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THE DETROIT FREE PRESS TUESDAY. AUGUST 17, 1943 Michigan Loses Grid Immortal in Death of Albert Benbrook, First of Great Running Guards I University of Michigan lost one ef its football immortals Monday in the death at Dallas, of Albert Benbrook, the giant who was one of the first "running guards" the game ever produced. Death came to him at the age of 56 following a heart attack and burial will be made in Acacia Park Cemetery In Chicago Wednesday. News of his death shocked many ef the Michigan but his pass ing served to recount many of the great deeds he did on the gridiron to earn All-America recognition from Walter Camp in 1909 and 1910. He was captain of the Wolverines in 1910 one of the years Michigan was out of the Conference and he piloted the team to a 6-0 victory over Minnesota in one of the greatest games in the long series.

In speaking of great guards, veteran followers of football al ways linked Benbrook's name with those of T. Trnxton Hare and William (Pudge) Heff el-finger, the two great Tale guards who earned All-America recognition each year they represented the Yale Bulldogs. Benbrook made the All-America only twice 1909 and 1910 but he is the only Michigan guard ever to achieve that honor. "Benny" was one of the pioneers in taking the stigma of "dumbness" from the guards. Through the early years of football guards always were referred to as "dumb guards." But Benbrook changed all that.

Instead of digging into the turf on every play and landing on the bottom of the pile, he pioneered the style of pulling out of the line to lead the Interference on the offense. And, on defense, be was one of the first guards to pull out of his position and back up the line. It was this pioneering that won him All-America recognition and national acclaim. In a recent article in Esquire, Clark Shaughnessy, now coach at the University of Pittsburgh who was a substitute on the Minnesota teams of 1909 and 1910, paid a glowing tribute to Benbrook. He recalled that it was Benbrook's play that helped Michigan defeat the Gophers.

15 to 6, in Minneapolis in 1909 and 6 to 0 in Ann Arbor the following year. In spite of his weight of 240 pounds, Shaughnessy claimed Benbrook was one of the fastest guards he ever had seen In his long connection with the game. Years ago, the late Walter Eckersall, one of the game's leading authorities, rated Benbrook the greatest guard of all time placing him above the mighty "Pudge" Heffelfinger. "Benny" was commissioned a second lieutenant in World War I at Fort Sheridan and was promoted to a first lieutenant while serving overseas with a machine gun battalion. Following the war he became a member of the firm of Monroejl Benbrook an office furni.

ture concern. Later he became associated with the American Seating Co. and remained in its employ until-his death Monday. Besides his widow, Benbrook is' survived by a son, Corp. Jamel Benbrook.

21, attached to the paratroopers at Fort Benning, and a sister. Mrs. Olive James, of Evanston, 111. j-1 14 Stanford Drops Football and Quits Conference To Whom It May Concern By Dale Stafford 1 i i. 2 Oh, Mr.

Mandel, Do You Remember This Bald-Headed Fellow? r-zw 3. fcks 4tm-m Ha IX THE closing stages of the called attention to the and detrimental to the interests Grid Staff to Train Army Men Graduate Manager Announces Plans for Coach Schwartz with 2,500 Cadets The American Bowling Congress has seen fit to reprint the article in its official publication, -tcrial bearing the title "ABC Acts to Curb Gambling." In conclusion the ABC issues a warning. It follows: "Bowling alley operators of ment in property and equipment The American Bowling Congress, too, will not con descend to the gambling elements. Their plea that gambling puts spice into the game will go unheeded inasmuch as the game has prospered and grown without it. "Notice is served now that refuse regulation bowling alley ment sanctions to establishments premises, and will cancel those issued to houses where gambling is now tolerated.

Must Maintain Healthy Atmosphere THE INTELLIGENT people prove of this statement of firm The recreation palaces which house modern bowling alleys weren't built from gambling revenue. Rather, they materialized because men, women and children became interested in the game PALO ALTO, Aug. 18 (UP) Stanford University definitely will not play football this season and will drop out of the Pacific Coast Conference, it was announced tonight by Graduate Manager Al Masters. Masters said Coach Marchmor.t Schwartz and his staff would remain and handle the Army's physical fitness program for the ap- proximately 2,500 cadets now enrolled at the university. Stanford was the second of the 10 Pacific Coast Conference members to drop football because of wartime conditions.

