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Washington, D. C., Monday, January 31, 1949—A—12 *
w in, Lose, or Draw
By FRANCIS STANN
Flaherty of Nostalgic Memory
The fellow whom thousands of Washingtonians would like to have
.seen back as head coach of the Redskins, is unavailable until 1950, at
least. That's Ray Flaherty, newly named coach of the soon-to-be
renamed Chicago Rockets of the All-America Conference.
Francis Stann.
The AAC has been operating on the theory
that it should strengthen its weak links and
Flaherty's appointment fits. The guy is a terrific
coach, rated thusly by the flintly standards of
other coaches. To use a trite expression, he’s
been a coach's coach ever since 1936, when he
took the helm of the old Boston Redskins, his
first job as boss.
Like every other coach, good, bad or indif
ferent, Flaherty is going to require a little ma
terial in order to win. but indications are that
AAC members are going to toss a few’ rugged
specimens his w’ay in order to see if the Rockets
can survive in a town which over the years has
supported only one learn—George Halas' Bears.
A third club—and. incidentally, the oldest—is the
Chicago Cardinals, which had to win a world championship in 1947
and a Western title in 1948 to draw patronage.
The Rockets always have run third in Chicago. Three are simply
too many pro football teams for any city, including New York, but if
any coach can make a dent in the popularity of the Bears and
Cardinals that man is Flaherty.
A Passer Was All He Needed
There is a group in our town that cannot be reconciled to Flah
erty's absence from the Redskins. These are original alumni, who
Tecall welcoming the transferees from Boston and going on a six-year
Victory binge with Flaherty and his Washington Redskins.
They liked the tough young Irishman with the soft voice and
they liked his teams. President George Marshall had used up three
coaches in four years at Boston before he lured away Steve Owen's
assistant with the New York Giants, who was Flaherty.
Ray coached Bogton to the Eastern Division title that year—
T936. His best runner, passer and kick$h: was Cliff Battles. As a ball
carrier, Battles was superb, out he #as no Grade-A passer, nor
punter.
"Get me a passer,” Flaherty told Marshall, "and we can go all
the way.”
Marshall got him Sammy Baugh the nfxt year and moved the
team to Washington. And Flaherty went all the way, winning the
Eastern title again and then licking the Bears for the world cham
pionship.
In the Playoff Ray Was Helpless
Ray always had the winning touch. He won nine of 12 games,
Including the playoff, in 1937. He finished second in the Eastern
Division to the Giants in 1938 and 1939, but in 1940 he won nine of 12
again, only to have the season end on a dismal note when the Bears
won the playoff by that record 73-0 score.
A case could be mad^for Flaherty, although none is required in
view of the manner in which he recuperated two years later. An in
discreet boast by the Redskins' front office, plus a squabble among
the players in voting playoff shares resulted in the Bears being psycho
logically "up” and the Redskins "down.” Flaherty watched the slaugh
ter helplessly.
His worst year was 1941, when he finished third, but it preceded
his best, when the Redskins won 11 of 12, including the playoff with
the Bears by one touchdown.
This was how Ray came in—and how he went out. He enlisted ;
in the Navy. In eight vears under Marshall he'd won five Eastern
titles, finished second twice, third once and won two world cham
pionships. As head coach of the Washington Redskins, Flaherty won
49, lost 17, tied three. *
It came as some surprise when Flaherty was not rehired when the
war was ended. Rumors started that Marshall preferred a less inde
pendent and outspoken coach. This pillar takes little stock in that
report. More likely, Marshall, as a shrewd businessman, felt that
Baugh, his drawing card, would last longer as a T-formation quarter
back than as a passing, punting, quick-kicking halfback under
Flaherty’s single wingback system.
Marshall Was Equally as Stubborn
For Flaherty is stubbornly loyal to the single wing—so loyal that
he wouldn't convert in order to land a job. And Marshall was equally
as stubborn in favor of the T and determined to make Baugh, last as
long as possible.
Baugh's still playing. Redskin officials say his passing per
centage is better than ever. League statistics reveal, however, that ■
aince Flaherty's departure six years ago the Redskins haven't played
much better than .500 football.
