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rse EightTh AnhUton SUir, Friday, Jin. 11, 1949. Basketball- Results Need Push-Buttbiis This Spring Fort McUcllan Boxers Take Part In Meet Cbyton G. Wolker Insuronce Agency LL rORMS tXSURAXCE Fhone 1921 J- T3i Ft. Bragg Fighters Lead 4 th Service Command Tournament ATLANTA.

Jan. -11. UP Eight championship bouts are carded for tonight' finals In- the annual Fourth: Service Command boxing tournament at Law son Gem Hospital dominated by fighters of the 13th Airborne Division from Fort N. C. The men from Bragg bagged six decisions and placed eight men two on byes in the finals: A 13th Airborne lightweight, Duane Hill, took the classiest battle of the night fropi, Jlmmle Canto nese, slugger from Camp Gordon Johnston, Fla.

In the welterweight class, Thomas Minjares of Fort Bragg used, a strong right to win from Ottley Sherwood of Fort McClellan, tn the only heavy weight" Dout, Charles Oimgllano- of Bragg deci- sioned Milo Novak of Fort Behning. McCllelan put six men Into the title bouts. Camp-Shelby and the Fourth Service. Command had one fighter each In-the championship tilts. Other decisions last night.

William Murphy, 141, Bragg, de- clsioned Robert Michael, Camp For rest, Term. Frank Clacclo. Fourth Service McCarthy Will By HARRY GRATSON NEA Sparta Editor NEW YORKj Jan. 11. (NEA) All Joe McCarthy has to do la press button.

That's what Jimmy Dykes used to say when; the Yankees were roaring to one pennantt andwortd championship after another. What the envious manager of the White Sox meant was that the field mar shal of the New'Yorks couM call for and obtain a capable replacement or turn on a cluster of runs at will He was blessed with that kind of stock. WeUr McCarthy really -will-require push-buttons to direct the Bronx Bombers when they assemble In Florida this spring. There are so many of them that they will crowd two separate Tamptfrsi. Petersburg, and Bradcnton, ferry ride away.

1 With the exception of Red Rblfe, the championship clubs of 1941-32-43 have returned from the wars to pick up where left off. McCarthy's biggest headkche lies in having his but what nan- aw rellsrt, a problem like. .1... With the Incomparable second basing combination of Joe Gordon and Phil Rlzzuto again making double plays, George Btlrnwelss. the American League batting and base-stealing champion.

Is left to fight it out with Bill Johnson and Henry Majeskl at Johnson was good enough to be the star of 1943 World Series, and when Johnson waa at short and MafesM at third for Newark In 1M2. the latter was rated by some asHhe superior Inflelder. He batted .345,. drove In 121 runs. Just like that.

If McCarthyshuffles off to Buffalo next summer, he reaUy will be skkv First basemen 6fx three different championship clubs will be on hand with Nick Etten hard pressed to hold on, although he led the. league In runs-batted-ln last trip with 111. Johnny Sturm of the 1941 edition has priority. under the GI Bill of Rights. The other one Is Buddy Hassett, and Johnny Llndell may be brought In from center field to oust them all.

An outfield that has been com pared to that of Speaker, Hooper and. Lewis Is to- be- lntact again with Joe DIMaggio, King- Kong By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SOUTH Ashford Army Hospital 63, Poto mac fitate 30. Marshall 82, Fairmont 47. Balnbrldge NTC 60 Fort George O. Meade 54.

Randolph-Maeon 83, Washington College 51 Murray (Ky.) SUte Teacher50, Morehead 47. NCAA Predicts ports Boom Leaders 'Also Sec Dangers For -Intercollegiate Athletics; ST. LOUIS. Jan. -OPt Inter collegiate, sport are in for the biggest boom In history In the opinion of the nation's college sports leaders who assembled here for the Nation-annual conventl College presidents, coaches and athletic directors almost to a man saw great things in store for college sports in the postwar era.

They also saw a variety of dangers although they didn't all agree on what they were. Warnings about pleas for an enlarged Intramural pre gram, denunciation of post-season bowl games, and programs outlined for control of athletic scholar- sere noted, Dr. Wilbur C. Smith, re-elected president of the organization, reported that many college president thought the N. C.

