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LIONS COMBAT They fall MeQ Dodgers Seek Even Break With Giants MIDSHIPMEN BY RALPH 5TH FIVE TONIGHT i isn Free Hand for Fitz From His New Boss Phils Will Not Be Operated From Front Office-Carpenter Bob Carpenter, new president of the Philadelphia Phillies, reiterated today that Manager Fat Freddie Fitz-simmons would be boss of the team on the field and in the clubhouse during the 1944 season." Carpenter, the youngest major league president in history, emphasized "that the Phillies will not be operated from the front office." "If Fitzsimmons finds me in the clubhouse, Carpenter Muhlenberg Paired With City College In Only Other Game By GEORGE E. COLEMAN added, "he has my permission to boot me out. II I had 10 percent as much knowledge of the game as he does I wouldn't need him I aianage the fl HI Gridiron Rivals In Second 1943 Game Tomorrow By TOMMY HOLMES Probably there are something like 50,000 fellows and gala In the same boat. Fellows and gals who'll never watch a pro football game between the Giants and the Dodgers at the Polo Grounds without thinking of that game two years ago. That was Quite an afternoon.

Jock Sutherlands Brooklyn club was probably the best team representing our borough up to this time. And the Dodgers won by 21 to 7 with the all-around brilliance of Ace Parker throwing the Giants into confusion and Pug Manders blasting through fiteve Owen's line with irresistible force. For those reasons, the day was not memorable, of course. It was only a football game, although a good one. But it was that day up In the press box that Jack Singer, dictating Into the INS wire, leaned back in his chair and announced, his eyes glittering with txcitement, The Japs are bombing Pearl club myself." Carpenter, mho achieved the presidency of the Philadelphia National League when baseball' commissioner.

Judge Kenesaw Lan-dis, barred former President BUI Cox from the game for life, said Dr. Harold Bruce would be dropped from the payroll. Bruce was retained by Cox during last season' When thtjr were players. Elmer Ripley and Nat Holm an started In the middle of August to run them selves into snap for the approaching season. Now, as coaches, they use the same idea with their teams.

They get the edge on the other college fives by opening the campaign as early as possible. Ripley has the Columbia Lions meeting their third opponent of the 1943-4 schedule In the Morn-ingside Height gymnasium tonight. It Is sort of home affair as the quintet representing the United States Reserve Midshipmen's School located on the Columbia rampus will provide the opposition: Ripley It Set Ripley has his first team selected. It has a personnel of Howie Dobel, Wayne Morgan, Walter Budko, Oeorge Moller and Vincent Lolordo. They seem to be Ripley's starters for the remainder of the year.

Rip Is already settled while some of the other college coaches in town Sprin? training to give the Phillies is vv -Ilk 'f WEST roiNT, NOV. sages have tinned the fpced of Army, weighed the depths of Navy's power, subtracted a few rumors about the sick and the ailing, added the fact that Army, this time, is playing in ITS own back yard and it comes out about all even. Yes, sir. the critics predict an even battle here today in Army's little Mitchie Stadium where Army and Navy football teams meet for the 44th time. An interesting conclusion! Seems to me I haven't heard one like it since way back in 1926.

when, as the Army-Navy game time came around, the Middies were undefeated and the Army conquered Just once, by a one touchdown margin and that by its ancient enemy, Notre Dame, Now that was a football game, that 1925 shuffle. Both teams had everything needed (unless you're inclined to be a little hypercritical and remark that Army's passing wasn't any better than it is now). And before 110,000 people, the largest crowd that ever witnessed an Army-Navy game, they put on a show that missed by only one single item of following a true movie plot. With twilight falling on the huge Chicago stadium and with only seconds to go, Light Horse Harry Wilson's try for a field goal to end a 2121 deadlock missed. About the only man in all Soldiers Field who was enough to see that it did miss was the umpire who stood practically under the goal posts.

Yes, the scene could be set for a revival of that show right here today. True, the gigantic crowd will be missing. There'll be almost 100.000 fewer folk packed in little Mitchie Stadium than piled into Chicago's mammoth grounds. But the men to turn the trick are here. HIGH CLASS TALENT The heroes of that 1926 shuffle, a game that provided one of the biggest scores in Army-Navy history and the only big-score tie in the service game annals, were men like Tom Hamilton, Hank Hardwick, Wickhorst.

