Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • Page 16

PAGE EIGHT Tune in on KRBC THZ ABILENE We March 3, 1942 College Rivals to Vie in IMF Play AHSSfeof Semi-Finals While-hot traditional rivalry goes cheap at the Abilene high school gym Wednesday night as West Texas' bitterest foes are opposed in both ends of a double header basketball program. In the first gamp, siarting at 7:30, McMurry Indians engage the ACC Wildcats, playing under the auspices of the Crotrell Jewelers. In the second, whlch'geta underway at 8:45, Howard Payne, MB resenting Brownwood Coca-Cola, with Hardin-Simmons' Cowboys, carorliny in the spangles of Modern Cleaners. Tlie occasion is the semifinals of the district TAAF tournament. Finals will be.

reeled off Thursday night. Earlier games In the tourney were playe'd at the McMurry gym, but in order that KUBC might carry a play-byplay description of the 'last two rounds, the site was SR-itched. The radio station is unable to broadcast from the McMurry gym for lack of a line and one cannot be installed due to priorities of wartime. INDIANS, UPC FAVORED McMurry and Howard Payne are slight favorites to attain the fin- sis. The Indians defeated ACC in their last engagement when the Wildcat availables included three regulars now in active service in the Army air forces.

The Indians also havo been bolstered by the addition of Elton Halley. The Jewelers have a fighting ball club, however, and won't be setups the Indians although they are In the role of underdog. ftoward Payne flashed speed and more speed in taking out the Abilene Greenhouses, composed of high school Eaeles. 6638. But tfie Jackets will meet a team just as fast In the Cleaners.

Coach Clark Jarna- Sin's charges, however, will concede a height edge to the invaders. The game should be the most thrilling of the tournament to date. The leaners attained the semifinal round by shellacking the Fifth Street USO. 54-10. Monday night and the 67th Tltedics.

41-32 in the closest game of the Tuesday card. EmrriElt Drain was the point making leader in both games. The Jackets drew a first round bye and the contest with the pos- ey peddlers was their onlv warm. up. The Jewelers defeated the McMurry Bookstore Monday night 1n their only game en route to the round of four.

The McMurry varsitv has nlayed twice, beating the MRTC Officers, 54-36, In the best game of the tourney to date and the Idalou Buck- 69-20 Tuesday Porter Willis tabbed 24 noints and Rondall Cooper 17 as the Tribes- rnen hit a hot scoring pace against the Plainsmen. Let ui send feu FREE! U.S. GOVERNMENT NATIONAL DEAFNESS SURVEY Send coupon or call for this great FREE booklet with important discoveries for THE HARD OF HEARING CHAPMAN WINS WINGS AND A COMMISSION--Navy wings and an Ensign's commission in the U. S. Naval Reserve arc awarded to Sam Chapman (right), former center fielder ivifh the Philadelphia Athlelics, in graduation ceremonies at the.

Naval Air Training center at Corpus Christi, Tex. Presenting the designation is Rear Admiral A. E. Montgomery (Left), USN, commandant of the NATC. Chapman, who 'd yinf rped has instructor duty at Corpus Baseball to Retain The Breath of Lite Says Johnny Evers.

ALBANY, N. March Evers, infield star of tlie early ISO's, expressed Ills conviction Wednesday that ma- for league baseball will survive the war, and criticised Branch Rickey of the Brooklyn Dodgers and others whom lie said are talking out of turn. "Baseball Is going to be til right," the 62-year old Evers, who has teen confined to his apartment for several moiitlis following a stroke last August, said. "I fee! that something Is going to be done about it. I think Washington wants baseball (o go ahead." Paralyzed on his right side, the pivot man of the famous Tinkers-to-Evers -to- Chance infield combination of the Chicago Cubs talked with difficulty.

"Where the hell would- people go In there weren't any base-. ball?" inquired Johnny. "Why, you' hear more fellows in the game say this and that atout what's going to happen to baseball. "Every time I pick up a paper Branch Rickey is shooting off his mouth. If there's anything to be said it should come ftom Commissioner Landis, not from Morgan Hampton l.s without an assistant at the 'Abilene country lub.

