The White Falcon - 06.03.1943, Blaðsíða 8

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Texas U. Cagers Slip
From Conference Lead
Wings Replace Boston
As N.L. Hockey Leader
The Longhorns of Texas split
at the seams this week after gain-
ing an apparently safe lead in
the Southwestern collegiate bas-
ketball race and now must win
their finale to salvage a first
place tie with Rice, surprise tit-
list.
Texas held a two-game lead
with four games to go, hut Texas
Christian and Southern Metho-
dist rose from lowly second di-
vision berths to dump the Long-
horns, 49-44 and 05-57, respec-
tively. Rice clinched at least a
portion of the spoils by whip-
ping the Texas Aggies, 40-30.
Texas recovered to stop Baylor,
51-38, hut still has a game to go.
The “Whiz Kids” of Illinois
nailed down their second straight
Big Ten Conference crown this
week and concluded their league
obligations unbeaten in 11 starts.
Indiana, beaten only by Wiscon-
sin, clung to a remote chance
of sharing the title with Illinois,
hut the Illini shattered that hope
by overwhelming Northwestern,
80-44, in their finale..
Andy Phillips, Illini sharp-
shooter, established a new scor-
ing record for one season by not-
ing 10 pts. against the Wildcats,
running his 11-game total to 215
points. However, teammate Ken
Menke made 22 points for high
mark of the game, while North-
western’s noted Otto Graham
contributed 17 pts. to his team’s
losing cause. The Illini total
smashed the Big Ten scoring rec-
ord of 74 points set by Wiscon-
sin against Chicago earlier in
the season.
Kentucky checked in with its
second straight Southeastern
pennant far ahead of Louisiana
State, while Southern California
battered Stanford, 07-49, to take
the southern division title of the
Pacific Coast league. Creighton
disposed of second place Wash-
ington (St. Louis), 45-20, assur-
ing the Bluejays of another Mis-
souri Valley title.
The Southern conference reis-
sued. its crown to Duke as the
Marriage Wins
$25,000 ’Cap
Marriage, a 37-1 shot, out-
gamed the field to win the $25,000
mile-and-a-sixteenlh New Orle-
ans Handicap, the richest purse
of the Fair Grounds meeting.
Valdina Farm’s entry of Roun-
ders and Valdina Orphan held
the lead entering the quarter-
mile home stretch, but Valdina
Orphan faltered first in the run
to the wire. Rounders finished
gamely, but Marriage rushed for-
ward on the outside from far
back to win going away by a
length and a'half. Moscow nip-
ped Rounders for place money.
Requested and Riverland, both
highly regarded, finished way
back, unable to stand the heavy
weight. Each carried 124 pounds
to Marriage’s 115. Valdina Or-
phan carried top weight of 120
pounds,
defending champions squeezed
a 04-01 overtime verdict from
George Washington. The teams
entered the payoff battle on vir-
tually equal footing and emerged
as nearly so as basketball law
allows.
Rhode Island State also con-
cluded its slate without a set-
back, routing New Hampshire,
97-58. Earlier in the week the
high-scoring Rhode Islanders
clinched their seventh straight
New England championship by
crushing Maine, 08-00.
Penn faltered three times dur-
ing the week to give the Dart-
mouth Indians the Eastern loop
flag. Cornell and Harvard bounc-
ed the Quakers, then Dartmouth
personally settled the issue by
humbling Penn, 00-43.
Arizona and West Texas State
were crowned co-cliampions in
the' Border conference.
Pvt. Greco
Whips Shans
In Garden
Pvt. Johnny Greco of the Ca-
nadian Army, 0-5 underdog,
crushed Cleo Shans, Los Angeles
Negro, in one of the wildest and
most ferocious slugging matches
Madison Square Garden patrons
have seen in many moons.
Greco cancelled Shans experi-
ence with power and stamina;
and his thundering punches
troubled the Negro throughout.
The bout ended in a crash of
applause that Madison Square
Garden hasn’t heard since Jim-
my McLarnin lost to “Fargo Ex-
press” Petrolic. Promoter Mike
Jacobs declared at the ringside
that he will match Greco against
Beau Jack for the lightweight
title as soon as possible
The eighth round was a fiercely
contested session as Greco let go
a volley of sharp hooks which
had Shan hanging on the ropes.
Then Shan recovered and sent
Greco spinning with a long,
looping right. But the blow ap-
parently didn’t hurt Greco.
Shans pitched a terrific right
in the direction of Greco’s face
in the tenth heat, but the Cana-
dian ducked, and the Negro’s low
follow-up cost him the round.
—Cage
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place Cougars must turn back
the vastly improved Tigers to
cement their hold on the runner-
up position. If the Cougars lose,
they’ll be tied with the Tigers
and the teams will meet again
Saturday to settle the issue.
T1V Wildcats encounter the
Panthers, and the Bulldogs and
Badgers—both still seeking their
initial success—square off in the
nightcap tomorrow.
With Johnny Altobelli and Ben
Podolsky pooling their efforts
for 20 points, the Bears bowled
over the Giants Saturday, 38-25,
after getting off to a slow start.
The Bears flashed signs of a bril-
liant passing attack, hut their
lack of height may keep them
from halting the Gophers in the
title affair.
