Evening Star Newspaper, January 12, 1942, Page 14

A—12 Wisconsin, Dartmouth an WASHINGTON, d Uclans Keep Colonials Company in Basket Ball Gloom D. C, MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 1942. Win, Lose or Draw By FRANCIS E. STAN. ‘\ Though the Clouds Be Dark and Stormy There almost always is a silver lining. For instance, there will be no wrestling at Uline's Arena for two weeks. There is, too, that litiie matter of Gen, Keitel reported “suddenly taken ill.” This might indicate the end of the old lace and the start of the arsenic. But elsewhere | along the sports front things are not exactly bright. | Joe Louis’ impending induction into the Army does not necessarily | mean the Brown Bomber won't fight again with his fists, but it may | mean the most active heavyweight champion in history never will return | to his former pace as a defender of the crown. Not that it will make much difference. With the possible exception of Sailor Billy Conn there is | nobody else to give him a run for your money and in light of what's | been happening to men who get second chances against Louis, it’s no | certainty that Conn could stick around for long. | The United States Golf Association’s decision to call off its four( big tournaments came as no surprise. Golf is one of the sports that | will suffer heavily for the duration for golf happens to be a game | depending upon steel, rubber and moolah. Big league baseball has lost | three of its top stars—Bob Feller, Hank Greenberg and Ted Williams— | but nervously is proceeding on the assumption there always will be baseball. The minors may find themselves pretty well blacked out. | . . | The Burpers Figure They're Coming Back | Horse-racing, ruled out on the West Coast, probably will flourish in Florida this Winter, but thereafter it will be time to lay it on the line for | income taxes and the track-goers may lose their enthusiasm. Except for the Hoosiers, who binge the day like a mid-summer New Year Eve, the | Indianapolis 500 won't be missed and now that the pros have Riggs, Ko- vacs, Budge and Perry tennis—which may bump into a ball shortage—is | beyond being further injured. But if the sports fan unflaggingly looks for silver linings he will find them. Already America’s biggest sport, basket ball may grow even greater because of negligible need of rubber and funds. Ice skating keeps growing and there probably will be hockey since Canada doesn't seem to require its exported players and the wooden shinny sticks are even easier to get. There'll be plenty of sports and the situation won't really get serious until | badminton begins to suffer for lack of feathers. Probably the sport (?) that figures to be aided most by the war 1s wrestling. The burpers play a poor man's game. The racket was dead | until the last depression, when it came to life while the $2.20, $4.40, $6.60, ete., sports collapsed, and now there is sinister talk that it will revive and grow stronger again. We don't like to be an alarmist, but it looks tnat way, too. Against this probability, however, is still more of that silver lining for. when this war is over and the armies disband, the world may well find itself in possession of the greatest athletes it ever has seen. Local Sports Are Going Through a Cycle Meanwhile, in a city that is sprawling all over the countryside and | crawling with potential customers, Washington's sports promoters vainiy are trying to whip up a winner in something. Unfortunately for them | ‘Washington sports are going through a cycle en masse—an era of re- building. | The Redskins, their Pinckert, Malone, Smith, Battles and Edwards | gone, had to start all over again. Neither of the hockey teams is win- | ning consistently. The colleges, including Georgetown} went through their worst season in years, ied by George Washington. Even on the basket ball court, where the Hoyas and Colonials have been standouts in recent | vears, a frightening succession of mediocre performances has