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Evening star., 1950-01-16
Track Consolidation
|Rumored in Florida,
With Tropical 10 Go
By the Associated Press

MIAMI, Fla, Jan. 16.-Rumor!
of race track consolidation were
rife today as Tropical Park ends
the first third of Florida's 100.
day season and Hialeah prepared
to open.
Tropical's racing director, Geralc
Brady, said he knew nothing of the
reported sale of the Bird Roac
oval west of Coral Gables anc
others were equally mum.
But the rumor persisted, as il
has for some time, that Tropica
has been or is in the process o1
being sold. One report has Hialeal
and Gulfstream-the other two
horse tracks in the Greater Miam
area-buying Tropical and using
it as a training ground.
Hialeah annually houses about
LOO horses and Gulfstream about
900. Tropical very we'll could re.
lieve the crowded condition ano
serve as training track.
Hialeah officials were noncom-
initial. So was James Dom, presi-
dent of Gulfstream.
"Gulfstream Park as a corpor-
alton and James Dom as an indi-
vidual have made no commitments
for the purchase of Tropical Park
he said. II admit it would be a
nice thing to do, but I have not
affixed my signature to any con-
tract as yet What Hialeah is do
ing, I don't know"
Dom insisted he had made nc
agreement to buy Tropical Park
but added:
IT can't tell what will happen
next week"
Henry L. Straus, former presi-
dent of Tropical. was killed in q
plane crash last August and it is
reported his widow is not inter-
ested in racing.
One report said the sale. if il
materializes, will not go through
until arrival of Herbert Bayaro
Swope. a Tropical Park director
who is expected here shortly.
Tropical Park closes a 41-day
meeting today with wagering ano
attendance not too far behind last
season. Last year Tropical op-
Grated 40 days and drew 341,74e
customers who wagered $18, ,682 ,943
This year attendance totaled 332,-
l83 and betting hit $17,265, 1853
with one day to go.
Hialeah opens a 40-day meeting
tomorrow, with a starting field OF
10 or more expected in the $7,5OC
Inaugural Handicap. A doubtful,
starter is Calumet Farms cham
pion mare Bewitch, top-weighted
at 124 pounds for the 6 furlone
feature.
Evening star., 1950-01-16
Pep Defends Feather
Crown Against Riley
In ST. Louis Tonight
BY the Associated Press

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 16.-Charley
Riley, battling young ST. Louis
Negro, will attempt to lift the
featherweight crown from the
swarthy brow of champion Willie
Pep of Hartford, Conn, in a
scheduled 15-round bout at the
Kiel Auditorium tonight.
1t will be this city's first cham
pionship exhibition since Joe Louis
scored a ninth-round TKO over
Tony Music in 1941.
Bookmakers do not give the st.
Louis challenger much chance.
They have made Pep the favorits
at / to AZ. Odds on Riley have
been quoted at 312 to 1.
Twice Whipped Terranova.
But to Riley, it means dream
come true. For several years,
particularly after he scored two
technical knockouts over Phil
Terranova, he has been clamoring
for a shot at the title. Now he
gets his chance against one of the
cleverest boxers ever to wear the
crown.
Riley. a Golden Gloves cham-
pion in 1912, turned pro in 1914
and most Of his fights have been
before his home town fans. He
has scored 26 knockouts in SIS
fights.
Pep won the 126-pound title
from Chalky Wright in 1912 and
has held it ever since except for
a brief time in 1948 when he was
stopped by Sandy Saddler, New
York Negro. in four rounds. He
regained the title from Saddler
early last year. He has been de.
feated only twice and battled to
one draw in LA pro contests.
Pep will have a two inch height
advantage over the foot, 2 inch
ST. Louisian. Pep is q, Riley 26.
Neither anticipated any difficulty
in meeting the 126-pound weight
requirement.
odec WAY Sct RECORD.
Both men reported they are in
tiptop condition after a month
OF hard work. They finished their
training sessions Saturday with
sparring sessions at the st. Louis
gymnasium.
Interest in the fight has caused
the promoters to hope for a new
st. Louis record for receipts. The
old record stands at $52,592, set
by the Louis-Musto go.
The bout is scheduled to start
about 1890 (EST). There will be
no broadcast.
Under the terms of their con-
tract, Pep is to receive so per cent
of the net gate receipts after taxes
while Riley as challenger will
have to be content with 10 per
cent,
Evening star., 1950-01-16
BY the Associated Press

