London Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 30, 1942, London, Middlesex                                Dec. 30, 1942 sports the stars and stripes sports Page 3 in ring champions top opening fight card a Lent probe a failure 0 play game aus1� a skin Star was 111 with flu missed plane in Dallas Arkadelphia dec. 29�?elmer president of the National foot if Zieue has announced that he is t a thorough investigation of the of Sammy Baugh Washington Kin Star to appear in sundays pro Nal bowl game at Shibe Park Here. Redskins lost to the professional All-17�?14. M his ranch at Rotan Texas Baugh a a in be never run out on a football and i did t sunday. I wired Ray Riv coach of the redskins that i been ill with the flu and would be in play. Jack Epsey team manager honed me urging me to come any simply to appear at the game. I i did everything i could to make that e they had a plane waiting for me alias but 1  get there from water. My own car was t available could t find a  rom Rancho Santa be cal., George shall owner of the redskins came to ifs defense. A a head never let his mates Down a Marshall said a a or Washington fans if he could help  de Sci troeder defaults match new Orleans la., Pec. 29�? gated Schroeder Glendale cal., de ing singles Champion has defaulted he ninth annual sugar bowl Tennis Ament Here. 1 Bartlett Tulane eliminated Jim Chicago. 6�?1,6�?0. Bartlett con a to the finals beating Billy Talbert Pinatti ranked fifth nationally 4�?6, 1.7�?5, Bartlett showed an excellent hand and great stamina Echo Segura popular ecuadorean a second gained the Semi finals by no Ensign George Pryor Pittsburgh ,6�?3. Segura then went on to gain other final bracket beating Jack quot Gham Rock Island Illinois 6�?2, scotsman acts like Loyal Brooklyn fan Edinburgh dec. 29�?things weren to going too Well for the hibernian football team in their game with the rangers Here saturday. William Duffy a hibernian rooter decided to take things into his own hands. Today he was sentenced to 60 Days imprisonment Here for throwing a bottle at Ranger goalie James Dawson. Duffy threw an empty Beer bottle which hit Dawson on the head and knocked him unconscious. Jay Hawks spill f Oldham 31-30 Evans last minute Field goal gives winning margin new York dec. 29�?rayevans�?T Field goal in the final minutes of play gave the Kansas Jay Hawks a 31�?30 Conquest Over Fordham s rams in their intersection Al basketball game at Madison Square Garden Here last night. This loss snapped Fordham s winning Streak at six games. Both teams played nervously and sloppily fumbling the Ball frequently while falling and fouling throughout the game. Kansas committed 13 fouls and Fordham nine. The Lead see sawed three times during the first half but the Jay Hawks gained a 16�?10 intermission Lead when Black scrappy Jayhawk Forward Sank a mid court Field goal and his running mate Fitzpatrick sifted through the ram defense and caged two one handed layups. The rams started clicking in the second half As guard Babich and Forward Karpowicz contributed neat dribbling and Over the shoulder shooting. Fordham gradually erased the deficit to Lead 30�?28 in the final minute. Fitzpatrick s free throw reduced the margin to one Point setting the stage for Evans winning throw the same Evans who was the passing Star for the Jayhawk football team. Ram Captain Babich was High scorer with ten Points. Schnellbacke and Black with eight each paced the winners. S from Home a men kill two seize two in round up of Tuohy gang hic ago dec. 29 up a surround an apartment House with 50 armed and cars with machine guns on the in every Street and Alley nearby in today recaptured two members a terrible Tuohy quot gang As they in a Chicago Flat. O other men who had escaped with were shot and killed a few hours re As they resisted arrest in another gangsters captured were Roger Yand Basil Banghart. The two men were James o Connor and St. Clair they. Four men escaped from Joliet prison is. On oct. 9. Three other uni Denti were arrested raid in which Tuohy and Banghart captured was led by j. Edgar or head of the Federal Bureau of ligation. Terrible Tuohy a were led by Roger and four other Tuohy s. Hundred wrong the gang engaged in Totive business of racketeering kid a a and jewel robbing in armoured Yth sub machine guns Ith the death of a a baby face a Nelson Tuohy was proclaimed 4�?~ Public no. 1.�?