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Evening star., 1948-11-29
|bethea, Green Battle
lin Rubber Bout as.
Turner Co-feature

: The third chapter in the boxing
series between Artie Bethea, local
middleweight. and Joe Green, from
Asheville. N. c., holds the spotlight
at Turner'S Arena tonight. They
meet in an eight-rounder that shares
top billing with another eight be-,
tween Walter Rowan, Richmond,
and Bradford Smith. New. York.
welterweights.
Bethea VS.. Green is a rubber fight,
following two close battles at
Turner's. Both are hard hitters and
there Is a chance their bout will
not 60 the distance.
The cofeature also shapes up a.
a hot scrap. Both Rowan and Brad.
ford have shown well here and are
anxious to keep local following. Last
week Rowan beat Leslie Harris here
and before that topped Jimmy Me-
Griff, local battler, in Richmond.
Three Washington fighters are On
the supporting program. Johnny
Holt, local middleweight, goes
against Oscar Wakefield Of Balti.
more; Ben Harrison, D. c. heavy,
meets Don Wagner of Portsmouth.
and Frank Ball faces Ray Aldridge
of Portsmouth. AL prelims are five.
FOUNDERS, with the first starting at
8:45 pm.
Evening star., 1948-11-29

IL times, st. Johns, five and two
games have ended in ties.
Although the Eagles boast a bet
ter winning record than the john
nies for the season. Kozik is his
usual pessimistic self.
Sure I'm pessimistic," he says.
We've played over our heads 80
far. Our line isn't too strong and
we have too many young and mex
perienced boys. But the boys are
up for the game and we're going
to give them all we have. We've
just got to win this one"
Coach Joey Gallagher of st. Johns
also feels his team has to win.
joey admits he can't understand
his team. 1t has won only one
game, but looked strong in tying
Central, the public high school
champion; Georgetown Prep and
Charlotte Hall.
Immediately after the contest,
prep school representatives will meet
to pick a team for Saturdays tilt
against Central at Grifith Stadium.
The game, sponsored by the Touch
down Club for the benefit of the
Police Boys Clubs, will try to set
tie the city-wide high school cham
pionship.
The CYO Junior League cham
pionship will be settled in a pre-
liminary at o'clock between Blessed
Sacrament and st. Anthony's.
Evening star., 1948-11-29
Missus Doesn't Share Scribe's
Apathy at Six-Doy Bike Race

learned that later. too, but it's
kinda complicated to explain and
the public address announcer
version was good enough for me.
A few minutes later I told the
better half I was going to look up
Press Agent Jack Espey, ask a
few questions and then 60 home
and to my surprise she said Take
your time, I'm enjoying 1t, and
isn't that No. IA cute?"
found Espey. a local promoter
of note and veteran Of two weeks
in the bike business.
But he was SO busy with am
bassadors, photographers and
promoters I went back and sat
with my wife. She still doesn't
know the difference between the
T-formation and the single wing,
but she was all enthused about
this new sport-new to her.
Number 6 just won the last
sprint" she said, which was news
to me. And the poor colored
boy took an awful spill and they
carried him OF the track. Isn't
1t exciting?"
s Well at quarter past twelve, I
reminded her that the baby sit
ter probably wanted to 60 home,
I wanted to 60 home, and almost
everybody In the Armory had
gone home. And If she liked six
day bike racing SO much she
could come back any time this
week, as the boys will be going
round and round until Saturday
night at II o'clock. She said she
did. and I'll probably have to
come back with her.
Evening star., 1948-11-29
By Ben McAlwee

Francis Robertson, Rosslyn Major
League speedballer, in winning the
Queen Pin Thanksgiving Handicap
with a 720 gross score not only was
500 richer today, but his victory
well may serve to spur the former
District Lacquer to regain a place
among the Capitals leading pinmen.
Bowling little in the last two years,
Robertson in putting together a $40
scratch set and 80 free pins at
Queen Pin beat out Gerald Stair of
Clarendon who tailed 704 with 668
from scratch and So franked pins.
Other winners in local handicap
events yesterday were Charley
Sonny Ferber, who hit the $50
jackpot in the Hyattsville Police
Boys Club one-ball benefit with a
236 gross count, and Paul James.
who posted 639 to top by 10 pins
Hal Meyer in the novel strike,
two-ball" tourney at Clarendon.
Major competition saw Ell Geib
capture the 18th annual Virginia
Evening star., 1948-11-29
200 Stand in Roin, Snow
At Hack Wilson Burial
By the Associo.sd Press

