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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-10

missouri Shocker Forces
Draw for Last NCAASpot

was the winning one with exactly
one second to go.
Santa Clara was a 1864
victor over Texas Tech and
Idaho State scored a TITS
triumph over Seattle at Cor
wallis. Oreg., in overtime. This
one was another major reversal
in view of the fact that Seattle
had run up a 26-game winning
streak since losing its opener.
At Fort Wayne, Ind, Penn.
State turned back Toledo. $3.50,
with a late scoring burst and
Notre Dame whipped Loyola Of
the South, 1910, for its 18th
straight.
In the single game at Peoria,
Bradley rolled over Oklahoma
City, 6l-55, on the strength Of
Bob Carneys q points.
Here is how the round Of 16
shapes up Friday and Saturday:
Navy VS.. Cornell and North
Carolina State VS.. La Sale
at Philadelphia.
Penn State VS.. LSU and
Notre Dame VS.. Indiana at
Iowa City.
Bradley VS.. Kansas or Colo
RADIO and Rice VS.. Oklahoma
AIM at Saltwater, Okla.
Santa Clara VS.. Colorado ASSM
and Idaho State VS.. Southern
California at Corvallis, Greg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-10
Win, Lose or Draw
By FRANCIS STANN
Sfor Stoff CORRESPONDENT

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA, Mar. 10.-n disbelief the
acquisition Rasc to permeate the training camp
Louis Cardinals readily understandable when
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-10
Larry IsbeN Sets
Marshall Straight:
No Decision Made
BY the Assoeioted Press

WACO. Tex, Mar. 10.-Larry
Isbell said today he is undecided
about his baseball career but
denied he has decided to play
professional football in Canada.
Il haven't made up my mind
to anything" the former foot
ball and baseball star at Baylor
University here declared. But I
should know something in a few
days"
Isbell admitted he had talked
to some Canadian pro football
people.
President George Preston
Marshall of the Washington
Redskins said yesterday Isbell
had told him he had decided to
play pro football in Canada.
Marshall said he told Isbell that
was okay with the Redskins.
who have draft rights on Isbell.
ISbell took stable bonus to
play baseball in the Red Sox
system in 1852.
st hurt my arm last summer
at Louisville" Isbell told a re-
porter. Il might lay out a year
and then try baseball again"
Isbell would not identify which
Canadian football clubs he had
talked to.
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get loud foul Then Vic the flick with his ungloved
hand indicating fast balls.
"Al out?" Bilko inquired.
"All out" RaSchi said.
The pitch started for Bilkos shoulders. The catcher
grabbed it after the ball nearly turned steves around
"sonofagun" Bilko grunted.
1T IS ODD TO SEE Raschi in any uniform except
which reads Yankees across the chest New York the
only club for which he's played his league
began 1916 With record of 100 victories against only
so defeats Vic boasts the best OF active pitcher
in the major leagues. Three years in while in
pleasant he 21-21-21 1851
In the Cardinal clubhouse, Raschi stripping down.
preparatory to rundown newspaperman remarked that
he heard Vic his "aout" fast ball. Rasch grnned
1T all right wasn't t?" he said. 1--WE had
much stuff early in any season remember"
people are saying you might win 20 for the Cardinals.
he told
II might" Raschi said struggling 81 might win couple
more than 90 You can't tell"
THAT pitch you threw Bilko that fast ball :"
It got bang out of that The ball like
thrown by good faStball pitcher. I'll settle for it,
AS HE PEELED Raschi pointed to his right knee an
oddly shaped joint with scalpel showing 1t
sz out of proportion and there was water pocket to
the side.
That's what has been bothering for couple three
years." he said. 81 couldn't couldn't net that quick
break. And couldn't drive when pitched Today if you
noticed, taking full 6-foot stride when threw"
Any special reason why the knee beer?" he asked
NO." Vic said, unless it simply is of time heal
ing it,"
During todays workout" man said somebody sug-
gested that if the other American League clubs had hunted
lot like they used do Lefty they'd have
life miserable for you" "4
They might have" Vic conceded. "Im gazele at
best. But the knee is working now, they're going
to bunt out of any league"
WITH RASCH1 KICKING up his heels he is doing
the Cardinals suddenly have become hot conende
In Red Schoendienst and Stan they Nos
and hitters in the National League last
had to from behind to up 337 Slaug-
ter looks good for another and Manager Eddie Sanky
has Harvey Haddx, his 2Ogame winning and the
shutout king plus Gerald Staley 1Sgame winner to
along with RaSchi.
There is confident air about the RedbirdS
the acquisition of Rasch and perhaps the soupaw
Alpha Brazle, summed up things the clubhouse
wake of Raschis biggest workout.
Il sort of thought I'd start few games this year."
drawled the veteran from Oklahoma, realize it's
the bulpen for can't for that Haddx
Saley and Rasch know it and Stanky knows it, So I'll
Just walk to the bulpen day night they
won't need me least not 60 times, like last year."
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Canadians Say Politics Figured
In Russio's Upset in Hockey

