davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1948-02-19
Virginia S Noe Sets
Terrific Court Pace
By the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 19.-Yor
can't say too much about the baske,
ball ability of Charles (Chuck) Noe
Virginia's little All-State guard. No.
has been little short of terrific sine,
he first entered Virginia.
He's usually a slow starter as fal
as scoring is concerned. Before
Christmas, Virginia had played eight
games. Noe had found the scoring
range for only 49 points, little more
than points a contest.
Today's he's wound up in a bitter
battle with Washington and Lees
Bob Goldsmith and William an6
Mary's Chester Giermak for the 1915
individual point-making champion
ship of Virginia. Whether he makes
it or not, you still have to say the
Louisville, KY, ace is all ace.
For when they rang in the New
Year, 1t appeared that Noe didn't
have much Of a chance to catch the
high-scorins Goldsmith or Giermak
The Generals freshman star had
dumped in 80 points in six games
Giermak had 103 for the same num-
ber of tilts.
Today, the trio stood this way
Noe, 279; Giermak, 278, and Gold
smith, 274.
Evening star., 1948-02-19
Original D. G.. Bears Meet
Renaissance Quint 7oniqht

world professional championship in
the Chicago tournament of 1914.
Zach Clayton, Puggy Bell, Char.
ley Isles, Johnny Isaacs and Will
liam (Sugar) Cain are the Original
Bears who will see action. Vic Han
sen, Big Bill Washington, Leroy
Whatley, Bill Brown, Deuce Gibson
Don Butler and Johnny Wilson are
all-star replacements who will. be
available.
The Rens will spotlight two for
mer Bears in Capt. William Pop"
Gates and Bill Dolly" King, num-
bered among the Nations greatest
pro basketers. Eddie Rabbit
Younger, Robert Sonny" Wood
George Grove, Jim Usry, Tom Sealy
and Hank De zonie complete the
squad.
In an opening game scheduled fol
7::30 Jabbo Kenner's Rock Greek In
dians, will oppose the D. c. Skaters
Evening star., 1948-02-19
By Bill Fuchs

Tall, slim Joe Lapchick, coach of
the New York Knickerbockers, who
hung a 1915 beating on Washing
ton Caps last night at Uline Arena,
seemed bit puzzled as to where
some sportswriters get their informa-
tion. According to Lapchick, there
was no truth to the story appearing
In Washington newspaper that he
released Sid (Sonny) Hertzberg in an
effort to clean out Eastern-type ball
players from his club.
"Hertzberg Is a gentleman and a
great ball player" said Lapchick
and it hurt me to let him go. But
while he is q great help to Wash
ington he couldn't help me. The
Caps can work screen for him and
I have a bunch of players who just
can't screen"
The conversation switched to the
Basket Ball Association in general
and the whistle footing in particular.
Many observers have bemoaned the
frequent Interruptions to the game
by officials with eyes for detail, but
according to Lapchick that's the one
thing which gives polish to game
which for years had lain smothered
beneath besnirched reputation.
'They didn't have any whistle
footing in the old days." recalled
the one-time original Celtic star,
and they didn't have many fans
either. There was too much push
ing and showing. Without the
whistles you wouldn't see good
game"
: Whistle-tooting played a major
factor in last nights game, for it
Evening star., 1948-02-19
Hertzberg Release Story Denied
By Lupchick; Knicks Top Cops

