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The Apache sentinel., 1944-04-21

Histories OF
Sou Players
VoryGreotIy

When nine men on a base
ball team click as we'll to-
gether as did the Sou team in
its game against Nogales, Sun
day, it gives one the impression
that the team had been work
ing as a team for a long time,
or at least that many of its
members had played together
in previous organizations.
That impression, however, is
. utterly false if applied to the Posts
baseball gladiators. Nearly every
man on the team comes from a diff
ferent state and none knew any of
the others until they had met in
the army. Some of the men played
together on the SOU team last
<-year, but beyond that their back
grounds are much varied.
Pitchers Are Versatile
Pvt. William Scales, port-sided
winner of Sundays game, halls
from Texas, and before soldering
with the 25th Infantry, played base
ball with the San Antonio Giants
He is now attached to Special Unit
No. 1.
> Pfc. Walter Mccoy, last years
ace hurler, calls San Diego, Cali
fornia, his home. He played base
ball with the San Diego American
Legion for three years; with the
Tia Juana professional team of
Mexico for two years; and carried
!, the pitching burden of SOU all of
last year. He is with the Trans
portation section of Station Hos
pital in his military assignment.
Pfc. Frank A. Jones was an artist
as well as baseball player in civil
ian life. He it is who has drawn
the pictures on baseball subjects
which make this page SO interesting.
A graduate of Texas college, he
played professional ball with the
Kansas City Monarchs and the
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, semi pro team.
Captain All-Around Athlete
Pfc. Tom Turner, firse baSeman,
captain of the team, competed in
four sports at Glendale, Ohio, high
school. He played ball with the
: Dayton (Ohio) Monarchs. Turner
IS in Post Hq. Spec. Serv company.
Sgt. Fred Luke, second baseman,
claims Riverside, California, as his
home. He was graduated as ball
player from the Riverside high
school. Luke is a member of the
Medical Detachment.
Sgt. Henry Moore, third baseman,
is another all-around athlete. A
star end on the SOU football team,
he plays a guard berth on the ALL
Star Post basketball team. Moore's
home town is the city of Chicago.
He displayed his pre-war athletic
prowess at LAGRANGE college, Illi-
noiS. AT present he Is attached to
Post Special Service company.
Shortstop with the Post team is
Sgt. Albert Young, a veteran player
of last years team. Coming from
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Post Baseball
I cam Defeats
NogoIes 10-1

The 1914 baseball season at
Fort Huachuca, Arizona, got
off to big start Sunday, April
10, when, after Brigadier Gen
eral B. O. Davis had thrown
the first ball over the plate, the
Fort Huachuca team went on
to defeat the Nogales, Mexico.
lnternationale team by a score
of 10 to l..
Plenty of stuff on the bat
and plenty of zip in the arm of
their pitcher, Big Bill Scales,
formerly with the San Antonio
Giants, proved the undoing of the
boys from south of the border.
In leading Nogales from the sec
ond inning on, the Fort Huachuca
nine collected Is hits off u. S.
LegIcu, tho Internaciuraales' star
pitcher. Scales, who went the route
on the mound for Huachuca, Welded
but eight hits and kept them so
scattered that the Nogales team
had to wait for a ball to slither
through the oatnher,c lega before
they could get their one run safely
over the plate.
The army teams infield worked
flawlesSly throughout the game,
playing ''heads-up'' ball and letting
nothing within their reach get past
them.
Play by Play Description
First inning, Nogales = Guerra
singled over second base, but was
retired when trying to reach the
bag upon Gonzales bunt, Green.
to Luke. Leal flied out to Young,
in short center field and Carrillo
struck out.
SCU-Wright was thrown out on
a blow behind second. Moore flied
out to deep left. field. Turner struck
out.
Second inning, Nogales-Astiazu-
ran struck out. Garcia dribbled one
down to first and was retired by
Turner, unaSSiSted. Nevarez pushed
a weak one to the pitchers box and
was flung out at first.
SCU-Young singled over third
base. Luke struck out trying to lay
down a sacrifice bunt. Brown
knocked triple to center field;
scoring Young. Hinton singled over
second, scoring Brown. Green walk
ed. Scales singled over first, Scor-
ing Hinton from second, Green ad-
vancing to third. Wright struck out.
Moore struck out.
Third inning, Nogales = Pasada
flied out to third base. Legleu struck
out. Guerra singled to center field,
Gonzales struck out.
SCU-Turner struck out. Young
beat out hit to shortstop to halt
at first base. Luke flied out. Brown
flied out.
Steals Third
Fourth inning, Nogales-Leal sin
gled and stole third as Wright over
played the ball. Garlic flied out
Continued on Page g.
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Bv BILL McILWAIN

