Minneapolis Daily Times from Minneapolis, Minnesota • 13

TT77 -1-: M-v I-- V'' y-h': 1- A d--x-Ar tWv'in 1 i- 1 Ey HD Jim McIntyre Intyre counted but 68 point! in conference games laet year two Gopher scoring marts at Ida eonthmaa 'ha figure to at least 114136 which win break the old time mark of 106819 with atm two games to play The Gophers will rest today Despite the foot that Joe Holewa has seen a lot of service as a guard this week MacMillan said yesterday he starts Ms regular lineup of McIntyre Bud Grant Jack Young Louis Brewster and Xd Keman is at Illinois in the Big Nine game tomorrow night The Hoosiers who have lost two' gam must -win to stay in ths title race Wisconsin plays Northwestern at the Chicago sta- dlum while Michigan meets Iowa at Iowa City Jim also may become the flnt Gopher to lead the Big Nine inscoring since Harold GlDen shared the crown with Qllnoe' Woode in 1817 Frank Lawler is the only Gopher to win an undiaputed Bearing crown He led the league in 1B11 Jaroa waa second to Max Morris of Northwestern who counted 189 last year With the Iowa game Monday a complete aeUout and just a few general admission ducats left for the 1 Purdue game Minnesota will set a new' attendance mark 84136 fans have watched the Gophers pfaty thla season The week-end crowds will lift this By eounting 14 polnta against Purdue tomorrow night at the fleldhouse Jim can break Kleggio an time season total of Ml polnta Efghtyono polnta in the remaining four gamee will give Jim IN for the conference sea-eon or one more than Tony Jana aeond laet year when he net the Minnesota record for Mg Nine play McIntyre la 11 polnta ahead of Janse1 IMS pace With four gamee to play Tony had 107 polnta while Jim haa 1UL Me- By JOB BKlCillJKB New Hfmk Greenberg who only last Sunday announced he wee retirement from baseball may yet be an active player this season-wlth the New York Yankees This waa learned today from a reliable source who claimed he "knew" that President Larry MacPhall of the Yankees had sounded out Frank McKinney owner -of the Pittsburgh Pirates via telephone to ask if Greenberg eras for sale The informant entd MacPhall offered tee Pirates mow money than they -paid to the Detroit club for release Neither MacPMaU nor McKinney could he reached immediately for comment KHM Bolstad Joins Staff Although Greenberg would tee last ana to eay eolt la that tee mejor gas hing weald Jnmp at tea chance to phqr ia He heme town New York That MacPhall and' Bueky Harris manager of tee Yankees am interested in Greenberg Is borne Out by reply to a direct question' put to him at a recent press THEY GOT 'EM ON RIGHT Coach Dwight McLaughlin of state tournament hockey team kelps Goalie Bob Moran on with the heavy stuff preceding his 8-0 shutout against South St Paid By BOB SHANNON Las Bolstad the man who helped reeetabUah golf as an lnterooQegiata sport at the UMvereHy of Minneoota bade in the late 1830s was heading back to a Job with his alms mater today follow -Ing approval of his appointment to the university athletic taff by the board of regents Bolstad will supervise the golf course and coach the golf team teach in the college of physical education and travel about the state conducting golf clinics In cooperation with the yeararaund high achool program Bolstad got into golfing as a caddyat the old Recreation field course when he was 11 years' old When he wee a sophomore at' the university in 1936 golf was revived on in intercollegiate basis and he was coach and captain in 1937 1838 and 1839 He won the Big Ten Individual championship in 1827 and 1928 the Gophers winning the team title also the latter year Bolstad one of the state's beet competitive gotten waa state junior champion in 1934 and pubttnX- titllst in iaas He haa Won the Minnesota Amateur title a state Open champion four times state publinx winner twice and state PGA pacer once He' amt Joe Coria of St Paul set the existing national PGA best-ball record of 69 against Chick Hubert and Mike Turnean in the Golden Valley invitational best-ball tournament in 1944 Pro at Westwood Hllla and until now at Golden Valley he haa tutored nationally famous women golf ere Including Patty Berg Beverly Hanson of Fargo Dot Kielty now of Los Angeles and Helen Dettweller now of Indio Ckiif Asked whether he was still interested in obtaining the vet in first baseman-outfielder Harris answered "We certainly would be interested In him provided he were a free Before Greenberg can pass back into the American league as a member of the Yankees the Pirates would first need to obtain waivers