The White Falcon - 13.12.1941, Page 8

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THE WHITE FALCON
LATE NEWS
SPORTS
Pigskin Season Ended;
Oregon State for Bowl
With war on all sides of us
and the Rose Bowl situation
leaning heavily on the side of
Oregon State whose opponent
is as yet unselecled, we look
back and reminisce about the
football season just passed. In
doing so we must say,
HATS OFF TO—
Paul Brown who did a swell
job coaching at Ohio State this
year. With a fair amount of
material, in a league where
fair material is worthless, and
a long successful record at
Massilon High School he steer-
ed State over the bumps of the
Big Ten and climaxed the sea-
son on November 22, by hold-
ing a powerful Michigan team
to a 20—20 tie and also to end
of the season tied for second
place with the same team,
while suffering the loss of only
one game.
HATS OFF TO—
The ambitious Graduate
Manager of Athletics at New
York University who so boldly
waved the top-heavy schedule
of nine games, which included
such teams as Texas A. & M.,
Missouri, Holy Cross, Tulane
and Fordham, in front of poor,
old Mai Stevens eyes. Alas,
their ambitions were not fulfil-
led. In fact, it is remarkable
that they had a team on the
field 60 minutes of every game.
And a deep bow to one D.
Dunkel and his fellow sonspi-
ralors who so generously at-
tempted to select the 30 or 40
top teams of the nation way
back in August. Their fine
averages must have taken a
sad, beautiful plunk when only
about seven or eight of their
teams ran true to form.
SPORTS
CHATTER
By MACY
CARRY ON!
With our attention divided
between the Far West and the
very near East I wonder what
is going to happen to sports
whose ranks have been literal-
ly riddled by the suden rush
of its members to ‘sign up’.
And yet it is to be believed
that athletics will carry on as
they did in the last war. The
Rose Bowl games were played
and we had our baseball whose
long trend of consecutive
World Series continued. We
Americans are great sports-
lovers and it’ll take slightly
more than a mere war to stint
the enthusiasm, of the increas-
ing millions of sports enthusi-
asts throughout America.
The grin reapers of death
and war have met their match.
They have tackled something
bigger than themselves. Some-
thing that will endure long
after they have passed into
eternity.
Where ever we may congreg-
ate, it is certain that one of us
will bring forth a basketball,
baseball, football etc.; teams
will be quickly formed and a
game of sorts will commence;
rivalry will begin and what
the game may lack in finesse
will be amply made up in
ardor.
We in the Army, Navy &
Marines are proof of such
things. We have carried our
various modes of sport into
the far corners of the world.
Time and again we have been
encouraged by Uncle Sam who
realizes the necessity, of the
training, and the companion-
ship that evolves from athlet-
ics. He realizes the fact that
such diversions as can only be
offered by athletics, are a vital
part of our thorough training
to overcome whatever trials
and tribulations wera to know
in the future.
Manila. — Australian bomb-
ers reported the sinking of the
Nina Maru.
Manila. — The heavy Jan
air raids on the Cavite Naval
base caused heavy damage and
started great fires along the
sea front
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Washington. — Sam Ray-
burn, Speaker of the House,
said today that it was planned
to introduce into the House of
Representatives legislation call-
ing for the registration of all
men between the ages of 18 and
65. Men from 19 to 45 will be
available for military service.
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Washington. — A navy department
communique said a Japanese battle-
ship had been badly damaged,- poss-
ibly sunk, by an American bomber,
early Friday. At least one big bomb
made a direct hit, and the ship was
out of control when last seen.
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Washington. — General
Hershey said the U.S. could
raise an army of 10,000,000
men in a short time.
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Singapore. — The British report-
ed raids on the Japanese occupied
port of Sengasi in Thailand.
Washington. — President Roose-
velt was awaiting the report of Navy
Secretary Col. Frank Knox, who is
in Honolulu.
It was announced there has been
no further attack on Honolulu. A
Japanese Aircraft carrier and four
submarines' were believed to have
been destroyed in the initial attacks,
last Sunday.
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Penang. — The Japs have
rushed heavy reinforcements
to this area, but the British are
holding firm, as they are in
Hong Kong.
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Washington. — The Navy Depart-
ment advised the American Federa-
tion of Labor that 1000 American
workers have been interned on Gu-
am and Midway islands.
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Honolulu. — The first eye-
witness account of the bombing
was released today. It was said
that Hawaii had had four raids.
Two Sunday morning, one Sun-
day afternoon and one on Mon-
day. Bombs rained like hail
during each raid. As many as
15 landed on this city alone, 49
people were killed and over
100 injured.
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Manila. — Admiral Hart, Com-
mander-in-chief of the Asiatic fleet,
said units of the fleet had encount-
ered a Japanese naval force this
morning, but the Japanese had
steamed awa.
He quoted heavy damage in an air
raid on Cavite, including a direct
bomb hit on a dispensary in which
seven nurses and doctors, mostly
civilians, were killed.
“We have had no report from the
American submarine fleet as yet,”
ha added, “but big results are ex-
pected,”
HATS OFF TO—
Temple’s Ray Morrison and
Andy Tomasic. Morrison who
coached a very good Temple
team and Tomasic a great
sophmore back who scored
sufficient points to put him-
self way up among" the nations
to scoring leaders.
HATS OFF TO—
Frank Leahy who brought
Notre Dame to its long await-
ed undefeated season. With
prospects of losing to several
stronger teams Leahy proved
his football genius by overcom-
ing all obstacles and to emerge
with an undefeated team com-
parable to some of Rockne’s
greatest. Last but not least—
Station Hospital
lew Home of
Red Cross
Mr. John P. McDermott, field
director of the American Red
Cross here, wishes us to inform
the men that he has set up
offices at the Station Hospital.
The office hours are from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. from Monday
through Friday and from 9a.m.
until 1p.m. on Saturday.
The director and his assist-
ant Mr. Dryhurst Evans, stand
ready to help the men at any
Hme regardless of hours.
Nissen Contest
Entries Surprising
Head scratching was preval-
ent this week as soldiers and
marines took cognizance of the
“Nifty Nissen” contest and the
100 kronur prize offered by
The White Falcon for original-
ity on improving huts.
Suggestions already are forth
coming, and pecularily enough,
the best ideas advanced so far
have been those which were
small but original.
The contest editor expressed
amazement at the versatility
of a beer can; this with good
cause when it was found the
American troops had devised
no less than half a dozen pur-
poses for the discarded beer
container. Even a brewery
would be appalled to witnesses
use made of these cans by the
Americans in Iceland.
Any American serving in the
forces in Iceland is eligible to
enter the contest. All they have
to do is write in 100 words or
less their suggestions for im-
proving the appearance of huts.
Once the judges have decided
the winners a picture of the
winning entry and his hut will
be taken for publication in this
paper. Entries must be in to
The Editor, fhe White Falcon,
Camp Pershing, not later than
January 5th,