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Cuff f: Notes.
By JACK STILLMAIN

e.neti,nes we are surprised at
W. ran be done in a pinch, and
S 'asr surveying the pinch that base
s s seems to be in this season,
w. are compelled to believe that
w g. a.me is pretty bad off. When
ns ever s spends most of his play
p'4 lime on his knees because he
'ns victim of polio, or another
Wa ,sr turns out with only one leg
pay mention a couple of the most
,,rring handicaps-we believe that
s N IKE * enough to prove the exist
l'.' Craftsmanship in America.
'Ds s,oneyer, now is the time to
NV, nv. No the old Brooklyn College
!u.ident again. We wonder how
ln. 0s Of tie boys overseas feel
sv s.,,t the idea of basketball play
au w running around the campus
81. couple OF books under their
WV WINS lust so it looks as if they
NAV be Slubellt0.
'Aa AID when we refer to the boys
the other side, we don't mean
". big names in sports especially,
s sIs the little guys-those who got
Wv Of their experience On the
nhnsbel basket courts, or the
ard lots two Of Americas great
at Institutions.
- Anparently the Brooklyn Col
,,se matter has been hushed, or
t the sports writers in that sec
I'm of the country are tired OF
tooling with it.
We are wondering why the mat
Tor was so long in being brought to
rsbt after the gambling scandal
was discovered. This is something
e1se to look into. AS a matter of
tact some of us would like to know
i the incident was really the fault
Of the players or of the college
itself.
We don't want to cause any
more rangle over the subject, so
we'll Just drop it, hoping that in
HE future all sports will be kept
strickly on the up and up.
The ORD Tech Hawks, post
baseball team at AAF, Overseas
replacement Depot, Greensboro,
will again field a strong nine this
spring, waging competition against
leading service teams. colleges
and independent organizations
throughout this section.
The Tech Hawks, third ranking
team in the national semi-pro
tournament held at Wichita, Kan
sas. last August, proved outstand-
ing among North Carolina outfits
last season, ending the year with
record of "a wins as against six
losses.
The season is tentatively set
10 open Sunday, April q, against
an unannounced opponent. There
after games will be scheduled on
week days and Sunday. The home
week day games will be played
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National Golf Head
Sees Dismal Future

CHICAGO, March IT. W.G -Di-
rector Joe Crafts of the National
Golf Foundation today painted q
dismal picture for the continuance
of wartime civilian golf and
warned that only the golfers them.
selves can save the sport from
'sure death"
New golf balls for civilian use
have not been manufactured fol
three years." Crafts said. None
will be produced this year anc
this is the end of the line, unless
civilians Dig up all old balls which
can be reprocessed.
cts simple he said, there
is no relief in sight. If golfer.
get enough old balls to manufac
turers for reprocessing before thu
summer season begins, golf may
survive"
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FENDER CAPTURES
YMCA NET TITLE

