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The Sports Trail By WHITNEY MARTIN I^TyORK, Feb., 3-WV- The 7 m wore a plaid lumber W* jhirt over a lumber jacket j*.. !s jf expecting a double ex sh'H ’ ° His graying hair was close P°5U1h and his face had the rug crjfP weatherbeaten look of the floor man. lie tabloid edition of John Bun 1 was introduced as Charley fa" a veteran guide from the billhead region around Bangor, J ° who was in town for the ex purpose of trying to get Billy Pr SDend about 30 days in that Cwatir)g country as a prelude ^‘heavy.training for his fight *1 joe Louis. ■is bait for the elusive Billy was "ring pictureE of the joys of life «rea* north woods, particu f ivhen Charley Miller is chef, j after viewing a couple of reels ^ L the vague idea that eating js something of a full-time job m there. E ley who has had such-fistic iebrities’ as Gene Tunney, Jack ;lcsev and Primo Camera under Jlare’ provided the sound as the •”1S era story was unfolded with the 5Cene showing a sturdy figure trudging through the woods on tpowshoes. ‘ “That's me chopping wood,’* he “lookin for two lost women.” The tame*figure, sagging a little more ,ch time, appeared in several ' ceding shots, with Charley each “1 identifying himself. Finally , figures were shown. “That’s Charley repeated. “I found one of them.’” ’ The search and discovery were just a prelude to the real story, however. That concerned food and ihe preparation thereof, with Charley explaining the Miiller teeh nioue. - T ™we pictu;es were sood, and in color creating a mouth-waterine ™riz?vheir views ot mg steaks, browning fish an(j Johnnycake. Charley kept up a description of theevem. mats me chopping wood ” he J™“ '«■«»• or Mlt t , that t me mixing mffee^ak6: th8t’S me makin« *“etta“ ■* was a little mys terious as to -just where he got all the ingredients for these delectable feasts, as it seemed there must be a well-stocked kitchen cabinet with in easy reach. If milk was needed presto Charley pulled out a bottle of milk. “Just happened to have it along,” he explained. His little party was ghown dig ging into the vittels like they were the first food enjoyed in six weeks. Me, said Charley, “i don't eat much—after a meal like that.” After devouring, visually, sever al whopping meals, admiring Charley’s outdoor kitchen wizardry and the beauties of the Maine scenery which were brought out so realistically it semed you could smell the pines, although it de veloped someone had been taking cough syrup, we asked Charley what luck he was having in his quest for Conn. A Conn quest, you might say. We knew Conn was in Hot Springs, Ark., or Texas. “I asked Mike Jacobs about the idea,” Charley said. “He-was in terested mostly in getting wood for a roof over his house. I told him I’d get him the wood if Conn would chop down the trees. I guarantee a month with me up in the Maine woods would get him in shape. If he got 1st all he would have to do would be to fire four shots.” We think he said fire four shots, not take them. I “Uncle Mike ” In Accord On Controlled Fighters By BUS HAM WASHINGTON, Feb. 3—0?) — Mike Jacobs and National Boxing Association officials today ironed out some of their differences over the manner in which professional boxing should be conducted for the good of the sport. Jacobs, the Nation’s No. 1 promoter, held heart-to-heart long distance telephone talks with Abe J. Greene, president, and Col. Harvey L. Miller, executive secre tary of the NBA, about this con troversial problem. Miller later said that Jacobs: 1. Pledged.' his full cooperation in helping cities other than New York, where he stages most of his principal fights, hold champion ship and near championship bouts. 2. Labeled as ‘‘absolutely right’’ an NBA assertion that "house con trolled” boxers are harmful to the game. 3. Denied that he actually man ages boxers. Jacobs’ denial was in reference to a statement yesterday by Mil ler in which the NBA official pointed out that Joe Louis, world heavyweight champion, recently said in effect that Jacob* is look ing after his interests. Miller made no further comment I on that issue. Louis will make his first post war title defense against Billy Conn in New York next June. Miller remarked that: Jacobs disclosed that he has more fights available than he ] knows what to do with, including ( a world’s heavyweight champion- i ship match. 