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SIDELINES By Edward K. Sachs Star Sports Editor 4S 1945 limps out of the sports fture leaving behind it a trail p! f00tball players who tried to 01 ye Doc Blanchard, golfers who “L to beat Byron Nelson and bet 's who tried to beat the bookies, : us look back on the past 12 months and remember those „e happenings and characters that can only bob up on a sports pa?First was the unnamed ma ior at an army camp in Geor gia Two major league baseball flubs were playing an e*hibi tjon The stands were crowded to the last seat and a party of the major’s friends wanted scats. So he cleared the press box of sports reporters. When the reporters reported back to their papers, their publishers in mm took the matter up „.jth Washington. Nice guy that major, only nobody seems to know what happened to him. He hasn't been seen around the camp at Georgia for a long Second was a little dog in Cham ign who trotted out on the field 3, an Indiana team was trying to vin the Big Ten football champi ' hip. Just as the mutt started to 'stroll across Memorial stadium t0 chat with a collie just discharg ed from the K-9 corps, the Indiana Quarterback completed a pass to L end to put Indiana ahead 6 to i The play was called back be cause the Illinois captain had call ed time, when the saw the dog. NTce little dog only nobody seems io’know what happened to him. He Ifcsn't been seen around Memorial Itadium for a long time. Third was a guy with a loud checker vest, a cheap cigar and a whisky voice who stood out side the Philadelphia Memorial stadium just before the Army Navy football game. The guy was making bets with one and all on the outcome of the game and in as much as he had once promoted the old Army game across several of the eastern states he took Army and gave Navy fans 27 points. Final score, Army 32, Navy 13. Nice httle guy with a loud checker vest, only nobody seems to know what happened to him. He hasn’t been sean around Phila delphia for a long time. And there are several people very anxious to get in touch with him. It sure has been a long year and we want to • take time out to give special mention to all our favor ites. The guy who calls up about five minutes before deadline and wants to know the score of the Utah Aggies-Colorado Tech football game in 1927, that lovable jerk who will throw a handout on your desk of some sporting event and then leaves the office. When your’s truly starts to copy the story he finds the writer has used what ap pears to be either a soft pencil, his wife’s lipstick or a Chinese writ ing brush. After a brave effort he writes the story. The next day we getm any nasty calls because the third name from the bottom was misspelled. Then there is the wonderful personality who wants to know why we don’t print a picture of his favorite player. Said player being enrolled at South western Idaho Piano Tuners, or some other equally well-known school. And last but not least, the glamor girl who gets appointed to some club’s publicity committee on a sporting event. Outside of not know ing the score, this type usually doesn’t even know where the game is being played. You see them all, the publi aq; asneoaq sqea X;sbu Xueui jag everyday with some “scoop” with his name mentioned every other line, the good Samartian who can put you on a good thing in the third for ten bucks, the lady who wants to publish a wedding notice in the Morning Star, the afternoon»News and the Sunday Star-News ... Oh heck, it is still the easiest way to make a living without work ing that we know. YMCA Basketball Team Beats Alumni, 43-27 The Alumni quint of the New Hanover High school last night j-as defeated for the third time in i two week period as the YMCA Varsity dropped the grads, 43 to 17 in a game at the Y. Sparking the Y cagers, who meet She champions of Church league, St. Paul, Tuesday night, was cen jer Bland with 10 points. Bobbitt also made 10 points, leading the Alumni. Box score: YMCA FG FT TP A1 Hanson -3 0 6 I. Hanson _3 2 8 William, f -Oil Kotler, f -.