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Evening star., 1948-07-25
Mount Marcy
Jamaica Victor
ly The A,sesis,sd I,s,,

NEW YORK, July 24.-Even In
the absence Of champion Citation
and r,lnner-up My Request, q
heavily backed Better Self had to
play second fiddle to Mount Marcy
today in the Saranac Handicap at
Jamaica.
Generally rated as third best Of
the 3-year-olds, the King Ranch
colt bowed by three quarters of q
length to Mount Marcy, . $40 to
81 second choice from the G. v.
Whitney barn.
Mrs. Elizabeth Grahams Ace Ad-
miral, an entry with Jet Black, was
beaten by flve lengths for the plice
while heading Big Dial for third
position.
A crowd Of 32,3e2 saw Mount
Marcy Hash the mile and one
sixteenth in l:444/5 over . fast
track. The victor's share Of the
purse was $4,000. The race crossed
$23 $50.
Hard riding Ted Atkinson was
spilled early in the running of the
previous dash and, while apparently
more chagrined than injured, was
advised by the track physician to
pass up his engagement to ride the
Greentree stables Up Beat In the
Saranac.
Jimmy Layton substituted for At
hnson, who lost little by missing the
mount. Up Beat, after setting the
early pace, faded to last among the
seven 3-year -olds.
Evening star., 1948-07-25
D. {. AN-Stars 10 Face
Junior Mound Ace

The Washington All-Stars, pick of
the junior baseball crop, meet Brook
lyn's All-Stars in a return engage
ment at $50 pm. Tuesday at Grif-
fifth Stadium.
Jim Munros local club handed the
BrooklyniteS 1872 pasting before
$4,000 at Ebbets Field July IL.
The visiting club, sponsored by the
Brooklyn Eagle and the Brooklyn
Dodgers, plans to start Billy Loes,
outstanding schoolboy hurler in the
New York area.
Loes, who pitched Bryant High
to the metropolitan championship,
boasts four no-hitters this season
and one last year He was with the
New York Giants on their last West
ern trip as reward for being select
ed the best high school player in
New York.
Starting for Washington will be
Bill Witzel, who has won three and
lost one with Marx in Junior League
play. Witzel is a student at the
University of Maryland.
Evening star., 1948-07-25

Lesnevich, Sighting Louis Bout,
lis 7-3 Fovorite Against Mills

ican has had some difnculty making
the weight. He still has two more
pounds to grind OF and his man
ager, Joe Vella, says he'll prob
ably make it with a. few ounces
to spare"
Whatever happens, this could be
Gus last defense OF the 175-pound
title. He has grown into a natural
180-pounder. and it was at the
latter weight, more or less, that he
knocked out Melio Bettina and Tami
Mauriello.
He is thinking of nothing now ex-
cept going through with the Mills
contract and then taking aim at
the heavy crown.
Mills is four years younger than
Lesnevich. He Is of the rough and
rugged type and has fair power
in his left. He presents. however,
an almost open target.
Evening star., 1948-07-25
D. C.. Duos Play
In State Event

Fourteen District duos are among
the 80 teams slated to compete in
the Maryland State Golf Associa-
tion's mixed two-ball tournament
today at the Suburban Club of
Pikesville.
Post entries will be accepted and
will follow the field after 2:24 pm.
Pairings Of the Washington play
ers:
12:oo-Mrs. J. p; Trouchapd and Ed
Ray Weisbers, I: s.; Mrs r. Hayman and
Alan WsisbeTs: l. s.; 1;qeoaeeMr. and Mrs
Patterson and q. Hunter: Mrs. g. Hunter
smtS snd and PPatsasen E. sorsn g. a. NJ .nd Mrs
Ben Ben Dyer Dyer e.: 1;4s-ME M snd Mrs; Pred
P. g.: 2:00-Mr;. and Mrs. Head. Mr..
and Mrs, McMullin, P. G.; 2:ls-Mrs.
A. B. Bower and George Martin, Manor.
Evening star., 1948-07-25
Star Reward Second;
Baird Again Scores
As Upset Jockey
By the Associated Press

