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Th? Big Spring Daily Herald Friday, August 4, 1944 Page Three Once Abused Cubs Make Top Division By JACK HAND (Associated Press Sports Writer) Choily Grimm's banjo strummed a merry tune today as the Chicago inhaled rarefied first eivision air after spending the flrtt three and a half months of thf season in and out of the league cellar. Tbe Bruins headed high via Nelson and McSpaden Heavily Favored In Beverly Open Today BEVERLY HILLS, Aug. 4 McSpaden and Byron Nelson, whose consistent ability to shatter par has placed them a country mile ahead of the wartime field of professional golfers, are heavily favored to add to their war bond earnings in the $5,000 first annual Beverly Hills Open starting today. Both Nelson and McSpaden are at the peak of their games, and have clamped a virtual monopoly on first and second money around the play-for-pay 'circuit this season, with a slight edge for McSpaden. Conceded the best chance among local pros to bag the $1,500 front-end money in the 72- hole tourney are Ray Mangrum, who gave par a 13-stroke lacing in winning the Southern California open last month, and Fay Coleman, who placed second in the same event.

Sixty seven pros and 152 amateurs are entered. The long-hitting Babe Didrikson Zaharias is the only woman contender. Gunder Haegg Will Go After His Two Mile Record Tonite STOCKHOLM, Aug. 4 UP) Gunder Haegg will to break his own world record of 8:46.4 for the two-mile run tonight in Stockholm's stadium. Haegg missed equalling the two- mile mark by eight-tenths of a second last Wednesday at Gayle because he said he failed to hear the final lap gun.

Most Swedish sports writers believe he can fcllpse the record this time, barring bad weather or accident. Haegg's fellow Swede, Arne Andersson, is slated to run the event tonight, their appearances in separate races being the features of the big stadium track meet. Although they do not face each other tonight, sports officials hope to arrange direct competition between at a In the season. VERSUS BROWNS BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 4 It's the Russian Reds vs the St Louis Brown 0 in a whisker-growing bet at Bob Yeager, semi-pro baseball manager, has voted not to until the Russians reach Berlin, while tavern operator Roy Heuck has put aside his razor until the Browns win the American League pennant something niat's never happened before.

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Since June 25, when Grimm's crew was mired in last place by 4 1-2 lengths, Chicago took 26 of 38 James to pull past all the eastern entries For the first time this season, the four western clubs hogged the first division spots. Bill Nicholson stepped up his home run production from its usual sub-par start and clouted Nos. 22 anc 23 yesterday as the Cubs humbled Brooklyn twice, 6-2 and 7-1. Nicuolson moved past Mel Ott ol the New York Giants in the home run derby and passed the Card's Ray Sanders to take the A. B.

I. lead with 75. Bob Chipmari, who was acquired from Brooklyn for Ed Stanky June 7, topped the club with an 11-4 win record, three against his old Dodger mates. Bill Fleming won 6 of his last 7 and Hank Wyse 6 of his last 8 starts while Claude Passeau regained some of his old form to hurl 9 complete games in his last 10 outings. Paul Derringer became a relief hurler In mid-June after failing as a starter and made 12 Lelp'ul appearances.

Chipman needed help fmm Derringer yesterday to grab a 6-2 nod in the first game over Curt Davis, but Passeau went all ihe way, scattering 10 hits, to decision Tom Warren in a 7-1 nightcap. with 5 for 8 and Cavarretta with 5 for 9 boosted tehir averages to an even .300. humbled Pittsburgh, lb-2, with Teddy Wilks copping his seventh straight and his 10th win one loss. Danny Litwhiler batted in six runs with four hits, Including a three-run homer. Chicago's White Sox went Into a fifth-place tie with Detroit in the American league by downing Cleveland twice, 3-2 and 5-1.

Bill Dietrich nosed out Al Smith in the ojjtner with the help of Johnny Dickshot's triple, and Oryal Grow got the nod over Chief Reynolds in the second. Second Air Force Slates 15 Contests COLORADO SPRINGS, Aug. 4 UP) Thirteen football games In states are scheduled for the Second Air Force eleven this fall, Maj. Claude F. McGrath, director, said.

The team, one of the country's outstanding service groups in 1942 returns to the gridiron after a year's lapse and will play the opening game against Peru Naval V-12 Sept 2 at Sioux City, Iowa, and wind up against the Four-th Air Force, Sunday, 26, in Denver. The Fourth Air Force outfit is from March Field, and last year was one of the nation's strong teams. The Iowa Seahawks and the University of Washington are other standouts on the heavy schedule. Other games include University of Mexico, Oct. 14, El Paso, Texas; North Texas Aggies, Oct.

