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Evening star., 1951-12-20
Groot to Play Here
Tomorrow as Duke
Meets CoIoniais

Dick Groat. whose S3l points fol
Duke last season set a new major.
college record for total points in
one season, plays here tomorrow
night when the Blue Devils meet
George Washington at Uline Arena
Groat made Al of his record
points against the Colonials last
year. scoring 81 here and rs in
Durham. with Duke winning both
games.
Duke has won six of seven games
to date with Groat leading in
points as well as assists.
Groat virtually rewrote the rec
ord book last year at Duke, in the
Southern Conference and also the
NCAA.
The 6-footer from Swissvale,
Pa, may be the first All-America
in both basketball and baseball in
years.
Evening star., 1951-12-20
Huskies Have Chance to Climb
In Two Games With Gophers
at Michigan and Saturday

tonight at Michigan and Saturday
at Notre Dame.
Illinois. which has been aided
by overpowering height in regis
Itering three straight victories,
meets an equally tall team in
North Carolina tonight.
Both squads average about 6
feet. 4 inches. However. the Tar
Heels center. Freshman Paul
Likins. is a towering 60 COM
pared with the 6-712 of Center
Bob Peterson of Illinois,
The undefeated Illini are gem
erally favored to cop the Big Ten
title. North Carolina has lost only
Ito Duke in five games this season.
Ripley's Debut Successful.
Army's young and inexperienced
team scored a $3.50 victory over
Ithaca College at West Point as
Elmer Ripley made his debut as
coach of the Cadets.
Slow to get rolling and suffer-
ing from opening-game jitters. the
Cadets finally came to life mid
way through the first period. They
iopened up a nine-point lead and
left the floor with a comfortable
35-l8 cushion at halftime.
The Cadets maintained the lead
Throughout the second half despite
the fact Ripley inserted all IA of
his Army players into the game.
Bill Harmon of WeStville, Ind,
was high man for the Cadets,
with 10 points. Scoring honors
went to Frank Byrne, Ithaca for
ward, with Is points.
Oklahoma Ann, beaten Tues
day night by Southern California,
turned the tables on the Trojans
by winning, 58-47. in the first
half of double header at Tulsa
In the second game Tulsa
whipped Missouri, 60-53.
Seton Hall Easy Winner.
Seton Hail. ranked 10th, had
an easy time against Baldwin
Wallace, 1857. while Western
Kentucky, No. Is, experienced
more difficulty in beating Xavier
of Ohio, 92-82.
Columbia STAYED off a late
Fordham rally to win, 47-46.
In other games, Western Michi-
Igan beat Chicago Loyola. 1856,
lin overtime; Cincinnati whipped
William and Mary, 71-61; VII
lanova walloped Mount st. Mary's,
97-64. and Wichita took San Di-
EGO State, 74-59.
Evening star., 1951-12-20
Racing Revenue
To States Nears
100 Millions
New AII-Time High
Is 1853 Per Cent
Above 1850 Figure
BY the As.oeio,ed Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 20.-Attend-
ance and betting at the Nations
thoroughbred racing tracks
doomed during the 1851 season.
and revenue to the "a States where
pari-mutuel wagering is legal hit
IN all-time peak Of 500. 1927, ,423.
The annual Associated Press
survey today showed the States
received 1853 per cent more reve-
nue. than in 1850 when the total
from running tracks was $84 ,909,-
1872.
Betting was up 17.01 per cent
from last year, while attendance
gained 6.01 per cent. according to
unofficial reports from the racing
commissions. Betting was up in
every one of the "a States, as
compared with 1850.
How much the Government
breakdown on bookmaking af-
fected the increased business at
the tracks still is uncertain, but
several States including New York,
Louisiana and New Jersey re-
ported this definitely was a factor.
Third Best Betting Year.
This year, 24,302 900 customers
showed $1.629,239.777 through the
mutuel windows, compared with
81, 1892 ,032, TAO a year ago. Attend
ance in 1850 was 22,924.517. This
was racing's third best betting
year. Tops was 1916. with 81 $780,
287 ass. In 1947 it was 81 $50, ,815,-
373.
New York, which reported a II
per cent increase in both betting
and revenue to the State, again
topped the list of States. A total
of $345 1920 was wagered at
Belmont Park, Saratoga, Jamaica
and Aqueduct. Attendance for the
season was 4,386.315, and the state
received 1888. 1893. The Racing
Commission said:
The increase Gin wagering re-
suited from the spotlighting Of
illegal operations. accompanied by
a stricter enforcement of the law,
and the Federal Governments
enactment requiring registration
of professional gamblers.
This is only "a mere trickle" to
what it may be later should law
enforcement be maintained" the
commission added.
Records Set in New Jersey. p.
Crowds and betting hit new rec.
Iords at Monmouth Park and At.
Ilantic City. in New Jersey. Un-
official sources claimed this was
due to the breakdown on the illegal
bookies. Monmouth draws from
New York, while many Philadel.
phians travel to Atlantic City.
Illinois revenue increased about
So million. Attendance was up 10
per cent and betting rose II per
cent. The increase in revenue was
due to an extra ! per cent tax on
the mutuels effective in July.
Betting and attendance increased
(See RACING. Page c-2.)
Evening star., 1951-12-20
BY The Asseeieted Pres.

