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Evening star., 1953-03-30
AIvo Bradley, Indians Owner
For 20 Years, Dead at 50

other clubs asked the baseball
commissioner, Judge Kens+ew
Mountain Lands, to declare Bob
a free agent.
But Feller and his dad went
to Lands, in spite Of bonus ofiers
from other teams Of $l50.000 or
more, and told him Bradley and
C. c. Slapnicka, the Indians
general manager. had been so
kind that Bob wanted to stay
with the Indians. Cleveland had
paid Feller only a few thousand.
Landis decided in favor OF
Cleveland.
bradley, who headed the Alva
Bradley Realty Co., was enthu-
Siastic over athletics, and base
ball in particular.
Kept Ferrell In Line.
He took q particular interest
in handling his players person.
ally, and was one of the few men
who could handle Wesley Fer
rell, a great pitching star for
the Indians in the early l930's.
The then manager Of the team.
Roger Peckinpaugh, could do
nothing with Ferrell. who was
complaining about the way the
team was being run and threat
ening to quit.
Bradley few to New York
where the team was playing and
Strengthened out Ferrell in about
a. half hour.
| Bradley ran his business ven-
lures with his brother. the late
Charles Bradley.
He is survived by his widow, the
former Marguerite Andrews Of
Cleveland; a son, Morris, an off,
cial Of the M. A. Hanna Co. Of
Cleveland: three daughters. Mrs.
Andrew B. Wallace Of Spring.
field, Mass; Mrs. Charles King
of Cleveland and Mrs. John
, Davenport of Cleveland.
Evening star., 1953-03-30
Lakers, Leading 20,
Can Wind Up P|ayoff
SemifinaIs Tonight
BY the Assoeiossd Press

Minneapolis meets the Fort
Wayne Pistons in the Indiana
city tonight in the third game
of their National Basketball AS
sociation mi-final playoffs and
If the Lakers win, the champion
ship round will be a carbon copy
of last year-Minneapolis VS..
New York.
The powerful Lakers, who beat
the Knickerbockers for the
championship last year in seven
games. already lead the Pistons,
20, in the best-of five series.
The Knicks fought their way
to the Eastern Division cham
pionShip in Boston yesterday
and they won it the hard way
with an 82-75 victory over the
Celtics after trailing by IA
points at half time, 45-31.
But in the third quarter. the
Knicks shaved the deficit to
three points and with 80 seconds
gone in the last period, they
pulled to 58-all.
The score was tied a couple
of times after that. Then Vince
Boryla sank a free throw and
put the New Yorkers ahead for
good.
The game was enlivened by a
fist fight between two Of the big
gest men on the floor, Boston's
Bob Brannum and New York's
Harry GallatinA
Brannum. and Gallatin threw
punches midway in the second
period after humping as they
went for the ball under the
Knicks blackboard. Brannunl
landed the heavier blows and
sent Gallatin reeling with ter
rifle left to the jaw. Fifteen
policemen rushed out to keep
order as players from both clubs
left their benches. Play resumed
after a 10 minute delay and
neither Of the fighters even drew
a foul.
Boston started fast and built a
good lead as Bob Cousy, Easy Ed
Macauley and Chuck Cooper hit
steadily. Big Macauley-the
games top scorer with 25-threw
in 16 Of these in the first half.
But the Knicks came back strong
in the third period with Boryla,
Dick Mcclure, Sweetwater Cliff
ton and Ernie Vandeweghe set
ting the pace.
Evening star., 1953-03-30
College Mines Begin
Full Activity With
Five Games Today

