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CAMP DAVIS DOWNS MARINE NINE, 8 TO 0 _.1 ~L. ~i. ~i. <4r ^ ± -4r 4r 4- 4r 4r ' f Sports Hodge-Podge BY CARLE HODGE Apparently Army and Navy officials want to keep their cake and eat it too. Time and again service spokes men have elaborated on the importance of physical training for the building-up of men in the armed forces and potential fighting men. But as yet not a thing has been done on the govern ment’s part toward continuing athletics in the nation s Number 1 source of wartime manpower leadership—the cai, leges and universities. . , Already some of the smaller schools have been forced to discontinue inter-collegiate sports and the ra tioning and ban on chartered busses for teams may be the death of college competition. Only last week, Lieut.-Commander Tom Hamilton, phy sical training leader of the Navy’s big new pre-flight train ing program in colleges, said that the very last thing schools should do is the curtailment of athletic program. “It’s exactlv what we don’t want them to do ... I can’t say too forcibly" that it is absolutely essential to the armed services that competitive sports continue in the schools.” And yet, despite all the Army’s and Navy’s hullabaloo about physical fitness, the WPB is still declaring: no tires, no gas, no busses, no nothing for school teams. It is nothing more than common old hoss sense that strength and preparedness of body is absolutely as impor tant to Uncle Sam’s vast sources of manpower as any other thing. . . The logical thing would be government supervision of all physical training whether it be in service camp, war industry, town or school. As long as Washington is doing its current houseclean ing of war offices and bureaus, the superficial Physical Fitness division might as well be on the list. Voluptuous blond dancers and equipment manufactur ers should be ousted. And in their places should go level headed men who will demand an all-out athletics program. This physical fitness is an important business. Sports Carbon: They have small crowds at baseball games down in Columbus, Georgia, too. Anyway, Sports Editor Tom Kinney of the Columbus Enquirer wrote of a recent Sally league contest: “The fans didn’t dare boo. Because the players outnumbered them.” “Now just let me at the Shipyard,” said the voice on the telephone last night. It was Lieut. H. A. Johnson, Camp Davis athletic officer and baseball coach. His team had just won its third game out of four tries—this time over the New River Marines. Now he wants to play the Shipyard semi-pros, who handed the soldiers their lone defeat. With an improved team, the lieutenant has a reason to yell for a return tilt with the Progressive club. For it might be a different story the next time. Cochrane Will Pilot Picked Service Nine ~~“““““— M —---__ Former Tiger Manager Is Named To Lead All-Stars Against Major Leaguers WASHINGTON, May 23. — OP) — Mickey Cochrane, who piloted the Detroit Tigers, to the 1935 world championship, today was given the job of selecting and managing the All-Star service baseball team which will play an All-Star major league team in Cleveland July 7 for the benefit of the Army and Navy relief funds. Now Lieutenant Gordon Cochrane of the Navy, the former Tigei manager was chosen by Colonel John Thomas Taylor of the War department, and Commander Gene Tunney, who is in charge of all Navy sports activities. Cochrane, who came to Wash ington from the Great Lakes Naval training station for a conference, said he would pick a squad of 22 of more from the professional play ers now in the armed services. He hopes to get his boys together for a week’s practice before the game, but said this depended on the circumstances at the time. Tunnery, something of an authori ty on baseball as well as boxing and Shakespeare, said he was con fident the service team would win. There’s