PEBBLE BEACH, Calf, Jan
16.-Bing Crosby's personal gol1
tournament. the one for which he
puts up all the money and has as
much fun as any, was one of the
most unusual in it's nine-year his
tory.
The 54-hole invitational affair
which the professionals and anna
teurs fight to get into, ended yes
terday in a four-way tie for first
place among the pros. There
will be no playoff. They split the
money for the first four places
equally.
Among the pros, Sam Snead
National PGA champion, putted
himself out of undisputed first
place by missing an eight-foote1
on the final green. His 214 fol
the three rounds was equalled by
Dave Douglas, Wilmington, Del. !;
Jackie Burke, jr., White Plains
N. Y, and Smiley Quick. Culver
City, Calf.
The quartet each pocketed
$1,237.50. Douglas grabbed an
extra $500 for finishing third with
Johnny Weissmuller, the Holly
wood TarZan, in the pro-amateur
with best ball of 202.
Pro-Am Is Deadlocked.
In the pro-amateur competition
there was two-way deadlock fol
top money. Amateur Bud Moe OF
Spokane, Wash, and Pro Ralph
Blomquist of Glendale. Calf, tieo
Don Edwards, San Jose, Calf.
and Marty Furgol, Albuquerque
with best ball scores of 2o1 fol
the three rounds.
In the passing golf parade wa.
one whose position far from the
lead was strange to the gallery
of thousands. He was little Ber
Hogan. former triple champion
National Open. PGA and Western
Open-who is fighting his way
back after a near-fatal auto acci.
dent II months ago. .,
Hogan's dramatic comeback il
the Los Angeles Open last week
when he tied for first place with
Snead, was still fresh in the mind
of the onlookers who saw hin
trudging soggy fairways here
Hogan will meet Snead in tn,
playoff Wednesday in Los An
geles. But he was only an alst
ran in the classic Bing Crosb,
scramble.
Hogan couldn't conquer cold
rainy weather and three tough
Evening star., 1950-01-16
Caps Must Stop More
Than Mikan 10 Beat
lakers First Time

Holding down the wild-scoring
hand of 6-foot 10-inch George
Mikan will be only one of the jobs
confronting the Washington Caps
Wednesday night when they tan
gle with the Minneapolis Lakers
at Uline Arena.
In a preliminary, members of
the press will clash with radio
television announcers. This game,
starting at 7:25 o'clock, will be
played in 6-minute periods.
If the Caps beat the Lakers it
will be for the first time in four
National Basketball Association
games this season and will put
the Caps over the 500 mark for
the first time since early season.
To accomplish the task, the
Caps not only will have to hand
cuff Fabulous George" who has
been putting them in at an aver
age of 28.3 points a game. Jim
Pollard, Herman Schaefer and
Vern Mikkelsen also bear watch
ing.
Mikan can connect with a bas-
ketful Of points and if his team
mates are just standing around
goggle-eyed, the Lakers can lose.
That was proved Saturday night
when the bespectacled giant
scored 81 for an NBA record while
his team was dropping an 83-77
decision to Rochester.
Last night, however, Mikan had
help, and this time the Lakers
beat the Royals, 85-73. George
got "only' 25 points, but Mikkel-
sen Clipped in with Is and Pol
lard connected for is.
The victory lifted the Lakers
to within 10 percentage points OF
Rochester, the Central Division
leader.
The Syracuse Nationals kept
their home-court record clean
and their all-winning record
against the Indianapolis Olym-
plans intact with an $3.50 vic
tory. 1t marked the third time
the Mats have whipped the Olym-
plans in as many games and the
17th straight victory for Syracuse
on its home court. Alex Groza of
the Olympians was high scorer
with "a points.
The Tri-City Blackhawks won
their fourth straight game with
an 84-80 victory over Waterloo,
while in other games Sheboygan
beat Anderson, 81-76; st. Louis
outlasted Denver, 1888, and Fort
Wayne slapped down Phila-
delphia, 81-67. Joe Fulks got Is
points for the Warriors.
Evening star., 1950-01-16
Barry, 7wo-Mie Winner Here,
To Meet Wilt at Mile Frjd0v