Flaherty won two Eastern titles as coach of the New York j
Yankees of the AAC before he quit last fall after a tiff with Owner j
Dan Topping. Ray got a pretty bad press, what with players saying j
he was a slave driver, etc. Such accusations are suspect. Seems that ]
Just prior to Topping's firing of Flaherty he also canned Bucky |
Harris as manager of his baseball Yankees for the unpardonable |
crime of only winning a world championship and losing out in the j
final 48 hours of the 1948 campaign, when, all season, Buck didn’t
have a pitcher worth the price of a toe-plate.
Rivals Hope to Find N. C. State
Below Par in Southern Meet
By Merrell Whittlesey
The law of averages is closing in
on North Carolina State, but the
other 15 teams in the Southern Con
ference hope it doesn't catch up
with them until the championship
tournament the first week in March.
Unbeaten in Conference play in
•even games this year, 12 last sea
son and in six games during the
last two championship tournaments,
State has not lost a league game
since late in the 1946-47 season. It
has won 30 in that stretch.
But two weeks ago the Wolfpack
barely squeezed by Duke, 53-52. Sat
urday night at the Armory, Coach
Everett Case’s club came from be
hind, then hung on in sheer despera
tion. to edge George Washington,
60-59.
Without Leo Katkaveck, now with
the Caps, and Ed Bartels, dropped
from the squad for disciplinary
reasons on a Western trip, and
without any new material. State is
not near the class of the team that
swept 15 regular season and tourna
ment games in the Conference last
year and won 29 out of 32 for the
season.
The Colonials, like Duke and two
or three other teams in the Confer
ence, believe they can beat State if
they play them again. The tourna
ment in Durham will give some of
State's hecklers a chance.
College basket ball promoters were
overjoyed at the capacity turnout
for Saturday night’s double-header
at the Armory, but unfortunately
there was a sour note to the pro
Providence Court Pros
Sign Ohio Miami Ace
By th« Aitocialed Pr#ss
PROVIDENCE. R. I., Jan. 31 —
The improving Providence Steam
rollers today signed Bobby Brown,
Miami University of Ohio star, to a
Basket Ball Association of America
contract. Brown, 6 feet 6 inches
tall and a husky 250 pounds, was
graduated from Miami last Friday.
A resident of Greenville, Ohio,
Brown will make his pro debut
tomorrow night against the War
riors in Philadelphia. In the 1947
1948 season he set a Miami Univer
sity record of 461 points in one
campaign.
Clippers Win Over Colts
Y. A. Tittle of the Baltimore Colts
apparently is as good in basket ball
as in football, but the Washington
Clippers displayed a better team
performance in winning a 50-39 de
cision yesterday at Turner's Arena.
Sugar Cain paced the winners with
19 points. Tittle shot 12 points and
played a nice floor game.
gram and some fonts who turned
out will not be back.
Whether Armory officials or
school officials are at fault, we don’t
know, but somebody slipped up on
the ticket takers. Only two doors
were open, one ticket taker at each:
door, and from 15 minutes before
game time until 15 minutes after |
the loboy was jammed to the point
of claustrophobia.
The lines to the ticket windows
crossed with the lines seeking ad
mittance and hundreds of persons:
missed the first few- minutes of the
opening game.
Of- the 6,000 fans who jammed
the Armory, a conservative estimate
is that at least 50 of them could
see the score-board clock.
One of the mysteries of the last
two basket ball seasons is why hasn’t
somebody moved the clock where it
can be seen, to the end of the court,
for instance. When spectators sit
on the top row of the bleachers near
the clock, they obscure it every time
they stand up.. But that is only one
bad point. It can be seen by fewer
than half the spectators if nobody
Is near it.
Georgetown has added a game
between the Quantico Marines and
Camp Lejeune to its Saturday night
program at the Armory. The Ma
rine teams will meet for the East
Coast championship at 8 o’clock.
The Hoyas meet St. John’s of
Brooklyn in the feature. The
Johnnies defeated St. Joseph's, 62
45, Saturday night in Philadelphia.
Danish Tennis Comet
Polishes Off Patty
By the Associated Press
STOCKHOLM , Jan. 31. — Young
Kurt Nielsen of Denmark is the new
magic name oi European tennis.
Victor over Frankie Parker, the
United States’ third-ranking player,
Friday, Nielsen polished off Budge
Patty of Los Angelerf yesterday to
win the Scandinavian indoor tennis
championship.
The smooth-swinging, 18-year-old
Dane won, 6—3, 5—7, 16—14, 6—3.
The match lasted 2Vi hours.