no question that Coch rane can put a great team on the field. To start with, he has three of the brighter stars of the game in Bob Feller, Cleveland’s pitching ace now in the Navy; Hank Green berg, hard-hitting Detroit first baseman - outfielder, and Cecil Travis, Washington shortstop and runner-up for the American league batting championship last year. Greenberg and Travis are in the ■ Army. Here are some of the others Cochrane may call on: Pitchers—Johnny Rigney (Chica go White Sox), Bill Posedel (Bos ton Braves), Porter Vaughan (Philadelphia Athletics), Hugh Mul cahy (Philadelphia Phillies), and John Grodzicki (St. Louis Cardi nals). Catchers—Ken Sylvestri (New York Yankees), Don Padgett (St. Louis Cardinals) and Joe Grace (St. Louis Browns). Grace also has played outfield and Padget both outfield and infield. Infielders—Henry (Cookie) Lava getto (Brooklyn), Benny McCoy, (Philadelphia Athletics), Johnny Sturm (New York Yankees), George Archie, Johnny Lucadello and Johnny Berardino (St. Louis Browns), A1 Brancato (Philadel phia Athletics). Outfielders — Sam Chapman (Philadelphia Athletics;, Buddy Lewis (Washington Senators)' Pat Mullin (Detroit Tigers), Carvel ( Bama) Rowell (Boston Braves) -V-* TURKS arrested LONDON, May 23.— </P) —The Vichy radio broadcast a report to day from Turkey that two mem bers of the Turkish embassy staff at Kuibyshev had been arrested by Russian secret police. •-V farm fires fatal Some 3,500 persons are burned to death annually in farm fires in the United States. These farm fires destroy an estimated $200,000,000 worth of property, or approximate ly two-thirds of the national fire loss. SHIRT QUflUTY?^4^/fflST COIORS/ Shipbuilders And Bottlers To Clash Today _* - _*—— CANNONEER NINE TO PLAY KINGERS ON LEGION FIELD Boatyard Squad And Pepsi Cola Team Will Hold Semi Pro Spotlight Here By R. J. POWELL. The long-awaited crucial contest involving first-place Progressive club and close-by Pepsi Cola will top today's menu in the Cape Fear semi-pro circuit. Until last Sunday when the weather drowned out part of the program, Pepsi Cola and the Ship yard boys were neck and neck, but the Shipbuilders managed to ease out of the tight quarters with a win over Amoco while the PC’s sat on the sideline. Hilton Park will be the place and 3:30 will be the hour of the battle for the high chair, and while this is being settled A. L. King and Amoco will be waging a war of their own out on Legion field. No title will be at stake but, here we have two clubs in the midst of a re-building program and a setback is not included in either of those plans. Amoco went down fighting against the Shippers last week while the Kingers enjoyed a forced holiday. Norwood Skipper will probably get his chance against the Shipyard belters with George Nethercutt be hind the platter. The best infield that the Colas can muster finds Edens at the gateway post, S. Mac Keithan and Rowan, the keystone pair and Snag Allen in the oven corner. If Edens twirls Farmer will be the firstsacker and if Allen works in the box, then Edens will be at third. The beverage outfield looks like Carter, Hawkins, and R. Farrow. Brosnam is the Progressive top nomination for slab duty with Tay lor on the other end of the line ind Lambert, Dejarnett, Jordan, md Bell composing the infield and Urbon, Davis, and McCord in the field positions. At the stadium King will place i number of new players, including lohnnie Smidt, on the field in an effort to take the measure of the □p-and-coming Cannoneers. The starting grocery pitcher has not been announced but righthander John Wilbourne is a good man for :he task. Tatum or Covington will :ateh and the regular infield will prevail but in the outfield some changes may be made. Amoco manager Clemmons will ikely use the same lineup that clicked against the heavy-hitting Progressive team and in that case t will be Piner in