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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-01
Kiner Reported Going
To pills for Waitkus,
.30thers and Cash
BY the Associated Press

VERO BEACH. Fla, Feb. %.
The Phillies are on the verge of
making a four-player and cash
deal for Ralph Kiner, Pitts
burgh's home run king, it was
learned today.
A source connected with the
Philadelphia club said the
Phillies are ready to deal First
BaSeman Eddie Watkins, three
other players and wad of cash
for the hard-hitting outfielder.
Clark and Mayo Included.
The other players are reported
to be Outf1elders Mel Clark and
Jack Mayo and Pitcher Paul
Stuffel, a rookie right-hander
who won II games and lost 10
at Baltimore last year.
The deal may be announced
tomorrow. the source said.
In Philadelphia, however, a
spokesman for the Phillies said
he didn't think there was any,
thing to the report. The rumor
crops up about every week, he
added. The club could use Kiner,
the spokesman continued, but the
price is little high.
In Havana, Branch hickey,
Pittsburgh's general manager,
refused to deny or confirm the
reported deal.
Kiner, the games highest paid
outfielder, has not yet signed
his 1858 contract.
The Pittsburgh club is re-
ported to have asked Kiner, who
had mediocre season last year,
to take a Is per cent cut from
his reputed $50, 900 salary of last
year. That is the maximum slash
allowable under baseball law.
AT Top Every Year.
Kiner, who has either led or
tied for the National League
home run crown since he came
up in 1916, hit 81 last year to
tie the Cubs Hank Sauer. He
batted PA.
Watkins is rated one of the
leagues smoothest first basemen.
He is an exceptionally good
fielder. He batted .289 last
season.
Clark hit 1886 in Al games with
the Phillies and Mayo hit pa in
so games. Stuffel, a 25-year-old
hurler from Canton, Ohio, was
brought up from Baltimore by
the Phils at the end of last year.
He appeared in only two games
and won one of these.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-01
.Giigante Stars
Against Rams
Before 3,4O0
Georgetown's Victory
Third Over Team in
NCAA Tournuemnt
By MerreII WhittIesey

George clowns unpredict-
able basketball team handed a
thorough 74-to-63 drubbiug to
NCAA-bound Fordham before a
roaring audience of 3,400 last
night at McDonough Gymna-
SUM. AS a result, the Hoyas are
believed to be within a tele-
phone call of bid to the Ma
tional Invitation Tournament
starting next Saturday in New
York.
The Hoyas scored the first
eight points of the game, never
trailed, and when the Rams
drew close at the 48-44 mark,
little Lou Gigantic spurred his
Georgetown teammates to a
rally that put them safely ahead.
Georgetown is believed to be
a priority team on the NIT in
vitation list because Fordham
was the third team chosen to
play in the NCAA that the
Hoyas have beaten decisively.
Seattle and Navy were the
others.
Phone Call Received.
Officials at Georgetown re-
ceived a phone call from Asa
Bushnell, director of the NIT,
before game time last night ask
ing if they were receptive to a
bid if asked. Jack Hagerty, di-
rector of athletics. replied in the
Affirmative. Bushnell will call
bach this afternoon.
The victory was the 18th for
the Hoyas against six defeats,
while Fordham lost for the sixth
time after winning II. George
town plays George Washington
Tuesday night at Uline's.
Gigantic, who gives away height
to every man on the Georgetown
squad. was the key to the Hoyas'
most important triumph of the
season
81 The black haired fireball ex-
celled as q ball handler. directed
his teammates to their positions
with a nod of his head or wave of
his hands and was a pest to the
Rams on defense with his quick
tactics
Rams Creep Up.
And when Fordham crept
within foul points in the second
half it was Gigantic who then
took charge of the scoring, hit
ting on set shots from deep po-
(See GEORGETOWN, Page C-3.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-01
picture on Page C-5.J
By the Associated Press

