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Evening star., 1945-01-30
$1,000 Given 10 Throw
Tilt, Players Admit;
.Bribers Arrested
BY TED MEIER,
Associated Press Sports Writer,


BROOKLYN, Jan. 30.-A scandal
akin to baseball's Chicago Black Sox
affair broke with unexpected sud-
denness in the collegiate basket ball
world late last night.
Edward Heffernan and Louis An
dreozzi, assistant district attorneys
of Kings County. announced five
players of the Brooklyn College
team had signed a statement they
had received $1,000 to throw the
Akron game scheduled for tomorrow
in Boston and that arrangements
were under way to fix the st. Francis
game scheduled for February 10 at
Madison Square Garden.
Un Boston. General Manager Tom
Kanaly of the Boston Garden can
celled the Brooklyn Akron game
and said he would try to get an
other opponent for the Akron team
already on its way to the game.)
The prosecutors said the players
whom they identified as Bernard
Barnett, Larry Pearlstein, Robert
Leder, Jerry Green and Stanley ST.
mon, made the statement after two
of them, Barnett and Pearlstein, had
been taken into custody while in
the company of two men booked as
Harry Rosen and Harvey Stemmer.
No Charges Against Players.
The two men, described as gam
blers by the police, were arrested
and charged with conspiracy. No
charges were made against the play
ers and they were permitted to go
home after signing their statement
This is the story the prosecutors
told:
Barnett and Pearlstein were OBJ
served to enter the Rosen home yes
terday afternoon by Police Capt
Richard Fennelly and Detectives
John Carroll and James Cone, who
had been assigned to watch the
house. They followed the three to
Stemmer's house, where all four were
taken into custody.
Questioned at headquarters, the
two players identified themselves
and implicated the other three. The
five said they had received an anony-
nous telephone call several days
ago suggesting there was a way to
make some easy money. On January
% they went to Stemmer's home
where each received 500. The next
day Barnett received another $500 to
split among them.
Stemmer, the prosecutors related
declared he had given the players
the 81 900 to bet on Akron for him
Caught Seeking Extra Money.
Rosen was to go to Boston the
day before the game and after
getting the betting odds, was to
tell the boys, shortly before game
time, just what to do. The players
were to receive an additional $4,000
after the game
Barnett and Pearlstein, the prose-
cutors said, had gone to the Rosen
home yesterday to make sure of
the extra $4,000.
For their part in the st. Francis
game scheduled February 10 at
Madison Square Garden as the first
tilt of the Notre Dame-New York
University twin bilD Leder, Bar
nett and Green each was to receive
$500 and Pearlstein $3.50. 1t had
not yet been decided how much
Simon was to get.
The Brooklyn team previously this
year beat Western Michigan, West
ern Kentucky and Texas Christian
at the Garden.
There have been recurrent rumors
in the past about gamblers trying
to reach the players. Severa.
months ago Forrest "Phog" Allen
cage coach at the University OF
Kansas, asserted that a scandal
that would stink to high heaven
was in the making.
Evening star., 1945-01-30
Lax College Heads Responsible
For Basket Scandal, Allen Says
BY FRANK CRAWFORD,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

fAonuCAdtCo NAcoS SbS1b9 VtAtcls
LAWRENCE, Kans., Jan. 30.-The
real blame for the Brooklyn incident,
declares Phog Allen, rests with ath-
letic directors, coaches and faculty
Representatives "who have failed ut
terly to protect college athletics from
the stigma of professional gam
bling"
The University of Kansas basket
ball coach, long a militant crusader
against big-time betting on intercol-
legiate games, made his comment
after the district attorneys Office in
Kings County, N. Y, announced yes
terday that five members of the
Brooklyn College basket ball team
had signed a statement that they
had received 81 900 to throw sched-
uled game with Akron in Boston
Wednesday night.
Intelligent people have known all
along that big time gamblers were
getting to college basket ball players
in the East" Phog declared. In
stead of facing the facts and acting,
our national athletic bodies, to save
face, have been meeting and denying
that these conditions exist, when
every well-informed person knew
better"
Phog, who last fall insisted that
he knew of two instances of college
players throwing games in Madison
Square Garden, again urged that the
college presidents of America ap-
point czar comparable to the late
Judge K. M. Lands, commissioner
of baseball.
They (the college presidents) are
the only ones who can save college
athletics from the gamblers who are
Using the athlete as a pawn in gigan-
tic operations Bookies from closed
horse-racing parks are moving into
the intercollegiate field now and the
situation is bound to get worse. Pro-
Evening star., 1945-01-30
There Are Many Things 4-Fs Couldn't Do

