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Evening star., 1949-11-15
By George Huber

"All I know about this George
Washington football team is what
I read in the papers," commented
Georgetown Coach Bob Margarita,
who will send his team against
the Colonials on Saturday at
Griffith Stadium.
$50 a couple of Saturdays ago
went to the G. W.-Maryland
game expecting to see poor beat
up team of cripples dressed in
castoff uniforms. The way I un-
derstand it. they didn't take their
crutches on the field with them
only because the rules didn't al
low it.
"Was I surprised. George Wash
ington has q fine. well-coached
team Of big, healthy boys. They
can play anybody. I'd like to
have some Of those cripples and
I'm afraid I'm going to see too
much of them Saturday.
Maryland didn't shove them
around much. In fact, there were
times when g. w. was doing the
showing. I know from experience
how tough that Maryland line
is and there were times when the
G. w. line was playing them
even."
Margarita expressed surprise
when informed that his team
might be q two-touchdown favor
ite for SATURDAYS clash.
Evening star., 1949-11-15
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Nov. 15.-It's
Notre Dame by a landslide with
Sc per cent of the experts in the
seventh weekly Associated Press
poll.
The Fighting Irish's first-half
scare against North Carolina ap-
parently didn't weaken their
position. On the strength of their
final 1875 victory over the Tar
Heels, Coach Frank Leahy's men
were first on 140 of the 1862 ballots
submitted by sports writer's and
sportscasters across the Nation.
Other members of the big
Four"-Oklahoma. California and
Army-which have been dominat-
ing the poll all season underwent
a shakeup.
Because of it's 14-13 squeaker
against Pennsylvania. unbeaten
Army fell from second to fourth
and received only one f1rst-place
vote.
Oklahoma's S perfect-record Soon
ers, PIT conquerors OF Missouri,
replaced Army as the No. 2 team,
drawing Is firsts. California also
slid past Army into the No. 3 spot
with five firsts after ALA vic
tory over Oregon. The other first
place vote went to ninth-plac
Virginia, who was idle last week.
Michigan. Rice, Ohio State,
Minnesota, Virginia and South
ern Methodist follow the big
-Four" in that order. Ohio, NOV
Evening star., 1949-11-15
Wilson College States
Biggest Cage Season

Wilson Teachers College is
starting to make big noises again
on the athletic scene.
The new basket ball squad has
scheduled 18 games-the heaviest
slate ever for the Spectacles.
Next spring the college will
field it's first baseball squad In
a decade and next fall the Spec
tacles will field their rst football
team since 1887.
Teams wishing to schedule
baseball and football games with
Wilson should contact Athletic
Director Phil Fox. Here Is VIII
sons basket ball schedule:
Noyember-1e. East Carolina Teachers
80, Gallaudet.
December-e. at shepperd; 8, Towson
8, at Atlantic Christian: 10. at East
Carolina Teachers; IL, Richmond Pro.
feSsionaI Institute; 16, Madison College.
January Salisbury Teachers; IA
Shepperd; 1S, at Gallaudet; %, Frost
burg: 81, at Salisbury
February-1.. Potomac College; 6, al
Madison; 8, at Potomac; 10, at Frostburg
16, at Richmond Professional Institute
II, Alumni.
Evening star., 1949-11-15

The Redskins have lost the
services of Fullback Pete Stout
who received a broken left
shoulder in Sundays game with
the Philadelphia Eagles, it was
learned today.
The fracture was not discov-
cred until yesterday.
Stout, who had an injured
right elbow, played a good deal
of the time against the Eagles
despite the injury. Several
times he was forced to leave the
game because Of the elbow
injury. but returned after it had
been treated and additional
padding supplied to his jersey
sleeve.
He now will be out for the
remainder of the year.
In addition. Halfback Howie
Livingston received a broken
left thumb, but may be able to
play Sunday against the Chi
cago Bears here with the
thumb in q cast.
Evening star., 1949-11-15
By Lewis F. Atchison

