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NEW YORK, March 17 (P)
This one ought to start a few
arguments on the dull days. . . .
After testing the third battalion
at the Del Monte, Calif., navy
. prefllght school, Lieut. William
Ncuficld, head of the school's
testing and measuring depart
ment, has concluded that boys
from west of the Mississippi
river are better physical speci
men than the easterners
Tho Del Monte battalion (60 per
cent Californians) had an aver
age physical fitness index of 68,
as compared to 66.7 for the first
four battalions of the Chapel
Hill, N. C. pre-flight school. The
standard index is 60 but don't
ask us just what that means.
REUNION IN NEW ORLEANS
When Howard Blakcslee, AP
science editor, visited Tulane
university on a recent southern
tour, he met "Big Monk" Simons,
Tulane's famous trainer , . . .
They seemed to see something
familiar and eventually recalled
that when Tlakeslee was break
ing middle distance running rec
ords for the Southern Athletic
club back in 1907-08, Big Monk
was a teammate who specialized
in busting sprint records
They hadn't seen each other
since those days.
DEPT. OF CORRECTION
The report recently carried
here that the former Alabama
footballer, Holt Rast, is serving
with Ma. Gen. Jimmy Doolittle
In Africa apparently belongs in
the same class with the stories
you may have heard about Bar
ney Ross' death, Dixie Howell's
decoration for heroism and Bob
McLeod getting shot up. ... It
ain't true ... A letter from Holt
Rast Sr., explains that while his
son landed in northern Africa
with the American invasion
forces, he belonged to the engi
neer corps and there has been no
word of Holt's transfer to the air
corps.
TODAY'S GUEST STAR
C. A. Falzer,' Newark (N. J.)
Sunday Call: "Bob Rolfe, Dartmouth-bred
coach of Yale, view
ed the basketball season with
mixed emotions. He saw his own
alma mammy win the champion
ship and his Yale charges finish
last. Another year like that and
Red Rolfe may become Gray
Rolfe. His nerves were not jarred
half as much when he played
third base for the Yankees."
SERVICE DEPT.
' Soldier Buck, old-time Louis
ville fighter who was licked by
such gays as Young Stribling
and Harry Greb, has been dis
charged from the army because
of his age (about 43) and is back
on the job as foreman in a de
fense plant. He's a World war
one veteran and has a son in the
service ; . . World series preview:
The Norfolk naval training sta
tion ball team has bought uni
forms similar to the Yankee's
this year, and its bitter rival
from the naval air station will
wear Cards' style suits. . . Corp.
Thomas Alexion of Fort Mon
mouth, N. J., a crack billiards
player, turned his talents to box
ing this winter and won his reg
imental lightweight title. Now
he's heard that Willie Hoppe is
going to visit the . post so he's
trying for the billiards title, too,
so he can play against the old
master.
Rose Bowl Picture
Of Pastoral Peace
With Sheep Grazing
PASADENA, Calif., March 17
(Jp) The Rose bowl, where the
gridiron's great stage their
mighty struggle each New Year's
day, now is the picture of pastor
al peace.
Park Superintendent William
H. Nicholas has meadowed there
a flock of 22 karakul sheep to
keep the turf nipped short with
out calling upon his already
overtaxed supply of manpower
and mowers.
T.0S ANQKLES Luther (Slugger) Wlilto,
1.10. Bnltimm, iron by n trctinlral knock
nut over aeorge Morells. 147, Mexico City,
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Pvt. Gail Bishop Out
To Set New AAU Record
Ex-Cougar Piled Up 50 Points All
By Himself to Better the Record
DENVER, March 17 (.T) Furi
ous shooting marks the sweep of
favorites through the National
AAU basketball tournament
field, and a new record for in
dividual point-making already is
being printed in the official book
of best performances.
Holder of the new record is
Pvt. Gail Bishop of the Fort Lew
is, Wash. Reception Center team,
who piled up SO points all by
himself yesterday as he and his
fellow soldiers crushed the
Butte, Mont., Boosters under an
83-37 score. His collection of 23
field goals and four free throws
was better by two points than
the old mark established by Lar
ry Toburen, Denver university,
three years ago.
Bishop marked up another
scoring record this season while
playing for Washington State col
lege. The 224 points he made in
northern division Pacific Coast
conference competition was a
new high for a season's work, 32
Huskie Crew
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Army Calls
SEATTLE, March 17 (VP)
The war may do to Coach Al
Ulbrickson's University of Wash
ington crew what few varsity
eights in the country have been
able to accomplish in recent
years.
