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Evening star., 1950-12-23

any time this season." Capt.
Tony Adamle, fullback and line
backer, who has an ankle sprain,
and George Young, defensive end.
who has a rib separation, are the
most serious casualties from last
weeks 8-3 triumph over the New
York Giants for the American
Conference crown. All the Browns
will be in uniform, however.
Il think our poor physical con-
dition definitely offsets any ad-
vantage we may have by being
more accustomed to this kind Of
weather." Brown said.
The bettors, in disagreement.
added another point to the mar
gin they've been according the
home club. The Rams now are
APPOINT underdogs in the wager
ing.
Radio, TV to Help Pool.
The collision of the best clubs
in the league, instead of develop
ing as such. has degenerated into
a discussion of injuries and
weather. Thus the players jack
pot would have been one of the
most meager in years except that
Commissioner Bert Bell diverted
$34, 1000 received for radio and tel
evision rights into the players
pool.
What's under the tarpaulin they
haul off Municipal Stadium to-
morrow afternoon may have a lot
to do with the way the game goes.
But whether the turf is frozen to
concrete consistency or whether
it's thawed deep enough for cleat
to catch hold, it will be exactly
the same for both clubs.
Chances are weather conditions
won't be known until few hours
before the 1870 pm. kickoff. Tenn
peratures have gone up some since
the Rams flew in from California
Thursday night. But the mercury
hasn't come within five degrees
of the 40-mark groundkeepers say
would be needed to thaw the dirt
under the tarp.
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Fans Interest DuIIed
As Mentors Cry Over
Weather., Injuries
By the Asseeiofed Press

CLEVELAND. Dec. 23.-The
constant moaning Of Joe Styda-
har, Los Angeles Rams coach, and
Paul Brown, Cleveland Browns
mentor, apparently has convinced
a large segment Of the public that
neither team can win tomorrow's
National Football League cham
pionship game here. Their
dreary outlooks, plus unfavorable
weather, have slowed ticket sales
perceptibly.
Stydahar and Brown have
meshed their talking techniques.
Each apparently is attempting to
prove he will deserve a big pat on
the back if his club wins. What
they are doing is hurting their
players, who share in the gate
receipts.
Officials will be happy If 10000
show up for the playof in NAM
mouth Municipal Stadium as
quotes from Brown and Stydahar
have helped quench interest In
the affair.
Browns Hurt, Rams Fear Cold.
Stydahar insists his boys have
been spoiled" by California
weather and their high-powered
offense would suffer heavily in
effectiveness if the Sub-freezing
cold continues. He says the Rams
have 'only an outside chance" Of
winning.
Meanwhile Brown, seeking to
counteract this psychological
warfare, proclaims his Browns are
physically harder hit than at
Evening star., 1950-12-23

Kentucky and NYU
Fovorites Tonight
In Garden Twin Bill
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-The
Kentucky Wildcats, unbeaten In
five games and ranked No. in
the Nation in the Associated Press
poll. are seven-point favorites in
their game against st. Johns to-
night at Madison Square Garden.
Adolph Rupp's team is anxious
to defeat st. Johns as one way
of atoning for the $3.50 shellack-
ing they took at the hands of an
other New York outfit, CCNY, in
the finals of the National Invita-
ton tournament last March. Also,
the Kentuckians were beaten,
69-58, by st. Johns during the
regular season.
The Kentucky-St. Johns game
is the windup of Garden dou-
ble-header that opens with New
York University against Wander
bnt. NYU, with a 81 record, is
a 41a-point choice over the Com
modores, who have 6-1 record
Helping make Kentucky a IA
vorite over st. Johns Is that it
easily beat Kansas. $3.50, after
Kansas had edged st. Johns,
52-51.
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Special pispoteh TO The Stor

