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Evening star., 1942-03-12
Terps May Land
Shaughnessy as
Griidiron Coach
Declines Yale Berth,
Hints at East Job
Like MoryIond's

A strong possibility that Clark
Shaughnessy of Stanford, miracle
man of Pacific Conference football
and outstanding exponent of the
T-system, will be the next coach
the University Of Maryland was
hinted today in an Associated Press
dispatch from Los Angeles.
Maryland's name is not men,
toned specifically, but the tone of
the dispatch indicated Shaughnessy
was thinking of College Park. The
story says the Stanford coach, ru-
mored as sought by Yale, may 60
East, transferring to a university
with no great football reputation
under a college president who
played the game himself in his un-
dergraduate days"
President H. c. Curly Byrd OF
Maryland had no statement to
make on the situation this morn
ing. His only remark was:
IF you want to conjecture that is
your business
Evening star., 1942-03-12
Lions C|inch PIayoff
Spot in American
Hockey League
Whip New Haven Eagles;
Pittsburgh Club Near
Loop Scoring Mark
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Underdogs asserted themselves in
the American Hockey League last
night as the Eastern division added
the third club to its side Of the
championship playoffs.
Washington's Lions took over un-
disputed possession of third place
in the Eastern division and clinched
a playoff berth with a IA triumph
over the New Haven Eagles. who al
ready have sewed up second place.
The victory at New Haven auto
matically eliminated the idle Provi-
dence Reds from the race for the
No. 8 position.
Near Scoring Record.
Meanwhile, the Pittsburgh Hor-
nets walloped the Springfield In
dians. Eastern division champions,
5-1, at Pittsburgh. and boosted their
total goals to 205. They need only
10 more in their two remaining
games to break the league record
of 2l4 set by Philadelphia in 1859.
At Indianapolis, the Capitals
pulled within one point of Cleve-
lands Western division leaders by
tripping the Buffalo Bisons, AZ.
Hershey's Bears defeated the
Philadelphia Rockets, So. at Phila-
delphia, making it clean sweep
over the Eastern division tail-enders
for the season.
With Cleveland idle, the Capitals
will have a chance to grab the
Western division lead tonight when
they shift to Buffalo for another
tussle with the Bisons.
Lions at Providence.
Washington will be at Providence
for the only other contest on the
evenings program.
The Eagles started in whirlwind
fashion against Washington last
night with goals by Patterson, Shack
and two by Norm Burns in the first
II minutes of play, but from there
on the Lions took over, scoring
twice in the first period, twice in
the second and three times in the
final.
The Lions scorers were Rookie,
Trudel, Shields, Smith, Drouin,
Mantha and Tudin.
Evening star., 1942-03-12

boys showed up instead Of the
100 he expected. Jimmy john
ston broadcasts that his boy,
Abe Simon, has a swell chance
against Joe Louis because Joe
will lack confidence If Jack
Blackburn isn't in his corner.
Bobby Robertson, the Southern
California footballer, has been
signed for the Lou Gehrig pic
ture to play the role of one of
LOUIS Columbia pals. Asked to
pick an all-New England Con-
ference basket ball team, Coach
Bill Kenyon of Yale named the
Rhode Island State starting line
up. George Rupert has decided
to run his fishing contest again
this year, figuring the Navy has
left some good spots open to
fishermen and the anglers will
continue to seek relaxation.
Today's guest star-Lynn c.
Doyle, Philadelphia Evening Bull
letin: ITO look at the Widener
Stakes crowd 1T Hialeah on Sat-
Evening star., 1942-03-12
Oshkosh Quint Adds
Pro Tourney Title
To League Flag
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, March 12.-Cham-
pionship honors in the National
Professional Basket Ball League
and the annual pro tournament at
Chicago both belonged to the Osh-
kosh tWis) All-Stars today
The All-Stars added the tourna-
ment title last night when Gene
Englund's last-second field goal
broke up a 41-all tie and tripped
the defending titleholders, the De-
troit Eagles, 43 to Al.
Oshkosh was ahead, 2o-1o, at
half time, but Detroit rallied and
led at one time In the last minute,
1898.
Englund, former Wisconsin ace,
topped all scorers with II points.
Evening star., 1942-03-12
Great Lakes in Ten Grid Tits;
Books Minnesota, Notre Dame