The Fender Furniture Co. team
was crowned the new champion
in the YMCA Volley-ball league
last night by virtue of taking q
seven game series from the Tide
Water Power Co. aggregation.
In the game that turned out te
be the clincher, Fender was trail
ing in the first half II to 5, but
came from behind to take foul
of the seven games. D..
The first game went to the fur
niture team Is to II, but in the
second game their opponents tooi
Is 10 victory. The third ane
fourth games were taken by the
champions Is to II and 16 to a..
The next one was taken by the
power company team Is to ID, ano
The last game went to Fender Fur
nlture Co. IS to II.
The champ; onship team is com
posed of Capt. George Hunt, Sam
Johnson. J. B. Huntington, Steve
Stevenson, Edward Goodwin, ano
Larry Wiles.
A new volley ball league will
be formed Thursday with the fol
lowing as captains, H. Hayden,
Larry Wiles, C. L. Harris and G.
Farris. Play will start April 3.
Adam Smith, director of physi
cal education at the ''Y' announc
ed last night that any "Y" mem
bers interested in joining hard OF
softball teams should contact him
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CURTIS BAY, Md, March -U.R)
The New York Giants scored five
runs in the eighth inning to come
from behind and defeat the Curtis
Bay Coast Guard baseball team
8-5 today. Pitcher Mel Heiman, ex-
coast guardsman, held the sailors
in check for the Giants for thu
last three innings after they had
punched four extra-base hits for
three runs off Don King in the
fifth. Ernie lombard hit his third
spring home run for the major
leaguers.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, March 81
Pitcher Bucky Walters, 90
game winner with Cincinnati last
year, reported for his first work
out with the Reds today in COM
pany with General Manager War
rem Giles. Walters signed a con-
tract in Cincinnati this mornig
and then drove here with Giles.
The Reds right-handed ace work
ed out after an intra-squad game
which saw the Vets whip the Colts,
1915. Manager Bill McKechnie in
stalled Al Lakeman as the Reds
No. l catcher and he went the full
route, turning in pleasing per-
formance.
Jodie Beeler, recruit from Biz.
mingham, took hitting honors with
a single, triple and a tWo-run no.
mer.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, March 81
The Worlds Champion St. Louis
Cardinals took a double workout
today to make UP for the time they
lost last week due to wet grounds
at their Cairo. ILL.,, training camp.
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Navy POUNDING
RYUKYUS ISLES
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The enemy communique said
the landings were made after four
days of heavy and continuous
bombardment by fast battlesnlps
of the Pacific Fleet and by car
rier aircraft. Tokyo said 1,l2O
planes attacked the Ryukyus Mon
day, claiming that 71O of them
hit the chief port and naval base
of Naha on OkinaWa, largest OF
the island chain.
Nimitz' communicate today W.
tually repeated yesterdays an
nouncement of the continued ma
val and aerial bombardment OF
the Ryukus.
He disclosed that Navy search
planes of Fleet Arriving Two
damaged three small caro- ships
in the area around Hacnijo is
land, $50 miles south Of Tokyo,
Monday. The attack would be the
closest approach to the japanese
homeland ever made by land
based patrol bombers.
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NATION EXCITED
BY PEACE RUM0R
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\OoAAVAAuSu 1AOlu axe OA1SJ
said II am not writing off this
war;"
Telephone calls deluged newspa-
per offices as the reports spread.
In New York, the Blue Network
said that Gil Martyr, broadcasting
from Los Angeles, had said "elec-
trifying news had come that the
President and his Cabinet 'are
preparing for word of victory"
Soon after the Martyr broad
cast, Blue went on the air from
New York with the statement that
a routine announcement from
the White House was misinter-
preted as hint that big news
was forthcoming from Europe"
"One of the three major news
service (the International News
Service) carried the story with the
Interpretation that the White
House expected word of victory
Blues New York announcement
said.
This Interpretation since S
been found to be without any foun-
dalton. There has been no sugges-
ton from any Washington officials
that any armistice announcement
is imminent
A news flash that Eisenhower
says Germans quit" was broad
cast to Pacific Coast states and
Arizona this morning by radio sta
ton XIII at Haywood.
William M. Green, a news edi-
tor for the Don Lee-Mutual Net
work, said the flash was based on
a garbled dispatch of the Inter-
national News Service. and that
listeners were so informed about
two minutes after the flash was
broadcast.
Barry Faris, ms editor-in-chief.
said in New York that the flash
Transmitted by that service from
Allied Supre m Headquarters
read Eisenhower says Germans
are whipped" Faris added that an
error was made in relaying the
flash from the ms San Francisco
office, which changed the word
whipped" to quit This error
was corrected in 10 seconds, Faris
said.
A report of Germany's surren-
der interrupted a meeting of the
Los Angeles City Council.
Announcing it, Council President
Robert L. Burns suggested that
members and the audience give
the oath of allegiance. They COM
piled and Burns was forced to in
terrupt subsequent applause to ex-
plain the report was incorrect.
Courts in Chicago's criminal
courts building adjourned after
Judge Gibson E. German inform
ed his auditors in felony court he
had heard that 1.-The war in Eu.
rope is over" Litigants, lawyers,
jurists and workers emptied the
courtrooms but returned after 20
minutes when it was determined
the report was baseless.
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RUSSIANS DRIVE
into FREE CITY
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the Danube at outflanked Gyor' the
stronghold guarding the Bratislava
gap entrance to Vienna.
The point where the Russians
70 a ched the river was not disclos-
ed in the enemy war bulletin, but
Tolbukhins surging armored spear
heads may lave driven from Papa
or the area of Lovaszpatona, towns
taken by the Russians .-.londay
within 8 IL and II miles respective
". of the river. Such an advance
which closely parallels the Raba
in that area. Together these two
streams form Vienna's first defense
line.
A Berlin military spokesman said
the Russian drive in Hungary has
assumed the proportions of great
offensive" and added: THE be-
ginning of this battle, which looks
promising for the Russians, has
distinctly made Hungary a new
center of gravity on the Eastern
Front.
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WASHINGTON OUT
TO ESCAPE FROM
SPOT in CELLAR
Chances Hinge On Series
OF IFS Mainly Play
er Troubles
BY JACK HAND

