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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-25

We climbed up over a patch that
had been covered a short time
before. 1t was slippery going,
even without skis.
Mr.. Mcconnell stopped at one
of the tripod sets and explained
the operation.
How 1t WOrks-Plastic hose
lines carry the air and water sep
arately from the aluminium pipes
to the nozzles. The center noZ-
zle rams out a powerful stream of
water, thinner than a pencil. On
each side of it. an air fitting
shoots the compressed air at su-
personic speeds directly into the
stream to break the water up. In
the freezing temperature. the mist
that was once a pencil of water
land, because of the pressure.
about as hard) forms into flakes
of snow. Snow of the corn"
variety can be made with certain
adjustments and atmospheric
conditions.
From a distance and in the
night light, the snow spray looks
not unlike a stream of full-pres-
sure water pouring out of a gar
den nozzle.
| Nighttime inspection elimi-
mated the novelty of viewing the
shock waves created at the noz-
zles as the air shoots out at a
speed faster than sound. These
waves can be seen in the day
| light The supersonic election of
air Is achieved not only by the
pressure but by the interior de-
sign of the nozzles. developed by
the Tey Manufacturing Co. Out
wardly, they appear to be ordinary
garden equipment.
Operation of several nozzle sets
through the night, with blow
torches playing on the tripod air
pipes to prevent freezing, pre-
pared the slope for perfect day
of skiing. When necessary. 20
sets of nozzles are able to build
up the slope at the rate of a ton
of snow a minute.
~
Week Ends Saved-It won't be
long before the crocuses begin to
poke their colorful heads up in
and around the patches of fading
snow. The PoconoS' ski season is
nearing its 1950-51 close. as John
ny johnson will admit with a
sigh. But there still is the pos
sibility that some skiable week
ends will come naturally or be
salvaged by Split Rock Lodges
snow makers.
William D. Hermann, resident
manager of the lodge. is authority
for the statement that the "arti-
fetal manufacture of so-called
natural snow" has saved the day
on three recent week ends. He
cited couple.
January 13 was the biggest
business day Big Boulder ski area
ever recorded" he said. This
was in spite of the fact that the
fall of natural snow was poor
Skiing would have been impossible
without the operation of the snow
making installation.
January q and % posed the
same problem to the entire Po-
como area. Natural snow was so
sparse as to be valueless. How
ever. the operation of this ex-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-25

tell me, from ignorance Of the
thrills of skiing and the tight hold
it takes on its devotees. Costa
(Johnny) johnson. the Swedish
head ski instructor and recrea-
tional director of Split Rock
Lodge, gave a clue as to how hard
the skiing bug can bite. Over a
table in the lodges gray-and-pink
cocktail lounge Friday a week
ago, he told group:
"You never heard Of any one
really cumming around from place
to place and washing dishes Just
to ride horses or swim. But they
will for a chance to ski. have.
Then I got married"
He is now teaching skiing to his
wife. among others. on the bunny
schuss trail for novice and inter-
mediate skiers.
Engineering JOHN the party
at the table was John S. McCon-
nell. an engineer with the Lehigh
Coal g. Navigation Co.. who has
had charge of installing the snow
making equipment and developing
the "know-how" of keeping the
compressed air and water nozzles
functioning in freezing tempera-
lures.
Its several degrees below 80
and conditions will be right to-
night for snow-making." he said.
There is q fairly good base. but
the snow has worn of in spots.
We are going to cover them. Do
you want to see how it's done?"
That's what I came here to
see," he was told.
Snow, Not Ice-Snow-making
machines, so-called, have been
talked about for years. Movie
directors have been using them
to produce covered scenes.
They look all right. But, in
reality. the movie snow is made
up of small particles of ice. For
ski slopes, there is difference.
Real snow, including the man
made variety. will stick to the
inclines; ice has tendency to
cascade down a hill in the wake
of a skier. Especially is that true
of Big Boulder, where the start
Of the intermediate and expert
run it pitched at As degrees. The
average grade for the whole slope
is Is.
Mr.. Mcconnell was emphasiz-
ing the difference when we stepped
out of the auto at the comfort
able restaurant and warmup
building at the foot of the slope.
Farther down, near a mountain
pool that supplies water for the
ow-making, four large air COM
pressors roared full blast in open
sheds. Together. they deliver e.
900 cubic feet of air per minute
into a 4-inch aluminium pipe that
runs between the slope and the
Thar Alpine lift to the top of
the hill. A companion pipe car
ries water from two pumps. de-
livering $50 gallons a minute.
Up the white slopes, men carry
ing gasoline lanterns were NOV
ing about. overseeing operation of
the air and water nozzles. Fas-
tened atop metal pipe tripods.
several sets Of three nozzles were
spraying snow over the thin spots.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-25
Cancel Bay Plantation
Adds Accommodation

