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DETROIT SUNDAY TIMES (PHONE CHERRY SSOO) Sunday, April 13, 1941 TART 2, PAGE 2 Last Event Beats State in Track V _ 4 QipcMS Relay Triumph HE'S IN THE ARMY—SO ARE HIS GOLF CLUBS Draft Creates I Uu XwTflac^lonill SPORTS EDITOR Enables Purdue Open Golf Race Sarazen Piets Hogan Who Does 80-Bo Lite to win Open Title in American League? To Grab Honors This Summer on Texas Course You Guessed It, Sir Picking of Contenders DODGERS MAY TRAIN ON WEST COAST Arrington Sets Mark Is Made Difficult by picks Ben Hogan in Topping Entries. CINCINNATI, April IS. One £arazen Players’ Departure to win the 1941 National Open a? Fort Worth . Lawson Scoring 13 Points Little is the current champion . > . 80-Bo Newsom would be By M. F. rmrKKNBROI) to win the flag in the National different -he picks the Pirates LANSING, April 12. in Guess' FAST We'll have to wait and see what league .. Who does Bn-Bo pick the American? Some fast traveling by Berton we can see, .. You’re right! .. Ring the bell! Come up and get your pot of Anthony, Purdue dash star, in (he best sums up the situation gold and a picture of Buck Newsom kissing Joe Cronin. final lap of the one-mile relay, That Stale of attempts summary of Grover Cleveland Alexander pitched four one-hit games in today deprived Michigan as one a its first dual track meet victory the chances the leading golfers . a of one season . and 16 shutouts in another and gets bust in two years. state competitions . evpnt and district in Baseball’s Hall of Fame in Cooperstown . and is “busted" Triumph in the final of in season. Globetrotter the meet the Boilermak- this hospital . • What price baseball glory? enabled in a all that can be said with- is thinking of taking his Brooklyn Dodger* to ers to gain a 69 to 62 victory over About Larry MacPhail Michigan Slate, opening its first ‘i out fear of contradiction is what Fanli Barbara. Cal., to train rmet outdoor season under Coach KarT the major events' Involving The Manager Joe Leto denies Jack Kearns will have all or a Sohladcman. mighty males will he wide open. With the outcome of the meet This, of course, is due to the » ' draft .i e . j\n\ hinging on the results of the mile military since it concerns ¦ relay, Cleon Smith, No. 3 man, so many of the younger tourna- gave the Spartans a 10-yard lead. ment players. Here today and Stark Keesler, the anehor man. gone tomorrow is not uncommon however, faded under the burst of in these days. i speed put on by Purdue s Anthony. Will Mist Babbish Weak in Distances The district association, as an Traditionally strong in distance example, is certain to have a new events. Michigan State only scored champion unless Uncle Sam piece of Tommy Gomez., good-looking Tampa heavyweight two points today while Purdue should he kind to Bob Babbish and was The Spartans : - a furlough in mid-June. piling up 25. grant him . more . “just some of Kearns' hooey,” LetoVsnorts prospect Babbish, who v*on the title last Cincinnati Reds told off a fresh rookie: did, however, display their strength Billy Werber of the in the field events whore they season at Meadnwbhook, is in the “When you have a night off come up to my room and I'll put garnered four of their six places. army. you through the first and second grades." OUCH!! Tom Stidham Surprise of Ihe afternoon's com- What's more he has been joined high several of the other leaders and Pete Smith, Marquette football coaches, are part Indian. petition came in the 120-yard by hurdles when Mel Busehman, 20- here who would have to be rated year-old sophomore from Owosso, title threats were they able to Lloyd edged out Dave Rankin. Purdue’s plav. Among theme are McNair Celebrates 31st Birthday Big Ten hurdle champion and All- Martz and Ted Powers, both of -American end. whom recently signed up And birthday today . Calls, Eric McNair celebrated his thirty-first One field and three meet rec- still others are awaiting in- he was born in Meridien, Miss . Barney McCoaky turned 23 ords were bettered by Spartan Although stationed for army ser\ice In Illinois, links. And, most the time, one will find Babbish close cluding Bill Barclay, the former . For- amateur champion. vestprday . Harney was born in Cold Run, Ta. he's hot and Boilermaker thinelads. BOBBY BABBISH, one of Detroit’s greats in amateur to his clubs. The picture show Babbish in the army garb, state rest Weber, giant field The professionals haven't lost . Purdue run . THROW THE GAGMAN OUT! Bill McKechnie wars, to drifting cleaning his rifle at the barracks. now’. registered a new field golfing still finds time get in his licks on the off and as many of their stars, chiefly gotten the Lakeland ball park as a training event star, would like to have and meet record in the shot pin because most of them are older deferred epot for his Reds ... he failed so he hooked up with Tampa when he turned in a distance of or have been given classi- again. 