The White Falcon - 17.03.1945, Side 7

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In one of the closest kegle
battles seen since bowling
was inaugurated on the is-
land, the Pin'MJps, Sector
tillists, duplicated their
feat of last week hv defeat-
ing the Reykjavik area
champs, the Wildcats, 1927
—1922, yesterday afternoon
on the maple lanes of the
main ARC to take the six
match series, 2757—3709.
Forty-four pins behind
after last Sunday’s tussle,
ihe Wildcats erased the de-
ficit and surged to the front
in yesterday’s opening match
but had their claws clipped
in the final two games.
Pfc. Don Gurney led the
the winners with a three-
game total of 449, while
Sgt. Dob Bryant salvaged
individual honors for the
losers with 184 for a single
match.
Scores:
PIN UPS
Manke 116
Bella 103
Hock 120
Gurney 119
Gordon 116
Totals 574
WILDCATS
Bryant 184
Newton 90
Wilson 136
Hewitt 157
Hibbard 108
Totals 675
98 104—318
178 120—401
127 Igl—381
176 154—449
155 107—378
734 619-1927
123 114—421
153 129—372
124 117—377
97 106—360
161 134—403
648 600-1923
As long as it does not re-
quire perfect healthy people
who could he doing more
useful war work baseball
has his favor, President
Rposevell slated at a press
conference this week.
Asked if he thought it
possible for leagues; to oper-
ate this year, the President
inquired: “Why not?”
He added that Clarke
Griffith, Washington Sena-
tor boss, had given correct
information early this week
in saying the President fav-
ored night baseball.
HAEGG FAILS AGAIN
ON AMERICAN TRACK
Guilder Ilaegg, crack
Swedish distance- runner,
finished fifth for the sec-
ond straight week in the
famous Columbian mile at
the Knights of Columbus
track meet in Madison
Square Garden, New York
City.
Jimmy Rafferty won the
event — his seventh straight
victory — before 15,000
spectators.
American Legion junior baseball ranks will furnish lots
of talent for the minor and major leagues this season....
Tab A1 (lied) Schcendienst of the Cards for your future
attention.... Stan Musial, Card ace, is a Navy inductee.
. . . .Cuba is sending 50 diamond hopefuls to the States
this season.... Frankie Sinkwich has been rejected by the
Army—again.
Army officers on staff operating Montgomery Ward
once worked for Sears Roebuck in civilian days ....
Speakeasies are “talking” again, now that night club
curfew is in vogue . .. .’ Army AF orchestra is now Glenn
Miller’s band of the AAF .... At the inaugural, FDR is
supposed to have said, aside, to Ed Stettinius: “You’re
the next president!” — but he didn’t say WHEN.
Dixie Walker, Brooklyn ace and National loop batting
champ, was named “Player of the Year” by Gotham writ-
ers. . . .The reason you don’t see Gil Dood’s name in those
races with Gunder Haegg is due to his ministerial studies.
. . . .N. Y. State Boxing Commission is dickering with
a new point system to decide winners. . . .Princeton may
return to footbaJI next fall.
Lena Horne! refused to sing cd an Army camp until it
had been cleared of German prisoners .... The idea of
female bellhops may not be novel, but they’re dressing
the idea in shorts .... When Court Hodges crossed the
Rhine last week, it was the first time in battle since
Napoleon’s time .... Polls have Woody Herman at top
of pile.
Reports from the ETO picture Billy Conn woefully out
of practice. . .;Leo Durocher is ready to play for Brook-
lyn—if necessary.... Ball parks are looking around for
attractions to fill the stadia when teams are on the road
—such as circuses, carnivals, etc.....Washington was
the first team to usher in the ’45 baseball practice season.
With the season almost
half over, the triple-A Bears
registered direct hits on the
Trojans and Flyers tips
week to stretch their win
streak to six straight and
take a firm grip on the top
rung in the third round of
IRC basketball in the
Reykjavik area.
Retaining a mathematical
chance at the title with hut
a single loss apiece are Fess
who have won four and the
Gay 90s who have taken
three decisions. Standings:
W. L. Pet.
Bears 6 0 1.000
Fess 4 1 .800
Gay, 90s Q O 1 .750
Flyers ,) 2 .600
Commandoes 2 2 .500
Maple Leafs 2 3 .400
Trojans 2 5 .285
Gripers 1 3 .250
Rangers 0 6 • .000
Iowa drabs Big Ten
Basketbail Pennant
Iowa won its first undis-
puted Big 10 cage title in
history last week b3r licking
Illinois, 43-37.