Montana University last week announced abandonment of the game for the duration. The action halted Stanford's football record which seven times took the Cardinals to the Rose Bowl. In announcing that the univer-t sity definitely had decided to give tip football. Masters said: "Chancellor Ray Lyman Wilbur has authorized me to make the statement that Stanford simply cannot play the conference schedule because of the heavy Army program being conducted at the university." Masters said the announcement was made to notify other conference members that Stanford will be unable totparticipate this season. Stanford's schedule called for home-and-home games with Uni versity of Southern California and UCLA and single games with and made of it a family affair.

There is additional reason to curb this gambling evil now that 15-year-old youths are being permitted to set pins in many localities. Pin-setting is the very life of the bowling game and since the outbreak of war the problem of obtaining reliable boys for this job has been a constant headache to the proprietors. Now that a supply of younger pin-setters has been made available, it is mandatory that the conditions under which they work be as favorable as it is possible to make them. The American Bowling Congress has won renown for safe guarding the interests of the bowler, and for this latest attempt When the Navy's Pre-Flight school at St Mary's College, near San Francisco, opened football practice Monday morning, Bill Edwards, former Detroit Lions' coach who now is a lieutenant in the Navy, was among the coaches to take over. He is the second from the left.

On the left is Lieut. Jules Sikes, former Georgia line coach; next to Edwards, left to right, are: Lieut. Emerson (Spike) Nelson, former coach of Louisiana State; Lieut. Harry Shipkey, formerly of Stanford, and Lieut. Arthur (Buck) Bailey, former assistant at Washington State.

to curb widespread gambling of recognition. Little Acclaim, hut Nats Oust Tribe from 2nd Place Senators Win, 6-3, Routing Bagby in Eighth with 4 Hits to Break 3-A11 Tie CLEVELAND, Aug. 16 (AP) Four consecutive singles off Cleveland's Jim Bagby in the eighth inning today gave Washington a 6-3 victory and enabled the Senators to capture second place from the Indians WASHINGTON CLEVELAND AB A AB A ra.rf ft Vernon. lb 4 Spenre.cf 4 ft Priddy.2 4 Early.e 4 3 4 4 1 4 7 Hockett.ef 4 12 0 1 4 1 7 0 Heath. If 4 0 0 0 3 4 B'dreau.

3 12 3 8 Koreo.lb 3 Ol'i 1 1 3 113 4 Dca'tela. 4 2 3 0 1 Bachy.o 3 111 Seerer 10 0 0 Total 37 11 27 11 Totajg 33 9 27 9 Butted for Salveson in ninth. Washington 00020013 0 Cleveland 10020000 0 3 Run Vernon. Johnson, Priddy. Early 2.

KamoourU 4): Peteri. Rondreau. Ue-autelfr -3 Error Kampouria. Roceo. Runs batted in Cutlenhine.

Sullivan 3, Vernon, Desautels. Baiby. Early, Kam-poaris. Two-hae hit IWebyre. Sullivan.

Three-base hit Desauteln. Home run Vernon. Stolen hates Mark. Hock-ett. Double plays Priddy.

Sullivan and Vernon: Cnllenhine and Koeeo: Sullivan, Priddy and Vernon: Vernon and Sullivan. Left on bases Washineton 7. leveiand 9. Bases on balls Off Baicby 2. I-efclivre Struck out Bv Bach- 1.

Lefehvre 7. Salveson I Hits Off Bacbv I in 7 Innings (pitched to four hatters in eighth Salveson in 2. Hit hv niteher By Bnghy (Spence). Losing Ditcher Bagby. (moires Stewart.

Weafer and Plpgras. Time 2:00. Attendance 5.000. BOSTON BLANKS BROWNS, 9-0 ST. LOUIS, Aug.

