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Evening star., 1949-11-21
By Ben McAIwee

Week end tournament bowlinp
saw rugged young Bob Reid, new
Wilson Pontiac team star of the
National Capital Major loop, cap
ture the eighth annual Tony San
tint Open with a 799 score and
veteran George 10th, a member
of the strong Willis Builders Mi
nor District League aggregation,
win the second annual Columbia
Handicap with a 745 gross count.
Reid fired games of lat, los,
1877. 1l6. l4S and ISL to come from
behind at Greenway to beat out
Julie Singer. Greenway manager
by five pins for $50 top money in
the Cantini. Singer tailed 794
with lit. 100. 166, 141, 106 and 1874
strings.
Jack Rabbit Of Takoma and
George Schmid, Arcade Pontiac
team ace. tied for third in the
Santini with 100 each. Rabbit
had the misfortune Of an 8-9 split
In his nnal box after two spares
and q strike In the preceding
frames Of his last game.
e. Other Santini prize winners
were Ray Watson, 789: Bill King,
77s: Ell Geib, TIA: Pete Santora,
new Anacostia Spillway manager.
773; Peree Wolfe, 762, and Russ
Spilman, 760.
- Rating a 60-pin handicap of
his 116 average. 10th. reeled off
games of 143, 154, 1872, 40 and 116
for his winning 745 tally at Co.
lumbia.
Ernie Lee, rising Bethesda PIN
man with a 122 average. put to-
gether q lusty 695 set made with
lat. 152, 130. 142 and 124 and a
80 franked pins to tinish second
with 727.
: Flashing the tournaments high
game Of 1874 and high scratch set
of 712, Watson again was In the
money with a third-place count
Evening star., 1949-11-21
Car Credit and Eagles to Play
For Metro Gridiron Crown

rissette kicked the extra point
and the Creditmen trailed, OF.
The Creditmen, however, snap
ped back with 70-yard drive in
the final six minutes Jack George
went over from ! foot out and
Gil Buckingham converted.
Langdon Lions are the Metro
Leagues 160-pound Eastern Divi-
sion champions. They clinched
the title yesterday by beating the
Wasco Bullets, 900. while the
Riverside Rollers turned back the
Brookland Merchants, 21-7, In q
twin bill at Hearst Playground.
In other league games South
west Merchants routed Grcat
Falls, 42-0, and Eastern A. c.
edged Casbah Restaurant, SO.
Evening star., 1949-11-21
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

NEW YORK, Nov. 21.-Spon.
sors of big post-season football
shows other than the Rose Bow
still are shopping.
Pickings are mighty slim fol
the Sugar, Cotton and Orange
extravaganzas, which. like the
Pasadena game, will be showed ur
Ito January 2 to avoid conflict
with Sunday. ....
From long range. the major
bowls, aside from the Rose, ap-
pear to stack up approximately
this way (records in parenthesis)
Sugar - Oklahoma 90 VS.
Tulane 7-1-D...
Cotton-Rice GID or Baylor
GID VS.. Villanova GID.
Orange-The Rice-Baylor left
over VS.. Maryland (6-D or Ten
nessee (6-2-D.
Others in the picture are Vir-
ginia (S-D, Santa Clara (8-2-D
and Kentucky (8-2). Some OF
these teams must dispose OF
formidable rivals this week tc
keep their hopes throbbing.
Sugar Bowl Meeting on Tap.
The Sugar Bowl committee Is
scheduled to meet tonight in New
Orleans and q member promised
1--WE may have something def
mite"
F. v. Schaub, president of the
Midwinter Sports Association
said he favored the return OF
Oklahoma Sooners, who whipped
North Carolina last year, 14-6.
Tulane, loser only to Notre
Dame but tied by Navy, is figured
a favorable opponent if the Green
Wave can get past tough Louisi-
ana State in the traditional game
Saturday. Oklahoma still must
hurdle Oklahoma A. and M.
Baylor and Rice clash Saturday
at Houston in the tell-tale game
OF the Southwest. Baylor can
clinch a tie with Rice for the
Evening star., 1949-11-21
Minneapolis Lakers
SET League Record
with Score Of 121
BY the As.oeiotsd Press,

