London Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 23, 1942, London, Middlesex In essay dec 23, 1942 sports the stars and stripes sports Page 3 if Sam Haugli 9�?Tctop athlete Amer Tex pair go after rebound ted skin Star did t get in re vote by other writers in Pou by Grantland Rice new York Sun sports writer Lew York dec. 22�?it in t often r Vve care to go to Bat with a flock of leagues who know their stuff but this an exception those colleagues cer in blew the works in naming the a a top a a athletes of 1942.�?� looking Over their selections we find rank Sinkwich ted Williams Don hut Johnny Beazley Gunder Haegg Ray Robinson. Mort Cooper Cornelius Warmerdam Ben Hogan Joe Louis Greg it Paul Governali Willie Pep and Bill Lith. Best of All time these Are All keen Earnest Fellows. They did a Fine Job. But whereas the fellow died Sammy Baugh the Washington redskins halfback who happens to be 1942 standout ? apparently they Iven t heard of Sammy this season. But Lammy happens to be just about the Ost valuable football player of All time according to most pro coaches i be talked he s the lean grim dark wiry texan Dio took a Good but average football to to the pro championship Ough Ding Over the Chicago bears in the x game. Baugh is the top male athlete of �?T42, it failed to get a single vote. Sinkwich a great player one of the Best. But s not Baugh. He belongs near the top it he can t pass with Baugh or kick with Baugh or out tackle Baugh. Williams rated runner up is a great ballplayer. But Baugh is a much better ill Rounder and More valuable to Washington than Williams Ever could be to k red sox. Hutson not As Good Don Hutson Green Bay Packer end the greatest Forward pass receiving end football history but even Hutson in t the team value of Baugh. Our colleagues voted for other men rho could t even carry Baugh s shoe rings. And Baugh was t making just i one game or one year contribution. We Baugh with Texas Christian years we be followed him Ever since Les starred in every game he played be is the game s greatest passer finest Ker and greatest competitor when it Mes to the main test As he did against be bears this year. Yet Sammy did t a single vote. W. C. Anderson los Angeles cal., and William Hall both of the Amer Tex technician quintet go up together after a rebound during the championship game with the rockets medical battalion team on the Belfast red Cross floor. T-5 Robert Ricketts Staten Island Center for the rockets and Robert Mclane los Angeles watch the play. Amer Tex won 18�?17. Georgia tackle gets Date with Betty Grable los Angeles cal., dec. 22�? Georgia University team mates have arranged for a Surprise Date Between substitute tackle Dick Richardson and Betty Grable the film actress. It All started As a joke when they wired Betty from Atlanta asking for a Date with her when the bulldogs came to the coast to play Urcla in the new year s Day Rose bowl game. They signed the Telegram with Richardson s name. The joke became the real thing when Betty accepted cooing at Richardson s picture saying a a he s May will hold first workout f or f High t cards ted Lyons Best in earned runs first stars and stripes bouts to be held on Jan. Flock changes training site new York dec. 22�?the Brooklyn dodgers have abandoned plans for Spring training As usual at West Palm Beach Florida according to an announcement made Here by Branch Rickey new president of the Brooklyn dodgers. A a it s the duty of our club not to train anywhere that its movements might increase the problems of the director of transportation a Rickey explained. The decision also applies to the dodgers farm club the Montreal royals of the International league. The dodgers Are rumoured to be considering a Georgia training site. Sews from Home ekes asks minors to work More than 35-hour week Washington dec. 22 a it a Harold Lekes As coordinator of fuels today red representative of the workers and operators in bituminous Coal mining industries to lift the five Day 35-hour weekly citation on hours of work in the mines assure an adequate Supply of soft Coal meet growing War and essential civilian flu Irementa. In a letter to John l. Lewis and the opera torn organization he asked them Settle their present controversy at the possible moment. He annual Santa Claus Story Santa Claus ind., dec. 22 apr Mere than 1,000,000 pieces of mail have arrived at the Post office in this Hamlet the annual deluge of Christmas let is the letters from children addressed p Santa. Laus will be Given to american Avion posts for answering. Thousands 01�?