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Evening star., 1947-11-21
District Specialist
Reports Way to
Ease Paralysis
BY The Assoeiotsd Press

OAKLAND, Calf, Nov. 2l.-Res-
toration of muscles virtually par
alyzed for as long as 80 years was
reported yesterday by DR.. Herman
Kabat, Washington nerve spe-
cialist.
Legs, arms and even tongues rem
dered useless by certain nerve de-
generation diseases such as infantile
paralysis and multiple sclerosis often
can be brought back to activity
through a special technique, DR..
Kabat told press conference.
Not all such cases can be treated
successfully. he added, and even
those which offer the most hope
must undergo a long and costly
treatment.
In the last two years, the nerve
specialist said, the institute has dis
charged 46 patients, 80 per cent
greatly improved. DR.. Kabat did not
claim a cure for these, but stated
that the improvement embraced the
restoration Of useless muscles to a
considerable degree of usefulness.
DR.. Kabat's technique embraces
methods of bringing about a nerve
connection between the muscle and
new part of the brain.
Evening star., 1947-11-21
Refugee Statistics
Cite Grim Facts Of
ItaIy'sDP Problem
BY the Assoeioted Press

ROME, Nov. 21.-It is not easy
to reduce human suffering to terms
Of figures, graphs and charts, but
the italian preparatory commission
of the international Refugee Or
garizatlon has come pretty close
to it..
The commission is making an
othel effort to persuade the nations
to get busy solving the pressing
problem of thousands of displaced
persons stranded in Italy.
In pamphlet-for the enlighten-
ment of nations which, it says gent
ly, handicap resettlement of refu-
gees by failing to make effective
offers" to accept them as emf
grants, creating red tape problems
on passports and visas," and charg-
ing too much for steamer passage
are these grim facts:
/. More than two years after the
war there are still almost 100000
displaced persons in italy, of whom
only 32,500 can be cared for in IRO
camps because IRO lacks funds or
they are not eligible under IRO
rules.
Many Arrive Daily.
2. More refugees arrive every day,
Shipping over borders in quest Of
greener pastures. From the 1947
low of 5O2 arrivals in June, the fig
ure Jumped to 2,264 in August, just
below the years high of 2,371 in
March.
3. Possible solutions for the prob
lem the DPS present are repatria-
tenance in camps, absorption in
Italy-or, the final alternative IRO
lists, LET 'em starve."
But repatriation is at virtual
standstill, with only 1000 left who
want to go back homeland under
the United Nations charter for IRO,
they can not be compelled to return
to their native countries.
Resettlement is difficult, for there
are few effective" offers to let DPS
migrate-Argentina will take l.
600, Peru 700, Venezuela $50. all
other nations 200.
Continued maintenance of them
In camps|costs $4,000 900 annually.
Overpopulated Italy. with 100000
unemployed and 100000 homes
wrecked in the war, has no food,
work or housing for them.
Funds Running Short.
Running short of funds, the local
commission recently borrowed one
milliard lire ($28,500,000 at the Of
ff1cial exchange rate) from the Ital-
ian 'lire fund" derived from the sale
Of UNRRA imports.
The statistical breakdown of the
displaced persons In Italian camps
shows that the great majority of
them come from the nations within
Soviet Russia's sphere of influence.
1t shows, further, that by far the
most of them are over As years old,
and hence, presumably, less welcome
as emigrants.
Evening star., 1947-11-21
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Evening star., 1947-03-04
Billy Rigney, Lowrey
Swap Is Proposed
By the Assoeiafed Press

