Colonials Meet West Virginia Tonight for SC Title |Etocnitiq Jsfaf Jspcrris GW Is Favored ! Mcdermott Says Poona II Choice D
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Colonials Meet West Virginia Tonight for SC Title |EtocnitiQ Jsfaf Jspcrris GW Is Favored ! McDermott Says Poona II Choice D. I Washington, ** C., Saturday, Mar. 5, 1955A-12Alter Close Win V ->-S. [ Starters Could Today in Rich Over Richmond • I (Use More Relief San Juan'Cap Final Apt to Prove I Mickey Feels's4 Club Determine, Rejected An Anticlimax After ¦ Could Have Won an Also in Field of 13; ¦9. '4- Last Night's Thriller Additional 20 Games 50,000 to See Race By George Huber By Burton Hawkins By th*Associated Press Star Correspondent Staff By o Star Staff Correspondent ARCADIA, Calif.. Mar. s.—ln- RICHMOND, Mar. s.—Practi- jy H 'v. v ORLANDO. Fla., Mar. 5. ternational racing stars, led by cally anything that happens to- Maury McDermott is convinced Irish-bred Poona n. make a bid night will be an anticlimax as . m„ t 11,, |^f. „ the Senators could have won 20 for fame and money today in the I' ' 1 George Washington GARYS j * • more games last season with a SIOO,OOO Capis- defends its zU 1 T t7«SL <t« i added San Juan Southern Conference basketball H Vi £ ‘ M \mni-~rm < crack relief pitcher and cites his trano Handicap at Santa Anita title against West Virginia in the H W JH own case as an example of where i Park. tournament final at 8 pm. at W | the club would have benefitted Upward of 50,000 fans are ex- | by more help from the bullpen. ¦V - the Richmond Arena. pected to watch the running of m Mr W W affi McDermott, a loose-jointed Mi I The storybook finish last night | ; the last SIOO,OOO extravaganza of left-hander games as big Joe Holup and his fellow | who won 18 . , the waning Santa Anita meeting, Colonials squeaked past Rich- with Boston fn 1953, was a dis- post I disappointment with time set for around 8 mond in the semifinals will long | tinct with Wash- p.m. (EST). Ington winning only A be remembered here. Two sec- | , last season, Thirteen F t m i Holup drop- and losing 15. candidates were onds from the end 117 named for the mile and three- ped layup 1 : “It’s a rare pitcher these days in a for GW’s 67-65 lx quarter run over the Santa Anita triumph in a game that thrilled I who can go nine innings con- V ~' 1 grass course. jgpCf mIA a1 capacity crowd of 5,000 every ¦ t'" i sistently.” McDermott said. “Let’s i t i 11, «*„ % ; way. ¦ *Z~".' | take Bob Grim of the Yankees, H. H. Helbrush’s Poona ..¦¦*¦'*¦% sfesMM second of the seeking duplicate West Virginia defeated Wash- wr rw All «F for instance. He won 20 games.} ; to the per- ,1, hi" I pitched only ! formance of the great Irish horse ¦ i ington & Lee, 89-74, in the first I but he seven com- game, which plete games. The Yankees had i Noor. who won both the rich the Mountaineers I i Handicap and ; way. those good relief pitchers to get 1 Santa Anita the p- controlled all the But that I Capistrano on . -jql jH was nothing to compare —Star Staff Photo by John Mueller. him out of jams. San Juan in 1950 v with successive ends, |' the thriller George Washington only seven games, week was the \||B i THE ANSWER TO WASHINGTON’S SHORTSTOP PROBLEM? Bob Kline, candidate for “Iwon but probable betting choice. and Richmond put on in the shortstop, as pegs a play I pitched 12 compete games.” nightcap. shows a lot of bounce he to first base in simulated double as the Sena- W|V Hi H yk. tors hold an infield workout at Orlando, Fla. Kline, ex-Yankee farmhand, who batted .319 Maury continued. “My earned- Poona II Carries 122. Off what the an average Colonials did last with Birmingham of the Southern Association last season, could be the shortstop the Senators run last season was 3.44. The Irisher’s convincing vic- night, they are regarded as a j compared with 3.01 in 1953. I tory over same have been seeking for the last 20 years. Pete Runnels (right), playing base, threw some of these *'Vm tBWB m9|Kmkct slim- favorite to retain their second the don’t believe that slight differ- horses, notably Andy Crevoiin’s ball Kline this - V' HK %. Vni crown.