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Now’s Time To Reduce
Excessive Racing Take
By DAN PARKER
ONE OP THE MOST sensible letters I've rerelved on the subject
Of the racing ban comes from Bert Mass of 317 W. 56th St Mr. Moss
thinks that the ban, If continued, alll prove to be the best thing that
happened to the racing fan In years because it will give him time to
think of the burden of taxation which he carried uncomplainingly while
the track owmers took all the bows
"It has been the custom of racing moguls to point with self
righteous pride to the enormous sums ot money paid to the state and
federal governments, entirely ignoring the fact that these tunes came
out of the pockets of a section of the public no more aole to stand the
burden than anyone else, and who. in addition, are subject to the
same crushing taxes as those whose recreational interests lie in other
directions," he writes.
‘‘When you say you want to see horse racing continued, I am
sure you mean that it should be continued only on a basis less
onerous to the people that pay the bills. (Ed. Note—I have advo
cated the reduction of the take and the elimination of the break
age racket ever since the pari-nuturl law went into effect and agre
whole-heartedly with everything Mr. Moss saysl. It is this writer's
opinion that race courses should never be permitted to reopen
until the avaricious race-course magnates and politirians agree to
a more reasonable return from the sport—more in line with other
‘morale boosters.’
"A few years ago the popular raci courses such as those in Mary*
In the pari-mutuels (with no penny-dealing breakage! and tlie state
land and Illinois did very well for themselves with a rive percent take
government received a reasonable and satisfactory part or the income
so derived. This was a time when the handle was ridiculously low
compared to that ol the New York section today or even in normal
times. Right now would seem to be the time to plug tor : return to
the former five per cent take- An attention-arresting slogan for the
attack might be: No Racing lor the Duration—of the ten per cent
gouge'."
I AM HAPPY to be able to repo t a decided upward swing in the
fortunes ol the Allagaroo. As all basketball Ians know, the Allagaroo
Is City College's most substanial yell. In recent years, however, since
Jack Lowenbine, the greatest Allaga rooer of them all left City and
turned the cheer-leading chore over to others, the >11 had degener
ate! Into a mere whisper- But Wednesday night in me Garden, in
spired by Gloria Abrums. the cute little trick who dominates City's
cheering section, the Beaver boys and glrLs gave out with such an
Allagaroo that an hour later a wir ■ was received from Steve Owen,
the Giants’ lootball coach, from 'way down yonder in New Orleans
reading: "I even heard it down here."
City’s basketball team heard it, too, and came through with
its most important victory of the season to date, a 43-11 triumph
over St. John's that put the Beavers in the running for the Metro
politan championship.
The Allagoroo that turned the lice was heard by no less an au
thority on cheering and cheer-leading than S. Belchinghurst Rich
eimer, the dashing leader of N Y. U.'s acrobatic yeller fe lere whose
resemblance to Prank Sinatra he does not care to deny. It Is a great
tribute to Mr. Rlcheimer's sell-control that he neither swooned nor
had recourse to a double aspirin as his professional jealousy was
whipped up to its greenest hue, although I would be remiss in my duty
if I didn't report it affected him so badly that lie lorgot to oil his
hair during the intermission. Things were going wrong all night for
the devil-may-care Mr Rlcheimer. And it's a miracle to me that N
Y. U. trounced Cornell despite everything that happened to him First
of all, he was intimidated by an editorial in the City College Sun into
(hopping ills poetic appeals at the start of each cheer, which the Sun
characterized as drivel. 'By the way, would you call Poet Rlcheimer’s
unrecited Jingles the discontinued drivel?) As if that weren't huiniliat
the "tumbiesaults" while the cheer is being given, hud to pick this of
all nights to take a beautitu! pratt fall while doing one of his back
ing enough, Francis Campisi. the short, stout acrobat who makes with
flip*. This comic episode convulsed the crowd-including, Miss Gloria
Abrgms, I regret to say.
Then, Mr. Keicheinmer's innovation, a ring-around-the-roi.ie
number in Which three cheer-leaders clasp hands in a circle and
try to work up speed for the locomotive eheer, went sour when the
boys stepped all over each other’s toes. But the crowning humilia
tion—if we overlook the truant look of hair whlrh disengaged It
sulf from Leader Rlcheimer's terraced pompadour and fell limply
across his pallid brow—the crowning humiliation to this proud
jaung artist came when the autograph seekers gave him the go-by
and lined up in front of Miss Abrams who had, with her two grace
ful hands, brought back the Allagaroo "single-handed”'.
