PAGE SIX
NEW YORK, May 25 0P) The
democratic game of tennis . . . .
Sounds kind of funny, doesn't it?
But that's one of the things they
try to impress on you at the U. S.
Lawn Tennis association offices
these days . . . "Tennis," says
Prexy Holcombe Ward, "has
come a long way since the old
Newport days." . . . And what
' Ward wants is for more kids to
learn the game, no matter which
side of the tracks they live on . .'.
"We're trying to encourage pub
lic parks play and to persuade
. high schools to engage competent
coaches.
.
. BIGGER GAME
(News item: Long Island War
league baseball game postponed
because of rush order in plant):
No baseball fan would be such
a jerk
As to kick when he reads:
"Game Off War Work."
.
PETULANT PRESS
Since the fuss about signing
Lou Novikoff started Windy City
sports scribes taking sides, one
Chicago paper has been printing
a daily box: "What Ex-Cubs Did
Yesterday." . . . When four
Philadelphia fans ordered world
series tickets from the Phillies,
Newark, N. J., Columnist John
Beer reported this comment
from a fight fan: "The next
time I see AUie Stolz I'll order
four in the first row for the night
he fights Joe Louis for the heavy
weight title." .... Allie is a 135
pounder . . . And the Philadel
phia record summed up the same
yarn in the week's prize head
line: "Phour1 Phillies Phans are
Phull of Phaith."
TODAY'S GUEST STAR
W. N. Cox, Norfolk Virginian
Pilot: "What's wrong with this
sentence: Maybe Lefty Gomez
will be lucky enough to catch on
with the Phillies? . . . This is it,
the situation that proves the
baseball world is going up and
down something like the eleva
tors in a Marx brothers comedy."
.
SERVICE DEPT.
Soldiers in the 30th division at
Camp Blanding, Fla., have put
their O. K. on one Jap Sgt.
"Jap" Davis, former Duke full
back, who is assistant to the ath-
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Lou Novikoff May Boost Bruins
From Cellar; Cubs' Record Good
By JUDSON BAILEY
Associated Press Sports Writer
With the major leagues getting
ready to resume action tomorrow
with their second round of inter
sectional firing, the question that
has everybody puzzled is how
long can the other National
league clubs continue to trample
on the Cincinnati Reds and Chi
cago Cubs.
The Bruins, particularly, have
Impressed every rival manager
as one of the standout teams in
the senior circuit. Yet they are
deep in the cellar with only nine
victories and 19 defeats and have
been shut out seven times.
Chicago has been getting gen
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Upper Crust
Seals Take
On Rainiers
San Franciscans Have
Doubtful Honor of Being
Second to Top Spot Angels
By The Associated Press
The teams at the bottom of
the heap will find out how the
upper crust plays baseball as the
Pacific Coast league resumes ac
tion this week.
The tailcnd Seattle Rainiers
will take on San Francisco in
the Seal stadium today in the
first of an eight games series.
The two teams split a six-game
encounter in Seattle recently,
and since then the Seals have
risen to second place a dubious
enough honor considering Los
Angeles' wide lead on the pack.
The Angels tomorrow will en
gage the Portland Beavers, who
probably haven't forgotten that
Los Angeles took a seven-game
series from them in their own
bailiwick two weeks ago. A
doubleheader will open the ser
ies. Third place Oakland will at
tempt to gain on San Francisco
at the expense of Sacramento in
a series opening at the Solons'
park.
Morning baseball will make its
first appearance in the league
today, with San Diego opening
a seven game series against
Hollywood at 11 a. m.
The time is designed to please
swing-shifters in San Diego's air
craft plants and if the results
are encouraging the Padre man
agement undoubtedly will come
up with more breakfast-time
baseball. Pending the outcome
of the experiment, however, the
remainder of the week-day
games will be played at twilight.
letic officer. After refereeing a
recent boxing tournament, Davis
reported that breaking a clinch
is as tough as breaking a foot
ball line . . . Fellow instructors
at the Del Monte, Calif., pre
flight school have figured out
how to get Ensign Cornelius
Warmerdam to pole vault 16
feet. In a recent exhibition,
Dutch missed twice at "only 14
feet" then went over on the
third try. Then he learned the
actual height was 14-10. Now if
they'd just try him at "only 15
feet 6 inches."
erally good pitching and Is third
in the league in hitting. In
fielding it has made fewer er
rors than the league-leading
Brooklyn Dodgers and is among
the leaders in double plays.
