The Sports Trail
By
Whitney Martin
Athletics Get 26 Players In Uniform
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NEW YORK, March 25.—(JP)—If Rip Van Winkle had
fallen asleep for his 20-year drowse on the Pinehurst Coun
try Club course and had awakened this week he would have
been convinced he had just enjoyed a cat-nap.
You can just imagine old Rip stretching, rubbing his
eyes and commenting in a quavering voice: “Wellll, wellll,
must have dropped off for a minute. Bob Cruickshank was
on the No. 3 fairway last time I looked, and there he is on
No. 17. And there’s Joe Kirkwood moved up to No. 12, and
johnny Farrell, and Gene Sarazen and Joe Turnesa all get
ting around. Wonder who’s leading this here North-South
Tournament now, by cracky.”
Yes sir, the pages of the cal
endar really did a backward flip
this year at Pinehurst, and not
onlv did the golf stars of 20 years
ago emerge from their shells: they
shot the same scores they did when
the roaring 20s still were just A
whisper. It's a long time since
we've seen a 71 leading the field,
but away-back-when a score like
that was plenty good.
It doesn’t take much imagina
tion to have a pretty good idea
who the leaders in the North-South
would be were these normal times.
You could name Ben Hogan, and
Byron Nelson, and Sam Snead,
and maybe a couple of others and
know that they would be right up
there at the top with their cards
plastered with 66s and 67s and
68s. Those guys think 70 is just
the three score and 10 usually as
sociated 'J'ith the life span. Which
it practically was in their com
pany, at that, as a gent who
couldn’t break 70 could figure his
competition ended.
As this is written we don’t know
who won the tournament. All we
know is that wee Bobby Cruick
shank’s 71-72—143 was good enough
to lead the field at the half-way
mark, and that right behind him
were such verdant youths at Kirk
wood, Farrell, Sarazen and Tur
nesa.
It wasn't by accident that those
venerable names were in there at
or near the top. The rules this
year stipulated that an entrant
must either be over military age
or in the service.
A great many of the present
top-flight golfers are in the serv
ice, but unless a soldier or a sailor
sor a marine happened to be sta
tioned hara-by Pinehurst and could
make arrangements to be absent
from his post for three or four
days, he was out of luck as far
as entering was concerned.
The old timers put on a good
show, at that, despite the fact
some of them were so rusty they
creaked Sarazen has been as
busy as a contact man for a war
plant and with his farm it is doubt
ful if he played more than half
a dozen times this winter, and he
not long ago said it would take
him at least six or seven months
of steady golf to get back in form.
Kirkwood had played only two
"rounds since last fall, and some
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tion League”'
RALEIGH, March 25.—<A>)—A 12
game schedule was announced to
day for N. C. State college's base
bail team, but Coach Doc Newton
admitted the prospects were not
too bright for his club.
Newton said, with characteris
tic lack of optimism, that his team,
I a member of a four-club “ration
I league,” might win a game but
; "I don’t know when, nor how, nor
where.”
: The Army and other military
' services have drawn heavily upon
; Newton's players and now he has
; only two men who played last sea
t son—both of them reserves on the
! 1942 team. His veterans are Jack
Singer of New York City, who al
ternated at second and short, and
Charlie Fetner, who was a relief
hurler last year.
Fetner, a righthander, may have
to bear the brunt of the mound
assignments this season. Coach
Newton, however, has a lefthand
er, Robert Bryan, who transferred
from Campbell college and may
pitch and play first base for the
State team.
Otherwise, all of the positions
on the team are wide open and
after three days of practice Doc
said it looked as though he might
have an outfield composed entirely
of freshmen.
The schedule released today in
cludes only the 12 games which
N. C. State will play in the “ration
league” against North Carolina,
Duke and the Chapel Hill Pre
Flight school.
of the others undoubtedly had
used a spoon only to eat with
during th° past few months.
Under the circumstances, and
considering that the wind was
blowing more than a little, their
scores were commendable, and
from all accounts they had a lot
of fun making them. They know
they are yesterday’s heroes, and
they accept the role cheerfully.
And they must have got quite
a kick out of seeing their names
in the first paragraph once again.
It may be the last chance for
these over-40 gents. Heading for-ty
last roundup, you might say.
