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Evening star., 1952-12-02
|GTffs Still Seekino
|LolIar Despite Draft
IOf Catcher Peden
BY the Associated Press

PHOENIX, AriZ., Dec. lies
Peden, drafted from Los Angeles
by Washington to bolster a weak
catching staff, will wind up as a
third-string receiver if the Mats
achieve their aim of landing Sher-
man Lollar from the Chicago
White Sox.
Lollar is being sought to share
Catching duties With Mickey Gras-
so, but no action is expected on
that trade possibility until Mana
| ger Bucky Harris of the Mats ar
riveS here Thursday.
Peden, obtained for the draft
price of $4,000, batted .279 fol
the Angels last season and .249 for
the same club in 1851. He stands
6 feet 2 and weighs 220 pounds
Peden had been the property OF
the Chicago Cubs and was select
ed on the recommendation of Bill
Starr, one-time Washington catch
er who is president of the San
Diego club managed by Harris in
i1949.
The Mats failed in attempts to
claim Catcher Johnny Bucha OF
Rochester, Pitcher Dick Libby OF
Minneapolis and Outfielder Dick
Whitman of st. Paul. Bucha was
claimed by the Detroit Tigers
Other clubs previously claimed
players from Minneapolis and ST.
Paul, which blocked the Mats try
for Libby and Whitman, since only
one player from any club may be
drafted.
Evening star., 1952-12-02
BY the Associoted Press

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2. -
Coaches Jess Hill of Southern Cal
ifornia and Bud wilkinson OF
Oklahoma have raped the Notre
Dame shift as an evasion of the
spirit of the rules, and now Yale's
head man, Jordan Olivar, has
joined the chorus.
The teams of Hill and Wilkin-
son lost to the Fighting Irish. but
Olivar'S club did not face them
Still, he told the Football Writers
Association yesterday, II would
resent the shift if it were pulled
against my team. 1t isn't part
of football; it's just a trick in
which a team is not gaining a
fair five yards"
Southern California drew s
5-yard penalty against Notre Dam'
Saturday that gave the Irish {
first down on the 4 as a resul
of the sucker shift" Don Clark
Southern Gals assistant line coach
claims the Irish wouldn't hav,
scored a touchdown except TO
the penalty. requiring four down
to 60 across.
But Paul Zimmerman, sport
editor of the Los Angeles Times
commented today:
I'VE always get big laugh ou
of squabbles over the technica
advantages of shifts. jumping tn
ball, etc. The Notre Dame shift
Evening star., 1952-12-02
WIN, Lose, or Draw
BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON

IF FRITZ KREISLER had gotten up to fiddle and hit
sour note on the first bow Cobb had picked off
first base in tight spot wouldn't have been
prising than when Tony DeSprito fell
terdaY in the starting
Evening star., 1952-12-02
Here Are Some More Opinions
On Notre Dame Sucker Shift

which has drawn several teams
offside at crucial points this sea-
son, is of course. within the
rules. The Irish have used it all
season.
IF the Trojans can't move the
ball better than they did against
Notre Dame. or UCLA for that
matter. they're going to have sim
liar trouble with the Wisconsin
defensive unit in the Rose Bowl"
After being "victimized" on the
play in its game with Pittsburgh,
Notre Dame used it against Pur-
due, as well as against Oklahoma
and Southern Cal. Alabama en-
ployed the shift four times against
Maryland. drawing the Terps off,
side on three occasions.
Evening star., 1952-12-02
Vessels Second Coach Proud
OfHer Part in His RECOGNITION

surroundings at Cleveland. Okla.
one of a family of five children
Since his enrolment at the Uni
versity of Oklahoma in 1949, he
has made his home with the
Rountrees here. less than 20 miles
from the campus at Norman.
Billy came home from summer
camp at Lake Hubert, Mimi, four
years ago with Charles and Jo-
seph cher sons, II and 14) anc
has been with us ever since" Mrs
Rountree explained. II love him
and so do the boys. We've never
been sorry"
Charles admits that Wilkinson
who was assistant director of the
camp. saw Vessels possibilities
but he likes to think he discovered
him.
When Vessels was notified OF
his selection for the Heisman
Trophy. he was quick to give all
(See VESSELS, Page A-15.)
Evening star., 1952-12-02
By Joe ReiehIer
Associotsd Press Sports Writer