miral Downes said, 'have proved
that America must become physi-
cally hardened If 1t hopes to beat
of the attacking forces and fight
on to ultimate victory. - Ath-
letics promote sportsmanship, clean
living and team play.
Those are vitality essential in the
molding of men into good citizens
in times of peace and good sailors
in times of war"
Big Ten schools recently extended
their football schedules from eight
to 10 games a season in order to
play service teams. Minnesota an
nounced Sunday it had altered its
1912 schedule and had offered to
play the sailors October 10.
Last night Coach Frank Leahy at
Notre Dame said the Irish would
meet Great Lakes December 5, prob
ably in Soldier Field, If arrange
ments were completed.
Evening star., 1942-03-12
BY HUGH FULLERTON, Jr.,
Wide World Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, March 12.-End
of the first war time hockey sea-
son is bringing a lot Of rumors
about what may happen to the
game. Latest story drom Buff
falo) Is that Canadian clubs will
try to have all the teams shifted
to Canada for the duration.
Hockey men hereabouts say it
amt so; that either they'll round
up enough players to carry on
with the present setup or there
WORT be any hockey. Still, Bill
Tobin of the Blackhawks is
quoted as saying his club won't
even approach the Canadian gov
ernment to let boys play on a
24-hour recall basis as they have
been doing this year. Anyway, it's
a cinch that players will be join
ing up In wholesale lots as soon
as this season is over. And If the
military keeps taking figure skat-
ers at the present rate, don't b
Evening star., 1942-03-12

surprised if Sonia Henie comes out
with an all-girl ice revue next fall.
Blushing basket baller-When
the postman brought letter ad-
dressed simply to Jack Kornie-
wicz, Brooklyn, N. Y, basket ball
player" little Johnny Kornie-
wicz of st. Francis College gladly
signed his autograph and pre-
pared to mail the card to his
youthful Fort Wayne, Ind, ad-
mirer. But he lost the letter in
the locker room and Johnny's fan
mail turned up on the college bull
letin board. Since then Johnny
has been called from classes a
dozen times to answer the phone
and every call was request
from President Roosevelt" or
some other celebrity for his au-
tograph.
One-minute sports page-When
Hobbs Adams called out his
Kansas State football candidates
this spring after giving the meet
ing plenty Of publicity. only 20
Evening star., 1942-03-12
Two P|ayoffs 10 Fill
Field for N.C.A.A,
Basket Tourney
BY the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, March 12.-Comple-
ton of the field of eight for the Ma
tional Collegiate Athletic Association
basket ball tournament today await
ed two playoffs-between Oklahoma
A. and M. and Kansas for District
5 honors and between Stanford and
Oregon State for District 8.
The Pacific Coast teams will be-
gin their playof tonight over a
three game route.
Kansas and Oklahoma A. and M.
will engage in single game playoff
Tuesday.
The playoff winners would COM
pete with Rice and Colorado in
Kansas City, March 20-21, to de-
termine the Western Divisions en-
try against the East.
Eastern contenders - Dartmouth,
Penn State, Kentucky and Illinois
will decide their champion in New
Orleans on the same dates.
The division winners then will
clash for the N. c. A. A. title in a
single game March 28 In Kansas
City.
Evening star., 1942-03-12
Tigers Shohfie|ders
Pack Solid Punch
In Camp Games
By the Associated Press.