FIT. BELVOIR, Va, March &c.
DIVA shington's chances of es-
Gaping from the American League
cellar hinged today on a series of
if situations.
Reading from right to left, Man.
ager Ossie Bluege could see SUM-
shine ahead only under the follow
ing conditions:
l. If rockies George Binks, Walt
Cripple and Fred Vaughn could
hit big league pitching.
2. If George Case recovered COM
p1etely from a shoulder operation.
3. If Harland Cliff showed he
still is capable of playing third
base.
4. If George Wyatt could shift 10
shortstop.
S. If Roger Wolff could snap his
"A pitching slump.
The most important problem con-
fronting Bluege was finding a wal
lop in the batting order to replace
Stan Spence, now in the Navy.
Binks was purchased for cash
and two players after hitting .374
with the pennant-winning Milwau-
kee Brewers of the American AS
ISOLATION and is slated for right
field.
Chipp}e was drafted from Mon.
ftreal where he hit .29o and showed
promise in spring drills while
Vaughn, troubled by heel opera.
ton, was counted the regular sec.
ond sacker on his 1914 showing al
Minneapolis, from whom the Sena.
tors bought him for $4,000.
Cases problem is one of the big
ones as the fleet flychaser who
was dethroned as base stealing
champ by George Stirnweiss after
a five-year reign, still has not test
ed his right arm under pressure
Indications are that Case will be
okay.
Cliff was given the third base job
when camp opened but he hasn't
arrived and Hills Layne has been
making the most of his chance.
Cliff stayed on his farm most OF
last year and then made a belated
and unsuccessful comeback.
Neither Bluege nor owner Clark
Griffith is too optimistic about My.
att as shortstop but figure it a
necessary move to give the bat.
ting order more punch. Myatt play.
ed very good ball at second year
ago and was willing to experiment
to help the team when Johnny Sui
Ivan was drafted.
Wolff COPIED only four games
last year but proved he could pitch
in the big show with Philadelphia
Reporting 20 pounds lighter this
year but still troubled by bad feet,
the knuckleball chucker is conf
dent he can be a winning pitcher.
Marino Piereti, a half pint right
Ehander who won 26 at Portland, is
the most important addition to the
regular mound corps that also in
cludes Johnny Niggeling, Dutch
Leonard, Mickey Haefner and AL
Carrasquel.
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BASKETBALL BODY.
PROVIDES CHANGES
i'm PLAYING CODE
Hardwood Governing Body
Fail To Solve Free
Sub Problems

NEW YORK, March 27-tP-The
National Basketball Committee OF
the United States and Canada to-
day made seven minor changes
in the basketball playing code ana
referred several other proposals TO
committees for experimentation.
The committee, representing the
National Collegiate A. A., the Ma
tional High School Federation, the
Y. M. c. A., and Canadian Basket
ball governing bodies, failed, now
ever, to find a definite solution
to problems arising from ABUSES
of the free-substitution rule which
it passed a year ago.
In an effort to limit delaying
tactics. the rule calling for the
cancellation of a time-out when the
team that calls time sends a sub
stitute into the game within 81
seconds was eliminated.
Other changes including liber
alizing the rule on touching the
basket by the offensive team, IRE
vision of the section on delaying
the game, making a definite rule
on screening" where various in
terpretations OF existing rules hac
been followed, adoption of def
mite set Of signals for officials
a minor change in handling the
ball after goal is cancelled be-
cause of a violation and a modifi
cation Of the rule on returning the
ball to the back court.
The only major proposal def
nitely voted down was to permit
coaches to give instructions during
time outs.
Although considerable discussion
was held on the free substitution
rule, the only result was to formu
late three definite ideas which will
be referred to various groups fol
experiments. These were D do no
permit player to return to thu
game after leaving in the las
three minutes, ca do not permi
substitutions to be made during
dead run and 60 stop the CLOCK
on all dead balls in the last three
or four minutes, making it unneces
sary to send in a substitute fol
that purpose. I
The committee voted to hold it
usual meeting next year and re
elected it's slate of officers, head
ed by Chairman James w. St. Clail
of Southern Methodist University
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By WHITNEY MARTIN

