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Dissention Again Raises Head

Chick Solodare, a referee in the pro National

Scioders, Scolari !

Feuding

Tennis Ranks

Br OSCAR. FRALEY. United Press Sports Writer

Tack Meet

ball Association, can’t boast in the future that he was «0 Bill Klem of the hardwood and never called one wrong. > For the past few years, Solodare has kept up a running|.

~ feud with Fred Scolari, chunky Washington Capitols’ guard, One night recently

as a game began, Solodare heard|

__heckling from the Washington bench. - The ref told the Cap oach to “tell Scolari to keep quiet or I'll call a technical foul.” Heckling continued and Solodare barked: “A technical foul on Scolari!” At which point the coach complained in his ‘meek, squeaky: voice: ; “You can‘t do that, Ref—8colari is sick In a hospital in Maryland.”

- - » DISSENSION has raised

its |

* tithes its own weight. (Try that on for size, Mr. Ameren). s —Michigan's 10 qualifiers gave

w JOHNNY (10 per cent) |

Longden “Keeps going the way he! itoday. started this year

successive week-ends at Santa

Anita, copping the Derby 8boatd. sinols and Ohio State as forethe|

Your Host ‘and the Handicap o Noor. Your Host, the coast’s best! bet for the spring three-year-old classics, will be Longden's mount! in the $100,000 Kentucky Derby!

the $50,000 Preakness . . .

n=! miiinets was right behind Mich-| come tax he faces, and we should \igan, Wisconsin and Ohio had five be so lucky. Johnny has won each, Minnesota four and Indiana {two straight $100,000 purses on and Iowa three each.

head again in -the pro tennis yoy ay out of the kid's piggy

ranks, this time the disgruntled: party being Francisco (Pancho) Segura, the two-fisted Ecuardore-| an. The colorful South American “has been clouting Frankie Park-| ~er's cranium in their—singles!

of the crowd appeal and he..is| miffed that Parker draws a larger) pay check. Segura says he's’ done with the Bobby Riggs pro-|

he’s getting “only” $300 a week . and nobody intimated he made! more as an amateur, |

“a i

- ” » HAPPY BIRTHDAY: “Today. Mrs, Margaret Osborne du Pont

{ 32, Dazzy Vance 57, and Dinny the Oklahoma City leopard hunt the track and lost 20 yards bePails 29; tomorrow, Elmer Valo the city’s golfers were reported fore he was able to regain his Can't you Stride. day, Lefty Grove 50 and Clark imagine that leopard bounding ever. and and qualified, =

29 and Paul Christman 32; Mon- |

Shaughnessy 58; Wednésday, Ray Mueller 38 and Al Gilonfriddo 28; Thursday, Carl Furillo 28, Arky|

_ Vaughan 38 and Billy Southworth | >

57;: Friday, Elmer Ray 40, Mike Jacobs 70 and Johnny Blatnik 29. , DISDAINFUL criticism wag! the reason why Pitcher Howie Sutherland of Charlotte, N. C., -..came up to the Washington Sen-! —ators-this-spring.—A-bus-driver. Howie stopped at the Charlott: park and, after watching a few alleged hurlers, snorted that he could do better. He was invited “to try, did and ‘won 18 games! while losing 10. ". proving that people with glass arms shouldn' t throw baseballs, OF Jompis’.

CONSERVATION corner: A _mole can move an object 2

Grumbling at

LAmalgamated

bank. . ~ . ” STRIKES AND SPARES: Maybe it's your mental attitude, but Al Robinson of Detroit after, 43 years of

did it again a few days later. . Bill Blevens of Burlington,| Towa, is in a rut.

1491, 490, 491, 490 and 491. Practice makes perfect, cuz the

jreventh week he rolled 494.

” DID YOU

LJ notice that during

playing “as usual.”

