Daily Post - 07.05.1943, Page 3

D A I L Y P O S T
Aiericuii Sptrts Shorts
by uThe Ace”
BASEBALL
First release of diamond av-
erages shows Yanks leading
the A. L. in batting but with
a measly .237 and their mark
would be even lov/er were not
Stirnweiss and Lindell punish-
ing the apple with averages of
.400 and .333, respectively.
Not one of the Murderer’s Row
is even close to the charmed
.300 circle, so it is a good thing
the rookies have found the
range. , . . Washington with a
.223 mark and the Browns
with .217 follow close behind.
Individually, Shortstop
Vern Stevens of St. Louis has
taken up where he left off last
year and boasts a fancy .563
average. . . In the N.L. for
some unknown reason Boston
leads with .290, trailed by the
Dodgers with .272 and Pitts-
burgh with .248. . . Pirate in-
fielder Frankie Gustine is topp
ing all hitters in the Senior
Circuit with .667. . . Billy Her
man heads the run-scoring de-
partment with 8 and Lonnie
Frey of Cincy has the most
hits, 12. . . Pirate Vince Di-
Maggio and Dodger Mickey
Owen are tied for the mcst
runs-batted-in with 6 each. ..
A. L. leader is Spence of the
Senators with 12 RBI,—team-
mate Clary, however, is the Big
Apple for he has scored the
most runs (7), hit the most
doubles (5), and is tied with
the Athletics’ JoJo White in
basehits, each of whom has 12.
. . In pitching, 8 hurlers head
the list by virtue of 2 wins and
no losses — these are Alex
Carrasquel ar.d Dutch Leonard
of Washington, “Grandma”
Murphy of N.Y., “Fire” Trucks
of Detroit, Jim Bagby of the
Indians, Tex Hughson of Bost-
on, Rip Sewell of the Pirates,
and Ifi Bithorn of the Cubs. . .
N.Y.U.’s baseball squad con-
tinued its undefeated string by
edging out Manhattan 7—6. . .
Lou Novikoff of the cubs is
the only remaining holdout in
the Majors . . and Frankie
Crossetti of the Yanks has íin-
I
ally reported for work after
signing up. . .
RACING
Overdraw (what a name?). —
copped the Jamaica handcap
for the 3rd consecutive year,
to the delight of the railbirds.
Doublerub was 2nd and
Flaught galloped into the shaw
position. . .
BOXING
In a Washington ring
“Hammering Henry” Arm-
strong iced Saverino Turiello
in a flat 50 seconds. . . Looks
like the old boy is pot through
just yet. . .
ROWING
By 1 foot the Harvard crew
nosed out the Navy to win the
Adams Cup Race. It was the
6th straight time for the Crim-
son!
TRACK
New York University's cin-
der squad registered its 15th
consecutive triumph in 4 years
—this time beating Fordham, 90
—45. At Evanston, III., Indiana
U. topped 6 Big Ten teams with
43 points. Minnesota was second
with 37, and Wisconsin wound
up in 3rd place with a total of
32.
America
| Says
Detrpit sources say there is
still hope for limited wartime
production of a low-priced
“Victory Car.” Presumably
the designers have also found
a low-priced wartime substi-
tute for both gasoline and rub-
ber.
* * *
The manpower shortage has
stimulated the invasion of
Wall Street premises by wo-
men. China in a Bull shop?
* * *
Hitler’s fondness for grand
Wagnerian climaxes has un-
doubtedly given his soldiers at
Stalingrad and in Tunisia much
cause for regret.
*
The chance of a separate
peace with Italy are diminish-
ed, we are told, by the fact
that there is no important
group ready to take the initia-
tive in that country. Only se-
veral million unimportant
little people.
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J U. S. Troops Train In England
United States troops stationed in Great Britain engage in reali-
stic battle maneuvers, including the use of live ammunition. —
This machine gunner has halted his bantam car under cover of
trees and puts his gun into action.
East Of The
Atlantic
THE PRUDENTIAL AND THE
BEVERIDGE REPORT
At the annual meeting of the
Prudential Assurance Com-
pany, Sir George Barstow, the
chairman, said that the Prud-
ential was emphatically not op
posed to the social ideals
which inspired the Beveridge
report, and he did not believe
that other industrial assurance
offices were opposed to them.
He criticised the proposal to
set up an industrial assurance
board, however, saying that it
threatened 'the whole organisa
tion of the company both at
home and overseas. He believ-
ed if it were adopted it would
undermine confidence abroard
l in British insurance generally.
MOTOR CHURCH IN THE
DESERT
The first motor church to op
erate in North Africa is now
with the troops there.
Material for it came from
many parts of the Empire —
pine from Canada, rosewood
from South Africa, plywood
from Australia and New Zea-
land, beech from England, glue
from Scotland. The sign on the
side of it depicts the soldier of
to-day braced and ready to
fight the powers of evil as his
counterpart of olden times, St.
George and the dragon.
In Reykjavík
Today ...
MOVIES
POLAR BEAR THEATRE:
“They Met in Bombay” with
Clark Gable and Rossalind
Russel.
GAMLA BÍÓ: “Kiss the Boys
Goodbye” with Don Ameche.
NÝJA BÍÓ: “Desert Victory”r
the 8th Army Film of EI
Alamein and the chase to>
Tripoli.
TJARNARBÍÓ: “One Day of
War”, Soviet war film taken
by 160 cameramen all over
Russia on June 13th, 1942.
Y.M.C.A.
7.15 Film, “Gunga Din.”
RED CROSS
3—4 Coffee Hour.
6—8 Movie, “Pied Piper,” —
with Bobby Woolley.
8.30—9.30 “Double or Noth-
ing.
9.45 Coffee Hour.
BRITISH FORCES
BROADCASTS
Stories from Opera “Aida”.