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Stands Stee Order Architect, Cost on Group To Make Stadium Study it can handle the work alone, sponse to a committee request Packers suggested enlarging time goes by." 'wooden stadium is increasing or whether it wants the Board' for an opinion on a possible, the seating capacity "first, be-! "For example," Bogda told and "the time for replacing of Public Works to take stadium site at Boland Rr. and cause we think we can fill. the meeting, "there isn't any; two-thirds of the stadium isn't charge. Military Ave. Ithem and, second, because it is i that 42,000 seats too far away." Monday night's session was, Packer Corp.

President Russ, increasingly difficult to sched-! would be sold if the Bear gamej Only opposition to the com a follow-up of committee con- Bogda told the meeting the ule games here." were played in Mitwaukee or'mittee's action was voiced by sideration of a report from the Packers had concluded that The Packer report said City that the same would be true if Aid. Leonard Jahn, an advo-Packers which suggested steelexpansion of the present sta-jStadium's 25,000 capacity limit Green Bay had that manyjcate for a new stadium at Mili-bleachers with a capacity of dium was the most economical jc a ed with Milwaukee seats." jtary Ave. and Boland between 30,000 and 32,000 and possibility since other faeili-County Stadium puts the club; In response to a question which the committee later or-pledged part of Packer gross; ties, as the press box, were al- at a considerable handicap in from Aid. Robert Bittner, com-! dered bought as a park or gate receipts to help pay for ready present. Ischeduling games in Green mittee chairman, Building ln-'arena site.

He called the en- By JIM BARTELT The possibility of improving City Stadium with steel bleachers seating up to 32,000 nmvpH intn th fapt-findinn" the improvements. The Pack- The big need is for added Bay and is a situation which ispector Al Manners said main- larging of City Stadium near seals," Bogda said. He said the! "will be more embarrassing as tenance co.st of the present sighted" and predicted that the present stadium could stage today after a Mnndaviers submitted the report in re never be expanded above seats if the need should arise. He said a stadium of between 6,000 and 7,000 seats would be adequate for East High School and that "it as I West in 65th Cage Tilt Central Host to Squires night meeting of the City Council's finance committee with representatives of the Packer Board of Education, and Park Board. The committee, in action which will be reported to the Council tonight, ordered the Board of Public Works andor the Board of Education, which operates the stadium, to hire an architect to prepare plans and made a cost estimate.

Mayor Dominic Olejnizcak suggested that the Board of Public Works could undertake the project after Aid. Jerome Quinn, council representative on the Board of Education, and Superintendent of Schools Fred Wandry commented that the board presently has three school expansion studies on its Red Devils Visit Wildcats' Court, Eye 10th in Row By LEE REMMEL East and West, closing out the first half of their 1954-55 Fox River Valley Conference wouldn't hurt to play the East-West game on the west side." Jahn said the people of Green Bay would rather see a new stadium with plenty of parking space and he asked whether the Packers had considered the parking factor in their report. Parking Considered, Bogda Bogda replied that parking had been considered and mentioned as possibilities parking lots on the site of old homes in the area, a foot bridge across the East River from a park on the east shore, and the proba- Cadets Oppose St. Norbert 28th Time Thursday By DON IIICKOK schedules, come togetner on Press -Gazette the basketball court for the C5th time at West gymnasium St. Central Catholic and Norbert High schools wil1 bilitv that the University Ex- hands.

Quinn also said he.Friday night. thought the stadium expansion The Red Devils hold a mark- meet on the basketball court tension Center mav move from for the 28th time nrpnt Raitd St. loratinn. was bevond the field of the ed advantage, built up pri- Board of Education. A New Rand Noted for his scoring at East High, Marquette's Terry Rand (above) now is gaining recognition for his outstanding floor play, helping the Warriors to 13 straight wins the longest streak in the nation.

Bittner labeled Jahn's criti Jmarily within the last five Wandry promised the board o11 cism as "unfair" in the light of would decide at its Jan. 24 "Ml xucjr nave blui cu viiiuuca the complete report from the Packers which, he said, con meeting whether it could participate in the study, whether since the series was launched in 1923, compared to 23 for the Wildcats, and one tie. sidered all factors. nignt when the bquires invade Central auditorium to renew the traditionally hard-fought rivalry. Since Central's establishment in 1941, the Norbertines have won 14 and the Cadets 13 games in the climactic series.