The sight of Sammy Baugh
and Harry Gilmer playing in the
same Redskin backf1eld may be
no rarity after Sundays game
with the Chicago Bears at Grit
fifth Stadium. Coach Herman Bal
is smitten with the idea Of using
this one-two punch against the
Bears-and any other team that
may stymie the Tribes attack.
He could call it his "pins and
needles" formation, but Herman
says it is merely one of the many
variations possible with the T
but not used. before.
There is no use spending -four
weeks in training camp working
on this stuff if you don't use it, .
he said. ..'We are going to review
every sensible play we have, and
we are going to make a more
diversified use of the T. It's q
nice formation for doing different
things"
A couple of konks on the head
mixed Redskin strategy the wrong
Evening star., 1949-11-15
Platoon Football
Target of Tutors,
Including Totum
Special Dispoteh to The Sfor

NEW YORK. Nov. Is
Maryland Coach Jim Tatum is
among those favoring some
limitations on the free substi-
tuition rule that now permits
the two-platoon system in foot
ball. Platoon football came up
for q great deal Of discussion
at yesterdays Football Writer'S
Association luncheon here and
Tatum found himself on the
same side with the majority of
guest coaches who spoke on
the subject.
Others lining up with Big
Jim were Harvey Hartman of
Rutgers, Ed Danowski of Ford
ham. Hook Mylin of N. Y. u,
Rip Engle Of Brown and Moon
Mondschein Of c. c. NY.
Tatum pointed out that the
intention of the present rule
was to help the weaker, smaller
squads, but that it backfired by
helping the larger squads even
more. Being a believer in cap
italism, I agree that you can't
legislate the weak into equality
with the strong, but I also
agree with those others that
the present system is unsatis-
factory"
Tatum also weighed in with
a plea that something be done
about television before "even
the high schools will be unable
to exist" He said that a drop
in attendance can be expected
whenever Notre Dame or Army
or other such powerful and
good teams can be seen on
television. a-:
St. Johns Juniors Ahead
st. Johns junior football team
beat Coolidge High Juniors, 26-6
yesterday at Coolidge for it.
eighth triumph in nine starts.
Evening star., 1949-11-15
Giants Coner|y Again
Leading NIL Passer

Charley Conerly of the New
York Giants was back on top to-
day in the free-for-all battle for
the National Football Leagues
passing laurels. The New York
Bulldogs Bobby Layne. last
weeks leader, was second. sup
planting the Redskins Sammy
Baugh, who dropped to fourth.
Tommy Thompson Of the Phila-
delphia Eagles was third.
Conerly has thrown 1873 passes.
completed 80 for 1903 yards and
IA touchdowns for a 52.7 rating.
Layne has completed, 101 Of 1876
throws for 1,270 yards and f1ve
touchdowns. Thompson's record
shows 76 completions in 141
passes for 1918 yards and II
touchdowns, while Baugh had 80
completions in 141 throws for
1,244 yards and IL scores. Thomp-
son outrates Baugh, as only seven
of his passes have been inter-
cepted, while the Redskin tosser
has had II taken by the opposi-
ton. ..
Tom Fears Of the Los Angeles
Rams and Bill Chipley Of the
Bulldogs shared the pass-catch-
ing lead with A each. but the
former had $50 yards to 500 for
his rival. The Redskins Hugh
Taylor was seventh with 20 re-
ceptions. 579 yards and seven
touchdowns. Hal Crisler OF the
Washington club slipped to ninth
with "a catches, 383 yards and
four touchdowns.
Gene (Choo Choo) Roberts OF
the Giants paced the scorers with
IA touchdowns for "a points, with
Pat Harder of the Chicago Cards
trailing with II on seven touch
downs, 20 extra points and two
field goals.
Bob Waterfield of the Rams
held his punting lead with a 45.6
average, while the Redskins Dick
Poillon clung to second place by a
scant margin over the Green Bay
Packers jug Girard, Ais yards
to Ala
T. v. Smith Of the Rams con-
tinued to pace the punt return
squad with 18 for 265 to IL for 1877
yards by the Pittsburgh Steelers'
Bobby Gage.
Jack Stakeholder of the Giants,
the only man to run back a kickoff
for a touchdown this season, was
tops in that department, while the
Detroit Lions Don Doll had the
most pass interceptions, 10.
Evening star., 1949-11-15
Redskins Polish Pass Defense;
To Use Buuqh, GiImer Jointly

