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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-10
Bad Weather Halts Activ. ities: Both Sides Bring
 Up Aid ROMMEL s TROOPS
 GETTING NO RESs: Two Allied Attacks Not Exs pected to Be Launched
 Simultaneously
BY EDWARD W. BEATTIE United Press Staff Correspondent

BY EDWARD W. BEATTIE
 United Press Staff Correspondent
 London, December 10. = CUP) " An Allied communi- que today reported that action on the Tunisia front has been slowed by bad weather, but there were mounting signs that the Axis in Africa shortly will face a two-front assault. Allied headquarters in North Africa reported that British and American planes attacked a small Axis column in the southern fighting zone of Tunisia. However, in the main for ward area around Tebourba there was little activity apart from pa- trolling"
 Rains made much of the terrain in the fighting zone impossible, the communique reported.
 LuM Net for Long
 The Hull on the Tunisian front was not expected to last long. however, . as reports from the fighting zone indicated that Lieut.. Gen. K. A. N. Anderson's strength is rapidly be- ing built up to the point where a full scale attack will be possible. At the other end of the Allied pincers on the Axis in Africa there were signs that the first of the twin fronts to blaze into action may be that of the British 9th Army at Fl Agheila
 A cOmmunique issued at Cairo said that Gen. Sir Bernard L. Mont gomery's 9th Army Imperials were giving mo rest" to the remnants of the Axis Libyan armies at Fl Agheila. Iris appeared to support the impression that the tempo of the Lbyan activities was increasing rapidly and that Montgomery would start his assault before Anderson.
 Supply Lines Better
 Montgomerys supply lines were better developed than An .erson's, but reports from Tunisia indicated that the Allies were growing strong CT there daily.
 It was believed in London that Montgomery would fire when ready" without waiting to time Lis attack with another drive by Ander- son Observers pointed out that it would be pointleSs to wait at Fl Agheila permitting Field Marshal Erwin Rommel to dig in deeper in the coastal defile and perhaps re- ceive more achievements.
 After a two-day tank battle in the Tebourba-Dje Djedeida -Matem tri- angle. which was small-scale com- pared with some fought at the Egyp- tian end of the front, the Germans appeared content to restrict their operations to an ''offensive-defen- siye'' in Tunisia.
 Allies Hold Positions
 The Allies held the vital positions in the Tebourba area, although Axis radios declared that the city stiIl was in Axis hands. The British and Americans apparently were waiting until their tank and airplane strength had been built up sufIlci- ently to start a decisive attack.
 Radio Morocco said Allied air forces had scored hits on a dcz~ troyer. a fuel dump and railroad installations in a violent raid cn Bizerte. and had bombed the Ttinis- Gabes railroad again. Bomber and fighter achievements were report ed to have arrived.
 American tank forces and British infantry were consolidating posi- tions rewon in 6 fierce. two-day tank battle near Tebourba. Torrential rains. fog. mud and cold limited operations to patrol (Continued on Page q
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ELEANOR AT RADCLIFFE

Cambridge. Mass, Dec. 10 = tu, P) Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt wli' address Radcliffe College students twice tomorrow, speaking on her ex' periences during her visit to Eng land and of the contribution of wO' men in WoEld War T.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-13
Bic Slate Of NIinOr-Eveni>
Teams Start Action Today
Twenty Squads to Perform This Week
on Mount Clemens Recreation Alleys

One week Of competition and
all of the five-man events being
finished. the minor events squads
in the Mount Clemens-Macomb
Recreation bowling tournament
will start shooting tonight on
the alleys Of the former site.
The first Of the 20 squads that
are slated for action this week
will be out to improve upon the
marks Chalked up in on the Ma
comb drives, where not a man on
the 70 quintcts could crack 500,
and 200 games were rare as a
tWo-inch streak.
Bowling veterans freely pre-
dicted that a number of the 159
doubles and 30l singles entries
would blast the pins for score of
500 and better, since the Mount
Clemens lanes are not as diff
cult as the MaCOmb alleys.
However, there was little pros
pCCt of any sensational pin
busting tonight in view of the
new wood and the lack Of any
goals to shoot at.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-13

LOS ANGELES, April l3-(P)
kelly Pctillo, 1885 Indianapo-
lis Speedway winner, suffered
conclusion and severe head and
face injuries in an automobile
train collision yesterday His
condition is serious.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-13
Leofs Win Long-Shot
Chance with Victory;
Come Becomes Melee
BY WATSON SPOELSTRA