CHICAGO, July "a. Arlington
Park, where racing regulations are
born and buried, produced another
startling upset in the $56,loo Ar
lington Handicap today.
Stud Poker, at odds of 16 to J.,
romped nome winner by az lengths
over Star Reward, with the Calu-
met Farms Fervent, a 6-to-5 favo-
rite, staggering back in third place
in nine-horse field.
Fervent, winner OF s77,775 in five
rich triumphs this season, finished
almost six lengths back of Stud
Poker, who took the lead at the
race and never relinquished it.
The time was 2:042s.
Stud Poker returned $35. 40, $1420,
and SIS to match such surprise stake
winners as Daily Dip which paid
s126 in the Myrtlewood and Papa
Redbird which returned $49.20 in
winning the Dick Welles Handicap.
Baird Rides Winner.
The 5-year-old Stud Poker, owned
by E. E. Voynow, Chicago advertis-
ing executive, had won only three
times in l8 previous races this year.
He was ridden by Jockey r. L.
Baird, the same lad who piloted
Papa Redbird to victory in the
Dick Welles last Wednesday.
The victory was worth $4,000 to
Owner Voynow.
Stud Poker was we'll in the lead
at the half mile, but was being
challenged by the Irish-bred British
Isles and Augustus and Nahm S
Eternal Reward. British Isles clung
tenaciously to the pace for a mile
and then gave up the runnerup spot
to Fervent whom Jockey N. L.
Pierson had been holding back for
his usual late move. Fervent made
his bid as the field swung into the
home stretch, but never was able
to catch Stud Poker.
There was not other contention
in the race although Hal Price
Headley's Pellicle ran spiritedly and
took down fourth money.
Stud Poker A Former Platter.
Star Reward paid $3.50 and $3.50
and Fervent returned $3.50 to show
Second place was worth $4,000 to
the Dixiana Stable while Calumet
added $4,000 to its treasury with
Fervent's third.
Stud Poker, a few year ago was
racing with $2,500 claiming tag.
Fervent top-weighted with 124
pounds, made the strongest bid of
all. Seventh on the first turn,
Fervent then slipped through a
hole on the rail and moved to the
leaders half way down the back
stretch. Jockey Pierson brought
him to the outside on the stretch
bend, and he looked like the winner
until he started to falter.
Pellicle, Eternal Reward, British
Isles, w. L. Sickle, Mighty Story
and Challe Anne completed the
field and finished in that order.
The Arlington Handicap was the
fifteenth stake Of the meeting. Stud
Poker was the seventh stake winner
to score at fancy rice.
Evening star., 1948-07-25
With Bill Leetch

shaping up nicely. The place, as
usual, will be Wedgeport, Nova
Scotia, and the dates, September s
to II inclusive. Teams from the
United States, Cuba, the British
Empire, Mexico and the Argentine
will compete for the Alton B. Sharp
Trophy, a handsome silver bowl de-
signed by Lynn Bogue Hunt. The
Cuban team was last years winner.
The United States team this year
is composed of B. Davis Crownin-
shield Of Palm Beach, captain; John
Manning of Beverly Hills, Calf;
Joseph D. Peeler of Catalina Island,
Calf; George G. Thomas, also OF
California; DR.. Leon Storz of Wor-
cester, Mass; Lou Marion Of Brielle,
N. j.; Robert B. Montgomery of Rio
Hondo, Tex, and Anthony Huffman,
jr., of Terre Haute, Ind. All are big
game fishermen of extensive expert
ence. Members Of the teams from
other countries will be announced
shortly.
Evening star., 1948-07-25
Netwomen Of District
To Invade Baltimore

