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Evening star., 1946-02-23
Hockey TiItLikenedt to Hilarious
Vaudeville as Lions Tumble

ice went out in the middle of the
match and a f1ve-piece orchestra
serenaded the chuckling fans. (5)
The electric clock broke down.
In spite of the burlesque, the
Lions played great game for one
period before collapsing. Norm
Calladine fired two quickies within
the space of seven seconds in the
opening stanza to put Washington
in front, but the Falcons started
flying in the same frame on a goal
by Jimmy Wilson.
From that point the issue never
was in doubt. DeFelice counted at
1855 of the middle period to tie il
up and Philadelphia went ahead a
minute later on lamplighter by
Bob Solinger while holding the
Lions scoreless throughout the heat
In the final period Philadelphia
increased the margin on DeFelice,s
freak tally with an assist by the
Lions Roberts and Chenier's re-
cumbent effort came on top of q
Washington goal by the newly ac-
Iquired Jimmy Russell.
The Green Hornets and the Rec
Devils, teams composed of high anc
prep school youngsters, battled tt
a scoreless tie in an added attrac.
ton that kept the icehouse in ar
luproar.
Evening star., 1946-02-23
Herb Knocks Out Club Pal
In Silver Gloves BOXING

Jackie Herb of Eastern Branch
knocked out Jimmy Smith, also OF
Eastern, at 40 seconds Of the first
round of a 125-pound bout to high
light the finals of the Boys Club OF
Washington Silver Gloves boxing
tournament last night at the East
ern clubhouse.
Results:
ern) decisioned Billy Hanbury (Merrick)
55-pound class--Bernie King George
town. scored TKO over George Binn.
tGsorsetown); first round.
andria) decisioned Jim Marion. Eastern)
65-pound class-Roddy Quayle (Alexan'
drial decisioned Bobby Costello (Alexan
7O-pound class-Willie Boyce (MerrickI
forfeited to Hilleary Rodill lGeorgetown)
sO-pound class-toe Myles Eastern) de-
cisioned Marmas Basil (Georgetown).
toxs aeensd Dsf Morrson hs
90-pound clsss-Dale Larsen George.
town. decisioned Bobby Martino EAST
95-pound class-Bunky Frazier fMer.
rick) decisioned Tommy Beach George
rick forfeited to Matt Binns (oeorse.
110-pound class-Ford Thompson (Alex-
iSo-pound ciass@Jack Fleming EAST.
ern) forfeited to Bob Bryan (Merrick).
125-pound class-Jack Herb (Eastern)
kayoed Jim Smith (Eastern), 40 seconds
35-pound class-Bob Booth George
town. decisioned Jim Moran (Eastern).
Evening star., 1946-02-23
Basket Ball Results
BY the Associoted Pres.

BY the Associoted Press
Howard, 81; Hampton, 40.
East.
Alfred (Buffalo), 4s; Buffalo. 81.
Long Island u, 70; Rider, "a
New, York Gothams, 81; Trenton Tigers
81.
yrsinus, So; susauehanna. 3s.
Ohio u, 5S; Akron, SO.
Muskineum,. 81: Heidelberg, Al.
a,wd Bowdoin n. 3Me). 4s; Colby. 81.
/ Midwest.
Oklahoma Ags S6; st. Louis u, 49,
Westminster, Mo-, SO; Missouri Valley, 35
Kansas, so; Missouri, "a.
North Dakota u, 81; North Dakota, AZ.
Ohio State, So; Chicago, 81.
Tulsa, 50; Washington U. {St. Lous). 30
Monmouth 1owa). 64' Coe, 81 (overtime)
South.
Davidson tVirginia), 50; W. and L.. 80.
Concord tWest Virginia., SO; Fairmoni
Texas Teachers, AZ: Hardin Simmons, "a
Morehead Teachers, So; Berea, 32
Furman srlsstSD asouth Cardinal So; College OF
Richmond iVirginia), 81; v. M. T., %.
Elon North Carolina, 5s; Lynchburg, 40
West.
Santa Clara o.. 65: Stanford q. .35.
San Diego State. "a; San Jose State, 50.
PaSifc, 29; Freno State, q. :.
Western State, "A: Colorado Mines, SO.
WASHINGTON State, 81; Oregon 81.
Wyomings 90: Fort Warren. 20.
Evening star., 1946-02-23
Stor Shotput Field Menoces
BIozis' Record in AAU Games

