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Evening star., 1952-12-31
Thanksgiving Seixas
.Averts Complete Rout
BY Beating McGregor
BY the Associated Press

ADELAIDE, Australia, Dec. 81,
Americas Davis Cuppers avert
ed complete rout at the hands
of the Australians today when Vic
Seixas defeated Ken McGregor
|6-3. 8-6, 6-8, 6-3, in the final
match of the challenge round to
make the score Al for the record
books.
In today's first match Frank
Sedgman knocked off Tony Ira
bert in straight sets, IS, Ga
10-8. for the Aussies' fourth
straight victory.
The score of this match was
misleading. Sedgman permitted
the young sailor to break through
his service first in each set then
lrallied with what looked like ef-
fortless ease to win. T'rabert led
5-4, in the first set with his own
service coming up. He also led
in the second, 81, and 81 in
the third, but couldn't pull it out.
Australian Below Top Game.
Seixas finally flashed his finest
form in defeating McGregor, al
though the big Aussie, with the
pressure removed, played we'll be-
low his great game of the previ-
GUS two days.
Although the Aussies had
clinched the cup by winning the
doubles yesterday, another capac-
ity crowd of $4,000 turned out
for the final two matches.
The crowd got most of its thrills
in the Gregor Set-to. The
Philadelphian fought like tiger
with crosscourt drives while Nc
Gregor got off numerous heavy
|smasheS. The Aussie, however, was
forced into numerous errors.
Vic swept the first two sets.
although he had to come from
behind in the second. He fought
off set point six times before
McGregor finally managed to take
the third set.
But Vic never let up in his at
tack and. after intermission, he
swept the fourth set for the lone
American victory.
Indicative of Vic's keenly placed
shots, McGregor had 1O6 errors
to Seixas' SO. Each had five aces.
Two of Vic's came in the last set
and helped build up a Al lead
Trabert Loses 5-1 Lead.
Trabert's best chance to win a
set from Sedgman came in the
third set when he led, 5-1. But
Sedgman rallied furiously with a
display of scorching placements to
get back into the game. Trabert
again took the lead at 81, but the
Cincinnati youth just couldn't slip
over the deciding point and Frank
pulled out the match.
In handing the cup over to the
Australian captain, Harry Hop
man. Sir Mellis Napier, Lieutenant
Governor of South Australia, said
the challenge round produced a
display not only of magnificent
tennis, but of Sportsmanship.
Evening star., 1952-12-31
Roy Richards Is Fired
AS Rums' Line Coach
By the Associoied Press

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 3l.-Ray
Richards. line coach of the Los
Angeles Rams, will not be rehired
in 1858.
Richards was notified last night
by Head Coach Hampton Pool OF
the pro gridders that his contract
will not be renewed.
Pool told me he preferred tc
choose his own assistants" "
Richards said. "It's something
you've got to expect in this busi-
ness"
Richards long friendship with
Joe Stydahar. who was fired early
in. the 1852 season. probably fig
ured in the decision. The Styda-
har-Pool switch was marked by
bitterness.
Evening star., 1952-12-31
Two Utah Teams Stand Ou,
In Major Cage Journeys
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-The
two teams which travelled the
farthest to compete in college holi-
day basketball tournaments are
likely to return home with major
share of the honors.
Utah State, the dark horse of
eight teams entered in the holiday
festival at New York's Madison
Square Garden, came through
with the title last night. And at
Raleigh. N. c., Brigham Young
shot into the finals of the Dixie
Classic along with North Carolina
State, the defending champion.
The other tournaments produced
the following winners:
Southwest Conference-South-
ern Methodist.
Sugar Bowl-Louisiana State.
Big Seven-Kansas State.
Gator Bowl-Florida.
Boston Invitational - George
town.
Hofstra at Hampstead, N. Y
Cortland IN. " Teachers.
Midwest at Terre Haute, Ind
Indiana Central.
Meanwhile play in the all-col-
lege tourney at Oklahoma City
also reached the final stage, where
the favored Oklahoma Aggies will
oppose unseeded Idaho tonight.
Dramatic Finish.
A long one-handed shot in the
final second of play by little Bob
Harbertson gave Utah State a So
81 victory over previously unbeaten
Manhattan. Before they staged
their nip-and-tuck affair, DePaul
took third place by edging Miami
of Ohio, 81-78, and LaSalle, third
ranked nationally. romped over
New York. 80-63, for consolation
round honors.
Dick Knostman was the scoring
(See BASKETBALL, Page A-120
Evening star., 1952-12-31
Five Handicap Aces on List
Of67 Nominees for Widener

