The Courier News from Blytheville, Arkansas • Page 6

BLYTHEVILLE (ARK.) COURIER -NEWS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1947 PAGE STY Paps to Play Catholic Team Tomorrow and Bellevue Booked for Turkey Day Game Caldwell, principal School, announced today the the Papooses schedule. They Catholic Junior High School row night and will play the of Memphis, in a return game The Catholic game was booked lot take the place of the East de I Little Rock game which was soneduled for tomorrow night, he said and the Bellevue contest will serve a5 a Thanksgiving Day gable for Blytheville, fans due to the Chicks playing away from home on that date. The Nov. 20. was purposely left open when the schedule was drawn he said, in, order that good junior eleven could be booked for the Turkey Day attraction.

The Orange Jerseys ate one of the best teams in the Junlor Prep League and are al present leading In previous meeling earlier this season the Paps battled the Memphis team to a 13-13 tie, and the Thanksgiving Day contest will be less the rubber game, Face Three Tough Games With the booking fo these two the Paps will face Momphis' three strongest junior teams games, on consecutive weeks, the Catholio tearn this week, South Side Juniors hext week and Bellevue the following. and all. three games will be played here, South Side 1s in second place in the Me.ophis junior league standings with Catholle running. a close third. "I expect these three games to! be my toughest of the scason and we sland A good chance of To losing All three of them," Poy Mosley, the Paps' veteran mentor sald yes-1 terday, "but it my boys will play football like I know they can we also stand a good chance of willning all of The Paps witnessed one of their toughest drill session of the year at Haley Field yesterdsy afternoon.

They spent long period on to pass drills and then settled down a rough scrimmage session and pered oft with some blocking and tackling drills. They are scheduled for another tough session this after which they probably, will witness light dress rehearsal. Three Chicks on Tale List The Chicks got In ai3 afternoon of real practice yesterday with. hard scrimmage session at Haley Field. After 1 period 'of blocking And lackling exercises Conch NIg Bynum divided his squad Into two teams for some full line serimmage.

Donald Huey, who, missed practice Tuesday due to a sore knee, was back In action' yesterday and neared ready C. Allen and L. W. tzhugh. who hive missed practice every day this week due to injuries ved North Little he last were absent renterday along with Dennie Genity who was ported confined to his home; The Chicks, will end.

their hard scrimmage. dress and laper off wilts reshershal under the. Mights lomorrow. night. They will: leave, for, Balesville bus Friday, Mission Worker's Body Found in Church.

Ruins GREENVILLE, Tenn. Nov. 12, (UP) 'The body of a woman who burned to death when fire des- troyed A small building Cedar. Creek Church grounds yesterday! was Identified. "todny 8.5 that of Mrs.

R. A. McConngha, Presbyterian of Blytheville Junior High filling of 'two open dates on will meet the strong Memphis eleven at Haley Field tomorBellevue Orange Jerseys, Also here Nov. 26. Coach Wants To Keep Post At Notre Dame EOUTH BEND, Nov.

12 (UP) -Frank Lenhy, head football coach and albletic director at Notre Dame. said today ho wanted In keep lils post as long as universily officials wanted him. Commenting upon reports that he hind submitted his resignation AS toothall coach, I.caly Issued a stalement saying tint he hoped that the Rev. John J. Cavanaugh, CSC, versity presktent, and the Rev.

John H. Murphy. vice-president and chairman of the facully board trolling athletics, would want him to stay "for a long period of time." Lenhy's statement followed 0110 Dy Murphy denying that Leahy had subunitied his resignation. "I would consider it A great honor and privilege to reinain at Notre Dame as head coach and athletic director for long a period versity officials believe 1 can be an asset to this institution," Lenny said. "Why should I think of resigning when my relations with wiversity1 officials have been absolutely beyond reproach, and.

