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Evening star., 1950-10-12
Tep Feel They Need Big Score Saturday Keep No Rating
Dick Wakefield Back in News
As Oakland Seeks to Sell Him
BY the Associated Press

OAKLAND, Calf, Oct. 12.-
Strapping Dick Wakefield, once
one of baseball's brightest pros
poets, may or may not realize his
ambition to return to the major
leagues next season. If he doesn't,
it won't be the fault of Clarence
Brick" Laws, hustling president
of the Oakland Club.
Laws, whose willingness to dip
into the cash drawer brought
Oakland its second Pacific Coast
League championship in the last
three years, is trying to promote
deal for Wakefield.
Three other Oaks, Shortstop
Artie Wilson, Catcher Rafael
Noble and Pitcher Allen Gettel.
have been sold to the New York
Giants for next season delivery.
Wakefield, an outfielder who
had a small, but at times sub
stantial, part in the Oakland pen
nant drive. is draft eligible. In
the meantime, his contract is for
sale So far, no bidders. But
Charley Dresser. who steered the
Oaks to the top in his second
season here, is in the East on a
trading, buying and selling ex-
pedition. . e,
And Laws is here, awaiting tele-
phone calls.
I'D like to see Wakefield get
another chance in the majors"
Laws said. "He has everything
it takes-size, power, speed and
hustle. And confidence, too.
Before Dick left for his home
In Ann Arbor, he told me if I
couldn't make a deal to sell him
to a big league club he would
come back next season and play
for me for one dollar and ex-
penses. He liked the way we
treated him, after all the trouble
he had earlier this year.
Dresser said he thought Wake
field would have hit better for us
if he had had chance to play
more for Detroit in 1949 and with
the Yankees in training last
spring. One of the big league
teams may be overlooking a bar
gain in Dick"
Wakefield. reporting after the
season was we'll under way. hit
,293 in 81 games for the Oaks. He
hit seven home runs, % dou-
bles: batted in 38 runs and scored
Al himself. His teammates liked
his attitude and help. They voted
him a full share of the cham
pionship purse, amounting to
$1,385.
Oakland took on Wakefield and
his $1,000 salary from the Yam
KEGS after he had refused to re-
port in a sale to the White Sox.
He wanted the Chicago club to
boost his wage to the $22 900
which the Tigers paid him in
l949. Subsequently Dick was
waived out of the majors.
Evening star., 1950-10-12
By Harold CIoossen
Associated Press Sports Writer

NEW YORK, Oct. 12.-And you
think Coach Frank Leahy should
feel bad because Purdue defeated
Notre Dame last Saturday? That
was only one defeat. This pillar
of pigskin prognostication had 25
such setbacks the same day-its
worst record in eight years.
But Notre Dame hopes to start
a new victory string Saturday and
the hope is echoed here.
Army VS.. Michigan: Cadet
coaches say Chuck Ortmann's
condition will determine who
wins. The Michigan back was
hurt in the Michigan State de-
feat and hasn't played since. But
even If he is at his best, the
Cadets appear to have the edge.
Army.
Oklahoma VS., Texas: Texas Is
Evening star., 1950-10-12
sMU Given Edge Over Oklahoma Aesies
|AP Football Prophet Selects
Army, Texas and Notre Dame

