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THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. C.
MONDAY. MARCH 17, IMS
First Woman in 24 Years Wins
Bill Wood Bowling Tourney
By Rod Thomos
Women bowlers have tried for
24 years to win the Bill Wood
“Dub” Tournament and at last
one has succeeded. Evelyn Saun
ders. a beautician who rolls in
the Naval Ordnance Laboratory
League, did it almost without the
help of a handicap.
In competition with 146 men
and women at the Lucky Strike.
Miss Saunders scored 894 from
scratch, the highest such tally
since the tournament became a
seven-game event five years ago.
Blaine .M. Harne of the Clarendon
Commercial League, who finished
second, rolled the same score with
a 21-pin handicap. Miss Saunders’
seven free pins gave her a gross
of 901 and a prize of SIOO.
Harne made a spectacular ef
fort to win. He needed marks in
the last two boxes to overtake
Miss Saunders. He made one, and
counted eight, but drew a 7-10
split. Then he needed a spare and
count of eight. The only way to
make the 7-10 was to bank one
of the pins for a flyback. Harne
all bul> succeeded. He banked No.
10 and on the rebound it grazed
No. 7. but not enough to spill it.
He won SSO.
Miss Saunders’ games were 121,
107, 139. 131, 141, 136 and 119.
Henry Thomas of the Coast and
Geodetic Survey League, was
third with 70-879 for S4O.
Other prize-winners:
Men: Terrell Preemon. 28-782 ($30);
Peter Christie. 42-871 ($25); P. B. An
derson. 35-894 ($21): Enver C. Park.
21-835 ($18): Jack C. Brown, scratch
854 ($15); James O. Young. 63-853
($13); Albert Mack. 21-852 ($10); Robert
C Dalrymple. 7-852 ($10); Bill Taylor.
35-851 ($8): Richard Bogley. scratch 850
($7); Roland Holifleld. 42-843 ($6.50);
consolation. Charles Brickerd, high came,
150 ($5); Pat O'Neill, hlch scratch set.
841 ($5).
Women: Laura Busch, 70-829 ($15);
Alma Bierbucken. 63-873 ($10); Edith
Christensen. 21-808 ($7).
Sandlot Umpire A1 Wright, a
member of several leagues who
for the last two weeks has hit a
sensational pate on the maple
ways. won the National Capital
Open at Port Davis with a seven
game score Os 1,012, &n average of
144-4.
Wright prevailed over 56 other
crack duckpinners, 18 from Balti
more, to win a S2OO prize.
Dave Volk of Baltimore, who
Bowling Brothers
Roll Same Scores
To Star in Tourney
Robert and Anthony Anastasi,
brothers, provided the outstand
ing oddity of the Washington
City Duckpin Association cham
pionships, which ended last night
at the King Pin.
Robert won the Class C singles
title and Anthony finished third
in Class C with identical scores,
388 including 4-pin handicaps.
Five Anastasi brothers, rolling
as a team, finished out of the
money.
Among the last to compete in
the three-week tourney, Walter
Robey and Corky Corcoran from
Indianhead, Md., won the Class
B doubles title with 766, Cor
coran shooting 436; Nick Hamaty
and Tom Hill took second in
Class D doubles with a scratch
673 and Pat Cresceni finished
second in Class A singles with
12-431.
Hockey at a Glance
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Detroit. 4; Chicago. 0.
Boston. 2; Montreal. 1.
Toronto. 4; New York, 2.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Buffalo. 8: St. Louis, 7.
Indianapolis. 5: Cleveland. 4.
Cincinnati. 2; Pittsburgh. 1.
Providence. 4; Hershey, 3.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE PLAYOFFS.
Grand Rapids. 3: Troy, 0 (teams tied.
8-2, in best-of-7 series).
Baseball
(Continued From Page A-13.)
Beach to play the A’s tomorrow,
keeping their first stringers at
Vero Beach.
BRADENTON, Fla., (/P).—Max
Surkont will pitch for the Braves
here today as they try to make
it two wins in a row over their
Boston rivals, the Red Sox.
The Braves thumped the Red
Box. 12-2, in their first meeting
of this annual series. Chet Nichols
—who heads back to his Paw
tucket, R. 1., home Wednesday to
await induction into the service—
probably will pitch the second
three innings with either Dave
Cole or Lew Burdette finishing up.
BURBANK, CaMf. OF).-*-One
thing the “new* St. Louis Browns
appear to lack so far is a long-ball
hitter, but Manager Rogers Horns
by isn’t too worried.
