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Evening star., 1948-12-03
Redskin Linemen Not in Glass
With OIdsters, Says Hoffman

Washington club In that mem
orable 7-3 victory over the Bears
in 1910 and also was caught in
the 1910 earthquake that over
took the Tribe a couple of weeks
later against those same Bears.
How did he explain It?
"Well, If Charley Malone had
caught that pass in the end zone
for a touchdown it would have
been q new ball game and we
would have beaten the Bears.
But 1t was 27 or $50 at the half,
so we had to pass to try and
catch 'em and that's when every
thing went wrong. They inter-
cepted some passes in the fiat
and ran EN- back for touchdowns
and you know what followed"
Hoffman thinks this will be his
last year Of football. He's a
cameraman on the Warner
Brothers movie lot and expects
to make q career Of grinding
out the celluloid. He says Clark
Shaughnessy, who is the Red
skins patron saint Of the T.
formation. is the greatest STRAIT
egist In the business and that
with q couple Of good breaks at
the right moment the Rams in
stead of the Cards and Bears
would be leading the Western
division race.
"That man knows so much
football" said Hoffman, II some
times think he bounces like q
football. Talk about your spe-
cialists-he,s a specialists spe-
cialist when 1t comes to offense."
Jim Hardy is going like go for
the Rams, as the records show.
but Hoffman says there's nothing
wrong with Bob Waterfield that
Is minutes of action won't cure.
And in Rookie Tom Fears he
thinks the Rams have one Of the
National Leagues greatest wing
men in the making.
You'll see for yourself Sun
day. I'm only sorry I won't get
to play much. II at all. Sure
would like to play against the
Skins this time" .,...,
You'll probably see him,
though-all fullback and q yard
wide. 81 -
Evening star., 1948-12-03
Chance al Big Money
Seen for Yarosz if
He Beats La Motta
Bv the Assocjoted Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 3.-Tommy
Yarosz gets his big chance tonight
against ring-wise Jake La Morta,
who rules a 1-to-2 favorite to win
their 10-round duel at Madison
Square Garden.
New financial worlds will open
for a 26-year-old Yarosz from Mo-
naca, Pa, If he can upset the
Bronx Bull" La Motta needs a
convincing victory to re-establish
his ranking. He was handed a
surprising fourth-round technical
knockout by Billy Fox last year.
The pick here is the underdog
Yarosz.
Among the plums that may await
the winner is an over-the-weight
match this winter with Marcel Ger
dan, the middleweight champion
However, the margin must be sharp
and decisive for the winner to rate
even nontitle shot at the champ.
Both will be on trial with some
10000 fans who are expected to pay
$40 600 for the privilege. After the
Fox debacle, the fans want to see
how much La Motta has left. Many
are skeptical about Yarosz's ability
to mingle with the topnotchers,
despite his fine record.
After the La Motta-Fox fight in
November of 1947, the New York
State Athletic Commission made a
complete investigation. Purses were
held up for a time, but later were
paid. La Motta drew an indefinite
suspension and $1,000 fine for Con
cealing vital facts about his physical
condition before the fight" The
ban was lifted June 81.
Three comeback" fights In small
clubs failed to produce the old La
Motta. He had to 60 hard to deci-
sion one Vern Lester in his last
start q month ago.
The Goth Century Sporting Club
has Jack booked for a January 7
date with Robert Villemain, the
Frenchman who was to have been
his opponent tonight but became Ill.
Evening star., 1948-12-03
Alexander Says 7wo-PIotoon
Grid System Is on Way Out

January at Palm Springs, Calf.
Alexander is no longer member.
The veteran coach who moved
up to the athletic dictatorship
of Tech in 1945 was honored by
the Touchdown Club with its
annual trophy. The trophy
stands for outstanding service
Of permanent value to football.
Commenting on trends in mod
ern football, Alexander said he
sometimes thought it would be
smart to abolish the huddle.
You'd get more offensive foot
ball without the huddle," he
said. "The first time Georgia
Tech played Notre Dame in
1922, Notre Dame ran 100 plays
and we ran 98. Now a total Of
130 plays is high.
"You could break up these
slanting defenses. Watch an Of
fensive team jump up, spit out
a couple of numbers and get
underway. The defense would
do well to get lined up, much
less start slanting."
Evening star., 1948-12-03
By Lewis T. Atchison

