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(PHOSE XXQO) Thursday. December 24, 1542 PAGE 12 DETROIT EVENING TIMES CHEERY A Few Ideas for Santa From the World of Sports c have more than a reputation to play Cards these days. By JACK cuddy MIKE JACOBS—A shield to turn aside the wrongly- got to of of War Stimson. JACK DEMPSEY—A new romance that can make him ! *t»ff C«rr*«|w>n<lM»» aimed wrath Secretary Pr»Ni« SPORTS COMMANDER J. E. WHELCHEL OF THE NAVY-A forget Hannah, who apparently is determined on a divorce. By LEO MACDONELL NKW YORK. Dec. 24 (IT Portrait of a man with an huge crying towel to absorb his tears before sending a task JUDGE K. M. LANDIS—A complete course in double artificial fireplace waiting for good old Santa to come down football force into action against the army or any other talk so that he may clearly understand the application of new Have You Ever NoCced Npt-V Srr'ih Vs How the imaginary chimney and leave gifts for the following opponent. government transportation edicts to baseball. Many Goals persons: LEO Dl’ROCHEß—Overstuffed dice that do not click, BEAU JACK- A correspondence course that will enable Those Snow fences'; TneySeve pow’dered cards that do not whisper when hi* him to sign his name to checks on his newly-won wealth—- BILLY CONN A father-in-law he can lick. and carefully 5.. as?, for Leafs' Netmlnden Brooklyn Dodgers continue their games of chance in violation instead of merely making an “X.” Broca A magnifying glass to study the BRANCH RICKEY of Branch Rickey's edict. CLARK GRlFFlTH—Permission to move his Senators NORMIK RATES BRODA AMONG REST flora and fauna of Flat bush, before it is too late. CORNELIUS WARMERDAM A magic acid that will to the Arctic where he can play night baseball for six months FRANKIE SINKWICH- A United States marines assign- eliminate elbows and knees when he next tries to clear the of the year. - Georgm Vc/ina ment will give him more action than he ever saw on the WHIRLAWAY A four-leaf clover to maintain the luck Normif Smith, the Kfd Wings ItiJliant that pole-vault bar at 16 feet. .-ide in O.ympia «>t gridiron, without the bother of autograph seekers. PHILS An uprising of the that gave him the horse-of-the-year award over Alsab. Trophy iiOHii€ of a few years buck. al our THE PHILADELPHIA raid: Hatfield-McCoy feud, love that will spur the Phils JOE LOUIS A collection among his Negro admirers to right of .1 Toronto pane recently chuckled and CHICAGO BEARS A primer of the populace in the city of brotherly franchise to pay his back taxes to Uncle Sam while he is in the army. “I see Turk i* ill making snow feme*." which shows that the outfit seeking vengeance usually gets it. to become a pennant contender, or sell their HAAG—A couple of matches with Mercury The writer thereupon put a bend on the Toronto net and particularly if the outfit happens to be the 73-0 Washington Baltimore. GUNNAR to - achieve really lasting running records. sure enough Walter Turk Broda, the Maple liars’ clswv net- Redskins. THE NEW YORK YANKEES Realization that you’ve some little pile* of irihder. once a Petroiter. was busy building up enow with hi? hockey stick, fence? about three or f \i inch*-? high that extended out two or three feet from each side of tnc suggested, “see how he keep? re- Spring “Hatch hi rn“ Smith Tigers May Train in North Carolina in making the little snow fences as they are broken down by the play around the nets.” AN 'ACTION' PICTURE STOPPED BY MAGIC OF SPEEDRAY There's Method in His Madness Williams Sweeps Winston-Salem Smith explained the little snow pile? stopped puck? from bouncing around the corner? into the net. The writer wondered if the “fence? ’ did any good. Likely Spot • puck? Laurels; Boy.” Smith explained, “you'd be surprised at the Batting that bounce crazily around the corner? of the net*. 111 bet Turk save* a half a dozen or more goals In a season. That game? —enough to Camp could mean the difference of one or six lops RBI List For Site decide a championship.” to writer suggested that most of the player? seemed w»j The NEW YORK. Dee. 24 (IP).— Ir x,. if I \ j ¦iJjßgßßff Rv LEO MACDONELL snow. Ignore the little piles of Ted Williams. Boston Red Sox W ith Florida apparently taboo “Jimmy deliberately break* outfielder, completed a one-man “Not Orlando,“ Smith replied. a site league > jL ¦. \ a* for big camps, down the pile* every time he gets near the Toronto net.’