It was enough to make Richheimer burst into ail angry " Allagaroo”
himself if he were gaited that way. Not even by so much as a tensed
cheek-muscle, however, did R Belchinghurst Richheimer show what went
on Inside his manly basoin as he saw his fickle public desert him. But
mark my words, egad! Belchinghurst will be back-this time with a dou
ble dose of hair oil—but perfumed!
(Copyright, 1944, King Features Syndicate)
Boys' Club Sports
KEYSTONE LEACIK
In the twin opening games ol the
second round cf piay In the Boys’
Club Keystone League tiie Wildcats
and Rocknes emerged with victories.
The Wildcats didn’t find too much
trouble In handing the Caisson
. Juniors a 52 to 15 defeat. Leading
20 to 8 at the half the Wildcat*
continued to outrun, pass and shoot
to roll up an impressive total in the
second half. Polletta and Devito
with 17 and 14 points respectively
lead their offensive. For tile Cais
son Juniors Perrone with 7 count
ers was high man.
In the second game the Rocknes
winners of the first round hand to
come from behind to down the sec
ond place Abrigadors in a thrilling
contest. The Abrlgador. outplayed
the Rocknes In the first two stanzas
and bottled up the Rockne offensive.
In the third and fourth periods the
Rocknes came lighting back and in
valiant manner out scared and over
took the Abngadors. Both teams
began playing the ball and R*leree
Joe Mobile had a field day < ailing
fouls from the resulting melee ol
arms, legs and players. The de
fense of the Abngadors fell apart
and the Rocknes were able to Page
into tlie lead and hold it to cope the
contest 25 to 17. The Abrigador.s
made good 5 of their 17 tries from
the fotd line while the Rockne.s
made good on 7 out of their 12 free
throws. Damelio with 7 and Ian
nacone with a point* paced the
Rockne.s to their win. while Beceia
of the Abrigadors was easily the out
standing player In the floor and
also accounted for 7 of his team’s
total markers.
The Watertown Falcons won by
forfeit over the Oakville Aces who
tailed to put in an, apepurance
Members ol tlie Aces are asked to
contact league officials and make
known whether or not they intend
to withdraw from the competition
in the Keystone eLague.
Golf Club Fire
Salem, Mass.. Jan. ft.—'UPi— A
multiple-alarm lire swept the Sun
beam Golf club near the Marble
head line here today and first re
ports were thatl he structure was
virtually demolished.
Salem firemen, battling the
blaze in sub-freezing weather were
forced to summon aid from Swarnp
scott and Marblehead.
Buy War Bond* & Stamp*
Starting Monday,
January 8, 1945
ALL ASSOCIATION
LIQUOR STORES
WILL BE OPEN
EVERY MONDAY
Waterbury Package
Stores Association
YOUR WAR BOND IS THE BEST IN.
VESTMENT IN THE WORLD . . .
KEEP IT.
Illl
A. A. U. Acts Against Hamline Hoop Team
'Girls I R A Hoop
League Ready
Four girl ba.sketoacl teams. who
will play the ‘old’' boys' rules com
prise the 1945 IRA Industrial league
I members, scheduled to play their
i lirst game of the season next Tues
day night, January 9 at St. Jo
seph hall on John street. They
will play eight minute periods for
each game, with the center Jump
after each field goal and success
ful fre ethrow from the "foul" line.
Benrus, U. S. Time, Chase and
Scovill E. R A. girls will provide
the action In that order, the Bcr.
rus-UST game set for 7 p. m. with
Chase and Scot ill to take the court
about an hour later. Chase girls
are defending champions from Iasi
season.
Frank Berardi of thus city and
Bobby Rhoads, of Naugatuck have
bene named league referees. Part
time workers in any of the four
plants cannot play unless listed by
January 15
First Round Schedule
, Tuesday. Jan. 9—Be nrus vs U S.
1 Time Corp. i Rhoads > Chase vs
Scovill E R. A. (Rhoads).
Tuesday. Jan. 16—Benrus Watch
vs Scovill E. R A. (Berardi);
Chase vs U. S. Time Corp. ' Ber
ardi i.
Tuesday, Jan. 23—Benrus Watch
vs Chase (Rhoads); Seo.i'.l E. R. A.
vs U. S. Time (Rhoads).
Tuesday. Jau. 30—Benrus Watch
vs u. S. Time (Berardi); Chase vs
Scovill E. R. A. (Berardi).
Tuesday, Fob. 6—Benrus vs Sco
vill E. R. A (Rhoads); Chase vs
U. S. Time Corp. i Rhoads i.
Tuesday, Feb. 13—Benrus Watch
vs Chase 'Berardi); Scovill E. R A.
vs U S. Time (Berardi).
