European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 11, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 19 the stars and stripes saturday february 11, to Mikan Nam a basketball s greatest Star or. Sask to Sall Georde Nam a the greatest basketball player of past 50 Sam our is the Billing i at map150n Square Arpen. College lug to of 19.1 f0k 98 a poll picks giant Cager As Best in fifty years Jed Tor s note this i the first in a series on the outstanding athlete in their respective sports during the dirt so year of Tow 20th Century. New York feb. 10 a eight years ago he was just a big awk Ward George Mikan was considered the greatest basketball player of the last 50 years by sports writers and broadcaster participating in the associated press mid Century poll. It is significant that a seem hardly necessary to identify Mikan As the former Depaul University Star now with the Minneapolis lakers in the National basketball association. Mikan a developed to the Point where he is called by Many or. the electric lights on Madison Square Garden s marquee blink George Mikan is. Kicks when the lakers meet the new York knickerbockers. That is symbolic of the Mastery Mikan has achieved in the Cage sport. 139 of 380 votes bespectacled 6-10 Mikan whose53 Points in one College game still stands As a Garden record and who holds virtually All the individual scoring Marks in the Aba polled 139 of the 380 votes Luisetti Stanford s Whiz of 13 years ago was very much inthe running. He got the runner up spot with 123.Luisetti averaged 16.8 Points for 95 games during his College career compared to Mincan s 19.1 for b8 Garner Luisetti s High one game Mark was 50 Points against Duquesne compared to Mikan s 53 against Rhode Island and Luisetti far outdistanced the others. Nat Holman of the original new York celtics an now coach of City College of new York was third with 31. Charley Chuck Hyatt Pitt Flash of 23 years ago was fourth with 16, and Alex Groza Star of Kentucky s Mcaa champions last year and now with Indianapolis in the Aba fifth with 13. Joe Fulks of the Philadelphia warriors whose 63-Point single game Mark in the Aba Mikan has yet to eclipse and Forrest red Debernardi who played with the St. Joseph to Hillardt in the 20s, each received seven votes and tied for other members of the original Fulks new York celtics Joe Lapchick now coach of new York in the Aba and dutch Dehnert credited with inventing the modern Pivot play a Chattanooga in 1926tied for eighth. Each got six Kurland Oklahoma am i Star of four and five years ago an now with the Phillips oilers completed the top 10. He received four the 1945 red Cross classic for the mythical National collegiate championship. Oklahoma am beat Depaul 52-44, with Kurland getting14 Points to Mikan 3 nine. However Mikan was banished on personal fouls after Only 14 minutes of play. Up to then he had outscored Kur and nine Points to seven and Depaul was leading 21-14. Kurland was a Star of the 1948 . Olympic Cage team jumping Jack Mccracken who retired in 1947 afr playing nearly 20 years four years with Maryville to teachers and 15 years in aau continued on Page 11 -,-1 10 my a Calumet will race Coaltown armed in Hialeah feature Miami fla., feb. 10 apr c a j u m e t farm s Coaltown and armed will both run in the 125,000-adcted Mclennan Handicap at Hialeah Park tomorrow Trainer Ben a. Jones announced yesterday. Jones said Veteran jockey Ovi Scurlock would ride one of the Calumet horses but he did t know who would be aboard the other. Coalton has t raced since Las october when Capot beat him in the Pamlico special. He won the Mclennan and wic Tener races a Hialeah last year. Jones said yesterday Coalton was in Fine shape. Hell be top weigh Ted to 132 pounds in the Mclennan. Armed Calumet s Golden gelding also was reported ready for therace. The 9-year-old will carry Only 112 pounds. At least 10 other thoroughbreds were expected to Start the race despite the presence of the powerful Calumet team. Princeton soph swims 400-meter record Princeton n.j., feb. 10 a Bob Brawner 20-year-old Prince ton Sophomore bettered the world s record time in a Short course 400-meter breast stroke event last night to Lead his teammates to a 49-26 swim Victory Over 6-foot, 3-Inch Brawner from san Mateo. Calif., went the distance in 5 35.4. The old official Mark was 5 40.2 set by Bob Bonte of the Netherlands in Amsterdam oct. 19, 1048. By Steve Snider up sports writer new York feb. 10doin what comes naturally paid off heavily for Ralph Kiner of the Pittsburgh pirates who became the highest paid player in National league history with a two year contract calling for $65,000per natural Dis Tance hitter Ali Pittsburgh Power Bouse frankly and a nuts he swing for he fences be cause hitting i Home runs is what i m paid the mor Ekmer he fail the More Money he made until finally he topped the $60,000 contract Hank Greenberg had with the pirate sin 1947 the muscular Young pirate maybe Coy about predicting How Many homers hell hit next season Buthe probably has the Opportunity of a lifetime to crack babe sulfa s super 60 " with a 1951 contract already in his pocket his mind will be Freeto concentrate on baseball if he hits a slump. With Tine pirates unlikely to Cut much of a figure in the National league race he probably won t refacing the sharpest pitching every Day in the week. Furthermore a h be getting the hit away sign More often. But Ruth s fabulous figure of 60 homers has withstood the pounding of the likes of Granberg Jimmy Foxx Hack Wilson and Kiner him self in the Rabbit bail years sin be 1927. The player who matches f continued on Page 11 ring injury May Force Johnson s retirement Philadelphia feb. 10 a Harold Johnson 22-year-old Phil Adelphia Light heavyweight who collapsed in tie Arena ring while fighting Jersey Joe Walcott. Wednesday night May be retired from boxing by the Pennsylvania state athletic commission. Commissioner John of Dagrosa after releasing the purses of the two fighters at a hearing yesterday said the commission s medical advisory Board would investigated Johnson s condition. If the medical advisory Board investigation discloses the condition of Johnson s Back is chronic and i Likely to incapacitate him again especially in the ring the sensible thing to do for his own Good and Protection of the fans would be to retire him Dagrosa said. Johnson is in presbyterian hos Pital where a dozen a rays of i Back have been taken. His collapse in the third round without being hit was caused by what commission physicians i. Levy and . G. Terry diagnosed As either a dislocated disc in the spine or a separation of the sacroiliac. . Bobsled stuck in Snow As riders look Lor dough Lake Placid. N., feb. 10 up the world s bobsled fund yester Day started Hunting for $399.81 to finish the treasurer Harold d. Leslie said the Money was needed to pm ship Ping charges on sleds which the Champion american four Man team was forced to leave in Italy because of Lack of funds. The team headed by Stan Benham of Lake Placid arrived in new York yesterday by air from Europe Leslie explained that the fund got Only enough Money to buy one Way tickets for the sleds. He said the sleds would remain Ignoll piously in Italy until the shipping charges Are raised the american team came from behind sunday to retain the world title it won last year. To Beaumont club Dallas. Feb. 1 � a it Roger Hornsby regarded As one of base Ball s greatest hitters returned to organized baseball last night by signing a one year contract to Man age Beaumont in the Texas league. Salary terms were not disclosed Buguy Airey owner of the Beaumont team. Hornsby former major league slugging Star and onetime manager of four different big league teams will report to Beaumont March 3, opening of Spring training for the exporters the native texan succeeds mar Vin Chick Autry who died Tat month of a heart ailment. Cox to resign Post As Colorado coach Boulder colo., feb. 10 up Forrest 3. Frosty Cox head basketball coach at the University of Colorado for 15 years yesterday announced he would resign at the end of the school year july 1951.the 42-year-old Cage Mentor who came to Colorado As head coach in 1935, said he would enter private business in Kansas. He did not elaborate on hid plan
