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The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-23
COAST LEAGUE TO FIGHT 10 GET IN
 MAJOR LEAGUE

LOS ANGELES, Oct. g For seven hours executives of the Pa- cific Coast Baseball League sweated through a closed session and emerged with a statement, aside from thresning out internal affairs, on a give-and- take basis, that noth- ing had been accomplished and the l945 schedule had not been drafted.
 The question of the length of the playing season was not attended to, nor the draft price which is now $T500. Then, President Clarence Rowland told, it was reported, we are going to Buffalo, New York, on December ninth for the meet of the National Association of Baseball Clubs in a body" That is all from an official viewpoint, anything else that follows is strictly unofficial, he said, and perhaps speculative to a high degree, but-Rowland, recog- nized as one of the shrewdest men in baseball has a ten-year contract to direct the affairs of the Coast League.
 He has q long-range program for the League. It embraces recognition of the League as the third major circuit and he is going to fight for 1t. The Club owners are solidly behind him and thSy have the money to see the thing through.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-23
LADY B0DYGUARD' HAS THRILLS, FUN AT 10TH CENTURY

Who protects a lady bodyguard from the lad she's supposed to protect? That query is one of the plot posers in Paramount's lively comedy thriller Lady Bodyguard.' v the Eddie Albert-Ann Shirley star ring picture that is now at the goth Century.
 Lady Bodyguard,' produced by Sol c. Siegel and directed by Will liam Clemens, is just about as suspenseful a fun film as this re- viewer has seen in long time. It has swell cast, including Maude Eburne, Edward Brophy, Roger Pryor and Raymond Wal burn, and an unusual story that revolves around a million dollar insurance policy on the life of Eddie Albert, who's cast as test pilot for an airplane company.
 Issued as publicity stunt for the insurance company, the big money policy has a trio of unsavory char acters, a hat check girl, a bar tender and broken down actor, as beneficiaries. This unholy three, as might be expected, try to get rid of Eddie so they can collect on the policy.
 Anne, as publicity woman for the insurance firm, has the job of keeping Eddie from harm and that's quite task when the guy to be guarded is test pilot with killers on his trail.
 Lady Bodyguard" is fast and funny, with plenty of thrills and plenty of romance.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-23
5 UNDEFEATED TEAMS IN SUCCESSFUL FIGHT
 FOR CHAMPIONSHIP

NEW YORK, Oct. 23-The Green Bay Packers and the New York Giants took a firmer grip on first places in the Western and Eastern divisions of the National Profes- sional Football League as 142, LOGO fans on Sunday watched five league games, in New York, Green Bay, Philadelphia, Washington and Chi cago, in battle of undefeated teams
 The Packers overpowered the surprising Cleveland Rams, 30 to q. The Rams took an early lead but dropped behind as the Packers went ahead, 30 to IA. This was the Packers fifth straight win.
 The Giants opened the home season with Bill Paschal scoring three touchdowns, drubbing ths Card-Pitt combination, g to 0. Unbeaten, but tied, the Phila- delphia Eagles prepared for theil important game yesterday with tn, Giants by slamming the Bostor Tanks, 38 to 0.
 Washington kept Philadelphia ii the pace by nosing Brooklyn, I to IA. Detroit and Chicago battlet to a 2l to 21 deadlock.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-23
pREFLIGHTERS WIN
 OVER U(LA BRUINS

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 23-Julius Davis, 18-year-old Naval Aviation Cadet, without any college football experience, powered St. Mary's Pre- flight to startling 21 to 12 up- set victory over the UCLA Bruins.
 Davis was pretty much the whole show in the first three periods as he ripped through the UCLA line for long gains.
 Johnny Roesch, the Bruins cli- max runner, got going in the fourth quarter and got away two touchdowns and long punt and then returned and began shooting off tackles for long gains.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-23
TIES AND UpSET5
 ARE FEATURES OF
 WEEKEND GAMES
(By Associated Press)