48 feet 2'a inches. Weber also fication because of dependents. But i be without Eddie Connie Mack, in less than 60 days in California this Spring eclipsed the meet discus record FURGOL IN TRIM, STARTS WELL the pros will 4 inches Stars Kirk, their leader, in both the heave of 134 feet Babbish made 63 personal appearances at schools, fraternal organi- with a t ? ? ? ? ? National Open and P. G. A. last . zations, chambers of commerce and luncheon clubs . I The New Meet Mark season. (Old Mose) as the . looked if old boy is getting younger and younger Bob Capt- Arrington of Mich- For a time It Walter Michigan Open and Michigan P. Grove slaps his multimillionaire boss, Tom Yawkey, on the back igan State, who topped the indi- For Uncle Sam Biloxi A. would he without a de- was with points, es- Rankin Sells His Golf Course at G. and calls him "Tom" . Ty Cobh, at Atlanta the other day, vidual scorers 13 fending champion. Emerick Koc- new meet high jump Bob Babbish. now with the 210th day" against Walter Johnson ... "I never tablished a won both events last asked about "his best feet, a Artillery - Furgol, the public course was one from the Army Golf Club sis. who record with a leap of 6 2 n Coast at Fort Sheridan. Eddie season, to in recalled . "There was was supposed locate had a good day against Walter," Cobb Bruce Drynan, another 111., is going to make a .splendid who Utica, in the Philippines. Lewis, inches. star came here from the East. But he's back in the . Walter . Ed. ¦"Strangler) the old only one Johnson" Spartan thinelad, was second m soldier. N. Y., is off to a good start. On Sawyer Moves Up district and will be in there swing- a big cover charge in While Detroit friends of the popular wrestler, runs a swanky night club with scoring with 11—points. days last he had ing again, attempting to repeat h.s promoting Weber, Rankin and Ed Holderman young golf star make these predic- successive week CHIP SHOTS Horter McVeigh, Hollywood, Cal. and Stanislaus Zbvszko is triumphs. tallied 10 for Purdue. tions for him. A thorough-going 73 and 72 at Tam O'Shanter, 74 Jit lanky Hollywoodian, Mortie in South America. each young wrestling My (PI; K*mp youngster, they (>oint out that he Ranh Intact Mil* run Won OoMlermnn at North Hills and 72 at Bedford. Dutra's assistant at Red Run. had Women’s Leo Duroeher, the Brooklyn pilot, says: “I wouldn’t trade (P> kocond; S< It (8), third. Time. has succeeded in everything he Waner, 4:32 r. has tackled. Furgol is looking ahead to the 73's on his first four rounds there. New' interest was stirred up In outfield of Joe Medwick, Pete Reiser and Paul for Anthony (Prr v*., * my 440-yard run—Won bv eager k M have played with here the (Si, recond; Teneck (Ft, third. Although he «as just another National Amateur, to make Members who the amateur ranks with any other outfield in the National League" . Jewel Ens and Smith Time, :ft<> 3. .-o-,. of the hundreds of caddies at golf amends for his slump in this event him are wild about hi.s long driv- arrival of Willie Turrtcsa. 1938 . by <S): Hank Gowdv, Cincinnati coaches, have identical birthdays . 100-yard dash Won Webster clubs around here when he started last Summer. He has offered no ing. National amateur champion. The MeCarthv (Si. second. Banker (Ft, third. Other golf years play Sawyer, Birmingham pro- former New Yorker will be one of both were born on Aug. 24. 1889 pros secretly Time, :10 0 lugging bags about a dozen excuses for his poor at Pat Bulla's blast on Ralph Guldahl because of 1311-yard high hurdles Won by Bus. li- ago. it wasn't long until he began Mamaroneck. but his friends know fessional. has completed the five Detroit's hopes in National-com- admire Johnny (S'. Rankin (Pi. second; Kron (Ft. to play man to make his presence felt. it was due to staleness and loss of pHHv S ¦pf years' apprenticeship "at last" and petition, He also plans slow play in tournaments . Cy Morgan, new manager third Time, .lft 3 Guldahl's run Won by Jentsh (Pi: Stan- of Babbish's days a« a tourna- eligible P.