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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23
All Reserved Scots Gone
Terps Relying on Possession
ToDefeot CIV Again tonight

These teams, with virtually
the same personnel, split last
year, Maryland winning, 66-53,
at College Park and George
Washington taking a 1852 deci-
sion in overtime at Washington
Lee High School.
A third meeting is possible this
year. as the Southern and At
lantic Coast Conference cham
pions are paired in the first
round Of the NCAA playoffs.
Both tournaments which deter
mine the champions. start next
Thursday. the Southern at Nor
gantown, w. Va. and the ACC
at Raleigh. N. C.
The Colonials boast more
scoring power than Maryland,
with Joe Holup and Corky Dew
lin both carrying 20-plus aver
ages, while Gene Shue. Mary
lands probable All American. is
the only member of his team
averaging better than 10.
However. the Terps stopped
Devlin cold in the first meeting
and won. despite a tremendous
effort by Joe Holup, who scored
81 points with an injured wrist.
With George Washington still
ranked eighth In the Associated
Press poll and Maryland holding
to 18th, this game will deter
mine which team continues to
hang near the top 10. The loser
figures to drop back.
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ndiono Due to Drop After Iowa Upset
Dukes and Kentucky Roll On
In Poll and Unbeoten Seasons

careers in a playof with Louisi-
ana State for the Southeastern
Conference championship. Even
If Kentucky wins that one. the
three can't play in the NCAA
tournament because they're now
postgraduateS.
LSU kept pace with Kentucky
in the Southeastern Conference
race by whipping Alabama. 10
IS, as 6-foot-9 Bob Petit closed
his home career with q 35-point
scoring outburst.
Iowa Jolts HOLSTERS.
Even though Kentucky's big
three have played their last
game at home, the picture is
brighter today for the Wildcats
than for third-ranked Indiana.
The Hoosiers. expecting to clinch
a tie for the Big Ten title be-
fore the home folks. were rudely
jolted by Iowa's brash sopho-
moreS, 1854.
With Milt Scheurman stealing
the ball and Bill Seaberg putting
it in the basket (for 81 points, a..
Iowa took the lead in the sec
ond quarter and held It the rest
Of the way. The upset, coupled
with Illinois 1864 victory over
Wisconsin on two free throws by
Jim Wright with a minute to
play. left Indiana in front with
a 1912 record. But Iowa is SO
and Illinois 8-3.
Duquesne took no chances of
(See BASKETBALL, Page A-16.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23

Maryland's basketball team
threw some defense at George
Washington in their previous
meeting and handed the Co.
lonials their only defeat in 19
games. The Terps will be back
with that same defense IN a
return game tonight at Uline's.
and the question is, will 1t work
again?
All reserved seats are sold for
the second meeting between CIV
u3-D. the Southern Conference
leader and title favorite, and
Maryland (21-5O. second place
team in the Atlantic Coast Con-
ference. a much tougher league
Game time is $50. following
freshman preliminary between
the same schools.
Maryland won the first game
between the two, 1851, with
CIV rallying in the late stages
to make 1t that close. That's
GW's low score Of the season.
The Colonials' race-horse
style Of play was slowed by
Maryland's tactics. Eleven times
this year CIV has scored 80 or
more points, while the Terps
have hit that total only once.
against weak Clemson. Maryland
uses the possession of play"
style, as Coach Bud Millikan
calls it. which is waiting for OPP
portunities for reasonable
shots.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23
Londy Hits 1925 in Wind
And Rain in Seasons Last Mile

Landy's time was his third
fastest in his efforts to crack the
world mark. He holds the third
fastest mile ever run - a 4:02
mark-which he achieved last
Dec. IL. He also covered the
distance in 4:02.1 a year earlier
at Sydney.
Landy's best times were in his
first and last quarters. He was
clicked at SIS seconds on the
first quarter and sprinted home
in 1905. He hit 1:O1.5 on the
second and 1902 on the third
quarters.
After the Aussie had hit the
tape 70 yards ahead of the field,
Finland'S Denis JohansSon, who
finished fourth said, "Landy is
the greatest mile runner ever"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23
Gavi|an HeayyChoice
In Cunningham Bout
BY the Associated Press

