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Jiggs McGee · 04-25-2022, 10:02 AM

FEBRUARY 2, 1942

WE HAVE A TRADE!

After the least active off-season in FABL history, at least on the trade front, the January portion of the FABL draft actually delivered a couple of trades. Teams had seemed paralyzed during the winter meetings and through the Christmas holidays as one shock after another came in the form of players leaving the sport to join the war effort. It keep General Managers guessing, and likely fearful of making any moves that could come back to haunt them if a key player they were counting on was to suddenly enlist or drafted for military service.

The moves that were made were hardly earth shattering but perhaps they opened the door for more activity with spring training rapidly approaching. The first deal saw the New York Stars acquire the 16th and final pick of the opening round of the draft from the Continental Association champion Chicago Cougars in exchange for second baseman Clark Car and the Stars 4th and 7th round picks. The 27 year old Car was an all-star in 1938 but spent last season as a backup infielder for New York, batting .255 in 86 games. He will likely serve the same role in Chicago but, as a lefthanded bat, may earn the opportunity to platoon with Freddie Jones at second base. The Stars used the selection on Chick MacKnight, a second team All-American out of Eastern Oklahoma who perhaps might one day be the long term solution the Stars having been searching for behind the plate.

The second move was strictly a swap of picks as the Cincinnati Cannons traded up to grab second baseman Jack Wilson with the opening pick of the second round. The Cannons sent their second rounder as well as picks in the fourth and sixth rounds to the Washington Eagles for the opportunity to draft the 19 year old out of North Carolina Tech. Wislon hit .321 last season for the Techsters and was originally a 9th round pick of the Chicago Chiefs in 1939 but elected to attend college instead.

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		FIRST ROUND    AGE POS  SCHOOL			HOMETOWN
1-  Boston	Bob Arman	21  P   Bluegrass State		Brooklyn, NY
2-  Montreal    Ernie McCoy     21  CF  Bluegrass State		Albion, NE
3-  St Louis    Joe Lute	18  P   Algona (IA) HS  	Algona, IA
4-  Cleveland   John Jackson	17  P   Salem (NJ) HS   	Baltimore, MD
5-  NY Gothams  Jake Roberts	18  P   West Fork (AR) HS       West Fork, AR
6-  Sailors     Mark Smith      21  C   Davidson(OR) Univ.	San Francisco, CA
7-  Keystones   Billy Black     17  OF  Nashville Bible HS      South Carthage, TN
8-  Toronto     Jerry York      20  P   Noble Jones		St. Augustine, FL
9-  Chiefs      Nelson Flinn	20  OF  Darnell State		Henryetta, OK
10- Cincinnati  Howie Harris	18  P   Ross HS, Hamilton, OH   Hamilton, OH
11- Detroit     Bob Schmelz     17  2B  Dravosburg (PA) HS      Charleroi, PA
12- Brooklyn    Pete Woodward   20  CF  Cleveland University    Lansing, MI
13- Pittsburgh  Bob Lopez	22  SS  CC Los Angeles		San Tan Valley, AZ
14- NY Stars    Clyde Fleenor   17  3B  Clear Creek (MO) HS     Kansas City, MO
15- Cleveland   Sam Lanting     17  CF  Sulpher Springs (TX) HS Sulpher Springs, TX
16- NY Stars    Chick MacKnight 21  C   Eastern Oklahoma        Lincoln, NE

