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Evening star., 1950-01-31
By the Assoeiated Pres.

ARCADIA. Calf, Jan. al
Johnny Longden wasn't particu-
larly impressed when he agreed to
work out a homely, deformed colt
at Santa Anita last summer. But
when the horse breezed hall
mile in :462s, Longden, remarked
THAT the runningest 2-year-
old I ever rode!" s-..~.
Today, Longden is the perma-
nent rider for this ugly duckling
Your Host. And horsemen al
Santa Anita are pointing at the
crook -necked colt as one of the
brightest Derby prospects ever tc
come out of California.
So far, Your Host has started
nine races, won five and placed
three times. He's earned $133,97(
for his owner, Movie Producer
william Goetz, and it's probably
only the beginning.
v-nur Host won the $4,000
B ,-ders' Champion Stakes or
opening day here by six lengths
Then he took the San Felipe, an.
other 50-grander, by three lengths
eased up. Now the ungainly steee
is drawing a bead on the 500, ,00t
Santa Anita Derby February 18
After that, Your Host is eligible
for the Kentucky Derby, the
Preakness and the Belmont. Hi
Trainer. Harry L. Daniels, says:
"Our first objective is the Derb,
here. If he comes out of this rae,
Evening star., 1950-01-31
Mat Program includes
Torres-Schofro Match

A match between Miguel Torres
of Mexico and Frank Schofro OF
st. Louis rounds out the wres-
tling program tomorrow night al
Turner's Arena. The big attrac-
tion is the clash between Cor
|geous George and Dutch Schwei-
CERT.
Also booked is a two-man team
affair sending Marvin Mercer and
Jack Kelly against Tiny Mills
and Tony Martinelli, and single
between Howard Cantowine and
Ivan Kamaroff,
Evening star., 1950-01-31
Cardinals New Coach
To Be Named Tomorrow
BY the Associated Press

CHICAGO, Jan. 31.-One of the
best kept sports secrets of the year
has been the name of the new
Chicago Cardinals football coach
He is to be announced by Pres
ident Ray Bennigsen at a press
conference tomorrow. 1t could be
Clark Shaughnessy, the old T.
formation master who presently is
coach OF the Los Angeles Rams;
Curly Lambeau. pro football pio-
neer who organized the Green Bay
Packers as a sandlot team in 1919
or any one of dozen whose names
have been buzzed.
Bennigsen has completed inter.
viewing five or so applicants ano
has indicated the selection has
boiled down to two.
Evening star., 1950-01-31
Longden Sold on Your Host,
UnqoinIy and Deformed Colt

in good shape, wen ship him tc
Louisville"
When still q weanling at the
L. B. Mayer farm. Your Host in
jured his neck so that his head
is now permanently cooked to one
side.
Worse, he was born with four
white feet, bad luck sign among
horse folk. With white diamond
between his eyes and snip on
his nose. Your Host certainly isn't
the matinee idol type. 1t doesn't
bother him, though.
Your Hosts deformity means
nothing" says Daniels. Horses
run with their legs, not theil
heads. He's a free working ami
NAL"
Son of the mighty Alibhai and
with a Mahmoud mare, Boudoir II
for a mama, Your Host sold foi
$4,000 at one of Moyieman
Mayors numerous dispersals. But
Goetz apparently ignored this
Iturfman's axiom:
"One white foot, buy him; two
white feet, try him; three white
feet, look about him; four white
feet, do without him"
Fortunate for Goetz. too. be-
cause owning the ugly duckling il
like having an oil well in your
patio.
Evening star., 1950-01-31
By MerreII Whittlesey

