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¥ S| EDWIN POPE
L 44| SPORTS EDITOR.]
~As the great Caliph of Bagh
dad once said, “Like father,
like son.”
That mavim is being proven
again.
Hlarry Mehre, son of the for
mer University of Georgia and
Ole Miss coach, is an outstanding
football candidate at Athens High,
Young Harry is described by Line
;'Coach “Beefy” Eaves as an ex-
Fefitioaa]ly haiad Woiker and a
wery apt pupil. He is considered
a good bet for one of the tackle
spots on the Maroon eleven.
" Speaking of Harry, jr, we
came upon a story relating to his
pater by way of Georgia mentor
J. B. Whitworth, who recounted
the story to “Rabbit” Smith,
“Beefy” FEaves, Cocah Hillyer
King, sr., Hillyer, jr., and myself
‘the other night,
It seems that Mehre was a sec
ond-string left halfback -at Notre
Dame under the immortal Knute
Rockne. Even second-string was
considered a great honor at the
Irish school in those days, and
especially so at the tailback po
sition.
. Harry played sub left half all
one spring practice until one day
“The Rock” said to him, near the
_&mclusion. “Would you like to
play first-string, Harry?”
. Naturally, the answer was yes.
80 “Rock” came up with the
urprising statement that center—
Iready amply stocked = with
bout eleven candidates — was
made to order for Mehre.
{ The former halfback stammer
;fl*and stuttered, for he couldn't
ee the logic in “Rock’s” state
nt. Finally he agreed, although
e confessed that he didn’t think
had a ghost of a chance to play
regular center.
- The next fall he started off at
x:ter—and in two weeks he was
{-string, Mcture, proved. he
bhad what il took—and he was
first team center at dear old ND
from that day on.
~“Speaking of Rockne and former
Georgia coaches this tale is heard
fnvolving Ted Twomey, one-time
Bulldog assistant mentor; z
« Jack Cannon, in 1929, was No
tre Dame’s outstanding player.
He won ‘public fancy by his un
orthodox style of play, roaming
all pver the field on defense, mak
ing spectacular plays. Every eye
in the stadium was fixed upon
him when he started to wander
‘i his role of roving guard. How
little they realized that some
‘body back in the line was hold
m him up, guarding his terri
4ory when he left it!
' That somebody was Ted Two
mey, left tecakle, who played
alongside of Cannon. His fine
playing passed almost unnoticed
to outsiders,
“"But it didn’t get by Rockne.
ine day when the varsity was on
ense in scrimmage, “Rock”
intentionally left Twomey on the
side, replacing him with a reserve
e. Cannon played his usual
of game but the scrubs, who
were wise to his dependence on
Twomey, crossed him up and
made huge yardage through his
position. After three or four such
plays, Rockne said to Cannon.
“Well, Jack, I guess we’'ll have to
bring your old pal, Twomey,
back, as it seems that you can't
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Then Rockne slipped Twomey
back into position and things
went for Cannon once more as
they should go.
JES® RAMBLING:
808 KURLAND, who started
his career for the Aggies when
only 17, has come many a pro
gressive mile in the last four
yvears . . . The seven-footer has
offers up to $7,500 a season and
he’s telling the bidders that he’ll
wait until he’s completed college
before making a decision. . . .
CONNIE MACK, Philadelphia’s
Grand Ole Man, says the A’s
have taken in more gate receipts
at West Palm Beach, Fla, than
in any other camp in their his
tory. . . . JACKIE POUNDS, for
mer Tech High star who playec
for Geqrgia in 1941 and 1942, is
out of the service and back at the
University. . . . Under new bas
ketball rules, one re-eniry per
player will be allowed during
the last four minutes of a game
and the clock will be stopped
automatically throughout that
period whenever the ball is dead.
