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Hammond 52 state dangerous than hockey sticks. DETROIT 40. Hammond 39 prison of Southern Michigan LIKE REMAINING GAME* for the Detroit Red Wings today. MAKE 'EM IT [recalls FIRST TRIP WITH TIGERS IN 1914 . % I Oshkosh at Chicago I Then as far as the league-leading For it is true that to gain their LAKELAND, Fla., Hammond at Chicago tWedneedayl. Feb. 24. —Connie Mack once trained his Goodyear at DETROIT 'Thursday). Toronto Maple Leafs are concerned first shutout over the Tortono club at Oahkoah at Rheboysan 'Thursday!. Jan. mark up Athletics Shibe Park in Philadelphia and the Tigers on another Chicago Friday). they can clank those gates at since 15, 1939. and at Flreatone < | season for goalie occasion were "taken South" to Ypsilanti for conditioning. It is, Jackson shut for keeps. Because the third of the indeed, Johnny Mowers. a far cry from those modest days to the elaborate prepara- After winning twice in Ham- the Leafs think it nothing less Wings up the! way the While the rolled tions which major league clubs now make to groom their entries mond Sunday. Detroit’s Eagles are than criminal the third- winning at a goal-a-periot game place Detroiters total for the regular championship campaigns. home today to prepare for a battered them for pace, with Sid Abel. Syd Howe anr that must be called a "natural," a 3-0 shutout at Olympia last scor “I remember when we used to dress at the hotel and run teams Carl Liscombe providing the with Akron Good>car at Naval night as the ended their ing shots, 11,389 persons, to from the in old ramps," Del mused, season’s rivalry. before and park training Baker Armory Thursday. the Wings took the gimp right out as he waits here for his Tigers, who ¦ For the Eagles and Wingfoots Some of the lads in the State's of the Toronto team with one stun- are tied for fourth place in the M . 1 ¦’* '., ",'Jr,-».-*sPs£ natty blue denim may think it a body will report March 2. "Now players ’ ning check after another. Rasketball Zi”». r*:«Ut ' i' . j,'*.¦ ..«'s bit ironic, too. that the Wings are drt\e In their swanky cars to up-to- National Professional It was legal but it was lethal. League standings with 11 victories ALLAN TOLMICH (left) seen clear- record of 8.4 seconds. CHARLES ILLAD received as honor guests today for defenseman Stewart, dale clubhouses that have all the con- After Jack - and 12 defeats and the winner ing the last barrier as he won the Na- (renter) of Michigan Normal was edged ! doing in public what some of the Ebbie Goodfellow, Bob Whitelaw 'ernemes a bit; league park l»ok permanent guests at Jackson ~f Thursday will qualify for the tional A- A. U. 70-yard high bardie* event out ol aeeond place by 808 WRIGHT and Jimmy Orlando were through at this layout! - lakeland s fine Shaughnesav style playoffs which i strived to achieve in comparative 'belting Sylvenus Apps. Billy Saturday in New York, equaling his own (right) of Ohio State. privacy with blackjacks and park You couldn't ask for anything begin March 3 or 4. 1 other Taylor and the other Toronto i suffering nicer." The Eagles, after a sparklers, the Leafs’ usually cease- hard-to-take defeat in Oshkosh less charges became just sporadic Baker, as a catcher, first became Saturday, when thp All-Stars Holdouts in Trade? Turf Star forays.' Tiger with the squad that trained atH rallied in the last 4 minutes to Stella Hartrick The great Apps did get through Gulfport, Miss., in 1914, the win. 59-57. performed twice Sun- for one brilliant try in the final manager recalled. day and whipoed the Ciesars in period but his shot from 20 feet both games, 57-52 and 40-39. Talk Has It Giants May Send Catcher Danning Out of out on right wing hit the upper left hand comer of the goal post ‘ BENSON IS HERO to Brooklyn for Backstop Mickey Owen Sets Pin Mark and dropped just outside the goal "I remem lx1 r Yitt was in that