One thing Congress might while the work
fight jai determine might
the While publicly
them particularly
combat they probably wouldn't be able
job demanding aptitude the
to have a lot of men breaking down the job
While declared he couldn't understand
demanding
coming
the illustrates
Southern League bapayer family had made good in
his profession but felt he his his
fully answered his draft call But he had njurd badly
ball
along Army with this Every
the ball club trainer fixes
game. Sure, could along service"
Maybe So the medcs agreed But after all in the Army
have trainer to follow You AZ and that's all"
No endeavorng the proposition
anything
ball should continue There has blot national
pastme Pearl
carried without hndering the effort
Evening star., 1945-01-30
Schools Change Court
Series Play 10 Avoid
Nights, Saturdays

District high school coaches today
were working out a revision of
basket ball schedules in compliance
with the Governments order to
conserve fuel. Aim is to avoid
night and Saturday games and to
use gyms when heat has accumu-
lated from routine class hours.
Most affected is the interhigh
championship series in which games
had been set for week end and
nocturnal hours, but the physical
education department is confident
that the contests easily can be fitted
in during the week. This weeks
schedule listing Coolidge VS.. Ana
costa, Roosevelt VS.. Western, Wilson
VS.. Tech and Central VS.. Eastern.
already has been shifted to Friday
afternoon, but the scene of the tilts
has not yet been determined.
Also scrambled by the directive on
the use of non-essential heat are
schools outside the interhigh loop
that have scheduled night games in
high school gyms.
Gonzaga, St. Johns Shift.
The traditional Gonzaga- a-St. Johns
clash, originally set for Thursday
night in the Tech gym, has been
moved to the Catholic University
court at 8 o'clock the same day.
Making up for the lack of fuel
a redhot Gonzaga quint has been
heating gymnasiums this season
running up 694 points in IL games
and losing only to Central in a re-
turn match after defeating the
Vikings earlier. The I Streeters, ir
the favorite role for the st. Johns
clash, yesterday took the chill of
their home gym by swamping Ma
tional Training School, 73 to 40.
Lanky Scott Cranston, one of the
top schoolboy scorers in the Metro
politan area, continues to set the
pace for Gonzaga, adding his II
counters scored against NTS to q
total that averages is per game
Joe Burke, who picked up IL was
close behind as Gonzaga took a 32-
toll lead at halftime and continued
the scoring spree in the second half
Evening star., 1945-01-30
Yankees Sold at Bargain,
Graham Of Frisco Saws
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3d.
Charley Graham, president of the
San Francisco ball club, believes
that the estimated $2,800,000 price
tag on the New York Yankees makes
it one of the greatest buys in sports
history.
just the Yankee Stadium, he fig
ures, Is worth more than half of
that.
Yankee Stadium seats 72.000," he
muses.. ITO build it, I would esti-
mate the cost at $40 seat. That
figures S1,440,000 alone"
And then there are the franchise,
the players, the minor league pos
sessions.
add them all up," concludes
Graham, land it amounts to bar
gain"
Evening star., 1945-01-30
Hoegg and idmon Held
Unlikely to Make Trip
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
STOCKHOLM, Jan. 30-Swedist
authorities today said there was
little prospect of any development
THAT would enable Gunder Haegg,
star miller, and Hurdler Haakon Lid
man. to travel to the United States
to compete in winter meets.
The current weather is SO bad that
there Is little chance they could de-
part by airplane now even If ar
lrangements were completed.
Evening star., 1945-01-30
Round Robin Cage Meet
To Decide Score Leader
By the Associated Press,

oS tue Assocluteu fTeSS.
CHICAGO, Jan. 30-A round
robin basket ball program that will
crown the mathematically deter
mined scoring leader as champion
Is scheduled for the Chicago Sta
dium's double-header program Fri
day and Saturday.
With each Of four schools booked
to play once each night, the Chi
cago Basket Ball Writer'S Associa-
tion will award its tournament
trophy on the basis OF point diff
ferences In each game. After North
western meets Purdue and De Paul
faces Notre Dame Friday the teams
change opponents Saturday, North
western opposing Notre Dame and
De Paul meeting Purdue.
Evening star., 1945-01-30
OSS Five Seeks Revenge
In Come With Kuvokos

