European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 26, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday february 16, the stars and stripes Page you a re continued from Page 6 peered ready to step immediate j n t o major league Competition Branch had his doubts. He instructed the Swarthy sawed off in fielder to report at Brooklyn s train ing base in Vero Beach fla., Las Spring. Chico s brilliance afield and his Dowid line drives in All direction evoked smiles of approval from Bickey. But Chico did have difficulties with English. Often the coaches had to go out and Lead him off the Field. He did t understand that s All for English was foreign to him by not baseball. He was proficient even in the finer phases of the game. I clicked off double plays with big league aplomb and he pumped base bits that rang with major Tircui authenticity. The Cousin of sex major leaguer Alex Carrasquel appeared to be a Rickey wavered Between bringing Carrasquel immediately to ebbets Field or sending him out for a by of seasoning. Conservatism Over came the Mahat Cna and he Send Chico to the dodgers fort Worth farm in the Texas league. There the venezuelan rapped out a Classy .55 batting average and proved one of the Best defense men in the circuit. Means Bike Appling hit .301 in 142 games last season to confound the experts. And now Luke says he s confident he can keep going two or three More seasons. If he can the White sox will be delighted if he can to they la unquestionably Call on Carrasquel. Reports from Chicago indicate that Rickey has tried to buy Chico Back from the Chison for $80,000, but the Comiskey Park brass hats have Hung a no Sale sign on the South american. Charles postpones Tiff with Beshore continued from Page 6 May have occurred yesterday or. Kaiser said. Ralph Gold Beshore s manager branded the postponement As a deliberate run out by he Charles faction. Mintz claimed a left band punch thrown by spar mate Jeff Clanton during a Warmup session thursday caused the injury. Charles finished that workout and even dad eight rounds of Light work yesterday be fore claiming he was in pain. Promoter Dewey Michaels said he intends to reschedule the bout. He added that $20,000 already had been received in Advance ticket Seles. Up tips swamp Navy bad Tolz feb. 25 special the 1st div up tips raiders play ing Host last night to a . Navy basketball team from London were anything but hospitable As they swamped their adversaries 70-36. Vienna ears Neucom hockey title Haggerty quits Post As Loyola coach Chicago feb. 25 a Thomas j. Tom Haggerty outspoken Loyola University basketball coach will quit his rambler Post after the current season far a major coaching Job elsewhere. Haggerty 44, who recently blasted Eastern officiating and holy Cross High rating in the a National Cage poll yesterday requested his release from a three year Loyola contract which has two More years to run. Sievers sign with Browns for $9,000 new York feb. 25 up out fielder Roy Sievers the Square shouldered slugger around whom the St. Louis Browns Are re building accepted about �9,000 today and the supreme responsibility o f lifting the club Dut of its doldrums the 24-year-old Sievers Dis covered in the Shadow of sports Man s Park was Sievers voted the american league s Rookie of the year in 1949 by the baseball writers of America on the basis of his .306 batting average and 91 runs batted in during 140 games Sievers who carries a $250,000 Price tag is a St. Louis native whom the Browns obtained for a pair of spiked shoes. Second baseman Cass Michaels the White sox most stubborn hold out finally accepted terms Over the Telephone from his Detroit Home. The Blond infielder who led the club in batting with a .308 percentage last year previously had rejected five contracts. Michaels acceptance of terms made the White sox the second major league club with All players signed. The new York giants were first the Brooklyn dodgers became e third club with All players accounted for when they announced the receipt of signed contracts from Pitcher Rex Barney and Rookie in elder Bobby Philadelphia Phillies announced they now have the signed con tracts of 31 players following he acceptance of terms by Pitcher Lank Borowy and infielders Eddie Miller and Alex Garbowski. Hoot Evers Detroit outfielder and one of the club s last three unsigned players for 1950, wired general manager Billy Evans of the tigers he accepts the salary