on him from the seven other National league That is possible' for the same reason that seven American league clubs waived on Hank when he was sold to tee Pirates The sale price and tee salary Hank demsmiM simply makes Mm too expensive a chattel for most clubs PAUL HOFFMAN Purdue star Page 13 Friday February 14 MASKEDMAN Kavoukjian West wing man adjusts his' spectacles mask and is ready to go He earned one assist in the victory over South St Pool Feairs ff Irslighfi TOM BRIERS Louie Lopate still haa his doubts over the right of Edison to be leading the MiimaapoMa high school basketball league And he lean an off night for his maybe tonight against Roosevelt at the Auditorium The other day Louie said: the season opened if anyone had told me that be leading the league at this stage I'd have told him he waa crazy But now it'e an actuality and Tin a little pusded by it an West Six Faces Speedy Johnson COLUMN "Our scrap and terrific shooting percentage has held ua up" Louis continued "but Fn wor- Ascension By PHIL BRONSON Minneapolis West turned ia a bang-up performance last night as It defeated South St Paul for the fourth straight shutout of tea State Hockey tournament An enthusiastic crowd of 5J500 appeared at tha St Paul Auditorium for the afternoon and evening games of tha opening day during which Roseau whipped St Cloud 5-0 Eveleth tramped Willmar 60 and Johnson defeated Rochester 4-0 Two cheer leaders on skates majorette and figure skaters supplied additional entertainment Donnelly Could Lose and Still Be Fine Prospect AAU Entries ried for tear the string might run out Wo had a bad night yet and Tm afraid one la earning If wo don't hsvo a had not having one is the sign of a sound team -then IT believe we're a good aggregation' Edison protecting a five-game winning skein draws MO Roosevelt In the 7:80 opener at the Auditorium tonight and victory will clinch a playoff spot with only two games remaining Then the boys will be able to relax and Lopate can work harder toward Tom WaHnekl and Bob Spear By Dick Cunum Being Taken The aemlflnalN fur this eve see Roseau va Eveleth at 7:58 and Johnson vs West at Idt Afternoon coneote-tam games: ft OoodWlllmar 136 and Rochester South ft Paul 434 W- (5) St CM Tacit (0) AN ASSIST FOR WILLIAMS Ed Williams team manager gets fas hands in on ths victory helping Center Kevin Farley of West (who got two assists get shod for tke action Daily Timet Photos by Tommy Lea MNAA six wO aea dnty loeeau Individual trophies for members of the winning team plus team trophies for the next three places win be awarded in the 17th annual' State AAU basketball tournament Director Johnny Bammon said today The meet which opens at the Ascension dub March 3 and rune through March 9 win not have a playoff for third place this year A flip of the coin will decide third and fourth places Separate brackets for out state and Twin Cities teams wUl be used Entries filing fee covering team and player sanction) am now being received by Bammon at the Ascension dub ia LD ED Christ lAnson Whiter Lff Tboll Bstmctrlner RW Broker Robnui sntre-Gund Writer Btertmsn mgs Soastang Petenoh BL Cloud Tseh Mrrihhfn kitar Istin Ifrnlriufrrr period: Morin- Bjorfcmsa (Bunn) fclR BursH (Otmoq) Chrte- Ray Robinson Up for Hearing THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME DOTOT THAT VINCE Donnelly can win the heavyweight championship in the Northwest Golden Gloves tournament and maybe it would be Just aa well if he It is deu now that Donnelly is not by at least a year-to bid gerioos-hy for a championship In the Chicago tour-t nament If Jw won hero and went to Chicago with the equipment he now caniee ha might run into some experienced and dangerous fellow who would set him back a long way A boy who la not yet 17 years old ho matter how much natural ability he has might find himself out over hie head in that Chicago tournament never seen a heavyweight ao for advance! at 16 as Dounefly I or one who med to have such bright prospects But the thing to beu in mind and to emphasis with gnat force la that then la no hurry The point la that then would be noth- lug for Vince to bo discouraged about if he happened to bo nosed out in the semifinals or finals hen next Monday and teat In fact It might be a hires Ing in disguise What difference does it make whether he wins hie national Trotter Stay Here To Workout regulars Jerry MHcheU Kl merger BU Hoilom Mm Felegy Butch Kocoe and Pete Guay Edison ia figured to win going away by 10 points or mom but stranger things have 1 happened than ths favorite losing in haakathaH