Office of Strategic Services will
be seeking revenge for its 36-41 loss
to Kakakos Grill early in the sea-
son when they meet tomorrow night
at 9 o'clock in the feature of the
Heurich Basket Ball League. The
remainder of the program states
Naval Ordnance against Army
Air Forces Weather Division at 7
and Naval Research against Ma
rine Headquarters at 8.
OSS has won six consecutive
games and with the help of George
Glamack, 6 foot inch former all
America from North Carolina u,
who wasn't with the team in the
last meeting hopes to make it
seven.
Evening star., 1945-01-30
Basket Ball Results
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
4 East.
Curtis Bay. 81; Ft Belvoir, 43.
Georgia Tech, AZ. Tulane, 3S.
Catawba, 80; Wake Forest, SO.
Columbia AAB. 7S; Newberry, AZ.
Camp Lejuene, 40; N. c. Prefiight, 81.
Kentucky, 73; Georgia, 81.
Marshall 98; West Virginia Tech, SO.
Louisville, 81; GEORGETOWN tKyD, 27.
Camp Ellis, .43; Cnanute Field. "a.
Butler, So; Manchester, A.
Purdue. 45; Wisconsin. "a.
Evening star., 1945-01-30
Mississippi Signs Mehre
For Three More Years

BY the Associated Press.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Jan. 30.-Harry
Mehre, head football coach at Mis-
sissippi U. for the last seven years,
has signed a new three-year con-
tract, the Memphis Commercial APP
peal says.
A Notre Dame man, Mehre was
line and head coach at Georgia for
more than 10 years before trans
ferring to Ole Miss.
Mehre's assistants-Line Coach
Farmer Johnson, End Coach Goat
Hale and Backfield Coach Ed Stone :
have been retained with one-year
contracts.
Evening star., 1945-01-30
Georgia Hayes Rolls ia
For Seasons Pin Record

the odd game to Boots Workman's
Quality Food Shop team.
Leonard Smith, former District
League roller, is king bee in the
16-team Engineering and Research
Corp. League, boasting top average
of 122 and season records of ITS
and 414. His ITS spares also are
high. Pop Harvard is the strike
leader with AZ. The Welders with
36 wins and 81 losses lead the pen
nant chase closely trailed by Ac-
counting pinmen who have won
IS games and lost 10, being three
games shy in the standing due to
a postponed set with the third
place Machine Shop No. l. The
AIS, Structures and ERGO Anglers
also are tied for third place.
Engineers regained first place in
the Southern Railway Clerks loop
at Lafayette by sweeping Comp
trollers while the erstwhile leading
Storekeepers dropped into second
place by losing the odd game to
Law. Bookkeepers moved to third
place with a 80 victory over Freight
Traffic. Tony Maley's ISL and 1872
were the big blows for the league
leading Engineers. Walter Ball
posted 357 as Operations nicked Ac-
counting, 81.
Sparked by Louise Gibbons 119
and 324, the champion Commerce
quint last night at Lucky Strike won
the odd game from Navy Blues to
squirt two games ahead in the Ma
tional Capital Ladies' loop. Sta
tistics, deadlocked for first place
dropped all three games to the
third-place Standards, who pulled
up three games from the top spot
Marie Perkins top set of 1874 LED
Finance to a 80 win from Army.
Newton's ISL and $50 were the de-
Gliding wallops as the Thunderbolts
nicked the Unholy Rollers quint, 81
at Ice Palace to gain a three-game
lead in the Internal Revenue Mixed
League. A. D. Sartwell, veteran
Capital bowler, is captain of the
pace settlers.
Evening star., 1945-01-30
Dempsey Is Tokinq Vacation

PALM BEACH, Fla, Jan. 80 P).-
.Comdr. Jack Dempsey of the Coast
Guard has arrived for brief va
cation with his daughters, Barbara
and Joan. He will go to Miami Fri
day night to appear at a Coast
Guard-Navy boxing and wrestling
show.
Evening star., 1945-01-30
Fuirfox High Bosketers
OverwheIm jefferson

Fairfax High Schools basket ball
team has another victory to its
credit after swamping the jefferson
High five, 60-22, yesterday on Fair
fax hardwood. The winners, paced
by Dick Vierbuchen and Bob Shock
ley with IA and - points respective
ly, had halftime advantage of 26-
IA.
Evening star., 1945-01-30
Win, Lose or Draw
Griffith Ready to Back Frick for czurdom
By JOHN B. KELLER

