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Sports Roundup Bv HUGH FULLERTON, JR. NEW YORK, Sept. 16— tf) - Looks as if Bo McMillin migh have to wipe those tears away a last. . .Bob (Hunchy) Hoernsche meyer, Bo’s star back last year may be back at Indiana U. for an ether season. . .Hunchy has beer at Bainbridge, Md., awaiting the opening of the naval preparatory school for Annapolis, but indica tions now are that he’ll return to college until time to take the aca demy exams next April. . .The minor leagues car.’t do much about that conflict with the majors in the winter meeting dates because the national association agree ment specifies Wednesday of the first week in December... .It took a hurricane to convince the Dod gers that the Brooklyn fans were right but they finally took the ad vice they've been getting all sea son and didn’t show up for a game. TODAY’S GUEST STAR John Mooney, Salt Lake tele gram: “Without checking the juke box polls, we’ll be the hit tune of the week can be chosen from among ‘The St. Louis Blues,’ 'Hold That Tiger’ and ‘The Yanks Are Coming.’ ” COINCIDENTAL ITEMS The. ODT has requested all foot ball teams, college and pro, to re strict ticket sales to residents of the area in which games will be played. . .Columbus, O., hotels re-j port they're sold out for the week; ends of the Ohio state - Michigan and Ohio State - Minnesota games , . .Bet all those folks don't come! from Circleville and Worthington, | either. I SHORTS AND SHELLS Everything seems to be happen ; ing to the Cards at once—Musial’i injury, Kurowski’s eye trouble etc.—but they can console them selves by remembering that wher the 1906 cubs won 116 games anc finished 20 games in front, thej were knocked off by the "hitles! wonders” in the world series. . i A new family feud will start ir ! this year’s Penn State . Colgatt grid game. Penn State’s Field Gen ! eral is Marine Pvt. Earl Bruhn | who played freshman ball at Min 1 nesota two years ago, and Col : gate’s line coach is Earl’s brother, ! Milt, former Minnesota Guard. . iCan we say the fans should gopher that rivalry? : _ SERVICE DEPT. I Lt. Col. John J. Phelan, Jr., son of “the general” who bosses the New York State Athletic commis sion, has been awarded the silver star for gallantry in action. . . Father "Matty” Crosson, who once played semi - pro ball around in New York with Buddy Hassett and Bobby Reis, is an army chap lain in Hawaii and still makes the hard ones look easy at second base. . .The Smoky Hill Army Air Field, near Salina, Kas., is looking for opposition for a strong basket ball team this season. The club will be coached by Lt. Robert Theall, former tutor at American College of Physical Education, and Sgt. A1 Woolard of Southwestern (Kansas) and Kearns Field. It also has some good players — so don’t say we didn’t warn you that where there’s Smoky Hill there must be fire. Wildcat Eleven Set For Whiteviile Game Although the Wildcat eleven starts out the season with one of the lightest lines in the team’s history it is scheduled for some stiff opposition with, the first game to be played at Whiteville next Friday. The schedule for tlje 'Cats this year includes four home games so far, and four games in other cities. However, September 29, and Oc tober 20 are still open. • The local gridsters will meet Rocky Mount there on October 6; Goldsboro here October 13; Raleigh here October 27; Wilson here No vember 3; Durham there Novem ber 10; Hamlet here November 17; and Fayetteville there November 24. The game on November 30, with Oxford Orphanage is still pending and the time and place will be an nounced at a later date. __ _ . I Coach Rupert Bryan has an nounced. the na^es of *he starters in the contest with Whiteville. They are: Mprrjs Monk, 152, center; Irving Gore, 160, right guard; Bob Strick land, 165, left guard; Johnny Hobbs, 