NEW YORK, March u IN
Sgt. Joe Smith,
Somewhere,
Dear Joe:
Well, Joe, at the rate you are
going this will meet you on the
way back, I guess, for you GER
tainly seem intent on getting things
over with in a hurry. Every time
I read about General Patton S
tanks I think of you. Because they
have a punch to back up their
noise, of course, in case you re
thinking Of that beer drinking con
test you won. And not by default
either.
Anyway, things are perking ur
on the sports front back here.
suppose you heart about baseball
players being given permission tt
leave other jobs and return to the
game if baseball was their regular
business. Don't know yet just how
much it will help, but it's en-
couraging anyway.
The major teams are we'll start
ed on their spring training, and
have had some pretty nice wealth
err, although the Cardinal training
field leaked a little. If they coulc
have used 1t the fielders would
have had to use sounding devices
to detect anyone stealing bases
Anyway, the team has been de-
hydrated and shipped back to ST.
Louis.
Forty-four players took part in
Dodger Montreal exhibition the
other day, in case you're wonder
ing about the manpower situation.
I'm not saying how good they
are, but the fact the service teams
have been knocking off the major
league clubs pretty regularly might
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NAVY CUTS ship
BUILDING PLANS
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war production. Although construc-
ton was not to have started until
after mid-year, orders for materi-
ais would have caused an added
drain on steel mills late in the
April-May-June quarter and would
have required heavy deliveries in
the last half of the year.
Admiral Kings report again
stressed that Germany's collapse
can mean only a redistribution of
naval might, not naval demobili-
cation.
The Nays chief problem in the
Pacific, he said, lis how to pro-
ject fleet throughout a vast ocean
area initiaIly dominated by the en-
envy.
I'VE are solving this problem
by rapidly establishing repair and
supply bases in enemy islands as
we capture them. and by pushing
our supplies forward in ships of
the train to supply our task for
ces at sea"
The Fleet Admiral also made
these points:
The Navy still has a critical
need for combat and seagoing Of
ficers and enlisted personnel"
One of the interesting features of
the Pacific war is "the renewed
importance of battleships. The con-
centrated power of heavy naval
guns is very great by standards of
land warfare and the artillery sup
port they have given in landing
operations has been a material
factor in getting our troops ashore
with minimum loss of life
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Training Camp Briefs

Manager Billy Southworth sent
the squad through long batting
drill this morning and then held
an intra-squad game this afternoon.
CHICAGO, March 81 -U.D- Pete
Elko, 26-year-old third baseman OF
the Chicago Cubs, has been op-
toned to the Cubs Los Angeles
farm team, General Manager Jim
Gallagher announced today.
Elko played most of his games
last year with Nashville, where he
hit .351. He later played with Los
Angeles and then was brought up
to the Cubs during the tail-end OF
the season. He has been working
out with the Angels since they
opened training.
FRENCH LICK, Ind, March q
-WH-Manager Charlie Grimm OF
the Chicago Cubs was definitely
informed today that the Cincinnati
Reds will arrive here next Mon
day to share the Cubs camp for
the remainder of the spring train
ing season.
Grimm announced an eight-game
exhibition series with the Rees;
April 3, 4 and S, French Lick;
April 6, Fort Knox; April 7 and g.,
Louisville, and April 10 and IL,
French Lick. The Reds then move
to Louisville while the Cubs return
to Chicago and four-game series
with the White Sox.
The Cubs will hold another camp
game tomorrow with Ed HanyzeW.
ski, Paul Derringer, George Hen.
Messy and Mack Stewart pitching.
LAFAYETTE. Ind. Mar. 27.-
U.D-The Cleveland Indians today
scheduled exhibition games with
Chanute Field and University of IL
linois teams at Champaign, ILL.,,
Friday and Saturday. respectively.
The Indians also booked con-
test with the local semi-pro club
for Sunday.
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo-,
March q -tU.p)-- The St. Louis
Browns overcame stiff opposition
today in a training camp game to
beat Toledo, 6-5 in nine innings.
So. Louis banged out IL hits to
for Toledo. Sig Jakucki pitched five
innings and Earl Jones four for
the Browns.
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Cardinals. If lombard doesn't
make it, I'll be the most surprised
man in baseball"
This is Lombardi's second time
as a member of the Brooklyn Or
,ganizs ton.
He won nine and lost four with
Santa Barbara in the California
league and had a Al record with
Durham in the Piedmont. While at
Santa Barbara, he was a teammate
of Hal Gregg, Dodgers ace right
handler, and was considered the
better prospect of the two.
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Yankees Hold First
Intra-Squad Contest