reported to have only mediocre
backs but the best line, from end
to end, in college football. That
should be more than enough to
end the Oklahoma victory string
at %. The Sooners had plenty
of trouble last week with much
weaker Texas A. and M. Texas.
Santa Clara VS.. Stanford: This
simply isn't the Santa Clara team
of last year which was good
enough to go to the Orange Bowl.
Stanford.
Ohio State VS.. Indiana: Vic
JanoWicz will be too much for
the Hoosier sophomoreS. Ohio
State.
Miami VS.. Purdue: The Boiler
makers need not be keyed up for
this one but they had better put
their clippings aside when the
whistle blows. Purdue.
Notre Dame VS.. Tulane: Tulane
would like to avenge that 46-7
pasting of a year ago but a new
Notre Dame victory string should
be started here. Notre Dame.
Mississippi VS.. Vanderbilt: Bill
Wades passing will bring the
Commodores home in front. Van-
derbilt.
California VS.. Southern Cali
fornia: Pappy Waldorf has 33 iii
shape for this one. He should
get almost as many points. Cali
fornia.
Wake Forest VS.. North Carolina: !:
Wake Forest is out of gas after
that AZ to 0 massacre of William
g. Mary. North Carolina.
Navy VS.. Princeton - Princeton
took its annual vacation" in the
last half of its game with Rutgers
and now is ready to travel.
Princeton.
Oklahoma Ann VS.. Southern
Methodist-A night game involv-
ing two unbeaten clubs but the
Mustangs, despite a heavy injury
list, have the edge. Southern
Methodist
Mississippi State VS.. Georgia
(See FOOTBALL, Page C-5) q
Evening star., 1950-10-12
BY the Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK, Oct. 12.-The ma
jor leagues annual post-season
reconstruction project is moving
along in high gear.
Six teams did some vigorous
house-cleaning yesterday with the
New York Giants welding the big
gest broom. The Giants, who
finished strong third in the Ma
tional League, pulled off a $125.-
900 deal involving seven minor
league players.
In a drive to bolster their re-
serve strength, they pried three
players from the champion Oak
land club of the Pacific Coast
League.
Coming to the Giants are Ray
Noble, Cuban Negro catcher; Artie
Wilson, Negro shortstop, and Al
len Gettel, veteran highlander
In exchange, the Giants shipped
cash, Joe la Fata and Bert Hass,
outf1elder-first basemen; Wes
Bailey and Bill Ayers, from their
pennant = winning Minneapolis
Association farm to Oakland.
Sold Noble Last Year.
A quirk of the transaction is
that the Giants sold Noble to the
Oaks last year probably for less
than $4,000. Noble, valued at
approximately $4,000 by Oak
land, was regarded as the best
catcher in the Coast League. He
hit .316 and drove in 70 runs.
Noble will understudy Yves
Westrum.
Wilson. a speedster, won the
Coast batting championship in
1949 but dropped to 1906 this year
He is lefthanded batsman, but
hits chiefly to left field. AS re-
suit, sort of Williams Shift is
employed with the opposition con-
gregating in left field instead of
right as in the case of Ted. Will
son will back up Alvin Dark, the
Giants captain.
Gettel. who won % games, was
the Oaks only 20-game winner
He has been up before with the
Yankees, Indians, Mats and White
Sox and probably will be used as a
relief pitcher.
The Phillies also snapped the
rubber band on President Bob
Carpenters bankroll by she'll o
out $4,000 to land a highly re-
garded prospect, Tom Casagrande
of Fordham University.
Casagrande, a 20-year-old left
handler. was sought by 10 other
major league clubs. He also is a
terrific hitter and the Phils hope
he'll outdo such other famous
Fordham graduates as Frank
Frisch, Hank Borowy and Johnny
Murphy.
Deals With Farm Units.
The majority of the remaining
deals involved major league clubs
and their farm units. The prime
(See BASEBALL, Page C-5.)
Evening star., 1950-10-12