16 With Old Mike Ryba turning in a four-hit pitching performance the Boston Red Sox shut out the St. Louis Browns here tonight, 9 to 0. Buck Newsom and Charley Fuchs gave up 11 hits for the losers. NIGHT GAM BOSTON ST. ton AB A AB A L.NVe.3 1 4 2 2 2 0 I.unien.l 5 9 0 Zarilla.r 4 4 0 3 3 A Laahs.lf 4 2 Stenhens.s 3 Byrnes.m 3 4 Doerr.2 3 Fox.r ft Partee.e 4 13 3 2 I.axor.lf 3 Lake.s 4 Kyba.o 4 3 Hayes.o 3 0 3 i 3 Clift.3 2 0 1 Nwfiom.n 2 (t schulU 1 Fiiehs.ii 10 0 0 1 tKr'vlch Tefals 37 1127ill Totals 28 4 27 15 'Batted for Newsom In third.

Hatted fur i'urhs in ninth. Boston 3 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 St. Louis OOOOOOOO It II Runs Lunlen Metknvieh 3. Doerr 3. Fox W.

Errors Stephens, Hayes. I'urhs. Runs bnfted in Doerr 3. Fog 3: Layor. Metkovieh.

Lake. Two-base hits Metko-vieh. Fox. Jmt.ot. (iutteririge.

Home runs Doerr. Metkovieh. Sacrifices Lake. Par-tee. Double plays Lupien unassisted: Doerr.

Lake and Lunicn: L. Newsome. Doerr and Ijinlen: Stenhens. Gntrerlrite and MrQuinn. Left on bases Boston 1.

St. Louis 4. Bases on balls Off Ryha 3. Newsom 2. Furhs 4.

Struck out By Ryba 2. Newsome 2. Filch I. Hits Off New- om 5 in 3. Fuchs fifi in B.

Wild nitch Losing niteher Newsom. I'mnires Pommel and Huhbardu Time 1:19. At- YANKS TRIM CHICAGO SOX CHICAGO, Aug. 16 Jumping on Bill Dietrich and Joe Haynes for 14 hits, the New York Yankees registered a 7-0 verdict over the White Sox here in a game under the lights tonight. Hank Borowy limited the House to four well- scattered hits.

Night gams i New York 012 100 OfU) 7 It 0 Chicago ihmi nno OOO 0 4 4 Borowy and Dickey; DIETRICH. Haynes (9) and Turner. CHAMP CALLTJRA KAYOED NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 16 (AP) Hard-punching Phil Terra- nova, irom tne tsronx, N. won the NBA world's feather-weight championship from Jackie Callura with an eighth-round knockout before an estimated 8,500 fans here tonight.

Major League Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE California, Santa Clara. St. Mary'jt -i STILL ON the subject of bowling, a friend who has spent a lifetime in the game criticizes the newspapers for not giving publicity to the game's war contributions. The reason for this Revamped Dodgers Trim Champ Cardinals, 7 to 3 Pre-Flight and Del Monte Flight. 1 1 Wisconsin School lack of acclaim has been that no it to our attention.

However, the mail does bring ties for the 1943-44 season of air of this organization is to pocket-size checkers, chess and the Trout Gets Mound Job Against A's Tigers Map 3-Game Sweep of Series; Bosox Start 5 Tilts Here on Wednesday 0 other small indoor games to soldiers stationed overseas. Bowlers are being asked to donate from 3 to 5 cents each night of bowling for this fund. Frank G. Mitzel, secretary of the Detroit Bowling Association, is acting as local chairman for the BVL, and he urges league secretaries to include in their budgets stipulated amounts for the work of the Bowlers Victory Legion. It is superfluous to say that this is a worthwhile project.

We join Mitzel in the hope that every bowler competing in league play in Detroit will agree to assist this cause which will give enjoyment 1942-43 bowling season this de fact that gambling was pernicious of the ten-pin game. "Bowling," for August in an edi- America have too great an invest to close their eyes to this danger the Congress will not hesitate to certificates and league or tourna which permit gambling on their certificates which may have been connected with bowling will ap policy by the ABC. the professional type it deserves Bowlers Do oh one has troubled himself to call an announcement of the activi Bowlers Victory Legion. The provide decks of playing cards, domino sets, cribbage boards, and August home run hitting feats of Michigan racing which was exactly three experienced foot Bill Garnaas, whose debut as a "It we are going to do the job, we may as well do it right," O. A.