In the two years since Ted Fritsch took over as Cadet coach, his tennis and those of Coach Bruce Fossum Pur-Green Bay, Tuesday Evening, Jan. 18, 1955 pie and White will have the; Rand a Player's Player Marquette Gains National Recognition Stronger State Next For St. Norbert Five IFred Dillon have split evenly. History would seem to be with Central since in both the previous seasons, Central won the first game and St. Norbert the law of averages with them in this one for the Devils have! won nine straight, including three last season when they claimed a 68-60 decision in the, WIAA regional tournament; here in addition to sweeping the season series.

The Wildcats' last victory over their crosstown colleagues' came on March 3, 1950, when! When the possibility of a stadium at the Military-Bo-land location being used as the "home" for West High football was raised, Wandry said the practice of having the stadium adjoin the school was preferred by he agreed that the present Wildcat field could be retained as a practice field. In opening the session, Bittner noted that city government realizes the importanca of the Packers and "has an interest in keeping the Packers in a competitive position in the National Football League, at least as far as facilities are concerned." The fact that all discussion was cerrtered on second. Most recent history, however, would favor the Squires, who have won nine games in succession this season against Central's 7-5. But records go by the boards when these two Herdis McCrary, Don Rondou.j et al, triumphed 36-33, under' is uncommonly effective with Pat Malone's direction. It mayeitner hand, presently leads Worriers Rated 15th in AP Poll By Associated Press With the longest winning hoe managed to get 16 in two clashes with Rand.

In Marquette's 13th straight triumph over Chicago Loyola. Scoring Incidental I To Terry's Play By JIM KING MILWAUKEE, Wis. Sports experts agree that a good big or may not be significant, but the Valley individual scoring! Milwaukee Eyes Revenge Against Knights Tonight By JACK YTENGER "We'll see you in Milwau mat victory was acnieveo wjth 124 points, an aver scoring honors went to For teams meet. An even dozen nearly half of the meetings have resulted in final margins ward Rube Schulz who potted in the nation theirthe West court-site of Fridayage of 20.7. Rand, also a pivot, what the improvement should uKewise is amonu me iirsi live man is worth two little ones, 25 points, but the post game jhands today, Marquette's War- of four points or fewer.

ratner than questioning the More than school pride with 96, a 16.0 average, despite but that's not the case with; accolades went to Rand gained national recogni if I 11 i final game last year was a 77 will be involved in this 65th the fact that he has been ham- fed Schulz continually when need, he said after the committee vote, underlined this 75 win for St. Norbert after a towering Terry tion in the sixth weekly As- kee." was what Milwaukee ihf found himcplf "double; in i however. East pered by a severe head cold in must win in order to hold his last two outings. State forward Scott Netzel MienacKing in tne ear- it Rand. teamed jsociated Press poll of top col- Coach Jack Nagle feels that Ran( has shown basketball teams.

aid ast iNov. 30. alter bt.i"1 mc yoi mume, 1 1 OX VALLEY CONFERENC fourth place alone while the Pet. PS OP College had Cadtts walloped the I PL, Anplcton 1 .831 .144 .833 he's worth three and maybe; improvement in feeding guards There are 20 teams listed in j-'fthp Gulls 77-fir) I squires i-M only to nave st 313 four of the small size variety from a position out in the freejthe poll and Marquette is 15th. The date fovjNorbert come duck with a oo Cats, by winning, could climb into a tie with the Red Devils for that position.

At the moment. East has a 3-3 record, the Purple 2-4. .813 .813 .333 .333 .333 365 363 336 363 33 O-hkosh 1 Manitow oc 1 B. EAST" 3 3 G. B.

WEST I Isheb. Central 2 4 isheb. North 3 4 the only confer- victory and quite a few of the rabid "'row eircie. ne lacKea top But it's right behind Min the re match aDinty in tnis department last 1'6 .116 161 sm -si fans following the torrid War ari-ivprt ence Joss Which fltSChS a nesota and in front of Holy Game Chairman 269 Kind du Lac 0 Cross, Vanderbilt, Dayton, and 10 st, championship team suffered. ti Wat-k Key Figure oirange 10 say, considering, frldav Vieht, Games EAST their respective positions in WEST; Appleton at Manitowoc; Kond JV Jf Knights climb- Key figure in the game will pressGazette Madison Bureau ea Jiuo cars; oe Joe MacK.

St. Norbert a menu iiinuiuuii 1. 111 I Vi the standings, the Wildcatsj "sanYrd'y Nigh'tV Game-xortn v. have compiled the more im-j central. pressive record on offense, col-l lecting 363 points in six starts, Rites Wednesday tor an average of 60.5 points per Mrtrhr Iowa, Texas Christian and Ni agara.

