Daily Post - 17.03.1943, Qupperneq 3
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American Sports Shorts
by aThe Ace”
BASKETBALL
Camp Grant Illionis boasts of
the vei'y best basketbell teams
in the nation this year. They
copped 21 out of their first 22
games, including a winning
streak of exactly 20. Their point
total has averaged better than
50 points per game and they
own the distinction of being the
or '\ team to trounce the terri-
fic University of Illions “Whiz
Kids” this season.
Wyndol Gray (Bowling
Green UD from Ohio) recently
was held to 4 points by the
Akron U. Zippers. Gray has
attracted somé nation wide
attention with his total of 457
points in 19 games, a mere
average of 24 per contest. He
is aiming for the record of 532
set by Toledo U’s Bob Gerber
in 1941—42.
SKIING.
400-foot jump is goal of ski
king in U.S. 20 year old Art
Delvin of Syracuse U. and Lake
Placid maintains that a longer
and steeper take-off will enable
skiers to attain an 80-mile an
hour speed which should be
sufficent for a 400 foot leap.
As it was, Delvin jumped 288
feet recently at Iron Mountain,
Michigan, his mark only 1 foot
behind Norway’s Torger Tokle.
Devlin said he had been cloc-
kea at 74 miles per hour at
point of take-off in a Seattle,
Washington meet. In all his car-
eer, Art has only one injury
from skiing—a broken wrist—
although he has had his share
of.dangerous spills. His compe-
titive skiing will have to be
postphoned for a while howe-
ver—you quessed it—“He’s in
the Army now”.
BASEBALL
Cleveland’s Prince Hal Tros-
ky, out of basaball for a season
and a half may hit the come-
back trail this season, pending
doctors’ approval of his migra-
ine headache condition. If he
returns, his duties no doubt will
be picking daisies in the out-
field as Les Fleming did well
enough in 1942 to hold his job.
Hal patrolled the outfield in the
old Missouri Valley Loop, and
his fielding should be satisfact-
ory as long as he pulls those
long drives over and up against
the firght field fence with some
degree of regularity.
Detroit with a capable new
manager, Steve O’Neill, at the
helm may be dangerous in the
1943 A. L. roll. York, Blood-
worth, Higgins, Cromer, Rad-
cliff, Parsons, Bridges, Trout,
White, Fire Trucks, Gorsica,
Ross and others need no in-
troduction and if Diek Wake-
field, the $50,000 beauty from
University of Michigan, and
Joe (not to be confured with J.
Edger Hoover) come through
the Tigers may go a long way
in the right direction. Hoover
is the veteran shortstop recent-
ly obtained from Hollywood in
the Pacific Coast League.
KOCKEY
Gordie Bell, sensational
young net-mender for the
Buffalo Bisons in the American
Hockey League has turned in
8 Shutouts already for his
second place club.
TENNIS
Helen Jacobs, former Wo-
men’s Tennis Champion now is
an Officer Candidate in the
WAVES at Smith College. She
won 8 national titles in 4 years
including cups in singles, mixed
doubles and doubles competi-
tion.
BOWLING
Bowling experts now contend
that a 3 step delivery is too
awkward for a bowler and urge
that beginners develop a 4 or
5 step delivery. They also
figure that the more steps a
bowler takes the better he can
stop short of the foul line as he
releases the ball towards the
old 1—3 pocket.
Arnold Speaks
Washington: — Commander'
of the United States Army Air
Force, Lt. Gen. H. H. Arnold,
said that the repeated air at-
tacks on the German submarine
bases, is an important factor.
Arnold said bombers roll out
of American factories beyond
the German’s air force rate.
Allied bombers have already
launched a terr.ific attack on
the German submarine bases at
St. Nazairc nd Lorient.
Nurses Fly To Front
New York. — Joseph Dris-
coll, of the New York Herald
Tribune in an advanced South
Pacific base, said that the U.S.
Army Nurses preparing to fly
into Guadalcanal, in army tran-
sports to remove wounded men
to safe islands, are equipped
with modern hospital equip-
ment.
He said the flying nurses in-
clude many former American
commercial airlines hostesses.
All have been graduated from
special United States training
centers. The nurses arq enroute
to many of the Allied bases.
However the majority are de-
stined to the African and Asia-
tic fronts.
Henry Wallace To Go
To Sonth Anerica
Washington. — Chilean Am-
bassador Mitchels said he ex-
pects Vice President Wallace to
visit and study production in
mining and agricultural areas
in Chile during his trip to South
America this month. A state-
ment followed a conference be-
tween Mitchels and Wallace
during which the envoy said he
discussed with Wallace South
American Itinery. The vice
president announced plans to
leave here about\the middle of
the month and attend the op-
ening of the Tropical Institute
of Agriculture in Costa Rica.
Following this he hopes to visit
In Reykjavík
Today ...
CINEMAS
POLAR BEAR THEATRE:
“The Moon and Sixpence”
with George Sanders and
Herbert Marshall.
NÝJA BÍÓ: “A Yank in the
R.A.F.“ with Tyrone Power,
Betty Grable and John
Sutton.
GAMLA BÍÓ: “Little Nelly
Kelly,” with Judy Garland.
TJARNARBÍÓ: “Tropper Re-
turns” with Joan Blondell,
Roland Young, Carole Landis
and H. B. Warner...........
Y.M.C.A.
7.15 p. m. Darts Tournament.
Film “Sporting Blood” with
Robert Young, Maureen O’-
Sullivan and Lewis Stone.
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RED CROSS
WEDNESDAY March 17th.
3:30—4:00 Coffee.
6:30—8:30 Movie — “Tuttles of
Tahiti”, Charles Laughten
& Jon Hall.
8:30—9:30 Wearing O’ The
Green — Master of Cere-
moniss: a T/Sgt.
10:00—10:30 Coffee.
Bolivia, Columbia, Ecuador,
Panama, Peru, and Chile. Wal-
lace is expected to announce
shortly details of the trip.
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