Daily Post - 29.05.1943, Side 3

DAILY POST
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Americai Sports Shorts
by “The Ace”
Heard From
Hollywood
Joe Gordon of the Yanks is
suffering from a terrific batt-
ing slump. “The Rock” has
made but 5 hits in his last 43
times at bat. . . The Bronx
Bombers are pretty downcast
after returning frcm their west
ern trip durihg which they
lost 6 out of 7 contests. . . In
the home run brigade Mel Ott
and Buster Maynard of the Gi-
ants, and Dan Litwhiler of
the Phils are setíing the pace
in the N. L., each having 4 to
his credit. . . In the Junior
Circuit Charley Keller leads
with 5, and Mike Chartak of
the Browns íollows with 3. —
Joe Gordon, Chet Laabs, and
George McQuinn are not too
far behind, each having smack
ed 2 home runs. . . Chet Cov-
ington, 28, pitches the first
perfect game in the history of
the Eastern League (Class A)
as Wilkes-Barre white-washes
Springfield 6—0. Only 27 batt-
ers faced the southpaw slant
artist and not one of them rea-
ched first base. .. Los Angeles
is way out in front of the Paci
fic Coast Loop with the amaz-
ing percentage of .853. Frisco
follows with .588, and Oakland
and San Diego complete the
first division. . . Nashville pa-
ces the Southern Association
with .655, only 10 percentage
points above Birmingham. —
Little Rock and Chattanooga
are in 3rd and 4th place, re-
spectively. . . Toronto main-
tains a comfortable lead in the
I. L. with .714 as against .526
for 2nd place Syracuse. Mon-
treal and Newark are crowd-
ing the latter club. . . Ameri-
can Association standings re-
veal Indianapolis leading the
pack with .667 followed by
Minneapolis’ .550. Kansas City,
Columbus, and Milwaukee are
scrambling for the other 2
grooves in the first. division at
present. . . Washington’s Ge-
orge Case, without a doubt the
most dangerous baserunner in
the game, admits that thefts
are becoming increasingly dif-
ficult to make. The speed-boy
has managed to steal only 5
sacks this season, and is con-
siderably behird his ch'p in ’42
wh.pn ]'•? mfd.e 44 thefts ’v> 133
gamos, to lead the A. L. for íbe
4th straight time. The fabul-
ous Ty Cobb paced the A. L. 6
seasons in this regard in his
lengthy career, but only 3 of
these years were in a row. . .
Latest individual averages for
the Majors show Bill Herman
of Brooklyn pacing the N. L.
with .356 Lonnie Frey of the
Reds and Whitley Kurowski of
the Cards are next with .341
and .340. . . Vern Stephens
and his .368 mark still lead the
A. L., although Pinky Higgins
is only 10 points behind with
.358. The next three are Lind-
ell (Yanks) with .322, Dick
Wakefield (Tigers) with .319
and Hockett (Indians) with
become the “Big Dog” of the
.317. . . Jess Flores who has
A’s mound corps credits Earl
Brucker, his coach, for his rise
to stardom. Jess claims that
Brucker smoothed out his deli-
very and helped him develop-
new pitches, and that the best
break in his career came
when L. A. sold him to the A’s
last winter. Brucker was for-
merly a most capable catcher
for Connie Mack and has stay-
ed with the club to coach pit-
ching prospects, of whom Flor- (
es in the prize. The Mexican
flinger has worked 58 innings
thus far in ’43, allowing but 12
runs and 40 hits, to give him
6 victories as against only one
defeat.
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America
| Says . . . ,|
A butcher was recently ar-
rested in Italy for selling rat
meat—on which he had been
doing a thriving business for 6
months. A toleration for rats
in their country seems to be
an Italian weakness.
* * * *
Nazi agents 5n South Ame-
rica have been smuggling dia-
mcnds into Gerrnany vía Lis-
bcn. It seerns that the hard
cash svsilable in Germany is
not hard em'ugh.
ard snaghetti. Er-
The great comedian Joe E.
Brown has already traveled
over 24,000 miles to put on
vaudeville performances in
person for overseas troops, the
arrangements being made und-
er the auspices of USO Shows,
Inc. ..
“TENNESSEE JOHNSON”
Van Heflin plays a very cap
able leading role in “Tennessee
Johnson,” the former President
concerning whom much con-
troversial history has been
written. The story wanders
somewhat from the historical
fact^, but the producer’s effort
is worthwhile just the same.
Ruth Hussey and Lionel Barry
more are the other leading
players.
“NEXT OF KIN”
The British realistic film
“Next of Kin” has set forth a
stern public warning in the U.
S. about heedlessly passing
along military information to
the enemy and the dire results
that can follow therefrom. It
is rated as one of the most po-
werful stories of war ever por-
trayed on celluloid, and has
been playing before packed
movie houses in any number
of American cities.
JEAN McARTIIUR
Jean Arthur, a truly able
actress in either dramatic or
comic roles, is next to be seen
in “The More the Merrier”
with McCrea and Chas. Co-
burn. The flicker is heralded
as strictly a hit.
HORROR DEMAND
Supposedly because of the
war, horror pictures or “chill-
ers” are moving into the big
box office class. “I Walked
With a Zombie” (you aren’t
the only one, brother!) and
“The Cat People (no inferred
slur against the feminine gen-
der) are classed as two of the
best of this variety of alleged
entertainment.
satz by any other name .... is
still ersatz.
* * *
Helicopters may largely re-
place automobiles within a
few years after the war, some
visionarics claim. That may
s.u’t most of ”s down to the 1
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MOVIES
POLAR BEAR THEATRE:
“Smilin’ Through” with Je-
anette MacDonald and Brian
Aherne.
NÝJA BÍÓ: “How Green Was
My Valley”, with Maureen
O’Hara and Walter Pidgeon.
GAMLA BÍÓ: “Andy Hardy
Meets Debutante” with
Mickey Rooney and Judy
Garland.
TJARNARBÍÓ: “In which we
serve”, Noel Coward’s film
of the Royal Navy in action.
RED CROSS
3— 4 Coffee Hour.
4— 5 Footlight Music Hour.
6—8 Movie — “Seven Days’
Leave” — Victor Mature and
Lucille Ball.
8.30— 9.30 Double or Noth-
ing.
9.30— 10.30 Coffee Hour.
BRITISH FORCES
BROADCASTS
“Stand Easy”—recorded va-
riety programme.
AMERICAN BROADCASTS
13—1530: News Round-Up.
Yank Swing Session. Hymns
From Home. Yarn For
Yanks. Irvin C. Gobb. Fred
Waring Program. Folk Song
Symphony by Roy Harris.
Red Skelton Program.
1600—1713: National Bam
Dance. Cpmmand Perfor-
mance, with Deanna Durbin,
George Raft, Dinah Shore,
Rudy Vallee, Lum’n Abner.
Sports Round-Up.
Oift From Censor!
Big-Hearted Censor: Billy N.
Schuelen of Dallas, Texas, a
soldier in North Africa, sent a
letter to his wife saying he
was enclosing a five-franc
note as a souvenir. He forgot
to put in the note but the mon-
ev arrived just th' On
:t w?s written: ’ >. ’ - a pre-
sent frcm the ce-isr-r.”
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