Coach Jim Nagle's team received two first place votes and an 83 point total, compared to Minnesota's one first place vote and 91 point total. towering (6-8) and iPP term Oconto assemblvman who scorer. Central has goodhag sometimes had spirited dif-height in its three men rtmspr. this morning for the Milwaukee jaunt which will year, but has shown that he can become just as valuable as a feeder as he is a scorer. And the best part of the Rand story is his modest approach to his successes.

The lanky Green Bay star is quick to pass the honors around following Marquette's games, especially to the "little guys" who have turned in better basketball this year trying to keep pace with Rand. The entire system has worked out i- rior team will buy that opinion. And there's one oustanding reason why the coach and fans agree on this point. Terry Rand has become a player's player. Not that the former Green Bay East star wasn't a top court wizard in his prep school days, but the improvement by Rand as an all-around basketball star this year has led a lot of fans to believe that he can become one of Marquette's greatest.

front, but Jim Scheel, at 6-4, is tht tallest and the problem will be to somehow hold Mack down or, failing that, to out- vation administration on fish and game policy has been chosen as the chairman of the state assembly's standing committee Kentucky maintained a long climax tonight in Milwaukee State field-house. A very dif game, while the Devils have, accumulated 336, a 56.0 aver- MILWAUKEE Funeral age. East, however, has aservices for Mrs. Theresa slightly better defensive mark. 'Drzewiecki, 63, will be held at Walt Wittman's disciples have 9 a.

m. Wednesday from St. permitted opponents 326 Alexander's Catholic church points, West has yielded 336. 'here. lead in the poll which saw a score him and his mates.

Ticrney on conservation, it was learned few jugglings for position, reaching 926 points on the ba ror the first time in more here today. than a wfetk, the entire varsity sis of 10 points for first, 9 for well because Marquette's sue ferent complexion has been throw on tonight's game due to the course of the current Friday night's contest will Mrs. Drzewiecki was the squad reported for practice atjF 4Q old 0conto serv. Centra Monday afternoon. proprietor and ac- Vanous members of the group, northeaslcril bring together, for the fourth mother of Ron Drzewiecki, cess this year has been through isecond, etc.

Of the 115 ballots team spirit and scoring bal-jcast by sports writers and ance. Rand figures prominent-isportscasters, 55 listed Ken Rand made a startling debut season. When they last met, St. Norbert already had two a sonhnmnre last season hv; time, two of the most accom-'star Marquette university nlishpH nprfnrmprs in thU'halfharU. She died Saturday iiiiwii, iiii-iii ii v.

i-fui 1 1 rrr -arxr' nn nriran taking individual scoring hon-jlv in departments. i ick.i i.i tr tucky first place. North Carolina State maintained its nmmnnitv'e ragn Yi i oM ot 3 hntlitn aftpr :llf.iWIIlS Under Ule DC 11. flMU Jdiy IlflUlU fl lk.UII.111 wuiii nnvu izations, was chosen head of the assembly committee by matching West's 6-4 Lance Oi-lfering a stroke in her home, jhadn't played a game. As thejof the starting five, have suf enn anH F-)C-.

R-ii. 1 an ic c.rvivoii her srai season has nrocressed Stateifcied from colds or flu at sccond-place status with 590 points despite a loss to Mary Speaker Mark Catlin Jr. of a daughter and four sisters, alliums to have gained strength tacks in the last 10 days. Re- Rand. land last week.

Appleton. ors with 395 points in 26' games. That figures out to A Reversal a respectable 15 points perl game average which is above i par for the course. Right now. 10 MS VGHCf he has 230 points to his credit! in 13 games and may stop his innrin fr each game, while the Knightsicovery is almost mandatory! Olson.

a junior center who of Milwaukee. Maryland, on the strength of The committee is important in conservation affairs because it reviews all bills relating to have found the going tougherjthis werk with a St. Norbert each outing. igame coming up, and it seems OnP of thP bin in thp! probable now that the first its success over N. C.

State. jo? the week indvaSg from Spc Cocktails: Scoring Honors outdoors conservation and wuiiuuu I VI effort of last year 11th to sixth. Illinois remain management matters, includ- Gull wav of doing things ha.snng wil1l l1' wlth been the same Scott Netzel.m,ls nger joining. ithe other three as starters. i 1118 Vle ly I p'0" Thf einhnmnrD and Stenger, both Posals 10 Rams Eye Hoerning; Friends Want Tonnemaker To Play collected 36 points last strainer Rlolo (f pl JUniOrS, Grid Talent But Peace Pipe Still Out North of Border arp thp and izauon anu imernai manage ed No.