undisclosed is believed to be in the neighbourhood of the i2q,000 Evers reportedly Drew last ear. With evets in Only pitchers Hal and Freddie Hutchinson his resignation As basketball coach end athletic director will be effective april 1. Haggerty said he was departing from the Catholic school after a five season regime on. Amicable terms with Loyola authorities. He said he has studied offers from four other schools but just about has settled on a major school not in the Midwest. He did not name the school. Haggerty who directed Loyola to the National invitational College tourney finals at new York last season has a present season record of 13-13. Several weeks ago Haggerty told the Chicago basketball writers that Eastern officials did t know Basket Ball rules and that holy Cross got its High spot in the a poll on a padded schedule. At the time Loyola had just returned from an Eastern swing on which the Ramblers lost to Hoty Cross and St. came to Loyola just be fore the 1945-46 season from de Paul University where he fashioned a 49-23 record from 1931 through 1940 and in 1944-45 after a five year army hitch. Last season Loyola won 25 of 31 games and dropped a one Point decision to san Francisco 48-47, in he finals of the nit. The Campaign included a Triumph Over Kentucky s Mcaa title s 193d-40 Depaul five reached the nit semifinals losing to Colorado University. Brooklyn College upsets St. John s continued from Page 6 South Carolina s gamecocks thrash Maryland 59-44, in another so fracas. Stanford 60, us 57 Urcla 46, bears 44 Palo Alto calif., feb. 25 a lowly Stanford pulled a major upset in the Southern division of the Pacific coast conference last night by dumping us 60-57. The inspired indians led by George Yardley s 25 Points practically eliminated the trojans from the race As top ranking Urcla Defeated California 46-44, at Berke Ley. Young Wallops Portuguez in fast return bout new York feb. 25 up Paddy Young s impressive return bout Victory Over Tuzo Portuguez at Madison Square Garden earned him a March 31 fight with Tiberio mites of Italy or kid Gavilan of Cuba matchmaker Al Weill announced today. Young 21-year-old new York middleweight turned the tables on 22-year-old Portuguez of san Jose Costa Rica last night by win Ning the unanimous 10-round de Tifi Ion before 12.055. Portuguez had won a very in popular to Over Young at the Garden on Jan. 13. An Over Zea Osc 51, Oregon 42 Idaho 57, Wash. 40 Corvallis ore., feb. 25 a have not signed their 1950 Detroit Oregon stale edged closer to leading a tracts. Washington state in the Northern division of the pc by defeating Oregon 51-42, before the biggest basketball crowd in Osc history 10,251. Meanwhile Idaho snuffed out Washington s last Chance of winning the Bunting with a thumping 57-40 Triumph Over the huskies Lous referee stopped the bout be cause Irish Paddy was bleeding slightly from a brow Gash both scrappers bled freely last night without any threat from ref Eree Ruby Goldstein and despite Laverne Roach s death from ring injuries thursday. Each Boxer was gashed in both brows on the nose and in the Mouth. In addition Young bled Flora a deep Cut be Neath his left Eye. Although none of the three rim officials gave Portuguez More than two rounds it was an excellent fight. It attracted the largest Gate of the current Garden seasonj43, 828. O Rourke appointed he Backfield coach Worcester mass., feb. 25 a Charley o Rourke former Boston. College quarterback during the reign of Frank Leahy today was named Backfield coach of the holy Cross football team by or. Edward a Anderson head coach. O Rourke graduated from Boston College in 1941. During the War he played with the Fleet City Blue jackets a Navy team and later signed up with the Chicago bears and los Angeles dons. Only 125 grand in this Day of fabulous bonuses Pitcher Frank f o ii o w e 11, of Wood Row Wilson High school Long Beach calif., says he is going to ask Between $100,000 and $125,600 Cor his services when be graduates in june. Acme co Stab takes 3-Way Mitt est va1hingen, feb. 25 special a gang of Mitt stingers from he constabulary downed Berlin and Frankfurt Here last night in a triangular boxing tourney. The lightning Bolt beaters won five out of seven from Berlin and split a pair of bouts with Frankfurt. Sherman Overton Light heavy from the 12th to co Stab evened an old score with Frankfurt s Bobby Jarrett in the evening s featured scrap. Other results bantamweight