There are only about 20 play.
ers in all of Canada who never
have been paid for playing
hockey" he explained, land
they're certainly not the best.
It's wrong to send any one but
the best to compete in a world
tournament.
Boucher also sconcd at the
plan of the Toronto Maple Leafs
to visit Russia as a means OF
restoring Canada's hockey SUI
premacy. The National League
Club already has asked permis-
sion from the Soviet Ambassador
to Canada to visit Russia in May.
In Stockholm, a Swedish ath-
letic official said that some in
ternational body such as the
Olympic Committee would have
to decide something about Rus
sia's state-financed amateurs.
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Bratton S Poor Effort
Brings $1,000 Fine
BY the Associated Press

! PHILADELPHIA. Mar. 10
The Pennsylvania Athletic Com
mission today clapped a $4,000
fine on Johnny Bratton, charg-
ing he was mot putting forth
his best efforts" in a losing bout
against Johnny Saxton here
February "a.
The money is to be deducted
from Bratton's share of 81, $50
in the gate receipts, Frank
Wiener, commission chairman,
said. The commission had Or
dered Bratton's purse held up
and suspended him indefinitely
the day after the fight.
Today's announcement by the
commission made no reference
to lifting the suspension. 1t said:
1.-THE commission has unani-
mously decided that due to the
fact Bratton did not. in the
opinion of the commission, fight
in the manner he has shown he
could in the past, and was not
putting forth his best efforts, the
commission has forfeited $4,000
of his purse.
Furthermore, we want this to
be a warning to all boxers COM
ing into the State of Pennsyl-
vania that they must put forth
their best efforts or run the
risk of being suspended or hav-
ing their purses forfeited"
Bratton, who previously had
been paid $4,000 as his share of
the sale of national television
rights to the fight, was not pres
emit at the meeting. His man
ager, Herman Mailman, arrived
after Chairman Wiener issued
the announcement and was told
that nothing can be done to
change it."
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Yankee Boss Is Still Mod
Weiss Turns to Young Talent
After HoIdouts Give Worninu