Trade winds were blowing again
today and 1t looks like the real Nc
Coy.
The swap talk involves player
deal between the Chicago Cubs and
New York Giants. The two Ma
tional League teams were reported
to have had a deal all cooked up
during the winter meeting, but it
fell through at the last minute.
What revived talks of resumption
If a deal between the two ancient
rivals was the presence of Cub
Scout Walter Dutch Ruether, old
time pitcher with the Brooklyn
Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds and New
York Yankees at the Giants train
ing camp in Phoenix, Ariz., yester-
day.
Ruether blew into camp last night
from the Cubs Catalina Island base
and frankly admitted he is scout
ing the Giants. While he refused
to say, it was believed he came to
scout Shortstop Billy Rigney, whom
the Giants had offered to the Cubs
in exchange for Outfielder Harry
(Peanuts) Lowrey.
The Cubs, who need a shortstop
badly, were quite willing to take
Rigney, but baked at giving uE
Lowrey ana offered Outfielder Bill
Nicholson instead. When the
Giants insisted on Lowrey it was
no deal-for the present.
Evening star., 1947-03-04

Coaches Association. His pince-
nez glasses set firmly on his
prominent nose, breast pocket
handkerchief immaculate, he
dictates in a husky voice his
hundreds of letters.
I'VE build up a QUESTIONABLE
based on the suggestions made in
the letters received from all the
coaches, high school and college," ;"
Lou explains. so what We ask
is not weighted with individual
opinions, but is a concensus.
Out goes the QUESTIONABLE.
When the replies come in Lou
tabulates them and goes into a
huddle with the coaches Rules
Committee. The vote is used as
a guide and is not binding.
"The weakness of ideas comes
out in questioning in the COM
mittee. We finally make up our
minds and present the case to
the National Collegiate Athletic
Association Rules Committee.
This, in turn, is not bound to
accept our suggestions"
But, says Lou, the NCAA Rules
Committee, under the chairman
ship of William Bingham of
Harvard, has enabled college
Evening star., 1947-03-04
NCAA Puts Navy Five
In Eastern PIayoff
By the Assoeiofed Press

DAVIDSON, N. c., Mar. 4.-Nor-
man Shepherd of Davidson College
chairman of the selection committee
for the third (Southerm district OF
the NCAA, announced today that
Navy had been selected to play in
the Eastern regional basket \ ball
tournament beginning at Madison
Square Garden March 20.
The Eastern region includes
four districts. Two games will be
played March 20, with the winners
meeting March % to determine the
Eastern representative against the
Western leader March Is. Holy
Cross with a 1913 record has been
selected to represent New England
district /, with the other two Eastern
representatives to be announced.
Evening star., 1947-03-04
20 Minutes Of Play
To Decide Big Nine
Champ Saturday
By the Assoeiotsd Press

CHICAGO, Mar. 4.-Big Nine
basket ball teams have played a
total of more than 10 hours in games
this season trying to determine q
conference champion only to fall 20
minutes short Of the goal.
At no time in the history Of basket
ball has such an important confer
'ence championship as the Big Nine
been, decided by playing only a half
game However, that is the case
now, and it will be the longest 20
minutes of the season.
The Wisconsin Purdue game
halted at halftime February "a
when the Purdue fieldhouse bleach
ers collapsed killing three students
will be resumed at the Evanston
Township High School gymnasium
Saturday night. The game will start
at the point it was interrupted, with
Purdue taking the floor for the
second half with a 34-33 edge.
More important than this slight
advantage are the four fouls Wis
consin's star guard, Walt ,Lauten-
bach, and the three fouls the
Badgers key center, Ed Mills, have
charged against them on entering
the 20-minute session.
Early loss of either would prove a
hardship for Wisconsin which must
win the contest to capture the Big
Nine title outright with nine vic
tories and three defeats. If Wiscon-
sin is defeated, the Badgers will
share the crown with Indiana and
Illinois.
Evening star., 1947-03-04
BY the Associated Press