ARCADIA, Calf. Feb. 28.-
Calumet's Mark-Ye-Well faced
an unimpressive field in the
Santa Anita Handicap today,
yet barely held on to win the
famed Kentucky stables first
victory in the 100000 classic.
1t took a momentous, last
stride plunge by the four-year
old colt and Jockey Eddie
Arcaro to forestall the belated
and sudden rush to the wire
by Trusting, a California horse.
Alfred G. Vanderbilt's First
Glance, the pace-setter until the
turn into the stretch, ran third
in the mile-and-one-quarter bat
tie.
Thwarted three times in the
past in this rich winter racing
classic. Calumet got a scare. no
doubt about that, but his margin
was clear before the photo de-
cision was flashed on the tote
board.
$1,000 Watch Race.
The $4,000 fans who turned
out for this 10th running Of
the race obviously came expect
ing to celebrate a Calumet clam
bake, and Mark-Ye-Well went
postward a 3-to-5 favorite-
shortest price on any single horse
in the history of the race.
Mark Ye = Well paid $3.50.
1910 and $40. Trusting re-
turned $3.50 and $2.70. and
First Glance 1910. The time was
2:01B.
The judges called it Mary-Ye-
Well by a head, with Trusting.
ridden by Willie Shoemaker.
nearly four lengths in front Of
First Glance.
Intent, the disqualified winner
of the handicap year ago and
second choice today, was fourth,
a head back.
The race, rich in money but
lean in talent, was whitfield down
to a slender six when Core
spondent, 3-year-old. and Blue
Reading, another California
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-01
Favored Straight Face and Take $OO 900 Races
Hoyas Upset Fordam 1853 Bid From MT Believed Certain
Wilson Upsets Roosevelt,
Captures Interhiqh Title

Roosevelt's Bill Wright and Hal
Pollin, especially in the final
period when the Riders were
desperately trying to rally. In
the last quarter, Hobelmann
grabbed rebound after rebound
to stall the Roosevelt attack.
In the deciding final period.
each team made only two field
goals but the Tigers got more OPP
portunities at the foul line and
made the most of them. Wilson
sank ID foul shots-eight by
Herzbrun-in the last period to
clincr it's first championship
since 1912
Herzhrun, who bombarded the
hackboards with shots in the
first half without finding the
range more than once, piloted
the Tigers to the victory in the
final period. Plagued by the tight
guarding of Robbie Smithers and
his own inaccuracy from the
floor. Lon controlled the ball and
sank foul shots when the panicky
Riders pressed him. Herzbrun
brought the ball safely to front
court after RooSevelt's unsuc-
(See INTERHIGH, Page C-2.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-01
Chort on Pose ca.

horse, were scratched during the
afternoon.
The weather was chilly and
the skies gloomy back of a shroud
of fog as the six paraded to the
post.
AS expected. First Glance, the
speed horse in the pack, was
sent into a quick lead by his
rider, Eric Guerin. Mark-Ye-
Well. a good Splinter himself
until Trainer Jimmy Jones began
stretching him out for distance
races, stayed just behind, and
dueled alternately around the
strip for the place spot with
Trusting.
At the far turn, Mark Ye-Well
began to pull up on First Glance
and tried to shake off Trusting.
while Intent made a move to get
into the race.
Rounding into the stretch,
Arcaro sent Mark Ye-Well to
the front and built up a nice
lead over First Glance. Trust
ing was trailing close behind.
ArcarO Has to Hustle.
Either Mark-Ye-Well or her
rider began to loaf a bit, or the
Colts high weight of 100 pounds
began to tell, but suddenly Ar
caro- found himself confronted
with a real threat in the final
strides to the wire.
The veteran jockey gave the
Bull Lea offspring few healthy
whacks and got him across.
The finish was much like the
two staged in winning the $780,
600 Santa Anita Maturity Janu-
airy 81, and exactly as Eddie did
week ago in winning the $780,
900 Santa Anita Derby for Calu-
met on Chanlea.
Trusting, a full brother of On
Trust, thus suffered the same
setback experienced by his older
kin. On Trust lost the 1948 cap
by a nose to Talon, an Argentine
horse.
Trusting is owned by Mrs. Rea
(See SANTA ANITA, Page Cal
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a fat length and a half over
the well-backed Royal Bay Gem,
who outphotoed Tribe for Sec
.ond money in the richest race
for Derby-age horses ever held
in Florida. The net to the
Greentree racer was $116,4O0-a
record-and the gross was $751;
600. A near-record throng of
32,728, topped only once at this
plush suburban layout, was on
hand.
Long-suffering form players
finally got a break in this oath
running of a classic that origi-
mated in 1926 at old Tampa
Downs. Bothered for days by a
succession of long shots, they
saw Straight Face go off the ia
vorite at 8 to 5 and romp home
to pay $3.50. Royal Bay Gem,
owned by Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene
Constantin, jr., paid $3.50 to
place, while Vera S. Bragg's
Tribe returned $3.50 to show.
Filly Puts Up Battle.
In fourth place, battling pluck
lily, was the only filly in the race
Ada L. Rice's Cerise Refine. Well
up all the way and running third
as she hit the stretch, Cerise
Refine wound up half q length
back Of Tribe. All entries carried
122 pounds except this f1lly,
whose owner was hoping to du-
plicate the successes of two other
FLIES, Black Helen in 1885 and
Evening in 1882. In reference to
her sex, Cerise RENE was allowed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-01
Santee Runs 4:O8.3 Mile,
Fastest Ever in Big Seven
By the Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Feb. 28.-Wes
Santee of Kansas ran the fastest
indoor mile in Big Seven history,
4:08.3, in the finals of the con-
ference's indoor track meet to-
night.
Santee, who set a new 800
yard conference record of 1922
in the preliminaries last night,
took the lead at the turn of the
seventh lap and finished a good
so yards ahead of Bruce Drum
mond of Oklahoma.
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belief That only two races deserve to be
called Derby-the one in Kentucky and
the English classic at EPSON downs. j..
Five years later, the pink famingoes were
imported from Cuba to become Hialeah's
trademark, although the first shipment of
80 birds flew off for parts unknown the
first might. . A second batch, properly
clipped. at the wings and now $50 strong,
was substituted.
-~. In st. Petersburg newspaper and over
the radio, the hotel at which the New York
Yankees live has been carrying the fol-
lowing advertisement: Mattresses wanted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-01
By MerrelI WhittIesey

