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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-12-02

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Evening star., 1948-03-08
Stib's Scrap Tonight
with Brown Tuneup
|For Outdoor Bouts

Matchmaker Gabe Menendez Of
Turner's Arena, who has been look
ing around all winter for a good
fighter to feature in his summer
outdoor bouts, may have just the
boy he needs in Ken Stribling. This
local, colored middleweight has run
up a good record in the last year.
most Of the time displaying a pleas
ing boXing-puncher style.
He looked particularly good in his
two fights this year, showing at his
best against Johnny Walker of Phil
adelphia. He decisioned Walker in
10 and later chilled Kid Wolfe in Z.
Those two victories made up for the
only two defeats on his pro record
and now Strib is ready to go after
some of the tougher fighters.
Those he'll get outdoors this sum-
mer, but right now, Just to keep the
pot boiling, he's billed against
Randy Brown of New York In to-
nights 10-round main event at Tur-
ner's. Randy has showed here two
weeks ago, beating Art Bethea at the
arena. Stribling probably will be
favorite.
Semifeature tonight is a five-
rounder between local boxers, john
ny Hansbury and Jerome Pratt.
Four four FOUNDERS also are carded,
first starting at S.45
Evening star., 1948-03-08
Hockey Lions Return
To Play Last Three
Home TussIes

The washington Lions are back
to play out their home string in
the American Hockey League with
games here tomorrow and Friday
nights and another on Friday Of
next week. Tomorrow nights op-
position comes from st. Louis.
The Lions aided the Buffalo BIZ
sons to set league record last
night. The Bisons defeated the
Lions, S-3 at Buffalo, for their 39th
win, most any team has won in loop
history. The Bisons scored a pair
each in the first two periods and
then finished with four-goal surge
In the last frame. Bob Walton and
Frank Porteous scored for the Lions
in the second frame and Dan Por-
teous counted in the final.
Cleveland still leads Buffalo in
the leagues Western Division, de-
spite having won less games. It has
II ties. all good for a point each, to
help its six-point margin. The
Barons stretched their unbeaten
string to 81 games last night by
taking the Pittsburgh Hornets, Az,
and appear almost certain winners
in the West.
The Providence Reds, who already
have clinched the Eastern Division
title, battled the Indianapolis Capt.
tolls to an 8-8 tie, while New Haven
nosed out st. Louis, 80, in other
pameS
Evening star., 1948-03-08
But Revomping I
By Lewis F. Atehison

Iacrosse-that's the game in
which muscular young men
whack the whey out of one an
other with glorified rugbeaters
has come up with a change al
most as radical as the last boat
load of Reds from Russia. Brief
ly, the Grease" a restricted zone
around the net, has been changed
from a rectangle to a circle.
The change is not being made
without the usual arguments, pro
and con.
tits like moving first base
farther away from home plate
and making it harder for bat
ter to get a hit" commented DR..
Jack Faber, the eminent Mary
land bacteriologist and stick
coach. Cor you might compare
it with the elimination of the
center jump in basket ball, al
though that did speed up the
game and I don't know whether
this will help lacrosse"
Harry j. Rockefeller Of Rut-
gers, chairman Of the Rules
Committee, recommended the
change, which was adopted by
the United States intercollegiate
Lacrosse Association at its re-
cent New York meeting. Rocka-
feller said experiments showed
attacking methods conformed
more to a circle pattern than 8
square. The change is supposed
to speed up the game, open up
the offense and make it more
interesting for the customers,
but Faber isn't sure it will work
out that way.
With the old square, he points
out, a player never was obliged
to be more than 6 feet from the
front of the goal, nor more. than
7 feet behind. But with the cir
Gle he'll be 9 feet away at the
farthest point, front and rear,
making 1t difficult to feed the
ball from behind the net to a
forward player in position for q
shot. It may kill the screen shot,
one of the good doctors most
potent offensive weapons. At
any rate, Faber thinks the
change will help the defense
Evening star., 1948-03-08
Caps Face Top Scorer
or BBA in Stag Game