| BY the Associated Press.
LAKELAND, Fla, March 12.-
Detroit's intrasquad games have
demonstrated to Manager Del
Baker what job it will be to pick
a shortstop this season. Veteran
Eric McNair hit two homers in
the final game yesterday, while
Rookie Bill Hitchcock belted a
triple and a single and contributed
two spectacular fielding plays.
DE LAND, Fla.-Signing of Out
fielder Roy Cullenbine, who batted
.317 last season, left Rick Ferrell,
veteran catcher, and Johnny Lu-
cadello. sophomore second base
man, as the only st. Louis Brown
holdout.
Neither has been heard from
since contracts were mailed out.
ST. PETERSBURG. Fla. - Joe
Gordon apparently lost none of his
class during his holdout siege. The
Yankee second baseman handled
seven chances flawlessly in his sec
ond game yesterday, bringing his
two-day total to 10.
Evening star., 1942-03-12
Passes Up Yale Chance,

LOS ANGELES, March IL (P.-
Count Clark Shaughnessy out of the
Yale football picture.
Stanford's football coach made
that plain. and emphatically. as he
returned from the East, where he
conferred with Yale alumni.
Shaughnessy may go East. Ge,
set for shock.
The coach who led Stanford to q
Rose Bowl championship in his first
year on the West Coast and just
missed with an injury riddled squad
last fall may transfer to a university
with no football reputation.
Such position would give
ShaughnesSy another chance to pull
a surprise such as he did at STAN
ford in 1910 when he took an Oft
beaten club and came up with an
all-victorious team.
He could be athletic director and
head football coach at probably $40,
900 a year, the salary he's reported
drawing at Sanford. In his early
sos. he would have security. under a
football minded college president
who played the game himself in his
undergraduate days.
Outlook on Coast Uncertain.
Shaughnessy's two chief reasons
for coming West from Chicago were
opportunity and security. He has IN
optional contract which insures him
Of three more years at Stanford. al
though It's understood he can check
out any time he chooses.
However, the war has robbed him
Of much Of his opportunity. Grid
prospects along the Pacific Coast are
uncertain. Many stars and likely
prospects have gone into the armed
forces.
Worse is the prospect that crowds
may be limited. 1t. Gen. John L.
Dewitt, commander of the 4th Army
and Western defense command.
never has lifted the 5000 crowd limit
which Cancelled Santa Anita's rich
racing season and sent the Rose
Bowl and East-West football games
to Eastern sites last January.
That 5000 limit would Just about
relegate football to an intramural
status. Shaughnessy had enough of
that at Chicago U.
Evening star., 1942-03-12
By the Associated Press.

GREAT LAKES, H., March H.
The Great Lakes Naval Training
Station will play 10 football games
this fall against Big Ten and other
major Midwestern universities.
Rear Admiral John Downes said
the schedule. now being arranged,
was in line with physical harden
ing program planned for the thou
sands Of men passing through the
station in each training period.
The broadened athletic program,
he added, would be under the leader
ship of nationally famous coaches
and would include intramural base
ball and continue ton of intercol-
legiate basket ball The powerful
Great Lakes basket ball team has
scored 2g victories in its first "a
games.
Events OF the recent past" Ad.
Evening star., 1942-03-12
Eagles 'BIaeked Out
From First Team
A||.League LIST

Washingtons hockey Eagles were
overlooked entirely by those select
ing the all-Eastern Amateur League
team, announced today, but Len
Burrage and Paul Corteau were
picked on the second group.
Johnstown and New York we're the
only teams placing two men on the
all-league six. the remaining two
berths being filled by Boston and
New York pucksters.
Selections:
FIRST TEAM-Goale, Ceryance (Johns-
town.; defense. Anderson tBoston) and
Davidson New York;; center, Burlinston
(Atlantic City; Wing, Macy New York;
and Dyck (Johnstownl.
SECOND TEAM-Goalie, Polich (Bos-
toni. defense. Burrage tWashington> and
YorukewicZ (Boston): center, Chakowski
(Baltimorel; Wing, Courteau tWashinston)
and Kirkpatrick New York;.
Evening star., 1942-03-12
Obeck Will Help Train
Flyers at Annapolis

AKRON, Ohio, March IL P.-
Vic Obeck, assistant grid coach at
the University Of Akron, will leave
tomorrow for the Naval Training
Station at Annapolis. where he will
serve in the Navys aviation physical
education program.
Obeck was graduated from
Springfield College.
Evening star., 1942-03-12
SchuIze Heads Alumni
Aquinst A. U. Varsity

