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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05

FREE MOVIE PROGRAM! Bring the Chill
drcn Monday, P. NJ, to Crowey's Victory
Center" ()rd f., East Bldg. "Starlet Review"
Fighting the Fire Bomb, Mickey Mouse in
Arabia" Mickey Mousc's Birthday Party
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05

II. a. Cook % Denver Colo
1t seems Betty chose Saturday be hostess luncheon
for Edward Roe Of La Jola CAL and of Lansing
She and Missile B. recall roommaes back in the Mary
Baldwin College days.
At any the affair took place at Oakmont Country
Club Glendale where quantities of spring blooms used
in the centerpece which featured large model plane with
ribbons leading 20 pacecards.
When guests seated themselves and started monkeyng
said pacecards they found the of the betrothed
pair backs Of the handsomely Inscribed signs and then
the best wishes began flying.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-05
Betty Bird viii Wed Wed
Lieut.. Emery A. Cook;
Date N OF Announced

OCAL friends Of the Ralph s. Birds who make
their home in Glendale, Cal. Los Angeles,
VII he interested learn Of the berothal of
- their pretty daughter, Betty Lancashire Bird, and
Lieut.. Emcrv ALan Cook. Of MIR. and Mrs.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-21

Tallest man on the team Is
center Art Mathisen, senior cap
tain at 6 feet S inches. He's quit
growing, however.
Only change this season, and
it's panning out beautifully, was
the shifting of Phillip - who
scored l59 points in Is games
from the guard post-to forward
and placing Smiley at guard.
Since they are literally grow
ing up together, they represent
a harmony of team work. Each
man is a scoring threat any,
where, any time and by any
method.
They proved their power Sat-
urday by beating Great Lakes 50
to SO with a hail of IL points i'm
the final five minutes. 1t was
their fifth straight win and it
came over a star-crowded team
that boosted a string OF six vic
tories with an average of IS
points per game. Illinois aver
age is 81.
The win, featured by Menke's
81 markers and Phillips Is, in
stalled the whiz kids as a good
bet to repeat for the Big Ten
crown.
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) State Gage
Teams Sill
Are Unbeaten
Hope. Michigan.
AImo Hove Only
Perfect Records

DETROIT, Dec. I'll up -
Three Michigan collegiate bas-
ketball teams have reached the
annual holiday intermission in
their schedules without a de-
feat to mar their seasons rec
ords, but four others were
knocked from the unbeaten
class in last weeks campaign.
The select circle can't shrink
again this week, for only one
game is scheduled and no un-
beaten quintet will see action
until Dec. 20, when Hope plays
a Grand Haven coast guard
team. Michigan and Alma next
risk their unblemished records
in games with Selfridge Field
and Central Michigan, respec-
lively, on Dec. 80 and Jan. 6.
Lawrence Techs high-scoring
outfit will be seeking its tenth
win in IL when it plays host to
Southern California tomorrow
night. The intersectional clash
is the lone game scheduled by
a Michigan college five this
week.
Tech smothered the RCAF
Gremlins Saturday night. rs to
AZ. A Crosse lie naval air base
team defeated Highland Park
Junior College, SO to 81, in the
week-end's only other encoun-
ter.
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BasketbaU:s Whiz Kids Have
Their E yes on Championship

CHAMPAIGN, ILL.,, Dec. IL -
(P - The Illinois whiz kids are
SO good you're at loss of words
to describe 'em. So to make it
simple, they are-quite "!' -
unquote.
They got their name last sea-
son when four Sophomores
broke into the starting lineup
and whizzed Illinois to the Wes-
tern conference b a k etball
championship.
They're all back with more
weight, more height and more
coordination. They've actually
grown up. They look like a good
bet to win the championship
again.
"You guys have put on more
pounds" happily obs nv e d
Coach Doug Mills while fidget-
ing around the scales. And,
what's this? Why some of you
are an inch taller. That's good.
BY the time you're Seniors we'll
have to lift the rafters in the
Gym"
The ferocious foursome -
Guards Jack Smiley and Gene
Vance and forwards Andy Phil
lip and Ken Menke-averaged
more than 6 feet 2 inches tall a
yer ago.
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Cagers Giiuen
Pen, Pencil
Workouts

