handle his main job and his diplomatic capacity, directing yesterday it came up mud, hurting were expected to report at Club officials do not detract from Coach will lege basket ball. force. the slender Arkansan’s chances of Johnny Long’s quint training camp today, but with the importance of the 6-foot, 2- to New York on and The (North American Newspaper Alliance.) being the first member of the armed of Quebec go Thursday Kentucky-Utah and the Ag- transportation affected the inch infielder to the Cardinals’ Cyclones for a by forces to a hopes workout either late .gies-Canisius struggles will weather cop major golf prize and complete flareback they may be held scheme of things. President Sam or on to the forcing a postponement of the 36- Thursday early Friday get quarter-final round of the Na- up. Breadon made his Draft Closes In on Giants' only pessimistic hole final. Face in the “feel” of the spacious Madison tional Invitation Tourney that Ott, statement about baseball’s outlook Royals Ice Square Garden floor. opened last when De Paul The Tournament Committee de- « Thursday Besides the three first basemen, a month or so ago, when it first was cided to halve the 36-hole final Facing Dartmouth in Friday's trounced Muhlenberg and St. John's arrivals at camp yesterday were announced Marion had been reclas- Browns into 18 holes today and 18 tomor- opening game, the Cardinals will be tripped Bowling Green. Yanks' Lindell: Start A , Walter Michie, a Long A. Series at Uline's Isj^Bid row, the weather permitting, since real short enders against a team of The surviving four teams, after By the Press. ? forced to calf Of sgnlpro, and Johnny Bucek fgoB? iardinals' middle-of-the-in- Associ|jtc! O'lfiill, the pros have no other engagement Line-up for the three-game hockey 6-footers or better who have won tonight's twin bill, will meet Wednes- NEW YORK, Mar. 2(1—The New squad game yesterday because of Detroit. Both are outfielders. matter what rookie* plays before the Durham Open, starting series this week end at Uline Arena 14 games in a row. Some folk in day night in the semifinals with the York Giants may have a new man- weather, has relisted game for to- Bucek surprised Bluege by report- second base, would be tightly de- Friday. that will wind up the local season New York never even have heard winners clashing for the champion- ager by the time the of ing as the piloj,, thought the; fended if Marion was there covering oj^pgig t^ ot tv*» tltii Though a win for Dutch would be was completed today with the sign- of Catholic University’s basket ball ship on Sunday night. baseball season rolls around next #fcarfold Detroit sandlottei- haa a world of ground at shortstop. tremendously popular, he preffts a ing of the Cyclone HCpkey Club team, a condition the players hope month. Their present Jerfderf 38"- effcto into the AiW.' *nmoiun Without him it is doubtful whether The Eastern and Western NCAA fast, dry wurse and the odd& layers of Quebec as for the to correct. >* available opposition titles also will be determined this year-old Mel Ott, announced yes- ' camp think Dain any keystone combination still are picking Jug ^fcSpaden Montreal Royals.’ meet in “A is he would take his Shortstop Johnny Sullivan has will be able to come they basket tell game only 40 week. On Priday at the Garden terday preinduc- Clay and Tony Criscola will give up consistently and as favorites for on games FrMtay, Saturday and Aid all we need is a Dartmouth meets Catholic tion examination at Cam- Gee Walker and Max Marshall a been given permission to delay re- with those all-important double- minutes long Univer- physical first prize, a $2,000 War Bond. • v that until Sunday nights. bilk to show them a sity and Temple Ohio State den. N. J„ next Monday and fight for regular outfield berths. porting Thursday. There is plays. McSpaden was twb reasonable plays only strokes The Royals affe the No. 1 farm two is the with the he was positive he WQtWJbe aer P UMess in his family at Homewood, ^Fliis does not mean the thing'or mi there,” way winners playing Saturday -LAriWffcTTEr. dritL—ditcher #a%1 Cardinals behind Harrison as they started team of Lm Canadiens. while the are for Coach Long pate it. “They (Dart- night for the Eastern crown. cepted. Cleveland -In* wi'.’ t't'nji unprepared Marion’8 «Je- out and he is considered a .Calve|^Jfported,,at today Cyclones are an all-star aggrega- mouth) have live on the who like , man- parture. For one, have tmly boys At Kansas on Ott, mans'’ camp today after obtaining they ?5ra| better mudder than Dutch- Nelson tion that figures to the City Priday nigjit of the Cleveland Indians, was* Cold and%ain sent the Burhett, Sacramento who is give Royals floor at one time and so do we, so is ager pftr'mis&idn from Canadian labor au- squad iflt recruit, was four shots back of th« a stiff test. Arkansas scheduled to play Mis- leader. Among the Well-known that makes it anybody’s game. I classified 1-A several months ago, to cross border. Rookie doors yesterday, but it wasn't an described as a fine prospect, And souri with Iowa State listed to meet |thprities players with the Royals are 17-year- have some on was first notified to report for MS’’ Jim Devlin left after elisy day for the talent. Bluege while the name of A1 Schoendienst pretty good guys my Pepperdine College in the Western camp old Gerry McNeil, regarded as one ■ club, too, you must remember.” at Metairie, La.. March 23, was to took over direction of calisthenics does not appear on the roster, he is NCAA semifinals. The physical ,he refused permission work of the most promising of the Domin- winners will but obtained permissiomto take the out discussion. in Ritchie Coliseum and sent his the team’s ace in the hole. The Hockey Fans Focus What gives the Cardinals a chance play for the title pending salary ion’s young goal tenders. Saturday. test with the next group of selectees charges through a strenuous drill brilliant youngster will be of at least making it for Cubs to Take Long Hikes. brought Other key men with the Les interesting Because of an unfortunate acci- from Lakewood, N. J., site of the of more than an hour. When it was up from Rochester if Marion is Hanover’s Big Green Indians is the FRENCH Canadiens farm team are Ernie dent at Fayetteville, Ark., Saturday Giants' training camp. LICK, Ind.—Manager over the players were and called for Army service. On fact that with the possible spring puffing Big Cup Series La Force and Marcel excep- night in which two of Arkansas’ has not re- Jimmy Wilson indicated Chicago more than their Cards Have 14 Larochelle, tion of Guard Ed Carlin all To date Boudreau blowing 43-year-old Players Out. By the Associated players I Cubs will be sent on hikes be- Press. defensemen; Smiley Maroneck, cen- stars, Louis Nichols and Ben Jones, ceived any notice when he will be long manager. There also was some Fourteen players answered Man- are excellent scorers. Their shots National fans ter, and Tag Miller and John were seriously injured, the Razor- fore starting to throw and bat. and Hockey League Gig- are close and a called for his exam. tossing pepper drilling. ager ’s call for the always surprising backs ATLANTIC CITY.—Bob Collins, turned their attention today to the nac, wingmen. may withdraw from the tour- of the Pepper Drills opening workout. -—_l_ * percentage of them make their way Yankee re- Helpful. opening tomorrow night of the an- ney. Tourney officials said they had also received overage catcher, finally They were Pitchers through the cords. Stopping one or Pepper drills, in which the players nual Mermaid Retains Crown asked Arkansas to play, but that at Atlantic to ported. A humorist pointed out and Alvin Stanley Cup playoffs. •vo doesn’t word yesterday City field short taps from a are Jurisich, Walker players necessarily stop even if a batter, In the of NEW Arkansas decides to with- for his Lindell, Collins is railroader and knows and Sam opening games the YORK, Mar. 20 (JP).—Thir- :c Cards. report physical. fine for conditioning, Bluege be- Cooper Narron, Inflelders semifinals the Western all the slow' trains. best-four-of-seven game teen-year-old Florence Schmitt re- draw, playoffs will be whose football slide into third base lieves. It backs and Leader is the 6-foot 3-inch Dick gets players’ supple series the tained her held with only three teams if neces- the of the third N. J.—Ewald and Stan first-place Montreal Ca- metropolitan senior in- team who this sea- in eighth LAKEWOOD, Pyle, and trains them to get their eyes Oqtflelders Musial, August Scanlan, captain, nadiens entertain the third-place door AAU 440-yard cham- sary. game of the last fall Harry Feldman, Cliff Melton, Bill on the ball, he contends. Bergamo. and Danny swimming son has poured through 323 points Toronto Maple Leafs while the in a The Eastern started the Yanks on the way to Voiselle, Ken Miller and Ken Bran- Litwhiler; Pitchers Harry Breecheen, pionship Sunday meet. Her and who in addition is a power on and Western NCAA second-place Detroit Red are time was 5:38.6. will meet victory, was supposed to report to- ded are scheduled to pitch batting Coach Clyde Milan is an advocate Eldred (Bud) Byerly, Inflelder Emil Wings defense, being especially handy at champions for the natiorml host to the NCAA at his Temple City, Calif., draft for Giants today if weather of running pitchers into condition Verban, Outfielder Martin. fourth-place Chicago snaring rebounds. Another experi- crown in New York March 28. day practice Pepper Blackhawks. board. He said he asked that the ! permits. and a program of jogging around enced C. U. stalwart is John Mer- Then, on March 30, the NCAA win- Montreal, beaten five Second Round Scheduled ner is test be shifted to Atlantic City. FREDERICK, Md.—Veteran A1 the ball field when it is cleared of only times cak, who, as has Scanlan, has played scheduled to play the nation'll ;