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Friday, March 23, 1945 THE NEBRASKAN 2) DD CS1I Baseball Spring Training Camps Work Full Blast Well, spring Is officially here now, and the baseball training camps ere going full blast. In the first exhibition game of the season, Wednesday the St. Louis Browns reaped two runs off the Toledo Mud Hen on three singles and a double to win 2-0 Pitchers Sid Jakuki and Al La Macchia shut out Toledo on one hit in their game at Cape Girdeau, Mo. Shortstop Vernon Stephins hit the only extra baser, a double which knocked in one of the runs Vice-president Bill DeWitt of the Browns said he had only three holdouts, pitcher Jack Kramer, catcher Myron Hayworth and out fielder Gene Moore. St. Louis Cards The World Champion St. Louis Cards have thought it all over and will not leave their Cairo, I1L, headquarters for another training site. A drainage ditch was dug and with the help of two fire de partment pumps helping, the water was being carried of the Card's field. The drainage was ex pected to be completed by today. The Cards star pitcher Morton Cooper, signed his contract and is expected to join the squad to day. Utility outfielder Augie Ber gamo arrived in camp yesterday and worked out with the team. Cold weather forced the Chi cago Cubs inside at French Lick, Ind., Manager Charlie Grimm played the piano to accompany the indoor calisthenics of his ath letes. He was requested to go on tour. Veteran outfielder Wally Moses reported to the Chicago White Sox camp at Terre Haute, Ind., and informed manager Jimmy Dykes that he had ben accepted for lim ited Army service. Rain Halts Practice For the first time since train ing started the weather interfered with drills. Rain forced the New York Yankees to toll in an old Navy hangar at Atlantic City, At Frederick, Md., Connie Mack actually welcomed the res pite afforded by a shower. "It's about time the boys had a day off he laughed. A drizzle kept the New York Giants inside at Lakewood, N. J. Snow flurries mingled with rain sent the Pittsburgh Pirates indoors at Muncie, Ind, Rookie Second Sacker Fred Daniels of the Philadelphia Phillies will enter a hospital Fri day to have a cyst removed from his spine. He 11 be lost for six weeks. ODT Says OK The office of Defense Transpor tation gave th'e Washington Sena tors permission to play an exhi bition with the Orioles in Balti more, April 15. Club officials ex plained that the Senators will meet the Curtis Bay Coast Guard team near Baltimore, April 14, and play Orioles on the way back using Coast Guard transportation. The Senators were happy over the condition of Marino Pieretti, right-hand pitcher from the Coast league. Pieretti, 23, won 26 and lost 13 for Portland last season. He will be the team's work horse. There are 77 athletes in Brook lyn's camp at Bear Mountain, N. Y. Only 17 are considered squad members. Leroy Pfund, right handed pitcher, reported. Frenchy Eordagaray signed his contract. The Cleveland Indians, hard hit by the loss of Ken Keltner to the Navy, took solace from the de fensive ability of 21 -year-old Al Cihocki, Coast Guard veteran. who is scheduled to succeed Kelt ner at third base. Manager Bill McKechnie of the Cincinnati Reds sees a brutal season ahead for his team "because they have lost too many players.' He predicts the St Louis Cardi nals, the runner-up Fitsburijh Fi rates and the Chicago Cubs, who finished fourth behind the Reds last season, will be the class of the league. On the brighter side only a half dozen performers are miss ing from the 20 scheduled to re port. The Navy department has an nounced that Chief Specialist Bob Feller, former Cleveland Indians pitcher, will have charge of the Great Lakes Naval Training Cen ter's team this year, Feller, just returned from duty in the toutn facinc, repiacea Cmdr. Mickey Cochrane, now on duty in the southwest Pacific. Cochrane coached the 1942-1944 baseball teams at Great Lakes, teams that compiled on of the greatest records in the game. Men You Vill Find Munn-Bush Oxfords Wings Shirts Cooper Socks Botany Ties Wimberly Ties at Ellingcr'srJnc. 12 A P Sts. Oklahoma Enters Tryouts for Texas Relays of April 7 NORMAN, OkL Oklahoma may enter every relay race on the progrtun at the Texas Relays April 7 at Austin, Tex. Coach John Jacobs hasn't made up his mind definitely. However tryouts at Owen Field the next ten days may cause Jacobs to es say this formidable task. It would be the first year the Sooners have ever attempted all six relays in one meet A pre-meet alignment of the various Sooner relay combinations at Austin, an alignment that doubtless will be changed as some lads displace others in trials this week and next, is as follows: 440 yards relay Bion Mc Bride, Tim Gannaway, Dave and Laddie Harp. 880 yards relay same as 440 relay. Mile relay Gannaway, Bill Sylvester or Homer Sparkman (440), Bill Kincheloe (440), Jack Coe (440), Day (440). Two-mile relay Kincheloe or Tom Bump (880), Coe, Clar ence Vicklund (880) and Homer Sparkman (880). Sprint medley relay Day or Kincheloe (440), Harp (220), Gannaway (220), Spakman (880). Distance medley relay Syl vester (440), Bump or Coe (880), Leach (1,320) and Vick lund (mile). Oklahoma's best event at the Southwest Exposition meet last week at Fort Worth was the mile relay. The Sooners and Texas A. and M.'s Border Relays cham pions tied for first Oklahoma hopes to be doing around 3:26 by April 7. Sooner times in this event at Fort Worth were Mc Bride 55 seconds, Kincheloe 51, Coe 52 and Day 50.5. Bill Wilson, Southwest Exposi tion meet co-champion, will enter the pole vault at Austin. 