-.2 0 4 Bland, c _5 0 10 Gross, g _2 0 4 Mason, g _3 0 6 Martin, g_ 1 0 2 Satchel, g ...10 2 20 3 43 ALUMNI FG FT TP Manor, f_Oil King, f _0 0 0 Church, f..2 0 4 Deal, c _ 10 2 Add. g _0 2 2 Bobbitt, g _3 4 10 Morrison, g _3 1 7 ifillets, g _0 11 9 9 27 The super aircraft carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt has a pow er plant large enough to generate electricity for a city the size of Washington. • Golf Balls • Fishing Tackle AVAILABLE AT PIIKARD’S 2#9 Market St. Dial 2-3224 BLANCHARD FETED BY HIS HOME TOWN . BISHOPVILLE, Dec. 27—(ff)—An All-American football hero was ac corded tonight all the praise and esteem his proud hometown folks could heap upon him. Felix A. (Doc> Blanchard, whose super-deluxe fullbacking has been a prime factor in the U. S. Military academy’s unbroken two-year grid iron victory string and which has gained him almost universal ac claim as the nation’s No. 1 player, was guest of honor at a gala ban quet staged by Bishopville’s four service clubs. Modest Doc, better known here by his middle name, Anthony, heard his athletic exploits recount ed in glowing terms by speaker after speaker, including Governor Ransome J. Williams. He also was presented with a handsome silver gift. Doc’s speech of response to it all was in keeping with his strong trait of modesty. The banquet was attended by more than 350 guests, including Doc’s mother, Mrs. Mary Tatum Blanchard; his sister, 18-year-old Mary. Elizabeth Blanchard, a stu dent at Winthrop college who is somewhat of an athlete herself, and a host of other relatives. The scene was the auditorium of the Bishopville High school, which Doc attended for one year be fore going to St. Stanislaus school at Bay St. Louis, Miss., and start ing on his road to football fame. FLIGHT DATE SET NEW YORK, Dec. 27. — (U.fi) — Allie Stolz of Newark, N. J., and Willie Joyce, Gary, Ind., were signed today for a 10-round light weight bout at Madison Square Garden Feb. 15. Bowl Teams Hampered By Poor Weather SQUADS KEPT FROM PRACTICE BY RAIN LOW TEMPERATURE Miami Grid Star III With Flu; Name Gael’s Lineup EDGEWATER PARK, Miss., Dec. 27—(U.R)—The two Sugar Bowl coaches, closeted indoors by con-, tinuing rains, had time to do a lit tle thinking today, and the result was a starting lineup for St. Mary’s and Oklahoma A. and M. The St. Mary’s starting team, as it looked tonight, was no surprise, since it was pretty much the same t' t Coach Jimmy Phelan had used all season. The galloping Gaels from the west coast will field Don Schultz at left end, A1 Beasley at left tackle, Carl Desalvo at left guard, Vic Cuccia at center, Bill Bland at right guard, Harvey Adair at right tackle, Ed Ryan at right end, Dennis O’Connor at quarterback, Herman Wedemeyer at left half, Charlie Cordeiro at righ half and Wes Busch at fullback. m The St. Mary’s line averages a little more than 192 pounds, and the backfield 170. The whole team averages a fraction more than 184 pounds. STAR ILL MIAMI, Fla., Dec. 27—(U.R)—'The Holy Cross Crusaders, who started their march on the Orange Bowl about as ready for battle as the children’s crusade was for the Saracens, began to feel a bit more cheerful today. Their baggage supply was being rushed from Washington, where it was lost in a mass of railroad red tape, and a relief column consist ing of tackle Roger Desroches was —although unreported—expected in soon. B.-.ckfield star Stan Koslowski was due for a hospital bed, but doctors figured he’d better keep a hotel room while he had one and started pumping penicillin into him instead. Koslowski’s flu was on the verge of turning into pneu monia. Seven trunks, containing all Holy Cross’ football equipment, were lost in Washington, but a bulletin received this afternoon said they would be here tonight. The players looked forward to easing their feet into familiar shoes and hoped the blisters would heal be fore Tuesday. For two days the Holy Cross players, trying to get in shape, have been playing in borrowed shoes and sweat suits. The shoes, loaned by a high school, were a mite too small for college-sized feet, and the lack of uniforms kept them from scrimmaging.. PASSING DRILLS SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 27—(JP)— Coaches for the East-West football game New