way against the Philadelphia
Eagles last Sunday, once when
Gilmer was sent into the game
with Baugh. Fullback Ed Quirk,
a key blocker in the series of
plays intended for use, received
a bad blow on the head and forgot
his role. Baugh, taking in the
situation at a glance, called OF
the deal.
Another time. with Gilmer at
the controls. another play pat
tern went haywire when Tackle
Len Szafaryn was knocked loco
and drew a blank. Still another
time, when the Skins were bat
ting in the shadow of their goal
posts, they found themselves with
only 10 men on the field. The
Eagles gained yards on two
plays before the coaches discov-
cred Pete Stout on the bench
instead of backing up the line.
Ball put his aerial defenders
back on a strict diet of funda-
mentals today in hope of correct
ing flaws that cropped up against
the Eagles.
Evening star., 1949-11-15
Star Tar Heel GriddeI
May Quit as,PIayer;;
WANTS Coaching Job
BY the Assoeiotsd PFsss

PITTSBURGH, Nov. l5.-
Charley (Choo Choo) Justice.
great running back from North
Carolina University, was an
nounced today as the No. l draft
choice of the Pittsburgh Steelers
of the National Football League.
But Justice has said he won't
play.
It isn't that he won't play with
the Steelers. In fact. SO far as is
known, Justice didn't know he
had been drafted by the Steelers
when he made the announcement
recently that he doesn't intend to
play professional ball.
Other players. in the past, have
said they would not turn pro.
but later; have changed their
minds, and the Steelers are hope
full this will be the case when
they talk to Justice.
The Steelers said they picked
him at a National League Draft
meeting in Philadelphia a week
ago.
Passed by Eagles.
Justice originally had been
drafted by the Philadelphia
Eagles, league champions, but a
Steeler spokesman said the Eagles.
already wealthy in backs and
angling for some fancy linemen,
gave up Justice to the Steelers
in exchange for the Pittsburgh
teams No. 1 draft choice.
A Steeler spokesman said today
that Justice. naturally. has not
been consulted on the matter. For
the Steelers to talk to him. prior
to completion of his college career,
would wreck his amateur standing.
All-America Justice has said he
wouldn't turn to profootball unless
he got an offer that was "too good
to turn down"
Now, he says
"It's time to quit. I'm 26 and
I have been playing football for a
long time I'll years-in high
school, for service team and in
college). I want to get started in
a coaching job and the sooner I
get into it the better. If I went
pro, I'd lose a couple of years."
Justice. a native of Asheville,
N. c., twice led North Carolina to
the Sugar Bowl.
Two Others Drafted.
The Steelers also announced
that they had released two play
ers and gave out the names Of two
other draft choices.
Their second draft choice was
Tackle Louis Allen of Duke Uni
versity. Six-foot 3 inches tall and
weighing 220, Allen is Is and a
resident of Greensboro, N. c. He
is a candidate for All-America
this year.
. Third choice is Jack Halliday
6-foot-3 guard at Southern Meth
odist. He is 81 and lives in Dallas.
The Steelers released Halfback
Joe Clamp. kicking specialist. and
Rookie Quarterback Vince
Ragunas.
Ragunas, a graduate Of Vir-
ginia Military Institute. played
in two games.
Evening star., 1949-11-15
Is 1t Best Irish Teom?-Moybe
Tar Heels Loss of Justice Hit
Notre Dame, Too, Leohy Says

