The White Falcon - 27.01.1945, Blaðsíða 7

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ROCKBUSTER KEGLE1S BREAK
TIE LEFT OVERS
Standings in Hie Reykjavik
bowling loops remained un-
changed this week, while
the KEESTERS relinquish-
ed the Sector League A lead
to tiie PIN-UPS and the
ROCIvBUSTERS of League
R pulled out ahead of the
LEFT-OVERS to break last
week’s tie.
REYKJAVIK RESULTS:
League A — EIGHT BALLS
leading; CHORDS team
highs for week with 1,409
and 504; high-3-game and 1-
game-scores, individual, Tec
4 Delos W. Andrus,
CHORDS, 348 and 141. Lea-
gue B — ALERTMENTS
leading; ALERTMENTS
team highs for week with
1,019 and 010; Pfc. Leo K.
McKenna, ALERTMENTS,
l-man-3-game high 394; Pfc.
John Prialaga, ALERT-
MENTS, 1-man-1 -game-high
167.
League G — YANKS lead-
ing; YANKS team highs for-
week with 1,705 and 632;
Tec 5 Reuben 'Wallenstein,
YANKS, l-man-3-game high
with 396; Pvt. George Mets-
opulos, FOUR STRIKES
AND A SPARE, and Pfc.
Peter J. Lukaciki, YANKS,
tied for 1-man-l-game hon-
ors ‘with 158 each. League
D — NAVY leading; MUST-
ANGS team highs for week
with 1,519 and 538; Pfc.
Claude W. Brown, MUST-
ANGS, l-man-3-game-high
325; Pvt. Glenn Ellerson,
MUSTANGS, 1-man-l-game-
high 134.
SECTOR RESULTS: Lea-
gue A — PIN UPS leading;
PIN UPS team highs for
week with 1,925 and 707;
Pvt. T. Gurney, PIN UPS, 1-
man-3-game-high 468; Cpl.
H. Almo, BUTTON PUSH-
ERS, 1-man-l-game-high
188. League B — ROCK-
BUSTERS leading; BIG
BOYS team highs for week
with 1,763, 614; Pvt. M. J.
Whipple, ROCKBUSTERS,
l-man-3-game-high 469; Pvt.
Walter Surdvka, BIG BOYS,
1-man-l-game high 170.
‘Hot Stove’ Leaguers Busy
As Coaches, Flayers
Charagfc Teams
With the winter hot stove
league experts hard at work
discussing last year’s wins
and failures and looking for-
ward to the coming season’s
prospects, the powers-tlial-
he in baseball, football and
hockey have been busy hir-
Local Capt. Bags
Seal While Hunting
Hunting is a rare pastime
for the American men in Ice-
land — so it was a particular
thrill that Capt. Kenneth
Laplant of the Signal Corps
received this week when he
shot a seal.
The seal weighed a little
less thap 100 pounds and was
about nine months old. Capt.
Laplant reports that the Ice-
landers who are tanning
and processing the pell for
him say that it is a “land
seal” — one of four differ-
of seals which
five in this part of the world
ing new coaches, dispensing
with the old and trading en( species
players, etc.
Head coach Babe HorrelljT]ie seai was killed among
and assistants Bronko Nag-j{iie rocks along one of the
urski and Ray Richards re- j fjords. Most of the animals,
signed from the football however, live near the
mouths of the larger rivers
Ray Mangrum Cops Tuscon
GoH Award, Nelson Second
Rav Mangrum won his first
major golf tourney since
1936 when he fired a record
04 in the final round Sun-
day to Avin the Tuscon, Ariz.,
Golf Open with a 268. Byron
Nelson, last year’s “Athlete
of the YTear,” came in sec-
ond Avilh a 269. Jim Gaunt
of Ardmore, Okla., (mak-
ing his first tournament
tour) Avas third Avith a 271.
Fourth place AA-ent to Jug
McSpaden with his 272.
staff of UCLA effective im
mediately. Horrell had been
head coach for six years at
the institution.
Meamvhile, Matty Bell,
former football coach at
Southern Methodist Univer-
sity and noAv Athletic Direc-
tor of- Georgia Pre-Flight,
Avas promoted to the rank of
full commander in the Nav-
al Reserve.
As for the national pas-
time, Charley Root, former
Chicago Cub pitcher,"signed
Monday to manage the Col-
umbus Red Birds of the Am-
erican Association for 1945.
Root succeeds Nick Ciillop
aaJio recently resigned to be-
come manager of the Mi 1-
Avaukee BreAvers.
Root, now 45 years of age,
managed the Hollywood
team of the Pacific Coast
League last season, pitching
in 22 games.
Clifford “Fido” Purpur,
29-year-old Chicago Black-
hawks hockey player, Avas
released to the Detroit Red
Wings. The right Avinger Avas
exchanged for a player who
as yet has not been chosen
bAr the HaAvks.
larger
on the island.
The Capt. is sending the
processed pelt home for use
as a throAV-rug as the anim-
als are very difficult to stuff
and mount.
