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DETROIT TIMES, JUNE 5, 1941 PAGE 35 Defense Measures Threaten Gulf* Xif/litDaseball By KODAK HAYES more golf courses in the neighborhood of Detroit. While offi- ing in their car and driving to the first tee will not transfer nothing about golf several times from buses to reach the course. The full emergency proclaimed by the President of the cials have done definite it yet, authorities Association public link* United States last week threatens to hit sports harder than fear they will prohibit the running of cars on Sunday except Edward Atlas, United States Golf most walks of life. Night baseball and football may be cur- for business. committeeman, fears it will be a bitter blow to the courses. tailed and golf on Sundays might be limited. While the week day play has been excellent on the public “Right now 'the courses are having their best season. Conservation of power may mean legislation against night particularly on weekdays, has been way up. The courses (up 35 to 40 per cent according to early reports >, it The play, The gasless Sundays now being talked of would working, many baseball. is the Saturday and Sunday play that pays the bills. Few weather has been grand and the players are with the golf shifts that allow them to play raise havoc courses. of the clubs could survive long if their Sunday revenue was of them afternoon and night Already in some of the small leagues the schedule of to hope for the best.” cut off completely. in the morning. We’ll just ha\e night games has been cut. The amount of wattage needed courses also will be hit by There are a few courses which can be reached by street The revenue of the private for a night game puts an extra load on the generating units big day for the family. 'sports car and bus. They would get the bulk of the play. Fred the proposed ruling. Sunday is a editor of the smaller utilities and with the factories working both from the Nolan, general manager of the Detroit street railway depart- Father plays golf in the morning with the men day and night, the burden became too heavy. and then said his department would do whatever it could to aid office. After lunch he plays a round with mother Boys Are The same problem is not present in the major leagues ment. Flashy Frankie Croucher The Baker Now the situation. the whole family has dinner. according to Detroit Edison officials. Key Man in in 4th Place in Team Some of the more ardent golfers will spend w’eek-ends Has Been “We have reser\ed generating units which easily can “Dasless Sundays would put a heavy burden on our trans- at the club, but facilities will take care of few of the »aiA 28 Tiger Plays Fielding in the League handle the extra load of a night game. The amount of light portation department, but we would be able to handle it. We Double army who play each Sunday. needed to illuminate Briggs Stadium, 1.350 kilowatts, would are allowed to go anywhere within 10 miles of the city limits. golf and other sports in the city won’t suffer so be enough to take earj of the needs of three ordinary house- This would cover most of the courses in the area. We Baseball ALL-STAR ’EM OR LEAVE ’EM as to care the players.” the stadium and parks are within easy reach TEAMS—TAKE holds during an entire year.” would run as many buses needed take of much because many who are used to jump- car and bus lines. The gasless Sundays loom as a nightmare to the 1(H) *>r While this would be a help, of street A double play a day keeps the Yankees away? Or, Red Sox, or White Sox. It makes no difference to Frankie Croucher which team you use in the ditty—it all comes with the dinner.! And if a double play a day has failed to keep the dog- Probe IT CANT Luke Sewell New or W nite Cheating gone Yankees away or doggone Red Sox doggone Sox —it hasn’t been Croucher’s fault. HAPPEN THERE Since replacing Dick Bartell at shortstop, the flashy young Browns plays in some- of Croucher has been the key man in 28 double Stirs Open Field —By Burris Jenkins Jr. Pilot thing like 30 games. He was the pivot player All Clubs to Be Tribe Coach Takes IN in 19 of those Over Reins From started by . Examined at Charley tie hr-,L — First Tee Fred Haney inger and starts himself, ed nine - FORT WORTH. Tex June 5. ST. LOUIS, June s.—There’ll four with Gchr- 1 With a field of approximately 170 ;begin another new deal in St. Cng iir in th C "ready" !6 shoot arrt rr Texas eon- Louis Browns’ history when James middle and five tmgent favored to produce the Luther <Luke) Sewell takes over I teamed up di- to defending chamjMon the managership American Jr* rectly with Rudy successor of the Little, National today. York. And in five Lawson tl** Open League team here starting today The 40-year-old Sewell, who left others. Frankie Golf championship over the tough and threatening his Cleveland Indians coaching used pitchers, as post to accept the reins of leader- well as the Tiger Colonial Club course faced a state ship with the Browns, signer! a baseman, of confusion through the revela- contract for the rest of this sea- * first in wm xFW I WKEl^y tion that United States Golf Asso- son and all of next year, accord- his scheme of Barnes, who LIKE SEWALL ciation officials stationed on the ing to President Don things. made the announcement. Terms first tee planned a minute inspec- All of which twere not revealed. tion of the participants’ clubs. replaces Fred Haney, convinces Del I Sewell OUT For the first time in the history who had been the team’s pilot Raker and other Haney the event, those seek- since 1939. made no an- Tiger master of hallowed nouncement about his plans. ing the greatest awl most coveted minds that they of golfing prizes will he under TEAM IN 7TH jk all have at last mi- picion oTTTicaTTTTg" when they The new’ Browns’ boss will not out there to their ojxn- I fire , found the short- walk have to begin the new deal from 'Hsif* U st o p t Tie y’vc in£ shot- International New? ( the bottom of the “deck,” at any e Service learned exclusively today HPT t been seeking for Irate. The announcement of hue Tt»e allegation is that some of signing was made shortly after some years past. have been the leading professionals team had whipped the Wash- get |the Besides fielding defacing their irons to better ington Senators for the second brilliant! y, control of the ball. straight day to move out of the This rule, in force all along, into seventh place. Croucher also stringent and cellar ' Lmsl jf;• will be even more Haney at the helm in 1939. has disclosed year, for With specific next but even the Browns made a disappointing marked ability the present is quite clear to the showing by finishing in the base- the at bat. All in officials, although some of ment with 43 victories and 111 apparently have neg- all he is pretty professionals I losses. In 1940. they finished sixth, lected to observe it. and despite cheerful predictions by much of a bright carry FAMINE ALL ( 1.1 HS Haney that pitching would spot in the them higher this year, the team otherwise not so The officials, according to the languished in or near the cel- every word, will examine club in Jhaslar most of the time. s pcctacular every hag at the lu-t tee. and if Tigers. the clubs fail to meet with the PLAYED INFIELD With Croucher mlcs thee ontestant will Ik* given He was a third baseman, but as a spaik plug. a chance to switch to another played all four infield positions at set. This. then, means that pos- managed the Toledo the Tigers also leading times. He FRED HANEY D EllKINDKit sibly some of the con- Mudhens for three years before go- CROUCHER ha vc impro ved who have and tenders practiced ing to Louis. .. • St. ... In it’s out' of those JS douUU phiys their fielding to win the worked and schemed Sewell broke into the majors to do it with considerably. In the last official averages they were in fourth tournament will have with Cleveland in 1921. after a strange implements gathered at place in this department. As compared to this more or brief stay at Columbus that same Sees minute. Sarazen the last majors less exalted position for a team of Tigers, the Baker boys, once year. He has been in the With this slightly disturbing ever since. feaied apple whackers, were in sixth place in batting. situation hanging over the prem- string lights He was the Tribe’s first Should they improve their hitting, which is almost certain ises. the stars and the lesser catcher until 1933. when he was least, went out this morning in two- Washington. After Texans regains, at the to Battle of to come, and Buck Newsom approximately traded somes and threesomes for the 72- two seasons with the form which made him outstanding as a pitelver in the 1910 through Satur- spending hole grind lasting Senators, four with the White Sox By GENE SARAZEN championship drive, the Tigers could conceivably still gtve battle day.