the box, West )r Beatha catching, Sandlin, lb, Reynolds, 2b, Pattinian, ss, Meade >r King, 3b and Carter, Turnage ind King or Meade, outfield. -V Cards Beat Redlegs To Vault Into Second ST. LOUIS, May 23— UP>— Stan Musial, who hasn’t been playing entirely up to expectations, added some weight to his bid for No. 1 rookie of the year honors today by punching the St. Louis Car dinals into second place in the Na tional league. Coming up with two men on base in the seventh inning, the young outfielder smashed his fifth home run of the season to give the Car dinals a 6 to 3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. The triumph vault ed the Cardinals into second over the Boston Braves, five games be hind the leading Brooklin Dodgers. Score by Innings: R H E CINCINNATI _ 030 000 000—3 7 1 ST. LOUIS _ 000 003 30x—6 11 0 Runs batted in — Lammano. Frey 2, O’Dea. Crespi. Crabtree, Musial 3. Two base hits—G. Walker, Crabtree, T. Moore, home run—Musial. Double plays — G Walker and F. McCormick; O’Dea and Sanders; Craft and Lamanno. Left on bases—Cincinnati 5; St. Louis 6. Bases on balls—Off Walters 1; off Thompson 1; off White 1; off Dickson 2. Struck out —By White 1; by Dickson 2; by Krist 4. Hits—Off Walters 9 in 5 1-3 innings; off Thompson 1 in 2-3; off Beggs 1 in 0 • pitched to one batter); off Ehoyn 0 in 2, off White 4 in 1 (none out in sec. ond); off Dickson 1 in 5; off Krist 2 in 3. Winning pitcher—Krist; losing pitcher—Thompson. Umpires — Stewart, Sears and Dunn. Time—2:21. Attend-' ance (paid)—3,160. a -V Pittsburgh Ekes Out 5-4 Win Over Chicabs PITTSBURGH, May 23.— UP* — Rookie Cully Rikard’B Hlngle in the eighth Inning drove in two runs and enabled the Pittsburgh Pirates to come from behind and eke out a C to 4 victory over the Chicago Cubs today. The triumph broke a three-game losing streak for the Pirates and kept the Giants from creeping to a fourth place tie with them. Score by innings: CHICAGO _MO 000 000—4 11 0 PITTSBURGH _ 020 000 03x—5 IS 2 Runs batted in — McCullough, Hack. Cavarretta, Van Robals 2, Fletcher, Kik ard 2. Two base hits—Hack, Cavarretta, Martin, Phelps. Three base hits—Van Robays, Wasdell. Sacrifices — Gilbert, Cavarretta, Van Robays, Coscarart. Dou ble plays—McCullough and Merullo; Mat tin. Coscarart and Fletcher.. Left on bBses—Chicago 8; Pittsburgh 9. Bases on balls—Off Erickson 3; off Dietz 1. Struck out—By Erickson 2; by Klinger 1; by Dietz 2; by Lanning 1. Hits—Off Klinger 6 in 2 innings; off Dietz 1 in 4; off Lanning 2 in 2; off Sewell 2 in 1: off Erickson 11 in 7 off Pressnell 1 in 1. Winning pitcher—Lanning Losing pitcher —Erickson. Umpires—Reardon, Goetz and Conlan. Time—2:09. Attendance (act ual)—3,090. 4 ' Cardinal Celebration i-■---—— Notice that Enos Slaughter, slugging St. Eouis ou tfielder, had been ordered to report for his Anr.v physical examination did not dampen Cardinal celebration after Mort Cooper’s two-hit victory over Brook lyn. Left to right, first baseman Ray Sanders; catch er Walker Cooper; Mort Cooper and Slaughter. Minors Not Beaten Yet, Says Branham “ M Association Head Declares Ban On Buses Will Not Affect Small Leagues DURHAM, May 23.— t/H—'W. G. Bramham, president of the Na tional Association of Professional Baseball leagues, said today that despite wartime restrictions, the Minor leagues were determined to carry on throughout the current season if possible. He said the latest restriction, the banning of the use of chart ered buses by baseball clubs after June 1, would not affect the Minor league setup materially. "Early in the year,” Bramham explained, "many charter bus companies advised our clubs they would not be able to transport players due to losing tire priori ties if they handled such business. Therefore many clubs made other arrangements before the start of the season.” These arrangements consist largely of club-owned buses or sta tion wagons, for