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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-07
sy the As,oeio,ed Pres.

WICHITA FALLS. Tex. Jan.
a. Dick Todd, square-shoul-
dered young rancher who dab
bles successfully in football, is
the new head football coach at
Midwestern University here.
Todd signed a three-year con-
tract at an undisclosed salary
yesterday, ending a year Of semi
retirement in which he served
as a scout for Southern Metho-
dist University after resigning
as Mustang backfield coach fol-
lowing the 1853 season.
He fills q post vacant since the
resignation OF Joe Saitta last
December 10. Saitta served two
years. during which the Indians
won six, lost Is and tied two.
They had an overall 4-5-l rec
ord last year, finishing second in
the Gulf Coast Conference.
At Midwestern. Todd win con-
tinue a football career that be-
gan in 1880 with Crowell High
School in West Texas and con-
tinued through Texas Ann, the
Washington Redskins and Navy
teams during World War II and
coaching jobs with Washington.
AIM and SMU.
Todd scored 664 points In four
seasons at Crowell "a record
that stood until Kenneth Hall
topped TOO points at Sugar Land
in 1858.
The 40-year-old Todd an
nounced his resignation as coach
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-07
Writer Says lombard
Will Coach Air Force
BY H,e Associated Press

NEWARK. N. j., Jan. t.
Vince lombard, backfield coach
of the New York Giants, will be
named first football coach Of
the new Air Force Academy at
Colorado Springs, Colo, the
Newark Star-Ledger said today.
The newspaper, in a story
signed by Sports Editor Stanley
Woodward, said lombard. one
OF Fordham's all-time great line
men, will be named before the
first class starts at temporary
headquarters at an airf1eld in
Denver"
Lombardi Is attending the
coaches conference at the Ma
tional Collegiate Athletic As
ISOLATION convention in New
York and wasn't immediately
available for comment on the
story.
Woodward said lombard "is
slated to handle the plebe team
next fall" at the new academy
now under construction at Col
orado Springs, with varsity
football slated for the fall Of
1885,,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-07
Todd Signs 3-Yeor Contract
As Head Coach at Midwestern

Of the Redskins in q dramatic
dressing room scene before an
exhibition game with the Los
Angeles Rams at the start of
the 1852 season. He was sue
ceeded by Curly Lambeau. since
replaced by Joe Kuharich.
One of the Redskins ail-time
great backs, Todd still is the
teams fourth leading scorer.
second on the clubs all-time list
of pass receivers behind Bones
Taylor. and third on the ground
gaining list.
While with the Washington
eleven. Todd was Sammy Baugh's
best buddy. One Of Sans chill
dren is named for him. Todd is
married. has one child, and dur
ing the off-season is a cattle
man, auctioneer and wheat
farmer near Crowell. Tex.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-07
Six Fighters and Judge Subbed
In Boston, So Probe Follows

after a warning. And to top
it all Of. Mack insisted he'd been
told three weeks ago he was to
fight Fender, a piece of news
which appeared to be his ex-
elusive property.
2. A four-rounder between
Walter Byars and Joe Arruda
had to be Cancelled. Arruda
didn't show up. Darlington.
first substitute. appeared with
no license. The second substi-
tute. English. was disqualified
for being 10 pounds overweight.
Judge Switch . Mystery.
3. Dell, set to meet Norman
Shaw, got an excuse from the
commission because of a heavy
cold. Shaw then scored fifth
round technical knockout over
Substitute John McDonough.
4. Poulton wired he was out
of shape and couldn't fight Billy
Tisdale. His replacement. Brown,
told the boxing commission
physician he had been hurt IN
o fight three weeks before and
wished TO demur. Jack RAN
dolph Of New York wound UP
In the ring with Tisdale but
was q technical knockout victim
in the nth round Of q scheduled
six.
5. Nee reported Q fractured
finger and was replaced by
Bobby Dalton to face Neri.
6. Neri called in to say he had
a virus infection. His substitute.
Earl Dennis Of Brooklyn, deci-
stoned Dalton In q Hereunder.
I. And In q change Of officials.
Joe Sanford replaced Joe Heirty
as q judge. The change was not
explained.
Said Sharkey Promoter john
ny Buckley:
Something's going on here
but / haven't anything / can
prove"
Said Lamar:
Somebody is tampering with
Buckley's show and the proper
persons win be penalised."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-07
Tonnemoker Retires
From Pro Football
BY the Assoeioied Press

