The Brooklyn Daily Eagle from Brooklyn, New York • Page 13

1 -S (J, BOTH SIDES By Harold Parrott Kid Dodger Curvers Get Big Opportunity Durocher to Concentrate on Rookies With Higbe, Wyatt Havana Absentees-Kimball Gets Chance for Regular Turn By TOMMY HOLMES Staff Correspondent of the Brooklyn tagle KID DODGER'S DEAD, THEY SAY Well, sir, and how do you like these potatoes: Mr. Joe DiMaggio picks the Car dinals to win, Mr. Harry Lavagetto says it's to be St. Louis, and 01' Dizzy Dean claims Brooklyn hasn't a chance, that the Dodgers haven't even a good ball club! This is not to mention although I must! Mr. Pittsburgh Chet Smith, who has just done a rare old requiem over our National League cham 1 lf Havana, Feb.

20 Their first practice session behind them, the Dodgers prepared to get down to some real work today despite the absence of the team's two ace hurlers, Whit Wyatt and Kirby Higbe, who turned in 44 victories for the pennant-winning Flatbush flock last season. With Higbe adamant in his refusal to budge from Miami minus the Missus and Wyatt still holding out for a barrel of dough, Leo Durocher will have to call on his youthful pitching talent to fil the breach. Quien sabe? Maybe the absence of the two key hurlers may result In Durocher uncovering some embryo Bobby Feller who might otherwise never pions. S'too bad! Mr. Smith, an old column-lng friend, really sits down and has quite a cry for us.

In fact, it is a deluge. Like a priceless old tapestry with whose story you may not agree, Mr. Smith's word-weaving and needlework deserves a cheer as a work of aft. It is, in fact, a masterpiece, although slightly cockeyed. OOPS! POOR BILLY! There are grave fears for Billy Herman expressed in Mr.

Smith's classy obituary. In fact, you wonder if our second baseman is sitting on a trap door or the edge of a cliff. "Herman," states have received a real chance. :.1 CROWDED QUARTERS Two is a convention in hockey net, but Frankie Brimsek, Bruin-goalie, doesn't seem to mind occidental presence of Billy Benson of Americans, No. 9, os he concentrates on puck that can be seen spinning on the ice between Bruin Clare Martin's legs.

A's were foiled on this scoring attempt, but they beat Bruins in last night's Garden match, 6-4. DROOKiyfJ CI Cookie Lavagetto FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1942 Canadien Castoff Caps A Victory Chamberlain's Scoring Luck Adds To Joy in Triumph Over Bruin Six By RALPH TROST A chubby-faced lad named Murphy Erwin Chamberlain slapped In two goals against the Boston Bruins last night. Legally that's all he's credited with. But the Brooklyn Americans' recently acquired center actually put in a third goal with the aid of his chest. And those three gave the struggling Brooks their fourth straight win over the Bruins.

The score wis HOCKEY STANDING Hey, Ray! Louis Had His Maxie! Berger May Surprise by Pulling A Schmeling on Robinson Tonight Rv HAROLD CONRAD I SUndini the Teams Not since Joe Louis came to as the young ring phenom of the Mr. "Is at that stage in his career when he can disappear at any day." Our pitching is overage, he concludes, our outfield is a tness with "Medwick and Walker on the down-side," Galan "as streaky as a bad paint job" and Padgett "not the type who wins pennants." How about our infield? It'll be more of a pain for Skipper Durocher, Mr. S. assures, "than four flat tires in these days of no rubber." There is a little dig inserted here for Mr. Arky Vaughan, the new Dodger, whom "nobody can be sure is a third baseman." DODGERS CAME APART' The Dodgers are an old ball club, it is claimed, and even Boss MacPhail's checkbook hasn't ironed out the wrinkles.

Matter of fact, the Brooklyns seem to get older and older the longer our pal Mr. Smith looks at 'em. He says they were coming apart in the last World Series, and likely wouldn't have shown up for a sixth game, had one been needed! Not that we want to argue, but that series looked like a pretty even thing, didn't it, up to the moment when Mickey Owen dropped that hot potato with two out and three strikes" In the ninth? It would have been two-all in games then, Wouldn't it? Mr. Owen might have come apart temporarily at that point, but after all Mickey is not one of the Dodgers under indictment on Smtity's anvil as overage and worn out. And some of those Yankees who looked pretty smart, like Rufus Ruffing and Bill Dickey and Red Rolfe, aren't any younger, but older, than the frayed Dodgers our friend complains about, However KEEP KNOCKING, BOYS! Mr.