The National University of Mex
ico's basketball team makes its
18th American stop here tonight,
fatter and smarter team than
when it left home a month ago.
The Pumas are fatter because
they have fascination for Amer
lean milk. They are smarter be-
cause they have been playing good
college teams. They are slightly
weary of being asked why they
aren't attending classes.
The mustachioed Pumas, who
lived in college gyms and on Grey
hound buses during the entire
month of January. meet American
University at 8:45 in the Eagles
gym. Then it's on to Lebanon
Valley. two more stops in Penn
sylvania, three in Canada, back
through West Virginia and a final
game with Kentucky State College
February %.
The 10 Mexican players and
their coach, Francisco Ramirez,
arrived at A. U. from Akron, Ohio,
early yesterday. minus sombre-
ros but with guitars. harmonicas
and fiashy smiles for the goods.
1t was too wet for sightseeing, so
they spent the day serenading
which probably is lot more fun.
Why have they lost all their
college games in the United
States? Because your teams are
too tall for u.s. answered Luis
Trevino. one of three English
speaking students. I'VE always
play good the first half and are,
what do you call it. optimistic.
Then we tire in the second half
because we have to play so hard
trying to get the ball from your
very tall players"
The Pumas are in this country
for the three-fold purpose of
learning better basketball, the
American way of life and improv-
ing relations between Mexican
and American college students.
AS for the latter, the Mexicans
claim the American are perfect
hosts. Always they are having
parties and dances for U.S." Ire
vino said, particularly in the
small towns. But we must re-
main in training"
Evening star., 1950-01-31
Shift Of Ski Races
Unlikely After 4-|neh
Snow at Lake Placid
BY the Associated Press

LAKE PLACID, N. Y, Jan. 81
-Four inches of snow that fell dur.
ing the night made it appear thai
most if not all of the world SIX
championship jumping and cross
country events would be held ir
this Adirondack village.
The big championships. first tc
be held since the end of World
War II. were due to open yester-
day but lack of snow has thrown
everything into confusion.
Long after midnight but before
any snow had fallen the Council
of the Federation Internationale
de SKI decided to shift the cross
country races to Rumford. Me-,
but hold the jumps here on arti-
fetal snow if necessary.
Swedish Team in Rumford.
The powerful Swedish team is
already in Rumford, but the
Canadians, Americans and others
who were ready to start today were
held back by orders of Roger
Langley. executive secretary of the
National Ski Association.
Langley, in stopping all move
ment of athletes toward snowy
Maine, said a fresh determination
of the slushy situation would be
made this afternoon. ..
Rumford, it appears, will prob
ably be awarded at least one OF
the three big cross-country races
as reward for its cooperation. The
international federation promised
that after its night session.
Revised Schedule.
AS of now the revised ski sched-
ule follows, with the jumping
definitely set for Lake Placid and
the cross-country races scheduled
for Lake Placid if possible, with
one as yet undesignated - at
Rumford:
Friday - 18 kilometer (11X
miles cross country, with en-
trants in the combined" event
included in the field.
Sunday-40-kilometer LIS miles)
relay; jumping, including en-
trants in the combined event.
| Monday - so kilometer. (31X
niles marathon cross country.
In skiing, a combined" event
calls for both cross country and
jumping, but it is scored separate
ly from the individual cross
country and jumping champion
ships.
Evening star., 1950-01-31
MHk-Fed Mexicuns Add Weiqht
But Need Height to Beat Yonks

| o1 CVul st, Ille QucSJlOl Clley
hear the most is why aren't you
In school?" The answer to that
one is that Mexican students open
their school year March and
study through the middle of De-
cember. Their vacation extends
through half of December, Janu-
airy and February.
Asked how many of the boys
were on scholarships, Trevino did
not understand for a moment.
How many boys are subsidized,
now many go to school free be-
cause they are good basketball
players?" somebody asked.
TreVino was Mortified. "Oh,
none Of u.s." he said. Everybody
pays the same to attend school
in Mexico. Most of us are study
ing to be doctors. We all must
pay"
After unpacking yesterday
Coach Ramirez, who does not
speak English, and one of the
players who does headed for the
bus depot to pick up the tickets
for Lebanon Valley. THE man
who arranged the trip for us
made some mistakes" Trevino
said. Last Friday we were in
Beckley, w. Va, and had to get to
Akron Saturday. So we took a
train to Baltimore and then a
plane for the first time. Some
times we are very tired because
we must travel and cannot sleep,
but we know it is very important
that we must be every place where
they are expecting u.s."
The American dollar is worth
1855 in Mexico, so working on
the opposite rate of exchange the
players do not have much spend
ling money. Their guarantee calls
for room and board at the schools
where they play plus a hundred
dollars or so at each stop for
transportation and incidental ex-
| penSeS.
The PumaS must be on their
best behavior tonight as members
of the Mexican Embassy staff will
be present, possibly the Ambassa-
dor. But I do not think we can
win" Trevino said, looking up at
A. US Ronnie Garshag, 6 foot 6,
and Sherwood Webster, 6-5. You
see it is the same everywhere we
| go. They are too tall"
Evening star., 1950-01-31
IVillemuin -GoviIon Bout
Slated for Montreal
By the AssoejofAJ Pysxs