Max (The Touch) Zaslofsky, who
currently leads the Basket Ball AS
ISOLATION in scoring, will make his
last appearance here Wednesday
when the Chicago Stays face the
Washington Caps at Uline Arena.
zaslofsky, who tailed 40 points
last night to lead the Stays to an
1881 victory over Providence, has
a total of 853 points for IL games.
Ed. Sadowski of Boston is in second
place with 852 points in A games.
The Stays and the Bombers now
are deadlocked for the western loop
lead, while the Caps are in the eel
lar, az games off the top. The
Caps will have to win their remain
ing six tilts and Chicago and St.
Louis must each lose three of their
seven to give Washington tie for
the title.
Maurice Podoloff, president OF the
BBA, was on hand today when the
Touchdown Club honored the Caps
at the weekly luncheon.
Evening star., 1948-03-08

more than the offense and make
the game duiler, not more inter-
esting, for the fans.
But whether his boys run
around in circles or otherwise,
Faber is proceeding with plans
for the approaching season and
having enough trouble in his
own backyard without worrying
about rules changes.
ITS going to be a hard sea-
son." he prophesied. Lacrosse
is getting worse than football in
proselyting players-everybody is
looking for them. I hear Duke
has about Is good prospects from
Baltimore and Princeton will be
good again. Johns Hopkins,
Army and Navy always are
strong, and we'll have to hustle
to keep up with them"
Football and lacrosse used 70
60 hand in hand. Maryland, for
example, had Jim Meade. Tom
Mont, Joe Deckman and a score
OF other standouts who were as
good at one sport as the other.
It's footwork, cutting and ma
neuvering for shots at the goal,
also blended nicely with basket
Evening star., 1948-03-08
Dodgers Won't Win Flag Minus
Him, Says Stonky, Now a Brave

Elliott at third and Earl Torgeson
a vastly improved player, at first.
The Braves manager plans tc
abandon switching his outheld &C
cording to the kind of pitching en-
countered, now that we have some
outfelders who can throw"
The regular lineup will be JEFF
Heath, picked up from the st. Louis
Browns, in left; Jim Russell in cen.
ter and Tommy Holmes in right.
He brought 10 pitchers to camp
One more. Johnny Sain, is hold
out, but Southworth didn't hesitate
to name Sain, a 21-game winner
last year; Warren SPAIN, who also
won 81; Charles (RedD Barrett and
Bill Voiselle as his four regular
starters.
He predicted that SPAIN would
win rs games this season and Vol
selle would win IS or more. Voiselle,
bought from the Giants last year
has had an operation on his right
leg and now is able to run and keep
his weight down.
Southworth expressed hopes that
his ore-armed pair of Ernie White,
now listed as a coach, and Johnny
Beazley will be able to pitch.
Asked for a prediction on his
teams chances, Billy said: Il don't
like predictions. But I'm not crying
I'm not football coach"
Evening star., 1948-03-08
AAU Ring Meet Offer,
70 Bouts Tomorrow

Twenty bouts will round out the
quarter-hnal round Of the AAU
boxing tournament at Turner s
Arena, tomorrow night. starting at
8:l5.
In the top bout, in the 135-pound
senior class, Claude Lawrence OF
st. Mary's will box Joe Jennings OF
Merrick. Lawrence is the 1876
pound senior champion OF 1947
while Jennings won the lightweight
novice title.
Another outstanding bout pairs
Ken Lindley of Andrews Field and
James Neil Of the 12th Street Y in
the l47-pound seniors.
Buster Meador and Ed Kennett
OF Southwest Barney House also ap-
pear for the second time. Meador
meets Charles White Of Fort Nc
Nair In q welterweight scrap and
Kennett boxes Ben Lewis OF Liber-
ty in9a nliddleweight bout.
Evening star., 1948-03-08
Surprises in College Ring
Card Gives Himself Black Eye;
Terps' Qudttrocchi Tagged

