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Evening star., 1949-12-21
How Best to Use Irish
lis Hickmon's Problem

MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 81 R-The
training pace quickened today for
the 28-man North squad which
will meet a group of Southern
gridders in the annual Shrine
football game here December 26.
Six Notre Dame players arrived
by plane early today to join Coach
Herman Hickman's groups OF
Yankees"
Hickman, head coach at Yale,
faced problem of fitting the
Notre Dame arrivals into the pic
ture.
''I imagine we will run Larry
Coutre from halfback quite a bit, "
he said, "but just what we will do
with Fullback Mike Swistowicz
hasn't been decided"
Hickman said End Bill Wight
man and Center Walter Croathaus
would be counted on heavily on
ofense. Other Notre Dame play
ers on Hickman's squad are Tackle
Ralph McGeehee and Guard Bob
Lalley.
The rotund Hickman said he
had not decided whether to use
the two-platoon system and could
tell more about that after the
Irish players worked out with the
squad.
The South squad, under Miami
Coach Andy Gustafson and Bay
1or's Bob Woodruff, was at its
full strength with q men, one
| less than Hickman has.
Evening star., 1949-12-21
By the Assoeiotsd Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-Here is
the lineup of the remaining foot
ball bowl games. with records OF
teams in parentheses:
December 20.
Shrine orth-South game, Miami Fla
Two all-star teams of college seniors.
December 81.
Shrine East-West game, San Francisco
Two all-star teams Of college seniors.
Blue-Gray, MONTGOMERY, Ala.-Two all
star teams OF college seniors.
Raisin Bowl, Fresno, calif.-San Jose
tcalif0 (s4-0) VS.. Texas Tech t6-4.
Rose Bowl. Pasadena. cslit.aa1california
10000 vs. Ohio State t6-1-2).
cotton Bowl, Dallas. Tex.-olNorth Caro-
lima G-3-O) vs. Rice CLIO.
do-0-o) vs. Louisiana State ts-s,W;
t7s orapss vs. BGSl gentaesy Ms~i eao cara
Sun Bowl. El Paso, Tex--dGeorsetown
(5-4-O VS.. Texas Western CPD.
Cigar Bowl, Tampa, Fla.--Wofford Ill
O-0) VS.. Florida State ls-1-0);
xPineapple Bowl, Honolulu-Stanford
(6-3-D vs.. Hawaii (S-1-0).
Evening star., 1949-12-21
Writers Name Leahy
.Grid's Man Of Year
BY the Assoeioted Press

DES MONIES, Dec. 21.-Frank
Leahy has been named as foot
balls man of the year by the
Football Writers Association Of
America.
The Notre Dame coach. who
recently concluded his fourth
straight unbeaten season. finished
first in a field of eight candidates
nominated in preliminary ballot
ing.
Tabulation by Association Sec
retary Bert McGrane showed
Leahy received 1852 Of the 449
votes cast by the writer's.
Bud Wilkinson, coach OF un-
defeated Oklahoma, vas the rum
nerup. Others nominated and
their standing in the final ballot
ing were Lynn Waldorf, California
coach; Homer Cooke, National
Collegiate Statistical Bureau;
Paul H. Helms, Helms Foundation.
Los Angeles; Ivy Williamson, Wis
conSin coach: Leon Hart, Notre
Dame end, and Earl Blaik, United
States Military Academy coach.
Leahy will receive the football
writer's plaque and possession for
one year of the Man of the Year
Trophy.
Previous winners: 1912, Comdr.
Tom Hamilton, United States
Naval Academy; 1943, A. A. Stagg,
College of the Pacific; 1914, Maj.
John L. Griffith. Western Con-
ference commissioner: 1945, Will
liam M. Coffman, Shrine East
West game; 1916, Bo McMillin,
Indiana: 1947, Fritz Crisler, Mich
igan; 1948, DR.. Karl E. Leib, Ma
tional Collegiate Athletic Associa-
tim
Evening star., 1949-12-21
By Ben McAIwee

