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Pep Finds Europe's Best Easy Touch Seeing Double. Meyer Injury CYO Title Playoff Continues Tonight Bradlev Five Choice Over City College But CCIVY Coach Confident Team Can Win Title In Garden Windup Tonight; Both in NCAA Tourney Not Serious, Exam Shows Saturday, March 18, 1950 Page 12 Ray Faraechon Outclassed By Feather Monarch's Clutching Tactics In 15 Round Title Clash Pitcher to Rejoin Phils; Brownies' 'Final Offer' Is Rejected by Widmar; Stymie's Offsprin rr Yanks Lose to Dodgers Journal -Every Evening i i. i ii njnu 0 NEW YORK, March 18 OT. Top- BALTIMORE, March 18 (JP). If' i i -3- tysw i NEW YORK, March 18 (JF).

As long as he doesn't have to fight Sandy Saddler again. Willie Pep will continue to reign over the featherweights for a long time to come. The little 27-year-old 126-pound champion underscored that- last night when he waltzed to an easy. 15-round title bout victory over Ray Famechon of France, the European featherweight king, in Madison Square Garden. It was a neat, if not gaudy, conquest for the fleet-footed boxing master from Hartford, even though many of the 12,106 cash customers let loose with a torrent of boos at the final bell.

The jeers were for Willy the Wisp's clutching tactics as well as for the impotency of the foreign challenger's attack. Famechon showed a good left hand but he Mike Andreoli Track fans see aoucle and even triple when the Tobey brothers of Brown take the track for the two-mile relay. Joshua, left, and Jonathan are twins who run the number three and two legs, respectively. A third brother, Joel-, is the anchor man. AP Wlrephoto.

frisking on Dr Charles Hagyard's farm near Lexington, is the first born of Stymie, world's leading money-winning thoroughbred. Dam of the filly foaled March 14 is Mahmou-dess, by the famed Mahmoud Joe Williams Every Camp Has a Comebacker; With Braves, It's the Manager BRADENTON, March 13 fU.R). There is a comeback story in practically every spring camp An old pitcher who thinks he can do it again Or a veteran hitter who is giving it one more whirl But in this camp ifs the manager. Billy Southworth of the Boston Braves. Southworth cracked up physically last summer, left the team in August and didn't return until the men reported down here a couple of weeks ago There was dissension on the club.

It must have been severe. You seldom get the details on these things, who starts them and what the cause it. But dissension is something a manager must be equipped to handle. When he falls, he must accept the blame. When Southworth, who had come to be known as one of the most successful managers in the majors, faced the sportswriters for the first time following rest cure last fall, he was asked if he intended to take steps to see that the same situation didn't develop again In other words, was it his plan to get of the men who had broken him in health and subjected him to critical "There'll be no wholesale head-chopping, if that's what you mean." he answered in characteristic positive manner, House is Cleaned But it wasn't long before heads began to roll.

Either Southworth changed his mind or had it changed for him. Of the 27 men eligible for the '43 championship, only eight or nine still are around. II Exhibition Baseball TESTERDAT'S RESULTS Boston (At 9. Boston 5 Cincinnati iN 5, Detroit A 3 Philadelphia 13, Kansas City (AA) 2 St Louis (Ni 4. Washington (Ai a.

St. Louis 10, Xew York (Xi 7. Chicaro iVi 8, Pittsburgh in, 4. Chicago (Ai II. Los Angeles PCX 2 Brooklyn iS 5.

New York (A) 4 (10 innings 1 might) San Francisco 10. Cleveland (A) 9 (10 icningsj inighti TODAY SCHEDULE Chicago 1A1 vs Los Angeles at Pasadena, calif Cleveland (A) Oakland. Calif vs. Oakland (PCX.) at Boston (A) vg yew York (At at Miami Pla. Brooklyn ryi vS Philadelphia West Palm Beach, Washington (Ai vs Cincinnati Tampa, Fla (A) (N) at St Louis (A) vs.

yew York (K) Phoenix, Ariz Boston iVi vs Philadelphia (N) at ria. Pittsburgh vS Chicago (N) at Los Angeies: Calif. Detroit (A. st. Loui (N) at 6t.

Petersburg. Fla TOMORROWS SCHEDULE Chicago (A) vs Hollywood at Hollywood. Calif Cleveland (A) v. Oakland mornln at Oasiand. Calif.

Detroit (Ai va lando, Fla Washington (A) at Or- Philadelphia (N) vs. Boston (K) at Bradenton. Fit Pittsburgh (N) vS Chicago (S) at Los Angels, Caiif. St Louis (Nl Cincinnati (y at Tarr.p. Fia St.