Four additional oarsmen re
ceived notice yesterday to re
port for army duty April 6.
They were Tom Curkendall,
Bob McGoldrick, Jack Phillips
and Coxswain Keith Brown.
Two more of Ulbrickson's stal
warts, Le Connie Styles and
Gordon Callow, got their orders
Monday.
Coach Ulbrickson said the
crew would be hard hit because
most of the men lost to the
armed forces are portside oars
men. "We'll keep going as long as
we have any oarsmen left," he
said, "although we may be row
ing in circles, with but few
starboard sweepers on deck."
Other men who received
April 6 orders yesterday were
Bob Bird, basketball and base
ball varsity player, who, how
ever, will be with the Huskies
for the collegiate basketball
playoffs; Bob Smith, Roy An
derson and Lyle Clark, track
men.
Roundtable Puts Up
More Cash Prizes
For Nationwide Poll
SPOKANE, March 17 (P)
The Athletic Roundtable put up
two more cash prizes, of $100
each, yesterday in their nation
wide poll of the country's atti
tude toward its national sport.
The two new prizes are of
fered the nation's army and
navy establishment which, .in
hand balloting, cast the most
votes for and against the con
tinuance of professional base
ball. First prize in the' contest Is
$500 in war bonds, for the best
letter on whether baseball
should be continued. Forty-nine
other prizes range downward to
$5 in war stamps.
Marine and coast guard bases
will be eligible to compete in
the navy bracket of the hand
ballotting, officials announced.
Total vote in the poll now
approximates 20,000.
SIGNS CONTRACT
MEDFORD, Ore., March 17 fP)
Bob Hardy,' left handed pitcher
purchased from Beaumont of the
Texas league, has mailed his
signed contract to the Portland
Beavers of the Pacific Coast
Baseball league.
When in Medford
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The tourney powerhouses
turned in some impressive scores
before the second round of play
came to an end last night. Wyo
ming university added up 77 to
40 for Howard Payne college of
Brownwood, Tex., and Twenti
eth Century-Fox of Hollywood
collected 67 while giving away
41 to the Fort Warren, Wyo., All-
Stars. Phillips 66 Oilers of Bar-
tlesville, Okla., crushed St. Lou
is, Mo., Universal Auto Body, 66
20 in the final second round con
test. In earlier second round games,
the Norman, Okla., Naval Air
Station team outshot the seeded
Alameda, Calif., Coast Guard
team, 38-25 in an overtime bat
tle; Salt Lake City's Ecker Stu
dio disposed of the Chicago Clip
pers 65-30; United Engineering
of Alameda, Calif., edged out the
Colorado Springs, Colo., Martin
Jewelers 60-55, and the Williams
Field Airmen sliced up the Sioux
City, Iowa, Old Home Bread, 47
38. While this high team scoring
was going on, some other indiv
iduals besides Private Bishop
were running up commanding
point totals. Frank Lubin scored
30 of the 67 points made by
Twentieth Century, Center Milo
Komenich made 29 for Wyoming
before he left the game early in
the fourth period, and Jim Pol
lard, former Stanford university
star last year, sank 24 for the
Alameda Coast Guardsmen. In
a first round shooting affray.
Corporal Ben Schall tallied 41
points for the Fort Warren All
Stars in their 83-36 win over
Denver Capitol Life.
Today's third round schedule
includes:
12:30 p. m. (PWT) Allen
Bradley, Milwaukee vs. Recep
tion Center, Fort Lewis.
9 p. m. (PWT) Denver Legion
vs. Boilermakers, Portland, Ore.
Goldenball Hoop
Tourney Opened
In Portland
PORTLAND, March 17 ()
The annual Goldenball basket
ball tournament opened here last
night with Eugene and Portland
teams advancing in the light
weight division and Oregon City
and McMinnville moving ahead
among the heavyweights.
The River Road Rams of Eu
gene turned in the most one-sided
victory, crushing the Aloha
Junior lightweight team, 57-7.
The Jefferson Squirts of Port
land defeated the Shumway
team of Portland, 19-17, in the
division's other game.
Oregon City downed Ports
mouth, 59-28, and McMinnville
defeated the Salem Doolittle's,
44-25, in the heavyweights.
