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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-16
Harry GraysOn's
ScOrehOard
More Men Like Billy HACKS
Are Needed i'm the
BoxinQ Game
By HARRY GRAYSON

DAYS of commercial boxing, with drift towards
control decisions relief to
call attention to 30 years has directed
game his home city and elsewhere and kept above su
picion
boxing passed in Tennessee
6 has been the who has seen to 1t
sport be taken other hands than his
AS matchmaker promoter publicity director and referee
he has a tremendous
his promoting weekly shows, winter and summer six
Hack reeeng bout he estab
shows refereeng
contests than other Identified with boxing
CHAMPIONS and nearchampions boxed for Hack - Demp
Luther McCarty Leonard Freddie
Welsh Wogas Lewis Bud Taylor Johnny Dundee Pete
Brion, Mcfarland, Kid Williams Dillon and so on
down the line.
decision Hack gave Packey Mcfarland
the the welerweight champion
ship.
Hack stood no two, weighed
honesty
years ago while Hack handling the first round
semi-fnal, Willie Gibbs, Philadelphia Scrapper who
the he would not
stormy that keep the attendance
He called fan referee the rest of the bout and
the dressing He asked Gibbs why he not going
to fight.
Because amt" Gibbs.
you shouted HACK turning the key in the door
going fight me- Hack humped young Gibbs into
submission
ory fighting Harry Tate Little Rock, where Hack
promoting efereeng Fulton viciousy charged Tate
tempted to foul out Hack would not let him get with it.
He ordered 0-minue and had them start all
When Tate rushed Fulton into and started belabor
his mdecion the Paeer grabbed the Texan and tossed
hurt and could continue Hack
also hurt hurt that the crowd gypped by the faint
hearted Fulton.
Hack going let the paying guests down. after
chin with right hand stretched Fulton flat
southern flapack That walop sent the crowd satisfied
Billy Hack also went home happy.
There would need for boxing commissions had
Billy HACKS.
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nv HIGH FULLERTON. JR.

NEW YORK, Jan. l6-CP)-
The Dodgers are going North
for Spring training at Bear
Mountain, and we can't wait 20
see if anyone will uphold the
Brooklyn tradition by trying the
ski jump. with or without
snow AT that, Branch Hickey
seems to have pulled one out Of
the hat by getting the use OF the
West Point Field house for bad
weather training. All the local
clubs had their eyes on 1t but
figured there wasn't chance
of getting onto a military reser-
walton =. Every national motor
cycle speed champion either Is
in the armed forces or serving
as an instructor at army camps
and more than quarter OF the
riding members of the American
Motorcycle Association are In
uniform Eddie Gordon, the
old Iowa and Olympic broad
Jumper, starts his 10Th season OF
competition today carrying the
colors of the Grand Street Boy 5
association. Must be about time
for him to switch TO the grand
old boys.
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Chicago Five
May Tie Its
Own Record

CHICAGO, Jan. Is - (P) -
The University of Chicago bas-
ketball team, which hasn't won
a game since Dec. 6, l941, and
has dropped 80 consecutive Big
Ten Conference encounters has
a chance to tie league record
tonight in its game with Indi-
ana University.
The Maroons, with 81 consec-
utivc defeats against all compe-
tition, won its last Conference
game on Feb. 10, 1910, beating
Minnesota, 35 to 80.
If they lose tonight, however,
they Will tic the losing streak
of SO - a Conference record
also held by University of Chi
cago quintcts. The 33 game rec
ord of losses was established
when Maroon teams lost the fl
nal two games in 1885, all of its
encounters in 1896 and 1887,
and the first two in 1898.
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A diversified sports program,
including swimming and gym
nastics, is being offered each
Monday night at Mount Clemens
High school by the Department
o. Recreation.
The program is open to all
women living in Mount Glenn
ems. Although turnouts have
been comparatively small since
the classes started in November,
an increase in attendance is
forcsccn during the remaining
months of the winter.
In addition to gymnastics and
swimming, numerous games are
played. Among these are ping
pong, basketball, badminton
and Switchboard.
The classes are free 10 the
public. In charge of the gym
sessions is Merle Dehls, of the
Mount Clemens High school ia
Guilty, while swimming is super
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Sports Roundup

guy AS Big-League hoe
key player, Johnny GottSelig of
the Blackhawks was billed as a
Russian from Odessa. After ne
retired, someone revealed that
it was Odessa, Saskatchewan =.
Prexy Bill Veeck of the Mil
waukee Brewers has made a
few concessions TO Wisconsin
winters E. heavy boots, sheep
skin lined overshoes, a muffler
and even woody cap - b u t
he sticks TO sport shirts and
claims the cap is Just to wear
on the farm"
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Hangers
at Boston
BY The Associated Press

