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Evening star., 1952-02-17
WaIcott Agrees
To Face CharIe,
In June Fight
chump's Decision
Beuts DeodIine;;
Site to Be Picked
BY the Assoeiuted Pres.

NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-Jersey
Joe Walcott, 38-year-old heavy
weight champion, will defend his
crown for the first time in June
and his opponent will be Ezzard
Charles, the man from whom he
won the title last July.
Weeks Of negotiations ended to-;
day when Jim Norris, president
of the international Boxing Club.
announced Walcott had agreed to
give Charles the first shot at the
championship at o site to be
selected. @
Walcott Immediately notified
Bob Christenberry, chairman of
the New York State Athletic
Commission, that terms for the
match had been closed and the
exact date and site will be de-
termined by Norris.
Two Days Before Deadline.
The announcement came two
days before the Headline given
Walcott by the commission to sign
to defend his title. The commits
sion said it would yacate Jersey
Joe's title II he didn't agree by
February 18 to meet a worthy
contender.
Norris announcement also
ended speculation that Charles
would be sidetracked for either
Rocky Marciano, Brockton. Mass.
Knockout artist. or Harry Mat
thews, top fight Seattle. Wash
light heavyweight.
Felix Bocchicchio, Walcott,s
manager. had said he would have
preferred either Marciano or Mat
thews. He even listened to an offer
OF $250.000 for Walcott to defend
his title against Matthews in Las
Vegas, New.
motifs, however, held out for
Charles in all his conferences
with Bocchicchio. The IBC head
pointed out Walcott had signed
to give Charles return bout with
In 30 days in event he whipped
Ezzard last July III In Pittsburgh.
Later. the 30 days was extended
until after Januarp1, by all in
terested parties.
Six Months Elapsed.
When Walcott made. no steps to
sign for defense Of his title. after
a lapse Of six months, Christen-..
berry stepped into the picture and
issued, his edict.
Norris made it clear that no site
has been selected for the fight.
New York. Chicago, Philadelphia
Pittsburgh and Atlantic City have
been mentioned.
Neither did Norris announce
any Of the terms under which
Charles gets a chance to reclaim
the title he first won in a bout
against Walcott after Louis had
retired.
Charles twice beat Walcott be-
fore being stopped by Jersey Joe
in the seventh round last July.
Walcott also failed in two title at
tempts against Louis, although
there were many who thought he
won their first bout.
Evening star., 1952-02-17
Gehrmonn Sets 1000 Record;
Hoyos Win Two-Mie Relay
BY the Asseeiated Press

NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-Don
0ehrmann sprinted the last six
laps around the Madison Square
Garden track tonight to set a new
indoor record in the 1,000-yard
run In the National AAU indoor
track and field championships in
2:08.2-six-tenths of a second
better than John Borican's mark.
AS soon as, Gehrmann whipped
to the front, the crowd Of $4,000
sensed he was out to break Bors-
cans 2:08.8 standard set 10 years
ago. Don trailed for only one
lap, then lit out, lengthening his
lead over Roscoe Browne with
every step.
Just when Browne and Reggie
Pearman, another strong finisher,
were supposed to be making their
bids and perhaps outkicking the
slim University of Wisconsin grad
uate, Gehrmann was almost out
of shouting distance.
Wilt Beaten i'm Mile.
He was timed in $50 at 440 and
1915 at the half while winning
his first AAU title.
Pearman finally overlook the
painting Browne just at the finish
line. Roscoe had given up the
chase and was trotting.
Gehrmann's old sparring part
ner, Fred Wilt, went down to de-
feat in the mile and ironically, 1t
was the same manner in which
galloping Don usually beats him.
Ahead almost all the way, wilt
was caught at the wire by Bill
Mack, a physical education in
structor at Michigan State Col
lege, who broke the tape in 4:11.4
with about two feet to spare.
Walter Molineux Of Brown Uni
versity was third and 1t. Warren
Druetzler of Fort Lee, Va, fourth.
Gehrmann didn't run in the
mile,
Charley Moore and Harrison
billiard also performed top feats.
Moore, beaten last week by young
Ollie Sax, turned the tables this
time and in the process set a new
meet record in the 600-yard run in
1:10.9. Hugo Maiocco. who was
fourth. had the recognized stand
ard Of 1:11.2. Sax finished Sec
ond, and Nal Whitfield third.
Sixth Win For Dillard.
billiard wen his sixth straight
high hurdles title-a feat
unprecedented in track. No foot
racer ever has won six national
championships In q row.
billiard, q Baldwin Wallace
graduate, who now works for the
Cleveland Indians. accomplished
the trick with little trouble. His
clocking was "a, three-tenths of
a second of his world record.
billiards. closest pursuer, Pete
McCreary. the Ivy League cham
pion from Dartmouth, was q good
fiye yards IN arrears.
B Another crew to grab Oh q share
of the llonors was the amazing
Manhattan College relay team
which has been either threaten
ing or breaking records since the
start Of the season.
Record IN Sprint Medley.
This time George EastSnent's
young men from Gotham set q
new American record In the sprint
medley relay an odd event. Vern
Dixon, John O'Connell, Lou Jones.
(See TRACK. Page B-4)
Evening star., 1952-02-17
Kentucky Cuts Loose
On Tennessee, o5-40

