vvrem1? TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1941. THE SEATTLE TIMES cA, .sr' GEORGE M.VARNELL (ASSOCIATE EDITOR, we TIMES CONTRIBUTING EDITOR War~Stranded Grid Men on Police Duty By Associated Press. . SAN JOSE, Calif, Tuesday, Dec; of two mainland college football teams stranded by war in Hawaii have been assigned to police duty in Honolulu. The teams are those of San Jose State College and Wil- lamette University at Salem, Or., both of which had Decem- ber dates with the University of Hawaii as well as with each other. Word that they had been mustered into police work :7 was received by Mrs. Ben Winkelman of San Jose in a cable- gram from her husband, coach of the San Jose eleven. 1.1.x, said the players might not return for some time. There are 25 in the California squad, one a-residcnt of Hawaii. about 20 fans. Willamette took 26 players to the islands, and By JOHN From Th 0 .f LARD ER NEW YORK, Tuesday, Dec. 9.?The open season on Duces is with us again, friends, and I advise every paid-up Caesar to take to the hills till the shooting blows over. Last week a bunch of hell-raisers around Trieste attempted to slip the business to Italy?s lovable Duce, Benito Mussolini, by inserting a Roman Candle in the breeches of the leader?s No, 7 uniform, which he was scheduled to wear from 8 a. m. till breakfast. By the purest chance he put on his tennis flan~ nels instead. and the plot was post~ poned (double-header Sunday). . Hot on the Trail This week a posse is hot on the trail of the Duce of boxing, Uncle Michael St. Dunstan Jacobs. The Duce?pronounced ?Deuce? in Cauliflower Alley?is being at- tacked frontally by a party of Phil~ adelphia sportsmen, armed to the fangs with subpoenas, summonses, manifestos and bills of complaint. Meanwhile, a congressman is threatening his flank in 'Washing? ton. The coup is planned for this very day. The' congressmanlname of James P. McGranery, vania) will go before the attorney general seeking to have Uncle Mike investigated by the government and busted up as a trust. Simultaneously, the Philadelphia mob will lay its case before the great double-talker of the New York State Boxing Commission, Mai-Gen. John James Phelan,fear- less upholder of the right and manufacturer of ladies? garment-s. ?.It looks like a lively day for Uncle Mike. At the Deuce?s head- quarters. they admitted there was trouble in the wind. ?There is trouble in, the wind.? stated Mr. Mushky Jackson, the Deuce?s vice president in charge of opening and closing windows. 0 Can?t Find Hill ?Will the Deuce take to the hills?? inquired your correspond- ent. ?There ain?t no hills inthisneigh? borhood,? said Mr. Jackson, ?but Uncle Mike will probably take to some niCe' piece of level ground in? stead. He ain?t particular.? This announcement was backed up by the Dance himself, who reached for his store teeth and made a. personal statement. don?t know what this is all about,? said Mr. Jacobs defiantly. W'ell, briefly, the trouble is as follows: Mr. Herman (Muggsy) Taylor, Philadelphia promoter of fisticuffs, believes that the Deuce has done him wrong. Mr. Taylor had booked a fight between Ray (Sugar) Robinson, the brunette welterweight from Harlem, and a robust stooge named Marty Servo. Subsequently, bin 5 beat Fritzie Zivic and became a title contender. As the Servo date approached, Robinson grew ill. The date was postponed again. Finally the Rob- inson stable hinted to Mr. Muggsy Taylor that they would just as soon not mingle with Servo at all, having bigger and better things to attend to. Mr. Taylor emitted the roar of a rhinoceros in pain. He pulled on his suing clothes and spoke of suing right and left. He declared that the man behind this con- temptible run-around was none SPORT 1 4306 University 4-100 LOTS OF USED AND EQUIPMENT MIKE JACOBS iThc Dcucc? embroiled again other than Michael S. Jacobs, the Deuce of boxing, otherwise known as Sinister J. Influence. ?The Deuce is manipulating Rob- inson,? yelled Dir. Taylor. ?He is always manipulating. \Ve will try to get justice from the New York Boxing Commission. If we fail, we will sue everybody to hellangone.? 'As an added threat, we have Congressman?McGranery down in Washington threatening to bust Uncle. Michael's trust. 