which Bramham said sufficient gasoline was being allocated in the rationed area. Aft er an exchange of telegrams be tween Bramham and government officials, baseball was classified as a gainful occupation dependent upon travel, it was explained. Taking occasion to pay his re spects to gloom forecasters, Bram ham asserted that "if predictions of a funeral can produce a corpse, I suppose we should be selecting pallbearers, but we very definitely are not. Baseball men do not give up merely because the score is heavily against them at some peri od of the game.” Twilight games are expected to go far toward solving the dim-out problem in the coastal area, where the Army today set a 9:15 p.m. (Eastern War Time) deadline for use of lights. The Minor league chief said only one circuit had folded since the start of the season, although ten BURNS IS NAMED DUKE NINE HEAD Senior Third Baseman Elect ed Captain Of 1943 Blue Devil Baseballers DURHAM, May 23.UP)-Thomas E. Burns, rising senior third base man from Winston-Salem, tonight was elected to the captaincy of Duke university’s 1943 baseball team. The husky North Carolinian suc ceeds George A. Byam of Lowell, Mass., brilliant Blue Devil second sacker. The honor was accorded Burns at the squad’s annual ban quet, held in the university union. Burns—a letterman in football for two seasons and a star guard on Duke’s 1941 Rose Bowl eleven—has just completed his first college baseball campaign under Coach Jack Coombs. He was not a can didate for the diamond outfit last year. -V Army Trackmen Beat Pitt In Queer Meet WEST POINT. N. Y„ May 23.— (#1—Army’s track team remained undefeated by downing Pitt, T5-51, today in one of the queerest meets on record. Only six of the scheduled 14 events were contested, the points in the other events being awarded on the basis of past performances according to an agreement reached between the coaches, Leo Novak of the Army and Carl 01 son of Pitt. 2 decided against opening because of wartime restrictions. This leaves 30 still operating. 2 SLUGGING! SENATOR -? By Jack Sorda '•'jSS&iLX W.'SV.V.'.vXVW.y.'iVJMKA A U6At«R This y&AR, SpgACO Alt tESS THAA -7^£ M * gACrt OF AIS LASTjfMRee_-S£A5aAS IpiiSiAAj " Spence, fAmfolS- OW BACHERT KAYOS BIBLE AT CAMP Stephen French Gets Decis ion Over Socha In Boxing Show At Camp Davis Johnny Bachert, scrappy welter weight from the A.A.A. school, scored a third round technical knockout over Claude Bible in the feature of a seven-bout card pre sented by the 514th C. A. at Camp Davis Friday evening. Enthusias tic boxing fans, 1,700 of th e m, packed Farnsworth Hall to wit ness the show. Bachert, afte*. an even first round, cornered Bible in the sec ond and peppered him with rights and lefts to the head, flooring him with six seconds remaining. Th e tough little clouter from Btry. E of the 514th could not answer the bell for the third round and Bach ert was awarded the bout on a T.K.O. The best slugging match of the evening found Stephen French and Alfred Socha, both from the 514th, mixing very well for three rounds with French gaining a close de cision. Vernon Pressley packed too much power for Hargis Prater, scoring a second round T.K.O. while Freddie Gruther dropped Ar thur Buzzell for the ten count in the second round of the opening bout. Vince Decesare and Wilbur Hal green, 175 pounders, fought to a draw in a rough and rugged slug ging match as did Albert Monroe and Haywood Massey, scrappy 118 pounders. A pair of negro boys, Leonard Griffin and James Nev ins, heavyweights, fought a three round exhibition match. Capt. Anneberg, Athletic Officer of the 514th, and Sgt. Ivan La France served as referees while Capt. Gable and Lt. Blank served as judges. Billy Cahill, former pro mittster, proved himself popular as the announcer. 