The White Falcon - 23.09.1944, Blaðsíða 6

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Riccardi, Uribe Feature
Fieldhouse Ring Battles
Two explosive knockouts and a miniature riot after one
of the wrestling bouts provided a punch-hungry mob at the
Fieldhouse last Saturday night with one of the best fight shows
seen on the “Rock” in some time.
First knockout of the night
was delivered by Pvt. Louis Ben-
nette, 144, San Francisco, Calif.,
who rocked AC Dave Askew, 145,
RAF, to sleep midway in the sec-
ond round with a right to the
jaw.
Cpl. Joe Sarvedeo, 164, Mt.
Vernon, N.Y., administered the
second dose of sleeping tablets
when he put LAC George Cul-
len, 160, RAF, away with a flur-
ry of rights and lefts to the
head ill the second heat of their
fight.
Stopped by LAS Roger Pel-
letier, 155, RCAF, in his bid for
two triumphs the same night,
LAC Bud Orr, 164, RCAF, charg-
ed across the ring and attacked
Pelletier after their wrestling
match. Referee Jimmy Follwell
of the Canadian YMCA had to
pry the wrestlers loose before
order could b» restored.
The main event saw Pfc. An-
dy Riccardi, 180, IBC heavy-
weight champ from Chester,
Pa., pound out a clear decision
over Pvt. Earl Zimmerman, 174,
Woodstock, Ill.
Three months away from the
ring didn’t hurt Pvt. Onny Ur-
ibe’s accuracy as he demon-
strated in punching out a ver-
dict over Ordinary Seaman Jack
Bostock of the Royal Navy.
Other results: Marteinn Bjorg-
vinson, 111, Armann Sports Club,
defeated Fridrik Gudnason, 105,
Armann Sports Club (decision);
Bragi Jonsson, 147, Armann
Sports Club, defeated Stefan
Jonsson, 133, Armann Sports
Club (decision); LAC Henry
Lakas, 142, RCAF, pinned LAC
Paul Landry, 140, RCAF (7:52);
and Orr pinned LAC Terry Loft-
us, 152, RCAF (9:31).
SETS RECORD —
Pictured above is Ray Mueller,
catcher for the Cincinnati Reds,
who is setting a major league re-
cord for consecutive games every
time he steps behind the plate
for the Reds. Mueller recently
broke the consecutive streak of
133 games in a season which Ge-
orge Gibson of Pittsburgh set in
1909.
CrosS Faces
Cma/lo In
Net Renewal
LAC Eric Cross of the RAF
and Pvt. Alex Cmaylo of Lake-
wood, O., will make another att-
empt to settle their tennis feud
when they take the opposite
sides of the net next Wednesday
night, September 27, at 2000 hours
in tlie Andrews Fieldhouse.
Cross and Cmaylo battled to a
draw two weeks ago on the same
floor before the largest tennis
crowd of the season.and another
large turnout is expected to watch
the forthcoming struggle.
After dividing the first two
sets in their initialmeeting Cmay-
lo suffered cramps and a pulled
tendon and Cross offered to call
the match at 4-all and deuce in
the deciding set rather than capi-
talize on his foe’s injury.
Cross has yet to taste defeat
on the island, while Cmaylo, one
of Cleveland’s district stars, was
making his first appearance in
the last match.
Earnshaw Suffers
Wound In Pacific
Lt. Comdr. George Earnshaw,
former twirling star with Connie
| Mack’s last Philadelphia pennant
winner, has been wounded in a
South Pacific naval engagement.
He had been assigned to an air-
craft carrier.
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At’<inson Leads Riders
Teddy Atkinson, leading jockey
in 1943 with 200 winners, is en-
joying another good season
astride the mounts and is expect-
ed to surpass that number dur-
ing the current meets.
Reds Use Bulbs First
The Cincinnati Reds — in 1935
— installed the first lighting sy-
stem to be used by a major lea-
gue baseball team for nocturnal
games.