Martin's Out of Cup Play
Martin’s Bakery of Washington
and Suburban Soccer League is out
of Stewart Cup contention after a
1-0 loss to Locust Point. Charles
County also was knocked out of
play, 2-0, by Parkville. In regular
WSSL jflay, Sugar Radio trounced
Indianhead, 15-1; Glasva blanked
Columbia, 1-0; Pan-American
edged Rockville, 3-1, and OSIA de
feated Washington-French, 6-0.
(Kentucky Quint Out to Avenge St. Louis Defeat
Wildcats May Catch
Only Conquerors
In Garden Event
ly the Associated Press
The mighty Kentucky Wildcat)
today appeared headed for a post
season basket ball showdown with
their only conqueror—St. Louis U
Winners of five straight sine*
their 2-point Sugar Bowl loss tc
St. Louis, the Wildcats have kept
quiet about their tournament plans
But it’s no secret around their
Lexington campus that they'd like
another shot at Ed Macauley & Co
Kentucky, currently rated the
i second best team in the country, is
the defending NCAA champion. St,
Louis, the No. 1 team, is the ruling
king of the other big March tourna
ment. New York's National Invita
| tion at Madison Square Garden,
i New York expects St. Louis to
defend its title and the expecta
tions appear well-founded. The
Bills face a complicated set-up in
the NCAA trials in their region.
First of all theyd have to win the
Missouri Valley Conference over
Oklahoma A. & M., which already
has whipped them once. The con
ference race conceivably could end
in a tie if St. Louis takes the re
turn engagement with the Still
water crew, February 26. A tie
would tpean a conference playoff.
Then the conference winner has to
play the big seven winner.
All this would have to occur be
fore the NCAA Western finals at
Kansas City. If they survived the
i Billikens still would have to place
first at Kansas City to reach the
national finals at Seattle, Wash.
oo u too its now as n me Hills
will come back to New York. Ken
tucky will be welcome here.
Of course, tournament time is
still si t weeks away and a lot can
happen between now and then.
Unbeaten major teams are prac
tically extinct. Only Villanova (12
Oi and Hamline (14-0» haven’t been
beaten and their schedules indicate
it will be only a matter of time.
Villanova plays Duquesne tonight,
Chicago Loyola Wednesday. Bald
win-Wallace Thursday and Bowling
Green <Ohioi Saturday, all away
from home. Hamline should keep
winning until February 17, when it
meets the Phillips Oilers.
Western Kentucky, ranked fourth
ip the latest Associated Press poll,
and Minnesota, ranked fifth, were
defeated for the first time Saturday
night.
Minnesota ran afoul of Illinois,
45-44, in the top game of the week
at Champaign. Western was upset
by its bitter intra-State rival, East
ern Kentucky.
Oklahoma A. and M.. No. 3 in the
Nation, avenged one of its two
losses of the season Saturday by
whipping De Paul in Chicago'. 37
26. Kentucky trounced Notre Dame.
62-38. and St. Louis overpowered
Wichita, 72-41.
St. Louis plays Missouri and
Long Island U. this week while
Kentucky starts tonight at Vander
bilt and takes on Alabama and
Mississippi before meeting Bradley
Saturday night at Queensboro, Ky.
Utah was the third member of
the top 10 to fall Saturday, losing
to Brigham Young, 56-55. The two
teams play again tonight.
Villanova (No. 8) defeated George
town, 64-49; San Francisco (No. 9)
beat Arizona, 56-49, and Hamline
(No. 7) didn’t play.
The conferences at a glance:
IVY—Princeton <3-01 plays Yale (6-1)
Saturday with lead at stake.
SOUTHERN—North Carolina State (T-0>.
in action Wednesday against Wake Forest
and Saturday against William and Mary,
probably will hold its lead
SOUTHEASTERN—Kenutcky (4-0) due
to clean up on rest of circuit this week,
meeting Vanderbilt tonight. Alabama Wed
nesday and Mississippi Thursday.
SOUTHWEST—Eaylnr (5-1) returns to
action Saturday against Arkansas. Bears
must win to hold first If Texas (3-1) whips
Texas A and M. Saturday. Rice (.3-1 >
doesn't play.
BIG SEVEN—Nebraska (2-0) meet! de
fending champ Kansas State tonight and
Colorado Saturday. A loss either night
would give the lead- to Oklahoma (5-1)
which has no conference games.