200, right tackle; Bob Ash worth, 201, left tackle; Charlie Jones, 155, right end; Louis Han son, 155, left end. In the back field its a toss between Bubba Sykes, 160, and Johnpy Symnes, for tail back; Sutton, 165, fullback; Harris, 158, blocking back and Jack Lowri more, 145, wingback. Coach Bryan and his assistant, Wallace West, have had the squads drilling at the Thirtenth and Ann street field for the past few weeks, developing the fine points of the game. Last week was spent on of fensive plays, with emphasis on punting and passing protection. WANTS DEFEATED BY PHILADELPHIA PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 18. —UP) —The Philadelphia Phillies bounc ed the New York Giants a game and a half out of the first division by sweeping a double header from Mel Ott’s club, 5-2 and 2-1 in 10 innings, today. The Giants, got off to a one-ri|n lead in each game, but couldn’t hold either of them. After the Phil lies tied the opener in the third, 1hey went ahead in the fourth, scor ing twice on singles by Ron Nor ihey. Jimmy Wasdell and Glenn Stewart. The Phils added single runs in the fifth and eighth. First Game New York - 010 010 000—2 Philadelphia -001 210 Olx—5 Batteries: A. Adams Hansen, A. Allen and Mancuso; Barrett and Peacock. Second Game New York -J00 000 000 0—1 Philadelphia _ 000 000 010 1—2 Batteries: Pyle and Mancuso; Gerheauser and Finley. -_ Wasps Outplayed By Army Gridsters ASHEVILLE, Sept. 16. — UP) — Emory & Henry griciders playing their second game of the season, (lied three passes from T-formation to score three touchdowns here this afternoon defeating the Moore General Hospital Generals, 20-6. It was the first game of the sea son for the Generals. Led by several veteVans from the South Pacific war theater, the Gen erals outplayed the Wasps in the last quarter, scoring their touch down in the fourth period. Recov ering a fumble on their own 43, they took the leather across in three plays. BASEBALL’S BIG SIX By The Associated Pres* Batting (three leaders in each league) Player, Club G AB R H Pet. Walker, Do’gs 132 481 74 172 .338 Musial, Cards 135 520 104 181 .348 Med wick, G’ts 121 470 63 161 .342 Fox. Red Sox.. 111 456 67 149 .327 Doerr, R. S— 125 468 93 152 .325 Johnson. R. S. 128 460 ICC 149 .324 RUNS BATTED IN National League Nicholson. Cubs .„ 108 Sanders, Cardinals_100 McCormick, Reds _ 92 Elliott, Pirates „_. 92 American League Stephens, Browns _ 97 Johnson, Red Sox _ 93 Lindell Yankees.. 90 HOME RUNS National League Nicholson, Cubs _ 32 Ott, Giants ___ 26 Northey, Phillies_ 18 American League Etten, Yankees_ 20 Stephens, Browns . 18 Johnson, Red Sox _ 17 -V f earners And Thomas Scout Milligan Team RALEIGH, Sept. 16. — ffl— N C. State’s gridders, priming foi their opening game with Milligar here next Saturday night, held j two-hour drill today under direc tion of end coach Star Wood. Head Coach Beattie Feather; and Line Mentor A1 Thomas wer< scouting Milligan today. The Buf faloes met Carson-Newman in Bris ton, Tenn.-Va. While today’s drill was limitec to the brushing up of passing, punt ing and T plays, a skull session al so was on the menu. Wood said th< boys were fast rounding into shape but that much work still was need ed to offset the two games Milli gan will have played when the twi teams meet. -V The X-ray is used in detection o fraud in painting as it shows un derpainting not visible on the sui face. New York Loses To Spirited Athletics -- ~ * ★★★ ★ ★ ★ ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ MACKMEN BEAT YANKEES, 6-3 Bobo Newsom Gets Re venge, Beating Yanks For First Time NEW YORK, Sept. 16. — (.P) — i The-American League pennant race went into a three-way tie for first place, the first time this year, as Bobo Newsom and the Philadelphia Athletics administered a 6-3 lick ing to the New York Yankees. With Detroit idle, the