AT right, LAC Terry Loftus, RCAF, grimaces as he tries to slip out of a scissors hold
applied by LAC Bud Orr, RCAF, in their wrestling match last Saturday at the Fieldhouse.
Orr went on to win, then lost to LAC Roger Pelletier, RCAF, later in the evening. At left,
SPvt. Earl Zimmerman, Woodstock, Ill., ducks a right flung by Pfc. Andy Riccardi, Chester,
Pa., in the main event of the program. He didn’t duck often enough and Riccardi was award-
ed the decision. SIGNAL CORPS PHOTO.
Tight Struggle
Looms In IBC
Bowling Loops
While leaders in IBC bowling
competition managed to cling to
their precious holds atop their
respective loops during last
week’s play, they faced bitter op-
position as the teams preparedcto
roll into the final round of play.
The Wildcats, with 34 points,
in League “A” and the Red Legs,
with 36, in “D” are the only two
teams enjoying room to spare in
first place.
In “B,” the Needlers, with 29
points, are but two ahead of tire
second-place Tigers. The Eight-
balls, with 28 points, are only a
slim point ahead of the Alerl-
ments in “C.” The Thunderbolts
and Dischords are locked at the
top of “E” with 18 points apiece.
SAFE —
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Hitting pay-dirt at the plate is
Johnny Hopp of the St. Louis Car-
dinals whose big bat and classy
fielding helped the Cards to their
third straight National League
flag.
POWs Order Ducats
For Rose Bowl Tilt
The Tournament of Roses As-
sociation has received its first
order for tickets for the annual
Rose Bowl football game next
New Year’s Day — from six
POWs in Germany.
The prisoners, six California
fliers who were forced down
over Germany, have ordered 12
tickets and expect to use them
“because events indicate that
we’ll be home by that time.”
Clash After 40 Years
When Marquette and Michigan
meet on the gridiron this year!
it will he for the first time in j
over 40 years.
Major League
Standings
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W. L. Pet.
Detroit 80 62 .563
St. Louis 79 64 .552
New York .... 76 66 .535
Boston 74 68 .521
Cleveland 68 75 .475
Philadelphia ... 67 77 .465
Chicago .., 66 77 .461
Washington .... 61 82 .426
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W. L. Pet.
St. Louis 97 45 . .683
Pittsburgh 83 58 .588
Cincinnati 80 61 .567
Chicago 66 73 .474
New York .... 63 77 .450
Philadelphia ... 58 82 .414
Boston 58 83 .411
Brooklyn 58 84 .408
Ramseyer, Davis, Nabors
Advance In Tennis Meet
With the field thinning out as the result of play in the in-
augural round, contestants will move into the second round
of the IBC tennis tournament on the floor of the Andrews
sports palace on Monday, September 25.
Available first round results
found a civilian, a GI, and a brass
hat advancing another rung in
the tourney ladder.
To Pvt. Joseph Davis of Bridg-
ton, N. J., went the honor of win-
ning the opening match. Davis
easily took the measure of Sgt.
Walter Connolly of Newark, N.J.,
in straight sets, 6-1, 6-1.
In a closely-fought duel Louis
Ramseyer of the ARC conquer-
ed Capf. Elliott, Oklahoma City
Okla., 6-4, 5-7, 6-4.
Lt. Frank Nabors, Union, So.
Carolina, eliminated Cpl. Albert
Oma Stops Randolph
Lee Oma, promising Detroit
heavyweight, put Teddy Rand-
olph of New York on the canvas
of the Queensbury Club Monday
night and continued to take a
10-round decision from the Goth-
am boxer.
Edwards, Fountain Inn, So. Caro-
lina, 6-4, 8-6, in the other match.
In a familiar pose is Sgt. Dick
Suman, Moline, Ill., one of the
contestants in the IBC tennis
tourney now .being held on the
floor of the Andrews Fieldhouse.