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PAGE EIGHT EVENING RECORDER, AMSTERDAM. N. Y., MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 1950. RECORDER PHONE 170G

AHS Squeezes SMI by Point; Five Local Boys on Kiwanis Card Mihalzo's Two Free Throws With Half Minute Left Climax Thriller, Give High 33-32 Win

An underdog St. Mary's team that forgot it was re­garded lightly for its opening game against Amsterdam High nearly pulled a major upset out of the heat of* tradi­tional basketball rivalry Saturday night at the Junior High.

But the coolness of Amsterdam's sharp-eyed Gus Mihalzo in sinking two free throws with the outcome of the game in the balance enabled Johnny Yarsoke's Purple and Gold team to come from behind and score a hard-fought 33-32 decision.

Mihalzo Lead* ScoreM (4>— •

Mihalzo had thp entire th ing]Szurek and Ronnie Torsone also resting in hi* hands a* he stoodj had one-pointer^ at the 15-fool stripe with 3-1 sec- Amsterdam RpRaln> Lead onds of pla\in>; t ime left and Am- , . ,. , sterdam trailing b> one point. . P ° r , ' P , h t , ™ s , n 5 e , h e - v

Host the lead in the second period. One successful toss would h a v e - A n u l P r d a n i , o r i ; r d a h p a d r a r l v | n

meant no worse than a tie. Two. t h p f o u r t n szurek aimed "and with the three-minute foul l » s s e s - j s a n k t n r t , p s l r a i K n , rrP€> throws to Bion rule in effect, meant v i c t o r y . | p u l I h p nillrnen o n t o p 25-24.

Slender Gus. who already h a d | J e r r \ Ottati then hooked neatly contributed 10 \a luable points to l for the Gaels and they had the the A H S cause, came through lead again. with both, giving him game h igh | Marshall scored for Amsterdam

on a tap-in and it was AHS again

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AHS Try Stymied by SMI

of 12. Amsterdam kept the ball and stalled the clock during the remaining 34 seconds to turn down one of the most gallant bids for victory ever made by an underdog in the history of the city series between SMI and AHS.

Trie scoring wasn't heavy, but it was close all the way as St . Mary's overcame early futility to net the pace throughout most of the last two and one-half periods. Amsterdam, after leading by 8-1

" at one s tage of the opening quar­ter, was in front by 10-6 when the1 initial eight minutes were completed.

GaeU Come From Behind - Then the Gaels came from be­

hind to hold a 19-18 edge by the intermission. They wpre 24-22 in the van at the end of three per­iods. An Amsterdam surge made

: It 29-26 in favor of the Hilltop-pers when the automatic timeout w a s reached in the closing quarter.

Again St . Mary's fought hack. making it 30-30 and then going

' a h e a d 32-30 with 64 seconds to play. Three foul shots, one by Chuck Marshall , wi th 40 seconds left, and the two pay-off tosses by Mihalzo saved the game for the favorites.

Foul* Count Rig • That foul line accuracy counted

heavily for Varsoke's team as St Mary's tallied 10 fields to Amster­dam's nine. The High School's 15-12 edge in one-pointers made

„ up the difference and provided the winning marg in ._ Proof that the Hill needed the fouls lies in the last two periods when they scored only two fields.

Johnny Mochrie, who went out —of action with five personals after

scoring 10 points and sinking a pop shot to put the Gaels in front, 32-30. led St. Mary's point-making. H e dropped in three fields and four fouls before leaving with 40 seconds to play.

Varsoke, coaching in his first S M I - A H S battle, s tarted Mihalzo. Sal DeVenanzio, Marshall, Tony Squeglia and Frank Szurek. The veteran Alex Isabel of St. Mary's countered with Bob Blinsinger. Bob Murphy. Mochrie. Jerry Ottat i and Connie Catena.

