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Phils' Choice of Lobert, 60, as Pilot No Surprise Like Boost of Boudreau, 24
PEN AND INK PONDERING —By JIM BERRYMAN Lose or Draw Veteran Scored j Gridiron Enigma Win, -AMD DON'T you By FRANCIS E. STAN, FEEL SORRy FOR "ΉΕ POOR TENNIS Bush Greb As Pinch Leader AMATEUR?.'.HIS is Faced in League Λ10 L.S.U., BED OF To the surprise of nobody. Fritzie Zivic won the fight at Uline's ROSES... No! ,RC Arena with a little to spare. But the customers who sat in on the ITS ORCHIDS!ι Positively still are about the show. And it's not "INHUMAN!..WHy, proceedings talking Furr, Late in Season ι Tulane WHy..ME*r thing Battle Zivic, they are remembering. THEVLL ASK/ME To 1 Some of these a more than TAKE days gamer, entertaining fighter Looks Better Placed M/ VALET AM' Furr is going to come along around this town. But most of us SoaALSECeETARy Statistics Give Wave or F Tto'EXPENSE probably will be a lot older, or in no position to attend this un- Than Indians' New ACCOUNT— <. Easy Game; Records veiling. because the Tattoed Man of Foggy Bottom, is hard to Phillip, OH DBAG ! 7 beat. Over the years he has furnished more thrills than any local pug Boss, Baseball Feels 1/ Cause Confusion we can think of. and the list includes Marty Gallagher. Steve Mamakos. JUDSON BAILEY, By the Associated Pre;* Natie Brown. Jimmy De Chard, Lou Gevinson and even Ken Overlin and By ^Sffiggfe Asaociated Pris» Sports Writer. NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 27—It's Géorgie Abrams. who are in a different league. PA' NEW YORK. Nov. 27—Within s Tulane vs. Louisiana State here Sat- Furr is the bush-league Harry Greb. That was his fourth try to day of each other a 24-year-old i < r~~s urday for the 39th time, and any- crash the last When he was hot a few Phil was majors night. years ago youngster and a 60-vear-old veteran body who ran tell what's going to tossed in with Barney Ross, who outclassed him in every respect except have been made managers of ma- j happen will rank just between Nos- He had a with baseball clubs, tradamus and Merlin as a gameness. previous experience Zivic. who stopped him jor league proving 7 HERE YOU ARE prophet. other NEW This in three rounds. Butted my eye open." Furr explains. Nevertheless, it that whatever qualifications HOW THE INDIANS' SOW. TH' FRIED year, with Tulane alternat- be is no factor. WILL FIELD between colossal and went into the books as a technical knockout. Then came Henry Arm- may necessary age WONDER apples am' Corn ing mediocre, old. A WEEPIHG , « Tin 7 ^'"*1, a prediction means less than ever. strong, who belted out Furr in four rounds, and last The Phillies picked genial FU72-CHEEKED/MANAGERSPOT WITH BREAD WILL BE highly exciting night HOT ? Tulane at John Bernard (Hansι Lobert yes- I THAT HM... RIGHT IN' FILL UP its best is better than It was a unanimous decision for Zivic after 10 rounds, some of them DRAPE^r>i/E£ to run their ball club less WILLOW AM'CURE THAT L. S. U. by a noticeable margin. The sensational. terday Τ, than 24 hours after the Cleveland COLD same thing was true last year, and Indians named Lou Boudreau, who L. S. U. won, 14-0. ι Tulane authorities a crowd Phil Claims Made Him Stale was not born until 14 years after ! expect Training W AW /MOM WOW ! of between 50.000 and and Lobert made his major league debut A ψΆΪΗΝ'"α 55.000. Fuit just misses being a top-flight fighter. He has many of the m "j NOVEMBER'S I the coaches with Pittsburgh. -t*J\ expect plenty of trouble. A for instance. And he has some BESTAloNTrt qualifications. good punch, qualifica- »vTH' ι- All wun ι These are A A > λ Λ /Γ igurrs uiane. a appointments giving >1 14 IN VBAC. tions few of the good ones lack. One would be his dead gameness. TK' baseball men something to chin