task will be one of stopping Roosevelt's Dan McKinney that dona them la little to tear from the Ted- Bmd Irntluu Biuusbi (hoi iuin riSTSwii: RJurtauute nnSKirittl ta Willmar (0) Uft ED Lloyd Lundeen opened the dam for West in the second period by scooting all the way from his own blue line to flick the puck past the fine goalie Steve Radallch who made many excellent saves BUI MeSkddau aoored In tha aaoond and In tha final period tea find Cowboys romped all over the bo-fuddled Packers with Bob Ed-hind McFadden and Lundeen getting honors Best players of the day In the opinion of many were tee exceptionally test and deft Johnson Govonon who poured in four goals against Rochester in tee second period Agile alert Dave Raipke scored thrice and Dale Santerpsho upheld tha and Una lqr scoring on an assist from Gene Nsrdini Jim Ren-strom All-State last seasoq made two assists Center Rube BJorkman Ro-seeuV "MasbM Marvel" and always popular with the crowd played an outstanding game aa he sewed two goals to pace tee defending champions to victory over a good St Cloud sextet little goalie John Bates contributed the beet net-minding Job of the day despite tee six goals Eveleth managed to score against him Wellrated Eveleth was not in good form for tee encounter and underrated Willmar threatened consistently Dick Petenon Eveleth winjgman 'made three goals set up by playmakers Roainka Matchefts and Kar-vela Tickets for today and Saturday are available at Fleld-Schllck and the St Paul auditorium Reserved seats general admlaalon 60 cents' jotmoon Bw1rispoiW TBon1t B'ttoUt BUMwap Brinks flfeotf Peterson In the contest North attempts to stay In the running with a victory over helter-skelter West which is hopelessly out of the race but always a threat With Bob McCraney who has been sick all week and Jerry Kelly hooping from the front court Wllhusr MUM Write Maoris Pint period: Bearing KsrreU to peter- KM MstdMfts (B IkotsiT UM ITsseanl) fSBSltp- Ray Trotter Davila Lake lightweight is taking his semifinal Golden (Rove bout with Ray Noseo at tha Auditorium Monday very seriously While an tee rest of the out state battlers returned home yesterday Trotter remained in' town to work out Minneapolis with six boxers in the tournament is the favorite for tee team' championship Bill Guernsey local bantamweight ia stffi in the meet but bis accomplishments count toward the team championship since he win a city title i 1 at 16 IT or 18 a till be ahead of schedule period: Peterson Pr tenon iltarvelai aWWa Sa wnibwi ieeMoHeia ses aa Heei Frierson tMutchefU) PenilUos-Von- New York Sugar Ray Robinson welterweight champion meets tee New York state athletic commission today to tell his story of a $25000 bid he received last August to earn in oyer weight for his bout with Marty as a means of causing cancellation of the fight In Madison Square Garden' Servo however retired with a nose injury and the fight Waa abandoned Meanwhile the general probe into "fixing" of fights moved forward aa Canadian lightweight champion Danny Webb made a voluntary trip from Montreal to answer questions pit the district office yesterday Inspector Danny Dowd said there is a definite link between' Montreal and New York In sports irregularities After his talk the grand Jury issued a subpena for Sammy Aaronson New York and books of Aaronson and Tommy Dk his partner -na BAtes A Little niffe at That Johnson (4) Rochester (0) Kashey Has No Sympathy Puma anf jf i 'Cntelrdteu BwaiifOB Kardlnl BsnUfBrira spores: Wainor mnch AImub- Bflsooou Tulmo Fteri pariod: Beortm Bone Penultteu Went period Bearing Briofco (Mini 41 BonUnriru (NaidlnOT Bclpku (Bcnrirotei ind Bwinsoii) eb Relpke riten-straui tad Bodta) RBS PcpaIUw Bomi uihtr aZssLr MAYBE YOU BEAD THAT BLAST ISSUED BY EDDIE CoOina general manager of Toni Yawkey'a Boston Red So against people who have been questioning the high salaries being paid such ban players aa Bob Feller and Ted Williams Eddie runs on something like this: -paying Williams gWhat we think he la worth at the gate Sick and tired of hearting the bleats from Pennock Griffith and BreadonWeta paying salary not They eame out to see Williams Once' and for all let these other guys stop their And a riod deal mom of the same uMHh ia gettiivveiy breve about spending another Sportsmen Win Rifle Meet The 8 Sportsmen defeated the Fostofflce Rifle chib and the Gopher rifle team in a Twin City rifle meet at the University yesterday with a score of 1862 The postoffioa dub had 1788 and the Gophers 1647 Waif (6) So St Paul Eighteen-year-old George Gor-dlenko will