A siege of illness and injuries
bad cut into the club's general
effectiveness, no doubt, but on
the basis of the records it is hard
to see how the Cubs lost nine
straight in the east.
They will be joined by Lou
Novikoff, their celebrated hold
out, when they open a home
them on the upgrade, but they
will need to sweep all three
Fight Fans
Talk Henry,
Angott Blow
Armstrong Stops Shapiro
In Seven-Round Display of
Bewildering Infighting
By TED MEIER
PHILADELPHIA, May i5 (P)
Henry Armstrong, the man of
1000 punches, and Sammy An
gott, whose recent "retirement"
and quick reappearance in the
lightweight ranks pOzzled fight
tans, may meet in New York
next month.
"There doesn't seem to be any
one else to fight Henry," ob
served George Moore, Arm
strong's manager, after the form
er triple champion stopped
Aiaxte bhapiro of New York in
seven rounds at Convention Hall
last night.
Hammorin' Henry has been
signed by Promoter Mike Jacobs
of New York for a June 11 bout
that supposedly was a rematch
with Beau Jack, but there is a
question whether Jack, who lost
his lightweight title to Phila
delphia's Bob Montgomery last
Friday, will be ready for another
scrap so soon.
Armstrong didn't tire himself
out in stopping Shapiro for his
19th victory and 14th kayo in 22
bouts since he came out of re
tirement in Los Angeles a year
ago. In fact a crowd of 8842
that paid $21,614 saw him lose
the first round.
But in the second he went to
work with a bewildering display
of infighting that drove the New
Yorker steadily backward. His
face and head badly battered by
the sixth, Maxie was dropped to
one knee by a left from in close.
The same thing happened in the
seventh. Blood spurted from his
mouth and ear as he rose. Arm
strong dropped his fists suddenly
and asked Referee Matt Adgie
to stop it. Adgie did. The time
was 1:58.
Armstrong weighed 1401,
Shapiro 135.
Prep Baseball Men
In Portland Set
Stage for Title Go
PORTLAND, May 25 UP)
Franklin moved up on Grant in
the Portland high school base
ball league yesterday and set the
stage for a title-deciding game
Wednesday.
Washington nosed out league-
leading Grant, 7-6, while Frank
lin advanced a half-game by
trimming Commerce, 7-1. The
winner of the Franklin-Grant tilt
Wednesday will gain the city
crown.
In 1939 the United States
bought 51,600,000 pounds of raw
silk from other nations at a cost
of $121,000,000.
games from the Giants to ooze
out of the cellar.
Cincinnati's predicament is
almost equally puzzling. The
Reds' pitching has been as good
as expected and the hitting has
been better than Manager Bill
McKechnie dared hope. As a
club only the Dodgers are hitting
higher. Yet in two games last
weekend the Reds left 24 runners
stranded.
At Boston Johnny Vander
Meer pitched a two-hitter and
was beaten and the next day
Bucky Walters lost a four-hitter.
At present the only thing fa
miliar about the National league
standings is the battle between
Brooklyn and the St. Louis Card
inals for first place.
The Boston Braves and Phila
delphia Phillies, who have held
onto the other berths in the first
division will be put to strenuous
tests in their first swing through
the west.
Besides New York at Chicago,
the series opening tomorrow in
the National league will call for
place. The combination of Novi
koff. and Wrigley field may put
stand tomorrow against the New
York Giants, who are in seventh
Boston at St. Louis and Phila
delphia at Cincinnati in a pair
of night games and Brooklyn at
Pittsburgh.
In the American league the
eastern clubs will be at home
with Cleveland at Boston, Chi
cago at Philadelphia, Detroit at
New York and St. Louis at Wash
ington in a night game.
The . question here ' will be
whether the Indians, usually not
as formidable on the road as at
home, retain the . American
league lead they grabbed from
the Yankees Sunday at Cleve
land. The Yanks' western invasion
was disastrous, with only one
victory in seven games and Joe
Gordon, their star second base
man and cleanup hitter, looking
as bad as he did in the world
series.