“Sure I’d like to see the boys
start rapping those extra-base
hits,’ Hornsby commented", “but
the main thing is to get the hits
and win the ball games. That’s
what we are doing, aren’t we?”
The Browns have won four of
their six exhibition games. They
have hit only four doubles, two
triples and one home run. Last
season the Browns started the ex
hibition grind with seven succes
sive losses.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (/P).—
Joe Presko gets his first pitching
chance with the Cardinals today
cilice retired lftst se&son with
a sore right shoulder. He is one
of Manager Eddie Stanley's
choices to face the Phillies. Oc
tavio Rubert will share the job.
Second Baseman Red Schoen
dienst started his third game at
shortstop against the Braves yes
terday. but Stanky. who played
seven innings at second Saturday,
benched himself again in favor
of Earl Weaver.
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RREtIUUITY
E&swirSS
the night before shared the St.
r Patrick’s mixed doubles title with
j Marion Line Padgett, also of Bal
t timore, was second to Wright with
. 977 to collect SIOO. His top gany
i was 175.
, Wright’s games were 131, 148,
, 179, 142, 130, 129 and 153.
Others in the payoff were:
, Berate Ruiin. Baltimore, 966 ($55);
1 Billy Mlsehou. 965 ($55): Paul Moore, ir..
961 ($40); Jimmy Dieted). 953 ($25);
* Bob Hynek, 953); Sidney Amanuel, 951
I ($15); Augfe SchrolL 94? ($12.50). Con
, eolation, Paul Perking, high game, 176
(sl2).
The Baltimore pair of Marlon
’ Line Padgett and Dave Volk were
I the last to start In the St. Pat
i rick’s Mixed Doubles at Clarendon,
- but finished well on top.
; Mrs. Pargett rolled sets of 632
and 615 for a 10-game average of
. 124-1 and Volk averaged 129-4
! with 609 and 679 as the pair to
> taled 2,535 to defeat 27 other all
-1 star combinations for a $125 prize,
i Toni Rowe, Washington’s No. 1
ranking woman duckpinne*. and :
> Harry Stewart placed second, 16
pins behind the winners. Miss;
: Rowe averaged 123-2 with sets of
650 and 582 and Stewart 128-7 ]
with 590 and 697. Their tally of
2.519 netted $25.
Julie Rapczynski and Johnny
Ressa, from Hyattsville, were
third, two pins behind the run- ]
nersup, Mrs. Rapczynski shooting
651 and 084, to average 123-5, 1
and Ressa 619 and 663, to aver- 1
age 128-2. They collected S2O. 1
In each set Mrs. Rapczynski fired j
a triple-header strike. On one
strike she cut a headpin deuce
and her other two shots breezed
through the opening. '
In each of the top three pairs
the woman topped her partner in 1
the first set.
A Baltimore couple, Winnie Du- j
kencki, who averaged 115-2, and
Howard Hipsley, with 135-2 for *
the best of the tournament, were
fourth for sls and had the top '
game of 304, Ripsley rolling 173. \
Mildred Stadtler and Frank 1
Micalizzi, Silver Spring, totaled 1
2.502 for fifth prize of $12.50, I
Mildred averaging 123 and Mical- 1
izzi 127-2
Owen Nickels, from Hyattsville, 1
and his wife Dorothy pocketed
$12.50 for consolation high game
of 292.
1
Boxing
(Continued From Page A-13.) i
tition by buying up the Touma- J
ment of Champions, which had a ,
hold on the then middleweight
champion, Marcel Cerdan.
The IBC today has contracts |
with every champion from feath
erweight to heavyweight. These ]
agreements entitle the organiza- ]
tion to two title fights a year, but ,
the IBC has permitted the cham- ,
pions to sell their wares else- :
where on occasion.
The IBC, which controls boxing
in Madison Square Garden and ,
the big arenas of Chicago. Detroit
and St. Louis, also has television
and broadcasting contracts total
ing more than a million dollars
for Wednesday and Friday night
fights. )
It contends broadcasting and
television rights are open to other
promoters with no conflict on the
other five nights of the week.
Anti-Trust Suit Expected,
IBC Head Says in Florida
MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Mar. 17
(A*). —The anti-trust suit against
boxing was no surprise because a 1
grand jury had recommended it,
James D. Norris, president of the
International Boxing Club of New 1
York, said here today.
“The grand jury investigated '
boxing for months and made that
recommendation to the Attorney
General’s office,” Norris added.