~ier letters and Christmas cards will re posted to Bear the postmark a a Santa serous place Home most Dan �011 Brook conn., dec. 22�?for y years or. Roy Chapman Andrews Ous explorer scientist hunted wild in Lilc thickest of Jungles and the a guest of mountains without so much u tearing a scratch. Today his leg is uirj2sl Asl a result of a fall when he p pred on the state Here Edge of a Pond at his 4 buys a a Cruiser Houston Wtiz so 0n Tex a dec 22�?Houston naw f in f resented Secretary of the in rank Knox with pledges amount earing .1 0 5-0.000 to replace the Cruiser i the re by s name which was sunk Nehru Etc ast indies. The amount of 0f ice that needed and the build Ray. 1 Neva miser Houston is under a Harlan blow to Hitler be be dec. 22 apr. The up a a Lormer economic advisor Scitz re Jiuu an in Berlin speaking at a today said a a adm. Darlan s swing towards the allies is the first major moral defeat suffered by Hitler. A a in Selling the a new order to Europe Hitler needed More than military victories. He used Darlan As one of his major exhibits pointing out that France s Foremost military Man had accepted the fascist order. When Darlan joined the allies it was like the states Star witness suddenly testifying for the player Deal satisfies yanks by Stanley Frank new York Post sports writer new York dec. 22�?the angry uproar following the Yankee Trade of Catcher buddy Rosar and outfielder Roy Cullenbine to the Cleveland indians for outfielder Roy Weatherly and infielder Oscar Grimes was ludicrous to anyone familiar with the temper and traditions of the new York baseball club. Its True that the Yankees gave away More Talent than they received. It also happens to be True that the Yankees Are As much concerned with their players characters As with their mechanical ability. That s the secret of the team s unprecedented Success. It was a foregone conclusion that Rosar would go when he jumped the club last july when he was most needed. Cullenbine arrived late in August with two strikes already against him the Yankees Are his fifth team in four years and it is axiomatic that hustling team players Are not traded that frequently. Plan to Amend Congress rules Washington dec. 22 apr members of Congress would be Able to question members of the Cabinet under new legislation drafted As part of the current move to streamline the legislative Branch of the government. The legislation would allow Cabinet members to participate in debates on the floor. They would have no voting rights and could question and be questioned Only on matters affecting their respective departments. Rainbow room to close new York dec. 22�?starting new year s morning the famous Rainbow room and adjacent Rainbow Grill on the 65th floor of the Ria building will be closed a a for the the step will be taken to release employees for More important work the managers said. Stahls 7 under wins w Wilshi Egolf t o ornament los Angeles cal., dec. 22�?mar-Vin Stahl Long hitting grand rapids mich., professional won the Wilshire country club Victory tournament with a seven under 64, beating Ellsworth vines former Tennis Ace by four strokes before a gallery of 12,000, largest in California history. Babe Dif Frickson led the women with a 71.__ Bruce Smith top Man in �?T42 service football new York dec. 22�?bruce Smith All american halfback for Minnesota in 1941 and Star of the great lakes naval training team this year has been named As the Choice of the touchdown club As the year s outstanding service player. Smith will receive the award emblematic of the Honor at the annual dinner of the club on Jan. 5. Bonham Hughson Only 20-game winners in league new York dec. 22�?ted Lyons. 42-year-old Veteran right hander of the Chicago White sox who has pitched 23 years in the major leagues led the american league pitchers in 1942 with an earned run average of 2.1. Lyons now on Active duty As a first lieutenant with the marines won 14 games and lost six working 180 innings during which he faced 681 batsmen allowed 67 hits gave up 42 earned runs issued 26 walks and struck out 50. Yankees right handers Ernie Bonham and Spud Chandler followed Lyons with 2.27 and 2.37 earned run averages respectively. Bonham with a record of 21 victories against five losses and Tex Hughson red sox Rookie right hander 22 won and six lost were the Only pitchers in the Junior Loop to win More than 20 games. Hughson also tied Buck Newsom Washington senators hurler for strikeout honors with 113. Bob Feller led last year with 206. Bonham had six shutouts and 71 strikeouts while Chandler struck out 74. After Bonham and Chandler Hal new Houser of the Detroit tigers won eight games lost 14, and struck out 103 for a 2.45 average. Bill Butland another red sox Pitcher won seven and lost one struck out 46 for 