Statistically, Tulane is just about La*t night he almost got knocked out in the first round. Zivic won the twice as as L. S. U. The about before they get wrapped up good Wave has 2.854 to L. first five heats by wide margins and made Furr look foolish. He spun in trade talks next week at the gained yards S. U.'s 1.464 and yielded 1.078 to him around, beat him inside, jabbed and hooked him with a left. e*nt minor league meetings in Jackson- oppo- nents. with 1 906 Phil reeling with straight rights, pushed him through the ropes, butted ville. Fla. compared for the Tigers' foes. him and landed low blows. Fritzie was a master toying with a tyro. The selection of Lobert was no Even in passing. Tulane leads for And then Furr began to come on. One minute he looked as if he to one because he ran surprise any the first time in many years, with had run out of after a dozen of and some- the National Leanue's rear guard, finally gas. years fighting, 65 completions for 910 yards, com- for a few weeks last season while vsncir 111 uir maim luuiiu iu ucgau lu limier. nc nau mi cugc υ*υ* tue pared with 52 for 574. Each team L/ut πυιιιιυ nna v/ut iuc WHAT'S BECOME OF THAT last five round?. It wasn't enough to overcome Zivic's lead, but it trans- ucauiig has tried' 134 aerials. bushes for talent, and during those SLIGHT CASE OF AUTUMN formed the from a lesson into a first-class barroom brawl, Comparative scores offer plenty of fight boxing Phillies their best DEEP-DISH weeks the plaved SNIFFLES AND Tulane. which was climaxed in the final seconds when Fritzie butted open a gory angles. Mississippi topped ball. RABBIT P^—UOW Vol/ 20-13. and needed plenty of luck wound atop Phil's head. That was just the touch it needed. Lobert Still Is Active. I "υ ;; 'J <5£T HOSPITALIZED H/'TH to nose out L. S. U.. 13-12. Rice In the dressing room Phil decided that it had been costly for him Lobert. who resembles the Im- 1 S/UUS ANP THE BUMHIES nudged Tulane. 10-9. and si ·» \ Μ (SEASON'S ÛCESTINÛS ^"PHOOIE ! ITS to tram for Zivic. "I'm not used to it." he was saying. "I guess I went mortal Hans Wagner in build and HAVE cumbed, 27-0. to L. S. U. Tulane :!' ,►»<- FRIEND, WlLl GONNA BE A GREAT TUL A REM/A •tale, or something. AU I know is that whenever I train hard I start who received his nickname because •Ρ Χ>ΑΝί> trounced Auburn 32-0, and Auburn VOU r-r—V CHRISTMAS IF f (?OLL slowly and have to make ground.'1 He cast a reproving glance at he tried to plav like Wagner when tied L. S. U., 7-7. up Trt" BEST SEToF MY LIFE, <♦ Groves, his trainer. he broke in with the Pirates in 1903 See Even Harry SOME PUNK WILL Georgians Came. will be second only to 79-year-old Meanwhile. and TRIM /WE Georgia Georgia Connie Mack in among the BY 20, age I Tech prepared for their annual fam- The Tattoed Man Is a Throwback one nit of State Teams managers. His contract is for ily quarrel in Atlanta amid mutual The Tattoed Man is a throwback to the old days when a remarkable year. contention that: he still is an breed of pugs roamed the country. They had only to remove their coats, In spite of his age 1, The teams are crippled: 2, all was the man Furore riûArfril ΠίίΛνηίο rrnt-virvi ο να ask the bartender to hold it. and start throwing punches. Some of them active man and logical Stirs Among ! to assume the manager's toga dis- we'll do could absorb a terrific amount of punishment and keep coming. tossups. and. 3, our best. carded by Prothro. Georgia won last year at Athens, Furr has trained and he has gone into fights cold. We never could Cleveland's choice of Boudreau. 21-19. in a game starring Sinkwich. tel! whpn hp had drilled in a trvmnasitim or whpthpr his nrp-hartlp to Mississippians on the other hand, was a jolt The previous year Tech won, 13-0, routine had consisted of more than another nothing having butterfly mast people. He'has played in only in Atlanta, while 1937 and 1939 were needled onto a leg. He always seemed to put up the same kind of a fight. 