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Evening star., 1951-10-16
-Harris-Ewing Photo.


they could have major league ball. but when Representative
Killings California sought the topic he admit
tedly wound up going around in big circle.
I have great respect Griffith" Killings later,
would his testimony procedure,
suggestion and hope of seeing major league baseball
the West Coast.
UNDER QUESTIONING by Killings Griffith said he last had
1928, adding There wasn't much out there
in 1928 I understand they've grown big
California has sprouted bit at that since 1923. The 1920
population 861 The 1850 10862 That's
the combined population of Massachusetts, Missouri
and District Columbia which have five major league
clubs.
Killings referred to baseball as he national pastime East
of the Mississippi" and asked Griffith how Pacific Coast
club might break into the majors Should they get the fran
first then build big parks? should they build big
parks, then hope for the franchises?
The Mats boss acquire major
status first We're not stopping major league ball in
California he declared "We have nothing against California
We love it, There aren't enough players for two big leagues
there have been discarded the big leagues
But how does one acquire major league status?
Grow up Grf's reply, in substance
CALIFORNIA NOW SECOND among the States in popua-
o Angeles with the third largest metropolitan
population among cities will shudder at this suggestion.
Growing up part of Cafornias baseball problem. It's
big boy year, instance Oakland 17s2
customers considerably than the Philadelphia
Athletics or St. Louis Browns drew
played 100 to the II each played by the AS and
Browns that basis the Oaks averaged 900
more game than the Athletics and oo than the
Browns
big problem the fact that Phil Wrigley the Chi
cago Cubs Angeles club we'll II Los Angeles be-
major league club he'd have to dispose of team
and Wrgley didn't collect all those nckels by giving
away.
ANOTHER BIG PROBLEM, but not insurmountabe one,
is transportation Griffith won't permit his team to travel by
plane except in isolated instances AS he puts it, he prefers
put all in basket There fast trains
Angeles though and rigging suitable schedule
could be accomplished
haven't settled another
lem They aren't in whether teams
entire league should be granted major league status
two teams out OF the Pei and the league would be
Give the whole league major league status and what
happens in Sacramento and San Diego? They have sadiums
seating they'd be confronted with the problem of
much bigger payroll
Growing up isn't Los Angeles headache though It
population stadium which easily could be expanded
the best trains in the country departing and arriving
Angeles isn't ready for major league status city
be- but far Grif is concerned it's Maybe some
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Major AH-Stars Defeated
By Pickup Teams in Hawaii
BY the Associated Press

HONOLULU. Oct. ia pickup
team of servicemen and Hawaiian
semipros upset Lefty O'Doul's
baseball All-Stars. 8 to S, in a
middle -of-the-night game that
ended at l am. today.
Fifteen thousand fans waited
for two hours until IL pm. for the
game to start. Plane trouble de-
layed arrival of the stars, includ-
ing Major Leaguers Joe and Dom
DiMaggio, Ed Lopat, Mel Parnell
and Ferris Fain.
Lopat. who won two World
Series games this year for the New
York Yankees, gave up four runs
in the only inning he pitched.
Bobby Shantz Of the Philadelphia
Athletics and Bill Werle of the
Pittsburgh Pirates were nicked for
two runs each. Werle was charged
with the defeat. Mel Parnell of
the Boston Red Sox hurled the
final inning.
Tuck Correa, veteran Hawaii
semipro, struck out Joe DiMaggio
on three pitches in DiMaggio's
only trip to the plate.
The All-StarS are going from
here to Japan.
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trade involving Block, and the
Cubs management was still deny
ing it when Block noticed his
name was not in the player roster
on the scorecard.
Widmar testified that although
the Browns sold him outright to
Baltimore, where he had a 22-15
season in 1949. the Orioles could
not sell him to the White Sox or
the Giants because of a working
agreement with the Browns. Both
the other clubs wanted him, he
said.
Browns Offered Bonus.
That season, he told the sub
committee, the Orioles gave him
$1,000 salary Of $1,000 and a
So, 900 bonus. The Browns, he said,
sent him a contract with a $4,000
salary and he sent it back. Later,
he went on, the Browns offered
him $1,000 with a $4,000 bonus il
he won 16 games.
Outside of Ned Garver's 90
game record this season. "he OBJ
served, nobody had won 16 games
for the Browns in years. The
highest was H."
Widmar said he had also tried
to get permission to play winter
baseball but was refused.
He had decided to start legal
(See BASEBALL, Page A-15.)
Evening star., 1951-10-16
WoIcott Ignored
By Kansas City
BY the Associoied Press

