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Evening star., 1953-11-24
Colonel Who Saw First Game
To Watch Army-Novy on TV
By Brion Bell, Jr.

Only 1000 persons saw the
first Army-Navy football game
played in 1890. One of them,
Col. Spencer Cosby, will watch
Saturdays game between the
two traditional rivals but he
won't be among the 100, 900 plus
in Philadelphia's Municipal Sta
dium.
Col. Cosby, Sc, will see the
game on televiSion at the Army
and Navy Club. However, in
1890 he stood along the sidelines
on the drill field at West Point
to see Navy beat the Army, 24-0.
Now retired, Col. Cosby, who
lives at 2025 @ street NV, re-
members the first Army Navy
game well.
Army Had No Coach.
"We thought our team did all
right considering it was the only
game we played all year and
Navy had finished a full sched-
ule." Col. Cosby recalls. "In fact,
we didn't even have COACH"
In 1890, Denny Niche, the son
of a physics professor at West
Point, who had played football
in high school, organized an
Army team. After practicing for
several weeks, Niche got per-
mission to play Navy.
A collection was taken UP
from the Cadet Corps to outfit
the eleven. Col. Cosby remem-
bers that the students contrib
uted So or So each from their
SAL a month salary which had
to cover food. clothes and sup
plies.
The Midshipmen paid their
expenses at West Point, where
they roomed with the Cadets
Friday and Saturday nights. The
game was played on the drill
field with temporary goal posts
and lines. A few chairs were
provided for officers but the ma
jority of the spectators stood
along the Sidelines.
After taking a 24-0 beating,
Army hired a coach for the next
season and played a full sched-
ule. ending with a trip to An
napoliS, where the Cadets re-
venged their first defeat, 32-16.
Niche came back to coach the
team in 1892. He was killed in
Evening star., 1953-11-24
Scholastic EIeVens
To Play Nine Games
During Final Week

The Woodward School eleven
was in Silver Spring this after
noon to take on the Bulls junior
varsity team at 3 pm. as the
last week of 1853 scholastic foot
ball got underway.
Including tonight's Catholic
League championship game at
Griffith Stadium and the inter-
high Catholic contest on the
same field Friday night, nine
games are scheduled for the next
four days.
Tomorrow. Dunbar is host to
Armstrong at Cardozo Stadium
in their annual rivalry, and again
the winner will be declared
Interhigh division I'D cham
pion.
Thanksgiving Day morning
has been chosen for two games.
Columbian Prep travels to An
napolis for a meeting with the
Navy plebes and George Wash
ington entertains Washington
Lee in the traditional big game
in the Northern Virginia district.
Another rivalry will be re-
newed when Mount Vernon is
host to Fairfax Thursday after
noon.
Today.
woodward at Bulls w. pm.
Catholic League championship at
Crimth Stadium, pm.
Armstrong VS.. Dunbar in Cardozo
Stadium, 2 pm.
Thursday.
Columbian Prep at Navy Plebes,
Washington-Lee at George Washing
ton. IL am.
st. Stephens at Christ Church, pm.
Fairfax at Mount Vernon, 2:30.
Herndon at Madison. 2:30.
Friday.
Internigh-Catholic game at Grifith
Stadium, & pm.
Evening star., 1953-11-24

present a solid offenSe.
"It's so per cent better than
before" in the words of Tuffy
LeemanS, the Carroll coach. Be-
fore. the thumb incident,
Rusevlyan was at quarterback
and Smith was on the bench
most of the time.
"The reason Smith hadn't
played much is because he is so
small" Coach Joe Gallagher
says, but during practice right
before the Carroll game he
started looking very good as a
passer."
And during the Carroll game,
which ended in 6-6 tie,
Rusevlyan hurt his thumb.
RuSevlyan never has been a SEN
sation as passer, though he has
few equals as, runner. Ru-
Sevlyan with sore thumb was
no passer at all, so Smith. a
senior in his second year on the
varsity, became the regular
quarterback.
Take Four Out of Five.
Since the switch, the Johnnies
have won four out of five, losing
only to George Washington. The
switch paid off in more ways
than one. Not only did the
Johnnies get a very capable T.
quarterback and passer, but they
also got bigger running threat
in Rusevlyan as a halfback.
incidentally, the same thing
happened last year. 1t was Bob
Kelly for RuSevlyan at quarter
back then and Rusevlyan. the
runner, helped the JohnnieS to
the Catholic League title.
Rusevlyan, who learned the
fundamentals of football with
st Teresas of the Catholic
Youth Organization, is also a
good pass receiver and a tremen-
dous blocker. In fact. he likes
using his 155 pounds to clear
the way for other carriers.
AS he told Jim Kane in the
huddle Sunday against Con-
zaga: You just follow me until
I hit some one. Then you're
on your own!"
Tonight at Griffith Stadium
the boredom will end for Carroll.
The Lions haven't had much
Evening star., 1953-11-24
Catholic U. Five 10 Open
With Bainbridge Saturday

