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I THE ANNISTON STAR WEDNESDAY, MAR. 26, a Wor A loot 0 ook SPORTS IN PICTURES Play ors Join Steele Works ony Missing arm Lineup Dodgers Comm gS Baseball Fold In Work Here Manager Dick Porter Opens Practice Sessions Yester- -day As Arrivals Continue Frank Papish. ace left-hander for the "Rams, Joined the Annlston base-ballers yesterday as did Joe Allen, another pitcher. Allen Dernback. shortstop, and Eddie Owehs.

young outfielder from Syracuse. These with Bill Young, George Today's Sport Parade By HENRY MrLEMORK DAYTON A BEACH, Fbk, Marl 28. It would be Interesting to know, to the penny. Just-how much Abe Simon made for fighting Joe Louis In Detroit last week. dont mean the amount of the check that Promoter Mike Jacobs handed him, but how much actually was left for Abe after his manager, Jimmy Johnston, had taken what I am sure was his sizeable cut.

handlers and sparring partners had been paid off. and the other 101 tabs picked up. My guess is that it was a pretty paltry sum, as heavyweight cham- Queen. Jim Green. Arthur Petrosky, Socco Johnson and Buck Crompton went through preliminary workouts I (- -1, Audrey Peppe flies over a couple of lucky cameramen on Rockefeller Center rink.

The Olympic figure skating star is rehearsing for international meet at Madison Square Garden. Double Steal Fails To Click For I 'kiliWy' today preparing for the heavy sessions on the schedule next week. Manager Dick Porter worked with nine of the early arrivals yester day at Johnston Field, giving them all, himself included, a case of sore muscles and stiff baeka, Porter expects Barney Luta and half a dozen other players to come Into camp by tonight which will enable him to put the whole crew to work' tomorrow. Buck Crompton, a Heflin youth, has shown enough, promise as a baseballer to qualify for a try-out with Annlston. Just what kind of a showing he will make, Manager Porter was not able to say, but he does think that Crompton has plenty of potentialities if he will work hard and stick with he game.

Socco Johnson, a former sluggln' outfielder, for the Rams, looked like a real prospect at times yesterday as he lined pitched balls Into the outfield and chased a few flies himself. Lash To Retire BLOOMLNGTON, Ind, Mar. 28. Don Lash, for seven years ne ef the nation's top distance runners, 'has retired from competition to gtve all his time to his vocation teaching motorists that highways aren't race tracks. The Indiana state policeman disclosed his decision Informally while delivering a safety lecture yesterday to a service club at Elk hart, Ind, Friends of the trooper here sought corroboration from his wife.

"Yes," she said, "Don Is ending his long track career, bat he plans to withdraw quietly." Intimates of Lash said that his Inability to train properly while devoting necessary time to police work had Influenced his decision. Lash's last race was the two-mile indoor event In the Chicago relays last Saturday. In 1937 he rworld week he finished fourth, Greg Rice winning in the record time Four 'thousand years ago, Egyptians knew the exact value of -pi." the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. Anniston's Most Modern 7 Barber Shop WILSON BUILDING L. ParneD.

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UJ Freddie Steele, having stepped Into a ring for the first time In two years and tested his punches against an assortment of sparring partners, an nounced today that he was ready to begin the battle for recovery of his lost middleweight crown. His reason competition is easier now. than when he was champ. He made his decision after a month of training, during which he critically examined himself for signs of serious physical softening. He found none.

He said his legs, arms and wind are as good as ever, good enough to carry him back to the top. 'This isnt just one of those half hearted comebacks that some fel lows make." he explained. "I'm not broke and rm not trying to trade on my name lust to pick up easy cash. I've decisively whipped some of the best middlewelghts around befcre and I know I can do it again. Tor Instance, although rtt been away two I'm still only 28.

Yet, Ken Overlin, the present title- holder, is 32 and I knocked him out in four rounds In 1937. Fus Lesne-rich Is considered one of the best I knocked him out In two rounds right here In 1938. 1 nev er took a bad beating at any tune and. after alL I retired only because I wanted a rest." Steele looked impressive in nu workout. He weighed in at 161 1-2 pounds, about the same mark at which he always has fought.

