London Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 24, 1942, London, Middlesex                                Thursday dec. 24, 1942 sports the stars and stripes Beau jacks uppercut was a hardest blow Goff on Larking a jaw is historic event writer says by Stanley Frank new York Post sports writer new York dec. 23�?at one minute and six seconds of the third round of the main event at Madison Square Garden last Friday night there occurred one of the most historic events in the annals of the new York prize ring. At that moment was exploded the hardest punch Pound for Pound seen Here in the last 10 years. It was the right uppercut Beau Jack brought up from the floor to the Point of Tippy Larking a Chin thereby winning the lightweight championship of the world in the eyes of the new York and the new Jersey boxing commissions and the 18.000 spectators who gaped at the blow s devastating effect. Many Classy Wallops the Garden fans amazed saw four men including Beau Jack the executioner pick up the absolutely inert Larkin and carry him Back to his Corner where he was out of this world for five minutes afterwards despite his handlers vigorous efforts to revive him. The Holiday season came Early for Larkin. He a been hearing christinas Bells for the rest of the week. We know that numerous Classy Wallops have been struck around Here in the last decade. There were the paralysing right hands that Joe Louis threw at Paolino Uzcudun and Lou Nova and the murderous Belt that Tore Max Schmeling apart in the first round. Max Baer hit Primo camera s Chin so hard that Primo a ankle was fractured. Fine fight All around nevertheless Beau Jack in Kayying Larkin unloaded the hardest punch proportionately of the decade. Larkin has demonstrated his inability to take a stiff clout but we believe that uppercut would have floored the majority of pre War ranking heavyweights. Without the punch it was a Fine fight anyway. The Crusher made it memorable with the soles of Larking a shoes clearly visible to the boys on the top shelf is the temporary pall bearers bore him away. The Beau can be licked by a Good Man with a punch but the Man must be an awfully Good one. One lightweight who answers that description is Beau himself. He May Knock himself out some evening in a frenzy. Sports Apps Leafs Center leads hockey scorers Montreal dec. 23�?Toronto Center Syl Apps leads the race for top scoring position in the National hockey league. Apps has piled up a 15 goal and added 13 assists for a 28-Point total. Bill Cowley Boston Bruins is next with seven goals 20 assists in 18 games for 27 Points. He is followed by lome Carr Toronto Maple Leafs who in 20 games has scored 13 goals made 13 assists for 26 Points. Giants to train in no. Carolina new York team follows change made by dodgers a a new York dec. 23�?the new York giants have announced that they will follow the Philadelphia athletics and the Brooklyn dodgers in moving their Spring training Camps nearer to Home base in North Carolina. # likewise de Barrow of the Yankees and Sam Breadon of the St. Louis cardinals have agreed to give up their St. Petersburg fla., training Sites in 1943 and train together at some Point outside Texas Florida or California. They Are considering Albany ga., because it has two club facilities. The giants have not Only abandoned their Florida training site but ii Gree ment with the Cleveland indians have cancelled plans for a Long barnstorming trip to the North. They la also Start training later than the previously announced Date of March 1. The athletics will change from Anaheim cal., to Savannah ga., and the dodgers from Havana and Daytona Beach to some Point in the Carolinas or new Orleans. Several minor leagues will also pull out of Florida. Baseball officials say Many major league clubs will train at hot Springs Ark. The wholesale training switch resulted from a letter from baseball commissioner Kenesaw m. Landis asking the clubs to avoid excessive travelling because of the Lack of housing and transportation accommodations in compliance with the office of defense transportation travel regulations. Page 3  be throwing the leather i Yankees will . Army signal corps photo Wally May who will train american servicemen for the stars and stripes fight cards at the Rainbow Corner talks Over preliminary plans with pfc. Jerome Simons Brooklyn ., and pfc. James Ciampi Mocanaqua a. They Are shown in the ring at the Rainbow Corner. News from Home new Orleans shipbuilder gets big contract for cargo planes Washington dec. 23 a it a a contract under which Andrew Higgins. New Orleans ship builder will build a Large number of cargo carrying air planes for the . Army was announced today by the War department. Neither the number of the planes nor the estimated value of the contrast was disclosed. I he War department said on it that the planes would be built on a Cost plus fixed fee basis and the total outlay would be Over $5,000,000. Dempsey a wife to divorce him new York dec. 23 apr it. Kom. Jack Dempsey who is now in the last guard said today that his wife Hannah Williams was consulting a solicitor on plans for divorce. A a am very sorry about the whole 1 Long lie said a a but i suppose that it is m i Wayne Fried very hard to l. A 8� of marriage the second time it it did t work. The divorce will be Friendly As  Dempsey and his wife ended a year s Paral on last july and moved into a new Home. With two 1 s when he wrote a longhand letter to general Chiang Kai Shek and the staff of the . Office of War information withheld distribution of facsimiles of the letter until they had eradicated the superfluous a a 1.