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Evening star., 1953-09-25
By Will GrimsIey
Associoted Press SPORTS Writer

NEW YORK. Sept. 25.-Rocky
Marciano is not the claSsiest
heavyweight in boxing history
and probably not the greatest
puncher either-but, as one of
his handlers said today. he cer-
tainly is the coldeSt.
1--WE never seen anybody like
him." said Freddie Brown. eX-
boxer, well-knoWn trainer and
specialist in boxing cuts and
abrasions.
Before a big fight. he's as
normal as if he's going to Sun
day picnic. No butterflies. In
the ring. the same way. He's
intent, just goes methodically
about his business"
After last nights 11th-round
victory over Roland LaStarza-a
savage, bloody battle with La
Starza spilling the blood-the
sWarthy son of a Brockton
(Mass.) shoemaker looked as if
he'd done no more than take a
run around the block.
He showed no excitement or
elation. He wasn't even breath
ing hard. He sat on a table.
calmly sucking an orange, as
newsmen peppered him with
questions about the fight and
about future plans.
His answers came almost in a
whisper. Although questions
few thick and fast and from all
directions. Rocky sought to
answer them individually as po-
litely as possible. No sign of
impatience.
Evening star., 1953-09-25
NCAA Acting Today
On Oklahoma S Plea
For Additional "

Another season Of protests
against the National Collegiate
Athletic Associations television
policy apparently had begun to-
day with the NCAA'S 12-man TV
committee voting whether or not
to permit a Tulsa station to carry
tomorrow'S Notre e-Okla-
homa football headliner at Nor
man. Okla.
Asa Bushnell. director of the
college football TV program,
called for a vote after University
of Oklahoma regents requested
that Station KOTV be permitted
to televise the game. The NCAA
previously had given permission
to Station WKY-TV in Okla
homa City to carry it because
the game has been a Sellout for
months.
Today'S vote, however, will de-
eide a matter only of local in
terest in Oklahoma. since the
game will not be televised ma
.tionally. The future is believed
certain to bring protests from
fans interested in choosing their
own fare rather than accepting
what is diShed up by the NCAA.
Assistant Attorney General
Stanley w. Barnes told the Asso-
ciated Press he had talked with
Attorney Joseph l. Rauh, NCAA
legal representative here, advis-
ing him of the number of COM
plants received about the re-
stricted Notre Dame Oklahoma
telecaSt. He indicated, however,
that the Justice Department
contemplated no action in this
particular case.
Barnes, a one-time California
football star and former Judge
in that State, indicated future
NCAA policy will hinge ON the
outcome of the Justice Depart
ment's antimonopoly suit now
pending against the National
Football League. The league
regulates both broadcaSts and
telecasts of members games. If
the courts ban this operation,
throwing the pro games open to
all stations, colleges undoubted-
~ will have to do the same.
Evening star., 1953-09-25
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the sixth round away from
Rocky for an obviously low blow,
however unintentional.
Eager to score a quick kill,
Marciano was as wild as a hare
early in the fight, missing many
full right swings. LaStarza, cool
and capable looking, took ad-
vantage of The Rocks haste to
jar him with scores of solid licks
to the head and body and make
the champ look awkward in
numerous clinches.
No Marks on Rocky.
Even when LaStarza was piling
up points. however, it was all
too obvious that he was doing
no real damage, and he was
helpless to stem Marciano's
steady assault. His best rights,
landing flush, only made Rocky
blink a time or two. There
wasn't a mark on the champion
when it was over.
Finally, at the end of six
rounds of fruitless effort, Rocky
realized he was wasting time and
changed his tactics abruptly. He
quit his swinging and began
throwing hooks that exploded
like bombs on LaStarza's jaw.
Every one of them hurt. and
soon the cumulative effect be-
came evident. 1t was only a
question of time until the hu-
man body could stand no more.
Marciano weighed 1876. La
Starza 18434 in a surprising de-
velopment. The challenger had
been expected to outweigh Rocky.
Evening star., 1953-09-25
Weekend Football
On Rudio and V
Saturday TeIeviSiOn.

