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Evening star., 1951-12-06
Dick Cox Tells How He Trained GoIdie Aheorn
For First Fight land His Opponent as Well

a fellow came in looking for some
one to give him a wrestling
MATCH" Dick recalled. I'D never
wrestled. but he looked about my
size so stepped up. We went at
it for over an hour before it was
stopped without either of us being
thrown. When we shook hands he
told me his name. 1t was frankie
Mann"
frankie, of course, is better re-
membered for his boxing career,
both in the ring and as a match
maker and promoter.
Dick served several years in the
fire department before becoming
a policeman. Subsequently he was
assigned to the pickpocket squad,
a natural assignment, as Ahe
learned early in life to spot these
shady characters. Dicks father
was a gamecock and pit-dog en-
thusiast who trained birds and
dogs and put them in clandestine
contests staged near Washington.
AS a boy, Dick would tag along
to help with the chores.
Spotted Pickpockets.
"The cock fights bored me-" the
veteran detective recalled. I'd
stand in the back and look over
the crowd. We had lot of Con-
gressmen among the fans but we
had a lot of riff raft, too, includ-
ing pickpockets. I'd see them go
into somebody's pocket and GO
get my father. He'd recover the
loot and run the thief off the
place. Got quite a number OF
them that way and I guess I sort
of got to know the type at a
glance"
A boxing fan from way back,
Cox has been a ringsider at every
opportunity and is proud of his
Icollection of photographs of ring
greats. When he's not at the fights
or Ginning with his cronies, he'll
be swinging the Indian clubs, of
course.
Evening star., 1951-12-06
Lamont
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a heavy favorite, but Cornell won,
69-56.
Lamont denied to reporters
when he arrived here that he ever
had fixed basketball games, but
William Sirignano. assistant dis
trict attorney. said Lamont had
made substantial admissions" re-
garding the NYU-Cornen game.
The shoe manufacturer was de-
scribed by authorities as a
wealthy ex-bookmaker who, Ho-
gan said, put up $4,000 for Jackie
Goldsmith and Joseph Serota to
bribe Schaff. Goldsmith and Sc
rota We're arrested earlier.
AS Hogan described it, Schaff
pulled a fast one on the bribers.
The basketball player pretended
to have a teammate in with him
on the fix and collected a double
bribe for himself.
Inc dlSITlCt attorney sent two
of his own detectives to Altoona
Pennsylvania State troopers Joined
them to seize Lamont when he
arrived home at 2 am. yesterday.
Strangely, it was a Fordham
basketball star of 1934-5-6. Bob
Reinacher. who went to Altoona
in 1948 as an undercover agent
of Spencer Drayton's Thorough
bred Racing Protective Bureau. It
was his testimony before the
Jockey Club, New York Racing
Commission and later the State
Appeals Court which doomed La
mont'S racing career.
Lamont had claimed El Mono
for $4,000 at the Atlantic City
track in 1947, under the name OF
Daniel Lamorte. When FL Mono,
meaning The Monkey" in Span
ish. raced at Hialeah, officials
there noted he was racing under
the ownership of Daniel La
mont" and asked the TRPB to
investigate.
Evening star., 1951-12-06
By Brion Bell, Jt.