Six Football
Rules Backed
Bv GLEN PERKINS
U nited Press Staff Correspondent!
New York, Jan. 5 —<UP>— The
Eastern Intercollegiate Football as
sociation today recommended to the
Football Rules committee of the
National Collegiate Athletic asso
ciation the adoption of six rule
changes which were used with
"great success" by the El FA during
the 1944 season.
Asa S Bushnell. commissioner of
the EIFA. polled the athletic direc
tors and football coaches of the as
sociation's 30 member colleges and
found "large majorities of each
group in agreement that the modi
fied playing rules as used in the
east last year were highly beneficial
to the game.
The rules were adopted at a meet
ing in New York last fall, prior to
the start of the grid season and
were used under a "gentlemen',
agreement" arrangement in games
between member schools.
They provided for:
1. Prohibit use of out oi bounds
kickoff.
2. Permit use of one-inch artifi
cial tee for kick-off.
3. Lessen severity of penalties for
illegal forward pass when made be
yond line of scrimmage (reduce to
five yards from spot, down count
ing) and when made by team which
did not put ball in play by scrim
mage (reduced to five yards).
4. Clarify the off-side rule (i. e.,
return to previous rule, by eliminat
ing provision that penalty be ex
acted in certain circumstances
whether or not ball Is snapped i.
5. Permit all fumbled balls to be
advanced by opponents.
6. Permit forward passing from
any point behind line of scrimmage.
The executive committee of the
EIFA also recommended that the
rules committee adopt two further
altera tions in the playing code. Its
first recommendation called for
more rigid restriction of the use
i of arms on the offensive by allowing
players of tiie team in possession
| of the ball to obstruct opponents
J only if their hands and forearm ■
j be held against the body. The rule
I presently stipulates only that the
hands be close to the body. The
second recommendation called for
easement of the penalties for run
ning into the klcger and roughing
the kicker by eliminating the auto
| malic girst down following these
infractions and assessing only the
specified yardage.
The EIFA executive committee
also went on record as being opposed
to the recent suggestion which
emanuted from the mid-west that
football gatnes be measured in
number oi plays instead of in num
ber of minutes available lor compe
tition.
Bushnell said the EIFA was con
vinced that the "experimentation
last fall established as definitely
successful the proposed changes.
"The EIFA rules produced more
enjoyment for players and more
interest for spectators," he said,
"and did so without sacrificing and
safeguards lor participants and
without creating any other disad
vantages. Our association hopes
that the rules committee will meet
soon to give attention to the needs
of collegiate football and that on
tills occasion it will see fit to adopt
the innovations which we have tried
and found wortli while."
New England Strong
In lce*Capades
Minnesota and various .spots in
Canada have produced a goodly
share oil lie world's best skuters,
In* and figure variety, but a sur
vey of the ' home town" list of the
Ice Colludes reveals that the Mid
west and Canada haven’t any cor
ner on talent.
In fact, good old New Lngluiid
i is well represented with 21 in the
cast of 152 with the huge skating
extruvugaiuea which makest its New
Haven Arena stand from January
24 through February I. One of the
Ncv/ Englanders Is Ann Itobin on
of New Haven, ui;d two other Nut
megtjers are Nate and ftdythe Wal
ley of Westport. Three are from
Springfield, four from Boston, seven
Horn various oilier cities in Massa
chusetts. and iour from Providence.
Tile check also shows that one
skater halls from Florida, 13 from
California, and 14 from Pennsyl
vania.
Tickets for the fee Capudes are
j now on sale, at the* Arena box office
and by mull order.
Baskttboll
Sampaon Naval M, at. Lawrence
11.
Romalua, Mich., Air Base 40. De
troit 16.
Dartmouth 51, Camp Endicott 40.
Lubbock, T«x. A. A. F. 40, Mid
land, Tex., A. A. T 34.
ARNOLD 3 T01
CHOICE OVER
ZIVIC TONIGHT
By JACK CL'DIJY
United Prf»» Staff Correspondent)
New York. Jail. 5- — fUPi — In a
battle of strange contrasts. Cpl
Fritzie Zlvic. former welterweight
king, will hammer out his farewell
to the ting tonight at Madison
Square Garden, opposed to brown
skinned Billy Arnold, a Philadelphia
high school boy whose youth necessi
tated paring the bout to eight
rounds.