CLEVELAND, Dec. 21-(P)-
Once week, during the regu-
lar practise period, the Collin
wood High school basketball
squad lines up at table to
work out with pen, paper and
ink.
Letter-writing seems to have
no place in cage practise, but
coach Harry Newman isn't for
getting the boys in the Armed
Forces who made up his teams
in other years. Sixty-four let
ter men are on Collinwood's
honor roll.
That's why Newman calls
time out every week, huddles
his present satellites around the
table and tells them to start
pitching words to the schools
alumni in service.
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BY HARRY GRAYSON

NEW YORK, Dec. 21-"From
Kitchen to Garden" should be
the title of any story about Lii
liam jenkins, the unusual little
lady who is the publicity di-
rector and master diplomat of
Madison Square Garden.
Seven years ago, Lillian Jen-
kins was a housewife raising
three children in the Bronx.
Circumstances decreed that it
was time to go to business
again. She had been a secretary
and was engaged as such in 1885
by Ted Deglin, who had just sue
ceeded Porter Moore as the Gar
den tub-thumper.
Miss Jenkins picked up the
art of ballyhoo SO rapidly and
we'll that she was given the
head job at the worlds foremost
arena when Captain Deglin en-
tered the Army in May.
HANDLES FREE LIST
Miss Jenkins gives away TO-
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Cards. Series
Upset is Big
~ Surprise

NEW YORK, Dec. 81 Up
The sports world furnished its
share of the surprises this year,
but the biggest one of all came
in the World Series, when the
St. Louis Cardinals bounced
back from defeat in the opener
and whipped the highly favored
New York va IN ees in four
straight games.
That achievement, coming aft
err the Cardinals had nosed out
the Brooklyn Dodgers for the
National League pennant, was
listed as the years No. l sur
prise today by 80 of the 81
sports editors who voted in the
annual poll of the Associated
Press.
Twenty-Five other voters plac-
ed the Cardinals second and Is
named them as third choice,
giving the Red Birds total OF
TIA points on the basis of three
for first, two for second and one
for third.
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Poll Sports Leaders
for Amateur Champ

NEW YORK, Dec. 21-(R-
The 600 sports leaders who COM
prise the tribunal for the James
E. Sullivan memorial trophy
were being polled today by Sec
rotary Dan Ferris of the A. A. u.
for votes on the five candidates
for the 1912 award to the ma
tons outstanding amateur ath-
lete.
The successor to Leslie Mac
Mitchell will come from among
Ed Hennig of Cleveland, veter-
an gymnast; Mrs. Estelle Law
son Page of Chapel Hill, N. c.,
former golf champion; Bill
Smith, Hawaii's swimming ace;
Joe Smith, former national mar
athon champ, and Cornelius
Warmerdam, the worlds only
15-foot pole vaulter.
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School
Athletics
Popular

DETROIT, Dec. 21-(R)--De-
troit public high schools will re-
turn in February to q full
schedule of competitive Athlet-
les under new program de-
signed to double or triple the
number of participants.
Vaughn S. Blanchard, direc-
tor of health education, unfold
ed details of the plan Saturday
that grew out of extended dis
cussions before the board of ed
ucation, unfolded details of the
plan Saturday that grew out of
extended discussions before the
board of education concerning
the wartime place Of spectator
sports in the school program. A
principals com m ittee had
recommended because OF q
shortage of coaching personnel
to drop competitive sports for
the duration in favor Of a COM
pulsory physical fitness pro-
gram.
The Metropolitan league OF 20
schools is to be split into four
divisions instead of two. Compe-
tition Is to be conducted in foot
ball, basketball, swimming,
track and possibly tennis. Golf is
to be dropped. The best players
on class teams will represent
their school in inter-school COM
petition, and the divisional win
ners will meet for city titles.
The physical fitness program
likewise is going ahead.
Contrary to popular belief"
said Blanchard, "the physical
fitness program does not consist
of calisthenics. 1t is organized
around seven activities - foot
ball. basketball, swi m m n &,
military track, boxing, wres-
thing and hand-to-hand combat"
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Woman is Publicity Director
Masterful Diplomat of Garden