NEW YORK, Dec. 20.-The Uni
versity Of Washington Huskies
Pacific Coast Conference cham
pions. have a golden opportunity
to move up in the national basket
ball rankings this week.
Their chances of gaining in the
Associated Press poll depend LOT
on what they do against Minne-
sofa at Minneapolis tomorrow and
Saturday.
Currently ranked No. 8, the
Huskies opened their Midwest in
Evening star., 1951-12-20
Fix Prober
Predicts Suspects
Will Be Revealed
BY the Asseeioied Pres.

FRANKFORT, KY, Dec. 90
Assistant Districts Attorney Vim
cent O'Connor. en- route to New
York today. predicted the names
of other Kentucky players involved
in basketball fixes will come to
light.
His six-day investigation up
against a blank wall, O'Connor
conferred briefly yesterday with
Gov. Lawrence Wetherby before
departing. Afterwards. he said:
II want to state most emphati-
cally that. our departure does not
mean we are dropping-or even
considering dropping-our inyesti-
CATION of Kentucky players we
definitely know are involved In the
fixes"
Nowhere in his remarks did
O'Connor indicate whether the
players involved are present or
former members Of the Wildcat
squad.
No Suspected Players Active.
At Lexington, President H. l..
Donovan haStened to assure the
public the university has not
played and shall not play any
boy about whom we have any
ground for believing ;. has par
ticipated in any fix"
In a prepared statement DR..
Donovan expressed thanks to
O'Connor and his staff for their
help and cooperation in "our
effort to clear up the scandal in
which the University of Kentucky
players have been implicated"
O'Connor, who was invited to
Kentucky by Gov. Wetherby. said
after their conference:
"The Identities of these (U. K.)
players and the games they fixed
will become publicly known at
trials of others. He added the
players can escape prosecution
because the fixing was not done
in New York.
O'Connor Praises University.
Praising Wetherby and the uni
versity for its aid, O'Connor said
they wanted to help bring to
Justice a number of vicious
flxers" in addition to those who
have been indicted for corrupt
ing" three former Wildcats-Alex
Groza. Dale Barnstable and Ralph
Beard. All three have admitted
accepting bribes to regulate the
point spread in basketball games.
O'Connor said his attempts to
remove clouds of suspicion from
innocent players were thwarted by
the refusal Of others to talk.
During the assistant district at
torney's investigation, two Lexing-
ton attorneyS-John Young Brown
and Elmer Drake - announced
they had been retained as coun-
sci for certain players and would
not permit them to be questioned
except in the presence of counsel.
Since Kentucky has no sports
bribery law. the attorneys argued
the players have not broken any
law and that O'Connor did not
have warrants for their arrest.
O'Connor said he is concens
trating on Kentucky games played
during the 1949-50 and 1950-51
seasons.
Evening star., 1951-12-20

