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Featherweight Saddler's Retirement Opens Flood Gates By JACK HAND NEW YORK (AP) The New York State Athletic Commission Wednesday delayed until Friday any statement on the featherweight title situation while managers of ranking contenders shouted for a place in any elimination series. Sandy retirement, announced Tuesday by Manager Charlie Johnston, opened the flood gates. Anxious managers sent cables, telegrams and delivered statements on breezy street corners. Julius Helfand, chairman of the Thursday, January 24, 1957 THE HMCOLX STAR IS Scramble Is On Mantle, McCormick Receive Trophies Mickey Mantle, New York night in recognition of their se- Yankee baseball star (right) and lection as the outstanding athletes of 1956 in the annual Associated Press poll. Circuit Judge Robert C.

Cannwi of Milwaukee (center) presented the trophies Mrs. Pat McCormick, Olympic diving champion, hold the Frederick C. Miller memorial trophies they received Wednesday on behalf of the Fraternal Order of Eagles at its award banquet. Cannon is chairman of the Eagles committee which arranges the awards annually. (AP Wlrephoto.) Hartack Proves He Can Take Boos Willie Woos Bettors Back With Wins By MARTIN Ml RPHY MIAMI, (INS) Jockey Willie closed out a 43 day meeting last Wednesday, had taken to booing Hartack, back in favor with theUhe 5-foot-4, 110 pound bundle of $2 bettor after a short interruption I energy whenever one of his mounts in their long romance, let it be known Wednesday he can take the boos with the bouquets.

Wee Willie, darling of the rail birds in 1955 when he became the second jockey in history to ride 400 winners in a single year. ran out of the money. boo anybody they have a bet on that Hartack philosophized yesterday while dabbing at his face with a sponge between races. more people that bet on currently is the leading rider at you the more boos you get when Hialeah with ten firsts, two sec- you lose. You have to expect ends and one third.

Fans at Tropical Park, which Willie explained. The 23-year-oId Hartack, who Whitney Martin: Get Hot, Men, The Yanks Can Be Beat By WHITNEY MARTIN NEW YORK Followers of the also-rans in the American League race, weeping over the failure of their clubs to stem the Yankee tide, might be excused for blurting petulantly: just stand there; do The cold fact is that with the Yankees finishing nine games ahead of the second-place Cleveland Indians last year, 12 ahead of Chicago, 13 ahead of Boston and 15 in front of Detroit, only Detroit has been doing much of anything to remedy the situation. With the start offspring training only about a month away there has been brave talk of big deals, but so far it has been the hot-air blasts of winter. Three of the clubs mentioned to first base, which for so much ground covering. call Jack Tighe, who succeeds Bucky Harris as manager, has a good young pitching staff that includes such capable performers as Billy Hoeft, Frank Lary and Paul Foytack.

There is a rather general idea that the fifth-place Tigers have caught up with the Indians, White Sox and Red Sox. But as far as catching up with the Yankees is concerned, This lack of tracing action which might improve the second, third and fourth-place teams is the more discouraging when the Yankees threaten to be not only as good as they were last year, but better. They have the Mickey Mantle; Yogi Berra punch to start off with, and are solid at every position. earns 'between 50 to 100 thousand dollars a year for his skill in the' irons, conceded he thought some fans were but said he did not talk about the displeasure he sometimes inspires. Hartack said it was he was not in the winners circle as often last year as he was in 1955 when he rode 417 victories.

took a vacation in he explained, from Thanksgiving until the first of the year I rode only in the Willie, who drives Jaguars and Cadillacs when he is not astride a horse, said he does not particularly have his sights set on crashing the 400 barrier again. The future plans? droned Willie, slipping into a new set of silks. take a vacation, after this meeting. going pret- ty good The fans agree and are back in the fold. Each time Hartack crawls aboard a horse the odds take a once round of bronx Ortiz Gains 20th Straight Ring Victory CHICAGO Carlos Ortiz, a slick counter punching lightweight from New York, Wednesday night hammered out a unanimous 10-round decision over Bobby Rogers to gain his 20th straight ring victory.