.. . Southern fans are getting’
more boxing; the Southeasterni
AAU tournament comes off in‘
Chattanooga, April 4-5-6, and a
big charity meet is being staged
in Atlanta on April 8-9 . . . halle
lujah! . . . ALTON DAVIS, Bull
dog center, is working at his
home in Warrenton, “80 miles
and two blocks from here,” as
“Hard Rock” puts it. . . . FRED
DIE “RED” COCHRANE, former
welterweight champion of the
world, has reached the end of
his string . . . defeats twice by
Rocky Graziano and a debacle at
the hands of young Marty Servo,
the new champ, have just about
written finis to the ‘“comeback”
of Freddie, which was a bad ven
ture in the first place . . . It never
works.
On The Air Tonight
NEW YORK, March ?9.—
(AP)—Radio tonight (EST):
NBC —B, Paul Lavalle
Concert; 9, People Are Fun
ny: 9:30, Waltz Time; 10,
Mystery Theater, “The Cree
per.”
CBS — 7:30, Ginny Simms
Show; 8, Henry Aldrich; 8:30,
iKate Smiih Sings; 9:30,
Moore and Durante; 10, Dan
ny Kaye Show; 10:30, Ann
Sothern’s “Maisie.”
ABC —B, Woody Herman
Music; 8:30, This Is FBI; 9:30,
The Sheriff; 10, Bout, Marty
Servo vs. Rocky Graziano.
MBS —B, Passport to Ro
mance, Musical Comedy: 8:30,
Think You Know Music
Quiz; 9:30, Ray Herbeck
Band: 10:30, Meet the Press,
Harold E. Stassen.
Every 400 years our calendar
repeats itself.
ozo Picks Cardinals,
Y k T . ! II .
By BOZO CLODFELLER, 111
Yes, spring is here at last. Makes a fellow feel mighty fine, yes
ndeedy
Somehow, spring always make me think of sports rather than the
more enticing or captivating subject that 'would entangle the thoughts
of the average individucl, but being one of those human beings (7)
that was raised with sports only second to the teachings of the Holy
Word, thought unstrangely enough run along that line.
The 1946 basebal! season is
just around the corner, so to
speak, and in just 2 few days the
ump’s will be velling “play ball.”
Pop bottles will travel saortly
thereafter and America’s num
ber one sport will again be on
the rampage. |
Pre-war Standards
The major league teams seem
to be back at their pre-war
standard, at least they will be
just as colorful ana should be
just as strong, {ior .after all,
most of their ' Lefore-the-war
stars have once again manned
taoeir gear and are - ready for
their first season afier several
months in the service,
It will be a hot race. this year,
in both leagues, witn the Amer
ican seeing those New York
Yankees right” at tie top. Witk
Joe DiMaggio back., along with
Joe Geordon,. Spud Chandler,
George Sternweigse and other
veterans, the Yanks are ye ole
ecribe’s choice to the take the
junior loop. . However, things
GEORGE HAMER, HAROLD CROWE
ARE NEWGOMERS T 0 KEENER'S
BULLDOG GOLFING AGGREGATION
BY BOYD OLIVER
Banner. Herald Staff Writer
Coach R. L. Keener, mentor of
the University of Georgia golt
team, taas announcgd two new
comers to his squad. in George
Hamer, of Columbus, and Har
old Crowe, of Atlanta *
“Twese two boys are ouf of
of the service and are coming
back to Georgia .to complete
their education,” says Keener.
“They were here a few years
back. When it comes to golf
they do alrigat; they should be
a oreat asset to the team.”
The Bulldog golfers have been
turning in daily workouts at the
Athens Country Club' and are
looking polished and trim after
several weeks of such work. The
boys saould put in a strong bid
at the Southern Intercollegiate,
although they aven’t favored to
take the meet, ‘ !
The rest of the team consists
of Captain Pope Mclntire, Jaek
Watters, Joe Voegtle, “Borther”
Logan, Jack Capers, and Edse!
Benson, an Ataens Loy.