600 free tickets year, but
would be nice to know even If
she didn't.
She supervises a mailing list
of $4,000. the distribution of
advertising in the way of half
sheet cards, one and three sheets
and "a sheet stands.
Some Of our advertising is
handled by an agency" she ex-
plains, and what do you think
the name of it is? Bull g. Co."
A keen sense of humor helps
her over many a hurdle.
Every still and movie cam
eraman brings his problems to
Miss jenkins.
She has handled as many as
800 telephone requests for tick
cts in day.
But" Miss Jenkins tells you,
"the most important thing in
this work is contacts, and l
made most of mine on the tele-
phone. That saves time and
when you get an editor or writ
or on the phone you have his
undivided attention.
1T was embarrassing for a
time-meeting important news
paper, radio and newspicture
people to whom I had been MOTH
ing more than a telephone voice
for several years"
SOLVES ALL PROBLEMS
Miss jenkins had never seen
a prize fight or hockey game
when she went to work at the
Garden.
She didn't drink, swear or
smoke. Now she'll take a drink
and cusses occasionally-most-
ly at printers.
Miss jenkins solves all kinds
of problems. When the rodeo
moved in with six western deb
utantes and an editor wanted q
picture of them in evening
gowns, Miss Jenkins borrowed
the dresses from a department
store.
People call Miss Jenkins in
curing about everything. A wo-
man wanted TO know what a
mugger was. Miss Jenkins in
formed her that a mugger was
a cowboy who held a wild cow
while a companion MIXED her
in competition.
The woman asked il that was
the source of the term mugger
used in connection with New
York holdups.
Easily could be-" replied
Miss Jenkins. Those stickups
milk their victims pretty we'll,
too"
IDEA AND PLUG
Miss Jenkins is shuffling off
to Buffalo to get line on the
new Sonia Henie show, which
comes into the Garden next
month.
Don't forget to m e n | o n
that" she requests. "Geary Stef-
fen, Jr., skating with Miss Henie,
is the son of Willie Richie. the
old lightweight champion"
That's Lillian jenkins.
She furnishes the idea.
The plug please?
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-21
Spring Sports
Out Window

EAST LANSING, Dec. 81 -
offspring college sports prob
ably will be tossed out the win
dow" in the wake of Army or
ders assigning most military re-
serve students to active duty at
the close of the Winter term.
That's the prediction of Pres
ident John A. Hannah of Mich
igan State College who advised
the schools 1000 male students
today that most of them would
be in uniform within the next
few months.
1T appears that regardless Of
whether or not a college may be
designated for the newly an
nounced war education program,
it simply will lack enough play
ers TO conduct athletic competi-
ton during the Spring term" he
said.
Larger schools with r. o. T.
c. units and Navy Res serve
Corps, he admitted, may be able
to assemble make-shift baseball,
track and other Spring sport
squads. Seniors in advanced
military and naval reserves will
be permitted to finish the aca-
demic year, along with small
specialized groups which nomi-
nally contribute few athletes.
Hannah said ii was possible
young men now in the Army
would be sent to college for
specialized training during Feb
ruary or March. but he empha-
sized that no military attitude
yet has been expressed as to
whether uniformed students will
be eligible to participate in
sports.
This decision also is being
awaited by football coaches, who
have hopes of continuing mod
flied schedules next Fall after
upwards of 100000 soldiers may
be screened back TO colleges fol-
lowing basic military training.
Baseball Coach John Kobs and
Track Coach Carl Schlademan
reported they might be able to
assemble skeleton squads from
senior r. o. 7. c. and Navy
Reserve ranks. but that they
were not making definite plans
for Spring campaigns. Michigan
States current basketball sea-
son will end before the exodus
of reservists to Army camps.
Other Spartan Winter athletic
schedules have not yet been an
nounced.
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Marvin SiahI Gets
Victory Golf Honor