effort this time to succeed In de-
Tending his crown.
At the West Point Relays last
month, for instance, Bangert's best
performance of 81 feet, 43s inches
was only good enough for third
place. Bernie Mayer of New York
University won the event with a toss
of So feet, liz inches and Dewitt
(Tex) Coulter of Army was second
with So feet, 10as inches.
Blozis set the meet record of IS
feet, 824 inches in 1940 The former
Georgetown star was a casualty OF
the war.
Bangert is one of IL champions
from last year who will defend their
titles in 13 of the Is events bring
ing together 225 athletes from 90
states, the District of Columbia
Canada and France.
Other defending champions are
Barney Ewell Of Lancaster, Pa, In
the 60-yard dash and broad jump
Ed Dugger of Dayton, Ohio, in the
high hurdles, Max Minor of Army
in the low hurdles, Elmore Harris
of the Long Branch IN. j. Ath.
letic Club in the 600-yard dash
Forest Efaw of Saltwater, Okla, in
the three-mile run, Joe Megyesy o1
the New York Athletic Club in the
mile walk, Bill Moore of North
western in the pole vault, Sgt
Joshua Williamson of Camp
Plauche, La, in the high jump
Henry Dreyer of the New York A.C
in the weight throw, N.Y.U. in the
mile relay and Navy in the sprint
medley relay.
Evening star., 1946-02-23
It's Whip Perry or Retire
From Rinq, Saws ziyic

Fritzie Zivic will retire from the
ring in the event he is defeated by
Aaron Perry at Uline Arena Mon
day night, the former welterweight
champion said today as he wound
up his training grind.
Reminded that his retirement had
been announced several times pre-
viously, zivic says that he means it
this time unless he can take Perry
and get shot at the present welter
king, Marty Servo.
'I already have started to pro-
mote wrestling in Pittsburgh -
Fritzie says, land I plan to take out
a boxing promoters license shortly
I have a good stable of young box
ers coming along-and after all, I've
been boxing since 1881. If I can't
whip Perry Monday night it may be
it's time to quit.
Evening star., 1946-02-23
HandbaI| Crown Clash
Between Hitz, Lewis

Stanley Hitz of Harrisburg, Pa,
prewar champion, and Gus Lewis of
Buffalo squared of today in a ball
banging battle for the national
YMCA handball title at the Cen
trail Y.
The second half of the double
header pitted the prewar doubles
title team Of DR.. Milton Lappin and
AL Zerbo of Detroit against Manuel
Ductor of Buffalo and Lewis. Lap
pin and Zerbo, who held the title
three times between 1899 and 1912,
gained the final round by whipping
D. G. Farley and w. c. Firth of
Germantown, Pa, 2l-15, 2l-9.
Ductor and Lewis had an easier
time in eliminating AL Boisseree and
Carl Nanny, 21-10, 21-12.
Lewis, former national junior
champ, was the underdog against the
cagey Hitz, although they rated
nearly even on past performances.
Hitz brushed aside one of his sup
posedly more formidable opponents
in yesterdays semif1nals, routing
Henry Herr of Brooklyn, 21-11,
21-5. Lewis was just as impressive
against Gene Henderson of Dallas,
Tex, who was downed, 21-8, 21-10.
Evening star., 1946-02-23

Guard in Light-heavyweight Ken
Malone and Featherweight Jose
Fossas, and potent newcomer in
Dixon Walker, ex-Navy preflight
student from Canton, Ohio. Walker,
who acquired a string of kayoes at
North Carolina Prefight, will box
in the 165-pound class. Whoever he
meets figures to be tough, for Coast
Guard holds the Eastern intercol-
legiate crown.
Catholic u, rank outsider with
million -to-one chance of getting
a bid to the Mason-DiXon tourna-
ment, can bolster its claim by win
ming over Gallaudet, but that isn't
as easy as it sounds. The Blues were
the first to crack A. us string of
victories and have visions of bring
ing home another conference title.
Maryland also will be represented
in the Southern Conference indoor
championship track meet today at
Chapel Hill. Coach Jimmy Kehoe's
charges will compete in three events.
The Mason-Dixon outdoor track
and field championships will be de-
cided May 18 at Johns Hopkins
Homewood Field, Baltimore. The
circuits wrestlers will compete for
team and individual titles at Hop
kins March 9. Gallaudet will enter
a full team,
Evening star., 1946-02-23
Hogan Clips s Off Par
For Pensacola Lead
By the Associated Press