St. Louis i Browns can regain undisputed pos j session of the top rung with a tri umph over the Chicago White Sox tonight. ! Newsom held the Yankees to six hits, giving up only one run, a homer by Frank Crosetti, until the ninth when Nick Etten hit his 20th homer of the season after Jonny Lindell had singled. It was Bobo’s first victory over the Yan i kees, who had previously beaten him five straight. Irv Hall, Ford Garrison and Ed gar Busch were among the Mack men who helped Newsom get his revenge against the Yanks. Hall had a perfect day, two singles, (hree walks, two runs scored and two runs driven in. Garrison con tributed a couple of doubles, and Busch, two singles. Philadelphia _ 103 001 001—6 New York_ 010 000 002—3 Batteries: Newsom and Hayes; Turner, Donald, Bevens and Gar bark. KILPATRICK SEES BOOM IN SPORTS NEWPORT NEWS, Va„ Sept. 16 —(J)—“This nation is due lor the greatest boom in sports history after the war,” Brig. Gen. John R. Kilpatrick, commanding general of the Hampton Roads Port of Em. barkation and peace-time president of Madison Square Garden, said here today. The general, who plans to re sume the presidency and director ship of the Garden after the war, predicted also a resurgence in wo man’s sports, with women being active both as participants and spectators. Despite the fact that he heads and organization which has staged some of the biggest boxing cards in the world. General Kilpatrick’s first love is football, a sport which he excelled during his undergrad uate days at Yale, where as an end he was twice selected on Wal ter Camp’s all-America teams. The postwr sports boom, Gen eral Kilpatrick declared, will be effective in all sports a*d added, “Gene Tunney, Carpentier and other stars were developed during the last war. Will have more out standing athletes this time. I par ticularly look for a great boom in boxing. “During demobilization,, the Army will place great emphasis on sports to keep the boys busy and in trim. Pending discharge, soldiers will have less enthusiasm for military training; we must sub stitute athletics of all kinds.” REDS TAKE TWO FROM PIRATES PITTSBURGH, Sept. 16.— Wl - The Cincinnati Reds took two oi them the hard way—by ninth in ning rabies — downing the Pitts burgh Pirate* today, 2 to 1 and 3 to 1. Home runs by Frank McCor mick and Eric Tipton climaxed a pitching duel between Cincy vet eran Ray Starr and Buc Rookie Arnold Carter to give the visitors their triumph in the nightcap. FIRST GAME R H I Cincinnati 000 010 001—2 10 ( Pittsburgh .... 100 000 000—1 1 : Batteries: De a Cruz and Muel ler; Butcher and Lopez. SECOND GAME R H B Cincinnati 000 010 002—3 8 I Pittsburgh ... 001 000 000—1 7 : Batteries: Carter and Mueller Starr and Camelli. -V Tar Heels Given Holiday By Coacl CHAPEL HILL, Sept. 16. — {&) Coach Gene McEver gave thi > North Carolina eleven the day of as a reward for their fine perfor mance against Preflight yesterda; f and a needed rest before -the fina . week’s push for Wake Forest. A1 . though encouraged by last week’, improvement and progress McEv er pointed out that Preflight ha< several injured stars and it wa trying out to reserve linemen i: most of yesterday’s practice gam« University Of Illinois Defeats Normal, 79-1 CHAMPAIGN, 111.. Sept. 16. — (ff —The University of Illinois foot ball squad opened its 55th seasoi here today, soundly defeating Uli nois Normal. 79 to 0, before 5,00 fans. Using the first team sparing ly, Illinois held a 40-0 edge at th< half-time. Buddy Young, national sprin champion, crossed the goal lin on a 79-yard runback of a Norma punt and a 15-yard jaunt afte: i grabbing a loose ball Michigan Defeats Strong Iowa Seahawks WOLVERINES BEAT PRE-FLIGHT, 12-7 Crowd Of 23,400 See Na. tion’s First Major Football Game ih ■-i5! By FRANK KENESSOX ANN ARBOR, Mich., Sept 15 :.R)—A pair of identical 'for,Va^ passes from Naw Trainee Bin Culligan to- freshman end n, Rifenburg provided the knockout drops today as Michigan erC Iowa Pre-Flight, 12 to 7, before! crowd of 23,400 in the llatio ’ first major collegiate fo“b game of the season. 