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Evening star., 1949-02-01
Dewey Asks Increase
In Harness Race Tax
BY the Associated Press

ALBANY. N Y. Feb. 1.-Gov.
Dewey proposed today TO boost the
State tax on pari-mutuel betting
at harness racing tracks from the
present to 6 per cent.
He further suggested in his an
nual budget message to the Legis-
lature that an additional l per cent
be levied on daily betting above
S550OO0.
Dewey estimated the State would
realize an additional revenue of
$l,200,000 from the increases.
Although the Governor ignored
the point in his message, State tax
experts indicated the additional tax
would not come out of the bettors'
pockets.
A spokesman for the State Tax
Commission said he understood a
bill was being prepared to reduce
the take of associations sponsoring
harness meetings rather than in
crease the total \take from the
bettor.
Evening star., 1949-02-01
Rockets New Owners
To Be Revealed al
.AAC Party Today
BY the Associated Press

CHICAGO, Feb. 1.-The Chicago
Rockets today maintained their
average of one new coach and new
set of owners per year.
Identity of the 1949 hackers, who
have put 100000 on the line to
operate the fourth season in the
All-America Football Conference. Is
to be disclosed today at press
party.
Also to be revealed are new grid.
ders the Chicago entry is to receivs
from the Brooklyn Dodgers, who
consolidated with the New York
Yankees from a seven-team AAC
alignment next fall.
Completing the new look" will be
formal introduction of the 1949 head
coach, Red Flaherty-a veteran OF
both the National Football League
and AAC. Flaherty guided the
Washington Redskins to NFL titles
in 1887 and 1942 and also was
around when the Chicago Bears ran
up their phenomenal 15-O VICTORY
over the Skins in the 1910 cham-
pionship game.
Flaherty eventually moved to the
Yankees of the AAC. who released
him after their third game last sea-
son.
Preceding Flaherty in the Rockets
coaching parade were Dick Hanley
in 1916, Jim Crowley in 1947 and
Ed McKeever last year. In the last
two seasons the Rockets have won
only two of % league games.
The turnover of owners has been
as frequent as coaches. The only
thing remaining the same has been
the clubs name of Rockets" Even
that will be changed now as the
team leaves nothing behind but q
dreary financial and won-lost record.
Choice plum in the new player
TRANSMISSION is expected to be Bob
Chappuis, Michigan's 1947 ALL
America. Chappuis played tailback
for the Dodgers last year, key spot
in the single wing formation en-
ployed by Flaherty.
Evening star., 1949-02-01
ViIIonovo Bows, Homiine
Lone Unbeoten Major
By the Assoeiofed Press

