London Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 22, 1942, London, Middlesex                                Tuesday dec. 22, 1942 sports the stars and stripes sports West a Sall stars thou stars a begin training Jve me Good players Gas babe Hollingberry a Western Mentor san Francisco Cal., dec. 21�? taking name stars but Strong on Iro layers a the All Star of the West team held their first practice Here for the annual East West game Here on new years Day. Western coach Orin babe Holling Berry Washington state follows the Precept a a let the other Side have the All americans give me the Good  the policy has been rewarding the West which under Hollingberry has won 10, while the easterners have taken Only five since the games inception in 1925. However four members of the squad have attained some All american mention Chuck Taylor Stanford guard Norm Verry Southern California tackle and Bob Kennedy Washington state and Bob Steuber Missouri  to preliminary plans the West will emphasize a driving ground attack. Hollingberry expects Steuber and Frank port California  at Wing Back Jim Jurkovich California and Kennedy at tailback. Willie Zapalac Texas a and a and Don Reece Missouri quarterbacks Are effective blockers. Tom Roblin Oregon and Tony Campagno St. Marys will share the fullback Slot. Jurkovich and Kennedy Are deadly passers. Cards voted Surprise team new York dec. 21�?the St. Louis cardinals were voted the most surprising athletic team of 1942 in the associated press poll of 87 of the nations sports writers. The cardinals were voted first by 39 scribes by virtue of their twin feat of overhauling the Brooklyn dodgers for the National league Pennant and beating the new York Yankees in the world series. Twenty two of the writers rated the cards second and 13 placed them third for a total of 174 votes 11 More than the holy Cross football team. The crusaders got 33 first place votes for beating the Boston College eagles 55�?12, m the biggest football upset of the season third place was shared by the Washington redskins who beat the Chicago bears. 14�?6, in the professional football championship playoff and Auburn which upset Georgia s powerhouse 27�?13. Choice of Best a Amateur should be Wame Dart new York dec. 21�?the Amateur athletic unions sports poll of 600 sports experts to select the year s outstanding Amateur athlete has nominated five for the final ballot. Those named Are de Hennig Veteran Cleveland gymnast mrs. Estelle Lawson Page Chapel Hill n.c., former women a Golf Champion Bill Smith Hawaii swimming record breaker Joe Smith former National Marathon Champion and Cornelius Warmerdam world record Holder in the pole vault. Warmerdam the Only 15-foot pole vaulter in history is considered to be the probable Winner and recipient of the James e. Sullivan memorial trophy which accompanies the award. Bruins Hawks deadlock 4 4 Bill Cowley makes score in last 5 minutes of game Chicago dec. 21�?Bill Cowley leading scorer in the National hockey league out skated the Chicago Black Hawks defense in the last five minutes of play Here last night and scored unassisted to give the Boston Bruins a 4�?4 tie with the Hawks. It was the Bruins ninth straight Victory without a defeat. Yank Boyd Bruins newly purchased Wing subbing for injured Herb Cain opened the scoring at 8.19 of the first period with a knee High shot that Hawk goalie Bert Gardiner did t see. Doug Bentley of the touted Bentley line took a relay pass from brother Max and whistled an equalizer past goalie Frankie Brimsek just before the end of the period. Wingman Flash Hollett beat Gardiner with a close up shot twice in the Middle of the second period giving the Bruins a big Edge. Then Max Bentley broke from mid ice with a pass from brother Doug and slammed an ankle shot past Brimsek. Red Hamill added another score for the Hawks As the period ended. The Hawks seized the Lead As fido Purpur also punctured the surprisingly vulnerable Bruin defense. The Hawks converging on Brimsek seemed about to increase their Lead when Cowley stole the puck and skated the length of the rink to knot the count. News from Home Anaconda indicted for trying to sell army defective Cable Washington dec. 21 apr Francis Biddle attorney general announced today a Federal grand jury at fort Wayne ind., had indicted the Anaconda w ire and Cable company of Marion. Ind., and five of its officers for conspiracy to defraud the United states and to present a a false claims in the pro Odaion and Sale of wire and Cable used it the armed forces for combat communication purposes a 1 by Dale in a formal statement de Accuu this is one of the most repro in male cases of defrauding the govern ment and endangering the lives of Amerin soldiers and sailors Ever to come to j us t Iceton 1 in department of 1 can conceive of nothing More St treacherous than deliberately _ up veg our armed forces with defective har material. Tip ment thwarted him informed that Only the alertness government inspectors and the and pins wry which War fraud units invfu6 