Hugo Dutch) Schulze, former
American University basket ball cap
tain, will lead an alumni five into
action against the varsity Saturday
night when the Eagles drop the
curtain on a successful 1912 season.
A volley ball duel between faculty.
alumni teams, exhibitions In jujitsu,
tumbling and boxing will round out
the program.
Evening star., 1942-03-12
Sports Mirror
BY the Associated Press

hSSOCIdVeU
Today a year ago-Denny
Myers, former Brown and Yale
line coach. named head football
coach at Boston College.
Three years ago-Jose de Ca
priles won national fencing three
weapon championship, defeating
DR.. John R. Huffman in finals.
Five years ago-Joe Di Maggie
signed New York Yankee con-
tract at $4,000. Henry Arm
strong stopped Mike Belloise in
four rounds in featherweight
title bout at Madison Square
Garden.
Evening star., 1942-03-12

Runs batted in-Heprich Priddy. Rosar.
Levy. Two-base hit-Rosar. Sacrifice,
Donald Double plays-Wynn to Pofahl
to Repass to Vernon, Pofahl (unassistedl !.
Vernon, Breuer to Rizzuto to Hassett. Left
q 1afesWashinSjfen b.ja Mynn MsT York g of Il
struck nrHsi' out-By Chandler, 2; by Wynn, j j;
by zuber, l. Hits-Off Chandler, l in :
innings: of Breuer. | in 3 innings; on
innings: OFF Zuber, . in 3 innings: of
Cathey, in inning. Wild pitch
Zuber. Passed ball-Early. winning
pitcher-Chandler Losing pitcher-Wynn.
Evening star., 1942-03-12

would recognize the value OF scn
things World War Coach Hank Gowdy is
famed the baayer enlist in the last struggle
Of the Reds lieutenant
Some of the club owners harder than the fans
talked with not long and
he
Government last year to induct
Creenberg $4,000 The
dollar
head with eenbeg Since the Government gets III
addition creenberg would
SIG makes $50 00O"
if figures entirely accurate but 1t
raising
Besides soldiers with money? George Wash
tneton Conederacy thought
Evening star., 1942-03-12
Basket Ball Scores
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
La Sale, 80; Muhlenberg. 81
Glenville, 6S: Morris Harvey. 40.
West Virginia, n: Salem, 63.
Princeton, So; Columbia, 80.
c. c. N. Y, As: New York u. AZ.
Harvard, So: PENNSYLVANIA, 81.
Brown, "a Providence. As.
st. Louis, %; Washington tSt. L), 90.
Evening star., 1942-03-12
Mats Pitchers Are Promising Lack of Power ters Handcap Club
Win, Lose !:':.:: O.! or Draw
SIum and Grovy, and It's Not Bad
By FRANCIS {. STAN,
Star Staff CORRESPONDENT.

TAMPA, 12-After of
Uncle Sans khaki Hank Geenberg Army life is all right
grow me- Sergt telling
night here, where he stationed Now think it's
I'm not thinking of playing baseball again."
We thought might
ceded him monthbut certainly the big
a
Greenberg the the
commissions civilians the handing them ouand in
antitank then He
school
wouldn't played ball again. saying Base
a
old past 81 now
Evening star., 1942-03-12
MocDiII Field Soldiers Like This Sarge

OF AS II
sensitive reporters
proceeded training and until
MAY the regular Uncle called rival players the
dueou delighted in chanting "One
four-hep Hank walked to the plate to bat
supposed be humorous.
But Hank took all pulled his
the public by stern Army
hatfooted rookie OF 1880 became
q
Now he's on o Buck private to private
corporal lies ahead,
athlete assigned to MacDI Field at Tampa
The MacDl Field to
the soldiers The special
the Reds he batted in
I never anything Giles president
and general manager like clockwork
sooels
house che
Evening star., 1942-03-12
Is 1t Was 10 Months Before Pearl Horbor