John Joe Barry, winner of the
"short" two-mile in Saturdays
Evening Star Games at the Arm
ory, will drop back to the mile in
his second American start Friday
night In the Inquirer games in
Philadelphia.
Barry resorted to a tremendous
stretch kick to pass Horace Ash
enfelter at the tape, but when
asked why he delayed his bid he
said, There wasn't any hurry,
you know. I was sure I could win
it aI the time"
1t was estimated that Barry's
time for the full two miles would
have been about 9:15. AS it was.
his time was 8:27:4 for the dis
tance, which was abbreviated due
to an error in measurement. The
visitor from Ireland said he was
not In top condition yet. Out-of-
town track writer's here for the
meet are waiting more evidence
before passing judgment.
Runs Against Wilt.
In the Inquirer Mile Barry will
meet Fred wilt, who won the Met
ropolitan A. A. u. Mile. Saturday
night in New York in 4:16.6, with
out serious opposition. Others in
the mile field will be John Twomey,
ALI Holmberg, Browning Ross and
Jerry Karver.
Don Gehrmann, the Nations
top miller of 1949 and winner of
the Star Mile, returned to the
University of Wisconsin and will
not be back East until the Millrose
games in New York January 28.
Gehrmann, timed at 4:01.6 on the
track that measured SO yards and
one foot less than a mile, would
have run about a All mile. He
said he thought he had run a fast
race.
Dorsey Griffith, director of the
meet, who re-measured the track
at the Armory early Sunday, ex-
planned how the mistake was
made.
Last Thursday, Griffith and sew
eral assistants started measuring
the track with a 75-foot steel
measuring tape. On the straight
away, they measured As feet and
marked spot for the first hurdle.
Then 30 feet and another hurdle.
Evening star., 1950-01-16

then the tape would roll back or
the reel.
After placing the hurdles they
measured out the 10. 80 and 100
yard dash finish lines, but as they
measured, the most tape they re-
quired was so feet.
It was in measuring the straight
away that the error occurred. Un-
known to Griffith, the steel tape
previously had been broken and
repaired. It snapped at the 81 feet
2 inches mark but when it was
repaired, 6 feet were left out
Thus the next figure was 68 feet
3 inches.
The first indication that the
track was short came after Wash
ington College won the Mason
Dixon Conference mile in 1922. As
track coach at Catholic University
Griffith knew there wasn't q
Mason-Dixon team capable oil
running 3:22 mile. The officials
figured the error was in timing
and adjusted the time to 3:42.
The next event that required
more than 100 yards was the AAU
Open 880-yard run. When the
time for this event obviously was
too good to be true, Griffith made
a mad dash for the tape and dis.
covered the error.
Dash Records Stand.
Instead Of the 220-yard, eight.
laps-to-the-mile oval, the laps
actually measured 202.3 yards. The
starting point in the mile which
Gehrmann won was pushed back
one-third of a lap, in an effort tc
compensate for the error, but de-
spite the added distance the mile
still was SO yards and / foot short
AS the tape never was stretched
more than so feet in measuring
the straightaway. the 100 yards
were measured correctly. Thus
Henry Thresher's meet record
times in the 10 and 80 yard
dashes will stand.
The short mile incident was not
the first, according to the coaches
who consoled Griffith. Once q spe.
cial track was built for the IC4A
games, but as the meet progressed
the times obviously were off and II
twas discovered the track was
measured incorrectly. r
Evening star., 1950-01-16
Hart Again Honorsd