DETROIT, April 13 - Up -
Hockey's Stanley Cup series,
which was beginning to look like
a soft touch for the Detroit Red
Wings with no great excitement
about it, was turning red hot to-
day in an aftermath TO bad blood
and battle.
The Toronto Maple Leafs were
still in the contention after their
first victory in four games and
President Frank Calder Of the
National League had suspended
manager Jack Adams Of the
Wings while slapping 500 fines
on two Wing players.
A witness to fist fights after
Toronto's 4 to 3 triumph last
night, Calder suspended Adams
indefinitely and fined Eddie
Wares and Don (The Count
Crosse. All three, he said, had
figured in an attack on referee.
Mel HARDWOOD
The suspension of Adams
prohibited him from taking
any further part in the bench
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-13

Bowler Chases
$1,000 Prize
Hits l245 6-Gome
Series in Classic;
Blasts 276 Single

\ Merritt Willmarth was dream
ing Of $1,000 today and it was no
idle dream, either.
For he is accorded a $3.50
chance of picking up that
amount as first place money in
the Jules PinCket Individual
Classic at the Royal Recreation
drives in Detroit.
Willmarth, finding his stride
in the fourth game of the six
game series, blasted the pins for
a 1245 count - an average of
207.5 a game - in smashing up
wards into first place in the rich
meet. A l75-average bowler in
the Major League, where he is
member of the Purton Auto
Sales team, the 39-year-old Will
marth had only a 554 count at
the end Of the first three games.
69l SECOND SERIES
My hands seemed to get a
little sWeaty, then" he explain
ed this morning, land my ball
started TO take" He responded
with a pin-rattling combination
of 201-276-214 in his final three
games for a 691 and the 1245
total, In his fifth game, where
he counted 276, only a spare in
the third robbed him of the 800
chance. Willmarth, who has
been bowling for eight years,
had no misses in the six games,
his only empty frames coming
on splits of which he had six.
The slender boWloy, who also
performs with BatkinS Radio in
the b League, gained back his
entry fee of SO by posting the
high single game on his squad
with a 276. He boWled on Sat
urday.
Since Willmarth' count is 95
pins over his nearest competitor
in the tourney, which is nearly
half-over, he was given an ex-
cellent chance Of grabbing off
the $1,000 prize for first. And
barring a collision between
pinboys and boWlers, he seemed
guaranteed of at least 500.
Twelve prizes Of 500 will be
given out.
A small group of Mount Glenn
ems bowlers will perform in the
classic next Saturday.
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Though unable TO place among
the top five teams in any event,
Mount Clemens boWlers came
off with assurance of the second
best thing, cash prizes, as they
completed the Bath City's as
sault on records at the state pin
meet in Saginaw yesterday.
The tournament started on the
weekend of Jan. 3 and will con-
tinue through April 26 with a
majority of the top-notch teams
and individual boWlers in the
state participating.
Despite a blight of taps, Norm
LaCroiX blasted the pins for a
singles score of 664, good enough
TO be guaranteed of a good posi-
ton in the singles money. In the
doubles, George Caldwell and
George Van Beclaere posted a
resounding l241 to assure them
selves of a God cut of the prize
money. Top place in the doubles
is a 1898 by Fred VOL and Cass
Grygier of Detroit. In the sim
giles, Mcete Standish of the Mo
tor City is holding down the top
spot with a 1856; Steve Thurson,
also of the city, too. over the
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-13
Pirates Win
Spring Title
Browns Follow Up
in Grapefruit Loop

NEW YORK, April 13-lP)-
The Grapefruit League finally
has been squeezed dry and today
the golden yellow rind is award
ed to the Pittsburgh Pirates, who
nudged the st. Louis Browns out
of the spring training title by a
percentage ,uacgi1 Of .34l to
.339.
The Bold Buccaneers won 20
and lost seven exhibition games
in their transContinental warm
up for the regular National
League season while the Brown
les captured II and lost six.
Some skeptiCs might regard
tn csc accomplishments as o.
doubtful value in the face of the
long and arduous program ahead,
but on behalf of the Pirates it
might be pointed out that the
Grapefruit grind was won last
year by the Yankces-and look
what they did later.
The fact that the Yankees went
on to the world championship
could have been just cOinCi-
dCnCc, Of course. The Washing
ton Senators were second year
ago and had their troubles later.
This spring the Senators were
a rousing third with Il victories
and nine defeats. The Cardinals
were a step behind with % and
10, followed by the Yanks and
Brooklyn Dodgers.
In intcr-lCaguc competition tie
American league clubs won sc
games and the National League
Ga. These figures are sure TO
herald IAN American League
year for Earl Hilligan, man
agCr of the Leagues Service Blu
rCau. who diligently kept the
results from day to day. They
are just as sure 10 be ignored by
Bill Brandt, head of the National
League Service Bureau, who also
kept daily check on the COM
today
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-13
Drill Teams
Ride for Gun
Here Tonight