College baseball gets It's first
full day Of activity In this area
today with i've games on the
schedule.
Maryland. under Coach Burt
Shipley for the 30th season.
comes up against Delaware.
George Washington plays YER
mont on the East EllipSe.
Georgetown faces Colby, Cath
olic University meets Mount
Union and American plays Wes-
leyan at st. Adams. All are
home games for the area teams
and all are season openers ex-
cept the American q. game. The
Eagles opened Friday with q loss
to ToWSon Teachers.
The GW-Vermoilt game was
scheduled for 2::3O and the others
for 3.
THIS WEEKS SCHEDULE.
s TODAY.
Delaware q Maryland.
/ Vermont At GSorge Washington (East
Mount union &c Catholic o..
Wssleyan yss< American U. at st
TOMORROW.
| Trinity at George Washington.
WEDNESDAY,.
Rutgefs at Maryland.
Trinity at GEORGETOWN.
Goby ct American u.
THURSDAY.
| LafAyette at Georeet0wn.
FRIDAY.
Maine at George Washineton.
| Rutgers 1t American u.
| SATURDAY.
/ Michigan at Gecreetown.
Evening star., 1953-03-30

uAOA A4AAS ACWo-
paper in his vacation apartment.
Apparently he had been in ex-
cellent health and had expected
to return to Cleveland today with
his wife after spending month
at Delray Beach. She was with
him when he died, Slumped over
in his chair.
The owner Of a large number
Of downtown Cleveland proper
ties. Bradley purchased the In
dians in November. 1927, from
Mrs. James C. Dunn and owned
them for nearly 20 years, selling
the club to Bill Veeck in 1946.
Never Won Flag for Him.
Perhaps his greatest claim to
baseball fame was the acquisition
Of one of the games most sensa-
tional pitchers, Bob Feller.
The Indians never won pen
nant for him. Once, in 1910,
they almost won the flag, just
losing out to the Detroit Tigers.
Cleveland fans still insist they
might have won, except that that
was the year Of the rebellion
against Manager Oscar Witt.
The Indians, because of the
anti-Vitt stand, got the title
'"The Cry Babies" and the ex-
preston still is heard once in a
while.
just about every regular on
the team that year-except for
Feller, Ray Mack and Lou Boud-
reau-was furiously demanding
that Witt be fired. But when a
delegation of players confronted
Bradley with the request in his
office. Bradley replied:
60 on out and play ball"
Finally Fired Witt.
However. Bradley did fire Witt
at the close Of the season.
Bradley got into some dificul-
ties al one time when other clubs
claimed Feller was signed IL
legally.
After the young fast baller's
talents were recognized, the
Evening star., 1953-03-30
Two Sons Serving in Koreo
BY ths Asseeiotsd Press

Los ANGELES, Mar. 30.-The
sports world today mourned the
death Of fabulous Jim Thorpe,
the greatest aIl-around athlete
Of this century.
The Oklahoma Indiana star
in football, track and baseball.
died late Saturday Of a heart
attack in his modest trailer home
in suburban Lomita. Thorpe, g..
collapsed while eating dinner
with his third wife, Patricia.
His widow. three daughters
and four sons survive.
AS Thorpe's family and friends
made funeral arrangements, not
yet completed. fans recalled
feats of the rugged Sac and Fox
Indian who first won athletic
renown at the Carlisle (Pa.)
Indian Institute.
The 1912 olympic Games at
Stockholm he won both the de-
cathlcn and pentathlon. all
around events. and SWeden's
King Gustav v told him: "Sir,
you are the greatest athlete in
the world"
Thorpe made Walter Camps
All-American team in 1911 and
1912 at Carlisle as q runner
kicker and passer. He played
professional football and base
ball for l6 years. six Of them in
the major leagues.
Three years ago, the Nations
sports writer's and broadcasters
in an Associated Press poll. voted
him the outstanding male ath-
lete Of the first half of the 20tt
century.
Thorpe, who was born May %
1888, near Shawnee. Okla, wa:
married in 1913 to Iva Miller
They had three daughters, Gail
Charlotte and Grace. and q sor
who died in infancy.
Divorced 10 years after thi:
| marriage, Jim in 1925 married
Frieda Kirkpatrick. They hac
four sons, Phillip, "a, and Will
liam, %. are in the army ir
Korea. Richard. l8. is in tn
Evening star., 1953-03-30
Junior Golf 10000 Strong
After z Years, Is Still Growing

