Daily Post - 10.03.1943, Blaðsíða 3

ÐAILYPOST 3
Americúa Sports Cberts
by “The Ace”
BASKETBALL
The individual basketball
scoring record at Madison
Square Garden was smashed
recently by Harry Boykoff, 6'
9" soph center for St. John’s U.,
when he bulged the twine for 45
points in leading his Brooklyn
(Not the Bums) quintet to a 76
—46 victory over St. Joseph’s
of Philly.
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One Coy “Springy” Caine of
Wampum, Pa. (somewhere near
New Castle) recently gathered
in l,002nd high school basket-
ball point. The kid is strictly a
one-hand hook shot artist and
has tallied 290 points this sea-
son. However, the lad will soon
be flinging grenades into enemy
foxholes, so college scouts from
the big time will have to wait a
while.
BOXING
The wise apples are falling in
with their bets behind Lee Sa-
vold (not to be confused with
Knights of Old) Patterson, New
York heavyweight mauler, foll-
owing his lOth round K.O. of
tough Lem Franklin from Cle-
veland last week. Lee was
thought to be thoroughly on the
skids, but has reversed his field
and is well along on his come-
back trail toward the cham-
pionship pot of gold.
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Ray Robinson, Harlem wel-
terweight, became officially the
“uncrowned king of his divi-
sion, parodoxically speaking, by
outpointing Sgt. Jackie Wilson,
California negro in a close fray
in N.Y.
BASEBALL
Gene Thompson, Cincy Reds
hurler, plans to retire from
baseball for the duration, hav-
ing applied for voluntary re-
tirement, so he could continue
working as a railroad fireman.
Perhaps he would be more valu-
able as an international fireman
(as a soldier or sailor ) and help
put out the Global Blaze.
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Old Babe Ruth is working
hard in the Campaign to sell
War Bonds. Now 49, the Bam-
bino visits movie audiences all
over N.Y. City and urges those
present to buy their full quota
of bonds and stamps.
Minor Leagues being sus-
pended for the duration are the
Three-I-League, the Wisconsin
State, and the South Atlantic.
K. M. Landis, Major League
Baseball Comm;ssioner, has
promised the sporting public,
however, that everything pos-
sible will be done so as to con-
tinue major league play, even
though the standard of per-
fórmance is bound to sag con-
siderably, in view of so many
stars being in the Service.
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“From Rags to Riches” means
something to Nick Etten and
Rube Melton former Phils. Nick
was sold to the Yanks last week
for a rumored 25 grand, while
Rube was peddled to the “not so
Daffy Dodgers for an estimated
—20 G’s.
HOCKEY
The hapless N.Y. Rangers ac-
quired a most unenviable record
last month, that of having the
most goals scored against in the
League’s history. The total was
187 in only 37 games and with
several more to play, their cha-
grin will be increased. One must
remember that the Rangers
were the 1942 league cham-
pions and until a few months
ago had gone 28 contests con-
secutively without being' white-
washed.
* * *
The Rangers have been “close
cousins” to Winger Ray Getliffe
of Montreal who recently rip-
ped in 5 goals in one contest
against them, and to Doug Bent-
ley, Chicago Blackhawk whiz
who picked up 13 scoring points
against them in 2 contests only
a week apart.
Ronod The Press
When Private Dion, of Lo-
well, Massachusetts, applied for
a week-end leave fromí Camp
Edwards, explaining, “My wife
is expecting,” his sympathetic
captain scrawled'out a pass. The
next week he gave the same ;
reason and got another leave.
The third week, when he again
offered the same reason, the
officer asked, “Just what is she
expecting?” “Oh,” said Private
Dion, “she’s expecting me home
again.” He stayed in camp that
week-end. —INS
America
Says....
These days when the Berlin
Radio leaves the air we know
that it Soes so only to give olace
to the large chunks of the city
that are temporarily filling it.
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Before the war the Germans
sold us their process for pro-
ducing ammoni—all-important
in the manufacture of explos-
ives—from natural gas. Will
they sit up when they get a
good whiff of their own pre-
scription!
* ♦ *
The trouble with meat-ration-
ing is that it has got to come
just when nearly everybody has
enough money to afford to buy
that luxury.
* * *
American industry is now
working as smoothly as a well-
trained baseball team. The more
it gets on the ball the fewer the
strikes that are called.
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In Reykjavík
Today ...
CINEMAS
POLAR BEAR THEATRE:
Monday. “Who Done It?”, with
Abböt and Costello.
NÝJA BÍÓ: “Saboteur”, with
Priscilla Lane and Robert
Cummings.
GAMLA BÍÓ: “Road to Zanzi-
bar” with Dorothy Lamour
and Bing Crosby.
TJARNARBÍÓ ‘Dive Bomber’,
a colour film æith Errol
Flynn and Fred Murray.
RED CROSS
WEDNESDAY: 3:30 Coffee.
6:00—:800 Movie — Take A
Letter Darling (Fred Mac-
Murry and Rosalind Russell)
8:30—10:00Camp Show. —
10:00 Coffee.
R.A.F. FIGHTERS WHO DEFEND BRITAIN’S MERCHANT
NAVY
The M.S.F.U.—Merchant Service Fighter Unit—is one of the
R.A.F.’s most intrepid fighter bands. Pilots of the unit, with a
small maintenance staff, travel with merchant ships in convoy.
Their planes are catapulted off to fight attacking enemy aircraft.
At the end of the combat or when they run short of fuel, the pilots
either try to land on friendly territory or bale out into the sea,
taking to their dinghies and hoping to be picked up. They usually
manage to account for one or two enemy bombeis for the loss of
their own machine. These hazardous operations are directed by
an officer of the Royal Navy known as the Fighter Defence Officer