few minutes later, the Kentucky Derby
was over and it was won by none of these
favorites but by Count Turf, an unsung son
of the great Count Fleet. The well-backed
horses finished up the stretch and seldom
have the Whitney colors dragged so ignomin-
iously in the dust. Counterpart ran 18th
Mameluke, generally regarded as the better
colt, was dead last and pulled up sore.
That afternoon is recalled now because
publication of Turf g. Sport Digest's annual
poll of the Nations racing writer's and COM
mentatorS shows that Counterpart, another
Cou,,t Tloet 0ffcpripU not on1v land
Evening star., 1951-12-20

slide winner of overwhelmingly
For the latter distinction he polled 121
of the 145 votes Citation eight votes
All OF which proves again there's nothing certain about
horse racing Today hear of Battle Morn Name
luke Stretch and for that matter little of Repertoire
They all the hill last May and during stretch
when Counterpart mailing down the Belmont-Bg Stretch
actually was being groomed as a jumper
INA SENSE, OF COURSE, Count Fleet the real Horse
ofthe-Year not Counterpoin The Triple Crown winner of
and sire he is just beginning to
take distinction.
This was his jackpot year. Previously get
particularly outstanding The leader in money earned had
been Atalanta with $6590 figure paled Derby Day by
the $98050 earned Count Turf matter of minutes
Count Turs moment at the top destined to be eetng
but Counterpart began to along fast He chased Bold
the wire the Preaknes two weeks after the Derby
and later the Belmont Stakes Then he
up 3-year-od honors with latesummer rush
that aStonShed turf followers.
Counterpart didn't stakes until Pan
Handicap but thereafter he'd infected
hoo away there holding the first horse of Whitney
breeding by Count Fleet and the last foal of his dam Jabo
who died in 1885, He the Lawrence Realization and fol-
lowed by beating the 1850 champion Hill Prince in the Jockey
Club Gold Cup.
WEEK LATER he beat Hill Prince again in the Empire
City Gold Cup after winning start under 1870
pounds Count Fleets skinny and somewhat uattractve of
spring called quits for the The colt who'd only
$7oO 2yearod wound up his 1851 racing with $25025
earned. t{
So now Count Fleet sired the Horse Year
Counterpart and the Kentucky Derby winner Count
Normally of sire is happy to settle for stand
offspring John Hertz who handles Count Fleets social
calendar, not only had two andouts but three in 1851
Kiss Me Kate not to be forgotten. This ga by Count
Fleet acclaim the 3yearod y of the year. both by
Turf Sports Digest and the earlier Thoroughbred Racing
Associations poll by margin almost cleancut Counter
points
why not? There wasn't must to her. unplaced
she took five of 13 this year. worth $0
1T COULD BE that Count Fleet will to become
Of the real good ses He of of the
horses although doesn't follow that great horse necessarily
becomes outstanding SIRE lot Of them weren't Also
lot of mediocre went outbreed themselves
This hardly will happen to Count -oubreeding him.
SELF Not he has Counterpart, Kiss Me Kate
Count Turf In his day. Count Fleet stckou
He 81 and unplaced When he only
old he the Champagne Stakes Belmont in 134
faster mile never has been turned in by juvenile.
The Count after he Indeed had only
six at this But he unbeaten and the winner
of the Derby Preakness and Belmont Nobody will
how great Count Fleet with running shoes his feet
Evening star., 1951-12-20

