The White Falcon - 27.02.1943, Side 8

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Indiana Bows To Wisconsin;
lllini Grab Big Ten Lead
Voted the “model most likely to succeed” by a clothing- manu-
facturers group in Los Angeles—and they ought to know—Edith
Leach poses on a California beach.
The American Scene
Illinois look the lead in the nip
and luck Big Ten basketball'race
Ibis week when Johnny Kotz and
his Wisconsin mates upset pre-
viously unbeaten Indiana, 57-53.
The defeat terminated the Hoo-
siers’ 15-game winning march,
and left the lllini—victors in 10
raight—as the conference's on-
ly undefeated quintet.
Wisconsin also met defeat dur-
ing the week, however, falling
before the Wildcats of North-
western, 50—54, Monday, while
Indiana recovered in time to
1 rounce Minnesota, 40-28.
Texas virtually clinched the
Southwest conference cage
crown by beating second place
Arkansas twice, 45-31 and 48-35.
Texas now sports a four-game
advantage, with only four games
lo play.
In New York, Manhattan grab-
bed undisputed leadership of the
Metropolitan circuit earlier in
the week by upsetting St. John’s,
42-38, for its 15th success in 10
tries. But the lead was short-
lived because Manhattan tumbl-
ed before Fordham, 39-31, two
nights later, and now the league
is completely scrambled.
Dartmouth and Penn are head-
ing the Eastern conference, each
having been stopped only once.
Dartmouth enjoys a slim edge by
virtue of six victories as against
Penn’s five. Princeton, with a
record of four and two, is the
chief contender.
Duke and George Washington,
with records of 10-1 and 7-1,
respectively, are dueling for the
Southern conference flag, while
Kentucky’s eight triumphs in
nine tries is the best slate in
the Southeastern race.
Creighton’s unbeaten quintet
enjoys a substantial margin in
I he Missouri Valley league, and
Kansas, unbeaten in six appear-
ances, tops the Big Six. Creigh-
ton has sailed through its eight
obligations thus far with case,
and apparently ranks among the
nation’s finest teams.
—Cage
(Continued from Page 7)
gainst the Gophers Sunday as the
league leaders registered a 34-18
decision. The Tigers turned in a
creditable second half, but could-
n’t overcome their 14—3 half-time
deficit.
The scoring duel between Mar-
ty Van Porsehot, Gopher star,
and the Tiger center, Joe Long,
materialized as anticipated, but
Long’s cohorts were unable to
match his pace. Van Oorschot
contributed 11 points, running
his five-game total to 86, while
Long found the range for three
baskets and a free throw.
The Cougars stepped into sec-
ond place by humbling the Bad-
gers, 34-16; the Wildcats scuttled
the Wolves, 32-12, while the
Pnnthers-Bulldogs contest was
postponed. It will be played
Mnirh If),-
Wings Climb
Into N.H.L. Tie
With Bruins
The Detroit Red Wings, knock-
ing at the door for several weeks,
finally climbed into a first place
tie with the Boston Bruins in
the National Hockey League race
by winning twice during the
week.
The Red Wings polished off
the lowly Rangers Saturday, 7-2,
then whitewashed the mighty
Bruins, 5-0, Sunday. It was the
fifth shutout of the season for
the Red Wings, and increased
their second-place hold over the
Toronto Maple Leafs to six
points.
Hockey Standings
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W. L. T. Pts.
Boston . . . . . 22 16 6 50
Detroit . . . . . 20 10 10 50
Toronto . . . . 19 16 6 44
Chicago . . . . 15 14 11 41
Montreal . 16 18 8 40
New York . . 8 26 7 23
The Range: rs turned in their
first victory of 1943 Sunday
when they trounced the Montreal
Canadiens, 6-1. Lanky Phil Wat-
son, fiery center of the once-
proud Rangers, led the “rejuve-
nation” by scoring two goals.
—‘Ace’ Cage
(Continued from Page 7)
to three points.
The Cods and Herrings step-
ped into a first-place deadlock
with the idle Bluegills in League
B by chalking up impressive vic-
tories. The Cods overwhelmed
the Whales, 61-24, as Ly Karr,
Harold Fritz and Nick, Rodnick
combined for 37 points, and the
Herrings whipped the Trouts,
41-23.