Hamline held the line alone to-
day-the Nations only major un-
beaten college basket ball team.
The St. Paul Schools 14-0 record
stood by itself in the perfect class
after the defeat of Villanova last
night by Duquesne.
The Dukes stunned Villanova
which had won IL straight starts,
$751; at Pittsburgh in the feature
game of a riotous evenings play.
Purdue upset Illinois Western
Conference leaders. $3.50, at La
fayette and Butler scored its first
victory over Notre Dame in seven
years, 1854.
Otherwise, play ran true to form,
with Kentucky, the Nations new
No l quintet in the Associated Press
poll, leading the parade.
Adolph Rupp's Wildcats opened a
heavy week of Southeastern Con-
ference activity by humbling VAN
derbilt, 1880. 1t was the 14th
triumph in Is starts for Kentucky,
whose only loss was to st. Louis in
the Sugar BOWL.
Fifth-ranked Minnesota and sixth
ranked Western Kentucky, which
lost their first games of the season
Saturday night, picked up their
winning ways again.
Minnesota, supplanted Illinois, its
conqueror last week. at the head OF
the Big Nine by debating North
western, 61-40. Western Kentucky
won over Kentucky Wesleyan, 80 to
IA. The Gophers have 6-1 record
compared with AL for Illinois in
the Big Nine.
Brigham Young whipped Utah for
the second straight time, IS to As, to
60 into a tie with Denver for the
Big Six Conference lead as Utah
fell to third.
Nebraska, unbeaten in the Big
Seven race, scored its third victory
in the conference by mailing Kan
sas State, the defending champion
at Lincoln, 10 to 4S.
In other games, Michigan defeat
ed Michigan State, 49-38; Tulane
edged Auburn, 56-5l; Virginia Tech
won over University of Virginia
$3.50, and Tennessee wallopeo
North Carolina, 1886
Evening star., 1949-02-01
Ohio u. Gets Widdoes,
Star Coach, 10 Lift
Il 10 Grid Heights
BY the Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 1.-Ohio
University served notice today it Is
tired of being the Mid-American
Conference football doormat, by
signing Carroll C. Widdoes Of Ohio
State as head coach.
Quiet, sincere Wild gives up a
$4,000 per year full professorship
at the State university to take the
job starting March l,
Back in 194l Widdoes came to
Ohio State as backf1eld coach when
Paul E. Brown moved in as chief
after Francis Schmidt's seven years
of razzle- dazzle.
For three years Widdoes hung on
TO the assistant job and then Brown
enlisted in the Navy. Wild" took
over as boss and the baby Bucks-a
team of AT rejectees and freshmen
-romped through nine straight
foes to take the Big Nine title and
give Ohio State its first unbeaten-
united season since the teens.
The next year Widdoes, after being
named coach of the year for his
1914 effort. piloted the team to
seven wins and two losses.
With the greatest record ever
compiled by Buckeye mentor
wrapped up, wild" nonchalantly
announced he didn't care for the
pressure connected with a head
coaching job, and stepped back into
his backfield job as Paul Bixler,
another Brown aide, vaulted over
him to the top spot.
Bixler lasted one season and then
Wesley Fesler, former All-America
end at Ohio State. came in from
Pittsburgh to take over. Wild re-
manned as one of his valued assist
ants.
Widdoes takes over the reins from
Harold Wise, who won of 18 games
in two years.
Evening star., 1949-02-01
Browns Brown Siqns
Long-Term Contract
By the Associated Press

CLEVELAND. Feb. 1.-Colleges in
search of a topf1ight football coach
could scratch Paul E. Brown off
their list today. He intends to stay
with the Cleveland Browns until
1855.
Others may be glum about the
future Of the money-losing, peace
loathing professional game, but
Brown has put down in writing his
confidence things will work out. He
announced last night he had signed
to stay on as general manager and
coach of the Browns for another five
years after his present contract ex-
pires in 1850.
The new contract, he said, was a
continuation of the current one
which repeatedly calls for $25, 900 a
year in salary and share of the
gate receipts.
Browns surprise announcement to
sports writer's last night ended
of speculation that he was
getting fed up with the pro game
and would return to college
coaching.
Evening star., 1949-02-01
Eagles Garshag Gets
38 Points, A. U. Defies
.0ther Local Quints

