1 SPORTS TRAIL I
BY WHITNEY MARTIN
NEW YORK, March 19—UPl—
Well, it’s time for the Brooklyn
Dodgers to move over. They’ve got
company in the class of daffy
baseball clubs. The Cincinnati
Reds, no less.
Now it’s a little bard to recon
cile the businesslike and efficient
Red organization with anything
gs ven slightly on the balmy side,
— it’s right there on the blotter.
aas year the Cincinnati club
S k muscle magician, little
as „Jir, to get the boys co
Jfy so their minds wouldn’t
j|hning to third base while
S5 J^eet were running to first.
P““ lying the soundness of little
*7s ideas and his record of
chievement we think it was a
good plan, and that the players
S benefitted, but you’ll have to ad
mit it was a little unusual in the
training of a baseball team.
This year they are going in for
the rhumba and conga, although
the parts of the anatomy getting
the most benefit from these exer
cises aren’t the most important to
ball players, unless they plan to
give base runners the hip as they
round second, or figure on fooling
a man chasing them down the
baseline, the weaving beam mak
ing it difficult for the chaser to
tell which way his quarry will
dodge next.
Anyway, we understand it was
quite a session the Reds held at
the instigation of Skipper Bill Me
Kechnie, with some of the players
getting so involved with their own
feet and otherwise twisted into
mots that it might be necessary
to call back little Bill Miller to
iron them out again.
The class was led by Senor To
mas de la Cruz, a Cuban who does
a mean rhumba, and the music
was furnished by a high school
lass capably pumping an accor
dion, although from the onlookers
standpoint it might have been bet
ter if they had given the players!
accordions and let the girl do the
dancing, even if the assault on
the ears would be terrible to be
hold, or behear.
We have heard of prize fight
ers, notably Harry Greb, training
on dancing, and we have suspect
ed that some fighters we have
seen trained on waltz music, but
we still can’t figure out how abil
ity to do the rhumba is going to
help a lead-footed catcher throw
out a man at second base. After
all, the ball is thrown with the
arm.
The rhumba might be safer, at
that, than the exercise Bucky
Walters took on a free-lance basis
last year. Bucky tried a little im
promptu high jumping, with re
sults that possibly might have
knocked out any pennant chances
the Reds had. He injured his leg,
and wasn’t his pitching self until
midseason.
We have an idea the other clubs
won't be copying McKechnie’s
dancing class. They all don’t have
Cuban experts on the fosters, for
one thing. And maybe all the play
ers aren’t as docile as the Reds,
for another. After all, you can
drive a ball player only so far,
and we have an idea even the Reds
will- balk—not the pitchers—if a
knitting class is suggested.
Sgt Dutch Harrison
Leads Charlotte Open
CHARLOTTE, March 19—UP)—A
cold wind-driven rain caused post
ponement today of the final 36
holes of the $10,000 Charlotte open
golf tournament.
Weather permitting, the field of
43 pros and 15 amateurs will re
sume play tomorrow with Sgt.
Dutch Harrison of the Army Air
Forces out front with 136 at the
half-way point. Only Harold (Jug)
McSpaden of Philadelphia, chief
money winner of the winter tour,
and Byron Nelson of Toledo had
much chance of heading off the
flying Harrison. McSpaden was
two shots off the pace at 138 and
Nelson was two strokes further
back with a pair of 70’s.
If The Flying Dutchman of the
air forces keeps up his present
pace and wins, he will be the first
member of the armed forces to
cop a major golf prize.
But the weather hurt the slen
der Arkansan’s chances. He does
three tourneys this year, and Nel
son, former national and PGA
champion, are favorites with the
odds layers.
Harrison has not been on the
winter tour, and here he has not
been hitting the ball with the same
confidence as the day he burned
up the course with a sizzling 66
and his 70 yesterday including
two eagles, one of them an amaz
ing hole-in-one.
The ace, about as rare in a golf
tournament as a jackpot in a gyp
joint slot machine, came on the
135-yard twelfth. While Nelson
and Jimmy Hines stood by, the
sergeant used a seven iron for the
perfect stroke.
The ball had a slight draw and
came into the hole. It hit about
a foot and a half to the left of the
cup, jumped to the left, stopped,
and had so much back spin on it
that it rolled back four inches in
to the hole.