Catholic UniverSity's basketball
team opens it's season Saturday
night. playing host to Bainbridge
Naval Training Station at Brook
land. 1t is the only non-confer-
ence game on the Cards 20
game schedule.
The occasion marks Miggs
Reilly's debut as GU coach. The
former Georgetown star has a
nucleus of veterans plus some
promising newcomers to build
on, but Bainbridge looks toe
tough for the Cards. Catholic
won only four of it's 10 games
last season and Reilly is aiming
for at least a 500 average.
Capt. Hal Freeman, George
Hughes, Red Weaver and Bill
Fitzgerald are expected to carry
most of the load. All are seniors
Terry Horowitz, a junior, and
Andy Balint and Brendan Doyle
sophomoreS who got a lot of ex-
perience last year, also figure
Importantly in the picture.
Newcomers include Paul Brown
from st. Johns, Tom McKavitt
from Gonzaga, Ed Kelley Of
Priory, and Jack Kiefer, &
smooth ball-handler from Indi-
ana, Indianapolis.
Evening star., 1953-11-24
Dodgers
Continued From Page A-15)

ht-handed hitting and throw
ing first baseman.
Aston finished playing with
Pueblo of the Western League in
1947. He first managed Ports
mouth, then went to Springfield
Ohio, in the Middle Atlantic
League for the 1912 seasons
and Trenton in the Interstate
League in 1944-5.
Joined Chain in 1916.
His first Dodger contract was
in 1916, with Nashua, N. H.. ir
the New England League, and he
won the playoffs with the bat.
terry of Don Newcombe and Roy
Campanella-both Dodger stars
today.
The next year he was in Pueblo
and 1948-9 with st. Paul. Ir
1850 when he went to Montreal
Hopper went to st. Paul. He
won pennants in 1851 and 1857
at Montreal.
There are Is players on the
Dodgers roster who have played
under Aston at some time dur
ing his managing career.
In the off-season, Aston has
taught school and coached bas-
ketball. He is married, has a
21-year-old married daughter
and is a grandfather.
The 6-foot-2, 210-pound Brook
lyn manager also has been called
by the nickname Smoky"
Evening star., 1953-11-24

, youngster is showing great prom
Use as a halfback at Jesuit.
Petition, John Amberg, the
former Kansas and New York
Giants star, and Buddy Parker
and John Fry, both formerly
with Baylor, make up one of
Maj Walkers backfleld units.
Quarterback Fry is the team S
paSser. He has completed 81 of
73 for SIG yards.
The other unit lists Meyers,
John Mounie of Duke. Charley
Harris of Georgia and Steve
Piskach of Toledo.
The service teams, incidentally
play under NCAA rules and
therefore do not have unlimited
substitution. The alternate
backf1eldS spell each other for
almost full quarters.
Up front are such name stars
as Charley Susimano of Louisi-
ana State, Tom Roggeman of
Purdue, Bob Trout of Baylor
Walt Viellieu of Purdue and
Frank McPhee of Princeton.
Lauricella Is Old Friend.
Belvoir has its share of former
college and pro stars, too.
Among them is Hank Lauricella,
who played for Tennessee
against Maryland in the Sugar
Bowl game two years ago and
against Petition long before
that.
Hank and are old friends, u
Petition says. 1--WE played
against each other in high
school He played with Holy
Cross High in New Orleans. And
we played on the same pro team
last year-the Dallas Texans
He's married now and has q
house near Alexandria. I've been
up there visiting several times" :"
Come Thursday, Lauricella,
one of Belvoir's top backs, and
Petition will put aside their
friendship temporarily. After
all, there is much riding on this
game. The winner will prob
ably go to San Diego next month
to oppose Fort Ord (CalifD in
the PoinSettia Bowl.
Evening star., 1953-11-24
Sports Figures 10 Attend
Fathers and Sons Dinner