Mann's Decorators. which looks
like a cinch to cop the Minor Dis
trict Duckpin League pennant,
even though the season has just
reached the halfway point. to-
night will seek it's 18th straight
victory in a match with four
place Petworth at PetWorth.
Only King Pin has beaten the
Decorators who sport an eight
game lead, and this early-season
defeat was squared last week
when Manns completed a full
swing of the circuit without los
ing a match.
With Bill Oliff averaging 119,
Clarence Appler, 1870; Dick Lee,
1T; Arthur Crown. 100, and
Ralph Bates, 1872. the Manns are
the best-balanced team in the
loop.
Other clashes pit second-place
Duffy's Tavern VS.. Price Motors
at Greenway, third-place Willis
Builders VS.. Powell Radiator at
Ice Palace, King Pin VS.. Ice Pal
ace at King Pin, Stewart Camera
Shop VS.. Prosperity Cleaners at
Brookland and Arcade Pontiac VS..
Sellers Plumbers at Lafayette.
Hendrix Steak House, leading
the Major District League by two
games. engages Covington Motors
at 7::30 tonight at Bethesda Bowl
ing Center. Second place Miller
Wrenn Furniture takes on Fat Boy
Restaurant at $50 at Hi-Skor
Third-place Winchester Packard
and Morris Miller Liquors are
down for a 8 o'clock engagement
at Silver Spring while H. B. Leary
Bros. and Valley Forge Beer tangle
at Brookland at 7:30.
Tonight's Capitol Ladies' Major
League schedule brings leading
Bethesda and King Pin together
at King Pin. second-place Hyatts-
vile and third-place Brookland at
Hyattsville. Greenway and Hi-Skor
at Greenway and Clarendon and
Ice Palace at Clarendon.
Dave Singer with a 436 boasts
the record season set in the He
brew League. Singer also leads
the loop with 125 average which
Is quite a mark for rolling only
once a week. incidentally, he's
captain Of the pacesetting Capitol
Trash Co. team.
Bus Sithens' 148 count in 359
set decided the issue as Vets Rec
ords whipped Policy Issue. 2-1. at
Evening star., 1949-12-21
Menendez Recalls Lean Days
Before Becoming Matchmaker

Senor Gabe M enen d e z
thought he smelled a fish in the
deal but not two barrels of fish
payment in full for a sizzling
six-round performance by one
of the senor's small but select
stable of prize fighters.
II could take the fish or a
promissory note" explained
Gabe, recalling the trip to Key
West when he was a babe in the
beak-busting profession. But I
was smart enough to know we
couldn't eat the note, so I took
the fish"
There were leaner days later
on when Gabe wished he had
a fish but the young man from
Tampa. Fla, has done we'll
enough since first putting feet
on the historic soil of the Ma
tons Capital. If anybody had
told him that some day he would
be general manager, match
maker and co-owner of boxing
interests at club even as small
as Turner's Arena, where he is
all of those things, Menendez
would have smiled and sadly
tapped his head at such a sug-
gestion.
It took a bum fight decision
and an economic depression to
make a matchmaker out of
Gabe. Maybe you remember
how the late Joe Turner, sick
ened by a decision that gave
joey Archibald the nod over
Harry Jeffra in their 1889
featherWeight title bout at
Griffith Stadium, quit the game.
He left it to his partner and
one-t time rival, Goldie Ahearn,
with his best wishes. But the
depression put Goldie down for
a count several months later
and Turner, rather than see his
place dark, re-entered the busi-
ness and installed Menendez
as matchmaker.
Times were SO bad" Gabe
recalled, that when Joe Of
fered it to me on a percentage
basis I said okay, but he'd have
to guarantee me $25 a week ex-
pense money. I wasn't worried
about the kind of fights I'd get.
you understand. I knew the
fights would be good, but peo-
pie didn't have the money to
spend for tickets. I liked being
the matchmaker but I liked eat
ing even better"
It wasn't the first such sit
uation Gabe had faced. In
1927, when the bankrupt
Tampa baseball team of the
Florida State League was play
ing out the season, Menendez
was groundkeeper. trainer and
clubhouse boy, in that order.
without pay. He was a ripe
old Is then and goofy about
baseball. He still is one of
Clark Griffith's best customers.
Two years later. Gabe was
up to his elbows in boxing as
trainer. The Tampa ball
park inclosed a half-mile
dirt auto racing track which
fighters used for roadwork.
Gabe gave them rubdowns, pro-
vided soap and hot water for
showers. and threw in a small
amount of advice for free.
A year later. a month after
he finished his cigar making
apprenticeship, Menendez was
a full-hedged manager. Tony
(Halfpint) Lopez, star of two
championship Sandlot teams
Evening star., 1949-12-21
Lineup of Bowl Games