For the final 36 holes the field
was pared to the 39 leading pros
(including ties) and the dozen
leading amateurs. The amateur
leader at the half-way mark is
Ed Furgol of Birmingham, Mich.,
with a 148.
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R. Cator Maddrey
Hearing Aid Consultant
to Hold
FREE PRIVATE
DEMONSTRATION
at the Cape Fear Hotel, Wilming
ton, N. C., Tuesday and Wednes
day, March 21 and 22.
All hard of hearing should plan
to attend these Free Demonstra
tions at the Cape Fear Hotel on
Tuesday and Wednesday. They
place you under no obligation of
any kind and Mr. Maddrey will be
pleased to help you with your hear
ing aid problem regardless oi
what make or model hearing aid
you are now wearing. “Improperly
fitting hearing aids are the
source of most of the difficulties
you find today” states Mr. Mad
drey. ‘‘Rarely if ever do you find
two people with the identical hear
ing aid problems, practically ev
ery case has its own peculiar
problems, that is why it is so im
portant that you get properly fit
ted with an instrument which will
most accurately compensate YOUB
hearing loss, since we contend
there are varying degrees and
types of deafness and each should
be handled by a competent hear
ing aid expert.”
These demonstrations are spon
sored by the Aurex Raleigh Com
pany.
CARDINALS PLAN
SWIFT TRAINING
CAIRO, 111., March 19.—(1P>—
With only 19 days “down south”
to condition his team, Manager
Billy Southworth of the St. Louis
Cardinals drew on an experience
of his own playing career in mak
ing plans today for an intensified
spring training program.
Billy the Kid, who played out
field with the New York National
under John McGraw, recalled that
the Little Napoleon once sent the
Giants through 14 innings of base
ball on the first day of a training
season, and “it didn’t hurt any of
us.”
With that in mind, Southworth
intends to start his own Cardi
nals playing right off the bat in a
similar hurry-up system. How
ever, draft-engendered uncertain
ty about some players made it
problematical how many men
would show up for the opening of
the Redbirds’ spring camp at Cai
ro. tomorrow.
But as soon as possible, Soutn
worth plans to hold one long work
out daily, starting about 10:30 a.
m. with batting and fielding prac
tice and then swinging right into
an intra-squad game until 2 or 3
o’clock in the afternoon.
Because of the limited time to
work with his recruits, the mana
ger also will hold evening “skull”
sessions at the team’s hotel, going
over the details and mechanics of
various plays to be executed in
the outdoor drill.
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TWO-TONS MINUTE
DROPPED ON EUROPE
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vy bombers—about 20,000 tons i
bombs have been dropped; includ
ing the new six-ton factory busters.
The dusk attack by the Fortress
es against Pas-de-Calais met no
German fighter opposition, it was
announced, but anti-aircraft fire
was heavy. P-47 Thunderbolts es
corted the bombers while P-51 Mus
tang fighters conducted an offen
sive sweep and other Thunder
bolts rigged as fighter-bombers at
tacked a German airfield in Hol
land.
Pas de Calais, in the area where
Prime Minister Churchill has safd
the Germans were making rocket
and robot plane installations to at
tack England, was first hit today
by an RAF Mosquito bomber force
escorted by Spitfires.
Then waves of American Marau
ders escorted by ThunderbcJlts
swept in at 10-minute intervals.
Finally at dusk the Fortresses
attacked in the 18tli American hea
vy bomber raid on the “rocket
coast” since Christmas and ths
third in nine days. They returned
in darkness, requiring landinj
lights on their bonne runways.
Returning fliers said the wea
ther was overcast over the inter
ior of Europe but the coast wai
clear and they believed their at
tack w^g unusually successful
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GIL DODDS SETS
NEW MILE RECORD
—
BY CHARLES CHAMBERLAIN
CHICAGO, March 19—W—Gil
Dodds preached a sermon at Go
shen, Ind., today. And to him that
was a greater milestone in his
career than setting a world’s rec
ord in the mile run.
After 13,50Q spectators cheered
him on to a sensational 4:06.4
bankers’ mile victory in the Chi
cago relays Saturday night, the
Boston Divinity student stepped to
the public address mike and ner
vously said in effect that he was
more excited about his sermon at
Goshen than he was in his mile
race.
Unbeaten in seven consecutive
mile races this year, the bespec
tacled Dodds capped the indoor
season by breaking a world’s com
petitive indoor record which only
a week before he had posted in
the Knights of Columbus meet at
New York with a time of 4:07.3.