Lineup In Air But
Lon Stiner Turns
Out Grid-Iron Men
CORVALLIS, Ore., March 17
(if) The grandstand novice as
well as the adept varsity per
former will be welcome today at
Oregon State's first spring foot
ball turnout, Coach Lon Stiner
announced.
With the future of college
football up in the air because of
the war, physical conditioning
will be emphasized during the
spring period, Stiner said. All
students, football aspirants or
not, may participate.
Drills will be held five days a
week and physical education
credit granted for the term's
work. Football uniforms will be
donned only once or twice a
week.
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Local Citizenry Will Honor Pelicans
The state champion Pelican baaketoall team will be honored by civic organisations and the
Quarterback club in various functions planned for the next two weoki. Mayor John Houston,
Lee Smith of the Quarterback club, Lee Jacobs o! the Quarterbackers and the Rotary club, and
Principal Stanley Woodruff of the high school are Interesting themselves in thtia arrangements.
Picture shows the Pelicans with some ol their well-wishers. Lett to right, Stanley Woodruff,
Lee Jacobs. Al Bellotti, Jim Cox, Wilbur Welch. Jim Bocchl, Baldy Fottor, Don Bigger and Mayor
Houston. The girl in the picture is Carol Tiller.
Giants' Loss
Heaviest in
Sr. Circuit
Mel OH May Have to Work
Major Miracle to Keep
Them In First Division
By JUDSON BAILEY
LAKEWOOD, N. J., March
17 (AP) Mel Ott performed a
minor miracle last year by
leading his New York Giants
to third place in the National
league. He may have to work
a major miracle this season to
keep them in the first division.
The cold facts are that the
Giants' losses to the war are
the heaviest in the senior cir
cuit. Pitcher Hal Schumacher,
Outfielder Willard Marshall,
the great rookie find of last
season, and Babe Young, - the
slugging outfielder-first base
man, have entered the service;
Third Baseman Bill Werbcr
has retired and two bigger
blows appear about to fall
since First ' Baseman Johnny
Mize and Catcher Harry Dan
ning are both in Class 1A and
awaiting induction.
If Mize should be turned
down by the army, .the Giants'
other problems could be solved
m various ways and with vary
ing hopes for success. But, as
the matter stands now, Mize is
out of the picture and the New
York roster looks like, a jigsaw
puzzle.
Ott has big Bafce Barna, an
outfielder, playing first base.
He would like to have another
outfielder, Rookie Sid Gordon,
on third base. But if he moves
both to the infield, he will have
no outfield.
If Barna opens the season at
first base, Gordon would have
to be kept in the outfield and
35-year-old Dick Bartell would
start at third base. Bartcll's
legs being what they arc, this
would muan Joe Orengo hold
ing down the hot corner about
half the time.
OUTFIELD TRADE
HOLLYWOOD, March 17 (IP)
A trade of outfielders has sent
Jack de Vincenzi of the Holly
wood Stars to Oakland in return
for Marv Gudat.
Gudat has been with the Oak
land Coast league club since
1938, while De Vincenzi has been
under option to Memphis since
last May.
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Training Camp Briefs
By The Associated Press
LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 17
Hank Edwards, 24-ycar-old out
fielder up from Baltimore, was
ordered to take his selective
service physical examination
today.
Should he pass, tho Cleve
land Indians would have only
four outfield prospects, includ
ing Jeff Heath who has reject
ed two contracts and is holding
out in his home at Seattle.
Edwards, who lives in Nor-
walk, O., received permission
to take the examination here.
EVANSV1LLE, Ind. The
Detroit Tigers, who have no
place to work indoors, were
kept idle yesterday by weather
but army authorities offered
them the use of a ficldhousc at
Camp Brcckenridge, Ky., 28
miles away.
Manager Steve O'Neill, how
ever, couldn't take advantage
of the oflcr, lacking transpor
tation facilities for the snort
jaunt.
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BEAR MOUNTAIN, N. Y.
Although Manager Leo Duio
cher of tho Brooklyn Dodgers
Freshmen Get
Varsity Letters
At Oregon State
CORVALLIS, Ore., March 17
(IP) For the first time in many
years Freshmen were awarded
varsity basketball letters yester
day at Oregon State college.
They were Tom Holman and
Bill Taitt, made eligible for the
varsity by a wartime ruling of
the Coast conference.
Others winning letters were
Don Durdan, Howard Jeffries,
Lew Beck, Erland Aiderson,
Don Cecil and Bob Howard.