"The Redskins don't have the
hne they had when I was with
them" said Bob HOFFMAN, bark
ing back to 1910 when the Tribe
ruled the Eastern roost in the
National Football League. "You
take a fellow like Wee Willie
wilkin-who've the Skins got to
match him?"
Nobody, to be sure, but does
any other current eleven pre-
tend to have q tackle comparable
to this Paul Bunyon Of the foot
ball field?
We've got one" said Bob.
'Dick Huffman. He's 6-foot-2,
weighs $50 pounds or thereabouts
and moves like a f1yweight. We've
got Gil Bouley, too, and II you
don't think he's a whole lot OF
tackle Just ask some Of the boys
whove played against him.
We've got a good boy at center
In Fred Naumetz and guard"
Wait a minute" broke In
eergt. Bob Cosgrove. sports editor
Of the Boiling Field Beam. "You
keep talking like that and the
Redskins may not show UP for
this game Sunday"
But Bob Hoffman, the Redskin
who turned Ram-Los Angeles
variety. that is-remained ada
mant in his belief that the West
Coast eleven has one of the best
lines in the business and will
prove 1t Sunday at Griffith Sta
dium. You sort of got the idea
that If Santa Claus shows up at
half-time he should bring suits
Of clinking mail for the Tribe,
plus q few sets of brass knuckles
TO be used only In case Of emer-
gency.
Hoffman did q six-weeks'
stretch at Boiling toward the end
of his Army service and, accord
ing to Sergt. Cosgroye, was the
heaviest eater ever seen at the
post.
"Ate six eggs in one gulp," said
the sergeant, pop-eyed at the, res
membrance of Hoffman's feat,
"and didn't even wait for them to
be cooked, Just downed 'em raw"
81 was on a diet at the time"
corrected Bob. Following doc
tors orders. don't do that every
day"
Hoffman played with the
Evening star., 1948-12-03
Virginia Quint Serves
Notice Of Big Scoring
Nv the Asseejotsd Press


RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 3.-Vir-
ginia's Cavaliers had served notice
today that they'll be one Of the
States highest scoring quints again
this year.
The Lynchburg Independents got
q look at Gus Tebell's 1948-9 cage
edition last night and came away
convinced that the loss Of All-State
Guard Chuck Noe and his running
mate, Les Blankin, hadn't hurt the
Cavaliers.
Tebell used only eight players in
the Virginia curtain, raiser and
only two failed to hit the hoop for
fewer than 10 points. Virginia led
at the half, 1920, and then went
wild after intermission to win, 72-40.
Joe Noertker rang up 81 points,
Bill Pandak got 13 and Ronald
Richard and Lou Morris each
dropped in an even dozen for the
Cavaliers.
Evening star., 1948-12-03
Hockey at d GIonce|

BY ths Assoeia.sd Press
UNITED STATES LEAGUE.
st. Paul 8; Kansas City. ..
Omaha. z: Dallas. 1.
Houston, 4: Fort Worth, 2.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE.
San Diego. &: Fesno, 2.
Portland, 3: Seattle, 2.
QUEBEC SENIOR LEAGUE.
Monteal. 3: ShawiniRan Falls, /.
Sherbrooke, 3: Quebec, 1.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
Louisville, 4: Akron, 8.
Milwaukee, g: Muncie, 4.
Pro Basket Boil
BY the Associated Press
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA.
WASHINGTON, SO: Providence, 81.
Baltimore, 30; Indianapolis, 76.
Boston, SS: Philadelphia, 81.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Syracuse, 6S; Waterloo, SO.
Moline, 80; Denver. rs.
Sheboyga So; Hammond. ~.
Anderson, SO; Detroit, go.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Birmingham, 81; Montgomery, 66.
Evening star., 1948-12-03
Leahy TO Stay Long Time
With Irish, Official Says
Nv the Associofed Press


LOS ANGELES, Dec. 3.-The as
sistant athletic director Of Notre
Dame says he will be very much
surprised If Frank Leahy doesn't
remain as head football coach at
South Bend for a long time"
Edward (Moose) Krause said
here last night that Leahy's con-
tract has seven years to run and
that the coach already is looking
toward the 1949 season with keen
enthusiasm.
Krause's remarks were prompted
by q statement attributed to Leahy
In Cleveland earlier this week that
the coach would quit football men
toring In two more years.
"You can say for me-" said
Krause, that Frank will remain
ut Notre Dame a long time"
Evening star., 1948-12-03
Priory Wins in Leuoue

Priory Schools basket ball team
trimmed Longwood, 67-12, in yes
terday's opening game of the Tri-
State League at Olney, Md. Jack
Duchesne of Priory got II points
Ito outscore the Longwood team
himself,
Evening star., 1948-12-03
First Basket Ball Come

