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TIIE ENQUIRER AND NEWS Battle Creek, Dec. 9, 1341 1944 All-Michigan High School Eleven Is Youngest in History No Boy Over 17 On First Squad Alumni Defeats Varsity, 35-34 Sturgis Rally Beats Lakeview 11 Schools Accorded Representation on First Team. Last-Minute Basket Beats Current Bearcat Edition. But Spartans Serve Notice of Title Bid This Year. John nff- Serving notice that "things are to be different in Twin Valley cage circles through the 1944-45 season." a fighting Lakeview Spartan team went all-out before succumbing to a title-defending veteran Sturgis Grand Rapids Soxxt "Rev Par sell FltTit Central Jim Blenkhorn Saginaw St: if- BY I RANK KENESSON DETROIT ifVi Michigan youngest all-state school toot-ball team in history an all-star eleven without a player who has reached his 18th birthday today was named for the Associated Press by a board of more than 70 experts coaches, sports writers and officials.

Reflecting inroads of the war on scholastic athletics, the 1944 all-state team thus includes not one boy of tiralt ase among Michigan's 11 top stars from its third wartime prep football season. Nine of the players are 17 years of age; two arc but 16. The I irst Team The first team, as chosen in the state-wide poll: Ends Rc. Parscll of Flint Central unci Jack Forest ieri of Benton Harbor. Tackles William Cordell of Ov.os.,o and Kent Esbaugh of Grand Rapids South.

tiiiaicLs D'-an Garner of Jackson unci Dominic Toma.si of Flint Northern. Center Bob Solmr of University of Detroit high. Nick Yonker of Muskegon. Tmo Sabuco of Detroit Mackenzie. John Ottof Traverse City and James Eler.khoin of Saginaw.

Tom.isi and Blenkhorn arc the 16-year-olds. Blcnkhorn, Garner and Fore; tit ri are juniors; the rest are Minors. 1 16 flayers Nominated Competition was exceptionally close ..11 along the line for first team ixisitions and many outstanding perlormers necessarily were eoyed into second or third team berths or awarded honorable mention. Altogether 146 players representing: 74 schools received sufiicient ftippoit to merit honorable mention. Voting wa.

most spirited for the end. guard and backficld positions, with the tightest race developing over the two end posts. Parse U. Flint Central's veteran Wingman, and Forestieri, Benton Harbor's fine pass catcher and ace GeleiiKcman, iinally drew the first team wing spots, nosing out Bill 4 I iW VA Bantoix i tjHr '1 Harbor I I 3 yiSmS A speedy Central high Alumni team, whose floor work at times baffled their opponents, squeezed out a 35 to 34 victory over a promising 1944-45 Bearcat squad making its seasonal debut in Central high gymnasium last night. Just as thrilling as the score would indicate, the game was a nip-and-tuck, see-saw battle from the start, but particularly in the closing periods when almost every basket saw the lead change hands.

Counts Winning Marker Sergt. Tom Anderson, home on furlough from the Pacific Northwest, dropped through the winning basket with only 35 seconds of playing time remaining to give this corporal's guard of Old Grads, studded with men now in service, the decision. Away to a three-point lead in the opening quarter, the Bearcats were trailing, 22 to 19, at the half as Coach Cliff Gettings used second stringers all through the second period. As the three-quarter pole was reached, the current varsity squad had climbed to within a point of the Alumni as the first string group dominated play through most of the period. With the score 29 to 28 against them going into the last session, the Bearcats rallied around the splendid backboard play of Center Bob Bradley, six-foot, four-inch giant, and had jumped into the lead, 34 to 33, with less than a minute to go.

Sherrod's Dribbling Effective It was at this stage that the Alumni gained possession of the ball. Don Sherrod, a member of the varsity team last season, gave a beautiful exhibition of dribbling as he outmaneuvered the opposition to carry the ball into the front court, then passed to Anderson, who sent the ball whizzing through the nets for the game-deciding points. Capt. Bill Johnson led the Bearcat offensive, counting 10 points to match the total compiled by Charley Lett for the winners. Nineteen of the other Bearcat points were counts by Guard Bill Clements, Center Bradley and Forward Bob Brin-inger.

