European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 3, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse R much 1948 the stars and stripes Page 9 giant for retirement Irish upset 6459 frenzied crowd sees violets drop first new March 2 notre Dames famed fighting Irish lived up to their time honoured Nick name by coming from behind eight times to hand mighty new York its first defeat after 19 straight in a wild Basket Ball game that nearly ended in a free Orall the frenzied crowd of Ai Madison Square which included a huge delegation of notre Dames devoted subway almost Tore Down the rafters As the six Point underdogs in the knocked the violets from the ranks of the so was the heat of the Battle that tempers flared just one minute before the game ended when Joe Debonis of Nyu and Kevin Oshea of notre Dame squared off in a Melee under the and had to be separated by the referees and it was the most thrilling and hard fought game seen in the Garden this the Lead Chang Irish Kevin Okshea leads Noire Dame to Victory big Matt Cooper informs giant owner Horace Stoneham he Lumanis on the voluntary retirement list March Mort new York giant i has asked for voluntary it was announced club president Horace said the request would be granted the former see Louis Cardinal who was traded to the Boston braves in 1945 and the giants last i understand i do not figure in the plans of the giants this season unless i show great Promise during Spring Cooper inasmuch As i am not sure of my future with the i wish to apply for voluntary i do not believe baseball provides any secur Ity for my Cooper was the of the Foremost pitchers of the National league just a few years leading the cardinals to three league pennants and two world series championships to passing the 20victary Mark each big Mort was traded to the braves after the Start of the 1945 winning seven and four for a season record of Cooper had a bad year with Boston in and a worse season last winning two out of seven with Boston and one of tigers seek Toledo club March 2 St Louis Browns May sell their most important farm Toledo of the american to the de 4 Toroid a spokesman for the Browns Dis dosed that the club is negotiating with Detroit of such a he added that he could give no other information on the proposed Sale except that no other farm clubs of id the Browns Are Toledo is the Only class aaa club owned by the the St Louis american league club also owns san Antonio of the Texas Elmira of the Eastern Lea Springfield of the three i and Globe of the arizon Texas it has work ing agreements with 15 other minor fireball Frankie on mend Baltimore March 2 Colts of the Al America conference announced that fireball Frankie Sinkwich is definitely on the mend after an operation on his troublesome six for new Coopers 10 shutout triumphs in 1942 Are second Only to Graver Cleveland alexanders National league record of teams head for tourney March 2 the 505th my and 524th my basketball teams of Salzburg departed for Vienna to compete in the Cham of Gist of Stuttgart prob la be envied by hundreds Hunters for months to for one some shot win staff correspondent March 2 suddenly three wild boars came into he said saw Only two when he fired but a Evi Dently ran away immediately after i the two dead who said were running along a Folly close to each were discovered to have been hit in the head by the Only shot Geist was Able to get the third Swine reached the French zone Border and Sanctuary from the american Hunters before he could be by four other America Hunters and a 67y ear killed two wild wounded a third with it has been gebv5wbo was placed in a by the i in position when 1 ins big nine title Ann March 2 Michigan won the big nine basketball Crown when it upset the Victory virtually assured Michigan of a berth in the forthcoming Mcaa a capacity crowd of screamed jubilation As Michigan rolled to the second undisputed big nine title in the schools athletic not since the Wolverine outfit of coached Mather nosed out Purdue and Indiana in 1927 has a Maize and Blue outfit been Able to the game turned out to be a scoring Duel Between Little Murray the Ace Iowa and Michigan Mack but shooting with a keen Eye and terrific shot his Bolt in the first scoring five Field goals and one free sup Runowicz hit for two Field goals and two free throws in the first stanza but came Back with four baskets in the final period when Michigan needed the two forwards each chalked up 14 Iowa Hung in there for the entire first which ended on the fancy Dan operation of who ends the season