Louis (Ai vS. yew York (N) Phoenix. Ariz at 'A) Sacramento at Anaheim, (PCL) at Anaheim. Caiif. Townsend.

Chesapeake City, Clayton. Odessa, Glasgow, and Cecilton. It may be that Southworth was noon i at San Francisco. Calif, persuaded to adopt a clean-house i Boston (Ai v8 York ai at M.ami, Wllen-he tfarned that the; teman rs york anM-blOC had voted to Cut his share; teami (Ai at St. Petersburg.

Fla. of the club's fourth-place monev in Brooklyn isi vS phUadeiphia (A) half, or from $331.66 to 165.83. Thisp PShfl', (A, v. Baltimore V3. iuustratave of how deeo theidL) at Hollywood, na seeded Bradley rules a three-point: choice to halt unseeded steamroller tonight in the finals of the National Invitation 'Basketball Tournament.

The contest, scheduled for 10 p. m. (EST), will be the most significant in the 13-year history of the classic. It will provide the winner with an opportunity of becoming the first team to win both the NIT and NCAA championships the same year. CCN'Y to Represent District CCNY was selected yesterday to represent District 2 in the NCAA Eastern regional playoffs starting here next Thursday.

Bradley, Missouri Valley kingpin, will tangle with Kansas Monday for the right to represent District 5 in the Western playoffs at Kansas City next weekend. A sellout crowd of is' certain to be at Madison Square Garden tonight for the CCNY-Bradley clash. St. John's of Brook-; yln and Duquesne meet in a preliminary. Nat Holman.

CCNY's veteran; coach, is confident his flred-up. crew can handle the nation's No. 1 team. "Sure, we think we can beat Bradley," Holman said. "Well he ready for anything they've got.

This is no time to look backwards, wouldn't you Both Clubs Fast Forrest Anderson. Bradley's' youthful coach, rates City as the toughest foe in the field, but thinks' his team will win. "Our boys haven't played their best game yet," Ander- -son said. "We hope we can do it -against CCNY. If we do I think we can win." Both clubs are fast-breaking outfits that like to run.

CCNY will revolve its attack around sensational Ed Warner, who, thus far, has been the tourney's outstanding performer. The 6-2 Sophomore has connected for 71 points in City's victories over San Francisco, Kentucky and Duquesne. Bradley, meanwhile, will look to its one-two punch of Paul forward, and Gene (Squeeky) Melchiorre. guard, to carry it through. Melchiorre, with 35 points, has paced Bradley to it triumphs over Syracuse and St, John's.

Unruh has been less effective with 23 points. Marshall's 593 Tops CYO Scoring Leo Marshall, St. Mary's eagle-eyed forward, lived up to his nick-, name of "The Point" again this season as he set a new CYO major league record of 593 points in 25 games to top all players in that department. Marshall won scoring honors last year with a 588-point effort, a total matched by Boots Reed of St. Hel-.

ena's in running second. Reed was the only threat to Marshall as Slip Garazewski of St. Elizabeth's wound up third with a comparatively poor total of 324. Chick Daley, St. Ann's, was fourth with 315.

and Norman Rush, St. Joseph's, Wilmington, waa fifth with 252. Marshall played in only 25 games this year but hit the hoop for 217 field goals and 179 foul conversions. Reed had 245 of the former. In 27.

games, but only 98 foul tosses. Marshall averaged 24 points per game. Reed 21.7, and Garazewski, 14. The top 30 players: Games T0 S3 217 T'ti 179 593 Marshsll. St Mary's Reed.

Et. Helena 27 245 Gsrsreirski, St. Eliz'th's 23 117 C. Daley. St Ann 26 1S2 98 90 51 3 38 59 32 568 S24" 315 253, 250 24J- 240.

234 Rush, St. Joseph's W) 21 108 Jones, St Paul's 27 10 Bonner. St. Joseph's iB) 24 92 Hatz, St. Mary's 21 104 jsuiuvan.

st. Paul's 26 61 52 Cofrancesco, St. Thomas 24 98 33 21S Doherty, St. Ann' 15 81 Elliott, St. Helena's 23 79 Andreoli, St.

Paul's ..2 74 Laanick. Christ Our King 11 75 Ferguson. St. Eliza tWe 21 4 Golden. Christ Our King 22 76 Kelleher.

St Ann's 19 72 Fitzgerald. St. Jo ph's 20 73 Scully. St. Mary'a 27 5 Nolan.