ton emerged attered and bleeding hip pocket after
briefly exposing his bankro as ockhooer IN pro ootoaS
Baltimore Colts he got the buying act In mod
crate webred disclosed he thinking OF
buying and went far as to fly to ST. Louis
Once in city, he visited the offices of the Cardinals
who do not Browns and promptly flew home Later
when pressed details Mr. Rodenberg laughed 1t Of
why go to the ofce?" he demanded Somebody
might actually sell you the ball club"
But you actually thinking OF buying the Browns?
he was asked
yes" Mr. Rodenberg replied was thinking it would be
silly thing to do"
The League Has Worried for Years
Roughly such technique to buy the Browns
but typical novel twist to the Hickey yester
day money with which Hickey won't buy the club isn't
even his According the report 1t will be the American
League which will finance the DEAL installing Mr. Rickey as
president.
doubt the American League worried about the
Browns couple of years ago spokesman in Will Harrdges
admitted deep and only slightly lesser amount
for the Senator'S This the AS house divided fell
apart and drawing little 300 people the end of
their dismal They rank second to the Browns
the worry list
But whether the American League seriously would attempt
to buy up rehabilitation especially
resistance present conectura the least
The brothers De Witt Bill and Charley genuinely deter
mined to keep out Hickey and presumably anybody else the
league might offer.
Outcosts, but Only Socially
There little sympathy the American for the De
Wits the other clubs regard the parasites
the drawing power of the better while the
keep themselves without support home
On the other hand the De Wits don't appear greatly
cerned with their lack of social standing You will notice Bill
De Witt remarked poinedy last December when he sold Gerry
Priddy to Detroit for 100000 chat aren't dsiked to the
extent that other clubs refuse to deal for our stars
f selling good ball players the only have
of surviving We'll keep selling he continued Some day
supply will catch up with demand and We'll improve
in the meantime we'll the Browns to suit ourselves
Whether the De Wits good for baseball may qes
ton, but they're pretty businessmen They'll only
have the only opera baseball available sing Ma
tona Anthem, but she will be paying for the privilege.
Evening star., 1950-10-12
b|aik Worried
lover 0rtnlann' 5
Passing Ability
Army Coach Stresses
Pass. Defense for
Game With Michigan
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Oct. 12.-Chuck
Ortmann, Michigan's offensive
wheelhorse, apparently holds the
key to the Wolverines hopes for a
victory over Army at Yankee
Stadium Saturday, and Coach
Earl Blaik of Army knows it.
"They tell us that Ortmann is
ready to play" Blaik said, land
that's bad news because he is a
terrific back. We don't have any
body that compares with him"
One of the best paSsers in col
legiate ranks, as well as an elusive
ball-carrier. Ortmann has been
hitting Ends Lowell Perry and
Harry Allis and Wingback Leo
Koceski in practice, and should be
on the beam against the Cadets
Injured in the first period as his
team bowed to Michigan State,
the youngster was held out of last
weeks game with Dartmouth so
he would be sure to be ready for
Army.
Blaik Stresses Pass Defense.
Blaik acknowledged that Perry,
Allis and Koceski are fine re-
ceivers," as he emphasized de-
fense drills in Cadet practices.
The Army coach processes to
have a growing concern about
the game. pointing out that
Michigan will be "up" for the
meeting. Last year Army broke
a 25-game Michigan winning
streak and this time the Wolver-
ines have a chance to snap West
Points string of % games with
out loss.
Our being picked as the top
team in the country has just
poured on more fuel" said Blaik,
discussing Michigan's probable
mental attitude. I'm afraid we
were picked on what we have
done in the past rather than
what we are doing this year or
what we can be expected to do
in the future" :"
Cadets Not Tested Yet.
The Army coach said he didn't
feel his team was as far advanced
as it was this time a year age or
that the team was as good as the
1949 squad. He said West Point
hadn't really been tested yet. He
felt that Michigan, on the other
hand. is a much better team than
the one Army beat, 21-7, last year
at Ann Arbor. He thinks the
wolverines were Caught short
by Michigan State In their debut
and really haven't opened up yet.
Michigan beat Dartmouth last
week, 27 to 7.
Il figure they'll throw their best
game of the season at u.s." said
Blaik Even though they're up
it's hump game for us, too. If
we beat Michigan I'll concede
this is a good Army team"
Bennie Oosterbaan, Michigan
coach, said earlier this week that
the Wolverines couldn't afford to
key themselves for the game be-
cause of the tough schedule
ahead. He won't have any trouble
inspiring his men, as Michigan
never has beaten Army.
Evening star., 1950-10-12
nj Stars Pound Wynn
In transforming Victory
By the Axsoeioted Press

