London Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 21, 1942, London, Middlesex                                Monday dec. 21, 1942 sports the stars and stripes sport rally May will Page 5 0se bowl tilt fax be last for duration Ril classic will Lack j 0or and spectacle of the past by Paul Zimmerman a Orts editor of the los Angeles times u week the stars and stripes brings to its Ach i written by one of americans out v l column a Ding sports writers. Is Angeles Cal dec. 20�? i destructive looking in its Arroyo setting Pasadena a Rose bowl itself 1 be just about All that remains to ind the world of this great inter Lional Grid classic after the West and the Battle it out on new year s Day. Or w Hen the end of the contest Between la and Georgia Dies and the Sierra Dre mountains backdrop is shrouded a this giant Concrete Saucer will lain As a shrine to the intercollegiate e and probably will remain on the for the duration. A Ven this year the spectacle has lost of its Flash dash and color. The tournament Parade most Beautiful \ pageant of its kind in the world has Ady taken its Cue. Loney goes for War Bonds n its Stead those City organizations spent thousands of dollars on or floats Are now competing for ors in a War Bond drive he game itself will not be quite the e. For one thing the crowd will in slower and will be away again c after dark. Pedestrians determined  final homage will walk in carry luncheons and a Little a a foot ease a Salve bunions. A cycles will also have a Day now that rationing has begun. There la be Lse drawn vehicles too harking Back the Days when the show was not a j game at All but a Chariot race. And a course frugal souls who have hoarded in weekly ration of four Gallons of Gas a come gliding in As usual. 0 fleets of taxicabs buses and big trains will add to the multitude its Arenas Are on the taboo list which s it should be. Ven the contestants who usually sped the bowl in chartered buses behind a shrieking motorcycle escorts must eat their climaxing contest by other ins. He usually boisterous crowd itself will slightly subdued. Lost players Are in reserves critics among the alumni who once e vent to descriptive shouts against e player when a tackle or an important or a vital pass was missed will be flu of the fact that the Young giants there on new years Day May be tiered in India Burma China new Mea Australia the Solomons Ope. Africa Alaska or other Points re the year has gone by. Lost of the players have enlisted in reserves and Are subject to Call on it notice. Hat usual colourful crowd in shirt ves of pastel shades and deep Blue gorgeous reds will take on a military also. Because Blue Navy Olive drab v and Forest Green Clad marines will be scattered through the throng. On Morrow these men too. Will be gone ire Are going to be a lot of absentees he press Box too for Many a Vener with Long years of Rose bowl e age will be missing. And the photo per s corps on the Field will be Deci a for the same reason. Get Van Mushy the newsboy Long a u. Rose bowl tickets who plied his e in the lobbies of the big hotels and moaned about a a then Ama Churs 1 m on my Racket a a he s in they now. Former stars in services Neh it to Rne  has been 1 he annual Winter tourist crop w a snowbound East and Middle win be missing. I in be Ose bowl heroes of other j i conspicuously absent. Take Aminthe us threw those sensational. In passes enabling Southern Cali s an ? upset 7�?6 last year. San Ensign now. A Rol r a be  a player in the tor r m i Garne �916 and frequent k in u pc Alabama and Duke is 6 Hole my where he went after riot a major in the coast artillery. I goal Hyland who circled his Stanford and care out again safely in the asst Alabama is a Cap a the Annes Brick Muller who mph Over ref pass or californians medical a state is an officer in corps. E l in thic Nandi eds of others who  is la and Are now scan e c world in the armed forces. R cd made s Are mindful of these de to l n arms and will be in and Thev i thrill soberly 5 As a a nth Row log a that College foot with the no pop lots spectacle is bowing Reater her r a to await the return is from foreign climes. Craig Wood planning red Cross exhibition new York dec. 20�?craig