357 major league games, the equiv- Rebels, Maroons Battle ties. 6-6 and 0-0. in What he might have been if he had haunted gymnasiums a dozen alent of 2'i seasons and been A crowd of 30,000 is expected. three For Conference Crown, years ago. sppping up condition and the finer points of the manly art is beseball just, years. He has himself a fine eomething else. With his natural equipment Furr might have been a proved Probable Bowl Bid player, one of the best shortstops near-great ringman Even with no finesse to speak of he consistently Episcopal Gets Nevitt in the majors, and a diplomat well to make the like 3y the Associated Press. manages great fights against recognized top-notchers liked by his teammates. They can UNIVERSITY. Miss.. Nov. 27 — On All-State Team Roes, Armstrong and Zivic. One thing about Phil is that nobody awes him. be expected to play ball for him. Mississippians haven't been so ex- By the Associated Pres.*. took no at least He part, actively, »-UMAiy THE TcP HOW NOTCH PlNMEM GET PESSIMISTIC cited since their own Jeff Davis was RICHMOND. Va., Nov. 27 — in in the reljellion against Oscar Vitt OVER. THE STAR'S Bradley Puts Boudreau Tough Spot ANNUAL TOURNEY BUT OUST TRy sleeted President oi the Confed- Forest's State two year* ago and he was friendly KEEP ONE Woodberry prep be to Boudreau to read and hear some of the _ OF THEM FROM EMTEgH0<5 for their two It must heartening Lou with Roy Weatherly, the temper- eracy Saturday big school championship eleven domi- football teams for the South- »end-offs he is getting as the manager, at 24 years of age, of the Cleve- mental center flelder. who was in play nated the all-State prep school foot- eastern Conference land Indians. Men like Rog Peckinpaugh and Oscar Vitt, both former cAirarel iamc «'UK VlflBaoof Ρ r\0»r championship. ball team selected annually by There might be a bid to some bowl coaches for the Richmond News Tribe managers, have okayed Lou as a "natural." Peckinpaugh last summer. Cor the winner, too. but both have Leader, with five places on the He may need their best wishes and then some. Alva Bradley, Bir Job for Boudreau. Pilot Kovacs Look to Slice ! had that before. They never have, first team. r Yet with the of Bob owner of the Indians, hai made him manager at time when the club's exception Again, however, had a chance to crack the Memphis Riggs, Big Because of a deadlock in voting and are lower and darker than at time in λ Feller, Boudreau is the youngest fortunes prospects any Alabama-Tennessee-Lopisiana mo- for one of the end 12 on the club and it is ex- positions or Bob Feller be drafted. has been regular on the conference title decade longer. may Roy Weatherly Pool nopoly until players were named. pecting a lot of him to step into Prothro Gives Best Of Pro Tennis nas iviei naiaer is iiinsxicu. rami $100,000 this Miller. pouung. rial irosKy ncaaacnes. nay year. Ends—Whitney Woodberry; tie the uneasy driver's seat at Cleveland bp?fceen Eusene Biack. E H S and is etc. It'll be the 39th meeting between cant hit. Rollie Hemsley getting old, and tell veterans like Rollie Hemslev Waldo Forster V. E. S Each Is After Above $25,000 the University of Mississippi Rebels Tackles—Co-Cap* Billy Arnold. Wood- If Bradley is hoping that he will pull the same miracle that Clark or Hal or Gerald Walker Percentage Trosky Wishes to Phils and the Mississippi State Maroons. berry. and William Parrish. Si. Chris- Griffith succeeded in working in 1924. when he made 27-year-old Bucky what they shall and shall not do. topher* Promised for Playing Budge, Perry The Maroons have a 21 to 15 edge, Guards—Dyke Jones. Woodberry. and Harris the Washington manager, and in 1933. when 26-year-old Joe However, the point about which PowhaTar>~--Parri.