* '.weep of American League battingi lBBE&Bm laurel* by winning the runs- for the duration of the war at is of the opinion that Broda is an under- Incidentally, Smith batted-in tille most coveted 1 least, there loomed today the goalie. rated [crown in baseball -official figures possibility that the Tigers may with some of the best that have “I think Turk rates for 1942 disclosed today. train at Winston-Salem, C„ league.” declared. “Ye*, I think he who also N. tended goal in the Smith Williams led his cir- this home runs, coming spring. rate* with Frankie Brimsek." cuit in balling and in runs in 150 contests Florida, along with Texa* 137 '‘ Brimsck of the Boston Bruins, as you know, is generally 'drove to finish 23 ahead of Joe DtMag- & gj|k JHMr JF\a/ '' and California, has been de- rated the best of the National League net minders. 'gio. * New York Yankees' outfielder. clared a -‘'defense area." with DiMaggio, who won the crown a rerommendafion Tront Joseph IhM year, sent 114 runs across in Having One of Best Seasons at 28 131 garni 5 last season Eastman, the government* Yankee transfiortation director, that turned professional with the Detroit Olympics Charley Keller. fly- the Broda, who jehaser, finished third with 108 in maintenance of baseball camps 1152 games as his teammate. Joe In either of the three Mates be ’’ Cordon most valuable player in “discouraged the circuit pushed across 103 Though the edict doe% not offi- runs in 147 games to wind up cially bar camps in the .states fourth. named, Eastman s "defense area” proclamation to WAI.KF.D MOST is taken mean the death knell of camps in Williams, now in the naval air either of the states. And in- corps also received the most asmuch as in the past all 16 bases on halls for the second major league clubs have trained straight season. He was walked in either one or the other of the hy Photoa 14.3 times, the same number he Photo International Nema state* it mean* a general exodus In th» 1,35-1,3, - - hv 15, Rrd Win,, TmmM ;collected in 1011 for 143 games. Newspaper captir»n writers call this an “action" I 'iceable as CHARLES STANTON of SyrftCUM 1 nlver* will be under wav. Manitoba, Broda is now hall, the following season. Born in Brandon. Keller received 111 passes com- picture, but, in reality', the magic of speedray’ lighting has aity drops to the court to gain possession of the SKTIT* RF.ADY pared to year, to 28 years old and having one of his best seasons. 102 last finish that even a blur is SAM MELE is the s’. I'. player. stopped the action so completely not N. Winston-Salem is considered a Smythe wasn't overly anxious to take Broda. but was .second Conny j out likely choice for the Tiger* in one of the best buys the Gordon struck more times up against it for a goalie. Turk proved than any other player, taking the that the Detroit club ha* a Toronto hockey man ever made. count on 95 occasions to replace Streak working agreement with the With Alex Connell. John Ross Roach. Tiny Thompson. Smith Jimmy Foxx of Boston, who led Average s<*orin£ Limps Piedmont League cJub there and Sinkwich would, it is believed, the league Norris' have use Mowers, IVtroit club has had its share of for the seventh straight and now Johnny the of minor loop’s park. As Thompson won the Vrzina Trophy, em- dime in 1941 by fanning 103 times. the a top notch goalkeepers. 'Chet Laabs of the St. Louis Patrick, Hextall and Watson Keep Alive Ranger matter of fart, the Tigers owned hockey for a goalie, no less blematic of the highest honors in Browns was a strikeout victim 88 String, Now at 126 Games the Winston-Salem club until than four times. times tn 1942 to finish second. 216 at Rainbow On Bad Ankles just recently, when it was turned over to Zinn Book, wr of the Smith captured the coveted Vczina Trophy In 1936-1937, the Frank Crosetti of the Yankees was hit nine times in 74 games to By LEWIS H. WALTER clubs scouts. Technically the of years in which the Red Winga won the Stanley Sixth round of the Rainbow' Indi- PASADENA Cal Dec 24 (UP). second two become the leading target of ihc Tigers are still the owners Cup. Normie was the team's goalie in the record marathon pitchers. vidual Bowling Classic is set for You may he able to beat the the Rangers a 4-4 tie In New The annual pre-game Bear sto- At this writing. Jack Zeller, contest in the playoffs of 1936. when the Wings and Maroons in the double play department. Saturday with squads going on at New York Rangers, but you can t York on their last visit.