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tommy hoimes Walker, Gregg, Lorn Traded to Pirates Scoffer Shot at The Sport Scene FLUFF AND STUFF Light finger exercise on the Dodgers Confirm Swap Bringing Roe, Cox And Mauch Here-New Deal in Offing typewriter and what is your agent supposed to do after writing that Joe Louis couldn't lose his title to Jersey Joe V'alcott? The champion was nut-jigged, out-generaled and nut-iolterl hv the old mimv mm anH thp vara Fart that two The Brooklyn Dodger- announce. I the trade of pitchers Hal Cregg and Vic Lonihardi hypnotized judges thought Louis won stands as the all-time and outfielder Dixie Walker to the Pittsburgh Pirater for pitcher Preacher Roe and infielders! c.v awl Mao.li Tin. IknlwK :i.l it an a straieht nlaver deal with no cash in. I miracie on -cm m. nuntcrs were siain uuring me New York deer season indicating that onlv a few of the solved, but added that it may be followed by another trade between the two dubs within day or two forces were armed Any day now, prepare to It was revealed that tin read of a left-handed catcher in the majors.

He won't be any more of an oddity than the current "Miss Subways," Grid Dodgers' had been set for sometime but announcement of it was held Whose hnbbv, if von believe the posters, is reading the Congressional Record LaMotta isn't even fistic but darned if be doesn reteiv! pub tip bec ause "several other play ers were at one time It marked the third big dea which the Dodgers have madi with the Pirates the Pitts burgh Club changed ownei lished pictures of King Michael of Roumania. Luck Poor to End By HAROLD HI KK The last seconds of the Dodgers disappointing All Amer DUROCHER'8 RETURN Well sir, you could have knoc ked me over with a Cadillac convertible when 1 picked mi Dip and road thnt loo l)iiroeher bid been ica Conference campailm were the bitterest of all. Hasten. av shift i It was a i. lusii reappointed Brooklyn manager Durocher return should i r-terday to Hbbets Field for leisurely for then title warmup tial deal i only ive been a foregone conclusion when Hurt Shotton wasn't ai tne Manumi Minday.

isui tu, fcirernniie anoilie renamed after the World Series, so this called for the full Sam the1 sue Of it. the Dodij cise of Branch Rickey's marvelous powers for sustaining got far the worst of it A. A. C. RECORDS game with the Clevelani lUt.lih filing and Spec ers had to shed their sideline blankets in th minutes to set up I larve son's winning field goal HE SHALL NOT PASS That seems to be the idea as Younce of the grid Giants makes ready to tackle Nussbaumer of the Washington Redskins yesterday at the Polo Grounds Nussbaumer has ust caught a Sammy Baugh aerial but is brought down with no gam.

Giants won, 35 10, in season finale at home. UMIKIMV'S RIM IK They gave up three regular and received In return only on mystery, And the old master came through. The 15 other major league clubs were meeting in Miami but Rickey, flitting gaily between Brooklyn. Cincinnati and Maryland. hn player who was a regular with 0 21.

Ui Angelf 34. Chic got the headlines all week. the Yanks the nrates ox. I-urthermore. Cox is a shortstop for whom mid- ith i HNAI.

STANDING OK THK TEAMS EASTERN DIVISION None of the organized support or non-support ol breaking Durocher swung any real weight in the decision. What to g. concerned Rickev chienv was whether llappv Chandler 'I'he Ho.lgei- made' tin- game Nf- Yc the Dodgers have little with Pee Wee Reese around.1 There was some -peculation that the Dodgers plan to shift! Midwest Quintets Invade Garden would treat Durocher like a three-time loser tinder the their best. Once they had a KJJJjJ, first down on the Yankees' Bait. mo two-yard stripe, bul the best ctgu iii 167 if? ISION Gosney Faces Berntsen at Parkway Rink Cox to third base.

921 410 IBS 8 4 2 fiST Baumes law when and if the Lip gets jammed up again. nothcr factor was that Durocher needs the job more than Shotton. whose savings shield him from anv foreseeable economic want. Leo made bigger money, bin he spent it. too.