His hips still are slim, and, while his timing was erratic. It was obvious that he hadnt lost his punch. He will continue dally boxing for an other three weeks, and make his first appearance. Steele retired late in 193S after losing two of the only three bouts he dropped In 148 tripe lntjthe ring. He lost by a technical knockout to Fred Apostoli whom he had beaten before and then he was stopped by Al Hostak in a round In Seattle.

Willett Leads AHSNetStars Buckshot Moves Into Semifinals Of Journey Frank (Buckshot) Willett led the way Into the semi-finals of the an- nsj'spruig teunis-tearnameBt -at Annlston High School yesterday, eliminating Tim Durrett 6-2. 8-2 In the round of eight. Durrett gave Buckshot his atlffest match of the tournament to date, but he was unable to cope with Wll-lett's steadiness. Before this match Durrett had ousted William Dean -2, -2. and Willett won over William Mickle in love sets.

finals which will feature a match between Leslie Longshore, and Bud Willett Longshore, one of the most Improved younger players in the city, defeated Jimmy Oreer 8-0, 8-2 to move into this round while Bud Willett beat Lavelle Dean 8-1, 8-1. Bud Willett was a regular on the Bulldog net squad last year, but he is expected to be hard pressed to over young Longshore. Tommy Graham captured a 6-1. 8-0 test from Eugene Wilson to qualify for a meeting with Rex-Hurt. In another Interesting match Lamar Jordan turned back Jimmy Skipper 8-4, 6-3.

He meets Billy Brown, second ranked player of the meet who won over Jack Hurt in love sets earlier. Softball Men Ready For First Meeting Several softball teams have al ready organized and. arranged for sponsorship in the Annlston Softball Association during the coming season. It was indicated in reports coming to The Annlston Star office this week. Homer V.

Braden, manager of the pennant-winning Hudson Department Store team last season, reports that this outfit has been reorganized for the coming campaign and has been guaranteed hew uniforms by Hudson's. Loy Gunter's flashy satin-finished uniforms, which dominated the sofeball picture in the Model City League last summer, are due to be back In the picture also. An organization meeting for the association has been scheduled Thursday night at 7:30 o'clock in The Annlston Star building at' which time all softball minded persons should make plans to Join the assembly. GERMANS AS BRITISH. COOKS LONDON Anti-Nazi Ger man and Austrian girls, previously interned, soon will be cooking for British soldiers.

They are to be allowed to Join the A.TJ5. and wtfl wear the same uniform as English A.TjS. girls, with no special badge of Identification. Most of them will be employed as kitchen-helps and cooks. SPRING'S FIRST TOURIST, TRAVERSE CITY, Mich.

UJ0 Traverse City residents eyeing the weather reports, looking for signs of spring and arrival of the first "tin. can" tourists. For 'the fourth consecutive-year, the organ' izatlon, Tin Can Tourists of the World, Inc, will hold its summer convention at the fairgrounds here. Hold That Pose! hind the pitching of Si Johnson to win 6-5. HOLLYWOOD.

Mar. 26. The Pittsburgh Pirates, who dropped another exhibition game to the Chicago Cubs yesterday, meet the American League Chicago White Sox today. Manager Frankie Frisch prepared to cut his pitching staff with Rookie Oadis Swigart one of the first to be optioned. Two Cub rookies.

Scheming and Lou Stringer, hit home runs, the latter with the bases loaded, i FORT MYERS, Mar. 26. The Detroit Tigers send Hal New-houser and Floyd Glebell to pitch against the Cleveland Indians in a spring training game today. The Tigers defeated the Buffalo Bisons of the International League 4-2 at Lakeland yesterday. ONTARIO.

CaL, Mar. '28. The Chicago Cubs arrive today for the first of a two-game series with the Los Angeles Angels, their only minor league opponents this spring. Yesterday at Los Angeles the Cubs whipped the Pittsburgh Pirates, 10 to 5. Lou Stringer, batted out a homer with the bases loaded in the third inning.

FORT MYERS, Mar. 26. The Cleveland Indians today looked forward to tomorrow's game with Detroit Tigers as an opportunity to improve, their record In the grapefruit circuit of seven losses and four wins. The game is the last at Fort Myers before they, begin the regular -spring Junket with the New York Giants. The St Louis Cards 'yesterday scored their, third victory over the Tribe In as many starts In game featured by sound Indian pitching and weak hitting.