1 LEXINGTON. KY, Feb. is. -
Kentucky. N. c. A. A. champion,
turned in q strong defense effort
against its old Dixie rival.
Tennessee. and rcmped to q $3.50
basketball victory tonight with the
aid Of some me shooting by Frank
Ramsey and Cliff Hagali.
Ramsey finished with 90 points,
Hagan 10.
Evening star., 1952-02-17

Morgan State College, Baltimore, Md" s.
With Joe DiMaggio retired and Ted Williams
due to return to the Marines, only eight active
American Leaguers have lifetime averages Of
300 :. /. Most fans will have diff1culty naming
the hitters, who are Dale Mitchell, Johnny
Pesky, Bob Dillinger, Johnny Groth, Barney
McCoskey, George Kell, Johnny Mize and Billy
Goodman.
Ty Cobb who is preparing series Of
articles for national magazine, will devote
considerable space to Walter Johnson, who he
calls the greatest pitcher of all time. j.. HE
Evening star., 1952-02-17
Arkansas Coach Resigns

Z LITTLE ROCK. Ark. Feb. IS
R).-Presley Askew resigned to-
day as head basketball coach at
the University of Arkansas.
Evening star., 1952-02-17
USWdens Surprising Lead for Team onors in Winter Okmpics
Mats May Trade Nore for Dolby and Another Cleveland PLAYER
Win, Lose, or Draw
By FRANCIS sTANN

DICK MODZELEWSKI, Maryland tackle who selected
Arch Wards A-Players ALL America team in the Chicago
Tribune his gold miniature football later than other
Evening star., 1952-02-17

tsee SANTA ANITA. Page B-5.o
Evening star., 1952-02-17

tSee oLYMPIcS. Page BAD
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tsee TRACK. Page B-4).
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tsee DE-EMPHASIS, Page R-2o
Evening star., 1952-02-17
Promising Pitcher Lost.

1O4 0VN NY Vk1O 1OSo Va 0OU k6USSs u
young lefthand pitcher who had a
As record at Kansas City last
year. Ross has informed his
bosses that he has taken his phys
ical examination and is awaiting
q call to the Armed Forces.
Despite his $3.50 mark last sea-
son. Ross was regarded as one OF
the Mats most promising pitchers.
Only 23. he was visioned as devel-
oping into a winner once he gained
control.
Mickey Harris, veteran relief
pitcher. has signed his 1852 con-
tract, but still unsigned are First
Baseman Mickey Vernon. Second
Baserran Cass Michaels, Third
Baseman Eddie Yost, Outfielders
Gil Coan and Sam Mele and
Pitchers Connie Marrero. Julio
Moreno and Santiago Ullrich.
OF that group. young Grifith
says .Michaels is the most stub
born. He's reported to want an
increase Of $500 for batting .25S
last season. Were not too far
apart with the Others" Calvin
says.
The Mats pitchers and catchers
will report Friday and hold their
first workout Saturday. but miss
ing will be Washington's Cubans.
They've been given permission to
delay reporting until March /,
since they've been pitching In the
Cuban Winter League. y
Evening star., 1952-09-24