St. Ann's ...24 S3 St. Paul's ..24 61 Conaty, St. Ann's 25 62 Huta. Christ Our King 24 2 Filas.

S. Paul's .24 5 EstocSc. Christ Our King 17 61 Hmeman. St. Helena's 24 el Vzzc, St.

Anthony's 16 59 Kirk-o-d, St Mary's .24 4 Damico, St. Thomas 17 Davis, St Joseph's iW) 15 55 34 19 -34' 193 39 187 35 45 21 27 21 36 5 21 36 32 20 27 25 29 18 17 3 175 173 17J 171 17 1M 162 10 1M 15 150 149 149. 147 144 139 138 Rosemary Flickinger Tops Industrial Scoring Rosemary Flickinger. Wilmington General Hospital's scoring, ace. emerged as the leading shot in the Girls' Industrial Basketball League with a season's mark of 175 points in 11 games, topping Ann Deldeo.

Diamond State Telephone, by 38 points. Edna Boyd, The Memorial Hospital, was third with 127 points. Miss Flickinger, who averaged 16.8 points per game as Wilmington General swept to the league title, bucketed 77 field goals and 21 foul conversions. Miss Deldeo had 59 and 19 for an average of 13.3 per game. The top ten: o.

Flickinger, Wilm. General 11 State Te. 11 Boyd. Memorial Hosp 10 TO 77 59 58 45 47 50 38 41 25 31 T-fl 31 175 .19 137 11 127 32 113 15 109 8 108 14- 90 88 35 85 15 77 Lindsay, Hereulas Marvel, Del. Hosp.

Butler. Wilm. General Eskridge. Memorial 10 10 11 Short, Hercules 10 Halting, Del. Hosp 10 Horner, Memorial Hosp.

10 Cincinnati Faces Xavier In Tournament Finals CINCINNATI, March 18 (JP). The Cincinnati Invitational College Bas-ketball Tournament is following: the script as it will be Cincinnati against Xavier in the finals tonight. That is exactly the same setup as a year ago when Cincinnati avenged an earlier licking by beating Xavier. There were only 2,413 fans on hand last night in the huge Cincinnati Garden as Xavier drubbed Morris Harvey, 74 to 53. and Cincinnati walloped William, and Marv.

80 to 44. Pitcher Russ Meyer prepared to re join the Phillies' training camp to day with a bone specialist's assurance that his injured elbow prob ably will be all right in a few weeks Dr. George Bennett, who has treated many big-name athletes, said Meyer definitely did not have a fracture in his right elbow as had been feared. Meyer was an unhappy lad wnen he flew up from Clearwater, to see Dr Bennett at Johns Hopkins Hospital yesterday. He had with him X-rays of the injured elbow and a diagnosis that showed a "fracture" which would keep him from pitcntng for two or three months.

But Meyer's gloom was gone after the bone specialist had looked at his elbow. "It's not as bad as they thougnt." the. pitcher said with a big grin. "Meyer has an ailment common to pitchers," Dr. Bennett told a reporter, "a loose cartilage a 'chip' as you newspapermen call it." He added that Meyer had ben bothered by the same ailment last spring.

It apparently didn't trouble the 27-year-old pitcher too much last year. He won 17 and lost only eight for the Phillies. Dr. Bennett said the chip "is nothing to be worried about. I don't think an operation will be necessary.

I think Meyer's going to be all right." Meyer said the surgeon recommended heat applications and rest "for two or three weeks and then try it out." CLEARWATER. Fla. Manager Eddie Sawyer of the Phillies has a new smile on his face, and two young righthanders are responsible Emory Bubba Church, a rookie from Toronto, and bonus pitcher Charley Bick-neil performed admirably yesterday against the Kansas City Blues of the American Association in a 13-3 victory. Church gave up four hits and one run in five inning, while Bickneil-. in four innings, also gave up four hits and a run PHHJJE6 1 KANSAS CITY ah a ab a sh urn lf 3 2 2 0 0 Valla, 2b 3 0 10 1 K'hit n.if 2 110 0 Muf'to 3b 2 0 0 1 2 Ennis, rf Blatnik.rt Lopata.c Jones.3?j Goliath Sanicki.ef Church.p aNich'on Bickneil.