Zivic. approaching 32 and vet
eran of 14 years of busy leather
tossing, squares off against a com
parative novice who is only IB; but
i that broad-shouldered, sharp-fea
tured Negro novice is favored at 3-1
to make Fritzie’s “swan song" a dis
cordant one
Corporal Zivic. on furlough from
Normoyle Field. Tex., has announced
that this will be his last profes
sional fight. He is hanging up his
gloves because he expects to be
shifted overseas and because he
soon will undergo an operation to
straighten his battered nose.
Arnold .the first high school boy
ever to fight a main event at the
Garden, was favored because the ex
perts figured ancient Zivic had faded
too much for his experience to off
set Billy’s youth and dynamite.
Arnold stands out as the most prom
ising youngster in any division Be
cause of his paralyzing hooks, he
has ben called "a brown Berlen
bach.” He has knocked out' 29 of
32 professional opponents. Only
one draw mars his record
Strong Arm
Zivic squares off for his 14th Gar
den main event claiming confidence
that his ring'-raft and his powerful
arms will nullify Arnold's hooking
attack, just as thev did with another
great Negro hooker, Henry Arm
strong, in the same ring Oct 4, 1940.
That was the night when Pittsburgh
Fritzie wrested the welterweight
crown from hammer Henry, whom
he knocked out in a return bout
three months later.
Tlie corporal expects to scale about
150 pounds, probably two more than
Philadelphia Billy. Zivic claims to
be in excellent condition as a re
sult of his activities as boxing in
structor and his eight bouts since
joinging the Army nine months
ago. He registered six knockouts
and took one decision. He lost a
verdict to Tommy Roman
The bout orlginaly was scheduled
for 10 rounds; but Chairman John
J Fnelan of the boxing commission
ruled yesterday that it must be
limited to eight because of Arnold's
youth. One must be at least 20 to
fight 10 rounds in New York state,
he said.
A crowd of 13,00 and a gate of
$45,000 are expected.
{Horse-Racing
'Wires' Attacked
Washington. January 5. — (UP)
— The War Communications Board
> requests telegraphic and telephone
industries to reclaim manpower and
facilities now being used for dissem
ination of racing information virt
ually may eliminate boolcmaklng in
the United States on tracks operat
ing ir. Cuba and Mexico, racing
authorities believed today.
The board states that "there is
no Justification for the continued
operation of domestic communica
tion facilities” for dissemination of
racing Information. It stressed,
however, that ttie action was not in
tended to prevent newspapers and
recognized press association from
continuing to use communication
facilities “for collecting and dis
tributing general news service in
cluding racing information."
The federal communications com
mission supiiorted the board in the
move designed apparently to strip
racing wire services of their facili
ties.
The communications board said
it also opposed private leasing of any
| circuits between the United States
and foreign points for the collection
' and distribution of racing informa
tion outside the country.
Coinmunicatioas companies were
asked to report within two weeks
what steps had been taken to com
! ply with the government request.
Howard Vs Carter
At New Haven
New Haven, January 5. — Two
promising youngsters will fight on
the pro ring card to be presented
at the Arena here on Monday night,
January 8 One of them Is Charles
Russell Howard, winner of five
straight pro bouts, four of them in
New York s Madison Square Gar
den. He Is billed against A1 Carter
of Waterbury. The bout is listed for
four rounds.
The other youth with champion
ship possibilities is Eddie Compo of
New Haven, whose three-round op
ponent has not yet been named.
Three eight rounders top the bill,
featured by a pairing of Benny
Singleton of Waterbury, former am
ateur champion, and Johnny (Boi
Harris of New York.
Julian At H. C.
I Worcester. Mass., Jan. 5.— tUP)—
Alvin F. Julian, former football
| coach at, Muhlenberg college and
j onetime Bucknell All-America, has
| been signed as backfield assistant
| at Holy Cross college.
He succeeds Coach Vince Mc
Nally who lelt the Crusaders re
cently to join the San Francisco
' club of the All-American Profes
sional league. Julian, who coached
all sports at Albright college before
going to Muhlenberg nine years
ago, is tlie first assistant hired by
the New Holy Dross head coach,
John (Ox) Da Grosa.
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TRIKES fr SPARE
Mats to
Ficeto *
Martin
Zucca .
Tato
MAJOR LEAGCE
I . 8. TIME (1)
. 90 138 116
94 89 90
118 116 110
138 103 118 |
103 121 106 !
343 539 540
MATTATCCK (2)
Average . 112 102 102
Clllehetti . 134 79 118
Carlo . 119 90 125
Dragon . 97 80 117
Metz . 124 125 122
• 576 476
StOVILI. ERA (3)
584
Laudenian
Poulsen .
