The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 3, 1943, Page 5

WEINEISDAY, , PEERY. : ITS TEXAS U'S GUESS NOW _ BUT ARMY MAY GET Hilt — ‘COULD BE WORSE, SAYS CONNIE MACK By HENRY LITTLEHALES > Features PHIL. ADELPHIA, Feb -eld manager gee of the imist, — despite the effects of Player talent, travel- and spring training 5 sitv of Texas. ke it four but freshmen didn’t be- - Cotton As for the travel angel — es- pecially as it affects the click of the turnstiles — Connie predicts an increase in attendance at home games. The gas ban, he says, will keep many Philadelphians at heme. Shibe , where the ma ae Frank Seeki Seeking Letters in Three Major Sports; | Coach Littlefield Praises : Hew Highly AP Features AUSTIN, Tex. Feb. 3.—Tail Frank Guess, a blend, 180-pound- is going*to be a busy young} man for the next four or five | months as he seeks letters in three major sperts at the Univer- He probably would have made e eligible for the varsity inj > Scuthwest Conference untii after the regular football seaso7.; Guess did get to play in the; Bowl game. and if what! did. was a fair sample, there’s dcubt that he would have; his numeral on the grid-| tie The Army may prevent the; university from having it’s first] four-letterman in history. In Army Reserve The education major, THE KEY WEST CITIZEN er part of last year, Winston- TIGERS EXPECT TO BE ; DANGEROUS | By WATSON SPOELSTRA | AP Features. | Tigers are firm believers that any- and Coach Al Vincent, up from Buffalo of DETROIT, Feb. 3.—The Detroit league, in handhng pit thing can happen in baseball this a year — yes. even the return of | race. The Tigers, slipping back into ; the second division last summer ! for the second time in nine years, have the 1943 combination of a new board of strategy and 1argely holdover talent from a fiftn place finisher. Huge, likeable Steve O'Neill, who once did a two-year hitch at Cleveland, is the new Tiger man- ager, succeeding Del Baker. O'Neill aia a masterful iob last year while piloting a kid team at Beaumont to tne Texas league ; Seasonal title. Two Rockies May Make Good It is wholly possible that only two ne mers will crash the j Tiger lineup after O'Neill has sur- ! veyed the situation at the spring training camp that opens March {415 at Evansville. Ind. Robert Jo- ‘seph Hoover, just plain Joe in the 18-year-old Guess, a phys- ‘Pacific Coast is in the | played at Hollywood for five years, , league where he third sacker Joseph (J Headed by whe was Detroit's Salem of the Piedmont league is sending some eight youngsters, but most of these are either head- ed for the army, or are too far away for major league considera- tion. Of the 17 holdovers, practically all have assurances of being avail- able to start the season. Besides those mentioned, they are infield- er-outfielder Don Ross, and fitchers Roy Henshaw, Hal Man- ders and Jack Wilson. Obviously, the Tigers are giving up much experience and playing . ability in this war-time version ‘:-* of the national pastime, but Gen- the International Ss up More than hal. pects from Beaumont. Little Hope For Ei Manaz eral Manager Jocé Zeller foresees a season of “interesting baseball.” “We have to be much more resourceful nowadays.” Zeller declares, “and this is Sound to pay off im initiative and incen- fe om the playina field. That overly used expression of hustle applies for 1943 as far as I'm opinion that the New York Y. kees are the team to beat. others, they see a real threat the St. Louis Browns. Speaking 4 alone, they point to another da gerous team — you guessed it, the Tigers. HOTEL LEAMINGTON ~ N. E. Ist Street at Bisceyne Boulevard Overlooking Bayfront Park and Biscayne Bey Opposite Union Bus Steticn MIAMI, FLORIDA One Block frcrm Shopping Drstrict amd Amusements PARKING LOT ADJOINING HOTEL A.trec Sumens. 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Army Enlisted Reserve and will: seems headed for the shortstop pre bably be called to the service. berth, and lanky Dick Wakefield, He may go before| $50,000 former University of Mich- czn. But buy them on a regular basis. It will cost money to Our Permanent, ‘Waxes Provide the Corr Foundatign Jor, a New and Mod:sh Colffere to mind the has left the ~ this 1 to colors. Th pitchers Bob Harris Marchild: basketball. baseba!l; 1k is considered by Fresh-| Coach Clyde Littlefield as} e best football prospect at Tex-, ince the days cf Harrison} ford. For those who may not! heard of Stafford—well, fellow was the greatest, blccker ever to bounce a would-} be tackler in the