Nov the time has come to
bring in my young pitchers and
get them ready, if I haven't
waited too long. I have several
great representations like Bob
Wiesler, Steve Kraly, Art Schal-
lock and others-and they're 60
ing to get a real chance this
season.
Pitching in the minors or Sit
ting on our bench is vastly diff
ferent from getting out there
and pitching against big league
batters in regular turn. All
can hope is that I've realized
that and done something about
it before my veterans go on me"
Wearing Task for Casey.
From the decisive tone of the
Weiss voice, one can only gather
that Manager Casey Stengel has
received his orders to go with the
kiddies. including Whitley Ford,
and to place as little dependence
as possible in Reynolds and Ed
Lopat. If so, the quest of his
sixth straight flag figures to be
very wearing on the professors
nerves
Through Raschi's sale to the
Cardinals and Johnny Sain's APP
parently firm decision to retire,
the Yanks already are short the
q victories the pair won between
them last year. The deficit has
to be made up somewhere, and
it would be asking an awful lot
of Casey not to try for the full
est production possible from The
Chief and Ed.
Like everybody who watched
Wiesler burn up the American
Association for Kansas City late
last season, Weiss feels confident
that the young lefthander is
ready to win in the big leagues.
1.-THE fact is, we thought he
was ready when we brought him
up two seasons ago. before he
went into the SERVICE" Weiss said.
Hes better now. All the batters
and umpires I've talked to say
his fast ball seems to come out
OF nowhere. I think We'll do all
right. despite any mistakes I've
made"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-10
BY the Assoelated Press