X-rays of Shortstop Lou Bou-dreau's tnjure'd left ankle revealed no broken bones but he probably will. remain on the casualty list for some time. Nine-tenths of "the population of India live in villages remote from political activities. eason Another Tiger Flashy afield and JOO hitter, Woodie McNair. shortstop from Union Springs, is the second Auburn baseball player in recent weeks to sign a Washington Senator contract.

The first was Sophomore Fred Hurst, first-string outfielder. The Senators have ordered McNair. who was eligible 4or two mote seasons of football and baseball at Auburn, to report to Charlotte for seasoning. He was a fleet halfback on the gridiron. In playing regularly for the Tigers last season, he stood out as probably the No.

1 collegiate shortstop In Dixie. Overlin Will Gamble Crown Faces Billy Soose May 23 In First Headlined NEW YORK. Mar. 28. (UJ-Mid-dle weight Champion Ken Overlin will gamble his crown against Billy Soose of Farrell.

at Madison Square Garden on May 23 under the terms of pugilism's first "Damon and Pythias contract. The contract provides that Soose, if victorious, will defend the7 title flHMilM'a tihlSmiM 1 Overlln's stablemste, Georgie Ab-rams of Washington: The date Is exactly a year from the night on which Overlin won the title (New York state brand) from Caferino Garcia in the Garden. Since thrrOverlhTiias defended it twice against Steve Belloise. Promoter Mike Jacobs also an nounced date changes for two fights at the Garden. heavyweight title bout was moved up a week to May 9, and the Lew Jenkins-Bob Montgomery non-title 10-rounder was set back a week to May 1.

Basket Bail Heads Vote Standardization NEW YORK. Mar. 21 WV-The nation's college basketball coaches. in almost periect agreement that courts and playing equipment be standardized, have managed to get together on one rule change they consider desirable. Concluding the two-day conven tion of the National Association of Basketball Coaches yesterday, they voted to recommend to the national rules committee that the three-second rule be eliminated.

Under pres ent rules, a player is allowed to retain possession of the ball in front of the foul line only three seconds. Other recommendations were that the backboard be of -a standard six-feet-by-four-feet size and pref erably of glass; that the court be 84 feet in length from basket to basket and 50 feet wide; that the ball be a lacelesa stitch ball of brown leather inflated to 13 pounds, and that court lighting made to conform to specifications of the rules committee's research 'committee, headed by "Phog" Allen Of Kansas. Page, Hicks Lead Way In Northf South Meet P1NEHITRST Mr 3 mm Defending Champion Ea telle Law son rage ana Medalist Elizabeth HICKS MW1 m. cnnt nimt nr rnnr fa. VOrites into the round nf th annual North-South Women's Golf cnampionshlp today.

Miss Hicks eliminated Mrs. T. Schulderberg. Baltimore, I and. 3, and Mrs.

Page defeated Mrs. R. Patton, West Hartford, Conn, 5 and Other results: Jeanne Cllne, Bloomlngton, 111 defeated Bauer, Providence, I. On the 21st men: Dornthv Kir by. Atlanta, went to the 17th green.

neiore defeating Georgia Talnter. Farso. N. Louis Sno Llthla Springs. Ga won In 20 holes over Deborah Verry.

Mass. Mrs. 8. R. Morgan.

Mills. Pa, defeated Louise Fordyce, xoungstown, 3 and Mrs. Wil 11am Hockenjbi. Lake Hopatconx. bettered Mrs.

Dan Chandler, iaiias trtx a and 1. Granflfather Mountain, heaf tln-Vllle. N. C- is the nnlv mnt of Canada where snow birds build ir.rir jtomes. -y 4 Two Players Fined And Another Suspended As Durocher Seeks Starters Editors: ThU li th ninth In tb series of articles analysing major league baseball "By GEORGE KIRKSEY CLEARWATER.

Ha, Mar. 28. 0I. The Brooklyn Dodgers are going to shoot the works In an elfort to win the 1941 National League pennant. If they achieve their goal, It will surprise a lot of folks.