MIAMI, Dec. 23.-It seems to be
becoming the fashion for horses
to be named for people despite a
superstition among horsemen that
those saddled with such names
seldom amount to much.
The coming years crop of juve-
niles, awaiting their racing debut
at Hialeah, contains the names of
at least four prominent personali-
ties and only time will tell if they
can equal the successes of their
human counterparts. Bull Halsey
the horse. that is-Will have a
tough time equaling the exploits
of the famous World War II ad-
miral. The youngsters, dubbed
Milton Berle and Joe E. Lewis, will
have to extend themselves to at
tain the fame credited to the we'll
known comedians. Newspaper
men will be highly interested in
the performance of Charley Nc
Adam, named after the news syn
dicate tycoon.
Despite the reputed jinx, every
once in a while some horses titled
after people compile good records.
Two outstanding candidates for
Hialeah's Flamingo and the Ken
lucky Derby carry the names of
celebrated people-Bob Considine
and Uncle Miltie. Bob Considine
is the syndicated columnist, OF
course, while Uncle Miltie is the
self bestowed nickname of the
aforementioned Milton Berle.
In the past there have been
quite a few runners named for
people which attained prominence.
Billy Kelly, for q famous sports
editor. ran second to his stable
Evening star., 1950-12-23
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

It's not true those West Coast
basketball teams can't win far
away from friendly Pacific Ocean
breezes.
Until last night, three touring
Pacific Coast Conference fives had
won only one game-that against
a weak team-and lost IL.
Oregon State dropped six
straight on it's Eastern swing,
Washington State lost four and
defeated weak Buffalo. 70-49, and
UCLA lost It's first two away to ad-
mittedly strong Bradley and Long
Island and Is an underdog at Iowa
tonight.
But Stanford, the fourth travel
ing Pee team. started off right
last night. The undefeated West
erners whipped Michigan at Ann
Arbor, 77-66, for their sixth
straight, and they expect to keep
going against New York University
in Madison Square Garden Tues
day.
Sharpshooters Ed Tucker and
Jim Ramstead poured in % and %
points in victory. The blackboard
work of Ramstead clinched 1t for
Stanford.
Oregon State Wins First.
At home, Oregon State proved
invincible against visiting Pitts
burgh to win its first game of the
season, 61-36. The Panthers also
received inhospitable treatment
from Washington (6-0) Tuesday
and Wednesday nights.
The Oklahoma AggieS won for
the third straight night on the
coast, whipping Loyola of Los An
geles, 62-48. A. & M. started off
with 1-point victory over Cali
fornia and a 2-pointer over South
ern California. California takes
another crack at the Oklahoma
Aggies again tonight. California
defeated st. Mary's last night. 10
81. A. & M. (8-0) ranks fifth ma
tionally in this weeks Associated
Press poll.
Undefeated Indiana (5-0), No.
4 ranking. downed Butler, 61-46,
in the first evening of the Butler
Invitation tournament. Once
beaten Notre Dame trounced Pur-
due, 1910. Indiana plays Notre
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Duke Facing Bradley,
No. 7 in U. s., After
|Squeaking Past CIV

Duke exposes its unbeaten
basketball record to powerful
Bradley at Peoria, ILL.,, tonight,
and it looks bad for the Southern
Conference five. The Blue Devils,
still shaky after squeaking past
George Washington last night,
will be facing a team ranked No. l
nationally last year and which
again is a candidate for that
honor with a current place as
No. 2 in the Associated Press poll.
The Blue Devils ran their string
to six by putting on a freeze to
beat CIV. 70-67, at Uline Arena
last night. Bradley has won
eight in a row.
The underdog Colonials gave the
Blue Devils fits all through last
nights game before a slim crowd,
Little Gene Witkin, 5-foot-8 set
shot artist. kept the Colonials in
the game throughout. and it took
another grand scoring performance
from Dukes Dick Groat to beat
him. Witkin accounted for 20
points and Groat for 81.
Groat, who has an average OF
24.5 points for six games. also Is
a fancy ball handler. After Day.
ton Allen gave the visitors then
final margin three minutes before
the end, Groat was the key mar
in Dukes freezing tactics. He
controlled the play, dribbled ir
and out and directed the passing
that thwarted GW's attempts tc
grab the ball.
Witkin led CIV to an early lead,
81. with Groat responsible for all
Dukes scoring to that point. The
Colonials stayed slightly in front
until Bill Fleming's tap put Duke
ahead, 27-26, and after that it was
Duke all the way. The Blue Devils
had a 40-33 edge by halftime and
early in the second half upped
that to 57-45.
CIV closed the gap after that with
Russell Bailey, Ray Adler and
Witkin leading the uphill battle
Twice the Colonials were within
a point of tying the score, but 8
minutes before the end Allen made
his shot and Groat took over with
the freeze.
The game was GW's last until
after the holidays and left it with
a record of three won and four
lncf
Evening star., 1950-12-23
Maxim to Fight SovoId
Or Charles in Nevada
BY the Associoted Press