I hopo sincerely that my work in the future at Notre Dame will cause Fathers naugh and Murphy to want me to remain for a long period of Unic." Cruikshank Quits, as Fro of Richmond Club. RICHMOND. Nov. 12, (UP)-. Bobby Cruikshank, the colorful litlie Scot who became one of the MAtion's best known golfers, announced yesterday he has resigned 25 pro at the Country Club of Virginia alter 15 years.

-because of a slight salary, Cruickshank. three-time winner of the North' and South Open at Pineburst, N. will be succeeded Dec. 1 by Darrell Napier of the Petersburg, Country Club. wee Scot said he planned to' lake.

a Winter Pra job at Delray Beach, and chen visit his 110 live Scotland with his wife. He said planned la compete in, the: Britisti Open MEXL SCar. Missourian Accused Of Stealing Sheriff's Car LITTLE ROCK, Nov. 12 (UP. 'arc sure to Ily when.

the sheriff of County, and Scaburn Sparks got together. Sparks the mistake of steallug an aulonsobile in Sedalia, but to make It worse 16 happened Lo belong to the sherift. in' State Police arrested Sparks Heena, Monday in the nicer's new 1947 Chevralet and lave I nunouuced that lse will be returned! 1 to Sedalia for prosecution. mission worker. She is the widow of a Presbytetinn mission minister.

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INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER 312 SOUTH 2MP ST. PHONE 863 Cage Schedule For 'Y' League To Be Arranged A final pre-season 'meeting of basketball teams forming the Biytheville league will be held at the tomorrow night at 7:30, it was Announced Loday by J. P. Garratt, secretary. All matters.

pertaining to organIzalion. starting and operation ol the league will be discussed and starting date set. Teams which have 'indicated that they would participate in the loop are Loy Eich Cheve rolet last season's champions, Ark-Mo Power Store, Service' Station, Sumnley Keller and Joe Isaacs Store. Each team should have at least one representative present. at the mceling.

Mr. Garrott saki. Bradley Terms State of World 'Armed Truce' BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 12 (UP -Gen. Omar Bradley loday called the present world state an "armed truce" and said he was not sure war had ceased to be the final arbiter international disputes.

'The World War Two hero, NOW head of the Veterans Administration. spake here last night at Armis-1 Lice Day dinner. Ite said that two years painful attempts to reach agreement on basic Issues, representives of 55 nations are yet able to give us anything better than armed truce." But Bradley said he still could not agreo with those who say they want to "drop the pretense of peacemaking and accept the inevitability of war." 'The general urged support of the Marshall European aid plan, saying the U. 8. must put on a "large-scale against cold, hunger and fear in Europe.

help is nut enough," bc said. have already entered contest of Idcologies in which the Culure of Kurope and eventually, perhaps, of the whole world is at slake." British Kill Four Jews in Pitched Battle JERUSALEM. Nov. 12. (UP) British Army squads pounced on I several Jewish I grounders in a forest between Halfa aud Tel Aviv loday and touched off an hour-long pitched battle In which Tour.

members of the Irgun Leund group were killed. In Another outbreak of violence, the: first since the British ed from. their Palestine. plans for rooltop' withdrawing Haifa onc British ble and wounded three- olliers. One or Lyn girls were reported among the Tour Irgunists slain in Use battte with British soldiers who moved in to disarm the hundreds DI underground members training In the forest.

A number of persons were wounded, some seriously. in the fIghting neAr villages of Raanana Herzelin, midway between Halla and Tel Aviv. The British capturjou a number of Irgunists, The leaky spurge, a weed, migrated to the United States from Russia about 1880. The 1947 National AAA Racing Champion, 'Ted Horn of Paterson, N. waves excitedly to crowd at Arlington Downs Race Track after he won the 100 Mile Championship Race.

This race gave him enough polnis to win the title of the nation's number one driver, an honor which he also won last 1 year. Miss Electra Waygoner Biggs of New York presented Ted with the handsome gold trophy, known as 'The Waggoner Cup. (NEA Telephoto). Ted Horn Wins Again: Notre Dame Mentor Frank Leahy Is United Press'. 'Coach of the Week' Ry CARL LUNDQUIST (United Press Sports Writer) NEW YORK, Nov.

