SPORTS
SHELBY DAILY STAR \
HARRY ROBINSON, Sports Editor
Arturo Godoy Would Fight
Joe Louis For Red Cross
Bv WILBUR MARTIN
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 28.—(/P)—“President
Roosevelt says the Red Cross needs money,” the rotund
little man clipped off, “and we want to help get it.”
Sports
Scene
NEW YORK, March 28— HP)—
The same day a communique re
ported the Sixth Infantry division
was destroying Jap strong points
on Luzon, a letter arrived from
Sgt. Paul Morrison, editor of the
•'Cockatoo" — the mimeographed
paper that was born a year ago
when the Sixth was in New Gui
nea . . Here it is:
"There is very little sports ac
tivity in our division at present
because we are in the thick of the
fighting here in the Philippines
The papers may not list much ac
tivity because the major objectiv
es have already been accomplish
ed, but don't let anyone kid you
that the fighting is over . . . Once
In awhile in the rear areas you
aee a couple of fellows tossing a
baseball around but that is the
extent of sports. I'm in the rear
echelon of headquarters and in the
test town we were stationed in a
few fellows took advantage of a
tennis court which the town boast
ed. I imagine that is the first
•uch pxercise they’ve had in
months."
FIGHTING FANS
"We still follow the sports new’s
closely via the radio and clippings
we receive." Paul continues. "The
Cockatoo is only a two-page news
•heet now but we still manage to
have a few lines of sport, each day.
. . . Space is so valuable that we
don't carry anything but scores
and brief items, but at least it
keeps the fellows posted on their
favorites and lets them know that
some sport events are still going
on back there. Haven't heard any
reaction to the ban against horse
racing but, of course, most of our
boys are from the middlewest and
haven't followed the ponies to any
great extent. I think moat of the
fellows want to see sports contin
ued but they don't want any par
ticular favors shown those who are
participating. If they remain out
of the armed forces by virtue of
some legitimate reason OK, but
onlv under those conditions . . •
I envy your garden diet and wish
I could relieve you of a few as
signments. Its been some time
since I've seen an organised sport
ing event, other than our own
division leagues. Unfortunately,
none of the touring troupes have
appeared in our area. We keep
hoping that one of them will hit
the Sixth division.'’
A PLUG FOR TUG
"Wonder when they'll name a
auccessor to Landis?” Morrison
asks 'and so do we all) . . . "They
•hould be taking care of that. Wat
pleased with the selection of Tug
Wilson as big ten director. I in
a Drake U. man and of course
like to see our old timers get a
head, but then I believe that Wil
son is about the beet they could
have named for the post, any
way.”
EDITORIAL COMMENT
Tt Ik obviously true, a* some
folks have pointed out, that guyr,
who are fighting a war aren't
deeply Interested In sports back
home . . But when anyone says
they don't care a hoot and organ
lied sports should be discontinued
for the duration, we’ll offer Sgt.
Morrison's letter in rebuttal.
Fights Last Night
By The Asaoclated Press
BROOKLYN—Phil Palmer, 140.
Vancouver, B. C., outpointed Joev
Peralta, 189, Tamaqua, Pa.. 8. Tony
Del Gatta, 157 1-2, Brooklyn,
knocked out Randy Drew, 155,
Newark, N. J. 5.
NEW BEDFORD, Mass—Walter
“Popeye" Woods, 162 1-2, New
York, knocked out the Young
Brown Bomber, 161, • Wareham,
Mass. 5. A1 Barboza, 150, North
Carver, outpointed A1 Plnel, 156,
New Bedford, 6.
MINNEAPOLIS — Jackie Graves,
124 3-4, Austin, Minn., knocked out
Charley Riley, 123 3-4, St. Louis,
1. George Degidio, 128 1-4, Min
neapolis, outpointed Pete Bolos,
123 3-4, Detroit, 6.
BUFFALO—Johnny Green. 146,
Lackawanna, outpointed Andre
(Indian) Gomez, 160, Havana, 10.
Oscar Boyd, 159 1-2, Buffalo, out
pointed Billy Purnell, 169 1-2, Bal
timore, 8.
BANGOR, Me. — Norman See,
134, Quebec, T.K.O. Marty Pemba,
135, Boston, 5. A1 Wooster, 138,
Frankfort, T.K.O. Irish Joey Hig
gins, 134, Somerville, 4.
JERSEY CITY — Tony Riccio,
145, Bayonne, and Pat Giordano,
144 1-2, Toronto, drfew, 10. Steve
Curley, 129 1-2, Toronto, knocked
out Ai Starling, 127, Nutley, 1.