; Starting From Scratch
The ’'46 golf team is starting
‘yom scratch, because there has
been no team since -15941. Howev
er. these new boys of the Red
- BASEBALL -
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS |
Yesterday’s Results |
Philadelphia (N) ‘6; New York
(N) 3. |
Louisville (AA) 12; Boston (N)
uR“ 9: - 5
Brooklyn (N) 6; New York (A)
. 4
Bostan (A) 4; New York (A) 4,
tie, called end of :6th, rain.
Philadelphia (A) ‘8; Toronto (1)
Chicagg - (A) 18; Pittsburgh
(N) 6.
Detroit (A) “B"” 8; Buffalo (I)
5. \
Today’s Schedule
Boston (N) vs, Cincinnati (N)
at Tampa,’ Fla. : i
Chicago (N) vs. St. Louis (A)
at Phoenix, Ariz.
St. Louis (N) vs. Boston (A) at
Sarasota, Fla. '
Cleveland (A) vs. Detroit (A)
at Lakeland, Fla.
New York (A) “B" vs. Drook
lyn (N) at Daytona Beach, Fla.
Philadelphia (A) vs. Louisville
(AA) at Fort Myers, Fla.
Chicago (A) vs. Pittsburgh (N)
at Bisbee, Ariz. .
Baltimore (I) vs. Philadelphia
(N) at Miami Beach, Fla.
THE BANNER-HERALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA.
could go wrong, but let’'s hope
Inot.
! Big Rase In Nationai
Over in the Natienal it should
be a race between: the St. Louis
Cards, the New York Giants, the
Chicago Cubs, and the Bostou
Braves. The latter bging a dark
horse. Mel Ott migat well" be
the man to bring the Giants oul
on top. and the veteran Red
Birds will surely be punching
away .at that crown while the
Braves will' pend their caances’
on the pitching of Morton Coop
er and Alva Javery, two of the
best moundsmen in the business.
The Boston club will -have good
batting, questionable pitching,
fair catching, a fair infield, ex
cellent outfield, and should be
a sure-fire first division finisa
er. i
It looks lke a mighty._ interest
ing season ahead, and ole Bozo’s
gonna see some of ’em games,
yes siree, bob tail hillygoat.
l (P. S In the National, ole
Bozo takeg the Cardinals.)
and Black'will put on a good
manifestation for the people,
make no ‘mistake about it. Al
those versatile and talented lads
need is work on tie course, and
they will get penty »f that.
. The Southern Intercollegiate
will be held here in Athens at
the Country Club oa April 18-
19-20, with already LSU, Georgia
Teca. Clemson and the Universi
ty of Georgia enter~d, with en
tries expected frorn Duke, Vir
ginia, and a host of other
schools. St 58
This golf match will be a big
event to.svorts epthusiast’'s in
the Southeast. Tae £. I. is one
of the mores promirent sports in
college circles, and is always a
red-letter day for the Universi
ty of Georgia.
ATHENS TEAM
WORKS OUT
WITH GEOREGIA
The tracksters of Athens High
are now racticing under the able
leadership of Coach “Speck™
Towns of the University of Geor
gia as Athletic Director Alex Mc-
Caskill has to coach football.
The tracksters who are playing
football are continuing to do so but
the others are working hard un
der Coach Towns.,
’ The track team consists of Gene
Townsend, LaMar McGinnis,,
Dickie Williams, Harry Mehre,
Tommy eßntley, Bobby Powell,
Junior Roberts, Ralph Costa,
Frank Eberhart, Howard Mc
|Whorter, Edward 'Getzman, Ar-’
thur Gann, John Marshall, George
Watson, Frank Cash, John Sprat
lin, Bobby Bradberry, Orion Fer
terfield, and Cecil Adams.
Alabama Squads
Clash Tomorrow
For Boswell Fund
TUSCALOOSA, ALA., March
29— (AP)—Two University of Ala
bama fotball squads wAll clash in
Birmingham Saturday for the hene
fit of a former, tearnmate who was
blinded during battle action in
Belgium.