12. (UP) His approach to football's annual "battle the contury" wAs stulpic. He merely read the starting line- ups 1s the dressing room, then said: "Gentlemen, Army is out there waiting for us." No conch ever WAS more an the spot, Every one of several hundred sports writers assigned to cover the big come had picked his 1cam 10 win It game he had win he just went out and WOn It, 27 to 7. That was about all there' was to It for the United Press Conch of the Wrek, Frank Leahy of 1111 beaten Notre Dame. That Is about all excepi that wherever football is discussed Whey will he calking for gent's nbont brilliant strategy switch in which Leaby produced spectacularly the running attack at a time when Army was primed to stop the fancy passing of quarterback Johnny Lujack.

Lenhy, who in many ways might be described as the Branch Rickey of football, carries the conversa-1 lional ball as neatly AS solve of lils backs tole the pigskin. Ele sald there had been 110 attempt at any time tor "revenge" or to run up large score. earned all the points we were able to get." 1enhy sald. "They a good team. 1C anything, they had a slight weaknras a1 end.

but am not criticising their ends. They had a well-coached team." "A Team Victory" About tits own squad Leahy found in' IL hard to single out stars. "It was team rictary." he sald. "Everyborly just blocked little well, more but you of the have cre- to a dit to the left side of our line. And so for Terry 'Brennan's touchdown run back with the opening kickoff, It was the sweetest gift I ever received." Leahy, generally' considered A5 the Number One conch in the ness has lost only three games while wining 38 and tying four.

The only teams ever to beat Leahy-coached Irish eleven were Georgia Tech and Michigan In 1942 and Great Lakes Naval in 1943. The two crushing defeats administered 'by Ariny, .50 lo 0 in 1944 and 48 to in 1946 were In the war years when Leahy was a Navy officer. Lenhy. whose all-consuming interest ilfc is Cootball, must have! been marked for success from the very start for his early child-; hood was spent in the approprintely named town of winner, S. D.

One of the great Knule Rockne's boys. Leaky was center and later A tackle on the mighty Notre Dame (canis of 1928 and :929. A knee 111- Jury terminated his career after that, but he moved right into thei coaching ranks afer graduation. go-! ing to Georgetown R.S line men-; tor. In 1032 he Joined ex- Notre Dame! star Jim Crowicy Rt Michigan Slatc, again as line coach nnd a year later both went to Fordham where he remalned until 1939 when he became head coach at Boston College.

His sensational record there, '20 wins in 22 games Including a Su- YELLOWSTONE: BOTTLED IN BOND It's KENTUCKY It's STRAIGHT It's BOURBON cut, lt's GREAT! 100 Proof ER Sour Josh Whiskey AT YOUR PACKAGE STORE Also Black Label-90 Proof Barrett Hamilton, Inc. Distributor, Little Rock. gar Bowl triumph over Tennessee, prompted his selection as succes-1 sor to Elmer Layden at Dame. Takes Job Serlausly Although he Erics to take little time off from foothall niter the seAson ends, he Invarlably winds up concocting new plays or discussing prospects with old gridiron graduates, other conches. and friends.

As athletic director he takes his responsibilities seriously aatd Insists on seeing personally virtually everyone Who comes into his office 011 the Nolre Dame campus. He answers all of the and his I correspondence wills former 1s tremendous. Although he has a home in South Bend, he sees little of his wife and livo children during the season, getting home about. one night a week. The rest of the thine hic spends In: the Notre Dame gymnasium.

Many reasons are cited for his brilliant record n.S coach but he thinks one of Lse biggest factors was when tie was hospitalized in time 1930 with Rockne his also knee Injury. bedded At down the was with a malnor illness and they shared the Same hospital room. Naturally. the talk pl that the beard. Later; football and Leahy Absorbed dicted that Lenhy would beconic one or the best football coaches.