In six.con-| duction after this season because secutive weeks he bowled 480... ;niv events which showed any

bowling finally| for the two-mile race in an atmatches while contributing most, scored: a 700 sétiehand then, tempt to break the 9:10.7 record

| favorite {almost failed to qualify.

across the fairway and a fair-|

way fanatic asking his caddy: "What ¢ el should I use 2 here?)

Now - r—They. Call — ‘National Grid League’ {From now on t's the National

{Football League, Just like the old|

(days.

Bert Bell, commissioner of the!

National .

Its two divisions will be known |

Fight Card

Promoter McKinney's Program Folds Up Pit Biece, By # 7 Bouts Run Off i n 4G Minutes == By JIM HEYROCK -

“A fight promoter’'s lot is not a thing goes against him and the f inferior card,

happy one. “WEPCEIRY when every-| ans go away grumbling after an!

Everything went against Forrest McKinney, ‘the erstwhile food wholesaler who tries and tries to make his hobby of promoting|®

fistic floor shows a paying one. | A crowd of some 1500 watched!

The Bill Roberts- -Bobby Yeukine) much for the Olymps,

| PHILADELPHIA, Mar. 4 (UP)|

League The Tri-Cities Blackhawks last] and remnants of the All-America night won a 96-83 victory over the Conference, yesterday announced Indianapolis Olympians to put the that the circuit was junking the Hoosier team a full game behind af new title of -* “National-American Anderson in the Western Division}. Football League” in favor of the of the National Basketball . As-| original name.

as the American and National early lead with a score of 30-27 conferences.

1500 Fans Leave -Armory—

eer

Pace in Big 1

Lists 10° Qualifiers; Minois Trails;

“ Indiana Has Three CHAMPAIGN am. Mar. 4 4(UP)

the Wolverines a one-man ad-

vantage as the finals in the Big

‘Ten indoor track meet opened

The experts picked Michigan,

N most * contenders to : cop {championship. Ohio and Wisconsin tied for the title last year.

Much of the attention on to-

mile run, despite an Bungunes. ment yesterday by Coach Canham of Michigan that his Don: sophomore, Don McEwen, would | not be entered in the event.

___ Saves His Steam McEwen will save all his steam

rCanham said. The two-mile run with McEwen entered and the mile run with Don Gehrman in the competition were

{likelihood for broken records.

Northwestern's Dean Pieper, in. the 9380-yard run,

Out in front, Pieper slipped off

He finished second, how-

Tri-Cities Thum Thumps Olympians, %-83

Losers Drop to Full Game Behind Packers

MOLINE, TIT. “Mar. & (UPj=

| sociation. : The Blackhaws jumped to an

ir. their favor at the end of the first quarter. They held the lead ithe rest of the game. It was the last game “of the [regular season between the two teams. The Blackhawks have {won three of the seven games beitween the teams ue seazon. . "Good Black k whic eld Alex 3 fndfanapolis scorer, to seven points accounted| 'in part for the victory.

Saigh E

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Masao Leo Durocher foto] plays olf with Shortstop Alvin Dark (left) and Second Baseman the $75,000 Belmont Stakes and JAY'S Program was focused on the Eddie Stanky of the Giants at the Phoenix, Ariz., Country Club. Acquired from the Braves, Stanky and and

Dark will form the keystone combination at the Polo Grounds.

PAIRINGS FOR 16 REGIONALS TODAY

(FOUR TEAMS IN EACH)