Most effective of the point-getting Alumni, other than Lett, were Sergt. Ken Niebauer, who has been doing most of his basketballing of late in Alaska, and Sergeant Anderson, each of whom counted eight markers. Foul Baskets Decide Issue Both teams counted 15 times from the floor, so the issue, in the final analysis, was decided from the foul C3? Sabuco I Y'W 8T-' 1 I Dean 3 Detroit Mackenzie I 7 eaT 22 Jackson ht. ''jsa 1 ff. v.

JBt JtoL.vM-.w.,,. 'L -ft The 1944 AH-Slalc Prep Team 160-PIay Grid Games unvested FIRST By Big Ten Athletic Di rectors Player School Position Age Wet. Hgt. Class Rex Parsell. Flin: Central End 17 172 5-11 Senior William Cordell.

Owoso Tackle 17 198 6-1 Senior Dean Garner. Jackson Guard 17 170 5-8 Junior Bob Solner. Detroit U. of Cent-r 17 168 5-10 Senior Dominic Toma.si. Flint Northern Guard 16 173 5-8 Senior Kent Esbaugh.

Grand Rapids South Tackle 17 196 6-1 Senior Jack Forestieri. Benton Harbor End 17 178 6 Junior Nicholas Yonker, Muskegon Back 17 163 5-11 Senior Tino Sabuco. Detroit MacKenzie Back 17 190 6 Senior John Ott. Traveise City Bac': 17 185 6 Senior James Blenkhorn. Saginaw Back 16 170 5-10 Junior line, where the Alumni held a 5 to 4 advantage.

It was the inability of the Bearcat cagers to make good on a rea sonable percentage of their charity tosses which cost them the victory, a fault that handicapped their play through many of the early games last season. Eleven personals were called against the Alumni and only nine against the Bearcats. The box score: SECOND TEAM: Ends-Bill Wightkin, Detroit Catholic Central: William Eilola. Hancock. Tackles Bob Schnitker, Pontiac; Bill Grell.

Saginaw. Guards John Rashid. Lansing Sexton: Len Stormzand. Grand Rapids South. Center Gene Campbell.

Muskegon. Backs Brien Charter. Jackson; Joe Hegedus, Muskegon Heights; Gerald Sherman, South Haven: Bob Neller. Lansing Sexton. THIRD TEAM: Ends Jerry Bishop.

Saginaw; Austin Mathews, Muskegon Heights. Tackles BUI Johnson, Jackson: Don Bromley, Muskegon. Guards Lynn McDowell, Sault Ste. Marie: Joe Mailer. Kalamazoo St.

Augustine. Center Bob Swanson, Lansing Sexton. Backs Howard Joswiak. Menominee: Harry Szulborski. Detroit Pershing; Doug Wicks.

Grand Rapids Central: Tonv Giammona, Grand Rapids South. oTtroitUtD- TEAM Hill: Splan. Sault Ste. Mane; Fenoyar. South Haven: Cook, Sparta; Mason, Wayne.

Troops on the North African front used up 1.500.000 gallons of gasoline daily at the height of ac i tlOll. Everett Reed's 561 was good enough to take down top individual scries money in Commercial league games at Michigan Recreation Friday night as he paced the Firestone Stores five to a two-and-one verdict over CIO Local No. 704. high squad series on a 2.618 and best squad single game score of 937. Teammate Paul Kapelke had second best series with a 555.

Bill Baku's 551 for the Towei Toggery was third best series, his team scoring a sweep over the Olson Co. five. Best single games were Si Siver's 226 for Hound Oak. Leon McCul-luiuh's 216 for Eagles No. 1 and Paul Kapclke's 212.

