Evening star., 1959-02-01
WIN, LOSE OR
INAV BY FRANCIS sTANN
OF This and That

PROFESSIONAL. BASKETBALL given Page treat
ment in the Wall Street Journal, "Stil little fellow
compared with its brothers" according to the Journal
LAST year, for instance 3O06124 fans hocked to pro
football games Major league baseball games attracted
17460630 customers. The NBA National Basketball
Association drew only 1750000" Wall Street Journals
story pointed out adding: although most of the eight
in the NBA close -outhed about their finances
five of the eight repeatedly in the red far this
Only the champion St Louis Hawks the runnerup
Boston Celtcs and the New York Knickerbockers are
believed to be making money"
The headline in The Sporting News "Hamey Sees
Rougher Road for SO Braves refers to Roy Hamey
assistant general Of the Yankees but until
Gently GIN of the Philes With minor move by type
setter and frank confession by the person most involved
the banner could read Haney Sees Rougher Road etc"
Fred Haney of is the of the Braves and
lot of people think he's the spot especially with Red
Schoendienst out with tuberculosis,
Cliff Battles the great halfback who helped win the
1887 pro football championship for the Redskins
among those who Hillsdale win the $l7715O Maturity
at Santa Anita yesterday Battles Washington representa-
tive for c. W. Larry Smith Hisdale's owner, few out
to California Tuesday with his pal Jimmy Johnson They
and their wives guests of Smith, Detroit ndusalst
who played football for Georgia Tech and the Chi
cago Bears.
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HERB GOODMAN WHO makes career out of
making University Maryland football coaches feel at
home sent $50 to our Dick OBrien in the hope that
Richard might pass out Golden Gloves tickets ito
very worthy youngsters OBrien will do. The
word out that before the Green Bay Packers hired
Vince Lombard COACH they offered the job at $4,000
to Forest Eyashevsk, who preferred to remain at
Iowa.
After the last wrestling show at Madison Square
Garden when 240 paid 1896 watch the groanerS
Promoter Walter Johnston threw tradition the
window I'VE had three boom seasons Johnston recalled
going back to the Gus Sonnenberg land promoters
used to say that the bubble bust at any time. Now
don't bust It's here and it's going to stay!"
Heaven forbid!
Mores the pity this town has no big league pro
basketball club but from what you've seen TV isn't
Bob Petit about the greatest shade above Cousy
Russell, Baylor and Arizin? lot of sports writers
with no muscles at all must be wondering how Jackie
Jensen himself out at banquets which the
have to cover at all times whether Jensen is honored
or not
JOHNNY IDzIK, EX-MARYLAND BACK lost three
successive assistant coaching jobs when the head
fired at Tennessee Ottawa of the Canadian League
and Maryland But John urged by the missus to give
it more try is in town and hoping for offer The
coaches he assisting Harvey Robinson of the
Vols Chan Caldwell of Ottawa and Tommy Mont of the
TerpS although when Bowden Wyatt took at Tennes
he asked dzk alone of the Robinson aides to stay.
The icy footing in Washington last week resulted in
broken ankle for Mrs, Abe Rosenfeld wife of the we'll
known basketball star, coach and softbaI pitcher
Oscar Robertson of Cincinnati University denies it, but
stories persist that he will quit school next and turn
pro, probably with the GlobetrotterS.
The Annapolis press treated standout sports
story the choice of Eddie Erdelaz jr, high school
An-America The of the Navy coach picked
hrstteam fubaek, while the only other player to
get CALL Dick Drummond of wilson, no better than
sixth team hafback
MORE THAN A DOZEN GROUPS in each city-San
Francisco and Los Angees-are reported to be angling
for pro basketball franchise so hot are the customers
for the sport Some sort of prize ought to be put up
for the first track releasing that
no Improvements being made for the next meeting
If track replaces broken window the drumbeaters
60 to town.
Johnny McEiale, general manager of the Braves,
not only was standout baseball player at Nore Dame
but pretty good lneman in football. When Orlando
Cepeda of the San Francisco Giants the Puerto Rcan
League batting title last with 1862 he emuatng
his father the late Peraoh0 Cepeda who led the
loop with Asa with Guayama 20 years ago. Fantastic
this average Peruchos mark only the highest
by native. The sll-time league record 479
by the late Josh Gibson Negro catcher in 1s4O1