-h S\ Christopher *. two games having ended in ties. Center—Arch Nevitt. Ε. H S. other baseball executives have ex- CTonin led the Nats, he is an optimist. No impractical clubowner, with a Ex-Big League Manager By the Associated Presi. A crowd of 26.000 is expected to Backs—Co-Cap·. Buddy Thach and Mel- the mast concern ville Fuller. Woodberry Harry Brown S*. businessman's background and railroads, mines and lake shipping to run, pressed privately NEW YORK, Nov. 27.—Two amateur tennis thrones of the occupy not only all the seats but the is what the responsibility of the Into Chicks, Will Christopher's, and Hinsdale Joslin. V Ε S. wa* Griffith. When he appointed Harris and Cronin he did not put them Buys United States stood after the abdication of both the ιaisles as well. managership will do to Boudreau as empty today on their own. No farther than a short of or Each team has been tied once entirely away up pair steps a He had own troubles Be Vice President outdoor and indoor rulers to search for the that lies in the player. his gold within the was the advice of Griff then as now one of the conference and beaten a telephone himself, last season, batting .258 and letting trail of the Man the Associated Press. touring professionals. once outside. Ex-Navy May smartest men in the history of baseball. his runs-batted-in total drop from By Nov. 27.— National Outdoor Champion Bobby Riggs and Frank Kovacs, And the two Washington teams turned over by the Old Fox to these 101 to 55. MEMPHIS. Tenn„ for James Thompson iDoc> Prothro is the court jester who wore the indoor crown, switched from ama- Play boy wonders were not unsettled, dispirited clubs. They were teams com- Two boy managers. Bucky Harris Midwest Players Added Army as of the y By ihe Associated Press. and Joe Cronin. were successful back in Memphis manager teurs to pros less than 24 hours after· of old cogs with a year or so of good baseball left in their systems. at posed base- — Washington, where Clark «Old Fox) Chicks' Southern Association Kovacs was suspended on a charge 1 For North-South Tilt ANNAPOLIS. Md.. Nov. 27 If All needed was New so to speak, not with Fred Perry and Don Budge. they fiery leadership. spark plugs, Griffith ball to stay. of to mix the two. Cadet Jim Kelleher gets into the kept his crafty hands on club—apparently trying ranks several By the Associated Press. • new transmission. who joined the pro and the best is The 48-year-old manager of the Lawn Army-Navy football clash Sat- everything, guess Now the United States years ago. MONTGOMERY, Ala.. Nov. 27.— it'll be the that Peckinpaugh will continue to Philadelphia Phillies announced last Tennis Association, which accused urday at Philadelphia Open Play December 26. Three Midwestern gridiron stand- exert a close rule over the night that he had acquired a finan- first time a former midshipman advisory Kovacs of having more than one outs have accepted invitations to running of the Indians. cial interest in the club and would the The quartet will open in Madison has played against his former tennis racket, faces 1942 with participate in the fourth North- 'Put or Shut Tars Shout Pilling of these two jobs com- be a vice president. problem of staging both its amateur Square Garden December 26. with school. Up/ club South all-star game here Decem- Up the cast of "I'm the Philadelphia Riggs Perry and Kovacs Jim won his football numerals pletes managers in the leaving tournaments without a defending meeting ber 27. for next with all good wishes to Gerry Nu- playing Budge in singles and the two here as a plebe in 1938. He big leagues year, although champion in the men's division. Additions