“This is the first I had heard that \
the civil action had started. The '
grand jury talked to a great many
fighter promoters, managers and
others connected with the sport.
We delivered copies of our rec
ords to the -jury.
“I have no comment except to
say that as far $s we are con
cerned, we’ve acted on the advice
of counsel who said all our actions
were perfectly legal. If the Gov
ernment finds otherwise, we’ll just
have to change.”
SI. Martin's in Finals
Os Catholic Tourney
St. Martin’s and Blessed Sac
rament have reached the final
round of the Catholic Youth Or
ganization’s boy’s senior basket
ball tournament.
St. Martin’s edged Holy Name,
27-26, and Blessed Sacrament
edged St. Bernadette’s, 40-38, in
the semifinal round yesterday at
Catholic University.
In the boys’ junior quarter
final round, St. Joseph’s Home de
feated St. Anthony’s, 25-23; St.
Dominic’s defeated Bt. Francis
Xavier, 27-16; St. James defeated
Blessed Sacrament, 30-23, and St.
Michael’s defeated St. Ann’s,
49-38.
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Future of Baseball
On Coast Mayjiinge
On Talks Tomorrow
Sy Km Atiorioted Prttt
LOS ANGELES. Mar, 17,-rThe
i West Coast’s baseball future ap
pears to lie in the meetings at the
same downtown hotel here to
morrow of representatives of the
major leagues and the Pacific
; Coast League.
Officials of the six major league
clubs which train In California
and Arizona are gathering, as
is customary, to draw up their
exhibition schedules for next
spring. They don’t know where
they’re at, because they have been
told that they will not be permit
ted to play against one another
in coast league parks after this
year.
- Alarmed rather belatedly at the
storm they have raised, but still
feeling pretty sturbborn, the men
who own and run the coast league
have decided to meet, too. They
will be there just in case the big
leagues desire to consult with
them, as they most certainly will.
Outcome Uncertain.
No one can make an intelligent
prediction on what will happen.
The training clubs cannot dabble
with an exhibition schedule—or,
at least, they say they will not—
until the coast league’s edict is
rescinded or modified. Clarence
Rowland, president of the coast
league, says this will not be done,
though he could be mistaken if
the pressure becomes great.
Unless there is a compromise of
some sort, California probably
will have seen the last of at least
three big league teams—the New
York Giants, the Cleveland In
dians and the St. Louis Browns.
The Giants and Indians say
they will.continue to train in Ari
zona but head east and down into
Mexico on their exhibition tour.
President Bill Veeck of the Browns
probably would like an excuse to
shift his spring base to somewhere
in Arizona—maybe Tempe—or to
San Antonio, Tex.
Pirates May Move.
Some think that Branch Rickey
would be happy to move the Pitts
burgh Pirates from San Francisco
to Florida, his old stamping
grounds. They have been strug- (
gling against unusuallly poor
spring weather at San Bernardino,
as have all the other teams in this
vicinity.
The Chicago Cubs and their ,
owner-president, Phil Wrigley, are !
caught in the wringer. Wrigley
also owns the Los Angeles Angels,
the only coast league outfit which
has catered extensively to games
between big league teams. At 30
per cent of the gate the Angels
make good money at it, too, and
that doubtless has created a cer
tain amount of jealousy among
the other coast clubs.
Sixth team affected in the dis
pute is the Chicago White Sox.
District Area Dogs
In Virginia Trials
•y th* Associated Press
ORANGE, Va., Mar. 17.—The
spring trials of the Virginia Ama
teur Field Trial Association began
today with the puppy stake the
first order of the program. The
entries include dogs of the Wash
ington area.
The highlight all-age stake will
come later. A Virginia-bred dog
hasn’t won the all-age stake in the
spring event since 1948.
A Virginia dog did, however,
take the honors in the puppy stake
in 1951. Long Distance Delivery,
a pointer owned by C. H. Edwards
of Chatham, captured the stake
and a leg on the Strickley Memo
rial Trophy.
Seven braces are entered in to
day’s puppy stake. They are:
1. Aerial Disc Lady, owned by J. F.
Turner. Washington; Accelerator, owned
by L. L. Tratt. Roanoke. _
2. Bills Stylish Judy, owned by C. H.
Edwards, Chatham; Waccaman Jake,
owned by W. C. Chaney, Sumter. S. C.
3. Miss Chatham, owned by C. H. Ed
wards; Beware, owned by A. H. Ware.
Richmond. , .