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, Nov. 20.
More than 200 persons stood In a
chill rain yesterday as the body Of
Hack Wilson, former home run king
of the National League, was laid to
rest here.
Earlier, more than 1000, including
many who remembered Wilson's
days on the Martinsburg club Of the
Glass D Blue Ridge League, filed
through the funeral chapel to view
the body. The Rev. Frederic F.
Bush. jr., rector of Trinity Episcopal
Church, pronounced the final rites
under a gloomy sky. in an autumn
rain interspersed with f1urries Of
snow.
Wilson, whose salary on the Chi
cago Cubs topped $50, 1000 in the days
when he established the National
League record for homers-56 in one
year-died penniless last Tuesday IN
Baltimore. He was 48.
Evening star., 1948-11-29
Robertson, Queen Pin Winner,
Seems Headed Back to Sturdom

State Open at Roanoke with a 974
score to give Washington three sue
cessive Central Atlantic wins before
being humbled at Baltimore when
Bill Esser, a home-towner. copped
the sixth annual Brooklyn Open
with 855. Ed Taylor Of Baltimore
was second with 851.
However, six District pinmen
finished among the Brooklyn prize
winners. Johnny Ressa was third,
$40; Linsay Stott, fourth, $50; Frank
Micalizzi. eighth, S01; Joe Pricci
tied for 18th, 1888: Rocco Nocera,
consolation game, 172. Marvin Wolf,
the Greenway youngster, walked of
with the $40 top prize in winning
the minor division with 811 score
Other prize winners in the Queen
Pin Thanksgiving event:
Stewart Burger, 73-700; Vince
Adams, 30-697; r. F. Owens, So
694; Pop Van Zahn, 1864; Bub
Guethler, 1864; Bus Downey. 30
683; Mark Waldron, 30-67S; Frank
Micalizzi, 10-678; Bill Dunigan, 30
677. Ed Soper. 83-675.
Evening star., 1948-11-29
Pro Football
Continued From Page A-16)

first-period, 2l-yard field goal, how
ever, that spelled the difference.
For the Eagles, Tommy Thomp-
son tipped one touchdown pass and
set up the second with long heave.
Cliff Patton polished this OF with
a 31-yard field goal to drop the
Steelers a notch below the Giants
in the Eastern standings.
Buffalo Ground Game Tells.
Buffalo, in winning its seventh
game against six losses, moved
along the ground most of the time
against New York. Chet Mutryn,
who tipped S8 yards for one touch
down, and Rex Baumgardner were
the chief yardage gamers.
Y. A. Title, brilliant rookie quar-
terback, and Billy Hillenbrand were
the big noises in Baltimore's victory.
Title completed 20 Of 26 passes
for 249 yards, while Billy rushed IL
times for 112 yards.
The Boston Yanks got IA points
before Chuck Conerly and his Giant
mates got going for 81 points in
the second period. The Giants then
coasted home. Conerly scored two
Evening star., 1948-11-29
By MerreII WhittIesey

I was sitting in the press box
at Charlottesville Saturday, en-
joying the Virginia North Caro-
lima football game, when the
Western Union operator handed
me a wire from the Office. Cover
opening of six-day bike races
Sunday night at Armory," it
read, and all Of a sudden stop
ped enjoying the game.
After all, I never had seen a
bike race and besides, Sunday is
Fred Allen night.
I persuaded my wife that her
sports education would not be
complete unless she watched a
six-day bike race, so she reluc.
family tagged along.
Either an awful lot Of people
listen to Fred Allen, or else the
rain had something to do with
1t, because we almost had the
Armory to ourselves. We and
Ambassador Henri Bonnet of
France, Ambassador Hume Wrong
of Canada and other members
of Embassy Row.
We watched the II teams In
their mad dash around the
$38, 900 track. Every once in q
while bells would ring, somebody
would wave q flag, the half
naked peddlers would hit a
terrific pace (55 miles an hour
on the turns. I learned later
and they kept going round and
round.
How do you tell who's ahead"
my wife asked, beating me to the
question by split second. I
Evening star., 1948-11-29
Little Kicker Is Pain to 7erps;
TorHeeIs Hit Peak on Gridiron

