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Evening star., 1941-03-04
Rice Aims TO Shatter
Maki's2-MiIe Time
In Cleveland Race
Would Beot S::53.2, Mode
By Finn in 1889, in
Meet on March 10
Bv the Associated Press.

Bv the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, March 4.-Cleve-
land will be the scene of a race that
may prove Gregory Rice, former
Notre Dame speedster, the fastest
two-miler in history.
Confronted with stiff competition
March Is in the knights of Column
bus indoor meet here, Rice will
shoot the works" in a bid for un-
disputed recognition as the world s
best two-miler.
Rice covered the distance in 1884
on February Is in New York City to
break the recognized world record
of 1855, set outdoors by Milas Szabo
of Hungary. The time also bettered
Rice's former indoor mark of 1852
However, it was discovered later
that Taisto Maxi of Finland ran
two miles in 1882 in September,
1899. This figure has not been
recognized officially, but Rice wants
to clip three seconds off his best
time to settle the matter for good
Entries for the Cleveland meet,
patterned after the famous K. of C.
events in New York and Boston, close
Friday. So far Rice's competition
includes three tpp-notch runners
Forest Efaw of Oklahoma A. & NJ,
Tommy Deckard, Olympic star and
former 3,000-meter champion, and
Joe McCluskey, Emile steeplechase
titliSt.
Three other championships are or
the program-Jim Herbert of NY. U
in the 600-yard run, Walter Mehl OF
Wisconsin in the mile and AL Blozis
of Georgetown in the shotput.
Herbert's foes include Charley
Beetham of Ohio State. and Gene
Venzke of Pennsylvania is among
those listed to race Mehl.
The program has IL events. in
cluding several relays, and will be
staged at the arena. home of Cleve-
lands American Hockey League
team.
Evening star., 1941-03-04
Giants Hard Hit
As Bill urges
Has Relapse
InfieId Is Wrecked as
Dizzy Spells Again
Shelve Shortstop
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated HreSS.
MIAMI, Fla, March 4.-Bill
JurgeS' illness is causing a serious
situation in the New York Grants
camp.
The veteran shortstop, who had
high hopes he had recovered from a
head injury caused by a pitched
ball last summer, has been ordered
to return to New York for further
examination. He's waiting until he
feels well enough for the trip.
So, what shaped up as pretty
good ball club with Jurges at short
stop now looks as a team without
an infield.
Jurges suffered a recurrence of
dizziness while the Giants were in
Havana the past week end.
"The attack was the worst I've
experienced since I was hit last
June" he said. "The nerves in my
fingers went dead, and my left
ear also went completely numb.
That was a new sensation, and
confess it's got me scared. I don't
know what to do, but II follow
whatever Bill Terry advises"
Further Examination Urged.
/ Terry'S advice, the manager told
newsmen, is for Jurges to go to New
York for further examination or,
if he prefers, the club will send him
to Rochester, MINI.
"I recommended that if an opera
ton is considered necessary, he have
it done by the physician in whom
he feels the most confidence" Terry
explained. Il also impressed upon
him that it was useless for us to go
along the way we have, so long as he
still is subject to these attacks"
But urges isn't sure an operation
would effect cure. DR.. j. Lawrence
Pool, who treated him during the
winter, believes the trouble centers
in nerve in his left ear, and that
if this nerve were severed. Jurges
would become normal again, but
would lose the hearing in that ear
That probably would happen" :"
Jurges declared, "but the doctor
isn't positive"
Oreng0 Goes to Short.
Terry's first step to patch up his
shattered infield was to turn over
the shortstopping to Joe Orengo,
former st. Louis Cardinal who has
not signed his contract. Orengo
worked we'll in practice yesterday
with Second Baseman Burgess
Whitehead, also a holdout. Joe has
tried nearly every infield post and
figures he's best at short.
This move, however, means Lou
Chiozza would have to play third,
and he's never shown up especially
we'll there.
Terry may try trade, of course,
but he hasn't much hope of picking
up an established star. The Giants
have neither the players nor the
money to swing such a deal, he says.
Evening star., 1941-03-04
Temple Quint Tipped
As One 10 Watch
In 1912 Season
Team, Defeated by Only
Such Powers os Hoyos,
Will Remain lntuct
BY tht Associated Press