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 21-(P
-Honors in the Wiltshire coun-
try clubs victory golf tourna-
ment-wartime substitute for
the Los Angeles open-went to
Marvin Stahl, long-h i { ii n g
young professional from Grand
Rapids, Mich.
His seven-under-par was four
strokes better than the effort Of
Ellworth Vines, the ex-tennis
ace, who posted a so for the ID
holes. Babe Didrickson Zahar-
las led the women's contingent
with a II,
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Sport Writers Honor Barney Ross as Behring'S Man of the Yea
City Faces
i'm
Pin Meet

Rumblings and thunderous de-
donations at the Bowl-O-Drome
tomorrow afternoon at 400 p.
m, will not, il is hoped, cause
alarm in the South Gratiot area.
II will merely be the City and
the County getting together for
their annual bowling set-to with
the Mount Clemens Goodfellows
the beneficiaries. :
The City team lineup will be
as follows: Emmett Quinn. Per-
ry DuBay, Joe Miller, Harold
Lindsay. and Z. l.. Pettingill.
The County keglers: Sher-
wood Bennett. Bill Held, Harry
Albrecht, Mike Murphy, and
Isaac A. Hartung.
The Goodfellows will get $50
from the bout, the alleys will
take a beating. and everybody
will have good time.
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STANDINGS
Bombers 60 into
Sun Bowl Contest

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 21-R
The Second Air Force bombers
of Spokane, Wash, will 60 into
the Sun Bowl against Hardin
Simmons New Years Day, their
11-game record unmarried by de-
feat.
The service team wound up
by the regular season Sunday
with 26-13 win over the March
Field filters. The only blemish
on the bombers' record is a &C.
tie with Washington State.
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His Exploits
Against laps
Win pIaudils
Neil MemovioI
Trophy Named
After Writer
BY AUSTIN BEALMEAR

NEW YOHh, Dec. Zl-@-
Barney Ross, who won three
world championships in the
ring but now does his fighting In
far-off Guadalcanal as 4 cor
poral in the United States Mar.
ines, is the winner of the Id
ward j. Neil memorial trophy q
bookings man of the year."
Although he hasn't pulled On
the padded gloves In many
months, the little Chicagoan We
the unanimous choice Of mem-
bers of the New York boxing
writer's association to receive the
award given each year in menu
DRY of the former Associated
Press sports writer who was kill
ed in 1898 while serving as 4
war correspondent in Spain.
The writer's considered no
other candidate than Corporal
Barney, who only last month
stood off detachment Of Japu
and protected three wounded
comrades all night until help q.
rived the next day.
1t was Nov. 10 that RosA
wounded and suffering from
shock and fever, refused 70 b
evacuated when his marine unit
was ordered to the rear after b.
ing isolated in dangerously 10.
Gated underbrush. NJ
STOOD GUARD
Instead, he stood guard over
his wounded pals in . fox hole
exposed to q hidden machino
gun nest. He fired more than
$50 rounds Of ammunit1cn.
pitched hand grenades and pray.
ed. He killed at least seven
Japs and his rescuers said II
probably got ten more.
His commanding officer q.
commended him for either IL
Navy Cross or the Army's Dir.
tinguished Service Cross.
The Neil plaque, awarded %
the man who did the most 1ne
boxing during the year, will -
presented at the associatio0,6
annual dinner early In 1ol1.
Members hope Barney viii ~
on hand to accept the award -
person. 4s
He Is expected back a ~.
United States In January, but III
he is unable to attend tho a.
ner, the award will Be preoeu1o1
to q ranking Marine officer ~
will accept in the boxers bohn1G
One Of the invited guests Win
be Lieut.. Gen. Thomas HGE
comb, commandant Of thu Unit
ed States Marines. III
Ross is the fifth man . -
named for the honor. Three O
the others also are IN thu soev.
ice. but only one received ~
award, like Ross, after doanine
a uniform.
That was Sergeant Joe LouiG
the winner Of the trophy e
l941. The other winners wugo
Jack Dempsey, now . lieutonnxt
commander in the Coast 0uoxds
Billy Conn, now IN Army Cogs
poral. and Henry Armstrong.
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Bruins Still
Out in Front
Of Rink Race
No Ties Now Mark
Notionol Hockey
League Competition
BY the Associated Press