threatened | the entire season. / | This might have been the year for Uncle Clark Grifith to come up with & winner.had he fared luckier in the draft. While the Yankees have | 106t only their most insignificant member—First Baseman Johnny Sturm— | they have not been geting any younger and the Red Sox, Indians and | Tigers have been chopped down materially. But Griffith, who developed two outstanding young players since his last pennant in 1933, lost both— | Cecil Travis and Buddy Lewis—and the old gentleman practically is start- | ‘w;ank Manager Unwerried by War Preblem Expects to Open 1942 With Champion Club Virtually latact By MILT CARLIN, Ascociated Press Sports Writer. BUFFALO, N. Y Jan. 12.—Marse Joe McCarthy is confident that de- spite war conditons his world champion New Yok Yankees “are going to be tough pgain.” The 54-year-oldsYankee manager expects to open tre 1942 campaign with virtually the same team that won last year's World Series, pro- | viding Uncle Sam doesn’t call too many of his player; into the armed services. Further, McCartay is prepared to | take the war anc its possible in- | roads on his playin; talent in stride. “After all” he :ommented, “the other major league clubs are in the same boat.” Sturm Still Doubtful. He's still in dowot about a first baseman with Johiny Sturm due to report for Army induction next month—but Le's tar from worried. His biggest problen is choosing be- tween Buddy Eassett, recently acquired from the Boston Braves, and Tommy Henri1, who fields the position like a vsteran, although normally an outfieder. Third base also might present a slight problem wita Red Rolfe still | on the sick list. “It all depends 1 Rolfe’s health,” McCarthy observed, pointing out that Second Basemin Gerald Priddy, who came up with rhil Rizzuto from | Kansas City last -ear, could play third if necessary McCarthy said his infield probaby would include Rizzuto at shortstoy and Joe Gordon at second again win Frank Crosetti | available for relief duty. Rees Priddy as Big Asset. “Priddy is a mich better hitter than his last year’s -ecord indicates,” Joe asserted, “anc he should be a real asset to the team this year.” Among the newomers McCarthy expects to work ino the line-up are Pitcher John Lindell, a righthander who won more thin 20 games for Newark last year ¢y lead the Inter- national’ League, ind Ziggie Sears, hard-hitting Newa'k catcher. ‘With Joe Di Magio, Charley Kel- ¥r and George Sekirk heading the parade of clouting Yankee outfield- ers and a veteran pitching staff on | | | ing from scratch. It may be the year in baseball for some draft-lucky | The Browns, for instance, have an- | ... | club nobody is considering now. nounced the war hasn't hurt them the rest of the American League to their size. We leave you with this are going to be rea’ problems for the appalling thought, but with the admonition that it could be worse. hand, McCarthy yointed out there| are two big problens for the opposi- much yet and it may whittle down '~ wyec sir our pithing and hitting ! other clubs.” BelvoiriSoIdier, Giri From Baltimore Nab Skating Laurels Doday Wins Three Races, | Cecilia Cunningham Sweeps Women's Class Cecilia Cunningham of Baltimore and Pvt. Francis Doday of Fort Belvoir monopolized honors yester- day as the Southeastern Skating Asscciation staged an ice skating competition on the Lincoln Memo- rial reflecting pool. Miss Cunningham won all three of the races held for women—the 440-yard, half-mile and three-quar- ter-mile events—while Doday cap- tured three of the four for men. Chuck Meyle's victory in the 440 was the only thing that prevented Doday from scoring a clean sweep, the soldier winning over the 220- yard, half-mile and mile routes. Ann Vlasak of Washington was second to Miss Cunningham in every woman's race, while Meyle and Jim ‘Temple Favorite, but Heya Five Should Be Dangerous Tonight Recent Tough Scraps Have Seasoaed G. U.; | Baltimore Visits Columbus, C. U. Tours | By LEWIS F. ATCHISON. ) | Georgetown