Smiling Jimmy Whitcher, accompanied by the missus, left Tuesday light for Dallas. He' will spend a and he should do the talking." Vol Coach Stays Hopeful JOE OIMAG MEETS BOY WITH SAME NAME, HIGHER AVERAGE ACOUSTICON INSTITUTE OF ABILENE 765 Hickory AWtni, Nome City: ream a copy of 'the FREE boot on the U. S. Government National, Surrey. By HUGH FULLtKlON JR.

NEW YORK, March Toledo's all-freshman basketball team can knock off Long Island U. Wednesday it will virtually assure the Rockets of a bid to the invitation tournament at the Garden. And with Western Kentucky already invited, that might lean up to a tongue-twisting due! between Coaches Ed Diddle and Burl Frido'le Of course, one would have to play second fiddle. HI YA, JOE Joe DiMatgio (batting average .305) and Joe DeMaffip (average .438) finally rotl when Yankee Joe stopped in Hollywood en route to the Army induction center DeMajgio, who did his hitting for Los Angeles City college, explained that he used to spell his name the same way as the more fa- ous Joe until a school teacher told him he should use an And since the grandparents of both came from Sicily, they agreed that they might be distantly related. Dizzy Trout's all star bowling te'arn recently raised more than $600 for was charities in two catches.

Ear Hilligan. the American league drum- beater, figures a close pennant I will offset the loss of Feller, DiMaggio, Williams, when It come; to drawing the fans. He noints out the league attendance record was set in 1940 when Detroit and Cleveland battled right down to the finish. TODAY'S GUEST STAR GEORGE FARRAK socket "ir the National league devises a point system of rationing ball players, Bucky Harris ca.n truthfully say that his cupboards are bare and that he deserves his full complement of stamps." To those saving waste paper WE APPROVE you saving waste paper but we urge you to be very careful how you store it. Never pile it loosely for that is a dangerous fire hazard.

Motz Curtis Citizens Bonk IMj. Dial S244 Tee Branca is one soldier who Is sure of getting his old job back when war ends. The Fort Douglas, Utah, golf club announced it would jet along without a pro until he returns. Sure, what's golf, without a tee? After playing for St. John's against N.

Y. U. in Wednesday night's'bas- ketball doubleheader, Tom 'Henry and Luclo Rossini will rush off to report at Camp Upton by midnight. Others Paint Outlook Dark KNOXVILLE. March bury Tennessee football until it takes its last breath; Head Coach John Barnhill said a wee bit optimistically Wednesday as war-time conditions threatened to engulf the sport.

Barnhill, who -his gridders to the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans TAAF PLAY IN NUTSHELL 69, Mcitup.nv-- Uamron, 1 Yourifr. Cooper, f. Willis, KlUtiBtoa. Halley. Girrcll.

U'iSlls, Totals I DA LOU-- 1 Pajrlen, Coall, Maynard, Brottn, Totals Free ihrons Killer Carroll, Holt, KcUey (, Payden, BtoWn HOWARD FAV.VK 6B, (iRKKXHIU'SKS HOWARD PAYNE-- If Ip pr tp OMnenr, 2 0 3 4 Od-11. Mill IT. Totals GREEXHOUEES- Klnklca. Grant, Farmer, Paul, Ilmttll, Spins, Tolalj Fru Farnn Bradsiiaw. CUnrlknlel 6 1 3 .27 12 IS IP 1 1 1 2 3 4 1 1 2 0 throws winkles i.

Paul 2, Itoxtll, Spin! 3, DleVmeyrr 2. Miller, MOIIKR.V CI.KAM:RS (nsi; erm MEDICS are rp pt MEDICS-- STcLean. Kttr. Zurnt'j-. i i Danrocfr.

12 Pt P.VATl. I J. CMJIC, Iftdrlca. Jt. Cook, lomllnjon, ee Mcl-ran 7, Mill- .3.

Hrtrktt 2. J. tlrirlek. Sprinkle, CrMn. Air-Sickened Navy Team Loses Game INDEPENDENCE, March 3 would have been a fine idea, the oialha, Naval air station basketball team had--traveling by airplane to meet the Phillips Oilers of Bartlesville, at Independence.

last' New Year's has remainec (The Scoreboard 1 his Barents there be fore reporting for active duty in the Army air forces next Monday. "Jimmy was the best assistant 1 rer Pro Hampton, wtihout reservatteis, declared: normal times it would be difficult to replace him. Now it is impossible," Hampton went on, to say he considered Whitcher one of the finest prospects among the juunj pros. He has excellent temperatmeut for competition, a (ood assortment shots and you can't beat bim around the clubhouse or at instruction. Young Whitcher, who is less than a week our senior, came to Abilene from Dallas some two years ago He's a former city junior champion of Dallas and was the malnstaj of the Sunset high school team.

