The Bangor Daily News from Bangor, Maine • 9

DOWN THE TRAIL langur Satin Hr Hpnrta with BILL GEAGA-N BANGOR ME TUESDAY FEBRUARY 8 1944 BREWER MEETS INDIANS TONIGHT Witches Entertain Old Town In Only Local Game The Brewer Witches will bound back Into action tonight to entertain the Old Town Indians on the Brewer court In the only game on the local schoolboy jDasketball menu The Witch combination will be weakened for this and its remaining games by the loss of its regular center Ernest Morse who entered the Navy Monday- i I1 Morse the biggest man on the Now I'll Tell One By JACK Jack McAuliffe Fashion Plate Champion Never Lost a Ring Battle Retired a Champion! Bangor Meets Winslow Team Here Saturday Mose Naniglaii director of athletics at Bangor High school said last night that the game between Bangor and Win-low scheduled for Friday 1 night at city hall has been moved ahead to Saturday night It will (be the second meeting of these teams this season In the first game which was played at Winslow the Rams spurted In the final frame to come through with a hard earned victory BOWLING Jug McSpaden Wins Phoenix Golf Tourney Noses Out Nelson By Two Strokes In Play-off PHOENIX Arlz Feb (API-Smooth stroking Harold (Jug) McSpaden of Philadelphia the winter top golf money winner adddd a 31000 war bond to his earnings by shooting a 70 for a two-stroke victory today over Byron Nelson of Toledo in an 18-hole playoff to decide the Phoenix open Deadlocked yesterday at the end of 72 holes with 273 11 strokes under par Nelson and McSpaden were still even and still shooting better than par golf at the turn today McSpaden parred the fljst six of the last nine while Nelson took bogies on the 11th and 15th holes to drop two strokes behind Nelson recent winner of the San Francisco victory open in which McSpaden was runnerup picked up a stroke on the 18th when McSpaden got int ft trouble and took a bogie But the match reached the turning point on the 17th where McSpaden ran down a spectacular 35-foot putt for a birdie three Both came in for par fives on the 18th McSpaden one stroke under par for the 18 and Nelson one over Hie Philadelphian was in difficulty only once on the first nine His tee shot went into the rough on the 305-yard fifth Although tree branches Interfered with his swing he pitched safely to the Green Nelson took a birdie four on the first hole and a birdie three on the fifth but lost a stroke to par on the seventh where he was trapped three times They ended the nine with cards of 35 each one under par prize for second place was a $750 war bond Their cards: Par out 534 444 McSpaden out 533 444 Nelson out 434 434 Par in 444 343 McSpaden in 444 343 535 35 Nelson in 454 344 CANOE CITY BOWLING LEAGUE 1IH Week Feb 2-3 LEAGUE STANDING) IIIS MAJESTY TIIE GROUSE Trailing along with a trapper a few days ago I found one large sprawl of black growth well populated with partridge Their' ding-toed single file tracks wound crazily here and there through the woods In one spot under some old pines where the mounting sun had drained off the snow I flushed four buxom biddies Fine fat birds with sleek feathers and bulging crops Mysterious handsome swift and game the ruffed grouse is the king of al game birds Sportsmen have to tote food to him He doesn't need char ity Instead of looking for handouts this hardy bird forages for himself Crusted snow prevent old thunderwings from upholstering his crop He hustles about getting a bit here and there in the bare spots wings to the field rim to feast on the frozen brown pulp and tiny seeds of a few remaining wild apples And in the late afternoon see him feath ers fluffed and completely relaxed feasting contentedly on buds high in the sprawling limbs of the yellow birch or the poplar UP AFTER BUDS In my prowlings that day bud and twig littered snow at the base of a giant yellow birch caused me to look up There lo and behold were three of the noble old birds packing their crops before roosting for the night With their feathers loose the birds appeared twice their actual size' At a distance they loomed up like large nests or great gobs of dead leaves and twigs They were very tame only cocking their heads for a quick glance when -1 tapped with my pipe on the trunk of the tree There are quite a few of the thunderwings in that particular piece of timber and if given the breaks by the weather next spring they should bring forth a fine crop of youngsters I hope I never shall know the day when the roar of the ruffed wings no longer are heard in