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week Rocky upset he practically broke down the
door of the the morning Frank
general manager White Sox doubts to the
best deal he made. ut the with Cleveland
when got Minnie Mnoo" he says Hank Greenberg is
Just beginning speak to again. Greenbeg wanted me
to take Harry Simpson"
JOCKEY KEN CHURCHS LOSS of his saddle at Hialeah
Famngo Day recalls that in race in Chicago few years
ago he probably saved another rider Wendell Eads from
serious injury saddle began slipping his horse went
the and Church, noting his trouble rode along
side supported Eads with his preventing spill 1t
Church the but the fans him the biggest ovation
accorded Jockey in Chicago
Gus Beritz the commodore of Deae, Nd has bought
himself island off the Florida Coast Placida. Now
he has and winter fishing camp. year ago
Whitley StengeS doghoue presumably for
keeping hours. Now he's literally the farhaired boy
He threw harder after first workout than he did after
three weeks of practice last spring Stenge insists Roy
Campanea really big question mark in the Dodgers
camp Beach, The Brooklyn catcher reported at PIG
pounds 81 over his playing weight and General Manager
Buzzy bet from Roy Bavasi had wagered that
Campanela wouldn't report under 2l0.
horse with the improbable of Mr. Puddy Cat is
article at Sunshine Park these days and incidentally
the little Odemar track is all doled with clubhouse
isn't precisely Hialeah but it's far cry from the rckety
plant of few years Birdie Tebbetts of the Redlegs
higher than Bob Thurman 32yearod Negro he
signed free agent after watching him the Puerto Rcan
Winter League. He not be young, Tebbets "bu
the fellow do everythng-h play the outfeld and first
base, and pitch"
NOW THAT ALLIE REYNOLDS apparently has retired,
only members OF The Yankees remain from CLUB
949 which started that streak of five straight remnants and
world championships They Ed Lopat Yogi Berra Gerald
Coleman Hank Bauer Phil Rzzuto and Charley Silvera.
Former President Harry Truman who faithfully used to throw
out the first ball for Clark Griffith has accepted invitation
to open the not but twice for the Kansas City
Athletics Because there have been many opening day
ticket requests General Manager Park Carroll will stage two
curtain raiSers," April IL and April 10.
Latest bat salesman touring the Florida camps is Johnny
Mize who ought to know about bats. Al Kane, 2oyear
old Baltimore schoolboy who made the grade for the Detroit
Tigers last weighing ITS pounds now
he carried at the end of 1854 1t ought power
but Ferris Fains bad knee has Bucky Harris worried
FIRST baseman imps noticeably in the Lakeland camp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-06
By Burton Hawkins
Stor Siuff Correspondent

ORLANDO, Mar. 5.-A break
was indicated in Mickey '-ernon's
holdout against the Senators late
today when the veteran first
baseman wired Calvin Griffith,
club vice president, that he ex-
pected to arrive here late tonight
and would be ready to talk terms
tomorrow morning.
Vernon has been standing firm
against any reduction in the
$27.5o0 salary he received last
year after winning the 1858 bat
ting championship. The clubs
first offer called for a cut of
something like $4,000. but esti-
mates are that this has been
halved, at least, in negotiations
by telephone.
Mickey, VINO will be 81 next
month. tailed off to 900 last sea-
son but drove in 81 runs and
slugged 20 homers.
Last year Vernon arrived at
Orlando early. but he held out
for a full week after he and Cal
Griffith got around to dickering.
This time a settlement is eX-
pected quickly, probably at fig
ure between $4,000 md $26.500.
Mickey already has missed five
days of training. but he has been
working out at Villanova, near
his home at Wallingford. Pa.
Kline Stands Out.
Manager Chuck Dresser, who
saw the Senators in competition
for the first time today, will be
glad when Vernon gets into uni
form. Atrocious fielding and
meaeer hitting made the first
squad game sloppy, although
Shortstop Bob Kline emerged as
q standout.
Dresser permitted an assort-
ment of 80 athletes. operating
under the management Of
Coaches Joe Haynes and Ellis
Clary, to break into action and
the Haynes group staggered to a
4-3 victory. The contest was
cluttered with eight errors and
both clubs accumulated only 10
hits. some of them tainted.
There was nothing of mega
tive nature about Kline's per-
formance, however. He was the
only player to contribute two
hits, both sharp singles. Kline,
a .319 hitter with Birmingham
last season, made a pardonable
error but his overall conduct was
commendable and gave him an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-06
BY Brion Bell