DeVenanzio Start* Scoring Blinsinger took the opening tap.

but DcVenanzio's set gave Am-•terdam the opening basket. Mar­shall pushed in the second for a 4-0 spread before Catena regis­tered a one-pointer on Marshall's f o u l . DcVenanzio's one-handed

. push and Mihalzo's flip shot the ! count to 8-1, causing St . Mary's : to call t ime.

SMI's Murphy, who p l a \ e d a whale of a game, ronnrctcd on a

, bucket for the first Gael goal. . C a t e n a converted again from the ; fouTlirie and Blinsinger arid Mur-. phy combined on a steal of the '. ball with Blinsinger scoring on a • U y u p to cut the lead to 8-6. De-• Venanzio and Squeglia dropped in • a foul each to end the first period : scoring at 10-6 for Amsterdam. | Gene Greco opened the second • quarter point-making for " SMI jWith a free throw. Squeglia and .Mochr ie also converting for their •respect ive clubs to make it 11-8, ; AHS. Abbie Wilson and Rob Flint i c a m r in as Amsterdam's first sub­s t i t u t e s , replacing Marshall and ,-DcVcnan/io j Murphy's long pop brought St. ; M a r y s within a point but Mihalzo r»1«o hit for a long one and Am-•Merdam rebuilt the lead to three, ; 13-10. Blinsinger and M u r p h y ;aga in hawked the ball a u a v from ; t h e Hilltoppcrs and the l a u i p once ' m o r e whitt led the count to one. J Mlhalxn Connect* • Mihalzo. undoubtedly Amster­d a m ' s hero, seemingly removed his j c lub from immediate danger h\ jahooting from outside twice In jrapld order, soaring A H S to a • 17-12 count.

I B u < v » t o Tambasco started St . {"••O"'* off on a seven-polnt spree ;by plopping in a pair of fouls -.Mochrie followed wi th a one-ihander and converted from the •foul line. Tambasco and Greco jboth made good from the foul line rand ao did Mihalzo for AHS. B> •jthls t ime, though, the Gaels were in front, 19-18. and the half t ime txirztr cal led a half to the batt le . } O n l y nine points w e r e scored i n the third quarter, St . Mary's rnaklng t w o f ie lds—Blinsinger and Murphy—and A H S one. o n De-VenamSo'* tet shot. Catena al«o h*d a foul for the Gaels , whi l e

on top. Milial /o and Joe Bab-rowuv picked up two more tall ies on single shots for a 29-26 spread at the official time.

Mochrie put the Gaels back in the game on a bucket, but Bab-rowicz nailed up another foul point for Amsterdam. With 1:45 to go. Mochrie tied it at 30-30 with two free tosses. Then Johnny let go a pop shot from the side of the keyhole for a 32-30 SMI edge.

The High School was desperate and the near full house of sharply divided fans was loud with exci te­ment. Marshall got an opportun­ity to pull the Hilltoppers within a point on Mochrie's fifth foul violation and he made good.

With 35 seconds to go, Mihalzo was driving underneath'and pulled a foul for the two shots that tied the score and won the gamp.

St Mary's thrilling defense of its 1919 championship was just as important to Gael backers as the fact that Amsterdam had tri­umphed was to High School fans.

The Hil lmen connected on four out of ten tries from the field in the first quarter. They made only three out of 14 in the second, orie out of 14 in the t h u d and one out of 12 in the fourth, giving them nine out of 52 shots.

St . Mary's took 48 shots and made 10 good.

SMI . layvers I'pset The preliminary game between

the junior varsit ies was another close one, se t t led by a point. Am­sterdam H i g h s juniors, also coached by Varsoke. handed the Gael jayvees their first defeat of

•thp-MmM>n, IHJ -j8.—Walt Campo. who had 12 for AHS. shot the winning basket in the last few seconds to upend Isabel's juniors after they had won nine in a row. Heller took game scoring honors with 14 for St. M a r y s .