1 Jacobs did not mention names ] of the fighters, but he probably i meant Willie Pepp and Sal Bartel lo. Pepp is recognized as * the i world’s champion in New York, ( while the NBA recognizes Bartel- : lo. A bout between these two ( would establish a clear-cut cham- i pion. J A statement by Miller said in ) part: “Jacobs readily agreed that cen- J tralization of stellar ring attrac- 1 tions in New York is not good for i the game. 1 “ ‘Because the purses are tops , in New York,’ Jacobs said, 'good fighters want to show there. Cur- ] rently, I have six fights for every 1 three available dates. 1 “ ‘It would.take me until June < to unload all of these. I would i be glad to see some of these bouts go to other cities.’ ; “No one in the NBA,” Miller i said, “is unfriendly toward Jacobs, 1 whom we recognize as boxing’s < greatest promoter. We wish we had the likes of him in every state, j However, we cannot have that if 1 all of the top fighters show in New 1 York. “The national good of the sport < should come first and its business aspects second. “Not long ago Jack Dempsey said that if New York would join i the NBA, it would be the greatest forward step in boxing. , “Jacobs also stated that he will go along 100 per cent with the re cently proposed GI champion ship.” LOST HUSBAND, FATHER Maffitt Village police last night were preparing to make a search for Rufus Weaver, 34, father of five children, missing from his home since Saturday, 3 pm. Mrs. Weaver who resides at 111 Davie drive, who reported the unexplain- ; ed absence of her husband told them that this is unusual, that there seemed to be nothing wrong with him when he left and that he carried $50 cash when he left the souse alone. Basket ball Schedule For Current Week NEW YORK.. Feb. 3.-UP)-This week’s leading college basketball game* In ClMonday — John Carroll at Bowling Green. Chicago at Illinois. Drake at Kansas State. Tulane at Georgia Tech. Kentucky at Vanderbilt Mississippi at Louisiana State. Michigan State at Cin cinnati. Mississippi State at Tennessee. Washington at Oregon State. Virginia at Richmond. Ganr.on at Westminster (Pa). Delaware at Drexel. Tuesday — American U. at Loyola (Baltimore). Buffalo at Niagara. David son at Clemsor. Valparaiso at Dartmouth. Davidson at Wofford. Wake Forest at Duke. Gallaudet at Randolph-Macon. Marquette at Great Lakes. Harvard at Worcester. Indiana at Washington (St. Louisi. Ordinance at North Carolina. Washington at Oregon State. Chapman at Pepperdine. St. Louis at Missouri. Furman at South Carolina. Wichita at Tulsa. VPI at Roanoke. Wednesday—Toledo at Akron. Roches ter at Alfred. West Virginia at Army. Baldwin Wallace at Western Reserve. Brown at Connecticut. Pittsburgh at Carnegie Tech. Washington (M) at Cath olic U. Syracuse at Colgate. LaFayette at Columbia. Cornell at Sampson. Wyo ming ~t Denver. Fordham at Rutger*. Georgia Tech at Georgia. Muhlenberg a*. Gettysburg. Louisville at Eastern Ken tucky. Penn State at Navy. Denison at Ohio. Pennsylvania at Philadelphia Coast Guard. Yale at Princeton. Al bright at St. Joseph's (Philadelphia).. Johns Hopkins at Western Maryland'. Kider at Villanova. Virginia at VMI. Williams at Middlebury. Texas at Texas Aggie. Baylor at Southern Methodist. William and Mary at Wake Forest. St. Vincent (Pa) at Washington and Jeffer son. Delaware at Swarthmoge. Thursday—Johns Hopkins at American U Detroit at Michigan Normal Wayne at Michigan State. Toledo at Kent State. Holy Cross vs. Valparaiso and Boston College vs. St. Johns, doubleheader at Boston. Canisius vs. Notre Dame and St Bonaventure vs. Ithaca College, double header at Buffalo. Friday—Texas Christian at Arkansas. Buffalo at Western (Ontario. Colorado A M at Utah State. Regis at Colorado College. Wofford at Davidson. Denver at Colorado State. Washington (St. Louis) Drake. Auburn at Florida. George ,n at Galladuet. Iowa State at Neb Salle at Scranton. Quonset ™t at Long Island. Mississippi State !; LouiSiana State. Dayton at Marshall. Carolina at Maryland. Minnesota ®»°rthwestem. Wake Forest at N. C. !?