Saturday TeleVlSIOn.
Holy Cross at Dartmouth
WNBW, 1:45 pm.
. Saturday Radio.
Washington and Lee at Mary
land-WMAL. 2 pm.
William and Mary at Navy
WRC. 2 pm.
Virginia Tech at Virginia
-WPIK, 2:15 pm.
Notre Dame at Oklahoma
VOL. 3:45 pm.
Roundup of big games CNotre
Dame at Oklahoma, Vanderbilt
at Penn. William and Mary at
Navy. Washington at Michigan
Georgia Tech at Florida)-
WTOP, 2::3O pm.
Sunday TeleviSiOn.
Redskins at Chicago Cardinals
--WMAL-TV. 2 pm.
Notre Dame at Oklahoma
(moyieS)-WMAL-TV. 1880 pm
Sunday Radio.
Redskins at Chicago Cardinals
-WMAL, 2 pm.
Chicago Bears at Baltimore
WWDC, 2 pm.
Evening star., 1953-09-25
Former Roosevelt Pitcher
Signed by Detroit Tigers

Bill Wright, 6-foot-2, 180-
pound right-hander of RooSe-
velt's baseball team last season,
has been signed by the Detroit
Tigers for an undisclosed bonus
and will report to the Tigers
training camp at Lakeland Fla,
next spring. He has been as
signed to the class B Durham
club Of the Carolina League and
will work out with that team.
He had an outstanding record
at Roosevelt as a baseball and
basketball player and upon his
graduation last June played with
the Washington Boys Club,
Western branch. pitching them
into the Semif1nals of the Amer
lean Amateur Baseball ASsocia-
ton tournament at JohnStoWn,
Pa.
Wright was recommended by
Pete. Haley. area scout for the
Detroit club.
Evening star., 1953-09-25
100000 Theuter Gate KOS
Home TeIecosts of Big Fights

It's no news now that theater
television of a good fight is a
paying proposition. Even at
lwhat could be regarded as stiff
prices $3.50 and $3.50 the
Marciano-LaStarza title fight
last night was a sellout at the
Warner Theater long before
ring time.
And that was for a match
that figured in advance to be
short and one-Sided. That it
turned out to be a humdinger
gave the customers their moneys
worth, and both the theater
management and the fans went
home happy.
This was the sixth theater
showing of a fight in Washing
ton, and all have been sellouts.
The picture at the Warner
came in we'll and the scene on
the big screen was more than
life size. After so many years of
beer and razor blades between
rounds it seemed odd to have no
commercial.
All the important blows were
visible to the theater viewers, as
was that unintentional butt OF
Marciano's in the second round
that brought a DIT of blood from
near LaStarZa's right eye. Prac-
tically all the viewers were con-
vinced in advance that Marciano
would win, but LaStarza had
many pulling for him. particu-
larly after his fine show of box
ing skill and his willingness to
mix with Marciano in the first
few rounds.
Movies Of the fight come tt
Washington today. They will be
shown at the Pix Theater, Thir-
teenth street and New York ave-
nue. NV, starting at $50 pm
They will be shown in connec-
ton with the regular film pro-
gram. Admission is 81.
GEORGE HUBER.
Evening star., 1953-09-25
Virginia Alumni Rally
In Alexandria Tonight

A football rally, marking Vir-
ginia's football season opener
against VPI at Charlottesville
tomorrow afternoon, will be held
by University of Virginia alum
nj at 8 o'clock tonight at the
Penn-Daw Hotel in Alexandria.
Prospects of the Cavaliers this
year will be outlined by a mem
ber of the coaching staff and
movies of last years games will
be shown. Gordon Smith, King
9-5300, and William c. Bau-
knight. Overlook 3-5477, are
handling arrangements for to-
nights get-together.
Evening star., 1953-09-25
Charles Has Chance
To Meet Rocky Next
BY the Assoeiated Press