will go to the post in the role of mderdog aagin | tonight at Riverside Stadium against Temple, altiough with two | tough games under its belt the Hilltop basket b2/l machine will be more dangerous than it was against Fordham aid Long Island. Columbus and Baltimore U. have a date at Tech High in the only other collegiate duel scheduled locally and Catholic Univer- | | sity's visit to Emmitsburg for aé————— 5 game with Mount St. Mary's COM- | gpginst them, ry -h less five such ‘p]etes the program. . | characters. Georgetown’s woes, and the incli-| 000 B Sevs squad can | nation seems to be to sell the Hovas | o "g 1ot hand o1 two tonight and short too early in the season. MaY | goqiy Thursday vhen the rivalry | | be traced to its lack of a consistent | oiy George Wash ngton is resumed | point-getter. | at the same plant | All Hoyas Become Cold. | Holiday Lavoff Hurt, | The fact that Bill Bornheimer has | Georgetown isn't as bad as its de- | | been bottled up in the last two games | feat by Temple, the Rams and | and held to single field goa's doesn't | Blackbirds indicate. The Christmas necessarily identify him as the source | layoff of 10 days, coming after the of trouble. Keeping him under con- | team had worked 1 self into the pink trol has helped the enemy, but what | of condition, hur: grievously, but | about his teammates? | probably has been shaken off by the | Last winter when Bornheimer ran | last two games ani if the team re- Miami McMonagle of the District shared |jntg g streak of bad luck, Charley runnerup honors in the men's| gcpymidli had a hot hand and when events. Novice races over a QUAT-|pe cooled off Irv Rizzi kept the ball ter-mile distance were won by Ed going through the hoop. When his Nuzback, Harlan Amandus and|luck ran out, Grady took the lead Bob Kane. | and if he failed to click Jim Geibel The association is planning 10| usually delivered the goods. The hold its regular championships at|situation this season is radically dif- the pool next Sunday if ice remains. | ferent. The Hoyas were hot en masse Prospective entrants should register | at the start of the grind and have with Christopher Meyer, 1544 North | gone cold together. There is no one verts to the form t showed against Western Maryland and American U. it'll be tough for Cemple and any- body else. Baltimore, recen conqueror of Tu- lane, figures to ha-e a shade on Co- lumbus, which has won five of its six games, but it should be_close, judging by previcus performances. Columbus couldn® locate the hoop against Marshall when it suffered its Edgewood street, Arlington, Va. whose telephone is Oxford 0322. to play the role of bell wether and |lone setback, but generally has found | ilead them on when the luck goes'Tech’'s gym much o}t.s liking. IS IT A SPORT—OR SUICIDE? AW, THIS AIN'T SO TOUGH “BONESY", TH' BOSS WANTS US To HAVE PERSONAL CONTACT WITH WINTER SPORTS AS LONG AS WE'RE GOIN' To COVER ‘EM.... z GOSHAMIGHTy! AIN'T THESE THINGS GOT ANY BRAKES ? HELR.PP/..OR JUS' STANP By FOR (Rock crEEK Park) BOOK... GET ITQUICK, ) AN' TELL ME HOW YUN GIT OUTA ONE O THESE. “TREEKRASCHEN - OR SOMETHIN' ! AGAIN!... 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LOOKITME A I'M IN A“NAZENSPRIN B'LIEVE ME PAL, MY NOSE IS PLENTY SPRUNG ! —By JIM BERRYMAN fTouIed_B;&gers Occupy Cellar In'Big Ten Champion Indians Off To Bad League Start; Skibos Win at Last By HAROLD CLAASSEN, Associated Press Sports Writer. | NEW YORK, Jan. 12.