A women's tennis team from
Washington will meet a Baltimore
team in six doubles and three singles
matches Tuesday at the Baltimore
Country Club.
On the Washington team are:
Willie Herbert, Charlotte Decker,
Sara Moore, Sosie Girgosian, Pearl
Mccoy, Helen Levy, Ann Fisher and
Francis Barry.
Evening star., 1948-07-25
D. {. AN-Stars Play
Twice This Week

The Boys Club of Washington
All-Star baseball team will meet
two all-star opponents this week.
On Tuesday the local standouts
will engage the Prince Georges
County Boys Club all-stars at Ma
gruder Park at 6 o'clock. On Fri
day night Washington will face
the au-stars from Allentown, Pa,
In the first game of a home and
home series at Griffith Stadium at
$50.
The Washington team is COM
posed of such local scholastic stand
outs as Ernie Berliner. Gene Cal
nan. Ed S.sxton. Jack Malarkey
Jimmie Pantos, Ed Hughes and
Buddy Jones.
The Prime Georges team. under
the management Of Don Redmiles
follows:
Infield-D Sims, G. Souder. B. Roberts
G, Clayton, R. Annenberg. B. Niedenbach
M Heard and H: Radtke. Outfeld-W
Healey, R. Hall, B. Fierstein. M: Bicker-
ton, r. Brodrick G, Lease and J. Hands
Catchers-R; Howard; D. Lloyd and T
FleShman, M. LiberStoTe and B. Dempsey
Evening star., 1948-07-25
By the Assoeiofsd Press

LONDON, July 24.-Gus Lesnevich
is a Arm 1-to-3 favorite to beat
Freddie Mills in their world light
heavyweight title bout Monday night
at White City Stadium, and many
expect Gus to score a knockout.
The prize at stake, provided Les
nevich wins decisively, is a possible
shot at the heavyweight champion
ship, probably against Joe Louis in
September. The fight crowd gath
cred in London fully expects Joe to
come out of retirement" If Les
nevich is the bait.
Gus, who has held the 175-pound
title since before the war, stopped
Mills in the tenth round of their
bout here last year. AS Gus feels
he is hitting harder now he fully
expects to f1atten Freddie.
AS usual, the 33-year-old Amer
Evening star., 1948-07-25
Cumberland Results
BY the Asseeiated Press
,,.

r,, weather Clear. Track Fast
sAGanGF's snd dp 81 i4glonss claiming
Liberty Fix {snyder) $50 $50
Globe Trotter tBallenser) 800
Also Ai5e' ran@sffrue Mate, Two Bucks,
Famas Time Wander Belle Martha Grier.
ms sESoND aIAs RAc!mpgrse s1,ooG; claim
a coiored Boy Boy f4ammsro, Taa.ns 04o 5oo go go
Foolish BID sHollanD $50
Also ran.-outa athisworld.. Alarosa. Teddy
DAILY double paid s4s.so.5 ~
THIRD RAcE-Purss; $1,000: allow
S's SsrrS effasn NymDS pt}9sH $50 ssS ssS
Beau Town IAustin) $50
Also ran~sea Weather, Risht Metal,
Marees Ghost, Winnie Rock, Golden Elf
FOURTH RAcE..Purse, $1,000; claim.
naE. ag syearsld BIe and up fqronss
Haywood is,. 4 kl;s ATsss tPalumbo, $50
Apns bos seSse Rss: gsns nYss Ssres k
FIFTH RAcE-Purse. $1,000; allow
r9rs1 Grandma G: GTammaroI 4.2o 800 s.4o
Time, 1898.
Also ran-Pari-D Dominate, Tap Lightly,
Reblime. Dominica, Get Set
SIXTH RAcE-Purse, $1,000: allow
ances; 3-year-olds and upward; 4h fur
longs
Belstan (Cardoza) $50 $50 $50
Stanley tPalumbol $50 $50
Bachelor Belle (Kratz) $50
Time, 0:553s
Also ran-Gunner. Tandis, Prosnostic,
Run Bud Run and Wave Of.
SEVENTH RACE-purse a OoO. cIoin,
ing; 3-year-olds and upward; Il. miles.
Free Speech BRADY 4.60 $50 $50
New Chum fKratZl $40 $40
Time Play (Carrillo) $40
Time. :54+s.
Also ran-Strollins Don, Peace Fleet,
Claire Whizz, Ferry Command, Our Risk
EIGHTH RACE-Purse. $1,000; claim
ing; 4-year-olds and upward; Ii. miles
Chin Chafi Palumbo) $50 $50 $50
Step Up (Billineton) $40 $40
Mibill D. tHopkins) 44O
Time. 2:22+s.
Also ran-Inmate, Hard Guy, Electrix,
Running Riot, Texaldue
Evening star., 1948-07-25
Jumoicu Results