Both of Amsterdam's t e a m s -varsi ty and junior vars i ty—had had hard battles the previous night, losing one-point verdicts to Albany High. It was felt that the hard g a m e Friday night, when they lost. 40-39. had weakened the varsity.

S u m m a r y ; 8t . Mary's

Field Foul Total Blinsinger . . 3 '0 Murphy 3 0 Mochrie 3 4 Ottat i 1 n Catena 0 3 Tamhasco ' 0 3 Greco 0 2 Hughes : . . 0 0

10 12 Amsterdam

Field Foul Total Mihalzo 4 DeVenanzio 3 Marshall 2 Squeglia 0 Szurek 0 Wilson 0

—Recorder Photo

Frankle Szurek of Amsterdam High Is nearly burled under de­fensive play of two St. Mary's players, Vlto Tamhasco and Connie Catena, a* he tries to go In for a iHjup during first half action of the schools' first get together Saturday night. At left Is Gene Greco (12) of St. Mary's and at right Is Johnny Mochrie (15) also of the Gael*. Amsterdam's Chuck Marshall (8) Is at bottom center. A m ­sterdam won, 38-82, In the last 34 seconds.

Boston Braves' 1914 Pennant Voted Upset of Last 50 Years

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10 2 S 3 2 0

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Flint Babrowicz Torsone

Officials LaRcllc.

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Mary's J. Field

I'liinich 1 Heller Skowronek . . . . Sheppie Gorman Coluni Ca<c Jasper Coogan n

11 Amsterdam .1,

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Fie ld Foul Kllioit j Dyhas 2 Snxder I Albr ight 0 Morreale o Steenburgh 1 Campo *,

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(By GAYLE T A L B O T )

N E W YORK. Jan. 2.V i /P>-On July 11 of 1914 the Boston Braves were running dead last in the National League -l l ' j games behind the pace-sett ing N e w York Giants.

Three months later the team directed by "Miracle Man" George Stal l ings won the Na-

rrrmal—League flax—br—104 games and p l a s t e r e d the famed Philadelphia Athlet ics four straight in a sensational World Series. '

That, say the nation's sports-writers and sportcasters . was the greates t sports upset of the first 50 years of the cen­tury.

Tunney's Victory N e x t

B> a margin of 128 Jo 53 the amazing feat of the Hub City immortals has been ad­judged a greater shocker than Gene Tunney's victory over Jack Dempsey in their first fight for the heavyweight title at Philadelphia in 1926.

Only one other upset in the -50 years got really serious support among the 361 ex­perts from coast to coast who chewed on their pencils, drew upon their memories and re­plied to an Associated Press poll.

That was little Centre Col--lego's— dramatic— 6.Q.. triumph over Harvard back in 1921, when the Crimson was a foot­ball power. Forty cast their ballots for Bo McMlllin and the storied Pra>ing Colonels.

Fourth, far back with 24 votes in the final count, came

Jim Braddock's "Cinderella m a n ' victory over Max Baer for the heavyweight cham­pionship in June, 1935.

Upset Upsets Big Red Man O War's defeat by Up­

set at Saratoga Springs in 1919 the only loss by the great thoroughbred in a 21-race career- placed fifth in

St. John's Nips Gty Eagles by Margin of Point

St . John's basket shooters made it a clean sweep over the week-

lend., eking o.ut a 46-45 verdict last night over the powerful Eagles after dropping Maplewood Legion, 64-57, Saturday night. Both games were on the Saints' Park Hill court.

A capacity crowd watched last night as the Saints made up ground in the 'second l half after trailing, 25-23, at the intermission. They took the decision in the final minutes , after the Eagles held a 34-33 lead going into the last pe­riod.

S t e v e Soulla, who scored 11 for the Eagles , was lost to that club on fouls in the last quarter.

T h e Saints zoomed Into a 38-35 lead in the opening minutes of the last period with Danny Petrosino sparking the play. Four more quick points gave St. John's a 42-35 edge before the Eagles made their f inal r threat. The visitors came back strong to make it 44-41 and then Ray Pakenas connected with what proved the winning bas­ket . Ben Maley added the Eagles' last two-points on a hook shot, but the clock ran out.