The R m bl ing Wrecks from Georgia Tech wrecked the power full Navy Saturday, IT to l5. It was college football upset day as Notre Dame, Army and Ohio State rolled to victory unbeaten and un- tied.
 Outrushed 221 yards to minus six, the Engineers climaxed an up- hill struggle with a 20-yard field goal, made by Allen Bowen, thus winning a tally, and then they re- pelled the last-minute Navy drive. Holding the downs on the one yard line, Notre Dame, the coun- trys number one eleven, enter tained a home town crowd Satur- day, overcoming stubborn Wiscon- sin, 28 to 13. The Beavers were the first to cross the Irish goal this season.
 The Army, number two team na- tionally, ran wild, piling up a 76 to 10 score on the United States Coast Guard Academy team, which pre- viously had lost only to Yale.
 Ohio State exploded three touch downs in the last quarter to break a six to six deadlock and whip Great Lakes, 26 to 6. Ohios Les Horvath caught the fire in the final period and sparked the Buck eyes to their fourth straight win
 North Carolina Preflight, the only other team of the top 10 in the country to play, barely squeak ed by the Georgia Preflighters. A field goal from the eight-yard line by Buell. St. Johns in the seven seconds left in the game kept the Cloudbusters in the undefeated class with 3 to 0 win
 It was 48 years coming, but Kansas finally licked Nebraska Saturday. The Jayhawkers turned the trick with a 20 to triumph
 Iowa State vs. Missouri; Brown vs. Holy Cross, each put on a thrilling offensive program Satur- day, but finished even, 21 to 21 and 24 to "A for ties.
 Another last-period field goal from the seven-yard line gave Tu- lane a 16 to 13 win over Auburn.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-23
ALASKA CLIPPERS IN
 CLOSE CONTEST WIN
 FROM SERVICE CLUB

EDMONTON, Oct. 23-The AL aska Clippers, from the United States AAF here, defeated the Service Club of Fort Richardson Alaska, to in an exhibition football game played at Clarke Stadium. The contest drew a crowd of 5000.
 The game was played under Am erican rules. The Clippers were defeated l2 to in the first game of the season by the Alaska Club which scored two points on an automatic safety, roughed out on the second play of the game when a bad snap-back by Sgt. Stewart Norton dribbled over the Fort Richardson goal line
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-23
STEAL5 6s BASES

EMPHIS = One-armed Pete Gray, the Southern Associations s most valuable player" for 1944, pil- fered 68 bases to tie the loops mod ern base stealing, mark held by Hazen (KikD Cuyler, Atlanta man. ager, who set the record in 1928. Going to bat 501 times for the Mem phis Chicks, Gray drove out 167 hits, including five homers, for an aver age of .333.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-23
FOOTBALL SCORES

Following are final scores of leading football games played dur ing the weekend:
 Lafayette A, Lehigh 0.
 Penn State 6, Colgate 0.
 Muhlenberg 0, Villanova 2. Illinois 39, Pitt 5.
 Brown "A, Holy Cross "A, tie. Sampson Naval 6, Cornell 13. Georgia Pre-flight 0, North Caro- lima Pre-flight 3.
 Nebraska 0, Kansas 20. Texas Christian 13, Texas ASSM 7.
 Tulsa AT, Mississippi O.
 Delaware State 2, Howard 6. Indiana 14, Northwestern T. VMI 2, Kentucky 26,
 Purdue 26, Iowa T.
 Great Lakes 6, Ohio State 26. Coast Guard 0, Army 76
 Navy 15, Georgia Tech IT. Michigan State 8, Maryland 0. Maine 13, New Hampshire 6. Tulane Is, Auburn 13.
 Texas 19, Arkansas 0.
 Oklahoma 68, Kansas State 0. Notre Dame 28, Wisconsin 13. Iowa State 21, Missouri 21, tie St. Mary's Pre-flight 21, UCLA 12.
 Fleet City 19, California 2. Utah 38, Idaho, Southern Branch 12.
 Colorado U. 2s, Colorado College O.
 Oklahoma A&M B, Denver 21. Second Air Force 68, North Texas Aggies 0.
 Alameda Coast Guard 19, Col lege of Pacific 0.
 Norman Naval Bombers 19, Am arillo Army Airfield 13.
 Southwestern Texas 21, Texas State 19.
 Mississippi State 13, Louisiana State 6.
 Rice 21, Southern Methodist 10. Wake Forest 2l, North Carolina 70.
 Nevada 16, Utah State '. March Field 20, Fl Toro Marines IA.
 Great Falls, Montana, School of Mines Navy, l9; Great Falls Army Air Base 6.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-23
TECHNIC0L0R FILM NOW ON,
 CAPITOL SHOW