Winners of Afternoon Games in Each Regional Will Play at 8:15 P M

Game PM. “BEDFORD Game PM. LOGANSPORT L 1:00 Mitchell vs. Vallonia L 1:00—Togansport vs. Brooksten 4 $i 1h==Paoli vs. New Albany —&——8t15=Richiand Center vs. Flora EVANSVILLE Bosse) MARION, » . 1:00 Tell City vs, Princeton L °° 1:00~Marion ‘vs. Portland * 2:15--Evansville Bosse vs. Chandler 2 2:15—Lancaster Central vs. Huntington FT. WAYNE (South Side) MARTINSVILLE L 1:00—Ft. Wayne North Side vs. Deeatur L 1:00— Terre Haute Gerstmeyer vs. Brazil s 2:15— Kendallville vs. Auburn 2 2:15—Elletsville vs. Marco GREENCASTLE MUNCIE L 1:00— Greencastle vs. New Market L 1:00—~New Castle vs. Lynn Ss. 2:13—Clinton vs. Richland Twp. % 2:153—Richmond vs. Muncie Central HAMMOND RUSHVILLE L 1:00 Union Mills vs. Hammond L 1:00— Rushville vs. Lawrenceburg s 2:15—Gary Froebel vs, Wheatfield S 2:10~Brookville vs. Batesville INDIANAPOLIS SHELBYVILLE L 1:00-—Speedway vs. Anderson L 1:00—Whiteland vs. Fairland 8 2:15—Indianapolis Technical vs. Franklin Twp. 3 %:15—=Madison vs. Greensburg KOKOMO SOUTH BEND ) 100==Converse vs abash iL 1:00—Bourbon vs. Elkhart’ i - I 2. 2:15—South Bend Central vs. Columbia. City er AF AY EIT a VINCENNES : L 1:00—Frankfort vs. Zionsville } 1:00—Vincennes vs. Sullivan ~ 8S . %:15—Lafayette Jefferson vs. Freeland Park 2:18<= Winslow vs. Loogootee

ects Cardinals to Do All Right, Sees Trouble Ahead for Pirates Squad

By Paying $100,000 for Pitcher,’ He Says

By LEO H. rear United Press Sports Editor ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. Mar. 4—Convinced his St. Cardinals will do all right, owner Fred Saigh saw nothing but trou- | ble ahead for the Pittsburgh Pirates today. “They have bargained away- their pennant chances for some! Williams, years to come by paying $100,000 for-a-high-school

| Louis!

club.

al The Pirates are going to-find|

|that out.” | Takes Blast at! Salaries

a ivy Can Win.

. Wildcats. Face Louisville, North Ca apelin State Meets Duke in Conference Title Playoffs . NEW YORK, Mar. 4 (UP)—Kentucky and North Carolina State both were in a position today-t6 clinch a big post|season tournament bid—if they can wip their Tespective _ league championships in games tonight. Ce The Wiklorte sud the Wolfpack can tie up the District | Three NCAA bid and a National Invitation Ton pment bid.

ein te ——

PI “both

would get yy Tr the other would be a cinch to. get the.

INTT.

But both teams may run into] trouble” before they . reach that! happy (for them) state of affairs, 2 Kentucky must play in a semi-! final game of the Southeastern] Conference tournament at Louis-| ville this afternoon

the winner of the Louisiana State-Tennessee game in the final round tonight. . { The Wildcats won their quar-| fer-final game by 56-46 over, Mississippi State last night, but they were the only one of four seeded teams to survive. In the other quarter-final games, Georgia nipped Alabama, 52-51, in overtime; LSU trounced Auburn, 73-45, Mrimmed Vanderbilt, 50-44. N. C. State has a real problem —an injury to scoring ace Dick Dickey, which may keép him out of the final round game of the Southern Conference Tourney at Raleigh, N. C., against Duke. The redhaired Indiana product aggravated a leg injury during the semifinal round last night and had to be benched for the en-| tire second half. And it was no| coincidefice that the heavily favored Wolfpack had to. come]

{from behind to beat Wake Forest, | 59-53, although they were lead

ing

‘when he departed. «If Dickey can't Play against | Duke, the main N. C. State re-| eo |llance will be on forward Sid Ranzino, like Dickey, ‘League player. Duke was tre mendously impressive in trounc-!| ing William and Mary 60-50. The NIT list now stands at six teams, .with six more spots to be filled. Latest to accept was, Long Island University (20-4), Wl joining Bradley, Duquesne, Salle, St. John’s -and Se

Saigh, the newest of the major league club owners, also took a] blast at the published salaries’ which such priced stars as

Joe DiMaggio To

-piteher;’he-saidv-pthers-are Supposed to be drawing,

“It will be a miracle if the Pirates come out of it without a rhubarb. | down,

Remember what happened to the [ting if 4 #- “hadit been for the IT “see,” he 8aid, “where some “That reports say Williams signed for

Braves because of Antonelli?”