BY thE Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, March 4.-Do
you want good tip for the 1912
collegiate basket ball season? Keep
an eye on Temple.
The Owls, playing tough sched-
ule, have won IL and lost games
so far this winter, but don't let
those defeats mislead you.
The entire team will be back next
year, and observers predict Coach
Ernie Messikomer's 1912 club win
rival Temples famed aggregation
of 1898, when the Owls were gen.
orally recognized as national COL
legiate champions.
That year the Owls, coached by
the late Jimmy Usilton and led by
Don Shields, Mike Bloom, Howie
Black, Ed Boyle and Don Hender-
son, won % of Is games, piling up
an aggregate Of 1,121 points against
884. Georgetown and Villanova in
f1icted the two defeats.
Messikomer has two great set
shots in Angelo Musi and Howie
Kahn, a capable floor leader and
passer in Mendy Snyder and sew
ersl potent great players in Sopho-
mores Gorham Getchell, George
Albee, Bruce Dietterick, Max Whar-
ton and Bill Fallon. Next year,
with the experience gained this
season, they promise to be accom-
plished In every phase Of the game.
Georgetown and Michigan State
have twice defeated the Owls this
season. Bradley Tech, Penn State
and West Virginia inflicted the
other three setbacks. =
On the winning side the Owls
have humbled Oregon, Oklahoma,
Illinois, Kansas, La Sale, st. Johns
of Brooklyn, Fordham and Chi
cago Loyola. Perhaps their great
triumph came in ending the 10
game winning streak of Rhode
Island State In an overtime tussle
Evening star., 1941-03-04
Ace Assister CowIey
Finds Hockey Mark
Hard 10 Break
Ey the Associated Press.


MONTREAL, March 4.-BoSton's
Bill Cowley, like a good many other
would-be record breakers, is finding
that the last few points needed to
establish a new mark are the hard
est to get.
Cowley, a great play-maker and
easily the best in that department
in the National Hockey League this
season, is aiming at the circuits
record of 81 assists, established by
Joe Primeau of Toronto In the
1872 season. A couple of weeks
ago the trick looked easy, but in
the past two weeks he has made
only one goal and one assist, and
he's still one short of the record.
Both Cowley's points were made
last week, increasing his league
leading point total to so, on IA
goals and So assists, and giving him
a 6-point margin over Syl Apps OF
Toronto, who was kept idle by an
injury. Cowley and Apps have six
games In which to fight 1t out for
the scoring championship, and
they're in little or no danger of los
| ing their places.
Evening star., 1941-03-04

prised if old Adolfo Luque shows
up at Miami one of these days as
coach of the Giant pitchers.
Using-your-head dept. - Bobby
Doerr, who recently had his ap-
pendix removed, drove from Cali
fornia to the Red Sox training
camp in Florida in six days.
Right in the Misunderstanding
rider at the Hialeah meeting was
: the sensational Conn McCreary.
At the start, he was only an ap-
prentice, but midway of the
meeting he graduated into full
fledged jock. Result, he didn't
have enough wins to capture the
apprentice riders award and not
quite enough to win the prize for
the leading jockey.
Can't guy even dream?
(Headline in a Bay City, Mich,
paper via the Chicago Tribune) !:
GETS LONG JAIL TERM
FOR NETTING RAINBOWS
Evening star., 1941-03-04
Modern Trainers Only Rubbers, Says Mike

