THE MICHIGAN DAILY ...... ..... .. Chandler Orders Owen Dropped for Five Years Commissioner Releases Statement Claiming No 'Good Reason' Exists for Modification Wage Stabilization Board'Warns: 'Essential Food Prices Must Fall' By The Associated Press CINCINNATI, Aug. 14- Mickey Owen, the former Brooklyn catcher, must pay the full penalty of five years suspension from Organized Baseball for hopping to Mexico, the baseball commissioner's office ruled today. The ruling, handed to newsmen by Walter Mulbry, secretary-treasur- er of baseball, was a terse, four para- graph statement which read: Vets, Chemistry Nies To Meet In Softball Final It will be Vets Housing against the Chemistry Department nine in the finals of the All-Campus Softball, to- day at Ferry Field. The Vets bounced back to nulli- fy a four-run Tyler first inning with a 15 run attack, while the Chemistry squad edged out Pres- cott, 4-2; in a bitterly fought con- test. The Vets scored their runs in three big innings. Four hits, an error and a walk knotted the count in the last half of the first. Another four run outburst in the fourth and a seven run rally in the flifth put the game on ice. Vet's, pitcher, Williams, was also the games batting star. In addi- tion to hurling a five-hitter he smashed out a homer and two singles to drive in six runs. The Chemistry Department, one of the pre-tourney favorites, caught a tartar in the tough Prescott nine. They took a two run lead in the first inning on first baseman George Killick's single to left. In the fourth Prescott knotted the count on a pair of hits, a fielder's choice and an error. Two errors and a hit in the last off the sixth finally gave the Chem boys their two run victory margin. Losing pitcher Longwell held the Chemistry nine to four hits while his mates got five off Adams, the winner. "Commissioner A. B. Chandler has said: "The Commissioner's office has re- ceived from Mr. Ford C. Frick, Pres- ident of the National League, a letter from Arnold Malcolm Owen asking for reinstatement to American pro- fessional baseball. This letter was forwarded to the Commisisoner by Mr. Frick without recommendation. "Earlier this year player Owen and other players who jumped their con- tracts or otherwise violated their ob- ligations to professional baseball clubs were suspended by the Com- missioner for a period of five years. "No good reason has been shown to the Commissioner why this pe'n- alty should be lessened or modified." Mulbry's name and title was at the bottom, of the page. The doughty little catcher went to the Mexican league this spring after his release from service instead of returning to the Brooklyn team. On May 9 the Commissioner sus- pended him for five years SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Aug. 14- Mickey Owen, erstwhile Brooklyn and Mexican League catcher, tonight gamely accepted the ruling of Base- ball Commissioner A. B. (Happy) Chandler 'which apparently will end his Major League career, but said "I'm not giving up hope." "Maybe this Mexican situation will blow over before long and I'll get another chance. "Meanwhile, I'll just farm and wait," said Mickey who admitted he had made a big mistake * * * MEXICO CITY, Aug. 14-Jorge Pasquel, President of the Mexican League, said tonight that Commis- sioner A. B. Chandler's refusal to lift Mickey Owen's five year suspen- sion "makes us feel a little better about the affair." 4He would say nothing more, but friends who know how'he feels about Owen's jump back to the U.S. ex- plained that Owen's punishment will discourage any further "such irreg- ular conduct." DAMAGED VESSEL MAKES PORT ... Here is a close-up of the 20-foot hole in the bow of the American Farmer after she made port at Falmouth, England. Abandoned several hundred milesoff the English coast recently after a collision, the ship is now the center of a British-American controversy over salvage rights. The shin made Port under her own power after being manned by a British crew. DOUBLE TROUBLE: Boudreau's 12th Inning Double Gives Tribe Win over Tigers OPER ATION PIGSKIN fl-DAY... MICHIGAN STATE By JACK MARTIN _MICHIGAN STATE'S football forces have faced true Spartan hardships the past few years, and this fall Charlie Bachman will again have to create a gridiron army from a host of unknown quantities. Only two of the first eleven men on the 1945 team will be back; four have gone the way of all 18-year-olds, two have dropped out of school, two graduated, and one simply announced his withdrawal from the game after two war years. From last year's backfield ranks only one halfback has reported for duty-but that halfback was just about 50 per cent of the Spartan's offense in the '45 season. Russ Reader joined Michigan State's line-up after the Spartans had collapsed under the Wolverines' freshman- power in their opening encounter, and from then on its was a rejuven- ated State eleven that took the field. In the eight games he played for the Spartans, Reader led the parade in the scoring department, accumulating 35 of the 120 total points achieved. He also proved a potent air arm bycompleting 53 of 90 forward passes for a percentage of .588. His accurate aerials