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Down U-Boats. The Japs also respect a smaller brother of the Hellcat, the Wildcat fighter, and a halfbrother, the Avenger, a torpedo bomber. The Germans learned to respect them also in the once nip-&-tuck Battle of the Atlantic. With a "now-it-can-be-told" flourish, the Navy has let out the news that the most potent weapon of all against the U-boats were Wildcats, flying from baby flattops, and rocket-firing Avengers. In one six-month period, these planes sent 31 U-boats to the bottom, more than half of the entire total sunk...
...seams Thursday when the Browns clubbed them 19-2, and then on Friday they were the victims of Keith Miller's three-hit pitching as the Tigers, finding a sudden power at the plate, won 14 to 0. Other games in a busy week saw the Tigers nip the Cards 3 to 1 on Al Ogden's daredevil base running, the Dodgers edged the Cards 3 to 2, and the Browns took undisputed possession of first by downing the Dodgers 4 to 1. Club Standing W L Browns 5 1 Beavers 4 2 Tigers 3 2 Dodgers 2 4 Cardinals...
Through waves of black, scudding flak, Jap fighters corkscrewed toward the giant bombers. The lead bombers went over so fast and so high that the Japs could hardly get a pass at them. One fighter rammed a bomber it had been following, and both fell to destruction. But most Nip fighters cagily stayed beyond range of the B-29s' heavy armament until they could pick on a plane damaged by flak...
...warning that the Allied command also feared more trouble to come, from the larger, longer-ranged V-2 of which the Nazis boast. It was no secret that the bombers were trying to nip off V-2 as well as stop Vi. The targets were significant: the experimental stations at Peenemünde and Zinnowitz on the wooded Baltic coast (R.A.F. attacks there a year ago were officially credited with having delayed V-1 by six months); robot-parts plants at Friedrichshafen and Memmingen in southwest Germany; unnamed factories turning out special fuels for pilotless bombs; storage points in France...
With this nip-&-tuck race as a drawing card, this summer's tournaments, almost all for the benefit of war charities, seem sure to add up to one of golf's richest seasons. Prizes in war bonds total a whopping $121,332, include the biggest ever offered to a first-place winner: $10,001 at the Tam O'Shanter Open in Chicago in August...