critics nonkudos-"What q waste
Of expensive talent"
My London pigeon also flew the
news that the Leo Gems have Mrs.
Donald Nelson for house guest.
Goth Century-Fox gets whim-
steal in its "Call Me Madam" for
ward-"This story takes place in
two mythical countries-Lichten-
burg and the United States Of
America"
If you have q great adventure
story against a Mexican back
ground, contact Producer Bert
Freidlob, who wants it for Sterling
Hayden. Denise Darcel is In
Hollywood to be Dangerous When
Wet" Rock Hudson writes to
U-I script gal, Betty Abbott. COM
planning Of his quarters in England
for ''Toilers of the Sea-" :. Doris
Day stands in for her stand lin,
who's eXpecting-"By the Light of
the Silvery Moon" Dolores
Dee Dee) Barrymore is going
steady with Radio Producer Ken
meth Herts. And did you know
that Randolph Scott collects $10,-
600 from Warmers every week?
Definition of an actor-"A guy
who if you amt talking about him,
he amt listening"
Released by
North American Newspaper Alliance)
Evening star., 1952-09-24
Cots, but Not Hep

Paramount smoked out just
about all the tabbies in the Los
Angeles area a year ago when it
began its search for "Rhubarb,"
but now MGM is reviving the
feline hunt. An ad in local
papers, signed by that studios
casting director. seeks a cat
that 'looks like q tiger, is
talented. friendly and has real
personality" So far some 5000
devoted cat owners have de-
scended on the lot and MGM
would like to call the whole
thing off. The quest is for a
Spencer Tracy movie titled
years Ago."
(Released BY the
North American Newspaper Alltance.1
Evening star., 1952-09-24
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
And Time OF Showing

Ambassador - Assignment
Paris: 1:05. 3:15. 6:25. 1880 and
9:45 pm.
Capitol - "Island Of Desire;
II am. 1:45. 4:3O. 7:15 and II
pm. Stage: 1850, 1886, $40 ant
9:05 pm.
Columbia-"The Merry Wild.
ow";; IL am, 1:10, 3:20. $3.50, TAI
and 7:50 pm.
Dupont-"Song Of Bernadette"
loo and 3:45 pm. "Cry. the Be.
loved Country: $3.50 pm.
Keith's-"Annie Oakley; 1920
3:15. 6:10 and 9:05 pm.
Little-'Last Holiday; 6:25
$40 and 10 pm.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of tn,
North Country: 11:40 am, 1:4O
$40, $40. 7:40 and 9:40 pm.
Ontario - "Park Row: 1885
3:45. 5:55. 7:55 and 10 pm.
Palace-"Ivanhoe";; II am, /
3:10. 500, 7:30 and 9:55 pm.
Playhouse - High Treason"
II am. 12:45. 2:30. 4:20. 6:10, {
and 9:55 pm.
Plaza - Miracle in Milan,
11:15 am, 1:05, 1855, 4:50, $40
8:35 and 1890 pm.
Trans Lux - Carrie; l1:1(
am, 1920. 1925, 5:35, 7:35 anc
9:45 pm.
Warner - Assignment Paris,
11:15 am, 1:20, $3.50. $50, 7:2s
and 11:05 pm. Sneak preview
1855 pm.
Evening star., 1952-09-24
Animals Menace
Film Actor Jobs
HOLLYWOOD:

Old Francis, the talking mule,
has been held responsible for
q lot of things around movie
realms, such as inspiring a
flood of ventriloquistic animals.
to say nothing of establishing
many new attendance records
with his unique movies. But
now see where the trend is
heading.
Over at Goth Century-Fox
they're quietly placing before
the cameras this week a movie
feature titled First of April
and in it-listen closely-two
horses engage in a love affair
and a dogsacts as the narrator!
All very seriously. we are
Informed that humans will play
just incidental roles and the
only Ineligible voices are to be
those of the animals. The hu-
mans will speak a gibberish
which is no more comprehensi-
BILE than is the barking of a
dog to human ears.
(Released by the NANA.)
Evening star., 1952-09-24
Hollywood Diary
Mario Eating High
On Chinese Menu
By SheiIoh Grohom'