MIAMI BEACH. Fla, Feb. %.
-Welterweight Champion Kid
Gavilan meets Johnny Cunning
ham of Baltimore tonight in the
first of two tuneup fights before
he goes after Bobo Olson's mid
dleweight crown April 2 in
Chicago.
The 10-round non-title fight
at the Miami Beach Auditorium
will not be telecaSt or broadcast.
A capacity crowd Of $500 is ex-
pected to pay a gross gate Of
$4,000. The bout is scheduled
for 10 pm.
Gavilan, a prohibitive favorite,
will be going into action for the
first time since he made his
seventh successful title defense
November >13 by whipping
Johnny Bratton.
The Cuban hawk has one more
tuneup fight. with 1.-TWO Minelli
in Boston. before he meets Olson.
Cunningham has won only
nine Of 81 fights. In his last
fight November %, Carmen
Basilio stopped him in four
rounds in Toledo.
Gavilan expects to weigh in at
1853. about the same poundage he
plans to carry against Olson.
Cunningham will be about S
pounds lighter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23
BY The Assoeicted Press

NEW YORK. Feb. 23.-Du-
quesne's unbeaten basketball
forces continue to lead today
in a battle Of ballots with Ken
tucky-also unbeaten-for top
national honors.
The Dukes from Pittsburgh. for
the second straight week. cap
tured the No. l spot in the As
ISOLATED Press poll Of sports
writer's and sportscasters with
the Wildcats from Lexington
close behind.
The first six teams, in fact.
held their ground from the pre-
vious balloting with Indiana,
Western Kentucky. Oklahoma
AIM and Notre Dame following
the leaders in that order. How
ever, Indiana is almost certain
to lose ground in next weeks
poll after being upset by Iowa
last night.
CIV and Terps Keep Positions.
Holy Cross jumped to seventh
place from ninth, George WASH
ington, the Southern Conference
pace-setter. remained in the No.
8 spot, Seattle dropped two
notches to ninth. Duke. the lone
newcomer to the top 10 this
week, supplanted Iowa which
fell to a Goth place tie with Illi-
r1ois. Maryland stayed in 18th
place.
Duquesne, which also meets
Cincinnati and Dayton this week,
hurdled its first of three tough
challenges by swapping Bowling
Green, 1852, last night, gar
nered 934 points on the basis Of
10 points for first place, nine
for second, etc., and captured
80 of the 1913 first-place ballots
cast.
Adolph Rupp's Kentuckians
came up with 81 firsts and 853
points. Both Of the leaders now
own identical 22-0 records.
Kentucky Big Three Star.
Cliff Hagan. Frank Ramsey
and Lou discrepancies. the last
remaining members Of Ken
tucky's 1851 national champions.
bowed out on their home court
in fine style last night as they
led Kentucky to a 10000 rout
Of Vanderbilt. With Hagan get
ting % points, discrepancies 20
and Ramsey 10, the big three
came close to tying Vandy all by
themselves.
The three Kentucky stars,
barred from play last year by
the NCAA, have two more regu-
lar season games away from
home. Then, in all probability,
they viii wind up their college
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23

ary). particularly since he has
declined in the number of VIC
tories each year recently"
August A. Busch. Cardinal
owner. and Dick Meyer. general
manager of the National
Leaguers, negotiated with Weiss.
Cards Pay $4,000.
A source close to the club said
the Cardinals paid $4,000 in
cash and promised two minor
league players to be delivered
later.
Meyer said he hoped to reach
Raschi for a salary conference
later today.
Eddie Stanky, the Cardinal
manager, was highly pleased with
the deal.
I'm counting on Raschi to be
my No. 3 starter behind Gerry
Staley and Harvey Haddix. I"
Stanky said. II look for him to
win between IL and 16 games.
He should make us definite
pennant threat"
Raschi, who will be 35 in
March, is native of West
Springfield. Mass. He reported
to the Yankees late in 1916 and
had a 20 record. The next year
Continued on Page Ait. Col. Sd
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Extra Police Called
In Richmond When
Frank SeIvy Plays
ev the Asseeiatsd Press

