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Whoa, Bo enway liar it ace; IT IX Dentist I Sought By Pros the world anything that came to his mind he us 'We'll Promise To Keep Field OK' Sullivan By FRANCIS KOSA A pledge to keep Fenway Park "in top condition for baseball will be a key factor of the Boston A.F.L. fran PITTSBURGH, Dec. 21 (AP) A former University of Pittsburgh dental instructor was arrested today on a charge of attempting to bribe two Pitt basketball players to shave points. John Fridley, 20, of Sharon, and Dick 21, of 'Pa. junior h'oopsters at Pitt brought the charges against Dr.

Edward H. Sebastian, a dentist from suburban McKees Rocks. The pair contend that Dr. Sebastian offered to get them scholarships to Pitt's dental school and to pay them 50 percent of bet winnings if they would keep Pitt's victory margin within bet winning range. Dr.

Sebastian denied the charges, stating: "Everything we discussed, he (Fridley) started." But Fridley claimed that Dr. Sebastian "offered chise in its bid to obtain Fenway Park for its home field. Bill Sullivan, president said he'd get uscars at cost, and everything." "Our grades aren't up to snuff, but he said he'd 'fix everything get us senatorial scholarships and guarantee we got into dental school," said Falenski, who is averaging 17 points a game for the Panthers. Both players said they refused to have anything to do with Sebastian's offer, even though they admitted having a keen desire to enter dental school. Fridley, Pitt's top rebounder, told detectives he met with Dr.

Sebastian separately on Dec. 3 and Dec. 9. Falenski joined Fridley to meet Dr. Sebastian on Dec.

10. That's when the dentist made his pitch, according to Fridley. Falenski said Dr. Sebastian told them to pick any game they wished to shave points. "If we had, then afterward we'd have been hooked, and he could have named which games to fix," said Falenski.

He added: "After the second bribe offer, we called our fathers. I was scared. My father told us to call Frank Carver (Pitt athletic director). Mr. Carver took care of everything from then on." Pitt officials in turn passed the story on to Dist.

Atty. Edward Boyle of Allegheny County. After a four-day investigation, Sebastian was taken into custody. Sebastian was released on $5000 bond pending a preliminary hearing. He is accused of breaking a 1951 state law passed by the Legislature in the wake of the infamous New York college basketball scandal.

Boston Bail? (globe Ik A Nt' I I I 111.: M-f: fcfy-rrrrf mmr ft fw flmwwaWitrtlfhiW1 wart tnm.nh.ihfc. nnni aw ri rir ni tmti amitt ulrfil TI lliftl tirii ll.il iffi'r pro-tem of the team, turned his eyes toward Boston's big-league park yesterday i A after it became official that Harvard Stadium was not available. "We are prepared to ac cept the responsibility for putting the Fenway Park surface into top condition for the baseball season," Sullivan promised. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1939 Twenty-Nine For Dad, An Early Christmas "If small attendances and heavy maintenance of a damaged ball field are the reasons the Red Sox rejected college football rentals," he continued, "we are prepared to make the Red Sox an interesting proposal." Sullivan's statements followed the news that Harvard wants "to retain the spirit of amateurism that has always prevailed (at Harvard)." Charles Whitlock, assistant to Pres. Nathan Pusey of Harvard said yesterday, "The American Football League made no formal request for the Stadium.

The matter did not come up today (meeting of the Harvard Corp. yesterday), but it was (Globe Photo by Gil Fricdhrrg HANDY VANDY Winchester captain and guard Vandy French is stopped by Brookline defenders' Fred Newman (left) and Jud Wiseman in first period play. French's two foul sliots with six seconds to play in overtime proved Winchester's winning margin, 52 to 51. (Story on Page 30.) Harvard Aide Head Coach At Villanova Harvard lost end coach Alex discussed informally two weeks Bell to Villanova yesterday, where Bell accepted a three-year contract to head coach the Wildcats. At Cambridge, John Yovic- ein tin4 Vaai trAtn T7T7 jo W.