KANSAS CITY, Oct. 10
Heavyweight Boxing Champion
Jersey Joe Walcott came to
Kansas City last night, but
mighty few Kansas Citians came
to see Jersey Joe.
The champion was booked as
an inspirational speaker at a
benefit meeting sponsored by the
Ministers Missionary Bible In
stitute at the Municipal Audi
torium where the seating capac-
ity Is 1900. Proceeds were to 60
toward building a meeting house
for the Church Of Good and
Christ, a Negro organization in
Kansas City, Kans.
Joe made his specific just
SIS listeners. The box Office re-
ceipts were $45.
Evening star., 1951-10-16
Bob Showkey Appointed
Dartmouth Mines Coach
Special Dispatch 10 The Star

HANOVER. N. H., Oct. 10
The appointment of J. Robert
CBoh) Shawkey. former American
League pitching ace and manager,
as head coach of baseball at
Dartmouth College was announced
today by William H. McCarter,
director Of athletics. Shawkey
succeeds Edward. jeremiah, who
has been head coach of baseball
for the last four seasons at Dart
mouth. jeremiah will continue to
coach hockey.
A resident of Syracuse, N. Y.
Shawkey pitched for the Phila-
delphia Athletics from 1918 to
1915, and was on the mound staff
lpf the New York Yankees from
8f915 to 1927 and manager of the
yankees in 1880.
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Marshall and Ball
Silent on Talk Of
Impending Changes
By Lewis +. Atchisou

While suggestions for helping
the team continued to come in
from many sources, the Redskins
went back to work today in an
effort to get ready for the Chi
cago Cardinals visit to Griffith
Stadium Sunday.
It will be Bill Dudley day. with
several hundred of the veteran
halfback's admirers coming here
from his home territory in Vir-
ginia to join in honoring him.
Dudley will be presented with a
sterling silver service. among other
things, and in turn would like to
give them a Redskins victory.
Hopes for one tilted upwards a
bit today with the news from Chi
cago that Frank Tripucka. Car
dinals' quarterback, suffered a
shoulder separation against the
New York Giants Sunday and will
be out Of action two or three
weeks. That leaves the Cards
with only Charlie Trippi to run
the team, although the one-time
Georgia star is troublesome
enough.
Plenty of Suggestions
Meanwhile, neither George
Marshall, president of the Red
skins, nor Coach Herman Ball
would discuss rumors of impend-
ing shakeups in team operations.
The fans have suggested every
thing from throwing out the
T-formation to changes in per-
sonnel. 1t also is taken for grant,
ed that Marshall will make
change in coaches if the team
doesn't win, although it isn't ex-
actly clear where he would find
requirements for any member of
the staff at this late date.
Balls loyalty to the club and
his men wouldn't permit him to
consider resigning at this time,
and If he did it is doubtful if any
of his aides would want to step
into his shoes.
The Redskins player problems
go deeper than coaching. They go
back to their original selection.
AT least two quarterbacks passed
up or traded off, Adrian Burk of
the Eagles and Bobby Thomasson
of the Green Bay Packers. have
done we'll enough this season to
make one wonder if they couldn't
have helped the Redskins. There
are similar cases in other posi-
tions.
Ball still feels the Redskins
would have made a better showing
if they had not been crippled by
injuries. although he refuses to
use that as an excuse for three
straight losses.
The coach still hopes such
rookie backs as Leon Heath and
| (See REDSKINS, Page A-14.)
Evening star., 1951-10-16
New York Police Seize
Accused RingIeader
In Basketball Fixes
BY the Asseeioied Press