Bud Millikan, Maryland basket
ball coach, emphasizes funda-
mentals in practice and his team
proved it has learned its lessons
well by sweeping past Washing
ton and Lee. 71-51. at College
Park last night.
The smooth passing Terps gave
the crowd of $500 and the Gen
erals an exhibition in ball ham
ding. set shooting and defense
Except for a 10 W&L lead in
the early minutes. Maryland was
in front all the way and the out
come was never in doubt.
Millikan was pleased with the
performance, but he pointed out
that the players had hit an eX-
ceedingly high percentage of their
shots-16 out of 35 in the first
half, including seven long ones
"If we continue to play this well,
we'll go a long way this season" "
Millikan commented, "but we
won't look this good every game.
Certainly we can't expect regu-
larly to hit such a fine percentage
of our shots as we did in the first
half"
Played Under Hank Iba.
Maryland's deliberate style OF
play - which Millikan learned
when he played under Hank Iba
at Oklahoma A&M-iSn't as eX-
citing to watch as the fast break,
high scoring methods employed
by most teams today. However
the Terps don't play to please
the crowd. They're more interest
ed in not making mistakes. They
made few errors last night.
I'VE drill Is or 20 minutes a
day on fundamentals" Millikan
pointed out. Il feel college team
isn't much different from a high
school team-it needs practice
and more practice on funda-
mentals.
Every time we lose the ball
that takes away our chances for
two points and gives the other
team an opportunity for basket.
That's a four-point spread, and
by drilling on ball control We hope
Evening star., 1951-12-06
Fourth Horse in ; Days
DESTROYED al Charles Town
By the Associated Press

CHARLES TOWN, w. Va.
Dec. 6.-The Charles Town race
track continues to be bad luck for
some horse owners as the fourth
thoroughbred in three days was
destroyed yesterday.
H. A. Browns Gulf Of India was
ordered destroyed by the track
veterinarian. The horse suffered
a hemorrhage after a race Tuesday
and failed to respond to treatment.
The track itself continues to
have a successful meeting. A new
betting record of $305,555 was set
yesterday. The mark, highest for
a single days handle for a day
other than Saturday or a holiday.
surpassed the old record of $685.
131 by $13,424.
Evening star., 1951-12-06
By Lewis F. Atchison

There was a story in the paper
the other day about Detective 1t.
Dick Cox retiring from the Police
Department. He's the world cham
pion Indian club swinger. y'knoW,
and one of the real old-timers in
Washington sports circles.
Cox is the man who helped
bring out Izzy Goldstein in boxing,
a fact for which he may or
may not be forgiven. Goldstein's
father froWned on boxing, so the
late Hip" Dugan, sports editor
of the old Herald, dubbed him
Goldie Ahearn, and the name
stuck.
II trained Goldie for his first
fight here after he came back
from overseas in the First World
War" Cox said. II also trained
his opponent-Otto Brown. One
worked out in the morning and
the other in the afternoon. was
a fireman at Truck Company No.
4 New York and New Jersey
avenues) and Chief Wagner let
me fix up a little gym In the old
feed room on the second floor" "
Name Change Worries Goldie.
Il told Goldie I'd get the match
for him and promised to fix 1t
so his father wouldn't find out
about it. The day it was an
nounced in the papers, Goldie
rushed around to the firehouse
all excited.
What's the matter I didn't
get the fight?' he asked me,
Evening star., 1951-12-06
Fundamentals Pay 7erps Prove
In Trouncing W&L Quintet

to be able to keep possession ir
IA game until we get a shot"
Against W&L, especially in the
first half. the Terps almost never
lost the ball without first gettine
"a shot. Their sharp passing
forced the Generals defense in
close to the basket where the
Terps tossed one up from in close
or threw the ball out for longer
shot.
Sophomore Gene Shue from
Baltimore showed promise of be-
coming one of the finest Mary
land basketball players in some
time. His II points-many on
long setS-led the Maryland
scorers and he did a fine defensive
job on Wills Jay Handlan, whose
average per game was the second
highest in the Nation last year
Lee Brawley did his usual good
job under the boards while Jim
johnson, formerly from Tech
High in Washington and Ronnie
Brooks of Anacostia High helped
Shue with the outside shooting.
Handlan topped the scoring
with % points but only II of
these-mostly when Shue was
not guarding him-came on field
goals. The accurate Handlan
who holds the National collegiate
foul-shooting record of Is out o1
Is and led the country from the
free throw line last year, made
good on IL out of IL tosSes to rur
his 1851 mark to 18 out of 10 at
tempts.
Except for Handlan, the in
experienced Generals had little
to match the Terps. W&L made
its share of costly mistakes against
club that was playing almost
errorless ball.
Evening star., 1951-12-06
|CU Five Is BoIsfered
For GaIIaudef Came;
Boxing Interest Lags