NEW YORK, Sept. 25.-Ap-
parently Ezzard Charles has
been tapped as the next oppo-
nent for Heavyweight Champion
Rocky Marciano.
Marciano'S manager. AL WE'LL,
put the finger on Charles by
saying the former champion
probably would get the next shot
at the current heavyweight king,
, providing Ezzard makes up
Tor a couple of his defeats"
That Charles comes next on
Marciano's list points up the dire
straits the champion is in for
competent challengers. Charles
has lost his last two fights, to
Nino Valdes of Cuba and to
ight-heavyWeight Harold John
son, the latter on a split decision.
Actually, from the way the
. fight game works. it seems that
z If Charles can whip johnson in
their contemplated return match
$ soon in San Francisco, he will be
matched against Marciano in
the same town early next year.
Charles is popular in San
Francisco and if he can beat
Johnson there it might be the
means of making a reasonably
good gate.
WE'LL seems to favor Charles
as the next Marciano opponent.
"Ezzard was champion and he
: was good about defending his
title" WE'LL said. He should
get a chance. Then that fellow.
Dan Bucceroni. Valdes and Don
Cockell of Britain-they're in
the picture, too"
Evening star., 1953-09-25
Leohy Names Likely Starters
Height Gives GugIieImi Edge
On Carey for Quarterback Job

ahead of Sam Palumbo. last falls
defensive tackle, and should
start. Menil Mavraides. who all
ternated with Capt. Jack Allies
Sandrini at right guard on the
1852 eleven, will open at that
spot this fall. At left guard a
sophomore. Ray Lemek. will add
a new face to the lineup. Veteran
Jim Schrader is the starting
center. He has had considerable
offensive experience but will be
playing defense for the first time.
In the backfield Ralph Gug-
lielmi will start at quarterback
although Tom Carey has been
giving him fight for the job.
Our halfback problem is really
acute. On the opening day of
practice we were informed that
both second-String halfbacks,
Paul Reynolds at left and Fran
Paterra at right, would be lost
for the .eaSon. Since then. both
OF the starters, Joe Heap and
John Lattner. have suffered leg
injuries. They are expected to
be ready, but their spots are
pretty shallow. Fullback Neil
Worden will be in his familiar
position and behind him is a
sophomore, John Gaffney, who
will help Lattner with the punt
ing chores.
Leake Quarterbacks SOOners.
For Oklahoma, Buddy Leake
has been converted from half
back to quarterback and Max
BoydSton from end to fullback in
order to get two veterans into
these two key spots in Coach Bud
Wilkinson'S plan of attack. Capt.
Larry Grigg will perform at one
halfback and Jack Cling at the
other. In the line, Guard j. D.
Roberts is the young man to
watch. He is a fine performer.
Reports on the Oklahoma team
seem to indicate that its line will
be stronger while the backfield
will lack the veterans who
pleased so many fans with their
intricate maneuvers in 1852.
Distributed by
An-Star Sports Associates)
Evening star., 1953-09-25
Bowl Pact Wouldn't Affect
1858, Maryland Dean Says

Geary Eppley, dean of men at
the University of Maryland.
emphasized today that any tie
up between the Atlantic Coast
Conference and a bowl game
couldn't possibly be effected in
time for the big games follow
ing this season.
Eppley, a member of the ACC
committee studying the bowl Sit
uation. said such an arrange
ment would not be made until
the conferences December meet
ing.
mo decision has been made on
the matter yet" he said. "All
we did was to make a study and
talk to several bowl representa-
tlves and coaches. We talked to
just about everybody concerned. "
The conference had already
approved bowl appearance for
any one team.
IF one of our teams looks
good enough and some bowl
wants its, guess the team will
CO." Eppley said.
Evening star., 1953-09-25

IelC CI1dC SUCH QlSCuSSlOIl WOulO
be of interest.
To familiarize readers with
the 1853 edition of the Fighting
Irish we would like to start with
one of our first-stringers. A
name we'll known to any one who
saw the Oklahoma game last fall
is Dan Shannon who will team
with Capt. Don Penza as the
starting ends.
Dan played only on defense
last year as a linebacker. A leg
injury has slowed him up as an
offensive backf1eld man, but he
is hard worker and seems to
be taking to the position at end.
The one-platoon plan has pro-
vided Penza with close competi-
ton from Walter Cabral who
may see service at both ends as
will Paul MatZ, a defensive vet
eran from last fall.
Hunter at Right Tackle.
Art Hunter, a converted end,
will start at right tackle. The
left-tackle berth is being closely
contested by the men who played
offense and defense last fall.
Frank Varrichione who played
offense last fall, is running a bit
Evening star., 1953-09-25
By Jock MobIey
Chicago Daily News Sports Writer.