		SECOND ROUND    AGE POS  SCHOOL			HOMETOWN
17- Cincinnati  Jack Wilson	19  2B  North Carolina Tech     Wilkinsburg, PA
18- Montreal    Jack Spahr      17  C   Mayfield (PA) HS        Wellsburg, WV
19- St Louis    Ralph Parker    17  OF  Lynn (MA) HS		Boston, MA
20- Washington  Harry Perryman  21  2B  Bayou State		Pine Bluff, AR
21- NY Gothams	Bill Moody      17  CF  Grady HS Brooklyn, NY   Brooklyn, NY
22- Sailors	Ike Kyzar       21  CF  Chicago Poly		Milwaukee, WI
23- Keystones   Frank Pershing  17  P   NMMI (Juco)		Roswell, NM
24- Toronto     Bobby Mills	17  P   Marlington HS, Alliance Cleveland, OH
25- Chiefs      Sam Clarke	17  C   Crane HS, Chicago	Chicago, IL
26- Washington  Bob Kirby       20  CF  Maryland State		Coal Fork, WV
27- Detroit     Crab Crowley    17  C   Framingham (MA) HS	North Providence, RI
28- Brooklyn    Paul Baker	18  P   Media (PA) HS		Media, PA
29-Pittsburgh  Dick Chamberlain 21  CF  Opelika State		Centralia, WA
30- NY Stars    Art Goins	18  CF  Arlington (TX) HS	Washington DC
31- Sailors     Jim Hunton	17  2B  Childs HS, Bronx, NY    Gloucester City, NJ
32- Cougars     Henry DeVeaux   21  CF  Mississippi A&M		New Orleans, LA

DRAFT NOTES

Interesting to see the swing towards college guys this year. 8 of the 16 first rounders including the top two picks were college players. A year ago there were only 2 college players selected in the first round in 5th pick Orie Martinez out of Miami State and Hank Eason of Huntington State, who went 10th.
Chicago Chiefs first rounder Nelson Flinn was a member of the unbeaten National Championship football team in the fall at Darnell State. He will playing his first season of college ball starting next month for the Legislators but that did not stop the Chiefs from grabbing him 9th overall after he worked out for their scouts in Dallas over the holiday break.
Cincinnati second round selection Jack Wilson is the grandson of a former FABL pitcher also named Jack Wilson. The elder Jack once won 22 games for Montreal but was just 48-72 over his big league career. Young Jack was previously drafted, out of high school by the Chiefs, but opted for North Carolina Tech instead.
Cannons went with a homegrown talent in the first round with the selection of pitcher Howie Harris from the city of Hamilton, about 10 miles north of Cincinnati. The Cannons had prioritized developing local talent and were hoping to make up for not being able to draft Cincinnati born infielder George Darnell last year. Darnell was taken by the Pittsburgh Miners 16th overall after the Cannons were left without a first round pick following the trade to acquire Adam Mullins from Montreal.
Been a little while since we have seen Outfield U give us another high drafted outfielder but Mississippi A&M gave us Henry DeVeaux this year. The New Orleans product was the final selection of the second round, going to the Chicago Cougars. The Generals earned the Outfield U moniker in the 1920's when they were a big supplier of outfield talent headlined by Doug and his brother Frank Lightbody but also included Jim Renfroe, Bud Rogers, Clarence Hall and Chick Prendergast. More recently we had 1938 fourth round selection Sammy Dillon and a fifth round pick last year in Leon Nicola.
The son of legendary Washington and Cleveland catcher T.R. Goins was taken in the second round by the New York Stars. Unlike his famous father, Art Goins is neither a catcher nor a power hitter but the 18 year old outfielder from Arlington, Texas is a center fielder and perhaps a future lead-off man in the big leagues some day.
Shortstop Bob Lopez, who was drafted 13th overall by Pittsburgh is the first college senior to be selected in the opening round since Johnny Zeidman, who is also a shortstop, went 11th overall 3 years ago.
Only one of the 6 sophomores to earn All-American status in 1941 was not selected in the opening two rounds of the draft. That player would be first baseman Billy Cox of Columbia Military Academy, who was named to the second team a year ago. The native of Big Stone Gap, Virginia hit .252 with 9 homers last season. The other five were first teamers Bob Arnum (1st overall-Boston), Mark Smith (6th overall- Sailors) and Jack Wilson (17th overall Cincinnati) along with second team selections Ernie McCoy (2nd overall-Montreal), Chick MacKnight (16th overall-Stars) and Dick Chamberlain (29th overall-Pittsburgh).

PART PAYMENT OF DEFENSE BONDS IN ALL BASEBALL SALARIES URGED

A wartime program for baseball, involving an all-star game with a service team and partial payment of players in Defense bonds, was proposed for FABL this week by Daniel Prescott, owner of the Brooklyn Kings.