The Touchdown Club, spurred by
American University's 75-41 triumph
over Bucknell last night and a new
District scoring record by big Ronnie
Garshag, today was sounding out
the prospects of a District college
basket ball championship tourna-
ment for the benefit of the March
of Dimes.
Coach Staff Cassell of the Eagles,
a speaker at the Touchdown Club
luncheon yesterday. said that the
designation of the so-called Big
Three of college athletics George
town, George Washington and
Maryland-was unfair to A. U. and
to Catholic University.
Cassell said he thought the caliber
of basket ball at A. U. and c. U.
this year would compare favorably
with any of the other three teams
and he would like to play either the
Hoyas, Colonials or Terps ANY
time, any where and for any cause. -
Fields Heads Committee.
/ Lee Fields was appointed chair
man Of Touchdown Club COM
mittee to sound out the local schools
on such a tournament. But with
only a little more than four weeks
before the Southern Conference and
Mason Dixon Conference cham
pionship tournaments, the chances
OF it being carried out are not too
good. Both Georgetown and George
Washington promised to give it full
consideration, however.
The Eagle players caught the
spirit of their coach's challenge in
their game against the Bisons and
rolled up a 34-point margin of vic
tory. The defeat was the ninth
straight for Bucknell.
Garshag, clownish' third -stringer
last year, used his 6-foot-6-inches
to advantage as he rolled up 38
points, the second highest single
game total Of the season in the
Moab records. Three Bucknell
players fouled out trying to stop
him as Big Ronnie, a former ALL
District player in Brooklyn, tossed
in IA field goals and made 10 out
of 16 foul shots. His two pointers
mostly were soft hook shots He
took 18 shots for the night, made IA
in his IS minutes of playing times
Eagles Take Early Lead.
Cassell said Garshag found him.
self in a scrimmage against the
Caps early this season. He looked
particularly good against Kleggie
Hermsen and since that workout
has been hard to stop. His next best
performance for the season were
18 points against Mount St. Mary's
and 16 against. the University of
Virginia.
American led the Bisons ILL and
20-4 before John Mosny of Bucknell
led a drive that pulled the score
to 1928 at halftime. The Eagles
came back to outscore the visitors
28-7 in the third period and re-
serves played most of the fourth
quarter. Johnny Wakefield was
second high for the Eagles with
II points, plus a good floor and de-
fensive game.
A. U. will seek it's 18th victory
Friday night in a Mason Dixon
Conference game here against the
University of Baltimore.
Evening star., 1949-02-01

who secuted him against Maryland
They particularly liked his speed
and drive. A tall, loose -jointed kid,
the Skins think Szafaryn will put
on at least 10 pounds by next season
and may hit 230 when fully grown,
Szafaryn's steady improvement is
shown by his record. At North
Carolina he earned all-State rec
cognition in his sophomore year
He added all-Southern Conference
honors to his laurels as junior. and
last year tackled on all-Southern
and a second-team berth on Grant
land Rice's all-America. He played
so minutes in the last Sugar Bowl
game and As minutes of the 1948
Sugar Bowl fray.
D, Lyle Fife, president of the
Detroit Lions. was a Redskin visitor
yesterday, but called it friendly
visit. He reports Bill Dudley has
gone to work for a division of the
Ford Motor Co. in Detroit and will
be back in football harness next
year.
Halfback HOWE Livingston, who
was out most of last season with an
ailing knee. reports the operation to
remove a torn cartilage was sue
cessful and that he expects to be
better than ever in '49. Livingston
thinks he's got at least five good
years ahead of him in the pro game
Evening star., 1949-02-01
Charge Against Shires
Reduced to Assault
By the Assoeioted Press

DALLAS, Tex, Feb. IA charge
of murder against Art Shires, former
major league baseball player, was
reduced to one of aggravated as
sault by the Dallas County grand
jury yesterday.
Shires had been charged with
murder in the death of HI Erwin,
another former baseball player. in
a Dallas hospital last December 4.
Erwin was said to have had a fight
with Shires on october 3.
DR.. E. E. Muirhead testified at an
examining trial that an autopsy
showed the cause of death was a
combination of cirrhosis of the liver
and bronchial pneumonia.
Evening star., 1949-02-01
Win Over Notre Dame
Puts Wildcats Ahead
In National Poll
BY the Associated Press