Inspired by a brillian t
performance by Goalie Jack
Spencer, the Washington Lions
Inundated the New Haven
Blades, 81, before crowd of
3,647 last night at Uline Arena.
Spencer wound up with Al
saves for the night and Dick
Bittner. New Haven goalie, had
33. Jack even Clipped in with a
hockey rarity, getting an assist
on a Washington goal.
Defenseman Dave Lucas and
Wingman Joe Formica led the
Lions scoring with two goals
apiece. Ferne LaPointe and
Player-Coach Stan Warecki each
contributed a goal and two as
siSts.
Art Darlington. the Lions Ne
gro star. got the opening goal
at SAB Of the first period. Lucas.
wasted no time increasing the
Lions lead in the second stanza,
slamming in shot from the blue
line after only So seconds had
elapsed. Formica and Warecki
both beat Bittner before John
Sheridan scored New Ravens only
goal on a rebound at 14:03. La
Pointe and Roy Hammond also
found the New Haven net be-
fore the wild second period
ended.
Lucas again hit the net with a
long one midway in the final
period and Formica got his kec-
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N. {. State Rally
Beats Duke for
ACC Title, S7-77
Strong Finish Enables
WoIfpock to Erase
Devils HuIftime Edge
By MerreII Whittlesey
Stor Sioff Correspondent

RALEIGH, N. c., March. S.
North Carolina State. the best
Saturday night basketball team
in the country, was too much for
Duke in the second half here
tonight and won the Atlantic
Coast Conference basketball
tournament by beating the Blue
Devils. 87-77.
Four points behind at halftime
and seven points back at one
time, the Wolfpack played Duke
off its feet with a magnificent
second half and won going away
When Everett Case walked to
mid-court to receive the trophy
it was the 18th time the 55-year-
old little gray-haired man has
taken the same steps since he
took over here in 1916 - six
Southern Conference titles, five
Dixie classics and the two Allan
tic Coast championships. 1t was
the fifth time State has beaten
Duke in a final.
12,400 Pack Field House.
The tournament was another
great financial success. with a
sweltering throng of 12,400
packed in again tonight. The
temperature outside was 80 de-
grees and it was even hotter
inside.
Duke thus backed into a post
season tournament for the Sec
ond time this season. The Blue
Devils generally were agreed to
have had the second-best foot
ball team in the conference but
they went to the Orange Bowl
because Maryland had gone the
previous year.
They're the second-best bas-
ketball team. but they go to New
York Tuesday to meet Villanova
in the first round of the NCAA
playoffs because N. C. State is
ineligible for NCAA competition
due to violation of NCAA rules.
The Wolfpack instead will play
in the AAU tournament starting
March 20 in Denver.
Shavlick Sets Two Records.
State, which now has % tri-
umphs against four defeats over
all, again was led by its magni-
ficent big man, 6-foot-8 Ronnie
Shavlik, who has the agility of a
little guy. He set a tournament
record with 70 points for the
three games and also set a re-
bound record.
He gets high off the floor off
both boards, turns many erring
shots into baskets with rebounds,
and gets big share of foul shots.
State did not use the all-court
press with which it beat Wake
Forest. Instead, it had two big
men in there all the time, Shavlik
and either Cliff Dywer, or Bob
Seitz, both 6-foot-10. Duke is
big too, but not that big.
Bouncing back from its z
point deficit just prior to half
time, N. C. State overcame
Dukes biggest lead of the night
by holding the Blue Devils with
out a field goal for the next 10
minutes and A seconds.
Duke was hanging close with
! foul shots, however, and with
(See N. C. STATE, Page C-5.)
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West Virginia Wa|Iops CIV in Overtime for Title
Vernon Heads for Camp,
Indicating End of HoIdout