Ben coca. 2tl Cav decision cd Carlo Fusto Berlin. Feath Weicht Rudy t h u r m a re us engr decision Ned Ray Tortilla Flores Berwin decision Ned Danny bum 2d Cav Danny Taylor Berlin decision Ned Joe Fisher 2tf Cav Ernie Raynor 2d Miguel Bocanegra Berlin. Middleweight Willie Robinson,547th engr decision Ned Manuel Vil Lerea Berlin John Kulmars 3d Cav decision Ned Dewitt Jennings Berlin. Heavyweight eur rogue Frank Furt won by retirement Over Alpo Robertson. Up tips first round. Grid cards sign Kallas Chicago feb. 25 a the Chicago cardinals of the National american football league today Aono minced signing of their second new player for 1950, halfback Jim Kallas of St. Olaf College North Field Minn. Kallas 21, is 5-feet, in inches tall and weighs 178, Ramblers beat raiders keep slate clean by de Santora Sta correspondent Garmisch feb. 25 is Vienna s Ramblers Are a game away from the 1950 Neucom ice hockey championship after a convincing 7-3 trouncing of the Neu Biberg raiders Here yesterday. The raiders can have another crack at the Vienna sextet but Only if they get by the Nurnberg tigers this morning in a clash which winds up play in the losers bracket of the double elimination tourney in any Case the raiders or the tigers5-4 conquerors of Rhine main yesterday must sweep two contests from the Ramblers if Vienna s title Hopes Are to be denied. Frank Thomas turned in the Best individual performance of the play offs thus far As he authored the rambler Success with a five Goa contribution. He fired a 50-foot shot past the Raider goalie for the first tally of the game at 10 minutes of the opening period then backhanded a rebound near the crease for the counter that gave his mates a 2-1 margin going into the last 20-Rnin Ute session. Matched attack when Herb o Reilly attempted to spark the Raider offence with two dazzling goals within three min utes of the last period Thomas matched it with an additional pair of goals the second a 40-foot blast that sailed into the upper right Corner of the net Thomas concluded the spree with a lift shot from close in with two minutes left while Thomas shooting was the payoff it was made possible by the All round excellence of Vienna s defensive and offensive tactics. Bob Cleveland and Bob Hedstrom teamed with Thomas to give Vienna a front line whose Clever passing out tricked the Neu Biberg defend ers. Cleveland was credited with four assists and Hedstrom who stretched Vienna s advantage to 5-3 after Thomas and o r e i 11 y waged their hectic scoring Duel had one. A it looked like the rockets were going to pull away to a command ing Lead when Ralph Capello chalked up goal no. 4 at three minutes of the final period. Then,eo7 Crow Ley s unassisted score at seven minutes set f he stage for Nurnberg s whirlwind finish. De Roschen registered the Ying goal and Al trembly the winning shot. Doctors say Roach received preflight examinations continued from Page 6 Small were believed to have Given he same testimony there As at the commission hearing. After questioning 20 witnesses George p. Mon Aglian chief of the a s homicide Bureau announced hat his investigation would be continued the commission hearing Testi Mony revealed that Roach and manager Johnny Abood considered withdrawing from wednesday s ight because the 24-year-old Texas scrapper had pains in his nose after ast saturday s workout in Tommy Marra s gymnasium. Or. J. M. Silverman of Millburn ., testified he examined Roach s nose on sunday and that he advised him to withdraw from the bout f nose specialist or Nathan Zwaifler of Newark Found anything wrong with the nose. Zwaifler testified he examined Roach on monday and found Noth ing wrong with the nose. He said a rays disclosed no evidence of fracture. Moreover Roach told him the pains had ceased. Zwaifler told Roach to decide for himself if his nose would permit fighting wednes Day Abood had notified the commission and the International boxing club promoter at St. Nicholas Arena of. The nose pains the com Mission ordered additional examinations by its own physicians. Or. Vincent Nardiello of the com Mission s staff testified he examined Roach thoroughly on Mon Day and on wednesday. Or. Alexander Shiff of the staff said he gave Roach a thorough Examina Tion wednesday Forenoon and gave him an Oral examination in the dressing room wednesday night just before he went in the ring both doctors agreed that Roach ha4 appeared in excellent All round condition
