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Evening star., 1950-02-12
Three Of Four From D. {.
Beaten in Squash Tourney
SpeeiuI Dispaieh TO The Sior

NEW YORK, Feb. 11.-W. Joe.
Mallory of the University Club was
the sole survivor of four Wash
tngton entries in the National
squash championships now being
held here.
Mallory, entered in the veterans
over As years old singles cham
pionships, upset A. H. Barber o1
New York today after a hard FIVE
game tussle, Ais, 1916, 10-15
1874, 1915.
Both District entries in the
national singles championships
Col. Nick Powell, USAF, and Frank
Pace, jr., were defeated in straight
games. Col. Powell, 1949 District
champion, bowed to Charles Pier.
son of Princeton, 1875, 15-11, 18-
13, while Pace, Director of the
Budget, lost to Brian C. Phillips
Of Kent, England, open champion
Of Great Britain, 15-11, 1912
1910.
The other entry in the veterans
singles, DR.. Louis F. Woodruff
lost In four games to Wakemar
Of Boston.
The tournaments will hold their
final round matches Monday.
Evening star., 1950-02-12
By Lewis F. Atchison

A broadslde Of right-hand shots
that ended two bouts on technical
knockouts and swept the rest of
the card gave Catholic Univer-
sity's boxing team an 80 victory
over City College of New York
last night before 1000 fans at
Brookland. The Lavender" for
feited in the 130-pound class.
The New Workers caught the
Cardinals far from their peak.
and despite the lopsided score
gave them good arguments in
several classes.
The TKO's were credited to
Tommy Cronin. GUS 125-pound
Eastern intercollegiate champion,
and Dick Trumper. 145-pounder.
Cronin had his opponent, Roger
Dorian, groggy and virtually out
on his feet when the match was
stopped 80 seconds from the end.
Trumper got as good as he gave
in his bout with Marvin Zentner
before planting an explosive right
on zentner's chin in the second
round. The City College repre-
sentative was helpless when Ref
cree Charley Reynolds halted the
fight.
Maher Extends Streak.
Bill Maher extended his win
ming streak to nine in a row in
his middleweight scrap with Herb
Johnson
Evening star., 1950-02-12
Betty Roland Sets
JCC Tank Record

| Betty Roland of Takoma Park
set new tank record and D. c.
AAU mark for '20-yard pool in
the women's 100-yard breaststroke
in a swimming meet at the jew
ish Community Center last night.
Miss Roland swan the 100 in
l:201. Peggy Morris and Mary
Neate. also of Takoma Park,
tra'sed her.
Mems 4o--ysrd freestyle-Tindal (Am-
bssssdora; pecostao !1Ambasssdo5'' EpIins
Women's 4o-yard Tree freestyie1Bsrbara yH sGbtI3
Hobelman tunattached). Diane Wilson,
ssAmbassadorl y assa Roberta Ashburner Am
Mems ioo-yard Observation-Disclosures &c.
u, Brown (AmbassadoD, Wier Takoma);
Women's 1oo-yard breaststroke-Betty
Roland lTakomal. Peggy Morris, Takoma' ,
and D. 6: AAU record for so-yard tank.
sador), Pekin (Ambassador), Babb and
Gisdious tsoth Ambassador, tie: :24.4.
Girls 40-yaTd freestyle--Kirschner.
ENeitzey, Campus School. :s7.e tank rec
orr fo- girls L. and underl
Mems 10o-ysrd freestyie-Fleming
lAmpassador), Enlng, Moody (Ambassa-
womens so 1oo.yard freestyle-Ellen
! cosr,i no Ambassador), Ashburner, Wilson,
A:n's 1oo-yard backstroke: Tunis Gam.
bassadorl, Fleming, Weir. 1886
ningeg' Hasserty, Morris tall TakomD.
Evening star., 1950-02-12
Shires Convicted Of Assault
In Fatal Fight, Fined SIS
BY the Associated Press