Palomba ..
Ealeml ..
Scully
98 91
122 119
93 125
113 110
95 105
107 .
115
140 i
105 l
105 ,
Yakulevich
Shaw .
Plesoka
Kiesel .
Gillis .
FRENCH
521 550 582
107 133
95 98
95 98
102 106
118 97
99
114
99
112
125
518 522 549
SCOVILL W.E.R.A. (2)
Miller . 123 95 133 j
Pais . 103 98 115
Mllchelli. 109 114 102!
Bates . 97 106 110:
Stalanick . 137 88 117
509 501 582 |
METAL HOSE Ml
Messina
Guarlna
Northrop
DtNapoli
Boyle
108 108 108
106 106 106
87 97 109!
122 128 124
100 112 119
524 551 566
WATERBCRY COV
Omni . 92 103 103
Polei . 82 107 92
Zlgato . 103 97 109
Huroasy . 105 126 111 I
Brick . 131 112 102
San till i
Pischettt
Klukis
P Brick
Mariiielli
513 545 517
AMER. BRASS (3)
106 144 115
119 119 112
94 114
98 127 105
107 100 114
104
534 585 560 [
WAT. MEG.
I Kokuk . 102 119 IIP |
Bledtce . 91 92 -09
j Mellon . 114 132 96
, Simpson . 139 133 107:
Average .. Ill 111 111 j
557 587 542 |
CHASE CO. 13)
Clark 25 120 114
Franco . 88 109 125 j
Dunn . iso 103 1031
White . 100 102 113
Sharon 127 1652 120
571 596 574
H 8— Sharon, 182
H T—Sharon, 409
St. Mary's Won
Blake and Morin, (coring 19 point*
between them, led St. Mary’* of the
Parochial school basketball league
to a hard-earned 37-33 victory over
Mlddlebury school yesterday at
Washington Park court. All five los
ing players scored. Martin settinR 10
of hts team s total.
}
MINOR LEAGUE
INGERSOLL 121
Cappizuto . 96 104 -09
Longo . 122 122 114
Petrocine . 114 88 102
Clresi . 99 122 106
Solomita . 98 145 103
529 581 534
EYELETS (11
Conlon . 89 103 110
Pettinicco . 92 101 120
Book . 108 87 92
Kenny . 93 85 112
Carlo . . 87 135 102
469 511 536
BENRl'S (3)
Valetta . 96 113 106
Morra . 112 101 124
Aquavia . 106 106 106
Xerzlno . 98 109 101
Lombardo . 154 117 121
566 546 558
AMM. TOOL
Delahamy . 89 89 89
Kllmeck . 101 96 105
St. Jean . 94 118 112
Clark . 76 90 87
Yost . 92 102 87
453 495 480
LUX (21
Perugini . 117 115 95
A. Dense . 112 90 93
Carey . 121 105 100
T. Dense . 101 88 107
Jenkins . 107 118 103
561 520 498
SOMERS 111
Mlscavage . 80 92
Somers . 95 871 122
Laliberte . 116 115 91
Wood . 103 116 93
Lasky . 88 93 111
Mrozliaskl . 110
472 503 537
CONN'. L. * P. (Jl
Mills . 106 107 98
Valerio . 118 117 122
Owens . 107 92 95
Simpson . 97 88 103
Kearney . 109 110 89
537 512 507
Oiacin . .. 92 90
O'Neil ... 101 95 113
Aecetura .. 108 105 101
Munclni . 113 90
Morion! .. 109 123 06
TisO . 06 90
523 508 506
H 8 -Lombardo, 154
H. T.fl—Lombardo, 392
H. T—Ingeraoll, 581
P — Benrus, 1670 H
Htorts, Ttrryvillt
At Wilby Tonight
Kept on edge by steady practice in
addition to scheduled games played
lo date, Sacrd Heart High school
basketeers wil lattempt to add Ter
ryvllle High to 1U list of victims to
night, when the two cluhe meet In
an 8:30 p. m. game at WUby gym,
Coach Ebbie Conlan Is anxious for
his team to get back into the vic
tory department after losses to
Lewie of Southington end Seymour
High spoiled a good start this sea
son. Junior Varsity teams of Sacred
Heart and Tarryvllle will meet in a
7:30 preliminary game.