Maley took scoring honors with 17 points, while Petrosino paced St . John's wi th 13.

Ted Fendentz and Ray Pakenas led the Saints with 13 and 12 points, respectively, in Saturday's game with Maplewood Legion. S t . John's held a 28-26 lead at the end of the half, and kept pouring it on in the final two periods to take the game going away.

Top scoring in the game w a s done by Legion's Kennedy, w h o hit for 12 fields and a total of 24 points. Bill Jackowski , playing in the bucket for St. John's hit for 11.

Last night's preliminary saw Lightnings stop Wyszomirski Post, while Saturday night, Katz Jewel­ers of Schenectady dropped St . Agnello. 62-29.

Summaries : St. John's

Field Foul Total Lazarou, rf 3 1 7 Petrosino. If 6 1 13 Kartner, c 1 2 4 Fendentz . rg 0 4 4 Pakenas, lg 4 1 9 Ciulik 2 2 6 Wnek 0 3 3

16 14 46 Eagles

Field Foul Total Brooks, rf 2 2 6 Jasper. If 1 0 2 Maley, c 6 5 17 Soulla. rg 3 5 11 Guzielek. lg 3 1 7 . LaBatc 0 0 Q

College Basketball 1

the surprise stakes with 21 votes. Max Schmeling's 12-round knockout of the rising Joe Louis in 1936 drew 12 supporters.

Going farthest back in the years, ten voters chose Notre Dame's 35-13 football victory over Army in 1913. That was the year Knute Rockne and Gus Dorais introduced the Ca­dets to aerial warfare.

Seven vo les each were cast for D e m p s e y s three-round s laughter of Jess Willard in 1919, Holy Cross' 55-12 foot­ball blackout of unbeaten Boston College in '42, and Navy's 21-21 gridiron tie with Army in '48.

From there on. the boys covered a lot of territory, with old but not-forgotten football glories standing out. Tennis, s trangely, did "not attract a vote. '

Perhaps m o s t surprising was the fart that only one participant recalled amateur Francis Ouimet's victor> o \er the Rritish stars. Harr\ V a r - ' done and Ted Ray, in a pla>-bTf for the * 19Kt open coTT championship It was an up­set which made this countr> golf conscious.

Brown - 1 0 2 Stanley 0 0 0 Greco 0 0 0 Stahl 0 0 0

16 13 45 Officials: Burza. Northrup.

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Big Ten Illinois 66, O h i o - S t a t e 50. Minnesota 60, Michigan 52. Indiana 49, Purdue 39.

Big Seven

Colorado 46, Oklahoma 43. Iowa S t a t e 61 . Missouri 49.

Eas tern ( Ivy) League

Pennsylvania 83, Dartmouth 42. Southwest Conference

Baylor 52, Rice 43. Southern Conference

North Carolina S ta te 61: North Carolina 57.

Will iam and Mary 64, Maryland 56. *

South Carolina 66. Clcmson 56. Virginia Tech 73, Virginia Mili­

tary' 41. Missouri Valley

Detroit 67, Bradley 54. • St. Louis 61, Drake 60. Oklahoma Aggies 47. Tulsa 33.

Southeastern Conference Alabama 57, Tu lane ,51 . Vanderbilt 58. Auburn 47. Georgia 57, Florida 48. Georgia Tech 68, Tennessee 57.

