Mako signs Pro contract NEW YORK, Dec. 28—(AP)—- Promoter Alexis Thompson an- notlnced saturdqy that Gene Make of llollvwnod had turned pro and uott. place the injured Fred Perry in appearances with his professional tennis troupe. Mako was the United Sltntes’ 14th ranking amateur. Remember \Vhen ltadlzm Prcssl (By Tit-- Poncho Villa, United States fly- P. . < in 1923 by Frankie (leuaro, knock- ed out Jimmy Wilde, English champion, on July 8 or that. year and‘ became knmvn as world fly- weigitt. chum t alritnttult Genaro fir-Id the A an title. )O.lil€\’t Uncle Sam sees Plenty thrills As sport fades By l-‘n-(l Bruwiting _ Associated Press spurts Writer NEW YORK. Dec. 28—(AP)— wm- threatens to dim toznrporerilv the simlighr on the Uitized stapes wpons st-age, bul if is does, 19-11 ha» niven the tans a ihri curxaln svelte. Upsets and netr upsets. the un- believable and the nexL-to-lntgioss- le; all were ports cf l mad year that, should furnzsh plenty of con- versation in the expected lean period ahead. There was little blil 5R3 m; to its c aim" the 1 l round, a crcsy t; n on his Irish pan and ‘the w rid’; ‘heavy- weight championship in his left. hand, Then, for Just the flmiion of a second. lowering that lef‘t,— and becoming anoiher Brown Bcmizcr victim. And the lrlovcd Bums from Brculywt. wic king nerves and 510-p- ping hearts from coast t» coast. and winning the pennant-Albeit losing u. Wcrld Series tcehold with the year's mcsc unbelievable bobble. were th and‘ drama aplenty: in evc. Hort, but base- ball, perhatm. Llllilfd up even more than its share. The season wasn't. two weeks old uni-ii one of the bilterest. taro-team battles in history was under way in the National league between Brcoklyn Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals. Ten Limes the Dodgers took the lead before, lute in september. they held of! the final Cardinal threat. and entered their first World Series in w» decades. Waiting for t-hem there was an- other New York team that had won the Anterlcnn League flax: in the grand ntanncr. Victory seem- ed impossible for the Dodgers-but was anything impossible to this inspired crew? The Yanks wok the first, game. The Dodgers t-ook the second The Yanks made it 2-1. loo Durc ~. fl?('l1 cant:- storm- ing back in 1e fourth game. held l. 4-3 lead as New York's 'l‘ommy Henzich came to but in the ninth with t/wo out. Out-But Bah Henrlch fanned and the series was tied, 2-ull-—but. it, wasni. Hugh Casey's curve bull had‘ eluded catcher Mickey Owen (who had Elayed errorless ball until Aug. 30). enrich was safe and when it was all over the Yanks had won. 7-4. The fifth and final game vms an astti-clintzrx. Loni: Ted Williams of the Bcslon Red Sox furnished another major baseball thrill by batting over .400 for the season. Williams was the star of the All-Star game with a ninith-inninq homer that wm it. for the Anxvricnn Lx-nirtlc. 7-5. J00 DiM , “on the American Lcogtte‘; t. ft valuable plnyvcr n- wnrd, Dolph Camilli of Brooklyn the Notional Lcdtnle honor. Pete Reiser, Brooklyn's $100 kid centre- fielder, was the National League batting champion. The St. Louis Carl'"al veteran. Lon Warnekc, fur d in the year's only no-hitter, with Cincinnati the victim. Heovyww-igltt. chsmpon Joe Louis. seeking a little act-ion and lome ready cash. drew plenty of both a “httm-of-ilhc-anonih" czimtraign varly in the your. A few c Billy Conn. trouble and Bum No. nus pcclnll~ dlsrrr-pectilll. Burldy. higgesg and boldest 0i the big bad Briers, tincercmoniottsly plopped the chem-p on‘. of the ring cn the hack cf his neck in the first round. A not-so-tride ring apron milthl have nit-ant a new (Hampton but the Bomber climbed back and wan. (‘h- Conn Rocks Crown It. was a fow weeks later. though. that. Joe's firmly lnnted crow-n really did some rlcck ng. Billy Conn. the Pittsburgh llllhl» ltenvy with heavyweight. amrbitlons