DALLAS, Feb. 11.-A jury to-
day found Art (The Great) Shires,
former big league baseball star,
guilty of simple assault and fined
him $25.
Shires had been charged with
aggravated assault on w. H. tHD
Erwin. former baseball umpire
Erwin died nine weeks after a
fight with Shires on October 3,
1948.
Shires was charged with mur-
der shortly after Erwin died. The
grand jury reduced the charge to
aggravated assault.
Shires testified yesterday that
he and Erwin joked about the
fight the day after 1t occurred.
Il went out to see Hi at his
cleaning shop the next day."
Shires testified. I'VE kidded each
other about our black eyes. He
told me that if he hadn't been
drunk the fight never would have
happen@I."
Evening star., 1950-02-12
rack
Continued From Page B-1.)

des of Penn State by a step to win
the 60-yard high hurdles in 7.3
seconds.
| Hugh Maiocco of N. Y. U.
whipped into the lead at the start
of the 500-yard run and won cas-
lily in SIT seconds.
George Guida of VilIanova, who
set the world record Of $50 Sec
onds in this same event last year,
finished a poor last.
Half MILE. Roscoe Browne, New York
Pioneer Club; 2. Robert Mealey. Cornell
HsnTH & 5ames yss 0DerhHsser Nay
shos put, james Fuchs. Yale: s.
feet feet ~ inches tbetters indoor record; /;
azs se naSk New = Sofs fset nshes get ssnls ss A
Efsak: @ yale; ss tsss; :; Hairy TsA, ASesltin' Sc
Pole vault, Robert Richards Glli-
nnoi nois A; e., IA feet; 2, Bob Smith (ssn
sso a%ong ssss Rsrren la ss 3 I'll
Kins {Yale,. and Arthur Sherman tRhode
Man s cass Armsna 1f faTe1 sSsR 1afasy
ton U. Time, 3:26.5.
60-yard dash. Ira Kaplan IN. Y. ";
Ben B9se nort 3
Lancaster penn statey. Time. 60. cTies
- 60-yard high hurdles. Craig Dixon
| lLos Angeles A. c.; 2, Jim Gehrdes Penn
Statel: 3, Bill Mitchell tGeorgetown): 4,
Jim Harrinston Manhattan, Time, 7.3,
John Joe Barry: Ireland; g. John Twomey.
Illinois 4; G.; I. Thomas uinn' New York
5o0-yard rum. Hugo Maiocco, NYU:
z Bob McFarlane. Western Ontario,
+ Jim eilhoOlsS' New York A. c. Time
Two-mile relay. Georgetown Pat
Lynch; David Boland. David Smith. Joe
AFny ST T@s Sy oH Fo4dhsm nsw 1885, Rss record old
creary, Peter simiasn, John Furiinser,
g sosson cshaa coieEe J. Holy eSrsss0"n cross Time; e.
Two mile rum. Fred wilt New
CATHOLIC h Club: 5. Horace een AshenfeIter, sae n
Penn A. C.; 4. Viljo Heino, Finland. Time
Mile relay. Penn State twilbert
Lancaster, 5aSc Guy Kay William Lockhart,
l. ION Navy. M'fale' fime s.2s. c0lsa'e' B. Yale;
Robert snable. Robert Apeiig. Sam Hoseip.
,. Army; 3. M. l. T., time. 3:23
High jump-1-2-3. Tie. Richard Lyster,
Temple; John vislock;; New York A. c.;
4 inches: 4 tie. Richard Phillips. brown:
| Arnold Webb, N. Y Pioneer Club Victor
| Fritts, Penn State; 8 feet 9 inches
Evening star., 1950-02-12
A. U. 10 Play LoyoIa,
Undefeated in Loon,
Here Saturday Night