PHOENIX, Ariz., Dec. 2.-The
Brooklyn Dodgers have prepared
a pair of three-for-two package
deals involving top fight players
in an effort to obtain either War
rem SPAIN of the Boston Braves
or Curt Simmons of the Phillies, it
was learned today.
Recognizing the need of a start
ing left-handed pitcher to go along
with the aging Preacher Roe in
defense of their National League
championship, the Dodgers are
quite willing to give up regular
players for either of the pitchers,
generally recognized as the best
southpaws in the league.
Offer Three Regulars.
The Dodgers, who sat by quietly
yesterday as three of their better
minor league farmhands were
Iplucked in the annual major
league draft that opened the an
nual convention. have these pack
age deals to offer:
1. Outflelders Carl Furillo and
Andy Pafko and Third Baseman
Billy Cox to the Braves for SPAIN
and Outf1elder Sid Gordon or:
2. First Baseman Gil Hodges
Furillo and Cox to the Phillies for
Simmons and Outfielder Del En-
mis-.
Gordon and Ennis are right
handed power hitters. Gordon
Brooklyn-born leftf1elder, batted
only .289 last season but ham,
mered Is home runs, including a
good number at Ebbetts Field. He
is "a and entered the majors in
1941. Ennis raped 20 homers
and drove in 106 runs on .291
batting mark. He is only q.
The Dodgers were more hopeful
of trade with Boston, the sus-
picion prevailing that the Braves
are in mood to part with SPAIN
in order to augment their right
handed hitting strength as we'll
as fortify the defense in the in
field. Should the trade be con-
summated, Cox would be installed
as Bostons regular shortstop.
SPAIN First Choice.
SPAIN is the man the Dodgers
covet most despite his compara-
lively poor 14-19 won-and-lost
record last season. The 30-year-
old southpaw. a victim of weak
hitting and a mediocre defense
failed to win 20 or more victories
for the first time in four years
in 1852. He topped the circuit in
strikeouts for the fourth success
sive season with 1872. Simmons
only %, posted 1913 record in
cluding six shutouts and is far
from his peak as a big winner.
Pafko enjoyed a successful sea-
son with .287 batting mark that
included l9 home runs and IS runs
batted in. He will be 80 in Feb
ruary. a year older than Furillo,
whose batting mark dropped to
PAT. Carl. however, is regarded as
one OF the best defensive fychas-
ers in the league and has the most
accurate arm in the majors.
Evening star., 1952-12-02
Maryland Five Clashes
with Virginia Tonight;
CIV Opens Tomorrow

Virginia and Maryland, a pair
Iof old early-season rivals, officially
open the Districts home college
basketball season tonight at Mary
lands new home game starting
time at 8 o'clock.
The Maryland frosh, coached by
Dick Koffenberger. star of last
years team. meet cambridge in a
i6:15 preliminary.
Despite the newly imposed re-
Istrictions on practice, which did
mot allow Maryland and George
Washington to work out until No.
vember l. the college teams are
facing a fast early-season pace. A
dozen games are scheduled for the
area schools and Navy for the re-
mainder of the week. George
town is the only team that will
not open until next week.
Coach Bud Millikan, starting his
third year at Maryland, is going
to start five lettermen tonight
against the Cavaliers in Don
Moran, Gene Shue, Morris Levin,
George Manis and Ronnie Brooks.
Only Shue and Moran were regu-
lars last year as Koffenberger, Lee
BraWley and Jim johnson were
! graduated.
Two FrOsh on Squad.
Millikan has retained two fresh
men on the varsity squad, Bruce
KeSsler of George Washington
High in Alexandria and Marvin
Long of Salisbury.
Maryland twice beat Virginia
last year but both victories came
when the Cavaliers lost II straight
after winning their opener. Vir-
ginia came back to win II of its
last IL games.
Bus Male is coaching Virginia
for the second straight year and
will start one and possibly two
newcomers tonight. Lee Esklisen
will make his debut. and possibly
Buzzy Wilkinson. Jake Dohner,
former CIV High star, Dave Cooke
(See BASKETBALL, Page A-15.)
Evening star., 1952-12-02
BY the Associated Press

OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. O.
When they hand the Heismar
Trophy to Oklahoma Halfback
Billy Vessels in New York to-
night. an Oklahoma City mother
will be sitting quietly at home
away from the cheers but proud
of her part in bringing him recog-
milton as the outstanding college
football player of 1852.
The part she played, according
to Vessels himself, was just as i'm
portant as that of Coach Buo
Wilkinson, Oklahoma's master OF
the split-T.
She is Mrs. c. r. Rountree, a
Ivivacious strawberry blond whose
husband is prominent Oklahoma
City doctor.
my second COACH" the 81
Iyear-old Vessels called her. "She
knows more about football than
most men,"
Vessels grew up amid modest
Evening star., 1952-12-02
North Carolina Is Due
10 Decide Snave|y's
Future Tonight
BY the Associoted Press

CHAPEL HILL, N. c., Dec. o.
The football future of Carl
Snavely. North Carolina's head
coach. may be decided when the
schools Athletic Council meets
here tonight.
The status of the veteran men,
tor has been undecided since late
in the, 1851 campaign, with re-
Iports of his custer or resignation
gaining strength during this year. s
losing Tar Heel performances.
North Carolina piled up an H.
game losing string, longest in the
schools history, this year and
last. After defeating South Caro-
lima several weeks ago, the Tai
Heels won their second and most
impressive victory of an eight
game schedule last Friday when
they walloped favored Miami, 34-7
Faculty, alumni and student
body have equal representation or
the nine-man council which meet.
here tonight.
Tatum Often Mentioned.
Until recently, Jim Tatum, heac
coach of Maryland. had been the
most prominently mentioned sue.
Icessor to Snavely. However, some
of the steam went out of those
speculations after the Terps
dropped a pair of games to Mis-.
Isissippi and Alabama at the enc
of the season.
George Barclay, Snavely's back
field assistant and former heac
coach at Washington and Lee
was pointed out by a university
source as a possible replacement
for Snavely. Barclay, a former
star ineman at North Carolina
under Snavely during the mid 30s
was given a two-year contract
when he was brought up to helr
install the split-T formation after
he won Southern Conference
championship at W&L. The con.
tract still has a year to run and
he could be slipped into the head
coaching spot on a make-good
basis.
Guepe Among Possibilities.
Other possibilities mentioned
have Art Guepe of Virginia, John
ny Vaught of Mississippi and jim
Gill, Snavely's veteran assistant
Snavely. whose last three team;
have won only Z Of % games, ha.
Ino contract with the university
having preferred to work on 9
|year-to-year basis. In all, Snavely
has coached the Tar Heels for IL
years. taking teams to the Sugar
Bowl in 1916 and 1948 and to the
Cotton Bowl in 1949.
Evening star., 1952-12-02
New Sailor on Leave
Travels Too Far to
Play Pro Football
By the Assoeioted Press

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 2.-It
wasn't that Bill Jessup played
too much football over the
week end. He just went too
far doing it.
Naval Training Center au-
thorities who saw television
scenes of him playing for the
San Francisco Forty Miners
Sunday-after playing with
the center team here Satur-
day-checked up on his pass.
1t was good only for $50
miles from San Diego. San
Francisco is more than three
times that.
Jessup, in the Navy about
a month, went on report. The
former Southern California
end is subject to probable re-
striction to the station for 20
days or so.
Evening star., 1952-12-02