Ortiz, only 20 like his opponent, used his superior reach to good advantage. The stubby Rogers failed many times to follow up his leads but finished strongly. A vicious exchange in the last round, with Ortiz getting the best of it, sent the small Chicago Stadium crowd of 1,048 to cheering. Ortiz, who outweighed Rogers i 134 to 132 pounds, was effective with a left to the body and rights to the face, but many times his combinations missed or were blocked. Twice Ortiz was warned by Referee Bernard Wiessman for low blows and he took the seventh round away from the Easterner because of it.

But Ortis piled up a wide edge under the five point system. Judge Harold Marovitz had it 49-43 in his favor and Judge Howard Walsh and Weissman each had it 48-44. The Associated Press card favored Ortiz, a 2-1 choice. 49-45. Preliminary results: Crowe Peele, 184, Baton Rouge, stopped Wayne Womochil, 190, Omaha, in 2:37 of the third round of a scheduled six.

again finding time for a applause, rather than a cheer, before dashing off to cash in their win tickets. New York commissicwi, said he would have no comment until regularly scheduled meeting. Presumably he wanted to consult with other boxing men, including the European Boxing Union and the members of the World Championship Committee, before taking a stand. Frey Saddy, chairman of the National Boxing rating committee, rushed into the fray with a statement that the NBA would recognize the winner of a bout between Cherif Hamia of France and Carmelo Costa of Brooklyn as champion. He said Costa had been moved up to the No.

2 position among the contenders after Miguel Berrios of Puerto Rico lost to Gil Cadilli of San Francisco last week. As Hamia is ranked No. 1 by both the NBA and Ring Magazine and showed to fine advantage during an American invasion last spring, he seems to be leading the pack. The handsome Frenchman won the European title Monday on a decision over Jean Sneyers in a match for the championship which Fred Galiana of Spain had to abandon because of weight- making difficulties. Emile Gremaux, president of the French Boxing Federation and a member of the European Boxing Union, said in Paris that Hamia should be chosen to fight for crown.

has proved to be the best European in the 126-pound said Gremaux. is the logical first contender. The other man should be designated in accord with the New York commission, the NBA and the world committee and the match concluded in a three-month From London came an argument that Hogan (Kid) Bassey of Nigeria, the British Empire champ, should be included in any elimination. The claim came from Jim Wicks, manager of Percy Lewis of Trinidad who is to meet Bassey soon. From Tokyo came word that the Oriental Boxing Federation was Westside advanced to the semi- urging the NBA to put Flash Elor- Three Teams Advance In Ak-Sar-Ben PLATTSMOUTH Host team Plattsmouth, Wahoo and Omaha Effort Second Best Willie Naulls (6), New York Knickerbockers forward, came out second best when Paul Arizin (11) of the Philadelphia Warriers and his unidentified teammate leaped for a rebound and gained possession of the ball in the fourth period of the two National Basketball Association game at Boston Garden Wednesday night.

New Dick McGuire (15) watches the action while staying on the floor. Philadelphia won 99-93. (AP Wire- photo). Boston Celtics Rip Nats 140-108; Warriors Climb BOSTON The high-flying Boston Celtics went on the highest scoring spree of the National Basketball Assn. campaign by overwhelming the Syracuse Nationals, 140-108, Wednesday night in the nightcap of a doubleheader at the Boston Garden.

The Philadelphia Warriors, led by Neil Johnston and Joe Graboski, moved into second place behind the Celtics in the Eastern Division in the of the three quarters. 6 straight from the foul line for 20 points, Dick Hemric had 17 points. Bill Russell 16 and Bob Cousy, Jim Loscutoff and Lou Tsioropoulos 14 each. Boston opened an 8-0 lead before Syracuse scored. The Celts Stauber, Dee Andros Quit NU Nebraska assistant football coaches, Gene Stauber and Dee Andros resigned Wednesday to take similar -osts at the University of California creating three openings for Husker head coach Bill Jennings to fill.