21, Odessa, Texas; Amarlllo Airfield, Nov. 4. Bob Montgomery, Beau Jack Meet NEW YORK, Aug. 4 It's beginning to look as if Madison Square Garden will be filled with service men tonight as army Privates Beau Jack and Bob Montgomery mett in a 10-round lightweight scrap to which war bond purchases offer the only path to admittance. Estimates on the "gate" range f.rorn $25,000,000 to $50,000,000.

When doors opened today 72 seats nad been sold at $100,000 etch, more than 100 at $50,000 and about 125 at along with an uncounted total of smaller purchases. The first three rows, where the se its cost ranges from $25,000 to $100,000 will be turned over to wounded service men back from the Pacific, Normandy and Italy. Bea'i Jack, the former Augusta, bootblack, who is giving his services fret; along with Montgomery, bought $1000 worth of 25 bonds yesterday and turned the tlckPts over to an army hospital His manager, Frankie Thomas, did the same. An unidentified man stepped up to a ticket window yesterday, bought $100,000 worth of bonds, took a at his heap of tickets, and said "give 'em to the service men." Four Years Ago By The Press Aug. 4, 1940 Gen.

John J. Pershing declares self in favor of draft; Danish passenger ship strikes mine and sinks in Copen- hazcn harbor. Japan Makes Hay In China American Foresee long Struggle To Shuff Out Rising Sun Bjr TROBURN WIANl Feature NEW yORK Most Americans in the China Burma In- flid theater figure it will take two years to knock out Japan after Go-many has been flattened. All are agreed that guerilla will continue long after Japan's nunn armies have been aerated possibly ten to fifteen years. I've just returned to the states after nearly two years of wai reporting in the Middle East, China, and India.

When I left CBI a few days ago, Che situation in eastern China wi.s extremely grave. There was ead feeling that Japanese successes already had delayed the enu of the war in China by several months. There was no indication as to where the Japanese wculd halt their current offensive Abandon Air Bjses Americans had been forced to blow up and abandon three air oases in eastern China. All non- combat personnel, including hospital patients, had been evacua- tec. from the main American air base at Kweilin, civilian Chines there were offering as much as 100,000 Chinese dollars for any Kind of a ride westward.

The mods were choked with overloaded trucks, horse or coolie drawn caits and tired people lugging huge packs on their ail westward bound. Tf the Japanese should decide to take Kweilin, the U. S. Air Fortes would have to fall back to their rear headquarters at Kun- in far western China. And if the Japanese should go after Kunming a possibility which the Chinese and the Americans never have overlooked the U.

S. air forces might have to get out of China altogether. Japan Holds The Cards Ihe Japanese in China are able militarily to do just about any thing they want. They hold the cards. There are no American ground troops in China, and the Cr.niese worn out, underfed, wtefiuly equipped are capable mlv of delaying actions at best.

The tide in China never will turn until we sieze a port on the eastern coast and pour in great entities of men, equipment and supplies. I say "men" because the Chinese can't do the job alone, even with adequate equipment and supplies. Americans thousands of them will be needed. The wa) in China wil be won from the east, not the west. American; have done an amazing job of flying supplies from India across the world's worst mountains into China.

Stilwell's forces, with whom I spent nearly five months, in northern Burma jungie, possibly will have the India-China land supply route openeo by the end of the year. But the supplies brought into Chira by air, plus those brought in by land, will be only a drop in me bucket to what will be re- yuired. bince I arrived in CBI late in 1942, the situation has slowly im- but even today nearly two years is definitely a Class theater. After the fall of Germany, months will be required to put CPI into Class Wickard Warns Of Land Boom WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (JP) Another disastrous farm land boom is developing, secretary 01 Agriculture Claude R.

Wickard said Thursday as he urged would- be purchasers to use extra money to retire debts or to purchase war bonds rather than to buy farm roal estate at present inflated values. "Tiie rate at which farm land prices are rising-, coupled with the large number of sales, are unmistakable signs that an inflationary land spree is under way in many regions," he said. The secretary's comment was tnade in connection with an Agri- c'ilture Department survey showing war markets for farm commodities have boosted land values ai 1 average of 42 per cent above the average prevailing in the 1935-39 period. Wickard said that about a third of the farm purchases are being made by city people, particularly war workers seeking a place to go when the war ends. In too many cases, he added, the city people and war workers, as well as farmers, art paying too much.

By "too much," secretary meant a price greater than the long-time earning power of the land at farm commtidity prices lower than those prevailing under wartime conditions. Dallas, Ft. Worth Teams To Tangle WACO, Aug. 4 Dallas' Kavleii Bros, team tonight plays the Fort Worth Army Airfield nine in thi semi-finals of the state semi-pro baseball tournament and the winner meets the "Waco Army Airfield Sunday in Ihe b'on Worth won the right to the serr.i-finals by nosing out a spirited and under-rated North Camp Hood club last night 5-4. Hood 000 001 8 1 020 000 7 1 Jordan and Wilson; Pries, Minrhew and Murrsy.