Dodgers, Seeking Pitcher,
Propose ? Package Deals

Glowing reports on Don Hoax,
young third baseman brought up
from Montreal for next season,
make Cox dispensable. Such ex-
perts as Frank Shauhnessy. presi-
dent of the International League.
and Bruno Bethel. manager Of the
Syracuse club, insist Hoax can't
miss making the big league grade.
They regard him the equal Of
Cox in the field.
That is high praise. indeed,
since the 33-year-old Cox Is rated
the top fielding third sacker in
the National League. Billy batted
.257 last year. Bob Morgan would
be another leading candidate for
the third-base job.
Hodges Mentioned Often.
Hodges, Brooklyn's leading
slugger the past three years, has
been mentioned in every trade
rumor involving the Dodgers. The
big first baseman walloped 80
home runs and ranked fourth with
mis- 102 runs batted in. but slumped
in the final month of the season
and was handcuffed without hit
in the World Series. His batting
mark was .254. AS q fielder, he
is second to none.
Other trade rumors continued
to fill the hotel lobbies at the
convention, but none had reached
the stage of naming names other
than the Brooklyn proposals.
The only concrete news involv-
ing the transfer of players re-
suited from the annual major
league draft that brought big
time trials to II minor leaguers.
With Pittsburgh making three
picks at a cost of $4,000, the big
fellows spent $4,000 in the
smallest selection since they
drafted 10 players in 1945. Seven
clubs passed up the draft. The
majors drew 18 players last year.
The minors turn to draft players
of lower classification began to-
day.
Pirates Draft Three.
Elroy Face. a slim right-hander.
was plucked by Pittsburgh for
$4,000 from Montreal, where the
parent Dodgers had moved him
after he had posted a 14-11 rec
ord with Fort Worth. The Pirates,
only club to take more than one
player, also drafted two other
pitchers, Bob Hall Q4-1D from
Seattle for $4,000. and John
Hetki Q3-O from Toronto for
$4,000.
The st. Louis Browns obtained
a hard-hitting third baseman,
George Freese, from Mobile for
$500.
Other draftees included Catcher
John Bucha by Detroit from
Rochester; Pitcher Dave Jolly
GID by the Braves from Kansas
City; Catcher Frank Baldwin by
Cincinnati from St. Paul; Second
Baseman Johnny Merson by the
Boston Red Sox from Hollywood;
Pitcher Jim Willis (16-1D by the
Chicago Cubs from Shreveport:
Catcher Les Peden by Washington
from Los Angeles, and Pitcher Ed
Monahan by the Philadelphia Ath.
letics from Minneapolis.
Evening star., 1952-12-02
|WoIfson and Luckman
Mentioned as Possible
Backers Of Colts
Special Dispatch 10 The Stor

| BALTIMORE, Dec. 2.-The
names of Sid Luckman, former
Chicago Bears quarterback; Car
roll Rosenbloom, a manufacturer
and Louis Wolfson, financier and
principal stockholder in Washing
tons Capital Transit Co., were
mentioned today as possible f1nan-
cial angels for the revived Balti-
more pro football team.
1t won't be the Colts any more
according to Bert Bell, National
Football League commissioner
who is expected here tomorrow to
make the official announcement
of the revival of the Baltimore
franchise.
Everything will be new but the
players Of the Dallas club, who are
expected to be transferred here as
nucleus for the 1853 Baltimore
eleven.
Luckman Would Coach Club.
Luckman, currently in the auto
mobile business in Chicago, lone
has been anxious to buy a fran
chise. He dickered with Ted Col
Inns several years ago when the
radio and TV producer wanted to
unload the team which eventually
went to Dallas. Luckman, it is be-
lieved, would coach the team as
well as direct it's business affairs
if he acquires it.
Wolfson, long interested ir
breaking into major league sports
is reported to be in Miami, but g
spokesman at Capital Transit sale
the financier was interested in the
:, Baltimore franchise severa
months ago. He didn't know
whether his interest had cooled
as reported from another source
which said Wolfson wouldn't touch
pro football with a 10-foot pole.
! Rosenbloom played football al
Penn in 1927 and 1928 and is 8
fan.
Full-Time Boss Wanted.
:. At Philadelphia, Bell was re.
ported to be insisting that the
direction of the new club be en-
trusted to man who can devote
his entire time to it. The COM
missioner pointed out that the
only successful football teams are
those run by men who work al
it the year around. He said the
teams that failed were those
operated by persons as a Sideline
The men behind pro footballs
revival here. whoever they are
have rented the stadium fol
$1,000 a game and will launch q
campaign to sell $4,000 season
tickets Immediately after tomor-
rows announcement.
Numerous other details re-
mained to be worked out, such
as which conference the team will
be in. although it is believed that
most clubs favor putting the city
In the American or Eastern Con-
ference. This would permit a
home-and-hom series with the
Redskins, which would be eco
nomical if not popular, and
beng in the same circuit with
New York. Philadelphia, Pitts
burgh and Cleveland would help
keep down travelling expenses.
Evening star., 1952-12-02
Condition Of Roads
Chiefly Responsible;
Charles Town Open

