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Evening star., 1950-03-07

Wisconsin Boys outstanding
race as a 2-year-old was his tri-
umph in the Arlington Park Flu
turity on July 16. In that race,
the son of Teddy S Comet took the
lead almost at the start and led
throughout to WIN by 712 lengths.
closest to him at the finish was
The Diver, a neck in front OF Mid
dleground, with Navy Chief
fourth This was the only time
battle-ground was beaten last
year. -
A little more than two weeks
earlier, Wisconsin Boy had won
his only other stakes race OF the
year. That was in the Primer
Stakes, also at Arlington Park.
Futuramatic was second. three
quarters of length back and a
head in front of The Diver. Re-
Armed was fourth, with nine
others trailing.
Wisconsin Boy won his first
race, beating Curtice and others
on April Is over heavy track at
Keeneland. In his second start,
the colt was second to Black
Sambo in the Lafayette Stakes.
He then raced unplaced to Old
Evening star., 1950-03-07
U. 5. Figure Skaters
Aiming al Monopoly
OF World Crowns
BY the Associated Press

LONDON, Mar. THE United
States. after a fast start, faced it's
stiffest challenge today in quest
of a complete monopoly of the
world figure skating champion
ships.
Four Americans. sought to lift
the women's crown held by Ala
Vrzanova, 18- year old Czech
beauty. They were Yvonne Sher-
man. black-haired New York star;
Virginia Baxter of Detroit; Andra
Mclaughlin of Colorado Springs
and Sonia Hopper of Brooklyn.
OF the four. Miss Sherman
loomed the best bet. She finished
second last year in Paris.
Americans dominated the OPEN
ing session of the 3-day champion
ships yesterday, winning one title
and gaining strong leads in two
others.
The Kennedy kids of Seattle,
Wash.-18-year-old Karol and 21-
year-old Peter-climaxed a stren-
uous three-year bid for the world
pairs title with brilliant success
over a star-studded field. They
scored 96.07 points out of a pos
sible l08 from a panel of nine
judges with beautiful displays Of
rhythmic jumps, turns, twists and
glides.
Another American, Dick Button
Of EngleWood, N. j., appeared a
cinch to win the mems crown.
Button. the defending champion,
was given 824.71 points in COM
pulsory figures to 1885 for EIDE
Kiraly of Hungary, his nearest
opponent and also runnerup last
lyear. The free skating phase was
| scheduled tonight.
The Americans topped off the
productive first day by gaining a
midway lead in the private ice
dance competition against Brit
| ain. Lois Waring, pert little
blond, and Michael McGean from
Baltimore scored 101.1 in the
Ecompulsory dances.
I Freestyle dancing is part of to-
nights program and the cham
Ipionships will end tomorrow night
with the woman's free skating.
Evening star., 1950-03-07
Harris Puts Gil Coan On His Own During Fifth Trial With Mats
Dempsey Sees
Doom of Boxing
| Without Gar
By the Associated Press

PATERSON, N. j., Mar. T.
Jack Dempsey sees boxing in dire
straits within two years unless
something is done about bringing
unifcation of all governing bodies
under a national czar."
ABE Greene is the man for the
job the former heavyweight
champion said at a civic dinner
in honor of Greene last night.
1--WE can't 60 any farther with
out New York State" Dempsey
said. IF something is not done.
two years from now we won't
have any boxing"
The National Boxing Associa-
ton governs the sport in all but
New York, where an independent
commission reigns. Greene Is the
NBA's first national commissioner.
Evening star., 1950-03-07
Russian Hero Is Third
In Grond National Triol
ey the Associofed Press

WORCESTER, England, Mar.
7.-Russian Hero, surprise winner
of last years Grand National
Steeplechase, finished third yes
terday in his final warmup for this
years big race.
Patrickswell and Over Land.
neither one entries for the Grand
National, finished first and sec
ond.
Russian Hero was a good Sec
ond over the last obstacle, but
was beaten on the fiat. He trailed
the winner by AZ lengths in the
Smile chase.
Carmody, another Grand Ma
tional candidate. was sixth, and
CadamstoWn, a Grand National
outsider, fell four fences from
home.
Evening star., 1950-03-07
Maryland Pins Hope,
On Two WrestIers
In Tourney Tonight