3 Other congressmen. have made this play before. It?s not a bad play, and Mike?s business~especially his contracts could stand investigating. But I warn Mr. Mc- Granery to work fast, or Muggsy Taylor and the Deuce will kiss and make up and leave the congress- man holding the bag. That?s what usually happens to these investigations. Some rebel lines up a champion of justice in Washington. Then the rebel goes off to lunch with Uncle Mike, and the champion of justice is left at the post. I caution Congressman McGranery to lay in a case of aspirin for Armistice Day. HAWMS auw lNl} MA EH CHICAGO, Tuesday, Dec. smashing 2,340 pinfall by Ned Day in 10 games last night gave the West'Allis, Wis, national match game bowling champion an over? whelming victory over his chal? lenger, Lowell Jackson of St. Louis, and left no doubt but that he would retain his title by the time their 160?game series ends tomorrow night. Jackson's total was 1,914 but he couldn?t stand up to Day's great string, which included one 288 game in which he rolled 10 strikes before toppling only eight pins on his eleventh throw. In the all-star bowling tourna~ ment Johnny Crimmins of Detroit, who totaled 1,006 in five games the first night. added 1,014 last night for first place in the standings with 2,020. Second was Frank Mataya, St. Louis, with 1,984. followed by Joe Sinke, Chicago, 1,971: Bay New? ton, Memphis, Tenn. 1,962, and Ed- OPEN svsumcs Milli? Botten. Union City. N. 3., 1,954. an: Bruit 18 . ?k mce Emil Sicilzy'President INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTION Wmmuumuw It will mace. NAT WAR CONDITIONS MAJOR SPORTS A Hui I Ill. MN [m ASIJUAUNI By GEORGE M. VARNELL The national emergency will cause no change of plans for the eastern trip scheduled for late this month by the Univer- sity of Washington basketball team. So predicted Coach Hec Edmund- son yesterday as he put his Husky cagers through a torrid scrimmage session. aiming to eliminate faults which appeared in team play last week. ?Of course, at a time such as this, you can't tell just what will de- velop, but at the moment we are going along with our plans for the eastern trip,? Edmundson said. The Huskies are scheduled to meet Temple University December 27 at Philadelphia; New York Uni- versity in New York?s "Madison Square Garden, December 30, and Michigan State at; East Lansing, Mich, January 2. Edmundson also expressed the opinion that the declaration of war on the part of the United States will not cause any change in plans for the big intersection basketball tournament to _be played in the University of Washington Athletic Pavilion'December 19 and 20. In the tournament, Washington and \Vashington State College will join forces and act as hosts to the University of Missouri and Kansas State. The Cougars from Pullman A will tackle one of the visitors and Washington the other on the first night of play. The second night W. S. C. and Washington will switch opponents. ??ith plans set for the local meet and the trip east, Edmundson went ahead yesterday trying to polish his combination?for the next I game on the schedule, a. second contest here Saturday night against I the powerful Savidge team, cham- pions of the Community League. The Huskies took a 41-38 win from Savidge last Saturday. but with George Ziegenfuss back in ac- tion with the Community champs and Bobby Anet, former Oregon star, added to the squad, Coach Steve Antoncich has strong hopes of reversing the decision. ,Yesterday?s drill featured team play, with special stress put on passing and ball handling. Edmund- son was keenly critical about shoot- ing styles and featured that branch of effort. The starting lineup was un- changed from that which started in the two practice games last week. Norm Dalthorp? and? Bobby Lindh were at forwards: Chuck'Gilmur was at center, and Doug Ford and Bill Morris manned the guard spots. Boody Gilbertson, Wally ?Leask, George Fliflet, Bob Bird and Harry Nelson worked as a second com- bination, with George Glavin. Bill Gissberg, Bob Cummings, \Vebb Brown and Jack McIntyre per~ forming as a third. uliluhm PHUEWSIANDS By Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, Tuesday, Dec. winter sports program presumably