was in the free-throw department
that the New Workers outscored the
Caps. Washington ended up with
a 32-31 edge in shots from the floor,
but couldn't keep pace with the
officials, who called only three fouls
against the visitors the entire first
half.
The Knicks, however, won the
respect of the 3,640 fans who at
tended. They trailed by seven
points going into the final stanza
and put on a fancy exhibition of
ball handling and maneuvering. Sid
Tanenbaum, who took scoring
honors with 10 points, put in 13
of them in New York's stretch
finish.
But the Caps came within 4
whisker of tying the count and ac-
tually looked good in defeat. Trail
ing by eight points with less than
a minute to go, Bones Mckinney
and John Mahnken each sank a
field goal and Hertzberg scored two
long ones to bring the score up to
TITS with only seconds remaining.
Dick O'Keefe then fouled Bill Van
Breda Kolff, who registered two free
throws to ice the game and put q
halt to Washington's six-game win
ming streak.
With Bob Feerick, Mckinney and
Mahnken showing the way the Caps
piled up 22-16 lead in the first
quarter on II field goals. They led,
32-31, at intermission and looked to
be a sure winner until the closing
minutes.
The Caps meet the Philadelphia
Warriors in Philadelphia tonight
and play host to the Baltimore Bull
let's on Saturday.
Evening star., 1948-02-19
Providence Stickers
In Final Invasion

The American Hockey Leagues
Eastern Division leader and most
colorful and highest-scoring combi-
nation makes a final appearance OF
the season at Uline Arena tomor-
row night when the Providence Reds
invade at $3.50 o'clock.
The Reds have made a clean
sweep over the D. C. pros in matches
to date, but the Lions entertain
high hopes of springing an upset
similar to that of q week ago when
they surprised the Western Divi-
sion leading Pittsburgh Hornets
here, SIS, only to lose that deci-
sion on protest.
Carl Liscombe, the leagues scor.
ing leader, and Harvey Fraser, No
man, who" are credited with 81
and u points, respectively, are
standouts Of the Eastern leaders
Ray La Plante, So points; Roge,
Bedard, 81; Chuck Scherza, 81, anc
: John Chad, Sc, also are great often.
siye PLAYERS.
Evening star., 1948-02-19
Detroit Lions Ready
To Sign Mcki|lin al:
$4,000 a Year
By the Associoied Press

DETROIT, Feb. 19.-The Detroit
Lions of the National Football
League were, poised today to sign
Alvin N. (Bo) McMillin, popular
Indiana University grid boss, to a
seven-year coaching contract at a
salary of $4,000 a year.
McMillin, gray-haired strategist
of Hoosier football teams for 13
years, flew into Detroit last night,
presumably to accept the long-term
contract offered him by the new
owners of the Lions.
To do so, he would have to be
released from the remaining eight
years of an agreement with Indiana
which pays him at least $12,500
annually as it's head coach and ath-
letic director, but persons close to
McMillin and to the Lions were
satisfied that was just a routine
matter.
McMillin's presence here, for the
second time within 10 days, was
ample proof of his interest in the
professional offer. While he would
not say he is accepting the job
the Lions arranged a meeting OF
the Board of Directors for this
afternoon, at which time President
D. Lyle Fife was expected to an
nounce formally that Bo is join
ing the pros.
Rumor, which has jelled consid-
erably in the last two days, also
has it that McMillin will be ac-
companied to the professional post
by two of his Hoosier assistants,
Line Coach c. A. (Tim) Temerario
and Backfleld Coach Owen L.
(ChilD Cochrane. While it was
generally understood that McMillin
would take over the Detroit reins
Immediately, Temerario and Coch-
rane probably won't come along
from Bloomington, Ind, until sum-
mer.
McMillin's post with the Lions
would be q double-barreled one a.
head coach and general manager
AS coach he would succeed Charlie.
E. GUS Doarais, who went ou
just prior to sale of the club las
month by Fred L. Mandel, jr., tx
an eight-man syndicate headed BY
Fife
Evening star., 1948-02-19
Rickey's Blast Raises
Issue Of Other Items
In Missing: Report
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