ST. JOHN, Virgin islands,
new beach-front unit of single
and double rooms and suites has
been opened at Cancel Bay Planta-
ton.
The new accommodations are
designed to appeal to single va
cationers or couples not desiring
a kitchen-equipped cottage. A
native chef prepares tropical as
we'll as American foods for those
using the resorts dining room.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-25
6,33O-Foot Lift

MOUNT MANSFIELD, VT
The areial chair lift at the Stowe
ski area is $3.50 feet long; has
a vertical rise of over 1000 feet.
It travels 500 feet per minute.
Evening star., 1951-02-11
By Burton Hawkins

Comeback money" the express
sion used to describe the last-min-
ute device employed by bookies to
balance their books and slice the
payoff of a particular horse, may
figure in an investigation of oper-
ations at Bowie race track.
L. Ed O'Hara, recently ousted
general manager of Bowie, said,
II guess comeback money will be
an issue" and admitted Bowie had
phones inside the track to accept
late bets from persons outside the
track. Most tracks cut off phone
service before racing begins, with
the exception of a supervised
phone for emergency calls.
O'Hara said all comeback money
received was placed in the mutuel
machines and thus built up addi-
tional revenue for the State, which
taxes the daily handle"
IT imagine you'll be hearing
more about it in the next few
days." O'Hara said, "but other
officers of the track knew about
it for a long, long time and the
natural question arises as to why
something was not done about it
before now"
Illegal Practices Charged.
Frank Small, jr., chairman of
the Maryland Racing Commits
sion, said he knew of no particu-
lar commission rule prohibiting
the acceptance of bets in that
Evening star., 1951-02-11
Comeback Money May Figure in Bowie Probe

an agent at gas station near
the track and instructs him to
bet $4,000 on the horse. The odds
promptly are knocked down to
3 to /. If the horse wins the pay
off on a So ticket will be So in
stead of $22, in addition to which
the commission house collects on
it's $4,000 bet to help pay off on
the $4,000 worth of bets it held.
And of course, they have all the
money bet on other horses in the
race.
Naturally, they don't lay off
all the money because gambling
is their business. If the horse
loses they pocket the $4,000 they
held minus the $4,000 they bet
and meanwhile they've insured
themselves against taking a ter
rife beating"
Comeback betting by agents
stationed near a big track will
range from 500, 900 to $3.50, 900 a
day when the program includes
an outstanding race, according to
a former TRPB official. A source
close to Bowie said comeback bet
ting there ranges from $4,000 to
$31 900 daily, with never more
than $4,000 bet on one horse.
Many racegoers watch the
"tote" board for unusual last
minute f1uctuation in odds Gre
ated by comeback money, then
rush to the window to string
along with the so-called smart"
money.
Evening star., 1951-02-11

manner and didn't know If it
would violate any law.
Gross mismanagement" and
illegal practices" were charged
in a receivership petition filed Jy
John F. Farrell and Howard S.
Pierce last Tuesday. Farrell was
removed as president and Pierce,
who is the largest single stock
holder, was fired as treasurer two
weeks ago in q battle with OHara
and his adherents. A court-ap-
pointed receiver, N. Hampton Ma
gruder, took over Bowie's winter
Offices Wednesday. Magruder was
president of Bowie when he re-
signed in 1947 after a squabble
with O'Hara.
Carlyle j. Lancaster, prosecu-
ting attorney for Prince Georges
County, refused to divulge the
nature of information collected by
the Maryland Racing Commission
and turned over to him for in
vestigation, or whether the infor-
nation would be presented to the
grand jury at its next meeting
in April.
Bowie Not in Association.
Bowie is not member of the
Thoroughbred Racing Association.
which prohibits the acceptance of
comeback bets by phone at all
it's tracks-virtually all the major
ones. The Thoroughbred Racing
Protective Bureau forbids such
credit accounts and attempts to
combat the comeback" practice.
Evening star., 1951-02-11