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. Is (P.-
Leon Hart, Notre DANES ALL
America end, will receive the
Philadelphia Sports Writers AS
sociation "lineman of the year"
award at its 46th annual banquet
on January 80. The association
announced yesterday that Hart
received 81 of the 81 votes cast
in its annual poll among the Ma
tion's college football coaches,
Evening star., 1950-01-16
Mosconi to Meet Ponzi
In l ,5O0-Point Match
By the Assoeiofed Press

bY rne NsSoeIored FTesS
CHICAGO, Jan. 16.-Former
World Champions Willie Mos
conf of Darlington, N. j., and An
drew Ponzi of Philadelphia will
begin a 1,500-point pocket bill
lizards match here today.
The six-day match will extend
through a dozen 125-point blocks.
Mosconi held the world title four
times and Ponzi three.
Evening star., 1950-01-16
Dorden Regrets Rejection
OF Training Table Proposal

RICHMOND. Va, Jan. 16 (R.-
The University of Virginia and
Virginia Tech could have COM
piled with the NCAA sanity code
if the training table proposal had
passed, according to the presi-
dents of the two institutions
which survived Saturdays New
York showdown.
1--WE were hopeful the training
table measure would pass" Col
gate w. Darden, jr., University of
Virginia president, said after re-
turning from New York, where
his school was one of seven which
NCAA members declined to expel
for allegedly violating the sanity
code.
And DR.. Walter s. Newman of
". p. l., another violator, COM
mented that II did not say this in
New York because did not want
to cloud the issue; but had the
training table measure passed,
believe we could have complied
with the CODE"
Darden said the support of the
three Southern conferences and
a number of Catholic schools was
responsible for the violators' vic
tory. He added that Virginia in
the near future may reconsider
Joining the Southern Conference.
The next move at Virginia Tech
in regard to future steps to take
about subsidization and what rec
concentrations to make to an
NCAA committee studying the
sanity code problem probably will
come only after q discussion by
school officials, DR.. Newman said.
Evening star., 1950-01-16
Amateur Baseball Meet
Comes to Capital Again
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 16.-The ALI
America Amateur Baseball Asso-
|clation again will hold it's annual
unlimited tournament in Wash
ington. D. c., 1t was decided at
yesterdays annual meeting.
The association accepted an in
vitation from Washington's Junior
Chamber Of Commerce to hold the
tourney in the Capital. The junior
tournament will be held again in
lJohnstown, Pa.
Evening star., 1950-01-16

The rest of the weeks schedule:
Tomorrow-William and Mary at v. M
l.; Virginia Tech at w. and L.
Mednesday--The Citadel at Clemson.
Thursday-The Citadel at Furman.
Frlday-W. and M. VS.. Hampden-Sydney
at Richmond
- Saturday Maryland at w. and M,
virginia Tech at v. M; l., George Wash
del Roanoke Rebels at w. and L. =
Evening star., 1950-01-16
G.W.'s ,With73OPoints
Tops Southern's Scorinq Race

"A; George Washington 72, Mary
land 81; North Carolina 66, Miami
(Flao 81; Kanes Rebels 72, Wash
ington and Lee So; Paris Island
Marines 64, The Citadel SIS. and
Clemson 88, Davidson 81 double
overtime).
Leading scorers conference
Evening star., 1950-01-16

Nus MIN, ne nShes or plays golf. There's no
interference from the alumni, and the head
master is his only boss.
That's why Curran has remained at the
Pennsylvania school, passing up hundreds of
offers that called for more money and pies
tige. He has developed more national cham
pionship teams than he can remember. ]. E.
Ted) Meredith, Olympic teammate of Jim
Thorpe and the first schoolboy to make the
United States Olympic team, and Penn's great
Barney Berlinger, the 1923 Sullivan. Award
winner, first ran under Curran at Mercersburg.
Several weeks ago Curran wrote Dorsey
Evening star., 1950-01-16
VIM Lose, or Draw
By MERRELL WHITTLEsEY
Another Track Champion at Mercersburo

For 4O years Jim Curran agile yearod Scots
man. has seen to it that Merceburg Academy to schooboy
track what Nore Dame college football But there's no
Evening star., 1950-01-16
Pro Basketball