11 Culligan uncoiled his s!ine,w right arm early in the second p nod for the first Wolverine touch down shot, throwing 17 yard, u Rifenburg, who eluded the s, hawk safety man, Don Wald™, on the Pre-Flight 30-yard line Jnd scored untouched. Quarterback Joe Ponsetto's try for the JJ was wide. 1 r‘l The second Culligan-Rifenbur, sconng heave brought Michigan from behind on the third play the final period. From the Wole! me 44 Culligan found the Da« grabbing end beyond Waldron again, throwig 28 yards to fte target, and Rifenburg romped th remaining 28 without having hand laid on him. Ponseuoh Widpen!ent att?mpt a£ain "’31 The Seahawks. whose rushin, attack gained only a net six jt in the first half, started rolling a hurry after the hall time rest Waldron look a Wolverine punt on the Pre-Flight 35, returning 13 l0 the 48, from where Bob Smith swung around right end for 19 more to the Michigan 33, Waldron passed to end Bob Phillips for five yards, fullback Bernard (Bus) Mertis bit center for three and Then Waldron lateralled wide to Smith, who raced 25 yards do«n the sideline for the Seahawk touchdown. Jim McEvoy of De troit came in to boot the extra point and put the Hawks out’ m f-*%t, 7 to 6. Michigan’s final scoring march started from the Wolverine 6 where Culligan took Smith’s punt late in the third, returning 13 t0 the Michigan 19. Fullback Bob Wiese alternated with Culligan in driving 23 yards in four plays to the Wolverines 42 and Bob Nussbaumer hit rhe mid dle for six just before the third period ended. Iowa Pre-Flight ... 0 0 7 0-7 Michigan -„- 0 6 0 6-12 Pre-Flight scoring: Touchdown, R. Smith. Point after touchdown, McEvoy (CQ> (sub for Merles), place-kick. Michigan scoring: touchdowns, Rifenburg (sub for Renner) 2. -V The average duration of an earthquake shock is estimated by experts at 45 seconds. . . J Emphasis On Speed I ! ! Northwestern’s squad is lightest to represent Purjie in recent years, so emphasis will be on speed when Wildcats open with Wisconsin, Sept. 30. I.vnn Waldorf’s 73 ulayers include nine holdovers and promising candidates from ranks of V-12. Grid Season Begins With Plenty Of ‘T’ -Jl-dL---—> HARVARD CRIMSON B E A T S HARVARD CAMBRIDGE, Sept. 18. — MP) - Fleet-footed Marvin Jenkins dis^ mayed his former Tufts shipmate: by dashing 65 and 18 yards foi Harvard touchdowns as the Crim son opened its informal four-gami football schedule with a 19-12 vie tory today before a 12,000 crowc at the stadium. The Crimson, however, needec a fourth period counter to win anc it was provided by sub fullbacl -’ob Cowen, who made a one-yarc scoring plunge on fourth down Cowen started that touchdowr drive by returning a kickoff 6‘ yards. Tufts, which had its passing at tack clicking nicely during th< early stages, was able to cash onh two of its four scoring chances Wingback Bill Kearns registere: the first jumbo tallies by complet ing a 35-vard pass from sharp shooter George Feldman in thi first period and fullback Brad Irvij smashed over from the one-ya'n line early in the finale. -V COLLEGE FOOTBALL (By The Associated Press) EAST Rochester 13; Rensselaer 0. Worcester Poly 12: Union 7. Ursinus 13; Swarthmore 7. Coast Guard Academy 33; Bate 0. Harvard 19; Tufts 12. Bucknell 25; Muhlenberg 7. Scranton 6; Franklin-Marshall ( MIDWEST Western Michigan 20: Wabash ( Denison 7; Oberlin 7 (tie). Bowling Green 13; Ohio Weslej i an 6. Indiana 72; Fort Knox 0. Great Lakes 62: Fort Sheridan ( Michigan 12; Iowa Seahawks 7. Illinois 79; Illinois Normal 0. , SOUTH Richmond Army Air Base 0 Hampden-Sydney 0 (tie). Emory and Henry 20; Moor General Hospital 6. Chatham Field (Ga). 