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SUNDAY, APR. 8, 1951

By FRANK ANDERSON THE NATIONAL Basketball Association needs a com-

missioner.

The need is great and immediate. True, the NBA has a president, one Maurcie B. Podoloff. But Maurice shows signs of tripping over his hockey | stick and falling flat on his basketball. He doubles as head

of the American Hockey League. "No man can serve two masters. Both basketball and hockey | suffer because of Podvuloff’'s dou-! ble load. It happens that Podo3 «vn lOff is a jack-of-two-trades, master of neither. Growing resentment against ' him in the basketball and hockey ranks proves this. The NBA needs a strong personality. Podoloff is not

strong. He has Maurice Podoloff ade himself a tool of the Eastern Division. He operates by remote control from his tower in New York. Pro basketball thinks he’s just too remote from the game to be ef-|

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The NBA needs a full time commissioner, one who would not play Eastern and Western Divisions against each other. The NBA needs a man who can smile, but be tough. The NBA needs a man who would clean up questionable player deals, revamp the officiating to the betterment of the game, give an accounting of his stewardship. ” ed » BUT MOST of all the NBA needs a man who can give the job his full attention. Two-letter men] need not apply. An ex-politician who knows, loves and respects the game would be welcome. Why not a politician? The NBA is a tough league, full of politics and politicians, cut-throat style. A politician would know his way, take the shocks without the churlishness that Podoloff exhibits. We're thinking of someoné like Happy Chandler, the deposed baseball commissioner. But it need not be Chandler, although a man of Happy's talents would be welcome. The new cammissioner would | have no geographical fixations or/ allegiances. We'd rule out eastern; and midwestern applicants unless their records indicated they were] paragons of impartiality. = s » OUR COMMISSIONER would be a firm operator and a good promoter. He'd beat the drums or see to it that someone on his staff did. He'd get the club owners on the ball in that respect. For\the most part club officials have shown a tendency to leave | the selling job up to newspaper-| men.” Newsmen, objective news- | men, that it, don’t want any part of it. It's not their job. The NBA needs a shot in the arm promotion-wise. Feeble press releases filter through from league headquarters. But that's all, brother. Podoloff sits in his ivory tower and summons. He rarely goes. When he | does watch pro basketball he doodles on the back of a program, says hello to the important stars like George Mikan, neglects the lesser lights, He's no mixer as far as basketball

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Podoloff Flubs Dual Stewardship, Writer Says

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is concerned. He saves the | charm for hockey. !

Our smart commissioner would see that each town in the NBA circuit played host to at least one league meeting during the season. He'd bring the NBA to the press. In fact, he might even move headquarters to a town like Cincinnati, easily accessible to all.

THERE ARE other things that a commissioner would do. But space doesn’t permit their relation! here. We think we've highlighted the most important things. Now it's up to pro basketball's club owners. | contract. He merely has a year-to-year agreement. Think of what the change would do- for Podoloff. He could spend all his time with

Podoloff is not under

hig hockey sticks. He could eat

hot dogs in every rink in the AHL as often as he wished. And, best of all, he would be out of the NBA. The line forms on the right;

fans.

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SIGNS INDIANS' BROADCAST—L. J. Noonan, vice president and director of sales and . vertising of Stokely-Van Camp, Inc. signs the contract for his firm's sponsorship of broadcasts of + Indians games over WISH this season. Looking on (left to right), are C. Bruce McConnell, presider

of WISH; Frank McKinney, vice president of the Indianapolis Baseball Club; and H. F. Krimendahi, president of Stokely-Van Camp.

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To Fight Marsh

Friday Bout Is ‘Rubber Match’

Gene Parker, Indiana's light-

weight and welterweight champion, will meet Dave Marsh of

Akron, O., in the 10-round main

It will be a “rubber” match for,

Marsh and Parker. Marsh won a| decision over Parker in Akron| last year and later Parker re-| versed the loss with a decision] over Marsh in the Armory. Both were hard-fought battles.

Goes Distance

Since their last meeting, both fighters have come a long way. Parker went the distance with Del Flannagan in Louisville last nonth and Marsh recently went ine rounds with world’s lightveight champion Ike Williams. Marsh has won 38 pro fights . n. his career, including a first- Cleancd ‘ound knockout over Gerald La-| Gary's’ fighting)

Promotor Norb Updike is arwinging four other fights on the; gram,

Special Guests

’arker was to have fought erdine Lynch of St. Louis last but Lynch was taken to spital emergency apndectomy. Updike will have as his speal guests at the fights the Inilana College All-Stars who will meet the Indianapolis Olympians in Butler Field House next Satur;

day night.

Pro-Am Scheduled

Parker Signs | The PGA pro-am tourney will BOSTON, Apr. 7 (UP)—Brook-

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