I
Friday Fish And Chips
If the City Amateur Baseball
league is fortunate enough to secure
an acceptance of its Invitation to
Olenn L. Martin, to attend the third
annual "Hot Stove” session at Hotel
Elton, January 21 In the form of a
mid-winter dinner and entertain
ment, men most interesting Ameri
cans of current record. Not that the
lnternationally-famous multimilllon
aht BOMBER BUILDER from Mid
dle River. Maryland is a particular
ly brilliant after-dinner speaker
for he is not-but he docs employ
35,000 people in one plant and is so
thoroughly democratic and "regular”
that it was a distinct pleasure for
some Watcrburians to meet him last
September at his All-American
Amateur Baseball Association tour
nament in the city of Baltimore.
His ideas on AMATEUR BASE
BALL will be interesting, too, for he
takes an ACTIVE part in the pro
motion of the national pastime for
BOYS, and the younger, the better.
He's "dead against" anything phoney
in sports. In view of the fact that
he came to Waterbury with his Mar
tin Bombers baseball team a year
or so ago, there is a good chance
that he will do us the honor to come
again .for he will be always wel
come. Mr. Martin likes what he saw
of Waterbury and Bill Derwin, first
vcie-president of the AAABA and
president of the CAL who would like
to have him meet as many local
people as possible.
vvvVVVvvv
Not one Waterbury bowling league
is "sanctioned” by the National
Duckpin Bowling Congress accord
ing to a list of Connecticut alleys
published in the current issue of the
"Duckpin World” official publication
of the NDPBC, which encourages
"sanctioned" leagues because "the
fee is very small in comparison to
the TAX that has been saved 4vou
in the defeat of the 20 percent tax
on bowling. Think it over”. . . A
golf clubhouse in Massachusetts that
burned up and down this morning is
situated in THREE cities and towns
Part of it is in Salem, another sec
tion in Marblehead and a third part
in Swampscott.. . That should be a
great party tonight for a grand old
man. Val Flood, 80 year old golf
professional at Shuttle Meadow
club, New Britain, a former BARE
KNUCKLE fighter; who has spent
ills past 25 years at S-M, is married
50 years and is ten years older than
the "three score and ten" alloted
to each human in the BIBLE. . .
Shamed by Waterbury's $350,000
Municipal Stadium, the city fathers
of New Haven have appropriated
$55,000 to turn Beaver Park into a
city stadium which will include out
door and indoor conveniences for
football, baseball and track athletes.
. . . Mrs. Rachel LaTell, 123 pound
housewife of Vestal, N. Y. and
mother of three children, rolled the
first PERFECT SCORE of 1945,
with a 300 in league competition,
and in her first of three games,
rolling 140 and 135 after the DREAM
GAME, which was the 13th jrerfect
300 in 28 years of association his
tory at Endicott, N. Y. And, don’t
forget, those big-plnballs weigh 12
to 16 pounds EACH, which is why
they have FINGER HOLES, so, for
a 123 pound woman to roll a perfect
300 is like splitting a BULLET with
an AXE, the bullet shot from a
service pistol a 25 yards, which is
wliat Davey O’Brien, former foot
ball All-American from TCU now
with tlie FBI, can do consistently.
Sixth Grade Hoop
Inaugural Tuesday
The Sixth Grace Basketball
league, latest addition to the grad
ually expanding program of school
boy athletics sponsored by the park
department in cooperation with the
school department, will open its sea
son Tuesday afternoon with a pro
gram of thre games. The circuit is
comprised of five public and one
parochial team including Russell.
Maloney, Kingsbury, Bishop, Driggs
and SS. Peter and Paul Supervisor
of Recreation William J Derwin
announced today that although en
tries have been officially closed, two
more teams would be accepted if
application is made before Monday
night.
The Sixtli Grade circuit will be
conducted under the same regula
tions which govern the Public and
Parochial leagues, all teams being
sanctioned by the school principals.
Present plans call for games to be
played at Chase Park house and
Russell school gym
The league is limited to boys
of the various sixth grades or under
Members of the public and jwirochlal
squads are not eligible to participate
Following Is the opening schedule
for Tuesday:
Russell gym—3:46. Ru.-sell vs.
Driggs; 4:15, Kingsbury vs. Maloney.
Chase Park—4 p ill., 8S. Peter i
Paul vs. Bishop
Tigers Win
Tigers were olie-sided 32 lo 9
winners over the Comites In u jun
ior buskebah game plowed this
week, Kane getting 16 points for
the winners and Rimone making 5
of the losers 9 points, .Summary:
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BASEBALLERS
SCHULTZ, SELTZ
ARE INVOLVED
By CARL LUPTOQCIST
(United Press SUIT Correspondent*
New York. Jan. S — <U.P.) — The
Amateur Athletic Union, officially
deploring tire war-time laxity In
collegiate eligibility rules today
blacklisted basketball teams which
have played against Hamllne Uni
versity this season because that
school has used two professional
baseball players in Its lineup.