with 272 tops in the conference and a new bettering tace 255 Points Nakade by Andy Phillip of Illinois in tule Lite defeat closed the for Michigan has one More the wolverines play Mich Igan state next big Nike standings conference All of 2 m7 u 5 i 4 643 s52 15 789 5s3 sos s24 12 met 7 s 6d2 s3s is 5 s s in 9 5 7 sir 10 it 5 1 c73 19 if 3 3 23u 626 my t 12 Wisconsin Illinois Purdue Minnesota Ohio state Indiana Northwestern 3 5 5m 853 s to 390 Olle signs for bout March 3 Goodwin athletic club has announced that site the swedish heavyweight has signed to tight Duilio Spagnolo of Italy in a 10roued bout at Boston of March Kansas state 7 March 2 a overcoming a i6point half time the Kansas state College wildcats won their first big seven conference basketball championship by defeating their Arch Kansas University Jay Clarence form Center of a fiery verbal Eon rovers be tween athletic officials of the two pitched in a free throw in the last few seconds of the game to Clinch the title for Kansas the Jay Hawks at half time but their Cinderella rivals from nearby Manhattan were not to be denied their first basketball championship since they ran away the Missouri Valley conference Banner in the second place University of Oklahoma 1947 Defeated at Lincoln but faded out of further titular consideration on a 64 record with two More games to Otto who led the individual scorers with of them of free a Charity toss in the last 15 seconds j that could have knotted the count at 616l de hands 16 times during course of the times in each the score was tied eight four in each ses notre Dames Triumph was Ita 15th in 22 starts in a mediocre but this was the one the Irish wanted to win and it teff the Irish with a 123 Edge Over their metropolitan rivals in their traditional Nyu went into the game jts the Only unbeaten College team in the Oshea was the hero in the South benders thrilling he tied Ray Lumpp of Nyu As tile games High scorer with 18 played a floor game and kept his team in the game when Ever the violets threatened to pall pots three the Irish came from behind to assume an 115 Lead in the first five minutes of but the violets fought Back to tie the score at Lylall within the next from there until 14tb minute of play the teams were never separated by More than three until the violets on a 10point spree sparked by three Long set shots by Little Don Forman to gain a 3223 three Field goals by Oshea within the last two minutes of the helped Cut Notts bulge to 3532 at a free throw Fay Leo a Basket and a free throw by Jim Ohalloran and a tip in by earn Horst offset three free throws by Lumpp and tied the count at 3838 in the first five minutes of the second Irish grab Lead the Lead Seesaw Back and Forth and the score was tied four More times before a bucket by Paul Gorden gave tar Irish the upper Irish cause appeared doomed Ai this Point As they lost Joelray Brennan and Barnhorst on personal and Nyu want off on a six Point spree to gain a 5349 but once the game irishmen retaliated a free throw by John Foley and two baskets by John Hitler to assume a 5453 advantage with five minutes to Joel Kaufman returned the Lead to new York with a set but Oshea pulled the in feb in front once More witty a and from Here in they never lost Hie a Basket and a free throw each by Foley and Ohalloran clinched it for the and by the time players gave vent 10 their the Irish were Foley and Brennan did a remarkable Job checking Adolph big holding him to two baskets and five 15 played a Brilliant game before went out of to be followed by teammate Joe Witter the final minutes of Bentley near scoring Lead in race for nil Crown March 2 Mas Bentley of the Toronto Maple striving desperately to Annex his third straight National hockey league scoring was forcing the Pace today for she present Little buddy Oconnor of the new York Oconnor lost some ground during the past picking up Only two Points in two games to run his season total to 53 Bentley moved up four Points behind the Ranger Center after accounting for three Points in a last two but Bud Poile of Chicago jumped nto the third Only at behind while Elmer of Montreal was involved in a tie for fourth place with Bong brother of Max and a member of the Chicago Gaye Ste wart of Chicago and of Detroit etch had 45 Points to tic for Ted Lindsay of Detroit remained at the top in most goals scored with Oconnor and Doug Bentley each had 30 assists to tie Lor the Lead in that Young Harry Loxley of Beer of appeared a cinch for this Georte Vezina trophy As he continued Pace the net minders with 8