NEW YORK, Feb. 19.-Branch
Rickey's "clarification' conference
of his Wilberforce address, in which
he accused club owners of opposing
Jackie Robirson's rise to the ma
jors, not only left the issue as mud
died as ever, but brought up an
other important question.
What were the contents of the
20-page report at the joint major
league meeting that overshadowed
the racial issue in Importance and
caused league officials to destroy it?
that is, if such took place.
In his talk at Wilberforce State
University Monday, the president
of the Brooklyn Dodgers told his
Ohio listeners that the major
leagues, in a special joint meeting,
had approved a report containing
the statement that the employment
of Negro in professional baseball
WAS jeopardizing the investment of
the owners.
Defied Owners, He Said.
Hickey said he naturally inter-
preted that as signifying that the
owners opposed the entry OF Rob-
inson, his Negro infielder, into the
big league. He def1ed them, Eow-
eyer, he said. The owners since
have denied knowledge of such q
meeting and "did not recalr' ever
discussing the Negro question.
In followup talk with news
papermen in New York yesterday,
hickey said he tried to get the
written copy of the report hut
failed.
I'm the light OF further informa-
tion since my address at Wilber-
force T understand fully that there
were other reasons than the So
called Negro reference for remov-
ing the report from publicity"
Hickey said. II had believed that
the major reason for suppression
OF the report was the reference
to Negro employment"
Hickey said the report covered
perhaps as many as 20 pages and
the Negro reference was not more
than half a page. He lso said
about '35 or 40'' officials at,ended
the meeting.
II am told that many members
of the league who were present do
not remember the reference TO this
matter" Hickey went on. ANY one
who makes that statement is to
(See RICKEY, Page C-3.)
Evening star., 1948-02-19
Negro Sprinter Of II
Texas Top Prospect
For Olympic Berth
By the Assoeiufed Press

BRYAN, Tex, Feb. 19.-Ask Erich
Pohl, head man OF AAU track and
field in Texas, his best prospect for
field in Texas, who is his best pros
pect for the Olympics.
No, it, won't be Charley Parker,
Perry Samuels or Jerry Thompson
of the University OF Texas; it won't
be Bill Martineson, who flashed for
Baylor last year.
He just says. Wendell Davis is
the boy" '-'
Wendell Davis? The name isn't
familiar to most track fans in Texas,
but in Negro athletic circles he has
won fame as a sprinter. He's a
national. champion in two events
and State champion in the 100 and
200 yard dashes and in the javelin
throw. .~..
Plays Other Sports.
The 17-year-old, 170-pound Davis
is at Kemp High School for Negroes
here. He plays football and basket
ball while not blazing down the
cinder path.
Davis broke both the 100 and 220
yard dash records in the 1947 ma
tional Negro high school meet in
st. Louis, doing the century in 9.5
seconds and the furlong in 21.7. In
the 1916 State meet he ran 220
yards in all.
This will be hi sthird cinder-path
season and he has lost only three
races-f1nishing second in the 100
and 220 in the 1916 National meet
and second in the 100 in the 1916
State meet.
His coach, c. L. Scurry, first real
lied he had champion runner
when Davis did SO in a district meet
as a sophomore. But Scurry could
scarcely believe it when the boy
ran 9.6 hundred in practice last
spring.
More Relaxed, Now. T..
"He is easy to handle" says
Scurry, telling how Davis read all
the track information he could get
after his start in track in 1916. IT
started out in 1947 working on his
stride and his starts. The great
trouble in 1916 was that he ran with
his muscles too tight. Last year he
began to run more relaxed and to
improve his starts. He has q little
body, lean, and brings his knees up
so as to bring his thighs parallel
with the ground"
1.-THE boy has done a.5 several
times" says Pohl. Hes another
Jesse Owens"
Evening star., 1948-02-19
Terp Five to PIoy
Richmond Toniqht

Although all five games re-
manning on Maryland's basket
ball schedule are crucial in re-
lation to the Terps' hopes of
going to the Southern Confer
ence tournament, tonight's game
with Richmond at College Park
Is the one that can put them over
the hump.
The Spiders have won only two
and have lost six In the confer
ence race, and II Maryland can
win it will Jump two games over
the 500 mark with four to play,
including another with Rich
mond.
It will be the next to last home
game for the Terps, who close
their College Park stand March l
against George Washington.
Evening star., 1948-02-19
Blind WrestIers Book
Tourney at Stuunton
BY the Assnciafad Prass