Ransford, for Navy; brilliants like Chris Cagle (not long after bounced for marrying), Wilson, Harbold, et al, for Army. In their place both teams appear to have men of even greater skill and broader backgrounds. Navy, for instance, didn't get any All-Americas like Tackle Don Whit mire, or the brilliant Back Jenkins in those days. A boy couldn't get into the Naval Academy if he was over 19. Yes sir, it looks to me as if Navy's Whitmire, Jenkins, Hume, Hamberg, Channell, Martin, Chase and Brown have it all over that 1925 crew.

And, for all of that Penn State transfer, Harry Wilson and the brilliant Cagle, the current Army football battalion of Davis. Merritt. Kenna, Maxon, Troxell, Mysllnski, Lombardo, McCorkle, Murphy, Anderson Co. Is a far better outfit for all its fumbles and even without a to operate from. The 1943 teams have all, and more, of a scoring punch than the 1926 outfits.

A 42-polnt tie is well within their power. According to the sages who spent more than a week assaying the relative powers of the teams, they're just about urn, to 4' The spectators didn't know much about it, although each announcement from the public address sys Freddy Fitzsimmons tem "commanding'' all uniformed 4. a "commando" course in caies-thenios and running. "I don't think we'll have a track team this year, so he's out," carpenter said. Kickey Knows Leo's Plans Branch Rickey, back from a hunting trip, isnt quite sure when Skipper Leo Durocher will be in our midst.

"Anv minute now," says the boss of Ebbets Field. "He isn't due to shove off on that USO trip for quite a while." You gather that Rickey is highly in f.ivor of Durocher's plans. Branch knows what they are only through Danny Kaye, the musical comedy cumlc. Kaye phoned Rickey and outlined a trip starting about the first of the year. Which is more or less perfect.

Leo iliould be away about six weeks and return In plenty of time to serve as field marshal of his ball team in Spring training. Luke Appling, shortstop of the Chicago White Sox, who gained the batting championship of the American League lor the second time this past season, seems due for army induction. Father of two pre-Pearl Harbor children, he reported in Chicago yesterday for final physical examination. men to report to their posts at once resulted In speculation, to say the least. Many Things Have Happened The reaction was "the hell you 15 New Men Hope To Lift Rangers don't even know the last names of their recruits.

Judging from the close score of the Columbia and Mitchel Field battle, the Lions have quite an outfit. The Flyers with Ossle Shecht-man. Lennie and Howie Rader, Cy Lobello, Bob Fitzgerald. Stan Wax-man and Jerry Rltzo In their lineup, had a difficult time taking the Blue Lions. The Midshipmen, Columbia's rival tonight, alto have a topnotch club which gave a brilliant account of itself last Saturday evening when they dropped a close one to the City College speedsters on the Beavers' floor.

Nat Holman. coach of the City say'' In the dressing rooms after the game was over. The secondary reaction was "Will we play foot ball And I recall that eve a ning wondering how soon it would be before any of us ever saw any kind of an organized sports event. Out of Cellar Well, the Giants and Dodgers meet at the Polo Grounds tomor row. Once more.

And a goodly New York hockey followers will crowd will be there. But there will lads, was happy to have the Midshipmen as his guests. The Mid be a difference. When this pro football season dies are a better club 'than most of started, 55 members of the Dodgers the college outfits the Holman-men were In armed service and 42 niem will meet this Winter. Thus, the City cagers should be In better condition than any of their intercollegiate opponents.

bers of the Giants. Lt. Don Wemple, a Dodger guard two years ago, has since died in a plane crash somewhere In India. Capt. Coast Guard Five have their first opportunity this season to see the Montreal Cana-diens, sensations of the current hockey campaign, In action when the Flying Frenchmen meet the New York Ranger in Madison Square Oarden tomorrow evening.

