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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, January 22, 1950

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stabs and stripes sunday january 12, 1s� Sauer signs 5-year pact at Baylor rangers covet Hawks goal no Dice by Steve Snider new York Jan. 19 up Long George Mikan King of  skyscraper stars is better than Ever this season after five years of learning the ropes As a pro. It s hard to believe but observers in tin new National basis netball association figure the loot 10-Inch denier of the Minneapolis lakers Ninf now is near ing  Peak form at the age of 25. He is putting on a Fred Wilt of the new York athletic club cruising in meet record time won the Philadelphia inquirer mile last night when he outran John Barry Irish Champion before 8.200 farts. The slender Wilt travelled the 12 laps in 4 11,8. It was the fourth Victory of the season for the 29-year-old ale who led the Field for the last five laps. Unbeaten this season Wilt had 10 Yards to spare at the finish Over Barry the Irish lad had a Lead of Early 30 Yards Over Brown ing Ross of Villa Nova. Alf Holm Berg of Sweden winning for the University of Tennessee was at to heels to take fourth place. Still another meet record tumbled when Penn state teammates Curtis Ston and Horace Ashenfelter made Romp of the two mile run which Sud took in 9 01,2, five Yards ahead of Ashenfelter. Bob Richards olympic pole Mills Maxim Ley mow a pub in Surrey and Maxim at promoter Jack Solomon s gym in the heart of London. Mills looked better in training Early this week but Maxim slower to reach Peak form appeared equally fit after a hard four round workout yesterday. The Cleveland Battler jogged through Hyde Park for More than an hour this morning and his Trainer Al do Monte said he would have another brisk workout later today then taper off to gym exercises tomorrow Maxim has been sparring mostly with Mark Hart a willing partner who gave him plenty of trouble earlier this week. Yesterday Joey got the old snap into his Teft hand covered up nicely and got enthusiastic applause from 200 on lookers after four rounds. Mills meanwhile took on two partners for three rounds each. Vaulter scraped the a foot Sineh they seemed Able to hit him at will ceiling to set a new meet record in to a pole vault a probable sign that he intends to leave the boxing to Maxim. Ted Broadribb Mills manager said he was betting that his charge Kos Maxim. Mills Fine form in workouts had a telling effect on the betting. Book makers advertised 2-1 favouring Maxim but the Odds were with drawn following a Shower of Mills Money. Nil rejects Buffalo bid Philadelphia Jan. 21 api Buffalo and Houston yesterday lost their Uphill Battles for National american a foot adj league franchises when Nail owners voted against admitting a 14th member. Oakland also was rejected on the same ballot but that City s chances admittedly were forlorn. Commissioner Bert Bell said practically the whole discussion was on  nobody was opposed to Buffalo said Bell providing a satisfactory schedule could be worked  Dan reevers president of the los Angeles rams who voted against the applicants summed up the opposition standpoint. We were afraid to vote them in said reevers until we saw How the schedule would be affected. We have nothing against Buffalo. In fact we were very much impressed by their  it was Learned in an unofficial poll of owners that it was 7 to 5 in favor of m teams with one earn Detroit not voting. The new York giants. Washington redskins Balti More Colts Green Bay packers Pittsburgh Steeles Cleveland Browns and san Francisco 49ers were reported voting  the los Angeles rams Chicago bears Chicago cardinals Philadelphia eagles and new York bulldogs  latest episode Tenhoff  Frankfurt Jan. 21 the promoter of the Jersey Joe Walcott Bufi in ten Hoff boxing bout scheduled for Stuttgart May 7, was Outi Ted today from the German professional boxing association but the bout May go on. 1?he promoter Heinz Schuble was convicted by a German court last wednesday on a charge of attempting to print counterfeit Money association t o j d the associated press that Joachim Goettert vet Berlin sports figure had taken Over promotion of the bout. Doering said Goettert would make every Effort to have the bout held in Stuttgart or the adjoining town of Esslinger on May 7, Doering said the association s Board of directors had banned Schuble from the association for life. It also expelled Erwin Rabach an associate of Shuble who was convicted with him. In Hamburg ten Hoff. German Wilrich Doering president of the