European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 25, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                February the stars and stripes egr Loop Sven snub k nors rejected application for entry 24 wobbly at the Box office the loss of Jackie it was turned cold Nebr when it asked admission Aniced John presi f the negro National a written statement that National association of minor bad rejected the Applina 3oth the National and Amer to leagues he by the negro leagues was it of a re Larry then new j Yankees he was on a committee headed by i Johnson As chairman Brooklyn a member of the by the late mayor la a to the problem of negro in Phail recommended help strengthen the negro and take action to admit into organized baseball after House had been put in application rejected who took of said his league in adopted a new and effected uniform cts to meet Mac hails Sug it is he said spite of improved organic n these two negro leagues t formal application for admin organized baseball in de at the Miami meeting National association of pro anal baseball they turned Down Rickey praised he never was in by him about the negro s decision to apply for Janem last Rickey action in Jackie Robinson his Johnson singled out Brook contribution As far Superior of Iny he the value of the step taken by outweighs that of recon on about which nothing is As far As taking constructive toward solution of the ques the negro in the report never got beyond ii was written Page 9 Spinelli faces suspension 24 manager of prizefighter Sam who was killed fuday night in the Chicago stadium was ordered to appear March 9 to show cause Why he should be barred from Illinois the state athletic commission charged that spi Nelli falsified Baroudi Brondi told reporters lie was signed an affidavit that he was Spinelli told the commission he was the boxing commission asked the Illinois at Torney general a ruling on the disposition of the purse which Baroudi earned his last an Advance of was Given by the promoters to Spinelli before the fight and he received after the i tic was in the bands of police and was to be turned Over to the Jack began and Irving who promoted the added another to make possible payment of the full purse to whatever agent the attorney Gen eral rules should receive the an inquest into Baroudi death began saturday and was continued until next when Schoenwald and commission officials were expected to everybody seems to be Happy nauheim puck Victor 24 special Jerry Fournier leading the three the bad Nau crusaders took the third and contest in a hockey series e 14th red f everybody is smiling As to Mcmillin signs his Detroit lion pact with i to rear Walter Arthur front president of the club and Charles watching the exin Diana coach sign for a Michigan tops Purdue to up big nine Lead 24 a j Michigan wolverines strengthened their title Hopes in the big nine basketball race by Downing it was Michigan All the Way As the wolverines led at the Bob Harrison and Mack Suprunowicz showed the Way As Michigan Moyed within one game of at least a share in the Western conference the wolverines now need Only at Home victories Over Ohio state and Iowa to take a Long awarded big nine Harrison topped the Michigan scoring with 13 but scoring honors for the evening went to Purdue Andy who Tal Nyu Given real scare in Triumph v s la Salle preserves Chance for bid to tourney j Emil Iii to impossibilities new 24 to Mcmillin had a new Seton to 1il boys today and he wont be kidding when he hangs that handle on the lackadaisical Detroit there is a Long Trail winding in front of the former Indiana coach before he can hit the league the Lions last preached the top in 1935 and have not been in the playoff Money but the Silver haired to is accustomed to Tough his to 1il Indiana boys won the big nine title in a feat which made Mcmillin the coach of the and Down through the yellowed years to has been accomplishing the a trip to Danville today would convince the for even now the Whitewash is fresh on the Public buildings there on Charles offers purse of title bout to Baroudi Jake manager of fighter Ezzard offered the serv ices of the Cincinnati Light heavy weight in a title fight with Gas Lesnevich at Chicago the proceeds to go to the family of Sam Brondi was fatally injured in a bout with Charles in Chicago Friday night we will donate our entity purse from the fight to the bereaved Mintz scoring line for 3 nil awards 24 smooth skating Center new York today As an outstanding Nomona three of the National leagues top Aal scoring trophy and the lady Byng nor enjoyed a five Point per Max Bentley of Toronto circuits top Accord the latest this Ould gain for him the Hart As the