The second finaliSt in the rid
ing drill team competition be-
ing staged at the Mount Clcm7
ems Ri6SNg Club VIII be decided
in Judging Of a ride-off between
the Stirrup Club and the Silver
Spurs at the indoor ring of the
Club on JOY boulevard to-
night.
In competitive drill yester-
day afternoon, the Scarlet
Troopers went into the finals of
the competition by taking a
three-judge decision over the
Diamond S club.
The Scarlet Troopers, cap
tanned by Thomas A. Cofley of
Detroit, will meet the winning
team from tonight drills some
time next week to decide the
winner Of a gold trophy cup.
SPECIAL TROPHY
The cup, the Fischer Trophy,
was donated by Mrs. Earl Fisch-
or, a riding enthusiast Of High
land Park. 1t will be a standing
trophy competed for annually
at the Mount Clcmcns Riding
Club.
Judging the precision and
military drills by the ten horse
teams we're Earl Fischer, drill
master at Hills Riding Academy
and husband Of the trophy's
donor, Joseph DcKrube Of De
troit, and Taft Johnson, train
er at North Branch stock farms.
To enter the finals, the Scar
let Troopers, one Of the oldest
drill teams organized at the
Club, won the decision from the
prime drill team Of the Diamond
S Club, an organization con-
tanning three complete drill
teams. 1t is captained by Darrell
Beach Of Detroit.
All teams competing for the
trophy are organized at the
Mount Clemens Riding Club and
are instructed by p. c. Dayblc,
owner Of the club and former
British Cavalry officer.
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nlntn place IN single WIFI Ooo
over the weekend.
EXCEPTIONAL SCORING
Only a limited number Of the
scores by Mount Clemens bowl
crs were reported, but a major
ity of those - presumably the
higher tallies by local keglers
are expected TO be among the
prize winners. Exceptional scor-
ing in he Saginaw affair has
hoisted the general averages to
the point where il is expected
that il will take at least LOO to
make the prize list in the dou-
bles and SIS in the singles.
In the doubles, this would in
clude the following: Caldwell
and VanBeclaere, l241; Hank
LaCroix and Gil Bentley, 1914;
Mel Frederick and Albert Glefke,
1893; Harry Saunders and Bill
McCracken, 1897; George Note
boom and Les Frederick, 1923.
Among the singles, the follow
ing are included in those over
SIS: Norm LaCroix, 664; Sam
Levine, 584; Mike Murphy, 583;
Les Frederick, $50. Hank La
Croix, 578.
Included among the higher
singles games were 246 by
Mel Frederick in the doubles,
where he posted a 648; 246 by
Emmett Quinn in the doubles;
24l by George Noteboom in the
doubles; a 2-8 by Mike Murphy
in the singles; a 238 by Gil Bent
ley in the d. bles, part of a GA
count, and 237 by his partner,
Hank LaCroix, who fashioned a
500 for their 1914.
Only eight teams in the entire.
tournament have gone over $500
but an unusually large number
are punched in the 200 and
$500 brackets.
The Blue Rock team of the
Major league posted a 1857 TO
lead all Mount Clemens teams
as Gil Bentley whitfield out a
$50 score on games of 215-225-
1919. The team. hit 1893 in its
second start as Al TeWs blasted
out 264 with nine straight
strikes after a spare in the sec
ond frame. Other scoring saw
Oldbru at 2791 and Altes Lager
at 2778.
Current leaders in the meet
are: Five Man regular, National
Bowling Equipment, Detroit: 3d.
DOB; FiVe-Man Boosters, King
Seeler, Ann Arbor, 2848; Dou-
bleS, Fred Wol-Cass Grygier. De-
troit, 1928; Singles, Meete STAN
dish, Detroit, 1876; All Events.
Walter Reppenhagcn, Detroit.
1874.
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In This Corner
IF TIGERS PLUAMET TO IND DIVISION,
THEY'LL AT LEAST HAVE MANY
A PRECEDENT
BY DENNIS BROWN