Tj ago." Sullivan then turned his attention to Fenway Park. "We are going to make every ef- fort to gain Mr. Yawkey's permission to play at Fenway Park," he said. "Our desire to get Harvard Stadium was at all times sincere and was not an attempt to just achieve publicity. We felt it would be an ideal site for our seven home games." Sullivan also reiterated that "We have already had seve bids for the TV rights to our loss on his Harvard staff and accepted it with mixed emotions.

"We lost a valuable man," he said, "but it is always nice to see the ability of one of your assistants recognized." Bell is a Villanova alumnus, '38, and was coaching football at DeLone High School in Mc-Sherrytown, before he accompanied Yovicsin to Harvard three years ago. 'fy' i 1 1 ill Hi '''iW jj By JACK BARRY Winners of 12 straight, the Celtics are seeking a new team N.B.A. win streak for coach Red Auerbach, present record holder. The Celtics meet the Pistons in Detroit tonight in search of number 13. games and the potential revenue is so great from this source alone that we can play at a small stadium and still put this show on the road That is, its success would not be completely dependent upon gate receipts." The Celtics could rack up 18 for a new record, according to Portrait of a Bruiser He has also served as an assistant coach at Loyola in Los Bob Feerick, present coach of Angeles and for three seasons Santa Clara College and mem-under Art Raimo at Villanova.

jber of the 1946-47 Washington Since coming to Harvard as Caps, under Auerbach, win-end coach he has resided in ners of 17 straight games. emembers KidR Framingham Feerick played guard with Freddy Scolari for the Caps Max's Big Heart during the first four years of the league in Washington. "We ran off 17 straight at the season's start and then had another long winning streak at the conclusion in 1946-47," he Yovicsin hopes to make a replacement on the Harvard staff within a month. Bell's resignation is effective as of Jan. 1.

His first Villanova team will play two games hereabouts at B.C. and Holy Cross. Bell replaces Frank Reagan and faces a complete rebuilding job at Villanova. The team recalled, By RED SMITH Max Baer was doing a turn in Lowe's Metro in Brooklyn. This was back about 1933 and Max was good box office.

Friars Nip Coast Foe By 62-60 PROVIDENCE, Dec. 21 (AP) Providence College put on a srmd half rally fired by any Wilkens and nipped powerful Santa Clara 62-60 lon'ght in a basketball game which thrilled an overflow crowd of 3300. Santa Clara held a 31-23 Feerick was a guest speaker at the Basketball Writers Hotel was Deaten its 59 opener Lenox luncheon yesterday. He by est Chester Teachers and was in town with his Santa He had come (UPI Photo) COACH AND HIS STAR Alex Bell, Harvard assistant football coach the past three years and named head coach at Villanova yesterday, decorates tree with daughter Patricia, 4. conunuea on 10 a disastrous CELTICS Page Thirty 1-9 season.

Its only win was over Dayton 22 to 13. swaggering out of the West to polish off King Levinsky and Tom Heeney and knock f. Max Schmeling; he bni n-r a movie, "The and the Lady," in the Spring he would Primo Camera for the heavyweight championship of the wor1 To the kid who rapped timidly on h's dressing room I 1 MOHNS halftime bulge, led by Frank Sobrero who wound up as 1 Jill high scorer with 26 points. The Friars slowly chipped away with Wilkens stealing the 4 ball, rebounding and firing in key baskets. Wing Returned to Defense Position Again SANTA CLARA FROV1I PROVIDENCE cor, he looked at least feet tail.

is TI 0 0 0 Esan 2 15 Guimares 4 2 10 Wilkens 2 15 Woods 7 0 14' Nyire Lifievand Gardiner St-heafl Mc-Gee Kussi Christina Sobrero Moymhan 0 2 2 0 0 0 6 517 6 0 12 0 0 0 4 1 5 0 10 5 2 12 26 10 62 29 0 3962 10 6 2k Whelart Hadnot 25 10 60 Totals Totals By TOM FITZGERALD After what was undoubtedly an agonizing appraisal of their club's sad plight, Lynn Patrick and Milt Schmidt made another move yesterday in an attempt to check the Bruins' frightening skid. SANTA CLARA SI PROVIDENCE 23 bright spot In what has been a pretty gloomy picture for the Boston team. In 11 out of 12 camcs he had played since on a line with They announced that Doug Mohns would be returned to his old assignment at defense for the Christmas Night game at the Garden against the Chicago Black Hawks. This decision undoubtedly was made with considerable reluctance. Since he was converted to left wing Nov.

