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Schwartz Assigned To Face Baumholiz DODGERS HELP REDS FEEL A BIT WORSE Star Guard Draws Difficult Task of Holding Ohio Us High Scorer in Tourney Final -Blackbirds and City Favored to Win By GEORGE E. COLEMAN Following every L. I. U. victory at the Garden the basketball goes to the Blackbird most responsible for the triumph.

Saturday, without a moment's hesitation, Coach Clair Bee tossed it to Sol Schwartz. Every Beeman congratulated Schwartz as he grabbed it. Schwartz, L. I. unusual player especially these days when most players count their success in the number of points they score draws his second tough assignment of the national tournament tonight Frank Baumholtz, Ohio TJ's high scorer in the final.

The Blackbird who held Bob Davies to a lone basket is a fine passer and top guard and leaves the shooting to the other four men. But Saturday, in addition to covering Davies the I J' fYn the way a size 52 overcoat smoth- DROOKLYfJ EAGLE wide world photo SPOR IN THE TOILS- Walter Pratt (second from right) attempted to get by cordon of Detroit players in the third period of Ranger game last night in the Garden but found four Red Wings too many for him to handle alone. Goalie Mowers, Howe, Orlando (flat on ice) and Stewart (on extreme right) prevented a goal but Rangers won anyway, 3 1, to even series. MONDAY, MARCH 24, 1941 SPORTOPICS By i 3 JIMMY WOOD Jurges, Terry Free Fame and Fortune Spur Rangers On Prospect of Clearing $1,000 Each Incentive to Beating Detroit Six By HAROLD PARROTT DANGER! MEN BLASTING! It is a rare season, indeed, at the close of which there is not some sensational blast. The more exciting the campaign, the more startling the repercussions.

College football generally has its overtones of "de-emphasis" or, at the very least, charges and counter-charges of proselyting, of There was more than a smattering of sock in last night's Of Dizzy Spells Billy's Clinic Report May Now Solve Giants' Infield Problem Special to the Brooklyn Eagle Miami, March 24 Despite the fact that the Giants dropped a pair of games to the Indians over the weekend, the Giants' first-division stock rose some 50 percent, thanks to the glad tidings that Billy Jurges will open the season against the Dodgers at his shortstop post. hockey piece in the Garden, but it was cash, not crash, that the Rangers sought today as they chased the Red Wings into Detroit. Here It is, men, so hold your hats: "I am almost certain that the ers. a singer midget. Schwartz grabbed himself ten points, taking 15 shots.

This shows just how weak Davies is defensively. Seton Hall backers would like you to believe that the overwhelming L. I. U. victory was because of Seton Hall's being "off." Some of the rooters were actually telling the Hallers that they left their game trotting around the Times Square section Saturday afternoon.

The players know, as does Honey Russell, too, that the Orange lads were in their hotel from 3 to 7 o'clock-resting. City Five Favored Even Honey Russell, in saying that his charges played pooriy. added, "Nobody knows just how much of that offness was due to L. I. TJ.

playing us close." Instead of a Seton Hall off night, it was just an I. U. night" Bee is hoping for another good game against Ohio tonight and he should get a gooo enough one to turn back the Bobcats. The Blackbird coach expected to play City College and had a new idea of how to stop Bill Holzman, but ihe Beavers, after outsmarting the Ohio I team during the first half, decided to outrun the Ohio reindeers in tha second session. Even for City Col lege speedsters that's a mistake.

However, the Holmanites should win tonight and add to Seton HaU's woes. Yet, this national tournament battle for third place has always been a queer contest, one team showing plenty of spirit and fight in the game, with the other Just going through the motions. The Seton Hall players took their loss well enough, even with a 43-game winning streak broken, ind the Beavers must be in there battling to win. TONIGHT'S LINEUPS CHAMPIONSHIP GAME No. Ohio C.

Pos. L. 1. 17. No.

54 Baumholts Lobello 26 44 Snyder R.F. Cohen 29 47 Lalich C. Beenders 30 49 McSherry L.G. Schechtman 24 57 Ott R.G. Schwarti 31 Ohio Reserves Reinhardt 45, Miller 50, Blickensderfer 53, Wren 55, Deinzer 56.

L. I. U. Reserves Schneider 21, Holub 23, Fucarino 25, Walterson 27, Sharf 28. Kane 32.

Perei 33, Dean 34, McGowan 35, Gurfein 36. Officials Pat Kennedy and Pete Sinnott. FIRST GAME 6:15 P. M. No.

