The White Falcon - 28.07.1945, Síða 3

Fess And Comms Tangle
Tomorrow For IBC Title
Troop prestige in the Reykjavik and Keflavik areas
will be at. stake over the weekend when the AACS Comms
and Fess of Camp Tripoli clash in the best two out of
three series to decide the first round softball champions
of the IBC.
Action will begin tomor-
row afternoon on the Camp
Turner diamond at 1400
hours, with the Communica-
tion hoys acting as hosts. The
second game will he played
in the vicinity of Reykjavik
on the Camp Monmouth
field Monday night at 1900
hours.
In the event of a third
tussle, a flip of the coin will
determine the site of the
game on Tuesday night.
Outside of personal pre-
judice amongst sports devot-
ees for their particular fav-
orite, there is little to choose
between the two clubs on
paper.
Comms dominated the
Keflavik circuit of island
play in the opening round
with ten decisions in eleven
starts, while Fess won its
pennant in the final fray of
the initial round with a re-
cord of eight wins in ten
starts.
Both teams will have their
star pitchers on the slab
when the series opens to-
morrow. Sgt. Jerry (No-hit)
Heagertv of Oswegq, N.Y.,
will toe the mound for
Comms, while Cpl. A1 Cma-
vlo of Lakewood, ()., will
sling them in for Fess.
Surrounding Heagertv for
Comms will be Cpl. Ed Ry-
an of Denver, Col., behind
the plate; S/Sgt. Pat Horan
Louis Denies Rumor
Of Early Discharge
T/Sgt. Joe Louis, world’s
heavyweight boxing cham-
pion now on a furlough,
spiked rumors that lie would
receive an early
from the Armv.
discharge
of Oklahoma City, Okla., at
first; Pfc. John King of Wel-
lesley Hills, Mass., at second;
Sgt. Marshall Gemherling of
Mt. Joy, Pa., at third; Cpl.
Joe Morris of Central Falls,
R.I.; at short; Cpl. Fank Oli-
vot of New York City7 at
shortfield, and Cpl. George
Finder, Muskegon, Mich.,
Sgt. Mam Malinski, Christ-
opher, Ill., and S/Sgt. For-
rest Buckallew of Center-
ville, la., in the outfield.
Lending Gmaylo support
will he Sgt. Harvey7 R. Keil
of Chatham, N.Y., catcher;
Sgt. Boh McLinn of Harris-
burg, Pa., first baseman;
T/Sgt. Saverio Prunesti,
New Rochelle, N.Y., second
baseman; Cpl. Steve Gross
of Detroit, Mich., third base-
man; S/Sgt. Leo J. Kerstein
of Chicago, Ill., shortstop;
Sgt. Jerry J. Jacques of Eau
Claire, Wis., shortfield; and
Sgt. Harlan W. Horton of
Bowling Green, O., Sgt. Cyril
Handfelt of Williams, la.,
and Sgt. Dick Suman of Mol-
ine, Ill., outfielders.
Filley Gets Bid To
Play With All-Stars
Pat Filley7, Notre Dame’s
1944 All-America football
star became the first collegi-
an to receive a bid from the
College All-Stars for their
annual grid tilt with the pro
football champs on August
30 in Chicago’s Soldiers’
Field.
Request Of Navy
Bosses May Lead
To World Series
Prospects for a World
Series this autumn looked
rosier than ever, after Secre-
tary of Navy James V. For-
restal and Admiral Chester
Nimitz sent a personal re-
quest last weekend to Albert
(Happy) Chandler, baseball
czar, to dispatch the winning
World Series team to Pac-
ific forward areas to play
local teams.
In baseball circles, where
the abolition of the classic
had been accepted after ODT
announcements unless teams
from the same city7 won the
flags, this request was view-
ed as tantamount to the con
tinuance of the attraction.
The Wolf
Major League
Standings
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W. L. Pet.
Chicago 53 32 .623
St. Louis 50 38 .568
Brooklyn .... 48 39 .551
Pittsburgh . . . 48 42 .533
New York . . . 47 45 ;510
Cincinnati . .. 40 42 .487
Boston 41 47 .464
Philadelphia . . 25 68 .268
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W. L. Pet.