SAN ANTONIO. Tex. — Arturo
, Godoy, 198 1-4, Chile, knocked out
Johnny Denson, 198, Indianapolis,
5. Tony Mar, 155 1-4, Sonora, Mex
ico, knocked out Harry Layne, 139,!
Ellington Field, Houston, 2.
It was A1 Weill talking and he
was speaking for his current meal
ticket. Arturo Godoy, the Latin
American heavyweight champion
who is attempting to regain the
heights reached in 1940 when it
took Heavyweight Champion Joe
Louis to waft him away via a
knockout.
“We’re touring the south and
southwest mainly to keep Godoy
in condition,” Weill said, "but
we're aiming for the current
crop of bigtime heavyweights
now operating—Mauriello, Bak
si and the rest.
“Godoy's better now than
. . the stubby veteran fight
manager shifted his weight on
a table and it collapsed, but he
picked up at the next syllable.”
. . . when he fought Joe Louis.
He's quit trying to imitate a
crab and has developed a ter
rific punch.
“Now Art’s ready to fight
Louis for the Red Cross for ex
pense money only.”
Godoy looks his 31 years and he
doesn't go in for the apache dance
he used against opponents in 1940
and acording to Weill he's a better
man than any of the heavies oper
ating in the U. S.
“Billy Conn?” asked Weill. “I
happen to know he refused to meet
Godoy when he was stationed in
the U. S. Art likes those guys that
stand up there ... He can work
on the body then. That's what he's
got now. A terrific body attack.”
As part of a tour through the
southwest and south Godoy step
ped off in San Antonio last night
long enough to salt Johnny Denson
of Indianapol.s, Ind., away in the
fifth round of a 10-round bout.
Weighing 198 and one - fourth
pounds, the Chilean still works
from a crouch, but he springs out
i f it for a straight-awav slugging
whenever he gets a chance.
Weill is taking him to Memphis,
Tenn . on April 4 for a bout with
Herb Jones, then he heads for New
Orleans.
But Chicago wants him for a
big-time fight and we re eyeing New
York.” Weill said as a parting shot.
Then from a distance: “President
Roose-elt says that Red Cross
needs money . . .”
BOY’S BOWLING
TEAM TRIUMPH
Shelby'* boy's bowline team,
sponsored by Pendleton's Furni
ture store, triumphed over the
Cliff side bowling team last night
by a margin of 23 pins in the Cliff
side bowling alley.
Tire local team got off to a good
start in the first game and was
leading by 17 pins, but the Cliff
side bowlers came back in the sec
ond tilt to take the lead and the
Shelby team was trailing by 10
pins at the end of the second
game. Led by Revels, the Shelby
boys regained their lead in the
final game and emerged the vic
tors by a total score of 1,518 to
1,495.
Individual high scorer for the
Cliffside team was Price, who
rolled a score of 334 for the three
games, and Revels was the high
scorer for Shelby with 338 pins to
his credit during the match.
CLIFFSIDE
Price . 334
Hawkins . 317
White . 281
McBee . 280
McCurry .....283
1,495
SHELBY
Revels .338
Ferree . 306
Cabanlss .. _ 307
Farris .,.276
Morrow .. .301
1,518
Navy Cuts Warship
Building Program
From 84 To 12
WASHINGTON, March 28—(/Pi
—The Navy has slashed from 84
warships to 12 a program of new
construction announced March 6.
Instead of a big new fleet of
warships of all categories, includ
ing battleships and cruisers, and
aggregating 636,860 tons, the Navy
said only 12 escort carriers of 150,-1
000 tons will be constructed ,
Big Bass Caught
In Lak* James
MORGANTON — a large mouth
black bass weighing eight and one
half pounds was taken from the
waters of Lake James Friday by
Robert Clarke of Morganton.
The largest bass reported caught
thus far this season, the handsome
specimen measured 17 1-2 inches
in girth and was 33 inches in
length.
Mr. Clarke, who is employed by
the Drexel Furniture company,
caught the fish about dusk on arti
ficial bait, using a red and white
lure of the broken-back variety,
now the most popular plug at this
season.
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DePaul Meets Oklahoma Aggies Thursday For Mythical Cage Titlek
Basketball Giants Mikan
And Kurkland Will Tangle
By TED MEIER
NEW YORK, March 28.—(/P)—It will be DePaul vs the
Oklahoma Aggies and 6 foot 9 George Mikan vs 7-foot Bob
Kurland for the mythical national collegiate basketball
championship as the 1945 cage season ends at Madison
Square Garden tomorrow night.
a ue rxggica wun wic ugau w
tie tor the generally recognized
national title by whipping New
York university, 40 to 45, for the
NCAA championship before 19,034
at the Garden last night. DePaul
previously had won the Garden
national invitation tourney by
beating Bowling Green of Ohio,
71-54.
