Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-24
Detroit Athletes
In Every Sport
On Honor Roll
They Serve u. s.
From Pearl Harbor
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University and Detroit Athletic
club is with the Royal Canadian
Air Force.
The D. a c. swimming team
has sent four men and three of
them arc officers Taylor DryS-
dale is a lieutenant IN England
Blll Buckingham is a lieutenant
I'M the air force IN Florida and
Bob Gablne is an officer IN the air
force.
The only bowler ever 10 roll 300
in the Times classic, Tony PlaCito,
has lolncd up, as have thousands
Of other bowlerS.
Bob OStcrman. Notre Danes
great center of year ago Is
With tho air forces I'd SadowSki
If the Eagles is m the army doing
his share. Bob Catihan of L. Of y.
and the Eagles is in the navy.
-arl Fischer MichiGanS No. |
tennis player. IL another who gave
up his sport for the bigger and
more important job at hand. lie is
4 Lieutenant
Johnny PlnCcl star footballer
for Michigan Stale and the Lions.
IS training recruits here. Waiter
StokoSa. the skating champion, is
wearing a uniform
IA ff.-AtCrr prominent
urfman and sportsman. is dcvot-
pE all his time 10 military af-
.alrS.
LOT OF LIONS
Cotton Price. Detroit Lions
quarterback and Paul NJ GORE,
back. yesterday. entered
the Naval Reserve. Whizzer
White is due to 60 shortly. He
-ried 10 enlist in the marines but
vas turned down because he was
color blind. A Rhodes scholar, he
IS now trying 10 get into some
branch of the intelligence.
Among those of the 1910 team
Who were doing military work
we're Dwight Sloan. Tony Tonelli
Skillman Rouse and Ray tButch)
Morse. Butch coached a team at
Moffatt Field this fall and Tonelli
was one Of his players
al Cd IL.
all departments and all Of them
have given literally of their boys
started off losing a
coach, Archie KodroS, former star
center. From the 1910 team. Ed
Frutig and Paul KRONER both en-
listed Tom Harmon enlisted and
Will he indicted shortly after the
holidays Hercules Renda is an
other footballer in more serious
action
Among those who were due back
last year but chose 10 90 into the
service AT once were Bob kreiSa
slated to be a starting back: Jack
Butler and Bill Smith. tackles.
Neil Mcintyre a hurdler, is gone
L. OF ID. PLAYERS
University Of Detroit players Of
this and last year now in active
service include Frank Hayes, jim
Ellis. Jack McDermott, Ed Pa
Jumbo. Albert Olivette Jim Spauld-
ing. Vic Schroeder and Rogers
Hayes Jr. all football players:
Clyde Johnson and Fran ODonell,
basketball
State contributed Bill Bachelor,
Jack Anon and Bob Phillips. At
last counting Of noses, Phillips was
IN Iceland
Wayne'S athletes in the service
almost outnumber those outside.
include Bill Cassidy.
Carl Schultz, Ralph Johnson, Pat
Savage, Tom Adams, Ken Cotter.
Bob Krause. Sturgis Gregory and
Kenneth Hibhard
From the tennis team arc Har-
mon Burns and Ed Granger. Bias
<etbaIl sent Bill Collins. Gerard
Richards and Robert Kent. Don
AinSworth is tho track reprcScn-
taiive. Leroy OClo enlisted from
the swimming team
The sport writing fraternity is
we'll represented. There is our own
George Ma>kln and Tom Lobough
Of the Free Press and Ed BatChc-
Tor and Harvey Patton of the
News. Patton was a track star
at Michigan
This is iuSt a partial list of those
serving To name all would be
Detroit and Michigan
arc Just as proud of the kids from
the NandlotS and tho public courses
as II IS the biggest name in sports.
Now they have found a common
dcmonStrator. fighting for the
cause they believe IN. And they
ask no further recognition than
they can give themselves m the
knowledge of a Job well and will
lngiy done
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