Sharpshooting Ellis Adams and
Herb Sizemore sparked the Dod-
gers to a 60-22 win over the
luckless Browns in the only game
of the week in League C. Adams
now leads the individual scor-
ing race with 147 points in five
starts, while Sizemore is third
with 117. Johnny White of the
Pigeons is a close second with
146 markers.
Gil Dodds Wins
Baxter Mile
In Fast Time
Gil Dodds, Boston College di-
vinity student who hadn’t won
a race this winter, had his turn
in the Baxter Mile, feature event
of the New York Athletic Club’s
annual indoor invitation meet,
when he outfooted the field by
15 yards.
Dodds set a sizzling pace
throughout to finish in 4 minutes
8.8 seconds, the second fastest
performance of the season. Don
Burnham, Dartmouth, was a sur-
prise second, edging Frank Dix-
on, NYU Negro freshman, while
favorite Earl Mitchell of Indiana
was a disappointing last.
Georgetown’s Hugh Short, run-
ning his final rade before enter-
ing the Army, won the 500-yard
run, while Joe Nowicki of Ford-
ham headed the field in the half-
mile event.
—They Say....
(Continued from Page 4)
the vast expanse of the Pacific.”
The President wouldn’t have said
this while high British and Am-
erican staff officers were con-
fering with Chiang Kai Shek if
China weren’t to play a decisive
part in the war.
ANNE O’HARE McCORMICK.
—British observers in Washing-
ton expressed admiration last
week at the frankness of re-
ports of American reverses in
Tunisia. They said it would have
been easy to minimize the set-
backs especially as they were
sparring matches engaging no
great forces on either side.
A British officer who watch-
ed England rally from Dunker-
que and Singapore said, “So far
as I can see it hasn’t nicked Am-
erican confidence for a minute.
The engagements in Tunisia
suggest that the enemy was un-
expectedly strong in a sector
where you were fighting your
initial battles on the western
front. They warn you the African
campaign may be long and hard.
Yet nobody makes the slightest
effort to conceal the facts or
explain them away, and nobody
is to the slightest degree dis-
couraged by the demonstration
of German toughness and air sup-
eriority. Soldiers pushing off on
the next convoy .to Africa said,
“It will take us a couple of
weeks longer.”
The last man who fought under
Abraham Lincoln is dead. He is
Joe Hyson of Rockhall, Md., and
he had the distinction of dying
on Lincoln’s birthday.
*
Marines will be Marines wheth-
er they are male or female. The
United States Marine Corps, after
lengthy deliberation, has decided
to name their girl corps just plain
Marines. The conclusion was
reached after a survey among
leading girls’ schools.
*
Dr. Richard Hatch, 52, a chap-
lain in World War I, changed
the motto of “Praise the Lord and
pass the ammunition” to “Praise
the Lord and make the ammun-
ition.” Hatch was unable to re-
enlist because of his age, so he
is working in a war plant mak-
ing bullets.
*
Fuel shortage may stop a great
many events, but not music. Ama-
teur music lovers in New York
City didn’t let the fuel shortage
stop them when they held their
recent concert. The temperature
was 63 dgrees in the College Audi-
torium on Park Avenue, but the
concert went on.
*
Chicago police are puzzled over
an odd robbery in a dry clean-
ing shop. When the owner arriv-
ed in the shop, he was excited
because he remembered he had
left a large amount of money in
an open safe. The money was un-
touched. After a search, he dis-
covered that the only item mis-
sing was the burglar alarm.
*
A shot rang out. Randolph Ad-
kins, 20, fell lo the floor. He was
cleaning his gun and it accident-
ly discharged. Friends called an
ambulance and the doctor pron-
ounced him dead. As he was plac-
ed on the stretcher, something
fell out of his belt buckle. It
was the bullet that had lodged
in his buckle. Adkins suddenly
sat up, alive and well, and about
an hour later went to work.
•
H6r faith In human nature has
been shattarsd, Mrs* Catherine
Webb of Salt Lake City, Utah, In-
serted an ad in the local paper,
asking the return of her purse.
She maintained that she believ-
ed in “universal honesty.” The
next day, she got the purse back,
but the $101 it had contained was
gone,
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