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w in, Lose, or Draw
By FRANCIS STANN
Here's Your Composite Nat
Wrapped in the familiar red, white and blue package, the
Nationals’ 1949 roster hit the sports desks the other day and it
would be untruthful to say that it’s an inspiring brochure. Here,
for example, is the composite ball player who is working for Mr.
Clark Griffith:
Francis Stann.
His age is 27'2 years, unless he s a pitcher,
in which case he's 29.
He’s married and has a kid.
His batting average is .250. If he's a
pitcher his record is six wins and nine defeats.
He makes about $9,500 a year (there is
nothing in the roster to suggest this, however).
Of course, this is a composite of the guys
who figure to be playing on April 18, when the
Nats open against the Athletics. The pink
cheeked kids from Sherman-Denison of the
Big State League wall have departed and per
haps an elderly gentleman or two, like Mark
Christman, w’ill have been cut loose.
The April 18 line-up almost dictates itself.
even with all those other names and folderol tossed in. Barring
trades or purchases, it ought to go something like this: Ray Scar
borough, p; Jake Early or Al Evans, c; Eddie Robinson, lb: Al
Kozar, 2b: Sam Dente, ss; Eddie Yost, 3b; Gil Coan, If; Eddie
Stewart, cf. and Buddy Lewis, rf.
Rookies Are From Hunger
The Nats will neither be young nor old. fast nor slow. Where
there's a fast guy like Coan, there's a Robinson to bring down the
average speed. Where there's a kid like the 22-year-old Yost,
there's Early, 33.
There are a couple of 21-year-old pitchers named Dick Weik
and Dick Welteroth who'll probably stick, but there also is a
chucker named Mickey Haefner. who is 36. and some others like
Milo Candini Ed Klieman, Joe Haynes, Sid Hudson and Forrest
Thompson, who'll never see 30 again.
The rookies are strictly from hunger. Only one. Louis Bevil,
burned up the minors and the circuit that Bevil set on fire merely
was the Class D Florida State League, in which he batted .365. At
his age—he's closer to 30 than any other round figure—he should
have been in faster company years ago.
Why most of the rookies even, rate inspection is puzzling.
The Nats are bringing back a second baseman named Cal Ermer,
who hit all of .284 for Hagerstown. Ermer used to play and man
age at Charlotte. He's going down instead of up, but the Nats are
going to look at him again.
Fresh From Sherman-Denison
For some reason a Senor Guillermo Miranda, 150 pounds soak
ing wet. will report at Orlando on March 1. He's Scout Joe
Cambria's latest Cuban, a shortstop who murdered the ball at a
.262 clip for Sherman-Denison. The roster guilelessly says:
“Miranda started as a right-hand batter, but switched to left
handed hitting last season.”
A southpaw pitcher named Mason Leeper, winner of one and
loser of five games for Atlanta, is on the squad. The reason is
not apparent, but according to the roster—and this is a direct
quote—"The Nats have been after this ieft-hander for years.”
There is a brief pause and then " continues: "His eamed-run
average in organized baseball has ranged from 4.50 to 11.45.
If Leeper started as a right-hand pitcher and switched to
left hand there is no reference to the fact in the roster._
Marchildon Found,
Ready to Talk Coin
By the Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 17.—
The Philadelphia Athletics have
located their missing Canadian
pitcher, , Phil Marchildon—at
West Palm Beach. Fla.
A spokesman for the Ameri
can League club said Marchil
don was reached by telephone
at the Florida site where the
A s open their spring training
program two weeks from now'.
“He said he's in good con
dition and that he's sure we'll
work out a satisfactory ar
rangement,” said the spokes
man. "We definitely do not
consider Phil a holdout.”
Reports had been circulating
that Marchildon was disgrun
tled because the A's wanted to
cut his salary the full 25 per
cent permitted. The fire
balling right-hander won 9 and
lost 16 last year.
The A s spokesman said Man
ager-Owner Connie Mack, now
vacationing at St: Petersburg,
Fla., would get together with
Marchildon later this week.
Fordham Signs Allen
NEW YORK. Feb. 17 0P>.—
George E. <Eck> Allen, who re
cently resigned as head football
and basket ball coach at the Uni
versity of Maine, has been named
as backfield coach at Fordham for
the 1949 season. Allen will assist
Head Coach Ed Danowski.
Reds Sign Two Hurlers
CINCINNATI, Feb. 17 (JP >.—
Walker Cress and Frank Fanovich,
pitchers, were signed to 1949 con
tracts yesterday by the Cincinnati
Reds.