Pettit deal,” said Saigh.

He was referring to the bonus $100,000 the Pirates shelled out| $125,000, this year, well, let’ me|

California school boy,

with them, and to Johnny An-|

“They may like him, but they;

a kid pitcher whom the nant going to forget that $100.-

Wah Wah Jones was high-| Braves signed for a bonus 01000, for they might be getting a

|point_man-of the game with

markers. “The Blackhawks’ 428 shooting| average from the field was too| The ex-|

$100,000 Shelled Out

32/$75,000 and then found he was of|out of it, otherwise. [no use to them in their drive to| /the National League pennant in. 8.

“Don’t let anyone tell you that

the Pirates, paid Paul Pettit, a/comes right down to being $4000 tell you this—it is closer to| to sign|each to those 25 players.

$75,000. “So the baseball fan thinks that {guys like Williams and DiMaggio are making all the money. “But let me say this, our |Stan Musial, and (here isn't a’

greater player in the game, comes| (wasn’t the big reason behind the out of a season with take home,

[blow up of the Braves last year. pay only $1800 to $2000 less a

{The players just couldn't stand

year than Williams and DiMaggio!

inthe National -Guard Armory heavyweight fight was a little | Kentucky boys used 95 shots ta) “Come next May when we all seeing Antonelli sitting there on are getting. . I have -the figures.

last night while nothing went ac: cording to schedule. And McKin-| ney, 4s hardworking a soul as! ever tried to scratch a buck out of

Roberts,

| fight

[Tinally “ran out of steam and|

for thre rounds but ne|fell under the .300 mark.

the caulifiower racket, cringed in'his 191 pound opponent to sleep with an air-tight job on Alex |

horror as his fight card folded up,

Wins by KO

in 1:44 of the fourth round.

At least the crowd was able to On fairly even terms for two,

go home early. It took only a

rounds and then at 1:08 of the|

total of 40 minutes and one second third round, Hershey slumped to!

—40-run-off -the -seven-bouts.

= It all started when Sylvester Simmons, 135, Indianapolis, came! up “against Jennings Brotherton] of Lexington, Ky, who scaled 134%. Brotherton has given some! fair performances here. ‘But last} “night wasn't his night. Simmons landed a right to the heart and

at 44 seconds of the first round. Then came Andy Anderson, 154,

{the canvas, grabbing in-turn his! back, side and midriff. It. was never definitely established what! hurt. Nobody saw-a punch: The main event paired Ronnie Harper,

seen so often here they probably | are eligible to vote in Marion| County,

Harper came In jo an a

ready - swollen left eye.

139. Detroit, and Doug |, Medley. 149, Louisville, a _pair|iy

Medley | tered from 15 to 20 feet out on

|Groza. The big Olymp center Trainin

“piece: ecetr-tront-of-irim;—{—Then—came Jerald bovke 180; Was able to fAre—only-11-shots. bin lof Davton against Bud Hershey, | {all night and wound up with only

| 187, Ft. Wayne. The battlers were Seven points.

i | Whittle Hawks’ Lead | Midway through the final peiriod Indianapolis cut-the Hawks’ {lead from 15 to eight points, but Gene Vance and Dike Eddleman| (hit two field goals each to push the hosts back in command. Eddleman took Ralph Beard! to the pivot slot to cage most] of his points and Nichols played] the out court to draw the dan-| igerous .Groza-out from under. the {defensive “bankboard:: -Most of} field goals were regis-

Indianapolis, against Eizia—Stev-:landed-a right to the eye and it| his famous left-handed push shot.|

ens, 161, of Terre Haute: It was]

the only fight of the evening to i the lead for two rounds and then| -

go the distance and. Anderson won| Ronnie charged in and clinched. Todorovich.t

a- decision on a pretty spirited! battle. It. was then time for Bo Rob-| erts, 140

—— Sammy Brown of" — “Bi

‘Sammy “was detained and Tony Brogelino. 146. of Terre Haute,

was substituted. Tony had a little trouble. Staggers. to Feet

Roberts caught him with an overhand right that nearly tuped him completely over.

