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Evening star., 1945-12-13
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Dec. 13.-Schedule
making is the professed business Of
the Eastern college athletic direc-
tors attending their ninth annual
convention here today. but rumors
about football coaching changes
continue to monopolize the hotel
lobby conversations.
Tops on the list Is the Syracuse
post which Ossie Solem resigned
on the eve Of the convention. Ath-
letic Director Lew Andreas has been
besieged with phone calls during
his stay, but has reached no deci-
sion Keyhole listeners reported
Lynn Waldorf of Northwestern and
Clarence Mum, line coach at Mich
igan, were the top candidates.
Lafayette Is in the market for q
new skipper with the resignation of
Ben Wolfson and would like Buff
Donelli. the former Duquesne head
man, who assisted Lou Little ut
Columbia during the past season
Hamilton College, certain to re-
sumo the grid sport on a four or
five-game basis, is said to be con-
sidering George (Bud) Svendsen
former Green Bay Packer star CEN
ter. Mel Helm, who probably meant
| it when he retired from the New
Evening star., 1945-12-13
Hoyas Down Soldiers
To Reach 500 Mark

Ken Ensles has discovered the role
of player-coach is no sinecure, espe-
cially with a rookie team, but it
apparently hasn't dimmed the Hoya
stars scoring eye for he lobbed Il
points into the net last night as the
Hoyas whacked Army War College
1926.
The win raised Georgetown's aver
age for the season to 500 in four
games and puts them in position to
end the preholiday schedule with q
balance in its favor by beating
Scranton Saturday night on the lat
ter's floor.
Engles, however, had to share the
spotlight with Ed Drysgula, who hit
the net for IA, and Tom Gala, who
found the hoop for IL. Among
them they collected enough points
to trounce. the soldiers, who trailed
at the half, 2O-11.
Evening star., 1945-12-13
Navy to Be Host to Big Regatta;
Also Gets College Track Meet

York football Giants this time, will
60 back to Union.
Fordham has decided to start up
again, but hasn't named q coach,
and Duquesne, Georgetown and
Manhattan, other Eastern Intercol-
legiate Football Association men,
bers who suspended during the war
haven't decided on their 1916 policy
but are leaning toward resumption
The Navy coaching job still Is
wide open and probably will remain
so until a new director of athletics
is named. Reports that Tom Hamil-
ton would be picked as director al
Annapolis were upended by the news
of his recent assignment to an air.
craft carrier.
Outside of the lobby talk about
football coaches, the most important
item on the convention agenda wa.
scheduling of q nine-crew cham.
pionship regatta at Annapolis May
II. This event probably will sub.
stitute for the Poughkeepsie classic
in 1916, although a definite decision
on the Hudson River classic has moi
yet been reached.
Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, M.
T., Navy, Penn, Princeton, Rutger.
and Wisconsin will compete on the
Severn over the TX mile distance.
Navy also was awarded the I. c
"A track championships, to be helt
May Is. and the Eastern Intercol.
legiate Wrestling Association cham.
pionships were awarded to Lehigt
at Bethlehem, Pa, February 8 and 8
The Fencing Association ano
Gymnastic League decided to skip
title competition for another year.
Evening star., 1945-12-13
H-Nors Better Lead
In Women S LEAGUE

The Ladies' District League pen
nant race last night witnessed the
pacesetting Hi-Skor quint increase
its lead to six games with a 80 vic
tory over King Pin as the runner
up Silver Spring lost game to Alex
andria.
The keen battle for the circuit s
individual lead saw Ruby Parry of
Alexandria firing 358 to tie with
Lorraine GULL of Hi-Skor, who
posted 348. Both sport an average
Of 1l7-27 for ~ games.
In other matches Brookland, leo
by Ruth De Chastain's 1858, white
washed Red Circle, Ice Palace
trimmed Temple, 81, as Julia
Young bowled 358; Lafayette nicked
Clarendon, 2-1, and Bethesda
whipped Rosslyn in the odd tilt.
Evening star., 1945-12-13