The game, which will find back
field ace Harry Gilmer on one
side and all-America center
Vaughn Mancha on the other, is
an admission affair with all pro
ceeds going to Charley Boswell,’
the blind Crimson Tide star of
’several seasons ago. |
Head Coach Frank Thomas, who
‘expects about 25,000 fans at the
contest, said he was taking no part
in directing the two squads, but
would attend as ‘“an impartial
but very.much intrested obser-'i
ver.”
YANKS BREAK CAMP
ST. 'PETERSBEKG, A Fla.,
Marca 29 — (AP) — The New
York Yankees broke camp today
with a record of having played
before 38,643 speciators - in 14
exhibition gameg here,
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ROCKY GRAZIANO-MARTY SERVO
By EDWIN POPE
Sport§ Editor
“I'll take “Rocky,” although in doing so I'll be going against
one of the best boxing writers in the game—Sid Feder of the
Associated Press.
The bout in question is the Marty Servo (welterweight cham
pion) vs. Harold “Rocky” Graziano tonight in Madison Square
. Garden.
Every available ticket has been swept from the block—all 19,-
000 of them. Receipts are expected to near $175,000. Mike Jacobs,
the czar of Cauliflower Alley, is certain that the bout would have
drawn a half-million had he waited with it until mid-May and
arranged it for one of the big baseball parks.
There have been only two previous occasions that a Madicon
Square Garden gate has gone over the $175,000 figure—and on
both those occasions, heavyweights were the attraction. In 1927,
when Jack Delaney and Jim Maloney drew $201,000 and in 1942,
when Joe Louis and Buddy Baer played to $189,000 for Navy
Emergency Relief.
Jack-Greco $148,500
All-time #ops for the pint-sized swatters has been the $148,000
Beau Jack and Johnny Greco registered earlier this season.
Graziano is registered as a 5 to 6 favorite, in spite of those two
nitroglycerine holders he uses for fists and the 10-pound weight
advantage he holds over the ex-Coast Guardsman, Marty Servo.
Both of the mittmen are expected to wind up with some $42,000
take-home moola.
1 will grant that Servo may be the superior boxer and he stays
in superb condition, but I believe that Graziano’s power of swat
will be the difference. .
We shall see.
Greenberg In Slump
But o'Neill Says
He'll Soon Break It
LAKELAND, FLA., March 29—
(AP)—Hank Greenberg, the Beli
in’ Beauty of 1945 whose big bat
put the Detroit Tigers into the
world series and the Chicago
Cubs out of it, is far from his old
impressive self this spring but the
least. worried. peron. involved
probably is soft-spoken manager
Steve O’Neiii. 4
Back at first base, a position he
vacated to shift to the outfield
in 1940, Greenberg is leaving sharp
impressions with observers of De
troit exhibition games, all right,
but they’re al] bad.
In fact, many who have seen the
slow-footed 35-yar-old Greenbkerg
stretch his ageing legs and arms
around first base this spring are
convinced Jhat Hank’s position
will be the weakest in the Tiger
lineup when Detroit opens defensa
of its American league flag April
16. Al this despite that fact that
the hig fellow is working for
an estimated $60,000 pay check.
~ Such judgement, based not
alone on Hank’s sub-par fielding
and running, would seem justi
fied by Grenberg’s batting aver
age of .184 in his first 15 exhibi
tion game appearances, for Hank’s
sharpest critics had conceded that
his limited coverage in the field
would be more than offset by his
power hitting. !
So far, in 49 times at bat this
spring, Greenberg has contributed
only nine hits—seven of them
singles—to the Detroit offense and
the two extra-base knocks were
Iboth unimportant doubles.
' “Don’t Worry”
O’Neill, who insists that “Hank
will do all rignt out there; don’t
worry about that guy,” gave
Greenberg three days off at his
request this week in the hope of
straightening out his hitting eye
and timing.
' “It’s all a matter of timing and
Hank is just coming around slow
er than usual,” Steve explained.
{ ‘A fellow with a iO-year batting
‘average of .324 and who hit .311
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last season doesn’t slip from a he
ro to a flop in one year. He still
has nearly th:ce weeks to get
squared away.