1 13 0 071 293 Walker, long a hero in Brooklyn, has been one of baseball's best right fielders for years and was an important factor in the ey could get oui oi ii wereij jjj ree points on Phil Martin- c.h'iouo h's placement. That was be- use Mickey Colmer )( Ity BEN GOAL!) I ball nights for sundr Bran I )c nicer lei; knee ben I larr l.ur roteehnics i hysterics, 'ollio hen he hit In tin BUNTS Yogi Berra, whose flapdoodle ichind home plate put World Series crowds )iled up more points than any other Amei had knocked him out of no place these basket-wit angina pectoris, e. even for the casual note hair-raising thrill- 148 games and batted in 94 policy, local nds. eague onlooker. in taking er.

But the Mahat-ma plays his cards close to the vest and Bill musl show him more than a quarter of a million debit -heel for two years. Young set tip the first Yankee ich cliff Battles had to sub cal fight clubs The lured at th 42 games j(hi, fc the Lombard i while losing 1 1 stitute Hob Perina for his star plunger and the former Prince-1 ers than movie houses wl night, at thc Eastern Park- eluding their pair serland ne catcher in the most valuable player balloting. something? Red Barber, ye olde tribune of will broadcast the Winter Olympics from Swi month Buzzy Bavasi's honest first name at 215 Montague St. until he was appointed I WEEK'S CAGE CARD eouldn budge the as unknown mnk. tne nay wage pride, with blood-curdling i uu'gc'd Yankee wall, and at 'he rlwhe tint iu no dra isiness man- but most ol hn Motorics came' over first division clubs at crucial stages of the pennant race.

Gregg, who turned in finish the Dodgers who had yarg Sanders passed to John I Lfiyoln WEDNESDAY Jo dignit of the Montreal Royals and a mantle erntsen, taKes on oeneima8, what's more, all Indlc ey of Forest Hills in the tiona point to a ureal man 10 rounder while tomor- more last-minute finishes several glittering world series performances, won only four igh: night at the Itroadwav to the ire. belli games against five defeats and Met THURSDAY Small deemed necessary. Then it developed that the pride of the hill, Mlbm in heartbreak Bavasis was christened Kmil Kogeis Ilornsby ill They wound up in third place J- ihe of u6l! re-open his baseball school at Hoi Springs, Ark on Feb, 15 with three won. 10 lost and one )(, argegt Dodger and those interested in attending the Rajah's six weeks tie turnout looked foe another Course can write him at 1260 Dearborn Chicago Nobody knows if they will be fasnlonable ma(je is Mickey Owen, the unfrocked Dodger catcher, is now an ack next Fall. The Conference gtralfirh1 gamea in wncli San- auctioneer of livestock out in his native Missouri a pi ders has either scored or never has lived up the promise he1 displayed in 1945 when he won is games.

Cox hit .274 for the Pirates while Roe, a cleft bander, last 15 games while winning only four. Mauch, who went from This week's out-of-town aders hail in the main he West, Providing the 'Ralph DeMartino ol the 10th Detective District forwards a tha? Brooklyn's ilis''li 1 1 rubbed i happy nron.e metiai oi tne une ixeeier ion men ine mu Fate wi be decided, Hill "Hit-'em-where-they-ain't" Hall of Famer gave Ralph hen pari owner of the club, is he was a rookie cop. belief when the Dodgers came m' 1 "iger sin i no in an amashino hack Monk Bafford little actioi nti iluiting a reverse. if I in City outfit old- in the other ti i by Aggie Men If Colmer hadn't been seven points Instead of three Mauch. who is only 22 yc would have illuminated thfUl.

It" but appeared 16 games Prnn.Mv.nu .1 Y.ie A'indy lohn's phi, Wagner invading Kordham, Rutgers playing at Columbia, llridgeport at 1 lofstra and-Kings far. Point at Manhattan at the same rtjpose tlroe providing a full evening ites on ca8e entertainment, ate ai Brooklyn swings into action in gat-again on Friday night at home foray against a feared fona crew ith n-t St, Marshall ook i ng up with only Gothams Beaten By New Paterson Cage Talent, 84-76 I pla.N scored again in younge The Yankees quarter, Eddie uea 1 ilea from the Cheatem who! ay, A Kowalskl SP THE FIGHT A lot of the boys saw or thought they saw the handwriting on the wall for Joe Louis the other night. Apart from a conviction that. Walcott won the tight and should have got the title, I'm not sure what I did see. But I'm inclined to the theory that the champion's poor show ing was due less to the distance he has slipped than to Walcott's tantalizing style which might have bothered Louis at any time in his career.