2.51. Hank Borowy also of the yanks won 15, lost four struck out 85 for a 2.53 average. Lyons joined the marines last week and has been assigned to the aviation base at Quantico. He Hopes to return to baseball after the w a and feels there is still baseball in his pitching Arm but expects a coaching Job with the sox. During his career with Chicago he has a better than .500 average and has won 259 and thinks he has lost 240. He has won 22 games in a season twice and 21 games once. Lyons most vivid baseball memory is that of babe Ruth ruining a 2�?0 shutout in 1927, hovering with two on after two were out in the ninth. Lyons thinks the greatest change in baseball is the recent emphasis on slugging. Mulloy and Pauline Betz to play in mexican Tennis new York dec. 22�?the United states Lawn Tennis association has selected naval it. Gardner Mulloy fourth ranking player in the nation Pauline Betz second ranking woman player in the country and Doris Hart to represent the United states at the projected International Tennis matches with Mexico. The mexicans Are especially anxious to see ted Schroeder men s Champion but Schroeder s presence in the contingent is unlikely since he probably will not be Able to obtain leave from Annapolis where he is stationed. An alternate probably will be named. The matches Are scheduled for Mexico City on Jan. 6-11. By Mark e. Senigo stars and stripes sports editor the stars and stripes fight program among american servicemen moves into first gear tomorrow when Wally May Veteran British ring Trainer will hold the first workouts at the american red Cross Rainbow Corner Shaftesbury Avenue London. It also has been announced by the stars arid stripes athletic committee that the first scheduled fight will be held on Jan. 5. In the meantime while the International Hall is being pref red for the actual fights the training program will be held in a special training gym Complete with a regulation ring punching bags showers and other necessary equipment. Through the army s special service officers both in London and in the Field the purpose and extent of the boxing plans Are being made known to the troops. Those special service officers in the Field Are asked to select those men who want to fight and encourage them to come to London when possible to train and participate. The tight cards will be planned by Gerald Fitzgerald red Cross athletic director at the Rainbow Corner. He in collaboration with Wally May will see to it that Only fighters of near ability Are matched together. Servicemen wishing to enter the fights or train at the Rainbow Corner May obtain further information by writing to Fitzgerald at the Rainbow Corner or to the sports editor stars and stripes printing House sq., London e.c.4. Yanks Are voted Flop of 1942 new York dec. 22�?the new York Yankees were voted the year s biggest Flop in sports in the associated press annual nation wide poll of 88 sports writers. The Yankees failure in the world series barely out disappointed the Brooklyn dodgers stretch collapse in the National league Pennant drive. Other calamities of the season were the sad showing of Joe Gordon. Yankees second baseman in the world series Northwestern s failure to win a single big ten Grid game Minnesota a performance on the Gridiron California football cancellation of the Louis Conn fight Boston College s loss to holy Cross the collapse of the White sox Joe Dimaggio a mediocre season and the Flop of heavyweight Lou Nova. Bombers take coast title beat March Field 26-13 Hollywood dec. 22�?the second air Force bombers captured the West coast army football title by beating March Field 26�?13, to Complete their season unbeaten with 10 victories and a 6�?6 tie with Washington slate. Hal Van every and Vic Spadacinni formerly of Minnesota and Johnny Holmes Handbill Sewall Washington state sparked the diversified running and passing attack of the bombers while Bill Hornick and Al. Bodney former Tulane ends caught the touchdown tosses. Galento planning comeback Summit n.j., dec. 22�?two-ton Tony Galento former heavyweight challenger is grooming for a comeback. Tony has been training Here and plans to shift to new York and return to the ring in about six weeks. Big belting Al tropical Miami fla., dec. 22�?the Florida racing season opened at tropical Park Here with a Small crowd of 5,100 wagering $230,000, $20,000 Short of the All time High. Connie Mack is 80 Philadelphia pa., dec. 22-Connie Mack manager of the Philadelphia athletics is 80 years old today. A a i m in 100% shape and liable to go on until i m a Hundred a Mack quipped. 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. L a 7 1 a a % % Cal in j
