European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 4, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes saturday february 4, 1950 Mill world ski meet shifts to Maine Huj Misofd me., feb. 3 up a fic Iri of 63 sped off through 1"picturesque Snow blanketed Trai today in quest of two world so championships at the same  race was the is Kik Meie i Cross country. It serves As a championship in itself and also an halt of the nordic combined event the jumping contest held tues Day at Lake Placid is the other a of the combined the Competition was one strictly for the rugged scandinavian wit Sweden Finland and Norway favored. Sweden  Finland were rated top choices in the race today and in the combined total co a pct Tion even though the norwegians swept the first five plates in the jump tuesday  have won every world s championship since 1924. . Ranked Low entries from the . Were not Given much Chance. They apparently did not have the stamina born of practice from the toddling the for the Rigours of a first rank Cross Counti y Competition. Their jumps too were not too  s race originally was scheduled for monday at Lake Placid. However that Snow starved resort offered so Little Hope for i Satis factory Trail that the event was moved Here after ii different announcements on the part of the International ski federation executive committee. Plenty of Snow Snow starved skiers from nine nations watched with Deli Fht the Well r asked course which begins one and one half Miles from the Center of Rumford and twi its Over two Hills and sections of a Flat trailing an irregular rectangular like  weather Here is going to the other extreme As compared to Sno Tess Lake Placid. Snow kept falling All Day yesterday and some runners overwhelmed by nature s generosity expressed fears the Counie May be a Little heavy and slow today what with the inches of fresh Snow piling up atop the solid basis. Over Verducci wants out As gaels coach san Hajn Cisco feb. 3 trounced the dec bombers s3-43. East West hoop tilt set new York feb. 3 a the fifth annual East West College All Star basketball game has been scheduled for april i sponsors said today. Ter seniors from each Sec Ion will be named for the Madiso Square Garden contest staged for new York Herald Tribune fresh air fund. Cic Wiesbaden rockets mohawks cop pm wins a or Loop stars due next week Wiesbaden feb. 3 is with some of America s top flight base Ball Talent due to arrive in the dec next week plans for us aft e Gigantic baseball clinic were in the completion stage  big affair is set for Garmisch feb. 13-17, and More than 300 baseball coaches and officials in Neucom Are expected to be on hand. Coining from the i to take charge of the instructional end Are such Diamond luminaries ased Sawyer Philadelphia phils manager Jacl Onslow Chicago White sox Man Ager Hank Borowy phils Pitcher buddy Lewis Washington outfielder Eorge Stirnweiss new York Yankee infielder George Sisler All time great first baseman umpires Art Gore of the National league and Bill Summers of the american league and Harry Nowick softball authority. Practical work in contrast to last year s football and basketball clinics the baseball doings will be a practical work clinic. Small classes will be stressed with a maximum of individual instruction. Instructions will be devoted to teaching the coaches various Tutor ing techniques. Rules Rule changes and mechanics of umpiring will reemphasized by the umpires. Opening classes will begin at 2 30 Pra feb. 13 and will continue daily on an hourly class basis until the final session Friday afternoon feb. 17. Sawyer will devote his time to teaching strategy Onslow will coach the catchers Borowy the pitchers Lewis the outfielders Sisler first basemen and Stirnweiss second base and Short Stop. Nyu hires Devore As Grid Mentor new York feb. 3 up Hugh Devore who resigned wednesday As head football coach at St Bonaventure yesterday accepted the same position at new Yor University. Neither the term nor length of the contract was disclosed in the announcement of Devore s appoint ment by prof. John f. Sullivan chairman of the Board of Abl tic control. Devore succeeds e. E. Hooks Mylin who resigned at the close of last season. Devore s appointment climaxed bitter student resentment Over Nyu s athletic de emphasis pro Gram. Alumni and student groups had petitioned the University to build up its athletic program particularly football again. Amputees score hoop win Amarillo tex., feb. 3 up the Birmingham calif., veterans Hospital s flying wheels wheel chair basketball team convincingly Defeated Amarillo College 38-20,last night. Bucs9 Rookie Deal brings protests i continued from Page 9 about this Case. If he quoted in California As saying the contract apparently violated nodule in baseball i am sure that is the  Hamey Pittsburgh general manager said i think the con tract will  Butler has been in los Angele for two weeks Hamey added i am sure the commissioner knows the  effect of the pet tit Case on future negotiations was the Dee concern of Many clubs. Several owners refused to be quoted but a few spoke  Lane general manager of the Chicago White sox was one. He said i would say that until the com 1 rules otherwise Pitts-1 Burgh is within the rules. However. His seemingly affords an Opportunity to get around the High school rules. Some