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Evening star., 1949-11-09
Redskins New Coach
Dusts Off Old Plays

Herman Ball, new head coach
of the Redskins, sent his charges
through their PAGES yesterday
his first day at the helm vacated
Monday by Admiral John (Billick)
Whelchel.
No big demonstration was in
evidence at Griffith Stadium, al
though the players-who carried
Whelchel off the field Sunday
following victory over Pittsburgh
did offer their hearty congratu-
lations. Ball said he wouldn' t
make many major changes, but
would dust off some old plays to
use against the Philadelphia
Eagles here Sunday.
The Eagles, meanwhile. reported
they probably would not be at
full strength in the line. Johnny
Green, rated one of the league 4
top defensive ends. wrenehed Z
knee against Los Angeles Sunday
and may be out for three weeks
Neill Armstrong. his replacement
also was banged up and may not
play. Thus, Pete Pihos may bt
called on to play so minutes.
Evening star., 1949-11-09
GreenbeIt Club Shares Spoi|s
As Friend Hits Quiz Jackpot

Members Of the Greenbelt
Boys Club didn't know it at the
time, but August 10 was their
lucky day. On that date John
j. Noone of Greenbelt gave the
correct answer to a jackpot
question on a Nationwide radio
give-away broadcast and in
cluded in the $4,000 prize list
was $1,000 worth Of gym equip
ment for a boys7cfub.
Noone picked the Greenbelt
club as recipient and as re-
suit the club has received a
complete boxing ring and
equipment from a sporting
goods concern in New York.
The club will celebrate by
holding the first boxing show in
its history November 10 at 8
pm. in the Greenbelt Center
School auditorium.
Noone, a registry clerk in the
City Post Office. represented
five relatives and a fellow postal
clerk on the quiz program. They
figured out the answer and
Clipped in to pay Noone's ex-
penses to New York. Noone
didn't get on the program un-
til his third trip. That's when
the Greenbelt Boys Club had
its lucky day,
Evening star., 1949-11-09
Girl Team Tiff Tops
Mat Card Tonight

Feature attraction at Joe Tur-
ners Arena tonight will be the first
four-girl team match to be pre-
sented to D. c. wrestling fans this
season.
A West Coast attraction, Shirley
Strimble, and Ellen Olsen of Min
neapolis will team against Celia
Blevins. Oklahoma City cowgirl
and Nell Stewart, who claims the
Southern women's championship.
The Turner management has
assigned two topnotch referees.
Claudio Villar and Benny Bortnick
to keep the girls under control.
Marvin Mercer, a hot contender
in the junior heavyweight elimi-
nation tournament, aims to keep
his record clean in a match with
Steve Karras of Brokolyn. Laverne
Baxter, Texas bad boy, will oppose
Barney Barnard, a former Army
jungle trainer, and Jack La Rue
will take on newcomer Joe Kowal.
ski in the curtain raiser at 8:45.
Evening star., 1949-11-09
CAPS, CrestfuIIen After Loss
To Lokers, Visit Warriors

tie the game, but Nichols lobbed
in a one-hander and Dick O'Keefe
tapped one in to put Washington
in front, 66-62. Herman Schaefel
scored to make it 66-64 with only
2 minutes to 60.
At this point-only so seconds
remained-the Caps tried to freeze
the ball. But the Lakers sent Jaros
down court, got the ball away from
Washington and Tony tied it ur
again without any resistance.
The Lakers gained the ball again
after a jump and Pollard stood of
to one side, watching Chick Hal
bert and the clock. When time
was just about up. Pollard feinted
Halbert out of position, jumped
and shot. The ball was in and SO
were the Lakers.
Il just stood there and prayed
that ball would go in." said Pol
lard later.
What could we do?" asked Fee
rick. "Halbert couldn't try to get
the ball away for fear of fouling
him. We just prayed he wouldn't
make it."
"The Caps have q great club
said Mikan. 1T sure is nice tc
start out the season with some
victories"
Mikan Hot at Start.
Mikan. who got eight OF hi
points in the initial period, ano
Pollard led Minneapolis to a o.
"a f1rst-quarter lead. The Lakers
led. 40-36. at intermission, but
Washington went to work in the
third period. holding the visitors
to three field goals and nine
points. while dumping in 10
Nichols. John Norlander and Sco-
lari got the bulk of these.
The Caps entered the final ses-
sion leading. 55-49. While Verr
Mikkelson and Jaros combined fol
three points from the free-throw
line and Slater Martin added q
field goal, Norlander threw in a
hook-shot. Schulz pocketed two
longies and Scolari added a free
one. At this point everything was
looking sunny for the home team
Then the storm came.
| Nicholas had 7-5-l9 for Wash.
ington and Scolari had 7-3-l7
! Pollard was high with 8-5-2l
Evening star., 1949-11-09
Dodgers Hope to Land Roffensberger
By the Associated Press