GREEN BAY, Wis, Jan. z. -
Clayton Tonnemaker, Green Bay
Packers captain, has announced
his retirement from professional
football.
The 6-foot-2, 240-pound line
hacker, who earned All-America
honors at Minnesota as a center
in 1949, will enter business with
a grain merchandising firm in
Minneapolis. Coach Liz Black
bourn said he had been informed
by letter.
II hate to see him quit, +"
Blackburn said. II think he has
a couple of good years left"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-07
HeIioseope Next With l26.
High Gun and Determine Get
.728 Pounds Each in Widener

1854. Imbros. a stablemate of
Determine. drew l24 pounds. one
more than Alfred G. Vanderbilt's
Social Outcast.
Bunched at l22 pounds each
were Robert S. Lytle's Correla-
ton. winner of the 1854 Wood
Memorial and Florida Derby;
Easty House Farms Hasty Road,
winner of the Preakness. and
Maine Chance Farms Jet Ac-
ton. who beat High Gun In
the Withers at Belmont.
Capeador. owned by Brook
meade Stable, drew l19, two more
than Trio Stables Laffango.
Lightweights in the field Of 50
nominees for the. fright Hialeah
fixture were Ciderman, Clamor,
Hi Jet and Big Broadcast, at
100 pounds each.
Determine earned 1929, 700 and
was never out Of the money in
Is starts last year, while High
Gun was in the money 10 times
In IA races and earned $314,550.
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Rucinq
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N(OltiIlucU rIUAH rage @-A1
at least one representative Of
each Of the mile tracks into the
commission Office and presented
the commissions decision.
There were few complaints
heard among those present.
It was noted there will be a
conflict for two days between
Pimlico and Delaware Park late
in May, and such an arrange
ment undoubtedly will draw
criticism from track employees
who normally work at both
tracks.
However, Rinehart said the
fact the two tracks would have
this conflict was of little i'm
portance since Memorial Day
crowds should be big enough for
both. He said he believes track
employees will be able to work
out their difficulties.
It also was pointed out that
Bowie got the best Of the dates
from q non-competitive stand
point. However. Rinehart said
he felt bad weather must be
taken into consideration and 1t
seemed certain that Bowie's en-
tire 33-day meeting would not
be run in perfect racing condi-
tionS.
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tonight's bout cali for Patterson
to weigh 1855, three or four
pounds below his usual figure,
while Troy normally weighs about
16l.
The Garden, once a steady
Friday night home for boxing,
hasn't had a fight since Deem
Der II. It won't have another
until February 4 while the In
ternational Boxing Club operates
in Miami Beach, Syracuse and
Philadelphia.
Patterson, winner Of 10 Of 10
bouts since he turned pro after
winning his Olympic title in Hell
sinki, Is an 18-to-5 favorite over
Troy. beaten only twice in 80 pro
fights. Patterson lost q debated
decision to joey Maxim, former
light Heavyweight champ, in
Brooklyn, June 7. Troy'S two de-
feats were by knockouts. Holly
Minis stopped him at Washing
ton on March 4, 1858 and joey
Giardello dropped him three
times before Referee Al Berl
stopped it in the seventh round
last March 10 at the Garden.
Since the defeat by Maxim,
Patterson has won five in q row
over Jacques Roger, Tommy Har-
rison. Esau Ferdinand. Joe Gam
non and Jimmy Slade. He han
died the highly rated Slade with
such ease, knocking him down
five times. that the commission
held up the purse until 1t looked
at the movies and realized what
solid punches Slade had taken.
Giardello whipped Troy by
throwing a right hand punch
over Willie's low left before he
got warmed up. In the same
fashion. Patterson caught Slade
"cold" and dropped him twice
in the first round of their fight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-07
sy The Assoeio,sd Press