PARIS, Jan. 31.-Robert Vile.
main, French middleweight con.
tender, said today he probably
will meet Cuba's Kid Gavilan al
Montreal March 20.
Villemain. recent conqueror oi
Middleweight Champion Jake La
Motta in a non-title bout, added
prestige yesterday when he out
pointed Jean Stock former French
160-pound champion, in 10 rounds
Jean Bretonell, Villemain's s
manager, said they would leave
for the United States February 20
Evening star., 1950-01-31

-hI WICpIlOJO.
from 1922 to 1925: Wah-Wah
Jones and Ralph Beard, of last
years Kentucky team: Leroy Ed
wards, who played for Kentucky
! in the 1930s; Vince Boryla, Den
Iver, Andy Phillips, Illinois; Bob
Harris, Oklahoma A. and M; Ed
Watcher. Troy IN. " Trojans;
Bruce Hale, Santa Clara: Pete
Barry and Nat Hickey, New York
Celtics, and Lew Beck, who fin
ished at Oregon State in 1947.
Surprisingly, Easy" Ed Ma
cauley, star of st. Louis University
the last several years; Vic Han
son. Syracuse University star in
1926; and Don Shields, the spark
of Temple University's quintet in
1896, were not mentioned. Neither
were any members of the old Buff
falo IN. " Germans, generally
regarded as the Nations outstand-
ing pro team before 1920.
Evening star., 1950-01-31
Butts Hos Talented Aides

ATHENS, Ca, Jan. 81 R).-
Georgia's Wally Butts, who started
spring football practice yesterday
has the aid of three former pupils
who are back in school to COM
plete work for their degrees. They
are Charley Trippi of the Chicago
Cardinals. Johnny Rauch of the
New York Bulldogs and Joe Geri
Of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Evening star., 1950-01-31
lonnie Beik PAGES
Porker-Gruy Victory

A last-minute foul and field
goal by Lonnie Belk gave Parker
Gray High 1929 victory over st.
Emma's in basketball game last
night at Alexandria.
Belk also took individual scor-
ing honors with Is points. It
gave the winners a 1913 season
record
Evening star., 1950-01-31

0oo vUJcU
old-time fighter and chairman of the District
Boxing Commission.
Today it's the turn of veteran basketball
people to protest as the A. P. continues to re-
veal poll results. George Mikan, no less is
rated the greatest courtman in half century
as the oldsters again get the backs of the
voters neckS.
Returning to Cans, out of 393 votes the
Baltimore Negro polled one. "To some that
comes close to pugilistic sacrilege" says Miller.
"The trouble is too many voters never saw
those old timers and the modern athletes are
Evening star., 1950-01-31

Nat Holman, Ce|tics
Star Of 1920s, Far
Back in Third Place
By the Associated Press