Fort wayne. 81; Philadelphia, 81.
Minneapolis, So; Rochester, 73.
st. Louis. 80; Denver, SO.
Syracuse, 81; Indianapolis, SO.
Tri-City. S4 Waterloo. 80 (afternoon).
Sheboygan, 81; Anderson, 76.
Schedule Tonight.
Denver at Anderson.
st. Louis at CHICAGO
Sheboygan VS.. Philadelphia at Chicago
Evening star., 1950-05-21
Building Design Winners
Announced af.Home Show

Winners in the home builders
design competition were an
nounced at the Home Show at the
Armory last night. The show ends
tonight.
John Komsa. jr., Of Central
High School. submitted a model
house which was first in the pop
ular balloting and third in the
jury awards. He will get $l0O
and a $40 set of mechanical draft
ing tools.
Plans submitted by Norman B.
Jettmar of Calvin Coolidge High
School took first place in the jury
awards. He will get a $75 set of
mechanical drafting tools. James
T. Alvey of Western High School
took first place in popular ballot
ing with his set of plans. He
will get $100. James A. Watts
of Phelps Vocational High School
took first place in the jury awards
for his model house. He will get
a $75 mechanical drafting set.
Evening star., 1950-05-21
State Senator Davis
Enters Governor Race

A Republican primary contest
over the nomination for Governor
of Maryland was assured yester-
day.
State Senator Roy Tasco Davis
of Montgomery County, announced
he would seek the party nomina-
ton at the polls in September
Previously, D. John Markey of
Frederick County, tossed his hat
into the ring. Mr.. Markey almost
defeated Herbert r. O'Connor,
Democrat, for the United States
Senate two years ago.
Senator Davis, 81, is an educator
and former ambassador to Gen.
tral American countries.
Evening star., 1950-05-21
VFW 10 Honor 5 Officials
Al Rehabilitation Dinner

Five staff members of the Ma
tional Rehabilitation Service OF
the Veterans of Foreign Wars will
be honored at 7 pm. tomorrow
at a Hotel Statler banquet mark
ing the start of a week long OBJ
servance of the rehabilitation
services 25th anniversary.
Those to be honored are
Charles E. Weickhardt, 1898
Forty fifth place Sc, discharge
review officer; Elmer P. Richter,
1926 Adams Mill road NV, chief
of claims; William I. Snyder, 427
Emerson street NV, appeals con-
sultant; DR.. H. c. Kincaid, 1641
Harvard street NV. medical con-
sultant, and Fred Beard, Detroit,
Mich, field director, Region II.
Among the guests expected at
the banquet are Gen. Carl r.
Gray. jr., administrator of Vet
erans' Affairs; Clyde A. Lewis,
VFW commander in chief, and
George E. Ijams. national director
of the rehabilitation service.
Evening star., 1950-05-21
Joe Louis Former Wife
WEEDS Chicago Physician
BY the Associated Press

CHICAGO. May 20. Marvs
Trotter Louis, ex-wife of retired
Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis
and DR.. Albert Lee Spaulding, 8
Chicago physician, were married
tonight.
Mrs. Louis, "a, is a fashion ex-
pert. DR.. Spaulding specializes ir
internal medicine and is on the
staff Of Provident Hospital.
The Chicago Herald-Americar
said their romance began some
months ago. and quoted Mrs. Loui.
as saying: I'm really in love"
She and Louis married in 1885
She first sued for divorce in 1941
but a reconciliation followed. They
were divorced in 1945 but re-
married the following year. Mrs
Louis obtained her second divorce
in Mexico in February, 1949.
The Louis have two children
Jacqueline, 7, and Joe, jr., 3.
The wedding tonight took place
in the home of Mrs. Louis friends
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Thornton
Louis has returned to New York
after South American exhibition
tour.
DR.. Spalding' is a graduate of
Howard University, Washington
D. C., and the McHarry Medical
School, Nashville, Tenn.
Evening star., 1950-05-21
Howard Sorority 10 Hold
Reception This Evening