Big Jim Bowden, Jacksonville,
Florida clouter, will arrive in Will
mington Thursday night for his
bout with Bill Wilson Saturday
night. Wilson and Bowden are
scheduled to slug it out in ten, three
minute rounds In the main event
Of a boxing card at the Legion
Stadium at $3.50.
Bowden wired the local promo
ter Sunday that there could be no
postponement of the fight, as he
mas signed to fight Buddy Scott in
Hot Springs on March II.
Bowden is one of the best draw
ing cards of the heavyweights cam
paigning the South. His rugged
end extremely aggressive style ne
yer fails to draw the cash through
the window, win or lose. The burly
Indian mauler is quite a sight to
behold in the squared circle toss
ing his tremendous torrents of
leather. Weighing 210 pounds and
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Jim Bouden To Hit 7own
7hursdayFor Wilson Tiff

standing 5 feet, II inches, the
smuggling chief resembles greatly
football player. His sturdy ply
sique has enabled him to come
from the canvas many times to
win his battle.
In the past year Bowden has
fought such glove notables as John
ny Ccrolla, Jack Marshall, Herb
Jones, Jack Denison, Joe Rem
riers, J. D. Turner, Dan Merritt,
Mickey McAvoy. Buddy Scott, Ed
die Nader, Bill Wilson and Lota-
vic Ramirez, heavyweight cham.
pion of Spain and former champ
of Mexico. He has fought 165
bouts, winning IS percent of them
Numerous employees Of the To-
cal shipyard have seen Bowder
fight when they were with the
Jacksonville or Savannah yards
and are quite aware OF his beak
busting ability. In order to give
every one an equal opportunity to
view the scrap, no tickets will be
placed on sale until Wednesday.
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Army Only Major College
Ouint To Go Indicated

went to Mt. Mary's by aslim 40-39
edge over Loyola.
Washington suffered its first
Pacific conference loss to Idaho
but completed its North division
season with a four-game bulge on
Oregan. Other major conference
titles decided earlier gave the
Eastern crown to Dartmouth, the
Pacific Southern division to Cali
fornia, the Southwestern jointly
to Arkansas and Rice and the
Southern Conference tournament
to Duke.
Ernie Calverly Of Rhode Island
State boosted his season scoring
total to 534 points as his mates
bowed to Connecticut in their final
game.
Norfolk Training Station added
triumphs over Norfolk Air Station
and Curtis Bay to stretch its win
ming streak to 81 and its season
record to 30 won and two lost
while Great Lakes upped its win
average to 80 and 8. Fort Warren
was knocked out of the unbeaten
ranks for record of Is and /.
Scattered action on few fronts
continues this week but most clubs
ended their regular campaigns
last night. Among games this week
are Depaul-Camp Ellis, Sampson
Cornell, Colgate-Cornell, NYU-City
College and St. John s-Brooklyn.
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Derby Prospects To Run
In Tropical Park Races

MIAMI, Fla, March 5.-tR-
Trainer Ben Jones will send out
his ikeliest looking Kentucky
Derby prospects and his prize
mare to run on the opening day
program tomorrow, which is a tip
off on the caliber of racing to be
expected in promising 3O-day
spring meeting at Tropical Park.
Most of the top thoroughbreds
have been held over from long
season at Hialeah Park which
came to smashing conclusion
yesterday with all Florida horse
racing betting records revised.
Tropical officials confidently ex-
pected pari mutuel play to reach
a new spring high, although they
knew there would be falling off
from the $135,724 daily average
maintained at Hialeah, where the
best previous daily mark was
$685. 18 in 1910. Tropical average
1855, 1876 during a 20 day meeting
which preceded Hialeah's open
ing and business always is bet
ter during the latter part of the
split.
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NEW YORK, March s. Up -
Three possseason tournament en-
tries, Canisius, Temple and Ok
lahoma Aggies, were victims Of a
wave of upsets that swept the
final weekend Of the regular col
lege basketball season but Army
concluded it's campaign as the
only unbeaten major college i've
by downing Navy for its 10Th
straight.
Canisius absorbed a shocking
51-29 setback at the hands OF
Cornell which had lost many Of its
stars. Temple lost the Philadel-
phia city crown to St. Joseph's,
1916 and the Aggies ran into a
1925 setback at the hands OF Nor
man Skyjackets, ranking serv-
ice team.
Acceptances from B wi n g
Green and Canisius filled the eight
berths in the New York invltatlonal
tourney during the week and
Temple, Arkansas and Pepperdine
College of Los Angeles increased
the NCAA field to five, with
three more invitations to come.
Ohio State, one Of the five IN
the NCAA play, gained undlsput-
ed possession of the Big 10 crown
as Iowa, the only team with a
chance to tie, was eased out by
Northwestern, 42-41, on Duane Sick
els goal in the final minutes. Two
weeks ago when the Buckeyes
ended their campaign, Northwest
ern, Purdue and Iowa had chanc-
es of catching them but subse-
quent conference games eliminat-
ed each in turn. Dick Ives, Iowa
frosh, took idividual scoring lau-
rels with 208 points.
Iowa State and Oklahoma fin
ished the Big Six campaign dead
locked for the title as State bounc-
ed back to gain half crown by
beating Kansas after losing a
chance to clinch the champion
ship when they bowed to the Soon
ers earlier in the week.
Kentucky warmed up for its
Eastern title bid by breezing
through the Southeastern Confer
ence tournament at Louisville,
walloping Tulane in the final, g.
49, The Mason-Dixon tourney title
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BRAGG WINS