Lanky Joe Della Ratta's return
to the lineup after missing one
game because of food poisoning
is expected to land Catholic Uni
|versity'S basketball team in the
victory column for the first time
this season when the Cards play
host to Gallaudet tomorrow night,
Tom Brown, 6-foot-5 center and
Gus tallest man, is still out with
Ia severely sprained ankle.
Della Rata, sporting a 22-point
average for three games, will have
Mickey Trepp, Reds Weaver, Jim
Yacobi and Tom Foote as start
ing teammates.
Meanwhile, Coach Eddie La
Fond is pondering the future OF
boxing at Gu. The one sport in
which the non-athletic- scholar
ship school has been able to hold
its own in recent years, boxing
apparently is losing its hold on
the students. Some 80 candi-
dates reported for the first train
ing session. but attendance has
declined steadily since.
Wen carry out our schedule
if I can get eight men to do it. -
LaFond said today. but I doubt
if we'll have eight after the
Christmas holidays"
LaFond means eight capable
ringmen. He has consistently re-
fused to use youngsters not ready
for varsity competition, and with
such schools as Virginia, West
Po<t, Syracuse and Penn State
on the 1851 schedule he intends
to be more cautious than usual.
Il am responsible for their well
fare" said the coach, and it
would be defeating the very pur-
pose of boxing to throw them in
against more experienced men
just to have a match. l would
rather give it up than see one of
my boys injured"
Evening star., 1951-12-06

They give it to some Irishman
named Ahearn'."
Cox was a skinny youngster
with a bad chest cold when his
father got him interested in
swinging clubs. A year later, at
the age of IL. he gave his first
public demonstration in the an
cient art at the old Benning
School. When he gave up active
competition about eight years ago,
Cox had a repertoire of $50 COM
binations. The average club
swinger masters about 20. Dick
was good enough to travel with a
troupe featuring two ex-heavy-
weight boxing champions, Jim
Jeffries and Jim Corbett, and
Frank Gotch, one. of the greatest
of wrestling champions, on a ma
tional tour.
Boxed Early in Career.
Cox boxed in his early career,
but preferred to swing clubs. He
also had quite a local reputation
as a trainer and coach. He was
pretty good at most sports.
Il was in a gym at Thirteenth
and H streets NE, one day when
Evening star., 1951-12-06
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 6.-Oficials
of the Nations major race tracks
we're asked today to decide for
themselves whether growing
tendency toward a daily program
of nine races was for the best in
terests of the sport and the Gus
toners who foot the bills.
IF we're going to wear the pub
lie thin, suppose it comes to q
time when you want to back
track" Bryan Field told repre-
sentatives of 81 of the Nations
major race tracks at the 10th an
nual meeting of the Thorough
bred Racing Associations. How
are you going to do it," asked
Field. executive vice president and
general manager of Delaware
Park.
Field said it wasn't the tracks
that want nine races daily, but
the practice had come with pres
sure in some States from the
horsemen themselves.
"A lot of tracks are dabbling
at it, but it's not consistent yet. D."
Nine races are held daily at
Tropical Park and a few other
tracks.
Drifted Into Practice.
Fields remarks followed open
ing addresses by Alfred G.. VAN
derbilt, president of the IRA,
and Spencer J. Drayton, head OF
the TRA's Protective . SBureau,
urging that other sports adopt
a self f-policing system such as
developed by racing to clear un-
desirables out Of the game,
1--WE drifted into the eight-race
program by accident just before
the last war" Field said, The
Delaware manager said seven
races was the usual program and
there were only six each day in
New York until the early 1930s
When steeplechasing waned, PIN
lico put on an eighth race in
devotion to the jumpers and then
other tracks not having the
jumpers put on eight races.
Then, it was no time at all
that eight races spread all over
America" Field added.
Marshall Cassidy. executive
secretary of the Jockey Club, dis
closed that Vanderbilt and George
Evening star., 1951-12-06
Claude VoiseIle Sold