in the first round. Bill Maher con-
tinued undefeated at 1855 pounds by
outpolnting Doug Fleming and John
Redmond scored c. us fourth kaye
by blasting Francis Lobos in the
second round of their 130-pound
argument. Tom Cronin won again
beating 120-pound Ray Hood, and
Charley Rohr lost another close
heavyweight bout to Hal Swanson
The Cards close their season Sat-
urday night against John Carroll U
of Cleveland, at the Brookland gym
And speaking of boxing, Virginia
will be host at the 2oth Eastern in
tercollegiate tournament at Char
lottesville this week end. The
Cavaliers were runners-up to Syra-
cuse last year. Army, Penn State,
the Coast Guard Academy and
Western Maryland have entered
teams and pairings will be made
Thursday at Charlottesville, with
prelims scheduled Friday night.
College ring experts will watch
the tourney closely for any signs
of Olympic prospects. Gerald Au-
clair, Syracuses national 125-pound
champ, unbeaten in three years OF
boxing, Welterweight Jimmy Mira
gliotta of Virginia and Jack Tighe,
Penn States 165-pound champ last
year who is cropping down to 1855,
are among the outstanding en-
trants.
Not to be overlooked, however, are
two other champs, John Benglian,
Penn State 130-pounder. and Clar-
ence Tannel, Coast Guard 145-
FOUNDER.
Spring sports crowd into the pic
ture this week, with football, an in
terloper, getting in few setting up
exercises and baseball, la crosse,
track and tennis beginning to at
tract notice. Maryland and Cath
olic U. gridmen> begin today, al
though the Cards merely will have
a blackboard drill with Coach Gene
Augusterfer explaining his plans,
while Jim Tatum takes the Terps
out for an nonest-to-goodness
workout. Il. F. A.
Evening star., 1948-03-08
New Lacrosse Crease Puzzles Terps' Coach
Rexompnq Team Worries Eabe More hon Chunqe Shape

ball and Ed Ronkin and Charley
May, court stars. were couple
of dribblers among the many
who made their marks in both
sports.
After a few weeks of spring
practice the football coach usu-
ally was glad to turn his men
over to the stick squad. Survivors
of good. hard season OF lacrosse
could be depended on to stand up
under a bruising football sched-
ule and usually could run the
pins from under the opposition.
But with spring practicing last
ing six weeks it seemed that foot
ball would keep the boys busy too
long. to be of any value in la
crosse.
Not necessarily" corrected
Faber. 1--WE don't open until
April 2, when we meet Dart
mouth. But we bump into some
of our toughest competition along
about the end of April and in
May and could use those foot
ball players. OF course, I'm
speaking of experienced lacrosse
players who know their way
around and can pick up where
they left OF the year before"
But if lacrosse continues to
spread the way it has in the last
few years schools will be recruit
ing athletes who specialize in 1t
and nothing else. That breed
will be something super-as fast
and elusive as basket ball play
ers, strong and durable as grid
men and wrestlers.
Faber hopes to field stronger
team than last year when the
Terps lacked midfield reserves and
defensive experience. Bill Rup-
persberger, Art Lundall-a 190-
pounder-and Charley Herbert
will be back at midfield. John
Ruppersburger, Bill Nuttall and
Goalie Tom Hoffecker should
guarantee an improved defense
and Faber thinks he can build q
potent of1ense around Giles Free
man.
But whether he can beat the
opposition and this new tangled
circle is something else again.
1t should be an interesting sea-
son
Evening star., 1948-03-08
By Hugh Fullerton, Jr.
Assnrioted Press Suorts Writer

BRADENTON, Fla, Mar. 8.--Billy
Southworth has been enthusiastic
about the 1s4s Boston Braves al
along, but now that Eddie Stanky
has been added to the team he's
elated.
ut will be just like having an
other coach out there" the Braves
manager unused as he thought Of the
addition from Brooklyn. He said
Stanky should have steadying in
fluence on Alvin (Blackie) Dark
rookie shortstop, who can make or
break the Boston club this year.
Last season we had the feWest
double plays OF any club in the
league" Billy went on. Now, with
Dark and Stanky, we should have
a real double play combination. You
can ignore Stanky's .252 batting
average. He draws so many walks
he's always on base"
(At Ciudad Trujillo, where
the Dodgers are training, Ed
Stanky is recovering from an at
tack of lobar pneumonia.
(Stanky was stricken Satur-
day night, only a few hours after
learning he had been traded. In
the deal the Dodgers got Ray
Sanders, Carvell (Bama) RoWeu
and considerable CASH. /
The Braves were told today by
Brooklyn Secretary Harold Par
rott that Stanky made this COM
ment after the trade, 1.-THE Dodgers
will not win the pennant without
me-"
Just to be fair about it, South
worth said that Connie Ryan still
was in the running for the second
base job and could beat out Stanky.
Dark is the key man in the
Braves lineup-the player South
worth is counting upon the most.
He's husky 25-year-old who left
Louisiana State University for a
$4,000 bonus and promptly made
himself the rookie of the year in
the American Association. He hit
1903 at Milwaukee last year, knocked
in 66 runs, fielded ably and con-
vinced all observers that he can't
miss in the majors.
Flanking this pair will be Bob
Evening star., 1948-03-08
4erp Squad Of Eight
In Loop Mat Meet
SpeeiaI pispoteh 10 The Siar

