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Evening star., 1944-10-20
Maryland Touchdown
Queen Hopeful Her
Maqic Will Work

Phyllis Thompson, Maryland's
Touchdown Queen" who brought
the Old Liners one score and almost
two last week in the 6-6 game with
West Virginia, will try to exert a
much more persuasive brand of
magic as Michigan State is met in
Byrd Stadium at College Park to-
night. Action starts at 8:l5.
Phyllis was elected to the high
honor by the Maryland gridders
the night before the contest with
the Mountaineers after the Old
Line players had absorbed goose
eggs in their previous two games.
Now firmly intrenched on the
throne, she's hopeful the Old
Liners will reward her smiles with
no less than two or three touch
downs. They may be needed.
Good After Lapsing Year.
A years lapse in the game doesn't
seem to have retarded Michigan
State, as its clean slate of three
victories indicates. Charley Bach
man, the Spartans' coach, kept fully
abreast of the pastime, for while
they were taking a season off he
was tutoring the Camp Grant
eleven.
So in view of their record and
their admittedly superior assets, the
Spartans will go into tonight's bat
tie as fairly heavy favorites. Bach
man has brought along 20 players
and most of them are big and fast,
though not great many are ex-
perienced in college football.
Jackweir Breslin, 24-year- -old full
back, and Robert Bruegger, halfback
who is only 18, are the Michigan
State ball toters to keep an eye
upon. Breslin is a triple -threater
who has rushed the ball 1877 yards
and tossed passes for ZIG. Bruegger
has toted the ball 139 yards in I6
tries and heaved IA aerials for 263
Visitors to Have Backing.
Michigan State, too, will not lack
for rooters. There will be a meeting
of the Washington alumni today
from to at the Statler Hotel.
where the Spartans are staying, as
a pep session for the game. Presi-
dent Hanna, Coach Bachman and
Glen Stewart, director of alumni
relations, will be on hand, as will
j. K. McElroy, booster of the gath
ering.
Marylands squad has toiled at
a terrific pace this week in prep
aration for the contest and should
be fully hardened for the hard
going it is sure to face.
Proba BILE lineup:
Evening star., 1944-10-20
American Grid LEAGUE
Is Tossing In Coin
To Keep Going
BY the Associated Press.

d. tiie aSaOCldItu flebS.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 20. - The
newly formed American Professional
Football League is having its trou-
bleS but President Freeloye, an opti-
mist at heart, thinks everything is
going to come out all right-at least
after the war.
Eight of the original 10 teams still
are in there pitching and Freelove
says the owners have spent $500 900
to get half way through the season.
There's another 100000 waiting and
ready to put right on the line, Just
in case, so that the schedule will
be carried out.
The league is guaranteeing Al
Davies, owner of the Portland Bomb
erS, against financial losses for the
rest OF the season and money will be
chunked in to keep the San Diego
club going
We're figuring on long range
program" Freelove explained. We
intend to stay in the picture. There
is room for one pro football league
on the Pacific Coast. There are
two. The other is the Pacific
Coast League Eventually, in a
few years, we think pro football can
outdraw the colleges"
AS Freelove sees things, they
aren't so black as might be imag-
ined. Attendance, although spotty,
is over last years. The average, in
Los Angeles. has been $500, and
Freelove thinks it may continue low
for two or even three years be
cause there are many competing at
fractions in Southern California 3"
Clubs are operating in Seattle,
Portland. San Francisco. Los An
geles, San Diego, Oakland and
Hollywood. Los Angeles has two.
Evening star., 1944-10-20
benson Bringing Hot
Record 10 Bout Here