NEW YORK, Oct. 16.-Joseph
Benintende, AZ, was jailed on q
bribery charge today as the leader
of a ring allegedly ready to lay
SIS, 900 bets on a single rigged coll
lege basketball game.
He was seized last night as he
stepped off a plane from Boston.
Benintende was indicted August
II in connection with an alleged
attempt to Ak the 1850 National
Collegiate Athletic Association
championship game between City
College of New York and Bradley
University of Peoria, Ill. He had
been sought since the indictment.
District Attorney Frank 8.
Hogan then described Benintende
as Kansas City hoodlum, "an
associate of known narcotics
dealers and the worst of the
Missouri underworld"
HE was investigated in con-
nection with the Binaggio and
Gargotta MURDERS Hogan added.
Two Slain in Kansas City.
Charles Binaggio, a Kansas City
Democratic leader. and his top
muscleman, Charles Gargotta,
were slain in Kansas City in April,
1850, by unidentified gunner who
never have been arrested.
Last August's indictment by a
Manhattan grand jury accused
Benintende of offering $4,000 to
Gene (Squeaky) Melchiorre. Brad
ley All-America basketball player.
to lose the game with City College
at Madison Square Garden.
Authorities said Melchiorre
turned down the offer.
Melchiorre, two other Bradley
players, Benintende and seven
other asserted flxers were named
in this indictment and five others
charging various counts of bribery
and conspiracy.
NIT Game Mentioned.
Four of the indictments dealt
with a consolation National In
vitation Tournament game be-
tween Bradley and Bowling Green
College of Ohio at Madison Square
Garden in March, 1949.
The other indictment concerned
a Bradley Manhattan College
game of January IL. 1850.
Last nights arrest was the latest
action in gambling scandal that
hit college basketball last jan
uary.
Thirty-one players have been
enmeshed so far from six big
time college teams-Bradley, To-
ledo, City College Of New York,
Manhattan, Long Island Univer-
lsity and New York University.
In most cases. players were not
asked to lose games, but to keep
their winning margins within the
limits necessary for the gamblers
to win their bets ION points"
Point Fix Charged.
In the Bradley-Bowling Green
game, the gamblers were accused
of offering Melchiorre and his two
mates $500 each to lose by more
than six points. .
But Bowling Green won by five
(See SCANDAL, Page A-14.)
Evening star., 1951-10-16
CeItics Beet Bullets

HOULTON. Me-, Oct. is (P.-
The Boston Celtics Of the National
Basketball Association opened an
exhibition tour with Baltimore by
defeating the Bullets, 90-71, here
last night. Earlier yesterday it
was announced at Boston that the
Celtics had released Cleggie
Hermsen, former center with the
Washington Caps.
Evening star., 1951-10-16
Hunford and CurriIIo
Suspended at Laurel
BY the Asseeiaied Press

LAUREL, Md, Oct. 16.-Jockeys
Ira Hanford and Emelio Carrillo
have been suspended for 10 days
for careless riding on last Satur-
days program at Laurel race
track. The suspensions became
effective today.
The stewards said Hanford per-
mitted his mount in the second
race, Free and Equal, to come in
much too sharply after the
start"
Carrillo, they reported, allowed
Balmoral to drift out after the
start of both Thursdays third
race and in Saturdays second
race.
Evening star., 1951-10-16