its record. And despite its two
defeats and two ties William and
Mary is one Of the finest football
teams in the country. A few
bonehead maneuverS cost the In
dians a perfect season.
Whatever trouble the Carolina
alumni went to in obtaining
Charley Justice was worth it.
The brilliant youngster who first
made a name playing Service
football more than justified his
buildup. Hosea Rodgers is a
good, pile-driving fullback and
Bob Kennedy Is nice to have
around, but seldom has any un-
beaten football team depended
upon any one man as Carolina
does upon Justice. He's the
whole show.
The season brought a new era
In Tar Heel football. For 10
straight games Carolina played
to standing-room -only crowds.
It was voted the Nations top
team one week, usually was in
the first five. 1t is in the Sugar
Bowl for the second time in
three years. And when Snavely
told sports writers Saturday
that you know as much about
the bowl situation as I do" the
Tar Heel coach must have as
sumed the sports writers knew
that Russ Murphy, George Rad
man and Jim Gill of the Caro-
lima staff were scouting Okla
homa against the Aggies.
North Carolina has a good
freshman team coming up, but
will need 1t, as the Tar Heel
squad will be riddled by gradu-
alton. The important thing is
that Justice will be back one
more year.
For Virginia it was fair sea-
son. The Cavaliers did not like
losing to George Washington nor
being tied by Miami, and they
were guilty of some terrible foot
ball in being drubbed by Prince
ton. But they again kept their
State slate clean and in addi-
ton beat N. c. State and West
Virginia.
Incidentally Virginia athletic
officials have been a trifle puz-
zled over the publicity out of
College Park on a possible re-
newal of the Maryland-Virginia
series next year. They say at
Charlottesville that the Virginia
schedule is closed and does not
and will not include Maryland.
-WHITTIE
Evening star., 1948-11-29

gan State and Southern Metho-
dist to tie scores. Had these
teams met In the early season,
the results might have been quite
different; but since the capable
coaching stats Of the underdogs
had an opportunity to scrutinize
their more powerful opponents
during the fall, it was a great
equalizing factor.
Whenever we have an oppor-
tunity to scout an opponent,
we like to take our seat in the
press box approximately one
hour prior to game time. This
enables us to study thoroughly
the prospective opponents in
their pregame warmups. Many
times, a team will display more
of the exceptional abilities of
their personnel than they might
be called upon to use during the
actual contest. This Is especially
true If they are playing a COM
paratively weak team.
distributed by McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Evening star., 1948-11-29
{. u, Terps and 6. W.
0pen Basket Seasons

Catholic u, George Washington
and Maryland open their basket
ball seasons this week with the
Cardinals getting away first with a
game tonight against Towson
Teachers at the Brooklyn gym.
American u, which opened the
court schedule for local teams with
a 67-32 triumph at Towson last
week, continues with three more
games this week, all on the road.
The Eagles are at Connecticut
Wednesday night, at st. Francis on
Friday and at Brooklyn Tech on
Saturday.
G. w. Colonials, still without a
coach now that OTIS Zahn is Ill,
entertain Quantico on Friday night,
while Maryland starts by playing
at Temple on Saturday. Head
quarters Marines also are playing
at Catholic U. on Saturday night.
Georgetown doesn't take to the
courts until next week with its
opener on Tuesday, December T.
against Fort Belvoir.
Despite the ease with which
American topped Towson last week,
the Cardinals are wary. The Cards
won over the Teachers twice last
year, but by narrow margins. Tow
son does have a fairly tall team
that may give c. U. good test.
A 6-foot-1 southpaw shooter. Jim
Lusty, will be the only rookie in
the starting lineup for Catholic
Otherwise the Cards will present
as starters Fred Connor, Gene
szklarz, George Laubacher and Jack
Walsh. .Connor, Szklarz and Lau-
bacher were scoring leaders for the
Cardinals last season. Starting time
tonight Is $50 o'clock with o
jayves prelim at 7:15.
Evening star., 1948-11-29
Stors on Ring Show
AT Silver Sprina