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. o.
University Of Richmond officials
have no doubt that Frank Selvy,
the fabulous Furman basketball
scorer. is the greatest drawing
card in the collegiate game.
Three police cars had to be
summoned to help handle the
throng that turned up at small
Benedictine Gymnasium last
night when Selvy and his Fur
man mates played Richmond's
Spiders.
Many hundreds had to be
turned away. AS it was. attend
ance was nearly 1000 in the
gymnasium built to accommo-
date only 1.400.
Selyy put on q 41-point show
for the lucky ones who got in to
see him. Furman won. 85-76.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23
HurIer, IS, Waived
By AL Teams After
Refusal 10 Take Cut
BY the Associated Press

ST. PETERSBURG. Fla. Feb.
23.-In q blow at the compla-
cency on the 1ive-time champion
New York Yankees. the club to-
day sold Vic Raschi. veteran
right-handed pitcher, to the St.
Louis Cardinals for. cash and
minor league players.
81 want to say" declared
George Weiss. general manager
Of the club, that the club ap-
preciated Raschi but the time
has come for him to move along.
Some of the players on this ball
club take the attitude that they
are the employers and we are
the employees"
Raschi. who has won 100 games
and lost so in the last eight
seasons for the best winning
average among active pitchers,
received $4,000 last year and
refused to sign a 1854 contract
that called for a cut In salary
although he won only Is games
last year.
Passed Up by League.
The big Highlander has been
in Tampa for some time, but did
not contact the club. He off,
cially became a holdout yester-
day when practice started and
he did not report.
Weiss said that waivers were
asked for the pitcher yesterday
land we were somewhat sur
prised when no one asked for
him. It appears no one wanted
to pick up the tab (Raschi's sal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23
Johnson Aims at Busch

Senator Edwin C. johnson.
Democrat, of Colorado. intro
duced a bill today to bring under
the antitrust laws any profess
sional baseball club owned by a
beer or liquor company.
johnson, who also is president
OF the Western LeagNe, said in a
speech prepared for Senate deliv-
cry when the bill was offered,
that his move is aimed at August
A. Busch, president of the An
heuser Busch. Inc, brewers Of
Budweiser beer. Busch also owns
the st. Louis Cardinals.
so that there may be no mis-
understanding" johnson said,
1.-The bill is aimed specifically at
the beer-baseball combination in
st. Louis where Mr.. August S.
Busch has been permitted
to gain control of the Cardinals. :"
Cold FLOODED Peddling.'
The Senator accused Busch of
using baseball merely to sell a
few more bottles of beer"
Baseball to August A. Busch
is d-blooded beer-peddling
business" said Johnson, land
not the great American game
which sportSmen revere.
THE Congress should treat
his baseball enterprise in that
light and deny him immunity
from the antitrust laws"
johnson said this unholy al
lance" between beer and base
ball is having IAN unhealthy in
fluence upon the youngsters Of
America"
JohnSon's bill follows recent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23

hit me-" Stewart said. I'VE left
and ! drove home as fast as I
could. My uncle got me to the
hospital right away end they dug
a couple of needles into me. IN
seven minutes I was breathing
all right again.
Damp weather or a change
Of weather will bring it on"
Bunky continued. 1--WE gone
three hours of sleep a day, by
sitting up in a chair. I guar
antee if I get one of those at
tacks down here, amt nobody
gonna sleep in the hotel. I really
wheeZe. So
when ! was in grammar
school I bet ! missed 100 days
a year because of asthma. The
doctor wanted me to drop out of
school, but my folks didn't want
that and neither did I. Didn't
think I'd ever get through high
school. but ! finally made it. 81:
Finds LuttreII Religious. 81;
Bunky is rooming with Lyle
Luttrell, rookie shortstop. What
a build exclaimed Bunky, land
what religious fellow. Preach
ers and people like that are al
ways calling him up and having
him to dinner. He sure must
have been popular when he
played here. He don't like to
hear no cussing. so I don't swear
none around him"
Stewart came back to the
Senators last September in time
to appear in two games and lose
two decisions. One of his efforts
was commendable. though. He
Travelled II innings against the
Athletics before dropping a 4-3
game in which seven walks hurt
him.
ITS remarkable he can pitch
as eff. ctively as he does" Bucky
Harris said. He looks is if q
stiff breeze would blow him oven
The poor kid just can't put on
any weight"
If he gets relief from asthma,
Stewart could wind up giving the
Senators relief. There's no
chance of him getting a swelled
head about it if he does q good
job. He wears the smallest CAP
in the majors. size ga.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23
BY the AsseeiGiod Press