¦¦ to to start play. ence in earned run average Determine and the King Ranch’s Holup Scores 27 Points. “ could account for the difference Rejected in the Santa Anita last West Virginia beat GW in their \ of 11 games in the win column. week, figured to make him a real only meeting this year, 83-74, Santee Seeks Record D. C. Gloves Team Nashua, Summer Tan, Weighs 26 Pounds Less. threat. at Morgantown, gaining its edge I “Ican’t say it’s the breaks— i Poona 11, however, carries nine ffl| Jk at the foul line as generally : pounds jßMmmHr i the Colonials I Leaves Today for you make your own more—l22—than he did .J»l JHhhß Immmm outscored the Mountaineers from i With Pacer Barred Boston Doge Head breaks—but against the Yankees ! a week ago, and the distance is ¦F HR |H the floor. New York Tourney I’d be going along pretty well. a half-mile longer. Holup. a 6-foot-6, 220-pound Washington's . they'd bloop a hit, somebody Shoemaker, junior | Golden Glovers Willie the national from Swoyersville, Pa., From K. of C. Mile were to leave today for New York 125 Derby Nominees I would boot one, then they’d come riding champion last year, has has been George Washington’s and the Eastern Tournament of up with a solid hit or two and the ride on Poona again. The H: '- player By the Associated Press I By th* Associated Press HjF ** *tfcA -i most solid all season, al- i Champions opening Monday I they'd have a big inning where colt was coupled with another MT wSSSoei though generally outscored by NEW YORK. Mar. s.—Cowboy night. LOUISVILLE. Ky.. March .5.- | they should have had nothing, Helbush entry, an outsider captain. Corky his teammate and will try succeed champions n was years as Nearque. night, Holup Wes Santee to Two and six alfer- Nashua, Summer Tan, Bostoi “It one of those named Devlin. But last of the greatest run- will the as *'™ w™ where some | nates represent District far I’m concerned. I don’t Rejected, Westrope ! i came into his own, taking top Doge and most of the other mori ¦ e with Jack —AP Wlrephoto. history since none of the six Navy or believe I ever really got into Ij aboard and weighted was scoring honors with 27 points ners in have failbd in promising three-year-olds werie at 124. Marine fighters whe won titles condition. Last year I reported a seventh place disappointment PETCAVICH’S LONE GOAL—Joe Petcavich of George Wash- and, most important all, get- Knights I of the of Columbus Games Thursday night eligible among 125 nominees announcec :d here weighing 210 pounds. This ington University has to go over top of Ed Harrison of the ting the final basket two seconds 1 are to last week but he likes the dis- tonight when he races the mile compete. today for the 81st Kentuck; L y year I’m 184. That’s 26 pounds tance, presumably was short In University of Richmond to make his lone goal in the semifinal 'before the end of a sensational carry game. against the clock in Madison The champions willfight I don’t have to around. training for the Santa of the Southern Conference tournament last night who Derby. helps.” Anita round in Square New York We'll see if that and in addition to winning the An early GW lead practically Garden. In are Walter Taylor, The 1955 renewal, offering * Richmond. Corky Devlin of GW stands by. Petcavich sank pounds, Horne, t It’s significant ’Cap last year, was evaporated at the half and dis- Down through the years ; 126 and John 175 purse of $125,000 instead o: that when Mc- Santa Anita six fouls for eight points in GW’s 67-65 victory. Joe Holup, ! . pounds. "T Dermott won 18 games he started a rousing second in the San appeared entirely as the Spiders they’ve all had pacemakers— Other members of the SIOO,OOO year, will be rut with 27 points, was the big scorer as GW moved into tonight’s Joseph Stewart, 112; this . 30 and finished only 8 forged in front midway through Nurmi, Cunningham and right ; team: May 7—the traditional firs under Juan. final against West Virginia. Holup also sank the winning ! Nielsen, who | Charles Driver, 118; Mark Kava- , manager Lou Boudreau. Last the final half. Toward down to Gunnar Saturday May—over ’’ Pounds the end naugh, in the season, Bucky 126 for Determine. basket in the final seconds. the1 Colonials up game . 135: Stew-art Grimes, tomery with Harris handi- i tied the holds the current indoor mile mile and a quarter aII capped by adequate re- Determine, the little gray, once a 147; John Martone, 160, and lack of three times and had two- Churchill Downs. pitchers, again carries high weight of 126 point lead, but. with two min- Charles Ware, heavyweight. j lief McDermott was i | Given an average field of 1<¦0 longer, pounds to the post, including Overtime Loss Heartbreaker for Virginia utes and 25 left, Permission Given Paddy Kane of the CYO will forced to stick around seconds the starters, gross >e ! Ray York.