George Marshall, president OF
the Washington Redskins, will
head a group of sports figures
who will attend the Progress
Club fathers and sons banquet
at Hotel 2400 Sunday, Decem-
ber 6.
Marshall will be guest OF
honor and Jim Gibbons, WNIAL
sports announcer, will serve as
master of ceremonies.
One of the highlights of the
festivities will be the presenta-
tion of awards to Milton Kron-
helm, ST.; Sidney Lust and Jack
Blank for their work in youth
activities.
Among the sports personali-
ties in attendance will be men,
bers of the University of Mary
land football team, the Wash
ington Redskins and the Wash
ington Senators and former ALI
America players now with serv-
ice teams in the Washington
area.
Evening star., 1953-11-24
Navy Reverses Field
On football Schedule,
Dropping Ivy Teams
Special Di.poseh 10 tn. s,ar

ANNAPOLIS. Md, Nov. a.
Navy, which welcomed Ivy
League foes on it's football sched-
ule when it moderated" it's slate
three years ago by dropping West
Coast and Big Ten teams, appar-
emily has reversed its field.
Cornell and Princeton will be
dropped from Navy's schedule
next year. according to reliable
reports, and Dartmouth is ex-
pected to disappear from the
Middies' schedule after 1854.
The only Ivy League foes on
Navy'S schedule next year are
expected to be Columbia and
Pennsylvania, in addition to
Dartmouth.
There has been talk that the
slackening of between Navy and
the Ivy League hasn't been en-
tirely voluntary on Navy's part.
Ivy League teams repeatedly feel
they can't compete on even
terms with the Middies because
they ban spring practice and
Navy doesn't There nave been
reports, too, that the Ivy League
might become a formal confer
ence, with members required to
schedule a certain number of
league games.
Navy apparently is headed
back into the kind of football
schedule it decided three years
ago was too tough to handle with
much success. Next year the
MiddieS probably will play Will
liam and Mary, Dartmouth,
Stanford. Pittsburgh, Pennsyl-
vania, Notre Dame, Duke, Co
lumbia and Army.
Before the 1851 season Navy
had suffered with schedules that
included teams from the West
Coast, Big Ten, South and
Southwest. Then Navy talked
Ohio State into canceling an
agreement to play in 1852 and
this year. and persuaded Rice to
forget about a game for last
season.
Evening star., 1953-11-24
Touchdown Club Plans
To Honor Baseball Man

BaSeball's man of the year"
will be honored along with a
swarm of football players at the
Touchdown Clubs goth annual
dinner at the Hotel Statler jan
uary 8.
Clark Griffith, president of the
Senators who was feted at the
weekly Touchdown Clup lunch
con yesterday, told the club he'd
donate a permanent trophy to
the man selected annually as
having performed an outstand-
ing service to baseball. He left
the method of voting up to club
members.
Evening star., 1953-11-24
Illinois Squad Votes
Ernst Most Valuable
BY the Associated Press

CHAMPAIGN, H., Nov. "a
Members of Illinois 1853 football
squad, co-champions of the Big
Ten, last night chose Don Ernst,
senior tackle, as the teams most
valuable player.
The players gave Ernst the
edge over j. c. Caroline, sopho-
more halfback.
Ernst, of Chicago, is an honor
student in premedicine. At 1876
pounds he was one of the light
est tackles in the Big Ten.
Jan Smid, junior guard OF
River Grove, ILL.,, was elected
1854 captain.
TWenty-seven players were
awarded varsity letters.
Evening star., 1953-11-24
Giardeho-Portuguez
BrawI Is Roughest
Since Pep-SaddIer
By the Assoeioted Press