trainers much with
often make
anything handling ball players other
Most of the so-caled trainers
Naturally pitchers off than when they
started"
processes slightly ashamed of few of his col
lowered
getting opractors
newnged machines they don't how he
mpfed That isn't training real trainer man who can tell
stay that Anybody learn crack
bones, minutes"
Mr.
bcyceder trainer before he met rf But
6l years apprentice under Mike Murphy he explained
exactly who Mike Murphy
developer athletes University of
apprenticeship
Griffith tup permit him to speak with authority and
concerned
Evening star., 1941-03-04
Line Coach Cotton Is Hardest
Hit by G. u. Sports Breakup;
Jobs Overwhelming La Fond

mons and ST. AnSelm'S. Negotiations
for a game with st. Louis Uni
versity were pending, but will be
dropped. La Fond, left with vir-
tually no material and facing the
ever present menace of more losses
through the draft, will have a diff
ficUllt enough time Of it.
La Fonds appointment was not
greeted with universal acclaim, al
thought it was agreed that if the
school is going to drop varsity sports
eventually and confine its activities
to intramuralS he is well qualified
for the post. 1t was reported that
the new director would be given a
Stutus equal to that of an instructor
on the faculty, which would give a
degree of permanency to the posi-
ton, but DR.. Magner would not con-
| firm this.
Spring Grid Drills Puzzle.
Who will conduct spring football
| practice has not been determined.
La Fond said yesterday he would
| issue no statements on policy or
| plans until Bergman had departed.
He pointed out that the retiring
coach's tenure did not end until
June /, and until then Bergman
was still in command of the La Fond
subordinate to him. 1t is believed
Eddie will have to call out the squad
upon his return from Florida. He
was to leave for Miami today with
his boxing team, stopping on the
return trip for match with Florida
The matter of a basket ball coach,
which duties Cotton also assumed,
will not be disposed of until next
year. The Cardinals, after years of
! poverty-stricken court teams, finally
came through with a capable fresh
man outfit this year and it will carry
on in basket ball as usual La Fond
does not aspire to the position, but
would prefer to retain his role of
boxing coach.
DR.. Magner said athletes attend
ing school on scholarships would
not be dropped, but would be car
ried the full four-year term pro-
vided they maintained the rigid
scholastic requirements of a Cav
erage. He said he expected a new
spirit among the students to atone
for the lack of scholarship men, but
admitted that G. U. could not hope
to carry on in the same high plane
it once travelled. L. F. A.
Evening star., 1941-03-04
Active listino
Demanded by
.0ss, Still Spry
Puy Slash Also Irks
Vet, Highly Roted
Utility Player
By Q Star staff Correspondent.

bs u cthT blhH OOfEespUEucut'
ORLANDO, Fla, March 4.-The
big news today around this training
camp of the Nationals supposedly
concerned the lineup for the open
ing exhibition game next Sunday in
Tampa against the world champion
Cincinnati Reds. After days of
having nothing to report, President
Clark Grifith and Manager Bucky
Harris proudly announced that Joe
Mellendeck will play center field,
Walter Masterson will start the
pitching, etc.
But during lull in the usual dull
evening a little drama was enacted
in a corner of the hotel mezzanine
today. 1t wasn't quite correct when
the camp correspondents announced
that, with the signing of Cecil
Travis, the Mats salary troubles
were settled once and for all. 1t
develops that Ossie Bluege was for
gotten.
Ossie, who has been with the
Washington club since 1922, served
as a coach last year. For the first
time in his long and brilliant ma
jor league career he was removed
from the active list. He didn't like
it then and he doesn't like it now
Coaching is all right. he thinks,
but when a fellow has some good
baseball left in his system he wants
to play.
AS this war written Ossie wasn't
signed for 1941. He was rendered
a coaching contract at a reduced
salary figure. oss fancies himself
as a ballplayer yet and so 1t was
that he cornered the Old Fox and
asked for a new deal.
He explained to conf1dants how
he felt about it. I'm 40 years old,
he admitted. Most ballplayers are
all finished at 40. But I'm different
I can play as well now as ever
could play. I don't want to quit
When I know I'm all through I'd
Evening star., 1941-03-04