ST PETERSBURG, Fla, Mar. 4
-Outfielder Erv Dusak signed his
contract with the st. Louis Cardinals
and Manager Eddie Dyer received
word from Owner Sam Breadon that
Pitcher John Grod1cN and Out
fielder Bill Endicott would report
this week. Catcher Del Rice in
jured his shoulder and will be side
lined for at least 10 days.
TUCSON, Ariz-Bob Lemon, who
has played third, the outfield and
pitched for the Cleveland Indians
last year, will start on the moune'
against the Giants Saturday.
LAKELAND, Fla.-Hal Newhouser
Dizzy Trout, Virgil Trucks and Fred
Hutchinson, the big four of the De-
troit Tigers staff, will serve 'em up
to the hitters today for the first
time since reporting to camp. Only
Shortstop Eddie Lake was missing
as Ben Steiner, former Red Sox in
fielder, reported for a 6O-day trial.
SARASOTA, F1a.-Bill Goodman,
one of the rockies battling for an
outfield berth, can boast that he cost
the Red Sox more than they paid for
Ted Williams, Boo Ferriss and
Johnny Pesky combined. The Sox
recently paid $4,000 to Atlanta for
his services.
CLEARWATER, Fla. - Homer
Spragins, 1913 pound righthander
from Minter, Miss, has caught the
eye of Manager Ben Chapman of
the Philadelphia Phils. This kid
Spragins looks like he's. got the
Evening star., 1947-03-04
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Mar. 4.-In the opin-
ion of Ladislav Hecht, prewar star
of Czechosloyakian Davis Cup teams
the best tennis player in Europe to-
day is Jaroslav Drobny, who, Incl
dentally, is Czech Davis Cuppe1
himself.
Hes the youngest, only about %,
said Hecht with as much amira-
ton as if Drobny were his own son
And he's certainly the best of the
present-day players in Europe. You
recall he beat Jack Kramer last
summer at Wimbledon"
Hecht, who now makes his home
in New York, is playing in the
national indoor tournament at 1.-THE
7th Regiment Armory. That is,
he was playing in the tournament
until yesterday when he bumped
into Sidney Wood, one-time VIM
bledon champion, and found himself
trelegated to the role of spectator
.Drobny developed into a first
class player during the war" Hecht
went on while resting in the locker
room. I'm trying to persuade him
to visit this country and he may
do it this summer"
Renewed Acquaintance.
Hecht spent several months in
ECzechoslovakia last year, his first
visit to his native land since he
left In 1888. He saw Drobny play
IN the French championships, re-
newing an acquaintance built up
when the two played together in
prewar days.
HE was only Is when I Left
Hecht said. 1--WE played together a
lot. The last time was in the
Evening star., 1947-03-04
Senator's Topheayy
with 0uffieIders
After Tribe Deal
By Burton Hawkins
Stor ssoH Correspondent

| ORLANDO, Fla, Mar. 4.-Out-
fielder George Case returned to the
Mats today in deal that dispatched
Pitcher Roger Wolff to the Cleve-
land Indians. President Clark
Griffith of the Mats, in announcing
the trade. said 1t was straight
swap. designed to import right
handed batting strength to the
Washington club.
The addition of Case to the Mats
roster may be the first portion of
another deal, for Washington now
lis overloaded with outfielders. De-
spite his .225 hitting of 1946 Grif-
fifth visions Case as q probable reg
ular.
Should he bounce back after his
most disappointing season since he
broke into major league baseball
with the Mats in 1887, Case will
bring added speed to club already
graciously supplied with it In
George Myatt, Gil Coan, Mickey
Vernon and Johnny Sullivan. ~
Traded Last Season. f1'
Five times American League
base-stealing champion, Case was
traded to the Indians last season
for JEFF Heath, VINO was shunted
to the st. Louis Browns last sum-
mer. -
In parting with Wolff. Griffith
loses a pitcher who won only five
games last year after winning 20
in 1945. 1t was his only successful
season in the major leagues and,
approaching "a, his value to the
Mats was dubious, inasmuch as they
still are equipped with II pitchers
with considerable experience.
A candidate to be placed on tha
trading block is Buddy Lewis, who
has weakened in his holdout siege
enough to telegraph Grifith he is
considering the latest offer of the
Mats boss. "The next move is up
to Lewis" says Griffith. "I wired
him another offer and he answers
the telegram, telling me he was
thinking 1t over"
Lewis May Be Traded. Il
Griffith has expressed anxiety over,
Lewis lukewarm attitude toward
baseball, however, and should Buddy.
sign negotiations may be initiated
to bring an inflelder to the Mats in
Evening star., 1947-03-04

