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Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-31

Judd and Wagner; Kennedy ana
ROSar.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-28
New York Racing Chairman
Resigns Effective January 81
Tracks Pledge Support
Capitalization Order

of all its members for Jan. u to
consider and take appropriate &C
ton to assist horsemen, trainers,
jockeys and others associated with
racing who may be caused hard
ship by the suspension of the sport.
While not one of the directors
would even guess as to the length
of the suspension, all said they
were ready to cooperate as long
as the government deems it nee
essary.
Naturally, Byrnes' action came
as surprise to U.S." said Parr,
''but if the suspension of the sport
will help win the war then we're
are going along without muir
muir"
Meeting with Parr, who is pres
ident of Pimlico, were: James E..
Dooley of Narragansett; George
M. Francis, Belmont Park; John
C. Clark, Hialeah Park; Matt j.
Vim, Churchill Downs; Louis A.
Beard, Keeneland, and Eugene
Mort, Garden State Park. The on
w directors absent were Ben F.
Lindheimer of Arlington and Wash
ington Parks, and Carleton F.
Burke of Santa Anita.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-28

the best among the independents
with 22-4. On the Pacific Coast,
Washington captured the northern
division, ISL, and California the
southern, 40, while Gonzaga's 81
2 was tops among the independ-
ents and California Tech led the
Southern California Intercollegi-
ate conference, 81.
AS the sectional leaders con-
verged on Kansas City and New
York for national honors, the stage
was set rapidly for the game
most thrilling Horatio Alger saga.
Utah, most lightly held, bowed out
in the first round of the National
Invitation via a 1888 drubbing by
Kentucky and Coach Vadal Peter.
sons baby-faced squad prepared
to entrain for Salt Lake City. But
a tragic accident made it impossi-
BILE for Arkansas to continue in
NCAA competition and the Utes
jumped at the chance to substi-
tute, accepting Dame Opportuni-
tvs invitation SO avidly that they
performed the impossible.
The Utes, sparkled by National
High Jump champion Fred Shelf
field, drubbed Missouri 1875, Iowa
State 40-31 and found themselves
in Madison Square Garden facing
powerful Dartmouth, fresh from
triumphs over Catholic, 1888, and
Ohio State, 60-52. In a suspense
laden overtime nightmare of shift
ing leads, Utah edged out the Big
Green 1910 to become the NCAA
champion.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-28
TENNESSEE EXPECTS
TO DEFEAT TROJANS
IN ROSE BOWL Tiff

PASADENA, Cal, Dec. 27.-UP)
Fletcher Sweet, publicity man
for Tennessee football team shat
tered the pre-Rose Bowl quiet TO-
Cay with announcement that the
underdog Volunteers definitely ex-
pect to defeat Southern California
i nthe Rose Bowl on New Years
day, despite the fact that their
supporters hereabouts are in a
definite minority.
While the teams practiced in
guarded secrecy, Sweet made it
apparent that he was irked after
the general trend to regard Ten
nessee as a "soft touch'' for the
admittedly powerful Trojans
Nineteen points and Tennessee
in the betting is just plain crazy, "
he said. 1--WE had a swell season
and as far as the Vols are concern
ed the season won't be over until
JAM 2.
''We didn't play at all last year
and We started slowly this year and
got better all the way. We're still
getting better"
How much better was anybody S
guess. With Coach John Barnhill
keeping his opinions to himself and
his charges behind locked gates in
the shadow of the bowl, not much
was leaking out.
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ouSiy by Wyoming'S CoWboys) who
abandoned the sport for the year.
Replete with freshmen, the coun-
try's squads flashed a brand OF
basketball in the third war year
not far off previous standards,
with no letup in spirited play and
keen competition, and noticeable
increase in public interest.
In Madison Square Garden, site
of both the National Collegiate
Athletic As<n. and the National In
vitation tournaments, attendance
averaged 1879, while the REQ
Cross benefit matching of the
champions-Utah VS.. St. Johns
University attracted ID, 125 anc
contributed $4,000 to the fund.-.
At seasons end, basketbalps Of
ficials changed four rules to allow
five personal fouls instead of four.
curb skyscraper goal-tending, per.
NIT unlimited substitution and au.
thorized the referee to declare time
out automatically for injuries.
In a representative All-America
the following were selected by the
Helms foundation, which stimuli
taneously nominated Adolph Rupp,
veteran Kentucky coach, to the
Hall of Fame: Forwards - Dale
Hall, Army; Bob Ollie, Valparaiso;
Arnold Ferrin, Utah; Otto Ora
ham. Northwestern and Colgate.
Centers - Audley Brindley, Dart
mouth; Robert Uranium, Ken
lucky. Guards - George Mikan,
De Paul; Alva Pain, Oklahoma /;
Robert Kurland, Rice. Mikan was
selected player of the year"
Like its football team of the en-
suing season, Army's basketball
representatives dominated their
competition with is victories in as
many starts to earn recognition as
one of the nations outstanding
collegiate quintets, while Great
Lakes was generally considered
the best service team.
Dartmouth's formidable aggre-
cation romped off with the East
ern intercollegiate league bunting
for the seventh consecutive year
with eight straight, while Tufts
won Is and lost to top New Eng
land Independents. Muhlenberg
was Pennsylvania best, with 2O-3,
Kentucky walloped Tulane, to cop
the Southeastern Conference, Ohio
States 1912 paced the Western
(Big 10) Conference and Denison' S
nine straight scored in the Ohio
Athletic conference.
The Missouri Valley conference
saw Oklahoma Aggies 2-6 record
on top, with Iowa State and Okla
homa deadlocking at 81 in the
Big Six and Arkansas dividing the
Southwest with Rice at Ill. The
formal Rocky Mountain confer
ence was paced by Colorado Col
lege, 60, while Utah was far away
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-28
By ORLO ROBERTSON