Metro Goldwyn- Mayer, the com- pany which gave film audiences the first great all-star picture, Grand Hotel,' and presented the star studded casts again in Dinner at Eight and The Great ziegfeld," does it once more in the lavish Technicolor musicale, Thousands Cheer" the film which is now showing at the Capitol Theatre, contains virtually every star on the M-G-M lot, the studio of big stars.
 Kathryn Grayson, Gene Kelly Mary Astor and John Boles head the cast in the delightful tale of the Army officers daughter who undertakes a morale job at her fathers camp and falls in love with an ex-circus performer and proceeds to make him the best soldier in camp.
 In the course of the film a gi- gantic USO show is presented to the boys in camp. Among those who appear in the many acts are Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Red Skelton, Eleanor Powell, Ann Sou thern, Lucille Ball, Virginia O'Brien, Frank Morgan, Lena Horne, little Margaret O'Brien, Marilyn Max well and Marsha Hunt and many others. Kay Kyser and his or chestra, Bob Crosby and his or chestra, Benny Carter and his band are among others who also per- form.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-23
EpS0M DOWNS
 COURSE ALMOST
 TOTAL LOSS NOW

LOND The English Derby will not return to it's home at Epson Downs until 1946 at the earliest. The damage caused by four years of bombings and five years of en- forced neglect will not be repaired at present due to the shortage of materials and labor. For another year at least the Derby will be run at Newmarket.
 Bombing of the famous race course began in 1940 when a day. light raid destroyed lunch rooms, kitchens and offices, smashed the main builoing and the water tanks and blew the doors off the private observation rooms
 Not a pane of glass was left any, where and all iron railings were taken for war materials years ago
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-23

Czechoslovakia possesses one of the richest territories in Europe both in natural resources and in in- dustrial development.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-23
HUSkIE5 TO PLAY
 CONFERENCE
 CONTEST TONIGHT

LOS ANGELES, Oct. g - The University of Washington Huskies enter the Pacific Coast Conference football competition this week with two games scheduled against Sou thern Division opponents.
 The Huskies will meet the Uni versity of Southern California Tro- jans here tonight to open the 1914 conference season, after warming up against weaker Northwest col lege teams. Next Saturday, Wash ington plays the University of Cali fornia at Berkeley.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-23
5UpERB0MBER5 SMASH
 NORTH TEXAS AGGIE5

ODESSA, Texas, Oct. 23-Glenn Dobbs led the Second Airforce Superbombers to smashing 68 to 0 triumph over the North Texas Aggies. The former Tulsa All-Am- erican figured in six of the eleven Flier touchdowns.
Evening star., 1944-01-20
By WILLIAM PHIPPS,


EUGENE. Greg, Jan. 20-Let's s
get it straight about Joe Gordon
who would rather be a shortstop
than one of baseballs great second
basemen.
He's not retiring. But he plans
fto be with the armed forces instead
of the world champion New York
Yankees in 1914.
That's from Gordon for the
record-to put an end to q lot OF
conflicting reports.
The confusion partly Is Joe's
fault, partly some guys who tried
to second-guess the former Univer-
sity of Oregon star.
Gordon came home after the 1943
World Series and dropped a re-
mark about hanging up his uniform
He added that he wouldn't be
around for spring training Then
he went hunting in the Eastern
Oregon wilds, leaving the boys here
abouts TO put their own interpre-
tation on what he had said.
RumOrs Spread Rapidly.
Some OF Gordon's friends an
nounced that The Flash was going
to retire. and, in less time than II
would take Joe to steal second base
he was Cd fed up with the Yankees;
~ through with baseball for good
80 starting his holdout campaign
early; "a going to stay on the
Pacific Coast and play minor league
ball because he liked the climate
Evening star., 1944-01-20
Mats Among Few Clubs Strong
In Playing Material This Year