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ASSORTMENT NOT
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SAYS OBSERVERS
Several 1942 Sandlotters
Are Now In A’s
Uniform
WILMINGTON, Del., March 25.—
tap) — The Philadelphia Athletics
have a lot of ball players in uni
form at their training exercises
here—26 at the most recent count—
but their presence only serves to
recall that old refrain, "You can’t
tell the players without a score
card.”
Regular observers of the A’s say
the collection of confused young men
this year is not as heart-rending as
the assortment Connie Mack had in
California last year. But all admit
that the difference is largely aca
demic in its relations to improving
the eighth place finish of 1942.
At least three of the players now
wearing big league uniforms here
were sandlot players a year ago and
five others were cavorting in the
local park in the uniforms of the
Wilmington Blue Rocks of the
class B interstate league.
Thus it is evident that beloved
old Connie Mack, 80 years of age
and starting his 43rd year as man
ager of the Athletics, has nothing
more than the barest essentials for
a ball club.
His catching staff is intact from
last year and his rebuilt outfield
may be adequate, but his patching
and infield corps appear woefully
insufficient.
Only three pitcners ironi iaaL
year’s array are back—Roger Wolff,
Human Harris and Russ Christo
pher. Their combined record was 27
won and 43 lost. In the face of this
situation Connie has come up with
but one recruit from double A minor
leagues, Jesse Flores, a 14-5 win
ner for Los Angeles last year. The
other pitchers are class B and semi
pro performers hoping for a mir
acle.
The infield situation is just slight
ly better. Dick Siebert on first
base, of course, can carry his share
of the load and Pete Suder, who
played at all other infield positions
from time to time last year, has
been designated the regular second
baseman. Eddie Mayo, who hit .310
for Los Angeles last year has been
installed at third base and Irving
Hall, a .299 hitter from Williams
port in the Eastern League, is hold
ing forth at shortstop.
Hall has not looked like a hitter
in practice and this lineup is sub
pect to change without notice. It
quite possibly will be altered when
and if Jimmy Pofalil joins the club.
Pofahl, an unsuccessful shortstop
with the Washington Senators, has
intimated to the A's that he intends
to retire from baseball. The other
half of the Senators deal for out
fielder Bob Johnson, the Cuban
leftfielder, Robert Estallella, re
ported to the A’s today.
Estallella hits well in Shibe Park
and has the inside track for the
leftfield assignment with Joyner
White, Seattle rookie, in center
field and Elmer Valo, a holdover
regular, again in tight. Valo, a .251
hitter, is the only outfielder of last
year’s team who will be back.
These then are the Athletics—
not the same as last year, but not
much different, either.
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PATTON BRAVES
GERMAN SHELLS
(Continued from Page One)
Patton grinned nodded and
walked to the waiting command
car.
Three days ago, on a front line
visit, the general was forced to
hit the ground twice as enemy
planes swept over.
The first time was while the
general’s party was returning
from a visit to infantry units push
ing forward from El Guetar and
enemy planes began strafing the
road. The second was when he
was standing by a command ve
hicle near Sened station and three
Messsrschmitts roared over at
about 150 feet.
“The general did what any good
soldier would do—dived to the
ground,” related Capt. Richard
Jenson, 27, of (465 South Grand
avenue', Pasadena, Calif., an aide
to the general.
“So did everybody else — damn
fast. He wasn’t the first or the
last man to hit the deck.”
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WEATHER
(Continued from Page One)
WASHINGTON, March 25—(^—Weath
er bureau report of temperature and
rainfall for the 24 hours ending 8 p. m.
in the principal cotton growing area:
and elsewhere:
Station High Low_R’faI
Asheville —6#_84_».»(
Asheville - 69 34 0.01
Atlantic City-a .69 43 0.01
Boston - 56 42 0.01
Burlington-._ 41 38 0.01
Cincinnati_ 66 38 0.01
Denver _.'_ 59 36 0.01
Duluth _ 51 34 0.01
Fort Worth_ 56 50 0.01
Jacksonville_ 74 44 0.01
Key West_ 76 66 0.01
Louisville _ 68 41 0.0(
Meridian _ 66 43 0.3
Minn. St. Paul_ 61 40 0.0
New Orleans_71 60 1.7
Norfolk_ 69 40 0.0i
Portland. Me. _ 50 35 0.0
St. Louis _ 68 45 0.0
Savannah - 73 42 0.0
| Washington _ 66 42 0.0
Cruickshank Wins North-South Golf Meet
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Camp Davis Baseballers
Hold Initial Practice
The initial call for Camp Davis
baseball aspirants produced a
turnout of 20 newcomers which,
combined with a holdover group of
ten veterans from last year’s team
lends an optimistic note to the dia
mond hopes of Captain Henry A.