tsee ANDERSON, Page c-3
Evening star., 1951-12-20

vasion last night by bowling over
4th-ranked st. Louis. 1888. 1t
was Washington's sixth straight
victory after a season opening 81
81 defeat by Utah, a setback the
Huskies avenged the next night,
SODA.
If the Huskies whip Minnesota,
conquerors of Kentucky. No. q
a team which in turn walloped the
currently top-ranked St. Johns OF
Brooklyn. the Pee outfit would be
certain to gain prestige. This
despite the fact Minnesota was
routed by Northwestern after il
had beaten Kentucky.
Two Giants Tip Scales.
Two big fellows, OF Bob Hou-
bregs and 6-8 Doug McClary
made the difference for the
Huskies against st. Louis. They
scored 81 points between them as
well as controlling the backboards.
st. Louis led, 24-21, at the half
time. but the Huskies moved
ahead midway Of the second half
at 1898 and stayed ahead the rest
of the way.
Unbeaten Pennsylvania, touted
as the team to watch in the Ivy
circuit, also opened a Midwest
tour by edging Pitt, $3.50, al
Pittsburgh. with rally in the
last three minutes. Penn plays
Evening star., 1951-12-20
Jockey Burr Seeking 3O0th Winner of Year

Only six other jockeys in Amer
lean turf history have ridden 300
winners in a single season. Burr,
II years old. has had only
Is months experience riding
Evening star., 1951-12-20

(See RACING, Page CD
Evening star., 1951-12-20
Fights Lost Night
BY the Associofed Press

NEW YORK est. Nicholas Arena) -
Chico Veiar, 143k, Stamford, Conn. out
Ipointeedd carmine Fiore' 143a, Brook
PHOENIX. Ariz.--Charlie Salas. $50.
Phoenix outpointed Memo Garmendia,
Miami MdlIsitSi BEAch. Tfaoo FiamArmando nal savoie
1854, Montreal. outpointed Sonny Lu-
ciano,. 1856. Miami, 10.
I49, White Plains. NJ Y. Knocked out
Bobby Kirk, 154, Hollywood, Calf. 1.
Evening star., 1951-12-20
BY the Assoeioted Press

MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 20.-Jockey
Charlie Burr Of Arkansas City,
Kans., goes after his 300th winner
of the year today at Tropical Park
after booting home No. 299 yes
terday.
Evening star., 1951-12-20
Grady Fears
Rebound After
Loss 10 Middies
Ivy League Teams
High Average Cut in
Come at Annapolis

Georgetown is host to Prince
toms basketball team tonight, with
Coach Buddy O'Grady of the
Hoyas fearful of catching the
Tigers on the rebound.
O'Grady secuted Princeton In
its 54-45 loss to Navy in Annapolis
yesterday and came away con-
vinced the score was a combina-
ton of a smart coaching job by
Ben Carnevale of the Middies and
an off day for the Tigers.
Thus the Georgetown coach
fears Princeton will resume its So
point average in tonight's game
at $3.50 in McDonough Memorial
Gym on the Hilltop. The George
town ,JayveeS meet Gonzaga in a
z o'clock preliminary.
Zone Defense Baffies.
Navy played possession ball
against Princeton's zone. and then
the Middies produced a zone de-
fense of their own that. seemed to
battle the Tigers. O'Grady said
the Princeton players stood around
and did not play their own style
of ball. Princeton made only
eight of 80 shots in the second
half.
The Tigers had invaded An
napolis with an 86-point scoring
average in successive victories
over Rutgers, Lehigh and Johns
Hopkins. They led the Nation in
points per game before the Navy
game.
Navy obviously has a much bet
ter ball club than was predicted.
Coach Carnevale was quoted sew
eral weeks ago as saying he was
building for the future and would
be fortunate to win five games.
Navy now has won it's first five,
including victories at Dartmouth
and Harvard.
First Visit in Three Years.
Princeton has not played here
since the 1948-9 season, when the
Tigers lost to Georgetown. They
beat the Hoyas at Princeton the
following year. The two teams
did not meet last season.
The Tigers, coached by Frank
lCappy) Cappon, also end coach
of Princeton's unbeaten football
team, used only six players against
Navy yesterday. They have an
experienced team. captained by
Chuck DeVoe, playmaker and 12-
point average man last year.
Dave Sisler, son of baseball's
immortal George Sisler:: Foster
Cooper, 6-foot-8 center; Fred
Tritschler and Phil Zuravleff are
the starters.
Princeton had a fine season out
side the Ivy League last year,
beating Ohio State. Michigan
State. Colgate. Navy. villanova
and others, but the Tigers found
the Ivy League Lougn ana nm
ished fourth after losing the last
four games of the season.
Hoyas After 4 Straight.
Georgetown, playing its last
game until January S, has a three
game winning streak for the first
time since early last season and
will be trying to make it four for
the first time in two seasons.
After losing to Fordham, the
Hoyas found three Mason-Dixon
Conference teams to their liking
and beat Loyola of Baltimore in
a close one. Randolph Macon and
Catholic u.
The probable Georgetown start
ing lineup will be Bill Bolger,
Barry Sullivan, Tony Durmowicz,
Hugh Beins and Bob Makatura.
Navy's next opponent will be
North Carolina State in the first
round of the Dixie Classic at
Raleigh. NJ c. on December 27
Evening star., 1951-12-20