The fiery, imaginative boss of the Continental side outlined an all-out emergency effort for the diamond sport Saturday evening at the 19th annual dinner of the New York baseball writers and said he expected the Federal and Continental Associations to at least consider the subject at their annual meeting which begins today in New York. Prescott was allotted a few minutes on an extensive speaking program at the writers' affair and it was after midnight before he got his chance to tell the assemblage of a thousand persons what he thought baseball should contribute to the war program.
WOULD MOVE THE ALL-STAR GAME
His suggestions fell into four groups:
1. Move this year's all-star game from Pittsburgh's Fitzpatrick Park to the spacious new Gothams Stadium, with the largest capacity in the league, and let the winner face an all-star service team in some Midwest City.
2. Let everyone in organized baseball, including the players, accept a percentage of his salary in Defense bonds.
3. Set aside a part of every admission to buy a bomber, which he suggested by name Sam Belton after the FABL President.
4. Make use of every open date before and during the season for major league clubs to play service teams at Army or Navy camps.

Prescott made it clear he was offering these suggestions solely on his own responsibility, and during his talk mentioned consultation with only one other magnate. He said he had already talked to Gothams owner Leland Winthrop about transferring the all-star game and had received approval.
BASEBALL LEADERS AT DINNER
Since President Belton and many of the club owners were present while he made his suggestions, it was considered probable that he had discussed them with various other leaders before making them public.

Prescott said he thought a game between the champions of the FABL all-star game and a team of baseball standouts from the military services (which might include Fred McCormick, Pete Papenfus, Joe Owens and others) would gross a quarter-million dollars and suggested it might be held in Chicago or Detroit, possibly at night, within a few days after the regular all-star game which now is scheduled for July 7th in Pittsburgh.

Earlier in the dinner program, Fiorello H. La Guardia, Mayor of New York and director of the Office of Civilian Defense, assured the baseball men that there would be no interruption of the normal season in New York City unless the military situation changed drastically.

The writers heard other prominent speakers, some in a serious and others in a humorous vein, and themselves lampooned baseball's leading figures and events in addition to presenting plaques to three outstanding players - Fred McCormick, Bill Barrett and Ray Dalpman. McCormick was given a special award for his dedication to the Army while New York Stars outfielder Barrett was named by the group as the top player of 1941 and Boston pitching Dalpman was announced as the top newcomer.

QUICK HITS

Federal orders barring enemy aliens from defense zones prompted by concerns about Axis U-boats along the East Coast brought consternation from Italian fishermen in Rhode Island including the father of the Pestilli brothers. The fishermen, some 200 of them, were prevented from setting out on their crafts on a rare warm winter day last week. Some of them have sons in the armed forces, including Joseph Pestilli, who's son Little Joe Pestilli recently enlisted in the Army Air Force. The matter was sorted out and Pestilli, who is best known as the father of big leaguers Sal and Alf Pestilli, and the others will not be prevented from heading out on the waters in the future.
The minor leagues, despite heavy losses of players to the war effort, vow they will all continue to operate next season. That is the word out of the annual winter meeting of minor league owners as each of the 13 loops, including the fully independent Western Baseball League and Lone Star Association, vow it will be business as usual. However, a number of small regional independent leagues not associated with the Minor League group, are expected to cease operations for the duration of the war.

LIBERTY COLLEGE TAKES OVER TOP SPOT

Liberty College improved to 5-0 in Northeast Conference play and 17-2 overall after a big week that saw the Bells knock off rival Garden State in a thrilling 49-48 contest Saturday night. The win, coupled with a pair of losses by a suddenly slumping Great Plains State team, has allowed the Philadelphia school to take over top spot in the weekly poll for the first time this season. The Bells have been one of the best teams in college basketball the past couple of decades, winning a pair of AIAA titles in the mid-1930s and reaching the national quarterfinals each of the past two years.

West Coast power CCLA also has a pair of national championships in the past decade (and 3 overall) with the Coyotes looking like they are peaking at the right time. The Coyotes saw their 3 year old on the West Coast Athletic Association title end last season when local rival Coastal California came out on top, but CCLA is looking strong this season with a 5-0 conference record that included blowout wins over Spokane State and Lane State this past week. No other team in the WCAA has less than 2 losses. At 16-2 overall on the season, CCLA remains second in the poll with Great Plains State dropping to third.

