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Evening star., 1946-03-30
Vera Cruz Lures Ace
with S17,50o Salary
St. Louis Refused
BY the Associotsd Press

NUEvA LAREDO, Mexico, Mar
30.-The Pasquel brothers, dominat-
ing powers Of Mexico's baseball
league who have been flourishing
huge bankrolls at major league stars
to entice them to play with the
south of the border loop, have lured
Shortstop Vernon (Junior) Stephens
from the st. Louis Browns.
The 26-year-old infielder, who
had been carrying on a stubborn
holdout siege against the salary
terms offered by the Browns, said
early today on his arrival here with
Alfonso Pasquel, that he would play
with the Vera Cruz Blues, one OF
several teams owned by the BROTH
ers.
Alfonso, one of five PasQue
brothers who made a fortune in the
export trade and who are attempt
ing to establish baseball In a big
way in Mexico, met Stephens by
agreement at Laredo, Tex, and they
flew here together.
Salary Said to Be $17,5O0.
They said they had talked things
over on the way and while neither
would discuss contracts or terms it
was believed that the American
Leagues home run king of last year
had been offered at least the SIT 500
he had been asking from the
Browns. Stephens said he had been
offered $4,000 by the Browns.
Stephens and Pasquel remained
overnight at the latters home and
are scheduled to hop plane for
Mexico City this afternoon where
Evening star., 1946-03-30
By Sid FEEDER
Associated Press Sports Writer

NEW YORK, Mar. 30.-There was
no doubt along bash boulevard to-
day that Rockabye Rocky Graziano
having caved the roof in on Welter-
weight Champion Marty Servo, has
outgrown all his old catchers among
the 147-pounders and is ready to
start pitching for keeps in the mid
dleweight bracket where he belongs
And since no bash boulevardier is
any quicker on the pickup about
such things than Promoter Mike
Jacobs, an old pickerup from way
back, the talk around and about
today was that Rockabye Rocky next
would be seen throwing his high
hard one at Tony zale's middle
weight championship in some New
York ball park in July.
Robinson Is Cocky.
Tony already is signed for that
title defense, and If he needed any
special convincing about how to
smother his steak with mushrooms
the record S173,163 Clipped in by
last nights "SRO" Madison Square
Garden crowd TO see Rocky make
the brides sing for baby-faced
Marty in minutes and So seconds
of swatting shoald be the clincher.
Of course, that doesn't take into
consideration the ballot stuffed in
the box by Sugar Ray Robinson, the
uncrowned king of the welters, who
saw Rockabye Rocky, sporting a
712-pound weight pull, put Marty
to sleep in the hottest betting and
Evening star., 1946-03-30
Colts Eye Track Title
After Mailing Eastern

Coolidge High Schools cindermen
loom as powerful contenders for the
interhigh track title after sweeping
five or six running events to defeat
Eastern thinclads, 64-49, in a dual
meet opening the scholastic season
here yesterday in the Ramblers
stadium.
Larry Drew, who won both the
440-yard dash and the 880-yard run,
and Jack Doffert, who piled up II
points in field events, were potent
factors in the Colts victory.
Keeping Eastern in the running
were Billy Morgan with 10 points
and Herb Ostrof with s.
Summaries:
!z2s second, a ost,rof tEj; third, Miles as
ln@si 5so-sard yard, dash-won by Don Moore
44o-yard, dash-Won by Larry Drew
81 sfs9na Tims. 5ss.7 5ass French 'Eo' third Miles
7o-yard high hurdles-won by Bot
Rsnton FSipd NC c2 sfnss second zee cqsanzo 6
'hii y, 81 Dlck Martlneau SC'. llme. 0.I0;3
Lloyd lEJ; second, costanzo tE5: third
Denton CO.. Time, 0:152
SS0-yard run-Won by Drew (C); Sec
ond, Bob Rutledge. (c0; third. Bob Moser
tE). Time, 2:14.7.
mile run-Won by Tommy Davidson
Co; second, Johnny Binckley (E); third.
Fred Vogel CO.. Time. 500.
High jump--Won by Jack Doffort (C):
second, Dave Hall (C): third, tie between
Binckley CD, and Don Pfeiffer (E).
Heights, foot g.
Broad jump-Won by ostrof fE.); sec.
ond, Doffort &C.; third, Pfeiffer CD. Dis
tance, Il foot gh.
seeond aGw09 DoioTt e ps tbiraa Sa MSosaa mooas c
Distance, Al foot T.
Discus throw-Won by Morgan CE.);
Evening star., 1946-03-30
Fights Lost Night
BY the Assoeioted Pres,

