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Evening star., 1945-12-17
BY JOE REICHLER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

ASSOCldteQ FIeSS SpOItS NIlU-I-
NEW YORK, Dec. 17.-Oklahoma
"A. and M. and De Paul, last seasons
finalists for the national basket
ball championship, again shape up
as the teams to beat for this years
cage crown.
The defending champion Aggies
with only 46-42 defeat by De Paul
to mar their otherwise perfect slate
this season, are flying high follow
ing three straight triumphs over
such formidable foes as Westminster
CPa), Long Island and Temple.
De Paul, beaten for the title by
the Aggies last year, is bowling
over it's opposition like so many
duckpins. Sparked once again by
Center Mikan, its 6-foot-9-inch
center, unbeaten De Paul mas
chalked up six straight triumphs
including 74-56 win over Indiana
State Saturday, which enabled the
Demons to win their invitational
tourney.
Mikan Sets Garden Mark.
In that game Mikan established
q Chicago Stadium record with 81
points. Last winter big George set
Madison Square standard by sink
Ing SO points.
De Paul will be cunning for VIC
tories No. Z and when the mighty
Chicago quintet tackles Arkansas
State and Oregon State this week
The Aggies get we'll deserved rest
Evening star., 1945-12-17
OkIqhomo Ags, De Paul Again
Main Basket Title Threats

in order to prepare for the Okla
homa City tourney, which gets
under way December 26. They had
narrow squeak Saturday, when
they barely nosed out Temple, 1886
for their fourth win, after trailing
by nine points late in the second
half.
Close on the heels of the two
leaders are unbeaten Cornell
Wyoming, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky
Purdue, Ohio State, Minnesota, New
York u, Notre Dame, Michigan and
Rice. Other undefeated outfits in
clude Yale, Syracuse, Tennessee
Indiana, Ohio u, West Virginia
Baylor, Texas Christian, Georgia
Holy Cross and Indiana.
Others Still in Running.
Quintets not yet out of conten-
ton, although once beaten, include
Bowling Green, Arkansas, St
Johns, Temple, Colgate, Long Is
land u, Valparaiso and Oklahoma
The unbeaten list is bound tc
shrink after this weeks engage
ment, when powerful Purdue meets
Notre Dame and Indiana clashes
with Michigan in a Western Con-
ference game Saturday. Other per-
feet records may be sullied as Ken
lucky engages strong Arkansas
Tuesday, Ohio State plays Oregon
Pacific Coast champs, Friday, anc
New York u, Ohio IT,, Yale, Mime.
sofa, Iowa and Holy Cross all meet
topnotch opposition Saturday.
Evening star., 1945-12-17
Howard's S Burr Named
President Of CIAA

John H. Burr. director of athletics
and physical education at Howard
University, is the new president Of
the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic
Association. Elections were held
yesterday at Howard at the con-
clusion of the 33d annual meeting
of the association. Burr has been
at Howard since 1928 and twice
served as vice president of the CIAA.
He succeeds George B. Singleton Of
Virginia State College.
For the 18th time, j. L. Whitehead,
st. Paul Polytechnic Institute, was
renamed secretary-treasurer.
The association acted on its first
eligibility case and suspended Agri-
culture and Technical College Of
Greensboro, N. c., from competing
during the 1916 basket ball season
because Of using an ineligible player.
Also Winston-Salem Teachers Col
lege of North Carolina was admitted
to membership in the body, bringing
the roll to Is colleges.
Evening star., 1945-12-17
Sarah Cooke, in Grea'
Comeback, Parker
Top Net Ratings
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK. Dec. 17.-Mrs. Sarah
Palfrey Cookies brilliant comeback
campaign has earned her the United
States Lawn Tennis Associations
No. / ranking among the woman
players for 1945.
The petite Boston and New York
racquet -wielder, who deserted the
competitive game after winning the
National championship in l941. re-
turned with a bang this year to
defeat Pauline Betz of Los Angeles,
her victim four years ago. in the
Forest Hills title final. Miss Betz,
who reigned as queen of the courts
during Mrs. Cookies absence, was
ranked second.
Sergt. Frankie Parker, who re-
tanned his National title. once again
was rated the No. male player.
Billy Talbert of Wilmington. Del,
who lost to Parker in the cham
pionship final for the second
straight year, was second, followed
by Pancho Segura of Ecuador.
The other members of the top 10
were Elwood T. Cooke, New York,
No. 4; Sidney B. Wood, jr., New
York, No. 5: 1t. Gardnar Mulloy,
No. s; Frank x. Shields, No. Z; 1t.
Harold Surfece, jr., Kansas City.
No. 8; 1t Seymour Greenberg, Chi
cago, No. 9. and Jack McManis, New
York, No. 10.
Following Miss Betz in the wom-
ems rankings were Margaret Os-
borne, San Francisco, No. 8; Louise
Brough, Beverly Hills, Calf, No. 4;
Mrs. Patricia Canning Todd, Hidden
Valley, Calf, No. 5; Doris Hart,
Miami, Fla, No. 6; Shirley Fry,
Akron, Ohio, No. 7; Mrs. Mary Ar
mold Prentiss, Los Angeles, No. s;
Dorothy May Bundy. Santa Monica,
Calf, No. 9; Mrs Helen Peterson
Rihbany, New York, No. 10.
Evening star., 1945-12-17
Nelson Handy Winner
In Fort Worth Golf
Ry the Associated Press.