According to Dick Irwin, silver-thatched coach of the Canadlens, he has "the best goaltender in the league, the lour best defensemen and the nine best forwards," which is big talk even for a coach who has Just won a championship. The Canadlens are still 40 games I. I'. Boys to Play Muhlenberg College, City's rival Charley Gelatka, end of the Giants has earned the Distinguished Fly READY FOR ENCORE BATTLE Ward Cuff, Giants' carry ing and kicking star, who is always a source of annoyance to the Dodgers, hopes to live up to his reputation when the two clubs meet in their second game of the season tomorrow afternoon at the Polo Grounds. Ward is one of the best placement kickers in the business.

tonight, provides a stiff test for the ing Cross for his deeds in the South Wins Two Games Lavender. The Mules from Allen- Pacific. And Jack Singer, who told the press box what was happening, turned war correspondent town have many former college stars now training at the school for the United States Marines. and last his life when the Wasp Exhibiting a strong defense and an equally potent oliense. the District, Coast Guard basketball team registered two more victories.

The Among them are Hank Baiettl, the went down in the Coral 8ea. 6-4 L. I. U. star of a few seasons ago; Bob Smith, 6-5, from Bloom-field, N.

whom Clair Bee was grooming for stardom with the Brooklyn Blackbirds; Bill Munson, Edgewood, and Tom Cline, Gettysburg College, a pair of cagers away from even tne national Hockey League crown and the Rangers, who will have four new faces In the lineup on Saturday, think they can stop them. The newcomers are Bucko McDonald, Chuck Scherza, Oscar Aubuchon and Ab DeMarco. The Rangers expect to add more strength to their club. This added strength, along with Roger Leger, rookie defenseman, who was signed on Tuesday, should aid the Rangers in their battle to leave the cellar. well known In Pennsylvania Inter So things are different, but, after two years, the National Professional Football League still manages to struggle along.

In fact, there should be quite a delegation of fans on hand when the Dodgers and Giants clash tomorrow, Not that the game means an awful lot. The Dodgers are mathematically consigned to the bottom rung of the Eastern division. The Giants have the slimmest of mathematical chances of catching up to the Washington Redskins. It may mean something, though, to Pete Cawthon, the wiry little collegiate ranks. Jim Capehart, even.

If there is any advantage, Navy has it in the line. Well, that's Just what they said in '2G. And in 1941, too, if you're interested. But the cognoscenti opinions haven't meant much to the Cadets or the Middies, either. In that 1926 game the underdogs got pushed around for two touchdowns only to come right back, after they were supposedly "moldered" and tie it up at 1414 at the half.

There's that same spirit in the current Army team. If you saw the Notre Dame game you know that. Back in '41, another year when Navy was favored, the underdogs didn't wait to make a comeback. They climbed right onto Navy and began clawing it to pieces until, as I thought, they had the game won. Come to think of it, Army pulled a bit of "strategy" in that game that was startling.

After Navy, in the second half, came back with a touchdown. Army decided it would kick off instead of receiving as is the custom. Navy, according to the strategy, was to lose the ball In the sun, fumble or do something. But it didn't. It came right back with the ball for another touchdown and finally won the game.

I guess it's just that sort of thing, plus the events of the '26 sort, the Navy victory of last year, the Army's win of the second game played between the two academies (through the amazin? brazenness. of going out and hiring a Yale man to coach the team. Yale knew football, Yale practically owned football in those days) that coined the words, "All's fair in love and war and the Army-Navy game." RAISED LOU) CRY-Incidentally, all may be fair In INDIANS, MONROE IN SOCCER FINAL Meet Wednesday on Field Yet to Be Designated for P. S. A.

L. Title of City The P. S. A. L.

city soccer championship will be decided Wednesday afternoon when Grover Cleveland, Brooklyn and Queens champion, clashes with James Monroe, Manhattan and Bronx titlist and defending city ruler. The field on which the game will be played will not be settled until Mon Marshall College luminary, known throughout the East for his speed and shooting skill, is another with sailors first conquered the Sperry Gyro quintet on the Hofstra College court in Hempstead. 4J 32, after setting the pace by 2119 at the half, and last night on the Radio City floor polished off Arma's powerful aggregation, 6250. In the first game, Bobby Dorn excelled for the victor with 13 points. In last night's combat Bridegroom Tony Krygier put on a fine exhibition' of all-around scoring skill for his bride of two days by accounting fcr 21 points for the tars, who set the pare by 2826 at intermission.