Llera Bureau of investigation or Evans complaints in this Case has Jive enormous quantities of defect Orth "1� and Cah a from being trans to our troops  Elena. Of  of Justice charged the behind511 rwl1 having secretly installed ech r panes or Der test tables of Civ Sims quot Bich enabled inferior or de Tom Ater als 9 passed. F Jik tirs be department Bat Ric a Uri Rauci in to to a reporters us a lad complained that Vertu urged a percent of the wire Man fac a a a a a was  shipped a Al tim. But it works Uff Ork dec. 21�?marguerite Al i pc ers to be called a a dizzy a  i ,?1war Bonds and War Stamps a. Re s by a she polishes off a a Vork n Uvone i inc local bars sidles up to an a a re he i  Ron and says a a hmm. I cent v.,i1 ? scotch. How about a us thump l0r, Ync a Sammy ? just afford it a ext and it of 1 be Able to Hcan working Fine. W m Rollit a Dollar kid a shot Beach fla., dec. 21 it ear Ohi Byron d. Chandler millionaire who was Well known on Broadway Early in the Cen Tury was found today floating in Lake Worth with a Bullet in his Chest. A jus Tice of the peace said Chandler shot himself. Member of a new Hampshire banking family. Chandler was known As the a a million Dollar kid when he entered the Broadway scene at 23. He had inherited $1,000,000 from his Grandfather and another million from his father. His spending capacity gave Rise to fabulous stories. He was four times married. 11,000 indians under arms Washington dec. 21 apr More than 11,000 of the 400,000 indians in the United states have entered the american fighting forces the Interior department announced today. Even greater numbers have left the reservations for civilian w a work with the result that Indian women Are now driving tractors and lorries repairing machinery working in laundries and Power plants and assisting in cattle and sheep roundups because of the shortage of manpower on the reservations. One Indian woman in Oklahoma gave $1,000 to Navy Relief by a Check signed with her thumb print. Slugger ted gets wings slugger ted Williams receives his wings at Amherst mass., after com dieting a civilian Pilot training course which he Hopes will Lead to a flying commission in the Navy. Pinning the Emblem on the baseball stars coat is Frank g. Andrews civilian Pilot training regional director. It. Cdr. Edward s. Brewer of a Navy flight Board looks on former Irish grinder to Aid supervision of weekly fights Gerald Fitzgerald former notre Dame football player under Knute Rockne has been appointed by the american red Cross to Aid in the supervision of the weekly fights to be held by the stars and stripes athletic c Ommittee at the Rainbow Corner Shaftesbury Avenue London. Fitzgerald wifi work in conjunction with Wally May noted fight Trainer m staging the off est cards. He will also act As Liaison officer in charge of recreation for the red Cross Here. �?------6 Ross gets High sports award Barney Marine Corporal cited for deeds on Guadalcanal before he entered notre Dame Fitzgerald was Captain of the Creton High school football team in St. Paul his Home town. He entered notre Dame in 1926 and played guard with the fighting Irish under Rockne until 1930. After he was graduated from notre Dame he coached boxing football baseball and basketball at St. Bede College Peru Illinois. From there he went Back to St. Paul to become recreation director for the City at the same time instructing recreation leaders at the University of Minnesota. Just before joining the red Cross for service overseas Fitzgerald was administrator of recreation for adult education in the Minneapolis and St. Paul area. He holds degrees from notre Dame and Minnesota. Basketball results Albright 59, Philadelphia coast guard 38. Buffalo 35, rpm 31. Camp Grant 47, Lawrence 36. Janasius 57. Cortland teachers 47. Cony 67, fort Totten 42. Columbia 57, Brown 52. Creighton 52, South Dakota 36. Depaul 49, Southern Cal. 47. Drake 31, Bradley 30. Duquesne 53. Muski Ngum 28. Geneva 35, Washington and Jefferson 29. Illinois 57, great lakes 53. Kentucky 45, Washington 38. Minnesota 50, North Dakota state 34. Notre Dame 46. Purdue 43. Ohio University 51, Cincinnati 37. Pennsylvania 35, fort Meade 30. Rochester 36, Cornell 35. St. Bonaventure 49, Alfred 29. St. Francis 56, Iona 40. Seton Hall 33, Niagara 26. Siena 55, fort Dix 49. Springfield 64, Brooklyn poly 36. Tennessee 51, Duke 33. Toledo 76, Youngstown 51. Western Reserve 73, Ohio Wesleyan 51. West Virginia 60, Virginia Wesleyan 47. Williams 45, St. Michaels 28. Wisconsin 50, Marquette 38. Worcester tech 54. Boston univ. 52. New \ Ork dec. 21�?the new York boxing writers association has voted to give Cpl. Barney Ross former lightweight and welterweight titleholder the Edward j. Neil memorial award As the years outstanding fighter. Ross was unanimous Choice after his recent heroism on Guadalcanal. Wounded and sick with fever Ross protected three wounded comrades in a foxhole guard big them All night while standing off a Jap detachment single handed. He is i credited with killing seven japs and