That was the champ's worst showing bul he has looked hail in other fights against Schmeling. Pastor. Fai and Godoy, Disconcerted by a strange and to him bewildering ttle. Louis loses his aplomb and his swift transition from a ring destroyer to a sub-novice golden glover is startling and unbelievable. In those other instances.

Joe proved thai he could come hack and cope with his problems from a fresh start and it's my flash opinion that Louis will win when he fights Walcott again. the Intel with City College half of the twin ipcning m1, -late ill. llehr-l mmm camp. i the the el While Colunibi; Ti" ed It lie! i ice Yanks Beek Vernon All the other loc carry on both at in the road on Wednes and Saturday. Matty Begovtch's a hi- field.

Dub Jones The trade was the fir on champion, draws a bye, Penn-lav ylvania opens at Yale while Dartmouth engages in a non lar loop test at Manhattan. Queens Basketball League triu I The invaders, boast oral stars from the abandoned Elizabeth i rcicis-. -erics expected to be made cCarthy fell on a 60-the annual major league by the convalescent ter meetings opening torn Louis didn't punch the other night. In training, his time in the fl i shall five imades Mrooklsn Col- plays at Pdy. Kordham at R.P.I, on Wednesday night, with and Hunter Veterans at Hofstra St, Francis travelling to Adel-1, In the other engagements, Y.mke, punching was great.

No one can make me believe that a great puncher like Louis can irretrievably lose the knack of the had i Both deams left the fl at to all but in the lat the invaders' reserve in a week. I the dec Grid Giants Get Going As Home Grind Ends the t. the ny Y.v rsky I Ca Jim 1 legal I Tai ich. 'after i- ly thei Indi, ii SECONDS OCT The poor Louis showing insures an exciting flurry of interest in the big loogans of the ring. Two of them Gene Gosney and Harry Berntsen meet in the top 10 at the Parkway Arena tonight and a knockout is all but guaranteed Max Joss meets the Parkway threat of competition by scheduling three star eights at the old B'way tomorrow night involving six aggressive middle-weights, (ieorgie Small, who.

boxes the capable Joe Gover- demanding thi baum of Paterson, as unable was recovered to play lue to an injured knee, on the Yankee In the first game. Brighton! Martin vlch's Beach's Knicks lost to the field goal was Outfielder Hoot Evers of tl ick Tigers be incuuded In a trade bet ween the two clubs. tass with six mill-U Dan Hlckey that pull the game out The Parker-, gave Lions' permanent il mon League, to Yankees and The dominated the1 Loth the nale in the final, is onlv and has a fine chance to grow Next Sunday tne i.omanis Up and mingle with the likes of Herbie Kronowitz and Harold will play Wilkes-Barre, one of play throughout the second half Red Sox were reported bidding Green Kill Johnston, promoter at the Jamaica Arena, is (the two new loop entries. except for those fatal waning for Mickey Vernon, Washlng- Gcorgie Small 1 the Detroit possession i ing the Lie minutes. Young i ne lineups: to his own Pl-vard line and th Sanders and Buddy Boy tea tore in just as if the Dodge were the Browns, ripping i one first, down after auoth But the clock was running on 'em and Johnson did I stuff on third down with ys to go.

cutting prices. His top is lowered from to starting With Wednesday night's show featuring Tony Labua and Vie. Flores The kleig lights trained on the entrance of the Parkway Rink for Andv Niederreiter's monster opening last week had Dave Soden and Charley Gallagher wishing they had worn tails Rocky Graziano was immediately recognized by the ringworms although he was disguised in a hat. STRICTLY PERSONAL Brooklyn's Tom Parisi, after "four years as deputy boxing commissioner, moves upstairs nn Jan. 1 when he becomes secretary to Supreme Court Justice George J.