STAUNTON, Va, Feb. ia
field of 10 wrestlers from eight East
ern States schools for the blind
is expected to participate in the
Blind National Wrestling tourna-
ment at the Virginia School for the
Deaf and Blind here this week end.
The meet starts tomorrow night
and closes Saturday night.
Wrestlers from State blind in
stitutions in Massachusetts,, Con-
Inecticut, Pennsylvania, Maryland,
West Virginia, North Carolina and
Kentucky have been invited. The
Virginia schools team also will COM
pete.
Evening star., 1948-02-19
WaIcott Failure
To Sign Draws
Louis Attack
Champion Will Give
Jersey ButtIer Only
Two Weeks More
By the Associafed Press

NEW YORK, Feb. 1s.-Joe Louis,
his patience wearing thin, says he'll
give Jersey Joe Walcott just two
weeks to sign for return shot at
the heavyweight boxing crown.
If the Camden, N. j., veteran
doesn't come to terms by then, the
champion adds, he'll make his
last fight against somebody else
probably Gus Lesnevich."
You'd think Walcott was the
champion the way he wants to call
the Shots" the Brown Bomber de-
clared last night on the eve of his
departure for series OF exhibitions
in England.
Louis said he thought Lesnevich,
the light Heavyweight champion,
would prove better drawing card
than Walcott, anyhow.
II think we'd draw a million dollar
gate If Gus can knock out Billy Fox
again." he added. "I also think he'd
put up a better fight. He's a hard
puncher." Lesnevich meets Fox
March 5.
Louis already has signed with the
Twentieth Century Club for an out
door fight in June which he insists
will be the last of his career.
Walcott, who dropped a con-
troversial split decision to the
champion in December after floor
ing him twice, has been regarded
as the logical challenger.
Until yesterday the return en-
gagement appeared almost set, with
the only differences revolving
around distribution of movie pro-
ceeds. The Twentieth Century Of
fered Jersey Joe 221a per cent cut.
Walcott has asked for 80.
But another hitch arose when
Louis manager, Marshall Miles, dis
closed the fight contract must have
a clause guaranteeing Louis an
even 3o-30 per cent split for a re-
turn bout in case he should be
beaten.
Miles said this didn't mean Louis,
If loser, would go back on his an
nouncement to retire after his June
battle. Louis agreed it was just
protection"
'It's customary" declared Miles.
Louis always has had that clause
in his contracts for title matches.
There will be no fight with Walcott
unless he agrees to those terms"
Walcott, who had the proposition
laid before him yesterday by Sal
Straus, acting director of Twentieth
Century, baked.
"It means I'll have to fight him
three times before I get the cham
pio1Is cut in q fight" Jersey Joe
complained.
Evening star., 1948-02-19
Award to WoIcott
To Be Civic Event
By,ths Assaeiaisd Press

: CAMDEN, N. j., Feb. 1s.-
Presentation of the Police. Ga
zette's world championship"
belt to Heavyweight jersey Joe
Walcott February 26 will be a
Camden civic celebration. p:
Mayor George E. Drummer said
yesterday he and other civic
leaders will attend the ceremony
to be held in Camden's Conven-
ton Hall with from 5000 to
10000 persons expected.
H. H. Roswell, publisher of the
Police Gazette: said the publica-
tion recognizes Wa1cott as the
heavyweight title. holder, al
though Joe Louis was awarded a
split decision over Jersey Joe
last December 5.
Evening star., 1948-02-19