HeW Yerk, knocked out Marty Servo.
9gltpoinqtteed Joe Mantro. 14o. New
BoSToN-Jake Lamotta. 1873. New
Loekan Losk GatDp9sed g. pftsb1reb Magk Kd Chicken
HUI HgLL; England, - British Heavy
s'OP4ea AgGusfas sff9rss Nsgob N{snel be1 po9.r 8
Portland, Me. outpointed Johnny Camp
MEEMAPEIs;-Rudy Campo. IA. Mex
New Orleans G0) Leo Kodak. 1856. Chi
cago, ,outpointed Bobby Mcintyre. III.
ls gbsd:5as N ssi5sBF:s 5Rsy ysss y:ss;
IHaEdnett. .I66. Camden; N, J. (o]:
J., and Percy Cooper. Isl. Trenton. II.
,oPpH oPpHHfIADELPHA.- John kaDovich.
dS6;oy rS6; yNeBsTk' BsTE n sJ al Stanley tChoo
pETRoIT..rony Janlro, 145. Younss-
t94yE9 oh5e peiro'1 oHtD0psed Wbllie Watkins.
1885, PoTt Plo Huron s' MisR. sG0 MfSa1lsE oatSointea
oBRuNsWIcK. Me-JeTry goisyert.
1O1, MoHtIeal. OuIpOlQleO Billy Lam
PRINCE. ,140, Lewiston, Me, stopped Ed-
dis WoRGssTER RGfsSn las Bath. Ne g. cor
141, HaYerhill, Mass, outpointed Irish
Red Schultz, 149,. Philadelphia G0J;
Eddie Grace. 1854. Boston. stopped
Abel Gonsalves. 1S6. Providence. r.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.-Freddie
Pope, 125. Columbus, Ohio. and Del
Gado. IL, Havana, drew 10).
READING, Pa-Leon Szymurski, 1872,
Chester. Pa. outpointed Jack Coley.
155, Paterson. n. J. tS); Larry Thomas.
1874. Phile delphia, outpointed Matt
Parker. 134, Camden. N J. (6).
W. pGsRILAND. 1sR.IL. Oreg-J3e kahut, I791a.
Millard. i76. Los Angeles t251: Duane
Hoag, 129, Portland, outpointed Burt
Whlte; l2a; ; Los Angeles 10. o
Los Angeles, decisioned Vic Grupico,
139, San Francisco 10).
SAN DIEG0.-Ray Lewis, 140, Ha-
waif' decisioned Spider Jensen, 140.
San DIEGO U0).
Evening star., 1946-03-30