The Minneapolis Lakers, a free
scoring team, topped the National
Basket Ball Associations record
book today.
Led by the mighty George
Mikan. the Minneapolis machine
mauled the indianapolis Olympi-
ans. 121 to 95, last night. setting
a mark for team points in a single
game. The astronomical output
bettered the old record Of 118 set
by Anderson last season in the
National League.
Mikan burned the cords for %
points to win the personal duel
from Alex Groza. the Olympians'
great pivot ace. Groza, two-time
all-America at Kentucky, netted
81 points.
Jim Pollard added % markers
to the Lakers' total, while Team
mates V6'n Mikkelsen and Arnie
Ferrin contributed Is each. Ralph
Beard, another ex-Kentuckian,
netted "a for the losers.
Meanwhile, baskets came free
and easy in five other NBA
games, which saw a total of IL
teams-ir1cluding Minneapolis and
Indianapolis-average 80 points
apiece.
Syracuse continued to roll
through the Eastern Division,
stopping the winless Denver Mug
gets, 102-76. It was Denver's 18th
straight setback.
At st. Louis the surprising
Bombers. with John Logan gum
ming in % points, whipped the
Rochester Royals, 95-74.
Baltimore, caging six free tosses
in the final three minutes, edged
the Sheboygan Redskins, 1892,
at Sheboygan. Jorgy Jorgensen
blasted In IS points for the Red
skins.
Fort Wayne fashioned some
fancy shooting and snappy de-
fensive work to turn back the
Boston Celtics, 90 to 80, at the
Indiana city. Tony Lavelli, Yale's
All-America hook shot genius,
made his pro debut with Boston.
and went scoreless.
The Waterloo Hawks snapped a
six-game losing streak by down.
ing the Trit-City Black Hawks,
1862, at Waterloo.
Evening star., 1949-11-21
Gaps, Knicks Resume
|Feud Tomorrow in
Battle al U!ine's

Fresh from a victory Saturday
night over their old nemesis from
the West, the Chicago Stays. the
Washington Caps will collide with
one of their hottest Eastern rivals
the New York Knickerbockers-
in National Basket Ball Asso-
citation game tomorrow night at
Uline Arena. Game time is $3.50
o'clock.
The Knicks and the Caps have
been feuding for three years. with
the local boys usually coming out
on top. But Coach Joe Lapchick,
who had many winners at st.
Johns College in Brooklyn, des-
perately wants one in the pro
league and has made numerous
changes in his lineup since last
season.
The Knicks acquired Connie
Simmons. the 6-foot 8-inch for
mer Baltimore center, in a trade
for Sid Tanenbaum and Tommy
Byrnes.
They also picked up Vince
Boryla. the former Notre Dame,
Denver and Olympic star. Boryla
stands 6 feet s and weighs 210.
Dick MCGUIRE Of st. Johns
College. Harry Donovan Of Muhl-
enberg and Ernie Vandeweghe Of
Colgate are other top freshmen
on the New York squad.
It's from the old pros-Sim-
mons, Carl Braun, Ray Lumpp-
that the Caps expect the most
trouble. however.
Simmons was Baltimore's lead
ing scorer last year with an aver
age of 13 points a game. His
deadly pivot shot helped the
Bullets get an even break in six
games with the Caps last year.
New York also split with Wash
ington and one of the reasons was
the hot left-handed shooting Of
Lump and the accurate set
shooting of Braun. Braun was
New York's leading scorer, while
Lunpp was right behind him.
The Knicks. who are in third
place, hope to use tomorrow
nights game as a stepping stone
toward the Eastern Division lead.
They trail the Caps by only one
and one-half games. The hot
Syracuse Nationals still hold down
the top spot.
Bones Mckinney and Fred
Scolari. who played a total Of
20 minutes against the Stays Sat-
urday night, will see more action.
The swelling around Scolari's eye
has gone down and Bones says
a knee injury no longer bothers
him.
Evening star., 1949-11-21