allowed end Steve Contos to be- come one of the nation's leading pass receivers with 31 successful catches. STATE'S '45 forward wall has crumbled into virtual disappearance. All that's left of it is end Warren Huey, an 18-year-old Punxsutawney, Pa. freshman. According to Bachman, Huey would easily fit into the football picture of any college campus. However, this dark cloud of gridiron gloom hanging over East Lansing is not impenetrable. In fact, there are quite a few promising rays of light piercing the shroud. The biggest spot .of brightness is generated by the return of eight members of Michigan State's 1942 sophomore-studded out- fit which upset the high-sailing Great Lakes Bluejackets, 14-0. Among the eight veterans is Vince Mroz, who joined the Marines, was transferred to Ann Arbor, and during his 1943 tenure here succeeded in winning a letter as an end for Michigan's Western Conference champ- ions. Barney Roskopp and Ken Balge, two other '42 flankmen, are ac- companying Mroz. Along with them a pair of 210-pound bits of muscle are coming back to help fill the empty holes around tackles Alger Con- ner and John Pletz. Two excellent quarterbacks are also included, in the 1942 package. One is Russ Gilpin, who continued his pigskin career while in service. The for- mer Spartan was named by the Associated Press to the Rocky Mountain all-service eleven at guard, but when he performs again for State this fall it will be from his old quarterback post. Gilpin was noticed by Bulldog Turner, Chicago Bear pro, while he was in the Army, and Turner declared that he was of All-American calibre at either position. UARTER BOB OTTING and fullback Edo Mencotti complete the roll- call of '42 veterans returning to pad the '46 roster. In addition to the old hands, Charlie Bachman will have a fine crop of Spring fledglings to work with. The outstanding freshman among last May's gridders was a Flint ex-serviceman, George Guerre (he pronounced it Gary). Operating from the half-back slot, Guerre stood out like a beacon- light in theearly drill session. Among others to show definite promise were fullbacks Frank Wa- ters and Dave Lumsden, center Pete Fusi, and guard Mark Blackman. All are former GI's. It seems that Bachman will have a fair amount of good back field material, but only a spotty line. The ends and, tackles may be strong, but an ominous shortage of guard and center candidates is cropping up. While Michigan State's Spartans may not set the world on fire during the coming football months they should be a great deal stronger than the squad which won five, lost three, and tied one in 1945. And by the time Nov. 19 rolls around they will have six games under their belt, six games By The Associated Press CLEVELAND, Aug. 14-Tribe Manager Lou Boudreau's 12th inning double and an error by Pat Mullin on the play scored Heinz Backer with the winning run today as the Cleve- land Indians copped the finale of a three-game series with the Detroit Tigers, 6 to 5. Becker rapped a single after two were out in the 12th frame and Boudreau drove his second double to right center scoring the Tribe first baseman as Mulin bobbled the ball in an attempt to return it to the infield. Embree Wins in Relief Red Embree limited the Tigers to two hits in four innings of relief hurl- ing to gain his seventh triumph, while Fred Hutchinson was rapped for 15 hits over the distance to absorb his ninth loss. The Tribe manager broke a 3-3 tie in the eighth inning to put Cleve- land in front 5 to 3 on his double with the bases loaded, but Lou's bobble on George Kell's roller in the ninth per- mitted the Tigers to knot the score. Greenberg Gets Three Hits Hank Greenberg . paced Detroit's 11-hit attack on Charley Gassaway, Joe Krakauskas and Embree with three bingles in six trips, while Boud- real cracked four safeties in five trips. The victory was the Tribe's first in seven games with Detroit here this season and prevented the Tigers from sweeping their third straight series in Cleveland. * * * Brooklyn Wins Two BROOKLYN, Aug. 14-The Brook- lyn Dodgers came up with two runs in the last half of the seventh inn- ing to break a scoreless duel between the Dodgers' Joe Hatten and New York's Monty Kennedy and went on to beat the Giants 2-1 tonight. The victory following Brooklyn's 8-4 af- ternoon triumph over the Giants, in- creased the Dodgers' National League lead over the St. Louis Cardinals to one and a half games. Brooklyn's double win, which mark- ed the first afternoon-night double header in Major League history in which two separate admissions were charged, drew a total of 57,224 cash customers. Pollet-Wins for Cards CHICAGO, Aug. 14-Lefty Howie Pollett kept the St. Louis Cardinals in the thick of the National League pennant fight today when he pitch- ed the second placers to a 6-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs. Pollett allowed nine hits in gain- ing his No. 14 triumph of the season as the Cardinals gained a 2-1 edge for the series. Pollett got away to a bad start, the Cubs scoring two runs off his first four pitches. Johnny Ostrowski singled on the first, and Don John- son hit his first home run of the season on the