BROOKLYN, Nov. 9.-The
Brooklyn Dodgers are going all
out for the one man they believe
will help them win not only the
1850 National League pennant,
but the World Series as we'll.
The man is Southpaw Pitcher
Ken Raffensberger of the Gin
cinnati Reds.
The hint that the Dodgers are
hot after a good. reliable" vet
eran pitcher. with no names men,
toned, was dropped at an official
press conference conducted by
President Branch Hickey yester-
day.
The conference was called to
announce that 65-year-old Burt
Shotton would be back as man
ager of the Dodgers next year.
Neither hickey nor Shotton
would come right out and say
so, but it was learned that Raj
fensberger is the pitcher both are
eying covetously.
During his recent tour of Ma
tional League cities Hickey is said
to have cornered Warren Giles,
head man of the Reds, and talked
to him about prospects of land
ing the 32-year-old finger.
II think there might be a
chance of getting the pitcher we're
after before the season opens next
April" Hickey said. He didn't
identify players offered in ex-
change. At the same time he did
not deny that the names of Catch
er Bruce Edwards, Infielder Eddie
Miksis and Outf1elders Luis Olmo
and Tommy Brown were men,
toned as possible bait.
"I think the club is good enough
to win the pennant as it stands
right now" Shotton said. How
ever. we're after the World Series.
We have lots Of good kid pitchers.
Evening star., 1949-11-09
Justice Throws
AwayCrutches
To Bolster NC.
Army 2o-Point Choice
Over Penn; Oklahoma
California Rote Edge
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK. Nov. Gwen |.
Charlie (Choo Choo) Justice /,
ready to roll under a full heae
of steam, North Carolina is con.
ceded little chance of haltint
Notre Danes football juggernau1
Saturday.
New York odds-manipulator'
have made the fabulous fighting
Irish a 27-point favorite in tht
game that is expected to lure more
than 10000 fans to Yankee Sta.
dium.
Tar Heel hopes were buoyed to.
day by the report that Justice
statistically Americas best triple
threat performer in 1948. has dis.
carded his crutches and will be
able to go against the South
Benders. He was hurt last Sat
urday.
Even so, North Carolina s
staunchest supporters aren't toe
optimistic about an upset. Their
All-America halfback would have
to be in full health and at his
best to shine against the big
rough line of Notre Dame.
Martin, Hart Promise Trouble.
The Irish forward wall-with
220-pound Tackle Jim Martin
and 24O-pound End Leon Hart
the principal villains-promises
Justice a much more uncomfort-
able afternoon than he received
at the hands Of Louisiana State
and Tennessee.
| Justice suffered a sprainec
ankle after hauling back a punt
rs yards last week in the William
and Mary game. won by the Tai
Heels, 2O-14. At first it wa.
feared he might miss the Notre
Dame meeting. but this worry
was eliminated yesterday BY
trainers, who said count Char.
lie in.
The two North Carolina defeats
have taken some Of the glitter
from the New York game, but
Irish subway alumni will turn
out in a body for a peek Of the
Nations No. l college football
team, undefeated in six games.
.Notre Dame is figured to have
the easiest romp of college foot
balls ''big four" although the
others are counted on to win by
fxom two to four touchdowns.
Other Top Teams Favored.
Second-ranked Army is a 90
point choice over twice-beater
Pennsylvania in their clash al
Philadelphia.
Oklahoma Sooners. riding ar
unbeaten streak into one of the
major bowls. is given a 13-poini
edge over Missouri in the battle OF
split-T's at Columbia, Mo. Okla.
homa is No. 3.
California, fourth-ranked ma
tionally and Pasadena bound. Is 9
14-point favorite over Oregon.
OF the top ten teams, unbeaten
united Cornell. sixth-ranked. is
expected to have the roughest
Shedding. ruling a bare one-touch-
down pick over Dartmouth. This
is the weeks upset special"
Fifth-ranked Michigan is q g.
point choice over Indiana. Rice
No. 7, is 81 over Texas A. and M
Michigan State, No. 8. is 10 over
Oregon State. Minnesota. No. 8
is 1412, over Pittsburgh. Tenth
| ranked Virginia is idle.
Evening star., 1949-11-09