“• Trinity at RPI. Norwich at St. Michael’s IVTI. St. Louis at Creichtom. Stanford at UCLA. De Paul vs. Okla !?ma A and M and Hamline vs. Bowling S’, tioubleheader at Chicago. Ran 0‘Pn Macon at Hampden Sydney. Mturday _ Mississippi at Alabama. 1, r,on at Westminster. Western Mary oo, at American U. Notre Dame vs. ar.d Manhattan vs. St. Francis, ""Mleheader at New York. Texas Christ ina.” Arl[ansas. Army at Columbia. S!;™ Wallace at Toledo. Brigham rT:,;8,at Utah State. Harvard at Brown. S.'S? at Bucknell. Southern Callf ” California Cathclie U. at Loyola Minnesota at Chicago. Clem ithe Crtadel. Tufts at Coast Guard bS ™y- Colgate at Penn State. Colo Ui. A and M at Colorado. Colorado Kin, i ” Colorado College. Connecticut at Sell M°inS?n Sub base. Dartmouth at Cor n«l‘Chlgan state at Detroit. St. Louts oli-VT' Aubum at Florida. South Car nes,L uG?orgia- Georgia Tech at Ten Blinok t°!v Cross at Yale. Michigan at I»wa m: lan.a at 0hio State Purdue at Vs lurt at l°wa State. Kentucky u Sbllt at Paducah, Ky. Butler quettp m1 e', Western Michigan at Mar 11 Min'™-“p'aod at Virginia. Cincinnati vsi‘t> i0-1 Mississippi State at Tulane. lina v at Muhlenberg. North Caro tins * wS: Dayton at Ohio. Pepper tinnatii WDhit‘ler- Marshal at Xavier (Cln William' - j at Worcester. Richmond at Sctantrman,d,?t 'Y- Oberlin at Rochester. Trinity V ,Vlilanova' Stanford at UCLA. Washing? Umon- Utah State at Wyoming. jffS®" (St. Louisi at Iowa Pre West vii-u ams at Wesleyan. Bethany at tor and t la' Pennsylvania vs. Prince it PhL^PJe vs. Duke, doubieheader Oklahom, ?hla- Winner of DePaul vs. I#g A and M and Hamline Bowl 'oser of'n,voritest Friday night and also Chicago evab c°ntest. Doubieheader at tinisfus ,, |ara vs- LaFayette and Buffalo rl' Syracuse, doubieheader at i'Taxas A and M at Rice. Baylor J°rthwTst,yPI at Washington and Lee. Carneri. %n at Wisconsin. Geneva at !’ite. j„.„_Sb- Idaho at Washington *t. Marv._n Hopkins at Delaware. Mt. s“Mav n* y^hineton (Md). fc^y-Purdue at Great Lakes. Old Town CANOES NOW IN STOCK "MKARD’S L^tfketst. Dial 2-3224 MACON HORSEMAN SUSPENDED OVER “RINGER” CHARGE L. R. Wadley Also Assessed 200 Fine By U. S. Trot ting Association RICHMOND, Va., Feb. S—UPh L. R. Wadley, Macon, Ga., was fined $200 and suspended for one year at a meeting today of direc tors of District No. 7 of the United States Trotting association for al legedly “ringing” a noted trotter. The horse, Ray Hamilton, also was suspended for one year. The board of review, consisting of two directors, Robert Jewell, Willmore, Ky,, and Dunbar W. Bostwick, Aiken, S. C., and New York city, ordered the Georgia horseman to pay back winnings of $147.50 gathered in races at Rome, Ga., Columbus, Ga., and Atlanta, Ga. The monies will be returned to the proper owners by the United States Trotting association. An additional tax of $50 was levi ed against WadJCy, a dairy pro ducts merchant, for the recording fee for changing the name of a horse. Hie association charged Wadley with “ringing” Ray Hamil ton under the name of Tippecanoe. The board of review says if the fines are paid within a year and the unlawful earnings returned, Wadley will be back in good stand ing in 1947. Wadley said he believed he was racing Tippecanoe, a 13-year-old gelding about the same age as that of Ray Hamilton. The original Tippecanoe did not have the mark ings of the horse raced under that name by Wadley in 1045. XL W 0.0 L11C7 XIX SL XUIgXilg LflSK the United States Trotting associa tion has had in five years. The case of Joe Hylan, trainer driver of Frankfort, Ky., who claimed he did not commit a foul at Lexington, Ky., last September when he was fined $50 for inter ference and his mare, Performance was placed sixth after finishing first, was continued to give Hylan time to furnish more evidence. Bostwick was renamed as direc tor to represent the district for the next three years. The organi zation voted to hold its 1946 meet ing at Elizabeth City, N. C., some time in February. At an open forum, Roger Duncan, executive vice-president