NEW YORK, Mar. 10.-Only
one spot remained to be filled in
the round Of 16 ir the NCAA
basketball Journeys today-and
that vacancy is the result of one
of the most stunning upsets in
Big Seven history.
Missouri, with a mediocre So
record in conference play, surged
from behind in the third quarter
to defeat DR.. Phog Aliens Kan
sas Jayhawks, 1861. last night
and throw the race into dead
lock.
Now both Kansas and Colo
RADIO boast 1912 records and the
NCAA representative will be de-
cided by a draw from a hat late
today in the Kansas City office
of Reeves Peters, executive Sec
rotary of the Big Seven.
A question that had been
puzzling the experts for the past
two weeks also was answered
when Kentucky, winner of the
Southeastern Conference. with
drew from the NCAA tourna-
ment because its three big stars
were ineligible. Without Cliff
Hagen, Frank Ramsey and Lou
discrepancies, who are not per-
mitted to perform in NCAA post
season competition because they
are graduate students, the Wild
cats couldn't hope to win the
tournament.
They captured the league
crown last night in playoff with
Louisiana State, 1886, and i'm
mediately announced they would
pass up the NCAA. Louisiana
State. which finished the con-
ference season with a 14-0 slate
the same as Kentucky, was given
the berth.
Neither Coach Adolph Rupr
nor Wildcat officials would say
anything about their NCAA
status before the game. But ap-
parently they had contacted the
national governing body earlier
because they made their an
nouncement only minutes after
the game ended.
Thus the No. l team in the
country closes the books un-
beaten in 25 games, a record
achieved by few schools over the
years.
One other conference cham
pionship was decided when Cor
nell whipped Princeton, 1914
in a playoff for the Ivy League
title. while Santa Clara, Penn
State, Notre Dame, Bradley and
Idaho State gained their round
oils berths In the tournament
Cornell's victory over Prince
ton in Philadelphia was a nota-
BILE one. indeed, for the Big Red
The team had not won an Ivy
League championship since 1924
Henry Buncom, a substitute
made just one field goal and that
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Dukes on Guard in NIT
After Scare by Team
They Twice Defeated
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Mar. 10.-Top-
seeded Duquesne was over its
first. hurdle in the National In
vitation Tournament today, and
Coach Dudley Moore hopes his
boys have learned their lesson.
The Dukes had to go about in
the second half to gain a 69-63
victory over ST. Francis of Lo-
retto. Pa. a team they had beat
en- once by rs points and anoth-
er time by 80, in the NIT quar-
terminals last night at Madison
Square Garden.
They'll meet fourth seeded
Niagara in one semifinal tomor-
row night, with second-seeded
Western Kentucky taking on
Holy Cross. the third-seeded
team. in the other semiflnal.
Holy Cross advanced with a
1850 triumph over another ST.
Francis, this one from Brooklyn.
Western Kentucky and Niagara
qualified Monday night.
Stokes OutpIays Ricketts,.
I'VE were upset by their drive
and hustle for awhile" Moore
said after Duquesne had chalked
up its 23d victory in IS starts.
Then. too. we were a little le-
thargic on defense"
Looking around the dressing
room at his players, he added:
Il hope they know now they'll
have to hustle more against
Niagara"
'Duquesne also has beaten
Niagara twice previously this
season, but with more difficulty
than it experienced in it's first
two games against st. Francis.
Dick Ricketts,, Duquesne's sec
ond team All-America, was out
played last night by 6-foot-6
Maurice Stokes. st. Francis one
man team. Battling Ricketts,,
Jim Tucker and Fletcher john
son under the boards, Stokes got
more than his share of rebounds
and was leading Ricketts,, 1928,
when the lanky Dukes star fouled
out in the final minute. He
wound up with %, two more than
Duquesne's sophomore sensation,
ST Green.
Minimize Rivals Height.
Coach Bus Sheary of Holy
Cross, taking a different tack
from Moore, was more worried
about the opposition than his
own teams form last night.
That Western Kentucky is the
greatest running and shooting
team I've SEEM" Sheary said. Its
going to take a lot of height to
beat them"
Then. after a moment, he
added:
But my KIDS have an express
sion they like to shout when any,
body talks about height: There's
only one ball on the floor at a
time"
Z He said Sophomore Joe Liebler
mad pulled a muscle in his leg
IN scramble with two st. Fran
CHS players for a loose ball.
Wen know better tomorrow
whether he can play" Sheary
said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-10
Colts Lose Flowers Again,
This Time 10 the Army
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Mar. 10.-The
Baltimore Colts, who wooed
Bernie Flowers back from Cana
dian football, learned today they
had lost him again to the Army.
Flowers, former star end at
Purdue, notified the Colts from
his home in Erie, Pa. he had
been denied a continuation of
his draft deferment and called
for duty.
Flowers had been deferred on
the GROUND of supporting his
widowed mother. brother and
sister. The deferment expired
March / and the draft board
ruled that some of his other nine
brothers and sisters could fur
nish the support.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-10
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK. Mar. 10.-Reper-
cussions from Russias unex-
pected victory over Canada in
the world ice hockey champion
ships still were being felt today
The To triumph by the under
dog SoViets at Stockholm last
week end brought cries of pol
tiles" from four members of the
losing team and drew a blast
from Manager Frank Boucher of
the New York Rangers. who cited
the international amateur code
as the reason for Canada's set
back.
The four Canadian players
Eric Ungar, Don Lockhart, Bill
Shill and Doug Chapman
claimed that Canada. Czecho-
slovakia and Sweden had better
teams than the Russians, but
that politics had entered the
picture.
The Swedes and Czechs held
back in their games against
Russia" Ungar declared.
The Canadians contended, too
that the referees were biased
They pointed out that in Can
ada'S game against Sweden
Chapman was elbowed by a Swe-
dish player. suffered a fractured
jaw in three places and the
Canadian received the penalty.
The Ottawa-born Boucher,
one time star center for the
Rangers, blamed Canada'S de-
feat on the regulation limiting
amateur status to those who do
not make a living at the sport.
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Rookie Busts Fifth Homer
Indians Agog Over Regolodo;
Hemus, Console Put Up Battles