Twenty years ago - Harry
Cooper won the Pasadena Open
golf tourney with a score of 28l.
Evening star., 1951-12-20
4oya Five Seeking Fourth Straight Against Princeton Tonight
Win, Lose, or Draw
By FRANCIS sTANN

THIS WAS ON THAT Saturday afternoon early May at
Churchill The big field of 20 paradng the
stretch people talking about Battle Morn
Repertoire Big Stretch and the " Sonny Whitney entry
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-01-29
S384,235 Awarded
For Blood Research

The United States Public
Health Service announced today
that $384.235 in Federal research
grants have been given to 10 in
situations as part of new ma
tional program to find better ways
to collect, preserve and use blood
in emergencies.
The money is part of 100000
which has been allocated for the
first year of the national blood
program. DR.. Leonard A. Scheele
surgeon general, estimated that
another $1,400,000 will be spent
on blood research this year by
other Federal agencies and State
and private organizations.
The largest of the Is grants
S58,320, went to DR.. Everett l
Evans of the Medical College OF
Virginia at Richmond. DR.. M. C
WinternitZ of the National Acad-
envy of Sciences here received q
$4,000 grant, and DR.. Roger M
Herriott of Johns Hopkins Uni
versity. $4,000.
The reason such program is
necessary, DR.. Scheele explained
is that at the present time whole
blood cannot be preserved fol-
more than a few weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-01-29
7 Labor Leaders Named
To Top Red Cross Board

Two of the Nations top labor
leaders will become members OF
the governing body of the Amer
lean National Red Cross at it's
national convention in June, E.
Roland Hartman, Red Cross pre-
sldent announced today.
The Board of governors author
lied the election of Philip Murray
CLIO president, and George Meany,
AFL secretary treasurer, at a
recent meeting, Mr.. Hartman
said. Both men long have been
active in Red Cross work, he
added.
The Congressional charter of
the Red Cross provides that IL of
the so members of the governing
body should be members-at-large
who are representative of the
national interests"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-01-29
Gen. Alfred M. Sheurer
To Retire Wednesday

Brig. Gen. Alfred M. Shearer
who has been in charge of Army
Signal Corps supply activities
since 1919, will retire Wednesday
after more than 33 years service
Gen. Shearer, who lives at 2540
Massachusetts avenue NV, is a
native of Bay City. Mich. and
served in Europe during the last
,Uar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-01-29
Senator Nicely to Speak
At Annual Bunouet

Chairman Nicely of the Senate
District Committee will address
the annual banquet of the Central
Business Association at $50 pm.
Wednesday in the 400 Restaurant,
1923 F. street NV. Art Brown,
radio figure, will be master Of
ceremonies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-01-29
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Evening star., 1951-04-20
Soviet Said 10 Plan
Atom Plant in China
Ru The Axsnr;niad p....

