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Evening star., 1943-01-18

scrub pine tract-it couldn't
be more wuthless than good for
nothing. You have to be careful
about your cigar butts there. too;
remember those disastrous forest
fires during a dry spring a couple
OF years ago. 1t isn't surprising
that the Giants found horse
drawn transportation to their
training field on the Rockeller
estate. Carriages always have
been popular there, apparently
because there's no hurry when
there's no place to go. Last we
heard, the court where Jay Gould
learned to be the worlds greatest
court tennis player was being
used as a gymnasium by the girls
of Georgian Court College. Maybe
that's just as well. Imagine the
reaction if somebody asked
rookie if he'd like a choice seat
in the dedans.
The mountains-The night be-
fore the Dodgers picked Bear
Mountain for their training site
somebody counted % deer feeding
on the baseball field. But It's miles
Evening star., 1943-01-18

to the nearest place where you
can put a couple of bucks on
horse race. Currently, the place
is something of a winter sports
center when there's snow fea-
turing ice skating, skiing and the
big stone fireplace in the over
size log structure known as The
Inn. In summer, the woods and
lakes and the view from the top
of Bear Mountain, rising $500
feet from where the Hudson
winds around its base, make it
popular weekend spot for city
folk. The Dodgers announcement
put considerable stress on the fact
that there's level playing field.
In fact, it probably is the only
level field in that part of the
country except for the plains at
West Point, where the team will
go on bad days to work out in
the Army field house. But II
they make the athletes walk to
the top of the mountain every
day, we'll guarantee they'll all
be In shape for tha start of the
season.
Evening star., 1943-01-18
Phillip, Best Scorer in Big Ten,
Sparks Illinois to Loop Lead
Dartmouth Team to Beot in Ivy League;
Kentucky Sets Southeastern Pace

year examinations. The Ellis are at
Pennsylvania Saturday in the only
league fray Of the week.
Kentucky moved out in front in
the Southeastern circuit by edging
out Tennessee, 30 to %, and stops
at Georgia tonight and at Georgia
Tech Tuesday en- route home. The
Wildcats won the title tourney last
season after Tennessee compiled the
best percentage during the winter.
George Washington, tutored this
season by Arthur Zahn, vaulted to
the Southern Conference top with
victories over Duke, defending
champion, and North Carolina. The
Colonials are hosts to Maryland
Saturday while Duke, now in
three-way tie for third, is at home
to Virginia Tech. .
Creighton retained It's undefeated
status by subduing Oklahoma A. &
NJ, with whom it shared the Missouri
Valley title a year ago, and invades
Drake Thursday before going on to
Chicago for tussle with Great
Lakes Saturday Kansas, absent
from Big Six play all week, now
shares the loop lead with Nebraska.
The Huskers are at Iowa State
tonight.
Texas Leads in Southwest.
Texas is the leader in the South
west circuit where Arkansas, Rice
and Texas Christian shared the
spotlight before. Arkansas and Rice,
co-holders of the 1912 flag, cut each
others throats last week end by
dividing twin bill. The Longhorns,
with four straight family verdicts,
are host to T. c. U. Tuesday.
There hasn't been enough action
in the Northern half of the Coast
Conference to determine which team
is the best, although Oregon State
won't relinquish its divisional crown
without struggle. Southern Cali
fornia has hoped out in front in
the Southern half, spilling Stanford,
4l-32, Friday and California, 1927,
Saturday.
Stanford was the national COL
legiate titlist and the loop king a
year ago.
Among the Independents, Notre
Dame remains undefeated, Toledo's
all-freshman five is bounding along,
West Texas has hoped back to a
winning stride and Duquesne has
been beaten only once.
Evening star., 1943-01-18
Chance for Eastern
To Top High Series
In Anacostia Tilt
RumbIers Picked to Win
Tomorrow; Vikine-Rider
Come Deemed Tossup