A. A. should be given the power to enforce its code of conduct. Whe0 the convention ended yes terday and all the speeches were over, no action, however, had been taken on any of the proposals. For at least another year, until N.

C. A. A. holds its 1947 meeting In New York City, Jan. 6-8, control of intercollegiate athletics will remain In the hands of separate colleges.

ulnversities or conferences. The association did approve articles of alliance with the Amateur LAthletic Union which provide that each organization may send four non-voting membes to the other's convention. The articles also set up (1) that at Jointly sponsored meets, N. C. A- A.

rules will apply to college aventa and A. A. U. rules In open events; 2) that membership of a college sponsoring a tournament or meet will determine whether N. C.

A. A. or A. A. U.

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Wnile the bulk of the opening day gallery of about 4.000 followed Nel son. unusual evenU weff "taking place In the first round. Among them was the hole In one pott ed by Jim Ferrler, Chicago, who aced the 133-yard fifteenth hole with a No. 9 iron. Ferrler carded a total 14, thanks partly to his 19th hole feat ViJk-Open Champion Craig Wood of New York contributed a high light while taking 11 strokes on the par 4 second hole.

He finished with an 80. Ben Hogan, Hershey. had 74. In the same bracket were Jim Demaret, Houston Tex Sam Byrd. and ex-national PGA win ner, Bob Hamilton, Chicago.

E. Dutch" Harrison, Little Rock, also tied at 74. Sunday School lson (Continued from Editorial Page) lng a His mercy. Through we may be blind and stupid and heedless and ungrateful. He still leads us on, and ultimately works out His fa therly will.

Our day's most urgent call Is for a great man to Interpret the Dl vine A man of the spiritual proportions of Moses must arise to be God's mouthpiece In the modern world. Only auch can lead our leaders. There 1 a call for great leadership on an International scale. and fprllke-mlndedmrnjn every community and In every church. Who will make us aware In per sonal relationship of the will of the IJvlng and perils close in upon us, we simply must naaheUdanceof our fathers.

SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS Religion is as necessary to rea son as reason la to religion; the one cannot' exist without the other. On the whole, we must repeat the often repeated aaylng that ft is unworthy a religious man to view an Irreligious one either with alarm or aversion; or with any other feeling than regret and hope, and brwher lycom Isera e. As the evening twilight fades away. The sky is filled With stars. Invisible by day, Longfellow, For the bow cannot possibly stand always' bent, nor ran human nature or human frailty subsist without some lawful recreation.

Cervantes. i I will, trust and not be afraid: for. the. Lord Jehovah Is my strengths Isaiah 12:2., And on his brest a bloodie cross he bore. The dear remembrance of his dy ing Lord.

For whose sweet sake' that glor ious badge He ware. Spencer. There- are three modes of bear ing the Ills of life: by indifference. hich Is the most common by philosophy, which Is the most os tentatious; and bv. religion, which "Hie most effectual.

Celton. end "know how" is used. c. Aiul Yanfcpp NEW YORK, Jan, 11. (JT) A court fight loomed today as to whether All-Amerlcan Halfback Frankle Slnkwlch, of Georgia, would play professional football this fall with the Detroit Llona of the National League or the New York Yankees of the newly organized All- America Conference.

Slnkwlch, voted the NLF" most valuable player in 1944, bolted the Lions yesterday by signing three-year contract for Dan Topping's Yankee at a salary reported to be 12,000 annually. The move brought a prompt re action from Detroit officials who declared nhcy -were -prepared torg: to court to enforce a two-year coftTf acrtrrkirtchwrnch 4 contend has one year to run because he did not play In 1945 when he was In the Arnty "Even If that Isn't so (that the rxm Quality COAL 2 Ash Lump Stoker Sack Standard COAL COMPANY 1525 Glen Addie Phone 990 Today without delay on your signature. $5 and Up Local Finance Co. Arcade Wllaoa Bldt Phone 1421 9 TEMPORARY LOCATION ALABAMA MOTOR CO. $5.00 Up AUTO FINANCE COMPANY PHONE 983 J.

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Karl Drews bagged 19 while losing 9 and Frank Hiiler 14 while losing 8 for Newark last term. Southpaw Herb Karpel has been in service since he copped 11 while dropping only 1 for Kansas City In 1942. Willis Baker showed promise with Blnghamton, Elmira and other clubs before being called by the armed forces. And there Is always the pos siblllty of a new and formidable Yankee bobbing up In the spring camps of the Newark and Kan sas City parties. The -Yankees are known by the company they keep, and once more have of it.