The second meeting between
Georgetown and George Wash
ington, which also means another
scrap between the flashy fresh
man teams in preliminary, is
outstanding on a 15-game college
basketball card this week, with
10 of the games at home.
This weeks work all but winds
up the college cagers at home.
as most of the late February and
early March games are on the
road. including the Southern Con-
ference tournament at Durham
and the Mason-Dixon in Balti-
more, both March "a. After
this week American U. has two
home games, Catholic u, George
Washington and Maryland one
each.
Mythical Title at Stake.
The Hoyas and Colonials meet
Wednesday night at the Armory.
with the mythical city title more
or less at stake. If Georgetown
wins again, it will have to be
recognized despite its defeat by
Maryland. If George Washing
ton wins, it will take a mediation
board to decide who's on top, If
anybody.
The second most important
game of the week will be Satur-
day nights clash at American
University between the Eagles and
Loyola of Baltimore, undefeated
leader in the Mason-Dixon Con-
ference. If the Greyhounds,
champions the last three years,
beat A. U. again they will be
assured of the top seeded spot in
the MD Conference tournament.
Maryland to Be Busy.
Maryland, which shows up for
all its games but from that point
is completely unpredictable, will
be at home to South Carolina to-
morrow night, Virginia Tuesday
and Davidson Wednesday.
Catholic University, which must
sweep its last four games to earn
consideration for a Mason-Dixon
tournament berth. will have to
come up with a miracle to remain
In the running after tomorrow
night. The Cards meet Loyola in
Baltimore.
The weeks schedule:
MONDAY.
CATHOLIC o.. at Loyola Of Baltimore.
South Carolina at Maryland.
TUESDAY.
virginia at Maryland
WEDNESDAY.
Georsetown VS.. George Washington at
Armory.
Georsetown Frosh VS.. q. W. Frosh at
Armory.
Gettysburg at NAVY.
THURSDAY.
American q. at II. Of Baltimore.
Wilson Teachers at Richmond Pro. Inst
FRIDAY
Lynchburg VS.. Sallaudet at Eastern.
Alumni vs. Wilson Teachers.
SATURDAY.
Ioyola of Baltimore at American U.
George Washington at Duke.
Georgetown at GettSDurg.
Davidson at Maryland.
Brown at Navy.
Lynchburg at Catholic q.
Evening star., 1950-02-12
GULL Duckpin Meet
Ends Major Tourney
Season Here Today
By Ben McAIwee

Practically every leading woman
duckpin bowler of the East is
expected to be on the firing line
when the 17th annual Lorraine
GULL classic gets under way at 8
o'clock this afternoon at Lucky
Strike. The second five-game
block of the 10-game test is
scheduled at 1880 pm.
The GULL event is the final
major tournament of its kind for
women here this season.
Elizabeth (Toots) Barger OF
Baltimore, the country's No.
woman duckpinner, is defending
champion. She will be seeking
her third victory. having won the
first time in l947.
Maxine Allen of Durham, N. c.,
who is pressing Mrs. Barger for
the fourth straight year for top
national honors, will be aiming for
her first Gulli triumph. Miss
Allen won the United States
Women's Open here last month
A victory for Ethel Die of Balti-
more would help to put Mrs
Barger's title in jeopardy.
Miss Gulli, who is making her
strongest bid in several seasons
to regain the No. / title, also will
be out to land her first win since
the tournament was named fol
her by the late Lonnie Krauss in
1884.
Among the other Capital threats
will be Frances Wilson. 1948 win
ner; Bing Moen, 1914 victor, ano
Lucy Rose, who triumphed in 1912
Also on today's bowling program
will be the 18th annual Queen
Pin handicap and three full han
dicap affairs at Hi-Skor. Takoma
and Lafayette. All start at 2 pm
and run until closing time. The
winner at Queen Pin will receive
$100. while top prizes at Hi-Skor
Takoma and Lafayette will be $50.
Evening star., 1950-02-12
American U. Swimmers
Beat Rando|ph-Macon
speeioI pispoteh 10 The star