Gene Hammill Of Central, Dick
Hammill of Central, Dick Lewis of
Washington-Lee and Stan King of
Coolidge.
The opposing lines are a coaches
dream. Seven members OF Gonzaga s
great forward wall will be ready for
action along with stars from Dewitt
Bulls, St. Johns and Georgetown
Prep. The all-high line will be boil
stored by Phil Cocimano. Eastern s
battering center, and will include
stars from Anacostias outstanding
forward wall as well as players from
the other top lines Of the year.
Parade Starts at / PM.
Neither Tufiy Leemans, coach OF
the au-high aggregation, nor Len
Askin. the prep mentor, are to an
nounce starting lineups until to-
morrow.
More than 1000 persons will take
part in the pregame parade and
pageant starting at / o'clock. The
spectacle will include military police
from Fort Myer and Fort Belvoir
color guard units from the Army
Navy. Marine and Coast Guard and
five complete bands.
The halftime ceremonies will in
clude q tribute to the war veterans
who have returned to local prep and
high schools. Special honors will be
paid to Ed Nicholson of Eastern
High and James Flaherty of Ana
costa High, two all-high players OF
the first Scholastic All-Star game
who were killed in action.
Secretary of the Treasury Fred M
Vinson will throw out the game ball
at l 80.
Evening star., 1945-12-13
Some U-Lions on Spot
In Battling Falcons

Coach Make Bennett isn't men,
tionirg any names. but he is openly
dissatisfied with the performance OF
several members of the Washington
Lions hockey squad and says they
will be skating on probation against
the Philadelphia Falcons on Uline
ice tomorrow night.
Il know we have several players
Of known ability who would help us
,,lenty If they would show some
spirit" Bennett said today. 'I have
been patient with these boys, but
unless they click pretty soon they'll
go-and fast"
Evening star., 1945-12-13
Chandler Gains Veto
Power, Will Control
Promotion Fund
By the Associated Eress.

CHICAGO. Dec. 13.-Albert B.
CHappy) Chandler, commissioner Of
baseball, gained two victories during
the four-hour joint session of the
major leagues yesterday. In addi-
ton to casting the SKY is the
limit night game vote Chandler
gained veto power over all legisla-
ton he considers detrimental to
baseball, but can be overruled by a
three-fourths vote.
The minor leaguers at their con-
vention In Columbus. Ohio, a week
ago had voted to eliminate such a
veto power.
Chandler also moved back into the
s50,000 promotional program for
baseball. At the Columbus conven-
ton. the Promotional Committee
which includes the presidents of the
two major leagues. announced that
the $4,000 set aside be handled BY
an ONCE separate from that of the
commissioner.
Yesterday the owners decided to
throw the committees action out of
the window, and present a new re-
port to Chandler at meetings to be
held in New York in February,
Evening star., 1945-12-13
Tickets Available
For Title Come

Tickets for the championship
play between the Redskins
and Rams at Cleveland Sunday
are on sale at the Redskin office,
739 Ninth street NV, priced at
$3.50 for lower stands and $6
upper stand. The original allot-
ment of 1000 seats was exhausted
earlier in the week, but more
have been received, General Man
ager Sid Carroll said today. All
reservations must be picked I'D
by noon tomorrow.
While no special trains viii 60
to Cleveland, both the Baltimore
and Ohio and Pennsylvania Rail-
roads are adding extra day
coaches to regular trains sched-
uled to leave Washington tomor-
row night at $3.50. Complete de-
tails may be obtained from rail-
road information offlces.
Evening star., 1945-12-13
GaIIaudet's HoIcomb
Ace Of Losing Game

The future seems dark for Gal
laudetis courtmen but 1t may bring
new honors- to sharpshooter Roy
Halcomb, the Blues star forward.
He sank six field goals last night as
his mates suffered their third
straight Mason-Dixon Conference
setback in losing to Johns Hopkins
51-38.
Holcomb's feat prodded his season
total to IS points and on the Ken
dali Green campus they say he
isn't even warmed up yet. He
chalked up 16 points against Bridge
water in the curtain-raiser and
tackled on II against Loyola. He has
a chance to improve on that record
tomorrow night when Gallaudet en-
tertains Western Maryland at
Roosevelt High School gym In its
fourth and last preholiday league
game.
Johnny Schumacher, Gallaudet
newcomer, topped Holcomb's efforts
last night with IA points, but Dici
Jolson, with 20, topped both ir
pacil,r the Blue Jaws to victory,
Evening star., 1945-12-13
Lewis Is Named Grid
Mentor al W. and |.