of Hart ford, Conn., told of the growth of the sport in the past few years and predicted the greatest season in history in 1946. Orlo Robertson, Garden City, L. I., former Associated Press sports editor, gave a talk on some of the things he is to recommend to the meeting ot the board of di rectors of the association in New York on March 10-13. Robertson said he would advo cate universal starting throughout the country. He joined the associa tion forces last September in the capacity of a ‘‘trouble shooter” and to make a survey of the sport. Don Millar, Madison, Wis., new ly appointed assistant to Roger Duncan in the Hartford office, was imong the 50 horsemen present it the meeting. HANDLER CONFERS ON COLEGE BALL NEW YORK, Feb. 3—UP)—Col ege baseball coaches met with Commissioner A. B. Chandler and ( ■epresentatives of organized base- ( >all today to discuss means of im jroving the relationship between :ampus and professional groups. Plans for restricting signing of college players until after their lasses have graduated were con- < iidered, but no action was taken. ; lhandler and his associates said t was purely a preliminary con- ; erence and' any actual legislation night be delayed for some time. 1 In general the proposal on sign- ■ ng college athletes was similar to ’ he rule adopted yesterday by both 1 najor leagues on high school play. : >rs, providing severe penalties for iny violations. Coach Eppie Barnes of Colgate, ; /resident of the American Asso- 1 dation of College Baseball ’oaches, presided. In addition to ' ’handler, organized ball was rep •esented by .Art Ehlers, promo- . ional director of the minor leagues ' md George Trautman, general , nanager of the Detroit Tigers who vas chairman of the High School . lommittee. / No date was set for a future ] neeting but Barnes indicated he loped to schedule several future j inferences. * The professional representatives i expressed interest in the proposals i nrt indicated they would expect to 1 >e assured of renewed interest by ' he colleges in baseball in return 1 or any restrictions. < Southern Field Trials ? Open In Georgia Today , ALBANY, Ga., Feb. 3—(/ft— A ] ilassy field of pointers and setters < vill compete in the Southern Field ’ rrials which start here tomorrow 1 md will probably last through , ruesday. ] The meet, to be over the clubs :ourses on Blue Springs, Pineland i md Wildfaid plantations, was sus- ] lended for the last three years < aecause of the war. j The competition will be in the ill-age stakes, the derby and the • nippy stakes. The judges are Roy i Persons of Monticello and Lester Vhite cl Orlando. Fla. Je « tike His Pa Dick Sisler, son of great Ameri can League first baseman, is batting star in his own right. After 37 months in Navy, Dick cjtme to Havana, shattered 26 year-old home run mark by; smacking three in one after noon. The day before he estab lished new Havana League rec ord, knocking one over Tropical, Stadium right field fence, more than 450 feet NAVY ONLY MAJOR TEAM IN NATION WITH NO DEFEATS NEW YORK, Feb. 3.—(IP)—Notre Dame and West Virginia fell by the Wayside last night leaving Navy as the only major unbeaten college basketball team in the country. Notre Dame, which plays in the east in Buffalo and New York on Thursday and Saturday, respective ly, of this week, fell before North western at Chicago by one point, 56 to 55. Northwestern’s winning basket was made by Max Morris with one minute left. The Irish had won 13 in a row. Temple, although beaten in six games, was made a three-point favorite over West Virginia and came through with a 48-42 conquest at Philadelphia that shattered the Mountaineers’ 13-game streak. Navy chalked up it* seventh straight by crushing Columbia, 64 41, at Annapolis, but Middies can Look for plenty of trouble against Penn State and North Carolina this week. The Oklahoma Aggies, NCAA champions, stretched their winning streak to 14 by sweeping aside rulsa, St. Louis and Washington of St. Louis during the week and now are in a position to redeem heir one defeat of the year when they meet DePaul at Chicago on Friday night. DePaul beat the Ag gies, 46-42 early in the