SYRACUSE, N. Y, Oct. PA
group of National Leaguers
trounced the American Leaguers
in a major league all-star exhibi-
ton baseball game here last
night, 81, before an estimated
$500 fans.
Sid Gordon, with two homers,
Ted KluszeWski and Red Schoen-
dienst with three hits apiece, led
the National Leaguers' 13-hit as
sault on Early Wynn and Lou
Brissie. Meanwhile, HOWE Fox
and Don Newcombe combined for
a neat seven-hit job against the
American Leaguers.
National League 31d 3ol al al III d15-9 13 2
Fox. Newcombe 90 and McCullough,
Westrum CD; Wynn, Brissie 90 and
Evening star., 1950-10-12
Jim Jeffries Sues Officials
Over Gambling Ordinance
BY the Associated Press

BURBANK, Calf, Oct. 12.-
James j. JeffrieS. the former
heavyweight champion, has a new
fight on his hands-against a
Burbank city gambling ordinance.
His business associate, Richard
Parker. was arrested Monday at
Jeffries Barn. a boxing arena, and
charged with operating a game
of chance.
Yesterday Jefferies filed suit
against city officials to invalidate
the gambling ordinance. He as
serted Parker was operating IAN
educational game of skill" He
said the game is a variation of
bingo combined with a quiz con-
test, with winners getting cash
prizes.
Evening star., 1950-10-12
.Hoyas Could
Denote Rivals
With CIose0ne
Maryland Plays Down
Advantages os Tutum
Louds Georgetown
By MerreII WhittIesey

Maryland climbed to eighth
place in this weeks National
football rankings, but it can't
stay there by beating Georgetown
by a touchdown or two Saturday
and the Terps know it.
OF the Terps' seven remaining
opponents, they must beat the
Hoyas, North Carolina State.
George Washington, West Vir-
ginia and VPI by comfortable
margins to hold their own in the
top ten, where most Of the other
high-ranked teams will be play
ing much tougher competition.
Only against Duke and North
Carolina can Maryland add to
its prestige merely by winning.
The Maryland players kept ask
ing. Where do you think that
will put us in the rankings?"
after they upset Michigan State,
a team that trailed only Notre
Dame in the National picture the
previous week.
Terps Stress Injuries.
This Saturday. the Terp play
ers undoubtedly will have slaugh-
ter in mind if they're still thinking
of those ratings. Penn State beat
Georgetown, 34-14, and Tulsa
topped the Hoyas, 21-7. Com
parative scores seldom are taken
seriously, but Maryland cannot
hope to gain prestige unless it
rolls up the count.
Never in the modern history of
the Georgetown Maryland series
has pregame talk been so one
sided. Maryland is attempting to
talk down its advantages, of
course. and has come up with
long list of injuries, which is be-
'7g completely disregarded by
Georgetown. The Hoyas expect
to see all players on the Maryland
casualty list. including Ed Mod
zeleWski, Ed Fullerton, John Troha.
Joe Kuchta and maybe even Ray
Krouse.
Tatum Warns Squad.
The Georgetown theory that it
is sending a squad of inexperi-
enced youngsters against a vet
eraa combination is scoffed at by
the Maryland coaching staff.
which points out that the Hoyas'
line outweigh the Terps. and that
(See MARYLAND. Page C-30
Evening star., 1950-10-12
Irish Lose Dave Flood
For Game With Tulane
By the Associated Press

SOUTH BEND, Ind, Oct. H.
The announcement that Halfback
Dave Flood would be unable to
play this week dampened Notre
Danes hopes of returning to its
winning ways against Tulane Sat-
urday.
Trainer Hugh Burns reported
that Floods shoulder separation,
suffered against Purdue, had not
responded satisfactorily to treat
ment. Flood is one of the teams
best defensive backs.
Evening star., 1950-10-12
Proximity Fuvorite