Don Strasheim ana Don Scarbrough announced Tuesday that they would remain on the Nebraska staff. Actually, no official action has been reported by the University of California regarding Andros and Stauber, who were to join the staff of former Husker head coach Pete Elliott who just last week took the head coaching post at the western school, but Nebraska officials, after being stalled nearly three weeks, are going ahead with work on completing the NU i staff. Jennings said he was making good progress in his survey of many coaches available and that he anticipate any difficulty in obtaining the men he wanted. Nebraska Athletic Director Bill Orwig working with Jennings in screening the long list of candi- i dates, Andros and Stauber, who are expected to form the nucleus of staff at California, both expressed their best wishes for Nebraska and Jennings and stated that the decision to accept the western offer was a difficult one to make. Both men said they will leave for the West Coast as soon as they can wind up their affairs in Lincoln.

have switched managers, but in-; could use more hitting from asmuch as the managers a rent of cgj-ey af third base maybe, the hitting and fielding and pitch- hitters at the other ing variety the changes cant be afford to have regarded as Improving the playing weak spot in the batting order, i personnel. The reason they might be better The Indians biggest transaction rookies of rec-1 was replacing Al Lopez with Ker- ability coming up, includ- by Farrell. Otherwise, aside from bringing up rookies for a look- see. activities have been nill, and it continues to ache for a power hitter. The Tribe has a fine young pitcher in Herb Score, but age is creeping up on other members of the ing three from Denver.

Tony Kubek can play left field, third base or the outfield; Billy Richardson is a good second baseman, and Woodie Held can play either the infield or outfield. The Yankee pitching seemed to come of age in the World Series. pitching staff. There is a well-re-, about the only chance the garded shortstop coming up from clubs would seem to have Indianapolis named Larry Raines, would be if the Yankees heeded and a good outfield prospect advice: just do some- named Roger Maris, from the thing; stand same club, but any rookie is a -----------------------------------------------gamble and pennants won on potentialities. The Red Sox need help at shortstop and third base, and the talk of deals has been just talk to The White Sox swung deal, aside from the one they; made replacing Marty Marion with Al Lopez.

Detroit at least has been trying. Don Vyhnalek Continues NCC Scoring Pace Big Don Vyhnalek, lanky forward, continues to pace the scorers in the Nebraska College Conference as the league nears the half-way mark of its 1957 season. He has scored 104 points in four games to top all scorers in game average and total points for the season. Among the leading scorers, Mel Nun, Kearney, leads the conference in field goal percentage with a hot 53and Lowell Johnson of Wesleyan is second with Dale Hendrickson of Chadron is first in free throw percentage with and Vyhnalek is second with The top 12 conference scorers, listed by average points per game: Gamfs TP FO FT finals of the Ak-Sar-Ben by winning second round games here Wednesday night. tripped Tecumseh, 68-63; Westside humbled Pawnee City, 80-33 and Plattsmouth downed Valley, 65-51.

The opening game of the evening provided the most excitement of the three as Tecumseh and hoo battled on even terms throughout before Wahoo finally grabbed the lead with three minutes left and held on for the victory. Tecumsdi, led by Glen 19 points had grabbed an early lead and had a 33-32 halftime advantage but Wahoo came back strong in the second half to cinch the victory. Stu Vculek led the winners with 18 points. dc into the tournament. Elorde was last opponent in a title defense a year ago, losing on a TKO.

He is a ranking Filipino boxer, and had beaten Saddler in a non-title fight. Steve Paris, manager of Costa, greeted statement with open arms. will be glad to fight Hamia for the he said. Jimmy de Angelo, manager of Berrios, the 5-2 Puerto Rican challenger, so happy. Costa up there is a he said.

Ike Chestnut knocked him out, and my guy licked Chestnut. All right so he lost one to Cadilli, but most of the papers in Boston thought Berrios really won. We should be in any tournament, no matter what. We licked most of the contenders. Any twinbill before a crowd of 11,082.

Seven Boston players, led by Bill Sharman and Frank Ramsey, the previous high of 137 points by St. Louis against New York last mohth. Sharman scored 22 points on 10 of 15 field goal attempts and a pair 27 points and Graboski 22 as the of free throws, while Ramsey hit Warriors gained second place, a on 7 of 13 shots from the floor and hal' game ahead of the Knicks, Hawks Trim Pistons CHARLOTTE, N.C. St. Louis Hawks, led by Bob 22 points, stunned the Ft.

Wayne Pistons 101-78 here Wednesday night in a National Basketball Assn. game. A small crowd of 1,813 then continued the runaway, lead- i contest, ing at the end of the first Louis pretty well controlled period, 64-41 at halftime, and 101-74 backboards in stacking up a fat 56-39 halftime lead, and with Ed Macauley and Jack'MaMahon hitting the long ones, Pettit try a shot until three minutes remained in the first period. The ex-Louisiana State star then cracked three in succession. He sat out much of the second half, but the Dixie audience howled when he hit one of his occasional triei for the basket.