College Quints
LOCAL.
G. W. 60 Quantico 8*
EAST.
Yale 71 Dartmouth 43
West Virginia 54_ Pitt 51
Rutgers 87 Lehigh 56
Muhlenberg 58_ LafayeNe 44
Cornell 71 _ Colgate 69
LaSalle 64 Pennsylvania 44
Villanova 86_ Fort Dix 30
Juniata 52 Susquehanna 43
Champlain 58 Vermont 42
Cortland (N. Y.) 74 Becker iMass.) 43
Holy Cross 55 Columbia 40
Norwich 53 ----- Middlebury 48
Massachusetts 63 - W$liams 6(J
Dickinson <Pa.) 87- Franklin-Marshall 65
Amherst 63 - ■»- Trinity 12
Lowell Textile 64 - Bridgeport 3,
Rensselaer 64 - Union (N.Y.) 4,
Northeastern 49 Worcester Tech 45
St. Francis (Bkln.) 66 Jona ?7
Lemoyne 71- Utica 51
Pace 58 - _ Panzer o.t
Albright 66_Moravian 58
Colbv 53 Bowdoin 48
Paterson (N.J.' Tch. S3 Trenton iN.J > o9
Newark Rutgers 63 Upsala 48
Glassboro (N.J) Tch. ol Phil.
Morrisv'e (N.Y.I Ag. 56 Oneonta 'N Y.) 38
Penn Military 63 Hr?var‘°r^ 1'
Ursinus 66 D*'a**r*
Coblcskill 'N.Y.' Ag. o6 Delhi iN.Y.i 49
Cathedral (N.Y.) 77 Walter Hervey o.
Di>ipr ^t Alumni »>n
Bayonne (NJ) J. C. ... Yeshiva 'NY) 32
New York Aggies .4 Webb (N.Y. 3o
Indiana 'Ps ) 49 St. Vincent (Pa > 43
Wesleyan l58 <P8 Coast'Guard Academy 46
Xrw'V7" Fordham 49
West Chester 47 East Stroudsburg 4.
Maine 60_ Bates “a
SOUTH. . . .
Kentucky 85 Mississippi »>1
Na?y 74 __ Gettysburg 86
W and L 84 Richmond 64
Georgia Tech 60 -wSfSIfii! "g
8outh Carolina 50- Newberry 46
Virginia 65 V. M. I. o2
Jacksonville Navy 7ft—Fla. Southern 76
Hampden-Sydney 65 Lynchburg 45
Memphis State 62 Murray (Ky.) 60
Atlantic Christian 72 Elon o«
Delta State 62 Jacksonville (Ala.) 60
Southwestern Louisiana 48 Centenary 38
Washington (Md.) 58 Johns Hopkins oj
Newport News App. 76 R dolph-Macon <o
Erskine 89 - Piedmont 6o
Baltimore 59 Western Maryland 55
Norfolk Navy Amphibs .8 Bluefleld 6 2
Concord (W. Va.) 67 Emory-Henry o9
Maryville (Tenn.i 5B King (Tenn.) 52
MIDWEST.
Notre Dame 59 Marquette 42
Chicago Loyola 81 - Valparaiso 4,
Baldwin Wallace 72_ Youngstown til
Phillips Oilers 52 Hamline 38
Eastern Illinois 84 .. Oakland Citv 61
F'uffton 67 Deflne.nce 46
Wooster 77 . Denison 64
Grinnell 58 . Augustana *111. • 55
Wisconsin TechT63 Upper Iowa 56
Chicago Teachers 73 Concordia Hl.i 52
Dubuque 51 Wartburg 43
Emporia State 65 Sou western Kansas 44
Indiana Tech 91 Griffin 64
Ripon 58 ------ Lawrnece 40
Iowa Teachers 61 Loras 52
Dayton 73 Anderson 57
Illinois Wesleyan 79 — Millikin 61
Valley City Teachers 70 Ellendale 62
Ball State 73 _ Illinois Normal 52
Kent State 59 . _ Mount Union 44
SOUTHWEST.
Texas 5ft Texas Aggies 43
West Texas 43 New Mexico Aggies 38
Stephen F. Austin 91 North Texas 49
FAR WF«T.
Nevada 74 West Virginia State 66
-Tijjarado state 66 Color Ado Mints 38
Durnell, Turf Trainer,
Dies of Heart Attack
By the Associated Press
ARCADIA. Calif.. Feb. 17.—
Charles E. • Boots” Durnell "won
his last start.”