LEXINGTON. Va, Dec. l3.-Art
Lewis, former tackle with the New
York Giants and coach of the Cleve-
land Rams, has been appointed head
coach at Washington and Lee.
His appointment marks the return
to football of the Generals, absent
from State and Southern Confer
ence play since 1912.
Lewis, "a, came here January I
1912, as line coach and served
through the spring training that
year under Head Coach Riley Smith
He was commissioned in the Navy
In June of that year and was dis.
charged month ago with the rank
OF lieutenant commander. His home
is in Ohio.
Evening star., 1945-12-13
Recreation Leaders to Oppose
Tourist Camp Enhancement

trict and Maryland associations at
meetings during the next two
months, If the recommendation
made by group Of professionals,
meeting yesterday with the presi-
dents of the two organizations are
followed.
DR.. A. T. Utz, District associa-
ton president, and Harry G. Pitt,
Maryland association prexy, met ut
Kenwood yesterday with al Hough-
ton, tournament chairman for the
Middle Atlantic PGA, and Pros
George Diffenbaugh and Mel
Snorey. AL agreed that the Chi
Lago district association handicap
method, which bases handicaps on
a minimum Of Is scores and al
lows for unusual high or low rounds,
is the most equitable Arrangement
for golf handicapping Of amateur
players.
Feel Handicaps Aren't Equitable.
1t came up in connection with a
PGA plan for changing the method
of playing the popular pro-amateur
Journeys and arranging handicaps
to attract larger fields. Some play
ers DO not enter the events because
they feel handicaps are not equita-
Bile. Houghton will press for uppins
the entry fee In these events from
81 to IS, and will urge that anna
teur players without proper handi-
caps must play from scratch.
Pitt is expected to 60 out of the
Maryland association presidency
at the annual meeting In Balti.
more January 18, and probably will
be chosen to head the District as.
ISOLATION, succeeding DR.. Utz, al
the annual meeting OF that or
ganization in February.
Evening star., 1945-12-13
Redskins Have Stars,
Rams Bank Heavily
On Machine Play
By LEWIS r. ATCHISON.

Cleveland will present practically
q prewar team against the Redskins
In the championship playoh and il
raises the question whether a team
that has as many -liftings as
the Tribe can whip the Rams.
You can throw out that 21-0 set
back the Skins suffered at the Rams
hands in their exhibition last Sep
tember. Washington was not well
organized and had not really begun
while Cleveland already hac
knocked of the Cardinals and
was purring like 16-cylinder motor
doing 1t.
Immediately after their opening
game the Skins began turning over
their personnel like flapjacks. They
signed Al Piasecky, Merlyn Condit
Glen Stralka, Ki Aldrich, AL DeMao
Fred Davis, Bill De Correvont, jim
Gaffney, John Koniszewski, Marvin
Whited, Steve Bagarus, Dick Todd
Cecil Hare and Bob De Fruiter
Maybe we've overlooked a few
others, but right there Is team
good enough to beat the Rams-ol
any other club, when right.
Rams Smother Machine.
Having players is one thing, ano
having a thoroughly co-ordinatec
offense Is another. In team play thu
Rams have the edge. Offhand WI
can't think or more than two OF
three men they've added since the,
went to training camp and thai
means their men have worn a groove
running their assignments. They
could walk through a play blind
folded by this time, while some o.
the Redskins still have to be lee
around by the hand and even ther
bump into the referee.
| Chill Walsh and Bob Snyder hav,
done great job in their first seasor
together at Cleveland, but stabilit,
of personnel has been an invaluabl,
aid. They have three Of the league!
six leading ground-gainers in Free
Gehrke, Don Greenwood and jim
Gillette, and in Bob Waterf1eld tn.
quarterback of the year.
Waterfield Has the Works.
Waterfield is a great actor with
the ball and generally is rated 6
better passer from the T formation
than Baugh. He is rated on a pal
with Sammy as punter and better
as runner, which is a fair ides
Of hoT we'll the opposition regard.
him.
The Rams are not as deep in back.
field material as Washington, bu
they have couple of others by tn,
names of Tommy Colella and Abb,
Reisz. who got in the Redskins hal
here last year and may do it again
Sunday. Their top ends, Steve Pritk
and Jim Benton, are among the bes
on the circuit, dangerous offensivel
as well as on defense and the Trib
will f1nd it hard to move aroun,
them and to keep them from grab
bfng passes. There is no question
that the Rams excel in team play
The problem is. can the Tribe, wit
its collection of stars. work togethe
we'll enough to knock the horn
OF 'em?
Evening star., 1945-12-13
King Pins Cut Hi-Skor
Lead With Triumph
lover BrookIand
BY BEN McALWEE.