—The infant basket ball season, hardly out of its rompers, already is a howling suc- cess at Carnegie Tech—but a full grown headache at Wisconsin, Dart- | mouth, George Washington and the University of California at Los An- geles, The Pittsburgh Scots, who hadn’t tasted victory in two solid years, finally halted their losing streak at 27 games Saturday night by defeat- | ing Case of Cleveland, 42 to 37. However. Wisconsin, whose coach | labelled his present aggregation as good as his 1941 national collegiate | champions, is resting at the bottom of the Big Ten circuit with three straight losses and for the 37th con- secutive time the Uclans have been | repulsed by Southern California. | _Dartmouth, which has held the Eastern League title almost since | its present athletes wefe in the kin- | dergarten, was spilled in its 1942 opener by Harvard and highly re- garded George Washington bowed to Duke, the Southern League’s de- fending champion, although Matt Zunic hammered in five baskets. Nearly All Are Big Games. ‘ Although this week's program is spotted with vacant dates because of impending mid-vear examinations. virtually every contest is of top- flight character. In the Southern circuit, Rice and Arkansas will determine which of the two title favorites is the better in a twin bill at Houston this week end. Oklahoma A. and M., and Tulsa, which played second fiddle to Creighton’s champions in the Missouri Valley circuit a year ago, collide at Stillwater Thursday. The Big Ten. where four teams have subdued all their league foes, tries to remedy the situation to- night with Minnesota likely to spill unscathed Iowa; unbeaten Purdue | mixing with Indiana in the Hoosier civil war: all-winning Illinois at Ohio State and Northwestern pro- tecting fits unblemished record with Michigan the guest. ) WHAT A PAIR OF CLOWNS ' WINTER OR_SUMMER -* You CAN'T STAY OUT OF | TRAPS ! WOULD You | ---OR A NIBLICK{A-HAY) Kramer, Segura Head Formidable Net Lot In Miami U, Meet Former at Top of Game, He Shows, in Beating Sabin in Dixie Final By the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla. Jan. Kramer of Oakland, Cali Francisco Segura of Ecuador held | the spotlight today as the Nation's | top tennis stars began arriving here for the second annual University of invitational starting tomorrow. Kramer, seeded third here behind ‘Wayne Sabin of Portland, Oreg., and Gardnar ‘Mulloy of Miami, served tournament, | notice he is at the top of his game by blasting Sabin from the courts, 6—0, 6—0, 6—3, in the final of the Dixie Tournament at Tampa yes- terday. ‘The California youngster had his placements and passing shots work- | ing well and Sabin never had a chance. Segura, a comparative newcomer to big-time United States tennis, has shown rapid improvement in recent weeks. He whipped Mulloy in the final of the Dade County Tourna- ment here and his powerful two- | handed forehand drives carried him to the final of the Sugar Bowl meet at New Orleans, where Ted Schroeder of Los Angeles beat him. | Segura was placed on top of the foreign seeded list, with George | Lyttleton-Rogers, former Irish Davis | Cupper, second. Billy Talbert of Cincinnati was rated fourth. Others on the do- | mestic list, in order, were Billy | Gillespie, Dick McKee and George | Pero, all of Miami, and Jerry Crow- | ther of Los Angeles. Four of the seeded players hold national first 10 rankings—Sabin, fifth; Kramer, sixth; Mulloy, seventh, and Talbert, tenth. Cancellfition of Goif éhampionships Declared Silly Fitzsimmons 26th Major Leaguer to Turn Bowling Promcter; Tunney Surfeited With Boxers By HUGH FULLERTON, Jr, Wide World Sports Writer NEW YORK, Jan. 12.—A lot of #illy things have been said about the war and sports (and this may be one of them), but we can't see the necessity of canceling the golf championships. We can't think of anything that would have much less effect on the war effort than a women's golf tournament—unless it's the court tennis championships that al- ready have been called off. As long as the golfers are going to have competition, why not let them have a national title to aim at, even though it wouldn’t mean as much as usual? Court tennis (the rich man's game) made its contribution Saturday when Pierre Etchebaster, the world pro champ, licked a pair of amateur aces. The New York Racquet and Tennis Club let down the bars, admitting members of the Links Brook, Knickerbocker, Yale, Harvard, Princeton and Colum- bia Clubs (at $5.50 per) and col- Jected more than $400 for the