Leaving a trail of salve and
liniment odors in their wake,
the New York Rangers are en-
route to Boston today for their
National H key League en-
counter tonight with the lead
ing Bruins.
Although it was no harder hit
than its rivals by the wars man.
power demands, the 1943 New
York club is lolling in the cell
lar and there is very little pros
pect that the Rangers will avoid
being the league doormat when
the season ends.
II still don't think we are that
bad" said Coach Frank Boucher
before starting toward Boston,
II would say, rather, that the
other clubs are better.
1--WE started the season play
ing streamlined hockey and got
m urd cred trying it. So we
switched to defensive hockey
and didn't do much better.
Last Thursday night against
Detroit in our Red Cross bene-
fit we tried to combine the best
features of both styles and
got beat, 4 TO IT,
The Rangers haven't played a
game this season without at least
one regular on the hospital list
and they limp out on the Boston
ice tonight with Goalie Jimmy
Franks battered and b r u d
from the Detroit melee.
Boston, however, also has its
casualties and Dit Clapper, the
Bruins veteran defenseman, will
not be at his best for tonight S
game and for the return en-
counter with the Rangers in New
York on Sunday evening.
All six teams in the league
play home and home engage
ments over the weekend, with
Montreal at Toronto and Chi
cago at Detroit tonight. Those
teams, like the Bruins and the
Rangers, exchange sites but not
opponents for tomorrow night
program.
Before the weekend's double
barrelled program gets under
way the Bruins hold a three
point lead over Detroit, which in
turn is a single point ahead OF
the slipping Toronto Leafs. Chi
cago and the revived Canadiens
are fighting for fourth place
with the Hawks three points to
the good now but the Montreal
club takes a three-game win
ming streak onto the rink to-
night.
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Dodgers, Pirates
10 Train Near Home
Announce Location
Of Spring Sites

NEW YORK, Jan. 16 - fP
- Don't blame the New York
Giants if they make a hole-in-
one instead Of a home run. or
the Cincinnati Reds if they
make an "a in philosophy in
stead of a hit in the clutch.
Blame the transpCrta o n
shortage which caused the Ma
jor League baseball teams to
give up their sun-drenched
training camps in favor of quar-
ters which will be somewhat
cooler but considerably closer
to home.
After investigating numerous
possibilities, the Dodgers an
nounced yesterday that they
would pitch camp ut Bear Noun
tain, a Hudson river resort, just
As minutes from Broadway. In
nice weather they will practise
on a diamond laid out on a level
spot which furnishes the base
for the ski run at the bottom of
the l,500-foot mountain, a far
cry from the tropical setting of
their 1912 camp at Havana.
When the weather is bad they
will run up to West Point, five
miles away and use the u. S.
Military Academy's field house,
a structure with enough space to
house a pretty fair ball game
even with Pete Relser batting
which he won't be.
The Pirates, who have been
going to San Bernardino, Calf.
for many years, also announced
yesterday that they would get
no farther away this Spring than
Muncie, Ind. The BUGS. fifth Ma
jor League club to pick site in
the Hoosicr State, will have the
run of a municipal park. the ball
State Teachers College field and
Muncie High schools field
house.
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Navy's Bob EeUer
to Wed Tonight

WAUKEGAN, ILL, Jan. 10
(Py-Chief Specialist Bob Feller,
of the Navy, former Cleveland
pitching ace, and Miss Virginia
WHITTIER of Waukegan Will oe
married tonight in the FIRST
Methodist church.
Miss WHITTIER accompanied
Teller here yesterday from Van
Meter. Ia, where they had at
tended the funeral of Feller S
father, William A. Teller, 30.
Best man at the wedding Will
be Bruce Campbell, former
Cleveland outfielder who now IS
a lieutenant in the army, station
ed at Sioux City, la.
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Holiday May Crack
World Swim Record
'M' Sophomore Nay
Lower Boekstroke Mark