FIRST RAcE-Purse. $500; claiming;
year ear.old:; ~ fprlonss,1 .o l.o .so
Sickle Sue (MehrtenO 610
Also '; ;ranWaEternal Great, sospiro, rib-
aW. E. simpson-W. Zakoor entry.
SECOND RAcE-Purse. !$s.5oo; claim
Ing; 4-year-oids and upward; Ii . furlongs o
esslls dss:Rsl dIis II. ;Rsss sjsS:so $50 seS seS
!.lsd' '0 aue9e Belle. s' Psrhsliocn: Rsrd rsets
Indian Call. Comanche Peak. RightwinE.
THIRD RAcE-Purse, 1000. claiming;
S.ysar.oid&s & and upward; ~ y miles ,oo
SaaDes aiss oeoIs RpP3sG 9Hspinson, $40 3eo sssSS
saTacen MIS- (WilliamO $40
Also AAii@e' ran&okeete., a;os5t sain. Lye, Reckon.
slas Regent Ki.kl.pdD " 600 4$SS
Fegd1l Tfm. k1nF sAdair) 400
Also r.n2cochise, Hot Hand. York.r,
Toetotoe, b-Bouncing Boots, Blue Thanks,
bWoodvale Farms entry.
purse. % $4,000 ADDED; ''ss s.1ssr-olds; r
Ss$s' sssEs! ;s;: $40 ss I$$
Also ran-up Beat. sJet Black. Big
Dial, Marine Charter.
aMaine Chance Farm entry.
SIXTH RACE-Purse. $1,000 added;
handicap, Class c; 3-year-olds and up
ward; furlongS.
Lord Griilo CDodson) 2o.3O $50 $50
Inroc (Arcaro) $50 2.S0
Sir Harry Gayton) 7.50
Time, 1:12M:
Also ran-Nassau, Coincidence, Re-
peater, Colonel OF, secnav, Let's Dance
and Tex Martin.
SEVENTH RACE-Purse. $4,000; allow
ances; 3-year-olds: Ii. miles.
Ready Jack (Arcaro) 7.20 80 $50
Quickest (James) 9.70 500
Dole (DodSonl $40
Time, 1:46M.
Also ran-Rogue, Marital. Ny Emma
and Magic Mirror.
Track Meets on Gross
Evening star., 1948-07-25
Arlington Park Results
BY the Asseeiaisd Press