Other games resulted in two-and-one verdicts as follows: Eagles No. 2 over Round Oak: and Dugan's Auto Top over B. P. O. Elks No.

131. ill o-Kieh League William Sy nions and Joe Slock, toth members of the No. 2 squad, poured in respective series of 597 and olio to carry oil first and second individual honors in Wilcox-Rich league games at the 20th Century alleys. As a result, their team scored a grand slam over the No. 12 boys.

Sicwart Lacony, with a 578 total, had third best series as he led the No. 10 boys to three-in-a-row over the No. 8 squad. All other matches resulted in. two-and-one verdicts as follows: No.

11 over No. No. 9 over No. No. 4 over Nu.

6. and No. 5. Civic League George Farley and Bud Tholcn. top and bottom men for the Ki wanes Reds, clicked off lespective totals of f89 and 541 to gain first and third best series in Civic league games at Micnigan Recreation, pacing their best series in Civic league games at Michigan Recreation, pacing their team to a two-rnd-one decision ocer Tucker's Lions.

Judy Lafler of the latter team had second best single game score with a 215. W. L. Rover's 544 series was second best as the Lion Milk Bottles squad took all three from the Exchange Blues. Vidal of the winners had best single game with a 220.

The Exchange Golds scored a T8U0UBN HJIIWS air) J3.0 (Ud.w? Traverse City Horse Show Prizes At Chicago Total $80,000 in Bonds CHICAGO (VPi The nation's top show horses begin competition today in the Chicago Horse Show, for the richest prizes in show his tory $80,000 war bonds a rec orcl field of 435 horses will vie for honors. Nine events and two special at tractions are scheduled for the opening performance of the nine day show. Net proceeds will go to the Community and War funds. Oma Is Easy Winner Over Tami Mauriello NEW YORK WPi Lanky, loose-jointed Lee Oma, Detroit heavyweight who has been knocked out 14 times since he started fighting in 1939. is the fistic toast of the town.

Last night, before a $63,266 crowd of 16.283. including Champion Joe Louis, Oma danced, walked, Jabbed and punched his way to a onesided unanimous nod over Taml Mauriello of the Bronx, who last September knocked out the Detroiter in eight rounds. Oma weighed 186 'i Mauriello 194 -4. In the September fracas. Oma was sadly out of shape after taking the bout as a substitute on 48-hour notice.

But last night, glimpsing heavy money if he got by Taml in the return scrap, he was as trim as a thoroughbred. It was his unorthodox fighting methods which baffled Mauriello. Oma. hands at his sides and utterly relaxed, fought as if he were strolling through a park. His eyes were seldom on his foe as he kept circling to the right, pausing now and then to flick a stiff left to Mauriello's face and then follow with a right to the head.

Near the end of the second round Taml caught Oma with a left to the face the first punch he landed and Oma lifted his hands in a gesture as If to say "well, he can't miss me all night." The Detroiter added insult to injury by laughing at Mauriello all through the bout, sticking his chin out to invite punches and then beating Tami to the blow. DARK HORSE FLORIDA PRO LEADS MIAMI COLF FIELD MIAMI OP) Pete Cooper, 29- year-old Gainesville, golfer with three small tournaments under his wing this year, went after his fust major one today with a one-stroke lead in the $10,000 Miami Open. Cooper used a rusty 13-year-old putter to advantage in firing a two under par 68 yesterday for a 138 total. A stroke behind was another unknown, Maurle O'Connor, of Belleville, N. J.

