European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and st4hpcs thursday february a is a. Board summons Gav Laii Philadelphia feb. 16 a the Pennsylvania athletic com Mission has summoned kid Gavilan and his managers to explain 1 at a hearing today Why the cuban welterweight refuses to go through with a scheduled  s managers. Ange1, Lopez and Fernando Balido notified matchmaker Pete Moran thai Gavilan won t fight Otis Graham Here on feb. 20, As scheduled because of illness his imperative that Gavilan and his managers appear before us without fail  commissioner John of Dagrosa said. Dagrosa said that if the cuban contender is found physically fit and still refuses to go through with the bout he would be automatically suspended i Una affiliated states and territories including his native Cuba. This commission certainly won t take the wording of a Telegram to have a fight of this importance cancelled he  lost an upset 10-round decision to Billy Graham of new York in Madison Square Garden last Friday night. 18th inf s prov in up tips Advance in 1st div meet Aschaffenbur feb. 15 Spe Cial the up tips raiders and the prov in 18th inf gained the finals of the winners bracket in the 1stdiv battalion level basketball championships Here last night. The raiders sparked by Jim Johnson and Ray Volz with 21 and 18 Points respectively overwhelmed the 522d aaa 70-45, while the prov in cagers provided a mild upset by taking the measure of the3d in 26th inf mohawks 48-40. Dick Gillespie paced the victors with 14  losers bracket games the 2d in 16th inf. And prov in 18th inf kept their title Hopes alive As they eliminated the 1st in 26th inf 44-40, and the 1st in 18th inf 62-49, respectively. In the company level tourney running concurrently at Mannheim tie he & so co of the-63d Tankin downed cob 1st engr 64-42, and the let div my co walloped the 1st econ co 52-29. Comeuppance 1np anything can happen in be wrestling circuses. Here Antonio Rocca of Argentina does & head stand on Benito Gardini s mid see Tion while slowly applying a toehold. It worked for a  Connecticut releases three Grid aids storks conn., feb. 15 up the University of Connecticut re leased three assistant football coaches yesterday so that Art Val Pey tits new head coach could bring an entire staff to his  those released Fritz Grewing were Backfield coach continued from Page 9 Man who can hit and i Hope not too hard Dick Kryhoski the Boyne traded to them should fill their needs at first base. Cleveland can come Back. All that is necessary for the indians to get Back in the race is for Lou Boudreau and Joe Gordoa who Are still fairly Young men to have Good Veara they can go All the Way if Guys like Bob Feller and Gene Bearden should match their Peak years. As i look at it now it will be the Yankees the red sox always press ing and both of them keeping a wary Eye on Detroit with always the fear that Cleveland will break Loose. Then there Are those a s who Are planning to give of Connie a grand 50th anniversary. A s Bear watching you cannot hold the a s cheaply. On any Given Day they can come up with the Good pitching to beat you. Rating them strictly on past performances they should give Cleve land a whale of a Battle for fourth. Bob Dillinger will help them. Gives them a Little More can beat you by class and rerunning and hitting. 1 Don t like to talk about the coach Frank Dornfeld and freshman coach Lloyd Wagnon. A. N. Jorgensen president of the University said Valpey would appoint a four Man staff to Aid him. Other three clubs. Hungry hustling Guys can ruin you when you least expect it. The White sox for example Are going to have More experience. They will have Gus Zernial and there s no telling what that Guy can hit but give us a Little break at the Hospital and the Yankees will Bea whole lot better. Imagine us with a Joe Dimaggio playing 154 games instead of 76, and Tommy Henric free from injury All the Way. They Tell me that both of them feel great right now. If that s True i la have Only six positions to manage. You Don t manage ballplayers like Dimaggio Henrich and Phil Rizzuto. You simply sit Back and applaud them. Youthful phils due for no splash Sawyer optimistic but makes no Pennant claims by Phi  editor Garmisch feb. 15 is take the youngest bail club in the league and the youngest manager toss them into a Young Man s game and you have a live wire outfit that expects to make quite a splash in Tihe National league you have the Philadelphia phils a hustling congregation of fuzzy cheeked kids and Eddie Sawyer,37-year-old, slightly grading ring master who knows what to do Wath  he bows in age to the rest of the pilots in the league Eddie has a pretty Wise old headband has been around baseball Long enough to Bat the the rest of them on even  took a floundering Ball club at the tag end of 48 that apparently was t going anywhere and pushed it up to third place in 49 and was making noises like a Pennant con tender All year. Despite the sensational Rise of his Maxim issues Challenge to Louis new York feb. 15 up Josejf Maxim of Cleveland returned yesterday on the Queen Mary from England with the world Light heavyweight championship a n c challenged Joe Louis to come of of retirement and fight him a the world heavyweight title. Maxim manager Jack Kearns Anc Trainer Al Del Monte arrived after a Stormy six Day crossing. The dark haired Beetle bowed Boxer from Ohio won the 175-Pound Crown by knocking out England s Freddie Mills at London on Jan. 24. Maxim said he did not recognize Ezzard Charles of Cincinnati heavyweight Champion even though Charles is recognised by the National boxing association. However he said he would be glad to fight Charles or any other outstanding heavyweight but he first wanted