The White Falcon - 23.09.1944, Blaðsíða 7

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Tigers Lead Junior Race
As Cards Capture Pennant
While the St. Louis Cardinals were soaring off with their
.third straight National League pennant, the rampaging Detroit
Tigers were clawing their way to the top of the American heap
to culminate a drive which began last May when they were buri-
ed in eighth place. I -------------------
During a week of bitter fight- on Thursday;
The Cards can now lose the
rest of their tussles and still win
the flag.
ing the loop lead changed hands
more often than a 100 Kr. in a
GI crap game before the Tigers
assumed a game and a half mar-
gin over the St. Louis Browns.
The Tigers, Browns and Yank-
ees were iocked for the lead last
Saturday afternoon; the Browns
vvent to the front that night and
were still there after Sunday’s
first game. Then the Tigers surg-
ed back on top to stay there dur-
ing Sunday’s nightcap.
Ten wins in the last eleven
starts briefly explains the tale
of Detroit’s rapid climb. Hal
Newhausef and Dizzy Trout,
their pitching aces, chalked up
their 26th and 25th decisions re-
spectively in crucial tilts with the
nesday to dampen New York hop-
Yankees on Tuesday and Wed-
es for another classic.
After losing ten of their twelve
frays and needing but a single
game to assure them of their
third consecutive World Series Shown above is Billy South-
check, the Cards settled matters worth whose Cards won the Na-
with a 5-4 victory over Boston tional loop flag on Thursday.
THIS CORNER cuts a slice for all those who helped to make
the Fieldhouse fights such a success last Saturday .... And
an extra coat of frosting to Dave Askew for his gameness —
to Onny Uribe for his brilliant showing after a long absence
— to Andy Riccardi and Earl Zimmerman for their slam-bang
show — and to Jack Bostock who jumped out of a ring over,
at the Navy and made a flying trip to the FH for his second
fight of the night.
We didn’t like the way the Askew—Bennette bout
ended — and, judging from the boos, many ringsid-
ers were of the same mind .... We realize it is one
thing to sit ringside and judge — another to be in
there mixing it .... The rules clearly specify that a
backward step be taken after a clinch, and we suggest
that in the future referees emphasize and enforce
such rules to avoid unpleasant- repetitions.
The next boxing show will be staged at Keflavik a week from
tonight .... Tennis will bask under the lights of the Andrews
sports emporium for the next several nights .... For obvious
reasons there’ll be no IRC football this fall .... Bowling moves
into its final round, starting next week .... The basketball
season hits the hoops Monday, October 2 .... And compe-
tition in the ivory and pasteboard league resumes play a week
from tomorrow — probably for one day only.
Grover Cleveland Alexander, Cardinal hero of the
1926 World Series, was recently picked up by the pol-
ice, penniless .... Francis Schmidt, former Ohio State
grid coach, died this week in Spokane, Wash......
Willie Pep and Ike Williams scored KOs early this
week .... When Hal Newhauser beat the Yanks, 4-1,
on Tuesday, it was his sixth win over the Yanks
this season — the first time a pitcher turned the
trick since 1912 .... We still like the Browns.
Click your molars on these; Willkie beside FDR in a chair
at the peace table when they hold the autopsy on Germany ....
Is there such a person as Joan Ellis who is alleged to have
broken that teletype invasion story? .... Patton suddenly jumping
into a jeep one of these days and telling his driver to keep going
until they reach Berlin .... Watch the Pacific ■— all hell is due
to pop in the near future ,,,., And anyone accepting rotation
or volunteering for Tee-Bee to leave the “Rock” is a sissy!
Packers Defeat
Brooklyn, 14-7,
In Pro Battle
The Green Bay Packers offici-
ally opened the National Pro-
fessional Football season at Mil-
waukee last Sunday when they
licked the Brooklyn Tigers, 14-7.
Don Ilutson, veteran Packer
end and holder of 19 loop re-
cords, came out of retirement
once more with his glue-tipped
digits to snag a 22-yard pass
in the opening quarter for the
game’s first touchdown.
The Tigers tied the count in
the third period, but the Packers
scored again in the same span to
pul the game on ice.
Twenty-one penalties were
called to set a new league mark
for infractions.
Louisville And
Newark Triumph
In Playoff Tilts
Newark in the International
League and Louisville in the Am-
erican Association became the
first teams in their respective
circuits to qualify for the final
round of the Shaughnessy play-
offs which will determine the
clubs which will meet in the
Little World Series.
Louisville ousted pennant-win-
ning Milwaukee from the play-
offs, four games to two, while
Newark was eliminating Toronto
in four straight frays.
The Colonels will meet the
winner of the Toledo—St. Paul
series which is still in progress
with Toledo in front, three games
to two. Newark will face the
winner of the Buffalo-Baltimore
fight which has only gone one
game, the Bisons winning, 9-4.
Down in the Southern Asso-
ciation playoffs Nashville, sec-
ond-half winner, and Memphis,
first-half champ, are locked at
three games apiece.