Dodgers through the close Ma.
tional League race on top agair
only to lose to the New York
Yankees in the World Series.
The Dodgers have been in five
World Series and never have wor
one.
Hickey announced recently fu-
ture moves Of the Dodgers woulo
be aimed at making the club 8
potential World Series winner
rather than league champ.
The Brooklyn active squad wa.
reduced to 80 players yesterday
when Rookie Inflelder Henry
|Schenz was sold to the Pittsburgh
Pirates for 8 nominal sum.
Evening star., 1949-11-09
6. W., Duke 10 Match
Similar Styles in
Clash Saturday
BY George Huber

Saturday afternoons football
game between Duke and George
Washington at Griffith Stadium
will be a battle of single wing
teams. Coach Wallace Wade OF
the Blue Devils is staunch be-
lever in the power offensive that
can be generated from the single
wing with precision blocking and
hard running.
His teams always are well
coached and we'll conditioned. The
players are trained to hit the
enemy hard, knock EN- down and
keep 'em down-and all the time
be ready to protect themselves. As
a result the Wademen occasion
ally keep rolling over the opposi-
ton for lopsided victories. but dt,s
a rare afternoon when they are
pushed around.
Yes, when the Blue Devils are
rolling good they keep right on
as witness the go sinner they
hung on George Washington last
season. the 67-0 pasting they gave
Richmond and their 55-7 victory
over Virginia Tech this season
Some Of the boys would like to
balance things against Duke, but
it's a tough order. The worst
defeats ever suffered by a Wade
coached team were $50 by Syra-
cuse against his first Alabama
team in 1928 and 25-2 by Tennes-
see with his first Duke eleven in
1881. When he Is beaten it's usu-
ally by one touchdown or less.
What does Duke have to offer
this season? It's another edition
of the usual Wade power, well
laced with enough passing to keep
the opposition guessing. It's not
the best Duke eleven in history but
it's far from being the worst. The
Blue Devils have dropped de-
cisions to Navy and Wake Forest
while winning over Richmond,
Tennessee, North Carolina State
and Virginia Tech. After G. w.
this week comes the windup
against North Carolina and there's
no certainty this year that the
Tar Heels are going to beat the
Dukes again.
Outstanding players this year
are Tailback Billy Cox and Left
Tackle Louis Allen. Cox is one of
those all-around backs that go so
well with the single wing. He
punts (average 1872 yards), passes
completed A of 81 for three
touchdowns and had only three
intercepteO and runs (47O yards
in 113 carries. He's a clever run
ner in broken field, too, having
returned seven kickoffs for ia
yards.
Allen, too, Is the kind of lineman
the single wing shows to advan-
tage. He's a running tackle who
pulls out of the line to lead inter-
ference and has had a lot to do
particularly with the yardage
gained by Wingback Jack Fried
lund. Other outstanding linemen
include Right Guard Carl James,
another blocking leader; Center
Jim Gibson who has yet to make
a bad pass. and Ed Cavanaugh, a
mountain of granite at defensive
left guard.
Evening star., 1949-11-09