cross buck and when he got in the
open we were able to relax bit as
he is one of the fastest men on
our squad.
Following the contest several
pressmen came into the Notre
Dame dressing room and it seems
that their most frequent question
was, How do you compare this
team with the Notre Dame Of the
last few years?" Comparing a
team before the completion of the
season is an impossibility, because
our teams of the last three years
were great, in my opinion, because
they went all the way through
their rugged schedules without
losing game.
To date our 1949 team has en-
joyed much success but until it
can display the mark Of true
champion and emerge from the
season with a clean slate, ] defln-
itely could not compare them with
any of our past championship
teams. I thought I might have
detected signs of this all-impor-
tant attribute as Saturdays game
progressed with Notre Dame on
the short end Of the score and re-
fusing TO- be stopped. The per-
sonnel could be considered com.
parable, and the next three Sat-
urday's will determins Just how
potent we are
Bouquet for McLaughry.
Certainly one Of the seasons
best coaching performances was
engineered by Dartmouth's Tuss
McLaughry as his Big Green
ruined Cornell's clean record by
convincing 1877 score. In the
Southwest Ouch Meyer upset the
dope books by guiding Texas
Christian to a surprising win over
Texas U. Another Western MASTER
peice was performed by Buddy
Brothers whose Tulsa team over
turned highly-favored San Fran
cisco. A frequent visitor to this
section of the column returned
when ivy Williamson's Wisconsin
Badgers rolled over Iowa. Navy's
George Sauer has disproved COM
pletely the myth that a team has
a relapse after playing Notre
Dame, as he continues to make
this Navy's best year in some
time.
(McNaught Syndicate, Inc.)
Evening star., 1949-11-15
Tribes Sale Reported
Near, With Greenberq
As General MANAGER
By the Associotsd Press

CLEVELAND, Nov. 15.-Those
persistent reports that the Cleve-
land Indians are to be sold are ex-'
pected to materialize here tomor-
row or Thursday. according to the
Cleveland News.
Bill Veeck, the paper said. ex-
poets to sell the club to a snydi-
cate headed by Ellis w. Ryan,
Cleveland insurance man. Veeck
will come here from Chicago to
complete the deal. it was stated.
According to the news, Veeck is
selling the Indians, American
League pennant winners and world
champions in ls48, for $4,000, 900.
The news also said that the syn
dicate, in addition to Ryan, in
cludes George E. Creadon, brew
ing company president. Harry E.
Small. banker; Donald w. Horn
beck. attorney; Nate Dolin, Cleve-
land arena executive. and George
Medinger and Guy Waters, steel
company executives.
Greenberg Is Included.
Under the new management.
Hank Greenberg, former Detroit
first baseman and home run hitter
extraordinary and, currently. vice
president Of the Indians, is slated
to become general manager once
the club changes hands, the News
declared.
Ryan said he had not discussed
such job with Greenberg. who
also denied receiving any offer.
At present, the Indians have no
title Of general manager. Veeck,
the president, also assumes gen.
eral managers responsibilities. If
Greenberg gets that job. he will
run the club.
Ryan is to be president. accord
ing to reports.
Asked if his group planned to
keep Greenberg. Ryan said:
When and II we get the club,
I'll answer every question you can
ask, quickly and truthfully. But
right now, I'm in no position to
discuss our plans"
Hank Explains Stand.
IT told Mr.. Ryan that, in the
interest of preventing any mis-
understanding which might de-
velop as q result of newspaper
stories involving me, I thought I'd
better make my position clear to
him." Greenberg declared.
II then said that, when and If
his group purchases the ball club,
I'll be happy to sit down and talk
with him regarding my status"
The News story, written by Ed
McAuley, said:
Representatives Of the pur-
chasing syndicate already have in
vited the former home run cham
pion to provide the baseball know
how Of their operation.
"Greenberg withheld his answer.
pending official announcement by
Veeck that the club has been sold,
but the negotiators are confident
that he will join them"
The job Of Tribe vice president
was given to Greenberg in the
spring of 1948. Veeck has de-
scribed him as the clubs second
largest Stockholder.
Evening star., 1949-11-15
Bones Still Idle
As Cops ruveI ;,

