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Evening star., 1951-12-05
Ward, Player Of Year
In Conference, 10 GET
Award al I'd Banquet

Bot Ward, Maryland's ALI
America guard, is the Southern
Conference player of the year. The
selection was made by the South
ern Conference Sports Writer'S
Association and Ward will receive
a trophy emblematic of the honor
at the Touchdown Clubs annual
football banquet next month.
The 185-pound senior. who plays
brilliantly on offense or defense
and who already has been Sc
lected on several All-America
teams this year. received 88 points
in the balloting. Another lineman,
Tackle Bill George of Wake Forest.
was runnerup with SIS points.
Another Marylander, Fullback
Ed Modzelewski. the teams lead
ing scorer and also powerful
blocker, was third with Al points.
Following Mighty Mo was Steve
Wadiak of South Carolina, who
was voted player of the year last
year. He received 80 points.
Among others who received
mention were Bino Barreira and
Andy Davis of George Washing
ton, backs, and Tackle Dick Mod
zelewski. Mighty Mos brother. and
Halfback Jack Scarbath of Mary
land.
Altogether 81 players received
votes. Others behind Wadiak in
order were Gil Bocetti, Washing
ton and Lee, 18; Alex Webster,
North Carolina State, IL: Billy
Hair, Clemson; Elmer Costa, North
Carolina State, and Jack Lewis,
Wake Forest, 8 each; Ed Miodus-
zewski, William and Mary, 8; Jack
Scarbath, Maryland. 6; Russell
Sutton. Furman. S: Bino Bar
reira, George Washington; Jerry
Barger, Duke: John Dean, Vir-
ginia Tech, and James Smith.
Duke, 3 each: Andy Davis, George
Washington, 2, and / each for
Lloyd Hines, William and Mary;
Dick Modzelewski. Maryland; Jack
Kistler. Duke, and Herbert Field,
Duke.
Evening star., 1951-12-05
Little AN-Americo Players
Really Big in Size and Ability

Two young giants, Lester Wheel
er of Abilene Christian and Robert
Williamson of San Francisco State,
man the tackle posts, while Dale
Bruce of Ohio Wesleyan and
Haldo Norman of Gustavus Adol-
phus are the fiankers.
Defensive Players Stand Out.
Three players stand out on the
defensive squad, with top honors
going to Tito Carmel of Xavier at
Cincinnati. He is the object of
numerous pro football scouts.
The two other defensive stall
warts are Ken Spencer, the St.
Lawrence linebacker. and George
Young, Bucknell tackle. Young
was No. / on the Pennsylvania
State all-college team.
Barnard Calender, Louisiana
College end, and Sal Gero, Elon
tackle. both were on the first team
a year ago but this season find
themselves on the second.
Pride of the second team is it's
offensive minded backfield. It in
Icludes Bob Heimerdinger of North
ern Illinois State, the small COL
leges' total offensive leader: Andy
Macdonald of Central Michigan,
the small colleges leading passer,
and Bob White of New Mexico
Western, who is the leading ball
carrier for the little colleges.
Completing the foursome is the
all-around workhorse at Hofstra,
Walter Kohanowich.
The honorable mention list in
cludes:
Ends: Robert Howard, Emory
and Henry; William Stanfield
Catawba. Tackles: Charles Law
son. Randolph Macon; James Ne
blett. Emory and Henry. Guards
Stokley Fulton, Hampden-Sydney;
James Newsome, Lenoir Rhyme
Centers:: Robert Pulliam, Ran
dolph- Macon. Backs: Eddie Sem
Ter. Johns Hopkins; Steve Trud-
lnak. Lenoir Rhyme.
Evening star., 1951-12-05

