The White Falcon - 20.02.1943, Síða 8

8
‘Best’ Cage Game
Won’t Be Played
Singing with “name” bands brought blonde Marie McDonald
a movie contract. But, of course, this bathing suit pose didn’t
diminish the Hollywood scout’s fervor.
The American Scene
A schedule quirk will keep
midwestern basketball fans from
seeing what^they’d term the seas-
on’s No. 1 college game—Indiana
vs: Illinois— because the teams
weren’t scheduled when Big Ten
athletic diectors drew up their
’43 program.
Currently tied for the confer-
ence lead, the Iloosiers and 11-
lini rank among the nation’s
Longest fives. Neither has suf-
fered a Big Ten defeat as yet,
and the Hoosiers have won 15
straight against all competition.
The mini’s lone setback was
registered by the Warriors of
Camp Grant.
Meanwhile, the field of likely
participants in the National Col-
legiate championships has been
narrowed from over 100 major
college quintets to a sparse
handful.
Stanford, ’42 champion, long
.since has fallen by the wayside
and Colorado, other western fin-
alist last year, doesn’t even have
a team this season. Chief among
the candidates for the western
crown are Southern California,
undefeated Pacific Coast Confer-
ence ruler, Washington and
Washington Stale.
Kansas and Creighton are
leading the Big Six and Missouri
Valley races, respectively, while
Texas is beyond reach in the
Southwestern loop. Dartmouth,
Bruins Hold
4-Point Edge
Over Detroit
The Boston Bruins have only
to maintain their current pace
to capture first place in the Na-
tional Hockey League. The Bru-
ins hold a four-point edge over
the Detroit Red Wings, a two-
game advantage they have pro-
tected since the Wings replaced
the Toronto Maple Leafs in sec-
ond place.
Although Toronto has a re-
Hockey Standings
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W. L. T. Pts.
Boston . .. . . 22 13 6 50
Detroit .... . 18 10 10 46
Toronto ... . 18 15 6 42
Chicago ... . 14 13 11 39
Montreal . . . 14 17 8 36
New York . . 7 24 7 21
mute chance to recapture the
runner-up position from the
Wings, the chief battle is for
third place*, with the Chicago
Black Hawks and Montreal Can-
adiens close behind the Leafs.
The Hawks trail Toronto by
three points and, in turn, hold
a similar edge nver the Can-
id! tens,
’42 runner-up to Stanford, again
is among the elite in the east,
but Penn and Princeton are set-
ting the unbeaten pace.
Southern representatives will
be chosen next month after a
series of tournaments. Either
Kentucky or Tennessee is the
logical choice in the Southeast-
ern circuit, while Duke and Ge-
orge Washington loom as final-
ists in the Southern division.
Standouts among the inde-
pendent teams are St. Joseph,
N.Y.U., Manhattan, Villanova,
Pittsburgh, Western Kentucky,
Rhode Island State, De Paul and
Toledo. They’ll square off in the
Madison Square Garden invita-
tional, tourney, with the winner
facing the NCAA winner early
in April.
—‘Ace’ Cage
(Continued from Page 7)
er the teams had been deadlock-
ed, 15-15, at the midway mark.
The Pigeons, Eagles and Rob-
ins, unbeaten but trailing the
Wrens by virtue of having play-
ed only three games, also main-
tained their records this week.
Johnny Kresowaty’s 24 markers
featured in the Eagles’ 75-23
romp over the Owls; the Pige-
ons disposed of the Penguins, 46-
17, as rangy Johnny White tal-* *
lied 31 points, and the Robins
chastised the Sparrows, 28-14.
The Cods and Herrings remain
as serious threats to the Blue-
gills, turning in impressive vic-
tories. The Cods trounced the
Sardines, 50-43, while the Her-
rings powdered the Sturgeons,
61-29. It was the third successive
win for each.
With Willard Greer and John-
ny Mitchell collaborating for a
total of 25 points, the Reds pro-
tected their unblemished slate
by edging the Pirates, 31-29. So
unless one of the unheralded
quintets suddenly goes on a ram-
page, League “C” honors will be
determined when the Dodgers
tackle the Reds in a couple of
weeks.