The field also includes Brook
meade Stables Sunglow, who won
the 1851 Widener and hasn't raced
since; Charlie McAdam, WHINE,
of the 1852 Flamingo Stakes; Oil
Capitol, 1850 Elamingo victor, and
the nine-year-old Delegate, the
first horse ever to win stake races
for seven straight years.
Foreign-breds nominated in
clude Windy City II, European
juvenile champion in 1851 and
winner of two stakes in California
early this year, and Agitator II
England's fastest miller this year
Both Windy City, owned by Gus
Luellwitz, and Maine Chance
Farms Admiral's Pride. also are
nominated for the 100000 Santa
Anita Handicap February % in
California.
Evening star., 1952-12-31


Once, while managing the Braves, protested game
was allowed to be prolonged dusk fell.
The in which objected was unique AS his team
ordered to take the field Casey crawled his hands and
knees to his third base coaching box-using ashight!
humorlesS umpreinchef ordered him out of the game.
CAsEYS CRITICS SAID he manager and clown,
less Boston sports coumn tongue
suggested in 943 that truck driver who Senge
nominated for the most valuable player award on this
account but result of accumulation of sebacks Casey
wandered back into the minor leagues and the sde
a fortune in oil and other investments
Now ii going for the Mack Mccarthy
nor other five straight pennants
five straight World Series But this Cases this year
that is the beginning mdngh-and his
precisely bleak.
pitcher Whitley Ford The young posted
Yankee in 195Ohis only in the maors-and
the Dodgers in World Series game People
a junior Eddie Lopat, the senior grade Southpaw
Then Whitley called into the service.
stengel but he survived He still had
Reynolds and Rasch and Lopat pitch with back
Caseys more solid than
CASEY GETS he's assured, too that Mickey
Mantle will be available the umpteenth Mantle has
been examined by the Army and found physically unfit for
duty AS result the Yankees reasonably
that their brightest since Joe DMaggio
Is their property.
Mantle, you may know do everything. He's fly
hawk He throw too But, mostly, he's terror
plate. The kid bunt and he whack ball
could become the best Swtchher in the history baseball
So Stenge has Mantle and Ford coming back His
Office hasn't traded Reynolds Rasch Lopat and his other
standbys will be available That is say Berra
Rizzuo Gene Woodng, ct AL He knows that his little
pet from Pacific Coast days Billy Martin, play regular
STENCIL is THE MANAGER to beat which is great
piece of to the rest of the American League pilots
Casey himself must be getting bang out of it. Things weren't
like this in the old days
Which s1aindfu of story that dates back to 1924 At
that time Stenge went to Europe with the Giants
playing series of exhibition games with the Chicago White
Sox The teams met in command performance in London
with King George Queen Mary the Prince
Duke of York in attendance.
spitba artists Red Faber was pitch
ing for the White Sox and the Giants anything
with him. AS the progressed not sound from
the stands The BsherS with not slight understanding
of baseball, watched silently
But halfway through the game Stengel popped first
base For the first time the stands to m little fly
the only play they had that looked like cricket When
Snge heard the applause he doed his ca bowed yelled
Good Lord, I've been playing wrong country
life"
Evening star., 1952-12-31
Soaked Field New Problem
For Sugar Bowl Teams