season in anticipation Of losses TO
the armed forces.
In prewar years most clubs filled
their camps with the 40 men they
are allowed under contract. plus
a lot of minor leaguers who came in
for trials. Only a few could reach
that top mark last year and the
totals ranged down to % men for
the Phillies and 25 for the Yankees
after losing four regulars since the
l943 season ended and have no re-
placements for the departed players.
The Dodgers and Giants list n
players apiece, seven fewer than
they took to camp last spring.
Hickey Finds Material Poor.
Most of the clubs would be glad
to try out promising youngsters, but
Brooklyn's Branch Hickey remarked :
Not many are the kind to take to
a major league camp. Even some
of the men we now have aren't too
hot"
OF the National League clubs
only the Phillies plan to take more
men to training camp than they
did a year ago General Manager
Herb Pennock recently mailed out
30 contracts and hopes to add a
couple more If deals materialiZe.
In the American League. the
Yankees, Indians and Browns all
have more men available now than
when they started training last
spring. But they won't predict that
all of them will be on hand for
training. Any revisions in numbers
are more likely to be down than up
Evening star., 1944-01-20
Bv HUGH FULLERTON, Jr.,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

AsSOCldttd IltSs OWLS "iiNSis
If there's safety in numbers-and
some of baseballs best minds figure
that mere numerical strength may
have an important bearing on the
1914 pennant races-you may be
hearing lot about the two Chicago
clubs, the Cincinnati Reds and
Washington Mats before the 1914
season ends.
The way the brains" reason, the
clubs controlling the greatest num-
Der of players will have the best
chances of securing replacements
when their regulars go marching off
to war. And judging from what's
happened since last October, plenty
of them will go.
Right now the Cubs, with 36 play
|ers on the active list, and the White
Sox, with IS, are the best fixed
Washington, with 80 players now
available, expects to fill its roster to
the limit of 40 men before spring
training starts, and the Reds plan
four additions to the 30 now listed.
Mats to Look Over Cubans.
AS Washington's Clark Griffith
pointed out, this years squads differ
from the usual spring training
groups in that they're composed
largely of slowed down veterans and
untried rockies. Griffith plans to
take some youngsters and quite a
few boys from the Cuban League to
camp and to put as many as pos
sible on the active list early in the
Evening star., 1944-01-20
Retirement Meant He Would
Enter Service, Gordon States

80 mentioned as manager Of the
Portland Beavers Of the Coast Cir
cult.
When Gordon came home again
he had TO start from scratch and
explain things.
He believes that the majors will
fold in 1914 because too much man
power will have been drained by the
armed services. Joe, who has two
children-Judy, ga years. and Jo-
seph Michael, 1l2-reaSoned that he
probably wouldn't survive the father
draft. Hence his remark about
hanging up his uniform.
Individualist on Training.
Joe also has his own ideas about
conditioning. He contends he can
get into better shape in Western
Oregon's mild climate than at the
Yankees wartime camp in New
Jersey. If, by chance, he were back
In 1914, he planned to skip training
camp-with the consent of Manager
Joe Mccarthy, who says Joe always
keeps In prime condition anyway.
That accounted for Gordon's say
ing he wouldn't be around for
spring training.
At the time the rumor factory
began production, he say he had
nothing more on his mind. But
recently the Yankee ace announced
his intention of enlisting in some
branch Of service. and now he thinks
he never may play with the Yanks
again. He may be too old when
the war ends.
Evening star., 1944-01-20
Former Great PLAYER
Doesn't Think Clubs
Can Muster Talent
BY LARRY SMITH,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