Benson, the stripe to prove that even as good < j A! the big fellow BATTLE Feh. 24 —De- squad," Baker said. "I guess Oscar Eagles acquired just recently, CREEK. Handicap a goalie as Johnny Mowers needs both By International »fta Ser%ie« Seatton troit women bowlers took over the luck along with spectacular play is the only one of file gang now left in ' played a starring role in Open* l>lrrutt«ul Newt Berrtre Wire games. He took only three shots MIAMI. Fla . Feb 24 —Talk in lead in four of the Class A divi- for a shutout. baseball—outside of myself, of course. MBBHrdf LOS ANGELES. Fob. 24.—Th* SANTA Cal., Feb. 24. in the two games, hut those three the environs of the New York Spring baseball training season sio n s of the ANITA. LEAFS’ LEAD CUT .Mortarty was with tlie Tigers then. DEL BAKER kept Having proved himself capable of shots were all baskets and Giants’ training ramp today was officially opened in Southern Cali- George quit umpiring recently, as you know." the Eagles in the race Detroit Tour- carrying 128 pounds a mile and It was a victory as welcome to the rumored proposal of a player fornia today. the Wings as was distastful Besides Baker the catchers in the 1914 Tiger training camp players carried the hero off the Dykes n ame n t over to An- it to deal between the Giants the James J. hustled the Chi- one-sixteenth win the San the It kept Wings firmly floor on their shoulders after the and cago at ihe week-end. Leafs. the were Oscar Stanage and a player named McKee. Among other White Sox about Brookside V tonio Handicap. Mioland, in at 124, two games - in third ahead night game.. Brooklyn Itodgors in which the Park in Fourteen more An all time F place, Tigers of the tune were Jean Diibuc. Harry Covelski. George Pasadena. figures to be capable carrying of the rushing Rangers while it In the afternoon game, the Giants would get Catcher Mickey men arrived Chicago to make state record of Dauss, Del Gainor, Ownie Bush. Ty Cobb, Sam Crawford, Bob from J trimmed Toronto’s lead over the Eagles ran up a 13-2 lead in the Owen and the Dodgers secure it 26 players on hand lor Dykes’ the "hundred grander” load next and Harry Heilmann. Hughey Jennings was the manager. quarter and held a 22-15 edge Stella first Catcher Harry Danning. first practice whistle. Hartrick Saturday without the aid of his (Continued on Page 18) the last of in - _ - “The operation of the camp has not changed much." Baker at the half In period, Frankie Frisch shouted a “wel- Detroit 1 stablemate Porter's Cap (104 . - however, Hammond, with Dar Both are holdouts. Manager Bill come, to his tjie all events - pointed out. “In those days we usually had both morning and boys” Pittsburgh Pi- J pounds). Hutchins sparking the rally, took Terry of the Giants, meanwhile, rates at San Bernardino. when she col- -a Wins With 768 afternoon practice, instead of just the one as now. The biggest was a 40-39 lead Benson then re- announced that Danning is driving Connie Mack moved his pitchers looted 1.802 JM This indicated today by NEWARK, N. J., Feb. 24. problem a manager faced was overweight players. After a and catchers from Carlsbad, where pins. Alcona, Charles S. Howard, owner both (INS)—Albert 18) from California for a conference of Spengler of New- (Conttnued on Page they been taking Ft cere a t i o n of N. Winter of Idleness players reported hog-fat and that made on salary problems. have the baths % jOpT racers. ark was crowned singles bowling for the last 10 days, to Anaheim to Detroit took the +mWoP'lX rr more road work than we have today. “Itwould be foolish for us to champion of New Jersey last •V. T. Yankee* greet the infielders and outfielders. team lead with T night as the state tournamer# “The players are smarter today and keep in pretty good Wilson, 2,672 run 5-year-old Porter’s Cap Trojans Eliminated, BT. PETERSBURG, Feb. Jimmy the new mana- a total SXEI _LA hartrkk ended after eight weeks of com- condition the year around. Then it Isn’t so for them Fla.. Cubs, was tough to 24.