AUGUSTA, Ga, March 5.-lRL
Fort Bragg's Reception Center
team annexed the championship
in the Southeastern Servicemea's
tournament here last night by
trouncing Paris Island 1925.
Six-foot five inch Hugh Hamp-
ton tossed in % of Fl. Bragg's
points. In so doing, the rangy
High Point, N. c., center ran his
tournament total to 60 and won
the high scorers medal. He was
also acclaimed the most valuable
player OF the meet.
Parriss Islands Marines tried ia
throw Ft. Bragg off guard by
starting their second team in the
title go. The strategy boomer
anged, however. for the Bragg
outfit took the opportunity to leap
ahead and stay there. Bragg led
1853 at the half.
Fl. Bragg entered the finals
with 64-29 win over Camp Stew.
art. Paris Island went into the
final round after beating Danield
67-44 in the semifinals.
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9Th AIR FORCE
BATTERS FRANCE

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the Nazis' second line of defense >,
the airfields OF Southwestern
France. ~0'S -
Two Targets Named
The two targets named were in
me vicinity of Bordeaux-Cognac
70 miles to the north and Ber.
gerac So miles to the east.
Cognac last was raided by For.
tresses Sept. Is, 1913
Crews on the bombers reported
good results and some found stiff
fighter opposition.
Two U. S. Eighth Air Force Mus
tang pilots, 1t. Howard Hively Of
Ward, W. Va, and Capt. G v
Davis of Parma, Idaho, reported
double kills. Capt. Duane W. Bee
son OF Boise, Idaho, bagged his
fourteenth plane.
Last nights Raj operations in
addition to the new blow at the
German capital, also included at
lacks on western Germany and
mine laying in enemy waters.
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DARKHORSE WON'T
WIN COP VOTING
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nation, is expected to 90 into the
convention with the major share of
New York's SO votes. He apparent
~ will have much strength else
where.
Willkie, campaigning actively
for delegates, believes he will have
strong support from New England
and some Far Western States and
even his enemies concede him
Oregon's Is votes.
Bricker, expected to develop
strength among some Southern
Delegations, will have Ohio's 80
votes, or major share of them.
Former Gov. Harold Stassen of
Minnesota, now in the Navy, will
be supported by Minnesota's Is
votes. Macarthur name has been
entered in the Illinois preferential
primary with the possibility that he
will have the backing of some of
that states SO votes.
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D0DDS WINS mile
RUN IN new YORK

NEW YORK, March 5.-R-
Twenty-four eastern colleges sent
their athletes to the annual IC-4A
indoor track meet in Madison
Square Garden Saturday night
with representatives from % in
stitutions becoming sweating
spectators of what turned out to
be an Army-Navy duel.
The West Point Cadets, men,
bers of the 1C-4A only since 1910,
garnered 7 points for the title
with Navy second at SO IL. Dart
mouth came next with 10. A year
ago Army had to be content with
II and the only previous point
the Midshipmen had garnered
was a lone tally in the 1941 con-
clave.
Service school athletes grabbed
the first four championships to
be decided and the crowd of 10,-
600 needed an ambitious start by
Bill Hulse in special mile run
to become aroused.
Hulse hoped in front at the
gun and held his advantage for
seven turns around the pine sau-
Ger before. Gil Dodds, Boston's
flying parson, moved out front.
Hulse then dropped out and Dodds
went on to win as he pleased in
4:10.2.
Don Burnham, Dartmouth
medical student, took the collie
giate version Of the same race in
1902. He was one of two defend
ing champions to repeat, Ed Con-
well of New York taking the Co.
yard dash for the second straight
year. His time was :06.3, a fifth
Of a second off the world mark
he equalled on the same path a
week earlier.
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NIGHT GAMES SET
IN THE NATIONAL