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Dec. 23.-
Jack Kearns, manager of joey
Maxim, light heavyweight boxing
titleholder. said yesterday that
Maxim will fight either Ezzard
Charles or Lee Savold early next
year at Las Vegas, New.
Kearns said he was lining up
promotional arrangements for the
heavyweight fight. He hired Mat
ty Brescia, Memphis promoter
and public relations man, to ham
die the details in Las Vegas.
Kearns Is spending the holidays
with his son Jack. jr., who attends
school near here.
Evening star., 1950-12-23
Head Of NBA Disapproyes
Deal Made by Pisfons
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-Maurice
Podoloff, president of the National
Basketball Association, refuses to
put his approval on the purchase
of Charley Share by the Fort
Wayne Pistons from the Waterloo
Hawks. He declined to give his
reason for the decision.
Fort Wayne is a member of the
NBA and Waterloo is a member
of the National Basketball League.
Fort Wayne announced Shares
purchase yesterday. He Is g.
foot-11 star and if he had been
allowed to stick with the Pistons
it would have given them the
tallest lineup in pro basketball
with five players 6-6 or more tall.
Evening star., 1950-12-23

NICkllSOl1.
This is supposed to be a coun-
try where every man, or every
woman, is entitled to his or her
opinion. My opinion is that the
two toughest, considering the mat
ter of football class, belong to the
Cotton and Sugar Bowls.
This Is no knock against the
Rose Bowl or the Orange Bowl.
Both will offer competition of the
keenest sort and it must be ad-
mitted that no bowl game ever
proved anything, outside of a
lusty contribution to a college
bankroll.
Would Like to See Princeton.
Texas and Tennessee - Okla
homa and Kentucky-seem to Of
fer the top class Of the year. I'd
like to see Princeton in there. but
that can't happen. Princeton
would do all right. Don't make
any mistake about that.
I just don't happen to think
that California or Michigan could
hold their own with Texas, Ten
nessee, Oklahoma or Kentucky.
Neither the Wolverines nor the
Golden Bears have the same line
strengthen the same backf1eld
zip.
I doubt that any of the bowl
teams has two better backs than
Ortmann and Dufek of Michigan.
They can play all the football
you want to see. But California
and Michigan lack the all-around
stuff that the Cotton and Sugar
Bowl games carry.
1t might be mentioned here that
Miami and Clemson might easily
provide the thriller of the day
Both are unbeaten teams with
offensive strengths that can put
on big afternoon. I would rate
Clemson and Miami on a par with
Michigan and California In foot
ball strength.
It must be remembered that
there is quite a difference between
class and thrills.
Great Lines to Clash.
1t is quite possible that the two
terrific Texas and Tennessee lines
may make the Cotton the dullest
of all bowl games. For here are
two great lines-two of the best
quite capable of knocking down
any offense.
There should be more scoring
in the other three bowl games.
Oklahoma and Kentucky both
have fine passers in Arnold and
Perilli. Oklahoma also has a fast,
powerful running attack. This
could be a high-scoring game.
Clemson and Miami are also
strong on the ground and in
the air.
The combination of California's
three strong backs, plus Ortmann,
Dufek and Koceski of Michigan
gives the Rose Bowl show a chance
for fast action all afternoon. The
Cotton Bowl should be the tighter
fit. Touchdowns may not be so
likely to flow, but there will cer-
tainly be tense, close struggle
where any score will mean a lot.
These will all be good bowl
games. The same is true of the
East-West meeting and the hot
looking affair of the Blue and
the Gray at Montgomery-a Ger
tain thriller. The Gator Bowl
has an added touch in giving
Wyoming a chance to prove it's
place in the sun-or rain.
(North American Newspaper Alliance }
Evening star., 1950-12-23
Quuntieo Quint Fovored
In VPI Come Tonioht