leagues most Valu with Only eight minutes in 48 be bad ape Titton for the lady annually Lor Good Oconnor picked up Only one goal last but his 51 total Points still gave him an average of a Point a he had 29 the most in the plus 22 Bentley brought his season total to Elmer Lach of Montreal was 4hird with 45 followed by Jim Mcfad Ejen of Detroit and Bud Poile of who were tied for fourth with 43 Young Harry Lumley of the High flying Detroit red wings was far ahead in the goaltenders standings an average of against per the that is not a chemical it stands for Centre 6 Harvard a memorial to a 1921 football upset which ranks with the greatest of All formation earned name it is the brightest chapter in the Story of which also is the Story of to Mcmillin and one of the finest football teams in Gridiron those boys came largely from recruited by Uncle Charley who later became a big league Uncle Charley had arranged a terrific schedule and the team took its lumps in be cause they came from Kentucky and used a Peculiar formation which looked like supplicants approaching the they became known As the praying in they reached their Brief Peak of a dazzling Bro Kenfield Defeated West Virginia almost single then came mighty har and Mcmillin scored the Only touchdown on a 30yard run with cleats that etched footballs greatest upset into the lied a partisan crowd of fans jammed the Purdue badgers dump wildcats to keep title Hopes alive 24 Wisconsin kept alive its slim Hopes of retaining its big nine Basket Ball title by coming from behind in the second half to beat North before a crowd of the badgers overcame three wild cat leads in the second half to score their second Victory Over North Western this the game was tied up four times during the second but Bob Cook shot the badgers ahead to stay with a Basket in the final breaking a 5353 leading in the big nine last was held to seven but set a new Wisconsin Mark by boosting his collegiate scoring record to 843 the former Badger record of 836 Points set by Johnny both records were set Over a three year troop level play opens in co Stab 24 c of the 10th and c of the 28th so took a step in the right direction As cons Abs troop com Pany level playoffs got under the 10th representing the 14th in the Western the Winner of which will move on to the Northern Neucom company level edged out the go representing mainly through the efforts of Bill who registered 24 the 28th quintet had an easier time of it As they trampled c of the 51st san in an Eastern league contest which will Lead up to the Southern Neucom Dick Steeves was the big noise As he Buck eted 34 new 3a York racked up its 18th straight Victory by defeating St Johns of but not before the capacity Madison Square Garden crowd spectators seen the Al conquering receive a tremendous scare in the opener of la Salle of Delphia whipped St of to enhance chances for a tournament it was the explorers 18th Triumph in 20 starts this Nyu apparently was headed for easy Triumph Over its inter Borough rival when it built up Quick 91 Lead and stretched it to 3222 at the but the Garden roof nearly caved in on the violets in the second half As St Johns fought Back to go into the first at at Johns keeps trying score was deadlocked at 4040 Midway in the period when Nyu staged a drive which 11 Points and gave it a 5140 Lead with five minutes to big Adolph Schayes of Nyu and Dick Mcguire of Johns shared scoring with 19 Points Ray Lumpp also contributed 13 Points and Don Forman 12 to the la beaten Only by Temple and got off to an Early Lead and increased its margin to 15 at the end of the first freeze works Little Bob Ace Mccann and big Larry Faust led the winners first half with Mccann tallying nine 6 foot 9 Inch dropped in half of his dozen Points during the 10 minutes he Francis spurted in the final five minutes to Advance within eight the explorers froze the Ball successfully in the final minute to halt the commitments hold off Golf finals 34 Days at Houston 24 because of what was believed to be a record postponement of scheduled play in a major Golf Chicago Long hitting John Barnum and Houston de White will wait 34 Days to play for the Houston country club invitation drenching which have plagued the tournament most of the forced officials Call off the 36hole final match Between Barnum and they discovered that other commitments would keep Barnum Busy at least a the final round Between White and the Man he Defeated for the title nine years ago was reset for March 505th my upsets Cymru 24 a of the 505ih my of defending Ufa com pan level trounced the highly rated Cymru of Frankfurt hoops after building up a 289 halftime the lbs coasted As Jim Hamilton racked up 23 Points to Pace the