NEW YORK, March 5.-R- A
record number of night games il
listed on the 1914 National League
baseball schedule, announced to-
day and which follows the war
time model Of three intersectiona]
trips for each club in a 154-game
program running from April 18
to October /.
After lark activity will start
on May 10 at Cincinnati and Pitts.
burgh with the last night game
listed for Sept. 10 at Philadelphia.
New York and Brooklyn, reduced
to twilight experiments last year,
are listed for II arclight tits each
along with Philadelphia, Pitts
burgh and Cincinnati.
Opening day action on April 10
will find Pittsburgh at St. Louis,
Chicago at Cincinnati, Boston at
New York and Brooklyn at Phila-
delphia with second home OPEN
ers three days later presenting
St. Louis at Chicago, New York
at Brooklyn, Cincinnati at Pitts
burgh and Philadelphia at Bos-
ton.
Contrary to reports that night
games would be concentrated in
an even spread throughout the
early season, the schedule shows
summer months. June is the
most popular with IS but is only
three ahead of August.
Friday is the most popular
night with the moguls, Wednes-
day runs close second and Sat-
urday a poor last. st. Louis will
combine the Saturday night, Sum
day doubleheader four times with
New York and Philadelphia try
ing the experiment once.
The first intersectional series
sends the Eastern teams into the
West May 10 and they reverse
the procedure to close the cam
paign.
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Bv WHITNEY MARTIN

NEW YORK, March 5.-R-"1t
is this way" Fred Corcoran was
saying, ''you feel a little funny
introducing Jack Sharkey to the
boys over there as the only man
to face Joe Louis and Jack Demp-
sey when you realize these same
boys are facing not just another
man in boxing contest but bull
lets and shells and bombs.
''But the boys want to hear
about sports celebrities, and my
recommendation is that more
sports movies and personalities
be sent over to entertain them. -
Corcoran, who is resuming his
duties as P. G. A. tournament
manager, has just returned from
USO tour of North Africa and
Italy, his second TIP abroad. He
was in England for the Red Cross
previously. This time he was &C
companied by Sharkey and Lefty
Gomez, and the trio gave approx
indIely lou Sports SHOWS Tor the
service men.
"The men crave sports and
sports news" he said. They
want baseball to continue at any
cost. They aren't hostile toward
ball players because they are
playing ball. They feel that the
draft is doing good job and that
ball players 60 when Their. time
comes like anyone else.'
Corcoran puts himself in the
background in any discussion Of
the activities of his little troupe
abroad.
"After all, who am II" he ask
ed. I'm just the front office
man, the manager. Sharkey and
Gomez were the personalities the
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JOHN B. MUNS0N,
RAIL- MAN, dies

John B. Munson, retired vice
president OF the Southern Railway,
formerly of Wilmington, died at
his home in Cincinnati, Ohio Satur-
day night after an illness of several
months.
In early manhood, Munson was
employed by the Atlantic Coast
Line railroad in this city in the
capacity Of freight checker. During
his evening hours, he studied short
hand and tipping preparatory to
taking a position in this line Of
work as a means Of advancement
Becoming proficient in this after
many months Of preparation, he
filled the position Of private sec
rotary in the office Of T. M. Emer-
son, who was then president Of tie
system
He was transferred to Raleigh
with the Southern Railway; his
ability quickly realized, he was
then transferred to Richmond, Va.
While there, he married Miss Vir-
ginia Henning.
Munson was promoted to the
position of general eastern agent
with headquarters in New York
City. The G. S. and F. railroad.
subsidiary, not being in the best
Of condition, he was requested to
proceed to Macon, Ca, where, at
ter many months, he was finally
ale to place the railroad on
sure foundation. His next assign
ment was in Washington, D. c.
He was promoted to vice president
of the Southern Railway and trans
ferred to Cincinnati in charge of
all traffic west. Munson held this
position for 80 years, retiring from
active duty March l, 1912. Be-
cause of his intimate knowledge Of
all details, he was urged to con-
tinue in close contact with the
organization. He had been pre-
viously mentioned for the presi-
dency of the firm, but declined.
Munson is survived by one daugh-
ter, Mrs. B. R. Wexford and one
son, Horace H. Munson, both of
Richmond, Va; two brothers, H.
P. Munson and E. H. Munson,
/ both of Wilmington.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed in Oakdale cemetery Tuesday
at IL noon by the Rev. Mortimer
Glover assisted by the Rev. Will
liam Grove, Jr.
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RITES ARE Held
FOR FALLEN :EEpKE