Gator Bowl, Jacksonville, F1a.-Mary
land (7-1-0 VS.. Missouri T-3-O.
| Tangerine Bowl, Orlando. Fla.-Emor,
and Henry 10000 VS. st. Vincent, Pa
| 600.
Murry (Tex.) T-2-D VS.. Missouri Valley
| 1920.
Salad Bowl, Phoenix, Ariz.-Arizon.
State (Tempe) (9-2-0) VS.. Xavier tOhioI
| (9-l-0).
| Prairie View Bowl, Prairie View, Tex
Fisk (6-2-0) VS.. Prairie View G-3-O.
| January 7.
all-star teams of college seniors.
| (xHawaifs record does not include De.
cember 16 night game with College o.
Pacific.)
Evening star., 1949-12-21
Super Service Wins

Bob Cannon scored 9 points to
lead Super Service Trash to a
47-36 victory over Phi Alpha in
the f1rst-half title game of the
Jewish Community Center Basket
ball League. Fred Block of Phi
Alpha scored Is points.
Evening star., 1949-12-21

raise money for the Red Cross and
infantile paralysis causes. working
in an official capacity. and I have
yet to receive the first dime from
the four major bowls. Their char
ity began and stuck at home.
Only it wasn't charity.
The Shrine Bowl, December 81,
will be the big post-season game.
In the first place it will have most
of the star football players. 1t
will range far above the other bowls
in playing class. It also will have
Arnold Galiffa of Army playing
with Leon Hart and others from
Notre Dame. This time the East
seems to have the call in talent,
but the West still has the winning
edge.
This game expects to raise close
to a 100000 for one of the finest
causes in the world-something
from those who can run for
those who can't walk 1t should
be a tremendous spectacle this
season.
There also is high-claSs Gator
Bowl at Jacksonville between Mis-
souri, and Maryland where Don
Faurot and Jim Tatum have two
teams that could bother anybody.
Missouri lost to Clemson, "a to %.
in this bowl year ago and Mary
land is better team than Clem-
son was a year ago. Tatum has
a squad that will trouble any one.
Rex Beach, who died a few
days ago, was magnificent writer
on the side of adventure and rug
ged life. It is impossible to re-
call a finer gentleman and I still
can't recall a rival in the combined
fields of writing, athletic accom-
plisilment and craftsmanship.
Above all he was the sort of man
who Is loved and respected far
beyond the normal range by every
one who knows him.
Rex Beach, the athlete,
shouldn't be allowed to be for
gotten. Rex was one of the finest
athletes I've ever known. and I'm
not barring Jim Thorpe or Bronko
Nagurski.
Rex was over feet tall-deep-
chested - wide -shouldered - fast
and powerful. He was abso-
lutely without fear. He weighed
well over 200 pounds and this was
all fast flesh.
When he left Rollins College in
Florida around 1900, he played
football with the old Cherry Cir
cles. the Chicago Athletic Club
football team. Rex was the star
Of the team. The team wrecked
every opponent in the Midwest.
Beach was one of the best foot
ball players Of long-ago era.
Was Outstanding Boxer.
He was a great swimmer. He
might have won boxing's heavy
weight championship. He was a
fine boxer and a terrific puncher.
Ask Fred Stone, his brother-in-
law. Stone ranks him with Jim
Jeffries. They were built alike.
But Beach was the better boxer.
Beach was one of the finest snow
shoe men and skiers Of his time.
He crossed Alaskan mountains
supposed to be beyond human
skill and stamina.
Fred Stone could box with Jim
Corbett. In fact, they once boxed
six rounds and Corbett admitted
later he hadn't hit Stone yet.
Yet Beach and Stone were close
to even as boxers. He was one
of the best duck and quail shots
any one would care to see.
I played golf with Rex for over
20 years and when he had any
chance to practice his range in
scoring was from 10 to IA. He
was one of the big hitters Of the
game, close to the Jimmy Thom-
son class. But above everything
else, he was one Of the ideal
sportsmen of his time. with a
character beyond even the whis-
per of a fault no matter what
game he played.
North American Newspaper Alliance)
Evening star., 1949-12-21