Other crowns! were placed
on Utah which downed
Brigham Young, 56-51, to
win the Big 7 race; Kentucky
for beating Tennessee, 39-35,
to take the Southeastern
Conference tourney; and
American University for
annexing the Mason-Dixon
Conference tourney with its
triumph over John Hopkins,
70-36.
Army Sets Record In IC4A
After copping the nation-
al grid crown last fall and
recently annexing the east-
ern cage title, Army added
the 1945 ICAAAA track
championship to its trophy
room by taking the team
title with 731A: points 1o set
a new IC4A record. Navy
was second with 55V2 points.
Baksi Decisions Barlund
Joe Baksi, third-ranking
heavyweight, stopped Gunn-
ar Barlund in the 10th round1
of their fight at Miami, Fla., |
last weekend.
Braddock Serves On Guam
An unconfirmed report
places Capt. Jimmy Bradd-
ock, former heavyweight
champion, on the island of
Guam as a liaison officer.
Snead Takes Golf Honors
Sammy Snead fired a 68 in
the final round to win the
Pensacola (Fla.) Open golf
tourney with a 267 total, 21
strokes under par. Byron
Nelson finished second with
Pvt. Alex Cmaylo of Lakewood, O., (left) receives con-
gratulations from Lt. Campbell Gillespie, IBC net titlist
from Miami Beach, Fla., whom he defeated last Saturday
night in the feature match of the tennis exhibitions at
the Fieldhouse.
Baseball’s committee to
select a new commissioner
to fill the office left vacant
by the late Kenesaw M.
Landis “will not he rushed
or stampeded into a meet-
ing or a decision,” accord-
ing to Don Barnes, president
of the St. Louis Browns and
a committee member.
The statement served as
an answer to a number of
baseball owners who have
demanded immediate act-
ion in the selection of a di-
amond czar.
Legislation at present is
being handled by a tempor-
ary three-man committee
which has found favor with
some moguls who are con-
tent to wait until after the
war before selecting a new
head.
Ford Frick, president of
the National League, appe-
trr
ars to be the outstanding
candidate at present.
Wilks Returns Contract
Ted Wilks,; St. Louis Card
liurler who led both leagues
in winning percentage last
year, has returned his 1945
contract unsigned, with the
terse comment: “I thought I
was a major league success
until I looked at the terms.”
Mikan Refuses Pro Offer
Those Brooklyn College
players, who took a bribe to
throw a cage game, must
have felt rather cheap when
they learned that George Mi-
kan, six-foot-nine hoop star,
had turned down an offer
of $5,000 to join the Amer-
ican Gears of the National
pro league. The $5,000 was
supposed to he a bonus in
addition to the $50 per week
while he finished his educat-
ion at De Paul University.
Cma/lo Takes Tennis
Match From Gillespie
Pvt. Alex Cmaylo of Lakewood, O., had too many shots
in his racquet last Saturday night for Lt. Cambell Gille-
spie of Miami Beach, Fla., and emerged the winner of the
feature match in the Fieldhouse tennis exhibitions, 2—6,
6_2, 6—2.
Cmaylo qualified for the
final attraction by disposing
of Sgt. Dick Suman, Moline,
Ind., 6-2, 6-3, while Gillespie
conquered Flight Lt. Murr-
ay D. Deloford of the RAF,
11-9, 6-8, 6-2, in the opening
matches of the night.
The Gillespie — Deloford
duel provided the gallery
with its most exciting spect-
acle, sparkling with long
volleys and brisk exchanges.
Deloford, a ranking Wim-
bledon artist who has faced
Frankie Parker, Bitsy Grant,
and Ellie Vines, gave a brill-
iant performance before
succumbing and served noti-
ce that he’d he the man to
heat in future tourneys.
In the main match, Gille-
spie stormed the net to take
the first set, hut once Cmay-
lo found the range he pass-
ed the IBC champion repeat-
edly to capture the decision.
Notre Dame Hires Devore
Hugh Devore, line coach
at Notre Dame, has been
appointed acting athletic
director and head football
coach at the Irish school,
succeeding Ed McKeever
who recently signed to co-
ach at Cornell.
Devore will hold both
positions until the return of
Frank Leahy, now serving
with the Navy.