TAIPEH, Formosa, April 90
The China Union Press said today
that Russia is building an atom
bomb plant at Kuldja in Sinkiang,
far northwestern Chinese Province.
1t was impossible to confirm the
report.
The agency reported a rumor
that DR.. Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian
physicist. arrived at Tihwa, cap
ital of Sinkiang, early last month
on business connected with the
plant.
1t asserted several thousand tons
of equipment for the plant had ar
rived at Kuldja.
The United States Senate-House
Atomic Energy Committee said in
a recent report that Pontecorvo
was one of four spies who sought
atom secrets for Russia in Amer
lea, Canada and Great Britain
after World War II.
Pontecorvo disappeared last July
while vacationing in Europe from
his duties as senior scientific off,
GER at Harwell Laboratory in
England.
The committee said it was pos
sible he was kidnapped, but that it
was more likely he was ordered
to Russia.
Evening star., 1951-04-20
$1.3 Million Gas Rate Refund
To Be Started About Sept.

Refunds totaling more thar
$1.3 million to gas company con-
sumers will begin about Septem-
Der l, it was decided today as
the abortive rate increase case
reached its final stages in District
Court.
Payments will be made by in
dividual check to each of the
Washington Gas Light Co.'S 175,-
900 customers. The refunds repre-
sent $1.270,000 in overcharges and
interest at per cent totaling
about 100000.
District Court Judge T. Alan
Goldsborough indicated he would
grant fees to the attorneys who
carried the fight against a Public
Utilities Commission order award
ing the gas company increased
rates to the Supreme Court.
Vernon v. Baker, chairman of
the Public Utilities Committee of
the Federation Of Citizens Asso-
Citations, successfully petitioned
Judge Goldsborough to set aside
the rate increase award. William
"A. Roberts joined the case when
the company carried it's appeal to
the Supreme Court. Judge Colds
borough asked Mr.. Roberts for a
statement Of expenses incurred in
the legal fight.
Mr.. Roberts estimated his firm S
Evening star., 1951-04-20
Weather Co-operotes;
Split DoubIe-Heuder
Moy Attract 0,000
By Burton Hawkins

President Truman was to head
"a throng of $1,000 fans converg-
ing on Griffith Stadium today as
the Mats make their delayed
Washington debut with the CO.
operation of the Weather Bureau.
The forecast was for windy and
cool weather.
Also cooperating in the open
ing-game festivities are the cham
pion New York Yankees, who will
battle the Mats once by day and
once by night in an unprecedented
inaugural program.
The sky was blue and cloudless
but almost all of the early ar
rivals wore topcoats. For to-
nights game, winter clothes will
be in order as the forecast calls
for a low in the 30s.
The Mats were first on the field
for batting practice. The bleach
critics who hoped to pick up
souvenir "home-run" balls batted
by heavy hitters during the prac-
tice, went empty handed as a stiff
breeze was a handicap to the left
Evening star., 1951-04-20
BY The Asseeiaied Press

Three Senators grappled in ar
angry fray today as a climax te
an argument over Gen. Mac
Arthur's Far Eastern policies
Those present agreed no blows
were struck.
The Showing around" was in a
radio studio on the House side of
the Capitol.
Senator Capenart. Republican,
of Indiana told reporters he
pushed Senator Humphrey, Demo-
crat, of Minnesota out of the
recording studio after Senator
Humphrey called me a dirty
name"
Senator Capehart said he also
pushed Senator Lehman, Demo-
crat, of New York back sharply
when the New York Senator tried
to intervene.
Senator Taft, Republican, of
Ohio was the fourth participant in
the radio program. He said no
blows were struck and he did not
hear any exchange of epithets.
Il am a peaceful man." Senator
Taft said. "All I did was to help
separate them"
The four Senators had Just COM
pleted recording a weekly radio