25, Mohns had provided the one consistently Don McKenney and Leo La-Bine (he missed one with the flu), Mohns scored eight goals. Over that stretch McKenney got five goals and made his best showing of the season. Tne kid had screwed up his courage to come seeking an interview for his high school paper. welcomed him as though he were Grantland Pace. They sat chatting, not for the hoped-for five minutes, not for the unbelievable half-hour, but all through the late afternoon and into the night until it was time for Max to go on.

"Where do you live?" the prizefighter asked as the kid got up to go. "Here in Brooklyn? Rudy, give 'im five dollars for a cab." These were depression days when a lot of the kid's neighbors were raising families on $12 a week. He couldn't take the money; he already had a nickel for the subway. "Well come back and see me," Max said, "any time." The kid was back every day while the booking lasted. They kept in touch after Max went west.

The kid wrote once a week, and he was happy, though not surprised, when his hero wrote back, not so frequently, but whenever there was time to scribble a few lines. All through the Winter the kid worked on a SCrapbook, clipping and pasting up every mention of Baer that appeared in the Brooklyn Times-Union. When Max came back east again in the Spring, the kid went to call on him in the Park Central Hotel, carrying the big book under his arm. There was a mob around the fighter, for now he was to go into training in Asbury Park, N.J., for the title fight with Camera. The kid new nothing about press associations and how papers all over the country would have had the same news and pictures the Times-Union got.

He had never heard of clipping bureaus. However, nobody snickered when he handed over the scrapbook, for Max took it eagerly, sat down and Torgeson Quits In Nicaragua After Fist Fight MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Dec. 21 (LTD Earl Torgeson of the Chicago White Sox resigned today as manager of the CluTb Boer of the Nicara-guan League after a series of incidents between Cuban and American players, including a fist-fight last night between Torgeson and Aldo Solvent, a Cuban with the Club Leon. The incidents were caused by frictions between the Cuban and the American play, ers. In last night's fight Maury Lerner attacked the Cuban umpire, Armando Rodriguez, and pitcher Jiqui Moreno, also a Cuban of the Club Leon, because Moreno threw balls "too close" to Lerner and Bill Haines.

In those 12 games, however. the Bruins still managed to win only two and tie three. There was also a glaring complication which had been forecast by some critics when Mohns was returned to the forward position he originally NHL Fines Bathgate For Story MONTREAL, Dec. 21 (AP) had played as a rookie. With Johnny Bucyk out at the time, the B's were sorely deficient in strength at lelt wing.

Doug supplied some Pres. Clarence Campbell of the National Hockey League announced tonight that Andy needed punch there, all right, but he left a terrible gap in the defense set up. With Ferny Flaman also side Bathgate of the New York Rangers, author of a magazine story regarding alleged bru lined, Bob Armstrong and Leo Boivin did carry on in out standing fashion with their im proving rookie partners, Don Ward and Autry Erickson. tality in hockey, has been fined S500. General manager Muzz Patrick of the Rangers was fined $100.

In announcing his decision, Campbell said "The sum total began poring through, crowing: "Hey, where'd you ever get this story? That's wonderful! Guys, get a load of this picture! How about that, eh?" Today's Sports BASKETBALL Celtics at Detroit, WHDII, 8:55 p.m.; Amateur, Cambridge Y.M.C.A. Tourney, Lynn All-Stars vs. Boston Bruins, 7:15 p.m.; V.F.W. Post 395 vs. Everett Citv Club, 9 p.m.

HOCKEY School, Metropolitan League, Boston Arena, 7 p.m.; North Shore League, Lynn Sports 3 p.m. effect on the article is definitely prejudicial to the league But there was no overlooking the fact that the club didn't have anybody who could match the dazzling fast BRUINS Page Thirty When the kid said he'd better be going, Max came up with another five-spot "for a cab." Again RED SSinn Page Thirty and the game, and this was not seriously contested by the principals involved.".