What we lack is good, reliable
old pitcher, who can start games
and relieve when necessary"
Raffensberger. working both as
la starter and reliever last season.
won Is games and lost II for the
seyenth-place Reds. Next season
will be his 10th In the majors.
Shotton, who came out Of vir-
tual obscurity in 1947 to replace
the suspended Leo Durocher and
lead the Dodgers to a pennant.
got the job on his own In the
middle Of the 1948 season when
Durocher went to the New York
Giants.
This year Shotton brought the
Evening star., 1949-11-09
By Bill Fuchs

Wearing a new look-the look
Of defeat-the Washington Caps
boarded a train today for Phila-
delphia. where tonight, in a game
with the Warriors. they go look
ing once more for victory-their
third in four National Basket Ball
Association contests.
The Caps had victory cornered
last night at Uline Arena and
3.444 fans were all set to watch
George Mikan and the Mime
apolis Lakers take their first past
ing of the season from the team
they whipped. 4 games to 2. in
last years final playoffs.
What happened? The Capitols
were defeated. 68-66, in a game
where that fabulous wizard Mikan
was held to a meager II points.
Only one other time-in the Sec
ond game of last years playoffs
has Mikan failed to get 27 or
more points against Washington
e.. should've won" admits
Player Coach Bob Feerick. "It
Nichols had had a few more
breaks on his shots we would've
won. He was all around that
basket, but lot Of his shots were
going in and coming out"
Foul Shots Turn Tide.
It wasn't all bad luck, however.
The Caps had a seemingly COM
Portable 8-point advantage with
five minutes to go. Now how does
a team blow such an advantage?
The Caps made 1t look easy last
night.
Jim Pollard. the tall, cool former
Stanford University star who sank
the winning point in the dying sec.
onds. fouled Dick Schulz. Schulz
was awarded two free ones ano
amazed every one, including the
happy Lakers, by missing them
both. Pollard was fouled by Chuck
Gilmur and did what Schulz was
supposed to do-sink two charity
shots. So did Tony Jaros after
being fouled by Fred Scolari. Sc
did Mikan after being feuled BY
Nichols. Eight points shaved tt
two in three easy lessons at the
foul line.
Pollard threw in q jump shot tt
Evening star., 1949-11-09
Cam Henderson Quits
Marshall Grid Post
By the Associated Press

HUNTINGTON, w. Va, Nov. 8
After IS years as a gridiror
mentor, Coach Cam Henderson o1
Marshall College has decided te
give up football"
However, he's still going to coach
Marshall's basketball team.
He announced his decision yes.
terday to senior members of the
football squad.
Evening star., 1949-11-09


chargers tires uansmission and gee-gaws are tested
Racing auto-big jobs expensive
which have little with stock aplanes
the fuel different from other No matter how hard
they attempt build laboratory dodge it
won't hold water
Totum: Maryland Needs Four IDS
football offering University and
points against Maryland Saturday Boston, which doesn't
jibe all with Coach Jim Tatums reckoning.
have been watching Boston for weeks"
they tell Maryland will have to four touch
downs to wn Well don't think We'll q 28 points
Tatums pessmism isn't shared by all of his associates at
College Park. The Terrapns to this
undoubtedly their national ranking soaring
Virginas skyrocketed after the Penn victory.
Speaking Maryland and Virginia they don't get bowl bids
what's with -cenennal Bowl at Griffith
between the Cavaliers and Terraps? That is provided
January Washington isn't risky from weather angle?
When Bucky Turned Up With q Black Eye
That picture Bucky standing dwarfd, between
pair basket giants Ed Macauey and George Mkan
reminds played ball
baseball ended much to the dpleasure of
Clark Griffith.
Griffith objected strenuously assumed
name 1928 it
Bucky Washington When Grh got gander at his
he hit the ceiling Harris wearing
granddaddy of all black eyes,
Griffith seemed exaggeratedy concerned when he ordered
Harris leave for the Tampa training grounds Immediately
against basket ball players by Trainer Mike Martin
The full not long after when Griffith phoned Harris
his 27yearold inelder the job of
the Mats.
Griffith still upon basket ball is known
but of his outeders, Mee playing
for Hartford of the American Basket Ball League.
Evening star., 1949-11-09