Lou Boudreau to the st. Loui,
Browns.
The outcry was 50 loud it scared
| veeck right outsof the New YorA
ball park wherG be Ras watching
the Yankees and Brooklyn pla,
for the world chau4pionship. Ht
flew to Clevei6nE took his owr
public opinion poll. and decided
Lou would stay.
Gave Pilot Free Wheel.
He knows and loves baseball
and he's q hard loser, but Veeck
as club president kept interference
with the actual field generalship
of his team to a minimum. An
exception was last June when
angry and bewildered by the
Tribes poor showing. he called a
conference with the manager and
coaches, announcing: Here's
where Willie moves in"
Only six of the Tribes first
line players remained with Veech
from start to finish. In his deal
ings with those who came and
went or stayed. he was patient and
generous. He was patient, espe-
tally, with fat Pat Secrecy. who
could hit ball a mile but usually
missed it. He was generous. espe-
cially, with injured Pitcher Don
Black whose night benefit game
drew more than 10000 fans and
supplied Black with around $40.-
900.
The youngest Of the major
league club presidents when he
took over the Indians. Veeck had
years Of contact with organized
baseball behind him. He never
played professionally, however,
and was, in his own words, "a
lousy ball player"
But Weeks father. William L.
Veeck, a former baseball writer,
became vice president Of the Chi
cago Cubs in 1916 and president
q year later. AS a boy Of II Bill
started working in the Cubs Of
fee mailing out ladies' day game
tickets.
Office Boy to Treasurer.
In 1888, after his father died
he left Kenyon College al
Gambler, Ohio, and became a full
time Office boy with the Cubs al
SIS a week. When he parted with
the club in 1941 he was treasurer
and had earned a reputation al
one Of the games outstandinl
idea men,"
His ideas went to work on ar
overtime basis after he got to.
gether capital to buy the Mil
waukee franchise in the Ameri'
can Association In 1941. He spen
500, 900 on the Brewers before tn,
1s42 season opened. His clul
drew 342 paid admissions tn
first night, but the next nigh
the gate jumped to 1000. BY 194a
when Veeck enlisted in the Ma
rines, the soundness Of his show
manship was proved.
When bill returned from tn
war, his right foot shattered b,
the recoil of an anti-aircraft gu
on Bougainville, he sold tn
Milwaukee club-a pennant win
Evening star., 1949-11-21


G. w. game merely was a
formality. Show up. add an
other triumph to the record.
and hi no for El Paso and the
Sun Bowl.
Brother, what an error that
was all around. The defeat
leaves Georgetown with 5-4
record to carry quietly to
Texas. Hardly the sort Of
thing for a bowl team. It
definitely isn't the 6-3 rec
ord practically everybody was
counting on
Georgetown players, coaches
and anybody else up on the
Hilltop can deny 1t till they're
blue in the face, but nobody is
going to believe that the Sun
Bowl invitation and acceptance
and the resulting mental dis
turbance didn't have a lot to do
with Saturdays result.
And now about George WASH
ington's big part in the affair.
It was plenty. The Colonials
played good football and they
played it hard. What an after
noon that was for the football
student and analyst who could
watch and understand that
G. w. line play, cross blocks.
traps and double e-teaming. The
game was won in the line.
Coach Bo Rowland Of the
Colonials struck q real blow In
defense Of the single wing
formation. Take a look at the
pictures and see what interfer-
ence his running linemen gave
on wide plays. but more parti-
cularly see the holes his double
teaming opened on straight
plays and how the line hackers
were taken care Of.
The Colonials played alert
football. Interceptions twice
stopped Georgetown in the
first period. One was the
sendon toward . Colonial score.
A second-period interception
set of another scoring drive.
Two tumble recoveries In the
third period also led to G.. w.
touchdowns.
Some personal credit: Andy
Davis of G. w. was at his best.
He ran as well as in his fresh
man days. AS defensive safety
man he-acted like q line hacker.
al. Du Goh was grand for the
short time he played, scoring
two touchdoWns. When he
sprained an ankle. Subs Frank
Cavallo and Bob Cilento filled
his shoes excellently. Each
scored on straight fullback
power plays. The defensive
line play Of such as Johnny
Grinnell, Clarence Drayer and
Art Kojoyian was outstanding.
And now q word for George
town. A lot Of folk, including
this writer, predicted . As
season for the Hoyas. They
made 1t 5-4 and won q bowl bid.
You can't take that away from
them, knd with the resiliency Of
youth win recover from Satur-
days setback. After all, it's
only q game. The Hoyas are q
team with a future. and Coach
Bob Margarita is q young man
with q brilliant future.
HUBER.
Evening star., 1949-11-21
ner by this ti,ne-and bought q