Out of the Midwest comes young
Johnny benson, 23-year-old In
dianapolis heavyweight with hot
record recently in the Chicago-De-
troit-St. Louis ring warfare. to find
out what makes Dixie Oliver click
in an eight-round feature slug on
the Turner Arena fight card Mon
day night
The brawl headlines the big
heavyweight roundup staged by
Promoter Joe Turner and Match
maker Gabe Menendez. who have
set four heavyweight bouts for Mon
days card. and added a middle
weight feature in the Jess Moraney-
Bee Bee Washington rematch
Dixie now is in line for fight
with Melio Bettina in Philadelphia
but this offer probably will not
stand up unless he can whip Den
son, who has stiffened Lee Oma in
three heats, licked Jack Marshall
and turned in standout perform
ance against Lou Nova. benson
had Nova completely beaten at the
end of six rounds, but had the tough
luck to draw badly cut eye.
Evening star., 1944-10-20
BY ORLO ROBERTSON,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, Oct. 2O.-A little
more confident after picking the
Cards to beat the Browns in the
World Series, we return to the
weekly gridiron guessing game with
the hopes that well be somewhere
close to last weeks performance of
Pinch Hitter Fritz Howell. He came
up with 38 wins, three defeats and
one tie.
Navy-Georgia Tech - Unbeaten,
unscored on Tech may give the
Middies an argument, but this Navy
eleven is due TO really break loose
one of these days. This may be the
day. Navy.
Great Lakes-Ohio State-Therel
be no secrets since 1t. Paul Brown
left the Buckeyes to coach the
sailors and Carroll Widdoes was
named by Brown as his successor.
On the basis OF veteran line and
a wealth of good backs We give you
Ohio State.
Carolina Comeback Seen.
Georgia Prefiight-N Carolina
Observation-Disclosures Otto Gra-
ham to lead the Carolina team back
Evening star., 1944-10-20
AOut Baseball Quiz Is Awaiting Pros on G War Bose Tour

GI baseball fans have managed
to hear about most of the doings
OF the past year, but they'll want
to know all the details and, most
OF all, why they happened.
Luke SeWell, the only repre-
sentative of the World Series
contestants now on the list, will
hear something like this: What
happened to the Browns in the
series? How did they beat out
the Tigers and Yanks in that
close finish? How about that
scrap with the Mats when Bob
Ortiz and Tom Turner swapped
blows after the Browns had
been accused of riding" Wash
ington's Cuban players too Wig
orously? How come the Mats,
after feuding with the Browns,
virtually handed st. Louis the
pennant by knocking off Detroit?
And what happened to Wash
ington and its Cuban delegation,
anyway. finishing in the cellar
after being picked near the top?
Evening star., 1944-10-20
E. B. Boys Club to Hear
McQuinn, MCGOWAN

George McQuinn, Alexandria (Va J
star Of the st. Louis Browns; Bill
MCGOWAN, American League UNI
pire, and Sportcaster Arch McDon-
aid will be among the speakers to-
night when the Eastern Branch
Boys Club honors its three city
championship baseball teams at a
banquet.
An award will be made for the
batting championship in each league
and for the most valuable player in
the midget, pee wee and insect
classes. Baseball tokens will be pre-
sented to the so players in the three
clubs.
Evening star., 1944-10-20
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, Oct. 2O.-From
Peleliu in the Pacific, Tech. Sergt.
Billy Goodrich, former Brooklyn
sports writer, sends these words:
The results of the World Series
just came in and there were more
marines roofing for the Browns
than guys swearing at the plight
of the Dodgers. That seems in
credible. but it is the truth. One
marine, a terrific Brownie rooter,
took things so hard that after the
Cardinals won the second game
he said: Why, I'm going to
murder every Brownie personal
ly.' That sounds like Dodger
talk. but honestly this lad is the
worst baseball rooter I ever have
seen. And how could he be with
the Japs at the back door?"
Those quotes give you an idea
of what half dozen major league
managers and assorted players
and newspapermen will face
when they tour the war zone this
winter. From all accounts, the
Evening star., 1944-10-20