Johnson, AA coach.
“Iron Man” Bob Vaughn is on
hand to curve his way into a tri
umphal streak such as he enjoyed
in 1942. This righthanded forkball
er won eight, lost two and tied
one during that campaign and ei
ther started or finished all but
two of the Fighting AA games in
a season which netted the Davis
antiaircrafters 12 wins, four loss
es and one tie.
A likely aide to Vaughn in the
twirling department is portsider
Bob Davis who twirled impres
sively for Zeke Bonura’s Camp
Shelby, Miss.-, outfit last year. Re
turning also is Lefty Eichelberger
who filled in as a spot pitcher in
’42.
Infield dependables include Joe
Nessing at third, captain a year
ago and the only three-sport camp
representative; Joe Adubato at
first base; and flashy Joe Lacorte
at short. The outfield delegation
is headed by the leading batsmen
of last season, Rudy Gertz, ad
repeaters Irv Mclsaac, Nick Bucci
and George Rodrique.
The bulk of the catching will
in all likelihood be handled by the
competent John Delcastro who
should be able to pick up a re
placement from among a half doz
en other backstops.
In 1942 the main weakness in
an otherwise skilled Camp Davis
ball club was the inconsistency on
the batting end. and the early
workouts in particular will be de
signed to improve the stickwork
among some of the second-year
men, in addition to unearthing of
fensive power from the ranks of
the Johnnies-come-lately. If such
run-making technique is revealed,
then Camp Davis rooters in gen
eral and Captain Henry Johnson
in particular may do some proud
pointing in a baseball direction,
ere the season departs.
‘SKILLS COLLEGE’
TO OPEN AT YMCA
Physical Activities Under
Expert Training Be
gin Monday
Featuring opportunities to learn
j tlie fundamental skills of a physi
! cal activity or sport, the First An
nual “Y” Skills College is schedul
ed to get under way Monday, April
5th. The course, composed of class
es in seven different activities, is
scheduled to run for six weks.
Activities included in the “Cur
riculum” are: swimming and life
saving, weightlifting. wrestling,
basketball, volleyball, handball and
gymnastics. Competent instructors
have been secured for each class.
All activities are open to YMCA
members without cost. Non-mem
bers may participate at a small
nominal fee for the duration of the
course
Registrations will be taken at the
YMCA desk until 10:30 p. m. Sat
urday, May 3. Positively no regis
trations will be accepted after the
classes start.
Schedules of the classes are as
follows:
Swimming and lifesaving. Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday, 6:30
p. m.; Wrestling, Monday, Wednes
day and Friday, 5:30 p. m.: weight
lifting. Monday, Wednesday and
Friday, 5:30 p. m.; Gymnastics,
Monday, Wednesday and Friday,
8:30 p. m.: Handball, Tuesday and
Thursday, 5:30 p. m.; Basketball,
Tuesday and Thursday, 7:30 p. m.:
Volleyball. Tuesday and Thursday,
6 p. m.
The object of this course Is to
provide opportunity for those who
wish to learn new physical activi
ties for recreation and physical de
veopment or increase their skill
and proficiency in some activity
they are now familiar with; Cer
tain phases of this course would
be highly beneficial to young men
expecting to enter the armed ser
vices. Further information may be
secured bv contacting Mr. Ghol
son at the “Y.”
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City Briefs
ARRESTED
O. R. West, an escapee from
the bureau of identification for
ten days, was arrested Wednes
day, according to Harry E.
Fales, superintendent of the
city-county identification bu
reau, “full of embalming
fluid.” West was still violent
ly sick Thursday.
APPOINTED
John H. Hardin, vice presi
dent of the Wilmington Sav
ings and Trust company, was
appointed a member of the
institution’s board of directors
at a meeting Thursday morn
ing.
AUTOS DAMAGED
An automobile owned by J.
N. Bryant was struck at 17th
and Dock streets Wednesday
by an automobile driven by
Odell Floyd, of Charleston, S.