IIVItEtHENL7v TT q OHTLEV
Cliff Eisele, one of the Prince
Georges Club owners, and Al
Houghton, the pro, mildly pro-
test recognition Of Ed Furgol's
9-under-par round of SO as the
official course record at the
Landover layout.
THAT was the old course. "
they maintain. Byron Nelson's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-01
Navy WoIIops Army, 1850,
For 18th Victory at Home

nevale came here seven years
ago. 1t was his sixth triumph
over the West Pointers and
evened the series at Isis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-01
Win, Lose or Draw
By FRANCIS STANN
Stor Sfoff Correspondent

HIALEAH, FLA, FEB. 28.-The Flamngo Stakes which
today became the worlds richest for 3yearolds was
rechristened in 1886 by the late Joseph E. Wdene who
objected to the old of Florida Derby It Wdeners
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-01

have few supporters because
with the exception of a couple
of new tees that have added a
few yards, several new greens
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-01
churt on Page c.

five pounds today. carrying 1T.
The running time for the mile
and an eighth was 1:492s over
a lightning fast track. Fractional
times were especially :222s,
:46 fiat, 1:1025 and 1865.
The Flamingo was televised
nationally over 10 major sta
lions of the Columbia Broad
casting system, the first horse
race ever to be televised from
Florida.
Despite the size of the field
16-it was a cleanly-run race.
The only other Flamingo with
so many entries was run in 1912,
when Requested triumphed over
a crack field that included AL
sab. Today there was no bump
ing and little interference, al
though Royal Bay Gem was
caught in a pocket in the back
stretch.
Ted Atkinson, called 1.-THE
Slasher," was aboard Straight
Face, who was coupled as an
entry with a stablemate, Pow
hatan. The latter, breaking
from the outside, never was in
contention but the understand
ing was that Atkinson and Ken
Church, riding Powhatan, were
to split the 10 per cent of the
winnings, which amounted to
$11, 800.
Third Greentree Victory.
For Greentree, now owned by
John Hay Whitney and Mrs.
John Payson Shipman, his sis
ter, it was a third Flamingo vic
tory. In addition, there was a
second and three third-place
finishes in nine Flamingo tries.
The winners were Lightning
Bolt in 1881, Stir Up in 1914 and
Straight Face. Jock Whitney
also vol with Wool Wool in
1910 when the horse was run
ming in his own name.
It was Atkinson's second VIC
tory, too. He won in 1949 with
Olympia and today he tied Eddie
(See FLAMINGO, Page C-4.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-01
Prince Georges
Dos 80

FEIHCe georges
Par ~.
Official recorded Furgol,
So.
Amateur record-Billy Grit
fin, 81.
Women's record - Louise
SuggS, SO.
Unofficial record-Nothing
lower than Furgol's So.
81 of last fall is closer to an
official record. because the course
never again will play as easy
as it did for Furgol."
However, Eisele and Houghton
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-01
FIuningo Win Impressive;
Calumet Ace Barely Lasts
By Francis Stonn
Stor Stoff Correspondent

HIALEAH, Fla, Feb. 28.-
Greentree Stables Straight Face,
cut up on all four legs two weeks
ago in the roughly run Ever
glades Handicap, today moved
to the forefront among the can
didates for the 3-year-old cham
pionship by outclassing a field
OF Is others of the same age
in the MISUNDERSTANDING Flam-
lingo Stakes.
The brown gelding, by Count
Fleet out of Expression, won py
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Totals 24126O Totals 80 20 "a
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(See SANTA ANITA, Page C-4J
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-01

Biggest Crowd in chorIes Town History
JOINS Track for Opening. Poee C-5
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-01

(See MATS, Page C-3.J
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-01
Third Greentree Victory.