nnd a heart. to match thcm. stepprd into the Polo Grounds ring and informed 0e: "You're in for n tough night. to- night. Joe" “Ah knows ii." Louis replicd. In the 12th Lculs ss-emod cnvlhc way out. Conn rocked him. slug- god like a BOO-patinder and the chum/p didn't know what» 10 d0 about it. Billy had the fight. won on his but his Irish blood wou dn'i. let him win i-he CRIN“! way. In that fatal 13th he Cflmfi out to finf<h Louis off. to end ihé fray sensation-ally, One second m. was a savage puncher. flnylng away for a kill. The next he was a dared‘ helpless kifl. And there he wits 0n the esnvvs. a slllv grm on his face. sud the lllie. still in Joe bouts‘ time. A single Ftzht to the cnln had stopord B‘ly. A flusier of bl fi ish the . (ghcnmoittgln 1mm Ill 4 . ' d champ 0n lteppg)‘ _ tr-d packed l’ of the “bums” grave Lcurs some the » Louis regains Ring Magazine ’s Boxing crown By Sid Feller _ Associated Press sport WIN" NEW YORK, Dec. 2B—(.-\P)— After 106mg the honor a year ago, Joe Louis todav was named "l-‘ne fivlttr-r of tho .1 the _Rtng it inc’ l of ftstzc ex- p . l in Canada, .0 __ ~ .. . Hawan 513'“. Cuba and lid u the honor . ‘ Iknvsn Bomb- l tine ill . r» \‘.'(‘l"J ‘I'm: ghter of the year" is un- nounced in n copyright article in t e Rings mbruary’ issue in which t F‘ ' -r d his beard . . that Billv " oi‘ the 1U l aruvsd. is [glib r ipion ‘m Franklin. C e‘. r0 elcwcr, and Bob Pas r. the "yroris ms: a n: f1='ic conttbick." trail v trialled MY}! found of i: l .s, .. that. "most the qt the sport gnlrung in popularity and intcresz," and tltat. “there were several hundred more boxers than in 1940." hut the; “Z110 calibre was (cu “ in‘ I3." pctlr." t niy Louis nlllollg the ltertvics .1 lcailterrtcxgltt boss Cholky Wright were rated in a. class by thcnlselves in their own Weight. divisions. ~: r ch amjvicns—light- h. n1 1d- tlanc and ilytw t 1c Patterson oi Srotltukl-Jtvere placed at the top of their divisions. but. in each case, several of ‘their rs were pittctd in es. 1n the .,, . my Angc-tt. of Wm. atozt. Pa. and eX-boss bow Jenk. s were both placed behind Philadelphia's Bob Mont-gontrigv. In ‘the bllliflflllflligllb divlsi:;n. Lou silica was cropped belrnd Kui Km " Young of HawaLi and Aianuvl Ortiv. of Los Angclcs, for his poor showing in recent over-weigh; tussles with contenders. Ranked among the best of the year vreret- Thrill ‘gilt, o! the year: Louis’ 13- rottitci kayo l Ccnn. Biggest. sttrpri.».e—CoJ.llane's wel- tcistvezgltt. title victory over Frztzte Zivic, which raised Red from 39th w first among the 147-potrnders. Most. sensotlonal rise-Lem Franklin's hqnvyvciqht climb. (llszxtivioln llllf‘ll1 Biggest, Novlt a; against RETIRED BANKER. PASSES MONTREAL, Dec. 28 —— (CP) — George H. Upham. Well known in battking cirilcs for many years ditd tcxla_y' at". his home in sulr mm lvesttttottnt. He 11nd retired ....m service with the Royal Bork of Canada five wars ago. Mr. Upltmn was born in Uuham, N, B. the son of a United Empire Loyalist. faintly and starlet! his career 1n tit-e Innk- lng business with ilir- Bank of lirl- ifax’. lit‘ 141.91‘ moved to the 131ml; 0t‘ Crmzticrce, the Union Bunk and the Royal Bank. FOR REST CURE NEW YORK, Dec. 28-~rAP)—- Uniformed German soldiers arriv- ing’ nt. the Turkish border in Eul- grtrm are only there for a sort of "rest cure", according to n radio version heard by the NBC Sutur- d£L¥l§EiBl~ back in 11m‘ Pnlo Grotmds, mtg zzme "“‘t ' Nova fr hi< foe Nova w - n No 7 The others in order, were Rod Burmztn. Dorazzo. Abe Sunon. Tony lvlttslo, Buddy Boer and Conn. Golf and Tenn]; Crztlz \Vsrd wns the year's golf- ing hero. Winner of the Augusta Masters’ t/iuraejc, the perpetual runner apticared headed for the Open titlc. A dislocated vertebrae rlintnvsd hctws. bu: Craig trirzgerl up *1? arrttizrntrnt and turn- l , tvrrczl the 1d Mamar- De-al. 11.1., was the “(r of the P.G.A. final opponent, n Nel-oit. missed n. lite 311111 holr‘. v "J ~:> | a ‘mil’ golfing inusltiys. Hit Ward. dcplte a hos- lilo goF-w \ .n ill!" men's event t cirrmion Dick ). ~erl out in the .