Daily Post - 13.04.1943, Side 3

DAILY POST
American Sports Shorts
by “The Ace”
PKO-FOOTBALL
When Dutch Clark, Head
Coach of the Cleveland Rams,
resigned his position he sug-
gested that the management
engage Chili Walsh to succeed
him, so the ex-Notre Dame star
was recently signed for next
season.
BOXING
The squared circle has been
enjoying a boom which has
carried interest and gate re-
ceipts to heights never reached
before in the sport. New York,
Cleveland, Detroit, Los Angeles,
and other western citiek are
packing in huge crowds even
though the present crop of
fighters—Beau Jack, Zivic,
Pep, Robinson, LaMotta, Wil-
son, Constantino, and Arm-
strong could hardly compare
with an old-time group com-
posed of men Iike Delaney,
Berlenbach, Slattery, Shade,
Stribling, McTigue, Flowers,
Greb, Walker, and Sharkey, all
of whom fought in the same
era. Maybe the mob goes for
knockouts now instead of class
—at least in the Cleveland
Arena the other night the
whole card was over in 90
minutes. There were 2 Chillers
in 3 minutes each and one icing
job in 51 seconds!!
BASEBALL
“The Strange Case of Babe
Dahlgren” is one that has
baffled the best of baseball’s
investigative minds. The ver-
satile 30 year old Californian
is now essaying to play short
for the Phillies which is a
might'y tough assignment when
one considers the type of assis-«.
tance the Babe will receive.
The so far unanswerable ques-
tion is why Dahlgren in the last
several seasons has been shoved
around the both Boston teams,
the Yanks, Brooklyn, Mon-
treal, Indianapolis, St. Louis,
Newárk, Chicago, and now
finally .Philadelphia. He has hit
as many as 23 homers in a
single season, has always been
a satisfactory clutch batter, and
has been termed a second Hal
Chase around the first sack
which signifies class indeed.
The good-looking ir^ielder can
perform well anyw’r,”e in the
infield, and in view of the
scarcity of big league players
the last few years, his status is
all the more surprising. In the
words of a dark Southern
gentleman, “He has sho’ been
travelin’ ”—and how come?
Maybe Ellery Queen or Perry
Mason can solve the mystery.
Hollis Thurston, the old
“rocking chair” stylist who
pitched in both Major Leagues
is back agaín, this time as an
assistant and coach for Frankie
Frisch and his Pittsburgh
Pirates. He has been a Pirate
scout on the West Coast since
1939.
GOLF
On the links the Turnesa
brothers lead the Nation’s fa-
milies. The Brothers are Joe,
Willie, Sgt. Jim, Mike, Phil,
Frank, and Doug, and the old
home town is Elmsford, NÝ.
All but the last two boys have
so far won national recognition
and these probably will follow
their other brothers up the
golfing ladder. Joe has been
runner-up in 2 National Open
Tournaments, Willie was the
National Amateur Champ in
’38, Mike led the field in the
Hale America for a while last
year, and Sgt. Jim now of the
Army defeated both Ben Hogan
and Byron Nelson in the 1942
P.G.A. only to lose out to
Slamming Sammy Snead in the
finals. In 1938 the Fry brothers
of California played the Turn-
esas in a telegraphic match and
the Californians suffered a
sound trouncing. Since then the
family has had no challenges,
and no wonder!
lorway’s Wrens
A naval force with no offi-
cers, no petty officers and no
leading ratings has been re-
cruited in London.
This is the Women’s Naval
Service of the Royal Norweg-
ian Navy—the only one of our
European Allies that has yet
formed its own Wrens.
So far over 50 Wrens have
been recruited. All are of one
uniform rating, and nearly all
can speak English. *
One of the keenest Wrens
German Raider

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The wreckage of one of the ten German night raiders brought
down by R.A.F. night fighters and anti-aircraft defences, last
January lOth.
In Reykjavík
Today ...
CINEMAS
POLAR BEAR THEATRE:
“Ship Ahoy” with Elena Po-
wer and Red Skelton.
NÝJA BÍÓ: “Great Guns,” —
with Stan Laurel and Oliver
Hardy.
TJARNARBÍÓ: “Stagecoach”
. with Claire Trevor, John
Wayne, John Carradine and
Louise Platt.
Also, Soviet news film of the
surrender of the German 6th
Army at Stalingrad.
GAMLA BÍÓ: “Alone on the
South Seas” with Dorothy
Lamour and John Hall. fln
Colours).
RADIO
Concert. Also Russian Songs
by Red Army and Navy
Choirs.
Y.M.C.A.
7.15 Film “Llano Kid.”
ran away from school in Nor-
way and crossed the North Sea
in an open boat with 37 young
Norwegians who wére deter-
mined to dare everything
rather than live any longer
under Nazi domination. All 38
have since joind one or other
of the Services.
Reybjavík
Letter
The press publishes a letter
from the Reykjavík District
Doctor, advising parents who
wish to protect their children
against measles, to take them
to the University Research De-
partment, where they can be
inoculated with a serum now
prepared there.
DEBATE ON SAGAS
Controversy has again arisen
over the publication of the
historic Icelandic sagas in
modern Icelandic version. Some
I time ago, H. K. Laxness, the
i well-known novelist, published
a version of the Laxdælasaga
in modern Icelandic. A law was
then passed by the Alþing for-
bidding the publication of mod-
ernised versions of the sagas,
and laying down that editions
must be authorised by the
Government. On Friday last,
one member of the Alþing
asked the Minister of Justice
whether it Was true that he had
given H. K. Laxness permission
to publish an edition of Njáls-
saga. The Minister said that
permission had been given, and
a lively debate followed.
* * *
Up to last Friday, 1700
people has visited the Exhibi-
tion of Icelandic Art in the new
Exhibition Hall near the Alþing
Kouse. Five pictures had been
sold.
❖ * *
Last week a new 52-ton fish-
ing boat was launched at Hafn-
arfjörður.