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FORT WORTH, Tex, Dec. IL
Lord Byron Nelson, COLTS superla-
tive, went back to the farm today,
but the stay will be brief. He's going
to invest his first-place money in
the Fort Worth Open tournament
in tractor, then rejoin the Ma
tons links tourists at Los Angeles
to start the PGA's new year.
Nelson hurried to an 11-under par
273 yesterday to win the. Fort Worth
Open in a breeze. He finished eight
strokes ahead of another Texan,
Jimmy Demaret. jug McSpaden,
who shot a 6-under-par IS in yes
terday's last round. was third with
282, and Dutch Harrison fourth with
2S3.
Nelson, who took a two-month
vacation from golf after winning Ia
tournaments, returned to the links
wars at Glen Garden Country Club
where he got his start as caddie
He announced that he would be back
on the tournament schedule with
both feet after missing seven meets
Lord Byron now has been money
winner in 102 consecutive tourna.
ments over period of four years
and this year ran his total winning!
to S66 500 in War Bonds.
Evening star., 1945-12-17
Winner ofD.C. Weller
Tourney Will Fight
World Champion

Final plans for a District welter-
weight elimination tournament
which will find the survivor boxing
the winner of the Freddie (Red)
Cochrane-Marty Servo Champion
ship bout at Madison Square Garden
February 1 were being completed by
Promoter Goldie Ahearn today.
Servo. who fights Stanley (BabD
Sibs over a 10-round route at Uline
Arena Wednesday night. already
has agreed to a nontitle bout with
the tourney winner at Griffith Sta
dunn provided he lifts Cochrane's
crown. Willie (the BeardD Gilzen-
berg, manager of Cochrane, likewise
has expressed interest in such a
bout provided the Redhead retains
the championship.
Aaron Perry. Tony Riccio, Sammy
Angott, Danny Kapilow, La Vern
Roach, Don Lemos and Jimmy Nc
Daniel are standouts expected to
compete in the elimination affair.
Perry. who scored a convincing KO
over Vince La Saliva his last time out
here. is the popular local favorite,
but Angott. who holds two decisions
over both Kapilow and Perry, proba-
bly, will be the betting choice.
Al WE'LL, manager of Servo, today
expressed concern over Marty's bout
with Sims. a youthful New York
Negro fighter, Wednesday night.
Freddie Camuso, he points out,
closed Martyrs left eye before Servo
put over a four round KO in Prov
idence, R. l., last Monday night. and
WE'LL considers Sims a far more
formidable boy than Camuso.
Servo and his first cousin and ad-
wiser, former Lightweight Champion
Lou Ambers, were scheduled to re-
port here today with Ambers to di-
rect Marty through final public
workout at the Liberty A C. at 2:30.
A portion of the proceeds from
Wednesday nights 32-round card
will be donated to the Bowlers' Vic
tory Legion, which provides athletic
and recreational equipment for
wounded and overseas GIs.
Evening star., 1945-12-17
Skins Earn 5000 Each
In Cleveland Defeat
By the Associated Press.

bS the Associated PreSS.
CLEVELAND, Dec. 17-A gross
gate of $164,542.80 set a new high
for the National Football Leagues
championship playoff.
The figure was approximately
$4,000 higher than the previous
record of $146,204.15 established in
last years playof between the
Green Bay Packers and the New
York Giants.
Federal and State taxes took $3l,-
537.37, leaving a net gate of $I33,-
005.43. A rental figure of $4,000 for
Cleveland Stadium was deducted
from the net gate, but radio rights
OF an unannounced amount were
added to make a record sos PSI .07
player pool. The Rams got new all
time high of $1.469.74 apiece, COM
pared to the $902.47 which each
Redskin brought back to the tepee..
Although 32,178 attended the
game, 35,305 tickets actually were
sold, indicating that some 1927 less
hearty fans stayed home beside
their radios.
Evening star., 1945-12-17
Bennett Named Pilot,
To RevitaIize U-Lions