Our relations with him always have most pleasant. Writing sports couldn't be anything but a pleasure with, contacts like Jimmy Whitcher and Morgan. Hampton, too. 'When the war is Whitcher declared, "I'm going to make a bee-line for Abilene." "His job will waiting for him," adds Hampton. much has been heard from the golf courses ot late.

Practically alt tne ulay or about 80 percent of it, Hampton says, comes from the men at camp. Golt equipment is scarce but the game is going on in conformity with government restrictions. A city tournament this spring probably will be 'the only extracurricular diversion. Emmett Crain wasn't regular until Hardin Simmons lost Tom Chavez to the Air Forces. But, in the TAAP tounament he has hopeful that football would be played next season, but says lie wouldn't want it continued "if it interfered i 8 scorer in both games, mak with the wr effort in the slightest i 8 5 degree." the 6 Athletic Chairman N.

W. Dough- erty said he didn't see how Ten-1 ncs'see could possibly have a football team on the fiejd next fall. Maj. Bill Britton, Tennessee's outstanding end coach for several years, has entered the armed services along with Assistant Coaches Bob Woodruff and Kobe Hooser. Bob Ne'yland, former coach who piloted the -Tennessee Vols to football fame, entered the Army two years ago.

Backfleld Coach Hugh Faust resigned enter There are 45 men undergoing spring 'football training at Tennessee. Perhaps half of these are in the Naval or Army reserves and will be gone by September. In spite of this, Coach Barnhill remains optimistic. "It looks loosh, all right," he said. "But we're in vane shape than any other Sooth- eastern conference school.

Per- half our bojs will answer reserre calls, but if they do we'd hate perhaps .25 left- enough to field a "Football would be less-appealing because the team wouldn't be as flashy to home -folks. But it would be football Just the same. Other students might come out for practice, feeling they had chance to play. "With fewer players, fewer coaches would be needed. So why replacements? There's no use In putting football away for the duration until we have to.

and those who irant to put the nails In the coffin before football dies aren't helping ie situation at all." TWe athletjc committee at Tennessee. whose teams 'performed in four post-season bowl games during the past five years, will decide once and for all In July what to do with athletics at Tennessee. The Strong Is Gone From Armstrong LOS ANGELES, March The fond hope sot Henry Armstrong to regain the lightweight championship have suffered a crushing blow, one a must have convinced the great little battler that time Is running out on him fus. Is 30. Willie Joyce, clever and speedy negro from Gary, outboard Armstrong all a through, 10 rounds night, piling up a terrific margin in points, landing at least three otows for every one he received.

It was Armstrong's 16th Jlglit In on amazingconiebackcampalgn that has netted him 14 victories and Evrcnt h. Mom, i nly onc other defeat, that one of Except that the Navy team's hot-1 duWous naturc was shot center. Homer Wesche, was so air-sick he couldn't play until the last three minutes of the game: and several of his teammates remained definitely queasy. The Oilers von, 47 to 37. convincing there could have been no doubt at all In tlte minds of 15,000 wlio crowded Into Olympic auditorium, expecting to sec the Lee negro ilop Joyce.

Texas Bidding (or lie in Conference March 3--(UP) Texas University Steers, early lead ers of-, the Southwest conference basketball Wednesda night to end the season in a ti for the title with Rice Institute beating A. M. at. Gregory gym nasium here in the closing game. Whether a proposal wilt be mad to play off the tie iT Texas win Wednesday night was banned a a topic by Athletic Director Dam X.

Bible and Coach Bully Gilstrap "We may talk about to night if we was their atti tude. The Texas coach will put a team on the floor only by th loss of Curtis Fophaiu, great bal handler, who has entered the air service. Trainer Still Likes Beaten Ocean Wave NEW ORLEANS, March Ben Jones has lost none of his re gard for Ocean Wave, which wa; upset by Ben Whitaker's Pops Pick Tuesday, and will not start way earlier than the merry montl of May. This ivas revealed In a chat with the famed Calumet conditioner some time after he had cooled off a bi over the manner in which Warren Wright's Louisiana and Kentucky derby colt was beaten Tuesday a the Fair Grounds. In a mile and 70-yard event run over a muddj track, Ocean Wave conceded niiv pounds to the victor, suffered bat racing luck' and failed by slight!) more than a length to hang up his sixth in a row.