\- Jan (son Lrltimwl in fCllllii 01,0 of the u'Im‘ll‘5 tou - ncy and Betty: ' '- N/"rvl! \\'a=< the eventual wlnnr Bill watch, 5 illusion. Tekfl. Vnlmakrr won the Notional PllbliC Links tournament. Ponies and Pnlarn A lnnz-lailrd nag, appropriately nnmetl nslaway, lot two of his first. r.. then pr .,rr~:‘ed i0 world nfirc. \Villli£\WiU-‘ sci. a new Kentucky Dvrbv ttcird of 2 min- wes. 1 2-5 srcofls. tfcn took the Prcakneswt by c lettglls. wm the Dolmen‘. S‘. and became the the iriplo crown. wns Alsab. a two- its st. race, tlzcn won 15 of 22 run- ninTs to pile up $110.60 for Al- bert Sahazh, t-h." man who had bought. ltm a your before at Sam- toga for $700. And from here and‘ there came these other hlqhlivltt": (lornelitu Wnr erCrt/n l0 time: lieltcrrd 1;’: 1n iln rrlct-ault, once leaped Lia s fifth wlitrmr Late Ffilffiiifill year-old that fittishcrl inst 1n w. 15 . 5 ."-4 inches. W‘llio Hcpnc. at. 45. 112']! pneumonia and the wm-fd‘; bu, hilllard players in l6 of 1'1 matches w mks the a-cusmon world ohanzpwnllp scam. GUARDIAN NEW YORK. Dec. $—(CP)-— Br ckfyn Americans. aided by the -' trn of Gus Marktr who had r o0. l9 games Lltrotifi a wrist. fraci-ure, tonight out-flayed and otttltlcked‘ Torcnto Maples for d 2-1 victory that consolidated Anwricarrs hold on sixth place in {anal Hockey League. . who iuffered his accl- do the team's first game of ilte season. n1 Detroit. Nov. 3. scor- ed the winning goal half way through the sec- ond pct-led by till-lair; a shot frctn leltino the ‘Toronto nets that caromcd off goal- ie 'I‘urk Brodtfs into the ill“ skate Brcol: it's first l goal. n much-dis- puted counter A that came wlth- u“. Mark" in a whisker of coinciding with the bur/tr ending play for the first, '. 'I"\1'0ilto argued that -..i \\.lil tile buzzer, but referee Fm Clancy overruled than. The play was started Pat Elgan with the clock showing five seconds left. He gave the puck co Joc Kroi who attempted a pass to But the puck struck _ _\- Schriiters skate and b iv trickled over the goal line. Willi these breaks, me Amer- icans gave a. spirited display, back- ed up by competent goal tending by Yvlmg Carlie Rayner who only d one shot a quick snap by Awns who picked up .111 511d‘ fired it across the goalie to the far corner. Tt, was the third meeting of the season betlwcrn the clulbs Tor- onto won brzilt the previous games. ' ' "'1 ‘(l scores. but that. was anger Rccl Dutmn got his not _ goalie, from .51 leld Indians nf the Amer. loan League. The attendance to- night was 14.132. ' SUMMARY First Period Krol l9 :59 n. t ~l3ror>klyn. Pen aity-Flga Second Period wfflorcni/x Apps (Hamilton. Drfl. 1on1 6:07 7l—7l'-‘i0klyn. Mos-ken l2 :39 ilenslbv-Esran. (Benson) Third Period Scorln *—Nnne, Pcn ei-fy-‘Kn m pman. Leafs regain League lead Beating Wings TORONTO. Dec. 28—(CPJ—De- ‘molt Rcci Win55 played spirited hockey] for 20 mlnues here Satur- day night. but. the part-time effort was not enoush to block ‘Inmate Maple Leafs from recording s 5-: vlcwry and rglalning the National League lende 1p from the id-le BCSlOD BFHITIS. The Lcais gained a 3-0 lead in the first pcrtcd when the Detroiters played as tihottgn they were 5mg. lugs workout. but 11,387 fans were thrilled as the Wings flew all-om, in the second‘ 20-minute span score three goals and hold the [mils at buy, Qinss count/ed in the stretch (lr1vc,_ however. and the Detroit, machine collapsed u m; 1”,“ gained mcntentuln. Rookie Jolmn Mccreedy scored what proved to e the winning goal omlv in the third period as the foals staged a five-man attack. Bucko McDonald fired a slim from Just inside the blueline through a. more of legs and McCs-cedy deflec- ted the puck past goalie Johnny Mowers to give the Leafs their fourth victory over the Wings in llS many starts this season, Mowers, who appeared Jittery in the Opening period. was off the loo when Dave Schriner pointed the fifth Toronto goal with only 9m second of play remaining. The De- troit nctmlnder was removed for s fcnmrd Willie play was in progress, Sl".