ner by this tirne-and bought q
ranch near Tucson, Arig.
But life among the cactus
plants was not for q man Of
weeks restless ambition, and
after q few months he returned to
Chicago and started shopping for
Ia major league ball club.
After looking back on the
excitement and fun he brought.
most Cleveland fans are glad that
club was their Indians sti,asa@e ~
Sets Five Gste ReeordsaS5
AL right" is an understate-
ment to describe the veeek batting
average for Il fabulous months
as Cleveland Indians boss.
He brought this city its first
world championship In 28 years
during his second full season as
front ofiice major domo.
He packed fans into the big
lakefront stadium at a rate which
set five all-time major league
records.
He hired a ''brain trust" gener-
ally regarded as the highest-paid
coaching staff in baseball.
He brought the first Negro play
er into the modern American
League by putting Outfielder
Larry Dolby on the Tribe roster
In 1s47. Then he added two more
Pitcher Leroy (SatcheD Paige
and First Baseman Luke Easter.
When Veeck. then 80. came to
Cleveland In June, 1946, to buy
the sixth-place Indians. he told
newsmen: "I'm q publicity hound" I"
They came to see what he
meant veeck probably has been
the most talked-about. photo
graphed and interviewed man in
town in the last three years. Fans
love dash and color on the dia-
mond, and they were just as de-
lighted to find it in the front
Office.
The Tribes followers counted
Veeck as one of them. He talked
to them on the street, In hotel
lobbies, in his Office, on the radio.
over the phone. He answered
their letters. He travelled to hun
dreds Of service clubs. chambers
Of commerce and other organi-
cations in Ohio to make speeches.
Call me Bill" he told his audi
ences. mot Mister Veeck." And
they felt they knew the broad
shouldered guy with the kinky
hair, the creased brow, the wide
grin, the tight handclasp.
Bill demonstrated he's q fast
man with a buck-or several
thousands Of them. Caution has
little part In his contrasty makeup
He does things in a big way.
After Veeck took over the tribe,
he moved from League Park to
Municipal Stadium. which has al
most twice as many seats.
Evening star., 1949-11-21

aICef reaQlng
the reviews Of
the Gree n
Waves rather
easy triumph.
But, honestly.
Tulane wasn't
too impressive.
Virginia had
q miserable
day In most
all d e p a r t =
mentS. Tulane
was a great
big team, not
too fast and 1t
has a reputa-
Evening star., 1949-11-21
indians
{continued From Page CID.