ANN ARBOR, Mich. Jan. Is
- up - A talented field Of
1873 entries from a dozen cities
completes tonight at the Univer-
sity of Michigan pool in the an
nual Michigan A.A.U. indoor
swimming championships, but
the spotlight will fall on lanky
Harry Holidays bid for a world
backstroke record.
Holiday, coach Matt Mann'%
much heralded Sophomore, is
out to crack Adolph Kiefer's
lOO-yard record of SIP seconds.
He recently clipped two tenths
of second off the mark in prac-
tiSe.
The Wolverines, headed by
jim Skinner and Johnny Pat
ton as well as Holiday, are
strong favorites to take the team
championship over Michigan
States varsity and Freshman
teams and the Kronk Athletic
Club Of Detroit.
High school entries are De.
troit DENLY and Northwestern.
Battle Creek, Flint Central, Ann
Arbor and University High.
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title in a fight that never lack
ed a dull moment. Foster, who
went to the scmi-finals of the
Free Press Golden Gloves tour
nament two years ago, had too
much { mes se for the hard
punching Manning.
The second champion shorn Of
his crown was Phillip Plevek,
who was shaded by a more ag
gressive colored mittster, Will
liam Stafford. They fought at
los pounds.
The other champs besides
KOlp who went on to further
laurels were T. chard Baxter,
125 pounds, who used right
hand to advantage as he de-
feated Billy DObsOn, and Da-
vid Hufstedler, lao pounds,
who fought a cool fight in
gaining the nod over the
steady-punchiRg Douglas Nc
Peters.
OF her champions crowned
were Billy Howell, IS pounds,
who whipped Bob Hasshaw in
a slug-fest from start to finish;
Douglas Phillips, 80 pounds,
who shaded Don Gerkey; George
Bland, 100 pounds, who capital
lied on left hand to conquer
Walter Shafer; James Harris,
40 pounds, who outslugged Don
Graham in one of the night
best bouts; Kenneth Mcpherson,
1870 poun d S, who decisioned
Clarence Schroeder despite the
fact that he was handicapped
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SCRAP COLLECTION

Pete Owens, the Texas speed
ster, was turned down by the
Army. so he's working in Dali
las airplane plant and still is
available for occasional track
meets When California Jackie
Wilson started fighting at pro,
Chalky Wright was his trainer.
Wilson says he learned most OF
what he knows about fighting
from Chalky and Henry Arm
strong but Wright insists: There
wasn't much | could teach that
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New Haven (agers
Win Fourth Straight

Coach Ed Seifcrt's New Haven
cage team today was riding the
crest of four game winning
streak by virtue of % to 20
victory over a stubborn Dryden
team at Dryden last night.
Dryden assumed 5 to 8 lead
al the quarter and was out IN
front IA TO IL at halftime. "A
spirited third period rally in
which New Haven outscored
DRYDEN - to & virtually set
tied the issue. Jack Metz and
Eddie Podalan paced the win
ners
New Haven seconds won cas-
ily 30 10 IL.
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Bowling Gab-F Fest Leads to $L,O Match

money doubtless will be match
ed before the first pin is top
pied on Jan. "a.
Both LaCroix and Bentley are
"a years old. LaCroiX, who fin
ished third in the all-events at
the A. B. c. held in Cleveland
several years ago, is a yeoman,
third class, in the Navy. He is
stationed at Detroit.
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by a loose glove: Tom Brett
meyer, l35 pounds, who went
an extra round to defeat Earl
kamsier; Dick Denison, 145x
pounds, who finished strong TO
beat Ray Vickcrs; Johnny john
son, 155 pounds, who edged out
Johnny Allor by slim margin,
and Julius Wander Velde, 100
pounds, who won split deci-
sion over Bill Floore.
Serving as third man in the
ring was City Commissioner Ed
ward Dubay. Assisting him az
judges were Wilbur F. Held, Lee
Fredericks and Bernard Ballan-
tine, while Donald j. Parent act.
ed as announcer and Harry
(Hatchet Halter as timekeeper.
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SeIfridse Field Five
PIovs OF Boy City

Selfridge Field Flyers, who
are compiling an impressive
basketball record, will try to
add more lustcr 10 that record
by taking the measure of Dow
Chemically City Aii-Stars in a
game at Bay City tonight. In
a second game Bay City Junior
College opposes Mt. Pleasant.
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GUEST STAR

VIII Connolly, San Francisco
Chronicle: Boxing, highly re-
commended by the military IN
this day, is good for the campus
lads. more than any other
sport we can name, including
football. What this country
needs is a few bloody noses. A
bloody nose either frightens
man to death or makes him sore
as hell, depending upon tne
man.
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Wolverines
Badgers
Johnny Kotz Held
to Three Baskets
BY CHARLES CHAMBERLAIN