Sweeping Brookland with top
scores Of 66S and 1880, the clicking
second-place King Pin team last
night cut the pacesetting -Skor's
lead to three games in the District
League flag chase when the 'front.'
runner dropped a game to Silver
Spring.
The battle for the individual
championship also was intensified
when Bob Miciotto, King Pin cap
tain, moved only II pins behind the
leading Bub Guethler of Lucky
Strike while Ray Watson, Northeast
Temple, pulled up two pins back of
Miciotto.
Leader in 2-1 victory over GPO
with 403, Guthler hiked his top
average to 1898 for 80 games. while
Miciotto with 414 jumped to 1928,
while Watson zoomed to 1926 with
top set of 420.
Hyattsville held fourth place with
a 81 win from Bethesda No. l and
the Champion Temple quint climbed
to fifth place by taking the odd
game from Colonial Village.
Harry Strickler's 167 was the blow
that gave Silver Spring its lone
game from Hi-Skor. Bethesda No.
2 won the first tilt from Fort Davis
but Butch Hutchinson's 143 and 391
helped cut down the strong invaders
in the final skirmishes. Another
tailender came through as Green
way, led by Irving Cooks 389, beat
Chevy Chase Ice Palace, 81. Dick
Townsend, Ice Palace captain, won
the close middle game with dou-
ble-header strike in his final box.
Clarendon swept Columbia as AL
Wright and Ed Nash turned in re-
spective counts of 399 and 3S7.
Ralph Bates posted 388 for the
losers. Standings:
Hi-Skor. 30-12: King Pin, 27-15: Lucky
Strike, Gals; Hyattsville 25-17; Temple.
22-e0: Clarendon, ego; Bethesda No. i.
20-1a; Silver Spring. 2o-22; GPo, 2O-22:
Ice Palace. 1924; Columbia. 1897; Fort
Davis, 1929, Greenway, 1870.
Evening star., 1945-12-13
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

The entire question Of District
recreation areas, particularly with
regard to public golf facilities, is due
for restudy as result of the ap-
pointment of special committee of
the District Recreation Board to
meet soon with the full Park and
Planning Commission to 60 over the
whole subject.
This meeting is the result of an
nouncement of plans for enlarging
the tourist camp In East Potomac
Park, which may wind up in further
restriction Of the area in that park
allotted to golf. The proposal of
the Ofi1ce of National Capital Parks
and Government Services, Inc,
would reduce the East Potomac Park
golf facilities from 36 to ~ holes.
Only this year have u holes at
East Potomac Park ben put in first
class condition after having been
closed during most of the war
period.
Opposes Further Restrictions.
Members of the special committee
to represent the District Recreation
Board are Harry S. Wender, chair.
man; G. Melvin Sharpe and James
E. Schwab. The board, according
to Recreation Supt. Milo Christian.
sen, feels that the tourist camp
properly does not belong in the East
Potomac Park area, and strongly
opposes further restriction of tn.
public recreation areas. Govern.
ment workers, with little time fol
travel, need public recreation ia.
eilities near their ofices," said Mr.
Christensen.
During the playing season thou.
sands OF golfers, tennis and softbal
players flock to the courses ant
courts in East Potomac Park aftel
work. The golfers, with West Po.
tomac Park closed, and certain t.
be inadequate if a course ever il
reopened there, strongly resent an,
further encroachment on their ia
cilities. There are not enough pub
lie golf courses, they fell, and fur.
ther curtailment of facilities wouls
result in even worse overcrowdin,
than now prevails at busy times.
Favor Chicago Handicap System.
A uniform handicap system pat.
termed along the lines of that usec
by the Chicago District Golf Asso
ciation may be adopted by the Dis
Evening star., 1945-12-13
London Defects Faculty
Quintet for Starter

Landon Schools basket ball team
opened its season yesterday by de-
feating faculty quintet, 1924, in
the school gym.
Bill Kacy, fast-scoring center, led
the winners attack with five goals
and two free throws for IL points.
and Billy Smith and Don Amussen
chipped in six points each.
Evening star., 1945-12-13
OSS Tops Airmen Quint
For Third Win on Trip
Special Dispateh TO The 9tar

GREENSBORO, N. c., Dec. is
Once of Strategic Services court
men topped Greensboro Air Base
for their third straight win on their
current Southern tour, showing the
crowd one Of the smoothest basket
ball teams to play in this vicinity
since prewar days.
Babcock, Saltau and johnson
paced the winners attack, while
Spencer was high for Greensboro.
Evening star., 1945-12-13
Ann Miller Mat Winner
Over CeciIio BIevins

New queen of local wrestling
circles is Ann Miller, who defeated
Cecilia Blevins in II minutes in the
co-feature on the Turner Arena
card last night.
In the mems main event the Col
den Angel defeated Tom Mahoney
a substitute for Joe Savoldi, in 80
minutes. Duke Keomuka and Jesse
James went to Commute draw;
Ed Franer defeated Bill Beard in
Is, and Don Serio whipped Abe
Finkelstein in II.
Evening star., 1945-12-13
Stork Visits Jomisons;;
Dod Eyeing New Job