—The New York Yankees ger of the Chieago con- and fol- against older hones as long as petition. Spengler's winning total at lowed by whip into playing condition. Of course, now and then you were to take their first Spring tinued to relax Santa Catalina four more Detroit teams Mioland (a 4-year-old) is ca- was 768. find a wayward one, but clubs today will not waste time on Five practice session today here. The Island. ¦ to hold all five places. pable of handling the assign- Indiana Wins Genevieve Colando. also Players advance contingent of Manager of De- ment," Howard declared. TONIGHT'S FIGHTS such players. are much better paid and the clubs TOLEDO. Feh. 24—Indiana’s troit. went the top (At big A. Joe McCarthy’s men arrived to of the list “But,” he added, “we will raimn OwtfMi have a right to expect the player to take care of himself. 5 won the Y. M. C. invita- in singles Ryu Ulupy, yesterday. the with a 617. She have Porter’s Cap ready to go Johnny n. Taut writer* “The Tigers never have had real strict rules as do some tional basketball tourney by de- WINNER rolled games of 219. 197 and 201. i <•>. feating the Toledo Malones in the If necessary. We are not count- Rady Kasoir vl. Jimmy Merti, mid- other clubs. We had a 12 o'clock curfew law in 1914 and still Bnnlon Bee* Stella Hartrick's feat came after ing Porter's Cap out of the race dim (*>. final round. 45-39. Hamtramck she connected for a 641 series Fat Tirana* rt. EddtrSmlth. Ilrfct* ill, have one." Trojans, favorites to win. were SAS ASTOSIO, Ter., Feb. H. at all and If we find that we Napolmn MltrMl Tl. Mnf Srtrhkn, while rolling in the seam event. have to count on him be will hravtra' (•>. in the semifinals by the going is not too muddy Johnny eliminated —ls She came right back to hit a 590 run,” Vom n. Hay wood Starry, Malone. 48-32 offer the steady Sunday downpour, Howard continued. light-hravlra If). Beat Early Breakfast Rule Mfen -9 in the singles and then collected With a giggle. Baker pointed out that some clubs have had A 1 Clark collected 14 points for .Manager Casey St in gel, today, fMR| 571 in the doubles. In the nine Brooklyn Dodger* Hamtramck with 6 field goals and planned to send his Boston Bees games, the new' leader collected TONIGHT’S WRESTLING an early breakfast rule only to discover that players after the HAVANA.Feb. Brook- (At Arraa Oardrmi two free shots. through their first light workout. high games of 238. 224 and 227. 24 —The meal returned to bed for a short snooze. was lyn Dodgers went back to their Ricardo Cortra Frank** Talahrr, Scheduled just a little throw- Alcona Recreation took the lead (alls. n. training grind today, by 2 In .1 “But players who want to play the bright lights find that ing and running exercise. when four of the team's members refreshed lord Palrtrk Flaargaa n. Mtkr Lon- ball,” Baker “And, said, rolled better ' 500 series, a Sunday holiday ordered by Man- don. 2 In 3 (all* later they ran't play declared. as I than ager A prac- "The Blimp" >l. Rady I.aOIUI. ona Bohloh Bed Sox topped by Elenore Koepke’s Lippy Leo Durocher. fan. there are not many of them these days, which makes work HOCKEY 578. game today. SARASOTA, . 24 They had games of 865, 873 and tice was on docket dark Simla *n. Nlrk Etltrk. am fail. easier for managers.” Fla Feh —Bat- tery candidates for the Boston then closed with 934. After two years at Gulfport, Baker with the Tigers moved NATION AL LEAGUE start the W I. T OF GA Pl* Red Sox 1941 training Texas. Between 1917 and 1(1 to Waxahaehte, near Dallas in 1933, Tomnt* II 4 lift 7k 54 grind tdoday under the eye of Man- People in Sports when he returned to the Tigers as a coach, Baker was with San ,IGmH«hi II 7 II IMI R 7 Aft ager Joe Cronin. Catcher Johnny DETROIT Ik 1.1 Ik k 7 W 41 Cl, Bears, Oakland in the Pacific Coast