PENSACOLA, Fla, Feb. 23.-With
the field pared to so, the third round
of the $500 Pensacola open golf
tournament got under way today
with powerful-hitting Ben Hogan
out front by two strokes at 1875.
Hogan coupled a 6-under-par 66
yesterday to flrst-round SO to lead
Clayton Heafner and Fred Haas, jr.
The final 18 holes will be played
tomorrow, after which the winter
tour swings south to st. Petersburg
for the ninth meet of the year.
Hogan went to the final green to
sink a 15-foot putt for birdie.
Willie Goggin, who paced the
opening round with a 66, had trouble
with the weA-groomed 6,100-yard
country club course and wound up
with 78.
,Sammie Snead, defending cham
pion, carded 73 for halfway total
of 143.
Evening star., 1946-02-23
St. Johns Swimmers Tie
In Meet in Baltimore
speeioJ Dispotch 10 The Stor

BALTIMORE, Md, Feb. 23.-St.
Johns swimming team of Washington
won but three of eight events, but
tied Mount st. Joseph's tankmen,
1888, in dual meet here yesterday.
Results:
5O-yard free style-Won by Dexter (St
joel: second, Moffett (St. John's): third.
Andreano (St. John's).. Time, 0:27.5.
1O0-yard breast stroke-Won by Cough
lin (st. Joe); second, Callahan (st.
1908.
22o-yard free style-won by Callahan
est. John's); second, Byrne (St. joel;
third, Gladding (St. joel. Time. 2:5O.2
100-yard backstroke-Won by Stohl-
man lSt. John's); second, Kunst (St
John's); third, o'Brien (St. joel. Time.
1884.
100-yard free style--won by Dexter
fSt. joel; second, Moffett (St. John's) ::
third, Coudon fSt. Joe). Time. :04.2.
Diving-Won by Lyden tSt. joel. Points,
CoIghlin. Borsella). Time, 1:47.
Free-style .relay-Won by st. Johns
Roeers, Andreano, Arduini, Stohlman)
Time. 2:05R 6.
Evening star., 1946-02-23
BY Denmon Thompson
ca c.k. Eta.

ORLANDO, Fla, Feb. 23.-The
smoothest pitching motion in the
Mats training camp is the posses
sion Of Bill Kennedy, 27-year-old
Alexandria (Va), southpaw, who
says nervousness-not lack Of con-
trol-cost him an opportunity OF
sticking with Washington on prev
ious occasions.
Nervousness in a paratrooper who
hurled himself from planes % times
is rarity, but the all-consuming de-
sire to make the grade with the Mats
in 1912 affected his control and Ken
nedy was an unimpressive figure In
brief trials. my control is all
right" says Bill, "but when was up
with the team in 1912 I wanted to
make good SO badly I allowed that
over-eagerness to ruin my pitching -
With the 18th Airborne outfit in
England, France, Germany and Bel
GUM, after serving as an instructor
at Fort Benning, Ga, Kennedy
pitched only eight games in the
service, but won them all. The
6-foot IL inch 175-pounder was in
the Army 28 months, five of which
were spent overseas.
A former brakeman in the Alex
andria freight yards, Bill played
with various sandlot clubs around
Washington before breaking into
organized baseball at Orlando in
1898. Among the performers in the
Florida State League at that time
were Pitchers Sid Hudson and
Mickey Haefner, plus Rookie Out
fielder Ray Goolsby, all here in
training camp now with Kennedy.
Kennedy, whose stylish, effort
less pitching motion is reminiscent
of the form displayed by Lefty
Gomez, won IL and lost IL with an
inept Chattanooga outfit in 1912.
Intriguing MANAGER OSsie RlIece is
Evening star., 1946-02-23
Title Hopes in Big Ten
Al Stake on Court
By the Associoted Press