Beck and Cecil learned they
had been named on Wayne uni
versity's all-opponent team. They
played Wayne in Detroit on a
prc-scason trip.
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Yi'tJ! Spring.
was stiff and sore from two
days of workouts he - wore a
big smile because of the form
displayed on the mound by
Whitlow Wyatt, veteran
pitcher.
Wyatt worked out at Hot
Springs, Ark., for two weeks
before coming hero.
MUNCIE, Ind. A Pittsburgh
Finite party of 22, including
nine players, arrived hero ear
ly toduy .ind partook of its first
workout a few hours later.
Catcher Babo Phelps, v Out
fielder Maurice Van Kobays
and Pitcher Russ Baucrs still
arc unsigned.
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MEUKORD, Mass. Al Sim
mons' boast, broadcast from Hot
Springs, Ark., thai ho was
down to 200 pounds, has spur
red Red Sox Boss Joe Cromn
to even greater training efforts,
Croiiln, who may havo to re
turn to the lineup, is far over
his best playing weight of 1DU
pounds.
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ASBURY FARK, N. J.
Catcher Itolllo Himslcy, a Missouri-farmer
iiv the off-season,
has informed tho New York
Yankees that he has found com
petent help and would head for
the training camp on the first
available train.
.You can spot it
every time
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enthusiast knows. Few
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tion, the altitude do it. Experienced skiers know
that Coca-Cola is the perfect refreshment after
a ski run.
Coca-Cola not only quenches thirst. It adds
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Each time you raise an Ice-cold Coca-Cola to
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Coca-Cola is Coca-Cola, itself.
Even with war and so many Coca-Cola bottling plants In
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Coast Conference Out
For Duration of War
Four California Members Most Likely
Will Schedule Home-and-Home Games
LOS ANGELES, March 17 (I")
The Pacific Coast conference,
as now constituted, Is out (or
the duration, and the four Cali
fornia members, Stanford,
UCLA, Southern California and
California, most likely will
schedule home-'and-home foot
ball games next full.
Whlln tho schedule will not
bo drawn until tho June meet
ing in Portland, Ore., Southern
California's miutagcr of Ath
letics, Arnold Eddy, points out
that sinco Intcrscctional football
has become a wartime casualty,
a Washlngton-USC game, in
volving 2500 miles travel, Is
just about out of tho question.
"All the schools In the con
foronco want to continue foot
ball It possible," says, Eddy,
"but they want to cooperate to
the fullest in the war effort,
too, and tho reduction of travel
to the minimum is tho No. 1
must order. I Initiated the
idea of homc-and-home sched
ules for tho California schools
at the Inst conference meeting,
hut it did not get formal con
sideration." Eddy thinks the home-and-home
football arrangement has
fine possibilities as a crowd
lure. Football Is one of the
few sports where the loser
doesn't get a chance to avenge
himself within the season. A
7-6 decision seldom is convinc
ing. A close gnme between
Southern California and Stan
ford next fall In I'nlo Alto
would make the rematch in the
big Los Angeles Coliseum a
crowd mngnct.
Eddy is thoroughly sold on
this rematch Idea, and he Is
pretty astute In his scheduling.
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Last season, despite gasoline ra
tioning, the Trojans hud their
best dollarsandcents sonson In
history, what with sellouts
ngiilii.it Ohio State, Notre Dnnie
anil UCLA,
Whether tho winner of the
southern half of the coiifinco
might bo matched In the Rose
bowl against tho northern
champion, Eddy said, was some
thing to bo connldcred much
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seems likrly there will hn a "
Hose bowl game of one sort or
another.
EUGENE, March 17 OP) Or.
lando J. Mollis, University of
Oregon faculty representative to
the rnclflc Const conference,
said hero Wednesday that he did
not feel that it was either neces
sary or dcslrublo under present
travel conditions to abandon the
present plan for Intercollegiate
footbnll in tho conference noxt
fall, but that It would be foolish
to say what conditions would he
like next full. Hn suld that he
saw no reason why conditions
should change, and that certain
ly the government officials
would not ban the traveling of
collegium athletic teams and at
the same lime permit major
league baseball to continue.
- As for Oregon, Mollis pointed
out that it Is cruilcr for Webfoot
teams to travel to the bay area of
California than to the Inland em
pire or to Seattlo. He tabbed
tho proposal of a split north
south division for football,, as
suggested by Arnold Eddy of
USC as "wishful thinking.1'
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