Dan Perris, national secretary,
said the A. A. U. had no other re
course because of the refusal ot
Hamline to remove from its team
the players in question, Howie
Schultz of the Brooklyn Dodgers
and Rollie Seitz of the Rochester
Redwings.
The A. A. U.. he said, had no en
forcement power to prevent Hamllne
from using these players in future
games against college teams, but
said that his organization would be
particularly strict against these
schools because they have been
amply warned.
“If any of the college basketball
players who have played or will play
against Hamline are track men,
swimmers, or boxers and want to
appear in any of our meets in the
future, they will have to make writ
ten application for reinstatement.”
he said. "Thus far no one has done
so."
Exception
Because of “unusual circum
stances' one exception was made
in the case of City College of New
York, since Its faculty applied to the
A. A. U. in advance for permission
to play Hamline with Schultz and
Seitz in the lineup, Perris said. The
game had been booked long ahead
for Madison Square Garden and lo
cal fans would have been deprived
of the chance to see Schultz, the
Dodger first baseman, in action as a
court star, the faculty representa
tives said.
In addition to City College, Ham
llne has played Mankato, Minn.,
Teachers, Simpson College of In
dianola, Iowa., South Dakota Uni
versity, Carelton, Minn., Teachers,
River Palls, Wis„ Teachers and Val
paraiso, Ind., University this season.
Hamllne, Perris said, was not the
only offender. The University of
Minnesota in the Big Ten Confer
ence and the Ohio University team
from Athens, O., both have been
reported as using ineligible men.
“Unfortunately, there is no gov
erning body for collegiate athletics,"
Ferris said. “The National Collegiate
Athletic Asosciation makes amateur
rules which in general run parallel
to ours, but they have no police
powers. They simply make the rules
and hope that colleges will follow.”
The A. A. U. also refused to recog
nize as official the 100 meter sprint
record set at its annual outdoor
meet last summer by Claude (Bud
dy* Young of the University of Illi
nois, because of two false starts by
the field. Starter Jack Lavelle per
mitted the event to be run to pre
vent disappointing the crowd, but
later asked the A. A. U. to rule that
the mark not be considered official.
Dewitt Coulter, shot putter for
Army Military Academy and tackle
on its football team was declared
Ineligible because of scholastic de
ficiency. Pour New York University
track team men, sprint Champion
Ed Conwell. Miler Rudy Simms.
600-yard runner Maurice Callender
and two miler Leo Pondecaro were
declared ineligible for the same rea
son.
St. Johns Win
CYO Thriller
Standout game of the young
CVO basketball season to date was
recorded last night in Watertown
when St. John’s won a scheduled
game from St. Joseph’s of this city
by the smallest possible margin. The
final score 30 to 29 was the result
of a close game all the way; the
winners leading 15-13 at half time
as Buckingham. Caffery and Kielty
scored steadily for St. John’s, Jan
uska. Greblunas and Stokes for St.
Joseph's.
St. Ann's had a ten point edge
over St. Patricks at the finish of
a game that the Frenchies led all
the way, 14-3 at the half. The win
ners used 13 players, Malenfant
scoring 0 points, Dlonne getting 4.
Bergin, for St. Pats, was good for
six points.
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13
30
Store at half tiiiif; St. John a 15,
Jot'a 18 KefftJ'ee: Murphy.
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Parochial
Basketball
Surprises, in the form of basket
ball victories by two underdog teams
yesterday pepped up play in the
Parochial League, when St. Anns
registered a 10-8 win over defending
champs from St. Thomas parish
and Sacred Heart came through
with a 15 to 7 win over 8t. Mar
garets for the first loss suffered by
the kids from Cracker Hill.
Today, St. Joseph’s and St. Fran
cis Xavier were paired for action at
4 p. m. with A1 Monti as referee.
For St. Anns. Fortier and Malcn
fant scored 8 points, Orady 6 for
the losers; Robinson and WoodrufT,
4 ach for Sacred Heart, O’Loughlin
5 for St. Margarets.
Sixth grade Sts. Peter and Paul
school players for the newly-formed <
league wre expected at 4 p .m. today
by Captain Eddie Mulligan at Wash
ington Park court for a drill be
fore the league opens next week.
Chemel, Conway
Bay State Victors
Boston. Jan. 5—fUP)—Middle
weight Henry Chemel of Portland.