early lead over Jerry Snyder in
their battle for the shortstop
job.
Pete Hurt. a 19-year-old Uni
versity of Florida highlander
who is ineligible for baseball
there, restricted the Clarys to
one hit in three innings. loop
ing double by Snyder in the
second inning, and probably won
contract with a farm club.
Snyder's double followed walk
to Roy Sievers and Sievers scored
on Steve Korcheck's sacrifice fly
to left.
Pedro Ramos. a sturdy Cuban
Highlander who had a combined
1874 record with Morristown.
Pa, and Hagerstown, and Mike
Dayne, 6-10 with Chattanooga.
likewise, turned in one-hit efforts
in their three-inning assignments,
Haynes team spurted into a
10 lead against Hal Griggs
GAIA at Charlotte) in the first
inning when Kline singled with
two down, raced to third on Tom
Umphlett's single to center and
scored when Snyder permitted
Jim Lemons grounder to escape
him.
Two successive errors led to
another run for Haynes club in
the second inning. Roy Dietzel
uncorked a two-base wild throw
after fielding Carlos Paula's
grounder, and Second Baseman
Curtis Hardaway fumbled Har-
mon Killebrew's grounder. Paula
scored from third when Bob
Odds forced Killebrew.
Weird Double Play.
A walk to SieverS, Snyder's
double and Korcheck's sacrifice
fly staked the Clarys to a run
in the second inning off Hurt,
and they tied the score in the
fifth against Ramos after Kill
Hebrew bobbled Korchek's smash
and Ramos botched up Dayne's
grounder. Tom Wright walked to
fill the bases and Korchek scored
after Larry Ciaffone flied to
Larry Moore in left.
Rightf1elder Roy Halves sup
piled the most spectacular field
ing play at that juncture with a
diving stab of Jess Levan's drive.
He fired the ball to Second Base
man Tony Roig. With runners
on first and second, Roig unac-
countably threw to third. The
peg was over Killebrew's head,
(See SENATORS, Page CD
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Competition Opens Tomorrow
District GIovers in New York
To Fiqht in Eastern Tourney

team does not appear to be as
strong as the one that captured
three individual titles and the
team championship last year, it
gets a definite break in that not
one 1854 champion will be on
hand to defend his crown.
Last year Len Kanthal, the
Quantico heavyweight; George
DAVIS, Fort Meade bantam
weight, and Sonny Boy williams,
No1theas AC lightweight,
fought their way to Eastern
championships.
Finals Set Wednesday.
Kanthal retained his WASH
ington title, but is ineligible
this year because of the Marine
rule on headgear. Even we're he
eligible, however, he would not
be able to defend his title, since
he is hospitaliZed at Bethesda
Naval Hospital with a fractured
jaw suffered in his exhibition
bout with Ware last Thursday
night.
Davis elected to seek a place
on the United States Pan Amer
lean team and was beaten in the
finals, while Williams has
turned pro.
Teams competing against
Washington will include New
England. Buffalo, Newark. Pitts
burgh. New York. Miami. Hunt
ington, w. Va. Charlotte, N. c.,
and Jacksonville. Fla.
After Mondays opening
rounds at Ridgewood Grove. the
scene shifts to Sunnyside Gar
den Tuesday for the quarter
finals and the Madison Square
Garden Wednesday for the semi
finals and finals.
The eight Eastern champions
will meet the eight Western
champions in the intercity bouts
at Chicago March 81.
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Matchmaker to Seek Suspension
Sugar Ray Claims He's Sick,
Withdrows From Boston Bout
-AF Wirephoto.