Keldock AI Schacht. one of everybody's favorite guys, rips the veil off his new a2d St. eatery with a cocktail light this afternoon Sam Mosberg. Olympic lightweight champ in '20 and now a big furniture man in our town, suggests that a share of television revenue for fights be used to set up a relief fund for old and "indignant" fighters Cliff Rattles names Mickey Colmer of the Dodgers in his All-Conference backfield along with Otto Graham of Cleveland, Spec Sanders of New York and Billy "Hillenbrand of Baltimore. RANGER WICKS' COME TO LIFE ikie Albert of Ihe i-co Forty-Nlners Ratterman of the s.

two of the coun a a adily. Leswick, Warwick Pace Locals to 3-1 Victory Over Detroit Maybe it was because his Sister, Olga, was looking at I In Ranger uniform for the I time that Leswick forgot wobbly knee and whipped i past Lumlev. whether By RALPH TKOST or keep The Rangers not only started, iff on a brand new winning! itreak beating the Detroit Red Twas a pretty pass from Neil up with the i dn the nets. I enrv been that set up the goal. All the sturdy little guy had to era amj Bag a mainstay in do was lay his stick down andithe winning streak.

wiui-n ne loudly hopes Philadelphia present champions of to-East and the Ch land their nelghbo acking up the Small-Gover-dinals deadlocked bout are mate lie, bringing: in(r in the West, ither Jimmy Mangl with Wings, 31, before the cus-tomarv Sunday crowd which it was. neat, black, round La-t night Henry houM hae inacitv last night but i1D had a -hutmit. Sugar Jim h.n Mas Suthet ed thei lads who served it up were the cords. That'-- what they the Red blanked up ut i minute ones from whom mighty call timing-and Tony had it.t" almost within N. F.

L. RECORDS on the vhen "Red' ne of thosi tallies have been coming Tony What happ ick led to Wai He had ri( (Nobby i Wa All of which ather bright Wednesday If he'e ha. it. Henry str first shut- wl ive had hi ild night's encount Ca back in the lip ho A ft 57 1411 K0 155 PHI -the last -cries cla-hes with Ii Montreal Canadi that is just two them on the way Cuo Dlavoffs. faille; Henry the Ranger-, were of Paddy lie.Marco of liiookbti His finesse just wasn't Against Toronto Wednesday, every flip roller flattened the K.ele-.

he made was the wrong one Last night's battle being in. in the eight-round feato In the pasl four seasons, anv- the St. Nicholas Arena B. way, Rayner has jilayed Neibhv" didn't err last lOUChdowns were scored in the wtsTF.RN fourth period four by the CWo gr. 3 K7 Card-.

orfen lut 8 1 eoo Bob Waterfield's field goal si fif the eighth out of :) home contests, this business of taking night. He was his old, dashing self. The other Ranger goal? Bv the long range view and con HOCKEY RECORDS gave the Lob Angeles sidering the piayotis is un- 17 i 1 I win over the i ly in the Ranger'-they hit no post ser It doesn't seem fai the Rangers loom for the in all these yea the blond Ed Kullman This d'iphia Icloubtedlv premature. But. what Waterl Bears.

Vet, it chunky guy has been vvith Warwick and Leswick a Rangers' most persistent night for the "wicks" scor-. such foreign matters as the scorer. Saturday night hould be bj I. Still, with in Henrv'sl? five win and a last six games, it's the Bruins, in a 5 tie, he failed to tally for the first time in five games. But he got in SLIDE, TONY, SL.DE-Overddng things on effort to not nnre the loose puck, Tony Leswick of the Rangers starts lough cutting 2 SPORTS MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1947 the man in the nets off the score last night, starting! off on a trip to the ice at the Garden last night as Doug me playoffs that the team ter and 'runtime i streaK.

Haven. Maybe Boucher'll keep McLraig or rne ueirou iea wmgs Keeps nis Duiun.e. an i readily remember wa 110-11 or With Chuck Raynei's eye im- cm both on. Rangers won, 3.