They have not been very Impressive In Florida and lack of harmony on the club la evident. Already two players have been fined and another one virtually sus- pended. Van Mungo was fined 1200 for breaking training In Havana and Hugh Casey was fined $25 for reporting four days later. Babe Phelps has not reported and the' Dodgers have advised him to get into condition at his own expense. If be Joins the club he must pay his own room and board until he can play.

Phelps is at home in Odenton. insisting he has sinus trouble. Walker In Discard Dixie Walker, who led the Dodgers In hitting last season with .308, has been relegated to the The Dodgers are blaming him for their failure to give the Reds a close race last year, saying Walker let too many base hits fall in short center fields The pressure Is heavy on Klrby Higbe from the Phillies and Catcher Mickey Owen from the Cards, two players for whom the Dodgers shelled out $175,000. The Dodgers played their varsity against the Yanks last Friday Higbe pitching and Owen catching and were blanked 7-0. Catching, pitching and center field teem the Dodgers biggest question marks.

With Phelps sulking the catching staff consists of Owen and Herman Franks. Reserve receiver Angelo Oiulani has been holding out After you've mentioned Higbe, Wyatt, Curt Davis and Hugh Casey, you've' about covered the Dodger pitching squad. Fred Fltxsimmons is i till around, but at 40 hell be used sparingly and mostly against the Pirates and Phils, each, of whom he conquered six times last year. "Hot Potato" Luke Hamlin is In the bad graces of the Dodger bosses and may be disposed of. He took a big salary cut ana worked rd In Ha I against the Giants he's blown big leads.

Should Be Winners Higbe and Wyatt should be big winners, but the best the Dodgers can show to the way of a lefthander Is Wesley Flowers, who has nothing but soft stuff. Ed Head Is 'the best looking youngster. Bill Swift will be no. i- reuer Tex carleton, Kemp Wicker. Lee Grissom, Steve Mills and Al Sherer are all In the question mark class.

Manager Leo Durocher Is certain young Pete Reiser, a great prospect, wlll.be able to play centerfield. Others are not so sure. Reiser can hit, run. and throw but he never played center before. Joe Medwick will play left and the veteran Paul Waner is ahowing unexpectedly good form in right.

Walker, Joe Vosmik and Jim-my WasdeJJ will be the utility men. The class of the Dodgers is centered to their Infield of Dolf Ca-mllll at first, Pete Coscarart at second, Peewee Reese at short and Cookie Lavagetto at Reese is a championship ball player and the only possible doubt about him is he Is rugged enough to play 154 games at top speed. Manager Durocher, Tewriggs from the Reds and Johnny Hudson will be the infield reserves. ALLEN MARCIIE8 ON LAWRENCE. Matt of Kansas' capture of the Big Six basket ball title was the 2ith championship team for Dr.

F. 9- Prog) Allen in 31 years of coach- Eyes Examined: Glasses Furnished Dr. C. W. Hastings Jtv0 PTOMETRIST VT.

11th St. AnnUton Ne Kate Lower Than Oars Bee Us First Local Finance Co. I WILSON BLDG. ARCADE SUDJECT 4 HAVE YOUR STEERING4 CHECKED will be glad to" show you how 5 detect those iiny defecU that hard steering, shimmy, -ay and Ire LinjJssy i pionshlp payOffs go. and that considering the terrible beating, he took Abe was almost as badly underpaid as those unfortunates who used to have to play tag with the lions to make a Roman holiday.

Yet It is difficult to feel too sorry for Simon. He dldnt have to fight Louis In the first puce. That's really making money the hard way. When you get a knot on your head with every dollar, even gold loses Its appeal Abe would have been wiser had he taken one of 50 alternatives. He could have borrowed a beard and a cane and posed as a Spanish war pensionler or worked at fifty cents an hour testing used parachutes.

THE BEST PROOF of what a beating Abe did take In those 13 rounds in Detroit. Is the fact that he has signed to fight Louis again. The next evidence of what Louis' fists did to him will come In the return bout Hell never go 13 again. For one thing, he will know he cant lick Louis. That will soften him some and there never was chin not even on one of those Gutxon Borglum Mountain Memorial chins which could take licks Abe's did and be the same afterwards.