the final details of the deal may be
worked out with brother Jorge Pas
quel, president Of the Mexican loop.
The Mexican circuit, which is not
a member of organized ball, has its
season under way. If Stephens
signs the contract with the Pasquels
and is not on hand with the Browns
for the opening Of the American
League season April Is, he auto
matically will face a five-year sus-
pension from organized ball under
Commissioner A. B. Chambers re-
cent edict.
Luke Sewell, manager of the st.
Louis Browns, who is in Phoenix,
Ariz., for an exhibition game, said
he didn't know anything about
Stephens statement and added he
had mo comment"
The Pasquels, who tried to entice
Cleveland's Bob Feller, Detroit's
Hank Greenberg and Ted Williams
Of the Boston Red Sox to Jump
the American League for salaries
of 100000 a year and up, already
have number Of former major
leaguers In their circuit.
Other Big Leaguers Signed.
Their biggest attraction is Luis
Olmo, who hit .313 for the Brook
lyn Dodgers last year. Other big
leaguers competing under their
banners include Danny Gardella
and Nap Reyes, New York Giants
Robert Estalella, Philadelphia Ath-
letics; Alex Carrasquel, Chicago
White Sox, and Tomas de Las Cruz,
Cincinnati.
Stephens, however, would be the
biggest catch to date The Long
Beach (Calif.) right-hander broke
into the big leagues with the
Brownies near the end of the 1941
campaign and played only in three
games. He made the team the fol-
lowing season when he batted .294.
He hit .289 in 1943 and the next
year paced the Brownies to their
first American League title when he
belted .293, hit 20 homers and bat
ted in 100 runs. He led the loop in
homers last year with "a, drove in
SO runs and had an average of .289,
Evening star., 1946-03-30
Miles, Charney Earn
Table Tennis Titles
BY the Associoted Press

NEW YORK, Mar. 30.-Dick Miles
of New York still is the mems table
tennis champion, but the feminine
paddle swingers had a new queen
in Bernice Charney of New York.
Miles retained his title last night
by trouncing Sol Schiff, a fellow
Gothamite who was just one of the
many former champions in the field,
21-10, 21-10, 21-10, in the national
tournament final.
Miss Charney, fifth seeded, sue
ceeded New York's Davida Haw-
thorne as champion by outlasting
third-ranked Leah Thall of Colum-
bus, Ohio, 1871, 21-17, 2O-22,
23-21, 21-15, in the women's cham
piOnShip match.
Evening star., 1946-03-30
Ohio State Swimmers Threaten
To Sweep NCAA Final Races

Peppe was confident that his
youngsters would double that score
long before midnight in a successful
denfense of their 1945 team title
And if anybody in the vicinity of
Yale's swanky tank doubted it, he
kept silent.
Up for shooting today were the
100 and 440 yard free style tAts, the
20-yard breast stroke, 40o-yard relay
and the 3-meter dive. and the
Buckeyes had the favorites to wrap
EN- up in Halo Hirosi, Anderson
Consilman, Hill and some classy
relayers.
Just by way of proving stubborn
so far as the Columbus Ohio lads
were concerned, other winners of
inaugural night crowns were Bob
Anderson, Stanford's one-man team,
50-yard free style; Dave Maclay,
Williams and the leading individual
scorer with 10 points, the 1900
meter, and Bob Cowell, Navy, 15o-
yard backstroke.
Evening star., 1946-03-30
By Ben McAlwee

Blasting the NAPLES for a season
record set of 416 in the King Pir
Mixed Doubles, Ingomar (Bing)
Moen, star bowler of the Hi-Skol
Ladies' District League team, last
night at King Pin climaxed a bril-
liant week of pinspilling with her
second 400-set in a row, a feat
achieved few times by woman
bowler.
Winner of the 18th annual Olive
johnson Women's Open at New
Haven, Conn.,, last Sunday with a
six-game score of 1877, Miss Moen
the next night after her return home
fired 1863 in the Washington ladies
loop.
Her next fine effort was on We'd
nesday night, 401 set that led Hi
Skor's>3-O victory over the cham
pion Brookland Recreations in an
important Ladies District League
match.
Rolling last night with Lindsey
Stott, Miss Moen continued her
spectacular scoring to help sweep
Ruth and Lee Rothgeb with games
of 123,, 1873 and 1856 Miss Moen' S
average for the 15-game streak was
three pins shy of 1913. Her record
416 boosted her average to 115-plus
in the doubles loop.
Sharing the limelight last night
with her brilliant Hi-Skor team
mate, Lorraine GULL raped out a
403 set with strings of 142. 1876 and
1875 to crack the former King Pin
Mixed Doubles season high of 397
held by Mary Brown. Miss Gulli
zoomed her top average to 1913
for 78 games.
Sparked by Lorraine's lusty bowl
ing the pacesetting Gulli-Miciotto
Evening star., 1946-03-30
Go|dbIume Six Ties
Record for Titles
By the Associated Press