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 6 (Pl.--
Shreveport of the Texas League
today bought Claude Voiselle, a
right-handed pitcher. from Ra-
leigh, N. c., of the Carolina
League. Voiselle, a brother of Bill
Voiselle, former big Lacquer, had
"a 1913 record with Raleigh last
year.
Evening star., 1951-12-06
The Ms Have 1t

BOHEMIAN. Mont. P).-Mon-
tana State College sometimes has
five Ms in its basketball lineup
Miller, Mitchell, McCahill. Null
cahy and McKethen. Plus an
other Miller. another Mitchell and
a Moody on the bench.
Evening star., 1951-12-06
Headquarters Quintet
Defeats Fort McNuir

Headquarters Commands basket
ball team won it's sixth game in
eight starts last night. 64-54
over Fort McNair at Andrews Air
Force Base.
Don Kinds scored 20 points to
lead Headquarters, while Joe
Monteparro was high for McNair
with 18 points.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-28
Mysterious SHIPPER
Wounds 9th Victim

CARNEY. Calf. LR-Authorities
searched today for an ancient two
door sedan as a clue to the 'phan
tom sniper" who critically wound
ed another woman Thursday.
Mrs. Audrey Murdoch, AZ. is the
sixth target of the mysterious bull
lets in the past five months. One
of the victims was slain. All the
shootings occurred in the south
eastern section of Los Angeles.
The bullet that struck Mrs. Muir.
dock is lodged in her liver. Ply
sieians said her condition was too
critical to permit its immediate
removal. She was hit as she stood
at her ironing board in her kitchen.
Faye Salcid0. l5-year old neigh.
Dor child. told officers she saw
an old two-door sedan pause before
the Murdoch home just as she
heard the sound of a shot. Then,
she said, the sedan sped off.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-28
Local Lions Club
Host Marathoners
Chicken Dinner

The Key West Lions Club EN-
tertained as their guests the mems
bers OF the Marathon Lions Club
at the regular weekly meeting last
night at teh Lions Den
A fried chicken dinner was serv-
ed, followed by group singing. The
program was one Of general fell
lowship and getting acquainted,
Lion Oliver Hoover of Coral
Gables, who is Deputy District
Governor for the Lions, gave a
short talk on Lionism and some
of the projects that are being
carried on in this district
A report was made concerning
the Driver Education program
which the local club will sponsor
in the Key West schools. Arrange
mentS have been made to get an
automobile. Al an earyladet
automobile AT an early date tehre
will be meeting with ihe Super
intendent OF Schools and the
School Board to make further ar
engagements
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-28
Key West Getting
Publicity Boosts
Across The Nation

Key West has received consid-
cradle publicity as a tourist re-
sort in a few current periodicals.
The New Yorker magazine ran
q lengthy article in last weeks is
sue about the Island City and
there is mention Of Key West 10
the current Ford Times.
A clipping from a recent issue
of the Louisville Courier-Journal
gave the city nice publicity
write-iip and a forthcoming issue
of Coronet viii feature the Over.
seas Highways,
Motor News. the National pub
LEGATION Of the American Automo-
bile Association featured the
southerumost city 10 this last issue
and Sylvan Cox, travel editor OF
the Miami Herald in his last Sun
days column described Key West
in glowing terms
Key West Chamber Of Com
merce officials spoke highly Of the
publicity in the above mentioned
releases. The Chambers Advertis-
ing and Publicity chairman. Earl
r. Adams, said that advertising
was contracted for this week 10
two publications. One OF the media
is the White House Press Photog-
raphers magazine. issued IN Wash.
ington. and the other one Is the
New York Jolrnal-American,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-28
Is
Chosen Best
Film OF Year.
John Wayne Is Top
Boxoffice Star
For Second
Successive Year