NEW YORK, Dec. 81 R -Op.
posing special favors for any Of
it's 80 members, the board of Di.
rectors of the Thoroughbred rae.
ing Associations today pledged
complete compliance with the re-
quest that all racing in the United
States be suspended Jan. 8.
In a telegram to Jas. F. Byrnes,
war mobilization director who is.
sued the request last Saturday, the
board headed by Henry A. Parr,
III, of Baltimore said:
The Board of Directors of the
Thoroughbred Racing Associations
of the United States pledges you
its support and recommends to its
80 member racing associations
complete compliance with your re.
quest that all racing suspend at.
ter Jan. 3, 1915"
The wording of the telegram and
conversation of several members
of the board left it clear that the
organization was against any track
asking permission to operate on a
limited basis.
The board also called meeting
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Bv WHITNEY MARTIN

NEW YORK, Dec. o. Up II
ooks like the Byrnes' statement
.oncerning AT pro athletes has
.aught the baseball herd without
bell cow at time when such q
eader is urgently needed.
Under normal circumstances the
anne could proceed for six months
r. year or even indefinitely under
no rule of the three man com.
nission named to fill in until a sue.
lessor to K. M. Lands is named,
,ut these are anything but normal
INES and one voice, .melodious or
,our but with authority regardless
the crying need.
This is no reflection on the abili-
y and judgment of Ford Prick,
TiIl Harridge and Leslie O'Connor,
he three men filling in as a COM
mission. 1t merely points out the
act that at present one man who
an speak with authority is better
han three men who, speaking in
Iividually, must qualify their state
nents.
Not that baseball necessarily
would express itself one way or
another now. The chances are that
me spokesman, as the three spare
Inne commissioners are doing now
and as Lands did before them,
would maintain a spartan silence.
IN fact, Lands said all there was
o say when he said practically
lothing.
But if the occasion did arise for
some authorized comment from
baseball, there is no one to make
L and if each Of the temporary
commissioners were to make a
statement the game might find it.
;elf pointing in three directions at
)nce.
Lands was quick to resent any
animation that baseball was in any
way soliciting or otherwise obtain
inc favors. Whether he would have
audibly protested the wording of
the Byrnes' statement as to At
athletes is problematical, but there
5 nobody with his authority to
make such protest now.
Byrnes left an opening for the
impression that some of the At
GRO athle es should not be 4-F, as
ne could not understand how they
could be unfit for military service
and yet compete in rugged sports.
It never has been so much as
mpl ed that anyone connected with
baseball has. sought special priv
leees for athletes. and it is no fault
Of an athlete if he is put in
~ classification. In fact, many
major league baseball p layer
have been called up for re-exami-
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-28
DRAFT THREATENS
FOOTBALL STARS