� at one stage Tuohy a1 Capone from part of his Boot territory. They were finally caught a Osi or sentenced to 99 years for the k snapping of Jacob r Factor. R�51 philharmonic 0rfv, dec. 29 pm arturs i has been appointed director. Inductor of the new York Philhart to Jnthony orchestra for next Rodzinski 48, conducted the a re philharmonic symphony a in 1937, and in 1938 he con a jointly with Arturo Toscanini the a symphony orchestra. A Lle 4 trial balloon Angton dec. 29 apr the eco \ ice president Henry a. Ter a d world Council after the War a planned world Economy is re sible it it s so me congressional quarters As Lral balloon a for president r s address to Congress. In in i a is known to have  it it a with the president panne a has speedy said in a Mem rating the birthday of Woodrow Wilson that the new Freedom for which Wilson fought was a a the forerunner of the Roosevelt new Deal of 1933, and of the world wide new democracy which was the goal of the United nations in the present  unions undermine nazis new York dec. 29�?above $ 1,000,000 contributed by members of the Al and Cio Are being sent by underground channels to workmen in occupied Europe to help prepare for an Allied invasion says the new York Post. The Money is used to finance sabotage bribery of nazi controlled officials and support of about 1,500 secret newspapers according to the Post. The american unions the paper says have contacts in arms factories mines railways government offices and printing shops throughout the continent. Tough ainu to it Richmond va., dec. 29 up a the Sale of whisky in Virginia has been limited to one quart a person per Day by the state alcoholic control Board. This limit says the Board has been imposed in order to preserve whisky stocks. 4 in which we serve a is Best new York dec 29 apr the National Board of review of motion pictures announced yesterday that Noel Coward s a a in which we serve a has been chosen As the Best film of the year. Its weighing in time Freddie Mills Boon Tobx at Rainbow club a member of an american air Force bomber command boxing team gets weighed in by Allied doctors before opening bouts with British Eastern command fighters. The British Defeated the americans and won an Allied tournament. Yankees sign Knickerbocker new York dec. 29�?the new York Yankees have announced that they have signed up infielder Billy Knickerbocker who played with them from 1938 through 40. Knickerbocker 31, and with a 3a draft status was released unconditionally by the Philadelphia athletics a month ago. During his ten seasons in the majors he has played with the indians Browns athletics yanks and White sox. A Light hitter Knickerbocker is known As a Hustler on the Field and May play shortstop during the 30-Day suspension of Frankie Crosetti at the Start of next season. He also can fill in at third base if red Rolfe s coaching duties at Yale do not permit him to return to the majors. 15,000 see rangers spill first place Maple Leafs new York dec. 29�?the new York rangers thrilled 15,000 fans at new Yorkus largest crowd of the season whipping the league leading Toronto Maple Leafs 3�?1, in their National hockey league game Here. The injury Ridden Blue shirts playing with Only 12 men broke a 1�?1 tie in the third period As Alfie Pike and Brian Hextall drilled goals on passes from Patrick and Kirkpatrick. Pike opened the scoring in the second period and the Leafs lome Carr evened the count. After the game the rangers Learned that Phil Watson Spunky Wing Man would be out six weeks with a fractured right hand suffered at Detroit on Christmas Day. Illinois cagers seek second big ten title in two years Champagne 111., dec. 29�?illinois�?T basketball ers Are covetous by eyeing a 28-year-old big ten record with High Hopes that they will be Able to break it. Not since 1913-14, when Wisconsin took the Western court title for two years has a big ten team won the Crown for two consecutive seasons. Last year the Zillini were the big ten Cage champs and they Hope to turn the trick again this year to equal the a Badger record. They have real grounds for optimism. Their sensational Sophomore stars of last year Are still swishing them through the hoops with Andy Phillip and Ken Menke As forwards and Jack Smiley and Gene Vance As guards. The Only senior in the starting five is Center Art Mathieson. That lineup is the same As last years with the exception of Phillip and Smiley who have switched posts to capitalize on the offensive Talent of Phillip who Lead the team in scoring honors. He racked up 159 Points from his guard position and was unanimous Choice for the All big ten. In six games this season the Zillini have scored victories Over Detroit Nebraska Missouri and great lakes with a single loss to Camp Grant. Phillip has already scored 47 Points and Menke 60. News about Soldier sports events wanted the stars and stripes wants news of sports events among american units stationed in the British