The game will be the second
between the two teams, DePaul
having won a 48-48 triumph over
the Aggies in Chicago during the
regular season. In a preliminary,
Bowling Green meets NYU.
Kurland, outplayed by Mikan in
their Chicago meeting, sparked
the Aggies to their NCAA triumph
over the Violets with 32 points on
10 field goals and two free throws.
Voted the outstanding player of
the game the seven-foot Kurland
dropped in 15 points during the
first half that helped erase an
early NYU lead and give the west
erners a 26-21 edge at halftime.
The Violets fell behind by 11
points midway of the second half,
but, as in their upset win over
Ohio State Saturday night, put on
a late rally that pulled them with
out four points, 43-39, with less
than five minutes left. It was
a fierce struggle the rest of the
way, but the cowboys clung to
their four-point margin with a
neat exhibition of ball handling.
A1 Grenert was tops for NYU
with 12 points.
ATEffiCSGET
SCOLDING AT
CIVIC DINNER
NEW YORK, March 28—UPv
Connie Mack, 82-year-old leader of
the Philadelphia Athletics, shook
his finger at his players at a
Frederick, Md. civic dinner yester
day. He scolded them for failing
to get into satisfactory condition.
Connie went oft to say, however,
that his A's should be an Ameri
can League pennant contender, but
"I don't think we have the pow
| er" to win the flag.
Other training camp items:
Philadelphia Phillies — Pitcher
Charley Schanz was reported en
route to camp. Southpaw Chet Cov
ington voluntarily retired.
Detroit Tigers, first baseman
Rudy York hit two balls over the
fence in his first day of batting
practice.
.BOBion nravpg—oonnny nuicninss
and Ji.n Wallace were named to
pitch against Washington Senators
today.
Boston Red Sox—Manager Joe
Cronin has eyes glued to every
taxi that pulls to camp. He is ex
pecting shortstop Skeeter New
some.
New York Giants — Outfielder
Johnny Rucker and Pitcher Jack
Brewer reported at Lakewood, N.
J. camp.
Cleveland Indians—Pitchers Red
Embree and Pete Center are ex
pected to report this week end.
St. Louis Cardinals—Most of reg
ulars banded together for 22-0 tri
umph over Yannigans. Mort Coo
per, Blix Donnelly and Max La
nier pitched.
St. Louis Browns—Nelson Potter
expected to make first pitching
start of season against Toledo to
day.
Pittsburgh Pirates — Team plays
first exhibition game against Mun
cie today with Fred Ostermueller
slated to start.
Chicago White Sox — Manager
Jimmy Dykes picked probable bet
ting order for opening game: Wal
ly Moses, rf; Oils Hockett, cl;
Johnny Dickshot, If; Bill Nagel;
lb; Floyd Baker, Jb; Dan Reyn
olds, ss; Vince Castino, c, and
Leroy Scheik, 2b, with pitcher un
decided.
Chicago Cubs—Manager Charley
Grimm was advised that Cincin
nati Reds, now training at Bloom
ington, would shift to French Lick,
Ind. on Monday so teams could
play a series of exhibitions.
New York Yankees—Hank Bor
owy allowed four runs in his first
three innings of pitching in prac
tice game at Atlantic City.
Joe Bqksi Favored
To Beat Lou Nova
NEW YORK, March 28—(!?)—Joe
Baksi, odds-on favorite to whip
Lou Nova in their 10-round bout
at Madison Square Garden Fri
day night, weighed 209 pounds af
ter his workout yesterday. Nova
tipped the scales at 202.
Two Suggested For
Highway Commission
RALEIGH, March 28—(/P)—'The
names of Raymond Smith of Mt.
Airy and J. Waldo Whitaker of En
field were offered Governor Cher
ry yesterday as new highway com
missioners for the first and eighth
division respectively.
Delegations from each division,
visited the chief executive to pre
sent the names of their candidates.
DODGERS MAY
FINISH IN THE
FIRST DIVISION
BEAR MOUNTAIN, March 27.—
(IF)—Cheer up, Dodger fans, Dem
Bums of Brooklyn may not win the
pennant this year, but they are
going to finish in the first division.
Manager Leo Durocher intimat
ed as much today as the Dodgers
wound up their second week of
spring training. While refusing to
predict where his team will finish,
loquacious Leo insisted his club was
as good as four other outfits in the
National league, “and if hustle
means anything, we ought to beat
them out.”
