The White Falcon - 30.12.1944, Síða 6

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AP GI ALL-AMERICAN PACKS POWER
WITH RUSSELL, RAMSEY, ESHMONT
Air Cadet Otto Graham, the sensational backfield ace
for the North Carolina Pre Flight triple-threat team, made
the All-American at Northwestern last year and now
has been chosen by the Associated Press to be one of
the stalwarts for the GI eleven — recently selected by
the news service.
Sgt. Jack Russell of Randolph Field, Texas, (end);
Guard Garrard Ramsey, Bainbridge Navy, Md., former
William and Mary ace; and Lt. Leonard Eshmont, Nor-
man Navy, Okla, previously with Fordham, are repeat-
ers on the All-GI team.
The team looks like this:
LE Sgt. Jack Russell Randolph Field 6’-l” 215 lb Baylor
LT Lt. (JG) Jos. Stydahar, FI. City Navy, Cal. G-4 260 W. Va.
LG Garr. Ramsey, SP (A)lc Bainbr. Navy, Md. 6-1 195 Wm. & M.
G A/C George Strohmeyer Iowa Pre Flight
RG Russell Letlow, CSP Camp Perry, Va.
RT Ens. J. Woudenb., St. Mary’s Pre Fit, Cal.
RE Lt. Nick Susoeff, Second AF
BACKFIELD:
A/C Otto Graham, NC Pre Fit 6-0 190 Northwest
Sgt. Charles Trippi, Third AF 5-11 185 Georgia
Lt. William Dudley, Randolph Field 6-0 185 Virginia
Lt. Leonard Eshmont, Norman Navy, Okla. 5-11 180 Fordham
5- 9 205 Tex. A&M
6- 2 230 S. Franc.
6-3 220 Col. Coll.
6-1 210 Wash. St.
Byrnes Bans Racing
For Duration To Give
War ‘Utmost Effort*
Horse racing and dog racing throughout the U.S. will
end on January third as the result of action taken last
Saturday by War Mobilization Director James F. Byr-
nes to curb all professional sports for the duration.
Sportswriters Name
Widdoes ‘Coach Of Year’
Ohio Slate’s coach, Carr-
oll Widdoes, was voted the
Coach of the Year in an
annual sportswriter’s poll.
Widdoes, who coached an
undefeated team, was given
75 votes to 20 for Col. Earl
Blaik of Army who was sec-
ond. Fritz Crisler of Michig-
an was third with seven vot-
es. Jim Lookabaugh of the
SNAVELY RELEASED
AS CORNELL’S COACH
Carl Snavely was releas-
ed from his coaching con-
tract at Cornell recently. He
has been in conference with
North Carolina officials and
it is likely will head the Tarr
heel eleven once again.
Benny Leonard Awarded
Trophy By Ring Scribes
Lt. Comndr. Benny Leon-
ard of the U.S. Maritime Ser-
vice will be presented with
the Edward Jay Neil Trophy
by the New York Boxing
Writers at their annual dinn-
er next month.
Leonard, former light-
weight champ who retired
undefeated in 1925, is the
biggest booster of boxing in
the service. He has appeared
at Bond rallies and other
public functions for war re-
lief.
Baseball’s Mentors
Give Okay To Night Games
Unlimited night ball and
the banning of the use of
parks by pro football teams
until the baseball season is
completely finished, are two
of the decisions reached by
big league owners at their
recent meeting.
Oklahoma Aggies was fourth
with six votes and Howie
Odell of Yale was tied with
Jeff Cravath of Southern
California for fifth place
with five votes each.
DEMPSEY—FIRPO BOUT
COMES TO IBC SCREENS
The third in the series of
grfeat ring fight pictures,
“Kings of the Ring,” is now
touring the Nissep Hut Cir-
cuit on GI film No. 68. Feat-
ured in this edition are the
famed ring classics with the
old Manassa Mauler - Jack
Dempsey himself •— in acti-
on against Georges Carpent-
ier. Also featured is the
battle wherein Luis “Angel”
Firpo knocked Jack out of
the ring.
Miami Gets Pro Football
Miami, Fla., was granted
a franchise in the newly-org-
anized All-American Pro
Football League which hopes
to operate next season.
COWLES DISCHARGED—
RETURNS TO DARTM’TH
Ossie Cowles who coach-
ed Dartmouth to six of sev-
en straight eastern inter-
collegiate basketball titles
received his discharge from
the Navy and will return to
the Indians on the first day
of the new year.
Mack, At 82, Wants
To See Team At Top
Connie Mack celebrated
his 82nd birthday on Dec-
ember 23. At that time he
announced to the world at
large that his one ambition
is another pennant for his
Philadelphia Athletics.
Navy Bowlers Push
Ahead In'D'As Men
Hell @44 In Game
Toppling 1,813 pins to win
high team honors and notch-
ing no fewer than 644 pins
to take the laurel wreath in
the five man one-game vis-
a-vis, the Navy this week
became the newest leaders
in Class D of the IBC Bowl-
ing League.