4 XT Giants Sell Mancuso To St. Louis Cards ST. LOUIS, May 23— (jP)—Gus Mancuso, 36-year-old veteran catch er who was a member of five major league pennant winners, was sold today by the St. Louis Cardinals to the New York Giants, complet ing a round-trip between the teams. Mancuso handled the bulk of the catching for the Cardinals' last sea son, after young Walker Cooper was injured, but this year he was relegated to bullpen duties with Cooper and Ken O’Dea, acquired from the Giants, getting the game assignments. To replace Mancuso, the Car dinals signed Ray Hayworth, vet eran just released by the St. Louis Browns. Hayworth formerly was with Detroit. Score by innings: JJ BROOKLYN _ 000 100 010—2 7 1 NEW YORK- 000 003 20x—5 8 1 Runs batted in—Jurges 3, Mize 2, Rizzo. Two base hits—Rizzo, Marshall, Witek. Medwick. Home run—Jurges. Stolen base—Reese. Double plays—Reese, Her man and. Camilli; Camilli, Reese and Camilli. Left on bases—New York 8; Brooklyn 10. Bases on balls—Off Sunkel 6; off Higbe 4; off Casey 2. Struck out -By Sunkel 3; by Higbe 3. Hits—Off Higbe 5 in 6 innings; off Casey 3 in 2. Losing pitcher—Higbe. Umpires—Pinelli, Ballanfant and Barlick. Time—2:28. At tendance (paid)—21.920. -V Coach Ray Wolf Leaves For Naval Assignment CHAPEL HILL, May 23 —tff)— Ray Wolf, head football coach at the University of North Carolina, who is on leave with the Navy, leaves Tuesday for Athens, Ga., where he will be coach at the southern pre-flight naval aviation school at the University of Geor gia. Wolf recently returned here from the V-5 instructions indoctri nation school at Annapolis, Md. POST GRIDDERS SLATE COLLEGE, SERVICE TILTS Camp Davis Schedules Foot ball Game With Lee And Appalachian Squads Two standout football games for the coming season, one with Ap palachian State Teachers and the other with Camp Lee, have been carded by Camp Davis, it was an nounced Saturday by Lieut. H. A. Johnson, camp athletic officer. Appalachian State, traditionally one of the toughest college teams in this section, will meet the blue clad warriors of Davis Oct. 4, and the Lee contest is scheduled for Nov. 22. Both are Sunday games and will be played either in Wil mington or at Camp Davis. Lieutenant Johnson said his of fice was still dickering with other prominent college and army teams for games this fall and in dicated the full schedule will be released within a week or so. Because of dim-out regulations, Camp Davis will play its games in the afternoon this year. Sunday is the logical day for ball games be cause it is the one day in the week that soldiers are free of military duties. The first game of the season, to be played at Camp Davis, will be an intra-squad affair, the date of which has not yet been decided. This initial test will give the coaching staff a line on talent. 4 _v_ Phillies Turn Back Boston Braves, 6-5 PHILADELPHIA, May 23.—MV TLr Phils turned back the Boston Braves today, 6 to 5, when Johnny Sain balked in the ninth inning to send Danny Murtaugh home with the winning run. The Braves rallied in the ninth to tally two runs and deadlock the score on singles by Johnny Cooney, Paul Waner and Eddie Miller, a walk and an error. With one out in the Phils’ half of the ninth, Murtaugh singled and went to third on Nick Etten’s dou ble to right. Sain replaced Manny Salvo on the mound for the Braves after Salvo filled the bases by in tentionally walking Danny Litwhil er. Sain balked while pitching to A1 Glossop. 2 Score by innings: R H E BOSTON - 000 002 012—5 9 4 PHILADELPHIA 003 011 001—6 14 3 Runs batted in—Litwhiler, Etten. L. Waner, Holmes. P. Waner 2. West, Mil ler. Two base hits—Bragan, Etten. Stolen base—Miller. Sacrifices — Murtaugh, L. Waner. Double plays—Javery, Miller and Cooney; Glossop, Bragan and Etten. Left on bases—Philadelphia 9: Boston 8 Base on balls—Off Wallace 1; off Salvo 1; off Hughes 5. Struck out—By Javery 1; by Donovan 1; by Hughes 5. Hits— Off Javery 7 in 3 innings; off Wallace 2 in 2 innings; off Donovan 2 in 1 in ning; off Tost 1 in 2 innings; off Salvo 2 in 1-3 inning; off Sain 0 in 0 innings; off Hughes 7 in 8 innings (none out in 9th); off Johnson 2 in 1 inning. Wild pitch—Tost. Balk—Sain. Passed ball— Lombardo. Winning pitcher — Johnson. Losing pitcher—Salvo. Umpires — Barr, and Magerkurth. Attendance (paid) 1,663. Time of game—2:14. -V Louis Exhibition Trip Will Start On May 26; To Tour Service Bases NEW YORK, May 23.