Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 167, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 31, 1942 Page: 2 of 8
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'AGE TWO
•ROWNW©O0-(T»»«) lUU-fTtN, TUISOAY, MARCH H, 1941
For Bluebonnet Relays
Tonto Coleman Referee
■tonto CrUemeu. the hurl/ track |
emiuum** AMta* Christian col- |
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we« divisions of the first annual 1
Brownwood
and night. ****** afternoon
** *** Chrtatlan college \
SaCIL!!!?,!^JL^_ taTtt*t*on. then i
^VSTSLi^ lorHl »T
ifo*k authorities in the state For *°rei 'y* ore pour*
* xh* '▼‘ay even* wUl be .CgJ*{*
•>» Bailey ctwenev Southwest 1X1,1 * ltl«h foot*
State Teachers tnentor and ?JSs ^ who * »uP*r*
Retays starter, and oU^r juiw .nd '“°t OlTlaMi
jjjgjj *^bc track veterans now U ^rough^Ovt
Judge fee the relays, as an- rr**> *f *****
»«««* by Mac Miller director- lr^ ***T- ._.
tenetal. wtn be Pat Cagle the ex- At hvi echoal
Brownwood High coach who la now r®B| •*®“Vn~
connected with a local bottling com- c*aa briar ef the
P*ny In charge of the flnteh Judge* * the amy
be Jack Broad, athletic com-
nilttee chairman of the Junior day 1" Me ®wl
Chamber at Commerce than aitaUao back
XeatM -■ —- horn lek airclee. la
" 1Mb l Harper waa
**A.f°° Howard ^ Mlaa In h*h bur-
Ibdtball coach wtil be head timer dles
Otherof heia^for the relays will be ' u ta eater sth
•• follows: Barney Hale, assistant j ,K
coach at Howard Payne, shot put; 2>*u
Oua Snodgrass. ex-Daniel Baker rJlL.
(•Wtuhter now at Junior High, dla-
cob: L. L. OUger. asaiatant coach at . _ aartima.
Brown wood High, high jump Clyde Brady and
Ib*» fanner Howard Payne ath- Rr__
Mte. broad Jump. Carl Shultz, for- ! —,, n*au -___
■aer nit nets University athlete, acor-
J. M. Blmon Jaycee presl- ™ id 53
High School Entries Pour
In For Saturday’s Moot
*
Relaya art
meets ever baM In Wist Ttcas
And the group checked In with ec-
trha ao (hr constitute* only a small
portion of the more than 150 schools
Invited
Gigfitt HbW ft TKtbb Hitt
At OtvtUnd Win*, 34)
HATnaBBUHO. Mha March 31
--(UP)—The New York Otanta and
GMvMand Indiana moot tn the fifth
can tost of their long tour north*
ward today
Chubby Dean and Harry Barn-
aul held the Olants ta three hits
yesterday and the Indiana gained a
Browns Lm« to Brooklyn
Dm^W 11-Hit Uttins
LAKBLAND Pla . March II-
(UP)—The robust hitting of the St
Louis Browns infield today waa the
aaoat heartening feature of the
team's paifeunantt In 1U recent
I t**4*to the Brooklyn
get eight ef the
it lk tuts
stives from Btpwnwood
High. -Oanlel Baker college, and
■sward Payne college, will make
the presentation of awards at the I
Bluebonnet finals Saturday night
Them threw, “girls in Mue ’ will be
Mha Mina Barnes of Brown wood
High. Miss Rath Thomason. Brown-
wood, of Daniel Baker and Mias,
Am Cbsh. Pioneer. Howard Pa roe j
It's No Longer
National Defense;
Ift War Program
• TOUT'S SPORT PMAIE
Detroit Team Strangely Out of Step With
Re-Tooling Work of Its Home Industries
R* no
NEW TOOK. March *i—tUPi—
The cbnvetoSon of Detroit from on
i automobile capital into an arms
center h pthmhg at an eventful
dip. but at least one of the motor
«*r the “national de- cityt major
■»" at camp Bowte ly out of step It Is
ta orders from Gener- • mg nor eapai
head of the Service paring for a healthy Men. It h
al _
of Supply, received by the camp
puBhc rotations office, all reftren-
eaa to Uw national defense program
Detroit
forth A wUl
the “war
•r Nothing—-Mick
Rrot in 24 Hour*
BAN FRANCISCO Calif . March
tl—-<UP>—Kenny Richardson of
the Philadelphia Athletics was bark
hi the Uncup today after being fired
Mid re-hired within 24 hours.
