European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 9, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                March 1948 the stars and stripes Page 9 wings gain tie 011 rally by Leswick new March 8 Tony Leswick notched two the last with 20 seconds to to give the new York rangers a 22 tie with the Detroit red wings in a National hockey league game before fans in Madison Square Lesnieks lying which practically clinched new Yorks playoff was his j8th of the Harry 21yearold de troit was forced to make 23 saves in the fast paced the rangers Jim Henry saved the teams played through a scoreless second period with a 11 tie Ronde on goals by Ted Lindsay and Don Morrison pushed the red wings into the Lead at the five minute Mark in the third on a neatly engineered pass from Jim Conacher and Len Lindsay opening Marker on a poke shot came after Fern Gau tier stole the puck from Ranger Captain Neil Colville and slipped it out to the leagues top who hit his 31st goal of the Les Wicks final counter came while Henry was off the ice in a Las minute Rush by the with buddy Oconnor and Colvie columbian Best tops All the rest top quintets begin Busy tourney slate v March 8 basketballs top teams step on the tournament merry ground this with the bras ring Worth a possible trip to the London olympics this although the Mcaa Derby is tied up in four knots right the 32 quintets dizzy weeks whirl begins on the select height schools in the National invitation tournament win i the curtain on the new York Madison Square Garden the Mcaa Eastern opens in the Garden March 18 and the Western playoffs in Kansas City matches feature tourney Sec Blackhawk Wallop 93 March 8 Chicago Blackhawk racked of their largest score of the year when they downed the Montreal in a National hockey league game before a crowd of it the Gaye lighting for the scoring Lead in the led the assault with a pair of goals and three to give Hin 54 Points in the hectic Bud line waa Only e step behind with a goal and three assists for a seasons total of 53 Doug Bentley contributed a goal and an assist to run his seasons total to an even no less than eight Hawks figured in the whole Sale scoring kill Vessie of columbian Lions shows How he won the Nono Gowl High jump Ecith 64 leap army track squad cops first Nona Gonal games March 8 the result in doubt until almost the final army Well balanced track team won the first indoor non atonal outscoring favored Yale had been favored to capture this Nin College an outgrowth of the Hept atonal games started in until the second from the last the High Lee Heads Houston Grid March 8 assistant coach at the University of has been named head football coach at the univer sity of Yale and army traded the Levels cadets Bob Graf and John Kulp by placing in the High gave army a 4442 and then the mile relay team from the Banks o the Hudson finished second behin Penn and ahead of third place Yal in the final event of the program Graf leaped six feet two inches finishing second behind Navom Bill Vessie of who won the event with a 64 Effort Kulp tied for third at 511 with navys Bob Brannon and Harvard John Jack Winner of the ran the Anchor leg for the cadets on the mile relay team and flashed ahead of yales dec Lucke with a half Lap to bring ing his team in Columbia finished third with 31 Points and Harvard was fourth with then came Penn with Dartmouth Princeton Cornell and Navy ruins conquer brighten nil playoff Hopes March 8 Bruins improved their National hockey league playoff chances by the Toronto Maple in a rough game before a packed Boston Garden crowd which saw 19 penalties ii against the goalie Frank Brimsek lost his shutout after 12 minutes of play in the he stopped a hard drive by Toronto mustachioed Garth but was unable to find the disc to Clear the puck was resting about two inches in front of the goal line and Joe Klukay merely reached Forward his stick and Elid h into the net Bostons first goal was fashioned late in the opening season during a scrimmage before the Toronto Knobby Warwick poking in the fort nine seconds after the Start of the Middle Canto Milt who played a top game for notched the Bruins second he took a Forward pass from Woody Dumart just on the Boston Side of the Center outraged the Only Leaf and faked Leaf Gaoler Turk Broda to Mortson also was the victim of the third Boston goal at that same second Don Gal linger intercepted a Mortson Clear ing pass during a Boston gang at tack on Leaf skated a few strides and let go a Low shot which breezed past buckeyes win track grown March 8 up Ohio paced by versatile Lloyd who scored 16 Points per won its second big nine indoor track out scoring runner up duffs 16 Points set a new