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TODAY S SPORTS PARADE
By RUSS GREEN
(United Press Sports Writer)
LANCASTER, Pa. (IP! Professionalism was forced on track
Star Barney Ewell while his Olympic Gold Medal glittered brightest.
Now, with a fling around the world as a professional sprinter
behind him, the former Penn State star is good authority for the state
ment-there’s no real money in running for cash.
"The track man can’t' capitalize on his ability like the baseball or
football player,” Barney sums it up. “They go on for years getting
good money. But thS big track meets are only for the amateurs,
and you can’t support a family as an amateur.”
Ewell knows whereof he speaks. While he was competing in the
1948 Olympics in London, sportsmen in Lancaster, with permission from
the Olympic heads, supported Barney’s wife and youngster.
It was the same enthusiasm by the same sportsmen which did
what father time couldn’t do to Barney end his amateur career.
They bought him a six-room home, furnished it with proceeds from a
track meet highlighted by a post-Olympic race between Ewell and
Harrison Dillard, and gave it to him as a Christmas present in 1948.
It was home town appreciation for Barney’s Olympic perform
ances when he lost eyelash finishes to Dillard and Mel Patton in the
100 and 20 meters, but won ihis Gold Medal as a member of the
victorious U S. 400 meters relay team.
’ The AAU catted the gift ar case similar to that nr Canadian skate-
Barbara^-'Ann Scott who was compelled to return an automobile
given her by the home folks or lose her amateur status.
• - Barney didn’t give up the home. "I can’t l’m living in it,” he
explained.
"The AAU declared him a professional, and the legs which made
him both sprints and broad jump champion in the Intercollegiates of
1940, 1941 and 1942, and won him the AAU 100 meters title in 1945
and the 200 meters in 1946 and 1947 between a military hitch, began to
chifrch for money.
Barney admits he made “some money” on his professional tours
in the U. S„ Australia, England and Scotland. But it wasn’t enough to
make It a career or establish a bank account or annuities.
"I don’t think Americans will go for a professional track meet. It
Isn’t a game like football or baseball. It’s over too fast. But in
Australia, where they draw 25,000 crowds, the meet is tied up with
bicycle and other races,” Barney said
“The purses are high enough overseas to keep a professional go
ing. They’re as much as (1,000 for first place, but here the runner
bumps into the handicap system," he explained.
Barney, 33, confortable in his home and job as custodian at a
Lancaster plant, has' rolled to the end of his career, amateur and
professional. But he loves that Olympic medal.
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Wilmington Likely
Choice For C. P. L.
WILLIAMSTON (W—Directors o'
the Coastal Plain League meet
today to pick an eighth team tr
ODerate in the loop for the coming
season.
President Ray Goodman said the
choice will be announced at 8 a.m.
Wednesday, and declined to identi
fy anplicsnts for the berth.
“Weie definitely going with eight
clubs ’ he said. “The seven al
ready in have agreed that whoever
Is named for the other spot, they’ll
go along.’*
Greenville has withdrawn, leav
ing New Bern, Goldsboro, Kinston
Wilson, Ro-ky Mount, Ta.boro, and
Roanoke Rapids as active mem
be-s.
Fans in the a-ea believe appli
cants for the vacant membership
are Wilmington EAenton. «nH
abeth City. Wilmington was voted
down last week on a 4-3 vote o.
active directors, but they could
change the’r minds. Edenton and
Elizabeth City hold franchises »n
t.ho Virginia League, and if either
pulls out the already-faltering lea
gue may be forced to fold.
FADING CAGE LOOP
WILKESBARRE, Pa. (IB
Think you got troubles? Listen £o
the woes of the American Basket
ball League, the nation's old pro
fessional loop.
Carbondale. Pa., quit the league
and so did Washington. The lea- j
gue’s president, John J. O’Brien,
also resigned Jan. 3.
But when Scranton went to play I
Bridgeport, Conn., at Bridgeport,
half the old Carbondale team was
on the roster. Scranton said it was
• a “big trade.” But Bridgeport got 1
n—a -id ouit, the league, too. I
Somebody had to make a ruling. I
1 .So the resigned president, O’Brien,
stepped in. He. threw out the “big
tr’de.”
The only teams left in the league j
now are Scranton, Manchester.
Conn., Wilkes-Barre. Pa. Elmtar,
N. Y. and Saratoga, N. Y.
And Saratoga has no home court.
Ex-Fight Manoqer To
Face Assault Charges
NEW YORK —HP— Fight man
ager Tommy Ryan and his brother
Patsy Eboli, were indicted today
on charges of third degree assault
in connection with attacks on ref
eree Ray Miller and matchmaker
A1 Weill at Madison Square Gar
den Jan. 11.