‘ll‘iI1€I"5 marker was his second of the night, lag early in the initial Gordie Drlllon opened Lh after only B. minute of Bola Davidson fired the onto goal, his shut. going uncer- Motvcrs’ arm. Don Grosro, individual star of the contest. led the inspired second. period Dctrzlrt. offensive. The clev- er centre scored the first tnvo De. trolt goals. both from scrambles at the Toronto go. lmouth. He potted the first we lie Broda. was out. of h;s not trying to srncther a 104w: DUCK. Ken Kilreg, bagged musty; third counter on a passing play while Davidson was serving his _ second penaltv o! the nizht. SUMMARY First Period 1—'I‘oronio. Drillon (N. Melz, Arms» 1:06 z-éTkwgonto. scluiner (Taylor, cam 3-~'T‘or:nf0. Davidson (Iongelle, McCrecdyl 14:48 Penaltlcrs-Scliriner. ‘Giesebredrt. Second Per-Ion Lalolcalroli. Grosso (Orlando. Abe!) fiflDciroli. Grosoo (WI l 6:41 G-Datroit. K. Kllres ( iosebrecht, Abel» 15:43 Pounltirsfileztninzs. lnvidlon (It, Abel. Third Period '7 -'I‘orcnto. Mc-Creedy (McDonald, Davidson) 7:06 - 8-'I‘:ronto. seininer (‘Nylon Carr) 19:59 111v Americans Stage Upset Beating Maple Leafs 2-1; Marker Scores Senators in Znd-place tie MONTREAL. Dec- The ‘beams sbalemate in Ottawa night. Paul Havnes’ Pats in the other fixture- Aces rout Flyers QUEBEC. Dec. 28~(CP)—-A fill/ii- o . in opening frame. gave Quebec's A965 s 6-2 Quebec Senior Hockey gOnl splurge in the third per cottpled with s. single Wilmer he Winner 28—-(CPl- Ottawu Senators whipptd Riyal! Qsmlim‘. “ll. “dlhmétlifiecmlie? p mhad battled to s. B-all Saturday Canadiens ekecl out a close 1-0 decision min“ Kovacs clowns Way to victory mmfllON, 8.7., Dec. N—(AP)— Ptmctuatfng wise cracks and crowd- pleasing gesticulmions with beau- tifully hit iiorehands and back- lmnds, Frank Kovacs defeated Bobby R1885. 6-0, 8-10. 8-3. Satur- day night- in the second st ouitxfinm professional ten . period tallies for o. 4-2 Canadiens fail In stretch as MONTREAL. Dec. 23—(CP)—- coach Dick Irvin's Canadiens fail- ed in the stretch drive again here last. night as New York Rangers came through with two- r-ltlrd- National Lina his backhand crisply and Hockey be diowning as expected, Kovacs ran off the first. set before Riggs. 194i United States amateur champion, got snarled. After dropping the lengthy second chapter. the lanky Californian came through with a. spree which for s while promised to ma/tch Joe Dilvlaggiou hitting streak. Frankie reeled‘ of! l6 points in a row. Thu gave him a. 4-0 lead and finally the deciding sen. In an earlier match a, crowd u! about 1,500 saw Don Budge defeat Gene Mnko. newly-turned pro. 6-1, 6-4. Mako became n. professional to take the place of Fred Perry, in- lured Friday when the troupe 0p- ened in New York. Riggs and Kovacs defeated Budge and Make. former United States and Wimbledon champions, 6-4. 6-0. in o. double match. League victory tcday over Corn- wall Flyers. Today's victory left. bhe Aces Lied for second place in the stand- i with Ottawa Senators with 22 behind the league- Ponte. one ceding Flyers. N. H. L. STANDING! l Kelly shoots Tying goal Club P W L D F A Pts _-_-__ ‘Ilomnio 20 14 6 0 36 28 BUFFALO, N.Y.. Dec. 28-(AlP)— Boston 19 12 4 3 61 36 27 Pete Kelly's a1 52 seconds before New You-k 21 13 8 0 74 61 8 lite end of e third period ve Ohicago i9 9 7 8 51 60 21 Springfield Indians a 1-1 ave ime Detroit; 19 6 l1 2 42 59 14 tie with Buffalo Blsons in an Am. Brooklyn 21 6 i4 1 51 69 l3 erican Hockey League game tonight Montreal 19 4 14 l. _4.2 V67 9 before 7,795 