12; Newbei ry 7. FRIDAY NIGHT’S GAMES Kansas 47; Washburn 0. Case 0: Baldwin-Wallace 0 (tie ! Maryville (Mo) Teachers 26 [ Pittsburgh (Kan) Teachers It Warrensburg (Mo) 13; Missoui t Valley College 0. 1 Central Mich 32; Alma (Mich) 1! College of Pacific 25; Fairfielc 5 Suisun Airbase 0. -V \ Myrtle Court Horse 1 Show Set For Toda Judges fy today’s horse show s the Myrtle Court stables at 2 p.rr . will be Lieut, (jg) Ovie Scurlocl ' USCG; Delmar Twyman, Sp. l-< USCG; and Henry Little, C. P. O ) USCG. The fifteen classes for judgin l are as follows: Driving class; children’s hors< ) manship (12 and under); fhre( - gaited horses: walking horses > working hunters; pony hacks; chi dren's horsemanship (over 12) t five-gaited horses; open hunters > three-gaited ponies; children’s hur I ters; pleasure horses children’ • horsemanship over jumps musicE chairs; costume class • I State To See New Coaches, New Players And New Systems BY FRITZ LITTLEJOHN CHARLOTTE, Sepv. 16—(.?)—The footballers pop the cork on a new season in North Carolina next week and what bubbles up may not be champagne. In fact a lot of it will be T, as in Tennessee. What the budding campaign may i lack in sparkling quality it prom ises to make up in the efferves cence of youth and newness, in cluding new coaches, new players, new systems and the state's first bigtime Sunday grid game. The Tennessee plan of action, which closely resembles that T formation made famous by the Chi cago Bears,will be on display at three points—North Carolina, un j der Gene McEver, at N. C. State I under Beattie Feathers, and at I Morris Field here where the New Third Air Force Gremlins are be 1 ing mounded by Quinn Decker. All ’ three mentors are star products of Col. Bob Neyland’s coaching. : Heading next Saturday’s curtain j raising bill from the standpoint of 1 tradition will be the North Caro, lina—Wake Forest renewal at Chap el Hill after a year's lapse. Pen head Walker's experienced crew is rated too strong for McEver’s green eleven but Walker remem bers the last time the teams ms1 uuuei muse circumstances 111 lU-iJ. Carolina won 6 to 0. Duke, rated not so strong as the 1943 edition that lost only to Navy 5 will take on Richmond at Durham Eddie Cameron’s big blue flatten ed the spiders last year 61 to 0. N, C. State is scheduled for a tussle • with Milligan college at Raleigh providing Wolfpack fans with theii first glimpse of a Feathers-train • ed eleven. Feathers inherited part; of a team that won only three games last year, but his system will not be entirely new. only : modification of the Tennessee svs • tern Doc Newton used at State be fore moving to South Carolina Feathers, one-time Chicago Bear plans to add certain features o the T. > Catawba clashes with Emory Henry at Salisbury in the fourtr 2 college encounter Saturday pight. The Sunday game will pour twc ' unknown quantities into Kenan sta dium at Chapel Hill, the hardline Navy Preflight eleven and the Chreey Point Marines, both undei new head men. ) -:-V--1 AIRMEN BEAT NEWBERRY i NEWBERRY. S. C„ Sept.' 16. W—'The Chatham. Ga.. Air Base football team spotted Newberry s 1 first period touchdown and ther went on to win 12 to 7 in the opener for both teams today. . Penquins can progress on ice either by walking upright or flat or ' their, stomachs, kicking with theii r!egs. t --1---:__ •■■m-r ■ _ JUVENILE CHAMP TAKEN FROM RACE NEW YORK, Sept. 16-W-Whal appeared to be a two-horse battlf for juvenilt urf honors took an other turn today with the announce ment that John Marsch’s unbeater Free For All would be retired foi I the season, and the unexpected tri umph of Cluad C. Tanner’s Bes Effort in the $25,000 Cowdin stakes at Aqueduct. After wa'tching his highly re garded Errard finish third behinc j Best Effort and War Jeep frou ! Mrs. Elizabeth N. Graham’s Maim Chance farm in the