Daily Post - 10.07.1943, Blaðsíða 3

DAILYPOST
fimerican Sports Skor
by “The Ace”
RACING
Owner John D. Hertz of the
racing world’s greatest modern
name, Count Fleet, reports
that the 3-year old champion is
in need of a rest and conse-
quently will not appear in the
Arlington Classic. However, it
was assured that the Count
would be rarin’ to go in Chica-
go’s America'n Derby or the
Travers Stakes at Belmont. . .
In the Empire City Handicap at
Jamaica “Chop Chop” notched
a new track record of 1:50 and
1/5 seconds. The old mark set
last April was only 1/5 of a se-
cond slower. . . A1 Robinson,
noted jockey who recently laid
aside his whip and spurs for
keeps, won a total of $3,000,-
000 in prize cabbage during his
spectacular career.
FOOTBALL
It required 2 operations to
restore the speaking voice of
Lou Little, Columbia Universi
ty’s famed grid mentor. . .
Coach Babe Hollingberry is in
his 17th year at Washington
State, but his salary' is only
half of the 5-figure amount he
used to pull down. The obvious
reason is the necessary war-
time retrenchment in the
school’s athltic program.
BASEBALL
At this stage the N. L. flag
race looks like a 2-club dog-
fight all the way into Septem-
ber. No other team even seems
to approach the class of the
Cards and the Brooklyns. . .
Most unusual note is the spect-
acle of the Cubs and the Giants
still battling for the reverse
honor of being the “dungeon”
boys”, with the Chicago “at-
hletes” hangin on the bottom
rung of the league ladder as if
they liked it there. . . Baseball
lobbyists (hotel variety) rate
Big Jim Tobin of the Braves as
just about the most dangerous
gent among the pitching pro-
fession when his turn at bat
rolls around. . . Mel Ott of the
Polo Grounders finally shook
his batting slump by eating a
flock of raw carrots. This ve-
getable is said by some medcos
to supply a certain vitamin de-
. . Backstop A1 Lopez of the Pi-
ficiency and thus aid eyesight.
rates has had more than his
share of run-ins with “the
Blind Toms” (umpires) this
season. . . “Bull Frog” Bill Ðie-
trich of the White Sox has fin-
ally begun to twirl good ball.
Some Weisenheimer once said
that Bill pitches with his
mouth open so that be is all
ready to squawk-when the ump
behind the dish fails to call a
strike on one of his corner pit-
ches. Hence his unusual nick-
name. . . Proof that Major lea-
guers do not always dominate
Service teams is the fact that
when Bob Carpenter, ex-N.Y.
Giant, made his first start on
the mound he was jolted for
13 hits, and was charged with
a 10—2 beating. . . Old Dan
Howley, former manager of the
Cincy Reds and St. Louis
Browns, is once again connect-
ed with the game. At present
his capacity is that of Red Sox
scout, covering New England
and Canada. . . Some say the
Yanks miss the unerring
throws of Joe DiMaggio and
Tommy Henrich from the gar-
den. If Rury York could only
get his homé run bat working
with regularity the Tigers
would be soon camping in the
league’s No. 1 position, as the
rest of the team is whacking the
oyster consistently. . . Wash-
ington’s Stan Spence can’t
seem to snap out of his batting
slump. 6 ,
BOXING
That fast-stepping feather-
weight Chalky Wright record-
ed atechnical K. O. over un-
fortunate Kid National, Cuban
hope, in Havana. The battle
was scheduled for 10 frames
but Chalky’s damaging blows
to the Cuban’s head and body
forced the referee to halt the
fight for 4 more years even
though he is already 30. The
Brown Bomber is still of the
opinion that the only really lo-
gical contender for the crown
is Pittsburgh’s Billy “the Kid”
Conn, the ring’s foremost left

Gareless Talk |
Costs Lives j

Nation-Wide
Victory Ginbs
Victory Clubs are being for-
med in many parts of the Uni-
ted States, and their funds are
being deposited with the Post
Office Savings Bank. One club
declares its object to be “for
members to have a ebano when
‘that man’ gets knocked out.”
Over 80,000 societies and
clubs now bank with the Gen.
Post Office.
War conditions have produc-
ed new types of group deposi-
ters. Fruit preserving centres,
butchers’ buying Committees,
A.F.S. squads, wardens’ posts,
and street firewatching parti-
es, are typical examples of war
time groups which have open-
ed account with the double pur
pose of safeguarding their
funds and making a material
contribution to the war effort.
ChicagoAutoWorkers
On 48-hour Week
Auto mechanics were ord-
ered today on a 48 hour work
week in greater Chicago. The
minimum work schedule af-
fects very automotive repair
shop with eight or more emp-
loyees. The regulation will go
into effect August lst. All emp
loyers engaged in repair or
maintenance of automotive ve-
hicles must file labor schedul-
es by July 15th with the Chi-
cago office of the War Manpo-
wer Commission.
Regional WMC Director Wil-
liam Spencer said the purpose
of the order was to keep
trucks serviced in transporta-
tion of war supplies and priv-
ate cars moving for transporta-
tion of war workers.
Bomb Rome?
'The Gallup poll asked the U.
S. public: “Do you think the A1
lied air force should bomb
Rome?”, and got a 51% major-
ity “no” for its' answer. Unde-
cided.were 12%; the rest an-
swered “yes.”
Catholic “no” vote was the
heaviest: 67%. Protestants vot-
ed 52% “no.” Only non-church
members thought it a good id-
ea: 47% yes; 40% no.
But military men could still
soundly contend that the an-
swers might have been differ-
ent if the question had been
more specifically phrased. Gal-
lup Poll had left room for senti
ment by failing to ask if mili-
tary targets should be bombed
even in Rome.
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Today ...
MOVIES
GAMLA BÍÓ: “One Million
B.C. Carole Landis. Victor
Mature.
TJARNARBÍÓ
“My Favorite Blonde”, with
Bob Hope, Madeleine Carroll.
NÝJA BÍÓ
“Adam Had Four Sons”, with
Ingrid Bergman, Warner
Baxter.
POLAR BEAR: “Tomorrow
And A Day”, with Herbert
Marshall.
BRITISH FORCES
BROADCASTS
Henry Hall’s Guest Night.
AMERICAN BROADCASTS
Samuel Besses, told that his
Philadelphia lunch stand oc-
cupied the site of the house in
which Jefferson wrote the De-
claration of Independence:
“Well, do you know what I’d
do if Thomas Jefferson were
today? I’d put him to work be-
hind the counter. That’s how
tcugh it is to get help.”
Anglýsið i DAILY PðST
1300—1530: News Roundup.
Yank Swing Session Berlioz
Symphonie Fantasique. Per-
sonal Album with Shirley
Ross. The Aldrich Family
. Jubilee with Les Hite and
Band, Kenneth Spencer, King
Cole Trio.
1600—1713: Your Broadway
and Mine with George Jess-
el, Jack Haley, Ella Logan.
Sports Roundup. Tommy
Dorsey Program. •