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      AIAA BASKETBALL TOP TWENTY    FPV     REC     LW
   1.  Liberty College              (42)    17-2     3  Northeast Conference                                     
   2.  CC Los Angeles               (22)    16-2     2  West Coast Athletic Association                          
   3.  Great Plains State            (8)    22-3     1  Independent                                             
   4.  Detroit City College                 14-3     5  Great Lakes Alliance                                     
   5.  Garden State                         15-4     4  Northeast Conference                                     
   6.  Brooklyn State                       15-3     6  Northeast Conference                                     
   7.  Annapolis Maritime                   20-4    11  Independent                                             
   8.  Central Ohio                         13-4     8  Great Lakes Alliance                                     
   9.  Rainier College                      16-3     9  West Coast Athletic Association                          
  10.  Coastal California                   13-5    NR  West Coast Athletic Association                          
  11.  Chesapeake State                     13-4     7  South Atlantic Conference                                
  12.  Whitney College                      15-2    10  Great Lakes Alliance                                     
  13.  Western Iowa                         14-4    14  Great Lakes Alliance                                     
  14.  Minnesota Tech                       14-3    NR  Great Lakes Alliance                                     
  15.  Miami State                          17-4    13  Independent                                             
  16.  North Carolina Tech                  14-5    15  South Atlantic Conference                                
  17.  St. Ignatius                         11-6    12  Great Lakes Alliance                                     
  18.  Portland Tech                        15-4    16  West Coast Athletic Association                          
  19.  Ohio Poly                            16-6    19  Independent                                             
  20.  St. Patrick's                        12-6    NR  Northeast Conference

LAST WEEK RESULTS INVOLVING TOP TEN SCHOOLS
MONDAY JANUARY 26
St Martin's College 43 #5 Garden State 31
Capital (MS) University 29 #3 Great Plains State 27

WEDNESDAY JANUARY 28
#1 Liberty College 48 St. Matthew's College 24
Opelika State 65 #3 Great Plains State 45

THURSDAY JANUARY 29
#13 Western Iowa 65 #8 Central Ohio 50
#7 Annapolis Maritime 52 Bardney 50

FRIDAY JANUARY 30
#10 Coastal California 58 Idaho A&M 50
Lane State 43 #9 Rainier College 37
#2 CCLA 51 Spokane State 31

SATURDAY JANUARY 31
#1 Liberty College 49 #5 Garden State 48
#6 Brooklyn State 55 #20 St Patrick's 47
#14 Minnesota Tech 68 #4 Detroit City College 59
#8 Central Ohio 43 #17 St Ignatius 42

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 1
#2 CCLA 53 Lane State 29
#9 Rainier College 61 #18 Portland Tech 53
#10 Coastal California 52 Redwood 38

The Week That Was
Current events from the week ending 2/01/1942

The combined armed forces of American, British and Dutch troops crippled Japan's Far Eastern offensive with attacks that destroyed or crippled 31 Japanese warships and transports.
Japan is having mixed results on the ground, as their troops continue to push the British back towards Singapore but in the Philippines, General Douglas MacArthur's men continue to hurl back 'headlong' Japanese attacks.
German U-boats are blamed for the sinking of a 7th ship off the east coast as the ore carrier Venore was torpedoed in the waters off of Virginia.
There is concern that Axis agents in east coast ports may be tipping off German submarines to the movement of American and Allied ships in Atlantic sea lanes. That according to Martin Dies (D-Tx) chairman of the House Committee on Un-American activities.
An American Expeditionary Force has landed in Northern Ireland, where a powerful military base has been under construction by American technicians for many months. A dispatch from Belfast indicates the force may already have been in action against German airplanes.
Prime Minister Churchill told the British House of Commons that big American forces will follow that first expeditionary force to the British Isles and that American planes will bomb Germany and defend Britain.
The government of Eire considers the arrival of American troops as an act of aggression. While Northern Ireland and Ireland are considered two separate countries by Britain, the Eire government doesn't see it at that way and compares the division to what the Nazi's did in Poland.
Axis agents are believed to be making an all-out effort to sway the results of Chile's Presidential election, set for February 2, throwing a large Axis slush fund at the pro-Nazi candidate while Japan is threatening to bomb the country if the results don't go the way the Axis wants them to.