The big names were in evidence with Johnny Revolta, of Evanston, 111., and Sergt. Dutch Harrison, of Dayton, tied with O'Connor at 139. TEXAS AGGIES WIN MIAMI 'Pi With a dazzling exhibition of formation play, Texas A last night routed the University of Miami 70 to 14 before 10,100 Orange Bowl stadium fans. The Aggies, scoring in every period, staged a touchdown parade, with Joe Scott contributing four touchdowns. Jim Parker three, and Bob Butchofsky and Gene Spirei two each.

squad in a season opener for both teams cn the southside gymnasium floor Friday night. The score, Sturgis 49, Lakeview 46. Playing as only real champions perform when put to the greatest pressure, the Sturgis five had to fight from behind a half dozen times before it eventually went Into the lead to stay late in the fourth period. Looks Like Title Threat But even in defeat. Coach Larry Ealudus' 1944-45 Spartan squad gave evidence that it is to be very much in the running for conference honors were the curtain is dropped on the season's play early next spring.

Flashing a powerful offensive, even with its ace tally-maker, Bob Leiter, well bottled up by a towering opponent, the Spartans presented a new shot-making flash in the person of Wilfred Tanner, a member of the Spartan Reserves last season who saw occasional short periods of varsity play. Tanner was high point man of the game, collecting a total of 22. as he sent his mates away to an early first period lead which they surrendered but once in the first half. Tanner displayed uncanny accuracy from almost any position on the floor but particularly impressive were his corner angle slots. Develops Push Shot He had capable support from Leo Rench, a guard, who last night alone scored more points.

15. than was his total for the entire 1943-44 season. Rench has developed a one-handed push shot that is a "lulu." Opposed by Towering a 1 1 Berge, a veteran from last year's Sturgis team, Leiter had few opportunities to get a crack at the basket, but he frequently fed the ball to Tanner and Rench for all-important point-makers. Rex Rimmel. at forward, also was well-g a throughout the game and accounted for but two points on a single field goal.

Decided from Foul Line Both teams counted 21 baskets Irom the floor, so it was foul-line accuracy that eventually turned the tide for the Invaders. The Spartans were able to make good on but four of their charity throws, while Sturgis converted on seven of theirs. Some measure of consulation was gained by Lakeview when its Reserve team scored an easy 59 to 31 victory over the Sturgis Reserves in a preliminary encounter. Sports Leaders Attend Major Griffith Rites CHICAGO Midwestern sports leaders crowded the stately Congregational church at suburban Winnetka today to pay final homage to Maj. John L.

Griffith, the Big Ten's first and only intercollegiate athletic commissioner. Two days after he had beamingly received his reelection as commissioner at the anyual winter meeting of the Big Ten. 67-year-old Griffith was to be buried at his birthplace of Mt. Carroll, 111. He died Thursday.

The conference acted to carry on until Griffith's successor was named by appointing a three-member executive committee composed of Athletic Directors L. W. St. John of Ohio State university, H. O.

Crisler of Michigan and Kenneth L. Wilson of Northwestern. It was expected, however, that a new commissioner would be selected shortly, possibly before Christmas, at a special meeting of the athletic directors who normally would not convene again until the league's spring meeting. Northwestern's Wilson and Dr. Karl Lclb.

the University of Iowa's faculty representative, were most prominently mentioned as candidates for the commissionership. Chicago Mailman Regains Lead in Singles Classic CHICAGO VP) Joe Sinke, Chicago mailman, was perched atop the fourth annual All-star Match Game Bowling tournament today as it passed the halfway mark in the four-day round robin finals. Sinke. who was pace setter in the preliminaries, swept into the front last night as he boosted his pin total to 6570 and his Petersen point total reached 152.20. While the five seeded players dropped behind the leaders among the 16 finalists, Sinke was closely pressed by two other Chicagoans Pvt.

Joe Wilman, now stationed at Ft. Lewis, but home on furlough, and Adams Plunge, who had Petersen point totals of 148.47 each. FIGHTS LAST NIGHT By the Associated Press NEW YORK Lee Oma, 1863i, Detroit, outpointed Taml Mauriello, 194 New York, 10. MILWAUKEE Juste Fontaine, 133, Milwaukee, outpointed Gene Spencer, 133, Chicago, 10; Jimmy Sherrer, 147, Milwaukee, knocked out Billv Grier, 150, Detroit. 1.