Smith has a way out for us. "The only thing that can save the Dodgers," he figures, "Is the war. It may take away enough strength from a few of their rivals to permit the Brooklyns to hang on." This is a hopeful if not a happy thought, but I think that Mr. Smith and other gentlemen who have the hammer out for the Brooklyns will help even more than the war. At least the Dodgers won't be complacent champions.

Even -I" guys like Higbe, if they hear it often enough, will be impressed with the fact that this National League race won't be a cake-walk, that the Dodgers have a real fight on their hands to beat the Cardinals and the Reds to this 1942 flag. So the critics can do much more good than harm. Our boys will never be talked out of the pennant, even by glib gentlemen like Pittsburgh's Mr. Smith, you can bet on that. 'Not with Manywords MacPhail and Lippy Durocher around I with a record to match Ray Robinson s.

Kay won aa consecutive amateur bouts and has now piled up 27 in a row as a orofessional. For a time it looked as though the Brown Oil Stresses Batting Punch In Giant Camp Special to the Brooklyn Eagle Miami, Feb. 20 Mel Ott, the new Giant manager, has some radical ideas about running a ball team and ex-manager Bill Terry can readily attest to the above. For years and years during the regime of both John McGraw and Terry, the Giants have stressed defense. Mel, however, subscribes to the theory of an overwhelming attack being a team best defense.

Ott. who plans to give the Giants a continuous diet of batting practice, approached Terry yesterday and asked for five more pitchers to be'brought in from the farm clubs if necessary. Terry reminded Ott that they already have 15 hurlers but Ott insisted on the other five. Mel plans to have his pitchers fine shape before the rest of the squad reports next week. With Ott demanding pitchers, Terry rushed out and signed four more Giant hurlers to contracts.

They are Dave Koslo, Sal Maglie, Hugh East and Rube Fisher. That leaves Harry Feldman as the only unsigned player in camp. Bob Carpenter and Ray Blaemire kave neither signed nor reported. The Yankees had no new signings to report and silence seemed to be the pass word. The world champions apparently feel they don't need any training camp ballyhoo.

Most of the Bronx Bombers will probably be signed when the club opens its training camp in Florida. Club Golf Semis All-Florida Affair St. Augustine, Feb. 20 (U.R) Four Florida shotmakers marched into the semi-finals of the national championship of golf club champions today following elimination of two Frank Stranahan, Toledo, Ohio, winner of three straight Win er tournaments, was upset in yesterday's quarter-finals by Robert Archibald, Jacksonville 2 up. This made Carl Dann, Orlando, twice winner of the event, an overwhelming favorite.

He defeated Mel Demarais, Portsmouth, N. 4 and 2. Ward Rodgers, Clearwater, won from Dick Van Kleeck, Jacksonville, 3 and 2, and John Teal, Jacksonville, defeated Bill Stark, Jacksonville, 1 up in 19 holes. Fiske to Oppose Reid In Squash Tennis Final Rodney W. FLske of the Harvard Club and James Reid of the Shelton Club will meet for the Metropolitan Class squash tennis championship tomorrow at the New York Athletic Club.

Fiske, seeded No. 1, defeated Nat Cohen of the Shelton Club, 155. 159, 15 2. Reid, fourth ranking player, upset Maynard Terry of the New York A. C.

Bomber would go on winning as long as he wanted to. but a fellow named Max Schmeling put an end to his streax. Ray's record will be in jeopardy tonight when he takes on Maxie Berger, former Canadian liRht-weight and welterweight champion, in the 12-round feature at the Garden. A share of the receipts will be turned over to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Robinson weighed in at 144 today against 145S for Berger.

Berger. at his best, is one of the most formidable welterweights In the world. When he is good he is very, very good, and tonight he will be primed for an all-out effort. Maxie Has the Style In view of Robinson's Impressive record, It is surprising how many smart boxing men predict that Berger may upset the undefeated Har-lemite. But Maxie has the boxing style, they say, to nullify Robinson's aggressive punching tactics.

Berger, too. is a thoroughly seasoned performer. He has had over 100 battles and has met all manner of opposition. The defeats on his record are far and few between, and he has never been knocked out, although he has faced many powerful punchers. Eighteen months ago Promoter Mike Jacobs was seeking a welterweight title opponent for Henry Armstrong, then champion.

