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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1943-01-06
CARD OF THANKS

We are very grateful to our
many friends for kindness and
sympathy shown during the
illness and death of our hus-
band, father, and grandfather,
Robert A. Clark. We are also
grateful to Rev. B. F. Davis
and Rev. f. w. Penick for con-
soling remarks. also to men,
bers of Mt. Zion Baptist
Church Choir for comforting
music.
Anna G. Clark, widow
Bryon A. Clark, son
Alma ]. Glass, Sadie Lee
Sesne, LYDIA Reed. Beatrice
c. Jefferson, Theadosia Hun
ter, daughters.
Stephen A. Glass. son-in-law
James F. Wilson, Bernice
Wilson Burroughs, Stephen
A. Glass Jr.. grandchildren.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1943-01-06
John l. Armistead Jr-
Took Own Life
st. Paul, Minnesot,

st. Paul. Minnesota
John l.. Armistead Jr., 976
Carroll avenue, died at Ancker
Hospital from a 3S-calibre bullet
would in the left temple which
was allegedly self inflicted after
he snatched the weapon from the
solster of O'Neal, war plant
guard.
The father of Armistead Jr. is
we'll known among citizens and
merchants of Seattle to whom
the untimely death was a shock.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-09
Modern Electric Back
on Top by Itself

Modern Electric was back as
undisputed leader today of the
Monitor Leader House League at
Bowl-O-Drome. T h e Electri-
clans moved to the front by
themselves last night as they
scored a sweep over Miller In
surance as Dossins Par-T-Pak,
previously a co-oWner OF first,
lost a game to Packers Outlet.
Detroit News remained in
third place with 81 win over
Jerrys Music and Trombly Con-
struction bolstered its grip on
fourth spot with 81 victory
over Monitor-Leader. The other
two matches were 80 affairs.
Alison-Forton blanking Edel-
STEMS Market and Yde Grocery
winning by forfeiture from Ce-
elias Cafe.
Bill LaCroiX Of Trombly Con-
strAcnoh walked off with indi-
vidual honors5 posting a 204
game i'm a 527 series. Detroit
News copied team laurels with
8l3 in PASS.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-09
Sheriff Theut Team
Ti9htens League Race

The championship race of the
Holy Name League at Mount
Clemens Recreation was tighten
ed up last night, when Sheriff
Theut handed the horsecollar to
paccmaking Macomb Beer Store.
The shutout put Sheriff Theut in
a tie for second place with Altes
Lager, which dropped two
games TO Fox Deluxe. Three
games now separate the runners
up from Macomb Beer.
other slams were record
ed, Mount Clemens Recreation
surprising Progressive Press and
Mcmahon Coal upsetting Pepsi
Cola.
Bob Elso's 215 in $50 for
Sheriff Theut enabled him TO set
the individual pace and help his
team to top score of $3.50. High
single of 918 was shot by Mount
Clemens Recreation.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-09
Cage Scoring Records
Broken by , HOopers

points to equal the mark of l941
established two years ago by
Kenny Griffith of Philippi Col
lege, also in West Virginia, when
the tussle with Fairmont got un-
der way. He wasted no time and
had eight at the end Of five min
utes.
Following his record-brcaking
flip the lanky markSman listen
ed to five minute ovation from
the 300 spectators. On Jan. 23
Abramovic set what is believed
to be the record for the number
of points N a single game by
getting SO at the expense of Rio
Grande College of Ohio.
Boykoff, who is a good floor
man despite his height, erased
the Gardens 37-point total set
by Toledo University's Bob Ger
Der year ago and exceeded the
Ohioan's goal bucketing by one.
His nine conversions equallcd
the mark set by Carol OFT Of
Ohio University in l94l.
Both scoring outburSts meant
victories for the players teams.
Salem edged out Fairmont, Sc
to SIS, and ST Johns whipped ST.
Josephs of Philadelphia, rs to
46. In an earlier game at the
Garden, Long Island University
t r i m m e d Duquesne of Pitts
burgh, "a TO 20.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-09
Wings Engage
R(AF 5extet
Red Cross Benefit
Set for Olympic
Nv the Associated Pres.