Year’s day are forced by the drippy skies to train mud sloshing teams, but in their black board sessions they’re still enter taining hopes for a dry field. Coaches Andy Kerr, Bernie Bier man and Bfeattie Feathers had their eastern Shrine squad in the open for a romp yesterday. Re newed showers sent them into the Santa Clara university field house this morning. Either because they’re worried about the ball handling ability of the eastern ends or else because they hope the wingmen might have the key to a victory, Kerr and his associates concentrated on the flanks in the field house. Such potential pass receivers as Leslie Thompson of Columbia, An gelo Aeocella of Syracuse, Leo Skaladany of Pittsburgh, Joe Di Stasio of Cornell and Bob Fitch of Minnesota got a thorough work out in the ball handling depart ment. The west was also laying some stress on the passing game,, with Doak Walker, left half from South ern Methodist, training for the --— ■ ■ .- -— - — HOLY CROSS BACKS Joe Byers, left and Stan Koslowski, Holy Cross stalwarts will carry the brunt of the New England school’s offense when they trot out on the turf of the Orange Bowl, New Year’s Day against Miami. Scribe Who Uncovered Baseball Scandal Dead __x ——————— pitching part. He has an alternate thrower in Jake Leicht from Ore gon. GAMECOCKS PRACTICE COLUMBIA, Dec. 27.—(U.R)—The South Carolina Gamecocks went through two stiff practice sessions today in preparation for their Ga tor Bowl game against Wake For est at Jacksonville January 1. Coach John McMillan had his three vest-pocket size tailbacks, Dan Haralson, Bill Carr and Ed McMillan, throwing, passes to all corners of the field. The 32 players will leave -Colum bia early Friday and are scheduled to work out tomorrow afternoon at Jacksonville. DRILLS TAPERED OFF MONTGOMERY, Ala., Dec. 27. —(U.R)—North and South All-Star squads tapered off on their drills for the annual Blue-Gray game here Saturday. The squads polished their T formations with dummy scrim mages. The teams spent much time on passes and laterals. With two trick play masters do ing the coaching—Bobby Dodd of Georgia for the south, and Ray Morrison of Temple for the north —anything from a hidden ball play to triple laterals was expected when the teams collide. DEACS RESUME WORK WAKE FOREST, Dec, 27.—(U.R)— Wake Forest’s Demon Deacons today went through two limbering up drills, fallowing a lay-off dur ing the holiday season, in final preparation for their New Year’s day game with the University of South Carolina in Jacksonville, Fla. Coach D. C. (Peahead) Walker said that" the squad was in good physical condition and he wasn’t taking any chances of injuring any of the players in rough prac tice sessions. He said that he would take 33 players to Jacksonville where final scrimmages will be held Monday afternoon. The team will work out again tomorrow before leaving Saturday night for the Florida city. MISSOURI STAR DALLAS, Tex., Dec. 27.—(TP)— Freshman Wingback Loyd Brink man didn’t rate an All-Big Six berth the past season, but just the same University of Missouri coaches are counting on the war veteran flash to hit a major lick against Texas in the Cotton Bowl. Brinkman, former tail gunner on a fighter plane, was the leading scorer on a Tiger team that ^on the Big Six title and landed four boys on the first All-Star team, IWU UI1 me octunu, He scored both Missouri touch downs in the Tiger’s second half 14-7 victory over Iowa State and ripped off the first touchdown in the championship clincher with Ok lahoma, 14-6. A rapid starter on Missouri’s quick-opening T-Plays, Brinkman excells on reverses and cuts down field _with the power of a full back. BULLDOGS SCRIMMAGE NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 27.