have the sympathy of the crowd when he meets Abe Kashey In the main event of the wrestling card at the Auditorium Tuesday but not from Abe Kashey 1 I like to see a kid make said Abe today "but not at my expense Gor-dienko may have a great future but too young and inexperienced tobe stepping Into the big time Thla game is my bpead ind butter too and it's every man for himself" -Signed today for the special vent warn Ken Fenekm the test Iowan and Tommy Bradley of Colorado Springs' Colo Bay Steele returns In the semi-windup to tackle Reginald Siki the Abyssinian money He may be sick and tired of hearing the Meats of Pennock Griffith and Bmadon but two cf these men Griffith and Braadon esn tell Eddie things he haa never Mamed about baseball They are etin worth listening ta MltMlllik DiiiirtllVi MaaC Wa i 8 jw Btiulshoker TCifOUtHin fridi BC Pud wroi Meyirs Btrilwki CAriBoa TIwb UndnsA PlnT period: Beortng Hone Hisuis Woog flpnltff period: Beortnt tundeen (unesriri- KVhdden (Purler) Penal" Purler To Fite in 10000 Lakes rd period: Bdlund (Luadoml Mendden Purler RE1 Lundeen iKu you khan) IftU Studebokur (Uluad) 11:21 PenaUko Builtli Keren ALAN RICE Hat Won Six Hatchet Monte gpdsHrti I Juanita Galltnf IrlK Ate Ball Gamear Cireu BEFORE IT IS POSSIBLE TO DECIDE ON THE JUSTICE Or injustice bf certain salaries it is necessary to decide whether 1 4 bau players' am being paid for being ben players or for being gate attractions Is baseball chiefly a game or is it a Circus? As a gate attraction Ted Williams ia undoubtedly many tlmes mom valuable than some of his teammates but he ii not many' times mom valuable aa a ban player How many people would he draw playing with is last place 1 inasmuch as baseball is a team game and the first objective is to win the player who contributes to hie victories haa a right to wonder why he paid on that basis instead of being discriminated against hr favor of a player who happens to have a flam for showmanship Bari Knew Rice Was Good the Chicagoan who won the intermediate championship in 1946 and last week earned a place bn the Olympics team by winning the 5000 meters at Como Chicagb ls sending 16 skaters to Minneapolis including Joe Prather who battled with Ed Buttle of Minneapolis for the National Outdoor Junior erown two weeks ago and Joan Holm now a Junior who won the girls' Juvenile crown last -year -The Chicago By BOB SHANNON Bob FItxgerald who won every event from second-place finisher Ken Barthoioinew last year is the only defending champion for Saturday and Sunday speedskating In tha 10000 Lakes meet at Powderhom Skating starts at 2:80 both days Fitzgerald did the improbable by winning seven- firsts while Ken placed second in all of them last year Including the mile two-mile and five-mile in which Bartholomew was favored This time Fits faces addition al competition from Ken Henry rid MlkoMt MMcrtSrtK mma CTftWteCr All champions have moved in the age groups since laetyear including Henry Dick Csrieoe (Junior titllst) Jim Danila (Juv nile) Betty Mitchell of Whral peg (intermediate)' Ardelle Meed (Junior) Miss Holm (juve nile) and Karen Mattsoq of St Paul- (midget)'- Miss Mitchell who won the North American senior women's championship will be after the title won last year by Eileen Whaley of Winnipeg with Gerry Scott tea girl to beat pound wrestling erown in 1945 and tha 138-pound championship in 1946 He conducted all of hie workouts at tee university within a stone threw of where the Gopher matmen were drilling So Bart has known about him for quite some time Rice is one of the bijg four of Gopher wrestling who have scored 8T af 116 polnta The 'others are Gale Abels and Garth Ldfoln who hsve counted 23 points and Vent Gagne who has aoored 30 Bartelman will send the reserves against Carielon tonight testing the regulars for the Kan sas State match tomorrow night and the State Teach-ere dual Monday Tha fact that Alan Rice has won six of eight matches and aoored 33 points for the Minnesota wrestling team this season is -not surprise Gopher Mat Coach Dave Bar telma Rice ia just a freshmen but Bart haa had his eyes on the SL Paul boy for some time Rice attended University high where won tea state 336- The conservatives believe that baseball should be played as a contest and players should be treated aa players They do not 4 believe that baseball should serve merely aa a backdrop for the antics of a few Individuals who happen to catchthefsncy of the crowd --And they may be right Kan Naur flame Sachar va: Mck RXIkank Fra -bom: iaa Pralhar -Harm Mm Jack Kaaiaa Jawnlla taw Mck I.