Skyline Six Wyoming 56, Colorado A & M

45 (over t ime) . Brigham Young 71, Utah State

41. Denver 55. Utah 51.

Pacific Coast Conference (Northern Division) — Washington 66. Oregon 51. Washington State 51, Oregon

State 34. Other Games

East Temple 66, George Washington

44. LaSalle 74. St. Josephs (Pa) 53. Canisius 58, Georgetown (DC)

41. St. Bonaventure 52, Siena 47. Columbia 62, Army 49. Cornell 61, Colgate 57. Marshall ( W V a ) 96, Louisville

72. Villanova 73, Muhlenberg 47. Penn Sta te 34, Pitt 21. Fordham 63. Wil l iams 35. Tufts 70, Wesleyan 67 (over­

time,). Rensselaer 55, Massachuset ts

46. Colby 59. Maine 48. Albright 63, Seton Hall 62. Gettysburg 69, Bucknel l 65. St. Lawrence 65, I thaca 64. Springfield (Mass) 69, Manhat­

tan 57. Utica 57, Amherst 47. Iona 81, Providence 70. Niagara .63 , Western Ontario 40.

Midwest Kentucky 86, DePaul 53. Toledo 50, Chicago Loyola 42. Cincinnati 57, Ohio Univ 38.

South Yale 70. N a v y 61. Western Kentucky 69, Eastern

Kentucky 51. Far W e s t

Stanford 66, Santa Clara 60. F i a n c k c u 64, ..St. Mary's

Lazarou, rf . Petrosino. If

"jKartner. c . . I Fendentz. rg Pakenas. lg .

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13 12 7

11 2 0

6-1 Maplewood Legion

Field Foul Total Behuniak. rf 2 1 Wasilcnko. If 3 0 Russ. c 3 3 Dean, rg 5 1 Kennedy, lg 12 0 Evans 0 0 Kulzer o 0 Meeham 1 n

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11 24

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Thompsons atarspfl, Win Polio Soccer With S a m Thompson of Mohawk Soccer Club doing the coaching, the Central N e w York Football Associat ion's All-Star teamdrubbed Schenectady F. C , 9-2. yesterday in a polio benefit match at Sche­nectady Armory.

Thompson's squad w a s started ^07-178-2.17—fl22 | off fast by one of his own players.

23.VI59-227 6 2 l | , , , m Kerr. u 'ho booted home the first two goals The Al l -Stars led by 6-1 at halft ime. Albany A. C.'s

1P3-1.W2.S8—604 jGcrstenbcrger brothers, Helmuth. I Tony Ruggrrl. Independent League 1 9 D - 1 8 9 - 2 I S — 8 0 S ! G c r n a r ( , t " n ( 1 o t , ° netted the re-

I*,, D.So,l», rtrptmu n—lc I*..,,. I.UJU.IM-JM1"""""' " " " 8°*'" " " " " A " '

Aces of the Alleys ( h i l l y Wllkas . Polio Matrh 22S-19I-2.V1—fl47

Kranl, Elmy, Fifth Ward l e a g u e 211-185-233—631

Pete Mlrskl, Carpet City Cla»»lc I.eagti<»

Walt Malkowtri . Rut lnest Mrn'» I-earue

Jshrp Romano, Carpet City Classic League 140-223-235—618

I Tony Safran, Independent l e a g u e . . • • • * • • • •

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Figlila Unt Night

Rocky Wn]olrhoM»kl, Re|d Hill Merchants League

X. Rottistl . Fifth Ward League ( ieorge Polltano, Business Men's League Tony Griffin, F.Iks League J s k e Jaalnske, Carpel City Classic l e a g u e S. Fondacaro, Independent League 230-158-200^ 588 Rarber pnlltanA, Carpet City Classic League 177-2H-HM5 587 B. F.lmy. Independent League 180-231-175—JA6

141-243-212—5M

222-182.191—593 178-180-234—59* 221-191-176—588 223-174-194—591

Stars A good-sized crowd contributed

to the Infantile Paralysis Fund as a result of the game.

Second 10-Bout Program Set For Wednesday by Kiwanians; Another Good House Expected

Five local boys will be occupying prominent spots on Wednesday night's card of amateur bouts at the Junior High, according to Joe Zeno, promoter for the Kiwanis Club's second fistic session. Zeno has completed his list of 20 fighters for the nine three-rounders and one-five main eveht that will make up the 10-scrap program.