Balser also had a field day with 19 tallies. Al Moschettl and Fred Haupmer fired in 18 and 12 counters, respectively, for Arma. The lineups: the Mules. Ripley and Holman not only rush the season and grab the edge on their college rivals but they selected the toughest opposition to be Pat Foley T.K.O. Victim Of Francis Leonard had.

we'll see how the method works out tonight. Taunton, Nov, 27 (U.B day. It will either be at Metropoli Texan of the football wars who tried to build the Dodgers up out of nothing. His team was beaten, 20 to 0, by the Giants in a previous game this year. His team has al.o improved since then.

There could be an upset. In the other Sabbath games on Allen Fails to Go Route With Peters o. s. Coast Guard Francis Leonard, 129, Taunton, technically knocked out Pat Doyle, 133, Pall River, last night In the O. San Francisco.

Nov. 27 (U.B- eighth and final round. Paulie Peters, 155. San Francisco, Dorn. B.

Ch To In scheduled six-round bouts scored a technical knockout over 0 2 i) i 0 0 4 3 7 0 0 2 0 0 2 Hiu 1 rmiimiT.K 0 fi Jack-on 1 13 Anasette 1 O'trn. D. 2 S-'imldt 4 MclioiiB SrhcUT 0 0 flivpr VetchT Babe Synott, 150, Fall River, tech Top Row Allen, 154, San Francisco, the Army-Navy game, but, between you and me, there's I nm ul. ull i in the main event of last night boxing card at National Hall, when the fight was stopped at the end Duosa nically knocked out Joe Jackson, 146. Providence, R.

In the fifth round; Oscar St. Pierre, 132, Fall i 1 1 tiwiui iiunt'iniji ituuut ii, juvy nuueicu liiiu stuck goat when Army hired a Yale man to coach its team. only defeat in a previous game, 1-0. Costa's Streak Halted It was a closely fought contest yesterday with Lafayette dominate lng play for the first 12 minutes. Uascored upon in league play, Al Costa, the Frenchies goalie, had the first goal registered against him when Bill Mackel put in a short boot from the right corner.

La. fayette made five vain attempts to score in the first half. The best scoring chance was three minutes after Cleveland scored, when Capt. Tony Curreri's penalty kick Just missed. Midway In the second half, Cleve land made sure of its victory.

Stev tan Oval, Cleveland's home ground, or at Monroe Field, Bronx. Since both coaches couldn't agree yesterday, Rowland Patterson, field secretary of the P. S. A. will make the final decision.

Cleveland qualified yesterday by dethroning Lafayette In a playoff at the Metropolitan Oval, 20. The Qiieens booters ended their league campaign with four wins and a lew, while Lafayette had three wins and two ties. Two ties, according to P. S. A.

L. rules, are equivalent to one loss, which made the playoff necessary. Lafayette handed Marcy Hessel's lads Its of the sixth becau.se of Allen's in River, knocked out Bob Chapman, 132. Taunton, In the first; Joe Bel the N. F.

L. schedule, the Redskins, only undefeated team in the league, clash with the Philadelphia-Pittsburgh Steagles In Washington, No one has yet figured out how the S'eagles managed to tie Sammy Baugh, in an earlier engagement. In Chicago, the Bears meet the Cardinals. The Bears were upset bv the Redskins last week. The Cardinals have lost nine games out of nine so far.

The Bears, in all probability, will be very angry indeed, One feels sorry for the Cardinals. 4 32 3 49 Tout Tola'. monty, 150, Taunton, technically Arma Guard knocked out Charlie Marsh, 152 1 ill South Boston, in the third round. Balr 8 2 18 () 2 0 4 4 (1 8 3 2 8 ft 12 0 0 0 jured left hand. Allen took the first round over the slow-starting Peters but through the next five round? Peters held the upper hand In a fast slugging match.

At the end of the fifth Allen's second reported injury to Referee Billie Burke, who ordered the fight continued but halted It after one more round when Allen was unable to continue. Coley Welch Is Decision Victor Over Ossie Harris Lpvane Orhirdt Krvier PapaK Nor-iumon Kelly tiuf ')! 3 7 '2 4 Mymiti 3 21 Lucas 1 3 Harris 2 Mh'ioiu' 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 But Navy did the same thing the next year. In the middle 20s there was so much hollering about Army's transfers and Navy's 19-year-old entrance limit that the battle went to Congress. There was a year when, you'll recall, there was no at all. Then there was so much hollering that the series was resumed the next year.