season at still water. DePaul, meantime, was upset l 39-67 by Great Lakes. Other sur mises of the week included Cor sell’s 64-54 win over Colgate; Holy gross’ 53-47 win over Temple; Brigham Young’s 57-41 conquest of Wyoming and Tulsa’s 35-32 defeat < >f St. Louis. - The list of once-beaten clubs : Iwindled to 15 during the week: , Oklahoma Aggies 15-1, Kansas 15- . Muhlenberg 14-1 Akron 14-1, . >Jotre Dame 13-1, West Virginia 13 , Iowa 12-1, New York University : 2-1, Rhode Island State 12-1, Yale J 2-1, Holy Cross 10-1, Gettysburg i-l, Harvard 8-1, Louisiana State 8 . and American University 6-1. jj The various conferences now 5 ihape up thusly: Big Ten—Iowa on top at 6-1 with ndiana and Ohio State tied for iecond at 6-2. Minnesota leader a veek ago, still in running at 4-2 vith Northwestern having an out :ide chance at 4-3. Southwest—narrowed to two-team •ace between Baylor and Arkansas. Jaylor leads at 6-1. Arkansas is iecond at 5-1. Pacific Coast (Northern division) -Idaho surprised by taking over irst place at 6-4 in wide open ace. Oregon and Oregon State ire tied for second at 5-4 each. Vashinston at 5-5 and Washington itate at 216 still in running. Pacific Coast (Southern Division) -California beat UCLA twice and ied Southern California for the ead at 7-1. Missouri Valley—Oklahoma Ag [ies far out in front at 5-0. Eastern intercollegiate — Race larrowed to Cornell and Dart nouth. The Big Red eliminated ’ennsylvania, 70-58, as Dartmouth leat Princeton for its eighth vic ory in row. Cornell now tops cir uit at 6-1. Dartmouth has 5-1. Southeastern — Kentucky tied .lOuisiana State for lead at 3-0, lennessee is third at 4-1. Bix Six — Only Oklahoma has hance to beat out Kansas, now eading at 6-0. Sooners stayed in unning at 4-1 by nipping Iowa . Itate. 1 Southern — North Carolina 9-1, leat Wake Forest twice to climb vithin half a Same of first place )uike, 10-1. Big Seven—Brigham Young 5-1, ook over first place by beating i )enver and upsetting Wyoming, i Colorado and Utah tied for second 1 4-2 with Wyoming next at 3-Z. Mason Dixon—American Unlver- i ity leads at 5-0 followed by Balti- . nore Loyola at 9-1. Ohio conference—Otterbein fir t 7-0 followed by Toledo 3-0 and . Vkron 8-1. Otterbein also is un- v >eaten in two non-league games for j. i season record of 9-0, but is gen- r :rally not reSarded as a major earn. j. Middle Atlantic—Muhlenberg, 5 I, retained lead over Gettysburg ind LaFayette in section one, but irsinus ousted Swarthmore from * bet op insection two. f Midwest Athletic—Coe took over indisputed possession of first at -0 by beating Cornell of Iowa, $ itonmouth and Knox. " Rocky Mountains—Colorado State a till leads $ Wilmington Upsets Prexy; Coruvell Tops Track Stars TRI-STATE LOOP MOGUL VEXED AT CITY'S DECISION Charlotte Now Unable To Get Carolina Berth Wilson Declares By EDWARD SACHS Star Sports Edits* As North Carolina awaits ths start of ths 1946 baseball season with at various times the highest number of North State teams re ported' ready to enter organized leagues since 1941. the decision of Wilmington to pass the Tri-State league’s invitation has repercus sions throughout the state. Present figures show that eight North Carolina teams will play in the Class C Carolina, the Class D North Carolina State and Coastal Plains leagues. Six will be in To bacco State play and one North Carolina city is set in the Tri State. In 1941, 31 Carolina teams were entered in organized baseball leagues which gave the North State runner-up laurels to Texas. However, as reported in various state papers, the decision of Wil mington to forego Class B base ball has robbed North Carolina of the chance to surpass the 1941 figure. The Greensboro Daily News has reported that because of Wilming ton’s decision, ‘‘Judge Llewellyn is not too optimistic over the Tri State setup,” as of Saturday night. The judge said: "We were led to believe that Wilmington was a certainty and I did not know that they were weak ening. It leaves us with a late start to get another team figuring that Charlotte will stick with us now. I would advise against a four-team league although Knox ville and Asheville are ready