CHICAGO. Sept. 25. - In
knocking out Roland La Starza
Rocky Marciano also may have
knocked out home telecasts of
the best fights in the future.
The battle at New York'S Polo
Grounds not only was an artis-
tic success, it was a financial
bonanza. In Chicago. 1881
people paid $46,108 to sit in four
movie houses to watch the fight
on theater television. They paid
$3.50 a seat at three theaterS
and $3.50 at a fourth. Two were
sold out. The others had few
unsold seats.
Estimating $4,000 people in
81 cities paid to get in. the
theater TV gate was in excess
of 100000.
And there's the rest of the bad
news for the folks who get un-
happy when they can't see the
title bouts on home TV. The
A, ,562 crowd at the Polo Grounds
was even more than the Inter-
national Boxing Club had hoped
for,
1t is vertually a clincher in
their contention that the minor
fights should be televised free
and that the big ones should be
blacked out.
It's my guess the only thing
that will bring heavyweight
championship fights back into
the living rooms will be phone
vision Or some other type OF
boxoffice TV in which the home
viewer will put a buck in the slot
to get a picture.
But that's a number of years
away. In the meantime, we're
going to have to go to the movie
theaters to see most of the big
ones.
Evening star., 1953-09-25
Joe Cannon Winner
In Fight Preliminary
By the Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK, Sept. 25.-Joe
Cannon of Washington, D. c.,
one of Rocky Marciano's SPAR
ring partners, defeated Jimmy
McMillen of Newark, N. j., in
one of last nights six-round
preliminaries on the Marciano-
Roland LaStarza program. Gan
non weighed 176 and McMillen
IFS.
Evening star., 1953-09-25
Fights Last Niqht
Bv the Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK. Rocky Marclano 1s5,
Brockton. Mass, STOPPED Roland
LaStarza, iS4a4. New York In (For
worlds heavyweight title.I
DETROIT. Bob Amos. I74i4, Detroit.
outpointed Arthur Wright, li154, De
troit D0D.
NEWARK, N. BOBBY Fenty, 132Ia
New York, Outpointed George Collins
1872. East Elmhurst. N. Y. 81.
LIVERPOOL. England -Wally Thorn
London. outpointed Peter Fallon, Lon
oon oon 'l5l. For British welterweieht
Evening star., 1953-09-25
Football
Continued From Page CID