Proppe, secretary of the proprietors, remarked and his opinion was shared by Irv Gies, president of the proprietors; Harold Allen and Frank Mitzel, secretary of the DBA. The USO officials revealed that bowling was the most popular of all activities last winter and that they have received letters from men in all the war theaters telling them how much it was appreciated. The alleys are to open with an all day program. It will get under way with a proprietors meeting in the afternoon, formal opening of bowling with a possibility that Elmer Baumgarten, ABC secretary, will be present, and a gathering of all league secretaries in the evening. Probable Pitchers AMERICAN' I.EAKt'K Philadelphia at PKTKOIT Flore (3-10 t.

Trout (l.1-9. Button at St. Louis Huthvon (11-8) Munericf New York at (hieao (15-3) Kimi Only lamn scheduled. NATIONAL LEAGIE St. I.nnl.

at Brooklyn Brail (101 ts. Lnhrman (5-81. Cincinnati at New York Henuer 3-3 or Shoun (-; ri. fhe r.7. Chiracs at Philadelphia Faseatt (118) Tl.

Kraut (7-10). Plitihnrrh at Bmtnn Rwlm and C.ornlrki (4-9) Andrews (9-11) and Macfajden (1-1). to the gallant men across the seas. Looh at What Rudy Has Done Lions Sign 5 to Boost Squad to 53 Mandel Forecasts Record Roster of 60 Thursday When Men Get Uniforms BY JOHN N. SABO If manpower will win football games, the non-victorious Detroit Lions of 1942 will blossom into an entirely different kind of team next fall.

Owner Fred L. Mandel, announced Monday that he expects to have the biggest squad in the history of the Lions Thursday when Detroit's pro gridders will report to Coach Gus Dorais at the West Shore Golf Club. "We received five more signed contracts today," Mandel said Monday, "which brings our total of players to 53. Since we expect six or seven more contracts before Thursday, we should have nearly 60 men trying out for positions in training." Man-del said a 54-man squad was the previous high for a Lion tryout period. Players whose contracts were received Monday are Elmer Hackney, Lion fullback last fall and a pro gridderfor the last four years; Albert Kaporch, 215-pound tackle from St.

Bonaventure College; Mike Corgan, former Notre Dame halfback; Paul Bennier, 170-pound halfback from Saginaw, and Ernie Rosteck, 215-pound center who formerly played at Southeastern High School. Ernie is a brother of John Rosteck, a halfback signed earlier by the Lions. WARD TO THE WISE SHORT STUFF: Rudy York's have moved Sid Feder, of the Associated Press, to rhyme. What he calls a "Pome" follows: A handy guy is Rudy York. He brings home the bacon (we mean the pork).

Needs one more homer for two dozen, And just loves pitchers they're all his cousin. Whatever became of Promoter Nick Londes? And Stat Sena Join Gridiron Ban i Eleven Wisconsin colleges have joined the rapidly increasing number of schools giving up football for the duration. They are St. Norbert College at DePere and 10 members of the Wisconsin State Teachers College Conference. Conference members include Milwaukee Teachers, Oshkosh, Whitewater, Central at Stevens Point, Superior, LaCrosse, River Falls, Eau Claire, Stout Institute? at Menomonie, and Platteville.

Lack of Manpower Makes Hillsdale Quit Special to the Free Prcu HILLSDALE, Aug. 16 For the first time since 1904 Hillsdale College will not have a football team when September rolls around. The little MIAA Conference school decided to drop the sport today when it became apparent that the male student population would not be sufficient to support the sport. Dwight B. Harwood, athletic director and football coach since 1927, will continue to serve as a physical instructor as well as act as principal of the Hillsdale Junior High School.

