London Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 22, 1945, London, Middlesex                                1945 sports the stars and stripes sports Page 3 sport Flarro shuttles Blue toys of a base a 15 depot got the Murhp on the elites of another air depot in the first of a two out of three game series for the air service command hoop championship by chalking up a rakes 12 Points were High for the but Henry of dumped in 16 for the competing in playoffs for the right to represent in the London tourney next the Douglas fireflies of a chemical depot Defeated two ordnance teams by and the 81st copped its 18th straight this week by dropping the 754th sanitation with George of leading the scoring a total of 20 pfc Nick Fracaro of led the eighth of he raiders to a Victory Over the 306th Ramblers monday it was the eighth decision for the raiders against two the 304th Quint had its ups and Down this bopping the 318th and losing to the air rec the g25 hoop men tripped the american school and depot in their last two nning their wins to 14 against two Don former Oregon state Horace of and Joseph of set the scoring Franks yanks of the 398th bomb champs of the Southern league of the first air Hung up their 28th straight Victory of the season by whaling the first air division he the screaming officer five of the 20th Mustang copped brass honors in the 67th fighter circuit of the first air winning the final contest from the 364th fighter on a the 93rd bomb travelling circus Defeated the second air division in the first game of the divisions round Robin Cage pfc Buck of and Cage of scored is Points apiece As the 364th fighter Golden Torna does copped their Lith win against three defeats by slapping the 20th fighter the Lith reinforcement hoop team Hung up its 41st win in 42 starts this week by tripping the 313th to the loss was the second in 19 starts for the pipers and saw Bill of tally 17 Points for the winners and Gene former Calvin College push through 19 for the pour Kos marked a i bristling fight 1 card at the 356th fighter the results me Joe san Tod trooper of in of the second Frank Deci boned Jim 139 Jerry new fought a no decision bout with pvt Howard Santa 118 pfc George Tod trooper in 59 seconds of second Al decision Ned Mike 146 pfc Joe Tod Al san of the first Bobby decision Ned Paul and Tommy Brook decision Ned Henry Phila help wanted Given write your question or problem to help the stars and men dish or Apo Telephone base Apos wanted Helen Anthony Saratoga Clifford wac Dorothy Mattson Milwaukee a tort 34067828 John Milwaukee Anthony new was 8th Thorpe keeps his eyes on the Ball plugging for citizenship for a better life for youth of the Veteran Jim Thorpe relates memorable instances in his career to a night club that Thorpe on the you Well just the Harridge Muni after confab with Byrnes president of the National and will american league conferred yesterday with War mobilization director Jimmy and spokesman for the surprised nobody by refusing to divulge what transpired at the As remarked to Frick any statement on our talk will czars Post drains drove of App Libants new Fourman committee selected to pick a successor to judge Landis int getting far these Days for a million those reasons Are everyone from the Barber on the to your retired Uncle they All went to take Over As Boss of and they All cite plenty of arguments to prove they Are fitted for Tho Job none of them brings up one Small is a matter of a that what the Job these things became known yesterday when Horace president of the new York finally lost his patience and entered a formal beef to league president Ford Rick Over the inactivity of the Fourman group which is attempt ing to find the Best Man for the to make the situation More the applicants Are divided into two separate groups which might be classified generally As National league fans and american Sam Breadon of the cardinals and Phil Wrigley of the cubs have been besieged by the while an entirely different gang of commissioners have let Alva Bradley of the indians and Don Barnes of the Browns in on their panthers slated for Grid comeback Cony players walked bribery new brom new York City commissioner of revealed yesterday that two instances of attempted corruption had occurred previous to the Brooklyn College basketball scandal which broke William Captain of the Cony basketball according to Bromberger said he had been approached before the can Syracuse game at the Garden 10 and asked whether he would like to make some extra Levine re cognized the Man As a Gambler Type and refused to talk to Levine also revealed that William red former Cony player now in the had told him of a Simi Lar approach a couple of years ago and that he too had rejected the in a 50page report compiled at the direction of mayor brom Berger also said that there is no evidence of any culpable irregularity or corrupt dealings Between Madison Square Garden and the College of the City of new York and Brooklyn College or in the conduct of the games themselves of the financial transactions resulting Chapman await final word on physicals new draft news concerning major league Ball players listed two Well known stars As still on the Fence yesterday and another definitely accepted by Uncle at Ben Brooklyn dodger said that his draft papers had been forwarded to Washington for a final going Over by the War department after doctors had found an old knee injury still not up to Par at Camp authorities announced that George Mcquinn was undergoing further examination and at Harry Cincinnati red right handed said he had been accepted for service and was awaiting a University of in an athletic decline for the past six is due for an abrupt postwar return to big time sports if the feelings of the newly appointed Chancellor indicate any he is Rufus former athletic director and basketball coach at the University of Tennessee and water connected with the University of who sums up his sports Creed with i like to Fitzgerald succeeds John Bow who resigned the chancellors hip to become Pittsburgh under Bowmans regime Pitts athletic particularly on the steadily Bowman sought to de emphasize football and purify athletics and it must be admitted be achieved