heavyweight boxing Champion said he had agreed to to through with the bout und a Gwent s promotion. A has expressed himself As anxious to meet Walcott the Amer ican negro in the Hope that it wih give him a Chance at More inter National bouts. Ten Hoff revealed a possible new complication to the bout however. He he said he had first to defend his German title against the German Boxer Wilson Kohl Brecher of Ksn Brueck. The fight is due to take place in Berlin either in March or april. Unless ten Hoff succeeds in defeat ing Kohlbrecher by a decisive margin interest in a ten Hoff Walcott bout might dwindle. Hardin scores 62 to break Mark Pace links meet Long Beach calif., Jan. 21 up Jack Harden who nearly had to feel his Way around fog bound Lakewood country club course to score a record breaking 62, left the big name pros behind at the Start of today s second round play in the $10,000 Long Beach invitational Golf tournament. The Elpaso Tex., golfer beat All course records yesterday despite two bogies and might have had two More birdies to add to the nine he Sank if grass had been a Little thin Ner around the cups. Left behind were Sammy Snead at 68, and or. Cary Middlecoff and Jimmy Demaret with 66. Second place Bob Hamilton of Landover md., scored 65 on the strength of a Hole in one on the 147-Yard ninth Green. Heavy fog made it impossible to see where shots landed and until shortly before 11 am when the fog was replaced by smog Walkie talkies were used on the fairways to keep players from shooting into each other. Warden s Brilliant play included sinking an 18-foot putt on the eighth Hole a 15-Fooler on the ninth a 35-foot blast from a Sand trap on the 12th, and a 30-foot Chip shot on the 14th for an Eagle. Middlecoff and Toledo Amateur continued on Page 7 cabby is Street Gabby Street one of baseball s All time greats puts a personal touch to one of the markers of Gabby Street Boulevard named la his Honor in Joplin  sex Navy Pilot to be coach athletic head Waco Tex. Jan. 21 up Georg Sauer. Whytte loyalty to two of to Assis anti led him to resign As head coach at the naval Academy yester Day signed a five year contract As head coach and athletic Dir fat or Baylor University. Sauer. A onetime Grid great a i Nebraska will succeed Bob Woodruff who resigned unix a vested by two weks ago to take a i seven year  Oon Rac l a the University of Florida. President w. It. White would not disclose saner s Hilary but said it was in the neighbourhood of 110,000to $12,0110 a  saner quit at Navy last month when his two top assistants Robert Prikulis and Diuk Bradford were lived by the Academy under terms of the Baylor con tract Sauer will be permitted to bring two assistants with him. Sauer said a did not know whether Ingalls and Bradford womb his choices and that he was open for applications he said t the rest of the present staff a Baylor would remain. Sauer went to Navy in 1w3, aft cd two highly successful seasons a i head coach at the University of Kansas during which the Jay Hwakil were co champions of the big six both years and played in the Orange bowl in 1947, Williams halts b ration in 8th Chicago Jan. 21 a in. Wil Liams world lightweight chomp or. Scored a to lat night o Chicago s Johnny by Sutton in eighth round of their scheduled round no title fight in the Chical stadium. Bratton quit after 1 44 of to eighth round. He held his jaw his gloved fist and motioned to til referee that the jaw might to broken then deliberately walked his Corner. A physician said that Pri Lim Iriart examination showed that Bra Lions jaw was fractured. Williams Victory ended a string of six consecutive Kos by bration. Williams weighed 143 pounds am1 Bratton 140. Charles challenges Louis in broadcast new York Jan 21 a heavyweight Champion e z z s Charles today Chil a cd ret Champion Joe Louis to a title i Charles said n a broadcast Ain challenging Louls to fight ? for the title. 1 have had to to and i have won 67. I have Lic Gus Lesnevich Joe Maxim my Jet. Baksi. Joe still packs a terrific Wallop but 1 am sure i can Sive him a fight. There is no such Thini  Friendship in the Rin 30 if my pal Louis is listening i just want i to Tell him this Joe come on oui and eight Ramsey vet Mac Back quits pro Grid Peoria. 111,. Jan. 21 api of Ramsey a three year Veteran h. Back of the defunct All ame football conference today bounced his retirement from professional game. He Paris to cent one of several conching of Ramsey former Star athlete Bradley University played with Chicago hornets last season. He formerly played with the dodgers  
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