HOLLYWOOD tR--New York eri.
ties have chosen "Streetcar
Named Desire" as the besa movie
for 1851. And theater men have
selected rugged John Wayne as
the top boxoffice star for the second
successive year.
In the opinion of the Gotham
critics, "Streetcar also rated No.
u for the best direction. best ac-
tress performance and the second
best actors job.
Wayne. currently the movies
most manly hero, captured the top
spot in the Motion Picture Herald :
1851 poll OF theater men.
Two zanies who were voted
stars of tomorrow only a year
ago wound up in second place and
in their case, televiSion must rate
an assist. Dean Martin and Jerry
Lewis we're known only TO night
club audiences before the nation
saw them on TV.
In third place was Betty Cradle,
nnhurt by an eight.month suspen-
sion by her studio Abbott and Cos
tello we're fourth, followed in order
by such old favorites as Cros-
by. Bob Hope. Randolph Scott and
Gary Cooper. In ninth spot was
another newcomer, Doris Day.
Roy Rogers was again voted king
of the cowboys. followed by Gene
Autry.
The New York critics adjudged
Ella Kazan as the best director
for work on "Streetcar, and Vivie
Leigh as the best actress for her
role in the film Runnerup to her
was Shelley Winters in "A Place
in the Sun.
Il The best acting job was con,
sidered done by Arthur Kennedy
as the blind veteran in "Brigh;
Victory" with Marion BrandO sec
ond for his part in ''Streetcar. !,
A close second to tStreetcar
was THE River" the final ballot
ing on the two pictures going
10 for the former.
The selections were by Is critics
representing nine New York daily
newspapers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-28
POW Mail Will Be
Speeded To China

WASHINGTON R-Mail intended
for known or presumed u. s. pris-
oners Of war in Korea will be sped
TO the Far East by military air.
craft, the Defense Department
said Thursday
The department said mail for
prisoners should carry the grade.
name and service number Of the
individual be addressed in care
of the Chinese Peoples Committee
for World Peace, Picking. China I;
and carry the name and number
of prison camp, if those facts are
known.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-28
Rotary Hears
E.E. Clements
On Pay Boosts
Labor Department Man
Explains Rules On
Pay IncrRasP
Pay Increase

Sound business advice VI S
given to Rotary Ciab members
yesterday during tn e weekly
luncheon hel dat 12:l5 pm. at
St. Paul's Parish hall. (. f..
Clements. wage adjustment ex-
aminer with the Wage Hour diyi-
sion of the Department of Labor,
representative of Teh Wage Stabi.
lization Board, Miami office. was
the guest speaker.
He explained briefly the main
four regulations governing wage
increase and answered questions
in an open forum for the Rotarians
who found his talk extremely help
full.
Clement said that wages were
frozen last January and that the
board was set up 10 iron out in
equities in wages due 10 the fact
that some businessmen had
granted wage increases since
January IS. 1851.
The purpose of the boards work
he stated, was to permit certain
wage increases up TO a total of 10
percent in order to meet the rise
in the cost of living since the begin
ming of the Korean crisis.
The ~ regulations presented
by the board explain the ineress.
es which are permissible TO EN-
pleYees and increases which are
not infIstionaTY. The t,~o types
OF increases. he said are;
ID Merit increases, given for
increased efficiency and length Of
service.
(2l Increase for all workers in
unit.
Former Key West Rotarian,
Harvey Sellers. Sr.. was present
as a visiting ROtarian. Abner Cox
and Bin Rheney of Homestead.
Fla, were among the guests.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-28
Small Building
Permits Issued