Joe McCarthy certainly is in (bad way Merry-Go-Roimd (Continued from Editorial Page) tnittee. Fulton was counsel for the Truman Committee, resigned when Truman became Vice Presidential candidate, and-teft the committee Homer Ferguson, Michigan Re- publican who sits with Brewster on both the Mead Committee and the Pearl Harbor "Committee, did not back up Fulton's candidacy, although he did not oppse One common impulse of Red Army, soldiers and American OI's is their fondness for leaving carved names wherever they go. GI's in Berlin have to hand it to the Russians for the thorough Job they did In what is left ofHhe Reichschancellor. There is hardly! square incrr ui wan -spare wnicn the dome. The Yanks can't figure out how the Russians managed to write their names on the ceiling and dome.

lrTnr Wet cheHFntiiri In Army In Aleutians Pvt. Prince Albert Welch of 1160 West 19th Street has re-enlisted In the Regular Army for one year, Army Headquarters In the Aleutians announced, todayf Welch, who received his basic training at Fort McClellan, has served in the Aleutians since November, 1945. He will receice thirty days leaves before leaving on his new assignment. BEES LIKE OLD HOME JERSEY SHORE, Pa. (U.R A eash and earryr back policy went Into effect here recently, engineered by a.

honey producer's staff of busy bees, rr A resident bought several honey cembs from a beekeeper on the other side tf town and placed them his back porch. Later. Investi gating the appearance of a swarm bees around his house, he dls covered the newly purchased honey had diss Doea red. It had been trans ported tack to. its former owner.

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Aaron Robinson probably will be the first-string catcher, but there will always be Bill Dickey and Rollie Hemsley. Ken Syl-vestrt improved In the service, hit. more than .400. In a fast circuit in the Philippines. Chunky Ken Sftars Is a rousing left-hand hitter.

As for pitchers, see here, "mister. Let's tart at the beginning with the oldHlmers Red Ruffing. Spud Chandler Bonham, Marlua Russo and Alley Donald. Then' there are Floyd Bevens, Bill Zuber, Allen Get tel. Mel Queen, Or or Sinlnvich Detroit contract has one morevear to run) we have an cptlon on SmkAl wich's services until Aug, ss-serted Fred Mandel, owner of the Detroit club.

In Buffalo, at the same time. It was announced another former Detroit player, William Kennedy, 215-pound lineman, had signed With the Buffalo All-America team. These developments took the limelight away from the opening of the National League's three-day annual meeting. Its first day's session found the rules committee recommending several changes. Chief Of these was the suggestion that any forward pasr thrown from the end-iBjne and: JbitfUHt goat posts be declared an automatic championship playoff game at Cleveland last month and led to a safety, giving Cleveland a 15-14 triumph over Washington.

iana State annexed 59 straight victories and four state titles while coaching at Zachary High School, which has only about 75 boys enrolled, Sportspeurrti Harrison Colson of Wichita Falls, says the finals of the Texas high scliool football-Thampionship at 'ie Cotlfin Bowl drew 46,000 spectators; a Southern record, and wants tc know the Northern record for schoolboy games Biggest Crowd we recall was about 62.000 at Cleveland last fall -Tom Green wade, who left the Brooklyn Dodgers to- join the Yankees 'scouting staff, Is a close friend of another prominent MLssouriafu President Truman Joe DIMaggio is a director of a West Coast sardine company, but he probably can't teach Larry Mac-J Phall anything about packing em in. Eighty-nine per cent of the total volume of an Iceberg lies beneath the sutf ace of the sea. Author HORIZONTAL 1,8 Pictured author IS' Flatter -H, 14 Glossy 15 Debenture Tfab.) 18 Union 18 Underworld fOd 19 Crustacean 21 riesh 22 Threw 23 Caper 2 Sicilian) town 3 Robbed (music), 4 QuinUl (ab.) 5 African, rivcr Entry -7Dry ashjfke 9 By 10 Air tenter ljsolate 12 Method 14 Placed Vi nCesfigla ab.) 20 Bulging 25 At fnaut) 28 English 22 VVord ims 3f on of 24 25 30 Si 32 34 SPORTS-ROMfcW 115 W. 10th ST. US BORROW Gentile, 152.