Seton Hall Pos. C.C.N.Y. No. 11 Davies L.F. Holzman 11 6 Fisher R.F.

Philips 21 10 K.Pine C. Gerson 20 12 Holm L.G Winograd 14 13 Ruthenberg R.G.- Hertzberg 19 Seton Hall Reserves Delaney 3, Ryan 4, B. Pine 5, King 7, Stodwell 9, Scharnus 14, Negratti 15, Michaels 16, Behan 17, Boeltler 32. City College Reserves Lozman 7, Goldstein 8, Monitto 9. Edwin 10, Deitchman 12.

Miller 15, Scheink-man 16, Capraro 17, Judenfriend 20, Peck 22. Officials Chuck Solodare and Sam Schoenfeld. Cincy Has Good Cause For Worry Curt Davis Impressive on Hill I.y TOMMY HOLMES Brooklyn Eagle Staff Correspondent Clearwater, March 24 Our Dodgers tangle with the world champion Cincinnati Reds again thlr afternoon, and if Leo Duroch-er's bunch runs true to its chameleon-like form of the past 10 days the Reds will beat the pea-green tar out of our heroes. For Brooklyn looked like nine million dollars as it won a Sabbath encounter at Tampa, 7 to 1. That was the first meeting of the yeur for the two top contenders for the National League flag, and what happened had the violently partisan Cincinnati camp followers wearing worried looks.

It did seem as (hough the Reds really have some-thhij to fret about this Spring. Tie ponderous Ernie Lombardi, ot course, is the No. 1 man on Bill McKechnle's worry list. Unable to play because of an ankle injury he received at Ebbets Field way back list September, when he ran Into the grandstand while chasing a foul pop-up, Lombardi may be a terioos permanent loss to his ball club. An able, though awkward, catcher, he also Is the Reds' chief slugging threat.

Might Have Been Worse There wasn't anything wrong with the Cincinnati Infield yesterday, but folks have been saying that Eddie Joost, successor to Billy at shortstop, keeps making tnat one bad play every day, often at some critical moment. The out- f.eld, with Gleeson, Craft and Ripple operating, is strictly so-so for championship club. Gleeson's throwing is not enough to qualify him as a first-rate right fielder. The chances are that Myron Mccormick will eventually beat out Craft for the center-field Job, and McCormlck is no Speaker, either. The Reds, of course, will have prand pitching but two of McKechnle's abler flippers divided the assignment against the Dodgers.

Bucky Walters and Whltey Moore were well shellacked. The Flatbush ere might have run up an even higher score, for that first inning in which the Dodgers scored twice might have been a real holocaust. But two hit-and-run plays went completely wrong, two Brooklyn base runners were erased and the onl; men who crossed the plate were the pair that galloped in when Dolph Camilll lashed a single to light with the sacks filled. Lucky For a Change Curt Davis, who won a cool 22 for the Cardinals two years ago and who has looked something like his old self this Spring, pitched five tidy innings, allowing one run and four hits. The way the situation is developing this Spring, Davis is either the No.

2 or No. 3 pitcher on the club. His immediate rival Is Hugh Casey. Whit Wyatt, of course, is tops. Kirby Higbe might be right up there almost any time, though.

You know that Higbe is a big-league pitcher. Luke Hamlin followed Davis, and Luke slid by a lot better than in his last two outings, In which the Giants practically knocked him out from under his hat. Maybe Luke's success will restore a measure of needed self-confidence. He was a bit lucky for a change. Ho moved into action In the sixth inning and for a few minutes it looked as though there might be another explosion in the offing.

Bill Werber doubled, Lonnie Frey walked and a sharp single by Jim Gleeson filled the bases, with none out Durocher signalled from shortstop snrt southpaw Wesley Flowers start-cr to warm up. But Hamlin got out of the jam. Frank McCormick hit one straight up and Ripple's line drive to Coscarart was convened into a double play. With one out In the seventh, Hamlin issued bas on balls and a single. Another double play ended that inning.

And so in the last two frames Luke was a different gent, erasing six successive hitters with the greatest of ease. Rovers Bow Out ilh 4-3 Defeat Amateur hockey bowed out at the Garden yesterday afternoon before 10,000 spectators who saw the champion Washington Eagles nose out the Rovers, 43, in the start of the annual round-robin tournament of the Amateur Hockey Association of the United States. In the other game on the twin bill the Atlantic City Sea Gulls defeated River Vale, 76. The Eagles, recently crowned winners of the Eastern Amateur Hockey League, assumed a 21 lead In the first period after the Rovers had tallied first In the opening minute of play. The Rovers knotted the count at the close of the second stanza.