PHILADELPHIA Jimmy Collins. 132. Philadelphia, outpointed Bob Jennings, Philadelphia, S. BKAllt'ATS Alumni BFPTi BFPT Johnson, 4 2 2 10 Niebauer, 3 2 18 Rrinlnccr, 3 0 4 8 Lett, 5 0 4 10 Bradley, 3 0 0 6 Fritz, c. 0 10 1 Clements, 3 117 Anderson, 4 0 3 8 Phelps, 1 0 2 2 Fisher, 0 111 Wright, 10 12 Sherrod.

3 12 7 Relchert. 0 0 0 0 Buckhout. 0 0 0 0 V'Dongen, 0 0 0 0: Ooss. 0 0 0 n' Frost, 0 0 0 0 Hun-ell. 0 111! Roehuck, 0 0 0 (I; Jordan, 0 0 0 1 Totals 15 4 9 34 Totals 15 5 1 1 3n Hcarrnts 14 5 9 34 Alumni 11 11 7 835 BOWLING CO proved by the coaches at the final session of the league's winter meeting in Columbus, January 12-13.

Might Lengthen Games It was the opinion of mast of the coaches that adoption of the pro posal would allow a better demonstration of superiority, pointing to numerous occasions a team stopped near the goal line by the i tinning out of time. Some grid ob-Sfrvers, however, expressed belie; that 40 plays would consume more than the lo minutes now- allowed, slating that in an average game about 100 to 120 plays are executed. The coaches suggested that the national rules committee "give some thought" to adoption of such a plan. They also recommended: That a two-inch tee be allowed for kickoffs. 'Considerable criticism was directed last fall against so-called "flat" kickoffs resulting in low, crazily-spinning boots).

Want Rules Standardized That the N. C. A. A. rules committee 'meet for the purpose of restoring the standardization of foctball rules." (The Conference coaches asserted they "regretted" the tendency of different sections of the country to play under different rules.) That passing be permitted anywhere behind the line, instead oi five yards back as required in college play.

That the "use of the forearm" in offensive blocking be eliminated. (This entails bringing folded arms to bear on an opponent's chest i. The rule banning under-graduates from participating In all-star contests will become effective Jan 2. 1915, and hence will not interfere with Big Ten gridders who have been invited to play in the East-West Shrint game at San Francisco and the North-South game at Birmingham, Ala. during the holidays.

Wisconsin Man New Chairman The faculty group also elected Dr. W. F. Lorcnz of Wisconsin as new chairman, with Richart re-named as recrelary. Prof.

Ralph Aigler of Michigan was designated as the laculty committee's delegate to the N. C. A. A. meeting in Columbus.

The Big Ten championship meets in both tennis and golf were assigned to Northwestern univeisity to be held on May 26. Basketball Results MK IIK.AV III). II SCHOOLS Stuient 41. iBnttl 46 Alumni 3.1. Bnltlr Crcrk Ontral 31.

Horn, 21. JnnfMille 16. t'nion city 4.1, Alliens 6. CoNlvvnter 32. Albion 3M.

rhnrlutte 47. Lanstmr Kveretl 11. SaEinaw Arthur Hill 27. 19. Hnirht.i .14.

St. 22. Bic Rapids 36. Fremont 33. Muxkt'Kon 2S.

Mt. Pleasant 19. eirand Kapids Creston 39, G. R. Central 24.

Grand" Rapid? Union 26. O. R. South 22. Kapids Christian 40.

G. R. Catholic Central IS. Allecan .11. P.ihiw.ll 29.

Charlevoix 1. 3S. Kcorse 43. Yp-iianti 2.1. Pearhorn 43.

Plymouth 39. Karmincton 4.1. Birmingham 2.1. Manistee 2.1. Ludington 1.1.

Traverse City 33. Rogers Cilv 23. Midland 41. 2s Hart 2S. North Muskrcn 2.1.

Benton Harbor 41. Michigan Citv. Inrf. 34. Hartford 2.