CHICAGO, Feb. 23.-Title hopes
of the three leading Big Ten Con-
ference basket ball teams will be on
the fire tonight in two of the three
league games.
They are Iowa, defending cham
pion and conference leader; second
place Ohio State and third-place
Illinois.
For Iowa, tonights game is per-
haps the most crucial on it's sched-
ule. The Hawkeyes are meeting a
vastly improved Illinois quintet it
barely edged out, 41-39, in the first
conference game December %.
Ohio State and Northwestern
meet in Chicago Stadium in a bat
tie which might settle the second
place argument, and which could
project both the Buckeyes and
Wildcats into the title picture.
Ohio State warmed up for to-
nights game by defeating Chicago
last night, SO to 81.
Evening star., 1946-02-23
Skins Get Occidental College
raining Site; Deals Brewing

At this stage the Redskins have
As players signed, Marshall said,
but their names have not been dis
closed for various reasons. Any
fear the team will be short Of
talent has been dlspelled by the in
f1ux of top-f1ight players and now
the problem seems to be one of
making sure the best 33 men are re-
tanned when the player-limit is
clamped on.
With all the talent, however,
Marshall still is willing to make a
deal that will add a punch to the
offense or bolster the line. None
of the other clubs, however, appear
to have any excess baggage to move
around.
Evening star., 1946-02-23
Prince Georges Golfers Ace
Is Third Without Witness

ball rolling on behalf OF schoolboy
golf this year. Hardy views the
links schedule among the high
school youngsters as one of the i'm
portant items on the high school
athletic calendar, but he isn't sure
he can have the services of two of
the school SYSTEMS top golf men in
promotion of the sport.
1--we talked with Julian Colangelo
of Coolidge and Jan Jankowski of
Central" said Pearce They want
to help in golf, but they're both
afraid they will be tied up in base
ball in the spring But We'll work
out plan to make golf the usual
big sport in the high schools"
Rut Coffey, former Winchester
Va, and Hagerstown, Md, pro and
former Middle Atlantic Pea cham
pion, will take over his new post at
the, Moundsville (W. Va) Country
Club March IS. Coffey, known for
his lengthy wallops from the tee
served a hitch in the Navy during
the war and was released last fall
He is one of the best players of the
younger golf pros in this section and
is we'll known here.
Evening star., 1946-02-23
Mats Gain When Cubs
Fail 10 Find Value
In Little Haefner
By Burton Hawkins
Ca s.a

ORLANDO, Fla, Feb. 23.-1t was
In desperation, born Of being en-
ployed only part time in a railroad
assembly shop, that the Mats Mickey
Haefner turned to baseball for a
livelihood at the belated age Of rs.
Until he began to encounter lay
offs a month at time, Mickey was
satisfied with his salary as an
assembly man.
Steady employment with the same
firm previously had swayed Mickey
to ignore an offer from the Chicago
Cubs, which developed as a nice
break for the Mats. Washington's
sturdy little southpaw declined the
Cubs Sl00-a-month offer at farm
club at Moline.
Il was making considerably better
money than that in the shops" says
Mickey, "but in 1888 they started
laying some of us off for long
periods. I was rs years old when
I got in touch with a friend of
mine managing the Tallahassee
team in the Florida State League.
1t was late age for a ball player
to break in, but I was glad to get
the Sl00-a-month they offered me-"
Slow in Making Grade.
Recognized as one of the Ameri-
can Leagues more reliable hurlers,
little Mickey had rugged time with
Tallahassee, what with dispatching
half of his pay home to his wife
and child. Skimping to scrape by
on s1250 a week, Mickey got to
Minneapolis for a more livable wage
after winning "a games and losing
nine with Deland in the Florida
State League in 1899.
That season incidentally, Sid Hud-
son was winning "a games with San
ford in the same circuit, but while
Hudson came directly to the Mats
tagged as the finest Washington
pitching prospect in years, Haefner
was shunted to Minneapolis and re-
manned there for three more years.
II guess they didn't like my size,
smiled Mickey, 'but I feel was just
as good then as I am now"
After winning l8 games with the
Millers in 1912, Haefner found a
friend in President Clark Griffith
.of the Mats, once a small pitcher
himself. Griffith parted with three
players and a bit of cash to obtain
Mickey and never has had occasion
to regret the deal.
Pattern for Small Pitchers.
Haefner has paved the route for
a flood of small pitchers among the
Mats. His success prompted Grit
flth to gamble on Marino Pieretti,
5-foot 7-inch right-hander who
won IA games as rookie last sea-
son, and promising to stick with
Washington this season are Max
Wilson, 5-foot finch southpaw, and
Larry Brunke, 5-foot 91a-inch left
handler.
Haefner's pitching creed is sim
plicity itself. II just operate on the
theory that if I don't put too many
men on base myself things will work
out all right" says Mickey. "The
really good hitters are going to get
hits off the best pitchers in base
ball, but, they won't hurt you much
If nobody's on base when they get
those hits"
Evening star., 1946-02-23
By WoIter McCoIIum