The Bowie race course ran into
more grief today and it led to the
announcement that this after
moons program had been called
off because of snow and Sleet.
The plant. refurbished by Presi-
dent Larry MacPhail with the
expenditure of about 81 million
this year, had an ill-starred OPEN
ing two weeks ago when a COM
bination of fog and a racing strip
the jockeys declared unsafe can
celed the program after the first
two races.
MacPhail's new plant lay idle
for a week while workmen labored
lon the track. The jockeys pro-
nounced the strip safe 10 days ago
but continued rain postponed the
Saturday reopening until last
Monday. Bowie finally got off to
good start and the bet
ting scared over the million
dollar mark Thanksgiving Day
and last Saturday. MacPhail re-
ported Bowie. despite its many
troubles. was ahead of last falls
meeting until today's misfortune.
Snow Clogs Roads.
Snow coated the track and
lclogged the roads into the plant
this morning. Track officials said
the condition of the roads was
chiefly responsible for today's
cancellation. They hoped rae
ing could resume tomorrow,
out admitted continued snow
could force a further postpone
ment. No decision has been made
Ion whether todays entries would
be used for tomorrow's card.
Although Bowie will be idle to-
day, Charles Town was making
plans to go ahead with its eight
race card. Officials at the West
Virginia track reported there had
been only an inch of snow there
last night and that the racing
strip was in good condition.
The roads are in fine shape
and cars are getting here without
chains. a Charles Town official
said THE snow stopped after
light fall this morning and there
has been only an occasional furry
since then. Unless we have a
great deal more snow than ex-
pected the card will be run"
Charles Town was forced to
cancel the last five days of its
1851 fall meeting because of snow.
DeSpirito Headliner.
Yesterday Bowie had Tony De-
Spirito, the Nations leading
Jockey. as it's featured attraction.
and was looking for big turnouts
this week to watch the 17-year-
old rider. DeSpirito had only one
winner. although he was heavily
backed by the crowd of 1882.
The crowd. which bet $652,044
on the eight races, made Tony
the faVorite at slightly less than
3 to 2 on Dixie Vixen, his lone
winner, in the fifth race, and
again on Bob Boy in the sixth.
All his other mounts were we'll
backed.
Today's cancellation confused
this weeks stakes program. The
$4,000 Old Dominion Handicap
was scheduled for today, with the
$7.500 Bowie Breeders Stake set
for tomorrow. Which stake will
feature tomorrow's card has not
been decided.
The $4,000 Annapolis Plate
Handicap is scheduled for Friday.
with the $4,000 Presidents Plate
Handicap set as the feature of
Saturdays card. The latter event,
at a mile and a quarter, is the
richest test for handicap per-
formers at the meeting
Evening star., 1952-12-02
Bob Carey, Neck Hurt,
Muy Miss Packer Come
BY the Associated Pres

bY me NSSOcIdNed FFeSS
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2.-The
Los Angeles Rams NAV be with
out the services of Bob Carey, their
brilliant rookie end. for Sundays
game here with the Green Bay
Packers.
Carey. former Michigan State
star, suffered a sprained neck
when he crashed into the San
Francisco players bench during
last Sundays Rams victory over
II the Forty Miners.
Evening star., 1952-12-02

(see BASKETBALL, Page A-151
Evening star., 1952-12-02
lOurstorm Proves Hunch
In Gale at Tunforun :
BY the Assoe,o.ed Pres.