football in the last two years ito
make tremendous strides for
ward. Mr.. Bingham has been
very solicitous of the recon-
mendations of the coaches"
This years changes, Lou ex-
plains, may seem minor, but ac-
tually they make football a
squad game instead of team
game.
Lou is proud of that. It is
tronical that as one of the men
most responsible for this change,
Lou coaches where material is
scarce, selflshly he would be bet
ter off to keep football on the
old team basis. because Colum-
bia lacks substitutes.
Which do you like better"
Lou asks. The present game or
that 25 years ago, when all a
Evening star., 1947-03-04
9. W. Captain to Miss Tourney
Unless Condition Improves
By MerreIl WhittIesey

Jim Rausch, the technical and
inspirational leader of the George
Washington University basket ball
team. cannot possibly play in the
Southern Conference tournament
starting Thursday in his present
condition, Coach Arthur zahn said
today.
Rausch was scheduled to undergo
more X-rays this morning at the
G.. w. U. Hospital for what Trainer
Sparky Adams believes is a dam
aged hip ligament, suffered when
he took knee in the back in the
v. M. ]. game last Friday night.
Rausch turned out for last nights
scrimrpage session and although he
wanted to play and made every
effort to participate in the workout,
he was long way from playing con-
dition. .-
Zahn said the Colonials' captain
will accompany the team when it
leaves for Durham tomorrow for
Thursdays first-round game against
Washington and Lee, but whether
he will be named to the 10-man
squad will depend on his condition
at the deadline for naming the
players. -.. ...r t-s
Small Takes His Place.
With Rausch, who was high scorer
of G. WIS 1943 Conference cham
pions, out of the lineup last night,
Len Small, the freshman from
Brooklyn. took his place in the line
up. Small worked with Bill Cantwell,
Dave Shapiro and the Colonials' Ga
and 6-6 duo, Barry Kreisberg and
Don McNary.
Washington and Lee may be with
out its counterpart of Rausch as
Harry Harner, captain and floor
leader of the Generals, suffered a
severe ankle sprain more than a
Evening star., 1947-03-04

team did was make a couple of
rushes. try a pass and then
punted. A couple of years ago
a two-touchdown lead meant the
game was over. Now anything
can happen. I think I owe it
to football to give all I can to
advance it."
Fortunately Columbia grads
never hold him too strictly to
account for losing occasional
games, for Lou teams always
play exciting football. That's
what he is aiming at.
(Tomorrow's story will describe
how coaches voted on the ques-
tionnaire last December.)
Evening star., 1947-03-04

Of player personnel other respects Nothing
Braves To begin WITH Messrs Perni Nancy
They lured Cardinals
Billy Souhworth When the needed pitcher
from the Cardinals less than Mort Cooper then
tiona League hurlers.
keory Everybody Else Has More Chips
Down the No Highway Pittsburgh Pirates
who Barney regime
Now there's Bg Crosby that Of Others behind the
Pirates and they paying Geenberg So
ported $780, 600 1s47. - . A.a = -
Tom Yawkey who Boston umbernan who
fortune
of Walter o. Briggs automobile body the
Detroit Tigers Cleveland the president Veeck merely
promoting When he low cash he call
Bob Hope among others In short the Indians have
Richard Muckerman Browns Is a fast
with dollar due to outside interests
St. Louis Cardinals became wealthy selling
penr Of the Phies belongs
Brooklyn has piece of the football Dodgers Crosley
Cincinnati is radio and Wrgey of
Chicago Cubs Is the chewing Del Webb
Topping of the Yankees independently willing
Larry MacPhail their hobby.
This why Griffith those sitting
In poker and nearly chips
Evening star., 1947-03-04
Underdog Hoyas Hope
To Check Unbeaten
Duquesne Tonight