REDWINGS TURN BACK
N.Y. RANGERS 7 TO 3
Arriving in Detroit seven
hours behind schedule and
starling their game three
hours late seemed to have
set back the NeAAr York
Rangers avIio boAved to the
RedAvings 7 to 3 last Friday.
The Rangers then headed
East to lake on the Boston
Bruins Avho drubbed them
14 to 3 on Sunday. The same
day the National Hockey
League leaders, the Montre-
al Canadiens, pasted the sec-
ond place Detroit RedAvings
6 to 3. Chicago’s BlackhaAA'ks
blanked Toronto 4 to 0.
William Stops Berger In
Fourth. At Philly Match
LightAveigbt Ike Williams
stopped Maxie Berger, Cana-
dian AvelterAveigbt champ, in
the fourth round at a box-
ing card jn Philadelphia on
Tuesday, while up in NeAv
York, Fernando Menichelli,
South American heavy, dreAV
AviHi Vince Pimpinella OA’er
ten rounds after Pimpinella
subbed at the last minute for
Jimmy Bell of Washington
Avho Avas barred from the
bout by the New York Com-
mission.
The Ncav York State
Athletic Commission has
asked that all fight clubs
under its jurisdiction
earmark part of this
Aveek’s receipts for the In-
fantile Parah'sis Fund.
Iowa Leads Big Ten
Breezing right ahead, IoAva
Monday Avon its fourth
straight Big Ten and tenth
straight season cage game
downing Indiana 56 to 51.
Clayton Wilkinson led the
HaAvks Avith 20 points. Gene
Faris Avas high scorer of the
Hoosiers Avith his 18 points-
Ohio State hung close to
IoAva’s heels in the Big Ten
Race by beating Purdue 50-
35 after they Avere all tied
up at 23 all at halftime.
Warren Amling topped the
Bucks Avith 13 points. Red
Anderson led the Boilermak-
ers Avith 11 points.
Other Results
Great Lakes 66
Wisconsin 51
Kentucky . . . . 64
Georgia Tech ..... 51
North Carolina .... 65
Wake Forest 40
Oklahoma Aggies . . 89
Phillips U 28
Norfolk NaA'al Air . 80
Camp Peary 31
Sarvedeo, Bostock
Mix It Up On Card
At Fld’se Tonight
Iceland’s basketball league
Ave'nt into a tie Monday night
Avhen the NAVY quint turn-
ed back the BE<4RS 46 to 35.
NAVY, hoAvever, had to do
a lot of scoring in the last
three minutes of play in ord-
er to secure its lead. Iloma
Avi th-21 points aiid Anderson
with 16 points Avere the aces
of Uncle Sam’s sea-going ser-
vice.
In another game this Aveek,
the Engineer RANGERS,
coached and managed bySgt.
Vernon Pigott, took an over-
time game from the COM-
MANDOS by the tissue pap-
er-thin tally of 50—48. Mc-
Kinny and Andrasko paced
the victors Avith their 20 and
16 points respectively while
Lane made 28 of his team’s
48 points.
Other Results:
Fess .......... 62
Trojans ...... 42
Navy ......... 82
Rangers ...... 23
Flyers ....... 64
Commandoes ,. o9
Panthers ...... 43
Flyers......... 37
GroAvlers ..... 46
Fess .......... 26
Bears ......... 46
GroAvlers ..... 30
GroAvlers ..... 58
Rangers ....... 40
The boxing lights Avill go
on again at the AndreAvs
Fieldhouse at precisely 2000
hours tonight. Taa^o Avrestling
matches, featuring the cream
of the Royal Canadian Air
Force grunt arid groan art-
ists, will sIioaa7 their AArares
to (lie assembly.
In the final bout, promot-
or Pvt. Louis (Iceland’s GI
Joe Jacobs) Lucchcse lias
succeeded in pairing Cpl.
Joe Sarvedeo with Seaman
Jack Bostock of the Royal
Navy. All avIio have eArei;
Avaiched these liard-fighting
leather pushers will knoAV
that their initial meeting in
the squared circle promises
a “Million Dollar SIioaa'” in
itself.
The semi-final bout is an
all RAF affair with Sgt. Fred
PoAvers tliroAving leather in
the direction of Cpl. Jack
Daley. Daley has boxed in
the Fieldhouse ring on many
occasions and the customers
knoAV his wide open style of
offensive attack. Sgt. Poav-
ers, hoAvever, has promised
Jack a A’ery busy evening.
Bring your guests early.
Get good seats and cheer
your faAorites!
Ray Mack "Refsct"
Ray Mack, 28-year-old sec-
ond baseman of the Cleve-
land Indians, last Aveek Avas
classified as a “temporary
reject” after he took an
Army physical at the Cleve-
land Induction Center. Marr-
ied and the father of two
children, Mack Avas accept-
ed for limited service last
summer but AAras never call-
ed- He has been Avorking in
one of the city’s war plants.
The Wolf
Copyright 1944 by Leonard
Sansone
"For the last time—no more bumps!! My
arm's gettin' tired!"