| hSsoSiaeCu iCoo oeoi'" "ii"ti'
CLEVELAND, Jan. 20. - Iris
Speaker, one of the original electees
to baseballs hall of fame at Coopers-
town, N. Y, is doubtful about the
ma jor leagues ability to operate this
year.
Now a member of a local draft
board, the famed Gray Eagle says he
would like to see baseball 60 on,
and if it can overcome the manpower
handicaps, more power to it. But
I'll have to be shown"
Hasn't Lost His Enthusiasm.
Speaker doesn't want any one to
deduce from his statement that he's
lost his enthusiasm for the game.
He still goes to the ball park as often
as the press of his steel business per-
mits. He's also a fight fan, foot
ball fan and a hockey fan. But he's
pessimistic about the coming season.
They played last year with a lot
of 3-As and a few 4-Fs," he explains.
This year there won't be any 3-As
| The boys either will be IA or they'll
| be given IA or 2-B deferments be-
cause of jobs contributing to the
war effort If they leave those jobs
to play ball they'll be IA so quick
it II make 'em dizzy
Lauds Present Day Players.
The man who piloted the Cleve-
land Indians to it's only world cham
pionship in 1920 isn't one of those
oldtimerS who believe preSent-day
ball players are inferior to those of
his generation.
Sometimes I think big money
comes too easily nowadays, and SO
lessons incentive, but don't let any
body tell you all the great bah
players are dead
iris still gets requests for auto
graphs and loves it. The fellow
who says he doesn't either is lying
or missing something. AT the World
Series last fall bunch of kids
mobbed me for my autograph and it
made me feel good for a week
Evening star., 1944-01-20
Boxing Leaders Urge
Politics Be Taken
From Ring Game
BY the Associated Press,

ny tne associated PreSS.
NEW YORK, Jan. 20.-Boxing be-
gan to count noses today after one
OF its biggest stocktaking jobs and
the score card showed praise for the
nose-mashing industry as the place
where democracy works best" and a
warning that it's time to get poll
tics out of the fight game"
These bouquets and belts In the
eye were tossed around last night
by a collection of such experts as
former Mayor Jimmy Walker, Ma
tional Boxing Association President
Abe Greene and Ring Magazine
Publisher Nat Fleischer. The toss
ing was done at the annual award
dinner OF the Boxing Writer'S Asso-
ciatiOn OF New York, at which the
Edward J. Neil Memorial Plaque was
presented to the 400 boxers in the
armed forces in appreciation of what
they've done for the sport of smash
ing snouts.
Greene and F4eischer both plead
ed to have control of the sport free
from politics Fleischer also received
an award from the writer's for long
service to the sport.
Both ne and Greene suggested
that one way to iron matters would
be to have regular boxing writer's
men with practical experience
named to every boxing commission
In the country
Evening star., 1944-01-20
Sports Program
For Local Fans

TO-DAY.
Basket Ball.
Catholic U. at Washington COL
lege, Chestertown, Md.
Bulls at Central, 400.
TOMORROW.
Basket Ball.
Anacostia VS.. Eastern, Tech vs..
Wilson (high school series), Tech
gym, first game, 7:30.
Baltimore Friends at ST. Albans,
$50.
National Training School at
Bethesda Chevy Chase, $3.50.
Gonzaga at Georgetown Prep,
$50.
st. Johns at Greenbelt 900.
Rockville at Montgomery Blair,
400.
Westinghouse at Fairfax.
800.
George Washington at Fred
ericksburg
Boxing.
Vic Creelman VS.. Aaron Perry.
g. round lightweight feature,
Uline Arena, 8:45.
SATURDAY.
Basket Ball.
Hampden-Sydney at Maryland.
College Park, 800
Gallaudet at Bridgewater.
Coolidge VS.. Roosevelt, Central
VS.. Western (high school series,
Tech gym, first game, 7:30.
st. James at Landon, 800.
st. Johns at Calvert Hall,
Baltimore.
Montgomery Blair at Charlotte
Hall.
Boxing.
Maryland at North Carolina,
Chapel Hill. N, C..
Evening star., 1944-01-20
Basket Ball Scores
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Navy. 73; swarthmore, 80.
Army. 49: st. Johns, 80:
Ursinus. 43; Moravian vs., 80
Columbia, As; Yale, 35
Penn. 56; Muhlenburg, 46.
Lafayette, 46; Lehigh, a..
Loyola. 81: Delaware u. 2S.
western state Teachers. 80; Fort Knox %
Tufts. SO; Carrier Aircraft Service, 40.
PhEladslphia R;Ss1 1s Area Coast Guard .6s'
Coast Guard. 81; Connecticut u, AZ.
Rochester. A.: Union, 40.
D'iSflet TieId 6 q, " Coast Guard 40; Mitchell
Fort Monroe, 81; Newport News Appren-
wsst vlfslais, 1fHSis : A.; washington and JET
ferson. 80
wfHslsyans Has.y 3 rs; New London Military Po-
Ms on eoess sSiss oYafd a5
Washburn. 43; .Herington Air Base, "a.
Coe, 32; Cornell Gowa). 81.
Depauw. So: Franklin, 26
Pittsburgh, 40: Warrensburg, 35.
Luther, 46: Upper Iowa, 26
Maiden Army Air Base, 50; Southeast Mis-
pus,h[l sopTi sne Teachers; ;;v: 81 tovertime,;
Wichita Cessna ali INV -: wichita chit Boeins. 81.
Camp Grant, SO; st. Ambrose Iowa), 81
Jefferson Field, 81; Colorado College Viz,
illinois state Normal. b5; Wabash, 80.
Texas, 81; BAYLOR, 30.
GsSorsia' e; Clemson. n -
kessler (Miss.) Field, 56; Louisiana State,
Evening star., 1944-01-20
H.-5. Brings Five DC.
BOYS 10 Face 1erps