MISSOURI VALLEY—Oklahoma A. and
M (3-0) due to rol lover Tulsa tomorrow.
St Louis (4-1) idle In conference.
BIG NINE—Illinois (4-0). the new
leader, must beat Purdue tonight and
Wisconsin Saturday If Minnesota (5-1) re
gains its winning stride against Norths
western tonight and Ohio Stale Saturday.
BIG SIX—Utah (5-2). whipped by Brig
ham Young Saturday, plays same team to
night and Utah State Saturday night.
Denver (4-2) meets Wyoming Friday and
Saturday.
PACIFIC COAST: North — Washington
State (5-1), which doesn’t play a league
foe may lose lead to Oregon State (5-1)
which meets Idaho Friday and Saturday.
South—Stanford (3-1) and Southern Cali
fornia (3-1) idle in the conference.
I' -
‘Lost' Games
Regained by
Wake Forest
Wake Forest's fears of forfeit
ing three Southern Conference
games because of an ineligible
player—one to George Washing
ton—were calmed today by a
statement from Conference Pres
ident Geary Eppley. Eppley said
a league ruling covering the sit
uation does not go into effect
until September 1, 1949.
Deacon officials apparently
considered the games forfeited
after discovering that Willard
Kaylor, star guard and the
team's leading scorer, had played
in seven conference games while
ineligible. Eppley previously
stated that all games in which
an ineligible player appeared
would be automatically forfeited.
The conference Basket Ball
Committee, which meets late
next month, still could order the
games forfeited, but this hardly
seems likely.
75 Eligibles Named
For 73d Preakness at
Reduced Purse
By the Associated Press
| BALTIMORE, Jan. 31—The Mary
land Jockey Club announced today
75 eligibles for its May 14 Preak
ness, one of the three major turf
classics for . 3-year-olds seeking
championship honors.
The 73d Preakness at Pimlico will
have $75,000 in added money, a cut
of $25,000 from recent years. The
gross value of the stake at present
is $92,620.
Owners may make supplementary
entries until April 15 by paying
$2,250. Last year's winner, Calumet
Farm's Citation, was such a belated
starter.
Calumet has four colts eligible for
the Preakness which will come one
week after the Kentucky Derby and
about three weeks before the Bel
mont Stakes.
Warren Wright, who has won four
Preakness stakes, is represented by
Deluxe, Ponder, Whirler and Whirl
Home. King Ranch and Maine
Chance Farm also have four eligi
bles, the most among the 44 inter
ests making nominations.
The 2-year-old champs of 1948,
Myrtle Charm of the fillies and Blue
Peter of the colts, are missing from
the list. Alsab’s Day is the only
female named.
The 75 nominations for the 1949
Preakness are three less than last
year at the same time. Onlv four
colts went to the post, and two of
them, Citation and Bovard, were
supplementary entries.
The nominations:
*• H Abercrombie and W. A. Smith.
Mills Bennett: Mrs. John Payson Adams.
Northeast. Cloudproof, Brenton' Light
Belair Stud. Highbinder. Diaz: Bomar
Stables. Anthracite; Broolcmeade Stable,
Dare All. Going Away; Calumet Farm, De
Luxe. Ponder. Whirler. Whirl Home;
Christiana Stable. Parliament. Blanked;
Mrs F. Ambrose Clark, Algasir; Michael
W. Delaney. Red Jerrv.
Foxcatcher Farms. Elbutte; J. A. Good
win. Kentucky Colonel; Hugh A. Grant,
Tarpot Kid; Greentree Stable. Wine List,
Repentance, Capot; Hal Price Headley.
Gobbler; F. W. Hooper. Flashy Sir. Ques
tionary. Olymphia; Jaclyn Stable, Spotted
Bull. Imper.al Rock: Mr. and Mrs. Walter
M. Jeffords. Gambler. Warmonger, Pibroch;
C. H. Jones and Sons. Pedigree; Mrs. Willis
Sharpe Kilmer. Sun Bahram.
King Ranch Curandero, Prophet's
Thumb, Swap Out. Wendigo. J. A. Kinard,
John's Joy, Monte's Pride; C. Mahlon
Kline. Slam Bang: S. W. Labrot, jr.,
Taran: Edward Lasker. Straddle. Mail
From Home; Mrs. Louis Lazare San-Chu;
Louis J. Lepper, Cabdriver's Nod: Main
Chance Farm, Irish Wit. The Poet. Mrs.
