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bruary 29, 1944
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Tuesday Evening, February 29, 1944
THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
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Lt. Birdie Tebbets left), former Detroit Tigers catcher now in charge of soldiers in the
Texas Golden Glove delegation, and Sully Montgomery center), former heavyweight box-
er who coaches the Fort Worth team, checks hands of Cpl. Dick Young, Camp Barkeley
•liddleweight hopeful. The tournament started Monday, Feb. 28, in Chicago. Montgomery
refereed the Abilene district Glove tournament in January when Corporal Young won the
right to go to the Fort Worth finals where he annexed the state crown.-
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Camp, Tourney
Champs to Meet
• The 12th armored division all-
stars, winners of the recent Air
Base invitation district TAAF bas-
ketball tournament and the 67th
medical group of Camp Barkeley
meet Wednesday night at the high
@chool gymnasium in a grudge
oattle.
The 67th challenged the all-
stars after chalking up 15 con-
secutive wins and taking away
Camp league honors for the
_ season. .
• The medical group defeated the
248th station hospital 48-38 to win
the camp championship. The 248th,
a competitor in the air base tour-
ney, drew the Air Base Comets in
the opening round and were elim-
anated but in going down to defeat
‘Ihowed themselves a strong, classy
club. .
The 67th‘s reputation is en-
hanced no little by their win over
the 248th
The Hellcat stars are unbeaten
@thus far. They defeated Hardin-
Simmons university. Coleman fly-
ing school and the Air base in the
tournament a week ago
Tomorrow night's game starts at
8 o'clock. There is no admission
charge._____
Civilian Interest
In Badminton Shy
Organization of Abilene's badmin-
ton players into a formal club has
been postponed another week in
the hope more civilian interest will
be shown, Paul Fowler, 2d Street
USO club director reported Mon-
Tday night.
For the third week more than
a dozen players showed up to put
to full use three courts at the Abt-
SPORTSTUFF
BY BETSY ROSS
Bill Little, who caught, played in-
field and even pitched on occasion
last season for Lawn high' school
in Abilene’s victory baseban league,
then played the diamond, around
for the Abilene Aces, gets a crack
at organized ball this season.
Bin tries out next month with
the Indianapolis, Ind., club of the
American Association. The con-
tract was due to have arrived the
first of the week and he reports
March 15.
If he makes the grade, BU1 win
be a manager's war-time ideal:
young, husky, eager, plus a 4-F
draft classification.
NOT SO FUNNY DEPT: A
birds unter in Georgia took his
prize pointer “fishing" with
him. He tossed a stick of dy-
namite into a promising pool
and the dog, a first-class re-
triever, promptly dived to fetch
it. No dog, no fish, no hunt-
ing.
Dick Young is living proof of
Miss Mainstays
By T-SGT. BRENDON CONNELLY
Public Relations Office, MRTC
When you take one of two main-
pins out of a machine something
is bound to happen sooner or later.
For the 56th Medical Training Bat-
talion courtmen, it happened
sooner. Injured in a contest last
week, Sgt. Ralph Leinecke, one of
the 56th‘s two mainstays, was miss-
ing from his teams lineup recently
when the 56th put a 17-game win-
ning streak on the line against the
51st—Medical—Training—Battalion.
The National League leaders not
only missed Leinecke, but they
looked like a broken-down merry-
go-round running in reverse and
the 51st sprung the upset of the
MRTC basketball season in turn-
ing back the 56th, 23-21.
The 51st built up a 21-9 lead in
a slow and sloppy first half and it
was enough to win, despite the fact
that they only connected for one
field goal in the second half. Play-
ing in a muddle, the defending Na-
tional champs peppered away and
managed to tally 12 points in the
second half—just three points too
few.
Even Cpl. Mickey Duzdevich,
the 56th‘s brilliant sharpshoot-
er and one of the MRTC’s
leading scorers, was well off
the pace—he scored but one
field goal—and that in the
first half. Jarvis and Nielson
showed the way for the 51st
with six points each, and Mc-
Dermott and Hart each had six
for the 56th. In suffering their
initial defeat of the season, the
56th did not take too much of
a jolt, for they are still 2 1-2
games out in front with but
six games remaining to be
played.
In the American League, the
66th courtmen continued their
policy of looking hotter each time
out by belting the 63rd, 72-8. Cpl.
Clyde Davis, the 66th‘s great star,
tossed in 20 points to run his sea-
son total to 225, and his team-
mate. and nearest competitor for
the contention that you have to be | high scoring honors. Cpl Jonathan
not only good but colorful to cap- Campbell, scored 16 points to shove
lure attention in the sportsphere, his season total to 198 It was win
Young breezed through the state No. 19 for the negro quintet against
Golden Gloves show at Fort Worth two defeats as they continued to
in a class by himself. He had a hold the edge over the 59th battal-
harder time handling Sgt Ralph ion by a full game.
es e
Hill in the Abilene district show
than he did any of his Fort Worth In a spirited National League
fire. But Young continues to be contest the second place 57th team
1936-38
1933-35
1 24,833
U.S.A.