C., and owned by Guy Black
man, Maffitt Village. Both
cars were considerably dam
aged.
arrested
Russell Miraglia was arest
ed at the Congress pool room
near the North Carolina Ship
building company yards Thurs
day afternoon on charges of
possessing gambling devices
and promoting gambling, the
sheriff’s department said on
1 Thursday night. He will be
given a hearing before Record
er H. Winfield Smith Friday
1 morning.
1 CLINIC
[ 'Hie monthly orthopedic clin
, ic will he held at James Wal
t ker Memorial hospital from 9;.
| 30 a. m. to 12:30 p. m. Satur
dfty*
BATTLE UNDERWAY
OVER RUML PLAN
(Continued from Page One)
up to $25,000 but not above that
figure.
She and Rep. Gearhart (R.
Calif.) are leading the opposition
within Republican ranks to all-out
abatement of one year’s taxes.
“I think we ought to collect
taxes in accordance with ability
to pay,” the congresswoman said.
“I would forgive taxes on incomes
up to $25,000 in 1942, but not above
that.”
Other compromises were being
discussed, with varying amounts
of abatement proposed. Meanwhile
some Democrats said that hope
for enacting the no abatement
committee bill were vanishing.
Doughton told the House the
Ruml plan was ‘‘immoral and un
sound,” that it would bestow the
greatest benefits on those most
able to pay; deprive the govern
ment of almost $10,000,000,000, and
transfer a larger tax burden to
persons with smaller incomes.
“What I am trying to drive
home,” Doughton shouted, "is the
simple fact that the Ruml plan
not only favors the weather tax
payers as compared with their
less fortunate brethren, but that
it discriminates sharply against
the fixed income individuals while
tossing into the lap of persons en
joying a swollen war-time income
a golden harvest which unjustly
enriches him at the expense of
his government, his fellow taxpay
ers, or both.
“All of the sophistry that Satan
can invent cannot obscure this
simple fact.
“Our soldiers are not requesting
forgiveness of a year's duty. In
fact many of them are called upon
to give an entire lifetime in one
moment of duty.”
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Cardinal Rookie Ends
Ball Game With No Tie
CAIRO. 111., March 25.—(A*)—Ger
ry Burmeister, rookie catcher,
drove in four runs for the win
ning team in an intrasquad game
today at the St. Louis Cardinals’
training camp.
Pitchers used for the six-inning
stretch were Harry Gumbert, El
win (Preacher) Roe, George Dock
ins, Harry Breeheen, Ted Wilks
and Syl Donnelly, who was the
day’s best performer. The 5-3 con
test was the first practice game
that did not end in a tie.
KIRKWOOD TAKES
SECOND SPOT ONE
STROKE BEHIND
Leader Edges Narrow Win
Over Runner-Up,
292 To 293
PINEHURST, March 25.—UP)—
Bobby Cruickshank of Richmond,
Va., won the wartime 41st Annual
North and South Open Golf cham.
pionship today with a total of 292—
exactly 21 strokes above the 271
with which. Ben Hogan won last
year when most of the golfing great
competed.
The elder professionals found that
four rounds over the long cham
pionship course put their legs to
([uite a test. Bobby sprayed a num
ber of second shots during the final
round but managed a 75. His four
earlier rounds were 71-72-74.
Cruickshank, a veteran of World
War No .1, didn’t have any strokes
to spare. Joe Kirkwood of Philadel
phia finished one stroke back at
293. Third place was won by Joe
Turnesa of Rockville Center, N. Y..
with 295. Then came Gene Sarazen
of Brookfield Center, Conn., with
296, and Johnny Farrell of Baltusrol,
N. J„ with 298.
The 48-year-old Cruickshank said
that the shot that saved him came
at the sixth hole of the final round.
He was three over par at that tee
but knocked a brassie within six
feet of the difficult par-three hole
and dropped liis putt for a deuce.
This put him back in the party and
he held on to win.
Cruickshank won the North and
South back in 1926 and 1927 when
Pineliurst had sand greens.
James T. Hunter of North Adams,
Mass., who shares with Cruick
shank the distinction of being a
grandfather, was low amateur with
314. The best score made by a sol
dier and turned in by Private Ron
nie Williams, a Detroit amateur,
stationed at Camp Butner, N. C.,
who had a 315. Pvt. Les Kennedy
of Camp Campbell, Ky., who had a
318, was low' professional among
thp service men.