— Oonnie Mack t©M Richardson be
wouldn't need him after Dick Sei-
bert signed up. but yesterday the
M» hd from Williamsport went to
Bad Quentin prison for sn exhi-
bition game, slopped into the l*l
eedkest In the seventh inning, idem-
mdi out a double and gave the As
a f-1 vtctery
Mack decided to keep bun on the
P*yraU___
Sbvwn fevers to be Cut
neytrs
From Yanks' 32-Men Squad
DAYTONA BEACH. Fla . March
31-^* UP)—The New York Yankees
brought a 33-man squad here to
play the Brooklyn Dodgers today.
The Yankees broke camp last night
and still have seven players to be
or loom A catcher, sn tnfleldgr. an
and four pitchers are
to be released
ARMY BRIEFS
Lieutenants Novtan K
The corporation it the
Tiger baseball club, a teai
wtU join the i$U America*
race for the sole purpose ef
firming the Uw of gravity
veam ago the Tlgets were up. Last
year they started Sown Today they
still are descending and uftleee par*
achutee are provided they may drop
out of sight.
Detroit s factories are so busy
that old machinery u being carted
to vacant lots and abandoned for
the duration to make way for new
projects Well. Owner Waiter Briggs
has given the Tigers the same
treatment He w buoy with war or*
aers so he Just bended the club
over to Oeneral Manager Jack Sel-
ler—lock. stock, barrel and prob-
lem child Bobo Newsom
Zeller si Week Quietly
Zeller went to wort with his
hatchet immediate The club tum-
bled from first to a Ue for fourth
m the space of a year, and Zeller
has amputated salaries accordingly.
Newsom was slashed from 993.990
to ftll.SOO. Rudy York from HZOOO
to a*.090 and a possible bonus, and
the others dropped in the tamo
proportion Only Al Benton got a
raise
L Affairs Newsom Is now settled
by his sale to Washington but Bobo
went to camp unsigned, asked |g».-
000 and was flatly refused BeUer
asked waivers but apparently few
owners were interested in a pitch-
er who wanted 120.000 after win-
ning only IS games last year.
Washington finally picked him up
last night
The rest of the team is assembled
and Manager Del Baker Is engroas-
Louto and Phil-
adelphia Any mere positive state-
meat borders on fantasy
Courteous 'Snake'
Crew five Sunken
Ship's Men Smokes
. March |1-<UF»_
Thk of*w of k Oorrnan submarine
lurvirors aboard
to others in n
WHlted today with
Staking two Allied merchantmen
The torpedoing of a small Amer-
A*» resell and s medium sized
British Ship were announced yes-
terday la Washington The Amer-
ican merchantman was sunk with
MEAT RAND IN COLD STORAGE—Verne Ofatn. left, af Chicago
Cuba broke twe ringen ah Ms pitching hand stopping a Bpa drive la
rxhibttlea game with White Sax In Loo Angelas. Trainer Andy Lai-
»haw looks over Injared flipper which benches capable sonthpow for
167th Infantry Drubs
Medical Cagers 36-27
A hustling basketball team from — ■ - - -------— -
167th Infantry threw dynamite Into
the Camp Bowie Major League
tournament last night at the train-
ing centers Field house whan It
drubbed the lOtth Medical Battal-
tan. 39 to r
The victory—which took on the
note of s rout In the loot half-
stymied the Meuicos' chance for
undisputed possession of first po-
sition and knocked them from their
undefeated dip In tournament play.