04-25-2022, 10:02 AM	#409
Jiggs McGee All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2019 Posts: 677	February 2, 1942 Draft rounds 1& 2 FEBRUARY 2, 1942 WE HAVE A TRADE! After the least active off-season in FABL history, at least on the trade front, the January portion of the FABL draft actually delivered a couple of trades. Teams had seemed paralyzed during the winter meetings and through the Christmas holidays as one shock after another came in the form of players leaving the sport to join the war effort. It keep General Managers guessing, and likely fearful of making any moves that could come back to haunt them if a key player they were counting on was to suddenly enlist or drafted for military service. The moves that were made were hardly earth shattering but perhaps they opened the door for more activity with spring training rapidly approaching. The first deal saw the New York Stars acquire the 16th and final pick of the opening round of the draft from the Continental Association champion Chicago Cougars in exchange for second baseman Clark Car and the Stars 4th and 7th round picks. The 27 year old Car was an all-star in 1938 but spent last season as a backup infielder for New York, batting .255 in 86 games. He will likely serve the same role in Chicago but, as a lefthanded bat, may earn the opportunity to platoon with Freddie Jones at second base. The Stars used the selection on Chick MacKnight, a second team All-American out of Eastern Oklahoma who perhaps might one day be the long term solution the Stars having been searching for behind the plate. The second move was strictly a swap of picks as the Cincinnati Cannons traded up to grab second baseman Jack Wilson with the opening pick of the second round. The Cannons sent their second rounder as well as picks in the fourth and sixth rounds to the Washington Eagles for the opportunity to draft the 19 year old out of North Carolina Tech. Wislon hit .321 last season for the Techsters and was originally a 9th round pick of the Chicago Chiefs in 1939 but elected to attend college instead. Code: FIRST ROUND AGE POS SCHOOL HOMETOWN 1- Boston Bob Arman 21 P Bluegrass State Brooklyn, NY 2- Montreal Ernie McCoy 21 CF Bluegrass State Albion, NE 3- St Louis Joe Lute 18 P Algona (IA) HS Algona, IA 4- Cleveland John Jackson 17 P Salem (NJ) HS Baltimore, MD 5- NY Gothams Jake Roberts 18 P West Fork (AR) HS West Fork, AR 6- Sailors Mark Smith 21 C Davidson(OR) Univ. San Francisco, CA 7- Keystones Billy Black 17 OF Nashville Bible HS South Carthage, TN 8- Toronto Jerry York 20 P Noble Jones St. Augustine, FL 9- Chiefs Nelson Flinn 20 OF Darnell State Henryetta, OK 10- Cincinnati Howie Harris 18 P Ross HS, Hamilton, OH Hamilton, OH 11- Detroit Bob Schmelz 17 2B Dravosburg (PA) HS Charleroi, PA 12- Brooklyn Pete Woodward 20 CF Cleveland University Lansing, MI 13- Pittsburgh Bob Lopez 22 SS CC Los Angeles San Tan Valley, AZ 14- NY Stars Clyde Fleenor 17 3B Clear Creek (MO) HS Kansas City, MO 15- Cleveland Sam Lanting 17 CF Sulpher Springs (TX) HS Sulpher Springs, TX 16- NY Stars Chick MacKnight 21 C Eastern Oklahoma Lincoln, NE SECOND ROUND AGE POS SCHOOL HOMETOWN 17- Cincinnati Jack Wilson 19 2B North Carolina Tech Wilkinsburg, PA 18- Montreal Jack Spahr 17 C Mayfield (PA) HS Wellsburg, WV 19- St Louis Ralph Parker 17 OF Lynn (MA) HS Boston, MA 20- Washington Harry Perryman 21 2B Bayou State Pine Bluff, AR 21- NY Gothams Bill Moody 17 CF Grady HS Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn, NY 22- Sailors Ike Kyzar 21 CF Chicago Poly Milwaukee, WI 23- Keystones Frank Pershing 17 P NMMI (Juco) Roswell, NM 24- Toronto Bobby Mills 17 P Marlington HS, Alliance Cleveland, OH 25- Chiefs Sam Clarke 17 C Crane HS, Chicago Chicago, IL 26- Washington Bob Kirby 20 CF Maryland State Coal Fork, WV 27- Detroit Crab Crowley 17 C Framingham (MA) HS North Providence, RI 28- Brooklyn Paul Baker 18 P Media (PA) HS Media, PA 29-Pittsburgh Dick Chamberlain 21 CF Opelika State Centralia, WA 30- NY Stars Art Goins 18 CF Arlington (TX) HS Washington DC 31- Sailors Jim Hunton 17 2B Childs HS, Bronx, NY Gloucester City, NJ 32- Cougars Henry DeVeaux 21 CF Mississippi A&M New Orleans, LA DRAFT NOTES Interesting to see the swing