the solitudes of 'the great Maine woods THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW The first double-action revolver to be produced in this country was developed by Joseph Rider He traded his patents to Remington Arms Company Inc for 400 acres of land in the State of Iowa and 12 braces of revolvers Remington however has not manufactured handguns in many years The mountain goat is not a GOAT! He is an antelope Like the so-called prong-horn antelope he Is a misnomer The animal we call is really a goat And the animal we call is really an antelope So in a The hump-backed long-white-halrcd animal which inhabits most rugged mountains has as his' nearest relative the chamois of the Alps The jackal is called the and this nickname is a proper one The lion hearing the jackal on trail frequently follows the pack of these scavengers waits for the kill and then moves in to eat his fill When his hunger is satiated he steps aside and allows the pack to eat the "crumbs' from the IT DROPPETII GENTLY Many people wonder why a charge of shot or a bullet fired straight up in the air does not return to earth with a heavy impact A shotgun charge fired vertically will return without much greater force than that of a heavy rainfall according to Remington Arms ompny Air reslstahce Is a powerful factor in retarding the speed of freely falling substances If it were not for this resistance raindrops would strike with great force In the thin air of high altitudes the speed of a return to earth Is accelerated but when it reaches the denser atmosphere nearer the earth the air resistance checks the speed of its drop to a considerable extent By BILLY ROCHE Famous Referee and Manager Jack McAuliffe the "fashion plate pugilist" was the only cham pion in fistic history who never lost a fight He was the Dapper Dan of the ring the most colorful and popular boxing champion that ever held a title For twelve years McAuliffe reigned king of the lightweights and ruled with a regal air He was the actor personified He had the mien of a Richard Mansfield -He would walk across the ring with a lordly air and there was something royal in his gesture as he threw off his robe and acknowledged the plaudits of the crowd Jack McAuliffe was born in Cork Ireland March 24 1866 He spent his childhood days In Bangor Maine It was a rough tough neighborhood along the water front where McAuliffe lived There was nothing much in the way of amusement except a lively fight now and then among the sailors and Jack joined In these with lusty enjoyment WORKED IN COOPERAGE Soon after the McAuliffes moved to the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn and young McAuliffe went to work In a shop where Jack Dempsey the NonpareU and Jack Skelly another coming fistic star were fellow workers Dempsey taught McAuliffe the finer points of boxing Young Jack fought his first fight in New York July 1 1884 defeated Bob Mace in three rounds He entered Billy boxing tournament and won the featherweight and lightweight amateur championships On May 1L 1885 he challenged Jimmy Mitchell for the professional championship became recognized as champion when Mitchell declined the issue After knocking out Jack Hopper in 17 rounds McAuliffe kayoed Billy Frazier in Boston In 21 Oct 28 1886 in a fight for the title Jack clinched his claim by knocking out Harry Gilmore in Lawrence Mass Jan 14 1887 In 28 rounds On Feb 13 1889 McAuliffe fought Ills memorable 64 round draw with Billy Myer the Streator Cyclone at North Judson 111 Jack broke his arm early in the fight Three years later Sept 5 1892 McAuliffe and Myef met in the three day "carnival of the three In New Orleans which was climaxed by the defeat of the great John Sullivan by the ex-bank clerk James Corbett This time McAuliffe knocked out Myer in 15 rounds McAuliffe' most controversial fight was that with Jem Carney of 7 4 WEEKLY HIGHS High team total Woolen (2) I 4S4 High t)ve man Am Woolen 52s High elngl airing A Bazata 119 High three atring A Bazata 329 SEASON RECORDS High team total IS47 PANTHER COACH NOW PESSIMISTIC 9 Donovan Predicts Two Defeats With Red Noel Gone i By BEN TOOMEY WATERVILLE Feb 7 Lugubrious Wallie Donovan predicted defeat for his prancing Panthers this week! see how we can beat Lawrence in their gym Tuesday night and If we are lucky enough to get by them surely get bowled over at Rumford on tfeam was a big cog in the Witch team He played a smart floor game was tops in collecting rebounds and was a sharp shooter at any angle Although the selection