A star-studded amateur boxing
show is on tap tomorrow, night at
the Silver Spring Armory. Proceeds
of the show will be used by the
Silver Spring National Guard.
sponsor, to equip a gym.
Heading the card will be a battle
between Golden Gloves Bantam
weight Champion Jimmy Caraway
and Pat Thomas. District AAU
featherweight champ. The Shout
card will open at 8 pm.
Evening star., 1948-11-29
Monday Quarterback
West yireinia. 16; Maryland, IA.

"Doggone, but I hate to see
things like that happen re-
marked Jim Tatum, the Mary
land coach. Here % players
beat their hearts and bodies out
all afternoon. And some little
14O-pounder who doesn't even
wear pads, who doesn't run with
the ball, who doesn't make a
tackle or block-he comes out
and wins the ball game"
Jim was referring to Sopho-
more Gene Simmons, a rarity
nowadays in that he dropkicks.
Simmons 22-yard field goal.
oropkicked in the third period,
made the scoring difference in
favor of the Mountaineers. Other
wise, both teams scored two
touchdowns and Maryland made
both Of its extra points while
West Virginia made only one.
That, too, was on a dropkick by
Simmons, who altogether has
dropkicked 26 of SO tries for
extra points and until a week
ago had a string of IA straight.
A tumble also made a differ
ence, setting up West Virginia's
final touchdown in the last three
minutes. A handoff from Vic
Turyn to Hubie Werner mis-
fired, and the Mountaineers were
on the Terrapin Is. Coach
Tatum doesn't blame any one
for the tumble. ut could have
happened to anybody" he said,
"and was just one Of those
things. 1t was on an ordinarily
safe play; the handof was about
5 yards behind the line of scrim-
mage and not right behind it as
are most Of our handoffs. About
the only safer play we have is
the quarterback sneak, and we
and everybody else have fumbled
on that, too.
'1f we had kept the ball for
one more play We probably would
have won. That tumble came on
second down. We would have
kicked on third down, and they
would have been far back in
their own territory with little
time 1eft."-HUBER.
North Carolina, "a: Virginia, IA.
North Carolina's first unbeaten
team since the 18S0s probably
was the Tar Heels greatest.
Coach Carl Snsvely took his
team through a murderous sched-
ule- and escaped with only a tie
against William and Mary to blot
Evening star., 1948-11-29
Novy's Williams to Play
In Miami Shrine Game
By the Associo,ed Press

MIAMI, Fla, Nov. 90 Pistol
Pete" Williams, who helped spark
Navy to a 21-21 tie with Army Sat-
urday, has agreed to play in the
Shrine charity football game here
Christmas night, it was announced
today.
williams, who comes from Miami
and was a high school star here,
Is co-captain of the Navy football
team,
Evening star., 1948-11-29
Single Wing for Terps
Likely Next Fall With
r.
II Backs Scarce
By GEORGE Huber