The Rams were too strong
for the Redskins, winning easily,
53-18, as Chuck Crain, Lou Fowl-
er and Jack Reuland collaborat-
ed for a total of 45 points. The
Packers moved to an 11-9 half-
time edge, then battled the Li-
ons on even terms until the final
whistle to win, 21-19, while the
Eagles were easy for the Steel-
ers, 37-23.
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With reserves playing most of
the first half, the Gophers enjoy-
ed a field day against the hap-
less Bulldogs Sunday, chalking
up a 52-19 verdict. Marty Van
Oorschot raised his scoring total
for six games to 102 markers by
clicking for eight field goals,
while Jimmy Alderetti and John-
ny Baum each contributed four
baskets to the second half scor-
ing parade.
Behind 11-0 at the intermis-
sion, the Qougars recovered with
a flourish to puncture the fiery
Wildcats, 21-17, and retain pos-
session of second place. The
Panthers trounced the Wolves,
32-10, to round but the evening’s
activity.
Instead Vf “Here Comes the
Bride,” the theme song of the
Hasterlik and Jones wedding
should have been, “Horses, Hor-
ses, Horses.” In Los Angeles,
Calif., Rev. Eddy N. Spirer, pas-
tor of a Lutheran church, mar-
ried Jane Hasterlik and Rich-
ard L. Jones in a unique horse-
back wedding. Bride and groom
were seated on horse's, as were
—They Say....
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us girls and the swing musicians
and the playboys and the head-
waiters had gone home. I was
there when the lights went out
on Broadway and it doesn’t look
like Broadway any more.
ARTHUR “BUGS” BAER. —
A fellow wrote in to me from
Australia and wanted to know
how 1 skipped front tough serge-
ants to mules without changing
the subject. Well, I met both in
the Army and I don’t know
which is the toughest lo handle.
That’s because I never gave it
a fair test. I never curried a
sergeant.
We also had bosses in the ar-
tillery that were wilder than
mountain laurel. I rode an off-
wheeler on a three-inch field
piece that was meaner than a
bouncer in an orphan asylum.
He weighed close to two thous-
and pounds and he would bite
like green flies on $ fishing trip.
He could kick forward and back-
ward and was learning the Conga
when I left the army. He was
a vicious dapple gray from the
Nebraska uplands, and I’ll guar-
antee he could kick a marble city
hall back into the' quarry.
Now a hoss knows when you
are scared of him. And I was
scared of him. They say an ecto-
plasm of fear radiates from
scared guy to the hoss. That’s
a New England Boiled Dinner
for a Gypsy fortune teller. My
hoss got a sniff of, the ectoplasm
and immediately moved from the
blueprints into the construction
stage. He kicked a three-inch
field piece off its hubs, hammer-
ed a caisson into a jig-saw puzzle
and booted a Colonel from under
his epaulets without changing"
step.
the other 15 members o’f the
wedding party.
•
Mrs. Verona Blessinger wanted
to cash a check. But being the
owner of a tavern, she could not
leave the bar unattended. Then
she noticed Otto. Otto was kind
of a hang-around helper. She
asked Otto to go to the bank to
cash the check. Otto consented.
The Detroit Red Wings rallied
during the week to grab undis-
puted possession of first place in
the National Hockey League race,
nipping the Boston Bruins just
before the season ends. The Red
Wings now sport a three-point
edge over the Bruins, leader dur-
ing most of the campaign.
The Wings climaxed their
sweep to the front by crushing
Hockey Standings
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W. L. T. Pts.
Detroit . . ...22 11 10 54
Boston . . ...22 17 7 51
Chicago . . . . 17 15 12 46
Toronto . . . . 20 17 6 46
Montreal . . . 17 19 8 42
New York . . 9 28 7 25
the New York Rangers, 7-1,
while the Bruins' were idle. Carl
Liscomb and Harry Watson
sparked the decisive victory by
scoring two goals each.
The Chicago Black Hawks
jumped into a third place dead-
lock with the Toronto Maple
Leafs by tripping the Leafs, 4-1.
Max Bentley scored once for the
Hawks while his brother, Doug,
was credited with two assists.
The New York Rangers lost
their last possible chance to
qualify for the Stanley Cup play-
offs when they bowed to the
Red Wings.
Several hours passed and Otto
failed to return. Mrs. Blessinger
sadly told the police all she knew
about Otto was that his name
was “Otto.” Police are still seek-
ing Otto and the $255 in cash.
•
Meat'.shortage does not worry
the population of Boulder, Colo.
They are starting to feed corn
to the crows. Next month the
crows will be kille'd and eaten.
According to the local game
warden, they are better tasting
than chicken.
•
In a southern Infantry Train-
ing Center, there is a “fat man’s
brigade,” composed of soldiers
weighing over 300 pounds. They
number 176. After one month of
training, they collectively lost
285 inches ’round the waist-line.
•
Sailors can’t kiss their girls in
the San Diego Naval Training
Station. There is a sign that
reads, “Holding hands and kiss-
ing and ^tlier displays of affect-
tion are proper only when the
lady admits she is the sailor's
mother.”
•
The Ferditt family of Brain-
tree, Mass., does not believe in
half-way patriotism. They have
given up their tenth son to the
Armed Forces. To date the list
stands at seven in the Army,
two in the Marine Corps, and
one in the Navy,
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