towards college guys this year. 8 of the 16 first rounders including the top two picks were college players. A year ago there were only 2 college players selected in the first round in 5th pick Orie Martinez out of Miami State and Hank Eason of Huntington State, who went 10th. Chicago Chiefs first rounder Nelson Flinn was a member of the unbeaten National Championship football team in the fall at Darnell State. He will playing his first season of college ball starting next month for the Legislators but that did not stop the Chiefs from grabbing him 9th overall after he worked out for their scouts in Dallas over the holiday break. Cincinnati second round selection Jack Wilson is the grandson of a former FABL pitcher also named Jack Wilson. The elder Jack once won 22 games for Montreal but was just 48-72 over his big league career. Young Jack was previously drafted, out of high school by the Chiefs, but opted for North Carolina Tech instead. Cannons went with a homegrown talent in the first round with the selection of pitcher Howie Harris from the city of Hamilton, about 10 miles north of Cincinnati. The Cannons had prioritized developing local talent and were hoping to make up for not being able to draft Cincinnati born infielder George Darnell last year. Darnell was taken by the Pittsburgh Miners 16th overall after the Cannons were left without a first round pick following the trade to acquire Adam Mullins from Montreal. Been a little while since we have seen Outfield U give us another high drafted outfielder but Mississippi A&M gave us Henry DeVeaux this year. The New Orleans product was the final selection of the second round, going to the Chicago Cougars. The Generals earned the Outfield U moniker in the 1920's when they were a big supplier of outfield talent headlined by Doug and his brother Frank Lightbody but also included Jim Renfroe, Bud Rogers, Clarence Hall and Chick Prendergast. More recently we had 1938 fourth round selection Sammy Dillon and a fifth round pick last year in Leon Nicola. The son of legendary Washington and Cleveland catcher T.R. Goins was taken in the second round by the New York Stars. Unlike his famous father, Art Goins is neither a catcher nor a power hitter but the 18 year old outfielder from Arlington, Texas is a center fielder and perhaps a future lead-off man in the big leagues some day. Shortstop Bob Lopez, who was drafted 13th overall by Pittsburgh is the first college senior to be selected in the opening round since Johnny Zeidman, who is also a shortstop, went 11th overall 3 years ago. Only one of the 6 sophomores to earn All-American status in 1941 was not selected in the opening two rounds of the draft. That player would be first baseman Billy Cox of Columbia Military Academy, who was named to the second team a year ago. The native of Big Stone Gap, Virginia hit .252 with 9 homers last season. The other five were first teamers Bob Arnum (1st overall-Boston), Mark Smith (6th overall- Sailors) and Jack Wilson (17th overall Cincinnati) along with second team selections Ernie McCoy (2nd overall-Montreal), Chick MacKnight (16th overall-Stars) and Dick Chamberlain (29th overall-Pittsburgh). PART PAYMENT OF DEFENSE BONDS IN ALL BASEBALL SALARIES URGED A wartime program for baseball, involving an all-star game with a service team and partial payment of players in Defense bonds, was proposed for FABL this week by Daniel Prescott, owner of the Brooklyn Kings. The fiery, imaginative boss of the Continental side outlined an all-out emergency effort for the diamond sport Saturday evening at the 19th annual dinner of the New York baseball writers and said he expected the Federal and Continental Associations to at least consider the subject at their annual meeting which begins today in New York. Prescott was allotted a few minutes on an extensive speaking program at the writers' affair and it was after midnight before he got his chance to tell the assemblage of a thousand persons what he thought baseball should contribute to the war program. WOULD MOVE THE ALL-STAR GAME His suggestions fell into four groups: 1. Move this year's all-star game from Pittsburgh's Fitzpatrick Park to the spacious new Gothams Stadium, with the largest capacity in the league, and let the winner face an all-star service team in some Midwest City. 2. Let everyone in organized baseball, including the players, accept a percentage of his salary in Defense bonds. 