Building permits issued in the
office of Ralph Russell. building
inspector, yesterday, were minor.
Chiefly Lumber Corporation.
700 Catherine street. will make
general rerairs to the building
for $500.
Lou Roberts was issued two
permits, one for roof and porch
repairs at 500 Olivia street. for
SIS and one for roof repairs at
$50 Olivia street for 500.
c. r. Filler was granted per-
mission to break curb for a
driveway at 704 White street.
Plumbing permits were issued
by Harry AlSing, plumbing in
spector. to Annie Alonzo. 1911
South street and to Harry Lee
Carey of 1922 Angela street.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-28
Houston jury
To Reconyene
After Jan. |
Official Report OF
Autopsy Performed
BY DIR. ii. X. Moore
Will lie Announced
BY AL PALMER

There is possibility that the
coroner's jury probing the death
Of Byron Cochrane Houston. 81.
win be told that the man died of
a broken neck.
Unofficial sources said today
that Houston. whose body was
found partly covered with sea-
weed on Rest Beach Wednesday
morning. was found to have suf-
lered a broken neck and that
there was no alcohol in the body.
The jury will reconvene early
in the New Year and win be
given the official report of an
autopsy performed by Dr. II. X.
Moore.
Meanwhile. pending an off
cial report, Coroner Roy Ham
lin stated that the man did not
drown and that the wounds on
the left side Of the victims
face were probably caused by
being washed against the rocks
and broken masonry which dot
the beach.
Juan del Pine, Ala Amelia
street, discovered the body lying
about 800 yards from the en-
trance TO the Monroe County
Beach while taking an early
morning walk in the area.
Coroner Hamlin disclosed
that another sister Of the dead
man has been located. She is
Elsie Houston of 3l7 North
Ocean avenue. DaYtona Beach.
Papers found on the body re-
vcaled a letter from Mrs. VIII
liam Waters of San Francisco
Continued on Page Tnreei
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-28
Model For United States
Hydrogen Bomb Plant In Canada
BY FRANK CAREY

Associated Press Science Reporter
CHALK RIVER. Ont. R-There
is eireumstantial evidence that the
model for the United States pro-
posed hydrogen bomb plant is here
in Canada.
In rugged, forested Ontario Coun-
try facing Quebec's Laurentian
Hills across the Ottawa River is
Canada .own atomic projeci--de-
scribed by Dominion scientists as
concerned only with peacetime APP
plicationS Of the atom.
But the heart of this Ioe. building
project is reactor--or atomic
furnaee-whicn is unique among
all known atomic furnaces in the
world. "a
Top American atomic officials
have publicly stated that the re-
actor OF most advanced design and
performance. is in Canada.
Key difference between Canada S
furnace and the principal ones
so far announced by the United
States is this.
The Canadian device employs
heavy water" as a material for
sustaining a controlled chain re
action in a pile of uranium--fhere
by making possible the production
Of atomic energy by the uranium
fuel.
In contrast, the principal known
American reactors employ graph
tie. form OF carbon, for the
same purpose.
In tour this reporter made of
Canada's project, and in supple
mentary interviews with atomic
officials 81 Ottawa. no Canadian
intimated that the United States
will concentrate on heavy water"
reaetors at the H.bomb plant
But there is suggestive evidence
that Canada S heavy water" de-
vice may be the model for the
new American project
|. The American appraisal Of
Canada Is reactor as being the most.
advanced in design and performs
ance was given after the United
States had had at least five years
experience with graphite reactors,
2. When the United States an.
nouneed last year il would build
plant in South Carolina to make
materials which could be used
either for the projected H.homb.
the established A-bomb, or for po-
tentlai atomic power purposes, the
Americans said devices for making
such materials would be of adj
vanced design.
;. One of Canada's top atomic
scientists. DR.. w. Bennett Lewis
told me that plutonium--a material
for A.bombs--can be produced fast
er from given amount of uran.
ium in heavy water reacior
than it can in one employing graph
ite.
The significance is this:
In any atomic furnace. you can.
make materials that could be used
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