| Kentucky is the new No. / basket
ball team of the Nation, replacing
st. Louis University, in the third
weekly Associated Press poll of
sports writer's and sportscasters.
A 24-point victory involving the
magic name Of Notre Dame sent
the Wildcats out front for the first
time. Kentucky has won IA and
lost one. St. Louis has 1871 mark.
Forty-three different schools were
mentioned by the II participants
who gave Kentucky a 1925 margin
in flrst-place ballots. The other
No. l votes were divided among
Oklahoma Aggies with four and
Western Kentucky, Illinois and
Stanford, with one each.
Back of Kentucky and st. Louis
came the Oklahoma Aggies. who
avenged an earlier loss by thump-
ing De Paul of Chicago, 1926.
Illinois, which handed Minnesota
its first loss after 13 straight, 45-44,
edged into fourth place ahead of
the Gophers.
. Western Kentucky Drops.
Western Kentucky Q6-D knocked
out of the unbeaten division by
Eastern Kentucky, 42-40, slipped
two pegs from fourth to sixth.
Then comes Villanova Cpd and
Hamline 14-0, the Nations only
unbeaten major team, seventh and
eighth. respectively.
Stanford moved into the top 10
in the poll, based on games played
through Saturday night, by down.
ing San Jose State and Pittsburgh
TO make it 17-2 for the year.
San Francisco, a 56-49 victor over
Arizona. dropped one place to 10th.
Both Stanford and San Francisco
will play City College of New York
this week on the Beavers road trip.
Stanford is the only new face in
the top 10. 1t ousted Utah which
was upset by Brigham Young twice
in three days.
The second 10 experienced a
thorough reshuffling with Washing
ton State, De Paul and Baylor drop
ping out to make way for Bowling
Green, New York University and
Eastern Kentucky.
Standings after Poll.
The top teams figured on point
basis of 1O-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 FIRST
nIoce woes in narentheseS):
Evening star., 1949-02-01
Marines, Navy | Bottle
In~Potomuc Loop Game

Quantico Marines and Navy
Quarters I open the three-game
series for the Potomac River Naval
Command basket ball title with a
game at 8 o'clock tonight at Quar-
tiers ! Gym.
Quantico has lost only to Naval
Receiving Station in 19 league
games while Quarters I is unde-
feated in IA loop starts. 1t beat
MRS
Evening star., 1949-02-01
Baseball League Meets

Prince Georges Suburban Base
ball League holds its first meeting
tomorrow night at 8 o'clock at 2424
Rhode Island avenue, Mount Raj
nier. officers will be elected and
applications for entry in the league
considered. A 12-team loop of two
sections is planned.
Evening star., 1949-02-01
Clipper Smith Named
Head Grid Coach at
Lafayette College
By fhe Assoeioted Press

EASTON, Pa, Feb. 1.-Mau-
rice (Clipper Smith, recently
resigned as coach of the Boston
Yanks of the National Football
League. today was appointed
head grid coach at Lafayette
College.
Smith succeeds Ivy (Red)
Williamson, who resigned last
week to accept the head coach
ing job at the University of
Wisconsin.
A graduate of Notre Dame,
Smith coached at Villanova
College and also at Loyola Col
lege of Los Angeles before
taking over the pro Boston
Yanks two years ago. He re-
signed the NFL job at the end
of the 1948 season.
Evening star., 1949-02-01
Sondifer, Skins Back,
To Be Married Today
BY the Associated Press

SHREVEPORT, La, Feb. dan
Sandifer, star rookie back of the
Washington Redskins last year and
holder of the NFL record for pass
interruptions, will be married here
today to Miss Patricia Ann Dickson,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Dale Dickson.
Sandifer was a star halfback at
Louisiana State University where he
lettered four years before entering
the prograd ranks. He also was an
all-State football player at Byrd
High School here.
Evening star., 1949-02-01


day at College Park Two nights later, Catholic
University entertains Syracuse 51a-2A winner
over perennially strong Army. With American
University showing draw with Western Maryland,
they are calling this the potentially biggest
in local history.
Some people can take college boxing or leave
it alone. But more can do only hah-they can't
leave it alone. Not in this town. Let the snow
fly and the drifts pile up. they'll beat their way
to the fight site The same guys who stay away
from the pro fights are making boxing financial
staple for the colleges.
Boxing. for example is the only sport at
Catholic University that makes money Indeed.
Evening star., 1949-02-01
New Montana Sports Head

MISSOULA, Mont, Feb. ! (P.-
Clyde w. (Cac) Hubbard, former
football coach and athletic director
at Denver University. was picked
late yesterday as director of athletics
at Montana State University.
Evening star., 1949-02-01
Beers Get Lions TockIe