45 Baseball Season Drills Begin at ISC AMES, la., March 21. Starting the 1945 baseball season without the services of Pitcher Mel Kleen, the Cyclone baseball team may have a rough row to hoe. Coach Chick Sutherland moved his squad outside Monday as light drills started. The squad has been cut to 23 members, and Sutherland will start organization of candidates to see what material he has on hand with which to build his team for the coming season. Gene Phelps, Wells, Minn., letterman from last year's squad, is expected to re port at a later date to bolster the lineup. In addition to Fneips, Sutherland has Don Halverson, Tom Chudomelka. Dick Scott, and Howard Voelker, who have seen action with the squads of last year. Chudomelka was on the 1943 team but spent a year in the Army since that time. As it appearnow, Iowa State College will be the only Big Six school to have a baseball team this season. Consequently, there will be no Big Six schedule. Last year, the Cyclones played college teams from the University of Kan sas and the University of Minne sota and service teams from Ot tumwa and the Seahawks. It is expected thatservice ieams will make up the major part of op position this season in the absence of college baseball teams. Material available to Suther land at the present time includes: Pitchers, Halverson; Chudomelka; Ralph Theabold, and lefthanders Bob Bescanson, and T. B. Jones. Infielders: Jim Myers, Bill Block, Bob Jensen, Art Collins, Bernie Babbitt, Don Sparks, John Shock. Chuck Heidel, Galen Jackson, and Ralph Beckerle. Outfielders: Scott, Voelker, Francis Ongara, John Pflum, Don Fink, and Willard Avery. Catchers: Art Johnson, Ron Johnson, Alta. In addition to these men, it is possible that some players will enroll for spring quarter work and will be out for baseball be fore the season starts. AST SES IT I By Altho the Wings have played their last basketball game for this season, their fame will live, at least until the season rolls around next year. They were undoubted ly one of the best, if not the best team that ever trod the coliseum fi nrr Flavins a 33-eame schedule of raking teams, the wings won jo, numbering among their victims The Phillins fifi Oilers. National AAU champs beaten twice; the Harlem Giobe Trotters; the Wright Field Army Tecs; the Sec ond Air Force Superbombers; the Ottumwa Naval Air Station; Fort Riley; Scott Field, and the Alex andria, La., Bombers. Altho the jurisdiction of the Lincoln Field was transfered from the Second Air Force to the Army Air Forces Technical Training Command during the final play offs, were granted permission to complete lor the uue, ana iney brought home the bacon. Pint thfe thine that will be re membered most about the Wings is that they did not ever LAJi)u on their own court Good News. One of the best bits of news to come into the sports world for a long time, was the news from the War Manpower Commission that baseball players quitting their wsr j"h to return to baseball will not be drafted for leaving their jobs. The ruling which also applies to managers and coaches, provides that hpsphall men so emDloyed during the winter months would not need the statement oi avau ahilitv from their industrial em ployers to play ball during the regular season. Baseball, Softball Teams Due March 28 Plans for the Intramural baseball and Softball seasons are being drawn up now. All houses planning to play soft ball should hand in their names to Gordie Ehlers at the ATO bouse on or before the 28th of March. All bouses who have baseball aspirants should hand In the players' names to Gordie by the same date. Base balls, bats, catchers' equipment and sweat clothes may be checked out in the Field House any afternoon between 4 and 6. It is imperative that all houses co-operate on this mat ter if they wish to be included In the schedule. Swimmers should also hand in their entries by Sunday, March 25, if they wish to par ticipate in the meet on April 4. Swimmers may practice any evening from 4 to 6 p. m. Eiddy Balz, Michigan State Col lege junior, enroute to see the housemother ran into Flight Of ficer Dick Haddad who had come to surprise her. Biddy took one look and shrieked, "Horrors, my hair is in pigtails. Well, that's one way to greet him. "LET ME AT IT ss For Men A ? vi A3 fAW style best! (7S Sports Coats j ?S Pace-setting smartness ; these! Flannels, cheviots, j g Tl hand-needled edge cam- ! ' eltones. In plaids, tweeds, S T?' : J checks. ! hf ; . $i5 to $25 rv - Slacks NVa5. fill"wo1 fabrics that j 'xM0''1 stand the gaff. Gabar- ! V vt-' -t v A dines, twills,, flannels in i rj v .L- browns, greys, blues. 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