The White Falcon - 13.01.1945, Blaðsíða 7

GROWLERS BOW IN, TAKE 42 TO
36 WIN FROM PANTHERS - BEARS
HOLDING OWN IN HOOP LEAGUE
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Sector Rock Busters
Lead ‘A,’ Kuesters ‘B®
In Bowling Circuits
King pins of League A in
the Sector bowling circles
Led by red-beaded San-
ford Speicher from Akron,
Ohio, the GROWLERS Ibis
week replaced tfie ORIOLES
in the IRC Basketball Lea-
gue of Reykjavik. They took
a fast practice game by the
score of 42 to 36 from the
PANTHERS at the Field-
house last, Monday evening.
The IBC ALL-STAR paced
bis charges with 16 points.
“Red” played bis usual bard-
driving game. First game
spectators report that the
GROWLERS will be the
team to watch in future Lea-
gue competition.
In other scheduled games,
the BEARS kept their slate
clean with two wins during
the past week. They ran up
74 points to the 26 of the
COMMANDO quintet. They
ended up in the second game
just two points short of the
century mark to lace the
RANGER five 98 to 18.
NAVY won on a forfeit
IBC, GREENLAND GAME
BREAKS COVER OF NOV.
‘AMATEUR ATHLETE’
A full-page picture of the
all-star basketball game be-
tween the Iceland and Green-
land teams made the front
page of the Amateur Athlete
magazine’s November, 1944,
issue. The picture shows Pfc.
George Harmola and Pvt.
Sanford “Red” Speicher go-
ing up after the center jump
just as Referrce Tony Ross
from Chicago tossed the ap-
ple. IBC rooters shown in
the background include Maj.
Red Wings, Montreal Tied
For First Place In Hockey
Blasting their way to a tie
for the lead with Montreal
in the National Hockej^ Lea-
gue, the Detroit Red Wings
turned back the Boston team
8 to 4 with five goals in the
final period in an exciting
game last weekend. Mont-
real, the co-leader, was idle.
The New York Rangers and
the Chicago Blackhawks
played a scoreless tie — the
first shutout the Rangers
have registered in two years.
ROYAL NAVY ISSUES
TABLE TENNIS CALL
Members of the Petty Of-
ficer’s Club of the Royal
Navy have issued a challen-
ge that they will take on all
comers of any Allied unit
in a table tennis tournament
— either A or B teams. Any-
one interested should contact
the club direct by phbnim*
Astra 10. * '' m ; 11
from the ORIOLES and is
still in second place with but
one loss in the minus column
— and that suffered at the
hands] of the League-leading
BEARS.
Pfc. George Wetzel, Philly
Flash, and Sgt. Bill Wass
from Akron, Ohio, are spark-
ing the BEARS in great mid-
season style. Wetzel collect-
ed nine double-deckers in a
game against the FLYERS
when they were trounced 48
to 37. In the same game,
Wass hit the cords for a doz-
en points.
Other scores:
Panthers ..... 59
Fess........... 50
Trojans ...... 49
Flver$........ 37
Navy.......... 59
Fess ......... 28
Commandoes . 75
Trojans ...... 41
Panthers ..... 60
Trojans ...... 36
Gen. William S. Key, who
threw up the first ball, and
Col. D. S. Townsend.
It is recalled That Iceland
copped the series and that
the Greenland five showed
stellar form throughout the
entire stay in Iceland. Their
sportsmanship was so out-
standing that all the players
received letters of commen-
dation from Gen. Key.
The same issue also con-
tains a feature article about
Miss Dee Boeckman’s athlet-
ic activities while stationed
here with the American Red
Cross.
Did You Know
That—
Pvt. Andy Riccardi, the
Chester, Pa., leather slinger,
is now wearing basketball
shorts for the TROJAN five
and doing a nice job of
guarding, too ? .... Our next
IBC boxing card will be held
at the Andrews Fieldhouse
on 27 January? .... Two-ton
Tony Galento, the cheerful
little beerful from East Or-
ange, N.J., lias started an-”
other comeback? He recent-
ly flattened A. Jack Suzek in
the third round .... Don
Whitemire, Navy tackle and
Les Horvath, Ohio State back
and and Heisman trophy
winner, were unanimous
choices on 12 All-American
football teams?. ... Bowling
and basketball business is
picking up in Sector? ....
Three former‘editors of the
paper you are now reading
are associated witlm Stars!
THANK YOU!
Our appeal on this page
last week was answered
with a half dozen aspir-
ants answering the train-
ing bell.Pvt.Louis“Lucky”
Lucchese, however, wants
more men to come out for
this boxing training. Glove
throwers will meet men of
like ability in the squared
circle. Ability, ring experi-
ence and weight will all be
taken into consideration.
The Andrews Fieldhouse
is equipped with all the ne-
cessary training equip-
ment. Pvt. Lucchese is a
licensed boxing trainer
and handler.
Phone him from 1300 to
1600 hours any day and
make arrangements to
train for the next boxing
bouts that are to be held
at the Fieldhouse. “Lucky”
can be reached bv phon-
ing Monmouth 193..