The Amsterdam swing and sock boys include Freddie Wilson, who will be going in the semi-final against Tommy Williams of Albany. Along with Wilson are Ken House, 170-pounder; Johnny Morrello, 150; Teddy Syzdek, 145, and Carl Kolterman, 122, all of whom are down to meet out-of-town opponents.

© Card Better . Says Joe £>, -- With the Gloversville Blond

to settle Albany-Sch'dy Fuss in Week

After returning from Columbus,

O.. yesterday. Albert E. Houghton

said that it was hoped a sett le­

ment would be reached sometime

this week in regards to a terri-

— S S T T (Calif) 37.

BeU May Solve NAFL Makeup Into Divisions

P H I L A D E L P H I A . Jan. 23—<JP> —Unless there is a last minute change of heart the 13 National-American Footbal l League owners will ask Commissioner Bert Bell to solve another problem today— the divisional makeup of the pro circuit.

It was the portly $30,000 a year commissioner who solved the com­plex draft problem after the own ers debated fruitlessly for 72 hours. Under Bell's system, the owners and coaches drafted 390 players of the week-end.

The owners gave up in disgust Friday morning on the subject of dividing the circuit into two Work­ing divisions. They tabled the dis-

ion and went aheatj on the problem:

CARACAS. Venezuela - Sand\ Saddler. 131, Rrookljn. knocked but Pedro Firpo. 131. Camden, N. J., (11.

Only 12 players participated In every game their t eam played during the four year history of the A l l ^ m e r i c a pro football con-ferenct .

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Andy DlLorento, Carpet City Cla*«lc l e a g u e . . Clem Malerkl, Polish Rowling League . .." Don K n u a U M . Saturday Clast ic League T. Hardnnla, Fifth Ward l e a g u e Alex SlaxrlkU, Business Men's League Ray Fox. F.Iks League 177-213-191—581

193-201-191—585 l92-207-18ft-^V85 20f i l9«-182—584 183-208-193—584 200.J3 4-I49—583

Marlon Paquel te , Women's Major League . Rose DILorrnso, Women's Major League . . France* Calvano, Women's Major l e a g u e . Bet ty Heller, Women's .Major l e a g u e Grace P o l l U n o . Women's Major League . . . Gloria Bar lwge la ia . Tark Hill l a d l e s League 8 y l \ U PartTka, Women's Major L e a g u t

• • • « • • • • . .

Ifil-203-18A—544 173-t07-155—535 199-162-173—534 I8I-I32-I94—327 I 49-HMV-201—510 171-187.172—510 178-1*3-160—501

Galway Cop* Four-County Decision From Stratford

GALWAY. Jan. 23—Galway High School cagers turned in a 43-25 victory Friday night in their Four-County League meet ­ing with Stratford at Stratford.

Tom Mansfield led C,alwa\ with l."> points, while Dick Stangie con­tributed, eight to the total .

Galway led all the way . The junior varsity game also

went to Galway. the Jayvees tak­ing a closely-fought 23-22 deci­sion.

This is Charlie Spoidel's 24th season as Penn S t a t e wrest l ing coach. He was absent only during war l ervjc t .

sked if he though the owners would turn the division problem over to him for set t lement . Bell said the chances were very good.

"I doubt if they will be able to get the necessary 11 out of 13 votes to approve any plan submit ted by a member. However, it's up to the brothers in the lodge to decide if they want me to do the Job."

Under the N A F L constitution. the commissioner is empowered to make a final and unappealable decision on any subject turned over to him by the owners . He did that with the draft, walking on a lot of toes and making them like it.

If the divisional question is turned o \ e r to the commissioner, here's how the teams probably will be divided, according to a spokesman close to the commis­sioner:

I — Philadelphia, Washington* N e w York Giants, Chicago Cardi­nals, Cleveland Browns and Pit ts­burgh.