3 4 2 4 Snyder, ss 3 3 2 7 1 Wot icz rf 1O 0 4 0' Kelly 4 2 3 2 0 10 0 10 Long. Lb 3 0 0 0 0 Gentile, cf 2 0 0 3 0 Gleeson.cf 3 0 0 0 0 Cac cola.lf 0 0 0 0 0 Renna.lf 3 1 2 0 3 Wltek.3b 2 0 0 1 0 Drescher.e 3 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 1 Mel' a no 6 1112 2 0 12 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 7 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 110 4 0 113 0 0 0 1 0 2 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 ODel Duca.p 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 fRob son. 1 0 0 0 0 'Owens 1O0O0 Totals 39 13 IS 2T 10! Totals 33 3 8 24 8 a Hit homer for Church in fifth. fStruck out for Del Duca in sixth Kansas City OO001O1O0 2 Phillies 5 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 13 Error: Smotherman. Runs batted in: Waitkus 4.

Ennis Goliat 2. Nicholson. Snyder, Del Duca Two-base iiits: Ennis 3. Del Duca Three-base hit: Goliat. Home runs: Goliat.

Waitkus, Ennis Nicholson, Snyder. Double play: Snyder. Mof- foletto and Long Left on baes: Kansas City. 10; Phillies. 6 Bases ton balls: Church.

3: Bickneil, 1: Melignano. Del Duca, 1 Owens. 1. Strikeouts: Church. 3: Bickneil 2: Meligaano.

Del Duca. 1. Hits: Off Church. 4 in 5 innings; Bickneil. 4 in 4: 8 in 3, Del Duca, 8 in 2: Owens 1 in 1.

Passed ball: Lopats Winning pitcner: cnurcn Losing pitcher: Meii? nano Umpires: Conian, Stewart and Jackowskl, Time. 2 04 PHOENIX. Ariz As far as the St. Louis Browns are concerned. Pitcher AI Widmar can ao right ahead and sell automobiles for a living at his Dun-more.

home. Brownie President Bill Dewitt announced yesterday that he hat made his final after to Widmar and the erstwhile member of the Baltimore Orioles ha turned it down. Widmar. who won 22 and lost IS last year with the second-division International League club, has been quoted as- saying that the Browns' best offer to him was $7,500 and he could make more than that at Dunmore, "selling automobile and playing semi-pro ball." MIAMI. Fla.

The Yankees, who had been figuring on some extra sleeping this morning, were given a rude awakening by Manager Casey Stengel. Casey, annoyed by the lack of punch displayed during last night's 10-inning. 5-4 defeat by the Brooklyn Dodgers, ordered them aut of the hay by 8 a. ra. "I want everybody to be through break fast and out at the park by 11 Stengel decreed.

"The idea is that we're going to have an extra long batting drill The kind of hitting we did against those Brooklyn is something we can't afford to keep up against the Red Sox in the two other games we have her over the week end." Last night they had only seven blows, four of them ground rule doubles while facing Ramsdell, Roe. Bankhead and McGlothln, but that wasn't the part that really hurt Ten of them fanned and seven of them did It with their bats on their shoulders. MIAMI. Even Manager Joe Mc Carthy admitted the Boston Red Sox1 lineup "is set" and that no job are open as the Bosox met the Yankees today. McCarthy's team i the exact one which the Yankees beat out for the American League flag on the last day of the 1949 campaign but McCarthy feels he can turn the tables this time.

"I don't expect we'll have the same pitching troubles this year." he said. "I look for a fast start because wa play 22 of our first 30 games. at home. LOS ANGELES. Manager Prank Frisch of the Chicago Cubs Inspected Rookie Catcher Cart Sawatski with renewed Interest today.

The 5-foot. 10-inch receiver belted two home run to pace the Cuba to av to 4 vietorv over the Pittsburgh Pirates yesterday. Bill V'oUelle, former New York Giant and Boston Brave righthander, breezed through the last five inning allowing only three hit. WEST PALM BEACH. Pla.

Tho Athletics' Elmer Valo. a rightfleider last season, is going to patrol the left side of the diamond this eaeon. And he's happy about the shift especially when he thinks of games to be played In New York Yankee Stadium. Valo toid newsmen that the stadium'a "containing wall in leftfield is higher than in right. You can't jump over the leftfield fence like you can in right." which means.

Valo says, he'll have less collisions with the fence, who's going to be in rightfield for the A's? Manager Connie Mack is still trying to make up hi mind. But he' hoping Barney McCoskey, gidelined all 1948, will be ready to play again. Wrestlers 'Tag' Hard, Collapse Chicago Ring CHICAGO, March 18 (INS). The writer who prepared the script for, a wrestling show in Chicago forgot to okay it with the ring supports. Repeated body slams during last night's tag-team match hi the International Amphitheatre caved in the squared circle and the exhibition ended in a unanimous no-decision.