The split T formation may be
discarded at Maryland next season
and the single wing used instead,
says Coach Jim Tatum. The reason
simply Is one of material; Big Jim
doesn't think enough of the right
kind Of players will be left for
the T after June graduations.
I'm not sure I'll make the
change, but I have been studying
it and I'll give it a try in spring
practice anyway. I'll have the fresh
men out about two weeks ahead OF
time and look them over with the
single wing in mind" Tatum said
THE fact remains that in the
last two years we've lost our i'm
portant games with the split T."
he added. II don't mean that that
lis the fault of the system-we might
have lost with any system-but fum-
bles have hurt us and you don't
have as many fumbles with the
single wing as you do with the T."
Among those graduating IN June
is Vic Turyn, quarterback OF Mary
lands split T this season. His re-
placement who figures as the top
quarterback next year is Joe Tucker
and it may be that Tucker Will 90
better from the single wing. Com
ing up from the freshman team Is
Ed Modzelewski as very promising
back and Tatum thinks Ed will do
much better as spinning and re-
verse back from the single wing
than he would as q T-formation
halfback.
Gambino's Loss Was Blow.
Tatum said that he might have
used the single wing this season II
he had known in time that Lu Gam
bino would be ineligible. But 1t
wasn't until late in the summer that
Gambino was taken away and spring
practice in the T had been built
around him. 1t was too late to
change. With the T team needs
at least one breakaway back and
the Terrapins didn't have that this
season.
Here is the way Tatum figures 1t.
It don't care what kind of T you
use-the split T, the straight T, the
Notre Dame T or what-you have
got to have speed and passer. We
had the passer, but that is all. The
T is dangerous all the time from
any place in the field. But you
generally strike quick for touch
down, or you don't 60 at all.
you seldom see long, sustained
drive from the T, with team going
four or five yards a crack and
marching down the field. With the
T 1t is bang and you have a touch
down, either q quick breakaway
running play or pass that goes
good. If you run too many plays
in q series from the T, you are
going to have a tumble sooner or
later because of all those handoffs
and laterals. A downfield drive Is
safer with the single wing. Not so
fast, but safer"
Tatum Versed In Single Wing.
Tatum is well qualified to coach
the single wing. He played under
Carl Snavely, the old single wing
master, at North Carolina and also
coached under him there and at
Cornell. He picked up the split T
from Don Farout Of Missouri while
coaching with him at Jacksonville
Naval Air Station during the war.
Several members of his staff also
are single wing experts. This group
would include George Barclay. an
all-America guard at North Caro-
lima, and Jim Meade and AL Woods,
both Maryland players in the single
wing days there. Meade also had
taste of some expert single wing
teaching when he played for the
Washington Redskins under Coach
Ray Flaherty.
Evening star., 1948-11-29
UIine Mat Show Sturs
Mr.. Five-by-Five'

"Mr. Five-by-Five" of rassling
will enter the Uline Arena ring to-
night in the person of Able Cole
man who carries 210 pounds on a
5-foot 2-inch frame. Coleman will
grapple with Frank Hewitt in the
main bout.
Angelo Savoldi will face Steve Cob
in the semifinal, while other matches
pit Arnold Skaaland against Rocco
Columbia, Frank Florentino against
Red kirkpatrick and Bill Grueber
against GeZa Tako.
Evening star., 1948-11-29
JCC Basket Boil Loops
SWING Into Competition

Jewish Community Center opened
play in senior and intermediate
basket ball leagues yesterday. Re-
suits:
Seniors orenstein Construction, 43;
Colonials, 49, Royals, 80: Dukes, 81
Combines, So: Ulps, 49, Uguly A. C.,
80; Cardozo. %. Tigers, 3s: Hobos. 81.
Intermediates-Capito City, 26; Sax,
%
Evening star., 1948-11-29
Steamro||ers, Bullets
Threaten Caps Streak
In Ti|ts This Week

Teams responsible for two Of the
closest calls experienced by the
Eastern Division leading Capitols
this season will be opposed by
Washington's basket ball association
club at Uline Arena this week.
Wednesday night the Caps will
be hosts to the Providence Steam
rollers and on Saturday night to
the champion Baltimore Bullets.
Thursday night, the Caps will play
the Steamrollers in Providence.
Wednesday the Caps will be shoot
ing for their 18th successive BAA
decision against the Rollers, who
carried them into three overtime
periods before bowling, 1895, in
Providence on November 4.
Rookie Leo Katkaveck, playing
his first pro game, had the hot scor-
ing hand in the third extra session
that won for Washington that
night.
Kenny Sailors, one of the fastest
and best scoring players in the BAA,
will head the Providence combina-
ton that also includes Ernie CAL
verley, Earl and Howard Shannon,
John Ezersky. Les Pugh, Lee Rob-
bins. Carl Meinhold and Brady
Walker.
The comeback against the Bull
lets in Baltimore November II prob
ably was the Caps most courageous
performance. They entered the final
quarter on the short end of a 58-43
count, but put on a blazing stretch
finish that brought 70-68 victory
Player Coach Harry Bud" jean
nette, Connie Simmons, Chick Rel
ser, Irv Torgoff. Walt Budko, Danny
Kraus, Fred Lewis and Hal Tidrick
are Baltimore players who will bear
watching Saturday.
Evening star., 1948-11-29