Only golfers 38 years old or over
or those in the service were elig
ible to compete. The purse was $2,
000 in war bonds and Cruickshank
won $450, Kirkwood $350, and Turn
esa $250. Hunter won $100 in bonds
for being low amateur.
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First Baseman
ASBURY PARK, N. J„ March
25.—(^P)—The New York Yankees
now own first baseman Nick Et
ten, definitely and positively, Man
ager Joe McCarthy announced to
day after talking with President
Ed Barrow in New York.
“The deal with tho Phils has
been settled,” said McCarthy.
“Some details yet remain to be set
tled, as there are one or two play
ers involved whose names can’t be
announced yet.”
It was inferred that the players
involved might be two Yankee or
Yankee farm hand players, who
may be turned over to Bill Cox’s
club, if Ed Levy and Allen Gettel
do not report to the Phils.
Levy, Gettel and Cash had been
given by the Yanks to the Phils
for Etten. Levy recently was re
ported headed for army service,
and Gettel wanted to stay on his
farm.
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WANDERERS
Players 1st 2nd 3rd Total
Lacock _ 112 189 128 429
Riley _ 174 154 147 475
Powell _ 144 133 120 406
Jordan _ 131 159 167 457
Johnspn _ 132 132
Duncan _ . 123 138 261
692 758 709 2160
Won 0, lost 3.
ROEBUCKS
Players 1st 2nd 3rd Total
Kirk _ 183 181 235 599
Schadt _ 179 153 156 ■ 4S8
Hamilton_ 177 138 117 432
King _ 194 166 147 507
Roebuck_ 160 162 141 463
893 800 816 2509
Won 3, lost 0.
UNKNOWNS
Players 1st 2nd 3rd Total
Hart _ 146 165 193 504
Thomas _ 216 225 151 592
King_ 161 199 168 528
D'okle _ 179 157 206 542
Grotgen _:_ 117 124 159 430
819 870 897 2586
Won 1, lost 2.
LEGION
Player 1st 2nd 3rd Total
-Morse _ 189 147 134 470
Davis _ 137 156 222 515
Ramsey _ 162 119 173 454
Rhodes __ 178 16S 172 518
McKeithan _ 178 163 204 545
844 753 905 2502
Won 2, lost 1.
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Tribe Carries Through
With Intrasquad Tearn
LaFAYETTE, J nil., March 25.—
CP)—The Cleveland Indians’ fir.si
intrasquad game pointed up the
Tribe’s manpower shortage, and to
day Vice-President Roger Peckin
paugh admitted he was trying to
buy players he once wouldn't have
claimed on waivers “for fear I
might get them.”
The extent of the shortage became
fully apparent as Manager Lou
Boudreau lined up two teams with
in the Indians' roster for a practice
game yesterday.
The nine captained by third base
man Ken Keltner had a regular or
an experienced substitute in every
position except right field, where
pitcher A1 Smith filled in. But the
team led by Catcher Buddy Rosar
had pitcher Jim Bagby at second,
pitcher A1 Milner in left field, pitch
er Allie Reynolds in right field and
a Cleveland Sports Writer at third.
The. Keltner team won, 7 to 1.
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CANNON-GRAHAM
TO MEET AGAIN
“Battle Of Bullies” R,
Scheduled For Tues
day In Thalian Hall
A re-schedule ‘'battle of ,
ies” is the feature attraction J
regular Tuesday night 19
program, with “Tiny ' Cannon!?”
was disqualified last Tuejfe ,0
unnecessary roughness. aB(1'„!' r
Graham, who was not rough eno"f
crawling through the ropes for ,h7
second meeting.
In the last bout ot these •„
Cannon took all the plmislln .
that Graham could leal out
he became tired of being on T
receiving end of the fray Sohej“'
gan to pound “Rough Bov Jc
the ring.
After several minutes of this
after repeatedly being warne- ,!
stop his unnecessary tactics o ■
eree Charles Ilornadav steppe] ?
and awarded the fight to Rov r,,
ham.
Graham s lone remark is, ■ ■
beat that Cannon if 1 ran just
my hands on him one more timr
Tn the supporting event of tlie
evening. Promoter Cause; a„.
nounces that he will bring two new
faces to the local ring, and tin;
plenty of action is expected in this
bout.
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