The Caps take on the Elmira
Pioneers tonight In an American
Basketball League game at Uline
Arena and among those watching
will be Bill Noack, the arena
building superintendent, who can't
seem to get over the way things
change.
Noack, himself was a basket
ball star back In the late 1920S
for the Company F National
Guard big Five of Hyattsville.
They called it the big Five" be-
cause it boasted such "skyscrap-
ers" as Noack. 6-1.
Eyes, I was one of the big men
on what was supposed to be a
whopping big team in my day."
Bill says. Later on, that team,
directed by Lieut. Hugh McClay,
had a real skyscraper in Rufus
Vincent, who stood Ga.
Things have changed, though, i"
Bill admits. Fellows like the
Caps Jim Slaughter come along
and make us giants Of yesterday
seem like pygmieS. It's something
of let-down."
Beside Slaughter. who measures
6 feet II, Noack does look pygmy-
like. In fact, a 6-l PLAYER Wouldn't
Evening star., 1951-12-05
More Sign 70 Appear
In Posi- Season Games
BY the Associated Pres.
By the Assoeiotsd Press

-Four post-season football games
were shaping up today, with all
teams nearing completion of their
rosters. The East team for the
annual Shrine East-West contest,
December 20 in San Francisco
now is up 70 its full 24-man COM
plement with the additions of
Tackles Jerry Smith of Wiscon-
sin and Walter Gragg of Navy.
Other new selections:
Shrine game. San Francisco-west
Dick Hightower. linebacker. Southern
Methodist; Ends Bill Howton and Sonny
McCurry, Rice; Tackles Jim Weatherali
Oklahoma. and Hal Mitchell. UcLA; Gem
ter Charles Harris, California; Guard Pat
backs Frank, clifford. Southern California,
terback Ed Brown, San Francisco.
Senior Bowl, Mobile, Ala. January s.
South. Backs. Bill Wade, Vanderbilt, and
Steve Wadiak. South Carolina; Tackle
Bob Weckle. Vanderbilt. and End Ted
Kirkland. Vanderbilt.
Blue-Gray game. Montgomery, Ala, De-
Gember 29-Blue,, Backs. John Kastan.
Dhis Dck Logan Logs, ohiq STATE; Center Bin Held,
Shrine North South game, Christmas
night. Miami--North, Guards Gerald
Audette. Columbia. and Ted Holzknecht,
University Of Washington; South, End
Harold Maxwell, Center Nell Singuefield
and Tackle Ken Barfield. Mississippi.
Evening star., 1951-12-05
|Quist and Brown Beat
|Sedgman and Candy
In Second Big Upset
By the Associated Pres.

MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec.
5.-Adrian Quist and Geoff Brown
pulled a stunning upset for the
second day in a row today when
they defeated Frank Sedgman
and Don Candy, 3-6. Ga, rs,
I7-5, in an all-Australian match
to enter the final round of the
doubles competition of the Vic
torian tennis championships.
Yesterday. they eliminated Vic
ISeixas and Dick Savitt of the
United States in straight sets.
The match had no particular
Significance in Davis Cup play as
lSedgman will team with his regu-
lar partner, Ken McGregor, in
the challenge round.
The veteran Quist and his slug
ging young partner concentrated
their fire on Candy to win the
vital points.
Ted Schroeder and Tony Ira
bert Of the United States also
won their way into the doubles
final by whipping McGregor and
Mervin Rose of Australia. 6-3
8-6, IS.
In tomorrow's singles semi.
finals Seixas meets Sedgman and
Savitt plays McGregor. The two
matches should come close to fill
ing Kooyong Stadium to its capac-
ity OF $500. Seixas trimmed Sedg-
man in the New South Wales
championship in Sydney week be.
fore last. Savitt downed McGregot
in last years Wimbledon final.
Evening star., 1951-12-05
Two Jockeys in Hospital
After Tropical Park Spill
BY the Assoeioted Press

MIAMI. Fla. Dec. 5.-Two
jockeys still are hospitalized as the
result Of a triple spill at Tropical
Park race track yesterday in which
another jockey was hurt slightly
and a horse killed.
Killed in the pileup was C.
Coco's Kiss Me Quick. The acci-
dent came in the fourth race when
E. K. Bryson's Boogie Watch,
ridden by Joe Culmone. stumbled
and fell. Kiss Me Quick, with AL
bert Widman up, and w. L. Jones
Drought, with Darrell Madden
riding, fell over Boogie Watch.
Culmone escaped with minor
cuts and bruises, while Widman
and Madden were taken to Coral
Gables Hospital.
Evening star., 1951-12-05
1rojans and Georgia Tech
Army Grid Hosts in 81
BY the Associated Pres.