ST. JOSEPH, Mo, Mar. 30.-The
Nashville (Tenn) Goldblumes today
were the second team in the 49,
year history of women's national
AAU basketball tournaments to win
three titles in row.
When they turned back the Des
Moines, Iowa, Dr. SWEETS, 1920, last
night in the final they matched the
mark set by the Tulsa, Okla.s Stenos
from 1934-1936.
The Iowans had a 1910 lead at
the half, but couldn't stop Capt
Alline Banks of the Goldblumes,
who counted IA points as she gained
all-America honors for the seventh
consecutive time and ran her tour
nament scoring to 80 points in five
games,
Evening star., 1946-03-30
Kramer and Maury
win Tank Crowns

Kramer boasts the junior high
school swimming championship ane
Maury holds the elementary schoo
title following the windup of the
month-long Boys Club of Washing.
ton scholastic tank championships
last night at Eastern Branch.
Kramer racked 162 points while
Gordon scored lib points through
the weeks of competition to place
second. Hine was third with 40, ano
following were Holy Comforter, &c;
Eliot, 9, and Lindall Hall and
Bladensburg with l point each.
Maury's victory in the 1OO-yard
freestyle relay last night clinched
the elementary title by bringing the
schools point total to II. Jackson
was second, with 33; Lenox scored
IA, for third, and trailing were
Buchanan, z; Holy Comforter, 4, and
Bryant, 1.
Billy Grigsby of Maury was named
the best swimmer in the elementary
division and Stan Tinkham of Cor
don received an award as the out
standing Junior high splasher.
Evening star., 1946-03-30
Truman to Pitch
In Griffs' Debut

President Truman not only
plans to attend the opening game
of the American League season
here April 16, but expects to have
80 persons in his party, the Asso-
ciated Press reported. This will
be something of a record and
might help explain the current
ticket shortage. No formal an
nouncement of the Presidents
plans have been made at the
White House.
Clark Griffith, Washington
prexy, will make his annual trip
to the Executive Mansion next
month to present a major league
pass to the President.
Evening star., 1946-03-30
by the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Mar. 30.-With Bob
Foothills) Kurland and Don
Oreadnaught) Otten-two of the
talIest cagers in the country-on its
roster, the West assumed the favor
ties role against the East in to-
nights all-star contest which closes
out the basket ball season at Madi-
son Square Garden.
Another turnout of more than
$4,000 is fairly certain to be on
hand to witness the parade of hoop
stars for the benefit of the Herald
Tribune fresh air fund. The pre-
liminary game of the double-header
brings together two championship
high school units, Cliffside Park,
Group 8 titleholder of New Jersey
and Southern High School of Balti-
Evening star., 1946-03-30
Oxford Defeats Cambridge
In Their 92d Rowing Duel
BY the Associoted Press

LONDON, Mar. 30.-Oxford de-
feated Cambridge by three lengths
today in the 92d boat race between
the schools, rowed before hundreds
of thousands of spectators on the
Thames river.
The time for the Az mile course
was l9 minutes and 81 seconds.
Oxford's Dark Blues, outweighed
7 pounds per man, gained a 1-yard
lead in the first 10 seconds and
remained in front all the way.
The race marked the first time
since 1889 that the crews had COM
peted against each other over the
historic course from Putney Bridge
to Mortlake. The race, had been
held over a sprint course during the
war.
Evening star., 1946-03-30
BY the Associated Press