BOSTON, Jan. 7. The little
men who weren't there were the
subject of a Massachusetts, Box
ing Commission investigation to-
day following q mass substitu-
ton fight card in which a last
minute switch involved every one
of the officials.
A few of the originally sched-
uled contestants and 1927 spec
tators did show UP but the six
substitute fighters and one can
celled bout drew an immediate
announcement of an inyestiga-
ton by Commissioner Henry
Lamar.
After the program last night
at Mechanics Building put on
by the Sharkey A. A.. Lamar
suspended boxers Ted Murray.
New York; Bill Neri. Bridgeport.
Conn; Joe Arruda, Fall River.
and Harry Poulton. Nova Scotia.
Most Fans Stick II Out.
In addition to the above four,
Bob Darlington and Bobby Eng
lish of Fall River, Frankie Dell
and Tommy Nee of Boston and
Mel Brown were put on the un-
available list pending investiga-
ton by the commission.
Before the fight, fans were
offered their money back be-
cause Of all the changes. but
most Of them decided to stick
1t out,
Here's what happened:
/. Murray, scheduled to meet
Paul Fender. Brookline middle
weight. in the main event 10
rounder, didn't show UP before
the commission at noon and re-
portedly had a virus" Fred
Mack of Paterson. N. j., took his
place. Fender knocked Mack
down seven times before Referee
Mel Manning stopped the bout
ct 2:59 of the fourth.
Lamar then conferred with
Manning on the possibility oi
holding up Mack's purse for not
trying. Manning said he did try
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-07
College Basketball
Featured by Rash
OF Close Finishes
o. ths Assoeiaied pres.

An outburst of rousing I'm
ishes featured the college bas-
ketball docket last night.
st. Louis, Pennsylvania. Mem
phis State. Montana. Sewanee
and Mercer all won in the final
go seconds over Houston, Har-
ward. Arkansas Tech, wyoming.
Georgia Tech and Wofford. re-
respectively.
st. Louis and Memphis State
prolonged the closing agony by
sweating out overtime periods.
The st. Louis Billikins snatched
victory from Houston by an 85-
"a count on the clutch perform-
ance of Dick Boushka, who first
hit Jump shot with seven Sec
onds remaining to send the game
into the extra period and then
ended it all on a layup in the
final IL seconds.
Fouls Win for Memphis.
Memphis State also had its
star. Elmore FORMER, while out
lasting Arkansas Tech. l05-l02,
for the Senior Bowl tournament
title at Mobile, Ala. Fortner,
who totaled only 10 points,
counted three of them on foul
shots in the final minute Of
overtime for the winning mar
gin.
In the other hair-raisers,
Penn dropped Harvard, 54-52,
on Bart Leach's 10-foot Jump
shot with seven seconds left;
Montana's Rudolph tZipl Rhodes
sank two free shots with FIVE
seconds remaining to defeat
Wyoming. 44-42; Sewanee, trail-
ing throughout. upset Georgia
Tech, 67-66. as Joe Alligood
hit a field goal with 10 seconds
to play. and John Hughes field
goal with IL seconds left made
it Mercer Y. Wofford II.
The Skyline Conference race
opened with favored Utah
thrashing Denver, 1888: Utah
State knocking of defending
champion Colorado A6cM. 85-65.
on scoring spree in the final
seven minutes, and Brigham
Young beating New Mexico.
92-62, in addition to the Mon
tana- Wyoming thriller.
Mountaineers Take Lead.
West Virginia settled its
Southern Conference leadership
argument with Virginia Tech,
1882, as Hot Rod Hundley and
frankie Spadafore each scored
10 for the Mountaineers. The
two teams entered the game
with 20 records. Two other
conference teams won outside
games as Furman trounced
Erskine, 102-85. and Washing
ton & Lee rallied to beat
Roanoke. 84-72.
Penn had its second close one
In two nights In the game with
Harvard, but now has a 30
Ivy League mark. Penn went
through the same possession tao
tics Wednesday night to beat
Yale, 42-40.
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Columbus
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few days to discuss player per-
sonnet.
There was no immediate indi-
cation who would be named field
manager for the new club.
Cooper said both the team and
the stadium would be renamed
soon.
Cooper said 10 players on the
Ottawa reserve list have been ac-
quired, but the bulk of player
help for Columbus is expected to
come from a strong working
agreement" with Kansas City.
set up as part of the deal.
Pirates Galbreath In Deal.
Jones called the Cardinals
attitude in the stadium trans
action very fair" and said the
deal included all equipment now
a part Of the stadium. He esti-
mated the value of this equip
ment at several thousand dol
lars above the purchase price.
Besides Jones. president of the
Buckeye Union and Ohio State
life insurance companies. the
group included John w. Gal
breath, Columbus financier and
part owner Of the Pittsburgh
Pirates.
Other members Of the cor
poration---to be known as the
Columbus Baseball Co. - are
Wayne Brown, president Of Big
Bear Stores, a grocery chain;
George Byers, president of George
Byers and Sons. Inc; Thomas j.
Carroll. attorney; Don M. Casio.
president Of Don M. Casio Enter
prises; Harry w. Jameson, presi-
dent Of David Davies Packing
Co.; Robert Lazarus. president
of the F. g. r. Lazarus Co., and
Floyd Gooding, president OF
Gooding Amusements Co.
Jones said other names would
probably be added to this list at
q later date.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-07
IN ROB 7HoMAS