MELBOURNE, Feb. 23.-John
Landy. Australia's ace miller.
turned in a 4:O2.6 clocking to-
night at Olympic Park. despite a
strong headwind on a track made
heavy by a drizzling rain.
Landy's time, just Ia seconds
off the world standard Of 4:O1.4
set by Sweden's Gunder Haegg
In 1915, was an exceptional
achievement in the light Of the
running conditions the young
AuSSie faced.
Nevertheless, the tabled 4
minute mile, which Landy pur-
sues in company with Americas
Yves Santee, England's Roger
Bannister and Luxembourg's
Josy Barthel, eluded him in his
last big mile race of the season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23
Always Expects the Worst
-. i
Stewart, No Worrier, Hopes
For Early Verdict by Senators
By . staH corr.sponden, 81 II. Star

ORLANDO, Fla, Feb. 3d.
x amt kidding myself and I
amt kidding anybody else" said
Bunky Stewart, 23-year -old
left-hander who is one of the
Senators more refreshing char
acters II amt no Bob Porter
f1elG out there pitching. but I
don't see no use worrying
about 1t.
II always expect the worst. I"
continued Bunky, a 14-game
winner with a poor Chattanooga
club last season. IF anything
good happens. then it feels twice
as good. I don't know if can
stick with this club or not, but
I hope they make up their mind
about 1t before we go North.
I'd hate to start the season with
Washington, then be sent down
to Chattanooga like I was last
year
Bunky put in two bench
warming weeks with the Sen
ators last April before being
sent down. They sent me to
Chattanooga April "a and when
! got. there they said I wasn't
in shape. I didn't start a game
until late May. I could have
won 20 if I had been there all
season
"Shucks. I lost my first three
starts by one run-2-1, 80 and
80. I amt a good loser. I get
furious. Altogether I lost five
games by one run. I figure I
should have won about 10 games
even with the late start got"
Would Forget 81.
Bunky. a 6-footer, broke into
organized baseball in 1851 with a
1872 record in his home town,
New Bern. N. c. His 116 earned
run average may have been the
best in baseball. His fancy record
got him a trial with the Senators
in 1852 and Bunky would rather
forget it.
Man. l couldn't eat, worrying
about it," said Bunky. who since
has adopted a more relaxed atti-
tuce. When l was pitching bat
ting practice down here I was
just as likely to throw the DANCED
ball over the grandstand as over
the plate. never been so
worked up in my life. 1 was
lucky didn't smack some batter
in the head.
They sent me to CHATTANOOGA
that year. I had pretty good
control. Everything threw was
right across the plate-and
everything ! threw was hit. real
hard. wound up 6 ami .. all
because ! was worrying a.. t 1t
too much
Asthma Cuts Weight.
Bunky is up against it. at
tempting to WIN one of the four
relief berths open on the club.
He normally weighs 158 pounds,
extremely light for a 6-footer.
but he reported at 145 pounds
after rough attacks of asthma
this winter.
i was in the show one night
with my girl when that asthma
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23
AtoIonto Draws Top Weiqht

cinator, winner of yesterdays
$21.075 Columbiana Handicap,
was assigned ITO. Atalanta, En-
ardee and Grecian Queen also
competed in the 7-furlong CO.
lumbiana.
Weights scale down to- 90
pounds on Nest ce Pas. Entries
close December Is with SO
nominations. The race is re-
stricted to fllies and mares, g.
year-olds and upward.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23
BY the ASsoeioted Press