First hole in one of the 1916 sea-
son on the local golf courses goes to
John Blair, but the making of it at
Prince Georges Golf and Country
Club is something that Blair, Gov
eminent employe, speaks of in a
whisper.
Blair made the ace on the 160-
yard fifth hole at Prince Georges
yesterday, playing the shot with a
4-iron. He came into Al Hough-
tons golf shop, and said: Il don't
like to talk about this, Al, but I
made a hole in one"
why not?" asked Houghton.
''Well," Blair said, II was play
ing alone without a caddie and
maybe no one will believe me-"
1t turns out that Blair has made
five holes -in-one, three of them in
the class he talks about in whisp-
ers, made when he was playing
alone. He plays late in the after
noon, and some times goes out car
rying his own bag.
Hardy Pearce, athletic director for
the public schools, has started the
Evening star., 1946-02-23
.0ma, With Win Over
Lesnevich, Would
Sub for Conn
By Sid FEEDER
Associated Press Sports Writer

Associofed Press Sports Writer
NEW YORK, Feb. 23.-Now that
he has knocked off Light-heavy-
weight Champion Gus Lesnevich
Leaping Lee Oma came up today
with the idea of being designated
as alternate" for Billy Conn in the
June heavyweight title fight with
Joe Louis.
The Detroit thumper who fights
like a fellow chasing flies figures
this alternate idea is a good thing
Suppose" he supposed, something
should happen to Billy. If Mike
Jacobs makes me the alternate, I'd
be ready to go in a minute"
Along with this, Leaping Lee Is
aiming his galloping, hands-at-the-
sides style at an invasion of Eng
land against British Boss Bruce
Woodcock as well as q September
shot against the Louis-Con win
ner. In fact, about the only thing
in the whole situation that Lee
wasn't happy about today was that
he gave Gus "a lousy birthday
present"
Eye Cut Ends Fight.
He delivered the gift personally in
Madison Square Garden last night
on Gus 30th birthday. 1t was a
poke which opened a
cash SO deep under Gus left eye in
the fourth round that the State
Athletic Commission physician
wouldn't let him come out for the
fifth. 1t definitely was not the friend
ly way to help anybody celebrate a
birthday, as the 16,087 customers,
who paid $74,682 to see it happen,
will attest.
For two rounds. Lesnevich, max
ing his first New York start after
four years in the Coast Guard, and
outweighed 1873 to 1891a as he bid for
a heavyweight ranking, played the
big drum on Lees tummy with hard
hooks and digging rights.
Calls Himself Lazy.
While this was going on Lee
wasn't doing much except to put
his weird style of walloping on dis
play. This. involves walking around
the ring, sometimes with his back
to his opponent and always with his
hands at his sides, then suddenly
turning, ficking a long left and lift
ing hardy fast right cross to the
head. Asked afterward why he
works this way, Lee admitted he's
"a lazy guy" There's no doubt he
fights like one.
He finally got the mechanisms Of
this meandering mauling working
in the third last night, then gave
gus all the acts in the fourth.
Last nights win-Lee's seventh in
a row-Brought offers from both
Jack Solomons and Sgd Hulls, Brit
ish promoters, to take on Woodcock
this summer. If either or both will
include check for $4,000 or $35 900
with the next invite, Lee will accept.
Evening star., 1946-02-23
Odds MI as Coolidge Battles Wilson for Basket Ball Title
Conquerors Of Public
High Champs Earn
Berth in Metro

