The White Falcon - 03.03.1945, Blaðsíða 7

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Wildcats Whip 8-Balls
To Win Bowling Title
The Medic Wildcats captured the championship of the
second round of IBC bowling when they easily disposed
of the Eight Balls last Sunday afternoon on the main
ARC alleys by.a 1968—1678 count.
The] winners wasted no
time in clawing their way
to the title, firing (599 in' the
opening game to take a lead
of 214 pins. They increased
their margin by eight pins
in the second match and
added 68 more in the final
roll-off.
The Wildcats took all in-
dividual honors. Bryant
smashed the niaples for 456
for highest three-game total
and Hibbard posted 181 for
single-game laurels.
Mary paced the losers with
157 for a solitary game
which helped him-mark 374
for high three-game score
for his club.
The new champions eli-
minated the Yanks and
Four Strikes to reach the
final round, while the Eight
Balls qualified with decis-
ions over the Firebugs and
Knox.
POSTPONE TENNIS
KARJANfS, BOSTOCK RENEW FISTIC
RIVALRY TONIGHT AT FIELDHOUSE
Kayoed by snowy blasts from K;ng Winter last week-
end, boxers and wrestlers from the TTn'tcd States and
the British Empire will make an ether Vd to sage their
(Sig. Corps Photo).
Members of the new IBC
bowling champs, the Wild-
cats, are pictured above.
They are (1. to r.), front row:
Tec
Richardson Hewitt,
Robert Bryant; back
Tec 4 David Wilson,
4 Raymond Newton,
Ernest Hibbard. They
defeated the 8-Balls last Sun-
day for the title.
row
Tec
Pfc.
FRONT IN IBS
Weather registered the on-
ly decisive triumph in IBC’s
third round of cage warfare
during the past week, cur-
tailing practically all activi-
ty.
Perched on top of the
loop is FESS with two wins
in as many starts. League
standings:
FESS
Gay 90s
Bears
Maple Leafs
Trojans
Commandoes
Gripers
Flyers
Rangers
\V.
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
L.
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
Pet.
1000
1000
1000
1000
.500
.000
.000
.000
.000
The tennis exhibition, or-
iginally scheduled for to-
night at die Fieldhousc, has
been postponed* until next
Saturday-night in deference
to the fight program which
will lie held this evening.
The exhibition will feature
three net veterans of the is-
land and a former Wimbled-
on star.
'flic opening match at 1900
will pil Lt. Campbell Gille-
spie, IBC champion from
Miami Beach, Fla., against j
Flight Lt. Murray D. Dele-
ford, RAF, London, who was
ranked seventh in the 1937
Wimbledon standings.
In the second struggle, Pvt.
Alex Cmaylo, IBC runner-up
from Lakewood, O., will
face Sgt. Richard Simian,
Moline, Ind.
Winners of die first two
matches will take the court
in die final match of the ex-
hibition.

Ban
eries
By Qgt.
We were back in the States on tee-dee when Jimmy
Byrnes clamped down on horse and dog racing and asked
for a review of draft qualifications of deferred pro athle-
tes. And we made a point of studying reactions to Byrnes’
edict. As a whole, they were unfavorable, accepted with
patriotic tolerance.
'Without an iota of warning thousands of racing em-
ployees were, thrown out of work, deprived of a liveli-
hood. Many, though unskilled, said they would try to
work in war plants. Others, unfit for service, reconciled
themselves to an idle existence.
When we voiced a queiy, we received essentially the
same reply: “If it’ll win the war any sooner, OK! But, if
it’s a good thing now, wouldn’t it have been much better
a couple of years ago. We’ve done everything we could
for the war effort and never asked a favor.”
Professional sports feel as if they're being unfairly,
singled out for criticism, and with reason. As a body,
they've cooperated to the utmost on the home front, con-
tributed heavily to drives, a id never sought concessions.
We talked with people at home and with servicemen
from the ETO, the Pacific, 4he CBI. They want sports to
continue without too much criticism. They’d much rather
see action taken against bulging night spots where seeds
of absenteeism take root, where extravagance is rampant,
and where female morals are endangered.
Baseball’s annual All-Slar
game, scheduled for Boston
| in July, lias been thrown out,
and (he 1945 World Series
j lias two strikes on it.
This announcement was
made by Ford Frick and
Will Harridge, baseball’s of-
ficial representatives, after
a talk with Col. Jay M. John-
son, Director of Defense
Transportation.
Only hope for a World
Scries is if both teams from
llie same city win llie league
pennant, as the Browns and
Cards' of St. Louis did last
year. The -classic might be
played in separate cities,
however, providing trans-
portation and war condi-
tions at the time permit.
Johnson lias requested
that baseball curtail 1945
travel by 25% and learn rost-
ers he reduced lo a minim-
um when travelling.
Inlersectidnal football and
basketball games are also
expected to be affected by
the new request.
All bowling teams are
invited to send represen-
tatives to an organization
meeting next Thursday
night, March 8, at 2000
hours, at the main ARC.
international sqc
of the Andrews
at 2000 hours.
Featuring the card will he
the third and decisive fight
between Pvt. Jimmy Karjan-
is of the United States Ar-
my and. Ordinary Seaman
Jack Bostock of the Royal
Navy.
Their two previous skirm-
ishes ended in a decision
apiece after three rounds of
fast action.
Roth leather slingers pack
a stinging wallop,and fight
fans can expect plenty of
thrills before llie final bell.
In the semi-final; Cpl.
Danny Delaney of the RAF
will attempt lo make it two
straight over Pvt. Red Nich-
ols of Pittsburgh, Pa. De-
laney’s duke was raised the
first time last month after a
r.ifk; in the squared ring1
Fieldhouse. The first bout will start
rousing scrap.
Another interesting battle
will send LAC Tom Herlity
and LAC George Sutton of
the RAF against each other.
The popular RGAF wrestl-
ers, headed by LAC Roger
Pelletier, will provide di-
version with several grunt
and groan specialties
throughout an eight-bout
program.
Sgsi 0! Cazti Manager
Missing liter Plane
Major Billy Soulhworth
Jr., son of tiie St. Louis Card-
inal baseball’ manager, lias
been reported missing after
his B-29 crashed into Flush-
ing Bay, New York. Five
members aboard were sav-
ed while a similar number
are missing.
The plane developed mot-
or trouble after leaving
Mitchell Field. Southworth
overshot La Guardia Field
where he tried for an em-
ergency landing and the
plane crashed into Flushing
Bay.
Veteran of numerous
missions in the ETO, South-
worth was one pf the first
professional hall players lo
enter the services.
Flan Sports To
Keep Sis Happy
liter War Ends
Commander Gene Tunn-
ey, , former heavyweight
champion of the world, ann-
ounced early this week that
preparations are being made
to equip overseas’ posts,
with extensive athletic fac-
ilities to keep fighting me^i
happy between the time ll\o
war ends and the time they!
are sent home.
The former pugilist point-
ed out that it took years to
get soldiers home after
World War I and that
“guardhouses aren’t big en-
ough to hold all men who
were AWOL.”
Tunney added that he will
recommend a broad physi-
cal fitness program for men
overseas before shooting
stops.
Louis’ Wife Plans Split
Chicago friends of Marva
Trotter Louis, wife of heavy-
weight boxing champion
S/Sgt. Joe Louis, claim that
she plans lo start divorce
action within a few davs.
The Wolf
by Sansone^