Ryan, whose real name is Thom
as Eboli, and his brother were ar
rested immediately and taken to
the Elizabeth Street Police Station
for booking.
Arraignment will be made later
today in Manhattan Felony Court.
Ryan was Indicted on two o»unts
of assault and can draw up to
three years in prison in a blanket i
sentence or one year an*' or (500 i
fine on each count.
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"Sport Mogazine" To Release Life
Story 0* Dick Groat On January 31
DURHAM. While it is no news*
these days that Duke’s Dick Great)
is in the hsadlines. the Blue Devill
All-Americin was the subject of a I
feature story In the New York Daily I
News of yesterday and will get a I
big spread in the upcoming issue
of “Sport Magazine.”
The “Sport” story will b« on the
newsbnds January 31, and It car
ries a full-page color photograph
of the Duke star along with an
article on him by Wilton Garrison,
sports editor, of the Charlotte Ob
the New York Dally News
yai% written by Dana Mozley,
Gjbat Is called “the best collegian
at them all.” That write-up also
says ■ "There wasn’t a better in
fielder on any college last spring.”
He quotes Call Braun, former
pro star, as saying “A* for offense,
I’ve never seen a better one any
where.”
A member of the staff of “Sport"
stated, “we of Sport got a big thrill
in publishing the story—he’s an
athlete's athlete and from what
we’ve seen of him, he rates every
word of praise we or any publica
tion . might give him.”
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Dunn High Teams Meet
County Foes This Week
* that the Greenies hav£ chosen to
Locals Play Three Games
On Three Straight Nights
The Gre'nwave girls’ and boys
1 basketball teams will meet two
I Harnett Conference schools this
I week, one at home and one away.
The locals will face LaFayette in
the armory here Thursday night,
and they will go to Lillington to
I pla” Anderson Creek on Friday
night . .
One of the smoothest high school
boys ’basketball teams see in these
parts, and the current H. C. Con
ference leader, will be the opponent
of the Greenwave here on Thursday
night. The undefeated LaFayette
team is undoubtedly one of the
top quints in Eastern Carolina.
The LaFayette girls began the
season as the finest sextet In the
conference, but in the past few
weeks, the Laffy girls have lost
their scrap and will-to-win. Should
the blue and white foe decide to
get back on the ball, the local girls
would take the roll of underdog,
however, on the basis of the per
formances given by the two teams
in the past three games, the two!
teams rate as a toss-up.
TOO MUCH EXPERIENCE |
LaFayette’s unbeaten boys will
rate the roll of a 10 to 15 point fav
orite on Thursday night. Their
smooth bah-handling and constant
alertness will be "death-dealing”
factors when placed against the
rough and ragged style of play
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I State Tries Another
| Non-Conference Foe
RALEIGH —(IB N C. State is
rated as the favorite tonight over
Loyola of Baltimore Its seventh In
tersectional foe of the season.
State has lost ffve of its previous
matches in foreign competition but
holds a season record 11 wins to
five losses compared to Loyola's
10-5.
The visiting lineup includes five
lettermen led by Ed Doherty who
avareaged 18 points per game last
season.
The game, at State’ Coliseum,
Is the only one scheduled by a
Southern Conference team before
Saturday night.
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On Friday nigh,, at t'ne Islington
gym. the ureal "ooys will • take the
roll of heavy favorites. The foe
from Anderson Creek has yet to
find a win in conference play, but
the local lassies will have another
tough opponent in the A. C girls.
After the two county games this
i week, the comparison of the Green
waves with the other Harnett
! teams will be bettern known.
Admission Boost
WASHINGTON —W— The gov
ernment today authorized six Ma
jor League baseball clubs to hike
! their ticket prices by five cents to
50 cents and minor league clubs
to boost their admission charges
by 8 per cent.
Major League teams who will
get increases under the order, ef
fective Jan. 29, are the two Chi
cago teams, the two Philadelphia
teams, the Cleveland Indians and
the Detroit Tigers.
ISnavley Adopts "T" At Carolina
Clemson Is Only Single
Wing Team Left In S. C.
CHAPEL HILL (IF—Coach Carl
Snavely’s switch to the “T” form
ation at the University of North
Carolina in the wake of his worst
season with the Tar Heels leaves
Clemson the only single—wing
holdout In the Southern Confer
ence.
Snavely announced the long-ex
pected switch last night, signaling
that he has given up the hope of
developing another Charlie Justice
out of his available material.
BETTER ADAPTABLE
“We have decided that our per
sonnel is best suited for the T”,
■ Snavely said. “In the T we are
sure to be able to use to advantage
1 several backs on our squad who
! are not physically equipped for the
single wing.”