The Orioles still are unbeaten.
They came from behind with a
pair of ninth-inning runs yes
terday to down the Giants, 1919.
Sam Mele and Jim Fridley hit
home runs for Baltimore, while
Hank Thompson connected with
two and Ray Katt one for the
Giants.
At st. Petersburg, Fla, SolIy
Hemus, fighting to keep a regu-
lar job, drove out four hits, the
last three-run triple in the
18th inning. to give the Cardi-
nails a 1919 decision over the
White Sox. Harvey Haddix
pitched the first four innings for
st. Louis and held the Sox to
two hits.
Console May Be Regular.
Manager Lou Boudreau says
that if bonus player Billy Con-
solo keeps on the way he is 60
ing. "he may play 154 games for
the Red Sox this season"
The 19-year-old Californian
turned in another great showing
yesterday with a two-run double
to cap a four-run rally in the
ninth inning that gave the Red
! SoX 6-5 victory over the Yam
KEGS. That was Consoles second
double of the game and he han
died IL chances at second base
without an error.
The Yankees had exploded for
four runs in the top of the ninth
inning when four straight pinch
hitterS produced hits.
The Tigers picked up their
first triumph of the year, edg-
ing the Phillies. 6-5. at Lake
land, Fla. A triple by Second
Baseman Harry Bright scored
Johnny Bucha with the winning
run In the ninth. Curt Sim
mons went five innings for the
PhilS and allowed one hit.
The Observation-Disclosures and
northumberland games were
Cancelled because of rain. WASH
ington and the Athletics were
not scheduled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-10
By GoyIe ToIbot
Associated Press Sports Writer

ST. PETERSBURG, Mar. 10
George Weiss is not generally
thought of as a highly emo
tional man. but it still is plain
in talking with him that the
general manager of the Yankees
underwent a severe shock dur
ing his recent contract diff
cultieS with some of his veterans
1t seems equally certain that,
in his frame of mind, Weiss
would not have hesitated to send
another star or two to the Ma
tional League if the departure
of Pitcher Vic Raschi had not
put a sudden stop to the plague
of holdoutS. Weiss was mad, and
still is when he thinks about it.
1T was a terrible experience to
realize one day that I had a
group of veterans who were not
even willing to correspond with
me-" he said bitterly. II would
not even have known that Raschi
had received his contract if he
hadn't been forced to sign for it.
I didn't feel I had ever done
anything to deserve that kind of
treatment.
Realizes Warning.
"All of a sudden it occurred
to me that I was receiving a
warning. What if I already had
waited too long to bring in my
young pitchers and get them
ready to pitch big league base
ball? What if two or three of
my veterans should have bad
years all at once? It is not true
that I asked waivers on Allie
Reynolds at the same time as
Raschi, and that Cleveland
claimed him. but that is not to
say that Reynolds name never
has been on waiver list.
What a lot of people don't
realize is that this team that
has won five pennants is a young
team except for it's pitching.
Only three of it's members
Reynolds. Phil Rizzuto and Yogi
Berra-played on Bucky Harris
winning club in 1947.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-10

Rookie Rudy Regalado. an in
fielder by trade and terrific
hitter by the looks of things. is
the player they are all talking
about in the camp of the Cleve-
land Indians.
Twenty-three years old and a
student at the University of
Southern California. Regalado is
making sure Manager Al Lopez
knows he's around. Yesterday
he connected for two home runs
and a pair of singles as the
Indians walloped the Chicago
Cubs. 17-6.
In % times at bat he's COL
lected Is hits for a .591 average.
Five Of his hits have been homers
and he's batted in IL runs.
Regalado has had only a year
Of professional experience. He
played most of last season with
Reading of the Eastern League.
where he bated 1926. Then he
was sent to indianapolis.
| Actually Rudy still is on the
Indianapolis roster. but if he
keeps up his present pace he's
a cinch to stick with Cleveland
He has played second base and
! third.
Tribe Averages l6 Runs.
Meanwhile the other Cleve-
land players haven't been twid-
ding their thumbs. In fact the
Tribe has scored "a runs in four
games.
AL Rosen, the American
Leagues most valuable player
in 1858. Clipped in with a bases
loaded homer in yesterdays
triumph. Outfielder Dave Philley
and Wally Westlake and First
Baseman Billy Glynn also hit
drives out of the park for the
Indians, as did Bruce Edwards
for the Cubs.
The Indians play the Balti-
more Orioles today and that one
could develop into a humdinger
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the Dig eX- Yankee EIgIII-IIdIIueT GUS IUUSt
From the day he was waived out of the
American League and purchased by the
Cardinals for reported $4,000, which was
February %, Raschi has been the talk of the
Redbird camp. Nineteen or 20 pounds below
his 1853 weight, Vic has been working out
like 22-year-old instead of near-35-
year-old. And he's throwing the hardest
ball and the Sharpest curve on Manager
Eddie Stanky's reservation.
The other day, during batting practice,
Vic was pitching tor the hitters and Steve
Bilko the slugger who belted 81 home runs
last season, was at bat. Raschi signaled
that he would throw curves and Bilko didn't
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-10
Exhibition Baseball
BY the Associated Press
TODAY,S CANES