Grappling at the time were Hans and Fritz Schnabel vs. the team of Rudy Kay and AI Williams. feeling was. The idea was to humi liate him. since, if the plan had earned, the players would have picked up only a few additional collars.

A situation of this sort is naturally -if trrMt. rnncprn t.n r.hff Tn; i- i. i 'i. i things Dismiss the manager or the Dick Wakefield But Not to ST. PETERSBURG.

March 18 t'jp). The jury is still out on the Dick Wakefield puzzler. You remember Wakefield Michigan boy who pocketed $52,000 for signing with Detroit in 1941. That was the first of the big bonus payments. Dick made it big in 1943 after two years in the minors.

In 1944 he hit .355 in a half season. After a year in service, he couldn't regain the touch. Down he went until last year he hit bottom at .206 and De troit traded him to New York. Wearing a Yankee uniform has done wonders for other men. Perhaps it can do the same for Wakefield, approaching his twenty-ninth birthday.

"I welcome a chance to play, said Wakefield. "Naturally I was sorry to leave Detroit, the only club I ever played with in the big leagues. "Do I think I can help the Yankees? Well, let's put it this way. If you can help the world champions, you're doing pretty good. I'm doing my best.

"I do know this. If I can't make it, there's no use wasting their time or mine. I might Just as well forget about it." The Yankees gave up a pretty air prospect First Baseman Dick Kry-hoski for Wakefield last Dec. 17. They're gambling that Dick will find himself.

Pep Sues to Regain Fine Levied by Miami MIAMI. March 18 (INS). Featherweight Champion Willie Pep has filed suit to prevent the city of Miami from collecting $750 in fines imposed on him and Lightweight Jimmy Warren after their duU 10-round bout last month. The action, filed in Circuit Court yesterday, asks for a determination of Pep's rights and alleges that the Miami Boxing Commission was unfair and undemocratic in fining him $500 and Warren $250 for "poor efforts." Pep claims he did try his best but was unable to maneuver Warren into position for a knockout. The bout, which Pep won by unanimous decision, was loudly booed by Miami fans.

The suit, filed in the name of William Papaleo of Hartford. the featherweight king's real name, asks that the court release the entire Pep-Warren fight purse. Princeton Swimmer Defeats Joe Verdeur ANNAPOLIS. March 18 UP). Princeton's young Bob Brawner put a record-smashing final lap spurt last night and beat out Olympic Champion Joe Verdeur for the Eastern Intercollegiate 200-yard breaststroke title.

The. 19 -year-old sophomore came from behind on the last lap to finish an arm's length ahead of his mighty rival from LaSalie College. erawners time of two minutes. 14.2 seconds unofficially bettered verdeur's world record of 2:14.7 set last year at Ann Arbor, Mich. The Brawner-Verdeur battle featured the tenth annual Eastern Inter-collegiate Swimming League Championships which are to be concluded today in the Naval Academy pooL Yale has won four of the seven championships awarded so far: Relay, backstroke, 220-yard free style and low-board diving.

Church Cage Leagues Play Tonight at YMCA Silverbrook will met Brandywine Methodist in the second game of the Senior Church League semifinals tonight at the YMCA, starting at 8:45 o'clock. Silverbrook won the first 49-47. Calvary United faces First United in the first game of the other semis at 7:45 o'clock. Mt. Salen and Grace Episcopal clash at 6:45 o'clock, in a Inter mediate League contest.

6 a is can't hit hard and it's been proved in the past that only a real belter will bother Pep. Don't get the idea, though, that Pep is ducking Saddler. "We're Ready" "We accepted an offer of a guarantee plus the privilege of 40 per cent of the gate to fight Saddler again last June," said Lou Vis-cusi. Pep's canny manager. "Saddler was offered $25,000 but Charley Johnston (Saddler's manager) wanted $50,000.

The match didn't come off. Well, that's not our fault. We're ready any time that 100 grand gets posted." All Willie says is that "I'm ready for him. But Lou does the business." Saddler is the stiff-hitting New York youngster who knocked out Pep in four rounds in October 1948 to win the title. Willie regained it by outpointing the skinny Negro in a torrid 15-rounder at the Garden Feb.

11, 1949. As for last night, a glance at the officials' scorecards will give you an idea of the rout. Referee Ruby Goldstein voted it 10- 3 with two even. Judge Charley Shorten had it 12-3 and Judge Jack O'Sullivan made it 9-3-3. The Associated Press had Pep the winner, 11- 3 with one even.