Because a young Navy veteran
hitch-hiked to his Weymouth
CMassD home, stopped to ad-
mire Maryland's campus three
years ago, the Terps have chance
to win two Southern Conference
wrestling titles in the annual
tournament that ends tonight at
Ritchie Coliseum.
Jim Scott, bull-necked 145-
FOUNDER, was the boy who liked
the place we'll enough to put
down his knapsack and inquire
if the school had wrestling team.
He planned to go to Iowa to study
agriculture, but if Maryland of<
fered the same course and had a
wrestling team he would prefer to
stop right there. Scott had been
an all-New England wrestler in
high school.
In his sophomore year he
brought along a buddy who. he
explained to Coach Sully Kraus,
was Ray LysakoWski, who had
been all-New England two years
and who also wanted to enroll at
Maryland. They've been main
stays of the team since.
But the two Terps face formid-
able competition tonight when the
wrestlers wind up their two-day
jamboree. Lysakowski faces CAL
lagher of Duke in the 128-pound
championship bout, while Scott
goes against Loniegan of Wash
ington and Lee.
Washington and Lee has five
men in the finals and is heavy
favorite to win its third consecu-
tive team crown. Joe Sconce, the
Generals 145-pound champion,
and Ken Finley. kingpin of the
155-pounders, seemed certain to
keep their titles.
Tonight's pairings:
Consolation Round G:3O P.M)
121-pound class-Laney, Citadel VS..
i2s pounds-Perry. v. M. l.. VS.. Kel-
''i, iss padnds-orzano. Duke. vs. Sachs.
Citadel.
145 pounds-Martin, North Carolina
State, VS.. Deiffenbach. Duke
l55 popnds-Baker' MARYLAND vs. Ven-
Is5 pounds-Phoebus. Maryland, VS..
Wicknick. w. and l..
IT'S pounds-Meredith, v. M. l.. VS..
Marsheck, Maryland.
Heavyweight-Wachter v. p l.. VS.. Nc
Nicely, Davidson.
Championship Round.
121 pounds-Jordon, v. M. l., VS.. Davis
w. and l..
12S, Observation-Disclosures. Duke, VS.. Lysa-
1856 .pounds.,Loniesan. W. and L. VS..
Scott. Maryland.
|pashiell, Y. M I. " ~
I55 pounds-Kemp, North Carolina, VS..
fsS poundsanGupten, North Carolina.
r75 pounds-Huddle. Citadel. VS.. Oliver,
v. P. l.
Eegleston, v. M. l.
Evening star., 1950-03-07
Lee Patton, West Virginia
Basketball Coach, Dies
BY the Associoted Press

MORGANTOWN, w. Va, Mar.
Lee Patton, the small-town
coach who turned out more win
ming basketball teams at West
Virginia University than anybody
before him, died unexpectedly to-
day.
The 45-year-old Texan who
coached all sports at Princeton
CIV. Va) High School for IA years
before coming here in 1916, was
the victim Of complications re-
sulting frons auto accident in
juries.
Patton was hurt st. Valentines
Day in crash on the Pennsyl-
vania Turnpike near Bedford, Pa.
He was zen route to State College,
Pa, for a game with Penn State.
Patton'S teams won a grand
total of 78 games against Is de-
feats, including National Invita-
tion Tournament contests, from
1916 through 1949.
Evening star., 1950-03-07
Guthrie, Former Umpire.
Found Dead in Hotel
BY the Associated Press

CHICAGO, Mar. 7. - William
(BulD Guthrie, 64, former Amer
lean League baseball umpire, Was
found dead yesterday in his hotel
room.
Guthrie was released as an
American League umpire in 1889
after serving five years. A cousin,
Mrs. Della Kilgallon. said Guthrie
had worked as a steam filter since
1910.
Evening star., 1950-03-07
Bradley Easy Winner
In Final AP Poll;
Holy Cross Fourth
ey the Associoted Press