67,247
1939-40
116,067
*1941-43
162,772
An AP FEATURES PICTOGRAPH By ALAN
AGAIN the United States is a haven far the oppressed, as it
was in the beginning Since 1933 more than 270,000 persons
have fled to this country. This is a maximum estimate since
not all remained, soys the U.S. Immigration and Naturaliza-
tion Service. Most of them fled Nazi wrath.
HOOK,
— IN E W.D. BONDA
AN De
A full array of facts as to fishes,
fisheries and fishing in Texas would
be astonishing to numerous Texans,
even to some who often go fishing.
If such an array should be pre-
sented. It would require this en-
tire page That, of course. Is out
of the question—But some of the
facts may be interesting to readers
of this column.
You may be interested to learn,
for example, that:
Approximately 250 kind of fish
are found in the fresh and salt
waters of the state.
The approximate commercial
catch in the state amounts to well
over 20 000.000 pounds annually.
The total catch in the state is
about 30,000,000 pounds annually.
Shrimp constitutes the great
bulk of the commercial catch.
Salt water trout catch is more
than 1,000.000 pounds, followed
closely by the redsnapper catch.__
Enough oyster are taken every
season to give the full membership
i of all civic clubs in the state at
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Army-Bound Bivins
In Farewell Fight
CLEVELAND, Feb 29.—(—
Army-bound Jimmy Bivins makea
his farewell appearance aa a civil-
ian leather pusher in a return 10-
rounder with Lee Q Murray at the
arena tonight and the boss of the
active heavyweights intends to give
a sellout assemblage of 14.000 some-
thing to remember
The Cleveland negro’s main con-
cern la to regain the prestige he lost
in his flrat encounter with the for-
mer protege of radio’s Lemuel Q
Stoopnagle. Bivins won the decision
but Murray received the applause of
a capacity throng for subjecting
Jimmy to the roughest treatment
of his 14-bout winning streak
The gangling easterner came close
to a technical knockout triumph
when a right uppercut opened a
deep gash above Bivin’s left eye in
the sixth round The flow of blood
from the wound virtually blinded
the Clevelander in the ensuing
listed among the also-on-the teams,
while the play goes to boys like
Manny Ortega and O. C. Ott, feath-
er and heavyweights. ,
After the highly successful city
tennis tournament of last summer,
Abilene may have two such meets
to offer net fans this year.
The city tournament likely will
be staged again, maybe a little
earlier in the summer, followed by
a district TAAF affsir. Director
Ray Crowell has put sn official
least twelve sumptuous oyster sup-
turned back the challenge of the | pers (this is calculation on the
third place 52d. 37-28 It looked as basis of normal appetities).
though another upset was in the
making at half time in this con-
test. With the 52d holding 14-10
advantage, but in the second half.
Gaynor, Pickett and Williams went
to the firing line and stayed on
the target the rest of the way The
57th packed in 27 points in the last
The State Game, Fish and Oyster
commission maintains ten fish
hatcheries the total production of
which amounts to about 10,000,-
000 fish yearly.
The federal hatcheries at Burnet,
Fort Worth, San Angelo, San Mar-
cos, and Uvalde add greatly to the
half while the 52d was gathering 14 . D. :
markers Gaynor and Pickett Hard TO rreaict
stamp of approval on the TAAP eight for the 52d
tournament, which should drawl
some crack performers It should I
go over particularly well in that 1
players will have had a chance to
get limbered up and get the feel
of a racket in the city show.
Morgan Hampton gets pretty
gleeful when he talks about the
forthcoming Texas PGA tourna-
wound up with io points each for
the winners while Theurer had
The scoring spree at the eve-
ning was indulged in by Hq.
Det., MRTC, and the 53d, with
the headquarters boys over-
coming a 24-15 halftime deficit
to win out, 43-42. Jacobsen led
the winners with 14 points,
while Garbington had 16 for
the 53d.
MIAMI. Fls. Feb 29.-P)—Tem-
| peramental two-year-olds, whose
form is hard to predict but whose
races are spectacular, will go out
Saturday for their richest purse of
the Florida season in the $5,000
added Hialeah Juvenile stakes.
lene high school gy mnasium. open to
badminton fans on Monday nights
a Among those on hand last night
"were Mrs E R Halle Jr., Mrs.
Helen Darbes. Mrs Alberta Cecil,
Mrs Gertie Green, Lt. and Mrs
rounds but Murray had broken his
right hand and was unable to ap-
ply the finishing touches.
Sammy Byrd Annexes
E M Gilchrist, Mrs. Jackson Ora- N D
ham, Lt. Thomas Ross. Paul Fowler, New Orleans Purse
Lt. and Mrs. C E. Ayers. NON VIIVUIIJ I Mu
Biatime Navy Teams NEW ORLEANS, Feb 2--
oigrme ‘8Y7 1 Sammy Byrd, former New York
To Settle Argument
NORFOLK Va.. Feb 29-
The two bigtime basketball teams
Pat the Norfolk Naval operating
base which have kept thousands of
sailors in a basketball frenzy all
season by winning 54 games from
‘ Yankee outfielder, who la navy-
bound tucked $1,000 in war bonds
twty today and left with other tour-
ing golf professionals for Gulfport.