FIRST RAcE-purss; $4,000; claiming;
s-year;olds ryys.r 81 and upward; 9 tprlongss. or
f1nshqra pnst ransK aSsassssnSk $50 oo o sS
M! '. r%s! 1s,i' ,:Ei% ,?TEiiP%:s''e'. .-.5 400
ssoPm H Shot poar Rsn..sa sn ' 1Fon an civ, sen
Tommy Gentry. Winter Song and Kings
SECOND aAcE-purs., $4,000; claim
erl.ss Ass Pkuss SIS a'ss $3.50 fsse
Gus q (seurioekJ WV $50
chicie Red, Radio Joe, BESSIE Vance Tsv,
DAILY Double paid S19O6O.)
THIRD RAcE-Purse. $500; allow
Lsxtown lBairdl 800 800 2.2o
Old Rockport CKeene) 1920 4,2O
choice Cut SBrookO $50
n1snS ena %la lsaTssEi Dfii Easy Out r''ette County
FOURTH RACE-Purse. $4,000; allow
Ssll.sv %hiIlins alTi SWahouss' $40 s.so sssSS
Al.l5aI 45m,. (sesTloeD :sh $50
xnsSi. a sSs. DOW Wish ssa ssis.s
FIFTH RAcEWpurss, $500; allow.
ances, 4-year olds and upward; fur
Blue Seal (skoronskD $40 $40 2.4o
| Speedy Lee (Swain) 4.4O 800
Tidy Sum (Borton) 900
Time, 1:l2.
Also ran-Easy Trade, Proud Ruler,
| Captain Joe.
SIXTH RACE-The Arlington Handicap
purse, $50, 900 added; 3-year olds, and
sSf}s sEss ss ssss,t s,;s Ss ssss.. $500 , ss
Fervent (Pierson)' $50
Time, 2:042s.
Also ran-Eternal Reward. Mighty Story,
British isles, Pellcle, Challe Anne, W. L.
Sickle.
SEVENTH RAcE-Purse, 81, 900; allow
ances, 3-year olds, 6 furlongs.
King Rhymer tS'ockl 1920 1900 72U
Countless In (Robertson 4.40 $50
May Reward (Pierson) 42O
Time, 1:123s.
Also ran-Hypostyle, cathie Jean,
EIGHTH RAcrPurse, $4,000; claim
imnEI. mI., $,yesr r olds d. and yg5pward; IA miles
Scotland Yard GNslson) $50 4.2o
Time, 2:37b
Also ran-Leonidas, Roy Jay, Van Flag
Ganado, New Caledonia
Evening star., 1948-07-25
OUTDOORS

"Dog-days" are upon us, both
Potomac and Shenandoah are warm,
and even when not muddy, produce
only mediocre bass fishing. Noun
tain streams are low and trout wary.
Pond fish are mostly deep down
and sluggish. 1t is almost too hot
to fish during daytime hours. Def
nitely, it is the time for early morn
ing and late evening piscatorial
sport. Fish if you must during
midday hours, but for us, it's a
spot of shade where breezes blow,
a place to recline and snooze, and
We'll take our angling pleasure
before the sun is too high, or after
its rays slant earthward in the
latter daylight hours. Fish, too,
seem more disposed to take bats
and lures at those times of the day,
both in salt and fresh water. It is
the lazy anglers time of year.
Plans for the International Tuna
CIln Match. the fifth IN he held are
Evening star., 1948-07-25
Prince Georges Loop
Has q Full Schedule

Games today In the Prince
Georges County Baseball League
are:
Section ,A---tall games 8 p.m.)-Mary-
land Sport Club VS.. Dixie Pig ct piney
Grove; sunnybrook vs.; Carroll Tavern at
Sunnybrook; Silver Hill vs.. Campus Club
VS.. Pumphrey's Grocery at Brandywine,
pm; Maryland Aces VI. Brandyvine at
Srandywine, pm; Croome W. Chelten-
Evening star., 1948-07-25
Jet Motors Win. 8-3

The Jet Motors baseball team,
paced by the six-hit hurting of Rus
sell Morris, downed Mckee Pontiac
Flying Clouds, 8-3, yesterday on the
War College field. Scotty Silvers hit
a home run for Jet.
Evening star., 1948-07-25
luureI Nine Is BOOKING

Laurel American Legion baseball
team is booking games with strong
unlimited teams. Interested man.
ayers may write Manager Ed Dave,
Laurel Legion Hall, Laurel, Md.
Evening star., 1948-07-25
Bankers Softy STANDINGS