Saipan Vet Star As
Minn. Upsets Purdue
To Tune 01 49 To 44
Minnesota scrambled Big
Ten basketball predictions
earlier in the week hy upset-
ting Purdue 49-44. Walt
Ruchs, recently discharged
veteran of the Saipan inva-
sion, paced the Gophers with
18 points.
Iowa State) copped its sec-
ond straight victory on the
road to its second Big Six
basketball crown beating
Nebraska 50 to 38. Bob Mott,
Cyclone center, caged 18 po-
ints.
Great Lakes stopped Val-
paraiso’s victory string at 11
b}r beating the Valpos 52 to
38 at Fort Wayne, Ind. Ken-
tucky scored its tenth
straight, making basketball
history by belling Arkansas
State 75 to 6 in a great de-
fensive exhibition. Wildcat
regulars allowed State two
baskets and two free throws
in the first half. Then the
subs went in and blanked
the visitors the rest of the
way.
Other results:
Georgia ..... 37
Clemson...... 30
Kansas State .. 44
Rocklmrst .... 38
Michigan State 72
Albion ...... 36
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North Car. State 46
Maryland ...... 32
Washington Sta. 46
Oregon....... 36
Wisconsin .... 53
Truax Field . . 42
and Stripes in the ETO?
They wish to be remembered
to their friends up-here. The
guys are John Wentworth,
Joe“Koren and Gene Graff.
Zivic Takes On
Arnold To Win
Garden Hatch
Gpl. Fritzie Zivic, veteran
of 14 Madison Square Gard-
en main events, came back
to the New York fistic pal-
ace last Friday to win an
eight round split decision
over Billy Arnold, 18-year-
old Philadelhia welter-
weight who suffered liis first
loss in 33 ring appearances.
Zivic, former welter champ
now 31 years-old, was too
smart for the youngster -—
beating him on experience,
though Arnold forced the
fight the entire distance. The
judge called it a draw. Zivic
weighed in at 153 pounds,
Arnold at 154.
Monday night, Ike Willi-
ams, lightweight, won a un-
animous 12 round decision
from Willie Joyce of Gary,
Ind., at Philadelphia. Willi-
ams has thus earned the
right to a shot at Juan Zur-
ita’s lightweight crown. In
this bout, Ike was avenging
a defeat at the hands of Joy-
ce who several weeks before
had taken a 7 round to 5 de-
cision from him. Joyce floor-
ed Williams twice in the sec-
ond round of this match.
In Featherweight circles,
former champ Jackie Wil-
son of Pittsburgh unanim-
ously decisioned another
former feather king, Harry
Jeffrain, in ten rounds at
Baltimore.
SNEAD WINS L.A. OPEN
After being held up Sun-
day by fog, Sammy Snead
the next day went out on the
fairways and won the Los
Angeles Golf Open with a
283 total — shooting a two
under par 69 on the final
round which was climaxed
by a Birdie three on the last
hole.
Byron Nelson and Jug
MeSpaden tied for second,
a stroke behind. Sammy
Bird was fourth at 285.
Navy Raps Army In Both
Poi And Lilly Bowl Games
Navy rapped the Army
twice in the last of the post
season football games Sun-
day by winning the Poi Bowl
in Honolulu 14 to 0 and the
Lilly Bowl at Bermuda 39
to' 6.
are the KUESTERS, while 3
Leaguers are looking-to the
ROCK BUSTERS to show
them the way.
The KUESTERS are on
to]) with three victories and
no set backs but the high one
game, three game and five
man team honors went to the
PIN UP and BUTTON
PUSHER keglers. Pvt. Jam-'
es Porter, Bellaire, Ohio*
bowling for the PIN UPS
came through with an even
200 pins to cop single high
game honors not only for
Sector but for the island,
as well. His team corralled
714 for one game and a grand
total of 1,952 to take three
game honors at ARC Club 23.
Three game honors for one
man went to Tec 5 Albert
J*. Franz, Needham, Mass.s
who KOed 466 pins while
rolling for the BUTTON
PUSHERS in League A.
In League B, the ROCK
BUSTERS busted all the ping
in sight with three wins and
no defeats to get out in front.
All game honors (single,
three man, three game high
and five man total) went to
the ROCK BUSTER quint.
They hit the boards for a
three game, five man total
of 1,842 and 714 for a single
five man game total.
Pfc. John B. Sisler from
Chicago, was high for the
week in B League with the
413 pins he toppled in three
games.
Pfc. Fred Cater, who hails
from Taft, Tenn., ..notched
188 — thereby winning th©
single game high at the
Club 23 lanes.
As for Reykjavik Bowling,
all kudoes and plaudits are
being tossed in the direction
of the YANKS for the peaks .
they reach this week. Not
only are they leading C Lea-
gue, but they have copped
the three game team high
with a total of 1,907 pins
downed; taken the high one
game team honors with 696
points marked in the score
pad; and one of their aces
- Cpl. Rueben Wallenstein -
has pocketed individual hon-
ors, as well.
Wallenstein, a native of
Norwalk, Ohio, kept the pin-
bov bus}' settingthem up with
the 189 points he made in
a single game and the 485
tallied in the three game ca-
tegory.
Therq has been no change
in the IBC Bowling League
standings in the past week;
The EIGHT BALLS are lead-
ing A ; the ALERTMENTS B jj
YANKS C and NAVY in Di