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., March
N-Rl-1n the Yankees first IN,
tra-squad game, the first stringers
beat the Junior Varsity, to b, IN
six innings today. Outfielder BUD
Metheny, who played first base
IN the absence of Oscar Grimes
hit homer and two singles. Pltch.
er Jim Turner, playing right he1o
foF the regulars, drove in the de-
clsive two runs with triple.
Hank Borowy pitched the mrs
three rounds for the winners ano
was tagged for seven hits ano
Jour runs.
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direct opposite of the Giants with
the single exception that they both
hail from California-Ernie from
Oakland and Vic from Reedley.
The 36-year-old, 225-pound right
handed Ernie is six-foot two-inch
catcher, noted for his astonishing
lack of speed. The 22-year-old, 49,
pound left handed Vic is a five
foot seven-inch pitcher, with rep
utation for being amazingly swift
on the mound.
lombard was brought to camp
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Sapilla Jackpot Wins
All-Age Field Events

LEEDsTOWN, Va, March 81
R)-Sapilla Jackpot, owned by
Lester Warn. of Jacksonville, Fla,
captured first place in the Junior
all-age stake here today, second
event of the 23rd. annual spring
trials of the Rappahannock Field
trials club.
The Phantom, owned by DR..
Dean Hundley, Of Wallace, N. c.,
placed second, while third was De-
livery Sam, owned by w. S. Coul-
ter, of Burlington. N. C.
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for a tryout by scout Tom Downey
and impressed boss BranchsRickey
so much that he was offered a
Brooklyn contract.
81 watched him for 80 minutes, "
said Hickey. THE boy. has the
most perfect rhythmic pitching
motion 1 ever saw. And he has
pitching savvy. He has a let-up
ball for his fast one and a slow
change of pace for his curve ball.
He reminds me of Bill Sherdel
when Wee Willie pitched for the
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BY JOE REICHLER

BEAR MOUNTAIN, N. Y, Mar.
IL P) -Baseball's feuding Hat
fields and McCoys, Brooklyn and
New York Giants, will have one
'hing in common this season
they'll both be roofing for a Lom-
bardi.
Ernie, of the Giants, is starting
ms 18th year in the big show. Vic
OF the Dodgers, will be making his
Dig league bow Appropriately
enough, Brooklyn's lombard is the
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SCRAMBLE FOR ASSIGNMENTS
WASHINGTON March 27-(P-

WAof1INGION, Ndrcn lI.-(FJ-
The scramble was on in the senate
today for coveted assignments on
a new European tour group to sur
vey war end problems at the bat
tie lines. Five senators are lined
UP tentatively to take off within
two weeks for an inquiry some OF
them hope will end in Berlin.
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Exhibition Games

At College Park, Md:
Boston (N) - 100 DOL ,O60-8 II 2
Wash'ton "a 900 01O OO2-3 5 O
Andrews, Javery 90, Cozart co.
and Kluttz, Ulrich, Alorna (6), Ros-
so 90 and Evans.
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James I of England created the
position of poet laureate in 1917
and gave it to Ben Jonson.
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At Cape Girardeau, Mo-:
Toledo (AA) 102 600 11O-5 8 5
St. Louis (A) : 211 0O2 O0*-6 II q
F'annin, Goeddo 60 Carver 90
and Comyn, Missler (5); Jakucki
and Mancuso.
At Curtis Bay, Md:
New York (N) 900 2O1 O50-8 - 3
Curtis Bay CG 200 1903 ooo-5 z !
Barthelson, Kong a., Heimar
CD and lombard; Ronay, Peter.
son 60 and Tabacheck.
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Tungsten is not found alone in
its natural state, but associated
with iron and manganese.
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Manager Billy Southworth sent
the squad through a long batting
drill this morning and then held
an intra-squad game this afternoon.