fourth to give the Cubs a 2-0 lead. Bevens Hurls Five-Hitter NEW YORK, Aug. 14-Floyd Be- vens registered his 13th victory to- night with a five-hit performance as the New York Yankees defeated the Washington Senators, 4-1, at the Yankee Stadium. The lone Washington run came in the second and was unearned as Phil Rizzuto, in attempting a double play on Jake Early after singles by Ce- cil Travis and Bill Hitchcock had placed -unners in scoring position, threw the ball past Tommy Henrich and Travis scored. * * * Red Sox Nip A's, 3-1 PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 14 - Tex Hughson held the Philadelphia Ath- letics to four scattered hits as the Boston Red Sox picked on Dick Fow- ler for 11 safeties and a 3 to'1 victory today before 13,733 fans. The A's scored their only run in the first inning when Tom McBride and Dom DiMaggio got mixed up on Barney McCosky's drive and it went to the fence for an inside home run, his second of the year. Major League Standings AMEICAN LEAGUE Union Walkout Paralyzes N.Y. Stock Exchange NEW YORK, Aug. 14-(P)-The New York stock exchange was thrown suddenly onto an emergency basis for two hours today, but managed to stay in operation, while most of its unionized employes walked out in a body to vote in favor of a strike "at any time." M. David Keefe, president of the United Financial Employes Union (Ind.), replied with an "I don't know" when asked whether the 652 to 5 bal- lot in favor of arming him with strike authority meant that a strike was imminent. He said he hoped for peaceable settlement of the union's demands. The temporary walk-out today marked the first time in its 154 year history that operations of the ex- change had been disrupted by such an occurence. Members of the exchange were forced to rush extra employes to the floor to pick up quotations. When the exchange's stock clearing corpora- tion was unable to accept deliveries of securities, the members had to deal directly with each other. But the exchange continued to operate with supervisory and non- union workers filling in the places left vacant and quotations for the most part came through in orderly manner. Emil fchram, president of the ex- change, asserted in a statement that the walkout "was a direct violation of the union's contract with the exchange." He said the contract, which expires on Oct. 15, expressly prohibited strikes, walkouts or work stoppages. Keefe said the union's demands in- cluded a 25-per cent wage increase, a 35-hour five-day week, overtime on a daily basis and pensions, insur- ance and other benfits. Alleged Black Market Operators Deny Charges BERLIN, Aug. 14-(A)-Lewis L. Warner, who with his father and three brothers were named in an Army investigation of alleged black marketing, said today "the Army's statement that we did business at thej rate of millions of dollars was a de- liberate exaggeration to make a sen-I sational story." Other statements in an Army press announcement based on a criminal investigation division report were equally "outrageously fantastic," the 23-year-old U.S. weather bureau me- terologist told a news conference. It was his first opportunity to reply publicly. Warner has been released from de- tention and permitted to resume his civilian job with the weather bureau at Tempelhof airdrome. Q WASHINGTON, Aug. 14-A)-The Wage Stabilization Board stepped in- to a hot argument over price ceilings tonight with a warning that unless prices of essential foods are rolled back the whole stabilization policy will be imperiled. "The public interest will be greatly served by the recontrol of food prices which will permit the avoidance of wage inflation," they said. The views of Chairman W. Willard Wirtz and vice chairman Phillips L. Garman, the two members of the board representing the public, were made known in a letter to chairman Roy L. Thompson of the decontrol board, which is now considering whether price ceilings should be re- stored on meat, milk, butter and other items. Thompson had asked for their views. Denied Decision Meantime, two members of the decontrol board hotly denied at a hearing today that they had already made up their minds to restore ceil- ings. Thomas Linder, Georgia commis- sioner of agriculture, was testifying before the board at the time, urging it to keep price controls off cotton- seed and soybean products. He remarked that it "is openly as- serted in letters going out of Wash- ington to the general public that arrangements already have been made prior to these hearings as to what this board will decide." "I resent such a statement being made by any gentleman appearing before this board," protested George H. Mead, Dayton, Ohio, industrialist and Republican member. Declared Challenge Just as forcefully, Daniel W. Bell, Washington banker and another board member, declared he "chal- lenged" the Linder statement. Linder said letters, sent out by Washington services featuring inside information, stated "meetings al- ready have been held to insure car- rying out of the President's wishes in the matter, regardless of what this board itself might think best." Bell recalled that when the hear- ings began last Monday the board