ards "Quadrille" premiere with
the Lunts in London was the big
gest thing since the old c. B. Coch-
ran days. Rex Harrison brought
Lilli Palmer: and Constance Col
lier. who looked like everyone's
idea Of stage duchess, came with
her newest pupil. Zsa Zsa Gabor.
/. Jose Ferrer wore a black hat
and black beard. and some one
said, Are you sure that's Ferrer?
I thought he walked on his knees" "
=. And Sir Douglas Fairbanks left
a duke in Scotland-grouse shoot
ing, y'know-for a front-row seat
with wife, Mary. ;. The Lunts are
sold out until December. But it
has to be personal appeal. One
Evening star., 1952-09-24

Hollywood.
Mario LAMA is living with his
parents at 622 Tayopa drive In
the Palisades. He sent downtown
for a Chinese dinner night be-
fore last-bill. $685., with a SIC
tip for the boy who brought the
feast. Obviously he isn't dieting.
Hedy Lamar said mo" again
to Howard Lee last night. Shell
be of soon to Europe to film
1.-The Book of Esther" and her TV
series and the children will join
her in England for Christmas.
Things we'll never understand
dept: Why Stanley Kramer
changed "The Fourposter" ending
from comedy to tragedy, with
Lilli Palmer dying Of cancer.
X 4 y X
Every writer at goth Century
Fox is doing a love story in one
form or another for Marilyn Mon
roe. Latest is Operation Love. y
to be scripted by Robert Russell.
At the "Out of This World
charity baseball game. Ralph Ed
wards introduced Marilyn and
said, "I guess I'm the first man
here to get to first base with
her." Myrna 10y is due back
in Hollywood to make one of the
So shorts on TV that MICA is sell
ing as a package. They say
that Bud Boetticher. ex-bull-
fighter, asked Glenn Ford not to
do the MAN From The Alamo
roughriding. that resulted in
wrapping Glenn around the tree
Glenn has 10 more days to shoot
but it's all tough stuff. Vera
Ellen held hands all through din
ner with Dean Miller. Viveca
Lindfors has no time for INC
Time For Flowers" publicity. She's
nursing her baby on a four-hour
feeding schedule.
X \ 4 \
The Dinah Shore of Germany
and Austria Is Evelyn Kuneke, but
to a CT on the fly in Vienna
Evelyn confessed that she was born
and raised in Sacramento. Joe
Lewis's latest gag is about the
nightmare Of a songwriter who
dreamed Tchaikowski was alive
with a good lawyer. Noel Cow
Evening star., 1952-09-24

from a summer in Europe, and
director of two of Arenas most
spectacular hits. These are 1.-THE
Glass Menagerie" and 'The Hasty
Heart" the latter of which ran
the entire summer at the New
York Avenue Theater In the
round.
Schneider. widely regarded as
the most promising young director
in the theater. will spend the en-
tire season in Washington. He not
only will direct at Arena but also
at Catholic University where his
"Oedipus" and "Othello" stand
as that theater's most spectacular
recent achievements.
He is scheduled also to handle
the University drama groups
second production. Thornton wild
er's "The Skin Of Our Teeth -
Incidentally. Catholic Univer-
sity's series Of five plays during
the 1928 season Is on subScrip-
ZION sale as usual.
\ \ ~
At the rate ''live" entertainment
will explode over the local land
scape early in October, 1t viii be
surprising that anyone should
have time for television. Also listed
for the early part Of the month,
October 9. is Washington's first
ballet production.
This will be the Jacobs Pillow
Dance Festival. first Of the series
Of five ballet programs to be
offered under the sponsorship of
American University Concerts,
Patrick Hayes, managing director.
1t is set for Constitution Hall and
will be under the direction Of Ted
Shawn. Shawn not only will act
as master Of ceremonies but will
dance in the company which in
cludes Myra Kinch, La Meri, Tati-
ana Grantzeva and Polajenko.
Second item in the series will
be Ana Maria and her Spanish
Ballet. booked for Dec. 13.
r \
Bulletin Board: Tonight's en-
tertainment special will be the
benefit premiere of "Cry, the Be-
loved Country" at the Dupont . .
The Washington Fellowship is
sponsoring the invitational per-
formance which will be followed
by the regular opening of the pic
ture tomorrow Love Me
Long," Doris Frankel comedy will
open tonight at Pierce Hall, the
first of the Unitarian Players
1952-'53 offerings Paula Leake
and John Marley have the princi-
pal roles in the play. directed by
John B. Wentworth A chore-
ographic workshop for Washing
ton dancers and dance teachers,
with Doris Humphrey of New York
as guest critic, will open Sep
tember 90 at Evelyn Davis Dance
Playhouse The course will
continue through Nav.
Evening star., 1952-09-24