Red Cross. Today's guest star — Jack House, Birmingham News: “Tony Galento's offering to fight Joe Louis for nothing isn't charity. It's all it's worth.” Monday matinee—Freddie Fitz- simmons, whose new bowling emporium opened the other night, is the 26th major leaguer (past and present) on the list of alley owners. No doubt their places all feature strikes. Billy Mc- Carney will handle Eddie Lander, the Chica~o lightweight, when he fights in the East. Reports from Chicago say the Cubs have been inquiring about training facilities in San Antonio, Tex., and the White Sox have been shopping around Florida, although both clubs still say they're going back to California. The freshman basket ball team at Auburn is coached by the college’s athletic publicity director, which poses a nice problem in ethics for Elmer G. Salter. When the story that Santa Anita’'s race meeting had been canceled came over the wires, the Salem (Mass) Evening h News headlined it: “There’s No Santa—Anita.” Hard to Bede—St. Bede Acad- emy of Peru, I, wound up the 1941 sports seastn with 34 con- secutive victories in major sports. Starting last Fesruary 28, when they lost in a Sate basket ball tourney, St. Bece won 3 court games, 17 in basball, 8 straight in football and § more in the new bac:ct ball campaign. For the 34th win, Joach Bron C. Bacevich had tc lick one of his former pupils, T'ny Komlanc, of Bloomington’s Tiinity High. Sportpourri—¥Fack from a coast-to-coast -ecruiting tour, Gene Tunney regorts he still is looking for physical instructors for the Navy but isn't signing up any more boxer:. Applicants now are required to hold degrees in physical educatioa from approved colleges. PFreddi» Guinyard, Joe Louis’ secretary ind closest com- panion, has bee: talking about entering the Arm7 when Joe does, but since he s the sole support of \ his mother he probably will stay at home and manage Joe's real estate. Dippy Evhns, the Notre Dame fullback, drove all the way from South Bend, Ind., to Phila- delphia to take a job during the Christmas holidays. Only casualty at a ski meet at Butte, Mont., last week was Ole Kolstad, who had his fingers frostbitten while he was manipulating & pencil as a Judge. Relativity—After welterweights Billy Murray and Mal Williams had staged a rip-snorting scrap at White Plains, N. Y, the other night, they met socially for the first time and were surprised to learn they were cousins. Any baseball player would have told them that's what vou call a guy who always gives you a hit. One-on him—Air Commodore A. C. Critchley, the former sports promoter, thinks one hole-in- one is enough. He made an ace at Sunningdale recently and then reported: “In view of the high price of drinks, I'll do all T can to avoid s repetition of the feat.” Sports Program for Local Fans TODAY. TOMORROW. Central Gets Chance Tennessee and Auburn are the leaders in the Southern circuit and right now the Vols are sweeping out the gym for the coming of Coach Adolph Rupp and his Ken- Basket Ball. Temple vs. Georgetown, River- side Stadium, 8:45. Roosevelt VS, Georgetown Freshmen, Riverside Stadium, 7:15. Columbus U. vs. Baltimore U.. ‘Tech gym, 8:30. Catholic U. at Mount St. Mary's, Emmitsburg, Md. Georgetown Prep at Richard Montgomery, Rockville, 3:30. Wrestling. ‘Weekly program Arena, 8:30. at Uline Basket Ball. Central at Eastern (high school series), 3:30. Anacostiu at Coolidge school series), 3:30. Gonzaga at Wilson. 3:30. Devitt at Western. 