Show War Post Sports May Help Promote Peace By HUGH FULLERTON JR NEW YORK Jan 5 Iff UP Theres There's Theres There's been a a. lot of talk about postwar planning lately so why not do a a. little of it in the sports field too Nobody ever has ha proved that international sports lead to friendship friendship friendship friend friend- ship least of all the tM guys who had to settle some of the more famous disputes raised in the Olympic games but we still believe belleve its it's easier for people to understand I one another when they pl play y the same gam games S than when they re remain remain remain re- re main total strangers and the best beet games we can think of for forin In International international in- in competition are soccer football and basketball Soccer Soccer Soccer Soc Soc- is known as as' the game that is played in every country and only the U. U S. S apparently doesn't give it the attention it deserves serves Basketball is a a. local product but maybe our soldiers soldiers' and sailors will give it a good start in other coun coun- tries An example of how that can be bedone bedone bedone done is furnished by Lieutenant I Everett Morris of the navy who is trying to teach the game to University students in Wales Lieutenant Morris who reported basketball for the New York Herald Herald Her Her- ald aid Tribune before he helped put the navy preflight program on the map recently sent word back to some table press-table pals Its pretty pretty pretty pret pret- ty rocky going because they haven't seen liMn the game played even amateurishly well but they are eager ager to learn and some of them are quite adaptable Apparently Apparently the game has its attractions Suggestion Walt WaIt Hanson of the Long Branch N. N J. J recalls a 8 conversation with Jack Doyle time old-time Tiger scout that is worth the attention atten tion of big league ball clubs in these days of training near home Doyles Doyle's idea was that the teams should play exhibitions exhibitions exhibitions wherever possible in the smaller clUes cities near their home towns In that way they would build up friendship and interest interest interest in in- terest new fans right in their home territory Service ervice Dept I All AIl eight of ot the marine corps boxers who won division champl championships cham cham- pl and N B A belts beith at New River liver River N N. C. C a year ago and followed followed fol- fol lowed owed that day 17 tournament by sweeping the Carolinas Golden Gloves at Charlotte S. S C. C later served on and Guadalcanal Chief Warrant Officer John Fisher Isher who recently was ordered from rom Fort Monroe Va to Fort Des Moines MOine Iowa to assume leadership leadership lead- lead of the W A A C band Is a former ormer army and navy bantam bantam- weight boxing champion and a good rood enough ball balI player that the Red Sox bought him out of the army in 1910 Eulace Peacock Peacock Pea- Pea cock ock former Olympic sprinter plans lans to do some running this winter for the Manhattan Beach coast guard outfit Lieutenant Lieuten LIeuten- ant Hartley D. D Price gymnastics coach at the Iowa navy preflight school says his program teaches ca cadets ets how to fall properly under any ny circumstances Today's Star Don Donaghey Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Judge Landis' Landis wig saved itself luelf a lot of trouble when wilen it turned gray at leisure years ago Dots Dot All Brothers Jockey Don Meade must have won some sort of a 1942 championship championship cham- cham for ettin in wrong wrone- with the rac racing stewards wards Ho He wu was pun pun four times during the New NewYork NewYork NewYork York season getting gotting penalties ranging from a 25 23 fine to a suspension sue sus pension from October to the end of tf the year Pauline Beta Betz national tennis champion anc and Peggy Welsh Webb another good racquet wielder are the stars starl of the Rol fbI has lins college girls girls' basketball team this winter vinter They also coach the team tem and book the games Another player-coach player is Belus who is I. the teacher and outstanding player on the AppalachiAn Appalachian Appa Appa- Teachers' Teachers college quintet that beat the North Carolina preflight preflight preflight pre pre- pre pre- flight Although they're both working for Uncle Sam Private ate George Edmond fOrmet formet for fOr- met St Sl Paul Dispatch sports edi edi- tor and Lieutenant J. J G. G Perry Do Dotson sn who used to work for Mm him man managed g d to get leave New Years Year's day to cover the Cotton bowl and West East-West games respectively |