LEXINGTON, Va, Mar. 8.-Wash.
ington and Lee and Virginia Military
Academy are favorites in the South.
ern Conference wrestling tourna-
ment opening here today.
The University Of Maryland. which
compiled a record of three wins
against two setbacks in regular Con-
ference competition, has eight men
entered in its bid for the title won
last year by North Carolina.
Maryland Coach Sully Krouse has
no entrant in the 121-pound division
but he is sending seven other hope
fuls after loop titles. The best ap-
pears to be Co-captain Bib Marschek
175-pounder who won nine matches
and dropped one this season. His
one loss was to a heavyweight.
Other Terp contenders are Ed
Gurny, 1856; Jim Scott, las; Doug
Gum, 1873; Lou Pheobus, 1855; Jake
Brown, 165, and Don Wilkinson
heavyweight. Individual winners
likely will be entered in the national
intercollegiate tournament at Lehigk
later this month.
Evening star., 1948-03-08
Little Dick MiIsteud Packs Big
Punch as Pin Tourney Winner

Brookland Recreation manager fin
ished nine pins behind Marshall
McGuigan of York, Pa, the victor
with S83.
Fred Murphy with a third-place
score of 954 was best for the Capital
contestants in the 18th annual Vir-
ginia State Open at Norfolk. Joe
Rabel of Portsmouth, Va, was the
winner with 973.
Lois GIadding, Brookland team
star, was sixth in the Ida Simmons
Women's classic at Norfolk, Va,
with 737. Edna BrockWell of Rich
mond, Va, easily captured the six
game event with a 807 score, 20 pins
of the women's national 6-game
record
Evening star., 1948-03-08
JCC Crown Tiff Settled
West 10 Face Rugged
Garcia in UIine Bout

Sonny Boy West, 2o-year- old D. o
Negro lightweight, is booked for q
tough test against Buddy Garcia
hard-punching Mexican from Hous-
ton, Tex, in Liberty Athletic Clubs
10-round feature bout at Uline
Arena a week from tomorrow night
Promoter Goldie Ahearn an.
nounced last night that the feature
bout has been signed and said West
already has begun training for the
bout. Garcia is expected here the
middle of the week.
The bolo-punching Mexican, cur
rently fighting out of New York
rates as one of the hardest punchers
West has had to face. He has
dropped only two decisions in 3e
fights, one in 1914 when he was q
preliminary fighter and the Other
in 1945. He has knocked out Vince
Dellorto, Nick Camarata, Vic Piga'
natore and has defeated such boxers
as Maurice LaChance, Vic Costa ano
Johnny Cockfield.
West has lost only one decision
in % fights and that was to Larry
Lasane, whom he defeated in re-
turn match at Griffith Stadium.
Evening star., 1948-03-08
Smith Second. Time Victor
In Gainesville Open Golf
BY the Assoeioted Press


GAINESVILLE, Fla, Mar. g.
For the second time since the start
of the Gainesville Open golf tourna-
ment, AL Smith Of Winston-salem
N. c., is winner Of the event.
He had to 60 two overtime holes
yesterday to cop the title in play
lon with National Amateur Cham.
pion Skee Riegel of Los Angeles
They were tied at the end OF 81
holes with 200 each. Smith won on
the second extra hole my sinking
a 20-foot putt.
Marty Furgol of Brooklyn finished
third with 210.
Smith collected $500 prize while
Riegel got a trophy.
Otto Greiner, Baltimore pro, nm
ished in a fifth-place tie with 2l2
to pick up $133.33.
Evening star., 1948-03-08
Quantico Marines Strong
lin Service Rinq Finals