Duquesne's unbeaten Dukes, with
two postseason invitations in their
hip pockets, blew into town today
to meet Georgetown at the C. u
gym tonight on the last leg of a
brilliant court campaign that has
placed them among the Nation S
best basket ball teams.
The Dukes are a remarkable team
in more ways than one. They liter
ally backed into postseason classic
Usually q school gets a coach, who
Scouts up the players and then books
schedule, but it was just the re-
verse in this case. Duquesne found
few players drifting back to the
campus from the war, decided to
hire Coach Charley Davies, then
arranged few games. At this point
the Pittsburghers have won 10 in a
row, numbering Holy Cross, Utah,
Akron, Valparaiso and Georgetown
among their victims.
Hoyas May Go All Out.
Coach Elmer Ripley of George
town bluntly admits figuring out a
defense for the invaders is enough
to tax his wide knowledge of the
game. Tonight Rip may put all his
eggs in an offensive basket and
hope for the best. But the Dukes
have everything good team needs,
including height, ball handling abil-
| ity and scoring power and if George
town wins it will be distinct upset.
Davies can call on Bill Lacy, 6 feet
az; Joe Camic, 6 feet-4; Charles
Cooper, feet-411a; Johnny Karpin-
ski, runty foot-10; Ed Dahler, 6
feet-5, and Johnny Barry, feet-5.
If Davies wants real tall player,
however. he can send in Jim Mohan,
towering foot-8.
Georgetown must rely on the floor
generalship of Danny Kraus, the
elsuiveness of Miggs Reilly, and the
scoring power Of every man on the
squad. Andy Kostecka, the Hoyas'
big gun, may spark the attack, but
he won't be able to carry it along,
as Ripley realizes.
Few Seats Available.
Anticipating capacity crowd at
G. u, doors will be opened at $50
when a few hundred unreserved
seats will be placed on SALE Ameri-
can U. and Georgetown Jayvees will
play preliminary game at 7::30,
with the varsity game scheduled for
8:45.
Duquesne today was to decide
whether to accept an invitation to
the NCAA tournament or the Ma
tional Invitational at Madison
Square Garden. Georgetown would
welcome a bid from either source
and may be in line for one if it wins
tonight
Evening star., 1947-03-04

week ago and missed his teams last
two games.
Zahn said he had the utmost re-
spect for the Washington and Lee
team and considered the Generals
scoring ace, Reggie Crockett, one
Of the best players G. w. has faced
this year. Two District boys are on
the Generals starting five, Don
Hillock, who made the all-Virginia
second team, and Fred Vinson, jr.
Meanwhile, Coach Burt Shipley
OF Maryland scheduled practice
session at Catholic University today
to familiarize his players with the
same type glass backboards that
will be used in Durham.
Terrs to Meet N. C. State.
The Old Liners meet North Caro-
lima State in irst-round game
Thursday afternoon. Shipley at
tended the committee meeting in
Durham Sunday and spent more
time asking questions about State
than he did on conference affairs.
Maryland's squad is reported in
good physical condition.
Ed Gustafson, George Washing
tons football captain who is playing
minor role on the basket ball team
this year after starring on the pre-
war Conference champions, will
close an exceptional collegiate ath-
letic career in the Conference tour
nament.
Gustafson was sought out by
Georgetown Coach Elmer Ripley
after the last G. W.-Hoya game.
Ripley made his way through the
young G. w. team and grabbed
Gussie's hand. II just wanted to
tell you, Gussie," Rip said, that it
has been pleasure competing
against a boy like you for four
years. You're "a credit to college
III
Evening star., 1947-03-04
Hoyos End Hockey PIoy
In Rout of Penn Stute

Georgetown's hockey players were
willing to call it quits today after
running wild in the final period in
chalking up an 11-4 victory over
Penn State in last nights season
finale. 1t was the Hoyas' second win
in four matches.
Steve Smith paced Georgetown
with five goals, alternating with
Miller in banging in the puck in
the last period.
Evening star., 1947-03-04
Czech Star Drobny BestNetmon
In Europe Today, Hecht Asserts