�?� guard another coast now Ottawa dec. 23 apr the Craf have disclosed that an entire Raf coastal command Squadron had been transferred to this Side of the Atlantic and was now participating in Antisubmarine patrol off the . Atlantic coast. The unit is still flying Battle hardened Hudson bombers sent from the . To Britain. 80-year-old Connie Mack sees Browns league champs Philadelphia dec. 23�?cornelius Mcgillycuddy known More affectionately As Connie Mack has reached his 80th birthday in the Best of health and with the conviction that baseball will carry through its a a Sha Kiest Yeai of All the 59 he s devoted to playing the game and managing the athletics. The St. Louis Browns Only major league team that has never won a Pennant Are Connie s favorite for 1943 i like the Browns. If they had had pitching at the Start of the season they might have Given new York a tussle All the Way last summer a Mack explained. A considering How they came out of nowhere to finish third and the draft Hasni to hit them hard yet they look very Good. Quot the yanks a he went on to Point out a a won t be the class of the league. Not with Phil Rizzuto George Selkirk and buddy Hassett in the services and Frankie Crosetti suspended for the first 30 Days. Then Rolfe has left to coach at Yale. And Dickey and ruffing Are growing older too. Baseball will keep going All right a Mack prophesied a a no matter How Many players we lose. Well play a lot of doubleheaders next year to allow extra time for travelling. Well get along the Best we  late drive gives Bruins 4�?4 tie with Leafs i Lan to revise labor Laws Washington dec. 23 a it a a Gima Tive program for a Sharp revision a nor Laws including the suspension 1 c. Sunda re 40-hour week and the been a quot sir est s reported to have con re 0r Presentat on to the new Strin r c pre up form the plan would a a administration of Power to Deal with labor and management  11 y creating a new War labor c h Spon sible to conic Russ. By aeration get bonuses amount011�?T dec 23 up a bonuses Distri i yt0 a0ut $10,000,000 Are being Pord work ?�?T000 workers at the when i 1. E bonuses Are for workers year wit de t0 work throughout the vacation 1,11 Lake no their usual summer soldiers of tomorrow Washington dec. 23�?there Are about 2,500,000 youths of 18 to 19 years subject to military service in the United states under the recent draft legislation according to an estimate Given by the census Bureau. Bus in landslide 22 die new York dec. 23 apr Twenty two of the 30 passengers were killed when a landslide of More than 50 tons of Rock and mud crashed on to a bus near Aliquippa pa., yesterday. Most of the bodies recovered were identified. . May ration butter Washington dec. 23 up a the rationing of butter lard fats and oils will probably become necessary Early in 1943, the department of agriculture announced yesterday. Boston dec. 23�?a surging third period drive saved the Boston Bruins from defeat by the Toronto Maple Leafs and got them a 4�?4 tie. It was the second tie the two teams have played in four Days with the same scores and it kept clean the Bruins record of being undefeated at Home this season. Boston led briefly in the opening period when Jack Schmidt slapped in a goal at 11.33. But before the period ended Toronto scored twice Center Syl Apps getting the first tally unassisted and defens Eman Reg Hamilton scoring on Gaye Stewart s rebound. The score was tied in the second period when Buzz Boll scored for the Bruins. Toronto forged ahead in the first half of the final period with Mel Hill scoring unassisted and Billy Taylor tallying a minute later. Boston began a desperate offence As Harvey Jackson Sank one and Murphy Chamberlain tied it up at 16.14. Lazy defense Philadelphia dec. 23�?joss Cody Temple University coach believes that a zone defense makes players Lazy. Zone players Are not Active enough a Cody says. A a they believe their responsibility ends when they be covered the area they re  Chrisc Gledies Gridiron hero new York dec. 23�?chris Cagle All american halfback on army s football team in 1928 and 29 and Captain of the cadets in 1929, died Early yesterday in physicians Hospital Queens where he had been taken for treatment suffering from a fractured Skull and pneumonia. Police have been unable to ascertain whether Cagle who lived in Jackson