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THE TERRE HAUTE STAR, MONDAY, DECEMBER 26. 1949 San Francisco's Wiiiie Wong Gives New Slant to King Size Cage Teams BY JIM O'l-EARY NEW YOI)K. Dec 25 In these niEhts if --even-foot plus players. William Wong of the University of San Francisco one of the wonders of the athletic world. Willie Wong, a Chinese boy is a 5-foot 4-inch guard on a college learn defending a national championship.

He weighs 125 pounds. doesn't play like most little men." says Pete Newell. "He things in a and routine manner. Most little guys are mere- i Minister Combines Magic and Religion Emphasizes Points In His Sermons ly spectacular, chasing opponents air.tind. Wi'h whqn you break a r'-i'rihlo stop, he is right in 1 1 of you.

HP man on re- aiuajs in the proper WEE WILLIE Wonz is hailed as the best set shot in the San Fran- riscn Bay area, with his soft one- hand push. He has hit for a better than 60 per cent mark. 'He tosses up a dead ball." explains Coach Newell. "If it doesn't go in. it lays up there This way a percentage that drop in.

"All great players have that; touch." Sophomore Wong. 22. played i with the twice World Champion St. Man's Chinese Mis- 1 sum of San Francisco. His broth- prs.

George and Henry, are with that team this Winter. The Mission captured its first title jn Seattle in 1946. and the tournament's most-valuable player uas Willie Wong. t'OACH NEWELL happened to be present, which is how young Wong Rut to the University of San Fran- Orientals in basketball are few and fjr between, principally because of their typically small Mature. This has been especially in more recent years, with height being stressed to such a great extent.

Lack of height in a tall man's game hampered Wong. too. At San Francisco's Polytechnic High, he was a member of the 3()s. which amounted to a squad limited to lads of 130 pounds or THE WONGS were brought up on basketball Willie. George and Henry and the oldest sister, Helen, also leans toward tennis.

Willie is the third of bcven San Francisco-born children. But it wasn't until the boys persuaded Father Forrester, a Fordham graduate and pastor of the Mission Church, to send them to Seattle for the Oriental Tournament that Willie Wong got the chance to prove himself, and re- reived the opportunity for an education at the University of San Francisco. Now he Is recognized as the slickest of the. newcomers with a veteran championship squad, which toured the east during the holidays. Woo Woo Wong gives San Francisco a fresh slant on basketball.

It Takes a Cab To Catch a Cab WASHINGTON (API Cab Driver M. H. Rodill reported to his' employer that his cab had been stolon. The company reported the ihefi to police and announced it on the radio system by which it dispatches its cars. I Driver Carl C.

Nestor heard thei news about the same time he saw the stolen cab flash past him headed for Baltimore. He set out after it, reporting its location by radio from time to time. Less than 20 minutes later Maryland State Police pulled down the fleeing car and arrested the driver. SHORT basket Is a long way off for Willie Wong, but. standing on the shoulders of teammate.

6-foot-6 Don Lofgran, San Francisco's remarkable little Chinese boy makes it simple. Midwest Tourney Continued From Page 16 go on to Pasadena College Jan. 2 and Westmont Jan. 3. Evansville, defeated only by Butler and a couple of Kentucky teams, will travel to Marshall Tuesday night and to Louisville Thursday.

No games are scheduled among Hoosier Conference teams. Earlham will entertain Hope Thursday and Anderson will take on Ball State Friday. IMJIA.VA COLLEGE RECORDS THE mo FOUR CARNEGIE. Dec. 25 a skeptic tells Rev.

Ted IV. Voorhees. pastor of the Car- 1 negie Methodist Church, that he does not believe in the Biblical i miracles because he doesn't derstand them, Voorhees has a comeback. Standing in the pulpit. Voor! hees takes an empty cylinder and magically produces yard after yard of cloth.

A competent semi-professional magician, he completely mystifies the congregation. "IF I CAN do this." he tells the skeptic, "and you do not understand, what must God be able to do with his ominous powers?" Thirty years ago. Voorhees saw Houdini perform. He was so en-' chanted by the master magician that he talked about doing the 1 tricks himself. When his wife, questioned his ability in magical directions, Voorhees became even more determined and taught him-; self a few basic tricks.

For the last 27 years, he has' been practicing magic from the pulpit. He has recruited several: hundred young ministers of all denominations to this theory of teaching faith in God through magic. i VOORHEES believes that "one 1 way to religious thinking is through magic. I tell the story ofJ Jesus providing the multitude by i the sea shore with a single loaf; and a single fish." i And, with a mysterious stunt, i 1 he takes a piece of paper money! and proceeds to multiply it. The I "multiplying bill trick" serves to illustrate the point to the congre-j gation.

particularly to the chil- dren who love his magical sermons, Voorhees performs for many local clubs and organizations and has written books on the use of' magic in churches. He has known famous magicians personally and served as president of the local chapter of the International Brotherhood of Magicians. Despite the fact that the Methodist Church no longer requires it. Voorhees continues to wear the clerical collar. He believes a minister should be easily recognized as such.

Besides his interest in magic, Voochees is also a student of psychology. He's a certified psychological examiner for Pennsylvania public schools, and is working for his doctor's degree in the subject. water is in transit in a canal system could be saved, Goslin said. He explained that the operating costs of the irrigation company could be reduced considerably by eliminating ditch-riders, who continually check canals for breaks and seepage. Hazards of the Dance Thieves Are Thieves PLASTIC IRRIGATION PIPE SOUGHT ABERDEEN, Idaho Plastic linings for canals may be the next step to expand the West's irrigated acreage.

Ival Goslin, manager of the Aberdeen-Springfield Canal Company, says from 15 to 50 per cent of the West's irrigation water could be saved through use of plastic tubings. No cost estimates have been made of such an installation, he adds. If a canal lining program could prove feasible practically all the irrigation water now lost by evaporation and seepage while the SOME EGG! The egg of the ostrich is larger than that of any other living bird. Ostrich eggs measure six to seven inches in diameter and, incidentally, require about 40 minutes or longer for thorough boiling. I URBANA.

of Illinois dances are getting rough. 1 Ernest Kaufman, of Paterson. 'N. left one dance with a broken 'collar bone and spent the rest of the evening in hospital. It happened during a "shoe" i dance when co-eds lined up on one side of the ballroom and tossed one shoe into a pile in the center.

'Male students, at a signal, darted for the shoes to find the owners. Kaufman got to the shoe pile early early, and he was carried away. PROMPT SERVICE ON LOANS Buy Improve Refinance Merchants Loan and Savings Association 17 South 6th Street. Clyde W. Andrews, Sec.

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