The White Falcon - 23.12.1944, Blaðsíða 7

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Collegiate And
Service Standings
U.S. collegiate and ser-
vice teams ended up their
1944 football seasons with
the following records:
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Alabama 5-1-2
Army 9-0-0
Auburn 4-4-0
Boston Col 4-3-0
Brooklyn 2-4-0
Brown 3-4-1
Bucknell 7-2-1
California 3-6-1
CCNY 0-7-0
Clemson 4-5-0
Coast Guard 6-3-0
Colgate 2-5-0
Columbia 2-6-0
Connecticut 7-1-0
Cornell 5-4-0
Dartmouth 2-5-1
Duke 5-4 0
Florida 4-3-0
F & M 1-8-0
Harvard 5-1-0
Holy Cross 5-2-2
Illinois 5-4-1
Indiana 7-3-0
Iowa 1-7-0
Iowa State 6-1-1
Kansas 3-6-1
Kansas State 2-5-2
Kentucky 3-6-0
Lafayette 6-1-0
Lehigh 0-6-0
Marquette 1-7-0
Michigan 8-2-0
Mich. State 6-1-0
Minnesota 5-3-1
Mississippi 2-6-0
Miss State 6-2-0
Missouri 3-5-2
Muhlenberg 4-5-0
Navy 7-2-0
NYU 2-5-0
NC State 7-2-0
Northwestern 1-7-1
Ohio State 9-0-0
Oklahoma 7-3-0
Okla A & M 7-1-0
Pennsylvania 5-3-0
Penn State 6-3-0
Pittsburgh 4-5-0
Princeton 1-2-0
Purdue 5-5-0
Rice 4-6-0
Rutgers 3-2-0
S. Cal. 7-2-0
South Car. 3-4-2
Swarthmore 4-4-0
Syracuse 3-4-1
Temple 2-4-2
Tennessee 7-1-0
TCU 7-2-0
UCLA 5-5-1
Villanova 4-4-0
Wake Forest 8-1-0
U of Colorado 6-2-0
Washington 5-3-0
West Virginia 5-3-1
Utah 5-2-1
Wisconsin 3-6-0
Yale 7-1-0
Utah State 3-3-0
Second AAF 10-2-1
March Field 7-2-0
Fort Warren 5-4-0
TEMPLE FIVE IN
CLOSE WIN OVER
OKLA. AGGIES
Temple University fans at
Convention Hall in Phila-
delphia this week saw their
basketball five turn back the
Oklahoma Aggies 46 to 44
in a game which was nip
and tuck all the way. Mean-
time, Muhlenberg’s quint
kept St. Francis without a
basket for 20 minutes, there-
by rolling up a 56 to 18 vic-
tory.
Other collegiate basketball
scores:
Arkansas 59
CCNY 47
Utah 44
Canisius 31
Notre Dame 57
Wisconsin 46
Dartmouth 50
Penn 35
Illinois 43
De Pauw 40
Iowa 61
Nebraska 45
Princeton 73
Fordham . 51
Sammy Snead Wins
California Onen
Firing a final round of 70
to win the Richmond, Calif.,
Golf Open, Sammy Snead
amassed a total of 278. Char-
lie Congdon, second, strok-
ed hack Byron Nelson and
Jug McSpaden to gain the
runner-up postion. Tied for
32 strokes, McSpaden led off
and missed a four foot put
on the 18th — which would
have given him a second
place tie.
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HOT SHOTS* TOP
IBC KEGLERS
With the passing of seven
da}rs, the “Eight Balls” have
blazed an even brighter lum-
ber path on IBC alleys. They
bettered, their team-total-
score by 215 pins and topped
their best five man game
bjr 28 pins. The following to-
tals show that the “Eight
Balls” are improving with
each ball thrown: Team total
— 1939. Best five man single
game — 671.
Cpl. Paul C. Schmitt of
Washington, D.C., proved
himself the hot shot of the
“Hot Shots” bowling five.
This B League kegler rolled
a fancy single game of 190
and a three game high of
453 to dethrone S/Sgt. Arthur
W. Mary, Pittsburgh Pa., of
the “Eight Balls.”
IBC League A leaders are
the “Eight Balls.” B League
is paced by the “Alertments,”
C by the “Yanks” and D is
tied with the Navy and
“Firebugs.”
Andy Riccardi, Veteran
|BC Slugger, Leaves Ring
The Assistant Sports Edit-
or wishes Pvt. Andy Riccardi
a right merry GleSilegjol and
a Happy New Year. The
Assistant Sports Editor feels
he is shouting these holi-
day greetings for the many
enthusiastic Riccardi root-
ers. And, the A.S.E. extends
the most of the best to the
Chester, Pa., heavy because
of the excellence of his fisti-
cuffing abilities and his will
to give his watchers the most
of his best leather attributes.