On paper it appears Durocher
may have been whistling in the
dark, for the Brooklyn situation
can well be summed up in one
phrase—long on material with 94
players in camp, but short on ta
lent. Regardless, Leo Durocher de
clared the Dodgers are greatly im
proved.
“We have much more punch
at least 30 per cent better pitch
ing and we hope to have an in
field that can function every
day,” he asserted. “Most ser
ious problem is catching, but
with Mickey Owen back and
Clyde Sukeforth around, we
shouldn’t have too much to
worry about there.”
“The outfield is the strong
est part of the club. Dixie W’alk
er who paced the league in bat
ting last year, will come to
terms and play right field, Augie
Galan will be in left and Luis
Olrao in center. Goody Rosen,
Morris Aderholt, up from Mon
treal, and French Bordr„aray
will be the alternates. I’ll stack
up that bunch against any out
field in the league.”
Admitting he was not completely
sold on his infield, Durocher ex
pects to start the season with El
mer “Red” Durrett, a converted
outfielder from Montreal, at first,
himself at second, Bill Hart at
third. and 17-year-old Tommy
Brown at short. He is resigned to
the loss of first Baseman Howie
; Schultz, who was recently classi
f'd 1-A, and has assigned George
Sislcr, now a Dodger scout, to
teach Durrett. a Guadalcanal ma
rine veteran, the intricacies of first
base play. Durrett, a fast man with
a powerful arm, batted .291 for the
Royals last year and drove in 86
runs.
Hamner Brothers To
Start For Phillies
When Season Opens
WILMINGTON, Del., March 28—
UP)—Pity the baseball scribes and
printers when the Hamner brother
act takes over as the second base
combination for the Philadelphia
Phillies on opening day.
Brother W. Garvin, aged 21, will
be seeing his first major league
experience but it will be old stuif
for 17-year-old brother Granville
W. who hopped off the sandlots
to play 21 games with the Phils
last fall. Over on first base will
be Jimmy Poxx who w-as playing
before either Hamner was born.
Garvin is the second baseman
and Granville the shortstop al
though they reversed the positions
when they played together as
youngsters at Benedictine high
school at Richmond, Va. Both give
much credit to the Rev. Daniel
Baran, their first coach, for start
ing them off on the right foot.
It's all quite amazing to the slim
Virginia lads who are trying hard
to live up their advance billing.
Granville hit .249 in those 21
games with the Phils and Garvin
compiled a .284 mar fkor Rich
mond in the Class B Piedmont
League.
Garvin originally was slated to
be the regular third baseman with
the Bitsy Mott-Fred Daniels duo
from Utica around second. With
Daniels out for eight weeks recov
ering from an operation, Mott was
moved over to third and one of
the first brother double play acts
got its chance.
Experienced baseball men like the
action of Garvin around second
but prefer to withhold Judgment
on the shortstop until the season
starts. Granville, listed a liberal
160 pounds on the roster, may find
it difficult to stand up under the
pressure of every day big league
ball.
Pvt. J. C. Bonner Is
Bock In This Country
GAFFNEY, S. C. — Pvt. J. C.
Bonner, twice wounded in action
in France, landed at Boston, Mass.
Sunday and was sent to Camp
Miles Standish pending his trans
fer to a hospital nearer home, his
wife who talked by telephone with
him yesterday, said. Mrs. Bonner
said her husband, who was for
merly engaged in the fertilizer and
cotton buying business here, told
her that he was in good condi
tion except that he walked with a
limp.
Durham Open Golf
Tourney Will Get
Under Way Friday
DURHAM, March 28—(£>)— The
72-hole Durham open golf tourna
ment gets underway here Friday
T
and already the big guns of the
golfing world are tearing apart the
Hope Valley Country club layout.
PGA Champion Bob Hamilton
from Evansville, Ind., who with
drew from the Greensboro tourna
ment last week because two wis
dom teeth were bothering his
game, came back yesterday, minus
the teeth, to equal the course rec
ord with a sizzling 67.
The third under par mark was
set last year by Johnny Revolta.
Jimmy Hines, Leonard Dodson.
Sam Byrd, Mike and Joe Turensa,
Tony Penna, Ky Laffoon, Joe Zar
hardt, Willie Goggin and several
other sharpshooters toured the
course yesterday in warmups for
the $6,666 War Bond event which
concludes Sunday with a 36-hole
program.
Apple Trees Grow
LONDON—.7P»—'The apple
population of Britain haa In
creased bv more than 3.000J
trees In 20 years and now num
about 15,000.000.
Use lime Juice In place of lem
ju'ce for cooked or uncooked
frosting or filling.
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