WEST POINT, N. Y, Dec. S.
The Army's nine-game football
schedule next year will include
trips to Southern California and
Georgia Tech.
The Cadets will meet use in
Los Angeles October 4. and Geor-
gia Tech in Atlanta November IS.
Three new opponents were
added. South Carolina replaces
Villanova in the opening game,
Pittsburgh fills in for Harvard and
iVMI takes over for The Citadel.
ALI three games will be played at
West Point.
The schedule:
September 81. South Carolina.
October 4, Southern California at Los
Angeles; II. Dartmouth; II, PITTSBURGH:
20. Columbia at New York.
Novemper I. VMl; 8. Georgia Tech at
Atlanta; Is. Pennsylvania at Philadeiphia
delphia.
Evening star., 1951-12-05
Pee Stars Fill All but Three
An-Coast Team Berths
By the Assoeiated Press

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. S.
Only three players from schools
not in the Pacific Coast Con-
ference are on the Associated
Press All Pacific Coast football
team.
Ollie Matson, the University of
San Francisco's great Negro half
back, was chosen on the first Of
fensive team while his teammate
Gino Marchetti was awarded a
defensive tackle spot and Duane
Putnam from the College of Pa
cific was selected as a defensive
tackle.
Stanford grabbed the most
places on the 22-man squad with
total of six. split evenly between
the defensive and offensive teams
while California was awarded five
spots.
Evening star., 1951-12-05