NCOntlnuSQ from rage C-1D
just so they could get student
tickets. About 100 single stu
dents said they were married
so they could get two tickets.
Scalpers have been asking up
to $50 a ticket and the Internal
Revenue Bureau said it was
checking the situation.
Michigan State and Georgia
Tech seek to protect impressive
unbeaten strings against Iowa
and Florida elevens who are
cunning for upsets. Forest Eva
shevski, Hawkeye coach, who
once was assistant under Biggie
Mum at Michigan State, is 60
ing all out to try to spoil his
old boss Big Ten debut. The
Spartans have gone "a games
without a loss.
Georgia Tech Seeks No. %.
A Florida team that just
missed stopping Tech in a IT.
IA thriller last year has it's eye
on the 27-game unbeaten string
OF Georgia Tech, but Bobby
Dodds' crew is expected to make
it %.
Southern California plays host
to Minnesota in a contest
heralded as clash between tail
backS-USC's Aramis Dandoy
and the Gophers' All-America,
Paul Giel.
Penn embarks on a murderous
schedule against Vanderbilt with
Tailbacks Walt Hynoski ham
pered by shoulder injury. The
Commodores bring along Bill
Krietemeyer, looking better than
ever in the new Split-T.
Mississippi State counts on
Jackie Parker to Lead an 1nva-
sion of TenneSsee's home grounds,
Ohio State, voted by many as
the most likely to succeed in the
Big Ten, opens its campaign with
Indiana.
Alabama, out to avoid a rep
etition of its unexpected 25-19
loss to Mississippi Southern
meets surprisingly-good Louis
lana State aggregation that
stunned Texas last week.
In the NCAA television "spe-
cial," Holy Cross matches the
speed of Lou Hettinger and
power of Chick Murphy against
Dartmouth's thin" forces.
Elsewhere in the East. Navy
unveils its '53 edition with Ike
EiSenhauer and Dick Olson lead
ing a bone-crushing line against
William and Mary's aggressive
Indians.
In other games Duke looks for
its second Atlantic Coast Con-
ference triumph over Wake For
est, Georgia pits it's Zeke Brat
hO"oh1-H HOWCICu d Z d dIIIl
against Tulane's hard-running
Max MCGEE, Kentucky squares
off against Mississippi, North
Carolina and North Carolina
State renew their traditional
rivalry and Maryland meets
Washington and Lee.
All-veteran Purdue and Mis-
souri,, Pitt and West Virginia,
Wisconsin and Penn State,
Washington and Michigan, Iowa
State and Northwestern, Ne
braSka and Illinois. Houston and
Texas AIM, Villanova and
Texas, Oklahoma A81M and Ar
kansas. California and Oregon
State, Oregon and Stanford,
Army and Furman, Cornell and
Colgate, Temple and Syracuse
and Princeton and Lafayette
tangle in other major contests.
UCLA gets a jump on the 9TH
ers by facing Kansas tonight.
Evening star., 1953-09-25
Just Methodico Workman!
Rocky Colder Than Joe Louis
Ever Wasl Ring Veteran Says
All-Star Sports Associates)

That's what I mean about
the guy" Brown said. Nothing
gets his goat. He's as placid as
a kitten. He's powerful and
maybe just like an animal in the
ring but he never gets panicky.
Cold as Ice. that's what he is
more than Joe Louis ever was"
The bout produced some un-
usual firsts for LaStarza. 1t was
his first knockout in 81 fights.
Furthermore. although he is
New York born and reared. son
of a Bronx butcher, it was the
first time he had ever been IN
the Polo Grounds, home of the
Giants.
Maybe Roland is a Brooklyn
fan.
The fight marked the first
meeting of two Italian-Ameri-
cans for the heavyweight cham
pionShip and the first all-Whlte
title bout since Jim Braddock
beat Max Baer in 1885.
What do two gladiators who
have spent close to an hour try
ing to beat each others brains
out say to each other at the end
of the fight?
Marciano described his con-
versation with LaStarza after the
battle had ended.
II told Roland it was a great
fight and he was one Of the
gameSt fellows I'd ever seen.
Then he said to me: Rocky.
you're going to be the greatest
cbompiOn Of them all ,"
Evening star., 1953-09-25
Nebraska Alumni RuIIy

The Nebraska Alumni Club
will hold a football party at 5
pm. today at the Highlands,
1914 Connecticut avenue NV.
The affair is a pre-game rally
the Nebraska-IllinoiS game
M Champaign. Ill, tomorrow.
Evening star., 1953-09-25
Thorn Requins Title

LIVERPOOL, England, Sept,
25 (P.-Wally Thorn regained
his British welterweight title
here last night by outpointing
Peter Fallon in a grim, 15-round
battle. The 27-year-old Thorn
was knocked out in the same
ring by Cliff Curvis IA months
ago.
Evening star., 1953-09-25

in G W i t h
Oklahoma in
Norm an to-
morrow. And
S Since la S t
years G a m e
W as thor
ou G h ly e n
joyed by mil
lions on tele-
vision and to-
morroW'S con-
flic t will be
S h oW n on a
Nation = wide
hookup S u n
day night we
folt tlook rInnIn .
Evening star., 1953-09-25
y Names Likely Starters
By Fronk Leohy
Notre Dome Football Cooch