Miss, and the $6,000 Gulfport tour-
nament
The tousle-hatred Sammy came
from behind in the third round to
the foremost college and service out- win the as 000 New Orleans open
fits in this area, settle their own tournament yesterday The Birm-
argument In a rubber game Ingham, Ala., former baseball play-
er shot steady and consistently
tonight.—
The clubs, manned by former col- throughout the last two rounds to
lege and pro stars, represent the score 285 for the 72-holes, five
training station and air station at below Byron Nelson, Toleda, Ohio
the base, professional
The flyers sre coached by Lt | Nelson's 290 two over par for the
@rack Curtice former mentor of the
Texas College of Mines West
Texas State and , Transylvania.
Two Pounds Under
tourney earned him $750 in war
bonds Harold Jug" McSpaden, the
early pace-setter, couldn't find
the range in the third and final
rounds and finished third with 201
and $550 in bonds.
NEW YORK. Feb 2g — Ar— Beau -
back an 8 to 5 favorite to whip H’Ya Boy
Bob Montgomery in their “rubber”
15-round light weight title bout Fri- UNIONTOWN Pa., Feb 29—P—
day night, tipped the scales at J. W Suton, postmaster at nearby
136 1-2 pounds after a workout yes- Smithfield, is 48 years old today but
terday Montgomery, who outpoint- it’s only his eleventh birthday
ed Jack last May but. lost to him Sutton was born in Feb 29,1896
in November, sealed 138 1-2.
but he didn't have his first birth-
Under the Lights
day until he was eight years old
His first leap year birthday was
due In 1900 but there was no Feb
CHICAGO, Feb: 29.Night 29 on the calendar that year
baseball games will be featured by
the Washington Senators this sea-
son. It was disclosed today by re-
lease of the 1944 American League
schedule by President Will Har- J. Day and Agness Knight applied
Day and Knight
SEATTLE, Feb 29—(P) — Walter
ridge.
for a marriage license here
• JUST RECEIVED-
Samples of International Spring Line
For Tailor Made Suits!
MODERN CLEANERS
The 59th battalion floormen kept
r, up close to the American League
till around come summer to play | leaders by trouncing the 60th, 41-
in it. . . __.. 23, with Belas tossing in 13 points.
Morgan has toured the Odessa led. 23-8, at half time. In
Country club course one time and Friday nights other game, the
he did It in 63. seven under par h with Larry Davis contribut-
No wonder has gleeful ing 11 points, trimmed the 54th.
47-16. In a National tussel.
ment in Odessa. And he hopes he a
Contracts Ended
HOUSTON. Feb. 29 —(P)—One
hundred prime war contracts rep-
resenting in dollar value about 20
percent of the total let by the War
Department were terminated this
month. Col Merle H Davis, chief of
the St Loula Ordnance district, dis-
closed Monday,
WASHINGTON, Feb 28.—UP)-
Maj Lewis B Hershey, selective
service director, told President
Roosevelt’s medical commission in-
vestigating health standards of the
armed services, that draft regis- |
trants aged 18-37 were distributed ;
as follows as of Dec 1, 1943!
Total living registrants—
In New Role
ORLANDO. Fla . Feb 29—P-
Jersey Joe Stripp, who took up a
baseball career with the avowed
goal of being able to retire at 35
and achieved it five years ago is
trying his hand in a new field..
Stripp, who was one of baseball’s
best third basemen with the Cin-
cinnati Reds and Brooklyn Dodgers.
22,138,000
In the armed forces (inducted)-
6,540,000
in the armed forces (enlisted) —
2,430,000
Disqualified after physical ex-
ination in process of classifi-
cation, examination or induc-
tion- 1,090,000
Deferred, occupational reasons—
3,834,000
Deferred, dependency reasons-
4,645,000
Deferred, other reasons-
152,000
Unclassified and unknown—
90,000
The group in the foregoing table
shown as "in process of classifica-
tion,’examination or induction'' in-
cludes 43,000 men who have been
found qualified for induction for
limited service under present re-
now is waging a campaign against |
juvenile delinquency in his capacity + quirements, but whose services have
as Orlandos city recreation di-
rector.
not been required by the armed for-
| ces in this status.
When you get your certificate
RATION
BOARD
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annual production of game fishes
for distribution in the lakes and
streams of the state.
The construction of large reser-
voirs throughout the state within
recent years has not only increased
greatly the fishing resources, but
has served to create an intereat in
fishing unknown before.
The large-mouth black bass is the
most popular game fish in our
Texas waters, which fact perhaps
accounts for the annual planting
of about 5,000,000 bass fingerlings
hatched in state hatcheries alone.
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