Forrest G. Fod) Cotton, until last
Sunday line coach and right-hand
man to Dutch" Bergman at Catho-
lie University, today looked around
at the Brookland schools revamped
athletic setup and found himself
holding the well-known bag.
Bergman, with several attractive
propositions to investigate, appar-
emily does not have to worry about
the future. Eddie La Fond, the
handyman of the C. U. athletic de-
partment under the previously ex-
listing arrangements, has been kicked
upstairs into the position of director
of athletics and head football coach.
But Cotton is out in the cold, forced
to begin again and at period of the
year when most coaching positions
are filled.
One of the most capable line
coaches in this neck of the woods,
or anywhere for that matter, "Fod'
was unaware of the impending
change in Catholic University's pol
icy, which will be directed toward
more emphasis on an intramural
program. Not until last week, when
he heard stray rumor, did he
ascertain the facts and it left him
three months behind the field in the
quest for new affiliations after the
annual turnover in coaching berths
Cotton Caught in Bad Spot.
Cotton attended the coaches
meeting at New York last December
to plead the case. ironically enough
of a friend He could have been
speaking for himself during that
time and with his reputation and
friends it is safe to say would have
caught on some place. AS the mat
ter now stands, only minor miracle
will enable him to continue his
coaching career uninterruptedly, for
Cotton wants to be coach, first, last
and always.
Rumors today persisted that Berg
man is leading candidate for the
Boston College berth vacated by
Frank Leahy and if he lands it Cot
ton undoubtedly will go with him as
line coach. A Notre Dame man i;
certain to get that position, mas
much as Leahy installed the Irish
system when he took over there and
wealth of material remains which
was studiously drilled in the Rockne
system last season.
At Catholic u, meanwhile, DR..
James A. Magner, procurator, said
the Cardinals will play the 1941
games contracted for by Bergman.
Seven definitely are booked. The list
includes Detroit, West Virginia,
Wesleyan, Mississippi State, Miami,
Mount st. Mary's Hardin-Sim-
Evening star., 1941-03-04
DR.. Parker, Former Cub
Pitcher, Dies at 66
Rz the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, March 4.-Dr. Har-
ley Parker, 66-year-old physician
who formerly pitched for the Chi
cago Cubs and Cincinnati baseball
clubs. died yesterday.
Parker played with the Cubs when
they were managed by Cap Anson
and was with the Reds at the turn
of the century. His brother, the
late Jay Parker, also played with
the Cubs.
Evening star., 1941-03-04
First Team
Second Team
Two Navy Yord Quints
Take League Games

Navy Yard representatives did all
right by themselves in the Times
Herald Basket Ball League last
night, the Apprentices doubling the
score of Army War College, 44-22,
and the Marines nosing out Marine
Barracks, 43-40.
In a third game, Tucker A.. G.
defeated Civil Service, 1925.
Evening star., 1941-03-04
Win, Lose or Draw
Nature, Psychology Called Best Arm Cures
By FRANCIS E. STAN,
Star staff Correspondent.

4Some of the pitchers beginning to
hold thm another there will be enough
Florida all the oseopath the country busy
spell
Bridges
this with the the natives Of ST.
protesting the region
question of
anyway?
We carried the Mr. Miguel Martin the well known muscle
knucke
rubbing the bloody stump into the dirt and
o moderns.
gruned.
find fellow a didn't from
pitching truth most of them
the clubhouses the trainers
haVea o to do with
Evening star., 1941-03-04
G. w. Five, FIoshy in Trimming
ProokIyn St. Johns, Appears
Headed for N. {. A. A. Event

stood out just enough over their
mates to be noticeable, but the en-
tire team clicked as it never has
clicked before.
ST. Johns, with Johnny Geilen
and Ken Barnett showing the way,
ran up an early 10-7 lead but after
that couldn't buy bucket. The
Colonials showed six field goals and
a brace of fouls into the netting be-
fore st. Johns counted again, prod
ding their advantage to 21-10, and
the Indians never had chance
thereafter.
Joe Lapchick, st. Johns coach,
thought G. w. had the finest team
his boys have met all season.
"Of that game I'd say they would
breeze through the New York tour
nament," he commented.
Evening star., 1941-03-04
ege Eager Play Ball no. pmns Nat Offer Serve Coach Only
FutiIity Record
Set for Soccer
Hl the Associated Press.