. NEW YORK, Mar. 7. - The
Braves of Bradley University were
an overwhelming choice today as
the Nations No. l college basket
ball team in the final Associated
Press poll of the season.
Now all the classy club from
Peoria, ILL.,, has to do is show the
basketball public that the Ma
tion's sports writer's and broad
casters were right in hoisting
them to the pinnacle via the
ballot.
Bradley, with a 27-3 record, gets
its chance to do just that in the
National Invitation tournament
beginning Saturday at Madison
Square Garden. In addition, the
Peoria lads have further opportu-
nifty to cement their claims in Ma
tional Collegiate Athletic Associa-
ton competition.
80 First Place Votes.
Bradley will meet the winner
of the Big Seven Conference title
either Nebraska, Kansas State
or Kansas-March 20 at Kansas
City for the right to represent
District S in the NCAA Western
regional tourney March 24-25.
With a total of 206 votes cast
largest number of the season in
the weekly AP poll-Bradley
copped 80 f1rst-place ballots and
total of 1902 points. A week
ago the Braves got only AZ votes
for first and 1,214 points.
Ohio State, which captured the
Big Ten crown and wound up with
a 1913 record, remained in second
place with 1,435 points. Ohio
State comes to New York for the
Eastern NCAA regional tourney
March 1925. The Eastern and
Western winners tangle March %
at Madison Square Garden for
the national NCAA crown, won by
Kentucky last year.
Kentucky, moving fast now aft
er shaky start this year, moved
into third place in the final poll
Kentucky was fourth last week,
and in close point battle with
Holy Cross, dumped the Crusaders
from third to fourth. Kentucky
(24-5>, winner of the Southeast
ern Conference tourney last week,
received 1924 points, compared to
1928 for Holy Cross, which
dropped it's only game of the sea-
son Saturday to Columbia after
running up 26 straight victories
Kentucky won the 1949 AP poll
after compiling a 29-1 record.
Ohio State was Goth in last years
final poll.
Shifts in Position.
All Of the teams in the top 10
last week stuck there this time, but
there were some other shifts in
position.
North Carolina State, which
blasted through to its fourth
str aigh ht Southern Conference
tournament championship last
week, moved from eighth IN last
weeks balloting to fifth. The
Wolfpack wound up with a 24-5
mark.
Duquesne t22-5), upset by
Akron and Baldwin Wallace last
week, fell from fifth to sixth;
U. c. L. A. (22-5), which split
with Southern. California last
week, dropped from sixth to sew
enth; Western Kentucky (24-5),
went down a notch from seventh
to eighth. st. Johns of Brooklyn
(22-4, took ninth spot, trading
places with La Sale of Philadel-
phia (20-3. st. Johns was the
only outfit in the top 10 which
didn't receive first-place vote.
Evening star., 1950-03-07

is the wo-platoon system in baseball here to
stay?"
Its here to stay until some real ball
players start coming up" replied the manager
of the Yankees, taking his eyes off the ath-
letes he commands.
To those who just got off boat after
lifetime in a Siberian salt mine, baseball's
platoon system means alternating left
and right handed hitters, depending on the
species pitching for the other side. 1t even
means saving certain powers-politely called
spot" pitchers-for certain clubs in certain
marks. Going beyond it involves insertion OF
Evening star., 1950-03-07
Just0ne More Gamble
On Fleet 0utfie|der
Promised by Club
By Burton Howkins
Stor Stoff CORRESPONDENT