(See FLAMINGO, Page C-40
Evening star., 1953-01-13
Jackie Robinson
Says He May Quit
Baseball After '53
By the Assoeidted Press

NEW YORK. Jan. 13.-This
may be the last year for Jackie
r obinson, highest salaried
player in Brooklyn history.
Although he said IL hoped to
have another year after this one
the Dodgers second paseman in
dicated at a press conference
yesterday he might call it quits
after the 1853 season. The con-
ference was called by the Dodg-
ers to announce the signing of
Brooklyn's "big three" Robin
son, Pee Wee Reese and Roy
Campanella.
I'm certain I have one more
good year left" Robinson said
after putting his signature to a
contract calling for an estimated
$4,000. Il hope to have anothe,
year."
Buzzie Bavasi. club vice presi-
dent, refused to divulge the fig
ures. but admitted Robinson was
the highest paid player on the
team and that the total salaries
of the trio was Just under $780,
600. It was estimated that Reese
would draw $4,000 and CAM pa
nella $4,000.
Evening star., 1953-01-13

Matha were aware of it immedi-
ately. AS one observer, a former
high school coach, pointed out:
tits not hard to tell that
Dwyer and Millikan are friends. ."
Bob Dwyer, coach of Carroll,
and Bud Millikan, the Terps'
coach. are good friends. And
when Dwyer left Priory to take
over coaching at the new Carroll
school, he consulted his friend
about teaching his players Mary
lands control basketball. Milli-
kan is the chief exponent of con-
troll play in,this area.
IT just junked my own stuff. "
Dwyer says. II thought that
Buds style was preferable in
many ways. He's been very nice
to us-gave us pictures to study
and went over the style with me.
One night he and I stayed in
Ritchie Coliseum until midnight
after a Maryland practice. The
night watchman came in and
looked at us as though we were
crazy"
Millikan's control basketball
has come in for a lot of criticism.
It's style of play that sacrifices
high scoring for cautious shoot
ing, but when a team knows the
style well. it can be a beautiful
thing to watch. Maryland knows
the style and the youngsters at
Carroll are learning it. It is par
Evening star., 1953-01-13
By Rod Thomos

Next Sunday will be virtually
"Chilly Barnard Day. for Wash
r. ington duckpin shooters, with
male bowlers throughout the
area and some from out of town
converging on Lafayette Bowling
Center for the 18th annual Bar
nard open handicap.
The tournament. one of the
Oldest of its kind, came into
being long after Charles E. Bar
nard was established as a top
bowling executive. Few of the
past tournaments honoring
Chilly" drew as many entries
as are expected for the one
coming up. and the Barnard
affairs always have been well
attended.
It's big tournament season
and the event Sunday will have
the stage to itself with a two
thirds handicap system limiting
free sticks to As and the entry
fee of SIS covering cost of six
games. the tournament appeals
to bowlers of all degrees of skill
and financial means. There were
146 entries last year when How
ard Parsons of Silver Spring wor
with a score of $40. Firing will
start at 2 pm. and continue tc
closing time.
Barnard, for many years
recreation director at the Gov
ernment Printing Office before
his retirement a while back, has
held many important bowling
posts. Now a vice president OF
Evening star., 1953-01-13

degree in education Bob, a
craftsman for a roofing COM
pany. plans to teach mathe-
matics as well as physical educa-
ton. !. Bob Bennett. 6-foot-6.
220-pound Tech basketball
player. has been on a liquid
diet His jaw was broken in a
scuffle in the school corridor i.
AT the time. Bob didn't know it
was broken and both 'partici-
pants" went to class the best of
friends.
That 1887 victory by the
professional Boston Celtics over
the Baltimore Bullets must make
some of the old-timers wonder
The championship Tech
team of the 1928-29 season,
which featured Jake Goldblatt,
now a dentist; Carl MacCartee.
an All-America lacrosse star at
st. Johns of Annapolis and now
in the contracting business:
Paul Brown and Bradley Edel-
blut, averaged only % points per
game. IF I took half the
shots that high school and COL
lege boys take now when was
playing, I'd be sitting on the
BENCH" says Tech Coach Artie
Boyd, who won letters in football.
basketball and lacrosse at Mary.
land, 1924-27.
Evening star., 1953-01-13
Lions Pick Up Sandy Air,
Can't Locate Ken Green