Four boys from Washington will
be in the starting lineup when
Hampden- -Sydney's basket ball team
invades College Park to play Mary
land Saturday night and NTH
District of Columbia lad Will be
ready for relief duty.
Captain of the invading Tigers
Is Bill Cantwell, who played AS a
freshman at George Washington
last season. Another former G. w
boy, although he didn't play bas-
ket ball with the Tigers, is Bruce
lie Grande. Also with the starting
olint is Tex Caster. American U.
letter man, and Harry Bond from
Easter High. CantWell and Bond
will be starting forwards, LIE Grande
goes at center and CASTOR teams
with Bud Voight in the guard po-
sitions
Jack Remson. former Central
High, also is with the Hampden-
sydney squad.
Hampden-Sydney, playing strong
teams, has won only two of seven
games. Maryland's civilian quint
has won one in five.
Evening star., 1944-01-20
By the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, Jan. 2O.-Sport fans
will be going out to the ball park
again Sunday-to see a ski tourna- =
ment.
The Norge Ski Clubs attraction
will hold the sports spotlight for the
next two Sundays and will draw 40
top-liner contestants, headed by
Sergt. Torger Toxic of Brooklyn,
who holds the national ski-jumping
record of 289 feet.
Wrigley Field, where Chicago's
Cubs and Bears cavort in spring.
summer and fall (even winter, 1943)
will be the scene of the event.
The slide. constructed of prefabri-
Gated steel tubing covered by con-
crete forms. then packed with snow.
is pitched at 80 degrees, whereas the
regulation outdoor slide Is sleeper,
at AZ degrees.
Sergt. Toxic, a member of the
mountain infantry, stationed at
Evening star., 1944-01-20
Woodward Five Victor
In YMCA Basket Loon

Woodward edged out Falls Church.
22-ls, in YMCA Basket Ball
League game played at the Y last
night. Hodgkin was high for the
victors with 8 points.
Westminster won over Boy Scout
Troop 72, $3.50, with Sanford tally
ing 26 for the winners.
Flashes defeated Congress
Pages, 1920, as Pippel led his teams
attack with 6 points.
Evening star., 1944-01-20
Bears Face Tough Foe
In Baltimore Nets

Washington Bears will face their
toughest opponents of the season
this Sunday at Turner's Arena in
the Baltimore Nets, unbeaten col
ored pros.
The Bears have won over the Nets
four times by close margins. This
year the Nets are considered
stronger than ever.
Sugar" Cain. former high scorer
OF Armstrong High and later an out
standing player for Morgan College.
will be in the lineup for the Nets.
With him will be Deuce" Gibson
and the veteran Rap" Wheatley.