all Is the East
West Shriners
game in San
F. r a n c ! sc o
which has raised
well over a mil
lion dollars for
the good OF
crippled chill
dren and a hos
pital fund. It
has done the
greatest job OF
all post season
games.
During tn e
War. I tried to
Evening star., 1949-12-21
|Gosmen Win Second Stroiqht

The Washington Gas Light Co.
has two straight victories in the
Roosevelt High School D. C. Recre-
alton Basketball League following
last nights 1921 win over Pepco.
Gene Taylor set the pace for the
Gasmen with 13 points.
Evening star., 1949-12-21
Heinie Miller Named
To Ring Committee

Heinie Miller, boxing coach at
University of Maryland, has been
named on the Boxing Committee
|! for the Pan American and Olym-
pic Games, 1t was announced by
Kenneth L. Wilson, secretary
treasurer of the NCAA yesterday.
Evening star., 1949-12-21
7 he
SPort|ight
By GRANTLAND RICE

BEVERLY HILLS, Calf. Dec. 2l.
The four major bowl games are
known as Rose, Sugar, Cotton and
Orange, but the top bowl of them
Evening star., 1949-12-21
Santa Clara Grid Films
Impress Wildcat Coach

COCOA. Fla, Dec. 81 (P.-De-
fenses against Santa Clara were
being worked out here today by
the Kentucky Wildcats, in train
ing at this Florida East Coast
town in preparation for their date
with the Broncs in the Orange
Bowl at Miami on January 2.
Coach Paul (Bear) Bryant re-
viewed movies of Santa Clara
games and reported the pictures
give the impression that they are
a big, strong team with lot OF
finesse."
Their kicking looks to be ter
rifle, similar to that we faced
against the University Of Missis-
sippi. Hall Haynes. their stal
punter who was second to North
Carolina's Charley Justice in the
Nation this season. seems to be
extremely good" Bryant added.
Evening star., 1949-12-21
Cotton Bowl Alone Presents
More Than One AH-Americo

DALLAS, Dec. 81 P).-The Cot
ton Bowl won't have teams with
the best season records among the
major bowl games January 2 but
1t can boast the most All-Americas
In fact, it will have as many as
the other bowl games combined
There will be two fellows Of the
mythical team variety playing
against each other here when Rice
tangles with North Carolina.
The big man Of the Owls (not
in size but in ability is James
Froggy) Williams, that talented
pass-catcher. defensive tower and
adept place-kicker.
The headliner of North Carolina
will be Charley Justice, a fellow
who has been in the public eye for
four years, two of which he has
been All-America.
All other bowl games combined
have two All-Americas.
California, which plays Ohio
State in the run for the roses at
Pasadena (the Rose BowD, boasts
Rod Franz, All-America guard.
Oklahoma, which plays Louisi-
ana State in the Sugar Bowl at
New Orleans, has Wade Walker,
America tackle.
Evening star., 1949-12-21
Oklahoma Coach Worries Over
Squud's Lack of Enthusiasm