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Mar. 3d.
The big question here as the two
day NCAA swimming meet headed
for the finale, centered mainly on
whether the powerful Ohio State
squad could grab all five titles, the
targets for tonight.
The Buckeyes, off to a slow start,
finished like champs last night by
nabbing the three closing events
220-yard free style, Jack Hill; l-meter
dive, Miller Anderson, and the 300
yard medley relay, Dick Fetterman,
Jim Councilman and Ted Hobert.
That, with a few lower in-the-
money places, sent Coach Mike
Peppes cocky charges roaring into
action this afternoon with a 33-
point aggregate, Is more than
Michigan, the nearest challenger
among the 80 college and university
entries. Navy showed with IA to
trail the Wolverines.
Evening star., 1946-03-30
HugeKurIond, ,OttenMokeWest
Choice in All Star Court Tilt

more, the Class A Maryland State
champion.
While neither coach, Ohio States
Harold Olsen of the West nor st
Johns Joe Lapchick of the East
had decided as late as this morning
on a starting lineup, it was believed
that Kurland would open at center
for the West.
Often, from Bowling Green, also is
expected to see plenty of action for
the West. He will alternate with
Kurland at the pivot post.
The eastern squad is not as big
as its opponent, but has speed and
ball-handling ability.
In the high school encounter
Ciiffside Park will be striving for
its 18th win against only two de-
feats. Baltimore southern has won
% while dropping only three.
Evening star., 1946-03-30
Cards 10 Bag Pennant,
Dodgers 10 Be Next
In n. |. Outlook
By the Assoeiofsd Press

TAMPA, Fla, Mar. 30.-The st.
Louis Cardinals, for all their injuries
this spring and their contract
troubles with Third Baseman Whitley
Kurowski, still must be picked to
win the National League pennant.
The real trick in surveying the
National League lies in naming the
runnerup. The Chicago Cubs, who
won the flag last year and went
down fighting in the big series, or
the Brooklyn Dodgers, who finished
a rousing third due to what many
critics considered an inspired Job
OF managing by Leo Durocher?
Up to a few days ago the vote
would have gone to the Cubs without
much head-scratching. Then Du-
rocher brought his Dodgers over to
the West Coast Of Florida for a
set OF games, and they made quite
an impression.
Dodgers Are Strengthened.
On top OF that, the Dodgers have
a good set of ball players since men
IKE Pee Wee Reese, their shortstop:
Pete Reiser, their center fielder, and
Kirby Highly, a good right handed
pitcher, shed their uniforms.
One wavering vote will be cast
mere for the Dodgers to finish Sec
ond, with the Cubs third, the.Pitts-
burgh Pirates fourth, just ahead Of
the resurgent Boston Braves, and
the New York Giants sixth. The
Cincinnati Reds and the Phillies can
night 1t out for any place remaining.
This might appear to be a rather
abrupt dismissal of the Phils, con-
sidering the fact that they bought
such players as First Baseman Frank
Mccormick and Third Baseman Jim
Tabor during the winter and gener-
ally figure to be a much better team
than they were last year, when they
lost lob games.
Braves Look Better.
The only thing is, the other Sec
ond-dlvislon teams have strength
ened, too. The Braves, since their
purchase of Johnny Hopp from the
Cards, have one of the games better
outhelds and they have a demon
stratedly successful new manager in
Billy Southworth.
The Giants, while they have not
impressed the observers this spring,
might look considerably more mus
cular when they get Walker Cooper,
the sl75,000 catcher, out of the Navy
and into their lineup. The Cincin-
natl Reds boast hot pitching staff,
headed by Johnny Vandermeer, and
all they need uncover to put them in
the race are a couple Of men who
can hit the ball.
Evening star., 1946-03-30
Mats HurIers in Trim,
Starters Expected
To Pitch Route
BY Burton Howkins
Sfor StcH Correspondsnt