un der those terms. Spartanburg is also set and with Charlotte we could get above the Class B popu lation limit. "Gastonia is interested but so is Greenwood, S. C. We will know something definite when we meet in Charlotte, Wednesday.” But from all reports, Charlotte is not planning to stay with the Tri State. That city is now interested in the Carolina league. However the Carolina league’s president, Tom Wilson, when he heard these reports issued the fol lowing statement: "The Carolina league is set. League directors once offered Charlotte a place but it was turned down because we could not go to Class B. I was against forcing Leaksville out at the time and low with such a good organization formed I would most certainly not be in favor of raising the question again.” i Final decision of Wilmington in regard to an organized baseball league will probably be made this Thursday night at the organization meeting of the Class D Tobacco State league in Clinton. As re ported before in these columns, cities set for that league are Smithfield, Fuquay, Erwin, An jier, and Sanford. Asheville reaction to the local rejection of Tri-State baseball was axpressed in the Asheville Citizen as” ... a tough blow to those try ng to complete organization of the Tri-State.” Dog Lovers At Augusta Organize Kennel Club AUGUSTA, Ga„ Feb. 3.— W — rhe newest member of the South eastern circuit of Kennel club Is Augusta. The new club has been organized vith Dr. Linwood Morris as prest lent. It plans to hold a sanction match n the spring and a regular all >reed show in the fall. TIGERS BOOK GAMES PRINCETON, N. J., Feb. 3-10— ’rinceton’s 86th baseball team will pen a 22-game schedule against ,ehigh April 6, R. Kenneth Fair nan, director of othletics, announe d today. HORSESHOES AT TOUR 114 MARKET — FOR — CORRECT TIME CALL 2-3575 — FOR — ! Correct Jewelry VISIT The JEWEL BOX Wilmington’s Most Popular Jewelry Store 109 K. Front St. SPRINTER NAMED FI MAMAKER CUP RECOGNITION Name Of Former NYU Man To Be Inscribed On In ternational Tropfcy NEW YORK, Feb. 3—®—Eddie Conwell, who triumphed over a star-studded field in the 60-yard dash at the 39th annual Millrose games last night, was selected to day as the outstanding performer in this first postwar track and field carnival at Madison Square Garden. The former New York Univer sity sprinter, now competing for the Shore Athletic club of Long Branch N. J., was placed first on seven of eight ballots cast by a committee of judges named to select the three top athletes for the Rodman Wanamaker international trophy. The other first place vote went to Ed Dugger, who won the 60-yard high hurdles for the third straight year. Dugger’s name appeared in second place on the seven remain ing ballots. Leslie MacMitchel, winner of the famed Wanamaker mile, was third in the ballotting, with five points for the first place, three for sec ond and one for third. Conwell scored 35 points in the voting, while Dugger tallied 26 and MacMitchell five. rney win receive special prizes and their names will be inscribed in that order on the international trophy, along with those of such former Millrose winners as Paavo Nurmi, Stella Walsh, Glenn Cun ningham, Charles Hornbostel, Cornelius Warmerdam and others. Con well, last year’s 1C4A win ner, who withdrew from NYU to study embalming, nipped the de fending titleholder and national champion, Barney E'vell, by a yard and stepped the distance in 6.2 seconds, just one-tenth of a second short of the world indoor record he shares with Ewell and several other sprinters. Dugger, former Tufts star from Dayton, O., came from behind to lose out Navy’s Clyde Scott in the hurdles, finishing in 7.3 seconds, also one-tenth of second off the world mark held by Charles Glad, MacMitchell, former NYU miler competing unattached since his lischarge from the Navy, set his iwn pace and won easuy in the ilow time of 4:19. Marcel Hansen le, the French star making his Vmerican debut with his first ap jearance on the boards, wound up n third place, behind Tommy Juinn of the New York AC. FORMER VOL GUARD TO ASSIST BEATTIE FEATHERS AT STATE RALEIGH, Feb. 3.