Eastern has chance to move to
the top in the high school basket
ball series when it meets Anacosita
tomorrow in the closing game of an
afternoon doubled header at Tech
gym, while Central will keep pace
with the Ramblers If it triumphs
over Roosevelt in the opener. The
Ramblers are big favorites to top
the Indians, while the Central
Roosevelt game figures as tossup.
This Is one of two afternoon twin
bills In this years series. The others
are night affairs with the exception
OF two single games next month. 1t
will afford a comparison between
the drawing power of night and
afternoon engagements. The four
night attractions so far have aver
aged about 1000 spectators, a figure
not expected to be reached tomor-
row.
Eastern, Central and Tech are un-
defeated in series play with two
triumphs apiece. The Ramblers.
with Fred Seaton, Billy Deck and
Tom Wingo setting high-scoring
pace, figure as too tough for the In
dians. who haven't turned In a win
In two series engagements.
Central and Roosevelt in the
opener at o'clock are more evenly
matched. Central's Vikings have
settled down into fast, free shoot
Ing style of plav that is tro,lh1esonoe
to stop. There's plenty of scoring
balance on the team, too, with
Johnny Walsh, Hank LaWler, Bob
Hill and Johnny Gibbons all able to
hit the ring frequently. Walsh and
Hill do theirs on handed Law
ups and pivots, while Gibbons and
Lawler are eagle-eyed outside shoot
ers. A combination like that is hard
to beat.
Roosevelt has much the same sort
OF fast team, although it's plays and
shooting are somewhat more de-
liberate. Center Charles Howard in
last Saturdays game against Cool
idge scored II points for the first
TIME this season. That was about
his average last year and If he keens
up that pace the Rough Riders will
oe hard to handle. Bunny Citren-
naum also Is rounding into form
and, with Ollie Kennedy, Bill Gar
ner and Preston Wannan getting
occasional baskets, the Riders will
be tough opponents for the Vikings
Evening star., 1943-01-18
BY HUGH FULLERTON, Jr.,
Associated Press Sports WRITE:

NEW YORK, Jan. 10. - This
corner can't speak with author
ity about such places as Evans
vile and Muncie, Ind; Swarth-
more, Pa. or Wilmington, Del,
but from personal observation of
the spots chosen by the New York
clubs for spring training, we
think some notably tall tales will
develop from the efforts Of play
ers and scribes to find something
to do outside Of working hours.
One thing Asbury Park, Lake
wood and Bear Mountain have in
common is that they're very dead
spots in the early spring and just
q little too far from New York
for quick and easy committing.
The seashore-Asbury Park, to
our mind, is a place that's always
little too hot or a little too cold,
except maybe late at night after
O steaming summer day or on a
Evening star., 1943-01-18
Godfrey's Penguin Leads
AS Frostbife Sailors
GET Nicely Tanned

Who ever heard of "frostbite"
sailors peeling off shirts and getting
sunburns in midwinter?
That is what happened yesterday
of Capital Yacht Club where ii
boats, including nine penguin
dinghies, staged the second event of
the winter series.
Feature event of the day was won
by National Champion Walter Law
son sailing Arthur Godfrey's pen
guin. Ralph Youngs' Seabiscuit,
sailed in turn by young Beverly
Youngs and Len Penso, placed
second.
Third place went to Soueaky.
owned and sailed by Ray Reckord of
Baltimore. He and brother Jack
came over by train from Maryland
Yacht Club. M, L.. Jr.
Evening star., 1943-01-18
Silver Skates Derby
Honors Earned by
Wisconsin Pair
By the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, Jan. ia pair Of
Wisconsin speed skaters-Del Lamb
Of Milwaukee and Veronica Ross
man of West Allis-wore the senior
championship crowns today of the
26th annual Silver Skates Derby.
Lamb, member of the 1886 and
1910 United States Olympic teams,
won the mems senior title yesterday
over a 2-mile course by a 30-yard
margin. He took the lead and held
on soon after the early pace setter,
Joe De Swarte of. Champaign
Urbana. Ill. fell going into the
eighth lap of the 12-lap race. .n
Miss Rossman, in winning the l.
mile women's senior title, beat OUT
another West Allis entry, Bernice
Melewski.
Two other champions came from
Champaign-Urb Ill. Joe Prather
won the boys midget event, 22or
yard race for boys under IL years,
while John Martin took the boys
intermediate final, a 1-mile race for
boys 16 and II years old. Team
honors went to the Chicago Catholic
Youth Organization Club.
Evening star., 1943-01-18
Latsios Faces Stiffest
TEST Of His Career
In Torres Bout
Former St. Mays Stor
Up Against Veteran,
Rugged Rinemon