In the nation. Time proved that the tenmorial "Rock' was right dIS usual. Rejects Pro Net Offers BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 12, (UP) The reports that Francisco (Pancho) Segura would turn to professional tenuls were branded false today by Scgura himself. The Ecuadoran acc admitted that had received offers.

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12.4 (UP) The government may curtail service on the three White River navigation locks and dams at and above Batesville but there are no plans for destroying huge structures, an official of the U. 9. Engineers said here today. Pointing out that locks are not profitable business for the government, Executive Officer K. H.

Newton maid that the local office had recommended limiting service by notice requiring before a opening "24-hour the or locks week's for any boat." However, he continued, the plan was not received favorably in WashIngton and "nothing will. be done for a year or two. The dams will remaln In their present Col. Newton explained that the government Is 110w spending some $50,000 annually on operation of the locks. keeping them in shape and dredging the river channel.

"IL 1s not a profitable venture," he said, He explained that last year the locks handled only two tons of commercial shipping In addition: to 19,000 tons af sand and gravel. The remainder of the traffic. some 40 boats monthly, was composed of pleasure and small fishing craft which could navigate the river were the locks removed, he said. At present there are 12 permanent employees at the main office on lock number one and a crew of five to elght laborers overall. Under the proposed plan the crew would ecut and men would be stationed at one lock only with Instructions to open the other locks on recelpt 'of ample notice from the shipper.

Marriage Licenses The following couple obtained marriage licenses over the weekend In the office of Mins Elizabeth Blythe, county clerk. Troy B. Myrick of Blytheville and Ollie Mae West of Burdette. James Robert O'Bannon and Miss Joyce Allison, both of Blytheville. Alton B.

Powers and Mrs. Arbuters Hency, both of Frankfort, Mich. Orville C. Little And Miss Velva Jones, both of St. Louis.

Mo. Oliver White and Miss Ruth Gray, bath of Blytheville. New Theater Manila's Finest Shows EVERY NIGHT Bor Opens Week Days 7:00 p.m Matinee Saturday Sunday I p.m. Cont. Showing Wednesday Thursday "Hit Parade of 1947" Republic Picture with Short Subjects Halsey Warns Against Rule By Minorities MEMPHIS, Nov.

12. (UP) Retired Fleet Admiral William P. (Bull) Halsey left "Victory Day" warning here today against totalitarian governanents. The former commander of 150 vessels in the fighting Third eific Fleet flew back to Washing. ton to resume his work raising an alumni tund for the University of Virginia.

Halsey sald that "any man who holds the unqualified, power of life or death numbers of his fellows may be in a position once more to turn out the lights." "He should be watched incessant. ly and with some mistrust," Halsey said. In 211 earlier speech Halsey warned against "small minority In our midst trying to change our form of government." LITTLE ROCK Nov. 12. (UP) 'Deno Nichols, Little Rock sportscaster, will be doing duty during coming basketball season.

Besides conducting A dally sports program, he will coach the Little Rock Junior College Trojan basketball team. appointment was announced today by Athletic Director Jimmy Karam. Nichols Is a former Quachita College and University of Arkansas star. He played on two state cham-, pionship teams at Ounchita and WAS named on the All-Southwest Conference team In 1944 while A member of the Razorbacks. W.

D. Cobb Is Appointed W. D. Cobb has recently been g)- pointed to the Committee on Public Relations for the Arkansas Soctely of Professional Engineers. "Coffee Vacation" Urged For Hawaiian Schools HONOLULII, T.

H. (UP)-Unless school children on the island of Hawaii get their usual late "coffee vacation," it may mean a heavy loss of a half million dollars to the Kona, coflee Hawaii growers. members of the territorial Iegislature have appealed to the department of public instruction to restore the vacation schedule which will permit school children of the Kona Coast to help pick the coffee crop, now ripening. The legislators said that unless the schedule under? which Kona school chitiren gat their: vAcation in September, October and November is restored, the industry will lose At1 estimated $500.000. RITZ THEATRE Manila, Ark.

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