The Celtics hit on .59 of 124 field goal attempts and 22 of 32 free throws as their scoring output fell two short of the league record set by Philadelphia against Boston last year. In the opener, Johnston scored Omaha Westside jumped off to thing the commission wants me to! a 46-14 halftime advantage against i(jo. i Vyhnalek. Doane Reed. Biihl.

Wayne Gib.son, Peni Wisnieski. Wayne Lastovica, Doane Radke, Wayne Hanien. Witt. Pern Kramer. Peru PawloikI, Hampton.

Chadron ,19.2 .15,7 .1,5.2 .15 2 .15 .14.7 ,14.7 .14..5 .13.8 V4 77 08 81 92 91 59 59 .58 83 40 4G 43 43 48 .37 .3.5 47 4.3 4fi 4.5 36 Injured Skier Jill Kinmont Shows Spirit Not Broken Pawnee City and coasted in easily with Terry Keiser scoring 18 points to lead the offense. Plattsmouth, with big Bob Beverage dumping in 19 points, raced to a 32-23 halftime lead and upped it to a 15-point third period spread as they romped past Valley. semifinals will pit Wahoo against Blair at 6:15 p.m. and Plattsmouth against Westside in the 8:30 p.m. affair.

Wahoo ...................................12 20 IS Tecumseh ..........................16 17 Winner's high: Stu Vculek, 18. high- Glen McCoy, 19. Westside 22 24 18 Pawnee City 5 9 13 Winner's high: Terry Keiser. 18. high: Elmer Jackson.

9. Plattsmouth ..........................16 16 20 Valley 9 14 14 Winner's high: Bob Beverage. 19. high: Mel Growcock, 15. 1R--68 16-80 13-65 LOS ANGELES (iPt A tragic accident that broke the back of a pretty and promising young skier has failed in two The Tigers got third baseman Jim I crawling years to come anywhere Finigan from the Kansas City near breaking her spirit.

Athletics in exchange for Ned; JiH Kinmontii 20-year-old one- Garver and Virgil Trucks, This! time Olympic prospect, is still in will permit them to move Ray a wheelchair and partially para- Boone from third base, where he lyzed as a result of a racing IS something less than sensational, I that ended her skiing career in January of 1955 at Alta, Utah. But thing that has never been City Basketball A Meadow Gold 34, Life of Vermont 29; Nebr. We.ileyan 33. Speedway Motors Little Bohemia 47, Mayfair GriU. 22; 31, National Credit 22: Pentier Park 29, Treat Drive In 20.

C-2 Valparaiso 28. Seal Rite 22. 734th Ord. 19, Woodcraft 15; Belmont 2, Trinity Lutheran 0 (forfeit): Hallam 2. Rodents 0 (forfeit); Walton 16.

Miller 4 Paine 12. GIRLS BASKETBALL Skyline Dairy First Pres 27: Chris- Pizzarla 28, Elgin Watch 24. CHURCH LE.4GUE Westminster Pres 2. Evangelical United Brethren 0 (forfeit); 1st Lutheran 41, State Hospital 15: Tlfereth Israel 31. Tabernacle Christian 14; Tabernacle 39, 25.

CHIRCH LEAGUE Epworth Nfcthodist 12, East Lincoln Chri.stian 11: Christ Methodist 29. Epworth Methodist 15; 1st United Pres. 14. Havelock Methodist 11. Lakers Nail LOUISVILLE, Ky, Minneapolis Lakers came from behind Wednesday night to hand the Rochester Royals a 107-99 National Basketball Assn.

defeat. The loss was the seventh in a row for the Royals. Pacing the scoring for the Lakers were Dick Garmaker and Bob Leonard, with 21 points each. paralyzed is her smile. day to day it seem like too Jill said of her long and sometimes tiring re- haoilitation, I can tell getting a lot stronger.

able to feed myself now without spilling food down the front of she time she has to take out for rest and treatment. Three days a week she must spend three hours at a rehabilitation center and then another hour at home in suburban Westchester with a personal therapist. do a lot of weightlifting and pulley she said. trying to build up what I have left. real lucky.