scription productions concur
rently with the beginning of the
new season. It also lets it be
known that a wealth of subscrip-
ton seats remain available fol
the series which will be divided
five and five, between the Shu.
bert and the National.
The melodrama, imported from
London where it ran for a tri.
umphant season, represents quite
q change of pace for Evans. more
especially in Washington than ir
New York. In the latter. he has
been seen in such modern works
as Terrence Rattigan's "The
Browning Version" and "Har-
leeuinade" but his touring ven.
lures have been largely in Shake
speare's Hamlet" Macbeth" and
Richard H."
Dial M" the work of film
scriptist Frederick Knott. is a
play with case history which
might very well have started q
precedent in the theater. It Is
q thriller which narrates the story
of a husband who commits the
almost perfect crime in murder
ing his wealthy wife.
In the tradition of such things
Knott submitted it a couple OF
seasons ago to a series Of London's
top play producers. In the ira
dition of their kind. they f1outed
1t. Knott was dismayed but not
destroyed by this failure to recog-
nize his plays merit. He took it
instead to the British Broadcast
ing Co. which decided it was
worthy Of production.
The result was a clamor for
rights to it on the part of the
same producers who had read 1t
without a tremor of appreciation.
In the scramble. Sir Alexander
Korda came up with the film
rights to the work, newcomer
OdL11Co Z OklC1 WOOd "lCA1 I44C PA
ilege of state production.
Evans, who got the flavor of
such roles as he will play in dial
M for Murder" in the film Kind
Lady" opposite Ethel Barrymore.
will be making his first Washing
ton appearance since the closing
of the National. Unless, of course,
one counts his highly successful
summer stage appearance at Oh
ney last year in "The Devils
Disciple"
X \ X \
Another subscription series of
productions will be starting before
the opening of the Evans play.
This is the one offered by Arena
Stage which begins its third sea-
son October 7 with a production
Of Eugene O'Neill's 'Desire Under
The ElmS."
The play went into rehearsal
this week under the Direction of
Alan Schneider, just returned
Evening star., 1952-09-24
The Passing Show
The Posing Show
Evans Play to Open Series
Of Guild Subscription Works
By Jov cormodv

Maurice Evans dial M for Murder will be the first Of the 10
subscription plays offered Washington this by the Thear
Guild American Theater Society.
will fortnghts the Shubert
theater dately the Gayety) October IS.
In announcing Dial M for Murder" its first the Guild
Montana farmer-stockman., 1952-11-15

try breeding and management. /
picked up one book on advanced
genetics to find the pages well
thumbed and important paragraphs
and sentences underscored. In the
magazine racks were the latest poul-
try magazines from Switzerland,
Germ any, England, Denmark,
Sweden and America, as well as
those from Finland.
Before-After Report
From one of the shelves Tiitola
took down a neatly bound volume,
a history of the farm written pc
riodically in careful handwriting. In
halted, but precise English, he ex-
planned the picture pasted in the
book. Here was the beginning,
rundown farmstead and the small
house used as summer cottage. One
by one he showed us pictures of the
new barn, the new hen houses, new
additions to the house and the out
standing birds and highest produc-
Ing COWS OIl IllG ldIIll lOl SoCl1 .ySdIs
Now and then the face of beaming
new youngster appeared as each of
the seven Tiitola children came into
the world.
That evening we walked out across
the poultry range with its American
type range shelters. And then in
true Finnish tradition, we went to
the sauna, the Finnish steam bath
house, to swelter for the next several
minutes. ''In Finland the sauna is
the favorite place to discuss politics"
said Tiitola. We discussed farming
instead. That is, after had recov-
cred enough from the heat to talk.
Tiitola keeps 200 older breeding
hens and traps from 400 to 500 pull
lets every year. They are all White
Leghorns, the most popular breed in
Scandinavia. He would be a small
Montana farmer-stockman., 1952-11-15