Make Bennett, coach of the
Washington hockey Lions, will take
over as manager of the club, 1t was
disclosed today by Owner Mike
Uline following a week end confer
ence with Eddie Shore. talent scout
for the local skaters.
The appointment will give Bennett
a green light in arranging player
deals and the manager coach ex-
poets to have three new players
available tomorrow night when the
Lions tangle with the New York
Rovers on Uline ice at $50.
Marcel Fillion, a New Haven
winger; Leo Richard, formerly a
center with the American Hockey
League LiofS, and Frank Long, early
season sensation with the Lions last
year, have been wired transporta-
ton money and are expected to bow
in with the Lions tomorrow night.
Evening star., 1945-12-17
Flyers Miss Title,
But Trim Champs
By the Associa ted Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MEMPHIS, Dec. 1.-THE 4th
Air Force Flyers of Ontario, Calf,
didn't win the championship in
the Army Air Forces Football
League this year-but they did
something almost as neat.
They whipped. the two teams
that tied for the title - the
AAETC Skymasters of Fort
Worth, Tex, and the Sd Air Force
of Tampa, Fla.
The Flyers won over the Tampa
team during the regular season
play and then yesterday in a
post-season game here surpris-
ingly humbled the Skymasters,
~ to O.
Evening star., 1945-12-17
.Lieb 0ut, Florida Hiring
Scout 10 Round Up
Gridiron Talent
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Dec. IT,
University of Florida is in the mar
ket today for head football coach
and a new athletic department off,
cial designated as a football scout" "
Adopting an entirely new athletic
policy designed to bring the South
eastern Conference member into a
new era of sports, the State Board
of Control refused at a meeting yes
terday to renew the contract of
Head Coach Tom Lieb and then Gre
ated the new position.
The football scout is to receive a
salary of $4,000 annually and devote
his time solely to the procurement
Of talent.
University President John Tigert
had recommended that Lieb, the
eighth coach at the university since
1922, be retained for another season,
but the board declined to do so.
Says Team Lacks Spirit.
Gov. Millard Caldwell asserted
that Florida had lost prestige be-
cause the university's football team
had failed Ito show either the abil-
ity to win or the ability to fight"
With the exception of the head
mentor, all other members of the
present coaching staff were retained
for another year.
Lieb, who received $1,000 a year
became head coach at Florida in
1910 and in his five seasons Florida
Gators won 20 games, lost 26 and
tied /. During the season just COM
pleted Florida won four games, suf-
fered five defeats and played a Sc
tie with Tulane.
Lieb Has Been Around.
He served as line coach at both
Notre Dame under the late Knute
Rockne and at the University oi
Wisconsin, and later as director oi
athletics and head football coach at
Loyola in Los Angeles.
| Asserting there was a war on fol-
material" DR.. Tigert urged the
board yesterday to appoint the full
time talent scout.
He told the board he had ap.
preached Dana x. Bible. veteran
coach of the University of Texas
Lynn Waldorf of Northwestern, Bc
McMillin of Indiana and Biff Jone:
of West Point to see If they would be
interested in heading the new Flor
ida system, but all had declined, hi
said,
Evening star., 1945-12-17
$T00, 600 in Prize Money
Ruised for Auto Rocmg
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
HARRISBURG, Pa, Dec. IL
Prize money totaling 100000 will
be distributed during 1946 to big
car auto racing drivers by repre-
sentatiyes of five tracks located In
the East and Midwest, says Roy
Richwine, owner and operator OF
the nearby Williams Grove Speed
way.
The five tracks that combined to
place auto racing on a bigtime basis
were Winchester, Ind; Dayton
Ohio; Thompson, Conn; Fort
Wayne. Ind, and Williams Grove
Evening star., 1945-12-17
Three Iron Men in N. l.