The Quantico Marines, with eight
men still in the running, are favored
to win the Middle Eastern Service
Conference boxing championship
when the finals are staged tonight
at the post gym at o'clock. o.s :
Camp Lee with four men ane
Langley Field and Navy Quarters X
each with two, are the only other
teams left in the tournament. Balm.
bridge Prep, Army Medical Center
Fort McNair and Fort Belvoir all
were ousted in semifinal action last
week.
Quantico will depend on frankie
Stellato and Keith King, Golden
Gloves champs, along with Walt
Stipanovich, Ray Shipley, Ray Axt
Dick Williams, Bill OBrien and
Hugh Smyth.
Evening star., 1948-03-08
155-Pound Ohio Slater
Joins U. 5. HopefuIs
In World DecathIon
8y the Asseeiatsd Press

CHICAGO. Mar. S.-Olympic de-
cathlon hopefuls usually are brawny
athletes who have to be sturdy to
stand the gah In the grueling 10
event championship.
But picture, II you will, q spindly,
155-pound, 5-foot-l0-inch chap who
has decathlon aspirations-and may
be right in there pitching when the
United States rounds up its Olympic
track gang next June.
That's Ohio States Lloyd Duff,
who stole the show in the 38th Big
Nine indoor championships at
Champaign, ILL.,, Saturday with a
record breaking flourish that gave
the Buckeyes the Conference crown.
Duff, "a, from Lakewood, Ohio,
bettered the American and indoor
7o-high hurdle record Of :o8.5 by a
tenth Of a second as the crowning
achievement in a 16-point perform
ance in which he also:
Won the broad jump with a a.
foot-411z Inch leap, less than an inch
behind the conference record of
24-5A.
Placed third in the pole vault with
a soar of 13 feet inches, 2 inches
behind Co-Champions Tom Bennett
Of Wisconsin and Harry Cooper Of
Minnesota.
And ran third in a 70-yard low
hurdle race in which Northwesterns
Bill Porter equalled the American
and Conference record<of :o7.S.
It was the greatest Conference in
dividual performance since Ohio
States sleek Jesse Owens turned the
league upside down in the mid
thirties.
Duff has a tough row TO hoe IN
the decathlon field against weight
specialists, but his hurdling, sprint
ing and vaulting skill rates him a
good prospect in the book of Dan
Ferris, National AAU secretary, who
refereed Saturdays meet. -
eff Duff can nail down couple
Of frsts, he may be our boy" said
Ferris. Hes got a lot of ground to
cover, though, because Lawrence OF
Southern California is good and
foreign competitors currently rank
well ahead of us In this held.'
Duff is married and a senior.
Evening star., 1948-03-08
Second Crown Gurnered
BY Russell, Blind Golfer
By the Associeted Press

INGLEWOOD, Calf, Mar. g.
Clint Russell, blind golfer from Du.
luth, Mimi, is ready to. head home
today after capturing his second
international Blind Golfers cham
pionship.
Russell amazed a gallery of 2,00(
yesterday by firing 48-56-l04
over the 1nglewood Country Club
course to gain the Bob Hope Bling
Crosby Trophy.
Evening star., 1948-03-08
Surprises in College Ring