1t would be hypocritical of me
to devote much time today to
discussing any football game
other than our impending meet
Evening star., 1953-09-25
Big Seven Bowl Paef
With Atlantic Coast
May Be Signed Soon
BY the Associoted Press

KANSAS CITY, Sept. 25.-The
Big Seven Conference is expected
to sign an Orange Bowl contract
with the new Atlantic Coast Con-
ference at a meeting of it's fac
ulty representatives here Monday
and Tuesday.
While no one connected with
the Big Seven would confirm or
deny rumorS of the pact-Sim-
liar to the Pacific Coast-Big Ten
Rose Bowl tieup-reliable sources
said the Big Seven fathers would
accept the deal next week.
No meeting of the Atlantic
Coast Conference is scheduled
until December. However. it is
understood there is a standing
committee empowered to accept
a tieup offer from the Orange
Bowl.
The Atlantic Coast Conference
includes Maryland. Duke, North
Carolina, North Carolina State,
South Carolina, Wake Forest and
Clemson. =
Orange Bowl officials attended
meeting of the Big Seven
faculty here last February at
which time they indicated in
terest in making an agreement
with the conference.
The Big Seven has a ban on
post-season competition except
for those sponsored by the
NCAA such as basketball. track
and swimming championships
The national organization has
given it's blessing to the major
football bowls, but it does not
sponsor them, thus eliminat-
ing the Big Seven from partic-
| ipation.
While nothing is in writing
yet. it is understood that if the
contract is signed only one Big
Seven team would be permitted
to go to a bowl each year and
no team could represent the
league two years in succession.
Three Big Seven teams have
made losing appearances in the
| Orange Bowl. Oklahoma was
beaten. ITO. by Tennessee in
1899; Missouri was whipped by
Georgia Tech, 21-7. in 1910 and
Kansas lost to Georgia Tech,
20-14, in 1948.
The Nome nugget., 1953-02-18
Senate Approves ''Nest Egg Bill Now Goes to House

ate approved and sent to the House Monday afternoon the "nest egg" bill to create a $1O million fund as a stabilization reserve against a day when de- creased military spending brings headaches to the Territory.
 Main arguments of the support CTS were that people sent the Republicans to the legislature to save money and setting aside a surplus into special fund would make the territory unique among debt-burdened state governments.
 Opponents argued that school needs should come first and that the people sent the legislators to meet the territory's needs, not to set up a savings bank, as Sen John Gorsuch R Anchorage) labeled it, and if revenues are more than needed there should be tax reduction.
 The five who voted against the bill after an hour long debate were Democrats William Egan, Valdez; Mark Jensen, Douglas; and Republicans Elton Engstrom, Juneau; Gorsuch and Paul Robi- son, Anchorage.
 The main oratorical efforts were between two Republicans, Gorsuch and Mike Stepovich, Fairbanks.
 Gorsuch covered the field from the Biblical parable of men who received talents, to multiply them or buy them, to school children waiting for bus that never comes.
 Stepovich made a desk-pound- ing appeal for the Butrovich- Nolan bill that left him with sore knuckles.
 The vote crossed party lines in zig-zag fashion. Two Democrats and three Republicans voted against it; eight Republicans and three Democrats for.
 Gorsuch: "The people didn't send us here to start a savings business. They sent us to meet the problems of the territory"
 Stepovich responded acidly:
 ITO hear the senator from the Third Division, it sounds like the people sent us here to spend There's little money-so let Ter go. The Democrats didn't spend enough down here so the people sent the Republicans down to spend more"
 Sen. James Nolan, Wrangeil Democrat and co . author of the bill, told the Senate there would be ample money for territorial needs and If we can't put some thing aside in these lush times we'd better examine our whole financial structure"
 Sen. Egan of Valdez argued thusly against the bill:
 Many districts have b e n waiting 10 years for schools. We haven't accomplished even the necessary things, let alone the desirable ones. In business you must keep a margin of profit or you cease to operate. In gov ernment you must provide for the fundamental needs of the people, and keep in the black if you can"