2—Detroi t , Green Bay. Los An­geles. San Francisco, Chicago Bears and N e w York Bulldogs.

3 - - B a l t i m o r e probably will be the swing team, playing each of the other league teams o n c e - s i x games at home and six games away. The colts could bo placed in e i ther division for s tanding pur­pose*.

The other clubs would then play home and home g a m e s with five teams in their o w n division; one game wi th a club from the op­posite sect ion and the swing team.

U A n A f - f x \ a f - t l A Bomber. Dick Tutt le . facing Ti to 1 1 U U C I I I k j C l U C White of Albany in the m a i n

a. event. Zeno v iews this presenta­tion as better than the one wi th which the Kiwanis Club revived local boxing two weeks ago.

Both Joe and the Kiwanis "com­mittee , headed by Julius Szyjkow-ski, are expecting another good house. The previous show lured 1,000-plus and was a financial suc­cess. Ringside t ickets, available several days, arc reported going fast, but in order to avert a repeti­tion of a shortage of ring scats ,

, , « ., , i there will be more chairs placed tona l agreement between the Al- a r o u n d ^ ^ ^ d r c ] e P bany and Schenectady baseball clubs.

While in Columbus, Houghton, Canadian-American League presi­dent, studied similar agreements between other clubs in the minor leagues wi th George Trautman. president of the National Profes­sional Baseball Leagues ( the minors) .

Meet During Week

Houghton, after studying these other agreements , feels that a solution to the local problem can be obtained. H e announced that he will mee t wi th Tom JMcCaffrey, Albany owner, and Pe te McNear-ney, Schenectady Blue Jay presi­dent, some day this week.

The Can-Am prexy hopes that an agreement can be reached be­fore Saturday, at which time the league will hold a meet ing in Schenectady to draw a schedule for the 1950 season.

The announcement that the present territorial agreement with Albany would not be renewed w a s made Dec . 31. The current agree- a c t » ° n ment, under which Schenectady operated in the Can-Am League for four years, will expire Jan. 31.

Tut tie's First '50 Start Tutt le , who will weigh in around

165, will be making his first 1950 start . He fought here sev­eral t imes before and expects to cl imax his current campaign by defending the middleweight Gol­den Gloves title he now has won two years running. Tut t l e h a s been working out in the v ic ini ty of Northvi l le for his opening shot of the y e a n

The Gloversville boy w a n t s t o put Whi te away so that a reap­pearance can be made here in a future main event against the w in ­ner of the Wilson-Will iams tangle , a possible m a t c h talked of by Zeno,

A three-round special will pre­cede the semi-final involving Wil ­son and Wil l iams and wil l offer two boys who appeared on t h e inaugural Kiwanis card, Pat Sar -ruth of Schenectady and Charlie Tucker of Albany.

They were in the curtain raiser here, Tucker taking the decision after a fast bout wi th plenty of

Since then they filled in as main go subst i tutes in Schenec­tady, Sarruth scoring this time^on a split decision for his 23th w i n

According to baseball law S c h e - ' L " , S ^ L T h a t p U t s t h e i r , o c a l

nectady is within Albany's t e r - ^ A 4 ! ? , n t h e n a t u r e o f a r u b b e r

r i t o r y . T h e rule gives Albany t er - | w i l s n n riorial rights within a 10-mile " looked impressive last

radius, which is measured t r o m ' l i m Pn ^ , i " S t

tR c " b ° n D o x t c r a n t *

the city l imits of the cities in­volved. The city l imits of Albany and Schenectady are approximate­ly five mi les apart.

SPORTS ROUNDUP

By HUGH FULLERTON JR.