and all OF their opponents will be
waiting for the Terps With last
years N. c. State game still very
much in mind, Tatum doesn't want
overconfidence to show it's head.
Tatum Is coming closer each
year to beating North Carolina, his
alma mater. The first game be-
tween the Tar Heels and Terps
after Tatum took over was a 1910
victory for the Tar Heels. The
next year Maryland lost again, but
managed to score three times,
losing 1920. Last year favored
Maryland emerged with a tie, TT.
r Tatum hopes the progress con-
tinues Saturday afternoon at
College Park.
The Tar Heels will be without
three men and one of them, End
Benny Walser. is one of their most
valuable players. George Foti, a
blocking back. and Bob White, a
fullback, have been counted out
of the Maryland game because of
INJURIES
Bob. Ward will wear a special
brace to protect a broken finger
against North Carolina. Mary
lands All-America guard fractured
the index finger on his left hand
in the Georgia game. An X-ray
yesterday disclosed the injury.
Maryland leads the Southern
Conference in four statistical de-
partments: 443 yards per game
in total offense; 342 yards per
game in rushing offense; 78 yards
per game in rushing defense and
43.1 yards in punting.
Despite Maryland's excellent
punting by Fred Heffner and
Bernie Faloney, the Terps do not
figure to place either man among
the national leaders. however.
That's all right with Coach Tatum
because 1t means his team moves
SO well on offense it seldom has
to kick.
Evening star., 1951-10-16
Terps Rise 10 No. I
As California Takes
Lead in APP Grid Poll
By the As.oeioied Press

NEW YORK, Oct. 16.-The
Golden Bears of the University OF
California have taken over as the
No. college football team in the
land after threatening to hit the
top for two weeks.
Pappy Waldorf's men, winners
of four straight this season. col
lected 1929 points in the third
weekly Associated Press poll of
sports writer's and sportscasters
across the Nation. They easily
beat out Tennessee, the No. q
team with OFT, and Michigan State,
No. 3, with 935.
Further, the Bears were voted
the No. / spot on so of the 1873
ballots cast, compared to 26 for
Tennessee and 16 for Michigan
State, the leader in the first two
polls.
Two New Members.
Two new members joined the
select 10. They were Princeton
and Baylor. which took over the
ninth and 10th spots, respectively.
Others in the charmed circle in
cluded Texas, fourth; Georgia
Tech. fifth; Texas A8sM, sixth:
Maryland, seventh, and Illinois,
eighth.
Notre Dame. the early-season
surprise. and Ohio State, the pre-
campaign favorite to win the Big
Ten championship, both tumbled.
The Buckeyes, held to a 6-6
standoff by Wisconsin Saturday,
dropped to 18th. and Notre Dame.
beaten 27-20 by Southern Metho-
dist, plummeted to 21st.
Texas. Georgia Tech and Mary
land all improved their positions
over a week ago. The Longhorns
made the Jump from sixth after
whipping Oklahoma, 81. Tech
moved up from eighth as a result
OF the 25-7 drubbing it handed
Louisiana State, and Maryland
advanced from 10th with its 43-7
triumph over Georgia.
Michigan State apparently did
not impress the voters last Sat-
urday as much as California. even
though both won. The Bears
tripped Washington State, 1895.
while Michigan State. for the sec
ond week in succession, had to
come from behind in an eleventh.
hour rally - this time to beat
Marquette. 20-14.
Win But Lose Ground.
Tennessee. which was voted the
most likely team to wind I'D No.
l in the preseason poll. con-
tinued along the victory trail,
turning back Chattanooga, 42-13.
Texas AIM. one of the South
west Conference favorites, and
Illinois, which could wind up the
Big Ten winner, both won their
games, but each went down on the
list. the Aggies from fourth to
sixth and the Illini from seventh
to eighth.
Texas AIM smothered Trinity
OF Texas, 52-15, and Illinois de-
feated Syracuse. 41-20.
The points were figured on 10
for first place, 9 for second and so
on down the line. The first 10,
with flrst-place votes in paren-
thesis:
Evening star., 1951-10-16
Win, Lose, or Draw
By BURTON HAWKINS