The Caps pro basket ball
team is ip New York for to-
nights game against the Chi
cago Stays, but Bones McKin-
ney is staying behind for an
important workout. Bones is
testing his ailing left knee at
American U. gym to see wheth-
er he'll be able to make his first
start for the Caps in tomorrow
nights game here against the
Denver Nuggets at Uline Arena.
Evening star., 1949-11-15

Ills GSdIu pCI"
fectly prepared for the game, and
those who say the Tar Heels
jumped to a 60 lead knew that
they very definitely did not come
North for the ride. Singing out
a North Carolina player for in
dividualspEaise would be difficult,
as we feerfhAt their sfifstedsper-
formance with q unit affair. and
our hat is of to Coach Snavely for
the manner in which his team
was determined to win without
Charley Justice. AS a matter OF
fact, we told our lads prior to the
game that Justices absence might
well boomerang as the Tar Heels
would be out to. prove to the
world that they were not one
man team, just as S. M. U. did
when it defeated highly favored
Kentucky without the service Of
Doak Walker.
Where the Tide Turned.
Our opinion is that the tide Of
battle turned early in the second
quarter when Notre Dame was
able to repulse the enemy after
they had a first down on the one
foot line. Although it was con-
siderably later in the game before
the Irish offense started. to roll,
from this point on the Carolinians
did not penetrate deeply enough in
Notre Dame territory to cause def
mite alarm to our team. The
Southerners forced us to unzip
completely our bag of tricks as
we endeavored to stay in the
game. Our secret play which
worked most successfully was one
in which Billy Barrett, second
string right halfback, took a late
raj from Bob Williams and started
to run wide on his own left.
Never having heard Of Barrett
passing, and knowing him to be
a rightfooted kicker, it was very
natural (and as we had hoped
that the North Carolina second
ary rushed up to make the tackle.
It turned out that Barrett passes
with his left hand, and that Leon
Hart was open to receive the ball
for a 22-yard gain and a most
important first down. Frank
Spaniel's 77-yard touchdown run
was scored on q quick opening
Evening star., 1949-11-15
A. U. Cogers to Meet
Alumni Next Saturday

The annual basket ball game
with the Alumni, the crowning OF
a homecoming queen and a soccer
game against the Pan-American
Union will be included on Amer
ican University's homecoming
day program next Saturday.
. The Eagle hooters will play at
2 o'clock on the A. U. field. The
queen will be crowned at 7::30 as
a feature of the festival parade
and will appear at halftime of the
basket ball game that starts at
$3.50 in the A. U. gym.
Evening star., 1949-11-15
Georgetown Lists RolIy
Friday for 6. w. Come

The Georgetown University &c"
Club will hold a G. w. game
smoker and pep rally Friday
night at the Washington Hotels
Hall of Nations Room.
All Georgetown alumni and
friends are invited to the $3.50
n m. affair.
Evening star., 1949-11-15

roof still is there. Everything was calm. Gen.
tlemen all.
Pegler was introduced as former sports
writer. And in his talk he stuck mostly to his
sports experiences in the good old days OF
wonderful nonsense. A little anecdote here,
funny story there and a good word for every
body He took no advantage of the chance this
visit to Washington gave him to blast somebody
or anybody or everybody here as he occasionally
does in his scorching newspaper column.
Some of his listeners seemed disappointed
The club members and guests weren't getting
anything controversial from Pegler in speech
THEY'LL have to read his column. SO they
Evening star., 1949-11-15


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Evening star., 1949-11-15
By Fronk Leohy
Notrs Dome Football Cooch

A capacity crowd of $1,000 in
Yankee Stadium Saturday saw
a much better football game than
the 42-6 score would imply. Real
Evening star., 1949-11-15

iZation OF the
fact that Notre
D q m e W q S
I or t u n a t e
enough to be
leading 1876 at
the start of the
fourth quarter
is more indica-
tive of the out
standing p er-
formance turn
ed In by North
Carolina. Coach
Carl Snavely
certainly h a d
Ai~ &@~~ ~A~
Evening star., 1949-11-15
Win, Lose, or Draw
By GEORGE HUBER
lchers Find Everything Mild