the darkness. And we stayed until
nearly nine o'clock without firing
a shot. The only geese we saw
were two birds, flying high on
their way up the Potomac.
We put in the rest of the morn
ing tramping the fields after quail
and rabbits. Having no dogs. we
were not too successful. In fact
Buck, who stumbled into a covey
of birds and downed two Of them
on the rise. had the only success
of our trio. He also collected two
rabbits which were foolish enough
to run in front of him. It was
bright and sunny all morning,
with no breeze at all.
Around noon. we motoreC over
to Capt. Andy Schedules place.
but all the boats were out, so we
went on across to ST. Jerome
Creek for a call on Capt. Taft
Tippett. Only one boat had come
in and they'd caught no fish. Said
the rock were just not hitting.
Most other duck hunters also
reported mo luck" The birds
just sat out In deep water and
summed themselves all day. and
who can blame them. We'll not
have any duck or goose shooting
as such until we get a freeze-up
and some bad weather. so we
might as well be patient about
it and stick to fishing.
Boats trolling deep for rockfish
north of the Gooses had fair luck
over the weekend with some par
ties taking a good share of fish.
s. r. Collins and Herbert Harri-
son, ST.. of Wheaton, Md, fishing
with Capt. Bert Lamb last Friday,
caught IL rock up to four pounds.
Bob Lusby and George Sedgewick
picked up II nice fish off Ken
wood Beach Saturday morning.
The fish seem to be hitting best
in the morning.
Milton Gordon, who left few
years ago and has been in busi-
ness in Miami Beach has returned
here to live.
Evening star., 1951-12-05
(Onetof a Series.j
BY the Assoeiated Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 5.-Kentucky
and North Carolina State. peren-
nial powers of Southern basket
ball, figure to reign again this
year. Both teams, however, may
be in for unexpected competition.
The Kentuckians, Adolph Rupp's
Southeastern Conference and
NCAA champions, should win sec
tional honors again. but they may
encounter trouble in vastly i'm
proved Vanderbilt. Tulane and
Alabama. West Virginia, Will
liam and Mary and Duke could
offer North Carolina State more
trouble than it has experienced
since Everett Case took over as
coach.
Eastern Kentucky looks to be
the best in the Ohio Valley Con-
ference. Competition will be
mainly from Western Kentucky
and Murray State. Independent
Louisville looms as one of the
Nations best combinations.
Wildcats Have Everything.
Kentucky, producer of three
NCAA titles in the last four years,
presents quality. quantity, ex-
perience and height in 7-foot
Center Bill Spivey, 6-5 Shelby
Linville, Ga Cliff Hagan, 6-3
Frank Ramsey and Guards Bobby
Watson and Skippy Whitaker. A
fine group of freshmen and sophs,
including the sensational Dickie
Prater, makes the Wildcats just
about the No. l choice for top
honors. A knee injury to Spivey,
however, may set the team back
for a couple Of weeks. The Wild
cats had 1922 record last year.
| N. c. State (30-D, cunning for
its sixth straight Southern Con-
ference title, is strong everywhere
despite the loss of All-America
Sam Ranzino, Vic Bubas and'Paul
Horvath. They have strength to
burn in such regulars as Capt
Lee Terrill, 6-1: Bob Speight, 6-8;
Bill Kukoy, 6-3; Bobby Goss, 6-8
and Bernie Yurin, Ga, and Sophs
Kim Buchanon, Roy Stephenson,
Herb Applebaum and Bob Tyler
But don't be surprised if the N. c.
State star turns out to be a fresh
man named Dave Gotkin, the
Brooklyn lad who is cunning fol-
a regular guard position.
Eastern Kentucky $3.50 has q
veteran team built around Jim
Baechtold. a Ga, 205-pounder who
may be one of the best in the
land. Louisville is big and ex-
perienced and features 6-5 Bob
Lochmueller, Bob Brown, a trio
of sophs all over 6-8 and a 6-7
frosh, Alex Russak.
West Virginia is counting or
60 Mark Workman. The big CEN
ter. who had a 26.1 average last
winter. holds almost every Noun
taineer scoring record. Other
standouts for Coach Red Browns
second year are Ken Alessi, Jim
Coulter. Harry Moore and Jack
Shockey.
Evening star., 1951-12-05
BY The Associated Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 5.-Twenty-
two players-athletes representing
schools not in the national lime
light-won honors today on the
Associated Press annual little col
|lege all-America football team for
1851.
There is nothing little" about
the players themselves, nor of
their ability. The squad, divided
for the first time into offensive
and defensive units, averages g.
foot-1 in height with some of the
linemen pushing the scales to 245
lpounds. The average age is %.
Twenty-Five different colleges
are represented on the first team,
with only Halfback Robert Miller
of Emory & Henry repeating from
the 1850 selections. Miller started
the 1851 season at a furious pace,
slumped in midseason but closed
we'll enough to assure his return
to the top team.
Ex-Irish Freshman on Team.
In the backfield with him are
Robert Flanagan of st. Ambrose
lone-time Notre Dame freshman
who is giving up another year OF
eligibility to become a priest; Joe
Pahr of the unbeaten Valparaiso
University team and Ralph Di
Micco of Alfred's unblemished
outfit. Pahr moved up from last
years second team.
The offensive line is centered
by James Hazlett of Susquehanna
Standouts of the first team are
the guards. William Dawkins OF
Florida State and William Chat OF
College of Emporia. The latter is
squat 200-pound Hawaiian and
was the bulwark of the Kansans
unbeaten year. Dawkins, also zoe
but eight inches taller than Chat
is a two-way player and gained
almost as much recognition fol-
Iline-backing as for his offensive
prowess.
Evening star., 1951-12-05
Priory Gets Good Stort
By Beating Chamberlain

Priory Schools basketball team is
on to a good start this season
after beating Chamberlain Voca-
tional, 1895, in the opener for
both teams at Priory yesterday.
Chamberlain led, 20-15, at half
time, but Priory, led by Ed Kelley
and Jerry Eckholm, rallied in the
f1nal periods. Keeley scored 16
points to top both teams, while
Eckholm tossed in 10 and Cham
berlain's Joe Kolley got IA.
Evening star., 1951-12-05

y .oU d.AIs 0dt-
urday and we
drove down into
the Point Look
out area for a
try at geese.
Doc and Buck
have a well-lo-
Gated goose pit.
and we were en-
sconced there
in a good half
h O u r before
dawn, walking
in across the
heavily frosted
fields through
Evening star., 1951-12-05