Won-and-lost records of teams In
the Bankers Softball League are:
Union Trust, go; Metropolitan
8-4; Riggs, 6-5; Washington Loan
and Trust, SIS; Second National,
3-6: Lincoln. 0-9
Evening star., 1948-07-25
Alexundrio Netmen Win

Alexandria's tennis team defeated
Turkey Thicket. 6-3, In q Public
Parks League match yesterday on
the losers courts.
Evening star., 1948-07-25
Gas Nine Seeks Lead
In Departmental

The Washington Gas Light Co.
baseball team is hoping to take over
first place from the leading Mer-
chandise Plumbers In the Depart.
mental League this week. The Cas-
men, only one game behind, have
two games on tap this week. while
the Plumbers have only one. Tho
schedule (all games on the South
Ellipse at $500:
Monday. Wash. Gas W. FnI; Tuesday.
Naval Gun Factory vs. ONION Printers:
Thursday, wash Gas w. Union Printers;
Friday, Naval Gun Factory vs. Merchans
Evening star., 1948-07-25

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Evening star., 1948-07-25

Plans for the International Tuna
Cup Match, the fifth to be held, are
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Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-17
Grid Crowds
Larger Than
Ever This Fall

New York, Dec. 17-(AP)-
Led by the Southwest's whop
ping 25 percent increase, col.
lege football crowds were larg-
er almost everywher. this fall.
An Associated Press survey o1
IS schools today showed the far
west as the only exception tc
the upward trend.
Nationally the increase in av-
erage attendance was 4.3 per
cent over 1947. The SO schools
played 451 home games before
gatherings totalling 12,446, 754
Last year 11,719, 998 saw 43a
home games.
An average game this fall
drew 27,598 paying customers.
Last year the average was 49,
1856.
The midwest, as usual, had
the biggest crowds, both aver
age and total. The 105 midwest
ern games drew 3,689,633
fans, breakdown of 35, 1876 per
game. The southwest with 32,-
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-17

Five of the Aces are holdovers
from the last independent Roa-
noke Rapids basketball team
which operated as one of the
first teams to organize the Goo
ber Belt independent cage lea
que in thes1947 season and the
other members have been added
for this season. Coaching the
Aces will be Fleetwood Sullivan,
former local hardwood star, who
will add his experience to that
of the former high school and
collegiate players on the Aces
roster.
Tentative plans are being
drawn for practice game with
the Roanoke Rapids High School
Yellow Jackets soon after Christ
mas and negotiations are under
way to bring to Roanoke Rapids
such outstanding independent
teams as the Flying Swedes, the
House of David, the Cover Girls,
the All-American Red Heads,
"Choo Choo" Charlie Justices
Carolina Clowns and some out
standing Independents now play
ing in this area. The schedule
is not completed yet, Bill Davey,
business manager of the Aces
said today, but it is hoped to
give local fans a full schedule Of
first-rate basketball.
Members of the squad include
Joe McCommons and Deaver
Shell, both players well over six
feet, who were outstanding cage
stars when they were in Roa-
noke Rapids High School and
both continued their basketball
playing through Guilford College
on the strong North State Con-
ference teams. Fred Cooper, for
mer high school eager and a
member Of the N. c. State fresh
man team, Bill Shell, who play
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-17
Rupp Figures
In BraWl In
Cage Contest