will not be affected by the war with Japan. Outstanding among these events are: Dec. 31-March 14-52mm Anita's million-dollar race meet. - Jan. 1?Pasadena, Rose Bowl football game between National Professional Football League cham- pions and league All-Stars. Jan. 9-12?Los Angeles, Hillel-est Country Club, 510,000 Open Golf Tournament. On succeeding week-ends, the Oakland Open, San Francisco Match Play, and Del Mar (Bing Crosby?s) Open Golf tournaments. Officials at University of Cali- fornia at Los Angeles said they had been assured they would be sup- plied railroad tranSportation for the Bruins? December 20 football game with Florida U. at Jackson? ville. Advance ticket sales for all of these events were reported good. Sponsors said they would cancel any or all of these events if re- quested by federal officials. Mean? time, Dr. Charles Strub, general manager of Santa Anita race track, summed up the sentiment of spon- sors in this statement: ?Santa Anita, at the pleasure of the federal government, will go through with its winter race meet- ing. Until otherwise notified, we will go ahead on the theory that we should operate for the entertain? ment of the public as well as for the purpose of supplying revenue received through the operation of the track. We are prepared to co- operate to the fullest.? Father-Son Act RICHMOND, Va, Tuesday. Dec. and son will lead the University of Richmond basket- ball squad into action this season. The coach is Mac Pitt and the cap- tain and forward is Map Pitt, Jr. Playing center on the (111th is Dick Thistlethwaite, son of Richmond's football coach and athletic director, Glenn Thistlethwaite. HIPS We M3 um 39- ns nuv ssociated Press. SUNSET, Tex, Tuesday, Dec. 9.?Batting king of the National League in 1940, shunted to the minors one year later. . That?s the story of Debs Garms. But he's quite philosophical about it. Sent by the Pittsburgh Pirates to SaCramento of the Pacific Coast League, Germs had much to say but none of his comment was on the bitter side. don?t? especially care,? he dc- clared today at his 276-acre farm near here. ?I?ve had my day and I know it. Baseball is one game you can?t stay in until 99. ?Last year was my worst but I had a pretty good average on pinch-hitting and I thought maybe Frisch (Frankie Frisch, manager of the Pirates), might keep me for that. ?But it isn't any great surprise considering the bad slump after being the league-leading hitter in 1940.? Garms clouted .355 when he won the batting crown. Last season he fell off to .262. . don?t know exactly why I had such a. slump last year, other than Old Man Time had just caught up with me,? he said. ?Time and tide wait for no man?at least not a. ball player. But I feel like I have four or five more years of good ball-playing left.? Garms added, howeyer, that he wouldn?t work in a league of lower than A?l classification. "If I can?t play in any of the?better leagues I will quit and retire out here on this farm. I?m just a farm boy at heart and like it." He said he had no managerial ambitions and that when he quit playing ball he was through with the game. Neither Garms nor his wife ex? pressed worry or disappointment at his return to the minors. They declared they had taken care of their money and were fixed for life. Ski in Time Advanced Because of blackout orders, the Pacific Northwestern Ski Associa- tion?s ski zone meeting tomorrow night at the Washington Athletic Club has been moved up. Allen Granstrom, P. N. S. A. director, an- nounced today. The meeting had been slated for late tomorrow evening, but in order to give members time to reach their homes before the black- out. it now has been scheduled for 7:45 o?clock. A ski instruction ses- sion, which has preceded earlier meetings, has been canceled, Gran? strom said. Coley Welch Scores Knockout in Tenth PORTLAND, Me., Tuesday, Dec. Welch, 1598-2 pounds, Portland, retained his New England middleweight crown last night by scoring a tenth?round technical knockout over Henry By Chmielewski, 15 ll, of Boston. 