Ten years ago-Hank Green
berg, former first baseman for
the Detroit Tigers. was dis
charged from the Army.
Evening star., 1951-12-05
OUTDOORS
With Bill leetch

Last week end was perfect
weather for duck shooters as we,
can well testify. Buck Russell and
DR.. Paul Hatch picked us up at
Evening star., 1951-12-05

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sovinss thot you cont afford to miss!
Evening star., 1951-04-25
Morrison Promises
Living Standard Cut
Before Slash in Arms
Briton Tells Americans,
However, Help Is Needed
In Obtaining Materials
BY the Asseciated Press

LONDON. April 25.-Foreign
Secretary Herbert Morrison
pledged today that Britain would
cut its standard of living before
slashing its proposed rearmament
program
Mr., Morrison's statement, made
IN a speech here. came as the
high command of the British
Labor government crushed left
wing rebellion over the rearma-
ment program and the party
pledged firm support to Prime
Minister Attlee's policies.
The statement by Mr.. Nor
rison, at a luncheon of the Amer
lcan Chamber of Commerce, was
looked on as Mr. Attlee's answer
to the rebels. who had complained
that the United States was drag
ging Britain into a ruinous ex-
penditure for arms.
y Departing from his prepared
speech, Mr.. Morrison told his
audience, mostly American citi-
zens, that the problem of raw
materials for British home pro-
duction, export and rearmament
is causing most serious anxiety. !"
Pleads for Help on Materials.
Mr.. Morrison. who recently sue
ceeded the late Ernest Bevin in
the Foreign Ministry, pleaded with
the United States to help Britain
get raw materials. He said that
1t a shortage of these materials
slowed down Britain's production
machine, however, cit would not
be our policy to let the armament
program take the first cut or it's
full effect"
Britain. he said. would try to
take the burden on it's current
standard of life.
That would not mean an easier
budget, but a harder one"
This touched a sore spot in the
(See BRITISH, Page A-7)
Evening star., 1951-04-25
u. ). War Casualties
Increased 10 61,7A

Announced American combat
casualties in the Korean war
rose to 61,744 today, including
10.567 dead.
The weekly summary based on
notification of next of kin showed
an increase Of 969 during the past
week.
1t listed $3.50 killed in action,
1923 wounded, Of whom 1,O87
died, and 10.936 missing. OF the
latter. 100 were reported as be-
ing dead.
The Army reported 51,487 cas-
ualties. the Marine Corps 9,071,
the Navy 655 and the Air Force
531.
The summary showed 1851
Army men killed. 1886 wounded
1876 of them who died-and TO-
261 missing. OF the missing SO
were reported dead.
The Marines reported 1,27e
killed in action. 1880 wounded
and 262 missing.
Evening star., 1951-04-25


until Gen. Macarthur takes the
stand before the Senate Armed
Services and Foreign Relations
Committees a week from tomor-
row.
Joint Meeting Agreed on.
Chairman Russell, of the Armed
Services Committee, obtained
consent from the Sem
ate today to have the Foreign Re-
lations Committee meet jointly
with Armed Services to conduct
the hearings on the Macarthur
dismissal.
There were growing indications
today that most, if not all of the
hearings will be in closed session.
II this course is decided on, Chair
man Russell plans to make pub
lie as soon as possible after each
session a transcript eliminating
only information that might af-
feet national security.
Although Senator Russell has
said he would favor allowing Gen
Macarthur to tell his story in open
session if he SO requests, it was
learned today that the notice
which went to him described the
hearings as executive, and no re-
quest has been received from the
general for an open meeting.
Senator Wiley, Republican, OF
Wisconsin ranking minority men,
(See POLICY PAGE AN
Evening star., 1951-04-25
AP. Chief in Prague Missing;
Embassy Unable to Find Him
William Outis Last
Seen on Way to
Visit Czech OfficioI
BY the Associated Press