Pep was an 18 to 5 favorite. The brainy, fast-moving champ outgeneralled the 25-year-old invader, who was making his U. S. debut. Famechon moved in all the way and Willie popped him with a stream of left jabs and an occasional right.

Then Pep would tie up the Frenchman or spin him around. 'He Didn't Fight At All' knew after the sixth round that his way of fighting could beat me but I hoped I could catch up." said the disconsolate Famechon with a tear in his eye. He had hoped to become the third Frenchman to win the featherweight crown. Eugene Criqui won it in 1923. and Andre Routis captured it in 1928.

"He didn't fight at all." added Famechon, who nursed a swollen left eye. "I would like another chance at the title after I get acclimatized and know the American rules better." Pep, unhurt except for a small cut over his right eye, had a snappy reply for Famechon's complaint about his style of fighting. "That's too bad, but that was my fight." said Willie. "He never surprised me at all. He fought the style that I was told he was going to fight." For his labors.

Pep received about $21,250. That represented 40 per cent of the net gate (the gross gat was $67,141) plus $1,000 for television. Famechon collected $5,050 for his 10 per cent and television cut, or just about enough to pay his expenses for the privilege of getting a shot at the title. Pep weighed 124 3i. Famechon 125.

Pro Basketball TONIGHT'S SCHEDULE National Association Kex York at Rochester Syracuse at Trl-Clty. fort Wayne at Washington Indianapolis vi Denver (a boro. Ky i American Leaga Bridgeport at Paterson Owena- "Why, Skip, you told him to go to the clubhouse. He went." "Go get him," I said. "I want him to hit." The kid took off for the clubhouse like a jet.

The umpire. Roilie Naylor, was hollering for me to get my batter up to the plate. The batboy came back and said Glenn was in the shower, but that he was coming as quickly as he could. The umpire was becoming somewhat impatient. "Now, Roilie." I said, "my hitter had to go to the clubhouse, but he'll be here right away." "If he isn't," roared Roilie.

"I'm going to forfeit this game." "Look, Roilie, my hitter Is naked," I countered. "You don't want him to come up here and bat naked, do you?" "Naked 1" he exclaimed, wide-' eyed, growing red around the collar. But about that time Gardner came running across the field, pulling on his shirt. He batted, went out, couldn't pitch well thereafter because he had cooled off. We lost because I sent a pitcher needed to the showers.

Play in the CYO Major Basketball League championship series will be resumed tonight at Fournier Memorial Hall, at 9 o'clock, when St. Paul's meets St. Ann's in the second of the best-of-five series. The third game is listed for tomorrow night, also at Fournier Hall, at 9 o'clock. Capt, Mike Andreoli and his St.

Paul's mates, league pennant win ners, defeated St. Ann's in the open ing game Thursday night, 48-33. The winner of the playoffs will represent Wilmington in the CYO Eastern Regional Tournament at Hartford, Saturday and Sun day. March 25-26. In preliminary games tonignt Christ Our King faces St.

Elizabeth's in the Girls Parochial League finals at 7 o'clock, and St. Stanislaus op poses St. Thomas in the first game of the Pairsh League nnais at o'clock. Outsiders Top Golf Tourney Gibson, Besselink Set Pace In Jacksonville Open; Dave Douglas Cards 71 JACKSONVILLE, March 18 The field in the $10,000 Jack sonville Open Golf tournament set; out today to catch two first-round leaders in front by a single stroke. Leland Gibson of Kansas City and AI Besselink of Detroit shared first place the end of opening day play with three-under-par 69s.

Neither was rated as a favorite in pre-tourney figuring. Gibson at the age of 40 has never jwon a big meet and Besselink at 25 to take money as a pro. He captained the University of Miami team and won the Southern Intercollegiate title in 1948 and 1949. Burke Proves Wild One of the wildest round on the day was posted by Jack Burke, young White Plains, N. pro who has won two major events on the winter tour.

Burke shot par figures on only three holes of the 18. He had seven birdies but went over par eight times for 73. Sam Snead, golf's man of 1949, scored even par 36-36 72, but the long-hitting veteran from White Sulphur Springs, W. hardly hit a green. His putting saved him from a bad round.

The tree-lined narrow fairways jammed up many a game but what it really jammed up was the field. National Open champion Cary Middlecoff of Ormond Beach, was one of six players just a stroke behind the leading pair. Seven Tied at 71 Witti Middlecoff were Fred Hawkins of El Paso, Chick Har-bert of Detroit; George Fazio of Washington, D. Billy Nary of Los Angeles and Vic Ghezzi of In-wood, N. Y.