ASHLAND, Va, Feb. 11.-Amer-
lean University of Washington
scored SO to % victory over the
Randolph-Macon College SWIM
ming team here today.
The summaries:
300-yard medley relay--Won by Ogi-
llyie, Hsgan. Wilson, Randolph Macon
.20-yard freestyle: l, Bailey. A. u; .
Peters, a. o., 8, Middleton. Randolph.
40-yard freestyie: l., swindier. A. U; 2
sages, A. u; 3. Wilson, Randolph Macon
Time, 2:o4 seconds.
Diving: /, York Randolph Macon; 9
Krider, 4, y; 3, Stevenson, A. U. Winning
Ioo-yard freestyle: /, Bailey, A. u; !,
Hamel, 4; U.;;;; Edwards, Randolph
140.yard bacnstroke: /, Briggs, A, u;
.. osilivie, Randolph Macon; $. Goodsaid,
A. U. Time, 141.4
260-yard breaststrokc: /. Hagan, Ran
dolph. .Maeon; cornet A. o.; 9, Coul-
ter A. o.. Time, 2.45.
A40-ysrd freestyle: Il Faux, A. U: 2,
Bailey, A.; o.; B. Rowe Randolph-Macon
a20-yard freestyle relay: Won by A.. U
Virgins, Baughman. Peters, Sagesj. Time
Evening star., 1950-02-12

Pete and Hank Strong of
Washington, co-skippers of their
fathers yawl Pavana, will be in
the afterguard of Arnold Gays
sloop Delilah when a big fleet
starts the 184-mile Miami Nassau
race Tuesday.
The two Washington youths,
who do most of their racing out
of Gibson Island, will be taking
notes on ocean racing in general
and the behavior of the Gulf
Stream in particular.
Reason is they plan to race
Pavana in next June's Newport
Bermuda classic. This is the out
standing ocean race of the year.
Only other civilian-owned yacht
from the Bay area listed as
starter in the Bermuda race is
c. Porter Schutt's yawl Egret,
also of Gibson Island.
The Navy, on the other hand,
Is making plans to enter five of
its best yachts from the Naval
Academy. They include the
newly acquired Royono from the
Great Lakes and two veterans of
many thrash to the Onion
Patch. the sloop Highland Light
and ketch Vamarie.
A dinner and dance honoring
the men and women who have
successfully passed the Potomac
River Power Squadron's plotting
class this winter will be held
March at the National Airport
Terrace Room.
Squadron Commander Anton
Benesh reports certificates to the
graduates will be given out start
ing at $50 pm. that night. Dane
ing to the squadron's own orches-
ira will follow.
Committees for the year will be
announced at a meeting of Capt.
tai Yacht Club members Tuesday
night at their clubhouse, 1920
Maine avenue S.W. Commodore
Allan Carney will preside.
With spring-like weather turn.
Evening star., 1950-02-12

himself as one of the Nations TOP
two-milers here tonight by going
the distance in 9 minutes. 6.s
seconds, the fastest indoor two
mile ever run on a cinder track.
McEwan broke the Ralph
Schwarzkopf in 1910. It was only
the third indoor collegiate per-
formance for McEwen.
Don Gehrmann, Wisconsin's ace
miller, scored an easy victory in
his speciality. which, had beer
billed as the feature of the
Michigan Wisconsin dual meet
Gehrmann's time was 4:18.5.
Evening star., 1950-02-12
Losers Score All Goals

KIRKCALDY, Scotland, Feb. II
R.-The Raith Royers didn't
score goal today but they still
defeated Clyde, 80, in a Scottish
Cup soccer game. All three Raith
goals were scored by Clyde play
ers who kicked the ball into their
own goal net.
Evening star., 1950-02-12

when it led 47-44 and Scar
borough drew two foul shots an
Crowder one. but the Blue Devils
missed all three. 'Cerra brought
the Colonials within a point with
two fouls, and Bud Goglin put
them ahead on hook shot, at
48-47. Scarborough gave Duke a
49-43 lead with 80 seconds to
play before Moffatt scored his
tying foul.
Evening star., 1950-02-12
N. 6. State Swimmers
Defeat 6. w, Alba

