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No Standout Candidate in Sight for Baseball Commissionership
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Washington, D. C., Tuesday, March 13, 1951—A-19 **
Win, Lose, or Draw
By FRANCIS STANN
Star Staff Correspondent
MIAMI, FLA., MAR. 13.—It may have been his friends,
not his enemies, who killed Happy Chandler’s last chance to
hold his job as commissioner of baseball. Unwittingly, of course!
Even Chandler’s foes wve admitting as much in the wake
of his latest repudiation.
“Leave my name out,” one of the anti
Chandlerites said, “but whoever led the drive
to confine this meeting to voting strictly for
or against Chandler played right into our
hands. Instead of dividing and conquering
us, Chandler’s supporters united us.”
Originally, the plan had been to screen
candidates, including Chandler for the post.
But Clark Griffith, for one, bitterly opposed
any screening. So confident was Griff that
Happy had picked up votes since his Decem
ber defeat—at least the dozen required to
win a new contract—that he demanded a
showdown.
“It was the only victory I won,” Griffith said Sunday after
the separate American and National League meetings. But it
turned out to be no victory at all, at least according to the
anti-Chandlerites.
“IF at.t. OF THE 30 names of prospective,commissioners
had been put to a vote, Happy easily would have led the field,”
conceded the Chandler foe, a National League club owner. “He
would’ve been backed by at least six and possibly more owners,
with maybe Lausche (Gov. Lausche of Ohio) getting a couple
of votes and all others probably no more than a single ballot.”
Such a circumstance clearly would not have put the club
owners in* a favorable public light. They, not Chandler, called
the meeting for the express purpose of electing a commissioner.
They would have looked awfully silly, winding up with Chand
ler outdistancing a field of fanciful candidates, many of whom
have said they wouldn’t even consider the job.
The thing was botched up and it’s too late pow for them
to do anything about it. As at St. Petersburg last December,
Chandler got only nine votes from the 16 owners. He boasted
of “my majority” after the decision was rendered, but in base
ball it’s not always the majority that counts.
THERE IS NO TURNING back. Chandler is finished. But
he wasn’t asked to resign immediately. No offer was made—
despite the pre-meeting talk of Fred Saigh of the Cardinals—to
buy up his contract, which expires April 30, 1952.
But there was a good reason for not asking for Chandler’s
immediate resignation. First, Happy himself assured the mag
nates, on hearing the decision, that when a successor is selected
he “will co-operate in the interests of baseball to the fullest
extent,” In other words, he’ll pick up his pay, totaling some
thing like $70,400 as of this time, and clean out his desk.
Secondly, Chandler isn’t the type to remain idle long. It’s
no secret that he has a deal or two on the fire. There’s a
vacancy in the Senate due to the recent death of Senator Chap
man of Kentucky, and Chandler has indicated he’s in line for it.
“Talked to Gov. Bates this morning,” Happy said yesterday,
15 minutes after he was handed his pink slip by baseball. “He
said he’d do nothing about appointing a Senator until I got
home to Versailles.” He’s leaving for Versailles immediately,
he said.
A REPORTER ASKED, “If a fellow were planning to run
for Governor in Kentucky, when would he have to file?” Chand
ler had been Governor of Kentucky before he resigned and
allowed the Lieutenant Governor, who moved up, to appoint
him to a similar vacancy in the Senate.
“I think it’s June 1,” Chandler grinned. “Shucks, boy,
there’s plenty of time. P-lenty of time.”
Happy accepted his dismissal with outward good humor.
He embraced Connie Mack so enthusiastically and for so long
that at first glance the two appeared to be wrestling. He wrung
the hands of newspapermen, slapped backs and asked of a
Washington reporter:
“Do you think I’ll be welcome back on Capitol Hill? I can
go to the Nats’ games and see a lot of Clark Griffith, a real
sweet man.”
But he knew he was dead early yesterday. He opened the
meeting at 11:32 a.m. Five minutes later he left the meeting
room and was engulfed by reporters standing outside the
French doors of the beach hotel’s dining room, where the
meeting was held.
“THE CONDEMNED MAN ate a hearty breakfast before
going to the guillotine,” he cracked, flashing a big grin. He
wore a gray flannel suit and a 10-gallon hat given to him by a
Texas civic group after a recent round of Lone Star State
speeches.