Greenberg imposing khaki
leading
batting 0-year
And he's still the nice
got number That
happened Lakeland where the
Board suggested he had
reexamned The dogs okay said
Florida
the played because
This 10 months before Pearl Habor
World something strictly
crawling with
fans thought some kind OF
his
when count the ahead OF him
little silly
stupid and usually having to
do with of he Geenberg arches.
Evening star., 1942-11-18
Howard University Seminar
For Physicians Ends Today

The concluding sessions of the
third annual postgraduate seminar
for physicians, which opened Mon
day, are being held today at Howard
University and Freedmen's Hospital
with approximately 135 physicians
from District, Maryland and Vir-
ginia in attendance. go e.s---,.. =. = =
DR.. C. Wendell Freeman. chair
man of the Seminar Committee, was
to conduct a general discussion and
present a review as the conferences
came to a close late this afternoon.
DR.. Orville L. Ballard Of the Wav-
erly Hills Sanatorium, Waverly
Hills, KY, was to present one of the
principal discussions. speaking on
common treatment problems in the
management of tuberculosis.
This morning was taken up by
special clinics covering tubercu-
losis, syphilis and pediatrics, sup
plementing clinical sessions held on
the two previous days. There was
a smoker for men physicians last
night at Crystal Caverns, Eleventh
and U streets NV.
Evening star., 1942-11-18
By the Associated Press.

LONDON, Nov. 1S.-Here's the
rousing story of eight scrapping
Americans who fought of 80 of the
Germans best planes, downed four
to eight of them and brought their
Flying Fortress home with a wing
tip rolled up like sardine cam"
an engine dead and rudder controls
half frozen.
Maj. Gen. Carl Spaatz, COM
mander of American Air Forces in
the European theater, disclosed the
feat today. adding another chapter
to the story that American men
and machines are writing over
Europe.
The Fortress had completed a
bombing assignment over Lille,
France, its fourth mission over the
continent, and was headed home
when a formation Of 80 Focke Wulf-
1905 jumped the flight, quickly
knocking this plane out OF the
bomber formation and making it an
especially attractive target.
when they put bullet through
our No. l propeller and knocked US
out Of formation I knew we we're
in trouble" said 1t. Robert L.
Riordan of Houston, Tex, the pilot.
And when they slammed two
cannon shells into our rudder con-
trols I told the boys to get ready to
bail out. We were lucky, I guess. +"
Staff Sergt. John T. De John of
Ansley. Ala, was banging away at
the enemy from his tail gunner's
position when q German fighter put
20-millimeter cannon shell right
in his lap" spraying steel fragments
down his left side and knocking out
one Of his two guns.
Despite his multiple wounds, the
rugged former professional baseball
player kept on firing his lone gun
for another 10 minutes and was
credited with one plane shot down
When Bergt. De john finally ad-
mitted that he was wounded, 1t
Evening star., 1942-11-18

fell under the German onslaught.
when the Germans occupied
Athens he remained there as an
assistant military attache.
"One day his car nicked the fend-
er of another containing two Italian
privates and Fascist lieutenant.
THE lieutenant stepped out Of
his car and slapped Col.. Craw.
"The next moment II Duche's un-
conquerable hero and his beautiful
uniform were stretched out in the
dusty street from an American right
hook.
"One Of the Fascist privates then
tried to brain Nick with a gun butt,
and the second tried to raise his rifle
to shoot the American.
Col. Craw laid out the first along
side the lieutenant while q passing
Greek woman struck the second one
in the face with her purse, tempo
rarily binding him. Then Col.
Craw laid him down with another
hook.
What might have turned into a
general riot matted when a German
ofncer rushed up, and after hearing
an account Of the incident, made
the Italians apologize to Col. Craw
THE pugnacious Nick left Greece
later for Turkey and eventually
made his way home. Like many
West Point graduates no place was
home for long. He served at Mitchell
Field in New York, Seattle, Hawaii
and a dozen other places.
The next I heard about Nick
was from a major general in Lon
don who had seen him in Washing
ton. Nick had begged for assign
ment to Europe, where he could see
some fighting" the general related
Nick, of course, must have jumped
at the chance to join Gen. Patton S
Moroccan expedition-only to die on
a peace mission"
Evening star., 1942-11-18
Gen. Patton Describes Death
|OfCoi. Crowin AfriconI Invasion
Fighting Nick Killed
In Attempt to Halt
Morocco Shooting