Leon Thompson, 156. Bragg, won easily from LlOyd Niver, 161, Thornberry, 173. Bragg, de feated Robert Huttel. 172. Bennlng.

Bernard Bird. 164, McClellan, won from Clarence Musil, 165, Shelby; Joseph Gerena, 169, McClellan, knocked out James Shannon, 167, Shelby. Sport Shorts TAMPA. Jan. 11.

(Feature match thus far In the Dixie Tennis Tournament being played herels- that slated for this afternoon when Bitsy Grant, Atlanta's atomic -netter, meets Argentina's singles champion Alejo Russell in a quarter finals match. RusseH, top-seeded among the foreign players, Is favored to eliminate the three times winner of the Dixie title. Top netters had little difficulty yesterday in downing seeded opponents to advance tothe semi-finals of the men's singles division. Billv Talbert, Cincinnati, trounc ed Morey Lewis, Los Angeles, fifth1 seeded, 6-1. 6-4, and Frank Guernsey, Orlando, bowed out seventh seeded Harris Everett of Jackson 6-2, 6-1.

DUNEDIN -ISLES, Jan. 11. (JP The annual professional Golfers Association tournament gets underway here with two-times winner Eddie Williams of Chicago favored In a field of 53 entries. holes were scheduled today with the final 18 slated for Saturday-. MIAMI, Jan: 11.

fPV Tele vising of horse races from Hialeah Park by 1947 is "not beyond the realm of possibility, says John ClaTTfTWerTSrea Commenting on Hhtleah's season which begins Jan. 17. Clark declared er $2,000,000 mutuel way will not be ir surprtse-to- tsinr. zz. "No matter what attendance and mutuel records are shattered this season, they are very likely to be eclipsed next -year," he -added MIAMI, Jan.

11. WV-The University of Miami will meet the University of Wisconsin's National championship boxing team in Mad ison, March 9, and also' wTOI enter the National Intercollegiate tournament late in March, Miami officials, announced. Middleweight Bout OhWIIMA Toniaht Jake LaMotta (above). Br6n blockbuster, squares off against Tommy BeD. rangy sharpshooter of Voungv towii, Ohio, at Madison Square Garden tonight.

This middleweight contest, scheduled to go tea roundX re-matrh. ff Jawbone Jake ha won 10 out of bouts during the past year, his only losses coming at the hands of Ray Robinson. L-rt July be annexed a verdict from BcM, who ran box hand-aomely as well as sopk. So Tommy is eut for revenge aadtopes to be the irst fighter to kayo LaMotta. Bell is a powerful puncher.

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JR. NEW Jan. 11. (Pub licity la the only weapon the All- Amrlca Football Conference has to carry on a "war" wtuvtne National Football League-4mtlL IL kctuaPy starts playing games, according to Prexy Elmer Layden of the NLF. You have plenty of proof, for that statement in the fact the grid Yankees signed Frankle Slnkwlch Dec.

9 and dldnt announce it until the day the older league opened its annual meeting Next announcement you can Expect Is that the Yankees- Iwve sighed. John Kim-brough, the former Texas Aggie line buster. The Chicago Cardinals offered him a 1,000 a game contract and ne turned It down because he had agreed to go with the New York club, Local Pride "Gufrss Marty Marion. Bill Vo1- IJe nd DwrB latichard ha've done more to put their native, state S. the map than Rand-McNal-ly and Secretary of State Jimmy Byrne WTites Stoop Latimer, the sage of Greenville, S.

and Ranch. Jlltting Ta AH Field: Wirrf4 Giles, the Cincinnati Reds boss, figures he has heard at least five or six times from each of ifit ball players in service. In aiultlon he has kept tabs on their pay by communicating with major leaguers on the same team Harvard is charging only 55cent admission for its big basketball game with Holy Cross Saturday and hwT printed Just 1.600 ticket, the rapacity oi the gym 60 days to ctrt down the Arrtefii'an Lviie Woirid Series film from feet to 2.500 O. MrCrain, assistant basketball coach at Louis BE SURE AND INSURE vrtth O. H.

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