BROOKLYN, Nov. 24.-Bob
Christenberry has mellowed in
the two years since he first took
over as chairman of the State
Athletic Commission. Otherwise.
Middleweight joey Giardello Of
Philadelphia and Tuzo CKid)
Portuguez would be under sus-
pension today for their rough
house brawl at the Eastern Park
way Arena last night.
Ciardello, the No. 8 middle
weight contender, won the tur-
bulent. telecast 10-rounder by
unanimous decision in a bout
marred by continuous fouling.
Practically every rule in the hook
was broken.
Each fighter was penalizeo a
round-Portuguez the fourth sor
butting and low b ows and Giar-
cello the ninth for low blows
but the Only pers'n suspended
was Jack Friday, PortugueZ'
heavy set trainer. Friday climbed
on the apron of the ring during
the wild fourth round and was
suspended on the spot and
barred from the corner by
ChriStenberry.
Warned for Butting.
When Christenberry first took
over his post in 1851, his first
big fight was the foul-packed
battle between Willie Pep and
Sandy Saddler. Christenberry
revoked Pep's license cit later
was restored) and suspended
Saddler for an indefinite period.
This was the toughest New York
fight since then.
In the hectic fourth round.
PortugueZ, a 3-to-1 underdog.
was warned for buttine by Ref
cree Ruby Goldstein. After the
warning, Giardello Stormed after
Portuguez. IIe kicked the Costa
Rican Goldstein called time
and warned the fighters to be-
have or be tossed out. -
joey Got Smart.
Giardello, a fine boxer. played
into Tuzo'S hands when he tried
to slug with his hard-hitting
rival during the first half of the
fight. It was about even during
the first five rounds. Then joey
got smart and easily outboxed
his charging, bobbing opponent.
Goldstein and Judge Dave
Stewart each scored 7-2-1 in
favor of Giardello. Judge Bert
Grant scored it 6-3-1 for joey.
The A. P. scorecard had Giar-
dello the winner 5-3-2.
Giardello weighed 160. Porto
guez 100. A crowd of about
1,500 paid about $4,000.
Evening star., 1953-11-24
By Bill Fuchs

The Quantico Marines and
Fort Belvoir football teams will
meet at 2 pm. Thursday at
Griffith Stadium for charity and
the paymaster for one of Guam
tico's supply companies will be
on hand.
Not that 1t. John Petition
will have anything to do with
distributing the proceeds to the
Armed Services Welfare Funds
and Children's Hospital, the two
agencies which will benefit from
the Variety Club-Sponsored at
traction.
Petition will be on hand to
pay off in points for Quantico.
At present he and Bob Meyers,
formerly of Stanford and the
San Francisco Forty-N Miners, are
tied for the scoring lead among
the Marines with 36 points each.
AS executive officer for his
company, Petition, the former
Notre Dame star currently owned
by the Cleveland Browns, is in
charge of paying his troops
twice a month.
Il handle about $15,00O," he
says. land it gets very tense
when we get near the end of the
pay-line. I always worry about
the money coming out right"
Top Ground Gamer.
So far the son of the cashier
for the New Orleans Times
Picayune has had no trouble bal
ancing his accounts. It's the
figure Petition cuts on the play
ing field, though, that causes
Maj. Charley Walker, the Marine
football coach, to smile. Petit
bon, who helped rack up Con-
zaga in post-Season game in
1946 while he was with Jesuit
High of New Orleans, is the
teams top ground gamer with
an average of So yards per carry.
Incidentally, John, who stands
5-foot-1112 and weighs 1877
pounds, has a 15-year-old d
brother who is 6-foot-1. The
Evening star., 1953-11-24
VIZ %4Ss HIeH ScHooLs'1,

to chew on lately. They beat
Gonzaga. 80, on November /
and won over the Bulls Junior
varsity November 13. Since
then they have had nothing but
unexciting practice sessions and
Coach LeemanS has cut those
to a minimum on the theory that
all practice and no play can
make dull team.
The layoff could make eager
beavers out of them, too," Lee
mans says. IF it does and they
put out, we can make a real
game of it."
If Carroll does win, it is ex-
pected to do so chiefly on de-
fense. The unbeaten Lions have
allowed only five touchdowns to
be scored by seven opponents.
-Four times they shut out the
opposition.
CarrOll'S Line Solid.
SOOu SOl1u line Lee
mans has-Tackles Pete Man
ming and Tony Cutone, a couple
of 200-pounders; Ends Joe
krahling, 180, and John Beers.
ITO; Guards Joe Balsemo. 1875
and Denny Warner, 16O, and
Center Dan Stallings, 165.
On defense Leemans will move
Stallings to guard and put in
Bernie Dean as the linebacker.
Aside from that period of in
activity. two other things are
worrying Leemans: Rusevlyan
and the punting of Dave Shan
non.
II don't have any Rusevlyan. i"
Leemans says. "I have some
good backs-Ed Scanlon, Char
ley May, Joe Starke and Bill
Hessler-but no Rusevlyan.
And that Shannon can really
Kick ball. That was a big
factor against Gonzaga. Shan
mons punting. Hessler nv
kicker, is an average high school
punter."
But Leemans still would like
to see Shannon kick tonight
All night long, in fact.
Evening star., 1953-11-24
AAU 10 Study Marks
AT Convention Here