Nick Latsios will be on the long
end Of the odds tonight when he
steps out from behind his lunch
counter and ties on the duelling
mittens TO battle Joe Torres at
Turner's Arena in one Of three
8-round bouts topping a club card.
The first bell is scheduled for 8:45.
A former Golden Gloves cham
pion, product of st. Mary's Boys
Club, breeding ground Of some
pretty good amateur fisticuffers, and
lad with plenty Of moxie, Nick is
up against the sternest test of his
pro career in this fight. Torres
is rough and rugged. He's fast and
aggressive and-this will be his
widest margin-he's been through
the MILL
Nick, who has met and beaten
only Glass c grade of preliminary
boys, will be getting acclimated to
the rigors Of the pro game and is
stepping up a notch against the
Puerto Rican. Most of the wager
ing gentry think he is stepping far
out of his class and is due for a
setback, but both Latsios and Mana
ger Naiman Massey are confident
Torres is stepping stone to better
things in the fight game.
Tonight's menu is a pugilistic pot
pourri with heavyweights, middle
weights and several other classes
included among the ingredients.
Clint Conway and King Kong will
supply the heavyweight action and
Ken Stribling and Manuel Rosa will
stage a welterweight brawl that
fairly glows with the promise of
action. Stribling is slated for in
duction into the Army this week,
so this will be his final appearance
for some time.
joey Phillips and Bernie Cady
open the show in a 6-rounder and
Roy Lewis and Joe Terry complete
the bill In another argument over
the same distance.
Evening star., 1943-01-18
Ca|lura and Pilot
Shoot for Eats
In Title Scrap
Natural Partnership
Marked by Bumps;
Wilson Is Slow
By the Associated Press.

PROVIDENCE. r. /, Jan. ia
couple of hungry boys say they hope
to start eating regularly as soon as
Jackie Callura and Jackie Wilson
get through battling tonight for the
NBA featherweight title.
The hungry pair are Callura and
his manager, Leo Bradley, who have
taken few bumps in the last sew
eral years and managed to squeeze in
meal here and there.
But once they have the sanction
of the NBA--conceding always that
they tip over the little Negro title
holder-they figure that, despite ra-
tioning, they'll be eating much more
regularly.
Form Natural Partnership.
It's quite story about this pair.
Callura was bouncing around fight
clubs in the Detroit and just-over-
the-border area. He's out of Wind
sor, Ontario, originally. Bradley was
bouncing around, period.
The two met and natural part
nership was struck. They've been
pals ever since and Jackie never
fought harder in the ring than Leo
does for his boy.
They gravitated toward Provi-
dence. and this Rhode Island center
has been the richer, fistically and
otherwise. because of their presence.
They've battled their way together
and it's pleasure now to see them
get shot at the big money. They've
earned it-Jackie with his mitts and
Leo with his answering loyalty.
Callura Sharp in Training.
Jackie-meaning Cauura-doesn't
appear too bad a bet either. He's
been sharp in his training sessions.
While Wilson has been rather slow.
The followers of the NBA champ
Will tell you that Jackie Wilson al
ways Is like that--a bad looking
fighter in training but bearcat in
the ring. Callura Is otherwise. He
looks good training and he's usually
better when he gets inside the ropes.
Both of them tapered off FRIDAY
with nothing much scheduled for
the week end. Today they weigh in
and tonight Jackie - Callura Il and
Leo get their shot at some steady
eating.
Evening star., 1943-01-18
New York Boil Clubs Doomed to Dull Time After Work
Asbuy Pork Lakewood and Bear Mountain Offer nqtme