Al Jamison, local golf pro, Is being
congratulated on the birth Of son
born to Mrs. Jamison at Garfield
Hospital. Jamison may take a jot
at Princeton, N. j., In the spring
He has been ct Asheville, N. G., for
the last four years, working Tor the
General Accounting Once.
Evening star., 1945-12-13
Basket Ball Results
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Evening star., 1945-12-13
BIodensbure Captures
Opener at Annapolis

Bladensburg High cagers are off
to hot start in their current court
campaign with a 1895 win scored
over Annapolis High yesterday at
Crabtown.
Bob Bickford led the winners
scoring with is points.
Evening star., 1945-12-13

we called the pineapple" the general told Happy"
and the magnates 'The soldiers were taught to
lob it at the enemy. In the recent wars, our
youngsters just wouldn't do any lobbing. They
had baseball wings and threw accordingly.
Now the Army calls the hand grenade the
baseball-and it certainly struck out many Nazis
and Japs."
According to the general, baseball did a great
deal to benefit the Army and not the least of
what was .done was continuing the game through
the war years. "The workers on the home front in
turning out war materiel made their effort as
earnestly as the men overseas" he said. THE
home front deserved its recreation In the form of
baseball and news Of what was going on in the game
in this country really was tonic to the soldiers
Evening star., 1945-12-13
Blair Is Sent Overtime
To CONQUER Western

Blair won its second basket ball
game in two days yesterday when
the Marylanders defeated Western,
1917, in overtime. on the Blair
court. Goals by Dick Hesselgesser
and Parker Kirby turned the tide
Evening star., 1945-12-13
Dawson Now Yunkee Scout

CHICAGO, Dec. l3 OH. p
Dawson, for several years business
manager of the New York Yankees
Piedmont League farm club at Nor
folk, Va. has been transferred to
the scouting staff.
Evening star., 1945-12-13
Wilson Beats Woodward
To Guin First Triumph

Wilson Highs up-and-coming bas-
ket ball team won its first game yes
terday In swamping Woodward Prep,
43-l5, on Tiger hardwood. Leader
in the attack was forward Bob
Hogue with II points,
Evening star., 1945-12-13
Cubs Dispose of Brewster

CHICAGO. Dec. Is lP.-The Cubs
have sold Shortstop Charlie Brew
ster to San Diego. He played for
Los Angeles and Nashville in 1945.
Evening star., 1945-12-13


Army
that didn't full stories and of baseball simply
didn't get
The Army the told the the majors "abso
htely basebaI-minded"
Urges Spread Of Come Among Youngsters
Gen Devers said the brass
hats baseball telling
Armys brass all
they ought to do the general observed and welcome this
tunity to do little talking another profession
Army during the Many people sympathy with
called lot of ush That then isn't
You leaders of baseball have real
You must spread the baseball country
especially among the youngsters And have the machinery
youngsters look setting
the game America likes nothing more than winner and takes
the best to make You brass hats Of baseball have built
to the highest standard and youngsters
game Is trying in his heart to play to that standard
That's the of generally
loes IN the war and it's the kind we'll need-and dperateyh
Keep going and it general
Heo BY doing you do tremendous service to country
Teom Spirit VitoI in Success Of Army
After ALL sport game
and with youngsters engaging in than other
spirit developed early in the lives of in the Nation Gen
Deve observed Il tell spirit
to the success of any Army unit, small large
With that team spirit
fair ORDER but you'll still retain that competitive
the Army must not lose and the competitive high
at all times.
Youngsters developed play and built
up strong competitive spirit the baseball diamond generally
youngsters with such background who became the leaders
the lesser units in the fighting lines
built these youngsters into teams in the Army taught them
the numbers in the brought
tump-of1 pretty well poised action.
When the junp-of though it pretty up
individual And the youngster red by competitive
spirit usually took
so don't let the Army baseball"
the generals parting
help make them ready when the crisis arrives"
Evening star., 1945-12-13
Win, Lose or Draw
Devers Louds Baseball for Port in War
By JOHN B. KELLER

CHICAGO, Dec 13-Baseban helped the
and back with Jaky
the forces made before Commissioner
n at Chicago
Evening star., 1945-12-13

Totals 1s 2 3S Totals Ill 2-24
Referee-Mr SlasIe.
Evening star., 1945-12-13

Totals II 43s Totals %
Evening star., 1945-12-13
South Rules Little AII-Americu
By the Associated Press.

Z. Dec l3-The South. placing hve players, dominated
n-America football team revived today after two-year
a,se of the uap he 6rsfea