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Pelicans Lose Several Good
Basketball Men By Graduation
The KUHS Pelican basketball
team which went to the State
tournament and captured the
state championship will be minus
several ace basketball players in
1944. Six seniors have gradu
ated from this year's club. Conch
Wayne Scott will have very few
experienced hoopsters in 1044,
and his ball club will have to be
built from reserves of this year.
Those lost by graduation arc
Jim Bocchi, Ralph Foster, James
Cox, Rex Young, Aldo Bellotti
and Richard Hunter.
James Bocchi Captain Jim
Bocchi, known as "Slim Jim"
to many finished his third year
of varsity basketball in a blaze
of glory. Jim had gone to the
state basketball tournament for
two years and failed to achieve
what he had looked forward to
until this year when he led his
team to the championship.
Jim's choice on the all-state
second team resulted in the
greatest controversy over any
player since the beginning of the
tournament several years oacK.
The all-state team was chosen be
fore the championship game in
which Jim scored 20 points an
all-time high for a championship
game. Without a shadow of a
doubt, Jim was the outstanding
player in the tournament and
one of the most outstanding play
ers produced, around here in
many years.
Ralph Foster "Baldy" as he
is known stole the hearts of the
fans at the tournament with his
drive down the court, his feeding
to teammates when he could
have scored himself, and the way
he played his heart out in each
ball game. Ralph was a great
competitor and when the going
was the toughest he was at his
best. He was officially chosen
a member of the all-state first
team. Ralph was liked by
everyone, and his winning ways
kept a winning spirit in the team.
Rex Young The "Keno Kid"
as he was called because of his
earlier days in Keno started out
last year with the Wildcats. This
Cub Holdout
Signs; Hopes
For Approval
CHICAGO, May 25 (IP) Lou
Novikoff was under . contract
with the Chicago Cubs today and
hoping he would meet with the
approval of Manager Jimmy Wil
son so he could make his 1943
debut tomorrow against the New
York Giants.
Novikoff ended his two-month
holdout campaign yesterday by
signing a contract in General
Manager James Gallagher's of
fice. Terms, of course, were not
disclosed, but Lou said that he
was satisfied with the compro
mise figure guessed at $8000
or $8500 and had received his
concession of retroactive pay to
the first of the season.
The matter of having Novikoff
reinstated was thought to be
nothing less than the formality
of informing Ford Frlck, presi
dent of the National league, that
the holdout had signed and was
ready for action. Gallagher
planned to attend to this routine
immediately.
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year he moved into the first
string and was a partner of Jim
Cox. Backboard rebounds were
his specialty and he could hold
up his side of the deal with the
best of them. Rex was tho work
horse of the outfit and a fine
team man. He was never licked
and when it came to playing bos
kctball Rex was always in the
middle of the battle.
James Cox "Jim" was the
least noticed of any plnyer on
the squad because his job was
not the flashy kind, though es
sential. Jim started the year
slowly, but developed into one
of the finest players on the team.
He was so good on the back
boards that rebounds just didn't
get past him. Rebound work is
the backbone of any team, and
Jim was tops in this field. Ho
didn't stop there but began scor-
Seattle to
Launch Fight
Card Revival
SEATTLE, May 25 fP) An at
tempt to revive the fight game
in Seattle will be launched here
by Bill Mulligan, business man
ager of tho Seattle's Pacific
Coast league baseball club and
a member of the original state
athletic commission.
Mulligan disclosed last night
he would head the Rainier Athle
tic club which is formulating
plans for several big outdoor
fight cards here this summer. He
said the club would in no way be
connected with the Seattle base
ball organization, except for
probable rental of the ball park
for outdoor fights.
The sole fight promoter in Se
attle for many years has been
Nate Druxman, who quit the
game last year, explaining that
there was a lack of outstanding
talent. Druxman now is a pur
chasing agent for the army.
Stuart Thompson, chairman of
the state athletic commission,
said last night a fight promotion
permit had been issued to Mulli
gan, formerly athletic director at
Gonzaga university in Spokane
and a prominent collegiate foot
ball official.
BULL'S EYE
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo..
(IP) Tho hit and run victim was
badly banged up.
An automobile charged Into a
suburban pharmacy, . ripped a
large hole in the side and scat
tered merchandise hcltcr skelter.
The driver backed out and
sped away before anyone could
get his license number.
It is estimated that a beech
tree consumes about 80 quarts
of water dally,
pert.
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tableware features a non-slip,
non-drip cup and saucer.