ORLANDO, Fla, Mar. 7.-Gil
Coap is on his own this year. In
previous seasons he has been
weighed down with well-meant
advice, but that unproductive bur-
den is being lifted. Manager
Bucky Harris is giving the heet
outfielder his head in the hope
that he'll get ahead.
"All he's going to get is en-
couragement," Harris says. every
thing else has been tried, so he's
going to get the 'pat-on-the-back'
treatment and we'll hope for the
best. He's still a potentially fine
player and he's going to get
chance to prove it his way
It's different strategy and Coan
welcomes it. IF I'm ever going
to improve this will have to be the
year." Gil says. II think I can
make the grade. I'm not blaming
anybody but myself for past
failures"
Fifth Attempt With Mats.
This will be Coan's fifth at
tempt to click with the Mats and
the pressure is on despite the fact
there will be no effort to alter his
batting stroke, change his stance,
modify his grip or otherwise dis
turb him. He's had all that
now the Mats bosses are testing
to see If he'll become a major
Lacquer on his own.
There was a time, remember
when the Chicago Cubs offered
500 600 for Coan and the New
York Giants bid 100000. Those
were the days when Gill was the
hot shot of the minors, a .372 hit
ter with Chattanooga in 1945.
He was named the best minor
league player that year by the
Sporting News and little wonder
He led the Southern Association
in batting, runs scored, hits, runs
batted in. doubles, triples, home
runs and stolen bases.
He had batted 1857 with Kins-
port, Tenn, before moving in 1914
to Chattanooga where he hit $40
his first season. When he followed
this with that .372 season Joe
Engel declared he was the smooth
est prospect he ever sent to the
Mats. Previous Engel discoveries
included such as Buddy Myer, Joe
Kuhel. Ossie Bluege, Goose Goslin
Joe Cronin, Buddy Lewis and Cecil
Travis.
1t was a lofty recommendation
and Coan hasn't approached living
up to it. He batted .209 in 1916
and in spring training of 1947 he
wasn't impressive. He returned
] to Chattanooga, hatted $40 ano
thus was elevated to the Nat:
that fall. In ~ times at bat tia,
September, he hit, 500. .s's' 4 !. ..S-3s:ssi sss
Great Start Last Season.
! Again he appeared ready, s.
back he came in 1948. This tim,
his average with the Mats wa
only .232. Last year he slumpet
! to .218 after getting off 10 q ter.
rife start. In the first tMo-week,
of, the season he batted .375 againsj
top fight pitchers, but he nevel
regained that touch. :
/ Coan recently opened a ga.
station at Brevard. N. c., and un-
less he clicks this year he may
have to rely on it as a full time
(See MATS, Page Ais.
Evening star., 1950-03-07
Training Camp Briefs
Yogi Berro Ends HoIdout Siege;
Giants Expect Much of Kramer

is starting to let up. The
big Pirate slugger had the snif1es
so bad Manager Billy Meyer
wouldn't even let him come out
on the field.
Now he is back in uniform. TAX
ing his cuts in the batting cage
and socking them out Of the park
with his accustomed regularity
CLEARWATER, FLA cast.
off from the Yankees and Sena-
tors may solve the pitching
problems of the Phillies.
Manager Eddie Sawyer an
nounced yesterday he plans to
use Milo Candini as a starter
exclusively, adding "he may be
the pitcher I am looking for"
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla
Southpaw Pitcher Harry Brech-
cen predicts he will do much
better this year than last when
he won IA games and lost II for
the Cardinals. He hopes to
come back to 1948 form when
he won 20 and lost Z.
Harry took a turn on the
mound in batting practice yes
terday and said he felt great.
He attributed his l949 slump to
a bruised left index finger suf-
fered on opening day.
PASADENA, Calif.-The
White Sox scheduled their first
camp game today. with Coaches
Buster Mills and Ray Berres
sponsoring the teams.
Bill Wight was designated as
Berres' starting hurler and
Chico Pieretti as the first of
three pitchers for Mills. Billy
Pierce and Luis Aloma will fol-
low Pieretti. HOWE Judson and
Jack Bruner will back up Wight.
LAKELAND. Fla. - Presiden
Will Harridge Of the American
League has a good word for ths
Detroit Tigers. On a visit here
he told Manager Red Rolfe, "Youl
club looks a lot stronger" but hi
added that so do most Of the Other
teams in the league.
TAMPA, Fla.-Ewell Black
we'll pitched for 20 minutes yes
terday and then said, MY arm
feels great, really great" That
sort of news wasn't at all dis
pleasing to Manager Luke Sc
we'll of the Cincinnati Reds.
The lanky Blackwell is the
right-hand pitcher with the
trick delivery who bafled Ma
tional League hitters IN 1947
and then ran into trouble in
1948 and 1949 because of an
arm ailment and a kidney OPP
Grafton.
TUCSON, Ariz.-All the Cleve.
land Indians, including Pitcher
Bob Lemon, were in the fold to-
day, signed contracts and all-bu1
Orestes Minoso was still missing
from the camp.
The Cuban outflelder was due
Travelling secretary Spuc
Goldstein now believes an airplane
strike has delayed his departure
from Cuba.
BRADENTON, Fla. -A After siz
days of work, Manager Billy South.
worth rates his Boston Braves
more than half of whom are new
comers, as much more advanced
than at this time last year.
And as far as hustle, spirit and
willingness to work, they're months
ahead of our 1948 pennant win
ners.' Billy added.
Evening star., 1950-03-07
Mat Match Draws l6,979