Nine world record track and
field performances by American
athletes will be up for approval
by the Amateur Athletic Union
at its annual national conven-
tion here Friday. Saturday and
Sunday. The meetings will take
place at the Willard Hotel.
Seven world swimming rec
ords and three in weight lift
ing also will be considered
among the 1856 miscellaneous
marks to go before the Records
Committee. If the world record
performances get AAU approval,
they will be submitted to the In
ternational Amateur Athletic
Federation for approval before
becoming official.
Numerous legislative proposals
also will go before the conven-
ton. including one to reinstate
professionals after five years. alb
stention from professional con-
duct. This proposal was defeated
last year, but comes before the
convention again in modified
form.
Evening star., 1953-11-24
You Be the
Quarterback
ANSWER

4. Wedge play. No. Six pre-
vious plays have averaged only
three yards. This play would
not usually get four and a hall
yards in midfleld on first or Sec
ond down. certainly not here.
3. Running pass. Pass would
be rather short with probably
more than one receiver in the
zone. Not a bad choice.
2. Button hook. Safe pass
easy to complete. Receiver
should get a first down if the
pass is complete.
l. Field goal. Best call. Good
angle, not too far away. = You
don't often win. 80, now, but in
a close game a field goal can
be the margin.
Question on Page Ais
Distributed by The Register and
Tribune Syndicate.)
Evening star., 1953-11-24
Hockey at a Glance

By the Assoeioted Press
Yesterdays RESULTS.
No games scheduled.
TODAY'S SCHEDULE.
National League.
No games scheduled.
American League.
Hershey at Cleveland.
syracuse at Buffalo.
Western League.
Victoria at Vancouver
New Westminster at Saskatoon.
international League.
Toledo at Milwaukee.
Evening star., 1953-11-24

wrote a few enlightening para
graphs on the subject recently
after talking to George Franck.
The latter was an All-American
halfback at Minnesota and later
played pro ball with the New
York Giants. Franck was talk
ing about the meanest players
he ever encountered, and having
had his chin busted by the
knuckleS of some of the toughest
linemen in the National Football
League, he spoke with au-
thority.
The four meanest men Franck
said he ever saw in uniform
were Lee Artoe and Ed Sprinkle
of the Chicago Bears and Jim
White and Tex Coulter of the
Giants.
"They really enjoyed hurting
you," George said.
y y x
White and Coulter - from
Notre Dame and West Point,
respectively apparently liked
combat so much they squared
of in the dressing room after
practice one day for the sheer
joy of determining who was the
tougher. Teammates pried them
apart before a decision was
reached. The Redskins didn't
like Coulter's style particularly,
nor was White popular. But
even scholars of the old rough
and-tumble school of several
years ago were more wary of
Sprinkle. When Ed teed off on
a rival, it was in upper case.
The Redskins had several of
their own, including Erny
Pinckert, who sort of felt that
every knock was a boost-if he
got the knock in first. Erny
still likes to tell about the time
he caught the late Bill Hewitt.
then playing end for the Phila-
delphia Eagles, on the last play
of the game. The whistle had
blown, as matter of fact, when
Pinckert caught Hewitt, a pretty
handy fellow with his dukes.
from the blind side as Bill was
getting to his feet. Erny
whopped him and kept going
From the safe vantage point of
the dressing room steps Pinckert
turned to enjoy the scene as
Hewitt went after the nearest
RedSkin.
Paul LipScomb of the current
Redskins cast is not considered
exactly friendly around the
league. When he tangled with
Tank Younger of the Rams in
an exhibition game earlier this
season, it was all right with a
number of players who'd had
rough treatment from one or the
other.
Some linebackers complained
that big Marion Motley, Cleve-
land Browns fullback, used his
fist for a straight-arm when
they tried to bring him down.
Motley, in turn, is supposed to
have complained about the
shoulder block employed by Har-
vey Brown, San Francisco's small
but hard-hitting defensive back.
Harvey. who was released by the
Redskins a couple of years ago.
manipulates his shoulder like a
baseball bat. It's more vicious
than tackle and perfectly legal.
Being mean doesn't necessarily
involve illegal tactics. Did you
ever notice a 250-pound tackle
put all his weight on some pros
trate opponent getting back on
his feet? Pinckert, they say,
used to offer a fallen foe his
Evening star., 1953-11-24

| A fellow, they
reason, C a MT
be polite in
the pro game
and be good.
He must be
downright Or
merry. At least
most coaches
prefer it that
way.
John Carmi-
chael, the able
Chicago Daily
News S ports S
e ditor a n d
&c In m mist.