sunny spring afternoon, if you
can keep out of the wind. It's
pretty big town, criss- by
wide, sandy streets and chock
full of hotels of all sizes and
shapes and needing, more than
anything else, few OF the wide,
green lawns you see across the
lake in AllenhurSt and Deal. It
~ 6ably has more amuSements
fN-n the other places, but most
Of them are along the board
walk and they stay tightly closed
until the summer season gets
under way. P. S.; At any season,
the shore dinners are something
TO write home about.
The pineS-LakeWoOd, only IT
miles inland from Asbury Park.
is a winter resort where they
begin to hang up the shutters
about spring cleaning time, You
can get plenty Of sand in your
shoes there, too, but what you
notice the most in that section
are the scraggly, misshapen pine
trees that keep reminding us Of
a New Hampshire description of
Evening star., 1943-01-18
Krouser, Leone Added
To Turner'S Mat Card

Max Krauser and Michele Leone
have been added to Wednesday
nights mat program at Turner's
Arena, completing the best part of
the program.
Ernie Dusek and the Yellow Mask
are down for the feature match of
one hour or less, while George
Becker and Jack Kelly have been
paired in another of the prelim-
mary Waltzes.
Evening star., 1943-01-18
G.U.0pens BusyWeek
In Tilt With Temple
Cagers Tonight
LoyoIo, Army to Be Met
In Next 6 Days; Terrors
Invade c. u. Tomorrow

Georgetown University's basket
ball team, averaging 81 points a
game, will plunge into the strictly
collegiate portion of it's schedule
tonight at Tech High gym, battling
Temple at $50 o'clock.
The high-scoring Hoyas, boasting
this sectors most prolific point pro-
ducer in Andy Kostecka, who has
compiled Isl points in 10 games, will
be favored to earn their 10th tri-
umph in II starts. The Owls have
won six of 10 games with Penn
State, N. Y. u, Duke and Southern
California defeating them.
Thirteen consecutive collegiate
games confront the Hoyas, and
Temple is rated among the best on
the list. The Owls include three
freshmen among their starters and
one of them, Nelson Bobb, is high
scorer with an average OF better
than II points game.
John Mahnken, 6-foot, S-inch
center, who is third among scorers
in this area with 144 points, needs
only field goal to lift himself into
second place ahead of American
University's George zuras, who has
played only eight games.
The game will mark the first of
three this week for the Hoyas, who
will tangle with Loyola of Baltimore
at Tech on Wednesday night, then
journey to West Point to face Army
on Saturday.
George Washington, leading the
Southern Conference, will tackle
Army on Wednesday at West Point.
The Colonials will stack up against
Maryland at College Park on Satur-
day night and will be a slight favor
ite to snatch a third straight con-
ference victory.
Catholic University will play two
Mason-Dixon Conference games this
week, meeting Western Maryland at
c. U. gym tomorrow night and fac
ing Gallaudet at Roosevelt High on
Friday night.
Evening star., 1943-01-18
By LOU BLACK,
Associated Press Sports Writer

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Jan. 10
Now that the war has erased South
ern training jaunts. at least for the
duration, Robert (Red) Rolfe, ex-
New York Yanks third sacker, pre-
dicted today that baseball players
will be the better off for it.
The action, in the opinion of
Rofe, Yale's new baseball and basket
ball coach, means the end of sore
arms and legs, ailments which often
plagued the athletes once they left
the balny South and hit Northern
climes.
Happy over his assignments here,
which for the 33-year- -old redhead
is the fulfillment of lifetime am
bition, Rolfe feels it's about time his
former colleagues got a break, as he
terms it. even though it has taken
war to do it.
Working out on Northern dia-
monds and in field houses should be
a pleasure, compared to those ter
rible baseball parks in Florida" :"
eagerly declared Rolfe, looking as
though he was getting a load of
his chest.
Florida Training No Help.
Imagine, two clubs, the st. Louis
Cards and the Yanks, training in
st. Petersburg, the way we used to.
and not decent diamond in the
place. It's joke!
THE trouble was thew would keen
you down there too long yet
wouldn't give you enough time to
get into shape" said Rolfe, who in
sists his seven-year career with the
perennial American League champs
ended in last October's World Series.
his sixth.
I'VE would be in Florida a week
and then start playing games. You
would warm up your arm in practice
Evening star., 1943-01-18
Briggs Scores Hole in One
As $50 Golf at Kenwood