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 81 (P.--
Coach Johnny Vaught brings his
Mississippi football team and his
worries to New Orleans today,
only to meet a new concern on
the eve of the Rebels Sugar Bowl
dateewith Georgia Tech.
Vaught describes his worries
with one word-"Tech"-and his
team with four-"in good shape
physically"
The weatherman had new wor-
ries for both Vaught and Coach
Bobby Dodd of Techs Engineers.
The Weather Bureau predicted
rains tomorrow, but said it was
too early to decide whether they
would come before, during or after
the game.
Both Tech and Mississippi
Continued on Page A-12, Col. ~
Evening star., 1952-12-31

zoli of Georgetown University in
9:05 to break Fred Wits 9:Oe
record. AShenfelter won the pre-
vious year over Browning Rose in
9:10.8 in Washington. In the
1850 Star Games he was a split
second runnerup to John Joe
Barry of Ireland in the most
exciting race of the games that
year.
Ash. a slim 145-pounder whose
determination and willingness to
work made up for his lack of
early training as a runner, re-
ceived a substantial margin over
nine other Olympic champions in
the Sullivan Trophy balloting. He
(See ASHENFELTER, Page A-11.)
Evening star., 1952-12-31
DeSpirito Goes for More Wins
After Setting Mark With 389

stewards told him he had much to
learn and couldn't ride any more
for the present.
His father, Anthony, Sr., took
him to Florida and on January
I22, 1852, young Tony brought in
his first winner on Great Shuttle
Again, stewards told him he WASH t
ready.
j. H. Carr. his contract employ
er, gave him some pep talks and
Jockey Bob Wholey of Pittsburgh
added tutoring.
Won 10 at Sunshine Park.
DeSpirito got his license and won
10 races at Sunshine Park before
the track closed and he headed
north.
Jockey Louis Olah probably
saved Tony's life at Lincoln
Downs, R. l., on April II when his
saddle slipped and Olah kept him
from being thrown to the track
Tony finished without stirrups.
He became the eighth Ameri-
can rider to bring in 300 winners
in year when he scored at Rock
Iingham Park on October "a. He
suffered head injury when
thrown from his mount at Lincoln
Downs on November IA and missed
six days Of racing.
Returning to action on Novem-
ber %, he had three winners that
day but a week later Cancelled
all mounts after "blacking OUT
twice, complaining of severe head
pains.
Won One at Bowie.
Tony moved on to Bowie, Md,
where he rode his 364th winner
on December 1. When rains
forced the track to close, DeSpirito
drove to Tropical Park at Miami.
He does not like to fly, but a
plane trip would have added q
couple of days racing for him.
He rode one winner on the
afternoon he arrived, December 4,
but the record was still far down
the stretch.
He had ridden 370 winners on
December IL when Tropical Park
stewards set him down 10 days
because of a foul. To every one
but Tony, that apparently ended
his chance to break the record
I'm still going to try to break
(See DESPIRITO pana ~
Evening star., 1952-12-31
BY The Associated Press

MIAMI. Fla, Dec. 31.-The
turf world today hailed a new
riding hero in Apprentice Jockey
Tony DeSpirito. who hoped tt
boost his world record of 389 win.
ners for the year still higher or
the final day.
The dark eyed, 18-year-ol6
Lawrence. Mass, boy rode foul
winners in seven mounts at Trop.
Iical Park yesterday to better the
mark of 388 set by Walter Mil
Ter in 1906.
Joe Culmone and Willie Shoe.
maker equaled Miller's record ir
1850, but few other jockeys have
approached it. Only eight Amer.
Iican jockeys have ridden more
than 300 winners in a year.
Listed for Five Today.
And today Tony has mounts ir
five races. He is listed to ride il
the first, third, fifth, seventh anc
eighth races in the nine-race pro-
gram. He may get more mounts
before post time.
In races where he has more
than one mount, some will be
scratched or other riders engaged
His mounts, weights and early
odds:
First, Satisfied, los, 81: second
none; third, Blazing, 106, al:
fourth, none; fifth. Lone Pilot
113. 10-1; Left Bank, 113, So;
Prescott, lis, 5-1; Emergency
Hour, 113, 5-1: Compare. ITO
10-1; sixth, Lot O'Honey, ia, Al;
Better Goods, lit, So; seventh
I'm Sandy. 106, ISL; eighth
none; ninth, none.
DeSpirito, quiet, soft-spoker
son of an unemployed textile
worker. became the darling of race
followers in less than II full
months Of riding.
Showed Courage and Skill.
He broke the record with cour-
age. skill and determination ir
spite of bad luck that followed
him most of the way.
Jockeys are permitted to ride
two races before applying for 9
license and Tony, who pronounce:
his surname with the emphasis or
spirit" rode his first race al
ROCKINGHAM Park, Salem, N. H.
in the fall of 1851.
After watching that effort
Evening star., 1952-12-31
IN. {. State Favored
Over Brigham Young
In Dixie Cage Finals
BY the Associoted Press