—(U.R)— Georgia’s Oil Bowl-bound Bulldogs took advantage of a break in the New Orleans weather to do some rough defensive work today en route to Houston, Tex., for their game with Tulsa. Georgia scrimmaged about 90 minutes, going into the workout shortly after getting off the train here today. The team was scheduled to leave tonight and is expected to arrive in Houston Friday morning. Jake Early Signs Nat Contract For Next Year WASHINGTON, Dec. 27—(TP) — The Washington Senators today re ceived a signed contract for the 1946 season from catcher Jake Early, returning war veteran. Early played for the Senators in 1943 and then entered' the army. Kis return gives the Senators four catchers. The others are Rick Ferrell, Al Evans and Mike Guer ra Hugh Fullerton, Sr., Passes Away In Florida; Fa ther of AP Columnist CLEARWATER, Fla., Dec. 27— (/P)—Hugh S. Fullerton, Sr., one of the great writers of baseball and the man who first “broke the “Black Sox” scandal of 1919, died today. He was 72. Baseball writer in Cincinnati, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia and Columbus, Ohio, for nearly half a century, author and discov erer of other top-flight diamond scribes, Fullerton died in a hos pital at adjoining Dunedin. He was a native of Hillsboro, Ohio, where he will be buried, and had been spending his fifth winter at his home in nearby Newport Richey. Founder with T. A. D. (Tad) Dorgan and Cy Sanborn of the Baseball Writers Association of America in 1908, Fullerton was most famous as a diamond report er for the system he devised for “doping” the results of baseball games, particularly world series He placed certain percentage values on each fielding position, as well as individual batting and pitching. For years, his handicap ping of world series resulted in predictions of almost uncanny ac curacy. The introduction ot tne lively ball, Fullerton said, ruined the system. Suspicious of the performances of some of the Chicago White So.\ in the 1919 series with the Cincin nati Reds, Fullerton based his con viction of “crookedness'' on bis statistical system. A few months after the series wound up, his boss, John Tenant, then managing edi tor of the old New York Evening World, noted that Fullerton had stopped writing baseball stories and asked him why. “I’m sick and tired of writing about a game that has gone crook ed,” Fullerton replied. “That se ries was crooked.” “Are you sure of that?" Tenant demanded, and directed him tc write a series of articles. Late lr the 1920 season the prosecution oi the scandal began. Wnile still a student at Ohic State and shortly thereafter, he played briefly in organized base ball at Ilean, N. Y., Lynchburg, Va.. and Newcastle, Pa. and once caught foi Rube Waddell in a semi-pro game. He “broke into” baseball writing with the Cincin nati Enquirer. He covered sports for the Chicago Hecord and Ameri can and the Tribune. From Chicago he went to New York to write baseball for the Eve rung World and necame sports edi tor ot the New York Mail. Later, he vvro+e for the Philadelohi-t In quirer, Columbus Dispatch and for a bme was an associate editor of Liberty Magazine. He leaves a widow, one son, Hugh S., Jr., Associated Press sports writer, a daughter, Mrs. Lloyd Burns of Garden C’t.v, Long island, and five grandchildren. New York Tracks Give $890,479 To Charity NEW YORK, Dec. 27—UP)—New York racing today distributed to 12 charities a total of $890,479.96, pro ceeds from the week-long charity meet which closed the New York season last fall. The amounts for each charity ranged from $26,714.40 for the Police Athletic league to the $222, 619.98 donated to the Red Cross and the $179,095.98 for the National War Fund. The total distributed today brings to more than a million and a half dollars the aggregate turned over to charity by New York tracks this year. During the regular sea son, $686,560.05 was raised on special days set aside by each track during its regular meeting. HIGBE WINS MANILA, Dec. 27—(/P)—Brook lyn’s Kirby Higbe pitched the Manila Dodgers into the baseball finals of the Philippine Olympics today, shutting out the Leyte Base K team, 8 to 0. SPTS CAT CAGEMEN MEET HIGH POINT QUINT TONIGHT ON TOUR Traveling New Hanover Hi Opens Two Game Visit With Pointers — By GENE WARREN Star Sports Writer The Wilmington Wildcats, with only one loss marring their current record take on the High Point bas ketball team tonight at 8. o’clock at High Point in the first of their two games in the Appalachian re gion. Greensboro, the other foe of the local cagers, is also scheduled to