Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-12
The Greater Game
.Ex-Dedrborn Pro
In Army Wins
Louisville Meet
BY EDGAR HAYES

PVT. EDWARD Reppd, former
assistant pro at Dearborn Country
Club. won the servicemen's tourna-
ment at a Louisville golf club
recently He is stationed at
Fort Knox His II was best
in the professional event,
Eddie Laske, who was named
on the all-city basketball team
while at Hamtramck High, is sta
toned at Camp Wheeler He
was also captain of the Lawrence
Tech quintet Ed Parry, who
played with Eastern High and
later the Detroit Eagles, will be
indicted into the army next week.
George McAfee, one of the
greatest footballers in the history
of the game, is on the baseball
team at Jacksonville Naval Air
Station under Lieut.. George Earn
shaw. the former Athletic pitcher
/. McAfee. whose only previous
experience was year on the base
ball team at Duke University. is
batting .375 against fine collegiate
and professional pitching.
A SPEED MERCHANT
McAfee's speed was his biggest
asset in college and later with the
Chicago Bears In collegiate
track he was clicked at 9.S for
the 100 :. f.. In one game with
the Bears last year he was in the
lineup for one play He re-
ceived the kickoff on the goal line
and ran right through the Cleve-
land Rams for 100 yards In
his first II games with the navy
nine he stole IL bases He
scored the winning run against
Pensacola last week by stealing
home.
Earnshaw still takes his turn
on the mound despite the fact he
had retired several years before
he joined the navy He has
five of his teams 80 victories to
his credit.
RIGNEY ON WINNING SIDE
Fred Reinhart, who quit the
Meridian Club to join the army,
was hitting .439 when he enlisted
John Rigney. former White
Sox hurler who is now pitching
for Mickey Cochrane's team at
Great Lakes. won his last game
before enlisting II gave him
a winning margin for a lifetime
record with 81 victories and Sc
defeats An born
Jiro Kakuchi, is on the
Camp Grant baseball team at
third base.
Wayne University has an i'm
pressive list of athletes In the
service j.. Among them are Tom
Adams at the Navy Air Station,
Corpus Christi. who is in Detroit
on leave Lieut.. Donald Aims
worth, Davis Mcmillan Field, Tue
son, Ariz.; Fred Atkinson, chief
specialist with the navy at Nor
'olk, Va; Frank Babinski, Fort
Sam Houston. Tex; Lieut.. Rich
ird Buehler, Camp Joe Robinson,
Ark: Carl Calabrese, ChanuteI
Field. H.; Bill Cassidy, Fort
Lawton. Wash; Nick Cherup,
Fort Mcdowell. Cal: Andy Clark,
he swimmer. with the CanadianI
lir forces at Patricia Bay, British
Columbia.
Ken Cotter Is at Fort Totten.
Y. Y; Emil Dalak at Fort Bragg
Y. c.; AL Fehling, Portland, Ore,
air base; Corp. Jim Garretson,
Camp Davis, N. c.; George Gem
Dis, Coach Joe's brother, at Fort
Custer George will 60 to
officers training school shortly
a.. F.. Lieut.. +. r. Granger is with
The air corps at Victorville, Cal.
Sturgis Gregory is a lieutenant
with the 1st Parachute Battalion
at New River, N. c.; Frank Hib-
bard is with the marines on the
u. S. S. Wichita; Robert Krause
Is a lieutenant at Morrison Field,
West Palm Beach.
From Santa Ana come glowing
accounts of the progress being
made by Tom Harmon He is
leading his class and is showing
the same drive and spirit that
stamped him the outstanding col
legiate footballer two years ago.