CHICAGO, Jan. 16 - Up =
With two losses forcing Wiscon-
sin to play under pressure the
remainder of the season to keep
in the running, the Big Ten
championship basketball race -
for the present, at least-has
switched to a two-team affair
between Illinois and Indiana.
The Hoosiers, twice victors
over Ohio State, have concen-
trated their scoring power be-
hind Veteran Ralph Hamilton
and Sophomore Ward Williams,
who notched % and % points.
respectively, in the Buckeye
games. Indiana moves INTO Chi
cago tonight for a point party
with the hapless MaroonS. The
reverse boys have dropped 30
consecutive Big Ten games and
have lost 81 straight against ALL
corners since beating Illinois
Tech in last seasons opening
contest.
The game is being doomed as
possible record breaker. OBJ
servers look for the Hoosiers
to top the 50 points Purdue
rolled up in beating Indiana in
1887 and Northwestern compil-
ed in downing Chicago last year
Purdue, whose only confer
ence action thus far was a 1922
decision over Chicago with So
phomore Ed Ehlers and Al Men
Ike tabbing l3 and IA markers,
respectively, travels to Mime
sofa tonight. The Gophers split
with Iowa last week END.
With Ken Menke sidelined be-
cause of injuries, Illinois goes
after a choice victory at home
over the Iowa HaWkcyes. who
humbled the Whiz Kids, 1852,
in one of last years biggest up
sets. Illinois is off to fast start
in defending its crown, having
smashed Michigan, AZ to "a, and
Wisconsin, 50 to 40 with handy
Andy Phillip averaging II D
points in the two encounters to
pace all Big Ten scorers.
The Whiz Kids will face two
of the best point-producers in
the league, however, in the
Hawkeyes' sensational Sophie
more, Tommy Chapman with a
Is average in two games) and
footballer Ben Trickey Q1.5).
Wisconsin, tumpling to its
second defeat last night as Mich
igan grabbed it first Big Ten
victory, 1894, again meets the
Wolverines IN Ann Arbor. john
ny Kotz's average in three
games slipped to 10 points as
Michigan's Dave S'rack, Sophie
more guard, turned in the best
tagging job on the conference
scoring champ in two years by
boxing him up with only three
baskets.
Bob Sullivan contributed II
points to head the Badger scor-
ing power, while Ray Patterson
was held TO seven. Strack and
another Sophomore, Jerry Null
laney, each popped in eight
points for the Wolverines.
Northwestern's rapi d ire
outfit, powered by Otto Crab
am, Bobby Jake and Captain
Russ Wendland, meets Notre
Dame, unbeaten through five
games, in Chicago Stadium. The
Stadium doubleheadcr is round.
ed out with Western Michigan
facing De Paul in the second
contest.
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money was covered" by Mount
Clemens bowlers.
Since that time Bentley's
hackers have come up with an
other $3.50, according to infor-
furnished the Monitor
Leader, and most of this has
been covered also by LaCroix'
followers in Mount Clemens.
What is left of the latest Utica
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of a $1,000 match between two
outstanding tenpin stars of this
area.
Pitted against each other in
the heaviest wagering match
ever scheduled in Macomb coun-
~ will be Norman LaCroix. of
this city, and Gilbert (GiD
Bentley. of Utica.
The two stars will come TO
grips on the alleys for the first
time a week from tomorrow,
when the first block Of their
10-game match is bowled at
Utica Recreation. The final five
games will be bowled on Sun
day, Jan. 81. at the Bowl-O-
Drome. Bowling will begin each
Sunday at 4 p. m.
LaCroiX, for years recognized
as the best pin-spiller of Mount
Clemens, has a current average
of 1877 in the Monitor Leader.
Major League at Bowl-O-Drome.
He is a member Of Altes Lager,
which is sharing first place in
the team standings with Den
marsh Hotel.
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AlnlcllCS ETHeSl buCknOlZ.
Adding luster to an already
impressive amateur ring rec
ord was Bobby KOlp, a two
listed 100 pound yOungster
who won his third cOnsecu-
tive championship by out
pointing Don Hasshaw in one
of the best fights of the IA
bout program.
BY virtue of his latest tri-
umph, Kolp stands an excellent
chance to surpass the record Gre
ated by Larry Steeh, former
Mount Clemens High athlete
who won four consecutive titles.
Kolp is only freshman.
FOSTER BEATS MANNING
Kolp had to 60 about to de-
feat the over-anXious Hasshaw,
but he was equal to the task. The
boys kept trading punches after
the last gong sounded. Theirs
was feud akin to the Hatfield
Mccoy quarrel.
Another contest that caught
the fancy Of the capacity crowd
was the heavyweight battle be-
tween two colorcd youths, Err
ME Foster and Bob Manning
The latter was relieved of his
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CITY Women Offered
Gvnl and Tank Classes