4. Resthaven Delivery Butch, owned by
H. A. Crane. Washington; Peggy, owned by
W. C. Chaney.
5. Rural Free Delivery, owned by L. W.
Kelly.- Greensboro, N. C.r Delivery Frank,
owned by E. P. Herring, Bethesda, Md.
6. Peerless Bon, owned by W. c. Jones.
Franklin; Sweet Birch, owned by Dr. A. H.
Nitchman. Cranbury. N. J.
7. Bodanns Station Junior, owned by W.
J. Bodie. Williamsburg; Queen, owned by
R. W. Truxell. Greenville, Va.
Title Game Slated Sunday
In Montgomery League
Tom’s Auto and Bethesda-Chevy
Chase Rescue Squad will meet
' again at 7:30 pm. Sunday at the
i Takoma Junior High School in
< the third and deciding game for
the Montgomery County Park and
Planning unlimited basketball
• title.
The Rescue Workers defeated
! Tom’S, 51-48, last night to even
l the best-two-of-three series at
- one game each.
Top scoring honors weftt to Pete
Haley of Tom’s with 21 points.
DEWEY PITCHING, GALLUP CATCHING—A possible battery on the Princeton University base
ball team this spring are these sons of two men who figured prominently in the 1948 presidential
campaign. Catcher George H. Gallup, jr. (left) is the son of the pollster, while the pitcher is
Thomas E. Dewey, jr„ son of the New York Governor whose victory as the Republican presiden
tial candidate was predicted by the Gallup Poll and most other prognosticators. —AP Photo.
Kiner All Smiles With $75,000,
Third Highest Pay in Majors
By tho Associated Press
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif..
Mar. 17.—Ralph Kiner, the home
run slugger, has reason to smile
this St. Patrick’s Day—he’s ne
gotiated a new one-year contrtact
with the Pirates for $75,000 mak
ing him the third highest paid
player in the majors.
Stan Musial of the St. Louis
Cardinals and Ted Williams of the
Boston Red Sox have better con
tracts than the Pittsburgh ace
who has been writing records
since breaking into the majors
in 1946.
Musial is reported to be re
ceiving SBO,OOO this season while
Williams has signed for an esti
mated SIOO,OOO. There’s consid
erable doubt whether Williams
will collect. He’s due to take a
physical examination prior to be
ing called to active duty soon as
a Marine pilot.
Happy About Raise.
Kiner was all smiles when the
Pirates announced the signing at
Oakland yesterday.
The slugger previously said he
wanted a two-year pact to replace
the one which expired last year.
But he got the raise he was after.
He reportedly received $65,000 a
year under the old contract.
Kiner had received special per
mission from General Manager
Branch Rickey to negotiate di
Official Recovering
After Shooting Self
With Starting Pistol
By Iho Associated Press
MEXICO CITY, Mar. 17.—A
track meet judge was recovering
in a hospital today after shooting
himself in the leg with the start
ing pistol.
Salvador Alanis said no blank
.22 cartridges were provided for
the invitation track meet yester
day so he had to use his own
loaded ones. He slipped in a;
patch of mud on the field, fell and
'shot himself through the knee.
Two D.C.-Owned Cars Earn
Prizes in Florida Race
By Iho Associated Press
SEBRING, Fla., Mar. 17.—Two
Washington-owned cars were
among prize winners in the Se
bring International Grand- Prix
for sports cars which wound up
early yesterday. Only 15 of the
32 starters finished the 12-hour
test.
In fifth place was a Jaguar
owned by Jack Pry Motors of
Washington and driven by Charles
Wallace and Dick Yates. They
covered 707.2 miles. Roger Wing
and Steve Spitler of Washington
won the sportsmanship trophy
when they pushed their entry, also
a Jaguar, about 4‘ 2 miles to the
pits after It developed engine
trouble.
The winner was a Fraser-Nash
owned by J. S. Donaldson of New
York and driven by Harry Grey
and Larry Kulock. They covered
754 miles.
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rectly with John Galbreath, presi
dent of the Pirates. Last year he
worked out a contract with Gal
breath which had a special ar
rangement whereby part of the
$65,000 came from Galbreath and
the remainder from the club.
This year there’s no split ar
rangement and Kiner gets his en
tire $75,000 from the club.
Kiner’s only comment was. "Mr.
Galbieath called me about four
days ago and suggested terms. I
was given a copy of the contract
and, after thinking it over com
pletely, signed. I received a boost
over last year.”
Consistent Attraction.
The home-run hitter has been
the only consistent attraction the
Pirates have had in recent years.