Both the National Hockey
league pace setting Boston Bru-
ms and the second-place Detroit
Red Wings will see action to-
night but the Wings will not be
able to pick up any ground on
the Bruins no matter what the
outcomes are.
That's because the Bruins en-
terrain the Toronto Maple Leafs
while the Wings play host to OF
tawa s Royal Canadian Air force
team in an exhibition for the
American Red Cross.
Ottawa is expected TO bring
all of its II players, in addition
TO three members of the Toronto
RCAF seXtet.
The fray should not be a push
over for the Wings as Ottawa,
holder of the Allan cup, Cana
da's highest amateur award, will
have eight former professional
players in It's lineup.
Five of the eight Frank
Boucher, Jr. Connie Tudin,
Vincent Buddy Heliyer, Tony
Licari and Jack Cain belong to
Ottawa while the remainder,
E d d c (Bcc-bee-eyes) B u S h,
Doug McCaig and Johnny Nc
Greedy are from the Toronto
RCAF team.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-09

NEW YORK, Feb. 9-One for
mer champion who considers
present carers of crowns
worthy by all standards is AL
fredo De Orbo, Cuban born
pocket and three-cushion bill
lard wizard, who reigned from
the 1905 TO l920's.
De Orc. unusually in major
tournaments in that he was a
brilliant left-handed pl yer,
talks of incredible Willie Hoppe
and Welker Cochran and Young
Jake Schaefer and other balk-
line and three-cushion sharks
of the day, but his favorite SUBJ
ject is Old Jake Schaefer.
De Orc, now 81 and a smoker
player by choice. was in full pos
session of, or shared, % cham
pionships from 1887 until 1919,
including the pocket billiard and
three-cushion simultaneously in
1908.
Alfredo rates Gottlieb VAIL
strom, Swede who died in
1882, the greatest executor and
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-09

NEW YORK, Feb. 9 ---lP)-
Club WnerS of the National
Baseball League crowded into
President Ford Tricks office to-
day to determine the fate of the
Philadelphia Pills.
The chronic tailcnders are APP
preaching the start of the 1913
season with a full-groWn tinan-
cial headache of some 100000
in debts and a full set Of uni
forms. But they have no signed
manager, no Spring training site,
little in the way of playing tai
ent and none of it signed.
Directors of the loop spent all
day Yesterday tusSlng with the
pro b ! IN and, although none
would comment when the meet
ing broke up, II is believed they
will make three plans available
TO the owners today.
In one, the league would take
over the club and place Bill
Terry, formerly with the New
York Giants, in charge. This
remedy has been rumored since
the Chicago baseball meetings
in December but lost favor when
Terry failed to come up from
Memphis for the baseball writ
ers' dinner Sunday.
second plan involves the
sale of the franchise, uniforms
and debts with John (Jack) kel-
~, Philadelphia contractor and
director of the Hale America
athletic program of 10 months
ago. as the purchaser.
Under the third alternative,
Gerry Nugent would remain in
charge of the club. Nugent, pres
ident of the Phils for the past
decade, controls So per cent of
the stock.
One member of the league
said, however, that whatever
action was taken today it would
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-09
Sports
Roundup
BY HUGH FULLERTON, JR.

NEW YORK. Feb. 9-(P)-As
we figure it. that weekend fuss
over cancclling the Kentucky
Derby amounted to nothing
more than a warning that the
railroads couldn't take care Of
the comparatively few specta-
tors Who usually travel that
way. The best figures we
can get show that no more than
5000 people go to Louisville
by rail il normal years About
60 per cent Of the crowd - say
$4,000 out~of -, 000-=is drawn
from within 100 miles of Chur-
chill Downs and most of them
as we'll as the outsider" ride
in automobiles. which won't be
heading for the Downs this
year. What it all probably
means is that the thousands of
Louisvillans who never see their
own race because they don't
want to mingle with the mob or
are too busy collecting all the
spare change the visitors bring
in will fill up the vacant spaces
in TIE grandstand. And, of
course, there are several SOL
diers only 80 miles away at Fort
Knox who might be interested
in watching derby.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-09
The Monitor-leader
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, lo43 PAGE
National Loop NlOsl'ls
Welsh philS Problem

result in Nugent's custer, a move
the Phil leader said recently he
would oppose in court if neces-
Sary.
Most of the Pills obligations
are owed TO the National League
but it is believed that Nugent
removed much of the montague
debt pressure recently by the
sale of Pitcher RUDE Melton TO
Brooklyn and of First Baseman
Nick Etten to the New York
Yankees. The two sales netted
him an estimated $4,000.
Although it is possible that no
action will be taken today a So
luton must be found by next
Monday. BY baseball law all
players must have been offered
their seasons contract by Feb.
Is. The Phil pacts have been
held up because of the financial
woes.
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bathers Meet
Huron (agers
Port Huron Quint
Rules Fovorits