Virginia Techs basketball team
plays Quantico Marines at Guam
tico tonight after nosing out Fort
Myer. 1915, last night at Fort
Myer.
The big Quantico quint, with
Jack Nichols in a starring role,
will be favored, although it has
lost to two collegiate quints this
season. This will be the last game
involving a Virginia collegiate
team until after New Years.
Evening star., 1950-12-23
Pro Basketball
BY the Associated Press

bY mo AS1oclofed PFes8
Last Nights Scores.
(No games)
Tonight's Games.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION.
Philadelphia at New York (afternoon)
Minneapolis at Boston.
Indianapolis at Washington.
Fort Wayne at Rochester.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Denver at Waterloo.
AMERICAN LEAGUE,
Allentown at Paterson.
Bridgeport at Utica.
Evening star., 1950-12-23
Hockey at q Glance
y the Associated Press

bV IHe NSsotIOfed FFeS
LAST NIGHTS SCORES.
United States League.
Kansas City, 8: Milwaukee, 0.
Pacific Coast League.
Seattle, 3; Portland, L.
International League.
Sarnis. IL; Chatham. 5.
Eastern League.
Boston, g; Johnstown. 4.
New York 3; Atlantic City, 1.
mo games in any other league.)
Evening star., 1950-12-23
N.Y.Probe Continues;
Groups Plan Benefit
For West's Family

cation into the death of Sonny
Boy West. 21-year-old Washing
ton Negro boxer who died Thurs
day following a Wednesday night
fight at New York's st. Nick's
Arena, continued in New York
today while a movement was
started in Washington for bene-
fit fight program for his family.
The body Of the young boxer
was being brought back to Wash
Iington today. Funeral arrange
lments will be made by Barnes &
Matthews. funeral directors, of
614 Fourth street S.W.
Various plans for a benefit show
were to be -ordinated at meet
ing in the District Boxing Com
mission Office this afternoon.
Promoter Goldie Ahearn, under
whose auspices West fought many
of his bouts; Matchmaker Gabe
Menendez of Turner's Arena, for
whom West also fought here, and
representatives of Touchdown
Club and various other organiza-
tions were called into the confer
ence.
January 8 Show Proposed
Proposed date for the show is
January 8 at Uline Arena and it
is likely the Boxing Commission
itself will act as promoter of the
program.
West died Thursday, % hours
after being knocked out in the
seventh round of a fight with
Percy Bassett of Philadelphia. At
a hearing before the district at
torney yesterday in New York,
Bassett said that West seemed
strong when the seventh round
began and he (Bassett) was sur
prised when West went down and
stayed down.
A report by Chief Medical Exam
iner Thomas A. Gonzales, who
performed the autopsy, said West
died from a "sub-dural hem
orrhage, cerebral compress" or
brain hemorrhage. He said the
injury could have been caused by
blow or fall"
Managers Of both fighters,
Vests seconds and trainers, both
judges and several officials of
the Athletic Commission also ap-
peared yesterday. Referee Harry
Ebbetts was to appear at today's
hearing.
IBC Paying For Funeral.
West leaves a wife and q
year-old daughter, Sharon, whose
birthday anniversary was cele-
brated the day he died. They will
receive the $4,000 life insurance
carried for each fighter in New
York. The International Boxing
Club, promoter of the fight, an
nounced through its president,
Jim Norris, that it would defray
all funeral expenses. The fighters
entire purse of $1,000 for the
bout also will be turned over to
Vests family.
Eddie Eagan, chairman of New
York's athletic commission, said
that preliminary examination
showed that all regulations had
been complied with. Gloves, ring
padding and both fighters had
been examined and everything was
in order.
Another result of this fatility is
that the National Boxing Associa-
ton might again start a movement
for use of padded headgear in the
ring. Archie F. Hindman of
Hagerstown, Ind, NBA president,
said the NBA Executive Commit
tee would meet shortly after the
Christmas holidays either in IN
dianapolis or Washington and that
he would recommend that pro-
boxers use the same kind of pro-
tective head harness used In COL
1epiata hoI1tc
Evening star., 1950-12-23
Game on Radio
And TeIeyision