3:30. Tech at Bethesda-Chevy Chase, 8:15 (junior preliminary 7:00). Washington-Lee at James Monroe, Fredericksburg, Va. Hockey. Atlantic City Sea Gulls vs. Washington [Eagles, Riverside Stadium, 8:30. (high tuckians. Rupp enjovs road games best when he draws at least one boo from each spectator. W. and M. Takes Lead. Collapse of the highly regarded George Washington Colonials has | lifted an unheralded William and Mary five to the top in the South- ern circuit, one victory ahead of Duke. The Blue Devils meet V. M. i I. at Lynchburg tonight, while Wil- liam and Mary’'s big test is Tues- day against Richmond in the latter's | new arena. Wyoming and Colorado, the Big Seven favorites, each has a double task this week, the former at Brig- ‘Tomorrow fo Snap ;Eastern String Their Game Is Feature | Of Bill Shared With } Anacostia, Coolidge ‘ Others in the series aren't conced- | ing Eastern the high school basket | ball championship this early. but | the problem of stopping the Ram- Triumph Over Jewels Keeps Pro Brewers Near League Lead Rally in Second Period Gets D. C. Team on Way To 28-24 Victory Wilmington's Blue Bombers stand as the lone American Basket Ball League team for Washington's Brewers tosbeat for the first-half | championship, but the Bombers have & two-game lead and it is doubtful whether the locals can overcome | that advantage in the remaining two | weeks of the schedule. Cards Ready fo Use Riverside’ Stadium For Track Meet March 14 Event Plans Revised After Uline Terms Are Rejected | Catholic University’s annual in- | blers becomes increasingly difficult. | They started easily with victories over Greenbelt and Friends and now have won seven in a row over com- petition getting tougher all the time. Centrel next gets a chance to halt Eastern's stresk, playing at Eastern in one of the two series games to-| morrow. Anacostia at Coolidge is! (the other game, both set for feud on Wednesday. I‘s:ao pm. Only four games are billed in the The Ramblers have the happy Eastern circuit with Columbis at combination of & good defense with Yale Wednesday and Penn attempt- a good offense and have had nothing ing to give Dartmouth its second Like & close call in their seven games | licking at Hanover the same night. except from Bethesda-Chevy Chase, | Yale is at Penn and Cornell at Dart- which they topped by 4 points. Cen- mouth on Saturday as examinations tral is regarded as a bit harder to slow up the dribblers. stop than Anacostia, Eastern’s first ~Southern California continued its ham Young Friday and at Utah Sat- urday. The Buffaloes’ foes are Utah State at Boulder Friday and a joust with Colorado State at Fort Collins the next night. Kansas, along with Jowa State one of the Big Six title seekers, takes high-scoring Charles Black to Mis- souri for the annual Tiger-Jayhawk door track meet was headed fOr geries opponent last week, but the monotonous domination over U. C. Riverside Stadium today as a re-| advantage of playing on their own L. A. in the only league game in tions for the use of Uline Arena. Dorsey Griffith, Cardinal track | row's sult of the breakdown of nogom-“ floor should help the Ramblers to- the Southern half of the Pacific morrow. | Coast loop and this week tangles Other good games are on tomor- twice with California. schoolboy progrem. Tec! ‘Washington’s speedsters lead in Tcoach and director of the games,| proving better than expected despite | the Northern half and travels to P B | conferred with Severine Leoffler, Mack Posnack’s team kept pace | p,. | with the curpent leaders at furaers | Biversids owner, and Racul TeMat, Arena last night when it nipped the | BIant suverintendent, last week anc, New York Jewels, 28-2¢. With two | they are believed to have reached an members of his squad on the side- :::::]T'Sc t:fl;fl!:fl;lyg g‘:neg‘ut lines, Posnack played about 2 o ol minutes of the game himself. i Catholic U. officials decided This sccrelwae tied st @ ailiat the|| AEALI: NUIINE Unnen Msnagee e end of the first period, but in me3l’emn is alleged to have informed O e e e Jorged. into s | them they would have to stand the | 20-16 lead which they never re- | SXPEnSe & P“‘;]mgf d“‘"fi‘h"’f ‘:‘:1‘:‘ linquished, Three straight baskets | &2 ;’fcke:’sfi‘lz“‘fi:{e; i el 355..,%':& _lf‘s"fb;:::;r;fl m:fi,? in addition to giving the arena a brought the Je’wel.s within h-mn“ percentage of the gate receipts. This | | distance in the last period, but time would have raised the ante almost Tan out before the visitors could | 3400 and neither