vised by Charlotte Baker, a
qualified Red Cross life saving
examiner.
The classes are conducted
each Monday night from Z to 8
p. m.
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Two DetIlrOI1ed
i'm Prep Finals
Record-Breaking Crowd Treated
to AII-Action Program

champions dehroned three others retained their
titles and nine others their first boxing crowns last night as
the finals of Mount Clemens High Schools sixth annual boxing
staged before crowd to an
athletic program at the high school,
gathering estimated 1900 spectators were
treated the best conducted since
the annual ring shows instituted the school by Director OK
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SAN FRANSICCO ID o u &
Wilson, 152, Carson City, New,
outpointed frankie Marine, l55,
San Francisco (8).
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julius Wander Velde, who
whipped Bill FlOOre last night,
was on his way to Great Lakes
Naval Training Station today
following his enlistment in the
L. S. Navy. Wander Nelde was
a guard on the 1912 Bather
football team.
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Holman Williams
Loses Title 60

NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 16-(P)
- Louis kid" Cocoa. New Ha-
ven, Conn. middleweight, out
pointed Holman Williams of De-
troit here last night and, by rul-
ing of the Louisiana Boxing
Commission. took over { h e
worlds Negro title for his class.
Scaling 1922 TO Williams
1873 y, Cocoa took nine of the
II rounds. and was master of the
ring throughout the battle.
The Louisiana Boxing Com
mission is member of the MIA.
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NEW YORK-Jake Lamotta,
16l. New York. outpointed Jack
lie Wilson. las, Los Angeles (l0);
ChaIky Wright, 1870 f-2, Los An
geles outpointed joey Peralta,
1876 Ia, Tamaqua, Pa, (l0).
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Bowling Scores

w. Brandenburg SAC A. Prins
Handicap
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Partisan enthusiasm on the
part of bowlers from Mount
Clemens and Utica today had
eliminated in the arrangement
of $1,000 match between two
outstanding tenpin stars of this
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1893 72l 859-2378
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LUTHERAN LEAGUE

ga 1877 72s-23s5 sl4 s7s 7ie-22oo
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-17
Perennial Flowers

And your flowers; If YOU 60
in for perennialS have YOU plenty
of bloom now Or should YOU
replace some of the early bloom
ing sorts with kinds that bloom
IN the FAM
And when you'vc finished an
SWcring an these questions,
make up a priority list Of the
things that must bc done first,
that can be done this fall, and
those that must wait tIll spring.
And then do them Next year s
garden can be made in great
part this year.
Help your husband save--fo
Defense Bonds and Stamps.
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-17
Source Of Protein

y OCCASIONALLY SERVE al
monds IN your menu They arc
filling and provide a quantity
OF scarce protein Sailed or
otherwise they are eagerly wei
coined when served with cold
sIppcrs or buffet luncheons.
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-17

ference between grass or no
grass next year
Note the spots you'd like 10
have vineS-or the places from
which vines should be removed.
Take a good look at the ever
greens and shrubs around the
place and see if they need prun-
ing. Is there a spot that might
bo utilized for small fruits 10
add 10 ncNt seasons S food ? Or
additional space for vegetables
In 1914?
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-17
Elsie Robinson
Don't Make
Excuses for
Mistakes

YOU GET so mad, Looking
back over your life you Get so
mad and discouraged. Just one
darned mess after another. One
flop after another. What's the
USE You never have the
breaks
But maybe there's reason
why YOU never have the breaks.
Maybe there's a reason why
Your life is Just one mess after
another Stop a minute. Wipe
your tears, pull up your jaw
and use the good old bean.
There was that mistake you
made this morning. Not much
of A mistake, you've almost for
gotten IT, Don't forget it. Sit
down and think about il. That
IN $ I a k @ was important It
holds the secret Of all your mis-
fortunes. You don't believe
that? Listen
Detroit evening times., 1943-09-17
Seed Grass Now

WARDS FASHION MEZZANlNE-