track.
If it can happen to Mays, it can happen
to anybody, because the lanky Californian gen.
orally was recognized as the best in the game.
He drove with heavy foot and with get-out-
in-front- and -stay-there philosophy, but he was
a master at the wheel. You don't win the
national championship with any defects in
ability.
Automobile racings only excuse for exist
ence is that it's spectacular. People watch to
be thrilled by crash or near-crash. There
is little foundation for the racing promoters
contention that auto tracks are experimental
laboratories ON which new engines. Slper.
Evening star., 1949-11-09
Kromer Defects Comedies

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 8 P).-
Jack Kramer, veteran Of the pro
tennis wars. defeated newcomer
Pancho Gonzales last night by
taking the last two sets. 6-3,
6-3, after losing the opener, 8-6.
It marked Kramer's sixth win in
nine matches with Gonzales on
their current transcontinental
tour.
Evening star., 1949-11-09

Five years ago.-Ted Atkin-
son rode four winners at Bel
mont to increase his total for
the year to 1853.
Evening star., 1949-11-09
Bristol Skaters Invade

Riverside Rollers will meet the
Bristol, Pa, Ramblers at River
side rink at pm. Sunday.
Evening star., 1949-11-09
Win, Lose, or Draw
Maybe There Ought to Be q Low
By FRANCIS STAkN

There's no law to prevent from killing himself In
automobile but maybe there ought to be The
lessness of the socaed pointed again the other day
when Rex his speeding into paths
e aa4las aaiaa rriod doaA foxn4 4la
Evening star., 1949-11-09
Hockey at a Glance

BY the Assoeictsd Press
Results Last Night.
AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE.
Sx,Lp e; Leg,s' 81 3; RToyidsnss. S ?; r,.,,.
aaii paciPic o COAST dsissi' Ii HOCKEY LEAGUE.
San Diego, 8; Los Angeles, 2,
San Francisco. 4: Fresno, 3, -. :
Tacoma. 8: Portland. /.
Vancouver. Z: Seattle, ?.
New West9.inster; I; Oakland. 4 ttie,.
New York. s; Grand Rapids, 8.
Schedule Tonight.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Montreal at Chicago.
New York at Toronto.
Boston at Detroit
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Cincinnati 1T Buffalo,
Hershey at Springfield.
st. Louis at Pittsburgh.
UNITED STATES LEAGUE.
st. Paul at Kansas City.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE.
San Diego at Los Angeles.
New Westminster at San Francisco.
Portland at Seattle.
EASTERN LEAGUE.
Boston at Baltimore.
New York at Toledo. :;
The Nome nugget., 1949-08-05
Convict Chooses Death Cell For Quietness

CHICAGO, (P)-James Morelli, who is scheduled to die in the electric chair Aug. 12, is occupy ing a cell in death row at the Cook County jail-at his own request so his final nights of sleep will not be disturbed.
 The 22-year-old mad dog" kill Ter was removed to one of the four cells adjoining the death chamber after he had complained Of too much noise by other prisoners.
 "The guys in the cells around me snore like rusty buzz saws with the teeth missing" Morelli told warden Chester Fordney. How about giving me some quiet for the time I've got left?"
 Fordncy suggested the death cell, where doomed men customarily are held for only about eight hours before death.
 Fine. Fine" Morelli said. I'm not the scary kind, and I'll bet it'll be quiet down there in the basement"
The Nome nugget., 1949-08-05
Committee OK's ACS Appropriation

WASHINGTON, (P) Legisla- ton authorizing a $7,668,OOO mili- tary communications system for Alaska was approved unanimous ly by the House armed services committee.
 The bill, introduced by Delegate Bartlett of Alaska, has been en- dorsed by secretary of defense Johnson and the budget bureau.
 It would cover communications for all three services. Among pro- jects authorized are:
 Bethel $2O,000 Cape Fanshaw $l75,OOO; Juneau $233, 3,340; Kotze- bue S30000; Nome S289,000; Pe- tersburg $74,O0O; Point Agassiz $l75,OOO; Ketchikan S157,OO0; and Seattle S436,500.
 The bill is not connected with the S613,00O military construction
The Nome nugget., 1949-08-05
"Pauper'' Dies; Leaving S5O,OOO