start at 2, $3.50 and 5 o'clock.
At night. it win be Z, $3.50 and
10 o'clock
Forty-eight will roll in each
squad If the entry limit is
reached. Only IA can be ac-
commodated. This number, con-
shutting record field, competed
last year at Torrington, Conn.,,
and a dozen entries were turned
down.
The 1854 winner, Don Norton
of Cheshire. Conn, is here to
defend the title he won with
an average of 1862. to earn
$1,000 and a diamond medal.
The prize money totaled $6,477.
Other past winners in the
field are Tony Santini Of Wash
ington, Nick Tronsky. Jack
White and Harry Peters Of
Connecticut, Andy Friar Of
Fall River. Mass, and Cliff Kidd
of Baltimore.
80 -
Washington's 80 entrants top
the list, while Connecticut with
81 is the next largest group.
Baltimore has l6.
The District area will be rep
resented by Charley Beall
Crescent, Weldon. Hall VIII
liams, Rinaldi, Fred Murphy.
Jack Moulton. Howard Parsons.
Bob Miciotto, Gene Iannucci.
Bob Lockhard, Sidney Amanuel.
Gerald Stair, Billy Stalcup,
Billy Moore, Guy Andes, Bill
Watson, Joe Priccl, Cletus Pam
nell, Billy Mischou, Lew Malitz,
Bill DUNCAN, Weldon, Micalizzi,
Jim Goodwin, Pete Santora, FL
Geib, Bill Lewis. Harold Inman,
Clarence Appler. Russ Spilman,
Julie Singer and Lew Yates, plus
Santini.
For the first time this season
Gerald Stair is out Of the Ma
tional Capital League lead, after
a 1888 performance last night
that sliced his average to S26-11
for 48 games.
Cletus Pannell of United Mar
ket moved to the top with a 372
tally that left him with an aver
age of 1872. Stair dropped to
third behind Sidney Amanuel Of
the leading Valley Forge team.
who rolled 381. His average is
1860. Valley Forge retained its
six-game margin.
Lew Yates of Mckee Pontiac
won his $50 entry fee in the
United States Classic by shoot
ing 426 in q 25-man prelirn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-07
Buckeyes Freeman,
Only 5-Feet- 10, Tops
Collegiate Scorers

~ the Associated Press

NEW YORK. Jan. 7.-Ohio
States Robin Freeman stands
only 5-feet-10 but he is showing
the Nations college basketball
players it isn't necessary to be
tall to be the leader in scoring.
The little guard has an aver
age of 34.6 points a game on 242
points in seven games through
last Saturday to set the pace for
the fourth straight week, accord
ing to figures released today by
the National Collegiate Athletic
Association Service Bureau.
Except for Freeman, the South
would dominate the scoring race
among major college players.
The next flve-the only others
who've averaged more than 20
points q game-all represent
either the Southern or the At
lantic Coast Conference.
wilkinson Is Fourth.
Darrell Floyd, successor to
1953-54 champion Frank Selvy
at Furman, is closest to Freeman
for the third straight week. His
32.2-point race is followed by
Bill Yarborough's 30.5 for Glenn
son, Buzz Wilkinson's 800 for
Virginia. John Mahoney's 29.9
for William and Mary and Dickie
Hemric's 29.4 for Wake Forest.
Hemric and Wilkinson are
the first to reach 800 in total
points. The Wake Forest ace
has counted 1913 times in IL
games while Wilkinson has an
even 800 in 10. The Sc points
Hemric scored in three outings
last week boosted his college
total to 2.154, second only to
Selvy, who hung up an all-time
record of 1858 last year.
There are new leaders in all
other departments of play. Gene
Carpenter of Texas Tech re-
gained the field goal accuracy
with a 67.2 per cent mark. Bob
Walczak of Marquette moved
ahead of West Texas States
Jim Scott In free throw efficiency
and Charles slack Of Marshall
edged Art Quimby Of Connecti-
cut for the rebound lead.
Made 20 In Row.
Walczak sank his first %
free throws before missing and
has an average Of 96.5 per cent.
Scott is second with 93.2. Slack
has recovered 25.8 rebounds a
game to Quimby's 25.2.
Scoring leaders through Janu-
airy i:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-07
Victory al KiImer Gives
Andrews 18th STRAIGHT
Special Dispe,eh to The s,er