One OF the greatest sports teams
ever featured here will reassemble
at Uline Arena tonight when the
Original Washington Bears meet
the powerful New York Renaissance
Club in a colored basket ball classic
at 8:45 o'clock.
The Bears will be represented by
five of the key men who figured
conspicuously in their great record
of 76 successive wins in the early
.1O40s, and who paced them to the
Evening star., 1948-02-19
Surprise Victory
Rates Princeton
As Giant Killer
Spectacular Overtime
Contest Puts N. Y. u.
On Top in Nation
BY the Asseeioisd Press

Princeton took its place today in
the ranks of college basket balls
giant killers-its badge a surprise
1884 victory over unbeaten Co
lumbia.
In upsetting the Lions 1T Prince
ton last night in a spectacular ever
time game the Tigers cut the list
Of unblemished teams. in The coun-
try to one. New York University
stands alone with II straight.
Columbia had r,lng up IA in a
row this season before encounter
ing its Ivy League nemesis.
Princeton Coach Cappy 'Cappon
said he "felt great" over the VIC
tory which sent his club into tie
for the Ivy lead, but he refused
to gloat too much.
Handicapped in Overtime.
Columbia, he declared, was han
dicapped by the loss. OF Walter
Budko and Steve Vogel on personal
fouls In the overtime.
when q fellow makes 20 points
in regulation game Gas Budko
did, you simply can't afford to
lose him in the overtime Cappon
said. "
The score was tied 52-52 at the
end of the regulation period, after
goals by Bernie Adams and Bill
Clarke had made up a Princeton
deficit. 49,.
Columbia Coach Gordon Ridings
said the Tigers simply played "bet-
ter and harder" e,
Bernie Adams, who led Prince
tons offensive with ~ points, set a
new scoring mark for the Princeton
gym. Budko ran his total points
to $40 for a new Ivy League record,
surprising the SOB scored by Gus
Brogery Of Dartmouth in the
late sos.
The two teams play again on Co.
lumbia's floor later in the season.
Princeton's victory put the Tigers
in q tie for first place with Colum-
bia. Cornell, only one game behind,
still Is In the running. Dartmouth,
with a 1868 triumph over Yale, re-
tanned an outside chance.
Kansas State Keeps Lead.
Kansas State drubbed Kansas, 48
to 20, to retain its slender lead in
the Big Seven Conference, half a
game ahead of Missouri and Iowa
State. Kansas played stalling
game in the first half, which ended
with K-State ahead. 14-9.
Dukes hopes of playing in the
annual Southern Conference cham
pionship tourney next month took
another drop. The Blue Devils
were walloped, 70-37, by North
Carolina State. It was N. c. States
ninth straight conference win.
As usual on Wednesday most o1
the Nations activity was in the
East. La Sale whipped Pennsyl-
vania, 55-43; Colgate nosed out
its traditional rival, Syracuse, 59-56;
Villanova nipped Seton Hall, $500;
Navy edged Penn State, 1926, and
Army fell before Connecticut, 50-49
West Virginia trounced Geneva
81-52, and Muhlenberg. held its lead
in the Mid-Atlantic Conference by
taking La Fayette, 57-51.
Georgia beat Georgia Tech, 65-58,
in the Southeastern Conference.
Arkansas State of Jonesboro
dumped Mississippi, 1858, and To-
ledo edged Akron, 59-55.
Evening star., 1948-02-19
A. U. Juyvees Beaten

American Universitys Junior var
sity basket ball team still Is in a
good position to win one Of the two
berths in the Mason Dixon Confer
ence jayvee tournament. Yesterdays
51-43 loss to Catholic University's
jayvees was the Eagles first in 16
conference tilts over = two-year
span and leaves them with 81
conference record.
Evening star., 1948-02-19

Earl Hillgan, publicist for the American
League and editor Of the Red Book picks the
1ive top rockies for each club and II two Of the
Nationals make the grade Clark Grifnth will be
lucky. That's how mediocre are their records.
The No. boy is Albert Kenneth Kozar, who
is going to play second. base for the Mats, appar-
emily. Kozar is q medium sized, 26-year-old
graduate of the Southern Association, where, he
batted 1893 for New Orleans and banged out 200
hits. He sounds like money in the bank, but, OF
course, he didn't land with Washington for free.
The Mats had to give Stan Spence, their best
hitter, in trade.
Gilbert Fitzgerald Coan, the veteran rookie,
Evening star., 1948-02-19