“I’ve got my Confederate suit, my Texas hat and my Ken
tucky smile,” Happy kept repeating. When asked how he felt,
he always beamed and bellowed, “Fine, fine!” This differed
from his reply to the same question last December, when he
quoth, “Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant
never taste of death but once.”
While the club owners were deciding his fate, he told re
porters, “I’ll be back in a little while.” But the “little while”
was quite a long time. It was nearly 2 o’clock before Chandler
was back, escorted by John Galbreath of the Pirates, and it
was 40 minutes later before reporters had a chance to talk to
him as a lame duck commissioner.
“Why,” one asked, “do you think you were—well, not re
elected?”
“I’ll answer that by telling a true story,” Happy said. “Sen
ator Ashurst had been a Senator from Arizona from 1912 until
his defeat in 1940. His friends asked why he lost out and he
replied: ‘Folks can vote against you for good and bad reasons,
and also for no reason at all!’”
American U. Gets Tourney Test
In Baldwin Wallace Game
By the Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mar. 13.—The
second day of the National Inter
collegiate Basketball Tournament
gets under way today with top
seeded teams anxious to follow
the examples set by the other
ranked clubs who played yester
day.
So far there have been no up
sets, and first-seeded Evansville
(Ind.) College, second-ranked
Hamline and sixth-seeded Bald
win Wallace are hoping to con
tinue the pattern today.
Baldwin Wallace (15-6) meets
American University of Washing
ton (15-9), Mason-Dixon Confer
ence champion, at 3 p.m.; Ham
line (22-2), twice a tournament
thampion, faces Rocky Mountain
College (16-11), and Evansville
(19-6) takes on Westminster (Pa.)
College, a dark-horse contender
with a 22-5 season’s mark.
American U., which had little
trouble in breezing past three
Mason-Dixon rivals to win the
inference tournament last week,
will have its hands full with Bald
win Wallace. The Yellow Jackets
have beaten five major teams this
fear—Syracuse, Duquesne, Bowl
ing Green, Loyola of Chicago and
pordham—in piling up their 15
Wins.
In yesterday’s action, third
seeded Memphis State overcame
the 3 6-point shooting of the Uni
versity of Portland’s Harvest Mc
Gilvery, 6-foot-4 Negro sopho
more, to win, 76-74.
Other favored teams were not as
extended. Southwest Texas State
eliminated Morehead (Ky.) State,
70-62; James Mlllikin defeated
Eastern New Mexico, 77-63; Regis
routed East Central Oklahoma,
72-55; Florida State outscored
South Dakota State, 85-70; New
Mexico A. and M. beat Glenville,
W. Va„ 68-54; Arkansas Tech
edged College of Pacific, 64-61,
and Ottaea, Kans. trimmed Hills
dale, Mich., 73-58.
Today’s pairings:
Providence (R. I.) College vs.
Morningside (Iowa) College.
Hastings (Nebr.) College vs.
Pacific Lutheran College.
Baldwin Wallace vs. American
University.
East Texas Baptist College vs.
High Point (N. C.).
George Pepperdine vs. Wiscon
sin (Eau Claire) Teachers.
Hamline vs. Rocky Mountain
College.
Central (Mo.) College vs. South
eastern Louisiana.
Evansville vs. Westminster.
Chandler May Resign
Soon, Hopes to Get
Senate Appointment
By Francis Stann
Star Staff Correspondent
MIAMI, Mar. 13.—Now the
search for a new commissioner of
baseball is on for keeps. It was
with renewed vigor today that
major league club owners sought
to find a successor to A. B.
(Happy) Chandler, who’s been re
pudiated for the last time.
By his own admission, Chandler
will step out of office as soon as
Louisville Paper Says Chandler Won't Get
Senate Appointment. Page A-l
the 16 club owners come up with
a “desirable and qualified suc
cessor.” Needing a dozen votes to
win a new contract, Chandler
polled only nine yesterday, and
now there’s the possibility that
Happy will be named by Gov.
Wetherby of Kentucky to fill the
senatorial vacancy created by the
death of Senator Chapman in an
automobile accident.
Plans to Go Home.
Chandler, following his latest
defeat, indicated he will leave for
his home in Versailles, Ky., im
mediately to “visit the folks.” He
said he had plans, but that “noth
ing is definite.”
(The Associated Press said it
had learned that Chandler will
resign w’ithin six months legard
less of whether a successor has
been chosen. In that event, the
commissioner’s powers would be
exercised by the Executive
Council, which includes Will
Harridge and Ford Frick, the
two league presidents. Tom
Yawkey of the Red Sox and
Warren Giles of the Reds.
