The White Falcon - 11.10.1941, Page 4

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THE WHITE FALCON'
LATE NEIKS'
SPORTS
BONHAM WINS AS
YANKS TAKE OVER
RECORD FOR McCARTHY
When Joe DiMaggio trotted
over into left center and pocket-
ed pincli-hitter Jimmy Wasdell’s
high fly it was realized that the
Yanks had done it again.
The Yanks were fought every
foot of the way and at any time
during the Series either team
could have won as experienced
in the 4th Game when the Yanks
poured 4 runs through a breach
opened by Mickey Owen after
the game was supposedly lost.
McCarthy passed by one
game old Connie Mack’s record
of piloting 6 World Series winn-
ing clubs.
DiMaggio, while overshadow-
ed at the plate starred afield
when he made 19 putouts which
lied the record for a five game
series. Camilli came close to ty-
ing a record for the most strike-
outs when he fanned 6 times.
But Joe Gordon was the hero
due to his superb fielding and
his timely hitting.
In summing up it was noted
that the Yanks had the pitching,
the fielding, the power and they
got the break when Owen made
his 9th inning blunder. Never
once did they let the pressure off
the fighting Dodgers who were
weakened by the loss of Her-
man and the weak stick work
of Camilli and Medwick.
McCarthy was particularly
canny in his handling of pitch-
ers. It was known beforehand
that Ruffing couldn’t’ pitch two
games of a short series, and it
was supposed that Gomez
would never stand the strain of
a full Series game, yet McCart-
hy picked a winner 4 out of 5
times. His last winner, Ernie
Bonham, pitched the best game
of the Series when he allowed
only one run and four hits. He
blanked the Dodgers from the
3rd inning.
GERMANY, TURKEY SIGN
TRADE PACT.
ISTANBUL, TURKEY. —
President Ankara yesterday
signed a new trade pact with
the German government.
Football Season Now
in Full Swing
Many Favorites Win
Football season hit it’s stride
amid the World series last Sa-
turday as Ohio State trimmed
So. California 33—0 in one of
the big games of the day.
The Big three in the east Yale,
Harvard and Princeton opened
their seasons when Yale whipp-
ed Virginia 21—19, Princeton
bested Williams 20—7 and Har-
vard lost to another strong
Pennsylvania team 19—0.
With Bill De Correvent runn-
ing wild in his senor year the
Northwestern Wild-Cats clawed
Kansas 51—3.
Duke’s Bluedevils reminis-
cent of the old Ace Parker days
upset a strong Tennesse team
19—0.
Michigan minus it’s Tommy
Harmon managed to eke out a
6—0 victory over Iowa which
all means that they must show
improvement to retain their top
standing in the Big ten this year.
Other scores were:
Army 19 — Citidel 0.
Navv 40 — West Virginia 0.
Columbia 13 — Brown 6.
Fordham 16 — S.M.U. 10.
Colgate 7 —> Penn. State 0.
Notre Dame 10 — Indiana 6.
Stanford 33 — U.C.L.A. 0.
Wash. St. 13 — Calif. 6.
Tulane 32 — Auburn 0.
Cornell 0 — Syracuse 0.
Georgia 34 — S.C. 6.
Texas 34 — L.S.U. 0.
CAMP. WOLTERS, Tex. .—
Pvt. Richard A. Litton is glad
he can speak 29 foreign lang-
uages and dialects. It is not only
a help to the army, he says,
hut enables him to “cuss the
sergeant in 29 different ton-
gues.”
ART SHOW
In the same building which
housed the fine horticultural
thow, the Icelandic people again
are giving a fine demonstration
of their well-developed artistic
sense, in a fine display of then-
painting and sculpture.
Form Air-Borne
Infantry Unit
An Infantry air-borne battali-
on, equipped with “jeep” re-
connaissance cars, motorcycles
and folding bicycles to be used
with parachute troops, was for-
med Friday at Foart Benning,
Georgia, the War Department
announced.
Designated the 88th Infantry
Air-borne Battalion, its initial
strength is 500 men. The unit
will be trained in air-landing
operations during which exten-
sive tests of equipment will be
made. The battalion includes
two rifle companies, one heavy
weapons company and a head-
quarters compay. One of the
rifle companies is equipped
with motorcycles and a number
of “jeep” one-querter-ton recon-
naissance trucks.
Of the 280 riflemen, 40 will
ride bicycles and 140 will ride
motorcycles. The battalion is
commanded by Lieut. Colonel
Elbridge G. Chapman, Jr., In-
fantry.
RUSSIA HOLDS
ON EASTERN
FRONT
MOSCOW. — Russian resi-
stance is still holding back the
new German drives on the east-
ern front. Several German at-
tempts to take Vyazma have
been' repulsed. The Red Star,
Russian news agency, reports
complete break-up of German
attacks at Novgorod. South of
Moscow the situation is more
serious. Here the Germans have
cut the railway. North of the
Crimea the situation is equally
serious with the Germans push-
ing through to the sea.
Panama Government
Changed
PANAMA CITY. — Ricliardo
De La Guardia was chosen the
president of the New Panamian
government after a coup which
bloodlessly overthrew the old
regium. This action makes is
possible for the Panamian gov-
ernment to follow the United
States in its plan to arm mer-
chant ships, a plan which the
former president disapproved.
N. B. C. Sends
Message From
Iceland.
For a brief two minutes
Thursday night the great dist-
ance between America and Ice-
land was spanned by radio. Mr.
Bjorn Bjornsson, National
Broadcasting System commen-
tator, spoke to let those in the
United States know that all is
well with the troops in Iceland.
Mr. Bjornsson described the
work of unloading and praised
the work of the troops.
The broadcasts are scheduled
to take place from Iceland’s
Station TFA, every Thursday
evening at 11:24 G.M.T. Reykja-
vik is one major stop in the
National Bradcasting Comp-
any’s feature presentation —
“NBC Takes You round the
World”.
Mr. Bjornsson is an American
citizen. He was born in Minne-
sota where his father, a former
Icelander, is the publisher of a
large newspaper.
If Shoe Fits
“Want a pair of shoes, nur-
sie?”
The can be had by contacting
Major House, force ordnance
officer, who holds much con-
tempt for mail ordering of foot-
gear. The major finds a number
13 hard to get so he orders shoes
from a store in New York. The
package came in the mail last
Monday. But instead of men’s
shoes he received a pair of wo-
men’s shoes size 8.
He says they’re good shoes
and will present them to the
first nurse asking for same.
GENERAL SCHLEY
RETIRES
WASHINGTON. — Major
General Julian L. Schley, chief
of engineers, retired from active
duty Tuesday on his own appli-
cation after more than 42 years
of military service. General
Schley, a native of Georgia,
graduated from the military
academy in the class of 1903.
He had been Chief of Engineers
since October 18, 1937.