RALEIGH, Dec. 31.--It'll be a
familiar role for defending cham
pion North Carolina State when it
goes up against Brigham Young
in tonight's finals of the fourth
annual Dixie Classic basketball
tournament.
Coach Everett Cases Wolfpack
ranked 18th in the Associated
Press poll. have won the last three
classic titles and will be favored to
make it four in a row.
Pennsylvania, led by high-scoring
Ernie Beck, was scheduled to meet
the University of North Carolina
at $3.50 pm. for the consolation
crown. The other afternoon game
matched two twice-beaten teams,
Princeton and Duke.
Holy Cross, ranked sixth in the
Nation, meets Wake Forest at 7::3O.
The title game is set for 900.
Number of Records Fall.
Records fell all over Reynolds
Coliseum yesterday in an exciting
second round. Beck, 6-foot-4 all
America candidate, scored Al
points for a new tournament rec
ord as Penn trounced Duke, 97-8O.
Beck's two-game total of 72 points
also is a new high. The old rec
ord of II was set by Dukes Dick
Groat in three games.
Penn also set new team scor-
ing mark. The previous high of
SO was set by Rhode Island State
in 1850 against North Carolina.
The other record was posted by
Wake Forests Jack Williams, who
connected on IA free throws as
Wake Forest lost to Brigham
Young, 1888. The previous rec
ord of IL was set in 1850 by Paul
Horvath, N. c. State center.
WoIfpack Wins Thriller.
The N. c. State-Holy Cross
thriller, won by the Wolfpack in
the fading minutes, was one of
the best games ever played in the
Coliseum. N. C. State. trailing by
eight points midway in the final
quarter, began a rally that paid
|off on two free throws by Guard
Herb Applebaum in the last 81
seconds to send the Wolfpack
ahead, 75-74. Mel Thompson
then sank a free throw in the
last 26 seconds to make the final
score 76-74.
North Carolina, which lost to
Holy Cross in the opening round
showed plenty of hustle as it
swept to an easy 1889 win over
Princaton
Evening star., 1952-12-31
Rose Bowl Teams in Hidinq;
Dry Field in Prospect

PASADENA. Calf, Dec. 81 (P).
The Rose Bowl teams ducked
into hidin gtoday, with the Coast
Conferences champion, Southern
California, still a one-touchdown
favorite to turn back Wisconsin
tomorrow and end the complete
domination of the Big Ten in this
interSectional series.
The pre-game prediction favor
ing the Trojans was shaky. at
best, but it was based on their
record of nine straight triumphs
and one loss. as against the record
of the co-champion of the Big
Ten, which stands at six victories.
two defeats and one tie.
Forgotten, apparently. was the
fact that the coast has been IA
vored in four of the last six bowl
clashes, and each time came up
with loser.
A virtual sellout awaited the
seth game in the oldest of all
bowl games, with approximately
100, 1000 fans expected to cram into
the old arena on the floor of the
Arroyo Seco for the kickoff at
2 pm. 6 pm. EST)
Millions more will watch it
around the Nation on television.
starting at las pm. (4:45 pm.
EST over the National Broad
casting System. NBC will also
broadcast 1t over radio at the
same time. TV officials said six
cameras will be trained on the
game. and to prevent a foulup.
such as occurred on the nation
wide TV of the USC-UCLA game
November %, a seventh camera.
with a standby crew, will be ready
for any emergency.
The weatherman promised that
there will be no rain, which
pleased the respective coaches, Ivy
Williamson of Wisconsin and Jess
Hill of use. Both want q dry
field.
Probable starting lineups and
Y11o xJor p>y,r1kor..
Evening star., 1952-12-31

straight world championships.
Now, as partner with most of the other
big league managers, he's apparently struck
oil again in that new we'll in Arkansas. And
pretty soon now Casey will be going for
record in baseball. If the Yankees take it
all again in 1858, Stengel will become the
first manager in history to win five consecu-
tive world titles.
This is the same Casey Stengel who
managed at Brooklyn and at Boston for
decade and never took a team higher than
fifth place. His critics said he was too
eccentric. They recalled that, as a Dodger
Evening star., 1952-12-31
Win, Lose, or Draw
By FRANCIS STANN