poultry breeder by American stand
ards. But this is fair size for Euro
pean poultry breeder. He has been
trapping and pedigreeing his stock
for over 20 years.
At present, in America, there is
considerable interest in developing
special strains to cross for CONNER
cial laying stock. Apparently,
Tiitola had this idea years ago. He
had developed three different, unre-
lated lines which he crosses to pro-
duce chicks to sell. And this spring
he imported eggs from a prominent
American poultry breeder in hopes
of developing another line that might
cross well with the lines he now
has.
Missed Montana Student
An American exchange student,
Robert Frank K1ay from Shonkin,
Mont, had been staying with the
Tiitolas. We missed meeting by only
three days. He now has gone to visit
a farm farther north. All of the
older Tiitola children can speak Eng
fish. The oldest son, 23year-old
Heikki, hopes someday to visit
America to see how American poul-
try farms are run.
The next morning we made our
rounds of the farm. We looked
through the red painted barn, the
small hatchery building, the long
laying house and the new chick
brooding building. Most of the
buildings are simple but efficient.
The chicks are brooded under con-
crete hovers, Tiitola's own design,
heated by hot water pipes.
We stopped in the office long
enough to look over the carefully
kept records. They would have been
a credit to any poultry farm in the
country. The egg records were high.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1952-11-15
Erkki TmtOla's
Poultry Farm
By RALPH S. YOHE

.ERKKI TIITOLA is a poultry
farmer. He lives in the lake district
of eastern Finland.
One afternoon we drove from Hell
sinki, northwest some $50 miles, to
visit the Tiitolas. 1t is only a few
miles from the city of Tampere, Fin
lands main industrial town, and To-
Gated in one of Finland's oldest farm
regions. Some of the nearby farms
have been in the same family since
the 18th century for Is generations.
We drove out along the winding
gravel road past stone fences sur
rounding old Finnish farmsteads
painted red with white trim, past
centuries-old brick and stone
churches, through dense forest of
spruce, pine and birch. Along the
way, my friend and guide, Professor
Pihkala from the University of Hell
sinki, told me something about the
farmer we were to visit. Pihkala
is a close friend of the Tiitolas.
Farmer Tiitola was one of the
youngest of seven children. In true
Finnish tradition, the family farm
had gone to the oldest son, leaving
young Tiitola without farm. But
Tiitola wanted to farm. Undaunted
by tradition, he took over the fam
ily's summer home along one of
Finland's may lakes. But here the
land was filled with huge boulders,
the soil poor and unfertile. One
could hardly expect to make living
on such ungenerous areas. Still I'M
daunted, Tiitola turned to poultry.
For poultry could be kept on the
rock streWn land.
Studies Poultry In S Languages
Once interested in poultry, farmer
Tiitola wanted to find out all he
could about poultry breeding. He
already knew German and Russian,
but many of the best poultry books
were published in America. So
Tiitola, in his spare time, taught
himself English so that he could read
them. With 10 percent of the Firms
speaking Swedish, it was only nat
ural that he should learn Swedish
also.
It was raining as we turned of
the main road and drove our cal
across narrow bridge that connects
the small island with the mainland
For the Tiitola farm lies on one Of
several islands scattered through {
large lake. Many of Finland's lakes
are filled with myriads of small is.
lands cutting them into interlacine
1abyrinths of canals and bays. VI
short lane with trees on either side
past field of ripe wheat, and we
pulled to stop in front of flower
filled yard and large cream col
ored house.
With true scandinavian hospital
ity our host ushered us into the Ii
brary for coffee and cakes. The
walls were lined with books writer
in German, Swedish, Finnish anC
English. Here were to be found al
the latest American books on poul