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A—12 WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1941. Americans Battle Canadians as Aim to Halt “---------- --- Eagles A Olympics Hockey Hub Six THEY BOMBED HIS BACKYARD! —By JIM BERRYMAN Win, Lose or Draw Rugged Basketer Davies By FRANCIS E. STAN. Last to y' GIMME A GUN AN'\ Down ' Feed Box Special From the Old Warhorse LEMME FIGHT THOSE ) Of Seton Hall The next time Joe Louis climbs into a ring in defense of his heavy- WAR-MAKERS! I CAN weight championship the fellow in the other corner will be Mr. Clarence \ (Red' Burman. who was STAND BOMBINGS AN' called just plain Red Burns back in the old days Locals Here \ T Cj when he was a middleweight fighting in semifinals around Washington \ BLITZKRIEGS. sinkings Is All-Timer and Baltimore. The comes off the end of the month and the man f* X fight AN'SABOTAGE-BUI" , who first gave you Tony Galento is spreading the word that Burman won't Teams Still \ { over Nursing Leads His Team to 36 roll and play dead unless he is knocked that way. ^THEy CAN'T BUST UP < Out of the mail come a Feud That Adds Fire pouch has ragged message, undoubtedly JiV MV Straight Wins; Also smuggled through the lines by some shrewd method known only to a To Game BADMINTON!^ lieutenant colonel of the Marines encamped in Eastern Cuba. In faint Tonight's Great Ballplayer are the words. "Don't be if Burman a sur- pencil surprised springs great By BFRTON HAWKINS. By HI GH S. FI prise. He's game all the way through and will not be licked in the dress- LI.ERTON, Jr. Canadian-American relations are Associated Press Sports Writer. ing room. He's the boy they've all been ducking. He may be the sleeper expected to sutler the most severe SOUTH ORANGE, N J.. Jan. 21 in the deck. Heinie." heavyweight strain since the Colonies parted from oh the horror. —About once in two or three basket There is no doubting the handwriting. More characteristic is the Ma England at Riverside tonight OF IT ALL!. ball generations there appears a on which it is written—a of an old The author, Stadium when the paper piece envelope. easily annoyed THEY SAY IXv.'ESTiC real hero of the hardwood—a fellow Boston tangle with the sure as shooting, is X-31 or, to disclose his name, who else but Lt. Col. Olympics FEATHERS FOR THE like Stanford's Hank Luisetti or Harvey L. Miller, former president of the National Boxing Association? sizzling Washington Eagles in an "Bird of pulverize" Pittsburgh's Chuck Hvatt. whose Eastern League A couple of years ago the old warhorse took a sudden fancy to Galento Hockey game. JDONT EVEN SOUND fame spreads outside his own ter- Tlie Olympics, only outfit in or- just when most people were laughing heartiest at the truculent tub. It RIGHT WHEN SOCkt.D' ritory. ganized skating circles comprised Fans rounds to of but the fat had in this district offer as one only took Louis four dispose Galento, boy of Americans, will be rptirelv seeking of this select group Bob Davies, a the champion on the floor and was within a punch of becoming the new to thwart Washington’s adopted speedy and tricky forward from world titleholder. Canadians from snatching a seventh Seton Hall College. successive victory and at the same Davies admittedly has plenty of time become the only team to trim When Jacobs Put the Heat on Burman competition throughout the country. ttie Eagles twice this season on their received revives the that Lt. Col. r The decoded message just memory own ice. Has a Wealth of Rivals. The Colonel didn't Miller has been touting this fellow. Burman. all along. Equipped with some of the league’s There are such players as Dart- find many who were willing to put in with him. Burman being one of beefiest and most belligerent players, mouth's Gus Broberg. "Sutz" Mod- those plodders with not much punch and less finesse. But despite the the Olympics were the last team to zelewski of Rhode Island State, the at Riverside. customary wide difference of opinion, people always were willing to wallop Washington On “perfect shot" of a team that does that occasion, more than a month to Heinie Miller. If he doesn't know a fighter by now, who is little else and the best bet to beat listen ago. Boston a 4-2 registered triumph, Luisetti's all-time scoring record; there to recognize one? its only win over the Eagles in six Howard <Rope> Eneleman of Kan- The maft from ’way down Cuba has one selling point, at least. He engagements. sas. so nicknamed because he han- says that the heavyweights have been ducking Burman and we have Staged Fight Last Time. dles the ball as if there were a string on that score. The