AS THE OLD CODGER grows older he apparently can do
no wrong Some Casey Stenge
Californian with swimming pool in his backyard he
was beckoned backand by the Yankees as
Evening star., 1952-12-31
Huge Advance Sales
lis PubIic's Answer
Ito Attack on Bowls
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-1f you
took a poll today on the con-
tinuance of New Years Day foot
ball bowl games you would be
certain to get block of 100000
Eyes" votes-that many tickets
have been sold for tomorrow's
eight games.
The bowl games have met pub
lie favor for years but have been
froWned upon by many top-flight
educators the last two seasons.
Future of the bowls may be de-
|cided next month when the NCAA
fathers meet in Washington.
The top attendance, as usual,
will be at the Rose Bowl in Pasa-
dena, Calf, where some 100000
will watch Wisconsin of the Big
Ten bid to continue the Midwest's
dominance over the Pacific Coast
by whipping Southern California.
Slime $4,000 will sit in at the
Sugar Bowl which pairs unbeaten
Georgia Tech and unbeaten but
tWice-tied Mississippi. The Cotton
Bowl will attract an expected 75.-
600 with its Tennessee VS.. Texas
attraction, while the Orange Bowl
plans for $4,000 to see Alabama
and Syracuse.
JackSonville's Gator Bowl, striv-
ing nightly to make the ranks of
major bowls, hopes to entertain
$1,000 with its Tulsa VS.. Florida
battle.
Another $4,000 fans will be dis
tributed about equally among the
Salad Bowl at Phoenix, Ariz..
which pairs San Diego Naval
against 101st Airborne; the Sun
Bowl at Ell Paso, Tex, where Mis-
sissippi Southern bumps into the
College of the Pacific. and the
Tangerine at Orlando. Fla, which
lists East Texas State and Ten
nessee Tech as it's attraction.
Evening star., 1952-12-31

(See DEsPIRITO. Page A-11D
Evening star., 1952-12-31

(See BASKETBALL, Page AID
Evening star., 1952-12-31

Continued on Page A-12, Col. /
Evening star., 1952-10-13
U. S. EmpIoye Killed
In Formosu Bridge Fall
BY the Associated Press

TA1PEH, Formosa, Oct. 13.-Dr.
James A. Monroe of the United
States Mutual Security Agency in
Formosa fell to his death from a
bridge yesterday while climbing
Mount Alishan in central For
n1oSa.
Several United States authori-
ties left Taipeh today to recover
the body.
Spokesman for the Mutual Sc
curity Agency here said DR.. Mon
roe was appointed as a tax
program adviser last May in To-
kyo, where he had been a civilian
tax specialist for the Army. A
native of Ogden, NY, he had
been an internal revenue agent
before taking the Army job.
Evening star., 1952-10-13

Act. these veterans are entitled
to back pay.
The decision does not apply to
veterans, who still won't be
entitled to back payments in cases
where they were improperly de-
NOTED and later restored to their
old jobs by the csc. This is be-
cause only the Veterans Prefer
|enct Act affords this protection,
The Act does not cover non
veterans.
AIR FORCE-The Air Force De-
partment last week held its first
annual awards ceremony to honor
it's outstanding civilian employees.
Outstanding performance rating
awards were given to Robert D.
Benson. Margaret j. Bolman,
Ralph c. Fridley, Elias A. Karu,
John j. Mclaughlin, Bessie W.
Moore, Mathew B. Pietraskiewicz
John A. Watts and Marshall K.
Wood. Exceptional civilian service
awards went to Edmund P. Lear
ned, Nils Lennarston, Clarence H
Osthagen and Frank L. Roberts.
Mr.. LennartSon is now public in
formation director of the Com
merce Department and Mr.. Ost-
hagen is now Assistant Secretary
of Commerce for administration.
Meritorious civilian service
awards were given to Mary F..
Clarke, Virginia NJ. Corn, James
r. Golden, Fred w. Hallagan,
Philip F. Hilbert, Margaret L.
Maylon, George Syme, jr., and
Richard L. Watson. Superior Ac-
complishment Pay Increases went
to John S. Arcana, William r.
Boucher, Raymond Conner. jr.:
Evening star., 1952-10-13