Vnssar College was originally incorporated as Yassar Female CHINA'S PROBLEM Rich In manpower but poor In modern machinery, China required 300,000 men and women to chip stones to form airbases for U. S. planes. Today On Home Plenty Evidence South Not Ones Clinging io 'White Supremacy' By JAMES MARLOW WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 (JP) Southerners shouted loudest about "white supremacy" over negroes but there is plenty of evidence to show that doctrine is practiced widely hi the rest of the country.

The strike of Philadelphia transit workers against hiring: of negro drivers by the transportation company there followed bitter complaints of outright discrimination in that noithern city. SPORTS ROUNDUP By FRITZ HOWELL (Pinch hitting for Hugh Fullerton, Jr.) NEW YORK, Aug. 4 If we were a baseball player, and cuuld pick our job, we'd take over for Joe Just, Cincinnati Red catcher; Hoy Berres, Giant catcher, or Lena Blackburn, Philadelphia Athletics coach. Just has plajed only seven games this year, batting only nine times; Berres has beon up only once in five games, whDe Blackburn gets irom the American league for sending each club a can of special dirt wiLi which the umpires rub the baseballs before each game. What a life those guys lead and that Berres was a holdout, yet.

We Asked You First No. major league play- gained tr-e highest rank in the first vvov'd war? No. 2 What catcher leads the list in stolen bases for receivers? iTip It's not Lombardi.) (Answers at end of column but don't look now.) Today's Jesi Star Kenney Jones, Peorla Jour- pal Transcript: "The circus is now playing the ball parks and the clowns should feel right at home." We Just Learned The figure 56 is a magic one in sports Joe Diamaggio hit in 5G consecutive games, Ben Hogan finished in the oney in 56 straight goll tournaments, Greg Kice won 56 straight races, Walter Johnson pitched 56 shutout irnlngs in a row, and the Pittsburgh Pirates failed to score in 56 straight, innings (Heinz beat 'eiu all by one.) Mel Ott, who hcl'is the national league home run record with 485, didn't hit une until his third season in the majors. And in the lineup the uay he hit it were Hornsby, Terry, Grimm, Hartnett, Fitzsimmons and Grimes, who with Ott were rttstmed to become managers. Sam Snead is in a naval station hospital with a back injury and probably will not defend his P.

G. A. golf title at Spokane Aug. 1420. The last nine games started by Max Butcher of the Pirates against the Reds have been shutouts, with the Reds winning five of the whitewash string which started May 31, 1942.

Tho Baseball Answers No. 1 Alfred Von Kollnitz, Chicago White Sox, major. No. 2 Roger Bresnahan, New York Giants, 34 in 1903. Proposed Deposit Tax CHICAGO.

Aug. 4 Payment of the national debt through taxation on bank deposits was proposed today by William Stevenson, Chicago business counsel on problems. In an address before the 28th annual meeting of the international association of Lions clubs, Steven- maintained that his proposal create a stimulation for business and employment." This tells some of the story: The Fair Employment Practice committee (FEPC) has pending about 2,111 complaints of racial discrimination. The FEPC was created to prevent discrimination on racial or religious grounds in war industries and thus, its advocates argued, make the best use of the nation's manpower. Of tne total of 2,111 complaints, 581 are in the south.

The remaining 1,550 complaints have been made from the rest of the country. officials say: "Ihose figures don't mean that those are all the cases of discrimination occurring either in the south or the rest of the country. "Actual discrimination may be far greater, There are more negro organizations in the north and they are active against discrimination accounting for more cases. There are more war industries in the north and the FEPC handles only cases of discrimination in war jobs." The other side of the transportation picture: FEPC officials point out that negroes are employed as conductors or motor- mon or bus drivers In New York, Detroit, San Francisco, Cleveland, Chicago and Buffalo. FEPC officials say further: There has been very little discrimination in foundries, coal mines and longshore work, traditionally heavy jobs which long employed negro help.

The heaviest load of complaints has come from New York, Philadelphia, Detroit, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Detroit and St. Louis. Ft, Bliss Leads Boxing Tourney ABILENE, Aug. 4 (JP) The Fort Biiss, El Paso, boxing team went into the second and last day of the Texas amateur athletic fed- errtfon tournament here leading with the three points, as the San- Antomo and Camp Barkeley's 12th aimoied division teams trailed two each. Pacing last night's opening was Cpl.

Don Coombes' knockout of Cpl. Hirdy Sorkin, Lubbock Army Airfield fighter and last year's neavy titlist fighting this year in the 175-pound class. Coombes, from the 12th armored division, kayoer Sorkin with a blow that knocked him through the ropes. the bell saved the Coombes tonight faces Cpl. Tom Brooks Field fighter from San Antonio, in the finals of tne light heavyweight division.