North Carolina States SWIM
ming team defeated George Wash
ington University, Al to "a, in the
YMCA pool yesterday.
The match was hard fought and
went into the last event, the 400
meter relay, with the two teams
even at "a points each. State took
this event to go seven points up.
Evening star., 1950-02-12

The first overtime period was
a carefully played five minutes
with Mofat's field goal and foul
shots by Cerra and McNiff the
only G. w. scoring. McNiff made
one out of two to tie it up with
20 seconds to play. Dave Scarbor-
ough's one-hander and a follow
by Dayton Allen, his only basket
of the night, constituted Dukes
scoring.
Moffatt drew two foul shots
with 20 seconds to play in the
regulation game and his team
trailing by point. He missed the
first but made the second before
a hushed audience to tie it up.
Duke had its best chance
Evening star., 1950-02-12
Knicks Defeat Staes
In Comeback After
Closes in 8 Games
By the A,soe;otsd Press

NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-THE New
York Knickerbockers, losers in six
of their previous eight starts
snapped back at Madison Square
Garden today to defeat the Chica-
go Stays. 85-75, In National
Basketball Association game be-
fore a crowd of $500.
The KnickS enjoyed margins oil
21-17 at the first quarter buzzer
1910 at the half, and 66-58 at the
third quarter before going on tt
win by 10.
Evening star., 1950-02-12
Wisconsin Is Winner

CHICAGO, Feb. II. R.-Bis
Don Rehfeldt's 35 points. 81 COM
ing in the first half. swept Wis
consin to a $3.50 win over North
western and kept the Badgers in
the Big Ten basketball race before
a capacity $4,000 at the Chicago
Stadium tonight.
Evening star., 1950-02-12
Generals Defect Viroinio

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Feb.
IL (Rl. Washington and Lees
Generals, behind a 27-point per-
formance by Forward Jay Hand
land, defeated the University OF
Virginia, 68-62. tonight.
Evening star., 1950-02-12
Baltimore U. Defects
GoIIoudet Five, 1879.
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Feb. 11.-Gallau-
det's winless basketball team lost
it's 18th straight Mason Dixon
Conference game tonight, bowling
to Baltimore u, 73 10 90.
The host team outscored. the
visitors by exactly % points in
each half.
1t was the fifth conference VIC
tory against seven defeats for
Baltimore u.
Evening star., 1950-02-12
pistons Beot Royals, Score
81 Points in Last Quarter

ROCHESTER, N. Y, Feb. II
R.-Pouring in 80 points in the
last quarter. the Fort Wayne
Pistons upended the Rochester
Royals, 90 to "a, in a rugged Ma
tional Basketball Association
struggle here tonight.
The defeat was Rochester's first
in "a home starts, and dropped
the Royals two full games behind
the central divisions pacemaking
Minneapolis Lakers.
A total of 78 personal fouls, plus
one technical, were called.
Evening star., 1950-02-12
Syracuse Whips Bullets
In Lost 10 Seconds

BALTIMORE. Feb. IL P.-
George Ratkovicz scored the VIM
ming basket with only ten seconds
left tonight as Syracuse defeated
Baltimore, 77-76. in a NBA
thriller.
The lead changed hands nu-
merous times in the hard fought
contest with neither club able to
get a comfortable margin
Evening star., 1950-02-12
Notre Dame Star Equals
Record for Low Hurdles
By the Associoted Press