Any miscues in Redskin strategy
against Brooklyn Sunday may be
blamed on the orderly confusion of
affairs around the ball park, where
everybody is straining nightly to
get ready for the opener.
Dud De Groot has doped out a
couple of new pass plays that should
add a punch to the offense, but
getting enough elbow room to try
them in practice has been practi-
cally impossible. Yesterday, for ex-
ample, Barnees swing band re-
hearsed a number it will do on the
field between the halves and every
time the football players galloped
up the field they had to detour
around the 50-yard line.
There were times when Frank Fill
chock would call signals, then hear
voice bawl. Louder, louder. Give
me enough juice to hear it in any
corner of the park" That, of course
was the sound man working on his
gadgets.
Eddie Eynon. secretary of the
baseball club and general overseer
of the park, mopped a perspiring
brow and made a Coward dash to
straighten out a detail of workers
Snarled on chore. The place
echoed to the clatter Of carpenters
mailing the last section of seats to-
gether.
Couldn't get the steel We were
promised" Eynon said, "and I was
afraid to wait any longer. That's
Why we'll only have one of the two
new press boxes ready Sunday. But
that one will be a big improvement
over the other
Eddie Killian. who with Bernie
Thompson serves as official movie
photographer of all Redskin games
climbed in and out of the grand
stand. perched on various sections
OF the roof and tried shots from
many angles. De Groot wants a bet
ter angle for the home-game movies
School kids, Bottle" Cox, operator
of the scoreboard clock; Frank Bax-
ter,s clubhouse crew, various ano
sundry officials and the usual hang
ers-on, wandered aimlessly about
the premises, but through it all the
Redskins valiantly ran off plays
Evening star., 1944-10-20
Wiese of Wolverines
To Skip Penn Come

ANN ARBOR, Mich, Oct. 90
Bob Wiese. Michigan football cap
tain and fullback. a Navy trainee.
does not plan to play with the team
at Philadelphia against Pennsyl-
vania November T.
Under original plans WieSe was
expected to be available for the
Penn game, which is played the
day before he is due to report at
Asbury Park, N. j., for e-midship-
man training.
Evening star., 1944-10-20
Badgers Out to Blast Irish's
Dream of Unbeuten Season

Last season the Ramblers ran up
their biggest winning score under
Coach Frank Leahy, a 500 win over
the Badgers. Notre Dame has tri-
umphed six times in their all-time
series, with the Badgers winning
four. There were two ties.
Tomorrow, on approximately the
10th anniversary of the day he led
the Irish to decisive 1913 victory
over Wisconsin, Harry Stuhldreher
one of Notre Danes famed -Four
Horsemen," will send his youngsters
on the field in hopes of spelling
Irish dreams of an unbeaten season
as great as 1924's when they won
10 games.
Evening star., 1944-10-20
Manor Golf laureIs Taken
By Mrs. Daily, Mrs. Hill

Mrs. John r. Daily and Mrs. Bun
ker Hill rated as the top linkswomen
of Manor Country Club today after
triumphing over a field Of 55 yes
terday in the clubs annual field day
tournament.
A card of s6 gave low gross honors
to Mrs. Daily, while Mrs. Hill posted
an 83 for the low net silverware.
Mrs. Hill was tied for the low net
prize with Mrs. j. Bullock and Mrs.
c. Morrill, and won net title via the
draw route.
A blind bogey feature was won by
Mrs. w. c. Gamrath. who matched
the lucky number with a net So tor
the inside nine.
Evening star., 1944-10-20
Huskies Aim 10 Land
Bowl Bid With Two
Wins in Six Days
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 2O.-The
Huskies of the University of Wash
lngton can get an automatic bid to
the Pasadena Rose Bowl by winning
two football games in six days.
They are going to meet Southern
California here Monday night, then
move on to Berkeley for a battle
with California the following Satur-
day.
So far. Coach Pest Welch's club
has won four straight by over
whelming scores. Willamette fell
twice, as did Whitman. They're two
small Washington colleges. No, the
opposition wasn't very strong, but
Washington could be equal to it's
task in California.
Southern California hasn't quite
lived up to advance expectations. 1t
was tied by U. c. L. A. and by Cali
fornia. On paper, U. S. c. Coach
jeff Cravath appears to have
pretty fair team. California doesn't
have any outstanding players. aside
from Roger Harding, a first-rate
center, but it wins all its games.
Either California or Southern
California could knock the Huskies
out Of the running
If the Huskies do get into the
Rose Bowl the Nays strict ruling
about being home promptly after
the week end could throw monkey
wrench into the New Year game.
The possibility already has been
entertained that the Pasadena
classic might be moved up TO De-
cember 80, Saturday, TO allow
Washington trainees a chance TO
get home in time. New Year falls
on Monday.
After the Southern California and
California games, Washington meets
the strong 4th Air Force of March
Field and the Spokane Army Air
Base. Both games will be in Wash
ington. California, Southern Cal, u.
C.. L. and Washington are the only
Pacific Coast Conference teams
playing football, and tradition has
it that the Rose Bowl game nominee
is a conference member, free TO
choose its opponent elsewhere.
Last season there was a deviation
because of transportation difficulties,
so the contestants were Southern
California and Washington. They
settled the conference title. South
ern California won In walk.
Evening star., 1944-10-20