NEW YORK, Dec. II P.-Only
three National Leaguers played in
all of their teams games last sea-
son, according to the official aver
ages. Emil Verban appeared in 155
contests for the st. Louis Cardinals
and Tommy Holmes of Boston and
George Hausmann of New York
participated in 154.
Evening star., 1945-12-17
Slightly ScoIped

mour Substitute for Bagarus. Points
after touchdown-Aguirre (2). Safety
Automatic.
Cleveland touchdowns-Benton (substi-
tute for Keonetsky). Gillette. Point after
ouchdown-Waterfleld
Washington substitutes-Ends, Millner,
Piasecky. Dye; tackles. Audet, Davis. Kor-
niszewski: guards, Lolotai, Sharp: center,
Demao: backs, Filchock, Seymour, Todd
De Fruiter. De Correvont, Rosato. Hare.
Cleveland substitutes-Ends, Benton,
Hickey, Hamilton; tackle, Eason: guards,
Lear, Mergenthal; center, Harding; backs,
Memeth, ReisZ. West, Kich.
Evening star., 1945-12-17

Washington victory something
Of miscarriage justice for the better Cleveland which
Redskins admitted oucassed
especially with Bugh able to play only few minutes because
weekod Frank Atkins lost to the club with fractured
rib in the first minutes
After Adam Walsh OF the Rams what
the difference between the two teams.
I'D had Waterheld
he answered and this seemed to consensus The
Redskins but they had much more speed
line backfed And it is fact that Cevelands
line oupayed Redskins particularly the matter of end plays
his rookie unquestionaby the No.
football player of the National League.
How good is he? .
greatest quarterback I've seen said
Walsh one of Notre Danes immortas.
football" said Hunk Anderson
other ahaion with Chicago Bears
He's better than Luckman he does things And
Baughs records
synthetic because he throws those fiat short Once against us
the Bears he completed 18 but for GAIN
He's Fellow Who's Both Good and Lucky
Waterfed the boy in the National League
announced that the
u lad contract by the Rams
With the america Conference 1916 and with
people raid for talent National Leagers busy
contract football player is unusual The
losing Waeeld who possibly win be the
highest saared in the business after this
might left in Washing
early of coored the Rams
Sol Rosato did noby in Atkins
considered
chock of terrific He to Steve Bagars for touch
benefit of bank shots of the
had shots field goals in the dying desperate
moments from the 30yard line and again from the 49, but ne
missed both which disgrace.
the Redskins had the Rams-pacement
kicking of two sad kicks with
wocushon bankKoniszews and the pipe bart
might well have ended in 14-14 tie. -.
Of they'd rather be lucky than good Waterned
Is both
Evening star., 1945-12-17

Ten years ago-Buddy Myer of
Washington. was crowned official
American League batting king at
.349, beating Cleveland's Joe Vos-
mix by one point.
Evening star., 1945-12-17

Three years ago - frankie
Sinkwich of Georgia was voted
No. l athlete of the year in As
sociated Press poll.
Evening star., 1945-12-17

Today a year agoHBobby Ruff
fin and Johnny Greco fought to
a draw in Madison Square Gar
den headliner before $4,000 fans.
Evening star., 1945-12-17
Win, Lose or Draw
Rams Had Pipeline to World Championship
BY FRANCIS {. STANN,
Star Stan Correspondent.

CLEVELAND vagare football better
illustrated than the evidence that Ceveands Rams clearly
Washington Redskinsbut that the
945 professional under college rules
the Redskins today would be champions.
you Cleveland defeated Washington 1914,
possibly the Rams went into the fray after such minute
preparations bank shot with
football piece pipe Redskins papaby weak
department Early the game attempted
behind his goal line which daring
with the 90 and which might well have been srewd play
ball struck the forming
the goal bounced back into the Redskins end for
automatic safety
gave but necessarily the ball game
period with Washington leading To- the
touchdown legitmate and then the
bank off the Bob Watered star of the
greatest kicker added
point method kick off the burgundy
Wahngtons Konzewsk struck the crossbar
quite nicely over, making it 15-7
The that struck goal ostenby cost the Skins VIC
kick that struck the other them tie!
college rules where the goal back 10 yards
from the goal neither freak could have occurred and the win
champions Redskins 14-12
Evening star., 1945-12-17

Coach Dud De Groot of the Red
skins wasn't the only big loser, be-
cause Mrs. De Groot ran a close Sec
ond in losing her pocketbook. Dur
ing her trek down from the stands,
Mrs. De Groot was bumped by
gentleman of a sort and by the
time she picked herself up from
the aisle she was minus the family
budget. F. E. S.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-17