However, the 197th Infantry was
not the only outfit to beheflt from
the triumph. Moving wlUwthe 197th
Infantry club into a one-defeat tie
the 109th Medical were 113th Cav-
alry and 174th Field Artillery.
This entire quartet will engage tn
a final playoff for the champion-
ship and the right to go against
other tournament winners at Camp
Bowie for the camp championship.
Bry aal Scares Taa Many
Too much for the 199th Medicals
last night was the last half scaring
spree by Ouard Bryant, who dunked
the mesh for 14 points. High scorer
for the contest, Bryant talked 12
counters In the final period as his
team overcame .9 J3 to 13 deficit
which the iiedkxs held at inter-
mission.
Lt. •Chaplain) Richard D. Wol-
cott i Infantrymen completely bel-
lied Sgt. Jreee CNR street. Medical
forward and acting-coach for the
game Unable to score in the first
W wanting off the Atlantic coast half Overstreet finally counted In
of Cuba March 12 and the BrU-
Mi snip was torpedoed and shelled
indiscriminately - m the Atlantic-
three days later It was believed
the tame submarine made both at-
tacks
31 Surrtvars Hearsed
Thirty-one survivors of the Amer-
ican ship were brought here from
Cuba Charles Xsvier. s negro
messmsn from the Dominican
BUt Tank Battalion are to
_ the tank maintenance course
MAh* Armored Force School. Fort
Ky , Lt Col Charles B
, commanding officer of the
has announced.
IOOAY
B A
posts must
and Warren E Baker of ’ ** w1lh “ rebuilding program that
would give pause to the engineers
who constructed Boulder Dam
Aside from his pitching staff which
is hardly conducive to sound sleep.
Baker has only four returning reg-
ulars and at least two of these
can t be considered on the upbeat
for 1941
Fewr Regulars af 1941
The four include Rudy York and
Pinky Higgins, at first and third
bases. Barney- McCosky In the out-
i field and Orert* Tebbetu behind
the plate. A major trad# with
Washington provided Second Base-
men Jim Sloodworth end Outfield-
er Rbger Cramer, capable enough
operative* but no DtMaggtoe it the
; plate The other two
be plugged by rookies
Strangely enough, it le a new-
comer who evokes one of the few
gleams noted m the Baker eye He
is Billy Hitchcock who R destined
for shortstop. Hitchcock earn# up
from Kansas City where be alter-
nated at short and third Ms is a
polished neider although his IN
batting average could b# upped with
advantage to the Tigers.
Frospecta Dismal
The prospect* for a good season
are pretty dismal The power has
seeped sway, the pitching bulwark
of the l*4d elub—Newsom—is MBA
and there is certain to M diasat-
Htettlon in the ranks stag# Ballgr
began dipping the pajr*r«0. it will
bo a tough war for Detroit players
and even tougher for the find
Attendant* decreased aiarw^w>giy
“ year because the Tigers*
“ *** confined to
BINSO^
I k
109th MEDICALS
Flower*, f
Overstreet f .....
Smith c .........
Jenkins, g ........
Outs, g ...........
Wilkes, g ........
Totals .. .....
Score at half
fantry IS
public, was the only crew member H*^8 *
loat Forty-five British crewmen Bishop, f
were taken fee Fbrt Lauderdale from Dickerson c
Nassau Three of their shipmates Brv*nt *
were lost
Fer H Jansse 50. of Newport
News, Va . fireman aboard the
American vessel, was pulled from
the water by the U-boatl crew and
rede on the craft's deck for about
Are minutes until he was trans-
ferred to mie of his ships lifeboats
"I Just got hold of a line the
Germans threw and they putted m«
oate the submarine.'’ he laid "It
wasn't any experience
“I floated tn the water shout II
minute*, then I see a big Mack
thing earning m the darkness It
*** submarine Someone yelled
in broken English, 'man overboard •
Ooe of them threw me a heav-
ing line I heard him holler some-
thing about ‘this one la hurt ' My
finger had been cut I got on the
submarine deck There were about
five or six men there I never got
into lt
Threw Cigkret*
“After l get an board w# rode
my ship Boon we stopped
near one ef our llfeboet* and a
Oerman sailor hollered and told the
men to come alongside and
Our boat pulled up and 1
la The Oerman officer on__
something to the Been and
they threw dgarets into the boat *
u£?..