Boxing should have a law to protect men like Simon against themselves. It could be a law similar to the one that says a man's life cant be placed in Jeopardy twice for the same crime. A fellow like Simon is in jeopardy when he gets In there with Louis. dont believe you could find a reputable physician who couldn't tell that a man cant take a beating' about the head such as Simon took from the champion and ever be the same again, mentally or physically. Simon is Just the type who suffers the most at the hands Louis.

He is a giant In stature, strong as young redwood and unimaginative enough to be foolishly brave. The light, glass-chlnned boys go but quickly and thus miss rounds of pummellng. Simon can take It he probably is proud of BOB PASTOR IS A good example of what happens to a man who takes a 10-or-15 round beating from Louis. Pastor got his from Louis 11 rounds of it in the same Detroit where Simon' got his. Before that fight-Pastor could really take a punch.

But Louis so softened Pastor that the feather-punching Billy Conn was able to knock him Speaking of Simon's return match with what impels a man to buy a ticket for a Louis vs. push over bout? Does he buy it for the privilege of watching a great champion in action? Does he buy it In the hope of being on hand when the champion is finally beaten? Or does he buy it for the same reason that Spaniards buy bull-fight tickets? (Copyright, 1940, By United Press) Californian To Play Women's Net Meet BROOKLTNE. 26. (JP) California will face New England today In the semi-finals singles of the women's national Indoor tennis tourney at Lorurwood Cricket Club. Top-seeded Pauline Bets, of Los Angeles, faces Katherine Hubbell, of Dedham, survivor from the unranked members of the field, in one match while her fellow Californian and -Rollins College student Dorothy May Bundy, of Santa Monica, second-seeded, lines up opposite fourth-ranked Katherine Win-throp, of Ipswich.

Gorillas have been known to zoologists less than a hundred years. a Chump" Business Coupe Fresh from training in the tropical sun at Havana, the Brooklyn Dodgers attempted a double steal In the first inning of an exhibition game with the Cincinnati Reds at Tampa, Fla. But the Reds broke, it up Baker to Frey. who failed to tag Waner in time but threw Reese out at the plate. Reese is trying to slide home butjjCatcher Baker is waiting.

Umpire Barllck watches the play. The Dodgers won 7 to 1. Associated Press. Dodgers 4 Is Not Back i I 4 One of Auburn's track and field regulars in 1940. Harry Russell, Syl-acauga, is not back this season and Coach Wilbur Hutsell is slated; to have a little trouble filling his shoes.

He won Auburn's freshman cake race in 1939 and was a reliable in the mile and 102 NOBLE STREET 1 V. BY UNITED PRESS MIAMI, Mar. 26. The New York Oiants open a two-game ex hibition series with the Cincinnati Reds today. A four-run blast in the sixth Inning gave the Philadelphia Phillies a 6-5 win over the Oiants yesterday to end the exhibition series tied at one-all.

ST. PETERSBURG, Mar. 26. An inter-club practice game will feature JriUs" at the New York Yankeer training grounds today. The Brooklyn Dodgers cracked the Yanks' spring winning streak at seven in a row.

yesterday with an 11 -inning, 2-1 victory. The Dodgers play the St Cardinals here today. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla-, Mar. 26.

The 6t Louis Cardinals meet the Brooklyn Dodgers in an exhibition game here today before leaving St Petersburg for good. The Cards yesterday came from behind in the eighth'lnning to beat the Cleveland Indians, 2 to 1. Three, rookies, Harry Breechen, Murray Bicksori and Newell Kimball," held the Indians to four hits. SAN ANTONIO, Tex Mar. 26.

The St Louis Browns left their training camp early today for Brownsville, where they will meet the Fort Worth Steers in an exhibition Long distance slugging by' Rip Radcllff and -the pitching of Jack Kramer helped the Browns beat the Boston Bees 0 to yesterday at Austin. Both Rad-cliffe and Kramer homered. ANAHEIM, Mar. 26. The Philadelphia Athletics play Seattle here today, in their last game at Anaheim quarters before "starting on a road trip which will carry them to New York for the season opener April 15.

MIAMI, BEACH, Mar. Phlladelphla Phlllies were ready to slug It out with the Boston Red Sox today with renewed confidence following their 6-5 win over the New York Giants. Trailing yesterday, the Phils suddenly came to life be- 7W I WILSON WHITE ANNISTON, ALABAMA A.