7. Missouri and George Washington both fell off the pace slightly. The Big Seven representatives tumbled from sixth to eighth, while GW skidded onp nntrh frnm oiaMh a new Milwaukee State scor- senior Smits and sophomore Schilawski the forwards. But scoring is only incidental to Rand's play this year. lie dunks in an average of 17 per game, which is Is a welcome output, but what really brings the cheers Is his floor play which is 100 per cent improved over last year.

"Terry is one of the most improved players on the squad," Nagle stated following a r- By ART DALEY Freu-Gazette Sporta Editor This 'n That fipnrOP Shnha Bmnldim nnf fiplrinr NEW YORK Whileinth Fight Results Canadian officials continued to The leaders with a hrother who turned down a nro basehall offer to become Rv Associated Press ment of the big conservation department. A prominent member of the Wisconsin Conservation Congress in recent years, LaFave will succeed as chairman Robert Travis of Platteville, who won election to the state senate this year. His chairmanship is more important than in previous years, because under Speaker Catlin's new sys- Votes in parentheses: nri.st in Toronto Verne CaenP. the wreUlpr and former offer the olive branch today to end the three-year professional ci 1. Kentucky (55 S26.

2. M. C. State n. i-u i i.

i .1 football war. at least one '61 3. San Francwo 14i 520 jrucser, luiu innius 111 mii dunce me uuiu iiikih -iaj ing record. Then, Saturday night, he got 27 more as Milwaukee downed La Crosse State. But speaking of standouts and of records, St.

Norbert will enter a few of their own in Milwaukee tonight. Freshman Pat Tierney, whose deadly eye from the sidecourt added 33 points and a new school record against St. Ambrose, will start at forward for the Knights. r9 (Via rni nA rnntilr He's and! too young American biewic decided to; JJ' ton lonnemaner snouian i retire yet- quette's 13th straight triumph Kiai viiiiiu O.IO. I.

11III1U1H (11 2S.1, 8. Missouri 280. 9. look to Canada for some Unit of the season. "He has shown a great will WaFhingtnn 10 Utah and ITI.A 12.

Alahama I2i 124. 1:1. Pich- BOSTON- World featherweight rhampion Sandy Saddler. 131, New York, stopped l.ulu Perez, 2Vt. Brooklyn, 4 inon-tillei, BROOKLYN F'lovd Patterson, KiH, Brooklyn, stopped Don Giant, 1MV Los Angirles.

'5i. NKW YOHK Milo Savage. 15flJ. Salt Lake City, outpointed Moses Ward. 161.

Detroit, Hn TORONTO Farl Walls, Canada, outpointed Jimmy Slade, New York. i0i, PARIS Charles Humei. 159i, Trance, stopped Hani Streti, 163. Germany, i9i. ed States talent.

Ttiic ic i i 'niond 109, H. Minnesota (1) 91, 15 lhis is a reversal on the long Marquette ut )6. iioiv cross si dispute between the National yntierhiit 141 ss. is Dayton ingness to learn some of the finer points on offense and has picked up considerable knowl has plenty of time to start a business career later" Gagne revealed that a number of Clayton's admirers in home-town Minneapolis are trying to get him to return to the Packers Tonnemaker. 26, announced recently that he is quitting the sport As jtem, committee chairmen are invited to collaborate with him jin the selection of standing Icommittee members.

I. nm .11, u. iexai unrisuan (2), and Niagara (11 31. Football League and the Canadian loops. Until now, it was edge on defense." Evidence of Rand's defensive ability can be gained from a look at the personal foul column.

Rand has gone out of senior at Tulane, Packer the complaint of the NFL bigwigs that the two Canadian pro leagues were luring American players north of the border. Wellington Mara, vice president and secretary of the New York Giants, declared: Basketball Scores By Associated Presa Kentucky 64, Louisiana State ii Georgia Tech 90, Mississippi State 71 Mississippi 77, Vanderbilt 63 William and Marv 75, Virginia Tech 69 Iowa S2. Illinois 80 Indiana 88. Mirhtc.in Stale 79 tonight, however, should be focused upon a 5' 9" guard from Wisconsin Rapids. Jim Ritchay, with a cumulative total of 1212 points, stands just 22 points away from setting a new four year scoring record lor St.