— (P) —Bob : Suffridge, all-America guard at Tennessee in 1938 and an outstand ing lineman in the National Foot- ( ball League, will assist Head Coach : Beattie Feathers of State in spring , football practice if Feathers’ rec ommendation to the State Athletic . Council is accepted, the News and • Observer said tonight. Suffridge is in Raleigh and will ; start working with the state scyrad at tomorrow’s session, but the mat ter of forjnally signing him has not yet come before the athletic coun- , cil. Dr. H. A. Fisher, chairman of ' the council, said that members of the group will be contracted with in a few days relative to feather’s 1 recommendation. • The husky Suffridge is rated ■ along Herman Hickman, a former '■ State line coach, as toe finest ' guards ever produced at Tennessee. Following his last season With the i Vols, he was voted by the Wahing- j ton Touchdown Club at the year’s outstanding player. j Stanley Benham Captures ( Junior AAU Bobsled Race ^ LAKE PLACID, N. Y., Keb. 3.— 1 CU.R)—Stanley Benham, of the Ad irondack Bobsled club, drove his / four-man sled to victory in the Na tional junior A. A. U. champion ship race, four heats, at Mt. Van Hoevenberg today. Benham’s total time for toe four one-anile heats was four minutes _ 40:28 seconds. c Second place went to Joe Meconi, s Plattsburg, four minutes 43.97 sec- j onds, and third to Joe Church, ^ Plattsburgh, four minutes 54:01 j seconds. _i; Playing Accordion Gives •Lavelli Finger-Tip Zest By HARRY GRAYSON NEA Sports Editor NEW HAVEN, Feb. 3—(NEA) There’s music in the fingers of Tony Lavelli, and the kinky-haired freshman is writing a symphony on the strings—the strings of the baskets in Yale’s spacious Payne Whitney gymnasium and elsewhere throughout the east. Young Lavelli wants to some day be a composer. What makes this peagreen so great? The Somerville, Mass., product’s height helps. The Elis’ center stand's six feet, two, but it’s not his speed or ability to fake an opponent out of position. It’s finger-tip control of the ball. Any coach will tell you accurate shots are not made from the heel of the hand, but from the fingers, and that’s why Lavelli excels. Ever since Lavelli was a little lad in Peter Pan collars and high white shoes the phenomenal frosh has spent at least two hours daily practicing on his accordion. He’s an absolute master of the instru ment. 15 YEARS OF PRACTICE Red Rolfe’s says it’s these past 15 years of daily drills up and down the keys that have given Lavelli the terrific finger power which enables him to send the ball toward the basket with just the right degree of spin and momentum. In 10 games lavelli has tossed in a total of 214 points from his pivot spot, but there’s no telling what his field goal sum might be if Coach Roife would choose to let him go the full route in every game. Although he sat on the bench for four minutes of the first half and the final 15 of the second half when Yale had the contest well in hand against the Coast Guard Academy, Totin’ Tony curled in 21 points in an early-game spree which was featured by his looping in six consecutive field goals in three minutes and 10 seconds. 93 FOULS IN SUCCESSION Lavelli’s best is a blind hook shot which he tosses with either hand from close up, far out, go ing into or coming away from the hoop. Opponents who hope to cut his total by fouling him find that al most as costly. He’s deadly from the charity line. He put 93 through in succession before missing in practice. Lavelli won’t be the nation’s top ™ iimy tiaveiu . . . nnger-up | control. point-getter this year. The reason is that the Bulldogs play only a 15-game schedule, but there is con siderable doubt whether any per former on the hardwood court will be able to match his average of 21.4 points a game. Yet ask Red Rolfe what he likes best about Lavelli, and he’ll be quick to admit that while his shoot ing accuracy is amazing, the youngster is equally valuable be cause of the sterling defense he plays and the control he exerts on rebounds and around-the-boards operations. Tony Lavelli is Yale’s newest Rhapsody in Blue. EDWARDS MILITARY DOWNS PRESBYTERIAN FOR FIFTH VICTORY SALEMBURG, Feb. 3—Edwards