Leo Durocher may have a
hard time answering some of
those Dodger fans on such ques-
tions as: How do you expect to
win a pennant with a bunch of
IS year = old bobby sockers?
What was the idea of getting rid
of Fritz Ostermueller, who had
such a good year after he landed
with the Pirates? How about
Dixie Walkers batting? Weren't
you threatening to trade him last
winter? What will our Buns do
next year?
Other matters for discussion
and explanation include: Jim
Tobln's e-and-a-h half no-hit
games, the Cubs early losing
streak and Subsequent recovery.
those incomplete" National
League games that must have
confused the GIs who were get
Evening star., 1944-10-20
Skins Drill Slightly Confused
As OPENING Plans Are Rushed

tried their passing and punting and
even had dummy scrimmage. So. ii
they come up with boner Sunday
you'll know why.
The Redskin front office yesterday
announced that Sammy Baugh had
been insured for 100000 for plane
rides from Texas to Washington,
which indicates the esteem in which
he is held-at the box Office. The
Singer is due here for the game,
but it was possible that hurricane
weather on the seaboard might de-
Law his arrival. L. A.
Evening star., 1944-10-20
u. S. Girl Athletes
Tense, but Best

CHICAGO, Oct. 20-American
girls are better athletes than
their European sisters-but they
are less relaxed, says Mrs. AL
dona Bulota, new women's phys
ical education director at De Paul
University.
Mrs. Bulota, who before the
Germans occupied Lithuania.
taught physical education in that
country, blamed the tension of
the American girls on the hurry.
hurry, hurry, all the time in large
American cities
Evening star., 1944-10-20
Clemson State Ruler
After Beating ). {.
BY The Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
COLUMBIA, S. c., Oct. 20.-The
Clemson Tigers today boasted the
football championship Oh the State
after upsetting the favored South
Carolina Gamecocks, 20 to 13, in the
AID staging of the annual Fair game
here yesterday.
The Tigers never were headed
after scoring on a 64-yard first
period drive, and protected their
lead with IS and 40 yard scoring
thrusts in the third and fourth
periods. The Gamecocks forced
over second and fourth period
touchdowns
The Clemson offensive was a
powerhouse running attack. regis
tering IL first downs to 9 for the
Gamecocks, with the Tigers only
two aerial attempts uncompleted
Evening star., 1944-10-20

ting the results briefly and often
weeks late, the relative impor-
tance of Dizzy Trout, Hal New
houser and Dick Wakefield in
Detroit's near miss pennant
shot, how the Yanks' Joe Page
made the An-Star team, but
ended the season in Newark: Joe
Medwick's play for the Giants
after being traded by his old pal
Durocher and being twice disci-
plined by Mel OFT, Vince Di
Maggio's fuss with the Pirate
management over that $3.50 meal
check. Come to think of it. lot
OF folk around here would like
to known all those answers, too.
Evening star., 1944-10-20
SchoenthoI, VINO Executive,
Shines in Bowling LEAGUE