Yes sir, there's so much rivalry between these that at first there was hollering about unfair advantages when Navy went up to West Point and as much when West Point went to Annapolis. They finally decided to end all this by playing neither place but battling it out in Philly. In fact there was some howling even last year. Army, barred by the war rules from sending Cadets down to Annapolis, hollered that the Navy battalions supposed to holler for Army did no more than an anemic job. Detroit.

Nov. 27 (U.Ri Coley Welch, 160'a, Portland, middleweight, Tot.l' 23 4 fiO Umpire 10 62 Tu-. -Georse D'C won a 10-round decision over Ossle 'Bulldog) Harris, 158, Pittsburgh FUrher. Turner Stops Hermosillo Portland, Sept. 27 (U.R) Pedro Miguel Hermosillo lost by a TKO to Leo Turner.

Portland Negro, last NeRro, at Olympia last night. The Irif-hman won the unanl ATHLETES IN UNIFORM QQULD Mitchel Field's crack basketball team, reports our Georee BIY V. S. WAR BONDS AND SAVINGS STAMPS mous vote of Referee Elmer (Slim night when Referee Packy McFar-land refused to let the game Mexico City middleweight, boxing with a broken hand, come out for the sixth round. McClelland and Judges Frank Neville and W.

H. 'Dad) Butler, but the crowd booed the verdict Coleman, will be weakened In the near future by the transfer of several of its aces headed to other bases Lt. Sid lustily. Andreski's boot hit one of the up rights and bounced off. The alert Jim McNulty headed the ball in on the rebound.

Lafayette made nine attempts to score, in the 56 minutes that Hank Morse, guarded the Cleveland goal. He warded off seven, and Jack Patti, his sub, came up with two fine saves in the four minutes he protected the goal. Al Casta, Lafayette goal tender, made two saves. Thus, Hessel's first year as a soccer coach finds him with a title. He replaced Joe Singer, a chief petty officer in the navy.

Julia Ziffenblatt, Monroe coach, is also In his first year, succeeding Jo Herschel, who is coaching basketball at Forest Hills. Simon Yudell, Lafayette mentor, ended his 18th year of coaching high school soccer. At New Utrecht for 13 years, he won 10 4mh Gerstenhaber, the former St. Francis Prep athlete, Is in town on a furlough and is kept busy answering the 'same ques Colan in Comeback Bout With Grant tion: mow uiu lt ieei to arop tne first bomb on Rome? The modest Sid, who has earned eight decorations, wears only one, the Air Medal ribbon Another well-decorated athlete in town on furlough is Gunner's Mate Milt Schoenfeld, former Savage and Jewels' eager, whose face bears verdict to Oeorgie Kochan in the tame ring. Jnhnnr Oebert.

H'mnstad. division, eight Brooklyn and two city crowns. In the five years at Lafayette he has won a 'city and mute signs of action in the form of powder burns. two borough crowns. The lineup: pns, CltvHnd Lafiyn't O.

Morse Cosia Cnhim -Tonerv -Kryier -Dreschfr C.H Bchoenmuller t. H. Stlm Furit Currerl Adler Mirch Orlllo Oumbardo Orefnbetr Frank Brimsek H. Eisenstat 0 R. AJiflresHi I.R.

McNulty CP, NUckel 1 L. fieitz Johnny Colan, young light-heavyweight challenger from Wood-side, cla she.s with Bill Oram, hardhitting Orange 175-pounder, In the feature bout of eight rounds tonight at the Rltlgewood Grove Arena. Colan. formerly from New York's West Side, will be making his first ring start In more than a year, or since he Joined Uncle Sam's Ouard. Johnny is nox stationed at Bainbridge, and is permuted to train and fight on his own time.

Before entering the service Colan was considered one of the leading light-heavies and seemed headed for a shot at the title. He compiled an impressive string of knockout victories having flattened such boxers as Ernie Vlgh, Steve Mamakos, Herbert Marshall and Jimmy Webb. Many close fistic followers are of the opinion that Colan may run into plently of trouble tonight against the heavy punching Grant, The Jerseylte made a big hit with Brooklyn boxing fans several weeks ago when he dropped a close O.L. Hhlnf Prepmin his brother, Steve, Inventor of six- OoalAMcNultv snd Mackev. Substitutes niepr Leo Francis.