Maxie Berger and Fritzie Zivic were the two names prominently mentioned. Zivic got the assignment. He caught Armstrong near the tailend of his career and won the welterweight title. Had it been Berger instead of Zivic Maxie may very well have become the champ. But Berger hasn't given up his hope of gaining a welterweight title opportunity.

A victory over Robinson would just about clinch his chances. Right now, of course, Robinson Durocher was In an unusually talkative mood after yesterday's opening workout. Among the things he was most emphatic about was the new deal for pitcher Newell Kimball. "I've told Kimball that from now on he's one of my first-string starting pitchers right behind Wyatt and Higbe. He's going to get the chance that he has never really had.

I believe he's going to come through. He's certainly got the stuff." It was a bit early for predictions about the quality of the 1942 Dodgers, but Leo made it quite clear that he finally had the sort of club he had always wanted. "What I mean," explained Durocher, "is that every one of the 600,000 SERVICE MEN TO SEE GAMES FREE More than 600,000 service men or the United Nations will be able to watch ball games at Ebbets Field. Polo Grounds and the Yankee Stadium free of charge. It was revealed yesterday in a joint statement by the three local clubs and the Defense Recreation Committee.

Larry MacPhail will provide 1,500 free passes for all home games played by the Dodgers at Ebbets Field with the exception of games played Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. The Yanks, with a much greater seating ra-pcity, will issue 5.000 free tickets for every one of their 77 home games. The Giants will provide .1.000 tickets for all home games except Sundays and holidays. men is a winning type of ball player. They all love to play and they always want to win." "There's only one player I hated to lose and he was Jimmy Wasdell," said the Brooklyn pilot.

"He was our kind of player but we had to give him up to get something we wanted very badly. "Babe Phelps, Luke Hamlin and Pete Coscarart may be all right but I don't think they'd fit the kind of club I want and I think I know what I want," Durocher continued. The absence of Herman Franks and Les Burge is officially being chalked off to illness, but the opinion persists they are getting set for an Army call. Picard Defends Orleans Title New Orleans, Feb. 20 (UP) Henry Picard, the lanky Oklahoma City professional, started defense of his title In the fifth annual $5,000 New i Orleans Open golf tournament to- day against a field that included all the stars of the Winter circuit.

Picard, who won the championship in 1939 and repeated last year, was siot favored to retain the honor because of his lack of tournament competition this Winter. Rated among the men to beat were Ben Hogan, the little Hershey, money winner; Slammin' Sammy Snead, Hot Springs, W. Chick Harbert, Battle Creek, and Byron Nelson, Toledo, Ohio. Harbert ranked high because pf his recent San Antonio open victory and a pre-tournament driving contest win over Snead. The winner, however, was not expected to lower the record 276 Picard established in winning last year.

The reason was the soggy condition of the course built on reclaimed swampland. Intercollegiate Indoor Polo Play to Start March 7 West Point, N. Feb. 20 The intercollegiate indoor polo tournament will be held here beginning March 7, it was announced yesterday by the graduate manager of athletics, Major Lawrence McC. (Biff) Jones.

Princeton will meet Cornell and Yale will play Penn Military College the opening day. The following Wednesday, March 11, Army will engage the Yale-P. M. C. winner, the victor going into the final March 14 against the winner of the Princeton-Cornell encounter.

Polytech Sophs Prevail A one-handed shot by Otto Scheln with 15 seconds to go gave the Brooklyn Polytech sophomores a 2523 victory over their freshman rivals in the annual basketball ontfet fcetvceea tb -class teams. EAGLE town in 1936, widely heralded age, has there been a fighter DR. STEVENS OFFERS TO COACH WITHOUT PAY Dr. Mai Stevens, football coach of New York University, will coach without pay If it will preserve big-time football at the university, the N. Y.

C. Heights Daily News revealed today. Trrustees of the university have been considering abandoning the game because of the lack of guc-cess of Violet teams since football was de-emphasized and the subsequent lack of gate receipts. stands out as the No. 1 contender.

In order to retain this status, he must get by Berger. Ray will be making his seventh Garden start tonight. He won four of the seven by knockouts. In one of the eight-round supporting bouts Maxie Shapiro takes on Sal Bartolo. Sammy Sevrett tackles Norman Rubio in the other eight.