Friendly agent could tie up a promising Prospect with civil contract and a team could sign him for baseball after he graduates virtually eliminating other team waiting to sign  Horace Stoneham owner of the new York giants also expressed concern f a the future when he said in Phoenix we Haven t any argument so far it looks like the Deal is All right. In the future something May Havo to be done to handle similar  it was pointed out that it wow be a simple matter for agents to  school of it in their first or Sec Ond year of High school for a Nom Inal sum. Then the a in could peddle his wares after one prominent baseball official said it would throw the door wide open to junking the High school  George Weiss new York Yankee general manager also Cut Loose with a Brief statement if we Are to have a High school Rule said Weiss this would seem to defeat it. What 13 to Stop an player from putting himself in the hands of an agent if a major league club was behind this something drastic must Bedone. It is however a complicated situation. Someone must determine where baseball Law ends and civil rights  Weiss said he planned no official protest to Chandler. The Yankee were one of the clubs interested in Pettit. Phils prexy insures dec bound performers Philadelphia feb. 3 a Bob Carpenter president of the Philadelphia Phillies disclosed yesterday he has taken a $500,400 Accident insurance policy on manager Eddie Sawyer and one of $100,000 on Pitcher Hank Borowy covering their flight to Europe. Sawyer and Borowy Are two of a group of eight major leagues the department of the army is sending abroad to con duct baseball clinics for occupational forces in Germany. He defeats Loyola continued from Page to the game last night but rallied to defeat the University of Cincinnati 60-54. A crowd of 9,486 saw the Dukes run their unbroken winning Streak to 16  Sharp shooting Dukes racked up 22 Field goals in 48 attempts while Cincinnati could do no better than 21 in 74. Kentucky 66, Alabama 64 Tuscaloosa aia., feb. 3 a Kentucky s wildcats paced by 7-foot Bill Spivey won a nip and tuck basketball game from Alabama Here last night 66-64. The victors got the jump an were never behind after the open ing minute but Alabama stuck closely on the wildcats heels and tied the game at 60-All with four minutes to go. Spives corer with 27 Points. Pcs 57, Wake Forest 50 Raleigh n. C., feb. 3 a North Carolina state s Wolf pack racked up its 16th Victory in 19 starts last night by whipping Wake Forest s stubborn Demon deacons 57-50, in a Southern conference basketball game. J marburg Falls out As tigers Triumph by de Santok Astaff correspondent Rhine main feb. 3 is the Rhine main invitational tournament shaped up As a basketball Marathon today with six More games slated in the Wake of the five completed  the winners bracket of the double elimination tourney on Tho merits of opening Day triumphs tha 66th Cic commandos play the wies Baden commanders while the 3d in 26th inf mohawks oppose  rockets with the two victors clashing at 7  by Wiesbaden 44-39, and by the Henry Kaseane tigers 77-61, the marburg maroons have been eliminated from further Competition. The tigers be s Blue devils and the first division s up tips comprise the Trio in the losers bracket trying to win their Way Back to crack at the survivor of the higher quartet commandos favored the Luck of the draw rather than seeding determined opening Day opponents. Thus the commandos the Tomsy favourites met and trimmed the Henry Kaseane 79-80, Wiesbaden dumped marburg the Mohawk breezed to a 65-4 b Conquest of be s Blue devils and the Host Rhine main rockets nipped the up tips ?8-55.All the Airai frs were impressive but none More so than the Cic five which a. Rated As the quintet Tocheck the Kitzinger Kavaliers Tor the Neucom hoop title if the Kavaliers Are Ever to be stopped. Taking an 11-2 Lead at the outset the commandos were Able to hold a 39-32 halftime Edge against that Gers and their All around finesse overwhelmed the courageous Munichman after intermission. Henry Kaseane s Sam Hamer who came Back with 30 markers against marburg later in the evening gained scoring honors in this one with 21 while tip in  Gene Wolee and John Beardsley flipped 34 be continued on Page ii j. J. Barry sox official Dies Chicago feb. 3 apr Joseph t. Barry 76, former travelling Secre tary of the Chicago White sox baseball team died yesterday. He suffered a cerebral Haemorrhage in his Home monday. Kiner signs for $65,000 to set buc salary Mark Ralph Kiner. �. Jowers wine continued from Page 9 Hamey said. Ralph wanted a Littlemore but All players usually  there was t much bickering i reaching the 365,000 figure. Kiner s Worth to the bucs was obvious. In his four seasons with Pittsburgh the 27-year-od Clouter either has won or tied for the top Home run title he got 23 homers to o Rookie in 1946, 51 in 1947, 40 in 1948 and last year enjoyed his greatest  smashed 54 Home runs batted in 128 runs and hit -308 last season and that performance paid off in the lucrative contract Ralph got a substantial Boodt Over his 1948 salary Hamey said. It was believed Kiner received$35,000 last season. Kiner who came in from his Home at Alhambra calif., watched Hamey intently while the pirate executive announced terms of the contract. He was eager for the season to get underway