Sandy Air, one of the Lions
two missing persons. is back in
town, but Ken Green cannot be
found.
Both Air and Green were due
back last week. Green. who
played hockey with the Boston
Olympics in 1882 had agreed to
report to the Lions no later than
last Wednesday, but Coach
Ducky Skinner has received no
word from the winger.
Airs absence has not hurt the
Eastern Hockey League club any.
He is recuperating from a knee
injury and is not expected to
return to action for another 10
days at least. Sandy will start
light workouts Immediately to
strengthen his knee.
Dennis Mooney will be in the
nets tomorrow night when the
Lions meet the Jets in Johns
town, Pa. to start a stint of four
matches in five days. Goalie
Cliff Hicks will be with the
Lions when they play Johnstown
in Uline Arena Friday night
the league-leading Indians in
Springfield, Mass, Saturday and
the Trojans in Troy, N. Y, Sun
day.
Evening star., 1953-01-13
Record Field Expected Sunday
For Chilly Barnard Bowling

the National Duckpin Congress,
he is slated to become president
in 1855.
When ITS men and women
turned up for the Walter Cum
ningham Memorial tournament
at Clarendon, it not only was
a tribute to the late bowling
executive. but to Ed GOLDBERG,
the Clarendon proprietor, and
his staff. Time and again Gold
berg. also proprietor of the
Arlington and Silver Spring
bowling plants. has led the way
in. or strongly supported prof.
ects more or less altruistic, on
occasions contributing the profits
| of events held on his MAPLE
ways. He changed the name of
the popular Clarendon Handicap
to honor the memory of Cum
nfngham.
Evening star., 1953-01-13
GaviIan 10 Warm Up
Al Tampa Tonight for
Carde|I and Davey

Welterweight Champion Kid
Gavilan. who fights Vic Cardell
of Hartford, Conn, at Uline
Arena a week from tomorrow
night. warns up for that bout
against a comparative unknown.
-Aman Peck, in a hereunder to-
night at Tampa, Fla.
That bout, like the one to be
staged here, is an over-the-
weight affair.
The Cardell match here will
serve as a tuneup for Gavilan's
title bout February II against
Chuck Davey in Chicago. To-
nights match will be Gavilan's
first since he successfully de-
Tended his crown against Billy
Graham last october S.
Peck is a Tampa Negro with
an aggressive style and has been
getting some intensive boxing
training in the past few days
from Bobby Dykes. who lost on
an unpopular decision to Gavi-
Ian.
Even so, Peck isn't likely to
pick up enough ring skill all
Of a sudden to keep Gavilan
away when the Cuban starts
one of his whirlwind flurries.
BY the same token Peck
hasn't shown a punch capable
of giving the champion much
trouble, though he is a good
puncher in his small club class.
Peck has never fought any one
anywhere near the top.
Gavilan was expected to weigh
at least lat, and perhaps as
much as $50. Peck fights at
about 151-152.
Evening star., 1953-01-13
%%f HIcH SCHOOLS +

ticularly advantageous to high
school players, because it places
the accent on ball handling. One
of the chief reasons Carroll upset
Gonzaga was that Dwyer's play
er's weren't throwing the ball
away.
There is no similarity whatso-
ever between the play of Frank
Wightman these days and the
play of Frank Wightman a month
ago. The Carroll sophomore
could emerge as one of the top
high school players in the area.
but very few would have thought
so at the beginning of the season.
He sure has picked up in a
hurry" Dwyer says. When we
had our first Scrimmage against
Priory. he was terrible. He'd run
with the ball and wouldn't go up
after the ball under the boards.
He'd just stand there and look.
I had visions of $50 beatings.
But he's certainly has come
along. He needs another shot
and he'll be all right"
The team manager of st.
Paul's was sweating somewhat
Sunday night. He assumed re-
sponsibility for personal valu-
ables of three players, put them
in a brown, leather bag and set
the bag beneath the scorers
table while st. Paul's played st.
Anthony's at DeMatha. At the
end of the game, he could not
find the bag.
The puzzled manager looked
and looked. The three players
valued their possessions at
| $25.64 and the manager ad-
mitted he would have to come
through. Bob Russell, former St.
Paul's coach. dialed the tele-
phone for police, thinking it
wouldn't hurt to report it. At
that instant, a red-faced mana
ger pulled the missing bag from
the ball bag. Il have no recol-
lection" he stated emphatically,
"of placing it there"
Bob Cilento, former baseball
and football star at George
/ Washington University and now
basketball coach at Priory, will
return to school for his masters