The White Falcon - 30.09.1944, Blaðsíða 7

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Tigers Take Game Lead
As Season Draws To End
Snarling and fighting like the animals whose names they bear,
the Detroit Tigers clawed a 4-0 decision from the Philadelphia
Athletics on Wednesday to break a deadlock with .the St. Louis
Browns and take first place in the fiercest American League
pennant scramble since 1940 when the same Tigers ousted Cleve-
land in the dying days of the season.
The whitewash enabled the
Tigers to take a half game lead
and that was increased to a full
game that night when the Boston
Red Sox turned on a 4-1 red
light against the Browns.
With the season ending to-
morrow, Motor City fandom was
hoping that its sensational twir-
ling aces, Hal Newhauser and
Dizzy Trout, would be able to
survive the ordeal they’ve been
undergoing tbe last few weeks.
After winning Sunday, New-
hauser came back with but two
days of rest to handcuff the Ath-
letics on Wednesday for his 28th
win of the season. Trout posted
his 27th conquest the day be-
fore over the same club.
Rain washed out American
League play Thursday, ne-
cessitating doubleheaders yes-
terday.
Clinging desparately to’ a
slim hope, the New York Yan-
kees took their sixth decision
in seven Starts when they lic-
ked Chicago, 7-8, on Wednes-
day to retain a mathematical
chance at the title, three games
behind the leaders. .
Meanwhile, "clubs in the Na-
tional loop were merely going
through the formality of finish-
ing the schedule. Practically all
positions have been decided ex-
cept the last three places where
Boston, Brooklyn and Philadel-
phia are staging a merry fight all
their own to stay out of the
cellar.
Dixie Walker of the Brooklyn
Dodgers, with an average of
.301, is 19 points ahead of his
nearest rival, Stan Musial of the
Cards, in the race for hitting
honors in the senior circuit;
while Lou Boudreau of Cleve-
land, with .328, paces the Ame-
rican bunch a point ahead of
Bob Johnson of the Red Sox.
Leads Players In Size
Paul Derringer of the Cincin-
nati Reds is considered baseball’s
biggest player. He wears a size
50 shirt and a 7% cap. '
Andy Riccardi, IBC. heavy champ, and Tim McBride, a son of
Father Knickerbocker, will feature the show tonight at Keflavik’s
Red Cross Club 21 where leather will collide with leather ....
At the same time, Alex Cmaylo and Lt. Gillespie will be clashing
on the Fieldhouse floor in the IBC net finals .... After you’ve
been eliminated from the ivory and pasteboard tourney over the
weekend, you can pass your free time Monday night at the open-
ing of the court season at the FH .... And there’s always bowling
-volleyball, horseshoe tossing.
If Cmaylo cops the IBC net crown tonight it won’t
be too much of a surprise .... When he left the States
he took the Cleveland Victory racquet title with him...
Wednesday night he gave Eric Cross his'first defeat
on the “Rock” — after he had polished off Dick
Suman that afternoon in the GI semi-finals .... We
recommend that he make room in his “B” bag for a
new trophy.
Even as our fingers are groping for these keys, the Browns
and Tigers are locked in a duel reminiscent of the Dodger-Card
fight in 1942 when the pennant was' in doubt until the final day,
the Cards' winning .... Underdog sympathy is behind the Browns
who never won a flag (they lost to the Yanks by a single game
in 1922) .... Yet, no one can belittle the Tigers, if they win ....
In the cellar, at the start of the season, they*were seventh as
late as July .... One has to bow before such a stirring comeback.
Don’t risk your kronur «n the Washington Redskins
this autumn — Sammy Baugh has been ordered back
to his ranch by his draft board, or else! .... Hank
Greenberg, former Tiger and now with the B-29 com-
mand, has been upped to major .... Mickey Owen,
Dodger catcher, may be entering the Navy as you read
this .. Mrs: Payne Whitney, noted horse owner,
died last Saturday.
TS memos will be at a premium after the older GIs read t|ie
British demobilization plan .... Roosevelt and Dewey are sev-
enth cousins, once removed .... Worcester (Mass.) students
are back in class after striking for shorter hours .... Lloyds of'
London is betting 6-5 the European war will be over by Oct.
31.....FDR and Winnie also have 6 bet (not revealed) pn the
date (not revealed).
Scenes like the above will become common when the IBC
basketball leagues launch their season Monday night with
three games on the Andrews Fieldhouse court. Action above
marked one of last season’s encounters. SIGNAL CORPS PHOTO.
Weekly Radio Schedule
Court Outfits
Open Attack On
Baskets Monday
GI basketball teams from all
over the “Rock” will begin to
converge on the hoops and rims
Monday night, October 2, when
first round play in IBC cage
competition officially gets under
way.
Seventeen teams from the
Reykjavik area will play their
games at the Andrews Fieldhouse
while another group of quints
will stage their net warfare in
the Keflavik sector.
League champions will be
determined on a percentage bas-
is, with the winners meeting in
a tourney at the end of the first
round to determine the IBC title.