TouchdoWn LuncheTs Find Everything MID
fireworks yesterday at the Touchdown
least expected because guest speakers
weekly luncheon Westbrook Peger and O. O.
Scrappy Kessng But look at the building street
Evening star., 1949-11-15
Stee|ers Pick Justice in Draft Hope He'll Turn Pro
Irish Still Lead in Poll;
Army 7umbIes to Fourth

ing up to seventh from 11th, and
Southern Methodist, advancing to
10th from 18th, are the new
comers, replacing Cornell and
Michigan State.
Maryland, a 14-13 winner over
Boston University, advanced from
2lst to 10th as the highest rated
eleven in the Southern Confer
ence. B. u, 18th last week. was
dropped completely out Of the
listings.
Cornell's winning march was
ended by Dartmouth, 1871. AS
result the Big Red tumbled from
seventh to II in the standings.
Michigan State apparently played
itself out against Notre Dame a
week ago and lost to Oregon
State, $500, on the West Coast.
The total vote with points figured on
1O-9-S-7-6-5 5-4-3-2-1 basis (nrst-place
Evening star., 1949-11-15
1t Was an Interesting Gathering.

interesting peoplewere at the Touchdown Club
yesterday for instance 1t good to
Dobbe University Maryland football coach He
always and full of spirit talked happily about the
present Maryland team.
BEST team Southern Conference" he avered North
lucky isn't playing Maryland this In fact
North playing Eore Dame last Satur
day instead O Maryland"
Among others present Bobby welknown promoter
who used to be the
player but who yesterday smoking
big fashion He finds much easier to
shepherd frankie Parker Pancho
and around the paid courts and just watch
do the playing
Also it's counting money.
Evening star., 1949-11-15

looked up expectantly when Kessing introduced
Kessng talk football particularly pro FOOTBALL
This man seemed ready for good
nobody to fight him. so he made the speech
said what he wanted to say and sat down.
Pro Football Monopoly Opposed
that this is the time OF year when
generally that the Conference is ready
used the Touchdown Club rom to restae the
AAs First does not intend TO oo second Will not
with the NFL.
What the AA does working agreement with the
exhibition for training purposes common
of conlcting schedules and world championship
game at the end of the season.
Said Kessing Football too big to be stied by man
or any one group There in football for
into the picture have seen twice
one aim is to avoid merger.
1.-The AAmerca Dead he continued 1T is not going
die by miracle the present conference should 1odano
it's going fodanother would rise in few years
place and you'd have the old fight all over again
Baltimore in Come to Stoy, Kessine Insists
After the asked about the Baltimore
situation Somebody heard reports that neghborng AA
outlet is losing money too fast.
Baltimore" of best cities We have
good people there spirit it's good club They
definitely are They might be losing little
much that they can't get it back know
they'll be there next doing business at the same stand and
doing good business .
He didn't say words. but he indicated that
included working agreement between
that Cleveland and San Francisco
thinking of boiling the AA and taking up with the NIL
nothing to it.
rebuttal from friend Of the Redskins
party kept high plane Leo De Orey,
Redskn director present but said he was sitting lar IN
back and didn't hear what Kessng had to
the ALL American attendance yesterday?
pleasant snrested voice Somebody said
there that the three AA didn't
the turnout for the NF fray
Evening star., 1949-11-15

The second 1O-11. Kentucky, $50;
81; IA. Dartmouth. rs; Is, Baylor. g:
Michigan State. as; ls and 20. Tulane
and Santa Clara. each A.
Others receiving votes-Collese Of Pa
cific, 49,: North Carolina. 81; Pennsyl-
vania. "a: Wisconsin, 20; Villanoya. 8:
u. C L. A. and Texas, each 7; Prince
ton and Duke. each 4; Alabama and Ten
nessee. each 3; Texas Christian and Bos-
ton o., each 2; Wake Forest, Missouri.
Illinois and Xavier each l.
Evening star., 1949-11-15
St. Johns Juniors Ahead

st. Johns junior football team
beat Coolidge High juniors. 26-6
yesterday at Coolidge for it.
eighth triumph in nine starts.