BY The Associofed Pfess
SOUTH BEND. Ind. Feb. Ill
Bill Fleming of Notre Dame today
equaled the world indoor record
over the 60-yard low hurdles as
the Irish track team defeated
Missouri, 661a to 4712.
Fleming's time of 6.8 seconds
tied the mark set in 1947 by Har-
rison billiard of Baldwin Wallace
and equaled by Madill Gartiser
of Missouri in 1948.. Fleming also
matched the Notre Dame field
house record of 7.3 seconds in the
60-yard high hurdles.
Evening star., 1950-02-12
Arnory
Continued From Page B-1D

--------------- ----------------
O'Grady of the Hoyas had his en-
tire squad in an out.
GeorgetoWn's Tommy O'Keefe,
who was pretty well bottled up,
managed to swish enough of his
set shots to accumulate IA points.
Duke, the Southern Confer
ence leader going into the Mary
land game last night, fell to
fourth place after it's second
straight defeat. NC. State, Will
liam and Mary and G. W., all
winners last night. passed the
Blue Devils and left the first four
teams like this: .
Evening star., 1950-02-12
Caps
Continued from Page BID

scored eight in the second, nine
in the third and 10 in the final.
Scolari was the big scoring
wheel for the Caps with 16 points,
while Reiser had is and Bones
Mckinney IL. Frank Brian, whose
one-handed push shots cast a
spell OF impending doom on the
Caps in the first period, was high
for the night with 20.
The defeat left Anderson, Sec
ond- d-place team in the. western
division, two full games behind
idle Indianapolis.
Evening star., 1950-02-12

HART SIGNS WITH LIONS-Leon Hart Gight college foot
balls player 1s4s signs hreeyear professional
football contract with the Detroit Lions while Coach Bo Mc
lin and Edwin Anderson standing president of the Lions
look approvngly The big Notre ends salary
estimated from 1000 $4,000 Hart said he
genuinely happy" be with Detroit club which already
has exNotre Dame stars Johnny Pane and Frank
Trpucka it's The formal signing yesterday followed
several weeks negotiations --AP Wrephoto
Evening star., 1950-02-12
18-Yeor-O 2-MiIer
Sets Michigan Mark
BY The As.oeioted Pres,

7 bT 0Is HssoeIofed rTes3
ANN ARBOR, Mich, Feb. IL
Don McEwen, 18-year-old Uni
lversity of Michigan sophomore
from Ottawa, Ont, established
Evening star., 1950-02-12

Totals II ) % Totals 32 973
Halftime score-Balt!more u, 10; Gall
| laudette, 30
Free throws missed-Gallaudet Ken-
drick f2). Stecker Stedrak (2), LANCE,
Dickson; Baltimore, SZamski t3), McPEsrA
son CD. Swerdloff (2), Mummert. Mac
Kenzie. Miller, Felter.
Evening star., 1950-02-12
Hoyas and Co|onias Will Clash Again Wednesday at Amoy
Pro Basketball
EASTERN DIVISION.

EASTERN DIVISION.
w L Pct W L Pct.
Syracuse 3S s .S26 Baltimore Is 30 .3SS
N. York 81 20 sos Boston Is 80 .31J
Washton "a 427 All Phi1a. is 81 1850
CENTRAL DIVISION.
Minnea'is 81 13 .740 Ft. Wayne % u $50
Roch ter IS Is ZOO 81. Louis 90 29 .4OS
Chicago 81 IS .633
WESTERN DIVISION.
India'lis % 10 .596 Sheboygan Is 26 4nC
Anderson ~ - .551 Waterloo IL So .25N
Tri-City 20 26 .435 Denver 8 80 .12i
Results Last Night.
Washington 81; Anderson SO.
Syracuse II; Baltimore s76.
New York S5: CHICAGO f5.
Fort Wayne o.; Rochester 81.
Tonights Schedule.
Rochester at Fort Wayne.
Boston at Minnea polls.
Philad ,phia st st. Louis.
Waterloo at Syracuse
INDIANAPOLIS at Tri-City. 8
Evening star., 1950-02-12