Busher. Superb Command; North Wales
Stud. Forker,
Crispin Ogieoay. Noble- Impulse: John
S. Phipps. Mirabeau; Gustave Ring. Non
par.el; Mrs. Alfred Roberts. Eatontown;
Mrs Albert Sabath. Alsao's Day, Sabson:
John M. Schlff, Crystal Boot; Mr. and
Mrs. James H. Seley, Duplicator; Star
mount Stable. Option; E. P. Taylor, Joie
De Vivre. Illuminable.
Alfred G Vanderbilt. Bar Sinister. Dis.
consolate. Stone Ace; J. T De Blols Wack,
Beau Knight: B F Whitaker. Our Quest.
Roval Answer. Prince Quest; Mrs. P, A.
B Widener. Whlffenpool; C V. Whitney.
Fuss Cat, Top Honors. Angel of War;
Woodvale Farm. Sport Page; WiiliBm Zieg
ler, jr., Entrust.
He Wuz Robbed
MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Jan. 31 <JP).
—A 250-pound floor safe was stolen
from the home of Fight Promoter
Mike Jacobs and later recovered
empty, police reported today. De
tectives said an estimated *1,000 was
taken from the safe and quoted
Jacobs as saying he discovered the
theft Saturday.
Caps Aren't Annoyed by Slump;
Third in Row Lost to Lakers
Special Dispatch to The Star
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 31—The
Washington Caps, apparently un
perturbed by their third straight
setback in the Basket Ball Associa
tion of America, today prepared to
take off for Indianapolis to battle
the lowly Jets tomorrow night.
George Mikan scored a record
48 points as the Minneapolis Lakers
spanked the Caps, 84-79, before a
standing-room-only crowd of 9,139
here last night, but even before
this rumblings were heard through
out the circuit, particularly in Wash
ington, that the Caps may fold
again in the stretch.
The Caps won 49 of 60 games in
the 1946-7 season; then, fell apart
in the playoffs. Last year they set
an early season pace, ended in a
three-way tie for second place in
the Western Division and were
ousted from the playoff picture in
a special tie-breaking game with
Chicago.
The Caps ran up 15 straight vic
tories early thus season and on
January 1 had won 23 of 27 games.
This month, however, the Eastern
Division leaders have won only 7
of 13 tilts.
Mikan Sets Score Record.
The Caps, themselves, aren't sur
prised by the apparent slump. Capt.
Bob Feerick predicted it, pointing
out last month a .500 ^iark the
rest of the season would be more
I than satisfactory.
i Coach Red Auerbach said at the
beginning of the season the Caps
were not in a class by themselves
land that if they did win the title
I it would be at the expense of some
very good ball clubs,
r Auerbach also pointed out most
of the power was centered in the
Western Division. Today the Lakers
and Rochester were tied for first
place in the Western section and
also tied with Washington in the
loss column with 10 each.
Mikan’s 48 points on 18 field goals
and 12 fouls were the most ever
scored by an individual in the BAA.
The former mark of 47 was estab
lished by New York's Carl Braun
last season and equaled this year
1
oy joe ruiKS oi rnuaaeipma ana
Mikan.
In spite of Mikan's hot.hand, the
Caps made a game of it. Sparked
by Feerick, who totaled 19 points,
and Freddie Scolari, who had 17,
the Caps held a 17-15 first-quarter
lead and 41-40 command at inter
mission.
Lakers’ 8th Win in Row.
The Lakers moved into the Iqad
at 44-43 in the third period and
maintained a slim margin.
Coach Auerbach insisted that a
measurement be taken of the bas
kets after the game to make cer
tain they were the, regulation 10
feet from tlif floor. The measure
ment was taken and the baskets
found to be all right.
It was the Lakers’ eighth straight
victory and their 14th straight on
the home court.
After meeting the Jets tomorrow
night, the Caps will ' face them
again in Chicago Wednesday; meet
the Bombers in St. Louis Thursday
and the New York Knickerbockers
in Washington Saturday.
EASTERN DIVISION.
W. L. Pet. G.B.*
WASHINGTON . _ 30 10 .77.5 .
New York_ 20 IS ,R2« P
Baltimore _ 21 IP .525 P
Philadelphia _ IS 22 .450 12
Boston l.'l 26 .333 10'/2
Providence s 32 .200 22
•Games behind leader.