Wood National open Golf Champion for the duration now recuperating from spine trouble said he plans an exhibition tour with trick shooter Joe Kirkwood for the Benefit of the red Cross. The tour will last from May until the end of the season. Next fall Wood plans to return to the Hospital to undergo a spinal operation which will Force him to remain in a cast for at least five months. Wood recently rejected by the marines because of the same Back trouble Hopes to raise Over $75,000 for the red Cross. Pro head lists Golf highlights Best shot of year made by Ben hogans Long Iron Miami fla., dec. 20�?awaiting assignment overseas by the american red Cross Fred Corcoran tournament director of the professional golfers association summarized the 1942 highlights in golfing. Best shot of the year was Ben Hogan s amazing Long Iron approach to the  five 18th Hole of the Hillcrest course in los Angeles. Hogan leading Money Winner this year hit the Ball three feet in front of the pin and rolled 15 feet beyond making it possible to sink it in four and tie Jimmy Thompson in the los Angeles open. Hogan then went on to beat Thompson in the playoff. Most spectacular shot of the year was Byron Nelson s Hole in one in the Tam of Shanter open at Chicago. De Dudley was cited As the a Luckiest golfer losing to Sam Snead in the quarterfinals of the professional golfers championship at Atlantic City when a tee shot on the last Hole hit a Spectator and bounced into the Woods for an unplayable lie. Most popular Victory was 41-year-old Craig Woods Triumph in the Canadian open after taking the . Open. Jimmy Thompson blasted out he longest drive a 325-yarder that won the Tam of Shanter open driving contest. Best 72-Hole card Over a championship course was Hogan s 271�?17 under part by which he won the North South open at Pinehurst . Costliest putting failure was the 22-Incher Byron Nelson missed on the 36th Hole which would have beaten Jim Turnesa in the professional golfers association tournament. Turnesa beat Nelson on the next Hole. St. Francis coach rates Senesky As Best Cager Philadelphia dec. 20�?bill Fer Guson coach of the undefeated St. Joseph s basketball team Calls his Pupil George Senesky the nation s outstanding collegiate Baske Teer. He rates Senesky above recent stars such As Charley Hyatt Pittsburgh Hank Luisetti Stanford Don Shields Temple Lou Boudreau Illinois and Stutz Modelewski Rhode Island state. A six foot one Inch Center from Mahanoy City pa., Senesky has scored 97 Points in four games this season. Last season in 17 games he rimmed 217 Points. A speedy dribbler he can Hook the Ball with either hand on Lay up shots and can spin adroitly on medium shots or shoot from an overhead stance. So. Cal. Finally wins one defeats St. Mary a sailors los Angeles cal., dec. 20�?much-beaten Southern California out powered St. Mary s naval pref lighters 21�?13 Here yesterday. Marches of 76, 71 and 69 Yards netted the three Trojan touchdowns. Vic Bottari former California All american passed for both the cadets touchdowns. Sinkwich gained More than whole Urcla team Pasadena cal., dec. 20�?statistics reveal that Georgia s All american halfback Frank Sinkwich gained More Yards than the whole Urcla team combined. Sinkwich a total offensive was 2,187 Yards while the clans who play the bulldogs in the Rose bowl on new year s Day made Only 2,136. Rice wins aau award new York dec. 20�?the metropolitan aau has named Ace Middle distance runner Greg Rice As the outstanding athlete in the metropolitan District. Rice is undefeated and has won 55 consecutive races. Boxers it Bosses stars and stripes fight cards 11 a associated press photo Wally May Trainer of undefeated British heavyweight Champion Len Harvey is shown Here giving advice to another one of his fighters George James Welsh heavyweight. May has been named by the stars and stripes athletic committee to train american fighters at the american red Cross Rainbow Corner London. Armstrong made comeback of the year scribes say Veteran British Ringqu Orwill Boss Ali bouts Harvey Strainer will plan stars and stripes fight cards by Mark e. Senigo the stars and stripes sports editor Wally May one of the outstanding boxing trainers