The New Yorkers scored once in the final session, while Washington netted the disc twice. The Atlantic City sextet trailed, 63, in the final period, but scored four times in row to earn their I triumph. Sports Editor Tis a pity that Conference rules, distances, previous commitments and the like bob up to prevent all of the ace teams of the land from being assembled here every year. Personally, we like to lay our Jaded orbs on Gus Miller's Texas Wesleyan College Rams. You can talk of gin and beer when you're safely quartered out here, but that Texas Wes.

team is a mess of dynamite in its own right 'way out West where the West begins. The outfit boasted of a mark of only 12 defeats in four seasons. Last year the boys paraded-right up to the semifinals of the National tournament and they plan to do so again. This unusual team plays in the Southwest Conference, consisting nf xmall srhonls. but.

they're no back numbers when they move into the outer world. They generally win with ten to 40 points to spare. Perhaps their height has something to do with their marked affinity to the hoop. They're all slightly taller than a 50-year-old oak tree and any man who is under six feet is customarily dubbed "Shorty." Among the stars of this outfit is a six-foot-five-inch lad Coach Miller found picking cotton in a patch. He is Red Walsh, rated as one of the best centers in the country.

There are other stars, but their intrinsic quality now has Miller worried. The boys heard about national defense and selective service and are muttering about new adventures in the real big time. Seems that they're talking about enlisting in the army, and what's Texas Wesley-an's loss is surely Uncle Sam's gain. Lea per R. P.

I. Captain William V. Leaper of Brooklyn has been elected manager of the varsity baseball team at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. where he is a student in chemical engineering. He is the son of Mr.

and Mrs. William S. Leaper of 767 E. 22d and a graduate of Brooklyn Technical High School. professionalism.

Generally one disgruntled coach or president will Issue a statement condemning some unnamed but perfectly obvious school or conference for recruiting athletes. Some convention or committee meeting will answer or repeat the story In like terms. Well, here we are at the ninth-Innlng stag of the basketball season and there ought to be some lullaby tune to nurse the campaign into sleep. Surprisingly enough, it comes from no habby philosopher or peevish director. This big wind travels here all of the way from Kansas, where no less an authority than Dr.

Forest C. (Phog) Allen complains that there is a rising professional tendency in college basketball. The Kansas coach, whose cage teams have won 18 titles in the 23 years he has put in at the university, declares that he had never been guilty of luring "young rabbits Into the fold with glowing promises of board, food, laundry and other chattels." But, he adds, he can't say as much for some of his colleagues. 1 Well, It can safely be said that ft sport emerges into manhood when it becomes the subject of controversy such as this. No one bothers particularly about small fry, and the difference of opinion, oddly enough, becomes eloquent testimony of how far the game has gone since the time it was played with peach-box hoops in a T.

M. C. A. gym in Springfield, Mass. Phog Allen can modestly boast of the swell record his teams have compiled and there are outfit Involved in the National Invitation tournament at the Garden that few teams can hold a candle to.

Impossible to Keep Baer Out of Picture Milwaukee, March 24 (U.R) The National Boxing Association listed no logical contenders for the title of Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis and rated the best of the challengers only as "outstanding boxers." Billy Conn, former light-heavyweight champion, who is to meet Louis in June, was placed in the "outstanding" class along with Max Baer and Lou Nova. Baer has been an "outstanding boxer" in N. B. A. ratings since he dropped the title to Jimmy Braddock and Nova was promoted because of his recent good showings.

Anton Chrlstophordls of Greece replaced Conn at the top of the light-heavyweight division, with Jimmy Webb, Mello Bettina, Jimmy Blvens, Gus Lesnevich and Len Harvey of England rated logical contenders. Other N. B. A. champions were: Middleweight Tony Zale of Illinois, Welterweight Fritzie Zlvlc Pennsylvania.

Llghtwelght-Sammy Angott of of Kentucky. Featherweight Pete Scalzo of New York. Flyweight Little Dado of Philippines. For Uir first time In years the names of Hei.ry Armstrong and Lou Ambers were missing. Both have retired after defeats.