spectators 1 ague victory. It wast the fourth straight loss for the Habirtanis who hold" down the cellar berth in the standing, while the win for Rangers consol- idated their hold 0n third place. The victory was not without its grief for New York however. for mckie Grant Warwick will be lost 1o the club for an indefinite time. owing to torn ligaments in h baa‘; suffered w-hen he was body- checked by Ray Geiliffe late in the closing frame, ' n was the mite winger who had made the play for Rangers payoff goal shortly after seven minutes of the third pericd had cone. Ho slip- ped n. pass lo Clint smith in front’. of the Cnnadien cage and the lat- ter beat Bibeault easily. Al Kuntz, a newcomer to Rangers, assisted on the goal. Max: Colville added furth- er assurance to the verdict as he came through with his second goal of the st-rtirrgle on s. passing plny wiilh Alex Sltibioky. Colvilleg first tally in the mid- dle session, came on n major pen- alty shot and i; Rangers into a 2-2 deadlock a er Camadiens had held a goal lead from late in the first, period. The shot was avmrded Coiville when Kenny Rcnrdott flung his arms around the Ranger for- ward on a goolwozd dassh. Brynn Hextsli ned the scoring at 1:18 o1’ the tusse on s pass from Babe Pmtt. but Pete Morin got. that, one back for Conadfens while Pratt was serving: a petvliy, Then with four sectnds of the pvriocl left, veteran Charlie Sartds beat. OUT OUR WAY Fvv ‘ . - l< name's wou 55R DlGNlTY" JAKE ‘FANG LTHE BEEAKABLES 3119i? kétgLtaopss AND wuze! YOU WERE MARRIED, FOR \N\TD \ ______.__ in for the 1mm straight. DECEMBER 29, 1941 Rangers Whip Detroit 3-1 To Crawl Within Rangers win 4-2 Half Game Of Boston IJEIROWI‘. Dec. 28-(AP)—-New York Rangers climbed within half a game oi the second-place Bzston Bruuis in the National League hockey race wnight. by defeating Detroit. Red Wings 3-1 belore 7,887 fans. Deiencema-n 011i. Heller and wing- ers Alex Sllibicky and Lynn Pat.- rlck scored for tne Rangers who never trailed afler seizing the lead in the first. period on Heller's blistering shot from the blue line. Syd Howe ruined sugar Jun Hen- rys shutout. by smashin home De- troivs lone goal in the t ird perio While (leienting the Red Win time season, the Rangers locked artic- ularly spry for a club hha had completed a long sleeper Jumip from Montreal and was down to i3 able- bodled players. Grant. Warwick and Bill Juzdn, both on the injured list, were rcported‘ incapacitated for indefinite periods. r The snucrh passing Rangers dcuninmted early ploy. but the Red wings came beck flying and ex- tended Henry despite a stout. Run- ger defence. sl1ibi'ck.v' pun. the Rangers two goals in front after taking a neat. d. B‘ this backhand pass mm Neil Oolvillo. and after Howe scored Patrick fired the clincher on a. three-man break suway while the Wings were attacking. By beating Mowers three times the Rangers extended to 74 gum" their strin of games without be. ing blank . They hold the current record of 77 games. SUMMARY Flirt Period 1—N_ew York, Heller (Pike sunnh) Penailtics-Coulter. OrlanQ. v Second Pcrlod scoring-None. Penalty-Conner. Thlrd Period 2~Now York, Shibicky (N. (:01. ville) 3152 Ii-Detroft Howe (Wares, Abel) 13.17 4—New Yorlt. Patrick (Watson, Hextall) 18:26 Pennltics—None. goalervJimmliéiiiTorTfplay"se¢7l1p_' by Kenny and‘ Terry Reunion. Morlrfs rszzle-drazzle linecnstes. Gerry Heiffernan and Buddy O‘ Connor, got assists on his goal. SUMMARY First Period i-Rangers. Hextall (Pram) 1:18 2—Canodicns, Morin (O'Connor, Hefiernanl 14:08 fb-Canndlcns, Sands (T. Reardon. K. Rcardonl 19:56 P .\'~Pmtt. _ __‘By. J. R. Willams OUR (Bosubilvovnotlsn Second Period 4—Ran rs. M. Oolville ( penalfi shot.) 14:17 mam PPnaltics-Gouipille, (ymboskt w; Colvllle. Third Period 5—Rmsm. strum (Warwick, Kuntz) 7:12 dq-Etaggetrs. M. 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