Dave Kennedy to Shift Jobs David C. Kennedy, one of Michigan's best known golf course superintendents, is resigning from Birmingham Country Club to become superintendent of Orchard Lake Country Club Sept. 1. Kennedy was in charge of construction of a number of golf courses in the Detroit area. For seven consecutive years he was the golf champion of the Michigan and Borded Cities Goif Course Superintendents' Association.

He has served this organization as i secretary-treasurer for the last nine years. tor Arthur E. Wood's investigation going io re conducted by Attorney-General Herbert J. Rushton? fiouest article in baseball batting at this time is Nick Etten first baseman of the New York Yankees. Up to Monday his last 14 hits consisted of five homers and nine doubles.

Charlie Johnson, sports editor of the Minneapolis Star-Journal, reports inat university ot Minnesota has ball hands available. They are cropKicker beat Michigan last fall; Paul Mitchell, a rugged lineman, and Edgar Leichner, guard and tackle for the Gophers in 1941. Leichner was with the New York Giants last season but is back on the Minnesota campus to complete studies in dentistry. STRIKE FOR FIGHTERS By the fnlted Prest NEW YORK, Aug. 16 The Brooklyn Chowder and Marching Club is in high spirits today and about to elect Whit Wyatt to an honorary presidency as that sentimental gentleman from Georgia hurled the Brooklyn Dodgers to a victory over the St.

Louis Cardinals and a two-to-one edge in the current series. Durocher's Dandies displayed some spirited ball to defeat the champions, 7-3, and the debut of Howard Schultz as a Dodger left little wanting. Schultz, obtained yesterday from the St. Paul Saints in a deal that sent Infielder Orengo and Hurler Rube Melton to the American Association club, arrived here in time to blast out two hits, one a double, for a major league batting mark of .500. Playing at first base, the new six-foot, seven-incher made 13 putouts and caused the first smiles seen in Ebbets Field since the departure of Dolph Camilli.

The Dodgers laid down a 15-hit attack against Starter and Loser Mort Cooper and his successors, Murry Dickson and Ernie White. Wyatt held the Cards to eight hits in recording his sixth triumph of the season. The Pittsburgh Pirates de-feated the Boston Braves, 5 to 1, as towering Johnny Gee hurled his third victory of the campaign. Al Javery was the losing pitcher when a costly error by Catcher Clyde Kluttz started the Pirates on the road to victory. A perfect throw from Outfielder Charley Workman had Vince Di-Maggio trapped between third and home.

Kluttz, however, dropped the ball, allowing Di- men say that disappointment at the disloyalty of the Sox shortened Gleason's life. When Diogenes was looking for an honest man he would have tossed away his lantern if he had come across Dolph Camilli, who recently retired from baseball when sold to the Giants by Brook- 9 1 FBEDDY HUTCHINSON I Magglo to score and break a 1-1 tie. The New York Giants bowed for the third straight time to the Cincinnati Reds when Johnny Vander Meer pitched an eight-hit, 5-2 triumph. Joe Medwick hit his third homer of the year in an unavailing cause and also blasted a double which led to the losers' other tally. Johnny Wittig started for the Ott men and was charged with his fourteenth defeat.

Despite one big inning when the Chicago Cubs scored three runs, Schoolboy Rowe registered his eleventh triumph of the sea son when he turned in a five-hitter as the Phillies downed the Bruins, 4 to 3, in a night game in Philadelphia. Cincinnati 310 100 OOO .1 (I New York OH) KM) OOO Vander Meer and Mueller; WITT1U, Felriman (3) and Manrusn. Pittsburgh 001 OOO ill 1 1 Boston 10(1 OOO (KM) 1 7 -i (ice and Lopez; JAVERY, Odom (8) and Kliittr. Twilight game St. Louis 100 000 500 3 1 Brooklyn OOO 042 lit 7 15 1 M.

COOPER, White (7) and W. Cooper; Wyatt and Bragao. Night came. Chicago 1)00 003 OOO 3 1 Philadelphia I0-H OOO 00 4 1 KRICKSON. Warneke (4) and McCnJ.

lough; Rowe and Moore. HAMTRAMCK NET RESULTS MEN'S SINGLES Jim Jankowski def. Clarence Hunter, 6-4. 1-6. 6-3; Hubert Manire def.