play of the scrimmage and gave
out with a scream of agony. He
complained OF a pain in the ribs
but made it to the sidelines under
his own power.
Reserve Center Tom Rath was
knocked cold on the very next
play. He soon recovered.
Then Fullback Curly Morrison
bumped his knees and left the
lineup.
Fesler said he didn't consider
any of the damages severe.
Evening star., 1949-12-21
Manu. 's-Petworth Match Heads
Bowling Program ] Tonight

Lafayette to grab the lead from
the losers in Section A Of the
Veterans Administration League.
Johnny Dufield's 14l and 365
were best for the losers. Pensions,
led by Chet Wegnek's l41 and 371,
beat Appeals 81 to hold third
place.
Rusk's 353 was high as Finance
trimmed leading No Records, FL,
in Section B. Dependents tied
for first place with a 81 decision
over Special Searchers. Joe Smith
of Special Service bowled high set
of 379.
Evening star., 1949-12-21
Ohio State Injuries Bode
No Good for California
RY the Assoeiofad Press

" i've HssoS'3'so ''sss
PASADENA, Calf, Dec. a.
CALIFORNIA; Bears are due for a
rough afternoon in the Rose
Bowl January 2-those Ohio State
Buckeyes are even wicked to each
other.
Coach Yves Fesler put his squad
through a socko scrimmage yes
terday and the mayhem minded
Buckeyes knocked themselves
dizzy.
Three of the Bucks were side
lined in one five-minute period.
Halfback Jerry Krall, top ground
gamer, hit the line on the second
Evening star., 1949-12-21

ROSE BOWL QUEEN-Marion
Brown, 10, of Temple City,
Calf, has been chosen queen
of the Tournament of Roses,
which is highlighted by the
Rose Bowl football game. She's
a S. foot = 6 = inch 1875 pound
blue-eyed blond and attends
. Pasadena City College.
-AP Wirephoto.
Evening star., 1949-12-21

With Wade Sheriff and George
Scribner posting 1874 and 378. re-
spectively, Dargan's Cafe nicked
the Brogans twice to hold first
place in the Greenway Commercial
League. Julie Singers 146 in a
383 count gave Cafritz Insurance
a 2-1 win from Shipley Motors.
Evening star., 1949-12-21

Bowlers of the United States
Chamber of Commerce Mixed
League are fortunate in having
an artist and editor like Rick
Keefer whose front-page cartoons
in their weekly paper THE Head
pin," pack genuine class.
Evening star., 1949-12-04

all he could do to keep awake till he got into
bed.
He didn't guarantee the formula would
work for me since. as he explained, insomnia
may have deep p-seated causes and may not
always respond to such simple treatment.
But I've seen it work in hundreds of
cases, " he said, so by all means give it try
- only be sure the water is tepid, not hot,
and see that you don't go at yourself after
wards with rough Turkish towel. That
only wakes you up again."
Three days later, had the doctor on the
phone. MY insomnia's all gone," said.
'.and want to thank you lot But maybe
you can tell me this: why is it still feel
sleepy all daye"
Could be because you start the day with
a warm BATH"
He must have read my mind, because he
added hastily:
TITS only guess, of course. have no way
of knowing whether you do or not. But
have found that people who take warm
bath each morning often feel incxplica-
bly, tired later in the day.
"A warm bath is actually sedative - in
fact one of the most effective sedatives
known. That's because when you sit in
warm tub you're making the temperature out
side your body just the same as the tempera-
tme inside"
must have sounded confused, for he ex-
Evening star., 1949-12-04

ways to catch cold is to run out of the bath
room without drying yourself completely.
Care to tell me how careful you are about
drying the back of your neck?"
He saw wasn't going to answer so he went
on: Matter of fact, cold baths are a good
idea in cool weather"
That didn't make sense to me and said
So
Gold baths. " he replied, ''act to construct
the blood vessels; this prevents much internal
heat from leaving the body. And besides, when
you take a cold bath, your metabolism rate
Continued on page 10
Evening star., 1949-12-04

