The White Falcon - 12.05.1945, Blaðsíða 6

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Montooth Returns To Andrews Ring
fFonight In Bout With RAF Fighter
" After a five-week “break,”
jlhe squared ring of the And-
rews sports hut will return
to duty tonight at the inter-
national boxing and wrest-
ling show. The first bout will
start at 2000 hours.
The card will feature fist
and grapple artists from the
ranks of United States, Engl-
ish and Canadian forces on
the island.
Clashing in the main event
of the evening will be Pvt.
Hardy Montooth, light-
weight king of the IBC from
Knoxville, Tenn., and Sgt.
Freddie Power, an RAF lad
from London.
For Montooth it will he his
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first appearance in fight togs
since last fall.
Another international
scrap will tinge the wrestling
bout, with LAC Bud Orr of
the RCAF facing Jack Wool-
ford, EM 1/c, of the United
Slates Navy.
Sprinkled throughout the
card will he two Icelandic
fistic exhibitions.
Allied Tennis
Tourney Opens
On Rock May 21
The first Allied tennis
tournament in the history of
the armed forces in Iceland
will he held on the floor of
the Andrews Fieldhouse
from May 21 to June 2.
Entries may he filed by
either writing or calling Cpl.
Alex Cmavlo at the Field-
house. The phone number is
Monmouth 193. Deadline
for all entries is May 16.
The first round will be-
gin May 21 and play will he
continued until the finals
which are scheduled for
June 2.
Tennis king on the Rock
at present, is Lt. Campbell
Gillespie of Miami Beach,
Fla., who is expected to com-
pete. Other likely candidates
for the crown include Cor-
poral Cmaylo, IBC runner-
up; Flight Lt. Murray D. De-
loford of the RAF; and Sgt.
Dick Suman of Moline, Ill.
Sinkwich Receives Honor
Flatfoot Frankie Sink-
wich, All- America star from
Georgia and winner of the
Ileisman Trophy, has been
voted the most valuable
player in the National Pro
football loop.
fMPIC diving champion in 1932
1 in 1936, Dorothy Poynton Hill
iber. director of women's rec-
.tional activities at North
lerican Aviation, Inc., is work-
; out daily in Los Angeles for a
neback attempt. Mrs. Teuber
pes to regain her amateur
inding in time to compete in
; National A. A. U. outdoor
:et in August.^ (InternationalJ
Schott Decisions Grant
Freddie Schott, unbeaten
heavyweight from Akron, O.,
chalked up his 37th straight
victory when he won a un-
animous 10-round decision
from Billy Grant in New
(York City.
OUTFIELDER HURT IN COLLISION WITH OWN PLAYER
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HERSHEL MARTIN, outfielder of the New York Yankees, is shown on the ground after being injured inj
a collision with Johnny Lindell, fellow teammate, during a game with Boston. In the same game, Joej
^ronin -suffered a fractured leg while slidiing into base. > ")(.International), \
Midwesiems Cop
Bowling Pennant
In Final Match
In one of the most bitter-
ly contested kegle finishes
on the island the Midwest-
erns copped the howling
championship of the third
round in the Reykjavik area
when they took two prec-
ious points from the Rebels
to finish on top of the
round-robin playoff.
The Midwesterns garner-
ed 20 points in the playoffs,
while the Rebels had to he
Bowling clubs in the
Reykjavik area are re-
quested to send delegates
to a meeting tomorrow
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock
for the purpose of arrang-
ing plans for a new sche-
dule at ARC Club 14.
content with 18 points and
second place despite their
7-2 win over the new champ-
ions in the final match. The
Yanks finished last with 16
points.
Meanwhile, in Sector
howling, the Button Push-
ers, Big Boys and Smith
Boys forged to the front in
A,- B, and C leagues, respect-
ively, during the third round.
A Points
RED CROSS ARRANGES
FISHING EXCURSIONS
FOR SERVICE FORCES
Disciples of Izaak Walton
will he given an opportuni-
ty to test their ability with
rod and reel tomorrow and
succeeding Sundays through
out the fishing season under
the auspices of the American
Red Cross, if was announced
by Chauncey Barbour, dir-
ector of Club 14 early this
week.
The ARC will provide
transportation to and from
the fishing grounds at Lake
Hafravatn; supply the fish-
ing tackle and boats; and
take care of the important
chow situation with lunches.
Sector fishers will he pick-
ed up by bus at 0830 hours
each Sunday at Club 23,
while Reykjavik anglers
will be picked up at 1000
hours at Club 14.
With one of the biggest and most dramatic “games”
in history all over hut the shouting in Europe, V-E serv-
ed as the plasma for anemic sports hack home. The WD
announced suspension of the special draft rule for
pro athletes, the ban on horse and dog-racing has been
lifted, and the cloud of uncertainty hovering over the
World Series is expected to disappear.
Idle thought—wonder how many babies, born last Tues-
day, were named Franklin D., Dwight, Harry, Vee, Vic-
tory, Victor, Victoria?.... And how many of them may
be engaged in another turmoil in another 25 years unless
we guard zealously the heritage of peace which is being
"purchased at the highest price imaginable—human life.
Happy Chandler, new baseball czar, intends to earn
his $50,000 per annum the hard way — lie’s cracking
down on hall players and umpires who visit race tracks
.... Gunder Haegg is still racing in the States ....
Johnny Rucker has hit safely in the New York Giants’
first 18 tussles .... In answer to requests — Toronto
won Stanley Cup hockey playoffs, heating Detroit.
Marines Give Filipino Girls
"Lesson" In Softball
Button Pushers
Pin Ups.......
Hot Shots ....
Bull Dozers .. .
Warming up before a re-
cent softball game while
waiting for their Army op-
ponents to arrive, Marines
on central Luzon painstak-
ingly explained the rudi-
ments of the game to a group
of Filipino girls observing
.from the sidelines.
Asked if they w'ould like
to try their hand at the game,
the girls trotted to the field
and took up positions while
a diminutive lass took the
pitcher’s mound, toed the
slab and baffled the Leather-
necks for seven innings as
her teammates played flaw-
less ball behind her.
When the game ended in
a scoreless deadlock, the
Marines discovered that they
had taken on the provincial
champions.
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Big Boys ....
Pip Pushers . .
Aces .......
Chain Gang . .
Med Boys
C
Smith Boys .’.
Wreckers ....
Alley Cats T:..
Splicers ......
Left Overs ...
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In case you thought you had.it rough—two (ea.) cans
of 3.2 were issued each enlisted man attached to Pacific
fleet HQ at Guam to celebrate V-E.... Canada has su-
spended mobilization—but will enroll volunteers for the
Pacific.... Getting rugged on the home front. An S-year-
old lad flushed from his hiding place an escaped Nazi
POW who was later recaptured.
Tec 5 Boh Griffiths of a Sector Ordnance unit turn-
ed in the most accurate answer on the missing link in
the Tinkers-to-Evers-to-Chance infield. He submitted
the names of Harry Steinfeldt and his successor, Heinie
Zimmerman .... Blame poor and inconsistent recep-
tion for no baseball data this week .... Now let’s see
—• we entered in ‘42 —- that gives us — and nine more
— that’s — a — —' — NOT ENOUGH!