NEW YORK, Mar. 7 (R.-An-
tonic Rocca and Gene Stanlee
wrestled to a draw before a crowd
of 16,979 that paid a gross gate
of $51,962.81 and net of SAL
I075.05 last night at Madison
Square Garden.
Evening star., 1950-03-07
Auto Race Fire Is FotuI
To Richmond Driver
By the Associated Press

CHARLOTTE, N. c., Mar. T.
j. E. (Hank) Stanley, jr., race
driver from Richmond, Va, died
today of injuries suffered in a
stock car race here Sunday.
Stanley was severely burned
when his car caught fire midway
in the 100-lap race that was won
by Red Byron of Atlanta.
Evening star., 1950-03-07
BeIImun Wins 4th in Row

Bellman Heating team won it's
fourth straight game and took
undisputed possession of first
place in the Mckinley Recreation
Basketball League by defeating
the Caps, 1920, last night.
Evening star., 1950-03-07
Under Knife Again

NORMAN, Okla, Mar. 7 R.-
Head Coach Bud Wilkinson of the
University of Oklahoma under
went a second operation yesterday
and was reported resting we'll.
Wilkinson underwent abdominal
surgery last week.
Evening star., 1950-03-07

good field no hit players when be protected
Every managers he's got to hide stengel said
"Play e day. hide em the next From the manager OF
the world champions this is weighty testimony
Who Ever Benched Cobb or Johnson?
the of kidding? asked stengel In the old
days wrote down the same lineup every day. Cooo
and Terry weren't because eft-hander was pitch
ing were they? Nobody benched Hornsby Simmons because
right with crossfre working did they? Did
Clark Griffith Johnson for another day because
team was loaded with left handed hitters?
stengel perhaps the best-looking ball cuo IN any ta
ing camp got Maggie and Page and Rzzuto ana Hen
rich Reynolds But for all of this strength ne was WISHING
facetiousv that it was and not 25payer limit imposed
big league clubs
"Maybe they'll let us carry IS players" cracked
account many customers But seriously you've
got until the of the real good ball players
Like fellow" he nodded wnkng broad wink THAT
fellow" Joe Di Maggio stepping up to hit in the cage
Its Cosey's Judgment VS.. Ambitions
Ive got guys my ball club who to me and say
got to play every day. matter who's pitching How be
good oueder sit the bench because I'm left-handed
and Newhouser Parnel is pitching?'
cater their feelings, Stenge confessed, "f
know in heart these guys are rankandfe ball players
I tell 'em this
"Look if you played every day you wouldn't up here
in the big leagues that way. ehanded at
that dish and play when rghhander is pitching
In time maybe you'll hit Newhouser or Parne but got no
time When they're pitching sit on the bench It's
my judgment against your ambitions and that's the mat
ters stand"
It's Greet to Be on Winner
Stengel is man of stature unaccstomed popularity
this year ago different Casey admits
just been made of the Yanks succeeding the pop
uar Bucky Harris who'd won pennant in 947 and had
the to last day of 948 Stenge failure as
far as winning in the majors manager OF Oakland
Casey Yankee management bitterly criticized
year ago. Sengel Yankees, plagued by injuries
national applause by ougamng the Red sox to win the Amer
League the final day And then carrying on
to the World Series against Brooklyn
contrapton out there Casey says 1ts an auto
pitching machine the newspapermen call Rapid Robert
Robot throws hard enough to kill If it hits him
on the walking dangerously close to where
was pitching day five club must have
run up and grabbed me to safety.
"Its great to be on winner" Casey ghs "a year ago
they'd have sad the old geezer walk into that ball and
oct his brains knocked out"
Evening star., 1950-03-07
Training Comp Briefs
BY the Associated Press