WESTERN. DIVISION.
W. L Pot. G.B.*
Rochester 27 10 .730 _
Minneapolis . 27 lo .730
Chicago __ 24 12 .667 2’'j
St. Louis _ 17 20 .4 59 10
Port Wayne ..._ 14 25 .359 14
Indianapolis . 12 27 .325 16
Pro Basket Ball
Schedule Tonight.
No games scheduled in anv league.
Rennltv Yesterdav.
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA.
Baltimore. 93: Poet Wayne. 78.
Minneapolis. 84; Washington. 79.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Syracuse. 78: Dayton. 68.
Waterloo. 60: Sheboygan. 46.
Moline. 92: OBhkosh. 69.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Wilkes-Barre. 99: Hartford, 87.
Scranton. 72; Paterson. 54.
Trenton. 86; Philadelphia. 82.
Bridgeport. 2: Brooklyn. 0 (forfeit!.
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I.UNliiNUfcD JsTOKY—Ben Hogan trighti and Jimmy Demaret,
| who tied a week ago in the Long Beach Open golf tourney, with
Hogan winding the playoff, tied again yesterday with 278, six
strokes under par, in the $10,000 Phoenix (Ariz.) event. Here
Hogan, the 137-pound dynamo, steps on the scales to see if he
lost any poundage in the grueling windup, as Demaret checks
the weight. They are scheduled for another playoff today.
—AP Wirephoto.
Hogan's Rally at Phoenix Brings
Second Playoff With Demaret
By tht Associated Press
PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. 31.—Ben
Hogan and Jimmy Demaret con
tinue their golfing retake today
when they meet in an 18-hole play
off to decide the winner of the
$10,000 Phoenix Open tournament.
Yesterday Hogan pulled the same
trick out of his golf bag that he
did the previous week at Long
Beach. Calif., when he scored a
1-under-par 4 on the final hole to
tie the dapper Demaret. Both had
72-hole totals of 278—the highest
in a Phoenix Open since 1935.
Subpar golf was absent from the
cards of most of the leaders as both
Hogan and Demaret went over.
The former had a 74 and Demaret
a 73 on the par-71 Phoenix Country
Club course, a flat 6,578-yard tour.
Hogan seeks his third consecutive
victory in open golf competition,
having won the 1949 Bing Crosby
event before his triumph at Long
Beach. He reiterated last night
that,* win or lose, he'll leave the
touring professionals here and go
to his home in Fort Worth, Tex.,
for a rest.
The bantam belter and the color
fully clad Demaret, as close friends
as rival golfers can be, never had
met in a title playoff prior to last
week.
Both Cut in on Gate.
Low scorer today takes the $2,000
first prize and the loser the second
pot of $1,400—but the playoff fig
ures to give each considerably more
greenbacks.
They'll divide 50 per cent of the
gate with the admission price set
at $1.50. Yesterday’s paying crowd
was estimated between 4,000 and
5.000 with another large attend
ance in prospect.
Johnny Palmer, Badin, N. C.: Dr.
Cary Middlecoff. Memphis, Tenn..
dentist, and Slammin' Sammy
Snead, White Sulphur Springs, W.
Va., finished in a three-way tie
for third place with 280. Of the
three, only Palmer with a 68 turned
in a subpar round.
Middlecoff lost a stroke on the
12th when he accidentally hit the
ball while lining up a putt. He
then missed fairly easy taps on
the 16th and 17th greens and an
eight-footer on 18. Snead’s putting
was erratic.
Next in line was Marty Furgol,
Albuquerque, N. Mex., with a 281.
while both Clayton Haefner, Char
Carone, Kollins Added
To Rassle-Royal Card
Fred Carone and Mike Kollins
have been added to the roster of
participants in Wednesday night's
rassle-royal at Turner's Arena, in
which 10 matmen will engage.
A portion of the proceeds of the
show will be donated to the March
of Dimes polio fund.
Previously signed were Marvin
Mercer, Joe Kamaroff, Hans Steinke,
Emanuel Bonica. Henry Piers and
Bibber McCoy. Two other "name'’
performers were to be signed to
day.
Five orthodox mat events will
supplement the feature.
Coaches Princeton Nine
PRINCETON, N. J„ Jan. 31 f^P).—
Emerson Dickman, former Boston
Red Sox relief pticher, was named
yesterday as head baseball coach of
Princeton University. • He will as
sume duties today and open spring
practice next week.