and coaches in the British Isles has been named by the stars and stripes athletic committee to train the american servicemen who will fight weekly at internationa1 Hall american red Cross Rainbow Corner Shaftesbury Avenue London. May for 35 years a Boxer and Trainer has handled Many of Britain a Best fighters. His most Well known Pupil was Len Harvey former heavyweight Champion of great Britain whom he tutored through most of his 400-Odd fights. He also trained Dave Crowley and George James Welsh heavyweight. Many of Wally a pupils arc now in the service As physical instructors with the British army Navy and marines. May s main Job will be to train not Only those men who have had a lot of ring experience but a so to show the rank est of amateurs the finer Points of ring technique. He also will see to it that no Man is matched with a fighter with a considerable Edge in ring superiority. Wally Long an advocate of strict conditioning will also supervise the entire routine by which his boxers train at the Rainbow Corner. From personal experience he knows How to build up and draw from a Man the Best he has. Coming out of the last War As he says a a a physical wreck quot May built hims f up in Nicu Vodel a a rat a a a. Pii Sivai Wick Ivray mini a mses i up it rip fat dec f the associated press poll of the nations sports j two years to prime physical condition r Terc aria him he nov a rect Rovt a a k ,.,1.______�?� 1______ .1 j writers acclaim Henry Armstrong negro welterweight Boxer As the year s outstanding comeback. The St. Louis cardinals were runner . Armstrong who has won 13 bouts since returning to the ring Early last summer after retiring because of Eye injuries was voted into first place by taking 22 of 86 first place ballots 17 second place votes and 11 third place for a total of 111 Points. The cardinals twin comebacks their stretch drive beating the dodgers for the National league Pennant and their world series Triumph aft of losing the first game to the new York Yankees earned them 16 firsts. Larry French dodgers Mound Veteran was third. French won 15 games and lost four and had the leagues second Best earned run average 1.88. Ernie Lombardi Boston braves Catcher was fourth in the voting. Lom Anderson lists All Star lineup Philadelphia dec. 20�?hunk Anderson co coach of the professional All stars has announced the starting lineup that will meet Champion Washington redskins at Shibe Park on dec. 27. The lineup ends George Wilson Chicago bears and Perry Schwartz Brooklyn dodgers. Tackles Lee Artoe bears and Chester Adams Cleveland rams. Guards Danny Fortmann bears and Milt Simmington Pittsburgh Steeles. Center Clyde Turner bears. Quarterback Tommy Thompson Philadelphia eagles. Left halfback Bill Dudley Steeles. Right halfback a Merlyn Condit Brooklyn dodgers. Fullback Harry Hopp Detroit Lions. Don Hutson will play in All Star Grid game now almost 50, he takes Pride in his ability in weight lifting and other conditioning tests. He is Able to lift 75-Pound weights in either hand. May now performs at the Queensberry club London the same functions As he will for the stars and stripes boxers. British fighters in airmen a bomber station England dec. A. 20�?a . Boxing team representing this Bardi traded to the braves after hitting base took its second beating in less than Only .245 for Cincinnati in 1941, led the two months from boxers of the Royal league in batting this last season with electrical mechanical engineers 9�?4. In Philadelphia dec. 20�?despite previous reports to the contrary Don Hutson Green Bay left end will participate in the professional bowl game in which the Washington redskins will meet the professional All stars at Shibe Park on dec. 27. Rib injuries will prevent Hutson from Scrimm aging but he will attempt conversions and Field goals. The game s proceeds will go to the merchant Marine Relief fund. To Mcmillain gets medal awarded 21 years ago an average of .330. Other choices in order were a St. Louis Browns third place finishers in the american league Toronto Maple Leafs winners of hockey s Stanley cup holy Cross Yale and Wisconsin All football Mort Cooper Cardinal Pitcher Washington redskins football Pittsburgh Steeles football Sam Snead Golf and Mickey Owen dodgers Catcher. 