The White Falcon - 17.02.1945, Blaðsíða 7

Navy Sinks Bears, 47-43,
To Take IBC Cage Title
The Navy quintet took top honors in the basketball
final, downing the Bear five by a four-point margin, 47
—43. And the Navy is thanking its lucky Aurora Borealis
that a lone Marine had the situation well in hand! This
particular Marine was a bulwark on defense and a hummer
on offense. The star of the evening was Private First Class
Michael Homa. the Fairfield (Conn.) flash, who was
chosen by BASE SPECIAL SERVICE as a member of the
ALL-STAR BASKETBALL TEAM of 1944. This Marine
landed two baskets in the final fifty seconds that cinched
the game for the Navy, and taking the laurel for round
two. (The next round begins on Monday.) Top scoring
honors went to Koma*with eight doubles and three from
the fifteen-foot mark for a grand total of nineteen
markers.
We now offer a review of
tire game so that the readers
will not think it was Homa
night in Andrews Field-
house. It was an enthusiast-
ic crowd that watched as the
Bears scored the first five
points of the game, after
which the Navy then notch-
ed thirteen straight mark-
ers before the Bearmen call-
ed a time out. Sergeant Bill
Wass found the hoop with
the aid of Corporal Ken Nel-
son and the half ended with
(lie Navy holding a four-
point lead, 22-18.
Navy coach Lt. Willard
Saul (USMC) started his
same five for the second
half. Bear mentor Sergeant
Harold Yowell put the fing-
er on forwards Bill Martin
and Charley Pianko, cent-
erman Ken Nelson (captain
of the team), and guards Bill
Hass and Boh Corn to bear
the brunt of basketball
battle. The game was re-
markably clean and fast for
the forty minutes. The offi-
ciating was brilliant (SF 3/C
George Seigel, Quincy, Mass.,
and Sergeant Curtis Wilson,
Huntington, Va.,) and some
of the baskets were pheno-
menal!
Only one player went out
via the foul route, PFC Corn
putting on a stellar perform-
ance before the finger of the
referee hit him for committ-
ing the fifth violation with
but six minutes to play. The
absence of Corn weakened
the defense of the Bears con-
siderably as he was better
than average as a ball
handler.
Center S 1/C Bill Ward
(we wuz robbed) from the
City of Brotherly Love) hit
the cords for six field goals
and a solitary foul for a
lucky thirteen Navy total.
Left-handed artist George
Henderson made two sensat-
%
ional baskets for the Navy
and added three fouls for
seven markers. Score:
NAVY 22-25—17
BEARS 18-25—13
Local Hoopsier
lags 71 Points
Setting what is believed to
he a new individual scoring
record in IBC cage compet-
ition Cpl. Marshall Gemher.
ling of Mount Joy, Pa., lac-
erated the cords with 71
points to lead the ATC Sky-
masters to a 154-28 win over
the Wolves in a recent lea-
gue game.
The fall two-striper from
the Keystone State dumped
in 35 deuces and a solitary
foul during his scoring spree.
The Skymasters’ 154 talli-
es and Gemberling’s contri-
bhtion are being checked
with previous AAp records.
BASKETBALL SCORES
Great Lakes 52, De Paul
48
Marquette 52, Western
Michigan 50.
Illinois 58, Chanute Field
46
Colorado 67, Colorado Ag-
gies 34
Texas 87, Texas Aggies 59
Columbia 73, Fordham 58
A.rmy 71, Pittsburgh 51
Navy 55, Temple 47
Purdue 62, Indiana 48
Muhlenberg 40, Penn 35
Vale 38, Princeton 35
Cornell 48, Coigate 30
Northwestern 49, Michig-
an 34
Georgia Tech 70, Georgia
38
St. John’s 48, Rider 39
LSU 50, Tulane 44
Rice 68, TCU 47
SMU 73, Texas Aggies 43.
AM V F BEARS
Pfc Mike Homa .... 8-3-19 F Cpl. Bill Martin 3-2- 8
S 1/C G. Henderson 2-3- 7 F Pfc Chas. Pianko 3-1- 7
Y 1/C Bill Ward .. 6-1-13 C Cpl. Ken Nelson 6-0-12
Ph M 3/C Neil Dowd 1-0- 2 G Sgt. Bill Wass 6-0-12
Pfc Doug Hgrlow .. 1-1- 3 G Pfc Robert Corn 1-0- 2
MoMM3/G Ed Zeed. 1-1- 3 G Pfc Geo. Wetzel 1-0- 2
Totals 19-9M7
20-2-43
Montreal Defeats
Mew York Hangers
Before Record Crowd
Before the largest hockey
crowd in the last three seas-
ons, the Montreal Canadiens
eked out a 4-3 decision over
the New York Rangers early
this week in a regular Na-
tional Hockey League fray.
The Canadiens skated to
victory before 15,981 in Ma-
dison Square Garden to
strengthen their grip on the
top rung of the loop where
they, have been perched
since early 1943.
Other matches, saw the
Chicago Blackhawks whip
the Toronto Maple Leafs, 2
1-, for the second night in a
row, and the Detroit Red
Wings lick the Boston Bru-
ins, 3-2, for their 14th
straight decision over the
Hub delegates.