Seven others beat par. Dave Douglas. Newark, DeL, Bob Toski of Northampton, Jerry Barber of Overland, Lew Wor-stiam of Oakmont, Pa. Elroy Harti of Houston, Art Wall, of Pocono Manor, AI Kreuger of Beloit, Bob Hamilton of Landover, and Bob Gajda of Detroit, shot 71 apiece. At even par only three strokes back were 15 Most of the big name players who didn't do quite that well were among a whole host at 73 and 74.

LSU, Maryland Boxers Lead Southern Tourney COLUMBIA. S. March 18 UP). Louisiana State and Maryland fighters go into the final round of the Southern Intercollegiate Boxing Tournament tonight almost in a dead heat. Louisiana State, winner of the National Collegiate title last year, has racked up 19 points against 18 points for Maryland.

Each team has five finalists and the tourna ment championship in all likeli hood will hinge on the outcome of those fights. The four bouts in which Louisiana State and Maryland boxers cross gloves are the 130 pounds. 155 pounds, 165 and heavyweight divisions. Allied Kid Beaten Hedgeville A. Major League winner trimmed Allied Kid, Indus trial League champions, 78 to 53, Lst night in an exhibition game at the YMCA.

Don Bar low paced the winning team with 24 points. HEDGEVILIjE I ALLIED KTD G. F. P. twins.

Koslnski.f 4 0 8 Walraven 8 1 17 8 13 3 0 16 0 24 Hearn.c 0 4 Sklpski 0 12 Mareno.g 0 31 1 11 1 7 0 13 0 6 Barlowef Horner.g Klser.g McDowell.g 0 2 0 T8j Totals TotAla 3ft 3 S3 Still a Puzzle Cards9 Pitchers Manager Casey Stengel never saw Wakefield until last season. Even then he didn't get much of a look for he played only 59 games. "I think he ought to said Stengel. "That doesn't mean he will. Maybe he swings too hard.

A big fellow like that (215 pounds, feet 4) ought to have plenty of power. "I'm going to see plenty of him down here in the exhibition games." Wakefield's first outing was dull. He played the whole game against the St. Louis Cardinals and went hitless. Worse, he struck out three times, all by righthanded pitchers, the last time with his bat on his shoulder.

Lefthanded hitters like Dick are supposed to slaughter righthanders. Steve O'Neill, Wakefield's old Detroit boss, now a coach under Joe McCarthy at Boston, thinks Dick will be a big help to the Yankees. "It will do him good," said Steve, "to get away from Detroit. The fans kind of soured on him out there. He can hit that ball and one of these days he's going to get started again." What happened to Wakefield? Did the $52,000 ruin him? Was the .355 wartime accident? Has he lost tiie incentive to play ball? This is the year we get the answers.

Delaware Park Enriches Stakes Stalfie events at Delaware Park will open on Monday, May 29. which also the first day of the 32-day meeting at the Stanton oval, with the running of the lmington Handicap, a six-furlong sprint for 3-year-olds and up, according to Gil Haus, racing secretary and track handicapper. Fifteen stakes with a total value of $210,000 will be run at the track between opening day and July 4. All told the purse value of both overnight event and stakes will run over $1,000,000. Thus Delaware Park continues its policy started at its inception in 1937 of Increasing purses every year.

This year's total marks an increase of $5,000 over last year with two events, the Leonard Richards Stakes and the Delaware Oaks, being responsible for the raise. Both will be $22,500 added, an increase of $2,500. However, they will gross around $32,000. Foul-Shooting Entries Urged to File Names Late entrants in Wilmington's third annual basketball foul shooting tournament are urged to post their names w-ith Recreation Promotion and Service prior to contest time. This year's event will be held in the boys' gym at P.

S. DuPont High starting at 7 p. m. on Tuesday. Separate events will be run for boys and girls in Cubs, Intermediate and Senior Divisions.

Last veax's tournament listed 40 participants with these following champions Cubs ooys. Andrew Rice, 3002 Van Buren Street; girls-Anna White, 717 Vandever Avenue; Intermediate boys. Danny Lehane, 1716 North Union Street; girls--Nancy Sylvanus. 418, West Thirty-sixth Street; Senior boys, Frank Moletteire, 402 West Third Street; girls Kay Garrigues. 1102 West-over Road.