- gered to his feet at the count of nine, not knowing whether he was in a ski contest or a hula dance!

and Referee Dick Patton inter- was represented by three members Ben Neff, winding up ‘a Season npiMaggio vened to stop the contest at 58 at the ringside. They had no in Which his team has won only Lindell, Don and Bill jes Shmes while losing 22, has gq George

seconds of the first round.

wondering how much for a lot less money. It just does organization - who weighed 199, put on defense as well as on offense /more money they would be get: | something to the spirit of a ball $1,100,000.

better. Jenkins put up a great] |bag their 28 field goals as they have to trim our rosters to 25/the bench every day while they to prove it.” __“.._|players; there are going to be 25 went out on the field to play ball Nichols played a terrific game Pirates

He disclosed that the Cardinal, last

g Camp Briefs—

14 ‘Old’ Men; i Greyhounds 5% Alumni, 58

Staying away frony ‘basketball {for any length of tinde can prove disastrous. You loge your touch. lust ask some of Indiana Central

{Colleges —Alumgi. They were,

boy rid ast night, 93-58, by the! Ro DIA, Cal,

Greyhound varsity.

The Greyhounds | didn’t. have ny trouble./ The only tough job {was held down by the scorer.| Coach Angus Nicoson used all 1% members pf his squad. The alumni used a Wie number.

year netted! “High /point honors were equaliy| race

{divided between Dwight Swails of the varsity and Everett Swank

and Tennessee

$17,000 Yank Pat

Weiss Fears Move Strengthens Holdouts

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Mar,

against (4 (UP)—General Manager George Georgia. And then it must play Weiss of the New York Yankees

greeted his penitent holdout, Dick Wakefield, with mixed feelings toda

ay. On the one hand was Weiss satisfaction that he had called the former Detroit Tiger outfielder’s 'bhiff. But on the other was the fear that Wakefield's ‘$17,000 sale ary would strengthen the positions of the Yankees’ four other

holdouts — Vic Raschi, Bobby Brown, Larry Berra and Tommy Byrne. All -four; especially Raschi,

probably will be harder than ever to deal with now, Possible Argument “You gave a guy who hit .208 for a fourth-place team in 1949 a cool $17,000,” they will argue, “We played vital parts in the Yankees’ league and world championships.” Weiss’ only comeback is that he signed Wakefield for the full {25 per. cent reduction permitted {under baseball law and that is why -he-had ‘to-beat Wakefield at e conference table, “Had Weiss not cut Wakefield the legal limit there could be no |forseeable limit to the salaries

~ Matters came swiftly to a. head yesterday when Wakefield ana: in Lakeland, Fla., that would quit baseball unless

Wess came through with a better.

er by. Monday.” —

Stuart, bo dry, lead class with good total exceeded | enough. A good doul tourney. Ralph ) a 687 tota of weeks a division. | siderably However, “safe.” Bi Lou Fout Kays are maining passing it.

Action | singles div 430 p. 1 Pritchett’s On local Taylor set division w tered in circuit at one of the

OSU L

Holds

Movil

ANN A (UP)—Ohi Big Ten held a con the Weste

Weiss countered with the blow {that knocked all resistance out of Dick. ;-*'Sign for $17,000 by Monday,” | Weiss said, “or you'll be tossed into a package . deal’ with the Ay ashngion Senators.” HORSE” ‘Wakefield, “you got me. » “And _ for. better or worse the | Yankees have.