ORLANDO, Fla, Mar. 30.-Wash-
ington's pitching staff, numerically
and artistically one of the strongest
to be presented in the American
League this year, will be tested thor
oughly in the Mats remaining exhi-
bition games. Those hurlers who
are capable of lasting nine innings
will be permitted to do so by Man
ager Ossie Bluege.
We've eliminated some of the
boys and a few others will be
dropped in few days." says Bluege.
"All the pitchers now are in fine
physical shape. and it's time they
were attempting to do the distance.
"Of course, that might not be pos
sible every day because we're f1gur-
ing on carrying IL pitchers and
we'll have to keep them all busy, but
whenever 1t looks right, I'll let a
pitcher 60 nine innings. After all,
we start playing for keeps in q
couple of weeks and they'll have to
be ready"
Bluege planned to allow Mickey
Haefner to go the route as the
Mats tangled with Brooklyn here
today while Vernon Curtis will be
given the same leeway tomorrow
when Washington's A team battles
the Dodgers at Daytona Beach.
Dutch Leonard will pitch for the
B team here against Buffalo to-
morrow.
Brunke Battles Custer.
Following tomorroWs tussles
Bluege may make further cuts In
the Mats roster. Complicating mat
terS at the moment is the fact that
Larry Brunke, chunky little south
paw who was outstanding in the
Southern Association last year, re-
fuses to return to Chattanooga.
Brunke still is baking at being
shunted to the Lookouts despite
being told to shift to Chattanooga's
training camp aNCocoa last ThurS-
day. A 15-ga inner last season
his only one by 3-2-
Brunke feels - is being treated
shabbily.
Larry has pitched only four in
nings in spring training, first be-
cause of sore arm and later be-
cause he was clipped on the head
by a thrown ball while in Havana.
Clark Griffith, Nat president, has
said Larry would be favoring his
future by pitching regularly in the
minors rather than being used only
occasionally m relief roles with
Washington, but Brunke doesn't
see it that way.
Still to be selected among the II
pitchers who will return with the
team are two of the Mats hurlers
and Brunke is desirous of being one
of them. Others who are under
consideration are Pete Appleton.
Bill Lefebvre, Oliverio Ortiz and Bill
Kennedy.
Slab Staff Lined Up.
Barring mishaps, these pitchers
will stick with the Mats: Roger
Wolff, Dutch Leonard, Sid Hudson,
Walter Masterson, Mickey Haefner,
Ray Scarborough, Johnny Niggeling,
Vernon Curtis, Make Wilson and
Marino Pieretti.
Wolff, Leonard, Hudson, Master
son and Haefner are to be the Mats
regular starters, with Niggeling slat-
ed to start once a week. Scarbor-
ough also may fit into the scheme
as a starter, since it is Bluege's plan
to start Leonard less frequently than
Wolff, Hudson or Masterson. Pie
retti, Wilson and Curtis, plus two
others yet to be chosen, will handle
most of the Mats relief chores.
Evening star., 1946-03-30
biggest money match in ring his
tory among two little men,

biggest money match in ring his
tory among two little men.
Ray stepped right up in meeting,
after the 1908 customers finished
the usual cheering and chowder de-
monstration for Graziano, to say
he's willing to show up against
Rocky week after his scheduled
welterweight title tussle with Servo
May "a, and what's more, Rocky
can wear a horseshoe in each glove.
Now, of course, the boxing COM
mission won't allow a man to wear
horseshoe into the ring, especially
in his glove. And from his job of
flooring Marty three times before
Referee Arthur Donovan called it a
night last evening, Rocky appears
to need horseshoe about as much
as the eighth dry Martini needs a
second olive to do the trick.
Rocky Wastes No Time.
Chalking up his seventh case OF
kayo-itis in eight trips to the post
the local East Side swatter began
measuring Marty for sleeping suit
from the opening bell After just
missing the size twice in the first
round, Rocky found just the fit in
the second heat of the nontitile
fight. He put Marty down three
times, When the game little champ
from Schenectady, N. Y, got up for
the third time, even Referee Dono-
van got the idea that it was becom-
ing somewhat monotonous - espe-
cially for Servo.
Servo weighed in at surprisingly
large l4412 against Graziano's light
152