to meet Louis for the big  if Louis refuses to fight Maxim Joey and Kearns will return to England in May and tight some heavyweight in London. After thai they would remain in England until August to fight toe Winner of the heavyweight bout Between Bruce Woodcock of England and Lee Savold of Paterson n. J., which is scheduled for London s White City stadium on june 6. Kearns said the Woodcock Savold bout will draw approximately 530 000, and that the August bout be tween the Winner and Maxim would provide Europe with its first $1,000, 000 fight. Eddie Sawyer. Young Man with dreams Rickey hand succeeds Grimm in cubs Job continued from Page s As soon As possible. He will get players that our manager Frankie Frisch wants. His to keep Frank satisfied that he has the Best player Talent  Frisch had High Praise for mat thews  Man with splendid baseball judgment and  i be known wid for years going Back to the Days when we were both in the St. Louis Cardinal organization said Frisch who re placed Grimsh As cub manager Las summer. Matthews also was in charge of Rickey s baseball factory assessing Talent at the Vero Beach fla., dodger Camp. He was one of the scouts originally assigned to look Over Jackie Robinson. Matthews was an outfielder for the Philadelphia athletics in 1923 and the Washington senators in1924. He Adso was a Nomad of the minor leagues serving hitches , n. Y., Indianapolis Toronto Sacramento Little Rock Chattanooga and heading a. Iowa Grad Given Grid coach Post continued from Page 9 and formed a close association with Halas. In Chicago Halas said a pleased wifi his selection and pre dict he will do a Good  commended his coaching career at Reinbeck Iowa not far from his Little Hometown of  had a 20-7 record at Reinbeck one of his victories was against East Waterloo. So Waterloo hired him. He was at East Waterloo for 17, years and constructed a record of 90 victories 41 defeats and eight  called eff Back in 1948 to handle the freshman squad not Only because of his coaching skill but his popularity among High school coaches. He thus became the first Iowa graduate to become head football coach in 41 years and the fourth in the schools history. Baseball signing continued from Page 9 yesterday the signing of outfielder Charley Hood arid Pitcher Bill Kos Zarek bringing to 25 the number of players under contract for 1950. Braves Grant olmo10-Day delay Boston feb. 15 up general manager John Quinn announced today that outfielder Luis Olmo had returned his signed contract for the 1950 season with the Boston  said he had granted Ohno s request for permission to report to the Bradenton fla., training Camp 10 Days late. Olmo one of the mexican league jumpers was obtained last year from Brooklyn where he had an average of .305 in 38 games. Olmo has been playing Winter Ball in puerto Rico. A s Tell Wys Eto prove value Philadelphia feb. 16 As Earle Mack assistant manager of the Philadelphia athletics yesterday asked Hank Wyse to come to the a Spring training Camp and try to prove that he s Worth More than $5,000. Wyse onetime world series Star with the Chicago cubs has rejected a contract with the athletics for a $5,000 salary. Wiriz kids last season Eddie ii rarity among big league pilots Ihfe time of tie year he does t Thimothe is going to win the championship in 1950. Well be pretty Lucky to finish at High As we did last year Sarwat said. The kids probably will get better with a year but some of Obj older players Are going the be a or order too. I Don t think we can Gill the Way this  Eddie has a Little different prob Lem than the rest of the Bosses ii the big show. Whereas other Mej have one or two Bonus players Nwa who must be kept on the roster All year Sawyer has  be got Stan Hollmig an out fielder and pitchers Curt Simmon Bob Miller Robin Roberts Charley Bicknell and Milo Candini Eddi said. And i be got to use them All Roberts a 15-game Winner Latt year already has proven hims Tabut the rest with the exception of Candini who has been up before have a Long Way to go. Commenting on the new York giants braves player Swap Iii Winter Sawyer said he would Hajj to wait until after the season started to determine which club got the better of the Exchange. Of course Durocher now Fiat the kind of Ball club he want a Eddie said. But he had to give of a lot of Power in Willard Marshall and Sid Gordon. And you can t Tett How those Fellows will go onto they re out of the Polo  Eddie Waitkus the flashy Fine baseman who was shot last year by a deranged girl is fast working himself Back in to condition Accord ing to Sawyer and will be trying to get his Job Back in Spring Trail ing. Bight now Dick sister is mar first baseman Eddie said. At least until Waitkus proves that him regain his old form. I Don t this let he can stand the Strain of a it Tai  they say everything evens up b baseball. The Good Breaks can celing the bad ones. It was that Way for Sawyer in Spades. While managing u t i c a in tit Eastern league in 1945, Sawyer lost a protested Ball game against Albany and a game he already bad won had to be replayed. Being hard pressed for player Sawyer took a Young fellow i had caught 15 or 20 games for him and put him in the Outfield Bevaun there was no one left on the Bead. Eddie s team lost the Ball game Buthe found himself an outfielder. The kid never went behind the Pete again and now is one of the Ftp outfielders in the National league. Has name Richie Ashburn. Pouting Over pact problems Oass Michaels Center keeps his bands faraway from the pea remains a holdout on the Cju Cago White sox 1950 baseball list. General manager Frank Lane left and vice president Charles comi Akoy slam by As Michaels Star second baseman refuses to sign latest Contrat offered. A i i Tel i Toi