was to Promoter Mike Jacobs to agree question put tied to it; George Glamack of North before Since then the clubs have last summer and Michael screwed his uppers firmly into place manu- Carolina, who led the Southern factured a neat feud which turning the heat on Mr. Burman. sniffing Conference scorers last season, al- flared into a fight here last week as "He's a bum." Mr. Jacobs pronounced. “Who did he ever lick? What \ though he has to shoot bv “feel" Washington's Norman Burns ex- because would he draw with Louis?" Some of Mr. Jacobs’ flunkies added that he can't see the basket with changed blows with A1 Yourkewicz, his glasses: Bob Gerber of Burman was owned and operated by Jack Dempsey and Max Waxman Toledo. j Boston's leading villain. Yourkewicz Bat 'Em" like either one of these Bom Kinney of Rice and and that Promoter Jacobs didn't fellows. was the worst of it a getting in body plenty of others. All of which could be true. Burman hasn't licked anybody, outside check duel with the Eagles’ Gordon But Honey Russell, the old-time of Farr and a few other journeymen. On the other hand, he Pranschke when he shifted his Tommy wisely pro court star who coaches Seton attention to what he felt would be a hasn't fought anybody. Hall, and the fans hereabout can t less responsive subject. see any one except Davies. He's It Yourkewicz chose the Not Reason for Brush-Off developed not exceptionally big. only 6 feet Dempsey Enmity wrong target, for the usually com- 1>2 inches tall and weighing 170. It hardly is likely that Burman got a black ball because of the placent Burns, league-leading scorer but he's speedy and agile He's tie-up. There are plenty of fight managers whose and a player noted for his modest Dempsey-Waxman the main reason why Seton Hall has is not cherished, by Mr. Jacobs, who nevertheless manner, thumped A1 on the taw friendship precisely, 4 /PFCF/vr won its last 36 games and is report- when the Boston bruiser irked him. AFWS /TEM... uses their fighters to some advantage It is highly possible that Mr. ed to have turned down offers to ■ That was the light of extra- REVEALED THE MOAKJIKIGS in Jacobs' real reason for passing up Burman is a deep-rooted conviction high play Madison Square Garden be- curricular activities in what many cause of the siz of Its home crowds. that the guy can t fight, or that he won't draw. But enmity with Dempsey OF A MANUFACTURER OF fans felt was the fastest fray staged doesn't ring true. Has nere m two seasons. SHUTTLECOCKS...HE WAILS Some Clever Tricks. Truer rings Lt. Col. Miller's statement that Burman has been given Also arousing the wrath of the THE Davies’ tricks include faking a because the have been him. Galento has wanted ABOUT SHORTAGE OF a brush-ofl boys dodging i Eagles was the Olympics' rude pass in one direction and tossing it rui parts of Burman, although this might have made a spectacular match treatment of Defenseman Len Bur- SUITABLE TAIL FEATHERS another way while he's in midair; inasmuch as Clarence is one of the few fighters who still believes in body rage. another calm character who FORMERLY IMPORTED FROM nonchalantly passing or shooting after a attacks. Lou Nova hasn't fought him. nor Max Baer nor Billy Conn. has been content to employ brains BALKAN! twisting feint that pulls the to a favor- COUNTRIES.... The guy is covered with rust from head to foot. instead of brawn become opposing guard completely off bal- ite here found ance. and down the court Heinie Miller, though, indicates that the fellow can fight. Around Burrage Olympics dribbling in his thinning locks all evening. < See town that, at least, is enoueh to make some people switch on their radios, DAVIES. Page A-13.) They were finding it extremely diffi- if the battle is broadcast. Heinie doesn't say the guy can hit. He cult to push the puck past Len, so knock cold with one But lie is a punishing, doesn't anybody pinch. they experimented with'the more and have Heinie's word for it that he is mauling type of fighter you direct method of skating over him. Cheap Exploitation of College Fast Jockey Pace Set in Conduct of Yale's game. Economy Polich Mav See Action. Vic Polich. rated ob- Red's Better Than Some Bomber Victims by many Stars Los Athletics Believed servers as the league's smoothest net Against Angeles By Adams, Westrope Menacing Burman may not be good but he is a far better fighter than some protector, may return to action for who got earlier cracks at Louis trial horses like Jack Roper and A1 Boston Tire Olympics' goalie was Bulldogs Scored by Owen Has Dew Worried Morale of Staff a not Coaching McCoy and others of that caliber.