tangle with the ’Cats Saturday at Greensboro. Coach Leon Brogden said yester day evening that a squad of nine -boys would leave town at around 10 a. m., today enroute to the two large Western Conference cit ies. The Hanoverians, who will make the trip, are Toddy Fennell, W. A. Brown, Johnny McKoy, Billy Lee and Louis Collie of the first team along with reserves, ‘Tinkey’ Rogers, ‘Hacksaw’ Tuttle, Charlie Smith, and Don Hyatt. Reports received here about the High Point court club brings out the fact that the Pointers possess several fine netmen, and a well coordinated offensive plus a tight defense. McDonald, a small guard, whc is about W. A. Brown’s size on the local outfit, leads the Western lads with his fine set shooting and is the man the local five will have to watch. The rest of the lads are around 6 feet in height. But as McDonald paces the High Pointers, Toddy Fennell leads the Orange and Black quintet into this tilt along with McKoy, the tall cen ter. Fennell has a nice average of scoring at least 13 points a game thus far and in the last-two contest, he has' rolled up 24 and 17 points. Billy Lee, who holds down the forward position on the team, drop ped 14 points into the basket in a brief scrimmage session yester day, as the first team whipped the second five, 29 to 18. ‘Hacksaw’ Tuttle, a reserve forward who is fighting for an initial team berth, led the losers with six markers. Tuttle used a new hook shot in scoring most of his goals, and it worked effective under the bas ket. Brogden also received some good news after practice that Billy Mason, high scorer of last season’s fine team, will be in town any day now. Mason’s arrival will give the ’Cats the identical first string, which they had last year except for one man. FRESHMENBACKS KEY TO TROJAN’S ROSE BOWL HOPES Ted Tannehill, Vern Lilly white Both Rank With Coasts Best By HAL WOOD United Press Sports Writer _ LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 27 (U.R)-—’The ability of a pair of teen aged Freshmen to handle the 7 formation in big league style maj go a long way in deciding the winner of the 1946 Rose Bow) The two are Ted Tannehill, 19 and Verl Lillywhite, 18, and thej will be in the starting lineup foi the University of Southern Cali fornia Trojans against Alabama’! Crimson Tide on New Year’s day, Lillywhite is a quarter-back anc the slickest thing the west coasi had to offer this season in ball handling. Tannehill is the ball packer deluxe of the 1945 editior of the Trojans. * xi ci cncri ui “uu ■■ ■ anything that resembles All-Amer. ican qualities, although Tannehill did make all-Coast But if Coach Jeff Cravath’s club should upset the 1-3 odds that make Alabama the favorite, one of these boys' names probably will flash across the nation’s sports pages. Lillywhite whs the early season factor in the Trojans’ success; Tannehill was the star in the clos ing days of the Pacific Coast con ference as he led his club to con vincing wins over California, Ore gon State and UCLA. The Trojans have other good of fensive backs, too—hard hitters in the persons of Bobby Morris and Jerry Bowman. But they all have shown a weakness on pass defense and that may be their downfall against the great throwing of Ala bama’s Harry Gilmer. The Troy line, spear-headed by End Jim Callahan, 185; tackle Jackie Musick, 200, and centei Walt McCormick, 215, is regarded as the toughest in the west. This forward wall has' a lot of weight (the other starting tackle, Johnny Pehar, weighs 285) and has much more experience than the aver age college club these days., But it has lacked speed. It has been against light, but fast and passing teams, that the Trojans have taken their worst beatings this year--from St. Mary’s College Galloping Gaels, 26-0; and from the San Diego Navy, 33-6. On the index basis of 100 for 1926, the so-called “normal” year, operating costs of American auto mobiles had declined to 50, or half, by 1939. DEACON WINS CUP CHARLOTTE, Dec. 27—0P>— Nick Ognovieh, sophomore quarterback of Wake Forest’s Gator bowl-bound Deacons, to night was selected to receive the Jacobs blocking'trophy as the Southern Conference’s best blocker of