(A close friend of the com
missioner told the AP Chandler
had debated the idea of quitting
immediately after his repudia
tion, but was advised against it.)
Meanwhile, the pressure is on
the seven club owners wrho voted
against Chandler—not necessarily
the same seven owners who first
pulled the rug last December at
the winter meetings in St. Peters
burg. It is their responsibility,
primarily, to deliver a candidate
who. unlike Chandler, can win 12
of the 16 votes.
No Standout in Sight,
There is no standout candidate
at this moment. A Screening
Committee consisting of Lou Per-'
ini of the Braves, Phil Wrigley'
of the Cubs,- Del Webb of the
Yankees and Ellis Ryan of the
Indians has furnished a list of
“25 to 30 names,” according to re
ports, but apparently they range
from the ridiculous to several cuts
below sublime.
Chief Justice Vinson, for in
stance, is reported on the list.
Likewise, G-Man Edgar Hoover.
Neither has sought, nor is in a
position, to accept the nomina
tion. The solid baseball men who
are candidates, voluntarily or
otherwise, are Frick. Harridge
and George Trautman, czar of
the minor leagues.
Two newspapermen were on ’
the list of candidates, according
to one American League club own
er who was pro-Chandler. Grant
land Rice, dean of sportswriters,
was one; the other is unidentified.
Charles Segar, an assistant to
Frick, also was on the list, but;
not Earl Hilligan, his counterpart.'
Hilligan is publicity director of
the American League, and the1
pair good-naturedly discussed the
matter and shrugged it off.
Toots Shor and Schacht.
Approximately 130 newspaper
men, photographers and radio
sportscasters made up their own
lists of successors during the
dreary meeting hours and came up
with such as Toots Shor, A1 Weill
and A1 Schacht, among others. In
a final analysis these seemed no
sillier than those offered in a
more serious vein.
Chandler was not asked to re
sign immediately or requested to
allow his contract, terminating
April 30, 1952, to be bought up.
It wasn’t a surprise defeat
Happy admitted after the meet
ing.
“One day I thought I’d have 12
supporters,” he said, “the next
day I thought I had 13. On other
days I felt I didn’t have enough
people behind me. One thing I’ll
say, and that is that if all the
people who at one time or an
other during the last two months
told me they were in my corner
I’d have won.”
When the clubowners convened
yesterday, following separate
"procedural” meetings by the two
leagues Sunday, Chandler was
certain of support from Wash
ington, the Athletics, Detroit, Cin
cinnati, Cleveland and the
Giants. Three more clubs went
along with this half dozen, but
they weren’t enough.
Long Speech by Griff.
It seems certain that five anti
Chandter votes were cast by the
Braves, Browns,. Yankees, Cardi
nals and Phillies. Probably the
White Sox also voted against him.
The seventh opponent was be
(See CHANDLER, Page A-20.)
Exhibition Baseball
By the Associated Press
Yesterday’s Results.
Los Angeles (PC). 4; Chicago (N), 3.
Pittsburgh. 11: Seattle (PCL). 2.
Philadelphia (A). 7; Boston, (N), 4.
New York (A), 10; Cleveland. 8 (10
Innngs).
Portland (PCL), 4; Pittsburgh ’’B,’’ 3.
New York (N) vs. Boston (A), can
celled rain.
Washington vs. Detroit, cancelled, rain.
Boston (N), vs. St. Louis (N), can
celled, rain.
Cincinnati vs. Philadelphia (N), can
celled, rain.
Today’s Games.
Philadelphia (N) vs. Boston (N) at
Bradenton. Pla.
St. Louis (N) vs. Cincinnati at Tampa.
Fla.
Chicago (A) vs. Pittsburgh at San
Bernardino, Calif.
Brooklyn vs. Philadelphia (A) at West
Palm Beach. Fla.
Detroit vs. Boston (A) at Sarasota,
Fla.
Cleveland vs. New York (A) at phoenix.
Arlx.
Tomorrow’s Games.
New York (N) vs. Philadelphia (N) at
Clearwater. Fla.
Cincinnati vs. Brooklyn at Miami,
Fla. (nighti.
Boston (N) vs. Boston (A) at Sara
sota. Pla.
Cleveland vs. Pittsburgh at San Ber
nardino. Calif.
Detroit vs. Bt. Louis (N) at St. Peters-!
burg, na.