The first intercollegiate basket
ball game was played between Yale
and Wesleyan On December 10, 1895,
at New Haven.
Evening star., 1948-11-14
By Maj. Gen. A. c. Goodyear

HONG KONG-Two parts of the
Allied program to rehabilitate japan
are slowing toward a halt and they
had better be stopped soon if the
United States is going to intrench
a needed ally in the Far East.
These two facets of postwar pol
cy-controversial everywhere except
in Japan-are the purge of former
Fascists and reparations.
These observations were made in
a recent trip to conquered nippon.
AS a guest of the provost marshal
of Japan, I had special privileges
and unusual opportunities. Of
course, two weeks in Japan cannot
qualify one as an authority.
My opinions and conclusions are
mostly those of men who have lived
here through the three years Of
occupation. Many lived in Japan
for 10 to 80 years before the war.
Business and professional men and
correspondents familiar with all
phases of Japanese life, they are
loud in their praises of Gen. Mac
Arthur.
It is hard to realize what he has
done to the fanatic japanese fight
ers of Guadalcanal, Two Jima and
Okinawa to convert them into the
friendly citizens of the city streets
Evening star., 1948-11-14
By Dovid A. Stein

smallest isle be crossed in hour The largest colony
Guiana, twice the size of Ohio.
One handicap federation Indies
conditions the various colonies
cyrcay called them the "us of the British
sef-suppoing but
federation its advocates believe
will improvement in the standard of living
possibilities improvement in the
agricultural assets of the British West Indies Sugar
CROP bananas coffee
citrus spices British Guiana bauxe mica
gold platinum Trinidad still untapped
asphalt.
American History Is Being Repeated
Proponents federation however
British idea British Honduras
ukewarm of links the United States
the weather. territories dislike the possibility
that they will be called their weaker and
neghhors.
Here history being repeated similar doubts
and fears had to be the 13 Colonies
meetings representatives
discussions of Caribbean problems will be held the West
Conference which December United
England represented
ing British co-chaman.
Evening star., 1948-11-14
OmAH Is Getting Dirtier
By Howord w. BIokesIee

NEW YORK.-The air of the en-
tire world is getting dirtier, ano
the 10 deaths from smog at Donora,
Pa, may be a warning. Much OF
this extra dirt is invisible, chemi-
cal fog, made of gases from an in
dustrialized, motorized civilization.
The facts on pollution are pub
lished in the year book Of the Car
negie Institution of Washington.
These studies were made over
oceans, the areas with the earth's
purest air.
"The air about u.s." this report
says" is gradually becoming pol
luted with foreign gases. These
gases owe their origin to varied in
dustrial operations and to erupted
gases from volcanoes. The polluted
atmosphere is not confined to land
areas, but extends far out to sea-
the products of pollution appear to
be gradually accumulating in the
air over the ocean near industrial
areas, near the principal ocean trade
routes and also over the more iso-
lated regions of the ocean,
This pollution, says the report,
apparently about doubled from 1914
to 1929.
"The added industrial activities OF
nations since 1929 in the prepara-
tion for war;" the report goes on
'and the release of vast quantities
of foreign gases through the various
war activities, give rise to specula-
ton as to the extent to which such
accumulation in the atmosphere has
been augmented, particularly in the
war zones themselves"
Evening star., 1948-11-14

and villages. There is no resent
ment or worry on their smooth
faces. They go about their bust
ness as though nothing had hap
pened.
In Germany year ago, one
found only bitterness and despair
The streets of the cities were bor-
dered with rubble. Under good con-
ditions, it would take 80 years to
rebuild. And there is little material
available
In Japan there is no rubble
Seven years ago, the Emperor was
still divine. He never came in con-
tact with the common people. AS
he passed along the streets, the
windows of the buildings were
blocked by blinds and shutters. Nc
one could look down upon the son
of heaven. On the streets, his SUBJ
iects knelt, their toreheads on the
ground.
At press conference for Allied
and japanese papers which I at
tended, the Emperor. in Western
clothes, and the Empress, in a
kimono, first went through the Jap
anese section. They were mobbed.
They kept smiling. The Empress
was definitely amused. the Emperor
a little worried. The conference was
held in a department store.
Impression of Shabbiness
The first impression one gets
driving from Haneda Airport to
Tokyo is that this is shabby
country. The road is lined with
ramshackle, unpainted, one-storied
shops and houses. The people, most
in Western clothes, are shabby, too.
The Tokyo area was heavily
bombed by incendiaries and the
buildings there are postwar. The
Evening star., 1948-11-14
Should We Treat Japan as q Potential Ally?