League “D” was inactive dur-
ing the week so the four unde-
feated teams—Cobras, Moccas-
ins, Garters and Creepers—con-
tinue to set the early pace.
The icicle looked so pretty,
Anthony Gullo, 6, of Newark,
Savold KO’s
Lem Franklin
In IOth Round
Lee Savold and his backers to-
day were clamoring for another
bout with Tami Mauriello for
the “Duration Heavyweight
Championship,” following Sa-
vold’s convincing knockout of
Lem Franklin, Negro puncher,
in the Chicago Stadium.
Savold and Franklin produc-
ed one of the bloodiest battles
ever seen in Chicago. Franklin
floored Savold in the third and
sixth rounds, but weakened bad-
ly, and was knocked down in
the seventh and ninth rounds.
Savold ended the fight mid-
way in the tenth round when he
caught his Negro opponent with
a flurry of hard rights and drop-
ped him for the count.
N.J., decided to pull it down. He
tugged at it. Suddenly, it broke
off and he was pinned under it.
The weight of the icicle was
300 pounds. The doctor said An-
thony would be all right after
he “thawed out.”
*
In an effort to explain the
war-time shortage of passenger
trains, Pennsylvania Railroad
coaches bear signs that read:
“If you don’t have a seat, we
know • you will understand.”
One passenger with an accented
sense of frankness corrected one
of the signs. The sign now reads:
“If you don’t have a seat we
know you will ....stand.”
¥
A dissatisfied tavern patron in
Chicago, Ill., left the following
note pinned to a slot machine:
“In case of an air raid stand next
to this machine because no one
has ever hit it.”
*
The selling of butter resulted
i in solitary confinement for five
men. A restaurant located out-
side the walls of the Rhode Is-
land Penitentiary was selling the
same kind of butter that was be-
ing used in the penitentiary. Of-
ficials investigated. They dis-
covered that five “trusties” were
selling the butter.
*
With his bus filled to the last
seat and some people standing,
a bus driver saw what he
thought was a dollar bill lying
in the gutter. But he didn’t make
an attempt to pick it up because
of the crowd in the bus. How-
ever, on his return trip he stop-
ped. It was still there. It was
a five-spot.
*
Added to their guns, tear gas
gas bombs and handcuffs, police
in patrol cars in Denver, Colo.,
will now carry brooms. The
brooms were supplied so that the
representatives of the law can
sweep glass away after accidents
to prevent the cutting of tires.
*
A group of defense workers
was working on an outdoor pro-
ject in San Franciscg, Calif. Sud-
denly, a goat charged into the
group and began bucking the
men. Patrolman Larry O’Connell
was summoned. After a few mi-
nutes of “bulldogging,” he man-
aged to subdue the pet. The goat
had escaped from a nearby farm.
*
Mayor La Guardia is against
selling horse meat. New York’s
fire-chasing mayor said if meat-
markets want to sell horse meat
they will have to display a large
life-like figure of a horse in
front of their windows.
*
Love means less work to Lloyd
Back of Chattanooga, Tenn. He
needed some help on his farm.
After thinking the situation over
for some time, he decided to
solve two problems at once. Back
inserted an advertisement in the
Chattanooga newspaper. It read:
“I am interested in marrying a
girl between 15 and 30, black
hair, and not too fat or too lean,
just kinda plump.” Back got 300
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answers.
« *
Night clubs have been oper-
ated by every type of character
from the racketeer to the busi-
nessman. The operators of a new
night club to open soon will be
members of an Episcopal Church
in St. Joseph, Mo. The club will
be complete with a jukebox,
dance floor, and soft drinks.
*
Cupid must be served, gasoline
shortage or no gasoline shortage.
Recent rulings have halted all
pleasure driving due to the fuel
shortage in the eastern states. A
man telephoned police head-
quarters in Quincy, Mass., to ask
if a honeymoon was considered
pleasure driving. The desk man
in the police station counted to
ten to hold his self-control and
then informed the nervous
groom as gently as he could that
It “was” pleasure driving.
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