"In the old days tracks were
eager to get comeback money and
even paid commissions to those
who brought it in," explained Ed
mund P. Coffey. vice president of
the TRPB. Nov we try to make
it unhealthy for agents who re-
ceive calls concerning comeback
money on phones near the track,
then rush to the track shortly
before a race to get their bet
down. They have to carry huge
sums with them and that's al
ways dangerous.
"The objective of comeback
money is for bookies to balance
their books and cut down the
price on horse" continued Cof-
fey. Lets say man goes to
his bookie and bets 5000 on a
horse. The bookie knows that
man normally is $40 better, so
he's suspicious and to protect
himself against a large loss he
lays off part of that bet with a
bigger bookie.
Pass Along Risky Money.
'"The big bookie, in turn, might
have an unusual amount of play
on that same horse. He distri-
butes some of his risk to COM
mission houses in st. Louis,
Chicago, Cincinnati or Miami.
The commission house is loaded
with $4,000 worth of bets on one
horse. let's say. The horse is 10
to l and if it wins the commission
house will lose 100000.
1.-THE commission house phones
Evening star., 1951-02-11
'Brosch Fires 60 for PGA Mark,
But Ford Retains Texas Lead

1t also was a new competitive
course record and. of course, the
lowest tally in Texas Open history.
Ford is Indomitable.
But Ford. who was the leader
at the end of the second round
yesterday. had fine round too.
And he was not to be denied.
Ford clung to his lead as the
field was trimmed to the low so
and ties for tomorrow's final 18-
hole round.
When Brosch came in at $3.50
pm. tCST). everybody figured he
had taken over the Matchmaking
three different leaders in three
days. Lionel Hebert of Verona,
Pa. was the first-day pace-setter.
But Ford, playing in the last
threesome on the links, whipped
in to set a 54-hole record for the
Texas Open.
Brosch came in right behind
Harry Todd Of Dallas, who had
shot a 81 to tie the competitive
(See GOLF. Page RAY
Evening star., 1951-02-11
St. Johns Whips Canisius
For It's 12th Straight
BY the Associoted Press

BUFFALO. N. Y. Feb. 10.-St.
Johns, the Nations No. 7 basket
ball power in the Associated Press
poll. drove to its 18th straight
victory tonight, trimming Canisius,
57-49. before a crowd of 10,516
in Memorial Auditorium.
Niagara whipped John Carroll,
79-48. in the companion contest
of a double header.
The Redmen from Brooklyn,
posting their 18th triumph in 20
starts, were led by their great
center. Bob zawoluk, who regis
tered 27 points. He now has 440
for this season, and a two-season
total of 1923.
Don Hartnett was the Griffins'
outstanding operative with 13
points as they suffered their
sixth loss in 18 games.
Evening star., 1951-02-11
Toledo Deals ViIIanova
Second Defeat, 62-57
BY The Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. TO-
Toledo stunned Villanova, the Ma
tions withdrawing basketball
team with a 81 to 81 licking to-
night before 5,123 at the Palestra
1t was only Villanova's second de-
feat in 20 games.
Toledo led all the way. At one
point the winners held %. to II
advantage but Villanova closed
this to 30-34 at halftime. Villa
nova made its final bid midway
through the second half, when it
climbed to within two points of
tying at 51-53. But here, Play
maker Sam Glassmir fouled out
and school was out for the high
ranking Wildcats.
Jack F'reeman's 20 points helped
Toledo to its 14th win in 20
starts. Larry Hennessey scored
% for Villanova to boost his sea-
sons total to 428.
Penn withstood a last ditch
Harvard rally to win the opener
of the doubleheader sc to 81
Ernie Beck paced the winners
with % points. 1t was Penn S
fifth Eastern intercollegiate League
victory in eight games and 18th
in 19 for the season.
Evening star., 1951-02-11
Ennis Is Knocked 0ul
As Catholic u. Bows
To Syracuse Boxers
By Lewis F. Atchison