Just year ago the Tigers entered into the American League
season carrying high hopes sharing junior loop
with resultant chance of improving their World
Series performance of the previous when they lost out
to the Cincy Reds
ST Browns in the they raned out
the first gloomy forecast of the shape of things to
When they finally around to tangling with the
Brownies the following day. Bobo Newsom got set down
hard with 81 defeat presagng the comparatively sorry year
that to follow for the garrulous hurler.
Now the second since the Tigers grabbed the pen
open the outlook for Del Bakers is
happy like lark second division berth the prospect
step down from the great feats of two
BALANCE BETWEEN EXPERIENCE, AGE is DELICATE
Yet such slip, from winner to second division in
years evince startled ordinations The bal
between experience and such delicate that
still experienced but ceaknG joints the next
Experience fine, but like clippings, it doesn't
stop hot line drives.
Not few the depressing slump into
the lower regions after top Perhaps the most notable
League skdded to the dungeon after two straight
of performance in the Series commonly turned the
Classic those who know baseball cche the best
The Chicago White Sox performed somewhat similarly in
1918 when they dropped sixth place after winning the World
promptly winning the pennan in l9l9and then losing the
Series play with Cincinnati in the famed gambling scandal
baseballs blacklist mark
Washington is among the list of goats having plunged
to seventh 1884 after taking the flag and losing to the Giants
in the series of the previous season
Over the National League where the chief claim to fame
vaudeville performers American loop supporters be
believed the clubs have surprisingly enough been fairly
took the flag in 1916 and ended up in seventh in the following
year.
Now obviously Detroit up in eighth place
since the Philadelphia Athletics have 99yea lease and
clause rung Tigers very
we'll finish in seventh position by simply running bit slower
than the Washington Senators This expected to be made
the fact that the Mats have Bobo Newsom their
relay and the hefty rolling he promises
be tough one, indeed.
the day Newsom the Bengas first meet,
it should be fooace And in which We'll give the
Tigers the benefit of starting blocks and still bet on the Big
One.
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Bowling
Bits . . .

Representing the Bowl o p
Drome in the weekly listing of
the bowling proprietors of the
metropolitan area this week are
Ruth Koltz, who had a 222 in
the womcn's rankings and Con-
ME Pelticr with a 266 in the
mems.
/ Challenged by mems team,
the girls Of the NJ. r. Anderson
agency turned the tables and
defeated the men in a match
game yesterday by a margin of
IS pins, winning two Of the
games.
The women, aided by a handi-
cap of 63 pins a game, hit 697
to mems CAT in the opener, fell
to a 787-702 loss in the second
and marched back with 814 in
the final to their rivals 693.
Lorraine Mason, so pins over
her average, took a special prize
for the women while Art Prue's
-pins-ovCr took a mems award.
o.
Four teams from the K, Of G.
league bowling in the c. Y. o.
tournament at the Palace Rec
reation yesterday all fell below
their average. Team 6 with
1890 total, tops for the group,
will receive a squad prize
award, according to Harold
LCGuC, secretary.
The No 6 team was paced by
Fred Irwin with a ASP. Team 3
hit 1895, Team 5, 23l5 and
Team 2, 23O5, all scores being
with handicap. Edward Niller's
sol was high series among the
local representatives.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-13

Prize Money Expected
for Bath City Keglers
Norm LoCroix Hits 664 at Stote Tourney
CoIdweII and Van BecIoere Chalk ,24l
EXCEPTIONAL SCORING

ninth place in single with 6S5
over the weekend.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-13

TWenty-fOur doubles teams
will open the minor events to-
night, the first going on at 7
o'clock. The other two doubles
squads will follow at 8:45 and
1890. Doubles entrants, a vast
majority of whom are also en-
tered in the singles, bowl in the
singles Immediately following
their two-man performance, at
7:45, and l0:45. =
Three squads will bowl each
night through Friday with five
squads slated on Saturday, the
first at $3.50.
Schedule for tonight and Tues
day is as follows:
MONDAY, APRIL 49, p. NJ
DOUBLES
George Warswick- Eugene Hummer
A. Tarrington-K. Harrington
Lorne Dubay-Bob Smith
Francis Pctitpren-F Frank PctItpren
Mort Winkler-Stanley Peutpren
l. Dubrul-O. Dubav
Dave GoeTig-Jack Bradner
w. Dubay-Barnev Perzina
MOSDAY-si5 r. NJ.
J. LaSsman-R. Greenwald
J. Raike--A. Johnson
Al Meta. Prins
Harold Dryer-Wm PrinEuitz
Bob ElSo-Jim McInerney
Russ Elso--John ESQ
Emil Elso-Gordon ESQ
r. Roth--Louis Lozen
MOSDAY-lO:30 L. NJ.
Il AYtk
Fred J. Weber-Louis s. Weiss
Leonard Batins-Merrit Willmarth
Tex Rickard-Carl Batkins
L. F. Boulev- Christ O'Brien
Harold Charbencau--Jack Griffin
r. HatCh-K. Olsen
T. Charbeneau--N, Charbeneau
TUESDAY-s Pm,
Walter BrandcnburE-B. WaddelL
Dave MeddauEh-Pcrry Dubav.
VIM. HEhStrcet--N. +. Schultz.
y. Compton,. Cook
Vern l.. Smith-Abc Debate.
Harold Wdrig-Louis Mihal
Clarence Pelkey-E. Jock.
Donald Jock-Rav Jock.
TUESDAY-S:i5 PM.
F.. Stier-E. J. Pinno.-.
F. Warren-L. {. Dittman
Russ WilSon-Ted Thornton.
Al Lindkc-Bud Evans.
j. Gilbert--A. J. Pcarsal
NJ. Lamb-R. PaSScy.
NJ. Sale-Karl HIrt.
X. Jaehlig-L. RiX.
TTESDAY-i0:3 30 TN.
c. Konstanzer-H. GrocsbcCk.
u Roulean-R. Clark.
Raymond Keller-Frank Burkhardt.
Frank Christie-Wil Riyard
George Elliott NandCnhHEcn
Frank Lozen-M Sterlne.
Orylle Saucr-J. Servo.
Leslie KraatZ-Frcd Weber.
Changes in the singles lineup
for Tuesday will see Karl Hirt
crossing with K. Paehlig in' the
singles, their partners dropping
out. On the same shift, Jack
Coulter, Jr, and Ken Vcrnicr
will fill out the squad by bowl
ing their doubles.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-13
King Thai Moves
Into Top-Spot Tie