“IT IS’
“IT ISN’T”
Popular pastime of GIs on the island, as shown above, is
horseshoe pitching. Checking a possible “ringer” are Pvt. Am-
brose Gisi, Denver, Col., (right) and Pfc. Louis Kozar, Virg-
inia, Minn., members of a Signal Corps Group.
Weekly Radio Schedule
SUNDAY
1400, Spotlight Band; 1415,
Great Music; 1430, Fred Waring;
1445, Hymns from Home; 1500,
Radio Theater; 1600, Bandwag-
on; 1700, News; 1715, Harry
James; 1730, Music from Amer-
ica; 1800, Andre Kostelanetz;
1830, Charlie McCarthy; 1900,
John Charles Thomas; 1930, Jack
Benny; 2000, News; 2015, GI Jive;
2030, All Time Hit Parade; 2100,
Sports; 2115, Personal Album;
2130, Cass Daley; 2200, BolxCros-
by; 2230, Here’s to Romance;
2300, Basin Street; 2330, One
Night .Stand.
MONDAY
1700, News; 1715, Spotlight
Band; 1730, At Ease; 1745, Sound
Off; 1800, Sports; 1815, Top of
Evening; 1830, Yarns for Yanks;
1845, Melody Roundup; 1900,
News; 1915, GI Jive; 1930, Eddie
Cantor; 2000, Mail Call; 2030,
Fibber McGee; 2100, Sports;
2115, Personal Album; 2130, Xa-
vier Cugat.
Michigan, Illinois Open
Gridiron Year With Wins
Michigan, Harvad, Kansas,
Great Lakes, Illinois and Indiana
opened their, grid season in
triumphant fashion last weekend
as intercollegiate football moved
more prominently into the sports
picture.
The Wolverines fom Ann Ar-
bor turned in the most signific-
ant exhibition, squeezing past
powerful Iowa Preflight, 12-7.
Great Lakes, Illinois and Indi-
ana broke out with a touchdown
rash in chalking up their wins.
The Sailors submerged Fort
Sheridan, 62-0; Illinois battered
Illinois Normal, 79-0; and Indiana
levelled Fort Knox with a 72-0
barrage. Harvard started the ivy
growing with a 19-12 decision
over Tufts', and Kansas brushed
Washburn aside, 47-0.
Others spores:
College of Pacific 25, Fairfield
Airbase 0
Central Michigan 32, Alma 13
Warrensburg 13, Missouri Vall-
ey 0
Maryville 26, Pittsburgh Teach-
ers 13
Case 0, Baldwin-Wallace 0
Bucknell 24, Muhlenberg 7
Worchester Poly 12, Union 7
Scranton 6, Franklin-Marshall
0
Ursinus 13, Swarthmore 7
Bowling Green 13, Ohio Wes-
leyan 6
Western Michigan 14, Wabash
0
Oberlin 7, Dennison 7
St. Lawrence 7, St. Mary’s
(Wise.) 6
Chatham Field 12, Newberry 7
Coast Guard 33, Bates Q
TUESDAY
1700, News; 1715, Spotlight
Band; 1730, Alan *Young; 1800,
Fred Waring; 1815, Melody
Roundup; 1830, GI Journal; 1900,
News; 1915, GI Jive; 1930, Duf-
fy’s Tavern; 2000, Bob Hope;
2030, Showtime; 2045, Harry
James; 2100, Sports; 2115, Per-
sonal Album; 2130, One Night
Stand.
WEDNESDAY
1700, News; 1715, Spotlight
Band; 1730, Are You a Genius;
1745, Melody Roundup; 1800,
Family Hour; 1830, Comedy Car-
avan; 1900, News; 1915, GI Jive;
1930, Front Line Theater; 2000,
Kay Kyser; 2030, Louise Massey;
2100, Sports; 2115, Personal Al-
bum; 2130, Bing Crosby.
THURSDAY
1700, News; 1715, Spotlight
Band; 1730, Dunningar; 1800,
Telephone Hour; 1830, Burns and
Allen; 1900, News; 1915, GI Jive;
1930, Major Bowes; 2000, Yank
Swing Session; 2030, Red Skel-
ton; 2100, Sports; 2115, Person-
al Album; 2130, Dinah Shore.
FRIDAY
1700, News; 1715, Spotlight
Band; 1730, Gracie Fields; 1800,
Raymond Scott; 1815, Music We
Love; 1845, Soundoff; 1900,
News; 1915, GI Jive; 1930, Aid-
rich Family; 2000, Hall of Fame;
2100, Sports; 2115, Personal Al-
bum; 2130, Baby Snooks; 2200,
Symphony; 2300, One Night
Stand; 2330, Suspense.
SATURDAY
1700, News; 1715, Spotlight
Band; 1730, Hoosier Hop; 1800,
Great Gildersleeve; 1830, Truth
or Consequences; 1900, News;
1915, GI Jive; 1930, Amos ‘n’ An-
dy; 2000, Command Performan-
ce; 2030, Hif Parade; 2100,
Sports; 2115, Personal Album;
2130, Waltz Time; 2200, Jubilee;
2230, Tommy Dorsey; 2300, At
Ease; 2315, Million Dollar Band;
2330, Downbeat,