After three matches without de-
feat, Catholic University's march
through collegiate boxing ranks
was halted last night by a we'll
conditioned Syracuse University
team that handed the Cardinals
Az to 31a trimming before a
disappointing turnout of 1,500 at
Brookland.
Adding insult to injury, Bill
Miller. tough Syracuse southpaw
dropped Bucky Ennis, the pride
Of the Cardinals team. twice in
the third round to win by a
knockout. Ennis fired his big
guns in the first round and when
his usually devastating right
failed to halt Miller, the jig was
up. A humping left hook to
the breadbasket put Ennis down
the first time and a roundhouse
swing to the same section ended
the bout.
1t was Ennis first knockout
since 1948, his freshman year,
when his bout with Eddie Rieder
of Maryland was stopped in the
second round. His record now
reads IA victories, five defeats and
one draw.
Heavy Bout Forfeited.
Catholic U. began with a one
point deficit when Coach Eddie
La Fond elected to forfeit the
heavyweight bout rather than
send Tom Cotter, an inexperi-
enced fighter with little training,
against Marty Crandell, former
NCAA champ. The pair fought a
three-round exhibition. during
which Crandell's straight left and
restrained right illustrated the
wisdom of La Fond's decision.
George Kartalian, Syracuse
light-heavy. clinched the honors
with a second-round knockout
over Cliff Sysler.
Catholic U. missed it's chance
for a draw when Referee Allie
Wolfe called the 165-pound en-
gagement between Billy Maher of
GU and Jim Palmetto a draw.
Maher weakened toward the fin
ish, but most of the fans, who
gave full voice to their feelings,
thought Maher still had win
ming margin.
Ben Dolphin, Syracuse 145-
FOUNDER, didn't box. Coach Roy
Simmons said he had a sore hand
Evening star., 1951-02-11
St. Louis Quint Rallies
To Nip Bradley, 72-@
BY the Assoeioted Press

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 10.-The st.
Louis Billikens. riding a surging
late rally, tonight downed the
Bradley Braves, 1859. The Billi-
kens came from Is points behind
in the final quarter to even an
early season loss to the Braves in
the Sugar Bowl.
The Bills were II points behind
with two minutes and % seconds
to go. That's when Bradley Gen.
ter Elmer Behnke fouled out,
leaving the Braves without long
man for the pivot.
From then on the Billikens be-
came a red hot basketball squad,
ripping along to their 18th vic
tory against four losses. 1t was
Bradley's fourth loss.
Forward Eddie Scott spanked st.
Louis victory with 20 points.
Officers reported that one fan
in the crowd of 9,948 dropped
dead at the contest.
Evening star., 1951-02-11
81 Shot Races
From Last Place
In Great Finish
Mount Marcy Second;
Favored Three Rings
Bumped, Runs 10th
picture on Page B-5.J
BY the Assoeiased Press

MIAMI, Fla, Feb. 10.-Paul
Kelley's bay horse, Gangway, run
ming last at the half-mile mark,
roared up the outside In a great
finish today to win the 18th run
ming of the McClennan Handicap
at Hialeah and collect a record
purse of $27,05O.
In sixth place as the Is tho
roughbreds turned into the
stretch. Gangway pulled steadily
to the front and in a final burst Of
speed shot past C. V. Whitneys
Mount Marcy to win by a length
and a quarter. Brookmeade
Stables Sunglow was third by
ia head
The heavily favored, but tenn
peramental Three Rings, owned
by Mrs. E. L. Hopkins, was bumped
on the first turn by Shy Guy and
made a poor effort to get back
in contention as he finished 10th
to suffer his first Florida defeat
in two years.
Winner Gets Slow Start.
GangWay, who was a $9.40 to
81 shot and might have been an
even longer price horse had he
not been coupled with four others
in a tote field, covered the mile
and a furlong in 1:4925 and re-
warded his hackers with a payoff
of $20.80, $500 and $3.50. Mount
Marcy paid 5000 and ST. Sun
glow returned $3.50.
Today's victory was the first in
a major Florida race for the s.
year-old Gangway. A son Of CAL
liant Fox and Humility, he was
purchased by Kelley at Hialeah
two years ago for $4,000.
Gangway. with Jockey Logan
Batcheller aboard, got away to
"a slow start and seemed out of
the running as he trailed the big
field at the half-mile mark.
The early part of the race was
wide-open scramble, with Mrs.
Walter M Jeffords' Post Card tax
ing the early lead, followed closely
by Alphabetical and All At Once.
Gangway Moves Fast.
Mount Marcy pushed ahead of
Post Card as they rounded the far
turn and Gangway began to move
UP on the outside. AS they entered
the stretch. Gangway had charged
into sixth place.
A quarter of mile from home,
it was "Gangway. here I come"
| for the bay horse. He shot past
delegate, Gold Heel and Sunglow
and caught Post Card at the
eighth pole, then wore down
Mount Marcy in the run for the
wire.
Sunglow, also coming fast in
the stretch. almost ran down
Mount Marcy. too, but lost second
place in a photo finish.
Mutuel play for the nine-race
card was $1,633 .293-largest thus
far this season. Attendance was
1887.
Evening star., 1951-02-11
Horvafh PAGES N. {. State
To Triumph Over Duke
BY the Assoeiated Press