Biggest surprise of the week enc
in college boxing, perhaps, was
Andy Quattrocchis defeat by Eler-
son Fowler of South Carolina in the
Southern Conference tournament
It was a revealing bout-revealing
that the Maryland 130-pounder pos
sibly doesn't catch as well as he
pitches, for Fowler had him on
the deck in the first round. 1t has
long been suspected that good
puncher will beat Quattrocchi.
Another noteworthy item IN re-
ports Of the bout was that Andy
was penalized two points for hitting
on the break-the Associated Press
said using an illegal punch-and
the deduction may have cost him
the decision. 1t raises the question
whether pro referees should be used
in college bouts. where the rules
differ SO widely and the tendency is
to emphasize and reward boxing
skill more than punching power.
Seldom do you hear or read of q
college fighter being penalized as
Quattrocchi was in the tournament.
Frank Strasburger. Catholic U.
175-pounder, had an unusual eX-
perience when he gave himself a
black eye several hours after scor-
ing a TKO over Al Marshall of
Bucknell at Lewisburg, Pa. 1t was
Strasburger's first victory of the
season and he got q punch on the
optic in the first round when it
didn't seem at all harmful. Several
hours later, however, Frank blew
his nose and the eye came up like
. balloon-a big, fat purple balloon.
Catholic us ringmen scored a
double-header victory, wining over
Bucknell. So, then battling their
way through snowstorm to reach
Washington at 7 am. yesterday. 1t
was their third straight ring vic
tory and their first over the wealth
erman.
Johnny Arnold scored his third
straight kayo by flattening Jim
Wyant In the l3o-pound class and
155-pound Bucky Ennis made it two
in q row by flooring Stewart Whyte
Evening star., 1948-03-08
Marlboro, Sugar Radio
lin Soccer Title PIuyoff

Marlboro, second-half champion
of the Washington and Suburban
Soccer League, will clash with Sugar
Radio, flrst-half champion, in the
opener Of three-game title playoff
next Sunday at Marlboro.
Pershing Mondorff scored In the
extra period to give Marlboro q 81
win over Sugar Radio yesterday at
Gonzaga as regular season play
ended.
Evening star., 1948-03-08
N. {. State Dominates
AII.Conference Fives
BY the Assoeioied Press

DURHAM, N. c.. Mar. 8.-North
Carolina States Southern Confer
ence basket ball champions domi-
nate the all-tournament teams Sc
lected by writers who covered the
event which wound up here on Sat-
urday night.
Ed Bartels and Leo Kataveck are
on the first team, while named to
the second are Warren Cartier, Paul
Horvath and Dick Dickey.
Others on the first team are Cor
rem Youmans of Duke, Bob Paxton
of North Carolina and Jere Bunting
from William and Mary. Rounding
out the second team are George
Cheek of Davidson and Tommy
Hughes of Duke.
Evening star., 1948-03-08
Scholastic Stors Victors
Over Neqro AII-Hiqhs

The Scholastic All-Stars, paced by
Bill Cannon's % points, downed the
Negro All-Highs, 48-43, in the first
half OF a twin bill yesterday at
Turner's Arena. Greeky Watson
scored 81 for the losers.
In the other game Bart Fuglar
dropped in 13 points to lead the
Armory Stars to 1888 win over
the Northwest Hawks. Harvey and
Green each got II for the Hawks.
Evening star., 1948-03-08
Skating Queen Home

I SYDNEY, Nova Scotia, Mar. 3 tP)
Barbara Ann Scott, Canada's
figure skating champion, came home
fearly today, arriving aboard North
| Star aircraft. The Trans s-Canada
Air Lines plane landed from Britain
and was to continue its journey to
Toronto.
Evening star., 1948-03-08
Skier Sets Record

NORTH CREEK, N. Y, Mar. 8 [PN
-Geoffrey Chapman Of Schenectady
sped down the 4,O00-foot-long Hud-
son trail in record-breaking time
yesterday to win the first annual
Gore Mountain Ski Club downhill
race for Glass c skiers.
Evening star., 1948-03-08
West End Finale Slated

Irving Food and Leland Valet will
clash for the West End Basket Bal
League crown tonight at Wilson
High at 8 o'clock. Bethesda Sports
Center faces the Hilltoppers in q
consolation tilt at 8.
Evening star., 1948-03-08
Toms Auto Cuqe Champ

Toms Auto today wears the crown
in the Silver Spring Basket Bal
League after downing VFW, 44-39
last night. Tom Robertson of Toms
shared scoring honors with VFW's
Sleepy Thompson. Each got II
poir1tS.
Evening star., 1948-03-08

Five years ago-Gretchen Mer-
rill, Boston, and Arthur Vaughn,
jr, Philadelphia, won national
figure skating titles.