Citation Seeks

Earnings Record

Mar. 4 (UP)— tation goes after the all-time {record for turf earnings today in {the- $50,000 San Juan Capistrano {handicap at Santa Anita, needing a victdry to surpass Stymie's record. The famed Calumet ~ Farm |jherongbred also gets a chance -the-mile—and - three-quarter to avenge his defeat last

Saturday by Noor in the $100,000

Jack Lohrke to Be Converted From 3d

Casey Stengel Appraises Champion Yanks

{at three .paces?’

As ‘All in Shape,’ Particularly Regulars By United Press PHOENIX, Ariz., Mar. 4—Leo Durocher, who once converted

a catcher, Bruce Edwards, into a fair imitation Jt a third baseman, Seneral TRARAGeT ot the Detroit announced: today that he was -going to make New York Giant Tigers, today.

third baseman Jack Lohrke into a pitcher.

“Why, he throws harder than Bob Lemon,” > Durocher enthused. confer with Evans yestbrday but Mans ese IH can. throw. a ball through a brick wall.” ”

“But can he hit a brick wall * Leo was Rsk “Phat I-don't know,” Leo a

i still gave ng trouble after “work-

ing out with the Cleveland In-/ “‘dians yesterday.

To Mound Duty, Says -Giants' Durocher

Santa Anita handica of the alumni. Each got 11 Although —— will be... ATKETS! : jcarrying 130 pounds .against

But the annual game, on the! floor, was a lot of fun for the |alumni despite the high score and a lot of huffin’ and puffin’.|

Alumni (58) | Indiana Central (93) | LAKELAND, Fla; Mar: == owe f s 9 2 McGrath, 1. T % vy y 3 Holdouts Hal Newhouser and Fred Kistler. 2 0 ORoberts f 2 1°70 H oh Spatigler. 1 3 : 9/8wails, 4 3 2 8, Pickard utchinson were still sweating Bune 39 grin. © iid V y ISinclai {out the arrival of Billy Evans, giatk. 31 Jgincane J 13 Dorton, 1 2 0!McBride, g 4 0 0 BISON: ¢ 0 0 1lJones, 20 0 get, gWehe LY abison, g 1} - Both pitchers: were scheduled to! Nicodemus. € «30 § Blevins: [4 4- i 1} 17 4 0 1] 11 iColescott, £30 1 Billy was detained en. route here.| oh Totals “24 10-18) Totals ~ 40 1315: { Appcors a Half — Indiana ‘Central 51, WEST PALM BEACH, Fla, oltre Throws ' Missed—Howe, Spangler 2.| ns. Perry, Bren: cGr

Mar. 4=Coach Jimmy Dykes |

cracked the whip’ as he at- |

tempted to “run excess fat” off | the Philadelphia Athletics to: | day. There was an epidemic of sore feet after Dykes worked | out the boys yesterday but Jim-

{ my was

enneman sth. Rol For, Swalls 2, Griffith, Patterson 2. Jones. Officials — Harold Schutz and Marion |Burleson.

College Basketball

STATE

Indians. Centra: 93, Alm » Wheaton 73. Taylor

{Noer's 117 he was favored ‘to {beat the English-bred horse. This [time there is only a 13-pound ‘spread in weights between them |instead ‘of 22 .pounds.

Polly Riley Tees off Against Mary Wall

ORMOND BEACH, Fla., Mar. 4 (UP) --Polly Riley of Ft. Worth, Tex, teed off today against Mary Agnes Wall of Menominee, Mich., in the-18-hole final round of the Seuth “Atlantic: Women’ s goit™ tournament. Miss Riley yésterday eliminated [fellow-Texan Betsy Rawls of Austin, two up, waile Miss Wall was disposing of 16-year-old Marlene Bauer, Midland, Téx., 4 and 3.