Attra night decisioned Pfc. Bill H. Orey, 169, of Fort Bliss. The Maoris, the aborigines of New eZaland, are divided into 20 tribes, anaiagous to the Scottish clans. Precision Wheel Aligning Straightening and balanctaf.

Complete brake and brake drnrn terrier J. W. 0 A Motor Service 401 East 3rd Bombers To End Season In Pair At Albuquerque The Big Spring Bombers, base- bell team from the Big Spring Bombardier School will close out its season this weekend with a brace of games against tough Albuquerque, N. M. air base kam.

The first game will be at 8:30 p. m. Saturday at Albuquoriue and the second there at 3 p. m. Sunday.

Ray Szyrnanlak will pitch the first game for the Bombers and Stew Stewart, rested and ready, will take over the choies Sunday afternoon. Bull Durham will do the catchlrg. The Bombers will be without the services of Tiger Millard, slugging first baseman, who has left for his home on a furlough, because many of the men will be leaving on furloughs soon, it was 'lecided to conclude the season with the games this weekend. S-Sgt H. E.

Hammond, who arranged the games, said that Albuquerque has an outstanding record for the season and that its iine-up is studded with baseball stars. Tut Bartzen In Net Semi-Finals ivALAMAZOO, Aug. 4 With matches running almost to form, fifth-seeded John Shea of Los Angeles was the lowest ranking competitor re- niaiuing tuday as the national Junior and Boys Tennis tournament went into the semi-final round. Shea earned his position by a narrow 6-0, 1-6, 7-5 decision fourth ranking Ed Ray of Sinton, yesterday and battles it out with defending champion Bob Falkenburg of Hollywood for a berth in tomorrow's finals. The two favorites in the upper bracket, Bernard Bartzen of San Angelo, and Herbie Flam of Beverly Hills, a -e through as expected.

won an easy 6-0, 6-1 match from eight-seeded Alan Watson of Short Hills, N. and ratps an edge over Flam, who was extended in eliminating unseeded rienry Pfister of San Francisco iu Ihe quarter finals, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. BETTING UP 60 PERCENT CHICAGO, Aug. 4 The greatest meeting in Chicago racing history has just ended with a record pari mutuel handle of $36,530,552 approximately GO per cent above last year's figure. Attendance for the 40-day Arlington session, held at Washington ParK because of transportation conditions, was 612,344, an increase of nore than 35 per cent from 1943.

FIRST 50 YEARS EASIEST, SAYS CONNIE MACK OF HIS CAREER PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 4 "The first 50 years were the easiest," smiled Connie Mack as he looked back today ova rhls yean as a major league manager while last minute preparations for his golden jubilee celebration at Shibe Park tonight were rushed to completion. Early indications were that one of the largest crowds of sports fans will be on hand to attend the gala program honoring the owner Coaching School Looms As Best WICHITA FALLS, Aug. 4 (JP) C. O.

Harris of Fort Worth, prtsident ot the Texas High srhcol coaches association, says indications are the group's annual coaching school opening hfre Monday will be the best since the war started. Reservations by the coaches, whiuh have exceeded the 300 mark, am', a fine program will make the school "the best ever," said Harris on his arrival here yesterday with Bill Carmichael of jbryan, association secretary. Faculty for the school includes Jeff Craviiih of Southern California, who will coach the North Texas team; Bobby Dodd, Georgia Tech, coach of the South Texas learn; Dell Morgan, Texas Tech mentor at Lubbock; Blair Cherry, University of Texas coach, Aus- Un; Sammy Baugh, former Texas Christian star and now member of the Washington Redskins professional club; Abb Curtis, southwest conference official, and Roy Bedlchek and Rodney Kidd, of the Taxes Interscholastlc league, Austin. Fornsts occupy 30,000 square miles of territory In Norway. and manager at Baseball's today aaA Wacacr.

Tito Speaker, Sister, Coehraae, Bill Dicker. Babe Bath and a on band to boswr grand old man baaaball. In the SO years since "Mr. abll" began his managerial reer with the Pittsburgh als on Aug. 4, 1894, ConMUtM he prefers to lost some of his spryness but none of his fervor for UM nation's No.

1 sport. Nearing 82, the tall, erect, slier-haired old gentleman said hi looks forward another world'i championship for his athletics fore he quits baseball. Highlighting tonight's celebration which will precede the regular A's-Yankee game, will be presentation of Mack's all-stai players. As each name is called out, Mack will greet him at Plate. Pat Hollaw Ground Btadt far qwkfcw, "feotW IIT AU IIQUlAl IAIOII MtHCtlT BILL THE ENEMY who's after your BLOOD! Spray FLIT ea aU mm way to Mil Bwt of all it movquito tfact fpnuim malaria.

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