Persons desiring to enter this year's cnotest are urged to send an entry to Recreation Promotion and Service, 101 West Fourteenth Street, telephone 6-8364. Graham, Villemain To Fight in Phila. PHILADELPHIA. March 18 UP). Otis Graham, Philadelphia welterweight, will get another shot at a "name" fighter April 3 when he meets Robert Villemain, French middleweight, in a 10-rounder at the Arena.

The match, arranged by Matchmaker Pete Moran, will be under the promotion of Harry Steinman. Graham recently defeated Bernard Docusen of New Orleans and then dropped a close one to Kid Gavilan in the Arena ring. Cooper, Share With Stars NEW YORK March 18 UP). Charley Cooper of Duquesne and Charlie Share of Bowling Green were added today to the East squad which meets the West in the Herald Tribune's Fresh Aid Fund basketball game April 1 at Madison Square Garden. players.

In this instance the owners; remained loyal to their manager St. Gcorjrcs, Christiana It would not be fair or accurate I to say southworth is on the spot, Enter iN-K-C League for he is a manager of demonstrated mDDLETTOWN. March 18 (Spe-competence. Nevertheless, the mat-1 ciai. The new New Castle-Kent-ter of moraie and team harmony CeciI (N.K-C) Baseball League ex-comes into closer focus than theipanded from slx to teams Pi-st when viewing the Braves pro-night at a meting nere.

six spects and their manager. charter members voted St. George mj" fi "iand Christiana into the league games off tne pace. Will they do; nthBT tm. The other teams are Dyer's Club Lost When He Sen Pitcher He Needed to Showers Written for NEA Service By EDDIE DYER St.

Louis Cardinals' Manager GLENN GARDNER was an innocent accomplice to my biggest boner. It happened in Houston in 1939, when I was managing the Texas League's remarkable Buffs of that era. The engagement was played at Buff Stadium, and Gardner pitched better this year? How much better? To be a factor, they must improve by 20 garnets. In cleaning house. Southworth had to give up key men.

men like Stanky and Dark, for example Did he get enough in return? His most important deal was with the Giants, from whom he got Sid Gordon, Buddy Kerr. Wiiliard Marshall and Sam Webb. Southworth professes to be jubilant over the deal. "For the first time since I've been in Bcstor I've got outfielders with arms." he said yesterday as I sat jn the dugout with him. Jethroe In Outfield He meant outfielders who can throw, it is his plan as of the moment to use Gordon, Marshall and Sam Jethroe in the outfield.

South-worth thinks Marshall has the best arm in the league. Jethroe is a streamlined Negro, a Rickey sale, up from the International League where he shattered speed records all season. He may be the fastest-man in baseball. The Braves infield is set except at second where Roy Hartsfleld, who had a big season in Milwaukee last year, is highly touted. If he fails Southworth must go back to Sibby Sisti.

Kerr is set at short. "I've always admired his defensive plav. Southworth said. Southworth is going with the voungest first-string catcher in baseball. Del Crandell.

just turned 20 and with only 67 big league games back of him in experience. This is considered a hazardous chance. But Southworth is high on him. "There's an If in my pitching." Southworth admitted. "We're pretty well fixed in all the other spots." Finite lnfit Ninrllt VTW YORK Willie Pep.

1J414. Hartford, outpointed Ray Famechon. 12S. France. 15 (Title'.

HOLLYWOOD. Calif Mendoza. l.S'-j. Los Angeles, stopped Joe Danos. 161.

Denver. CHARLOTTt. Abe! Cestae. V.8, Baltimore, knocked out Buddy Scott, IAS. Jacksonville.

4 WEST PALM BEACH. Fla Eddie Compo. Hartford. outpointed Don Bowman. 130, Asheville.

N. 19 SAN DIEGO, CaUf. AI Spauldisf. 1M, Oakland, outpointed Andy Walker. 192, Tt uciaco, 10.

a ucm ji a. fcauie. Lie oiner team scored a run some way, and we went into the ninth trailing, 1-0. Gardner shut the side out in the ninth, and I went up to him and said: "Tough luck kid. You pitched a good game.

It wasn't your fault. Go on and get your shower. I'll use a pinch-hitter for you this Gardner was slated to bat third. Jack Angle, who wasnt ordinarily a long-distance hitter, whacked one nine miles over the left field barrier, knotting the score. That changed the entire complexion of the game.

I needed Gardner to finish if it went extra innings. He had pitched so well, it was only fair. I looked around for him so he'd know that I wanted him to hit for himself. No Gardner. I asked the batboy.

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