Bill Briggs, prominent Kenwood
golfer, is going around with his
chest in the air today on account
of one of those spectacular hole-in-
one shots. Bill made the ace on the
eighth hole at Kenwood, 175-yard
affair. playing the shot with a spoon.
The foursome also included Allan
Laing, Russell Woodield and George
F. BorSari.
Kenwood, despite gasoline restric-
tions, reported the heaviest play of
any club around town yesterday.
More than $50 used the course.
Other clubs reported record mid
January crowds on the best day of
1943 for golf.
Evening star., 1943-01-18
Sports Mirror
3y the Associated Press

BY the ASSOCIATED Press.
Three years ago-Heirs of J.
Louis Comiskey began fight to
block sale of Chicago White Sox,
proposed by bank, executor of
estate.
Five years ago-Grover Cleve-
land Alexander, right-handed
pitcher who played with three
different National League clubs
In ls-year major league career.
named to baseball's hall Of fame.
Evening star., 1943-01-18
Training in North Will Benefit
Ball Players, Rolfe Contends
Former Yonk Says Florida Workouts Hurt
Mems Arms, Poor Fields Damage Legs

| before the contest, then stand
around and cool off waiting for
action. which, when it came, found
your wing cold more often than not
Despite this condition, you would
have to go all out with a throw to
get the batter. Result, sore arm.
"As for the legs, all you could do
on those Florida fields was slip; you
couldn't run. Effect, bad legs.
That was why I used to duck
the Florida trip, if possible, and I'm
sure when that happened I was the
better player for it. I never left
my game down South, the way lot
of others did. I always closed strong,
1 was at my best when the Yanks
needed me most"
Enjoys Work at Yale.
Rolfe, native of Penacook, N. H,
and former Dartmouth baseball cap
tain, is crazy" about his Yale job,
which he took over last November.
His health, impaired by a stomach
ailment, has improved, too.
Red, who always wanted to be an
athletic coach, has experienced the
JOY of victory and the pang of de-
feat here. He's weathered them like
a veteran
Some nights I feel great and
,ther nights terrible, but its grand
life and I'm enjoying it,"
In fact, as much as he likes
basket ball, he hardly can wait until
the baseball campaign.
Reds face lights up over the pros
pect of getting over to the dizzy
corner to show his squad the tricks
that brought him fame.
I've still got two years of big
league ball in me-" smiles Rolfe,
but. my health comes first and this
job Is tops"
Reds contract expires July I, but
there's no question about its re-
newal
Evening star., 1943-01-18
Lions Hope to Quit Cellar
THROUGH New Talent

Washington's Lions, who have
won only one of their last Is Amer
lean Hockey League starts, have
been fortified by taking over four
Of the disbanded New Haven Eagles
players. Coach George Mantha
hopes the new blood will hoist his
team out of the cellar.
Wingmen Sammy McManus and
Cliff Barton, Center Nakina Smith
and Defenseman Wilt Rock are
players acquired from New Haven
and in order to create room for
them Mantha has sent Tony Bra
boski to Hershey and handed un-
conditional releases to Billy Purcell,
Marcel Bessette and Hank Dyck.
Purcell will join the Coast Guard.
Evening star., 1943-01-18
Pro Bears Make Farce
Of Rout of Hebrews