A MEXICAN hopes are built
~ upon the expectation that
the war with Germany viii end
in the months of approaching
spring.
Personally, share these.
hopes. but | think that our OPP
timiSm is continually ovCrstimu-
lated by reports, fHmors- and
criticisms that do not give us
true estimate Of the military
situation.
Even granting that German
national dissolution may occur,
that "it could be, our war can
not be successfully conducted
on the assumption that IT IS
probable.
. l know little about So-called
"p liticaI or psychological
warfare" but certainly our Of
fetal SpokeSmen are not good
masters of lis use TO weaken the
>enemys resolution to fight 10
the bitter end.
The only ending Of this war
that can be counted upon Is the
complete annihilation OF Ger
many'S fighting power.
The prospects of doing this lie
in employing the full military
strength of the American and
British armies on the west and
the Russian armies on the east.
7 HAVE heretofore expressed
Il the opinion that the armies
under Gen. Eisenhower are in
position TO mount their final
assault upon Germany. but that
the Russian armies in Poland
have not yet gained the posi-
tions from which a concerted
and final attack upon Germany
can be made
Their armies arc still too
widely "dinuSed. - They occupy
the point between kucStrin and
Frankfort, but long wings OF
their salient extend eastward
across Pomerania TO Danzig and
SoutheaSterly through the Ger
man province Of SilcSia
The Germans are still fighting
in these provinces. Also, they
have isolated z arrison ln
KoYnigsberg, Danzig, and the
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-17

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Detroit evening times., 1945-02-17
THE WORLD REVIEW

Polish city Of Polnan, and in
the Silcsian city OF BrcSlau
Probably their military ob-
icct in abandoning these garrI-
sons is TO keep blocked the rail-
roads in the rear Of the Russian
front. and contain considerable
numbers Of Russian soldiers de-
tached 10 invest these strong
positions.
The Russian armies are now
engaged north and south OF
their salient 10 broaden their
position so that their full
strength can be- brought up for
concerted attack upon the final
German stand.
They have gained little Of
Pomcrania. but they have made
notable thruStS into SilcSla. and
have captured the city Of Licg-
nitz. cutting BreSlau off from
communication with Berlin,
But they have not yet
reached except on a narrow
front. at KueStrin and at Frank
furt the real line of resistance
which the German command
seems 10 have chosen for Us
final stand.
I TT us assume that, re-
Il luctantly, and after re-
SiStance that Will be costly 10
the Russians as we'll as 10
themselves. the Germans aban-
don Pomcrania and. the whole
of SilcSia.
They would then be standing
on the line of the Oder River
from its Swampy mouth north
OF Stettin southwark along its
left bank TO Frankfort. an q
from there, abandoning SIleSia.
they could extend their line of
defense southwark 10 the, Sudc-
tan mountains which enclose
Bohemia.
This would be a strong re-
Sistant position, one that could
only be disrupted by the assault
OF all four of the great Rus
sian armies.
This line adequately covers
Berlin LEIPZIG, Dresden and
Tho most important parts Of
eastern Germany
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-17

THE recent reports from Washing
Il ton that Congress is moving
promptly to prevent repetition of
the costly blunder that permitted an
administrative agency after World
War I to squander most of the Amer
lean merchant fleet built during that
conflict" are encouraging.
The most substantial basis for
these encouraging reports is prob
ably in the fact that the House Com
mittee on Merchant Marine and
Fisheries has scheduled early hear
ings designed, as Rep. Weleh of Cali
fornia, ranking minority member Of
the committee, says, "to give full
opportunity for West Coast shipping
interests to be heard"
If the West Coast shipping in
terests are fully and sympathetically
heard, they will bring out some in
teresting and vital facts about the
future of the American Merchant
Marine, especially in the vast and
rich Pacific.
THESE competent and resourceful
l. American shipping interests have
an opportunity to be, and are am
bilious and anxious to be, most ad-
vantageous and beneficial to the
entire nation as a vigorous postwar
enterprise.
But in order to do so, they are
going to have to meet some extremely
vigorous competition.
An inkling of the nature of this
competition comes from the recent
announcement that the Oceanic
Steamship Co. of Australia is seeking
permission from the U. S. Civil Aero
nautics Authority to establish AIR
SERVICE between San Francisco
and Sidney.
The company further proposes to
establish air service between San
Francisco and Los Angeles in the
United States, with Sidney in Aus
tralia, via Honolulu, Palmyra,
Samoa, Fiji and Auckland.
In disclosing these plans, repre-
sentatives of the Oceanic Steamship
Co. reveal that not they alone, but
the Cunard, White Star, Bank and
Pando steamship lines as we'll are
preparing for COMBINATION AIR
AND SEA SERVICE over their in
ternational routes.