His home runs have drawn crowds
to Forbes Field in record numbers
even when the club was wallowing
in the second division.
Last season when the club fin
ished seventh, Kiner’ smashed 42
homers, and for the sixth con
secutive year lad the Pirates in
runs batted in with 109.
When he went over the 40 mark
in homers he set a new National
League record by hitting 40 or
more in five seasons.
Kiner hit 23 homers in his first
year with the team in 1946. Then
he came back with 51 in 1947, 50
in 1948 and a rousing 54 in 1949.
His 1950 production was 47.
Browning Ross Leads 41
In 12-Mile Street Race
Special Dispatch to Tho Star
BALTIMORE, Mar. 17.—Brown
ing Ross. 27-year-old Woodbury
(N. J.) mail carrier and head
track coach at St. Joseph’s Col
lege in Philadelphia, proved the
best of 41 runners in yesterday’s
nifith annual White Horse Club
street run here.
Ross completed the 12-mile
grind in one hour, seven minutets,
three seconds. Second place went
to Luther BUrdelle of Philadel
phia, last year’s winner, while
third place was taken by Tom
Jones, 35-year-old history pro
fessor at Lincoln University in
Oxford, Pa.
The Washington Track and
Field Club had. two representa
tives, but they finished far down
the list. James Spear came in
36th and James Montague 40th.
Midget Teams Wrestle
At Turner's Wednesday
Three feature matches, includ
ing one for a midget teams, are
being lined up for Wednesday
night’s wrestling program at
Turner’s Arena along with a pre
liminary match.
One of the one-hour features
will send Lord Carlton against
Sandor Kovacs. The midgets are
Tony Roe and Lou Darling against
Peewee James and Tom Thumb.
Another one-hour feature will be
announced.
Booked for the 30-minute pre
liminary are Leo Jonathan against
Les Ruffin.
Girls Sparkle in Tests
For Figure Skaters
Young ice skaters who hope some
day to represent Washington in
sectional and national figure com
petition were given their first tests
yesterday in the Washington Fig
ure Skating Club’s junior program
at Uline Arena. Winners of the
top events were Stoney Carter and
Peggy Shaw.
Miss Carter was best in the first
test figures and 1% minutes of
free skating, while Miss Shaw won
in the premliminary test figures
with 1 minute of free skating.
Alice Kirkpatrick won two events,
the forward edges and spirals.
Summaries:
Straight skating forward—l. Cather
ine Wlmsatt: 2. Burns Raushenbuch;
3, Joan Reichley.
Straight skating backward, Group A—
1, Peter Townsend; 2. Sue Reichley; 3.
David Stockwell.
Straight skating backward. Group B—
1. Ann Bramwell; 2, Dennis Quigley; 3.
Sherry Wlmsatt.
Backward cutting corners—l, Kathy
Loratt: 2. Judy King; 3, Diane Galvin.
Forward edges, outer and inner—l.
Alice Kirkpatrick; 2. Mary Louise Van
Mecrs; 3, Marianne Dodek.
Spirals—l. Alice Kirkpatrick; 2. Dick
Kavanaugh; 3, Mary Louise Van Meers.
Prelim, test figures and one-minute
free skating—l, Peggy Shaw; 2. Judy
Collins; 3. Joyce Magee..
First test figures and m-minute free
skating—l. Stoney Carter.
Seeded Siena, St. Francis
In Catholic Headliners
By *h« Associated Press • 1i ;
TROY, N. Y„ Mar. 17.—Seeded
teams will throw their weight
into the National Catholic Invita
tion basketball tourney tomorrow
night with the 12-team field nar
rowed to eight.
Top-seeded Siena College will
move against Scranton and
fourth-seeded St. Francis of
Brooklyn, the defending cham
pion, will open the second round
against Lemoyne of Syracuse.
Four clubs were knocked out
of the tourney in first-round
double-headers over the week
end.
Scranton worked overtime to
outlast St. Mary’s of Minnesota,
85-78, and St. Francis (Pa.)
whipped Loyola of Baltimore,
66- last night.
On Saturday night, lona de
feated Gannon (Pa.), 68-52, and
Lemoyne eliminated Providence,
67-
Today a year ago—Brigham
Young won the National In
vitation Tournament basketbaii
championship by defeating
Dayton, 62-43, at Madison
Square Garden.
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AAU Clubs Take Over 1
Basket Tourney After
Collegians'Mild Start!
By (ho Associated Press
DENVER, Mar. 17.—Collegians
had their inning yesterday in the
opening round of the National
Amateur Athletic Union basketball
tournament, but today the veteran ;
AAU clubs start taking command.