YONKERS, N. Y, Oct. II (P.-
Proximity, queen of the trotters.
rules an even-money favorite in
the 112-mile $4,000 Gotham trot
at Yonkers Raceway tonight.
Harness racing's' leading money
winner will face a field of seven
other standardized steppers, in
cluding Pronto Don, who beat
Proximity in the 2-mile Roose-
velt Trot three weeks ago.
Evening star., 1950-10-12
WoIIy O'Connor Dies;
Former OIympics Star
BY the Assoeioted Press

WEST LOS ANGELES, Oct. IL.
james Wallace (Wally) O'Con-
nor. At, four time Olympic swim
mer and water polo player, died
of cancer yesterday.
He was a member of the 300
meter relay team which won at
the 1924 Olympics, and on the
1924, 1928, 1882 and 1886 water
polo teams.
In the 1886 Olympics at Berlin,
O'Connor, as senior member of the
American contingent, carried the
American flag in the opening
ceremony.
Evening star., 1950-10-12

the humorous sports columnist, put Brown
buying to the acid test. He thought of it one
morning while shaving, but kept it to him.
SELF Failing to get line of publicity, he
concluded, that it's absolutely necessary to
make some public reference to any intentions.
Once in a great while somebody actually
will buy little chunk of the Browns like Miss
Helen Traubel of the Metropolitan Opera, but
this is an unnecessary expense, as Branch
Hickey now is demonstrating. Mr.. Hickey knew
that just thinking of buying the club is good
for a stick of type during the week.
Shortly after Bob Rodenberg of Washing
Evening star., 1950-10-12
DON'T BE MlSLEn!

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well as the make tire you buy.
Ask your dealer us 1T A FIRST
LINE TIRE? Your family de-
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you get from BIG. HEAVY. SAFE,
FIRST-LINE. GRADE-A TIRES.
Don't be misled-KNOW THE
GRADE OF THE TIRES YOU
BUY, REGARDLESS OF MAKE!
Come in. You can see and feel
the difference for yourself.
Evening star., 1950-10-12
Strong on Defense

Defensively, the 1949 University
of Arizona football team limited
it's five opponents to less than two
yards per offensive try.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-01-28
Committee Considers
Steel Price Testimony;
7 Questions Studied
By Cecil Holland