MIAMI, Fla, Feb. 23.-Darby
Dan Farms Atalanta today was
assigned top weight of 1875
pounds in the mile and a furlong
SOS, 000-added Black Helen
Handicap at Hialeah March l.
Second in the weight scale Is
Grecian Queen and Sunshine
Nell. each slated to carry 1913
pounds, followed by Emardee at
100.
Mrs. Elizabeth Graham's Fas-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23

touch. ought to know"
These days the old Manassa Mauler is
disassociated with boxing in an official
capacity He dedicates himself to improving
the social status Of rasslers by refereeing
:. working one night in Tampa the next
in Clearwater and then jumping to Miami
and Orlando and Fort Lauderdale, etc.
Dempsey is pushing SO, although he looks
IS years younger.
eff ! were Marciano would fight every
body even remotely qualified Jack said.
I'D take on Charles, Bucceroni and any
nndv else thew can dig I'M Rocky hasn't
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23
Hockey at a Glance

By the Assoeiosed Press
Yesterdays RESULTS,
National League.
Detroit 8 Montreal q.
Western League.
Victoria 4. CALGARY 3.
international League.
Fort Wayne Louisville o.
TODAY'S SCHEDULE.
Western League.
Victoria at VancouveN
New Westminster at Saskatoon.
international League.
Louisville at Fort Wayne.
Troy at Grand Rapids.
Milwaukee at Johnstown.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-23
Win, Lose, or Draw
By FRANCIS STANN
Ca. eNmee R~,.~.~~nlanA

TAMPA Fla. Feb 23-On the long, choppy trip to the
fishing grounds in the Gulf Of Mexico Jack Dempsey
talking of sport he knows better-boxng THAT Rocky
Marciano he saying had better keep busy No fighter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-22
Communist Pioneers
TroveI Far for Supplies
BY the Associated Press

MOSCOW.-Russian pioneers
are moving rapidly into wilder
ness areas, says the newspaper
Komsomol Pravda. In one six
week period more than $4,000
young people left cities for UNI
settled areas. the paper says.
1t complains. however. that the
pioneers cannot buy as much
as a toothbrush. a spoon. mug
gf basin in the new settlements.
The report tells of five settlers
who made a 300-mile trip to
buy toothpaste, thread. shoe
laces. shoe polish, pencils. ink.
envelopes and pens. One girl
made another long trip to buy
matches. The paper urged Com
munist officials to open trade
In the new lands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-22
Michigan Man Leorns
To FIout Standing Up
BY the A..oeiassd Pres,

SOUTH HAVEN. Mich.-Al-
most anyone can float. says liver
johnson, but when you can float
standing up you've accomplished
something.
Mr.. Johnson has been clicked
floating in q vertical position for
20 minutes without twitching .
muscle.
Its 80 per cent control Of the
spine," said the 47-year-old re-
tired accountant. when the
spine is Strengthened from its
usual curved position to per-
feet plumb line. you float ver-
tically. OF course. the mind must
be absolutely serene-otherwise
you'd sink" he said.
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Seuweed Flies Fought

Workmen have pumped 500
gallons of insecticide on 80 acres
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land, to curb seaweed flies this
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Joe Louis b|ames Bad Decisions
For Boxing Hood|umism Charges

LOS ANGELES Former world
heavyweight champion Joe Louis
Friday blamed "bad decisions in
Philadelphia" for helping to cause
current rumors of hoodlumism in
boxing.
The retired Brown Bomber"
hurled the accusation during a
news conference in Los Angeles,
at which he also revealed he is part
ner in swanky, new Las Vegas,
New, hotel whose doors will be
open to people of all races. He
said:
"It's not the fighters SO much
as the officials that are giving
boxing bad name. People are
getting Disguised with bad deci-
sions and most of them seem to
come out of Philadelphia"
He had special reference to the
recent welterweight battle in Phila-
delphia in which Kid Gavilan lost
his title to Johnny Saxton.
Louis said: "Gavilan was the
winner, but he turned out to be the
loser in that one.
81 believe that 80 percent of the
matches made are on the level.
There's a lot of talk about hood
lums being connected with boxing,