New York; Dec. 17-(AP)-A-
dolph Rupp, Kentucky's famed
basketball coach, figured in a
disturbance at Boston last night
trimmed Holy Cross, SLAB.
The incident occurred near the
end when an unidentified specta-
tor struck Wah Wah Jones, a
Kentucky player, with what ap-
peared to be a rolled up paper
bag. Jones went for the specta-
tor who started throwing
punches.
Rupp came to Jones' defense
and was struck several glancing
blows before police stopped the
fray.
A sellout crowd of 13,909 saw
the hectic finish. 1t was Ken
tucky's fifth in a row.
In Madison Square Garden a
turnout of 15,432 saw Bradley,
newest member of the Missouri
Valley Conference, and Texas, Of
the Southwest Conference, Trim
Manhattan, 81-72, and New York
University, 58-57, respectively,
Both games were marked by
sterling rallies. Manhattan flip
ped in 81 points within 10 min
utes during the second half to go
ahead $3.50, then faded. NYU,
behind by 45-27, late in the Sc
cond half, almost pulled the game
out of the fire with thrilling
finish.
Baylor, recent upset conqueror
of Phillips Oilers, nipped Missouri
45-44, on Don Heatington's last
second field goal. Kansas State
dropped its fourth in a row as
Indiana breezed home, 56-36.
Manchester Qnd.) surprised
with a 71-66 triumph over West
ern Michigan. The defeat dump
ed w. M. from the unbeaten
ranks. Washington and Lee up
set George Washington, 1888, in
a Southern Conference fray.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-17

Renoir, one of the great
French painters, was the son
of tailor and was apprenticed
to porcelain manufacturer
when 13 years of age.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-17
AAC Directors Greeted By Reports
Of Ar1nistice With NIL; Ingram
Is Hopeful Peace Can Be Arranged

Cleveland, Dec. 17-(AP)-Re-
ports of a possible armistice in
the dollar war with the senior
National Football League greet
ed owners of the three-year-olc
All-American Conference as they
gathered today for their annual
meeting and title playoff game
The younger circuit has beer
for such a truce from the first
day of its being. Most owners
In the National have opposed il
in the belief that the establish
ed circuit could outlast the new
conner.
A writer for New York news
paper, Joe King, predicted yes.
terday that the All-American con.
ference would fold up, and that
the champion Cleveland Browns
and the 49ers wouli enter the
National loop.
However, Admiral Jonas In
gram, commissioner of the All.
American, said the owners will
60 into today's session with a
better outlook than they had al
a comparable time a year ago.
Ingram said he also anticipated
peace with the National League
within 80 days.
I'm confident" he said, "se-
ven of the National League own
ers are in favor of some kind of
working agreement now. I'm
confident some kind of settle :
ment will be made within the
next month.
ut really shouldn't be very
difficult to put plan into opera
ton. The main thing is to work
out the makeup of the leagues.
arrange a schedule that will
have no conflicts and plan a
common draft.
I'm in favor of two eight
team leagues, with one team
from Chicago in each"
Ingram didn't say who the lone
National League holdup was, but
apparently it's George Preston
Marshall, owner of the Washing
ton Redskins. Marshall reiterat-
ed his opposition to a truce yes
terday after Alexis Thompson,
owner of the Philadelphia Eagles,
came up once again with the pro-
posal that the two leagues gel
together.
Whether there's a truce or not
it is known that the conference
magnates will discuss other eco.
Monies in their meetings.
One suggestion to be consid.
cred would cut the players from
the present IS to either 80 or %.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-17

The French city Reims was
the capital city of the Remi
tribes befoe their conquest by
the Romans, and it was from
the tribe the city's name is de-
rived,
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-17

ed high school ball and was a
freshman eager at Carolina, and
Wiley Warren, who last season
won his numerals in freshman
basketball after starring in high
school, will all bring collegiate
experience to the local court.
Warren is enrolled at Wake For
est and will be on hand for the
local games.
Other squad members include
M. c. Newsome, Eugene Shell,
Charley Draughan, James Bry-
ant and Bill P -terson. Newsome,
Shell and rraugl. | are all Jack
ct basketball alumni. Bryant
was one of the top men on last
years high school team, and
Peterson played high school ball
with Petersburg, Va, and added
independent experience as a
semi-pro eager in Petersburg for
the past two years before COM
ing to Roanoke Rapids.