Clark Griffith is many declaring for
weeks that within get support for the
JOB Of commissioner left the death Judge
president of
to back Ford Christopher Fk president League
the post
Griffith still he wants to
the throne buand this is time
the Mats boss has buted inhe admits willing
backing the big of the National for Griffith
admit willingness anything a
ball novelty
The Washington leagues
until after the
current commission But baseball impatient
sessions be held in New this end-then
pared to
IF the commissioner elected this
Il believe
along with him"
Thus the trend Frick virtually
leagues that with the exception Giles
energetic still holding
commissioner until the would
from profession other than baseball.
Evening star., 1945-01-30
Terp Eleven Included
In West Virginia List
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MORGANTOWN, w. Va, Jan. 30.
University of Maryland is one of
seven grid opponents lined up for
West Virginia's eleven next season,
it was announced today. An open
date September % possibly may be
filed by Bethany. The rest of the
card:
September 20, at Pitt: october 7, Lehigh
(tentative); .13. at Syracuse; 81, Mary
land: November 3, Virginia at Charleston;
10, Kentucky.
Evening star., 1945-01-30
Mats Boss Wants No Government Fovors

Griffith insists that the visit Prick Washington
has nothing do with his change of mind The Mats boss Prick
bid merely to talk
BALI with him confer with Maj Gen. Lewis Hershey director of
seecive service.
And that matter of talking with Gen. Hershey commend
able Griffith maintains There need for in base
ball high down Ford for what he did
According thought he out of going
information matter They
would
troubles Washington We'll,
thing glad take Ford the
general
"Frick merely ideas for the good of
baseball" Griffith feel he entitled lot of
Griffith believe baseball
to talk the games chances of going along this however
might
officials he I'VE should sit tight whether that national
service bill passes"
legislation
would baseball he doesn't think Congress will
anything that the
plenty of Fs put in limited service he out Somewhere
told All baseball
institution putting something
the
Evening star., 1945-01-30
WeIders Win in ERGO Loop

Welders defeated the Engineers,
% to IA, in ERGO Basket Ball
League competition at Riverdale,
Md, Yesterday.
Evening star., 1945-01-30

Riders Rout st. Andrews.
Meanwhile, the Roosevelt Rough
Riders, led by Lou Timber, all-high
grid star, visited the Catholic Uni
versity court to plaster st. An
thongs, 38 to 18.
Timber marked up five field goals
and free throw to lead the scoring
as the Riders led all the way.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-15
Downey Urges Site
For World Capital

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. IS. CUP)
Sen. Sheridan DoWney DD, Cali
fornia, calls upon northern Cali
fOrnians to extend an immediate
and concrete invitation offering the
United Nations a world capital
site.
DoWney's keen interest IN north
ern California results from transfer
of his residence from the southern
to northern part Of the state. The
senior senator registered as a resi-
dent of San Francisco this morning
DoWney told press representatives
that government officials would
welcome Il committee presenting q
concrete, detailed offer Of a seat for
United Nations's Security Council.
Muir Woods. Monterey, Bayside, and
Palo Alto, were mentioned by the
senator although he faVorS no par
ticular spot. AS an example, he
viSualiZed 100 square miles deSlg-
mated "a suburb of San Francisco" >"
In commenting on California s
post war outlook, DoWney called for
closer state-g government cOOpera-
ton, and attacked the local inde-
pendence" attitude.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-15
District Speeds
Plans for New
Power Projects

Preliminary engineering studies of
Imperial Irriga ton Districts l945
Power Development Project. which
has as its objective major addi-
tiOnS and bettermentS" to the dis
trict'S electrical system. were con-
tinued this week with w P Crea-
ger, nationally known hydrO-electric
engineer of Buffalo, New York, III
the Imperial valley to make a per-
major installations contemplated,
the directors announced Wednesday,.
Creager III his capacity or a de-
signing engineer. discussed with
district engineers the general power
expansion program being planned
for the district. and the design OF
two SubstatiOnS proposed for inclu-
sion in the prOjeCt-Une ut Drop \
and the other III the city Of Fl
Centre.
Plans and specifications beino
prepared provide that the new sub
staten at Drop 4 Will be construct
ed on property adjacent to the
hydro plant at that location It
will be of three parts, each for Il
different voltage classification
1t is planned to build the sub
station at Ell CentrO on part Of the
site procured for a proposed steam
electric plant on the east side of the
city. Among other things the new
substation will provide facilities for
a new 88kv line to Coachella ana
for a connection from the steam
plant.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-15
Petain Found
Guilty en-
Treason Count
Continued from Page L