CHICAGO, Dec. o. (P The
National Football League studied
the rosters of its players tonight
and pondered the possibility gov
eminent work or fight orders
and Selective Service directives
might force suspension of activi.
ties next year.
''Unless the orders recently sent
out from Washington are much
more severe than they appear,
do not think our present setur
will be affected too drastically,
George Stricken, publicity direc'
tor for the league, said tonight.
"Of the 280 players on the ros-
tiers last season, only los were
under rs. Most of the players on
all teams held full or part-time
war industry jobs, and some OF
the teams held night practices to
allow them to continue their
work"
Previously, Elmer Layden,
league commissioner, had said the
league intended to operate next
year, ''but would make no plans
to do so if conditions are such
that, by operation, we would in
any way hinder the war effort. :"
A survey of one league team re-
vealed nine of its % players hold
medical discharges from the serv-
ice and 10 are classified If be-
cause of old football injuries.
Stricken said similar surveys
were being made Of all teams, and
added he believed similar figures
would be revealed. He did not
name the one team.
''The average age of players in
the league last season was rs
years, three months. There were
SO past % years." Stricken said.
'Just how many of these may
be taken by the armed services
is, of course, problematical. We
have almost nine months to wait
anyway before the start of an
other season, and anything may
happen in that time
He named a number of league
players who had been classified
At for various reasons, and
singled out frankie SinkWich, De-
troit Lions ace back.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-28
BEAU JACK HITS
FIST[CUFF PEAK
BY FRITZ HOWELL

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-RHAfte1
thumbing through the record cards
of 1882 boxers who paraded through
the fistic rings of the world in 1914,
Editor Nat Fleischer of Ring Maya.
zine today pointed finger at Pvt
Sidney Walker of Augusta, Ca, bet
ter known as Beau Jack, and de.
clared:
There is the boxer of the year!'
Announcement of the top spot
award to the former bootblack who
rose to dizzy height in fistcuffs be-
fore joining the Army-and then
participated in a $35, 864,900 war
bond show for free-was made in
a copyrighted article containing
the Magazines goth annual rank
ing of all fighters, to be published
in Rings February issue.
Beau Jack, one of the busiest
punchers in the business, took part
in six Madison Square Garden
bouts this year, attracting 106,433
fans for an average Of 1873. The
first five drew $460,6 for a $685.
122 average and then he topped it
off by fighting for nothing against
Bob Montgomery in the Garden
war bond event.
In naming the bounding Beau as
the Rings No. 1 man, Fleischer
stressed he was not giving the Ne
gro flash the nod as lightweight
champion. Neither does he regard
Montgomery, who holds the N e W
York version of the laurels, nor
Juan Zurita, the N. B. A. king,
as the supreme ruler. The world
title, Fleischer said, is vacant until
the champions of the two factions
meet, but he rates Beau Jack over
both division toppers.'
Among the years outstanding de-
velopments, the article stressed
heavyweight Joe Louis exhibitions
before his brother CTS; the feat
of middleweight Jerry MCGEE Of
Augusta, Ca, in appearing in 81
fights; Al Davis one round knock
out Of Montgomery; the comebacks
of Heavyweights Lou Nova and
Featherweight Henry Jeffra; tn e
% consecutive knockouts registered
by Philadelphia's Billy Fox; and
tagged Tami Mauriello's eight
round kayo of Lee Oma as tn e
years most thrilling scrap, d
Jack London's win over Freddie
Mills for the British heavyweight
title as the biggest upset.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-28
Fulmor Wins Handican
At Ne,u Orleans Track

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 27.-UP)
-Fulmar, with Harry Hart up,
came from behind near the wire
to defeat the pace-setter, Miss Va
lor, in the $4,000 added Pontalba
handicap at the fair grounds to-
day.
Dixiana stables three-year-old
filly was third to the half mile pole,
moved up to second as the band
went to the stretch turn and caught
the leader within 100 yards of the
wire She covered the five and a
half furlongs in los As and yield
ed $5.4
Miss Valor, which held safe
margain in the stretch, held on to
edge Cuban Bomb, coming up fast,
for second.
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FORMER MENTOR
ROOTS FOR DUKE

DURHAM, Dec. 81 RHHere's
one big reason Dukes Blue Devils
are going to do everything possible
to win that New Years day Sugar
Bowl game from Alabama's Grim.
son Tide: The boys learned today
that Col. Wallace Wade, Duke
coach on leave. will be listening
in on the front lines in France.
Acting Head Coach Eddie Cam.
eron received a letter from Wade
yesterday in which the old master,
now a field artillery officer in
France, said he was setting up
a special cheering section over
here to help the boys along"
Tell the boys they've got to win
this one. We don't want to be three
time losers at anything-especially
football" he wrote Cameron in the
first letter received since the Blue
Devils got their bid to the Sugar
Bowl on the day they wound III
their regular season by beating
North Cardinals Tar Heels, $50.
Wade said he heard the Army
Duke game by short wave radio
and that he'd have his set tuned
in on the Sugar Bowl clash Jan.
l. The game, he said, had been
approved by the War Department
for reception by overseas troops.
If the current Blue Devil team
wins over Alabama, it will be
Dukes first victory in a post-sea-
son game. Its two previous bowl
teams, both coached by Wade af-
ter he moved over to Duke from
Alabama in 1881, lost by close mar.
gins. The first bowed to Southern
California, 7-3, in 1899, and the Sec
ond was upset by Oregon State, 90
is, in the transplanted Rose bowl
here in 1912.
So, a win in their third try at
post-season play would save face
for the Blue Devils and also would
sound mighty good to the former
Duke mentor doing his bit over
seas.
Cameron said his former boss
didn't give us any pointers" to be
used against the school he former
1y coached. He asked me to tell
the boys for him that the Tide al
ways is a smart team and hard
to beat"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-28
Engineers, Tulsa Squads Arrive
For Annual Orange Bowl Classic

