Evening star., 1952-12-29
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LAKELAND. Fla, Dec. 29.-The
Washington Boys Club All-Stars
who showed a strong defense
against Green Bay Saturday
come up against a speedy offense
in the boys team from Wilson,
N. c., tonight in the champion
ship game of the Santa Claus
Bowl.
(The game will be broadcast
over Station WWDC. starting at
9:05 pm. Bob Wolff, WWDC
sportscaster and a member of
the board of directors for the
sponsoring Pop Warner Foun-
dation. will do the play by play)
Ailing Players Improve.
Washington, 60 victor over
Green Bay in the first round of
the two-round bowl tournament
for boys not over 13 years of age
and 100 pounds in weight, hoped
to have its four ailing players
available tonight.
The four who became i'll after
saturdays game are Back Tommy
Folliard. IL. of 167 Thirty fifth
street NE; End Bobby Jones, II,
of 3940 Tunlaw road NV; Center
Tom Keys, 34O1 N Street NV,
and Tackle Tim Gallagher, 13. of
4501 Harding lane. Bethesda, Md.
All were feeling much better to-
day and were expected to be re-
leased from Morrell Municipal
Hospital, but whether they will be
able to play depends on how much
strength they have lost in the
ordeal, first described as food
poisoning"
Nine others got a mild touch
of the same thing yesterday and
now the ailment is thought to be
a "24-hour virus" Those touched
yesterday we're Joe Branzell, head
coach of the Washington team:
Center Mike Watt, 1914 Gunston
road. Alexandria, Va: two Green
Bay coaches and five Wilson play
ers. None required disqualification
Face Two Speedboys.
Tonight's game. which follows
a consolation game between Sat-
urday nights losers-Green Bay
and the team from Greater New
York-probably will center around
Washington's ability to stop Steve
Mercer and Hatten Hodges. Will
sons feet ball carriers. Operating
from the single wing, Mercer,
Hodges and company surprised
New York, 300. Hodges scored
two of the touchdowns, one on a
62-yard run, while Mercer scored
the other.
However, Washington, a we'll
coached team which runs its PLAYS
like a college team, stopped Green
Bay cold. with a tight defense.
Green Bay got only one first down.
that on a pass. and was held to
minus two yards rushing. Guards
Clam Reynolds. 7 Grant Circle
NV. Washington, and Leon Jew
ell, IS John Roberts street, Alex
andria, spent most of the game
in the Green Bay backfield.
Washington showed some top
runners, too, in Johnny Haley and
Earl Elliott. Earl, who lives at
2 John Roberts street in Alexan-
dria, ran back punt SO yards to
set up the only touchdown, which
Haley. son of Pete Haley, director
Iof athletics for Washington's S
Catholic Youth Organization,
scored on a six-yard end run.
1t isn't all football for the
visitors here. Today the boys were
to take part in a fishing contest,
while tomorrow night they'll be
guests at a banquet at which
Freddy Hutchinson, manager of
the Detroit Tigers, will be guest
speaker.
Yesterday the boys went speed
boat riding and water skiing un-
der an experienced instructor
Young Reynolds stole the show in
the water skiing. proving to every
body's surprise that he is quite
adept at the sport. He enter
tanned the group with a series OF
tricks. The instructor? He took
10 spill.