are: John Hallabrin, the have not said Prothro. who succeeds J. 1941 champs facing the professional transferred to the Military To Backward Bettors Brooklyn Dodgers yet gent," No one could be found among the quarterback. Ohio State: Gordon Army's the of Harry «Truck) Hannah at the helm veterans in doubles. Academy in 1939 to fill the un- gone through formality sign- officials of the U. S. L. T. A. who Paschka, guard. Minnesota, and Leo Durocher. of the Chicks. Thompson, who said he guaran- expired term of his brother, Bill, ing wanted to discuss the situation to- Vince Bononis. center. Detroit. Rivals' Bathrobes, Sweaters, Cuff Links "I'm to be home again, and teed the group $100.000. is designing a blocking back, who died of a glad day, but Riggs and Kovacs had their Tuffy Chambers, Northwestern can be sure we are going to do a system under which the No. 1 heart attack at West Point. Cash Taboo you say—from opposite sides of the halfback and captain, and Pete by Navy; Wagers our best to build a good club in player in the round-robin series will Their father. Col. Kelleher. has Eyed country. WolfT. Cornell guard and Rated Little Prothro told newsmen. get 36 per cent, the second 28. the captain, his heart set on one of his sons Ags Memphis." Thompson Gets Contracts. had to #ι· Auociated Prtss has third 21 and the fourth 15. How- previously accepted. in his That's Prothro. a native of Memphis, Riggs. who signed his professional following footsteps. ANNAPOLIS, Md.. Nov. 27.—Navy's pulling that old Army game on life. ever. the disclosed that Jim became the first mid- Edge Steers lived here most of his contract here, was asked what he promoter why he promised and Kovacs a 'U-Turn' Suits Gridman ever to enroll at the —on the Army. B* the Associated Pre^s. thought the reaction of the U. S. Riggs shipman minimum of S25.000 as an induce- Paul Eller. Florida Point. Each year midshipman and cadet regiments wager bathrobes, COLLEGE STATION. Tex.. L. T. A. would be. "They probably place-kick ment for their contracts. is called "U-turn" his Jim. a ι will feel that ifs a riddance." signing specialist, by second-string end, even full uniforms—on the outcome of Nov. 27.—Mighty Texas A. and M. good sweaters, cuff links—and Varied Riggs came here to sign, but Ko- teammates. All he does is run in started several games for the laid one of college football's Sports said Riggs. "they're getting rid of the Army-Navy pigskin feud. And Saturday's Philadelphia classic COLLEGE FOOTBALL vacs remained in California and from the bench, kick, and come Cadets and is almost certain to greatest records on the line today a couple of headaches." College of Pacific, CO; California Ram- closed the deal with Thompson by back. see action. is no exception. in the 48th renewal of the South- At his home in Oakland. Calif., blers. II. telephone. Kovacs said when he Tradition dictates an even bet, Central Oklahoma, 7: Northeastern Okla- Kovacs that amateur ten- west's oldest and bitterest feud. predicted learned of the the of either homa. 0. be "all washed and percentage split, he regardless of strength A University of Texas team, Magnolia A. and M.. 25: Monticello A. nis woula up" Murphy, will place their bets—usu- wanted to get in as much practice football clan. Navy is favored to whose crashed 10 and M 7. added. "Without me. they won't ally football helmets—just before championship Northwestern Oklahoma. 38: Eastern New- as possible. take the colorful 42d service clash have any gate attraction." the 1:30 p.m. kickoff. It also is days ago but which was deter- Mexico. (i. and the middies claim that is why "I was sick and tired of taking customary fc Navv plebes to return mined to snatch the greatest vic- COLLEGE BASKET BALL. they're having difficulty getting their 5H: Wiscon- orders from the brass hats," said here wearing one Army cuff link—if tory of them all. rolls against the Great Lakes Naval Station. Too No. 29 WE INVITE YOU TO bets covered. sin Teachers. 