The Washington Bears, Negro pro
outfit, combined basket ball and
vaudeville while winning their 30th
straight game, the 6th straight this
season, from the previously unde-
feated New York Hebrews, 1925.
Ahead from the start the Bears
passed the time with fancy shooting,
clowning, trying to hide the ball
and otherwise demonstrating their
mastery of the situation.
Evening star., 1943-01-18
Coach Of Hockey Eagles
Drops Dead on Eve Of
Last Wartime Game
BY the Associated Press.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Jan. 18,-
On the eve of his teams last game
Tor the duration, Coach Eddie
Powers OF the New Haven Eagles
cropped dead yesterday, ending a
life OF scouting and coaching which
MADE possible the playing careers of
many OF hockey's hesdliners.
Warned by his doctor that his
health was poor, Powers nevertheless
went on his teams last out-of town
trip, which took them to Washington
Saturday night. Yesterday. as he
was buying a newspaper, he was
stricken with cerebral hemorrhase
and died an hour later.
Evening star., 1943-01-18
Brewers Top Crescents
In Tuner for Fast Foes

Washington Brewers, pro basket
ball team, has a record of three
straight victories now and is ready
to move against tough service team
competition in future Sunday after
noon games here.
Even with three of their ace
players absent, the Brewers had lit
tie difficulty yesterday in trimming
the Philadelphia Crescents, 54-32.
In a preliminary between service
teams, Army War College defeated
Fort Washington, 53-45.
Evening star., 1943-01-18
Youth of Is Is Old Dominion Pin
Victor; L. S. Brown Tniumphs

scratch was the third highest five
game set rolled here this season.
Chester Bid of the Elks' League,
with 155-780 was the runnerup for
the second consecutive time in the
Red Cross affairs. The event drew
a field of 90.
Evening star., 1943-01-18
Harridge Sees
Useful Season
For Baseball
Come Aiming to Match
AZ in Its War Effort,
Declares A. |. Head
BY WILL HARRIDGE,
President, American League.

CHICAGO. Jan. l8 (P).-LookinK
back over baseball's hrst war year,A
the enthusiastic response Of fans to-
the game during the critical season
OF 1912 leads me to believe confident
ly that the game will 60 on and do
as good job in 1943. u
The two major leagues now have
made their plans for the 1943 season,
confident the game can continue not
only its recreational contribution.
but also aim at matching the sizabls'
financial contribution made by the
sport to war relief funds during
1912 And as the season progresses
every club undoubtedly will stream
line further its plans in line with
the times. .r.
Sees Close Flag Race. ~
At the moment there are li6
American League players In uniform,
with the prospects that many more
will Join the colors before opening
day, April 81 Yet I am sure every
club in our league will place on the
field teams which will be a credit
to the game and at the same time
provide closer championship race.
During the last year baseball has
faced many difficult problems. but
never has there existed any doubt
in the minds of those close to the
sport that the boys in service want
baseball. Scores of letters from
Army, Navy and Marine camps
testify to the popularity Of the game
with our fighting men, and during
the last year the American Leagues
motion picture has been doing night
ly duty-before enthusiastic service-
men audiences-in almost every part
Of the world, to say nothing of hun-
dreds Of showings weekly before
defense plant workers from coast to
coast. - D.
Diamond Help Widely Spread.
The games ball and bat fund has
provided playing equipment for ouF
fighters all over the world and the
game hopes to do as we'll in the field
in l943. Last year equipment went
to more than 900 camps, posts and
military areas In 43 different States,
England. Iceland. Africa, Australia,
Alaska, Hawaii, the Canal Zone and
Caribbean bases.
In these times of gas rationing and
tire conservation, believe the GEN.
tralized location of American League
parks will give thousands of fans a
chance to obtain recreation without
placing strain on the transportation
facilities of our major league cities.
Night baseball and the creation of
popular double header programs
should give fans working in defense
plants chance to watch their
favorite teams and players.
Baseball, I am certain, will do its
job in 1943. :,