CALIFORNIA STILL merely the last stop the prairie
schooner from the major league viewpoint of Clark Grit
fifth The Mats expressing only of the
major league viewpoint OF but his testimony before
House Monopoly subcommittee yesterday interesting
insight what confrons Caornans effort to acquire
major league status for the Pacific Coast League simply
major league club.
fortnight and sometimes amusing witness, Griffith told
the committee Cd He is opposed to relieving the Pacific
Coast League of the draft by which its players pucked by
the majors for $000 (2 he is opposed to granting major
league status the Pacific Coast League and @ he is op
posed to giving West Coast city major league franchise
Gri gave em vague hope by saying, Some day. maybe
Evening star., 1951-10-16
Only the Beginning,
Chairman Says After
Hearing Grievances
(Later Story in Ne,Ds SectionJ
By Miriom Gutenberg

NY tNtub&uV
Congressional investigators are
digging for more stories from ball
players and others with protests
against the way organized baseball
operates. Chairman Celler of the
House Monopoly subcommittee
indicated today.
This is only the beginning, /"
Representative Celler said after
hearing the key man in a big
league salary dispute, an ousted
umpire and a former minor
Lacquer. There will be more Of
it with other witnesses"
Before getting more of the play
er's view, however. the baseball
investigators planned to hear to-
day from Leslie M. O'Connor.
former right-hand man to the late
Commissioner Lands and now
counsel of the Pacific Coast
League.
The subcommittee is seeking
O'Connor's own views on the West
Coasts major league aspirations.
Besides that, the members wanted
O'Connor to review how Judge
Lands felt about the farm sys-
tenn, the blacklisting Of players
and the player draft.
Want to Know More.
The Congressional investigators
want to know more about how
baseball operates before deciding
whether it should be exempt from
the antitrust laws. Heart of the
matter is the reserve clause" by
which an owner reserves the serv-
ices of a player for as long as he's
wanted.
One thing that obviously in
terests the subcommittee is how
much or how little baseball figures
have to say about their own des-
tinies. On that score. this is what
they heard yesterday:
l.. AL Widmar, st. Louis Browns
pitcher, told his salary wrangle
with the Browns when they offered
him $4,000 less than he made
pitching for the Baltimore Orioles.
2. Ernie Stewart, former Amer
ican League umpire, said he lost
his job when he was caught in
the middle of a fight between
former Commissioner Happy
Chandler and Win Harridge.
American League president.
Calls Waiver Rule Farce.
3. Cy Block, former infielder,
complained he was sent to the
minors by the Chicago Cubs de-
spite the fact both the Phillies
and Pittsburgh Pirates wanted
him. He called the waiver rule a
farce.
Both Widmar and Block men
toned incidentally that the fans
knew when they were traded be-
fore they did. Widmar recalled
he was eating dinner one night
and listening to the radio when
he heard a broadcaster announce
he had been traded from the Red
Sox to the Browns. Block said his
brother called him to say he had
read a newspaper account OF a
Evening star., 1951-10-16

Maryland's squad listened to a
scout report yesterday from EN-
met Cheek, an assistant coach,
who should know whereof he
speaks. He played at Carolina
and was on the freshman team
when Tatum was Cardinals frosh
coach.
Evening star., 1951-10-16
Race Spill FutuI to Jockey

TORONTO, Oct. 16 (R.-Hugh
Campbell, 22-year-old Toronto
Jockey. who was injured in a spill
at Long Branch ace track last
Wednesday, died yesterday from
head injuries.
Evening star., 1951-10-16

Coach Jim Tatum thanked
everybody at the Touchdown Club
luncheon yesterday for all the nice
things they're saying about Mary
land, but he added that it was a
little early for all this enthusiasm.
Tatum pointed out that Mary
lands toughest opposition is ahead.
Evening star., 1951-10-16

others: Notre Dame "a: Wisconsin.
Tulane; Kentucky, San Francisco, Colorado
|auette. each: OREGON State. :: Penn
state. Kansas, South Dakota State. Wash
ington & Lee. / each
Evening star., 1951-10-16