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Ben Hogan. 12-08-64-74—278.
Jimmy Demaret. 69-71-65-13—218.
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Cary Middlecoff, 71-68-68-13—280;
$833.33.
Sam Snead. 68-70-71-71—280: $833.33.
John Palmer. 12-68-72-68—280; $833.33.
Marty Furgol. 73-67-67-14—281; $600.
Clayton Heafner, 73-67-73-69—282;
$480.
Fiob Hamilton. 70-71 -73-68—282: $480.
BUI Narv. 70-12-68-73—283; $390
Dick Metz, 69-68-13-14—284: $320.
Fred Haas. jr„ 71-74-70-69—284. $320
Lloyd Mangrum, 73-70-67-75—285;
1 $255.
Toney Prnna, 71-72-11-11—285: $255.
George Fazio, 72-6.9-13-72—286; $195.
Jack Harden. 69-19-71-67—286: $195.
Ted Kroll. 12-69-72-74—287; $133.33.
Emery Zimmerman, 12-10-72-73—281;
$133.33.
D ile Andreason, 75-72-71-70—288;
$53.50.
Jimmy Ukauka, 72-72-73-71—288;
$52.50.
Leland Gibson, 70-72-73-73—288,
$52.50.
Henry Ransom, 72-69-76-71—288;
$52.50.
‘Frank Stranahan. 76-67-74-71—288.
•Doug Ford. 74-68-75-11—288.
• Denotes amateur.
lotte, N. C., and Bob Hamilton,
Landover, Md., had scores of 282.
Former National Open Cham
pion Lew Worsham was among
those who failed to qualify for yes
terday's final two rounds. He had
74-75—149. one stroke higher th'an
the needed 148.
Yesterday Hogan, who won the
Phoenix Open in 1946 and 1947,
failed to equal par on five different
holes and could only score two'
birdies—on the 1st and the 18th.
He missed a 30-inch putt on the
12th.
Denaret had two bad holes in
the final three. On the 355-yard
16th he hooked his drive, was short
on the approach, and after making
the green with his third shot needed
two putts.
On the 18th he watched his tee
shot go into a corn stalk. He played
safely out onto the fairway, and
his third shot landed next to a
small ridge protecting a trap near
the green. A chip shot went about
2 feet from the cup. The putt
missed by a fraction of an inch.
Hogan set up his payoff putt with
what he termed his best shot of
the day. On his second shot he hit
a long wood that landed 3 feet
short of the 18th green. His chip
| went to about 4 feet from the pin.
He tapped his putt down the ridge
between two footprints and it
dropped.
Kinney Sold to Celtics
By Fort Wayne Club
Sy the Associated Press
BOSTON, Jan. 31.—'The Boston
Celtics have purchased high-scoring
Bob Kinney from the Fort Wayne
Zollners of the Basket Ball Asso
ciation of America.
The Celtics said 27-year-old Kin
ney would report immediately and
j will play against the Rochester
Royals tomorrow night at the Gar
den.
Kinney, who stands 6 feet. 6
inches and weighs 220 pounds, for
merly played for Rice Institute.
This is his third season as a pro.
1 Three years ago—Lynn Waldorf
signed new three-year contract at.
$10,000 annually to coach foot
ball at Northwestern.
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A. U. Tilt Tonight Last
For Comerford, Top
Bucknell Scorer
Jim Comerford, Bucknell Univer
sity’s high scorer with an 11-point
average, closes his college career to
night when the Bisons meet Amer
ican University on the A. U. court
at 8:45. The Eagle jayvees meet
the Georgetown freshmen in a 7:15
preliminary.
Comerford, who scored 12 points
when the Bisons lost their eighth
straight game to Navy Saturday,
graduates with the midyear class.
American U. expects to gain a
player in James (Packy) Morris, a
valuable reserve player last year,
who was ineligible the first semester.
The Bradford (Pa.) courtman was
expected to be declared eligible to
day.
The Bucknell game is the first in
10 days for the Eagles and marks
the opening of the second half of
their schedule. American won nine
and lost four before the examination
period.
Bucknell won its first two games
from Susquehanna and Franklin
and Marshall, but has been unable
to cope with Temple, West Virginia
Muhlenberg, Navy, etc., although it
held Navy to a three-point margin
at halftime.