Meantime, League A looks
to the dynamic Eiyht Bails
for guidance. The B keglers
are on the alert with the
Alertments and in League C,
the Yanks are coming on
like gangbusters;
Pvt. George Metsopulos,
the Newark, N. J., Flash,
bowled a terrific 202 to take
single high game honors.
While winning this category,
“Metz” fell behind his brill-
iant IBC three-game record
of 523 by knocking down on-
ly 459 wooden soldiers.
Though the star of the Four
Strikes and a Spare is in top
form, he’ll need plenty of
help from his teammates to
win from the Yanks who are
leading C. League by seven
points. This thriller comes
off at ARC Club 14 tomorr-
ow at 1330.
With his 202 single game
total and the 523 for a three-
game total, Pvt. Metsopulos
holds two IBC crowns which
have yet to be challenged.
NEBR. TURNS BACK
MINN. 55—54 IN
EXTRA PERIOD
Nebraska received its ini-
tial defeat at the ten hands
belonging to Minnesota this
week. Final score of this ov-
ertime battle read 55 to 54.
Clarence Ilermensen of the
Gophers dropped 27 points
to. cop high-scoring honors.
Bob Lehrman tossed two
free throws from the 15 foot
mark in the last minute of
the hectic game to assure
victory for the Minnesota
five.
Colorado returned to the
court after an absence of a
year to register a 64 to 43
victory over Missouri.
OTHER RESULTS:
Kansas 63
Kan. State 40
Great Lakes 60
Purdue ■47
NYU 57
Brooklyn 48
Okla 44
Penthalon Mil. 39
Great Lakes 52
Illinois 49
Wisconsin 51
Iowa Sea Hawks 43
Corpus Christi Naval 63
Texas Aggies 20
Officials of some 80 tracks
in 17 states expressed their
willingness to cooperate
with Byrnes’ “request,” but
the Government is prepared
to enforce compliance, if
necessary.
Byrnes has asked the War
Manpower Commission to
withdraw all authorization
for track labor, and directed
Local Quints Gamer
386 Points As Navy,
Bears Maintain lead
A dozen quints scored 386
points at the Andrews Field-
house in a half dozen not-
so-hectic games this week.
The Bears won on a forfeit
from the Orioles, while the
Navy continued on its merry
streak when they downed
the Rangers by the count of
68 to 26. Still in a tie for top
honors are the Bears and
Navy fives.
RESULTS:
Commandoes 63
'Flyers 28
Fess 32
Orioles 20
Bears 2
Orioles 0
Navy 68
Rangers 26
Commandoes 44
Rangers 29
Panthers 53
Flyers 21
Giants Release Miller
To Frisco, Coast League
Pitcher Ken Miller has
been released to the San
Francisco Pacific Coast Lea-
gue by the New York Giants.
His transfer was in part pay-
ment for pitcher Ray Har-
rell. Miller, 26 and 4-F in the
draft, won ten and lost 13
with the Jersey City club last
summer.
At the same time, the Pac-
ific Coast League announc-
ed the purchase of outfield-
er Jojo White( from the Cin-
cinnati Reds.
Yale 60
Marshall , 42
Temple 42
Princeton 25
Penn State 32
Bucknell 30
Tennessee 50
NYU 48
Brooklyn 49
W. Kentucky 45
the Office of Defense Trans-
portation to take whatever
steps might be needed to ban
travel to and from the tracks,
whatever the deadline for
their closing.
The War Mobilization Dir-
ector explained his action by
saying in part: “The exist-
ing war situation demands
the utmost effort that the
peoplo of the U.S. can give
to the support of its armed
forces in the production of
needed war materials. The
operation of race tracks is
not conducive to this all-out
war effort.”
The effects of the ban will
be felt mostly in Florida and
California where plans for
the winter meetings had gone
ahead as usual. Santa Anita
track near Los Angeles was
scheduled to ofpen today —
the first time since the war
began.
Byrnes also announced
that he has asked Selective
Service to review the draft
qualifications of all deferred
professional athletes.
The New York Times quot-
ed Byrnes as saying that
neither he nor the public
could understand how men
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18 to 26 who are adjudged
physically unfit for military
service could continue “to
compete with the greatest
athletes of the nation in
games demanding physical
fitness. They prove to thous-
ands by their physical fitn-
ess on the football field and
baseball diamond that they
are physically fit and are
able to perform military ser-
vices as are the eleven mil-
lion men in uniform.”
Baseball officials, includ-
ing National League presi-
dent Ford Frick, said they
will cooperate in any action
the Government might take
regarding the 1945 playing
season, but recall that Presi-
dent Roosevelt gave baseball
the “green light” early in the
war.
The feat of the St. Browns
Louis winning the pennant
was voted by the AP sport-
ing experts as the “Surprise
of the Year.” Second place
surprise honors went to the
Army for its 59 to 0 triumph
over the Notre Dame eleven.
Show honors went to Bob
Hamilton’s upset in the PGA
final.
Experts Term Browns
'Surprise Of Year'
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