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ing nt the amazing rate of 10
and 12 points a game. A shy per
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basketball player,
Aldo Bellotti Leltcrnimi
.from last year's tenm and a re
serve this yenr whs a great
help to the tenm. Mnny times
when reserves were needed Aldo
could tnke over ns ho wns n calm
experienced plnyer. This Is a
big help in tough games when
capable reserves aro needed.
Aldo would have played rcgultir
on any other team in the state.
Richard Hunter Dick was a
reserve this year and a transfer
from Washington, It is too bud
lyr didn't have another year as
o would have been valuable on
any team. A hard worker and
a fine sport, Dick is tho typo
of player with whom a conch en
joys working.
Coach Wayno Scott coached
these boys and deserves a great
deal of credit for their success.
It may be a long timo before a
better coached team is to be
found anywhere. Teams liko
this one arc few and far between,
and basketball fans of Klnmnth
Falls enjoyed every moment of
the Pelicans' success throughout
the past year.
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Sailors Take
Senators in
Bond Battle
Norfolk Navy Boti In Four
Counron in Ninth to Win;
Waihlngtoniani Get Gomoi
WASHINGTON, Mny 25 (!')
Undo Sum is soma $2,000,000
richer toriny, those sailors who
rail tho Norfolk Nnvnl station
Ihelr nlmti muter uro prouder
than over of tholr baseball tenm
nnd tho Wushlngtoii Sonntors
have a now relief pitcher.
Tho 20,221 spectators who saw
tho Sailors defent tho Senators
Inst night, 4 to 3, In nlno Innings
of thrilling baseball paid for
their sents by buying war bonds
nnd pledged an estimated $2
000,000 to see tho game.
Tho Sailors counted three
times in the eighth to sport n 4
to 0 edgn ns the game went into
tho final frame But hero the
Washington!, third In tho Ameri
can lengiio stnndlngs, punched
over three runs ut tho expense of
Urondway Chnrley Wagner, for
mer Red Sox ace, before Max
Wilson put out tho flro.
The Sailors, virtually an all
stnr mnlnr lenmm MffffrMtfntlnrt
collected only six hits off five
pucnors.
Before the gnme, Clurk Grif
fith, president of tho Senators,
snld that Vernon (Lefty) Gomoz,
for 12 Vltnn n ll'ft.linnrlnrl rll,.h.
or for tho Now York Yankees
hpfnrn MfMit In in Rntlnn Tt,-,,t,nu
this winter, had signed n Senator
contract. Gomez wns given his
release by the Brnvcs Inst week.
He will be used In relief roles.
Rainiers Have
Hopes for New
Starting Pitcher
SEATTLE. Mny 25 (IP) The
Sentllo Rululers hnvo high hopes
of landing a new starting pitcher
within a few days, Manager Bill
Skiff reported yesterday. The
club also is nngling for an ex
perienced catcher nnd mny lnnd
one before the club returns home
in two weeks. Skiff said.
Outfielder Bill Kats. he said,
still Is favoring a leg he Injured
in spring training at Lcwlstou
and might need somo additional
rest before breaking into action
regularly.
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NEW YOItlt, Muy 25 (!')-
Both miijnr leagues uro using
the sumo typo of bull these (lays
but tho Nutlounl lougiio's butting
averages are continuing to sur
pass tho marks set In tho Ameri
can league, one-time homo of til
luggers.
Vornun Stephens of the St.
Louis Browns, who bus boon out
of action fur approximately a
week borntisn of nu Injured knee,
has tho highest uvoi'iign in either
loiigun Willi .Ullll nnd Michael
(Pinky) lllggliis of tho Detroit
Tigers is socond, 10 points bo
hind.
But nsido from this pair th
hitters In the senior circuit ino
having nil the best of tho bnliila
bull. Ullly Herman of tho Brook
lyn Dodgers hus moved Into first
place with .HSU nnd the tenth
man Is Stan Hack of tho Chicago
Cubs with .ami.
In the American leuguo there
nro only eight butters ' hitting
,:ifl0 or better nnd to get a list
of 10 lending hitters it Is neces
sary to Includo Kip Rnddlff of
Detroit with a ,200 murk, (fh
National lengue clouters linvo
como up with 04 homo runs, 20
more than hnvo been hit in th
American lengue.
Leadership In the American
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