WHEN OUT OF TOWN BEOISTER FROM BROOKLYN Terry had recently remarked that he had reconciled himself to the loss of Jurges. However, Billy pulled into camp yesterday and presented his boss with a very optimistic medical report from the Mayo Clinic. Jurges' dizzy spells and earaches were traced to a nerve affliction which is not of a very serious ra-ture. Seven injections were given Jurges and he was told he can begin playing ball immediately with little likelihood that he would be bothered again by the affliction which came as a result of a bean-lng last June. In the event of any more dizzy spells, another injection will enable him to carry on.

Jurges was Jubilant and reported that his hearing has already improved more than 25 percent. He immediately donned a uniform and took r. light workout yesterday. He expects to drill daily and believes he will be ready to take over the shortstop spot in about a week. If Jurges proves himself fit Terry will be able to shift Joe Orengo over to third and thereby solve another infield problem.

Yesterday the Giants went down to a 21 defeat at the hands of the Indians in general and Bob Feller in particular. Bob hurled the last four frames and blanked the Giants with one hit. The Indians trailed, 10, because of a homer by Gabby Hartnett, but a two-run rally in the seventh with Feller dropping a squeeze bunt decided the fray. Lake Wales, March 24 The Yankees were looking forward to running their latest winning streak to seven straight today as they prepared to face their Kansas City farmhands. The Yankee record now shows the fine record of 12 wins and three losses.

Yesterday the Yanks had to come ft i toft lilt MccPHAIL OFF ON INSPECTION TOUR Clearwater, March 24 Larry MacPhail is on his way to Macon, to look over the situation at the Montreal camp and Van Mungo's report card, after which, he'll fly to the roast, presumably to see what the Cubs want for Billy Herman Not that there was anything wrong with Pcle Coscarart yesterday The young Basque did a sprightly job at second base, whacked a long double for his best hit this Spring Skipper Durocher, who'll blossom out as a second baseman in Texas, started preparing for that job by playing the last four innings at shortstop Best looking hitter was Paul Waner, who registered a line single and a long triple to right in three times up Casey and Rachunok will pitch against the Redlegs in the second and last Spring meeting of the teams here today. HOLMES. from behind with a two-run rally in the last of the ninth to defeat the Cardinals, 82. A home run by Marion with a runner aboard in the seventh off Marius Russo gave the Cards their two markers. Outside of that, Russo and Ruffing were invincible.

Joe DiMaggio made his debut and chipped in with a single. Two hits by Rlzzuto stretched his hitting streak through nine straight games. Keller's single in the ninth drove In Rolfe with the winning marker. MM losing team in this three-game series will get less than (100 a man," said boss Les Patrick after his Rangers had tied up the series with a 31 victory. "There were less than 8,000 fans at the first game in Detroit and though we had 14,019 here tonight, traveling expenses are high." Determined to duck a shortchanging like that a new low for Stanley Cup competition Broadway's Blueshirts were determined to win on into the next series and the final, where they can cash checks tor 11,000 or better.

No Punch Left At Finish The Rangers carried on with the knowledge that their forcing game they scored first last night and then came off a 11 tie to win later had brought results. They were sold on the idea of continuing it In the decisive battle. Prank Boucher, perhaps, gave the key: "It's tough to keep the pressure on In an attack like that, but it's just as tough to defend against it." That was the Red Wings' reaction last night. Trailing as they went into the last period, the Wings didn't get a loud foul against the Ranger lock-tight defense in the full 20 minutes. They had spent themselves so badly defending earlier that they didn't have any gallop left on attack, perhaps.

"We fell apart unaccountably in that last period," admitted Jim Norris afterward. The Rangers were strengthened by the conviction that not once have the Wings beaten them cleanly with a goal. "I chipped in with two goals for Detroit the first night," said Ott Heller ruefully, "because I was to blame on each." Rangers lost that, 21. 'Blueprint' Goal Last night Count Grosso stole the puck from Mac Colville in the Ranger zone andzipped a long shot at Davey KerrY'I've stopped 10,000 pucks that loCked the same," said Davey afterward, "but this one had so much English, it rolled off my pads into the net." It tied the score, 11. It was a typical Ranger "blueprint" goal, set up by Mac Colville The team, with Frank Boucher at the helm, caught the midnight rattler for Detroit after the game The boys seemed pretty confident they'd win Mac Colville got the third goal in the waning seconds to square the one he let Detroit's Grosso get away from him "We're in our best shape this season," said Boucher as he hauled out, "so there'll be no alibis." Alfie Pike had a glmpy left leg from a late collision, but he will be fit tomorrow night Rangers will play their first game of the next series In the Garden Thursday night should they win in Detroit.