Washington, too, has sent boys
to all the four-ban Journeys, and
frequently has had its represen-
tatives in the caddy events.
Probably all the groups had
the same basic thought: That
golf could help prevent juvenile
mishehavior and that a new crop
Of golfers was needed to help the
game survive.
All the interested groups did
a tremendous promotional job.
They made competition financial
~ painless, either providing
sponsors to pay the boys ex-
penses or reducing costs to the
minimum.
This was made possible by the
USGA ruling that amateur regu-
lations don't apply to boys-and
girls-under 18. They can accept
expense payments and even the
college scholarships valued at
as much as, 1900 awarded at
the caddie tournament.
From, the small beginnings-
the first Jaycee national cham
pionShip had ~ players from
seven States -the movement grew
amazingly. The 10000 figure
comes from the estimated entries
of last years local Jaycee
Journeys, leading up to q ma
tional final with more than 200
players.
Naturally all this has produced
some very good golfers. Tommy
Jacobs Of Monticello, Calf, win
ner Of both the USGA and jun
ior Chambers titles, was q quar-
ter -finaliSt in the National ANA
te,ir when he was barely II. Big
Don Bisplinghon Of Orlando,
Fla. last years USGA junior
champ, qualified for the National
Open at 16. Tom Nieporte, rum
ner-up In the first caddie tourna-
inent. won the intercollegiate
title five years later.
But after that 18th birthday,
the boys have found It isn't as
easy to play golf as when some
body else picks up the checks.
Evening star., 1953-03-30
Favoriies 70 Play Tonight
In Women 5 CAGE Meet
Gy The Assoeic,ed pre,s

WICHITA. Kans.. Mar. sO.-
Nashville Business College and
Wayland College Of Texas, two
Of the top-rated teams, take
their first tests tonight in the
25th annual National Women's
AAU basketball tournament. .
The Tennessee club goes
against the Topeka, KanS., San
ia Fe Streamiiners. Wayland.
which was runnerup for the
crown two years ago, plays
Savanna. Okla.
In the opening games OF the
week-long tournament yesterday.
the Chihuahua AdelitaS Of Mex.
leo easily defeated the Hazelton,
Kans., Pantherettes, 54-38, and
the Atlanta. Ga. Peaches sur
prised the Davenport AIC Stenos,
1927.
Other results:
jackson, Miss. Board Of Health, 3S:
wichita Boeing, IL. Denver Viners, III;
Kansas City. NO., Dons, %. ST. Joseph,
Mo-, G0etz. A.: Lane Askins OF Columbus.
OHIO, 81. Denver Rocky Mountain Tile,
~: Gommercial Extension Of Omaha.
Daa1iIS MMSso6ard @ @Mosc5sttss Ss
Ca. .Tomboys, SIS: Ideal BODY works 81
wichita, 81.
Evening star., 1953-03-30
Former Winner Rolls
In Abe Tournament
BY the Associated Press


CHICAGO, Mar. 30.-A former
ABC team champion and the
highest scoring team in the East
will invade the American Bowl
ing Congress lanes tonight in
quest of first place in the regular
team division which is paced by
Detroit's Pfeiffer Beers with 81
181.
= Jimmie Smith Of South Bend,
Ind. won. the ABC title in l949
and will be back hoping to repeat
tonight. On the same 1875 pm.
squad will be the Ferranti-Bal-
lentine five of Scranton. Pa,
which has the Nations highest
three game total, 1896, this year.
Action was alternately light
and heavy yesterday with no
changes taking place in the
team division. while two leaders
were displaced in the individual
divisions.
|. Frank Santore of Long Island
City. N. Y, made the biggest
splash as he moved into first
place in the singles with TAO and
also took over the all-events
lead with 1894.
James Schroeder and Jerry
Beck of Buffalo moved into a
tie for third in the doubles brack-
ct with 1882. seven pins behind
the leaders,
In the singles, in addition to
Santore, Glenn Goss of Canton,
Ohio, took over third place with
720 while Jim Blair of Cleveland
rolled into a tie for fifth with 718
Evening star., 1953-03-30