Pep Makes it 62 HARTFORD, March a record of 62 const cu tlvc victories behind him, his lates. knockout Tuesday night ol Lm of Baltimore, Willl Pep Wednesday primed his sights on March 19. the date of his meet ing with Sammy Augott, N. B. A lightweight champion.

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1 to the aformentipned 30 O's. This is Ellsworth (Babe) Dahl-; And as if 'tliai picture wasn't tile commuting first-basemsn enough, the euro-shoe and utility injielder who has been with so many clubs the last couple of years his laundry never has coughl up with him. Judge K. M. Landls recently ruled out a deal whereby the Dodgers were selling him to Indianapolis for 000.

But if you think that peeved Plains Counties Top Cotton List Two South Plains counties, Lsnn and' Tahoka, topped the stale in 1942-43 cotton production, according to a tabulation based on U. S. Census Bureau reports. Published in the West Texas chamber of commerce magazine, West Texas Today, the tabulation shows this region produced 1,511,183 bales, or 53 percent of the state's crop. The first 15 counties on the list were Lynn, 92,645 bales; Lubocck, 80,166: Nueces, 75.101; Dawson.

Hockley, Ellis, San Patricio, SS.509; Jones, Williamson, 52.490: El Paso, 49.051; Haskcll. 47.679:'Hall, 47,522: Collin, 4T.2IO; Wilbarger, Terry, 41,611. Others in this territory were Baylor. 14.567: Brown; Callahan, 4,207: Coke. Coleman, 18.520; Coucho, Crosby, 32.B57; Dickens, 21.960; Easttand, 1.046; EratVi.

Fisher, Gaines; Gara, H.R81: Howard, Kent, 5,065: Knox. 39.012; Martin. Midland, 6.IW.1; Mitchell, Nolan, Pecos, Reeves, Runnels, San Saba. 4510; Schleicher, 8S8: Scurry, Shackelford, Stonewall, Taylor, 23.865; Throckmorton, Tom Green, Ward, 10,348. jujrs have discovered that the Dodgers not only have a fancy bit of trading bric-a-brac in Dahlgren, but also that the Babe doesn't even want to play with the Dodgers.

It appears he's more than a tittle burned up at Leo (The Lip) Durocher, the Dodcer manager ho was tossed out on his ear b.v the Army. In fact, Dahlgrea actually wants to be traded. Up to Tuesday, only the Giants had "nibbled" for Dahlgrcn, but Rickey reported Wednesday that "the nibble has now nibbles." Japs Broadcast Abilenian's Note First word from her Barker, in 15 months except for the War department's letter Informing her he was a prisoner of the Japanese in Java, came to Mrs. Lwa Barker, 1444 North Sixth, Tuesday night through Mrs. Odts Claxton, 1309 Beech.

Mrs. Olaxton heard a note read over Radio Tokyo which was presented as being from Eugene Barker. It read as follows: Mother, I am, safe and well. Your Son." Barker was a member of Abilene's Batten- E. 131st Field Artillery, which was trapped in Java when that island was overrun by Japanese.

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It took the title by defeating Paris Junior college, 45 to 42, in the championship game Tuesday night after eliminating Blinn college of Brenham, 45 to 37, in the semi-finals of the state tournament, Tn the other semi-final game Par- Is defeated Lamar college of Beaumont. 58 to 41. HERE COMES THE GROOM I a i your hair, 25c buys a big supply of KEEP 'EM ROLLING VICTORY OFFICIAL with mm GASOLINE OIL The rationed ntolonst of today is Interested in miles and more miles-- and thai is the return of line, highlest ONYX give you in every gallon! Drive in today-ONYX REFINING TIRE INSPECTION STATION 3rd I tuttctnul Sfe. Ccmplttt Automobile Mont 1S5 TILL A A (Schickelsnibtrl (Son of Heoven) ARE IN THE SACK STARTING MONDAY, MARCH l.f, WILL'It CHH FROM 8 to 8 DURING DAYLIGHT Man Power and Inefficient Help Is the Answer fw MIC Scnkc Ghren WE PROMISE TO SERVE YOU BETTER! I CO South ond EUn Phone 6244.