Me., today had started the New
Year right by pounding out a win
over Bert Lytell of Fresno, Cal., but
the victory was an unpopular one
that was royally booed.
In a 10-round battle before 2,213
fans at Mechanics building last ,
night, Chemel plundered his way to
a win over the Lithe Lytell whoa
southpaw stance and clever speed
kept the Portland Pole at sea most
of the night.
In the second round Lytell scored
with a stiff right hook that shook
Chemel and in the eighth round the
California Negro cut his opponent's
eye severely.
Chemel weighed 162, Lytell. 155.
In a 10-round co-feature, Henry
Jones, 210, Philadelphia battered his
way to victory over Earl (Iron
Man> Louman, 207, Detroit. Hen
ry (Kid) Robinson. 158. Philadel
phia knocked out Speedy Duval, 165,
Baltimore (2); the Brown Bomber,
161, Boston knocked out Billy Per
ry, 166, Philadelphia (2). The bout
drew a gross gate of $3,763 for a
net of $2,811.
Fall River, Mass., Jan. 5—(UPj—
Clint Conway, 180, of New York
scored a technical knockout over
Tee Hubers, 171, of Washington in
the fifth round of a scheduled 10
round bout at the Casino last night.
In preliminaries: Johnny Cool,
134, Worcester decisloned Johnny
Priest, 134, Cambridge (6); Mike
Welch. 157, Boston declsioned John
ny Marra, 158, Boston (8); Tony
Ferry, 125, Fall River knocked out
Lefty Lopes, 119, New Bedford (5).
By JACK CUDDY
(United Pres* SUIT Correspondent)
New York, Jan. 5.—(BUP)—Fail
ure of self-centered sports leaders
to co-operate and have a national
co-ordinator appointed, following
Pearl Harbor, was advanced as a
major reason for the bleak uncer
tainty now beclouding the sport*
future.
Bigwigs of baseball, racing, box
ing and amateur athletics were said
to have feared that a national co
ordinator might curtain their per
sonal powers—might dim their re
spective spotlights. They couldn't
see the mountain for the mole hills.
As a result, sportsmen themselves
pointed out, there has been no
spokesman at Washington to repre
sent the vast sports industry—in
which milions of dollars are invested
—which contributes to the enter
tainment of millions—and which re
ceives more publicity annually than
any other American industry.
There lias been no spokesman at
Washington to present war-burden
ed officials with facts regarding the
general sports set-up or regard
ing specific branches. No spokes
man to acquaint harried official*
with sports’ contributions—or lack
of contributions—to the war ef
fort. No representative empowered
to crack down on selfish, short
sighted individuals, whose greedy
operations threatened the wartime
welfare of an entire sport—like rac
ing. There lias been no definite
liaison or link between sports and
tlie government.
Uncertain
Thus, those who 'have begun to
think about the matter, asserted
lack of a national co-ordinator has
prevented sports in general, and
specific brands, from being given a
definite wartime status. No one in
sports ever claimed that their com
petitive entertainments were “es
sential" to the war effort: but vir
tually all felt that sports contrib
uted in some degree to civilian and
service morale That degree appar
ently never has been evaluated — 1!
it actually exists Hence, sports
the unknown quantity — the "X” ul
wartime effort — have been tolerat
ed by the government. At timei
the perplexed officials at Washing
ton seemed to regard sports as white
swans of morale; but recently they
seemed to view them as ugly duck
lings.
At intervals since Pearl Harbor,
various columnists have warned of
the necessity of a sports co-ordina
tor Ford Prick, president of the
National league, was understood to
favor such an appointment. Certain
prominent*, like Senator Scott Lucas
of Illnois. became Interested. But
the late Commissioner Landis, for
one, was vigorously opposed to a
co-ordinator. Czar Landis would
brook no possible encroachments
on his power Abe Greene, presi
dent of the National Boxing asso
ciation. favored g co-ordinator; but
not the chairman of various state
commissions. The Amateur Athletic
Union was dead-set against such an
appointment. And so It went, with
nothing done.
Now tlte situation is changed. Most
brass hats in sports would welcome
appointment of a co-ordinator for
the duration The ban on racing
and the re-examination of athletic
IP's and discharge* has altered
the view. Perhaps a co-ordinator
would be the Uoaea to lead aports
out of the quicksands, thay said. The
lads are looking longingly at Col.
Larry MacPhail. figuring ha would be
an ideal man for co-ordinator be
cause of his knowledge of the mili
tary set-up and his familiarity with
■ports.
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