He indicated that he would use
the “Illincis-type” T, which In
cludes split-T plays, but declined
to comment on reports that he has
, offered the job of masterminding
. the switch to Ned McDonald, line
i coach at the University of Virginia.
Illinoise Holds Cage Lead For 6th Week
Big Ten Team 16 Points
Short Os Perfect Score;
Unbeaten Hold Top Spots
BY NORMAN MILLER
Sports Writer
NEW YORK (IB—Undefeated Ill
inois was rated the nation’s No. 1
basketball team for the sixth
straight week today, receiving lust
18 points short of a perfect score
from the United Press Board of
Coo-vies.
The powerful Tllint, who **'ade
Indiana their Uth straight victim,
78-66 last Monday, received 21 fi’-st
i place votes and a total of 334 o’ t
I rs a possible 350 points from the
los coaches .who comprise
the board.
Coach Harry Combes’ men who
po»,trn from nea 'ly two weeks of
inactivity to meet D"Pat’l at O l ’’-
-00-o mvt Saturday nisht,
thus widened tf’eir l“a1 over run
ner-up Kansas by 37 nn'n*s.
LEADERS REPEAT
The same teams of last week
.occupied the top 10 positions this
■ week, with lowa. St. Ponaventur?
and Bv.cmer.ne, all unbeaten, ad
vancing in the ratings along,With
■ Karras State.
I lowa. 12-0. jumrvd from s'xth
to fourth place, while Kansas state.
! 12-3. advanced from seventh to
j sixth, and St. Ponaventvre, 10-0,
1 and Duquesne, 11-0, each moved
up one notch to eighth and ninth,
respectively.
The coaches based their ratings
on games played through Saturday
i Jan. 19.
i; Doby Cries Holdout;
i Cleveland Says Joke
i NEW YORK (IF Larry Doby
; claimed to be the first holdout ol
• baseball’s hot-stove season toda’
I but Ids Cleveland Indian bosses
! said it was all a joke.
. | Just after Ned Garver signed for
, $26,000 to become the highest paid
| St. Louis Brown in history, and
•the government unfroze Stan Mus
| tal’s $35,000 pay raise, an indig
j nant Doby popped up on the ra.no
I at Dallas. Tex. He had just turnea
I down his contract, he said, because
• I the Indians wanted him to take a
pay cut.
’ j But in Cleveland the Indians said
i it was all a joke that Doby ap
parently misunderstood. General
i ! Manager Hank Greenberg did mer.-
| tion pay-cut to Doby a few weeks
1 ago when they were chatting in
-1 Chicago, a spokesman said, but
■ Greenberg wasn't serious. He'll talk
i real money to Doby 'when before the
1 first week in February when Larry
comes back.
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TUeSDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY *t, 196*
Erwin High Teams -
Top Benson Twice
Erwin High teams took a couple
of basketball games from Benson
on Friday night. The girls toppled,
their foe by a 62-55 score, and the
toys got the best of a 60-40 de
cision.
Jerry Mathews had another one
of her plus-30 games as she scored
30 points to lead the game’s scor
ing. Doris Oldham added 15 points
to the total, and Pat Woodworth
got 2 and Do Strickland 6. Jerry
sank 17 shots from action. Elladlne
Johnson led the defense.
Bella Brady was high scorer for
"puson with 23 points. Betty Lou
Bell had a fine 18 point total, and
Rose Dixon added 14. Sylvia Moore
was the best guard for the Benson
girls.
Added Another One
George Earnshaw was the point
maker for Erwin in his 20-point
siege on the baskets. Other scoreers
for Erwin were George Luctus with
3, James Falrcloth with 14, Devon
Stewartgot6, R. O. Jackson made ■
5, and Bill Odum got 2. R. C.
Jackson was tough on the defense.
Jack Lyles and Rollins Johnson
topped the Benson scoring with
11 points and 13 points. Jack Lyles
was also good on defense as was
Stacey Miller who scored 6 points.
Robert Smith added 5 points, and
Martin Parker added a free throw.
Angler High Wins 2
Angler High’s cage teams 'gave
the visiting Anderson Creek teams
a double loss last Friday night.
The girls won by a 32-27 score, and j
the home boys took a 72 to 31 |
victory. i
Barbara Barnes scored 21 points
in leading the Angier girls to an i
upset win over the visitors All of j
the Angier guards played a swell
game. The win boosted the Angier I
wins to four and just one short of
500 bail which is first-division cal
ibre. A. C. slipped to sixth place
temporarily.
The two Matthews boys led the
home team to its win in the second
game of the night. Jimmy was tops
on both offense and defense as he!
tossed in 21 points. Max was strong
on defense also. The Angier boys
are battling for third place in the
conference.
Angier's teams play host to visit
ing Benhaven tonight in what will
likely be a divided doubleheader
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