Leave us join the Assi-
stant Sports Editor as he
takes you back to Andy’s
initial bout in Iceland. The
date was Dec. 4, 1943 and
the place was the Andrew
Fieldhouse. His opponent
was Pfc. Herman Lanier, the
strongly-touted hard-hitting
FA scrapper from Wilming-
ton, N.C.
However, Pvt. R. had no
respect whatsoever for rank
and belted Pfc. Lanier from
post to pillar and back again.
His Golden Glove experience
in the City of Brotherly Love
stood him in good stead and
from Bout One on he was a
crowd teaser and a “must”
on each succeeding program.
On Dec. 18. 1943, at preci-
sely 2105 hours, the Field-
house resounded with a
terrific roar from 1,700 thro-
ats as Riccardi and S/Sgt,
Frankie Albano climbed
through the ropes to do
battle — and what a battle!
Pvt. Andy Riccardi, who
announced his retirement
from the IBC ring, prepares
a healthy right wallop to the
jaw of Pvt. Earl Zimmer-
man, during a recent boxing
Messers Gordon Sabine and
Jack Glenn, ringside judges,
voted for Albano and arbit-
er Robert Stretch gave his
nod to “Rick.” So, by - the
closest of margins, this three
heat beauty went to the brill-
iant Albano who later be-
came the IBC Heavyweight
Champion and took three
from the best that the ETO
had to offer at the Rainbow
Corner.
Did this close defeat rile
our “Rick?” A thousand
times “nei!” (“No,” in Ice-
landic.) He came back
two weeks later and took a
close decision from the same
man who had decisioned
him!
U.S. SPORTSWRITERS PICK
ALL-AMERICAN PRO GRID TEAM
Falling right into line with the All-American mood, the
Sportswriters of America picked the following Pro
Football All-American eleven:
LE Don Hutson , Green Bay
LT Frankie Cope NY Giants
LG Riley Mathewson Cleveland Rams
C “Bulldog” Turner Bears
RG Len Younce * NY Giants
RT A1 Wistert Phila. Eagles
RE Joe Aguirre Wash. Redskins
QB Roy Zimmerman Phila. Eagles
LF Frankie Sinkwich Detroit
RI4 Wajd Cuff NY Giants
FB Bill Paschall NY Giants
BEARS. NAVY Trojans 48
TAKE LEAD IN Rangers 33
IB€ HOOP LEAGUES Navy 36
As the new IBC basketball Panthers 35
season gets under way, the Bears 61
Bears and the Navy have Fess 33
taken an early lead — both teams being tied for first Flyers 41
place. Results: Rangers 17
Commandos 58 Bears 53
Trojans 40 Trojans 28
Bears 67 Panthers 29
Flyers 28 Commandos 24
Because Riccardi showed
so much spirit, willingness
and spark, whether he won
or lost, he was chosen by
the Command to be one of
the six U.S. Army repres-
entatives to promote the
fistic art against the most
proficient leather-flingers in
the ETO.
So it came to pass that in
March, 1944, Pvt. Andrew
Riccardi of the Signal Corps
laced his eight ounce gloves
on no fewer than three oc-
casions in eight days! He
was pitted against Roy
Hanna in his first go. Roy
was former Eastern AAU
Champ and Tulsa AAU
Champ. Andy obviously did
not read the clippings be-
cause he clipped Roy fast
and hard and copped the
duke.
His next Rainbow Corner,
London, opponent was Pvt.
Ralph Hallinger of Cleve-
land, Ohio. Andy hit Hall-
inger and Hallinger hit the
floor. Net result: another win
for “Rick.”
On March 24, Riccardi met
a fgllow Keystone Stater
when he hit Pvt. Bob Lewis
of Wilkes Barre around and
about the features. Not ac-
cording to Emily Post, but
as your Assstant Sports Edi-
tor has said previously,
“Rick” confines his reading
to his own personal clipp-
ings. So it was, that the pride
of Chester, Pa., met three
men in eight days and won
all three bouts — which is
a percentage of 1000% !
The A.S.E. will now use
a colloquialism (at no in-
crease in subscription rates).
This fighter did not permit
the laurel wreath to tarnish.
He fought seven times after
his return from the wars
and won six — a percentage
of 845 — which is better
lb an average — even for the
Iceland Base Command lea-
gues.
It was with profound re-
gret then that the A.S.E. read
of Pvt. Andrew Riccardi’s re-
tirement from the squared
circle in the Organization
News of last week’s White
Falcon. The hearts of the
many fistic followers will be
heavy with sorrow — some
may even don the sackcloth
and ashes — but (as they
would have us say on the
plains of Oklahoma) C’est
la Guerre!
Typing for Iceland’s foll-
owers of the manly art, the
Assistant Sports Editor off-
ers Pvt. Andrew Riccardi a
smart salute for always giv-
ing us his very best while in
his green tights!