The screaming throng in Chi
cago stadium and the competition
from Bill Hulse of the New York
Athletic club hurried the little
parson on to his sensational tri
umph.
Hulse broke on top and kept
the lead the first lap, but Dodds
passed him in the second and was
never behind thereafter. Hulse,
however, kept glued to his baak
for nine more laps before Dodds
opened the throttle, gulped in air
and swept home in front with 20
yards to spare.
Five official timers clocked him
at 4:06.4 and the sixth tabbed
him at 4:06.3.
It was the fastest official mile
ever run by an American, and is
topped only by Sweden’s Arne An
derson with 4:02.6 and Gunder
Haegg with a 4:04.6. Glenn Cun
ningham turned in his famous but
unofficial 4:04.4, on Dartmouth’s
huge plank oval which requires
only five and a half laps for the
mile as compared with 11 on most
other indoor set ups. Dodds has
declined an offer to run on the
Dartmouth boards in an attempt
to best Cunningham’s mark.
Dodds’ record was accomplished
by blazing through the first quar
ter of the Bankers’ mile in 60
seconds flat, eight-tenths of a sec
ond 'aster than he ran a week
ago while setting his 4:013 pace.
He followed this blisteriig time
with 1:01, 1:03 and 1:02.‘ on the
three successive quarters
McQuirk Beats Krobarth
In Legion Arena Battle
BY BILL McILWAIN
Irish Johnny McGuirk, 128 pound
hammerer from Hartford, Conn.,
punched out a decision over Andy
Krobarth in the featured 10 round
battle on the. six-bout ring card
at the American Legion Arena
Sa turd ay might. -•
The aggressive McGuirk pushed
the fight all the way and kept
the shifty Krobarth in constant
trouble with long right hooks and
snappy left jabs. Both warriors
were in excellent physical condi
tion and belted away at top speed
throughout the entire fracas. Kro
barth displayed crafty defensive
tactics as he made the whirlwind
like McGuirk miss on numerous
occasions.
McGuirk racked up his points
by never ceasing his endless mov
ing in with both hands flailing
away. Despite his throwing ol
many punches that did not con
nect with the dancing Krobarth,
Johnny held the big end of the
swatting, as he rocked Krobarth
with several larruping rights to
the head.
The semi-final tiff was no less
exciting as Bev Saunders, 16 year
old Wilmington walloper, and
Jimmy Curran, hardhitting soldier
middleweight, battled to a 5 round
draw.
Curran, a veteran of many leath
er tossing bees, had a slight ad
vantage over the less experienced
Saunders in' the first two heats,
but the promising youngster fin
ished the fight in complete charge
of affairs. Saunder’s splendid
showing against the rugged Cur
ran gave additional notice that he
is a definite glove prospect.
Rounding out the entertaining
action were three preliminaries
and a Battle Royal.
Basketball Teams Reach
Grand Climax This Week
NEW YORK, March 19—(A>)
College basketball sweeps to e
grand seasonal climax this wee!
with no less than seven double
headers at Madison Square Gar
den and at Kansas City to deter
mine the champion of the Nation
al Invitation tourney and the East
and Western NCAA title-hold
ers.
After this week only two dates
remain, March 28, when the east
and west NCAA champions tangle
for the NCAA title; and March 30
when the NCAA champion meets
the national invitation tourney
winner for the recognized nation
al title.
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KILLED IN ACTION
HICKORY, March 19—(P)—Sgt.
James Woodrow Parham cf Maid
en, previously listed as Kissing,
has been officially listed es killed
in action in a raid over G'rmany.
He was a gunner on a bomber.
WEATHER
(Eastern Standard Time)
(By U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the 24 hours
ending 7:30 p.m., yesterday.
Temperature
1:30 a.m., 62; 7:30 a.m., 52; 1:30 p.m.,
47; 7:30 p.m., 46.
Maximum, 62; minimum, 44; mean,
53; normal , 54.
Humidity
1:30 a.m. 97; 7:30 a.m., 91; 1:30 p.m.,
94; 7:30 p.m., 96.
Precipitation
Total for the 24 hours ending 7:30
p.m., 0.33 inches.
Total since the first of the month.
4.98 inches.
Tides For Today
(From the Tide Tables published by
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey).