44 Frank, never one to be bashful. Many Plays Navy wins. undefeated, untied cadets before Chanute Field. 50: Eastern Illinois the have to off the By Associated Press. Cash Bets Are Taboo. a crowd of 38,200. Teachers, as. '•They'll get gravy Middies Rally Tonifht. train now." Actually. Kovacs said, Paul Burnum, freshman football So they're using the old army The Aggies, despite their re- PRO BASKET BALL. The entire regiment of more than he came out in the hole on his coach at Alabama, called his team game. To get wagers accepted, the cord—28 victories out of 29 games Washington Brewers. 43: Wilmington, $2.35 blue-uniformed a 3.000 midshipmen 42 lovertimei. this year. into huddle and told the boys to sailors are telling the West Point- in three years along with two Kautsky. 33: Harlem Globe expenses will witness the game, parading in Indianapnhc use No. 29. "Which one." in- ers to up or shut up." And Southwest cham- Trotters. 27. Kovacs and Riggs signed contracts play "put at Conference Philadelphia Municipal Stadium with Alexis Thompson, owner ol quired a youthful guard candidate, you don't know your cadets if you pionships and a tie for another Α. Α. Γ. BASKET BALL. 12:15 p.m. behind a 75-piece band. foot- "Tennessee's 29, Tu- I·*.;--"... think won't take a dare. Twentieth Century Fox. 4S: Philadelphia the Philadelphia professional 29, Georgia's they The cadet —were rated only slender favor- gray-clad regiment of ap- Brooklines. 33. for a series of matches lane s 29 or the 29?" That's exactly how the Middies Penn. A C.. 2H. ball club, Varsity's 0UK Pwe£s on^THi'm&« proximately 1.800 will follow. ; ltes. Oklahoma Ooilers. 47: figure the Graylegs will react. The Navy's 41 gridders will be given a Middies have done a good job of rousing sendoff by the regiment at gray bath- 2 accumulating Army's 6:30 when entrain for //Ί tonight they robes and black sweaters, with Navy Shows Need of Test FAMOUS il ι Manufacturers' Country Club, near gaining 10-0 and 14-0 victories the Pro Step by Kovacs, Riggs Open Philadelphia. They will work out at last two years. the Stadium to- 4(world rm Temple University Life as Sailor η The gold braid—and brass hats, Grid Crowd Is Task; Champ Cochrane Likes i *P W Tk morrow. Handling Army, Navy Big Ι too—frown on cash bets between with Joe for TIRES are taboo. Acad- Ν. Β. A. a match and a Thanksgiving stick Bob Pastor in regiments, so they Β τ HUGH FLXLERTOX. Jr., Abe Greene. president, j rules to Riddle Tossers for a rule requiring dinner. In spite of the big feed his third licking." emy permit midshipmen Coaching L The Star'» Special Neva Service. is plugging ex- a fifth man and Hot stove warmup—If the wear cadet bathrobes, sweaters and Elmer Riddle, ace pitcher for the fight managers to pass an they picked up Nov. 27 —Now Giants don't do business at cuff links. Cincinnati Reds, is coaching a semi- NEW YORK, amination on their fitness to knocked off the camp's best team any that and Frank Football affairs are the minor league meeting it may No doubt Navy's captain. Bob pro basket ball team at Columbus, Bobby Elggs teach and handle fighters. by 120 pins. JUST LOOK AT THESE LOW PRICES Kovacs have the tennis confused around be because too busy argu- Froude, and Army's captain. Rev Ga joined Quote, unquote—Mai Stevens getting slightly they're rulers should about a in the Polo pros, the racket (N. Y. U. coach) : "I'd like noth- Port Knox (Ky.). Fort Thomas ing jump 10» Brand New First-Quality Tires of Other Makes wake and the facts. Fort (Ohio) Grounds assessment from $300,000 ■ up recognize ing better than to hire the Giants