For the 1lTSt Title III more
than two weeks there were no
ties in the N at on ! Hockey
League standings today but the
Boston Bruins were still out in
front with the rest of the clubs
strung out in single file after a
heavy weekend of skating.
The deadlock which started at
the top of the standings and
slipped gradually downward to
third place after the Bruins took
over sole possession of first place
q week ago finally was broken
last night when the Detroit Red
Wings nosed out the Montreal
Canadiens, 4-3.
At the same time, the Bruins
registered their second draw in
two nights, A affair with the
Chicago Blackhawks, and the To-
ronto Maple Leafs walloped the
New York Rangers, 80.
That left the second place
Maple Leafs, who had tied the
Bruins, 3-3, Saturday night, only
two points behind the leaders.
The Black Hawks slipped into
fourth place, one point behind
the Red Wings, who gained UNI
disputed possession of IN r d,
three points behind the Leafs.
COWLEY TIES UP
High scoring Bill Cowley saw
ed the Bruins from going down
to their first defeat since Nov.
20 by drilling the tying goaf
against the Hawks with only
five minutes of the c h icago
game remaining. With Flash
Hollett collecting two goals and
an assist, the Bruins moved into
a 81 advantage midway in the
second period, but Max Bentley
and Red Hamill brought Chica-
20 from behind and tied 1t up
before the session ended.
Fido Purpur gave the Hawks
their first lead in the tenth min
ute of the final stanza, but Cow
lev saved the day with an UNI
assisted goal.
At Detroit, 1t was Eddie
Wares, recently dropped from
the first line, who led the Wings
to victory over the Canadiens
with two goals.
Wares, denoted for his lack of
scoring, rifled the puck home in
the first period and again in the
second to give Detroit 20 lead
as the Wings were whacking out
their fourth victory over the
Canadiens.
A late rally by Montreal, with
Detroit a h e a d Al, gave the
Wings a scare. In the 18th min
ute of the third period Joe Be-
mott and Jack Portland scored
IL seconds apart. In the final
minute Don Crosse stopped a
rush by Elmer Lach to prevent
a tie with the Detroit goal I'M
guarded, Johnny Mowers having
been knocked out of position.
SCORE TWO MORE
Benoit had counted earlier in
the period but Joe Carveth and
sgd Howe had torn loose for a
pair more for the Red Wings.
The Red Wings protected Now
ers so well, except for the last
few minutes that he had only Is
stops compared to Al for Paul
Bibeault of Montreal.
The defeat left the Canadiens
three points in front of the tail
end New York Rangers, exactly
where they were after the two
teams played a IL draw Satur-
day night.
For two periods at New York,
the Maple Leafs held the Rang
ers scoreless and piled up a five
goal advantage, but the losers
managed two goals in the final
session, scoring in their 125th
consecutive game. Gage Stewart
and Syl Apps scored two goals
each for Toronto.
STANDINGS
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Tab Ted Williams
Batting Champion
GIVEN HONOR ON BASIS OF HIS
.356 AVERAGE IN az SEASON