posted a 80 interhigh record and
a So mark for the season. The
major league scouts saw him
toss q game for National Ca
thedral in the American Legion
JunioIS League last season and
approached him after they liked
what they saw. The Raiders are
pinning much Of their hopes for
an interhigh diamond title
their first in 10 yearS-on Wex-
ler'S strong arm.
Will Visit Schools.
Wexler expects to visit Holy
Cross and Seton Hall later on
in the year before making up his
mind about what college he will
choose. He recently journeyed
to Greenville. N. c., and looked
over East Carolina State.
Jim, who lives at. 27O2 Wis.
consin avenue NV, is more in
terested in baseball right now
but basketball will probably
claim most Of his attention in
college.
Evening star., 1953-03-30
Mats and Pirates After Him
Baseball and Basketball Scouts
Give WexIer Choice Of Careers
By Brian Bell. j.

Jim Wexler, Western High
Schools star basketball and base
ball player. can take his choice
of sports as a future career. Such
big time basketball schools as
Seton Hall and North Carolina
State have offered him scholar
ships, while the Washington Mats
and Pittsburgh Pirates have APP
preached the fast ball pitcher
about pro baseball.
Right now. Jim thinks he'll
take one of the basketball offers
and get an education. He hopes
to continue his baseball in col
lege, too, and perhaps follow the
O'Brien brothers of Seattle bas-
ketball fame in their choice of
the diamond after his schooling
is complete.
Wexler has been approached
by representatives of Holy Cross,
Princeton. East. Carolina State,
Bucknell, Mount st. Mary'S and
Gettysburg, in addition to Seton
Hall and North Carolina State,
about playing college basketball
at their schools. Alumni Of
George Washington and Mary
land have spoken to Jim, but so
far he has not heard from Bill
Reinhart or Bud Millikin, coaches
at CIV and Maryland.
Scored Highest Total.
The 6-foot-3, 180-pound sharp
shooter led the areas schoolboys
in total points. although he
played fewer games than most
of his competitors, and also in
average. Jim poured In 5O7
points in 20 games-including a
new high school individual mark
Of SO points against Charlotte
Hall Military Academy-for a
25.4 average.
Last baseball season Jim, a
right-handed pitcher who relies
mainly on his high hard one,
Evening star., 1953-03-30
Wrist AiIment Hurts
Patty Berg's 'sChance
Dy the As'oeiosed Pres.

NEW ORLEANS. .Mar. 3d.
Patty Berg faces the final round
Of the $500 New Orleans Wom-
ems Open golf tournament to-
day with her one-stroke lead
threatened by a wrist ailment
and a formidable field.
The st. Andrews, Ill, cam
paigner took over top spot in
yesterdays second round with a
par n. giving her q 36-hole
total Of Isl.
Babe Zaharias Of Tampa, Fla,
pulled into second place with
152 after yesterdays 1-under-
par rs.
Jackie Pung, the buxom Ha-
waiian playing out of Glasgow.
KY, went into the Anal round
Of the 54-hole tournament de-
termined to regain the lead she
held after the tlrst round.
Mrs. Pung, who held q two
stroke lead over Miss Berg and
Mrs. Alice Bauer Hagge with q
first-round 70, saw her margin
vanish in the second round. She
finished with an 81 for q two
round total Of 153.
The tournament is being
played over the nat, 6,476-yard
City Park course No. /. The
women are playing from mems
tees on all except two holes. and
are playing against q par n
five more than, mems par and
three. more than normally used
for women. The women's pal
was upped from the usual "A
because the women are usini
mems tees.
Evening star., 1953-03-30
Overtime Victory Makes
Black Hawks Optimistic