SAN BRUNO, Calf, Dec. at
really stormed at Tanforan race
track yesterday--2 inches of rain
and 62-miles per hour winds.
So Ourstorm. q 3-year-old geld
ing. ran of with the fourth race,
winning by 3 lengths. Hunch
players collected $24.80 for each
So win wager.
Evening star., 1952-12-02

race at Bowie.
The 17-year-old youngster from Lawrence,
Mass, is the hottest jockey in the country
right now, with a chance to ride more than
388 winners this year and break the record
made by Walter Miller in 1906 and matched in
1850 by Joe Culmone and Willie Shoemaker
Going into yesterdays first race, the youngster
had 1863 victories and needed only Is more for
an all-time mark.
But when the press box inhabitants saw
Peter Barton, 5-year-old gelding, Streaking
down the backstretch with a relocated out
rider in hot but futile pursuit. they were al
Evening star., 1952-10-13
Kinsey Pleads Guilty
To S36,5OO Theft Of
Boys Club Funds

James H. Kinsey. former book
keeper for the Boys Club of
Washington, today pleaded guilty
to embezzling $36,500 from the
club.
Kinsey entered his plea before
Judge Bolitha j. Laws, chief judge
of the U. S. District Court for the
District of Columbia. Judge Laws
deferred sentencing pending a
probation report. Kinsey waived
indictment and pleaded to an in
formation charging the offense.
Attorney William T. Pace told
reporters Kinsey said he lost all of
the money betting at various race
tracks.
Had Admitted Theft.
The thefts occurred over a three
year period but were first noticed
last August. They were coinci-
dent with the disappearance of
the gray-haired. mild hammered
bookkeeper who lived at 1856 Otis
place NV. Police picked him up
in the District about a month
later. He had mailed a letter
to club officials admitting the
theft and expressing his regret.
In another case, Floyd C. Ra-
per, %, of Kannapolis, N. c.,
pleaded guilty to raping 35-
year-old divorce last June %.
Attacked in Home.
The woman charged she was at
tackled in her apartment at 14O0
Fifteenth street NV, while her
two children lay asleep. Police
said Raper was in a drunken con-
dition when he was arrested a
short time later. A few days be-
fore the assault, he had received
a bad conduct discharge from the
Army.
Judge Laws ordered Raper COM
mitted pending sentencing.
Evening star., 1952-10-13
Pigeon Hole Parking
May Aid District,
McGavin Believes

There are "real possibilities" for
Washington in a small-Space
mechanized parking facility plan
which has come to the attention of
the Motor Vehicle Parking Agency
c. T. McGavin of the agency said
today.
It is called pigeon Hole Park
ing" and involves a knock-dow
structure that can be moved from
place to place. Allen r. Bigler is
the local representative of the en-
terprise.
The parking agency here under
takes to encourage private UNDER
taking of parking facilities in the
effort to produce more off street
parking spaces for the city.
Developed in West.
Mr.. McGavin said that pigeon
hole parking" was developed on
the West Coast and so far has
come as far East as Madison, Wis.
1t involves a skeletonized steel
structure with elevators that move
both up and down and sideways,
with a device to push cars on
and take them off. District reg
ulations would allow five decks,
Mr.. McGavin said.
Code Permits Structure.
He pointed out that a recent
exception to the building code
here would permit such skeleton
lied buildings for parking.
Mr.. McGavin said the pigeon
hole plan has the advantage of
overcoming the tough problem of
land assembly for park
ing.
The plan is said to involve only
UP to half the cost per car of
or other kinds of in
stallationS.