Gainford, told the Associated
Press that Sugar Ray was suf-
fering from "chills and is very,
very weak"
Gainford said Robinson be-
came i'll yesterday and was ex-
amined by DR.. Moore. he hotel
physician At the time, Gain
ford said, the doctor ordered
Robinson to bed for three or
four days"
Took Medication.
Robinson took medication and
went to bed, Gainford said.
When he awakened today he felt
much better and later went to
the Boxing Commission offices
for the physical, the manager
said.
Gaiford said that Robinson
felt fine until about $3.50 when
he again began suffering from
chills and had to go to bed.
Robinson, reached in his hotel
room. said:
II feel as if I am protecting
the public as we'll as myself. The
public pays good money to see
the best, and I feel as if 1
couldn't give them my best. I
can't afford another setback in
my condition, and I don't want
to get hurt when I'm not in top
condition"
Charges He Choked Up.
Gainford said the cold may
have come from a draft from a
big picture window and pointed
to where a pillow was stuffed in
the window "to stop the draft. +"
Il think Robinson choked up
at the last minute" Silverman
said. Il begged him for an hour
and half to go on with the
SHOW"
Gainford said he and Robin
son offered to fulfill the con-
tract here March 10. To that
Silverman said:
II don't know how the public
will react when they read that
The doctor says Robinson looked
fit for the fight tonight.
Fright now I want nothing to
do with Robinson" ..~
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BOSTON. Mar. Sugar Ray
Robinson, former welter and
middleweight boxing champion
attempting a comeback, with
drew from his scheduled 10
round bout with George Small
of Brooklyn tonight only few
hours before ring time.
Robinson claimed that he was
i'll, but Boxing Commissioner DR..
Edwin H. HORNED said after an
examination he found no evil
denee of sickness or injury which
would warrant me to postpone
the fight"
Matchmaker Sam Silverman of
the Callahan A. C. cancelled the
Boston Garden card and said he
would seek to have Robinson
suspended.
Silverman said that Robinson
notified him at $50 pm. that
he was i'll. The boxing commits
sion then requested DR.. HORNED
to examine the former cham
pion in his hotel room.
DR.. HORNED reported that he
examined Robinson Tin the pres
ence of his personal physician
(Dr. Robert F. Moore" and said:
I'm consultation with DR.,
Moore it was agreed that
there was no objective medical
evidence which warranted post
ponement of the fight tonight. "
Robinson appeared at the box
ing commission Offices at 2 pm.
for a physical examination and
at that time made no mention
of feeling i'll, Boxing Commits
sioner Joe Reardon said.
The Robinson-Small fight was
scheduled for 10 pm. There was
to be no television or radio
broadcast.
The bout was to be Sugar
Pov'S third in his comeback at
tempt. He knocked out Joe Rim
oo..e in December after 81
month layoff, but a month later
dropped a one-sided decision to
Ralph (Tiger) Jones in a tele-
vised hereunder.
Rcbinson's manager, George
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Sea 0 Erin Captures
New Orleans Cap in
Thrilling Stretch Drive
picture on Page C-5.)
By the Associated Press