80, TUUAF'S GAMES,
MiWauKee VS. Boston at Sarasota, Fla
baltimore VS., Cleveland at Tucson
Fla. VAL az tampa
pittsburgh VS.. Detroit at Lakeland. Fla
pet WaShnington VS.. New York tAD at St
w CINCINNATI VS.; Philadelphia tA) al
NIB, BROOKLYN Us. PHILADELPHIA tN) al
\, New York iN) VS.. Chicago 'No al
Yesterdays RESULTS.
Detroit. q: Philadelphia (N.). :.
Cleveland. II: Chicago tNJ. q.
Baltimore. 10: New York (NI. 8.
!, 81 Louis. 10: Chicago ca. I'll
Boston. 6: New York tA.). &.
Cincinnati VS.. Brooklyn Cancelled, rain
pittsburgh VS. Milwaukee Cancelled
Evening star., 1954-10-18
Churchill Shakes Up
Cabinet, Bringing in
I New Ministers
By ihs Associated Press

LONDON, Oct. ia WHOLE
sale reshufiie Of the British Con-
servative government brought
seven new members into Prime
Minister Churchill's cabinet
today.
A total Of II other ministerial
posts changed hands in a big
shakeup interpreted by most
political observers as q sign Sir
Winston's retirement is not in
the cards at this time although
he will be 80 on November 80.
The most significance in this
connection was attached to the
appointment Of Housing Minis
ter Harold Macmillan to succeed
retiring Earl Alexander as
minister Of defense.
Mr.. Macmillan. a 6O-yeaY-old
book publisher. has been con-
sidered a likely successor to
Anthony Eden in the post of
foreign secretary If and when
the heir apparent to the aged
Sir Winston steps up into the
premiership. But. as the in
dependent, usually well informed
-.ondon Times commented:
.'It is unthinkable that Sir
Winston Churchill would have
moved him to such a key post
as the minister of defense If
within a short time he were
going to be moved out again"
In addition to Mr.. Macmillan,
other new cabinet members are:
Minister of housing and local
government - Duncan Sandys,
46, Sir Winston's son-in-law.
Minister of education - Sir
David Eccles, so. formerly min
lister of works; he managed ar
rangements for Queen Eliza
beth's coronation.
Lord chancellor - Sir David
Maxwell Fyfe. SO. He will pre-
side over the House of Lords
and serve as the nations highest
judicial officer.
Minister of food and agricul-
ture-Derick Heathcoat-Amory,
81.
Home secretary and minister
Evening star., 1954-10-18
nald Notwithstanding
former solicitor general.

nald Manninsham-B Butler, 10.
former solicitor general.
Minister OF supply Selwyn
Lloyd. 80. former minister Of
state and Britain's representa-
tive at the United Nations Sc
curity Council.
Minister of stateH Anthony
Nutting, "a. former undersecra-
tary of state in the Foreign Of
fice. It was not Immediately
known whether he would replace
Mr.. Lloyd at the United Nations.
Minister Of works --- Nigel
Birch, A, formerly an undersec-
retary Of defense.
Solicitor general-H. B. Hyl-
ton-Foster, 40.
Minister without portfolio
The Earl of Munster, 48.
The shakeup also involved a
number of junior ministers.
The shifts were announced on
the eveeof reconvening of Tarlia-
Iment. Both houses go back into
session tomorrow after a sum-
mer recess.