Suffering sweep loss at the
hands Of the seventh place King
HaX team. King John of the
Kings and Queens League slip
ped into a tic last night. The
King Thai quintet moved up into
the deadlock with a two game
win over King Peter.
King Wil-Nick is one game
out of first with another two
teams, King Dcdc and King
Peter, punched only two points
out OF the top spot.
A 222 by Tom Place took
single game honors for King
Thai while George Smith hit a
554 series, tops I'm the loop, for
the King George quintet.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-13
At
the
Alleys
Romeo Five Hands
Local Quint Defeat

Meeting a Romeo team in a
match game, the Miller Broth
ers quintet Of Mount Clemens
went down to a two-gamc de
feat Sunday. Both teams used
only four men in the first start,
the only one the Bath City keg-
lers could win.
A SIC by John Miller paced
the local outfit while Tom
Moore hit 555 for Romeo, his
oil being the high single game.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-13
GIRL WINS

ASHLAND, Va, April 13-tP)
Instead Of dropping tennis as
many colleges did when their
mail athletes marched off to war,
Randolph-Macon drafted a coed,
Lucy Tyler, to fill out its team.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-13
Red Wing Head Suspended
After Swinging on Referee

management" of the Red
Wings, but il was debatable
whether that would keep the
pugnacious Detroit boss from
running his team in tomor-
row nights game at Toronto.
If Adams does as expected, he
will buy scat back of the Wins
bench and carry on from there
by shouting directions to Coach
Edible GoodfclloW.
MELEE BREAKS OUT
When last nights game ended
a melee broke out involving
Adams, Wares, Crosse, referee
Hardwood and others. The ref
cree had fined both Crosse and
Wares in the course of the
game. His decisions had been
protested by players and booed
by fans.
Enraged fans crowded down
from the stands, and police
formed an escort TO get HarWood
safely away. Calder himself,
who was here to present the cup
to the Wings if they had won,
required protection when he left
Olympia later.
The fighting followed a dram
attic comeback from the brink
of elimination by Toronto. The
Leafs spotted Detroit two
goal lead in the second period,
squared il in a tWo-minute fur
ry, fell behind once again in the
third period and then put on the
clinCher with goals by Syl Apps
and Nick Metz.
WARES, CROSSE BOOTED
With less than two minutes to
play and the Red Wings striving
desperately TO get back in the
game, the referee ordered Wares
off the ice on a misconduct pen
atty. Crosse followed him on a
penalty for delaying the game,
and Harwood dished out fines of
$50 and S25, respectively, when
the players protested too vigor-
ously.
Adams dashed across the ice
at the final buzzer TO talk TO
Harwood, and fists flew be
tween them. Many in the rec
ord crowd of 1854 fans rushed
down to the ice to participate.
Police finally got the referee to
his quarters without injury.
Crosse got an assist on Sid
Abel's goal for his l4th point TO
equal an individual playoff
scoring record established three
years ago by Bill Cowlcy Of the
Boston Bruins. He also has
eight goals TO match the league
record in that department.
While the series goes into
extra games, the players
share only in the first four
contests. similar 10 the pay
off plan Of baseball World
Series. The winners share in
this series is estimated al ST.
200 each with the losers get
ting $500.