RALEIGH, N. c., Feb. TO-
North Carolina State wrapped up
it's 18th Southern Conference
basketball victory against one loss
by defeating Duke, 1866, tonight
before a capacity crowd of 1880
in Reynolds Coliseum.
Paul Horvath, the Wolfpack's g.
foot, 5-inch center, stole the thun-
der of the touted scoring duel be-
tween Dukes Dick Groat and
N. C. States Sammy Ranzino by
scoring 26 points and controlling
both backboards.
Groat outscored Ranzino, q to
20.
When the squads last met at
Durham, N. c. State put on a last
minute rush to tie the score and
went on to win, II to II, in an
overtime session. In that game,
Guard Groat outscored Forward
Ranzino, 36 to 80.
The score at halftime 1928 in
favor of the Wolfpack. The loss
was Dukes sixth in IA Southern
Conference tilts.
Evening star., 1951-02-11
How Top 10 Teams
In AP Poll Fared
In Play Last Niqht

This is how the top 10 teams
in last weeks AP basketball pol
did last night:
/. Kentucky U9-D idle.
2. Oklahoma A. g. M. (21-1)
beat Drake, 60-46.
8. Indiana d3-2) lost to Min.
nesota. 61-54.
4. Kansas State (17-2) beat
Missouri, 1854.
S. Bradley (21-4 lost to st
Louis, 1869.
6. Columbia U5-O beat Cor.
nell, 54-44.
7. st. Johns ds-2) beat Ca
nisius, 57-49.
8. st. Louis (18-N beat Brad
ley, 1860.
9. villanova G7-2) lost to To
ledo, 62-57.
10. North Carolina State (21-4,
beat Duke. 1866.
Evening star., 1951-02-11
Gehrmann Beats Wilt
By -Four Feet in Mile;
Fuchs Sets Shot Mark
BY The Assoeicted Press

NEW YORK, Feb. 1o.-Don
Gehrmann altered his script but
still came up with the same re-
sult-he beat Fred Wilt in the
Baxter Mile in 4:08.2 after big
Jim Fuchs bettered his own world
indoor shot put mark with a heave
of So feet 3la inches at the New
York AC games tonight.
While a crowd of 5000 screamed
its approval in Madison Square
Garden. Iron Man Genrmann took
over the lead late in the race and
as usual, outsprinted Wilt-but
this time it was mighty close,
about four feet.
Wilt had made dark hints that
he was going to permit Gehrmann
to make his own pace and he did.
The two followed John Joe Barry
OF Villanova around the saucer
more than a half mile. Then
Wilt opened up.
Gehrmann stuck with him and
had just about enough left to un-
leash his famous sprint and pass
Wilt about 20 yards from home.
38th Straight Victory.
Len Truck of Ohio State, was
third, Ingvar Bengtsson of Swe-
den. fourth and Alf Holmberg of
Tennessee, fifth. Barry dropped
out.
The triumph was Gehrmann's
38th straight mile. victory, and
established him as Wits master
no matter how they plan their
strategy. Fred can make him run.
though.
AS for Fuchs, there wasn't much
doubt that he'd win the shot put.
He had captured 73 in a row. But
even he was surprised that he
bettered his own recognized record
Of 81 feet 7A inches. He hadn't
been training much since he was
graduated from Yale and almost
got trimmed in the Metropolitan
championships couple of weeks
ago.
But Jim, who owns the outdoor
record of So feet 434 inches and
has another pending at So feet
1923 inches (the closest to so feet
anybody ever has Gomez was up
to the tremendous heave.
1t came on his third try after
he had thrown the 16-pound shot
SIS feet. then Sc feet 712 inches.
On his fourth throw, the one after
lSee GEHRMANN pana poA
Evening star., 1951-02-11
BY The Associated Press

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Feb. 10
Doug Ford of Briarcliff, N. Y, shot
a seven-under-par 81 today to
snatch the lead in the $4,000
Texas Open from the man who
carded the lowest 18-hole score
in PGA tournament history.
Ford's total of 1877 for 54 holes
was a stroke better than Al
Brosch. red-haired veteran from
Garden City. N. Y, had posted
although Brosch fashioned an un-
believable 60-11 under par-over
the 6.400-yard dusty. battered
Breckenridge Park course.
Par was as easy to break as a
baby's doll, SO in field of s5
cracking regulation figures.
Breckenridge Park had never
seen anything like it. particularly
that great round by the wise
cracking, laughing Brosch. Last
year in the st. Louis Open Dow
Finsterwald. an Athens. Ohio,
amateur. did 81. That was the
record Brosch smashed today.