19,000 students wanted to hear a single lecture los Angeles cal., dec. 20�?did the last contest the British team won 8�?6. A former minister sgt. Robertson who started his boxing career with the British forces in France prior to Dunkirk provided one of the most exciting contests of the evening in his match with s sgt. Taylor r. Benson Scranton a. Showing Little science during the match Robertson nevertheless threw hard rights and lefts that had Benson in trouble from the Start. Benson fought gamely hut the bout was called by the referee in the second round with Robertson winning by a technical knockout. Pfc Louis l. Vukovitch Ecorse mich., you Ever hear of 19,000 students trying was one of the standout american per ltd a nto a a Ston hear a pro formers during the evening. Weighing i60 Rry h. A quote a t we of 19,000 tried to pounds he met craftsman Shepherd who i   p. Woellner Urcla professor of education Here this week. They were there to watch him fulfil his pledge made 11 years ago that if Urcla Ever beat Southern California in football he would appear in class drunk and lecture in latin the Urcla team turned the trick last saturday. Monday Woellner lectured in latin and drank copiously from a bottle labelled Gin. 1943 Yale Grid Captain joins Marine Reserve new Haven. Conn., dec. 20 tim Hoopes Captain elect of the 1943 Yale 11, May never Lead the elis in action. He has enrolled in the marines and May be w a c i. U u Bloomington ind., dec. 20�? to called to Active duty at the completion of Bonn a Vonh Al quot a was Dick Mcmillan Indiana football coach landed j Hiu uni it in. Year if no a quot her. M a a "8 a berth on the mythical All Southern foot who failed to show up. Shepherd was no match Lor the Michigan Hoy and this bout was also stopped in the second round with Vukovitch winning by a technical knockout. Sgt. Carl j. Crawford 119, Calera. Ala., lost to arms Robert watery 126, in the second meeting of the two. It was hate Rye a 13th successive Victory. C i. Reginald Mortimer who scored a knockout in his last bout with the americans was not Good enough to take sgt. Joseph a. Uruburu new York who won the three round bout on a decision. In a middleweight bout Between craftsman Apps and sgt. R. L. Burry the referee declared the bout void in the first round As both fighters had cuts Over both eyes. Referee for All the bouts was it. Dick j y Vui i 1 v 1 a the marines will get a Good Man. J i inv ii Nii Oulu ice ii i jul Nielli. Ball team 21 years ago when he played Bio opes is Cool headed and specializes in quarterback on Center College of Ken salting out of tight places and driving Tucky. He was supposed to have received a medal for the distinction but did t. Yesterday an Atlanta newspaper which made the award discovered boys medal in an old Cabinet where it had been mislaid and sent it to him. Navy picks Grid soccer Cross country captains Annapolis md., dec. 20�?a1 Chan Nell Rangy end has been elected Captain of the 1943 Navy football team. Bill Chaires Queen Anne md., has been picked As soccer Captain and Vic Barry a plebe from new Haven will be the new Cross country Captain. For the goal. Navy Grid coach named director of athletics Aba will recognize British bout for title Annapolis my football coach John e. Whelchel has been promoted from a commander to a Captain. With the raise in rank he was also appointed director of athletics at the naval Academy. Hell continue As head coach of football. Of Vav York dec. 20�?the new York state boxing commission has announced n 90 v a Al d w d recognize the Winner of the a i Kik i Forlla it Ming fight Between Jackie Pater Bruins sign up boil Boston dec. 20�?the Boston Bruins. Have signed Irwin yank Boyd 34, to has signed for a ten round non title bout son Glasgow and Peter Kane Gol borne As world flyweight Champion. The National boxing association however still Recognises Little Dado philippine fighter As the world Champion. Pep w ill meet Stolz new York dec. 20�?featherweight Champion Willie Pep Hartford conn., replace injured Wing Herb v. Cain who will be out for 10 Days. With Allie Stolz Newark n.j., to be held at Madison Square Garden on Jan. 15