The White Falcon - 17.04.1943, Blaðsíða 11

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Unlike opener, there was plenty of action when Anti-Tank faced the Navy
All-Stars in the second of their three-game series, which the Gobs won, 41-37.
(Left photo) Navy Center Johnny Suhaka registers expressions of anguish as
Led Karr (7) and Dean Cash of Navy grapple for ball. It’s jump-ball (center)
between Nick Roknick of Tank Busters and Suhaka, while Judd and Karr
of Army (right photo) gang up on Cash in tug-of-war for possession of the
ball in closing minutes of play.
FALCON Offers Trophy
To Softball Champion
The local athletic spotlight will
swing to softball in the near fu-
ture when the second annual
Command-wide tourney gets
underway with the Champion
Cobras on hand to defend their
title.
Unless priorities conflict, THE
WHITE FALCON again will of-
fer a large trophy to the win-
ner. The order already has been
placed with a company in the
States.
The Cobras coasted through
last year’s tourney on the good
right arm of Don Harris, speed-
ball pitcher who was acknow-
ledged to be the outstanding in-
dividual performer of the season.
He’s still around, as are most
of his mates, and it’ll take a
strong club' to dethrone the
champions.
Sectional brackets will be
formed for preliminary round-
robin competition, probably con-
sisting of ten teams each. Bracket
leaders will advance to an eli-
mination flight, final round of
the title race.
Wings Sweep
Cup Series
The Detroit Red Wings sailed
through the Stanley Cup playoffs
of the National Hockey League
without a setback, stopping the
Boston Bruins four straight in
the finals. The champs, also vic-
tor in the N.H.L. whirl, advanc-
ed to the last series by defeating
Montreal, while the Bruins eli-
minated Toronto earlier.
The convincing triumph aton-
ed for last year’s humiliation
when the Wings stepped off to
a 3-0 margin in games over Bost-
on in the finals, then crumbled
and the Bruins won the last four.
Navy Cagers Defeat Anti-Tank, 41-37,
To Knot Local Service Title Series
First Game
ARMY (33) B. F. P.
Fritz, f ........... 6 5 0
Roknick, f ...... 3 1 3
Meurer, c .......... 1 0 2
Frazee, g .......... 0 1 2
Karr, g ............ 1 2 3
Judd, f .............. 1 0 0
Fitzpatrick, g ..... 0 0 1
TOTALS 12 9 11
NAVY (32) B. F. P.
Griffen, f ......,. 4 0 1
Dorso, f ............. 2 1 1
Suhaka,, c .......... 0, 0 1.
Cash, g ....... ... . 4 3 1
Boyle, g ............. 0 0 0
Deller, f ...... 0 0 1
Crimmins, f ....... 1 2 3
Matheney, g ....... 2 0 1
TOTALS 13 6 9
(Continued from Page 10)
total of 17 points, while Cash
and Griffen pooled their efforts
for 19.
Failure to capitalize on free
throws proved costly to the
Navy, since Fritz & Co. was out-
scored from the field, 13-12. The
Army made good nine of its 11
tries, however, while the Navy
fumbled eight in 14 attempts.
Tenacious guarding of Fritz
by Harold Matheney in the first
half of the second game limited
the Army star to five points.
But his supporting cast—Jtok-
nicls. Kasr, Ce«1»r -Tack Ufomjer
and Judd—took charge of opera-
tions and the Gobs trailed, 21-17,
at half-time.
When play was resumed, Cash,
Matheney and Johnny Suhaka,
center, launched a scoring spree
which dropped the Artny be-
hind, 30-20, midway in the pe-
riod. And although the Tankers
threatened continuously there-
after, they were unable to over-
take the Navy, never getting
within four points of the lead.
The Army lagged, 41-35, with
two minutes to play, but victory
ideas disappeared when usually-
accurate Karr dubbed a shot
from in close. Roknick’s two-
pointer from the side was mere-
ly a consolation prize as the
Navy safeguarded its advantage.
★ ★ ★
MAKE
EVERY
PAYDAY
BOND DAY
Baseball Season Opens
Tuesday At Washington
(Continued from Page 10) York Giants, reported to the Great Lakes Naval Training Station. The draft board also tagged Lou Tost, Boston Braves southpaw hurler, and fabulous Boots Pof- fenberger, Athletic moundsman. Hal Peck, fleet Milwaukee out- fielder, who shot two toes off his left foot while hunting during the winter, reported to the Brook- lyn Dodgers this week—just in time to pack his bags again and
Second Game NAVY (41) B. F. P.
Dorso, f 2 6 1
Deller, f 2 1 1
Suhaka, c 2 2 2
Matheney, g 5 0 2
Cash, g 3 2 4
Griffen, f 0 0 0
Bell, c 0 0 0
Smith, g 0 0 0
Boyle, g 1 0 0
TOTALS 15 11 10
ARMY (37) B. F. P.
Fritz, f 4 3 1
Roknick, f 4 1 3
Meurer, c 1 0 1
Karr, g 3 0 1
Jhdd, g 2 3 4
Eodenbach, g 1 0 0
Fitzpatrick, g 0 0 4
TOTALS 15 7 14
Free throws missed- —Dorso
(5), Matheney (2), Cash, Fritz
(3), Roknick (3), Jwdd (2),
head for the induction board.
The Chicago Cubs, hoping to
better their performance of ’42
when they finished in sixth place,
loom as the likely “dark horse”
in the National League scramble.
The big problem is pitching, but
if the “old men”—Bill Lee, Lon
Warneke, Claude Passeau and
Paul Derringer—produce, the
Cubs will be an important fac-
tor in the pennant race.
Meanwhile, indications at this
pre-season stage point toward an
all-St. Louis World Series.
Kentucky Derby
Will Be Staged
As ‘Family’ Show
The first “neighborhood” Ken-
tucky Derby—limited to resi-
dents of Louisville by order of,
the ODT—will be run Saturday,
May 1, with the nation’s fastest
3-year-olds’ expected to parade
to the post.
Count Fleet, an early favorite,
gave evidence of being ready for
the classic when he romped to
victory in the Jamaica Handicap
this week. Bassuet and Towej:
trailed The Count in that, order,
W. K. Boeing’s Derby hope)
Slide Rule, joined Count Fleet
as chief threats when he out-
footed the field in the Jamaica
opening-day feature. Blue Favo-
rite disappointed his backers by
finishing a sadly beatenlast,