1? - 5N ow Tuesday, Dec. State. Highway Department member reports ?H?Mfficinls of Ihe Washington?tinn on ski conditions in (he slnre?s resorts because of the national 1min:- rhey could nae-longer issueicmergr-ncy. A I GHIBADYEBDAY National League?s Lou Bou- a ., ST 5 . little inside dope from Jimmy Dykes, Chicago . White Sox boss, when they met at the major- (left), 24:year-old youngster recently named league business conferences. Dykes is known manager of the Cleveland Indians, got a as a sharp P. wirephoto. Baseball Chieftains Ponder War Problems By United Press. CHICAGO, Tuesday, Dec. 9.?Officials of National and American League baseball clubs met in separate session today, facing a crisis far more acute than in the first World War year of 1918. What appeared certain to be one of baseball?s greatest seasons became a definite question mark with the declaration of war and, as officials of the two leagues opened their annual winter meet? ings. baseball?s part in the emer- gency was the uppermost thought. Before the three-day session is concluded, some sort of ?war plan? governing the enlistment or draft- ing into military service of play-. under contract was almost cer- tain to be enacted. Such key figures as Commissioner K. M. Landis, President Will Har- ridge of the American League and President Ford Frick of' the Na- tional League declined to venture a forecast of baseball?s future be- yond agreeing that the national pastime will do ?its share." Trade talk flourished, but died insignificantly. The Brooklyn Dodgers still were said to be anx- ious to trade Dolph Camilli, the ?most valuable player," for Johnny Mize, hefty left-handed hitter of the St. Louis Cardinals. Camilli then might go to the Giants to replace Norman (Babe)- KR va Burs l? CHICAGO, Tuesday, Dec. ??The Chicago \Vhite Sox traded Outfielder? Mike Kreevich and Pitcher Jack Hallett to the Phila? delphia Athletics today for Out- fielder Wally Meses. Japanese Beaver O. K. for Rose Bowl CORVALLIS, Tuesday, Dec. (Ah?John Yoshihara, Oregon State College football player, is an Amer- ican citizen, 0. S. C. officials said yesterday. Some concern had been expreSSed that he might be an alien and thus lost to the team for the Rose Bowl game with Duke. Seal Club I Receives Pair From Boston? SAN FRANCISCO, Tuesday, Dec- San Francisco Seals yesterday received Al Piechota, pitcher, and Stanley Andrews. catcher, from the Boston Braves of the National League. Both play? ers were transferred to the local club in the deal for Nanny Fer- nandez, shortstop, sold last fall. O?Dea, Prep In Games Tonight O?Dea. High School and Seattle Prep will entertain basketball in- vaders in double?headers tonight. starting with second teams at 6:30 o'clock. The Irish of O?Dea. play their season opener when they meet Highline High School?s Pirates. The Irish have a. green but speedy squad and Coach \Valt Musial hopes to have the some success he had during the past football season. I?mp seeks its third straight vic- tory at Garrigan with Arling- ton High furnishing the opposition. VITIES unm?i shim By? JACK United 'Press Sports ??riter NEW YORK, Tuesday, Dec. It will be ?business as usual? in sports during the war?so long as the government agrees. That was the unanimous re- action obtained by th?e United Press today in a nationwide survey of leaders in all sporting circles. Although a certian amount of cur- tailment is regarded as inevitable, officials and promoters to a man are prepared to carry on for the duration. While making it plain that all their actions hinge on government approval, sponsors] of the impend- ing ?bowl? football games, box- ing matches and horse race meet- ings said that their events will be held as scheduled Baseball and professional foot- ball men, who have concluded their 1941 seasons, said that adjustments will be made. for 1942, but that they remained confident that America, like England and Russia, would re~ tain sports?war or not. Most opinions were carefully phrased with biggest of them centering on a probable new draft law which would reclassify many athletes fnow exempt from service under the Selective Service Act because of? age or dependents. Baseball would be hardest bit under such c'ircumstances, with football and boxing also suffer- ing. i Here are thumb?nail summaries by sports: . revised draft law would be the gbigegst problem, but the sport survived all but a few weeks of World War I.?operating through 