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   Pacific Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 14, 1959, Tokyo, Japan                                Saturday no wary 14, 1959 the stars and stripes tog 19 rep. Demands bowl policy for academies Washington a the Pentagon got a stiff demand thurs Day for a single policy on participation of the service academies i postseason football bowl games. Rep. F. Edward Hebert a la directed the demand to Secretary of defense Neil h. Mcelroy wit special attention to the refusal of the West Point military Academy to play in postseason bowls. Hebert wrote Mcelroy that de spite that policy of official aloof Ness five members of army s firs team headed by All America Back Pete Dawkins played As individual sin the East West and North South games. Hebert said that although army is penalized at bowl time both the naval and air Force academies accept bids. Rather silly Hebert released an Exchange of correspondence with it Gen Gar Rison h. Davidson superintendent of the military Academy in which Davidson said bowl participation makes excessive demands upon the time of the players Hebert called the whole   he said there should be one policy for All the academies. As a member of the House armed services committee Hebert was on the military Academy Board of visitors which in 1955 Laid Down a policy approving Westpoint participation in intersection Al Competition and recognized Bow games. This policy report was signed by president Eisenhower. Had no Choice Hebert wrote Mcelroy that Fly the defense department is to be consistent in its claim of following Eisenhower s orders then army had no other Choice than to Fol Low the policy agreed on  the Board of visitors and signed by the president. Hebert noted that Navy has played in the sugar and Cotton bowls and the air Force this Yea accepted a bid to the Cotton bowl. Hebert voiced some dissatisfaction with the air Force attitude toward playing in this year s sugar bowl at new Orleans his Home town. He told Mcelroy the policy was discriminatory in that the air Force would not make a Deci Sion As to whether or not the air Force Academy could play in the sugar bowl if invited until a for Mal invitation was  could lose a few says Elliott in . Los Angeles a the world s fastest Miler Herb Elliott said he expects to lose a few race this year. I m mentally prepared for that,1"the australian told interviewers Here. After All 1958 was a big year for me and i want to make the olympic games of 1960  Elliott received the Helms ath Letic foundation world trophy wednesday night at a dinner in his Honor. And in this Corner. Bobby Hull 16chicago Black Hawks and Eddie Shack new York bangers engage in a private free for All Anil the utter left behind by their teammates who were busily scrapping at the opposite end of the rink. The Black Hawks won 6-3. A photo Tiger alumni insure Devine st. Louis a University of Missouri alumni Are insuring themselves against losing the foot Ball coach at their Alma mater. They gave Dan Devine a $150,000life insurance policy effective immediately and it s his As Long Ashe remains coach at the Columbia Campus. If he leaves the Job voluntarily he forfeits All interest in the policy. If he is fired he retains the equity paid up in the policy at the time. It s an idea borrowed straight from big business. Richard c. Co Burn an attorney spearheading the alumni move said _ sports first we knew some Large business concerns make some sort of arrangement As this to retain a Young Man they want to bring unto a position of responsibility in the company. So far As we know it never has been done before in the sports  34-year-old coach met in formally with a group of Tiger alumni wednesday night to sign the necessary papers and to receive an explanation of the in  also has one of the Best rec ords among the nation s younger major College coaches. In four years As a head coach last Yea rat Missouri and three preceding years at Arizona state Tempe his teams have won 32 games lost seven and tied two. His 1958 rec Rord at Missouri was 5-4-1. Devine has completed the firs year on a three year contract pro Viding a salary of $15,000  addition he picks up some Money through a to program Dur ing the football season. 12 horses destroyed Jackson Mich. A twelve harness race horses were destroyed when fire gutted a stable at the Jackson county Fairgrounds. Wings Blank rangers 1-0. On Mclntyre goal Detroit a Jack Mclntyre s goal Midway through the final period enabled the Detroit red wings to Blank the new York rangers 1-0, and broke a five game Detroit losing Streak thursday night in their National hockey league game Here. Goalie Terry Sawchuk made 26 saves in his fourth shutout of the season and his first blanking in 25 games. The Veteran Mclntyre was fall ing to the ice when he got off a 15-footer that whizzed past Rookie goalie Bruce Gamble. The goal was Mclntyre s 10th and the de troit club s first in More than 87 minutes of hockey. The Victory lifted the slumping red wings into fifth place one Point ahead of Toronto. It was the fifth Victory in their last 25 con tests. Gordie Howe set up Mclntyre goal. Howe got the puck behind the Ranger nets and shoved pass out to Mclntyre at the Circle to the right of Gamble. Mclntyre Evashevski Given raise to $20,000, big 10 s top wage Des Moines Iowa a Testate Board of regents thursday approved a $2,500 salary increase to $20,000 a year for Iowa football coach Forest Evashevski. This makes Evy coach of Las year s big ten championship and victorious Rose bowl team the highest paid coach in the con Ference. The increase is retroactive to feb. 1. Until the increase Evy was Sec Ond to Ohio state s Woody Hayes i salary paid big ten  receives $17,964 annually. The committee also approve raises for Evy s assistants. Checked hard by a Ranger defense Man barely got the shot off before he crashed to the ice. The loss was the rangers fourth straight and the shutout the 75th of Sawchuk league