NEW YORK, Jan. 31.-Eight
years ago he was just big awk-
ward guy.
Today George Mikan was named
the greatest basketball player of
the last so years by sportswriters
and broadcasters participating in
the Associated Press mid-century
pool.
1t is significant that it seems
hardly necessary to identify Mikan
as the former De Paul University
star now with the Minneapolis
Lakers in the National Basketball
Association. Mikan has developed
to the point where he is called by
many "Mr. Basketball"
The electric lights on Madison
Square Gardens marquee blink
George Mikan VS.. Knicks" when
the LakerS meet the New York
Knickerbockers. That is SYM
bolic of the mastery Mikan has
achieved in the cage sport.
Mikan Polls 139 Votes.
Bespectacled 60 Mikan, who
holds virtually all the individual
scoring marks in the NBA, polled
139 of the $50 votes cast.
Hank Luisetti, Stanford's whiz
of 13 years ago. was very much in
the running. He got the runner
up spot with 1913.
Luisetti averaged 1853 points for
95 games during his college career
compared to Mikan's 1871 for SO
games. Luisetti's high one-game
mark was so points against Du-
quesne compared to Mikan's SO
against Rhode Island State.
Mikan and Luisetti far outdis-
tanced the others. Nat Holman,
of the Original New York Celtics
and now coach of City College of
New York, was third with 81.
Chuck Hyatt Is Fourth.
Charley (Chuck) Hyatt, Pitt
flash of % years ago, was fourth
with Is and Alex Groza, star of
Kentucky's NCAA champions last
year and now with Indianapolis
in the NBA, fifth with 13.
Joe Fulks OF the Philadelphia
Warriors, whose 63-point single
game mark in the NBA Mikan has
yet to eclipse, and Forrest Red)
Debernardi, who played with the
st. Joseph (Mo) Hillards in the
20s, each received seven votes and
tied for sixth.
Two other members of the
original New York Celtics-Joe
Lapchick, now coach of New York
in the NBA. and Dutch Dehnert,
credited with inventing the mod
ern pivot play at Chattanooga in
1926-tied for eighth. Each got
six votes.
Bob Kurland, Oklahoma A. &
MS star of four and five years ago
and now with the Phillips Oilers,
completes the top 10. He received
four votes.
Votes for McCracken.
In the 1945 Red Cross classic
for the mythical national colleg-
late championship, Oklahoma A.
g. M. beat DePaul, 50 to A, with
Kurland getting IA points to
Mikan's nine. However, Mikan
was banished on personal fouls
after only IA minutes of play. Up
to then he had outscored Kur-
land, nine points to seven, and
DePaul was leading 21-14. Kur-
land was star of the 1948 U. S.
Olympic cage team.
Jumping Jack" McCracken,
who retired in 1947 after playing
nearly 20 years-four years with
Maryville CMo) Teachers and Is
years in AAU competition-re-
ceived three votes.
Two votes each went to Bob
McDermott and Johnny Beckman,
also members of the Old Celtics;
Johnny Wooden, present U. c. L.
A. coach; George Glamack, North
Carolina star of 10 years ago, and
the late Jack Inglis, who starred
with the pro Troy IN. " Trojans
during the 1909-1919 era.
Others Receiving Votes.
Numerous others received one
Evening star., 1950-01-31
'Mexicun Athlete Killed

MEXICO CITY, Jan. 81 R.-
Miguel Angel Velasquez, one of
Mexico's best soccer football play
ers. was killed, his wife injured
and the driver killed in an au-
tomobile collision early Yesterday.
Evening star., 1950-01-31