1917land until September of 1918. Commissioner Kenesaw M. Landis said 'lIt is too early yet to form opinions? but American Lea- gue President William Harridge stated: ?While the nation?s welfare is our first consideration, I am sure baseball will carry on as it always has and complete its schedule in 1942. and for years to come.? Jacobs, the na- tion?s leading promoter, will retain first base. price. the of recalled the crisis oldtimers weathered in full during 1919. timistic. tract. little hope of doing much here." Young, ,soon due military serv- ice, and the Cards would fall back on their farm products to cover Bill Lee, Chicago Cubs pitcher, was offered to any club in either league with cash enough to swing a deal and Detroit turned down such a transaction because of the What forecasts there were di? vided sharply. between baseball's old and young generation. Many game 1917. played a 1918 schedule curtailed only on Labor Day, and resumed Mel Ott, 33?year-old outfielder recently appointed manager of the New York Giants, was far less op? ?This war has made us all mad,? he said. ?None can foretell what- will happen. Ballplayers are like anybody else and they might go out and? volunteer regardless of con~ ?In view of this, I have very his present heavy schedule of bouts available. He said: I?m asked, ivhet-her it is to promote bouts for the Army and Navy or to work in any. other manner. I be- lieve' boxing is good for morale, the armed forces, and will continue able.? Reynolds; chairman of the Tourna- ment of Roses Committee, said: ?We desire to cooperate with the government .as we did in 1918 and 1919, when we scheduled service teams, and we believe we will be expected; to carry on with our en- tire Nevv Year?s Day football pro- gram.? Abe Goldberg, president of the Sugar Bowl committee, said the New Orleans game will be played under current conditions but added: what all good Americans should do as long as the fighters remain stand; ready to do anything particularly with so many men in business as planned as long as we?re COLLEGE FOOTBALL al "Whenever the policy of, the country: is we will do Browns Consider Moving To L. A. CHICAGO, Tuesday, Dec. Barnes, president of the St. Louis Browns, said today he would place before the American League meeting a. proposal to transfer his franchise to Los Angeles. Barnes said certain interests in L05 Angeles had approached him about the possibility of moving the Browns and that he had told them he believed the ?lest Coast city was both logical and desirable if the club were to be moved. ?If the people of Los Angeles really want major-league baseball and proper arrangements can be made with responsible leaders and civic interests in Los Angeles, and the consent of the Pacific Coast League obtained they will find me ready to consider any proposal they have to offer, subject, of course, to the approval of the American League,? said Barnes. The American League met this afternoon. AH was By Associated Press. NEWAYORK, Tuesday, Dec. 9.??John Lindell, towering right?hander of the champion Newark'Bears, and Freddy Hutch- insonghigh?price?d farmhand of the Detroit Tigers, monopolized pitch- ing honors in the 1941 International season. I Lindell recorded the best earned- run average, 2.05; the highest per- centage, .852; and the longest win- ning streak. He finished the sea- son with 12 straight triumphs for a record of 23 Wins and four de- feats. Hutchinson, the former Seattle right-handler, whose brilliant hurl?- ing kept the Buffalo Bisons in the thick of the pennant race, won the most games, 26;'pitched the"r?nost innings, 284, and the most com- plete games, 31. He started the most games, 32, and also allowed the greatest number of hits, 241, ening the semen with'an earned- run average of 2.44. . Roy- Henshaw, veteran who per- formed for the Jersey City Giants. was second in effectiveness to Lin- del, placing in front of Hutchin- son with' 2.34 while compiling a won-and-IOSt record of 13 and 9 with the ?ftheplace J?s. Virgil Trucks, Buffalo rookie up from Beaumont of the Texas League, distinguished himself as (Continued on Page 20, Column 2.) the Circuit?s strikeout king, fan- ning 204. 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