This was the tribute paid last
night by his widow. Julia "Dee
dee” Durnell. 62.
The famed race horse trainer
died yesterday of a heart attack.
Only last Saturday one of his
horses Red Tape, won a race at
Santa Anita.
Although nearly 75, Durnell
still was active in the sport. He
owned and trained several horses.
But it is the oldtimers who
best remember the man who
trained horses for some of the
wealthiest men in the country, in
cluding the late John W. "Bet a
Million" Gates. Durnell also was
trainer for several European
crowned heads, including Queen
Marie of Romania.
He also supervised the building
of Arlington Downs track in Texas
for the late W. T. Waggoner.
In 1940 Durnell won the Ken
tucky Derby with Elwood, for
which he had paid $700. He won
The Arlington Futurity at Chicago
three times, the most recent in
1940.
Funeral services will be held
here Friday.
Boys' Club Leaders
Leading teams in the Washing
; ton Boys' Club Basket Ball League
and their won-lost records are:
80-pound class, Merrick < 5-0); 90
pound, Eastern Branch <6-0); 105
pound, Georgetown Branch »6-0>;
120-pound, Merrick < 3-0); 135
pound, Eastern Branch (4-1);
150-pound. Alexandria < 4-1 *.
GENERAL NEWS
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SPORTS—CLASSIFIED ADS
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1949
Record Purse for Santa Anita Derby in Prospect
I __
$137 800 Melon
Due in Face of
Coin Decline
Ocean Drive Without
Jockey as Arcaro
Pilots Admiral Lea
By the Associated Press
ARCADIA. Calif., Feb. 17.—
Contrasted with reduced purses
i in such famed races for 3-year
j olds as the Belmont and the
Preakness. the 12th edition of the
$100,000 Santa Anita Derby may
be the richest in its history.
It still appears that no less
than 12 candidates will answer
the call in the Derby here Satur
day. If the number goes in the
1‘s-mile event the purse will
gross $137,800. fattest in the an
nals of the attraction.
In 1947 the purse was $134,925
and On Trust hauled down a net
$81,750 for Owner E. O. Stice.
If 12 start this time the net
purse will be. $90,700 to the
winner.
The lineup of 3-year-olds still
figures as follows;
The favored team of Olympia
and Ocean Drive from the Fred
W. Hooper, jr„ stable; Count
Victor. So La Ci, Admiral Lea.
Hayseed, Stone Age, Swap Out,
Audacious Man. Old Rockport,
Duplicator and Bolero.
Scurlock May Be Imported.
In a jockey switch. Eddie Arcaro
will pilot Mrs. Ada L. Rice's Ad
miral Lea. This leaves Ocean
Drive in need of a rider—it was
thought previously Arcaro would
team with Willie Garner aboard
Olympia for Hooper—and Ovie
Scurlock may be flown from
Florida for the job.
Johnny Longden probably will
ride Count Victor.
Longden, incidentally, bowed
out of handling On Trust in the
$100,000 Santa Anita Handicap
February 26. He and Owner Stice
agreed tfcat maybe someone else
| would have better luck aboard the
five-year-old. Longden and On
j Trust have finished second or
worse in six stakes with a total
value of $450,000 since winning
the 1947 Derby here.
The Santa Anita Derby was
inaugurated somewhat modestly
in 1935. The gross purse was
$26,650 and the Greentree Stable's
Gillie won a net $19,650. Later
the purse was increased to $50,000.
then to $75,000 and in 1946 to
$100,000. Last year William Helis'
Salmagundi won the $100,000
added purse and a net sum of
$79,850.
Last year, too, a record crowd
of 61,000 saw the race. Whether
the figure will be passed this year
is problematical.
Glisson Outstripping Longden.
Apprentice Rider Gordon Glis
son is the top hand at Santa
Anita. That's quite a feat for an
18-year-old lad whose turf back
ground consists of an occasional
trip astride a plow horse, and
less than a year in the big time.
There's quite a story in the
youngster, too, because his near
est rival for honors at Santa Anita
is the ageless, competent national
champion, Johnny Longden.
The two have been neck and
neck all season. Today the score,
after a triple by Glisson yesterday,
stood- Glisson 42 trips to the
winner's circle. Longden 40.
Eddie Arcaro, for one—he's
trailing third now—has gone out
of his way to school the kid. He
predicts great things for him.
Others have gone much further
out of the way to educate the
freshman. “They still like to get
him in a pocket, just to hear him
holler. Funny thing, though—
Glisson usually manages to get
out,'’ Arcaro says.