the militarists. They respect the
might of America. They are hope.
tul and capable. When the peace
treaty is signed and the occupa.
ton forces have moved out, Japar
will quickly find a place among the
real democracies of the world, these
Americans expect.
However. there is q story going
the rounds in Tokyo. A schoolboy
had to write an essay on democracy
He did SO in three lines:
l. I know all about democracy.
2. My father doesn't know q
damned thing about democracy.
8. Democracy will have to wait
until I grow up.
That epitomizes the situation.
North American Newspaper Alliance.)
Evening star., 1948-11-14

Colonial history being repeated the Caribbean To-Day
Meeting representatives of British West Indian COL
Great Bans newest dominion
Caribbean Standing Closer Association Commit
Wasingons committee which
determine the best method for uniting
American Colonies.
Headed of Burma and chief
negoiator Oe the committees IT
represent British Guiana British Honduras
Jamaica Kits Monserratt Dominica Granada
Lucia ST. Vincent
Blueprint for Federation Is Being Prepared
British Caribbean territories
cepted principle by colonial representatives excepting British
conference Now blueprint for
establishing British Indies is being
territorial for
whether union the wish of the people
committee will make recommendations unified fiscal
policy the British Caribbean
territories Unfaon of public services the form OF
constitution federal judiciary of financial federal
will be discussed.
Caribbean territories combined population Of
greater of Britain.
Colonies sprawled 10000 mlesa dis
a great the span between Fire and Greece
Evening star., 1948-11-14

The Carnegie report does not
specifically mention the pollution
created by the average citizen, and
his car exhaust. A New York City
study found the air of this metrop-
oils laden with four to five tons OF
6irt-nore than 80 per cent SCOT
originating largely from Office build
ings, apartments and homes.
The air of cities is estimated as
about 300 times more polluted than
ocean air. In an average city, DR.
Helmut Landsberg, Of Pennsylvania
State College, calculated that each
person breathed in about 100000,
900 very tiny particles-called nuclei
every minute, and that 10000, ,O0C
of them were retained.
Pneumonias have been definitely
connected to dirty air. There was
an increase in lung troubles in the
American dust bowl. The Mellor
Institute, Pittsburgh. reported in
creases in pneumonia in smoky air
Since World War II there has
been a tremendous increase in the
production and use of fluorine in the
United States. There have been nc
reports of f1uorine air poisoning
from it's manufacture, but Philip
Saddler, Philadelphia chemist, said
he found evidence of fluorine from
Donora matchmaking.
Atomic energy, which contains the
greatest of all potential dangers fol
poisoning the air, promises to be the
turning point toward worldwide
policing for pure air. y
distributed BY the Associated !Press.)
Evening star., 1948-11-14
MORN
Continued From Page C-1)

the Communist Party, AS usual was
forcibiy blunt and unvarnlshed in
its explanation:
THE biggest capitalist powers, "
it editorialized, which not long ago
tried to neglect the workers and
peasants of this country, and more
over attempted to enforce the rela-
tions with bayonets, failed, and
were compelled to establish normal
relations with the Soviet Union. .
/ "It is first our power, economic
power and political power and mill
tary power. While our country is
surrounded by capitalism those
factors have great importance.
In other words, while American
leaders found a motif of peace" in
the action. the Russians were en-
phasizing force, bayonets and power.
Their motif was continued struggle.
In short order the value of Mr.
Litvinoff's pledge became apparent
Communists Note Gains
The seventh all-world congress OF
the Communist International was
held in Moscow in the summer of
1885. Representatives of the Ameri-
can Communist Party attended.
They noted successes in gaining
control of American labor unions.
They listed the strikes that had
been brought about. They reported
on newspapers, pamphlets and the
functioning of their propaganda
machine in the United States.
A formal protest came from Wash
ington August Is. The note re-
called the undertaking of the Soviet
government to refrain and restrain
all persons in Government service
from agitation or propaganda" de-
signed to overthrow the American
Government.
Moscow promptly rejected the
protest on the ground that the
Russian government was not re-
sponsible for the activities of the
Comintern. The Soviet note said this
huge and well-organized body was
an agency independent of the Soviet
government.
It was a curious coincidence,
therefore, that when American Com
munist leaders went to Moscow they
frequently conferred directly with
Premier Stain, reported to him and
received instructions from him. One
Of them, Ben Gitlow, relates in a
recent book how he broke from the
party as such because of a disagree
ment with Stain on policy.
Fifteen years have passed since the
day when "all issues" between the
United States and the Soviet Union
we're ended by recognitiorIa
distributed BY the Associated Press.)
Evening star., 1948-11-14