record for an individual in the conference indoor he won both the Broad jump and 70yard High and placed third in the 70yard Low hurdles and the pole in the highs he set a new Amer ican record when he travelled the distance in that Mark was a tenth of a second better than the previous conference and armory another triple conference and was tied by Bill Porter of who won the 70yard Low hurdles in Charles Michigan shot it set a new Field and con Terence record when he won his specially with a heave of 56 feet that Mark broke the conference record of 53 feet inches Fonville established ast and the armory record of 54 feet inches set by Norm this Minnesota took third place Over to other teams finished Indiana Wisconsin 3urdue Northwestern and Owa March 8 Jim Ferrier and Cary Middle of reached the semifinals of the Miami International four Ball Golf defeating Bobby Locke and Lloyd Mangrum one on the 37th Hole in a quarterfinal match that was Stoppy on sunday by Locke and who eliminated Sammy Byrd of Detroit Anc Johnny Revolta of Evanston 44 holes of were dead locked after 36 holes with Ferrier of san Francisco and Middle col of Memphis when darkness overtook the lock Mangrum duo and the Ferrie Middlecoff team each had 63 in the morning round for the lowest 18hole score of the tournament so neither team held More than a 1up Locke won the 20th but Ferrier evened matters on the 22nd with a they played on even terms to the when Locke dropped a five foot putt for a Middle coff parred the 35th to tie it up they played the 36th in regulation figures As darkness closed and Mangram eliminated Byrd and Revolta on the 44th hols where Mangrum Sank a 51foot putt for Birdie on the 210yard Parthree Herman Akron and Johnny Bat in ral lied to eliminate Roberto de Vicenzo and Enrique both of in the second Ellsworth Iris and de Pontiac turned Back Jimmy Ojai and Jack Houston 5 and Burke replaced Ben Hershey who was forced to withdraw after recur rence of a Back no ways jumpers win Holme Kollen ski meet March 8 jumpers completely dominated the classic Kolmen Hollen ski jumping by taking 13 first places in the special two Wille Hellman and Evert placed 14th and in the combined which consists of the 18 Kilometre Cross country race and Norway won the Kings cup after finnish favorite Heikki Hasu fell Sec Ond round of the jumping March the Eastern and Western winners automatically qualify for the eight team olympic final try outs in the March 29 and the victors in the Naib and nit tourneys also will join the olympic along with the top three teams in the National aau tourney and the Winner of the National Myca championship holy Cross of District i four of the eight Mcaa tournament berths already Are holy Cross the class of new will represent District Columbia defend ing Ivy league was named to represent District which won the annual Southeastern conference tourney for the fifth straight year by defeating dark horse Georgia will represent District Michigan big titlist 155 will represent District the other four Mcaa berths will be filled As the result of the follow ing playoffs Baylor is Arizona District mis Souri Valley is Kansas big seven on game at Kansas March District Southwest con Ference is Border conference Best of three March 13 and District 64 Defeated Utah 64 to go into a three Way tie for second with District 106 3e treated to tie Oregon state which lost to for first in the Northern division of the Pacific coast con they will meet in a one game playoff at March the Winner will play California Southern division n a Best of three series at Ber Kejty March 13 and not quarterfinals the see Dongs and draw or the nit will be announced officially later Learned that the thursday quarterfinals will match Lasalle 193 is St Louis and Bowling Green 275 is Western Kentucky saturdays other quarterfinals will end North Carolina states 2s2 Southern conference against Depaul and Nyu against Texas in playoffs to determine the last to places in the Baltimore Loyola Defeated american or the title and the rip to Kansas Texas Wes Eyan edged out Texas or the other Naib Zaslofsky hits Basket for 40 As Dowie steamroller Russell wins in Blind Golf March 8 a Russell of Duluth won his second internal ional blvd golfers championship tournament at Inglewood country shooting a j04 Over the 8 March 8 Chicago Stags Defeated the Provty Dence in a basketball association of America Max Zaslofsky of the Stags set a new record for the Chicago stadium by making 15 baskets and 10 free throws for 40 the previous record was 37 Points set by Jor Fulks on the Stags to come from behind to win the they at Kenny sailors led the steamroll lers with seven baskets and five free tosses for 19 Jos record