FORT MONMOUTH. N. j.,
Jan. THE Andrews Air Force
basketball team shoots for its
18th straight triumph tonight
against the Fort Monmouth five.
then continues its trip against
Fort Dix tomorrow afternoon
and Sampson Air Base Monday.
The Airmen added to their
record winning string last night
by trimming Camp Kilmer, 90
"A. at Kilmer, with Cliff Hagan.
former Kentucky star, scoring
% points in the IS minutes he
played. Second high was Bob
Rousey from Kansas State with
10 points,
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Victory Over Blades
Puts Lions in Mood
For Surge in League

Two victories in their last four
games and the return to action
Of Fern LaPointe have put the
washington Lions in proper
frame of mind for q push back
to the top Of the Eastern Hockey
League standings.
Starting . drive to the top is
exactly what Player Coach Stan
Warecki has In mind as the
Lions prepare to meet New
Haven again at $3.50 pm. tomor-
row at Uline Arena. The imme-
date objective win be to get
even. with the Blades for the
season. A 6-l victory before
1885 fans last night at Uline
gave the Lions q 3-4-l record
against the second-place Con-
necticut team.
Warecki says the Lions have
ended their skid, have leveled
OF and now are ready to climb
back. Five losses In six games
during the latter half Of Deem
Der tilnbled the Lions from first
place. They've maintained a
500 level since that fall and
with LaPointe back in action.
Marlowe Mcdonald ON his way
back and Frank Toyota coming
into his own, a resurgence is
more than possible.
Toyota Scores Twice.
LaPointe. WaShington's val
liable center. sat out for more
than two weeks with a sprained
left ankle. He returned last
night as the Lions ran up their
third biggest margin Of the sea-
son. Only in q I'll victory over
Worcester New Years night and
a 1913 victory over the Blades
in the first game of the season
have the Lions been more COM
pletely in charge. Mcdonald, an
other center, is recovering from
a shoulder injury.
Toyota, the Japanese anad-
ian. scored twice as the Lions
broke out for q SO lead in the
first period last night.
Dave Lucas started the Lions
on their way with a score at
9:01. Then came goals by To-
yota, Dan Morgan, Toyota again
and Bob Lunny. back after a
one-galne suspension for not
conforming to the curfew train
ing rule.
Two Assists for LaPointe.
LaPointe was credited with
two assists, as he put on a
brilliant show of skating and
puck handling in setting up
scoring plays for Toyota and
Lunny.
John Sheridan scored for New
Haven in the second period, while
Art Darlington put in the final
goal for the Lions with less than
two minutes remaining.
Victory tomorrow night would
put the Lions within a half a
game of the Blades. Meanwhile,
Baltimore, now tied with the
Lions for third place. will be
meeting Clinton at Clinton, N. Y.
Nfs ihsten ------.- 8 ! "a
First period = Scoring = WASHINGTON:
Lucas. tWarecki, Formica), 9:0I. Toyota
{Dorrinston. Albert, 1O:56. MORGAN
Points, Thompson, 1871. L Sf1ss tM 1r-
gan. LaPointe) 17:00. New Haven:
None. Penalties--Washingt Morgan
tTrippingl, 1904.
Second period: Scoring Washington:
None. New. Haven, Sharban FERRY,
1:12 Penalties--Washingto None. New
Hayen: Buckholts tholdins the puck.
Third period: scoring-washineton.
New Haven: None. Penalties-.WasAtne-
ton: THOMPSON troughingl. l0:l1. New
haven: Bjornis troughingl. 1911.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-07
Washington Dog Leading
In Georgia Field Trials
BY the Associated Press

WAYNESBORO. Ca. Jan. T.
A pointer dog named Fast De-
livery Boy, owned by Harold A..
Crane and A. v. Holmes Of
Washington, DC, won first
place in the open all-age event
Of the Georgia field trials yester-
day.
Handled by Fred Arant. the
winner took the lead on the first
day in a field Of As.
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Buffalo Hockey Team
Sold to .BIuckhuwks
BY the Assoeioted Pres,

BUFFALO, N. Y. Jan. THE
Buffalo Bisons Of the American
Hockey League were sold today
to the Chicago Blackhawks of
the National League.
The sale by Louis M. Jacobs
of Sportservice, Inc, stadium
and arena concession firm that
operates nationally. was an
nounced by William d. Joseph.
Jacobs assistant.
"The club win remain in
Buffalo In the American League
under the new owners" Joseph
said.