EAST

was more swollen. Medley took Tei-Citise, (9%) Indianapolis 3) fritid. “But I'm going to fina! “It hurts,” Gordon said. “But fy % : : it it doesn't get worse I guess I'll 0 3 3 Hawking 9 1 3 Coates Fag Shelentack be all right.” Gash Over Eye. = Kir $3 Slouandt 3 4/and Fred Fitzimmons. shrugged : When they came out of it, Med: | [Enelande 1-0 3 aro ¥a.c 3 5/and admitted it would be a tough SAN . BERNARDINO, Cal, : FY. 3 1 OReardg ob “but Lohrke has a chance.” Wilpon {ley had a severe gash over his Benrys 3 { 8! Shaeffer.g ¥ Mar. 4—Ralph Kiner wes till eft eve He was examined by the. ES wi TS vr nursing AL EAL doctor and Harper was awarded. J Barker.g ) oe ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, Mar.' ‘hambra home as the Pittsburgh a TKO-in 1:02 of ‘the third-round. Totals 33 30 28 Totats— 38 27 34 4—"We will not lose the. 1950 Pirates = went through ~ their 1 “The final attraction-was Willfe ,,aiitime, Score” Tri-Cities 1. nai: | pennant because of lack of condi- paces today.

Clemmons, 191. ‘Indianapolis, |

against Tommy McVay, 193, Chi- Mullen 1./Beard should have stayed in 4

‘cago. He {the Windy City. He only lifted his | Bloves and he was belted out in of the first round———

other, grumbled and went home. The Indiana Athletic Commission

comment,

Wisconsin's Rehfeldt Seeks

New Scoring

CHICAGO, Mar. 4 (UP)—Do

season scoring record and Illinois’ attempt to gain a third-place tie announced that a full-time bas-|

highlight a three-game schedule in

Wisconsin's standout center, who has tallied 244 points in 11 !Iné With its fntention to place games, needs to cage 29 more at Minneapolis against Minnesota to 8reater. emphasis onthe sport, shatter the present record of 272 set t in 1048 by . Towa’ 's Murray

And the Illini, with six wins in 11 contests, need one more vie-| tory to ock Indiana for third place champion Ohio State and thé runner-up Badgers. Cio ‘nois faces Northwestern in th Chicago Stadium, and was a sixpoint favorfite. 5 third conference game on

the program will carry Purdue to| closely as possible In tonight's ‘plying with its

"+ Michigan. The two clubs have ; records, thnree|

loser might have to take over) "last place alone,‘

Mark Tonigh

n Rehfeldt's effort to set a new!

Big Ten basketball tonight.

Wier. five. points better than “the Gophers for this contest. Rehfeldt's chances to surpass | Wier's scoring mark appeared | slim. In the earlier Minnesota | ® game he counted only 14 points, | jone of his poorest performances.

of ‘the season, and it was cer- Association

tain he would be guarded

match.

He was virtually certain to re- light einer in 11 games, and the {tain his individual scoring cham- compliance committee after H. C. motion.

plonship.’y however,

The customers looked at each Cage Coach | Resigns

Free Throws Missed Tedorovich 4 Kirk tion,” Manager Casey Stengel of. TAMPA, Fla., Mar. 4— Herman ee a Aker jores. 2M“ the New York Yankees pro- Wehmeijer, Howard Fox and Ken officials Bro, st. Louis: Downes. Chica- {claimed today.” “A world cham- attempt

————y. i

ppp p———

St. Mary's College nick

| They're all in shape.”

‘team ° usually comes with prosperity ‘the “this

| plonship : fat

Casey was. particularly. im-

MORAGA, Cal. Mar. 4 (UP)— pressed with the condition of Joe!

basketball

as - head [eaten “ St. Mary's College. - Neff, who also coaches the

Lowell High School team in San Francisco, will continue in that capacity. The board of athletic control

| ketball coach will be hired in

Maryland - University. - Given Clean Slate SAVANNAH, Ga., Mar. 4 (UP)

Joe Page,

weighs 212

Season.

ORLANDO, Fla, Mar. 4— | Outfielder Ed Stewart will sign for $13,000 “or nothing,” Clark Griflith, president of the Wash‘ington Senators announced to-. day. - Stewart is Washington's

| lone remaining holdout.