Coolidge is the eighth and final
team to earn a place in The Stars
14th annual Metropolitan Wash
ington interscholastic invitation
basket ball tournament, which opens
on Monday night and runs through
Saturday at Ritchie Coliseum Of the
University Of Maryland.
The Colts take the tournament
spot held open for the winner of
last nights Coolidge-Tech game,
and not only did victory there send
them into next weeks big windup
Of the schoolboy court season here,
but 1t assured y new champion be-
ing crowned next Saturday night.
Tech was the Metro winner last
year by two points over Eastern in
the final, and by dropping last
nights game to the Colts the Ma
rooms lost q chance to defend their
title.
The Colts begin their tourney
action on Monday night, playing
Bethesda, Montgomery County
champion, In the second game, fol-
lowing q clash between George
Washington High, Northern Vir-
ginia champ, and Blair. Two more
first-round games are scheduled
on Tuesday night. Wilson, which
meets Coolidge tonight for the Dis
trict title, tangles with st. Johns,
followed by Hyattsville, Prince
Georges County champion, against
Gonzaga, which is tied with St.
Johns for the Catholic League lead.
Semifinal games are scheduled
on Thursday night, with the pay
off clash coming on Saturday. Girls
play their semifinals on Wednesday
night, with the Bethesda lassies
opening against Maryland Park, fol-
lowed by Richard Montgomery
against Washington-Lee, defending
champion. The two survivors meet
on Saturday in preliminary to
the boys final.
This is the second time Coolidge
has competed in The Star tourney,
it previously having played in 1941,
the first year it had a team. The
Colts were eliminated in the first
round then, but this years quint
will be favored to advance much
further. Coached by Julian Colan-
gelo, the Colts are a fast team
of tall boys. The starting five
consists of Bill Cannon, Dick Taylor,
Bob Kleinknecht, Bob Rohr and
Stan King, and several adequate
are available.-G. E. H.
Evening star., 1946-02-23
Hoyre de Grace to Drop Fall Meetino

After layo 1912 dave will this spring
and instead splitting its Is between
fall meeting will eliminate the latter The meetings will be held
April Is through 81 13 through with the
added Chesapeake Stakes scheduled April before
Kentucky Derby.
Don Gutterdge former Card second
list ball Vinyite plastic,
virtually unbeakabe and weighs 10
problem of the pastcs producing find
to with the ball.
Something like S25 100000 scheduled to be this by
colleges building stadun
maey couple planned
which after World when of the
present day athletic battle pits constructed.
World
years 1899
the highest in leagues history 195 when
line Both war-endng
Evening star., 1946-02-23
Eastern Branch BOYS
Far Ahead in Swim

Eastern Branch Boys Club holds
the cityewide swimming champion
ship with 1877 points following the
windup of the month-1ong event last
night at Eastern.
Totals of the four weekly swims
give the Ambassador CLUB team Sec
ond with So points, while Shoreham
placed third with Is and the YMCA
crew piled up II points.
All of the Shoreham Clubs points
were massed in winning last nights
meet for the older swimmers after
Eastern had run up its total in the
lower age brackets earlier in the
month.
Evening star., 1946-02-23
Terp Qunt Champ Tough Luck Outfit

From Lou Connors of Gaithersburg players
(an alime, al-hgh school
contradiction
think they should be mentioned Remember
Western? great duo. condning high
schools how about
and McNamee of Aoysu Johnny Of
the old Congress Heights Yankees?"
It's I'm
versiy of Pittsburgh coaching Shaughnessy
Now that Ed Danowski has football
Fodham will his kid brother g. athlete of ability the
versiy of Maryland for the
Champion tough luck of the
qunt which splenddy
might
cept for succession of illnesses ailments
Brown in the hospital with the
survive their
tor of all sports his
Evening star., 1946-02-23
BY the Axsociotsd Press

NEW YORK. Feb. 23-For the
first time since the late AL Blozis,
rewrote the records for the shot
put in the days before the war,
the boys who toss the 16-pound
ball will be able to threaten ex-
isting marks in the national AAU
indoor track and field champion
ships here tonight.
A star-spangled field in the shot
put will attract a major portion
of the spotlight at Madison Square
Garden, where a capacity crowd
of some $4,000 is expected to watch
the 58th indoor games.
Bill Bangert of Purdue, who won
the event last year with a heave
of so feet, 5%' inches, will have
to add considerable distance to that