for starting center will not be known until game time Coach Lashey Sawyer is expected to start Fraser in that position tonight in place of Mdrse He has a couple of other promising candidates for the post but Fraser who has turned in some fine performances in the relief role this season will probably get the call OLD TOWN IMPROVED Old Town away to a slow start this season has Improved during the past few weeks and is expected to give the revamped JWitch com bination a hard battle on the little Brewer court tonight The game is slated for 8:15 following a pre lim inary game The Witches will play their second games of the week Friday night on the home court where they will entertain the Ellsworth Eagles In the first meeting of these teams at ilsworth Brewer squeezed out a surprize win in an overtime session The Eagles are seeking revenge for that defeat and the game looms as a thriller Bangor and Bapst see action until Saturday night The Rams will entertain Winslow at city hall in a return engagement and the Crusaders will be at home against the Old Town Indians Hunter Mile Top Event of Hub Program Spotlighting the first mile race In Boston history in which two 4:08 milers will start the Boston A 55th annual meet at the Garden next Saturday night looms as the top war-time event In this city The Hunter mile glamor event on a glamorous program already has the definite entry of Gilbert Dodds A own the No 1 amateur athlete of 1943 If Des week-end talent hunt in New York at the Mlllrose games is crowned with success a second starter will be Bill Hulse young chemical engineer from New Jersey Last summer during the exciting tour of Gunder Ragg Dodds and then Hulse smashed the American mile record The Bos tonian unfurled 4:065 race In the Stadium placing second to wiping out Glenn old domestic record of 4:067 A week later in Ohio Hulse nipped Dodds for second place behind Hagg and did 4:06 flat since accepted as the American mark Dodds actually has run faster miles He ran 4:061 in third place on the occasion of smashing performance He has two miles or better than 4:07 and also a mile of 4:072 and another of 4:035 THREE FORMER FORDIIAM ACES AT ROCHESTER NEW Basketball prospects at Rochester university took a bright hue when three former Fordham court aces reported With the Marine and Naval trainees The Fordham Rams now wearing Yellow Jackets are Johnny Bach Bob Mulvihill and Bob Gebhardt The first two named were Fordham regulars and Gebhardt was a first string reserve But of the three Gebhardt appears to have come along the fastest just as iie promised in the late stages last season He shaped up as a tremendous scoring prospect and regular service this year has allowed him to fulfill that promise A six-foot-three 200-pound youngster Gebhardt has been the leading scorer this season and against Canisius college he poured 27 points through the nets An aggressive big fellow he seems to draw fouls regularly and more important converts them Into points a fastbreaking driver on the floor and Is one of those pile-in one-handed shotmakers Possibly because of his size Gebhardt is playing style more western than eastern In any event it has been highly effective to date BILL PUPIL DEFEATS THREE RIVALS SAMPSON William Merel of Cleveland as Billy Wallace fought the top-notch lightweights a few years ago is proud of one of his pupils at the Sampson Naval training station He Is Bill Lovett Baltimore middleweight who won his three tournament bouts recently all by knockouts to win the 165-pound camp title Wallace is a boxing instructor for one of the station's units STANFORD ACE OF THE BOARDS HEADING EAST NEW YORK Feb John Fulton the former Stanford flyer who last spring cracked the world record for 660 yards and established a new American mark for 800 meter is Invading the East for a crack at the leading middle-distance runners on the board tracks Wearing the colors of the San PICKOFF THROW BOA KUHN OP DENVER BOWLING IN ROCHESTER NV If FT THE UNUSUAL 7-8-9-10 PINS STANDI NO AFTER THE FIRST OF HU TWO THROWS a OLYMPICS SET FOR HARD TILTS ON WEEK-END BOSTON Olympic will throw out skirmishing lines on two fronts over the coming weekend as they duel the New York Rogers at the Boston Arena on Friday and the Brooklyn Crescents at the Garden on Sunday afternoon Both tilts will be Eastern League games There is some conjecture as to the make-up of the Olympics as they return horhe from a short road trip Maurice Courteau is expected back in the Olympic strings after a brilliant one-game tour