Those two old athletic rivals,
Mount Clemens and Port Hur-
on High Schools, send their bas-
ketball teams against each other
tonight and unless both teams
show reversal of recent form.
Port Huron likely will repeat
the victory scored at Mount
Clemens expense earlier in the
season
The Hurons have been travel
ing at merry clip since the
start Of the current campaign,
while the Bathers have been
able 10 mark up only two vic
tories in seven engagements.
The fact that Mount Clemens
will be playing on its home
court, plus the added fact that
its sixfoot, eight-inch center,
Ralph Siewert. may be back up
in the lineup should buoy Mount
Clemens morale.
SleWert has missed Mount
Clemens last four games, three
Of them through ineligibility.
After regaining good academic
standing, he Clipped an ankle
bone last week and had 10 sit on
the sidelines as the Bathers were
upset by Lake Shore High 49,
y. in overtime. The injury has
responded we'll to treatment and
Siewert probably will be able to
take his place in the starting
lineup.
II Siewert starts he will team
with Lyle Bliss and Vic Potoro-
ka or Johnny Roberts. forwards,
and Bob White and Bill Roberts.
guards.
The game is scheduled 10 start
al Sis p. m.
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Watks Handed
First Setback
Streoks Register
Court Upset

The Juvenile Baske b |
League sponsored by the De-
partmcnt Of Recreation was
without an undefeated team to-
day. Last to tall from the select
circle was Captain Johnny Ras-
pets Wacks, who suffered their
initial setback last night after
they had run up string OF
of three trlumphs.
The Wacks were upset by the
Streaks, who had won only one
of three games prior TO last
nights play at Mount Clemens
High School gym. The score was
26-19.
The Streaks didn't waste any
time in their fight TO surprise
the Wacks, scoring six points IN
the opening minute of play. The
Wacks came back strong in the
second quarter as Raspet tailed
nine points, but the StreakS fin
lSneQ SlIOHB diiu VIII SOhiS
away. Bob Manning paced the
Streaks with II points, while
Raspet was high for the losers
with IL.
A 1915 victory for the Sharps
over the Eagles put the former
in a tie for first place with
the Wacks. The game was close
all the way, with the Sharps
holding slim edge most of the
time. Tom Brcitmeyer eight
points paced the winners. Chef
Maikosik tailed five for the
Eagles.
In a third game Trojans
chalked up their second victory
in four starts, defeating Sticks,
1914. Clarence Schroeder was
best for the winners with eight
points. Ray Hill topped the
Sticks with seven.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-09

NEW YORK, Feb. 9 Up
Two basketball players on wide
ly separated courts picked last
night to revise the sports record
book.
At Clarksburg, w. Va, John
(BroomS) Abramovic dumped in
81 points as his Salem College
mates defeated Fairmont Teach
crs and lifted his four-ycar point
collection to 1871 with seven
more games to play.
Harry Boykoff, the six foot
nine inch cen ter of the ST.
Johns University five in Brook
Ign, pottcd l8 field goals and
nine free throws before 14,601
fans in Madison Square Garden
to either break or tic a trio of
the hi garcna 5 individual marks.
Abramovic nee d e d seven
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-09
Three Sweeps Scored
in Ladies Major Loop

Three sweeps in six matches
featured play last night in the
Ladies Major League at Bowl
O-Drome. One of the slams was
registered by LaCroix Painting
and Decorating, which BANKED
Bath City Garage to move into
third place ahead Of M. r. An
derson, which lost four points to
Dads Rustic Rest. The third
shutout was scored by MARSHALL
Ladies Store over Don's Five.
Gordon's Bar, in second place,
gained a point on pacemakins
j. & j. Novelty by winning three
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-09
Grand Circuit
(uIs Program
Ohio Will be Center
of Trottine Events