Watervliet 23. Paw Paw 33. Oteco 24 lll.l KI.KS Michigan 35. Romulus Army Air Base 32. Normal 43, Franklin 26.

Baldwin Wallace 62, Denison 40. Columbia 43. Union 42. Concordia IFort Wayne) 47, Giffln 17. Qnonset Flyers 44, Dartmouth 31.

Southern Illinois Normal 49. Indiana Stlnte 44. Illinois 41. Lakf-s 4n. Seirridse Field Central Michigan 42.

Calvin 37. Kalamazoo 29. Alma 77. Rapids Jr. 25.

Wayne Michigan formal 29. Wighlkni. Detroit's top end who starred for Cauiolic Central, and William Eilohi, fine wingman ol Hancock's undefeated upper peninsula team. Wightkin and Eilila rated second team posts ahead of Jerry Bishop. Saginaw, und Austin Mathews.

Muskegon Heights. Guards Are Big. Powerful Garner and Toma.si earned the first team guard berths by their sensational defensive play, Garner as an aggressive, hard charging tackier and Tomasi as an alert, quick thinking line backer. John Rashid, line star of Lansing Sexton's Five-A league champs, und Len Stormzand of Grand Rapids South's undefeated city league kings were placed on the tram while Lynn McDowell of Sault Ste. Marie and Joe Muher cf Kalamazoo St.

Augustine rated the third team. Cm dell, Ow osso iy8-pound strong man, and Esbaugh. Souths 196-pounder ho was a unanimous choice for the Grand Rapids All-City team, dominated the voting at tackle. Bob Schnitzkt-r of Pontiac and Bill Grell of Saginaw nosed out Bill Johnson of Jackson and Don Bromley of Muskegon Heights for the second team plates. Solncr.

Detroit U. of defen- tivc field general who enjoyed uncanny success at diagnosing oppo- sition strategy, won the first team center spot over Gene Campbell of Muskcooii and Bob Snansim of Lan- i sing Sexton, both of whom rated high in the voting. Traverse ily Boy Kerognweil Three of the state's major un- deferted teams won representation In tne All-State backficld. where Sabuco of Mackenzie's Detroit City champions. Yonker ol Muskegon I Southwestern conference kings and I Bienklvrn ol Saginaw's wweihoui-e alley UUeholders nic teamed Johnny Ott.

sensational pass caicher and all-around athlete of Traverse City. Saburo, utter three years as a blocking back, blossomed into a great miner mid pasj-er as he sparked Mackenzie to Detroit's No. 1 prep lauuls. Yonker. smallest mem- ber of the All-State squad at 163 i pounds, skiillullv directed Muskegon through its perfect season and is 1 lated one ol the Mate's smartest i quaiti rbaiks sevi ial si asons.

Elcnshnrn. Saginaw's triple-threat ace. is one ol those rare versatile with speed, pa.ssiug and kicking ability to co with Iils exceptional power. Oil. a hard runner, brilliant receiver and sturdy linebacker, reuistered 14 touchdowns for a Traverse City class team with only a lair record, but almost every one of the experts who saw him play called him the finest back of the season.

Charter on Seroml Squad Brien Charter. Jackson's fine quarterback; Bob Neller, powerful Lansing Sexton fullback; Gerald Sherman, South Haven's versatile ftar who scored 16 touchdowns in eight games, and Joe Hegedus. stellar Moskegon Heights halfback, round out the second team back-field. Third team backs are Howard Joswiak. Menominee: Harry Szul-borski, Detroit Pershing; Doug Wicks.

Grand Rapids Central, and Torn Giammona. Grand Rapids South. 1VMC PLAYS IN GARDEN NEW YORK U'i The second college basketball doublcheader of the season will be held tonight In Madison Square Garden. Western Michigan meets Brooklyn college in the opener with Valparaiso and Long Island tangling in the piece. Propose Quarters Be Decided by Number of Plays Rather Than by Time; Vote Back Ban on Under graduate Play in All-Star Games.