In his second attempt to save
bloodshed, Col. Demas T. (Nick)
Craw, ~, known in many lands as
always spelling for good fight, ;"
was killed In action with the Amer
lean forces In West Africa, 1t was
learned yesterday. Maj. Gen. George
8. Patton. jr, commanding ofncer
there, described the .colorful, hand
some soldiers death as one Of "su-
perlative heroism."
"Col. Craw was killed In q furry
of machine gun bullets when, in the
early stages of the invasion Of Mo-
rocco, he volunteered to go ashore
to convince the French commander
to surrender. He made one fruitless
trip, returned and then asked to be
permitted to try again. The end
came on the second trip.
Well Known In Capital.
Col. Craw was well known in
Washington. He was native of
Michigan, volunteered in the Army
as private during the World War
when he was 18 years old. and later
received an appointment to West
Point. After graduation he was
promoted through the ranks and was
in the thick of action wherever it
could be found.
Gen. Patton told the story OF
mick" Craw to Yves Gallagher,
Associated Press stan writer with
the Allied force headquarters in
Africa. Mr.. Gallagher's dispatch
from Africa quoted Col. Patton as
saying:
II remembered what happened
at the other end of the Mediter-
ranean before the United States
was in the war and Nick was a
United States Air Forces observer
with the Raj in Greece.
Little Greece then was on her
last legs. She had been fighting the
Italians for five months and Ger
/ many then had jumped on her.
TT was essential that an Raj
bomber force attack Nazi supply
trains in Sofia, hundreds Of mile,
away. The Bulgarian capital was
protected by the Naz air force
then the mightiest in the world.
Bombardier on Mission.
"Col. Craw did not have to &C
on this desperate venture. But the
handsome officer, idolized by young
RAF flyers and women alike, imme.
diately volunteered. Nothing coulc
have stopped him and he went
along as a bombardier on that
dangerous mission.
Il recall the excitement in hi.
shining eyes upon his return, how
he told of his bomb scoring direct
hit on train that went up with 8
tremendous smash"
Nick Craw flew time and agair
as a combat member until the RAJ
Evening star., 1942-11-18
War Council
Continued From First Paee.)

velopment of new strategy will be re-
quired.
He explained that he saw this as
involving a gradual extension of
mass bombing raids of Italian and
German production centers, assert
ing that raids from England already
had had an amazing effect" on
German production and were max
ing themselves felt on Genoa and
other Italian cities.
He expressed the hope that ex-
tension of such raids would result in
smashing major Italian produc-
ton"
May Start in England.
Leighton Mccarthy, the Canadian
Minister to this country, suggested
that probably the raids would orig
mate in England, but Mr.. Nash said
any available jumping-on points
might be used.
The British Ambassador, Lord
Halifax, said 1t was very en-
couraging meeting" and Mr.. Nash
said 1t was obviously the most
interesting meeting we have ever
had"
The New Zealand Minister said
actually there are some Is fronts"
In the war, with the Russians fight
ing on half 4 dozen of them. He
listed other major fronts as the
Solomons, New Guinea. the Middle
East, North Africa, Burma, China,
the Aleutians, the Atlantic and the
bombing of Germany and Italy.
Lord Halifax explained that Pres
ident Roosevelt gave resume Of
how operations on the various
fronts worked together.
Mr.. Mccarthy emphasized that
the A]eutians were not being lost
sight of Ia the Pacific operations,
which seem to be going fairly well. =
Mr.. Nash pointed out that Gen.
Douglas MAcArthur's forces are
doing reasonably well on the New
Guinea front"