NEW YORK. Feb. g. tP) -
Trotting and pacing on the grand
circuit this year apparently Will
be confined largely to the mid
west in general and the state of
Ohio in particular.
Although the circuits board OF
stewards probably will not meet
until early n March to decide
definitely on dates and sites, the
sports major league now shapes
up something like this: Five
weeks at North Randall near
Cleveland starting early in July;
three days at Goshen's mile
track the week of Aug. 9 during
which the $4,000 Hambletonian
will oe renewed. followed by
sessions at Delaware, Ohio. Du-
quoin. Ill. and possibly York
Pa, Sept. 14-l7. Delaware in
tends to ask for Sept. 2l-24
dates.
There also is a possibility that
the Big Apple" trotters and
PAGERS may hold forth at Tren-
ton, N. j., during the New Jer-
sey state fair, Sept 1913, and
return TO Lexington. KY, for
many years the scene of the
circuits grand finale.
Definitely out of the picture
are Orchard Beach. Me, which
in the past has operated in July;
Goshen's half-mile track which
E. Roland Hartman has said he
will not open for the first time
since way-back when; Reading
Pa, where the grounds have
been taken over by the Army,
and Milwaukee. Wis, which has
given up its stakes.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-09
Badgers Sci
Scoring Mark
in Conference
Indiono Conquers
Michigan for 9Th
Straight Victory

CHICAGO, Feb. 9 - up
Wisconsin, once heralded as the
team TO beat" now definitely is
the team Indiana and Illinois
must beat if those two quintets
are TO stay undefeated in the Big
Ten basketball race.
Coach Bud Fosters Badgers,
by their 74-30 blasting of Chi.
cago last night for a new Con-
ference scoring record, warned
the boosters and Illini they still
hold the key to the Conference
title since they play their next
two games with Indiana and the
one following with Illinois.
Next Saturday and Monday
Wisconsin will play Indiana,
which beat Michigan 1888 last
night for its eighth Conference
win and its 18th straight in all
games this season, and the fol-
lowing Saturday, Feb. 20, the
Badgers will meet Illinois, which
stopped Ohio State again last
night 50-44 for its seventh sue.
cess in as many league games.
In erasing the new Confer.
ence high of II points which
Indiana hung up against Iowa
Jan. %, the Badgers stunned
the MarOOns into their seth
consecutive Big Ten loss.
Johnny Kotz, Wisconsin's 1912
Big Ten scoring leader, took IS
points for himself to make up
for weak showing in earlier
games this year and ran his six.
game quota to "a, good for a tie
for fifth place in the league.
The Conferences No. / and
No, , point-makers, Andy Phil
lip of Illinois and Ralph Ham,
ilton of Indiana. meanwhile ran
INTO trouble and each made only
eight points. That boosted Phil
lips total TO 134 for seven games
and Hamilton's to 113 for eight.
Great Lakes. which hasn't lost
a game since it bowed to North
western Jan. 2. came through
with its 18th straig ht win
against those Wildcats in a nom
Conference game last night. The
Sailors final margin was 57-36.
No other league teams were in
actinn
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-09
Harry GraysOns
ScOrebOard
Writer Says Western Conference
Appears to be Watching
Out for Itself
By HARRY GRAYSON

WESTERN CONFERENCE to continue intercol-
legiate athletics regardless of spectator attendance
This momenous announcement will hardly his
tory Baaan Lost Battalion the Dyke
Nathan example of personal sacrifice for
imagine two Big Ten meeting anywhere
anything without attracting crowd imagination
vivid indeed
to ascertain what happen to spectator
sports has sent committees Washington Professional base
ball hasn't been one-half as alert.
STRIKES ME that job heads Of
universities find what expected EACH not the
agents of athletic conference
If colleges really want to know whether they put
shows usual all they have to do count their boys and watch
the barometer of Sclective Service.
The Big Tens touch with develop
intercollegiate athletics they relate to the easily
could be constituted spectator sports
1t might suspect the Big Ten is seeking
ways to help'-itself
AGREES with Cpl Billy The Pittsburgh
Kid actually out of his blouse at Camp Lee Va the
other day, had to draw
Corporal Conn weighs 205 pounds with his clothes on
Allowing 10 for ISSUE he scales 1885 and isn't
oafng He he would at l85 II he could get announcer
crack at Sgt. Joe Louis this summer.
Instructor Conn sharpening bit for an exhibition with
ao Colonelo which to head of soldier bouts in Rich
mond March The to raise sufficient money to build
bleachers the Camp Lee athletic field.
You hear the story at Camp Leenot enough athletic
equipment
NARRAGANSETT PARK officials announced that they will
duplicate last years program of 81 racing days.
Narragane five miles from the Pawtucket railroad station
the Providence and 81 miles from Boston,
Until Narragansett spoke enthusiastically 1t
pected of travel restrictions Suffolk Downs would
New England all to ieo 60 days starting mid
May. They get there street
In face of the Narragansett decision however, wouldn't be
surprising Rockingham through 1t is situated
miles from Lawrence 10 from Boston.
Narraganse likely will hear from Rubber Admnistra-
horses and they find their
rocking round heels.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-09
Down Headpin Lane