The Howard University chapter
of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority
will hold a reception at Truth
Hall on the campus at 6 o'clock
this evening to honor seven of its
alumnae members.
Those being honored are Mrs
Muriel M. Alexander, principal o1
the Miller Junior High School;
Mrs. Thelma j. Bryant. principa.
of the Burrville Elementary
School; DR.. Dorothy Boulding
Ferebee, president of the Nat
tional Council of Negro Women;
Mrs. Eunice Matthews, teacher al
the Garrison Elementary School;
DR.. Gladys T. Peterson, admins
tratiye assistant to DR.. Garnet c.
Wilkinson, first assistant school
superintendent; DR.. Merze Tate
history professor at Howard Uni
versity and Vivian McBrier, music
instructor at Miner Teachers
College.
Evening star., 1950-05-21
vs. Are Told 10 Study
Their Racial Policies
BY the Associated Press

BUFFALO. N. Y, May 20.-The
National Council of the Young
Mems Christian Association today
urged YMCAs throughout the Ma
tion to examine their own prac-
tices with regard to racial re-
lationships.
The action was taken in a reso-
luton indorsing a National YMCA
Study Commission on Interracial
Policies.
Local Us were advised to "recog-
nize and respect merit and COM
petence in service and leadership
wherever found and to demon
strate by policy and practice our
basic belief in the inalienable
right and privilege of all persons
to full citizenship and to un-
restricted fellowship in our move
ment."
A second resolution confirmed
establishment of the Associated
Services for the Armed Forces,
Inc, by the YMCA with the Ma
tional Catholic Community Serv-
ice and the National Jewish We'll
fare Board.
The ASAF, designed to succeed
the defunct USO, will have its
headquarters at YMCA national
Offices in New York City.
Evening star., 1950-05-21
River Pilot of Sunken Tue
Found But 5 Are Missino
BY the Associated Press

MELVILLE, La, May 20.-One
OF six crewmen missing and pre-
sumed drowned when the tugboat
James Smith sank in the Atcha-
/ falaya River was found alive
today.
He is Lennis Verret, river pilot
from New Orleans.
The 100-foot-long boat sank in
100 feet of water last midnight
when it rammed bridge support
Five crewmen jumped overheard
and were rescued Immediately.
1t was feared the remaining six
below deck at the time-had
perished.
But just before noon, a patrol
ing party found Mr.. Verret, ex-
hausted and slightly injured
making his way along the river
bank with a fisherman. He said
he swan and f1oated four hours
before it became light enough to
head for shore.
He knew nothing of the fate of
the five missing men. They were
Floyd L. Ashley and Harold Lynch,
New Orleans; Timothy Cushing
Gretna, La; Russell Randolph,
Paducah, KY, and Capt. w. r.
Weldon, st. Louis, Mo.
Evening star., 1950-05-21
Dutch Orchestra Calls Off
Tour After Contract Dispute

A famous Dutch symphony
orchestra has cancelled an Ameri-
can goodwill tour scheduled for
next fall in 6 contract dispute
with the American concert man
.agement, 1t was revealed yester-
day.
The orchestra is the Amsterdam
Concertgebouw. It was to have
played here October /.
One issue in the dispute was
said to involve exclusion of several
musicians from this country. The
Netherlands Embassy here last
night said two or three" players
had been found by the American
consul in Amsterdam to be "se-
icurity risks"
The cancellation was announced
in New York by National Concert
and Artists Corp, which said the
Dutch orchestra had made 'im-
possible demands"
NCAC had booked the orchestra
in l8 American cities and two in
Canada. The Netherlands gov
eminent had promised free trans
portation from Holland.
The question of exclusion OF
players, NCAC's announcement
said, arose when the orchestra
demanded 'that if for one reason
or another American visas would
not be forthcoming for two or
more members of the orchestra
the tour would be automatically
cancelled"
The only grounds that NCAC
knew Of in which the United
States Government would refuse
visas" stated the NCAC announce
ment, would be contagious di-
sease, moral turpitude, or COM
munism. NCAC could not have