Welgned ncked mlddeWelgntS
light heavies-good CTwin Sullivan. gave
Sam Langford fit and lasted Is rounds.
Dempsey great fighter" Miller comedies $50
Louis and Armstrong But rating the fighters of the
SO I'd JefrieS STAN
ley KetcheI third"
Heovyweiehts Have an Edge
Cans not only bucking the misty past he also
giving weight It's no accident that five of the seven
eaders-DempSey, Louis Tunney 4th) Johnson
(eth) and Jeres (7h)are heavyweights With their power
color, heavyweights always we'll
in general popularity.
Cans extremely intelligent erudite" says
er dreamily HE firmly believed he had sixth and if
you'd him box-or yet ring
him-you'd almost agree
"I remember sparrng with a the
Navy He'd talk all the time boxed teaching
along If tented twice before throwing punch Cans
would ignore the nts but pick off the blow if he
beforehand coming That's when he told he
he had sixth
"On the other hand when spared with Ketche almost
got killed He like Dempsey-never knew how to pull
punch And he'd get accidentally hit Ketchen
with good punch and he almost chased out of the ring
Too Good for Armstrong He Says
BY coincidence this is Miers 5oth boxing, begin
ming as 2year-od Il professional at 12 he says ut
wasn't uncommon in those days"
Miller recalls that when Benny Leonard
appearing Theater Baltimore pro-
cession drove the of the lightweight the out
skirts of the city Leonard place wreath the
After Benny had laid it down under the headstone which simply
reads Cans he turned to and said:
"'Heinie this fellow good the odtimers say?'
He the greatest told him. If you could have fought
him made reasonably close thered question
that you're the second greatest lightweight"
Leonard and Armstrong the only non-heavyweghts
in the A. Ps top fighters Leonard polled votes and
Armstrong 6 II seriously doubt Armstrong could have hit
Cans" says Miller
McGovern Koyo Was Blight
Cans fought 155 times lost eight 1891 to 1sos
according the Ring Book defeats
Miller strongly suspects inflicted with the full
tion of himself
n those days Negro fighters frequently had take orders
sarve Miller points out "The biggest blight Cans
record his knockout by Terry McGovern in Chi
hate to it, but dive in dry tank 1t
30 bad that boxing was barred in Illinois for years"
Cans who born in 1874 the lightweight champion
ship from Frank Erne in 1902 and lost it to Battling Nelson six
later II rounds after tuberculosis had begun its
In 1906 had Nelson in AZ rounds in
bout staged at Godfeld, Nevr by Tex Rickard
After he lost the title Nelson the stricken fought
return with the knocked in 81
After this battle Cans West and died in 1870 weighing
only IS pounds.
Evening star., 1950-01-31
Win, Lose, or Draw
The CoIoners Greatest
By FRANCIS STANN

was eadpipe cneh that Col Harvey Miller going
to stand still on the Associated Press poll which Dep
Joe Louis and Henry Armstrong
greatest fighters of the past years. How could anybody
Evening star., 1950-01-31

Ten years ago-Fred Swan
was named head football coach
at Temple University.
Evening star., 1950-01-31
Others Receiving Votes.

Numerous others received one
vote each, including Joe Fogarty,
an old pro who coached at, Yale
Evening star., 1950-10-02
a. 200 Cigar Workers
To Vote Today on Strike
By The Asseeiatsd Prsss

TAMPA, Fla. Oct. 2.-More
than 1000 Tampa cigar workers
vote today on whether to strike
In their demand for higher wages.
They are members Of the Cigar
Makers International tAFL). The
union has been negotiating with
operators of q dozen cigar plants
since the old contract expired in
June. Local Union Chairman
Frank Diez said the workers want
an across-the- board wage in
crease Of about 20 cents an hour.
Employers say any wage in
crease would reflect in cigar
Evening star., 1950-10-02
7 Youthful Fugitives
Kill Oregon Policeman
In Brief Terror Reiqn
by The Asseciuted Prs.s

HIILsBoRo. Greg, Oct. IA
brief period Of freedom for two
14-year-old reform school boys
brought death to q State police
man yesterday.
The two tough-talking youths
were captured after terrorizing a
northwest Oregon area.
Officer Dale Courtney, n, a
rookie In the State force, was
felled by a shotgun blast yester-
day in an abandoned farmhouse
where the youths were hiding.
Held In the staying and lesser
crimes before and after the on
GERS death are Henry Thomas
O'Day, Portland, and John Wilson,
Newberg. They fed from the State
Training School. at Woodburn
Saturday evening. :
Admits Shooting.
State police Sergt. ia m e S
Maulding said O'Day had ad-
mitted pulling the trigger of the
shotgun. He said formal charges
awaited action of the Washington
county district attorney.
The Sergeant said the blast also
peppered Fred Plieth. He had
alerted police and accompanied
Courtney to the small house near
his Tigard farm.
Sergt. Maulding said this was
what then happened:
The boys fed in a car after
taking Courtney's revolver and
wallet. They aroused sleeping
housewife and demanded keys to
her Buick. Eluding a widening
police net. the boys robbed q serv-
ice station and later shot at O
motorist before being captured.
The motorist, Cecil Chambers,
had yelled ut the boys when they
took license plates from his car
near the coast. They fired Court
ney's gun, one. bullet piercing
Chambers coat sleeve. He tried
to argue the boys into giving up
their guns. They refused, but
agreed to drive ahead of Cham
bers 10 State police at Tillamook
and surrender. En- route, they
sped away from Chambers and
wrecked the stolen Buick.
Surrender Calmly.
Sergt. Maulding said both boys
calmly came out Of the woods
near Blaine when called by on
GERS w. A. Ummel and r. E.
Green.
The housewife, Mrs. Lee Rob-
erts. said the boys had a revolver
and q shotgun aimed at her door
as she opened 1t. I'VE just killed q
cop and are not afraid" she
quoted one as saying. The service
station owner. Les Howell. said
one pulled a gun and ordered.
you get in the house or I'll
shoot you In the back"
Wilson had fed the school last
April and was captured in El
Cajon, Calf. ODay was commit
ted September 9 on q car theft
conviction.
Evening star., 1950-10-02
FomiIy Of Four Killed
In Louisiunu Auto Fire
By shs Asssciaisd Press