Heights Queens had been assaulted or Hurt accidentally. Cagle suffered a head injury saturday night and managed to reach his apartment where he collapsed. He was taken to a Hospital where his condition was aggravated by pneumonia. Cagle began his career at Shawnee Oklahoma where he was a track Star ind a prominent sprinter for the Oklahoma University track team. He went to w est Point where his flashing brilliance shifty open Field running and passing ability gained him Fame. His West Point career ended romantically and tragically when he was forced to quit the Academy alter a pre graduation marriage to Marion Haile. He then became football coach at Mississippi a and m and later went to the new York giants As a coach. Basketball results Manhattan 43. Syracuse 42. Manhattan reach Oast guard 37, Brooklyn College 36. Liu 79. Springfield r. Seton Hall 29. Cornell 28. Villanova 58. Philadelphia coast guard 35. North Dakota aggie 35, Valley City teachers 33. Loyola 52. Chicago 30. Evansville 65. Austin 29. Olathe naval air base 49. Kansas state 34. A Tyne Grant 41. Illinois 31. Springfield teachers 49. Friends 15. Omaha 55. Midland 43. Indiana Central 56. Central Normal 30. Wisconsin 48. Oklahoma 37. Purdue 43. Washington 42. Bowling Green 62, Heidelberg 41. Muski Ngum 45. Youngstown 38. Texas a and m 45. 9th division 39. Corpus Christina Al air station 54. Texas Christian 34. 1 exas Wesleyan 60. Stephen Austin 34. California 59. Santa Clara 31. Washington 62. Gon Aga 41. Utah 49. Montana state 40. Idaho 36, College of Idaho 26. Close Field ing race in league Browns Cleveland finish within 2 percentage Points of  New York dec. 23�?although it did t  off when the. World series rolled around the new York Yankees won the team Fielding honors for last season but Only two percentage Points separated the first three clubs. Walter Judnich St. Louis Browns Roy Weatherly Cleveland Indi is and ted Williams of the Boston red sox set the Pace among the league s outfielders. Judnich made Only three errors in handling 337 chances in 122 games for a .991 average. But his performance was equalled by Weatherly who took care of 334 chances. Williams made Only four errors in 332 chances to gain a .988 average. Fielding below  the yanks made Only 142 errors accepting 6,025 chances in 154 games. This made their percentage .976. The Cleveland indians and the Boston red sox tied for second with .974. # the All Star lineup of individual defensive leaders is dominated by Boston and Cleveland. There were fewer double plans than during the 41 season 1.207 compared to 1,242. For the second time in the circuit s history there were no triple plays. Fielding for the league As a whole was Oil one percentage Point to .971. The indians Rookie Les Fleming led the league s first basemen .993, one Point better than the red sox Tony Lupien. Fleming took part in live double plays in a single game to equal the league record. Rudy York Tiger first baseman broke the league record for assists for first basemen with 146, surpassing by three Chick Gandil Washington senators 1914 Mark. Boudreau tops shortstops Bobby Doerr of the red sox paced the second basemen with .975, two Points above the Browns Don Gutteridge. Cleveland s Ray Mack was in on five double plays in a Singie game tying the second baseman a major league Mark. Ken Keltner Cleveland indians retained the honors As the leading third baseman Fielding .945. Lou Boudreau also of the indians topped the shortstops with .941, followed by Phil Rizzuto of the yanks who w As in on 114 double plays compared with Boudreau s 107. Leading the catchers were yank buddy Rosar with .996 in 58 games Cleveland s Otto Denning .992 in 78 games and Johnny Peacock red sox .988 in 82 games. Pitchers Fielding records included 22 perfect performances among ten game or More rulers. Most effective record was that of Tex Hughson also of the botox who handled 76 chances for a .987 average. Williep Epko a Joc Silva  Jacksonville fla., dec. 23�? Willie Pep featherweight Champion scored a technical knockout Over mexican Joey Silva in eight rounds Here last night. It was Pepys fight right from the Start and the mexican was hopelessly outclassed. Pep carried him along to give the Cash customers a Good show. Silva did t even touch Willie until the third round. In the seventh the crowd tired of the footwork and the fancy fainting and began to cry a a run Willie  the Champ new York version then went to work in Earnest. Pep is the first Champion to fight in Jacksonville in a Quarter of a Century. The last was gentleman Jim Corbett who Kafoed Charlie Mitchell in three rounds in 1914. It was peps 57th Victory. 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 except dec. 24 and 25. In inn Rutherford to wed re Hersom \?0d�?T dec 23 apr Ai. Of Beverly to n actress it and David May st0re owner u son a department licence a ave a phed for a marriage n is 22 and David May is 30. . 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