Detroit 47 36 .566
Washington . . 44 39 .530
Boston 44 41 .517
Chicago 44 41 .517
New York . . . 42 40 .512
St. Louis .... 41 40 .506
Cleveland .... 39 44 .457
McCarthy Offers To Quit
As Pilot Of Yankee Team
by Sansone
"He's tryin' to forget a woman—me!"
RED CROSS
HI-LITES
CLUB 14
Sunday
0900—Trip to Borgarnes -
2000—STORY OF GI JOE
Monday
2000—HOUSE OF FEAR
Wednesday
2000—CHRISTMAS IN CON-
NECTICUT
2130—Bingo Party
Friday
2000—THREE’S A FAMILY
2000-
Saturday
-THREE’S A FAMILY
The great Negro fighter
said he would report hack to
.Camp Shanks, N.Y., at the
expiration of his furlough.
Louis also stated that he
hoped to be able to defend
his crown when he did get
discharged, declaring that
he “would only need three
months to get in condition.”
Joe McCarthy’s double at-
tempt last Monday7 to resign
as manager of the New York
Yankees 1— ,and refusal by
the owners to recognize his
efforts — hogged the base-
ball spot this week.
McCarthy’s offers to resign
came in the wake of repeat-
ed rumors of quitting the job
because of illness. At pre-
sent he is resting at his Buf-
falo, N.Y., home while Art
is
directing
the
Fletcher
team.
Chicago and Detroit con-
tinued to set the pace in the
major loops without any radi-
cal changes in the standings.
Chicago Back In Big Ten
The Big 10 will exist in
fact as well as theory on the
basketball court next winter
with Chicago hack after a
year’s absence.
CLUB 23
Sunday
0700—Trip to Borgarnes
1800—BEDSIDE MANNER 1
2000—THE BIG SLEEP
Tuesday
1900—THE CORN IS GREEN
Thursday
1900—SALTY O’ROURKE
Saturday
1900—STRICTLY GI Stage
Show
2100—PICTURE OF DORI-
AN GRAY
Feller Hurls No-Hitter
Bobby Feller, former Cle-
veland fireball, proved his
Navy training wasn’t hurl-
ing his money arm last week-
end when he threw a 13—0
/
no-hitter against the Ford
Motors. Behind the plate was
Walker Cooper, former St.
Louis Card catcher, who
contributed a homer.
'SHARKEY'
TECHNICIAN 6th GRADE
By Pete Ranilovich
We now know exactly how
superior the country is to
thei city — because we spent
Iasi week in the city. We
also spent one day7 in bed,
recuperating. Henceforth we
shall adhere to the simple
life, varied only by7 an occa-
sional tour of the island for
educational purposes.
It was surprising, though,
to perceive how many count-
ry7 cousins had wandered
astray7. Some people certain-
ly7 have an unusual number
of morale passes. We fin-
ally7 decided that Sgt. Tar-
ver must write his own. He
probably7 keeps the forms
next to the ones which say
his blouse is at the clean-
ers.
Our firmest friend for the
entire week is Bobby Metz,
otherwise referred to as The
Message Center Boy. Bobby
is the Army’s gift to distract-
ed Red Cross girls. He will
transport both them and
their equipment at a mom-
ent’s notice — and even
brings them milk shakes in
time of tribulation.
We are happy to report
that the Engineers at Mon-
mouth are doing nicely.
While visiting the city7, we
hitch-hiked out to see them.
Sgt. Inman and Sgt. Minton
•\yere holding down the kitch-
en, and the KP for the day
was none other than Sam
Marinelli.
We served the snaps,
which gave us a wonderful
chance to greet all our form-
er country cousins. It’s nice
to know that Sgt. Taylor has
not lost his appetite and that
Cpl. Rivers would still use
three cards when play'ing
Bingo. We even saw Sgt.
Martin at the guard gate.
That’s probably7 the reason
we eventually got inside the
place!