CHICAGO (A't The Western Western Conlerence, it appears, is ready to slart a return to pre-war football standards. embellished, howiver, by a proposal to heave the stop-watch over the goal pasts. The conference faculty committee yesterday ruled out participation by under-graduate athletes in all-stai contests as a first tightening of war-relaxed eligibility norms, but the league coaches at the same time did a bit of a strategical handspring by recommending that football games should last 160 plays instead of 60 minutes. The proposal to divide grid contests into four quarters of 40 plays each instead of la-minute periods was one of five recommendations ap- Bank five but other games resulted in odd-game verdicts as follows: Rotary over KiwanLs Blues, and Lions Newsboys over Junior Chamber of Commerce. Metropolitan League A 537 series gained Harold Portei top individual series in Metropolitan league games at Michigan Recreation, yet his Michigan Carton squaa dropped all three games to the Pos-tum Printing and Cutting outfit.

Second and third best scries went to Ji.ck Notid and Jim Kellogg, members of the Wilcox-Rich five which gained a two-and-one verdict ovei CIO Local No. 679. In other series. 20th Century and independents won two-in-thrce from the Yanks and Postum Box. Grand Trunk League Joe Eiouse.

getting a high single game of 256. finished up with a 586 seiies to top individual performances in Grand Trunk Western leas-uc games at 20lh Century alle.vs as he paced the Engincmen to a grand slam over the Car Dept. five. Second and third best series, on u-spective totals of 557 and 545. went to Jim Prill and Mike Gilbert of the Machine Shop squad, which won the deciding game from Tank Shop.

Stores Office, Pipe Shop and Firemen, all scored sweeps, the victims being Mechanical Dept. Roundhouse Blues and Roundhouse Grays, lespectively. In the other series, the Streamliners won two from Storeroom. 201 li Century League Priced by Joe Stock, whose 648 series was far and away best of the r.ight. the Chaffee Blackburn five scored a grand slam over Ratti in 20th Century league games t.t the Sharkey alleys.

Stock also had best single game score with a 245. Gerald Newton's 599 series was second best, yet his B. P. O. Elks No.

131 could win but a single game from Braceys. Third best series was Jim Huestls' 574 for Kendall Hardware, which took a two-and-one verdict over the Independents. Stewart Laundry won three straight from Oliver Tool Room, while Woodland Dairy and CIO Local No. 374 v.ere getting odd-game decisions over Mutual A. C.

and Huber' respectively. Honorable mention i alphabetically- by schools i Ends Ruterbusch, Bay City; White. Detroit Eastern; Kohan. Detroit Western: McGee, Grand Rap ids Creston; Luchasse, Grand Rap- ids South; Giauquc. Hillsdale; Hulst, Holland; Terry, Jackson: Monti- rello Luke I lliden- Petrnft I sing Eastern: Martinson, Lansing Sexton: Doyle.

Marquette: Loew-ecke. Mi nominee: Younts. Muskegon: Baker. Pontiac: Malion, St. Clair Shores Lakeshore: Grenkoski.

Saginaw; Bruce. Sault Ste. Marie. Tackles Lee. Alpena; Baird.

Battle Creek: Epiwlile. Bessemer; Salotti. Calumet: Bleeker and Ripple. Detroit Mackenzie; Sunk, Detroit Pershing; Sauve. Detroit Redeemer; Him, Eseanaba; Jenkins.

Ferndalc; Ver Murlen. Grand Haven: Hondorp, Grand Rapids South: Schlukebir, Kalamazoo Central: Kinney, Ludington; Holmes. Manistique: Kinsman. Muskegon Heights: Bcrglund. Newberry: Jel- ferson, Niles; Slroia.

River Rouge: Furlo, Saninaw: Buekel, Saginaw-Arthur Hill: Jensen, South Haven. Guards Gittus. Adrian: Larson. Alpena: Phelps, Ann Arbor: Small. Dearborn Fordson; Musetti.