BRADENTON, Fla., Mar, 4 Infielde=Sibby Sisti-signed today completing the Boston Braves’ player roster. - He agreed to, terms after a lo

Raffensberger. will pitch three innings each in the

Cincinnati Reds’ first intra-squad tipped the scales at 232 when he|

“Tough, isn’ t it he sald. “Might be a long epidemic, too.” AVALON, Cal. Mar. cago Cub Pitcher Bill

Voiselle

Wi w West. Virginia Slate 63. Howard 486. to went ‘to work today to fake off! +88. New York A.C. 36

at least 15 pounds. Voiselle|

game tomorrow, Manager Luke weighed

Sewell, announced today.

BURBANK, Cal, Mar. 4 —|

Johnny mirst-Baseman Jack Graham re-| y Johnson jected the St. Stirnweiss. DIMaggI0 j,¢e5t salary offer, Vice President.

Louis Browns'

33 pounds mare than cy,ries DeWitt announced today. on the final day of the “109 pew said Graham was of-

r a n k° Frisch snorted , and! {promised “a lot of work” for the

big pitcher. | Corpus “Christ Univ. 25, Oklanoma City MIDWEST » |. PETERSBURG Fla. ak} Missouri 88. X gp State 38. 1 stern Reserve 3 anager ie yer too then 1llinol Titnols Wesleyan a

command of the St. Louis Cardi-| nals today. Dyer checked in late last night still weak from the

{fered the same salary he received battle with influenza.

fin 1949 when he batted .238 and

‘hit 24 homers.

a ————————

odayl_ Carpenter and }

CLEARWATER, Fia.,, Mar. 4 —Owner Bob Carpenter re-

ported “no progress” with hold-

“outs Robin Roberts, Ken Heintzelman, Andy: Seminick and | Bub Blattner today. Carpenter and Kelief Pitehagreed 10 Konstanty

terms yesterday. -

ng-distance tele-/ pitched in 53 games, winhing

— The University of Maryland phone conversation with General! Rhine and lusing five In 1949.

iwas back ‘in the good graces of {the ‘National Collegiate Athletic today after the INCAA found-the university com“sanity code.”

Manager John Quinn.

PASADENA, Cal, Mar. 4—

“Maryland was given the green in training to correcting flaws in|

Boston College returned to the fold ~ Thursday but Villanova;

Iowa City "in" non-conterence Niki versity of Virginia, TA and Second-Baseman Joe Gordon ad-

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Judson won one game

for Ohio's Byrd, president of the university, and lost 14 in 1049. ; - | Dick Schiittker, who has finished had furnished * “information re- Onslow sald He might have to Underdog ithe season, has 249 points and quested” to Chairman Clarence devote more time before the Joby was a seven-point Rehfeldt was expected to score P. Houston. down the Boiler- : :

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VERO BEACH, | Fla., Mar. 4— Outfielders Carl Furillo and Duke! Snider will be the only regulars lin action when the Brooklyn

Dodgers play" their first intra-| yesterday by “the . NCAA young Howie Judson’s pitching, squad game today,

SARASOTA, Fla, Mar. fi {Catcher Buddy. Rosar “reported his arm “felt swell” after a long

'Agramonte Stopped By Walcott in 7th’

.NEW YORK, Mar. 4 (UP)— old Jersey Joe Walcott -was yelling for a fourth shot at the heavyweight title today because lof his successful return to Madi-|

{son Square Garden where he

{floored Omelio Agramonte seven times and stopped him in the {seventh round. Despite seven Knokdowns: the {8456 fans in the Garden last night found the meeting between 36-| year-old Walcott and 25-year-old - Agramonte extremely dull. Walcott of Camden, N. J., was not nearly as impressive as in his| {last previous Garden appearance. {when he floored Joe Louis twice’ ‘and almost tdok away his crown, | Dee. 8, 1947. |

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