prob ably ten More. He was relieved the following Day immediately promoted to a Corporal and recommended for a decor-1 action. It is possible that Ross will be on hand for the presentation of the award Early in 1943. Previous winners were it. I commander Jack Dempsey sgt. Joe Louis Cpl. Billy Conn and Henry Arm i Page 3 official figures give Williams batting triple red sox left fielder also won a runs scored a a walking titles new York dec. 21�?ted Williams the dangling Boston red sox outfielder who joined the naval air corps at the end of the baseball season won the triple batting honors in the american league last season according to the official statistics just released. Considered one of the greatest hitters since the Days of Tycobb babe Ruth and Tris speaker Williams led in batting runs batted in homers As Well As in runs scored and bases on balls. In the 41 season Williams was the first hitter in More than a decade to Bat Over .400. He dropped 50 Points this years for an average of .356, but still led his runner up team mate Rookie shortstop Johnny Pesky by 25 Points. Of a Esky led in hits with 205 and became the eighth major leaguer since 1900 to make Over 200 hits in his first year in the majors. Spence led in triples there were Only five other .300 batters Stan Spence Washington senators .323 Joe Gordon new York Yankees .322 George Case Washington senators .320 Walt Judnich St. Louis Browns .313, and Joe Dimaggio new York Yankees .305. Williams topped the runs batted in department with 137, the Home runs category with 36 and total bases with 338. He scored 141 runs. Chet Laabs St. Louis Browns was runner up in homers with 27. The Yankees Charlie Keller had 26 and Dimaggio hatted out 21. Spence led in triples with 15, while Dimaggio and Jeff Heath Cleveland indians were runners up with 13 each. Don Kolloway c hic ago White sox second baseman led in two baggers with 40. Harland Clift third baseman for the Browns was second with 39. Foxx second to Ruth leading base runner was George Case of the Washington senators. Case led for the fourth straight year with 42. Pesky led in sacrifices with 22. The red sox team average fell from 1941 s average of .283 to .276, but still led the league. The yanks finished second with .269, while the Browns were third with .259. Although Veteran Jimmy Foxx was waived out of the american league Early in the season he hit four homers beforehand making his league total 524, second Only to babe Ruth. Bull Holdt k a a makes goal double Surprise Brazil ind., dec. 21�? rounds decided to Surprise his Mother and visit her at Terre haute 25 Miles away. He made it half Way when his car collided with another. It was driven by his Mother who had decided to Surprise him with a visit. W hitched now a private tort Bragg n.c., dec. 21 a Burgess Whitehead former second baseman of the new York giants has been inducted into the army As a private. Strong. News on the air news is broadcast on both the Home and forces programs at 7 am 8 am 1 pm 6 pm and 9 pm. An additional broadcast is on the Home service at Midnight. Sports news from America is presented by the stars and stripes on the forces at 7 pm every Day. Apps Stewart Lead Leafs to Victory Over rangers new York dec. 21�?center sol Apps and Wingman Gaye Stewart scoring two goals apiece paced the Toronto Maple Leafs to an 8�?2 rout Over the new York rangers Here last night. The Leafs tallied in every period firing a terrifying barrage of pucks at Short Range on defenceless Ranger goalie Jim Franks. The rangers averted a shutout As win men Hank Goldup and Grant Warwick counted Early in the last period. Rangers lose 14th player new York. Dec. 21�?Joe Bell 19. Rookie Wingman for the new York rangers has been ordered to report to the Canadian army making the 14th player the rangers have lost to the services. Tomasetti in Navy old forge pa., dec. 21�?louis Tomasetti former Philadelphia eagles Star has been sworn into the Navy As a chief specialist in the physical fitness division. Dallas tex., dec 21 wide world the Guy who holds the Ball is most important in Field goal kicking says one who ought to know Charlie Brickley of Harvard. Id say lie was 75%/�?T says Brickley Star of the undefeated Crimson Back in the Days of Bare knuckle football. Brickley kicked 35 out of 37 in four years with Harvard once booted five in a single games against Yale in 191.3�?and got his longest one of All in a professional game 62 Yards. Brickley expressed regret that present Day coaches did not teach their boys the True Art of kicking the goals. While he said some of them developed the boys who could make the extra Points most of them did t try because they either did t care or did t know How. When their team can score four or five touchdowns with passes they can see no reason for working at developing goal kickers quot Brickley observed. A a however i saw a game a few years ago in which each team scored 33 Points. In other words two goals were missed on each Side. 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