—Ml—Pri vate Joe Louis, heavyweight box ing champion, will start his ex hibition tour of Army camps in the 2nd Corps Area at Ft. Dix, N. J„ May 26. Army information officials also said he would appear at Camp Upton on Long Island, May 29 but that other dates and sites have not been selected. Louis, who will meet one of his sparring partners in the exhibitions, will train next week at a local gym. 2 VAUGHN PITCHES ONE-HIT CONTEST AS SOLDIERS WIN Ex-Tiger Farmhand Holds Leathernecks To Single Base For Post Team Behind the one-hit pitching , Bob Vaughn, Lt. H, A. Jol.nL Camp Davis nine shut out the i-’.' Marines from New River on .’1 post diamond Saturday ' aftem//' to chalk up an 8 to 0 Srore the soldiers’ third win in starts. Vaughn, a pre-draft Detroit Tig farmhand and Michigan y.'-A" league hurler, held the Letherne*-! hitless for eight and one-third nings. His playhouse was torn '•/ by Johnson of the Marines «■/ singled in the eighth. "Wait Eichelberger, a former \y liamsport Eastern league mound/ men, took up where Vaughn ll;/ left off in the next-to-last frame holding his opponents for the / mainder of the game. Shortstop LaCorte and Vaughn led the Davis squad in hitting ,'itn 3 for 5 and 2 for •». The camp team will piav tl;e Amoco semi-pro Cannoneers at Legion stadium here next Satu/ day. The box: Marines AH I! }| K Raykowitz, ss _4 ,, ‘ Schlesinger, 2b _4 p (l f) Smilowitz, c _ 3 0 n n Kasinski, rf _1 p n „ Scharack, rf _2 0 o « DeMayo, 3b _3 0 (i a Johnson, If, p _o 0 1 n Snelly, cf .. 0 0 0 0 Wheeler, cf _ 3 0 0 n Ousnamer, p _2 0 n ,, Graham. If _1 p 0 u LaMuria, lb _ 3 0 0 0 28 0 1 0 Camp Davis AB ft H i; LaCorte, ss _5 2 3 1 Vaughn, p _4 i o it Eichleberger, p _ 0 0 0 u Schwartz, rf _10 0 it Gertz. rf _2 1 0 n Bucci, If _3 111 Corrado, 2b _4. l o 1 Xessing, 3z _2 11 Regan, lb _ 0 0 0 n Adubado, lb _4 0 1 n Belcastro, c _ 3 0 0 n Rodrique, rf _,_1 0 0 n Mclsaae, cf _2 12 0 31 S 10 3 Score by innings: Marines _000 000 000—0 Camp Davis _ 104 030 OOx-S -V Rookie Marshall Hurt In Giant-Dodger Tilt NEW YORK, May 23.—UP)-WiI lard Marshall, rookie outfielder ot the New York Giants, was injured in the eighth inning of today's game with the Brooklyn Dodgers and had to retire to the clubhouse for treatment. In attempting to play a ball hit against the left field wall by Joe Medwick, Marshall was struck in the head. The ball broke his sun glasses and he received an inch long gash above his left eye. -V— Enos Slaughter Gets Draft Physical Exam ST. LOUIS, May 23.-W1- Enos Slaughter, slugging outfielder of the St. Louis Cardinals, was given a preliminary physical examina tion by a draft board physician today at the request of the se lective Service board of Roxboro. N. C., his home town. Slaughter, married but separated from his wife, recently was re classified 1A in the draft. 4 CATALINA SWIM SUITS $2.50 up PICKARDS 209 Market St Dial 3324 FOR CORRECT FISHING INFORMATION CALL 9489 ATLANTIC VIEW FISHING PIER Wrightsvllle Beach BAIT — TACKLE FOR SALE OR RENT ‘NOT EXPENSIVE CLOTHES — I I JUST KEEP THEM DRY CLEANED’ Men who win compli ments on their good ap pearance, are men who’ve learned the value of re gularly dry cleaning their clothes. Sparkling color and pattern, and fresher fit are yours with every garment we dry clean. Call 2-1357 WK back hangars that Wl ARE IN USABLE CONDITION WILLIAMS DRY CLEANERS • H. R. AND J. C. WILLIAMS 808 SOUTH 17th STREET
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