career. National hockey Boston 4, Chicago 3 Boston up Bronco Hor Vath scored with three minutes remaining to enable the Bosto Bruins to Post a 5-4 National hockey league Victory Over Chi Cago thursday night. The win brought the Bruins to within one Point of the second place Black Hawks. The Bruins stretched their win Ning Streak to four games before 13,106 Boston fans while snapping Chicago s three game Victory skein. Boston grabbed a 2-0 Lead before the Black Hawks tied it with All their goals coming in the Middle period. Leo Labite paced the bos ton offence with his eighth an ninth goals of the Campaign while Rookie Larry Leapli contribute three assists. Horvath s winning goal his 14thof the season came at 16 59 of the final session As he poked in vic Stasiuk s Short rebound. Labine s second goal of the night had tie the score 4-4, earlier in the period. Eddie Litzenberger got his 28thgoal and added two assists for Chicago. Fleming Mackell tallied for the Bruins in the first period while Guy Gendron and Labin scored in the second period. Chicago s other goal getters were Tod Sloan Ted Lindsay and de Senseman Al Arbour. The Black Hawks pulled goalie Glenn Hall with a full minute remaining but Boston withstood the Rochester pm terms Hicke new Richard new York a general Man Ager Paul Bibeault of the Roches Ter americans has called Billy Hicke the american hockey league s leading scorer the Nat ural successor to Maurice Rich  Hicke 20, is in his first seasoning professional hockey. He has 30 goals and 44 assists for 74 Points to Lead the Ahl by a wide margin. I played with Richard when he broke in with Montreal said Bibeault a former goalie. Hicke haste same moves. He plays the same position right Wing and is a opportunist just like the rocket. I d like to keep him with us an other year but i m afraid that the canadians will grab him after this season. Sparked club s Rise ask anyone in the league what they think of Hicke. He s Worth at least $50,000. And he is just As effective skating Back to Checkas he is on  Rochester a canadians far club is in fourth place in the six team circuit. The ameriks were i last place before Hicke began his sensational climb to the top Spota month ago. Richard the National hockey league s Al time scoring Leader currently is on the sidelines witha fractured leg. At 37, he is expected to play Only one or two More years at most. Now award schedule Bibeault is Here to attend a meeting of the Ahl s. Board of governors. Following the morning session league president Richard Canning Providence announced that a new award the Eddie Shore trophy will be Given to the Cir Cuit s outstanding defens Eman atthe close of the regular season. Shore a Star defens Eman wit the Boston Bruins of the National league in the 1930s, owns the Springfield mass., club of the Ahl. Also present at the meeting were Terry Reardon Providence Lloyd Blinco Hershey Fred Hunt Buffalo Jim Hendy Cleveland and Jack Butterfield Springfield. Walsh takes Post at Kansas state Manhattan Kan. A Bill Walsh football line coach at notre Dame University for four years has been appointed to a similar position at Kansas state  the same time a state announced the resignation of Edc Avanaugh assistant Grid coach for five seasons. Cavanaugh has accepted a similar position at Arizona , a former notre dam lineman played s i x seasons of professional football with the Pitts Burgh Steeles before joining head coach Terry Brennan at notre Dame in 1955 court refuses rehearing on Chavez Ravine los Angeles up the California supreme court has re fused to Grant a rehearing on it ruling that the dodger contract with los Angeles for Chavez Ravine was valid. Dodger owner Walter q Malle said the club was Happy to learn that the court has affirmed it unanimous decision of january 13th. We Hope to Start construction work As soon As the remaining Legal blocks Are removed Saido Malley. Opening Day i960, is till our  attorney Phill Silver to file the taxpayer suit which led to the earlier injunction against the con tract said in january he would take the Case to the . Supreme court if the state High tribunal denied the rehearing  said he still intended to file a petition with the . High court asking for a writ that would have the effect of blocking the  will question the jurisdiction of the. State supreme court to have acted in this  Silver said he would probably file with the . Supreme court in about 60 Days. He said it would probably take another 60 Days be fore the court decides whether to hear the Case. The contract called for the dodgers to get 315 acres of land in Chavez Ravine near the Centero los angelas for a $12 million stadium in return for. Wrig Leyfield Here and other concessions. Voters approved the contract Ina referendum june 3 of last year after a bitter political fight. Offence. Bruin Mons came up goalie Don Sim with several out standing stops in the waning seconds posting 26 saves for the night to Hall s 28. Gibson s 139 captures Quarter Century meet Dunedin Fla. A Leland Duke Gibson Kansas City broke out in a rash of birdies in the stretch to win the pea Quarter Century tournament with 36-Holetotal of 139. Gibson birdied the 15th, 17th and18th holes and wound up with a three under Par 69. The tourney was limited to players who have been. Members of the pea for25 years or More. Fullmer Szuzina fight scheduled april 4 West. Jordan Utah a middleweight contender Gen Fullmer West Jordan and Ger Many s Franz Szuzina will meet in a 10-round fight april 4 at Palm Springs calif., Fullmer e manager announced Here. It is the fourth time Szuzina and Fullmer have signed for about. The three previously scheduled fights never came off be cause of injuries or schedule problems. Manager Marv Jensen said Fullmer will leave sunday for new York where he Fighte Wilf Greaves in Madison Square Gar Den next Friday. His younger brother Jay will fight Jackie Hayden in a 10-round sem wind up on the same card  
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