GIs Mi Brass Sign
F©r Basketball Tilt
Brig'.-Gen. Early E. W.
Duncan, Commanding Gen-
eral of lire IBC, will loss up
(lie first hall when tire EM
Flyers of Headquarters Com-
pany, IBC, tackle the Brass
Hat Officers’ five of the
same company next Friday
night at 1945 An the Field-
house.
—PREMIERE
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sonalities have been remov-
ed from (lie screen adaptat-
ion — .“for censorship rea-
sons.”
Twentieth—Century—Fox
bass brought James Dunn
back to the screen to portray
“Johnny Nolan” — tire light-
I hearted, carefree father.
From all indications, Joan
Blondell will he a “natural”
as “Aunt Cissy” — the nol-
too-moral hut warm and
friendly sister of “Kate”
(Dorlhv McQuire). To Peggy
Ann Gardner, young child
star, has fallen the difficult
task of bringing “Francie”
to life. Advance reports state
that she succeeds very well.
Lloyd Nolan as “Officer Mc-
Shane” and Jimmy Gleason
as “Mr. McGarritv,” the
friendly tavern keeper,
round out the cast in this
delightful bit of Americana.
American PWs On Move
The American Red Cross
reported this week that the
Germans are moving Allied
war prisoners westward on
foot away from prison
camps in the path of advanc-
ing Red Armies.
Court Season Enters
Last Round Next Week
The third round of bask- j loop,
etball' competition in thej Games will he staged
Reykjavik area of the IBC. nightly Monday through!
Thursday until April 18
will get under way Monda
night at the Andrews Field
house with nine teams prim-
ed for action.
Missing from the floor will
he the crack MP Mustangs
and the Navy quint who
captured the flag in round
one and" two respectively.
Making another hid for
honors will he the strong
Bear five who reached the
finals in the other two
rounds only to lose to the
Mustangs and Navy. Other
strong teams are the Gay
Nineties and Fess.
Flyers, Gripers, Maple Le-
afs, Trojans, Rangers and
Commandoes round out the
DM Yon Know
Thai-
The Red Cross Columbia
Club in Paris has installed
a gym with boxing equip-
ment, and hired Cleto Loca-
telli, former European light-
weight champ, to run the
joint for them? .... Cpl- Ar-
tie Dorrell, welterweight
comer, has been assigned to
Van Nuys Airbase to give
fighter pilots a little inside
on selfdefense? .... Bruce
Smith, a former Minnesota
All-American halfback, is
now playing with the Lee
Field, Fla., court squad?
Lt. Birdie Tebetts, former
Detroit Tiger catcher, is
coaching one of the strong-
est cage teams in Texas at
the Waco Airbase? .... CPO
“Fido” Murphy, owner of the
Topeka, Kansas, franchise in
the; inoperative Western As-
sociation, has left Quonset
Point where he piloted the
baseball team, to go to sea!
on an aircraft carrier? .... I
championship will start.
Ed McKeever, Notre Dama
coach who has denied inten-
tions of shifting to Fordham,
was recently initiated into*
the Saints and Sinners org-
anization in New York ami
his sponsoring group wasj
headed by Jack Coffee, gra-
duate manager of althleticsj
at Fordham? Where.there’3
smoke, there’s fire, an<l
where there’s Coffee, there’sj
something doing for Ford-;
ham.
General Montgomery re-
cently said: “I used to think*
that Rommel was good, but
my opinion now is that Von
Rundsteds would have Jut
him for six!” The phrase,
“hit him for six,” is used ini
cricket. Six is the greatest!
amount that a cricket playeg
can score on one hit . .. .:
Two preachers and a preach-
er’s son are three of the start-
ing five members of the Ar-
kansas U. basketball learn?
But that’s nothing'compared^
with the six members of the
Immaculative Conception!
team of the Central King’s
league in New York All siN
are priests.
Armstrong Racing Public-
ations, parent organization
of the “Daily Racing Form,’*
“Racing Guide” and “Thd
Morning Telegraph” haver
stopped operation until Rui-
nation relaxes the ban onij
racing? In case anyone hasfi
subscriptions, you’ll know*
why you’re not getting deli-
very .... Teddy Atkinson,’
who operated at Miami until
the last day of racing, copi
ped the national riding lion-4
ors among jockeys with 287j
victories for the season?
Eight Clubs Open Fight
For Maple Title Monday
Eight kegle teams will focus their sights on the second
round bowling title of the IBC beginning Monday night
on the alleys of the Main ARC club.
Opening matches will find
first and second place te-
ams of the four leagues fac-
ing each other Monday and
Tuesday eveninngs.
Survivors will qualify for
the semi-finals Thursday ev-
ening, while the title match
will be held a week from to-
morrow afternoon.
Pairings for the opening
round are as follows: Mon-
day — Eight Balls vs. Fire-
bugs; Knox vs. Tigers; Tu-
esday — Wildcats vs.
Yanks; Alertments vs. Four
Strikes and a Spare.
Current tillists are Four
Strikes and a Spare who cap-
tured the first bowling pen-
nant last fall.
BOXING
After a month’s absence
boxing and wrestling will
return tp the squared ring f
of the Andrews Field- r
house next Saturday^
night.
Pairings and bouts are
now being arranged. The
first bout will go on at ft*
2000 hours.