the 1945 season. The announcement was made by Dr. William P. Ja cobs. donor of the trophy, who began his blocking trophy idea in 1928 to honor the un sung heroes who clear the way for the ball carrier in football. Ognovieh was an outstanding member of the Wake Forest team which lost only to Tenn essee, Army and Duke dur ing the 1945 season. He is the second Deacon trophy winner to have his named engraved on the Jacobs trophy. William Bevis of Tennessee was announced last week as the winner of the Jacobs tro phy for the Southeastern Con ference, repeating the honor he won in 1944. The South Carolina winner is still to be announced. RACING OFFICIAL NAMES DERBY I TE LOUISVILLE. Ky„ Dec. 27.—(A5) —Col. Matt J. Winn, president of Churchill Downs, announced to day that the seventy-second run ning of the Kentucky Derby would be held here next May 4 and that the added money would be in creased from $75,000 to $100,000. The nomination fee for the Der by will be increased from $25 to $50, with $1,000 additional to start. Gross money will include awards to the second, third and fourth horses of $10,000, $5,000 and $2,500, respectively. The trainer of the winning horse will receive $3,000, with $2,000 and $1,000 going to trainers of the sec ond and third horses, respectively. The $100,000 added money will make the 1946 Kentucky Derby the richest in history. The derby, which has been run without in terruption since 1875, has offered $75,000 in added money since 1940. Colonel Winn also announced that the added .money for other stakes on the spring program would be in creased and will be announced later. TAR HEELS WIN NEW YORK, Dec. 27—(A5)— North Carolina’s Tar Heels held grimly to a slender lead through a hectic final minute of play and dumped New York University from the ranks of the nation’s unbeaten cage leaders tonight, 43-41, in an ex citing game witnessed by an other sellout crowd of 18,312 at Madison Square Garden. Brigham Young beat Manhat tan, 53-43, in the opener. CLEAR JOCKEY MIAMI, Fla., Dec. 27—(JP)—Lar ney Hansman, star apprentice, jockey whom racing stewards a Gulfstream Park grounded yester day and today while they investi gated the poor showing of two o his mounts, was exonerated late today. BASKI GIVEN EDGE IN GARDEN BATTLE NEW YORK, Dec. 27—(UPJ—Sea soned Joe Baksi is a 7-5 favorite to give young Freddie Schott his first licking tonight in a “battle of the plodding pachyderms’’ that drops the curtain on boxing at Madison Square Garden for 1945. These awkward heavyweights will square off with elephantine grace for a 10-round bout that should be ultra-important for both. Schott, of Akron, Ohio, —unbeaten in 42 professional starts—hopes to move into the contenders’ circle by defeating his first “name” op ponent. Baksi, of Kulpmont, Pa.—who dropped to No. 12 in the Ring Magazine’s annual ratings because of three losses in seven starts this year—should try desperately to re-establish himself as a ranking heavy. . . Baksi, 25, is favored because he has had seven years’ profes sional experience and because he will have a weight advantage of about 214 to 207 pounds. Also, the former coal miner is believed rug ged enough to withstand Schott’s body attack, meanwhile piling up points with his own “head-hunting” tactics. Neither is a terrific punch er, although each has knocked out more than half his opponents. Bahsi-Schott Fray on WMFD Tonight Two big boys take over at Madison Square Garden in New York and on the air. tdfiighfc 3)of1. Baksi (above) from Kiilpmofff, Pa** sffraps punches with Freddie Schott of Paterson, N.. J., in a heavyweight ten-rounder. Schott, a fast-rising, young husky who has been enjoying a consistent winning streak, encounters his first real major test in Baksi. A terrific body puncher, hi \»ossesses one of the best left hand* in heavy ranks. Undefeated in 42 starts (half of the wins by kayo) Freddie is bound to throw everything he has to make it 43. Rough, rugged Baksi is a hard charging clouter who, piles in with both fists flying. He has an impressive list of victims to his credit, including Mauriello, Savold and Nova. 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