3. Set aside a part of every admission to buy a bomber, which he suggested by name Sam Belton after the FABL President. 4. Make use of every open date before and during the season for major league clubs to play service teams at Army or Navy camps. Prescott made it clear he was offering these suggestions solely on his own responsibility, and during his talk mentioned consultation with only one other magnate. He said he had already talked to Gothams owner Leland Winthrop about transferring the all-star game and had received approval. BASEBALL LEADERS AT DINNER Since President Belton and many of the club owners were present while he made his suggestions, it was considered probable that he had discussed them with various other leaders before making them public. Prescott said he thought a game between the champions of the FABL all-star game and a team of baseball standouts from the military services (which might include Fred McCormick, Pete Papenfus, Joe Owens and others) would gross a quarter-million dollars and suggested it might be held in Chicago or Detroit, possibly at night, within a few days after the regular all-star game which now is scheduled for July 7th in Pittsburgh. Earlier in the dinner program, Fiorello H. La Guardia, Mayor of New York and director of the Office of Civilian Defense, assured the baseball men that there would be no interruption of the normal season in New York City unless the military situation changed drastically. The writers heard other prominent speakers, some in a serious and others in a humorous vein, and themselves lampooned baseball's leading figures and events in addition to presenting plaques to three outstanding players - Fred McCormick, Bill Barrett and Ray Dalpman. McCormick was given a special award for his dedication to the Army while New York Stars outfielder Barrett was named by the group as the top player of 1941 and Boston pitching Dalpman was announced as the top newcomer. QUICK HITS Federal orders barring enemy aliens from defense zones prompted by concerns about Axis U-boats along the East Coast brought consternation from Italian fishermen in Rhode Island including the father of the Pestilli brothers. The fishermen, some 200 of them, were prevented from setting out on their crafts on a rare warm winter day last week. Some of them have sons in the armed forces, including Joseph Pestilli, who's son Little Joe Pestilli recently enlisted in the Army Air Force. The matter was sorted out and Pestilli, who is best known as the father of big leaguers Sal and Alf Pestilli, and the others will not be prevented from heading out on the waters in the future. The minor leagues, despite heavy losses of players to the war effort, vow they will all continue to operate next season. That is the word out of the annual winter meeting of minor league owners as each of the 13 loops, including the fully independent Western Baseball League and Lone Star Association, vow it will be business as usual. However, a number of small regional independent leagues not associated with the Minor League group, are expected to cease operations for the duration of the war. LIBERTY COLLEGE TAKES OVER TOP SPOT Liberty College improved to 5-0 in Northeast Conference play and 17-2 overall after a big week that saw the Bells knock off rival Garden State in a thrilling 49-48 contest Saturday night. The win, coupled with a pair of losses by a suddenly slumping Great Plains State team, has allowed the Philadelphia school to take over top spot in the weekly poll for the first time this season. The Bells have been one of the best teams in college basketball the past couple of decades, winning a pair of AIAA titles in the mid-1930s and reaching the national quarterfinals each of the past two years. West Coast power CCLA also has a pair of national championships in the past decade (and 3 overall) with the Coyotes looking like they are peaking at the right time. The Coyotes saw their 3 year old on the West Coast Athletic Association title end last season