Military Institute won its fifth straight victory, Friday night by iefeating Presbyterian Junior col ege, 31-29, in an overtime period. The game got off to a slow start md the teams played on even ;erms for the first quarter, but E. M. I. was able to forge ahead and ed at the half time, 16-11. Both teams came back the sec* >nd half determined to take a com ortable lead, but neither team was tble to accomplish this. Presby erian Junior college pulled nearer 0 Edwards Military institute and he third quarter ended with Ed vards Military institute, leading !2-21. The fourth quarter was played )n even terms and the score at he end of the regular game was 19-29. In the extra period Edwards Military institute made a quick >asket and was able to get posses ion of the ball before Presbyterian 'unior college could score and iuccessfully froze it the remainder if the extra period. Barbee was,high scorer for Ed uards Military institute, with 11 ioints. Kelly was high scorer for the asers with nine points. Edwards Military institute meets :ampbell college at Salemburg, 'uesday night, February 5, in rtiat promises to be another excit lg game. 4Y UNIVERSE TAKES SAN BLAS HANDICAP IN DRIVING FINISH AGUA CALIENTE, Mex., Feb. 3. - (JP) —Bert McFarlands 9-year ld gelding, my Universe, long ab* ent from the winners’ circle, re lrned with a bang today, annexing le .mile and one sixteenth San las handicap by a nose in a driv lg finish. * F. W. Buss’ Seekonk was second, 'ith J. J. Jensen’s Tommy’s Dou le in the show slot. Time for the >ute was 1:46 1-5. With jockey Tim Sena in the •ons, My Universe stayed close 1 the pace all of the way and prov i best in the drive to the wire, he Redsull brothers’ favored First i rize met a lot of trouble and < nished up the track. i My Universe paid $13, $u.00 and 1 1.60 across the board. Seekonk’s 1 ackers collected $7.60 and $4.60, ( nd Tommy’s Double rewarded at < >.80 for show. 1 PRESBYTERIANS KEEP SHEET CLEAN First Presbyterian cagers kept their record clear in the YMCA Sunday School League the past week by trouncing: the Carolina Beach Methodist five by 26-15 for their fifth straight victory in as many starts. R. Newbold was high scorer for the victors with 11 points. Followed by J. Hilbvrn with 9. Brewer was top man for the losers with nine of his team’s 15 points while Moore accounted for four. Tabernacle Baptist moved up a peg in the league race by taking a fairly fast game from Trinity Methodist, the score ending 30-18. Freeman and L. Heath divided the scoring honors for the win ners with eight points each, while C. Heath accounted for six. Hay den and Romeo were top scorers for Trinity with six points apiece. Fifth Avenue Methodist dropped a thriller to St. James Episcopal by 27-20, 1he floor work of Symmes being too much for the losers to cope with. The St. James center racked up a total of 15 points • during the game to lead his team on offensive. Glover accounted for five points and Taylor four. New- 1 ber was high man for Fifth Ave nue with six points, while Boone j chalked up four. Temple Baptist 1 took over third place in the league standing by winning rather de cisively over St. Andrew’s Cove nant by 36 to 19. Grissom, Jen- j kins and Begore hit the basket for ( 11, eight and seven points respec- j tively for Temple while Barefoot, with six, topped St. Andrews ( scoring. A meeting of the board of gover nors of the league has been called for tonight at 8 o’clock at the YMCA and representatives of all . teamse are urged to be present. ] The league standing to date is as follows: Won Lost i First Presbyterian .... 5 0 Tabernacle Baptist .— 4 1 ~ Temple Baptist_ 2 3 Trinity Methodist ----- 2 3 Haro. Beach Methodist..2 3 5t. Andrews Covenant.-*) 5 In a special double bill on Sat irday night, St. James end Fifth \venue split even. Gas turbine engines, whether equipped with a propeller drive or lepending upon jet power, can be lasily installed in the wing of a arge airliner with a considerable eduction in air resistance, as opipared with a regular recipro ating engine, according to R. P. Iroon, Westinghouse engineer.
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