The 45th annual event wobbled
off to a shaky start when two
clubs, from Cincinnati and Gering,
Nebr., fortified their opening
round games and were eliminated,
and a Texas team’s late arrival
forced a postponement until today.
A crew of collegiate stars from
Oregon, playing for Panelshake of
Portland, caught the fancy of the
2,000 first-day fans In the way
they disposed of the Springfield
OH.) One Day Cleaners, 72-54.
Another highlight on the
seven-game card came In the 61-
38 trimming the Denver Jussel
Electrics handed the Casper
(Wyo.) Bluebirds. The Jussel five
includes University of Denver
players and Ronnie Shavlik, 6-
feet 9-inch center from the East
Denver team that won the Colo
rado high school basketball cham
pionship last week.
Co-Favorites Start Today.
The 10-game schedule today
brings the co-favorites for the
title into action for the first time
and both appear to have a soft
touch.'
The Bartlesville (Okla.) Phil
lips 66ers, champions seven out of
the last nine years, play the Bill
ings (Mont.) Sheridan Exporters.
The Oakland (Calif.) Atlas Pa
cific Engineers, who are favored
along with Phillips to take the
crown, bow in against St. Louis
(Mo.) Bob Soell Ford. ,
San Francisco Stewart Chevro
let. defending champion, does not
play until tomorrow, when it
meets the winner of today’s clash
between . Arkansas College of
Batesville and the Santa Fe (N.
Mex.) Sellers.
Competition Is Brisk.
A game scheduled yesterday be
tween Colorado Springs Inter
; state Gas and the Graham Plow
boys of Abilene, Tex., was carried
over until today when the Texans
failed to arrive on time. The Abi
lene five is composed of Hardin-
Simmons University varsity play
ers.
Tourney officials after a look
see at the teams yesterday said
competition is stiffer than It has
been for several seasons.
Forty-six teams are competing.
The bulky field will be cut to 16
clubs'by Wednesday and whittled
to eight for Thursday’s quarter
finals.
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Record Tied by Lakers
As 3 Top 1,000 Points.
Each in Season
By Mio Associated Iran
The Minneapolis Lakers just
barely failed to win the Western
Division crown, but It looks as if
they still have plenty of steam
left for the impending National
Basketball Association playoffs.
The Lakers, who finished a game
behind the first-place Rochester
Royals, blasted the Baltimore Bul
lets, 126-82, last night as the regu
lar season ended. In registering
126 points, Minneapolis set a scor
ing mark for this season. Roches
ter had held the previous record of
124 points.
Three of the Lakers. George
Mikan, Jim Pollard and Vern Mik
kelsen, wound up the season with
over 1,000 points apiece. This is
only the second time in profes
sional basketball history that
three players on the same club
have done this.
The Boston Celtics, second
place finishers in the Eastern Di
vision, downed the Philadelphia
Warriors, 96-89. Philadelphia’s
Paul Arizin tallied 21 points to
raise to 1,673 his total, good for
the league scoring title. Mikan,
who had won the title for the
past five years, finished with 1,523
points.
The New York Knicks, who fin
ished third in the Eastern race,
turned back the pennant-winning
Syracuse Nats. 90-84. The Knicks
pulled ahead in the third period
and maintained their lead in the
final stanza. Ernie Vandeweghe
of New York and Dolph Schayes
of Syracuse shared scoring honors
with 19 points apiece.
The Fort Wayne Pistons led all
the way to crush the Indianapolis
Olympians, 111-92. Larry Foust,
Duke Eddleman and Frank Brian
topped the Fort Wayne scorers
with 19 points each. Don Lofg
ran was high for Indianapolis
with 21. .»
Final standings:
WESTERN DIVISION.
W. L. Pet. W. L. Pet.
Roch’ter 41 25 .821 Ft. W'nc 30 87 .430
Min'polls 40 26 .606 M’w'kec 17 49 .258
Ind’polls 34 32 .515
EABTERN DIVISION.
W. L. Fct. W. L. Pet.
Syracuse 40 26 .606 Philo. 33 33 .500
Boston 30 27 .501 B'ttmora 20 46 .303
N. York 37 29 .661
Browns Sign Tampa End
TAMPA, Fla., Mar. 17 (A*).—
Holland Aplin, a rangy pass
snagging end starred with
Tampa University, has signed a
contract to play pro football with
the Cleveland Browns. Aplin made
the Associated Press second Little
All-America offensive team In
1951.