“Sure, Hank’ll be doing all right
out there when we have to start
bearing down.”
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ARNOVACH HITS TWICE
MIAMI, Fla., Marcx 29— (AP)
—Morris Arnovich, wio used to
play for the Phillies, tried his
best tp beat his old teammates
yesterday. He got two hits in
four times at bat for the New
York Giants although in a los
ing cause as tae Phils won, 6-3.
REDS EXPECTED 56 '47
TAMPA, Fla. March 29 —
—(AP)— The Cincinnati Reds
will be back here next spring
for their 14th training season in
Tampa. President Warren Giles
of the Reds and Mayor Curtis
Hixon signed a new contract yes
terday. ‘
INJURED BOYS RETURN l
LAKELAND, Fla,, March 20—
(AP)—Outfielders Barney Mec-
Coy and Pat Mullin and infield
er Eddie Mayo, who have been
sidelined with pulled muscles,
were scheduled to play for the
Detroit Tigers against Cleveland
today.
MCCORMICE O. K.
MIAMI, BEACIH, March 29 —
(AP)—Frist-baseman Frank Mec-
Cormick, purchased by the Phil
lies from Cinn., during the win
ter, doesn’t need an operation on
his back, doctors at Baltimore’s
Johns Hopking Hospital report.
Manager Ben Chapman said he
was told not to work McCormick
“too harq for several days.”
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) Peter Stuyvesant determined
the size of Alany. N. Y.. in 1652
by firing one cannon balll north,
another south. and declaring all
in between the shots within
city limits. %
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Barans Display High Pitching Prowess
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'By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS '
The Birmingham Barons displayed some formidable pitching (aley
yesierday in an exhibition doubleheader and thereby notified Souty
ern Association batsmen that their averages won’t receive kindly
treatment in the Sm()ky (Zit_vl.’ 3 A LR
Three Baron pitchers, Wade,
Kanagy and Kucab, held Roch
ter, N. Y., to fovr hLits and as
many runs in the first game
vesterday wwile their mates
slammed out 15 safeties for 15
runs. <
The league’s oniy othe- exhi
bition event found Oklahomo
City seoring a pair of runs in
the 12th inning to defeat Mem
phis, 7-5. The Chicks’ veterar
catcher, Sid Gautreaux, aad
three for six at the plate.
Injured Arm
~ Atlanta dropped a player dur
ing the day. Cracker Manager
Kiki Cuyler said that Dixie
Parsons, former Detroit backstop,
‘had failed to restcre his throw
ing arm and announced he ‘had
been given ‘'ais unconditional
release. The Atlanta regulars got
pine rung off 15 hits to beat the
Yannigans, 9-2.
Meanwhile, Chattanooga’s
Lookouts gained a rookie second
haseman from the ‘Washington
Senators. He is Ed Lyons, recent
ly discharged from the army, and
he will replace Ray Wilson, wao
was transferred to Charlotte, N.
o)
Farm Roberts
Washington also farmed short
stop Red Roberts to the Lookouts
and pitcher Bill Evans was mov
ed up from the Chaoviotte team.
Manager Larry Gilbert of the
Nashville Vols said 2e intended
to work pitcher Lec Twardy
seven innings against . Augusta
Sunday and intimated that Twar
dy might open the season against
Chattanooga. Back {from four
yvears in the army, Twardy is
about the only Vol ready to go.
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FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1946.
Damp grounds Held up the
Mobile Bears workbut yesterday
but today tae Beavs take on Co
lumbus at Biloxi.: Manager Al
Todd said he ha?. received no
word from Brooklyn regarding
new players for his team. ;
Playing unde: the lights, the
New Orleans Pelicans clapped
out 16 hits to defeat Minneapolis
of the Americafn® Association
9-5. Sanner, Danna and Wells
gave up 10 hitsmhe Minneana
olis club.
It is -impossible to manage
any two farms in exactly the
came way if best results are to
Le obtained, the Extension Ser
vice says. i
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