Joe DiMaggio (left), who says he may quit baseball after
this season, gives some pointers on playing center field to Mickey
Mantle, Yankees’ rookie who is being groomed to succeed the
veteran. Mickey has been hitting strongly in games at the
Yankees’ camp in Phoenix, Ariz., but his fielding has not been
so good. He probably will be sent to a minor club for a year of
outfield experience. —AP Wirephoto.
In the Training Camps
Mantle, New Yank, Hot at Bat,
Cold A f ield; Phil Hurlers Keen
By the Associated Press
PHOENIX, Ariz., Mar. 13.—
Mickey Mantle, highly regarded
Yankees rookie, continues to live
up to his press clippings as a
hitter.
Mantle has banged out seven
hits in 10 trips to the plate for a
lofty .700 mark. Mantle, how
ever, is having trouble learning
the finer points of outfield play.
Mantle, a shortstop, is being
groomed to take Joe DiMaggio’s
place in center field when the big
guy retires. Yesterday Mantle
misplayed two fly balls into extra
base hits as the Yanks edged
Cleveland, 10-8, in 10 innings.
CLEARWATER, Fla.—Practice
sessions that imitate a real game
are paying off for the Phillies—
especially for the pitchers.
“Pitching" a make-believe ball
game under the watchful eyes of
Coaches George Earnshaw, Cy
Perkins and Benny Bengough is
proving helpful to rookies and
veterans alike, Manager Eddie
Sawyer says.
And Sawyer has a right to
boast. In two exhibition games
with major league rivals, Phils
pitchers have allowed only 11 hits
and five runs (four earned) while
striking out seven and walking
two.
Particularly impressive have
been the performances of Robin
Roberts, a 20-game winner last
season; Russ Meyer and Ken
Heintzelman, winners of 17 games
each in 1949.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—Jack
Kramer, veteran nght-hander and
last of the Giants to sign his con
tract, must get ready to pitch
soon or else he will be forgotten,
Manager Leo Durocher says.
Durocher said that Kramer was
allowed to take his time last year,
but that won’t happen again.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.—
Preacher Roe, star left-hander of
the Dodgers, is gunning for two
club records this year.
Roe would like to win more
games than any Dodgers left
hander in history and also is
striving to become the highest
paid Dodgers pitcher of all time.
The recoi'd for most wins by a
Brook lefty is 22 and the salary
record is $25,000 by Dazzy Vance.
LAKELAND, Fla.—Because of a
pulled leg muscle, Outfielder
Johnny Groth is getting a few
holidays in the Tigers camp. It
doesn’t appear serious, but Man
ager Red Rolfe told Groth to take
it easy for a while to play safe.
SARASOTA, Fla.—Rookie Fred
Hatfield, of the Hatfield and Mc
Coy Hatfields, will be at third
base today for the Red Sox, who
meet the Tigers in an exhibition.
Another Rookie, Jim Piersall,
will be in center field, flanked by
Ted Williams and Billy Goodman.
Harry Taylor and Willard
Nixon, who were to have pitched
against the Giants yesterday only
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BRADENTON, Fla.—The Braves
have reassembled their two trav
eling squads and all will be avail
able when they open their “home”
exhibition schedule today against
the Phillies.
Rookies Art Fowler and Dave
Cole, who pitched good ball
against the Dodgers at Miami last
Saturday night, have been nom
inated to pitch against the Na
tional League champions.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.—
The Athletics might fancy them
selves back on their home
grounds.
For Pete Adelis, known as the
foghorn of Shibe Park, arrived at
the training camp yesterday to
watch his favorites beat the
Braves, 7-4.
But there was hardly a pedp
out of Pete.
Said he: "I'm waiting for
those Bums.”
The Dodgers come here for an
exhibition tilt today.
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.—
Manager Bill Meyer sends the
Pirates against the White Sox to
day in quest of spring training
victory No. 4.
The Bucs hammered out 18 hits
yesterday in an easy 11-2 win over
Seattle of the Pacific Coast
League.
The Pirates’ B squad dropped a
4-3 decision to Portland of the
Pacific Coast loop.
TUCSON, Ariz.—The talk of the
Indians’ camp today was Gerald
(Red) Fahr.
Drafted from Shreveport of the
Texas League, the tall right
hander hurled three more score
less innings against the Yankees
yesterday, making it six in a row
for himself.