when local rival Coastal California came out on top, but CCLA is looking strong this season with a 5-0 conference record that included blowout wins over Spokane State and Lane State this past week. No other team in the WCAA has less than 2 losses. At 16-2 overall on the season, CCLA remains second in the poll with Great Plains State dropping to third. Code: AIAA BASKETBALL TOP TWENTY FPV REC LW 1. Liberty College (42) 17-2 3 Northeast Conference 2. CC Los Angeles (22) 16-2 2 West Coast Athletic Association 3. Great Plains State (8) 22-3 1 Independent 4. Detroit City College 14-3 5 Great Lakes Alliance 5. Garden State 15-4 4 Northeast Conference 6. Brooklyn State 15-3 6 Northeast Conference 7. Annapolis Maritime 20-4 11 Independent 8. Central Ohio 13-4 8 Great Lakes Alliance 9. Rainier College 16-3 9 West Coast Athletic Association 10. Coastal California 13-5 NR West Coast Athletic Association 11. Chesapeake State 13-4 7 South Atlantic Conference 12. Whitney College 15-2 10 Great Lakes Alliance 13. Western Iowa 14-4 14 Great Lakes Alliance 14. Minnesota Tech 14-3 NR Great Lakes Alliance 15. Miami State 17-4 13 Independent 16. North Carolina Tech 14-5 15 South Atlantic Conference 17. St. Ignatius 11-6 12 Great Lakes Alliance 18. Portland Tech 15-4 16 West Coast Athletic Association 19. Ohio Poly 16-6 19 Independent 20. St. Patrick's 12-6 NR Northeast Conference LAST WEEK RESULTS INVOLVING TOP TEN SCHOOLS MONDAY JANUARY 26 St Martin's College 43 #5 Garden State 31 Capital (MS) University 29 #3 Great Plains State 27 WEDNESDAY JANUARY 28 #1 Liberty College 48 St. Matthew's College 24 Opelika State 65 #3 Great Plains State 45 THURSDAY JANUARY 29 #13 Western Iowa 65 #8 Central Ohio 50 #7 Annapolis Maritime 52 Bardney 50 FRIDAY JANUARY 30 #10 Coastal California 58 Idaho A&M 50 Lane State 43 #9 Rainier College 37 #2 CCLA 51 Spokane State 31 SATURDAY JANUARY 31 #1 Liberty College 49 #5 Garden State 48 #6 Brooklyn State 55 #20 St Patrick's 47 #14 Minnesota Tech 68 #4 Detroit City College 59 #8 Central Ohio 43 #17 St Ignatius 42 SUNDAY FEBRUARY 1 #2 CCLA 53 Lane State 29 #9 Rainier College 61 #18 Portland Tech 53 #10 Coastal California 52 Redwood 38 The Week That Was Current events from the week ending 2/01/1942 The combined armed forces of American, British and Dutch troops crippled Japan's Far Eastern offensive with attacks that destroyed or crippled 31 Japanese warships and transports. Japan is having mixed results on the ground, as their troops continue to push the British back towards Singapore but in the Philippines, General Douglas MacArthur's men continue to hurl back 'headlong' Japanese attacks. German U-boats are blamed for the sinking of a 7th ship off the east coast as the ore carrier Venore was torpedoed in the waters off of Virginia. There is concern that Axis agents in east coast ports may be tipping off German submarines to the movement of American and Allied ships in Atlantic sea lanes. That according to Martin Dies (D-Tx) chairman of the House Committee on Un-American activities. An American Expeditionary Force has landed in Northern Ireland, where a powerful military base has been under construction by American technicians for many months. A dispatch from Belfast indicates the force may already have been in action against German airplanes. Prime Minister Churchill told the British House of Commons that big American forces will follow that first expeditionary force to the British Isles and that American planes will bomb Germany and defend Britain. The government of Eire considers the arrival of American troops as an act of aggression. While Northern Ireland and Ireland are considered two separate countries by Britain, the Eire government doesn't see it at that way and compares the division to what the Nazi's did in Poland. Axis agents are believed to be making an all-out effort to sway the results of Chile's Presidential election, set for February 2, throwing a large Axis slush fund at the pro-Nazi candidate while Japan is threatening to bomb the country if the results don't go the way the Axis wants them to. __________________ Lead Columnist of The Figment Sporting Journal The Scripture of Sports Last edited by Jiggs McGee; 04-25-2022 at 03:25 PM.