Ashburn, Ennis Confer
With Phils on Terms
By th» Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 31. —The
Philadelphia Phillies set up open
house today for any and all em
ployes who want to talk contract
for 1949.
It was expected that the open
house would be well attended.
Outfielders Richie Ashburn and
Del Ennis were among those who
were t» confer with Owner Bob
Carpenter over how much salary
they'll get for the forthcoming base
ball season.
A Phils' spokesman said Ashburn
is not a holdout. Reports had been
circulating that Richie wanted to
up his salary from $5,000 to $12,000
on the strength of his record as a
rookie last season.
Ennis, meanwhile, is said to be
seeking $15,000, about $500 more
than he was offered. The spokes
man hinted Del might land a con
tract that calls for more than
$15,000.
Others in town today included
the contingent acquiijpd from the
Chicago Cubs—Eddie Waitkus, Bill
Nicholson, Russ Meyer and Hank
Borowy. They'll all attend the
Philadelphia Sporting Writers’ Asso
ciation banquet tonight.
Doc Cramer Is Signed
By Buffalo as Coach
By th* Associated Press
BUFFALO, N. Y„ Jan. 31—The:
Buffalo Bisons o' the International
Baseball League have signed Roger!
• Doc) Cramer, 20-year major league
veteran.
Cramer, with the Detroit Tigers
as a player-coach last season, is
expected to act in a similar capac
ity for the Bisons. He was signed
as a free agent.
Unbeaten Wilson
Faces Tall Hurdle
In Central Game
One of the top Vttractions in the
District public high basket ball
series will be offered tomorrow
when undefeated Wilson (4-0)
tangles with high-flying Central
(4-1) in one-half of a twin bill at
the Armory. Action is slated to
begin at 3:30.
The Vikings have their eyes on
second place in the standings. By
winning tomorrow they will push'
the Tigers back down to third
place and will have only Eastern
(jl-0) to take over for the lead.
Tech and Western, deadlocked at
2-2, will fight it out in the other
game.
On the private school front St.
John's was back in Washington to
day smarting from its second loss
at the hands of Baltimore teams.
The Johnnies were outclassed,
42-29, by Mount St. Joseph’s in the
Oriole City yesterday. Three weeks
ago the Johnnies suffered a 4-point
loss at „ the hands of Calvert Hall.
The only other blemish on the
Johnnies’ record was a close over
time decision to Blair.
Playing without the services of
Bob MacDonald, high-scoring cen
ter, the Johnnies nevertheless made
a game of it for three quarters.
They led. 24-22, in the third session,
but A1 Neville, Mount St. Joseph's
forward, sparked the hosts to a
commanding lead.
Neville led the scoring with 17
points, while Don Kokes was high
for the Johnnies with 11.
In the only other schoolboy game
St. Paul’s came from behind to nip
De Matha High, 26-24, last night
at the Hyattsville Armory.
St. John's will meet Charlotte Hall
in the second game of a twin bill at
Priory. In the first game Priory
will gun for its 11th straight win
at the expense of Landon. Game
time is 3:30.
Other games find St. Anthony’s at
Anacostia, Roosevelt at Bethesda,
Blair at Bladensburg, St. Mary’s at
Devitt, Stuyvesant at Friends, Mount
Mount Rainier at Hyattsville and
Falls Church against Osborn at
Manassas.
Dot Kirby 1 -Up Victor
In Doherty Tourney
ty th* Associated Press
MIAMI, Fla., Jan. 31.—Dorothy
Kirby of Atlanta. Ga„ headed for
| Hollywood, Fla., and another golf
tournament today following her vic
tory in the 17th annual Helen Lee
! Doherty Women's Amateur.
Slender Miss Kirby defeated Mar
jorie Lindsay of Decatur, 111., 1 up
in a tense 36-hole match over the
6.326-yard Miami Country Club
course yesterday.
She was 4 up at the end of 27
holes. But the Decatur girl, who
has been playing golf 13 years, put
on a great stretch drive and won
the next four holes to square the
match. %
Miss Kirby came back at that
point. She just missed a 15-foot
putt for a birdie while Miss Lind
say muffed a 6-footer and went 1
over par, giving Miss Kirby the
lead.
They halved the next two and
on the 36th. after Miss Kirby
chipped to within 2 feet of the cup.
Miss Lindsay missed a 5-footer that
gave her opponent the match.
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