mot highly impressed. When Tulsa
played the University of Miami
here, they gave Tech scouts little
chance t, see more than power
full, flashy team running rough
shod over helpless small eleven.
Meanwhile, word from Army
hospitals in the area was that most
patients were reporting themselves
as convalescing rapidly, apparent
lily in hope of getting to see the
game on the 1900 free tickets set
aside for wounded servicenen.
If past performances mean any
thing, Tech stands the better
chance of winning. Orange Bowl
statistics show that southeastern
conference teams have won seven
cut of the nine New Years day
games here in which they parti-
cipated-and the string is unbrok-
en- for seven years
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-28
WRESTLING MARKS
ITS 1914 FINALE

Tonight will mark the last oc-
casion in the local graphing arena
for 1914, as Nell Stewart, leading
contender for the worlds cham
pionship of the feminine sex, tan
giles with Ann Miller of Baltimore,
Md, who upset Mae Young last
week by winning two straight falls.
Guests of Promoter Pert Causey
at the ITALIAN Hall arena tonight
will be the carriers of the Whining
ton Star-News, who will be under
the chaperonage of Fred Fisher.
Nell has won 10 of her last 20
bouts, and is we'll on the road to a
match with Mildred Burke of Dali
las, Texas, who holds the title as
champion lady wrestler. Even so,
Ann is the favorite with local
fans, and expects to hold her own
tonight.
"Texas Jack" O'Brien, the tough
gladiator from Houston, Texas, is
scheduled to meet Johnny Long
from Baltimore, Md, in the semi
final. Although Johnny Long as
won most Of his matches in the To-
cal hall, O'Brien is out to dethrone
him tonight. The time has been
limited to as minutes.
Farmer Boy" Johnny Turner
from the Big Smokes is signed to
meet Jack De Vault from Knox
vile, Tenn, in the opening bout TO-
night. Thirty minutes has been
allowed for the bout, which is
limited to one fall.
Tonight's wrestling show will
start at $3.50 pm, and tickets a-'e
on sale at the Orion hotel.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-28
TEXAS CHRISTIAN
LOSES STAR END

FIT. WORTH, Tex, Dec. 27.-tPl
Coach Dutch Meyer of Texas Chris
tian today announced the loss OF
Zeke Chronister, regular end, for
the Cotton Bowl game with Okla
homa A. and M. but refused to
retreat from his optimistic state
ments that lit will be battle and
there may be some surprises"
Meyer had received letter from
Chronister who played 275 minutes
Of the regular season, that he
would stay with his job with a
chemical company in Chicago.
OF course. the loss of Chronls-
ter hurts since we didn't have
much reserve strength anyway"
Meyer said. However. I still can't
see how they get this 10 IL point
stuff that's what some of the wag-
ering fraternity are handicapping
thu Horned Frogs. Besides" and
the coach smiled, I've seen lots
of things in coaching football for
y years, but I've never seen a
team score a half point"
Meyer was even optimistic about
the weather. 1t has been raining
in Dallas all this week but Dutch
opined, that's a good sign; that
means it will be beautiful in a day
or two and we'll have perfec1
weather for the game"
Harry Mullins, field-goal spe-
cialist. will replace Chronister In
the starting lineup against the Ag-
gieS. That would reduce the weight
OF the line somewhat except that
Meyer revealed that some of his
boys had gained poundage aid
that he will have heavier team
IN the Cotton Bowl than played the
regular season. Now the Aggie line
will boast only a 12-pouncs -to-the-
man margin. In the backfield the
Sooners are three pounds heavier
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-28

moon, getting in their first good
exercises since before weather
closed in on Tulsa early in the
month. Assistant Coaches Mike
Milligan and Buddy Brothers were
pleased at the shape players kept
ir over the holidays.
Both teams scheduled full prac-
|tice sessions for Thursday, in
hasty efforts to regain peak-sea-
son form. Alexander gave hint
of surprises in store for Tulsa
when he declared that photogra-
pliers would be admitted only at
the first practice.
Frnka announced from Tulsa
that new plays designed to beat
Tech were on the Hurricane agen-
da. He secuted Techs victory
over Georgia inc the Engineers
final game of the season, and was
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-28
The Sports Trail