Detroit Denby: Del Duco. Detroit Redeemer: Csapo. Flint Northern; Bergstrom. Grand Rapids South: Burlry. Hazel Park: Markham.

Houghton: Mariucci. Iron Moun- tain; Cadieu. Menominee; Eschen- burg. Mt. Clemens: Fuller.

Mus- kegon: Sohasky. Muskegon I Pitcher. St. Joseph: Weede. Traverse I City.

Centers Weber. Benton Harbor: Little. Birmingham: Canlield. Cadillac: Taylor. Detroit Pershing: Scott.

Eseanaba; Mason. Ferndalc: Johnson. Flint Central: Posthumus. Grand Rapids Central: Wood. Grand Rapids South: Brown.

Hancock; Manzoline, Ishpcming: Martell. Mt. Clemens: Giles. Pontiac. Backs Hurlbut.

Adrian: Flynn. Alpena: Falcone. Ann Arbor: Glo-wicki. Bav City: Weathcrly. Benton Harbor; Wilson.

Benton Harbor St. John; Hagley. Hills Cranbiook: Corcoran. Cadillac: Hirvela. Calumet: Garzeiunu.

Cuopersville; Pink. Detroit Northwestern: Marzella. Detroit Pershing: Burke. Detroit St. Theresa: Foster.

East Scott. Eseanaba: Mysliwiec. Grand Rapids Catholic Central: Ricci. Hancock: Oberlin. HdLsdale: Berry.

Houghton: Puecl. Iron Mountain: Clark. Jackson: Kelly. Jackson St. Mary's; Doxey and Youngs, Kalamazoo Central: Kosovec.

Kingsford; Castellani and Hardy. Lansing Eastern; Arno.t. Menominee: Sinclair. Midland; Bonk. Monroe: Charbeiieau.

Mt. Clemens: Dutton and Sholten, Muskegon: JenniiiKs. Negaunee: Cart-wright. Owosso: Barnds. Pontiac: Haz.ley, Port Huron: Tutcra.

Saginaw; Kushmual, Saginaw Arthur K'-feree Anderson, Beach, Toledo. umptn Old Golfing Cronies Share Oakland Lead OAKLAND JP) Professional golfs one-two scoring combination of 1944, Byron Nelson of Toledo, Ohio, and Harold McSpaden. Philadelphia, were back on familiar ground today as co-leaders in their latest tournament competition, the 72-hole Oakland Open. They were deadlocked at 138 as they teed off in the third round of the $7,500 war bonds event at Sequoyah, a par 70 test. Nelson led the first round with a 66, McSpaden carding 68.

The for mer faltered on his second nine yes terday, missing putts on four greens to come up with a 72. McSpaden, back form after a long slump, cracked out a second round 70 to draw up on even terms with his friendly rival. Trailing the co-leaders by a stroke were U. S. Open Champion Craig wood, and Mark Pry, Oakland, at 139.

In a four-way deadlock with 140 were Fred J. Wood, Vancouver, B. Sam Byrd, Detroit; Bill Wansa, Yonkers. N. and Harry Bassler, Culver City, Calif.

SECOND SKUNK LANSING (U.R) The state con servation department agreed to give an Oklahoma bomber crew "a sec ond chance" yesterday and ordered a replacement for "Little Adolph." a de-odorized skunk they had adopted as a mascot, which was rudely stolen last week from in front of a post tavern. "Little 'originally state property, was shipped to the crew. Stationed at Ardmore. after Lieut. Edward H.

Murphy requested the skunk, explaining that he and his crew had selected the skunk for their mascot because they believed it to be the most "typically American mammal." GRECO, RL'FFIN REMATCHED NEW YORK iP) Johnny Greco, hard hitting welterweight from Montreal, and Bobby Ruffin, New York, meet Friday night in a return 10-rounder in Madison Square Garden. Greco won the decision in their first meeting several weeks ago..