his purpose previous to when John Bain Sutherland Pitt had sent three teams to the Rose bowl and refused a 37 bid following a Little episode in which there were complaints from the players about expense and in the 13 years previous to the adoption of Bow mans principles Pitt had developed no less than 11 standout but things May change at least that what Smoky City fans like to Fitzgerald says that he is a Strong believer in athletics and that when a team record gets below 1 dont particularly like words like that Are Sweet music to the ears of Clark the Talent that the old master of the t formation has been getting lately has caused altogether too Many crossed Bowling Green slaps great 6459 Bowling Bowling greens basketball team roared through to its 21st Victory against one defeat Here last night by defeating great in a wild Battle that saw the Lead change hands 26 the sailors managed to grab a Edge in the first half and the second period see sawed Back and Forth with Dick Mcguire doing the heavy scoring for the Blu jackets and Gray hitting 14 Points for the Grays 22 All on Field were High for the Bowling greens Don Otten threw in Iowa sea Hawks clip Nebraska 5541 Iowa pre flights Hoo men Defeated Here last night in a game that was close until Midway through the second half when Forward Don Samuel threw in eight straight Points to give the sea Hawks a comfortable Samuel was the big noise in the Hawks 16th Victory with 24 Points on 11 Field goals and two Tampa Ringman wounded Tommy one of Dixie leading heavy weights before going has been seriously wounded on the 1st army front in relatives Here revealed Bruins lose Cente Mario Rookie Center of the Boston has been called for service in the Canadian army and will report to Montreal for a physical exam Dick Tracy by Courtesy of Chicago Tribune Matron Vou can count Verv anxious 7in about to pack to see this Warden whew does the show Start county ja1i a evening How dots a bouncy to by Chester Gouw As the Matron walks along carrying Gerties her hand passes Over the strings a Small object drops inside the instrument Abner by Courtesy of United features by m Capp to Job is but there was the funniest Angle to poor we had nothing against her May rest in a what were thet noise in thet proof no else in the she3 Wayne Zollner capture pro Cage title fort fort Wayne world basketball clinched their third straight National professional league title by defeating the Sheboygan Bob chosen on the All time pro team in a recent scored six successive set shots and totalled american hockey league Louis Pittsburgh 3 Eastern division w l t p 24 18 8 56 Providence 19 20 8 46 Western division w l t p 25 11 10 60 Pittsburgh Buffalo Hershey w l t p 18 22 6 42 Cleveland 21 17 11 53 Louis w l t p 21 21 6 48 11 27 7 29 have to come from hint Frick and Harridge visited Byrnes to Lay our problems before but they apparently didst have Many or somebody had to catch a because they were in and out of the office within half an Frick parried reporters questions and would admit nothing beyond the fact that Byrnes was very Friendly and this stupendous of sent even the More callous of the scribes Rushing for the National league who last week denied vigorously that he intended to discuss baseballs wartime problems with officials in said he and Harridge would visit Monroe chief of the office of defense before leaving the Frick did go so far As to reveal that nothing had transpired at the meeting which led him to believe baseball might have to suspend but this remark has been repeated before and after Many and again and Richard near ice Mark 21 Maurice Richard and Elmer of the Montreal Are tied for the scoring Lead in the National hockey league today and both bid fair to raise the leagues scoring record of 73 Points set by Cooney of the in 2930 and tied 13 seasons later by Doug of the Chicago Black Richards next his 45th of the will break All existing records in the National Joe of the hit 44 goals in 22 games under the old rules during the 17is season and the next Best record was 43 goals in 44 games by Weiland while amassing his scoring the leaders team Montreal Montreal Boston Montreal Detroit Toronto new York Detroit Detroit Toronto Chicago player Richard Lach Cowley Blake Howe Kennedy Demarco Brunstead Carveth Carr Smith g 44 20 23 14 23 18 21 16 17 13 p 65 65 56 54 46 42 42 41 38 Mcaa rules body to discuss Grid innovations chairman of the Mcaa rules has called a meeting for new York 21 to discuss Rule changes suggested last fall by the american football coaches the notice was not very cheering to those mentors who would like to Sec some changes because Bingham said the meeting was being called solely to talk Over the changes and not to adopt coaches adopted six Rule changes at their meeting in Columbus last most important of which would permit passing from any Point behind the line of Atlantic City naval Scranton 36 Ashland Camp Perry 53 augustan Burlington Junior College 37 Bowling Green great lakes 59 Central Warburg 53 Cincinnati Wayne 40 Hamline eau Claire teachers 43 Iowa preflight Nebraska 41 Lakehurst naval Dix 40 Lincoln a second of 37 Marshall West Virginia tech 49 Montclair teachers Wagner 40 Sam Houston East Texas state 30 Olaf Mcalester 41 Thomas Johns 41 Valparaiso Western Michigan 58 by teachers Morehead teachers 34 Widdoes stays at Ohio who took Over Ohio states Grid destinies during head coach Paul Browns military leave of was signed As head coach yesterday to succeed his former Widdoes terms of which were not is for one the former three sport Star at Otterbein College had been mentioned As a possible successor Cornell coach who resigned to return to North but when Brown signed a contract two weeks ago to coach the Cleveland rams of the National football who last fall steered the Buck eyes to an untied was told the state Job was his permanently or As permanently As any coach Job can be if he wanted a former assistant to Brown at Massillon Ohio High Widdoes is 40 years his the and Howard missionaries of the United Brethren have been interned by the japanese since the fall of the Philippines in Widdoes was graduated from Otterbein in he won varsity letters in foot basketball and Carroll Widdoes