Grifiith nor other | close the gap. | Brooklanders believed the boost G.F.Pts. Justified. — The meet probably will be the only one staged here this winter inasmuch as no more has been heard of the proposed second an- nual Washington A. A. games which also were held at Uline last year. Riverside will offer a track 12 laps to the mile instead of 11, as at Uline; seating capacity for the games will | | be lowered from 5000 to 3,000, and | athletes probably have to run in flats, or spikeless shoes, but Griffith is confident the affair still will attract both fans and athletes. A final decision in the matter will be made within the next few days after LeMat, who supervised the building of the Uline track, makes a preliminary survey for the River- side running strip, but to all outward appearances all obstacles have been sleared away and the meet definitely is in. Jewels. Rubenstein. imon. T Goldstein,f - Benson.c Anderson.s K'brunner.s ey soscuy Saomon® ol sansna-0 al o 2| 2l Totals Tot Referees—Mesars. Jones and White. War Coast MayALt;se 3 Big League Clubs Race horses and football games are not the only ones ‘refugeeing” from the war coast. The Cubs, White Sox and Phila- delphia Athletics are scouting Florida for possible spring training sites. Thirtéen other major league clubs already make it their headquarters. L. F.A Sports Mirror By the Associated Press. Toduy a year ago—Ben Hogan, Dutch Harrison and Leonard Dodson tied at 276 in Oakland open golf tourney. Three years ago—Sam Riddle told friends he turned down $1,000,000 offer by movie mag- ;ne Louis B. Mayer for Man o’ ar. Perry Tightens Knot By the Associated Press. ELKTON, Md., Jan 12.—Although married some time ago in Mexico, Fred Perry, professional tennis star, and Dorothy Breau Perry were re- married here yesterday “for the pur- pose of record in the United States.” \ not a letter man on the team, goes Oregon State for a week end twin against Bethesda-Chevy Chase in a bill while Oregon State entertains night game that promises plenty of Washington State tonight and to- action, and in the afternoon Gon- morrow. . zaga plays at Wilson. The Eagles,, Among the Nation's independents metropoliten champions last season, and schools from smaller confer- are finding it difficult to hit a real ences, West Texas State’s immense winning stride and have won only | five gained further stature by down- two of six games. ing De Paul, 60 to 43, last week, Braves Apt to Drop Bridgeport Farm, Interstate Loop Hears “Quinn did tell me that the Boston club was not ready to put up its | $1.200 franchise guarantee at the | meeting.” Teams now holding franchises are Bridgeport, Wilmington, Del., a Philadelphia Athletics farm; Harris- burg, Pa., operated by the Pittsburgh ;Pirates: Trenton, N. J., which will r work with the Phillies; Hagerstown, Md.; Allentown, Pa.; Lancaster, Pa., and Reading, Pa, owned by the Brooklyn Dodgers. BY the Associated Press. WILMINGTON, Del, Jan. 12— Club owners and managers of the Interstate Baseball League came here today for their annual meeting, faced with the possibility that the Bridgeport (Conn.) franchise will be dropped by the National League Boston Braves. “There is some doubt about the Braves operating in Bridgeport,” League President Arthur H. Ehlers of Baltimore said. “Quinn (John Quinn, vice president of the Boston club) was to interview some people | in Bridgeport about turning the franchise over to them, but I don't | know what has transpired. Wanted 1941 Cadillac Will Pay High Price Mr. Kirk, WO. 8401 4221 Connecticut | 0.S. U. Does Well | By Bowl Victors CORVALLIS, Oreg., Jan. 12— Oregon State is right proud of that victory in its first Rose Bowl game. And the school is going to let its football players know it. They're passing out gold-plated football trophies Friday night, and in keeping with the magni- tude of the event, the keepsakes will be life-sized replicas of foot- balls instead of the customary vest-pocket trinkets. © JEWELRY * DIAMONDS