The Senate House Economic
Committee today studied a vol
luminous record of four days Of
hearing on whether the recent
steel price increases were justi-
fled.
Out of the hearings, at which
steel men and others testified. two
principal questions emerged.
/. Were the increases, in fact
justified on the basis of high ano
in some cases record-breakine
earnings reported by the industry
2. Were the increases substan.
TALLY more than the average Of
81 a ton, or 4 per cent, reported
by the industry.
Chairman O'Mahoney of the
joint committee emphasized the
points in questioning A. B. Homer
president of the Bethlehem
Steel Co.
Mr.. Homer was a witness in the
closing round of the hearings late
yesterday. He testified that the
increase was necessary to meet
additional costs and provide funds
for keeping Bethlehem's existing
facilities up to high standards OF
effective and efficient production. y
Senator O'Mahoney noted that
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Bethlehem only the day before
had reported a 1949 record-break-
ing net income of more than $685.
900, 900. He confessed that he was
mystified by the contention of
Bethlehem as we'll as other big
steel companies that they had to
raise prices to maintain a COM
petitive position in the industry.
TN the face of record earnings
in 1949," Senator O'Mahoney
asked, why couldn't you have
maintained competitive price
below United States Steel and
got some of United States Steel's
business"
Mr.. Homer replied that it was
not competitive position as far
as prices were concerned. He en-
phasized, as he had in a prepared
statement to the committee, that
Bethlehem had to obtain funds for
plant improvements and expan-
sion to maintain it's competitive
position in the industry.
He had said previously that the
company with it's record 1949
earnings had failed by $15,000,0OC
to realize from sales revenue the
average annual amount needed to
maintain high productive STAN
dardS.
''It was clearly apparent" he
said, that only by following the
new market level of prices for our
steel products could we have any
reasonable opportunity of realiz-
ing a profit rate in 1850 which
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cow has taken
that step in order to prevent fur
Their search for members OF It's
spy apparatus in this country.
In spite of sensational revela-
tons of Soviet espionage in the
United States during the last
wear. the American people by and
large still think the charges OF
Communist conspiracy are greatly
exaggerated and that it is being
used as political weapon by the
opponents of the administration.
The activities of all our coun-
terintelligence agencies are still
described by many well-thinking
Americans in public life as
"witchhunting" and dealings with
red herrings." The fact is that
we are not psychologically pre-
pared to recognize the deadly eff
fectiveness of the subversive
agents and theological spies"
New Type of Spy.
The latter are far more danger
GUS than the old-fashioned paid
spy, a breed which tends to dis
appear in this ideologically-con-
fused world. The ordinary spy
can be handled without difficulty.
AS a rule he does not belong to
exclusive clubs. He has no close
connections with the highest peo-
pie in the land. At best he is a
shrewd, clever and frequently
courageous specialist" who fol-
lows a despicable trade which is
more risky than that of highway
robber or safe-cracker. He can
also be purchased when trapped
and turned into a double agent,
living constantly under the threat
of spending long years in jail or
living an aff1uent life.
We have had that breed for
many years in this country, espe-
cially at times when we became
involved in armed conflicts. The
new type of spy-the intellectual
ideologist-is a new product OF
our present age. He neither re-
ceives nor expects financial re-
Enumeration for his work. He
wants to be useful in helping to
change the present economic. po-
litical and social structure to make
the world a better place to live
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-01-28
This Changing World
US. People Still Ignorant of Facts
In Fight Against Communist Spies

in for everybody. He becomes
enamored intellectually of the
Marxist-Leninist doctrine while
still in college, or while suffering
from economic reverses like the
great depression of the early 30s.
This kind of spy has been
helped in his thinking by the sub
versive agents which Moscow sent
to this country before diplomatic
relations with Russia were re-
vived in 1888. He was shocked by
the fact that some people had
several homes, swimming pools
and expensive automobiles. while
others had to live on a mere pit
lance. He embraced the Soviet
cause with the ardor which usu-
ally marks young people.
Because many of this type were
promising young men, who grad
uated from college with honors,
they easily obtained employment
in our greatly expanding bureauc-
racy. Their brilliance brought
them to the attention of their
superiors and eventually they re-
ceived positions of great trust and
responsibility.
Catered to Idealism.
Special agents from Moscow
catered to their idealism, painting
glowing pictures of the Soviet
Union. They were told that it was
true there were still many things
to be done before the Marxist-
feminist millennium was reached.
They were told that this theology
was intended to embrace the
whole world and that they could
help, not in Russia but among the
American masses.
World War II to their minds
was an imperialist conflict, in
which Russia was pushed in 1941
in self-defense. When the Ger
man-Russian war began and later
when we became involved in the
world struggle they felt that it
was their duty to help the Rus
slams in every conceivable way
They became enmeshed-some of
them unwittingly-in an espio-
mage net from which it was not
easy to escape. They felt secure
against detection, however. be-
cause of the important positions
some of them held or because
their highly-placed superiors and
their nimble minds covered them
completely.
A few managed to extricate
themselves from the apparatus
But the bulk of these theological
spies are still with us, either in
official or unofficial positions. TIC
track them down is not an easy
job. The difficulty is not so much
technical as it is psychological.
This country, by and large, still
is ignorant of these facts and Is
likely to be reused against the
security organizations which pre-
sumo to point their fingers al
these men. The overwhelming
number of Americans are still
prone to think that any raid or
these intellectuals smacks of the
tnolice state