Norbert College. Return to Form '50 Chrysler CLUB COUPE New Tires $889 Max McGee was the Green Wave's leader in rushing, punting, punt returns and kickoff returns and tied Quarterback Pete Clement for scoring honors As a 'An Inferiority Complex' Northwestern 9.1, I'urdue 88 (over-j ii only two games on five per sonals. He also stopped Louisville's touted centers Charlie Tyra and John I'rudhoe, both of whom are taller than Rand. Tyra's total output in two games against Marquette was five points. Prud- Kuich 1 1 I IllllK "Canadian football is a ereat Wisconsin 57.

Butler s.i 1 it Kansas 3. Iowa State 72 uiudppi-u suuil-e 01 laieni lor Chicago 70, Chicago Teachers 3 rookie Packer last fall McGee again tied for scoring honors! Kitcnay, wno showed a re- with Fred Cone, each counting 54 According to a recent iturn tn undergraduate Toledo 79. Ohio University 69 Eau Claire State 103, Northern Mich us. there is a popular theory that Canadian football players are not good enough to play igan Teachers Isurvey, 29 per cent of men and nine per cent of women lotm oniy aaiuraay SPECIALS Gustavua Adolphui 78, St. John'i the I ted States are intprpstprl in font hall U'nnHee dKinsi maniao inn wiifn i nunn.

i ni down here, I think Canadians Rio Grand, Bav? Terry Bren- Ahland (Kv.l 61 78, North Dakota what the percentage is in Green nan, Notre Dame football! have an inferiority he got 27, will be aiming at the four year scoring record of former Knight star Roman Kosnar. The latter, who also about their own players fll Oklahoma 2 coach, is the guest speaker at thou i 71' Gontaga 87 Blackbourn took (tip a OnaHorhaf mMu '50 BUICK 2 DOOR Excellent Value $789 If about signing those boys." Club's annual banquet to-lpart, in the post-banquet was a 'un, along with points guard, managed 1234 during his playing night Also on hand wili will make the final decision on whether the rule goes into Meanwhile, north of the border, the peace pipe was out. trainer Bud Jorgenson and career from 1948-1952 O7 pgr 111 rati be Packer Coach Liz Black bourn Leo Reise, defense Dcrtrand Stopping later i.aHinr. Moe Licberman, president of! on his w.y back from a speak aa I. Lf I the Edmonton Eskimos, said' tw in his club would ask the nnnnaliWair I UeClSIOi.

Marinette, Nrja ing engHgcment in i rT 61 41 44 48 I'P 4(1 J9 48 18 TP IK1 ll 158 1)4 li was Marquette football coach Frosty Ferzacca Frosty! Tierney so man on the New York Rangers, is also an accountant The Los Angeles Rams have requested a film of a St. Norbert College game for the purpose of studying Halfback Bob MONTREAL Officials of the Big Four Football Union said today the National Broadcasting Company and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation have until Feb. 15 to de- '52 Plymouth BUSINESS COUPE Low Mileage J789 presently is looking for some-i one to replace assistant coach Leahy in Recovery, meeting of the Western Inter-provincial Football Union meeting this weekend at Calgary to agree to honor NFL contracts and options. Canada's other major league, the Big Four, put through a Hoerning lsod naa niSjiJoc r.rscine wno recently re- papnpJ Hntnifnl most success as a defensive'signed to take a position Dy nOSpliOl cide if they'll televise Cana- halfback, though he saw con-iLSU Fred Cone, working! CHICAGO Former sirierable action on offense in the off season with the Mill-'Notrc Dame football coach rule to honor NFL contracts1 dian pro football games PLYMOUTH CHRYSLER jand options last Saturday, butjthroughout the United StatesjMore than 150 coaches, includ-er Brewing showed i then rescinded it Sunday at the! and Canada again next seasoning the Packer staff, and "Braves Highlights" the Frank Leahy was released from Passavant hospital Mon- insistence of the Toronto Argo- The Union released its 1955 er sports people turned outlAnother Packer player present day and physicians said he $4110! SGon: C'mon, Dolan, pick up our stick and hit him back!" who have eight NFL schedule yesterday at the for George Bertrand's sixth was Steve izirh who expects made "an excellent recovery players for next season. The earliest time in history to hast-jannual banquet and party at io go into the roofing business' from simple gastritis Leahy i board of governnrs of the loop en the networks' decision.

Ithe Northland Hotel Monday'in Green Bay shortly Scntered the hospital Jan. 5. A A A a A -1 A A I 1 1 1 I 1 I I I JJfitlt.

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