W l t n Navy S
never-say-die
spirit. we
believe tn a t
their accurate
sc u ting of
Army played
no small part
in the biggest
ur pr ise Of
h e season.
This also can
be said OF
Santa Clara
and r e X a S
Chris t ian's
being able to
hold Michi-
Evening star., 1948-11-29

IDS. himself and passed for the
other pair.
Bob Waterfield tossed one touch
down pass covering 81 yards to
Red Hickey and booted field goal
to spark the Los Angeles victory
over Green Bay.
The four National League tilts
were witnessed by 107,8l fans,
while STOOL sat in on the three
AAC games.
Evening star., 1948-11-29
New Dute for Tuwney Come

Representatives Of the Southwest
Merchants and Brookland Wood
ridge Merchants Metropolitan Foot
ball League teams were to decide on
another date today for the Eddie
Tawney benefit game, postponed
from yesterday because of the
weather.
Evening star., 1948-11-29
Nays Scouting
|Of Army Paid off
| Well, Leohy Says
by Fronk LeohY
kotre Dome Football Cooeh

Our victory over the Univer-
sity Of Washington ably demon
strated the value Of scouting a
future opponent. Combining
Evening star., 1948-11-29

ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA.
Results Last Night.
Minneapolis Ss s--Ph Philadelphia 81
Fort Wayne Boston "A
Evening star., 1948-06-24

Mobile direction finders were in
action today in search of the mys-
terious radio operator who Is play
ing hob with Boiling Air Force Base
by sending its control tower false
radio messages reporting plane
crashes"
After the prankster's voice
cracked through the ether with q
phoney message late yesterday, for
the second time in as many days
here, the Federal Communication
Commission dispatched its feet OF
mobile detection units to try to get
"fx" on the unlicensed radio
operator.
The agency was alerted late yes
terday by Brig. Gen. B. M. Hovey,
commanding general at Boiling, as
field tower personnel engaged the
hoaxer in prolonged conversation
while authorities strove unsuccess-
fully to locate his station.
Before ne finally stopped his
illegal sending he tweaked the tower
operator by asking him If they
found the fellow who went in the
river"
This message alluded to one the
pilot" sent Monday afternoon, say
ing his plane was having engine
trouble and he was landing in the
Eastern Branch of the Anacostla
River. Boiling sent up 10 search
n1anes and several crash and police
boats also engaged In the futile
hunt for the crashed plane.
The FEC already was investigating
the case when Gen. Hovey contacted
the agency.
His tower crew again heard from
the hoaxer at about 3 pm. yester-
day. AS during the previous day,
Evening star., 1948-06-24
Mobile Direction Finders Hunt
False Plane Crash MESSAGES

he asked for landing instructions.
The tower men recognized his
voice and called Gen. Hovey, who
notified the FEC. He then gave
instructions to the tower to try and
keep the pilot in conversation, so
that the FEC might try for a fix"
The Airways and Air Communica
ton Unit of the tower managed to
keep in contact with the hoaxer
until about 5 pm. During this
period he tuned in six times.
Every time he was asked for his
position, however, he gave a differ
ent one, and when asked for the
Evening star., 1948-06-24
Police Boys. Club Group
To Leuve for Comp

The first contingent Of boys to
60 to the Police Boys Clubs sum-
mer camp at Scotland, Md, this
summer will leave from the fifth
precinct early next Monday, ac-
cording to 1t. Forrest L. Binswan-
ger, club director.
The boys, from to Is years old,