The National Football
League championship game
between the Los Angeles
Rams and Cleveland Browns
tomorrow at Cleveland will
be broadcast on Station
WMAL and televised on
WMAL-TV, channel 7. The
game will start at 1870.
Harry Wismer and Red
Grange will handle the de-
scription.
Evening star., 1950-12-23

that has arisen
lately: Which
Is the better of
the four major
b o W Is? You
have the selec-
tionS b e fore
you as follows:
Rose Bowl -
California and
Michigan.
Cotton Bowl
IT e XaS and
Tennessee.
Sugar Bowl
Oklahoma and
Kentucky.
Orange Bow,
Evening star., 1950-12-23
The
SPortIight
By GRANTLAND RICE

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 23.-Be-
fore attempting to throw a guess
at the winners of various bowl
games there is q new problem
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Fights Lost Niqht
by the Associated Press

PARIs-Ray Robinson. 1854. New York,
stopped Robert Villemain. 164, France, 8.
NEW YORK-Kid Gavilan. 146h, Cuba
outpointsd Joe Mieeli. 146, New York; 10.
Los Angeles. outpointed Cecil 6choon-
maker, 116A, Los Angeles. 10.
Evening star., 1950-12-23

Ten years ago-Bob Feller,
Cleveland pitcher. was voted
player of the year" by the New
York baseball writer's.
Evening star., 1950-12-23

Of
ole
in
makn
in the fnana
o the Press nsiy dtean
Evening star., 1950-12-23

Totals 1897 Totals
Evening star., 1950-04-18
u. ). Uranium Found
More Abundant Than
Had Been Suspected
BY the Associoted Press

TORONTO. April 18.-Current
/, American and Canadian pros
pecting for uranium should
further reduce our dependence on
supplies from overseas" a United
States atomic official said today.
Phillip L. Merritt OF the United
States Atomic Energy Commission
staff told the annual meeting of
the Canadian Institute of Mining
and Metallurgy:
The commissionS exploration
program will, we believe, assure
the United States of a growing
supply of domestic uranium ore.
Together with the results of
the Canadian exploration activ-
tiles, which are most encourag-
ing, our program should provide
increasing resources of this all
important material"
Mr.. Merritt is assistant general
manager of Aces raw materials
operations Office in New York.
Outlining results SO far of the
American program, he said:
Uranium seems to be distrib-
uted much more widely than we
had suspected.
In addition to the Colorado
plateau (the United States best
immediate source of uranium i,
there are promising indications in
the Colorado front range, in the
Evening star., 1950-04-18
Polio Victim, 81, Die,
After 10 Years Spent
Encased in Iron Lung
BY the Associoied Press