Twenty years ago-James j.
Johnston signed two-year con-
,tract as general manager of
! Madison Square Garden.
Evening star., 1951-10-16
By MerreII WhittIesey

Maryland's seventh-place stand
ing in today's Associated Press
football poll is the highest position
ever attained by a school in this
area, a quick check through the
record reveals. The weekly rank
ing system by football writer's
dates back to 1886.
The Terps were voted to the
eighth spot twice last year. the
first time after beating Michigan
State. The previous year, Coach
Jim Tatum's third at Maryland
his team won 8 out of 10 games
and in the final ranking the first
week in December. Maryland was
placed 18th. That was its highest
ranking Of the season. and came
before the team was named to
the Gator Bowl.
Other than Maryland, the best
ranking schools in this section at
tanned was ninth. Georgetown was
placed ninth in the Nation FOR
three straight weeks in 1910, the
year of its memorable 1918 loss
to Boston College. Georgetown
went to the Orange Bowl that
season.
Virginia was ranked ninth in
November, 1949. after the Cava-
hers beat Penn for their seventh
straight triumph. They lost to
Tulane and North Carolina in the
final games. however. and fin
ished far back.
This is the way Maryland was
ranked last year, week by week
Evening star., 1951-10-16

(See SCANDAL, Page A-14D
Evening star., 1951-10-16
MoryIond's 9TH Place in Poll
Hiqhest on Record in D. C.. Area

and all of their opponents will be
waiting for the TerpS With last
years N. c. State game still very
much in mind, Tatum doesn't want
overconfidence to show its head.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-13
CONCH
CH0WDER
by RAYMER

From Korea comes a delicatelg
painted Christmas card depicting
lady standing on a cushion and
fluttering kimono.like gown. She
has long dark hair done up like
mine. hut her yeeS are slanaied.
The greeting begins Hi, Hotshot, "
and comes from Al Frizzell. my
blood brother, (only he's Choctawl.
He wants to read copies of his
hometown paper, the Citizen and
says he is still the "Southernmost"
field director for the Red Cross
in Pusan, Korea, that is. Quote,
Tell the good people at home they
don't appreciate the Paradise in
which they are living, I've been
wearing 'woolies' ever since I've
been here, t0ctoberl and won't
feel good and warm until get
back home. :
Address him w, A. Frizzell.
American Red Cross. End, Log
Commd. APO so, c/o PM, San
Francisco. Calf.
ANOTHER BOOST for Key West
comes from column called
Buck 'shead Opinion. in the Metro
poiltan Herald, Atlanta. Ga. II
starts out mentioning the Orange
Bowl game in Miami on New
Years Day and then leaps to this
Some Of us will 60 just for the
football game, others viii find Mi
ami's night life the moSt interesting
attraction, but for still more, the
little city of Key West, nesting
on tiny island will be an attrac-
tion There is perhaps no quain.er
city in the Norther Hemisphere
than Key West. "
Resume of the city's history fol
lows. Then, And you wonder why
President Truman enjoys Key
West? There are several reasons,
one--the climate in winter is ex-
cellent. the fishing is the BEST in
the world and to the natives of the
Keys, Truman is almost a god. All
men like to be where the people ad-
mire and look up to them. This is
the situation in Key West as re-
CARDS Mr.. Truman. Prosperity re-
turned to Key West and the people,
although of many races and breeds.
are happy
IF you like to fish, it you enjoy,
seeing a little part of the Latin
world, if you like Green Turtle
soup, Key Lime pie, coconut ice
cream, warm winter breezes and
beautiful scenic drive, you won't
be disappointed. If you make the
trip, get there early In the day.
On the South Beach. just to the
left Of the point where US. Num-
Der One highway ends as the ocean
begins, you'll find modern moteIs
and little Persian named Bonami
viii be running one Of them Tell