in the Bruin cage He will be fronted by Ty Andersen Guy Labrle and Allan Stanley Femie Flamon will be moved back to a forward position Tommy Brennan can be expected back in the Boston lineup at his old post on the right wing of the first line but Joe Schmidt will still be side-lined with a knee injury George Kelly will fill the left wing post of the starting line Clarence Schmidt Vernon Jones and Flamon will man the second line while the local trio of Bob Jeremiah Gerry Desroslers and Al Carvelli are slated to act as the third line was strutting his stuff Miss Dag gett of the Skowhegan lassies posted 32 points while her mates were piling up 71 in powdering the Williams girls Coach Wallie Donovan rates Wilton Academy as one of the best teams encountered by the Panthers Watervllle has a 11-day open Btretch after grapple at Rumford and would like to play any team In the State The Panthers are anxious to stack up against Golden Tornadoes who have won 14 in a row after dropping their Initial setto Watervllle would especially like to sign an opponent for a home game Friday or Saturday Feb 18 or 19 a possibility that the Donovans will collide with the colorful Castine Maritime Cadets outstanding service team 'here the latter part of February Dick Michaelson former Colby Frosh star paces Manager Moe mighties DEXTER TEAM NIPS BOMBERS IN FAST GAME DEXTER Feb In one of the most thrilling games of the season the Fay Scott defeated the Dow Field Bombers before a capacity crowd in the Dexter town hall Saturday night The score was 38-31 The Bombers sparked by the accurate shooting and passing of Dalecky kept the score very close throughout the game Fay Scott has continued to improve in every game due to the fine coaching of Keyte and now the rate with any team in this part of the State The summary: PAY SCOTT "E'a" (38) DOW FIELD BOMBERS (31) rf Gudroe 4 (3) Wintlo if Kalnin 3 (2) rt Wennerburg 1 (2) Pinnelt 1 Meltzer If Quinto 1 Sprague Simpson 1 Dalecky (1) rg Hirsh (1) Prescott 4 rg Crouse 2 (2) Danforth (1) lg Tracy 3 (1) lg Richardson Hazle (1) Officials: referee Stonier umpire Ambrose Milo Grammar school 24 Dexter Grammar school 23 Damore Out to Pass Net Mark HERSHEY Nick Damore of the Hershey Bears the sensational net minder in the American Hockey League is going after Frankie record In the first 28 league games this season Damore permitted 60 goals or an average of 214 tallies a game Brimsek playing with Providence in 193738 averaged 179 in 48 BABE CUTS AND DUMPS CAKE ON 50th BIRTHDAY TOPS LIST AS PILOT Coleman Looms As Second Choice To Succeed Stengel x- i By JACK HAND NEW YORK Feb 7 (AP) Lefty name leads all the rest in speculation over the Boston new manager today as the Brooklyn latest sale story awaits a meeting between a syndicate headed by Max Meyer New York Jeweler and representatives of the estate of the late Charles Ebbets Bob Quinn president of the Bos- Leo Durocher if he gets control Meanwhile National league owners took a day off before gathering tomorrow for their annual schedule meeting and to discuss the complete pre-season picture and the recommendations made over the weekend by post-war planning committee President Will Harridge of the American league decided not to call a session of his circuit because all of the clubs were not represented ton organization which recently changed hands has been scouring the field for a new boss since Casey Stengel turned in his resignation He admits he has a man in mind who has such good connections that he might not want to make a change Although he would not name the ODoul fits into that category has been mentioned for Jack McAuliffe England at Revere Beach Mass Nov 16 1887 The men battled 74 bitter rounds when spectators broke Into the ring and Frank Stevenson referee declared the contest a draw backers charged that gamblers who had bet on McAuliffe broke up the fight to save their bets I BEAT YOUNG GRIFFO Jack McAuliffe was a marvelous boxer and terrific hitter When Young Orlffo phenomenal Australian came to the McAuliffe outpointed him in 10 rounds at Coney Island Aug 27 After boxing a six round exhibition with Kid Lavlgne at New York in 1896 McAuliffe retired from the ring -the only champion in boxing history to do so McAuliffe made a fortune with his fists but hold It Always an inveterate gambler he went broke and finally returned to the cooper shop In Williamsburg from whence he came to set the fistic world aflutterj with his brilliance He soon tired of this and went on the stage doing a monologue He