340AA4 = e~6S -
don't want my children to u
in hook to a creditor" %
I Has Three children. : = q :,
! veeck is divorced. has three
children and expects to MARI,
Mary Frances Alderman, 81, for
mer Pittsburgh and New York
model.
Although there was no imme'
diate announcement Of the clubs
new officers aside from Ryan
president. others were anticipated
rs follows:
George Medinger, president OF
. the Fostoria Industrial Service
Co., vice president. succeeding
Hank Greenberg (Greenberg to
! take over as general manager) ;
Donald w. Hornbeck, Cleveland
attorney, secretary, succeeding
Ben r. Fiery; Harry E. Small. ex-
ecutive vice president and secre-
tary of the Bank of Ohio, treas
urer.
RYAN and his associates are re-
ported to have sold large num-
ber Of small holdings to Cleve-
!. landers. At least some part OF
the ownership under Veeck was
held in Chicago. Veeck himself
], is believed to have owned one
third Of the Indians.
! The number OF customers eased
OIL only slightly last season when
the Indians finished third.
: Changes Hands Seven Times.
This was the seventh time that
the Cleveland club has changed
owners since it Joined the Ameri-
can League in 1901.
Previous presidents. in success
sion, were John r. Kilfoyle
Charles w. Somers. James G
Dunn, Ernest s. Barnard. Alvs
Bradley and Veeck.
But only Sunny Jim" ane
Veeck-both native Chicagoans-
were able to produce pennan
(and World Series) winners. Dunr
got his flag In 1920.
In their first American League
race, the Cleveland Blues, as the!
were called, ended seventh. Ther
; Charley Somers, a wealthy Cleve'
land coal operator, bolstered tn
team with the purchase OF Ma
polean Larry Lajoie, one OF tn
games greatest second basemen.
:. Lajoie took over as manage
: and the club was known IN hi
regime as the Maps.
When Somers replaced Kilfoyl'
rs president, he bought the phe
nomenal hitter, Shoeless Jo'
Jackson, from the Philadelphia
Athletics. But still the pennan
eluded the team. and In 1916 tn
club went broke.
Then q syndicate headed b.
Dunn bought the team. In fou
years, the Indians had q pennan
with Iris Speaker, the Gray Eagle
as playing manager.
Widow Inherits Tribe.
When Dunn died In 1922. he lei
the property to his widow. Fiv
years later she sold her holding
to a group Of Cleveland business
men headed by Alva Bradley,
Cleveland real estate operator
Bradley served until 1876
longer than any other Indian
president-then sold out to Veecl
Last season, when the lndiar
were out of the running most
the time and barely eased int
third, the turnstiles clicked benin
2,233,871 paying customers.
These figures are evidence Veec
is above all a salesman-possibl
the greatest that organized base
ball has seen.
Where his customers were con
cerned. he. made only one majo
mistake ia his stay here. Tha
was in the fall Of 1947 when h
tried to trade Manager-Shortsto
Evening star., 1949-11-21

l,lUU III e 3
away in Texas.
If ever an
invitation was
Ill timed, 1t
was the Sun
Bowl bid for
G e org etown
two days be-
fore the game.
Equally as Ill
t / m e d was
Ge orgetown'S
acceptance. It
left tn e i'm
preston t h a t
-r-s~ AL~
Evening star., 1949-11-21
Monday Quarterback
Monday Quarterback
G. WIS Victory Fully Earned;
MicheIs' Injury OverpIoyed
g.. W., 28; GeOrgetoWn,

Take no credit from the
Colonials. They played one
whale of game in upsetting
the Hoyas. But help came from
Evening star., 1949-11-21
Tulane 28: virginia Ii.

Sports writer's from South
eastern Conference cities who
followed Tulane to CharlotteS-
vile might claim "sour grapes"
Evening star., 1949-11-21
Rose Bowl
Continued From Page CID

:
Buckeyes had the best percentage
for the season with six wins, one
defeat and two ties for 1857,
against Michigan's 6-2-1 for .750.
Minnesota. losing only to Michi-
gan and Purdue in nine games,
finished with .778 for the season.
Here Is the all-game Ohio State
record:
IS; Missouri, "a.
40: Indiana, 7.
10: Southern Calf. 13 (tie).
O; Minnesota, ~.
ii; Wisconsin, 0.
"a; Northwestern. Z.
II; Pittsburgh, 10.
80: Illinois, II.
Z; Michigan. J (tie).
Evening star., 1949-11-21
Cage Officials to Meet

The District Board of Approved
Basket Ball Officials will meet to-
night at 8 o'clock at the Recrea-
ton Department, 3149 Sixteenth
street NV.
Evening star., 1949-11-21
Howard Host at Soccer

The Sportsmen, leaders in the
New York City Eastern Soccer
League, will play Howard Univer-
sity here Thursday. Howard has
won eight of nine games this year.
Evening star., 1949-11-21
Romp. for Comets

Sonny Hollands two touchdown
passes helped the Northeast
Comets to q 1915 victory over the
Allentown Bears yesterday on the
Comets field.
, 1949-10-06
EXTENSION AGENTS in ST. CROIX