DETROIT, Feb. (P,.-The De-
troit Lions have announced the
trade of Tackle Jack Dugger, for
mer Ohio State star, to the Chicago
Bears for the draft rights to an
undisclosed college football star.
Evening star., 1949-02-01
Top Phelps

Dunbar High of Baltimore de-
feated Phelps Vocational, 63-55, in
a basket ball game yesterday at
Armstrong. Robert Langley of the
visitors made 13 points to lead the
attack.
Evening star., 1949-02-01
Pro Basket Ball
BY the Asseeiofsd Press

BY the Asseeiofsd Prsss
Results last night:
ASSOCIATION OF AMER, "A.
No games scheduled.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Syracuse. 65; Dayton, 55,
Anderson. "A: Hammond, a..
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
No games scheduled.
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA.
Rochester at Boston.
Providence at PHILADELPHIA.
Washington at Indianapolis.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Sheboygan at Dayton.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Trenton at Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1949-02-01
Maybe Some Grovy for the Vest

One of Johnny Arnold who out
editor of the school He
remained fight because he didn't
anybody weight could lick him. he three
and drew
aiming for degree in the tough school of chem
fights studying driving cab Fights pretty
we'll Georgetown ght-heavyweigh named Billy Rose
helped 52l2 c. N Y in the scoring
American coach named Bert Courage
that eevsion stations
bought which would better fitted for
boxing because the bouts short fast and
collegiate atmosphere them final p There
must be some hardly could be
schools would home
add because there isn't college gym field
accommodate all
buy The colleges still would all
gravy, for their
Evening star., 1949-02-01

others receiving votes were City COT
lego Of New York, Washington State. each
II; Brigham Young: 10; West virginia, ~
Tennessee. Southern California and Duke.
each 5; Yale and Texas. each 4; Georse
WsShinston;; Louisville CINCINNATI l =. an. ana
Lasalle and Oregon State, each >; Akron
and Long Island University, each ].
Evening star., 1949-02-01
Win, Lose. or Draw
They Can Take 1t, But Not Leove 1t
By FRANCIS STANN

often the that local colleges have
hang SRO signs but they'll needing starting this week
What football basket ball and baseball can't accomplish boxing
consistently fills
Evening star., 1949-02-01

always has paid its probably Georgetown
and American we'll
Few Good Pros Are ColIeeions
Whether boxing debatable. College kids who
can perform football basket ball
a sometimes
2mnute rounds that they
unable to prevent a it. Two things
The eg action and variety
BOXERS although not many have
amounted to much in professional Occasionally Of the
smaller colegans top there's been
in sight In
fact what with big athletes there's
probably coegan succeeding Joe Louis than
Catholic University maywell the best of the
quartet kids live that opening bell
They up love it, what with their
and available only at odd hours such
as n evening and early in the morning.
Evening star., 1949-02-01

1t replaces football as the sport that SUI
always has paid its way at Maryland,
and American as well.
Evening star., 1949-02-01
Top -Four in High Race
1ang|ing in Armory
Basket Ball Bills

High School Standings.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-12
ANS Aims Toward Developing Leaders In Native Schools

First step in a program for em- phasis on leadership in Alaska Ma tive Service school education. got underway this week when Max Penrod, Superintendent of the Mt Edgecumbe School went to the Westward to recruit students with definite leadership potentialities to enter the Mt. Edgecumbe school this fall.
 Education in leadership will be- come part of the curriculum in all ANS schools, Don C. Foster, ANS director said today, adding that a special conference on this theme has been called for the first week in September.
 Dr. William Beatty, director of education, Bureau of Indian Af fairs, Washington, D. C., will be main speaker in the conference to be held Sept. 1-3, at the Mt. Edge cumbe school
 Along with the Juneau office ANS educators, three ANS men from the Westward and one from Southeast Alaska, will attend the sessions. From the Westward will come George Morelander of Bethel, Elmo Miller of Nome and George Wilson of Point Barrow, with Earl Intollube, principal of the Wrangell Institute also attending.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-12
COLUMBIA RIVER FI5HERMEn END
 STRIKE TONIGHT