met with success but keep away from racetracks where he finally wound up working for a bookmaker To the end however he remained the debonair Beau Brummell and was conspicuous in his Bond Street bowler and well tailored clothes When Jack McAuliffe died Oct 31 1937 after a lingering Illness the entire sports world mourned SHOES WELL FILLED BY COACH BROWN NEW In defeatln Co-lumbia for its seventh successive league triumph Dartmouth clinched the Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League cham plonshlp for the seventh year In a row Coach Earl Brown substituting for Ossie Cowles who is serving in the Navy carried on the victorious hardwood traditions started by Cowles Brown enjoyed a highly successful season as football coach of the White River Indians last fall when his charges lost only ohe game a 7-6 defeat by Pennsylvania His basketball charges likewise suffered one lone defeat that at the hands of an experienced Mltchel Field service team The new champions are captained by Audley Brindley a talented center who topped the league in scoring the best Dartmouth has boasted since Gus Broberg set a new high in efficiency for Indian court talent Brindley In addition to being the team's leading scorer is the leading playmaker and ball-handler On those infrequent occasions when he is guarded too closely for comfort he manages to set up scores with passes to his team-males FLEMING WANTS TO SEE YOU About Goodyear Tires months but still the hero-worshippers track him down thought they bother Babe when he left baseball but worse than ever says Mrs Ruth "Babe tries to see as many as he The rang not Babe croaked so and so they want to wish you a happy said Mrs Ruth "Let them do the talking now Your voice Babe lumbered across the room in that familiar spraddle-legged stride shake my he grunted He returned shortly "Better order more cheese for he said "I suppose 40 or 50 will show up for the The spacious Ruth apartment Is almost a baseball museum Trophies and gifts from the days he was setting the record of 60 home runs in a year and compiling a total of 714 circuit smashes not counting 15 in World Series competition are everywhere "Show them that little cigar lighter made like a bowling pin you got the other Mrs Ruth suggested know where It he replied He was comfortable in an easy chair and puffing contentedly on an ornate pipe a 44-year-old pipe he explained "Why in that suit you Mrs Ruth insisted and as Babe heaved himself to his feet and barged across the room with shoulders hunched: "and straighten The big guy is just human after alL new YORK Feb 7 (AP) still can cut the cake He did it today literally on his Wth birthday just a few seconds before It slipped from the table to land frosted-side down with a squashy plop on the floor of the little den lined with pictures and souvenirs of the days when Babe Ruth was making baseball history with home runs a gentleman of unwanted leisure now restless as a caged bear and filling In his days with bowling and innumerable appearances at bond rallies which have left his voice a hoarse croak love to go overseas to entertain the service men but he says half a dozen doctors told him die before I got So he does the best he can for the war effort and uses bowling in the winter and -golf in summer as an outlet for his nervous energy He's a 165-average bowler but cant go more than four games of an afternoon knees give -out on me" he explains candidly He weighs -around 240 now less than he did when he was playing for the Yankees but in his blood-red lounging pajamas he still looks like he had been invited to a pot-luck supper and swallowed the pot He saw only four or five baseball games last year as he had to take his daily golfing exercise or his tonnage would increase overnight Sure like to be back in baseball in some capacity have more privacy for one thing He has his silent telephone number changed about every two 'Walter Hunt ia vented the first Safety Pin Miltd Ik Hallow BfaWa fr tr tkavinj However basketball fans here abouts agree with Tutor Donovan Lawrence may press Wa terville but the appear to have too much on the ball for Bob Bulldogs Danny Rumford Panthers appear to be much stronger than when they were buried here a few weeks ago Rumford recently stopped Edward Little and Lewiston cold at Lewiston Watervllle lost Captain Red Noel last week to the Navy but after a jittery first period the Panthers uncovered their greatest scoring spree of the season to bamboozle Madison 69-17 Saturday night It was the 15th