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, Mar.
THE holdout siege of Yogi
Berra, New York Yankees catcher,
came to an abrupt end today
when Manager Casey Stengel, act
ing as intermediary between the
player and club. persuaded Berra
to sign his 1850 contract.
Terms were not revealed, but
it is understood Stengel brought
about a compromise between the
$4,000 believed to have been Of
fered by the club and the $4,000
demanded by Berra, making the
catcher's salary about $4,000.
The signing of Berra now leaves
only three Yankees still outside
the fold, Pitchers Vic Raschi and
Tommy Byrne and 1nfielder Bob
by Brown.
6 VERO BEACH. Fla.-Carl Fu-i
rillo's new-found power to pull
the ball to left field is bringing
smiles to the face of Burt Shot
ton, Dodgers manager.
Furillo, in one turn at the
plate yesterday, hit the ball hard
to left field, including two 'home
runs" over the fence.
HE couldn't do that last
year." said Shotton. Nov he's
getting around on the balls he
should pull" Furillo hit 1924
for the National League champs
last season.
ENIX, Ariz.-Handsome
Jack Kramer. obtained from the
Red Sox, will take his first turn
on the mound for the Giants to-
morrow.
The ex-American Lacquer, de-
termined to make the Red Sox rue
the sale, will hurl in part OF the
Giants batting practice.
Dutch Reuther, Giants scout
thinks Kramer will make the
grade. "He knows how to pitch, u
said Ruether. land he's not afraid
to cut loose with the ball"
Ken Washington will get full
time trial with the Giants, Mana
ger Leo Durocher said. The for
mer college football star will work
out with the Giants until they
break camp, whether or not he
makes the grade as an outfielder,
Durocher said.
SARASOTA, Pitcher
Ellis Kinder. 23-game winner
for the Red Sox last season, has
suffered a broken rib and will
be out Of action for some time.
Kinder was struck by a batted
ball while jogging in the out
field Sunday.
At first it was thought that
the veteran pitcher had only
been bruised. However, X-rays
disclosed the fracture.
Manager Joe Mccarthy was
hopeful that Kinder could work
out in a few days, but no one
expects him to be able to throw
with full speed for at least a
month. .
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.
The second intra-squad game
of the spring training season is
scheduled for the Athletics today.
Ed Klieman and Bobby Shantz
will take on the pitching chores
for Coach Mickey Cochrane's S
team. Joe Coleman and Dick
Fowler will work for Coach Bing
Miller's squad.
SAN BERNARDINO, Calf
That cold which had Ralph Kiner
Evening star., 1950-03-07
Win, Lose, or Draw
The Two PIotoons Are Here to Stoy
By FRANCIS STANN
Sfor Sfoff Correspondent

The TWO Ffdtoons Are Here 10 otuy
ST PETERSBURG Fla, Mar. 7-Simply to set the back
poor people North Casey Senge had adopted
quesonably dgned but highly relaxing semprone position
nubby stuff that passes Tor
Evening star., 1950-03-07

Five years ago-Tomnly Bell
knocked out Bobby Richardson
iE the sixth round at Cleveland.
Evening star., 1950-03-07

(Tomorrow: Mr.. Trouble.l