nation several times, and on each
occasion given AT rating.
The only way such men could
be taken into the service would be
to lower the standard of physical
qualification for service, and if
that was done it would not affect
athletes alone, but men in every
line of work.
Pro athletes happen to be in the
spotlight, and engaged in an en-
deavor which is obviously unessen-
tial, although it is no more unes-
sential than scores of other pro-
LESSONS. Lawyers, real estate men,
shopkeepers, even sports writer's,
are engaging in their war primar-
lily for their own interests.
At any rate, baseball now is on
a spot where a definite yes and
mo- man is the greatest need. The
sooner one is appointed the bet
ter for the game. Such a m n
might say nothing. but at least it
would be an authoritative silence.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-28
Blue Deuils Suffer
Blow From Weather

DURHAM, Dec II. -(P)- The
weather. death the Duke Blue De-
Wis blow below the belt today,
causing cancellation of what was
to have been their last heavy work
out before catching train Fri
day for New Orleans and their Su-
gar Bowl date with Alabama on
Monday.
Coach Eddie Cameron said that
he intense cold rain and sleet
drove his charges indoors for a
blackboard drill and only light
smbering up cx' :cises. A similar
'ession was carded for tomorrow,
he Duke coach saying he was
lfraid to take chances of injur'ng
is players in a heavy drill SC
lose to the teams time OF depar'
IRE.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-28
East And West Squads
Hold Sloshy Scrimmage

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 27.-lR-
Football stars of the East anc
West worked out in rainy weather
today preparatory to the annual
charity game here New Years
day.
The weather failed to slow the
practice tempo, however, with
morning and afternoon drills as
usual.
The Eastern coaches, appar-
emily planning on using a two
unit system or close to it, had
their line7nen placed this way:
Team A-Left end, Jack Mead,
Wisconsin; left tackle. Ruddy
Sikish, Minnesota; left guard,
Ralph serpico, Illinois; center,
Frank Szymanski, Notre Dame;
right guard, Bill Hackett, Ohio
State; right tackle, George Savit-
sky, Pennsylvania; right end, Jim
Harrison, South Carolina.
Team B. Left end, Frank
Brogger, Michigan State; left
tackle, Ed Podogorski, Lafayette;
left guard, Frank Ciolli, Indiana
center, George Bujan, Illinois;
right guard, George Ranli, Pitts.
hurgh; right tackle, Tom Hughes
Purdue; right end, Bill Narcotic,
Minnesota.
Western players sloshed through
the wet, with scrimmage planned
for tomorrow. Joe Scott, 18-year-
old freshman from Texas A. & M.
impressed with mis- ball carrying
ability.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-28
Iesneuich-Muscato Fight
Cancelled By Navy Order

BUFFALO, N. Y, Dec. 81
UP)-The 1O-round non-title fight
scheduled for tonight between Gus
Lesnevich, light heavyweight
champion, and Phil Muscato was
cancelled today when the Fairview
Athletic Club was advised that
Lesnevich was forbidden to fight
under a new Navy order.
The order, Navy officials at
Washington informed the club,
prohibited any athlete in uni
FORM from participating 'in pro-
fessional athletics while on fur
lough."
Lesnevich, a carpenters mate
first class, is on a 14day fur
Tough.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-28
Blue And Gray Squads
Hold Polishing Drills
For Saturdays Game

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Dec. 81
and Gray coaches sen1
their squads through polishing-ur
workouts today as time drew neal
for Saturdays annual North-Soutf
football classic.
A backfield made up of Box
Hoernschmeyer of Indiana, Harry
Jagade of Indiana, Anthony Minisi
OF Pennsylvania and Ernie Bonelli
OF Pitt carried the brunt of the
northern offensive in passing ano
light running drills.
The Gray squad went through
brief scrimmage session but
devoted also great deal of time
to shipping pass receivers into
shape to handle Trippi's bullet
like aerials.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-28
Gold Crack Finishes
First In Diana Race

MIAMI, Fla. Dec. 27.-UP)-
Cold Crack, I'll in the betting,
drove to the front from second in
the stretch and STAYED off closing
bid by charitable to come home a
photo finish victor in the $4,000
Diana handicap at Tropical Park
today.
With Billy Nichols up, the five
year-old son of Coldstream was sec
ond from the quarter mile pole,
covering the six furlongs in the
fast time of ITO 3-5. His hackers
netted $36.10, 5000 and $4.7O
across the board.