straight victory for the locals Lawrence High also turned in a victory Saturday defeating Win-throp at Winthrop although the high scorer Tommy Peters Wks held tor eight points The Fair-fielders with a record of 12 wins five losses are making a valiant bid for a spot in the eastern tourney The Violettes smothered the Winslow Black Raiders Tuesday evening 48-27 Central Tuesday slate: Watervllle at Lawrence Rumford at Gardiner Morse at Cony Madison at Cobum Livermore Falls at Winthrop Skowhegan at Williams (Oakland) games Watervllle at Rumford Albion at Williams Winslow at Steams (MilUnocket) Erskine at Hallowell Lawrence at Madison Gardiner at Morse (Bath) Kents Hill at Winthrop Skowhegan at Hartland Winslow at Bangor SHORT SHOTS In ringing up their 15th straight this season 27 for two brilliant basketeers have scored 824 points a 55 point per game average The Panther opposition has tallied 406 points a game average of 27 Little Johnny Mitchell who sinks from the most difficult angles lofts loopera with a peculiar wrist movement Against Madison Johnny played less thaii two periods had ten scoring chances and registered nine two pointers Captain Red Noel was presented a gift from schoolmates by Principal Clair Wood Saturday night Last week when we chronicled that Tommy Peters was top two-polnts-men John Bapst students corrected your agent via postal penning that Bob McDonald of had scored 212 points against Peters 186 We stand corrected However tdss-ing Tommy has just sneaked ahead of the captain for high honors this week In three games Peters tallied 28 points to bring his total to 222 McDonald playing only one game was credited with nine points for a grand total of 221 Gino Debe of Skowhegan was the scorching scorer In last battles The Skowhegan forward dumped in 40 points against Williams High of Oakland and 29 against Norridgewock Debe now has 209 points While Debe several major league posts since he took over as manager of San Lrancisco In 1935 although President Charles Graham of the Seals has given the man in the green suit what amounts to a life contract If does not choose to run the Braves 'may dip into their own organization and promote Bob Coleman who took place after his accident last spring Del Bissonette mentioned as a possibility for a coaching berth if Coleman should get the job has signed a contract to manage Hartford in the Eastern league which may be a tip Others mentioned include Bucky Harris Pepper Martin both under contract in the International league Would-be buyers of the Dodgers have made attempts to contact George McLaughlin president of the Brooklyn Trust Co which is said to hold a $100000 loan against part of the stock held by the Eb-bets heirs The Brooklyn stock is split into three general blocks one of which in turn is broken up into as many pieces as was Primo Camera Fifty per cent of the shares belong to the heirs who have been forbidden by the court to dispose of their separate holdings unless a buyer appears for the entire bundle It is this block that Meyer backers must have for complete control Mrs James Mulvey who owns one-fourth of the stock repeatedly has refused to sell and Meyer Is understood to have an optioiy' on the 25 per cent owned by the Ed McKeever estate Although Meyer talked with Stengel a personal friend during the New York stay the potential buyer has said he will respect the contracts of Branch Rickey and AVERAGES -Landry A Landry Boyd Clark Oaborn Rush Guy Nadeau Mclnnit St Peter Barne Deachaine 102 101 108 9S ss 93 93 90 90 SS S3 SO Francisco Olympic Club Fulton is Scheduled to compete in New York Boston4 Chicago land Cleveland With the National championships in Madison Square Garden as his main' objective Fulton has had no experience on the boards but he should have little difficulty accustoming himself to the small tracks with sharp turns Ou lala at tb but plaeaa Maine' DISTRIBUTORS Ine 17 Front Street Bangor Maine Phone 4563 BASKETBALL At Hodgdon: OAK FIELD (22) Tt Swallow 3 (1) If Greenlaw 4 (1) Shields 2 Adama 1 it Garcelon Ig Burton HODGDON (21) lg Taylor Tg Daggett Benn ft (2) Toner 4 (1) rt WUllama Wilson Official: MeCluskey Oakfleld 10 IT 22 Hodgdon 4 -17 21 Oakflrld Girls 27 Hodgdon Oirla 23 Played ai Mara Hill: IUCIC tn JUNIOR COLL Wt (SOI A (FUTURE PARMERS) (39) ir Gatea 13 (0) rt Blther 4 Woodiworth Wright 3 (1) lg Ramsay rg Mock Drew Score by period: Ricker 14 A I 12 Official: Stromback rg Harrington 1 (2) lg Morria (3) Tweedie Beala 3 (1) rt Pierce 4 (3) It Clark 3 (1) 24 21 30 28 SO 39.