POUGHKEEPSIE. N. Y, April
18.-Death yesterday took 81
year-old Birdsall Sweet out of the
iron lung that kept him breathing
during 19 years of polio.
He had lived in an iron lung
longer than any other person in
medical history. The next longest
case was Is years.
The young mans release came
at the end of a slow decline that
began last summer and grew more
serious two months ago. Doctors
called it complications of long
established polio"
Mr.. Sweets father and mother,
who spent good part of their
own lives. serving their son, were
with him when he died.
They have been a marvelously
attentive family" the physician,
DR.. Scott Lord Smith, said. The
father, Percy Sweet. is a Beacon
tCdl cSGdI6 man.
Mr.. Sweet was stricken with
polio when he was 13 years old.
While he survived the first attack,
he had to stay in the lung or stop
breathing. Later he was able to
leave it for short intervals, some
times up to six hours, but always
had to return.
He grew up in his strange prison
and was as normal a boy as he
could be. He became a baseball
and football fan. Later he made
himself an expert bridge player.
Many people wrote to encourage
him. One was another polio vic
tim, Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Once a relapse almost killed
him, buC he slowly worked his
way back to what had become
normal" for him. Other all
ments, many of them aggravated
by his confined, immobile life,
fastened on him. He suffered
from colds. hay fever, eczema,
curvature of the spine, pneumonia,
eye trouble and kidney stones.
Evening star., 1950-04-18
Hormones Have Limits
In Treating Leukemia
BY the Associoted Press

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., April
18,-The wonder hormones corti-
some and Acth have shown def
mite limitations" in treating acute
leukemia, three New York scien-
lists said today.
Leukemia is kind of cancer of
the blood. In acute form, it usually
kills within five to six months.
The hormones eased the disease
in % out of 80 patients, 20 of
them children. They got better,
for little while. No improve
Fment lasted longer than two
months, and some only lasted
three weeks. said Drs. o. H. Pear
son, L. P. Eliel and T. H. Talbot,
jr, of the Memorial Cancer Cen
ter and Sloan-Kettering Institute
for Cancer Research, New York.
Their report was made to the
American Association for Cancer
Research.
Eleven Of the 80 still are alive.
The treatments with the hor-
mones began six months ago.
Evening star., 1950-04-18
Gunman Robs Bus Driver
OF s. and 200 Tokens

A Capital Transit driver re-
ported to police he was held up
early today while alone in his
parked bus at Eastern avenue near
New Hampshire avenue NE.
Curtis E. Cousins, %, of 1903
Rhode Island avenue, Mount Raj
nier. said a thin-faced man with
a gun got on the bus and took
a cash box containing SO. d book
of 10 passes and 200 tokens.
Now close the door and pull
away fast" Mr.. Cousins said the
holdup man told him as he
alighted. Mr.. Cousins said he
obeyed.
Miss Sara Davis, "a, of 2703
Minnesota avenue Sc, reported
her purse containing $40 was
snatched last night at Twenty
eighth and N streets Sc. The
purse snatcher, a shabbily dressed
man, ran east on N street, police
said.
Evening star., 1950-04-18

Occur d'Alene mining district of
Idaho; in the Upper Peninsula
of Michigan; in Marysvale, Utah,
and in various low-grade deposits
in Tennessee. Kentucky. Florida,
Wyoming. Montana. and Idaho"
The major ore bodies. he said,
are invariably associated with
organic matter in the form of
fossilized tree trunks, branches
and leaves. The richest ores, he
said, often consist of logs replaced
by uranium and vanadium
minerals
Evening star., 1950-07-21
White Paper AssaiIs
Red Korea as Living
In Defiance Of u. NJ

The North Korean Communist
regime "has lived, as it was
created, in complete defiance of
the United Nations" the State
Department says in an official
white Paper"
The 68-page booklet, published
last night. pulled together evi-
dence Of Communist aggression in
the Korean crisis and of how the
United Nations reacted to it.
Included were 101 documents,
giving a Step-by-Step record of
reports to the United Nations, its
actions and those of the United
States in support of the U. N.
They already had been reported
as they occurred.
In an accompanying narrative
of background events, the depart
ment recalls that Russia set up
the Communist regime in North
Korea in defiance of United Ma
tions efforts to unity the country
under a government chosen in
democratic elections.
The documents included reports
|of the U. N. commission on the
scene which by contrast with
Communist propaganda-said the
attack on South Korea was a
"well-planned, concerted and full
scale invasion" of a country or
ganized only for defense.