•ailed as his submarine drew away:
“Oood luck Well see you after
the war -
Earliest known mec.hantoa) toy
the final period but then it was too
late
Next to Bryant In individual per-
formance were Forward Males of
the of the 197th infantry and
Johnhy Out* of the lORh Medicals.
Kales scored nine points snd Out*
consistent throughout, chalked up
13 points
Bex Score:
167th INFANTRY FC1 FT FT TP
Wilkes, g
Wilson*, f
Dabbs, g .
Wilder g .
Total# ............ 16 4 14 36
TO TTPPTP
.0 6 3 0
11 I 9
Medicals 13.
Butcher or Dietz to Hurl
For Cincinnati in Opondr
EL CENTRO, Cal . March 31-
• UP> —Ftttsburfh Pirates' Manager
Frankie Frisch said today that eith-
er Max Butcher or Lloyd Diet*
would go to the mound for the
Bucs in their opener at Cincinnati
April 13
Butcher was credited with nosing
out the White Bbx. 74. at Pasadena
yesterday as the Ftrates turned on
a 13-hit Offensive that featured the
home run of Vlner TOtaggio with
two on.'
Charley Gehringer add
ng Bobo-whan no Bad
■***fkup his boast*. This
Watt, the Tigers may gtnipk.
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MOTHER « lovily
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bOMBTHlNO TO CARP ABOUT
—Mre. Tata Oteek weM fkbtag an
the eighth green ef a mst, Mis A,
getf ream when she found a 1ft-
ponnd earp left stren<e< there by
a flMd. Instead ef beggtat a bird-
to. she landed the net-se-Mttle
fishy.
NYA Work Center to
Be Opened at Waco
AUSTIN. March 31-(UP)-A
National Youth Administration war
work center wtU be opened In Waco
during April. Bute NYA Adminis-
trator J c Kellam announced
today,
The Waco center will Open with
64 young women and will be ex-
panded for training 200 girls tn
radio, sheet metal, machine shop
and production sewing machine op-
eration. Return Mid.
After preliminary training at
Waco, selected young women will be
transferred to Corpus Christ! for
further experience “pointing toward
employment by the elvtl sendee
commission at the Corpus
naval air station shoot," »
announcement
Tigers Send Newsom
Back to Senators
In Low Price Trade
LAKELAND. FU., March Si (UP)
—Back with the Washington Sena-
tors for the first time since 1937.
Pitcher Buck Newsom today was the
central figure in a reported deal
bringing Third Baseman Harold
Clift from the SI. Louis Browns to
thft Bans tort.
Newborn, a determined holdout
aftar the Tiger* had attempted to
MmH his salary fttoAQO from last
year's wage of 113.500. was sold by
Detroit to Washington last night for
slightly mare than the waiver price
of 47.500 Washington may trade
him In turn, to the Browns for their
hard-hitting inflelder.
Thft pudgy righthander left the
Tigers' camp last night for his
HaxtsvUlc, s C home but stopped
off at Orlando, Fla., ta confer with'
Washington President dark Grif-
fith. Newsom had previously ex-
presed himself against playing with
the 8«nat*rs because (heir see
pitcher. Dutch Leonard, was only
receiving 113.000 He came to sal-
ary terms with Ortfflth 1st* last
night.