Most of my muscles tighten up completely. That usually hppens to then really BASKETBALL RESULTS state HIGH SCHOOLS Talmagc 55........................................ Cook 41 Byron 67 Bclvidcrc 21 Craig 61 Kcnnard 40 Osmond 48 Winsidc 44 Duncan 44 Humphrey 34 Cody 66 Merrlman 52 Crofton 57 Coleridge 3-1 Long Pine 41 Kilgore 34 Mausa 47 Newcastle 45 AK-SAR-BEN TOURNEY Second Round Omaha Westside 80 Pawnee 31 ahoo 68 Tffomseh 6.3 Plattsmouth 65 Valley SI SEWARD COUNTY TOURNAMENT Semifinals Concordia Reserves 4t Bearer Crossing Reserves .37 Seward High 53 Milford Reserves 36 Stromsburg 52 Polk 81 EAST NEB. TOURNEY Hymia Wallman, who managed Chestnut, a 25-year-old New Yorker, sent wires to Helfand and Floyd Stevens, president of the NBA demanding Chestnut be included in any tournament. guy knocked out he said.

can they put him Hamia won decisions over Costa, (Thestnut and Berrios in that order last spring. One judge voted for Costa in their match and the referee called the Hamia-Chestnut match a draw although both judges voted for Hamia. All three officials gave Hamia the edge over Berrios, who was kfiocked down for the first time in his career. Jill, given an excellent chance i ccdar Bluffs ss before her accident to make the U.S. Olympic skiing team, is still planning to go back to her favorite sport, but in a less active capacity than she once had in mind.

She has been promised a job Championship cided to modify the boast with a managing the ski shop at Mam- laughing not as often any- i moth in the Sierras when she fin- who even well ishes school. she said, be quite a while way. Jill, enough to get into a wheelchair before I get out. start my sec- until more than two months after ond year next her spill, is brushing her teeth now more immediate source of ex- and putting on her own lipstick, citement for Jill is the possibility been able to write for over that she may get a new wheel- a she said, a lot chair shortly, more legible now. And I an electric she said, handle my books and papers much just put it out.

The motor is in back'and it even goes She uses the books and papers in reverse. at UCLA, where she is carrying four courses and majoring in business administration. The load is a fairly heavy one, considering the said the girl who once raced down hills at whistling speeds, can zip along at 10 miles an Waverly S3 Consolation CerMCO 70 I.nuisvltl« 53 HOLT COUNTY TOUBNET First Round Atkinson St. 47 44 Inman 52 Ewina 43 Pate 42 LINCOLN COUNTY TOURNEY First Round Brady 43 Maxyfell 33 Stapleton ,51 N.P. St.

43 Hershey 43 Wallace 40 Sutherlard 6d Tyron 41 NBA Philadelphia New York St. Louis 101.............................. Fort Wayne 78 Boston 140 Syraense 108 Minneapolis 107 Rochester 99 OTHER COLLEGES Nlatars Toronto 49 91 Georala 71 Knot 94 Loras 71 Washlnrton, Mo. 60 Centenary 72 Cedar Bluffs Is East Nebr. Champ WAHOO-Cedar Bluffs rallied from a 45-43 third quarter deficit to trip Waverly, 55-53, and become the champion in the Eastern Nebraska basketball tournament here Wednesday night.

Ceresco had earlier gained third place in the tourney by turning in a torrid second half which buried Louisville, 70-53. The loss to Cedar Bluffs was the first of the season for Waverly. rercwn 9 21 Loui-ivillr 19 12 16 lohn Swanson, .30. Dee Workman, 17, Cedar Bluffs 19 9 Waverlv 1.3 14 Txi'vell Roumnh, 18. high: Quathamcr, 13.

NBA STANDINGS EASTERN DIVISION Pet, ..535 .524 Boston 27 23 New York Syracuse 17 WESTF-RN DIVISION Fort Wavae 39 22 ,476 Minneapolis 23 .476 St, Louis 23 .465 Rochester 30 34 .455 BASKETBALL Friday Night, Jan. 25 7:30 P.M. Ira J. Taylor Physical Education Building 53rd and Huntington Sts. KEARNEY STATE NEBRASKA WESLEYAN Adm.

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