NEW ORLEANS, March S.
Hasty House Farms speedy Sea.
o Erin set a blistering pace
and withstood stretch challenges
from Spur On and Wise Margin
to win the $4,000 New Orleans
Handicap at the Fair Grounds
today.
The front running Sea o Erin,
a four-year-old son of the Irish
bred Shannon, II, held a length
lead through most of the mile
and one-eighth feature and out
lasted Sam Tufano'S Wise Mar
gin by neck.
Marvin Affeld's Spur On
trailed Wise Margin by a neck
for the show spot.
Sea Q Erin and his running
mate, Mister Black, arrived from
Florida Wednesday to run in
the New Orleans Handicap, the
richest offering of the Fair
Grounds 82-day racing season
Entry Pays S1O.4G.
The Hasty House entry went
to the post at Al odds and re-
turned $10.40, $3.50 and So. Wise
Margin, second choice in the
betting to Spur On, paid $44O
/ and $3.50 with Spur On return
ing $3.50.
Sea o Erin, ridden by Ken
meth Church, streaked to the
victory in 1:50 and fifth, three
fifths of a second behind the
track record.
Sea o Erin was highly re-
garded in prerace forecasts, but
he was not expected to maintain
his burning speed over the long
route. But the alert looking
Hasty House color bearer fooled
everyone and showed lots of
stamina in outlasting the stretch
charges of Wise Margin and Spur
On.
Takes Command at Turn.
Sam E. Wilson's Bugledrums
broke from the gate first. but
Sea o Erin took command as the
field rounded the first turn and
moved to a length and a half
margin through the back stretch,
Mrs. Grace Kosiba's Sub Fac
tor and T. P. Morgan's Grover
B. made threatening moves, but
fell back with Wise Margin and
Spur On moving up as the To-
horse field swung into the long
run for home.
The three matched strides for
the final quarter of mile. but
Sea o Erin was not to be denied
The victory was worth $45, 500
for Hasty House Farm. which
also picked up $4,000 since Mis-
ter Black finished fourth.
A crowd of $4,000 turned out
for the 28th running of the New
Orleans Handicap.
Church set a record with the
victory, his third in the Handi-
cap. He won with Mount Marcy
in 1851 and repeated with Hasty
Houses Oil Capitol in 1852.
Loblolly ($7.40 took the first
and Lullaby Time 1851 500 won
the second for a daily double OF
$235.60. A consolation daily
double of $3.50 resulted wher
Lanky John was late scratch
in the second race.
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Inspired by Spencers Goal Tending
,647 See Lions Rout Blades,
81, to Square PIoyoH Series

ond goal with less than three
minutes to play.
Despite a continuation of the
barrage New Haven leveled at
Spencer all evening, the Wash
ingtoh goalie was unbeatable in
the final period. During the busy
night he turned aside all at
tacks. even stopping Ken Blon-
din when the hard-shooting
Blades winger rushed him all
alone in the second period.
Spencer got his rare assist, the
second one of his goal tending
career, in the second period. He
blocked New Haven shot with
his stick, then drove the puck
to the blue line. LaPointe re-
layed the disc to Warecki, who
drove in unchecked to beat
Bittner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-06
By Dick O'Brien
Stor Sfoff Correspondent

NEW YORK. Mar. S. The
Stars Golden Gloves team from
Washington arrived here today
to compete with regional anna
teur boxing champions from
New England to Florida in the
ninth annual Eastern Tourna-
ment of Champions which opens
Monday at Brooklyn's Ridgewood
Grove.
The Washington team is
headed by John Horne. light
heavyweight champion om
Boiling Air Force Base, and WAL
ter Taylor. the 126-pound title
holder from the Northeast AC.
Rounding out the team are six
alternates for the Washington
champions from Navy and Ma
rine installations, who are not
eligible for the tournament here
because of a Navy Marine Corps
ruling requiring the use of head
gear. The alternates include
Joseph Stewart, l12 pounds;
Charles Driver, l18; Mark Kava-
naugh, 1856; Stewart Grimes. lat:
John Martone, 100, and Charles
Ware, heavyweight.
Three Having Weight Trouble.
Stewart, Driver and Taylor
we're experiencing trouble with
their weight on arrival here. brt
they we're expected to get down
to the required poundage by
weigh-in time at pm. to-
morrow.
Head Coach Paddy Kane and
his assistants. Glen Drake and
Henry Thomas. hustled the over
weight trio to the local Catholic
Youth Organization gym for a
workout. after which they were
put on a drying -out routine.
Alt houg h this Washington
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LaStarza, adding, How can I say if he can't
win fights like this? I'd rather see him quit"
- Not that Marty Marion intends to play
ball again, but the White Sox manager has
reason to mark the retirement of Elwood
(Preacher) Roe II only hit one grand slam
homer in my life," Marion recalls, "and it
was against Roe. Maybe Preach suddenly
remembered it and that made up his mind"
Sports Illustrateds piece on Branch
Hickey is recommended, whether or not you
admire Hickey.
Infielder Rocky Bridges of the Cincinnati
Redlegs, who has fetish for being the first
IN renort was nosed ont bv two rockies this
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HundIeY Sparks
.58-48 Triumph
Mountuineers' Ace
Scores 30, Leeds
Extro-Period Surge
By George Huber
Sior Stoff Correspondent