There were 13 penalties, some ridiculous and seven against Rangers, but Boucher thought Referee Mickey Ion's work was "tops" Les Patrick thought the opposite Ion took a lot of zing out of a game that still remained good for two periods He was sending the boys off if they flashed a dirty look I PARROTT. STANLEY CUP LOG SEBIES A Boiton ft. Toronto (But Four Seven Gsmei) March 20 Bonton, Toronto, 0. March 3 Toronto. Bonton.

9. Tomorrow Night At Toronto. March tl At Toronto. March 29 At Toronto. April 1 At Toronto.

April 3 At Boston. SERIES Detroit ti. Ranter (Beat Two ol Three Oamei) March 20 Detroit, Si Ranters. 1 (overtime). I.t Nirht Rantera.

3: Detroit. I. Tomorrow Mint At Detroit. SERIFS Chicat vi. Canadiens (Beat Two Three Garnet) March 20 Chicago.

2l Canadirna. 1. March 22 Canadient, Chicago, 3 (overtime), Tonitht At Chicato. Winner of Series and plan off for ritht to meet winner of Series A for the Stanler Cup. All taaaea wlU ba playee to a deeltion.

and scored by Shlbicky, that blew the game open. Some more of these are due soon. You can't tell the Rangers they aren't due to get hot now tomorrow night. "But Detroit has played its heart out, against us," cautions Frankie Boucher. "Those Wings are tough when they hit you like they have been." One thini? against the Rangers: home ice.

Detroit will be at home and in the six Stanley Cup playoff games to date, the home team has won five times! Rangers have won but once in two seasons nine games in Detroit. Bree Home First In Speed Skating Test Joe Bree of Glendale, who represents the Gotham S. today was in possession of the Queens County senior 880-yard speed ice skating title. He led the field home in the event, a feature of the first annual Queens titualr meet, last night at the New YorTt City Building in Flushing Meadow Park. Bree was clocked in 1 :28.6.

Mike Heidt of the Grand Street Boys Club placed second and Joe Simovich, unattached, was third. State Senator Seymour Halpern of Kew Gardens fired the gun that got the test under way. Murphy After Tank Titles Troy, N. March 24 Robert Murphy of Brooklyn, member of Rensselaer Polytechnic's record-breaking medley relay team, will compete in the 300-yard medley relay and the 200-yard breaststrokc events at the National intercollegiate swimming championships in Michigan next weekend. RECORD BOOKS FIND RICE A PROBLEM Chicago, March 24 (INSI-The record books are having a hard time keeping up with Joseph Gregory Rice, the barrel-chested, short-legged former Notre Dame athlete who on Saturday night lowered his own two-mile race record for the second time this Winter.

Rice, running against one of the finest two-mile fields ever brought together Indoors at the finish annual Chicago relays, won the event In the world record time of 8:51.1, cutting better than two seconds from his previous mark of 8:53.4, established In Madison square Garden earlier this Winter and not yet officially recognized. It was Rice's lflth straight triumph al the distance. Ailing Les Patrick Back on Firing Line Omen: Last night Les Patrick sat on the Ranger bench for the second time this season, strictly against doctors' orders He is a very sick man and should duck all excitement But he leaves for Detroit and the Rangers' decisive playoff game tonight! Rangers' first goal was credited to Babe Pratt but Lynn Patrick really scored it "It went off Lynn's stick," said big Babe afterward, "but he gave me credit for It out of the bigness of his heart." Johnny Mowers got a loud bird from the gallery for squawking about the camera lights suspended over the Bth Ave. cage 'They have been there every game this season," chuckled Les Patrick afterward, "but they Just got Mowers goat when we scored on him On the Ranger dressing-room board was the Latin "Venl, vldl, vlcl" Patrick explained he had written that on the same board a year ago when the Blueshirts won the Stanley Cup, so he was trying it again. TOAST OF BORO After the great job Sol Schwartz of Long Island 11 (above) did on Bob Davies, Seton Hall's great scoring star, Saturday night in Garli boro fans are recommending Blackbird guard for post on National Defense Board.

Sol held Davies scoreless for 25 Vi minutes os I. U. won. Dovies tallie'd four points in all..