points from Orphans as j. G. j.
halved with CroWbar. In the
remaining match Veda Beauty
Salon halved with Dcnmarsh
Hotel.
Individual honors went TO
Helen Hickman of j. g. j. who
whipped up $50 series, featur-
ed by a 20l finale.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-09
Former Cue Champ Recalls How
Balklines Failed Ia Stop ScIlaefer

pool player of all time. The rea-
son for Wahtstrom's compare
tive anonymity according TO the
octogenarian, was his practise
of winning and losing at Will
with large bets on, or against
himself.
Son of a Cuban juriSt. De Orc
arrived in New York at the age
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-09
CowIey BoIsters
Grip on First
in Scoring Race

Seemingly improving as he
goes along, Bostons Bill Cowley
garnered seven points during the
past week 10 increase his Ma
tional Hockey League scoring to-
tai TO So points 10 go seven up
on Lorne Carr to Toronto and
Doug Bentley of Chicago.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-09
RANGERS IN SERVICE

New York Rangers. who fail
Cd TO win a hockey game in IL
straight starts. lost two full
teams 10 the Canadian armed
forces.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-09
SCHAEFER'S
GREATEST FEAT

De Orc relates how balkllnes
put in TO stop Old Jake Schaefer
just didn't work. The original
Schaefer made new games SIM
pie as quickly as the opposition
could think of them. Jake, Jr.,
son of Old Jake and contempt
rary great, has higher balkline
runs, but is not the man his
pappy was, according TO De Orc.
Schaefer's greatest feat was
his dcfea of ? j. McCleery in
San Francisco in 1890, asserts
DeOro. Schaefer wagered $1,000
that he could beat McClecry OH
discount, playing straight rail
billiards. That is, for every bill
lard McCleery made, Schaefer
woulC subtract one from his
total. McCleery made Is and
Schaefer promptly gathered in
5000 in one run, a record that
still stands.
Old Jake, De Orc says, was
not great for what he did, but
the manner in which he thought
and figured ou' the new games
as they were contrived to stop
him.
De Oro's biggest thrill came
in st. Louise in 1904, when he
met Frank keough. who chal-
lenged Alfredo while he was Ill
and in nervous condition
Rather than forfeit his world
pocket billiard title and $1,000,
DeOro played. With - to go and
his opponent needing nine balls,
he fought his way back and won,
with Keough still five behind.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-09
HOLY NAME LEAGUE
PLENTY OF HIM LEFT

Harry Boykoff, six-foot nine
basketball center of Brooklyn
St. Johns, has lost 30 pounds
this season and is still going
down.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-09
HORSES OF
ANOTHER COLOR

With Bowie definitely shut
down and Laurel and Havre de
Grace unlikely to operate, it
appears that Maryland racing
will be confined TO Pimlico
and even the old hilltop track
may have its troubles with street
car transportation Transit
company officials went into a
huddle with the racing commits
sion the other day and came up
with a suggestion for noon to
4 pm. racing so that homeward-
bound fans could use the same
cars that were going downtown
to defense plants
SCRAP COLLECTION
Now that Ray Robinson has
lost his first pro fight, sports
editor John G.. Case of the Wat
ertown, N. Y. Times recalls
that the sugar boy actually had
two amateur defeats that were
conveniently overlooked. his
conquerors were Harvey Lacelle.
who has been reported missing
in action with the re AT, and
Steve Kukol Johnny Mize
and Joe Medwick, the old ST!
Lousi smuggling rivals. will start
the baseball season all square in
their private home run race
184 each - although Johnny
came into the National League
three years behind Joe :.
showing they have plenty of
nerve, matchmaker Lew Ray
mond and tub-thumper Broad
way JOHNNY Cox. will try TO re-
vive boxing in ST. Louis with the
third chalky Wright-Joey Per-
alta scrap Feb. %.
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of IL, nurtured aspirations TO
become grea' doctor, but the
vocation of the cue had a strong
or appeal He has lived by it
since