LONDON, April 25.-William
N. Oats, Associated Press, chief
of bureau at Prague, has been
since Monday and efforts
to trace him have been fruitless
so far.
The United States Embassy at
Prague told the London Office of
the Associated Press by phone
today that it had asked the Czech
Foreign Office to help locate him.
Mr.. Oats. 36. is from Marion,
Ind. He was first employed by
the A. P. in 1887 and after work
ing in the indianapolis, New York
and London Offices, went to
Prague last June.
One of two Czech employees re-
naming in the A. p. Prague
bureau reported by telephone that
MIR. Oats had not returned after
leaving his Office Monday after
noon and that inquiries at his
hotel brought only the reply that
"Mr. OatiS is not here"
A telephone call to the Prague
Evening star., 1951-04-25
Have Proven Superiority
In 3 Days, Van Fleet Tells Men

new commander. by personal con-
tact with you at the front, have
learned of your peerless quail
tiles, of your professional skill, de-
termination unto WEAKNESS, high
courage, intelligent leadership,
found only in an enlightened army
of freedom loving nations.
I'm addition, 9th Army pres
emily enjoys advantages of un-
contested friendly naval and air
superiority, Of enormous superior
ity in firepower and all types of
weapons, in fact a tremendous
superiority IN everything except
numbers.
You are fighting to stop armed
aggression. and to maintain peace
not only in Korea but in your re-
spective homelands.
Gen. Ridgway and have COM
plete confidence In your ultimate
victory.
I'VE all ask for divine guidance
and Gods blessing for righteous
victory"
Evening star., 1951-04-25
Chang Gets Arms Aid
For Defense Only,
Achesop Reveals
Secretary Emphasizes
Formosu Naturalization
Policy Is Unchanged
By Gornett D. Horner

The Chinese Nationalist govern
ment has pledged itself to use
American military aid to Formosa
only to maintain its internal Sc
curity or it's legitimate self-de-
fense."
Secretary of State Acheson dis
closed this today in asserting that
President Truman's policy of neu-
tralizing Formosa has not beer
changed in any way.
Mr.. Acheson made public 9
tthree-month-old exchange of notes
by which the Chang Kai-shek
government agreed to the condi-
tions laid down by the United
States for use OF American equip
ment on Formosa and to provide
facilities for a United States mill
Itary mission. ...
$50 Million in Arms Involved.
Key provisions of the agree
ment, under which approximately
$50 million worth of arms is being
sent to Formosa during this fiscal
year, are:
Il. The Chinese government will
use the material to maintain its
internal security or it's legitimate
self defense.
%. The Chinese government will
take such security measures as may
be agreed =. in order to prevent
the disclosure and compromise of
classified military articles, services
or information furnished by the
United States Government.
8. The Chinese agree to pro-
vide adequate facilities for an
American mission to observe the
progress of the arms assistance and
to confirm that the material pro-
vided is being used for the purposes
for which it is provided"
4. The Chinese will not transfer
or otherwise dispose of Amer
ican-provided equipment without
United States permission.
No Reason for Secrecy.
Mr.. Acheson told the news con-
ference he did not know why
the agreement had been kept Sec
ret since 1t was completed in ar
Exchange of notes dated last jan
uary 80 and February 8.
He said military aid was being
furnished Formosa in accordance
(See FORMOSA. Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1951-04-25
Dawson Is Invited to Testify
At Senate RFC Probe May 10
FuIbreht Again Asks White House Aide
To Appear ot Influence Investigation

Donald S. Dawson. administra-
tive assistant to President Tru-
man, today was requested to ap-
pear May 10 before the Senate
Banking subcommittee investigat-
ing the Reconstruction Finance
Corp.
The request was made in a let
ter sent to Mr.. Dawson at the
White House by Senator Full
bright. Democrat, of Arkansas,
the subcommittee chairman.
THE subcommittee would like
to know by April 80, 1851. whether
or not you will be able to comply
with this request" Senator Ful-
bright wrote.
Mr.. Dawson's name has figured
prominently in the subcommittee s
investigation into charges OF ia
voritism and political influence in