Isles. We want Complete details of All competitions both in units themselves and with other units in football basketball soccer baseball and other sports. Accounts of these contests should contain a summary of the event ranks names and Home towns of All the players and description of the unit infantry artillery air corps Etc pictures of these events also Are wanted and they should carry captions with the same information. Managers of unit teams can help to make a Success of army sports in the Eto by sending promptly Box scores and stories of sports events to the sports editor the stars and stripes printing House Square London e.c.4. Six bouts feature first stars and stripes ring show by Mark e Senigo stars and stripes sports editor Freddie Mills Light heavyweight Champion of the British Empire and Eric Boon lightweight Champion of great Britain will be the featured fighters on the opening card on Jan. 5 of the stars and stripes weekly boxing matches to be held at the american red Cross Rainbow Corner Shaftesbury ave., London. Mills and Boon will meet two unnamed opponents in exhibition bouts. There also will be four bouts among american servicemen fighters representing the eighth air Force an infantry division and the London Headquarters command. The winners among the servicemen will be awarded suitably engraved belts by the stars and stripes athletic committee As tokens of their achievements. Also on the program will be an exhibition by Wally May Rainbow Corner Trainer in which he and a professional Boxer will demonstrate the finer Points of ring technique. Mills has won More than 60 fights during his career As a Light heavyweight. His most recent fight was with Len Harvey who retired As undefeated heavyweight Champ of the British Empire. Mills Victory Over Harvey did not entitle him to the heavyweight Crown although Harvey held both titles. Harvey s Trainer was Wally May. Mills also has beaten the other top ranking British heavyweights including Jack London a1 Robinson Jim Wilde and Tom Reddington. Lightweight Boon the official Champion of great Britain is also a recognized challenger for the w orld title. Sink will i in j i try cautions Urcla red sox will train at Tufts in Boston Boston dec. 29�?tile Boston red sox Are the first major league team to take definite action on modified Spring training plans. The sox have announced that they will spend two or three weeks training quot at the Tufts University baseball Cage in Boston starting in the Middle of March. Exhibition games with some nearby major league club will commence about april 1. The sox would not mind delaying the Start of the season but club officials see no real necessity for such a move. Pasadena cal., dec. 29�?the Bruins of Urcla Are inclined to be suspicious about Georgia a groans Over Frankie Sinkwich s injured ankle. They re not being cynical just cautious after the experience with Tommy Roblin of Oregon. A week before that game in which Oregon tripped the Bruins 14�?7, Oregon bemoaned an injury to fullback Roblin. At game time Roblin was in the lineup and by the end of the game he had averaged 5.3 Yards by Rushing which meant the difference Between Victory and defeat. So the clans Are letting the bulldogs debate endlessly on Sinkwich s ailments while preparing football remedies for Sinkwich s running and passing threat. Meanwhile Sinkwich returned to workouts today hobbling around tournament Park As far As his injured Ankles would permit. His Surprise return naturally inspired his team mates who engaged in their last heavy practice before the Rose bowl game displaying their Best form since they have been practising Here. The bulldogs do not expect Sinkwich to be in top shape for the game but anticipate that his understudy Sophomore Charley Trippi will capably fill his shoes. Trippi starred in the rout of Georgia tech and is an Able kicker As Well As being considered Sinkwich s equal As a passer. Basketball results Southern California 48, Long Island 40. Kansas 31, Fordham 30. Duquesne 48, Depaul 40. Indiana 51. Loyola 43. Texas Wesleyan 32, Navy Boomers 28. Wayne 31, Midland 23. Pittsburgh 40, Rice 39. Detroit 39. Selfridge Field 28. Northeastern 62, Harvard naval 54. Texas Christian 45, West Texas tech 42. Southeastern 40, Baylor 30. Maryville 37, Winfield 36. Arkansas 43, Texas tech 38. Texas 55, fast Central 51. Tide faces new formation Tuscaloosa ala., dec. 29�?when Alabama meets Boston College in the Orange bowl at Miami on new year s Day it will be the first time the Crimson tide has faced a team using the t formation. 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. 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