SEATTLE, (A') - A man who lived in a dilapidated shack, ate only stale bread and potatoes and all, his broker said, because he wanted to save for security, died Friday leaving an estimated S50,- 900.
 For more than 20 years Fred Wilson, about 75, lived the life of a pauper. He collected wood from the ship canal and sold it to his neighbOrs.
 He apparently was just saving for security" said Raymond C. Punnett, his investment broker.
 Wilson is survived by a brO- ther in California.
The Nome nugget., 1949-08-05

CT quarters of the surveying party and moved the lumber and other stuff to the "Casko."
 The captain of the Casko talked us into making the trip to Nome with him if we would help to get his camp ashore. The lack of stevedoring facilities made out job a tough one as we had to tow our raft ashore, an all nights tough job.
 Then we came ashore in Gus Wheeler's Peterboro canoe from the Casko about July 25, which would make just about 50 years of elapsed time.
 I recall early day posting of letters from Rat River on the Mackenzie side in which Jack Bell and Jack Sheady carried mail to Dawson from Rat River in which the charge was $l.00 letter. They took the mail without stamps, l never learned if they were stamp ed at Dawson or they went Out side without stamps. Probably mail was collected at destination. This was in '98.
 I recall sending mail out from Nome by a musher we called the Flying Dutchman whom, as I re- member carried mail to St. Mi chael, thence by little used trails through the lower Yukon, the Kus- kokWim to eventually reach lii anna Bay on the southern Alaska coast.
 Memories of those long gone days return to us Old-timerS in fleeting memories of the hard old days, but nevertheless the good old days of our very tough youth.
 I read in the Alaska Weekly of old-timerS some of whom l re- call: Wallace Porter of Haycock, Tony Polet, two Jones Boys, Dan and Charlie, Carl Rylander who just passed away in Haycock.
 I would like a copy of your present day Nugget" to compare as I remember the Nugget Bulle- tin" which I received in Siberia in 1922 and 1923.
 With memories of far off ad- venturous years, 1 am
 Yours truly,
 w. H. "BilI' Parson,
The Nome nugget., 1949-08-05
COmmunncatiOn From Old-Tiner

Oakland l, Calif., Editor Nome Nugget,
 Nome, Alaska.
 Dear Sir:
 An item in The Alaska Week. ly' of recent date leads me to ad- dress a letter to your paper.
 The Nome Nugget" seems an old friend as l read it through my Nome days before l left for the States In 1910. Then later during my days on Schutcotsk Peninsula in Russia it came to me at odd times as a bulletin in condensed form in 1921 to 1923.
 My story Siberian Sojourn," as yet unpublished, covering those three years mentions receipt of papers from Nome which were very much appreciated at my iSo- Ated trading post at Seniavore, Siberia.
 Since the abandonment of my trading post 1 have put in a rather unadventurous life here in Oakland.
 In a recent copy of The Alaska Weekly, mention was made of the fact that Q commemorative stamp had been issued to the Nome post office for this 50th anniversary year of the days of '99.
 It brings to my mind my arrival in Nome on about July 25 in '99.
 An Englishman Jack Reed, an Australian Gus Wheeler and my self left St. Michael on July Is to make our way around the coast to Nome. Upon our arrival at Unala- kleet some three days later we found Miner Bruce's schooner "Casko" about ready to sail for Nome. The Casko noted as having once been part of Robert Louis Stevenson's blongings had been dismantling the quarters of a sur veying party which had been do- ing some preliminary surveying |, for a railroad from Unalakleet to Kaltag.
 Upon the abandonment of the railroad project the spring of '99, Miner Bruce diSmantled the win
The Nome nugget., 1949-08-05

bill recently approved by the committee but shelved until next year.