CHICAGO, Dec. Il - tAP) - Cornerns most Of the
American League 942 hitting honors lean Ted WIoms the
24yeorod Boston Red Sox outfelder who taking
naval ovoon and considered of baseball for
the duration of the war, became the eighth player in the
Leagues history to win the batting championship more than
once.
Wioms officially wos tobbed today as ehompon with
356 SO point drop from his winning 40o in GAL His
mark topped the 800 Ernie Lombard of the Boston Braves
posted to win the 1912 NotonoI Leoeue bottina title
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Basketball
Scores
~ he Associated Prsss

~ tie Associated Prsss III
MIDWEST
Ohio 81, Cincinnati ~.
Toledo rs, YOUNGSTOWN 81.
Notre Dame 20, Purdue @.
Minnesota so. North Dakota
State "a.
Rockhurst IS. Kansas STATE
33. Y. ~ :
Wisconsin so, Marquette %.
Illinois 81, Great Lakes.
Nebraska So, Iowa -.
Creighton 50. South DakotB
So.
Wayne Teachers %. Midland
81.
Sheboygan 81. Oshkosh An
Stars 81.
Lawrence Tech 70. HC1
Gremlins (Ont.) ~.
Drake 81, Bradley 80.
DePaul 40. Southern Califoc.
MIA Al.
Camp Grant ~, Lawrenco 81.
Western Reserve q, OAiOs
Wesleyan 81.
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Williams also led in these de-
partments: SO home runs, 1877
runs batted in, 1913 total bases
and 141 runs. Chef Laabs of the
st. Louis Browns was second
best in homers with 81.
Official figures showed con-
sierable let-down in batting this
year. In 1941 three men exceed
ed Williams new 1856 mark, and
16 finished with 300 or better,
whereas only seven regulars
made this group in 1912.
BATTING DROPS
Aggregate team batting drop
ped from .266 in 1941 to .257.
The Red Sox, powered by Will
liams and Johnny Pesky took
the title for the third straight
year with .276 - seven points
shy of their 1941 percentage.
: Although Joe DiMaggio's sew
enth place hitting mark of .305
was accented by only FL homers,
nine less than. he dubbed a year
ago, the New York Yankees to-
tailed 108 four-ply blows. For
% years now they have been
tops in this particular feature
and have gone through 81 sea-
sons with home run output of
100 or better. Charlie Keller
aided the cause this year by
matching DiMaggios produc-
ton.
The Yanks were second in
team batting with .269, follow
ed by the Browns with .295 and
the Washington Senators with
.258.
In the league as whole,
home run output dropped from
734 in 1941 to 533.
PESKY NEXT
Pesky, who, like Williams,
also is in the naval aviation
program, was runner-up in bat
ting with 1871, but excelled the
champion in number of hits with
205 to become the eighth rookie
in American League annals 10
pass the 200 mark. Pesky also
led in sacrifices with %. Sacri-
flee hits throughout the league
increased by SO.
Trailing Pesky in the batting
race were Stanley Spence of
Washington with 1923; Joe Cor
don of the Yankees, 1922; George
Case of Washington, 800 and
Walt Judnich of st. Louis, .313.
Spence collected 2O3 base hits
and paced the league with Is
triples, two more than Joe Di-
Maggie and Cleveland's Jeff
Heath.
Don Holloway of the Chicago
White Sox, who hit a compare
lively weak .273, tapped 40
doubles to head that speciality,
while Harlond Cliff of ST.
Louis posted 80. For the fourth
consecutive season, Case was
the best base burglar, stealing
"A to run his total to 1853 in the
four years. Case was tagged
only six times in his attempts,
while Lou Boudreau, the Cleve-
land manager, was nailed 16
times.
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idea as long as he remains in
the south Lee (Jeep)
Handley, former Pirate infield-
er, is toying with the idea of
leaving his job with a tractor
company to return to baseball
next season. He has had offers
from the Giants, Athletics and
Toronto.