Czechoslovakian championships at
Prague in 1888 when we went to
the doubles finals before losing to
Don Bulge and Gene Mako. Drobny
met Bulge in the singles and ex-
tended him to five sets.
Don't forget this" Hecht con-
tinued enthusiastically, "Drobny
also is the best ice hockey player in
Europe. In fact, he's better at
hockey than he is at tennis
Now 35, Hecht gave Wood some
anxious moments yesterday before
he tired and went down, 2-6, Is,
Ga. The victory sent Wood into
the quarterfinals along with Sec
ond-seeded Billy Talbert of Will
mington, Del, and two unseeded
players, Morris Adelsburg of Brook
lyn and August Ganzenmuller of
Sea Cliff, N. Y.
Talbert Victor Over Krais.
Talbert humbled Fred Krais of
Fordhamg University 6-2s 60,
while Ade1sburg stopped r. Gilbert
A1dA1 OA 4NC" L VI n, 1ldgAOiAdl fCGCl dllo
champion, 6-2, SIS, and Ganzen-
muller beat Chauncey Steele of
Cambridge, Mass, 6-l, 12-10.
Top-seeded Jack Kramer of Los
Angeles, Bob Falkenburg, the ma
tional collegiate champion from Los
Angeles, seeded third, and Frank
Shields Of New York, seeded fifth,
make their bids for quarterfinals'
berths today.
With six of the eight quarter
finals spots in the women's singles
division already filled, two of to-
days matches will put the winners
in the semifinals. They send top
seeded Pauline Betz of Los Angeles
against Mrs. Louise Ganzenmujler
of Sea Cliff, N. Y, and Barbara
Scofield of Coral Gables, Fla,
against Sylvia Knowles Of Newport,
r. 7,
Evening star., 1947-03-04

exchange for him. Manager Ossie
Bluege is determined to play Coan
regularly and since ne now has
established major league outfielders
at his command in Case. Joe Grace,
Stan Spence and Lewis it's obvious
he is overstaffed with outfielders
and lacks talented infielders.
Griffith is confident of comeback
by Case. After all, he only had one
really bad year." says Griffith. IF
he can give us a good job we'll put
him in left field and move Coan
over to right. George is good team
player and could help us with his
speed"
Such an arrangement.would leave
Lewis and Grace decorating the
dugout. That situation isn't likely
to exist, for Lewis is desired greatly
by other clubs. With the Mats need
ing infielders Griffith would be un-
ICoa n yITKTNJc pono A1oI
Evening star., 1947-03-04
Boston Terrier Club
Books Show March q

The Boston Terrier Club of Wash
ington has scheduled its annual
specially show for Sunday, March
%. at Labor Hall, 525 New Jersey
avenue NV. James F. Dwyer, jr.,
Of North Bradford, Mass, will be
judge.
Information is available from Mrs
Hazel L. Peak, secretary, at War
field 6993.
Evening star., 1947-03-04
Hogan, McSpoden
PIuy at Nassau

MIAMI, Fla, Mar. 4 R.-Ben
Hogan and Harold (Jug) Nc
Spaden, two of the nations lead
ing golfers, are flying to Nassau,
Bahamas, today for an exhibition
golf match at the Bahamas
Country Club, for charity.
The will return to Miami to-
morrow to compete in the Inter
national four-ball championship,
starting Thursday.
Evening star., 1947-03-04
Fort Meade Eliminated
In Service Tournament
By the Associated Press

PEOENIXVILLE, Pa, Mar. A.
Fort Knox, co-champion with Camp
Campbell in the Kentucky West
Virginia I'd Army Area, yesterday
eliminated Fort Meade, Md, $3.50
in the opening round of the &c
Army basket ball tourney at tine
Valley Forge General Hospital
here.
Fort Meade was champion in the
Maryland Pennsylvania district.