ASTORIA, Ore, Aug. 12.-tR-The three week strike of CIO Columbia River gillnetters ends tonight
 The 1900 commercial fishermen voted by a 9-8 margin to accept the fish packers latest pay offer of 201a cents a pound for chinook salmon from April 30 to Aug. lC and 171a cents from Aug. 10 to the end of the summer season Aug. 26
 Henry Niemela, union secretary said the fishermen would go back to work at 6 pm. today.
 Fishermen earlier had asked p cents for chinook to Aug. 10 and 1872 cents thereafter. The fisher men had worked the spring season while negotiations on prices con tinued.
 Still to be settled are prices foi the fall season opening in Sep tember.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-12
5aiIor Retovers
 Alaskan Dog from Pound But Pays

SEATTLE, Aug. 12.-R-Seaman Sam Massey has his Alaskan dog back again today.
 Massey is the 28-year- Brook lynite who scaled roof and a fence to get his half-Husky, half Collie pooch out of the city pound early Tuesday-only to land in the brig himself.
 Massey said he had raised the dog from a pup at Adak, in the Aleutians and wanted it with him on his 60 days leave.
 Ray A. Hinea, director of the pound, said Massey retrieved his pet today by apologizing for his invasion of the pens, paying its board bill and buying collar and license.
 Massey told Hinea there was only one remaining hurdle to his depar- ture for good ol' Brooklyn He had an appointment with his con- manding officer to talk over the whole escapade.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-12
NEWSPAPER EDITOR NOW END0RSEI
 ALASKAN STATEHOOD

SEATTLE, Aug. 12-tR-Julius Ferney, editor of the Sitka Sen tinel the past year, said today Alaskan statehood could mean a doubling of the population in the Southeast section of the Territory within 10 years.
 If the Territory were made a state,' he said "Alaskans feel it would provide an incentive for set ting up pulp mills. One good heavy industry such as a pulp mill in Southeast Alaska could set off a boom.'
 Alaska needs Federal funds for roads, schools, a public health pro- gram and other public projects which would come with statehood, he said.
 Ferney will return to Alaska to edit the Wrangell Sentinel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-12
RED Mai! Service
 To Be Established For Ke.thikan Area

WASHINGTON, Aug. l2-lR- The Post Office Department an- nounced plans yesterday for estao- fishing its first rural free delivery route in Alaska.
 Contingent upon recruitment or personnel and arrival of equipment, the route will be put into service Oct. 1, centering at Ketchikan ana extending over slightly more than 50 miles of the Tongass highway on Revillagigedo Island.
 It will serve some 363 rural homes on the highway.
 There is now neither city nor rural mail delivery in the Terri tory.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-12
Vessel Returns from
 Unloading al koizebue Despite Whale Hunting

SEATTLE, Aug. 12.-tR-The lit tie motor vessel Penaco, 1,215-ton tanker, which for the second year in a row was the first commercial ship to enter ice-bound Kotzebue Sound, returned to Seattle today.
 The weather was perfect up there,Y said Capt. Franklin Thomas, husky skipper of the Petroleum Navigation Company vessel. We had to pick our way through seven miles of ice, but once inside it was smooth sailing with nothing but open water"
 The Penaco sailed from Seattle June 29 with 9,400 barrels of stove oil, diesel oil and gasoline in her tanks. They anchored off Cape Blossom, 12 miles from the village of Kotzebue, and unloaded into tank barges.
 Native stevedores do the unload ing up there, Thomas said.
 "They knocked off frequently to hunt whales during trips ashore with the lighters" the Captain added. But, even so, we unloaded in five days"
 Making the voyage with the ship was w. E. Travis of Seattle, the Captains uncle. Travis accom- panied a group of natives on an unscheduled whale hunt-but, and he's still bemoaning his luck, didn't have his camera along at the time.
 The Penaco stopped at Chatham Straits on the way home to pick up return cargo of herring oil and herring meal.