James r. Coxey. Cherry v. Daw.
William G. Florence. Gerard F.
Hennigan. Hazel w. Kelley, Ger
trude c. Lander. Reuben F. Man.
riquez. Mary c. Morgan. Irving T.
Needle, John S. Patton, Helen L.
Pemberton, Charles E. Price. Ber-
nard D. Rifkind, Virginia E.
Simms. Norris F. Swetland, L.
Louise Thompson. Katherine T.
Wetzel, Hugh E. Witt and Louis
Wolff.
The following were given cash
awards for meritorious sugges-
tions: George Brees, Irving Dash,
Gladys E. Edney, Seymour Fruch-
ter, Nelma E. Lyon, Melvin w.
Melcher, Nathaniel M. Mudgett,
Mildred G. Onderdonk and Lewis
IShockey.
CAPITAL ROUNDUP - 1.-THE
Government Employe Loyalty
Program" will be discussed by
Alan Barth, Washington Post ed
itorial writer, at a meeting of
Local l. CIO Government Work.
ers Union, Thursday night in the
Post Building. Mr.. Barth is the
author of a recently published
book. "The Loyalty of Free Men"
The Navy Departments David
Taylor Model Basin needs ma
chinists and electricians at SAL
aries of $1.82 to $1.98 an hour.
The Bureau of Engraving
and Printing has job openings
for flatbed cylinder pressmen at
$2.64 an hour, plus Is per cent
differential for night work and
time-and-a half for overtime.
Apply to Room 202. Bureau An
mex. Fourteenth and C streets
S.W. Eugene Collins has re-
tired after SO years of service in
Navy's Bureau of Yards and
Docks, the first so years of which
he took only one day of sick
leave. Charles Cornish of the
Veterans administration insur-
ance accounts division has been
given a service award upon COM
pletion of IS years of continuous
Government service. Vernon
G. Pieffer, an employe at the
model basin, has given 43 pints
Of blood to the American Red
Cross blood bank. He has a son
who is sergeant in the Air
Force
Evening star., 1952-10-13

the area where the plane disap-
ipeared.
The incident recalled the dis
appearance of Navy Neptune
bomber, carrying 10 men. last No.
vember "a in the general vicinity
of Cape Ostrovnaya, about 80
miles east of the big Siberian port
city of Vladivostok. The Russians
claimed that such plane had
flown over Soviet territory. opened
fire on Russian fighters and then
turned back to sea when the Rus
SLAMS fired back.
The United States said the plane
was flying over open sea on q
weather reconnaissance mission
No trace of the craft or its crew
was ever found. s...-..
| Baltic SeafIncidenf Recalled. p
| Another United States Navy
plane, an unarmed patrol Priva-
teer was lost in April. 1850, over
the Baltic Sea in Europe. The
Russians claimed that plane also
had violated Soviet territory, in
Latvia. and exchanged shots with
Soviet fighters. They denied
knowing what happened to the
craft and its crew.
In September, 1850. the Rus
slams charged IL United States
fighter planes shot down a Soviet
bomber in Korea Bay. The Rus
sian accusation claimed the So
Wet plane waas on training
fight and carried neither bomb.
ing nor torpedo armament"
The United States said the plane
was shot down off the west coast
of Korea after it few over 9
screening ship towards the center
If United States naval formation
in hostile manner and fired on
the formations fighter patrol.
| Another of the incidents oc-
cured in November. 1851, when a
United States Air Force CAT car
rying a crew of four lost its way
on a routine fight to Belgrade
Yugoslavia, and was forced down
by Soviet fighters in Communist
Hungary.
The four airmen were tried be-
fore a Hungarian military court
convicted of Intentionally violat-
ing the Hungarian border and
fined $4,000 apiece. The United
States paid the fines, which the
West regarded as ransom.