emphasized that "we would make- our own impartial decisions" and would not be subject to any pressure. In his testimony Linder said that farmers are "100 percent opposed to OPA ceilings" on cottonseed. He was followed to the witness GI's Freed By Busy General BAD NAUHEiM, Germany, Aug. 14-V'P)-The U.S. Army dropped court martial charges against two sergeants today after a general re- fused to appear as a witness and answer defense charges that he had prejudged the case and ordered the soldiers punished. The charges alleged that Sgt. Allen D. Hawk of Bristol, Tenn., and Sgt. Miles M. Hays of Houston, Tex., "wrongfully, in violation of standing orders of the commanding general of continentaLase section rode with- out authority in a motor vehicle to work.", Although it was not explained in the courtroom why Brig. Gen. T. F. Bresnahan, the commanding gener- al, had declined to testify nor why the charges were withdrawn the stand by more than a score of spokesmen who told the board of possible effects of reestablishing con- trols on cottonseed, soybeans and dairy products. Unless the board rules otherwise, these products along with grains and livestock will auto- matically go back under control on August 21. Infantile Rate Decreases 11% In Past Week WASHINGTON, Aug. 14-(A)-The U.S. Public Health Service said to- day that the rate of increase of in- fantile paralysis cases dropped off last week from 41 per cent to 30 per cent. The total number of cases for the year, however-about 7,000-was the largest of any corresponding period since the service began receiving weekly reports in the 1920's. The disease has reached epidemic proportions only in the north cen- tral states, Texas, Florida, Alabama, California and Colorado, a health service official told a reporter. The national total of new cases for the week ended August 1-except for Rhode Island, Georgia and New Jersey which haven't yet reported- was 1,543, a percentage increase of 30 over the preceding week. The 1,- 263 cases reported for the week ended August 3 was an increase of 373, or 41 per cent over the week before. The official classed Minnesota as the "bad spot" this year. Army Speeds Ci viliniTr is FRANKFURT, Germany, Aug. 14- (AP)-U.S. Army headquarters today took new steps to speed the prosecu- tion of 13 American soldiers and ci- vilians who had been confined in a Frankfurt jail for up to two months without charges or counsel. Following the release of one pri- soner last night, the Army said it had served charges today on a sec- ond prisoner, had read notice of trial for murder against a third and would try a fourth tomorrow. The headquarters command judge advocate said charges had been pre- ferred late today against Henry E. Grewe, 43-year-old ex-sailor from 4369 Helen, Detroit, who was jailed July 9. Grewe was charged with forgery of Army currency control books, mis- appropriation of Army rations, firing pistols from his billet window and hiding German women in his billet. Pfc. Daniel P. Walczak, 22-year-old soldier whose letter to an Army law- yer precipitated an investigation of the prolonged detention of prisoners at the Frankfurt guard house, was notified that he would be tried for alleged murder. Walczak, locked up June 11 and held without formal notice until to- day, was told he would be tried as soon as the Army's criminal investi- gation division had completed a probe of the slaying of a German girl. W Boston ........ 79 New York ., 64 Detroit ........ 61 Washington ... 55 Cleveland . ... 54 Chicago ........501 St. Louis.......471 Philadelphia .. 32' YESTERDAY'S L 33 45 47 56 59 61 62 79 Pct. .705 .596 .565 .495 .478 .450 .431 .288 GB 13%/ 16 231/ 251/ 28 /2 30%/ 4611 RESULTS Cleveland 6, Detroit 5 Boston 3, Philadelphia 1 New York 4, Washington 1 TODAY'S GAMES Washington at New York (2) Chicago at Detroit Boston at Philadelphia St. Louis at Cleveland NATIONAL LEAGUE W Brooklyn.....68 St. Louis ......65 Chicago .......56 Boston ........53 Cincinnati ....48 New York .....48 Philadelphia . .45 Pittsburgh .. ..43 YESTERDAY'S Brooklyn 8, 2; New L 42 42 50, 52 58 61 60 61 Pet. .618 .607 .528 .504 .453 .440 .428 .413 GB 11/ 9%/ 12 17%/ 19 20 211/ public relations officer of the section issued a statement several hours lat- er which read: "Gen. Bresnahan commands 35,000 men and is responsible for the ad- ministration of immense quantities of U.S. property in an occupied, hos- tile country. He cannot be made available for a trivial case of misuse of government transportation. If, in the opinion of the court, the evidence presented was insufficient to sustain the charges, the accused should have been acquitted." d Last Day Today ADVENTURE Glark Gable - Greer Garson and SCOTLAND YARD INVESTIGATOR' -Friday and Saturday NORTHWEST MOUNTED POLICE and FROLICS ON ICE RESULTS York 4, 1 St. Louis 6, Chicago 4 Pittsburgh 3, Cincinnati 2 Boston 5, Philadelphia 4 TODAY'S GAMES New York at Brooklyn Philadelphia at Chicago Pittsburgh at St. Louis Cincinnati at Chicago I i' i CONTINUOUS DAILY FROM 1 P.M. Now Showing I .. .T * .T E...T. Always C-0 -O-L Today through Saturday LET THE CRITICS TELL YOU .. 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