SOUND ADVICE—Veteran Jockey Eddie Arcaro fright) explains i
the fine points of hanging on to a whip to Apprentice Gordon
Glisson at Santa Anita Park, where the 18-year-old is leading in :
victories. Glisson once lost his whip—no one knows quite how— :
just after a veteran jockey lost his while they were engaged in a
neck-and-neck stretch duel and Glisson lost the race by a nose, j
He knows better now. —AP Wirephoto. ,
Yale Bids for Tourney Berth
As It Trounces Dartmouth
By tht Associated Press
NEW YORK. Feb. 17.—Yale's
hopes of getting the bid to rep
resent District 1 'New England*
in the coming NCAA basket ball
eliminations brightened last night
as the Eli drubbed Dartmouth.
71-43.
With Tony Lavelli rimming nine
field goals and five free throws for
23 points, Yale had an easy time
retaining its top rung in the East
ern Intercollegiate 1 Ivy > League.
Holy Cross, which landed the
District 1 bid tne last two years,
stayed in the running for the bid
for the third straight year. The
Crusaders, sparked by Bob Cousy,
smacked Columbia, 55-49.
Kentucky's NCAA champions,
rated the Nation's No. 1 quintet,
extended its domination of the
Southeastern Conference. Coach
Adolph Rupp's lads walloped
Mississippi. 85-31, for their 56th
straight SEC triumph and their
72d straight victory on their home
court.
Hamline, ranked ninth in the
latest Associated Press cage pool,
took a 52-38 drubbing from the
Phillips Oilers, Olympic champ
ions.
Villanova, No. 15. drubbed Fort
Blitzen Is Apparent
Miami-Nassau Victor
By the Associated Press
NASSAU. Bahamas. Feb. 17.—
The 55-foot cutter Blitzen led 18
other yachts into Nassau Harbor
today and appeared the winner
of the 184-mile Miami-Nassau
race.
The Blitzen. owned by Murray
Knapp of Detroit, crossed the fin
ish line at 11:48:59 o'clock <EST>
last night for an elapsed time of
35:48:59 and a corrected time of
33:43:35.
Next in line was the Windigo.
71-foot yawl owned by W. S.
Gubelman. New York, at 1:19:58
a m. The Windigo had an elapsed
time of 37:19:58 and a corrected
lime of 36:48:01.
The Ticonderoga. scratch boat
in the 11th annual event, finished
at 1:36:43 a.m., with an elapsed
time of 37:36:43 and a corrected
time of 37:46:43.
The Blitzen took the lead dur
ing the first 5 miles and held it
all the way.
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Dix. 86-39. while LaSalle enioyed
a 64-44 romp against its Philadel
phia city rival. Pennsylvania.
Myron Schaffer's hook shot in
the last 18 seconds gave Cornell
a 71-69 victory over Colgate as
Notre Dame whipped Marquette.
59-42. and West Virginia trimmed
Pitt. 54-51. '
In other leading games last
night. Muhlenberg nicked Lafay
ette. 58-44: Navy walloped Gettys
burg. 74 - 56: Georgia Tech
squeezed by Georgia, 60-58: Texas
conquered the Texas Aggies. 56
43; Nevada defeated the touring
West Virginia State quintet, 74-66:
Army swamped Fordham. 70-49.
and Washington and Lee smashed
Richmond, 84-64.
Armed Tries Again
In Hialeah Race
By the Associated Press
MIAMI. Fla., Feb. 17.—
Calumet Farm's Armed, third
leading money - w inning race
horse, continues his comeback
campaign at Hialeah race track
today.
The 8-year-old gelding Is
scheduled to run in a 7-furlong |
dash with Beau Dandy, also
from the Calumet Stable.
Others in the allowance event
are Rare Jewel, Concrete. Happy
C, Big Dial, Strutin and Gai
Propos.
Armed finished third In a
6-furlong dash last week after
being out of racing for nearly
a year.
Hoyas, Eagles
Choices Tonight
In Court Games
Terps and Cardinals
Vengeful Opponents
In Intracity Strife
Maryland and Catholic Uni
versity basket ball teams are!
slight underdogs tonight as both
seek revenge against intracity
rivals—with Georgetown meeting
the Terps at College Park at 8:15
and American University visiting
C. U. at 8:45. Freshman prelim
inaries will precede the varsity;
games.
Georgetown, with victories over
Maryland and George Washing
ton, will be out to strengthen its
claim to the mythical city title.
The Hoyas have lost four in a row
and have a 7-10 record for the
season while Maryland has won
three of its last four games in
building its record to 6-14.