Detroit had countered Newsom's
holdout campaign by asking for
waivers which both the Senators
and Browns refuted The Tigers
had planned to sell the big right-
hander to the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Harry Bobo Climbs
To Title Front With
PITTSBURGH March 31-(UP)
—A left hook and a right cross (re-
peated rapidly three times* was all
the daaertption needed today to tell
how Harry Bobo Pittsburgh Ne-
gro. advanced his ambitions toward
the hagtyweight boxing crown by
out Lem Franklin in leas
than thlee minutes
It toftk Bobo only two minutes
and 40 Second* of the first round at
the OsMens last night to blast the
hopes 4* the Cleveland Negro of
after hi* eight-round
the hands of Bob Fas-
ti. The bout was scehd-
rounds
All three hooka and crosses used
By Bobo to ehlU his opponent had
telling effect on Lammln' Lem. who
Bit the canvas for counts of seven
and nine before he was downad
fbr good
ft* Bobo. It was his 30th knock-
out In 33 engagement*. He had a
13-pound advantage at ftOft 1-4 over
and Sewered t i-l inches
at I feet. 4 inches.
Three Texans Lose In
Matches At New York
NEW YORK. March 11 (UF>—
Morris Corona of Port Arthur and 1
Marvin Bryant of Dallas won their
Golden Olovet bouts last night as
s western t*em of champions fought
lt out with an eastern team, but
three ohter Texans wfr# decision*d
by their opponents.
Corona. >4 * year • oM refinery
worker, slapped aalds Oene Barton.
New York messenger boy In the
135-pound class finals.
Bryant, lft-yesr-old truck driver,
dre to toned Joe Bowman, also it.
New York student, In the 147-pound
class.
Tom Attra. Austin, sturdy 31-
year-old lifht heavyweight, lost to
sn army private, Cl«nt Conway of
New York
In the 119-pound division, vic-
tor Res to it. New York, outpointed
Arlo Rove 19. San Angelo.
Phillips’ Rally to Late
The Texas heavyweight. Jim
FluUips. 24-year-old Camp Bowie
corporal whose home is In Fort
Worth, was beaten by Robert Ram-
sey. 22-year-old nickel drorkar of
Huntington. W Va. Phillips, fight-
ing as the alternate heavyweight 6f
the Chicago team, was floored by a
series of rights and lefts at the bell
ending the second round. However,
the Blonde Texan recovered during
the intermission and rallied to eartry
the fight to Ramsey throughout the
final stanaa.
Pinal night of the 19-bout inser-
clty matches gave the championship
to New York for Uie first urn# in the
program's eight year history. Ih
that event Hubert Hood, the itodty
Chicago negro, loot a very daw de-
cision to Jimmy carroUa* b*aVy
champ of New York.
Yictofles were nine to fteren in
favor of New York.
Boston Bocemti Only Club
With Edge Over St. Louis
SARASOTA. Fla , March It—
<UP>—The Bt Louis Cardinals seek
to get even today with Uw Boston
Red So*, the only team which h«Ms
an advantage over them in spring
training games The Reg Boa beat
the Cardinals ft to 3 yesterday, get-
ting their Winning martin In the
eighth inning when Left Hander
Harry Brecheen had a speB af Wild-
Aggies Attempt Win
No. 2 Over Mustangs
Today; Rice at Waco
By UNITED PRESS
Thft Rtea OWR. whd havftfrt been
tested in Southwest 00nferer.es
baseball competition, open their bid
against Baylor at Wa*o today for
the championship MM by Text*,
While the Texas Aggfas. Who seem
uw moot dangerous pennant con-
tendere. try to «akft It two la * row
ever Sou thorn Methodtot at Dallu
The Aggias won their third game
In four since Uw conference season
days ago. pulverising the
* to i. They scored in
nine time* they wsre
at bat. climaxing the run-barrage
with five tallies In the ninth lnn-
^Bavlor. only team so far to stop
the Aggie*, has S J00 average, split-
ting with A. and M^Aa^their early
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hame, leaving behind a training
camp record of twa victorias and
fire losses In major league combat,
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