Packers Tan
Bears,42-28,
In Pro Fray
Continuing to live up to their
pre-season promise, the Green
Bay Packers upset the powerful
Chicago Bears, 42-28, before
31,000 spectators last Sunday
afternoon at Milwaukee, Wise.,
in a National Professional foot-
ball struggle.
It was the second win of the
season for the Packers who scor-
ed twice in the last five minutes
to clinch the verdict. Last week
they licked the Brooklyn Tigers,
14-7.
Don Hutson and his glue-tipped
fingers starred for the victors,
kicking six straight extra points
and snagging a touchdown pas's.
In another game, the Cleve-
land Rams resumed competition
after a year’s absence with a
thrilling 30-28 triumph over the
Chicago Card—Pittsburgh Steeler
combine.
Tuesday night the newly-
organized Boston Yankees made
a dismal return to the pro field
after an absence, of seven years
when they lost to the Philadel-
phia Eagles, 28-7.
SUNDAY
1400, Spotlight Band; 1415,
Great Music; 1430, Fred Waring;
1445, Hymns from Home; 1500,
Radio Theater; 1600, Bandwagon;
1700, News; 1715, Harry James;
1730, Music from America; 1800,
Andre Kostelanctz; 1830, Char-
ley McCarthy; 1900, News; 1915,
GI Jive; 1930, Jack Benny; 2000,
James Melton; 2030, All Time
Hit Parade; 2100, Sports; 2115,
Personal Album; 2130, Cass' Dal-
ey; 2200, Bob Crosby; 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, Village
Store; 2000, Mail Call; 2030, Fib-
ber McGee; 2100, Sports; 2115,
Personal Album; 2130, Ransom
Sherman.
TUESDAY
1700, ‘News; 1715, Spotlight
Band; 1730, It Pays to be Ignor-
ant; 1800, Fred Waring; 1815,
Melody Roundup; 1830, GI Jour-
nal; 1900, News; 1915, GI Jive;
1930, Duffy’s Tavern; 2000, Bob
Hope; 2030, Showtime; 2045, Har-
ry James; 2100, Sports; 2115, Per-
sonal Albuya; 2130, One Night
Stand.
WEDNESDAY
1700, News; 1715, Spotlight
Band; 1730, Music Shop; 1745,
Melody Roundup; 1800, Family
Hour; 1830, Comedy Caravan;
1900, News; 1915, GI Jive; 1930,
Front Line Theater; 2000, Kay
Kyser; 2030, Everything For The
Boys; 2100, Sports; 2115, Personal
Album; 2130, Bing Crosby.
Michigan, Harvard Pound
Out Gridiron Victories
Bounding back from their 12-
7 reverse at the hands of Michig-
an the week previous, Iowa’s
crack Preflight Cadets spoiled
Minnesota’s 1944 gridiron debut
last Saturday afternoon when
they squeezed out a 19-13 win
over the powerful Gophers in
the day’s outstanding struggle.
In another significant battle
the Purdue Boilermakers, rated
around the top of the Midwest
giants went down to defeat be-
fore a 27-18 barrage from the
Great Lakes Sajlors. lt was the
second triumph of the baby seas-
on for the Tars'.
Michigan, Illinois and Har-
vard extended their record to
two straight in other impor-
tant clashes.
Michipn blanked Mar<juette,
14-0, in their first meeting in
40 years; Illinois brushed aside
Indiana,26-18; and Harvard con-
tinued to fertilize the ivy with
a 43-6 decision over Bates.
FOOTBALL RESULTS
Bucknell 14, Muhlenberg 0.
Pitt 26, West Virginia 13.
Villanova 13, Scranton 7.
Rochester 27, Union 7.
Arkansas 7, Missouri 6.
Duke 61, Richmond 7.
Oklahoma A & M 41, West Tex-
as 6.
Southern Cal 13, UCLA 13.
Kentucky 21, Mississippi 7.
California 31, St. Mary’s 7.
Cornell 39, Syracuse 6.
Fort" Warren 7, Colorado 6.
Washington 71, Willamette 0.
Texas Christian 7, Kansas 0,
Tulsa 47, North Texas 0,
THURSDAY
1700, News; 1715, Spotlight
Band; 1730, Dunninger; 1800,
Service Digest; 1815, Raymond
Scott; 1830, Burns and Allen;
1900, News; 1915, GI Jive; 1930,
Major Bowes; 2000, Yank Swing
Session; 2030, Red Skelton; 2100,
Sports; 2115, Personal Album;
2130, Dinah Shore.
FRIDAY
1700, News; 1715, Spotlight
Band; 1730, Grade Fields; 1800,
Raymond Scot); 1815, Music We
Love; 1845, Sound Off; 1900,
News; 1915, GI Jive; 1930, Aldrich
Family; 2000, Hall of Fame; 2100,
Sports; 2115j. Personal Album;
2130, Baby Snooks; 2200, NBC
Symphony; 2300, One Night
Sttmd; §330, Suspense. -