Chattanooga, Association could
taken either Of two bad It's sweet but
higher Also Southern Association baseball isn't
good these and Con has been before and failed twice
Wootens Stroke Probably IncurobIe -
winner Of IL and loser Oft of the two
Hgan the Washington roster And where
pitch? the Glass Colonial Furthermore Joseph
from the Yankee chain
pitcher David Forest Thompson winner Of is
his won't bear much inspection either
He's been kicking around years. ST.
Finally HAZEL Wooen He's repeater like Coan
but on ball single hitter Wooen stands little
chance He 1945 than in 1885, and
better 1s47 The is pretty wonderful
fielder but he has batting it's probably
incurabe "a.
The Book usual information. but there is
little 1t the that Washngtons
attendance H6458
sixth place. that they the nghtgame club in
the league hit fewest home finished last in batting and
seventh In pitching.
Nocturnal Experience Is No Substitute
Mats at night gives in of the
again year schedule with
the ball allowed by the Next to the the
better according
Hgns message hopelessne Washington only All
in 1947 the lights.
The games won only indicating
experience under lights cannot Offset ability at
But the most disturbing item
pitching record The Mats didn't hitting
their Unfolding and catching papaby poor largely
Early Wynn and Walter Masterson
that Washington had good pitching Grih consistently
10 his pitching the leagues best maybe Phadelphas
tany the
Grifs pitchers
Why? wouldn't only worse pitching
ST. Louis. what you pitching
cludng earned run average? Correct-the Yankees.
Evening star., 1948-02-19
Dog Derby Starts Monday
by fhs Asseeiatsd Pres,

ASHTON, Idaho, Feb. 19.-Packed
snow, at least six drivers and SO
dogs and an estimated 10000 spec
tators were all ready today for the
30th annual running. Of the Amer
lean Dog Derby Monday. -.
Evening star., 1948-02-19
Win, Lose, or Draw
BY FRANCIS {. STANN

It's All Block in the ked Book =. =
Leagues Book which doesn't
to baseball writer than his right arrived the other
depressing publication OF the
For Washington FANS that
Evening star., 1948-02-19

Chattanooga, also in the Southern Association, 9
taken either Of two ways-good or bad. It's S
Coan has hit higher. Also, Southern Association
good these years and Coan has been up before an
Evening star., 1948-11-30
BY the Assoeioted Press

GREENSBORO, N. c., Nov. 30
Paced by Tailback Charley Justice,
North Carolina dominated the first
annual AL Southern Conference
football team announced by the con-
ference Sports Writers Association
With Justice getting all 81 first
place votes, the only unanimous
choice, the Tar Heels placed three
men ON the first team. Clemson,
William and Mary and Wake Forest
each contributed two men. with the
others coming from Duke and North
Carolina State.
The backfield, in addition to JUS
tice, shows Bobby Gage of Clemson.
Bill Gregus of Wake Forest and
Jack Cloud, William and Mary.
Ends are John O'Quinn Of Wake
Forest and Art Weiner, North
Carolina. Len Szafaryn Of North
Carolina and Louis Allen, Duke. are
the tackles: Frank Gillespie, Glenn
son, and Bernie Watts, North
Carolina State, guards, with Tommy
Thompson. w. & NJ, the center.
Back Of Justice three players re-
ceived SO of a possible IA points.
Weiner, O'Quinn and Thompson
were the highly regarded trio. just
q step ahead of Gage, who had 68
On 81 first team votes and six for the
second team.
Eight schools are represented on
the second team, with North Caro-
lima, Duke and N. C. State each
placing three men on the club.