Southwest Con- terence. Guess already is a mighty punt he ave er and in addition can pass well, | Don Richm Gantenbein fai niliar from the roster are 3 Knickerbocker and Eric McNair and outfielder Mike Kreevich, who were released in December, and outfielder Dee Miles, sent to Seat- tle in a trade White. form ing this se Connie is time on hi er definite at this 1943 infield. The only holdovers are first baseman Dick ; , who hit .260 top Pete 256 mark. rookie from Willi Eastern league, care of secor corns last year, Irving Hall, msport in the se, while the hot afted from Los An- ynlv infield replacement a just now is Ed Knopka, a first sacker coming up from Wil- ,mington, the A’s interstate loop farm. The outlook behind the plate is better than elsewhere. with Hal Wagner i Bob Siwft returning for another season. Bob Johnson, a fixture in the outfield since 1 is a question mark on Connie’s prospect list be- cause of a bonus argument on his contract. In the event he is not; around, all the flychasers will be | newcomers excent Elmer Valo, who bit 73h ge son. It to 0. ite, Mack is — on Johtnny We- lai, baek*tte an interlude at Buff from Little Rock; and Relix Mac- kiewiez. a Wilmington product. The pitching staff ; jeined the Canadian army. The eurrent roster lists Roger Folff, L. H. Harris, Herman Besse, Russ Christopher and Fred Cali- guiri, veterans witha combined record of 29 wins last season; Jess prrehased from Los An- : and two arrivals from Wil- mington. Talmadge Abernathy and Bill Lawry. Wolff wen a dozen games last ane more than Harris. Besse; and Abernathy are the only south- paws im tow. Lookine who will the octogene: dent and. vatriarch letics, said: ort at Wilmineter, of the Ath- “It miztht bea lot better—but. it could be much worse. And we know that we're not the only team te be hard hit by the war. We'll co alone with what we have and hove for the best.” Land savs submarine losses are falling as shipbuilding soars. z hi J. F. SIKES LICENSED PLUMBER 1308 CATHERINE STREET g 5 Frank’s home-town hero, Suder, who, ent will fall to Ed-, Jim: ‘Tyack, purchased ! suffered aj blow when Phi! Marchildon, who ; vas the clab’s leading hurler last | vt the list of players ; jan manager, presi- | ind is a shifty runner. ck is something to see. Littlefield, who has _ been watching athletes come and go at Texas for 23 years, compares Guess to some of the best men he ever coached, including Staf- ford. Both of them are products of Wharton, Tex. “He’s a fine boy to coach,” Lit- Uetield declared. “He reminds you of Bohn Hilliard (Texas’ great halfback of the early thir- ties) the way he listens to what” you have to tell him.’ Guess already is out for the varsity basketball team and has been impressive with his sball- handling. He plays guard. Went To Cerds’ School ? The next big question after sketball will be whether he'll be allowed to participate in both His cut- These sports overlap and it takes a hard worker to stand up under both training programs. If he does try for baseball it will be as an outfielder. He was ‘a sandlot player at Wharton and ‘attended the St. Louis Cardinals’ !school at Houston when 16. He hits either from right or left, ad- mits his left-handed hitting is n.ore consisent but that he cuts harder from the right. As a rack man he is a jumper. and also throws the javelin and discus. In high echool, he reach- ed 6 feet 4% inches in the high | jump. | | 1,500,000 pints of blood donated | iattcbanainscaTATCHTETGIeeit TeATeiaiabaddivsaraabntiaeeiin that appliance. for replacement units. 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The Tigers intend to take about 35 players to their new training base at Evansville. The | club already has 18 stars on its service flag and there undoubt- edly will be additions, but some 30 family men jn the Tiger em- ploy are unlikely to be called uv. by their. draft boards. Since October; 10 Tigers; nota- bly Barney McCoskey, Al Ben- ton, Charley Gehringer and John-; ny Lipton, have been called to the colors. The others were farm- har Walter (Heot) Fvers, Dutch , Mever, Hervev Riebe, Roy Clark, Joe Erautt and Anse Moore. There are other hewcomers tgith, good chances of sticking. ; * Pau) Richards, masaéen.of Atlan- Ya's Southern association Crack ers for’several” veafs, is Moving up possibly as Detroit's secdnd string ated to take track and baseball, as he wishes. catcher. Richards, 32, is a steadv recciver and mav assist O'Neill DR. AARON H. SHIFRIN GENERAL. 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