John koliba. 6-1, 6-1. MEN'S DOUBLES Hubert Manire-IIobart Wrobbel def. Dick Russell-John Whitey. 6-0.

6-0. WOMEN'S SINGLES Amy Roosevelt def. Wanda Pegeon, 6-3, 6-1; Kugena Gorka def. Emily Stump, 6-1, 6-0: Hazel Brown def. Betty Zeman, 6-1 6-0; Gertrude Bartholomew def.

Barbara Peters, 6-1. 6-0; Bartholomew def. Theresa (lacnra. 6-0, 6-0; Theresa 4'iacura def. Gloria Lane.

6-1, 6-0: Mary Transki rlcf. Angela Adams, 6-1, 7-5; Norma Pritula def. Stephanie Prychitko. 6-1. 6-2; Mary Henrando def.

Eugena Sikorskl, 6-0, 6-1. that After War lyn. In retiring when he did, Dolph tossed away $5,000 in salary. And he quit only because he was through as a player and would be cheating if he went to the Giants. Tom Stidham, Marquette University football coach, has Creek Indian blood in his veins.

He has an Indian football player who is a veteran of the battle of Midway Island among his V-5 students. But the player, Alfred Aguilar, from San Francisco, can't catch Tom's arguments even in the sign language. He is a Piute. The Ryder Cup matches seem to have swelled the attendance at the Plum Hollow golf course. Sunday 275 players went over the course.

It was the largest crowd of the year and most of the players were guests. Bill assistant pro at Plum Hollow expressed the belief that the big turnout was due to a desire of golfers to play the holes they saw the stars play. CORP. RONNIE WILLIAMS, of Fort Butner, N. went to a lot of trouble to lose his Michigan Open Amateur Golf last weekend.

He worked hard to get a furlough from his infantry outfit and then lose the championship. Sammy Byrd, who was once Turn to Page 18, Column 2 Bowling Chiefs Fix USO Alleys for Servicemen The Philadelphia Athletics make their faewell appearance of the season at 3 p. m. Tuesday and the Detroit Tigers hope to send them away unhappy by sweeping the three-game series. Paul Howard Trout, the Tiger right-hander who reached the 13 mark in victories Sunday for the first time in his five-year-old major league career, will continue his campaign to become a WHIRLY GETS DELAY Dick (Whirly) Wakefield, the star rookie slugger of the Detroit Tigers, has been granted permission by his Chicago draft board to be inducted into the Army in Detroit Aug.

26. Originally, Wakefield was to have appeared in Chicago for induction Tuesday. After induction Wakefield intends to spend his three-week furlough playing with the club which means the Bengals will have his services for practically all of the 1943 season. twenty-game winner. Opposing Trout will be Jesse Flores, who has won nine games while losing 11.

The Boston Red Sox arrive in Detroit Wednesday for five games in four days, a double header being scheduled Thursday to settle the issue of a tie game earlier in the year. The New York Yankees fol low Boston for seven games in four days. Incidentally, the lead ing Yankees have been successful in battling the weather this season, having played 75 straight games now without a postponement. Despite the attendance success of twilight games, only one more will be played at Briggs Stadium this season. The affair is a 5:30 p.

m. clash between the Tigers and Yankees next Monday. "The days are growing shorter and because of this the twilight schedule won't be increased," General. Manager Jack Zeller said. Hall Hurls Third No-Hitter for Tars Bob Hall, former Michigan State College hurler, pitched his third no-hit, no-run game of the season as the Grosse He Sailors defeated the Army Ferry Command, 5 to 0, at Wyandotte Monday night.

Grosse He backed Hall with errorless baseball and utilized six hits for ita five runs. Leading Hitters LEADING HITTERS BATTING AB Mniial. Cards 109 4 Appllnt. White Sox 106 461 WAKEfl.D. Tie-era 1(15 4 17 Herman.

Dodeem 1 IO 411 Pc. 1H 154 41 13H 6.1 III) fti urtrizht. White Sox S9 3H W. Cooner. Card.