N E W YORK. Jan. 23—VP>—As an old-time baseball player. Shag Shaughnessy , president of the In­ternational League, often deplores the disappearance of many of the "smart" plays that once were common. . . And he has his own explanation f o r that disappear­ance—night baseball. . . "We used to have a lot of pick-off plays, better than the one Cleveland used in the 1948 World Series, rundown plays and the like. . . We used to get out at 10 o'clock in the morning and work on them," Shag l a y s . . ~, "Now, with night games , the players don't get a chance to work on such things. -They-repor t -a t - s ix -o ' c lock- take -a long batt ing practice that doesn't do any good because they have a coach or outfielder throwing. They can't work on plays because the other t eam in the stand. So they go Into the clubhouse for a cig­arette and coke and they're tired when the game begins. . . I try to persuade managers to get the players out at noon for real prac­tice, then send them home to rest before the game, but they're lazy, too. They won't do it."

is anxious to turn in another pleasing performance. He has his eye set on feature bouts and w a n t s to get out of the three-round c lass as quickly as possible. A good job against Wil l iams will help accom­plish this.

. Sllvlda B a c k One of the lads appearing on

the program is Vince Silvida of Troy, who shows plentv of r ing

, ta lent . The Troy boy scored a two-round TKO against Harrv Anderson in the Jan. 11 bouts and is sure to be welcomed back by the customers . He's meet ing Ger­ald Mattison. 135-pounder, from Salem.

The other Amsterdam boys are matched as fol lows:

Ken House vs . Jim Peck, 170 Johnstown.

Johnny Morrello vs. Willie Bark­er. 150, Selkirk.

Teddy Syzdek vs. George Pick-e n n g , 145. Glenville.

, „ ? * - K o I t e r m * n vs. Al Smith , 122. Troy.

Other bouts: _ Frank .Mignolia, 122.-Albany v s ~ Dave Peck, 122. Johnstown , Bobby Burns, 155. Schenec tady

vs. Boh Jackson. 156. Trov.

Curt Brushoff One of the lads who worked

with Nat Holman, CCNY basket­ball coach, at his c a m p last Sum-mer was Curt Norris, currently captain of the Colgate cage team. . . . Nat was aghast when he saw Norris shoot ing fouls in a most unorthodox way . . . Curt's under hand shots are released from the heel of his hand, leaning back­wards, instead of from the finger­tips wi th a flat-footed stance. . . Holman worked for a month try­ing to correct Curt's form without visible results. . .^Final ly Norris gave up and allowed he'd return to his old form. . . Result: a last report Curt was the nation's lead­ing foul shooter wi th 51 on 59 at­tempts .

r Hockey. Jtesulta

All but one of the N e w York Giants' home night games will be played ei ther on a Tuesday or Fri­day this season. Eight nocturnal games are on Fridays, five on Tuesdays and the final on Wed-nesday. Sept . 6, against the Bos­ton Braves .

Last nichl's scores: National League

Toronto 1. Detroit 0. Montreal 5, Boston 4. Chicago 4, N e w York 3.

American League Cincinnati 5. Hershey 2. Pittsburgh 3. Buffalo 3 N e w Haven 4. Cleveland 1. Indianapolis 10. Springfield 3. Saturday's scores:

National League Montreal 3, Boston 1. Toronto 2, N e w York 1. Detroit 5. Chicago 3.

American League Buffalo 3. Hershey 3 Cleveland 7. Springfield B. Providence 6. Pittsburgh 4. St. Louis 5, Cincinnati 3.

i Veteran Boxing Coach Of Penn State Paste*

LANCASTER. Pa.. Jan. 23-<.r> — f u n e r a l services wil l be held Wednesday for Leo F. Houck. »onn State's boxing coach, who died at his home in Lancaster Saturday. He was fit.

Houck. who was one of the n*. jinn's best-knowT! boxing coaches , had been confined to his home since last Fall fol lowing an opcr-ation Aug. 22, for cancer.

He had been the NIttany Lions* boxing mentor for 27 years .

W^cons ln s U n d s ^ R n t h a m o n g

the s tates in the number of hunt­ing l icenses sold, w i t h 42L34A.

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