MIS- isn't about your small son and how to
Il get him to take bath. It's about you,
who gladly take baths because you know
there's nothing like them for keeping you
clean. cool and companionable.
You'll probably be shocked to learn that
most of your ideas about bathing are, if you'll
pardon the expression, all wet. In short, no
matter how often you bathe, the chances are
good that you actually don't know how to
take bath.
I'd better say right here that this idea
didn't start with me. I got it by conducting
a series of interviews with scientific experts
who for years have been carrying out solemn
and painstaking investigations into Americas
bathing habits.
The Secret
HEsE doctors and research scientists also
presented me with another startling idea: the
secret OF better health. greater stamina, sound
er sleep. calmer nerves and even longer life
may lie in your bathtub.
All you have to do they promised, is take
the right kind of bath at the right time.
For instance, are you troubled by insomnia?
l was tortured pillow-thumper till one of
the doctors interviewed told me how he'd
licked his insomnia
he SIMPLY filed his bathtub nightly with
iukewarm water, sat in it for Is minutes, pat
ted himself lightly with towel and then had
Evening star., 1949-12-04

The physiologst came right to the point:
when you get out of bed and step into hot
bath. striking things start happening: your
blood vessels contract, your body tempera-
ture drops, your oxygen intake falls and your
breathing gets shallow. After few moments,
your heart rate zooms up much faster than
normal. Practically all of your glands. nerves
and muscles are now stimulated.
That should be enough to waken anyone.
especially if you splash yourself vigorously,
and follow up with brisk rubdowD Sup
pose, though. you decide to stay in the tub
and switch on the cold water. Immediately,
Evening star., 1949-12-04

planned further: ''Yom body can't function
normally unless the temperature inside you
remains fairly constant. Invariably, though,
the temperature of the atmosphere outside you
is anything but constant. Your skin - and
its intricate web of nerves and blood vessels -
is specially set up to serve as buffer between
the fiuctuating air around you and your vital
internal organs.
This intricate temperature regulating
mechanism works hard and without pause,
whether you're asleep or awake. If you sit in
warm tub though, and shield yourself from
the neck down against the air around you,
Evening star., 1949-12-04

your blood vessels close up; your oxygen in
take rises; your pulse rate shoots upva
second time.
You can try going back to bed after you've
had hot-and-oold bath. but / guarantee
you won't feel much like sleeping.
8oe-and- Geld
OR IF you've got an evening date after
tough day, try hot-and-cold bath before
you 60 out. and see if you don't cut down on
your yawns. Incidentally, though. be sure
you take your bath before dinner. Either
hot or cold bath causes blood to rush to the
Evening star., 1949-12-04

SKIN, ana away rom internal
organs. If you take your bath
after you eat, you may upset
your digestion. 1t won't do
you much good to feed
wide awake all evening If
you've got \ miserable
stomach ache. I"
l resolved to remember
that, but l had another ques-
ton. If l went out into the
street after my cold bath,
wouldn't I surely catch cold
- especially in this chilly
weather?
Cold water never gave
anyone a cold" he replied
testify, but one of the best
Evening star., 1949-12-04

yOu Ie pcIIuItlHg your DOOy
to enjoy complete rest and
relaxation. That's why warm
baths are good at bedtime and
not 50 good when you get up
in the morning.
A Slsgs One
WHAT kind of morning bath
did the doctor recommend?
Either a brief hot one or a
brief cold one. Or better still,
both.
I started to ask why. ''Oh,
Lord" he said, that's a long
story. But I have a physiolo-
gist friend who would be glad
to answer your question. ,"