his rather lusty pinspilling in the
league.
Another member Of the Funkies
combination is Gino Simi, former
Capital sports writer, who was the
originator of the Dixie Open, one
of the East's annual major duckpin
events. Gino, who now is the D. c.
Area training director. is third high
in the loop with an average of l08.
Other notables in the league are
Charles E. Farmer. D. c. United
States Employment Service director.
and Ernest V. Connolly, D. c. War
Manpower director.
With a clean slate of y games,
Dick Hart's champion Whiting team
again is out in front by a margin of
two games over Silver Spring in the
Masonic League. Charley Renwick's
37l led the leaders triple win over
National
Abe Povich with 179 and 436 and
his Gompers team with CAT and
1886 are season recordholderS. Har-
old Phillips Isl and 409 featured La
tayette's 2-1 win from Silver Spring.
Major Robb, who last season with
1870 missed by one pin having his
name inscribed on the George l..
ISemann Trophy, fired the weeks
top game of Ill.
Joppa showed under New Jeru-
salem as Ben Livings banged out
l44 and 378. Barrister. with seven
wins against two losses. is running
third. Gompers. Joppa and Hope are
tied for fourth with nine wins and
three defeats each.
Ed Wolf with 162 and 400 spanked
Fat Boy to 81 win from McGol-
rick Plumbers in the Rhode Island
Avenue BusinesSmen's loop. George
tPinky) Bradt's 372 aided Kronheim
to nick Don's Sunoco, 2-1, while
Tommy Thompson's 393 helped
Plaza Rockets take the odd game
from Washington Auto Supply.
Evening star., 1944-10-20
e, the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, Oct. 20.-It says here
in a book that in Indiana corn is
the big crop, with wheat, tomatoes,
oats, etc, following" There is no
data concerning football, although
the Notre Dame Wisconsin game to-
morrow at South Bend, 18th of the
series, is expected to harvest a crop
of 10000 customers.
In SIS seasons of gridiron warfare
Notre Dame teams have won a
bumper crop of 337 victories, lost 70
and tied q. One of those losses
was a $50 pasting by Wisconsin,
way back in 1904-the Irishs worst
all-time defeat.
Evening star., 1944-10-20
Navy, Ohio State, Army, Irish,
Alabama Seen as Winners

to the victory trail after being tied
by Virginia last week.
Tulsa -Mississippi-Tulsa is look
ing for a bowl bid and "Ole Miss"
isn't going to stop the Oklahomans.
-Notre Dame-This1l be
No. 4 for the Nations No. / team
Notre Dame.
Illinois = Pittsburgh - The Illini
haven't got much in the way of a
defense, but they have fleet Buddy
Young and it'll take lot of touch
downs to beat him. Illinois.
Brown-Holy Cross-Of the rec
ords, it'll have to be Holy Cross.
Texas-Arkansas - Texas without
hesitation.
Purdue Iowa The HaWkeyes
haven't shown enough to stop the
Boilermakers' parade to at least a
share in the Big Ten title. Purdue
U. S. Coast Guard -Army-The Ca
diets warm up for their game with
Duke next week. Army.
st. Mary's Preflight-U. C. L. A
U. C. L. A. tied Southern Cal; tn,
Preflighters lost to the Trojans
That adds up to U. C. L. A.
Rice-Southern Methodist - Heads
its Rice, tails it's the Methodists. The
coin came down heads.
Indiana Northwestern We hatt
to admit 1t but it looks to be oul
alma nanny is headed for its
fourth straight defeat. Indiana.
Auburn -Tulane-Dub Jones to leae
to victory
Kansas State e-Oklahoma-No neec
Of doing any heavy thinking. Okla
homa.
Alabama -TenneSsee-This is sup
posed to be a real Alabama team
Tennessee may surprise but vel
string along with Alabama.
Iowa State-Missouri - The Navy
trainees at Iowa State will prove
the difference.
Penn State e-Colgate-the Nittany
Lions have too much offensive power
for the Red Raiders. Penn State.
Texas Christian Texas Aggies-
It's the Aggies by a comfortab BILE
margin.
Wake Forest a Cinch.
Wake Forest North Carolina State
How can you pick anybody but
Wake Forest?
Starting with Friday games we &C
gallopin' over the country: Georgia
over Daniel Field, Drake over Gus
tavus Adolphus, Jacksonville NavaI
Base over Miami, Michigan State
over Maryland, Boston College over
New York University and Temple
over Syracuse
On Saturday it'll be: West Vir-
glnia over Bethany, Sd Air Force
over Cherry Point Marines, Colorado
over Colorado College, California
over Fleet City Naval Base, Lafay-
cite over Lehigh, Villanova over
Muhlenberg, Louisiana State over
Mississippi State, St. Marys ovel
Nevada, Oklahoma Aggies over Den
yer, Cornell over Sampson Nava
Base, William and Mary over Rich
mond AAB, I'd Air Force over North
Texas, Utah over Idaho Southern
Kentucky over V. M l., and on Sun
day Marquette will take Lincoln
Nebr.. Air Base, cambridge will bea1
Camp Perry and Iowa Prefiight vii
down Fort Warren.
Evening star., 1944-10-20
Sports Program
For Local Fans
TODAY,
Football.