Cowdin j Marsch said that Free For A1 would not face the barrier agair as a two-year-old because of bac front angles. Winner of five straight races anc ! $109,575 to rank with Walter M. | Jeffords’ Pavot as the only unde feated two-year-olds of the year Free For All came out of the re ; cent Washington Park futurity witi ‘his already sore ankles botherini ! him more than ever, j Nevertheless, he was snipped t New York with the Sept. 30 Eel mont futurity and a meeting witl Pavot as his objective. -—V niinn • iii\ im\ • a BUIH5 ANU BKAVfcd SPLIT TWIN BILI BOSTON, Sept. 16—CP)—Horn, runs proved to be the decidin; factor as the Boston Braves am Brooklyn Dodgers divided thei twin-bill today, the Dodgers win ning the opener 5-4 on Dixie Walk er’s thsee-run homer in the thin inning, and the Broves taking tlr nightcap 4-2 when Elmer Niemai homered with two on in the sixth FIRST GAME r h Brooklyn -003 001 010—5 11 i Boston _:000 003 100—4 4 1 Batteries: Herring, Gregg am Owen; Rich, Andrews and Hof ferth. SECOND GAME Brooklyn -000 000 020—2 5 I Boston ...._.000 013 OOx—4 4 Batteries: Sunkel, Zachary am Andrews; Barrett and Poland. I V: Peahead Walker Says Deacons Look Readj WAKE FOREST. Sept. 16. —Of —'Two Wake Forest teams scrim maged for a full hour today as thi Deacons entered their final wee! of practice for their opening gam, with Carolina’s Tar Heels at Cha pel Hill a week from today, | Head Coach Peahead Walker sail j after the session that the boys rai ' their plays better and generall; I looked ready for the opening tilt STANDINGS YESTERDAY’S RESULTS American League Philadelphia 6; New York S. Chicago 0; St. Louis 9. Boston 11; Washington 5. Only games scheduled. National League Cincinnati 2-3; Pittsburgh 1-1. New York 2-1; Philadelphia 5-2. Brooklyn 5-2; Boston 4-4. St. Louis 5; Chicago 9. STANDINGS American League Team . W L Pet. St. Louis..77 62 .554 New York _ 76 62 .551 Detroit _- 76 62 .551 Boston _- 74 65 .532 Cleveland _ 66 73 .475 Philadelphia - 65 75 .464 Chicago _ 63 76 .453 Washington - 59 81 .241 National League Team fl L Pet. St. Louis _ 96 43 .691 Pittsburgh _ 81 57 .587 Cincinnati _ 78 59 .569 Chicago _ 63 74 .460 New York . 63 75 .457 Brooklyn _ 57 81 .413 Boston _ 56 81 .409 Philadelphia_ 55 81 .404 TODAY'S GAME& NEW YORK, Sept. 16.—(/P}— Prob able pitchers for tomorrow’s major league games, with won and lost records in parenthesis: American League Philadelphia at New York (2)— Christopher (11-13) and Flores (9-9) vs. Bonham (11-7) and Dubiel (12 11). Boston at Washington—Bowman (11-6) vs. Leonard (12-13) or Wolff (4-13). Detroit at Cleveland (2)—Over mire (10-11) and Gentry (9-13) vs. Smith 7-10) and Bagby (3-5) or Klieman (9-12). Chicago at St. Louis (2)—Haynes (4-4) and Dietrich (15-15) vs. Pot ter 15-7) and Jakucki (11-9) or Mun crief (12-7). National League Brooklyn at Boston (2)—Davis (9-10) and Melton (8-11) vs. Tobin (16-16) and Javery (7-18). New York at Philadelphia (2) — Melton 2-0) and Brewer (1-3) vs. Lee (9-9) and Schanz (12-14) or Karl (2-2). Cincinnati at Pittsburgh (2) — Heusser (13-8) 'and Gumbert (11-9) vs. Ostermueller (13-5) and Sew ell (17-12). St. Louis at Chicago (2)—Lanier (17-10) and Jurisich (7-9) vs. Wyse (12-15) or D.trringer (6-12) and Passeau (12-9). -V ASKED TO RESIGN PITTSBURGH. Sept. 16. —(#)— The International Union of Mine, mill and smelter workers (CIO) . today adopted a resolution calling upon Gerard Reilly to resign as a . member of the National Labor Re ! lations Board “in the interests oi ; organized labor.” WANTED TO BUY Second-Hand Bicycles PICKARDS m Market St. Dial 2-3224 HOLIDAY Our Siore Will Be Closed All Day MONDAY i > N - •• ; |~ n QUA LITYj BY KUPPENHEIMER ! I For Men Hard to Fit. This Fall we again offer the same high standard made-to-measure service by Kuppenheimer. 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