Fahr. held the Yankees hitless
from the seventh through the
ninth innings. He was lifted for
(See TRAINING CAMPS, A-21.)
I
Miranda Only Cuban
Missing as Pascual
Finally Joins Nats
By Burton Hawkins
Stafttaff Correspondent
ORLANDO, Fla., Mar. 13.—Car
los Pascual, another of those
Cuban pitchers, finally has caught
up with the Nats and it will sur
prise nobody if the stocky little
guy catches on with them, making
the big leap from Class D baseball
to the majors.
"He’s crude, but he has a chance
to stick,” says Manager Bucky
Harris, who has glimpsed “Po
tato” in only two games but likes
the potentialities of the 5-foot-7
right-hander who became 21 years
old today.
Pascual broke in with the Nats
last fall and made a big splash in
his major league debut, limiting
the Athletics to five hits and beat
ing them, 3-1. He got another
starting chance against the Red
Sox at Fenway Park, where the
leftfield fence seemingly is a short
putt from shortstop. Potato lost,
but that was a close affair in
which he achieved distinction
without victory.
Has Tricky Windup.
He has an unorthodox windup,
which Harris can’t fathom.
: ‘‘I don't know whether he takes!
!that abbreviated windup because
his arms are so short or be
cause he hasn’t been taught
better.” Bucky says. ‘‘But I don't
want to change him until I’m cer
tain I can improve him.”
Eleven years ago a 6-4 string
bean youngster, Sid Hudson, made
the jump from Class D to the
majors and won 17 games for the
Nats. Harris hardly is expecting
that sort of performance from
Pascual, but he may be able to
bolster Washington’s pitching
staff.
Potato came to the Nats from
the Longhorn League last season,
pausing only briefly to pitch for
Havana of the Class B Florida
International. With the Cubans
he played a flashy third base in;
several games and pitched Havana
! to its only victory over Miami in
|the playoffs, a 4-2 decision in
: which he permitted seven hits,
four in the last two innnings.
, Pascual was a hero in Big
Springs, Tex., where he played
third base, the outfield and j
pitched. He batted .344, slammed
16 home runs and had a 9-2 rec
ord as a pitcher. Among his ac
complishments was the feat of
pitching and winning both ends of
a double-header.
Miranda Still Missing.
He’s one of four Cuban pitchers
attempting to make the grade with
the Nats. Sandy Consuegra and
Connie Marrero are certain to
stick, and it’s possible Pascual and
Julio Moreno will go along with
them. Moreno also joined the
Nats in September last year and
| beat Philadelphia, 10-4, without
allowing a base on balls.
Pascual said Shortstop Willie
Miranda, already two weeks late
in reporting, wants to pry more
money from Clark Griffith. Mi
randa is slated to be converted
into a second baseman at Chat
tanooga, yielding the shortstop
job to Pete Runnels, who is re
garded by the Nats* boss as a
future major league star.
Miranda’s failure t» show isn’t
disturbing Harris, who has an
adequate shortstop replacement
in Gene Verble. Miranda is a pol
ished fielder, but Bucky feels Ver
ble will prove a better hitter, al
though Gene’s early batting has
been disappointing.
The Nats journeyed to Lake
land, 60 miles down the road,
merely for the ride yesterday.
Rain canceled their game with the
■Tigers. Now the Nats will be idle
until Thursday when Detroit
comes here for a game.
Twenty years ago — Tommy
Loughran outpointed Ernie
i Schaaf in a 10-round bout at
Madison Square Garden.
LAST
CALL
Tuesday and Wednesday Only
We couldn’t handle the crowds last
week—so we’re repeating our offer
On Sale at 507 14th St. Only
NIT Matches Arizona-Dayton,
N. C. State-Seton Hall Tonight
By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Mar. 13.—Third
seeded Brigham Young breezed
into the semifinals of the National
Invitation Basketball Tournament
last night, but St. John’s, the No.
1 entry, was almost ousted.
While Brigham Young trimmed
St. Louis with surprising ease,
75-58, St. John’s had all it could
do to beat flred-up St. Bonaven
ture, 60-58, before 10,124 at Mad
ison Square Garden.
St. John’s, trailing by 14 points;
early in the second half, finally
gained the decision in the last
three seconds when Center Bob
Zawoluk connected with a dra-|
matic field goal.