THIBODAUX, La. Oct. IA
family Of four died yesterday
when their automobile tipped
over twice, landed In q canal and
caught fire.
Chief Deputy Sheriff Ed Ste.
Marie said the car settled in about
s feet OF water. Part Of the We
hicle remained above water,
caught fire and burned to the
waters edge.
He listed the dead as Thomas
G.. Bigelow, 50. structural iron
contractor: his wife, IS. and their
daughters, Toleda. 36, and Mil
dred. 25. All were from Miami,
Fla.
Evening star., 1950-10-02
Texans Park Free, Leave With NickIes From Meters

Three uninhibited Texans who
don't like parking meters took
advantage of q free-parking Sun
day and made off with all the
nickels and the containers in
three Of them.
A passerby who failed to see the
Evening star., 1950-10-02

|humor Of 1t notified police, but
not in time to stop the 1949 green
Buick heading west on Constitu-
ton avenue.
They left three empty meters
behind them near Sixth street
and Pennsylvania avenue NV,
Evening star., 1950-10-02

DADDYS LITTLE GIRL-Stan Sergt. G. S. Sours jr, goes
marching of to active duty while daughter cng
on for last farewell This Associated photo selected
rs one OF the best pictures Of the for the 1851
edition OF United States Camera Other photos appear
the publications. forthcoming yearbook will previewed
the issue of This Week Star
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-06-20
Vets In Session

The 52nd annual encampment of
Ohio veterans of the Spanish
American Was was under way in.
the Neil Hous Columbus, Monday
and approximately 500 are expect
ed to attend sessions to extend
through Wednesday.
Registration opened Sundayand
the highlightof the day was a
memorial service conducted by the
Rev. Raymond L. Bailey, pastor of
the First Baptist Church. Also
taking part in the services were
Department Commander Hugh F.
Fiebigand Department President
Elsie McCracken, both of Cleve-
land
The annual encampment will
include members of the veterans
auxiliaries. Among visitors will
be National Commander Henry
W. Hunt, Connecticut, and Ma
tional President Grace Alexander
of Arizona.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-06-20
Cardinal Tryout
Camp June 26-27

The st. Louis Cn~,linal trvout
camp to be l.e.d at Red Bird Stad-
ium in Columbus on June 26, 27
and % will be supervised by a
hand-picked crew in Rollie Hem
sley, Manager of the Columbus
Red Birds, and veteran Red Bird
Scouts Buddy Lewis, Bob Kline
and George Sisler, Jr
Lewis has been in professional
baseball since 1924, when he sign
ed with Hattiesburg, Miss. of the
Cotton State League. A former
catcher, Buddy played with the
st. Louis Cardinals in 1888, un-
der managers Gabby Street and
Krankie Frisch. He also played
with several AAA clubs.
George Sisler, Jr., son of the
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-06-20
Keep Town Clean
Brdithwaite Urqes

Urging cooperation of West JEFF
ferson residents Mayor Homer
Braithwaite issued the following
statement Monday:
The street department has about
finished going over the alleys in
, general clean up. If any places
have been missed see the street
man or call mayors office.
please do not throw rubbish
or other refuge in the alleys. Put
it in pile where it can be reached
by truck. Put cans and bottles in
barrel. When full it will be
semptied and hauled away at no
cost to you. Lets cooperate and
keep our alleys and property
clean"