NEW YORK, March 5, I'M
In attempted secrecy, brief o.t,
odox Jewish funeral services wa WIZ
conducted this afternoon at Ms0
haitian funeral home for ron il'
depke) Buchalter, the fallen w.
o. the rackets who died in eng Siis
night. -''''F last
Only members of the Buc,.,.
family were permitted IN al.
the undertaker's chapel. but eA,e'
porters and photographers w wa re-
outside attracted a crowd Fun" lung
policemen were stationed at y W.
funeral home entrance ~ ne
At about the same time, sar..
Ter one OF Lepke's hencsmv.sA'
Emanuel (Mendy) Weiss, WIN aaa
sentenced with him for this ", was
ing of Joseph Rosen, Rrooh'E S
candy merchant, in 1886, and 'A ,rSl
also was put to death last ri %aa
al Sing Sing, were conducted G-sa,
another funeral chapel. az
The time and place of The fin
eral for the third of the trio o la.''
trocuted last night for the p (neu'
killing, Louis Capone, have rnt
been announced. '
Only Lepke's wife and sten.so,
and a few other relatives follow.
ed his body to Mount Hebron GENE.
terry, where another brief servic.
was held.
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SPORTS TRAIL

boys wanted to see, and they did
a grand job. That Gomez is one
Of the wittiest fellows I ever saw.
The boys would fire questions at
him and he always had an answer
ready.
Zone of the boys asked him
about his hitting, and if he had
any weaknesses at the plate. Ev-
ezyone knows Lefty was the ALI
America out, but that didn't phase
him. Yes, had one weakness
a pitched ball, he answered.
.When l remarked that both
Lefty and Sharkey were knocked
out the same day, one in the af-
ternoon and the other at night,
Lefty came back with: 'Yeh, but
it took nine men to knock me
out Another soldier asked him
what he was thinking about when
he stood on the mound and watch
ed an airplane until it disappear
ed. I just thought that you could
stay in the game that much long
er if you didn't throw the ball,
he said.
1--WE all realize that our part
was small compared with the
part those soldiers are playing,
but like to think we did a little
in giving them something they
wanted - a taste of sports. We
Just scratched the surface. There
is such an opportunity for other
sports figures to carry on the
work"
Corcoran, like every other re-
turning entertainer, has high
praise for the work Corp. Zeke
Bonura is doing in organizing
sports. in North Africa, and said
they are still talking about AL
Schacht over there. Schacht COM
pleted a tour several months ago.
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Obituaries
MARTIN CONBOY

NEW YORK, March 5-lR-Mar-
tin Conboy, IS former United
States Attorney for the southern
district of New York, died early
today in New York hospital, after
long illness.
Director of Selective Service for
New York City in the first world
war, Conboy also served as CO.
ordinating Advisor to the New
York State Selective Service head:
quarters in 1910 and 1941. He was
United States District Attorney
from Dec. 26, 1888, until May Is,
1885.
A native of New York City, Con-
boy was a member of city, state
and American Bar Associations,
and of the American Law Insti-
tute. He also was a member of
the board of regents OF George
town University and president OF
its national alumni association.
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SOLDIERS ARE TOLD
COOPERATION VITAL
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drinking in public places

drinking in public places.
Excessive drinking at any time.
In this connection public drunken.
ness by officers will invariably
call for the sternest disciplinary
action permissible.
Loud, profane or indecent Ian.
guage, especially in public.
"Slovenliness in appearance,
"Any discourtesy to civilians
II stress again the constant need
for road courtesy on the part of
all drivers of United States Armv
cars"
He asked the help of all to see
that a very small minority did not
damage the good name of the
American army in the United King.
DOM and closed the letter:
with deep appreciation to each
of you for duty well performed in
the past and with the best of luck
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AIRMEN USE BASES
in THE MARSHALLS
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tackled by Allied planes again and
for the first time il almost three
weeks the Japanese sent up fight
er planes in a weak effort to beat
off the attack.
1t. Gen. Joseph w. Stilwells
Chinese troops have captured
Maingkwan village in the Hulk
wang valley of northern Burma.
More than 80 Japanese were kill
ed in a bitter jungle fight, Still
wells communique added. Allied
airmen, last Friday and Satur-
day, made 500 sorties to cover
operations on the Burma fronts