MOS 47 4 .31. 'J 35 96 ki u. 1 1 r.ii i AMERICAN NATIONAL Etten. Yank SO Nicholson. Cub YORK.

Tirera 7 Elliott. Pirate Johnson. Yanki 70 Herman. Dodceri HOMfc BINS AMERICAN NATIONAL VORK. Thcera NiehoUon.

Cobs Keller. Yank. 19 Ott. Glanta Doerr. Red Sot 1 1 DtMailto, Ira tea 13 btepoen.

Brown it Freddy Hutchinson Hints He May Become Catcher AV Pet. GB New York 66 40 .623 Washington 59 52 .532 Cleveland 55 50 .524 10 '2 DETROIT 54 50 .519 11 Chicago 55 52 .514 11 'x Boston 53 55 .491 14 St. Louis 45 60 .429 20i2 Philadelphia 40 6 .370 27 in Garaes behind leadeV. MONDAY'S RESULTS Washington 6, Cleveland 3. New York 7, Chicago 0.

Boston 9, St. Louis 0. Only games scheduled. TUESDAY'S GAMES Philadelphia at DETROIT. New York at Chicago.

Boston at St. Louis. Only games scheduled. NATIONAL LEAGUE tat BY W. W.

EDGAR The service men, who visit the USO this fall and winter, will be able to bowl in style for nothing. This was assured Monday afternoon when officials of the Bowling Proprietors of Greater Detroit, the Detroit Bowling Association and the Brunswick Co. agreed to renovate the bovling theater and provide the service men with regulation bowling shoes. The pins will be the gift of the city's bowlers, while the shoes will be furnished by the proprietors. The cost of hiring pin boys and the renovating of the theater also will be borne by the proprietors.

The improvements call for new benches and a new curtain over the pins and a thorough job of placing the theater in first class condition. The Brunswick through Howard McCullough, Detroit branch manager, will recondition the alleys and the approaches and have them ready to open the sea-eon on Tuesday, Sept. 7. The alleys were taken over by the Detroit proprietors last year and made ready as a Christmas gift to the men in the service. From then until the season closed they bowled 45,000 lines.

This number is expected to doubled with the alleys available for a complete season. BY CHARLES P. WARD POTSHOTS with the scatter gun: The boxing career of Jimmy Edgar, Detroit welterweight now in the Army, may be ended. Friends say Army doctors at Newport News, where Edgar is stationed, have found that he has a cataract on one eye. John Rox-borough, his manager, thinks Jimmy should call it a career.

Rox-borough also indurjed Dave Clark, light heavyweight, to retire when he developed eye trouble. Freddy Hutchinson, former Tiger hurler, has written to Jack Zeller, Tiger general manager, asking for catching equipment. It seems Freddy has decided to become a catcher after he gets his discharge from the Navy. George (Slicker) Coffman and Luther (Bud) Thomas have asked to be placed on baseball's voluntarily retired list. Phil Marchildon, the Pene-fanguishene, Ontn lad who used to pitch for the Athletics, now is a pilot officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Jimmy Dvkes, savs he learned how to run a ball club from Bill (Kid) Gleason. Gleason was the manager of the, Chicago White Sox when they became the Black Sox and later served as coach for the Athletics. That was I where Dykes met him. Baseball Pet. GB St.

Louis 69 36 .657 Cincinnati 59 49 .546 liy2 Pittsburgh 58 50 J533 122 Brooklyn 56 53 .514 15 Boston 48 55 .466 20 Philadelphia 51 60 .459 21 Chicago 49 58 .458 21 New York 39 68 .364 31 fyfeSsIiavetl? Th "magic drops" in Prep wilt wire completely refresh tender skin make Prep the modern super-value. 6 Games behind leader. MONDAY'S RESULTS Cincinnati 5, New York 2. Pittsburgh 5, Boston 1. Brooklyn 7, St.

Louis 3. Philadelphia 4, Chicago 3. TUESDAY'S GAMES Pittsburgh at Boston (2). St. Louis at Brooklyn.

Cincinnati at New York. Chicago at Philadelphia. lg I.