Henry Vasquez meets Morris Parker in a six, while Gus Le-vine opposes Joe Aponte in a four. Dorothy Goos Victor In Figure Skating Chicagor Feb. 20 (INS The second day of the National figure skating meet opened today at the Chicago Arena with Eastern cities holding victories three of the four events concluded. Dorothy Goos, 13-year-old New York girl and a titleholder in the East, started on a quest for further honors by taking first place in the Ladies' Junior School figures. The other Eastern winners were Mabel MacPherson of Philadelphia, who took first place in the Women's Novice School figure, and Richard More of Buffalo, high ranker among the men in the novice class.

Maxie Beraer. Canadian star promises to be an interesting 6 tO 4. It's news when the lowly Amerks clip the Bruins. It's even more startling that, for about the only time in the history of the Amerks, they started a 7-to-5 favorite over the world's champs. But when they won their fourth straight and did it by scoring six goals more than any other team has scored on Bos tonand with a Canadiens' castoff, it becomes practically unbelievable.

But that's how it was. Chapman's Revenge Art Chapman, the Amerks' coach, has been taking a riding from that very talkative Art Ross, who manages and coaches the Bruins and would, if permitted, manage and coach the officials, too. But now it's all square. Ross's sharpest dies can't touch Chapman now. It all happened so strangely! It seems thaf one night when the Canadiens were playing Toronto the Leafs got away to a five-game lead.

But then the Canadiens began clcking. They piled up four goals, Suddenly it seemed as if the fifth, the tying goal, would surely come, for this Murphy Chamberlain got away on a clean break. With no one in front of him but the goalie. Murphy Chamberlain had a marvelous chance. But, lo, when halfway down, he swung around ami carried the puck back into his own territory.

I Dick Irwin, the Canadiens' coach. 1 tore his hair and cried to the high heavens and trusted that no one but his own team and Toronto would know what happened. Dick then waited for a chance to trade. Dutton wanted Getliffe. Irwin wanted (Red) Heron, a lend-lease object who was going great guns for Pittsbuigh but had failed on the Heron's light hockey didn't fit the Amerks' biff-bang pressure style.

Irwin refused on Getliffe but he offered thr man he wanted to get rid of, Chamberlain. Dutton and Chapman took a few hours to consider and finally accepted. And they got the man who came up with three of the six tallies last night. Chamberlain is no world beater, but he's in there plugging and maybe slugging a little. And he's got what it take.s.

or the luck, to be just wh re he's needed. All Murph did on the Amerks' second goal wa-s hold his stick on the ice. But. that was good enough. Wilfle Field's long shot hit it and caromed past Frankie Brimsek.

That tied the score. Murph hap- pened to be In almost the same position wr.en Billy Benson gave the puck a chop. Bill meant to shoot at Brimsek. But the puck Boro, Jersey City Men Share Ice Symbol Prize The new symbol for ice skating was decided upon last night at the Gay Blades Ice Rink when the judges representing Middle Atlantic Skating Association, Department of Parks and the Police Athletic League selected the green ball on a white field to replace the red ball which served as the symbol I until Japan's attack on Pearl Har- bor. I Everett M.

vassar of 226 New York Brooklyn, and George Eckhardt of 663 Liberty Jersey City, will share the prize award for suggesting this emblem in the national contest conducted to find the red ball's successor. BLY U. S. DEFENSE BONDS AND SAVINGS STAMPS Pu. Rlnttr, tn, uii Nigbta Results 49 47 Americans, Boaton.

4. Detroit. Chicago, 1. Tomorrow Nliht'a Game Americans at Toronto. Chicago vs.

Canadiens at. Mont rest. skewed to where Murph. waited and he shoved it in. Murph's last, the one that put the Amerks ahead for the first time, was a bit on the weird side.

Benson again handled the puck. He intended to pass from back of the net to Murph. The puck went high but it hit him and caromed oif into the cage. It seems that wien such a thing occurs the goal is good but the official cresvt goes to the man who handled it with his stick. That was Benson.

But it was Murph who. In one way or another, scored. And that was most important to a lot of people the Amerks. the Bruins, tne Range: (who still remain on thanks to the Amerks) and th castoff himself. Priano Retains A.

A. U. Tank Ti Defending tltleholders dominated the senior metropolitan A. A. TJ.

swimming championships at the Downtown Athletic Club last nieht, five of the six crowns at stake being retained by last year's winners. The sixth, left undefended in the 220-yard breast-stroke by Edgar Blackledge of the New York A. who is now in the Army, was taken by his clubmate, Johnny Sorman, in 2:55.6. As expected. Mike Pria.io.