Michigan State VS.. Maryland,
College Park, 8:15.
Gonzaga at Roosevelt. 4.
Bethesda-Chevy Chase at Lam
don, $3.50.
Mount Vernon at Georgetown
Prep, $50.
Tech at Washington-Lee, 4.
Fairfax at George Washington
fnightl, BIS.
Evening star., 1944-10-20
All School Games
Are Postponed

All three high school cham
pionship football games sched-
uled for today have been called
of because Of the heavy rain.
Tony Kupka, acting head of ath-
letics, in making the announce
ment shortly after noon, said
that the games would be played
next Monday at o'clock at the
places at which they were
booked today.
This arrangement doubtless
will be followed throughout the
season when Friday postpone
ments are necessitated.
Evening star., 1944-10-20
By BEN McALWEE.

Leading the charge when the
F1unkies beat the pacesetting Wild
cats, 2-l, in the War Manpower
Commission loop the other night at
Convention Hall was Deputy Re-
gional Director Arthur L. Schoenthal
with a 342. His average of ia is
topped only by John Micro of the
Placement quint with 116 atteSting
Evening star., 1944-10-20
Most of Bondsmen, Vets, PIoy for Love Of 1t

Herb has had the additional feathers
heck Philadelphia
played before the ODT oo back the
left
resulting melee Herb misplaced foot didn't
for two days Probably got showed into he
of the bandsmen you'll
the love of Herb
powder from rehears pick dollars playing dance
they're always losing sticks something Older
reliable faithfully sticking a
appearance
The bandsmen rich their Sunday afternoon
being amateurs but they have fun
chance and watch the football with
free ticket for the wife friend In couple Of
banquet thrown in for good
thing
Returning from New York for example they would organize
sessions dances the baggage
Thompson who
the humble beginning of drummer the cymba
hingweght
might add that lot of hard good
with it.
Evening star., 1944-10-20
County Rifle Match

An individual handicap match for
rif1emen taking the first advanced
rifle course in Prince Georges Coun-
ty will be held Sunday, the day the
course will be completed at the
Berwyn Rod and Gun Club, on Ed
monSton road.
Evening star., 1944-10-20
Lights Go Out, Gridmen
Cont Agree on Winner
Rx the Assnciated presx

BY the Associated Press.
BIGLERVILLE, Pa. Oct. 20
The lights went out with two min
utes left in the first half and the
score 6-0-who won? Coach Hen
Bream of Biglerville High School,
whose team hadn't scored, wants to
play it over.
Coach Charley Spangler believes
his Red Lion gridders can claim a
victory because, he says, refusal of
authorities to refund spectators
money makes last nights game Of
fetal,
Evening star., 1944-10-20
Navy Used to Youngsters

1t. Comdr. Rip Miller, Nays line
coach, remarked: "A lot of coaches
are shocked TO find out that teen
age boys can play football. We've
known that for 20 years