Maryland Yacht Club members
In Baltimore stage an unusual
event next week end. They plan
a land cruise to Atlantic City. A
40-car caravan with yacht deco
ratlons will leave Broening Park
Saturday at 9 am. Prizes will be
awarded for the best decorated
cars. Commodore Harry R. Phil
lips will head the fleet"
Evening star., 1950-02-12
FORE AND AFT 3, n.,e.,m L.n,.,.. J.,

ing many boatmen's thoughts to
spring and fitting out operations,
word comes that the Presidents
Cup Regatta Association will start
its 1850 plans at an. annual meet
ing March Is at the Carlton Hotel.
President Eddie Baltz will preside
Tom Hulfish,, chairman of the
newly formed waterfront survey
committee of the Washington
Board of Trade, will address a
meeting of the local Marine Trade
Association at S:15 pm. THURSDAY v
at Corinthian Yacht Club.
Whether it blows from the cold
north or the balmy south, sailing
fans will take the spotlight next
week end here. The. event is the
annual frostbite regatta sponsored
by Columbia Yacht Club.
There will be races for Tenn
pests, Thistles. Penguins and any
other classes that muster five
boats. according to Commodore
George Hall.
Evening star., 1950-02-12

Totals % 10 ~ Totals 2s IS rs
Haf-time score: Baltimore 30; Syra-
cuse 81.
Evening star., 1950-02-12

Totals 10 y 81 Totals "a Fl GO
Half: Washington, 833; Anderson. "a
Evening star., 1950-02-12

Totals % IS S4
Evening star., 1950-12-11
n-Cities' 7O1 No Good
Against Sharp Lokers
By the Associated Press

The Tri-Cities team of the Ma
tional Basketball Association
knows now how it feels to score
more than 100 points in a game
and lose.
1t happened to the Western Di-
visions last-place club at Min
neapolis last night, where the
Lakers piled up an even bigger
score to hand Tri-Cities its sixth
straight loss, 114-101. Both teams
hit the century figure for the first
time this season.
Tri-Cities had to play without
Gene Vance. who is ticketed for
an Army uniform Wednesday.
The real fireworks came in the
last period, when the losers
chalked up 80 points to the Laker's
36. Frank Brian of the Hawks
was high scorer with 80 points,
topping the % recorded by George
Mikan of Minneapolis.
In another of several high
scoring affairs, the New York
Knickerbockers walloped Indian
apolis. 1864, in Madison Square
Garden to climb back to the 500
mark. This is the fourth time
the Knicks have hit 100 this sea-
son. Although Alex Groza was
on the losing side, he was top
man with 80 points. New York's
Harry Gallatin rang up 25.
Evening star., 1950-12-11
Ban on Louis Fights
Sought by Da Grosa,
Pennsylvania Official
BY the As.eeiofed Press

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. IL
John (Ox) Da Grosa, Pennsyl-
vania athletic commissioner, is
seeking to bar Joe Louis from any
more fights ''in the best interests
of boxing" and of the ex-cham-
pion himself.
Da Grosa disclosed last night
that he has started move to keep
Louis out of the ring in Pennsyl-
vania and will ask the National
Boxing Association to do likewise.
He asserted the aging Louis
scheduled fight with Freddie Be
shore in Detroit January 3 should
be called for the health, welfare
and future" Of the time
Brown Bomber.
Moreover, he said. permanent
retirement of Louis would also be
Gin the best interests of boxing" )"
He said the three-man Penn
sylvania Athletic Commission will
review the matter today and prob
ably send a petition to NBA Com
missioner Abe Greene.
From his New Jersey home,
Greene commented: II would not
want to be a party to barring Joe
Louis from boxing. He has meant
too much to the sport and has
made a magnificent contribution
both in and out Of the ring. The
furthest I would want to go would
be perhaps to call on Joe person.
ally to keep his brilliant record
and reputation as great fighter
untarnished."