Flat-bush Boys Club star, easily carried off the honors in the 200-yard freestyle and Robert de Groot, St, George Dragon Club ace, placed first in the 150-yard back-stroke. In the women's division the Women's Swimming Association prevailed in two of the three evenw. Miss Gloria Callen scored one of the W. S. A.

triumphs in the 100-yard backstroke. The other wa accounted for by the 300-yard medley team of the Mifses Callen, Helene Rains and Marilyn Sahner. Miss Anne Ross. St. George Dragon Club, also captured a title, taking the three-meter fancy dive.

It's 'Keep 'em Rolling' In Skating Campaign "Keep 'em rolling" will be the rally call of an army of 12.000.000 roller skaters to be mobilized by the Office of Civilian Defense In the nationwide physical fitness program, it was announced by James G. Morton, U. S. skating director on the National Sports Board, today. Skaters in some 4.000 rtnrM throughout the United States and the territories will be welded into a vast "keep fit" unit.

Morton, named by John B. Kelly to the National Sport Board to draft and direct the skating project, will ask amateurs to wear the Health shield of the Office of Civilian De- fense and pledje to recruit ne skaters double their number. Kinsella Squash Victor In Red Cross Match Walter Kinsella, veteran professional at Midston House, defeated Edward Oppenheimer, an amateur member it Midston, in the best of three squash racquets matches held for the benefit of the Red Cross at 1 Midston House last night. A capac-I Ity gallery watched the retired un-; defeated world squash tennis cham-; plon win, 1115, 1815, 715, 155, i 17-15. Louis Ballato.

City A. C. pro. i beat Vincent Richards, the tennis player, 1715, 1115, 15-11, in I a match decided by agreement on ft two-out-of-three-game basis. William E.

Coyle, Midston amateur, defeated Tom Byrne, professional at Downtown A. 154, 1510, 1513. MEET INI PISTIC NATURAL row residing in Forest Hills, 'hcoaV Robinson is clever ond li in 1 -i ii i WHERE TO SEE 'EM, FANS! Below are listed the places where baseball fans ran see the National League's film "Safe at Home" and the BROOKLYN EAGLE- DODGERS" "We Win." The hot-stove double feature runs about 50 minutes and is parked with thrilling' action and inside baseball. For bookings contact Fresco Thompson, Brooklyn Baseball Club, 215 Montague St. There is no charge for usage.

TODAY Gfn. Phil Shu-ldan Council, K. of SSS 6th Ave. Inta Bank Aaaociation, 1 Hanson Plarr: Brooklyn fclka Lodge- t'i. S.

Oxford 8:311 p.m. i Willow Lake. I Ivie Auoriatlon, Main St. and Hat Road. Fluthlnt.

si'NDAV Sarred Heart (horrh t.l.VM Bayilde. L. I.l Cimi Maha-pae Reunion. Hotel MrAlpin. MONDAY (irenoolnl O.

Meerole p.m. TI'ESDAY Thomaa Donian K. o( 1 I 4lh I It p.m HI Club of Flatbuth Y. M. C.

Srl: Ocean It p.m.: Aurora Grata. F. A Bedford Ave. and Madlaon ft p.m. I Sporta Advertising Company, S0 ith Manhattan.

THIRSDAY Saered Heart. Catholia Club. 1st Place. SO Eastern District Y. M.

C. I'D Marcy m. Public Relations. Savings Bank Association, Hanson Place; Free Hons of Israel, Livingston Manor, Schermerhorn and Nevlns 9 p.m.; fsporta Advertising t'ompanv, All Manhattan. FRIDAY Roome Lodae.

a A. Hotel Pierrepont. IS St. Thomas Aquinas Hole Name Sorlelv. 9th St.

and 4lh ft p.m.! Superintendents and Foreman' Association. Court It p.m.: Manhattan Reach Training Station. Ontal Boulevard and Ocean fteenndarv Cd.aosUon Club Z- ptatfeata jyBdJtub SO rVailwif ton Mian Caet, Manhattan. ri-mriMT- iimftnl L.miiiTrin. M.i'fc i in sanni Rav Robinson, undefeated Harlem welterweiaht (left) ond clash in 12-rounder at Garden tonight ond their meeting can hit; while Berger is a cutiewno carvtakea punch.