League and Rangrrg IA Ik k 111 Ilk 3k Peacock is missing, ill with the Egan Leg JOE MANIA fullback for the Chicago recently out. Francisco and Beaumont |k| Breaks C hicago IA Ik k 117 Ak grippe. drove JIMMY THOMSON, the seige gun of golf, on four holes over In the Texas loop, serving either as coach or manager. It was Montreal Ik It k IkA 111 *1 Americans k 11 k 7t 14k 16 the Los Angeles Riviera C. C. course. at that Baker developed stars for the Detroit parent GAMES Beaumont TTRRDAV* Chieago 1 uh* ' Toronto at Amrriraat. Now that JIMMY DYKES has obtained BILL club. Rangrru at Rnaton. CHICAGO. Feb. 24.—The first A mu \v As Bruins Win K'l( KKRBOCKF.R from the Yankees, he ran Tom Meany, in New York's PM newspaper, in recalling earlier contingent of Chieago Cubs was LEAGUE offer an all “K” infield composed of KXICKER- - New York clubs, pointed out recently that hotels AMERICAN en route to California and the Running their unbeaten string days with the WESTERN DIVISION BOCKER. at short; I.ARRY KENNEY, third; DON IP W w i. tor oa rt«. club's Catalina Island Spring to games Florida now welcome baseball clubs whereas once they wanted ». 23 by defeating KOLLOWAY, second; JOE KI'HEL, In (>T,l»nd !S 14 II IS. ISI training camp today and among New first. ButflHMl 1 players. Now the hands H,nkr, tl I. « IIM 14. 4. York last night in don't figure on this as long as LUKE APPLING part of hired Indlanapnll. I. !t I 111 lit M the 16 players In the party was Americans. 3-1. 1 of the national pastime's bigger loops rilt.hnr.h I. J* » 11. 14. S. baseman Billy Herman, Boston, the Boston Bruins around for shortstop duties. . second moved Boff.lo IS I. IS4 1.l S 4 ' In Spring training live the life of pluto- EASTERN DIVISION most recent of the Bruin hold- : ’ - to within one point of the first pi.. IBSH BILL STEWART, the baseball umpire and « i. t or oa outs to sign a contract. place Toronto Leafs, thanks to crats. CraTldrnr. IS 17 4 IMI IS7 S 4 official, wears a ring on hand, a tie Among eight still to sign up is some timely assistance from the hockey each t’ Havana, Brooklyn Dodgers Sprln.fl.ld IS I* 7 ISS 117 S 3 stickpin, In the Nrw Hnvrn It I. . US II! B? Lou Stringer, rookie infielder. lift Detroit Red Wings who downed clasp, a collar clasp, a chain with a are paying $8 a person a party of rhlladrlpMs II II S 140 147 47 Lelbpr, the Leafs. 3-0. charm on one end and a penknife on the other, k-vh kkbimm hi k for EAST NIGHT'* RERI LTS Others are Hank Lou .a, He also carries two Philadelphia Ituffaln S Novtkoff, Russell, The Americans not only lost watches. 50. including newspapermen, at the ritzy 4. Glen Bill Lee. the “What, ring In Nrw Havrn 4. Hrr.hr, S. stan Hack, Charley Root and game, but also Pat Egan, their This prompted one sports writer to yodel: no Nacional de Cubs, which will mean a Prnvldrarr S. Sprla.flrld I. the (o.rrtlmri. Vern Olsen. star defenseman, nose?” M* Indlanapolla I, PttUhor.h I who suffered a H . j hotel tab of approximately $12,000. At broken leg in a collision with Dit the Miami Biltmore the Giants pay $6 a Clapper, Boston defenseman. In six more years. JIMMY JOHNBTON will have been In boxing day. a fee which the Tigers are slightly AS AUTOS After Art Jackson of Boston and a half century. Wonder how many ballyhoo words under at the comparatively modest Lake- LOU KOLLS KILLED CRASH Pete Kelly of the Americans had he’s spoken in those years? HOOPPOLE. 111., Feb. 24.—Lou C. Kolls, American League tallied in the first period, the land Terrace here. years, and Bruins got umpire for the last eight until his release last Fall, their winning margin REBURN, skating partner in the third period on goals by STEWART first of four other person, were killed la.t night when two automobile* GREGORY RICE, former SONJA HEME’S, is a lieutenant in the 4Rth High- collided head-on here. Bauer and Reardon, the latter in ¦ near Notre Dame atar, finishing the -1