(The ,Uriter, Ueteran OF World
War I, was president of the Coal
Commission for Central Europe
under the Supreme Economic
Council following that Uar. In
1944-5 he Uas deputy commits
Sioner of the American Red Cross
IN the Pacific area. Currently he
is a major general in the NeU
York National Gudrd.)
Evening star., 1948-11-14

tall, modern buildings have mostly
been taken over by the occupation
forces as offices and billets. They
too, need repairs and paint. There
is little evidence of bombing The
building of the navy ministry is
roof1ess and gutted. One B-29 fell
in flames to destroy large part OF
the Emperor Meiji's shrine. That
is about all. Our targets were the
factory areas outside.
While the supreme commander
receives the support and admiration
of Americans and japanese alike
there is different story about some
Of the other officers. And there ale
ways and means by which some Of
the lower echelons can transmit
policy beyond recognition.
Occupation a Success
Still, in spite of such inevitable
drawbacks, the occupation is great
a remarkable success. The people
of Japan are not badly fed, and
they are clothed and housed reason
ably well. Every house has electric
light. They are very clean people,
bathing frequently despite short
age of soap and hot water.
AS everywhere throughout the
world, Communists have worked
their ways into places of influence
in the ranks of labor. But the Reds
made a mistake when they planned
and proclaimed a strike of Govern
ment employees. When Gen. Mac
Arthur forbade that he greatly dis
credited the Communists.
Americans who have been in
Japan for the last three years agree
the purging of former Japanese Of
ficials has gone too far. Between
May, 1945, and last May, 71741F
individuals were examined anc
2O1 ,815 were purged. That doesn't
mean they were "liuuidated'; they
were simply barred from any posi-
tions of power or Importance in gov
ernment, education and industry
AS a result there are few mel
capable of undertaking the respon-
sibilities and assuming the posi-
tions that the purgees had.
Few Plants Left
Preparations have been held up
They should be discontinued en-.
tirely. There are few, if any, plants
remaining that could be classed as
war factories in any reasonable
assessment. And If war is to come
as is the general opinion here, ou1
only possible effective ally in the
Far East will be Japan, unpalatable
as that idea may be to many.
If we are to be realists in a real.
istic world, we must recognize what
40 or so Japanese divisions coulc
do that otherwise our manpowel
would have to undertake. There
is no doubt that the Japanese feal
and hate the Russians. They have
reason to. One of the many wise
decisions that are chiefly to be
credited to Gen. Macarthur was
to continue the Emperor as the ma.
tons head, while the Russians
favored his execution.
Japan should be tourist para
disc, Fujiyama is often clouo
covered, but when it appears snow.
clad it fully lives up to advance
notices. The mountain country is
lovely. And there are shrines every
where.
Even those Americans who have
been longest in Japan, who know
the japanese most intimately, con-
fess they do not know what Is in
the japanese mind today; They
agree that the great ma iofftv hate
Evening star., 1948-11-14
Russia May Change

There are now straws in the wind,
very vague for the time being, that
with the election of Mr.. Truman,
Russia may wish to do what should
have been done in 1946-use a little
outward softness to achieve the same
| jobjectives without war.
At present the feeling is that
unless something changes again in
the enigmatic Politburo, the chances
ARE that within a short time-ros-
sibly before Mr.. Trumans inaugura-
tion-there will be a few more small
olive branches extended to We l.
ington in the shape of some vei-ed
indications that some friendly un-
derstanding could be worked out.
MIR. Truman is believed to share
the feeling of some of our military
strategists that time is in our favor,
provided. of course, we maintain our
present rearmament pace. But
things can change in the world Of
today. Any move on the part of the
U. S. s. r. which would suggest a
compromise on Germany, for in
stance, in which we could save face,
would be unquestionably welcome.
And once our people gain the i'm
preston that the international situa-
ton has become less strained and
the propaganda machinery starts
pounding again that our past fric-
tions with the U. S. S. r. were the
work of reactionary jingoists, there
will be a popular demand that We
cut down on military preparedness.
And this may be what the Kremlin
mas in mind If the speculations OF
some diplomatic observers, that We
nav expect a change in Russias
attitude toward usl prove to 0'