guilty, recommended that the SEN
tence not be carried out because Of
the 89-year-old marshals age. It
was believed the mercy recommend
alton undoubtedly would be placed
Immediately before de Gaulle-the
man who was once sentenced to
death in abSentia by a Vichy court
Petain was found guilty on the
charge of intelligence with the en-
emy. but not guilty of charges of
plotting to gain power and against
the security of the state. Thus he
not guilty on two.
There is no appeal from the high
courts decision. The proud old
marshal indicated through Defense
Attorney Fernand Payen on Mon
day tl:at he had no intention of ap-
pealing for his life, even if permit
ted to do so. However, de Gaulle
as chief of state. has power to COM
mute the sentence
The verdict was reached after 20
days Of trial in the high court The
jurors deliberated seven hours be-
fore reaching a verdict.
Immediately after the verdict, Pc
tain was leo out by the usual single
guard after Mongibeaux ordered:
Lead the accused away"
A gendarme took the old marshal
outside, as if he were a child. Pc
tain appeared daZed. as if not real
fling the trial was over. He walked
out without showing the slightest
trace of emotion. Petain had been
held in Montrouge prison since the
trial began.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-15
UNITED PRESS

Seventy years ago-in l875-Japan
began her march of aggression that,
bcfore it wound up in utter, defeat,
was to lead her to virtual control of
the Far East.
From the time she acquired title
from Russia to the Kurile islands in
1875 she had little to daunt her
until the United States began to
recover, late in 1912, from the
treacherous blow struck at Pearl
Harbor year before.
She first seized small islands
the Bonins in 1876, the Loohoos in
l879H~Then in 1895 after a short
decisive war with China, she seized
the big island of F'ormosa.
EARLY SNEAK ATTACK
Ten years later Japan made a
sneak attack on the Russian naval
base Of Port Arthur in Manchuria
The war was brief Russia was de-
feated. The Russian fleet was sunk
in the Tsushima Straits. And ia
pan controlled Manchuria.
Two audaciouS moves in the next
decade consolidated her position of
power. In 1910 she moved in on
Korea, an empire in itself. In 1914.
while the European continent was
fighting World War One. the Mi
kado's fleet seized Germanv's is
land colonies in the Pacific. Her
action was unprotected. After the
war, the League of Nations gave the
islands to her by mandate. under
condition they remain unfortified
Japan violated the condition.
From 1918 to 1881, Japan lay low.
plotting, building. watching and
waiting. The neWly-born Soviet
Russia threatened Japan's growing
power; the Chinese were strength
ening their nation-and a strong
China threatened Japans dream to
conquer Asia.
so Japan, led on by fanatics
whose mania was to march an
army from San Francisco to WASH
lngton to dictate peace terms to the
United States from the White
House, Speeded up her drive to take
Asia for the Asiatics meaning
Asia for the japanese.
TOOK MANCHURIA
In 1881, she swallowed the whole
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-15
Holiday Marks
End of War
Continued from Page Il

Continued from Page II
bars and MeXicali night spots. The
latter city declared a holiday at
g pm. Not single Crunk case
was booked at the city police sta
ton, record even on an ordinary
night.
However military police had their
hands full with marines and sailors
who were anticipating release from
the service. Although nothing was
open. crowds milled up and down
the streets and finally settled down
in private homes to celebrate.
NO CELEBRATION
In many homes there was no eel
ebration, only thoughts of those
who would not return and thanks
giving that there would be no more
casualties.
Families were planning the re-
turn of husbands, sens, brothers and
others. Still more were hopeful of
the return of men who have been
prisoners of the japanese.
Social and service clubs cancelled
scheduled meetings for Tuesday
anc Wednesday,
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-15
japan Began Aggression
March 70 Years Ago

of Manchuria. renamed it Manchu
kuo. and struck out at China with
terrible, quick force in the Shanghai
area. The then American Secretary
Of State Henry L. StimSOn called for
intervention. but his efforts failed.
The League of Nations looked the
other way-toward Europe, where
the rising menace of Fascism had
resulted in the power OF Adolf Hit
Ter, in the conquest of Ethiopia, in
the Spanish civil war. Purges dis
turbed the still confused Commm-
iSt state Of Russia. Political scam
dalS beSet France Depression and
fear of war strangled Britain. De-
preston and domestic reform bus
led America.
So Japan struck again-in 1887, at
China Her intention was a short
war, the subjugation of China
So myopic was the world that Ja-