,ivi . High Low
Wilmington - 6:16a 12:55a
,, . „ , , 6:38p l:30p
Masonboro Inlet - 3:58a 10 23a
c ■ „ 4:21p 10:38p
Sunrise, 6:16 a.m.; sunset, 6:23 p.m •
moonrise, 3:34a: moonset, 2:llp
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MISSING
HICKORY, March 19—^—Re
ported missing in '“action in Italy
are Pfc. Melvin C. Waugh, son
of Mr. and Mrs. James S. Waugh
of Hiddenite; and Cpl. Jasper J.
Bowman, son of Jason H. Bowman
of Taylorsville, route one
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The Red Cross is working on a
recruiting goal of 2500 nurses a
month for the Army and Navy.
TAR HEELS SEE
CAPABLE HURLERS
War-Time Problems Cause
Forming Of “Ration
League”
CHAPEL HILL, March 19 -
Coach Bunn Hearn, head North
Carolina baseball coach for 13 con
secutive seasons, opened practice
this week and drills through yes
terday indicated that another first
class nine might be constructed if
a couple of capable hurlers are
found.
More than 60 candidates have an
swered the first week’s call for
aspirants and six of that number
are holdovers from last year’s
team that won the Ration League
title. Not one of the holdovers
ever pitched and the chances are
that the mound duties will have
to be carried by an incoming ar
ray of high school twivlers.
War-time problems of travel and
the abandonment of baseball by
several of the schools usually on
the Carolina slate have cut out
the intersectional battles although
Navy will be played at Annapolis if
current plans are carried out. .
The Ration League will be form
ed again with Duke, N. C. State,
Pre-Flight and Carolina, the same
tegms that were in the League last
year, meeting four times each.
“Our schedule has not been com
pleted yet,” Coach Hearn said to
day, “but we will have it drawn
up in a few days and expect to
open the season with a game with
somebody on April 15.
“We have five first stringers
back from the team we had last
year and, that shpuld make us a
pretty good team if we can dig
up a couple of pitchers”, the gen
eral mentor said.
Whitey Black, and Rivers John
son, outfielders; Ray Walters and
Wideman make up the returning
varsity first stringers. Dallas
Branch, a reserve second sacker
on the ’43 nine, is also among the
oandidates and has shown up well
n the light batting practices held
hus far.
Two men up from last year’s
■rosh squad, Bill Gilliam, leftfield
-t, and Jack Dean, shortstop.
The great majority of aspirants'
out now are Naval transfer »tu
dents from other colleges an(
Coach Ream expects to uncovei
considerable talent before the sea
son gets far advanced.
VICTORY IS SCORED
OVER NAZI U-BOATS
(Continued from Page One)
some 300 of his depleted U-boa
personnel was scored by vessel:
which average little more than 1,
000 tons and have an average
complement of 125 officers anc
men. The speedy little craft ar<
usually armed with only four-inch
anti-aircraft guns, depending or
their speed and the tremendous
crushing power _of their depth
charges to hunt down and break
up submarine packs.
GOP IS STUDYING
REVAMPING PLAN
(Continued from Page One)
Maloney proposes simply that a
committee of 12 Senate and House
members be set up to recommend
modernization.
LaFollette would abolish '20 of
the 33 standing committees of the
Senate and limit Senators to mem
bership on only one major com
mittee. Now most of them serve
on five or six.
NAZIS S v>-.,y . . ,
IN W^SiNy Ull
(Continued from Page ftn
once did a thriving bufin^
t,ou.ristsAto see the famous B'Uh
dictine Abbey of Mt Cassin ® r‘*'
converted into a fortress ? ' Was
Germans who ran their tanl ■the
the lobby, put snipers atlkS mto
; d°ws. and dug infantry tmorn ^
; the surrounding neighborhoodm'°
. h°tel is situated strategicalIv
m the area where the higmJ
runs into the town from thl 7
-ground which the New 7" Vast
ers must hold to push t andj
Monastery Hill and out jm*y°nd
broad valley which runs ‘h>
Rome. ns to"’ard
From a valley outside ratc
one could see Allied tanks m ’
vering in the town, their 6U'
flashing as they swung on vi^
strongpomts. n Na*l
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Medical men of the American
armed forces saved 96 out ,
every 100 wounded at Pearl w 1
bor arl Har
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* * *
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