CHICAGO, Mar. 80 .(R.-Re-
vived by an overtime victory in
the third game of their Stanley
Cup Semiflnal series with the
Montreal CanadienS, the Chicago
Black Hawks today waxed OPP
timistic.
Now that they've broken a
jinx of long standing, they feel
they've got a good chance in the
best-of-seven playoff.
In 10 previous playoff games
with the Canadiens-covering
1914 and 1916 appearances as
well as the current series-the
Black Hawks had not registered
q single win.
The 2-1 victory at Chicago
Stadium last night followed 81
and 4-3 defeats by the Cana
dienS at Montreal last week.
Al Dewsbury's goal broke up
the third square e-of at 5:18 of
the overtime period. The Cana
dienS had taken a 10 lead in
the second overtime period on
Boom Boom Geoffrion's push
past AL Rollins, Black Hawk
goalie. Then Bill Mosienko had
tied the score just minute and
81 seconds before the end of the
third period.
The fourth game of the series
will be played at Chicago Sta
dium tomorrow night and the
fifth at Montreal Thursday.
Evening star., 1953-03-30

Dance was the climax Of part
nership that started in 1850
when Danny was a student at
Catholic University and Carol
Ann was attending Georgetown
Visitation Convent.
Winning the individual figure
titles were Hayes Alan jenkins
and Tenley Albright. Miss Al
bright won the women's cham
pionship Saturday with a near
perfect display of freestyle skat-
| ing.
Carole Ormaca and Robin
Greiner of FrenSo, Calf, won
the senior pairs championship.
David Jenkins. is year old
brother of Hayes Alan, won the
Junior mems championship.
Runners-up to Miss Peters
and Ryan in the Gold Dance
were Virginia Hoynes and Don
Jacoby Of Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1953-03-30


Danny Ryan of Bridgeport, N.
Y. who teamed with Carol Ann
Peters Of Washington to win the
National Gold Dance champion
ship in Hershey, Pa, Saturday
night. gets out of the Army to-
day.
Ryan, who spent part of his
Army service in Alaska, is due to
be mustered out at Fort Drum
in Watertown. N. Y, today. He
will arrive in Washington
Wednesday and enjoy a brief
stay at the Peters home at 3749
Jocelyn street NV.
Carol Ann, a sophomore at st.
Lawrence University In Canton.
N. Y, is home for the Easter
holidays. She and her dancing
partner will be- honored at IL
am. Sunday at a luncheon at
Congressional Country Club.
Winning the National Gold
Evening star., 1953-03-30
Dy The Assoeiosed Prsss

NEW YORK, Mar. 30.-About
seven years ago q lot Of golfers
got the idea that it would be bet
ter to encourage teen-age kids
to play golf than to chase the
little nuisances OF the course.
\ BY last summer, the four ma
tional junior tournaments that
grew out Of that idea attracted
some 10000 entries from boys
under 18 years old and they're
still growing.
Now the kids who benefited
from this vast free ride into
the pleasures Of golfing are won
dering how they can keep or
playing the game and still make
a living.
The postwar development oi
Junior golf began on a national
scale in 1916 when the Junior
Chamber Of Commerce staged
the first national junior champ
ionship.- The same year Mayor
Jim Rhodes of Columbus, Ohio
originated the national caddie
championship. Two years latel
the United States golf associa.
tion. came up with its own junior
championship.
A four-bal championship has
been held for the last three years
at Charlotte. N. c.. and Is grow
ing bigger all the time.
The Professional Golfers As
sociation and the Athletic Insti-
tute and National Coli Founda-
ton offshoots Of the sporting
goods industry got behind the
movement with free lessons and
promotional material.
The grass roots of this national
junior golf - the boys, home
towns are behind the idea, too.
An example is the work done in
Washington, p. c., by the Junior
Golfers OF Washington organi-
zation.
The Capital has been repre-
sented in every one Of the Jaycee
Journeys, even when held on the
West Coast. Likewise it hasn't
missed q USGA event, and was
host, itself at its fine Congress
sional Club In 1949. So well re-
ceived was the tourney there that
washington has put In q bid
for the next open date -1957- -
for another such championship
ct Woodmont.
Evening star., 1953-03-30
!. Mats
Continued From Page A-159