Panama, in the -in Unit of six rounds. Braoipv tfwi5. Hur-lm mldcllewctflht, facs Danny Aldr.rlar. Newark, anrt Btilp-sando Caruoia. AMona w-pl'prweilht.

iracifs punrhg wuh Jimmy Mormon. Bronx, thp other lines. K3HM wUl brine tocpfhfr JaKiP DuPti Red Hook, and Fred Pironr West side, and Jerry Coimo! Valiev Stream, i.d Ronnie Burns, Jersor City. Freddie (Shea) Addeo, North Side lightweight, considered of title timber, will meet plenty of opposition when he squares off with Frankie Velez, Puerto Rico, in one of the three eight-rounders at the Broadway Arena, Tuesday night. Welterweights Frankie Terry, South Brooklyn, and Phil Enzenga, Baltimore, and Henry Cooper, Brownsville, and Tommy Campa-nella, Bay Ridge, heavyweights, will supply the action in the other eights.

Tommy Fallon, Bushwick middleweight, will box Jimmy Dowl, Hartford, In a special six-rounder. In the four-round opener Johnny Prllon is paired with Billy Reed. uian football, Is In the navy. Ovrland. Pattl.

Cilandro: Latayjtu. Ah, Fluchler. Tlm ol halyti 30 mini utm. R(tre Nat Krlrnsky. Umpire Pt Reniullt.

SPORTS TODAY That great St. John's pivotman of the pait, Rip (ullitis, is now in the scrvire George J. Kulin in the new coach of basketball at the Floyd Bennett Field Station with Jacob Zucker of N. V. V.

serving as his right-hand man Harry Eisenstat has switched from baseball pitching to touch-football at Mitchel Field and his tossing and running is the talk of the ramp Dee. 14 marks the start of two tournaments in the Third Naval District in the form of bowling and pistol shooting competition L. I. IV 1ic rararcllo Joins the nnvy in 48 hours. Frankie Brim.ck.

the famous mniile, has taken up his old past 'villi the Coast. Guard Cutters The Ellis Island Coast Ouard Re-eiviiiK Station has bern awarded I hp District Commandant's Cup nlven at the end of each sports spa-to the naval unit scoring the mast points In athletic competition Former army court captain U. Col. Robin B. Kpler is now sta i i A posthumous award of the Silver Star has been made to Lt.

Adolph Kutner, killed in North Africa Kutner was a member of the City A. C. The Jewish Welfare Board has presented a mobile service unit in commemoration of his passing; Forilham's Frank Slater J.n.i, who held the national A. A. U.

1.000-mettT title In 1938, has been decorated with the Air Medal for piloting a plane which sank a U-boat Another Gotham athlete honored Is Marine Lt. Phil Bayer, ex-Columbia back. Admiral Halsejr commended him for bravery In asslstlnr In the rescue of two marines In the Solomon Island area, BASKETBALL ProRpect Park Y. M. C.

A. v. Pratt In-atltut', at Prospect Park M. C. 3S7 9th Brooklyn.

9:30 p.m. Columbia v. Columbia Midshipmen at Columbia aymnailum, Broadway and limn St 30 p.m. Cuilfsc vs Muhlr-nlyrg. at CHt Collmr aymnaMum, Convrnt Av, and '33th 8' 8 30 m.

Bit 1 MROS Andrew Ponrl v. Onofrio Julian a Acadrmy. 13S E. Hm Man-hnttnn. 3.30, 8 30 m.

boxinci Ridaeood Ornva. St. Nirholn Ave. snd Ptilmctto Brooklyn, 8:30 pin, ICE SHOW loa PoillM. at Madlion Square OardaSU Stli Ave and Both 2.30, 8 30 m.

Brnndwav Arena. Kalaee St. MAS Wilkinson, left, hard-hitting 200-pound de- IN HOCKEY LIMELIGHT -John 'Wikid have obtained from the Boston Bruins, un fenwrnan, whom tee Rcrgers would like to SPORTS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1943 1hc ght Oiccr (Ozzic1 Aubuchon, fast skating forward, whom they really did get from the Hub team. Oine burned up the ice in the garden when the Bruins lost visited New York, tioned at Eglln Held, Fla, while I Broadway, Brook, jn, 8 30 p.m..