RICHMOND, Va, Mar. Slot
Rod Hundley led West Virginia
to the Southern Conference bas-
ketball championship tonight as
the Mountaineers topped defend
ing champion George Washing
ton, 58-48, in overtime.
Hundley, star in all depart
ments, totaled 80 points and got
the first five points as the Noun
taineers took charge in the over
time session after the regular
game ended deadlocked at 1915.
A capacity crowd of 5000
turned out despite a very wet
thunderstorm to cheer Hundley
and the Mountaineers to victory
over the team that defeated the
hometown school of Richmond
in the semifinals of the confer
ence tournament last night.
The game matched in excite
ment that of last night when the
Colonials pulled out a victory
over Richmond in the last two
seconds, and the title game also
resembled it in that it had a
tWo-minute freeze at the end.
Colonlals' Freeze Fails.
1t was the ColonialS who put
the freeze this time, waiting for
a last-second shot they hoped
would win. Corky Devlin. GW's
high scorer with "a points, took
that final shot eight seconds be-
fore the end and missed as the
Mountaineers closed in on him.
Nobody got their hands on the
ball in the remaining seconds
of the regular game, and the
Mountaineers we're in command
in the extra five minutes.
West Virginia's victory was a
fine one for Coach Freddy
Schaus, who is coaching for the
first year. The Mountaineers
now go into the first round Of
the NCAA tournament, playing
LaSalle, the defending national
champion at New York Tues
day night. Coach Ken Loeff1er
of LaSalle was here scouting his
opposition.
The loss was a tough one for
the Colonials, who had seemed
outclassed in the first half but
who surged in front in the Sec
ond half and kept slim mar
gin almost down to the end.
Holup's Injury Tells.
George Washington played
under the handicap of having
it's most solid player, big Joe
Holup, on the floor with a heav-
lily tapped sprained right ankle.
Holup, star of the Richmond
game with winning basket two
seconds before the end, could
not move in his usual fashion
and totaled only eight points.
Despite Devlin's miss with his
important try seconds before
the regular game ended, he was
the George Washington star.
With Holup incapacitated, he
took charge under the basket
and played a tremendous de-
! fenSive game as we'll. He al
most beat the Mountaineers sim
gle handedly with his outside
push shots.
After Corky got three goals
midway through the last half
to put CIV into 1892 lead, its
best of the night, Coach Schaus
of the Mountaineers moved
Hundley over to guard Devlin.
1t was Schaus' best move OF
the night, for Devlin got only
one basket the rest of the way.
Both Start Slowly.
During the first half, when the
Colonials were unable to move
because of Holup's handicap, the
Mountaineers seemed in charge,
even though they were able to
take only a 1928 halftime lead.
Both teams played cautiously
and slow. with George Washing
tons good work on controlling
! (See COLONIALS, Page C-2)
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San juan Copistrono Chart

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Tournament Results

ATLANTIC COAST CONF. TOURNEY.
Championship
n. G. state 81 -. Duke z,
SOUTHERN CONF. TOURNAMENT.
hampiOnship)
Vest Virginia 80 Geo. Washington AZ
Romney, W. Va. AZ Frederick, Md. IS
white Plains, N. Y. 20 Wash, d. c. II
PRIORY TOURNAMENT
DeMatha 63 Priory 81
Championship
Mt. ST. Mary's % L6yola 93
SMOKY MOUNTAIN TOURNEY.
Championship
Lincoln Mem DC Emory e. Henry Ga
SOUTHEASTERN &c TOURNEY.
Championship
Young Harris 81 N GreenyilIe 81
tConsolati0n.)
St. Bernard ~ Cumberland 81
(Other RESULTS, Page C-3.)