So St. John’s will play the win
ner of tonight's quarter-final
match between Arizona and
Dayton while Brigham Young will
face the winner of tonight’s sec
ond game between North Carolina
State and Seton Hall. The semi
finals are set for Thursday, with
the finals- Saturday.
Two Factors Win for St. John’s.
St. John’s uphill victory can be
traced to two factors:
1. Close ball-hawking in the
second half.
2. Clever, but obvious, strategy
by Coach Frank McGuire.
St. Bonaventure walked off with
a 32-22 lead at intermission. The
Bonnies raised it to 40-26 after 5
minutes. Then St. John’s switched
tactics.
From a routine lay-back de
fense, the Redmen employed an
all-court pressing defense, hawk
ing the ball, and St. Bonaventure
became flustered and disorganized.
In 5 minutes. St. John’s tied,
the score, 48-48.
The lead see-sawed but with 40
seconds left the teams still were,
tied at 58-58. St. John’s, in pos-|
session, called time and McGuire;
told his team to freeze the ball
until the final seconds, then flip
it to Zawoluk and let nature take
its course.
It worked. St. John’s moved
the ball on the outside before
tossing it to Zawoluk, who was
in the comer. The 6-foot-6 pivot
man took two strides, stopped, and
flanked a one-hander off the back
board.
Ed Milkovich, St. Bonaventure
:oach, didn’t see eye-to-eye with
the officials during the game.
“I feel sick about the whole
thing,” he said. “Our boys de
served to win but didn’t because
of the officiating. I hope I never
see them (the refs) again.”
John Nucatola, who officiated
the game with Howard Bollerman,
said “it was a rough game, a hard
one to call, and I think we handled
it as well as possible.”
Ed Hickey, coach of the St.
Louis Billikens, had nothing but
praise for Brigham Young, a ver
satile and determined team.
“They sure looked great,”
Hickey said. “Why, they capi
talized on all our mistakes, and
when that happens . . .” Hickey
raised his hands in despair.
St. Louis Rallies Crushed.
Roland Minson, a 6-foot trick*
ster, sparked the Brigham young
sters with 28 points. His bril
liant play crushed several budding
St. Louis rallies.
For some unknown reason, St.
Louis didn’t use its smoking fast
break. Instead, the Billikens
popped one-handers from the
outside. This was ineffective,
though, and BYU coasted home.
Ray Sonnenberg, with 20 points,
and little Ray Steiner, with 16,
topped the losel-s’ attack. Mel
Hutchins scored 13 points for
Brigham Young.
Another tournament, the NCAA,
almost completed its field yester
day, with the naming of Villa
nova, Louisville and Connecticut
as Eastern “at large teams.”
There is only one berth left in
the 16-team national playoffs.
That w'ili go to the winner of
tonight’s Texas-Texas A. & M,
game. Texas edged the Aggies,
35-34, last night to square their
best-of-three Southwest Confer
ence playoff series, 1-1.
Bribery Case Witness
il
By the Associated Press
NEW YORK. Mar. 13.—Robert
Sabatini, a material witness in
the basketball scandal, was free
today in $35,000 bail.
The 60-year-old witness posted
the bail yesterday before General
Sessions Judge John A. Mullen.
Sabatini had been in jail since
February 18. Authorities describe
him as a “person who had gam
bling contacts" with Salvatore T
Sollazzo, alleged master briber of
players.
Sollazzo, a jewel merchant anc
| ex-convict, is held without bail
| He was named last week in i
; bribery indictment, to which h<
pleaded not guilty.
i Eddie Gard, former Long Island
University player and confessed
intermediary for Sollazzo in get
ting college basketball stars into
the game-fixing conspiracy, testi
fied again yesterday before the
grand jury investigating the scan
dal.
Gard, held in protective custory
at his own request, is slated to be
the chief prosecution witness at
Sollazzo’s trial.
Gard and 10 other players or
former players at Long Island
University, CCNY and New York
University have been arrested on
bribe charges. They are reported
to be co-operating with District
Attorney Frank S. Hogan in the
investigation.
Joe Louis Has Flu;
Fight Postponed
By the Associated Press
' DETROIT. Mar. 13. — Joe
Louis had the flu today and his
bout with Omelio Agramonte
here March 28 was indefinitely
postponed.
Nick Londes, Olympia match
! maker, announced the post
ponement in saying he’d been
i advised by Joe’s manager. Mar
! shall Miles, that the former
| heavyweight champion was ill.
I Louis and Agramonte were to
! have met in a 10-rounder. ’
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