addition to his homer yesterday
but equally as pleasing to Harris
were the triple and single in
serted by Pete Runnels, who
batted in four runs and limited
he may be emerging from his
slump.
AL Sima and Sonny Dixon, who
had turned in excellent pitching
in previous appearances, were
banged for 13 hits. Sima gave
up two runs in the first inning
on Bill Bruton's single, Jim PEN
dleon's triple and Sid Gordon S
single. but the Mats splash, in
the first inning -aided by three
walks, Yost's homer, an error and
three singles staked Washing
ton to a 6-2 lead.
Jensen lined a homer over the
right center wall in the second
inning and the lead zoomed to
10-4 in the fourth when Vernon
and Jensen singled. Runnels
tripled and Coan singled after
the Braves had picked up two
runs In the same inning on q
walk and three singles.
Milwaukee pecked away at
Dixon to slice the lead to 10-7
and the Braves got the tying
run to the plate in the ninth
when Paul Burris singled and
Jack Dittmer doubled. Ebba st.
Claire made q brave bid to tie
the score with q mighty clout
to center but Busby raced back
to haul in the deep drive.
NOTES: The Mats today en-
joyed their last day on before
the season starts. Most of
them went fishing as Harris gave
them orders to stay away from
the park. The club has Is
straight games before opening
the season and the next sched-
uled off-day is April a..
Angel Scull, Cuban Negro out
fielder who was supposed to train
with Washington. finally showed
up yesterday after the game and
Evening star., 1953-03-30

promptly was optioned to
Charleston. w. Va. The Mats
have a 5-4 record against Ma
tional League clubs. They're
Ga against American League
opposition. :. Their last 13 ex-
hibition games win be with Ma
tional Leaguers.
Walter Masterson is due to
pitch against Cincinnati tomor-
row, when the Mats play their
last game in Florida. The
Mats win start the eight-game
series one-up on the Reds, hav-
ing whipped them, LIS, in L
previous meeting this spring
The latest trade rumor has
the Mats trying to get Outflelder
Clyde Vollmer from the Red Sox
by Offering Frank Campos.
Evening star., 1953-03-30

of a heart at
tack. was en-
route today to
Gle v e ! a n d,
where funeral
services will be
held Wednes-
ay at S t.
Paul's Episco-
pal Church,
with burial in
La ke v e W
Cemetery.
Bradley. SO
died W hile
reading tn {
Evening star., 1953-03-30
BY the Asseeioied Press

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. Mar.
3O.-The body Of Alva Bradley,
former owner of the Cleveland
Indians, who died here yesterday
Evening star., 1953-03-30

NEW xOfGEA, Mal. oV vi -
The medals Jim Thorpe won in
the 1912 Olympic Games and
which he hoped would some day
be returned. still are in the
hands of the men who finished
second in the decathlon and
pentathlon competitions. The
other trophies are in the Olyn-
pic Museum at Lausanne, Swift
Zerland.
The medals and trophies were
taken away from Thorpe when
he was ruled professional after
he won the two Olympic all-
around events. They were given
to Ferdinand r. Bic of Norway
and Hugo Wieslander of Sweden.
who had finished second and
were later named as the "ofii-
cial" winners of the pentathlon.
The two big trophies, a bust
of King Gustav Of Sweden and
a gem studded silver Viking ship
presented by the Car Of Russia,
were rotating" trophies. never
given outright. They since have
been retired.
A legend grew up over the
years that Bic and Wieslander
had refused to accept the med
ais, but two years ago both de-
MED that story and said they
| still had the medals. At that
time Wieslander said he had
promised to give his decathlon
medal to the Swedish Sport
Museum. Bic, who praised
Thorpe as a great sportsman
! who deserved the medal, said he
would be willing to return 1t II
the international Olympic Com
mittee and the Norwegian Sports
Association approved.
Evening star., 1953-03-30
Training Comps
CONTINUED From Page A-15.)

Harry Hannebrink and Bob
Mainzerr to Toledo.
CLEARWATER, Fla, Mar. 80
P.-The Phillies took a 2-1 edge
in spring competition with their
city rivals. the Philadelphia Ath-
letics yesterday in a game neith-
er team was very proud of.
The final score was 10 to 6 in
favor of the National Leaguers,
but the pitching and fielding on
both sides was sour. The two
clubs made five errors. Harry
Byrd went the full nine innings
for the AS and was raked for
10 runs and 10 hits.