By the Assoclated Press.
ST. LOUIS, March 4-Two
Municipal League soccer teams,
the Raftery-Eagans and Old
Timers, played a scoreless tie.
So they continued with an g.
minute overtime period. StM no
one scored. They played an
other. In the third overtime
both teams made a point, neces-
stating still another overtime
.. and another.
After eight overtime periods
the score still was tied-so they
called it quits. Final score: to /.
Evening star., 1941-03-04
Wisconsin S Englund
Is Only Repeater
On Big Ten Five
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, March 4.-Wisconsin's
championship cage machine was
awarded two positions on the all
conference team annually selected
by Big Ten coaches for the Asso-
ciated Press.
Gene Englund, high scoring CEN
ter, was a unanimous choice for a
first team spot, the only repeater
from the 1949 all-star team. John
Kotz, husky Badger sophomore for
ward, also was placed on the team.
Evening star., 1941-03-04
Foy Murray Dies

NASHVILLE, Tenn, March 4 up.
Fay L. Murray, 6O-year-old owner
of the Nashville baseball club of the
Southern Association, died today
after brief illness.
Evening star., 1941-03-04
Briqqs Five Seeks Foes

Briggs Clarifier A. c. cagers are
seeking games with teams that have
gyms. Call j. D. O'Connen at Ma
tional 6997 before 4:30.
Evening star., 1941-03-04
Walker Cup Series.

Tonight-Boston at Washington te:S0
pm. Riverside Stadium.
Tomorrow night-New York at River
Vale, Washington at Baltimore (sxhibd-
Evening star., 1941-03-04
Hockey Standings

EASTERN LEAGUE.
Evening star., 1941-11-09
Navy Sportsmonship |mpresses Notre Dame
Even Digntories Whoop 1t Up Thrill Packed Contest

On the Notre Dame side celeb
rites included the Rev. John j.
Cavanaugh, C. S. c., Notre Dame
vice president and representative
of the Rev. J. Hugh O'Donnell,
c. S. c., Ph.D., the schools presi-
dent, and the Most Rev. Michael
j. Curley, archbishop of Balti-
more and Washington.
When Coach Frank Leahy fin
ally disengaged himself from sew
eral hundred waving, would-be
handshakers, he smiled in a
steaming dressing room, said
merely:
That was a fine victory over
a fine team" And it was time
for the Irish team to give a roar
ing tribute to their coach.
Several doors down, a disheart-
ened Navy gang sat silently.
Gloom was a pea soup fog.
Coach Swede Larson bit his lip,
called the Irish passing "phe-
nomenal," and said, IF We only
had the-air arm of Bertelh"
Evening star., 1941-11-09