EXTENSION AGENTS in ST. CROX
H EXTENSION work of the Agricultural Station car
ried on by Robert Harmon and Otha Neely is already max
ing itself felt among the farmers Of St. Croix, and this is the
way 1t should be. These men have before them a most excel
lent opportunity that has ever come to anybody working out
OF the Station, and the responsibility is as grave as the oppor
tunlty is timely. But there has been a good beginning, and a
job well begun is said to be half done.
UNFORTUNATELY o ST. Croix, the local farmer has
been considerably isolated until recent years. Following the
European pattern, small growers became engrained in the
very questionable habit of living in villages while working
their plots as far away as two miles. Then. to add 70 tbis Gin,
alton, making it even more grave, was the pattern of having
small growers actually live in the towns while working their
plots SIX or seven miles away. The result is that much VAIN
able time, energy and money were spent, and are still being
spent In transportation to and from the towns.
THE FIRST DEN into such a system, bringing the
l1ve-at-home concept was by the then Farm Security Admin
iStration which established itself here in 1888. Much work
was done by that agency, and a glmmer of light seen. Now
that agency is the Farmers Home Administration, and carry
ing on the program in a somewhat curtailed manner. 1t seems
highly important, therefore, that the Agricultural Station and
its Extension agents should make every effort to take to the
farmers the latest and most efficient farming methods. Con
tary to the belief Of many, farming today is a science, calling
tor just as much study and training as the professions, and
what might have been good farming pratice a few years ago
is found to be almost obsolete this year. The Agricultural Sta
ton is always headquarters for study and putting certain
farming methods to the test, and after they have been proved
then taken out to the farmer.
H A growers of St. Croix should welcome Mr..
Harmon and Mr.. Nicely, whose wide experience should prove
valuable to all. It is true that we are somewhat engrained in
our methods, and way of life, but there is always room for i'm
provement, and these men, with their scientific approach to
farming should mesh this with local experience, the result be-
ing unquestioned improvement for the local farmer. To these
men, WeSsay, be patient and understand that farming people
, 1949-10-06

DO not jump at new ideas
readily, whether they be in
New England, the South, or
the Islands. The opportunities
are on both sides, and toler-
ance & understanding should
operate to bring both together,
resulting in improved farming
conditions for ST.. Croix.
, 1949-12-16
LESSON in
by w. L. Gordon
WORDS OFTEN

WORDS OFTEN MISUSED:
Do not say, He had laid on the
bed for an hour" Say HE had
lain on the bed"
Credible means worthy of belief
Creditable means worthy of praise
His story is credible, and his
work is creditable."
OFTEN M1SPRoNoUNCED:
Debonair. Pronounce deb-o-nar,
e as in bed, o as in no unstressed,
a as in care, accent last syllable.
Entree. Pronounce an-tra, first
a as in ah, second a as in tray ac-
cent first syllable.
OFTEN MISSPELLED:
Poultice; observe the on and
the C.
Census; cen. Consensus; sen.
Thoroughfare, highway, road
way, avenue, street.
Brevity, ~briefness, shortness,.
terseness, c~onsiseness, succinctness
WORD STUDY
DEARTH; scarcity; lack. HE
found that there was a dearth of
good books in the mans home"
INDICATION; Justification;
defense. The triumph was hailed
as a vindication of his theories" ,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-04-07
Settlement

Roy Cherry recently purchased
the Washington Devore farm. Serge
kagy who has operated the farm for
several years is to remain there for
the year.
The Swiss Male chorus presented
a sacred program at the United
Brethren church in Bucyrus, Sunday
evening.
Mrs. Earl Lehman and son Gene
Allan left for Morton, Illinois to
spend two weeks in the home of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Larl Stucky
and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Bucher We're
involved in an accident Sunday even
ing when their car collided with that
of Ronald Zimmerly. Mrs. Rucher
was in the Bluffton hospital for treat
ment.
Llewellyn Geiger passed away very
unexpectedly Saturday after briet
illness. Funeral services were heIt
at the Grace church, Tuesday after
noon.
Tillman Geiger and son, Dwight
who have made their home with MIR
and Mrs. Wilmer Suter for several
months are again at home in Pan
dora.
Mr.. and Mrs. Winferd Suter and
family of Brooklyn. Connecticut are
visiting for several days in the home
of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Elan
Suter.
Edward Schultz is erecting a large
up-t0-date poultry house.