American U. Coach Staff Cas
sell, advised that Coach Abe Ros
enfield of Catholic U. planned to
substitute after each opponent's
basket and out-of-bonds play in
order to slow down fast breaks,
said the system was perfectly all
right with him.
The entire A. U. team watched
the Cards use the system against
Loyola of Baltimore, when C. U.
slowed down but didn't stop the!
Greyhounds.
American won a previous game,
58-40, and has a 13-6 record over
all and 9-2 in the conference to
Catholic's 10-5 and 7-5 marks.
George Washington, which al
ways has trouble with the Quan
tico Marines on the latter's court,
escaped with a 60-58 triumph last
night to run their season's record
to 12 victories against seven de
feats.
The Colonials had to come from
behind to win. Bill Cantwell was
high for G. W. with 16 points.
and,Cy Waldrop, as usual, paced
the Marines with 19.
Also on tonight's card Wilson
Teachers' College is host to
Bridgewater.
Coffman-Thias Duo Wins
Women's Mat Match
Put four woman rasslers in the
same, ring and you're bound to
attract attention, if last night's
; turnout at Turner's Arena is any
indication. A capacity crowd saw
Juanita Coffman and Therise
Thias win two out of three falls
from June Byers and Dot Dotson
in a team match, the main event.
Chief Little Wolf used an In
dian death lock to dispose of
Dutch Schweigert in 26 minutes,
while Marvin Mercer drop-kicked j
John Vansky into submission in 24
minutes and Kimon Kudo em
ployed the crab to win over Mike
Collins in 20 minutes.
WHO’S NEXT?—When Capt. Dale Matthews steps into the ring
at Catholic University tomorrow night for The Citadel he will b«
shooting for his 22d straight collegiate ring triumph. A junior,
he is the son of the team's coach, H. L. (Matty > Matthews, who
has been turning out winners at the South Carolina college for
20 years. Dale never has lost a college bout. C. U.’s Billy Maher
will attempt to obliterate that record.__
Texas Golf Fans Back
Demaret, Mangrum
In Houston Open
By the Associated Press
HOUSTON, Tex., Feb 17.—Only
injured Ben Hogan was missing
today as 150 golfers teed off in the
first round of the $10,000 Houston
Open tournament.
George Schneiter, Professional
Golf Association tournament di
rector, said all regular members of
the PGA winter circuit except
Hogan have checked in at the new
and difficult Pine Forest Country
Club course.
All but a handful this week took
their first look at the year-old,
6.510-yard layout that has a par
72 and is littered with pine trees,
traps and water hazards.
Houston fans have boosted two
native Texans into positions as
favorites.
They are the top money win
ners of the current winter tour—
Jimmy Demaret, the colorful
Houstonian who plays out of O.iai,
Calif., and Lloyd Mangrum. a na
tive of Dallas, but now a Chicago
resident.
Demaret. current money leader
with $5,862.50, saw his 1949 tour
nament income pass the idle
Mangrum last Sunday w’hen he
played his best 18 holes of the
season to gain a tie for fifth place
in the Texas Open at San Antonio.
. Mangrum. who sat out the San
Antonio tourney, has won $5,755.
Hogan, recovering in an El Paso
hospital from serious injuries re
ceived in a West Texas automo
_
Terps Hold 800
Seats for Publicm
At Ring Match
The University of Maryland will
reserve 800 seats for the public
for tomorrow night’s boxing
match with Michigan State. All
other seats will be occupied by
students.
Barney Lincoln, a southpaw, has
been named to represent the
Terps against Chuck Davey. the
Spartans’ three-time NCAA cham
pion. Davey is one of four boxers
ever to hold a NCAA title three
times.
Unbeaten Catholic U. and The
Citadel boxers meet tomorrow
night in the C. U. gym with the
Cards still undecided about one
position. Coach Eddie La Fond
will use either Tom Wing, Joe
Incarnato or John Doherty in the
lightweight bout in John Arnold's
place.
American University knows lit
tle of its Saturday night home
boxing opponent—East Carolina
State Teachers of Greenville,
N. C.—except that the Teachers
have won four matches and lost
one. A. U. has a draw and two
defeats by narrow margins.
bile-bus collision, ranks third with
$3,823.33.
Regardless of the outcome of
the tournament the Houston Open
will have a new champion. Bobby
Locke of South Africa, the 1947
winner, is absent.
Twenty-six of the 150 players,
representing 36 States, Canada
and England, are amateurs.
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