Most of the high-ranking Navy
officials sat near the .colorful
midshipmen section in mid field,
with generous sprinklings of i'm
portant administration officials
from Washington, and enough
chrysanthemums for a dozen
wholesale florists.
Across the way in the days
biggest grid attraction were the
Notre Dame contingent and 100
piece band, a small but enthusi-
astic gang that-juSt like the
team-never gave up when the
going was toughest.
There was Jesse H. Jones, Sec
retary of Commerce; Claude r.
Wickard, Secretary of Agricul-
ture; Frank C. Walker, Postmas-
ter General; UnderSecretary OF
the Navy James Forrestal; As
sistant Secretaries of the Navy
Ralph A. Bard and Artemus L.
Gates; Gov. Herbert r. O'Conor
of Maryland; Admiral H. R.
Stark, chief Of Naval Operations,
and scores of others.
Evening star., 1941-11-09
Alexandra Episcopal
Muffs Chances in
Defeat by Y. {. 5.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
LYNCHBURG. Va. Nov 8-Vir-
ginia Episcopal School defeated
Episcopal High of Alexandria II TO 7
in an annual game here today.
The Bishops played alert and ag-
gressive football for the first three
quarters to pile up a 1910 lead but
were hard pushed by Episcopal
rallies in the fourth quarter.
Virginia Episcopal scored early
in the game after Hood had re-
covered an Episcopal tumble on the
6-yard line Joslin ran around end
for the touchdown. The second
V. E. S. touchdown came in the third
period after Joslin had raced 80
yards to the Episcopal Is McManus
carried the ball over from the 2-yard
line.
Episcopal took the kickoff and
went IS yards for its touchdown
with Ellis leading the way. Ellis
passed % yards to Burnett in the
end zone for the touchdown and
Burnett placekicked the extra point
Episcopal three times in the fourth
quarter advanced to the V. f. S.
and one touchdown was nullifed
by an offside penalty.
Evening star., 1941-11-09
Farmer, Parker Team
To Trounce Illinois
For Iowa, 21-O
Duo Accounts for All
Touchdowns, Two Made
By Aerial PIoys
BY the Associated Press.


CHAMPAIGN. Ill, Nov 8-Iowa S
steadily improving Hawkeyes put
another hole today in Illinois
waning hopes for Big Ten victory
this season by routing Bob Zuppke S
eleven. 81 to 0, before IA 339 shivering
fans in Memorial Stadium.
Tommy Farmer and Bill Parker
teamed up to account for all the
Iowa points, with Farmer pitching
both scoring aerials to Parker and
Farmer scoring the last touchdown
on a short dash after his 36-yard
sprint had set the stage.
Less than eight minutes Of the
battle had passed when Iowa scored
The Hawks took the ball on thelr
own "a after a punt and Farmer S
pass high-lighted his teams drive to
the Illinois 36.
Then Farmer faded back and
rifed a perfect peg to Parker, who
raced over the goal line from the
Illinois 20.
Farmer made good on this extra
point conversion. as he did on the
following touchdowns.
In the third period Iowa cashed
in on Illinois several fumbles
Green of Iowa fumbled after Iowa
had driven to the Illinois II. But
Lavere Astroth fumbled on the first
play, Iowa recovering on the Illinois
IL. Green smashed to the Illinois
8 and Farmer shot a pass to Parker
In the end zone for a touchdown.
Evening star., 1941-11-09
Aided by Breaks, B. E
Gives Wake Forest
B-6 Whipping
Eagles Earn Only Two
Touchdowns; Deocons
Denied Two TuIIies
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON, Nov. 8.-Wake Forests
Deacons extended Boston College
for the full 60 minutes today,
although the Eagles collected a 26-6
decision.
Two of the Eagle tallies were
strictly legitimate, coming at the
tail end of ferocious marches which
bit huge chunks of yardage out of
the rugged Wake Forest line. But
the others came on lucky breaks,
one being set up by an unnecessary
roughness penalty and the other
coming after Charley Furbush,
BoSton'S talented wing, fell ON
fumbled punt on the Wake Forest
18.
Wake Forest held the Eagles
scoreless for % minutes, scored
themselves on a 53-yard drive and
were twice denied additional tallies
The Deacon tally came in the
opening minute of the final period,
ending the drive which followed
the kickoff after the third Eagle
counter.
Evening star., 1941-11-09
State Soccer Crown
Is Taken by Terps
On Late Marker

Marylands soccer team captured
the State title here today by hand
ing Loyola College of Baltimore a
l-to-0 licking at College Park yes
terday. Both teams went into the
game unbeaten.
Bob Main from Seat Pleasant,
Md, scored the winning goal with
only four minutes left to play
Both teams displayed great de-
fenses, the rival goalies having lit
tie of note to perform for this rea-
son.
Maryland has won six games and
has tied Temple. IL, and Navy, 90.
Temples point is the only one scored
on the Terps.